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Vol.  XI.IX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  JULY  7,  1894. 


Number  1 


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IV  there  is  an  idler  thing  than  a  painted  ship  on  a  painted  ocean, 
it  is  a  Republican  platform.     From  the  one  adopted    at   Sacra- 
—  mo  it  seems  that  they  are  hard  to  write  this  year,  and  are  use- 
less and  meaningless  when  written. 


THE  California  Midwinter  International  Exposition  "  offi- 
cially" closed  on  the  4th  inst.  Bot  that  means  nothing. 
It  will  unofficially  remain  open  indefinitely,  although  an  official 
entrance  fee  of  twenty-five  cents  will  be  charged. 


1 '  pSTEE  and  Women's  Rights,"  is  to  be  the  slogan   of  the  Ke- 
Hf  publican  party  in  this  campaign.     We  do  not  know  whom 
tbe  Democrats  will  nominate,  but    we   are   positive  that  the  last 
part  of  their  motto  will  read,  "the  rights  of  men." 


IT  is  reported  that  the  United  States  are  rather  unpopu- 
lar in  Salvador  at  this  time.  We  are  proud  of  it.  If  our 
refusal  to  surrender  political  refugees  to  be  butchered  in  cold 
blood  renders  us  unpopular,  then  we  glory  in  our  unpopularity. 


FRE8NO  has  suffered  more  grievously  from  the  railroad  strike 
than  any  other  community  in  California.  A  dispatch  comes 
thence  announcing  that  there  is  a  local  beer  famine,  and  that  the 
price  of  the  beverage  has  been  advanced  to  ten  cents  a  glass.  The 
horrors  of  the  strike  are  beginning  to  be  really  felt. 


THE  Rev.  Dr.  Parkburst,  of  New  York,  has  been  severely  criti- 
cised for  his  activity  in  the  work  of  exposing  the  corruption 
of  the  police  system  of  the  metropolis,  but  the  facts  brought  out 
by  the  investigating  committee  fully  vindicate  him,  and  prove 
that  the  situation  is  even  worse  than  he  has  represented  it  to  be. 


RICHARD  CROKER  has  baffled  tbe  Lexow  Committee  by  re- 
turning to  New  York  city.  His  fearless  action  will,  no  doubt, 
have  a  tendency  to  make  the  Committee  cease  its  investigations 
and  leave  him  to  rule  the  field  again.  Committees  of  the  Lexow 
order  have  never  been  known  to  do  any  good  in  New  York  city 
while  a  Tammany  tiger  stayed  at  home. 


THE  leading  business  organizations  of  San  Francisco  have  by 
resolutions  condemned  tbe  action  of  the  strikers,  thus  ex- 
pressing the  calm,  law-loving,  and  business  sense  of  the  community. 
The  larger  fruit-growers  have  announced  that  they  are  willing  to 
suffer  the  heavy  loss  which  the  inability  of  the  Railroad  Company  to 
forward  their  fruit  entails,  so  that  the  issue  raised  by  the  strikers 
may  be  fought  to  the  end  and  the  question  of  the  stability  of  com- 
merce and  the  authority  of  the  Government  may  be  settled. 


THE  Examiner,  the  Bulletin,  &nd  the  Call,  in  singling  out  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  as  the  one  whose  arrogance  has 
forced  the  strikers  to  resort  to  violence  in  obstructing  the  for- 
warding of  trains,  tbe  transportation  of  the  mails,  and  the  defy- 
ing of  the  laws,  tbe  peace-officers,  and  the  courts,  energetically 
keep  out  of  sight  the  fact  that  the  Southern  Pacific  is  acting  in 
no  respect  differently  from  all  tbe  other  great  railroad  compa- 
nies in  tbe  United  States.  In  order,  however,  to  make  a  pretense 
of  fairness,  these  papers  blame  tbe  strikers  a  little  for  resorting  to 
violence,  but  do  not  counsel  tbem  to  respect  the  officers  of  the 
law  or  the  processes  of  the  courts  1  These  papers  obscure  every 
principle  involved  in  the  struggle,  and  by  assailing  the  Southern 
Pacific  for  calling  upon  the  authorities  for  protection,  tbey 
covertly  attack  the  Government  for  the  protection  which  it  ex- 
tends.  To  the  full  length  that  they  dare  go  th«y^r'array~ 
themselves  on  the  side  of  lawlessness  and  against  the  con- 
stituted authorities,  and  are  doing  all  they  can  to  increase  the 
reign  of  terror.    They  are  the  organs  of  anarchy. 


D1VVER  says  that  the  chargeH  against  him  are  merely  trumped 
up.     But  charges  are  trumps  in  New   York   nowadays,  since 
clubs  have  been  turned  down. 


NOT  taking  the  question  of  anarchy  into  consideration,  the  pet 
aversion  of  France  just  now  is  England,  and  the  latest  Eng- 
lish move  in  Africa  has  intensified  the  feeling.  France  has  in  the 
Mediterranian  8ea,  at  this  time,  nineteen  great  armored  ships  and 
two  hundred  torpedo  boats,  and  a  very  formidable  fleet  also  in 
the  neighborhood  of  the  channel.  8he  is  trying  to  keep  pace  with 
England,  too,  in  adding  to  her  navy.  A  future  war  between 
France  and  England  would  not  be  a  credit  to  civilization,  but  it 
is  not  an  improbability. 


ACCORDING  to  the  latest  cable  advices,  the  Roman  Catholics 
of  Hungary  are  working  with  an  earnestness  approaching  des- 
peration for  the  defeat  of  the  civil  marriage  bill.  Both  sides  are 
said  to  be  in  readiness  for  a  division  in  the  upper  bouse,  which  is 
quite  probable.  The  Government  claims  a  majority  of  six  for  the 
bill,  but  the  estimate  may  be  doubtful.  It  lies  in  the  power  of 
Dr.  Werkele,  of  the  Hungarian  cabinet,  to  break  the  Opposition 
by  the  creation  of  as  many  new  life  peers  as  may  be  necessary, 
in  order  to  secure  a  majority  for  the  bill. 


NO  wonder  that  Judge  O'Brien,  of  New  York,  saw  no  reason 
why  a  receiver  should  be  hindered  from  disposing,  for  the 
benefit  of  creditors,  of  a  lot  of  copies  of  the  celebrated  old  English 
novel,  "Tom  Jones."  What  the  professional  suppressors  of  vice 
have  to  do  with  that  out-of-date,  although  brilliant,  book,  when 
there  are  so  many  up-to-date  and  vulgar  novels  issuing  from  the 
press,  it  is  difficult  to  understand.  But  it  is  much  easier  to  tread 
on  the  interests  of  a  dead  author  than  on  those  of  a  live  one.  If 
the  self-appointed  censors  must  condemn  something,  let  tbem  at- 
tack the  modern  erotic  novels  which  feminine  pens  prepare  for 
the  market. 

THERE  appears  to  be  a  fair  prospect  of  an  order  for  the  build- 
ing of  a  revenue  cutter  to  patrol  the  bay  of  San  Francisco. 
Why  so  expensive  a  vessel  as  a  cutter  for  patrolling  a  land- 
locked harbor,  in  which  even  frail  and  top-heavy  ferry  boats  are 
perfectly  safe?  It  is  true  that  this  port  needs  far  better  protec- 
tion against  smugglers  than  it  enjoys,  and  a  seventeen-knot  ves- 
sel would  be  none  too  fast;  but  a  tug  would  be  equally  as  effective 
as  a  cutter.  The  coast  of  California  has  very  few  landing  places, 
the  harbors  of  San  Francisco  and  San  Diego  being  tbe  best,  and  a 
better  cutter  protection  is  needed  than  is  furnisher  but  the 
places  where  smuggling  can  be  carried  on  with  greatest  ease  are 
the  sparsely  populated  open  harbors,  like  those  of  Monterey, 
Port  Harford,  and  Santa  Barbara,  where  there  are  many  miles 
of  uninhabited  beach  country  where  landings  can  be  made.  It  is 
noticeable  that  at  most  of  these  places  there  are  thriving  Chinese 
fishing  villages,  the  one  at  Monterey  especially,  having  a  large 
direct  traffic  with  China  by  means  of  Chinese  junks.  The  oppor- 
tunities for  smuggling  opium  into  such  places  are  really  superior 
to  those  which  exist  at  San  Francisco. 


THURSDAY'S  great  yacht  race  on  the  River  Clyde  resulted  in 
the  defeat  by  thirty-five  seconds  of  the  American  yacht  Via- 
ilant  by  the  Prince  of  Wales's  yacht  Brittannia  and  in  tbe  sink- 
ing of  the  British  yacht  Valkyrie  in  collision  with  the  Satanita. 
This  was  a  strange  conjuncture  of  events.  First,  the  Valkyrie 
had  been  beaten  in  American  waters  by  the  Vigilant  in  a  close 
race,  and  in  consequence,  American  yacht-builders  had  arrived  at 
the  firm  conclusion  that  tbe  centre-board  type  was  superior  to 
the  cutter  type,  which  idea,  in  spite  of  frequent  victories  of 
the  American  centre-boards,  the  Englishmen  stubbornly  re- 
fused to  accept;  second,  the  Brittannia  is  a  cutter,  and  tbe  Eng- 
lishman has  shown  that  the  cutter  can  out-race  tbe  centre- 
board, and  America's  pet  idea  is  badly  shaken;  third,  tbe 
B> ittannia  had  already  defeated  the  Valkyrie,  cutter  against  cut- 
ter; fourth,  the  Satanita,  a  fine  and  beautiful  cutter,  anxious  to 
try  issues  with  the  Yankee  centre-board  Vigilant,  was  so  badly 
damaged  by  the  collision  that  she  cannot  be  put  in  repair  for  sev- 
al  weeks.  It  is  clear  that  in  the  science  of  yacht-bnilding  the 
shape  of  the  bottom  is  not  the  controlling  factor.  The  learning 
tA  uut  one  lesson  will  have  Berved  a  useful  purpose  if  it  broad- 
ens the  views  of  American  builders. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


July  7,  1890 


A    DEPLORABLE    SITUATION. 

THE  position  assumed  by  the  railroads  in  the  boycott  agains* 
Pullman  cars  has  had  the  effect  virtually  of  arraying  the  Gov" 
eminent  against  the  strikers,  the  railroads  and  the  general  busi- 
ness of  the  country  standing  helpless  between  the  contending 
forces,  and  suffering  immeasurable  damage.  Had  the  railroads 
consented  to  the  demand  of  the  strikers  to  run  trains  without 
Pullman  cars,  and  had  not  Attorney-General  OIney  ruled  that  the 
mails  must  be  forwarded  in  the  "usual  way"  (which  means  that 
they  must  be  sent  on  trains  made  up  in  the  ordinary  way, 
with  Pullman  cars),  the  terrible  conflict  would  have  been  averted — 
the  fight  would  have  been  between  the  railroads  and  the  strikers, 
and  the  Government  would  not  have  intervened.  But  the  very  life 
of  the  railroads  depended  upon  refusing  to  comply  with  the  de- 
mand of  the  strikers.  It  would  have  been  easy  and  inexpensive  to 
comply,  and  it  was  not  love  for  Pullman  that  urged  the  railroads  to 
meet  the  issue  at  whatever  cost.  That  the  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany, which  has  never  had  any  trouble  worthy  of  the  name  with 
its  men,  and  which  has  a  better  record  for  generous  treatment 
of  employees  than  any  other  great  transportation  company  in  the 
country,  should  so  promptly  and  stubbornly  have  resisted  the 
demand  of  its  strikers,  shows  that  it  realizes  the  gravity  of  the 
principle  involved,  and  that  it  must  win  or  go  under  forever.  H. 
E.  Huntington,  in  a  published  letter,  has  stated  the  character  of 
this  principle  in  a  very  able  manner. 

In  substance  it  is  this:  First,  the  men  engaged  in  building 
Pullman  cars  are  not  railroad  men  in  any  sense,  and  an  attack  on 
the  railroad  companies  to  force  their  demands  is  unreasonable  and 
futile,  and  the  issue  does  not  involve  any  of  the  rights  of 
railroad  employees;  second,  that  the  railroads  have  no  interest 
whatever  in  the  fight  between  Pullman  and  his  employees ;  third, 
that  surrender  to  the  strikers'  demand  would  be  an  acceptance 
of  the  principle  that  disagreements  between  any  manufacturer 
and  his  employees  would  place  the  railroads  at  the  mercy  of  his 
employees,  for  if  those  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  Pullman 
cars  can  demand  that  the  product  of  their  labor  be  not  trans- 
ported, those  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  any  other  product 
for  railroad  transportation  can  make  a  similar  demand.  The 
effect  would  be,  as  Mr.  Huntington  points  out,  to  change  the 
whole  character  of  transportation  and  make  the  operation  of 
railroads  uncertain  if  not  impossible.  In  short,  the  railroads 
take  the  ground  that  the  American  Railway  Union,  which  is 
championing  the  cause  of  strikers  at  the  Pullman  car  works,  and 
which  is  tying  up  and  destroying  the  property  of  railroads  in 
that  pursuit,  has  established  an  anarchistic  policy  in  violation 
of   law,   of  right  in  property,  and  of  the  conduct  of  business. 

It  was  probably  an  understanding  of  the  menace  to  everything 
which  concerns  the  material  welfare  of  the  country  that  induced 
the  United  States  Government  to  intervene.  Hence  the  issue  now 
is,  not  between  capital  and  labor,  but  between  the  Government 
and  a  powerful  organization  of  men.  The  hatred  which  dis- 
affected labor  cherishes  for  capital  has  now  been  transferred  to 
the  Government,  which  is  regarded  by  the  desperate  men  as  the 
creature  of  capital  and  an  abettor  in  its  oppressions.  Therefore 
the  (rovernment  now  has  to  deal  with  a  rebellion  against  its 
authority  and  power — the  interests  of  the  railroads  and  of  gen- 
eral commerce  and  the  public  convenience  are  merely  incidents, 
and  may  be  dropped  out  of  sight.  It  is  now  a  question  both  of 
patriotism  and  strength.  #Those  who  lend  their  support  to  the 
strikers  are  aiming  a  blow  at  the  integrity  of  the  Government; 
this  is  true,  whether  it  be  passion  or  ignorance  that  moves  them. 
Such  persons,  lacking  either  the  understanding  or  the  patriotism 
which  makes  good  citizens,  are  a  menace  to  the  public  peace  and 
safety,  and  if  the  power  of  the  Government  or  the  patriotism  of 
private  citizens  is  sufficient,  they  should  be  arrested  and  held  in 
restraint.  Among  these  are  Mr.  Adolph  Sutro  and  the  publishers 
of  nearly  all  the  daily  papers  of  San  Francisco. 

More  than  that,  and  worse:  Those  whose  sworn  duty  it  is  to 
enforce  the  decrees  of  the  Government  and  maintain  peace  and 
order,  who  refuse  to  perform  that  duty  when  commanded  so  to 
do,  are  guilty  of  a  specific  serious  infraction  of  the  law,  for  which 
heavy  penalties  are  provided,  The  spectacle  furnished  by  a  sec- 
tion of  the  National  Guard  of  California  at  Sacramento  this  week 
would  have  been  ludicrous  bad  it  not  been  so  degrading  a  con- 
fession of  the  inferior  intelligence,  courage,  physical  stamina,  and 
patriotism  of  its  members.  When  broagbt  face  to  face  with  the 
strikers  it  was  discovered  that  it  would  be  useless  to  order  them 
to  clear  the  depot  in  order  that  the  mail  trains  might  be  for- 
warded, for  that  would  have  meant  the  use  of  bayonets  and  ball 
cartridges  and  the  killing  of  men  who  seemed  determined  to  die 
rather  than  retreat.  Nearly  a  thousand  men,  armed  and  drilled, 
were  pitted  against  a  mob  of  two  or  three  thousand  unorganized 
rioters,  and  none  dared  to  order  a  charge!  Hence  they  were  used 
merely  for  a  »  demonstration,"  and  were  jeered  at.  Then  they  fra- 
ternized with  the  rioters,  gave  them  their  rifles  to  carry,  made  the 
rounds  of  the  drinking  saloons  with  them,  and  distributed  their 
cartridges  among  the  women  who  invaded  their  rankB  to  flirt 
with  them.     They  whined  because  they  had   not  had   aufficient 


sleep  and  food,  and  because  the  rioters  would  not  let  them  come 
into  the  depot  out  of  the  hot  sunshine!  If  it  is  true  that  United 
States  Marshal  Baldwin  refused  to  give  the  order  to  fire,  he  de- 
serves his  share  of  this  criticism;  but  there  is  no  excuse  what- 
ever for  the  men's  deserting  their  post  and  fraternizing  with  the 
strikers. 

The  material  of  which  the  National  Guard  is  composed  and  the 
purposes  of  its  organization  are  therefore  discovered.  That  the 
men  in  its  ranks  have  any  conception  of  the  nature  of  the  oath 
which  they  took;  that  they  have  any  comprehension  of  the 
duties  of  a  citizen  or  a  soldier;  that  their  understanding  of  their 
function  rises  any  higher  than  a  desire  to  impress  foolish  women 
and  small  boys  with  the  magnificence  of  their  clothes  and  to 
drink  and  flirt  in  annual  "encampment"  at  the  seaside;  that  the 
slightest  dependence  whatever  may  be  placed  in  them  to  perform 
their  sworn  duty  in  defending  the  law  and  upholding  the  Govern- 
ment— it  would  take  a  very  hardy  man  to  declare.  These  pretty 
fellows  cost  the  taxpayers  of  the  State  more  than  $150,000  per 
annum.  That  money  is  paid  to  them  in  good  faith  for  a  specific 
service.  Something  like  eight  hundred  of  the  five  thousand  men 
enlisted  in  this  State  have  shown  themselves  incompetent  and 
untrustworthy.  The  remaining  four  thousand  and  over  may  not 
be  so  bad,  and  they  should  lose  no  time  in  showing  that  they  can 
be  men.  If  they  fail  (though  it  seems  unlikely  that  the  Govern- 
ment will  again  make  the  experiment  of  calling  on  them),  then 
the  approaching  Democratic  State  Convention  should  have  a 
plank  in  its  platform  demanding  the  withdrawal  of  the  appro- 
priation. For  if  the  spirit  displayed  at  Sacramento  animates  ihe 
whole  body,  the  organization  is  worse  than  useless — it  is  sr  -  . 
and  dangerous  threat  to  the  public  peace  and  se""1-' 

It  seems  inevitable  that  martial  law  must  be  declared  and 
habeas  corpus  suspended.  This  would  make  the  issue  clearer  and 
would  remove  the  prevailing  excuse  that  the  Government  \* 
merely  taking  sides  in  a  conflict  of  private  interests;  for  bo  long 
as  the  Government  limits  the  exercise  of  its  power  to  the  lending 
of  assistance  to  the  railroad  companies  in  the  moving  of  trains, 
there  will  be  confusion  in  the  minds  of  those  who  lack  the  pene- 
tration to  grasp  the  whole  subject  in  its  present  form.  In  this 
confusion  lies  the  danger  of  an  anarchistic  revolution.  That  the 
masses  of  the  people  sympathize  with  the  strikers  and  are  blind 
to  the  fact  that  in  aiding  them  they  are  aiming  a  blow  at  the 
Government,  there  can  he  no  doubt.  The  total  exclusion  of  the 
railroad  companies  from  the  management  of  their  own  affairs, 
and  the  manning  of  trains  with  officers  of  the  Government, 
would  rid  the  issue  of  the  obstacles  which  affect  the  general  un- 
derstanding. The  injunctions  which  have  been  issued  by  the 
United  States  Courts  against  the  leaders  of  the  strike  seem  utterly 
useless,  because  so  easily  evaded.  If  the  Government  should 
take  sole  charge  of  the  situation  and  hold  it  with  regular  troops 
(who  may  be  depended  upon  to  fight),  it  could  do  as  it  pleased  in 
the  matter  of  running  Pullman  cars.  A  judicious  handling  of 
that  problem  under  such  circumstances  would  in  nowise  affect  or 
bind  the  railroad  companies,  and  temporary  expedients  might  be 
thereby  employed  to  quell  the  present  storm  and  permit  it  to  pass 
over  without  harm. 


WANTS    REVENGE. 


EX-BOSS  BUCKLEY  claims  to  be  out  of  politics,  yet  he  is  as 
palpably  in  it  as  he  ever  was.  The  distinction  he  draws  is, 
not  in  the  business  this  time  for  profit,  but  for  revenge.  He  is 
taking  a  hand  in  what  is  going  on  with  a  view  to  be  revenged  on 
what  he  calls  »  the  City  Hall  crowd" — that  is,  upon  the  "ins"  of 
his  own  party,  who  took  up  the  reins  when  he  fled  to  Canada, 
and  who  managed,  despite  his  absence,  to  drive  the  somewhat  de  - 
moralized  team  first  past  the  winning  post.  But  therein 
consists  their  unpardonable  sin,  against  which  the  ex-boss 
is  so  terribly  in  earnest  to  be  revenged.  The  local  Democrats 
actually  succeeded  in  his  absence,  and  now  he  wants  to  teach 
them  a  lesson  for  their  temerity.  If  he  had  really  been  in  and 
of  the  Democratic  party,  he  would  have  rejoiced  that  it  was  not 
weakened,  but  rather  strengthened,  by  what  he  doubtless  deemed 
adverse  circumstances.  But  the  truth  is,  that  Buckley  was  never 
of  any  party,  except  to  debauch  it  and  make  money  out  of  it.  If 
he  wants  to  punish  it  now,  it  will  be  to  seem  to  mase  hims-  If  a 
necessity  to  it  hereafter.  If  he  can  have  it  appear  that  he  has 
been  the  direct  means  of  relegating  it  to  a  back  seat,  the  natural 
inference  will  be  that  the  sooner  be  is  called  upon  to  resume  the 
handling  of  the  ribbons  to  the  end  that  he  may  lead  the  party 
back  to  victory  again  the  better.  But  we  are  persuaded  that  is  a 
mistaken  calculation  on  the  part  of  Buckley.  The  Democratic 
ship  has  been  greatly  lightened  by  his  being  cast  overboard,  and 
any  other  party  that  picks  him  up  will  find  him  a  too  heavy 
burden.  The  most  curious  part  of  the  man's  career  cornea  in 
right  here  and  now.  It  is  not  curious  that  a  thief  will  steal,  but 
it  is  singular,  indeed,  that  men  of  pretended  honesty  should  so 
loudly  proclaim  their  great  gain  in  having  enrolled  such  a  fellow  in 
their  ranks.  Buckley's  only  possible  use  is  found  in  bis  wide 
knowledge    of   the  men  who   are   usable  and    purchasable. 


Julv  7,  1894. 


.    FR  \\<   l-(  <>    \i:w  -    111  IKK 


THE    TRADE    CONFERENCE     AT    OTTAWA 


THE    PROGRESS    OF    THE    TARIFF 


CKRTAIB  of  oar  daily  contemporaries  are  making  light  of  the 
Trade  Conference  held  at  Ottawa  the  other  oay;  they  are  pre- 
dicting thai  tt  will  come  to  naught ;  that  it  will  not  bal Id  the 
great  Pacific  cable  from  Vancouver  through  the  coral  islands  to 
Australia.  These  selfsame  journals  declared  that  the  Canadian 
Pacific  would  never  prove  practicable,  and  would  have  to  be  cov- 
ered tty  a  snow-shed  nearly  its  entire  length.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
it  la  tunning  as  smoothly  to-day  as  any  road  on  the  comment. 
Ud«  luorning  daily  declares  that  an  ocean  cable  will  not  be  of 
much  value  unless  accompanied  by  steam  lines,  and  that  these 
can  n«  ver  be  supported  on  the  routes  alluded  to.  Pshaw  1  Where 
on  the  lop  of  this  earth  has  ibis  editor  been  living?  How  comes 
it  that  be  does  not  know  that  the  necessary  steam  lines  have  been 
firmly  established  already?  Tbe  line,  embracing  the  Empresses  of 
India.  China,  and  Japan,  are  giving  the  best  service  known  on 
this  ocean,  and  are  compelling  tbe  Pacific  Mail  and  0.  and  O. 
Company  to  secure  new  ships  in  order  to  maintain  anything  like 
a  creditable  opposition.  Then  the  recently  established  line  from 
Vancouver  by  way  of  Honolulu  to  Australia  is  doing  good  work, 
and  will  do  better  next  year,  when  the  New  Zealand  subsidy  is 
withdrawn  from  the  line  to  this  port.  We  could  wish  that  all 
these  things  were  otherwise.  We  would  have  San  Francisco  the 
great  central  entrepot  of  the  North  Pacific,  as  it  might  bave  been 
i(  its  destinies  had  been  properly  |shapen  in  the  seventies.  Un- 
equahd  as  the  groat  central  port  of  the  Pacific,  with  a  fine  back 
country,  and  tha  populous  countries  lying  invitingly  open  before 
us  ur«'und  the  entire  ocean,  our  position  as  the  Queen  City  of  the 
Pacific  ought  rever  to  hi've  been  in  any  sort  of  danger.  But  we 
failed  in  a  large  measure  tc  take  advantage  of  our  position.  We 
needed  push  and  organization.  We  talked  with  an  air  of  con- 
tempt at  what  our  neighbors  were  threatening  to  do.  Whilst  we 
have  been  vaunting  ourselves  overmuch,  they  have  been  working 
with  a  long  pull,  a  strong  pull,  and  a  pull  altogether,  with  what 
result  we  now  begin  to  Bee. 

The  serioua  question  of  the  day  is  as  to  what  we  propose  to  do 
about  it?  What  do  we  think  of  the  conference  of  English 
and  colonial  statesmen  at  Ottawa?  It  is  now  beyond  a 
doui.t  that  the  Britishers  will  lay  a  te:egraph  cable  across 
tbe  Pacific,  and  that  they  are  bent  upon  making  the 
Western  terminus  of  the  Central  Pacific  a  menace  to  the 
future  of  San  Francisco.  To  do  them  justice,  the  colonists 
were  a  long  time  in  lending  aid  and  comfort  to  such  a  policy.  By 
almost  every  means  known  to  them,  they  endeavored  to  attach 
themjelves  to  California.  For  twenty-two  years  past  the  Aus- 
tralians and  New  Zealanders  have  paid  the  entire  subsidy  neces- 
sary to  maintain  an  American  steam  line  between  that  country 
and  this.  It  has  been  a  performance  not  often  paralleled  in  his- 
tory. Commercial  countries  are  not  given  to  subsidizing  the  flag 
of  their  rivals.  It  was  a  friendly  and  generous  policy  on  tbe  part 
of  Australia  and  New  Zealand.  If  it  had  been  as  heartily  met 
and  reciprocated  as  it  ought  to  have  been,  that  conference  would 
not  have  been  witnessed  at  Ottawa.  Long  ere  this  a  splendid 
trade  would  have  been  built  up,  and  nothing  so  cements  friend- 
ship as  a  reciprocal  exchange  of  mutual  benefits.  All  these  years 
we  bave  had  an  overland  railroad,  which  gave  us  a  long  start  in 
advance  in  the  race  for  the  Pacific  trade.  Even  Victoria  and 
British  Columbia  generally  almost  exclusively  traded  with  us 
and  long  showed  every  desire  to  maintain  the  connection.  How 
we  are  being  outpaced  in  winning  the  commerce  of  the  Pacific  we 
do  not  care  to  fully  pronounce,  but  we  think  part  of  the  reason 
Is  to  be  found  in  that  many  of  our  merchants  are  not  prepared  to 
do  foreign  business  on  the  old  established  basis.  You  cannot 
trade  with  distant  markets  on  the  principle  of  cash  down  at  the 
port  of  shipment.  Bank  references  with  orders,  and  drafts  at  60 
and  90  days  do  not  go  in  California,  and  thence  we  are  not  able 
and  willing  to  trade  as  pretty  nearly  all  the  rest  of  the  world 
dues.  There  is  not  money  enough  in  circulation  to  swing  com- 
merce on  our  lines.  An  Australian  merchant  can  get  bis  orders 
filled  from  Vancouver  on  drafts  at  60  days  sight,  whereas  he 
would  have  to  pay  cash  on  collection  day  if  he  expects  his  order 
to  be  filled  in  California.  That  is  a  method  of  such  violent  an- 
tagonism to  the  commercial  ways  of  the  world  that  it  has  got  to 
be  abandoned  ere  8an  Francisco  can  be  deemed  to  be  a  commerce 
winner  at  all.  We  can  be  what  we  are,  viz. :  jobbers,  but  not  in 
the  high  and  proud  sense  of  the  terra — merchants.  In  internal 
improvement  and  development  we  have  accomplished  wonders, 
but  in  regard  to  conquering  commerce  we  are  not,  as  the  slang  of 
the  period  goes,  «  in  it."  But  there  has  got  to  come  a  change  in 
these  matters.  The  era  of  over-production  is  upon  us,  and  out- 
lets must  be  found  for  our  wares.  We  must  go  around  the  world 
in  quest  of  customers,  and  be  quick  to  discern  their  wants  and 
to  supply  them  according  to  the  rules  of  commerce. 


ANARCHISM  is  synonymous  with  assassination,  and  therefore 
it  is  not  to  be  tolerated  even  in  the  mildest  form  by  any  civi- 
lized country.  The  proper  way  to  deal  with  it  is  to  crush  it 
while  it  is  still  in  an  incipient  condition,  and  not  wait  for  it  to 
develop  into  murder. 


Tn  1  tariff  Is  at  last  through  the  Senate,  but  In  so  altered  a  con- 
diiion  that  its  father*-  Id  the  House  must  fall  to  recognize  their 
child.  With  Senator  Hill  so  voting  as  to  cause  his  party  the 
largest  possible  amount  of  embarrassment  it  went  through  with 
a  majority  of  five,  and  that  was  fully  all  that  was  expected.  Hill 
once  made  some  capital  out  of  Ibe  expression,  "  I  am  a  Demo- 
crat." It  would  be  amusing  lo  hear  bim  repeat  it  now.  A  bolter 
of  nearly  the  entire  programme  of  the  party,  which  he  was  pre- 
pared to  go  to  the  country  upon  as  a  candidate  for  the  Presidency, 
he  is  a  faithless  politician  who  cannot  be  tuosoon  retired  to  private 
life.  A  great  orator  at  a  National  Convention  once  said  :  "We 
love  Cleveland  for  the  enemies  he  has  made."  David  B.  Hill  was 
one  of  tbe  enemies  referred  to,  and  his  course  of  action  since 
shows  tbat  with  such  a  marplot  across  his  path  the  President  still 
merits  sympathy.  The  interesting  question  now  is  as  lo  what  the 
House  will  do  with  the  mutilated  bill.  Will  it  make  a  struggle  to 
restore  the  bill  to  its  original  form,  try  to  re-amend  it,  or  accept  it 
as  it  is  ?  We  fear  that  the  country  is  in  for  another  parliamentary 
struggle.  The  House  will  hardly  be  likely  to  accept  the  bill  with- 
out striking  out  some  of  tbe  objectionable  features  tbat  have  been 
added  to  it,  and  a  course  of  that  kind  once  entered  upon,  it  will 
be  difficult  to  tell  when  the  end  will  come.  It  is  a  notable  fact 
that  great  changes  of  tariffs  are  seldom  accomplished  fully  at  the 
first  attempt.  Sir  Robert  Peel  is  historically  credited  with  being 
the  great  English  Repealer  of  the  corn  laws  and  champion  of 
Free  Trade,  yet  as  a  matter  of  fact  he  was  for  many  years  forced 
to  accept  what  was  known  as  the  »  sliding  scale  "  duty  on  corn, 
and  for  nearly  fifty  years  past  England  has  been  striving  to  reach 
tbe  goal  of  perfect  Free  Trade.  Whenever  any  system  of  protec- 
tion becomes  strongly  engrafted  upon  the  commercial  affairs  of  a 
nation,  it  is  almost  impossible  wholly  to  eradicate  it.  There  is 
always  some  industry  tottering,  and  pretty  snre  to  fall,  unless 
braced  up  by  protection  for  a  time  longer.  Not  in  this  century 
will  any  tariff  worthy  of  the  name  of  Free  Trade  be  adopted  in 
the  United  States.  The  '■  new  and  struggling  "  industries  will 
continue  to  be  new  and  struggling  for  many  a  long  year  yet,  and 
all  that  can  be  fairly  expected  for  the  present  is  the  scaling  down 
of  the  monstrously  high  duties  extended  to  certain  trusts  that  are 
not  new,  and  certainly  not  struggling,  except,  perhaps,  in  the 
matter  of  attempting  to  corrupt  Congress. 


AN    INEVIATBLE    STRUGGLE. 


THE  sweeping  extent  of  the  railroad  strike  and  the  sympathy 
and  aid  of  other  labor  organizations  are  the  culmination  of 
the  spirit  of  bitter  unrest  which  was  born  within  the  last  year 
from  the  stagnation  of  business  and  the  consequent  enforced 
idleness  of  hundreds  of  thousands  of  laborers.  Nothing  could 
have  averted  the  present  outburst,  and  anything  might  have  pre- 
cipitated it.  Pullman  and  the  railroad  companies  cut  no  figure 
in  the  tragedy,  except  as  accidental  agencies  and  from  the  fact 
that  the  great  extent  of  railroad  operations  made  possible  the 
existence  of  a  large  labor  organization  extending  over  the  whole 
country.  It  is  not  a  railroad  Btrike  that  we  are  facing  now — it 
is  a  rebellion.  It  may  become  a  revolution.  All  the  labor  dis- 
turbances of  recent  times  have  been  merely  an  expression,  locally 
and  on  a  limited  scale,  of  the  dissatisfaction  of  the  laboring 
classes.  Much  of  this  feeling  is  purely  anarchistic,  having  no 
grounding  in  real  wrongs,  and  has  been^the  work  of  law-hating 
foreigners,  who  have  found  in  this  free  country  a  wide  scope  for 
the  exercise  of  their  genius.  It  is  well  enough  that  tbe  issue  has 
come  at  last,  and  in  so  formidable  a  shape.  For  now  comes  the 
test  of  patriotism  and  courage,  and  the  man  who  loves  law  and 
his  couniry  will  know  where  to  stand  in  the  struggle. 


THE  Occident,  official  organ  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  this 
State,  after  hailing  with  delight  the  appearance  of  a  paper 
started  in  the  interest  of  the  American  Protective  Association, 
makes  the  following  astounding  assertions :  "The  Roman  Church, 
with  less  numbers  than  the  Methodiet  Church  alone,  and,  out- 
side the  pulpit,  with  much  less  intelligence  and  education,  have 
so  united  with  the  saloon  element  and  the  criminal  classes,  that 
that  church  actually  controls  all  the  positions  of  profit  and  trust 
in  all  the  large  cities  of  the  United  States.  It  is  well  known  that 
the  Roman  Church  has  received  a  large  amount  of  its  support 
from  the  blackmail  extracted  by  its  leading  members  from  the 
saloons  and  disreputable  houses  of  New  York  City."  The  bitter- 
ness with  which  these  mendacious  statements  are  made  indicates 
either  that  the  American  Protective  Association  is  conducted  as  a 
Protestant  engine  for  the  destruction  of  a  powerful  rival  Christian 
organization,  or  that  the  Presbyterian  Church,  at  least,  desires 
that  the  public  should  have  that  impression — either  of  which 
aspects  is  most  damaging  to  the  anti-Catholic  cruBade.  Under 
these  circumstances  patriotism,  so  far  as  tbe  Presbyterian  Church, 
at  least,  is  concerned,  is  wholly  out  of  consideration,  and  refer- 
ence to  it  defiles  and  degrades  it.  If  the  Presbyterian  Church  de- 
sires that  religion  and  politics  should  be  kept  separate,  and  can 
understand  that  truthfulness  is  becoming  in  gentlemen  and 
Christians,  let  it  set  the  example. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  7,  1894. 


THE    SILVER    QUESTION. 


EDITOR  News  Letter:  At  the  International  Bi-metallic  Con- 
ference held  in  London  May  2nd  and  3rd,  which  was  little 
more  than  an  oratorical  tournament,  Mr.  A.  J.  Balfour  is  reported 
Lo  have  expressed  himself  as  follows: 

"  The  general  consensus  of  scientific  economic  opinion  has  now  for 
many  years  been  thrown  with  an  overwhelming  balance  of  opinion 
into  the  scale  of  the  double  standard.  I  am  not  offering  now  an 
opinion  as  to  whether  the  double-standard  is  just  or  is  expedient.  I 
am  only  discussing  whether  it  is  possible;  and  I  say  that  on  that 
question  there  is  practically  now  a  consensus  of  the  whole  economic 
scientific  opinion  which  has  devoted  itself  to  the  elucidation  of  this 
problem,  and  any  man  who  in  the  face  of  that  opinion  now  quotes 
any  of  the  old  tags  about  demand  and  supply  making  it  impossible 
to  fix  a  ratio  between  the  two  metals,  or  such  doctrines  as  that  the 
interference  of  the  state  to  fix  prices  must  necessarily  fail— any  man 
who  now  relies  on  arguments  of  that  kind  to  show  that  the  double- 
standard  is  an  impossible  expedient  does  nothing  else  than  write  him- 
self down  an  individual  ignorant  of  the  latest  scientific  developments 
of  political  economy." 

Mr.  Balfour's  remarks  are  very  similar— almost  identical  in  sub- 
stance—with some  made  by  Prof.  Andrews,  of  Brown  University,  at 
the  Congress  of  Economics  and  Politics  held  in  this  city  March  29th 
and  30th  of  the  present  year.  And  they  may  justly  be  termed  merely 
the  obiter  dicta  of  two  theorists.  To  them,  at  this  phase  of  the  sub- 
ject, I  will  oppose  the  opinion  of  Hans  Forssell,  the  eminent  and  very 
able  delegate  from  Sweden  to  the  Monetary  Congresses  at  Paris,  1881, 
and  Brussels,  1892.    Said  Mr.  Forssell: 

"  The  problem  of  a  bi-metallic  union  sufficient  to  guarantee  us 
against  a  premium  upon  gold  and  against  the  drain  of  gold  resembles 
strikingly  the  investigation  of  another  very  delicate  and  very  difficult 
question,  which  might  be  formulated  thus:  What  length,  what 
breadth,  and  what  capacity  should  be  given  in  order  best  to  contain 
a  certain  quantity  of  liquid  in  a  hogshead  of  which  there  is  no  possi- 
bility of  stopping  the  bunghole  ?  " 

Mr.  Balfour  went  on  to  say  that  ••  of  course  the  percolation  of  scien- 
tific opinion  through  the  general  body  of  the  community  is  slow," 
etc.  Now,  the  practical  consideration  of  this  subject  internationally 
has  not  been  by  the  general  body  of  the  community,  as  one  might  in- 
fer from  Mr.  Balfour's  remarks,  but  by  the  "  judicious  few  "  who 
have  given  the  subject  profound  study  on  account  of  its  practica 
bearings  on  the  general  welfare — trained  experts,  as  it  were. 

At  the  first  session  of  the  Paris  International  Monetary  Congress 
of  1881,  M.  Magnin  referred  to  the  two  great  preceding  Congresses 
held  in  Paris,  the  first  in  18G7  and  the  second  in  1878,  at  the  first  of 
which,  in  a  representation  of  twenty  states  (only  two  of  them  then 
maintaining  the  gold  standard)  the  conclusion  was  reached  that  the 
surest  basis  for  the  monetary  unity  of  the  future  should  be  sought  in 
the  gold  standard,  "  with  silver,  if  need  be,  as  a  temporary  compan 
ion,"  in  which  the  delegates  concurred  by  a  seven-eighths  majority. 
In  1876  a  commission  was  appointed  in  this  country  to  consider  the 
subject,  from  which  the  Paris  Congress  of  1878  resulted.  Practically 
the  action  of  the  Paris  Congress  of  1867  was  confirmed  by  that  of 
1878,  and  also  those  of  1881  and  1889,  and  also  that  of  Brussels  of  1S92 
and  Berlin  1894,  and  gold  remains  to-day  the  standard  of  all  the  great 
commercial  nations. 

In  view  of  the  deliberate  conclusions  thrice  affirmed  by  the  best 
equipped  men  available  as  judges,  men  who  brought  to  the  considera- 
tion of  the  subject  substantially  all  that  is  comprised  in  the  term 
scientific  attainment — knowledge  and  wisdom  derived  from  study, 
observation,  and  practical  experience — Mr.  Balfour's  assertion  that 
any  man  who  now  "  quotes  any  of  the  old  tags,"  etc.,  "  writes  him- 
self down  as  ignorant  of  the  latest  scientific  developments  of  political 
economy,"  is  certainly  not  entitled  to  serious  consideration. 

It  may  have  been  imagined  by  advocates  of  the  unlimited  free  coin- 
age of  silver  that  the  panics  and  depression  of  the  '80's,  and  in  1892, 
1893,  and  1894  would  more  favorably  dispose  Germany  and  Great 
Britain,  but  what  are  the  facts  ?  After  all  the  sentimental  speeches 
and  the  grandiloquent  expressions  of  scientific  economic  opinions,  so 
called,  at  the  Bi-metalhc  Conference  in  London,  May  2nd  and  3rd 
the  subject  was  tabled  in  the  House  of  Commons  without  a  word  of 
discussion,  or  even  a  division.  The  close  of  the  Berlin  Congress,  a 
month  later,  was  just  as  hopelessly  uncompromising  so  far  as  "  help- 
ing silver"  was  concerned.  As  Forssell,  the  representative  of 
Sweden,  said  in  the  Paris  Congress  of  1881,  so  the  facts  show  in  1894: 

"  As  to  the  free  coinage  of  silver,  as  for  the  coined  silver  being  an 
unlimited  legal  tender,  no  confession,  not  even  one  ray  of  hope,  on 
the  British  or  German  horizons."  France  and  Holland  are  scarcely 
less  inimical. 

The  most  ardent  of  the  European  bi-metalists  admit  that  for  any 
one  state  or  government  to  try  the  experiment  of  unlimited  free  coin- 
age of  silver  would  inevitably  prove  disastrous,  and  yet  the  Kepubli- 
can  Party  of  California  is  demanding  that  very  thing  to  be  done  by 
the  United  States  Government  at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1.  What  egregious 
folly !  A  Layman. 

San  Francisco,  Col.,  July  3,  1894. 

For     Bronchial.     Asthmatic     and    Pulmonary    Complaints, 

"  Brown's  Bronchial  Troches"  have  remarkable  curative  properties.    Sold 
only  in  boxes. 

Begin  to  use  Ayer's  Hair  Vigor  now,  and  by  the  next  Fourth  of  July  your 
hair  will  be  "  a  thing  of  beauty." 


INTERESTING    TO    LADIES. 

IT  has  been  generally  remarked  that  no  class  of  articles  at  the 
Midwinter  Exposition  received  more  attention  than  the  vari- 
ous indispensible,  and,  to  the  masculine  mind,  mysterious  ad- 
juncts to  the  toilettes  of  our  fair  ladies.  Manufacturers  from 
every  part  of  the  globe  were  represented,  and  the  products  of 
America,  France,  England,  and  Germany  competed  for  the  honor 
of  the  first  award  at  the  great  Exposition.  The  points  of  com- 
petition were:  freedom  from  all  injurious  or  deleterious  sub- 
stances, efficiency  in  producing  the  desired  results  expected  in 
a  preservative  of  the  complexion,  chemical  skill  in  preparing  and 
compounding,  and  finally,  elegance  of  appearance  and  general 
style.  Upon  all  these  points,  our  own  California  "  Camelline" 
was  awarded  highest  position,  and  received  the  unusual  distinc- 
tion of  a  special  honorary  diploma  of  merit,  a  result  not  only  em- 
inently gratifying  to  the  manufacturers,  Messrs.  Wakelee  &  Co., 
of  this  city,  but  an  endorsement  of  the  good  judgment  of  the 
ladies  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  who,  long  ago,  pronounced  in  favor 
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FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER 


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DBOBHBKB  18— The  Paris  winter  fog  bad  given  me  a  bad  at- 
tack of  the  bines.  So  when  Unbert  asked  me  this  morning: 
••  Berthe.  what  present  would  you  like  to  find  in  your  Christmas 
stocking?  "  I  put  my  arms  around  his  neck  and  unhesitatingly 
answered  : 

••Take  me  where  there  is  sunlight — wherever  you  like,  pro- 
vided I  can  see  the  sky  and  the  blue  sea  from  my  windows." 

December  19  — Hubert  leaves  to-night.  He  is  the  dearest  hus- 
band in  tbe  world,  courteous  to  all  women,  even  his  wife.  He 
is  thirty-six  years  old,  and  I  shall  be  thirty-two  next  month;  but 
how  much  younger  he  is  than  1 !  He  knows  it,  too,  dear  fellow. 
for  be  keeps  calling  me  "  little  one"  and  »  dear  child,"  the  most 
delicate  flattery  to  a  woman  over  thirty. 

My  love  for  him  has  in  it  much  of  maternal  indulgence.  I  am 
almost  vexed  when  women  resist  his  flirtations,  so  sure  am  I  of 
his  heart. 

December  20.—  Hubert  went  alone  so  as  to  spare  me  the  fatigue 
of  looking  for  rooms,  climbing  stairs,  meeting  cross  landladies, 
and  of  asking  questions  about  water  and  drainage.  To-day  at 
breakfast  1  received  this  little  note  from  him: 

"  My  Dear — Arrived  here  rather  late.  All  the  dainty  little  nests 
are  occupied,  and  to  make  a  choice  I  want  your  advice.  Join  me  at 
San-Retuo  at  the  Royal  Hotel.  We  will  spend  the  Christmas  holi- 
davs  among  a  lot  of  Anglo-Americans,  who  will  amuse  you." 

December  24. — Hubert  met  me  at  tbe  frontier  to  help  me 
through  tbe  customs-house.  How  glad  I  was  to  see  him  I  I  still 
was  wrapped  in  furs;  he,  without  an  overcoat,  wore  his  light 
suit  and  a  little  Tyrolean  cap,  jauntily  poised  on  one  side.  I 
conld  hardly  realize  that  he  had  left  me  only  a  few  days  ago.  A 
whole  season  seemed  to  lie  between  our  parting  and  meeting.  My 
heart  was  bappy  with  the  spring,  and  I  felt  young  and  buoyant. 
I  conld  not  help  saying  to  Hubert — begging  his  pardon  with  my 
eyes  for  such  a  ridiculous  thought: 

"  Doesn't  this  recall  our  wedding  trip?  " 

He  smilingly  placed  a  finger  on  his  lips,  and  mysteriously  said: 

"  Hush !  8ome  one  might  hearyoul  At  the  Royal  Hotel  they 
think  I  am  unmarried,  and  an  American  lady  there  wants  me  for 
her  son-in-law." 

»  What!" 

"Oh,  yes!  Everybody  is  talking  about  my  engagement.  They 
are  waiting  for  the  Christmas  dance  to  have  us  pass  under  the 
mistletoe." 

He  seemed  to  enjoy  the  fun  of  the  thing  so  hngely  that  1  had 
not  tbe  heart  to  scold  him.     I  only  said: 

"Oh,  Hubert!  " 

But  he  gallantly  raised  my  hand  to  his  lips  without  fearing  to 
scandalize  a  clergyman  who,  severe  and  silent,  sat  in  tbe  other 
corner  of  the  compartment. 

•*  I  assure  you,  Berthe,  dear,  that  1  am  not  to  blame  in  the 
least.  This  provident  mother  beard  the  hotel-keeper  call  me  «  Ex- 
cellency.' I  had  a  particle  before  my  name  and  a  crown  on  my 
traps;  so  she  at  once  put  her  daughter  in  my  way,  and  has  man- 
aged several  tete-a-tetes  for  ua.  My  mother-in-law  watches  me 
closely.  She  was  very  much  alarmed  at  my  trip  to  Vintimille, 
and  asked  the  porter  whether  I  took  my  luggage.  I  almost  be- 
lieve that  for  a  moment  she  thought  of  letting  her  daughter  come, 
too.     I  am  sure  that  both  will  be  at  tbe  station." 

Sure  enough,  as  tbe  train  entered  the  little  depot  of  San-Remo 
I  noticed  two  ladies  in  a  pony-chaise.  They  did  not  see  me,  but 
sent  Hubert  a  coquettish  salute,  tbe  mother  with  the  end  of  her 
whip,  the  daughter  with  her  parasol.  There  was  barely  twenty 
years  difference  between  the  ages  of  the  two,  and  they  looked 
just  as  I  had  pictured  them.  Their  wavy  hair  had  the  same  red- 
dish golden  tint,  natural,  perhaps,  with  the  daughter.  You  might 
have  taken  them  for  sisters.     Hubert  beamed.     I  asked  him: 

<<  Is  there  a  father?  " 

"  He  must  have  remained  in  Chicago  salting  pork.  They  never 
speak  of  him." 

As  we  went  down  to  dinner  a  maid  handed  me  some  flowers, 
and  announced  that  there  would  be  a  dance  after  pudding. 

I  found  a  large  room  all  festooned  with  Italian,  American,  and 
English  flags.  Garlands  of  green  reached  from  the  chandelier  to 
the  four  corners  of  the  gallery,  and  a  wreath  of  mistletoe  hung 
very  low  over  the  entrance.  Hubert  had  our  dinner  served  at  a 
separate  table.     Pointing  to  the  wreath,  I  said: 

"That  is  what  you  are  to  pass  under  with  Miss What  is 

your  fiancee's  name?  " 

"Ethel.  Here  she  comes  1  What  a  stunning  gown  she  wears 
for  the  dance  I  " 


Yes,  thr  1  All  girl  looked  very  pretty  in  hemnow  white,  (pathetic 
[OWD,  poffod  on  the  shoulders,  and  leaving  the  white  arms  bare. 
When  she  entered  her  eye  sought  Hubert.  She  saw  him,  and  at 
tbe  same  time  perceived  me.  Not  a  feature  moved.  She  passed 
very  graciously,  her  head  so  naturally  turned  away  from  us  that 
I  judged  her  to  be  an  excellent  actress  notwithstanding  her  an- 
gelic dress. 

Her  mother  was  less  discreet.  Hubert's  seat  next  to  her  at  the 
tnlilc  d*KBU  was  vacant.  She  leaned  toward  her  daughter,  prob- 
ably asking  news  of  tbe  Absentee,  then  eyed  me  calmly  and  de- 
liberately through  her  lorgnette.  Hubert,  bending  across  tbe 
table,  said : 

"  Well,  my  dear,  I  am  going  to  tax  your  indulgence  still  far- 
ther. You  must  permit  me  to  open  the  cotillion  with  Ethel. 
Yes,  1  know,  it  is  not  very  gallant  to  leave  you  alone,  but  in  tbe 
first  place  you  will  have  the  company  of  my  mother-in-law, 
whose  conversation,  I  know,  will  not  bore  you.  And  then, 
frankly,  I  can't  get  out  of  this  gracefully  just  yet.  If  I  retreated, 
now  that  you  have  arrived,  I  should  be  laughed  at  as  a  married 
man  who  wanted  to  play  bachelor  during  his  wife's  absence. 
YTou  know  I  am  not  the  man  to  do  such  a  thing."  And  as  I 
could  not  help  smiling,  he  said  with  comical  gravity:  "  Why  do 
you  laugh  ?" 

"  I  am  thinking  of  the  discomfiture  of  the  poor  girl.  You  must 
give  her  time  to  grow  used  to  her  misfortune.  Do  me  a  favor. 
Don't  only  open  tbe  cotillion  with  her,  but  devote  yourself  to  her 
for  the  whole  evening." 

As  Hubert  had  predicted,  I  bad  barely  seated  myself  in  the 
ball-room  when  Ethel's  mother  installed  herself  beside  me.  She 
graciously  spread  out  her  laces,  opened  her  fan,  smiled  at  me,  and 
without  the  least  embarrassment  addressed  me: 

"  Dear  Madame,  I  see  we  have  a  mutual  friend  in  Count  de 
Valville — perhaps  you  know  him  longer  than  we  do.  We  met 
him  five  days  ago,  and  tbink  him  a  charming  man." 

<<  Indeed  he  is,  Madame." 

"  Of  good  family  ?  " 

"  Excellent." 

"And  so  handsome!  My  daughter  is  charming,  also.  Don't 
you  think  so,  Madame  ?  " 

"  I  admired  her  a  little  while  ago." 

»  And  rich,  you  know,  very  rich  !  And  so  well  informed  I  She 
was  educated  in  Boston.  She  speaks  Latin!  See  how  well  she 
dances! " 

Hubert  and  Ethel  had  just  waltzed  past  us.  Many  admiring 
eyes  watched  them.  They  were  certainly  the  most  elegant  couple 
in  tbe  room.     My  neighbor  continued: 

«  Don't  you  think,  dear  Madame,  that  Count  de  Valville  would 
be  a  suitable  husband  for  my  daughter  ?  See  how  well  they  look 
together,  height  and  all!  " 

She  was  so  delighted  with  her  combination  that  it  seemed  cruel 
to  disillusion  her.     It  took  all  my  courage  to  say: 

"Certainly,  madame,    but  there  is  a  slight  obstacle "      She 

did  not  let  me  finish. 

"  Which?  M.  de  Valville  is  not  rich  ?  We  do  not  care  for 
money " 

»»It  is  not  that;  M.  de  Valville  is  not  free  !' 

"  You  are  sure  ?  " 

"  He  is  married!  " 

"To  whom  ?" 

"To  me." 

My  neighbor  looked  at  me  with  open-monthed  astonishment 

an  astonishment  not  flattering  to  me.  I  concluded  that  this  was 
not  her  first  mistake  of  the  kind.  Finally  the  lady's  mouth 
closed,  and  she  obligingly  said  to  me: 

"  I  thought  on  seeing  you,  Madame,  that  you  were  his  sister 

yes,  his  sister — you  might  so  well  be  bis  sister  1  It  would  have 
been  so  nice!  What  a  pity,  Madame,  that  you  are  not  his  sister  I 
They  are  such  a  handsome  couple  I  Look  at  them  !  What  a  pity  ! 
[Translated  from  the  French  of  Hugues  Le  Roux,  by  Alice  Ziska  ] 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  7, 1894. 


1  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's 


IN  the  wide,  wide  world  there  is  not  a  better  picture  of  grief  and 
poverty  than  Edward  Harrigan's  Old  Lavender.  There  are 
places  in  it,  however,  where  one  stops  to  suppress  a  yawn,  and 
there  are  places  in  it  where  one  tries  to  suppress  a  tear.  But  the 
best  of  plays  have  their  dull  moments,  and  he  is  a  great  author 
who  can  build  a  play  without  monotony.  There  are  very  few 
dramatic  writers  of  the  hour  who  regard  the  stage  play  as  a  seri- 
ous thing,  and  in  the  whole  list  of  dramatists  none  has  striven 
to  give  as  true  and  serious  a  picture  of  any  phase  of  contempora- 
neous existence  in  America  to  such  an  extent  as  Mr.  Harrigan. 
He  has  reproduced  with  wonderful  realism  the  life  of  the  East 
Side.  Old  Lavender  is  just  a  bit  unreasonable,  and  its  main  plot 
is  slightly  exaggerated  in  order  that  the  main  scenes  may  be  held 
tightly  together;  bat  the  denouement  is  not  disappointing,  and 
then,  it  is  the  characters,  and  not  the  plot,  that  interest  one  in 
Old  Lavender.  Edward  Harrigan's  character  of  Cieorge  Coggswell 
is  the  central  attraction  of  the  piece;  everything  is  built  around 
it.  It  is  a  wonderful  piece  of  work,  and  true  to  nature,  from  the 
lame  walk,  nervous  fingers,  and  swollen  face,  to  the  tattered  gar- 
ments. It  fits  Mr.  Harrigan  like  a  perfect  glove.  It  is  his  artistic 
triumph.  It  is  good  enough  to  make  him  rank  as  one  of  the 
leading  character  actors  of  the  age.  The  absence  of  effort,  the 
absolutely  perfect  comprehension,  the  naturalness  of  personifica- 
tion lead  us  to  believe  that  Mr.  Harrigan  is  one  of  two  things — a 
genins,  or  merely  himself.  His  mummers  give  him  excellent  sup- 
port in  Old  Lavender,  but  there  are  a  few  among  them  who  might 
thrive  if  they  had  a  few  good  lessons  from  Mr.  Harrigan  himself. 
Harry  Wright,  for  instance,  the  comely  young  man  with  the 
chrysanthemum  locks,  is  altogether  too  stagey.  We  also  take 
pleasure  in  informing  bim  that  when  a  man  makes  love  to  a 
woman,  even  though  she  be  a  married  woman,  he  does  not  do  it 
in  the  same  way  that  a  schoolboy  recites  *<  Kienzi's  Address  to 
the  Romans."  It  was  the  roughest  love-making  that  was  ever 
seen  on  the  stage;  there  was  not  even  a  tinge  of  gentility  in  it. 
Another  mummer  who  needs  the  watchfulness  of  Mr.  Harrigan's 
eagle  eye  is  George  Merritt.  In  the  three  plays  which  have  been 
produced  since  Mr.  Harrigan  came  among  us,  that  mummer  has 
appeared  with  the  same  ungainly,  unnatural  walk.  No  man, 
no  matter  how  low  bis  calling  or  bow  disjointed  his  brain, 
walks  like  a  sick  owl  in  a  basin  of  hot  water,  as  does  Mr.  Mer- 
ritt through  Mr.  Harrigan's  plays.  Joseph  Sparks  is  always 
good,  and  so  is  Dan  Burke.  As  the  negro  and  the  Italian  their 
work  is  imbued  with  a  spirit  of  sincere  humor.  Miss  Lee  and 
Miss  Moore  played  their  roles  very  acceptably,  and  little  Miss 
Pollock  made  a  decided  success  of  Dick,  the  Rat.  There  is  one 
adjunct  of  Harrigan's  plays  that  is  always  a  success,  and  that  is 
the  songs.  They  are  sung  in  a  soul-stirring  manner  by  good 
voices,  and  they  are  songs  that  will  always  be  worth  the  hearing. 


One  of  the  handsomest  young  ladies  that  the  stage  has  ever 
seen  is  Miss  Inez  Dean,  the  young  contralto  who  made  her  debut 
a  fortnight  ago  at  the  Orpheum.  Sbe  has  a  beautiful  face,  full  of 
expression  and  sentiment,  and  a  voice  that  matches  it  perfectly. 
Her  tall,  dignified  figure  will  be  a  valuable  addition  to  any  stage. 
With  the  exception  of  two  numbers,  the  Orpheum  programme 
this  week  is  interesting.  Those  two  are  O'Brien  and  Redding 
and  the  Pack  Quartette.  It  is  hard  to  tell  which  is  O'Brien  and 
which  is  Redding,  but  whichever  is  the  man,  there  is  no  excuse 
for  his  being  on  the  stage,  except  it  be  that  he  wants  to  show  the 
public  that  the  range  of  aBses  is  still  a  wide  one.  He  is  not  funny ; 
he  is  painfully  Idiotic.  The  woman,  also,  might  find  some  other 
calling  that  would  suit  her  better.  Th'e  Pack  Quartette  was  cut 
off  from  its  queer  antics,  on  the  second  night  of  its  appearance, 
by  the  stage  manager,  who  lowered  a  drop  scene  while  the  singers 
were  being  unmercifully  guyed  by  the  gods.  The  programme 
will  be  strengthened  by  the  addition  of  the  Braatz  Brothers,  Con- 
nors and  Staley,  O'Brien  and  Carroll,  and  Charles  H.  Duncan,  who 
will  appear  after  the  strike  is  over. 
*  *  * 

On  Monday  evening  Dick  Turpin  will  be  seen  at  the  Tivoli  Opera 
House.  If  all  that  has  been  heard  about  it  is  true,  it  will  be  one 
of  the  Tivoli's  greatest  successes.  To-nigbt  and  to-morrow  night 
will  be  the  last  performance  of  Tar  and  Tartar. 

•         *  *  * 

The  Baldwin  Theatre  will  reopen  for  its  twelfth  regular  season  on 
Monday.  The  attraction  will  be  Mrs.  James  Brown  Potter  and 
Kyrle  Bellow,  who  will  play  a  week's  engagement.  They  will  pre- 
sent, during  the  week,  three  plays,  Therese,  In  Society,  and  Charlotte 
Corday,  all  of  which  are  new  here.  The  last-named  will  receive  its 
first  American  production  at  the  Baldwin.  Therese  has  been 
played  in  the  Eastern  cities  with  considerable  success.  In  Society 
is  a  drama  of  the  highest  order,  and  Mrs.    Potter  will  wear  some 


gorgeous  costumes  in  it.  The  repertoire  for  the  week  has  been 
arranged  as  follows:  Monday  and  Tuesday,  Therese;  Wednesday 
and  Thursday,  and  Saturday  matin6e,  In  Society;  Friday  and  Sat- 
urday, Charlotte  Corday. 

*  *  * 

On  Monday,  the  16th  inst.,  John  Drew  will  appear  at  the  Bald- 
win, for  the  first  time  in  this  city,  as  a  star.  He  will  present, 
during  his  engagement,  all  the  plays  that  he  has  appeared  in  dur- 
ing the  past  season.  The  opening  piece  will  be  Henry  Guy  Carle- 
ton's  The  Butterflies,  which  is  one  of  the  latest  Eastern  successes. 
It  will  be  followed  by  The  Masked  Ball. 

*  #  * 

The  Midwinter  Fair  Quintette  will  give  a  concert  at  Metropol- 
itan Hall  on  Thursday  evening  next.  F.  K.  Tobin,  the  trombon- 
ist; Genaro  Saldierna,  the  violinist;  Will  E.  Bates,  the  tenor; 
George  McNiece,  the  clarionetist,  and  Charles  H.  Prince,  the 
pianist,  will  assist  in  performing  the  numbers  of  an  excellent  pro- 
gramme. Miss  Neva  M.  Krehmeke  will  make  her  d6but  as  a 
vocalist  on  that  evening. 

*  *  * 

The  Leather  Patch,  which  Mr.  Harrigan  will  present  at  the  Cali- 
fornia next  week,  is  another  of  his  merry  plays  of  New  York 
lower  life.  It  was  originally  produced  in  that  city  in  1886,  and 
made  an  instantaneous  hit.  In  this  play  Mr.  Harrigan  appears 
as  an  undertaker  whose  father  leaves  a  will  which  for  safe  keep- 
ing is  placed  beneath  a  leather  patch,  which  is  sewed  to  a  pair  of 
trousers.  The  trousers  are  stolen  and  pawned.  The  search  for 
them  forms  the  ground  work  of  the  play. 

Business  men  making  a  specialty  of  one  article  of  commerce  are 
becoming  more  numerous  every  day.  Edmund  Taylor,  of  218  Post 
street,  is  making  a  specialty  of  imported  Irish  Linens.  Ladies  and 
gentlemen  should  bear  in  mind  that  he  sells  the  finest  handkerchiefs, 
shirting,  linens,  table  linens,  huck  damask,  bath  towels,  crashes,  can- 
vases, and  stamped  linens  for  embroidery  in  the  city.  He  carries  no 
other  goods  except  those. 

BALDWIN  THEATRE.-EXTRA. 

Al  Haymen  Lessee  and  Manager. 

Reopening  Monday,  July  9th.    One  week  only.     Only  matinee  Saturday. 

MRS.   POTTER 


MR.  BEULEW, 


And  an  excellent  metropolitan  company. 

Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings— THERESE,  by  Emile  Zola. 

Wednesday,  Thursday  evenings  and  Saturday  matinee— IN  SOCIETY, 
by  Alexander  Dumas. 

Friday  and  Saturday  evenings— CHARLOTTE  COBDATf,  first  time  in 
America. 

Meats  now  ready      Next  Attraction— JOHN  DREW,  in  "The  Butterflies." 


NEW  CALIFORNIA  THEATRE. 


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Matiuee  Satur- 


AlHa,YMAN«£CO.. 

S.N.   Fribdlandek,  Manager. 
Week  of  July  9th— Every   evening,  including  Sunday, 
day.    The  most  absolute  and  emphatic  success,  MR. 

EDWARD    HARRIGAN'S 

famous  creation  of  THE  I  I  till  I  It  PATCH. 

All  the  original  music  by  Dave  Braham. 

Reserved  Seats,  night— 25c.,  50c  ,  75c.,  jl.    Reserved  seats,  matinee— 25c. 
50c,  7JC.     Next— CORDELIA'S  ASPIRATIONS . 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

KkklinqBroh  ..Proprietors  and  Managers. 

Fifth  and  last  week.     Last  nights.    Eclipsing  all  other  successes. 
The  great  comic  opera  success, 

TAR  AND  TARTAR. 

By  Harry  B.  Smith  and  Adam  Itzell,  Jr. 
Monday,  July  9th— DICK  TURPIN. 
PopdlaePeicbs 25  and  50c 

ORPHEUM- 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  of  Monday,  July  9th — A  superb  programme  of 
MEW  ATTRACTIONS. 

The  vaudeville  world  strongly  represented  by  our  splendid  aggregation 
of  picked  artists. 

A  B1IX  OF  BARE  MERIT, 

Introducing  refined  novelties,  strong  specialties,  and  along  list  of  enter- 
taining acts.     By  long  odds  the  greatest  specialty  show  offered  in  the  city. 

Reserved  Seats,  25e. ;  Balcony  10c. ;  Opera  Chairs  and  Box  SeatB,  50c. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

i  I  IAN  RFRHARn  The  Englisn  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
L_  I  L_  L  I  M  11  ULL/L/MnU,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1007  California 
Street,  opposite  the  Flood  Mansion. 

O  I  A  IVI  f*%  C  A-  L-  BANCROFT  &  CO. 
rlMllWO    303  Sutter  St.,  S.F. 

Knabe,    Haines,  Bush  &  Gerts,  and  others- 
Cash  or  installments.    Please  call  or  correspond. 

FRANCISCO.    BANCROFT 


Julv  7,  1894  . 


SAN  FUAXCISCO  NEWS  LKTTER. 


THE    EYES    OF    PUBLIC  SCHOOL    CHILDREN. 

(Bl     Dl       VlBKOK.1 

'  *  TV'  oor  PubIic  schools  develop  short-sightedness  among  chlld- 
Ly  ren*  "  is  a  question  that  bas  been  considered  by  special- 
ists, with  a  decision  in  tbe  affirmative.  One  of  tbese  learned  men, 
after  a  scientific  examination  of  a  number  of  school  children  and 
a  close  study  of  tables  of  statistics,  goes  so  far  as  to  say  that 
children  are  taktn  from  school  at  ten  years  of  age  simply  be- 
cause they  are  too  near-sigbted  tn  see  anything,  and  so  learn 
nothing,  become  discouraged,  and  are  finally  pnt  to  work  because 
their  parents  feel  that  they  are  wasting  their  time  at  school. 

This  seems  to  me  to  contain  some  exaggeration.  Tbe  teachers 
in  tbe  San  Francisco  public  schools  are  awake  to  the  dilficulties 
of  near-sighted  pupils,  and  do  everything  that  can  well  be  done 
by  favoring  them  as  to  seats  or  lights  to  remove  their  disability, 
and  help  them  overcome  their  natural  handicap  in  tbe  race  for 
knowledge. 

But  It  cannot  be  denied  that  the  conditions  in  all  the  schools 
are  favorable  to  the  development  of  diseases  of  the  eye.  Cross 
lights  are  ruinous  to  the  organs  of  vision,  and  yet  they  exist  in 
nearly  every  school  room  in  San  Francisco.  How  cross  lights  can 
always  be  avoided  it  is  impossible  to  see,  when  we  consider  the 
problem  of  ventilation  and  the  need  of  fresh  air  in  every  school 
room.  The  more  windows  we  can  have  the  better.  The  problem 
of  bow  to  regulate  the  light  might  be  solved  if  we  had  inside 
blinds  or  roller  shades  to  every  window.  But  such  luxuries  do 
not  exist  in  every  schoolbonse  in  San  Francisco.  Some  of  our 
school  windows  have  been  painted  a  dull  white,  which,  wnile  it 
tempera  the  glare  of  the  sun.  does  not  entirely  do  away  with 
cross  lights. 

ii  Do  you  see  these  glasses?  "  asked  a  lady,  taking  a  pair  from 
her  nose  and  looking  up  from  the  article  of  the  scientist  on  school 
children's  eyes,  published  in  a  San  Francisco  daily  paper; 
H  I  have  worn  these  glasses  for  the  last  ten  years,  and  I  am 
not  the  only  one  of  my  graduating  class  who  bad  to  consult 
an  oculist  after  I  left  school.  My  last  year  in  the  high  school 
was  made  miserable  by  a  patch  of  sunlight  that  would  fall  near 
the  teacher's  desk  and  not  far  from  my  seat.  There  was  no  way 
to  avoid  seeing  it,  for  our  inside  blinds  had  been  carted  away  to 
the  cellar  on  tbe  ground  that  we  were  too  fond  of  sitting  in  the 
darkl  The  windows  had  shades,  but  these  did  not  cover  the 
upper  sash,  which  was  rounding  at  the  top,  and  the  shade  was 
stretched  across  the  window  beginning  at  the  lower  ends  of  the 
arc. 

"  What  I  suffered  from  pains  in  my  head  and  flashes  before  my 
eyes  in  tbe  dark,  I  do  not  like  to  remember.  It  resulted  in  a  visit 
to  a  specialist,  who  thoroughly  examined  my  eyes,  and  who  de- 
clared that  my  case  was  only  one  of  many  such  which  had  been 
brought  to  him  for  treatment.  I  was  not  short-sighted;  on  the 
contrary,  I  was  very  far-sighted,  a  fact  upon  which  I  bad  prided 
myBelf  in  the  school-room,  often  ostentatiously  taking  a  seat  fur- 
thest from  the  blackboard,  so  as  to  give  up  my  good  position  to 
some  less  fortunate  companion.  The  trouble,  said  the  oculist, 
was  excessive  strain  of  tbe  muscles  of  accommodation  of  the  eye. 
He  insisted  that  the  practice  of  patting  work  to  be  copied  on 
state  or  in  a  book  upon  a  blackboard,  and  expecting  children  to 
glance  up  and  away  to  the  blackboard,  and  then  down  and  near 
to  their  paper  on  their  desk,  called  for  a  constant  shifting  of  the 
focus  of  the  eye,  first,  to  discern  the  distant  object,  and  then  to 
follow  the  motion  of  tbe  pen   in  his    own  hand  under  his  nose." 

For  years  the  children  in  our  public  schools  look  from  the  desk 
to  the  blackboard,  from  the  blackboard  to  tbe  desk.  Cross  lights 
make  writing  upon  the  blackboards  quite  indistinguishable  at 
times,  especially  when  the  teacher,  with  a  mistaken  craze  for  fine 
writing,  makes  almost  illegible  marks  upon  the  surface,  or  the 
blackboard  itself,  either  because  of  poor  material  or  old  age,  bas 
become  shiny  and  too  slippery  to  write  upon.  Cracks  or  nicks 
in  the  old  blackboards  of  course  show  white  plaster,  and  add  con- 
fusion to  the  white  writing  of  the  chalk.  The  chalk  itself  is  often' 
too  hard  in  quality  to  write  smoothly  or  legibly.  Then  the  con- 
stant erasing  of  the  writing  from  the  blackboard  fills  the  air  with 
chalk  dust,  which  is  bad  for  the  eyes  and  for  the  lungs  as  well. 
It  does  not  seem  possible  that  it  is  still  necessary  to  insist  upon 
pure  air  for  the  preservation  of  the  sight,  and  yet  many  people 
ignore  this  fact. 

Much  stress  has  been  laid  upon  the  books  read  by  children  in 
school.  Some  authorities  on  tbe  eye  go  so  far  as  to  recommend 
that  all  books,  and  slates,  and  pencils,  and  paper  should  be  ban- 
ished from  the  school-room  until  the  child  is  out  of  the  primary 
grades.  This  advice  could  not  be  followed  without  depriving  a 
vast  army  of  young  children  of  their  only  means  of  gaining  a 
working  knowledge  of  reading  and  writing.  Nor  is  it  founded 
upon  necessity.  From  my  observation  in  the  school-room  I  should 
sa"y  it  was  as  bad  to  compel  children  to  learn  everything  from  a 
blackboard  as  to  make  them  do  all  desk  work.  "Change  about" 
is  best.  The  harm  to  tbe  child's  eye  is  done  when  he  is  compelled 
to  copy  work,  word  for  word  or  letter  by  letter,  from  the  black- 
board, looking  up  and  down,  up  and  down,  many  times  in  a 
minute.  The  white  paper  on  which  our  school  books  are  printed, 
the  small  size  of  much  of  the  type,  and  the  glaze  on  the  paper  in 
the  books   and   on   the  foolscap,  strain  the  eye.     Much  injury  is 


worked  by  the  use  of  the  fine  ruled  paper  for  writing.  The  child 
is  compelled  to  study  lines  and  spaces,  and  instead  of  studying  a 
letter  in  all  its  parts  and  the  relation  of  tbe  curve  to  the  straight 
line,  and  the  height  and  the  slant,  he  Is  put  to  the  torture,  and 
compelled  by  the  »one  system"  to  make  a  thing  of  angles,  just 
so  long,  just  bo  wide,  slanlinn  here,  stopping  there,  and  a  line  and 
a  space  the  unit  of  measure  for  every  letter.  This  method  tarns 
out  fairly  good  mechanical  writers  or  penmen,  who  as  long  as 
they  have  their  fine  lined  paper  can  do  laborious  work  of  a  cer- 
tain kind  of  excellence.  Hut  there  is  no  freedom  of  motion,  no 
independence,  no  character  in  the  writing,  and  when  deprived  of 
their  guide  lines  such  little  scribes  are  completely  at  sea.  Tbe 
strain  on  the  eyes  is  very  great.  The  use  of  a  greasy  slate  and  a 
poor  quality  of  slate  pencil  on  lines  that  have  been  scratched  on 
the  slate  with  (he  sharp  end  of  a  file  or  the  point  of  a  knife  cause 
a  failure  of  sight.  I  have  seen  little  children  bending  their  heads 
over  their  desks  at  the  most  uncomfortable  of  angles  so  as  to  be 
able  to  see  wbat  they  write  on  their  slates. 

We  need  a  soft  green  color  for  slates,  if  that  were  possible.  No 
more  white  glazed  paper  should  be  in  a  school-room.  The  cross 
lights  should  be  >emoved,  ventilation  improved,  and  less  strain 
imposed  upon  tbe  eyes  of  the  young. 


SPECIAL   RUG   SALE 

Until  July  15th. 


We  have  placed  on  sale  2500  Rugs — ORIENTAL 
and  DOMESTIC— and  INGRAIN  ART  SQUARES, 
at  prices  never  before  approached  in  this  city. 

SriYRNA  RUGS. 

Best  quality,  ROYAL  AND  IMPERIAL.  These 
are  not  the  cheap  and  flimsy  ones  commonly  used, 
but  the  BEST  QUALITY. 

,  ^   „  ,      ,  Sale  Price .  Regular  Price. 

lit.  9  in.  by  8  it.  9  in $150  $2  26 

2  it.  2  in.  by  4  it.  6  in 2  00  3  00 

2  ft.  6  in.  by  5  it.  0  in    2  75  4  00 

3  it.  0  in.  by  6  it.  0  in 4  00  5  75 

4  ft.  0  in.  by  7  it.  0  in. 6  75  9  50 

ART  SQUARES 

All  Wool  Ingrain,  (Not  part  cotton. ) 

„,,,..        ,  Sale  Price.    Regular  Price. 

7>4it.by9it  $6  65  J  7  60 

9it.  by9ft 6  75  900 

9ft.byl0«ft 790  10  50 

9  it.  by  12  fi    900  12  00 

9  it.  byl3^it 10  15  13  50 

12  it.  by  15  It 15  00  20  10 

ORIENTAL  RUQS. 

A  great  variety  at  correspondingly  low  prices. 
The  kinds  and  sizes  are  too  numerous  to  quote, 
but  for  example  we  mention 

DAQHESTANS  FROM  $6  UP. 

W.  &  J.  Sloane  &  Co., 

Carpets,  Furniture,  Upholstery, 

641-647  MARKET  ST. 

Joshua    Hendy 
Machine    Works, 

Proprietors  of  the  CITY  IRON  WORKS, 
Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Boilers, 
Engines,  Pumps  and  Machinery  of  every 
description.  Patent  lead-lined  Coupled 
Tubing,  for  use  as  Water  Pipe,  for  sale 
cheap. 
Office:    51  FREMONT  ST. San  Francisco,  Cat. 

Will  Remove  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building,  July  1st. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  7,  1894. 


the: 

OOKCR-ON. 


WE  have  just  learned  that  the  "Western  Addition  has  a  social 
club  composed  of  married  ladies  whose  b  usbands  are  noted  for 
staying  down  town  rather  late  at  night.  The  ladies  meet  fre- 
quently and  gosBip  freely  about  the  many  little  things  that  are  so 
dear  to  the  feminine  heart,  but  they  seldom  speak  about  the 
short-comings  of  the  heads  of  the  household.  Sometimes  a  lady 
will  speak  in  a  guarded  way  of  dear  George,  or  Frank,  or 
"William,  who  has  to  work  so  hard  during  the  economic  crisis 
that  often  he  has  to  stay  out  until  long  hours  doing  the  work 
that  he  used,  when  things  were  different,  to  hire  others  toper 
form.  That  is  real  nice  and  sweet,  and  there  is  a  delicacy  about 
the  way  in  which  it  is  put,  and  none  other  than  a  woman  would 
know  how  to  handle  such  a  dangerous  subject  as  a  refractory 
husband.  Some  of  the  dear  ladies  of  the  Western  Addition  Club 
may  make  it  lively  for  their  liege  lords  in  the  privacy  of  their 
own  homes,  but  at  a  meeting  of  the  club  they  are  referred  to  only 
in  the  most  tender  terms.  Every  week  a  dinner  is  given  by  one  of 
the  ladies,  and  all  the  others  are  expected  lo  be  present  with  their 
husbands;  but  sad  to  relate,  after  an  existence  of  three  months, 
the  average  attendance  of  husbands  has  not  been  encouragingly 
large,  two  being  the  most  that  could  be  mustered  at  any  of  the 
various  dinners  given  by  the  ladies.  The  husband  of  the  lady 
who  gives  the  dinner  is  expected  to  be  present  at  all  hazards,  and 
help  to  assist  his  wife  in  entertaining  the  club  members,  and 
thus  far  but  one  failure  in  that  respect  has  been  scored.  It  occurred 
last  week,  when  the  husband  forgot  all  about  it  until  midnight. 
He  had  been  talking  to  an  undertaker  on  the  science  of  embalm- 
ing, and  when  he  reached  home,  wearied  with  mental  strain  and 
the  waters  of  Bacchus,  the  company  waB  just  leaving.  He  must 
have  needed  some  embalming  fluid  himself,  for  as  he  remarked 
to  a  friend  on  the  following  day,  "I  fell  dead." 

*  *  * 

There  was  a  jolly  little  scene  in  a  Bohemian  restanrant  a  few 
nights  ago,  which  brought  to  light  one  of  the  unaccountable 
luxuries  which  men  of  the  world  will  call  for,  probably  more  for 
the  sake  of  variety  than  anything  else.  We  have  often  heard  of 
champagne  baths,  but  this  one  was  sparkling  enough  to  put  the 
breath  of  life  and  the  spirit  of  passion  into  an  Egyptian  mummy. 
1  hs  citizen  was  not  accustomed  to  such  tbingB,  but  he  went  up  there 
and  ordered  at  champagne  bath,  to  cost  $500.  The  tub  was  pre- 
pared, a  number  of  cases  of  different  brands  were  brought  in,  and 
soon  the  corks  were  popping  and  the  tub  was  filled.  He  got  into 
the  bath,  and  soon  began  to  revel  in  one  of  those  delights  which 
made  him  believe  that  he  must  be  living  in  another  day  of 
Arabian  nights.  Presently  a  thought  strnck  him.  He  sat  upright, 
rang  the  bell,  and  waited  with  an  eager  countenance  until  the 
waiter  came  in. 

"How  many  bottles  of  champagne  did  you  put  in  the  bath?" 

"Well,  you  ordered  $500  worth,  and  I  pot  in  one  hundred 
bottles,"  answered  the  garcon. 

"The  devil  you  did  I     I  want  you  to  get  twenty  bottlea  more." 

"But,  sir,  the  price  is  $5  a  bottle." 

"Well,  that  don't  go  with  me,  young  fellow.  I  will  pay  $5  a 
bottle  to  drink  champagne,  but  I'm  hanged  if  I'm  going  to  allow 
any  McKinley  tariff  to  be  placed  on  my  bath." 

And  the  waiter  hurried  away  for  another  twenty  bottles. 

*  *  * 

Robert  Grayson  is  a  popular  member  of  the  Pacific  Union  Club, 
and  is  fond  of  field  sports.  Mr.  Grayson  was  fishing  in  8an  An- 
dreas Lake  recently,  where  he  encountered  a  singular  adventure. 
He  had  just  landed  a  black  bass,  and  had  cast  his  shrimp-baited 
hook  behind  him,  when  a  friend  of  his  in  a  boat  close  off  shore 
shouted  to  him.  Grayson,  permitting  his  bait  to  lie  on  the 
ground,  replied.  In  the  middle  of  the  conversation  he  felt  a 
wrench  on  the  rod  on  his  shoulder  which  almost  dragged  him  to 
the  ground,  and  the  line  went  hissing  from  the  reel.  He  turned 
sharply  and  beheld  a  plump  young  hog,  which,  nosing  around,  had 
gobbled  shrimp  and  hook,  running  up  the  hillside.  Now,  Mr. 
Grayson's  split  bamboo  is  a  handsome  one,  and  to  save  it  he  ran 
like  a  streak  after  the  hog,  reeling  in  line  as  he  went.  Down  the 
slope  on  the  other  side  went  piggy,  Mr.  Grayson  badly  in  the 
rear.  At  last  a  big  boulder  tripped  him  mercifully  up,  and  in  his 
fall  the  line  broke,  the  hog  went  off  with  the  slack,  and  the  rod 
was  saved.  When  that  pig  comes  to  his  natural  and  inevitable 
end,  the  gourmet  who  discovers  a  number  eight  Limerick  hook 
in  its  jowls  will  have  something  to  speculate  on. 

*  *  » 

The  toilets  that  one  sees  at  the  seaside  are  always  jaunty  and 
natty,  but  there  is  an  unusual  amount  of  chic  about  them  this  sea- 
sun.  It  is  difficult  to  define  jnst  what  this  chic  is;  whether  it  is 
in  the  cut  of  the  gown,  or  the  material  composing  it,  or  the  trim- 
ming ornamenting  it,  but  it  stamps  the  summer  gill's  seaside 
clothes — her  bathing  suit  as  well  as  the  fluffy  tulle  frock   which 


she  wears  in  the  ballroom.  All  of  these  have  a  certain  crisp  charm 
about  them,  quite  a  salty  flavor,  if  such  a  term  can  be  feasibly 
used  in  describing  personal  adornment.  Take  the  yachting  suit 
that  one  sees  at  Santa  Cruz,  for  instance.  It  is  of  dark  blue 
serge,  like  any  other  girl's  mountain  dress,  but  it  differs  from  that 
in  having  a  dainty  vest  of  scarlet  cloth,  striped  with  gold  braid. 
a  large  collar,  in  which  the  same  color  scheme  is  carried  out,  and 
energetic-looking  roll  cuffs,  on  which  "dear  little  anchors,"  as  the 
girls  call  them,  are  worked  in  gold.  Her  sailor  hat  differs  from 
the  land  girl's  sailor.  It  is  a  white  suede  affair,  with  wide  band, 
on  which  nautical  emblems  are  embroidered.  The  seaside  girl  of 
this  season  leaves  white  duck  shoes  to  the  mountain  maid.  She 
knows  the  havoc  that  wet  sands  work  with  them,  and  conse- 
quently wears  dark  ties  that  fit  daintily,  or  tan-colored  tieB  and 
stockings  to  match.  The  white  parasol  is  in  evidence  this  sea- 
son. But  that  does  not  find  favor  in  her  eyes.  A  cool,  blue  shade 
is  more  to  her  liking  when  she  is  gazing  on  the  deep  blue  sea. 
The  mountain  costumes  are  very  pretty,  and  the  white  duck  suits 
with  colored  vests  are  distinctly  the  thing.  That  is  about  the 
exact  resume  of  the  costumes  that  one  will  see  at  any  resort, 
from  Castle  Crag  to  Coronado,  this  year. 
»  *  » 

Mrs.  Pbelan,  mother  of  the  orator  and  widow  of  the  famous 
connoiseur  in  plaster  statues,  was  looking  over  an  art  catalogue 
with  a  view  to  adding  to  the  already  famous  Phelan  collection. 
She  noted  thai  the  catalogue  very  highly  extolled  the  beauty  of  a 
"Winged  Victory"  that  was  dug  up  near  Athens  not  lone  before, 
and  which  had  excited  the  admiration  of  artists  and  critics  of  the 
entire  world.  So  Mrs.  Phelan  promptly  ordered  a  replica  of  the 
ancient  statue. 

Now  this  particular  Winged  Victory  had  the  misfortune  to  lose 
her  head  some  time  back  in  the  ages,  and  when  she  was  dug  out 
from  a  pile  of  ruins  she  was  minus  that  part  of  her  marble  anat- 
omy. But  Mrs.  Phelan  didn't  know  anything  of  that;  so  when 
the  replica  arrived  she  was  very  angry. 

•<  Those  .careless  railroad  people!"  she  exclaimed.  "They've  just 
knocked  the  head  off  that  woman.  I'll  send  after  them  for  dam- 
ages." And  so  she  did.  Her  claim  was  regularly  presented  to 
the  railroad  officials.  An  agent  was  sent  to  inspect  the  statue, 
and  he  returned  with  the  report  that  it  certainly  was  headless, 
and  that  in  all  likelihood  the  company  was  to  blame. 

The  gentlemen  who  attend  to  the  claim  business  of  the  S.  P. 
Company  are  not  all  highly  educated  in  art,  and  they  recom- 
mended that  Mrs.  Phelan's  demand  be  allowed.  And  that  is 
how  Mrs.  Phelan  was  paid  for  a  Winged  Victory's  head  that  is 
lying  over  in  Greece  somewhere. 

#  k  * 

Secretary  Holbrook,  of  the  S.  P.  C.  A.,  has  a  mortal  aversion  to 
bulls.  When  at  the  Fair  he  sallied  forth  to  forbid  the  bull-fight- 
ing feature  of  the  fiesta,  he  could  not  be  induced  to  examine  the 
steers.  In  the  country,  when  Mr.  Holbrook  sees  a  steer  coming 
along  the  road,  he  will  climb  a  fence  and  turn  his  back  until  the 
animal  has  passed.  The  reason  of  this  dread  and  abhorrence  of 
bovines  dates  from  the  period  when  Mr.  Holbrook  was  a  school- 
boy, attending  the  old  City  College  in  Oakland.  Creeping  unwil- 
lingly to  school  one  fine  spring  morning,  Urchin  Holbrook  felt 
himself  suddenly  lifted  into  the  air,  a  rampagious  cow  having  in- 
serted her  born  under  the  band  of  his  trouserlets.  Then  the  beast 
tried  to  shake  Holbrook  off,  but  the  stitches  were  honest  ones, 
and  so  she  carried  him  in  her  mad  career  to  Twelfth  street,  and 
finally  pitched  him  into  the  muddy  waters  of  Lake  Peralta.  Since 
that  eventful  day,  Mr.  Holbrook  cannot  abide  a  cow. 

The  Rev.  Horatio  8tebbins  and  General  W.  H.  L.  Barnes  were 
riding  on  a  Geary  street  car  the  other  day,  deeply  interested  in 
heavy  religious  subjects,  which  were  occasionally  brightened  by 
the  General's  flashes  of  wit.  They  were  talking  about  Bob  Inger- 
soll  and  his  doctrines  and  the  General  surprised  the  reverend  gen- 
tleman by  saying,  <•  There  is  one  thing  that  I  admire  in  men  who 
believe  in  nothing." 

"  Why,  General  Barnes,  how  is  that  ?  " 

"  Because,  Stebbins,  tbey  believe  bo  much  in  themselves." 

*  w   w 

The  Fourth,  at  Burlingame,  was  spent  in  a  very  happy  man- 
ner. The  few  trains  from  Third  and  Townsend  streets  brought 
down  a  number  from  this  city  who  were  to  be  the  guests  of  the 
club  members  on  the  natal  day.  Miss  Tobin  gave  a  luncheon,  so 
did  Miss  Dimond,  and  Mrs.  Spreckeis  and  Mrs.  Page  Brown  had  a 
number  of  merry  people  in  their  cottages  during  the  noon  hours. 
There  were  races  in  the  afternoon,  and  a  few  sets  of  tennis  were 
played.     Mr.  Clifton  distinguished  himself  in  the  saddle. 


The  economic  crisis  is  a  dangerous  thing,  and  it  is  a  source  of 
trouble  to  all  men.  Nothing  will  allay  that  trouble  so  easily  as  a 
drink  of  Argonaut  whisky,  which  would  make  a  man  forget  all  the 
troubles  of  his  existence.  It  is  a  wonderful  stimulant,  and  by  long 
odds  the  best  whisky  in  the  market  to-day.  All  admirers  of  good 
liquor  drmk  Argonaut  whisky  in  preference  to  any  other.  E.  Mar- 
tin &  Co.,  agents,  408  Front  street. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


Julv  7.  1894. 


SAN  m  YNCISCO  NEWS  LKTTI  K. 


CRICKET. 


Til  K  season  keeps  up  iu  early  reputation  and  is  full  of  sur- 
prises. On  Sunday  last,  the  proud  colors  of  the  Bohemians 
who  were  well  in  the  lead,  were  trampled  in  tbe  dust  and  dragged 
all  over  tbe  field  by  the  ••  lail-endrrv"  Mr.  Anson,  tbe  Captain 
of  tbe  California*,  played  one  of  bis  old-time  innings,  remaining 
unbeaten  at  tbe  close  for  a  fine  87.  It  is  a  very  rare  occurrence 
for  one  of  the  best  players  to  go  in  first  and  carry  his  bat  at  tbe 
close  of  the  innings,  and  it  is  a  feat  for  the  genial  Captain  to  be 
highly  proud  of.  particularly  against  tbe  Bohemia  bowling. 

it  ta  hoped  that  this  is  but  the  forerunner  of  a  series  of  victor- 
lea  for  the  "  tail-enders,"  as  tbe  other  clubs  are  running  so  uneven 
that  any  spurt  from  that  direction  makes  the  fun  fast  and  furious. 

When  tbe  Bohemians  first  took  Alameda  into  camp  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  season,  dismissing  them  for  a  meagre  thirty  runs, 
it  was  a  championship  feat,  and  nnequaled  in  tbe  history  of  tbe 
Alameda  Cricket  Club,  but,  alas,  bow  tbe  mighty  fall!  Their 
total  effort  last  Sunday  against  the  Pacific  CricKet  Club,  with  a 
magnificent  batting  team,  resulted  in  one  run  less — viz:  29. 
Think  of  it,  ye  admirers  of  tbe  grand  old  game!  Uood,  Hogue, 
Richardson,  Moriarity,  and  Sloman,  all  out  for  a  total  of  thirteen 
rnns!  It  seems  absolutely  impossible,  and  yet  it  happened,  and 
only  proves  that  a  »  glorious  uncertainty  "  is  one  of  the  greatest 
charms  of  the  game.  ••  To  the  victors  belong  the  spoils,"  and 
it  is  a  performance  that  the  scarlet  and  black  may  well  be  proud 
of.  Much  could  be  said  for  the  unfortunates,  but,  undoubtedly, 
tbe  best  team  won.  They  fielded  excellently.  Three  good  catches 
were  made  by  the  veteran  Wiseman,  and  a  grand  stand  catch 
from  Richardson's  bat  by  another  old  reliable,  George  Theobald. 
That  playing  had  a  material  influence  on  the  result.  Griffiths  and 
Cassidy  bowled  excellently,  tbe  latter  especially  keeping  a  good 
length  with  mathematical  accuracy. 

Ward,  Jr.,  and  Hoinan  bowled  very  well,  but  were  supported 
only  indifferently,  so  that  the  deadly  sting  was  lacking,  but  it 
was  their  inability  to  bat  that  distinctly  lost  the  game  for  the 
Alamedas. 

8o  much  for  an  off  day.  If  good  batters  never  bad  them,  poor 
players  would  soon  get  tired  of  trying  to  get  in  a  game,  and  a 
match  would  be  like  deciding  an  opinion  with  the  "  toss  up  "  of  a 
double  headed  coin. 

To-morrow  will  be  sure  to  produce  a  strong  struggle  at  the  Ala- 
meda grounds  between  the  Alamedas  and  the  Bohemians.  Each 
team  having  lost  a  game  to  the  other,  will  put  forth  every  effort 
to  turn  the  scale.  Should  the  champions  lose,  it  will  put  them 
back  four  points,  and  should  Bohemia  lose  it  will  even  its  score 
with  that  of  the  Alameda  and  Pacific  teams. 

The  Pacific  Club,  on  present  form,  should  win  from  the  Cali- 
fornias  at  Golden  Gate,  but  just  now  I  am  free  to  admit  that  it  is 
hard  guessing. 

The  present  standing  of  the  club's  playing  cup  matches  is  as 
follows:  Bohemia — games  played,  7;  won,  5;  percentage,  .714; 
Alameda — games  played,  7;  won,  4;  percentage  .571;  Pacific — 
games  played,  7;  won,  4;  percentage,  .571;  California — games 
played,  7;  won,  1;  percentage,  .143.  p.  h.  w. 


See  that  Ste«dman  is  spelt  with  two  ees  when  you  buy  Steedman's 
Soothing  Powders.    Beware  of  spurious  imitations. 


Fubnished  double  upper  flat  to  rent  in  Western  Addition.   Seven  rooms, 
bath,  and  attic.    Rent,  $75  a  month.    Apply,  3116  Washington  street. 


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Curiae 
Batfys. 


A  Plunge  150x70  feet. 


ZISKA  INSTITUTE, 


1606  VAN  NESS  AVENUE. 

SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS.    French.  GermaD,  and  English  Day  and  Boarding 
School.    Elegant  home.    Best  educational  advantages. 
Next  term  commences  August  1,  1894. 

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HOTEL 
VENDOME, 


SAN  JOSE,  GAL 


TO  say  that  the  Hotel  Vendome  is 
the  best  Is  enough  in  its  favor.  It 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  ele- 
gantly appointed  hotels  in  the  State. 
It  is  situated  in  the  center  of  a  finely 
cultivated  park  twelve  acres  in  ex- 
tent, and  is  surrounded  by  trees  of 
many  years'  growth. 

The  location  is  in  the  most  fashion- 
able part  of  the  city  of  San  Jose,  and 
is  only  two  blocks  from  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  depot.  Electric  cars 
pass  the  door  at  short  intervals . 

The  appointments  of  the  hotel  are 
first-class  in  every  particular,  being 
furnished  throughout  in  the  most 
elegant  and  attractive  manner. 

(JeO.     p.     596">      MANAGER. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  7, 1894. 


THOSE  on  the  inside  among  Mrs.  Catherwood's  acquaintances 
claim  that  the  recently  announced  engagement  of  that  lady 
to  Mr.  Zimmerman,  of  Cincinnati,  has  been  an  expected  thing 
for  some  time  past,  as  the  widow's  matronly  affections  were 
touched  by  the  persistent  wooing  of  the  gentleman,  whom  she 
met  in  Louisville.  It  is  commented  upon  as  a  coincidence  by 
Mrs.  Catherwood's  friends  that  both  mother  and  daughter  should 
have  found  their  mates  in  the  Southern  city;  and  it  is  comforting 
to  know  that  the  many  millions  attributed  to  Mr.  Zimmerman 
will  furnish  additional  sinews  of  war,  in  case  of  further  will  con- 
tests and  the  like. 

*  *  * 

That  there  should  be  more  or  less  gossip  floating  about  our  fash- 
ionable "outing"  resorts  is  to  be  expected,  of  course,  for  where) 
people  congregate  the  unruly  member  is  pretty  certain  to  wag, 
and  San  Rafael  rejoices  in  the  presence  of  so  many  dowagers  of 
well  known  chatty  propensities  it  is  small  wonder  that  Dame 
Rumor  finds  pleasant  gronnd  there.  One  of  the  latest  on  dits  from 
this  delightful  spot  is  the  devotion  of  a  talented  young  architect 
to  one  of  the  Delmas  girls;  and  another  goes  that  the  blonde- 
haired  sister-in-law  of  a  lawyer's  wife  is  again  in  the  race  for 
favor  with  the  young  man  from  Gotham.  Somewhat  mysterious 
this  to  the  uninitiated,  bat  doubtless  intelligible  enough  to  "  the 
swim." 

The  English  element  at  Barlingame  is  more  apparent  than  ever, 
and  Talbot  Clifton  is  to  the  fore  both  as  rider  and  beau.  The 
"  breakfasts  "  at  this  charming  locale  are  among  the  delights  of 
8an  Mateo  county,  and  no  householders  are  more  eagerly  culti- 
vated by  the  girls  and  men  alike  than  the  Page  Browns  and  the 
Dimonds. 

Mrs.  Lou  Parrott  is  gaining  ground  as  the  leader  of  festive  do- 
ings at  Monterey.  Whether  in  walking,  riding,  swimming,  or 
dancing  she  is  sure  to  be  in  the  lead  and  enthusiastic  on  the  sub- 
ject. 

*  *  * 

"  It's  all  very  well,"  said  a  young  lady  on  the  veranda  at  Del 
Monte  the  other  day,  »  for  Ren  8medburg  to  say  there's  no  truth 
in  the  report  of  his  admiration  for  Miss  Hobart,  but  I'd  like  to 
know  what  he  is  so  dead  set  after  her  for.  And  Wilcox,  too. 
"Why,  he's  simply  wild  about  Julia  Crocker.  But  I  guess  the  girls 
are  not  so  certain  to  bet  on;  that's  where  it  is." 

It  is  a  common  complaint  this  season  that  the  scarcity  of  men 
at  the  different  resorts  is  appalling.  Beaux  are  almost  an  un- 
known quantity,  and  the  mothers  of  marriageable  daughters  are 
puzzling  over  the  problem,  *<  Why  is  this  thus?  "  Many  reasons 
may  be  assigned  by  the  observant  or  thinking  mind.  First  of  all, 
money  is  scarce;  next,  men's  resorts  are  so  delightfully  free  from 
conventionality— Sausalito's  yacht  club,  the  club  house  at  Bur- 
lingame,  and  the  arks  at  Belvedere  all  have  superior  attractions 
to  offer  the  men,  apparently;  over-playing  the  devoted  to  pretty 
women  either  at  San  Rafael.  Del  Monte,  or  Castle  Crag.  At  the 
first  named  the  beaax  vary  from  the  veterans,  Carey  Friedlander, 
and  Henry  Reddington,  to  the  juvenile  Milty  Latham,  Addison 
Mizner,  and  Ed  Schmieden.  As  a  girl  pathetically  remarked 
Fourth  of  July  night  on  the  club  house  balcony,  "Awfully  nice 
boys  in  their  way,  but  not  profitable  to  tie  to.  Hugo  Toland 
doesn't  count,  and  Dr.  Tevis  is  so  carefully  guarded  that  no  one 
outside  the  family  set  can  get  a  show  at  him." 

*  *  « 

Davy  Crockett's  advice,  "Be  sure  you  are  right,  then  go  ahead," 
would  be  a  good  thing  for  a  certain  society  youth  to  study.  The 
deplorable  way  in  which  the  young  man  flounders  Into  nice  little 
quiet  confabs,  secret  strolls,  and  after-dinner  flirtations  is  a  trial 
to  those  whom  he  thus  disturbs. 

When  people  go  into  public  places  they  should,  in  the  words  of 
the  old  distich,  "  Three  things  observe  with  care:  Of  whom  they 
speak,  to  whom  they  speak,  and  how,  and  when,  and  where." 
A  couple  at  the  Midwinter  Fair  recently  had  evidently  never 
beard  this,  or  if  so,  had  paid  no  heed  to  its  moral  teaching.  The 
man  was  a  well-known  married"  man,  a  clubman,  and  a  gay  one; 
his  wife  is  at  a  rural  resort;  the  lady,  a  society  light.  He  was 
urging  her  to  go  to  a  caf£  near  by  and  have  refreshments,  when, 
quite  oblivious  to  the  fact  that  on  all  sides  around  her  were  atten- 
tive ears  and  eyes,  she  replied  that  there  was  no  fun  in  a  cafe" — 
to  go  and  see  if  some  of  the  officials  would  not  let  them  go  into 
one  of  their  rooms  and  have  a  little  time  there!  And  people  won- 
der how  th»y  get  "  talked  about,"  and  how  on  earth  things  get 
oat. 

At  Santa  Cruz  there  is  a  diversity  of   girls   in  all  styles  and  all 


ages,  from  the  opening  bud  to  the  very  full-blown  flower.  Pos- 
sibly the  merriest  of  the  youthful  set  is  the  trio  composed  of  the 
cousins  Ethel  Keeney  and  Leontine  Blankman,  and  Helen  Thorn- 
ton, Crit  Thornton's  daughter.  These  girls  are  inseparable  com- 
panions, and  have  a  gay  tent  on  the  beach,  wherein  they  gather 
a  following  of  boy  beaux  as  well  as  oldsters  (on  occasions),  and 
the  laughter  which  rings  out  from  its  sides  is  a  sound  delightful 
to  hear. 

*  *  * 

Again  rumor  declares  it  to  be  the  intention  of  handsome  wid- 
ower Babcock  to  enter  the  matrimonial  state  for  the  second  time. 
The  lady,  It  is  said,  is  to  be  found  in  Marin  county. 
*  *  * 
Every  one  at  San  Rafael's  hostelrie  is  commenting  upon  the  re- 
semblance between  Dentist  Yonnger's  second  daughter  and  Mrs. 
Louis  Haggin. 

»  *  * 

So  far  the  guests  at  Castle  Crag  seem  to  be  having  a  thoroughly 
"country"  time — less  fashion  and  dress,  and  more  lazy  enjoy- 
ment of  fresh  air  and  pine  woods.  The  stylish  widow,  Mrs.  Kate 
Favre,  is  as  popular  op  there  as  she  was  last  season,  while  Mrs. 
Easton  at  the  Crocker  cottage  has  afternoon  teas  for  a  coterie  of 
intimate  friends. 

Husbands,  brothers  and  bachelors  wishing  to  obtain  the  best 
gentlemen's  furnishing  goods  and  latest  tailoring  should  go  to  John 
"W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


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These  bitters  have  been    Complaints,  etc. 
renowned  since  1828,  ana  ^ 

no     family    should     be 
without  them. 


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11 


LAWN    TENNIS. 


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THE  seventh  annott  tournament  for  the  championship  of  the 
Pacific  ODMl  commenced  at  the  Hotel  Rafael  un  July  Id,  and 
continued  until  the  4tb.  when  the  championship  round  between 
Sam  Hardy  and  Thomas  Driscoll  was  played.  There  were  thir- 
teen entries,  which  was  rather  slim  for  a  championship  meeting. 

bat    ft   was  a   matter   of 
_  —      _.    _     —  --    -  —     oommeiil    a  r  <>  □  d  <I    the 

courts  that  this  was  the 
first  meeting  for  some 
lime  in  which  every 
match  was  played  aDd 
in  which  winning  by  de- 
fault was  unknown  this 
year.  Every  match  was 
stubbornly  contested  un- 
til ibe  last  stroke  was 
won,  and  considering 
tbat  the  matches  were  all 
best  three  out  of  rive  in- 
stead of  two  out  of  three, 
as  in  former  years,  the 
runner  up  deserves  the 
highest  credit  for  bis 
fine  exhibition  of  tennis 
all  the  way  through. 
The  strain  upon  the 
player  who  has  to  save 
himself  as  much  as  pos- 
sible for  the  other 
matches  in  view  is 
Sam  Hardy,  Champion  of  the  always  a  great  one,  and  it 
Pacific   Coast.  was  simply  due  to  the  fact 

that  there  was  a  small  entry  that  the  association  decided  to  make 
all  the  matches  three  out  of  five,  thinking  also  that  tennis  should 
prove  not  only  skill  but  power  of  endurance,  and  it  was  probably 
this  that  kept  some  players  from  reaching  the  semi-finals,  being 
worn  out  with  the  play  of  the  morning,  and  not  being  in  fit  con- 
dition to  cope  with  both  the  heat  and  the  exercise. 

There  were  many  surprises  for  the  public,  who  rather  specu- 
lated upon  seeing  Sanborn  and  Sam  Hardy  play  off  for  tbe  right 
of  competing  against  Driscoll,  as  the  former  was  putting  up  a 
great  game,  but  somehow  or  other  R.  J.  Holmes,  of  Alameda, 
who  was  his  first  opponent,  showed  superior  style  of  play,  and 
much  to  everyone's  surprise  defeated  the  left-handed  champion 
in  straight  sets. 

Taking  the  tournament  all  through,  the  play  showed  an  im- 
provement on  last  year's  style,  and  Hardy,  the  runner  up,  vol- 
leyed with  better  discretion  than  he  did  last  year.  It  is  strange 
to  notice  how  many  of  the  players  adopted  the  back  court  game, 
and  seldom,  or  never,  came  to  the  net,  which  rather  would  have 
improved  them  against  their  opponenta  who  used  the  same  tac- 
tics. Personally  we  think  the  volleying  game  as  played  by  ex- 
champion  Taylor  is  the  prettier  game,  but  to  combine  a  good 
strong  drive  with  a  first-class  volley  would  give  any  man  a  great 
start  over  most  of  the  local  players,  who  aeem  unable  to  develop 
both  strokes  to  perfection. 

It  was  a  pleasing  feature  to  notice  the  entry  of  some  of  the 
yonnger  players,  who  knew  full  well  that  they  stood  no  show  of 
winning,  yet  entered  with  the  determination  of  learning  tourna- 
ment form.  We  certainly  encourage  such  entries,  and  only  wish 
they  were  more  numerous. 

The  best  exhibitions  of  tennis  were  the  matches  between  the 
Hardy  brothers  and  Magee  and  Brown,  and  the  spectators  were 
treated  to  some  of  tbe  finest  shots  made  during  the  runner-ap 
matches.  Without  doubt  Sam  Hardy  put  up  the  best  game  all 
through,  though  in  the  other  match  some  of  Magee's  shots  were 
worthy  of  tbe  highest  praise,  but  be  was  not  sufficiently  steady, 
and  lost  through  wildness.  The  other  matches  were,  most  of 
them,  pretty  to  watch,  but  hardly  of  a  championship  nature,  but 
we  do  not  doubt  that  many  of  tbe  vanquished  will  be  favorably 
heard  from  during  the  coming  season. 

The  Fourth  of  July  presented  a  bright  and  pleasing  spectacle  to 
the  players  when  they  arrived,  finding  every  available  seat  filled 
with  the  fashionable  set  of  both  San  Francisco  and  Oakland. 
There  were  some  fifteen  hundred  people  present,  who  applauded 
every  good  shot,  no  matter  who  made  it. 

At  a  quarter  to  three  Hardy  started  the  ball  rolling,  and  com- 
menced by  making  a  love  game.  Driscoll  appeared  nervous,  and 
made  double  faults  at  critical  times,  losing  the  first  set  six  games 
to  love.  Hardy  again  started  the  second  set,  taking  the  first 
game,  and  after  a  better  exhibition  of  tennis,  placed  the  second 
set  to  his  credit,  with  six  games  to  three.  He  also  took  the  third 
set,  with  six  games  to  one,  winning  the  championship  without 
losing  a  set. 

Hardy  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  his  victory,  as  he  played  all 
through  a  strong  game,  making  but  few  mistakes  and  keeping  as 
cool  as  a  cucumber  through  all  the  excitement,  reversing  the 
match  of  last  year,  which  was  fresh  in  the  memory  of  all  who 
witnessed  it.  Driscoll,  on  the  other  hand,  did  not  do  himself 
justice  and  seemed  at  times  to  be  completely  winded.  His  strokes 


were  not  as  clean  as  usual  and  he  lacked  good  judgment  and  se- 
verity.  for  which  he  has  been  Union*,  and  we  are  afraid  he  made 
a  big  mistake  Id  OODflnln*  his  practice  to  one  person  instead  of 
playing  more  generally  with  the  other  players  who  were  to  enter. 
Still,  we  repeal  that  he  was  not  up  to  his  usual  form,  and  it  may 
be  some  time  before  we  see  him  again  on  tbe  courts,  as  he  antici- 
pates eoing  East  and  will  remain  probably  for  tbe  next  two  years. 
The  Eastern  practice  should  give  him  an  excellent  opportunity  to 
regain  his  lost  laurels  on  his  return. 

Taking  everything  into  consideration  tbe  tournament  was  a 
brilliant  success,  and  people  are  already  anxious  to  have  the 
much-talked-about  invitation  matches  at  Del  Monte  on  July  23rd 
and  24th. 

The  Association  will  hold  a  meeting  next  Wednesday  in  the 
Directors'  room  at  the  Olympic  Club  to  elect  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  a  vacancy  having  been  caused  by  the  re- 
signation of  W.  H.  Taylor,  Jr.,  and  to  talk  over  tournament 
matters  for  the  coming  doubles  and  Ladies'  singles,  which  will  be 
held  in  September  next. 


CHANGE   OF    LABEL 


AND  NAME  OF  BRANDS  OF 


SCHLITZ    BEER. 

"The  enviable  world  wide  reputation 
of  Sehlitz  Beer  necessitated  the  adoption 
and  registration  of  distinctively  character- 
istic labels  and  packages  to  fluard  our 
friends  and  ourselves  against  further  un- 
scrupulous infringements  and  fraudulent 
misrepresentations.  We  propose  to  sell 
the  products  of  our  brewery  as 

SCHLITZ    BEER, 

and  have  decided  to  discard  the  use  of  all 
foreign  beer  names,  such  as  Pilsener,  Bo- 
hemian, Budweiser,  Wiener,  etc.,  which 
are  being  used  by  scores  of  brewers  in  the 
land." 

Our  Pilsener  will  hereafter  be  sold  as 
"SCHLITZ  EXPORT  " 

Our  Extra  Pale  -will  hereafter  be  sold  as 
"SCHLITZ  PALE." 

The  "  LIGHT  SPARKLING  SCHLITZ" 
will  be  continued. 

Our  Extra  Stout  will  hereafter  be  sold  as 
"SCHLITZ  DARK." 

PACIFIC    COAST    AGENTS: 

SHERWOOD  &  SHERWOOD, 

212-214  MARKET  ST. 

San  Francisco.  Cal. 


BYRON  HOT  SPRINGS 

Resort  is  reached  by  a  pleasant  three- 
hour  ride  by  rail  from  San  Francisco. 
The  hot  mud,  hot  salt  water,  and 
hot  sulphur  baths  are  infallible  cures  for 
rheumatism,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  liver 
and  kidney  troubles,  blood  and  skin  dis- 
orders. 
L.  R.  HEAD,  C.  R.  MASON, 

Proprietor.  Manager. 

Byron  Hot  Springs  P.  O.,  Cal. 


l/icby  5pni?$s, 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY, 

Three  miles  from  Jkiah,  tbe  terminus  of  the  S.  F.  &  N.  P.  Railway . 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms,  $12  to  ?14  per  week. 
Posloffice  and  telephone  at  springs. 

WM.  DOOLAN,  Proprietor. 


Q/JC/H/EtyiS 
BIQ    TREES- 


THE  HOTEL  standing  among  the  sequoias  is 
now  open.  Best  of  accommodations  and  finest 
of  Trout  Fishing.  J.  t.  SPEKRY,  Prop. 


For  information  and  tickets  to  Big  Trees  and 
Yosemite,  apply  to  J.  M.  HTJTCHINGS,  No.  19 
Montgomery  street,  9an  Francisco. 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  7,  1894 


Honorary        Now  lhat  the  honors  due  to   the  several  counties 
Mining      and  districts  have  been  distributed,  in  regard  to  the 

tfujards,  excellence  of  their  ruining  exhibits,  the  next  thing 
to  be  considered  is  what  is  best  to  be  done  with  the  medals,  etc., 
looking  toward  their  future  preservation  and  publicity.  We 
would  suggest  that  in  view  of  the  fact  that  these  trophies,  what- 
ever they  may  be,  are  taken  away  to  their  respective  counties, 
they  will  be  to  a  great  extent  lost  to  the  greater  masses  of  the 
public,  the  proper  custodian  of  them  is  the  State  Mineral- 
ogist. By  placing  them  with  Mr.  Crawford,  that  very  efficient 
official  could  have  a  special  case  set  aside  for  them  in  the  Mining 
Bureau,  where,  deposited  in  order  of  merit,  they  would  be  seen 
by  all  visitors.  Over  two  hundred  people  a  day  visit  this  very 
valuable  adjunct  to  the  Bureau,  and  by  giving  the  depository  due 
prominence,  and  marking  everything  distinctly,  the  laurels 
gathered  by  the  successful  counties  and  districts  would  be  always 
fresh.  If  not,  they  may  be  placed  with  some  county  official,  and 
by  him  be  locked  up  for  safety,  where  their  memory  will  soon  be- 
come of  the  past.  We  suggest  this  idea  to  the  mining  representa- 
tives in  charge  of  the  different  exhibits  in  the  hope  that  they  may 
see  fit  in  their  good  judgment  to  act  upon  it.  It  would  make  an  at- 
tractive addition  to  the  State  exhibit,  which  ought  to  be  encour- 
aged as  one  of  the  best  of  educational  factors  for  the  young  and 
rising  generation. 

$$$ 

A  Scherqe  There  is  a  report  here  that  a  company  has  been 
Wortq  formed  in  London  to  float  certain  properties  said  to 
Watchiqg,  lie  in  Mariposa  county,  under  the  names  of  the 
Omaha,  Lone  Jack,  W.  Y.  O.  D.,  and  North  Star.  These  are  the 
Dames  of  several  of  the  best  paying  mines  in  California,  and  it  is 
to  be  presumed  that  the  new  properties  are  christened  after  them 
to  help  the  sale  along  on  the  strength  of  their  reputation.  It  is 
very  suspicious,  at  least,  when  a  scheme  presents  itself  in  snch  a 
form.  It  looks  too  much  like  masquerading  in  borrowed  plumes. 
The  case  of  the  Anglo-Montana  Company,  which  appeared  in  the 
English  market  shortly  after  the  "Montana"  mine  became  justly 
celebrated.  People  should  be  cautious  in  regard  to  this  new  ven- 
ture, and  not  be  misled  by  any  telegraphic  communication  which 
does  not  designate  the  property  specified.  For  instance,  a  wire 
from  London,  "  Do  you  know  the  North  Star  mine?  Is  it  O,  K.?" 
would  certainly  bring  a  favorable  reply  from  any  of  the  more 
prominent  mining  men  here.  But  he  would  refer  to  the  prop- 
erty at  Grass  Valley,  and  not  to  some  namesake  in  Mariposa  or 
elsewhere,  of  which  he  has  probably  never  heard  of  before.  These 
new  properties  may  be  all  right  for  aught  we  know,  without  hav- 
ing them  located  more  definitely,  but  their  names  do  not  fit  them 
right,  somehow  or  another.  The  other  mines  referred  to  are  not 
for  sale  or  likely  to  be. 

%  %  % 
News  The  Investor's  Gxiardian,  of  London,  says:  "At  an 

Frorn  extraordinary  meetiDg  of  this  company,  held  on 
Abroad.  Tuesday  last,  a  resolution  was  passed  approving  of 
the  amalgamation  of  the  property  with  that  of  the  Waterloo  Min- 
ing Company.  The  great  benefits  arising  to  both  parties  from 
this  arrangement  were  clearly  explained  by  Sir  Samuel  Canning, 
who  occupied  the  chair.  The  combined  properties  will  form  one 
of  the  largest  mining  undertakings  in  the  world,  and  the  man- 
ager estimates  that  the  monthly  production  will  be  about  75,000 
ounces,  yielding  a  profit  of  £20,000  per  annum,  as  the  proportion 
payable  to  the  Silver  King  shareholders.  A  most  important 
aspect  of  the  Bcheme  is  its  bearing  on  the  economical  working  of 
the  two  properties.  Under  separate  management  they  have  been 
for  some  time  at  war  with  each  other,  and  mines  affected  by  the  dis- 
pute, which  are  known  to  be  rich,  and  have  produced  good  ore, 
could  not  be  touched  owing  to  an  order  of  the  California  law 
courts.  All  this  doubly  expensive  litigation  will  cease,  and  the 
energies  of  both  parties  will  now  be  harmoniously  applied  to  the 
furtherance  of  the  common  advantage." 

Complimentary        It  is  always  pleasant  to  note  a  compliment 
to  paid  to  California   mining   men,  whether  it  be 

California,  from  people  at  home  or  abroad.  The  recipient 
in  the  latest  instance  is  Mr.  W.  W.  Belvin,  whose  name  is  familiar 
to  this  mining  community.  His  indorsement  has  just  been  ac- 
cepted by  the  capitalists  in  New  York  who  are  about  to  float  the 
Victor  mine  of  Cripple  Creek,  in  Colorado,  on  the  New  York 
market,  of  such  men  as  D.  H.  Moffat,  W.  A.  Farish,  and  H.  R. 
Reid,  all  of  whom  are  prominent  in  their  own  circles.  The  Victor 
mine  is  one  of  the  new  gold  producers  of  this  district,  which  is  so 
rapidly  becoming  famous,  and  it  is  said  that  it  is  also  one  of  the 
most  promising.  Belvin  has  heretofore  been  very  successful  in 
his  operations,  and  he  will  not  likely  make  a  failure  in  his  latest 
venture. 


Corqstoch        There   is   little   to   report   about   the   Pine   street 
Mining       market  this  week.     The  Board  has  ODly  been  in  ses- 

Shares.  sion  for  a  couple  of  days,  and  even  then  ihe  outside 
financial  situation  does  not  warrant  very  much  activity  in  this  or 
any  other  market.  Prices  opened  fairly  steady,  but  the  transac- 
tions have  been  on  a  moderate  scale.  Cod.  Cal. -Virginia  has  made 
a  shipment  of  $24,000  to  the  Carson  mint,  the  product  of  ore 
from  the  new  development  on  the  1650-level.  The  latest  letter 
from  the  superintendent  is  favorable,  but  it  tends  to  corroborate 
the  belief  that  in  order  to  tap  the  main  portion  of  the  ore  body  on 
the  1700-Ievel,  cross-cutting  will  have  to  be  carried  on  from  a 
more  southern  point  than  that  where  the  work  commenced.  The 
future  of  the  other  stocks  depends  largely  upon  the  welfare  and 
activity  of  Con.  Virginia.  When  matters  quiet  down  in  com- 
mercial circles  and  financial  affairs  get  easier,  the  mining  market 
can  be  expected  to  do  better. 

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Methods  Hon.  J.  J.  Crawford,  State  Mineralogist,  has  just 

of  issued  Bulletin    No.  2  on    "  Methods  of  Mine  Tim- 

Timberiqg,  bering,"  by  W.  H.  Storms,  an  assistant  in  the  field. 
This  is  a  most  comprehensive  description  of  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant branches  of  the  mining  industry,  and  it  will  well  repay  a 
close  and  careful  study  even  by  men  who  are  well  up  in  the  busi- 
ness. There  is  always  something  new  to  be  learned  by  every 
one,  unless  he  belongs  to  that  dogmatic  class  which  cannot  be 
taught,  self-satisfied  that,  as  individuals,  they  were  gifted  from 
birth  with  omniscience.  The  compilation  of  this  essay  must  have 
involved  considerable  labor,  from  the  amount  of  work  it  covers 
in  various  sections  of  the  State.  The  illustrations  in  themselves 
are  very  creditable,  and  they  will  go  a  longer  way  in  giving  people 
abroad  a  more  lucid  idea  of  the  system  of  timbering  in  use  on 
this  Coast  thao  chapters  of  descriptive  writing. 

$  $  $ 

/}  tyiniqg  Money,  of  London,  says;  "  A  revival  of  the  good 
Boon}.  old  speculative  times  of  1889  is  being  boldly  at- 
tempted in  many  quarters,  and  if  only  a  concerted  plan  can  be 
arranged,  there  is  no  knowing  how  the  public  may  catch  on.  Con- 
currently with  the  revival  of  the  nitrate  boom  will  come  a 
marked  recovery  in  gold  miDes.  They  will  all  be  receiving  cable- 
grams announcing  finds  of  gold  within  a  few  weeks  of  each 
other.  Properties  situate  in  China  and  Peru  will  apparently 
strike  the  lode  at  the  same  time.  This  will  stimulate  others  in 
Colorado  and  Charters  Towers,  who  will  discover  the  long-lost 
reef  within  a  couple  of  hours  of  each  other."  What  is  the  mat- 
ter with  California  being  heard  from,  too,  at  the  same  time? 

?  $  % 
ft  New         A  company  has  just  been  formed  here  to  raise  cap- 
Miniqg       ital  to  exploit  the  Lincoln  gold  mine,  of  Placer  county. 
Scheme,     The  property  is  said  to  possess  considerable   merit  as 
an  investment,  and  it  can  be  safely  recommended  as  worthy  of  in- 
vestigation.    The  average  assay  of  the  ore  runs  from  $15  to  $20, 
mill  runs  giving  an  average  return  of  $10  in  free  gold.    The  cost 
of  mining,  milling,  and  supplies  is  comparatively  moderate. 

%  %  % 

THE  Mining   Journal,  of   London,   is   runniDg  an  article  on  the 
geology  and  mineralogy  of  Shasta   county,  by   H.    W.  Fair- 
banks, F.  G.  S.  A. 

■p  ¥  ¥ 

A   RECENT  working  of  ore  from  the   Osborne  Hill  Mine,  of  Ne- 
vada county,  averaged  $70  per  ton  in  gold. 

$  $  $ 

Local  The   operations   at   the    San   Francisco   Clearing 

Bank  House  for  the  first  six  months  of  the  year  aggregate : 

Clearings,  Clearings,  $324,627,578;  balances,  $45,669,752, 
against  $381,997,678  in  clearings  and  $50,478,846  balances  for  the 
same  period  in  1893.  For  the  last  week  in  June  there  was  a 
small  increase  over  the  corresponding  week  last  year.  That  was 
the  first  week  in  twenty-six  of  which  this  could  be  said.  The 
total  for  June,  1893,  was  $57,429,074,  or  about  $6,200,000  in  excess 
of  last  month.  For  the  last  half  of  the  year  it  is  believed  the  com- 
parison will  be  more  favorable  than  it  has  been  during  the  first 
half. 

$  $  $ 

Outside  The    following   savings  institutions   of  San  JoBe 

Bankiqg  are  paying  semi-annual  dividends:  Commercial  and 
Diuidends,  Savings  Bank,  Bank  of  San  Jose,  and  Security 
Bank,  all  at  the  rate  of  5  per  cent,  per  annum  on  term,  and  4  per 
cent,  on  ordinary  deposits,  and  San  Jose  Deposit  Bank  of  Sav- 
ings, 4.80  per  cent,  per  annum  on  term  and  4  per  cent,  on  ordi- 
nary deposits. 

$  $  $ 

SOME  surprise  has  been  exhibited  in  London  at  the  announce- 
ment, by  Renter's  telegram,  of  a  half  yearly  dividend  at  the 
rate  of  5  per  cent,  per  annum,  declared  at  the  regular  meeting  of 
the  directors  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad  Company  in  Mon- 
treal. 


July 


1894. 


i-T.  wnsco  fJBWS  LETTER 


13 


H 


"Hw  the  Orler! '      "What  the  devil  art  thou?" 
"Ono  that  will  pliy  the  devil,  sir,  with   you. 

0\V  wondrous  strange  is  .Nature  in  her  ways  I 
There's  nothing  that  Is  absolute 
(E'en  preacher*  might  * -"ic  drabs  pollute). 
What  endless  compensations  crowd  the  days! 

The  stars  are  bright  till  Luna  doth  arise; 

But  she  in  turn  must  fadeaway 

When  blazes  forth  the  God  of  Day, 
And  his  rays  pale  beside  One  woman's  eyes. 

When  ordinary  crimes  harass  the  right, 

We  grieve  o'er  human  weaknesses 

And  say  that  Christian  meekness  is 
The  guide  that's  slowly  leading  to  the  light. 

And  then,  no  warning  beard,  the  earth  is  riven ; 

A  savage  burst  of  death  and  blood 

Pours  forth,  a  mad,  resistless  Mood, 
O'erwbelming  manhood,  inking  e'en  fair  Heaven! 

All  smaller  ills,  quite  dimmed  by  its  fierce  glow, 

Work  now  in  safe  obscurity. 

Ruin  what  is  left  of  purity — 
The  minor  sparks  which  swirling  winds  will  sow. 

Thus  falls  the  wisdom  of  all  ages  down. 
That  which  is  found  so  soon  is  lostl 
Late  fruits  are  often  nipped  by  frost. 

Right;  law,  and  order — they  are  but  a  sound ! 

AT  this  writing  Mr.  de  Young's  solemn  announcement  that  "for 
obvious  reasons"  the  report  of  the  committee  of  awards  for 
the  art  display  at  tbe  Midwinter  Fair  would  have  to  be  amended, 
bas  not  been  explained,  but  it  is  assumed  that  tbe  ignominious 
treatment  of  Miss  Harriet  Hosmer's  statue,  Isabella,  at  tbe  hands 
of  tbe  committee  is  the  "obvious  reasons."  Any  additional  ob- 
jections which  might  serve  to  give  a  plural  form  to  "reason"  are 
hardly  worthy  of  attention — unless  it  be,  indeed,  that  the  other 
marble  mistresspiece,  the  Butter  Sculptress's  wonderful  represen- 
tation of  the  Vanderbilt  family,  is  sufficient  for  Mr.  de  Young's 
syntactical  purposes.  Tbe  sweet  and  guileless  gullibility  of  the 
multiple  she-person  (who  invariably  takes  every  Thing  at  its  own 
estimate  of  itself)  received  Miss  Hosmer  in  San  Francisco  with 
reverberating  huzzas;  dined  her,  made  over  her,  listened  gleefully 
to  her  audible  shoulder-shrugs  and  the  thundering  silence  of  her 
tongue  when  she  damned  all  local  stone-cutting  except  her  own, 
and  organized  a  society  to  raise  $10,000  for  the  purpose  of  buying 
Isabella  from  her  and  setting  her  up  in  Golden  Gate  Park.  And 
now  comes  a  miserable  gang  of  iconoclasts  who  ignore  Isabella 
and  gold-medal  a  nasty  naked  bronze  man  straining  his  unthink- 
able bronze  in'ards  in  an  altogether  unnecessary  and  wholly  im- 
moral attempt  to  squeeze  bronze  juice  out  of  bronze  grapes  in  a 
bronze  wine  press  I  Why,  Isabella  wears  clothes — is  nothing  but 
clothes!  Naked?  'Deed  not  I  Miss  Hosmer  could  never  have  thought 
of  such  a  thing.  O,  San  Francisco!  It  was  bad  enough  that 
the  larded  aristocracy  of  Chicago  should  have  turned  up  its  pig- 
gish nose  at  Miss  Hosmer's  inexpressibly  virtuous  Isabella;  the 
golden  aristocracy  of  San  Francisco,  founded  on  countless  gener- 
ations of  the  indigoest  of  all  possible  blood,  would  show  that  it 
knew  its  own  ear  from  a  palmetto  fan,  that  it  could  recognize  the 
genius  of  Rome's  greatest  chiseless — but  here  language  fails  and 
tears  usurp  its  function.  And  where  is  poor  Hattie's  ten  thou- 
sand dollars? 

GOOD  old  Mr'  Sutro,  maddened  by  a  realization  of  tbe  fact  that 
the  railroad  strike  has  completely  obscured  him  along  with 
the  freaks  of  the  Midwinter  Fair,  has  offered  the  splendid  gift  of 
$1000  to  aid  the  strikers  in  their  fight  and  to  keep  himself  from 
being  forgotten.  That  anything  could  over-shadow  his  own 
awful  fight  with  the  Southern  Pacific  has  placed  upon  him  a 
humiliation  almost  too  great  to  bear.  But  really  the  strike  offers 
him  the  great  opportunity  of  his  life.  Why  does  he  not  throw 
himself  into  the  leadership  of  the  strikers,  lead  them  on  to  victory 
and  a  revolution,  overthrow  the  Government,  establish  himself 
as  Dictator  of  the  United  States,  and  then  quietly  take  Mr.  Hunt- 
ington across  his  knee  and  give  him  a  good  old  grand-motherly 
spanking?    Surely  Mr.  Sutro  does  not  lack  the  courage  or  ability  I 

WE  noticed  a  sad  look  about  the  Third  street  car  horses'  faces 
on  Thursday,  which  we  were  at  a  lbss  to  account  for.  We 
have  since  learned  that  the  active  part  which  they  took  in  the 
Fourth  of  July  parade  has  raised  them  above  work.  What  a 
wretched  thing  pride  is,  to  be  sure! 

NOW  that  Colonel  Daniel  M.  Burns  has  converted  Chris.  Buck- 
ley to  Republicanism,  be  will  confer  a  great  favor  on  the  pub- 
lic at  large  by  keeping  his  convert  from  meddling  in  Democratic 
politics. 


TO  what  may  we  ascribe  the  failure  And  withdrawal,  after  a 
brave  attempt,  ol  the  disgusting  ••  fiesta"  as  an  attrac- 
tion of  the  Midwinter  Fair!  To  a  sense  of  re  fine  mem  ud  de- 
oenCJ  In  (he  oommontly  '  Then  why  was  the  fiesta  at  Shu  Jomc, 
orael,  bloody,  and  revolting  to  the  laat  degree,  so  great  a  ••  sue- 
aod  why  did  li  Bead  the  people  into  spasms  of  delight?  For. 
-f.  beil  understood,  is  the  center  of  refinement  in  California. 
It  is  the  home  of  the  big  State  school  which  instructs  teachers  in  the 
art  of  no  old  I  Dg  the  minds,  morals,  and  manners  of  the  young;  of  the 
(  Ollege  of  Notre  Dame,  where  hundreds  of  girls  are  taught  sweet- 
ness, grace,  and  light;  of  Santa  Clara  College,  the  ablest  Catholic 
school  in  the  West;  of  the  University  of  tbe  Pacific,  the  leading 
Methodist  school  In  California;  of  numerous  other  public  and 
private  schools.  It  is  under  tbe  shadow  of  the  greatest  astron- 
omical observatory  in  the  world,  and  the  Stanford  University  is  a 
neichbor.  It  prohibits  the  selling  of  liquor  on  Sundays,  and  im- 
poses heavy  restrictions  on  week-day  traffic  in  the  poison.  It  is 
orderly,  decent,  clean,  and  beautiful.  And  yet  all  San  Jose 
flocked  to  see  horses  and  cattle  tortured  with  unspeakable  cru- 
elty, and  its  dainfy  women  screamed  huzzas  when  the  maimed 
and  bleeding  brutes  bellowed  with  pain.  In  view  of  these  facts, 
why  was  the  Midwinter  Fair  fiesta  a  failure  through  lack  of  spec- 
tators? There  are  men,  honestly  deeming  themselves  gentle- 
men, whose  hearts  nearly  burst  with  happiness  at  seeing  two  un- 
speakable human  brutes  beat  each  other  into  bloody  insensibility 
in  a  prize-fight,  and  there  are  sweet,  soft-voiced,  and  gracious 
women  to  whom  God,  in  his  inscrutable  wisdom,  has  denied  the 
ability  to  find  anything  but  delight  in  tbe  spectacle  of  seeing  men, 
presumably  of  some  refinement  and  education,  liberate  tame  pig- 
eons from  a  coop  and  shoot  them  for  sport.  But  men  Know  them- 
selves to  be  savages ;  women  have  not  been  given  the  understanding 
to  recognize  savagery  when  they  see  it.  It  is  admitted  that  if  the 
original  programme  of  the  Fair  managers  had  been  adhered  to,  in- 
cluding bull-fights,  all  fashionable,  rich,  refined,  and  Christian 
San  Francisco  would  have  scrambled  like  maggots  in  a  carcass 
for  seats  in  the  grand  stand.  What  conclusion,  then,  is  it  possi- 
ble to  draw  than  that  the  suppression  of  the  more  revolting  fea- 
tures of  the  fiesta  by  the  firm  intervention  of  tbe  Society  for  the 
Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  kept  the  crowd  away  and  pre- 
vented a  nasty  stain  upon  the  fair  name  of  California? 

THE  last  bomb  has  exploded,  the  last  fire-cracker  blown  itself 
into  chaos,  the  limp  five-cent  flags  no  longer  brave  the  battle 
and  the  breeze  in  all  their  shoddy  starchery,  the  orator  has 
orated,  the  poet  warbled  forth  his  little  song,  and  the  118th 
"glorious  Fourth"  bas  vanished  into  the  limbo  of  tbe  past.  No 
serious  accidents  fortunately  marked  our  country's  celebration  of 
its  anniversary,  although  luck  had  more  to  do  with  it  than  any- 
thing else,  for  patriotism  which  can  find  vent  only  iD  bombs  and 
fire-crackers,  though,  of  course,  noble  in  its  way,  is  often  danger- 
ous and  always  disagreeable.  It  is,  however,  encouraging  to 
fathers  of  families  and  others  engaged  in  tbe  useful  occupation  of 
increasing  the  census,  to  notice  how  the  glorious  example  that 
has  been  set  by  our  Mongolian  brother,  John,  is  followed  by  our 
rising,  nay,  even  our  setting  generation.  What  would  a  New 
Year's  day  be  to  John  without  his  fire-crackers?  What  would 
a  Fourth  of  July  be  to  a  San  Francisco  youth  without  his  mu- 
sical bomb?  Some  women  are  so  wretchedly  weak-minded  that 
the  explosion  of  a  bomb,  containing  a  pound  or  so  of  gunpowder, 
in  their  immediate  vicinity  startles  them.  This  amuses  our  pat- 
riotic youths,  who  never  feel  so  much  like  an  eagle,  or  so  Fourth- 
of-Julyish,  and  so  altogether  glorious  as  when  frightening  some 
timid  female  into  hysterics  with  their  innocent  little  jokes.  Next 
to  our  admiration  for  M.  M.  Estee,  Adolpb  Sutro,  Sandow,  the 
Sketch  Club,  and  Russian  tea,  comes  our  warm  appreciation  of 
the  disinterested  patriotism  which  tempted  the  law  makers  to 
allow  the  discharge  of  fire-crackers  within  the  limits  of  a  large 
city.  Bombs  and  crackers  add  a  dignity  to  the  occasion  never 
otherwise  acquired.  They  seem  to  patriotic  ears  to  be  the  echoes 
of  the  cannon  which  over  a  century  ago  belched  forth  their 
deadly  salute  at  Bunker  Hill.  Long  may  the  noble  youths  con- 
tinue to  blow  off  their  dear  little  fingers  on  the  Fourth  of  July, 
but  commend  us  to  the  patriotic  few  who  preferred  suicide  to 
fireworks. 

AS  we  have  a  Young  Ladies'  Institute,  it  is  difficult  to  under- 
stand why  its  masculine  counterpart  should  not  call  itself  the 
"  Young  Gentlemen's  Institute."  It  is  presumable  that  as  the 
young  ladies  have  an  organization  of  their  own,  thB  young  women 
aspiring  to  feminine  fellowship  will  have  to  enroll  themselves 
with  the  Gaytive  Naughties  of  the  Wolden  Dust. 

IF  you  want  to  see  fortitude,  just  ride  on  a  California  street  car 
and  watch  a  girl  try  to  look  pleasant  while  a  flea  is  lunching  off 
her  leg,  and  she  dare  not  scratch.  Job  was  a  pretty  patient  old 
boy,  but  he  never  had  a  hungry  California  flea  bite  him  and  not 
be  able  to  spoil  the  little  devil's  appetite  by  a  good  scratch. 

IT  does  not  seem  to  have  occurred  to  the  authorities  that  a 
stream  of  water  from  a  fire  engine  is  generally  more  effective 
in  dispersing  a  mob  or  quelling  a  riot  than  a  galling  gun  could 
be.  It  might  be  advisable,  however,  to  have  one  or  two  gatling 
guns  to  protect  the  fire  engine. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


July  7,  1894. 


A  THIRD  direct  heir  to  the  British  Crown  was  born  the  other  day. 
The  first  of  these  is  the  Prince  of  Wales,  who  is  the  heir  ap- 
parent; the  second  is  the  Duke  of  York,  who  is  heir  presump- 
tive; and  the  third  is  thfi  infant  son  of  the  Duke  of  Y.ork,  who 
has  just  made  his  appearance,  and  who  is  also  an  heir  presump- 
tive in  the  direct  line  of  succession.  There  are  enough  collateral 
heirs  to  fill  a  large  barn,  so  that  the  reign  of  the  Guelph  dynasty 
may  be  regarded  as  a  certain  and  fixed  fact  for  the  first  half  of 
the  next  century,  unless  the  British  people  should  arise  in  revolt 
against  monarchical  institutions.  That  such  a  revolution  is  un- 
likely is  amply  demonstrated  by  the  spirit  in  which  the  arrival  of 
the  new  heir  was  received.  Among  the  very  advanced  radicals, 
only  one  voice  was  raised  in  opposition  to  the  traditional  address 
of  congratulation,  and  that  was  the  voice  of  boorisbness  rather 
than  of  political  sentiment.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  radicals 
have  no  objection  to  the  throne,  though  they  do  object  to  much 
of  the  fuss  and  feathers  by  which  it  is  surrounded,  and  to  the 
gradually  disappearing  class  privileges  which  had  their  origin  in 
the  earlier  development  of  the  royal  office.  The  British  people  of 
to-day  recognize  the  throne  as  a  very  useful  axis  around  which 
the  political  machinery  of  their  republican  empire  revolves,  but 
which,  of  itself,  performs,  as  Lord  Roseberry  put  it  the  other  day, 
social  rather  than  political  functions.  The  government  of  the 
British  Isles  is  in  name  and  outward  form  a  monarchy;  but  if  we 
accept  Abraham  Lincoln's  definition  of  a  republic  as  correct,  and 
describe  it  as  "a  government  of  the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for 
the  people,"  then  we  must  realize  and  admit  that  the  government 
of  the  British  Isles  is  far  more  republican  than  are  those  of  Mex- 
ico or  France.  Indeed ,  many  close  observers  are  inclined  to  think 
that  the  popular  voice  of  the  British  people  exercises  more  influ- 
ence over  the  administration  of  their  public  affairs  than  the  voice 
of  the  American  people  does  in  their  affairs,  and  that  the 
British  Government  is  therefore  a  more  democratic  institution 
than  ours  is.     In  this  thought  there  is  more  truth  than  poetry. 

The  assassination  of  the  late  President  Carnot  has  already 
passed  into  history.  His  body  has  been  deposited  in  the  tomb, 
his  successor  has  been  elected,  the  administration  of  public  affairs 
goes  on  as  before,  and  nothing  is  left  of  the  ghastly  tragedy  save 
the  stricken  woman  who  was  but  a  short  time  ago  a  happy  wife, 
the  truculent  murderer  who  stands  defiantly  in  the  shadow  of 
an  ignominious  death,  and — the  conditions  out  of  which  the  sul- 
leD,  brutal  and  illogical  warfare  on  the  instrumentalities  of  social 
and  political  organization,  of  which  this  murder  was  an  incident, 
comes.  And  in  this  connection  it  may  be  remarked  that  those  who 
gard  the  anarchist  as  a  fiend  who  does  murder  for  the  sheer  lust 
of  shedding  blood  are  deceiving  themselves.  He  is  illogical,  and 
stupid,  and  brutal,  but  he  is  not  without  a  cause.  The  social  and 
political  system  wbich  turns  free  four  out  of  every  five  Panama 
Canal  swindlers,  while  it  sends  to  jail  five  out  of  every  five  hun- 
gry men  who  steal  a  loaf  of  bread,  is  responsible  for  him.  He 
can  conceive  of  no  improvement  in  this  system,  and  so  he  makes 
a  senseless  war  upon  it,  even  at  the  sacrifice  of  his  own  life.  But 
he  is  not  animated  by  an  empty  desire  to  take  human  life. 

The  major-generals  and  admirals  of  the  daily  press  can  find  in 
the  circumstances  surrounding  the  assassination  of  the  late  Pres- 
ident Carnot  another  evidence  of  the  fact  that  when  they  told  us, 
as  they  have  been  continually  telling  us  for  years  past,  that  Eu- 
rope was  an  armed  camp,  and  that  its  various  governments  were 
only  waiting  for  a  pretext  to  spring  at  each  other's  throats;  they 
(the  major-generals  and  admirals)  were  mistaken,  and  did  not  un- 
derstand either  the  military  or  diplomatic  situation  at  all.  The 
fact  of  the  matter  is,  that  notwithstanding  their  vast  armaments, 
no  European  power  desires  to  go  to  war.  Had  it  been  otherwise, 
the  French  and  Italian  armies  would  have  been  confronting  each 
other  now.  Both  governments  seem  to  have  exercised  great  for- 
bearance, but  the  people  of  Lyons  behaved  very  badly  in  this 
matter.  Indeed,  if  it  were  not  for  the  fact  that  both  governments 
are  anxious  to  keep  the  peace,  the  conduct  of  the  French  people 
toward  the  Italians  would  surely  provoke  a  conflict.  In  this 
matter  of  the  assassination  of  the  late  President  Carnot,  they 
have  allowed  the  nationality  of  the  assassin  to  lead  them  into  an 
exhibition  of  racial  prejudice  that  was  altogether  uncalled  for. 
Premier  Crispi's  assailant  was  a  Frenchman,  but  the  Italians  did 
not  make  that  fact  the  cause  of  any  exhibition  of  hostility  toward 
France  or  Frenchmen. 

The  disorderly  character  of  the  meeting  of  the  French  Cham- 
ber of  Deputies  which  took  place  on  last  Tuesday  was  a  rather  sig- 
nificant omen  for  the  opening  of  the  administration  of  the  new 
President.  The  fact  that  the  members  would  not  listen  to  either 
the  explanation  of  the  Premier  or  to  the  President's  inaugural 
message,  shows  that  there  is   a  startling   lack   of   sympathy  and 


unity  of  purpose  between  the  executive  and  legislative  branches 
of  the  government.  This  is  a  strange  way  of  beginning  a  new 
regime,  and  one  which  the  Chamber  was  a  large  factor  in  creating 
but  a  few  days  ago. 

The  telegraphic  rumors  which  have  been  coming  to  hand  lately 
in  regard  to  Corea  are  difficult  to  understand,  and  obviously  col- 
ored with  sensationalism.  There  is  an  old  and  standing  dispute 
between  China  and  Japan  as  to  which  country  is  entitled  to  a 
protectorate  over  Corea,  and  this  dispute  was  brought  to  some- 
thing like  a  head  by  the  recent  murder  of  Kim,  but  it  would  prob- 
ably bave  fallen  back  into  the  lethargic  condition  of  innocuous 
desuetude  in  which  it  has  rested  for  so  many  years  if  it  were  not 
for  a  latent  spirit  of  aggressive  nationalism  which  seems  to  be 
sweeping  through  Japan.  Under  the  influence  of  this  spirit,  the 
Japanese  Government  has  felt  compelled  to  meet  an  exhibition  of 
pro-Chinese  sympathy  on  the  part  of  the  dominant  party  in  Corea 
with  an  occupation  of  Corean  territory  by  an  armed  force.  At 
this  juncture,  Russia  is  now  reported  to  have  interfered  and  de- 
manded the  withdrawal  of  the  Japanese  soldiers,  so  we  have  a 
three-cornered  international  complication  which  nobody  can  find 
the  bottom  or  basis  of,  and  nobody  can  predict  the  outcome  of. 
The  diplomatic  relations  between  Japan,  Russia,  and  China  have 
been  more  or  less  Btrained  at  times  for  years  past,  but  they  are 
still  likely  to  do  more  talking  than  fighting. 

The  last  news  from  Bluefields  is,  like  the  peace  of  God,  beyond 
human  understanding.  One  statement  it  contains,  however, 
should  serve  to  temporarily  pacify  the  angry  philosopher  of  San 
Francisco's  tall  tower.  It  is  that  the  British  and  American  Min- 
isters have  reached  an  agreement  as  to  what  they  will  jointly  do 
in  regard  to  compelling  the  Nicaraguan  Government  to  carry  out 
the  treaty  of  Mangua  in  respect  to  the  autonomy  of  the  Mosquito 
Territory.  The  fact  that  Americans  have  been  reaping  the  prin- 
cipal advantages  under  it,  should  reconcile  the  philosopher's  hy- 
percritical patriotism  to  the  fact  that  it  is  a  British  convention, 
and  under  the  circumstances,  it  is  hoped  that  the  Chronicle  will 
refrain,  for  the  present,  from  demanding  a  declaration  of  war 
against  both  the  British  and  Nicaraguan  Governments. 


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MAR8URG     BROS.. 
BALTIMORE      MO. 


ANNUAL  MEETING- 

Union  Consolidated  Silver  Mining  Company. 

The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Union  Con- 
solidated Silver  Mining  Company  will  be  hela  at  the  office  of  the  com- 
pany, room  4,  Nevada  block,  o09  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 

Monday,  the  16th  Day  of  July,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M., 
For  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year  audthe  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting.      Transfer  books  will  close    on  FRIDAY,    July  13th,  1894.  at  3 
o'clock  p.  m.  CHAS.  C.  HARVEY,  Secretary 

Office— Room  4,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS  MEETING. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Paraffine  Paint  Company  (a  corporation),  duly  adopted  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  said  Board,  held  at  the  office  of  ?-aid  Company  on 
Wednesday,  the  13th. day  of  Juue,  1894,  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the 
Paraffine  Paint  Company  will  be  held  on 

Wednesday,  the  22d  day  of  August,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M. 
of  that  day,  at  No.  116  Battery  street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  same  being  the  principal  place  of  business 
and  office  of  srid  corporation,  and  the  same  being  the   building  where  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  said  corporation  meet 

The  object  of  said  meeting  is  to  consider,  act  upon,  aud  decide  a  proposi- 
tion to  diminish  the  Capital  Stock  of  said  corporation,  the  Paraffine  Paint 
Company,  from  One  Million  Dollars  to  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars- 

Dated  San  Francisco,  June  13th,  1834. 

PARAFFINE    PAINT    COMPANY.     By 
R.  S.  SHAINWALD,  Secretary.  R.     S.  MOORE,  President. 


MRS.    POTTER    IN    THE    ORIENT. 

MR8.  Cora  DrqObUl  .'otter,  be*ide»  being  an  actress,  is  «  charm- 
log  corjTersftltoniH't  and  a  clever  writer.  In  a  letter  to  the 
editor  of  the  NbwI  I.kttbr.  she  gives  (he  following  information 
about  some  of  our  neighbors  in  the  land  of  the  setting  sun.  which 
she  gathered  daring  ber  Oriental  pilgrimage: 

••  Daring  my  stay  abroad  1  have  visited  many  strange  lands. 
and  have  played  in  almost  every  city  in  the  Eastern 
Hemisphere.  My  reception  in  all  of  those  places,  both 
artistically  and  socially,  has  been  all  that  the  heart  conld 
wish  for,  and  I  hare  made  hundreds  of  friends  and  well- 
wishers.  Particularly  was  this  the  case  in  Calcutta,  where 
I  played  for  five  months.  This  is  all  the  more  remarkable 
as  there  are  but  thirty  thousand  European  residents  m 
that  city.  The  natives  of  India  are  a  most  peculiar  race  of  peo- 
ple, and  are  filled  with  ridiculous  superstitians,  which  may  be 
termed  the  corse  of  the  nation.  Many  of  their  animals  are  held 
sacred,  and  it  is  considered  an  unpardonable  crime  to  kill  or  mal- 
treat the  domestic  cat.  In  Benares,  the  sacred  city  of  the  Hindoos, 
a  cow  may  walk  the  streets  at  will,  and  brush  pedestrians  away 
as  tnough  they  were  flies,  and  no  one  is  bold  enongh  to  offer  a 
protest.  I  had  the  opportunity  while  there  of  seeing  one  of  the 
most  sacred  as  well  as  the  rarest  of  all  animals,  the  famous  white 
cow.  This  rare  creature  can  scarcely  be  termed  white,  as  her 
hide  is  of  a  dark  cream  color.  She  is  held  in  the  utmost  rever- 
ence by  the  superstitious  Hindoo,  and  is  approached  with  as 
much  deference  and  formality  as  were  the  mighty  monarchs  of 
ancient  days. 

"  The  Japanese  and  Chinese,  like  all  other  inhabitants  of  Asia, 
although  they  fear  the  Europeans  and  the  Americans,  at  heart 
they  hate  and  despise  them.  They  will  resort  to  any  means,  no 
matter  how  low  and  despicable,  to  make  their  lives  a  burden. 
The  old  story  of  the  servant  who  spat  in  his  master's  food  to  pay 
off  an  old  grndge  frequently  receives  practical  illustration  in 
that  country,  and  they  have  even  been  known  to  fill  the  food 
with  chopped  bamboo,  which  will  choke  a  person  to  death  before 
relief  can  be  afforded.  When  I  first  took  up  my  residence  in 
Chlmchu,  one  of  the  first  persons  to  visit  me  was  a  man  who 
called  himself  '  King  of  the  Robbers.'  For  a  consideration  he 
agreed  to  protect  my  property  for  one  year,  so  that,  instead  of 
paying  the  insurance  company  a  bonus,  I  paid  the  robbers  not  to 
rob  me.  I  afterward  found  out  that  this  was  customary,  and 
during  my  stay  in  that  country,  although  I  possessed  many  valua- 
ble things,  I  never  lost  as  much  as  a  hair-pin.  This  merely  il- 
lustrates one  of  hundreds  of  customs  equally  strange  and  ludi- 
crous. There  is  also  a  «  King  of  the  Beggars  '  who  must  be  paid, 
in  order  that  you  may  not  be  pestered  to  death  by  these  creat- 
ures. 

"  My  voyage  from  India  to  this  country  was  anything  but  a 
pleasant  one,  as  it  was  filled  with  disagreeable  incidents.  The  first 
misadventure  was  a  quarantine  of  nine  days,  during  which  time 
we  were  put  through  a  most  undignified  and  disagreeable  form  of 
treatment.  Scarcely  had  we  got  through  with  this  and  started 
on  our  way  again,  when  the  ship's  cook,  a  Chinese,  made  mat- 
ters lively  by  carving  one  of  his  assistants  into  a  dying  condi- 
tion and  then  cutting  his  own  throat.  This  is  what  is  commonly 
termed  In  China  "running  amuck,"  and  for  the  balance  of  the 
voyage  I  did  not  dare  to  close  my  eyes  for  fear  that  some  of  his 
companions  might  take  it  into  their  crazy  heads  to  do  likewise 
and  murder  the  entire  ship's  company. 
"Yes;  America   is   good  enough  for  me." 

Coka  Ubquhart  Potter. 


The  art  of  making  a  shoe  that,  from  the  very  first,  feels  as 
comfortable  as  an  old  shoe,  while  looking  a  great  deal  better,  has 
been  so  thoroughly  mastered  by  P.  P.  McNulty,  220  Post  street,  that 
the  reason  of  his  popularity  among  fastidious  people  is  fully  under 
stood.  Besides  comfort  and  fit,  he  keeps  wide  awake  to  the  best  and 
most  fashionable  styles,  and  is  prepared  at  all  times  to  suit  every 
taste. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Security  Savings  Bank. 

Dividends  on  Term  Deposits  at  the  rate  of  five  (5)  per  cent  per  annum, 
and  on  Ordinary  Deposits  at  the  rate  of  four  and  one-sixth  (4  1-6)  per  cent 
per  annum,  for  the  half  year  ending  June  30,  1894,  free  of  taxes,  will  be 
payable  on  and  after  July  2,  1894.  8.  L.  ABBOT,  Jb.,  Secretary. 

Office— 222  Montgomery  street.  Mills  Building. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE.- 

Mutual  Savings  Bank  of  San  Francisco. 
For  the  half  year  ending  with  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 
at  the  rate  of  four  and  four-fifths  (4  4-5)  per  cent  per  annum  on  Term  Depos- 
its and  four  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of  taxes, 
payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July  2, 1894. 

GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 
Office— 33  Post  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 


Savings   and.  Loan  Society. 

For  the  six  months  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 

at  the  rate  of  four  and  eight  tenths  (4  8-10)  per  cent  per  annum  on  Term 

Deposits,  and  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of 

taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July  2,  1894. 

CYRUS  W.  CARMANY,  Cashier. 
Office— 101  Montgomery  street,  corner  Sutter. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

New    Banil  Con.ol irlnted  Grovel   Mitnnq  Company. 

Location  of   principal  nlai f    bniUMn— Ban  Francisco.  Cal.    Location 

of  works— Placer   conntv,  i  allfornla. 

Notice  l«  berab,  riven  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Boanlof  Directors,  held 
on  tie  1Mb  .lav  of  June,  ISM,  an  assessment  (No.  2f>)  of  Klvc  cents  per 
share  n-aalvvlc.I  npoiithccapltal  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  Imme- 
diately In  1  Kited  States  fold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  ofTlco  of  the 
company,  BBS. Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  ou  the 
The  28th  Oar  ol  Jul,.  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  ou   MONDAY,  the   18th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costa  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 52»  Commercial  street.  Salt  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 

Seg,    Belcher  <Sr   Mides  Consolidated   Mining   Company. 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.    Lo- 
:    cation  of  works— Gold  Hill,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

I  Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Twelfth  day  of  Jum>  189-1,  an  assessment  (No.  14)  of  Ten  cents 
|  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
|  immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
I  pany,  at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  50,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
|    gomery  street,   San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  16th  Day  of  July,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  la  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  6th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment, together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  50,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Mexican  Gold  and  Silver  Mining    Company. 

Location  of  .Principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Twelfth  day  of  June,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  50)  of  Twenty-five 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  each  and  every  share  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  TjDited  States  Gold  Coin, 
to  the  secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309 
Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  1 7th  day  of  July,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised     for    sale   at  public   auction;    and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  Seventh  (7th)  day  of  August, 
1894,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79.  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco . 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Union  Consolidated  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  20th  day  of  June,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  49)  of  Fifteen  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  4,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  Btock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Wednesday,  the  25th  Day  of  July,  1 894.  wlh  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  15th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  C.  HARVEY,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  4,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

__________ 

Occidental  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.  16 

Amount  per  Share 10  cents 

Levied      May  31,  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office July  b,  1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock July  31, 1894 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 


Best  &  Belcher  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Best  &  Belcher 
Mining  Company  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  33,  Nevada 
Block,  309  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 

Monday,  the  9th  Day  of  July,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M., 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting.    Transfer  books  will  close  on  FRIDAY,  July  6, 1894,  at  1  p.  m. 

M.  JAFFE,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  33,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum  on  term  deposits,  and  four  and  one- 
sixth  (4  1-61  per  cent,  per  annum  on  ordinary  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  Monday,  July  2, 1894. 

GEO.  TOURNY,  Secretary. 
Office— 526  California  street. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 


Hi  hernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 

San  Fkancisco,  June  29, 1894. 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  Directors  of  this  society,  held  this 
day,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  four  and  one-quarter  (4J4) 
per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits  for  the  six  months  ending  June  30, 1894, 
free  from  all  taxes,  and  payable  on  and  after  July  2, 1894. 

ROBERT  J.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 
Office— Corner  Market,  McAllister  and  JoneB  Streets. 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  7,  1894. 


Hft 


zb^hstiecs. 


THE  latest  work  from  the  peD  of  "  The  Duchess  "  is  a  story  of 
a  very  sensational  character,  that  borders  on  the  improbable. 
It  relates  the  experiences  of  a  medical  man  whose  love  for  a 
young  girl  makes  him  hate  his  wife,  whom  he  had  married  for 
her  money,  and  their  only  child,  a  boy  who  was  born  an  uncanny 
idiot,  without  the  sense  of  hearing  or  speech,  bat,  unfortunately 
for  his  father,  with  the  sense  of  sight.  The  medical  man  murders 
his  wife,  and  his  idiot  son  sees  him.  He  then  tries  to  win  the 
young  girl,  but  her  love  is  for  another  doctor,  and,  in  his  mad 
passion,  the  first  doctor  find3  that  he  must  murder  the  second  one 
in  order  to  gain  his  end.  But  "  unnatural  deeds  lead  to  unnat- 
ural troubles."  The  spirit  of  the  dead  mother's  revenge  is  infused 
into  the  idiot,  and  one  night,  as  his  father  seeks  the  baled  rival  to 
stab  him  to  the  heart,  the  idiot  follows  him,  and,  just  as  he  has 
climbed  the  ladder  which  reaches  to  the  window  of  the  room,  the 
idiot  pulls  it  from  under  and  he  falls  to  the  ground.  Then  the 
idiot  yells  "  Sho,  Sho,  Shol  "  and  his  father  is  a  corpse.  It  is  a 
plot  that  would  do  very  well  as  a  subject  for  a  short  story  of  about 
2000  or  3000  words,  but  when  spun  over  an  area  of  two  hundred 
odd  pages  it  is  quite  too  long.  We  do  not  find  much  to  commend 
in  any  of  the  characters  except  Agatha,  the  girl  with  whom  the 
murderous  medical  man  is  in  love,  and  even  she  is  unnatural  at 
times.  Although  the  book  has  an  unwholesome,  uncanny  flavor, 
it  will  be  a  rich  morsel  for  those  who  like  sensational  dishes. 
[Rand,  McNally  &  (Jo.,  Publishers.     For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

Under  the  very  startling  title  of  "  Roses  and  Thistles,"  Rufus 
C.  Hopkins  has  caused  to  be  published  a  volume  of  verse  contain- 
ing many  samples  of  poetry,  from  an  Aztec  romance  to  an  ordinary 
epitaph.  There  are  just  about  one  hundred  poems  in  the  book 
written,  in  various  moods,  since  1848.  Of  course,  the  author  is 
an  elderly  gentleman,  and  he  is  only  one  of  that  large  army  of 
poets  who  believe  that  they  were  asked  by  God  to  write.  Pass- 
ing through  the  long  list  of  verses  we  come  to  a  little  poem  of  un- 
certain metre,  entitled  "  Woman."  That  was  written  by  Mr. 
Hopkins  in  this  city  in  1869.  We  refer  to  it  because  it  is  the  only 
verse  in  the  book  that  directly  touches  the  sacred  subject.  Poor 
Mr.  Hopkins,  what  an  amount  of  remorse  must  be  nestling  in  his 
breast!     He  says  of  woman: 

Search  North,  or  South,  or  East,   or  West. 
You'll  find  no  living  thing 

That  such  a  deadly  venom  bears 
Or  sports  so  sharp  a  sting. 
Can  it  be  possible  that  Mr.  Hopkins  has  never  basked  in  the 
sunshine  on  a  July  day,  under  a  big  umbrella,  or  a  weeping  wil- 
low, with  a  California  girl,  wishing,  at  the  same  time,  that  he 
could  stay  there  forever  and  a  day.  If  he  had  been,  he  would 
have  left  those  verses  out.  »  I'll  Strike  the  Epic  Lyre  no  more," 
*•  Prayer  of  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  Mucklewrath,"  "Some  Philosophic 
Advice  About  Hornets,"  and  "An  Apology  for  the  Devil  "  are 
four  of  the  most  formidable  and  ambitious  verses  in  the  book, 
which  is  very  neatly  printed  and  handsomely  bound.  [William 
Doxey,  publisher.     For  sale  by  all  booksellers.] 

The  July  number  of  Current  Literature  contains  its  usual  mel- 
ange of  current  fiction  and  verse.  Two  particularly  interest- 
ing selections  are,  "The  Elephant  Dance,"  by  Rudyard  Kipling, 
and  "Mark  Antony's  Return,"  by  George  Ebers. The  follow- 
ing story  of  Mr.  Benson  and  Miss  Margot  Tennant  {now  Mrs. 
Asquitb)  whom  he  is  said  to  have  portrayed  as  Dodo,  is  put  into 
circulation  by  a  Canadian  paper,  the  Province.  It  appears  that 
Mr.  Benson  wrote  to  her  and  said,  "»Dear  Miss  Tennant :  All  the 
world  is  talking  of  you  and  my  novel;  when  may  I  come  to  see 
you?"  She  replied  :  "  Dear  Mr.  Benson:  Did  you  really  write  a 
novel?     How   clever   of  you!     Come  and  see  me  at  any  time." 

When  he  came  Miss  Tennant  was  out. The  British   Weekly  has 

the  courage  of  its  convictions.  In  a  recent  issue  it  says:  "  There 
is  not  the  faintest  ray  of  genius  in  Mrs.  Ward's  "  Marcella." 
There  is  not  a  sentence  in  the  two  volumes  of  her  story  that  be- 
longs to  literature." >•  The  Swinburne  of  the  canteen"  is  what 

Conan  Doyle  calls  Rudyard  Kipling.  It  would  be  interesting  to 
know  what  Swinburne  thinks  of   the  profane   association  of  his 

name Since  her  marriage,  Miss  Olive  Shreiner    that  was,  calls 

nerself  Mrs.  Olive  Shreiner.  Her  husband,  however,  changed  his 
"maiden  name"  by  making  his  wife's  family  name  his  surname, 
so  that  his  visiting  cards  now  read,  "Mr.  Cronwright  Shreiner." 
—  The  ex-Empress  of  France,  Eugenie,  has  been  engaged  on  her 
memoirs  for  many  years.  As  soon  as  a  page  is  written  it  is 
placed  under  lock  and  key,  and  not  even  her  most  intimate 
friends  ever  see  it.  The  work  is  not  to  be  published  until  twenty- 
five  years  after  her  death.  The  ex-Empress  uses  in  writing  a 
penholder  which  is  ornamented  with  diamonds.  It  was  used  by 
the  fourteen  representatives  in  signing  the  Treaty  of  Peace  of 
Paris  in  1856,  and  was  given  to  the  ex-Empress  as  a  memento. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TROST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  «l,0OO,00O. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisoo. 

J.   D.  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  TruBt 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  aunum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate^  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFES  inside  its 'burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CAKE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


V 


Established  1870. 


Corner  Sansome  and  Busli  Streets. 

U.  S.  Depositary. 
Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $76,196 

S.  G  MURPHY President  I  E.  D.  MORGAN  Cashier 

JAMES  MOFFITT     .  .Vice-President  |  GEO.  W.  KLINE Ass't  Cashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelau,  James  Moflfitt, 

'Ihomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.    Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage.    A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Oftiee  hours,  3  a.,  m.  to  6  p.m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital    .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up.      $2,450,000 

Reserve  $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  CaliforniaSt.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C. 

Portland  Branch— 18  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 

Manager,   ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,  WILLIAM  STEEL. 

Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDERICH. 

LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 

NEW  YORK— Diexel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  saidcities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

subscribed  Capital  .    $2,500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  P  oi  ssoniere .  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

rALGTRSEC^UBLAUM1  wagers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKIN6  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis- 
Toe  Mechanics'  Bank.  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  A  Co. 

THE  CROCKER- W00LVV0 RTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         I        E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN Vice  president 

GEO.  W.  KLINE  Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAII>  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADE. 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D.  Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Raudol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  IS  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated  November  24, 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER President  |  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


July  7,  18!M  . 


-  \\   Ki;  \\.  [SCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


17 


GBOBOI  WH1TTKU..  the  manager  o(  ibe  Liming  estate,  has 
filed  with  the  Board  of  Supervisors  an  application  for  an  elec- 
tric railroad  franchise.  The  right  of  way  taked  f«>r  is*  as  follow «  : 
Commencing  at  the  Intersection  of  Eleventh,  Bryant  ami  inannt-i 
streets:  thence  northwesterly  along  Klerenih  strett  tu  Market; 
thence  across  Market  to  Van  Ness  avenue;  thence  northerly 
along  Van  Ness  avenue  to  its  intersection  with  Lewis  street. 
Ever  since  Van  Ness  avenue  was  accepted  as  the  fashionable 
thoroughfare  of  Ban  Francisco,  an  effort  has  been  made  by  the 
property  holders  and  the  public  at  large  to  keep  it  free  from  rail- 
ways of  any  kind,  and  Mr.  Whittell  is  not  the  first  man  who  has 
tried  to  push  a  road  through  the  street.  It  was  always  deemed 
advisable  to  let  Van  Ness  avenue  remain  free  from  cable  and 
electric  cars,  the  people  believing  that  such  "conveniences" 
would  not  enhance  the  value  of  its  real  estate  and  would  only 
obstruct  a  handsome  driveway.  But  to-day  there  are  only  a  few 
blocks  that  are  deemed  fashionably  sacred,  and  those  are  the 
blocks  between  Pine  street  and  Pacific  avenue.  The  rest  of  the 
thoroughfare  is  unimproved  so  far  as  street  work  is  concerned, 
and  is  one  of  the  dustiest  sections  of  the  city.  Time  has  moved 
the  stylish  part  of  the  city  toward  the  west,  and  to-day  Presidio 
and  Pacific  Heights  are  regarded  as  the  stamping  grounds  for 
nobby  houses.  Then,  the  city  has  loag  looked  for — in  fact  it  has 
been  suffering  for — a  cross-town  road.  Such  a  line  is  inevitable, 
and  unless  Fillmore  street  is  used  for  the  purpose,  Van  Ness 
avenue  in  time  will  likely  be. 

.Assessor  John  D.  Siebe  filed  his  annual  report  with  the 
Supervisors  on  Monday.  He  also  turned  over  to  the  Board  the 
real  estate  assessment  roll,  containing  fifty-four  volumes,  amount- 
ing to  $261,895,196,  of  which  $177,901,440  Is  the  assessment 
on  land,  and  $88,994,755  is  the  assessment  on  improvements. 
The  real  estate  assessment  roll  shows  a  decrease  from  last 
year  of  $16,377,675  on  land,  and  an  increase  of  $1,291,645  on  im- 
provements. This  resolves  itself  into  a  net  decrease  of  $17,017,- 
323  on  real  estate  and  personal  property  from  last  year.  The  re- 
port is  a  long  one,  and  shows  careful  preparation.  It  is  a  valua- 
ble document,  and  is  eminently  to  the  credit  of  Mr.  Siebe.  The  ex- 
act condition  of  really  in  San  Francisco  is  accurately  given.  Mr. 
Siebe's  report  shows  that  there  has  been  a  falling-otf  in  prices 
and  rentals,  and  he  gives  some  good  reasons  for  it.  He  says  that 
it  has  been  a  year  of  financiel  disaster,  and  that  real  estate  has 
had  to  face  it.  Assessment  values  had  to  be  reapportioned 
on  an  entirely  new  basis,  and  great  difficulties  had  to  be  met  and 
solved.  Values  were  constantly  shifting.  Serious  depreciations 
were  followed  by  depreciations  still  more  serious.  The  year 
ends  with  a  stagnant  market  that  is  supported  by  low  values  in 
all  real  estate  holdings.  Want  of  confidence  in  financial  affairs 
and  general  uncertainty  and  distrust  in  labor  had  a  great  deal  to 
do  in  depressing  the  market. 


The  Grand   Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  May  1st  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Tuesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  through  to  Chicago  every  day  without  change.  This  is  the  only 
Line  by  which  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached. 
Send  for  illustrated  book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell, 
G.  P.  A.,  650  Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thn  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


BETHESDA. 


AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 
"I  regard  Eethesda  as  a  delightful  water,  refreshing  and  invigorating, 
with  medicinal  properties  of  much  value." 

—Hon.  Charles  Foster,  ex-Secretary  of  Treasury. 
"  I  have  used  Bethesda  for  many  years,  and  deem  it  the  best  in  the  coun- 
try." —Hon.  Joseph  W.  Fifer,  ex-Governor  of  Illinois. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  Agents, 

418  aacrameuto  street,  S.  F. 

DR.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  Dentist, 
1841  JPolk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F.  [Telephone  2605 

Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 
HOURS— 9  A.  M.  to  5  P.M.,  8  to  9  P.  M.     Sundays,  9  a.  m.  to  2 p.  m. 


IB  A.  1ST  IKIS. 


BANK  UP  BKIlfSH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Ron]  Cfamrtor,  isivj. 

CAPIT'L  P«ld   Up  J3.000.000 

RE.-ERVE    FuSD  1,404.000 

can  corucr  Buab  and  Sansome  all 
HEAD    OFFICE  no   i  ..!,, I.., ..i  mi-.ti,  i  oikIoii 

lir.AS.il>:-.  -Victoria,  Vane  i.iviT,  New  «  estmlnster,  Kamloops,  Nanalmo, 

"," '    «•' llrili.li   Columbia:   1'orlland,   Oregon;  Seattle  mid  Tacoma, 

\\  n>Ml)Rton. 

i  hi*  batik  trausacta  a  Genera]  Hanking  lluslness.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
let in  Cheek,  and  ~i,cpIbI  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  iu  all  parts  of  the  World.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
trances  made oo  rood  cnllatoral  security.  Draws  -lirect  at  current  rates 
tipnu  its  Hcail  Office  ami  Br  -nehes,  and  upon  Its  Ageuts,  as  follows: 

NEW  YORK—  Merohauts  Bank  of  Canada-.  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  south  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland:  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bauk  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
-Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1,  1894)  ...  ,.  3,247,684  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  P.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs.  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis — Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

Branch  office 1700  Market  Street,  corner  Polk. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1893 $28,058,691   00 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,599,434  00 

DIRECTORS— Albert  Miller,  President;  George  W.  Beaver,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Thomas  Magee,  B.  B.  Pond,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  aocompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  S  p.  M.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6 :30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1  770,000  OO 

Deposits  January  3,  1894 30,018,739  94 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-Pres  dent,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edwarl  Kruse,  George  H.  EggerB,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign,  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  8.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CAUFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  £.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      $1,600,000 

Subscribed 3,000.000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     )  „ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  i  Managers 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 

N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,350,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  8.  King.    .  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth  Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS . 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.  McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


july  7,1894. 


WRITE    ME    A    LETTER.— Emma  P.  Seabury,  in  N.  Y.  Clipper. 


w 


KITE  me  a  letter,  my  dear  old  friend, 

Bay  that  you  love  me  yet; 
I  kDOW  you  are  true,  but  I  wish  that  you 

Would  say  that  you  never  forget 
The  springs,  all  bubbling,  and  scent  and  song, 

The  summer's  blossoming  rhyme, 
The  orchard  talks,  and  the  woodland  walks, 

In  the  golden  autumn  time. 
Write  me  a  letter,  my  dear  old  friend, 

Write  of  a  sunny  June; 
Meet  me  again  in  a  ferny  glen, 

In  the  glow  of  an  afternoon. 
Read  me  the  "  Idylls  "  over  anew, 

Your  voice  has  a  charm  that  rings 
Its  rhythm,  cheers  through  the  vibrant  years 

Above  all  other  things. 

Write  me  a  letter,  my  dear  old  friend, 

Leave  out  the  years  between: 
The  ways  have  been  rough  and  thorny  enough, 

Which  'twixt  us  intervene. 
Sing  me  a  song  of  the  long  ago, 

Ere  I  knew  the  world  could  cheat. 
Of  moonlight  gleams  and  fond  day  dreams, 

That  were  so  divinely  sweet. 
Write  me  a  letter,  my  dear  old  friend, 

I  love  you  more  and  more 
As  farther  apart  we  drift,  dear  heart, 

And  nearer  the  other  shore. 
The  dear  old  loves  and  the  dear  old  days 

Are  a  balm  to  life's  regret; 
It  is  easy  to  bear  the  worry  and  care 

If  the  old  friends  love  us  yet. 


WHY    SHOULD    I    LIVE.— P.   V.  Mighels. 

'  Why  live  to  have  my  blossoms  fall  on  stones  ?  " 
The  city  sapling  sighed;  "and  what  atones 
For  blasting  heat,  for  brown,  unlovely  walls; 
For  lack  of  lovely  meadows  green,  for  birds'  sweet  calls? 
Ah  me,  ah  me !  it  is  no  joy  to  live. 
Thus  all  my  leaves,  my  loveliness,  to  give 
For  naught.    Oh,  let  me  die  or  let  me  look 
Once  more  into  the  ripples  of  a  brook." 
An  older  elm,  whose  twigs  had  oft  shed  tears 
Of  snow  through  the  winters  of  the  years ; 
Whose  re-incarnate  wail  thus  at  its  feet 
Was  echoed  o'er,  breathed  back  in  cadence  sweet; 

1  Let  not  thy  young  unburdened  limbs  complain. 
Thou  has  but  tasted  of  the  worldly  pain, 
Which  fleeting  time  doth  bring  with  sad'ning  truth, 
But  which,  thank  Heaven,  is  spared  to  dreaming  youth. 

'  Live  for  the  joys,  the  comfort  you  may  be 
To  tired  souls ;  for  those  who  love  to  see 
Thy  cheerful  green.    Let  not  thy  efforts  fade. 
While  weary  hearts  are  thankful  for  thy  shade. 
Live  for  the  good  you  may  to  others  do ; 
To  your  own  self  and  to  your  God  be  true." 
The  springtime  came.     Lo !  in  the  morning  sun, 
Loveliest  of  the  trees,  that  litfle  one. 


FATE.— Susan  M.  Spalding,  in  Detroit  Free  Press. 


Two  shall  be  born  the  whole  wide  world  apart, 

And  speak  in  different  tongues,  and  have  no  thought 

Each  for  the  other's  being,  and  no  heed. 

And  these  o'er  unknown  seas  to  unknown  lands 

Shall  cross,  escaping  wreck,  defying  death ; 

And,  all  unconsciously,  shape  every  act 

And  bend  each  wandering  step  to  this  one  end — 

That,  one  day,  out  of  darkness  they  shall  meet 

And  read  life's  meanipg  in  each  other's  eyes. 

And  two  shall  walk  some  narrow  way  of  life, 

So  nearly  side  by  side  that  should  one  turn 

Even  so  little  space  to  left  or  right, 

They  needs  must  stand  acknowledged  face  to  face, 

And  yet,  with  wistful  eyes  that  never  meet, 

With  groping  hands  that,  never  clasp,  and  lips 

Calling  in  vain  to  ears  that  never  hear, 

They  seek  each  other  all  their  weary  days, 

And  die  unsatisfied,  and  this  is  fate* 


City    Index    and    Purchasers    Guide. 


ATT  YS.  -AT-  LAW. 
BERGEN  A  w  IMSl'R,  (B.  F.  Bergen;  C.  M.  Wilbur),  215  Sansome  8t. 
FRANK   KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg.,  1236  Market  8t. 

CANDIES. 
C'ANPIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Folk  and  Bush  streets. 

DENTISTS 
R.  COTLAB,  416  Geary  street. 
F.  BE.  HACKETT,  413  Leavenworth  street.  

DOOR    CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  <  heck  and  Spring-   F.  D.  Morrell,  593Mission  St. 

DRUUGISTS. 
KELLY'S  CORN  CUBE,  85c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 
EVANS"  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC    Positive  cure.    8old  by  all  drug- 
gists. 

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 
W.  H.  BIcCORBIICK,  1422  Market  st.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkiii  St. 

MILLINERY. 

THE  WONDER  Hat.  Flower  and  Feather  atore,  1024-1028  Market  street. 

RESTATJ  RANTS. 

FRANCO-AMERICAN    Restaurant    521  Montgomery  8t.        F.  Hirte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIRING  PONE  while  yon  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 


SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip. 


)  Kearny  St. 


HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  automlzallon  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


x-t>tstt:r,_a_:n"o:e  _ 


INSURANCE  ANNOUNCEMENT. 

The  undersigned  hereby  announces  his  appointment  as   MANAGER  of 
the  PACIFIC  COAST  DEPARTMENT  for 

The  Imperial  Insurance  Company,  Ld„  of  London, 

AND 

The  Lion  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  London. 

Both  well  known  to  the  Insuring  public.    The  general  offices  of  these 
companies,  in  conjunction  with  the 

Sun  Insurance  Office  of  London, 

Will  hereafter  be  at 
205  SANSOME  ST., 

(This  City.) 
San  Francisco,  June  27, 1894. 


WM.  J.   LANDERS, 

MANAGER. 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE    COMPANY    (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BABLj.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINEDCXPiTAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  he  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  8YZ,  General  Agent, 
410  California  St.,  Ban  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

(Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Establishad  18S6.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 
BEO.  F.  CHANT,  Manager 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVTl>EME- WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


Julv  7,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


a  SUNBEAMS 


D[BBS  (Who  has  been  wailing  in  bis  friend's  studio)  —  Ah,  here 
yon  are  at  Itst.  Your  dog  has  been  paying  a  good  compli- 
ment to  that  bit  of  scenic  painting.  I  Imd  to  drive  the  little  beggar 
off  Datum  agreeably  surprise*!  —  What  was  he  doing.  DlBBs— 
< l.  h>- mistook  that  river  for  real  water,  and  he  starlet!  lapping  it. 
r.v-the-bye.  what  river  does  it  represent.'  Dai  BKB  (savagely—  River 
be  hanged!    That  isn't  a  river;  it's  a  prairie  fire!    Where's  that  dog? 

—lid-Bito. 

On,  yon  sweet  daisies,  fresh  and  fair, 

I  wish  that  you  would  tell  me  where 

My  lover  is."    He  should  be  here 

To  whisper  that  he  loves  me  dear ; 

But  I'll  not  yield  to  blank  despair— 

I  will  not  shed  a  single  tear; 

And  unto  all  1  will  appear 

As  careless,  bright,  and  debonair 

As  yon,  sweet  daisies. 

And  yet,  and  yet,  if  he  were  there, 

And  offered  me  a  solitaire 

On  bended  knees,  I  greatly  fear 

I'd  answer  yes  within  his  ear; 

For  single  life  I  do  not  care: 

Do  you,  sweet  daisies?  — Truth. 

"  Do  \<>v  know  that  editors  are  the  most  unselfish  set  of  men  in 
the  world?"  remarked  a  young  author  to  his  friend.  "  Why,  no.  I 
never  heard  of  that  before."  ■'  It's  a  fact.  They  will  cheerfully  send 
back  your  best  manuscript,  regardless  of  the  fact  that  they  know  you 
will  immediately  post  it  on  to  a  rival  publication."  — Answers. 

Said  an  exasperated  father  at  the  dinner  table:  "You  children 
turn  up  yoar  noses  at  everything  on  the  table.  When  I  was  a  boy  I 
was  glad  to  get  enough  dry  bread  to  eat."  "  I  say,  papa,  you  are 
having  a  much  better  time  of  it  now  that  you  are  living  with  us,  ain't 
you?  "  remarked  little  Tommy.  — Tid-Bits. 

Dear  Friend— Try  to  console  yourself,  my  dear.  Remember  that 
your  late  husband  was  verv,  very  old,  and  he  left  you  a  fortune,  you 
know.  Young  Widow — Yes;  but  it  was  on— on  condition  that  I 
should  nev — never  marry  again.    Boo,  boo,  hoo! 

Mr.  Bilkins— "We've  got  to  get  divorced.  Mrs.  Bilkins— Great 
goodness,  my  dear!  Why?  Mr.  Bilkins— Why,  twenty-two  of  the 
people  who  gave  us  presents  when  we  married  are  to  be  married  this 
month.     It's  divorce  or  ruin.  — Pearson's. 

Witherry— My  wife  keeps  a  scrap  book  now  of  all  the  bright 
things  our  baby  says.  Plakkington — Why,  is  the  little  fellow  old 
enough  for  that?  Withekby— Oh,  yes;  it's  quite  wonderful.  He  re- 
peats everything  I  say.  — Answers. 

"  Alas,"  cried  the  tramp,  "I  am  hungry  and  sore; 

Is  there  none  who  will  pity  my  plight?" 
"  Oh,  yes,"  said  the  dog,  as  be  sharpened  his  teeth, 

Come  in  and  I'll  give  you  a  bite."  — Ex. 

"  Are  you  master  of  this  house?"  asked  a  stranger,  addressing  a 
young  married  man.  "No,"  said  the  young  married  man,  with  a 
deep  sigh;  "my  wife  has  just  taken  the  master  upstairs  to  nurse 
him."  —  Ex. 

First  Damsel — But  I  thought  he  said  he  would  never  speak  to  you 
again.  Second  Damsel— Oh,  yes;  but  he  saw  I  had  a  cold,  and  he 
couldn't  resist  the  temptation  to  tell  me  of  a  sure  cure. 

—N.  Y.  News. 

For  railway  fare  and  a  summer  place, 

The  pater  spends  his  shekels, 
And  finds  returns  in  his  daughter's  face — 

A  crop  of  tan  and  freckles.      —Washington  Star. 

A  grateful  Baboo  in  India  wrote  the  following  touching  letter  not 
long  ago  to  a  gentleman :  "  You  have  been  very  kind  to  me,  sir,  and 
may  God  Almighty  give  you  tit  for  tat." 

Mr.  Wick  wire— Now,  my  dear,  you  must  admit  that  Mrs.  Watts 
looked  exceedingly  well  in  her  new  gown.  Mrs.  Wickwire— Y-e-s, 
the  gown  did  look  very  well  on  her.  — Exchange. 

Miss  Bellefield  (relating  an  incident)— Then  I  dropped  my  voice, 

and Mr.  Harket  (interrupting)— That  wouldn't  nurt  it.  Yours 

is  such  a  soft  voice,  you  know.  —Pittsburg  Chronicle-Telegraph. 

"  Now,  little  one,  what  would  you  say  if  I  were  to  give  you  these? 
Would  you  say  these  is  good  oranges  or  these  are  good  oranges?" 
"  How  kin  I  tell  till  I  suck  'em?"  — Life. 

She— There  is  a  new  ice  box  advertised  in  which  a  person  can  keep 
anything.  He — I'll  get  one,  and  see  if  it  will  help  you  to  keep  your 
temper,  dear.  — Tonkers  Statesman. 

Ethel— Oh.  auntie,  we've  been  having  such  fun  !  George  has  been 
showing  me  Venus  through  his  telescope.  Auntie — I'm  surprised  at 
George.  — Buffalo  Express. 

She — I  beg  your  pardon,  monsieur,  for  treading  upon  your  toe. 
He— Madam,  I  apologize  for  having  a  foot.  —  Ex. 


Impaired  Digestion. 
The  patient  is  required  to  diet.    In  building  up  and  maintaining 
good  health,  milk  is  recognized  as  a  valuable  factor,  but  it  is  import- 
ant that  it  be  absolutely  pure  and  sterilized.  Borden's  Peerless  Brand 
Evaporated  Cream  meets  all  requirements.    Entirely  wholesome. 

It  pays  to  have  the  best.    Remember,  Ayer's  Sarsaparllla  is  the  standard 
blood-purifier. 


i^srsTJR^isrcE. 


TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG.  GERMANY. 
V.  t'arns  i.riill.  1,1    Mtniger  for  (he  Pacific  i i  Branch. 

-■  30    Siiiismiic  81.,  8.  F. 

Capital  .... $1,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S. 654,433.31 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 

S38  California  St.,  n.K.,(h1. 


NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA,  California, 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular   Warehouse  for  Nau 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  iurUshed 
with  the  latest  Improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  foroleanlng 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat.  " 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
If  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bank. 

AMERICAN  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO-  of  New  York., 
BRITISH  AMERICAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto. 
WESTERN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto- 

A.  R.   GURREY,  MANAGER.  |  C.  A.  STUART,  AS8T.   Man. 

Pacific  Department,  423  California  St.,  S.  F. 
BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL »6,700,000 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  or.  CO., 

No.  318  California  Streof.  Sin  Francisco 


SIEBE,  RASCHEN  k  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 

Telephone  272.  210  Sansome  St. 

Agents  foe  San  Francisco.— Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co  ,  of  New 
York;  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York;  United  Firemen's  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  Sun  Insurance  Office,  of  London. 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   519,724,538.46. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vloe-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEB 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established   1825. 
Capital,  $2,250,000-  Total  Assets,  $6,854,653  66 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FEANCISCO. 
VOSS,  CONRAD  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

PACIFIC    IDIEiF.A.I&TMIElDSrT 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,        SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE, 


OF  LONDON. 

Established  A.  d.  1321. 
Paid-up  Capital,    -    -    -     J  5,000,000. 
Cash  Assets, 123,194,249. 


OF   LONDON. 

Founded  A.  d.  1710. 

Cash  Assets, ?10,044,712. 

Assets  in  America,  -   -    -     $2,510,368. 


WM.  J.  LAMBERS,  fon'l  Agent,  20»  Sansome  St.,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 
THAMES  AND  MERSEY  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  (Llmltld) 

Of  Liverpool,  London  and  Manchester. 

Capital  Subscribed $ 10,000, 000 

Capital  Paid  Up 1,000,000 

Cash  Reserve  (In  addition  to  Capital) 2,126,000 

TotalAseets  December  SI,  7888 6.124,067.60 

WM.    GREER    HARRISON,   Manager, 

306  California  Street.  San  Franclico. 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up t    500,000 

Assets  3,181,753 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,525,157 

ROBERT     DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

50 1  Montgomery  Street 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  7,  1894. 


FROM  London:  "  Pique,  of  wbich  we  are  {following  in  the 
footsteps  of  our  Parisian  sisters)  beginning  to  appreciate  the 
summer  charm,  is  of  much  more  service  than  ordinary  cotton  or 
cambric.  To  begin  with,  it  washes  better  and  never  offers  that  limp 
appearance  which  is  often  the  means  of  a  girl  gaining  the  reputation 
of  being  slovenly,  no  matter  how  crisply  she  may  dress  at  other 
times.  The  advantage  of  pique  cannot  be  too  fully  appreciated  for 
tennis  wear.  This  fabric  in  white,  patterned  with  the  new  black 
'  pen-scratch  '  lines,  composes  the  blouse  of  my  costume.  The  cor- 
sage is  blouse  only  by  name,  for  it  fits  like  a  jersey,  fastening,  of 
course,  at  the  back.  There  is  a  V  of  black  satin  ribbon  at  the  neck, 
while  a  broad  sash  ntban  starts  from  the  side  seams  of  the  Zouave 
jacket  and  is  tied  into  a  large  artistic  bow.  Thanks  to  this  pretty 
contrivance,  the  little  coat  is  kept  in  its  right  place.  The  skirt,  like 
the  Zouave,  is  in  black  serge,  both  being  treated  with  some  narrow 
white  braid.  This  galon  edges  the  flap  of  the  pocket,  which  is  in 
front,  thus  doing  away  with  a  back  one.  At  tennis  a  girl  must  look 
her  neatest,  especially  as  regards  her  plaquet-hole  and  pocket. 

"  One  arrangement  shows  a  jupe,  which  fastens  at  the  side  of  the 
poche,  the  opening  being  hidden  by  the  broad  flap.  Among  dress- 
makers there  are  divided  opinions  on  the  question  of  the  bodice  made 
to  tuck  under  the  skirt,  and  the  one  made  to  wear  over  the  jupe.  In 
general  more  favor  is  shown  the  latter,  as  it  makes  the  waist  look 
longer,  and  can,  moreover,  always  be  safely  secured  to  the  skirt  by 
means  of  a  couple  of  patent  hooks  and  eyes.  Here  is  an  example. 
If  one  looks  at  illustrations  of  the  sleeves  worn  this  time  last  year 
one  is  struck  by  the  smallness  of  them,  as  compared  with  our  up-to- 
date  balloons  and  gigots.  Indeed,  an  energetic  society  hostess  tells 
us  that  this  season  her  table  will  only  hold  twelve,  whereas  a  year  ago 
eighteen  was  generally  the  chosen  number.  At  the  Derby  tailor- 
made  costumes  seemed  the  order  of  the  day;  but  at  the  Baroness  de 
Worms'  'Derby'  tea  in  Grosvenor  Place  there  was  more  sartorial- 
daintiness  than  on  the  Epsom  Downs.  A  young  thing,  in  the  full 
flush  of  her  beaute  du  diable,  was  much  admired  in  a  simple  frock  of 
mauve  nun's  veiling,  in  which  the  real  chic  consisted  in  the  addition 
of  broad  velvet  ribbon  braces,  developing  on  the  shoulders  into  full- 
blown rosettes,  and  at  the  back  into  a  bow  and  long  ends.  There 
were  also  a  few  mohair  gowns,  this  fabric  being  one  of  the  derniers 
cris  of  the  gay  capital."  

A  pretty  dress  is  of  black  grenadine  over  shot  silk,  the  skirt  being 
made  quite  plain.  The  fully-gathered  bodice  had  a  deep  collar  of 
guipure  lace,  with  puffs  of  black  chiffon  passed  through  the  lace.  A 
velvet  collar  and  the  twist  round  the  basque  are  made  of  the  same 
color  as  the  underskirt  of  silk.  The  sleeves  have  an  accordion-plaited 
cape  falling  over  the  close-fitting  sleeve.  Another  gray  grenadine  ia 
made  up  over  pink,  the  skirt  slightly  draped  on  one  side,  showing 
ecru  lace  above  the  pink  underskirt.  The  bodice  has  a  yoke  back  and 
front  of  pink  silk,  covered  with  mother  of  pearl  galon,  and  is  trimmed 
with  rosettes  of  pink  chiffon  and  lace. 


The  bolero  affords  a  pretty  way  for  making  over  a  last  summer's 
dress,  as  it  can  be  accomplished  out  of  the  old  waist.  A  gray  nun'j- 
veiling,  for  instance,  is  freshened  by  a  shirt  waist  of  pink  China  silk 
and  bolera  of  the  gray  veiling.  A  last  season's  figured  silk  is  im- 
proved by  removing  all  the  ruffles  or  bands  from  the  skirt  and  by 
trimming  the  waist  with  a  double  collarette,  one  of  plain  black  silk 
above  one  of  lace.  Black  organdies  are  preferred  this  summer  made 
over  black  rather  than  any  color.  If  the  thin  material  is  still  good  it 
will  pay  to  drape  it  over  either  black  lawn  or  black  taffeta,  made 
with  a  simple  fitted  waist,  large  sleeves,  and  a  straight  full  skirt  over 
a  gored  one  of  the  lining. 

Blouses  of  washing  silk  are  most  appropriate  for  morning  wear. 
Some  are  made  with  plaits  from  neck  to  waist  and  simply  buttoned 
with  gold  studs.  In  cambric  porcelain  blue,  phlox  pink,  and  pale 
lavender  are  the  favorite  colors.  Sheer  striped  ginghams  made  sur- 
plice, with  scalloped  edge  wrought  in  black  silk,  are  among  the  pret 
tiest  of  the  ready-made  designs. 

Petticoats  are  made  in  crepon,  in  spotted  muslins,  with  three  or 
four  full-gathered  flounces  edged  with  lace,  and  in  batiste  with  Valen- 
ciennes, showing  the  new  lace,  which  forms  a  sort  of  garland  that  is 
applique  on  to  the  edge  of  the  flounce.  Most  of  the  white  petticoats 
are  trimmed  with  this  sort  of  lace,  and  cluny  is  coming  in  for  petti- 
coats. 

For  boating  purposes  nothing  looks  nicer  than  a  good  cream  wash- 
ing serge  dress,  especially  if  designed  in  accordance  with  my  third 
model,  in  which  the  short  coat  is  turned  back  in  a  most  original  style 
over  a  white  shirt  and  Petersham  belt  buckled  with  a  steel  buckle. 
The  cuffs  carry  out  the  same  "angle"  idea.  A  cream  tie  spotted 
with  either  blue  or  scarlet  affords  a  discreet  suggestion  of  color. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  Winslows'  Soothing  Syrup' 
children  while  teething. 


for  your 


Fruit  Trees. 


Fruit  Trees. 


Vegetable,  Flower,  Tree  and   Farm. 

SEEDS.  SEEDS. 

Blackberries, 

Strawberries, 

Raspberries, 

Gooseberries, 

Currants, 

ROSES, 

PALMS, 

Etc. 

Trumbull   &  Beebe, 

419-421  SANSOME  ST.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

CATALOGUE    ON     APPLICATION. 

THE  MATRIMONIAL  POST 

AND    FASHIONABLE    MARRIAGE    ADVERTISER. 


The  leading  agency  of  the  world.  Old  estab- 
lished. The  largest,  most  reliable  agency 
extant.  Secrecy  observed.  Confidence  re- 
spected. Price,  3d;  in  private  envelope,  6d. 
Address  EDITOR,  9  Nicholas  Street,  Bristol, 
England. 


MATRIMONY. 


Lady,  daughter  of  landed  proprietor,  good 
horsewoman,  tall,  fine  figure,  very  stylish, 
brilliant  pianist,  with  £1400  per  annum  and 
£4000  at  bankers,  would  correspond  with  gen- 
tleman with  a  view  to  marriage.  The  strict- 
est privacy  and  confidence  will  be  observed. 
Photo  will  oblige.  AddresB  Miss  Annesley, 
box  3682  Advertiser  Office,  Bristol,  England. 


MATRIMONY. 


Member  of  the  aristocracy  of  the  highest 
rank,  aged  43,  with  £15,000  yearly  and  four 
large  estates,  tall,  handsome,  wishes  to  meet 
with  a  lady  heiress,  English  or  American. 
Lady  must  be  fully  able  to  take  her  place  at 
court  and  in  society  of  the  highest  grade.  A 
large  income  a  very  necessary  qualification. 
Send  photos  and  full  particulars  (to  be  re- 
turned) in  strict  confidence.  Address  Hunts- 
man, box  7004  Correspondence  Office,  Bristol, 
England. 


THE  ALEXANDER  MATERNITY  COTTAGE 

CONNECTED    WITH  THE 

CHILDREN'S   HOSPITAL, 

IS  NOW  OPEN. 
THE  ACCOMMODATIONS  OFFERED  are  unexcelled  by  any  similar 
institution  in  the  country,  and  patients  are  afforded  the  beet  medical  skill 
and  the  most  careful  nursing.     Terms  and  further  particulars  furnished 
upon  application  to  the  Resident  Physiciau,  Children's  Hospital, 

3  7UO  California  Street. 


p.  a 


FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 

BUILDING  PAPERS. 

ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 

PARAFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

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HEALDS  BUSINESS  COLLEGE 

C'ld jalts  for  Year  Ending  lunt  30.   1894. 

irO   Ions    ]l.l    of    »raduat<-»    from 
. 
lartr  DnraWr  W7i«,  from   various  ca>].- 
u.-t  t«i  had  th*  flual  examination 

What  Is  more  Important  la  the  fact 
thai,  notwithstanding  the  Unto  nmiihor  i>[  por- 
it  of  employment  hy  rea>ou  of  the  pre- 
vailing hard  times,  a  lane  proportion  ol  iho 
Sradoalej   fr-,in    HeahlS    Immedlatelj 
situation*.    Thoae  who  did  are  marked  with  a 
.he  following  list 
mi  msiss   department 

•May    l.utlerield   City. 

Clark  Am  Hewlett.  ...Oakland.  Cal. 
Agnes  Whooten  ..      Redwood  City; Cal. 

•\S  .  H.  Uoldin .^nn  Bernardino,  Cal. 

o  T.  Harding City. 

"Shirley  Johnson City. 

K.lw.  0.  Gait El  Dorado.  Cal. 

\.  Smith Vallejo,  Cal. 

J.  I'.  Sullivan City. 

•Henry  1".  De Corse Yuma,  Ariz. 

lohn'J.  Demnsy Santa  Rosa,  Cai. 

Km m a  H.  Hilrner Fresno,  Cal. 

Frank  J.  Dempsy...  Santa  Rosa,  Cal, 

Albert  A.  Wilson Pescadero,  Cal. 

Eugene  Montevaldo  .  Pescadero,  Cal. 
Herman  M.  Levy. . . .  .City. 

a masa  S.  Bryant Bridgeport,  Cal. 

F.  A.  Esqnivel Vacaville,  Cal. 

J.  M.  Freeman Oakland,  Cal. 

•C   I.  McCarthy Ireland. 

•Juliet  Boido Guaymas,  ilex. 

K    D.  Bean Citv. 

John  L.  Stubbs Lower  Lake,  Cal. 

Robert  E.  McDonald   French  Gulch,  Cal. 

Mary  L.  Davison Medford,  Or. 

Alvin  Judd City. 

•Geo.  H.  Garrison Forest  Hill,  Cal. 

Ed.  B.  Starr Oro  Fino.  Cal. 

Miles  S.  Ferrara Decoto,  Cal. 

Willie  Banmgarten. .  .Tehama,  Cal. 

'Joseph  Lopez San  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 

•Frank  D.  McGinn City. 

♦Josephine  Dufficy San  Rafael,  Cal. 

•Mary  H.   Mondon. ..  .San  Rafael,  Cal. 

Ella  Henley Petaluma,  Cal. 

Realto  Burton Fort  Jones. 

•August  H.    Denke Alameda,  Cal. 

'Rutherford  Beaton. .  .City. 

•Jeanetta  Ott Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 

A.  F.  Guinasso City. 

•Geo.  W.  Boido Guaymas,  Mex. 

Banyer  Davis City. 

Wr.  H.  Kirsten City. 

Mas.  Wm.  McClellan.  .Martinez,  Cal. 

•S.  D.  Sutton City. 

Claude  H.  Nichols  . . .  .Hollister,  Cal. 

Daniel  Donovan Drytown,  Cal. 

Silvia  Codoni Tocaloma,  Cal. 

James  E.  Warrington  .Salinas,  Cal. 

Acton  Haven Novato,  Cal. 

•Wm.  H.  Pyburn,  Jr.. .Salinas,  Cal. 
Geo.  W.  Rosekrans  . .  .City. 

R.  L.  Wagner City. 

J.J.  Codoni Tocaloma,  Cal. 

J.  R.  Williams City. 

Delos  R.Noble  Petaluma,  Cal. 

Isador  Reinheimer . . .  City. 

•Sylvia  Moore City. 

Wm.  R.  Twamley City. 

Ida  Munro City. 

Ellen  A.  Stone City. 

•Sam  Jacoby City. 

Thos.   McCudden Vallejo,  Cal. 

Gus  Schoenfeld City. 

Rodney  P.  Snider Vallejo,  Cal. 

•♦Isabel  A.  Little City. 

Carlos  A.  Mina Santa  Ana,  Salvador. 

Wm.  C.  Crook,  Jr.... Makawao.  H.  I. 

R.J.  Dennemark City. 

Mary  C.  Dorris Alturas,  Cal. 

* Jas.  R.  Quick Patterson ,  Cal. 

Arthur  Goslinger City. 

•Jas.  W.  Mulcahy City. 

•Minnie  Brown City. 

Harry  Chadbourne  . .  .Pleasanton,  Cal. 

J.  Hammerschlag City. 

•Anna  Zerdng San  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 

Ed.  M.Morton City. 

*Chas.  H.  Eilse Yuma,  Ariz. 

Ella  C.  Hussey You  Bet,  Cal. 

Chas.  H.  Lauer Omaha,  Neb. 

•Anna  T.  Deeney City. 

Thos.  J.  Powers City. 

John  O.  McCallum... Willows, Cal. 
Michael  W.  Smith. . .  .Empire  City. 

Louise  A.  Bricca City. 

Timothy  V.  Corcoran .  Benicia,  Cal. 

Wm.  F.  Stelling City. 

Alex  R.  Larson Berkeley,  Cal. 

J   H.  Dooling Holhste'r,  Cal. 

Marion  J.  Limbaugh.  .Woodbridge,  Cal. 
James  M.  Eva..  City. 

•Alfred  E.  Sbarboro  . .  .City. 


Walter Oea lerrmtohar.  Alameda.  Cal. 

■  n\ . 
Clara  Kellner  Berkeley 

■Henry  atseroth    . .    City. 
Ramon  Aviia  .PrasnOiOal. 

l.v.relt  Harry  Redwood  City,  Oal. 

Walter  Lane  i>m  Mno 

Barney  City. 

Mands  M.  Qeb  City. 

1  Rdna  Gibson  .    '  Ity. 

Lizzie  A.  Lanm  Omaha,  Neb. 

•(  has.  H.  Dobel  .City. 

Joseph  Lewis  Saasalito.  Cal. 

Flora   Nicholson Vallejo,  Cal. 

Joseph  J.  Qeary Citv. 

Jules  B.  Didier      ...     Alameda,  Cal. 
•Maud  M.Elliott         . .  Winneiniicca,  Nev. 

Wm.  llogers Bristol,  Tom. 

I.P.Moore  Pleasanton,  Cal. 

•Jos.  D.  Regan City. 

•Edw.  M.   Kelly        . .  Salinas,  Cal. 

Geo.  E.  Allen Sutter  Creek,  Cal. 

Harry  T.  Bailey Pleasanton,  Cal. 

•George  Maggio City. 

Lily  T.  Swales ].  .City. 

•Paul  Lehndorff ...City. 

Jos.  B.  Wootten Linden,  Cal. 

•F.  E.  Wheeler Riverside,  Cal. 

•Henry  von  Tagen Martinez,  Cal. 

Robt.  L.  Cooper Winters,  Cal. 

John  F.  Davies Carbonodo,  Cal. 

Jessie  J.  Gross City. 

Sadie  May  Brooks Berkeley,  Cal. 

J.  F.  Agee Dixon,  Cal. 

L.  P.  Hourihan San  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 

•Hattie  Samuels Lincoln,  Cal. 

•Henry  Windt City. 

H.  C.  Fuller Kremlin,  Cal. 

J.  B.  Brown City. 

James  E.  Jaeger Oahu,  H.  I. 

*J.  M.  Pike City. 

Ella  Eastman Walnut  Grove,  Cal. 

Louise  Hippen San  Mateo,  Cal. 

Arthur  Nelson City . 

Maggie  E.  Sheean  —  City . 
Herbert  Davidson  ....  City . 

•Roger  J .  Scanlan Oakland,  Cal. 

John  C.Barnard Ventura,  Cal. 

C.  Huntington  Wight. Cornwall,  Cal. 

*Alf.  G.  Harms Pleasanton,  Cal. 

•Wm,  H.  Abramsky . . .  City 

•Loretti  M.  Sandi Hollister,  Cal. 

•Lily  W.  Goodman City 

Ernest  Scossa Woodfords,  Cal. 

Eliza  Holmes City 

Belle  Crichton City 

Lillie  Berg Eureka,  Nev. 

Mary  G.  Smith City 

Nora  Cleary ...    City 

•Annie  A.  Power City 

Ebba  L.  Anderson City 

•Louis  J.  Henrioulle.  .San  Mateo,  Cal. 

Fritz  Geo.  Crist Oakland,  Cal. 

*Alb.  S.  Goldsmith City 

Thos.  B.  Adam Santa  Maria,  Cal. 

*  Chris.  J.  Bauer City 

Wilbur  C.  Beard Estrella,  Cal. 

Alf.  L.  Burgan Napa,  Cal. 

Henry  Mallory S.  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 

Chas.  N.  Taylor City. 

Guy  L.  Reed Middleton ,  Cal. 

Anna  B.  Moser City. 

Paul  Cavala Los  Banos,  Cal. 

Jas.  Cunningham City. 

Horace  Merrill Prescott,  Ariz. 

Albert  Sullenger Brentwood.  Cal. 

•John  H.  Robinson  . .  .Prescott,  Ariz. 

Chas.  A.  Peters Dixon,  Cal . 

John  M.  Pfister Pinole,  Cal. 

Frank  J.  Zimmer Reno,  Nev. 

•Samuel  M.  Rothchild.City. 

Mary   E.  Whelan Virginia  City,    Nev. 

Henry  M.  Corthay St.  Helena,  Cal. 

Cecil  Fugler Santa  Maria,  Cal 

Chas.  Gumpel City. 

•Annie  M.  Hinck City. 

"Frank  J.  McHenry S.  Luis  Obispo,  Cal. 

Wm.  W.  Irmie Napa,  Cal. 

Ernest  F.  Mast Pope  Valley ,  Cal. 

Otto  E.  Soheerer City. 

Juliet  F.  Wohrield....  City. 

Herbert  Gilbert Modesto,  Cal. 

Clara  Dieterich Empire  City.  Nev. 

Joseph  Gately San  Pablo,  Cal. 

Wallace  Rutherford.  .Calistoga,  Cil. 

Albert  Ellis City. 

Bert  Winchell Vallejo. 

Laura  M.  Barnes Arroyo  Grande. 

Wm.  TuckS Sheridan.  Nev. 

Elmer  N.  Clark  Salinas,  Cal. 

SHORTHAND    DEPARTMENT. 

•Annie  McDonough. .  .Vallejo,  Cal. 

•Frank  Nantz City. 

•Jeanetta  Ott Santa  Barbara,  Cal- 

Frank  B.  O'Reilly. . .  .City. 
•Mamie  Piver Sea  View,  Cal. 


•Ernest  W.  Porter Ban  Mateo,  CeL 

'Margie  A.  Befrtn citv. 

~initli Vallejo,  Cal. 

•Flora  If.  Traoy San  l.ui    Obi  pn.  i  al. 

•Matilda  Vermeil  .....( 

"Kmii  i   Wlaland. .      .City. 

•Fred  Westphal..,         Oakland,  Oal. 

•Anna  Zernng Ban  Luis  Obispo,  Cal, 

•Minnie  Barke Virginia  City,  Nev, 

•  l.ctnia  Banotti  City. 

•Tessie  Qransy City. 

"ICIla  LagOnl Illy. 

•Sylvia  10.  .Moore City. 

1  on.  II.  McCarthy. ...Ireland. 

•Ella  Solomon City. 

Daisy  Smith City. 

•May  Skofield City. 

Jennie  Ryan City. 

Alonzo  Winans Vallejo,  Cal. 

Sadie  Brooks . .  Berkeley,  Cal. 

•Emma  A.  Browne  ...Bolinas^  Cal. 

•Minnie  Brown ..City. 

•EllaCallinan City. 

Susie  Stewart Placerville ,  Cal. 

Belle  Crichton City. 

•Mollie  Collin City. 

Jno.  C.  Duchow,  ,lr Sonora,  Cal. 

•Anna  Deeney City. 

Ella  Forsyth  City. 

•Jessie  L.  Gordon City. 

*Lily  W.  Goodman City. 

•Mrs.  Anna  Gutheil City. 

Albert  Goldsmith City. 

•Edna  Gibson City. 

•Georgie  Hurney City. 

•Fred  C.  Hart City. 

•Ada  Halket Salt  Lake  City. 

Eliza  Holmes City. 

*Ed.  M.  Jones Ross  Valley,  Cal. 

•Jennie  Kivell... City. 

Anna  Moser  . .    City. 

B.  F.  Miller Valley  Ford,  Cal. 

•Jas.  Mulcahy City. 

Nellie  Mahoney City. 

•Annie  Power City. 

•Jas.  R.  Quick Patterson,  Cal. 

•Jno.  C.  Reimers City. 

Minnie  Smith City. 

•Roger  Scanlan. .' Oakland. 

•Frank  I.  Woodbury . .  Weaverville,  Cal. 

Nora  Cleary City. 

EmilH.  Granz Fresno,  Cal. 

Jacob  M.  Pike City. 

Joseph  G.  Geary City. 

Clara  Kellner Berkeley,  Cal. 

Mary  Kevlin City. 

•May  Littlefleld City. 

Belle  McMaster Antioch,  Cal. 

Mary  McEntree Berkeley,  Cal. 

Eleanor  F.  Martin City. 

Thomas  Powers City. 

Wm .  R.  Rogers Monterey,  Va. 

Rodney  P.  Snider Vallejo. 

Kate  Sullivan City. 

Charles  N.  Taylor City. 

Henry  L.  Thompson.  .Sonoma,  Cal. 

Mabel  E.  Vance Yreka,  Oal. 

Laura  E.  Woodin Benicia,  Cal. 

Julia  Wohlfleld City. 

•Emily  Wood Albany,  Oregon. 

•Annie  Hinck City. 

•Charles  E.  Bigelow City. 

Gilbert  D.Bell City. 

•Annie  Carpenter San  Louis  Obispo,  Cal. 

•Wm.  J.  Curtin City. 

May  K.  Cook City. 

•Edith  C.  Cox City. 

•James  H.  Day    Bridgeport,  Cal. 

•Emma  Dieekhoff City. 

*F.  W.  Dobbel... Stockton,  Cal. 

•Josephine  L.  Dufficy. . .  San  Rafael,  Cal. 

•Alice  M.  Farmer Red  Bluff,  Cal. 

•Abe  Friedman City. 

•Curtis  L,  Gomez Ensenada,  Lower  Cal. 

•Florence  Gray  City. 

•Ben  H.  Graves....  City. 

Emma  Hilmer Fresno,  Cal. 

•Andrew  Jacobson City. 

•John  A.  Johnson Fisherman's  Bay,  Cal. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Jackson.  .Fresno,  Cal. 

•Shirley  W.  Johnson City. 

•Elizabeth  Jenks Edna,  Cal. 

•William  Kuhne City. 

Charles  Lindsay Ball's  Ferry,  Cal. 

•hernird  Lepachet City. 

•Mwrguerite  MeNamara..Healdsburg,  Cal. 
•H'rauk  D.  McGinn.  City. 

*J.  3.  Mee San  Bernardino. 

TEIEUKAPHIC    DEPAPTMENT. 

•Minnie  Burke Virginia  Citv,  Nev. 

Elizabeth  Weferling.  .Lockwood,  Cal. 

*M.  Burnett City. 

•C.  H.  Adams Menlo  Park,  Cal. 

Lillian  Wright Carson,  Nev. 

Lilly  A .  Fogarty Alturas ,  Cal . 

Arthur  Chenoweth...Mt.  Olivet,  Cal. 

Debbie  Lyle Honolulu,  H.  I. 

Kitty  Tyrrell Oakland,  Cal. 

Gus  C.  Lindow Oakland,  Cal. 

Wm.  Abbott City. 

•Students  marked  with  a  star  are  in  positions 


SAN  EKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


July  7,  1894  . 


T-'OURTH  of  July  week  is  always  ao  off  one  in  SaD  Francisco's 
r  social  world,  society  being  supposed  to  be  away  from  tow  n 
and  tnjoying  the  festivities  uf  soine  one  or  the  other  of  Califor- 
nia's numerous  summer  resorts.  Many  and  various  have  been  the 
diversions  planned  for  a  jolly  holiday  this  year,  and  up  to  a  week 
ago,  with  every  prospect  of  there  being  lively  times  everywhere.  But 
the  railroad  tie-up  proved  a  sad  drawback  in  several  instances.  Some 
who  intended  joining  parties  out  of  town  hesitated  to  start ,  not  know- 
ing when  or  how  they  were  to  get  back ,  and  timid  ones ,  especially ,  pre- 
ferred the  certainty  of  home  comforts  rather  than  the  uncertainty  of 
railroad  travel  and  possible  short  rations.  Probably  San  Rafael  has 
been  the  most  fortunate  of  them  all  in  gathering  the  expected  guests, 
and  the  crowd  there  this  week  has  been  quite  a  large  one.  The  hop 
last  Saturdav  evening,  which  was  the  opening  event  of  the  holiday 
season,  was  a  success,  and  the  tennis  courts  during  the  week  weie 
filled  with  friends  and  admirers  of  the  contestants.  There  have  been 
bowling  matches,  teas,  luncheons,  and  driving  parties  without  num- 
ber and  the  ball  on  Wednesday  night  was  among  the  best  that  have 
been  given  at  the  Hotel  Rafael.  Walter  Hobart  was  the  guest  of  Dr. 
Harry  Tevis  during  the  week,  and  among  other  young  beaux  who 
made  San  Rafael  their  headquarters  were  Will  Heath,  Milly  La- 
tham, Paul  Delmas,  Sam  Buckbee,  Laurie  Adams,  Will  Page,  Harry 
1'ringle,  etc.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Barnes  were  among  the  holiday 
visitors  at  San  Rafael,  as  were  also  the  Webster  Joneses,  Mrs.  E.  B. 
Coleman,  Donald  de  V.  Graham,  etc. 

There  are  always  some  gay  doings  at  Del  Monte,  though,  as  one 
enthusiast  recently  declared,  "It  is  quite  sufficient  pleasure  simply 
to  be  here."  Music  is  one  of  the  delights  of  the  season,  and  of  late 
the  hops  have  attained  sufficient  size  to  lay  claim  to  that  title.  Pic- 
nics are  another  of  the  pleasures  of  Del  Monte,  and  during  the  season 
they  are  frequent,  and  popular  with  old  and  young  alike.  One  of 
the  best  that  has  taken  place  this  season  was  given  last  week  by  Mrs. 
Louis  Parrott,  in  celebration  of  her  daughter  Daisy's  birthday.  The 
Misses  Goad  were  warmly  welcomed  upon  their  arrival,  and  will  re- 
main during  the  rest  of  the  season.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tom  Van  Ness, 
Miss  Jeuny  Dunphy,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tim  Hopkins  were  among  the 
guests  there  from  San  Francisco  this  week. 

Strikes  and  tie-ups  have  not  seemingly  interfered  to  any  great  ex- 
tent with  the  pleasures  of  Santa  Cruz.  There  was  another  hop  at  the 
Sea  Beach,  as  well  as  at  the  bathhouse,  on  Saturday  evening,  and 
several  took  place  on  Tuesday  and  on  Wednesday  evenings  at  the 
hotels  and  cottages.  The  visits  of  the  yachts  have  been  a  great  fea- 
ture of  the  week's  pleasure,  and  the  entertainments  both  afloat  and 
ashore  quite  frequent.  Among  the  recent  arrivals  there  are  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gaston  Ashe,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Landers,  Mrs.  N.  J.  Brittan 
and  family,  Mrs.  and  the  Misses  Forbes,  and  Mrs.  Mclvor.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Frank  Sullivan  are  at  Phelan  Park  for  the  season. 

The  wedding  season  does  not  seem  to  have  come  to  an  end  with  the 
advent  of  July,  two  of  much  interest  being  named  to  take  place 
within  the  next  fortnight.  One,  on  Wednesday  next,  will  be  at  the 
Simpson  Memorial  Church  and  the  bride  and  groom  Miss  Florence 
Stapleton  and  Chalmers  A.  Graham.  The  following  Wednesday, 
July  18th,  is  the  day  named  for  the  marriage  of  Miss  Agnes  Drew 
and  J.  H.  Skinner,  of  the  First  National  Bank. 

There  was  a  pretty  wedding  at  Plymouth  Church,  on  Post  street, 
last  week,  when  Miss  Francis  Whitney  and  Edward  G.  Smith  were 
united  in  marriage  by  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  W.  D.  Williams.  White 
and  green  were  the  prevailing  colors  of  the  decorations  of  the  sacred 
edifice,  white  sweet  peas,  smilax,  and  palms  being  used  for  that  pur- 
)  ose.  Miss  Emily  Yates  officiated  as  maid-of-honor,  Charles  W. 
Crane  supported  the  groom  as  best  man,  and  Charles  M.  Whitney 
gave  his  sister  away.       

New  engagements  are  of  almost  daily  announcement,  the  most 
prominent  of  those  recently  made  known  here  being  between  Miss 
Ethel  Martel  and  Charles  J.  Stovel;  while  from  the  East  we  hear  that 
Mrs.  0.  C.  Catherwood  will  again  become  a  bride,  taking  for  her  sec- 
ond choice  Mr.  Zimmerman,  of  Cincinnati.  From  the  East  also 
come  the  particulars  of  a  wedding  in  Wilmington,  Delaware,  which 
is  of  interest  to  us,  owing  to  the  groom's  family  being  so  well  known 
in  San  Francisco's  circles.  The  happy  man  was  William  B.  Peyton, 
of  Santa  Cruz,  the  bride  Miss  Anna  Dupont,  and  the  Bishop  of  Dela- 
ware tied  the  nuptial  knot  on  Tuesday  of  last  week.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Peyton  will  soon  be  among  us,  and  as  their  future  home  is  to  be  at 
the  paper  mills,  near  Santa  Cruz,  it  is  highly  probable  that  they  will 
frequently  be  seen  in  our  social  world's  gayeties  during  the  season. 
The  groom's  cousin,  Mrs.  Marian  Wise,  was  again  a  bride  this  week, 
her  marriage  to  Dr.  Henry  Wagener  taking  place  at  San  Rafael  on 
Thursday,  the  Rev.  Charles  Miel  officiating.  After  the  ceremony  a 
few  relatives  and  friends  were  entertained  at  Miramonte,  the  home 
of  the  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Hall  McAllister,  in  Ross  Valley. 


Our  San  Francisco  belles  have  been  visiting  among  their  friends  in 
different  directions  this  week.  At  San  Rafael  Miss  Ethel  Murphy 
has  been  the  guest  of  Mrs.  A.  B.  Moulder  at  the  Hotel  Rafael,  Miss 
Alice  Hobart  has  been  staying  with  Mrs.  George  Boyd,  and  Miss 
McBean  with  Miss  Alice  McCutcheon  in  Ross  Valley.  Miss  Jennie 
Blair  is  one  of  Mrs.  Clark  Crocker's  party  at  the  Hotel  Rafael,  and 
Miss  Zane  is  with  the  Loughboroughs  at  the  same  hostelrie.  Miss 
Emily  Carolan  is  spending  the  holiday  week  with  Miss  Mary  Eyre  at 
Fair  Oaks.  Miss  Lillie  Lauler  is  making  her  holiday  visit  to  Miss 
Sadie  Collier  up  in  Lake  County.  Miss  Bettie  Ashe  and  Miss  Sallie 
Maynard  have  been  the  guests  of  the  Misses  Bourne  at  St.  Helena, 
Napa  County.  Miss  Augusta  Cole  is  visiting  Mrs.  Searle  at  Santa 
Cruz.  Miss  Ramona  Shorb,  of  San  Gabriel,  is  the  guest  of  some 
friends  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  Miss  Kinzie,  of  the  Presidio,  has  been 
entertaining  the  Misses  Casey  from  Benicia.  Lieutenants  Benson, 
Wilcox,  and  Smedburg  have  been  taking  in  the  pleasures  and 
delights  of  Del  Monte  and  Santa  Cruz  alternately,  very  much 
to  the  gratification  of  the  belles  in  those  watering  places.  Ed. 
Sheldon  and  Allan  St.  John  Bowie  have  been  paying  a  visit  to 
the  Colliers  at  Villa  Ka  Bel  in  Lake  County.  The  Isaac  Hechts  have 
gone  to  Lake  Tahoe  for  the  months  of  July  and  August.  The  Siebes 
have  returned  from  their  camp  in  the  Yosemite  Valley.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Alfred  Ford  are  at  Castle  Crag.  Miss  Ethel  Murphy  will  be 
one  of  a  party  to  the  Yosemite  Valley  as  soon  as  travel  is  free  in  that 
direction.  Judge  and  Mrs.  McKenna  and  Miss  McKenna  have  de 
cided  upon  San  Mateo  as  their  abiding  place  for  the  ensuing  month 
or  six  weeks.  Miss  Alice  Boggs  is  one  of  the  belles  at  the  Hotel 
Rafael  this  week.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Center  have  returned 
from  a  visit  to  Healdsburg.  Mrs.  James  Irvine  is  one  of  this  week's 
guests  at  Del  Monte.  Mrs.  Joseph  G.  Eastland  has  returned  from 
the  Paso  Robles  Springs,  where  her  sojourn  has  been  very  beneficial 
to  her  health.  Misses  Mae  and  Claire  Tucker,  of  Oakland,  will  go  to 
Del  Monte  after  their  visit  to  San  Rafael  is  concluded. 

The  ante-holiday  season  in  town  ended  very  pleasantly.  There 
were  several  theatre  parties  during  last  week,  as  well  as  a  number  of 
lunch  parties.  Misses  McNutt  and  McBean  each  gave  a  good-bye 
one,  while  that  of  Mrs.  Breeze  was  quite  a  large  affair. 

Charity  entertainments  are  becoming  qu!te  the  thing  at  our  rural 
resorts  across  the  bay.  In  San  Rafael  a  very  successful  one  was 
given  last  week  in  aid  of  the  Free  Library,  when  Widows  Bewitched 
was  prettily  produced  by  a  company  of  amateurs,  who  did  excellent 
work.  Last  evening  Sausalito  followed,  when  Everybody's  Friend, 
under  the  title  of  A  Widow  Hunt,  was  acted  for  the  benefit  of  the 
Sausalito  Charity  Fund  by  some  of  the  well-known  society  folk  of 
that  little  place,  Mrs.  Mason,  Mrs.  Miel,  and  Miss  Le  Count  taking 
the  leading  female  roles. 

Fred  Sharon,  having  started  the  ball  in  motion  at  Burlingame, 
greatly  to  the  regret  of  those  he  left  behind  him  departed  for  New 
York,  and  accompanied  by  his  wife  has  sailed  for  Europe,  where  they 
will  make  a  stay  of  some  duration.  Its  length  will  greatly  depend 
upon  Mrs.  Sharon's  health,  for  whose  benefit  the  trip  abroad  has 
been  made.  

The  London  Figaro  speaks  handsomely  of  the  receptions  given  on 
board  the  American  man-of-war.  the  Chicago,  off  Gravesend,  last 
month.  In  one  party  of  distinguished  English  people  is  mentioned 
a  young  lady  well  known  in  San  Francisco— Miss  Kathrine  Clem- 
mons,  the  actress.  After  paying  her  some  exceedingly  fine  compli- 
ment, the  London  paper  announces  that  she  is  there  looking  for  a 
play,  which  she  wishes  to  produce  either  in  London  or  New  York. 

The  informal  hops  given  at  the  Vendome,  San  Jose,  every  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday  evening  promise  to  become  the  most  enjoyable 
social  features  at  this  popular  caravansary  during  the  summer. 
Manager  Snell  is  making  the  hotel  and  the  beautiful  grounds  sur- 
rounding it  the  favorite  rendezvous  for  San  Franciscans  who  intend 
to  pass  the  summer  mouths  in  the  country.  Among  the  late  arrivals 
are  J.  D.  Phelan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  V?.  H.  Dumphy,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Neville, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marion  Leventritt,  Dr.  J.  A.  Kenny,  D.  M.  Delmas, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Levy,  Miss  Ethel  Levy,  Mrs.  G.  D.  Bliss,  Mrs.  J. 
B.  White.  W.  H.  Moore,  Miss  Moore,  and  Miss  Alice  Atherton. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

^PRICE'S 


Baking 
Powder 


The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alum 
C;«4  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard 


July  " 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


23 


L  Stan*  of  Portland.  Or.,  Ii  tht  goataf  Kn.B.  Hoiiubof 

718  ■  Mitral  «Tfmif,  

I**M  T.  (ilennon  i*  fWttng  hrr  brother.  I. ienK'tiftnl  James 
H.tilennon.  instructor  at  the  Dnitod  state?  Naval  Academy,  at 
AjumdoU*!  lid. 

Prof.  Samuel  Adttetali.  la  spending  the  sunimer  montha  at  Mono- 
lulu.  and  is  visiting  the  different  point*  of  interest  In  the  Hawaiian 
Island*. 

Mr*.  W.  C.  Ralston  and  her  daughter.  Miss  Bertha  Ralston,  arrived 
from  the  Kast  last  week,  and  they  are  the  guests  of  her  eldest  daugh- 
ter. Mrs.  Arthur  Page,  at  Belvedere. 

George  Magiiire  is  at  the  Hotel  Mate)  for  the  summer.  He  is  the 
life  of  every  party  and  the  joy  «>f  the  evening. 

THE    CABMEN     OF    PARIS.. 


Paris,  June  10,  1894. 

ONE  morning  recently  I  got  up  at  four  o'clock  and  took  a  stroll 
down  to  the  river  to  make  some  sketches.  These  mornings 
are  fine,  and  it  is  then  that  one  sees  Paris  altogether  different 
from  that  which  many  are  familiar  with.  The  streets  are  quiet  and 
deserted,  and  gangs  of  men  wash  the  roads  as  clean  as  a  waxed  Moor. 
All  the  hydrants  are  turned  full  on  and  the  streets  are  flooded  with 
water.  By  eight  o'clock  the  main  thoroughfares  are  all  cleaned  and 
dry.  ready  for  the  traffic  of  the  thousands  of  omnibuses,  cabs,  and  all 
other  kinds  of  vehicles. 

Paris  is  a  city  of  cabs.  I  believe  there  are  more  here  than  in  any 
other  city  in  the  world,  unless  London  be  excepted.  And  then,  the 
cab  rates  are  reasonable.  They  charge  you  only  a  franc  and  a  half 
for  a  trip,  no  matter  how  far  it  is.  Of  course  you  are  expected  to 
give  the  cocker  a  ponr  boire  of  five  sous.  The  cab  horse  is 
a  type  all  by  himself,  and  they  are  all  alike — little  fellows  with  their 
ribs  and  hip  bones  quite  prominent.  They  all  keep  up  the  same 
pace  as  they  jog  along,  never  going  any  slower  or  faster,  and  seem 
contented  with  their  lot.  It  is  amusing  to  see  a  whole  row  of  ihem 
at  a  cab  stand— nearly  all  in  the  same  posture,  their  heads  hanging 
low  down  and  their  weight  resting  on  three  legs,  while  the  other 
hangs  limp  in  repose. 

The  cockers^  too,  are  a  type,  dressed  in  their  thick,  well-worn  coats, 
with  blazing  red  waistcoats  and  a  hard  leather  "plug"  hat  with  large 
quantities  of  shine  on  it.  Their  faces  are  just  as  red  as  their  waist- 
coats, probably  from  too  many  petits  boires  or  from  exposure  to  the 
Paris  weather.  In  any  event,  they  are  mostly  a  jolly  set,  and  are  at 
their  best  when  standing  in  groups  around  the  cab  stands  in  their 
wooden  sabots,  and  telling  yarns. 

Most  of  their  work- is  done  after  dark,  when  Paris  assumes  its 
natural  air,  and  the  gaiety  commences.  Then  they  go  rattling  away 
to  the  theatres,  balls,  cafe  concerts,  or  wherever  the  public  fancy 
calls  them.  It  is  after  midnight  that  they  make  their  money,  for 
then  they  charge  double  rates,  and  it  is  then  that  the  night  owls  want 
to  go  home.  And  so  the  cabmen  go  all  night,  and  daylight  finds 
them  straggling  up  to  the  stands  again,  one  after  another.  If  the 
weather  is  cool  they  wrap  themselves  in  their  big  coats  and  soon  fall 
asleep  on  the  box.  The  tired  horses  hang  their  heads  and  dream  of 
hay  and  oats. 

The  experiences  of  any  of  the  cockers  would  fill  many  a  book,  I 
should  think.  The  sights  which  they  see  and  the  escapades  in  which 
they  participate  during  the  small  hours,  must  be  interesting  indeed. 
How  they  can  know  all  the  streets,  big  and  little,  is  a  mystery  to  me. 
You  get  into  a  cab  at  night  and  tell  the  cocker  to  drive  you  to  some 
small  street  at  the  other  end  of  Paris,  and  he  will  not  ask  you  to  re- 
peat it,  but  in  due  time  will  have  you  there.  Edouard  Cucuel. 

Railroad  Tie-Up. 
The  railroad  tie-up  seems  to  effect  everybody  except  Groom  & 
Nash,  hatters,  under  Baldwin  Hotel.  This  enterprising  firm  did  not 
fall  to  sleep,  like  many  of  their  competitors,  and  get  caught  without 
stock.  They  displayed  the  dash  and  good  judgment  for  which  their 
house  has  become  famous,  and  secured  a  choice  stock  of  fashionable 
hats  before  the  tie-up.    Now  they  will  reap  a  harvest,  as  their  com- 

fietitors  cannot  secure  any  stock  during  the  tie-up,  which  may  last 
or  some  time.  This  popular  hat  store  of  Groom  &  Nash,  942  Market 
street,  under  Baldwin  Hotel,  made  a  big  hit  last  Saturday  by  selling 
Midwinter  Fair  tickets  at  the  reduced  rate  of  twenty -five  cents. 

Ladies  Calling 
At  the  exhibit  of  Wakelee  &  Co.,  in  the  Manufactures  Building  at 
the  Midwinter  Fair,  will  receive  a  free  sample  of  Camelline,  the  Cali- 
fornia preservative  for  the  complexion.  It  received  the  highest 
award  at  the  Exposition  over  all  foreign  and  American  competitors. 
As  a  remedy  and  preventive  for  the  distressing  effects  of  sunburn 
and  poison  oak,  it  will  appeal  to  alt  ladies  who  are  visiting  the  moun- 
tains and  seaside. 

That  charming  resort.  Larkspur,  lies  only  twelve  miles  from  San 
Francisco,  in  one  of  the  prettiest  spots  in  California.  It  can  be 
reached  by  easy  access  from  the  city ;  it  contains  all  the  attractions 
of  the  country— fine  climate.no  fogs,  no  winds,  an  excellent  table, 
shade  trees  in  abundance,  and  many  attractive  surroundings.  Busi- 
ness men  who  want  a  resting  place  from  Saturday  to  Monday,  or  a 
summer  home  which  is  close  to  the  city  and  is  not  affected  by  any 
railroad  tie-up,  will  find  that  Larkspur  is  an  ideal  resort  in  every 
respect. 


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A  temperance  drink  for  temperance 
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Purifies  the  blood,  tickles  the  palate. 

Package  makes  five  gallons. 

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SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANC/ SCO:  

Lbave  i         From  June  26,  7894.         I  abbivb 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogdeu  and  East    6:45  a 
7:00  a  Benlcia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento,   Redding,    Castle   Crag 

and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davis 7:15p 

7  :S0  A  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa     ...   6 :15  P 

8:30  A  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 

andOroville 4;15p 

9  :00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los  Angeles,  Doming,  El 
Paso.  New  Orleans  andEaBt.    , ..    5:46  p 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  8tockton 10:45a 

*9:C0a  Peters  and  Milton    ..  ...  *7:15p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  JoBe  and  Livermore    .    8:45  a 
♦1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers.        .    *9:00  p 
4:00  p  Martinez,    San    Ramon,   Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 

SantaRosa ...    9:15a, 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysville,  Orovllle  and  Sacra- 
mento    - 10:45a 

4:30  p.  Niles.  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15  p 

4:30  p.  Raymond  (for  Yosemite) 10:45  a. 

5:00p.  Los  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Los  Angeles 10:45a. 

5 :00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  ExpresB, 

forMojave  and  East 10:45a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East..      9:45a 
6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  SanJose..    7:45a. 

17:00  P.  Vallejo +7 :45  P. 

7:00  p.    Oregon    Exnress,   Sacramento, 

Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

PngetSound and  East.     ..  .      10:45A 

Santa  Cruz  Olvislon  [Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday    excursion    for  Newark, 

San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 

SautaCruz     ....  18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Uenterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations  fi  :20  p. 

•2:45  p  Newark,  Ceuterville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 

stations    *11:50a 

4 :45  P.  Newark.  SanJose,  Los  GatoB.  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  Townsend  Streets). 
*6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    *1 :45  p. 

]7:30a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinoB, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Wav  Stations 6:26  p. 

19:47a.  PaloAltoaiid  Way  Stations . .  ..  Jl:45p. 
10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  StationB...  5:06  p. 

:i:4S  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tree  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   Salinas,  Monterey, 

Pacific  Grove ...  ..*10:40a. 

*3:30  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions..     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  StationB *8:06a. 

5:10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6:S0p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  StationB 6:35a. 

rll:46p.   Palo  Alto  and  principal  Way 
StationB +7:26p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SUB  FRAHCISC0— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  OUttAM—  Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  a.  m. 
112  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00   P.  M. 
a.  for  Morning.  p.forAftern^ou. 

•Sundays  excepted.  fSaturdays  only. 

_ jSundayponly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information. 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 

NAN   STREETS,  at  3:    00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 

and    HONGKONG,    connecting   at    Yokohama 

with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Gaelic  (via  Honolulu) Tuesday,  May  29,  1894 

Belqic  (via  Honolulu),  Thursday,  June2«,  1894 

Oceanic Tuesday,  July  17,  1894 

Gaelic Tuesday,  August  7.  1894 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKET8  AT   REDUCED   RATE8 

OabiD  PlanB  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  8.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Towunend 
streets.  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  H.GOODMAN, Gen. Pass. Agt. 


ROUGHLY  speaking,  the  British  Em- 
pire extends  over  one  continent,  100 
peninsulas,  500  promontories,  1000  lakes, 
2000  rivers,  and  10,500  islands.  The  Assy- 
rian Empire  was  not  so  wealthy  as  this  is. 
The  Roman  Empire  was  not  so  populous. 
The  Persian  Empire  was  not  so  extensive. 
The  Spanish  Empire  was  not  so  powerful. 


THE  mourners  at  Persian  funeraU  are 
supplied  with  little  wads  of  cotton, 
which  are  used  to  wipe  away  their  tears. 
The  cotton  is  afterward  squee/.ed  and  the 
tears  are  bottled  and  preserved.  They  are 
supposed  to  possess  restorative  qualities 
in  case  of  fainting. 


CREMATION  is  gaining  favor  in  France 
and  Japan.  Last  year,  in  the  crema- 
tory of  the  Pere  Lachaise  Cemetery,  Paris, 
there  were  3741  cremations.  In  Tokio, 
the  chief  city  of  Japan,  the  average  num- 
ber of  cremations  is  thirty  a  day. 


STREET  bands  are  not  permitted  in 
Germany  unless  they  accompany  pro- 
cessions. In  Vienna  the  organ  grinders 
are  allowed  to  play  only  between  mid-day 
and  sunset. 


A  MERCHANT    in  Germany   has   been 
fined  heavily  for   using   a  quotation 
from  the  Bible  to  head  an  advertisement. 

PACIFIC  HAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  Yobk,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

8AILING8— At  NOON. 

8.  S.  "Acapulco,"  July  9, 1894. 

S.  S.  "San  Bias,"  July  18,  19y4. 

8.  8.  "San  Juan,"  July  28,  1894. 

S.  8.  "Colon,"  Augu&tO,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  July  7, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  July 

26, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.    8.    "City    of    Peking,"  Thursday,  August 
16,  1894,  at  3  P.  M 
8.  8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Aug.   28,  1894,  at 

3  P.  M. 

Round  Trir>  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  "or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
2  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a,  m.,  May  25,  June  4,  9,  19, 
24;  July  5,  9,    19,   24;  August  3,  8,  18,  23. 

For  BritiBh  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
May  25th,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 
For  Eureka,  Humboldt  Bay,  Wednesdays,  9  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Lob  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  at  11  a.  u. 

For  Ensenada,  Mszatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas 
(Mexico),  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOODALL,  PERKINS  A  CO.,  Gen'lAgentB, 
Nn.  10  Marketstraet.  flan  Francisco 

STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 

o  and  rail.    First  class, 

$610.      Second    class, 

$350. 

^q     O.   S.   S.  Company's 

-  steamers  sail : 

For     HONOLULU, 

8.  8.   -AUSTRALIA," 

July  7.  1894. 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  S. 

"MONOWAI," 
July  26,  2  p.  M. 
For  passage  apply  to  188  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  S' 
J.  D.  SPRECKELo  &  BROS.  CO, 


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century;  in  England  not  till  about  1760. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBUR0N  FERRY-Footol  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M.;  12:35,3:30, 

6:10,   6:30    p.   M.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11 :30  p.  M.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
8UNDAYS-8:00,  9:30,11:00  a.m.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00 

6:20  p.  M. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 

3:40,  5:10p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,  11:10  A.  H.;  1:40.  3:40,  5:00, 

6:25  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Scbuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  JULY  1 4,  1894, 


Number  2. 


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The  office  of  the  News  Letter  hi  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
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nay  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

WHEN  (be  Brittannia  defeated  the  Vigilant  the  first  time, 
American  yachtsmen  explained  it  on  the  score  of  the  wind; 
bnt  the  fourth  defeat  seems  to  settle  the  question  definitely  that 
the  cutter  type  is  as  good  as  the  centre-board,  and  that  American 
builders  have  learned  an  important  lesson  none  too  soon. 


CONTRARY  to  expectations.  Casimir-Perrier  has  reduced  the 
military  staff  kept  by  Carnot  and  increased  his  civil  staff.  It 
is  said  that  he  intends  to  use  bis  additional  secretaries  to  repre- 
sent him  in  the  lobbies  of  the  Senate  and  the  Chamber  of  Depu- 
ties. That  kind  of  political  manipulating  may  go  in  France,  but 
it  would  not  be  tolerated  in  America. 


THE  Washington  Post  has  announced  a  number  of  men  as  being 
capable  candidates  for  the  Republican  Presidential  nomina- 
tion in  1896,  and  the  latest  is  Henry  M.  Teller.  One  can  hardly 
believe  that  this  is  anything  but  a  joke  on  the  part  of  the  Post, 
but  it  is  no  more  ridiculous  than  the  attempts  of  some  Eastern 
politicians  to  concilliate  the  Populists,  who  are  really  not  worth 
conciiliatiDg. 


THE  men  who  invested  their  money  in  the  Panama  Canal 
scheme  do  not  seem  to  care  to  abandon  the  enterprise  so  long 
as  there  is  any  hope  of  putting  the  affair  on  its  legs  again.  A 
large  amount  of  money  has  been  lost  on  the  project,  and  it  will 
take  a  lot  more  to  put  even  a  small  section  of  the  canal  in  order. 
The  truth  is,  it  would  take  more  coin  to  build  the  entire  canal 
than  de  Lesseps  originally  figured  on,  although  enough  has  been 
spent  to  have  completed  the  .Nicaragua  waterway. 


JUDGE  MURPHY  based  his  refusal  to  grant  R.  H.  McDonald, 
Jr.,  a  change  of  venue  on  the  ground  that  although  there  is 
undoubtedly  a  strong  sentiment  against  him  in  this  community, 
still,  out  of  40,000  or  60,000  men  in  San  Francisco  competent  to 
serve  on  a  jury,  there  must  be  twelve  who  could  give  him  a  fair 
trial.  This  argument  is  fully  as  peculiar  as  the  transference  of 
the  case  from  Judge  Hebbard's  court  to  Judge  Murphy's,  and  it 
only  adds  to  the  list  of  suspicious  circumstances  attending  the 
conduct  of  the  case. 


ONE  of  the  controlling  factors  in  the  rejection  of  the  woman 
suffrage  provision  by  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  New 
York  was  embodied  in  the  fact  that  it  would  place  the  bailotin  the 
bands  of  the  degraded  women  of  the  metropolis,  and  there  would 
be  no  ballot  reform  in  that.  It  is  a  phase  of  the  woman  suffrage 
question  that  has  not  been  considered  before,  and  it  is  one  that 
may  kill  the  movement.  If  there  is  one  thing  that  a  good  woman 
despises,  no  matter  how  pure  and  charitable  that  good  woman 
may  be,  it  is  a  fallen  one,  and  when  both  go  to  the  polls  they  are 
placed  on  the  same  tooting. 


ASSISTANT  United  States  Treasurer  Hamlin  has  discovered 
identically  the  same  condition  of  affairs  with  regard  to  the 
protection  of  this  coast  against  smuggling  as  has  been  pointed  out 
by  the  News  Letter — namely,  that  the  coast  south  of  Sau  Fran- 
cisco is  insufficiently  guarded  and  that  the  Chinese  at  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Monterey,  and  other  open  harbors  are  not  properly  watched. 
It  is  difficult  to  understand,  however,  why  Mr.  Hamlin  should 
propose  to  recommend  an  expenditure  of  $175,000  for  a  cutter  for 
San  Francisco  harbor  and  only  $10,000  for  the  protection  of  the 
extensive  lower  coast.  It  seems  equally  strange  that  he  should 
be  so  deeply  interested  in  the  prevention  of  smuggling  dutiable 
ores  over  the  northern  boundary  of  the  Western  States,  when  it 
has  long  been  a  notorious  fact  that  the  Eraser  River  country  is 
the  locality  most  generally  employed  for  smuggling  Chinese  and 
opium  into  the  United  States.  Mr.  Hamlin  undoubtedly  is  a 
very  intelligent  and  conscientious  officer,  but  his  ideas  of  propor- 
tion seem  somewhat  foggy. 


THE  scoundrelly  and  cowardly  wrecking  of  the  train  from 
Sacramento,  and  the  death  thereby  of  a  number  of  persons, 
was  the  logical  consequence  of  the  conduct  of  the  American  Rail- 
way Union,  if  not  tbe direct  act  of  the  strikers;  and  the  American 
Railway  Union,  the  daily  press,  the  Populists,  and  all  who  aid  and 
sympathize  with  the  strikers,  are  morally  responsible  for  the 
tragedy.  Tbe  wreck  was  exactly  wbat  the  strikers  openly  an- 
nounced would  occur,  and  as  train  wrecking  is  a  capital  crime, 
the  three  or  four  strikers  who  may  have  actually  done  the  deed 
are  not  tbe  only  ones  who  could  be  put  on  trial  for  their  lives. 


IF  ever  the  necessity  for  a  severe  restriction  upon  foreign  im- 
migration was  apparent,  It  is  now,  when  the  Huns  and  Poles 
of  Chicago  have  applied  the  torch  to  more  than  a  million  dollars' 
worth  of  property.  It  might  not  be  unprofitable  at  this  time  to 
fish  out  the  old  Confederate  Constitution  and  study  it  carefully. 
Constructed  with  an  intelligent  understanding  of  the  shortcom- 
ings of  the  Federal  Constitution,  it  contained  many  valuable  im- 
provements on  that  venerable  document,  one  of  them  being  a  re- 
quirement of  birth  or  its  equivalent — a  residence  of  twenty-one 
years  in  the  country — before  the  privileges  of  the  franchise  might 
be  enjoyed. 

MR.  DEBS  says  that  he  is  of  the  belief  that  the  main  cause  of 
the  present  trouble  is  the  depreciation  of  values  caused  by 
the  demonetization  of  silver.  Then,  why  did  he  not  use  all  of  his 
efforts  to  have  tbe  laws  changed,  instead  of  trying  to  ameliorate 
the  effects  of  the  depression  by  calling  for  a  strike  ?  He  seems  to 
think  that  he  is  capable  of  arriving  at  a  logical  conclusion,  but  if 
he  is  of  the  opinion  that  wages  can  be  kept  up  in  the  face  of  tbe 
depression  which  he  is  trying  to  quell  he  is  a  mistaken  man.  If 
the  cause  of  the  depression  was  removed  strikes  would  be  unne- 
cessary, but  the  richest  and  the  poorest  of  us  must  face  the 
economic  crisis  until  it  is  over. 


ON  Thursday  it  was  announced  that  the  men  of  the  Pullman 
car  works,  in  whose  behalf  the  great  railroad  strike  was  made, 
had  decided  to  petition  President  Debs,  of  the  American  Railway 
Union,  to  suspend  the  strike,  because  of  the  vast  injury  done 
thereby  to  the  business  of  the  country.  This  report,  if  true,  dis- 
closes a  magnanimity  and  a  breath  of  understanding  that  are  emi- 
nently creditable  to  the  Pullman  operatives  and  that  put  the 
striking  Railway  Union  and  Grand  President  Sovereign,  of  the 
Knights  of  Labor,  at  a  pitiable  disadvantage.  This,  together  with 
the  brutal  assassination  of  soldiers  brought  about  by  the  wreck- 
ing of  a  train  near  Sacramento,  has  bad  the  effect  of  turning  a 
foolish  and  always  unstable  popular  sympathy  against  tbe  strikers. 


APPARENTLY  with  the  sole  intention  of  convincing  every  in- 
telligent and  patriotic  citizen  that  it  is  wholly  unfit  to  have 
any  control  in  governmental  affairs,  the  Populist  party  has  de- 
clared its  sympathy  for  the  railroad  strike.  All  its  professions  of 
love  for  the  people  fall  to  the  ground  in  the  presence  of  an  atti- 
tude which  is  purely  anarchistic.  An  expression  of  sympathy 
for  the  strike  means  an  indorsement  of  the  methods  and  pur- 
poses of  the  strikers — a  defiance  of  the  Government,  the  assassin- 
ation of  its  defenders,  the  destruction  of  commerce,  and  the 
precipitation  of  riot  and  pillage.  The  strikers  at  Oakland  have 
announced  that  they  will  never  go  hungry  so  long  as  there  are 
groceries  in  the  stores.  "What  has  that  wealthy  banker,  J.  V. 
Webster,  Populist  candidate  for  Governor  of  California,  to  say  on 
the  subject? 

THE  philosopher  in  the  tall  tower  is  surrounded  by  fresh 
troubles.  The  Mosquito  Indians  are  reported  to  have  rebelled 
formally  against  Nicaraguan  control.  When  the  trouble  first 
arose  at  Bluefields  the  philosopher  in  the  tall  tower  denounced 
the  Mosquitoes  and  the  British  (who  had  landed  some  marines  to 
protect  life  and  property).  Subsequently  it  transpired  that  the 
life  and  property  which  the  British  marines  defended  against  the 
Nicaraguan  officials  was  principally  American,  whereupon  the 
philosopher  in  the  tall  tower  denounced  the  Nicaraguan  and  Brit- 
ish Governments  for  having  eaten  Corn  Island  and  being  about  to 
build  a  canal  to  the  moon  (or  something  of  that  kind).  The  dis- 
closure of  his  attitude  on  this  new  complication  is  awaited  with 
that  same  feverish  interest  which  men  usually  take  in  the  utter- 
ances of  the  philosopher  of  the  circus  ring. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14  1894 


OBSERVATIONS    ON    THE    RAILROAD    STRIKE. 

THERE  are  few  who  realize  the  extent  of  the  power  which  the 
President  of  the  United  States  can  exert  on  extraordinary 
occasions.  While  his  domestic  authority  in  times  of  peace  is  not 
great,  bis  power  in  the  suppression  of  rebellions  and  insurrections 
is  formidable,  enabling  him  to  become  a  military  despot  not 
weaker  in  authority  than  the  German  Emperor  or  the  Russian 
Czar.  He  is  Commander-in-Chief  not  only  of  the  regular  army 
and  the  navy,  but  of  the  National  Guard  and  the  militia  as  well. 
(There  is  a  confusion  in  the  public  mind  regarding  the  National 
Guard  and  the  militia.  The  first  is  composed  of  enlisted  citizens, 
organized  on  a  military  basis,  armed,  uniformed,  and  drilled,  and 
consisting,  in  California,  of  450  officers  and  4,700  enlisted  men; 
the  militia  are  the  citizens  at  large  enrolled  by  the  county  Tax 
Collectors  as  fit,  under  the  law,  for  military  duty,  numbering 
154,589  in  California,  and  though  not  organized,  armed,  or  drilled, 
yet  subject  to  call  for  military  service).  This  makes  the  President 
the  military  head  of  all  the  men  in  the  United  States  able  to  bear 
arms,  and  if  any  of  them  should  refuse  to  serve  in  obedience  to 
any  order  which  he  may  give,  they  are  rebels  and  are  liable  to 
the  severest  penalties.  The  conspicuous  instances  in  which  ibis 
enormous  power  has  been  exercised  were  the  following:  The 
suppression  of  the  Rhode  Island  rebellion  in  1840-2  with  State 
troops;  the  emancipation  proclamations  and  the  suspension  of 
habsas  corpus  by  Lincoln;  and  the  arbitrary  choice,  in  1873,  by 
the  President  between  two  contending  forces  in  Louisiana,  each 
claiming  the  right  to  the  control  of  the  State  government,  and  the 
enforcing  of  that  choice  with  troops.  As  John  Bryce,  in  his 
American  Commonwealth,  states  the  matter:  "Abraham  Lincoln 
wielded  more  power  than  any  single  Englishman  has  done  since 
Oliver  Cromwell.  *  »  *  The  President  enjoys  more  authority, 
if  less  dignity,  than  a  European  king."  That  President  Cleve- 
land has  abundant  courage  and  patriotism  none  will  attempt  to 
deny;  and  while,  in  view  of  the  prevalence  of  sympathizers  for 
the  railroad  strikers,  he  would  not  do  so  foolhardy  a  thing  as  call 
out  the  militia  (which  would  be  the  calling  out  of  the  strikers  to 
take  up  arms  against  themselves),  he  has  sufficient  resources  in 
the  armed  and  drilled  bodies  of  men  in  the  country,  and  he  may 
be  depended  on  to  use  them  wisely  and  firmly  in  the  protection 
of  the  country  against  insurrection. 

The  daily  press  is  wofully  at  sea  with  regard  to  the  meaning  of 
tne  President's  course  in  the  matter  of  the  handling  of  troops  to 
suppress  the  insurrection  which  has  broken  out  in  this  country. 
The  papers  luridly  announce  that  in  ordering  the  troops  to  dis- 
perse mobs,  suppress  riots,  and  protect  the  property  of  the  Gov- 
ernment, the  President  has  declared  "martial  law."  Nothing 
could  be  more  absurd  than  such  a  claim.  In  the  original  and 
proper  sense  "martial  law"  meant  an  agreement  between  bellig- 
erent countries  that  their  wars  should  be  conducted  on  certain 
lines  recognized  as  proper  in  civilized  warfare — that,  for  instance, 
the  water  supply  should  not  be  poisoned,  that  prisoners  should 
not  be  tortured  or  butchered,  and  the  like.  In  more  recent  times 
the  term  has  come  to  mean  the  same  as  "military  law,"  which  is 
the  sweeping  aside  of  civil  courts,  officers,  and  processes,  and  the 
substitution  of  military  procedure  in  dealing  with  infractions  of  the 
law.  Hence,  a  proclamation  of  "martial  law,"  as  we  now  under- 
stand it,  means  a  recognition  of  the  inability  of  the  civil  arm  of  the 
Government  to  cope  with  a  great  and  overpowering  disturbance, 
and  the  necessity  for  the  substitution  of  military  force.  Hence, 
further,  a  proclamation  of  raaitial  law  means  a  suspension  of  the 
authority  of  the  civil  courts.  Nothing  of  that  kind  has  been  even 
hinted  at  in  the  President's  recent  proclamations.  Having  at  one 
time  lived  under  martial  law  in  this  country,  the  writer  of  this 
paragraph  is  familiar  with  its  terrors  and  rigors — with  the  inflex- 
ible command  that  no  lights  should  burn  in  private  houses  at 
night;  that  window  blinds  should  be  kept  closed,  and  that  the 
presence  of  a  face  at  the  window  meant  a  minie-ball  in  the  brain ; 
that  appearance  on  the  street  after  sundown  meant  arrest  and 
imprisonment,  without  the  power  to  inform  friends  or  family — 
and  things  like  that,  and  worse.  All  that  President  Cleveland 
has  ordered  his  soldiers  to  do  is  to  perform  police  duty  in  the  pro- 
tection of  Federal  rights  and  property.  When  he  is  fully  con- 
vinced that  the  local  authorities  are  incapable,  or  through  dis- 
loyalty unwilling,  to  enforce  local  laws,  protect  private  property, 
guard  the  public  peace,  and  shield  the  Federal  interests,  be  can,  if 
requested,  send  soldiers  to  assist  them;  and  if  he  sees  that  local 
authority  has  been  swept  aside,  that  the  troops  detailed  for 
police  duty  in  the  protection  of  Federal  property  are  defied  and 
attacked,  and  if,  further,  it  is  evident  that  an  insurrection  is  afoot, 
he  may  declare  siege,  proclaim  martial  law,  and  suspend  habeas 
corpus.  Nothing  at  all  resembling  that  has  appeared  in  his  pro- 
clamations. 

A  good  many  people  who  ordinarily  respect  the  laws  permit 
their  sympathies  to  override  their  judgment,  and  in  aiding  law- 
lessness which  threatens  the  Government  they  become  insurrec- 
tionists. There  are  many  who  openly  declare  that  the  "  right  of 
insurrection  "  is  inherent  and  sacred,  and  that  if  insurrection 
could  curb  the  insolence  of  the  rich  and  make  lighter  the  burdens 
of  the  poor,  then  insurrection  becomes  more  than  a  right — it   is  a 


duty.  They  do  not  reflect  that  history  shows  precious  few  suc- 
cessful insurrections,  and  fewer  still  that,  even  though  successful, 
secured  the  end  desired.  For  insurrections  are  generally  the  ex- 
pression of  a  disrespect  for  all  laws.  They  are  a  mistaking  of  license 
for  freedom— in  short,  they  are  nearly  always  anarchistic.  The  de- 
struction of  the  wealth  of  the  rich  means  the  extinction  largely  of 
the  means  by  which  the  poor  may  earn  a  livelihood.  A  rebellion, 
a  revolt,  and  a  secession  are  entirely  different  matters,  and  are  on 
a  much  higher  plane  than  an  insurrection.  The  question  of  the 
"  right  of  insurrection"  was  settled  once  in  France  in  a  very 
startling  manner.  Robespierre  was  dead,  the  Reign  of  Terror  had 
passed,  and  France  was  slowly  ridding  its  blood  of  murderous 
sansculottic  madness.  The  National  Convention,  controlling- the 
government,  was  still  in  session,  but  it  dared  not  put  in  force  the 
terrible  constitution  of  '93.  The  Jacobins,  maddened  to  see  the 
wavering  of  their  old  instrament,  the  National  Convention,  and 
seeing  the  hated  remnant  of  the  wealthy  classes  daring  to  crawl 
out  of  their  hiding  places,  raised  in  Saint-Antoine,  the  fiery  revo- 
lutionary center  of  Paris,  the  cry  of  the  "  right  of  insurrection." 
Saint-Antoine  instantly  responded  with  40,000  armed  men  to 
crush  the  National  Convention  and  institute  the  constitution  of 
'93.  The  government  had  only  5000  men  to  defend  it.  A  small, 
cadaverous,  saturnine  major  of  artillery,  hardly  more  than  a  boy, 
was  idle  in  Paris,  and  the  Convention  asked  bim  to  defend  the 
government  against  the  insurrectionists.  He  considered,  then 
accepted.  Taking  only  the  artillery  at  his  command,  be  planted 
his  cannon  in  the  streets  of  Paris  and  calmly  awaited  the  terrible 
onslaught  of  Saint-Antoine's  40,000  men.  He  stood  so  calm  and 
rigid  in  the  face  of  the  oncoming  multitude  that  the  government 
wondered  and  feared.  When  the  insurgents  had  come  quite  near 
he  opened  his  month  to  utter  a  Bingle  word.  But  at  that  word 
his  cannon  responded,  and  in  a  moment  the  streets  were  paved 
with  corpses,  and  nearly  40,000  living  men  had  fled.  It  was  sup- 
posed that  he  had  fired  blank  charges  at  first.  "  No,"  explained 
the  saturnine  man — known  as  Napoleon  Bonaparte — "no;  that 
would  have  been  a  useless  waste  of  life !  "  Thus  ended  in  a  whiff 
of  grapeshot  the  "  right  of  insurrection"  in  France.  The  incident 
is  familiar  to  alt,  but  some  may  have  forgotten  it;  and  it  is  well 
to  reflect  that  the  President  of  the  United  States  has  incompar- 
ably greater  power  than  Napoleon  then  possessed,  that  grapeshot 
is  as  deadly  now  as  then,  and  that  a  legally  constituted  govern- 
ment will  oppose  with  the  lives  of  its  loyal  defenders  the  anarch- 
istic demand  for  the  "  right  of  insurrection." 

So  far  as  California  is  concerned,  the  daily  newspapers  are  the 
most  efficient,  and  therefore  the  most  dangerous,  of  all  the  ele- 
ments which  are  conspiring  to  precipitate  an  insurrection,  over- 
throw the  Government,  and  institute  a  reign  of  anarchy,  riot,  in- 
cendiarism, and  assassination.  In  San  Francisco  the  Examiner, 
the  Call,  the  Bulletin,  and  the  Report  are  resorting  to  every  possi- 
ble trick  of  the  pen  to  magnify  the  wrongs  of  the  strikers  and  the 
oppressions  of  tfee  Southern  Pacific  Company.  They  do  this  solely 
because  a  large  majority  of  the  "  people  "  are  in  sympathy  with 
the  strikers,  thus  showing  themselves  to  be  cowardly  time- 
servers.  By  every  conceivable  means  they  seek  to  concentrate 
local  attention  upon  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  and  to  obscure 
the  great  principles  of  property  rights  and  governmental  authority 
involved.  Not  one  of  them  has  had  the  manhood  to  declare  that 
the  strikers  had  no  conceivable  right  to  involve  the  railroad  com- 
panies, the  transportations  of  the  mails,  the  forwarding  of  passen- 
gers and  freight,  and  the  lawful,  business,  and  domestic  security 
of  the  country  in  a  private  quarrel  between  Pullman  and  his  em- 
ployees. All  are  united  in  a  mendacious  effort  to  show  that  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  solely  is  to  blame  for  the  stoppage  of 
traffic  by  reason  of  its  refusal  to  run  any  trains  without  Pullman 
cars,  when  they  know  well  enough  that  the  local  trains  in  Oak- 
land never  carried  Pallman  cars  and  yet  were  stopped  by  the 
"  killing  "  of  locomotives  and  the  forcible  dragging  of  firemen 
from  the  cabs.  Not  one  of  tbem  has  had  the  decency  and  honesty 
to  hold  up  the  Sheriffs  of  Alameda  and  Santa  Clara  counties  to 
scorn,  or  to  show  that  those  official  worthies,  while  protesting 
that  they  would  not  permit  any  violent  interference  with  the 
running  of  trains,  have  stood  idle  and  seen  strikers  throw  them- 
selves on  the  rails  in  front  of  locomotives,  and  trains  stopped  by 
the  dragging  of  firemen  from  the  cabs  by  hand  or  "  persuasion  " — 
the  surest  of  all  kinds  of  violence.  Only  in  San  Francisco  has 
there  been  the  smallest  effort  at  police  protection  against  violence. 
That  part  of  the  daily  press  which  has  arrayed  itself  on  the  side 
of  anarchy  calculates  shrewdly  that  business  men  must  adver- 
tise, that  capital  is  cowardly  and  temporizing,  and  that  when  the 
storm  has  passed  they  can  slip  back  into  their  old  Pharisaic 
groove  and  wheedle  themselves  back  into  the  favor  of  law-loving 
men.  But  if  the  railroads,  having  sown  the  wind,  are  now  reap- 
ing the  whirlwind — if  they  have  committed  even  more  than  the 
crimes  with  which  their  enemies  have  charged  tbem — no  imagi- 
nable acts  of  theirs  conld  be  so  serious  a  threat  to  the  rights  of 
men  and  the  authority  of  the  law  as  the  insurrectionary  attitude 
of  the  daily  press. 

THE  efforts  to  depose  Mr.  Bland  and  make  Mr.  Reed   the  parti- 
cular champion  of  the  silver  dollar  is  an  interesting  perform- 
ance that  is  going  on  in  politics  just  now. 


—    -- : — — 


July  U.  1894. 


SAN  FR.\\<ls<o  NEWS  LETTER 


:! 


THE    FUTILITY    OF    FOREIGN     M1S8IONS. 


THK  two  Scotch  women  who  are  traveling  around  the  world 
Doling  and  comparing  the  condition  of  the  women  of  different 
countries,  declare  themselves  on  the  subject  of  missionary  work 
with  a  straight-forwardness  and  amount  of  common  sense  abso- 
lutely refreshing  after  all  the  twaddle  expended  in  that  direction 
by  advocates  of  foreign  missions.  They  declare  from  personal 
obse'vation  that  the  lives  of  the  women  of  the  Orient  are  not  the 
utterly  degraded  arid  entirely  wretched  affairs  that  mission  pro- 
moters would  have  ns  believe  tbem  to  be.  They  are  happy  in 
their  religion  and  its  teachings  and  are  content  to  remain  in  it; 
and,  in  truth,  a  religion  that  is  older  than  the  hills  and  fostered 
by  superstition  and  ignorance  is  not  to  be  supplanted  by  another 
in  one  year  nor  in  one  hundred  years.  Time  and  again  it  has 
been  proved  that  the  wily  heatben  assumes  the  adoption  of  the 
faith  taught  by  the  zealous  converters,  only  as  a  means  of  gaining 
some  worldly  end.  After  years  of  patient  teaching  and  striving, 
when  the  self-elected  missionary  is  rejoicing  over  the  result  of  his 
labors,  the  opportune  moment  arrives,  his  pupil  casts  aside  all 
semblance  of  Christianity  and  is  quite  ready  to  kill  or  otherwise 
ill-treat  his  deluded  teacher.  One  hears  constantly  of  deplorable 
tales  of  missionaries  fleeing  for  their  lives  from  among  the  very 
people  whom  they  fondly  imagined  were  young  lambs  in  the  new 
fold.  Is  the  heatben  with  his  idols  of  wood  and  stone  so  much 
the  inferior,  in  his  religion,  to  his  Christianized  white  brother, 
who  breaks  all  the  commandments  six  days  in  the  week,  and  on 
the  seventh  appears  in  bis  glass  beads  and  feathers  to  worship  his 
i.od  and  give  a  large  dollar  towards  the  enlightenment  of  his  un- 
civilized brother  in  the  same  lines  ?  The  large  sums  that  are  an- 
nually devoted  to  the  cause  of  foreign  missions  would  go  far  to- 
ward ameliorating  the  condition  of  the  poor  and  suffering  in  the 
cities  where  the  money  is  obtained.  The  Scriptural  injunction, 
•*  <io,  teach  the  heathen,"  did  not  specify  where  the  work  of  con- 
version was  to  be  carried  on.  There  is  a  large  lump  of  solid 
heathenism  right  here  on  which  those  ardent,  glowing  souls, 
eager  to  ■•  do  the  Master's  work,"  might  expend  their  efforts  with 
boundless  good.  With  the  field  of  their  labors  within  reach  of 
civilization,  there  would  not  be  the  danger  of  hasty  and  secret 
flight  in  the  night  in  order  to  reach  a  safe  shelter,  which  was  the 
plight  of  a  young  female  missionary  a  short  time  since.  It  is  a 
seif-evideDt  fact  that  the  heathen  neither  desires  nor  is  grateful 
for  conversion;  he  is  wedded  to  his  idols.  Let  him  alone.  Here 
in  the  crowded  city  are  fathers  and  mothers  who  need  to  be 
tanght  the  Ten  Commandments;  yonng  people  to  whom  a  pure 
heart  is  an  untranslatable  phrase,  and  little  children  who  know 
the  name  of  '  -od  only  in  an  oath.  Establish  the  missions  where 
so  urgent  and  crying  need  for  them  is  apparent  to  every  passer-by, 
and  the  heatben  in  a  far-off  land  will  not  suffer.  There  is  a 
Methodist  mission  school  in  distant  Sitka  where  the  children  of 
Alaskan  Indians  are  taught  the  difference  between  right  and 
wrong,  and  to  sing  hymns  of  praise.  But  with  all  this  teaching, 
an  unrelaxing  watch  is  kept  over  them,  and  the  girls  are  never 
permitted  to  go  to  the  village  alone.  The  Superintendent  will 
tell  you  they  have  absolutely  no  moral  sense.  Then  why  expend 
time,  energy,  and  money  in  erecting  a  system  which,  when  the 
support  is  removed,  falls  to  the  ground  ?  Let  the  saver  of  souls 
center  his  energy  and  work  where  the  result  will  be  deep-seated 
and  abiding,  and  he  will  go  hence  with  a  blissful  sense  of  having 
accomplished  a  good  work  which  will  be  lasting  for  all  time. 


THESE    ARE    PINCHING    TIMES. 


TEN  days  ago  a  wholesale  merchant  of  this  city,  who  owns  a 
large  vineyard  in  Fresno  Connty,  advertised  for  a  man  to  do 
bookkeeping  and  drive  an  express  wagon  at  his  vineyard.  The  wages 
offered  were  $25  a  month  and  found.  In  less  than  one  week  from  the 
time  the  notice  appeared  in  the  morning  papers  he  had  received  over 
one  hundred  and  fifty  applications  for  this  position  by  letter.  Among 
the  applicants,  and  a  greater  part  of  them,  were  men  who  had  served 
as  bookkeepers  for  years  at  salaries  ranging  from  $75  to  $125  a  month, 
and  who  were  well  educated  and  expert  accountants.  These  were 
able  to  furnish  acceptable  references  as  to  efficiency,  sobriety,  and 
honesty.  The  gentleman  expressed  himself  as  astounded  at  the  evi- 
dences of  actual  distress  that  exists,  and  surprised  at  the  willingness 
of  these  men  to  leave  the  city,  where  they  had  formed  associations 
during  years  of  greater  prosperity,  and  go  to  the  country.  It  touched 
him  keenly,  and  he  was  free  to  confess  that  there  were  many  young 
men  who  refrained  from  gambling  and  entering  into  other  question- 
able avocations  rather  than  seek  for  honest  employment  in  the  coun- 
try. He  was  now  in  a  quandary  as  to  which  one  of  the  excellent  men 
he  should  employ,  and  has  taken  the  matter  under  advisement  for 
one  week.  He  is  only  sorry  that  he  cannot  give  employment  to  each 
one  of  them,  as  he  is  satisfied  that  they  are  all  well  qualified  to  per- 
form the  required  service ,  The  conduct  of  these  accountants  is  in 
strong  contrast  to  that  of  laborers,  who  preferred  to  starve  or  beg  in 
San  Francisco,  or  work  for  a  dollar  a  day  in  the  Park,  to  going  into 
the  country  and  supplying  an  urgent  demand  for  labor  in  the 
orchards.  It  is  of  these  litter  that  "  industrial  armies  "  and  strik- 
ing and  rioting  bodies  are  composed. 


THE    REDEMPTION    OF    THE    NATIONAL    GUARD. 

THAT  fraction  of  the  National  Onard  which,  for  Its  first  bearing 
at  Sacramento,  has  been  receiving  the  ridicule  of  ihe  wlu.lv 
Slate,  deserves  all  credit  for  its  later  conduct.  The  simple  fn.is 
of  the  first  occurrence  were  these:  United  Stales  Marshal  Bald- 
win assumed  command  and  issued  Instructions  to  the  officers  to 
order  a  volley.  Before  Ihe  officers  bad  time  to  deliver  the  com- 
mand Mr.  Baldwin  couulermanded  it,  and  accordingly  left  the 
already  exhausted  men  standing  for  hours  in  the  broiling  sun. 
Two  companies  then,  without  orders,  left  the  ranks,  and  for  this 
disgraceful  conduct  they  have  been  court-martialed,  disgraced, 
Bnd  expelled  from  the  service.  The  remaining  six  hundred  men, 
mostly  from  San  Francisco,  stood  their  ground  for  hours  longer, 
patiently  awaiting  an  order  to  charge  or  fire.  Through  the  ex- 
traordinary weakness  and  vacillation  of  Marshal  Baldwin  that 
order  never  came,  and  the  men  were  finally  withdrawn.  It  is 
useless  and  unwise  for  Mr.  Baldwin's  friends  to  explain  his  con- 
duct by  saying  that  he  did  not  give  the  order  to  fire  for  the  reason 
that  he  believed  the  men  would  not  obey  it.  That  was  no  con- 
cern of  his,  for  his  duty  clearly  was  to  order  a  volley  or  a  bayonet 
charge.  The  San  Francisco  men  feel  bitterly  the  disgrace  which 
Mr.  Baldwin  has  put  upou  them,  for  there  is  no  clear  reason  to 
doubt  their  subsequent  assertion  that  they  would  have  obeyed 
the  order  had  it  been  given.  The  unfortunate  result  has  been, 
however,  that  the  conductor  thedeserting  Sacramento  and  Stock- 
ton companies  has  brought  the  whole  Cuard  under  unjust  con- 
tempt, and  in  doing  really  courageous  and  intelligent  service  now 
they  are  likely  to  receive  less  credit  than  they  deserve.  Their 
bearing  on  Wednesday  at  Sacramento,  when  they  searched  the 
homes  and  headquarters  of  the  strikers  for  arms,  and  captured  an 
armament  sufficient,  if  used,  to  do  enormous  damage,  was  emi- 
nently praiseworthy,  and  the  promptness  and  firmness  of  the 
contingent  at  San  Jose  in  clearing  the  depot  and  permitting  the 
rehabilitation  of  the  train  service  on  the  Coast  Division,  after  the 
Sheriff  had  made  so  disgraceful  a  failure,  was  the  work  of  intelli- 
gent and  courageous  men.  In  short,  the  National  Guard,  except- 
ing two  companies  composed  largely  of  strikers,  has  not  yet 
failed  to  obey  an  order  and  is  evidently  anxious  to  overcome  the 
disgrace  which  Mr.  Baldwin  has  brought  upon  it.  Its  conduct 
henceforward  will  be  watched  with  a  very  sharp  interest,  and 
the  least  mistake  on  its  part  will  likely  cause  the  disbanding 
of  the  organization. 


WHAT    MARTYRDOM    ACCOMPLISHES. 

SALVADOR  FRANCH,  the  anarchist  who  threw  the  bombs  in 
the  Liceo  Theatre,  Barcelona,  has  confessed  that  he  threw  the 
bombs  with  the  object  of  destroying  the  people  present.  "  He 
declared  that  he  was  glad,"  says  the  dispatch,  "  that  he  had  killed 
so  many  people,  but  regretted  that  the  second  bomb  had  not 
exploded.  He  appeared  to  take  delight  in  giving  the  details  of 
his  villainous  crime.  The  audience  were  horrified  by  the  sang 
froid  displayed  by  Franch  as  he  calmly  proclaimed  his  guilt." 
It  seems  not  to  have  occurred  to  the  horrified  audience  that  the 
most  terrible  thing  before  them  was  neither  the  crime  itself  nor 
the  coolness  of  its  telling,  but  the  fact  that  a  man  who  has  com- 
mitted such  an  act  is  joyfully  willing  to  suffer  its  consequences. 
Tnat  is  a  species  of  martyrdom  which,  when  directed  in  the  chan- 
nels of  anarchy,  becomes  a  most  terrible  thing.  This  spirit  is 
more  extensive  in  the  world  to-day  than  most  people  think.  The 
man  who  will  deliberately  sacrifice  his  life  for  a  cause  which  he 
holds  dear  is  one  for  whom  the  law  has  no  terrors.  The  three 
causes  in  which  this  dangerous  species  of  fanaticism  expends  its 
force  are  religion,  politics,  and  hatred  of  the  rich  by  the  poor. 
Human  nature  is  so  constructed  as  to  applaud  the  martyr,  for 
there  is  a  heroic  tinge  in  his  conduct;  and  it  is  this  sentiment 
that  renders  martyrdom  so  powerful  a  factor  in  the  extension  of 
the  cause  for  which  it  suffers.  Just  as  much  of  the  vitality  of 
early  Christianity  was  due  to  the  martyrdom  of  its  founder,  so 
does  every  martyr  to  the  cause  of  anarchy  add  immeasurably  to 
the  force  of  the  movement. 


THE  Sheriff  of  Santa  Clara  County,  while  repeatedly  assuring 
Mr.  Towne  that  he  was  ready  to  suppress  any  violent  inter- 
ference with  the  running  of  trains,  stood  idly  by  with  his  worth- 
less and  idle  deputies  and  saw  firemen  "  persuaded  "  to  leave  the 
engines  by  a  dangerous  mob  of  strikers;  and  so,  through  his  in- 
activity, the  trains  of  the  Coast  Division  were  stopped,  and  the 
fruit  growers  of  his  county  suffered  more  loss  than  a  thousand  of 
his  ilk  could  earn  in  a  century.  When  at  last,  however,  the  sen- 
sible men  of  San  Jose,  moved  thereto  by  a  conspicuously  sensible 
and  courageous  Mayor,  offered  themselves  as  Deputy  Sheriffs  and 
demanded  to  be  sworn  in,  so  that  tbey  might  protect  the  trains, 
the  Sheriff  yielded;  the  citizens  were  appointed;  they  established 
a  cordon,  kept  the  strikers  back,  and  made  it  possible  for  willing 
men  to  man  the  trains.  In  an  instant  the  blockade  was  broken, 
traffic  was  resumed,  the  county  was  saved  an  enormous  sum,  and 
men  whom  the  violence  of  "persuasion"  had  prevented  from 
earning  a  livelihood  were  permitted  to  act  in  accordance  with 
their  sense  of  right,  self-duty,  and  good  citizenship. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14,  1894. 


AT    TWENTY- THREE. 

By  Robert  G.   Mackay. 

THERE'S  something  noble  in  a  shattered  life, 
That  bends  its  remnant  still  against  the  blast; 
There's  pathos  in  the  blindness  that  doth  grope 

Where  light  lay  last 
In  level  lines  across  Life's  western  slope. 

And  be  who  battled  nobly  in  the  strife 

Is  loved,  and  he  who  bravely  fell  is  mourned; 

Bat  one,  O   Godl  I  know  whose  empty  life 
Is  justly  scorned. 

E'en  by  himself,  with  myriad  sad  reflections  rife. 

0,  score  of  barren  years,  forever  fled! 

0,  horror  of  inverted  life,  when  age 
Is  felt  in  youth,  and  youth's  desires  are  dead, 

When  the  sweet  mage 
Of  music  vainly  seeks  to  thrill  this  heart  of  lead! 
Sail  Francisco,  July,  1894. 

THE    SILVER    QUESTION. 


EDITOR  News  Letter— Dear  Sir:  A  correspondent  in  New  York 
writes  me  that  "There is  a  growing  tendency  amongst  Repub- 
licans to  do  something  for  silver."  I  opine  that  if  that  sentiment 
be  generally  entertained  by  Republicans,  as  it  appears  to  be,  the 
"growing  tendency  to  do  something  for  silver"  will  very 
seriously  add  to  the  already  heavy  burdens  and  perplexities  of 
the  country.  The  Indiana  Republican  State  platform  this  year 
declares  as  follows: 

"  We  believe  in  a  currency  composed  of  gold,  silver,  and  paper, 
readily  convertible  at  a  fixed  standard  of  value,  and  entirely  under 
National  control,  and  we  favor  the  imposition  of  increased  tariff  duties 
upon  the  imports  from  all  countries  which  oppose  the  coinage  of  silver  upon 
a  basis  to  be  determined  by  an  international  congress  for  such  purpose. 

Even  Mr.  Balfour,  one  of  the  neo-bimetatlists,  in  his  speech  at 
London,  May  2d,  admitted  "  That  the  solution  of  the  problem  of 
international  bi-metallism  was  incomparably  easier  ten  years  ago 
than  it  was  rive  years  ago,  and  five  years  ago  than  it  is  now,  and 
now  than  it  will  be  five  years  hence." 

When  and  by  what  International  Congress  is  it  to  be  deter- 
mined ?  There  have  been  six  in  twenty-seven  years,  and  no  ap- 
proach has  yet  been  made  to  an  agreement  for  a  basis.  The  Cali- 
fornia convention  of  the  Republican  party  adopted  a  platform  de- 
claring for  the  free  and  unlimited  coinage  of  silver  at  a  ratio  of 
16  to  1,  which,  under  present  conditions,  would  be  as  fatuous  a 
thing  for  the  welfare  of  the  country  as  can  well  be  imagined.  If 
the  attitude  of  all  Europe — that  is  to  say,  that  portion  of  the 
world  which,  with  its  dependencies,  is  doing  very  considerably 
more  than  one-half  the  entire  business  of  the  world,  and  with 
which  our  most  extensive  and  important  commercial  and  finan- 
cial transactions  are  chietiy  maintained  and  inextricably  con- 
nected, remains  steadfastly  set  against  anything  of  the  kind,  as 
by  six  monetary  congiesses  in  twenty-seven  years  they  have 
affirmed  and  re-affirmed,  it  is  simply  financial  folly  for  a  political 
party  of  the  United  States,  whether  Republican  or  Democratic,  to 
come  forward  at  this  time  with  a  declaration  for  the  unlimited 
free  coinage  of  silver.  It  is  incredible  that  men  of  intelligence 
should  thus  play  with  fire. 

The  governments  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Germany  have 
indicated  conclusively  for  twenty-seven  years  that  they  are 
averse  to  bi-metailism  in  so  far  as  the  free  coinage  of  silver  is  con- 
cerned, and  all  the  reasons  for  being  averse  to  it  during  that 
period — the  increased  annual  product  of  both  metals  with  ever- 
increasing  excess  of  silver — exist  to-day  in  an  enlarged  degree. 
Director  Preston,  of  the  United  States  Mint,  reports  the  world's 
product  of  precious  metals  for  1893,  at  present  mintage  ratios,  as : 
gold,  $155,000,000;  silver,  $207,000,060— each,  I  think,  exagger- 
ated, but  evidently  large  enough  in  fact  to  emphasize  the  reasons 
why  all  Europe  has  turned  to  the  gold  standard  within  twenty- 
five  years,  and  uses  silver  only  as  a  subsidiary  or  auxiliary 
money  metal — "  a  temporary  companion  to  gold." 

In  this  connection  it  seems  pertinent  to  ask:  Can  any  man 
whomsoever  show  how  he  would  become  possessed  of  more 
money  if  we  had  unlimited  free  coinage  of  silver,  which  would 
undoubtedly  put  gold  at  a  high  premium  and  exclude  it  from  cur- 
rent circulation  ?  Whatever  theorists  and  politicians  may  say,  it 
is  not  conceivable  that  any  device  is  possible  by  which  the  United 
States  could  create  an  independent  money  standard  which  would 
effect  special  benefits  to  the  people  of  this  country  in  their  trade 
with  the  rest  of  the  world.  Our  standard  money  must  be  as  good 
in  London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Vienna,  or  any  other  foreign  trade 
center,  as  it  is  in  New  York,  Chicago,  or  San  B'rancisco;  otherwise 
the  disadvantages  will  be  suffered  by  our  people.  Can  any  man 
who  participated  in  framing  the  recent  Republican  platform  of 
this  8tate  show  wherein  California  would  be  benefited  by  a  de- 
preciated currency  on  the  basis  of  the  unlimited  coinage  of  silver 
at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1,  which  is  what  thai  platform  declares  for  ?  If 
the  industrial,  commercial,  or  financial  ills  of  this  country  could 
be  cured  by  the  issue  of  fiat  money,  metal  or  paper,  it  certainly  is 
a  pity  the  remedy  was  not  sooner  discovered  and  applied. 

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|Bt    Di     Viuof.) 

TH  K  Cinttrbury  TnltJ  must  stand  ft*  tbe  but  description  of  a 
body  ol  fellow-travelers  ever  written.  For  a  keen  analysis  of 
each  character,  nothing  coold  be  more  Dearly  perfect  tban 
Chaucer's  method  and  lis  results.  Had  the  father  of  English  lit- 
erature lived  in  onr  day  and  traveled  behind  tbe  locomotive,  orin 
the  »ix-horse  stage,  his  observations  would  have  been  equally 
worthy  of  attention. 

This  is  an  age  of  hurry,  and  just  as  some  travelers  forget  their 
hand  satchels  at  tbe  last  moment,  so  do  many  of  them  start  off 
In  such  haste  that  they  leave  their  manners  at  home.  Only,  to 
be  perfectly  accurate,  there  is  likely  to  be  this  difference:  the  for- 
getful traveler  may  really  own  a  gripsack,  while  the  others 
never  have  any  manners  to  speak  of,  at  home  or  abroad. 

Often  tbe  exigencies  of  the  case  require  hast?,  and  baste  in 
itself  is  never  dignified,  although  tbe  thoroughbred  who  is  run- 
ning tbe  race  will  avoid  jostling  tbe  others  on  the  track,  while 
tbe  clodhoppers  will  not  only  trample  all  over  people,  but  will 
seem  to  take  pleasure  in  the  successful  attempt.  A  person  who 
is  without  natural  refinement,  or  who  lacks  consideration  for  tbe 
feelings  or  rights  of  others,  can  become  a  veritable  tborn  in  tbe 
flesh  to  alt  ailticted  with  his  or  her  company.  A  pantomime  con- 
test over  a  car  window  as  to  whether  it  may  remain  open  or  not, 
a  wordy  war  over  a  choice  of  routes,  or  tbe  seating  of  a  party  for 
a  pleasure  trip,  greediness  or  impatience  at  the  table — these  are 
familiar  scenes  witnessed  by  travelers. 

We  have  just  passed  through  the  period  when  friendships  are 
suddenly  made  and  more  suddenly  broken.  The  summer  vaca- 
tion is  ended,  and  many  of  those  who  left  the  city  for  a  brief  out- 
ing have  returned  to  their  usual  routine  of  city  life.  School- 
teachers who  went  away  together,  society  girls  who  were  mem- 
bers of  the  same  party,  many  of  them  returned  not  in  each  other's 
company,  and  they  do  not  speak  as  they  pass  by.  Why?  Be- 
cause it  is  a  rare  friendship  that  can  stand  the  test  of  its  mem- 
bers being  together  morning,  noon,  and  night.  Tbe  best  of  friends 
may  develop  an  aversion  for  each  other  through  sharing  the  same 
apartment.  The  fact  that  one  lady  was  the  personification  of 
order  and  neatness,  while  her  companion  had  a  habit  of  leaving 
her  belongings  all  over  the  room,  has  shattered  more  than  one 
friendship. 

But  tbe  green-eyed  monster  is  also  apt  to  play  an  important 
part  in  separating  very  close  frieods.  Women  love  to  be  admired, 
and  are  happy  in  receiving  attention  from  the  lords  of  creation. 
Some  girls  do  not  hesitate  to  adopt  contemptible  tactics  to  win 
away  the  object  of  so  much  interest  from  the  one  who  has  ap- 
parently captivated  his  fancy.  "I  had  him  first,  but  she  took 
him  away,"  is  a  plaint  that  may  be  heard  more  than  once  toward 
the  end  of  the  season.  For  men  are  all  too  scarce  at  the  summer 
resorts,  and  much  strategy  must  be  used  to  attach  a  cavalier  to 
one's  train.  More  than  one  young  girl  has  had  cause  to  regret 
her  intimacy  with  an  older  woman,  after  she  has  had  the  bitter 
experience  that  her  friend  has  played  her  false  and  simply  used 
her  as  a  foil  to  herself. 

Among  school-teachers  and  those  accustomed  to  tbe  use  of 
authority,  there  is  a  tendency  to  show  a  disposition  to  take  the 
upper  hand  in  all  projects  for  pleasure.  This  is  quite  likely  to 
happen  when  the  one  in  whom  authority  is  vested  is  some  old 
maid  who  tries  to  be  young,  and  who,  while  wishing  to  pose  as 
one  of  the  young  girls,  asserts  herself  with  all  her  schoolroom 
manner.  There  are  some  women  who  ought,  for  the  good  of  the 
community,  to  be  kept  in  a  subordinate  position,  for  when  clothed 
with  the  power  to  command  they  become  despots  of  the  meanest 
type. 

A  woman  who  is  growing  old,  whose  personal  charms  have 
faded,  and  who  has  no  graces  of  intellect,  cannot  afford  to  as- 
sume a  show  of  authority  while  away  from  her  schoolroom,  or  to 
lend  herself  the  airs  of  an  imperious  beauty.  She  will  meet  with 
defeat  and  humiliation  on  every  side,  and  every  one  will  rejoice 
at  her  unhappy  condition. 

Among  some  of  the  types  of  to-day  that  would  receive 
Chaucer's  attention  were  he  among  ns  taking  notes,  would  be 
the  summer  girl  and  her  flirtations,  her  affair  first  with  this  one 
and  then  with  that,  the  rapidity  with  which  her  admirers  suc- 
ceed each  other,  or  rather,  to  be  more  exact,  the  brevity  of  each 
one's  stay,  and  the  defiant  attitude  of  the  girl  herself  towards  all 
those  whose  sense  of  propriety  she  has  shocked.  The  aimless 
society  youth  with  his  affectations  of  attire,  his  hair  parted  in  the 
middle,  his  creased  trowsers,  and  his  inevitable  cigarette,  would 
not  escape  Chaucer's  pen.  Neither  would  the  American  child 
whose  defiance  of  authority  and  disregard  of  parental  control  have 
rendered  it  a  creature  to  be  dreaded,  and  which  has  made  a  wel- 
come and  familiar  sight  the  prohibition,  "Children  will  not  be 
allowed  to  make  a  playground  of  the  parlors  or  the  halls." 

The  parvenu  and  his  wife,  who  are  trying  to  live  up  to  their  in- 


come, are  a  familiar  spectable  at  summer  resort*.  B«  may  take 
on  varied  appearances.  He  may  be  tbe  commonplace  but  honest 
old  man  who  ha*  nia.ir  money  rather  unexpectedly  to  himself, 
who  Is  da  cl  by  his  good  fortune,  and  somewhat  embarrassed  by 
the  attempts  of  bis  wife  and  daughters  to  sblne  In  society.  Or 
he  may  be  a  sporty  individual  with  a  porcine  throat  and  vulgar 
air.  who  has  made  his  money  in  stocks  or  mines,  or  at  the  horse 
races,  and  whose  idea  of  being  "swell,"  as  he  would  call  it,  con- 
sists in  standing  with  his  hands  in  his  pockets  and  keeping  bis 
bat  on  in  the  presence  of  ladles,  stuffing  himself  at  meal  times, 
and  chewing  a  toothpick  the  rest  of  tbe  time.  His  wife  Is  apt  to 
be  a  dowdy,  giving  herself  absurd  airs,  and  talking  about  money 
and  the  cost  of  everything,  wearing  her  diamonds  to  breakfast 
and  her  dresses  too  tight  across  the  back. 

The  snob,  the  toady,  the  sponge  are  other  types  never  to  be 
looked  for  in  vain  at  the  summer  resort.  Similarly  present  are 
the  people  whose  devotion  to  a  toothpick  would  be  more  accept- 
able to  everybody  were  it  practiced  in  the  privacy  of  their  own 
rooms  rather  tban  in  the  parlor  or  on  tbe  porch. 

To  a  sojourner  at  a  popular  summer  or  winter  resort,  the 
meteoric  appearance  and  disappearance  of  bridal  couples  is  a 
never-ending  source  of  interest.  Even  an  inexperienced  eye  can 
detect  them  as  they  enter  the  dining-room.  There  is  a  newness 
of  attire  noticeable  in  both,  sometimes  a  slight,  often  a  visible, 
hesitancy  as  to  which  shall  take  the  lead  in  following  the  steward 
to  a  table.  The  man  always  seems  to  be  tbe  more  conscious  and 
uncomfortable  of  the  two.  The  bride  generally  sits  up,  and  re- 
inforced by  the  knowledge  that  she  has  on  a  complete  new  suit, 
tries  to  look  self-possessed.  But  the  bridegroom  has  more 
nervousness  in  his  demeanor,  and  seems  unable  to  cope  with  the 
newness  of  the  situation.  They  gravely  study  tbe  bill  of  fare, 
and  their  ignorance  of  each  other's  tastes  is  another  proof  of  the 
surmise  that  they  are  on  their  wedding  journey.  They  converse 
in  monosyllables,  and  then,  as  if  frightened  by  the  sound  of  their 
own  voices,  succumb  to  the  situation,  finish  tbeirmeal  in  silence, 
and  vanish.  Another  evidence  of  newly-married  relationship  is 
to  be  seen  in  tbe  distance  between  their  chairs  on  the  porch  and 
the  vacuous  expression  of  their  countenances  as  they  sit  staring 
before  them.  Animation  shows  itself  only  when  they  are  about 
to  depart.     Perhaps  they  are  glad  to  escape  from  observation. 

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July  14,1894. 


[e^Si/jighfrrfD 


We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's.' 


THERE  are  thousands  upon  thousands  of  playgoers  and  there 
are  many  critics,  too — excellent  and  useful  members  of  the 
community — who  are  too  liberal  and  well-balanced  to  fear  con- 
tamination from  seeing  a  drama  acted  that  is  purely  realistic,  yet 
would  shrink  with  horror  when  told  that  their  life  is  exactly  like 
the  life  behind  the  scenes.  They  are  the  people  who  are  pleased  with 
a  play  or  a  work  of  fiction  so  long  as  it  presents  a  certain  artifi- 
cial resemblance  to  life,  bat  begin  to  clamor  against  it  if  they  find 
it  is  too  nearly  true  to  actual  humau  existence,  too  plainly  out- 
spoken, especially  when  it  deals  with  vicious  and  immoral 
actions,  and  yet  they  know  that  such  actions  constantly  occur  in 
the  world.  They  want  to  have  the  play  seem  very  near  like  life, 
yet,  to  please  them,  it  must  ignore  a  good  deal.  They  do  not  like 
to  have  trath  brought  out  plainly  on  the  stage.  They  want  the 
illusion,  for  the  time  being,  that  human  life  makes  rather  a  fine 
show,  that  it  is  amusing  or  pathetic,  as  the  case  may  be,  but 
never  really  bad  or  hideous  to  excess;  and  yet,  in  their  own 
careers,  their  own  histories,  their  personal  gossip  about  public 
men,  acquaintances,  friends,  and  even  respectable  women  is  far 
from  being  anything  but  pure.  If  there  was  anyone  in  the  Bald- 
win Theatre  on  Monday  night  who  had  any  fear  that  Mrs.  Cora 
Urquhart  Potter  and  Mr.  Kyrle  Bellew  were  taking  a  step  too  far 
beyond  the  illusory  drama,  and  were  dealing  too  closely  with 
nature,  let  him  dispel  the  thoagbt.  A  sermon  from  the  pul- 
pit treating  of  the  same  subject  as  Zola's  play,  Therese,  would 
have  been  vague,  pallid,  and  remote,  for  all  practical  purposes; 
but  the  play  teaches  and  clearly  defines  a  great  startling  picture 
in  human  life,  and  one  goes  home  and  lingers  over  its  simplicity 
and  its  pathos,  and  then  perceives  how  perfectly  true  it  all  is. 
Therese  Raguin  is  a  great  play.  It  is  the  acme  of  realism.  In 
London  and  Europe  its  success  has  been  marvelous,  and  it  has 
been  watched,  studied,  and  discussed  by  millions.  But  Europe 
is  more  given  to  realism ;  it  has  had  realism  from  its  cradle.  It 
was  weaned  on  Tolstoi,  reared  on  Ibsen,  and  now  it  thrives  on 
Zola,  and  looks  toward  him  as  the  greatest  realist  in  the  world. 
Of  course  it  is  too  bad  that  we  could  not  have  enjoyed  the  same 
benefits,  In  the  same  degrees,  instead  of  having  the  work  of  the 
great  master  burled  at  us  so  suddenly;  but  it  was  so  well  defined 
and  so  admirably  rendered  that  it  opened  the  eyes  of  many  to  the 
fact  that  a  new  style  of  drama  had  been  born,  and  that  an  ambi- 
tious actor  and  actress  had  made  a  success  of  it.  Therese  is  not 
like  Zola's  novel  "Therese  Raquin."  The  motive  is  the  same, 
but  a  number  of  scenes  have  been  changed  and  omitted  to  make 
the  drama  run  more  smoothly.  It  is  strong,  natural,  and  intense, 
and  it  shows  the  powerful  work  of  a  master  and  the  subtle 
touches  of  a  practiced  hand.  We  have  seen  dramas  in  royal  halls 
with  gilded  settings,  where  lordly  people  slew  each  other,  and 
where  the  loves  of  dukes  and  princesses  were  portrayed  in  all 
truthfulness.  Therese  is  just  as  wonderful  as  any  drama  of  that 
description,  only  it  is  played  within  the  walls  of  a  humble  home 
instead  of  the  glittering  halls  of  a  castle,  and  the  players  are 
common  folk  in  everyday  clothes  instead  of  lords  and  ladies  in 
the  finest  that  money  can  buy.  But  it  is  just  as  strong  in  action, 
in  scene,  and  in  motive,  and  it  is  not  an  illusion — it  is  a  chapter,  a 
living  chapter,  from  life,  a  work  of  art  with  an  improving  aim. 
The  love  sceue  between  Therese  and  Laurent,  the  grief  of  the 
mother  for  the  loss  of  her  son  Camille,  the  horror  when  she  finds 
that  Therese  and  Laurent  had  killed  him  in  order  that  they  could 
marry,  the  budding  hatred  that  showed  itself  on  their  wedding 
night,  the  way  that  it  overpowered  them,  the  madness  that  made 
them  rush  to  the  gallows,  the  awful  silence  when  vhe  paralized 
mother  regained  her  speech  and  proclaimed  them  murderers,  the 
last  scene  of  the  hating  couple  in  each  other's  arms  drinking 
poison  from  the  same  vial,  were  the  main  scenes  of  one  of  the 
strongest  plays  that  was  ever  seen  in  this  city. 


To  say  that  Mrs.  Potter  has  improved  since  she  was  here  in 
1888  would  be  only  a  mild  compliment.  To-day  she  is  one  of  the 
greatest  actresses  on  the  stage.  Her  diction  is  wonderful,  finer, 
even,  than  that  of  any  other  woman  on  the  English-speaking 
stage  to-day.  Every  syllable  is  pronounced  correctly,  the  modu- 
lations and  accents  are  perfect,  and  in  all,  her  voice  is  like  a  sil- 
very brook  flowing  over  spheric  stones  too  swiftly  to  break. 
There  is  a  naturalness  about  her  work  that  is  charming.  When 
she  is  gentle  she  is  like  a  bird  that  has  flown  from  its  cage;  when 
she  is  angry,  she  has  all  the  fury  of  "a  woman  scorned ;"  when 
she  tortures,  she  does  it  with  the  artlessness  of  a  siren.  No  one 
who  watched  her  girlish  beauty  fade  in  Therese,  and  her  life 
change  from  love  to  hatred,  could  deny  that  she  was  portraying 
her  art  as  cleverly  and  as  gracefully  as  any  actress  could  have 
done.  She  plays  to  the  characters  on  the  stage,  speaks  to  the  peo- 
ple there,  and  does  not  care  to  woo  the  approbation  of  the  gal- 
lery by  addressing  herself  in  that  direction. 


Mr.  Bellew  needs  no  praise  for  his  acting.  He  won  his  laurels 
long  ago  and  be  still  wears  them.  His  pnre  speech  and  fine  pres- 
ence still  have  their  charm,  and  while  Laurent  is  a  character 
which  is  new  to  him,  his  work  in  it  is  artistic.  He  is  a  powerful 
actor.  He  plays  with  ease  and  a  naturalneas  which  are  pleasant 
to  see.  If  the  eyes  could  overpower  every  other  sense,  Mr.  Bel- 
lew would  always  be  enjoyable.  His  tragic  scenes  were  given 
with  admirable  effect  and  without  the  slightest  overwork  on  his 
part.  Mason  Mitchell,  John  Ward,  Verner  Clarges,  Miss  Monk, 
and  Miss  Hudspeth  supported  Mrs.  Potter  and  Mr.  Bellew  very 
successfully. 

*  *  * 

Alexander  Dumas  fits  wrote  Francine  years  ago,  and  it  was  pro- 
duced at  the  Comfidie  Francais,  where  its  success  has  never 
faded,  even  unto  this  day.  The  translation  that  is  being  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  Potter  and  Mr.  Bellew  is  called  In  Society,  and  the 
work  of  the  translator  is  very  good.  The  play  is  dainty,  bright, 
and  interesting,  it  is  placed  in  a  far  different  sphere  from  Therese, 
it  is  a  society  drama  in  every  sense.  The  witty  lines,  mingled 
with  the  author's  charming  philosophy,  the  magnificent  cos- 
tumes that  were  worn  by  Mrs.  Potter,  and  the  rich  settings  of  a 
drawing-room  in  high  life;  the  lesson  that  teaches  that  an  "eye 
for  an  eye  and  a  tooth  for  a  tooth"  should  be  the  motto  of  every 
wife  whose  wayward  husband  seeks  pleasure  outside  his  home, 
made  up  a  play  that  was  worth  every  other  English  translation 
of  French  comedies,  as  an  evening's  entertainment.  Mrs.  Potter 
looked  beautiful  in  her  rich  gowns.  There  was  an  effectiveness 
in  her  playing  of  Francine  due  to  both  her  personality  and  her 
ability.  She  played  it  so  well  that  she  produced  on  the  audience 
the  same  impression  that  she  supposedly  produced  on  the  players, 
that  she  could  not  be  guilty  of  an  intrigue  of  the  character  which 
Lucien  de  Kiverolles  indulged  in.  Mr.  Bellew,  as  the  last  named 
character,  gave  a  representation  that  was  artistic  and  polished. 

*  #  ■» 

The  triumphant  event  of  the  week's  performances  was  the  pro- 
duction of  Charlotte  Corday,  We  write  this  after  having  witnessed 
a  dress  rehearsal  preparatory  to  the  regular  performance.  It 
was  the  first  production  of  the  tragedy  in  America.  We  bad 
been  favored  with  realism  in  its  true  condition  followed  by  a  dainty 
bit  of  French  social  life,  and  then  the  grand  character  of  Charlotte 
Corday  d'Armour  was  given  with  all  of  its  wonderful  power. 
Charlotte  Corday,  in  the  bands  of  Mrs.  Potter,  is  as  great  a  stage 
character  as  Joan  of  Arc,  Cleopatra,  Camille,  Becket  or  Marie 
Antoinette.  Charlotte  Corday  lived  in  a  period  when  France  was 
looking  for  a  leader,  at  a  time  when  the  waters  of  the  Seine  were 
red  with  the  blood  of  the  murdered  victims  of  Marat.  Every 
one  who  has  read  the  life  of  the  wonderful  woman  who  killed 
that  dictator  know  how  intensely  interesting  the  story  is,  how 
closely  it  appeals  to  humanity,  and  how  valuable  it  is  as  dramatic 
timber.  One  may  wonder  why  the  story  has  not  been  drama- 
tized before.  It  may  be  because  of  the  fact  that  no  one  could  be 
found  with  sufficient  courage  to  prodnce  it.  Corday  was  nnlike 
other  heroines,  inasmuch  as  her  life  was  free  from  many  dramatic 
acts.  She  lived  for  the  teachings  of  the  church,  and  her 
love  for  her  country,  and  her  whole  heart's  blood  was  stirred  to 
rise  and  be  another  martyr  for  the  sake  of  the  lives  of  her  fellow- 
beings.  The  character  1b  a  charming  study  in  the  hands  of  Mrs. 
Potter.  She  plays  it  with  such  an  intensity  of  purpose  and  with 
so  much  dramatic  power,  that  she  holds  the  audience  in  a  tremor 
of  excitement  and  interest.  There  is  one  thing  that  must  be  said 
in  favor  of  ber,  and  that  is  the  way  in  which  she  closely  follows 
nature.  She  seems  to  be  the  woman  herself,  and  not  an  actress 
portraying  the  character,  and  the  manner  in  which  she  infuses 
that  sentiment  into  the  audience  is  of  the  finest  intellectual  qual- 
ity. All  of  the  Hues  that  Mrs.  Potter  speaks  as  Charlotte  Corday 
are  those  that  are  recorded  in  history.  Not  one  word  has  been 
changed  for  better  or  for  worse,  as  it  was  her  desire  to  play  the 
part  just  as  Charlotte  Corday  lived  it.  Even  the  scene  where 
she  murders  Marat,  when  he  is  in  his  bath  tub,  was  brought  out 
with  a  wonderful  amount  of  realism.  And  in  that  respect  it  may 
be  an  interesting  fact  to  know  that  the  dress  worn  by  Mrs.  Pot- 
ter when  Charlotte  Corday  is  guillotined  was  made  for  her  by 
a  female  warden  in  the  Prison  de  la  Roche,  and  it  is  of  the  exact 
color  and  material  as  those  of  all  the  guillotine  costumes. 
*  »  * 
Mr.  Bellew  had  a  powerful  scene  in  conjunction  with  Mrs. 
Potter  in  the  third  act,  which  was  excellently  presented.  Mr. 
Bellew  was  a  strong  Marat,  and  gave  the  character  great  force, 
but  we  would  rather  have  seen  him  as  Adam  Lux,  the  romancer 
of  the  play,  and  the  backbone  as  well.  Mr.|Bellew  could  have 
made  a  wonderful  character  out  of  the  part;  as  it  was,  in  the 
hands  of  Mr.  Rolleston,  it  lost  its  flavor.  But  Mr.  Bellew  has 
played  every  lover  that  is  known  to  the  mummer,  and  to  see 
him  in  a  tragical  part  that  called  for  all  of  his  dramatic  ability 
was  a  new  and  a  very  palatable  theatrical  dish. 

It  remains  to  be  seen  how  the  rest  of  the  United  States  will 
take  to  Charlotte  Corday.  With  the  genius  of  Mrs.  Potter  and  Mr. 
Bellew  and  a  good  dramatic  company  it  ought  to  succeed,  for  in 
these  days,  when  art  is  lost  in  the  whirl  of  the  serpentine  dance 
and  nature  goes  winging  away  in   the  path   of  the  clown,  it  is  a 


July  14,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


ple*»ur«  to  f«*  butory  rvTirtd.  llor*  peopltbare  br«n  imlrncled 
by  \h*  ttajce  ibtn  by  books,  and  if  Mr*.  PolUr  and  Mr.  Bellew 
kwp  on  Id  the  way  that  they  bare  began.  Id  fire  years  from  now 
tbtlr  dramatic  worth  will  be  known  to  every  theatregoer  Id  the 
land. 

•  •  • 

Mr.  Harrigan  »  play.  TV  Ltathrr  Patch,  which  it  the  bill  at 
the  California  Theatre  this  week,  is  an  odd  conceit,  and  its  grue- 
some humor  attests  Mr.  Harrigan's  ability  as  a  dramatic  author. 
It  is  bnttt  on  the  same  lines  a?  a  great  number  of  his  plays,  and  It 
deals  with  the  Kast-side  folk  exclusively.  The  pawnbroker, 
the  negro,  the  tongb  saloon-keeper,  the  tougb  girl,  and  the  under- 
taker revel  in  unmitigated  bliss  through  three  acts  of  highly 
boisterous  fan.  There  is  a  big  vein  of  naturalness  in  all  of  it, 
however,  from  the  rival  Irish  undertakers  who  were  battling 
with  each  other  for  the  burial  of  an  Italian,  to  the  negro  who  re- 
quested that  the  body  should  not  be  placed  too  deep  in  the 
ground,  as  be  wanted  to  dig  it  up  and  sell  it  to  a  "yarb  doctor." 
The  negro  congregation  sitting  up  at  the  wake  of  Levy  Hyer, 
singing  their  quaint  songs  and  clamoring  for  the  bottle  of  gin, 
was  one  of  the  great  bits  of  the  piece.  Mr.  Harrigan's  corps  of 
mummers  were  quite  at  home  in  all  of  the  scenes.  Mr.  Harrigan 
himself  played  with  bis  usual  versatility,  and  Mr.  Sparks,  Mr. 
Doane,  Mr.  West,  and  Mr.  Harrigan,  Jr.,  made  a  quartette  of 
negroes  that  would  be  hard  to  beat.  Harry  Wright  lost  his  in- 
cipient staginess  in  several  character  sketches  which  he  played 
successfully,  and  Dan  Burke,  as  the  tougb,  was  just  about  as 
tough  as  any  one  could  wish  to  see.  Miss  Pollock  was  a  dainty 
flower  girl,  Miss  Amy  Lee  was  a  robust  Miss  Dooley,  and  Miss 
Moore  and  Miss  Flynn  were  "Connaught  ladies"  of  great  ability 
in  the  matrimonial  line. 

»  »  * 

After  a  long  series  of  clatter-trap  operas  it  is  a  pleasure  to  see 
the  Tivoli  present  one  that  has  a  backbone.  Dick  Turpin  is  not  a 
great  opera,  but  it  is  solid.  After  it  has  been  put  into  running 
shape  it  ought  to  be  as  great  a  success  as  Robin  Hood.  H.  Grattan 
Donnelly  has  written  a  clever  book  for  the  purposes  of  comic 
opera,  and  the  music  by  Bowness  Briggs  is  in  a  light  vein  and 
full  of  catchy  melodies.  Some  of  tbem  are  very  charming  and  all 
of  them  are  melodious.  The  serious  part  of  the  story  is  well 
worked  out,  the  lines  are  bright  and  original.  Throughout  the 
opera  the  acting  and  singing  were  excellent.  Ferris  Hartman  and 
T.  C.  Leary  made  a  great  deal  of  fun  out  of  their  r6Ies.  Mr. 
Dunbar,  Mr.  de  la  Motta,  and  Miss  8alinger  were  acceptable.  The 
staging  and  costumes  were  new  and  pretty  and  were  an  addition 
to  the  work.     Dick  Turpin  should  have  a  long  run. 

*  #  * 

The  programme  at  the  Orpheum  still  continues  to  draw  crowds. 
Gilbert  and  Goldie,  the  Wilmots  and  their  daring  bicycle  feats, 
and  Miss  Inez  Dean  are  the  principal  drawing  cards,  and  they  are 
clever  enough  to  carry  any  variety  performance.  Yesterday  after- 
noon a  matinee  concert  was  given  at  the  Orpheum  by  the  Mexican 
band,  which  has  been  engaged  by  Manager  Walter  for  two  mati- 
nees. The  last  one  will  be  given  to-day  at  2  o'clock.  It  was  the 
intention  to  have  the  band  give  four  matinee  concerts,  adding 
Monday  and  Tuesday  of  next  week,  but  the  Mexican  Govern- 
ment ordered  the  band  home,  and  the  members  must  leave  Mon- 
day morning.  After  two  weeks  delay  in  Ogden,  the  new  vaude- 
ville company  for  the  Orpheum  will  arrive  in  time  to  open  on 
Monday  evening.  The  new  people  include  the  Braatz  Brothers, 
acrobats;  Connors  &  Staley,  musical  comedians;  O'Brien  &  Car- 
roll, parodists;  Charles  H.  Duncan,  singing  comedian,  and  Miss 
Lydia  Yeamans  Titus,  the  versatile  comedienne. 

A  PHILADELPHIA  journal  estimates  the  loss  to  the  miners 
by  the  great  coal  strike,  which  began  on  April  21st,  at  $12,- 
600.000.  The  loss  to  mine  owners,  consumers,  transportation 
companies,  and  for  property  destroyed  will  not  fall  short  of  $7,- 
500,000.  The  loss  in  expenses  inflicted  on  local  and  State  Gov- 
ernments has  been  very  large,  and  the  loss  of  life  and  the  injury 
inflicted  in  weakening  respect  for  self-government  have  also  been 
very  severe.  But  the  greatest  injury  of  all  should  be  taken  to 
heart  by  every  striker  in  the  land  to-day.  It  bears  no  reasonable 
proportion  to  the  riBk  incurred  or  the  frightful  injuries  done.  The 
savings  of  years  have  beeD  swept  away  and  there  is  nothing  to 
show  for  them. 


Ladies  Calling 
At  the  exhibit  of  Wakelee  &  Co.,  in  the  Manufactures  Building  at 
the  Midwinter  Fair,  will  receive  a  free  sample  of  Camelline,  the  Cali- 
fornia preservative  for  the  complexion.  It  received  the  highest 
award  at  the  Exposition  over  all  foreign  and  American  competitors. 
As  a  remedy  and  preventive  for  the  distressing  effects  of  sunburn 
and  poison  oak.  it  will  appeal  to  all  ladies  who  are  visiting  the  moun- 
tains and  seaside. 

IfNADC    Bush  &  Gerts  Pianos 

M'^Dt  Parlor  Organs 

U  aim  ES  installments         Rentala 


A.t.  Bancroft  &  Co. 

803  Sutter  St.  ,S.F. 


PIANOS 


I  II  I  1AM  RrnnARH  Tne  English  actress,  coaches  ladieB  and 
LI  L  LI  Mil  DLUUMnU,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1007  California 
Street,  opposite  the  Flood  Mansion. 


SPECIAL    RUG   SALE 

Until  July  15th. 


We  have  placed  on  sale  2500  Rugs— OR  IE  NT  Al- 
and DOMESTIC— and  INGRAIN  ART  SQUARES, 
at  prices  never  before  approached  in  this  city. 

SflYRNA  RUGS. 

Best  quality,  ROYAL  AND  IMPERIAL.  These 
are  not  the  cheap  and  flimsy  ones  commonly  used, 
but  the  BEST  QUALITY. 

,  ,        ,  SalePri-e  Regular  Price. 

lit.  9  Id  by  ad   9  In    fi  no  »2  26 

2  ft.  2  in  by  4  ft.  ti  In 2  00  3  00 

2  ft    *i  m  bv  5  ft    0  111  .  .  -   2  7i  4  00 

3  ft    0  iu  bv  H  ft    Uiu      ...  4  00  5  75 

4  ft.  0  In  by  7  ft    Oiu     ..   .     .        0  75  9  50 

ART  SQUARES 

All-Wool  Ingrain,  (Not  part  cotton.) 

„, ,.  Sale  Price      Regular  Price. 

7'/ift    by  9  ft    I  h  65  J  7  50 

9  It.  by  9  ft    6  75  9  00 

9ft.  by  10H  ft  7  90  10  50 

9  ft.  by  12  ft    9  00  12  00 

9  ft.  by  13(4  ft 10  15  13  50 

12  ft.  by  15  ft 15  00  20  M) 

ORIENTAL  RUGS. 

A  great  variety  at  correspondingly  low  prices. 
The  kinds  and  sizes  are  too  numerous  to  quote, 
but  for  example  we  mention 

DAGHESTANS  FROM  $6  UP. 

W.  &  J.  Sloane  &  Co., 

Carpets,  Furniture,  Upholstery, 

641-647  MARKET  ST. 

BALDWIN  THEATRE -EXTRA. 

Al  Hayman  ...  .Lessee  and  Manager. 

Beginning  Monday,  July  16th— First  stellar  advent, 

MR.  JOHN   DREW, 

and  his  Americau  company,  under  tbe  direction  of  CHA8.  FROHMAN. 
Monday,  July  16th-FIRdT  WEEK. 

THE    BUTTERFLIES, 

Henry  Guy  Carleton's  comedy,  presented  for  over  150  nights  at  Palmer's 
Theatre,  New  York. 
Monday,  July  23d— Second  week— THE  MASKED  BALL. 
Monday,  July  30th— CgRHTOPHER  JR.  

NEW  CALIFORNIA  THEATRE. 

A.L  Hayman  <5t  Co Lessees. 

S.N.   Friedlander,  Manager. 
Week  of  July  9th— Every    evening,  including  Sunday.     Matiuee  Satur- 
day.   Beats  them  all.    MR. 

EDWARD  HARRIGAN 

la  his  great  original  character,  "  Dan  Mulligan,"  in  one  of  his  most  suc- 
cessful plays  in  three  acts,  entitled 

<OKIu:i,l.VS    ASPIRATIONS. 

Unique  stage  effects  and  novelties.  Entirely  new  scenery  for  this  pro- 
duction. All  ihe  original  music  by  Dave  Braham:  "Just  /croeB  from  Jer- 
sey," "Dad's  Dinner  Pail,"  ''Samuel  Johnson's  Cake  Walk,"  "Wear  the 
Trowsers,  Oh." 


TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

KaELiNG  Bbos Proprietors  and  Manager*. 

To-night.    Production  of  the  season.    The  ideal  romantic  opera.    Com- 
panion piece  to  "  Robin  Hood. " 

DICK    TURPIN. 

Book  by  H.  GraUan  Donnelly.    Music  by  Bowness  Briags. 

Next  Opera— RIP  VAN  WINKLE. 

PopuxarPrices  25and50e 


ORPHEUM. 


O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 

San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  of  Monday,  July  16th.    ARRIVAL  FROM  THE  EAST  of  our  tal- 
ented new  company  of  specialty  Btars : 

LYDIA  YEAJIAS'S  TITUS. 
CONNORS  A  STALEY. 
C'AAS.  II.  DUNCAN. 


THE  BRAATZ  BROS. 
O'BRIEN  A  CARROLL. 

Elc,  Etc. 


^^-They  have  finally  arrived  after  long  delay  by  the  railroad  blockade 
Reserved  Seats,  25c. ;  Balcony  10c. ;  Opera  Chairs  and  Box  Seats,  50c. 
Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14,  1894. 


TriC 

OOKCR-ON. 


MR.  de  Yonng  was  walking  along  Kearny  street  on  Wednes- 
day, when  he  met  an  old  man  whose  step  told  that  he  was  near 
the  brink  of  eternity,  and  whose  dusty  beard  gave  evidence  of 
having  held  many  a  peck  of  hayseed.  He  saw  Mr.  de  Yoang 
approaching  him  and  stopped  in  the  middle  of  the  sidewalk  until 
the  promulgator  of  the  late  Midwinter  Fair  was  almost  abreast 
of  bim. 

"  Be  you  de  Young  ?  " 

The  words  were  spoken  so  loudly  that  the  Director-General 
was  startled,  and  dozens  of  people  who  knew  him  by  reputation 
only  turned  to  look  at  him. 

«•  I  am  Mr.  de  Young,  and  what  can  I  do  for  you?  " 

"  "Well,  my  gal  Mary  had  one  of  them  paintin's  in  the  Fair,  an' 
I'll  be  gol  darned  if  the  danged  thine  didn't  get  a  prize.  Now, 
Mr.  de  Young,  I've  been  a-lookin'  for  you  for  a  week  to  thank 
you  for  givin'  her  that  there  prize.  I  was  told  that  you  was  the 
prize  committee,  and  by  gosh,  you're  a  corking  one  at  that." 

«  I  am  very  glad  that  your  daughter  got  a  prize,  said  Mr.  de 
Young,  "  but  I  am  sure  I  had  nothing  to  do  with  it." 

"Oh,  now,  you're  too  danged  modest!  I  know  you  did  it," 
answered  the  granger.  "Come  with  me;  I  want  to  show  you 
that  I  appreciate  your  knowledge  of  art  and  them  things  by 
giving  yer  Mary's  picture.  Talk  about  Joolan,  an'  Keith,  an' 
Feck,  an' them  fellers — why,  they  ain't  in  it  with  my  Mary! 
Why,  them  cows  in  the  backgroun'  of  her  paintin'  could  eat 
hay!" 

"  Where  is  the  painting?  " 

»  Down  to  the  Chronicle  buildin'.  I  jest  left  it  outside  the  door 
on  Market  street,  as  the  place  was  so  blamed  high  that  I  didn't 
know  how  to  get  up  to  your  office." 

So  Mr.  de  Young  and  his  strange  friend  walked  down  Kearny 
street  to  the  tall  edifice,  and,  sure  enough,  on  the  Market  street 
side  a  large  landscape  was  resting  against  the  building.  But  sad 
to  relate,  the  crowd  that  was  watching  the  bulletins  of  the  strike 
had  crushed  into  it,  and  some  fellows  had  put  their  feet  through 
it  in  several  places.  The  poor  man  looked  at  it  for  a  moment, 
gathered  the  remnants  of  the  canvas  in  bis  arms,  and  the  tears 
came  to  his  eyes. 

■■  That  is  too  bad,"  said  de  Young. 

"Too  bad!  "  returned  the  hayseed;  "  but  I'll  tell  you  what  I'll 
do.  You  keep  the  frame,  an'  I'll  have  Mary  paint  another,  an' 
you  can  put  it  in." 

A  new  fad  has  been  introduced  into  New  York  society,  and 
hereafter  married  men  may  act  as  best  men  and  ushers  at  fash- 
ionable wedding  ceremonies.  Oakley  Rhinelander,  who  was  mar- 
ried in  that  city  recently,  surprised  his  friends  by  choosing  bis 
younger,  but  married,  brother,  Philip  Rhinelander,  as  his  best 
man.  For  many  years  there  has  been  an  unwritten  law  exclud- 
ing Benedicts  from  officiating  in  any  capacity  at  weddings,  except 
as  spectators,  and,  in  consequence,  a  great  amount  of  fun  has 
been  poked  at  them  by  bachelors  and  unmarried  maidens  of 
society.  Many  pleasing  and  jocose  titles  have  been  awarded 
them,  such  as  "  Death's  head's  at  the  feast,"  but  Mr.  Rhinelander 
has  changed  all  that,  and  every  married  man  shonld  rise  and  call 
him  blessed.  Many  a  man  about  to  be  married,  especially  if  he 
has  reached  that  age  when  all  of  his  intimate  male  friends  are 
married,  has  puzzled  his  brain  and  groped  wearily  through  the 
liBt  of  friends  to  find  one  unmarried  man  on  whom  he  might  con- 
fer the  honor  of  best  man,  and  has  mentally  cursed  the  custom 
which  has  prevented  bim  from  choosing  a  married  man  for  that 
office.  Now  the  problem  has  been  solved,  and  married  brothers, 
uncles,  cousins,  and  even  sons,  may  act  as  best  men  with  im- 
punity, as  far  as  Mrs.  Grundy  is  concerned. 

The  date  of  this  year's  midsummer  high  jinks  of  the  Bohemian 
Club  is  set  officially  for  the  18th  of  August.  For  quite  a  long  time 
the  members  went  about  with  long  faces  because  of  dismal 
rumors  that  there  would  be  no  jinks  this  year,  the  club's  treasury 
having,  it  was  thought,  suffered  too  greatly  from  the  heavy  in- 
roads made  upon  it  to  meet  expenses  connected  with  the  new 
building.  But  it  is  all  right  now;  the  jinks  will  come  off.  The 
scene  of  operations  will  be  Meeker's  Grove,  Sonoma  County,  the 
same  as  last  year.  Peter  Robertson  will  sire  the  high  jinks,  and 
it  is  said  that  Amad€e  Joullin  bas  almost  been  persuaded  to  come 
back  into  the  fold  and  double  up  with  John  A.  Stanton  as  asso- 
ciate sire  of  the  low  jinks.  All  the  members  agree  that  if  such  a 
state  of  affairs  could  be  brought  about,  their  end  of  the  festivities 
would  be  what  is  technically  known  as  a  "  lulu,"  whatever  that 
may  be.  But  there  will  be  a  jinks;  everybody  is  enthusiastic,  the 
owl  flaps  his  dexter  wing  with  a  cheerful  flap  as  in  days  of  yore, 
and  all  is  well. 

»  •  # 

Fresno  is   capable   of  producing  anything   and  anybody.     Its 


raisins  are  the  most  magnificent  on  earth,  and  the  raisins  are 
quite  proud  of  their  raising.  Some  of  the  raisings  have  not  been 
so  good  as  they  should  be.  The  human  raising  is  meant.  Among 
the  great  raisin  raisers  is  a  gentleman  long  known  to  fame 
through  the  medium  of  bis  dried  fruit,  his  constant  attendance  on 
the  Transcontinental  Association,  and  his  skill  as  a  pugilist  of  a 
long  departed  era.  This  gentleman's  raising  has  not  been  good, 
and  he  is  so  modest  a  chap  that  he  is  quite  ashamed  of  his  father. 
This  particularly  unhappy  father  dwelt  a  peaceful  life  among  the 
mountains;  no  butler  attenuated  his  cellar,  no  chef  prepared  his 
meals — indeed,  he  was  his  own  butler,  chef,  groom,  and  house- 
maid. He  cast  longing  eyes  on  the  fertile  plains  of  Fresno,  where 
the  vines  were  bending  earthward  laden  with  their  yellow  fruit. 
He  finally  summoned  up  courage  and  sought  his  son's  vineyard 
and  begged  from  him  employment. 

"  You  can  work  here,"  said  the  magnanimous  son.  »  You  can 
do  the  odd  chores  and  such  like,  but  on  no  account  are  you  to 
tell  anybody  that  you  are  my  father." 

The  father  dutifully  promised,  and  so  faithfully  kept  his  prom- 
ise that  even  his  daughter-in-law  never  knew  that  the  old  chore 
man  was  her  dear  husband's  papa. 

But  one  day  there  came  a  crash.  The  old  man  asked  leave  to 
walk  to  Fresno  and  the  son  graciously  complied.  As  he  was 
trudging  back,  hot,  sore,  and  dusty,  he  was  overtaken  by  a 
kindly  doctor  in  a  buggy  and  asked  if  he  would  not  take  a  lift. 

"  Certainly,"  said  the  old  man. 

»  What  is  your  name?"  inquired  his  host. 

The  old  man  was  silent.  The  question  was  repeated.  Finally 
he  faltered  out  his  name. 

"  Are  you  any  relation  to ?" 

"  I  am  his  father." 

The  son  met  the  father  as  he  was  descending  from  the  buggy, 
and  when  the  doctor  was  out  of  sight,  asked: 

"  Did  you  tell  Dr.  S.  your  name?" 

"  I  did." 

"  Did  you  tell  him  your  relationship?1' 

»  I  told  him  you  were  my  son." 

"  You  get  out  of  here  as  fast  as   your old  legs    will   carry 

you,  and  never  set  foot  on  these  premises  again!" 

The  father  left,  and  is  now  working  with  the  kindly  doctor 
who  gave  bim  the  lift. 

*  *  * 

When  Henry  Irving  and  Ellen  Terry  visited  us  some  months 
ago,  Irving,  on  account  of  his  almost  unapproachable  eminence 
in  the  theatrical  firmament,  was  naturally  sought  a  great  deal 
and  made  the  guest  of  honor  at  many  a  stag  dinner,  notably  that 
given  him  by  the  Bohemian  Club,  of  which,  after  the  event,  he 
was  made  an  honorary  member.  Among  the  local  celebrities 
present  at  this  last  mentioned  affair  was  Mr.  Richard  M.  Hotal- 
ing,  who  himself  has  done  Hamlet  and  Iago  many  a  time,  with- 
out, however,  having  done  time  for  it,  although — but  thereby 
hangs  this  tale. 

Of  course  Richard  met  Henry,  and  after  the  introduction  the 
introductor  added  that  Hotaling  had  "figured  somewhat  in  our 
own  little  theatricals,  you  know,"  and  forthwith  departed. 

"Ah,"  said  Irving,  »  you  appear,  then,  at  times,  do  you?" 

Nettled  somewhat,  possibly,  at  the  "little  theatricals,"  and  too 
quick,  perhaps,  to  detect  a  note  of  patronage,  entirely  absent 
from  Irving's  inquiry,  Richard  assumed  his  most  "Never,  caitiff," 
"Around  her  form  I  draw  the  awful  circle,"  manner  as  he  replied : 

"Yes,  I  do  consent  to  appear  now  and  again  at  the  request  of 
my  friends  only,  in  some  worthy  cause,  but  never  under  any  cir- 
cumstances for  money — only  for  charity,  simply  for  charity." 

"Ah,"  drawled  IrviDg,  in  his  clammiest  tones,  "charity — um 
— yes — charity  covers  a  multitude  of  sins." 

•  »  * 

Fred  Hallen,  of  the  Hallen  &  Hart  troupe  of  players,  has  been 
forced  to  remain  in  San  Francisco  longer  than  be  cared  to,  owing 
to  the  tie-up.  Some  of  the  members  of  his  company,  including 
his  partner,  Joseph  Hart,  were  lucky  enough  to  start  East  just 
before  the  strike,  and  are  now  in  Denver,  where  the  company 
was  booked  to  appear  a  week  ago.  Mr.  Hallen  was  greatly  dis- 
appointed because  he  could  not  appear  in  that  city,  but  he  was 
more  disappointed  when  he  discovered  that  Mr.  Hart  would  have 
a  hard  time  to  find  a  man  in  Denver  who  looked  enough  like  him 
to  fill  the  bill.  Mr.  Hallen  is  a  good  looking  young  man,  with  a 
smooth  face,  and  is  known  to  all  theatre  goers.  He  knew  that 
his  partner  would  find  it  difficult  to  secure  a  substitute  who 
resembled  him,  and  on  the  first  night  of  the  performance  he  re- 
mained in  his  room  trembling  with  expectancy  as  he  awaited  the 
telegram  that  would  announce  the  success  or  failure  of  the  pro- 
duction.    Finally  it  came,  and  Mr.  Hallen  read  as  follows: 

"  The  show  was  a  big  hit.  House  crowded.  The  man  who  took 
your  part  was  a  good  actor,  but "  Joe  Haet. 

The  abrupt  ending  terrified  Mr.  Hallen.  He  rushed  to  a  tele- 
graph office  and  wired  to  Hart: 

"But  what?  " 

And  the  answer  came,  "  But  he  would  not   shave   his  beard." 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


Julv  14,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


LAWN     TENNIS. 


TBI  officers  of  tbe  Pacific  States  I, two.  Tennis  Association 
held  a  meeting  last  Wednesday  at  the  Olympic  Club  to  elm 
a  member  of  the  Kxecutive  OommlttM,  vice  \V.  H.  Taylor.  Jr.. 
and  to  transact  any  otber  business  of  importance.  After  some 
di«<u)«»ion  Sam  Hardy,  the  present  champion,  was  appointed, 
and  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are  as  follows:  A.  B.  Wilber- 
force.  President :  A.  A.  Hewing.  Vice  President:  <*.  E.  Stoker, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer;  A.  J.  Treat.  I>r.  J.  Spencer,  and  Sam 
Hardy.  Executive  Committee. 

Tbe  first  business  on  the  tapis  was  to  appoint  an  official  organ 
for  the  Association,  and  it  was  decided  to  make  tbe  San  Fran- 
Rswfl  Lettei:  the  representative  of  the  association,  in  recog- 
nition of  the  valuable  services  rendered  during  the  past  in  the  in- 
terest of  lawn  tennis,  and  henceforth  all  official  notices  connected 
with  tbe  Association  will  be  found  in  its  columns. 

The  tournament  for  invitation  singles,  doubles,  and  mixed 
doubles,  which  will  be  held  at  tbe  Hotel  del  Monte  on  July  21st 
and  22nd,  was  taken  under  advisement,  but  it  was  found  impos- 
sible for  tbe  Association  to  take  any  active  part  in  the  matter; 
still,  the  officers  all  agreed  to  do  personally  all  they  could  to 
make  tbe  tournament  a  success.  A  committee  of  five  will  be 
formed  by  tbe  promoters  of  the  tournament  to  arrange  all  matters 
and  issue  invitations  to  the  players.  At  present  quite  a  number 
of  the  prominent  players  have  signified  their  willingness  to  enter, 
and  a  good  tournament  is  now  looked  for.  The  interest  taken  in 
this  affair  is  on  the  boom,  and  whatever  one  of  the  weeklies  may 
have  to  say  concerning  tennis  being  dead,  shows  their  utter  lack 
of  knowledge  on  the  subject. 

The  double  championship  for  the  Pacific  8tates  and  the  Ladies' 
Single  Championship  was  also  taken  under  advisement  by  the 
Association,  and  the  date  of  the  meeting,  tbe  value  of  the  prizes, 
etc.,  were  discussed,  but  no  final  arrangement  was  made.  The 
meeting  was  adjourned  until  Monday,  and  it  is  probable  that  be- 
fore long  the  circulars  announcing  full  particulars  will  be  sent  out 
to  the  public. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  interest  is  picking  up  again  and  that  be- 
fore long  we  shall  have  several  more  tournaments.  The  Cali- 
fornia Club  will,  in  all  probability,  hold  a  meeting  shortly;  the 
Oakland  and  Alameda  Clubs  intend  having  something,  and  there 
is  some  talk  of  repeating  the  pleasant  little  tournaments  held  last 
year  at  the  court  of  the  Hotel  Mateo.  Moreover,  some  of  the 
members  of  the  different  clubs  are  in  favor  of  starting  another 
"  League  "  tournament  similar  to  that  started  by  C.  R.  Yates  a 
few  seasons  ago,  and  we  earnestly  hope  that,  if  commenced,  it 
will  end  as  favorably  as  the  one  which  caused  so  much  pleasure 
and  did  so  iuuch  for  tbe  tennis  players  of  this  Coast. 


As  invigorating  as  a  breath  from  old  ocean,  as  pure  as  the  milk  of 
human  kindness!  That  is  our  idea  of  the  John  T.  Cutter  Old  Bour- 
bon Whiskey,  and  that  is  the  idea  of  every  man  in  the  country  who 
has  tried  that  delightful  beverage.  Your  life  is  a  desert  waste  with- 
out your  daily  tipple.  It  drives  all  woes  and  cares  into  the  limbos  of 
the  past,  and  makes  you  love  your  worst  enemy's  pup.  E.  Martin 
&  Co.,  408  Front  street,  are  the  agents. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  taketho  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 

Furnished  double  upper  flat  to  rent  in  Western  Addition.  Seven  rooms, 
bath,  and  attic.    Rent,  $75  a  month.     Apply,  3116  Washington  street. 


Cures 

OTHERS, 


WILL 


Cure  You. 
AYER'S 

Sarsaparilla 

MAKES 

THE 

WEAK 

STRONG. 


Jtealtt/. 

Qo/T)fort 

Exereis<?. 

ALL  COMB/NED 
AT  THE 

Curiae 
Batl?s. 

An  all-wool  bathing  suit  furnished  free. 

r\R-   D.  E.   DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 

Now  at  I.UKI.INi:  BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Next  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LORYE4S  HAMMAM  BATHS. 


HOTEL 
VENDOME, 


SAN  JOSE,  CAL. 


TO  say  that  the  Hotel  Vendome  is 
the  best  is  enough  in  its  favor.  It 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  ele- 
gantly appointed  hotels  in  the  State. 
It  is  situated  in  the  center  of  a  finely 
cultivated  park  twelve  acres  in  ex- 
tent, and  is  surrounded  by  trees  of 
many  years'  growth. 

The  location  is  in  the  most  fashion- 
able part  of  the  city  of  San  Jose,  and 
is  only  two  blocks  from  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  depot.  Electric  cars 
pass  the  door  at  short  intervals. 

The  appointments  of  the  hotel  are 
first-class  in  every  particular,  being 
furnished  throughout  in  the  most 
elegant  and  attractive  manner. 

(JeO.     p.     59e">      MANAGER. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14, 1894. 


IT  was  decidedly  amasii  g  to  hear  the  different  opinions  expressed 
by  the  bystanders  on  toe  veranda  of  the  Hotel  Rafael  when 
Walter  Hobart's  spanking  foor-in-hand  team,  with  his  Btylish 
drag,  came  up  to  the  door  for  the  first  time.  The  point  of  won- 
der and  admiration  eliciting  the  remarks  was  not  the  young  man 
who  possesses  all  this  splendor,  but  the  unusual  sight  in  this  part 
of  the  world  of  the  postillions.  Those  of  the  onlookers  who  had 
not  been  to  Earope  and  knew  nothing  of  the  trappings  of  Roy- 
alty, were  at  a  loss  to  account  for  them,  while  those  who  were 
lucky  enough  to  have  made  the  grand  tour  smiled  knowingly. 
It  is  another  illustration  of  the  frequent  sight  of  a  millionaire's 
whims  gratified,  no  matter  in  what  direction,  and  it  now  remains 
for  some  rich  man  to  "see"  Hobart  and  "go  one  better"  by 
having  outriders  to  his  turnout.    This  would   be  fetching  in  the 

extreme. 

*  *  * 

A  Ross  Valley  belle,  at  the  Fourth  of  July  hop  at  the  Hotel 
Rafael,  was  pacing  up  and  down  the  corridor  with  her  escort. 
He  had  been  reproaching  her  for  her  evident  absentmindednesa, 
her  attention  being  directed  to  another  couple  who  were  whirling 
by  in  the  giddy  maze  of  a  waltz  in  the  ballroom.  Suddenly  the 
girl  remarked:  »  How  that  woman  carries  her  three  P's  around 
with  her!"  Naturally  her  companion  was  somewhat  mystified 
by  her  speech,  until  she  elucidated  it  by  saying:  "  Why,  can't 
you  see?  Provincial  Pnllman  Pride!  "  The  escon  was  enlight- 
ened at  once  as  to  the  canse  of  his  fair  charge's  distrait  manner. 
"  He"  was  dancing  with  the  Chicago  matron. 

*  *  # 

There  is  no  use  disguising  the  fact  that  a  spirit  of  apathy  per- 
vades the  society  life  at  the  different  resorts,  and  things  do  not 
move  with  the  "go"  of  former  days.  At  Del  Monte  the  non- 
arrival  of  its  tourist  contingent  through  the  tie-up  of  travel  is  a 
great  loss,  and  on  the  ample  shoulders  of  Mesdames  Louis  Parrott 
and  B.  B.  Gutter  have  fallen  the  task  of  finding  amusement  for 
their  friends.  It  must  be  admitted  that  these  jovial  ladies  hav» 
performed  their  part  nobly,  but  the  young  element  is  discouraged 
by  the  absence  of  beaux.  Santa  Cruz  misses  the  impetus  given 
by  the  military.  8an  Jose  has  a  local  gathering  at  the  Vendoms, 
which  keeps  things  lively  at  that  charming  abode. 

*  #  * 

San  Rafael  has  the  dowager  element  in  large  numbers,  with  the 
inevitable  result  of  chatty  groups  and  conclaves  of  congenial 
spirits.  Thus,  the  Fred  Low  and  Lawton  set,  the  Tevis,  Bland- 
ing,  McCoppin,  Toland  coterie,  the  Schmieden,  Lilienthal  corner, 
etc.  Mrs.  Ruger  and  her  stylish  daughter  belong  to  all  and  none, 
keeping  to  themselves  a  good  deal  and  visiting  friends  who  reside 
in  the  village.  The  residents  make  the  hotel  the  objective  point 
for  their  afternoon  and  evening  drives,  while  the  tennis  court 
always  has  its  devotees,  and  also  the  bowling  alley.  But,  as  Miss 
Laura  McKinstry  is  said  to  have  wittily  observed  at  Santa  Cruz, 
"  it  is  the  non-arrival  of  t be  males  that  makes  us  all  so  dull." 
Little  Sausalito  has  had  its  chance  in  the  fact  of  easy  access  to 
and  fro  and  no  "  tie-up."  The  Delmas  outfit  have  been  disport- 
ing themselves  in  the  briny  waves,  dipping  and  rowing,  and  mak- 
ing merry  generally,  as  wherever  they  are  fun  is  sure  to  follow. 
80  many  of  the  bank  and  grain  clerk  contingent  pass  the  summer 
In  this  little  marine  settlement  that  men  are  more  abundant  there 
than  in  other  places  this  year. 

»    »    w 

Castle  Crag  has  the  advantage  of  beine  thoroughly  "country," 
and  people  need  not  be  tied  to  fashionable  attire  three  times  a  day 
if  they  do  not  wish  to.  Several  married  men,  who  are  fond  of  a 
good  time,  have  been  making  things  lively  up  there,  but  "there's 
no  profit  in  this,"  said  an  anxious  mamma  of  the  swim  on  the 
national  holiday.  It  is  the  quiet,  unobtrusive  spots  that  are 
"  panning  out"  with  better  results  for  the  matrimonial  market. 
Mill  Valley  will  surely  furnish  one  or  two  "announcements"  ere 
the  season  wanes,  and  Larkspur  is,  it  is  said,  the  locale  for  a  real 
sensational  episode. 

*  *  * 

Cazadero  gossip  affirms  that  one  of  the  catches  of  the  season 
has  been  made  by  an  impecunious  but  worthy  young  man,  who 
has  landed  a  big  fish  in  the  form  of  a  rich  widow  who  is  visiting 
there.  Albeit  a  disparity  of  years  exists  in  the  favor  of  the  lady, 
yet  such  matches  are  often  happy  ones:  witness  the  Hopkins- 
Searles  union. 

Already  Ross  Valley  society  people  are  saying  that  Mrs.  Wise- 
Wagner  will  have  one  of  the  most  attractive  homes  in  the  city's 
winter  gaieties.  Music  will  be  the  central  feature,  while  dinner 
partus  will  take  a  prominent  place  in  the  hospitality  of  the 
newly  wedded  couple. 

Rumor  credits  the  ambitious  young  thespian,    Hugo   Toland, 


with  a  desire  to  win  the  favor  of  a  well-known  financier's  grand- 
daughter. The  attentions  bestowed  in  that  quarter  by  tbe  young 
gentleman  are  conceded  by  the  elderly  matrons  to  be  quite  pro- 
nounced, and    the    mamma    and    grandmamma    are   evidently 

willing. 

•  »  # 

The  raid  on  the  dens  of  vice  in  the  Midway  Plaisance  was  a 
great  surprise  to  many,  but  probably  more  so  to  the  men  who 
were  watching  tbe  vulgar  exhibitions  when  tbe  officers  of  the 
Society  for  the  Suppression  of  Vice  swooped  down  on  them  and 
dragged  them  to  the  station  house.  Among  the  number  who 
were  trying  to  evade  the  law  and  bush  up  their  escapade  was 
Jack  Chretien,  tbe  lawyer,  whose  expulsion  from  the  Bohemian 
Club  for  irregular  playing  at  poker,  some  years  ago,  is  yet  fresh 
in  the  memory  of  his  friends.  He  was  as  good  a  patron  of  mus- 
cle dancers  as  of  poker,  but  he  was  just  about  as  successful  with 
one  as  the  other. 

*  *  » 

Society  is  wondering  when  the  Englishman  who  was  so  fortu- 
nate as  to  capture  Miss  Anna  Head  will  make  his  appearance  on 

the  coast. 

*  *  » 

On  ditt  a  recently  ruptured  matrimonial  engagement  bids  fair  to 
be  "on"  again,  to  judge  from  appearances. 

*  *  # 

The  ladies  (dear  creatures  1)  are  coming  to  it  fast.  Preparing 
for  tbe  suffrage  privilege,  they  are  on  the  eve  of  a  movement 
which  will,  if  adopted,  practically  illustrate  what  many  of  them 
have  done  in  their  own  homes;  i.  e. ,  worn  the  breeches  1 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


C.  MAREY  & 
LIGER-BELAIR, 

NU1T8  (Cote  d'Or), 


Clos  de  Vougeot, 

Chambertin, 

Beaune, 

POMMARD, 

Chablis  (White),  and 
Chablis  (White)  1878, 

In  Cases,  Quarts  and  Pints. 


Sold  by  the  Leading  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 


CHARLES  MEINECKE  &.  CO., 

Sole  Agents.  3'*  Sacramento  St  ,  S.  F. 


Eureka 
Fire  Hose  Co. 


Goodyear   Rubber  Co., 

R.  H.  Pease,  Vice-President  and  ilanager. 
577-579  Market  st.,  S.  F.      73-75  First  st.,  Portland,  Or. 


July   14,  1*94. 


SAN  FKANVlSl'O  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


TOWN     AND    COUNTRY    CLUB. 


TH  K  Town  ami  Country  Cloft  glided  into  the  world  like  a  charm- 
ing, well-bred,  cultured  debutante.  There  was  nothing  of  the 
advertised  or  hackneyed  belle  about  her.  She  was  new,  un- 
known, yet  charmingly  conservative  (rom  the  start — came  into 
the  world  a  success  and  meant  to  remain  one.  Such  was  the  be- 
ginning of  the  Town  and  Country  Club.  Its  members  did  not 
come  from  the  rank  and  file  of  the  common  herd!  Oh,  no!  they 
were  all  swells;  many  with  long  purses,  some  with  big  names, 
and  otners  sweet  and  lovely  in  tbenueive?,  with  an  ancestry  which 
traced  away  back  to  the  time  of  the  tlood.  The  only  ihing  not 
•well  about  them  is  the  entrance  to  their  exclusive  quarters.  Up  a 
broad  but  darkened  stairway,  throogh  a  steep  and  narrow  ball- 
way,  trip  the  charming  maids  and  matrons.  Upon  the  landing 
are  five  delightful  rooms,  each  perfect  in  itself — perfect  in  every 
detail  of  color  and  comfort.  In  the  first  room  sits  the  librarian,  a 
young  woman  of  good  pedigree  and  good  manners,  who  takes 
charge  of  all  the  books,  arranges  the  flowers,  ferns,  and  palms 
around  the  different  rooms  each  morning,  and  serves  tea  in  the 
afternoon.  In  the  next  apartment,  furnished  in  richly  shaded 
Oriental  colors,  is  the  reading  room.  It  is  an  ideal  room,  with 
its  cosey  fireplace,  deep  leathern  chairs,  and  old,  quaintly  carved 
table,  on  the  top  of  which  are  strewn  the  latest  magazines  and 
illustrated  papers,  while  against  the  wall  are  rather  low  book- 
cases, ornamented  above  by  pictures  in  water  colors  and  well- 
framed  engravings  and  etchings.  Each  one  is  excellent  of  its 
kind:  there  is  nothing  to  distress  the  artistic  eye  of  the  lonnger. 
There  the  book-cases  contain  all  the  latest  books;  none  of  the 
older  works — obsolete,  if  one  may  use  the  term — are  given  accom- 
modation. The  French  novels  bave  a  cozy  corner  all  to  themselves, 
while  the  writing  desk,  a  lovely  old-fashioned  brassed  affair,  stands 
between  two  windows.  This  is  one  of  the  greatest  comforts  of 
the  club.  The  stationery  is  perfect,  all  headed  "Town  and  Coun- 
try Club,"  and  there  are  dainty  pen-holderB,  sealing-wax — in 
short,  all  those  little  accessories  which  make  a  lady's  desk  com- 
plete. Adjoining  this  is  a  small  room,  racked  op  to  the  ceiling, 
with  the  year's  magazines  nicely  piled  on  the  lower  shelves,  leav- 
ing the  others  for  packages  and  grips  belonging  to  the  members. 
The  telephone  and  umbrellas  occupy  the  remaining  space.  Surely 
can  another  club  boast  of  providing  umbrellas  for  its  members 
when  caught  in  a  shower? 

The  dressing-room  is  simplicity  and  perfection,  where  one  can 
find  anything  needed,  from  a  well-filled  work-basket  to  curling 
irons — not  forgetting  hat  pins,  boot  polish,  and  manicure  neces- 
sities.    This  room  is  a  luxury  in  every  sense  of  the  word. 

The  tea  room  is  the  most  inviting  room  of  the  suit.  It  is  dainty 
in  the  extreme,  with  its  flowers  and  palms,  delightfully  cushioned 
sofas,  pretty  chairs,  pictures,  and  tea  tables.  Many  an  aching 
head  has  been  comforted  by  a  cup  of  fragrant  tea,  and  many  the 
epicy  tales  told  over  the  pretty  blue  teacups.  It  is  in  here 
that  those  charming  girls  rest  a  moment  after  adjusting  a  hat 
pin  or  giving  an  extra  polish  to  those  pretty  pink  nails  before 
lunching  at  the  Exchange  or  the  University  Club,  for  at  these 
places  are  to  be  found  the  members  of  the  T.  and  C.  Sometimes 
they  meet  in  this  favorite  room  for  a  chat  before  a  concert,  and 
always  between  the  hours  of  three  and  five  are  to  be  seen  visitors 
from  San  Rafael,  Ross  Valley,  and  the  chosen  few  of  Sausalito 
and  Oakland.  Now  a  whisper,  then  a  sigh ;  someone  goes  off 
into  fits  of  laughter.  »  What  is  that  you  said?"  »  How  funnyl" 
are  heard;  but  the  faintly  tinted  walls  tell  no  tales,  even  refusing 
to  change  color  after  its  repeated  blushes. 

In  comes  stately  May  Hoffman,  smiling  as  only  a  girl  of  many 
conquests  can  smile.  What  a  fine  woman  she  has  become,  to  be 
sure!  Miss  McAllister  rings  the  telephone  and  wonders  why 
Central  cannot  make  the  connection.  Dainty  Miss  Spragne  joins 
the  group,  with  a  roll  of  music  under  her  arm,  while  Mrs.  Parrott 
changes  her  books  and  regrets  that  someone  has  taken  out  "The 
Rubicon."  Miss  Goad  is  scratching  off  a  note  at  the  desk  as  Miss 
Ashe  is  cataloguing  the  new  books.  Miss  Kittle  sends  over 
flowers  from  her  lovely  home  in  the  Valley,  and  drops  in  for  a 
chat  and  a  sip  before  journeying  on  to  the  boat.  And  so  they 
come  and  go. 

This  charming  club  has  a  membership  of  two  hundred,  and 
many  months  mast  a  proposed  member  wait  before  enjoying  the 
privilege  of  membership,  for  so  eager  are  the  girls  to  remain 
members  that  not  even  for  a  winter  East  or  a  trip  abroad  do  they 
resign,  leaving  little  chance  for  someone  else  to  step  in  and  enjoy 
this  exclusive  club. 

An  Ounce  of  Prevention 
is  cheaper  than  any  quantity  of  cure.    Don't  give  children  narcotics 
or  sedatives.    They  are  unnecessary  when  the  infant  is  properly 
nourished,  as  it  will  be  if  brought  up  on  the  Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand 
Condensed  Milk. 

A  man  who  can  serve  a  luncheon  or  supper  at  a  house  party  suc- 
cessfully has  reached  the  acme  of  art.  The  most  artistic  catering  ii 
done  by  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street.  The  table 
■ervice  is  perfect,  and  the  ices,  bon-bons,  Roman  punch,  sandwiches, 
cakes,  salads,  and  other  delicacies  are  served  with  neatness  and  dis- 
patch. If  you  are  going  on  a  picnic  have  your  luncheon  put  up  at 
Swain's. 


WE  COULD  NOT  IMPROVE  THE  QUALITY 

if  paid  double  the  price  ft  is 
the  choicest  Smokin^Tobacco 
thai  experience  can  [jrocluce 
or  that  money  can  buy 


BYRON  HOT  SPRINGS 

Resort  is  reached  by  a  pleasant  three- 
hour  ride  by  rail  from  San  Francisco. 
The  hot  mud,  hot  salt  water,  and 
hot  sulphur  baths  are  infallible  cures  for 
rheumatism,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  liver 
and  kidney  troubles,  blood  and  skin  dis- 
orders. 
L.  R.  riEAD,  C.  R.  MASON, 

Proprietor.  Manager. 

Byron  Hot  Springs  P.  0-,  Cal. 

l/ieby  $prin$s, 

' MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  tbe  terminus  of  the  8.  F.  <&N.  P.  Bailway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms,  $12  to  514  per  week. 
Postomce  and  telephone  at  springs. 

WM.  DOOLAN,  Proprietor. 


THE  HOTEL  standing  among  the  sequoias  is 
now  open.  Best  of  accommodations  and  finest 
of  Trout  Fishing.  J.  J,.  SPEKRY,  Prop. 


For  information  and  tickets  to  Big  Trees  and 
Yosemite,  apply  to  J.  M.  HTITCHINGS,  No.  19 
Montgomery  street,  Pan  Francisco. 


COLTON    DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  (Pnelan  Building-) 

Gas  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for jpois- 
tively  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  establishecf  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  ItB  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
in  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  performs 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 

DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 


D 


R.  LUDLUM   HILL, 

1443  MARKET  ST  ,  Near  Eleventh. 


No  charge  for  extracting  when  plates  are  made.    Old  plates  made  over 
like  new.    Teeth  from  $8  per  set.    Extracting,  50c.    Gas  given. 


RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, PariB,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  G  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100 pills,  $2;  of  200  pills, 
tit  60:  of  400  pills,  $6;  Preparatory  Pills,  $2.    Send  for  Circular. 

R.    R.     F.   VERRINDER,   ORAL   SURGEON, 

Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists.    Specialties:  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases   of  the  Mouth. 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  Plates  and  Crown  and  Bridge  Work. 
Office:    306  Kearny  Street,  CorneT  Sutter. 


DR.  RICORD'S 


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12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14,  1894 


Comstock  Business  has  been  as  dull  on  Pine  street  during  the 
M"Vn9  Past  wee^  as  might  be  naturally  expected.  While 
Shares,  trade  and  commerce  are  obstructed  by  the  spirit  of 
anarchy  which  is  stalking  abroad  through  the  land,  it  cannot  be 
expected  that  capital  will  venture  boldly  into  speculation.  In 
the  meantime,  from  the  scanty  information  received  from  the  lode, 
it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  the  miners  are  working  quietly 
along,  improving  the  conditions  of  the  several  leading  properties 
along  the  lode  until  the  time  when  the  market  will  be  free  to  de- 
rive a  benefit.  Virginia  City  to-day  is  the  most  peaceful  in  the 
United  States.  The  law-respecting  and  order-loving  citizens  of 
this  hard-working  little  community  have  no  time  to  devote  to 
business  which  does  not  concern  them,  and  labor  strikes  have  so 
far  been  a  comparatively  unknown  quantity  among  them.  So 
long  as  the  mines  are  running  to  give  the  men  a  chance  to  labor, 
it  is  all  that  is  asked.  Differences,  of  course,  have  arisen  at  times 
with  their  employees,  but  a  peaceful  settlement  has  always  been 
effected  without  recourse  to  arms  or  the  outrages  which  have 
worked  so  much  injury  to  the  cause  of  labor  elsewhere.  Private 
reports  have  been  received  recently  from  Con.  Virginia  of  the 
most  satisfactory  description,  and  if  there  was  any  business  at  all 
here,  there  is  little  doubt  but  that  the  stock  would  be  selling  at  a 
much  higher  figure.  As  it  is,  prices  rule  remarkably  steady,  and 
any  stock  offering  is  quickly  absorbed  by  buyers  who  recognize 
that  the  outside  troubles  in  business  matters  will  disappear  as 
suddenly  as  they  appeared.  The  great  mass  of  the  people  have 
not  quite  lost  their  senses  during  the  turmoil,  and  reason  will 
prevail  eventually.  The  majority  of  the  companies  with  assess- 
ments delinquent  have  postponed  their  sale  day,  out  of  consider- 
ation for  the  financial  stringency,  caused  to  a  great  extent  by  a 
delay  of  mails.     No  new  assessments  have  been  announced. 

$  $  $ 
/?  Neuj  A  proposition  is  now  on  foot  to  utilize  a  portion  of 

Mining  the  Fine  Arts  building  which  will  be  left  standing  on 
Museum],  the  grounds  when  the  other  structures  have  been  de- 
molished, for  a  mineral  exhibit,  and  perhaps  eventually  the 
whole  of  the  specimens  in  the  Mining  Bureau  will  be  removed 
there.  The  idea  is  not  a  bad  one  so  long  as  the  control  is  main- 
tained in  the  Bureau,  in  a  manner  which  will  not  impair  its  use- 
fulness. Mining  men  speak  very  favorably  of  the  scheme,  and 
some  of  them  promise  to  help  the  exhibit  out  by  additions  to  the 
collection.  Mr.  James  M.  Yerrington,  the  Nevada  Commissioner, 
also  says  that  if  his  State  is  allowed  the  space  required  for  a  per- 
manent display,  he  will  see  that  all  new  strikes  reported  will  be 
represented.  It  is  argued  that  the  thousands  who  visit  the  Park 
daily  will  do  more  to  advertise  the  resources  of  the  State  in  the 
way  of  its  mineral  deposits  than  the  few  hundreds  who  find  their 
way  on  fete  days  up  to  the  Mining  Bureau.  It  cannot  be  denied 
that  there  is  something  in  this. 

SSI 

ijydraulic  A  great  deal  of  money  is  being  taken  out  in  a 
Mir)ing  quiet  way  just  now  by  hydraulic  and  drift  miners. 
rfctiue.  The  capital  required  for  this  work  is  not  heavy  to 
start  with,  and  unlike  quartz  mining  the  ground  in  the  majority 
of  instances  pays  from  the  start.  One  well-known  mining  man 
of  this  city,  who  had  about  $50,000  to  commence  on,  is  employ- 
ing about  thirty  men  at  an  expense  of  $25,000  per  annum.  The 
property  is  paying  at  the  rate  of  $10,000  per  annum,  so  that  this 
capital  of  $50,000,  of  which  perhaps  less  than  $10,000  was 
actually  employed  at  any  time,  is  the  means  of  putting  an  addi- 
tional $65,000  in  gold  in  circulation  in*  a  year.  And  with  thous- 
ands of  acres  of  just  such  gravel  lying  all  over  the  State,  millions 
of  money  are  now  lying  idle  in  our  bank  vaults. 

$  $  $ 
Diuideqds        The  following  local  companies  have  declared  div- 
Nolu         idends,  payable  on   Monday  next:  Atlantic  Dyna- 
Payable,      mite,  40  cents;  California  Electric   Light  Company, 
15  cents ;  Edison  Light  and  Power  Company,  66$  cents ;  Metropol- 
itan Railway  Company,  10  cents;  Bank   of  California,    $3;  Oak- 
land and  San  Francisco  Gas  Companies,  20  and  35  cents,  respect- 
ively; Pacific  and  Sunset  Telephone  and   Telegraph   Companies, 
40  and  25  cents,    respectively.     The   Alaska  Packing  Association 
paid  a  dividend  of  75  cents  per  share  on  the  12th  inst. 
$  $  $ 

THE  Merchants' National  Bank  of  San  Diego   has   secured   the 
handling  of  the   $250,000  received  for  the  sale  of  the  bonds 
of   the   Escondido  Iirigation  District. 
$  $  $ 

THE  banks  of  Santa  Cruz  are  now  paying  dividends  as  follows: 
Bank  of  Santa  Cruz,   $2  50  per  share;  City  Bank,   $1  50  per 
share,  and  City  Savings  Bank,  $1  per  share. 


iqsurance  Insurance  Commissioner   Higgins  has   just 

Gorqmissioqer's     issued    his    annual    report   of    the   business 
Report.  transacted  in  this  State  by  all  the  companies 

under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  department  during  the  past  year. 
In  that  period  fifteen  new  companies  were  admitted  to  do  busi- 
ness here,  and  eleven  companies  retired  from  the  field.  The 
average  percentage  of  losses  to  premiums  on  fire  risks  for  the 
year  was  39.4.  The  average  percentage  of  losses  to  premiums  on 
marine  risks  was  59.7.  The  amount  of  fire  insurance  was  $388,- 
522,503,  and  the  premiums  paid  on  same  were  $6,780,453.  The 
losses  paid  were  $2,667,160.  The  amount  of  marine  insurance 
written  was  $128,610,786.  The  premiums  paid  on  same  was 
$1,354,439,  and  the  losses  to  $287,276.58.  The  State  companies 
wrote  $42,062,967  of  fire  and  $22,250,522  of  marine  risks.  In 
closing  Mr.  Higgins  refers  briefly  to  the  affairs  of  the  Oakland 
Home  Insurance  Company,  and  the  action  which  he  was  forced 
to  take  to  protect  the  people  and  policy  holders.  The  receipts 
during  the  year  were  $34,316,  and  disbursements  $6,861,  leaving  a 
balance  of  $27,455. 

$$$ 

PROMINENT  Insurance  men  of  this  city  nod  at  one  another 
significantly  when  the  Colorado  mosquito  is  mentioned  in 
their  presence.  Although  a  little  larger  than  the  New  Jersey 
brand  of  the  pest,  it  takes  less  to  satisfy  him,  although  as  an 
all-round  nuisance  the  one  is  fully  as  bad  as  the  other.  Some  people 
are  mean  enough  to  say  they  refer  to  the  deputy  commissioners 
from  that  State  who  recently  fussed  matters  up  considerably  for 
some  of  the  heavy  weights  in  the  business.  It  is  pleasant  to 
know,  however,  that  the  trouble  on  both  sides  resulted  in  noth- 
ing more  than  a  little  loud  talk,  and  that  before  leaving,  the  guile- 
less straggler  from  Colorado  had  his  ruffled  feathers  all  straight- 
ened out  for  him.  He  leaves  a  few  regrets  behind  him  among 
those  to  whom  he  paid  the  most  particular  attention  in  a  business 
way,  tempered  with  a  thankfulness,  however,  that  their  expense 
accounts  have  not  been  swelled  to  a  greater  extent  than  they 
have  been.  Still,  at  the  same  time,  the  reception  of  such  distin- 
guished guests  is  rather  too  much  of  a  luxury  for  these  dull  times. 
$  $  $ 
A  County  The  Central  California  FiremeD's  Association  is 

Fire  about   to  be  formed.     The   organization  will  em- 

Association,     brace   the    fire  companies     in    Fresno,    Madera, 
Kings,  Tulare,  and  Kern  counties.     F.   H.    Banta,   of  Fresno;  G. 
H.  Vandever,  of  Tulare,  and   T.   S.  Rickey,  of    Porterville,  have 
been  chosen  a  committee  of  organization. 
$  $  $ 

HORATIO  HASKELL  has  been  removed  from  the  management 
of  the  Southern  California  department  of  the  Mutual  Life  In- 
surance Company  of  New  York.  Mr.  W.  O.  N.  Morrison  will 
take  his  place. 

ON  the  1st,  Mr.  Sexton,  who   for  so   long  has  had  control  of  the 
Lyon    and    Imperial    Insurance    Companies    in    this    city, 
assumed  charge  of  the  loss  department  of  the  Fireman's  Fund. 
%  %  % 

ANEW  insurance   company    of    Chicago  proposes    to    insure 
house-holders  against  losses  by  burglars. 

$  $  $ 
Local  The  semi-annual  reports  of  the  San  Francisco  Sav- 

Sauings  iegs  Banks,  filed  with  the  Bank  Commissioners,  show 
Bands,  that  there  are  now  eleven  banks  in  operation,  ex- 
clusive of  the  savings  department  of  the  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit 
Companies.  The  assets  of  the  active  banks  amount  to  $110,564,- 
399.  The  deposits  amount  to  $100,833,075.  The  total  resources 
show  a  decrease  of  $7,530,035,  in  comparison  with  the  amounts 
reported  on  June  30,  1893.  The  increase  of  property  held  under 
foreclosure  sales  shows  an  increase  for  the  year  of  $595,231.  The 
amount  invested  in  bonds  also  shows  a  decrease  during  the  same 
time  of  $2,221,165.  The  loans  on  real  estate  have  decreased  in  the 
aggregate  $2,690,088,  and  the  loans  on  stocks  and  bonds,  $4,967,- 
515.  The  cash  on  hand  with  the  banks  shows  an  increase  of  $1  ,- 
263,526  over  last  year,  a  gain  of  over  fifty  per  cent.  The  amount 
of  reserves  shows  an  increase  of  $242,276  during  the  year.  There 
has  been  a  decrease  in  aggregate  deposits,  the  first  in  many  years. 

$  $  $ 
Tqe  New  The  newly-appointed  Bank  Commissioners  are 

Bankiqg  now  in  office,  H.  W.  Magee,  of  Los  Angeles, 
Gomrqissioq,  takes  the  place  of  C.  H.  Dunsmuir,  of  that 
city,  whose  term  expired  during  the  week.  The  other  Com- 
missioners are  Paris  Kilburn,  of  Salinas,  and  Colonel  Fuller,  of 
Marysville.  C.  H.  Dunsmuir,  the  retiring  Commissioner,  will 
succeed  to  the  Secretaryship  of  the  Board  on  the  first  of  next 
month. 

$  $  $ 

THE  First  National  Bank  of  Pasadena  has  declared  a  dividend 
of  5  per  cent  for  the  half  year,  and  the  Pasadena  National  one 
of  3i  per  cent. 

$  $  $ 

PASADENA  City  School  District  in  Los  Angeles   County  is  now 
offering  $20,000  6  per  cent,  school  bonds  for  sale. 


July  14,  1894. 


BAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


13 


■'  Hear  the  Crier' '      "  What  the  derll  art  thou* ' 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir.  with  you." 


WE'RE  a  mighty,  awful  terror  when  it  conies  to  a  parade, 
For  we   are    Nashnal    Guardsmen    (though   we    Moorish   by 
State  kid 
The  women,  oh,  they  dirt  and  flatter,  gasp,  and  call  us  sweet 
When  we  buckle  on  our  uniforms  and  swagger  down  the  street! 

The  spirit  of  a  warrior  barns  fierce  within  our  breast 
White  we  measure  tape  and  calico— such  things  we  do  detest 
In  oar  citizen  employment,  for  the  pulsing  of  great  heroes 
Strains  oar  arteries  with  a  passion  to  become  a  lot  of  Neros. 

In  our  dreams   we  kill   whole  legions    who  would  subrogate  the 

laws; 
We  drink  hot  blood  by  bucketsful  and  sink  our  reeking  jaws 
In  the  carcases  of  traitors  to  the  peace  of  this  fair  land, 
So  repletely  and  completely  are  our  gizzards  filled  with  sand! 

What's  that?  the  drum-beat?     So,  there's  riot  in  the  air? 
Oh,  isn't  that  delicious!     It's  like  going  to  a  fair! 
Now  the  soldier  wrath  within  us  rises  up  in  angry  surge, 
And    the   field    is    strewn    with    corpses    when  a  soldier  cuts  a 
splurge. 

What  I     Ball  cartridges  and   bayonets?     Blank   volleys  are  ruled 

out? 
Those  quiet  men  confronting  U3 — must  we  put  them  all   to  rout  ? 
We  must  fire?     Gad,  man,  don't  say  that  horrid  word — 
It's  an  awfal  thing  to  shoot  a   man — our   bowels,  sir,  are  stirred! 

They  are  menacing  the  country?     They  are  tying  up  the  mails? 
Their  conduct  every  vital  thing  in  government  assails? 
Oh,  yes!  but  see  their  women  strewing  flowers  'neath  our  feet, 
While  the  rioters  are  flattering  us  and  still  do  not  retreat! 

And  oh !  while  they  stand  firmly  there  and  look  at  us  real  mad, 
Do  you  think  that  we'd  do  otherwise  than  look  at  them  real  sad? 
Oh,  we're  our  sweethearts'  darlings!     Our  mammas  are  crying, 

tool 
Excuse  our  blubbering,  mister,  but  send  us  home,  oh,  dol 

THE  audacity  with  which  the  nickel-in-the-slot  swindling 
machines  are  operating  under  the  noses  of  the  police  is  aston- 
ishing to  all  who  are  not  familiar  with  police  methods  in  this 
city.  Even  in  the  case  of  a  machine  which  is  honest — that  is,  one 
which  does  not  absorb  more  than  half  the  money  put  into  it — 
the  owner  supplies  the  machine's  lack  of  total  dishonesty  by 
robbing  it  when  there  is  a  chance  to  win  something  from  it. 
Thus,  in  those  machines  which  have  trays  to  catch  nickels  (and 
they  are  the  most  alluring  and  dangerous  of  all)  the  owner,  when 
he  sees  that  one  or  more  of  the  trays  is  pretty  well  filled  and  that 
the  next  idiot  who  blunders  along  may  secure  them,  deliberately 
opens  the  machine  and  robs  the  trays.  Even  leaving  out  of 
account  the  swindling  character  of  the  machines,  the  fact  that 
they  are  open  violations  of  the  lottery  laws  brings  them  under 
the  ban.  The  police  display  remarkable  zeal  in  suppressing  faro, 
which  comparatively  is  an  honest  game  and  which  gives  the 
player  a  nearly  even  chance.  Moreover,  faro  games  are  con- 
ducted in  out-of-the-way  places,  and  are  visited  only  by  men  who 
are  fully  aware  of  what  they  are  about.  The  slot  machines  are 
not  only  unconscionable  swindles,  but  they  are  conducted 
openly  and  are  a  special  invitation  to  women  and  children  and 
all  others  whose  guilelessness  makes  them  easy  victims  of  swind- 
ling schemes.  The  absurd  inconsistency  of  the  police  in  prohib- 
iting faro  and  permitting  the  slot  machines  calls  for  an  indignant 
protest  from  all  good  citizens  and  special  action  on  the  part  of  the 
courts  and  the  Police  Commissioners. 

IT  is  a  great  pity  that  there  are  people  in  this  enlightened  city 
of  culture,  refinement,  Russian  tea,  and  country  clubs,  who 
would  be  so  impolite  as  to  go  to  a  theatre  and  jabber  and  titter 
without  any  respect  for  the  actors,  or  the  spectators  sitting  around 
them.  This  was  plainly  visible  at  the  Baldwin  on  Monday  night, 
when  Mrs.  Potter  and  Mr.  Bellew  made  their  opening.  There 
were  four  or  five  parties  in  the  house  who  knew  as  much  about 
the  play  as  they  did  about  the  dark  side  of  the  stars.  They  were 
composed  of  pretty  girls  in  pretty  dresses,  and  brainless  fops,  and 
while  the  wonderful  work  of  the  Thespians  floated  over  their 
empty  craniums  they  kept  up  an  incessant  clatter,  until  several 
people  had  to  cry  "  hush  "  in  order  to  make  them  drown  their 
voices.  The  guilty  ones  blushed  with  shame,  but  they  had  gained 
their  point— they  wanted  others  to  look  at  them.  San  FranciBCO, 
which  has  the  name  for  being  a  critical  city,  cannot  blame  mum- 
mers for  calling  it  a  "  jay  town,"  when  such  people  get  into  the 
audiences.  ■» 


QKKKV  la  the  safest  and  sorest  of  all  means  for  obtaining 
moony  dtihooaiUy,  and  while  there  are  laws  which  aim  to 
protect  ignorant  sufferer*  from  those  quacks  who  profess  to  be 
pbyala1tOI(  there  is  none  which  csn  reach  that  far  more  dangerous 
class  of  rogues  who  pretend  to  heal  by  a  hurrah  and  '-personal 
magnetism."  This  most  gullible  of  all  cities  is  now  suffering 
from  the  presence  of  a  peripatetic  "healer"  of  that  class.  The 
financial  success  of  snob  "healers"  comes  from  the  fact,  well 
understood  by  physicians  and  other  intelligent  persons,  that  peo- 
ple who  are  suffering  from  disease  are  not  generally  in  a  full 
healthy  condition  of  mind,  and  are  led  to  hope  for  and  expect  re- 
I  lief  from  any  one  who  loudly  and  persistently  declares  that  be 
can  core.  This  hope  and  expectation,  added  to  excitement  which 
the  hurrah  healers  create,  sometimes  produce  a  mental  stimulus 
which  has  the  temporary  effect  of  obscuring  the  disease  and  sus- 
pending the  pain  or  disability  which  it  causes.  It  is  exactly 
analogous  to  drunkenness.  Liquor  may  make  a  coward  tempor- 
arily brave,  but  when  he  has  sobered  up  he  is  more  abject  than 
ever.  So,  whatever  temporary  relief  a  sufferer  may  receive  under 
the  manipulations  of  these  traveling  mountebanks,  the  nervous 
exaltation  which  has  produced  the  relief  makes  a  damaging  drain 
on  the  nervous  forces  and  in  the  end  leaves  the  sufferer  in  a 
worse  condition  than  before.  It  is  generally  the  poorer  people 
who  are  thus  imposed  upon,  and  the  laws  at  present  give  them 
no  protection.  One  can  only  grieve  that  ignorance  makes  this 
common  form  of  rascality  possible. 

JUST  as  the  Midwinter  Fair  came  to  a  close  {for  all  the  shows 
on  the  Plaisance  moved  out  this  week),  and  when  it  was  no 
longer  possible  for  the  indecent  »  muscle  dancers  "  to  pursue 
their  disgusting  vocation,  the  Society  for  the  Suppression  of  Vice 
swooped  down  on  the  obsence  exhibitions  and  closed  them. 
This  served  only  to  call  attention  to  one  or  two  very 
interesting  facts.  One  was  that  the  shows  were  indecent  and  per- 
nicious, and  yet  have  been  running  since  the  opening  of  the  Fair 
with  the  full  consent  and  approval  of  the  Society  for  the  Suppres- 
sion of  Vice.  Hence  the  Society,  by  its  recent  action,  has  merely 
called  attention  to  its  own  incompetency.  A  more  interesting 
fact,  however,  is  the  one  that  these  exhibitions  all  these  months 
have  been  generously  attended  by  respectable  women  and  girls, 
having  been  quite  a  fad  especially  with  society  people.  To  all 
jocose  criticism  of  their  attendance  the  dear  dainty  creatures  re- 
plied with  a  pretty  shrug  and  a  sweetly  lisped  <»  honi  soil  " — that 
old-time  shield  for  a  guilty  conscience,  that  threadbare  masque- 
rade of  meretricious  curiosity  in  the  form  of  innocence,  that  most 
convenient  of  all  rebukes  to  the  understanding  of  the  wise.  "  Honi 
soit  "  has  more  sins  to  answer  for  than  all  the  legions  of  Beelze- 
bub. Its  logic  is  this :  If  I  do  not  see  harm  in  a  thing,  there  is  no 
harm  in  itl 

il  THE  guests  of   the  hotel,  who  cannot  return  home,  owing  to 
1   the  strike,  find  pleasure  by  going  into  the  fields  and  pluck- 
ing margueriies." — Society  correspondence  to  a  daily  paper. 

He  plucked  a  marguerite  within  a  field; 

Its  dainty  petals  to  his  touch  did  yield. 

He  pulled  them  out,  like  Faust's  fair  Marguerite, 

Beneath  the  summer  sun's  seductive  beat. 

Only  in  handling  them  I  think  he  said 
Something  that  never  entered  Gretchen's  head. 

Instead  of  saying:  "Ah,  she  loves  me  well, 
She  loves  me  not  at  all,"  oh,  fate  most  fell! 

He,  like  a  Mephistopheles  of  Sin, 

Simply  when  plucking  muttered:  "Beer,  Wine,  Gin." 

Yes,  "  Beer,  Wine,  Gin,"  in  accents  firm  and  clear, 
And  the  last  petal  proved  it  to  be  beer. 

So  to  the  bar  he  went,  and  in  a  trice, 
Had  half  a  dozen  bottles  put  on  ice. 

THE  Trustees  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  San  Jose  have  been 
shaking  up  the  dessicated  faculty  in  rather  a  hearty  fashion. 
They  discovered  that  certain  of  the  »  professors  "  were  privately 
teaching  some  of  the  pupils  for  a  private  honorarium,  and  that 
the  pupils  not  thus  taught  were  likely  to  be  "conditioned,"  or 
kept  from  advancing.  Trris  served  as  a  menace  which  terrorized 
the  pupils  financially  unable  to  buy  their  advancement.  The 
Trustees  have  put  a  stop  to  that.  There  remains,  however,  an- 
other mean  swindle  which  the  Trustees  thus  far  have  ignored. 
Several  of  the  teachers  have  published  text-books  which  they  re- 
quire the  pupils  to  buy.  Ignoring  the  possibility  that  these  books 
may  have  some  merit,  the  fact  remains  that  the  teachers  use 
their  authority  to  extort  money  from  the  pupils.  This  is  shame- 
less and  reprehensible. 
IN  speaking  of  the  terrible  railroad  wreck  near  Sacramento  on 
Monday,  11th  inst.,  the  Post,  in  its  issue  of  that  day,  immedi- 
ately underneath  the  statement  that  several  privates  of  the  Fifth 
Artillery  were  killed,  printB  the  following:  "A  soldier  named 
Wilson  had  his  arm  cut  off  and  two  others  are  missing.  It  is 
supposed  that  they  are  under  the  wrecked  train."  We  of  course 
have  a  natural  antipathy  toward  a  jest  upon  so  sad  an  occur- 
rence as  the  maiming  of  Private  Wilson,  but  still  we  should  like 
to  know  how  many  arms  Private  Wilson  had  when  he  started. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14,  1894. 


f  (  T"    MIGHT  just  as  well  be  in  Hades,  only  I  don't  suppose  I'd 
i    get    two    thousand    a    year    to   stay   there,"  and  Harry 
J    Laurence  threw  away  his  cigar,  leaning  languidly  against 
X   the  door  to  survey  the  landscape  stretched  before  him.  He 
was  heartily  tired  of  it  all,  but  it  was  a  good  chance — the 
management  for  a  Los  Angeles  firm  of  the  only  drug  store  in  Yuma. 
At  first  he  had  enjoyed  the  strangeness  of  the  place,  but  everything 
eventually  had  become  commonplace— the  sandy  wastes,   the  cloud- 
less skies,  the  low  houses,  and  the  town  lively  with  crime.  Even  the 
brilliant  August  moon  and  gleaming  stars  could  not  beautify  it  to 
him.    In  his  estimation  he  "  might  just  as  well  be  in  Hades,"  for 
summer  nights  in  Arizona  somewhat  resemble  the  lower  world  so  far 
as  temperature  is  concerned. 

He  could  hear  very  plainly  the  music  and  shouts  of  applause 
which  came  from  the  theatre  down  the  narrow  street  on  the  opposite 
Bide,  and  the  sound  of  angry  voices  in  the  "  Hell  Gate  Saloon."  He 
wondered  half  impatiently  who  would  be  the  next  victim  with  a  knife 
wound  or  a  pistol  ball  in  his  body  that  would  need  his  aid ;  for  th« 
civilization  of  Yuma  regarded  the  druggist  in  the  same  light  as  the 
doctor,  much  to  Harry's  disgust. 

Suddenly  the  music  in  the  theatre  stopped  with  a  discordant  crash. 
With  hurrying  feet  and  eager  voices  the  audience  came  out  and 
gathered  in  a  crowd  around  the  entrance.  As  Harry  watched  them 
idly  a  man  came  running  down  the  board  sidewalk  to  where  the 
colored  lights  of  the  drug  store  shone  gayly. 

"  Hallo,  young  feller !  "  he  panted,  as  he  caught  sight  of  Harry; 
"  yer  wanted — Favorita's  hurt." 

"  Who  the  devil  is  Favorita !  "  asked  Harry,  regarding  him  with 
decided  ill-favor. 

"  Well,  come  alongan' you'll  findout,"  retorted  theother.  "Hurry 
up,  I  tell  yer!    Do  you  want  her  ter  die?" 

So  it  was  a  girl  this  time.  Harry's  face  grew  grave  at  once.  "  I'll 
come,"  he  answered,  and  giving  a  few  directions  to  his  clerk,  he  fol- 
lowed his  conductor  down  the  street,  through  the  crowd  of  excited 
men,  and  into  the  theatre,  whose  flaring  lights  and  stifling  atmos- 
phere almost  suffocated  him.  The  gaudy  curtain  was  down  and  some 
of  the  wooden  chairs  were  upset.  As  he  threaded  his  way  to  the 
back  of  the  stage,  Harry  suddenly  remembered  that  be  had  seen 
posters  in  front  of  the  theatre  that  afternoon  announcing  that  Favor- 
ita would  appear  for  "one  night  only;"  therefore  he  concluded  that 
she  must  be  the  dancer  he  had  beard  the  men  talking  of. 

The  girl  was  lying  on  a  rude  couch  hastily  extemporized  in  the 
middle  of  the  stage.  A  stout  man  with  a  very  red  face  was  swearing 
and  gesticulating  violently,  and  a  young  woman  in  an  abbreviated 
costume  bent  over  the  sufferer. 

"  Scenery  fell,"  explained  Harry's  conductor;  "knocked  her  flat, 
by  gosh!  " 

Harry  put  the  stout  man  gently  aside  and  bent  over  the  dancer, 
who  lay  motionless,  her  short  spangled  dress  in  dreary  contrast  to 
the  white  face  and  closed  eyes.  "Go  for  the  doctor,  Pete,"  he  said, 
shortly,  to  the  man  who  had  summoned  him;  "  and  hurry,  for  it's 
serious." 

Kneeling  beside  her,  he  raised  the  girl  to  a  more  comfortable  posi- 
ion,  noting  with  surprise  the  beauty  of  her  uncovered  neck  and 
arms,  for  the  theatrical  talent  which  honored  Yuma  was  not  as  a 
rule  the  best. 

Dr.  Farquhar  was  not  long  in  making  his  appearance,  and  immedi- 
ately the  stout  man,  who  had  regarded  Harry  with  disfavor,  came 
forward  bristling  with  importance.  *  What's  the  matter  with  her, 
anyway?"  he  asked. 

The  doctor  looked  up.  "  She's  badly  hurt,"  he  answered,  gravely; 
"  spine  affected  slightly.  She'll  get  well,  but  she'll  never  dance  again 
if  she  knows  what's  good  for  her.    Who's  running  this?  " 

"  I  am,"  returned  the  man.      "  Damn  the  luck!      This  is  the  third 
time  she's  failed  me.    Fainted  twice  on  the  road.    Can  she  travel  ?  " 
"  Certainly  not,"  replied  the  doctor,  "  unless  you  want  a  funeral  on 
your  hands." 

"  Well  then,  Rosalie,"  said  the  manager,  turning  to  a  girl  who  stood 
by,  pale  even  through  the  paint  laid  thick  on  her  face,  "  you  may  as 
well  pack  up.  You'll  have  to  play  off  as  'Favorita,'  and  the  train 
leaves  at  one.    Look  sharp!  " 

"  Do  yon  mean,"  inquired  the  doctor,  "  that  you  are  going  to  leave 
the  girl  here  alone  ?  " 

"That's  what,"  answered  the  other.  "We're  dated  all  along 
through  California,  and  money  is  money.  If  she  can't  dance  she's  no 
use  to  me,  and  I  can't  afford  to  run  a  hospital.  I  guess  some  one'll 
take  care  of  her;  she's  good-looking  enough,  although  she's  down  on 
that  sort  of  thing.    Too  darn  particular  for  the  business." 

Dr.  Farquhar  gazed  at  him  in  angry  disgust.     "You  brute!"  he 
exclaimed  at  last.     "  Did  you  hear  that,  Harry  ?  " 
But  Harry  did  not  answer.     He  was  looking  at  the  girl,  who  lay 


almost  within  his  arms.  She  was  beautiful— there  was  no  denying  it. 
Her  soft  auburn  hair  was  the  work  of  nature,  not  of  dyes.  The  lashes 
which  shaded  her  cheek  were  long  and  dark,  her  mouth  seemed  made 
for  kisses,  and  her  skin  was  like  a  child's.  Suddenly  she  opened  her 
eyes.  They  were  soft  and  dark,  and  filled  with  suffering.  At  the 
manager's  brutal  words  the  blood  rushed  in  a  torrent  to  her  face ;  she 
tried  to  rise,  but  fell  back  with  a  moan,  looking  up  pleadingly  at  the 
young  man  who  supported  her. 

Harry  hesitated  no  longer.  Arizona  was  monotonous  at  best;  the 
girl  was  in  trouble.  Why  not  ?  He  whispered  a  few  words  in  her 
ear,  bending  low  to  catch  her  answer;  then,  taking  his  friend  aside, 
he  held  a  low  consultation  with  him. 

"  All  right,"  replied  the  doctor.  "  You  can  afford  it,  Hal."  Turn- 
ing to  the  scrowling  manager,  he  added  savagely:  "  Take  your  Rosa- 
lie and  get  out,  you  sneaking  cur!  We  will  look  out  for  the  girl." 

Soon  afterward  it  was  talked  of  considerably  over  the  bar  of  the 
"Hell  Gate,"  Ralph  Smith,  the  Wells-Fargo  agent,  deciding  that 
Harry  had  a  "  snap."  No  one  dared  speak  of  it  to  him,  however, 
since  the  day  when  Pete,  emboldened  by  many  "  whisky  straights," 
sauntered  into  the  store  and  inquired  when  ' '  he  was  going  to  give  the 
fellers  a  sight  of  his  girl."  Harry's  revolver  lay  uncomfortably  close 
at  hand,  and  so  all  questions  were  silenced.  No  one  but  the  doctor 
ever  saw  the  inside  of  Harry's  small  adobe  house,  where  he  had  lived 
alone  with  his  Chinese  cook  and  big  mastiff  before  Favorita  came,  or 
knew  that  it  was  fitted  up  with  the  best  that  Los  Angeles  could  afford. 
Dr.  Farquhar  told  him  that  he  was  too  extravagant.  Whereupon 
Harry  laughingly  replied  that  he  was  trying  an  experiment,  and  he 
thought  that  his  money  we  s  not  wasted  if  it  made  the  girl  happy. 

Weeks  passed,  and  Favorita  grew  better  and  was  able  to  walk  about 
and  lie  in  the  hammock,  dressed  iu  the  soft  clinging  gowns  that  Harry 
sent  as  far  as  San  Francisco  to  secure.  She  told  the  doctor  and 
Harry  the  story  of  her  life.  Her  mother  had  been  a  French  ballet 
girl,  and,  while  traveling  through  Kentucky,  had  died  at  a  convent 
in  giving  birth  to  her  child.  Her  father  she  never  saw.  The  sisters 
had  taken  her  and  educated  her  for  a  nun,  but  the  life  was  hateful  to 
her.  One  night  she  had  stolen  away  and  gone  to  a  theatre  in  Louis- 
ville. Dazzled  by  the  glamor  of  the  footlights,  she  had  eone  to  the 
manager,  who,  struck  with  her  beauty,  engaged  her.  It  was  not 
hard  to  learn  the  dances,  and  she  had  traveled  with  him  two  years 
when  they  came  to  Arizona. 

The  doctor  shook  his  head  over  Harry's  experiment.  He  had 
grown  fond  of  the  girl.  Even  the  Chinese  cook  smiled  on  her. 
"Courage,"  Harry's  big  mastiff,  adored  her,  and  Harry,  well,  Harry 
decided  that  Arizona  was  not  quite  Hades,  after  all.  He  refused  to 
think  of  the  future  and  how  it  would  end,  until  at  last  he  was  forced  to. 
He  came  home  from  the  store  one  day  earlier  than  usual.  "  Little 
girl,"  he  said  to  Favorita,  "  you  and  I  have  had  a  nice  time  together, 
but  I  don't  know  what  will  become  of  us.  I'm  ruined,  sweetheart," 
and  he  laughed  recklessly  as  he  threw  himself  into  a  chair  before  her. 
"  Ruined  ?"  she  repeated  slowly ;  "what  do  you  mean,  Harry  ?  " 
"  Only  this,"  and  he  laughed  again  bitterly:  "  I've  been  playing 
too  high,  and  last  night,  in  a  game  with  Tracy,  I  overdrew  two  hun- 
dred dollars.  Mr.  Holmes  is  coming  down  the  day  after  to-morrow 
to  look  into  things,  and  unless  I  can  pay  it  before  then  I  am  ruined. 
Here's  every  cent  I  have,"  and  he  tossed  two  shining  twenties  on  the 
table.  "  I'll  see  that  you  don't  suffer,  honey,"  he  went  on  in  a  softer 
voice  as  he  saw  her  distress;  "  but  I've  got  to  cut,  that's  all.  I  can't 
face  Mr.  Holmes— he  trusted  me  so." 

She  knelt  beside  him  frightened.  "  You  will  leave  me  ?  "  she  asked, 
throwing  her  arms  around  him.      "  Oh,   Harry,  don't  say  thatl" 
"  I've  got  to,"  he  replied.    "  My  God!  don't  look  at  me  like  that,'' 
and  he  buried  his  face  in  his  hands. 
"  Where  is  Mr.  Tracy  ?  "  she  asked  quietly. 
"  Ten  miles  on  his  way  to  Phoenix,"  answered  Harry. 
Favorita  clung  to  him  a  moment;  then,  pressing  her  soft  lips  on  his 
hair,  she  left  the  room.     Once  in  the  hall,  she  leaned  heavily  against 
the  wall  for  support.    "  I  will,  I  will  !  "  she  muttered  fiercely.     "  Oh 
Jesu,  help  me !  " 

Hastening  to  the  stable,  she  fastened  the  saddle  on  Harry's  pony 
and  mounting,  rode  out  of  the  yard.  The  sun  had  set,  and  the  dark- 
ness, corning  swiftly,  hid  her  from  notice  as  she  rode  down  the  nar- 
row street  and  out  into  the  desolate  country.  Ten  miles  on  his  way 
to  Phcenix !    She  urged  her  horse  forward ;  it  was  life  or  death. 

It  was  dreary,  riding  alone  at  night.  Now  and  then  she  would  pass 
a  drunken  cowboy  riding  from  the  town.  Her  heart  beat  fast  as  she 
passed  the  long  lines  of  embankment  thrown  up  beside  the  irrigating 
ditches.  Once  she  met  a  tramp,  who  called  out  to  her,  frightening 
her  so  that  she  almost  fell  from  her  horse.  She  was  weak  from  her 
recent  illness,  and  her  back  ached  with  the  motion  of  the  saddle. 

"  Ten  miles  on  his  way  to  Phoenix."  The  words  fitted  themselves 
(o  the  ringing  of  the  horse's  hoofs.  She  knew  Mr.  Tracy ;  she  had 
seen  him  in  Virginia  City.  He  was  a  noted  gambler,  very  gentlemanly 
in  appearance. 

The  sun  was  rising  as  she  approached  the  "  Golden  Eagle  Half-way 
House."  She  thought  she  would  stop  there  and  inquire  if  he  had 
gone  by.  Dismounting  from  her  foaming  horse,  she  timidly  entered. 
"  Is  Mr.  Tracy  here  ?  "  she  inquired  of  the  bartender. 

The  man  eyed  her  curiously.  She  was  covered  with  dust  and  her 
face  was  pale  and  haggard. 

"Jack  Tracy?"  he  said  civilly  enough.      "  Why,  yes;  he's  playing 


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SAN  KKAM'ISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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with  some  (tenia  in  the  other  room.  Want  to  *e*  trim  1  I  gueu  tbry're 
about  tbroQitb." 

.  pleaw."  *he  answered, 
was  trembling  in  every  limb.     N«>w  that  *hehni1  found  him  she 
did  not  know  what  to  >ay  .  but  when  he  came  to  her  in   tin-   mu-ty 
parlor  she  told  him  how  she  hud  ridden  all  night  to  find  him  and  how 
ber  lover  was  ruined. 

"  Ob,  Mr.  Tracy,*'  she  concluded,  "  give  me  ihe  money  !  He  has 
been  so  good  to  me  and  I  love  biiu  !  It  i«  all  for  me  that  he  has  spent 
bis  money,  and  now  I  am  powerless  to  help  him  I  " 

Jack  Tracy  looked  down  into  her  pleading  eyes.  "  Little  one,''  he 
said  gravely.  "  If  I  give  you  the  money  will  you  kiss  me  7" 

"  Y. N  .  "h  .  y*  - '  "  -he  answered. 

He  smiled  at  her  eagerness.  "  It  is  all  for  his  sake,*'  be  said  half 
sadly.  "  But  never  miud."  He  held  her  in  his  arms  a  moment,  then 
pressed  the  gold  into  her  hand.  "  Two  hundred  dollars  for  a  kiss," 
he  said  lightly.     "  You  had  better  ride  my  horseback,  sweetheart." 

He  made  her  drink  a  glass  of  wine,  helped  ber  to  mount  bis  horse, 
then  went  inside,  saying  to  himself.  "  .lack  Tracy,  you're  a  fool."  As 
for  Favorita,  she  turned  her  horse's  head  toward  Yuma  with  a  light 
heart,  the  gold  hidden  safely  in  ber  bosom. 

Harry  Laurence  stood  in  the  store  talking  idly  with  Ralph  Smith 
and  a  few  of  the  men  who  had  lounged  in.  He  looked  haggard  and 
reckless.  To-morrow  Mr.  Holmes  would  be  there  and  be  dishonored. 
Favorita 's  loss,  too,  affected  him  more  than  he  cared  to  own.  He 
bad  thought  that  she  loved  him,  and,  though  the  possibility  of  his 
leaving  her  had  sometimes  presented  itself,  he  had  never  looked  at 
it  the  other  way.  Well,  it  was  only  an  experiment,  after  all,  and  he 
laughed  as  he  talked,  although  a  close  observer  would  easily  have  de- 
tected the  bitterness  lying  underneath. 

It  was  late  in  the  afternoon,  and  the  day  bad  been  unusually  hot. 
The  men  lounged  about  lazily,  seemingly  too  enervated  to  move. 
Suddenly  there  came  the  sound  of  a  horse  galloping  swiftly.  It 
stopped  in  front  of  the  door,  and,  before  they  could  see  who  it  was, 
Favorita  staggered  in.  She  took  a  few  steps  forward,  then  fell  heavily 
to  the  floor. 

"  Harry,"  she  gasped,  '*  I've  got  the  money,"  but  sbe  could  say  no 
more. 

Unmindful  of  observers,  he  knelt  beside  her.  "  Favorita,"  hecried, 
"  what  have  you  done?    Oh,  speak  to  me,  sweetheart!  " 

8he  opened  her  eyes,  and  feeling  feebly  for  the  gold,  handed  it  to 
him.  "  I— I  followed  Mr.  Tracy,"  she  said  faintly,  "  and  he  gave  me 
the  money.    So  you  will  not  leave  me,  Harry,"  and  her  eyes  closed. 

Harry  looked  up  at  the  men  who  were  watching  him.  "  Boys,"  he 
said  brokenly,  "  I  wronged  the  girl,  God  knows!  " 

"  I'll  be  hanged  if  I  don't  think  so,  Hal,"  replied  Ralph  Smith. 

"  But  she'll  never  regret  it  if  she'll  marry  me,"  Harry  went  on. 
"  I'm  not  worth  much,  I  know,  but  I  may  be  if  she'll  be  my  wife." 

Jerry  Brown,  the  owner  of  the  "  Hell  Gate,"  held  out  his  big  hand. 
"Harry,"  he  said,  "shake.    We'll  all  stand  by  you,  boy." 

When  Mr.  Holmes  came  the  next  day  he  was  introduced  to  Mrs. 
Laurence.  After  he  went  back  to  Los  Angeles  he  would  say  to  his 
friends:  "  Harry's  a  lucky  dog.  Down  there  in  Arizona,  the  most 
god-forsaken  country  on  the  globe,  he's  found  a  jewel  of  a  horse,  the 
noblest  dog  I  ever  saw,  and  a  wife  that  not  a  woman  in  Los  Angeles 
can  hold  a  candle  to." 


To  Let— Furnished .  A  Modern  House  of  Eight  rooms;  convenient  to 
two  cable  lines;  grand  marine  view;  good  neighborhood.  Rent  reasonable 
to  desirable  party.  BALDWIN  &  HAMMOND,  10  Montgomery  Street. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 


New  Basil  Consolidated.  Gravel  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Placer  county,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  18th  day  of  June,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  26)  of  Five  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  Imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  Bhall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  28th  Day  of  July,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  Is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  18th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 


Occidental  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.  16 

Amount  per  Share 10  cents 

Levied .;....  May  31,  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office... July  5, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock...  July  31, 1894 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum  on  term  deposits,  and  four  and  one- 
sixth  (4  1-61  per  cent,  per  annum  on  ordinary  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  Monday,  July  2, 1894. 

GEO.  TOURNY,  Secretary. 
Office— 526  California  street. 


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Dermatological  Institute, 

Eotebllsbed  1870.        125  \V.  42d  St.,  N.T. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Osborn   Hill  Gold  Mining  and  Milling  Company. 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.    Location  of 
works— Grass  Valley,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of   Directors,  held 
on  the  Seventh   day    of  July,  1894,  an  assessment,  No  3,  of  Fifteen  (16) 
Cents     per    share    was    levied   upon    the    capital   stock    of    the  cor- 
poration, payable  immediately,  in  United  States  Gold  coin,  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20,  331  Pine   8t.,  San  Francisco. 
Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  thiB  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  7th  Day  of  August,  1894,  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore,   will    be     sold    on    TUESDAY,     the    28th    day   of  August,  1894,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.  R.  GRAYSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  20,  331  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  Oal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Seg.   Belcher  <&  Mides  Consolidated  Mining  Company, 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.   Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the   Twelfth   day  of  June  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  14)  of   Ten    cents 

J»er  Bhare  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
mmediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany,   at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  50,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  thiB  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  16th  Day  of  July,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  Is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  6th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment, together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  50,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Mexican  Gold  and  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  Principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Calif  ornia.  Lo- 
cation of  works— "Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Twelfth  day  of  June,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  50)  of  Twenty-five 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  each  and  every  share  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin, 
to  the  secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309 
Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  17th  day  of  July,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised     for    sale   at  public   auction;    and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  Seventh  (7th)  day  of  August, 
1894,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79.  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Btreet,  San  Francisco. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Union  Consolidated  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— Ban  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  20th  day  of  June,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  49)  of  Fifteen  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  In  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary?  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  4,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  Btock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Wednesday,  the  25th  Day  of  July,  1 894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  15th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

CHAS.  C.  HARVEY,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  4,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran  Cisco,  Cal. 


D.VIDEND  NOTICE. 


Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 

San  Francisco,  June 29, 1894. 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  Directors  of  this  society,  held  this 
day,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  four  and  one-quarter  (4J4) 
per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits  for  the  6ix  months  ending  June  30, 1894, 
free  from  all  taxes,  and  payable  on  and  after  July  2, 1894 

ROBERT  J.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 
Office— Corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Streets. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Savings   and  Loan  Society, 

For  the  six  months  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 

at  the  rate  of  four  and  eight  tenths  (4  8-10)  per  cent  per  annum  on  Term 

Deposits,  and  four  (4)   per  cent  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of 

taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July  2,  1894. 

CYRUS  W.  CARMANY,  Cashier. 
Office— 101  Montgomery  street,  corner  Sutter. 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14,  1894. 


P.  F.  McNulty,  of  220  Post  street,  makes  the  most  comfortable  and 
best  wearing  shoe  in  8an  Francisco.  His  experience  and  ability  are 
so  well  known  that  he  has  the  best  and  most  fashionable  people  for 
his  customers.  Of  course  these  people  demand  style,  and  they  get  it, 
but  it  is  very  hard  to  get  comfort  with  style.  The  shoes  made  by  Mr. 
McNulty  supply  both,  and  perfect  satisfaction  as  well. 


&M&i 


MR.  LEIGH  H.  IRVINE,  the  author  of  "The  Struggle  for 
Bread,"  has  written  another  book  which  is  entitled  "Told 
in  Whispers."  It  is  a  story  that  is  intended  to  lead  oue  to  believe 
that  the  working  classes  in  America  are  greatly  abuaed  men, 
and  that  they  need  the  sympathy  of  the  rich.  Coming  at  this 
particular  season,  when  the  strike  is  on,  it  is  of  more  than  pass- 
ing Interest,  but  it  is  not  a  book  that  one  should  take  to  heart. 
The  laboring  element  of  this  country  is  well-paid,  fortunate,  in- 
dependent, and  educated.  Nobody  can  deny  that.  Mr.  Irvine's 
book  contains  an  anarchist  vein— indeed,  its  hero  is  an  anarchist. 
A  spirit  of  discontent  is  in  it,  and  the  idea  that  it  evidently  in- 
tends to  convey  is  that  the  working  masses  should  overthrow 
their  employers.  If  Mr.  Irvine  were  a  great  writer,  that  is,  if  he 
were  a  Tolstoi  or  a  Stead,  and  had  written  such  a  book  as  "Told 
in  Whispers,"  we  would  say  that  it  would  be  wrong  for  bis  work 
to  be  circulated  among  the  laboring  classes,  as  U  would  influence 
ttiem  to  step  out  of  the  paths  of  lawful  conduct  and  contentment 
into  the  highroad  of  ruin  and  revolt.  But  as  it  is,  it  is  harmless. 
It  is  the  work  of  a  bright  young  man  who  is  making  a  study  of 
the  labor  question,  but  who  is  still  unable  to  solve  it.  [The  Crown 
Publishing  Co.,  Publishers.     For  sale  by  all  booksellers.] 

Edgar  Fawcett's  latest  novel,  "Outrageous  Fortune,"  iB  claimed 
by  some  critics  to  be  his  best.  It  contains  some  good  descriptive 
work,  and  he  has  struck  the  popular  vein  of  using  queer  and  un- 
usual adjectives — words  to  learn  the  meaning  of  which  the  reader 
would  have  to  consult  his  dictionary.  The  scene  is  laid  in  the 
aristocratic  suburbs  of  New  York,  on  the  Hudson.  The  import- 
ant characters  area  spoiled  heiress,  and  a  young  physician  who 
is  in  moderate  circumstances.  The  heiress  has  a  doting  father, 
who  uses  bad  grammar  and  spends  his  money  lavishly.  The 
girl  falls  in  love  with  the  young  doctor,  and  he,  notwithstanding 
he  has  a  written  proposal  in  bis  pocket  to  another  girl,  accepts 
the  heiress  when  she  proposes  to  him.  There  is  a  sub-head  to  the 
book,  "A  Martyr  to  Destiny,"  but  the  hero  seems  rather  a  weak, 
vasodilating  creature,  who  whines  at  the  destiny  that  he  alone 
made  possible  for  himself.  The  story  possesses  interest  for  the 
average  reader.     [For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

Some  weeks  ago,  the  interesting  announcement  was  made  that 
a  work  by  Charles  Lamb,  hitherto  unpublished,  was  to  be  brought 
out  by  a  fortunate  English  publishing  house.  The  work  was  en- 
titled "Cupid's  Revenge."  Now  it  appears  that  a  tale,  bearing 
that  title,  founded  on  the  plot  of  Beaumont  and  Fletcher's  play 
bearing  the  same  name,  is  to  be  found  in  Bell  and  Daly's  edition 
of  Lamb's  Essays,  1867.  "Verily,"  says  an  English  journal, 
"these  reported  discoveries  must  not  be  taken  on  trust." 


The  Geographical  Society  of  California  has  issued  its  May  bul- 
letin, which  contains  some  very  interesting  articles  and  notes 
written  by  prominent  men.  The  report  of  Dr.  Fred  W.  d'Evelyn, 
President  of  the  Society,  shows  that  the  Society  is  in  a  flourishing 
condition. 


Our  Society  Blue  Book. 
The  Blue  Book  of  San  Francisco  and  suburban  towns  for  1894-95 
will  be  the  finest  work  of  the  kind  ever  produced  in  Europe  or  Am- 
erica. It  will  be  divided  into  departments — seventeen  in  number — 
each  preceded  by  an  elaborate  title  page  of  unique  and  elegant  design. 
These  title  pages  will  be  embellished  in  gold  with  superb  etchings,  re- 
presenting typical  scenes  of  localities  and  figures  illustrative  of  each 
subject.  Among  the  departments  will  be  found  sections  devoted  to 
the  "  Army  and  Navy,"  "  Picturesque  and  Artistic  Homes  of  Califor- 
nia," "Leading  Private  Institutions  of  Learning,"  "Calling  and 
Street  List."  "Classified  Business  Houses  of  San  Francisco."  The 
leading  hotels,  alphabetical  list,  personnel  of  the  press,  theatre  dia- 
grams, clubs  and  societies,  private  memorandum,  street  and  avenue 
guide,  etc.  The  residence  streets  of  the  cities  of  San  Francisco  and 
Oakland  will  be  numerically  arranged  so  that  any  desired  private  ad- 
dress can  be  readily  found.  The  book  will  be  elegantly  bound  in  the 
familiar  blue  and  white  covers.  The  Blue  Book  is  sold  by  subscrip- 
tion. Advance  orders  only  will  be  recognized,  as  the  edition  is  limited 
to  the  class  of  people  for  whom  the  work  is  especially  intended.  Now 
in  compilation.  Address  all  changes  to  Charles  C.'Hoag,  publisher. 
Office,  179  Crocker  Building.  San  Francisco. 

A  ■well-dressed  man  is  proud  of  his  furnishing  goods,  and  every 
well-dressed  man  knows  that  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
keeps  the  finest  and  latest  line  in  the  city. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  WinsloWB'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
children  while  teething. 


AH  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


eristics. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  91.000,000. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.  D.  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  ?5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


N.   W,  Corner  Sansome  and  Bush  Streets- 
Established  1870.  U.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $76,196 

S.  Q  MtJRPHY President!  E.  D.  MORGAN  Cashier 

JAMES  MOFFITT  ..  .Vice-President  |  GEO.  W.KLINE Ass'tCashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins.  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moflitt, 

'I  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.    Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage.    A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hourB,  6  a.,  m.  to  6  p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital       $3,500,000  I  Capital  Paid  Up.      $3,450,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 

Portland  Branch— 48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 

Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 

Cashier,  GDSTAV  FRIEDERICH. 

LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 

NEW  YORK— l)i  exel.  Morgan  &.  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N,  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

subscribed  Capital       $2.500,OOU  |  Paid  Vp  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

Head  Office      ...  58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited.  No- 10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissouiere .  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

gIGALGTRSECEH^LAUM1  onager. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &,  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        ....  ,  President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  A  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia—  Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics'  Bank,  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank,  London— Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  HarjeB  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL 51,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         I        E.  B,  POND. 

VVM.  H.   CROCKER   PRESIDENT 

W.  E.  BROWN Vice  president 

GEO.  W.  KLINE     Cashier 

SECORITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOAN'S  MADE. 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D.  Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated November24.1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER President  |  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


July  H,  189-4. 


BAN    IK  1NCI8I  0  NEWS  LETTER 


SAYS  ft  New  York   fashion  writer:   Indift  silk  dresses  are  very 
comfortable  to  play  tennis  In.     The  pretlleM    1  ever  saw  wu 
worn  by  a  Miss  Nichol  at  NuragailMM    Her.    The  gown  WU  made 

of  two  ptftTfl.  skirt  ami  w.ii?t.  of  very  tofl  India  *ilk.  or  perhaps  Wasb 
silk,  of  white,  with  a  hair  line  of  red.  The  skirt  was  shirred  over  the 
hips  with  eisht  rows  of  shirring.  Over  each  row  of  shirring  was 
sewed  while  beading,  through  which  was  run  a  narrow  red  ribbon, 
which  was  fastened  at  the  ^ide  with  a  porky  little  bow.  The  waist 
bad  a  shirred  yoke  with  the  beading  and  ribbons  to  match  the  skirt, 
while  the  sleeve  was  finished  at  the  wiisl  in  the  same  way.  The  dress 
was  deliriously  cool  and  washed  like  a  piece  of  white  cotton.  The 
Misses  Roosevelt,  who  are  acknowledged  to  be  almost,  if  not  the  best, 
players  in  the  country,  wear  invariably  blue  serge-skirts  and  white 
muslin  or  silk  .shirt  waists.  The  sleeves,  finished  with  a  cuH",  are 
wide  enough  to  admit  of  their  being  pushed  up  above  the  elbow,  so 
that  the  muscles  of  the  arm  can  get  full  play.  A  cap  such  as  the  boys 
call  "polo  cap"  is  the  favorite  wear  by  champion  players.  The 
sailor  hat  is  a  capital  thing  if  a  woman  does  not  play  except  for  fun. 
Tight  fitting  waists  are  an  impossibility  with  good  tennis  playing. 
The  shirt  waists  are  the  best,  because  they  can  be  worn  with  any  kina 
of  skirt,  but  I  should  advise  any  woman  who  wanted  to  be  comfort- 
able— and  such  a  thing  is  possible,  strange  as  it  seems,  in  this  pas- 
time— to  try  the  India  silk  skirts  and  waists,  or  the  silk  skirts  and 
linen  shirt  waists. 

There  is  a  great  latitude  between  the  yachting  gowns  to  be  worn  on 
sea  and  those  for  wear  on  land.  For  sea  wear  there  is  nothing  like 
serge.  It  is  not  so  warm  as  flannel,  but  is  lighter  and  does  not  fade 
so  quickly,  and  best  of  all,  repels  water  and  dust  alike.  The  smartest 
gowns  are  made  with  one  skirt  and  blouse  waist — as  nearly  as  possible 
to  the  regular  man-o'-war  suit  worn  by  the  "blue-jackets,"  as  the 
men  before  the  mast  are  called.  The  skirts  should  be  quite  wide,  so 
that  in  case  of  high  winds  they  will  not  show  too  distinctly  the  con- 
tour of  the  figure,  and  will  have  none  of  the  disagreeable  wrapping 
about  the  legs,  which  is  so  uncomfortable  with  a  badly  hung  skirt- 
It  need  have  no  trimming  at  all,  but  two  rows  of  braid  around  the 
bottom  of  the  skirt  seems  to  make  it  hang  rather  better.  The  blouse 
waist  should  be  made  with  a  very  deep  sailor  collar.  With  this  is 
worn  a  piece  of  blue  serge,  like  a  vest,  and  under  the  collar  must  be 
knotted  a  black  half  handkerchief,  and  a  pocket  at  the  side  of  the 
blouse,  just  like  those  on  the  men's  blouses,  is  an  absolute  necessity. 
The  skirt  and  waist  are  buttoned  together,  and  are  covered  with  a 
simple  black  belt,  or  belt  of  the  serge. 

A  pretty  creature  is  the  summer  girl  of  1894.  In  the  first  place 
she  is  distinctly  feminine,  even  her  "tailor-mades"  being  delightfully 
eccentric,  with  picturesquely  draped  sleeves  and  artistically  arranged 
revers.  A  recently  imported  English  tailor  gown  is  in  a  new  shade 
of  covert  cloth,  a  light  grayish  blue,  which  is  extremely  becoming  to 
blondes.  The  skirt  is  plain,  without  trimming,  but  is  curiously  cut, 
so  that  from  the  side  seam  on  the  right  there  is  a  continuation,  as  it 
were,  of  the  skirt,  showing  the  moire  as  it  turns  over,  and  ending 
with  a  fold  of  blue.  The  cloth  is  cut  away  from  the  blue  lining  under- 
neath to  prevent  a  double  thickness.  The  perfectly  cut  Eton  jacket 
has  tremendously  large  revers  of  white  moire,  with  ends  turning  over 
showing  the  blue  cloth.  A  new  French  idea  is  a  basque  waist  of 
light  figured  silk,  worn  with  a  black  skirt  over  a  petticoat  to  match 
the  waist.  In  the  example  quoted  the  skirt  of  black  satin-striped 
faille  was  slightly  raised  in  scallops  at  the  bottom,  the  point  of  each 
scallop  being  finished  with  a  satin  bow  and  showing  a  ruffle  of  the 
chene  brocaded  patterned  silk  petticoat  underneath. 

A  great  many  of  the  new  dresses  would  be  regular  harlequinades 
were  it  not  for  the  French  taste  that  puts  such  seemingly  incongru- 
ous materials  and  colors  together.  Imagine,  for  instance,  a  dark  blue 
accordion-pleated  chiffon  body,  short,  full  accordion-pleated  sleeves 
and  literally  half  of  a  flounced  skirt,  the  other  half  being  of  draped 
pale  mauve  crepon,  caught  up  on  the  side  of  the  chiffon  flounces 
with  a  velvet  bow  of  salmon  pink,  the  drapery  of  the  crepon  being 
continued  over  the  body,  where  it  is  crossed,  surplice  fashion,  and  is 
gathered  in  folds  on  the  shoulders,  together  with  the  under  part  of 
the  sleeves  which  meet  at  the  elbow,  leaving  the  accordion-pleated 
flounces  of  the  dark  blue  chiffon  standing  well-out  and  then  continu- 
ing in  a  perfectly  straight  tight  sleeve  to  the  wrist.  The  "stock," 
which,  by  the  way,  is  the  latest  word  for  the  high  folded  collar,  is  of 
salmon  pink  velvet,  with  a  bow  at  the  back  and  another  bow  of  the 
same  on  the  left  side  of  the  dressed  bodice. 


Business  men  making  a  specialty  of  one  article  of  commerce  are 
becoming  more  numerous  every  day.  Edmund  Taylor,  of  218  Post 
street,  is  making  a  specialty  of  imported  Irish  Linens.  Ladies  and 
gentlemen  should  bear  in  mind  that  he  sells  the  finest  handkerchiefs, 
shirting,  linens,  table  linens,  huck  damask,  bath  towels,  crashes,  can- 
vases, and  stamped  linens  for  embroidery  in  the  city.  He  carries  no 
other  goods  except  those. 


U  InTICR. 


BANK  IF  BKIIISH  COLUMBIA. 


irporated  bj  Unyal  charter, 
CAPIT'L  Paid   Up  S3  000  000 

RE    ERVE    FUhO  t.404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bu*h  and  Sanaome  ita 
HI  AH    oil  hi  64»   loin  bar  (I  Street,  London 

in-,  am  Baa— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Naoatmo, 
snd  Kelson  British  Columbia;  Portland,  urn^n.  .Seattle,  and  Tacoroa, 
Washington 

Thii  Hunk  transacti  ■  General  Banking  Business.    Accounts  opened  sub- 
l  hiM-k.  ami  s (.«■(•  i ni  Deposits  received.    Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  In  all  part*  ol  the  world     Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vance* mad rood  collateral   security.    Draws  direct  at  currant  rates 

Head  Office  and  Br  nchea,  and  upon  Its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Nerobauta  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
I.ivKi'.rooi.— North  and  doutfa  Wales  Hank:  SCOTLAND— British  Ltuen  Com- 
pany; ittELAMt— Bank  of  Irelnml  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
Booth  America— London  Baits  ol  Mexico  and  Booth  America;  China  and 
Japak— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney,  Ld. ;  Drmeraka  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ...  .....  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1, 1894)  .  3.247,684  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

8.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

(OKHIMMIMIIMS: 

New  Yore— Messrs.  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Trcmout  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  aod  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis— Boat  mens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-ou-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

Branch  office 1700  Market  Street,  corner  Polk. 

DEPOSITS,  June  30,  1893 $28,058,691  00 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,699,434  00 

DIRECTORS— Albert  Miller,  President;  George  W.  Beaver,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Thomas  Magee,  E.  B.  Pond,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B, 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  hut  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Median  les'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICEES. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR     President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Muffin,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  3,  1894 39,429,21  7  OIB 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-Pres  dent,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A,  H.  K.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Good  fellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000.000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  hanking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     (  „ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  J  Managers 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  GO'S  BANK. 

N.  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.    ..     . .  Manager 

H.  Wads  worth. Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  1  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS . 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.  McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


july    14,1894. 


THE    KING    IS    DYING.— James  B.  Keynon,  in  Seattle  Post-Intel- 
ligencer. 


J^OOL,  stand  back,  the  King  is  dying, 
Give  him  what  little  air  remains; 
See'at  thou  not  how  hia  pulse  is  hying  ? 

Hear'st  thou  not  how  he  gasps  and  strains 
To  catch  the  one  other  stertorous  breath  ? 
God!  how  he  labors!  yes,  this  is  death! 

Blow  up  the  fire — his  feet  are  cold; 

Ay,  though  a  King,  he  cannot  buy 
One  briefest  moment  with  all  his  gold; 

His  hour  has  come,  and  he  must  die; 
Withered  and  wrinkled  and  old  and  gray. 
The  King  fares  out  on  the  common  way. 

Light  the  taper;  he's  almost  gone; 

Stir,  thou  fool,  'tis  past  the  hour 
To  cower  and  cringe,  and  flatter  and  fawn— 

The  thing  lying  there  is  shorn  of  power; 
Henceforth  the  lips  of  the  King  are  dumb; 
Bring  up  thy  ghostly  viaticum. 

Absolve  his  soul;  need  enough,  God  wot! 

Mumble  and  sprinkle  and  do  thy  shriving; 
Yet,  methinks,   here  and  there  shall  be  left  a  blot, 

Hideously  foul,  despite  thy  striving; 
Nor  purified  quilts,  nor  pillows  of  lace, 
Can  relieve  the  guilt  iu  the  grim  old  face. 

Soft!  stand  back— it  is  his  last; 

Get  hence,  thy  priestly  craft  is  o'er; 
For  him  the  pomp  of  the  world  is  past— 

The  King  that  was,  is  King  no  more; 
Let  the  bells  be  rung,  let  the  mass  be  said, 
And  the  King's  heir  know  that  the  King  is  dead. 


INTO    THE    FOREVER.— E.  R.  Sill. 


What  may  we  take  unto  the  vast  Forever  ? 

That  marble  door 
Admits  no  fruit  of  all  our  long  endeavor, 

No  fawn-wreathed  crown  we  wore, 

No  garnered  lore. 

What  can  we  bear  beyond  the  unknown  portal  ? 

No  gold,  no  gains 
Of  all  our  toiling;   in  the  life  immortal 

No  hoarded  wealth  remains, 

No  guilt,  nor  stains. 

Naked  from  out  the  far  abyss  behind  us 

We  entered  here; 
No  word  came  with  our  coming,  to  remind  us 

AVhat  wondrous  world  was  near, 

No  hope,  no  fear. 

Into  the  silent  starless  night  before  us, 

Naked  we  glide. 
No  hand  has  mapped  the  constellations  o'er  us, 

No  comrade  at  our  side, 

No  chart,  no  guide. 

Yet  fearless  toward  that  midnight  black  and  hollow, 

Our  footsteps  fare; 
The  beckoning  of  a  father's  hand  we  follow— 

His  love  alone  is  there; 

No  curse,  no  care. 


SONNET.— George  Santayana. 


O  world,  thou  choosest  not  the  better  part! 
It  is  not  wisdom  to  be  only  wise. 
And  on  the  inward  vision  close  the  eyes, 
But  it  is  wisdom  to  believe  the  heart. 
Columbus  found  a  world,  and  had  no  chart, 
Save  one  that  faith  deciphered  in  the  skies ; 
To  trust  the  soul's  invincible  surmise 
Was  all  his  science  and  his  only  art. 
Our  knowledge  is  a  torch  of  smoky  pine 
That  lights  the  pathway  but  one  step  ahead, 
Across  a  void  of  mystery  and  dread. 
Bid,  then,  the  tender  light  of  faith  to  shine 
By  which  alone  the  mortal  heart  is  led 
Into  the  thinking  of  the  thought  divine. 


A  few  Pennies 

on  the  one  hand — ruined  garments 

on   the   other.     That  will  be   the 

result  of  your  trying  to  save 

money  by  using   poor,  cheap 

washing-powders,    instead  of 

Peariine.     Just  consider. 

How  much  could  you 
save  in  a  year  if  you 
bought  the  cheapest  and 
most  worthless  ?  And  how  far 
would  it  go  toward  paying  for  the  things  ruined 
in  a  single  month?  You  can't  save  anything 
by  buying  cheap  washing-powders.  The  way 
to  save  money  in  washing  is  to  use  what  has 
been  proved  to  be  absolutely  safe.  That  is 
Peariine.  Millions  use  it.     417    james  pyle.  n.  y. 

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FRANK   KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg.,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES. 
CANDIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets 

DENTISTS. 
R.  « UTI.AK,  416  Geary  street. 
F.  M.  HAtKEIf,  413  Leavenworth  street. 

DOOR    CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  check  and  Spring.  F.  D.  Morrell,  593Mission  St. 

DRUOGISTS, 
KELLY'S  CORN  CURE,  25c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 
EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gist!^  

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 
W.  H.  MoCORIIICK,  1422  Market  st.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkin  St. 

MILLINERY. 
THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAURANTS. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restanrant-521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 
SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  DONE  while  yon  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 

JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR    COMPRESSORS 
For  automfzalion  purposes 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


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THE 


PALATINE 


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OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  139  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

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[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.) 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

;  Established  1886.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 
CEO.  F.  GRANT,  Manager 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


July  14,  U9<. 


SAN   1  i;  AN'   ISt  (.   M.US    1,1.1  Hi; 


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pt 


)R  want  of  space,   for  want  of  space. 
We  caoDOt  ase  your  contribution. 
From  manr  an  editorial  place 
These  words  at  sncta  a  fearful  pace 
Came  tripping,  that  with   tearful  face, 

The  rbymist  made  a  resolution. 
He  sptlt  bis  ink.  be  smashed  his  quill. 

And  i  with  a  madness  not  quite  groundless) 
He  wanders  now  o'er  vale  and  hill, 
Revolver-amied,  and  swears  he'll  kill 
The  scoundrel— be  he  who  he  will— 

Who  dares  assert  that  space  is  boundless. 

—  Canton  (N.  J.)  Bohemian. 
The  spirit  of  the  Bard  of  Avon  held  converse  with   the  wraith  of 

the  philosopher  of  St.  Albans.    '■  Marry "    Shakespeare  naturally 

fell  into  the  vernacular  of  h»s  own  day.     " the  world  seemeth  not 

to  be  much  interested  in  the  dispute*  over  the  authorship  of  those 
plays  and  poems."  "  Too  much  baseball,"  mattered  Bacon.  "  Ay." 
They  sat  for  a  time  in  bitter  silence.  "  William."  "  Francis."  "Do 
vou  happen  to  have  the  percentage  of  the  national  league  with  you  ? 
1  heard  some  one  saying  that  Chicago  is  crawling  up." 

— Detroit  Tribune. 
W«  have  lived  a  great  many  years,  and  have  experienced  the  usual 
joys  that  befall  a  man  in  that  length  of  time :  Holidays,  picnics,  well- 
cooked  steaks,  good  pie  crust,  etc.,  but  have  never  k'nown  the  joy  of 
receiving  a  letter  from  a  woman  who  was  coming  to  visit  us  in  which 
she  stated  explicitly  what  train  we  were  to  meet  at  the  depot.  We 
Bay,  and  can  prove  it,  that  such  a  considerate,  thoughtful  woman 
does  not  live.  — Atchison  Globe. 

"  Papa,"  said  the  young  woman,  "  surely  you  ought  to  know  bet- 
ter than  to  use  the  small  '  i '  in  your  letters  when  speaking  in  the 
first  person  singular.  You  should  use  the  capital."  "  Not  much  1 
won't,"  said  the  plutocratic  parent.  "  The  small  letter  uses  up  less 
ink."  — Indiana-polls  Journal. 

The  maiden  sits  so  prim  and  shy, 

The  butt  of  jests  and  quips, 
And  there  is  kissing  on  the  sly 
And  also — on  the  lips. 

— Canton  (N.  Y.)  Bohemian. 
Binkebs— This  life  insurance  idea  is  good  enough  if  a  man  dies 
young,  but  suppose  I  should  live  thirty  or  forty  years  longer— I'd  be 
terribly  out  of  pocket.     Agent— No  danger  of  that,  sir.    You'll  soon 
kill  yourself  working  to  pay  the  premiums.         — New  York  Weekly. 

Sometimes  there  are  instances  in  life  like  those  in  story  books.  An 
Atchison  girl  engaged  herself  to  a  carpenter,  thinking  he  was  poor, 
and  discovered  on  the  eve  of  her  wedding  day  that  he  had  $50  in  the 
bank.    He  had  not  told  her,  wishing  to  be  loved  for  himself  alone. 

— Atchison  Globe. 
She— I  have  just  been  reading  about  theseven  ages  of  man.  I  won- 
der how  Shakespeare  would  have  described  the  ages  of  woman  ?  He — 
There  would  be  but  two  ages  of  woman.     She — How's  that  ?     He— 
Sweet  sixteen  and  not  yet  thirty.  —Detroit  Tribune. 

She  sat  on  the  steps  at  evening  tide 

Enjoying  the  balmy  air. 
He  came  and  asked,  "  May  I  sit  at  your  side  ?  " 
And  she  gave  him  a  vacant  stair. 

— Canton  (N.  J.)  Bohemian. 
Louise— What  do  you  think  is  the  ideal  marriage  ?    Laura — Why, 
to  marry  a  lord  and  live  in  England.     What  do  you  ?     Louise— To 
marry  an  English  lord  and  live  in  America.  —  Vogue. 

Mb.  Softleigh  (waking  in  middle  of  the  night)— My  dear,  I  am 
sure  there  is  a  man  in  the  house.  Mrs.  Softleigh— Go  to  sleep  again, 
Algy,  you  are  nattering  yourself.  — Town  Topics. 

"  I  understand  you've  bought  a  dog  to  keep  burglars  away?" 
"Yes."  "  You  are  not  troubled  any  more  at  nights,  then,  T  sup- 
pose ?  "    "  Only  by  the  dog."  —  Tit-Bits. 

"  This  amateur  performance  you  speak  of — was  it  a  charitable 
affair?  "  "  O,  yes;  the  people  knew  the  young  folks  were  doing  as 
well  as  they  could. "  — Answers. 

Said  an  Irishman  the  other  day  to  a  friend:  "  Arrah,  where  will 
you  find  a  modern  building  that  has  last  as  long  as  the  ould  wans  ?  " 

—  Tit- Bits. 
"  Could  I  see  the  head  of  the  house  ?"    Servant— I  don't  see  how 
you  could  miss  it.    There  was  a  champagne  supper  here  last  night. 

— Ex. 
Jack— I  notice  that  you  keep  on  the  right  side  of  your  chaperone. 
Jess— Ye-es ;  she  is  deaf  in  that  ear.  —Harlem  Life. 

A  man  never  has  real  trouble  until  he  has  a  son  big  enough  to  wear 
his  clothes.  — Atchiton  Globe. 


The   Grand   Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  May  1st  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Tuesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  through  to  Chicago  every  day  without  change..  This  is  the  only 
Line  by  which  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached. 
Send  for  illustrated  book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell, 
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TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMRCKO,  GERMANY. 

V.  «  «rn.  DrlBBelil,  Manag-tr  for  the  Pacific  Coaat  Branch. 

--:"  MaiuomeSt.,  s.  r. 

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Inretted  in  U.  S 664.433  i  1 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
»88  California  St.,  S.F..UI. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA.  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Ton...      Begnlar    warehouse  for  Sau 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  mil  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  Improvements  tor  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  ol  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  forcleanlne 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  Interest  on  grain  stored  fn  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  In  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
If  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St..  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bask. 

AMERICAN  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.  of  New  York., 
BRITISH  AMERICAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto. 
WESTERN  ASSURANCE  CO..  of  Toronto- 

A.  R.   GURREY,  MANAGER.  |  C.  A.  STUART,  A88T.  Man. 

Pacific  Department,  423  California  St.,  S.  F. 
BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL .^^ 16,700,000 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
No.  318  California  Street  San  Francltco 

SIEBE,  RASGHEN  &  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 

Telephone  272.  210  Sansome  St. 

Asents  foe  Ban  Fbancisco— Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co  ,  of  New 
York;  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York;  United  Firemen's  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  Sun  Insurance  Office,  of  London. 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   $19,724,638.«. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Buildinq  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 
Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  66 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  COMBAD  &  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZUBICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

110  California  St. ,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

THAMES  AND  MERSEY  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  (Limited) 

Of  Liverpool,  London  and  Manchester. 

Capital  Subscribed $10,000,000 

Capital  Paid  Up 1,000,000 

Gash  Reserve  (In  addition  to  Capital) 2,125,000 

Total  Assets  December  31,  1S88 8.124,057.00 

WM.   GREER   HARRISON,  Manager, 
BOB  California  Street.  San  Francisco. 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up 5     500,000 

Assets  3,181,758 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,525,157 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 

BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

SOI  nontgomery  Street 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14,  1894. 


THE  latest  news  from  Corea  is  to  the  effect  that  the  Japanese 
Government  is  continuing  to  occupy  Corean  territory  with 
troops,  notwithstanding  the  protests  of  the  Chinese  Government. 
The  statement  that  Russia  also  has  protested  against  Japanese 
occupation  of  Corean  territory  is  not  confirmed  and  will  probably 
turn  out  to  be  false.  Russia  does  not  seem  lo  have  any  interest, 
except  that  which  she  may  assume  on  the  basis  that  somebody 
is  making  a  grab,  and  that  she  has  a  right  to  be  heard  on  the 
subject.  The  rumor  that  Cbina  has  lauded  troops  in  Corea  is 
likely  to  prove  incorrect.  The  present  Corean  Government  is 
pro-Cbinese,  and  its  forces  represent  China  in  the  struggle;  there- 
fore, until  they  come  into  conflict  with  the  Japanese,  and  prove 
inadequate,  there  is  no  need  for  the  Chinese  to  do  anything.  The 
existing  government  of  Corea  is  practically  a  Chinese  govern- 
ment, in  that  it  recognizes  itself  as  subservient  to  the  Chinese 
authority,  and  it  is  that  very  fact  which  has  caused  the  Japanese 
occupation.  As  for  the  Japanese  side  of  the  controversy,  the 
government  of  that  country  may  be  said  to  be  between  the  devil 
and  the  deep  sea.  For  the  last  two  years  or  so  the  Parliament  of 
that  country  has  been  assailing  the  Ministry  of  Count  lto  upon 
the  ground  of  its  effeminacy.  Repeated  votes  of  want  of  confi- 
dence in  it  have  been  passed  by  the  House  of  Representatives. 
One  of  the  principal  causes  of  this  parliamentary  lack  of  confi- 
dence has  been  the  desire  for  a  revision  of  existing  treaties  in  the 
direction  of  a  greater  ass.-rtion  of  national  dignity  by  making  all 
foreigners  subject  to  the  ordinary  laws  and  tribunals  of  the  coun- 
try instead  of  being  endowed  with  special  privileges  and  entitled 
to  special  tribunals.  So  late  as  the  latter  end  of  last  May  a  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Representatives  expressed  himself  thus : 

The  task  of  Treaty  Revision  required  the  utmost  strength  of  will, 
and  to  expect  such  a  determination  in  the  present  Government  was 
to  tell  a  cripple  to  run.  The  country  was  in-  - 
suited  by  even  Corea  and  China,  and  how 
could  a  man  rationally  hope  to  stand  with 
stronger  powers  on  equal  footing?  Again 
the  question  of  Chinese  was  too  weighty  to 
be  disregarded,  and  to  be  entrusted  to  the 
Cabinet. 

That  extract  serves  to  illustrate  the 
spirit  which  stands  behind  the  present 
aggressive  movement  in  Corea.  The  pres- 
ent Japanese  Government  cannot  recede 
without  encountering  the  risk  i»f  provok- 
ing such  a  commotion  at  home  as  will 
reach  within  measurable  distance  of  revo- 
lution. 


Belgian  capitalists  have  burned  their  fingers  a  little  in  Africa. 
In  the  scramble  for  territory  in  the  Dark  Continent,  Belgium  may 
be  said  to  have  led  the  way.  Perhaps  it  would  be  more  correct 
to  say  that  the  King  of  the  Belgians  led  the  way,  because  it  is 
understood  that  the  Congo  Free  State,  which  was  organized  under 
Belgian  influences  and  auspices,  is  to  a  large  extent  Leopold's 
personal  property.  But  however  that  may  be,  the  Congo  Free 
State,  when  organized,  found  that  it  needed  a  railroad  for  its  de- 
velopment— railroads,  it  may  be  remarked,  seem  to  be  neces- 
sary to  modern  colonization,  though  they  were  luxuries  to  the  old- 
time  colonists.  A  company  therefore  was  formed  to  construct  a 
road  and  the  work  was  inaugurated;  but  so  far,  only  twenty- 
eight  and  a  half  miles,  out  of  a  survey  of  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
four  miles,  have  been  built,  and  that  part  has  not  been  attended 
with  any  "serious  results"  in  the  way  of  profit.  Great  difficulty 
has  been  experienced  in  recruiting  a  black  staff  and  in  maintain- 
ing it  in  a  healthy  state  when  recruited.  There  has  also  been  an 
almost  endless  series  of  delays  and  vexations,  and  increases  in 
the  estimated  expenses.  The  engineers  believe  that  when  the 
road  is  completed  and  opened  to  Stanley  Pool  it  will  pay  a  fair 
return  on  the  capital  employed  in  its  construction.  Meanwhile 
the  concessionaires  have  gone  too  far  to  go  back,  and  feel  that 
they  have  a  very  unpleasant  sort  of  a  white  elephant  on  their 
hands. 


oxjo  jtoip/w, 


Established  187). 


411  Bush  Street.  Opposite 
the  New  California  Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 

Large  diuing-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  FCHUTZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEKK.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerlicfies  Brauhaus, 
filsen,  Bohemia;  Ac  iea  Beer  fr.>m  R-zzL  Culmbach,  Bavaria 


Small  things  sometimes  serve  as  the 
fulcrum  upon  which  the  lever  that  moves 
the  world  rests,  and  a  story  which  is  now 
going  the  rounds  of  the  European  clubs 
seems  to  illustrate  this.  According  to  this 
tale,  the  condition  of  a  diplomat's  finger 
nails  has  recently  imperilled  the  dynasty 
of  Prince  Ferdinand  of  Bulgaria.  The 
trouble  arose  thus :  A  certain  diplomat 
was  introduced  to  Prince  Ferdinand's  wife. 
His  person  was  ungroomed  and  the  lady 
said  to  her  husband:  "Please  send  that 
man  away ;  he  has  such  dirty  finger  nails  1" 
The  diplomat  heard  of  this  somewhat  per- 
sonal remark,  and  was  highly  incensed. 
He  bided  his  time  for  revenge,  and  when 
the  commotion  arose  over  the  recent  dis- 
missal of  the  premier,  he  assumed  an  atti- 
tude of  antagonism  that  almost  shook  the 
throne  and  its  occupant  apart. 

It  ia  a  fact  worthy  of  note  that  Queen 
Victoria,  who  completed  the  seventy-fifth 
year  of  ber  age  on  the  24th  of  last  May, 
and  the  fifty-seventh  year  of  her  reign  on 
the  20th  of  last  June,  has  reigned  longer 
than  any  other  British  sovereign  except 
George  III.,  who  nominally  occupied  the 
throne  for  nearly  sixty  years,  and  has 
reached  a  greater  age  than  was  attained 
by  any  other  British  sovereign  except 
George  II.  and  George  III.  George  II. 
lived  seventy-seven  years  and  George  III. 
nearly  eighty-two  years.  And  yet  there  are 
not  wanting  those  who  entertain  the  be- 
lief that  the  infant  who  was  born  the 
other  day  is  likely  to  be  his  great-grand- 
mother's direct  successor. 


SURBRUG'S  GOLDEN  SCEPTRE. 


cos  coo  cos  coo  coo  coo  coo  coo  coo  cos  cose. 


»  coo  coo  co;  to;  <ua  coo  coo  cos  coo  cos  coo  co:  cos  coo  coo 


If  Ynn  arp  a  Pinp  Smnkpr  we  want  Y0U  t0  try  golden  sceptre- 

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THK  local  savings  banks  began  paying  their  semi-annual  divi- 
dends lo  stockholders  and  depositors  on  Monday  last.  The 
banks  were  never  in  a  stronger  or  easier  condition  to  meet  every 
dividend  In  money.  The  dull  demand  for  gold  has  enabled  them 
to  collect  a  large  sum.  which  they  would  gladly  use  to  pay  to  de- 
positors for  the  interest  due  on  deposit?.  The  aggregate  amount 
that  was  on  band  in  the  books  ou  Monday  morning  Tor  the  use  of 
paying  depositors  was  estimated  at  $2. 500,000.  There  are  always 
some  depositors  who  do  not  care  to  draw  their  dividends,  prefer- 
ring to  have  tbem  added  10  their  bank  accounts.  The  payment 
nf  dividends,  however,  cannot  fail  to  make  circulation  a  little 
more  active. 

Six  City  Hall  lots,  more  or  less  improved,  were  sold  to  a  New 
York  capitalist  last  week  for  $200,000.  The  property  fronts 
seventy-five  feet  on  the  northerly  line  of  Market  street,  and  runs 
back  200  feet  to  City  Hall  avenue,  on  which  there  is  a  like  front- 
age of  seventy-five  feet.  It  is  encouraging  to  learn  that  outside 
capital  is  being  pot  into  San  Francisco  at  a  season  when  business 
depression  is  prevailing  on  all  sides.  Local  capitalists  are  always 
ready  to  pick  op  opportunities  in  dull  times,  but  it  is  gratifying 
to  know  that  money  is  coming  in  from  a  foreign  source. 

Presidio  Heights  is  budding  with  new  houses,  which  are  going 
up  in  all  directions.  Property  in  that  section  of  the  city  is  bring- 
ing fancy  prices,  in  fact,  the  only  fancy  prices  that  are  quoted  in 
the  market. 

The  fourth  annual  report  of  the  Capital  Building  and  Loan 
Association  shows  that  the  concern  has  outstanding  loans  to  the 
value  of  $77,850.  During  the  year  ten  loans  were  made  of  $1000 
each.  8tocks  on  which  the  full  four  years'  installments  have 
been  paid,  amounting  to  $48,  have  a  book  value  of  $61.44  and  a 
surrender  value  of  $53.88.  Mayor  Ellert  is  President  of  the  As- 
sociation, W.  H.  Davis,  Secretary,  and  Herman  Shainwald, 
Treasurer. 

Alterations  and  additions  are  to  be  made  to  the  Art  Association 
building  on  Nob  Hill.  The  contract  for  the  work  has  been  let. 
The  work  will  cost  $7000,  and  it  will  be  finished  in  two  months. 

The  number  of  city  real  estate  sales  for  the  six  months  just 
ended  were  1710,  of  the  value  of  $7,887,382,  againHt  1767  in  the 
last  six  months  of  1893,  of  the  value  of  $5,443,679.  The  sales 
made  during  the  last  six  months  do  not  show  any  increase  in 
number,  but  a  slight  reduction.  The  increase  was  a  large  one, 
and  a  decided  surprise  to  many  realty  dealers.  The  increase 
amounted  to  $2,443,703.  The  amount  of  money  loaned  out  on 
mortgage  since  January  1st  was  $9,168,113. 

A  country  real  estate  exchange  is  being  organized  with  head- 
quarters in  this  city. 

THE    SUPPRESSION    OF    ANARCHY. 


THE  refusal  of  the  German  Government  to  enter  into  any  sort 
of  international  combination  for  the  suppression  of  anarchy 
seems  to  be  founded  on  good  grounds.  There  is  no  need  for  any 
such  combination.  All  governments  will  in  the  nature  of  things 
suppress  disorder  within  their  own  territorial  limits  and  punish 
any  outward  conspiracy  against  the  peace  of  their  neighbors; 
and  beyond  that  it  would  not  be  possible  to  get  any  combination 
of  European  governments  to  go.  The  British  Government,  for 
instance,  would  not  join  in  a  general  hunt  of  persons  who  are 
merely  suspected  of  being  anarchists.  It  is  by  following  this  sys- 
tem for  years  past  that  British  territory  has  been  kept  so  free  of 
anarchy  and  British  subjects  of  even  the  most  radical  type  so 
antagonistic  to  anarchical  theories  that  the  red  flag  provokes 
them  to  personal  violence.  In  the  British  Isles  government  and 
governmental  methods  have  for  centuries  been  open  to  the  fullest 
and  freest  discussion.  As  a  result,  dissatisfaction  has  never  been 
bottled  op  and  driven  into  criminal  waste  pipes.  Intemperate- 
minded  people  have  been  allowed  to  talk  so  freely  that  they 
could  and  can  get  but  few  auditors.  On  the  continent,  on  the 
other  hand,  everything  has  been  bottled  up,  and  thus  the  founda- 
tion for  anarchy — which  is  but  the  dissatisfaction  of  the  ignorant 
and  illogical  with  existing  institutions  of  government — has  been 
laid.  Men  who  have  desired  to  criticise  organized  society  have 
been  driven  into  the  cellar  and  sewer,  and  out  of  the  darkness  of 
their  surroundings  have  come  the  blind  theories  and  brutal  instru- 
mentalities of  anarchy. 

THE  British  Columbians  intend  to  put  steam  into  the  trade  be- 
tween that  country  and  the  South  Pacific  Islands,  where 
fruit,  copra,  shells,  and  pearls  are  the  chief  commodities.  For 
years  California  merchants  have  been  content  with  sail  power, 
but  if  our  northern  neighbors  are  enterprising  enough  to  make 
steam  pay,  California  will  lose  the  products  of  a  valuable  coun- 
try. For  years  the  South  Sea  Islanders  have  been  looking  for  the 
advent  of  steamers  in  order  to  increase  their  commercial  relations 
with  foreign  countries. 

A  bright,  blooming  complexion  comes  of  the  good  blood  made  by  using 
Ayer's  Sarsaparilla. 


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NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS  MEETING, 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Paraffine  Paint  Company  (a  corporation),  duly  adopted  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  said  Board,  held  at  the  office  of  r-aid  Company  on 
Wednesday,  the  13th  day  of  June,  1894,  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the 
Paraffine  Paint  Company  will  be  held  on 

Wednesday,  the  22d  day  of  August,  1 894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M, 
of  that  day,  at  No.  11G  Battery  street,  in  the  City  and   County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  same  being  the  principal  place  of  business 
aud  office  of  said  corporation,  aud  the  same  being  the  building  where  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  said  corporation  meet. 

The  object  of  said  meeting  is  to  consider,  act  upon,  and  decide  a  proposi- 
tion to  diminish  the  Capital  Stock  of  said  corporation,  the  Paraffine  Paint 
Company,  from  One  Million  Dollars  to  Oue  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars. 

Dated  San  Francisco,  Juue  13th,  1894. 

PARAFFINE   PAINT   COMPANY.    By 

R.  S.  SHAINWALD,  Secretary.  R.  S.  MOORE,  President. 

ANNUAL  MEETING- 

Union  Consolidated  Silver  Mining  Company. 

The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Union  Con- 
solidated Silver  Mining  Company  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  com- 
pany, room  4,  Nevada  block,  b09  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 

Monday,  the  1 6th  Day  of  July,  1 894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M .. 
For  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting.      Transfer  books  will  close   on  FRIDAY,    July  ISth,  1894,  at  8 
o'clock  p.  m.  CHA8.  C.  HARVEY,  Secretary 

Office— Room  4,  Nevada  Block,  30B  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Savage  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  in  the  Savage  Mining 
Company,  will  be  held  on 

Thursday,  the  nineteenth  (19th)  Day  of  July,  1894. 
at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  p.  m.,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  50,  Ne- 
vada block,  309  Mootgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.    Transfer  books 
will  close  on  Monday,  the  sixteenth  day  of  July  next,  at  3  o'clock  p.  m. 

E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 
San  Francisco,  July  2, 1S94. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Virginia  and  Gold  Hill  Water  Company. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Virginia  and  Gold 
Hill  Water  Company,  for  the  election  of  trustees  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  for  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting,  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  25,  Nevada 
block,  809  Moutgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 

Thursday,  the  26th  L  ay  ot  July,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  O'clock  P.  M. 

W.  W.  STETSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  25  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  S.  F.,  Cal. 
San  Francisco.  July  9,    1894. _____ 

AKNUAL  MEETING. 

Spring  Valley  Water  Company. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  the  Spring  Valley  Water 
Works  Company  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  516  California 
street,  San  Francisco,  cal.,  ou 

Wednesday,  the  Eighteenth  Day  of  July,  1894,  at  12  o'clock  M„ 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Trustees  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting.  WM.  NORRIS,  Secretary. 

Office— 516  California  street.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

San  Francisco,  July  6, 1894. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  14.  1894. 


WE  have  been  hearing  news  all  the  week  of  how  the  holiday 
season  was  passed  at  the  principal  places  of  resort,  and  from 
all  accounts,  the  efforts  to  make  the  time  pass  pleasantly  were  in 
the  main  rewarded  with  success.  The  picnic  on  the  raft  at  Del  Monte 
was  strongly  reminiscent  of  other  days,  but  few,  however,  of  the 
original  crowd  taking  part  in  it.  Mrs.  Chreitain  gave  a  delightful 
picnic  to  Cypress  Point,  three  four-in-hands  carrying  the  party,  and 
the  fireworks  and  ball  could  only  have  been  better  had  there  been 
more  there  to  enjoy  both.  Now  everyone  is  talking  of  the  coming 
tennis  tournament,  which  will  not,  however,  take  place  until  the 
trains  are  running  regularly  again. 

Mrs.  N.  J.  Brittan's  picnic  to  Brighton  was  one  of  the  events  at 
Santa  Cruz;  there  were  dinners  at  Golden  Gate  Villa,  and  danciner 
everywhere.  At  Burlingame  there  were  a  picnic,  two  luncheons, 
and  several  dinners,  four-in-hand  drives,  pigeon-shooting,  and  pulo, 
and  though  there  were  not  many  visitors,  those  who  put  in  an  ap- 
pearance had  a  "rattling  good  time  of  it."  At  Castle  Crag  a  cotillion 
was  the  piece  de  resistance  of  the  Fourth,  and  under  the  leadership  of 
Miss  Alice  Scott  it  proved  a  very  pretty  affair.  Many  of  the  guests 
there  are  far  from  willing  captives,  and  like  the  starling,  the  cry  of 
"  I  can'tgetout!"  has  reached  even  to  San  Francisco.  Thejolliest 
crowd  seems  to  have  been  at  San  Rafael,  where  picnics  were  almost 
as  much  the  order  of  the  day  as  tennis  was  during  the  tournament. 
Walter  Hobart  made  himself  the  Hon  of  the  hour  from  a  coaching 
pjintof  view.  The  gathering  at  the  McCutcheons  was  one  of  the 
most  enjoyed  affairs  of  the  holiday  week;  and  what  with  luncheons, 
dinners,  cards,  and  dancing,  all  declared  that  they  could  not  possi- 
bly have  had  "'a  nicer  Lime.  " 

The  next  out-of-town  frolic  to  look  forward  to  is  the  Country  Club 
shoot  at  Del  Monte,  for  which  event  great  preparations  will  be  made 
to  atone  partly  for  the  recent  partial  failure.  Everyone  is  going  to 
be  there,  and  aside  from  the  shoot  there  are  to  be  polo,  golf,  tennis, 
and  baseball  for  out-of-doors,  music  and  dancing  indoors,  and  feast- 
ing everywhere. 

The  first  of  the  July  weddings  took  place  on  Wednesday  evening, 
when  the  Simpson  Memorial  Church  was  the  scene  of  a  very  pretty 
bridal,  the  contracting  parties  being  Miss  Florence  Stapleton  and 
Chalmers  A.  Graham.  The  decorations  of  the  church  were  beauti- 
ful, and  consisted  of  ropes  of  sniilax  caught  by  bows  and  streamers 
of  white  satin  ribbon  and  hanging  in  festoons  over  banks  of  sweet  pea 
blossoms  which  adorned  the  front  of  the  organ  loft,  while  upon  the 
platform  were  graceful  fern  leaves  and  stately  palms  interspersed 
with  groups  of  la  France  roses,  sweet  peas  and  hydrangeas  artistic- 
ally arranged,  green,  white,  and  pink  being  the  prevailing  tints.  The 
church  was  crowded.  During  the  assembling  of  the  guests  they  were 
treated  to  a  charming  selection  of  airs  upon  the  organ.  Finally,  at 
nine  o'clock,  the  strains  changed  to  the  Lohengren  chorus  as  by  the 
west  doors  of  the  church  the  bridal  party  entered.  First  appeared 
the  four  ushers,  who  had  been  so  hard  at  work  for  an  hour  ^or  more 
making  room  for  the  company  bidden.  And  following  them  came 
two  dainty  little  maidens  clad  in  pink  India  silk  robes  made  in  the 
empire  style,  and  carrying  baskets  filled  with  pink  sweet  pea  blos- 
soms. After  them  appeared  the  pretty  maid  of  honor,  wearing  a  be- 
coming gown  of  white,  and  finally  the  lovely  brunette  bride  and  her 
father.  The  wedding  robe  was  of  white  corded  silk  made  en  traine, 
with  high  corsage  and  puffed  sleeves;  a  long  fleecy  veil  quite  envelop- 
ing the  bride's  slight  figure  was  held  in  place  by  a  coronet  of  while 
Mowers.  The  groom  and  his  oest  man  awaited  them  at  the  plat- 
form, where  the  pastor,  the  Rev  Dr.  Hirst,  tied  the  nuptial  knot, 
using  the  service  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
service  the  wedding  party  left  the  churcjh  by  the  eastern  aisle  and 
doors,  and  were  driven  direct  to  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents, 
where  a  bridal  supper  was  served  and  a  reception  held. 

The  long-looked-for  cards  for  the  wedding  of  Miss  Ella  LeCount 
and  Eugene  Slocum,  0.  S.  N.,  are  out,  and  the  ceremony,  which 
promises  to  be  a  very  pretty  one,  will  be  performed  at  Christ  Church, 
Sausalito,  on  the  afternoon  of  Saturday,  the  21st,  and  afterwards  a 
reception  will  be  held  at  the  home  of  the  LeCounts,  Cliff  Haven, 
from  three  till  five  o'clock. 


The  engagement  of  Miss  Alice  Kinne,  daughter  of  Col.  and  Mrs.  C. 
Mason  Kinne,  is  one  of  the  latest  announced  in  the  social  world.  Her 
wedding  with  Dr.  Clark  Burnham  is  named  to  take  place  during 
August,  and  the  ceremony  will  probably  be  a  church  one. 

Gossip  avers  that  Ed.  Schmieden  has  at  last  become  a  captive  to 
Cupid's  charms,  and  that  it  will  not  be  very  long  before  an  "announce- 
ment" is  made  from  Ross  Valley,  in  which  locality  the  fair  enslaver 
resides. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wagner,  who  came  over  to  the  California  Hotel  di- 
rectly after  their  marriage  in  Ross  Valley,  have  been  busily  engaged 
in  looking  for  a  bouse  sufficiently  large  to  enable  them  to  entertain 


on  an  extensive  scale  the  coming  winter.  Pacific  Heights  is  the  place 
most  in  demand,  and  the  news  will  no  doubt  be  pleasing  to  society  at 
large,  who  are  always  charmed  to  hear  of  one  more  being  added  to 

the  list  of  party  givers.    

There  has  been  a  feeling  of  disquiet  gaining  ground  at  the  different 
resorts,  some  being  anxious  to  return  home,  deeming  it  the  safest 
place  under  the  circumstances ;  others,  influenced  by  a  spirit  of  con- 
trariness, wishing  to  leave  simply  because  it  was  impossible  to  get 
away.  Those  who  were  desirous  of  coming  to  town  early  in  the  week 
waited  not  for  trains,  and  took  the  old-time  but  still  very  delightful 
mode  of  travel,  and  drove,  Judge  McKinstry's  family,  among  others, 
leaving  Santa  Cruz  in  that  way  on  Monday  last.  There  has  been  a 
grand  scattering  of  guests  from  the  Hotel  Rafael  this  week,  and 
among  those  who  returned  to  San  Francisco  are  Mrs.  Clark  Crocker 
and  her  two  daughters,  the  Misses  Hobart,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webster 
Jones,  Miss  Edith  McBean,  etc.  Mrs.  Tucker  and  Misses  Mae  and 
Clair  Tucker,  of  Oakland,  stopped  en  route  homewards  at  Sausalito 
to  visit  Commodore  and  Mrs.  Harrison.  One  of  the  losses  from  Del 
Monte  is  pretty  Miss  Babette  Howard,  who  was  there  with  Mrs. 
Dick.  Miss  Howard  returned  to  San  Mateo  with  that  party,  as  she 
has  been  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Parrott  during  the  absence  of  her  step- 
father, Mr.  Bowie,  in  Japan. 

The  Colliers,  who  entertained  a  very  large  house  party  at  Villa 
Kabel  during  the  holidays,  lost  a  number  of  their  guests,  who  re- 
turned to  town  on  Monday.  Several  of  them,  among  whom  were 
Miss  Cohen,  of  Fruitvale,  and  Miss  Lawlor,  remained  a  little  longer 
to  enjoy  still  further  the  delights  of  that  beautiful  region.  Walter 
Hobart  started  on  his  drive  to  Del  Monte  early  in  the  week,  and  took 
quite  a  party  with  him  on  his  coach. 

Governor  and  Mrs.  Low  and  Miss  Flora  are  occupying  their  resi- 
dence on  Gough  street  after  a  visit  of  several  weeks  to  San  Rafael. 
Miss  Cora  Smedberg  has  returned  to  town  from  her  visit  to  San  Ra- 
fael, where  she  was  the  guest  of  Mrs.  Sydney  V.  Smith.  Miss  Emily 
Carolan  has  been  spending  a  few  days  with  Mrs.  George  Pope  at  St. 
Helena.  The  Misses  Siebe  were  among  the  guests  at  the  Geysers 
last  week. 

Mrs.  James  Freeborn's  friends  are  highly  delighted  at  the  pros- 
pect  of  seeing  her  again  before  long  in  San  Francisco.  The  Free- 
bornes  have  been  residents  of  Paris  for  a  number  of  years,  but  since 
Mr.  Freeborn's  death  there  his  widow  has  taken  a  dislike  to  that 
gay  capital,  and  announces  that  her  return  to  her  old  home,  Califor- 
nia, will  probably  be  about  the  beginning  of  September. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  Alexander,  nee  Crocker,  are  off  for  Europe- 
having  sailed  last  Wednesday  with  the  intention  of  remaining  abroad 
until  the  late  autumn. 

Although  army  circles  in  San  Francisco  will  soon  lose  one  of  its 
bright  particular  stars  in  the  departure  of  Miss  Florence  Hartsuff 
for  Chicago,  it  has  lately  been  the  gainer  of  another  charming  young 
lady  in  the  person  of  Miss  Edilh  Greenleaf,  daughter  of  the  Medical 
Director  of  this  department,  who  has  recently  arrived  here  to  join 
her  parents,  and  will  be  one  of  the  army  belles  the  coming  winter. 
There  are  no  doubt  many  of  our  elder  society  folk  who  will  pleas- 
antly remember  a  popular  army  officer  of  early  days  and  his 
beautiful  wife,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  R.  N.  Scott,  and  who  will  be  pleased 
to  meet  their  daughter.  Miss  Bessie  Scott,  who  is  now  visiting  San 
Francisco  as  the  guest  of  her  aunts,  Mrs.  Foster  and  Mrs.  Nick 
Kittle,  and  may  possibly  make  a  prolonged  stay  with  her  friends 
here.  

The  strike  has  been  causing  trouble  in  many  directions,  but  it  is 
quite  likely  that  one  of  its  most  annoying  effects  has  been  the  inter- 
ruption of  travel,  compelling  many  to  remain  who  wish  to  leave  us; 
but  still  more  are  wishing  to  come,  and  are  obliged  to  remain  in  statu 
quo.  Mrs.  Colton  and  Mrs.  McLane  Martin  are  among  those  who 
are  detained  in  New  York,  having  arrived  from  a  prolonged  visit  to 
Europe  last  week,  and  hoped  before  this  to  be  at  their  villa  in  Santa 
Cruz.  Among  those  who  are  kept  here  by  the  same  trouble  are 
Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Hayden,  nee  Lord,  who  have  been  visiting 
Major  and  Mrs.  Lord  since  their  return  from  their  honeymoon  trip, 
and  who  spent  the  recent  holidays  at  the  Hotel  Rafael. 

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The  American  colony  in  Paris  has,  of  late  years,  been  ron«i<irr 
■bly  on  the  decrease.  an»l  society  nm.WWH.MlUj  misses  their  lavish 
hospitality.  A  <listinguished  American  lady.  Mme.  Aver,  however 
one  of  the  richest  of  that  colony,  b  still  an  entertainer  on  a  liberal 
scale,  her  receptions  bein*;  remarkable  for  their  refinement.  IN- 
cently  she  pare  a  gTand  dinner  party  to  one  hundred  and 
guesLi.  who  were  invited  to  meet  Prinoa  Francis  Joseph  of  Batten* 
berg;  the  brilliant  dinner  was  followed  by  a  cotillion. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  1*.  Crane.  D.  B.  Crane.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Todd, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Marshall,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  0.  Donnela  are  at 

larkspur  for  the  summer. 

The  Hotel  Vendome,  San  Jose,  is  now  in  the  zenith  of  its  summer 
clones.  The  late  arrivals  are:  Mrs.  C.  A.  Spreckels.  Mrs.  Thomas 
Y.  Welh.  Miss  Crowell.  J.  C.  Damphy.  Miss  Dumphy,  It.  K.  Cray- 
son.  Miss  Grayson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I*.  A.  Kinnagan,  Joseph  C.  Hoffman, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  I>.  B.  Francis.  Mr.  and  Mrs  i  'lark  Wise,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
M.  A.  r-outh worth.  Mrs.  J.  C.  Flood,  Miss  Jennie  Flood,  Henry  Miller. 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Nolan,  and  Miss  Eva  R.  Shatter. 


London  Vanity  Fair,  in  its  account  of  the  Queen's  last  Drawing 
Room,  mentions  the  fact  that  Lady  Deerhurst  (ne'e  Bonynge)  was 
presented  by  Lady  Coventry.  "  Lady  Deerhurst,"  adds  that  paper, 
•' bore  oft  the  palm  for  beauty  and  was  immensely  admired.  Lord 
Deerhurst  was  in  close  attendance  on  his  lovely  bride." 


LONDON    NOTES. 


THERE  now  seems  to  be  some  degree  of  certainty  felt  that  the 
Khedive  of  Egypt  will,  after  all,  pay  a  visit  to  the  Queen  dur- 
ing the  season.  Although  the  visit  will  be  to  Her  Majesty,  the 
Khedive  will  reside  at  Buckingham  Palace. 

Lord  Roseberry  had  no  sooner  won  the  Derby  than  the  oppor- 
tunity came  to  him  of  creating  a  bishop.  The  circumstance  that 
enables  the  "Fairy  Prime  Minister"  to  present  a  plum  out  of  the 
ecclesiastical  pie  is,  however,  one  much  regretted,  for  the  vacancy 
is  caused  by  the  death  of  the  much-respected  and  clever  divine, 
the  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells.  Lord  Arthur  Hervey  was  a  rep- 
resentative man,  but  not  of  the  present  race  of  clergy,  who  are 
displaying  so  much  energy  in  trying  to  prove  that  their  cloth  has 
always  been  as  active  as  themselves,  and  for  that  reason  the 
Church  should  not  be  disestablished.  The  deceased  Bishop  was  a 
schoolfellow  of  Mr.  Gladstone,  and  though  he  never  wavered  in 
his  admiration  of  the  ex-premier  as  a  student,  he  did  not  like  the 
tendency  of  his  politics. 

Mr.  Gladstone  is  going  on  well,  but  more  slowly  than  he  an- 
ticipated. He  is  housed  comfortably  at  Dollis  Hill,  thanks  to  the 
Earl  of  Aberdeen,  and  lives  in  close  conjunction  to  rurality, 
while,  at  the  same  time,  at  the  south  of  his  house,  at  no  very 
great  distance,  there  is  an  extensive  panorama  of  London,  where 
life's-doings  are  going  on  with  the  usual  gush,  and  the  usual 
energetic  haste. 

THE  awards  were  made  in  all  of  the  departments  at  the  Mid- 
winter Fair  during  the  week.  In  the  art  department  there 
were  two  pictures  that  received  first  medals.  One  was  entitled 
"  Churching,"  by  J.  Rongier,  and  the  other  was  entitled  <<  Des- 
sert," by  Dominique  Rozier.  They  were  French  pictures  by 
French  artists,  and  were  two  of  the  finest  canvasses  in  the  Fair. 
Unfortunately,  however,  they  were  classed  with  the  Italian  in- 
stead of  the  French  exhibit.  Mr.  8.  Gump  bought  the  pictures  in 
the  Paris  salon  and  placed  them  on  exhibition  at  the  Fair.  They 
can  be  seen  now  at  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


MM.  ESTEE  had  no  views  to  express  regarding  the  great 
.  railway  strike.  He  told  a  reporter  that  he  had  opinions  of 
his  own,  but  that  he  did  not  feel  at  liberty  to  give  them  for  the 
public  benefit.  The  reporter  should  have  called  on  Colonel  Dan- 
iel M.  Burns  for  the  interview,  as  he  would  have  been  able  to  tell 
just  what  Mr.  Estee  thought. 


THE  "  Lucille  Waltz,"  by  Emile  A.  Bruguiere,  Jr.,  has  just  been 
published.  It  is  in  a  dainty,  flowing  movement,  and  exceed- 
ingly brilliant  in  several  parts.  The  composition  is  dedicated  to 
Fritz  Scheel. 


That  charming  resort.  Larkspur,  lies  only  twelve  miles  from  San 
Francisco,  in  one  of  the  prettiest  spots  in  California.  It  can  be 
reached  by  easy  access  from  the  city ;  it  contains  all  the  attractions 
of  the  country — fine  climate.no  fogs,  no  winds,  an  excellent  table, 
shade  trees  in  abundance,  and  many  attractive  surroundings.  Busi- 
ness men  who  want  a  resting  place  from  Saturday  to  Monday,  or  a 
summer  home  which  is  close  to  the  city  and  is  not  affected  by  any 
railroad  tie-up,  will  find  that  Larkspur  is  an  ideal  resort  in  every 
respect. 

The  business  men  who  have  made  a  specialty  of  one  article  of  com- 
merce are  the  most  successful  business  men  in  the  country.  Edmund 
Taylor,  of  218  Post  street,  is  making  a  specialty  of  Irish  linens.  He 
sells  the  finest  handkerchiefs,  shirtings,  table  linens,  huck  damask, 
bath  towels,  crashes,  canvasses,  and  stamped  linens  for  embroidery, 
in  San  Francisco.    He  carries  nothing  but  linens. 


THE  Snpreme  Conrt  has  engaged  In  the  Uik  or  finding  out  who 
•Colonel  Mazuma"  li.  and  hit  exact  position  in  legislation 
and  litigation.  If  the  bossen  get  control  of  the  Supremo  Court, 
then  that  august  body  will  be  thoroughly  acquainted  with  all  the 
schemes  of  the  Colonel. 


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SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


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PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  1o  Arrive  at 
SAN  FRANCISCO: 


Leave  | 


From  June  26,  1894. 


I  Abbive 


7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, Redding,  Castle  Crag 
and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davis 7:15  p 

7:30  A  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa    6 :15  p 

8:30  A  NUes,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville 4:15p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  ExpresB,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los  Angeles,  Deming,  El 
Paso,  New  Orleans  and  East 5:45  f 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45a 

*9:00a  Peters  and  Milton  ...  ...  *7:15p 

12:30  p  Nlles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  ..  8:45  a 
*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers.       . ..  *9:00  p 

4:00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa. 9:15 A. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landin  m, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento ....  10  :45  a 

4:30  P.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno 7:15  P 

4:30  p.  Raymond  (for  Yosemite) 10:45  a. 

5:00p.  Los  Angeles   Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los   Angeles 10:45a. 

5:00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojave  and  East 10:45  a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6:00f.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..    7:45  a. 

J7 :00  p.  Vallejo +7 :45  p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Pu g et  Bound  and  East 10:45  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

J7:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
Santa  Cruz 18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Centerville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations      6:20f. 

*2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations    *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  SanJose.Los  Gatos.  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  and  Townsend  Streets). 

*6:45  a.  San  JoBe,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations *1:45p. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p- 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPmos, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove.  PaBO  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Wav  Stations 6:26  p. 

19:47  a-  PaloAltoaud  Way  Stations 11:46  p 

10:40  a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations. ..  .       5:06  p- 
11:45  A.    Palo   Alto   and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,  SalinaB,  Monterey, 

Pacific  Grove    *10:40  a. 

*3:80  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5:10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a, 

6:30f.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35a. 

t11:45p.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 
Stations +7:26  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERHY. 

From  SAN  FftAlflSOO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  on  *10  00  and  11  00   ^.  m..  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  p.  m. 
From  01KMVP—  Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  a.  m. 
t!2  00  »12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  M. 
A.  for  Morning .  p.  for  Afternoon . 
•SundayB  excepted.  -{-Saturdays  only. 
tSundayp  only. 

The    FACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information. 


THE  amelioration  of  the  condition  of 
mankind  and  the  increase  of  human 
happiness  ought  to  be  the  leading  objects 
of  every  political  institution  and  the  aim 
of  every  individual,  according  to  the 
measure  of  his  power  in  the  position  he 
occupies.  — A.  Hamilton. 


AN  awkward  man  never  does  justice  to 
himself,  to  his  intelligence,  to  his  in- 
tentions, or  to  his  actual  merit.  A  fine 
person,  or  a  beauteous  face,  are  in  vain 
without  the  grace  of  deportment. 

—  Churchill. 


IF  you  treat  wth  courtesy  your  equal, 
who  is  privileged  to  resent  an  imperti- 
nence, how  much  more  cautious  should 
you  be  to  your  dependents,  from  whom 
you  demand  a  respectful  demeanor? 

— Chambers. 

WHO  taught  the  natives  of  the  field  and 
wood  to  shun  their  poison  and  to 
choose  their  food — prescient,  the  tides  and 
tempests  to  withstand;  build  on  the  wave 
or  arch  beneath  the  sand? — Pope. 

IT  has  been  well  said  that  no  man  ever 
sank  under  the  burden  of  the  day.  It 
is  when  to-morrow's  burden  is  added  to 
the  burden  of  to-day  that  the  weight  is 
more  than  a  man  can  bear. 

— G.  Macdonald. 

AS  objects  close  to  the  eye  shut  out  larger 
objects  on  the  horizon,  so  man  some- 
times covers  up  the  entire  disk  of  eternity 
with  a  dollar  and  quenches  transcendent 
glories  with  a  little  dust. — E  H.  Chapin. 

THE  French  army  is  three  times  as  large 
as  it  was  in  1870. 

JAPANESE  children  are  taught  to  write 
with  both  bands. 

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FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and   BRAN 

NAN  STREETS,  at  3:   00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 

and    HONGKONG,    connecting  at    Yokohama 

with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic Tuesday,  July  17,  1894 

Gaelic    Tuesday,  August  7,  1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Sept.  6,  1894 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)... Tuesday,  Sept.  25,  1894 
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Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
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For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
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Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
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For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  at  11  a.  m. 

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Montgomery  street. 

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OV^     rr^WC"  r.      W10.       Second    class, 

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For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY.  S.  S. 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M.:  12:36,3:30, 

5:10,   6  30    p.   M.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11 :30  p.  m  .   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  n  od 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAY8-8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  M. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAY8-«:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 
8:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  la 
and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  8:40,6:00, 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  aboye. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS-Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10  P.M. : 
arrive  at  Cloverdaleat  8:45  P.M. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:00  p.  m  ; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p   m. 

SUNDA1J8-Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:46  a.  m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  A.  M. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:00  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


Leave  8.  F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

AebiveinS.  F. 

W      b 

Days 

Sundays 

Desti'tion 

Sundays 

Dayb. 

7:40a.m. 
3:S0p.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00  a.m. 
9:80  a.m. 
5:00p.  m. 

Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Rosa- 

10:40a.m 
6:05  p.m 
7:30  p.M 

8:60a.  m 

10:30  a* 
6:15p  m 

Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

3:80  p.m. 

8:66a.m. 

7:30p.m. 

6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
3:80  p.m. 

8:00 A.  M. 

Guemeville 

7:80p.m. 

10:30a  m 
6:15  l  « 

7:40A.M. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00A.M. 
5:00p.M 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m.  |8:60a«. 
6:05p.m. |6:15pm. 

7:40  a.  M 
3:30  p.  M 

8:00  A.M. 
5:00  p.M 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a.m|10:30a.m 
6  05p.m|  6:15p  m 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 

Sort,  Boonevllle,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
[endocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport, 
Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
John  Dav's,  Lively's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesvllleand  Eureka. 
Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

Ou  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  O.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 
Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Thbotjgh  Link  to  New  Yobk,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 

8.  S.  "San  Bias,"  July  18,  1994. 

8.  S.  "San  Juan,"  July  28,  1894. 

S.  8.  "Colon,"  August «,  1894. 

S.  S.  "Colima,"  August  18, 1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  July 

26,  1894,  at  3  p.  M. 

8.  S.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  August 
16, 1894,  at  3  p.  M 

8.  8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Aug.    28,  1894,  at 
3  p.  M, 
S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Sept.  15, 1894,  at  S  P.  m. 
Round  Trn>  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
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SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  JULY  2l,  1894. 


Number  3. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor.  Fried 
Marriott.  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Frai\cisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 

The  office  of  the  Niwb  Letter  in  Sew  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Boom  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

THERE  is  some  talk  of  Robert  T.  Lincoln  as  a  Republican  can- 
didate for  President.  In  fact,  one  of  the  purposes  for  which 
Mr.  Lincoln  seems  to  exist  is  that  of  being  thus  talked  about  with- 
out any  probability  of  being  nominated. 


THE  Boston  Herald  criticises  the  sentiment  in  favor  of  admitting 
the  territories  of  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  and  Oklahoma  to  the 
Union.  The  people  of  New  England  are  about  as  familiar  with 
the  rights  and  status  of  the  territories  as  they  are  with  the  Indian 
or  the  Chinese  question.  It  is  fortunate  that  the  West  is  getting 
in  a  position  to  assert  itself  regardless  of  the  jealousy,  selfishness, 
and  ignorance  of  the  East. 


ITALY  seems  to  be  continually  looking  for  affronts.  It  fancies 
that  it  has  a  grievance  against  Brazil  on  account  of  the  arrest 
of  some  Italians  in  the  latter  country,  and  it  has  given  notice 
that  two  warships  will  be  sent  to  Brazil  with  orders  to  remain 
until  satisfaction  is  granted.  If  the  Brazilians  should  take  a 
notion  to  blow  the  Italian  ships  out  of  the  water  the  Italian  Gov- 
ernment might  not  be  so  eager  hereafter  to  find  indignities. 


BEFORE  the  late  President  Carnot  was  assassinated,  a  paper 
published  by  Herr  Most,  the  anarchist,  had  been  giving  its 
readers  some  advice  on  the  choice  of  weapons  for  murderers. 
"Attempts  by  means  of  a  revolver  are  utterly  played  out,"  said 
Herr  Most,  "  because  out  of  twenty-five  attempts  only  one  is 
successful."  The  article  concludes  with,  "Long  live  the  torch  and 
bomb!"  Society  is  singularly  lax  in  defending  itself  when  a 
wretch  can  write  and  publish  such  matter  as  that  without  incur- 
ring at  least  a  long  term  of  imprisonment. 


THE  great  railroad  strike  has  ended,  though  the  strikers  have 
been  carrying  on  a  desultory  skirmish  for  the  purpose  of  an- 
noying the  railway  companies  and  creating  an  impression  that  ii 
is  dangerous  to  travel.  In  this  some  of  the  daily  papers  of  San 
Francisco  have  given  them  efficient  assistance.  These  papers 
have  ignored  the  fact  that  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  would 
not  invite  damage  suits  amounting  to  millions  of  dollars  by  run- 
ning trains  manned  by  incompetent  men,  and  that  as  the  com- 
pany invites  travel  it  is  ready  to  handle  it  with  the  old-time 
safety. 

A  DARING  but  none  the  less  attractive  proposition  has  been 
made  by  a  Roman  newspaper  on  the  subject  of  a  proposed 
arbiter  of  international  differences.  "There  is,"  it  says,  "a  way 
out  of  the  difficulty.  Instead  of  nominating  a  tribunal  on  every 
occasion,  a  permanent  court  should  be  appointed  in  some  neutral 
land.  But  who  enjoys  such  universal  confidence  as  to  be  choseD 
arbitrator?  Is  there  any  one  who  possesses  the  qualities  neces- 
sary to  inspire  such  confidence?  Yes.  That  person  is  the  Pope, 
whose  position  lifts  him  above  all  suspicion  of  partiality."  We 
submit  this  alluring  offer  to  the  wisdom  and  forbearance  of  the 
American  Protective  Association. 


THE  Moulvie  Rafiuddim  Ahmad,  an  enlightened  Moslem,  con- 
tributes to  The  British  Medical  Journal  an  article  on  the  Mecca 
pilgrims  and  the  cholera,  in  which  he  points  out  that  the  pilgrim- 
age as  at  present  conducted  is  an  international  disaster.  The 
remedy,  he  thinks,  lies  in  the  power  of  the  Sultan,  who  should  at 
once  appoint  a  commission  to  investigate  the  matter.  If  the 
present  state  of  affairs  continues,  the  recurrence  of  the  plague  at 
Mecca  will  diminish  the  number  of  pilgrims,  destroy  the  trade 
dependent  upon  them,  and  cause  a  loss  of  much  of  the  Sultan's 
moral  influence  over  the  Mohammedan  world.  This  view  of  the 
subject  from  the  standpoint  of  the  pilgrims  themselves  is  encour- 
aging, and  indicates  that  the  Mohammedans  are  not  so  bigoted 
in  the  matter  as  has  been  believed. 


DEAR  old  Mr.  Sutro  has  relaxed  in  his  zeal  to  build  a  street 
railroad  to  the  Cliff  House,  and  has  been  begging  tbe  Super- 
visors to  return  the  $6010  which  be  paid  for  the  franchise.  Mean- 
while, his  patriotic  blood  surges  furiously  in  the  interest  of  the 
railroad  strikers,  for  he  is  melting  the  wires  with  instructions  to 
President  Cleveland  as  to  how  the  Southern  Pacific  Company 
might  be  destroyed. 

AMONG  the  places  which  are  hotter  than  Hades  in  these  days 
is  the  Prussian  court.  A  wretched  Paul  Pry  has  been  writing 
all  sorts  of  wickedness  about  the  Court  goings-on,  and  as  the 
scandalmongering  society  paper  is  unknown  in  Berlin,  the  aristo- 
cratic tattler  has  Dot  only  had  to  write  his  stories  but  to  circulate 
them  himself.  There  is  some  question  as  to  his  identity,  although 
one  official  is  in  jail  for  the  offense.  We  can  give  no  opinion  on 
the  truth  of  the  allegation  as  to  various  marital  sins  alleged 
against  the  high-born  dames  and  reaching  up  even  unto  the  Em- 
peror himself;  but  we  think  it  is  a  sign  that  German  imperial  in- 
stitutions are  not  as  sound  as  they  appear  to  be,  when  such 
stories  get  abroad.  Emperors  may  be  a  law  unto  themselves,  but 
in  the  nineteenth  century  they  must  at  least  seem  to  respect  the 
best  part  ot  the  Ten  Commandments. 


THE  autocratic  bearing  of  American  millionaires  toward  their 
.employees,  as  illustrated  particularly  by  George  M.  Pullman, 
angers  men  in  a  country  where  they  are  taught  that  all  men  are 
free  and  equal.  This  overbearing  hauteur,  combiDed  with  a  vul- 
gar aDd  showy  use  of  money,  is  an  important  element  of  the  bit- 
ter restiveness  of  American  workingmen.  The  American  million- 
aire might  make  a  profitable  note  of  the  kindly,  sympathetic 
bearing  of  wealthy  English  aristocrats  toward  their  employees. 
We  have  not  forgotten  how  Lord  Roseberry,  some  fifteen  years 
ago,  put  an  end  to  tbe  great  coal  strike  in  England  by  inviting 
the  leaders  to  supper  with  him,  at  which  his  geniality  and  per- 
fect bonhomie  so  won  them  that  they  came  to  terms  with  bim  at 
once  and  ended  the  strike.  Imagine  an  American  aristocrat  of 
tbe  Pullman  type  condescending  to  break  with  his  employees ! 
And  yet  human  fellowship  is  the  greatest  force  in  the  world. 


AFTER  being  bounded  and  beset  by  an  enterprising  matrimon- 
ial agent  who  persisted  in  finding  husbands  for  his  already 
married  daughters,  H.  O.  Armour,  of  New  York,  went  to  the 
police  to  ask  advice  on  the  best  means  of  keeping.his  family  from 
being  too  much  married.  He  awoke  on  tbe  following  morning 
to  find  himself  the  recipient  of  sympathy  from  all  over  the  coun- 
try. It  is  evident  that  the  judgment  of  New  York  matrimonial 
agents  has  been  spoiled  by  Lillian  Russell  and  other  versatile 
creatures  who  save  time  by  looking  for  their  next  husband  before 
they  have  disposed  of  the  present  one.  It  does  not  seem  possi- 
ble to  the  materialistic  matrimonial  agents  of  New  York  that  a 
woman  with  one  husband  on  hand  shrinks  from  entering  into 
negotiations  for  another.  No  penalties  suggested  by  the  police 
seemed  to  Mr.  Armour  to  be  severe  enough  for  so  crude  a  mar- 
riage broker,  but  we  trust  that  he  will  yet  find  something  to  fit 
the  crime. 


ANEW  definition  of  Senatorial  dignity  has  been  authorized  by 
Senator  Call.  It  consists  of  a  Senator  removing  his  shoes  and 
planting  his  Senatorial  feet,  proudly  encased  in  bis  Senatorial 
stockings,  in  a  prominent  position  on  the  Senatorial  desk,  where 
all  may  observe  and  admire.  Plain  citizens  who  have  not  been 
brought  up  on  dignity  in  early  life,  but  want  to  acquire  it,  and 
have  had  a  special  veneration  for  the  Senatorial  brand,  will  be 
glad  to  know  that  it  can  be  embraced  in  so  comfortable  a  fashion. 
it  is  time  that  there  was  some  disagreement  between  Senator 
Call  and  the  newspaper  correspondents  whose  version  is  given 
above.  The  Senator  claims  that  he  took  off  only  one  shoe,  cov- 
ering the  foot  that  is  crowned  with  the  pet  Senatorial  corn,  and 
that  be  kept  that  foot  modestly  concealed  under  his  desk  instead 
of  flourishing  it  aloft.  But  it  certainly  appears  that  tbe  habit  of 
using  the  truth  only  in  moderation,  acquired  in  testifying  before 
investigating  committees,  may  have  tinged  Senator  Call's  recollec- 
tions of  the  incident.  If  his  shoeless  foot  had  been  concealed  un- 
der the  desk  the  correspondents  would  not  have  seen  it.  There- 
fore, it  was  on  the  desk.  Whether  one  stocking  or  two  were  dis- 
played is  a  mere  matter  of  detail,  and  the  other  Senators  evident- 
ly owe  a  vote  of  thanks  to  their  Florida  colleague  for  keeping  his 
stockings  on. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21   1894 


THE    WRECKERS    OF    A    BANK. 


THE  postponement  till  September  of  the  trial  of  R.  H.  McDon- 
ald, Jr.,  on  a  charge  of  embezzlement,  coupled  with  the  fact 
that  McDonald's  health  is  rapidly  breaking  down  in  jail,  creates 
the  possibility  that  the  whole  scandalous  story  of  the  wrecking  of 
two  banks  may  never  be  told  in  court.  The  local  papers  have 
never  published  it  or  anything  approaching  it,  and  no  intelligent 
citizen  is  ignorant  of  the  motives  which  have  inspired  them.  But 
it  is  one  of  those  extraordinary  transactions  which  cannot  be  hid- 
den, and  when  the  whole  truth  is  published  the  conduct  of  Su- 
perior Judge  Hebbard  will  be  better  understood.  Being  a  Judge, 
he  ia  necessarily  the  central  figure  in  this  remarkable  drama.  He 
doubtlees  knows  why  he  failed  to  be  nominated  for  Supreme 
Judge  by  the  Republican  Convention,  but  more  than  likely  that 
will  prove  the  smallest  of  his  difficulties  which  will  grow  out  of 
his  handling  of  the  bank  cases.  It  may  be  explained  in  time  why 
he  imposed  a  bond  of  $100,000  on  R.  H.  McDonald,  Jr.,  for  an  al- 
leged embezzlement  of  $14,000,  when  upon  an  ex  parte  application  of 
a  shareholder,  with  a  bond  of  only  $5,000,  he  appointed  a  receiver 
and  closed  a  bank  in  the  business  of  which  over  a  million  dollars 
was  involved.  There  are  many  more  things  in  his  conduct  that  will 
likely  be  ventilated,  but  only  a  few  of  them  can  be  touched  upon 
here,  for  the  ramifications  of  the  case  are  many  and  extraordinary, 
and  the  conduct  of  other  men  besides  Judge  Hebbard  would  be 
involved  in  a  full  inquiry.  As  is  well  remembered,  Judge  Heb- 
bard crushed  the  Peoples'  Bank  by  declaring  it  insolvent  and  ap- 
pointing a  receiver  on  an  ex-parte  showing.  Delmas  &  Shortridge 
were  then  retained  by  a  majority  of  the  parties  in  interest  to  try 
to  undo  this  mischief  and  wind  up  the  affairs  of  the  bank.  At 
once  they  appealed  to  the  Supreme  Court  from  Judge  Hebbard's 
ruling,  and  just  as  the  Supreme  Court  rendered  a  decision  over- 
ruling Judge  Hebbard,  he  received  another  application  similar  to 
the  first  and  acted  upon  it  in  a  similar  manner!  Of  course  he 
will  be  overruled  again,  but  meanwhile  he  is  "  running  the  bank," 
for  a  receiver  is  the  representative  of  the  Court.  The  principle 
which  he  violated  is  so  old  and  well-established,  so  vital  to  the 
safe  conduct  of  banks,  and  so  thoroughly  understood  by  bankers, 
lawyers,  and  courts,  that  his  audacity  in  overriding  it  ia  amazing, 
even  in  San  Francisco. 

Not  satisfied  with  that,  he  next  took  the  first  step  in  a  course 
which  finally  resulted  in  the  removal  of  Delmas  &  Shortridge 
from  the  case.  It  was  the  majority  of  the  parties  in  interest  who 
had  retained  Delmas  &  Shortridge,  and  when  the  storm  broke  these 
attorneys  advised  that  the  then  Board  of  Directors  resign.  They 
consented  and  a  new  Board  was  agreed  on,  which  Judge  Heb- 
bard approved.  When,  however,  it  was  discovered  that  the  new 
Board  would  be  unfavorable  to  Judge  Hebbard's  receiver,  ibe 
Judge  refused  to  permit  the  election.  He  had  already  assumed 
full  power  over  such  elections  by  issuing  an  injunction  restrain- 
ing the  old  Board  from  resigning  and  a  new  one  from  being 
elected — an  unheard-of  and  high-handed  proceeding.  He  refused 
to  modify  that  order  so  as  to  permit  of  resignation  and  a  new 
election,  evidently  for  the  reason  that  it  would  weaken  his  con- 
trol. The  matter  was  then  appealed  by  Delmas  &  Shortridge, 
and  it  was  then  that  the  crowning  act  of  the  scandal  was  done. 
The  attorney  who  had  represented  the  receiver  and  who  had 
always  had  his  own  way  in  Judge  Hebbard's  court,  was  substi- 
tuted by  an  order  of  court  for  Delmas  &  Shortridge.  This  attor- 
ney had  opposed  Delmas  &  Shortridge  in  all  the  steps  which  they 
had  taken  in  the  interest  of  the  bank,  and  hence  his  apparent 
position  before  the  Supreme  Court  will  be  directly  antagonistic  to 
that  which  he  occupied  before  Judge  Hebbard!  It  means,  of 
course,  that  if  the  Supreme  Court,  in  the  absence  of  any  attorney 
to  oppose  the  plans  of  Judge  Hebbard  and  the  interests  which  he 
has  championed,  will  permit  so  scandalous  a  proceeding,  this  at- 
torney will  undo  all  that  Delmas  &  Shortridge  have  done  to  pro- 
tect the  interests  of  the  depositors  and  to  bring  about  an  intelli- 
gent and  honest  settlement  of  the  bank'«  affairs.  It  happens  that 
he  Is  the  presiding  Judge.  In  the  exercise  of  that  power  he  has 
been  careful  to  assign  to  himself  all  the  cases  growing  out  of  the 
litigation  of  both  the  banks,  and  besides  has  transferred  to  Judee 
Murphy's  court  the  embezzlement  case  against  R.  H.  McDonald, 
Jr.  That  last  in  itself  was  a  peculiar  proceeding,  and  Judge  Mur- 
phy's refusal  to  grant  a  change  of  venue,  in  the  face  of  the  over- 
whelming evidence  produced  that  a  change  would  have  been 
right,  are  all  of  a  kind.  What  hand  certain  others,  who  have 
profited  enormously  out  of  the  ruin  of  these  banks,  and  all  of 
whose  plans  are  in  harmony  with  the  conduct  of  Judge  Hebbard, 
have  had  in  all  this  miserable  business,  is  not  under  discussion  at 
present.  Having  now  removed  from  the  case  Delmas  &  Short- 
ridge, whose  ability  and  honesty  might  have  been  depended  on  to 
save  to  the  depositors  what  is  left  of  the  bank,  and  possibly  to 
pay  them  in  full,  the  real  wreckers  (who  are  not  yet  behind  the 
bars),  are  resting  in  unstable  security.  With  the  assistance  of 
the  Presiding  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  they  feel  safe,  no  doubt. 
They  have  the  power  to  convict  R.  H.  McDonald,  Jr.,  and  they 
may  be  depended  upon  to  exercise  it.  He  knows  the  whole  story, 
but  by  arresting  him  and  keeping  him  under  heavy  bonds  they 
discredit  him,  and  when  they  convict  him  they  will  be  in  a  posi- 
tion to  dictate  terms  by  which  his  silence  may  be  secured  in  con- 
sideration of  a  light  sentence. 


NEW    BILLS    IN    CONGRESS. 


SEVERAL  bills  have  been  introduced  in  Congress  as  the  result 
of  the  present  strike,  and  a  number  will  follow.  The  politi- 
cians are  always  ready  to  take  advantage  of  such  conditions  by 
proposing  new  schemes  of  labor  legislation,  the  main  object  of 
which  seems  to  be  to  Matter  the  vanity  and  reach  for  the  votes  of 
members  of  labor  organizations.  In  a  period  of  ten  years  there 
have  been  more  laws  made  at  Washington  to  please  the  laboring 
classes,  and  more  time  spent  in  endeavoring  to  pass  bills  to  benefit 
their  condition,  than  for  all  other  purposes  combined.  The  differ- 
ent aspects  of  the  question  of  employment  have  crowded  the 
Federal  and  State  statute  books,  all  with  the  effort  of  conciliating 
the  wage-earners  on  account  of  their  political  power.  A  number 
of  those  laws  have  served  a  good  end;  but  a  greater  number  of 
them  have  Bimply  tended  to  magnify  the  importance  of  organ- 
ized labor  and  to  increase  the  demand  for  special  concessions  and 
advantages.  The  average  statesman  has  not  dared  to  oppose  such 
legislation,  even  when  he  knew  it  to  be  foolish  or  pernicious,  but 
has  given  his  consent  to  it  under  intimidation,  and  mainly  to  se- 
cure his  election.  It  cannot  be  said  that  the  experience  through 
which  we  are  now  passing  will  make  friends  for  the  theo-y  of 
further  legislation  of  this  kind.  It  places  the  interests  of  all  other 
classes  and  matters  iu  subordination  to  organized  labor.  There  is 
something  due  to  unorganized  labor,  to  the  different  kinds  of  busi- 
ness in  which  many  people  are  engaged,  and  to  the  advancement 
of  State  rights.  It  is  easy  to  see  that  an  abundant  legislation  for 
the  benefit  of  a  particular  part  of  the  workingmen  of  the  country 
has  not  lessened  the  danger  of  public  disturbance  on  the  part  of 
those  who  have  been  favored  in  that  manner,  but  has  had  the 
effect,  rather,  of  encouraging  strikes  and  increasing  the  difficulties 
of  a  situation  which  crippled  every  business  industry  in  the  land 
and  made  the  poor  suffer  tenfold.  Organized  labor  has  been 
shown  so  much  distinction  that  it  is  in  danger  of  losing  sight  of 
the  wise  and  beneficent  uses  of  organization  and  of  giving  undue 
regard  to  its  own  desires.  And  so  the  time  has  come  to  call  a 
halt  on  labor  legislation  for  the  few,  and  give  preference  to  the 
good  of  the  many  in  the  framing  of  laws  in  that  respect. 

THE    MARTIN    WILL    CASE. 


THE  testimony  which  has  been  brought  out  in  regard  to  the 
genuineness  of  the  second  will  of  Henry  Martin  which  his 
sister-in-law,  Mrs.  John  Martin,  has  offered  for  probate,  has 
created  an  impression  on  the  public  mind  which  only  the  very 
strongest  evidence  could  remove.  There  are  not  many  who  would 
like  to  stand  in  Mrs.  John  Martin's  shoes.  At  the  time  of  this 
writing  the  expert  testimony  has  gone  to  the  effect  that 
the  second  will  was  a  forgery,  but  this  doubtless  will  be 
met  by  counter  expert  testimony,  and  for  that  matter  "  scientific  " 
expert  testimony  on  handwriting  commands  little  respect.  There 
are  many  circumstances,  however,  that  make  it  difficult  to  enter- 
tain the  belief  that  the  will  is  genuine.  It  has  been  shown  that 
Henry  Martin  feared  Mrs.  John  Martin  and  declared  her  capable 
of  imitating  any  handwriting.  He  would  not  even  write  with 
his  own  hand  to  her,  fearing  that  she  would  become  too  familiar 
with  his  penmanship.  Soon  after  the  filing  of  the  first  will, 
which  ignored  Mrs.  John  Martin's  child,  she  made  frequent 
visits  to  the  County  Clerk's  office,  and  suddenly  the  will  dis- 
appeared and  was  not  found  till  four  months  afterward,  when  it 
was  discovered  lying  on  a  chair  in  the  Clerk's  office.  Soon  after- 
ward Mrs.  Martin  offered  the  second  will  for  probate. 

Ex-Mayor  Pond  stated  very  clearly  his  belief  that  the  second 
will  was  a  forgery.  "  I  came  to  my  conclusion,"  he  said,  "  from 
the  general  surroundings  of  the  case.  The  will  was  not  with  his 
other  papers.  Four  months  elapsed  before  it  was  filed.  Then 
Henry  Martin  had  frequently  spoken  to  me  about  Mrs.  John 
Martin.  He  disliked  and  was  afraid  of  her.  He  told  me  that  she 
was  a  bad  woman — one  who  could  imitate  anybody's  handwrit- 
ing. When  he  was  obliged  to  correspond  with  her  he  had 
others  write  the  letters.  Under  these  circumstances  it  seemed 
to  me  impossible  that  he  should  have  made  such  a  will." 
William  Martin,  a  brother,  who  was  made  a  beneficiary  under 
the  second  will  and  who  was  omitted  from  the  first,  has  testified 
that  he  does  not  believe  the  second  will  to  be  genuine.  It  is 
singular,  too,  that  the  second  will,  if  genuine,  should  be  dated  at 
a  time  when  Martin  so  hated  Mrs.  Martin.  When  that  phase  of 
the  case  involving  Mrs.  Martin's  history  and  the  paternity  of  her 
supposed  child  is  reached,  there  will  likely  be  some  sensational 
developments. 

PRESIDENT  CLEVELAND'S  facility  for  clearness  of  expres- 
sion is  exemplified  in  his  brief  statement  concerning  the 
National  finances.  Republican  newspapers  and  other  political 
birds  of  evil  omen  will  derive  no  comfort  from  the  facts  that  he 
has  presented.  It  is  shown  that  the  financial  standing  of  the 
Government,  has  vastly  improved  within  the  last  year.  The  com- 
mercial balance  indicates  that  the  United  States  are  $127,512,608 
better  off,  on  foreign  account,  than  they  were  a  year  ago.  And  for 
cash  in  hand,  aside  from  gold,  the  Government  now  has  $53,000,- 
000,  as  against  |19,000,000  last  year.  The  present  outlook 
for  an  early  resumption  of  good  times  is  most  hopeful.  It  is  dis- 
couraging only  to  Republican  ammunition  makers. 


July  21,  1894. 


BAN   KRAM'Isoi   \  i:\vs  LETTER. 


A    REMARKABLE    SUIT. 

TH  K  most  rxiri<uillniry  outcome  of  the  railroad  strike  has  been 
tbe  suit  brought  by  Gajorgt  J.  Penis,  I'nlled  States  Attorney 
for  (be  Southern  District  o(  California.  In  the  I'nlted  States  Circuit 
Court  at  Lop  Anueles.  toconipel  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  to 
surrender  control  of  the  various  transportation  companies  which  it 
operates,  and  to  force  each  of  these  companies  to  operate  its  own 
lines  independently.  The  excuse  given  for  the  action  is  that  by 
controlling  these  companies  Ibe  Southern  Pacific  Company  is  a 
trust,  and  comes  under  the  operations  of  the  Anti-Trust  Act  of 
Congress,  and  tbat  it  is  a  monopoly  and  is  conducted  in  restraint 
of  trade.  Mr.  Denis  claimed  that  be  had  authority  from 
I'nitcd  Suites  Attorney-'. eneral  Olney  for  bringing  the  suit,  but 
Mr.  Olney  has  promptly  denied  it.  All  the  principles  involved  in 
the  suit  are  so  simple  that  a  mere  statement  of  them  is  sufficient 
for  an  understanding  of  their  merits.  Up  to  the  time  of  the  char- 
tering of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  by  the  Legislature  of 
Kentucky  the  numerous  lines  owned  by  the  interests  of  which 
Messrs.  Huntington,  Hopkins,  Stanford,  and  Crocker  were  tbe 
main  factors  were  operated  separately,  with  numerous  distinct 
sets  of  general  officers,  at  an  enormous  and  unnecessary  expense 
(which  bad  to  be  charged  to  the  traffic),  and  with  imperfect  facili- 
ties for  the  transaction  of  business.  Furthermore,  it  was  desira- 
ble to  open  a  southern  overland  route  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  so 
tbat  a  line  of  steamers  might  be  put  on  to  bring  freight  from  New 
York  to  New  Orleans  and  then  load  it  upon  cars  for  California, 
and  in  this  way  establish  a  through  freight  tine  between  the  At- 
lantic and  Pacific.  Tbe  formation  of  the  8outhern  Pacific  Com- 
pany enabled  all  this  to  be  done,  and  thus  tbe  expense  of  operating 
tbe  various  separate  lines  was  reduced  and  the  facilities  for  band- 
ling  freight  between  California  and  the  Atlantic  8tates  enormously 
increased.  Tbe  leasing  of  the  various  lines  by  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific Company  and  this  company's  acquisition  by  direct  purchase 
of  other  lines  to  complete  the  New  Orleans  route  in  uo  way  altered 
tbe  fact  that  all  tbe  lines  were  owned  by  the  same  persons,  tbe 
leasing  being  merely  a  business  formality.  It  did  not  strengthen 
the  hold  of  the  railroad  owners  on  the  transportation  lines  which 
they  already  owned.  The  bringing  of  tbe  different  properties 
under  one  management  was  a  step  which  any  one  of  sense  could 
see  was  proper  and  wise,  and  that  act  in  nowise  created  a  trust 
or  made  the  monopoly  of  transportation  lines  any  stronger  than 
before.  But  all  the  pretense  that  the  Southern  Pacific  Company 
has  a  monopoly  of  the  transportation  of  the  State  is  absurd.  The 
Canadian  Pacific,  tbe  Northern  Pacific,  and  the  Union  Pacific  tap 
the  northern  coast  and  have  regular  lines  of  steamers  connecting 
their  western  termini  with  8an  Francisco.  On  the  south  the 
Santa  Ft  is  a  powerful  rival,  and  besides  handling  nearly  all  tbe 
business  of  Southern  California,  it  was  able  to  compel  the  South- 
ern Pacific  to  run  Santa  F6  freight  and  passenger  trains  over  the 
Southern  Pacific  tracks  from  Mojave  to  San  Francisco,  and  to 
charge  only  a  fair  pro  rata  for  the  track  service.  BesideB  these 
lines  we  have  the  Pacific  Ocean,  which  carries  an  enormous 
traffic,  and  which  is  free  to  the  world.  Hence  it  is  seen  that  the 
two  principles  on  which  the  suit  is  founded — that  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company  is  a  trust  and  monopoly,  and  tbat  as  such  it  is 
operated  in  restraint  of  trade — do  not  exist  in  fact,  and  therefore 
Mr.  Olney's  surprise  upon  hearing  of  the  action  at  Los  Angeles  is 
not  strange. 


CONCERNING    ATTORNEYS     FEES. 


■WHAT    THE    STRIKERS    HAVE    LEARNED. 


THE  new  and  vital  iesson  which  organized  labor  has  learned 
from  the  railroad  strike  is  that,  to  whatever  extent  it  may  be 
successful  fn  directing  its  power  against  private  interests,  the  mo- 
ment that  it  attacks  the  interest  of  the  United  States  Government 
it  has  dashed  its  bead  against  a  wall.  For  there  it  encounters  not 
only  authority  and  power,  but  patriotism  as  well.  On  the  other 
hand,  if  workingmen  become  unreasonably  aggressive  against  pri- 
vate interests,  they  will  invite  the  making  of  laws  which  will 
place  all  strikes  and  boycotts  under  Federal  ban.  Laboring  men 
are  at  last  beginning  to  learn  that  the  savage  and  destructive 
methods  which  they  have  pursued  heretofore  are  out  of  place  in 
these  times,  and  will  prove  more  harmful  to  themselves  than  to 
the  better  educated  men  whom  they  antagonize.  Education, 
therefore,  is  the  solution  of  the  problem.  It  will  give  tbem  a 
broader  understanding  of  the  ethical  relations  existing  between 
employers  and  employees,  will  increase  their  patriotism  and  re- 
spect for  law,  will  reduce  an  inclination  to  violence  and  passion- 
ate resistance,  will  enable  them  to  understand,  agree  upon,  pass, 
and  enforce  legislation  which  will  protect  their  interests,  and  will 
reduce  the  present  corrupting  power  of  money, and  induce  thrift, 
sobriety,  and  industry.  Besides  the  best  school  education  that 
can  be  had,  the  unions  should  employ  lecturers  on  industries, 
ethics,  and  political  economy. 


TH  K  f.'j.imiurr  has  Indulged  its  propensity  for  persiflage  and  a 
distortion  of  facta  in  attempting  U)  Invest   with    lujplelot]  the 

awarding  of  $80, by  Judge   Levy  out  of  the   Ulythe  estate  to 

Naphtbaly.  Kreldenrich  ,V  Ackerman  as  a  fee  for  services  rendered 
by  them  as  attorneys  for  the  late  Judge  Pennle,  Public  Adminis- 
trator. It  attempts  to  show  that  Judge  Coffey,  from  whom  the 
case  was  transferred  to  Judge  Levy,  would  never  have  permitted 
such  an  outrage,  and  that  tbe  transfer  was  made  in  order  to  ren- 
der this  "legal  brigandage"  possible.  Tbe  case  was  transferred 
from  Judge  Coffey's  court  for  the  simple  reason  that  bis  is  a  Pro- 
bate Court,  with  limited  jurisdiction,  and  tbat  his  function  as  a 
Probate  Judge  in  this  case  having  terminated,  tbe  case  bad  to  go 
to  another  Judge.  It  was  accordingly  assigned  to  Judge  Levy. 
There  was  nothiug  peculiar  about  tbat.  As  to  tbe  testimony 
given  by  D.  M.  Delmas,  E.  J.  McCutcheon,  Arthur  Rodgers,  T.  C. 
Van  Ness,  and  other  eminent  attorneys,  to  tbe  effect  that  in  their 
opinion  the  services  of  Naphthaly,  Freidenricb  tfc  Ackerman  were 
worth  considerably  more  than  tbe  amount  which  Judge  Levy 
awarded,  tbat  must  stand  on  its  own  merits;  but  the  Examiner's 
insinuation  tbat  when  there  is  a  rich  estate  to  be  robbed  all 
lawyers  "stand  in"  with  one  another,  is  a  pretty  serious 
charge  against  responsible  men  who  are  entrusted  with  the  man- 
agement of  vast  interests.  Tbe  Examiner  declares  that  tbe 
$80,000  was  in  addition  to  payments,  amounting  to  $15,000, 
already  made  tbe  attorneys,  whereas  sucb  is  not  the  fact  at  all, 
as  the  $80,000  includes  all  that.  As  Mr.  Wright,  attorney  for 
Public  Administrator  Roach,  was  familiar  with  the  affairs  of  the 
estate,  he  was  engaged  by  Naphtbaly,  Freidenrich  &  Ackerman, 
and  had  to  be  paid  out  of  tbe  award.  W.  H.  H.  Hart,  attorney 
for  Florence  Blythe,  examined  tbe  bill  of  services  and  expendi- 
tures rendered  by  Naphihaly,  Freidenrich  &  Ackerman,  and 
agreed  to  tbe  paymeit  of  $80,000.  Mr.  Wright  had  been  awarded 
$125,000  for  his  services  as  attorney  in  the  case  for  Pub- 
lic Administrator  Roach.  The  award  was  contested  by 
the  estate  and  an  appeal  was  taken  to  the  Supreme 
Court.  That  Court  sustained  the  award,  and  yet  the  award 
of  $80,000  to  Naphthaly,  Freidenrich  &  Ackerman,  one-third 
less  than  tbe  award  which  the  Supreme  Court  sustained,  and  for 
services  covering  an  equal  length  of  time,  has  alarmed  the  Exam- 
iner and  led  it  to  hint  tbat  a  conspiracy  exists  between  the  Su- 
perior Court  and  the  bar  of  San  Francisco  to  loot  tbe  Blythe  es- 
tate. Responsibility,  as  well  as  legal  service,  is  an  important 
factor  in  tbe  handling  of  large  estates,  and  it  has  to  be  paid  for. 
If  the  lawyers  had  been  thieves  it  would  have  been  cheaper  and 
easier  to  steal  the  $80,000  from  the  $1  000,000  in  cash  tbat  passed 
throngh  their  hands  than  have  the  Superior  Court  assist  tbem  in 
their  "  brigandage." 


THE  conservative  newspapers  of  France  express  regret  that 
President  Casimir-Perrier  did  not  make  a  forcible  anti-An- 
archist proclamation.  Why  should  he  do  it?  The  people  whom 
he  represents  have  issued  their  own  anti-Anarchist  proclamations 
all  over  France. 


WE    ARE    GROWING    BETTER. 

THERE  is  a  fatal  defect  in  the  philosophy  of  the  reformers  of 
the  present  time,  and  that  is  that  they  ignore  the  most  sig- 
nificant historical  facts.  Their  philosophy  assumes  tbat  civiliza- 
tion is  a  failure,  and  that  all  things  are  constantly  going  from  bad 
to  worse.  Tbe  marvelous  record  of  the  progress  of  our  race  is 
not  taken  into  consideration  in  their  doctrines  and  conclusions. 
They  ask  us  to  believe  tbat  all  tbe  wisdom  of  the  past  has  been 
profitless,  that  heroes  and  martyrs  have  lived  and  died  in  vain, 
that  the  advantages  secured  from  time  to  time  are  to  be  rated 
only  as  snares  and  shams.  This  complete  and  persistent  pessim- 
ism is  a  contradiction  of  truths  that  are  familiar  to  all  intelligent 
people,  and  that  count  for  more  as  a  basis  of  logical  analysis  and 
reflection  than  all  the  theories  by  which  they  are  discredited.  The 
process  of  improvement  can  be  traced  from  the  earliest  periods 
down  to  the  present  day.  Each  age  bas  shown  an  advance  over 
the  preceding  one,  not  merely  in  special  relations,  but  in  a  gen- 
eral sense  and  according  to  a  systematic  plan  of  development. 
The  people  of  to-day  are  brighter,  better,  richer,  and  more  civi- 
lized than  ever  before.  We  need  not  go  back  to  the  primal  groves 
of  Eden  for  tbe  materials  for  definite  and  satisfactory  comparison 
in  this  respect.  Tbe  story  of  what  has  taken  place  in  the  pres- 
ent century  furnishes  ample  proof  tbat  the  world  is  growing  bet- 
ter as  it  is  growing  older.  In  the  course  of  a  hundred  years 
more  beneficial  acquisitions  were  made  to  the  world  than  in  the 
course  of  1794  years;  beneficial  acquisitions  that  were  miracles  of 
progress,  unmatched  in  all  previous  history.  It  is  impossible  to 
contemplate  the  list  of  achievements  in  all  branches  of  profitable 
service  without  a  feeling  of  profound  wonder,  as  well  as  a  con- 
viction of  tbe  potency  of  sound  and  wholesome  influences  in  the 
affairs  of  mankind.  Not  simply  in  material  gains  have  former 
centuries  been  surpassed,  but  also  in  scientific,  political,  social, 
and  moral  triumphs.  Tbe  drama,  sad  to  relate,  is  not  on  tbe  high 
plane  on  wbich  it  rested  years  ago,  but  it  may  be — some  day,  let 
ns  hope.  But  the  spread  of  knowledge  has  corresponded  to  tbe 
increase  of  physical  comforts.  Life  was  never  worth  the  living 
so  much  as  at  present.  That  is  due  to  the  reformatory  spirit 
which  bas  been  a  part  of  human  nature  from  the  beginning  of 
the  world,  and  wbich  has  gradually  wrought  changes  of  perma- 
nent value. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21,1894. 


aw  A  KNirD 

[BY  GERALDINL"  MCYR1CK] 


THE  little  town  of  Rocky  Canon  was  filled  with  idle  men,  for 
the  lumber  mills  which  surrounded  it  had  all  closed  down  on 
account  of  the  heavy  rains.  The  idle  men  were  not  entirely  idle. 
They  were  continually  passing  in  and  out  of  the  half  dozen  saloons 
which  formed  (he  business  part  of  the  town;  they  were  drinking, 
gambling,  and  telling  all  the  yarns  they  could  possibly  remember  or 
invent. 

For  three  days  the  rain  had  been  falling  steadily,  its  monotony  un- 
broken except  by  an  occasional  gust  of  wind.  The  men  began  to 
grow  restless— to  long  for  some  new  diversion.  Two  days  ago  the 
stage  had  gone  out  on  its  regular  daily  trip  to  Black  Bay,  but  it  had 
not  returned;  so  there  was  no  news  from  the  outer  world  to  be  dis- 
cussed. The  chief  subject  of  interest  was  the  creek,  which  had  now 
risen  to  the  highest  point  it  had  ever  touched,  according  to  the  ac-- 
counts  of  all  the  oldest  inhabitants.  Occasionally  some  one  would 
venture  down  to  the  bridge,  always  returning  with  the  same  report — 
that  the  creek  was  "awful  wet,"  a  joke  which  never  failed  to  call 
forth  the  answering  witticism  :  "  Well,  Vm  kinder  dry.  Let's  have  a 
drink,  boys." 

Suddenly  came  excitement  enough.  Big  Jim  had  been  shot  dead. 
The -Mews  spread  rapidly,  Crowds  of  men  gathered  round  the  store 
where  the  shooting  had  taken  place,  and  round  Big  Jim's  shanty, 
where  his  Mexican  wife  was  howling  over  the  huge,  lifeless  body. 
Those  who  had  seen  the  killing  were  kept  busy  telling  how  it  hap- 
pened. It  was  a  simple  matter,  soon  told.  Al.  Haydon,  the  store- 
keeper, had  been  standing  at  his  door,  when  Big  Jim,  half  drunk, 
came  up  and  pushed  past  him  into  the  store.  Haydon  said  nothing, 
but  turned  his  back  toward  the  street  and  watchedJJim,  who  strolled 
to  the  end  of  the  store  and  began  talking  to  Haydon's  wife.  Tillie 
Haydon  was  a  lively  young  woman,  who  never  missed  a  chance  for  a 
flirtation ;  and  Big  Jim ,  a  Spaniard,  was  a  fine-looking  man.  Woman- 
like, she  enjoyed  showing  her  power  over  the  strong,  rough  man. 
But  she  must  have  gone  a  little  too  far  with  her  aggravating  mockery, 
for  suddenly  Big  Jim  uttered  an  oath,  picked  her  right  up  in  his 
strong  arms,  held  her  a  moment  in  air,  enjoying  her  evident  fright, 
then  placed  her  gently  on  her  feet  again !  She  made  a  quick  spring 
away  from  him;  there  was  the  report  of  a  pistol,  and  Big  Jim  fell  to 
the  floor,  shot  through  the  heart.  The  three  men  in  the  store  had  all 
been  watching  Jim;  now  they  turned  to  look  at  Haydon.  He  was  not 
there;  only  his  revolver  lay  on  the  floor,  with  one  chamber  empty. 

Haydon  had  fled,  without  waiting  to  see  the  result  of  his  shot.  He 
had  fired  under  a  sudden  jealous  impulse,  but  no  sooner  had  he 
pulled  the  trigger  than  all  other  thoughts  were  lost  in  a  terrible  fear. 
He  slipped  round  to  the  back  of  the  store,  expecting  every  moment 
to  feel  Jim's  powerful  grasp  on  his  shoulder  and  a  cold  knife-blade 
entering  his  body.  He  rushed  wildly  along,  not  caring  whither  he 
went,  till  he  found  himself  on  the  bridge.  No  one  had  seen  him ;  for 
though  the  shot  had  drawn  all  the  men  up  to  the  store,  they  were  not 
in  time. to  see  him  slip  away. 

The  cool  air  and  the  rain  dashing  in  his  face  partly  restored  his 
senses,  and  he  paused  behind  a  beam  to  consider  means  of  escape. 
Some  one  had  been  harpooning  logs  from  the  bridge,  and  a  rope  was 
tied  to  the  rail  in  front  of  him,  the  other  end  being  fastened  to  a  big 
log.  In  an  instant  he  had  climbed  over  the  railing  and  slid  down  the 
rope  to  the  log.  He  crouched  down,  for  it  was  impossible  to  stand 
upright  on  the  slippery  wood,  rolling  from  side  to  side  in  the  strong 
current.  He  began  to  draw  his  breath  n5ore  freely ;  he  felt  compara- 
tively safe.  It  was  hardly  likely  that  any  one  would  come  down  to 
the  bridge  before  night;  then  he  would  climb  back  and  make  his  es- 
cape from  the  town  in  the  darkness.  He  began  to  realize  now  that 
his  shot  might  have  proved  fatal.  But  in  any  case  he  had  better  eet 
down  to  Black  Bay  and  place  himself  under  the  care  of  the  Sheriff. 
Big  Jim  had  many  friends,  who  might  take  swift  vengeance  if  they 
caught  his  murderer. 

He  planned  it  all  out,  calmly  enough,  and  then  there  was  nothing 
to  do  but  wait  for  the  darkness— wait  and  think  of  his  wife.  His 
grasp  on  the  log  tightened  as  he  thought  of  her,  and,  in  spite  of  the 
cold  rain  beating  through  his  shirt,  hot  blood  ran  through  his  veins. 
The  coarse,  ignorant  man  loved  passionately.  During  the  two  years 
of  their  married  life  his  wife  had  kept  him  in  constant  misery  by  her 
flirtations— not  that  he  ever  doubted  her  fidelity ,  but  he  could  not  bear 
to  see  her  giving  so  freely  to  others  the  smiles  and  glances  for  which 
she  made  him  beg,  petty  tyrant  that  she  was.  He  wondered  what 
she  was  doing.  Did  she  hate  him  for  what  he  had  done,  or  did  she 
admire  his  daring  ?    He  could  not  guess. 

It  seemed  ages  to  him  before  it  began  to  grow  dark.  Once  a  party 
of  men  passed  over  the  bridge.  He  could  hear  them  discussing  the 
different  routes  that  might  have  been  taken  by  the  fugitive;  they 


never  thought  of  looking  down  at  the  water  below  them.  They  passed 
back  again  very  shortly,  and  he  heard  one  say: 

"  Shouldn't  wonder  if  Jim's  wife  would  find  him.  She's  out  look- 
ing for  him  and  she's  as  'cute  as  a  cat." 

"  And  fierce  as  atiger,"  added  another.  "  She  keeps  on  saying,  'He 
kill  Jim.    All  right.     I  kill  him  pretty  soon.'  " 

His  strength  was  beginning  to  give  way.  He  lay  at  full  length  on 
the  log,  and,  resting  his  head  on  his  hands,  closed  his  eyes  wearily. 
A  short  cry  caused  him  to  lift  his  head.  On  the  bridge,  looking  down 
at  him  with  glittering  black  eyes,  was  Big  Jim's  wife.  She  showered 
on  him  the  bitterest  curses  that  her  tongue  could  find.  She  was 
frantic  because  he  was  beyond  her  reach.  If  she  had  a  pistol  she 
would  soon  treat  him  as  he  had  treated  her  Jim.  But  she  had  only 
a  knife,  and  she  would  not  risk  leaving  him  to  summon  help.  Then 
an  idea  struck  her.  She  would  throw  the  knife  at  him  ;  its  keen  edge 
would  surely  find  a  way  into  his  heart.  She  took  careful  aim,  while 
he  cowered  down,  afraid  to  move  lest  he  slip  from  the  log.  He 
waited,  with  his  head  buried  beneath  his  arms,  but  the  knife  did  not 
come.  He  looked  up.  Another  idea  had  come  to  her.  With  a  shriek 
of  triumph  she  brought  the  knife  down  on  the  strained  rope  which 
held  the  log  to  the  bridge.  The  next  instant  the  log  was  swept  into 
the  middle  of  the  river,  the  terror-stricken  man  still  clinging  to  it,  and 
Big  Jim's  wife  was  flinging  her  curses  at  a  white  beseeching  face  rush- 
ing out  into  the  mist. 

That  evening  many  men  were  on  guard  on  the  bridge  at  Black 
Bay,  keeping  it  clear  of  the  brushwood  and  logs  which  threatened  to 
bear  it  down  to  the  sea  with  them.  Armed  with  long  poles  they 
steered  the  dcbria  into  mid-channel,  where  it  was  rapidly  carried 
away.  Half  a  dozen  lanterns  cast  a  weird  light  on  the  muddy 
waters  and  on  the  glistening  logs,  whicn  seemed  to  be  hurled  out  of 
the  darkness  by  an  unseen  hand.  Suddenly  the  watchers  were 
startled  by  a  wild  cry.  Then  a  huge  log  dashed  into  the  light.  As  it 
tossed  and  tumbled  about,  they  saw  a  white  hand  waved,  and  caught 
a  glimpse  of  a  white  scared  face.  But  the  log  was  in  the  swiftest  cur- 
rent, and  in  a  second  it  was  under  the  bridge  and  out  into  the  dark- 
ness on  the  other  side.  Again  they  heard  the  cry,  then  only  the 
rush  of  the  river;  and  as  they  strained  their  ears  to  listen  there 
came  only  the  steady  thunder  of  the  surf  half  a  mile  away.  The  sea 
was  calling  for  its  victim. 

Santa  Vruz,  Cat.,  July,  1894. 

12=ft.   Wide   LINOLEUM. 

We  are  offering  a  large  line  of  patterns  of  EX- 
CELLENT QUALITY  LINOLEUM,  at 

65c.  per  Square  Yard, 

LAID  ON  THE  FLOOR.  The  regular  price  of 
these  goods  is  85c.  per  Square  Yard. 

Special  Rug  Sale. 

To  accommodate  our  out-of-town  buyers,  who 
have  been  prevented  from  making  purchases 
through  stoppage  of  mails,  we  have  decided  to 
continue  our  RUG  SALE  one  week  longer. 

SriYRNA  RUGS. 

Best  quality,  ROYAL  AND  IMPERIAL.  These 
are  not  the  cheap  and  flimsy  ones  commonly  used, 
but  the  BEST  QUALITY. 

Sale  Price .  Regular  Price, 

lft.  9  In.  by  8  ft.  9  in $150  $2  25 

2  ft.  2  in.  by  4  ft.  Gin 2  00  3  00 

2ft.  6  in.  by  5ft.  0  in   2  75  4  00 

3  ft.  0  in   by  6  ft.  0  in 4  00  5  75 

4  ft.  0  in.  by  7  ft.  0  in  • 6  75  9  50 

GENUINE  ORIENTAL    RUGS. 

An    immense     variety    at     correspondingly    low 
prices. 
REAL  DAGHESTANS  FROM  $6  EACH. 

1W-8EE  DISPLAY  IN  OUR  SHOW  WINDOWS." 

W.  &  J.  Sloane  &  Co., 

Carpets,  Furniture,  Upholstery, 

641-647  MARKET  ST. 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building,  July  1st. 


July  21,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  J  JITTER. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[Bt    Di     Vi^o*.| 

Soil  K  one  bu  said  that  it  is  no  worse  for  ft  girl  to  "  touch  "  her 
hftir  with  chemicals  tbftn  it  is  for  •  young  niftn  to  shave  on* 
his  beard,  since  in  etch  case  the  interested  person  is  trying  to 
circumvent  nature.  While  this  may  be  true  in  the  Abstract,  it  is 
not  true  In  practical  application,  since  beauty  is  Its  own  excuse 
for  being,  and  Nature  guided,  not  opposed,  by  intelligence,  may 
present  a  more  pleasing  result  than  when  left  to  her  own  de- 
vices. But  the  improvement  must  be  along  nature's  own  lines, 
and  not  of  the  kind  that  is  best  described  by  the  words,  "gored, 
and  cut  bias." 

Many  a  man  gains  in  good  looks  and  general  attractiveness  by 
shaving  off  his  beard.  There  is  no  reason  that  the  fair  sex  should 
monopolize  all  the  credit  for  clear  skins  and  beautiful  complex- 
ions. A  healthy  color,  a  dark  olive  tint,  a  hardy  bronze  on  the 
cheek  of  a  man  are  always  a  delight  to  see.  Then  many  a  man 
possesses  that  mark — in  feminine  eyes  of  rare  distinction— a  blue- 
black  beard,  which  shows  like  the  pile  of  dark  velvet  under  his 
skin,  no  matter  bow  closely  shaven  its  possessor  may  be.  Nature 
has  been  kind  to  man.  She  gives  him  a  mustache  that  he  may 
cover  up  a  tell-tale  mouth,  and  often  by  some  strange  law  of  com- 
pensation purely  her  own  gives  the  handsomest  mustache  to  the 
ugliest  mouth.  Many  a  man  would  do  well,  too,  were  he  to  hide 
the  weakness  of  bis  chin  with  a  beard  that  would  lengthen  and 
broaden  bis  face,  and  lend  him  an  appearance  for  strength  and 
sagacity.  When  that  cowardly  vagabond,  Johann  Most,  was 
given  a  State's  prison  cut  and  a  criminal's  close  shave,  he  stood 
revealed  by  the  configuration  of  his  face  for  the  miserable,  illogical, 
and  unbalanced  wretch  that  he  is.  His  face  was  unBymmetrical: 
the  two  sides  did  not  match,  one  side  being  distorted  to  the  ex- 
tent of  being  a  deformity.  What  else  but  mental  eccentricity  and 
moral  obliquity  could  have  been  expected?  The  physical  twist 
but  indicates  the  mental,  moral,  spiritual  slant  or  "crookedness." 

Bat  to  return  to  the  dyed  hair.  No  blonde  of  the  bottle  can 
hope  to  improve  upon  nature.  She  may  wear  straw  colored  hair 
as  much  as  she  likes — it  never  looks  natural;  it  perhaps  will 
make  her  look  more  "  dashing,"  and  loud,  and  fast,  but  it  cannot 
make  her  look  pretty  or  handsome.  It  deceives  no  one  as  to  its 
cause;  it  is  out  of  harmony  with  nature's  intentions.  It  dulls 
the  eyes,  blurs  the  complexion  tints,  and  is  like  a  gaudy  frame 
upon  a  picture — out  of  keeping  in  every  respect.  80  while  the 
young  man  may  shave  his  beard  because  he  looks  better  without 
it,  and  wear  a  beard  only  when  for  professional  or  business 
reasons  it  is  imperative  for  him  to  look  as  if  be  had  attained 
years,  experience,  and  discretion,  yet  the  girl  should  not  seek  to 
find  justification  in  his  example  for  her  discourtesy  to  nature.  In 
my  heart  I  believe  that  the  old  Bible  text  about  Jezebel  should 
read,  not  that  she  tired  aer  bead,  but  that  she  bleached  her  hair 
and  looked  out  at  the  window;  for  chemical  blondes  have  to  sit 
in  the  sun  for  several  hours  to  have  the  dye  take  effect." 

Two  ladies  were  engaged  in  a  warm  discussion.  One  insisted 
that  it  was  an  outrage  upon  a  child's  intelligence  to  talk  "  baby 
talk  "  to  it,  and  the  other  one  maintained  with  equal  warmth 
that  there  was  something  so  sweet  and  innocent  in  the  child's  at- 
tempts to  articulate  that  she  liked  to  say  the  words  over  again, 
just  as  her  baby  had  said  them;  that  it  seemed  to  be  a  special 
bond  between  herself  and  the  child.  To  me  it  has  always  seemed 
a  pity  to  fill  a  child's  mind,  at  its  most  receptive  period,  with  a  lot 
of  stuff  which  it  must  throw  out  later,  and  yet  which  will  always 
leave  a  trace  in  the  brain.  Why  should  a  child  be  told  to  "  wash 
bis  hannies,"  when  bands  are  meant  ?  I  have  known  people  of 
more  tban  ordinary  intelligence  to  be  mortified  while  in 
conversation  by  unconsciously  using  some  word  in  its  cor- 
rupted form,  in  the  way  it  first  had  been  given  to  them  in 
"  baby  talk."  A  well-chosen  vocabulary  is  not  to  be  despised, 
and  that  a  child  should  not  be  helped  to  attain  one  while  in  a  re- 
ceptive state  is  a  hardship  which  none  of  ns  have  a  right  to  im- 
pose upon  a  child.  Teachers  will  testify  that  the  child  who  is 
the  most  promising  pupil  from  the  first  is  the  one  who  has  heard 
intelligent  conversation,  played  with  picture  blocks  and  books 
before  he  was  sent  to  school. 

It  is  not  necessary  that  the  child  should  understand  every  word 
uttered  in  his  hearing.  Let  him  become  accustomed  to  the  sound 
of  words  uttered  in  a  conversational  tone,  and  gradually  he  will 
acquire  the  meaning.  His  vocabulary  will  grow  without  con- 
scious effort  on  his  part.  This  is  now  the  acknowledged  method 
for  the  acquisition  of  a  foreign  language — the  ear  must  help  the 
eye,  and  in  some  cases  precede  it. 

Let  us  protest  against  the  use  of  "  baby  talk  "  and  of  all  writing 
or  talking  down  for  the  comprehension  of  children.  To  an  intel- 
ligent child,  one  of  the  chief  charms  of  Jean  lngelow  and  our  own 
Louisa  M.  Alcott  is  the  fluent  English  which  never  seems  to  im- 
ply that  the  stories  are  being  told  to  children  who  are  not  ex- 
pected to  know  or  to  understand  very  much.  A  wise  teacher 
can  get  more  and  better  work  out  of  even  a  dull  pupil  by  judi- 
cious praise,  and  an  evidence  of  being  surprised  and  pleased  that 
the  child  can  do  as  well  as  he  has  done,  than  by  fault-finding. 

In  these  days  we  must  do  more  than  take  people   as  we   find 


them  upon  a  superficial  acquaintance.  It  is  a  wise  roan  who 
will  learn  10  study  his  acquaintances,  by  the  Iftws  of  scientific 
observation.  The  signs  arc  plain  enough.  He  who  runs  ntay 
read.  If  he  will.  A  school  teacher  In  San  Francisco  has  been 
examining  school  children's  heads  with  calipers,  and  drawing  his 
own  deductions.  My  method  Is  simpler  and  quite  as  satisfactory. 
The  boys  of  the  present  day  have  their  hair  cut  close  to  their 
heads.  This  gives  the  coveted  opportunity  to  observe  how  the 
hair  grows,  starting  from  a  central  point  on  the  back  of  the  head, 
toward  the  crown.  At  a  glance  I  can  tell  whether  to  expect  faith- 
ful, exact  work,  or  loose  and  disjointed  and  indeterminate  effort. 
If  the  hair  starts  from  a  well-defined  point  and  grows  in  widening 
circles,  the  child's  intelligence  will  be  clear,  and  capable  of  steady 
development.  When  the  point  of  starting  Is  not  In  the  center  of 
the  head,  and  well  up  toward  the  crown,  a  lack  of  perfect  balance 
may  be  suspected.  Once  I  bad  a  shock-beaded  boy  in  my  class. 
He  never  had  anything  right.  He  could  not  spell,  never  knew 
his  multiplication  table,  and  fell  over  himself  when  be  tried  to 
read.  He  was  untruthful  as  well,  and  walked  in  an  aimless  fash- 
ion. He  could  not  keep  in  step  white  marching  in  line.  It  was 
for  weeks  uiy  one  desire  to  get  a  glimpse  at  that  boy's  cranium, 
shaven.  Imagine  my  delight  as  an  amateur  scientist  when  that 
wobbly-legged  boy  straggled  into  school  with  his  hair  cut  shortl 
Rushing  behind  him,  I  stood  spellbound  with  delight.  My  theory 
was  confirmed — his  head  carried  out  his  character.  Instead  of 
one  good  start,  the  hair  had  made  three  poorly  defined  and  eccen- 
tric attempts  to  start  In  the  spiral  to  encircle  his  head,  and  finally 
gave  it  up  as  a  bad  job,  ending  with  a  cowlick  Into  the  bargain. 

A  man's  head,  palm,  walk,  and    handwriting   proclaim  to   the 
world  what  manner  of  man  is  be. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21,  1894. 


THE 

OOKlD-ON. 


THE  story  of  how  "King"  McManus  (whose  brother  has  been 
killed  in  a  brawl)  came  to  graduate  from  Los  Gatos  has  not 
been  in  print  yet.  There  are  few  men  as  nervy  as  the  "King."  For 
three  long  years  there  were  only  occasional  spells  when  he  did 
not  see  reptiles  and  such  things  before  he  could  sleep  at  night. 
But  they  never  troubled   him    much.     With    drunken   curses  he 

UBed  to  pull  the  covers  over  his   head  and   mutter:  "Well,  d 

you,  I'm  as  big  a  snake  as  any  of  you!" 

But  one  night  after  he  had  bought  Kelly  &  Crimmina's  place  on 
Third  street,  a  big  crab  followed  him  upstairs  to  bed.  This  was 
a  new  kind  of  horror  for  the  "King,"  and  the  cold  sweat  broke 
out  on  him  when  the  crustacean  monster  crawled  up  on  the  bed, 
pulled  the  covers  from  his  face,  and  pinched  his  nose.  McManus 
got  np  and  consulted  his  bartender.  "Better  take  a  Hammam 
bath,"  suggested  that  knowing  one. 

McManus  went  to  the  bath  and  got  safely  seated  in  the  hot 
room  without  seeing  anything  more  of  his  jim-jam  crab.  Then 
a  big  Englishman  came  in  and  stood  talking  in  the  doorway, 
holding  the  door  open  a  few  inches — just  wide  enough  to  permit 
that  crab  to  get  through.  It  crawled  straight  toward  McManus, 
climbed  into  the  pan  of  hot  water,  and  bit  bis  toes.     The  "King" 

got  up  and  moved  to  the  other  side  of  the  room.     "If  that  d 

Englishman  would  only  shut  the  door!"  was  bis  unanswered 
prayer.  Against  his  better  judgment  he  looked  again  to  the 
door.  There  was  a  long  procession  of  crabs  marching  in.  The 
Englishman  seemed  to  take  a  fiendish  delight  in  admitting 
them.  They  crawled  slowly  but  surely  to  McManus.  When  the 
first  one  reached  him  he  lost  his  nerve  entirely.  He  snatched  the 
towel  from  his  loins  and  made  a  wild  dash  at  the  crabs  with  it; 
then  with  a  cry  of  terror  he  sprang  pait  the  Englishman  in  the 
doorway  and  was  out  on  the  street,  stark  naked,  before  anyone 
conld  stop  him.  The  first  policeman  he  ran  against  covered  him 
with  his  coat  and  took  him  to  the  central  station.  And  the  next 
day  the  King  of  the  Potrero  went  to  Los  Gatos. 


She  tripped  up  to  the  box  office  of  the  Baldwin  Theatre  on 
Baturday  morning  the  perfect  picture  of  a  summer  girl,  and  look- 
ing as  modest  as  a  saint  on  a  stained-glass  window.  Louis  Mor- 
genstern,  the  treasurer  of  the  theatre,  was  standing  by  the  main 
entrance,  and  as  the  girl  was  questioning  his  assistant  about  the 
tickets,  be  was  eyeing  her  from  head  to  feet,  wrapt  in  admira- 
tion. When  his  eyes  had  reached  her  feet  Mr.  Morgenstem  was 
almost  dazed.  Lying  on  the  marble  floor  was  a  dainty  black 
garter  with  a  diamond  buckle,  which  was  adorned  by  a  little  gold 
snake  with  glittering  ruby  eyes.  The  girl  moved  away,  and  with 
a  hurried  step  Mr.  Morgenstern  reached  the  box-office  rail  and 
picked  up  the  garter.  He  followed  the  young  lady  to  the  side- 
walk, and  tapping  her  on  the  arm,  said  with  great  hesitancy: 

it  Er — ah — excuse  me,  but  may  I  ask  you  a  delicate  question?" 

"Sir!"  answered  the  young  lady,  with  great  vehemence,  "I 
do  not  know  yon." 

<•  I  know  that,  but  I  am  afraid  that  I  will  be  forced  to  do  so." 

"  Take  care,  sir!  " 

"  Well,"  said  Mr.  Morgenstern,  as  the  blush  of  modesty  filled 
his  ample  face,  "I  think  that  this  is  your  garter.  I  picked  it  up." 

She  blushed,  too,  and  clasped  her  left  knee  to  find  out  if  it  was 
really  true.  Then  she  recognized  the  jeweled  band,  and  held  out 
her  hand  to  Mr.  Morgenstern,  saying: 

"  I  thank  you,  sir.     I  see  that  you  are  a  gentleman.     But   tell 
me :  How  long  have  you  been  following  me  ?  " 
#  *  * 

The  summer  young  man  is  the  one  who,  if  he  finds  time  to 
leave  the  city  and  pass  a  few  weeks  at  one  of  the  resorts,  makes 
himself  useful  by  devoted  attention  to  the  summer  girl.  He  glides 
in  her  wake  from  early  morning  until  late  at  night.  He  drives 
for  the  summer  girl,  he  rides  beside  her,  he  rows  a  boat  for  her, 
carries  picnic  baskets,  climbs  slippery  banks  in  quest  of  alluring 
plants  or  vines,  shoos  off  cows,  gallantly  spreads  his  coat  for 
beauty  to  stand  upon  on  the  damp  sands  of  the  seaside,  teaches 
her  to  ride  the  bicycle,  and,  in  short,  performs  a  thousand  and 
one  duties.  The  summer  young  man  is  at  present  making  the 
most  of  his  short  season,  for  he  knows  that  when  he  returns  to 
the  city  he  will  be  utterly  eclipsed  again  by  the  temporarily  dis- 
carded real  young  man. 

*  *  4 

While  some  of  the  incidents  of  the  present  strike  have  been  of 
a  sad  nature,  it  has  also  been  attended  by  some  of  a  very  amus- 
ing character.  One  of  the  humorous  sort  occurred  a  few  days 
ago  at  Golden  Gate,  near  Berkeley.  Since  the  strike  the  residents 
of  that  place  have  been  obliged  to  use  the  electric  cars  for  trans- 
portation to  their  places  of  business.     For  many  days  they  left 


their  homes  in  the  morning  and  gazed  wistfully  up  and  down  the 
track  for  the  train  that  never  came.  At  last,  however,  fortune 
smiled  on  them.  Some  one  at  the  station  saw  the  train  about  a 
mile  away.  With  one  bound  he  started  through  the  suburb  cry- 
ing, "Train  coming!  Train  coming!"  One  man  heard  the  yell 
and  hastened  to  hoist  his  flag,  not  forgetting  to  notify  his  neigh- 
bors, the  druggist,  and  the  baker  of  the  happy  event.  The  baker 
rushed  out,  followed  by  the  druggist  and  the  druggist's  clerk. 
The  train  was  coming  into  the  station  and  the  crowd  was  large. 
AH  points  of  vantage  had  been  taken  except  one,  the  coal  dealer's 
wagon,  into  which  jumped  the  drug  clerk.  He  was  not  to  be  de- 
prived of  the  welcome  sight,  and  as  the  train  came  to  a  stop  be 
stood  there  in  a  sort  of  ecstacy,  unconsciously  scratching  his  left 
hand  with  his  right.  Militiamen  were  scattered  all  over  the  en- 
gine and  tender,  and  the  drug  clerk  looked  on  admiringly.  His 
was  but  a  short  stare,  however,  for  down  from  the  cab  jumped 
a  burly  fireman,  casting  ugly  looks  at  the  occupant  of  the  coal 
wagon. 

"See  here,  young  man, "shouted  the  fireman,  "what  are  you 
scratching  your  hand  for?     Do  you  mean  that  we  are  scabs?" 

The  frightened  compounder  of  pills  climbed  down  hastily  from 
his  point  of  view,  muttering  to  the  coal  dealer  that  he  meant  no 
offense  by  his  action.  He  realized,  however,  that  any  trifling 
action  in  these  days  means  fully  as  much  as  it  does  for  a  cus- 
tomer to  wink  at  him  when  he  is  drawing  soda  water. 

*  *  * 

That  great  bugbear,  the  new  building,  has  resulted  in  the 
Bohemian  Clnb's  reducing  its  initiation  fee  to  $50  from  $100,  and 
this,  too,  in  the  face  of  the  fact  that  prior  to  the  discovery  that 
the  new  building  bad  brought  the  club  to  the  verge  of  bank- 
ruptcy, the  propriety  of  increasing  the  initiation  fee  to  $300  had 
been  very  seriously  considered.  Of  course  the  $50  initiation  is 
only  a  temporary  arrangement,  with  the  idea  of  inducing  an  in- 
flux of  desirable  new  members  who  at  the  proper  time,  should  an 
assessment  become  necessary,  would  be  ready  and  willing  to  bear 
their  quota  of  the  burden;  but  the  new  administration  is  coming 
in  for  quite  an  extensive  and  healthy  roast  from  most  of  the 
members,  who  stand  aghast  at  the  prospect  of  a  horde  of  snob- 
bish and  impecunious  young  men  monopolizing  their  favorite 
corners  and  favorite  papers,  which  state  of  affairs  they  grumble  is 
now  made  fairly  possible  by  the  $50  fee.  If  the  directors  respon- 
sible conld  only  know  how  many  of  the  class  mentioned,  armed 
with  borrowed  money,  are  already  formulating  schemes  for  get- 
ting their  names  inscribed  among  the  elect,  they  would  make  it 
three  times  as  high  as  before.  The  next  meeting  of  the  club 
comes  off  next  Thursday,  and  there  is  every  indication  of  a  lively 
time. 

It  remains  now  to  be  seen  what  the  jinks  will  do  toward  get- 
ting the  malcontents  in  good  humor.  Everybody  knows  that 
Peter  Robertson  is  a  near  relative  of  the  missionary  who  "knew 
his  business."  And  will  not  John  Stanton,  and  Jack  Lathrop, 
and  Bob  Fletcher  add  lustre  in  carload  lots  to  the  programme 
now  in  process  of  construction,  and  in  regard  to  which  it  is 
prophesied  that  the  members  will  spring  the  same  old  gag :  "This 
is  the  best  we  ever  had"? 

*  »  * 

Ex-Attorney-General  Hart's  row  with  Chairman  Knight  in  the 
Republican  Convention  at  Sacramento,  and  bis  placing  himself 
on  record  later  on  as  an  advocate  of  the  strikers  there,  recalls  a 
story  in  which  the  General's  reputation  for  egotism  in  the  first 
degree  appears  to  be  pretty  well  sustained.  It  appears  that  years 
ago,  just  before  his  departure  for  Washington  to  argue  the  rail- 
road tax  cases  before  the  United  States  Supreme  Court — cases  in- 
volving millions  of  dollars — his  brother,  the  Hon.  Thos.  J.  Hart, 
of  Colusa,  now  deceased,  who  had  a  very  keen  sense  of  the  ridicu- 
lous, and  was  considerable  of  a  wit  withal,  dropped  into  his 
office,  and  the  following  conversation  ensued: 

"Gus,  who  is  going  to  assist  you  in  those  railroad  cases?" 

"Nobody." 

"Who's  on  the  other  side?" 

"Oh,  Edmunds,  Judge  Sanderson,  Roscoe  Conkling,  and  some 
of  those  fellows." 

"Well,  do  they  know  you  are  coming?" 

"No." 

"Now,  Gus,  don't  you  think  you  ought  to  telegraph  them  and 
let  them  know  that  you  are  coming,  so  as  to  prepare  them  a  little? 
Do  you  think  it  right  to  take  them  by  surprise  in  this  way?" 

"No,"  said  the  Attorney- General,  "they  will  have  to  take  care 
of  themselves  the  best  way  they  can." 

*  #  * 

Colonel  Chamberlain,  whom  all  men  know  from  his  connection 
with  banks  as  Bank  Examiner,  is  located  in  Los  Angeles.  The 
Colonel  has  started  a  clnb,  called  the  Jonathan  Club,  which  is  a 
sort  of  semi-political  club  with  a  terrific  war-cry.  It  is  located  on 
Spring  street  in  rather  modest  rooms,  but  has  a  good  bar.  The 
Colonel  is  the  President  and  it  is  proposed  to  make  the  Jonathan 
Club  the  Union  League  Club  of  the  South.  It  has  a  fair  member- 
ship and  is  said  to  be  doing  well. 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


Julv  21,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NBW8  JXTTKR. 


LAWN     TENNIS 


TH  K  adjourned  meeting  of  tbr  KxrcnlWe  Committee  of  the 
Piclflc  8tttx  Lawn Ttnnto  Awoctttloa  look  place  la?i  Mon- 
day, and  the  Double  and  Ladies'  Singlet  championships  were 
taken  under  advisement.  It  was  finally  settled  to  bold  the  cham- 
pionship meeting  at  tbe  courts  of  the  Hotel  Rafael  on  September 
";h  -th.  and  10th.  The  tournament  committee  is  composed  of 
A.  H.  Wilberforce.  '•.  E.  Stoker,  and  A.  Kaeser  for  the  gentle- 
men's  event,  and  Miss  <<ibbs.  Miss  Hates,  and  A.  1>.  Wilberforce, 
Jr.,  tbe  ladies'.  The  referee  is  to  be  0.  I*.  Hubbard.  Tbe  entries 
are  to  close  on  September  5th  at  noon,  ami  all  entries  must  be 
accompanied  by  the  entrance  fee  of  three  dollars,  a  new  and  a 
very  good  rale.  All  sets  for  tbe  gentlemen's  doubles  are  to  be 
three  out  of  five,  but  tbe  ladies  will  play  only  two  out  of  three, 
except  in  tbe  finals  and  championship  rounds,  when  three  out  of 
five  will  be  played.  We  have  been  promised  a  new  entry  this 
season  in  the  shape  of  another  »  Hardy  team,"  composed  of  two 
more  brothers  of  the  present  champions,  and  it  might  be  interest- 
ing to  see  all  four  brothers  come  together  in  tbe  finals. 

Tennis  players  are  returning  to  their  old  haunts,  and  the  cry 
now  is  for  new  tournaments.  Tbe  California  Club  will  doubtless 
soon  respond  and  give  an  open  double  tournament  in  the  first 
week  in  August.  The  Oakland,  as  well  as  tbe  Alameda  clubs,  are 
also  in  tbe  field  for  some  kind  of  a  tournament,  shortly  to  be 
heid,  and  the  officers  of  the  Olympic  Annex  intend  to  hold  a  prize 
meeting  as  soon  as  convenient.  We  also  hear  that  the  Hotel 
Mateo  people  are  awaiting  with  interest  the  outcome  of  the  Hotel 
del  Monte  Invitation  matches,  and  if  these  prove  a  success  it  is 
most  probable  that  there  will  soon  be  another  series  of  matches 
at  the  Mateo  courts.  The  courts  at  the  various  clubs  are  once 
again  becoming  well  patronized,  and  it  seems  like  old  times  to  see 
players  waiting  their  turns  to  obtain  a  court  to  play  on. 

The  Hotel  del  Monte  has  issued  the  following  invitation:  "The 
Hotel  del  Monte  invites  you  to  participate  in  an  Invitation 
Doubles  and  Mixed  Doubles  Tennis  Tournament,  to  be  held  at  its 
courts  July  20th  and  21st,  1894."  Invitations  have  been  issued 
to  Messrs.  W.  H.  Taylor,  Jr.,  H.  N.  Stetson,  G.  B.  de  Long,  C.  P. 
Hubbard,  A.  J.  Treat,  A.  B.  Wilberforce,  T.  J.  Driscoll,  C.  D. 
Bates,  Jr.,  8.  8.  Sanborn,  W.  McGavin,  D.  E.  Allison,  Jr.,  G.  E. 
Stoker,  W.  C.  Hoban,  A.  J.  Allen,  W.  O'Connor,  E.  N.  Bee,  R.  J. 
Harrison,  T.  Magee,  Will  Magee,  Walter  Magee,  and  Misses  Bee 
Hooper,  Hush,  Crouch,  Gibbs,  and  several  others.  The  tourna- 
ment committee  consists  of  Messrs.  A.  J. Treat,  G.  E.  Stoker,  and 
H.  X.  Stetson,  and  the  affair  under  such  efficient  management 
ought  to  prove  an  unbounded  success.  Tom  Magee  will  also  cap- 
tain a  baseball  team  and  a  match  will  be  played  this  morning, 
and  Walter  Aimer  Newhall  will,  in  his  usual  good  style,  lead  a 
german  in  the  evening.  Mr.  Shouewald  will  cap  the  climax  with 
a  supper,  and  then  the  entertainment  will  close. 

The  All-England  championships  were  decided  on  the  7th  inst., 
and  herald  a  new  lady  champion  in  the  shape  of  Mrs.  Hillyard, 
better  known  as  Blanche  Bingley,  who  defeated  Miss  Austin  in 
the  finals  and  took  the  championship,  as  Miss  Lottie  Dod  did  not 
defend  this  year.  Wilfred  Baddeley  won  the  all-comers,  but  was 
defeated  by  I.  Pirn  (the  champion)  by  three  sets  to  love;  score, 
10-8,6-2,8-6. 

Mothers  and  nurses  all  the  world  over  have  given  their  teething 
babies  and  feverish  children  Steedman's  Soothing  Powders.  Try  them. 

Furnished  double  upper  flat  to  rent  in  Western  Addition.  Seven  rooms, 
bath,  and  attic.     Rent,  $75  a  month.     Apply,  3116  Washington  street. 


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AT  THE 

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Half  a  million  gallons 
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water  pumped  into  the 
tank  every  day. 


r\R-   D.   E.  DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 

Now  at  LCKLINE  BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Next  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

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A.  BUSWELL, 

BOO*  ■  INDER,  PAPER-RULER,  PRINTER  AND  [SUNK  BOOK  MANUFACTURER 
535  Clav  Street.  Near  Montgomery.  San  Francisco. 


HOTEL 
VENDOME, 


SAN  JOSE,  CAL. 


TO  say  that  the  Hotel  Vendome  is 
the  best  is  enough  in  its  favor.  It 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  ele- 
gantly appointed  hotels  in  the  State. 
It  is  situated  in  the  center  of  a  finely 
cultivated  park  twelve  acres  in  ex- 
tent, and  is  surrounded  by  trees  of 
many  years'  growth. 

The  location  is  in  the  most  fashion- 
able part  of  the  city  of  San  Jose,  and 
is  only  two  blocks  from  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  depot.  Electric  cars 
pass  the  door  at  short  intervals. 

The  appointments  of  the  hotel  are 
first-class  in  every  particular,  being 
furnished  throughout  in  the  most 
elegant  and  attractive  manner. 

QeO.     P.     57®.  i »      MANAGER. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21, 1894. 


1  We    Obev    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 


MR.  HENRY  GUY  CARLETON  has  performed  the  wonderful 
feat  of  writing  a  play  in  which  the  leading  man  and  the 
leading  lady  do  not  speak  to  each  other  until  the  middle  of  the 
third  act.  Whatever  Mr.  Carleton  may  argue,  it  is  one  of  the 
greatest  faults  of  The  Butterflies.  The  principal  scenes  of  the  play 
should  have  been  between  John  Drew  and  Miss  Maud  Adams, 
but  it  was  not  until  the  last  act  that  they  met,  and  then  it  was 
in  such  an  otd-time  melodramatic  manner  that  the  audience  lost 
interest  in  the  scene  altogether.  The  Butterflies  is,  without  doubt, 
the  weakest  play  that  ever  came  from  the  pen  of  Mr.  Carleton. 
No  one  recognizes  in  it  any  traces  of  the  clever,  careful  work  that 
he  put  into  The  Lion's  Mouth  and  The  Qilded  Fool.  The  Butterflies 
is  made  up  of  scenes  from  comedies  that  have  wandered 
down  the  grooves  of  time,  but  which  are  still  fresh  in 
the  minds  of  theatre-goers.  Before  the  first  half  of  the 
opening  act  is  over  every  one  knows  who  is  going  to  marry 
every  one  else,  every  one  knows  that  Fred  Ossian  will  pay  Mrs. 
Stuart-Dodge's  dressmaking  bill,  and  every  one  knows  that 
Miriam  Stuart-Dodge  would  break  off  her  match  with  Barrington 
Green.  There  is  such  a  thing  in  dramatic  composition  as  a  play- 
wright holding  some  surprise  in  reserve  for  the  interest  of  bis 
audience  and  for  the  intensity  of  his  play,  but  Mr.  Carleton  has 
failed  to  do  this  in  every  respect.  There  is  not  one  scene  or  one 
line  in  the  first  act  that  does  not  foretell  what  is  to  follow  in  the 
next  two.  The  funniest  scene  is  that  in  which  Fred  Ossian  takes 
his  lady  love's  shawl  by  mistake,  thinking  that  it  is  her  handker- 
chief, and  is  caught  by  the  young  lady's  mother.  The  play  is 
altogether  too  illusory  and  artificial.  It  is  without  depth  or  feel- 
ing, and  what  there  is  of  it  exists  only  on  the  surface.  It  is  a 
poor  vehicle  indeed  for  a  man  of  John  Drew's  capabilities — a  man 
who  has  played  all  of  Shakespeare's  romantic  heroes.  He  has 
been  called  the  leading  actor  of  the  society  comedy  of  to-day, 
and  his  charming  personality  and  artistic  ability  clearly  give  him 
that  position.  All  of  his  methods  are  facile,  he  knows  all  of  the 
little  tricks  of  the  high  comedian,  but  his  histrionic  ability  goes 
to  waste,  and  the  fine  shadings  of  his  acting  are  useless  in  such  a 
schoolgirl  play  as  The  Butterflies.  Miss  Adams  and  Miss  Anna 
Belmont  giggled  through  the  play  with  all  the  artfulness  of  two 
girls  who  had  never  had  the  attentions  of  a  man  before.  Mr. 
Carleton  might  have  given  them  something  more  to  do.  Both 
young  ladies  are  light  and  dainty,  and  Miss  Adams  has  a  sympa- 
thetic quality  which  tells  all  through  her  work — which  tells,  in 
fact,  that  she  is  capable  of  playing  stronger  and  deeper  parts. 
Harry  Harwood's  Hiram  Green  is  a  character  that  is  not  new  to 
the  stage,  but  he  played  it  in  a  masterly  way.  Mrs.  Annie  Adams, 
as  Mrs.  Ossian,  was  quiet  and  natural.  The  players  do  well  one 
and  all,  but  it  is  not  much  to  their  credit,  for  the  play  is  so  airy, 
so  indiscriminately  false  and  unnatural,  that  it  is  hard  to  see  how 
it  can  appeal  to  high-class  players. 
*  *  * 
On  Monday  evening  John  Drew  will  enter  upon  the  second 
week  of  his  present  engagement  in  this  city,  when  he  will  pre- 
sent, for  the  first  time  here,  Bisson  and  Carre's  farce,  A  Masked 
Ball,  which  ran  for  an  entire  seasoD  in  New  York.  It  will  be 
given  with  the  original  cast.  This  is  the  comedy  in  which  Miss 
Maud  Adams,  John  Drew's  clever  leading  lady,  made  such  a  dis- 
tinct hit. 

*         #         T» 

On  behalf  of  a  long-suffering  public,  we  would  respectfully  ask 
the  legislative  highwaymen  who  will  meet  at  Sacramento 
next  January,  to  pass  a  law  making  it  a  misdemeanor  for  any 
person  with  a  cold  to  appear  in  the  orchestra  circle  of  a  theatre, 
and  a  felony  for  a  man  with  a  hacking  cough  to  show  himself 
inside  the  foyer;  the  misdemeanor  to  be  punishable  by  death,  the 
felony  by  incarceration  with  a  person  affected  by  a  hacking 
cough  of  more  diabolical  character.  A  number  of  respectable 
human  beings  at  the  California  Theatre,  the  other  night,  suffered 
at  the  lungs  of  people  addicted  to  the  hacking-cough  vice,  and 
they  would  have  lost  much  of  the  boisterous  delights  of  Cordelia's 
Aspirations  had  they  not  been  blessed  with  eyes.  Cordelia's  As- 
pirations is  fully  as  absurd  and  ridiculous  as  any  of  its  predeces- 
sors. It  will  make  one  laugh  just  as  many  times  and  just  as 
heartily.  Harrigan  as  Dan  Mulligan  is  capital.  Miss  Hattie 
Moore  was  good,  and  especially  so  when  she  swallowed  the 
brandy  instead  of  the  poison.  Mr.  FiBher  infused  too  much 
Dutch  dialect  into  Planxty  McFudd  to  make  one  believe  that  he 
was  an  Irishman.  The  Uncle  Tom  combination  was  original  and 
amusing,  and  the  dances,  which  are  the  creations  of  Dan  Burke, 
were  very  clever.  All  through  the  play  the  singing  is  excellent. 
On  Monday  evening  Mr.  Harrigan  will  produce  McSorleifs  Infla- 
tion. In  that  play  he  interprets  the  character  of  a  rollicking, 
typical  New  York  politician.  It  is  a  character  well  known  to 
the  American  people.  In  the  great  Fulton  street  market  scene, 
his  song,  "1  Never  Drink  Behind  the  Bar,"  was  one  of  the  sen- 


sations of  the  season.  Among  the  other  songs  introduced  are: 
"The  Market  on  Saturday  Night,"  "McNally's  Row  of  Flats," 
"The  Salvation  Army,"  and  "Mrs.  McKeon's  Boarding  House." 
A  feature  of  this  production  is  the  original  scenery  and  new 
types  of  characters  that  are  seldom  seen  in  any  plays  except 
those  of  Mr.  Harrigan. 

»  *  * 

The  Tivoli  has  arranged  a  grand  production  of  Rip  Van  Winkle. 
The  opening  night  will  be  Monday  next.  Dick  Turpin  did  not 
make  a  success.  It  was  too  serious  a  work  for  the  Tivoli  people, 
and  the  fact  that  it  was  written  in  dialect  made  it  bard  to  under- 
stand and  hard  to  play. 

The  new  specialty  stars  at  the  Orpheum  have  been  well  received, 
and  have  succeeded  in  packing  the  house  to  the  doors  every 
night.  Lydia  Yeamans-Titus  made  an  immense  hit,  and  ber  act 
went  better  at  the  Orpheum  than  it  did  at  the  California,  when 
she  appeared  at  that  theatre  with  Hallen  and  Hart.  The  Braatz 
Brothers  and  George  H,  Duncan  were  good  in  their  lines,  and 
Gilbert  and  Goldie  repeated  their  former  successes. 

The  following,  taken  from  To-day,  gives  some  of  George  Gros- 
Bmith's  ideas  of  the  A  merican  drama :  "  The  American  play  of  the 
period  is  a  queer  mixture  of  melodrama,  farce,  tragedy,  comedy, 
music-hall,  and  a  lot  of  other  things.  It  has  a  profound  pathos 
in  it,  and  is  plentifully  supplied  with  what  are  called  '  special- 
ties.1 These  are  dragged  in  with  a  sublime  indifference  to  every- 
thing but  the  very  peculiar  taste  of  the  public  that  likes  that  sort 
of  thing.  There  is  just  one  theme  for  the  drama  in  question.  I 
will  briefly  outline  the  story.  There  is  a  homestead  which  is  about 
to  be  sold  to  a  railway  company,  as  the  projected  line  is  to  run 
through  the  farm;  but  the  railway  is  given  up,  so  the  homestead 
is  not  sold.     That's  all." 

•  #  » 

Oscar  Wilde's  new  comedy  is  to  be  produced  at  the  Haymarket 
theatre  in  August,  and  Henry  Arthur  Jones's  play  will  be  done 
shortly  at  the  Criterion. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 


Lessee  and  Manager. 


Al  Hayman 
Monday.  July  23d-SECOND  WEEK 

MR.  JOHN   DREW, 

and  first  presentation  of  Bisson  &  Carre's  comedy, 
THE  MASKEIT  BALL 

As  performed  for  over  300  nights  in  New  York. 

Monday,  July  30th— Third  and  last  week  of  MR.  JOHN  DREW. 

First  three  nights— CHRISTOPHER  JR. 

NEW  CALIFORNIA  THEATRE. 

AlHayman&Co Lessees. 

S.N.    Friedlander,  Manager. 
Week  of  July  23d— Every    evening,  including  Sunday.     Matinee  Satur- 
day.   MR. 

EDWARD  HARRIGAN 

and  his  New  York  company,  presenting  for  the  first  time  here  Mr.  Harri- 
gan's  funniest  of  all  comedies, 

-[.SOKLIVS  INFLATION. 

His  Greatest  New  York  Success.     Braham's  delightful  melodies. 
Reserved  Seats,  night— 25c  ,  50c  ,  75c  .  $1.    Reserved  seats,  matinee— 25c. 
50c  ,  75c     Next  Play-SQUATTEK  SOVEREIGNTY. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Kbeling  Bbos       Proprietors  and  Managers. 

To-night.    Production  of  the  season.    The  ideal  romantic  opera.    Com- 
panion piece  to  "Robin  Hood." 

DICK    TURPIN. 

Book  by  H.  Grattan  Donnelly.    Music  by  Bowness  Briggs. 

Monday,  July  23d— RIP  VAN  WINKLE. 

Popolar  Prices  25  and  50c 

ORPHEUM- 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  of  Monday,  July  23d.     A  Magnificent  New  Bill  by  our 
GRAND  EASTERN  SPECIALTY  COMPANY. 
LYDIV  YEABfAN'S  TITUS.  THE  BRAATZ  BROS. 

CONNORS  A  STALEY.  O'BRIEN  »i  CARROLL. 

4  II  VS.  II.  DUNCAN.  Etc.,  Etc. 

Last  week  of  the  incomparable  bicyclists— THE  WILMOTS. 
Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

Matinee  prices— Parquet,  any  seat,  25c, ;  balcony,  any  seat,   10c  ;  child- 
ren, 10c.,  any  part. 

Evening  Prices— Reserved  Seats,  25c;  Balcony  10c;  Opera  Chairs  and 
Box  Seats,  50c. _ 

I  II  I  IAN    RFnnARH     Tne  English  actress,  coaches  ladles  and 
LI  LLIHll    uLUUftiiU,   gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 

Searances   arranged.      SHAKESPEAREAN    ACADEMY,    1007  California 
treet,  opposite  tne  Flood  Mansion. 

pianos  %x=z&co- 

be,    Haines,  Bush  &  Gert: 


S.F. 


>„ash  or  installments.     Please  call  or  correspond. 

SAN 
FRANCISCO. 


BANCROFT 


July  21.  1394. 


sw  i  k\\.  is<  o  m;\\s  letter. 


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GOTHAM    OUS8IP. 

Hn  Youk.  July  8,  I S 

THY  Mtfa  of  JaiM  «aw  *  very  pretty  wedding  at  Wilmington. 
Pelaware.  when  KlM  Anna  Pupont  became  Mrs.  William  C. 
Peyton.  Mlaa  Julia  Pay  Ion  came  on  with  her  brother  from  Cali- 
fornia to  the  wedding,  and  was.  as  she  usually  is  wherever  she 
appears,  conspicuous  for  her  beauty  and  dignity.  The  Right 
Reverend  I.eighton  Coleman.  Bishop  of  Delaware,  performed  the 
ceremony.  Mi«s  Dnponl.  who  is  young  and  attractive,  wore  a 
white  satiu  gown  adorned  with  old  rose  point  lace.  Among  her 
jewels  was  a  pearl  brooch  (the  gift  of  her  grandmother),  which 
for  generations  has  been  regarded  in  the  Pupont  family  as  a  talis- 
man ensuring  a  happy  marriage.  The  wedding  gifts  were  numer- 
ous and  very  valuable.  The  diamond  corsage  ornament  worn  by 
the  bride  was  a  present  from  Mr.  Peyton.  The  Peytons,  both  in 
England  and  America,  are  a  remarkably  handsome  and  charming 
family:  many  friends  here  and  abroad  wi&h  joy  to  the  newly 
wed  scion  of  the  family. 

Mr.  John  Mackay,  who  was  recently  elected  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Commercial  club,  gave  a  dinner  to  the  members  in  the 
Postal  Telegraph  Building  recently  completed  in  lower  Broadway. 
George  D.  Roberts,  one  of  San  Francisco's  old  mining  men,  is 
preparing  for  a  trip  westward,  as  he  does  not  find  New  York  a 
congenial  sammer  clime.  Mrs.  William  Wayne  Belvin  is  still 
visiting  the  Calhouns  in  West  End  avenue,  but  expects  to  go  for 
a  part  of  July  to  Mrs.  Preston  Hix's  lovely  country  place,  Rye- 
holme,  in  Westchester  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clans  Spreckels 
and  Mips  Spreckels  are  in  Paris.  Mrs.  Gertrude  Atherton  is  still 
living  in  Warburton  avenue,  Yonkers.  Her  daughter  is  at  a 
neighboring  convent. 

William  Walter  Phelps's  will  has  just  been  filed  for  probate. 
Among  his  legatees  is  the  special  correspondent,  Charles  Nordboff, 
who  is  now  at  Coronado,  and  who  for  years  has  been  identified 
with  Californian  interests. 

C.  P.  Huntington  has  been  making  himself  solid  with  the  great 
American  workman.  The  laborers  employed  on  Mr.  Elbridge 
Gerry's  new  house  in  upper  Fifth  avenue  struck  because  Mr. 
fierry,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  hundreds  of  skilled  marble  work- 
ers are  idle  in  this  country,  had  imported  all  the  mantels  to  be 
used  in  his  new  house.  "  He  shows,"  they  said,  "  how  great 
his  love  is  for  children  by  helping  to  starve  their  parents."  This 
scathing  remark,  together  with  the  union  men's  enthusiastic  ap- 
proval of  Mr.  Huntington,  who  has  had  no  foreign  work  put  into 
his  new  house,  so  overcame  Mr.  Oerry  that  he  promised  "  never 
to  do  so  no  more,"  and  consequently  his  house  begins  to  show 
signs  of  completion.  The  Huntington  house,  unfinished  as  it  is, 
is  on  the  market.  Yerkes,  the  Chicago  millionaire,  is,  1  am  told, 
negotiating  for  the  property  as  a  New  York  pied  a  terre  for  him- 
self and  wife,  who  have  also,  it  is  said,  yearnings  McAUisterward. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stanley  Dexter  have  gone  to  their  country  house 
at  Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island,  and  were  at  the  reception  given  by 
the  Seawanbaka  Yacht  Club.  Harry  Gillig,  whose  yacht  Gloriana 
lay  in  the  harbor,  was  also  present.  He  has  entered  the  Gloriana 
for  the  New  London  cruise,  and  Percy  Chubb,  who  married  Miss 
"Adolphe  "  Low  several  years  ago,  has  entered  his  Queen  Mab  for 
the  same  event. 

From  Milan  I  hear  that  Miss  Ethel  Corlette,  whose  mother, 
Mrs.  Theresa  Corlette,  was  long  amongst  the  writers  for  the  News 
Letter  and  other  San  Francisco  periodicals,  is  about  to  make  her 
debut  at  La  8cala  in  Somna?nbula,  which  she  has  already  sung 
with  great  effect  and  success  at  Bassam.  Her  voice,  it  is  said, 
has  developed  wonderful  sweetness,  power,  and  accuracy. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Ruiledge  Gibson,  who  spent  last  winter  in 
Cairo,  have  returned,  and  will  go  to  Bar  Harbor  for  the 
season.  Sir  William  and  Lady  Booker  sail  on  Thursday  on  the 
Campannia  for  a  long  absence  abroad.  Mrs.  Sara  Chase  and  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  D.  L.  Taft  are  at  Long  Branch  for  the  season.  George 
Roberts  leaves  for  the  Catskills  to-morrow  for  a  month.  Mr.  W. 
W.  Belvin  has  returned  from  his  Western  trip,  and  he  and  Mrs. 
Belvin  are  at  the  Hotel  Marlborough.  The  New  London  regatta 
ended  on  Saturday  ended  in  a  wild  excitement  with  the  race  be- 
tween the  Ariel,  Gloriana  {H.  M.  Gillig),  and  the  Wasp.  It  was 
splendidly  sailed,  and  the  J  WW.  won  by  only  five  seconds,  the 
Wasp  following,  and  the  Gloriana  another  five  seconds  behind.  It 
was  a  blow  to  Gillig,  as  the  Wasp  and  the  Gloriana  are  so  closely 
matched  that  there  is  more  than  the  usual  emulation  between 
them. 

Something  of  a  sensation  has  been  created  here  by  the  career  of 
Baron  von  Martsclis  Hartswick,  a  yonng  nobleman  from  Ant- 
werp, who  is  a  philanthropist  at  twenty-four.  Baron  von  Harts- 
wick has  been  and  is  very  rich.  He  came  to  America  a  few  years 
ago  in  order  to  arrange  a  colony  in  the  South  for  impoverished 
Dutchmen.  In  connection  with  this  enterprise  he  returned  to 
Antwerp,  where  shortly  afterward  his  father  died,  leaving  him  a 
large  fortune.  But  a  few  months  had  elapsed  before  he  made  a 
singular  determination.  He  placed  his  fortune  in  the  hands  of  a 
trustee,  making  him  swear  to  honor  no  draft  before  the  expira- 
tion of  two  years,  and  set  himself  to  find  out  by  personal  experi- 
ence what  the  life  of  a  poor  man  might  be.  Finding  that  Ant- 
werp did  not  offer  sufficient  scope,  he  borrowed  two  thousand 
guilders  and  came  to  America.     He  was  prepared  for  extreme  ex- 


periences, and  bud  not  been  mirprined  when  Antwerp  friends, 
hearing  that  he  vm  mined,  on  I  him.  Therefore,  when  an  Ant- 
werp man  declared  him  to  the  c  erk  of  the  Hotel  Imperial  a*  a  fraud, 
he  wa«  culm,  and  thank*  to  a  friend  who  was  pre**hi,  wan  noon 
able  to  prove  bin  probity.  He  bad  brought  over  fr  m  Holland  a 
quaint  and  very  emart  chaise,  which  made,  with  the  handsome 
00b  drawing  it,  a  sensation  In  the  Mall.  As  his  money  ran  low, 
however,  he  was  obliged  to  Abandon  this  agreeable  diversion,  and 
in  fact  to  sell  the  chariot.  From  hotel  to  hoarding  house,  thence 
to  lodgings,  he  Ml  until  he  finally  found  himself  living  on  fifteen 
to  twenty-five  ceni*  a  day  for  his  two  meals.  In  i  rder  to  dothis 
he  was  forced  to  pawn  his  watch  and  a  valuable  peal  ring.  But 
be  is  plucky  and  determined  to  Ptick  to  hla  two  years  of  hard- 
ship. He  has  vainly  sought  employment  in  any  capacity  in  New 
"\  ork,  and  now  has  only  to  struggle  on  through  the  summer  be- 
fore going  out  to  China,  when  he  wilt  take  a  clerkship  at  twelve 
hundred  dollars  a  year.  He  persistently  refuses  to  break  his  con- 
tract with  the  Antwerp  guardian,  insisting  that  he  wishes  to 
know  from  experience  the  life  of  the  poor.  This  interesting 
young  gentleman,  when  he  appears  in  Broadway,  is  dressed  in 
the  most  utter  Piccadilly  fashion.  When,  however,  he  is  seek- 
ing employment  his  garb  is  of  the  simplest.  I  suppose  you  will 
see  htm  in  San  Francisco  on  bis  way  to  the  Flowery  Kingdom, 
and  I  suppose  also  that  he  will  be  the  interviewer's  joy  and  the 
labor  union's  delight.  Parse  Partout. 


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A  GENTLEMAN'S  SMOKE. 

TO  THE  MANUFACTURE  OF  THIS 
tobacco  wc  have  diven  the  most 
careful  attention  and  the  benefit 
of  many  years  experience.    _/ 

If  is  |he  choicest  Smokino, 
Tobacco. 

MARBURG  BROS.,  Baltimore.  Md. 


BYRON  HOT  SPRINGS 

Resort  is  reached  by  a  pleasant  three- 
hour  ride  by  rail  from  San  Francisco. 
The  h0t  mud,  hot  salt  water,  and 
hot  sulphur  baths  are  infallible  cures  for 
rheumatism,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  liver 
and  kidney  troubles,  blood  and  skin  dis- 
orders. 
L.  R.  HEAD,  C.  R.  MASON, 

Proprietor.  Manager. 

Byron  Hot  Springs  P.  O.,  Cal. 


l/ieby  5pi"ip<$s, 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  the  terminus  of  the  3.  F.  &N.  P.  Railway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms,  $12  to  ?14  per  week. 
Postoffice  and  telephone  at  springs. 

WM.  DOOLAN,  Proprietor. 

FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 

BUILDING  PAPERS. 

ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 

PARAFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

116  Battery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21, 1M-4 


GorrjStock  Business  has  been  very  dull  on  Pine  street  during 
Mining  the  week.  Prices,  however,  hold  tirm  with  a  de- 
Sfyares.  cided  scarcity  of  stock  in  all  the  leading  mines 
among  the  commission  brokers.  An  order  for  a  few  thousand 
shares  would  make  a  material  difference  in  tbe  complexion  of  the 
market,  and  there  is  no  telling  when  a  change  of  the  kind  may 
come.  The  condition  of  affairs  on  the  lode  favors  both  more 
activity  in  business  and  higher  prices-  The  disturbances  in  out- 
side affairs  have  undoubtedly  had  much  to  do  with  dulling  the 
tendency  to  speculate,  which  is,  ordinarily,  rife  in  this  commun- 
ity. Now  that  things  are  settling  down,  an  improvement  may 
be  confidently  expected  in  the  stock  market.  Con.  Cal- Virginia 
produced  in  all  last  mootb  $108,078  81  in  bullion.  Of  this 
amount,  $37,047.22  was  in  gold  and  $71,031.52  in  silver.  The  aver- 
age yield  in  bullion  per  ton  of  1 ,916  tons  of  ore  worked  was  $56. 39, 
and  the  average  assay  of  the  battery  samples  of  the  ore  was  $62  17 
per  ton.  The  ore  was  worked  up  to  72.13  per  cent,  of  car  sample 
assay  value.  This  is  a  good  showing  for  a  mine  selling  for 
a  little  over  $3  per  share,  and  which  is  .more  likely  to  increase 
than  to  decrease  its  output  in  the  future.  The  Crown  Point  Mine 
is  also  looking  well,  although  the  stock  is  depressed.  Working 
tests  of  the  ore  have  proved  satisfactorily  that  it  can  be  milled  at 
alight  expense  in  comparison  with  the  old  system.  To  such  an 
extent  has  the  reduction  in  expenses  been  made,  that  it  is  now 
said  that  a  small  profit  can  be  made  upon  rock  running  as  higb 
as  $7  per  ton  in  gold.  The  ore  now  being  worked  is  of  a  free 
milling  character,  running  high  in  gold,  rather  different  from  that 
formerly  extracted  from  the  mine.  The  Ophir  mine  is  also  show- 
ing signs  of  improvement.  Assessments  of  10  and  25  cents  were 
levied  during  the  week  on  Overman  and  Sierra  Nevada  respect- 
ively. 

$  $$ 

ft  Boor]  W.  C.  Ralston,  secretary  of  the  Miners'  Asso- 

To  elation  of  California,  has  just  issued   a  bulletin 

Mine-Owners,  confirming  the  statement  made  in  the  News 
Letter  two  weeks  ago,  that  the  mining  law  requiring  the  per- 
formance of  one  hundred  dollars  annual  work  on  mining  locations 
had  been  suspended  for  the  year  1894,  as  it  was  for  1893.  It  will 
be  necessary,  however,  to  file  a  notice  with  the  County  Recorder, 
stating  that  the  claim-owner  intends  to  take  advantage  of  the 
Act,  and  that  he  holds  the  claim  for  the  purpose  of  working  ir« 
This  must  be  filed  before  the  end  of  the  year  in  order  to  be  valid. 
Mr.  Ralston  also  notes  the  fact  that  a  bill  will  soon  be  brought  up 
in  the  House  providing  that  in  cases  of  a  contest  on  a  mining 
entry  the  Land  Office  must  presume  that  the  lands  situated  in  a 
mineral  belt  are  mineral  lands  until  the  contrary  is  proved.  This 
is  expected  to  pass,  and  is  designed  to  remove  considerable  diffi- 
culty and  expense  in  contesting  such  suits.  Copies  of  the  dis- 
patch has  been  sent  around  by  the  Association  to  all  County  Re- 
corders and  parties  in  mining  districts,  who  are  likely  to  spread 
the  useful  information. 

S  $  $ 

ijydraulic  A  good  demand  is  now  reported  for  gravel  depos- 
Gold  its  in  Northern  California,  where  water  is  available 
d/fines.  in  sufficient  quantity  for  economical  operation  of 
tbe  ground.  A  number  of  small  private  companies  have  been 
formed  to  take  up  claims  for  working  purposes,  and  so  far  many 
of  them  have  proved  quite  a  success.  It  does  not  take  a  large 
capital  for  enterprises  of  the  kind.  The  main  thing  is  to  get  in 
right,  and  if  the  gravel  has  gold  in  paying  quantities,  everything 
is  plain  sailing  in  the  hereafter.  It  ia,from  this  source  that  the 
bulk  of  the  annual  gold  supply  from  this  State  must  be  derived  in 
tbe  future,  and  there  are  thousands  of  acres  scattered  about  in  the 
different  counties  available  for  location. 

Cyanide  An  attempt  to  create  a  monopoly  in  the  importa- 

Process  tion  of  cyanide  of  potassium  by  the  Transvaal  Gov- 
Monopoly.  eminent  of  South  Africa  in  the  interests  of  theown- 
ers  of  the  so-called  process  is  now  the  subject  of  investigation  by 
the  Home  authorities.  The  representatives  of  the  mining  inter- 
est of  that  State  are  up  in  arms  against  such  a  patent  injustice, 
and  it  is  not  unlikely  that  the  manipulators  of  the  deal  will  carry 
their  point  in  the  face  of  the  opposition. 


Savage  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Savage  Mining  Com- 
rfqnual  pany,  which  was  held  on  Thursday,  83,973  out  of  the 
Election.  112,000  shares  of  capital  stock  were  represented.  The 
following  officers  and  directors  were  elected  to  serve  for  the  en- 
suing year:  George  R.  Wells,  President;  Charles  H.  Fish,  Vice- 
President;  Herman  Zadig,  W.  8.  Wood,  and  Thomas  Anderson, 
Trustees.  R.  P.  Keating  was  re-elected  Superintendent,  and 
E.  B.  Holmes,  Secretary. 


4  Good         The  Sun  Life  office  effected  new  assurances  last  year 
Financial    to  the  amount  of  £1,012,634,  yielding  £37,870  in  new 
SfjOiviqg,     premium  income.  The  average  of  each  policy  is  over 
£500.     The  amount  of  claims  for  the  year  decreased  from  $212,750 
to  $172,600,  and  tbe  bonus  additions  from  £28,500  to  £25,100.  The 
net  result  of  the  year's  work  is  the   increase   of   the    total    funds 
from  £2,934,424  to  £3,084,159,    out   of  which    total  the  assurance 
fund  itself  accounts  for  £2,681,471.      The  premium  income  of  the 
year  was  £345.895,   and    the  receipts  from  interest  dividends  and 
rents,  £107,638,  the  average  rate  of  interest  earned  being  £4  4s.  5d. 
This  financial  showing  is  deemed   remarkably  good,   considering 
the  dull  times  which  prevailed  in  all  lines  of  business. 
$  $  $ 
To   Take         Mr.  E.  T.  Campbell,  of  New  York,  has  been  solic- 
the  Field,     ited  by    Western    Manager  Littlejobn,  of   the  North 
British  and  Mercantile,  to  take  an  important  field  position  cover- 
ing several  States.  Mr.  Campbell  has  been  hitherto  General  Agent 
of  the  British  from   the  United  States  headquarters  in  New  York, 
having  practically  been  agency  superintendent.     He   was  previ- 
ously resident  secretary  of  the  company  at  Kansas  City. 

$  $  % 

MOST  of  the  Guardian  risks  have  been  re-assured  by  the  New 
York  Underwriters'  Agency,  bnt  for  Cork  County,  Illinois, 
including  Chicago,  the  Union  of  London  will  take  its  place.  Pend- 
ing a  decision  in  some  territory  where  no  decision  has  yet  been 
arrived  at,  the  agents  will  continue  as  before.  When  all  the 
business  interests  have  been  assured,  the  company  will  still  re- 
tain an  office  in  this  country  to  handle  "  detailed  matters." 

SUPERINTENDENT  Pierce,  of  the  New  York  Insurance  De- 
partment, has  declared,  after  investigation,  that  marine  com- 
panies are  not  authorized  to  write  tourist  floaters.  Tbe  Sea  In- 
surance Company,  which  has  been  doing  considerable  of  this 
business,  was  notified  to  discontinue,  and  has  ceased  insuring 
under  this  form. 

in 

THE  Erie  Insurance  Company  of  Sandusky  has,  according  to 
the  assignee,  cash  on  hand  amounting  to  $1980,  with  possibly 
$500  more  to  be  collected.  This  will  allow  a  dividend  of  about 
nine  cents,  for  the  creditors  in  amounts  aggregating  $21,000. 

$  $  $ 

THE  Royal  Insurance  company  of  England  has  just  declared  a 
dividend  of  23s.  per  share,  making,  with  the  interim  distribu- 
tion, 35s.  per  share  for  1893. 

Natioqal  Tbe  San  Gabriel  Valley  Bank   paid  a  dividend  of 

Baqk  three  and  one-half  per  cent,  on  the  2nd  inst.  for  the 

Diuidends,  half  year.  The  Los  Angeles  Savings  Bank  paid 
dividends  at  the  same  time  at  the  rate  of  four  and  .one-half  per 
cent,  per  annum  on  term  and  three  percent,  on  ordinary  deposits. 
The  Main  Street  Savings  Bank  and  Trust  Company,  of  Los  An- 
geles, paid  a  semi-annual  dividend  of  five  per  cent,  on  the  10th 
inst.  The  First  National  and  tbe  Orange  G  rowers'  Bank,  of  River- 
side, paid  dividends  on  the  2nd  inst.  at  the  rate  of  six  and  four 
per  cent. 

$  $  $ 

Wells  The  semi-annual  statement   of  WellB,  Fargo  &  Co.'s 

Fargo's     Bank  shows  resources  of   $11,419,410.      The  paid-up 
Bank.       capital  is  only  $500,000,  but  the  surplus  and  undivided 
profits  are  $6,465,320,   and  tbe  amount  due  depositors  $3,493,469. 
The  amount  of  cash  on  hand  is  $1,814,129,   or  more  than  50  per 
cent,  of  the  amount  due  depositors.   This  bank,  through  its  num- 
erous agencies  all  over  the  coast  and  the  country,    has  unusually 
large  facilities  for  collections  and  payments.      The  bank  has  just 
paid  a  semi-annual  dividend  of  three  per  cent,  on  its  capital  stock. 
$$S 
Losses         It  is  said  that  the  railroad   losses  in  tbe  East  during 
by         the  recent  labor  riots,  when  scaled  down,  will  not  ex- 
tfloters.     ceed  $200,000  and  of  this   amount  probably  not    more 
than  $50,000  is  covered  by  insurance.   The  Panhandle  and  Illinois 
Central,  which  suffered  most  heavily,  carried    no  insurance,  and 
the   Chicago,   Northwestern   and   Rock  Island  is  also  uninsured. 
The  losses  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  and  the  Chicago 
and  Alton  have  been  ligot.   For  any  obligations  the  underwriting 
companies    will   undoubtedly  deny   liability   under   the  riot  and 
civil  commotion  clause.     The  railroad  companies    will  also  carry 
the  matter  into  court  and  make  the  several  counties  pay,  and  the 
decisions  in  these  cases  will  settle  the   question   whether  or  not 
tbe  losses  were  due  to  rioters. 

$  $  $ 
Spring  The  annual   meeting  of  the  Spring  Valley  Water 

Valley  Works  was  held  on  Wednesday  last.  There  was  a 
Directors.  large  representation  of  stockholders  present,  but 
no  changes  were  made  in  the  Board  of  the  officers  of  the  com- 
pany. The  following  gentlemen  were  elected  directors  to  serve 
for  the  ensuing  year:  Charles  Webb  Howard,  Charles  Mayne,  8. 
C.  Bigelow,  G.  W.  Beaver,  A.  Borel,  A.  H.  Payson,  and  Homer  8. 
King. 


July  21,  1894. 


8AN   Kl:  VNCI8C0  NEWS  LETTER. 


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"Hear  the  Crier"        "What  the  devil  art  thou'" 
"Oiif  lh»l  will  clijr  the  de  Til.  ilr.  with  jrou." 

'HE  dally  newspapers  ol  San  Francisco  which,  through  the 
1  operation  of  a  sordid  motive,  have  been  so  industriously 
striving  to  encourage  the  strikers,  to  prevent  travel  by  magnify- 
ing its  dangers,  and  to  throw  d  I  sored  1 1  upon  the  agencies  which 
have  bad  the  courage  to  array  themselves  against  a  dangerous 
•  ■popular"  sentiment  which  imperil*  the  public  safety,  well 
might  keep  in  mind  the  maxim  of  Ph..  lrua:  ■Saepe  intceunt  aliis 
m'ditantet  neeem;"  which,  being  translated,  means  something  like 
this:  The  fool  who  would  punish  a  dog  by  twisting  its  tail  is  in 
danger  of  being  bitten. 

And  to  think  that  it  should  come  to  this — 
That  the  Examiner,  the  Bulletin,  the  Call,  ob,  my! 
Should  snout  their  three  long  noses  in  a  very  small  sty, 

Just  because  they  can't  enjoy  Mike's  bliss! 

For  he's  made  them  chew  a  bitter  cud: 
His  Fair  they  had  to  boost,  and  thus  so  set  him  up  on  high 
For  every  one  to  see  that  he  was  soaring  toward  the  sky, 

Where  tbey  could  not  reach  him  with  their  mad. 

And  then  revolt  against  the  law  came  on, 
And  Michael  stood  for  Government,  for  order,  peace.  Behold, 
What  could  they  do  but  egg  on  crime  and  say  that  he  had  sold 

His  manhood  to  Huntington? 

Said  that  Mike'd  been  bought  outright 
With  a  promise  of  some  office  which  all  railroads  sell 
To  a  citizen  for  doing  what  good  citizens  know  well 

Tbey  should  do  with  all  their  might. 

And  still  tbey  do  not  stop  at  that. 
They  stoop  to  personalities  and  show  a  rabid  hate, 
Caring  naught  for  public  scorn  so  that  their  anger  they  may  sate, 

And  now  wonder  where  they  are  at! 

For  in  yielding  to  an  envious  whim — 
In  fighting  those  who  prosper  through  a  higher  grade  of  sense — 
They  now  suffer  from  the  evils  that  ensue  from  ways  so  dense, 

And  are  seeing  their  lights  grow  dim. 

Baecfabula  docet,  that  any  oaf 
Who  strikes  to  gain  advantage  by  the  sacrifice  of  right 
Will  surely  leave  the  daylight  for  the  wilderness  of  night: 

He'd  better  eat  his  half  a  loaf. 

ALAMEDA  was  the  only  city  in  the  State  whose  citizens  took 
prompt  action  to  suppress  disorder  and  prohibit  to  the  full 
extent  of  their  power  interference  with  the  running  of  trains  dur- 
ing the  strike.  Its  Committee  of  Public  Safety  was  on  guard  day 
and  night,  and  its  members  did  their  full  duty  as  good  men  and 
citizens.  San  Jose  remained  indifferent  and  its  officers  stupidly 
inactive  while  its  fruits  were  rotting,  but  finally  it  roused  itself, 
forced  its  officers  to  do  their  duty,  and  broke  the  blockade 
in  an  hour.  The  people  of  Sacramento  have  covered  them- 
selves with  every  possible  kind  of  disgrace.  Drawing  a 
large  part  of  their  business  from  the  Southern  Pacific, 
they  nevertheless  not  only  remained  absolutely  idle,  but  permitted 
their  women  to  fraternize  with  and  assist  the  strikers  and 
attempt  to  cajole  from  their  duty  the  soldiers  who  had  arrived  to 
perform  the  service  which  the  local  constabulary  had  ignored. 
The  conduct  of  Sacramento  has  alienated  it  from  the  respect  of 
good  citizens  elsewhere  and  has  made  it  a  pariah  among  the  cities 
of  California.  It  may  console  itself,  however,  with  the  reflection 
that  Los  Angeles  behaved  not  much  better,  and  that  Oakland's 
reputation  is  badly  stained.  But  nothing  coDld  possibly  equal 
the  shameful  conduct  of  Sacramento.  As  for  San  Francisco, 
whatever  other  shortcomings  its  Police  Department  has,  it  was 
the  one  city  in  the  State  whose  police  acted  promptly,  intelli- 
gently, and  efficiently. 

NO  wonder  Britons  are  talking  of  a  new  creation  so  energetically. 
They  are  not  scientists  who  are  agitating  the  question,  as  one 
might  suppose,  but  the  great  mass  who  are  excited  over  the  prospect 
of  an  additional  volume  of  the  Peerage,  to  be  entitled  "  the  American 
Lords."  For  what  more  natural  to  suppose  than  that  such  a  thing 
will  be  required,  as,  if  Mr.  W.  W.  Astor  is  made  a  Baron,  the  great 
ambition  of  our  moneyed  power  will  be  to  emulate  his  example  and 
seek  the  honor  of  wearing  an  English  title  even  at  the  cost  of  relin- 
guishing  their  nationality.    Things  look  wonderfully  like  it. 

THE  woman  who  danced  in  a  nude  state,  under  the  auspices  of 
certain  persons  connected  with  the  Midwinter  Fair,  was  con- 
victed the  other  day,  but  great  pains  were  taken  not  to  involve 
the  respectable  men  who  had  left  their  wives  and  families,  and 
who  aided  and  abetted  the  performance.  Justice,  as  usual,  was 
a  failure  in  that  case,  as  it  has  been  in  numerous  others. 


TM  B  «lrikr  has  given  ibr  prearhers  of  kbit  town  a  rare  oppor- 
tunity to  a.lverti-e  themselves,  ami  they  did  not  let  II  p.,  ape. 
Their  walls  and  callous  doottlDM  made  Sunday  hideous,  and  they 
wore  out  lta«  r»p  .ri.-r«  in  their  rltorts  to  get  a  notice  In  the  morn- 
ing papers.  In  Die  wihl  wasle  of  three  columns  in  Monday's 
Chronicle  we  gazed  upon  as  lurid  a  mass  of  Incoherent  sermons  as 
ever  we  bad  ihe  pleasure  ol  sleeping  through.  They  contained 
not  a  spark  of  common  shrewdness,  and  presented  assertions  as 
new  as  Ihe  fact  that  one  and  one  are  two.  If  the  preachers  bad 
had  any  practical  suggestions  to  oiler  or  any  remedy  to  advise 
for  the  warfare  that  is  raging  between  the  railroads  and  the  em- 
ploy.'., Ihe  public  would  have  gladly  turned  a  kindly  ear  in  their 
direction,  and  would  have  felt  that  the  church  had  not  fallen  be- 
hind the  times.  But  each  preacher  was  striving  for  notoriety  and 
each  fell  flat.  It  would  be  tiresome  to  relate  the  inane  verbosity 
of  each  preacher,  but  Dra.  Hille,  Henry,  Hirst, and  Brown  carried 
off  the  palm  for  noise  and  nlllciousness  In  striving  to  decide  the 
great  question.  The  Rev.  Johnnie  Hemphill  went  deeper  into  the 
matter,  and  began  his  marvelous  discourse  by  saying,  "Christ  is  a 
pessimist  and  so  am  I."  How  highly  complimented  the  Savior  must 
have  fell  when  these  words  found  their  way  through  the  fog  to  the 
gates  of  Heaven!  How  proud  the  congregation  in  Calvary  must 
have  felt  in  noticing  that  strong  resemblance  between  its  pastor 
and  Christ!  How  sad  Brer  Hemphill  must  have  been  when  be 
uttered  those  words,  and  reflected  for  a  moment  to  consider  how 
many  things  he  is  which  Christ  is  not! 

FOR  these  many  years  the  Salvation  Army  has  been  the  one 
Christian  organization  which  has  done  the  Master's  work 
without  hope  of  financial  reward,  without  levying  tribute  on  its 
followers,  without  seeking  to  attract  by  glitter,  hired  mummery, 
and  costly  parade,  without  setting  baits  for  the  rich,  without  de- 
pending more  on  money  for  the  salvation  of  souls  and  bodies 
than  upon  human  sympathy  and  that  simplest  of  all  simple 
things,  the  gospel  of  Jesus.  But  the  grand  old  spirit  of  John  Wes- 
ley has  now  stepped  forth  from  the  mists  of  forgotten  years  and 
stalks  abroad  in  San  Francisco — timidly,  tentatively,  it  is  true,  as 
might  be  expected  of  a  ghost  that  has  not  exercised  its  legs  for  a 
hundred  years,  yet  with  a  clear  eye  and  a  face  turned  to  the  light. 
Know  all  men  by  these  presents  that  the  Christian  Endeavor  So- 
ciety of  the  Grace  M.  E.  Church  has  planted  its  knees  in  the  gutj 
ter  and  its  heart  in  Christ,  and  goes  about  singing,  praying,  help- 
ing the  lowly,  just  like  those  common  Salvation  Army  people! 
Let  fashionable  Christianity,  jejune,  idle,  and  spectacular,  look  to 
its  props,  lest  the  Master's  rate  gnaw  them  asnnderl 

A8URPRI8INGLY  intelligent  member  of  the  Oakland  Board 
of  Education  has  protested  against  the  enforced  use  in  the 
schools  of  text  books  written  by  certain  professors  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  California.  It  is  strange  that  the  University  Regents 
should  permit  the  professors  to  practice  this  sort  of  meanness;  it 
is  not  strange  that  the  professors  practice  it  so  long  as  they  are 
permitted.  A  similar  condition  of  affairs  exists  at  the  State  Nor- 
mal School  at  San  Jose.  Professors,  like  preachers,  sign-posts, 
and  other  educating  agencies  which  lack  the  salient  knowledge 
that  contact  with  the  world  imparts,  are  not  expected  themselves 
to  go  the  way  which  they  point  out,  and  hence  they  need  what- 
ever discipline  inertia  requires.  A  sign-post,  for  instance,  is  con- 
venient for  pigs  to  scratch  themselves  with,  but  frequent  scraping 
finally  loosens  it  and  turns  it  around,  making  it  point  the  wrong 
way.  And  the  sign-post  is  not  the  only  educator  of  its  kind  that 
suffers  a  parallel  affliction  from  a  similar  cause. 

THE  immemorial  right  of  lovers  to  sit  upon  the  stoop  and  there 
to  hold  each  other  by  the  hand  and  to  sigh,  and  sigh  again, 
has  just  been  consecrated  by  a  new  decision  in  Brooklyn. — a  sub- 
urb of  Oakland,  we  believe.  The  brutal  minion  of  the  law  who 
interfered  with  it,  and  who  even  locked  up  a  young  lady's  sweet- 
heart for  presuming  to  say  that  his  sonl  was  his  own,  received 
such  a  wigging  from  the  Judge  that  he  will  not  forget  it  during 
his  tenure  of  office.  Alas!  Shall  Cupid  lower  his  bow  and  poise 
ne'er  an  arrow,  because  be  fears  a  policeman's  club?  Perish  the 
base  thought  I  Let  lovers  spoon  on  the  front  stoop  of  the  house 
as  much  as  they  please,  subject  only  to  the  correcting  influence 
of  the  "old  man"  and  the  bull  dog. 

SOME  gentleman  bugs  having  acquired  a  reprehensible  appetite 
for  California  fruit  trees,  Mr.  Alexander  Craw,  quarantine 
officer  of  the  State  Board  of  Horticulture,  has  been  cultivating  a 
large  quantity  of  lady  bugs  to  exterminate  their  male  congeners. 
And  the  woman  suffragists  see  the  hand  of  Providence  in  it. 

A  WELL-KNOWN  society  matron,  whose  son  is  a  member  of  the 
National  Guard,  hung  upon  his  neck,  kissed  him,  and  wept  as  he 
was  leaving  for  the  scene  of  the  strikers' war,  and  fired  his  patriotism 
with  this  injunction:  "  Oh,  Charlie!  if  one  of  those  nasty  men  points 
a  gun  at  you,  you  just  run  / " 

THE  police  are  displaying  extraordinary  zeal  in  arresting  those 
agreeable  gentlemen  politely  called  bunko  steerers.  Suppose 
that  the  police,  in  their  honest  pursuit  of  this  noble  duty,  should 
take  to  arresting  one  another! 

A  CHINESE  woman  was  discovered   the  other  day  conducting 
a  tan  game.     As  Woman  refines  all    that  she  touches,  why 
not  turn  over  gambling  to  her  and  make  it  lawful  ? 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21,  1894. 


IT  is  amusing  to  note  the  avidity  with  which  our  fair  ladies  rush 
to  the  Midwinter  Fair,  since  its  official  closing,  in  search  of 
"  bargains,"  that  occupation  so  dear  to  the  feminine  heart.  Any- 
day  a  visitor  to  the  Liberal  Arts  Building  will  meet  many  of  our  well- 
known  people  intent  on  a  "good  thing."  While  no  doubt  many  real 
bargains  are  to  be  had,  there  is  also,  no  doubt,  much  humbug.  One 
case  has  been  heard  of  where  the  vendor  has  made  it  a  practice  to 
mark  the  goods  exactly  double  what  is  asked,  and  pointing  to  the 
mark  he  will  say,  "  You  see  what  this  was,"  etc.  But  the  women  do 
not  stop  to  think  how  easily  this  can  be  done,  and  rush  headlong  into 
the  trap.  One  elderly  dame  takes  a  servant  along  to  carry  her  pur- 
chases, which  one  day  consisted  of  a  dressing  comb  and  a  souvenir 
spoon !  One  of  our  prettiest  belles  had  an  Eastern  admirer  in  attend- 
ance, and  a  wealthy  young  couple  from  Oakland  laid  in  a  stock  of 
Carlsbad  ware  sufficient  to  keep  them  going  for  years. 

w    #    # 

Every  cloud  has  a  silver  lining,  we  are  told,   and  so  even  the  sad 

side  of  the  strike  has  its  reverse  in  the  comical  views  presented  by 

some  of  the  "  situations  "  it  has  caused.     For  example,  a  gentleman 

who  had  been  playing  fast  and  loose  with  one  of  our  charming  girls 

prior  to  his  departure  Eastward  telegraphed  her,    '*  What  answer  to 

my  letter?    Be  definite."    The  letter  being  in  the  tied-up  mail  along 

the  overland  road,  of  course  its  contents  can  only  be  guessed  at,  and 

the  lady's  mamma  had  to  telegraph  in  reply  "  no  letter  received." 

And  now  the  family  feel  the  golden  opportunity  may  have  slipped 

forever  from  their  grasp. 

•  #  * 

The  people  who  have  been  really  seriously  annoyed  by  the  stoppage 
of  the  railroad  trains  have  been  the  people  of  moderate  means  who 
counted  upon  spending  a  certain  sum  for  the  "  outing  "  and  not  a  dol- 
lar more — they  didn't  have  it  to  spend.  These  people  have  got  shut 
in  at  hotels  where  the  bill  keeps  increasing  and  the  purse  emptying, 
with  no  end  to  one  in  sight,  while  the  other  is  plainly  visible. 

"  Just  think,"  said  an  avenue  belle  the  other  day,  as  a  group  com- 
posed of  a  theatre  supper  party  were  discussing  the  fearful  derailing 
of  the  engine  by  the  strikers  at  Sacramento,  "just  think,  it  might 
have  been  Ren.  Smedburg!  "  and  then  a  titter  on  her  left  suffused 
her  fair  cheek  with  blushes. 

Rumor  has  it  that  August  will  be  unusually  gay  at  Del  Monte,  and 
on  the  tapis  for  the  early  part  of  September  is  a  very  elaborate  rural 
fete,  a  very  swell  garden  party  to  be  given  by  one  of  the  dames  who 
live  on  the  line  of  the  San  Jose  railroad.  The  swim  is  busy  deciding 
whether  Menlo  Park  or  San  Mateo  is  the  locality  where  the  enter- 
tainment is  to  be  given,  for  as  yet  absolute  secrecy  as  to  the  donor 
and  place  has  been  maintained. 

"  The  best-laid  plans  of  mice  and  men  gang  aft  aglee,"  might  Miss 
Laura  McKinstry  with  justice  exclaim,  those  horrid  strikers  having 
upset  her  second  European  trip,  which  she  was  on  the  eve  of  taking. 
However,  all's  well  that  ends  well,  and  no  doubt  the  tour  will  be  ar- 
ranged in  time  as  charmingly  as  at  first  anticipated. 

Now  if  ever  is  the  chance  for  our  brave  soldier  beaux  to  win  their 
fair  lady's  favor,  and  gossip  declares  the  parting  words  of  a  certain 
young  Lieutenant  and  a  sweet  bud  of  the  swim  were  of  a  nature  to 
give  the  gallant  son  of  Mars  the  right  to  claim  her  upon  his  return. 

Lansing  Kellogg  has  been  having  a  genuine  "walkover"  at  the 
Hotel  Rafael,  and  if  he  has  not  been  spoiled  by  attention  it  has  not 
been  the  fault  of  the  feminines.  Th£  gay  widow  seemed  to  have  a 
goodly  share  of  his  favor. 

What  a  contrast  the  three  Wallace  sisters  present— Mrs.  Belle 
Donahue,  animated  and  frolicsome.  Miss  Marguerite  Wallace,  spiritu- 
elle  and  refined,  and  Miss  Romie,  digni6ed  and  stolid. 

The  dapper  little  Benedict  whose  frosted  hair  harmonizes  with  his 
favorite  gray  clothes  seemingly  enjoys  San  Rafael  life  these  days  of 
the  strike.  Truth  to  tell,  this  agreeable  gentleman  with  the  common- 
place cognomen  is  a  trifle  blast,  and  his  frequent  trips  abroad  return 
him  to  us  still  more  inclined  that  way;  so  that  to  find  him  taking  an 
interest  in  anything  or  any  one  is  a  novel  sight  worth  making  a  note 
of. 

An  amusing  incident  is  reported  as  having  taken  place  at  a  fashiona- 
ble picnic  recently,  at  one  of  the  swagger  out-of-town  resorts.  The 
hostess  was  a  society  light,  and,  although  "  getting  on,"  reluctant  to 
admit  the  fact.  As  all  pretty  women  do,  she  likes  admiration,  and 
on  this  day  of  the  picnic  had  evidently  determined  to'  gratify  this 
liking,  as  her  immediate  attendant  and*  cavalier  was  unmistakably 
devoted.  All  went  merrily  until  the  time  for  the  drive  back  to  the 
hotel  arrived.    Then  Madarne's  husband,  who  had  been  having  a 


good  time  of  his  own  with  a  pretty  sixteen-year-old  girl,  announced 

his  intention  of  driving  Miss in  a  buggy,  so  as  to  show  her  the 

place  where  wild  blackberries  were  abundant.  But  his  wife  was  not 
going  to  have  that  sort  of  thing  by  a  good  deal,  and  so  she  loudly  in- 
formed him,  and  the  result  of  it  all  was  that  husband  and  wife  occu- 
pied the  buggy,  while  Sweet  Sixteen  had  the  disconsolate  admirer  to 
console  for  madarne's  defection.  Moral. — When  husbands  see  their 
wives  flirting  a  Voutrance  it  sometimes  has  a  good  effect  to  try  the 
same  game. 

"  When  the  cat's  away  the  mice  will  play,"  says  the  adage,  and 
from  what  people  say  this  has  been  illustrated  at  Castle  Crag,  where 
several  young  people  have  had  full  sway  for  their  frolics  while  the 
maternal  was  "  tied  up  "  in  San  Francisco. 

*  *  # 

If  what  gossip  says  is  true  charming  Miss  Ella  was  the  lode  star 
that  drew  the  handsome  blonde-raoustached  beau  from  the  ancient 
flame  in  the  family  circle. 

The  rumor  is  again  revived  of  the  projected  union  of  the  well- 
known  capitalist  and  a  lady  who  runs  a  fashionable  private  hotel. 


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THE    EVOLUTION    OF    THE    BANJO 


Bi  A-  P   -   its**, 

AKK  of  vrara  ago,  for  one  to  play  tbe  banjo  In  an  amateur 
way  waa  to  have  been  (he  cynosure  of  all  eye?— and  eara,  too. 
whose  close  propinquity  must  bare  made  tbe  auditory  nerve 
squirm  with  wonder.  In  those  days  banjos  were  made  without 
tbe  raised  metal  frets  that  in  tbe  modern  banjo  correctly  measure 
off  the  tones  and  semitones.  Tbe  dilettante  who  explored  the  long 
cumbersome  neck  of  the  instrument  was  only  occasionally  suc- 
cessful in  discovering  the  notes  he  reached  for.  The  first  finger  of 
bis  right  band  was  capped  with  a  huge  tbimble;  the  striking  of 
this,  alternating  with  the  plunking  of  a  stalwart  thumb,  gave  an 
empbaticalness  to  the  sound  that  did  little  to  distinguish  it  from 
a  busy  day  in  a  boiler  factory.  Chords  beyond  the  fifth  frel  were 
mercifully  untbongbt  of. 

It  was  not  long  before  banjos  were  made  with  raised  frets.  Who 
the  first  maker  was  I  do  not  know,  but  Heaven  bless  him  any- 
way! He  was  derided  and  hooted  by  all  the  crack  "  plunkers  " 
of  the  day,  and,  if  he  had  to  live  on  his  sales,  must  have  had  a 
starving  time  of  it.  Now  and  then  a  venturesome  guitar  player 
would  purchase  a  fretted  banjo,  »  picking  "  it  as  he  did  the  guitar, 
with  thumb,  and  first,  second,  and  third  fingers.  To  this  day 
some  of  the  old-time  players  cling  to  the  three  fingers  and  thumb. 
By  all  modern  schools  the  third  finger  is  inactive  except  in  chord 
work. 

As  the  banjo's  popularity  grew  and  expanded  far  beyond  its 
Southern  environments,  and  from  Maine  to  California  could  be 
beard  the  merry  tinkle,  its  adherents  multiplied  by  hundreds. 
Better  instruments  were  turned  out;  strings  of  the  proper  thick- 
ness were  manufactured  in  Germany,  expressly  for  tbe  banjo 
trade;  musicians  investigated  and  many  adopted  the  banjo;  a 
literature  of  the  instrument — may  be  crude  and  unmusical,  never- 
theless a  literature — was  beginning.  Tbe  evolution  of  the  banjo 
was  rapid,  as  is  that  of  all  things  in  the  United  States,  and  as  tbe 
instrument,  a  few  years  before  uncouth  and  blatant  in  tbe  hands 
of  the  darkey,  neared  its  present  perfection,  the  American  people 
realized  that,  though  we  may  not  have  established  a  national 
music  nor  a  national  art,  we  possessed  a  national  instrument. 

As  the  banjo  surpassed  its  former  self  in  musical  mechanism, 
so  its  melody  reached  to  more  refined  and  artistic  heights.  Com- 
positions were  written  and  arrangements  transcribed  that  bad 
heretofore  been  deemed  impossible.  The  tremolo  movement, 
which  allows  such  continued  sustainment  of  tbe  treble  on  one 
string  and  a  perfect  accompaniment  on  tbe  ones  remaining,  was 
gladly  welcomed  by  those  who  desired  that  "  singing  "  quality  of 
tone  obtained  on  tbe  violin  and  'cello. 

The  sharp  staccato  of  the  old  banjo  contrasted  strangely  with 
the  resonance  and  timbre  of  the  new.  The  perfect  fretting  gave 
tbe  instrument  a  compass  of  three  octaves,  and  the  intervals  be- 
tween the  strings,  eo  adapted  to  harmonizing,  permitted  a  rendi- 
tion of  the  most  ambitious  compositions.  '  And,  best  of  all,  the 
banjo  could  be  played  alone — the  solo  strong  enough  with  har- 
mony to  be  independent  of  any  accompaniment.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  the  guitar  and  zither  the  banjo  is  tbe  only  one  of  the 
smaller  instruments  having  this  advantage. 

From  the  old  tunes  of  the  plantation  and  levee,  ,l  Zip  Coon  " 
and  "  Dan  Tucker,"  we  have  merged,  how  far!  The  mysterious 
grandeur  of  Gounod  is  possible;  the  thrill  of  Verdi's  never-to-be- 
forgotten  melodies — I  mean  those  of  his  earlier  works  that  the 
critics  damn  and  the  people  love  him  for;  the  spell  of  Mendel- 
ssohn's wordless  songs;  the  happy  jingle  of  De  Koven,  and  those 
brave  marches  of  Sonsa's  that  make  soldiers  of  us  all — this  is  only 
a  fragment  of  what,  in  the  hands  of  an  artist,  the  banjo's  repeitoire 
may  be. 

Twenty  years  are  not  many  in  the  history  of  nations,  but  in 
that  time  tbe  banjo  has  attained  a  position  and  dignity  in  the 
musical  world  that  neither  fad,  fashion,  nor  time  will  change. 

San  Francisco,  July,  1894. 


"THE  men  who  never  go  home  except  when  they  have  to,  and 
1  who  neglect  wife  and  children,"  writes  a  woman  in  a  mas- 
culine hand  to  this  office,  "have  a  great  deal  to  aay  about  the 
sacredness  of  the  fireside  and  the  danger  that  threatens  the  home 
when  a  woman  talks  of  voting.  Should  she  vote  at  every  elec- 
tion, it  would  not  take  more  than  half  an  hour  in  a  year." 


AN    EXPECTED    VINDICATION. 


The  suit  against  Dr.  George  W.  Leek,  the  dentist,  for  tampering  with  the 
mail  of  his  employee,  was  dismissed  without  malice.  The  evidence  in  his 
favor  was  so  strong  that  the  court  declared  there  was  nothing  in  tbe  charge, 
and  dismissed  all  proceedings.  Dr.  Leek  is  now  located  in  the  large  new 
building,  20  O'Farrell  street,  known  aB  the  Curtaz  Building.  He  occupies 
six  elegant  rooms,  handsomely  furnished  and  supplied  with  all  modern 
conveniences  for  carrying  on  his  business.  Dr.  Leek  will  attend  to  all 
patients  personally,  which  is  a  guarantee  that  the  work  will  be  the  best  in 
San  Francisco.  His  business  is  very  large  and  increasing.  He  numbers 
among  his  patrons  the  best  people  in  the  city.  Dr.  Leek  states  that  his 
secret  method  of  filling  and  extracting  teeth,  which  has  made  him  famous 
as  a  dentist  the  world  over,  will  never  be  divulged  to  the  dental  profession 
until  his  sons  shall  have  developed  into  dentists. 


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A  Woman  who  DM  Rone  abroad  for  the  summer  has  left  her 
carriage  and  pair  at  the  service  of  some  hospital  nurses  In  an 
institution  with  which  she  Is  connected,  aays  the  New  York 
At  the  hours  when  they  are  off  duty  In  mm  the  carriage 
takes  them  by  twos  for  a  lonjr  drive,  and  how  much  this  will 
mean  for  theee  workers  shut  away  for  most  of  tbe  time  from  any 
change  of  air  and  scene  can  hardly  be  estimated.  If  there  were 
more  snch  breaks  in  the  lives  of  these  women  pnrsnlng  a  hard 
calling,  the  startling  average  of  life  which,  according  to  Professor 
Tyndall,  is  theirs,  might  he  raised.  He  stated  that  hospital 
nurses  only  attain,  on  an  average,  the  age  of  25  years,  while  non- 
nursing  women  reach  tbe  comparatively  mature  point  of  58 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21,  1894. 


UP  to  the  time  of  writing  no  hostile  collision  has  taken 
place  between  the  Japanese  aDd  tbe  government  forces 
in  Corea,  cor  has  there  been  any  declaration  of  hos- 
tility between  China  and  Japan  in  regard  to  the  matter. 
The  situation  up  to  date  seems  to  be  this:  There  is  a  re- 
volt in  Corea  against  the  government.  The  rebels  are  of  the  Kim 
party,  and  are  pro-Japanese  in  their  sympathies;  tbe  government 
is  in  the  hands  of  the  pro-Chinese  party.  Japan,  in  view  of  this 
rebellion  and  the  unfriendly  attitude  of  the  Corean  government, 
has  landed  a  considerable  body  of  troops  in  Corea  in  order  to 
assert  and  protect  what  she  deems  to  be  her  legitimate  interests, 
and  this,  of  course,  has  produced  a  diplomatic  tension  between 
Japan  and  China.  How  far  that  will  go  remains  as  yet  a  matter 
of  doubt.  Other  governments  are  said  to  be  interesting  them- 
selves, in  a  diplomatic  way,  in  the  situation.  It  was  reported  a 
couple  of  weeks  ago  that  Kussia  had  protested  against  the  course 
of  Japan:  but  that  rumor  was  vague  and  has  never  been  con- 
firmed. Even  if  it  was  true,  it  would  not  necessarily  mean  that 
Russia  proposed  to  take  any  very  active  interest  in  tbe  matter. 
Such  protests  are  frequently  made  as  a  formality  and  with  a 
view  to  saving  rights  of  subsequent  national  self-assertion  in  con- 
tingencies which  may  never  arise.  Our  own  Government  is  said 
to  have  sent  some  kind  of  a  protest  to  Japan  on  this  subject,  but 
the  rumors  which  have  come  from  Washington  in  regard  to  the 
matter  have  been  uncertain,  palpably  incorrect  in  their  terms,  and 
manifestly  inspired  by  that  prolific  parent  of  mendacity,  partisan 
malice.  American  interests  in  Corea  are  purely  commercial,  and, 
to  a  very  large  extent,  visionary.  It  is  hardly  conceivable  that 
our  Government  would  feel  called  upon  to  take  more  than  the 
most  formal  international  interest  in  the  Corean  imbroglio,  unless 
Secretary  Gresham  has  become  infected  with  the  jingo  mania  for 
><a  vigorous  foreign  policy"  to  an  extent  which  has  imperiled  his 
sanity.  The  latest  news  seems  fully  to  justify  Mr.  Gresbam's 
course. 

The  Marquis  of  Salisbury  has  introduced  into  the  British  House 
of  Lords  a  bill  which,  in  the  somewhat  generic  terms  of  the  At- 
lantic cable  vernacular,  is  designated  "an  alien  law."  The  meagre 
synopsis  of  the  debate  that  took  place  over  the  measure  which 
has  reached  this  occidental  neck  of  the  land  indicates  that  the 
title  does  not  express  tbe  purport  of  the  bill.  It  is  evidently  a 
measure  which  is  aimed  at  anarchy  and  anarchists,  and  which 
contemplates  a  closer  governmental  supervision  over  foreign  resi- 
dents in  the  British  Isles.  Lord  Roseberry,  and  the  members  of 
the  Ministry  of  which  he  is  the  head,  are  opposed  to  the  measure, 
which  has  the  support  of  the  Tories,  and  will,  therefore,  probably 
pass  the  Lords  and  be  rejected  by  the  Commons.  Lord  Roseberry 
and  his  confreres  are  right  in  their  opposition.  The  bill  is  un- 
necessary and  absolutely  unwise.  As  was  pointed  out  in  last 
week's  News  Letter,  the  failure  of  anarchy  and  similar  systems 
of  political  crime  to  find  a  lodgment  among  the  people  of  the 
British  Isles  is  largely  the  result  of  the  fact  that  long-haired 
fanatics  have  in  that  country  been  allowed  to  live  in  the  open 
daylight  where  the  sun  destroyed  the  germs  of  the  political 
diseases  with  which  they  are  infected.  On  the  other  hand,  in 
continental  Europe  they  have  been  driven,  like  rats,  into  the 
sewera  and  cellars,  where  their  false  philosophies  have  generated 
into  crime  and  their  theories  have  enjoyed  the  propogating  ad- 
vantages of  martyrdom.  Lord  Salisbury's  idea  seems  to  be  that 
it  is  the  duty  of  the  British  Government  to  engage  in  a  crusade 
of  repression  against  anarchists  with  a  view  to  prevent  crimes 
against  other  governments  from  being  hatched  on  British  soil. 
But  that  is  going  afield  to  look  for  trouble.  None  of  the  recent 
anarchist  plots  were,  the  police  say,  formed  in  England. 

The  Brazilian  Congress  having  duly  celebrated  the  Fourth  of 
July — whether  the  celebration  included  a  procession  of  "horribles" 
does  not  appear  in  the  record — has  now  advanced  bo  far  in  its  at- 
tention to  the  maintenance  of  republican  institutions  of  govern- 
ment in  its  own  country  as  to  canvass  the  returns  of  a  Presiden- 
tial election  which  was  held  among  Peixoto's  followers  some  six 
months  or  so  ago,  and  which,  not  unnaturally,  resulted  in  the 
election  of  one  of  his  adherents.  It  would  seem,  therefore,  as 
though  Peixoto  has  abandoned  the  idea  of  declaring  himself 
dictator  "in  honor  of  the  Monroe  doctrine" — a  step  which  he  was 
said  to  be  contemplating  some  little  time  ago. 

It  is  announced  that  the  Czar  is  about  to  accredit  a  Russian 
legation  to  the  Vatican.  Its  chief  is  to  be  a  M.  Isvolski,  who  is 
a  Russian  diplomat  of  considerable  standing.  The  purpose  which 
is  behind  the  Czar's  efforts  to  draw  closer  to  the  Pope  is  not  alto- 
gether clear,  but  it  evidently  has  some  connection  with  the  pos- 
sible complications  which  may  arise  out  of  Italy's  connection 
with  the  triple-alliance.  Tbe  Muscovite  is  a  very  smooth  diplomat 
and  seldom  fails  to  turn  other  nations'  family  difficulties  to  his 
own  profit. 


The  philosopher  in  the  tall  tower  has  again  been  heard  from. 
He  has  discovered  tbe  key  which  unlocks  the  mystery  of  tbe  sit- 
uation at  Corn  Island  aDd  makes  everything  as  clear  as  mud.  A 
Jamaica  negro  rebelled  against  tbe  Nicaraguan  government  in 
order  to  furnish  the  British  government  with  a  pretex'  for  "inter- 
fering," fo  that  British  capital,  which  has  been  awaiting  an  op- 
portunity for  a  long  time,  may  have  a  chance  to  build  the  Nicar- 
agua canal.  It  may  be  said,  in  this  connection,  that  the  philoso- 
pher, though  a  trifle  incoherent,  is  obviously  correct  in  one  par- 
ticular. British  capital  is  awaiting  for  a  chance  to  build  the 
Nicaragua  canal — under  certain  conditions.  The  British  capitalist 
is  waiting  patiently  for  the  United  8tates  government  to  endorse 
the  Maritime  Company's  bonds.  Then  he  will  build  the  Nicar- 
agua canal  under  conditions  which  may  be  epitomised  thus — 
"heads  I  win,  tails  you  lose."  Indeed,  it  may  be  said  that  the 
British  capitalist  is  a  very  long-beaded  fellow ;  be  is,  in  fact,  almost 
as  long-beaded  as  the  philosopher  in  tbe  tall  tower  and  infinitely 
more  mercenary.  That,  perhaps,  results  from  the  circumstance 
that  he  does  not  do  his  thinking  in  a  place  which  is  so  close  to 
the  heavens. 


RICHARD  H.  SINTON  died  on  Wednesday  at  his  home  in  this 
city,  932  Bush  street.  He  was  born  in  Richmond,  Va.,  in 
1824,  and  after  his  graduation  from  the  Virginia  Military  Insti- 
tute he  came  to  California  on  the  battleship  Ohio  in  1848,  re- 
signed, aDd  settled  in  San  Francisco.  He  was  City  Treasurer  id 
1851,  School  Director  in  1869-70,  and  License  Collector  from  1876 
till  1881.  After  that  he  engaged  in  tbe  real  estate  business.  He 
leaves  a  widow,  son,  aDd  daughter.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
California  Society  of  Pioneers  and  the  Associated  Veterans  of  the 
Mexican  War.  Although  not  a  wealthy  man,  Mr.  Sinton  has 
always  been  one  of  the  most  useful  and  influential  citizens,  aDd 
his  kindly,  genial  nature  brought  around  him  a  large  number  of 
devoted  friends. 

ANNUAL  MEETIN6. 

Virginia  and.  Gold  Hill  Water  Company. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Virginia  and  Gold 
Hill  Water  Company,  for  the  election  of  trustees  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  for  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting,  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  25,  Nevada 
block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,on 

Thursday,  the  26th  Day  of  July,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  O'clock  P.  M. 

W.  W.  STETSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  25.  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  8-  F.,  Cal. 
Saa  Francisco,  July  9,  1894. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 

San  Francisco,  June  29, 1894. 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  Directors  of  this  society,  held  this 
day,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  four  and  one-quarter  (4^) 
per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits  for  the  six  months  ending  June  SO,  1894, 
free  from  all  taxes,  and  payable  on  and  after  July  2, 1894 

ROBERT  J.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 
Office — Corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Streets. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 


Savings    and  Loan   Society, 

For  the  six  months  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 

at  the  rate  of  four  and  eight  tenths  {4  8-10)  per  cent  per  annum  on  Term 

Deposits,  and  four  (4)   per  cent  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of 

taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July  2,  1894. 

CYRUS  W.  CARMANY,  Cashier. 
Office — 101  Montgomery  street,  corner  Sutter. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum  on  term  deposits,  and  four  and  one- 
sixth  (4  1-6)  per  cent,   per  annum  on  ordinary  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  Monday,  Julv  2, 1894. 

GEO.  TOURNY,  Secretary. 
Office— 526  California  street. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.   B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

123  California  street. 


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A  COLLECTION  of  short  esutyi  on  American  life  and  literature 
has  Deen  written  by  Hjalmar  Hjortb  Boyesen,  entitled  'Lit- 
erary and  Social  Silhouettes."  As  usual  with  foreigners,  he  en- 
tirely misunderstands  the  character  and  ideas  of  the  American 
girl;  in  (act,  if  ail  American  girls  were  like  those  that  are  modeled 
in  Mr.  Boyeseo's  book,  we  prefer  to  look  to  China  for  our  wives. 
His  comparisons  are  instituted  in  a  faulty  manner.  He  compares 
tbe  American  damsel  with  her  German  sister  and  gives  the  latter 
preference  for  stolidity  of  mind,  heart,  and  virtue.  It  would  uot 
be  worth  the  time  to  enter  into  an  analysis  of  his  opinion  of 
American  realistic  fiction,  for  it  does  not  rise  above  the  level  of 
tbe  commonest  daily  newspaper  criticism.  [For  sale  by  all  book- 
sellers.]   

The  July  issue  of  forum  contains  two  papers  on  tbe  violence  of 
religious  intolerance  in  tbe  United  Slates.  Tbe  first  is  by  F.  R. 
Coudert,  in  which  be  speaks  plainly  on  tbe  A.  P.  A.  He  says 
that  it  will  be  unwise  to  foster  tbe  organization  and  to  draw 
dividing  lines  between  two  great  bodies  of  Christian  people.  He 
asserts  that  the  Roman  Catholic  Cburch  has  a  place  in  America 
and  that  it  has  upheld  it  nobly.  Tbe  second  paper  is  by  J.  B. 
McMaster.  It  is  entitled  'Tbe  Riotous  Career  of  tbe  Know- 
not  biogs,"  and  is  a  caieful  review  of  the  growth  of  "Americanism" 
in  this  country  since  its  birth.  Both  papers  are  especially  inter- 
esting in  these  days.  Frederic  Harrison  has  begun  a  series  of 
studies  of  Victorian  writers.  His  first  essay  is  on  Carlyle's  place 
in  literature.  "The  Manly  Virtues  and  Practical  Politics,"  by 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  "The  Money  That  Would  Rule  the  World," 
by  M.  D.  Harter,  and  "The  Stage  as  a  Career,"  by  Re  de  Cordova, 
will  attract  the  attention  of  all  readers.  [The  Arena  Publishing 
Co.     For  sale  by  all  booksellers.] 

On  page  10  of  "Every  Inch  a  Soldier,"  by  John  Strange  Winter, 
we  read  that  tbe  hero's  chief  accomplishment  lies  In  tbe  fact  that 
he  can  play  a  tune  on  his  cbin  with  his  knuckles.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  that  ludicrous  mode  of  amusing  his  friends  he  is  a  gal- 
lant young  man,  and  he  falls  in  love  with  a  cirl  who,  without 
notifying  him,  enters  his  apartments,  professedly  for  a  "  lark," 
and  in  the  end  marries  her.  The  story  contains  the  same  military 
flavor  that  is  infused  into  the  many  preceding  works  by  the 
author.  Her  style  contaioa  a  literary  touch  of  the  old  school, 
which  adds  a  charm  to  her  work.  [J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.,  pub- 
lishers.    For  sale  at  Cooper's.} 

Among  the  many  interesting  papers  in  the  current  Arena  is  one 
by  Heinrich  Hensoldt,  entitled  "Occnlt  8cience  in  Thibet."  It  is 
the  first  of  a  series  in  which  the  author  will  present  some  details 
in  reference  to  Thibetan  gnosticism,  and  the  relations  of  the 
Thibetans  to  Theosophy  and  Buddhism.  This  issue  also  contains 
a  number  of  social,  economic,  political,  and  ethical  essays  by  men 
of  prominence.  [The  Arena  Publishing  Co.  For  sale  by  all  book- 
sellers.] 


The  summer  intellect  of  this  country  will  gladly  hail  the 
advent  of  a  book  by  Flora  Anne  Steel,  "The  Potter's  Thumb," 
which  deals  with  Anglo-Eastern  and  closely  contrasts  American 
and  English  types  of  womanhood.  There  is  no  lack  of  local 
color  in  the  chapters,  the  tale  drags,  there  is  not  sufficient  inci- 
dent in  it  to  hold  the  interest  of  tbe  reader,  and  it  is  an  excellent 
antidote  for  sleeplessness.     [For  sale  by  all  booksellers.] 

Some  one  says  of  Paul  Bourget,  tbe  new  Academician:  "No 
one  ever  unraveled  the  mysterious  complexity  of  the  female  heart 
better  than  he.  No  one  ever  showed  sncb  acumen  in  searching 
the  unconsciousness,  the  intuitiveness  of  fair  humanity.  No  one 
ever  showed  so  much  delicate  refinement  in  picturing  the  little 
things  that  make  the  life  of  tbe  heroine." 


J.  M.  Hatchings,  an  old  Californian,  has  compiled  and  published 
a  little  volume  on  the  Yosemite  Valley  and  the  big  trees  of  Cali- 
fornia. It  contains  a  number  of  good  photo-engravingB  of  differ- 
ent scenes  in  the  valley  and  throughout  California,  and  the  read- 
ing matter  is  of  an  interesting  and  instructive  character. 


The  Food  Exposition 
is  an  educator  for  housekeepers.    You  are  not  obliged  to  attend  it  to 
appreciate  the  value  of  Borden's  Peerless  Evaporated  Cream.    Your 
Grocer  can  supply  you;  always  ready;  uniform  results  assured. 
Insist  upon  having  Borden's. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

born  Hill  Oold  Mining  and   Milling  Company 
Location  of  principal  p)ar«  ol  bosloMi    Ban  rruoUoo.  Cal.    Location  of 
wnrfca—Oren  vallrf,  California 

NotiM  ll  hereby  L.-1V.H  thai  h(  n  meeting  of  the  Board    of    Directors,  held 

on  the  terentb   <)n\  -i,  an  ■■nnimnnt.  No  3,  of  Flft. 

per     ihare     wti    levied    upon    the    capital    ntock    of    the  cor- 
poration,   payable   Immediately,    in  fulled  State*  Hold   coin,  to  the 
r-iary.  at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20.  :i3i  Pine   St.,  San  FrauclM-o. 
Cal 

Auyfltock  upon  whfeH  thU  Assessment  nhall  remain  unpaid  ou 
Tuesiar.  th«  7th  Dav  ol  August.  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  >ale  at  nubile  auction;  and  miles*  payment  1b  made  be- 
fore,    will    be     «old    on    Tt'ESDAY,     the    28th    day    of   August,   1894,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  a->">Mn»nt.  together  with  oosU  of  advertising  aud  ex- 
panses of  sue.    Bv  order  *>t  the  Board  of  Direction 

^  K.H    GKAYSON,  Secretary. 

Orrtci—  Room  20,  381  Pine  street,  3an  Francisco,  pal 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Union  Coneol  idat-d  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  nf  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  giveu  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
ou  the  '20th  day  of  June,  1«94,  an  assessment  (No.  49)  of  Fifteen  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  4,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Wednesday,  the  25th  Day  of  July,  1 894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  16th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costB  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  C.  HARVEY.  Secretary. 

Office— Room  1,  Nevada  Block.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 


New   Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Placer  county,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  18th  day  of  June,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  26)  of  Five  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  ou  the 
The  28th  Day  ol  July,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the   18th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Overman  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  Principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Seventeenth  (17th)  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  71)  of  Ten 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  each  and  every  share  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin, 
to  the  secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  414  California  street,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  thiB  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Monday,  the  21  st  day  of  August,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised     for    Kale    at  public   auction;    and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  Eleventh  day  of  September, 
1894,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

GEO.  D.  EDWARDS,  Secretary. 

Office— 414  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Occidental  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.  16 

Amount  per  Share 10  cents 

Levied May  31,  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office July  6, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock. July  31,  1894 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Sierra  Nevada  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment        No.  107. 

Amou  nt  per  Share 25  cents 

Levied July  18  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office August  22, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  11, 1894 

E.  L.  PARKER,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  15,  Nevada  Block,  No.  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francis- 
co, California 

NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS  MEETING, 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Paraffine  Paint  Company  (a  corporation),  duly  adopted  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  said  Board,  held  at  the  office  of  said  Company  on 
Wednesday,  the  13th  day  of  Juue,  1894,  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the 
Paraffine  Paint  Company  will  be  held  on 

Wednesday,  the  22d  day  of  August,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  W. 
of  that  day,  at  No.  116  Battery  street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  same  being  the  principal  place  of  business 
and  office  of  said  corporation,  and  the  same  being  the  building  where  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  said  corporation  meet. 

The  object  of  said  meeting  is  to  consider,  act  upon,  and  decide  a  proposi- 
tion to  diminish  the  Capital  Stock  of  said  corporation,  the  Paraffine  Paint 
Company,  from  One  Million  Dollars  to  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars. 

Dated  San  Francisco,  June  18th,  1894. 

PARAFFINE    PAINT    COMPANY.     By 

R.  S.  SHAINWALD,  Secretary.  R.  S.  MOORE,  President. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July    21,1894. 


THE    SILVER    QUESTION. 

EDITOR  News  Letter— Dear  Sir:  Wolowake,  the  Polish  econo- 
mist, was  the  chief  theoretical  developer  of  the  double  stand- 
ard theory  that  free  coinage  of  the  cheaper  metal  would  restore 
the  equilibrium,  but  in  France,  although  nominally  bi-metallic,  one 
or  the  other  metal,  silver  or  gold,  has  always  preponderated  and 
dominated  at  the  fixed  ratio  of  I5y,  to  1.  For  thirty  years  it  has  been 
gold,  and  no  equilibrium  has  actually  been  maintained  in  France,  as 
silver  has  been  used  as  an  auxiliary  money  metal,  or  temporary  com- 
panion to  gold. 

At  the  Brussels  Monetary  Congress  of  1892  Professor  Andrews, 
President  of  Brown  University,  Rhode  Island,  himself  a  neo-bimetal- 
list  and  one  of  the  United  States  delegates  to  the  Brussels  Congress, 
speaking  for  the  advocates  of  bi-metallism  and  in  behalf  of  silver, 
expressed  himself  as  follows: 

"  They  wish  to  stay  that  baneful,  blighting,  deadly  fall  of  prices 
which  for  nearly  thirty  years  has  infected  with  miasma  the  economic 
life-blood  of  the  whole  world." 

Mr.  "Weber,  delegate  of  Belgium,  spoke  as  follows  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  question : 

"According  to  these  modern  Jeremiahs  the  fall  in  the  price  of 
cereals,  of  sugar,  of  cotton,  of  wool,  and  of  many  other  products  re- 
sults from  a  scarcity  of  silver  in  the  monetary  circulation  of  the 
world.  The  enormous  areas  which  have  been  put  under  cultivation 
or  used  for  pasture  in  the  New  World  and  the  Antipodes  are  ignored. 
They  are  not  taken  into  account  at  all.  For  instance,  three  or  four 
years  ago  America  produced  6,000.000  bales  of  cotton,  whereas  the 
harvest  of  1891  amounted  to  9,000,000  bales.  The  London  Economist, 
in  one  of  its  last  numbers,  reports  that  a  census  of  the  sheep  in  Aus- 
tralia gave  02,000,000  head  in  1878.  while  for  1891  the  figure  is  given  as 
124,000,000  head;  that  is  to  say,  exactly  double.  If  these  62,000,000 
sheep  which  have  been  added  to  the  figures  of  1878,  instead  of  con- 
tributing wool  had  contributed  silver  in  the  shape  of  fleeces,  and  if  in 
consequence  prices  instead  of  falling  considerably  had  been  main- 
tained at  a  high  level,  I  ask  what  profit  humanity  would  have  derived 
from  this  phenomenon?  Does  it  not  seem  to  you  gentlemen  that  we  are  to 
a  certain  extent  criticising  Providence  if  we  complain  of  the  cheapness  of 
products,  when  that  cheapness  is  the  consequence  of  their  abundance  t 

It  is  estimated  that  the  amount  of  wealth  that  could  be  handed 
down  to  posterity  produced  during  the  first  eighteen  hundred  years 
of  the  Christian  era  was  equaled  by  the  production  of  the  first  fifty 
years  of  this  century ;  and  that  an  amount  equal  to  both  has  been 
produced  in  the  forty-four  years  from  1851  to  1894  inclusive.  This 
will  not  seem  incredible  if  we  consider  the  further  estimate  that 
thirty  years  ago  the  manufacturing  power  of  the  machinery  in  the 
mills  of  Great  Britain  was  computed  to  be  equal  to  600,000,000  men, 
or  more  than  all  the  adults,  male  and  female,  of  mankind.  The 
manufacturing  power  of  Great  Britain  to-day  is  greater  than  that  of 
the  whole  world  at  the  beginning  of  the  century.  Is  it  any  wonder 
that  the  price  of  things  has  been  downward?  What  would  be  the 
blessings  of  inventions  and  of  mechanical  progress  if  they  did  not 
cheapen  the  comforts  of  life  ?  Professor  Andrews  need  not  confine 
his  lamentations  over  the  "baneful,  blighting,  deadly  fall  of  prices" 
to  thirty  years;  it  has  been  going  on  throughout  the  century— except 
■  in  human  wages,  which  have  appreciated.  Therefore,  if  humankind  can 
now  earn  more  than  then,  and  buy  more  for  a  given  sum  with  what 
they  earn,  humanity  has  been  or  will  be  in  the  main  benefited  by  the 
fall  in  prices.  Call  it  what  you  will,  the  fall  in  prices  is  due  mainly 
to  increased  production ;  and  innumerable  examples  can  be  cited  from 
every  department  of  human  industry  whatsoever  to  show  the  univer- 
sality of  this  unerring  law  of  supply  and  demand  in  commodities. 

The  increase  of  each  labor  unit's  power  to  produce  commodities 
has  been  enormous.  Is  it  a  "  baneful,  blighting,  deadly"  thing  to  the 
human  race  that  such  production  should  cheapen  articles  of  common 
use?  The  production  of  wheat  in  the  United  States  alone  has  practi- 
cally doubled  per  capita  within  fifty  years.  In  the  item  of  sugar,  an 
article  entirely  unknown  to  the  ancients,  Mulhall  shows  that  fifty- 
five  years  ago  the  world's  product  was  1,150,000  tons;  at  present  it  is 
5,500,000  tons,  or  an  increase  of  nearly  500  per  cent.,  and  sells  for 
practically  half  what  it  did  twenty  years  ago.  Wheat  sells  to-day  in 
San  Francisco  for  96  cents  per  hundred  pounds  instead  of  $1  60 
twenty  years  ago,  a  reduction  of  40  per  cent.  The  average  reduction 
on  cotton  and  woolen  goods  of  all  kinds,  blankets  included,  in  the 
United  States  has  been  over  40  per  cent. ;  in  the  price  of  copper  over 
65  per  cent. ;  in  the  price  of  steel  quite  as  much.  The  cost  of  tonnage 
on  wheat  by  sail  vessels  from  the  Pacific  Coast  to  Liverpool  has  been 
reduced  65  per  cent. ;  transportation  rates  generally  have  been  re- 
duced throughout  the  United  States,  including  the  Pacific  Coast,  over 
40  per  cent.  Interest  on  money  in  San  Francisco  has  been  reduced 
over  40  per  cent.,  and  the  general  rate  of  interest  is  to-day  6  per  cent. , 
instead  of  10  and  12  per  cent,  twenty-one  years  ago.  Insurance,  fire 
and  marine,  has  been  similarly  reduced.  Is  it  a  "  baneful,  blighting, 
deadly  thing  "  to  struggling  humanity  that  these  things  should  be 
cheaper?  The  progress  of  civilization  has  been  an  increase  of  wages 
and  a  fall  in  the  prices  of  commodities.  In  this  country  to-day,  in 
fact  in  all  Christendom,  the  average  workingman  is  better  fed,  better 
clothed,  more  comfortably  housed,  enjoys  more  real  luxury  than  the 
average  knight  or  baron  of  the  middle  ages,  and  this  improvement  in 
physical  comforts  is  due  to  the  abundance  of  things  to  be  had  at  low 
prices.  It  is  not  meant  by  this  to  intimate  that  the  condition  of  the 
masses  is  yet  ideal. 
Our  financial  crises  have  been  owing  to  extravagances,  wasteful- 


ness— governmental,  corporative  and  personal— undue  expansion  of 
credits,  wildcat  schemes  of  speculation,  to  extreme  protection,  so- 
called,  ana  to  the  reckless  introduction  of  "assisted"  immigrants, 
whose  functions  have  largely  been  to  supplant  American  labor;  and 
to  corporate  schemes  capitalized  into  stock  shares  beyond  all  reason 
— beyond  all  fair  proportion  to  the  money  actually  invested  and 
beyond  the  power  of  the  people  comfortably  to  bear.  For  an  ex- 
ample of  this,  consider  the  Sugar  Trust.  The  reformation  of  all  these 
evils  requires  more  virtue  than  ever  was  or  ever  can  be  in  money, 
fiat  or  otherwise.  If  the  scholar  in  politics  or  in  political  economy 
would  consider  the  milking  process  that  the  American  public  have 
been  subjected  to  for  thirty  years  under  the  guise  of  protection,  so- 
called,  of  trusts,  and  stock  shares  in  endless  schemes  of  inflation,  it 
seems  to  me  he  would  doubtthe  power  of  Government  to  obviate  the 
evil  consequences  of  such  enormous  extortions  by  the  issue  of  fiat 
money,  whether  metal  or  paper.  There  is  no  real  capital  except 
from  previous  labor,  and  a  government  is  as  powerless  to  bring 
wealth  into  existence  out  of  nothing  by  fiat  as  an  individual.  How- 
ever, if  such  a  device  be  practical  it  is  in  truth  the  discovery  of  the 
philosopher's  stone,  and  more's  the  pity  that  it  did  not  happen  to  be 
discovered  sooner.  Yet  in  the  presence  of  all  the  pernicious  results 
consequent  upon  holding  slack  rein,  the  Republican  party  of  Cali- 
fornia comes  forward  and  declares  for  the  unlimited  free  coinage  of 
silver  at  the  ratio  of  16  to  1.     What  for?  A  Layman. 

San  Francisco,  July  17,  1894. 

H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

309  and  311  Sausome  St San  Francisco,  Cal 

CORRESPONDENTS  : 

FINDLAT,  DURHAM  4  BRODIE 43  and  46  Threadneedle  St.,  London 

SIMPSON,  MACKIRDY  &  CO 29  South  Castle  St.,  Liverpool 

MACY  &  DUNHAM m\i  Pine  St.,  New  York 

GARDEN  HOSE. 

Black  Line  Spiral 
Cotton  Robber-Lined  Hose 

Will  stand  300  lbs.  pressure  to  the  square  inch  and  will  outlast 
the  best  rubber  hose  manufactured.    Try  a  length. 

BOSTON  WOVEN  HOSE  AND  RUBBER  CO., 

14-16  Fremont  St.,  8.  F-,  Cal. 

REMOVAL. 

DELMAS  &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  their  law  offices  to  the 

CROCKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 


SH.  REGENSBURGER,  attorney-at-law. 
•  Booms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  ] 


Francisco,  Cal. 


x  -rsrs-cr:Es,_A-:r>rc::E . 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY     (Limited) 
OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 


CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager. 

FIRE  INSURANCE. 


439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 


LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1886.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 


GEO.  F.  GRANT,  31a naffer 


PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INS  CHANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


July  21.  1894. 


BAN  FBAN&SCO  NEWS  LETTEB 


17 


<^au  ngptm 


IMPROVEMENTS  are  be.Dg  made  in  water-front  property  which 
will  bare  a  significant  effect  on  real  estate  In  different  parts  of 
the  city.  Tne  roadway  on  Washington  street,  east  of  Front,  is 
being  raised  to  conform  with  the  official  grade  on  Kast  street,  In 
front  of  the  ferry  landings.  Jackson  street,  within  the  same 
boundary,  will  soon  receive  the  same  treatment.  It  is  rumored 
that  electricity  is  at  the  bottom  of  the  new  movement.  To  day 
horse-cars  traverse  these  thoroughfares.  Branches  of  the  I'entral 
Railway  Company  and  the  Presidio  and  Ferries  Company  run 
down  Washington  street  and  up  Jackson.  For  the  past  two  years 
it  has  been  expected  that  the  cars  of  the  Central  Railway  Com- 
pany would  be  propelled  by  electricity,  and  the  directors  of  the 
Coion-street  line  recently  obtained  permission  to  use  electricity, 
that  particular  motive  power  having  been  left  out  of  the  franchise. 
Double  electric  tracks  are  being  laid  at  the  ferry,  with  the  rails 
curving  into  Jackson  street,  and  that  is  an  indication  that  the 
first  steps  toward  electric  lines  are  being  taken.  An  agreeable 
feature  of  the  laying  of  the  rails  is  the  absence  of  poles.  The  be- 
lief is  therefore  encouraged  that  the  propelling  power  will  be  by 
motor  or  conduit,  and  not  by  tbe  trolly  system. 

Mission  property  is  also  likely  to  be  materially  stimulated  be- 
fore tbe  end  of  the  year.  It  is  understood  that  electric  cars  will 
be  run  on  that  thoroughfare,  from  tbe  ferry  to  Silver  street,  not 
later  than  September  1st.  The  event  will  be  of  much  importance 
to  those  who  own  land  south  of  Twenty-ninth  street.  There  are 
many  homesteads  in  that  vicinity,  and  owners  will  be  able  to 
reach  their  possessions  easily  and  cheaply,  and  uncovered  lots 
will  be  built  upon  during  the  next  two  years.  Many  of  those 
homestead  lots  have  not  changed  hands  for  over  twenty  years, 
and  the  new  road  should  make  sales  active. 

So  many  misstatements  have  appeared  in  print  in  regard  to  the 
two  new  engine  houses,  on  which  bids  were  received  last  Mon- 
day at  an  open  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  that  we  will 
state  the  facts  in  regard  to  the  matter.  On  the  9th  inst.,  the 
Supervisors  passed  to  print  an  order  calling  for  the  erection  of 
two  fire  engine  houses  for  the  city  department,  the  bids  to  be 
handed  to  the  Board  one  week  later.  That  was  allowing  five 
legal  days  in  which  to  obtain  bids,  and  by  working  on  Monday 
and  Tuesday  nights,  three  full  sets  of  plans  and  specifications 
were  arranged  for  the  bidders.  Tbe  original  remained  in  the 
office  for  the  benefit  of  thoBe  who  could  not  get  a  date.  To  expe- 
dite matters,  further,  the  architects  segregated  all  tbe  minor  parts 
of  the  work,  such  as  plumbing,  painting,  etc.,  so  that  men  in 
those  lines  of  business  would  not  stand  in  the  way  of  the  prin- 
cipal contractor.  There  was  no  segregation  of  work  called  for  in 
the  advertisement,  and  in  order  to  give  room  to  all  who  wanted 
to  figure,  the  architects  prepared  separate  specifications.  There 
were  127  contractors  who  tried  to  get  a  chance  to  figure.  Of  that 
army  but  eighteen  were  selected  to  figure.  The  Builders'  Asso- 
ciation, through  their  president,  sent  in  a  protest  to  the  Super- 
visors, because  not  a  member  of  that  organization  was  allowed  to 
figure,  and  asking  that  new  bids  be  called  for.  It  seems  that  sev- 
eral members  of  the  Association  refused  to  consider  the  plans  on 
the  ground  that  there  were  "too  many  already  figuring."  There 
promised  to  be  a  merry  war,  but  when  it  was  discovered  that  of 
the  eighteen  accepted  bidders  fifteen  belonged  to  the  Builders' 
Association,  the  protest  was  quickly  pigeon-holed. 


ALTHOUGH  Queen  Victoria  rules  over  an  empire  that  embraces 
possessions  in  every  part  of  the  world,  she  has  never  traveled 
outside  of  Europe,  and  even  there  her  trips  have  been  short  ones 
to  France,  Holland,  Germany,  and  Italy  only. 

WE  are  in  favor  of  a  men's  wading  party.  No  women  will  be 
allowed  along,  and  special  guards  will  be  employed  to  scour 
the  brush  along  the  edge  of  the  creek  to  keep  women  from  fol- 
lowing and  watching.  — Atchison  Globe. 


Our  Fair  Maidens 


who  go  to  the  mountains  and  the  seaside  for  the  summer  should  be 
very  careful  when  they  expose  their  complexions.  The  effects  of  sun- 
burn and  poison-oak  are  very  distressing,  and  they  will  ruin  the 
prettiest  skin.  Camelline  is  an  infallible  remedy  and  prevention  for 
both  sunburn  and  poison  oak,  and  it  is  the  only  remedy  that  has 
proved  successful.  Its  wonderful  sales  have  forced  all  other  face 
powders  out  of  the  market.    Ladies  should  not  be  without  it 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


IN-8TTBAN-CB. 


TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

Of   HAMIUKO.  c.KKMANY. 
V.  1  nru.  llrlrrlrUI    n initfrr  for  llie  1'artftr  loan  llr>i  m  li 

trio  mi >  at.,  n.  r. 

Capital  ..  si.soo.eoo.oo 

Inrtsted  in  U.  S.  654.433.31 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agent*  City   Department, 
»»»  California  St..  «.  F-.twl. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND  DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS         P0RTCOSTA.  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100.000  Torn*.      Regular    Warehouse  lor  aau 
rranclaco  Produce  Exchange  rail  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furiiiBhcd 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  drain . 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  Interest  on  grain  Btored  In  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  Pirst-ClasB  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
If  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  of  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bank. 

AMERICAN  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO-  Of  New  York., 
BRITISH  AMERICAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto. 
WESTERN  ASSURANCE  CO..  of  Toronto. 

A.  R.  GURREY,  Manager.  |  C.  A.  STUART,  A88T.  Man. 

Pacific  Department,  423  California  St.,  S.  F. 
BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL  »6,700,000 

AGENTS: 

BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

Ho.  318  California  Street.  San  Francisco. 

SIEBE,  RASGHEN  &  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 

Telephone  272.  210  Sanisome  St. 

Agents  foe  San  Francisco.— Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co,  of  New 
York;  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York;  United  Firemen's  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  Sun  Insurance  Office,  of  London. 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   119,724,638.45. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STBVENS.  |  Viee-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 

Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1835. 
Capital,  $2,250,000-  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  66 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
TOSS,  COMBAB  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BABLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPiTAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

TheBe  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

THAMES  AND  MERSEY  MARINE  INSURANCE  liOMPANY  (Limited) 

Of  Liverpool,  London  and  Manchester. 

Capital  Subscribed f  7 0,000,000 

Capital  Paid  Up 1,000,000 

Cash  Reserve  fin  addition  to  Capital) 2,126,000 

Total  Assets  December  31,  7888 9. 124, 057. 60 

WM.    GREER    HARRISON,  Manager, 

305  California  Street,  San  Francisco 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up I     600,000 

Assets  8,181,763 

SurplUB  to  Policy  Holders 1,526,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 

BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

COl  Montgomery   Street 


18 


8AN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21,  1894. 


5UNBEAMSB§ 


THE  constant  drop  of  water 
Wears  away  the  hardest  stone; 
The  constant  gnaw  of  Towser 

Masticates  the  toughest  bone. 
The  constant  cooing  lover 

Carries  off  the  blushing  maid; 
And  the  constant  advertiser 

Is  the  one  who  gets  the  trade. —  Wahoo   Wasp. 
"Wife  (in  tears)— I'm  sure— (sob)— there  is  no  longer  any  chivalry 
in  you  men.    Sir  Walter  Raleigh  laid  his  cloak  on  the  ground  for 
Queen  Bess  to  walk  over,  and  you  get  mad  just  because  poor,  dear 
mother  sat  down  on  your  hat  for  a  minute!    —Ally  Sloper,  London. 

Mr.  Henpeck— I  am  very  happy.  I  can't  miss  going  to  Heaven. 
Mr.  Singlebliss— How  can  you  prove  that?  Mr.  Henpeck— If  I  die 
before  my  wife,  then  I'll  be  in  Heaven.  If  she  dies  first,  Heaven 
will  be  on  earth  for  me.  —Der  Floh,  Vienna. 

Prisoner  (who  has  just  been  sentenced  to  two  years)— Can't  I  be 
sent  to  prison  to-day?  Jtjdge  —  Why  do  you  wish  it?  Pris- 
oner—They  have  my  favorite  dish  there  to-morrow,  pork  and  beans. 
Lodger  (to  landlady)— Would  you  mind  telling  your  daughters 
that  it  disturbs  me  wheu  they  play  four-handed  on  the  piano? 
Landlady— Why  don't  vou  marry  one  of  them?    That  will  stop  it. 

—  Ulk,  Berlin. 
Priscilla  leaned  back  in  her|well  cushioned  pew, 

With  a  smile  on  her  winsome  young  face. 
As  she  beard  the  old  story  of  Rachel  anew, 
She  yawned,  mid  her  ruffles  of  lace. 
"  One  man  for  seven  years !"  thought  this  gay  coquette, 
"  How  awfully  stupid  and  queer! 
Now  I  should  prefer,  without  one  reerret, 

Seven  men  for  a  single  year!  "    — Cincinnati  Tribune. 
Gentleman  (to  laborer  at  the  scene  of  a  railroad  accident)— Good 
gracious!     What  are  you  waiting  for?    Why  don't  you  assist  the 
sufferers?    Laborer— We're  waiting  for  the  photographer,  sir. 

— Humor istische  Blatter,  Vienna. 
"  We  don't  want  bear  stories."  said  the  editor.    "Our  readers  de- 
mand something  spicy."    "  Well,"  said  the  man  with   the  manu- 
script, "  this  story  is  about  a  cinnamon  bear."  — Pearson's. 

Emily — I  am  so  unhappy.  I  begin  to  see  that  Arthur  married  me 
for  my  money.  Emily's  Dearest  Friend— Well,  you  have  the  com- 
fort of  knowing  he  is  not  as  simple  as  he  looks. 

— Carricaturen,  Vienna. 
Bacon— What's   that  thread    tied    about   your  little  finger  for? 
Egbert— Oh,  that's  just  to  remind   my  wife  to  ask  me  if  I  forgot 
something  she  told  me  to  remember.  — Tonkers  Statesman. 

Crimsonbeak— Roof  gardens  have  a  decided  advantage  over  the 
other  kind.  Yeast — How  is  that?  Crimsonbeak — Your  neighbor's 
hens  can't  get  into  them.  — Tonkers  Statesman. 

Little  Dot— Oh,  I'd  give  anything  if  I  was  old  enough  to  have  a 
husband!  Mamma— Mercy,  child!  Why?  Little  Dot— I'm  so 
tired  of  being  petted.  — Good  News. 

Muller— You  always  said  you  would  not  marry  except  for  beauty, 
yet  your  fiancee  is  not  even  good-looking.  Schulze— The  beauty  is  in 
her  bank  account.  — Kladderadatsche,  Berlin. 

Judge — What  excuse  had  you  to  break  the  complainant's  head? 
Prisoner— Force  of  circumstances,  sir.  He  wouldn't  hand  over  his 
watch  without  it.  — H  Folshetto,  Rome. 

Teacher— Who  was  the  first  man?  Fritz— Charles  the  Great,  sir. 
Teacher— No!  Adam.  Fritz— Ach!  I  didn't  know  you  meant  a 
foreigner.  — Wespent  Berlin. 

"  That  was  an  awful  accident  that  happened  to  Smith  when  he 
was  out  fishing."    "  What  was  it?  "    "  Hecaught  half  a  dozen  fish." 

— Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Judge— Prisoner,  the  clerk  will  now  read  the  list  of  your  prior  con- 
victions.   Prisoner— Can't  I  sit  while  he  does  it,  your  honor? 

— Carricaturen,  Vienna. 

w 

The   Grand   Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


"  Would  n't  be  without  it  for  worlds!"  was  the  emphatic  declaration  of 
a  lady  in  reference  to  Ayer's  Hair  Vigor. 


Commencing  May  1st  the  <l  Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Tuesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  through  to  Chicago  every  day  without  change.  This  is  the  only 
Line  by  which  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached. 
Send  for  illustrated  book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell, 
G.  P.  A.,  650  Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

There  are  plenty  of  stylish  men  in  San  Francisco,  but  they  are 
the  men  who  buy  their  furnishing  goods  at  John  W.  Carmany's,  25 
Kearny  street,  where  only  the  latest  styles  are  sold. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thr  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 

To  Let— Furnished .  A  Modern  House  of  Eight  rooms;  convenient  to 
two  cable  lines;  grand  marine  view;  good  neighborhood  Keut  reasonable 
to  desirable  party.  BALDWIN  A  HAMMOND.  10  Montgomery  Street. 

Dyspeptics,  take  comfortl  Ayer's  Sarsaparilla  has  cured  worse  caBes 
than  yours. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  ubo  "Mrs.  Winslows'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
children  while  teething. 

BAFKS. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   GO. 

Paid-  u  p  Capital,  SI, OOO.OOO. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.  D.   FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate*  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $6  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 

-V  W.  Corner  Sansome  and  Busli  Streets. 

Established  1870.  TJ.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PRr  FITS $76,196 

S.  G  MURPHY PretideutlE.  D.  MORGAN  Cashier 

JAMES  MOFFITT  ..  .Vice-President  |  GEO.  W.KLINE Ass'tCashier 

DIRECTORS: 

Geo  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  JameB  Moffitt, 

'1  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking:  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE     DFPOSIT     DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K    LYNCH,  Manaeer, 

Safes  to  rent  from  So  to  ?lO0  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage      A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  H. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital        $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up     .  $2,450,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 124  CaliforniaSt.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 

Portland  Branch— 48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,  WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— Uiexel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital       $2,500,000  I  Paid  Up  Capital.  $3,000,000 

Reserve  Fond,  $800,000. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York — Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris — Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

BIG.  GREENBAUM,  j  „„„„„„„ 
C.  ALTSCHUL  j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sathee  &.  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York—  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago — Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  A  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA8.  F.  CROCKER,         |        E.  B,  POND. 
WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.    BROWN     VICE  .  RESIDENT 

GEO,  w.  KLINE .  .    Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,    MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  HADE 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm    Babcock 
Adam  <->rant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
Q.  D   Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  IS  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated  November  24. 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER President  I  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


July  21,  1*94. 


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WHAT  DOES  IT  MATTER  ?-.  1.7.  Wattrhoutt  in  Stnrkti-n  Mail. 


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HAT  need  1  care  when  the  ■lorm-eloudi  tly. 
Crossing  the  face  of  the  sullen 
Whut  doe?  il  matter  though  great  drops  beat. 
Surge  of  the  tempest,  or  drift  of  the 
Why  should  I  head  the  dash  of  the  wave. 
Wind1'  that  unceasingly  mutter  and  rave. 
-  of  darkness  that  wail  as  they  die, 
that  crouch  In  the  mista  of  the  sky? 

After  the  tempest  the  sun  will  shine; 
Breath  of  the  morning  will  cheer  like  wine  , 
Blessing  and  happiness  wholly  divine 

Out  of  the  darkuess  creeping. 
And  I  shall  partake  of  the  daylight's  cheer, 
Lire  and  be  glad  of  it,  holding  lite  dear : 
My  soul  will  rejoice  in  a  new  atmosphere, 

I  tat  of  its  chaos  leaping. 

Then  need  we  care  when  the  storm  of  pain 
Beats  on  our  lives  with  its  sullen  rain  ? 
Then  shall  we  heed  when  the  sun  of  hope 
Hides  where  the  clouds  no  longer  ope  ? 
What  will  it  matter  when  all  is  done, 
Wail  of  the  tempest  or  shine  of  the  suu? 
Voices  of  gladness  or  patter  of  tears, 
What  will  they  count  at  the  end  of  the  years? 

Never  the  tempest  that  has  no  end ; 
Never  the  lonely  who  finds  no  friend: 
Never  a  way  but  will  upward  tend 

After  the  valley's  ended. 
After  the  beat  of  the  rain,  the  sun ; 
Eest  for  the  toiler  when  all  is  done, 
And  the  lonely  heart  when  the  race  is  run 

By  an  infinite  love's  befriended. 


ROMANCE.— Andrew  Lang. 

My  love  dwelt  in  a  Northern  land, 
A  dim  tower  in  the  forest  green 

Was  his,  and  far  away  the  sand 

And  gray  wash  of  the  waves  was  seen 
The  woven  forest  boughs  between  ; 

And  through  the  Northern  summer  night 
The  sunset  slowly  died  away, 

And  herds  of  strange  deer,  silver  white. 
Came  gleaming  through  the  forest  gray 
And  fled  like  ghosts  before  the  day. 

And  oft  that  month  we  watched  the  moon 
Wax  great  and  white  o'er  wood  and  lawn, 

And  wane,  with  waning  of  the  .Tune, 
Till,  like  a  brand  for  battle-drawn, 
She  fell,  and  flamed  in  a  wild  dawn. 

I  know  not  if  the  forest  green 

Still  girdles  round  that  castle  gray, 

I  know  not  if  the  boughs  between 
The  white  deer  vanish  ere  the  day; 

The  grass  above  my  love  is  green; 
His  heart  is  colder  than  the  clay. 


OF    MARGUERITES.— Ernest  Dowson. 


"  A  little— passionately— not  at  all?  " 

She  cast  the  snowy  petals  on  the  air ; 
And  what  care  we  how  many  petals  fall? 
Nay,  wherefore  seek  the  seasons  to  forestall? 

It  is  but  playing,  and  she  will  not  care: 
A  little — passionately — not  at  all ! 
She  would  not  answer  us,  if  we  should  call 

Across  the  years ;  her  visions  are  too  fair. 
And  what  care  we  how  many  petals  fall? 
She  knows  us  not,  nor  recks  if  she  enthrall 

With  voice,  and  eyes,  and  fashion  of  her  hair, 
A  little— passionately— not  atali ! 

Knee-deep  she  goes  in  meadow  grasses  tall. 

Kissed  by  the  daisies  that  her  fingers  tear; 
And  what  care  we  how  many  petals  fall? 

We  pass  and  go,  but  she  shall  not  recall 

What  men  we  were,  nor  all  she  made  us  bear. 

"A  little— passionately— not  at  all!  " 

And  what  care  we  how  many  petals  fall  ? 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

R  tra]  Chattel 
CAPITAL  paid   Up  $3  000  000 

RESERVE    FUND  1.404.000 

Southeut  oornar  Btutfa  and 
HKAn   ni'iii  k  At»  Lombard  street,  London 

JtHAM  hes— Victoria.  vaiii'itnviT,  n«*w  WMimliuter,  K»mloop»,  N&uafnm, 
I    nix)  NelMD:   British  Columbia:  l'<>rti«ii.|.  tn.  ■.     ,    sua    I  acorn  ft, 

wubuaton. 

Bank  transact*  r  Qeaeral  HntikiuR  Business,    aeoouuti  opened  mi  I* 
i  heck,  aud  spool*]  Deposit*  received.    Commercial  Credit*  granted 
AvaUahif  in  nil  part*  •>(  the  world     approved  hills  dl&couuled  and  ad- 
vances made  on  e 1  collateral  security.    Draws  direct  »t  current  raiea 

Head  Office  and  Br  uches,  am)  upon  Its  Agents,  ae  Follows: 
New  York— Merchants  Bank  <>r  i  anada;  Cmi  too— Ftrsl  National  hunk 
Liverpool— North  ami  tJouth  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— Brltlt-h  Llueo  Com- 
pany; Icici.ANh— Bank  0l  IrelAii<l  ■  URXICO— London  Hunk  of  Ml 
etor/ni  Ajirrk  a— London  Bank  <>f  Mcxlmnud  Booth  America;  china  aud 
J aPAH— Chartered  Hank  ol  India.  Australia  and  China;  AUSTRALIA  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Unnkhn:  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld.;  Dembrara  and  Trinidad (West  Indies)— Colonial  Hank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL     ..  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1,  W94)  .  3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVOKH,  President.  THOMAS   BROWN,  ('ashler. 

8.  Prentiss  asiiTH,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  P.  Moolton,  -id  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS: 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  *fc  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A 
Boston— Tremout  National  Bauk;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sous:  Paris— Messrs.  He  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  CHICAGO— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
aud  New  Zealand— Bauk  of  New  Zealaud;  China,  Japan  aud  India— 
Chartered  Bauk  of  India,  Australia  aud  Chiua    st.  LoU's—  Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  or.,  Los  Angeles,  aud  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berliu,  Bremeu,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-ou-Maiu,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiauia,  Melbourne,  Syudey,  Aucklaud,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  GeuoH,  aud  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  ami   Webb  Streets. 

Branch  office 1700  Market  Street,  corner  Polk. 

DEPOSITS,  lune  30.   1893 $28,058,691   01 

GUARANTEE  CAPhAL  and   Surplus 1.699.434  00 

DIRECTORS— Albert  Miller,  President;  George  W  Beaver,  Vice-Presi- 
deut;  Thomas  Magee,  E.  B.  Houd,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martiu,  \V.  C.  B. 
Ue  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardmau.J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  aud  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  Sau  Fraucisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  saviugs 
Bauk  commences  ouly  with  the  acual  receipt  of  t  e  money.  The  sigua- 
ture  of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  Is 
made  for  pass  book  or  eutrauce  fee.  Office  hours — 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6  ;30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  institute  Building 

GUARANIEED  CAPITAL,  SI, 004,000. 

OFFICE  KB. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  President 

JAMES  D.  PHLLAN,  S    G    MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  Jame>  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  pa. d  ou  Term  aud  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  seut  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Eschauge 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  seud  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

tfua-antecd  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  2,  189* Z'.K  I  ait,:!  I  7  O'i 

OFFICERS— President.  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-Pres  deut,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Touruey;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Mull  r. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  KruEe,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
maun,  F.  lillmanu,  H.  H<>rstm<inn,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfeliow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,0u0  ]  Paid  up        $1,500,000 

Subscribed  3,000.000  |  Reserve  Fond 700,000 

Head  Office— IS  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  baukiug  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  aud  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loaus  money,  buys  aud  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART      )  „„„„„„,, 

P.  N.  LILLfcNTHAL,  (  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO  'S  BANK. 


N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  aud  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
(ash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.     .      ..  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth       . .  . .  .Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES.  , 

N.  Y.  City,  H.  B  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj  P.Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  .LETTER. 


July  21   l&U. 


FROM  a  BostoD  fashion  writer's  accouDt  of  the  dresses  seen  one 
Saturday  at  the  horse  races  of  the  Country  Club  the  following 
selections  are  made: 

•■  Many  of  the  girls  affected  the  navy  blue  twill  uniform,  with  its 
familiar  accessories  of  sailor  hat  and  blouse  or  vest.  But  there  were 
scores  of  others  who  wore  dainty  feminine  fripperies  of  lace  and  rib- 
bon and  flowery  hats.  Two  strikingly  handsome  toilets  were  a  good 
deal  stared  at  by  the  throng  of  visitors.  They  were  worn  by  two  very 
charming  girls  in  an  elegant  carriage,  with  a  smart  coachman  and 
tiger  in  fine  livery  perched  correct  and  stiff  on  the  box.  One  was  an 
accordion  plaited  silk,  such  as  are  being  worn  with  such  exceeding 
favor  in  Paris  at  present,  and  was  in  a  rich  navy  blue,  trimmed  taste- 
fully with  black  moire  ribbon.  The  skirt,  body,  and  sleeves  were  all 
accordion  plaited,  and  otherwise  quite  plain.  The  ribbon  was  put  on 
in  a  unique  way,  being  used  as  bretelles  over  the  shoulders  and  end- 
ing in  a  belt  of  the  same,  which  fastened  at  one  side  with  a  bow  and 
long  ends;  the  bretelles  were  tied  into  crisp  bows  on  the  shoulders, 
and  the  choker,  also  of  moire,  was  finished  by  a  similar  bow  at  the 
back.  The  hat  was  merely  a  French  turban  in  soft  black  straw,  fancy 
trimmed  with  folded  gimp  and  a  jetted  aigrette  at  one  side. 

"  The  other  toilet  was  enhanced  by  a  very  elegant  cape.  The  gown 
was  of  spotted  wool,  in  an  odd  French  crepe,  and  was  a  dull  old  rose 
spotted  in  black;  it  was  quite  transparent,  like  wool  canvas,  and  was 
made  up  over  black  silk,  I  fancy,  as  I  could  not  see  distinctly  from 
where  I  sat.  It  also  was  trimmed  with  moire  ribbon.  The  cape  was 
of  black  corded  silk  trimmed  with  black  lace  insertion.  It  must  have 
been  very  stiffly  interlined  with  canvas  or  crinoline,  tor  ii  set  out  very 
crisply  over  the  shoulders.  Most  capes  are  decidedly  dowdy,  but  this 
one  was  very  chic  and  elegant,  and  was  finished  at  the  throat  by  a 
thickly  plaited  ruche  of  black  tulle,  which  was  very  becoming  to  the 
girl.  The  hat  was  a  fine  straw  in  rose  and  black  interwoven  and 
rolled  gracefully  at  one  side.  It  was  tr'iumed  with  a  wreath  of  duil 
pink  roses  under  the  brim,  resting  on  the  hair,  and  on  the  crown  with 
bows  and  bows  of  black  moire,  two  of  which  served  as  an  aigrette  01 
cockade  at  one  side. 

"  An  entire  toilette  of  black  moire,  with  grayish  cream  lace  sleeves 
and  Spanish  lacket  was  worn  by  a  very  beautiful  woman  of  about 
thirty-five,  and  was  one  of  the  most  stylish  costumes  at  the  races,  its 
extreme  simplicity  and  richness  giving  it  an  '  air  '  that  a  more  fanci- 
ful gown  could  not  possibly  possess.  The  skirt  was  gored  and  very 
full  at  the  back,  and  flared  stifliy  about  the  bottom,  as  if  whalebone 
were  inserted  in  the  hem.  It  was  entirely  free  from  trimming,  bin 
ritttd  like  a  glove  over  the  woman's  perfect  hips.  The  bodice  was 
also  finely  fitted  to  the  figure,  and  the  lace  was  laid  on  smoothly.  The 
sleeves  were  very  large  and  set  off  well,  giving  great  breadth  to  the 
shoulders.  The  perfecting  touch  to  the  costume  was  the  small,  toque- 
like  bonnet,  with  a  crown  of  violets  and  a  cockade  of  green  ivy 
leaves  at  one  side.  The  brim  was  of  coarse  black  straw,  and  it  was 
tied  under  the  chin  at  one  side  with  soft  crushed  stiinga  of  black 
tulle.  Dainty  pearl  white  gloves  and  slender  patent  leather  shoe.- 
were  worn  with  this  elegant  costume,  which  was  perfect  in  every 
detail. 

"  Checked  taffetas  gowns  were  very  numerous,  and  were  made  up  in 
all  sorts  of  styles,  and  with  a  great  variety  of  trimmings.  1  cannot 
wonder  at  their  popularity,  for  anything  daintier,  crisper,  or  cleaner- 
xooking  cannot  be  manufactured,  and,  moreover,  they  are  becoming 
to  everybody,  young  and  old,  plain  or  pretty,  and  they  may  be  made 
very  dressy  with  trimmings  of  lace  and  ribbon,  or  severely  plain  fur 
street  wear,  with  simple  folds  of  the  same  laid  on  as  a  garniture.  The 
favorite  checks  seem  to  be  navy  blue  and  white  and  lavender  and 
white,  although  to  my  mind  those  of  brown  and  white  are  very  hand- 
some.  ««— — * 

"  Pique  and  drill  tailor  costumes  were  thickly  scattered  among  the 
crowd,  and  were  mostly  dark  in  color.  One  fetching  one  was  worn 
by  a  stylish-looking  girl  with  reddish-brown  hair  and  large  gray  eyes 
It  was  of  gray  drill,  with  a  waistcoat  of  dull  blue  and  white  spotted 
pique,  and  was  made  up  in  the  conventional  manner  with  a  full 
basqued  coat  and  plain  habit  skirt.  It  had  very  deep  revers  and 
French  sleeves,  a  departure  from  the  gigot  style  which  usually  is  seen 
on  tailor  gowns.  A  snowy  shirt  and  collar  were  worn,  and  a  prince 
scarf  of  black  silk.  The  jaunty  sailor  hat  was  of  navy  blue  straw, 
with  a  black  moire  band. 

"  Several  drill  gowns  were  set  off  by  crimson  or  scarlet  waistcoats, 
but  I  cannot  say  that  I  think  them  pretty  or  becoming,  for  they  seem 
so  '  sporty  '  to  me,  and  not  at  all  suited  to  a  woman  of  refinement." 

The  economic  crisis  is  a  dangerous  thing,  and  it  is  a  source  of 
trouble  to  all  men.  Nothing  will  allay  that  trouble  so  easily  as  a 
drink  of  Argonaut  whisky,  which  would  make  a  man  forget  all  the 
troubles  of  his  existence.  It  is  a  wonderful  stimulant,  and  by  long 
odds  the  best  whisky  in  the  market  to-day.  All  admirers  of  cnod 
liquor  drink  Argonaut  whisky  in  preference'to  any  other.  E.  Mar- 
tin &  Co.,  agents,  408  Front  street. 


City    Index    and    Purchasers    Guide. 


ATTYS-AT-LAW. 
BERGEN  A  ffllBlH,  (B.  F.  Bergen;  C.  M.  Wilbur),  215  Santome  St. 
FRANK   KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg.,  1236  Market  St.  

CANDIES. 
1'ANPIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets 


DENTISTS 
R    UTIAK,  416  Geary  street. 
V.  M.  H  ACKETT,  413  Leavenworth  street. 


DOOR   CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  Clieck  and  Spring.   F.D.  Morrell,  593  Mission  St. 

DRUGGISTS. 

KELLY'S  CORN  (IRE,  85c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC'.    Positive  cure.    Sold  hy  all  drug- 
gists.  

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 

W.  H.  MCCORMICK,  1422  Market  st.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkln  St. 

MILLINERY. 

THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store.  1024-1028  Market  street. 

RESTAURANTS. 

FRANCO- AMERICAN  RestaHrant-521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIRING!  DONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A    BENSON,  Engineer.      Dealer  in  Land  Scrip,    430Kearuy3t. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  antomlzaiion  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


HlNK 
THINKS 

IN  CHOOSING   DRINK5  AND 

MIRES' 

Root  beer- 

WILL  LINK  YOUR  THINKS. 

Deliciously  Exhilarating,  Spark- 
ling, Effervescent.  Wholesome 
as  well.  Purifies  the  blood,  tick- 
les the  palate.  Ask  your  store- 
keeper for  it.   Get  the  Genuine. 


THE  CHAS.  E.  HIRES  CO., 

Philadelphia. 


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Jtotel 


Conducted  on  both  the 

EUROPEAN    AND 

AMERICAN    PLAN. 


BUSH  STREET,  bet.  Sansome  &  Montgomery, 
Sau  Francisco,  Cal. 

This  favorite  hotel  is  under  the  management  of  CHAS. 
MONTGOMERY,  and  is  as  good,  if  not  the  best,  Family  and 
Business  Men's  Hotel  in  San  Francisco. 

Home  comforts,  cuisine  unexcelled,  first-class  service  and 
the  highest  standard  of  respectability  guaranteed. 

Our  rooms  cannot  be  surpassed  for  neatness  and  comfort. 

BOARD  AND  ROOM,  per  day,  »1  25,  *1  F-0,  $1  76  and  $2  00. 

per  week,  J7  00  to  112  00. 

per  month,  $27  50  to  M0  00. 

SINGLE  ROOMS,  51  cents  to  $1. 


pree  <?oac,l?  to  and  pro/r\  tl?(?  f-Iotel. 


BETHESDA. 

AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 
"  Bethesda  certainly  possesses  medicinal  properties  of  rare  value." 
—Hon.  A.  E.  Stevenson,  Vice-President  of  the  United  States. 

"  I  regard  Bethesda  Water  the  best  in  the  market."— Hon.  George 
R.  Davis,  Director-General  World's  Fair. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  AGENTS, 

418  Sacramento  street,  S.  F. 


July  21,  1894. 


>\\   I  RAM  I-  0  NEWS  III  I  I  i: 


21 


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meon-m^: 


IV  laM  week  tt  itemed  lo  b<»  tbe  most  earnest  wish  and  aim  of 
everyone  to  get  lo  tbe  city  as  soon  as  possible,  the  desire  tbfs 
week  has  been  equally  as  great,  at  least  among  our  society  folk, 
to  get  out  of  town  in  the  direction  -»f  Monterey,  ami  u  a  oonseqaence 
social  life  in  Bu  Pnndsco  has  been  far  from  lively.  However,  then* 
are  few  more  active  memlH*r<  of  the  charmed  circle  than  the  Misses 
Hobart.  and  wherever  they  are  there  i*  always  something  being  done 
for  the  entertainment  of  their  Friends,  ami  SO  daring  their  recent  Stay 
in  town  they  made  life  pleasant  for  themselves  and  others  through 
the  medium  of  theatre  partie-,  supper>,  a  dinner,  and  a  luncheon,  as 
well  as  a  farewell  visit  to  the  Fair. 


rhotfl   hveh    young    bit  I.alhnm.    I.anrie    Adams,  and 

Southard  HidTman.  ha\-  trip  to  Lake  rahoe, going 

d  their  own  team  and  taking  II  leisurely.     Their  friends  an  ex 
pectins;  to  hear,  on  their  return,  of  some  wonderful  catches  of  hsh, 
that   sport  being  in  a  verv   satisfactory    condition   thereabouts  at 
present. 

The  Kay  .tow. I  assembled  toi  the  merriment  of  the  national  holi- 
day at  the  Collier  place!  In  Lake  County,  had  the  jolliest  kind  of  a 
time,  according  to  one ol  Even  -tuiriy  Al.  Howie  relaxed 

from  his  aristocrat!)  calm,  tils  '•pel  weakness,"  as  tin*  girl*  dubbed 
her,  was  then-,  of  course,  but  Ed,  BheldOD  was  noticeably  absent. 
Miss  LtUte  Lawlor's  line  voice  woke  echoes  in  vocal  strains,  and  Miss 
Ethel  Cohen's  bright  sallies  evoked  constanl  laughter. 

Mi--  Mabel  Yost  has  been  spending  two  weeks  with  Mrs.  John  H. 
Dickinson,  at  .Siuisalito,  keeping  her  from  feeling  lonely  during  the 
absence  of  the  General  in  Sacramento. 


Del  Monte  i-  having  its  turn  now  and  gala  times  are  expected  there 
to-day.  the  tennis  tournament  which  commenced  yesterday  and  the 
baseball  to  be  played  to-day  drawing  a  large  crowd  of  our  fashiona- 
bles to  witness  the  games,  and  many  of  then)  will  remain  there  until 
after  the  Country  Club  shoot  next  month.  The  cotillion  to-night 
will,  it  is  thought,  be  one  of  the  best  danced  there  of  late  years;  Mr. 
Greenway  will,  of  course,  be  the  leader,  and  a  number  of  belles  and 
beaux  who  will  take  part  in  it  have  been  upon  the  ground  for  several 
day- past.  These  include  Mrs.  I'etle  l>onahue  and  ber  sisters,  the 
Misses  Wallace,  the  Misses  Goad.  Mesdames  Will  and  Tom  Magee, 
and  the  Misses  Hush,  of  Oakland,  Mrs.  George  Pope,  Miss  Carrie 
Taylor,  Mrs.  Dan  Murphy.  Miss  Carolan,  Miss  Bee  Hooper,  the 
Misses  Hobart,  the  Misses  Crocker.  Miss  McBean,  Misses  Mae  and 
Claire  Tucker,  Walter  Hobart,  Harry  Tevis,  Harry  Simpkins,  Bob 
Grayson,  George  Pope,  Dan  Murphy,  Harry  Stetson,  etc. 

it  has  been  rather  quiet  this  week  at  the  Hotel  Rafael  after  the 
noise  and  bustle  attendant  upon  the  recent  holiday  season  and  its 
gayeties,  but  while  there  have  been  many  departures  there  have  also 
been  a  goodly  number  of  new  arrivals  to  fill  up  the  gaps  thus  made, 
among  whom  Dr.  and  Mrs.  0.  0.  Burgess  were  very  welcome  guests. 
Several  pretty  dinner  and  supper  parties  have  been  given  in  the 
private  rooms  of  the  hotel,  and  music,  dancing,  bowling,  and  tennis 
help  to  pass  away  the  time  most  pleasantly. 

Recent  additions  to  army  circles  in  San  Francisco  are  Major  Bell 
and  Captain  and  Mrs.  Barrett.  The  latter  are  domiciled  at  the  Occi- 
dental Hotel,  where  Mrs.  Barrett  will  receive  on  Mondays. 

The  marriage  mart  has  been  tolerably  active  of  late.  There  were 
two  weddings  on  Wednesday  of  this  week,  those  of  Miss  Agnes  Drew 
and  J.  H.  Skinner,  whicb  was  a  quiet  home  bridal, and  of  Miss  Millie 
Frank  and  Charles  A.  Gibson,  which  was  solemnized  at  the  Central 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  on  Mission  street,  and  was  followed  by 
a  large  reception  at  the  home  of  tbe  bride's  mother,  on  Haightstreet. 
The  wedding  in  which  out  of  town  society  is  taking  the  most  inter- 
est will  take  place  to-day  at  Sausalito,  where,  in  Christ  Church,  the 
Reverend  Charles  Miel  will  unite  Miss  Ella  Le  Count  and  George 
Slocum,  TJ.  S.  N.,  in  marriage,  and  the  after  reception  at  Cliff 
Haven  promises  to  be  a  pleasant  affair,  largely  attended. 

Among  the  weddings  in  prospect  is  that  of  Miss  Millie  du  Frane 
and  Alfred  W.  Wehie,  which  is  named  for  Wednesday,  the  8th  of 
August,  and  which  will  be  a  home  celebration,  the  ceremony  to  be 
performed  in  the  afternoon  at  2707  Bush  street,  in  the  presence  only 
of  relatives  of  the  contracting  parties. 

New  York  city  will  be  the  place  next  month  of  the  nuptials  of  Miss 
Verdenal  and  A.  Lee  Gray,  of  Fresno,  at  which  event  the  prospective 
bride's  cousins,  Misses  Laura  and  Lottie  Gashwiler,  will  officiate  as 
bridesmaids,  going  East  in  time  for  that  purpose. 

Last  evening  the  Camera  Club  gave  another— the  fiftieth— of  its  en- 
joyable lectures.  The  theme,  "Hawaii,  the  Paradise  of  the  Pacific," 
was  ably  handled  by  the  lecturess,  Mrs.  M.  L.  Gaus,  and  the  views 
with  which  it  was  illustrated  were  very  beautiful.  As  usual,  Metro- 
polian Hall  was  tilled  to  its  utmost  capacity. 

Mr.  W.  B.  Peyton  and  his  bride  were  among  the  arrivals  of  the 
week  from  the  East  en  route  to  Santa  Cruz,  where  they  will  reside. 
Russ  Wilson  put  in  his  appearance  by  the  delayed  train  on  Monday 
last,  only  twenty  days  from  New  York  overland,  and  expressed  him- 
self as  being  delighted  to  find  himself  here  at  last.  Mrs.  William 
Ellicott,  who  has  been  spending  the  past  four  months  with  relatives 
in  Baltimore,  also  was  a  passenger  by  the  same  train ;  she  has  gone 
to  San  Mateo,  where  she  will  remain  during  July,  and  upon  her  re- 
turn to  town  will  occupy  her  old  rooms  at  the  Hotel  Richelieu.  Joe 
Grant  is  among  the  latest  arrivals  from  Europe.  Mrs.  Torbert  and 
Miss  Molliehave  left  Mrs.  Earle's,  where  they  have  been  visiting  for 
several  weeks,  and  are  residing  at  the  Colonial. 

Mrs.  Herman  Oelrichs  and  her  sister,  Miss  Birdie  Fair,  are  again 
upon  their  native  soil,  having  returned  during  the  week  from  their 
trip  to  Europe. 

Mrs.  Sam  Wilson  was  among  the  arrivals  of  belated  passengers  by 
the  first  overland  through  train  the  early  part  of  the  week. 


Colonel  and  Mrs.  Spaulding  have  returned  to  their  home  in  the 
Sandwich  Islands,  after  a  visit  of  several  weeks  in  California,  during 
which  time  they  were  the  guests  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  O.  O.  Burgess.  The 
Reverend  W.  I.  Kip  has  gone  on  a  vacation  trip  to  Alaska,  sailing  on 
the  steamer  Walla  Walla  on  Thursday  last.  His  youngest  sister, 
Miss  Mary  Kip,  accompanied  him. 

Mrs.  Lloyd  Tevis's  numerous  friends  at  San  Rafael  were  kept  busy 
on  Saturday  evening  last  congratulating  her  upon  a  very  lucky  es- 
cape from  what  might  have  been  a  terrible  accident.  Mrs.  Tevis,  ac- 
companied by  her  friend,  Mrs.  Salisbury,  and  the  Blanding  children, 
was  taking  an  afternoon  drive  when  the  pole  of  the  carriage  snapped 
and  the  horses  bolted.  Fortunately  they  were  stopped  before  dam- 
age was  done  further  than  a  severe  fright. 

Joseph  A.  Donahoe,  Jr.  and  family  are  spending  the  summer  at 
Menlo  Park.  It  is  the  intention  of  this  young  couple  to  build  a  tine 
residence  on  the  corner  of  Fillmore  and  Broadway  for  their  winter 
home.  The  elegant  house  now  being  erected  in  that  vicinity  by  Mr. 
George  W.  Gibbs  will  prove  a  valuable  addition  to  the  beautiful  resi- 
dences of  the  Western  Addition. 


Society  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that  Mrs.  Thos.  H.  Selby  is  rapidly 
recovering  from  her  recent  severe  illness,  and,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
she  will  be  moved  to  the  city  from  Fair  Oaks,  where  she  is  at  present. 

Mrs.  Cosmo  Morgan  returned  from  the  Santa  Cruz  mountains  this 
week,  and  will  leave  to-morrow  for  a  two  months'  visit  in  Southern 
California. 

Mrs.  Edward  Morton  and  daughter  leave  to-day  for  San  Jose,  to  be 
gone  a  month. 

H.  S.  Field,  of  Hammersmith  &  Field,  is  dangerously  ill. 

THE  power  of  the  police  of  a  city  is  so  great  and  the  temptations 
to  err  so  numerous  and  pressing,  that  discoveries  of  crime 
flourishing  under  police  protection  are  never  surprising.  The  re- 
volting revelations  of  the  corruption  in  the  Police  Department  of 
New  York  have  led  tbe  people  of  other  large  cities  to  watch  their 
own  guardians  of  the  peace  more  closely.  The  Philadelphia  Times 
has  printed  articles  exposing  the  crookedness  of  the  police  of 
that  city,  and  an  investigation  has  been  ordered.  In  Pittsburg 
and  Boston  there  are  loud  demands  made  for  investigation.  In 
Chicago  the  Grand  Jury,  after  a  thorough  investigation,  has 
found  a  "highly  discreditable  and  corrupt  condition  of  affairs 
throughout  the  city."  It  recommends  that  a  special  Grand  Jury 
be  summoned  for  the  purpose  of  investigating  and  exposing  the 
evil  of  gambling  "and  the  connection  of  police  and  other  officials 
therewith."  If  this  wave  of  indignation  should  happen  to  reach 
San  Francisco  there  would  likely  be  many  amazing  discoveries. 


EARRINGS  are  again  fashionable,  and  jewelers  are  showing 
hoops,  pendants,  screw-solitaires  and  every  form  known. 
The  conservative  woman  is  waiting  to  see  whether  the  fashion 
will  be  generally  adopted  before  she  spoils  her  pretty  ears  with 
this  relic  of  savagery. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


DSPRIC 


Baking 
Powder: 


The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alma 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  21,  1894. 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trams  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO: 

Leave  1  From  June  26,  1894.         I  Abbive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 
7-00  a  Beniela,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento,   Redding,    Castle    Crag 

and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davis 7:15  p 

7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa —    6:15  P 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 

andOroville 4:15  p 

900  a  New  Orleans  ExpresB,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los    Angeles,    Deming,  El 

Paso.  New  Orleans  and  East 5:45  p 

9:00  A  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45a 

*9:00a  Peters  and  Milton  —  ...  *7:15p 

12:30  f  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  . .     8:45  a 

•1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers *9:00  p 

4-00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 

SantaRosa 9:15a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Lauding, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento    10:45a 

4:30  P.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15  p 

4:30p.  Raymond  (for  Yosemite) 10:45a. 

5:00 p.  Lob  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Lob  Angeles. 10:45a. 

5 :00 p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  ExpresB, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45  a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .  9:45a 
6*00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..    7:45  a. 

J7:00  P.  Vallejo +7:45  P. 

7:00p.  Oregon  ExnreBB.  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Pnget  Sound  and  East.  10:45  a 

Santa  Crui  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,   Feltou  and 

Santa  Cruz    (8:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Uenterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,    Boulder     Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations    6:20  p. 

*2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek. 
Santa   Cruz,  and   principal   way 

stations    *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark,  SanJose, Los  GatOB.  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  Town  send  Streets). 

*6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations *1:45  p. 

J7:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      I8:33p. 

8:15  a.  Ban  Jose,  TresPinoB,  Santa  Crut, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Roblea,  San 
Ban   Luis   Obispo  and    principal 

Way  Stations 6:26  p. 

J;9:47a.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Statious 11:45  p. 

10:40  a.  SanJose,  and  Way  Stations. ..  5:06  p. 

11:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20f.  Ban   Jobo,     Gilroy,     Tree  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,    Salinas,    Monterey, 

PaciflcGrove .     ..*10:40a. 

*3:S0  p.  Ban  JOBe  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *S:06a. 

5-J.O  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations....  ...  "8:48  a. 

6 :S0  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35  a. 

tll:45P.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations... t7:26p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSAI  FRANCISCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  S)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  OIKiaSD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

•«  00    *7  00    800*9  00  10  00  and  *11.00  A.  M. 

t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  «5  00  P.  M. 

A.  lor  Morning.  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•BundayB  excepted.  +8aturdays  only, 

t  Bund  ay  s  only. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information. 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  oj  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic Tuesday,  July  17,  1894 

Gaelic Tuesday,  August  7,  1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Sept-  ti,  1894 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu) . .  .Tuesday,  Sept.  25,  1894 
ROUND  TRIP  TICKET8AT  REDUCED  RATES 
Cabirj  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
TIcketa  lor  Bale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  H.GOODMAN, Gen. Pass. Agt. 


COLOR    EFFECTS. 

GREEN  placed  in  juxtaposition  with  red 
produces  a  very  rich  effect — the  green 
becoming  greener  and  the  red  more  intense. 

Blue  and  orange  harmonize;  also  yellow 
and  purple. 

Blue,  red,  and  yellow,  if  separated  by 
linee  of  white,  may  all  be  used  together 
and  not  produce  a  dazzling  effect  in  a  room. 

Blue  and  gray  are  cold  colors,  while  red 
is  warm  and  exciting,  and  these  can  be 
used  to  effect  the  mind  to  any  extent  de- 
sired. 

Blue  used  in  a  ceiliDg  gives  the  effect  of 
height ;  in  a  recess  it  gives  the  effect  of  dis- 
tance. This  is  desirable  for  the  owner  of 
small  rooms  to  remember. 

Yellow,  on  the  contrary,  lowers  the 
height  and  brings  out  the  recess,  while  red 
is  the  only  color  that  appears  to  remain 
stationary. 

COUNTING  the  bearing  and  non-bearing 
orange  trees  in  Florida,  there  are  esti- 
mated to  be  10  000,000  trees.  California  is 
credited  with  having  6,000,000  and  Arizona 
about  1,000,000. 

If  a  boy  is  not  trained  to  endure  and  to 
bear  trouble  he  will  grow  up  a  girl;  and  a 
boy  that  is  a  girl  has  all  a  girl's  weakness 
without  any  of  her  regal  qualities. — H.  W. 
Beecher. 

TitEEE  is  a  law  of  forces  which  hinders 
bodies  from  sinking  beyond  a  certain  depth 
in  the  sea;  but  in  the  ocean  of  baseness 
the  deeper  we  get  the  easier  the  sinking. — 
Lowell. 

Prescribe  no  positive  laws  to  thy  will, 
for  thou  ruayest  be  forced  to-morrow  to 
drink  the  same  water  thou  despisest  to- 
day.— Fuller. 

To  judge  human  character  rightly,  a  man 
may  sometimes  have  very  small  experi- 
ence, provided  he  has  a  very  large  heart. — 
Buhner. 

A  brave  man  knows  no  malice,  but  for- 
gets, in  peace,  the  injuries  of  war,  and 
gives  his  direst  foe  a  friend's  embrace. — 
Cowper. 

Let  not  the  emphasis  of  hospitality  lie 
in  bed  and  board,  but  let  truth,  love,  honor, 
and  courtesy  flow  in  all  thy  deeds.  —  Emer- 
son. 

Clear  summer  has  forth  walk'd  unto 
the  clover  sward,  and  she  has  talk'd  full 
soothingly  to  every  nested  finch. — Keats. 

The  Turkish  Government  has  forbidden 
tbe  importation  of  all  patent  medicines 
into  that  country. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

DiBpatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a,  m.,  May  25,  June  4,  9,  19, 
24;  July  5,  9,   19,  24;  August  8,  8,  18,  23. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
May  25th,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 
For  Eureka,  Humboldt  Bay,  Wednesdays,  9  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Eusenada,  Mazatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas 
(Mexico),  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOr-ALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'lAgentB, 
No.  10  Market  street.  San  Francisco. 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

\S    bv  «  World  tours,  steamer 

,  ^>\zZ ''.  r,  and  rail.    First  class. 

$610.       Second    class, 

$350. 

*£     O.   S.  S.  Company's 

i  steamers  sail: 

For      HONOLULU 

APIA.    AUCKLAND 

and  SYDNEY,  S.  S. 

"MONOWAI," 
J  lily  26,  2  p.  H. 
For     HONOLULU. 
8.  8.  -  AUSTRALIA," 
August  4,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELo  <k  BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


S£VE1» 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M.;  12:35,3:30, 

5:10,    6:30    p.   m.    Thursdays— Extra   trip   at 

11:30  p.  M.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
8UNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  a.m.;  1:80,3:30,5:00. 

6:20  p.  M. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 
8:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00. 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Scnuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS-Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10 P.M.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:00  P.M.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p .  m 

SUNDAYS-Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a.  m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Franci6co  at  10:40  A.  m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  A.  M. ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


Leave  8.  F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15,1834. 

ARRIVE  IN  S.  F. 

WprIt 

TO          1, 

Days 

Sundays 

DESTI  TION 

Sundays 

Days. 

7:40a.M. 

3:30  p.m. 
5:10  P.M. 

8:00a.m.j      Novato, 
9:30a.m.    Petalums, 
5:00p.m. i  SantaRosa. 

10:40  a.  M 
6:05  P.M 
7:30  p.m 

8:50a.  M 
10:30  am 
6:15p.m 

7:40a.m. 

8:00a.m. 

Fultou 
Windsor , 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30p.m. 

3:30  p.m. 

6:15  pm 

7:40a.m:. 

3:30p.M. 

8:00a.  m. 

Guerneville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30  am 
6:15  fh 

7:40a.  m.]8:00a.m.|     Sonoma     |10:40a.m. 
5:10  p.m.  [5:00p. mi  Glen  Ellen. \  6:05p.M. 

8:50am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40a. m  |  8:00a.m.|  Sebastopol.  110:40a. m|10:30a.m 
3:30  p.m  |  5:00  p.m.I  |  6  05p.m|  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  aanta  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 

Sort,  Booneville.  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
[endocino  City,  Port  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport, 
Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
Johu  Dav's,  Lively  s.  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Bloeksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 
Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyoud  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 


TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 
Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Thbouge  Line  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America.  * 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 

S.  S.  "Sau  Bias,"  July  18,  1994. 

S.  S.  "Sau  Juan,"  July  2S,  1894. 

S.  S.  "Colou,"  Augusts,  1894. 

S.  S.  "Colima,"  August  18,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamerB  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

8.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  July 

26, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

a.    8.    "City    of    Peking."  Thursday,  August 
16,  1894,  at  3  P.  m 
S.  3.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Aug.   28,  1894,  at 

S.  s!  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Sept.  15, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rateB. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office — 
2  T  ont  street.         ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


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SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  JULY  28,  1894. 


Number  4. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  Nexc  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building.  20-4-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

OUR  latest  warship  can  make  a  ran  of  636  miles  in  twenty-four 
bonrs.  No  fleet  could  catcb  ber,  and  no  enemy  could  get 
away  from  her.  Yet  there  are  critics  who  think  that  it  would 
hare  been  better  to  build  a  slow  tab  and  save  the  $400,000  prem- 
ium. 


PENNOYER  is  celebrating  the  last  days  of  his  term  of  office  by 
the  wholesale  pardon  of  criminals.  But  like  Governor  Alt- 
geld,  in  spite  of  himself,  he  is  making  harder  the  selection  of  the 
totally  unfit  for  Governor. 


THE  stringent  bill  against  anarchists  in  Italy  went  through  the 
Chamber  of  Deputies  by  a  vote  of  231  to  26.  When  it  comes 
to  a  show  of  bands,  the  beetle-browed  advocates  of  reconstruct- 
ing society  by  the  dagger  and  dynamite  are  not  found  to  be 
numerous. 


THE  fact  is  worth  considering  that  the  number  of  people  in  this 
country  who  have  money  invested  in  railroad  stocks  and 
bonds,  and  depend  on  such  investments  more  or  less  for  a  living, 
is  considerably  larger  tban  the  number  of  people  employed  in  the 
railroad  service. 


A  REPUBLICAN  exchange  says  that  if  anybody  wants  to  keep 
out  of  politics  this  year  the  surest  way  to  do  it  ia  to  join  tbe 
Democratic  party.  According  to  that  proposition  about  one-third 
the  Republicans  of  tbe  State  have  concluded  to  "keep  out,"  if  we 
judge  by  the  manner  in  which  tbey  have  glorified  and  discussed 
the  Burns  ticket. 


THE  railroads  are  generally  taking  back  strikers  who  have  not 
broken  the  laws,  as  fast  as  places  can  be  made  for  them  with- 
out discnarging  tbe  men  employed  during  the  strike.  Bat  it  will 
necessarily  be  several  months  before  they  can  all  obtain  work,  as 
is  always  the  case  when  well  enough  is  not  let  alone  in  the  matter 
of  the  interests  of  labor. 


THE  people  are  rapidly  learning  that  certain  suggestions  will 
not  be  accepted  by  the  New  York  Constitutional  Convention. 
Woman's  suffrage  is  dead  for  tbe  present.  Its  fate  was  settled 
by  the  Committee  on  Suffrage  by  a  vote  of  13  to  4.  The 
manner  in  which  the  committee  divided  indicates  that  the 
woman  suffragists  will  be  defeated  in  the  convention  on  every 
point  except,  possibly,  on  the  suggestion  that  women  be  per- 
mitted to  vote  for  School  Directors. 


THE  Sultan  of  Turkey  evidently  believes  in  the  doctrine  of  the 
homeopathists  that  like  is  cured  by  like,  for  he  is  sending 
Mohammedan  missionaries  to  traverse  the  track  of  the  Christian 
workers  in  Africa.  But  then  it  must  be  remembered  that  the 
Sultan,  not  so  very  long  ago,  was  under  the  spell  of  a  witching 
young  prima  donna  from  classic  Boston,  and  it  is  in  the  last  of 
the  century  now,  and  surprising  demonstrations  even  from  so 
torpid  a  person  as  the  Sultan  are  not  to  be  wondered  at. 


THE  evidence  produced  against  the  train-wreckers  at  Sacra- 
mento leaves  no  doubt  in  the  mind  of  any  one  that,  if  the 
courts  do  their  duty,  the  men  who  committed  the  terrible  crime 
will  be  punished.  It  is  one  of  the  grolesqueries  of  the  law  that 
tbe  lawyers  in  the  case  could  freely  discuss  in  open  court  the  pro- 
posed State's  evidence  confession  of  the  men  and  the  reasons  for 
its  not  having  been  accepted,  and  yet  the  magistrate  could  not 
take  into  account  the  fact  that  the  murderers  wanted  to  save 
their  own  necks  by  implicating  the  true  murderers  wbo  inspired 
them.  But  Justice  is  well  enough  blind,  even  though  she  may 
not  find  it  proper  to  indict  the  Examiner,  the  Call,  the  Bulletin, 
and  the  Report  as  accessories;  it  will  be  sufficient  for  the  present 
if  she  hang  the  men  caught  red-handed,  leaving  the  instigators 
and  their  cause  to  the  punishment  which  the  contumely  of  good 
citizens  brings. 


THE  generous  spirit  of  the  wealthy  men  of  San  Francisco  never 
fails  in  expression  wben  wise  appeals  are  made  to  it.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  liberal  contributions  which  Captain  J.  M.  McDonald 
and  Clans  8preckels  have  made  to  the  Lane  Hospital  (an  adjunct 
to  the  Cooper  Medical  College)  Andrew  B.  McCreery  has  made  a 
present  of  $6000  for  the  maintenance  of  a  free  bed.  Tbe  example 
set  by  these  philanthropic  gentlemen  is  worthy  of  emulation  by 
other  citi/.ens  with  whom  the  possession  both  of  wealth  and  the 
milk  of  human  kindness  is  possible. 


THE    twentieth    annual    report   of    the    Boys    and    GH] 
Society  of   San    Francisco    discloses    a   prominent    ; 


rirls'  Aid 
prominent  advance 
of  the  beneficent  achievements  of  this  institution.  Since 
the  abolition  of  the  Industrial  School  and  the  overcrowding 
of  the  Whittier  Reform  School,  the  wild  boys  of  San  Fran- 
cisco had  no  refuge  except  the  County  Jail  until  the  Aid  So- 
ciety began  to  co-operate  with  the  authorities  and  take  the 
boys  in  band.  A  large  corps  of  special  teachers  of  various  indus- 
tries is  maintained,  and  tbe  boys  are  thoroughly  taught.  The 
institution  deserves  the  encouragement  of  all  good  citizens  able 
to  contribute  to  its  support. 


HAYTI  seems  to  be  in  an  alarming  condition  just  now.  There 
could  not  be  better  evidence  of  danger  than  that  which  Pres- 
ident Hyppolite  himself  is  giving.  He  has  cut  off  communication 
with  Jamaica,  nobody  is  allowed  to  depart  without  close  exam- 
ination, and  the  mails  are  carefully  scrutinized.  General  Manigat's 
supposed  intent  to  make  a  descent  on  President  Hyppolite  is  the 
explanation  of  the  last-named  gentleman's  proceedings.  A  ruler 
who  is  confident  of  himself,  of  his  strength,  and  of  his  followers, 
does  not  do  such  things.  And  when  the  situation  is  so  bad  that 
such  things  are  supposed  to  be  necessary,  the  doing  of  such 
things  seldom  amounts  to  anything. 


CAN  it  possibly  be  true  that  John  J.  Ingalls  bas  been  offered 
the 'position  of  editor  of  a  Republican  newspaper  in  New 
York  city  at  a  salary  of  $25,000  a  year?  Mr.  Ingalls  bas  always 
been  receiving  such  munificent  offers — in  the  newspapers.  If 
the  charges  made  by  his  political  opponents  be  true,  that  he  was 
in  the  habit  of  cribbing  funeral  orations  and  the  like,  wben  he 
wanted  to  make  a  great  effort  in  the  Senate,  then  he  would  make 
a  good  exchange  editor.  If  it  is  possible  for  a  man  of  Mr.  In- 
galls' extremely  moderate  talents  to  get  $25,000  a  year  as  an 
editor,  Sam  Jones  ought  to  get  $50,000  and  T.  DeWitt  Talmage 
$75,000.  Both  are  as  good  blackguards  as  Mr.  Ingalls  and  infi- 
nitely more  original. 


ALBERT  and  Sarah  F.  Hiller  (formerly  Mrs.  J.  W.  Ladd)  have 
brought  a  startling  suit  against  the  executors  of  the  estate  of 
W.  S.  Ladd,  charging  fraud  in  the  management  of  her  interests 
by  W.  8.  Ladd,  injustice  on  the  part  of  the  executors  of  his  will, 
and  demanding  $1,200,000  in  settlement.  It  is  charged  that  when 
her  first  husband,  John  W.  Ladd,  died,  W.  S.  Ladd  so  juggled  the 
affairs  of  the  Oregon  Steam  Navigation  Company,  especially  with 
regard  to  7600  shares  held  by  Alvinza  Hayward  in  trust  for  J.  W. 
Ladd,  and  not  reported  in  the  schedule  of  J.  W.  Ladd's  assets 
after  his  death,  as  to  prejudice  the  rights  of  the  widow  (now  Mrs. 
Hiller)  to  the  amount  of  over  a  million  dollars.  The  peculiar 
character  of  the  charges  made  and  the  prominence  of  the  parties 
at  issue  invest  the  action  with  uncommon  interest. 


THE  recent  victory  of  Oxford  in  the  international  athletic  com- 
petition was  well  earned.  However,  it  is  surprising  that  the 
Englishmen  excelled  more  in  tests  of  agility  than  of  strength,  as 
public  expectation  was  entirely  the  other  way.  It  is  to  be  said, 
too,  that  while  the  Yale  team  was  undoubtedly  the  best  that  any 
single  American  university  could  produce,  it  was  by  no  means  so 
stroDg  a  team  as  could  have  been  got  together  to  represent  the 
collegiate  athletics  of  this  country.  By  drawing  on  other  home 
institutions  for  representations  in  some  of  the  recent  events,  a 
better  showing  could  have  been  made,  but  in  that  event,  of 
course,  the  competition  would  not  have  been  that  of  one  uni- 
versity against  another.  We  Americans  are  always  so  sure  of 
victory  that  defeat  sometimes  means  discouragement.  In  the 
years  to  come  there  will  be  plenty  of  chances  for  the  home 
athletes  to  vanquish  their  British  brethren. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  28,  1894 


THE    "  EXAMINER'S"    ABSURDITIES. 

WITHOUT  any  reference  to  tbe  doubtful  question  as  to 
whether  the  Southern  Pacific  Company,  which  is  virtual 
owner  of  the  Central  Pacific,  would  or  would  not  be  willing  wr 
the  (iovernmeot  to  assume  ownership  of  the  Central  Pacific,  the 
sole  questions,  as  it  concerns  tbe  Government  and  therefore  the 
public,  is  as  to  whether  it  would  be  wise  and  profitable  for  tne 
Government  to  take  such  a  step.  The  San  Francisco  Examiner  is 
urging  that  this  be  done,  and  is  endeavoring  to  secure  an  expres- 
sion of  local  sentiment  (let  the  italics  be  noted)  by  printing  a  blank 
coupon  for  signature  as  a  memorial  to  Congress.  So  far  as  the  Ex- 
aminer  is  concerned,  it  has  placed  itself  beyond  tbe  esteem  of 
law-loving  citizens,  and  even  outside  the  pale  of  the  law — has 
indeed,  made  itself  a  party  to  tbe  riot,  pillage,  and  murder  of  the 
recent  railroad  strikers  by  urging  them  on  and  by  castiDg  all 
manner  of  approbrium  upon  the  peace  and  military  authorities 
called  upon  to  uphold  the  laws.  Therefore  no  policy  which  it 
may  urge,  however  vehemently  and  hysterically,  is  worthy  of 
any  following.  But  as  tbere  are  many  heedless  persons  in  every 
community,  aod  as  the  strikers  and  their  sympathizers  of  the 
Examiner  ilk  are  signing  tbe  petition  for  Government  control 
over  the  Union-Central  Pacific  road3,  it  is  well  to  show  even  tbe 
foolish  what  folly  it  is.  The  original  amount  of  bonds  issued  by 
the  Government  in  aid  of  the  Union-Central  roads  was  about 
$60,000,000,  and  the  accrued  interest  paid  by  the  Government 
and  due  from  the  roads  brings  the  total  debt  up  to  about  $125,- 
000,000.  That  alone  is  probably  more  than  the  roads  are  worth. 
In  other  words,  if  the  debt  against  them  were  no  greater  than 
that,  they  would  have  to  be  operated  with  great  skill  in  order  to 
make  them  pay  expenses.  But  there  is  something  else,  and  this 
something  else  the  Examiner  mendaciously  ignores.  Tbe  Gov- 
ernment holds  only  a  second  mortgage,  having  by  Act  of  Con- 
gress permitted  tbe  companies  to  create  a  bonded  indebtedness  to 
an  amouut  equal  to  the  bonds  which  the  Government  issued, 
this  super-indebtedness  to  be  secured  by  a  first  mortgage,  the  debt 
to  the  Government  to  be  secured  by  a  second  mortgage.  The 
companies  availed  themselves  of  this  opportunity  and  issued 
bonds,  secured  by  first  mortgage,  to  the  amount  of  about  $60,- 
000,000. 

The  Examiner  carefully  obscures  that  fact,  and  keeps  out  of 
view  the  fact  that  in  order  for  the  Government  to  assume  owner- 
ship of  the  Union-Central  roads  it  must  first  assume  the  obliga- 
tion of  the  first  mortgage — in  short,  the  Government  must  first 
pay  out  $60,000,000  in  cash  to  the  first-mortgage  bondholders 
before  it  could  assume  control.  This,  added  to  the  original  debt 
of  $125,000,000,  would  mean  the  assumption  of  an  indebtedness 
of  $185  000,000,  $60  000,000  of  which  would  be  in  cash  and  $125,- 
000,000  running  at  interest  on  a  losing  investment.  So  far  as  the 
first-mortgage  debt  is  concerned,  the  railway  companies  at  the 
beginning  instituted  a  sinking  fund  for  the  extinguishment  of 
the  debt,  but  it  will  not  be  available  till  the  debt  falls  due.  Sup- 
pose that  the  Government  should  assume  control:  Almost  neces- 
sarily the  roads  would  be  operated  at  a  loss,  as  is  the  case  with 
tbe  postal  service.  This  deficit  would  be  chargeable  to  the  whole 
country:  and  what  would  such  unbenefited  sections  as  Florida 
and  Maine  have  to  say?  Suppose  that  the  seven  competing  over- 
land lines  should  combine  to  force  down  rates  so  as  to  compel  the 
Government  to  operate  the  road  at  a  heavy  loss.  Tbe  absurdity 
of  Government  ownership  is  at  once  apparent.  But  the  Examiner 
proposes  that  the  road  shall  be  maintained  by  the  Government  as 
a  toll  road,  any  company  being  permitted  to  send  trains  over  it 
on  payment  of  a  toll  of  so  much  an  engine  and  car.  This  is  an 
old  idea,  which  Mr.  Sutro  has  recently  revived.  It  is  advanced 
in  ignorance  of  the  fact  that  tbe  paralleling  of  roads  does  not 
make  competition — it  is  at  the  meeting  points  of  connecting  lines 
that  competition  is  encountered.  This  is  a  proposition  which 
there  is  not  space  here  to  make  clear,  and  still  it  is  one  on  which 
tbe  public  is  entirely  at  sea.  That  point  may  be  passed  for  the 
present.  Meanwhile,  if  the  Examiner  is  anything  besides  an 
abettor  of  anarchy,  riot,  pillage,  and  murder,  it  will  announce 
clearly  to  its  readers  that  if  Congress  adopts  the  Reilly  Funding 
Bill  the  Government  will  be  assured  of  the  payment  of  the  entire 
railroad  debt,  and  that  if  it  assumes  control  it  must  pay  out 
$60,000,000  in  cash,  lose  the  opportunity  of  recovering  $125,000,- 
000  from  tbe  Uuion-Central  roads  alone,  and  run  a  public  trans- 
portation line  in  opposition  to  seven  private  competing  lines. 
Let  the  Examiner,  if  it  can  for  a  moment  stop  its  flippancy,  meet 
these  issues  honestly  and  tell  tbe  truth  for  once. 


AS  a  result  of  the  untiring  efforts  of  Senator  White  and  Con- 
gressman English,  $150,000  is  to  be  spent  at  Mare  Island  in 
repairing  the  Hartford,  For  many  years  Farragut's  old  flagship 
has  lain  rotting  at  the  naval  station,  and  nothing  has  been  done 
to  preserve  her.  During  the  first  two  years  of  Harrison's  Admin- 
istration there  was  a  Republican  House  and  Senate,  and  a  Re- 
publican Congressman  from  this  district,  and  yet  the  Hartford  re- 
mained a  dismantled  hulk.  Now  the  situation  is  reversed,  and 
the  famous  flagship  of  America's  greatest  admiral  will  be  rescued 
from  decay.  Once  again  she  will  sail  forth  on  tbe  breast  of  old 
ocean  with  the  stars  and  stripes  aloft,  a  floating  monument  to 
the  gallant  old  sea  dog  whose  deeds  are  known  to  all. 


THE    SENATORIAL    FIASCO. 

ALBEIT  Senator  Gorman  has  announced  that  the  Senate  of  the 
United  States  is  composed  of  the  concentrated  intelligence  of 
the  country,  and  upon  that  theory  has  bitterly  assailed  the  Presi- 
dent and  incidentally  all  else  that  represents  the  proletarian  senti- 
ment of  the  country,  there  still  remains  an  idea  that  if  the  views 
of  the  President  on  the  tariff  had  been  adopted  long  ago  a  very 
great  deal  of  distress  and  uncertainty  would  have  been  aveitjd. 
It  is  most  unfortunate  at  this  time  especially,  when  assumptions 
of  aristocratic  superiority  cannot  be  beneficial,  for  the  Senate, 
through  its  leader,  to  defy  the  Administration  and  the  idea  which 
it  represents.  It  is  ludicrously  incongru  ius,  at  tbe  same  time, 
for  Mr.  Gorman  to  assure  us  that  the  Senate  Tariff  Bill  had  not 
been  formulated  until  after  the  concurrence  of  the  Administration 
bad  been  secured.  In  short,  first  tbe  Senate  (according  to  Mr. 
Gorman)  went  upon  its  belly  to  the  Administration  to  secure  its 
approval  of  the  Senate  bill,  and  second  the  Senate,  finding  that  its 
bill  did  not  please  the  Administration,  denounces  the  Administra- 
tion and  proclaims  itself  superior  in  intelligence.  An  amusing 
side-show  has  been  Senator  Hill  of  New  York.  It  is  not  con- 
veivable  that  a  statesman  has  been  evolved  from  a  small  poli- 
tician of  the  HiJl  type.  Not  a  single  effort  of  bis  in  recent  years 
has  been  incompatible  with  the  idea  that  he  deserves  to  impress 
himself  on  the  public  solely  by  means  of  spectacular  effects.  The 
shrewdness  of  it  all  is  that  tbere  is  a  certain  consistency  in  bis 
conduct.  While  bitterly  attacking  the  President  on  all  issues,  in- 
cluding his  leadership  of  the  Democratic  tariff  measures,  he  now 
suddenly  defends  the  policy  of  the  President  in  the  matter  of  tbe 
Wilson  bill.  He  does  this  with  the  full  knowledge  that  the  Dem- 
ocratic party  at  large  is  deeply  disgusted  with  the  conduct  of  tbe 
Democratic  Congress,  and  that  his  only  opportunity  to  make 
himself  popular  is  to  attempt  to  share  the  conspicuously  lone- 
some popularity  which  the  President  enjoys.  Hill  has  all  the 
shrewdness  of  a  politician  with  nothing  of  the  understanding  of  a 
statesman.  Mr.  Gorman,  meanwhile,  by  his  assumption  of  an 
extraordinary  intellectual  superiority  for  tbe  Senate,  and  by  his 
ludicrous  opera-bouffe  attack  on  tbe  President,  has  placed  tbe 
Senate,  which  is  really  an  intelligent  and  dignified  body  of  gentle- 
men (to  say  nothing  of  its  sympathy  for  trusts,  corporations,  and 
millionaires),  in  rather  an  unfortunate  light.  And  tbe  deepest 
part  of  its  humiliation  is  that  it  should  have  been  called  to  ac- 
count by  Dave  Hill!  Thus  Mr.  Hill  has  humiliated  not  only  the 
Senate,  but  the  President  as  well. 


AN    EXCELLENT    RECORD. 


IT  is  very  amusing  to  observe  the  expressions  of  some  of  the  in- 
terior papers  and  of  the  anarchistic  daily  press  of  San  Fran- 
cisco on  the  subject  of  the  "military  despotism"  of  the  President, 
and  the  "abuse  of  power"  by  the  military  authorities.  It  merely 
shows  that  our  contemporaries,  to  say  oothiDg  of  the  more 
openly  lawless  element  of  the  community,  needed  the  instruction 
which  they  have  received.  It  has  not  happened  to  the  younger 
generation  in  California  before  to  have  seen  the  failure  of  tbe 
civil  authorities  to  maintain  order  and  to  witness  the  necessity 
for  and  the  presence  of  the  armed  branch  of  tbe  National  Govern- 
ment to  maintain  the  public  peace.  Even  the  National  Guard, 
part  of  the  armed  defense  of  the  nation  though  it  is,  had  hardly 
an  adequate  idea  of  the  rigorous  obligations  resting  upon  it  until 
it  was  ordered  to  the  front  with  ball  cartridges  and  fixed  bayonets. 
At  first  one  or  two  companies,  misled  by  the  silly  notion  that  the 
railroad  strike  was  "popular,"  and  that  they  had  a  right  to  take 
popular  sentiment  into  account,  wavered  from  tbe  line  of  a 
soldier's  daty;  but  all  that  was  soon  done  away  with,  and  in  the 
end  the  conduct  of  the  lads  shone  forth  luminous.  At  Sacra- 
mento the  initial  mistake  of  two  companies — somewhat  excusable 
on  the  score  of  the  United  States  Marshal's  inactivity — placed  ihe 
National  Guard  under  a  cloud,  so  that  the  regular  troops  were 
called  upon  to  do  tbe  heavier  and  more  dangerous  work.  These 
regulars  (excepting  tbe  officers)  are  trained  to  know  nothing  but 
obey  orders,  fight,  kill,  and  die  for  thirteen  dollars  a  month.  The 
National  Guardsman,  in  the  absense  of  sucn  a  test  as  he  has  had 
lately,  is  too  apt  to  think  himself  only  a  citizen,  with  a  citizen's 
privileges  and  liberty.  The  Guardsmen  of  California  know  better 
now;  they  know  now  that  they  must  obey  orders,  fight,  kill, 
and  die;  and  in  the  light  of  that  knowledge  they  have  behaved 
most  handsomely.  When,  for  instance,  they  were  ordered  at 
West  Oakland  to  charge  a  mob  which  had  arrested  a  train,  tbere 
was  no  nervous  fingering  of  triggers,  no  hanging  back,  no  yield- 
ing to  any  sort  of  unsoldierly  sentiment;  but  they  went  forth 
sturdily  and  courageously,  fired  not  a  single  shot,  prodded  with 
the  bayonet  only  when  pushing  with  the  butt  had  proved  useless, 
and  dispersed  the  mob  as  effectively  as  and  perhaps  more  wisely 
than  regular  soldiers  could  have  done.  All  this  has  been  of  vast 
value  as  an  education,  not  only  to  the  National  Guard  itself,  but 
to  the  many  citizens  who  have  not  recently  had  an  opportunity 
to  learn  what  a  terrible  force  tbe  armed  supporters  of  the  Govern- 
ment can  become  in  an  emergency;  and  from  this  strike  the 
National  Guard  of  California  has  learned  more  than  a  century  of 
annual  encampments  at  Santa  Cruz  could  have  imparted. 


Julv  28.  1804. 


IN   n:  W"<  is<  n  MBWS   LETTER 


THE    TROUBLES    OF    THE    WIELANDS. 

THK  legal  affalrt  of  the  Wltlaod  estate  have  produced  an  irk- 
some imonnt  of  mailer  for  the  daily  press,  which,  apparently 
influenced  to  an  undue  extent  by  the  attorneys  opposed  to  the 
executors,  bas  exhausted  every  means  to  cast  odium  on  tbos* 
having  in  charge  the  settlement  of  the  estate.  Charles  Wieland 
bas  been  the  particular  target  for  these  malicious  attacks,  and 
thai  be  bas  borne  tbem  so  patiently  is  evidence  of  a  certain  tul 
mirable  repose  of  character.  Ii  setrn*  time,  however,  that  Oil- 
persecution  should  cease.  Tbo»e  well  acquainted  with  him 
know  that  while  be  bas  suffered  misfortune  he  is  incapable 
of  any  sort  of  meanness.  His  greatest  fault  in  these  graspi:m 
limes  is  bis  generosity,  which  his  two  brothers,  mo~e  than  om- 
siders,  seem  to  misunderstand  a  id  resent.  It  is  good  to  know,  bow 
ever,  thai  ibis  trait  has  never  interfered  with  bis  proper  hai  ri- 
ling of  the  trust  reposed  in  bis  care.  His  second  annual  account, 
including  transactions  from  September.  1892,  to  September,  189.1. 
bas  been  objected  to  for  the  reason  that  it  did  not  include  cer- 
tain items.  The  simple  explanation  is  tbat  these  matteis  had  not 
been  completed,  and  were  necessarily  carried  over.  Every  item 
bas  been  shown  correct  to  a  cent.  An  interesting  side-light  can 
be  thrown  on  the  whole  situation.  Mr.  Loughborough,  who  is 
making  these  cbarges  and  complaints,  was  also  the  opposing 
counsel  to  Delrnas  A  Shortridge  in  the  Calherwood-Hastings 
case,  and  wanted  to  gratify  a  petty  pique  against  them  as  Mr. 
Wietand's  attorneys.  It  will  be  remembered  that  in  that  case 
Mr.  Shortridge  demanded  an  accounting  from  bim  which  had 
been  due  four  years.  When  il  was  filed  in  response  to  this  de- 
mand General  Keyes,  father  of  the  child  contesting  Mrs.  Cather- 
wood's  claim,  showed  that  he  had  received  $51,980.99.  This  in- 
cluded support  of  his  own  child,  an  expense  which  bewas  bound 
to  bear,  and  still  be  claimed  that  he  had  spent  $16,891.89  on  bis 
child  in  four  years,  aDd  be  asked  the  Court  to  allow  that  amount 
out  of  the  estate.  Mr.  Shortridge  objected  on  the  very  reasona- 
ble ground  that  the  father,  when  able,  must  support  his  own 
child.  General  Keyes  admitted  in  court  that  his  property  was 
worth  $200,000.  and  that  he  had  an  income  of  $500  a  month.  The 
reasons  for  the  attack  upon  Mr.  Wieland's  annual  account  are 
therefore  not  difficult  to  understand — he  is  made  to  suffer  for  the 
zeal  of  his  attorneys  in  another  case  in  which  he  had  no  concern. 
Mr.  Wieland  displays  a  commendable  magnanimity  for  his  sif- 
ters, who  apparently,  and  most  unfortunately,  have  been  misled. 

THE    CHINA- JAPAN    IMBROGLIO. 

UP  to  the  time  of  writing  there  has  been  no  formal  declaration  of 
war  between  China  and  Japan,  but  there  is  what  seems  to  be  a 
well-authenticated  report  of  a  small  conflict  between  Corean  and 
Japanese  soldiers.  This  does  not  necessarily  amount  to  much  of 
itself,  but  it  may  turn  out  to  be  the  opening  encounter  of  an 
Oriental  war  of  greater  magnitude  than  has  been  seen  for  several 
centuries.  Such  a  war  will  clarify  the  atmosphere  of  the  East 
considerably,  as  the  relations  between  China  and  Japan  have 
been  intermittantly  strained  for  some  years  past.  But  if  the 
Japanese  should  win,  the  result  will  be  that  the  victory  will  pro- 
dace  a  fresh,  cause  of  disturbance.  The  Japanese  are  naturally  a 
very  consequential  people,  and  since  they  have  begun  to  adopt 
Western  ideas,  they  seem  to  be  animated  by  a  desire  to  be  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leading  powers  of  modern  civilization.  It  is 
this  thirst  for  recognition  as  a  nationality  of  great  importance 
and  high  dignity  which  has  forced  the  present  situation  in  Corea, 
and  behind  it  stands  also  a  Japanese  demand  for  treaty  revision. 
In  other  words,  the  Japanese  wish  their  treaties  with  other 
powers  to  be  changed  so  as  to  make  foreigners  who  are  residing 
in  Japan,  or  traveling  through  it,  to  be  made  amenable  to  Japan- 
ese laws  and  governmental  institutions  just  as  Japanese  residenis 
or  visitors  in  the  United  States  are  held  amenable  to  our  ordinary 
laws  and  governing  devices.  Victorious  Japan  is  very  likely  to 
insist  upon  these  changes,  and  the  result  will  be  the  production 
of  considerable  commotion  among  Western  powers  whose  people 
now  enjoy  especial  and  somewhat  necessary  privileges  and  im- 
munities in  Japan. 

It  is  to  be  borne  in  mind,  however,  that  it  is  quite  possible  that 
this  war  will  not  come  out  of  the  present  tension,  and  that  even 
if  it  does  it  will  never  be  fought  out.  The  dispute  over  Corea  is 
not,  as  some  writers  have  suggested,  likely  to  set  the  Western 
powers  fighting,  but  it  interests  them  sufficiently  to  render  it 
probable  that  it  will  be  protected  by  the  same  influences  which 
maintain  the  autonomy  of  Turkey  and  Morrocco. 

WHENEVER  a  woman  says  in  company  that  she  bas  nothir  g 
to  wear,  another  woman  will  cry  out.  "What  bas  become 
of  that  gray  wool  you  had  last  summer?"  Another  will  ask  the 
fate  of  a  black  silk  that  she  bad  two  years  ago,  and  another 
wants  to  know  about  a  brown  dress  the  woman  had  four  years 
ago.  You  bet  the  women  always  remember  just  what  another 
woman  has  had  for  the  past  five  years. 

SENATOR  PEPPER  has  advanced  the  idea  that  the  House  •  f 
Representatives  should  be  abolished  and  tbat  the  country 
should  be  governed  by  one  man  from  each  State.  It  is  believed 
that  with  a  reasonable  amount  of  persuasion  Senator  Peffer  would 
consent  to  act  as  the  man  from  Kansas. 


THE    RESPONSIBILITY    OF    LABOR. 

IN  a  very  remarkable  private  letter  from  W.  H .  Mills,  which 
has  been  published  in  the  Loa  Angeles  Herald  by  the  recipient. 
the  Injustice  ol  tin-  American  Railway  Tnion  in  ordering  a  strike 
against  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  is  shown  with  singular 
clearness.  Hut  of  greater  interest  to  the  public  is  Mr.  tfllls'fl 
plan  for  the  regulation  of  the  relations  between  capita!  and  labor. 
He  shows  that  labor  is  but  a  form  of  capital,  and  that 
the  two  forms  of  capital— money  and  labor— ought,  to  have 
a  mutual  relation  which  the  courts  might  regulate.  To 
accomplish  this  end  all  organizations  of  labor  should  be 
required  to  incorporate,  to  have  a  common  treasury  and  a  board 
of  directors,  and  every  member  of  the  organization  to  he  regarded 
as  a  shareholder.  It  could  then  be  made  responsible  for  unlaw- 
ful and  violent  acts,  and  this  responsibility  would  create  con- 
servatism. Its  officers  should  have  sole  control,  and  have  power 
to  bring  actions  in  the  courts  to  compel  the  payment  of  fair 
wages.  It  was  in  this  way  that  Lord  Roseberry,  as  arbitrator, 
settled  the  great  coal  strike  in  England,  by  deciding  that  the 
mine-owners  were  paying  insufficient  wages.  In  Germany, 
when  laborers  began  to  organize,  Bismarck  took  the  movement 
in  band  and  made  the  empire  a  party  to  the  organization.  By 
this  means  the  employer,  the  employees  and  the  government 
contributed  to  a  fund  out  of  which  disabled  and  superannuated 
laborers  were  supported.  Mr.  Mills  suggests  a  combination  of 
the  English  and  German  systems,  with  the  addition  of  the  right 
of  action  on  the  part  of  labor  corporations  to  compel  the  payment 
of  fair  wages  by  appeal  to  the  courts.  At  present  no  legal  rem- 
edy exists  for  the  disagreements  which  constantly  arise  between 
labor  and  capital,  and  methods  for  adjusting  differences  outside  the 
law  lead  to  lawlessness.  "  The  great  essential  of  the  Government 
is  its  power  to  afford  peaceful  and  judicial  solution  of  disagree- 
ments among  men  relating  to  the  rights  of  property  and 
the  protection  of  persons.  A  man's  wages  are  his  property;  a 
man's  capital  is  equally  his  property.  Thus  labor  and  capital 
can  have  no  dispute  which  may  not  be  settled  by  the  cool  deter- 
mination of  judicial  proceeding  and  the  award  of  justice  by  final 
judgment."  These  measures,  Mr.  Mills  points  out,  should  be 
popular  with  the  laboring  classes.  Conscience  is  the  court  of 
last  resort,  and  the  consciences  of  men  crystalize  into  government 
and  law.  Mr.  Mills  adds:  "Every  uprising  has  its  lesson,  and 
the  obvious  lesson  of  the  existing  arrest  of  growth  in  the  United 
States  is  that  our  civilization  can  be  brought  to  a  state  of  arrest 
through  the  blind  efforts  of  uninstructed  men  to  maintain  their 
natural  rights  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  greed  and  rapacity  of 
capital,  which  grow  instead  cf  being  satiated  by  the  acquisition  of 
wealth,  upon  the  other." 


NO    PLOTTING    RELIGIONISTS. 

THE  President  of  the  American  Protective  Association  has 
written  an  article  in  defense  of  his  order,  in  the  North  Ameri- 
can Review,  in  which  he  repeats  all  those  familiar  quotations  from  . 
Catholic  authorities  which  show  the  supremacy  of  the  Pope  over  J 
his  church.  He  could  jave  multiplied  all  those  quotations  by 
twenty,  and  even  theD  he  would  have  fallen  far  short  of  the  actual 
truth.  It  is  true  that  the  Pope  is  the  supreme  judge  of  what  is 
right  and  wrong  in  doctrinal  matters  affecting  the  Church,  and 
that  the  Church  which  he  rules  claims  theoretically  that  if  it  can 
fix  the  limits  of  its  own  jurisdiction  it  can  fix  the  limits  of  all 
other  jurisdictions.  But  such  claims  are  absolutely  essential  to 
its  existence  as  an  institution,  and  may  be  taken  in  the  same 
light  as  the  ruling  of  Victoria  and  the  claims  of  her  dominions— 
in  fact,  they  are  inherent  in  the  claims  of  every  institution.  If  a 
Protestant  believes  that  the  Bible  is  a  guide  in  all  human  affairs,  he 
ought  in  logic  to  maintain  that  its  utterances  limit  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  every  human  government.  That  was  the  Puritan  idea, 
and  logically  carried  out,  it  made  the  Puritan  as  intolerant  as  any 
Papist.  In  its  essence,  there  is  no  difference  between  the  claim 
of  the  Catholic  and  of,any  Protestant  orthodox  church.  The  Cath- 
olic Church  has  formulated  certain  ethical  and  religious  claims 
which  constructively  oppose  some  social  and  political  privileges 
which  an  American  citizen  believes  to  be  inalienable  and  inhe- 
rent. Certain  Popes  and  councils  have  denied  the  right  of 
free  speech,  free  press,  and  a  free  religion.  The  syllabus 
of  Pius  IX.  was  a  perfect  gattling  gun  aimed  against  such  rights. 
But  we  have  had  the  experience  of  eighteen  centuries  to  tell  us 
that  men  and  churches  are  a  great  deal  better  than  their  creeds. 
The  same  claims  of  to-day  were  put  forward  by  the  Catholic 
Church  in  the  last  century,  and  yet  England  was  broad  enough, 
wise  enough,  and  just  enough,  to  judge  Catholic  men  and  women 
rather  than  Catholic  creeds,  and  knowing  that  such  men  and 
women  were  honest,  sincere,  and  devoted  to  English  interests, 
she  gave  them  the  right  to  English  citizenship.  And  she  has 
never  had  reason  to  regret  her  action.  Catholics  have  fought  in 
her  armies,  legislated  in  her  Parliament,  and  adorned  and  honored 
the  various  walks  of  English  life,  but  they  have  never  allowed 
the  Catholic  creeds  to  prompt  their   motives. 


SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


July  28,  1894.. 


PROGRESS    OF    THE    MARTIN    WILL    CONTEST. 

THE  Martin  will  contest  is  assuming  a  definite  shape.  There 
has  been  no  mincing  of  word  or  thought  since  the  case 
opened,  and  the  fight  will  be  stern,  regular,  and  bitter  before  tbe 
million  dollars  left  by  Henry  Martin,  of  the  Brown  Bear  mine, 
have  found  their  way  to  those  who  are  legally  entitled  to  possess 
them.  Every  day  the  testimony  reveals  strong  evidences  of  the 
fact  that  there  must  have  been  a  forgery  in  the  case,  and  a  forgery 
of  a  wholesale  description.  For,  in  addition  to  the  second  or 
alleged  forged  will  that  tbe  deceased  is  charged  with  having 
made,  other  letters  have  been  discovered  of  a  more  or  less  curious 
character  which  experts  in  handwriting  refuse  to  acknowledge  ay 
having  been  written  by  the  hand  of  Henry  Martin.  Indeed,  it  now 
seems  that  more  than  one  hand  was  instrumental  in  writing  the 
several  documents  which  Mrs.  John  Martin  declares  were  written 


bravely  In  the  field  to  answer  any  questions.  Everything  goes 
to  show  that  Henry  Martin  was  afraid  of  Mrs.  John  Martin  in 
his  lifetime.  That  woman  evidently  expected  that  he  would  pro- 
vide handsomely  for  her.  Whatever  Jobn  Martin  may  have 
stated  in  his  will  is  no  evidence  that  Henry  Martin  would  have 
done  likewise.  D.  M.  Delmas  spoke  a  pretty  plain  truth  when, 
in  addressing  Judge  Coffey,  he  said:  "Men  do  not  in  their  wills 
call  children  their  brother's  children  when  they  have  all  their  lives 
said  they  were  not  their  brother's  children."  Mrs.  Henry  Mar- 
tin's attorneys  have  covered  every  point  which  they  deem  vital 
in  their  case.  An  expert  on  handwriting  has  sworn  that  the  evi- 
dences of  forgery  in  several  documents,  including  the  second 
will,  were  plain  to  the  most  casual  observer.  He  declared  that  all 
were  in  the  same  handwriting  and  that  the  very  ink  showed  that 
the  deceased  had  not  written  the  second  will.  It  has  been  shown 
that  Henry  Martin    considered    his    brother's    wife  to    be  an  im- 


THE   PRINCIPALS   IN  THE  GREAT  MARTIN    WILL   CASE. 


by  the  dead  man,  in  order  to  throw  a  third  of  his  estate  in  tbe 
hands  of  her  supposed  child.  During  the  week  Mrs.  John  Martin's 
character  has  been  assailed  in  a  very  bitter  manner.  Ex-Benator 
McMurry,  of  Weaverville,  spoke  his  mind  very  clearly  against 
her,  and  other  men  of  equally  high  repute  have  not  hesitated  to 
come  forward  and  defend  the  interests  of  Mrs.  Henry  Martin. 
The  ears  of  the  spectators  were  filled  with  somelively  revelations, 
and  the  three-year-old  proponent  of  the  second  will  was  spoken 
of  as  being  a  very  incorrect  likeness  of  his  mother  and  the  dead 
capitalist.  The  proceedings  of  the  past  week  have  made  it  a 
triumphant  one  for  Mrs.  Henry  Martin  and  her  attorneys.  They 
have  produced  some  very  stroDg  testimony  to  show  that  Henry 
Martin  did  not  think  that  the  little  child  of  Mrs.  John  Martin 
was  his  brother's  child  at  all,  and  that  consequently  he  vvould  not 
have  thought  of  leaving  that  child  one  third  of  the  estate.  They 
have  won  the  first  legal  skirmish  of    the  fight  and  are  standing 


poster,  a  blackmailer,  a  forger,  and  a  woman  dangerous  to  society. 
But  so  delicately  has  tbe  case  been  nandled  that  at  no  time  has  she 
been  directly  charged  with  the  forgery  of  the  disputed  document 
It  has  been  simply  insinuated.  Witnesses  have  testified  that 
Henry  Martin  had  no  desire  to  make  a  second  will,  and  that  his 
serious  illness  during  the  last  days  of  his  life  made  it  impossible 
for  him  to  have  written  tbe  will  without  tbe  knowledge  of  those 
around  him.  These  are  the  essential  points  which  will  be  pre- 
sented to  the  jury.  They  have  been  built  on  strong  evidence,  as 
the  reports  in  the  daily  papers  will  show,  and  it  clearly  looks  as 
though  it  was  a  very  strong  case.  Now  Mrs.  Jobn  Martin  is 
having  her  swing,  and  as  the  central  figure  in  tbe  great  case  she 
will  have  a  fair  and  square  opportunity  to  prove  what  she  can 
prove.  Her  honor  and  her  reputation  have  been  pretty  badly 
shattered  during  the  past  week,  and  a  decision  to  the  effect  that 
the  second  will  is  a  forgery  means  to  her  the  loss  of  both. 


Julv  -.'8,  1894. 


SAN  PRANCISCO  NBW8  l  BITER. 


THE    SILVEK    QUESTION 


EniT'ill  Sk«.  Lirrtii  r?l»  I  hsre  discussed  in  the  rnlnmni 
04  your  paper  during  the  ps.t  tew  wrrk<  variou.  phases  of 
the  propaganda  for  the  free  coinaee  of  •liver,  or  for  interna- 
tional bloieiallaiu.  ami  will  in  this  psper  cnn>e  to  Mmc  Important 
facta  bearing  on  tba  relation  of  the  orient  to  Ibis  subject,  to  show 
tbat  the  relatively  lessening  use  of  silver  in  India  as  compared 
with  its  commerce  is  due  to  increased  facilities  of  communication. 
But  Brat,  another  word  anent  the  neoblmelallsts. 

I  find  myself  at  variance  wiih  the  views  of  the  new  school  of 
binietali't;  of  this  country,  one  of  whom,  for  example,  in  the 
Congress  of  Economics  and  Politics  held  here  March  2'.Hh,  30tb, 
and  previously  elsewbrre.  indulged  In  extravagant  assertions,  as 
shown  in  my  paper  of  the  17th.  regarding  wbat  he  deemed  the 
world-wide  calamitous  results  of  excluding  silver  from  unlimited 
free  coinage.  In  short.  I  do  not  believe  that  discontinuing  the 
free  and  unli wi'ed  coinage  of  silver  had  or  is  having  a  dominating 
effect  either  in  reducing  the  prices  of  commodities  ihrougbout  tbe 
world,  nor  that  it  was  tbe  primary  cause  of  tbe  crisis  of  last  year, 
and  of  continuing  tbe  stagnation  of  the  preseDt.  Moreover,  within 
fifty  yenrr  naaes  in  the  United  State*  hare  doubled  on  a  gold  basis.  The 
coinage  of  silver  and  tbe  use  of  silver  coins  within  the  period 
treated  of,  1867  to  1893,  has  been  far  greater  than  for  a  like  num- 
ber of  years  previous  to  1867.  And  if  tbe  crises  of  1891  and  1892 
in  Argentina  and  Australia,  and  tbe  resultant  consequences  in 
Great  Britain,  and  the  crisis  of  1893  in  the  United  States,  were 
due  to  alack  of  currency  circulation,  why  does  not  the  reduudency 
of  money  to-day,  which  is  an  admitted  condition  in  all  the  great 
financial  centers  of  the  world,  relieve  the  stagnation  ? 

As  pertinent  to  this  I  submit  tbe  following  table,  from  compila- 
tions on  the  subject  by  Mr.  Charles  P.  Jackson,  of  Boston:  In  the 
government  bants  of  England,  France,  and  Germany  were: 


Total. 


Gold,  Silver,    Hold  »v.  Silver, 

held  distinct,  held  distinct,  held  together. 

Jan.   1832    $101.000  000    $   93,000.000    $    15  000.000    $209,000,000. 

Jan.  1862       122.000.000         18,000.000         63 ,000  000       203  000.000. 

Jan.  1872       228,000.000         16  000.000       137,000.000       381,000,000. 

Jan.  1830       277,000,000       236.000.000       128,000,000       641 000  000, 

Jan.  1887       333,000,000       223,000  000       165,000,000       721,000.000. 

Jan.  1891       452,000,000       245.000  000       191,000,000       891000,000. 

The  per  capita  of  circulation  in  the  United  States  of  America 
has  risen  from  $13.85  in  1860  to  $24.85  in  1894,  tbe  highest  ever 
attained.  In  fact,  the  per  capita  of  money  the  word  over  is 
greater  to-day  than  it  ever  has  been,  but  the  money  standard  is 
not  the  primary  cause  either  of  tbe  crises  or  of  the  subsequent 
stagnation,  except  in  so  far  as  security  holders  sold  or  may  sell, 
or  investors  may  hesitate  for  fear  of  possible  ultimate  payment  in 
silver.  The  causes  have  been  extravagance,  wastefulness,  arti- 
ficial stimulation  of  business,  reckless  speculation,  and  tbe  inex- 
cusable expansion  of  credits  in  all  sorts  of  unjustifiable  schemes 
of  inflation  or  ill-judged  business  ventures,  conceived  in  the  hope 
of  making  something  out  of  nothing,  or  very  near  nothing. 
These  are,  in  general,  tbe  primary  reasons  of  the  panics  and  sub- 
sequent stagnations,  and  not  necessarily  the  kind  of  money  nor 
the  amount  in  circulation;  and  the  public  ought  to  reckon  with 
its  own  folly  and  cupidity,  and  tbe  hidden  and  abhorrent  forces 
in  protective  politics,  in  considering  the  subject.  In  the  long  run 
the  decline  of  prices  of  commodities  has  been  aDd  will  be  essen- 
tially beneficial  to  the  welfare  of  the  people  at  large,  because,  as 
already  stated,  wanes  have  in  the  aggregate  largely  increased — doubled 
since  1840. 

Now  as  to  the  relation  of  the  Orient  to  Bilver:  There  is  a  very 
general  misapprehension  as  to  the  former  exceptional  demands 
for  silver;  tbat  is  to  say,  the  phenomenal  demand  for  it  by  India 
during  tbe  sixties. 

The  particular  reason  which  rendered  the  amount  of  India's  de- 
mand extraordinary — to  wit,  a  total,  between  1853  and  1866  in- 
clusive, of  about  $1,000,000,000 — is  not,  I  assume,  generally  under- 
stood in  the  United  States.  There  were  four  great  causes  for  ex- 
ceptional requirements  at  that  time— the  previous  building  of 
canals  and  railways,  the  Sepoy  rebellion,  about  1857,  and  subse- 
quent famines.  The  maturity  of  obligations  for  tbe  building  of 
canals,  railways,  and  other  Internal  improvements  required  about 
$850,000,000  of  silver;  famines  and  rebellions,  $150,000,000.  The 
exact  amount  required  because  of  the  Sepoy  mutiny  I  do  not 
remember,  but  it  was  also  large.  Now  to  the  satisfaction  of  these 
extraordinary  demands  were  added  other  causes,  more  recent,  for 
the  decline  of  demands,  viz:  In  1866  the  cables  were  successfully 
laid  across  tbe  Atlantic  Ocean;  in  1869  the  Suez  Canal  was  com- 
pleted, and  subsequently  cables  laid  along  the  Mediterranean,  Red 
Sea,  and  the  Indian  Ocean;  in  1869  the  first  transcontinental  rail- 
way across  America  was  completed,  and  regular  steamship  ser- 
vice established  between  San  Francisco,  Japan,  China,  and  India; 
since  then  various  transcontinental  lines  and  the  Canadian  Paci- 
fic steamship  line  from  British  Columbia  to  Japan  and  China. 

Ocean  navigation  has  been  almost  revolutionized  in  this  period 
by  the  use  of  iron,  the  propeller,  triple-expansion  engines,  etc. 
The  result,  commercially,  of  all  these  great  changes  has  been,  of 
course,  simply  marvelous.  For  example,  the  commerce  of  iDdia 
with  the  chief  commercial  nations  of  the  world,  which  had  pre- 
viously been  hampered  with  a  delay  of  months  required  for  sail- 


ing vessel,  to  round  the  Cap*  ol    Good    Hope,    with    advices   by 
and  drain,  which  had    often  to  be  accompanied   by  ship- 
ment, ol  .liver.  »ii  from  this  time  on  susceptible  of    instant  ad- 
visement by  cable  or   by  steamship    mall,  which    latter  oven  re- 
I  the  time  of  transit  more  than  four  fifth. ,  and  in  consequence 
a  system  of  cross  exchanges  grew  up  and  promptly  adjusted  itself 
in  tbe  commerce  of  the  world.     As   Illustrative  of  this  fact,  I  will 
mention  that  in  a  given  period.  I860  to   1864  inclusive,  the   com- 
mercial business  of  India.  Great  Britain,  France,  and    the  United 
Males  ol  America  amounted  to $18,000,000,000,  and  it  required  the 
>    movement  of  a  certain    volume  of   specie,   say  $3,100,000,000,  or 
seventeen  per  cent,  of  the  merchandise  moved ,  to  adjust  the  same. 
,    In  a  like  period  of   years,   say  from    1886  to  1890   inclusive,  the 
I    commerce  of  the  same  countries  was  $36,000,000,000,  or  more  than 
double  that  of    the  preceding  period;  yet    the  amount   of   specie 
actually  required  to  adjust  balances  was  less  than  $2,600,000,000, 
or  seven  per  cent,  of  the  merchandise  moved,  being  ten  per  cent, 
less  specie  required  than  during  the  previous  given  period    on  a 
total  of  business  but  one  half  the  latter  amount.     Mulhall  shows 
tbat  in  1890  only  five  per  cent,  of  specie  or  bullion  was  required 
in  handling  all  ocean  commerce  as  compared  with    niDe  per  cent. 
!    used  in  the  decade  ending  1870.     The  money  used    in  the   entire 
financial  transactions  of  Great  Britain    is  only  three   per  cent,  of 
]    the  volume  of    business  transacted.     In  the  midst  of   these  two 
periods  of  business  mentioned    in  connection  with    Indian  com- 
J    merce   including   the   intervening   years,    comprising   a   total   of 
;    twenty-seven  years,  the  actual  annual  product  of  silver  of  the 
world  almost  quadrupled — it  increased  from  about   $55,000,000  In 
1867  to  $207,000,000  in  1893. 

And  here  I  will  mention  what  appears  to  have  been  the  great 
battering  ram  that  natural  causes  propelled  against  silver.  From 
1856  to  1865  (ten  years)  the  world's  product  of  silver  was,  say, 
$420,000,000.  Tbe  Orient  took  $640,000,000,  thus  drawing  $220,- 
000,000  from  the  world's  old  stock.  From  1866  to  1875  the  world's 
product  was,  say,  $688,000,000,  of  which  the  Orient  took  only 
$233,000,000,  leaving  $455,000,000  of  the  new  stock  to  be  absorbed 
by  Western  nations.  From  1876  to  1885  the  world's  product  of 
silver  was  $1,063,000,000;  the  Orient  took  $433,000,000,  leaving  a 
fresh  surplus  of  $630,000,000  to  be  absorbed  by  Western  nations. 
(During  tbe  same  period  Germany  also  sold  $150,000,000  of  old 
stock.)  From  1886  to  1893,  eight  years,  the  world's  product  was 
$1,310,000,000.  The  Orient  took  approximately  $340,000,000, 
leaving  $970,000,000  more  to  be  absorbed  by  Western  nations,  or 
a  total  aggregate  of  $1,985,000,000  of  new  silver  to  be  utilized  by 
the  Western  nations.  Such  an  influx  of  the  metal  inevitably  im- 
paired its  utility,  aud  therefore  its  exchangeable  value. 

The  average  of  the  world's  product  of  silver  for  1892  and  1893 
was  more  than  six  times  as  great  as  the  yearly  average  from  1831 
to  1850.  While  India's  commerce  has  doubled  since  1870,  the 
average  yearly  demand  for  silver  in  the  Orient  for  tbe  past  twenty 
years  has  been  less  than  $50,000,000  per  year,  while  the  world's 
product  of  silver  has  risen  from  $50,000,000  thirty  years  ago  to 
$207,000,000  in  1893.  Tbe  result  of  this  enormous  increase  is,  as 
already  stated,  that  in  thirty  years  there  has  been  added  to  the 
silver  stock  of  Western  nations  approximately  $2,000,000,000. 
And  it  is  this  tremendous  fact  and  further  probabilities  in  the 
same  direction  tbat  cloud  with  doubt  the  ability  even  of  an  Inter- 
national Agreement  as  to  unity  of  ratio  to  rehabilitate  silver  under 
unrestricted  free  coinage  at  the  present  ratio.  The  jitter  and  inex- 
cusable folly  of  any  one  Government  with  a  gold  standard  currency  at- 
tempting it  is  too  palpable  to  require  further  argument. 

Now,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  during  this  same  period  there 
have  been  six  international  monetary  congresses — Paris,  1867, 
1878,  1881,  and  1889;  Brussels,  1892,  and  Berlin,  1894— and  that 
all  these  congresses  decided  against  international  bimetalism,  or 
failed  to  assent  to  it,  and  the  large  majority  of  the  States  compris- 
ing them  had  also  decided  against  State  or  national  bi-metalism 
(wisely  so,  as  statistics  fully  show),  we  naturally  infer  that  the 
general  exclusion  of  silver  from  unlimited  free  coinage  had  some  ef- 
fect on  its  value  as  compared  with  gold ,  to  say  nothing  of  increased 
production;  but  with  this  exclusion,  the  relative  decline  in  the 
demands  of  India,  and  the  enormously  increased  product,  the  de- 
cline in  value  of  silver  was  so  inevitable  that  nothing  whatever 
that  the  United  States  Government  could  possibly  do  would  have 
prevented  or  appreciably  lessened  that  decline,  and  the  foreign 
governments  acted  prudently,  in  their  own  interests,  in  restricting 
or  discontinuing  coinage,  as  the  United  Slates  Government  has 
recently  done.  Yet  the  California  Republicans,  in  convention 
assembled,  declare  for  tbe  unlimited  free  coinage  ol  silver  at  a 
ratio  of  16  to  1.  Again  I  ask  :  What  for  ?  I  await  with  curious 
interest  to  see  if  California  Democrats  will  imitate  the  egregious 
folly  of  the  Republicans.  A  Laymah. 

San  Francisco,  July  24,  1894. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  tho  Keeley  cure.  No  gradnate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


SAST  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  28,1894. 


WD 


1  We    Obev     no     Wand     but      Pleasure's."  —  Tom  Moore, 


WILL  the  playwright  never  learn  that  it  is  totally  immaterial 
whether,  or  not,  the  man-servant  and  the  maid-aervant  in 
the  drama  marry?  But  it  is  with  play-wrights  as  it  is  with 
preachers.  They  think  that  every  one  must  marry,  even  to  the 
most  plebeian  folk  in  the  household,  although  it  does  not  make  a 
play  compatible  with  the  dignity  of  its  original  motif.  A  good 
example  of  lhatglaring  fault  shines  in  TJie  Masked  Ball,  and  when- 
ever Miss  Bucklin  harshly  demands  Mr.  Lamb  to  name  their 
wedding  day  the  audience  wonders  why  Messrs.  Bisson  and 
Carre  should  have  caused  their  play  to  be  so  grossly  interrupted. 
The  Masked  Ball  is  one  of  those  rollicking,  spirited,  absurdly 
ludicrous  farces  which  are  called  comedies  in  the  theatrical  world 
of  to-day.  If  it  was  written  to  make  people  laugh  it  has  filled  its 
purpose  very  well,  but  if  it  was  written  to  show  the  lights  and 
shades  of  a  great  actor's  ability,  to  show  the  dainty,  polished 
work  of  a  Drew,  then  it  has  fallen  pretty  wide  of  the  mark.  Like 
The  Butterflies,  it  is  far  beneath  John  Drew's  ability.  Those  who 
saw  him  in  the  Taming  of  tht  Shrew,  when  his  fine,  musical 
voice  lent  such  a  charm  to  the  piece,  and  his  soulful  love-making 
set  every  heart  in  the  audience  afire,  and  his  polished  acting 
stamped  him  a  great  mummer,  and  see  him  now  in  a  farce  in 
which  he  must  purl  out  his  cheeks  and  shake  his  hair  and  his 
long  fingers  to  denote  anger,  may  pause  and  wonder  why  he  has 
not  followed  art  more  closely.  It  is  certainly  just  as  difficult  to 
perform  The  Masked  Ball  as  it  is  to  perform  a  legitimate  comedy. 
The  last-named  will  carry  itself;  the  first  must  be  carried.  In 
The  Masked  Ball  the  action  is  so  quick  that  the  players  must  rash 
throagh  it  like  a  train  tearing  over  its  course.  One  entrance 
made  a  moment  too  soon  or  too  late,  or  one  line  spoken  out  of 
place,  would  throw  the  play  out  of  its  groove.  It  mu«t  be  care- 
fully acted,  by  alert  and  clever  people,  or  it  would  go  for  naught. 
And  so  it  will  be  seen  that  Mr.  Drew  is  not  saving  himself  any 
trouble  or  work  by  producing  plays  like  The  Masked  Ball.  He 
has  to  labor  just  as  hard  and  rehearse  just  as  often.  He  draws 
just  as  many  dollars  into  the  box  office.  He  pleases  his  large 
audience  just  as  well.  But  he  made  his  name  by  his  artistic, 
finished  work  in  highly  legitimate  roles  and  he  is  disappointing 
his  admirers,  at  least,  by  not  continuing  in  that  line. 
#  *  * 
The  performance  of  The  Masked  Ball,  &s  given  by  Mr.  Drew  and 
his  company  at  the  Baldwin,  is  a  good  one.  Every  mummer  has 
been  thoroughly  drilled  in  his  or  her  work,  and  all  keep  up  the 
boisterous  spirit  of  the  three  acts  most  admirably.  They  act  for 
all  they  are  worth  from  the  rising  of  the  curtain  till  the  going 
down  thereof,  and  there  is  not  one  in  the  cast  who  overdoes  his 
part.  Little  Miss  Adams,  with  her  dainty  "raaw-maw"  and 
««paw-paw,"  had  ODe  scene  which  she  did  charmingly.  It  was 
her  "tipsy"  scene  in  the  second  act.  She  did  it  so  well  that  she 
held  the  audience  in  breathless  suspense  for  fear  that  she  would 
overstep  the  limits  of  genteel  inebriety.  She  went  just  far 
enough;  her  acting  at  that  point  was  delightfully  clever,  and  it 
deserved  the  applause  that  it  received.  Bat  it  was  the  only  thing 
that  Miss  Adams  had  to  do  in  the  entire  three  acts — the  only 
thing  whatsoever — and  that  is  the  part  which  the  "Eastern 
press"  said  made  her  famous!  It  only  shows  the  incongruity  of 
the  "Eastern  press"  and  the  manner  in  which  it  misleads.  After 
having  played  sympathetic  dramatic  roles  for  years,  in  which 
she  won  praise  and  a  name,  Miss  Maude  Adams  is  made  famous 
in  one  night  by  the  »  Eastern  press  "  for  playing  a  role  in  which 
she  has  not  the  smallest  possibility,  outside  of  her  "tipsy  scene," 
to  show  that  she  is  a  clever  girl.  Mr.  Baker  had  a  rough-and- 
tumble  role  which  he  played  excellently.  Harry  Harwood  was 
capital  as  the  erring  Poulard.  Miss*  Bucklin  deserved  a  better 
r61e  after  her  clever  work  in  The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me,  in  which 
she  played  Wilbur's  Ann,  and  Kate  Meek  and  Annie  Adama  were 
very  effective.  But  Mr.  Drew  ought  to  be  something  more  than 
a  "dreas-auit"  actor.  He  ia  a  brilliant  mummer,  a  student  in  his 
art,  a  fine  reader,  and  a  handsome  man.  He  has  all  the  advant- 
ages that  go  to  make  an  artistic  actor,  and  he  ought  to  be  making 
better  use  of  them.  There  are  only  a  few  actors  on  the  American 
stage  to-day  who  know  how  to  make  love.  They  are  Salvini, 
Bellew,  Coghlan,  and  Drew.  Each  of  those  gentlemen  is  a  star. 
*  *  * 
Mr.  Harrigan  continues  to  please  the  patrons  of  the  California 
Theatre.  McSorley's  Inflation  is  as  absurdly  amusing  as  any  of 
its  brethren.  Mr.  Harrigan  ia  the  same  familiar  Irishman  as 
Peter  Mc8orley.  He  is  delightfully  natural;  his  songs  were  cap- 
itally given — he  was,  in  brief,  brimful  of  humor,  abaolutely  un- 
affected, and  continuously  mirth-provoking.  Joseph  8parks  was 
not  far  behind  in  sharing  the  honors  with  the  star.  The  market 
women  and  the  fighting  negroes,  the  ward  politicians  and  irre- 
pressible youngsters  added  plenty  of  amusement  to  the  farce. 
Next  week  Squatter  Sovereignty  will  be  presented,  and  during  Mr. 
Harrigan's  last  week,  which  opens  August  6th,  he  will  revive 
Old  Lavender  and  Reilly  and  the  Four  Hundred. 


When  Harrigan  closes  his  engagement  at  the  California,  Charles 
Frohman's  company  will  open  there  in  Oscar  Wilde'a  clever  play, 
Lady  Windermere's  Fan.  The  cast  will  include:  Frank  Gilmore, 
Edward  Emery,  Robert  Jenkins,  John  Archer,  Clifford  Leigh, 
WalterS.  Dolman,  Olive  L.  Oliver,  Laura  Gilvray,  Nita  Sykes, 
Leona  Clarke,  Minna  Nixon,  Margaret  Yates,  Mrs.  Fairmont,  and 
Louise  Douglass. 

The  Tivoli  has  revived  the  popular  Planquette  opera.  Rip  Van 
Winkle.  The  feature  of  the  performance  is  Ferris  Hartman's  por- 
trayal of  Rip,  which  is  acted  in  a  serious  manner  very  well  for  a 
light  comedian.  All  through  the  opera  is  well  played  and  well 
sung.     It  will  give  way,  on  Monday  night,  to  The  Gypsy  Baron. 

Large  audiences  have  greeted  the  new  bill  at  the  Orpheum  this 
week  and  Harry  de  Gray  and  M'lle  Josephine  in  their  extraordinary 
"  turn,"  entitled  the  "  Roman  Sibyl's  Dream."  It  ia  a  aketch  made 
up  of  clever  illusions  and  new  feats  in  necromancy,  and  it  made 
a  hit.  Lydia  Yeamans-Titas  is,  indeed,  one  of  the  best  soubrettes 
on  the  stage,  and  when  she  sings  »  Daddy  Wouldn't  Buy  Me  a 
Bow-wow  "  it  is  one  of  the  liveliest  things  on  the  bill.  Connor 
and  Staley,  F.  J.  Titus,  the  Wilmota,  the  Braatz  brothers,  and 
Charles  H.  Duncan,  add  materially  to  the  programme.  The  bill 
will  be  changed  on  Monday  night,  whea  the  management  will 
present  one  of  the  wonders  of  the  century,  little  Gertie  Cochran, 
who  is  only  three  years  and  ten  months  old.  Her  marvelous 
memory  is  the  cause  of  her  fame.  This  infant,  who  has  not  yet 
learned  all  her  A.  B.  C.'s,  can  answer  a  series  of  over  2000  ques- 
tions with  ease  and  apparently  without  mental  effort. 
*  *  # 

Central  Park  will  be  the  scene  of  a  great  tug-of-war  beginning 
August  3d,  and  continuing  for  two  weeks.  The  contestants,  who 
will  be  the  representatives  of  the  principal  nations,  have  been 
training  for  some  time.  Cash  prizes  amounting  to  $20,000  will  be 
offered,  and  with  such  an  amount  staring  them  in  the  face  the 
men  ought  to  pull  for  tbeir  lives.  The  affair  promises  to  be  aa 
great  a  success  aa  the  one  which  recently  took  place  at  the  Pavil- 
ion. 


.Lessee  and  Manager. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

AL  HaYMAN  

Monday.  July  30th— Third  aud  last  week  of 

MR.  JOHN   DREW. 

Monday,  Tuesday,  aud  Wednesday  evenings.  Mr.  Drew's  latest  success, 
<  HKJVI  lU'lll  K  JK. 

A  Comedy  by  Madeline  Lucette. 
Thursday,  Friday,  and  Saturday  evenings,  and  Saturday  matinee — 

THE  IU  ITER1  Ills 
Monday,  August  6th— CHARTED  FROHMAN'S  STOCK  COMPANY. 

NEW  CALIFORNIA  THEATRE. 

Ai,  Hayman  &  Co.. Lessees. 

8.  N.    Friedlandbr,  Manager. 
Week  of  July  30th— Every  evening,  including   Sunday.     Matinee  Satur- 
day.   MR. 

EDWARD  HARRIGAN 

and  his  New  York  company,  presenting  the  most  amusing  of  all  comedies, 
ttOJ  A  I  teh  sovereignty, 

A  cyclone  of  fun.  A  whirlwind  of  merriment.  New  scenery.  Newstage 
effects.  Biaham's  delightful  melodies  Mr.  Harrigan  in  his  great  char- 
acter impersonation  of  "  Felix  Mclntyre  " 

Week  Aug.  6— By  request,  OLD  LAVENDER  and  REILLY  AND  THE  400. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOOSE. 

Keeling  Bros    —  Proprietors  and  Managers. 

To-night  and  to-morrow  night,  RIP  VAN  WINKLE. 

Monday,  July  30th — Johann  .Strauss'  masterpiece, 

THE  GYPSY  BARON, 

A  romantic  opera  in  three  acts.     New  scenery  by  Oscar  L.  Fest. 
PopularPrices  .  ...  ...       25and50c 

ORPHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  of  Monday,  July  30th— An  exceptional  programme!    Brimful  of 
entertainment!    New  and  sensational  features! 

GERTIE  COCHRAN,  the  marvelous  child  Prodigy,   aged  three  years 
and  ten  months. 
THE  BRAATZ  BROS,  and  last  week  of  the  sparkling  comedienne, 
1VIHA  TEAMAN'S  TITUS. 
And  a  magnificent  company. 
Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

Matinee  prices— Parquet,  any  seat,  25c.  ;  balcony,  any  seat,  10c  :  child- 
ren, 10c-,  any  part. 

Evening  Prices— Reserved  Seats,  25c;  Balcony  10c.;  Opera  ChairB  and 
Bos  Seats,  50c. 

IIMIANRFnnARn  The  English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
1_  1  LL  I  n  II  ULUUn  I IL/,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1007  California 
Street,  opposite  the  Flood  Mansion. 

K  N  A  Ft  F    Bush  &  Gerts  Pianos 

■*■  UM  **  D  ™  Parlor  Organs 

HAINES  Jnistallmeilts    _     Rentals 


A .  L.  Ban  croft  &  Co. 
303  Sutter  BL.S.F. 


PIANOS 


July  23,  1894, 


BAN  FRANCISCO  Ni:\VS  LKTTKK. 


LAWN    TENNI8. 


CALIFORNIA  cm  now.  n  hm,  b«  proud  of  having  reared  two 
tennis  players  who  apbeld  her  honor  in  such  pood  shape  at 
Chicago,  and  who  will  be  privileged  lo  combat  for  the  double 
championship  or  the  United  State*  later  In  (be  season.  Tbe  Neet 
brothers  played  a  very  fair  game  when  tbey  were  among  us,  and 
il  only  shows  what  practice  and  patience  will  accomplish.  It  was 
always  oar  opinion  that  i'arr  Neel  played  (he  better  game,  as  bis 
brother  Bam  was  given  too  much  (o  fancy  shots,  such  as  would 
attract  the  notice  of  tbe  gallery  at  large,  and  would  jump  the  net 
too  often  (o  permit  of  championship  eood  form;  but  be  was  very 
young  at  tbe  time,  and  doubdessbas  learnt  that  such  tricks  are  un- 
necessary to  a  good  all-round  player.  It  was  much  to  be  regretted 
that  Carr  Neel  did  not  defeat  Chase,  considering  bow  near  he  cime 
to  victory,  but  ibis  year's  match  will  probably  dampen  bis  ardor 
and  stimulate  birn  to  greater  energy  for  next  season.  It  would  be 
most  interesting  to  have  tbe  Neel  brothers  in  our  championship 
double  meeting  in  September,  and  a  match  between  them  and  tbe 
Messrs.  Hardy  would  give  us  a  fair  idea  of  bow  our  ideals  rank 
with  the  Chicago  players.  An  exhibition  between  Carr  Neel  and 
Sam  Hardy  would  doubtless  be  a  big  arawiog  card  for  San  Rafael, 
and  we  hope  that  the  Neels  will  be  able  to  get  here. 

The  California  Lawn  Tenuis  Club  intends  to  throw  off  the  dull- 
ness at  the  courts,  and  it  is  officially  stated  that  a  double  tourna- 
ment, open  to  all  members  of  recognized  clubs,  will  take  place  at 
its  courts  on  August  IStb  ami  19th  ;  entrance  fee  $2  a  team.  It 
has  also  been  stated  that  at  these  open  tournaments,  to  give  a 
more  equal  chance  to  all,  tbe  present  champion  or  champions  of 
the  coast  should  be  handicapped  to  tbe  extent  of  fifteen — a  very 
good  idea,  for  often,  when  players  hear  that  the  champions  will 
play,  they,  realizing  that  they  would  have  no  chance  of  winning, 
do  not  enter,  and,  in  consequence,  the  entry  list  is  small.  This 
handicap  will,  if  always  imposed,  give  a  better  chance  to  some  of 
the  stronger  teams  and  will  probably  be  the  means  of  a  better  ex- 
hibition of  tennis. 

The  Invitation  tournament  given  by  tbe  Hotel  del  Monte  last 
week  proved  to  be  a  grand  success,  and  Messrs.  Treat,  Stoke0, 
and  Stetson  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  making  a  very  efficient 
tournament  committee  and  running  things  exactly  to  suit  every- 
body, audience  included.  There  was  a  great  deal  of  interest  taken 
in  the  events,  especially  as  the  hotel  bad  provided  for  a  mixed 
doubles  event,  and  the  young  ladies,  one  and  all,  played  nobly, 
and  really  iu  better  form  than  most  people  believed  tbey  could. 
There  were  six  entries,  and  Miss  Bee  Hooper  and  H.  N.  Stetson 
managed  after  considerable  bard  work  to  overcome  all  their  oppo- 
nents, and  won  tbe  first  prize.  Tbe  finals  betwen  them  and  Miss 
Florence  Hush  and  Tom  Magee,  Jr.,  was  intensely  exciting,  and 
frequent  applause  greeted  tbe  players  after  a  severe  or  long  rally 
bad  been  ended.  Among  other  teams  worthy  of  mention  were 
Miss  Ella  Hobart  and  C.  P.  Hubbard,  and  Miss  Rogers  and  W.  S. 
Hobart.  It  would  be  a  great  pleasure  to  see  more  interest  taken 
in  mixed  double  events,  and  it  might  be  well  for  the  Association 
to  take  under  consideration  whether  or  not  it  would  be  advisable 
to  have  a  championship  for  mixed  doubles  at  one  of  the  meetings. 

The  gentlemen's  doubles,  comprising  nine  entries,  were  inter- 
esting, and  it  was  pleasing  to  see  our  old  tennis  runner-up,  C.  P. 
Hubbard,  partnered  with  8tetBon,  win  the  first  prize.  Hubbard 
has  always  been  a  favorite  on  the  tennis  courts,  and  his  gentle- 
manly conduct,  coupled  with  his  brilliant  play,  made  him  ex- 
tremely popular.  It  was  therefore  a  feature  of  the  meeting  to  see 
him  before  the  net  again,  and  both  he  and  his  partner  thoroughly 
deserved  the  trophies.  The  Whitney  brothers  were  their  oppo- 
nents in  the  finals,  and  played  better  tennis  than  they  ever  put 
up  before.  Of  late  they  have  not  played  much  together,  as  they 
did  not  seem  thoroughly  to  understand  each  other's  game,  but 
their  exhibition  this  year  ought  to  teach  them  a  lesson,  and  urge 
them  on  to  practice  for  tbe  championship  meeting.  They  played 
a  very  good  game,  and  their  strokes  and  smashes  were  quite  a 
feature;  moreover,  tbey  did  not  seem  to  lose  heart,  and  in  the 
second  Bet,  with  the  score  five  to  one  against  them,  pulled 
together  and  took  the  next  six  games.  The  match  all  through 
was  hotly  contested,  and  Hubbard  and  Stetson  won  only  by  three 
sets  to  two,  with  score  of  4-6,  5-7,  6-1,  7-5,  6-2. 

There  were  other  interesting  matches  with  Driscoll  and  Tom 
Magee,  Jr.,  C.  D.  Bates,  Jr.,  and  Walter  Magee,  and  W.  H.  Tay- 
lor, Jr.,  and  W.  8.  Hobart,  all  of  whom  put  up  strong  tennis  and 
gave,  taking  all  in  all,  a  very  fair  exhibition  of  tennis,  Hobart 
especially  being  strong  with  bis  smashes. 

The  success  of  the  younger  contingent  will  do  tennis  a  good 
turn,  and  we  shall  not  wonder  at  seeing  a  fairly  large  entry  for 
the  double  championship,  made  up  of   the  younger  members. 

Invitation  tournaments  are  quite  the  thing  in  the  East,  but 
there,  instead  of  drawing  and  playing  as  in  a  championship,  they 
pit  the  players  all  against  all,  and  the  ones  who  win  the  largest 
percentage  of  matches  are  entitled  to  the  prizes.  This  gives  a 
fairer  chance  to  all,  and,  moreover,  a  player  beaten  in  the  first 
match  would  not  be  immediately  put  out,  but  would  have  a 
chance  to  retrieve  himself.  We  think  this  the  best  method,  and 
hope  that  it  will  be  in  vogue  for  the  next  exhibition  matches. 
One  set  alone  could  be  played  if  the  entry  was  too  large  to  permit 
the  usual  two  out  of  three. 


30 


DAY 
Reduction  Sale. 

Furniture  Department. 

To  quickly  reduce  our  large  line  of  Fur- 
niture we  offer  for  30  days  only  our  entire 
stock  at  prices  CUT  DOWN  without  regard 
to  cost. 

Designs  all  late,  exclusit/e,  and  not  to 
he  duplicated. 

Come  at  once.  Every  day  will  lessen 
your  choice. 

A  FEW  INSTANCES: 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  28,  1894. 


the: 

OOKCR-ON. 


A  MOST  unique  and  picturesque  building  ia  the  new  home  of 
the  Sainte  Claire  Club,  of  San  Jose,  designed  by  Page  Brown 
and  erected  for  them  by  James  D.  Phelan  on  a  lot  facing  St. 
James  Park.  The  architecture  is  Spanish  in  character,  with 
square  towers  on  each  corner  of  the  structure,  deep  windows, 
and  a  spacious  iron  balcony.  The  interior  is  in  character  with 
the  idea.  The  walls  are  finished  in  deep  golden  brown,  and  the 
two  large  open  fire  places  in  the  social  room  are  most  imposing 
and  artistic.  Old  brass  chandeliers  and  fixtures,  and  all  elBe  that 
corresponds  with  this  style  of  furnishing,  make  certainly  one  of 
the  handsomest  club  rooms  in  the  State.  Opposite  the  social 
room  is  the  large  dining  hall,  which  was  inaugurated  Wednesday 
night  by  a  banquet,  at  whicb  nearly  all  the  club  members  and  a 
number  of  invited  guests  were  present.  Upstairs  are  a  library, 
card  rooms,  and  billiard  room,  and  still  higher  sleeping  rooms  for 
the  members.  The  latter  are  heated  by  steam,  and  indeed  every- 
thing in  the  way  of  modern  improvement  has  been  applied  to 
this  building.  The  Sainte  Claire  Club  has  been  from  its  very  be- 
ginning a  prosperous  organization.  A  majority  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  San  Jose  and  gentlemen  living  in  the  vicinity  of 
that  town  compose  the  membership.  It  is  noticeable  for  its 
geniality  and  hospitality  to  the  stranger  that  comes  within  its 
gates.  Once  a  year  the  club  gives  a  bull's-head  breakfast  at  the 
old  Guadalupe  mine,  and  its  other  entertainments  are  numerous 
and  always  eagerly  looked  forward  to  by  those  who  have  the 
entree  to  the  club.  Their  present  home  is  undoubtedly  an  orna- 
ment to  their  beautiful  and  progressive  city.  Its  situation  is 
conspicuously  well  chosen.  From  the  quaint  iron  balcony  which 
fronts  the  club  house  the  Sainte  Clairean  enjoying  his  after-dinner 
cigar  can  look  out  upon  St.  James  Park,  with  its  green  lawns, 
handsome  trees,  and  winding  walks,  and  imagine  himself  far 
away  in  the  country  among  the  sighing  woods  and  rushing 
streams.  And  then,  though  convenient  to  the  business  part  of 
the  town,  it  is  on  one  of  the  quieteBt  streets  of  that  busy  metrop- 
olis of  the  Santa  Clara  valley. 

»  *  # 
There  was  not  a  summer  resort  in  the  State  of  California  as 
merry  as  Castle  Crag  during  the  strike.  A  large  number  of  the 
Pour  Hundred  were  there,  and  the  fun  that  they  had  will  go 
down  in  history.  After  dancing,  fishing,  driving,  and  tennis  had 
become  tiresome,  everyone  set  about  to  discover  a  new  scheme 
for  amusement.  Several  of  the  young  ladies  got  together  and 
thought  that  it  would  be  quite  original  and  entertaining  to  get  up 
a  real  court  and  try  Irving  M.  Scott  for  bridge-burning  and  train- 
wrecking.  Fisher  Ames  was  selected  to  act  as  prosecuting  at- 
torney, Frank  Sullivan  as  attorney  for  the  defense,  and  Dr.  Par- 
dee, of  Oakland,  for  the  judge.  The  trial  was  very  amusing 
while  it  lasted,  and  the  prosecuting  attorney  did  everything  in 
his  power  to  convict  the  prisoner,  even  unto  introducing  K.  Por- 
ter Garnett,  who,  as  a  Chinese  convict  from  San  Quentin,  gave 
some  very  damaging  evidence.  Mr.  Sullivan  made  an  admirable 
defense,  and  it  was  his  stirring  address  which  saved  the 
prisoner  and  which  made  the  judge  decide  that  both  lawyers 
should  buy  champagne  for  the  jury. 
*  *  # 

A  pleasant  affair  was  the  play  entitled  Bang,  or  the  Strikers 
Struck,  which  was  written  by  K.  Porter  Garnett  and  produced  on 
an  elevated  stage  erected  in  the  main  office.  Nearly  every  one 
at  Castle  Crag  was  present,  and  a  dance  and  supper  followed  the 
performance.  The  characters  were  represented  by  Miss  Alice  Ha- 
ger,  MisB  Alice  Scott,  Andrew  Martin,  Frank  King,  Fisher  Ames, 
and  Mr.  Garnett. 

»  *  * 

Donald  de  V.  Graham  has  opened  a  studio  on  Sacramento 
street,  and  is  pursuing  his  art  work  in  the  most  enthusiastic  man- 
ner. Mr.  Graham's  sketches  are  by  no  means  amateur  in  char- 
acter. There  is  a  dash  in  them,  a  verve,  a  chiaro-oscuro,  a  Je  nesais 
quoi  which  excites  the  admiration  of  even  the  old  artists.  Mr. 
Joallln  and  Mr.  Graham  met  with  a  slight  misadventure  Monday 
while  transferring  their  impressionB  of  nature  to  canvas  in  a  field 
at  Ross  Valley.  They  were  pursued  by  a  ferocious  cow,  and  had 
a  close  run  for  it  to  the  fence.  Mr.  Joullin's  trowsers  were  sorely 
damaged  by  the  barbed  wire,  but  Mr.  Graham  cleared  the  obstruc- 
tion with  great  agility,  and  called  the  cow  bad  names  from  the 
other  side  of  the  fence. 

*  »  * 

The  following  from  the  New  York  Mail  and  Express  of  July  14th 
may  prove  interesting  to  California  horBe-breeders:  Turfmen 
hereabouts  do  not  consider  that  young  Mr.  Macdonough,  the  Cali- 
fornia millionaire,  who  broke  all  known  records  by  paying  a 
South  American  breeder  £30,000  for  the  English  race  horse  Or- 
monde, got  a  bargain  when  he  secured  that  famous   animal,   nor 


is  it  probable  be  thinks  so  himself.  The  horse  has  proved  almost 
a  failure  at  the  stud,  and  but  one  foal  has,  thus  far,  come  to  re- 
present him,  a  little  bay  colt  out  of  a  fashionably  bred  English 
mare  named  Kissing  Crust,  that  Mr.  Macdonough  imported  in  com- 
pany with  a  number  of  others.  An  Englishman  who  was  informed 
of  this  disappointing  state  of  affairs  said,  a  day  or  so  ago,  that  when 
Ormonde  was  at  the  stud  in  England  his  failure  to  produce  foals 
attributed  to  illness,  but  that  the  Duke  of  Westminster  did  not 
believe  in  that  excuse,  and  it  was  for  that  reason  that  he  accepted 
the  South  American's  offer  of  £16,000.  "I  came  very  near  being 
one  of  a  syndicate  that  was  going  to  offer  the  Duke  £20,000  for 
Ormonde,"  said  the  Englishman,  "and  most  of  that  sum  had  been 
subscribed  when  the  announcement  that  he  was  sold  put  an  end 
to  our  scheme  for  keeping  him  in  England  as  the  bead  of  a  stud. 
Onr  money  would  have  been  thrown  away,  and  I'm  afraid  Mr. 
Macdonough  will  find  his  has  been  to  all  intents  and  purposes." 
Mr.  Charles  Reed,  who  went  all  the  way  to  Buenos  Ayres  and 
vainly  offered  about  £28,000  for  the  horse,  has  good  reason  to  con- 
gratulate himself  that  his  mission  was  a  failure. 

w     #     * 

Among  the  guests  at  the  Sea  Beach  Hotel  this  summer  was  a 
tall  young  society  man,  who,  when  he  left  the  place,  left  Mana- 
ger Sullivan  in  a  puzzled  condition.  The  tall  young  man 
had  been  a  deft  swimmer,  an  expert  tennis  player,  and  a  gallant 
with  the  ladies  during  the  four  weeks  of  his  stay.  Manager  Sulli- 
van grew  to  be  very  fond  of  him,  and  when  he  appeared  at  the 
counter  one  morning  to  pay  his  bill  Mr.  Sullivan  took  a  long  time 
to  say  good-bye. 

*«  I  hate  to  go;  this  is  such  a  lovely  place,"  said  the  young  man. 

"  Yes,  I  hate  to  have  you  go;  this  is  a  lovely  place,"  answered 
Mr.  Sullivan. 

<*  There  is  only  one  fault  that  I  can  find  with  it — but — er — it  is 
only  a  small  one." 

»  What  is  that?"  queried  Mr.  Sullivan. 

"  Well,  there  are  too  many  rats  here." 

«  Yes,  I  have  been  told  that  before.  I  wish  that  I  could  get 
rid  of  them.     Couldn't  you  tell  me  how  to  drive  them  away  ?  " 

"  Yes,"  said  the  young  man,  with  great  vigor.  »  Just  catch  two 
or  three  nice  fat  ones  and  put  them  in  a  cage.  Feed  them  as 
much  as  you  fed  me  for  two  or  three  weeks  and  then  charge  them 
four  dollars  a  day  and  let  them  go.  They'll  tell  the  other  rats  and 
then  all  will  flee  for  their  lives." 

William  Berg,  of  the  Produce  Exchange,  the  «■  great  German 
traveler,"  is  making  a  record  as  a  deer-slayer  which  will  astoniah 
bis  friends  of  the  Black  Forest.  He  has  killed  several  bucks  this 
season,  and  last  Saturday  brought  down  a  three-pronged  fellow. 
Berg  hung  his  game  up  and  went  after  more  deer.  In  the  mean- 
time Gaston  Domergue  and  Billy  Brown  came  along,  speedily  re- 
moved Berg's  deer,  and  hid  it  in  the  brush.  Half  a  mile  away 
they  met  Berg. 

"  Waat  luck,  Billy  ?  "  asked  Brown. 

»  Got  a  fine  one,"  aaid  Berg,  triumphantly;  "  come  and  look  at 
him." 

They  rode  to  the  cache,  but  no  buck  was  there. 

<•  You  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  yourself,"  said  Brown,  indig- 
nantly, "  telling  us  Buch  a  yarn  as  this.     You've  killed  no  deer." 

Mr.  Berg  swore  by  the  leaves,  and  the  trees,  and  high  Heaven 
itself  that  be  bad,  but  the  others  refused  to  believe  him,  and  then 
the  German  Traveler  sat  down  and  invoked  the  vengeance  of 
Heaven  on  the  man  who  bad  stolen  his  buck.  He  was  too  dis- 
gusted to  eat  luncheon,  and  at  last  Brown  led  him  to  the  hiding 
place,  and  Berg  was  so  delighted  to  regain  bis  prize  that  the  din- 
ner that  night  at  Gaston's  was  hia. 
»  »  * 

The  Press  Club  iB  alive  with  interest  just  now  over  the  ap- 
proaching election.  The  nominations  were  made  at  the  meeting 
which  was  held  on  Wednesday  evening,  and  resulted  aa  followa: 
For  President,  W.  W.  Naughton,  Wells  Drury,  F.  C.  Roberts; 
First  Vice-President,  C.  M.  Coe,  L.  H.  Irvine;  Second  Vice- 
President,  D.  M.  FraBer;  Third  Vice-President,  John  Finlay;  Re- 
cording Secretary,  Robert  H.  Davis;  Financial  Secretary,  J.  C. 
Donald;  Librarian,  John  Dunnigan,  George  Fraser;  Directora, 
M.  C.  Allen,  George  D.  Squires,  T.  F.  Bonnet,  L.  G.  Carpenter, 
James  8.  Tyler,  Fremont  Older,  L.  E.  Fitch,  A.  L.  Benson,  C.  A. 
Lee,  J.  Ross  Jackson,  J.  P.  Booth,  E.  F.  Moran,  W.  8.  Drey- 
polcher,  J.  H.  Griffes,  N.  A.  Judd. 
*  *  # 

Lord  Mt.  Clifton,  now  temporarily  living  at  the  Palace,  is  an 
Englishman  of  the  exploring  type.  His  lordship  has  come 
hither  with  the  determination  to  explore,  and  has  been  consult- 
ing such  learned  club  men  as  George  Nagle,  Downey  Harvey,  and 
Northrop  Cowles  in  regard  to  the  beBt  way  to  begin.  Mr.  Cowles 
suggested  an  investigation  of  the  fauna  and  flora  of  Bernal 
Heights,  while  Mr.  Nagle  thought  that  an  expedition  into  the 
jungles  of  the  Western  Addition  would  give  his  lordship  some 
fine  material  for  a  letter  to  the  Times. 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


Julv  28.  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


A    SUGGESTION    TO   THE    PARK    COMMISSIONERS 


THE  Kine  ArU  building  ■(  the  Midwinter  F»ir  hes  been  pre- 
sented to  <. olden  ''kit  l'»rk .  ha?  been  accepted  by  the  Oom* 
mUsioners.  and  Is  to  be  ■  permanent  feature  of  the  Park  as  an 
Art  'allery  worthy  of  Sin  Francisco  and  California.  It  would  not 
be  difficult  for  the  Commissioners  to  fill  It  with  poor  work,  but  in 
view  of  the  intelligent  etTorts  wblcb  tbey  hare  put  forth  in  the 
put  to  make  the  Park  an  attractive  resort,  the  selections  of  paint- 
ings for  the  Fine  Arts  building;  becomes  a  matter  of  some  import- 
ance. It  Is  learned  that  Messrs.  8.  it  <i.  Hump  have  olTered  to 
sell  any  of  their  fine  oil  paintings  at  a  reasonable  price,  without 
any  idea  of  profit.  These  paintings  have  been  selected  from  art- 
ists' easels  and  art  exhibitions  iD  Europe  and  purchased  with  the 
greatest  care,  and  constitute  the  best  collection  in  8an  Francisco. 
Several  of  them  have  been  reproduced  in  the  News  Lf.tter.  The 
opportunity  of  the  Commissioners  and  public-spirited  citizens  to 
take  advantage  of  this  rare  opportunity  is  rare  and  inviting,  es- 
pecially in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  (lump  collection  was  better, 
as  a  whole,  than  the  exhibited  pictures  in  the  Midwinter  Fair. 


fC 


COMPETITION  in  schools  for  tbe  education  of  young  ladies  is 
\^t  so  great  that  those  which  have  proved  successful  may  be  de- 
pended upon  as  efficient.  Such  is  Miss  Manson's  School,  1625  San 
Jose  avenoe,  Alameda.  The  key  to  its  popularity  is  found  in  the 
following  paragraph  of  its  prospectus:  "  It  is  the  purpose  of  the 
Principal  to  offer  to  patrons  the  advantages  of  a  thorough  and 
refined  school,  to  make  her  school  the  home  of  earnest  effort,  not 
to  veneer,  bat  to  educate  young  women  for  life's  duties  and  posi- 
tions, and  to  give  every  advantage  of  study,  culture,  and  health." 
With  an  efficient  corps  of  teachers  in  all  branches  of  culture,  the 
school  will  re-open  August  Oth  with  prospects  of  continued  use- 
fulness. 


World's  Fair 

MEDAL 

And  Diploma 

Awarded 

AVER'S 

CHERRY   PECTORAL 

FOR 

THROAT 

and 

LUNG 

COMPLAINTS 


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R.  H.  G.  YOUNG.  DENTIST, 

1841   I'olk  St.,  near  Jackson,  s.  F. 


[Telephone  2605 


Painless  extraction .    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

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R.   FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,    Dentist, 

703  Market  Street,  Rooms  18, 19  and  20. 


HOTEL 
VENDOME, 


SAN  JOSE,  CAL 


TO  say  that  the  Hotel  Vendome  is 
the  best  is  enough  in  its  favor.  It 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  ele- 
gantly appointed  hotels  in  the  State. 
It  is  situated  in  the  center  of  a  finely 
cultivated  park  twelve  acres  in  ex- 
tent, and  is  surrounded  by  trees  of 
many  years'  growth. 

The  location  is  in  the  most  fashion- 
able part  of  the  city  of  San  Jose,  and 
is  only  two  blocks  from  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  depot.  Electric  cars 
pass  the  door  at  short  intervals. 

The  appointments  of  the  hotel  are 
first-class  in  every  particular,  being 
furnished  throughout  in  the  most 
elegant  and  attractive  manner. 

QeO.     P.     59e"»      MANAGER. 


THE 
MARKET. 

749    MARKET  ST., 

(Opposite  Phelau  Building). 

FINEST     MARKET 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Giving  Special  Sales  Every  Day. 

Telephone  B4GG. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  28, 1894. 


IF  any  proof  were  Deeded  to  convince  skeptical  people  of  the 
ease  with  which  the  young  women  of  the  period  transfer  their 
affections  (?)  from  one  lover  to  another,  the  recent  annonncement 
of  Miss  Maud  Burke's  newly  formed  engagement  would  furnish  it. 
Truly  the  funeral  meats  of  the  dead  engagement  with  Poniatow- 
ski  did  furnish  forth  the  supper  for  this  marriage  feast.  The 
young  lady  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  wisdom  of  her  latest 
choice.  Some  people  in  the  grande  monde  may  deem  it  a  "come 
down  "  to  step  from  a  Prince  to  a  business  man,  but  there  is  no 
question  as  to  the  solid  good  sense  displayed  in  preferring  to  have 
a  husband  able  to  earn  his  own  and  his  wife's  living  than  to  de- 
pend for  maintenance  upon  the  charity  of  a  rich  guardian  and  a 
future  possible  will  contest. 

It  has  been  for  years  a  favorite  sneer  of  Eastern  visitors  that 
our  society  was  like  unto  a  flock  of  sheep — following  the  lead  of 
the  bell  wether.  Now,  although  we  always  indignantly  deny 
such  an  assertion,  there  would  seem  to  be  a  certain  amount  of 
fact  to  base  it  upon.  Look,  for  instance,  at  Burlingame.  Fred 
Sharon,  the  leading  spirit  of  the  place,  is  departed,  and  now  the 
fun  languishes  and  dies  out  1  Mrs.  Hager,  the  untiring  society 
light,  retires  for  a  period  of  reBt,  and  where  are  the  dinners,  the 
tug  parties,  and  "sich?"  The  truth  is,  the  swim  needs  some  one 
with  plenty  of  "go"  and  plenty  of  cash  to  set  the  ball  rolling, 
and  presto!  the  crowd  will  follow  in  pursuit  of  the  pleasure 
which  at  the  present  time  is  so  fitful  and  transient  a  visitor  of  its 
rai  ks. 

The  gossip  of  the  swagger  set  at  Del  Monte  goes  that  the  young 
doctor's  devotion  is  now  given  to  the  younger  sister  in  the  capi- 
talist's family,  and  that  the  blonde  sister-in-law  is  not  "in  it." 
Another  on  dit  is  that  Jinimie  is  evidently  stirred  up  by  the  atten- 
tions which  his  sharptongued  lady  friend  is  receiving,  and  things 
may  yet  reach  a  favorable  stage  in  that  direction,  which  goes  to 
prove  that  there  is  no  weapon  more  effective  than  rivalry.  It 
outdoes  even  raillery. 

*  *  * 

The  difficulties  encountered  by  the  ambitious  Belvedereans  in 
producing  a  brilliant  Night  in  "Venice  seems  to  have  exhausted 
the  energies  of  the  island  inhabitants,  as  that  chaiiuing  spot  has 
not  been  in  evidence  since  that  date. 

Santa  Cruz  does  not  sparkle  with  its  pristine  vigor  this  season. 
Were  it  not  for  the  Crit.  Thornton-Keeney  set  the  old-time  faces 
would  be  sadly  missed  on  tne  beach. 

*  *  « 

It  is  nice  to  be  rich,  but  still  nicer  when  wealth  and  generosity 
are  combined.  Witness  the  two  sisters,  Mesdames  Peter  Dona- 
hue and  Ed.  Martin.  Not  only  do  they  enjoy  their  wealth,  but 
they  share  it  with  others.  Some  of  the  prettiest  and  most  attract- 
ive girls  present  at  the  Del  Monte  festivities  were  guests  of  these 
ladies,  and  also  of  the  Hobarts.  In  the  latter  party  Miss  May 
Hoffman  was  the  bright  particular  star;  her  distingue  appearance 
at  the  cotillion  was  universally  commented  upon. 

*  *  * 

One  cannot  help  wondering  if  Mrs.  Frank  Carolan  enjoys  read- 
ing the  published  opinions  of  the  entire  country  of  her  father, 
George  M.  Pullman,  as  culled  recently  from  the  several  journals 
of  the  different  States.  But  stop!  She  "never reads  newspapers 
by  any  chance,"  and  so  of  course  is  oblivious  of  the  high  esteem 
in  which  her  paternal  is  held  by  his  fellow  citizens  throughout 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land. 

*  *  * 

A  pretty  good  story  is  told  of  a  lady  dwelling  at  one  of  our  big 
hotels  who  seeks  social  recognition,  having  sunk  a  somewhat 
shady  past  by  a  second  marriage  into  a  higher  social  sphere.  It 
is  is  said  that  she  appealed  to  a  friend  for  advice  as  to  how  her 
object  could  be  attained,  and  the  advice  the  friend  gave  her  was 
to  subscribe  largely  to  charitable  institutions,  become  a  worker 
in  a  fashionable  church,  and  cultivate  stupidly  good  old  men. 
Many  will,  no  doubt,  see  the  wisdom  of  the  advice  given. 

Miss  Genevieve  Goad  and  Miss  Laura  McKinstry  were  said  to 
be  "  the  prettiest  buds  "  of  the  Del  Monte  gathering. 

The  last  diversion  of  the  swagger  set— which  stands  for  the 
very  top  of  the  crhne  de  la  crhne— is  what  is  called  guessing  parties. 
A  circle  of  the  company  forms  and  is  privileged  to  "  guess  "  until 
a  correct  answer  is  obtained,  when  the  one  who  has  to  reply 
takes  the  question;  the  one  gaining  the  most  answers  gets  a 
prize.  Anything  for  novelty,  say  the  girls;  but  the  reflective 
mind  will  see  that  the  pastime  opens  the  door  to  any  amount  of 
ill-nature  and  impertinent  curiosity,  two  very  pronounced  con- 
comitants of  "  best  society." 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


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11 


THE    FOURTH    OF    JULY    AT    PARIS. 


Paris,  July  6,  1804. 

ALTHOUGH  Id  ft  foreign  country,  and  denied  the  fire-cracker 
and  other  noise-making  things,  the  American  art  students 
bad  a  glorious  Fourth,  especially  the  San  Francisco  contingent. 
It  happened  that  Sir  Henry  Heyman.  the  well-known  San  Fran- 
ciscan, member  of  the  Bohemian  Club  and  director  of  the  Art  As- 
sociation, bad  just  arrived,  and  after  getting  settled  at  the  Belle- 
voe  had  come  over  to  the  Quartier  Latin  to  see  San  Francisco's 
future  artists;  and  a  Fourth  of  July  party  was  made  up. 

At  ten  in  the  morning  of  the  Fonrth.  which  was  a  beautiful 
day.  a  boat  was  taken  at  the  I.ouvre  for  Suresnes.  The  run 
down  the  river  was  charming,  particularly  around  Sevres  and  St. 
Cloud.  The  boat  was  well  loaded,  and  it  was  pleasing  to  observe 
that  most  of  the  passengers  were  Americans  bound  on  picnics 
and  other  pleasure  parties:  and  it  was  more  than  pleasing  to 
bear  good  old  English  spoken  on  all  sides.  But  the  pretty  girls — 
oh,  they  were  the  prettiest  lot  I  ever  saw,  and  a!I  Americans, 
too!     All  this  made  the  trip  very  deligbtfui. 

Suresnes  was  reached  about  noon.  There  were  five  of  us  in 
the  party,  and  we  took  a  stroll  back  of  the  town  among  the 
beautiful  villas  and  country  homes,  and  soon  were  at  the  sum- 
mit of  the  hill  on  which  the  Fortress  du  Mont  Valerian  stands. 
Here  a  lovely  view  of  Paris  was  seen  like  a  panorama  before  us, 
with  the  beautiful    Bois   de    Boulogne    and    the  river  in  the  fore- 


Thomas  Na*t.  the  caricaturist,  was  there,  as  also  was  Mr.  Yerkes, 
both  being  close  friends  of  Mr.  Kohlsaat.  The  boys  did  justice  to 
the  dinner  and  the  wine.  It  was  a  jolly  crowd,  too.  Nast  amused 
us  with  the  clever,  quick  caricatures  which  he  made  at  the  table. 
Champagne  was  plentiful,  and  the  hoys  were  becoming  merrier 
all  the  time.  Over  the  cigars  and  coffee  speeches  and  toasts  were 
made.  In  response  to  a  unanimous  call  Nast  got  up  and  made  a 
speech  in  pantomime,  which  was  clearly  and  cleverly  done,  and 
he  was  applauded  heartily.  Then  Mr.  Kohlsaat  gave  a  short 
address,  followed  by  Mr.  Yerkes  and  Mr.  Heyman.  The  boys 
cheered  the  giver  of  the  banquet,  and  then  all  retired  to  the  taste- 
fully decoiated  drawing-room.  Here  singing  and  instrumental 
music,  with  sketches  and  stories,  took  up  the  rest  of  the  evening. 
Mr.  Heyman  played  a  beautiful  violin  eolo,  which  captured  the 
club  and  made  an  encore  necessary.  Then  Nast  made  some  more 
big  caricatures,  and  thus  the  most  delightful  American  cele- 
bration ever  had  in  Pnris  came  to  a  close.         Edouard  Cucuel. 


FOR    THE    ADVANCEMENT    OF     BOYS. 


IT  is  of  particular  interest  to  the  parents  ot  California  boys  to 
know  that  they  have  an  opportunity  to  avail  themselves  of 
the  services  of  one  of  the  most  successful  and  distinguished  edu- 
cators in  the  country,  Prof.  Ira  G.  Hoitt,  Hoitt's  Oak  Grove 
School  for  Boys,  at  Burlingame,  San  Mateo  County,  is  situated  in 
one  of  the  most  delightful  spots  in  California,  and  under  the  able 


HOITT'S    OAK     GROVE    SCHOOL    (FOR     BOYS),     SAN     MATEO     COUNTY,     CAL. 


ground.  Near  the  fortress  a  little  fellow  not  more  than  fourteen 
years  old  was  asleep  on  the  fjrass,  an  accordion  slung  around  his 
neck.  We  woke  him  up  and  bade  him  follow  us,  which  he  did 
quite  willingly,  playing  all  the  while.  Thus  we  marched  along 
the  road  down  by  the  river,  the  natives  staring  and  laughing  at 
the  curious  procession. 

Sir  Henry  took  us  up  to  one  of  the  maisons,  where  they  gave 
us  one  of  the  sweltest  little  dinners  I  had  ever  tasted.  The  place 
was  enchanting,  the  tables  being  in  a  pleasant  little  arbor,  shady 
and  cool,  while  directly  in  front  were  the  placid  Seine  and  the 
beautiful  Bois  de  Boulonge.  We  opened  some  good  old  Burgundy 
that  had  cobwebs  on  it,  and  drank  to  those  thousands  of  miles 
away  in  San  Francisco,  and  to  the  American  flag,  which  floated 
abDve  oor  table,  the  little  vagabond  all  the  while  working  his 
accordion  with  all  his  might. 

Paris  was  reached  at  six  o'clock,  and  we  arrived  at  the  club 
just  in  time  for  the  banquet  which  Mr.  Kohlsaat,  a  Chicago 
millionaire,  formerly  owner  of  the  Inter  Ocean,  gave  to  all  the 
American  students.  The  big  garden  was  all  laid  out  and  ar- 
ranged tastefully  with  long  rows  of  tables;  on  all  sides  American 
flags  were  hung  and  the  trees  were  filled  with  lanterns,  making  a 
charming  effect.  Every  American  in  the  Quartier  was  present, 
as  a  good  dinner  and  good  wine  were   not  an  every-day  luxury. 


leadership  of  its  principal,  assisted  by  a  corps  of  the  best  teachers, 
it  has  perfectly  fulfilled  its  original  promise  of  preparing  boys  for 
admission  to  any  university  or  technical  school,  or  for  active 
business  life.  As  such  people  as  George  C.  Perkins,  William 
Adams,  the  Blacks  of  San  Mateo,  the  McChesneys  of  Oakland, 
the  Miners  of  San  Francisco,  the  Rylands  of  San  Jose,  and  others 
of  equally  high  standing  send  their  sons  10  Prof.  Hoitt,  it  may  be 
taken  for  granted  that  bis  institution  is  one  of  the  most  thorough 
in  the  country.  A  pleasant  feature  of  the  school  is  expressed  in 
a  letter  to  P^of.  Hoitt  from  D.  J.  Staples,  President  of  the  Fire- 
man's  Fund  Insurance  Company,  in  referring  gratefully  to  the 
progress  made  by  his  grandson  there.  "The  freedom  which  the 
boys  feel  in  calling  upon  Mrs.  Hoitt  for  her  care  and  attention," 
he  writes,  "  is  the  best  evidence  of  the  home-like  character  of 
your  institution."  All  the  leading  educators  of  the  State  give 
Prof.  Hoitt's  school  thair  warmest  endorsement.  The  school  will 
re-open  August  8th. 


J.  R.  SMITH  &  CO., 


MERCHANT  TAILORS,  2SO  Bush 
Street,  Mills  Building,  formerly  under 
Occidental    Hotel. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  28,  1894 


mkY^f 


tfnotqer  An  attempt  has  been  made  recently  to  create  a 
tyiqing       newspaper  sensation   out  of   the   allegations  in  the 

Scandal,  complaint  filed  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  by 
one  Keoabaw,  a  resident  of  London,  against  several  prominent 
raining  men  of  this  city.  They  are  mixed  up  in  an  alleged  fraud 
perpetrated,  it  is  claimed,  upon  the  plaintiff  in  the  matter  of  the 
sale,  some  years  ago,  of  the  Bears'  Nest  mine  in  Alaska  The  nar- 
rative is  full  of  glaring  absurdities,  and  especially  in  regard  to 
the  method  employed  to  salt  the  Diamond  Drill  Cave.  It  is  not 
likely  that  the  grave  charges  made  will  be  proven  or  sustainsd 
upon  the  trial  of  the  case,  and  that  the  causes  of  the  failure 
will  be  found  in  another  direction.  Persons  familiar  with  the 
ground  believe  to-day  tbat  it  is  an  open  question  whether  the 
Bears'  Nest  group  of  mines  is  not  as  valuable  as  any  in  Alaska. 
Neither  the  original  owners  nor  the  English  company  that  pur- 
chased the  ground  did  sufficient  work  on  it  to  determine  its 
value.  It  will  be  remembered  tbat  the  opinions  of  the  experts 
who  visited  the  Treadwell  mine  were  diverse  on  several  occa- 
sions, and  that  it  took  the  San  Francisco  company  which  owned 
it  three  years  of  constant  work  before  it  was  considered  tbat  the 
erection  of  mills  and  reduction  works  were  warranted.  Had  the 
Bears'  Nest  promoters  pursued  a  similar  policy,  it  would  have 
been  wiser  in  tbe  long  run.  It  is  possible  that  these  three  Eng- 
lish experts  took  too  much  for  granted,  assuming  that  the  Bears' 
Nest,  being  the  Northern  extension  of  the  now  famous  Treadwell 
mine,  was  equally  as  good.  Tbe  workings  of  the  latter  com- 
pany were  entirely  toward  the  Bears'  Nest,  and  were  close  to  the 
dividing  line  between  the  two  locations,  and  it  might  have  been 
inferred  tbat  the  large  body  of  quartz  in  the  one  opened  up  into 
the  other. 

ns 

THE  miserable  fiasco  which  followed  tbe  promotion  of  this 
company  in  London  has  never  yet  been  explained,  but  con- 
siderable light  will  be  thrown  on  several  rather  mysterious  hap- 
penings when  tbe  case  comes  up  in  court  for  trial.  The  length 
of  time  which  has  been  permitted  to  elapse  before  riling  the  suit, 
coupled  with  the  elaborate  newspaper  trial  of  the  case,  looks 
more  like  an  exhibition  of  personal  animus  rather  than  a  belief 
in  the  real  merits  of  the  suit.  The  News  Letter  urged  upon  in- 
vestors the  necessity  for  the  exercise  of  considerable  caution  at 
the  time  the  mine  was  brought  out,  criticising  at  the  same  time 
the  action  of  the  Directors  in  letting  contracts  for  a  mill  and 
machinery,  aggregating  the  sum  of  $300,000,  before  developing 
ore  sufficient  to  justify  such  expenditures.  It  seems  tbat  Mr. 
Renshaw  is  barking  up  the  wrong  tree.  If  be  began  by  probing 
in  other  quarters  to  find  how  this  money  was  disbursed,  there  is 
a  possibility  the  forclosing  down  of  tbe  miDe  in  such  a  summary 
manner  could  be  explained.  Not  long  ago  Mr.  Bernhard,  of  Lon- 
don, visited  this  city  and  discovered  a  discrepancy  in  the  accounts 
of  the  company,  a  difference  between  $220,000  and  $265,000  in 
vouchers  claimed  by  the  original  contractor,  and  it  is  known  that 
he  recovered  some  moDey.  It  is  also  known  that  Hammond, 
who  was  the  leading  contractor  and  had  levied  an  attachment 
upon  the  property  and  mill,  has  just  recently  disposed  of  certain 
machinery  to  an  adjoining  company  for  $10,000.  Mr.  Renshaw 
might  find  it  profitable  to  do  a  little  delving  nearer  home,  instead 
of  engaging  in  his  present  wild  goose  chase. 
$  $  $ 
Gomstock  The  dull  condition  of  business  on  Pine  street  is  la- 
Miqing  mentable,  and  more  especially  when  the  promising 
Shares.  situation  on  the  lode  is  taken  into  consideration.  It 
is  many  years  since  some  of  the  leading  mines  looked  so  well  as 
they  do  just  now,  when  the  times  are  not  propitious  for  an  era  of 
speculation.  Many  of  the  stocks  should  be  selling  for  much  more 
money,  and,  owing  to  the  manner  injwbich  they  are  closely  con- 
centrated, a  little  capital  backed  by  judicious  manipulation  would 
speedily  bring  about  a  revival  in  the  business.  There  are  not 
many  large  outside  holders  of  shares  in  mines  like  Con.  Cal. -Vir- 
ginia on  the  street.  One  by  one  they  have  been  dropping  out  on 
each  successive  decline,  and  the  commission  bookers,  as  a  rule, 
bear  witness  to  the  fact  that  their  wallets  are  well  cleaned  out. 
The  shorts  do  not  figure  to  any  extent  in  tbe  market,  as  the  range 
of  prices  is  too  low  to  warrant  the  risk  incurred  by  extending 
their  lines.  This  is  unfortunate  in  some  respects,  aa  a  heavy 
bear  interest  is  always  a  prominent  factor  on  an  advancing  mar- 
ket. The  news  from  the  recent  important  development  in  Con. 
Virginia  continues  very  favorable.  A  large  amount  of  high  grade 
ore  is  being  accumulated,  and  another  run  will  shortly  be  made 
at  the  mill  which  will  help  to  build  up  the  coin  reserves  in  the 
treasury.  Tbe  companies,  as  a  rule,  are  in  a  strong  financial  posi- 
tion, and  the  assessments  have  been  unusually  light  of  late,  ow- 
ing to  the  manner  in  which  the  resources  are  being  husbanded. 
Business  of  all  kinds  is  beginning  to  pick  up  considerably  all  over 
the  country,  and  this  will  have  a  good  effect  upon  the  stock  mar- 
ket eventually.  There  were  no  assessments  levied  during  the 
past  week.  Standard  Consolidated  paid  a  dividend  of  ten  cents 
per  share. 


#  Poor  The  English  shareholders  of  the  Anglo-American 
Fiqaqcia!  firm  of  Fraser  &  Chalmers,  mining  machine  inanu- 
Sqoiviqg.  facturers,  must  regret  that  they  ever  had  anything 
to  do  with  this  hybrid  concern.  After  paying  something  like 
$800,000  for  the  good  will  of  the  Trans-Atlantic  Company,  tbey 
now  find  it  advisable  at  their  first  annual  meeting  to  wipe  out 
$1,000,000  from  the  sum  representing  tbe  Chicago  plant,  and  to 
change  the  face  value  of  their  shares  from  $25  to  $15.  The  stock- 
holders also  voted  to  create  21,000  $15  shares  of  7iper  cent. 
I  stock,  and  to  pay  $5  a  share  in  cash  in  order  to  pay  "a  floating 
:  debt  of  the  company.  The  change  of  control  does  not  appear  to 
have  been  very  beneficial,  and  like  the  big  brewery  companies 
which  the  hungry  Britishers  have  gobbled  up,  the  earnings,  after 
coin  passes  and  possession  is  obtained,  always  dwindle  in  a 
manner  which  is  surprising.  Working  tests  seldom  or  never  fail 
to  verify  the  figures  representing  profits  in  the  past  which  make 
such  an  attractive  showing  in  the  company's  prospectus.  In  the 
case  of  Fraser  &  Chalmers  the  net  profits  for  the  year  now  ended 
were  only  $94000,  against  $177,292  in  the  last  year,  and  of  this, 
some  $56,000  had  to  be  cancelled  for  bad  debts  and  depreciation 
of  investments.  Besides,  out  of  the  balance,  interest  on  deben- 
ture bonds,  amounting  to  $21,000,  had  to  be  paid,  which  did  not 
leave  much  to  carry  over.  People,  too,  in  this  country  are  more 
inclined  to  patronize  home  makers,  as  a  matter  of  self  preserva- 
tion, so  that  these  foreign  corporations  stand  little  show  to  make 
money. 

$  $  $ 

Successful  News  was  received  during  the  week  that  another 
tfiqt'ng        Grass  Valley  mine  had  struck  it  rich.     The  gentle- 

Eqterprise.  men  in  this  city  who  own  the  Evening  Star  mine, 
decided  a  few  months  ago  that  it  would  be  a  wise  move  to  sink  a 
new  shaft  on  tbe  property,  having  been  working  to  poor  advantage 
through  the  old  one.  The  superintendent  was  accordingly  given 
instructions  to  do  so,  and  assessments  were  levied  to  push  the 
work,  as  rapidly  as  possible,  with  a  view  to  economy.  This  week 
the  shaft  cut  the  main  ledge,  and  tbe  shareholders  were  gratified 
that  the  ore  taken  out  was  even  richer  than  that  from  which 
such  good  milling  returns  were  received  at  the  other  end  of  the 
mine.  A  great  deal  of  money  has  been  taken  out  of  this  property 
in  the  past,  and  appearances  at  present  indicate  that  it  will  soon 
again  rank  as  one  of  the  leading  gold  producers  in  this  district, 
which  is  famous  for  its  rich  mines. 

%  %  % 

Cheaply  How  the  venerable  Sage  of  Sutro  Heights  must 
Earqed  snigger  in  bis  sleeve  every  time  an  allusion  is  made  to 
Farqe.  the  magnitude  of  the  enterprise  with  which  he  is 
credited  by  sycophantic  scribblers  in  tunneling  the  Comatock 
lode!  No  one  Knows  better  than  he  that  the  great  success  of  tbe 
scheme  lay  in  the  way  the  wool  was  pulled  over  tbe  eyes  of  the 
individuals  who  voted  away  the  public  money  which  finally 
found  its  way  into  tbe  8utro  coffers.  The  Sutro  Tunnel  is  and 
always  has  been  more  or  leas  of  a  humbug.  A  much  more  re- 
markable piece  of  work  has  been  done  by  a  few  miners  of  Sierra 
County,  and  at  their  own  expense,  in  tunneling  the  old  Bald 
Mountain  Extension  ground,  and  yet  no  one  ever  hears  any  talk 
about  it.  A  profitable  contract  could  be  let  to-day  to  ran  the 
same  kind  of  a  drain  tunnel  for  $20  per  linear  foot.  It  ia  note- 
worthy alao  that  with  the  exception  of  the  loan  of  bis  name,  Mr. 
Sutro  has  bad  little  use  for  tbe  Tunnel.  There  was  more  money 
for  him  in  selling  tbe  stock  than  in  holding  it  as  an  investment. 
The  people  who  were  dazzled  by  the  brilliant  future  outlined  for 
the  scheme  in  operation,  like  those  who  subscribed  to  construct 
it  on  the  strength  of  promises,  will  probably  wish  by  this  time 
they  had  put  their  money  in  the  sand  dunea  where  Sutro  has  it 
now,  and  had  let  the  wily  old  speculator  keep  his  certificates  of 
ownership  in  the  mythical  bonanza.  When  the  history  of  the 
Tunnel  is  taken  into  account  from  the  beginning  down  to  date, 
there  will  be  some  hesitation  in  placing  it  among  the  wonders  of 
the  world.  A  great  many  people  have  never  even  heard  of  its 
existence,  and  as  many  more  will  wish  they  were  in  the  same 
boat.  Its  only  conceivable  utility  is  to  keep  the  world  informed 
that  a  great  philanthropist  of  tbe  same  name  resides  on  the  shores 
of  the  Pacific. 

$  $  $ 

Insuraqce  The  charter  of  the  Carolina  Mutual  Insurance 
Charter  Company,  with  headquarters  at  Charlotte,  ST.  C, 
ffeuoked.  has  been  revoked  by  tbe  Secretary  of  State  of  North 
Carolina.  The  company  was  operating  as  a  mutual,  but  could 
not  present  a  satisfactory  statement.  It  claimed,  however,  to  be 
doing  business  legally.  Able  attorneys  represented  both  the 
company  and  the  State,  and  the  lower  court  decided  the  position 
taken  by  the  Secretary  of  State  correct.  The  case  has  been  ap- 
pealed to  the  Supreme  Court. 

$  $  $ 

IT  is  reported  that  many  of  the  English  companies  with  bead- 
quarters  in  Chicago  are  continuing  the  reduction. of  lines  be- 
gun early  last  fall.  It  is  said  that  the  decrease  in  the  writings  of 
the  companies  in  that  city  alone  is  fully  50  per  cent  below  what 
it  was  at  this  time  last  year. 


Julv  2<.  1894. 


BAN   PR  iNCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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"  He»r  the  Crter' '      "  W'hii  the  derll  art  thou*  " 
"One  thai  will  plij-  the  devil.  »ir.  with  you." 

COLONKL  Bl'KNS  says  that  be  Is  bothered    with    hungry  men 
every  day  who  want  to  support    him    providing  they  are  fed. 
He  thinks  (bat  they    are   hungry    ravage*,  who   loot  do  further 
than  their  next   meal,  and  do  not  mean   what  they  say.  —  /.»../ 
Chord  from  a  Republican  Organ. 
Lo.  the  holy  politician  who's  so  wildly  patriotic 
That  his  advertised  devotion  strikes  electors  as  Quixotic. 
Takes  pleasure  in  administering  a  snub — 
Like  an  eleeant  oration, 
To  those  men  of  lowly  station, 
Who  subordinate  reformers'  aims  to  glorify  the  nation 
To  tbeir  own  prosaic  hungerings  for  grub. 

We  observe  his  righteous  anger  is  most  easily  excited 
When  he's  gorging  at  a  banquet  to  which  cronies  are  invited 
To  reciprocate  the  sentiment  he  feels — 
When  be  finds  there's  black  sedition 
In  the  mental  disposition 
Of  those  people  who  disturb  the  comfort-loving  politician 
With  complaints  about  the  scarcity  of  meals. 

His  contempt  for  all  the  fellows  wbo're  not  open  to  bis  reason, 

And  whose  politics  is  centered  in  tbeir  stomachs  for  a  season, 

Is  described  in  words  not  altogether  neat. 

Hence  we  koow  how  be  despises 

That  base  wretch  who  never  rises 

To  the  heights  of  those  great  principles  and  precepts  he  devises, 

Vulgarized  by  wolfish  thoughts  of  bread  and  meat. 

Let  the  doughty  Colonel  Daniel  seize  the  chance  this  weakness 

offers 
If  he'd  siience  bis  opponents  and  demolish  all  the  scoffers, 
And  sate  the  fierce  ambition  that  he  feels: 
Every  ill-clad  worthless  faster 
Will  accept  him  as  the  master, 
If    he'll    solve    the   great   conundrum  which    is   daily   growing 
vaster — 
How's  a  man  to  rise  superior  to  his  meals? 

IT  is  amusing  to  read  the  long  moral  lectures  which  the  Examiner 
and  the  Bulletin  have  been  reading  the  community  on  young 
Melville's  defalcation.  Tbey  blame  him  most  unmercifully  for 
having  no  "  excuse  "  for  his  thefts — for  having  suffered  under  no 
"necessity"  to  commit  tbem.  It  is  not  wonderful  that  news- 
papers which  array  themselves  against  law  and  order  and  which 
do  all  in  their  small  power  toparalyze  business  and  bankrupt  the 
fruit-growers  of  the  State  by  encouraging  disastrous  strikes,  should 
rend  Olympus  with  their  bellowings  over  a  poor  collection  clerk's 
thefts.  "  No  excuse,"  forsooth — as  if  any  <<  excuse  "  for  the  com- 
mission of  crime  should  be  sought!  To  say  that  a  crime  has  been 
committed  without  excuse  is  to  plead  justification  for  the  com- 
mission of  crime  with  an  excuse.  It  was  the  Examiner,  more 
than  any  other  agency,  that  encouraged  the  ravages  of  Evans  and 
Sontag;  but  then  Evans  and  Sontag,  like  the  American  Railway 
Union,  had  an  excuse — they  were  fighting  property,  peace,  and 
law,  and  people  who  make  that  fight  have  to  kill.  Evans,  Sontag, 
and  the  strikers  had  an  excuse;  the  poor  devil  Melville  had  none. 
Wonderful  is  the  difference  between  the  men  who  rob  a  bank  and 
those  who  rob  and  kill  the  people  1 

SUPERVISOR  STANTON  and  Superintendent  Titus,  of  the  City 
and  County  Hospital,  are  battling  for  a  bit  of  municipal  su- 
premacy, and  the  first-named  gentleman  stands  a  good  show  of 
coming  out  a  victor.  Titus  has  assumed  the  role  of  a  "  political 
bluffer,"  and  in  making  the  wholesale  discharge  of  the  patientB 
(which  ought  to  call  for  bis  immediate  discharge  from  the  insti- 
tution) he  has  maliciously  tried  to  create  the  impression  that  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  and  Mayor  Ellert  are  responsible  for  his 
outrageous  conduct  by  reason  of  the  appropriation  which  they 
made  for  the  hospital  purposes  being  too  small.  The  truth  is 
that  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  waste,  wanton  extravagance,  and 
mismanagement  on  the  part  of  Titus  the  hospital  would  be  able 
now  to  care  for  all  its  patients  as  it  has  in  years  gone  by. 

SHALL  we  at  no  very  distant  day  see  the  local  dude,  implicitly 
following  the  current  of  evolution  in  masculine  costume 
abroad,  appear  in  gorgeously  embroidered  coat  of  gay  materials, 
a  billycock  bat  resplendent  with  bullion,  silk  half-hose,  and  a 
waistcoat  gemmed  with  pearls?  The  change  in  costume  is  much 
nearer  than  is  generally  supposed.  Little  things  indicate  it.  The 
gaudy  eccentricities  of  Parisian  fops,  and  the  daring  innovation 
of  certain  men  of  fashion,  which  are  being  fostered  by  local  dude- 
dom,  herald  the  change.  Long  before  the  closing  year  of  this 
century  tbe  hideous  cylindrical  hat  and  the  tight-fitting  clothes 
of  sombre  hue  will  have  to  join  other  sartorial  horrors  in  merited 
oblivion.  But  what  local  dude  or  dudelet  will  first  affront  popu- 
lar satire  by  making  the  change? 


THE  PopulUli  of  Sun  rVaDOlSOO  Imvp  held  their  municipal  con- 
rtnllOD  tod  have  adopted  ■  platform  which  is  the  natural 
product  of  the  recent  railroad  strike  and  of  the  course  of 
moat  of  lh«  dally  papers  of  the  city.  That  Is  to  say.  having 
put  into  its  platform  the  principles  for  which  tbe  Cbtf,  the 
BWIetin,  the  Report,  and  the  Bramiturara  contending,  along  with 
certain  gentlemen  who  go  on  strike,  destroy  property,  and  com- 
mit murder,  not  to  take  into  account  a  generous  ••  popular  senti- 
ment "  which  Indulges  In  pastimes  of  that  order,  the  Populists 
apparently  have  a  clear  held  before  them.  The  Democrats  have 
no  daily  pnper  at  all,  and  the  Republicans  have  only  two.  And 
the  power  of  the  daily  press  of  San  Francisco  is  so  great  (al- 
though it  fails  occasionally  iu  promoting  Insurrections,  incen- 
diarism, and  murder),  ihat  tbe  modified  form  of  lawlessness  which 
the  Populist  platform  presents  might  be  expected  to  prevail,  pro- 
video:  good  citizens  have  not  suffered  any  disseverance  of  their 
beads.  To  what  extent  Mr.  Christopher  Buckley,  who  appears 
to  have  taken  in  charge  tbe  welfare  of  the  local  Republican  in- 
terests, may  be  pleased  with  the  elimination  of  all  conspicuous 
factors  opposed  to  Republican  success  (the  daily  press  and  its 
agent,  the  Populist  party,  excepted),  may  be  a  matter  which  just 
at  present  is  causing  Colonel  Daniel  M.  Burns  and  the  Honorable 
Money  Musk  Estee  considerable  elation. 

IT  is  reported  that  the  devotees  of  Woman's  Suffrage  in  this  city 
will  endeavor  to  place  a  board  of  female  school  directors  in 
the  field  for  election.  It  will  be  interesting  to  the  students  of 
equal  suffrage  and  emancipation  of  women  to  watch  how  tbe 
candidacy  of  the  proposed  board  is  received  down  in  Egypt  and 
in  the  Wabash  bottoms.  So  far  as  announced  to  the  world  by 
recent  explorers,  the  theory  that  it  is  properfor  woman  to  voteor 
be  voted  for  will  be  a  new  one  to  the  aborigines  of  those  localities, 
and  they  may  be  inclined  to  shy  and  kick  over  the  traces  on 
election  day.  There  may  be  men  in  San  Francisco  so  dense  to 
tbe  new  light  that  they  will  prefer,  if  Democrats,  rather  to  vote 
for  a  male  Republican  with  whose  peculiarities  they  are  familiar, 
than  for  a  woman,  even  though  her  name  appear  on  tbe  Demo- 
cratic ticket,  and  vice  versa.  The  only  way  in  which  the  women 
can  score  a  clean  sweep  on  tbe  despised  male  sect  is  to  see  that 
the  names  of  their  candidates  are  on  both  tickets  and  to  implore 
their  friends  on  the  registry  lists  to  vote  twice. 

WE  would  give  an  old  mouse-trap  to  know  where  the  patrons  of 
the  Oakland  Ferry  get  their  cigars.  Man's  inhumanity  to  man 
and  to  woman,  in  the  matter  of  cigars,  makes  countless  thousands 
mourn.  But  the  world  is  full  of  villainous  cigars,  and  a  man 
takes  his  life  in  his  mouth  when  he  tries  to  smoke  one.  We  can 
abide  burning  bay-rope  and  sole-leather,  and  rags  dipped  in  tur- 
pentine, and  fried  fish  soaked  in  garlic,  and  the  exhaust  pipe  of 
a  sewer;  but  when  all  these  get  together  and  mingle  with  tbe 
blessed  odors  that  nestle  in  the  dumps  and  fringe  fragrant  Blux- 
ome  street  and  are  rolled  into  one  cigar,  then  we  feel  that  we 
ought  to  ask  the  inventor  of  that  cigar  to  step  three  paces  to  the 
front  and  be  shot.  Compared  with  one  of  the  malodorous  mon- 
sters that  fumigate  the  Ferry  the  innumerable  stenches  of  Lake 
Merritt  at  low  tide  are  as  sweet  as  a  spray  of  mignonette.  Mr. 
Huntington  would  be  ashamed  to  give  one  of  those  cigars  to  Mr. 
Debs. 

CIVILIZATION  is  cursed  with  the  benefits  that  follow  in  its 
train.  When  San  Francisco's  hundred  hills,  crowned  now 
with  stately  mansions  and  airy  palaces,  were  itinerant  mounds  of 
gray  sand,  and  when  the  water  laved  tbe  eastern  line  of  Mont- 
gomery &treet  in  the  days  that  are  almost  legendary,  the  hurrying 
citizen  put  his  trust  in  his  own  legs  as  the  superior  and  only 
means  of  locomotion.  Montgomery  street  is  cursed  with  its  horse- 
car  system.  The  single  line  of  track  that  bears  the  slow-moving 
yellow  vehicles  is  a  serious  hindrance  to  traffic.  At  every  block, 
Clay,  Sacramento,  California,  Pine,  and  the  rest  of  them,  loops 
are  formed  in  the  middle  of  the  street,  and  there,  to  the  complete 
stoppage  of  traffic,  one  car  must  stand  still  until  another  creeps 
slowly  around  it.  Montgomery  street  is  of  too  much  consequence; 
it  holds  its  place  as  too  prominent  an  artery  of  the  city's  life  to 
be  barred  and  bolted  by  ineffable  silurianism. 

IT  has  pained  a  great  many  people,  a  great  many  indeed,  to 
learn  that  the  resolution  indorsing  their  philanthropic  towns- 
man, Mr.  Adolph  Sutro,  for  Mayor  on  the  People's  Party  ticket, 
was  laid  on  the  table  in  the  Thirty-first  District  on  Wednesday 
evening,  with  a  dull,  sickening  thud — duller  and  far  more  sick- 
ening then  was  ever  imagined  by  the  ambitious  reporters  who 
write  up  the  infrequent  hangings. 

THE  Populists  of  Massachusetts,  at  their  recent  State  Conven- 
tion, congratulated  themselves  by  saying,  "Everything  is  go- 
ing our  way."  The  platform  which  they  adopted  favors  free 
silver,  an  income  tax,  a  high  tariff,  and  woman's  suffrage.  The 
Populists  are  up  to  their  old  game  of  throwing  out  hooks  to  catch 
all  kinds  of  fish. 


CONSUL  George  Hall,  Knight  of  the  Medijjijji,  since  the  close  of 
the  Midwinter  Fair,  has  been  infested  by  Turks.  Mr.  Hall  has 
been  negotiating  with  Adolph  Sutro  for  the  site  for  a  small  Cairo 
near  tbe  baths  of  that  capitalist,  with  a  view  to  induce  tbe  Turks 
to  wash  at  indefinite  periods. 


14 


SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


July  28,  1894. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[By    Di     Vebnoh.1 

IT  ia  always  imagined  that  a  love  fur  the  beautiful  invests  with 
gentleness  and  compassion  the  soul  of  the  one  who  entertains 
it.  This  does  not  always  follow.  For  instance,  there  is  an  old 
man  in  my  neighborhood  who  devotes  himself  to  the  cultivation 
of  a  few  choice  flowers  in  boxes.  He  wages  war  upon  all  the 
cats  in  his  little  world.  He  is  not  more  malignant  against  the 
common,  vulgar,  fence-walking  feline  than  he  is  against  the 
harmless,  necessary  cat  of  his  neighbors'  cellars  and  back,  yards. 
His  brutality  is  something  dreadful.  Nearly  every  family  round 
about  mourns  the  loss  of  a  gentle  tabby  or  a  sleek  grimalkin, 
which  is  no  more  because  it  fell  under  his  ban  and  axe.  One  cat 
be  beheaded,  calmly  and  deliberately,  though  knowing  that  sne 
was  nursing  a  litter  of  kittens,  and  only  last  week  he  stole  upon 
a  cat  sleeping  in  the  sun  and  battered  its  brains  out  in  the  sight 
of  his  horrified  neighbors  and  a  number  of  small  children.  I  am 
now  indulging  in  the  luxury  of  a  cat  myself.  When  it  begins  to 
be  old  enough  to  wander  in  the  starlight  I  will  buy  my  pussy  a 
tag,  and  then,  having  paid  a  license  for  it,  my  cat  will  have  be- 
come personal  property.  Then  let  my  neighbor  beware.  He  can- 
not batter  tbe  brains  of  a  two  dollar  piece  of  taxable  property 
with  impunity.  In  all  things,  at  all  times,  let  us  have  recourse 
to  tbe  law. 

Every  once  in  a  while  some  Easterner,  overburdened  with 
knowledge  and  a  conviction  that  Californians  know  nothing  at 
all,  and  but  little  of  that,  wanders  out  here  with  the  benevolent 
intention  of  leading  us  out  of  tbe  wilderness  of  our  ignorance,  and 
incidentally  to  earn  a  good  fat  commission  from  some  publishing 
house  for  introducing  his  books,  or  models,  or  pencils  to  the 
school  teachers  of  this  city.  Such  a  one  is  with  us  now.  She  is 
giving  our  teachers  lessons  in  drawing.  Some  of  them,  still  feel- 
ing rather  sore  over  the  cut  in  their  salaries,  and  not  overpleased 
with  the  fact  that  the  special  teacher  draws  a  fine  salary  and  en- 
larges it  by  commissions  from  her  Eastern  employers,  are  mur- 
muring among  themselves.  But  that  need  not  be  noticed.  They 
act  thus  only  because  they  do  not  know  what  is  good  for  them. 
The  cut  in  their  salaries  will  teach  them  self  denial  and  economy, 
San  Francisco  teachers  being  so  notoriously  extravagant.  I  hope 
they,  like  myself,  will  be  able  to  detect  the  fine  wire  edge  of  sar- 
casm in  this  little  remark.  It  will  also  be  of  vast  educative  effect 
in  teaching  them  to  wish  to  vote,  upon  school  questions  at  least. 
Still,  I  am  afraid  that  since  the  reports  of  the  elections  in  New 
Zealand  have  reached  us  women  will  be  further  away  than  ever 
from  gaining  their  "  equal  rights."  Do  you  know  what  dreadful 
results  there  followed  their  invasions  of  tbe  polls  ?  Not  that  tbe 
elections  passed  off  quietly.  That  might  have  been  expected, 
perhaps.  But  no  candidates  against  whose  moral  character  any 
charge  had  been  sustained  was  elected.  Of  course  that  settles  it. 
No  man  wishes  bis  private  character  mixed  up  with  his  public 
career,  and  women  are  such  impracticable  creatures!  Not  that 
they  wish  every  man  to  be  a  St.  Anthony  or  a  Joseph,  because 
in  one  way  that  would  be  a  reflection  upon  tbe  power  of  their 
sex,  but  one  must  draw  the  line  somewhere,  and  well,  it  is  safer 
for  men  not  to  let  women  have  tbe  ballot — not  6ven  on  school 
questions. 

But  to  return  to  the  teacher  of  drawing.  She  is  fair  to  look 
upon  and  is  an  advocate  of  some  advanced  style  of  dress  that 
makes  her  shirts  haDg  from  her  breastbone  and  from  between 
her  shoulder  blades,  so  that  the  feminine  eye,  if  allowed  to  wan- 
der, may  take  in  the  details  of  her  costume,  and  the  mind  lose 
itself  in  admiration  and  despair.  She  is  a  fluent  speaker,  an  in- 
teresting talker,  and  a  very  clear  teacher,  provided  she  is  not  in- 
terrupted by  a  question  from  one  in  search  of  information.  At 
such  a  time  she  has  a  light  and  airy  way  of  eluding  the  idea,  and 
with  a  bright  smile  seeks  to  turn  to*  laugh  upon  the  questioner 
instead  of  giving  the  desired  information,  which  possibly  is  not 
within  her  power  to  give.  Still,  her  work  is  just  what  we  need. 
It  is  an  excellent  opportunity  for  the  schools.  An  amusing  little 
incident  occurred  at  a  recent  lecture.  She  had  been  discoursing 
eloquently  and  in  her  peculiar  vein  upon  how  easy  it  was  for 
teachers  to  interest  children  in  the  new  style  of  model  drawing, 
and  how  it  would  not  be  necessary  for  teachers  to  lose  more  than 
two  or  three  minutes  at  the  most  in  the  distribution  of  materials 
and  the  getting  to  work.  The  teachers,  who  know  the  activity 
of  the  average  San  Francisco  child,  smiled  at  each  other.  At  that 
moment  two  men  at  the  furthermost  corner  of  the  room  could  be 
heard  talking  in  the  most  subdued  tones.  Apparently  they  were 
there  on  school  business.  The  drawing  teacher  stopped  and  quite 
impatiently  demanded  that  '<they  be  put  out  of  the  room,  because 
their  talking  disturbed  her."  A  band  was  raised  among  the 
teachers,  and  then  came  the  question :  "  If  you,  who  are  teaching 
grown  people,  are  disturbed  by  so  little  a  noise  as  that,  what  can 
we  teachers  do  with  fifty  noisy,  restless  children?  "  "  You  must 
not  have  any  noise,"  was  the  answer;  "put  them  out."  "But 
that  cannot  be  done,"  was  the  reply;  "we  teachers  need  practi- 
cal answers  to  practical  questions."  The  rest  applauded,  and  the 
lady,  having  had  the  talking   men  put   out,  went  on  with  her 


work.  She  is  the  lecturer  who  discovered  that  tbe  colors  of  our 
street  car  transfers  were  of  such  hideous  colors  that  they  gave 
her  a  pain  in  her  sensorium,  aDd  she  felt  as  if  she  must  throw  it 
away  as  soon  as  she  received  one  of  the  heart-breaking  pinks  or 
greens.  The  dear  thing!  We  San  Franciscans  seem  to  spend  our 
time  in  holding  on  to  our  transfers  till  the  very  last  minute 
punched  in  the  margin.  1  have  known  some  clever  manipulators 
to  put  back  the  little  clip  when  it  has  not  been  detached,  and 
pass  the  transfer  later  on.  This  moral  obliquity  must  certainly  be 
tbe  result  of  not  having  a  refined  sense  of  color.  It  is  wonderful 
what  ideas  one  may  pick  up  nowadays. 


YALE 


GENTLEMANS  .SMOKED 


YALE  MIXTURE  SMOKING  TOBACCO 
is  manufactured  of  the  be>T  leaf 
§rown;  selected  especially  for  This 
l  brand,  regardless  of  cost- 

\MARBuRQ  BROS.,  8ALTIMORE.MD./- 


BYRON  HOT  SPRINGS 

Resort  is  reached  by  a  pleasant  three- 
hour  ride  by  rail  from  San  Francisco. 
The  ^ot  mud,  hot  salt  water,  and 
hot  sulphur  baths  are  infallible  cures  for 
rheumatism,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  liver 
and  kidney  troubles,  blood  and  skin  dis- 
orders, 
L.  R.  HEAD,  C.  R.  MASON, 

Proprietor.  Manager. 

Byron  Hot  Springs  P.  O.,  Cal. 


l/ieby  5prip^s, 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Dkiah,  the  terminus  of  the  S.  F.  AN.  P.  Railway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths-  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms,  $12  to  $14  per  week. 
Postoflieeand  telephone  at  springs. 

WM.  DOOLAN,  Proprietor. 


LURLINE 


BATHS. 


Half  a  million  gallons 
of  pure  warm  salt 
water  pumped  into  the 
tank  every  day. 


r\R.   D.   E.   DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 

Now  at  i.i'ki.im:  baths,  3d  floor 

Late  of  DR.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 


Next  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 


July  28,  1894. 


SAN  H:\\<   \<i  <■   \E\Vrt   I.I.TTF.n. 


15 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 


Nn  Toax,  July  17, 

WE  have  bwn  mourning  (be  overwhelming  drfrai  of  our  great 
yacht.  I  do  not  know  that  occasional  defpat  Is  unwhole- 
some for  oar  spread-eagle  American  <>pirlt.  but  such  *  serlp*  ol 
defeats  as  we  bare  had  in  tbe  last  ten  days  Is  certainly  humiliat- 
ing to  a  degree.  I  cannot  bring  myself  to  believe  that  the  races 
have  been  given  away  by  Mr.  Gootd,  because  I  cannot  conceive 
a  nature  so  unsportsmanlike;  but  tbe  opinion  seems  to  be  spread- 
ing that  "to  Murray  Hill  by  way  of  Mayfair"  is  an  explanation 
of  those  lamentable  failures  to  uphold  tbe  Vigilant' $  last  year's 
glory.  Harry  Gillig  is  giving  his  time  completely  to  racing  tbe 
Glortana.  and  the  Ramona  has  not  been  put  In  commission  nt  all 
this  year.  He  has  made  some  gallant  fights  against  tbe  Waip, 
bnt  has  not  had  tbe  success  that  be  hoped  for. 

Mrs.  Crocker  is  at  La  Hacienda  entertaining  quietly.  Mrs. 
Fassett.  her  daughter,  has.  with  her  children,  been  a  recent  guest. 
Julian  Rix.  as  distinguished  looking  as  of  old,  was  also  in  Larch- 
mont  for  a  few  days,  but  has  betaken  himself  to  the  Oriental 
Hotel  at  Manhattan  Beach.  Manhattan  Beach  is,  as  you  know, 
the  aristocratic  end  of  Coney  Island,  but  it  is  a  distinction  with- 
out very  much  difference  excepting  the  absence  of  side  shows, 
tintype  tents,  and  itinerent  venders  of  unwholesome-looking 
drinks.  But  nevertheless  tbe  tables  on  tbe  Manhattan  piazza  are 
always  crowded  with  "trippers, "  and  the  roan  who  is  good  to 
his  family  and  lakes  wife  and  children  along  when  he  goes  for  an 
outing,  is  a  conspicuous  person,  usually  very  much  given  to 
straw  hat  and  flannels,  the  wife  inevitably  sbirt-waisted,  with  a 
serge  skirt  and  tan  shoes — this,  no  matter  what  her  size,  weight, 
and  age — while  the  children,  dear  things !  usually  appear  in  frocks 
once  snowy,  but  bearing  the  signs  of  hard  usaee  in  the  journey. 
These  family  groups  are  somewhat  trying  to  tbe  unsympathetic 
neighbor  who  does  not  care  for  smeary  juvenility.  But  the  Ori- 
ental is  much  more  exclusive  and  holds  itself  aloof  distinctly  from 
tbe  "sands  of  Margate"  crowd. 

To  transport  you  at  once  to  a  more  exclusive  region  let  me  an- 
nounce the  return  to  Newport    of    Mrs.    Hermann    Oelrichs  and 

Miss  Fair,  who  arrived  yesterday.  Among    , 

to-day's  departures  for  the  other  side  are 
Mrs.  Frank  Mayo  and  Miss  Eleanore 
Mayo,  who  go  to  Paris  for  a  few  months. 
I  am  told  on  good  authority  that  Miss 
Mayo  will  marry  in  September  Mr.  James 
Elverson,  of  Philadelphia,  whose  sister  a 
few  months  ago  married  the  French  Min- 
ister. Mr.  Elverson  is  a  son  of  the  editor 
of  the  Philadelphia  Enquirer,  and  is  said 
to  be  very  rich  in  the  world's  goods  as 
well  as  exceedingly  charming  in  manner 
and  character.  Miss  Mayo  will  sing  again 
in  October,  having  made  a  success  during 
the  last  season.  Mias  Mayo's  mother  was 
Miss  Bryan,  of  Vallejo,  California,  and  a 
niece  of  Lady  Franklin. 

Shafter  Howard  was  a  prominent  feature 
of  the  avenue  in  the  early  summer  after- 
noons, but  his  butterfly  flight  is  hard  to 
flollow,  and  perhaps  he  is  once  more  with 
you.  "Billy"  Littauer.  as  his  intimates 
call  bim,  who  left  a  lasting  impression  in 
San  Francisco  as  one  of  the  most  popular 
men  whom  the  East  ever  lent  to  San 
Francisco,  has  betaken  himself  to  Bar 
Harbor  for  the  rest  of  tbe  summer.  Arthur 
Fawcett,  who  spent  last  summer  in  8an 
Francisco,  has  just  arrived  with  his  sister 
from  Chicago.  They  will  go  to  Lozern 
and  the  Italian  lakes  for  the  autumn  and 
winter,  and  to  London  for  the  season  next 
year. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Alexander  intended 
sailing  this  month  for  tbe  other  side,  bat 
owing  to  their  long  delay  in  tbe  West, 
they  have  abandoned  the  plan  and  will  re- 
main at  Seabright  for  the  summer,  going 
in  the  autumn  to  their  magnificent  new 
house  at  Tuxedo.  Mrs.  Bella  Thomas 
Nichols  is  also  at  Seabright,  where  she  is 
the  guest  of  Mrs.  Hazleton,  of  New  York. 
Lieutenant  Mott  is  enjoying  the  salt 
breezes  at  Arverne-by-the-Sea;  Mrs.  Hel- 
derman  and  Miss  Cook  are  at  the  West 
End  Hotel,  Long  Branch.  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Atherton,  having  finished  her  new  book, 
has  left  Yonkers  and  come  into  New  York 
for  a  visit.  She. has  been  working  on  her 
new  novel  for  several  months.  Consul- 
General  of  Russia  Olarovsky  and  Madame 
Olarovsky,  with  Miss  Olarovsky  and  the 
governess,  are  at  Long  Branch,  accom- 
panied   by  Prince   Gatlitzin.     Edna    Wal- 


*  -  M  r*.  dp  Wolf  Hopper)  is  dppmed  one  of  tbe  finest  swimmers 
at  Dip  Branch.  Mr.  ami  Mm.  J.  Hood  Wright  and  Ml»*  Bertha 
Koblnson  are  cruising  on  the  /.nmpn  for  tbe  summer.  Miss  Rob- 
inson's engagement  has  juni  been  announced.  8he  I*  to  marry  a 
Mr.  Allen  I'unnlngham,  of  Pittsburg,  the  scion  of  a  very  wealthy 
bouse. 

A  chance  encounter  supplied  me  with  certain  information 
direct  from  Pullman,  tbe  centre  of  the  labor  dilllcultles.  I  met  a 
surgeon  who  had  just  arrived  from  Pullman,  his  home.  He  is 
surgeon  to  several  of  the  railway  companies,  and  be  assured  me 
that  better  housed,  better  fed,  better  clothed  working  people 
than  those  at  Pullman  could  not  be  found  in  tbe  world.  He  said 
that  but  one  grievance  existed — tbe  extortionate  bouse  rents; 
that  he  had  a  simple  cottage  which  cost  not  more  than  twenty- 
five  hundred  or  three  thousand  dollars,  and  in  nine  or  ten  years' 
residence  he  bad  paid  for  it  twice  over  in  rent.  He  assured  roe 
that  when  Debs  arrived  there  a  few  months  ago,  he  found  a 
peaceful  set  of  men.  whose  imagination  be  inflamed  by  bis 
speeches  and  from  whose  pockets  he  took,  at  a  dollar  ahead, 
four  thousand  dollars  "for  the  cause."  He  also  said  that  it  was 
Debs'  boast  while  he  wa«  in  the  Keeley  Institute  at  Dwight,  that 
before  many  months  he  would  be  the  most  talked-of  man  in 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


July  28,  1894. 


THE  government  and  press  of  France  seems  to  be  passing 
through  a  fever  of  anti-anarchist  sentiment.  This  is,  in  itself, 
natural  euough.  The  head  of  the  French  Government  has  just 
been  assassinated  by  a  member  of  the  anarchist  fraternity,  and 
that  grave,  cruel,  and  illogical  act  was  but  one  of  a  series  of  vio- 
lent incidents  of  recent  occurrence  which  disclose  the  presence  of 
a  considerable  body  of  people  throughout  Europe  who  are  banded 
together  for  the  purpose  of  destroying  public  order  and  assailing 
the  lives  of  those  who  represent  the  forms  and  institutions  of  or- 
ganized society.  The  situation  thus  presented  fs  a  very  serious 
one,  but  it  should  be  recollected  that  it  is  possible,  by  the  adop- 
tion of  remedies  which  are  as  illogical  and  futile  as  anarchy  itself, 
so  to  confuse  and  confound  that  situation  as  to  make  its  last  con- 
dition worse  than  its  first.  Anarchy  is  simply  the  doctrine  of  no 
government  or  social  chaos.  Any  attempt  to  apply  it  to  the 
affairs  of  life  is  now  and  always  has  been  a  crime  in  France  and  in 
all  other  civilized  countries.  The  difficulty  wnich  organized  gov- 
ernment has  found  it  impossible  to  get  over  in  dealing  with 
anarchy  has  been  to  discover  the  anarchist  after  he  has  applied 
or  attempted  to  apply  his  theories  to  the  practical  affairs  of  life. 
That  is  a  difficulty  which  cannot  be  obviated  by  legislation.  On 
the  other  hand,  laws  established  under  the  influence  of  the  pres- 
ent hysterical  condition  of  the  public  mind  in  France  are  likely 
to  be  dominated  by  the  influences  of  the  bafrted  police  and 
executive  authority,  and  to  be  little  more  or  less  than  a  series  of 
invasions  upon  the  individual  rights  and  liberties  of  the  unofficial 
citizen.  In  the  end  laws  of  that  nature  will  help  to  propagate 
rather  than  to  destroy  the  cause  of  anarchy. 

It  may  be  said  in  this  connection  that  those  who  desire  to  un- 
derstand with  reasonable  clearness  the  methods  which  should  be 
employed  in  dealing  with  anarchy  should  endeavor  to  compre- 
hend what  anarchy  means.  Most  people  confuse  anarchy  with 
the  outrages  it  perpetrates.  These  people  mistake  the  remedy 
for  the  doctrine  which  suggests  the  necessity  for  the  remedy; 
they  mislead  themselves  into  the  belief  that  the  anarchist  kills 
and  destroys  through  sheer  wanton  Inst  for  blood  and  destruc- 
tion. The  anarchist  is  not  a  blind  brute  without  an  object. 
Practically  speaking,  he  is  an  advanced  socialist.  The  socialist 
wishes  to  reform  the  institutions  under  which  men  are  organized 
into  communities,  so  that  there  will  be  a  more  equal  division  of 
the  good  things  of  life  between  the  masses  and  the  classes.  The 
anarchist  has  the  same  objection  to  the  existing  institutions  of 
organized  society  that  the  socialist  has,  but  he  is  a  pessimist  in 
regard  to  the  possibility  of  their  reformation.  He  is  in  touch  with 
want  and  misery;  they  surround  him  and  fill  hie  mind  and  color  his 
life.  He  looks  upon  want  and  misery  as  the  natural  products  of 
all  government;  he  sees  in  government  only  a  gross  machine 
which  enables  the  successful  few  to  oppress  the  unsuccessful 
many.  There  is  a  substratum  of  truth  underneath  this  idea,  but 
the  deduction  which  the  anarchist  draws  from  it,  and  which 
forms  his  remedy,  is  so  grotesquely  irrational  that  organized  gov- 
ernment has  nothing  to  fear  from  it,  so  long  as  it  is  kept  in  the 
open.  Anarchy  cannot  survive  free  discussion.  It  has  never 
been  able  to  take  root  in  the  United  States  or  in  the  British  Isles, 
and  in  continental  Europe  it  flourishes  best  where  it  is  given  the 
character  of  a  remedy  which  the  rich  and  influential  fear  and  are 
seeking  to  crush. 

The  victory  which  the  Italian  native  troops  won  over  the 
Mahdlsts  in  Africa  last  week  will  go  a  long  way  toward  estab- 
lishing Italian  influence  on  a  permanent  basis  in  the  territory 
which  they  occupied  a  few  years  ago.  It  will  also  have  a  ten- 
dency to  take  the  conceit  out  of  "the  Arabs  who  dominate  the 
country  adjacent  to  Egypt.  If  the  British  representatives  sug- 
gested this  occupation  to  the  Italian  Government — as  is  probable 
— they  played  a  pretty  shrewd  trick,  for  Italy  has  acquired  a 
commercial  position  of  limited  value  while  the  British  interests  in 
Egypt  have  acquired  a  desirable  neighbor. 

The  philosopher  of  the  tall  tower  has  received  a  fresh  inspira- 
tion from  on  high,  and  as  a  result  he  announces  that  Speaker 
Crisp  and  the  present  Democratic  Congress  are  responsible  for  the 
disturbances  at  Bluefields.  But  the  British  Government  is  impli- 
cated as  an  accessory  both  before  and  after  the  acts.  It  never 
seems  to  occur  to  the  philosopher  that  he  does  not  understand 
some  of  the  things  he  writes  of. 


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the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

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Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate--  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS    SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 
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Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS  $800,000  I  UNDIVIDED  PRCFITS $75,196 

S.  G  MURPHY President  | 

JAMES  MOFFITT    .  .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt, 

Thomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

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SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  So  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage.    A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  M. 

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Authorized  Capital       $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up    .  $2,-150,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 

Portland  Branch— 48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 

Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 

Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDERICH. 

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NEW  YORK— Diexel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
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Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

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Managers. 


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CAPITAL $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WrILSON        President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K-  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
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PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
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WM.   H.    CROCKER PBE8IDENT 

W.  E.   BROWN  Vice -'resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE  Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADE. 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O   D.  Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F, 

Incorporated November24.1869. 

ADOLPH  C.WEBER President  |  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


July  28,  1804. 


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OBITUARY. 

THK  le*ih  of  Bx-GoTVrnof  Frederick  K.  Low  at  bis  mMtuMtn 
this  city  late  BaturdiT  brought  to  a  oloM  o  >*•-  f  ti  e  lbo>l  UM-ful 
of  tbe  live*  wblcb  have  been  devoted  to  ibe  omldinR  of  ■  altfornla. 
He  came  of  a  poor  and  sturdy  yeoman  family  oi  M  t>nr,  *  ■■ 
born  in  IS-?*,  and  bad  only  a  common  school  education  :  i  til  m  la 
commonly  men  of  sacb  origin  and  attainments  tbat  the  inal*  and 
demands  of  a  pioneer  existence  develop  Into  ibe  HAD  nob  Ml  m>n 
and  most  useful  citizens.  Like  moil  of  the  other  young  men 
who  came  to  California  in  Ibe  early  days,  be  went  into  the  mine?, 
bat  soon  left  them  and  established  the  mercantile  h<m»e  <<f  Lam- 
bert A  Low  in  8an  Francisco.  In  I860  be  encased  with  bfa 
brothers  in  business  at  Marysville,  there  succeeded  to  tbe  bank- 
log  and  express  business  of  Adams  &  Co.,  sold  out  afterward  to 
N.  P.  Hideout,  and  returned  to  San  Krancisco.  He  served  eight 
years  In  Congress,  and  in  l--"3  was  appointed  Collector  of  tbe 
Port  of  San  Francisco  by  President  Lincoln,  and  in  the  same  year 
was  elected  Governor  of  the  State.  He  gave  so  good  satisfaction 
that  tbe  office  was  again  offered  him.  but  he  declined  it,  and  in 
1869  be  was  appointed  Minister  to  Cbira.  After  that  service  he 
returned  to  San  Francisco  and  became  associate  manager  of  the 
Anglo-Californian  Bank,  which  position  he  held  till  his  death. 
For  many  years  be  was  also  President  of  the  Sutter-street  Kail- 
road,  and  was  interested  in  many  other  important  enterprises. 
A  widow  (formerly  Miss  Mollie  Creed,  of  Marysville)  and  an  un- 
married daughter  survive  him.  While  his  usefulness  and  enter- 
prise as  a  capitalist  were  conspicuous  elements  of  his  force  and 
popularity,  it  was  as  an  officer  tbat  he  showed  his  zeal  for  the 
public  interests  most  effectively.  He  saved  Golden  Gate  Park  to 
tbe  city  by  pocketing  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  tiansferring  it  to 
private  ownership.  He  defeated  an  issue  of  $2,000,000  in  bonds 
to  aid  the  Pacific  Railroad  proposition,  and  in  Congress  did  effi- 
cient work  in  bringing  California  closer  to  tbe  Union.  His  pri- 
vate life  was  clean  and  admirable,  and  nis  benevolence  broad  and 
generous. 

E.  L.  G.  Steele  died  last  Sunday  of  apoplexy,  and  thus  passed 
away  a  leading  merchant  and  man  of  affairs,  a  gentleman  of  cul- 
ture, and  a  club  man  of  wide  popularity.  He  was  only  fifty-two 
years  old,  and  bad  seemed  so  virile  and  hearty  that  bis  death 
came  as  a  heavy  blow  to  tbe  community.  He  was  a  native  of 
Boston,  with  a  long  line  of  strong  ancestors  traceable  to  tbe  May- 
flower, Edward  Everett  Hale  being  a  cousin.  Stopping  here 
while  making  a  tour  of  the  world  with  bis  father  thirty-two 
yeara  ago,  he  was  offered  a  position  in  tbe  commission  bouse  of 
C.  A.  Lowe  &  Co.  Afterward  be  acquired  an  interest  in  the 
house,  and  besides  was  engaged  in  other  and  larger  interests,  be- 
ing President  of  tbe  Northern  Champerico  Transfer  Company  of 
Guatemala,  for  a  number  of  years  President  of  the  American 
Sugar  Refinery,  President  of  the  Oceanic  Steamship  Company 
and  originator  and  successful  promoter  of  the  idea  of  running  a 
line  of  steamers  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  and  having  other  large 
commercial  interests.  He  was  genial,  scholarly,  and  finished,  a 
writer  of  ability,  and  a  most  charming  companion  and  raconteur. 

The  list  of  deathB  of  notable  persona  for  tbe  week  includes  that 
of  good  8ister  Aloyse  of  the  Cross,  at  the  Convent  of  Notre  Dame, 
on  Dolores  street  (of  which  she  had  been  Superioress  for  thirty 
years  past),  last  Saturday,  at  tbe  age  of  sixty-two  years.  She  was 
born  in  England,  came  to  California  forty  years  ago,  and  went  to 
the  College  of  Notre  Dame  at  San  Jose.  When  the  Dolores  Con- 
vent was  built  thirty  years  ago  she  was  given  charge  of  it,  and 
under  her  wise  administration  it  grew  steadily  and  became  one  of 
the  best  and  most  flourishing  Catholic  institutions  in  the  State. 
There  is  many  a  heart  that  grieves  for  the  death  of  this  fine,  strong, 
and  gentle  woman. 

Ex-Mayor  E.  W-  Burr's  death  added  another  to  the  week's  list. 
He  was  eighty-five  yearB  of  age,  and  one  of  the  best  known  of 
the  strong  men  in  the  ranks  of  the  pioneers.  After  establishing 
tbe  mercantile  house  of  Burr,  Mattoon  &  Co.,  and  conducting  it 
successfully  for  a  number  of  years,  he  sold  his  interest  and  went 
into  politics.  The  People's  Party  made  bim  Mayor  in  1856,  1857, 
and  1858,  and  be  served  the  city  faithfully  and  intelligently.  In 
1857  he  founded  the  Savings  and  Loan  Society  and  was  its  Presi- 
dent for  twenty-one  years.  He  leaves  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
all  grown. 

L.  L.  Dennery  died  at  his  residence,  2621  Clay  street,  Thurs- 
day morning,  after  a  long  illness.  As  secretary  for  a  number  of 
building  and  loan  associations  he  had  a  wide  acquaintance,  and 
was  an  instrument  of  great  good.  He  was  a  kindly  man,  and  the 
thousands  who  sought  his  wise  counsels  have  lost  a  valued  friend. 

The  Grand   Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  May  1st  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Tuesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  through  to  Chicago  every  day  without  change.  This  is  the  only- 
Line  by  which  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached. 
Send  for  illustrated  book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell, 
G.  P.  A.,  650  Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


BANK  OF  BRI1ISH  COLUMBIA. 

cap.mlp.uiup   '" ^-"^->->^— —  $3000000 

re  erve  fimd  1.404.000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Bumohm  itrtela. 

in  in    «hhu:  no   i I.....I  si,,.  r,  i  ,,,,.!,.,, 

URaxi  m>  -\  Ictorla,  Vancouver,  Now  W  Nanalmo, 

aim  NeUrou:  imtMi  Columbia;  lN>nian<l.  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
w  a&hlngtou 
i  tilt  Bank  transact*  n  Qeaeral  Bauklug  Basinets.    accounts:  opened  sub- 
1  beck,  «"'!  special  i"  .  eeefved.    Commercial  Credits  granted 

available  lu  all  parts  of  the  world  Approved  mil-  discounted  and  «<i- 
vauceti  made na  mod  c>ltHUTni  security.  Draw*  direct  m  current  rates 
up  mi  it«  Hva-i  Office  ami  Rr-uchcs,  and  upon  Its  agents*  as  follows: 

new  York— Merchant*  Us  ok  of  Canada;  Chicago— 'First  National  Bank; 
mvbrpooi.— North  and  eJouth  Wales  Hank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  Mix  ICO—  Loudon  Bank  of  Mexico; 
BOOTH  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bauk  of  AiihirnlasiR  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney   Ld. ;  Dkmehaka and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ...     $3/00,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1,  1894)  3.247  584  02 

\N  ILUAM  ALVORP,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  '2d  Ass'l  Cashier. 

CO  R  K ES I 'O M » I ;  VI  N  : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tre mo ut  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
8ous;  Paris— Messrs.  Pe  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
aud  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  bT.  Louis— Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin.  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-ou-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christians,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRAKCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  anil  Webb  Streets. 

Branch  office 1700  Market  Street,  corner  Polk. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1893 528,068,691   00 

GUARANTEE  CAP11AL  and   Surplus I,B99!434  00 

DIRECTORS— Albert  Miller,  President;  George  W.  Beaver,  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Thomas  Magee,  E.  B.  Pond,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland ;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  aciual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  ie 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  M.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR       President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S   G  MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Muffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy, 

Interebt  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  00 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 29,429,21  7  OIB 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-Pres  dent,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Mull^r. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  JE.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000.000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W,  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     )  „ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  |  Managers 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 

N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.  ..  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman.. Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B,  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj   P .  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  8.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,   Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


july    28,3894. 


THE    SONG    OF    SHIPS. - 


-Frank  L.  Stanton  in  Atlanta  Constitu- 
tion. 


THE  sky  made  a  whip    of   the  wind    and  lashed  the  sea  into 
foam, 
And  the  keen-blowing  gales  tore  the  flags  and    the  sails  of  the 

ships  that  were  plunging  home; 
Of  the  ships  that  were  tossing  home  on  the  black  and  billowy  deep; 
But  who  shall  reach  to  the  wrecks,  the  wrecks  where  the  ships  and 
their  captains  sleep  ? 

Oh,  wrecks,  hy  the  black  seas  tossed, 

In  the  desolate  ocean  nights! 
Lost,  lost  in  the  darkness,  lost 

In  sight  o'  the  harbor  lights! 

The  sky  made  a  veil  o'  the  clouds,  and  a  scourge  o'  the  lightning 

red, 
And  the  blasts  bowed  the  masts  of  the  ships  that  fared  where  love 

and  the  seagulls  led; 
Of  the  ships  that  were  faring  home  with  love  for  the  waiting  breast; 
But  where  is  the  love  that  can  reach  to  the  wrecks  where  the  ships 

and  their  captains  rest  ? 

Oh,  ships  of  our  love,  wave-tossed 

In  the  fathomless  ocean  nights! 
Lost,  lost  in  the  blackness,  lost 

In  sight  o'  the  harbor  lights? 

There  was  once  a  ship  of  my  soul  that  tossed  o'er  a  stormy  sea, 
And  this  was  my  prayer,  when  the  nights  gloomed  drear:  "Send 

my  soul's  ship  safe  to  rael 
Send  my  soul's  ship  safely  home,  from  billows  and  blackened  skies!" 
But  where  is  the  soul  that  can  reach  to  the  depth,  the  depths  where 

niy  soul's  ship  lies? 

Oh,  ship  of  my  soul,  storm-tossed 

In  the  far  and  fearful  nights, 
Lost,  lost  in  the  blackness,  lost 

In  sight  o'  the  harbor  lights! 


AT    YOUR    GATE.— Burton  Grey. 


My  darling!    My  darling!    My  darling! 

Do  you  know  how  1  want  you  to-night  ? 
The  wind  passes,  moaning  and  snarling, 

Like  some  evil  ghost  on  its  flight; 
On  the  wet  street  your  lamp's  gleam  shines  redly, 

You  are  sitting  alone — did  you  start 
As  1  spoke  ?    Did  you  guess  at  this  deadly 
Chill  pain  in  my  heart? 

Out  here  where  the  dull  rain  is  falling, 
Just  once— just  a  moment — I  wait; 

Did  you  hear  the  sad  voice  that  was  calling 
Your  name  as  I  paused  by  the  gate  ? 

It  was  just  a  mere  breath — ah!  I  know,  dear, 
Not  even  Love's  ears  could  have  heard; 

But  oh !     I  was  hungering  so,  dear. 
For  one  little  word. 

Do  you  think  I  am  ever  without  you? 

Ever  lose  for  an  instant  your  face, 
Or  the  spell  that  breathes#always  about  you. 

Of  your  subtle,  ineffable  grace  ? 
Why,  even  to-night,  put  away,  dear, 

From  the  light  of  your  eyes  though  I  stand, 
I  feel  as  I  linger  and  pray,  dear, 

The  touch  of  your  hand. 

Once  again  with  its  wonted  caressing 

It  sooths  my  deep  wound  like  a  balm; 

Once  again  with  an  exquisite  blessing 
It  hushes  my  grief  into  calm; 

And  all  the  dear  charm  of  your  presence, 
My  darling,  is  with  me  again, 

And  takes,  like  some  mystical  essence, 
The  sting  from  my  pain. 

Ah,  me!  for  a  word  that  could  move  you 

Like  a  whisper  of  magical  art  ! 
I  love  you  !    I  love  you!    I  love  you! 

There  is  no  other  word  in  a  heart. 
Will  your  eyes  that  were  loving  still  love  me  ? 

Will  your  heart,  once  so  tender,  torgive  ? 
Ah,  darling!  stoop  down  from  above  me 
And  tell  me  to  live. 


by  not  rubbim 


Does  economy 

bore  you? 

It  ought  not  to,  always.  Take  the 
matter  of  washing  with  Pearl- 
ine,  for  instance.  That  is  a 
pleasant  economy.  There's 
your  work  made  light  and  short 
tor  you  ;  and  while  you're 
doing  it,  in  this  easy,  pleasant 
way,  you  can  be  thinking  of  the 
actual  money  that  you're  saving 
g  things  to  ruin,  as  in  the  old 
way.  That  ought  to  be  pleasant  to  think  of, 
whether  you're  doing  the  work  yourself,  or 
having  it  done.      Millions  use  Pearline. 

Beware  of  imitations.  431  JAMES  PYLE,  New  York. 

ACTORS, 
ACTRESSES, 

8ociety  Ladies,  Singers,  Public  Speakers,  Business  Men, 
ARE  FBKIH  IEN'1  I. V  (JKEATLV  ANNOYED  BY 

HOARSENESS, 
SORE  THROAT, 
IRRITABLE  COUGH, 
ASTHMA, 
CATARRH, 
DEAFNESS. 
Knowing  that  I   can  effect  a  THOROUGH  CURE  of  the  above  named 
troubles  I  shall  be  pleased  to  give  a  FREE  TEST  of  my  new  scientific 
methods  to  all  who  call  at  my  office. 

R.  WESLEY  ROGER!!,  M.  D  ,  629  Kearny  St.,  S.  F. 
"Ear,  Nose,  Throat  and  Lungs  a  Specialty. 


GARDEN  HOSE. 


Black  Line  Spiral 

Cotton  Robber- .Lined  Hose 

Will  stand  300  lbs.  pressure  to  the  square  inch  and  will  outlast 
the  best  rubber  hose  manufactured.    Try  a  length. 

BOSTON  WOVEN  HOSE  AND  RUBBER  CO., 

14-16  Fremont  St.,  8.  P.,  Cal. 


REMOVAL. 


DELMAS  &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  their  law  offices  to  the 

CROCKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY    (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 
GEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


Julv  2\  1894. 


8AN  FltANVISCO  M'.WS  I. II  n  i; 


IS 


:;;  5UNBCAA\5 


SUE  — It  nnnol  be— I  am  not  worthy  of  yon.  Hi;- Nonsense. 
•  It  is  troe,  too  true."  ••  (mpottlbl*.  You  are  an  angel." 
■*  No.  no;  yoa  are  wrong.  I  am  an  idle,  silly  girl,  utterly  unfit  to 
become  your  companion  through  life."  Thif  i-  madness,  What  sort 
of  a  wife  do  yon   think  I  ought  to  have  i  re  alooiating, 

practical  woman  who  can  live  on  yoar  »mall  salary."  —Atuwen. 
.  and  your  orchestra  to  plav  at  mv 
next  Thursday  night  TuBOaraawru  Leader — Certainly. 
Mm»..  Pabvexc—  Well,  von  may  consider  yourself  engaged,  Bat  J 
want  to  make  arrangement-1*  to  hire  yon  by  the  piece,  do  you  under- 
stand '  The  la*t  time  I  engaged  yoooy  the  hour,  and  your  men  tOOH 
advantage  of  it  and  played  slow,  soft  thing-*  most  of  the  time. 

—Chicago  R 
Lin  is  an  overcrowded  car 
Where  fate  can  either  make  or  mar, 
Three  who  get  seals  usurp  the  snaps 
While  luckless  souls  must  cling  to  straps. 

—  Arkanwta  Traveler. 

1*k  n<  v.  Pomalohski  I  the  guest  of  hon<»r  at  Mrs.  Newlyri  ten's  after- 
no  >n  reception)— Zank  you,  Madame.  I  shall  accept  a  cup  of  coffee 
wir  mooch  plaizhaire.  Mmk.  Nbwi  yritvh  (concerning  whose  early 
history  society  is  in  the  dark,  addressing  the  caterer's  attendant)— 
Draw  one.  —Philadelphia  Record. 

"  Don't  you  like  Prof.  Knowall  ?  "  asked  one  girl.  "0,  dear,  no!  " 
replied  the  other  girl.  "  he's  so  fatiguing."  "  He  has  the  reputation 
of  being  very  clever."  "  That's  why  I  don't  like  him.  Wben  he  talks 
you  have  to  listen  to  what  he  is  saying,  or  you  can't  reply  to  his  re- 
marks." — Answers. 

Yirzt  Dlde — Going  to  see  the  animals,  dear  boy  ?  Second  Dude- 
No, deah  boy;  can't  stand  the  effect  on  me  nerves.  Just  imagine 
what  the  king  of  beasts  must  suffer,  poor  brute,  when  the  trainer  puts 
his  head  in  his  mouth,  if  he  doesn't  happen  to  like  hair  oil ! 

— Judge. 

Hcbby  (during  the  tiff) — I  suppose  now  that  you  will  be  going 
home  to  your  mother  in  the  morning  ?  Wifie— I  "just  won't.  I  have 
tried  that,  and  it  doesn't  seem  to  do  any  good.  I  am  going  to  bring 
mother  here  this  time.  — Pearson's. 

Minnie— Here  is  a  story  about  a  girl  who  refused  to  marry  a  man 
because  his  complexion  didn't  match  her  hair.  Mamie— Goodness. 
The  silly  thing  must  have  thought  that  married  people  had  to  be  to- 
gether most  of  the  time.  — Indianapolis  Journal. 

Father  (a  few  years  hence) — Why  do  you  take  your  bicycle  when 
you  are  going  such  a  short  distance  ?  Why  don't  you  walk  ? 
Daughter  ("modestly)— Walk?  Mercy.no!  I  don't  want  to  be  so 
conspicuous.  — Good  News. 

Muller— All  the  fishes  in  the  city-pond  are  suffering  from  alcohol- 
ism. Schttlze—  How  is  that  possible?  Muller— Old  Boozely  fell 
into  it  the  other  night,  and  it  took  nearly  a  quarter  of  an  hour  to  res- 
cue him.  — Bombe,  Vienna. 

Dun  (to  Smith,  who  has  just  paid  an  old  debt)— There  are  still  ten 
marks  wanting,  sir.  Smith — Oh,  I  retain  them  as  your  share  of  my 
house-rent.  During  the  last  month  you  have  occupied  the  ball  every 
day.  — Figaro,  Vienna. 

"  What's  old  Swizzles,  the  millionaire,  looking  so  pleased  about? 
He  just  lost  $10,000  in  stocks."  "  Yes,  but  afterward  he  managed  to 
get  a  free  ticket  to  a  seventy-five  cent  show."         — Chicago  Record. 

Minnie — Mr.  Dodgson  actually  proposed  to  me  last  night.  1  was 
never  so  surprised  in  all  my  life.  Mamie — You  needn't  have  been. 
His  sole  ambition  is  to  be  thought  eccentric.  — Forget-Me-Not. 

Something  is  the  matter  with  the  onward  path  of  civilization.  It 
says  people  mu^t  eat  pie  with  a  fork,  and  then  makes  the  crust  so 
tough  nothing  but  teeth  will  cut  it.  — Atchison  Globe. 

*'  Did  you  ever  stop  to  listen,"  he  asked,  "  to  the  booming  of  the 
ocean  ?  "  "  No."  answered  the  Chicago  maid,  "  there  ain't  nobody 
can  give  the  We3t  pointers  on  booming."  — Town  Topics. 

Elderly  Spinster— This  picture  is  a  portrait  of  myself  at  the  age 
of  seventeen.  Her  Dearest  Friend— Ah,  indeed  ?  Painted  by  one 
of  the  Old  Masters,  I  presume.  — Journal  Amusante,  Paris. 

Aunty  (finishing  story)— And  so  Prince  Goodygood  married  her 
and  they  lived  happily  ever  afterward.  Helen  (thoughtfully)— Now 
tell  us  a  true  story,  aunty.  — Judge. 

"  Why  weren't  you  asked  to  the  Van  Noodle  reception  ?"  "  Mrs. 
Van  Noodle  said  my  complexion  would  clash  with  the  new  wall  paper. 

— Answers. 

Husband  (very  late  from  the  club)— Hum  1  I  told  yon  not  to  sit  up 
for  me.     Wife  (sweetly)— I  didn't.    I  got  up  to  see  the  sun  rise. 

— New  York  Weekly. 

Ladies  Visiting 
The  seaside  or  mountains  should  remember  that  Camelline  is  an 
infallible  prevention  and  remedy  for  the  distressing  effects  of  sun- 
burn and  poison  oak.  Those  who  have  any  regard  for  the  complex- 
ions which  they  value  so  highly  should  not  risk  them  in  the  country. 
Camelline  is  the  only  preparation  of  its  kind  which  has  proved  suc- 
cessful. All  other  face  powders  have  been  forced  out  of  the  market 
by  its  wonderful  sales . 

Mothers besure  and  use  "Mrs.  Winslows'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
children  while  teething. 


xisrsiTR^isrcEj. 


TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 


OF  HAMRI'KU,  (iKKMANY. 
V.  UVOI  Drirtl.  lil    Maimer  for  ihf  Pai  Hie  )  oaal  lira  m  li 

880  Saniomr  St.,  N.  F. 

t  i.soo.poo. on 

654,433  31 


Capital 
Invested  in  U.  S. 


GEO.    MARCUS   &   CO., 

AflonU  City  Department. 
138  C-ailfornla St.,  N.F..«a|. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS         PORT  COSTA,  California. 

Storage  <  u|m<M>.  100,000   ions.      Regular    Warehouse  for  mii 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furbished 
with  the  latest  Improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  uratn. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  forcleaulne 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat.  * 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  ratesof  Interest  on  grain  stored  In  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Qrain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  of  the  Company,  202  Sansome  SI.,  over  the  Anglo-California  Bank. 

AMERICAN  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO-  of  New  York., 
BRITISH  AMERICAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto. 
WESTERN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto- 

A.  R.  GURREY,  Manager.  |  C.  A.  STUART,  Asst.  Man. 

Pacific  Department,  423  California  St.,  S.  F. 


BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld,  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

capital $6,700,000 

AOBNTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
No.  318  California  Street.  San  Francisco 

8IEBE,  RASGHEN  &  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 


Telephone  272. 


210  Sansome  St. 


A  safe,  simple,  and  effective  remedy  for  indigestion  is  a  dose  of  Ayer's 
Pill's.    Try  the  Pills  and  make  your  meals  enjoyable. 


Aoekts  fob  San  Francisco.— Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co  of  New 
York;  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York;  United  Firemen's  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  Bun  Insurance  Office,  of  London. 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   519.724,638.46. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  |  Vice-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEK 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 

Established   182S. 
Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,864,653  66 

United  States  Department;    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

VOSS,  COMKAP  «t  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BABLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St. ,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

THAMES  AND  MERSEY  MARINE  INSURANCE  UOMPANY  ( Limited) 

Of  Liverpool,  London  and  Manchester. 

Capital  Subscribed $10,000, 000 

Capital  Paid  Up 1,000,000 

Cash  Reseroe  (In  addition  to  Capital) 2,125,000 

total  Assets  December  SI,  7888 8,124,067.50 

WM.   GREER    HARRISON,  Manager, 

305  California  Street.  San  Francisco. 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YOHK. 

Capital  Paid  Up *     600,000 

Assets  8.181,768 

S urplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,628,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 

BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

501  Montgomery  Street 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


July  28,  1894. 


THE  aaucy  little  empire  knot  is  deemed  by  the  American  woman 
the  most  fashionable  style  of  coiffure.  It  is  worn  quite  low 
or  in  the  middle  of  the  head  during  the  day,  and  high  on  the  head 
during  the  evening.  Where  the  hair  is  unnaturally  wav}',  this  is  not 
extremely  becoming.  However,  curling-irons  are  here  to  perform 
their  important  mission,  and  the  maiden  with  obstinately  straight 
strands  of  hair  can  manipulate  the  irons  until  her  locks  are  as  curly 
and  wavy  as  those  bestowed  by  nature  on  her  more  fortunate  sister. 
The  hair  should  be  waved  and  parted  before  making  the  knot.  Only 
the  sides  are  waved,  the  rest  being  drawn  up  closely  to  the  center  of 
the  head.  There  it  is  hrmly  grasped  by  the  right  hand,  while  the 
left  winds  it  into  a  coil  straight  out  from  the  head.  This  rope,  when 
tight,  is  brought  forward  aud  twisted  into  an  upstanding  loop.  At 
this  point  the  first  hairpin  is  put  in,  to  secure  the  loop  at  the  top. 
While  the  left  hand  still  holds  the  strand  in  place,  two  pins  are  put 
in  to  secure  the  bottom  of  the  loop.  Then  the  rope  of  hair  is  wound 
its  entire  length  about  the  loop.  If  there  be  short  hair  at  the  side 
and  back,  it  is  waved  and  brought  up  loosely  into  the  knot,  its  ends 
being  pinned  away  out  of  sight.  All  this  accomplished,  a  long  comb, 
pin,  or  dagger  is  then  lightly  run  through.  There  are  many  novel- 
ties in  combs  and  pins  suitable  for  the  empire  knot. 

A  Frenchwoman  nowadays  grows  her  own  hair,  making  no  pre- 
tense of  great  quantity.  It  is  wonderful  how  small  the  fashionable 
knot  is — merely  large  enough  to  center  the  lines  from  the  nape  and 
forehead,  rather  below  the  crown,  into  a  knot  bound  round  with  a 
golden  circlet.  This  circlet  is  formed  of  two  or  three  gold-bound 
combs,  permitting  the  waved  spaces  to  be  loosened  about  the  ears  or 
neck,  or  wherever  there  may  be  a  defective  form  to  be  hidden.  It 
rolls  loosely  off  the  forehead  and  temples,  and  drops  half  over  the 
ear.  Sometimes  it  is  parted  and  combed  down  over  the  ears  each 
way,  because  great  width  is  the  fashion,  but  not  every  face  can  stand 
the  "  part."  This  width  accentuates  the  oval  of  the  face,  and  hints 
at  intellect,  and  is  a  long  way  better  than  the  high,  narrow  style, 
with  its  brazen  display  of  the  ear  and  its  suggestion  of  "  rooms  to 
let,  unfurnished." 

Here  is  a  description  of  an  exceedingly  neat  costume  worn  at  an 
Atlantic  summer  resort:  It  was  of  navy  blue  linen,  and  was  made 
up  very  plainly  with  a  gored  skirt  and  box  plaited  bodice  with  a  but- 
toned corslet.  The  skirt  had  a  deep  hem,  and  flared  well  about  the 
bottom.  The  plaited  waist  had  very  large  sleeves,  in  the  French 
fashion,  and  the  collar  was  straight  and  high.  The  corslet  fitted 
smoothly,  and  was  fastened  with  two  rows  of  small  navy  blue  but- 
tons. The  hat  was  a  jaunty  sailor  of  navy  blue  and  white,  in  alter- 
nate straws,  trimmed  with  a  band  of  white  moire.  It  was  worn  by 
a  handsome  girl,  who  had  that  exceedingly  well-groomed  appearance 
that  is  so  admirably  suited  to  plain,  severe  garb. 

At  Newport  Mrs.  William  Travers  has  set  the  fashion  for  bicycle 
riding,  and  may  be  seen  every  fair  day  speeding  along  Berkeley 
avenue.  She  does  not  wear  bloomers,  but  has  adopted  a  very  neat 
and  comfortable  suit,  with  short  skirt  and  gaiters.  This,  coupled 
with  the  fact  that  Mrs.  Robert  Grant  is  a  wheel  enthusiast,  ought  to 
settle  the  question  as  to  whether  wheeling  for  women  is  good  form 
in  society. 

Laughing  Babies 

are  loved  by  everybody.  Good  nature  in  children  is  rare  unless  ihey 
are  healthy.  Those  raised  on  the  Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand  Con- 
densed Milk  are  comparatively  free  from  sickness.  This  milk  is  so 
easily  prepared  that  improper  feeding  is  inexcusable. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Hibernia  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 

San  Francisco,  June  29, 1894 
At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  Directors  of  this  society,  held  this 
day,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at  the  rate  of  four  and  one-quarter  (.4%) 
per  cent  per  annum  on  all  deposits  for  the  six  months  ending  June  30, 18i>4, 
free  from  all  taxes,  and  payable  on  and  after  July  2, 1894 

ROBERT  J.  TOBIN,  Secretary. 
Office — Corner  Market,  McAllister  and  Jones  Streets. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Savings    and   Loan   Society. 

For  the  six  months  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 

at  the  rate  of  four  and  eight  tenths  (4  8-10)  per  cent  per  annum  on  Term 

Deposits,  and  four  (4)    per  cent  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of 

taxes,  payable  on  and  after  Monday,  July  2,  1894.' 

CYRUS  W.  CARMANY,  Cashier. 
Office— 101  Montgomery  street,  corner  Sutter. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 


The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 
For  the  half  year  ending  June  30, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum  on  term  deposits,  and  four  and  one- 
sixth  (4  1-6)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  ordinary  deposits,  payable  on  and 
after  Monday,  July  2, 1894. 

GEO.  TOURNY,  Secretary. 
Office— 526  California  street. 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 


.San  Francisco,  <  al 


309  and  311  Sausome  St 

CORRESPONDENTS  : 

FINDLAT,  DURHAM  &  BRODIE  43  and  46  Threadneedle  St.,  London 

SIMPSON,  MAOKIRDY  4  CO 29  South  Castle  St.,  Liverpool 

MACY  &  DUNHAM 66^  Pine  St.,  New  York 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

New   Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works — Placer  county,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  18th  day  of  June,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  26)  of  Five  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  Imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  28th  Day  of  July,  1894.  will   be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  18th  day  of  August,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs   of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Osborn  Hill  Gold  Mining  and  Milling  Company, 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.    Location  of 
works— Grass  Valley,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of   Directors,  held 
on  the  Seventh    day    of  July,  1894,  an  assessment,  No   3,  of  Fifteen  (15) 
Cents    per    share    was    levied  upon    the    capital   stock    of    the  cor- 
poration,  payable  immediately,  in  United  States  Gold  coin,  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20,  331  Pine  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  7th  Day  of  August,  1894,  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore,   will    be     sold   on    TUESDAY,    the    28th   day   of  August.  1894,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.R    GRAYSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  20,  331  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Overman  Silver  Mining   Company. 

Location  of  Principal  place  of  business — Sun  Francisco,  Calif  ornia.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Seventeenth  (17th)  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  71)  of  Ten 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  each  and  every  share  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin, 
to  the  secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  414  California  street,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Monday,  the  21st  day  of  August,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and    advertised     for    sale    at  public    auction:    and   unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  Eleventh  day  of  September, 
1894,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

GEO.  D.  EDWARDS,  Secretary. 

Office— 414  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Occidental  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.  16 

Amount  per  Share .10  cents 

Levied May  31,  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office July  5, 1894 

DayofSaleof  Delinquent  Stock ..  July31,1894 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Sierra  Nevada  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment        No.  107. 

Amount  per  Share 25  cents 

Levied July  18  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office - August  22, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  11, 1894 

E.  L.  PARKER,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  15,  Nevada  Block,  No.  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francis- 
co, California. 

NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS  MEETING, 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Paraffine  Paint  Company  (a  corporation),  duly  adopted  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  said  Board,  held  at  the  office  of  haid  Company  on 
Wednesday,  the  13th  day  of  Juue,  18y4,  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the 
Paraffine  Paint  Company  will  be  held  on 

Wednesday,  the  22d  day  of  August,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M. 
of  that  day,  at  No.  116  Battery  street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  same  being  the  principal  place  of  business 
and  office  of  paid  corporation,  and  the  same  being  the  building  where  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  said  corporation  meet. 

The  object  of  said  meeting  is  to  consider,  act  upon,  aud  decide  a  proposi- 
tion to  diminish  the  Capital  Stock  of  said  corporation,  the  Paraffine  Paint 
Company,  from  One  Million  Dollars  to  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars. 

Dated  San  Francisco,  June  13th,  1894. 

PARAFFINE    PAINT    COMPANY.     By 

R.  S.  SHAINWALD,  Secretary.  R.  S.  MOORE,  President. 


July  28,  1894  . 


SAN    1  l:  \\<  t»  "   NEWS   111  I  I  I, 


21 


STRIKES    AND    BOYCOTTS 


EMTOK  News  Lrrrtu— Sir  Juit  one  month  ago  the  boycott  of 
the  American  Kailwaj  Ini.'n  «r«i  tUclared  on.  It  fa  now 
over,  everywhere.  A  word  ahout  ttnke*  in  general  may  not  be 
amiss.  They  have  in  some  (orm  oooorrtd  throughout  the  pro- 
gress of  cirllizauon.  and  have  been  especially  frequent  during 
the  past  iixiy  years— iha  six'v  year*  o!  its  greatest  progress. 
There  were  over  l  300  strikes  in  the  world  from  18SS  to  1882,  In* 
elusive,  a  perioO  ..f  only  five  years. 

Id  1S53  occurr-,1  the  great  cotton  strike  at  I'reston,  England. 
From  1868  to  1870  colliery  strikes  at  ThomclifTe  and  Sheffield,  of 
over  40,000  men,  w«*re  attended  by  great  violence  and  devasia- 
lion.  Id  187.1  over  60,000  c  llier  struck  in  Wales;  again,  in 
SO  000.  In  1878  a  sinke  occurred  at  Lancashire 
of  120,000  cotton-workers;  in  I860  one  at  Durham  of  70,- 
000  coal  miners;  in  I88fl  and  1889  a  strike  of  London  dock 
laborers  with  80,000  men  out;  lu  1803  and  1894  the  gnat 
coal  miners'  strike  of  Great  Britain,  when  nearly  400.000  men 
went  out,  first  and  last. 

The  strikes  and  rioting  in  Pittsburgh  in  1877,  and  about  the 
same  time  at  Chicago;  also  the  Homestead  strikes  aud  rioting  a 
few  years  ago,  were  much  more  disastrous  in  loss  of  life  and 
actual  destruction  of  properly  thau  the  recent  strike  of  the 
American  Railway  Union. 

The  order  to  boycott  roads  which  refused  to  cut  off  Pullman 
cars  went  into  effect  at  Chicago  Tburaday,  June  26th.  The  Illi- 
nois Central  was  the  first  road  to  be  attacked.  The  next  day  tbe 
Panhandle  and  Michigan  Central,  etc.,  fell  into  the  hands  of  tbe 
strikers.  Thursday  the  engineers  and  firemen  quit  work,  alleg- 
ing that  that  their  lives  were  in  danger.  Friday  tower-men  were 
driven  from  their  posts,  trains  stooed.  and  switches  spiked.  Sat- 
urday tbe  Rock  Inland  and  Illinois  Central  trains  were  wrecked. 
Sunday  and  Monday  the  strike  developed  into  a  riot,  and  Tues- 
day tbe  stock-yards  were  in  possession  of  a  mob,  which  necessi- 
tated the  call  for  (overnmeni  troops. 

A  tabulated  statement  issued  by  (teneral  Miles,  at  Chicago,  tells 
tbe  story  of  the  loss  of  life  and  damage  to  property  from  the  day 
after  the  military  took  control.  It  shows  that  between  July  7th 
and  12th  thirty-three  persons  were  killed  or  fatally  injured;  at 
the  same  time  784  cars  and  locomotives  were  burned  or  wrecked 
and  122  cars  were  pushed  over  or  partially  destroyed.  July  7th 
waa  the  worst  day.  Of  tbe  thirty-three  men  in  the  list  of  casual- 
ties, twenty-six  met  death  or  injuries  on  that  day.  The  rioters 
burned,  destroyed,  or  rendered  useless  694  cars  and  locomotives, 
and  overturned  or  destroyed  ninety-six  cars  of  merchandise. 
Sixteen  railroad  systems  were  molested,  and  only  nine  roads  ran 
mail  and  passenger  trains  out  of  Chicago,  and  eighteen  trains 
were  stopped  or  fired  upon  that  exciting  day.  The  rioters  also 
burned  twenty-one  buildings,  nine  of  them  July  7th.  During  tbe 
week  above  mentioned  trains  were  stoned  or  fired  upon  to  tbe 
number  of  forty-one;  employees  of  the  railroad  companies  killed 
or  injured,  ten. 

As  to  the  loss  of  life  and  property  actually  destroyed  in  Califor- 
nia, they  bear  no  appreciable  proportion  to  many  disturbances 
elsewhere  in  the  Doited  States;  and  we  believe  it  to  be  quite 
within  the  bound*  of  truth  to  say  that  four  highwaymen,  Evans. 
theSontags,  and  Datton,  were  the  cause  of  more  loss  of  life  and 
greater  outright  destruction  of  property  than  that  effected  in  tbe 
recent  strike. 

Despite  the  exaggerations  of  the  daily  press,  I  doubt  if  there 
were  altogether  100,000  actual  strikers  out  recently  in  the  whole 
United  States;  that  is,  there  were  not  one  percent,  of  tbe  adult 
males  of  tbe  United  States  actually  engaged  in  it.  This  fact  is 
respectfully  commended  to  the  careful  consideration  of  tbe  indi- 
vidual alarmist  and  the  sensational  press,  at  home  and  abroad. 
who  deemed  social  order  and  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  of  America  on  tbe  verge  of  dissolution. 

That  the  boycott  of  the  American  Railway  Union  is  over  thus 
early  is  due  to  the  effect  of  President  Cleveland's  wise,  temperate, 
and  firm  attitude.  The  moral  of  the  strike  ia  set  forth  in  Harper's 
Weekly  as  follows: 

But  the  work  which  the  occasion  shows  to  be  necessary  is  not  done 
when  the  power  of  the  conspiracy  is  broken.  It  remains  to  bring 
into  harmony  with  the  order  of  society,  and  with  all  the  conditions 
of  our  industrial  progress,  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the  citizens  who 
have  been  misled  into  this  wild  movement,  and  those  of  their  many 
sympathizers  throughout  the  land.  Such  rebellions  again.st  social 
order  and  the  principles  of  civilization  will  grow  more  dangerous. 
unless  the  intelligence  of  the  country  shall  come  to  understand  their  causes 
and  find  a  way  to  remove  them.  A  Layman. 

San  Francisco,  July  26,  1894. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 


ATTYS  -AT-LAW 
BMU4   "limn,    B.ff    HorRcii:  ('.  M.  Wilbur),  215  Sauiom.- st. 
MUM*    KBMIEDY,  Uwoffloe,  88  Murphy  BUI*.,  V2H6  Market HU 

CANDIES 

«  AMlira  put  up  for  fchlpmool  At  ROBHKTS1,  Polk  mid  Bu    ti  street* 

DENTISTS. 

K    <  i  n.AK.  418  Geary  street 

K  n.  IIA4'K>rrr.  418  Leavenworth  strict. 

DOOR    CHECKS 

THJB  MOBTOM  hoori  heck  «n  J  Spring.  F.  D.  Morrell,,vj3MisBiou  9t. 

DRUGGISTS 
KH.IVS  tOKN  (IRE,  *5c.    Drues  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street, 
EVANS'  I»OIS«l>'  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure     Sold  by  all  drug- 
gie  

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 
W.  H.  MKORMUK,  M2-2  Market  st.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkiu  3t. 

MILLINERY. 
THE  WOM>FK  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  street. 


RESTAURANTS, 
lit  V  N«  «>-  \  Milt  i<   \  \   Restaurant    521  Montgomery  st. 


F.  Hltte. 


SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  DONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street, 

SURVEYORS 
JOHN  A    BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  In  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  at, 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  antonilzatlon  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


COLTON     DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  (Phelan  Building.) 

Gas  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  poit>- 
Uvely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
fn  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  186S.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentiBtB  and  physicians.  Alsoperformt 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 

DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 


D 


R.  LUDLUM   HILL, 

1443  MARKET  ST.,  Near  Eleventh. 


No  charge  for  extracting  when  plates  are  made.    Old  plates  made  over 
like  new.    Teeth  from  $8  per  Bet.    Extracting,  50c.    Gas  given. 

r-\D  DIOnPn'Q  RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
Uri.  T\\\SKJr\l-J  O  Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital 
ity,  Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J.  G.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100  pills,  J2;  of  200  plllc, 
Sit  50;  of  400  pills.  36;  Preparatory  Pills,  $2.    Send  for  Circular. 


D 


R.    R.     F.   VERRINDER,   ORAL   SURGEON, 


Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  DeDtlsts.    Specialties:  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases   of  the  Mouth. 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  Plates  and  Crown  and  Bridge  Work. 
Office:    806   Kearny   street.  Corner  Sutter. 

ANNUAL  MEETING- 

The  Risdon  Iron  and.  Locomotive  Works 
The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the    stockholders  of  the  Ki>don  Imu 
and  Locomotive  Works  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  south- 
east corner  Beale  and  Howard  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  ou 

Monday,  the  6th  Day  of  August,  1 894,  at  the  hour  of  1 1  o'clock  A.  ML. 
For  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board   of  Trustees  to  serve  for  Die  ensuing 
year  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting. L.  R.  MEAU,  Sec  etary. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

"Yellow  Jacket  Silver  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  auuiial  meeting  of  ihe  stockholders  of  the  Yellow  Jaekel 
Sliver  Mining  Company,  for  the  election  of  a  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  en- 
suing year  an'l  for  the  traui-action  of  such  other  business  as  mav  bj  prop- 
erly introduced,  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company  at  Gold  Hill, 
Nevada,  on 

Thursday,  the  Second  Day  of  August,  1  894.  at  3:30  o'clock  p.  M. 
Transfer  buoks  will  close  ou  Thursday,  July  26, 1894,  at  3  o'clock  *■ ,  m. 

W.H.BLAUVELT,  S  cretary 
Office— Gold  Hill.  Ne™*a.  

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Hakalau  Plantation  Company. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Hakalau  Plantation 
Company,  for  the  election  of  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  eusu  up 
year  and  for  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting,  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  327  Market  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. ,  on 

Wednesday,  the  1st  tavof  August,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  11  O'clock  A.  V. 

Transfer  books  will  close  ou  Saturday,  July  28th,  at  12  o'clock  at. 

E.  H,  SHELDON,  Secretary. 

Office— 327  Market  Street,  S.  F.,  Cal- 

SH.  regensburger,  attorney-at-law. 
•  Rooms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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^\.n   I  i:  W  1SCO  NEWS  LETTEH 


28 


A  VALUABLE  ATTRACTION  FOR  THE  PARK 


Ool  the  rery  few  exhibit)   la  the  Lit!  Midwinter   Kair  that 
i»  worth  prr«rrr)nr  i»  the  Jap«n<«*  '*r,trn         It  I*  «  thin*   of 
b*«uiy.  and  wftt  one  of  ihe  □  Rtoal  ftltraotflnnl  in 

the  KipoMtlon.  Anions  the  militant  of  visitors  who  entered  the 
Kiir  iitea.  thfrp  wis  not  otif  who  .1i<1  not  praise  that  exhibit.  It 
would  be  «  great  snwnie  to  demoltefa  it.  There  Is  nothing  like  it. 
either  in  workmanship  or  artistic  finish,  in  America  to-day.  If 
Kacailva  Committee  of  the  Fair  wish  to  do  something  that 
will  keep  the  Reposition  alive  in  the  memory  of  the  people,  and 
wt*h  t«i  put  the  Kair  -nrplns  to  intellisenl  use.  let  them  buy  that 
charming  exhibit  outright  and  present  it  to  the  Commissioners 
<>f  I'.ilden  «<ate  Park.  It  will  then  be  an  ornament  to  one  of  the 
finest  parks  in  the  world.  an<*  an  everlasiing  monument  to  the 
Midwinter  Kair.  If  the  gates  and  the  buildings  are  purchased 
just  as  they  are.  then  the  plant?  could  remain  untouched.  There 
is  sotflcieot  money  in  tbe  Fair  fnnd  to  buy  the  Japanese  harden, 
and  it  would  be  well  for  tbe  Commissioners  to  takn  the  hint  and 
not  let  the  matter  go  to  waste. 

THE  death  of  Miss  Marguerite  Wallace,  on  Thursday  night, 
cast  a  eloom  over  the  fa»hionable  world  in  which  she  was  a 
bright  particular  (lower.  Miss  Wallace  was  one  of  those  rare 
girls  whose  faces  light  the  dark  ways  of  life  and  whose  kindly 
hearts  give  happiness  and  chanty  to  all.  Everyone  who  knew 
her  was  her  friend  and  admirer,  as  tbe  flowers  and  tears  wbicfa 
have  been  laid  by  her  coffin  will  attest.  She  was  tbe  third  daughu  r 
of  Superior  Judge  William  T.  Wallace,  and  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Belle 
Donahue.     She  was  only  twenty-four  years  of  age. 


As  invigorating  as  a  breath  from  old  ocean,  as  pure  as  the  milk  of 
human  kindness!  That  is  our  idea  of  the  John  T.  Cutter  Old  Bour- 
bon Whiskey,  and  that  is  the  idea  of  even-  man  in  the  country  who 
has  tried  that  delightful  beverage.  Your'life  is  a  desert  waste  with- 
out your  daily  tipple.  It  drives  all  woes  and  cares  into  the  limbos  of 
tbe  past,  and  makes  you  love  your  worst  enemy's  pup.  K.  Martin 
,v  I  i.,,  108  Front  street,  are  the  agents. 


It  is  delightful  for  ladies  who  are  shopping,  or  who  want  a  delicious 
and  wholesome  change  from  home  cooking,  to  have  such  an  estab- 
lishment as  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  to  drop 
into  for  a  luncheon  prepared  by  the  most  expert  cooks.  The  service 
at  tbe  famous  family  restaurant  is  perfect — no  waiters  could  be  more 
attentive,  no  restaurant  cleaner. 


However  elegant  and  carefully  made  his  outer  garments,  good, 
well-fitting  underclothing,  such  as  that  sold  by  John  W.  Carmany, 
25  Kearny  street,  is  essential  to  comfort. 

Scrofula— a  more  common  evil  than  people  are  aware— is  cured  by 
Ayer'a  Sarsaparilla. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.   B.  CHAPMAN,  8ole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

133  4'allfon.la  street. 


K)   LET==Furnished. 


T 

■  A    Modern    House   of  Eight  rooms; 

Convenient  to  two  cable  lines;  grand 
marine  view ;  good  neighborhood. 
Rent  reasonable  to  desirable  party. 

BALDWIN  &  HAMHOND, 

10   nontgomery    street. 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building 


"OR  SALE. 


BANK    VAULTS  AND 

BANK    FURNITURE 


and    FIXTURES. 


Rldi  for  the  nnrchuc  ol  the  vault*,  rata  depoill  boxoa 
lore  and  fixtures  In  i  on  pled  by  the 


nn.l  offlOQ  fnrni 


PEOPLE'S  HOME  SAVINGS  BANK, 

Fimxl  Building,  are  mllolled 

The  nulla  were conatrueted  lot  the  bank  !>y  the  Hail  Sale  and   Look 

Company,  ami  are  considered  tbe  lineal  rtool,  burglar  proof,  time  lock 

raultt  On  (lie  eoa-l       Thin-  are  three  vaults,  (he  Biifedi'posll  vaiil-  .Miilalli 

Ins  mil  t>oxes. 

l  his  is  an  excellent  opportunity  for  a  hank  or  safe  depo8.il  OOmpany 
Separate  bide  may  be  made  for  the  otnre  furniture  and  fixtures  Bid.  Bub- 
loot  to  approval  of  the  Court  or  Board  of  Directors  and  Bank  Commission- 
ers 

FOR    RENT. 

The  present  bank  premises,  iuclndiue  basement,  the  hank  reserviuc  that 
portion  in  the  rear  occupied  by  the  vaults  uiili)  such  time  as  the  latter 
can  be  disposed  of  to  ad\antage      Address  or  inquire  of 

JOHN  F.  SHEEHAN, 
Receiver  People's  Home  Savings  Bank,  Flood   Building,   San  Francisco 

IT  pops! 

Effervescent,  too. 

Exhilarating,  appetizing. 
Just  the  thing  to  build  up  the 
constitution. 


Hires' 


Rootbeer 


Wholesome  and  strengthening, 
pure  blood,  free  from  boils  or 
carbuncles.  General  good  health 
— results  from  drinking  HIRES' 
Rootbeer  the  year  round. 

Tackage  makes  five  gallons,  25c. 
Ask  your  druggist  or  grocer  for  it. 
Take  no  other. 

Send  2=cent  stamp  to  the  Charles  E.  Hires 
Co.,  117  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia,  for  beauii 
ful  picture  cards. 


BrooI^IyQ 
JHotel. 


Conducted  on  both  the 

EUROPEAN    AND 

AMERICAN    PLAN. 

BUSH  STREET,  bet.  Sansome  &  Montgomery, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


This  favorite  hotel  is  under  the  management  of  CHAS. 
MONTGOMERY,  and  is  as  good,  if  not  the  best,  Family  and 
Business  Men's  Hotel  in  Sau  Francisco 

Home  comforts,  cuisine  unexcelled,  first-class  service  and 
the  highest  standard  of  respectability  guaranteed, 

Our  rooms  cannot  be  surpassed  for  neatness  and  comfort. 

BOARD  AND  ROOM,  per  day,  $1  25,  $1  hO,  ?1  75  and  $2  00. 
per  week,  $7  00  to  $12  00. 
"  "        "  per  month,  $27  50  to  $40  00. 

SINGLE  ROOMS,  50  cents  to  $1. 


pree  <?oac,r?  to  ar?d  pro/rt  tl?^  J-lotel. 


BETHESDA. 

AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 
"I  regard  Bethesda as  a  delightful  water,  refreshing  aud   iuvigorating, 
with  medicinal  properties  of  much  value." 

—Hun.  Charles  Foster,  eX'Secvetary  of  Treasury, 
"  I  have  used  Bethesda  for  many  years,  and  deem  it  the  best  lu  the  coun- 
try." — Hon.  Joseph  IF.    Fifer,  ex-Governor  of  Illinois. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  Agents. 
418  Sacameuto  street,  S.  F. 

A.  BUSWELL, 

B0«»    INDKK,  PAPER-KILER,  NUNTEK  AND  BMMt  BOOK  HIAKURACTIREB 

535  Clav  Street.  Near  Montgomery.  San  Francisco 

WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN  %2al££'2£i£i£8?Bli 


gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs. 
Street,  San  Francisco. 


Depot  at  328  Market 


VIGOR  of  MEN 

Easily,  Quickly,  Permanently  Restored. 

Weakness,  Nervousness, 
Debility,  and  all  the  tram 
"  i  of  evils  from  early  errors  or 
later  excesses,  the  results  of 
overwork,  sickness,  worry, 
etc.  Full  strength,  devel- 
opment and  tone  given  to 
-every  organ  and  portion 
of  the  body.  Simple,  nat- 
^VIIMfti  ura*  methods.  Immedi- 
■,  ..  ,m  |i'll)J  ate  improvement  seen. 
Failure  impossible.  2,000  references.  Book, 
explanation  and  proofs  mailed  (sealed)  free. 

ERIE  MEDICAL  CO.,  Buffalo,  H.Y. 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trams  Leave  and  are  Due  io  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO: 

Leave  i  From  June  26,  7894.         I  Abbive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ugdeu  and  East    6:45  a 
700  a  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento,   Redding,    Castle    Crag 
and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davis. . .  .    7:15  P 

7:30  a  Martinez.  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa  . .    6:15  P 

8:30  A  Niles,  Sau  Jose,  Stocktou,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Ked  Bluff 

andOroville  ...       4:15p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los  Angeles.  Demiug,  El 
Paso.  New  Orleans  and  East.   . ..    5:45  f 

9:00  a  Martiuez  and  Stockton  10:45  a 

•9;C0a  Peters  and    Milton  *7:15p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore         8:»5  a 
*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers  *9:00  p 

4 -.OOP  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verauo,  and 

SantaRosa 9.15a 

4:00  P.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landin  M, 
Marysville,    Oroville    and   tiacrn- 

mento  .  10:45a 

4:30  P.  Niles,  San  Jo«e,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno  .  715  r 

4:30p    Raymond  (for  Yosemite)  10:45a 

5:0Op.  Los  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa     Barbara  and 

Los   Angeles 10:15  a 

5;00p.Saut«  Fp  Rontp.  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45  a. 

6:00  P  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .  9:45a 
6:0Op.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose       7;45a 

17 :00  P.  Vallejo +7 :45  P. 

7;00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,  Redding,  Portland, 
PugetSqund  and  East^_. .  10-4  =»  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday    excursion    for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton   and 

Santa  Cruz ....  18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Centerville,  San  JoBe, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations  ...  .  6:20  p. 
*2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 

stations    *11  :50a 

4:45  p.  Newark,  8anJoBe,Los  GatoB.  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  fown&enri  Streets). 
*6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations *1 :45  p. 

I7:30a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose, TresPinos, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  RobleB,  San 
San   Luis   ObiBpo  and    principal 

Wav  Stations 6:26  P. 

19:47  a.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 11:45  p. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  WayStations. ..  ..      5:06p. 
;i-45  a.    Palo    Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,    Salinas,    Monterey, 

PacificGrove ..   ..*10:40a. 

•3:80  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  WayStations *8;06a. 

5:10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations  ...  ..  *8:48a, 
6:30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations.....  6:35  a. 
t11:45p.    Palo  Alto   and    principal  Way 

Stations. ..     ..   .. +7:26  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SIN  FRAMSCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  "8  00   9  00  *10  00  aad  11  00  a.  m.,  *12  30 
11  CO  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  01KMSR— Foot  of  Broadway. 

♦6  00    *7  00    S  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *U  00  a.  M. 

t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  P.  M. 

a.  for  Morning .  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•Sundays  excepted.  f  Saturdays  only. 

t8undaysonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information. 


bAN  FRANCISCO  JNJuWo  LET'HEh.. 


July  28,  1*94. 


A  SOOTY  chimney  can  be  cleaned  by 
firing  a  pistol  or  gun  up  the  flue.  The 
concussion  dislodges  the  soot,  and  it  tum- 
bles down. 

Doubt  is  almost  a  natural  phase  of  life; 
but  aa  certainly  as  it  is  natural,  it  is  also 
temporary,  unless  it  is  unwisely  wrought 
into  conduct.  — T.  T.  Munger. 

Man  is  greater  than  a  world — than  pys- 
tems  of  worlds;  there  is  more  mystery  in 
the  union  of  soul  with  body  than  in  the 
creation  of  a  universe.         — Henry  Giles. 

A  great  idea  is  usually  original  to  more 
than  one  discoverer.  Great  ideas  come 
when  the  world  needs  them.  They  sur- 
round the  world's  ignorance  and  press  fur 
admission.  — A   Phclpa 

The  first  virtue  is  to  restrain  the  tongue. 
He  approaches  nearer  to  the  gods  who 
knows  how  to  be  silent,  even  though  he  is 
in  the  right.  — Catn. 

The  way  of  a  superior  man  is  threefold ; 
virtuous,  he  is  free  from  anxieties;  wise, 
be  is  free  from  perplexities;  bold.be  is 
free  from  fear.  — Confucius. 


Worn  Out  Faces  consultation 
Rejuvenated  "."•ft" 

Letter. 

£0  years'  practical  experience 
removing  wrlrkles,  utllng  out 
hollow  theeks.re-formiiig  noses, 
ears  and  mouths.  Allskiublem- 
ishesa  id  deformities  and  their 
trealim  nt  described  and  illas- 
tra'i'd  1 1  a  i5U-page  book  sent 
scaled  to  any  address  for  10  ctB. 

John  H.  Woodbury 

Dermatological  Institute, 

Established  1870.         125W.  42d  St.,  N.Y. 

Woodbury's  Facial    Soap  for  the  Skin, 
Scalp  and  Complexion.     3  cakes,  $1.00,  at 

OrngTrictc:  r...-.r-^,*,?F^. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  August  3,  8,  18,  23. 
Sept   7,  22.    October  7.  22     Nov.  6,  21. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
July  24th,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 
For  Eureka,  Humboldt  Bay,  Wednesdays,  9  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  aHeruatelv  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Ensenada,  Magdalena  Bay  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
1.5th  of  each  month. 

Picket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOrALL,  PERKINS  A  CO.,  Gen'lAgents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco, 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN    AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic Tuesday,  July  17,  1894 

Gaelic Tuesday,  August  7.  1894 

Beloic Thursday,  Sept.  i>,  1894 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu).  ..Tuesday.  Sept.  25,  1894 
ROUND  TR»P   TICKST8  AT  REDUCED  RATES 

Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
T:ckats  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
atrpeta.  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Fmut  street,  San  Francisco. 

T     q     f.-.itMJtv   fl«n.»-«.    »— , 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

\\    bv  r\  World  tours,  steamer 

\jV^_! JO.  „  and  rail.    First  class, 

OV^*^     -T^J/  r.      *m0-       Second    class, 

11       $350. 

^>      O.   S.  8.  Company's 

-  steamers  sail: 

For     HONOLULU, 

3.  8.    ■•AUSTRALIA," 

Augll-t  4.  1894 
Fo-      HONOLULU 
APIA.    AUCKLAND 
aDd   SYDNEY    8.  8. 

"ALAMEDA," 
August  23,  2  p.  M. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPKECKELo  &  KROS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBUR0N  FERRY-Foot  of  Market  Slreet. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK    DAYS— 7:40,  9-20,  11:00  a.  i».;  12:35,3:80, 

5:10,  6  30   p.  m.    Thursdays— Extra  trip   at 

11:30  p.  M.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  50  and 

11 :30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  M. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO 
WEEK  DAY8-6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  a    M. ;  12:45. 

3:40.5:10  p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 

6:26  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATCRDAYS-Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10  P.M. ; 
anive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:00  p.  M.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p   m 

SUNDAVS-Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a.  m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a.  m. 

MONDAYS-Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  Sau  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


Leave  8.  F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15,  1894. 

DESTI  TION 

AEHIVEIN  S.  F. 

Week 
DayB 

Sundays 

Sundays 

Week 
Days. 

7:40A.u. 
3:80p.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.M. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petalume, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40  a.Mi8:50a.m 
6:05p.m  10:31;  am 
7:30p.m16:15p.m 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 

S:00a.m. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdshurg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30p.m. 

10:30  am 
6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m, 

8:00a.  m. 

Guerneville 

7:30p.M. 

10:30am 
6:15  PM 

7:40a.M. 
5:13  p.m. 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  p.m 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m. 

6:05  p.m 

8:50am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40a. M  I  8:00a.m. I  Sehastopol.  |10:40a.mI10;30a.m 
3:30  p.m  |  5:00  P.M.I  |  6  05p.mI  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  SpringB, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

S.ages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  Boonevllle,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal.  Westport, 
Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley, 
Jnhu  Pav's.  Lively's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  HynVsvllleand  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Muuday  Kouud  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rales. 

Ou  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beynud  Sau  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TirKET  OFFICE— Corner  New   Moutgomery 
aud  Market  streets,  uuder  Palace  Hotel. 
H.C.  WHITING,  R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Manager.  Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

'ailing  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  aud  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 

"Pan  Juan,"  July  28, 1894. 

8.8.  "Colon,"  Augur-tft,  1894. 

8.  S.  'Oolima,"  August  18. 1894. 

8.  8.  "Sau  Jo-e."  Aug.  28,  1994. 

Note.— when  tne  sailing  day  falls  ou  Sunday, 
steamers  wil1  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR    YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG. 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamer*,  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

3.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  July 

26,  lfti-4,  at  3  P.  M. 

S.  8.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  August 
16,  1894,  at  3  P    M 

S  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,   Aug.    28,  1894,  at 
3  P.  M. 
S.  3.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  !-'ept.  15,  1894,  at  3  p.  M. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduceo  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and    Brannnn  street*      Branr- h  office— 
'20  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


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Vol.  XLIX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  4,  1894. 


Number  5. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frkd 
Marriott.  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered a(  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

THE  Washington  Post  says  that  there  were  Waites  and  Altgelds 
in  the  days  of  Washington.  Such  iconoclastic  tendencies  on 
the  part  of  the  Post  deserve  a  stern  rebuke.  There  has  never  been 
bnt  one  Waite  and  one  Altgeld,  and  they  are  on  earth  now.  They 
are  unique,  original,  inimitable,  and  unapproachable.  The  coun- 
try has  never  seen  their  like  before.     May  it  never  again. 


CR.  BENNETT,  like  virtue,  is  his  own  reward.  The  friends 
.  who  he  thought  would  rush  to  his  rescue  and  go  on  his  bail 
bond  have  not  turned  up,  and  he  is  still  the  occupant  of  an  iron 
tank  in  the  Oakland  City  Prison,  which  place  has  been  con- 
demned by  the  Grand  Jury  as  unfit  for  human  habitation  and  one 
hundred  years  behind  the  times.  Mr.  Bennett,  it  is  said,  fills  his 
spare  hours  by  swinging  Indian  clubs,  and  has  already  lost  a 
quarter  of  a  pound.  What  a  fortunate  quarter  of  a  pound  that 
111  It  will  miss  the  odium  of  going  to  San  Quentln  with  Mr. 
Bennett. 


CANDIDATE  Estee  took  in  all  the  issues  of  the  day  in  his 
speech  on  Wednesday  night.  Like  the  Populists,  he  has  cast 
his  lines  in  all  directions  by  declaring  for  gold  and  silver  money, 
against  free  trade,  for  Americanism,  and  against  Europeanism, 
that  labor  should  organize,  that  women  should  vote — in  short, 
he  made  a  bold  dash  for  popularity.  His  ideas  were  mostly  con- 
servative, but  at  times  he  seemed  to  be  speaking  at  random,  and 
made  some  pretty  bold  statements  about  the  relations  of  corpora- 
tions to  the  protective  tariff,  for  which  he  may  be  called  to  ac- 
count some  day. 

WE  are  glad  to  learn  from  our  Washington  dispatches  that 
Secretary  Gresham  has  assured  the  Japanese  Minister  that 
he  was  animated  by  only  the  most  exalted  intentions  in  his  re- 
monstrance of  last  week  with  Japan  for  her  attitude  toward 
Corea,  and  that  his  remark  in  regard  to  levying  an  unjust  war 
upon  a  weak  and  defenseless  nation  had  an  exclusively  Pick- 
wickian meaning.  Mr.  Tateno,  the  Japanese  Minister,  in  reply 
had  the  honor  to  assure  the  Secretary  of  his  most  distinguished 
consideration.  Thus  the  amende  honorable  has  been  made  and  the 
entende  cordiale  has  been  restored. 


UPON  the  release  of  Eugene  Debs  on  bail  the  American  Railway 
Union  proposed  to  make  a  demonstration  by  turning  out  in 
procession  to  meet  him  on  his  arrival  at  Chicago,  but  Mayor  Hop- 
kins refused  to  grant  ihem  permission.  In  view  of  the  fact  that 
Mayor  Hopkins  was  the  man  who  was  so  panic-stricken  by  the 
strike  as  to  constitute  himself  Debs's  messenger  boy  to  bear  pro- 
posals of  settlement  from  that  imposing  personage  to  the  railway 
managers,  his  present  return  to  a  sense  of  duty  and  of  the  dignity 
of  his  office  is  commendable.  He  was  the  man  of  whom  W.  T. 
Stead  predicted  that  he  would  purge  Chicago  of  her  unlawful 
iniquities,  bnt   his  pusillanimity  has  been  discovered. 

THE  sndden  death  of  Nathaniel  Holland  occurred  in  this  city 
last  Tuesday,  removing  a  man  prominent  in  the  work  of 
making  a  civilization  oat  of  the  rugged  conditions  of  this  far- 
away country.  He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1812.  In  Phil- 
adelphia he  was  associated  with  Robert  L.  Tyler,  son  of  President 
Tyler,  in  the  practice  of  the  law,  and  came  to  California  in  1849. 
Here  he  formed  a  partnership  with  D,  0.  Mills  in  the  running  of  a 
trading  schooner  on  the  Sacramento  river,  but  soon  abandoned  that 
enterprise  and  opened  a  law  office  In  this  city.  As  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  he  assisted  in  organizing  the  first 
schools  in  San  Francisco,  and  subsequently,  as  a  member  of  the 
Legislature,  helped  in  the  promulgation  of  the  Consolidation  Act. 
He  returned  to  Philadelphia  in  1856  and  married  Mrs.  Martha  H. 
Smith,  and  returned  to  California  in  1861  as  Chief  Supervisor  of 
elections  nnder  Federal  appointment,  became  United  Slates  Court 
Commissioner  and  then  8chool  Director,  and  was  a  leading  pro- 
moter of  the  construction  of  Pioneer  Hall,  on  Fourth  street.  He 
leaves  a  widow  and  one  daughter. 


A  CONSTITUTION  has  been  adopted  and  a  Republic  declared  in 
Honolulu,  but,  as  the  reports  naively  put  it,  the  change  was  so 
smoothly  accomplished  that  only  a  very  keen  observer  would 
have  known  that  any  change  had  taken  place.  We  might  go  a 
step  further  and  say,  without  any  breach  of  confidence,  that  no 
change  has  taken  place  and  that  republican  institutions  of  govern- 
ment do  not  exist  in  Hawaii.  The  band  of  usurpers  who  have 
seized  the  government  of  that  country  have  tried  to  legislate  them- 
selves into  office  without  any  reference  to  the  will  of  the  people. 
A  republic  is,  according  to  Abraham  Lincoln's  definition,  »  a  gov- 
ernment of  the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the  people,"  but 
this  unique  Hawaiian  Republic  is  built  on  Vanderbilt's  famous 
maxim,   "  the  public  be  d d." 


G ROVER  CLEVELAND  and  David  B.  Hill  have  been  strangely 
coopled  in  politics,  though  in  general  they  are  antagonistic. 
When  Cleveland  was  Mayor  of  Buffalo,  Hill  was  Mayor  of 
Elmira.  Without  previous  acquaintance  they  were  nominated 
for  Governor  and  Lieutenant-Governor,  respectively,  of  New 
York,  and  elected  by  a  plurality  of  over  200,000.  Cleveland's 
first  election  as  President  made  Hill  Governor,  and  his  defeat  in 
1888  was  the  cause  of  Hill's  re-election.  They  were  rivals  for  the 
Presidency  in  1892,  and  Hill  organized  New  York's  delegation  in 
such  a  way  that  Cleveland  was  not  represented  by  a  single  vote 
from  that  State.  Yet  Cleveland  carried  the  State  and  swept  the 
country.  Now  Hill,  the  only  Democratic  Senator  who  voted 
against  the  tariff  bill,  is  Cleveland's  defender  on  the  Senate  floor! 


SO  many  investors  and  inventors  are  interested  in  "flying 
machines"  nowadays — so  many  acute  minds  are  working  for 
the  solution  of  the  great  problem  of  navigating  the  air,  that  a 
universal  thrill  of  sympathy  will  be  felt  for  poor  Herr  Lillienthal, 
who  fell  nearly  two  hundred  feet  at  Brussels  the  other  day,  while 
practicing  with  wings.  But  Icarus  had  the  same  fate,  and  Herr 
Lillienthal,  if  he  survives,  need  not  feel  abashed;  and  the  other 
inventors  will  continue  their  efforts  for  trampling  the  slant  winds 
on  high,  whether  or  not  they  drop  to  failure  and  death.  Man  is 
bound  to  fly.  It  is  only  a  matter  of  time.  And  how  joyful  sum- 
mer travel  will  be  then  I  No  tunnels.no  boycotts  of  Pullman 
cars,  no  smash-ups  can  cast  shadows  over  the  weary  man's  vaca- 
tion! His  only  risk  will  be  a  tumble  of  a  few  thousand  feet,  and 
he  will  take  that  willingly  for  the  fun  of  the  flying. 


1 '  /*>  ENERAL  "  Coxey's  dupes  are  finding  out  that  begging,  as 
Vj  a  business,  is  not  profitable.  The  leader  of  the  common- 
weal has  advised  them  to  beg  in  order  that  they  may  be  put  in 
jail  and  be  supported.  But  the  men  prefer  open  quarters  during 
the  summer  months.  They  are  finding  that  there  is  a  limit  to  the 
charity  of  the  National  Capital  and  they  will  soon  spread  over  the 
country  as  tramps,  avoiding  the  harvest  fields  where  work  will 
be  given  them.  Most  of  them  will  swell  the  ranks  of  the  idle  in 
the  cities.  It  is  a  pity  that  no  means  can  be  found  to  reach  Carl 
Browne,  Coxey,  and  the  other  so-called  leaders  who  have  deserted 
their  armies.  The  privates  might  get  hold  of  them  and  give  the 
officers  a  ducking  in  the  Potomac,  but  that  would  hardly  satisfy 
the  country.  It  is  difficult  to  realize  now  that  a  cheap  humbug 
like  Coxey  ever  filled  so  large  a  space  in  the  public  mind. 


THE  usual  deaths  from  genuine  Asiatic  cholera  are  taking 
place — in  the  newspapers.  There  is  little  excuse  for  these 
efforts  of  the  imagination  this  season.  There  has  been  no  dearth 
of  legitimate  sensational  news  so  far,  and  it  should  not  be  neces- 
sary to  conjure  up  cholera.  This  country  has  rarely  been  blessed 
with  so  healthy  a  summer  season  as  the  present  one.  Except  in 
New  York  and  one  or  two  other  unfortunate  localities,  where  sick- 
ness and  the  death  rate  have  been  swelled  by  the  great  heat,  there 
is  a  remarkable  paucity  of  the  usual  seasonal  diseases,  and  there 
is  nothing  threatening  in  the  health  conditions  abroad.  There  is 
hardly  cholera  enough  to  «  go  round  "  in  Europe,  and  the  plague 
is  subsiding  in  Canton  and  Hongkong.  There  is  apparently  not 
a  trace  of  it  in  this  country.  In  the  philosophy  of  the  Good  Book, 
the  Lord  tempers  the  wind  to  the  shorn  lamb,  and  a  common- 
wealth that  has  been  afflicted  with  two  years  of  financial  dis- 
turbances and  cursed  with  Debses  and  Sovereigns,  may  well  be 
spared  the  further  infliction  of  plague  and  pestilence. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  4,  1894 


A    CASE    OF    CHRONIC    MANIA. 


A  NEWSPAPER  whose  policy  is  to  be  popular  rather  than 
right,  can  never  wield  the  power  to  institute  wholesome  re- 
forms. The  San  Francisco  Examiner  has  abandoned  conservatism 
and  has  become  so  rabidly  radical  as  to  inspire  disgust  among  all 
except  the  heedless  and  ignorant.  During  the  great  striKe  the 
daily  papers  of  San  Francisco,  excepting  the  Chronicle  and  the 
Post,  were  the  only  newspapers  of  any  consequence  in  California 
that  urged  on  the  strikers  and  heaped  contumely  upon  the  law- 
ful organized  forces  of  the  Government  opposing  insurrection  and 
murder.  The  Examiner  has  constituted  itself  the  leader  of  the  law- 
less element.  Every  day  it  is  torturing  all  its  resources  to  prevent 
harm  to  the  murderers  who  wrecked  the  train  near  Sacramento. 
Although  it  has  received  several  thousands  of  signatures  to  its 
memorial  to  Congress  praying  that  the  Government  assume  con- 
trol of  the  Union-Central  Pacific  roads,  it  ruefully  acknowledges 
that,  the  leading  business  organizations  of  San  Francisco,  includ- 
ing the  Merchants'  Exchange,  the  Produce  Exchange,  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  Traffic  Association  refuse  to  sign 
the  petition.  The  Examiner  is  cheered  to  observe,  however,  that 
gentlemen  who  make  cigar  stands  their  headquarters  are  eager  to 
sign!  In  that  the  Examiner  has  constituted  itself  the  organ  of 
strikers  and  the  defender  of  murderers,  it  can  hardly  be  expected 
that  the  cool,  sensible,  law-loving  men  of  the  community  will 
follow  its  leadership.  The  Examiner's  violent  animosity  against 
the  Southern  Pacific  clearly  takes  the  form  of  a  desire  to  injure 
that  corporation  without  reference  to  the  public  benefit,  for  it  de- 
liberately conceals  some  vital  facts  and  grossly  distorts  others. 

Here  are  some  salient  facts  which  it  dares  not  touch  upon : 
First,  by  assuming  control  of  the  Union-Central  roads  the  <  iovern- 
ment  will  have  to  take  $60,000,000  bodily  and  immediately  from 
the  Treasury  for  the  extinction  of  the  first-mortgage  debt  on  those 
roads;  second,  it  will  be  assuming  ownership  of  a  property  for 
which  it  must  pay  $185,000,000  (being  the  $60,000,000  first-mort- 
gage added  to  the  $125,000,000  which  the  roads  owe  to  the  Gov- 
ernment); third,  in  the  absence  of  any  hope  that  the  roads  could 
be  operated  by  the  extravagant  methods  of  the  Government  in 
competition  with  seven  competing  lines  so  as  to  produce  a  fair 
interest  on  that  enormous  investment,  the  plan  as  a  financial 
proposition  is  wildly  absurd;  fourth,  the  Rellly  Funding  bill  pro- 
vides for  the  payment  tu  tbe  Government,  by  gradual  extinction, 
of  the  whole  debt  of  $125,000,000,  with  a  graduated  interest  which 
will  average  two  per  cent  per  annum  for  fifty  years  on  the  debt, 
and  will  relieve  the  Government  of  the  necessity  of  taking  $60,- 
000,000  at  once  from  the  Treasury  to  pay  off  the  first-mortgage 
debt;  fifth,  assumption  of  control  by  the  Government  would  with- 
draw $25,000,000  from  the  taxable  property  of  California,  com- 
pelling a  corresponding  increase  of  taxes  to  supply  the  deficiency; 
sixth,  Government  control  of  one  overland  line  to  the  exclusion 
of  seven  competing  lines  held  in  private  ownership  will  make  the 
Government  a  competitor  for  transcontinental  traffic  with  those 
lines,  with  the  result  either  that  the  competing  lines  may  force 
the  Government  to  operate  its  line  at  a  heavy  loss  or  that  the 
Government  may  force  them  into  loss  and  bankruptcy — in  either 
event  entailing  a  heavy  loss  on  the  country  at  large,  and  intro- 
ducing a  factor  in  business  which  is  repugnant  to  the  spirit  of 
American  institutions  and  to  the  common  sense  of  enlightened 
citizens;  seventh,  it  being  inconceivable  that  the  line  could  be 
operated  by  the  Government  without  heavy  loss,  this  deficit  must 
be  made  up  by  the  country  at  large,  without  reference  to  the  fact 
that  California  would  be  practically  the  only  State  receiving 
financial  benefit  from  the  arrangement,  and  would  be  in  the  po- 
sition of  asking  the  other  States  to  open  their  treasuries  for  its 
benefit;  eighth,  assuming,  for  the  sake  of  argument,  that  Govern- 
ment ownership  would  be  profitable  to  the  Government,  tbe 
profit  would  have  to  come  largely  from  the  industries  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  hence  California  would  be  paying  an  unjust  propor- 
tion of  the  return  on  the  Government's  investment;  ninth,  expe- 
rience having  demonstrated  the  impossibility  of  railroads  operat- 
ing without  a  traffic  agreement  between  common  points,  and  it 
being  assumed  by  reasoners  of  the  Examiner  type  that  such  ar- 
rangements are  in  restraint  of  trade  and  hence  unlawful,  the 
Government  would  have  to  enter  into  traffic  arrangements  with 
its  competing  lines  and  hence  would  be  indulging  in  unlawful 
practices  and  restraining  trade;  tenth,  any  petition  from  Cali- 
fornia, Oregon,  Nevada,  and  Arizona,  from  which  the  Examiner 
is  drawing  signatures,  would  amount  to  nothing  in  Congress  in 
view  of  the  fact  they  represent  merely  a  sectional  feeling  and 
raise  a  sectional  issue  in  a  matter  which  financially  concerns  the 
whole  country — even  though  tbe  Examiner  may  secure  the  100,000 
signatures  in  that  section  to  affect  a  constituency  representing 
11,000,000  voters.  These  ten  propositions,  none  of  which  has 
received  the  slightest  attention  from  the  Examiner,  reduce  the 
whole  matter  to  a  reductio  ad  absurdum,  and  ought  to  make  the 
gentlemen  who  have  signed  the  petition  feel  foolish.  In  the 
meantime,  in  view  of  tbe  fact  that  thoughtful  men  and  men  of 
affairs  and  business  organizations — especially  the  Traffic  Associa- 
tion, which  was  organized  to  combat  the  Southern  Pacific— are 
ignoring  the  "movement,"  it  deserves  little  attention. 

THERE  are  three  P'a  in  the  pod  of  Populism.     They  represent 
Platitudes,  Poverty,  and  PaDic. 


A    PROMISE    OF    CLEANLINESS. 

MUCH  of  the  reputation  which  San  Francisco  has  for  maintain- 
ing dirty  streets  is  due  to  the  winds  which,  constantly 
sweeping  the  city,  take  up  all  accessible  trash  and  send  it  flying. 
In  the  streets  paved  with  cobbles  and  basalt  the  evil  is  almost 
unbearable,  even  tbe  street-sweeping  machines  being  inferior  tu 
the  wind  in  emptying  the  interstices  of  their  trash.  As  a  conse- 
quence the  merchants  suffer  a  good  deal  of  annoyance  and  dam- 
age, and  the  eyes  of  pedestrians  are  made  to  sting.  There  is 
greater  need  in  San  Francisco  for  keeping  tbe  streets  clean  than 
in  any  other  city  in  the  Union,  Chicago  excepted.  The  merchants 
at  last  have  roused  themselves  to  the  necessities  of  the  case.  A 
little  while  ago  Mr.  Dohrmann,  the  Butter-street  merchant,  in- 
duced the  other  merchants  in  the  block  between  Montgomery  and 
Kearny  streets  to  combine  with  him  in  employing  a  man  to  keep 
that  block  clean.  This  man  has  been  constantly  en  duty,  re- 
moving every  particle  of  dirt  as  it  appeared,  and  the  result  has 
been  so  gratifying  both  to  the  public  and  the  merchants  them- 
selves that  the  Merchants'  Association,  of  which  Mr.  Dohrmann 
is  President,  has  taken  steps  to  extend  the  system.  Mr.  Dohr- 
mann reports  that  his  clerks  are  able  to  keep  the  store  clean  with 
one-third  leBS  work  than  they  formerly  had  to  do.  Ab  the 
contract  for  machine  sweeping  has  about  expired,  the  merchants 
have  secured  from  the  Supervisors  a  postponement  of  sixty  days 
of  a  new  contract,  in  order  that  a  modified  plan  may  be  decided 
on  meanwhile.  In  the  interim  the  merchants  in  the  district 
bounded  by  Market  street,  Grant  avenue,  California  street,  and 
Montgomery  are  urged  by  the  Association  to  pay  into  its  treasury 
ten  cents  a  week  for  each  twenty-five  feet  of  store  frontage,  this 
amount  to  be  paid  by  the  Association  to  hand-sweepers.  This 
will  not  only  give  employment  to  a  number  of  idle  persons,  but 
will  furnish  information  of  the  desired  amendments  to  tbe  street- 
sweeping  contract  by  the  city.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  hand- 
sweeping  is  far  superior  to  machine  sweeping,  the  city 
could  well  afford  to  assist  the  merchants  in  bearing  the 
expense,  as  the  benefit  is  as  great  to  the  city  as  to  the  mer- 
chants. The  plan  of  hand-sweeping  has  never  been  superseded 
in  the  clean  cities  of  Europe  by  machinery,  the  hand-sweepers  of 
Paris  particularly  (who  are  mostly  women)  being  a  feature  of  that 
city.  But  the  Europeans  learned  long  ago  that  the  surface  of  the 
street  is  as  important  a  matter  as  pains  in  maintaining  cleanli- 
ness. Thus,  in  the  retail  districts  they  use  asphaltum,  which  is 
very  easily  cleaned.  At  night  it  is  washed  with  hose  and  brooms 
and  in  the  day-time  hand-sweepers  are  constantly  in  attendance. 
California  is  so  bountifully  supplied  with  bituminous  rock  (which 
is  as  good  as  and  much  cheaper  than  asphaltum)  that  there  is  no 
good  reason  for  not  employing  it  extensively  in  residence  and 
retail  districts,  and  keeping  off  heavy  trucks.  This  material  is 
coming  into  extensive  use  here,  and  chat  is  something  to  be  grate- 
ful for. 


MR.     SUTRO'S    LATEST    MOVE. 

THE  Supervisors  at  last  appear  to  realize  that  in  dealing  with 
Mr.  Adolph  Sutro  they  have  an  uncommon  wily  customer, 
and  that  his  remarkable  shrewdness  compels  them  to  be  con- 
stantly on  their  guard.  Having  failed  in  his  effort  to  secure  the 
return  of  the  $6010  wnich  he  paid  for  a  street  railway  franchise 
from  Central  avenue  to  the  ocean  beach,  he  has  now  evolved  a 
complicated  plan  which  looks  much  as  though  it  was  intended  to 
accomplish  the  same  result.  Judge  Hebbard  has  rendered  a  de- 
cision dissolving  an  injunction  to  restrain  the  Supervisors  from 
giving  Mr.  Sutro  a  franchise  from  Central  avenue  to  the  bay,  but 
in  it  he  declares  that  he  does  so  for  tbe  reason  that  the  matter 
was  improperly  advertised,  and  hence  that  a  franchise  conld  not  be 
legally  granted  under  tbe  advertisement.  While  this  dissolved  the 
injunction  it  at  the  same  time  decided  against  the  validity  of  the 
advertisement,  and  therefore  the  Supervisors  will  not  dare  grant 
the  franchise  in  the  face  of  tbe  decision.  Upon  the  rendering  of 
this  decision  Mr.  Sutro  tried  to  get  the  Board  to  pass  a  resolution 
including  tbe  route  east  of  Central  avenue  in  the  original  fran- 
chise for  which  be  had  paid  $6010,  but  the  Board  unanimously 
refused  to  do  so.  Then  he  presented  another  resolution  to  the 
same  effect,  accompanied  with  $500,  and  this  was  defeated.  It 
all  looks  strongly  like  a  scheme  to  get  some  ground  on  which  to 
make  a  stronger  demand  for  the  return  of  the  $6010,  and  if  this 
surmise  is  true  it  carries  with  it  the  other,  that  Mr.  Sutro  never 
had  any  intention  to  build  a  five-cent  line  from  the  bay  to  the 
beach,  and  that  all  his  scheming  has  been  for  the  purpose  of 
frightening  the  established  lines  into  making  the  trip  for  five 
cents.  As  this  reduction  would  put  perhaps  more  than  a  million 
dollars  into  Mr.  Sutro's  pocket,  by  making  his  baths  and  unim- 
proved lots  more  accessible,  the  people  and  the  Supervisors  at 
last  are  beginning  to  think  that  he  is  not  so  public-spirited, 
after  all,  and  that  in  his  joining  issues  with  the  strikers,  the  Pop- 
ulists, the  daily  newspapers  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  other  law- 
less elements  of  the  State  in  a  crusade  against  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company,  he  is  employing  all  available  gudgeons  to  tear  others 
down  that  he  might  be  built  up. 

DEBS  has  given  American  labor  a  boom  by  the  report  that  he 
will  never  engage  in  a  strike  again. 


August  4,  1894. 


BAN  FF  tNCISOO  LVBW9  LETTER 


IN     A    DIFFERENT    LIOHT. 

THK  .  »«p  of  Alice  LMttfa  Blythe.  ad  presented  In  the  point*  tad 
•oiborUlea  cited  to  her  behalf  by  Henry  K.  HlgbfcOO  and  I' 
P.  Wheeler,  her  attorney*,  in  Ihetr  appeal  to  the  Suprnne  I'ouri. 
has  been  tor  the  first  lima  appealed  and  set  fortb  compactly  and 
intelligently .  and  it  forcibly  presents  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
dramas  of  modern  time?.  Not  the  Irn-t  interesting  of  its  disclos- 
ures is  the  one  that  her  interests  were  persistently  dlsorimlDfttrd 
against  in  the  lower  court  in  favor  of  Florence  Itlythe.  In  Ibfl 
introduction  the  interesting  legal  point  Is  made  that  the  petition 
for  the  Supreme  Court  to  heir  the  appeal  in  bank  cannot  be 
granted,  as  the  alleged  disqualification  of  the  thief  Justice  makes 
that  impossible  under  Article  VII.  Section  2  of  the  Constitution. 
However,  that  point  is  one  of  more  interest  to  lawyers  than  the 
public.  It  is  shown  that  Florence  and  the  persons  associated 
with  her,  although  Mrs.  Blythe  had  not  questioned  their  assump- 
tion that  Thomas  H.  Blytbe  was  Florence's  father,  and  although 
Hn.  Blythe  had  treated  them  with  the  greatest  kindness  bail 
sent  them  money  i  which  she  had  borrowed)  to  come  to  Califor- 
nia, and  had  never  opposed  Florence's  claim  to  half  the  estate  as 
Blytbe's  illegitimate  child, — never  repaid  ber.  treated  her  with  ihe 
basest  ingratitude,  and  sought  to  secure  the  entire  estate  by  show- 
ing that  Florence  was  the  daughter  and  Alice  Edith  the  mistress. 
This  is  the  blackest  disclosure  that  is  made,  and  is  commended  lo 
the  study  of  those  newspapers  which  have  so  industriously  aided 
Florence  in  ber  course.  Instead  of  throwing  a  stone  in  Flor- 
ence's way  or  attempting  to  combat  her  claim  as  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
Blytbe  confined  herself  to  endeavors  to  establish  the  fact 
that  she  was  a  wife,  not  a  mistress.  Xow,  however,  Mrs, 
Blytbe  has  entered  into  tne  whole  case,  and  will  attempt  to 
meet  ingratitude  with  justice;  for  her  attorneys'  document  is  di- 
vided into  two  parts,  one  assailing  the  paternity  of  Blythe  and 
the  other  going  to  show  that  Mrs.  Blytbe  was  a  wife.  It  shows 
that  altbongh  Blythe  may  have  believed  Florence  to  be  bis 
daughter,  there  is  not  the  slightest  evidence,  apart  from 
the  testimony  of  Julia  Ashcroft,  her  mother,  that  she 
was.  The  story  of  Julia's  alleged  seduction,  as  taken 
from  the  transcript,  is  told  in  a  clear  and  forcible  manner — 
bow  a  chaste  girl  submitted  to  the  embraces  of  an  elderly  stranger 
without  loving  him;  how  evident  it  was  that  the  child  was 
Joseph  James  Ashcroft's,  legitimatized  by  marriage;  how  dis- 
reputable were  the  relatives  backing  the  claims  of  Florence;  how 
bungling  was  the  conspiracy  formed  to  convince  Blytbe  that  the 
child  was  bis;  how  Julia  had  acknowledged  in  EDgland  that  Ash- 
croft was  the  father;  how  foolish  it  was  to  claim  that  Blythe 
woold  promise  marriage  to  a  woman  whom  he  had  picked  up  on 
the  street;  bow  absurd  it  was  for  her  to  claim  that  Blythe  per- 
mitted her  to  work  for  a  living  after  promising  to  marry  her — and 
soon.  This  division  of  the  argument  goes  to  paternity,  promise 
of  marriage,  and  institution. 

The  second  division  goes  to  the  question  as  to  whether  Alice 
Edith  was  Blythe's  wife  or  his  mistress.  The  facts  on  that  one 
branch  of  the  case  are  more  familiar  to  the  public,  and  are  simple. 
A  few  of  them  are  that  all  the  legal  conditions  of  a  marriage  were 
complied  with;  that  a  borne  was  maintained;  that  the  agree- 
ment was  kept  secret  through  Blythe's  fear  of  another  woman 
who  had  threatened  to  kill  bim  if  he  should  marry;  that  to  his  inti- 
mate friends  he  spoke  of  her  as  Mrs.  Blythe.  The  high  standing 
of  the  witnesses  testifying  to  this  branch  of  the  case  is  placed  in 
painful  contrast  to  that  of  those  testifying  for  Florence.  It  may 
be  expected  that  this  appeal  will  open  the  eyes  of  the  public  as 
to  the  real  status  of  the  case.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that  Florence's 
newspaper  advocates  have  tried  to  create  the  impression  that  the 
case  has  been  decided  in  her  favor  finally  by  the  decision  on  the 
appeal  of  the  Williams  claimants,  the  fact  remains  that  the  one 
important  appeal  has  only  now  been  made,  and  that  the  case  is  to 
be  heard  all  over  in  the  Supreme  Court  on  graver  issues. 


A    DESPICABLE    POSITION. 


ANEW  party  striving  for  supremacy  has  only  its  virtue  in  the 
absence  of  a  record  to  commend  it  to  public  favor.  As  it 
grows  in  numbers  and  influence,  disgruntled  men  from  other  par- 
ties fly  to  it,  and  being  crafty  and  ambitious,  seek  to  control  It. 
During  the  late  "  unpleasantness"  between  capital  and  labor,  the 
fact  was  developed  that  some  of  these  unprincipled  demagogues 
are  at  the  helm  of  the  People's  Party.  They  were  active  in  ex- 
tending sympathy  and  moral  support,  giving  aid  and  comfort  to 
the  deluded  strikers  in  their  unlawful  proceedings  in  preventing 
the  transportation  of  the  United  States  mails.  At  every  oppor- 
tunity these  leaders  sent  messages  of  comfort,  expressing  feelings 
of  the  highest  respect  and  consideration.  By  so  doing  their  un- 
lawful acts  were  endorsed.  This  was  demagogic.  It  was  more. 
Although  perhaps  not  treasonable.it  was  at  least  unpatriotic.  It 
was  a  bid  for  their  support  at  the  ballot-box,  which  was  unlaw- 
ful. These  laboring  men,  who  were  carried  away  for  the  time 
through  sympathy  with  their  fellows,  who  were  also  victims  ot 
an  nnwise  demonstration,  will  live  to  learn,  if  they  have  not  al- 
ready learned,  that  their  best  friends  were  those  who  intervened 
before  the  temper  of  the  strikers  was  beyond  the  law's  control. 


3 
INTERESTING    POINTS    IN     THE    MARTIN    CASE. 

TBXHI  i»  a  point  in  the  Martin  will  content  which  appears  to 
have  escaped  the  lawyers  who  are  ao  busily  engaged  in  nr^ii 
Ing  the  matter  baton  Judge  IVtTey.  It  is  that  Mrs.  John  Martin 
is  a  Bldwall,  an. I  Is  related  to  the  two  notorious  forgers  whose 
escapades  with  the  Hank  of    England,    In    whirh    they   swindled 

that  institution  out  of  i. 1  forged  notes,  will   go   down    on 

the  pages  of  Time  as  the  most  daring  in  the  history  of  the  world. 
Whether  Mrs.  John  Martin  is  possessed  of  the  marvelous  power 
of  imitating  other  people's  handwriting  In  the  same  degree  as  her 
relatives  is  a  question  which  we  will  not  discuss  here,  but 
it  is  a  singular  fact,  and  a  circumstance  that  may  throw 
great  light  on  the  case,  that  the  Bldwells  were  in  this  State 
on  a  lecturing  tour  just  about  the  time  that  the  forged  will 
was  supposed  to  have  neon  written.  Henry  Martin  died  in 
February,  1893.  In  March  of  the  same  year  the  Bidwells 
were  in  California,  and  it  was  during  that  month  that  they 
visited  Mrs.  John  Martin  at  her  Weaverville  home.  The  trial, 
this  week,  has  been  full  of  sensations.  The  chief  one  occurred  on 
Monday,  when  the  attorneys  wbo  are  defending  the  genuineness 
of  the  second  will  threw  aside  their  policy  of  suggestion  and  in- 
sinuation and  introduced  a  letter  which  placed  the  stamp  of  dis- 
honor on  Mrs.  John  Martin  and  the  stigma  of  illegitimacy  on  her 
child.     It    was   one  of    the  "Dear  Belle"  letters,  which  are  sup- 

[  posed  to  have  been  forged  with  the  will.  It  is  a  unique  epistle 
in  every  respect,  and,  if  it  be  genuine,  then  the  little  curly. haired, 
blue-eyed  boy  is  entitled  to  bis  share  of  the  estate  of  Henry 
Martin,  his    alleged    father.     But    there   are   serious  doubts  sur- 

j  rounding  it.  Mrs.  John  Martin  is  willine,  in  the  eyes  of  the 
world  and  in  the  presence  of  her  Maker,  to  declare  herself  un- 
faithful to  her  husband  and  to  fasten  the  stigma  of  Illegitimacy  on 
her  child.  It  is  clear  that  this  incredible  sacrifice  was  made 
solely  for  a  chance — and  apparently  a  slim  one  at  that — to  get 
money;  and  it  is  difficult  to  imagine  that  a  women  capable  of 
that  would  scruple  at  forgery  to  gain  the  same  end. 

ANTI-ANARCHIST    LEGISLATION. 

THE  French  and  Italian  legislatures  have  recently  enacted  laws 
which  are  grouped  under  the  somewhat  general  name  of  anti- 
anarchist  legislation.  Much  of  this  legislation,  however,  is  di- 
rected at  the  faults  and  defaults  of  institutions  of  organized 
society  that  have  nothing  to  do  with  anarchy.  For  instance,  one 
of  the  most  important  sections  of  the  French  bill  is  aimed  at  that 
sensational  species  of  journalism  which  presents  the  discovered 
murderer,  whose  professed  purpose  is  a  furtherance  of  the  cause 
of  anarchy  in  unwholesome  detail  and  in  the  self-made  guise  of 
a  heroic  patriot  and  self-sacrificing  philosopher.  The  theory  of 
the  French  authorities  is  tbat  men  are  willing  to  sacrifice  their 
own  lives  and  destroy  other  lives  for  the  petty  gratification  of 
thus  posing  for  a  few  neeting  moments  before  a  world  which  they 
ha\e  insured  their  departure  from.  The  theory  is  a  strange  and 
incomprehensible  one.  Indeed,  the  theories  of  nearly  all  of  those 
who  profess  to  deal  with  or  define  anarchy  are  strange,  and  have 
that  incomprehensibility  which  is  a  natural  outgrowth  of  a  lack 
of  understanding.  For  instance,  a  recent  writer  ascribes  anarchy 
to  illiteracy  and  materialistic  irreligion.  And  yet,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  the  anarchist  is,  as  a  rule,  a  little  better  educated  than  his 
class,  and  Tolstoi's  peasant,  Borndarelf,  whose  theories  were  the 
very  basis  of  the  faults  which  both  the  socialist  and  the  anarchist 
rind  with  organized  society,  was  a  pious  man,  whose  mental 
habit  was  shaped  in  the  superstitions  (or  faith)  of  revealed  reli- 
gion, and  whose  form  of  thought  took  its  expression  and  color 
from  scriptural  texts. 

IT  seems  likely  that  we  shall  be  drawn  into  the  Mosquito  coast 
imbroglio  more  deeply  than  we  are  now,  before  it  is  settled. 
Americans  resident  on  the  reservation  appear  to  have  been  the 
principal  allies  of  Chief  Clarence  in  the  recent  revolution,  and  it 
is  said  tbat  Americans  led  the  Indians  in  the  attack  on  the 
Nicaraguan  forces  which  preceded  the  return  of  Chief  Clarence  to 
power.  It  is  further  charged  that  Charence  could  not  maintain 
himself  or  the  Mosquito  Indians  maintain  their  independence  of 
Nicaragua  were  it  not  for  the  moral  support  given  them  by  the 
foreigners.  The  situation  is  therefore  one  which  cannot  last,  and 
which  involves  some  sort  of  an  arrangement  with  Nicaragua 
which  shall  permanently  determine  the  status  of  this  strip  of 
coast  line.  In  some  way  our  Government  must  help  to  bring 
this  final  settlement  about,  but  in  what  manner  does  not  yet  ap- 
pear. Autonomy  is  guaranteed  by  treaty  to  the  reservation,  and 
we  are  to  some  extent  bound  to  see  that  such  autonomy  is 
secured,  as  we  are  by  the  Clayton-Bulwer  treaty,  jointly  with 
Great  Britain,  to  keep  our  own  hands  off.  If  the  administration 
has  any  policy,  it  has  not  declared  it,  and  now  that  the  Columbia 
has  arrived  at  Blnefields  we  have  force  enough  there  to  give  the 
policy  a  substantial  backing. 


THE  Secretary  of  War  has  done  well  to  issue  an  order  inform- 
ing commanding  officers  that  they  may  use  troops  for  the  en- 
forcement of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Act  and  other  Federal  laws 
pertaining  to  railroads.  This  will  prevent  delay  and  save  trouble 
in  the  event  of  another  strike  like  the  one  that  recently  occurred. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE 


August  4,  1894. 


THE    SILVER    QUESTIJN. 


EDITOR  News  Letter— Sir:  One  contention  of  the  advocates  of 
unlimited  free  coinage  of  silver  is  that  the  value  of  gold  is  de- 
rived fiom,  or  maintained  by,  government  fiats.  The  first  men 
tion  of  money  is  in  the  Bible— Abraham's  purchase  of  the  burial 
plot  of  Machpelah;  silver  shekels  (a  term  limited  to  weights  at 
the  time)  being  there  referred  to  as  current  money.  The  art  of 
coinage  was  brought  into  use  1000  years  later;  that  is,  about  850 
years  B.  C.  In  Solomon's  time,  as  in  all  times  that  history,  sacred 
or  profane,  tells  of,  gold  was  par  excellence  the  precious  metal.  In 
First  Kings,  10th  chapter,  21st  verse,  we  are  told.  "And  all  King 
Solomon's  drinking  vessels  were  of  gold,  and  all  the  vessels  of 
the  bouse  of  the  forest  of  Lebanon  were  of  pure  gold.  None  were 
of  silver — it  was  nothing  accounted  of  in  the  days  of  Solomon." 
No  such  things  as  coins  are  spoken  of  at  that  period,  but  money 
metals  were  weighed  in  payment  of  debts,  a  practice  which,  iu 
large  transactions,  China  still  adheres  to;  the  tael,  579.84  grains 
of  silver  at  Hongkong,  and  568  at  Shanghai,  being  a  Hypothetical 
weight,  as  the  English  pound  sterling  is  also;  there  really  being 
no  such  coin  as  a  "pound"  sterling — the  sovereign  and  tbe 
guinea  being  the  actual  coins  nearest  to  it.  Aristotle  never  alludes 
to  gold  coins,  but  to  silver  only,  and  it  is  probable  from  all  his- 
torical writings  that  gold  was  plentiful,  relatively,  in  his  day  as 
in  Solomon's  time,  and  the  most  valued  of  all  tbe  metals,  though 
not  coined,  and  having  no  fiat  quality  whatever.  If  gold  were 
demonetized  to-morrow  it  would  probably  retain  undiminished 
its  commodity  value  as  the  best  medium  of  exchange  for  settling 
balances  in  the  world's  commerce.  Our  gold  coins  contain  just 
the  amount  of  pure  gold  that  their  faces  indicate,  and  are  good 
for  that  whether  in  Shanghai,  Calcutta,  Constantinople,  Vienna, 
Berlin,  Paris,  London,  New  York,  or  anywhere  else,  if  melted  up 
as  so  mnch  bullion.  For  example,  an  ounce  of  pure  gold  is  worth 
$20  67.  A  twenty  dollar  piece  contains  464  04  grains  of  fine  gold, 
which  gives  it  a  bullion  value  of  $20   in  any  market. 

To  recur  to  the  lamentations  of  the  neo-bimetallists,  I  repeat 
the  following  by  Professor  Andrews  at  Brussels,  1892: 

"They  wish  to  stay  that  baneful,  blighting,  deadly  fall  of  prices 
which  for  nearly  thirty  years  has  infected  with  miasma  the  economic 
life-blood  of  the  whole  world," 

and  have  to  say  that  some  of  the  utterances  of  General  Francis 
A.  Walker  are  in  a  somewhat  similar  strain.  Upon  these  lines 
the  National  Silver  Convention  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in  March 
last,  framed  its  platform.  Now,  it  is  no  part  of  my  purpose  to 
attempt  to  deny  the  existence  of  extreme  poverty — of  untold  suf- 
fering, of  appalling  misery  in  the  world;  but  ibe  issue  of  fiat 
money  will  not  core  it.  Only  in  particular  the  return  of  commer- 
cial confidence,  and  in  general  the  modification  of  man's  ignor- 
ance, weakness,  folly,  greed,  and  avarice  will  cure  those  ills. 

In  so  far  as  California,  for  example,  is  concerned,  tbe  evidence 
of  the  accumulation  of  wealth  by  the  masses  in  the  period  since 
the  so-called  demonetization  of  silver,  that  is,  1873,  is  overwhelm- 
ing. On  a  gold  standard  this  State  shows  the  accumulation  in 
thirty  years  of  one  hundred  and  forty  millions  of  dollars  in  sav- 
ings institutions,  more  than  three-fourths  of  which  has  been  accu- 
mulated since  1873;  and  the  increase  iu  the  past  six  yeara  has 
been  at  an  average  of  over  twelve  million  dollars  a  year. 

Now,  if  we  turn  to  the  country  at  large  we  find  that  during  the 
same  period  in  which  these  gentlemen  claim  that  the  economic 
atmosphere  of  the  world  has  been  poisoned  by  miasma  because 
of  the  exclusion  of  silver  from  unlimited  free  coinage,  we  find,  1 
say,  that  the  savings  banks'  deposits  of  the  United  Siates  in- 
creased within  this  period  more  than  $1,100,000,000— one  thou- 
sand one  hundred  millions.  In  other  words,  since  silver  was  de- 
monetized, as  the  action  taken  in  1873  is  called,  the  amount  of 
money  acquired  by  the  masses,  as  indicated  by  their  deposits  in 
savings  banks,  has  been  greater  than  the  entire  accumulations  in 
such  institutions  in  the  previous  history  of  the  country,  and  evi- 
dences abound  of  the  maiked  increase  during  the  same  time  of 
all  other  forms  of  wealth  in  the  hands  of  tbe  peoples  in  every  gold 
standard  country.  Now,  in  view  of  these  facts,  which  are  be- 
yond question,  how  is  it  possible  to  believe  that  the  exclusion 
of  silver  from  unlimited  free  coinage  could  have  had  a  "  baneful, 
blighting,  deadly  "  effect  upon  the  industrial  activity,  progress, 
and  prosperity  of  this  country. 

Such  opinions  as  the  one  I  have  quoted  from — Professor  An- 
drews'— are  calculated,  from  such  a  source,  to  do  untold  injury, 
for  really  no  such  conditions  as  his  words  indicate  have  existed 
generally  in  the  thirty  years  mentioned.  Take  the  ten  great  raw 
products  of  the  United  States — corn,  cotton,  copper,  lead,  lumber, 
meat,  pig  iron,  tobacco,  wheat,  wool — combined,  and  the  aggre- 
gate fall  in  prices  since  1850,  say  forty-four  years,  bas  been  12 
percent;  and  it  is  certain  that  lower  rates  of  interest,  reduced 
cost  of  transportation,  and  improved  machinery  far  more  than 
compensate  for  this.  To  demonstrate  this,  compare  the  per 
capita  of  wealth  of  the  United  States  year  after  year,  as  per  cen- 
sus reports-  1850,  $308;  1860,  $514;  1870,  $780;  1880,  $870;  1890. 
$1039.  Observe  that  the  increase  of  25  per  cent  between  1870  and 
1890  is  during  just  that  period  of  time  when  the  alleged  "baneful, 
blighting,  deadly  miasma"  prevailed.  To  this  it  may  be  said, 
"Ah,  yes ;  wealth  has  increased,  but  the  rich  have  been  growing 
richer,  and  the  poor  poorer."    True,  tbe  rich  have   been  growing 


richer;  but  the  poor  are  not  growing  poorer,  however  unfairly 
the  results  of  their  toil  may  be  divided,  or  however  inequitably 
taxation  is  applied.  In  that  same  period  tbe  rate  of  wages  in 
the  United  States  increased  over  14  per  cent,  and  the  savings  of 
tbe  masses,  as  shown  by  savings  bank  statistics,  more  than 
doubled;  that  is,  increased  from  less  than  $700,000,000  in  1873  to 
over  $1,800,000,000,  at  the  present  time.  Europe  increased  from 
$1,200,000,000  in  1870  to  $3,200  000,000  in  1890.  And  if  the  hard 
times  of  the  past  two  years  should  have  reduced  wages  so  as  to 
absorb  the  14  per  cent  previous  increase,  they  would  still  be 
nearly  double  what  wages  were  fifty  years  ago,  and  the  prices 
of  all  things  essential  to  comfortable  existence  less,  especially 
breadatuffs  and  manufactured  commodities.  The  sympathetic 
sentiments  of  the  neo-bimetallists  are  creditable  to  their  hearts, 
but  in  attributing  prevailing  and  temporary  conditions  of  depres- 
sion to  wrong  causes  they  are  likely  to  do  far  more  harm  than 
good,  and  the  remedy  they  propose — more  silver — by  interna- 
tional agreement  is  impracticable,  if  not  fallacious  in  principle. 

Any  money  is  fiat  in  its  nature  that  is  not  redeemable  in  in- 
trinsic equivalency,  and  all  money  not  so  redeemable  is  in  truth 
false  money.  All  ibe  talk  of  tbe  advocates  of  unlimited  free  coin- 
age of  silver  by  the  United  States  Government  at  a  ratio  of  16  to 
1,  and  of  silver  being  a  money  of  ultimate  redemption  in  this 
country  on  that  basis,  is  the  veriest  moonshine. 

According  to  the  press  extracts  from  an  interview  with  ex- 
Speaker  Reed,  and  published  opinions  of  Henry  Cabot  Lodge, 
supplemented  by  concurring  opinions  from  Senators  Cameron 
aud  Quay,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  others,  these  gentlemen  consider 
silver  and  the  tariff  as  but  one  issue — Protection — to  be  promoted 
by  imposing  coercive  duties  on  Great  Britain's  products.  Reed's 
expressions  of  opinion  palpably  defer  to  Populistic  views  regard- 
ing the  sort  of  money  panacea  adapted  to  cure  tbe  ills  of  society. 
What  he  expects  to  do  for  our  farmers  by  his  suggested  alliance 
with  silver-standard  cjuntries — that  is  to  say,  South  American 
republics — is  more  than  I  can  conceive.  Those  republics  are 
agricultural  and  raw  material  producing  countries.  Tbe  nations 
that  chiefly  use  our  farm  products— Great  Britain,  France  and 
Germany— are  the  ones  with  whom  we  carry  on  the  most  exten- 
sive trade  and  to  whom  we  must  sell,  if  we  would  find  an  ade- 
quate market  for  our  farm  products;  because,  generally  tbe 
South  American  countries  not  only  can  supply  their  own  wants 
in  that  line,  but  have  a  surplus  left  for  export.  The  American 
wheat  farmer,  "protected"  under  the  McKinley  law  by  a  tax  on 
everything  he  uses,  and  paying  the  highest  rate  of  wages  known 
in  the  world,  must  compete  with  tbe  cheap  labor  of  the  Russian 
peasant,  tbe  ludian  ryot,  or  the  Argentine  peon,  because  bis  sales 
to  the  "home  market"  are  on  tbe  basis  of  the  price  at  Liverpool 
for  exported  surplus.  The  American  farmer's  only  real  protec- 
tion is  tbe  superiority  and  advantage  of  his  labor-saving  machin- 
ery. Yet  the  Republican  party  of  California  declares  for  the  un- 
limited free  coinage  of  silver,  at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1.  What  for?  To 
have  the  farmer  take  pay  for  his  products  iu  silver  intrinsically 
worth  less  than  fifty  cents  on  tbe  dollar,  and  with  which  Europe 
could  flood  us  if  given  an  opportunity. 

Tbe  folly  of  the  California  farmer  clamoring  for  free  silver  and 
hurrahing  for  what  politicians  call  tbe  'protection  of  American 
industry,"  is  a  spectacle  for  gods  and  men.  For  the  farmers  free 
to  vote  as  they  like,  yet  to  vote  for  taxing  themselves  to  the 
point  of  destitution — frying  the  last  ounce  of  fat,  not  only  out  of 
themselves,  but  out  of  their  wives  and  children — while  they  sell 
every  pound  of  their  grosser  products  on  the  basis  of  the  price  in 
Liverpool  in  competition  with  the  world — for  such  excess  as  they 
may  have  left  after  borne  needs  have  been  satisfied,  is  fatuous  to 
the  last  degree. 

Tbe  scheme  of  coercive  duties  proposed  to  be  levied  on  Great 
Britain's  products  is  utterly  unworthy  men  of  the  intelligence  of 
Reed  and  Lodge.  Great  Britain  and  her  colonies  and  dependencies 
are  taking  sixty  per  cent  of  everything  the  United  States  sends 
abroad.  Suppose  she  persistently  tries  her  hand  at  retaliation, 
where  will  there  be  a  market  for  our  farm  products?  In  other 
words,  where  will  our  farmers  come  in? — the  market  for  whose 
surplus  nas  been  there,  and  it  is  universally  recognized  that  the 
price  of  tbe  surplus  abroad  largely  fixes  tbe  value  of  tbe  com- 
modity at  home. 

As  to  compelling  foreign  nations  to  co-operate  in  our  monetary 
experiments,  let  me  quote  M.  Tirard,  delegate  of  France  to  the 
Brussels  Monetary  Congress  of  1892: 

"That  is,  in  truth,  a  difficult  undertaking.  Peoples  already  far  ad- 
vanced in  civilization  have  habits,  customs  and  laws  which  are  adapted 
to  their  traditions.  They  are  not  applied  in  an  arbitrary  fashion, 
they  are  bound  up  with  the  very  conditions  of  the  existence  of  these 
peoples.  Despite  all  the  demonstrations  and  the  speeches,  all  the 
publications  and  all  tbe  newspaper  articles,  do  we  see  the  powers 
change  their  opinion?    Not  the  least  in  the  world." 

Yet  amidst  all  the  grave  difficulties  that  disturb  the  industrial, 
commercial,  and  financial  situation  of  the  country,  the  California 
Republican  Convention  of  1894  determined  to  go  Reed  and  Lodge 
one  better,  and,  in  its  platform,  demand  the  unlimited  free  coinage 
of  silver  at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1.  I  again  ask,  what  for?  Are  the  in- 
dustrial conditions  of  humanity  better  in  silver-standard  coun- 
tries than  in  gold-standard  countries?  Let  the  ardent  silverites  pon- 
der that  question!  A  Layman. 

San  Francisco.  July  31,  1894. 


Aupu.«t  -I.  1894. 


FRANCISCO    NEWS   I  ITIKK. 


THE    BORUMOAJU    BRJOADE. 


"  U  El.li>.''  went  throuch  the  trirphone  lb*  other  day— not 
[I  thai  thai  l«  a  remarkable  thin*,  by  any  means,  but  In  this 
MM  it  wai  calling  up  the  Extern  tourist  who  took  *  trip  to  San 
Kafirl  in  order  i->  cain  a  slight  Inalghl  .»(  the  magic  circle  known  ns 
'■  lb*  -wiiii."  as  ihcy  were  about  to  take  the  boat  lor  their  dally  jour- 
ney, tin  that  occasion  the  San  Francisco  chap  who  had  undertaken 
the  job  ol  pointing  out  "  who1,  who  "  to  the  K«-«lerner  promlasd  Dim 
of  what  he  called  the  "  Burlingame  brigade."  and  it  was  for 
the  purpose  of   suggesting  to  him    ■  In   thai   direclion   that 

*'  bello  "  resounded  oeer  the  wires.  Bit  Iriend  jumped  at  the  idea 
and  the  two  men  were  speedily  ensconsed  in  the  train,  and.  as  they 
walched  Ihe  passengers  arriving,  the  following  might  have  been  over- 
beard,  the  San  Francisco  man  loquitor 

iv.  you  must  be  a  regular  mine  of  good  luck,  for  we  struck  it 
rich  ihe  day  I  took  you  on  the  San  Rafael  boat.  and.  by  Jove!  here 
to-day  is  another  instance  of  ii.  Look  at  the  fellows  coming  this  way. 
See  that  little  chap  ahead  .'  That'-  Fred  Sharon.  He*s  a  dapper 
looking  fellow,  as  neat  as  wax  and  always  dressed  tip-top;  if  any- 
thing. '  to  utterly  too.1  But  then  that's  better  than  being  slouchy. 
and  our  men,  in  eeneral,  are  proverbial  for  that  fault.  You  thought 
he  lived  in  New  York  ?  Well,  so  he  does,  off  and  on.  but  he  spends 
most  of  his  time  out  here,  having  really  made  Burlingame  (you  know 
he  owns  the  place;  it's  part  of  the  Ralston  assetsi,  and  it  was  his  idea 
entirely  to  build  the  Club  house  and  cottages  on  the  tract.  Fred  is  a 
good  fellow,  though  a  trifle  •  dudish,"  and  very  English,  yon  know. 
Guess  he  gets  that  from  having  an  English  ■  Sir  '  tor  a  brotber-in- 
law.  That  long,  lank-looking  fellow  is  Jack  Casserly.  Rather  loose- 
jointed,  you  think  ?  Ah  !  my  dear  hoy.  he  is  all  right  when  he  plays 
polo,  barring  a  tendency  to  go  over  his  pony's  head. 

"  Ah,  there  is  Charley  Baldwin  !  Now,  isn't  he  a  nice-looking  chap? 
Rich,  too,  as  well.  He  is  the  brother  of  the  Mrs.  Deacon,  whose  hus- 
band shot  her  French  lover;  you  are  right.  You  see  he  has  shared 
his  sister's  good  looks  and  his  eyes  do  no  end  of  damage  to  the  women. 
Why  doesn't  he  marry  7  1  vow  that  1  don't  know.  Guess  he's  afraid 
of  too  much  mother-in-law;  that's  what  society  gossips  say  anyhow 
in  reference  to  a  girl  be  has  been  very  devoted  to  for  years.  He  is 
great  at  polo,  and  rides  a  hurdle  race  in  A  No.  1  style.  Do  you  see 
that  couple  just  approaching  our  car?  The  man  is  a  fine,  hearty- 
looking  fellow  and  was  chosen  to  do  Ctesar  at  the  Circus  Maximus 
that  they  had  in  San  Francisco  last  year.  He  drew  a  prize  in  the  ma- 
trimonial lottery,  for  the  lady  walking  beside  him  is  his  wife.  Yes, 
she  was  the  widow  of  young  Hawes,  of  Redwood,  and  had  piles  of  coin. 
They  have  gone  through  a  good  deal  of  it,  according  to  rumor,  but  I 
guess  Jack  Schroeder  still  has  enough  to  keep  the  wolf  from  the  door. 
They  are  a  handsome  pair,  though  they  say  that  the  madame  is  the 
senior  by  several  years.  You  don't  like  her  taste  for  bright  colors  in 
dress  ?  Well,  that's  a  matter  of  taste,  my  boy.  Ah !  here's  a  pretty 
woman,  now  own  up,  and  well-dressed,  too.  That's  Mrs.  Page-Brown. 
The  Page-Browns  have  a  cottage  at  Burlingame,  which  is  always  full 
of  jolly  guests.     They  are  very  hospitable  and  all  that  sort  of  thing. 

That  couple  just  getting  aboard  are  a  nice  looking  pair, 
aren't  they?  The  eldest  is  Charley  Felton,  the  ex-Senator  and  all- 
round  good  fellow;  the  young  chap  is  his  only  son.  Can't  say 
much  for  him,  as  he  doesn't  go  about  much.  They  live  down  near 
Menlo  very  quietly;  both  catches,  but  kind  of  shaky  about  matri- 
mony. Hello!  here  comes  Dick  Tobin.  He  is  a  star  in  the  polo  set. 
One  of  three  brothers.  Irish?  Well,  yes,  of  Irish  stock,  any  way ; 
old  folks  from  Ireland,  I  guess.  Rich?  Well,  I  should  say  so!  Cords 
of  money.  Joe,  one  of  the  brothers,  is  going  to  be  married  soon  to 
Miss  Mae  Dimond,  who  is  very  popular  at  Burlingame.  The  little 
pale  looking  fellow  with  him  is  the  son  of  Loughborough,  the  lawyer. 

"  You'd  like  to  see  some  women  ?  Just  wait  awhile.  Here  come 
two  worth  waiting  for  now.  They  are  the  pretty,  stylish  daughters 
of  Borel,  the  Swiss  banker,  who  lives  at  San  Mateo.  You  should  see 
them  on  horseback.  Ah!  there  goes  the  richest  woman  in  California, 
because  she  has  it  in  her  own  hand.  Mighty  good  woman  that;  no 
one  like  her  in  charitable  works ;  awfully  strict  churchwornan  as 
well.  Yes.  she's  a  widow.  Old  John  Parrott,  the  pioneer  banker, 
was  her  lord  and  master,  and  left  her  all  bis  fortune.  She  has  a  fine 
old  place  at  San  Mateo  with  cottages  for  her  daughters  built  around 
about.  You  don't  like  that  idea?  I  can't  see  the  objection.  It  makes 
a  family  party.  That's  one  of  her  daughters  with  her  now,  and  the 
small  fellow— foreign  looking,  you  say— is  de  Guigne,  her  husband. 
He  is  a  French  banker.  Here  comes  Bowie,  the  lawyer;  the  thick- 
set man  with  the  brown  beard.  He  married  Mrs.  George  Howard, 
who  was  a  wife  for  the  second  time  when  he  was  in  knickerbockers. 
Extraordinary,  you  say  ?  By  Jove!  you'd  say  he  was  in  big  luck  if 
ever  you  had  seen  her.  He  is  going  to  the  Howard  place  now  at  San 
Mateo.  Lives  by  himself  there  with  the  youngest  Howard  boy.  Isn't 
that  a  lovely  face  ?  I  believe  you.  She  is  the  wife  of  the  handsome 
chap  with  her,  Faxon  Atherton,  and,  as  Miss  Jennie  Selby,  was  one 
of  the  prettiest  girls  of  her  day.  They  live  at  Menlo.  The  pale,  blonde 
girl  with  them  is  Miss  Eyre,  Ned  Eyre's  daughter.  Her  sisters  a£ 
married.  The  Eyres  live  at  Menlo,  too.  Aha!  look  at  that  taU,  thin 
man  with  spectacles.  He  is  a  lawyer  named  John  Doyle,  uncle  to 
Jack  Casserley ,  and  always  up  for  fight,  like  a  true  Celt,  whenever  op- 
portunity otters  for  tongue  or  pen.    His  pretty  niece,  Daisy  Casserly, 


lit  .  Ins  .laughter  Fanny  is  on  the  loll        I  ; 
Ibe  Dtmood  girls,     rhey  lira  at  Menlo,  and   the  on i  this 

"Hen  ray  Frtsdlander.   awful  big  cbap,  yon  say?  Rlgbl 

Beta  bound  for  Barllogama,  and  is  another  who 
[righteni  the  polo  ponies.  I'ra  board  tliBt  Iht  Society  for  Ihe  Preren 
Hon  ol  Cruelty  t"  Aulmala  Inland!  to  investigate  Carey's  pony,  but 
of  ooorae  one  can't  depend  on  all  the  rnbbtab  one  hears.  See  thnt 
man  with  dark  mustache  and  so  neatly  dressed,  right  over  thereto 
the  left?  That  Is  Tim  Hopkins,  who  gol  three  milium,  or  so  from  his 
adopted  mother's  estate,    Had  to  fight  for  It.    Nice  fellow,  Tim,  and 

greatly  liked  around  Menlo.  where  he  lives  and  raises  Mowers  lor  the 
city  market.  (Jileer.  you  think,  for  n  rich  man  ;  that's  how  you  take 
it.  Ah!  here  is  Ned  Eyre  Ihe  elder.  Here  come  Hammond  and 
Page-Brown,  both  bound  for  the  happy  polo  ground,  and  that  gawky- 
looking  Britisher  is  under  Fred  Sharon's  care.  Sent  out  by  Sir 
Thomas,  I  guess. 

"  But  if  you  want  to  see  style  just  wait  till  we  reach  the  station  at 
Burlingame  and  see  the  turn-onus  that  will  meet  these  fellows.  To 
my  mind  Sharon  has  the  best  taste  of  all  of  them,  but  then  of  course 
he  has  lots  of  money  lo  back  his  taste.  Lansing  Kellogg  is  another 
of  the  same  sort— money  and  taste  as  well.  That's  he  over  there 
with  Edgar  Mizner.  Mizner  is  a  capital  hand  with  horses  and  can 
ride  a  '  hurdle' with  most  chaps,  1  tell  you.  Here's  Harry  Holbrook 
and  his  pretty  sister.  They  go  to  Menlo.  You  say  you  like  the  looks 
of  the  San  Rafael  set  best  ?  My  dear  boy,  these  are  supposed  to  be 
the  cream.  They  call  themselves  the  '  exclusives,'  don't  you  know. 
Here  is  another  polo  chap,  Osgood  Hooker.  The  girls  are  quite  sav- 
age over  the  way  he  goes  in  for  it,  as  they  say  he  doesn't  care  for  society 
any  more,  and  what  the  Southern  foiks  call  '  courtin  beaux  '  are 
somewhat  scarce  at  present;  why,  the  girls  feel  aggrieved— that's 
where  it  is.  I  wonder  where  this  couple  are  going.  They  live  over 
at  San  Rafael.  Don't  you  remember,  I  showed  you  the  madam  on 
the  boat  the  other  day?  I  guess  Burlingame  is  where  they're  bound 
for,  and  it  must  have  been  they  whom  Fred  Sharon  was  searching  the 
cars  for  just  now.  Are  they  relations  of  the  rich  widow  Parrott,  you 
ask  ?  Well,  in  a  degree ;  Louis  Parrott  is  a  nephew  of  the  old  man. 
1  say,  what  do  you  say  to  tbis  set  of  noisy  girls?  They  can  talk  six- 
teen to  the  dozen,  any  time.  They  live  near  Mountain  View  and  are 
the  daughters  of  a  lawyer  named  Delmas  I  Ah  I  there  is  the  married 
daughter  coming  along  just  now,  with  her  husband.  Isn't  he  a  fine 
specimen  of  a  native  son?  A  right  nice  fellow  is  Will  Barnes.  What's 
that  you  say  ?  Our  people  don't  have  the  same  stylish  appearance 
that  New  Yorkers  and  Philadelphians  have!  I  think  myself  that  our 
women  dress  too  showily  for  outside  affairs,  and  especially  on  rail- 
ways and  ferry  boats,  and  there  is  no  question  that  the  Eastern  men 
can  brag  over  us  in  general  appearance.  But  don't  you  think  hon- 
estly that  our  people  have  a  more  genial  air  about  them  than  the 
folks  on  the  other  side  of  the  Rockies?  There,  now,  is  a  man  just 
coming  up  who  has  more  real  good  friends  than  any  one  I  know.  He 
is  Reub  Lloyd,  the  lawyer,  a  very  clever  fellow  in  every  sense  of  the 
word,  and  yet  you  see  he  has  not  changed  the  style  of  his  dress  for 
years.  He  must  be  going  to  Pescadero  to  fish.  There  is  one  of  the 
Presidio  chaps  going  to  have  a  try  at  polo,  no  doubt,  as  he  is  a  capital 
fellow  at  riding.  A  chap  came  out  from  New  York  the  other  day  and 
was  taken  down  to  the  club  bouse,  and  they  say  that  he  made  a  regu- 
lar guy  of  himself,  which  proves  that  even  New  Yorkers  can  do  ridi- 
culous things.    Eh?    But  there  goes  the  bell.     We're  off !"' 

Merit  is  Essential. 
Consumers  have  a  habit  of  determining  by  experience  whether  an 
article  of  food  is  pure,  wholesome,  convenient  and  economical.  Bor- 
den's Peerless  Brand  Evaporated  Cream  possesses  intrinsic  merit. 
Will  stand  every  test. 

A  well-dressed  man  is  proud  of  bis  furnishing  goods,  and  every 
well-dressed  man  knows  that  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
keeps  the  finest  and  latest  line  in  the  city. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  4,1894. 


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"  We    Obev    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 

SELDOM  or  never  has  a  new  play  been  produced  in  San  Fran- 
cisco under  such  glittering  circumstances  as  attended  the  pro- 
duction of  Christopher,  Jr.,  at  the  Baldwin  Theatre  on  Monday 
night.  Although  it  was  "tried  on  the  dog"  once,  in  Podunk  or 
some  other  diminutive  place,  the  performance  on  Monday  can 
practically  be  called  the  first  that  was  given  on  any  stage,  for  the 
revised  manuscript  arrived  from  London  only  a  week  before,  and 
was  far  removed  from  the  original.  Madeline  Lucette  Kyley  is 
the  author,  and  she  has  written  a  clever  play.  Her  experience 
as  an  actress  has  helped  her  greatly.  The  freshness  and  origin- 
ality of  the  piece  are  its  greatest  charms,  it  is  full  of  bright  lines 
and  capital  business,  and  above  all  it  gives  John  Drew  three  or 
four  chances  in  which  be  can  act  as  he  did  before  he  eschewed 
plays  equal  to  his  abilities,  for  farces  of  the  dress-suit,  school-girl 
class.  There  are,  however,  some  faults  in  the  dramatic  construction 
that  should  be  attended  to  immediately.  Christopher,  Jr.,  will 
stand  another  revision,  especially  in  the  fourth  act,  whicb  is  too 
full  of  complications  to  run  smoothly.  Mrs.  Ryley  made  a  serious 
error,  when  she  wrote  the  play,  by  not  keeping  within  the  bounds 
of  one  style  of  play-writing.  Bhe  has  mingled  farce,  burlesque,  and 
legitimate  comedy  with  so  much  abandon  that  one  can  hardly  be- 
lieve that  she  clung  to  the  original  motives  of  her  work.  She  is 
altogether  too  fulsome  in  delineating  character,  and  instead  of 
leaving  the  audience  to  realize  a  few  things,  has  spoilt  several 
effects  by  over-drawing  her  personages.  This  is  altogether  too 
plain    in    the    instances    of 


best  lines,  and  when,  in  the  second  act,  he  quarrelled  with  his 
father  and  left  his  home  and  his  love,  it  was  as  dainty  a  piece  of 
work  as  has  been  seen  here  in  many  months.  Drew  and  Miss 
Anna  Belmont,  who  played  Nellie  Colt,  had  a  tender  little  scene 
in  the  same  act,  when  they  parted.  Miss  Belmont  exhibited  a 
dainty,  sympathetic  vein  in  that  scene  that  was  not  far  from 
nature.  Miss  Adams,  like  Mr.  Drew,  was  supplied  with  a  part 
that  fitted  her  much  better  than  either  of  her  first  ones.  As  the 
unknown  wife  of  Christopher,  Jr.,  she  gave  a  strong  yet  sympa- 
thetic performance  of  good  quality.  But  for  her  affectation  and 
her  awful  accent  she  could  be  rated  as  a  good  actress.  Lewis 
Baker,  as  Bert  Bellaby,  was  excellent.  Belle  Bucklin,  as  Sally 
Spriggs,  was  dainty  and  clever.  Arthur  Byron  played  the  villain 
very  well,  and  Harry  Harwood,  Frank  Lamb,  Leslie  Allen,  Kate 
Meek,  and  Mrs.  Adams  sustained  their  respective  roles  effectively. 

Edward  Uarrigan  ended  his  variety  of  characters  with  Squatter 
Sovereignty.  His  peculiar  faculty  for  portraying  the  scenes  and 
incidents  of  the  lower  strata  of  life  and  his  ability  to  write  and 
speak  the  dialogue,  are  nowhere  more  clearly  evinced  than  in 
that  play.  The  difficulties  of  the  Mclntyres  and  the  Maguires, 
and  the  troubles  of  the  "royal  astronomer"  and  the  widow  Nolan 
bring  about  a  series  of  laughable  situations.  Almost  every  char- 
acter in  the  piece  is  Hibernian,  and  speaks  the  broadest  Milesian 
brogue.  Harrigan  had  a  good  part  as  Felix  Mclntyre,  in  which 
he  was  very  funny.  On  Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednesday 
evenings  of  next  week  Old  Lavender  will  be  revived,  and  during 
the  remainder  of  the  week  Reilly  and  the  Four  Hundred.  It  will 
be  Mr.  Harrigan's  farewell  week,  and  he  will  present  his  most 
popular  plays. 


Mr.    and    Mrs.    Christopher 

Colt,  8r.,  who  convey   their 

speeches      to      each     other 

through    the    medium    of  a 

servant   who   is    constantly 

with    them.      It  is   a    good 

piece  of  broad  burlesque,  but 

it  is  altogether  too  prom- 
inent to  be  funny.    The  man 

who  does  not  speak  a  word 

until  the  end  of  the  last  act 

is  an  original  character,  but 

it    was     badly    played     by 

Frank  B.  Hatch,  who  ap- 
peared to  be  suffering  from 

the    effects    of    too     much 

liquor  rather  than  a  hen- 
pecking  wife.  The  remainder 

of   the  characters   are   good. 

There  are  very  few  dramatic 

writers  who  have  been  able 

to   write   a   last    act.     That 

part  of  the  play  is  the  bane 

of  the  dramatist's  life.     It  is  ; 

generally  inane,  vapid,  and  "z^^t 

hollow,  and  tiresome  to  the 

audience.     Mrs.  Ryley   was  Ti'  ir-  Thompson,  W 

wise  in  leaving  some  material  for  her  last  act — indeed,  she  was  so 

eager  to  build  it  up  that  she  saved  too  much  material,  and,  as 

stated  above,  the  complications  in  it  are  very  confusing  and  spoil 
what  might  be  a  charming  and  interesting  climax.  For  example, 
the  act  belongs  to  Mr.  Drew  and  Miss  Adams,  who  have  been 
married  all  during  the  play  unknown  to  each  other.  Instead  of 
being  made  to  realize  the  fact  at  the  beginning  of  the  act,  so  that 
they  could  have  worted  up  to  the  climax  through  a  love  scene  or 
two,  and  made  a  series  of  charming  and  clever  scenes,  Drew  is 
told  that  his  wife  Is  dead,  that  he  has  married  another  man's 
wife,  and  Miss  Adams  is  equally  confused,  and  just  one  minute 
before  the  curtain  falls  their  real  condition  is  made  known  to 
them,  ending  the  play  altogether  too  abruptly  and  unsatisfactorily. 
Mrs.  Ryley  wrote  the  fourth  act,  so  that  it  is  in  no  small  measure 
apart  from  the  preceding  three.  The  scenes  in  that  act  do 
not  dove-tail  with  those  in  the  others,  but  it  could  be  easily  re- 
vised. The  second  act  is  the  best;  the  climax  of  the  first  act  is 
good,  but  we  would  beg  to  inform  Mrs.  Ryley  that  it  was  a  white 
dove  which  Noah  sent  out  o'er  the  waters  of  the  flood  and  not  a 
gray  one.  But  the  range  of  the  playwrights  is  growing  broader 
as  the  world  grows  older,  and  like  the  humble  poets  who  peddle 
their  wares  to  the  kind-hearted  editor,  they  want  license  for 
everything. 


Charles   Frohman's    stock   company    begins    an    engagement 

at  the  Baldwin  Theatre  on 
Monday  evening.  The  com- 
pany conies  direct  from  the 
Empire  Theatre,  New  York, 
which  is  its  home,  and  in 
which  it  made  four  great 
successes  during  the  past 
season.  The  play  which  it 
will  present  during  the  first 
week  of  its  season  will  be 
Sydney  Cirundy's  Sowing  the 
Wind.  This  is  the  play 
which  raised  such  a  discus- 
sion in  New  York.  Strong 
opposing  views  were  held  by 
the  patrons  of  the  Empire 
concerning  the  "sex  against 
sex"  question,  upon  which 
the  play  was  built.  It  deals 
with  different  phases  of  high 
life  and  their  consequences. 
It  is  said  to  be  an  artistic, 
high-strung  play,  and  the 
work  of  a  master  hand.  The 
mummers  in  the  Empire 
Company  are:  Henry  Miller, 
William  Faversham,  Robert 
II.  Crompton,  1  iola  Allen,  and  W.  Faversham  in  "  Sowing  the  Wind."   Edeson      W.    H.  Thompson 

Frank  Mills,  W.  H.  Crompton,  E.  Y.  Backus,  John  Sorentz,  W. 
J.  Whitman,  Arthur  Boylan,  Viola  Allen,  Isabel  Irving,  Mary 
Hampton,  May  Robsou,  Agnes   Miller,  and  Genevieve  Reynolds. 

*  »  » 
Oscar  Wilde's  comedy,  Lady    Windermere's  Fan,  which  will  be 

seen  at  the  California  Theatre  shortly,  was  declined  by  six  London 
managers  before  it  finally  found  acceptance.  The  last  time  it 
came  back  to  Mr.  Wilde  with  a  note  of  refusal  he  put  it  away  in 
his  desk,  as  he  thought,  forever,  writing  across  the  top  of  the 
package:  "Nothing  fails  like  failure."  Two  days  afterward  Mr. 
Alexander,  of  the  St.  James'  Theatre,  sent  for  it.  It  was  pro- 
duced, and  for  nearly  a  year  it  was  the  rage  of  the  British 
metropolis. 

*  #  * 

A  very  acceptable  presentation  of  The  Gypsy  Baron  was  given  at 
the  Tivoli  Opera  this  week.  The  Tivoli  company  did  some  good 
work,  the  honors  being  about  equally  divided  among  the  princi- 
pals. Tillie  Salinger  sang  the  music  of  Saffi  with  fine  phrasing. 
Robert  Dunbar  never  did  better  than  as  Sandor;  in  fact,  it  can 
safely  be  said  that  he  made  a  hit.  Ferris  Hartman  as  Kalman 
was  very  funny,  and  his  topical  songs  contain  many  allusions 
which  were  well  received.  The  chorus  was  excellent,  but  the 
orchestra  lacked  fire  and  inspiration  in  several  places. 


The  play  could  not  have  been  put  into  the  hands  of  more  com- 
petent people  than  those  in  the  Drew  company,  and  it  could  not 
have  been  staged  with  more  effectiveness  or  with  rarer  taste  or 
judgment.  In  it  Mr.  Drew,  as  Christopher,  Jr.,  did  the  best  work 
that  he  has  done  since  he  appeared  here.  Neither  in  The  Butter- 
flies nor  The  Masked  Ball  did  he  have  a  single  chance  for  real  act- 
ing, but  throughout  Christopher,  Jr.,  he  has  serious  phases  which 
are  excellent.     Every  climax  is  his,  the  author  has  given  him  the 


Gertie  Cochran,  who  has  been  the  chief  attraction  at  the  Or- 
pheum  this  week,  is  probably  the  most  wonderful  child  that  the 
stage  or  the  public  has  seen.  How  a  child  of  three  years  could 
have  learned  to  answer  the  questions  that  she  does  is  as  puzzling 
as  it  is  mysterious.  It  is  a  wonderful  case  of  remarkable  mem- 
ory, and  if  there  is  a  man  in  the  United  States  to-day  who  could 
rattle  off  the  answers  to  the   questions   that   were  asked   Gertie 


Aupadt   A,  1894 


S\\  FRANCISCO  NT.WS  I. II  in; 


■n  he  would  tM  rated  »i  •  wtlklrjf  •ncjclopwll*.  It  la  not 
»o  much  lb*  Information  that  ib*  iruparu  to  the  tudienre  that 
•  larilei  it.  The  audience  rill  and  wonder>  how  .he  OOOld 
have  got  the  hell  loto  her  little  head,  and  how  she  remetubert 
them.  Ljrdla  Yeaman«-Titu»  repeated  her  former  incenses  ihis 
week,  and  the  remainder  of  the  bill  wu  rjonsniMy  good.  An 
enure  change  will  be  made  on  Monday  night.  The  new  perform- 
ers will  be  Sadi  Alfarahi.  the  Ratslan  equilibrist;  the  I>eltorelli 
Brothers,  musical  arlisli:  Levanion.  Selson.  and  Bush,  acro- 
bats.  the  V/Ing  Blcketls.  aeriallsts.  and  (.eorge  H.  Fielding,  the 
joggl". 

•  •     • 

Beginning  with  Monday  evening,  the  13th  inst..  Dr.  J.  Frankiin 
Brown,  the  well-known  hypnotist,  will  appear  at  the  Orphenui 
in  a  series  of  humorous  hypnotic  features.  Dr.  Brown's  enter- 
tainments are  of  a  most  pleasing  character.  For  years  he  has  ap- 
peared in  the  most  fashionable  homes  of  this  city,  where  his  work 
has  been  looked  upon  as  being  interesting  and  instructive. 

*  •  • 

The  gTeat  international  tug-of-war  opened  last  night  at  Central 
Park,  and  an  immense  crowd  attested  the  interest  that  the  public 
has  taken  in  the  alfair.  The  work  done  by  the  teams  was  unusu- 
ally good  and  the  men  showed  that  they  had  been  carefully 
trained.  The  matches  are  of  the  most  exciting  nature.  They 
will  be  continued  every  evening,  excepting  Sundays,  until  the  18th 
inst. 


THE    CAFE    MORGUE    OF     PARIS. 


Paris,  July  15,  1894. 

RIGHT  down  near  the  Bool'  Michel,  on  a  little  side  street  oppo- 
site the  Sorbonne,  is  a  caf€.  You  would  never  know  that  it 
is  a  cafe*  unless  some  one  told  you,  for  it  is  all  closed  up  with  black 
shatters,  save  the  entrance. 

As  you  go  in,  a  man  dressed  in  the  regulation  coffin-bearer's 
costume  pushes  aside  the  heavy  black  drapery,  like  that  used 
when  there  is  a  death  in  the  house,  and  you  are  ushered  into  the 
»  cafeV'  If  you  do  not  drop  dead  with  fright  you  will  see  com- 
mon black  wooden  coffins  placed  about  the  room,  with  chairs 
aloogside;  these  are  the  tables.  The  walls  are  all  concealed  be- 
hind black,  silver-trimmed  drapings,  some  of  which  are  orna- 
mented with  skulls  and  cross-bones  and  other  uncanny  suggestions 
of  death.  No  matter  which  way  you  look,  a  skull  will  stare  you 
in  the  face,  grinning  at  your  nervousness. 

The  moment  you  are  seated  at  one  of  the  coffins  a  coffin-bearer 
comes  and  takes  your  order.  If  it  be  a  "  bock,"  he  moans  in  a 
dreadful  way,  "  Une  microbe  de  cholera!  "  But  you  must  not  be 
afraid  or  faint,  as  he  only  brings  you  a  very  small  glass  of  beer, 
and  again  informs  you  that  it  is  a  cholera  microbe.  As  soon  as 
you  have  finished  your  •<  bock  "  and  paid  your  fifty  centimes,  he 
hands  you  a  ticket  and  you  are  led  to  a  steep,  dimly-lighted  stone 
stairway,  that  smells  like  a  vault,  and,  after  stumbling  down 
about  thirty  feet  underground,  you  come  into  a  gruesome  cham- 
ber more  horrid  than  the  one  above. 

Two  forms,  all  in  black,  with  black  hoods  over  their  heads  and 
two  holes  for  their  eyes,  greet  you  with  loud  wails  and  tell  you 
that  you  are  about  to  die.  They  lead  you  across  the  damp,  dark 
hole  to  some  coffins  and  seat  you  upon  one  of  them,  so  that  you 
are  directly  in  front  of  a  black  bole  in  the  stone  wall.  As  you  sit 
there  wondering  what's  going  to  happen  next,  and  feel  shivers 
run  up  your  back,  you  hear  the  moaning  of  a  wheezy  organ  issu- 
ing from  somewhere  in  the  mysterious  room,  and  this,  with  the 
wailing  of  the  black  forms  and  the  sight  of  skulls,  bones,  coffins, 
and  funeral  trappings,  is  sure  to  make  your  hair  stand  on  end  and 
implant  a  desire  to  rush  from  the  hole.  But  suddenly  a  soft  light 
appears  in  the  black  hole,  revealing  a  corpse  of  a  woman  in  a  cof- 
fin with  a  winding  sheet  around  it,  and  you  are  horrified  to  see  it 
decompose  before  your  very  eyes,  the  hair  disappearing  and  the 
flesh  growing  whiter,  the  eyes  sinking  in.  The  flesh  grows  more 
putrid  and  horrid  and  the  bones  begin  to  protrude.  And  lol  the 
shroud  gradually  disappears  and  a  skeleton  lies  in  the  box  where 
the  corpse  had  been.  Then  a  wait  from  somewhere  announces 
that  the  skeleton  will  come  to  life.  Gradually  it  disappears  under 
the  putrid  flesh,  which  keeps  getting  more  life-like — the  eyes  tak- 
ing the  place  of  the  black  holes,  a  mouth  covering  the  grinning 
teeth,  and  long  hair  growing  on  the  head;  the  shroud  appears 
again,  and  if  you  are  not  dead  with  a  stroke  of  apoplexy,  you  see 
before  you  a  beautiful  woman,  and  alive  too,  for  shesmiles  at  you 
and  shows  her  white  teeth,  and  finally  steps  out  of  the  horrid 
box.  Then  the  wailers  wail  some  more  and  tell  you  that  you  are 
free  to  go,  and  they  each  hold  out  a  brown  skull,  into  which  you 
drop  a  few  sous  through  the  hole  whence  issues  the  spinal  cord. 
They  bless  you  and  hope  that  you  will  die  soon,  and  you  climb 
the  steep  stairs  while  the  mournful   organ  wails  a  funeral  march. 

How  delicious  the  fresh  air  seems  when  you  reach  the  street 
again  and  make  haste  to  leave  the  place  as  far  behind  as  possible! 
It  all  seems  like  a  horrid  nightmare,  and  you  almost  doubt  what 
you  have  seen.  And  this  is  quite  near  one  of  the  biggest  boule- 
vards of  Paris!  Edouaed  Cucuel. 

Mothbes  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  Winslows'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
children  while  teething. 


— -  Si 

A  GENTLEMAN'S  SMOKE. 

WE  COULD  NOT  IMPROVE  THE  QUALITY 
if  haid  double  the  price.  It  is  the 
choicest  5 mol<in£  Tobacco  that  ex- 
perience can  produce  or  that 
can  buy. 

... 


money// 


■Md{ 


~—J'-    ■_;'  '" 


Lessee  and  Mauager. 


.    „  BALDWIN  THEATRE 

AL  Hayman 
Beginning  Monday.  August  tith— 

<  IIIKI  1  s  i  KiiilM  ivn  STUCK  COMPANY, 

From  the  EMPIRE  THEATRE,  New  York.    First  week  only, 

SOWING  THE  WIND. 

As  presented  for  250  nierhts  in  New  York. 
Week  August  13th— UBEHTY  HALL. 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al    Haynian  A  Co Lessees  |  8.   H.  Friedlander  Manager. 

Week  oommencing  August  6th      Farewell  performances  of  MR. 

EDWARD  HARRIGAN 

And  his  New  York  company.    By  special  request: 

Monday,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  evenings,  Mr.  Harrigan's  beautiful 
comed;,  OLD  LAVB.VDEK.  B 

Thursday,  Friday,  Saturday,  Sunday  evenings  and  Saturday  matiuee.  Mr. 
Harrigan's  greatest  success,  KE1LLY  ami  thk  40». 

New  scenery  and  stage  effects.    Braham's  delightful  melodies. 

Secure  your  Feals  at  ouce  to  avoid  the  rush.  POPULAR  PRICES— Re- 
served Seats— Matinee,  25c,  50c  ,  76c     Night,  25c  .  50c,  75c,  $1. 

Week  of  August  13th— LADY  «I\I>l;KltIEIlK's  FAN,  Oscar  Wilde's 
great  comedy 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOOSE. 

Kbeltng  Beos  Proprietor  and  Managers. 

To-night.     A  great  production.     Strauss'  lovely  waltz  opera, 

THE  GYPSY  BARON, 

In  Preparation— DON  JUAN  (ad  lib). 

Popular  Prices  25and50c 


ORPHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  8ts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  of  Monday,  August  6th.— Big  importation  of  new  artists!    Noted 
celebrities  from  all  lands! 
SAME  JMAKtlll,  Oriental  Russ  Equilibrist, 
in  l.TOltl!  c  I  BROS  ,  International  Musical  Artists. 
THE  KICKETTS,  Flving  Acrobatic  Meteors. 
LEVANION,  NELSON  *  HI'sil,  Ovmnastic  Comedians. 
OE1ITIE  ril('HII«s,  Remarkable  Infantile  Memory  Wonder. 
THE  BRAATZ  BKOS  ,  Athletic  Prodigies 
CHAS.  H.  DUNCAN,  Popular  Comic  Singer,  and  positively  last  week  of 

LYDIA  YEAMANs -TITUS. 
Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees.  

CENTRAL  PARK — Market  and  Eighth  Sts. 
INTERNATIONAL  TUG-OF-WAR   TOURNAMENT. 

.VI  Wl  ST  3d  to  I  Kill    Inclusive 

(Sundays  Excepted). 

$20,000  PRIZE  MONEY.  17  TEAMS    W1JLL  COMPETE. 

United  States.  Switzerland.  Portugal.  Slavonia. 

England.  France.  Austria.  Canada. 

Ireland  Denmark ,  Spain .  Russia . 

Scotland.  Italy.  Norway.  Sweden. 

Germany. 

1>.  R.  NcMJLL,  Proprietor  and  Manager. 

I  II  I  I  AM  RPHHAPn  The  EnElifih  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
LI  LL I  nil  ULUUn  l\U,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1007  California 
Street,  opposite  the  Flood  Mansion. 

O  i  A  IU  f\  C  A*  L  BANCHOr  I  «*  UU. 
flnBnlwW^P    3C3  Sutter  St  ,  S.  F. 

Knabe,    Hainks,  Bush  &  Gerts,  and   others, 
cash  or  installments.     Please  call  or  correspond. 

franco.  BANCROFT 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  4,  1894. 


THE 


[OOKCR-ON 


A  FASHIONABLE  summer  resort  is  a  fine  place  at  which  to 
observe  the  habits  and  manners  of  le  haut  monde.  Society's 
ways  and  doings  are  strange  and  impressive,  for  courtesy  and 
good  manners  are  out  of  date,  and  the  refined  gentlewoman  and 
gentleman  are  "back  numbers."  They  are  undoubtedly  still  in 
existence,  but  unfortunately  for  society,  they  are  not  to  the  fore 
in  its  "functions."  The  broad  verandas,  the  wide  corridors,  the 
airy  lobbies  of  the  "swell"  watering  place  are  a  fine  field  of  observ- 
ation, and  he  who  reads  as  he  runs  will  encounter  much  that  is 
startling  and  peculiar.  The  country  surrounding  Castle  Crag  is 
full  of  charm  and  beauty  to  the  lover  of  nature,  but  there  are  un- 
civilized beings  who  say  that  the  innovation  of  the  railroad  has 
broken  the  spell.  The  "Tavern,"  a  misnomer  if  ever  there  were 
one,  has  made  it  possible  for  luxury-loving  society  to  breathe 
the  health-giving  mountain  air  without  damage  to  be-ruflied 
skirts  or  flannels  and  white  shoes.  Those  same  frilled  petticoats 
have  much  to  answer  for.  They  and  the  accompanying  silken 
hose  and  dainty  shoes  are  responsible  for  the  extreme  ( 1)  altitudes 
taken  by  their  wearers.  "What's  the  use  of  having  frills  if  you 
don't  show  'em?"  she  asked;  and  forthwith  reversed  her  crossed 
feet  with  such  a  flutter  and  kick  that  the  quick  eye  caught  the 
gleam  of  a  pretty  buckle  just  below  the  knee.  They  all  did  it, 
varying  the  extent  of  ankles  to  be  seen  only  when  the  crossed 
foot  was  well  poised  in  the  air.  A  certain  lady  who  wears  the 
narrowest  shoe  to  be  found  in  San  Francisco,  combined  a  degree 
of  elevation  with  an  air  of  sublime  unconsciousness  which  called 
for  admiration.  She  also  had  a  way  of  calling  to  her  engaging 
husband  when  he  was  smiling  on  some  other  woman  that  brought 
him  to  "attention"  instanter.  It  also  brought  out  some  pointed 
remarks  about  "Caudle  lectures"  on  the  night  of  the  "High 
Jinks,"  so  called  on  account  of  the  altitude. 

*  *  * 

What  interest  surrounded  one  rich  matron!  One  never  knew 
whether  she  was  to  be  right  or  left-handed  until  she  appeared  in 
the  morning  with  one  or  the  other  blazing  with  gems.  As  her 
rings,  so  were  her  gestures,  one  hand  or  the  other — never  both; 
perhaps  it  was  consideration  for  the  eyesight  of  her  audience; 
looking  in  two  directions  at  the  satue  time  is  conducive  to  strabis- 
mus. Then  there  was  the  doctor  who  would  go  to  bed  early  and 
insisted  on  his  wife  doing  the  same,  though  she  did  not  want  to. 
The  giddy  widow,  who  claims  Knickerbocker  descent,  and  who 
looks  forty,  but  acts  twenty,  was  one  of  the  personages.  The 
girls  had  a  good  time,  especially  those  whose  mothers  came 
down  to  the  city  just  in  time  to  be  strike-bound.  The  quartette 
improved  the  opportunity  to  the  utmost.  Some  of  the  lookers-on 
declared  that  the  sofaB  in  the  public  parlor  were  not  the  places 
for  the  young  women  to  spread  themselves  at  full  length  and  thus 
disposed  entertain  their  admirers,  but  then  some  people  are  so  par- 
ticular !  Again  the  spirits  of  the  quartette  were  so  high  that  blind- 
man's  buff  was  played  on  the  top  of  the  circular  divan  as  well  as  on 
the  floor.  Comments  were  sharp,  but  the  San  Francisco  girl  has  a 
reputation  for  being  "lively,"  and  she  must  live  up  to  it. 

*  *  * 

Table  manners  were  at  a  premium.  Be  it  known  to  the  un- 
initiated that  the  proper  attitude,  vide  "Society,"  for  eating  corn 
is  to  take  hold  of  either  end  of  the  cob,  rest  the  elbows  on  the 
table,  and  proceed  to  munch.  Inelegant?  That  does  not  matter, 
We  do  it,  so  it  "goes."  The  elbow  plays  a  prominent  part  in  the 
dining-room;  it  is  rested  on  the  table  most  of  the  time,  and  the 
hand,  thus  supported,  holds  bread,  fruit,  or  bone,  as  the  case  may 
be.  To  reach  the  point  where  one>  may  be  a  law  unto  oneself  is 
a  great  thing.  Having  gained  it,  decorum  may  be  thrown  to  the 
winds,  good-breeding  retired  to  the  background,  and  courtesy  a 
thing  of  nought.  Those  at  the  top  notch  can  do  no  wrong;  for 
the  rest  of  us,  some  grovel  to  get  there,  and  some — don't. 
»  *  * 

The  affection  between  Lord  Talbot  Clifton  and  Dan  McCarthy, 
he  of  the  white  hat  and  the  keen  horse-sense,  is  remarkable. 
Wherever  Dan  goes,  there  goes  Talbot  too.  They  drink  the  same 
sort  of  cocktail,  frequent  the  same  theatres,  and  suck  their  julips 
out  of  the  same  quill.  By  the  way,  Talbot  has  given  the  Burlin- 
game  Club  a  genuine  Tally-ho  coach,  horn,  basket  pouch,  and  all, 
which  he  ordered  out  from  England.  There  is  no  doubt  but  he  will 
drive  it  himself  on  the  initial  trip.  Talbot  is  a  good  whip,  and 
about  as  fond  of  a  horse  as  his  crony,  Dan  McCarthy. 

Dr.  Aby,  erstwhile  manager  of  the  Langtry  ranch,  in  Lake 
County,  will  shortly  leave  for  Africa  for  the  gold  Melds.  He 
is  a  genial  Kentuckian,  who  has  had  adventnres  in  many  lands. 
He  is  a  superb  whip,  and  can  hold  the  reins  over  a  four-horse 
team  with  any  man  on  the  coast.  Fond  of  field  sports  and 
natural  history  generally,  he  can  relate  the  most  interesting  and 


at  the  same  time  the  most  astonishing  experiences.  A  few  men 
were  talking  of  rattlesnakes  over  the  walnuts  and  the  wine  a  few 
evenings  ago.  When  Aby's  turn  came,  he  sipped  a  glass  of  Pom- 
mery  and  turned  himself  loose. 

"The  largest  rattler  I  ever  killed,"  said  he,  "was  in  Georgia. 
It  was  eleven  feet  six  inches  long  and  had  forty-five  rattles." 

"How  many?"  inquired  one  of  his  audience,  aghast. 

"Forty-six,"  replied  Aby,  coldly.     "I  forgot  one." 

There  was  an  embarrassing  pause,  and  then  one  man  arose 
solemnly  from  the  table  and  shook  the  raconteur  warmly  by  the 
hand.  His  example  was  followed  by  the  others,  and  the  conver- 
sation changed  to  deer  scooting. 

"The  best  record  I  ever  made,"  said  Doctor  Aby,  "was  one  day 
on  the  ranch  in  Lake  County.  I  was  riding  up  the  mountain  on 
a  mule,  which,  by  the  way,  could  point  a  deer.  Suddenly  out 
came  her  ears,  and  she  raised  her  right  foot.  I  saw  a  big  buck 
just  ahead  of  me.  I  fired  and  down  he  tumbled.  In  another 
minute  a  second  deer  came  tumbling  down  also,  and  I'm  blest 
but  a  third — a  doe,  I'm  sorry  to  say — rolled  down  the  mountain 
close  by  my  feet.  That  siDgle  bullet,  gentlemen,  from  my  40-65 
rifle  had  pierced  and  killed  three  deer.  A  buck,  four  prongs, 
dashed  out  immediately  afterward,  and  I  plugged  him.  Four  deer 
to  a  couple  of  bullets  are  not  bad,  eh?" 

This  time  the  hand-shaking  was  renewed  more  fervidly,  and 
when  the  hero  declared  that  in  one  night,  with  a  dark  lantern 
and  a  stick,  he  had  knocked  three  hundred  reed  birds  off  a  cedar 
hedge  in  Mississippi,  a  tall,  slim  gentleman  softly  placed  a  wreath 
of  laurel  on  his  forehead,  and  then  burst  into  tears. 

•  *  # 

For  many  years  General  Heuston  and  Colonel  Andrews  never 
spoke  as  they  passed  by.  The  Colonel  considered  the  General  a 
gentleman  unworthy  of  recognition,  and  the  General  would  as 
soon  bow  to  Lucifer  as  lift  his  hat  to  the  Colonel. 

When  the  musician  ran  on  to  the  point  of  General  Heuston's 
umbrella,  in  London,  a  person  who  knew  of  the  feud  existing  be- 
tween him  and  Andrews  called  upon  the  latter  and  congratulated 
him  on  the  fact  that  his  old  enemy  had  got  into  a  tight  place. 

"That's  so,"  said  the  Colonel  sententiously. 

"  You  might  write  to  some  of  your  friends  in  England  and  sort 
of  give  him  a  black  eye,"  pursued  this  amiable  party. 

"  That's  so;  I  will  write,"  said  Colonel  Andrews. 

And  he  did  write  to  an  influential  friend  of  his  in  London,  but 
it  was  to  the  effect  that  he  should  do  everything  in  his  power  to 
help  General  Heuston  out  of  his  scrape,  referring  to  that  gentle- 
man in  the  kindest  manner. 

When  the  London  gentleman  called  on  Heuston  and  showed 
him  how  his  ancient  foe  had  come  to  his  assistance,  the  stout  old 
warrior  was  deeply  affected.  And  when  General  Heuston  returned 
to  this  city  almost  his  first  visit  was  to  Colonel  Andrews,  with 
outstretched  hand  to  cement  a  feud  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century 
old. 

#  #  * 

The  worthy  magistrate  at  Woodland,  who  is  conducting  the 
preliminary  examination  of  the  railroad  strikers  on  the  charge  of 
having  ditched  a  train  and  killed  a  number  of  persons,  appears  to 
be  a  little  shaky  with  his  Latin.  Carroll  Cook,  who  is  defending 
the  strikers,  and  A.  L.  Hart,  special  counsel  for  the  prosecu- 
tion, have  pretty  hot  wrangles  now  and  then,  and  one  of  them 
the  other  day  involved  the  magistrate  in  a  tangle.  Mr.  Hart  bad 
made  himself  particularly  disagreeable  to  Mr.  Cook,  who  finally, 
in  his  most  offensive  manner,  demanded: 

"If  the  Court  please,  I  object  to  the  course  pursued  by  counsel 
on  the  other  side.  I  should  like  to  know  who  employs  him, 
anyway,  and  whom  or  what  he  represents." 

The  magistrate  politely  transferred  the  demand  to  Mr.  Hart 
with  a  glance,  and  that  gentleman  promptly  replied: 

"I  represent  casus  belli." 

"Objection  sustained,"  sternly  ruled  the  Court;  "  I  don't  know 
any  such  party." 

*  *  # 

During  the  service  of  the  gallant  Third  in  Sacramento,  when 
the  strikers  fraternized  with  the  soldiers  and  poured  ice-water  on 
many  an  aching  head,  Colonel  Barry,  of  that  regiment,  exhausted 
from  his  labors  in  the  field,  reclined  under  the  shade  of  a  friendly 
tree.  All  day  long,  under  the  broiling  sun,  the  Colonel  had 
marched  and  countermarched,  and  when  at  last  he  sank  to  rest 
his  slumbers  were  profound. 

The  weary  officer  was  awakened  by  the  visitation  of  two  of 
tbe  strikers,  who,  supposing  that  he  had  an  attack  of  snnstroke, 
grasped  him,  head  and  foot,  and  were  bearing  him  off,  when  the 
Colonel  awoke. 

"Poor  fellow,  poor  fellow  1"  said  the  sympathetic  Btrikers, 
"  we'll  take  care  of  yon." 

"  May  the  devil  fly   away  with  you!"  shrieked  the  indignant 
officer;  "  don't  you  see  I'm  Colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment?" 
*  *  * 

Henry  Hey  man,  who  is  making  a  six  months'  tour  of  Europe, 
was,  at  last  accounts,  in  Venice  enjoying  himself  among  tbe  gon- 
dolas, moonlight  serenades,  and  other  Venetian  luxuries,  includ- 
ing perhaps  a  "  pretty  Jessica,"  though  rumor  makes  no  special 
mention  of  this  item.     The  genial  musician  has  not  been  hobnob- 


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bing  with  (he  •-  crowned  bead*  "  to  any  itrett  extent .  but  he  hat 
done  belter  Id  being  fraternally  welcomed  and  royally  entertained 
by  those  crowned  with  the  Ianrrl»  and  wearing  the  purple  of 
musical  genius.  The  genial  musician  Is  enjoying  every  moment 
of  bis  vacation  and  at  the  same  time  picking  up  much  valuable 
information  for  future  use  In  his  profession. 
•  •  • 
The  Bohemian  Club  expressed  lis  appreciation  of  the  return  of 
General  Heuston  to  the  borne  of  the  owl  by  a  dinner  (o  the  vet- 
eran Thursday  night,  at  which  nearly  all  the  prominent  Bohe- 
mians were  present.  Ad  incident  of  the  London  matter  not  men- 
tioned was  that  when  the  wounded  musician  was  brought  to  the 
hospital  be  begged  that  be  might  Dot  be  searched.  But  after  bis 
death  several  gold  watches  and  some  rings  and  pins  were  found 
in  bis  clothing,  and  a  small  bag  of  sovereigns.  Tbe  purpose  of 
tbe  gang  in  stopping  General  Heuston  was  to  rob  him.  This  was 
not  brought  onl  in  the  trial  at  Bow  street. 

It  is  well  known  to  everyone  that  Johnson's  restaurant.  28  Mont- 
gomery street,  is  the  most  popular  dining  room  in  San  Francisco, 
and  that  it  gained  its  reputation  by  the  excellence  of  its  viands  and 
the  elegance  of  its  service.  Its  popularity  will  be  increased  by  the 
liberal  redaction  in  rates  which  has  just  been  inaugurated.  The  new 
rates  will  not  impair  the  qualitv  of  the  service  in  tne  least.  The  re- 
duction is  warranted  by  the  fall  in  the  rates  of  high-grade  provisions. 
This  news  will  please  the  ladies,  as  they  regard  Johnson's  as  bein^  the 
best  place  for  luncheon  in  the  city.       

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  H  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe.  is  the  place  to  take  thr  Keeley  care.  No  graduate 
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August  4, 1894. 


IF,  as  is  often  charged,  the  daily  press  is  responsible  for  a  crav- 
ing for  sensational  reading  in  our  domestic  circles,  surely  it 
may  with  equal  truth  be  charged  that  the  novel  of  tbe  day  is  in- 
fluential in  transferring  so  many  of  our  erstwhile  guileless  maids 
and  young  wives  into  "  Dodos"  and  "  Evas"  of  the  Rubicon,  Tbe 
heartless,  flippant  pertness  of  speech  and  action  which  is  so 
severely  commented  upon  by  strangers  visiting  our  coast  as  a 
marked  feature  of  our  women,  ia  largely  borrowed  from  those 
heroines  of  Benson,  more's  the  pity! 

The  girls  at  Del  Monte  were  rather  disgusted  because,  after  fill- 
ing his  fine  drag  to  completion  with  a  jolly  crowd,  young  Walter 
Hobart  would  say  ><  ta-ta,"  and  betake  himself  to  the  pleasures 
of  the  bowling  alley.  For  although  a  drive  in  such  a  swell  turn- 
out was  a  delightful  thing,  it  was  like  the  play  of  Hamlet  with 
the  Piince  left  out  not  to  have  the  owner  in  the  box  seat. 

It  was  comical  to  see  the  well  known  men  of  position  and 
years  who  attended  the  "  Living  Picture"  show,  at  Metropolitan 
Hall,  come  creeping  slyly  in,  hurry  up  to  the  front  seats,  and 
never  turn  to  the  right  nor  left  afterwards.  How  absurd  the 
ostrich  act  is! 

*  *  * 

The  sad  death  of  Miss  Marguerite  Wallace  will  rob  society  this 
winter  of  one  of  its  fairest  ornaments,  and  not  alone  will  the 
charming  girl  herself  be  missed,  but  her  sisters,  Mrs.  Belle  Dona- 
hue and  Miss  Romie  Wallace,  will  of  course  be  withdrawn  from 
the  gay  world  in  mourning.  It  will  also  probably  have  the  effect 
of  postponing  indefinitely  the  ball  which  those  hospitable  ladies, 
Mesdames  Annie  Donahue  and  Eleanor  Martin,  are  credited 
with  having  had  the  intention  of  enlivening  the  early  autumn 
with,  as  not  only  a  connection,  but  a  strong  friendship,  exists 
between  the  families. 

*  »  * 

On  dit,  the  widowed  sisters,  Freeborn  and  Santa  Marina,  will 
join  purses  this  winter  and  keep  house  together  in  the  Western 
Addition. 

*  *  * 

There  is  a  rumor  in  the  air  of  the  beau  monde  that  a  reception 
will  be  given  the  recently  wedded  Mrs.  Wise-Wagner  by  one  of 
the  McAllister  clique. 

The  beaux  and  belles  will  flit  back  from  the  Country  Club  shoot 
at  Del  Monte  for  the  tennis  at  San  Rafael,  and  then  go  somewhere 
else  ere  the  season  closes.  •*  By  Jove,"  said  one  of  the  young 
men  the  other  day,  '<  it  is  sometning  of  a  pull  on  one's  resources, 
such  constant  change  of  base,  railway  fares,  hotel  bills,  etc." 
«  *  * 

What  a  pity  some  of  the  wealthy  house  holders  in  the  rural 
districts  cannot  be  induced  to  gratify  the  girls  by  a  swagger  fete, 
where  fetching  costumes  would  be  in  order,  and  all  tbe  delights 
of  a  garden  party  be  enjoyed! 

"  What  next?  "  said  a  smart  girl  at  Burlingarae  as  she  looked 
at  the  illustrations  of  her  friends  in  their  bathing  suits,  as  fur- 
nished the  public  by  a  sensational  Sunday  paper,  and  the  remark 
has  found  echo  in  the  minds  of  many.  What  the  young  girls, 
whose  limbs  were  thus  exposed  for  the  public  gaze,  felt,  is  better 
imagined  than  described. 

.  *  B 

It  is  said  that  tbe  dowagers  held  an  indignation  meeting  on  the 
veranda  at  having  been  overlooked  by  the  "enterprising"  camera. 
Several  of  the  married  ladies  felt  that  they  were  equally  entitled 
to  "travel  on  their  shape." 

»  *  » 

We  may  expect  to  hear  of  the  "  living  picture  "  idea  taking 
form  in  our  swim,  as  anything  for  novelty  is  the  cry;  and  the 
more  daring  in  originality  of  conception  and  execution  a  thing  is, 
the  greater  the  chance  of  success.  We  do  venture  to  hope,  how- 
ever, that  should  our  gilded  youth  and  pretty  belles  pose  for  the 
cause  of  sweet  charity  before  a  promiscuous  assemblage  of  eyes, 
they  will  not  adopt  the  Cupid  and  Psyche  style.  In  fact,  let 
statuary  go,  and  try  the  Huguenots  or  something  that  has  drapery 
on  other  than  wings  or  a  circus  rider's  swathe. 

Cynics  tell  us  that  this  is  an  age  of  sham,  and  possibly  there  is 
more  or  less  truth  in  the  assertion.  In  society  life  we  find  vari- 
ous forms  of  it,  but  certainly  the  last  evidence  of  sham  heard  of 
takes  the  lead.  Every  one  who  has  visited  the  Midwinter  Fair 
must  have  noticed  the  display  of  old  silverware  made  in  the  Eng- 
lish exhibit;  but  every  one  does  not  know  that,  during  the  period 
of  bargains  at  the  close  of  the  Fair,  among  the  throng  who  went 
out  to  the  Liberal  Arts  building  in  search  of  such  was  a  young 
couple  from  the  most  fashionable  part   of  the  Western  Addition, 


who  invested  in  a  large  piece  of  the  ancient  silver.  And  now 
they  are  said  to  be  telling  their  friends  that  they  have  lately  re- 
ceived some  of  the  family  plate  from  the  ould  country! 

The  dread  of  earthquakes  is  again  creeping  into  the  minds  of 
our  people.  Possibly  the  most  nervous  are  to  be  found  among  the 
house-boat  inhabiters  of  Belvedere,  as  a  moderate-sized  tidal  wave 
would  sweep  them  into — what? 

Eastern  news  contain  two  items  of  interest  anent  two  of  our 
rich  California  widows  in  the  matrimonial  line,  Mrs.  Bob  Hastings 
being  reputed  as  about  to  form  new  ties,  and  Mrs.  Clara  Cather- 
wood  as  having  broken  off  her  recently  announced   engagement. 

There  is  what  seems  to  be  a  well  authenticated  rumor  current 
in  our  best  social  circles  that  a  young  lady  who  has  always  had 
the  reputation  of  a  keen  intelligence  aud  sharp  tongue  is  about  to 
favor  tbe  public  with  .her  impressions  and  experiences  of  human 
nature  as  found  in  European  and  Eastern  travel,  and  our  own 
swim  in  town  and  country.  The  fair  author,  it  is  said,  will  not 
give  names,  but  so  portray  the  different  characters  she  has  come 
in  contact  with  that  they  will  surely  be  recognized.  On  dit,  the 
book  will  be  classified  into  three  divisions — nature  aw  natural,  na- 
ture cultivated,  and  nature  perverted.  All  the  Benedicts  of  her 
acquaintance  are  on  tbe  tenter  hooks,  as  it  is  believed  that  she 
has  given  them  the  leading  rSle  in  the  last  »  division." 

The  recent  strike  caused  many  inconveniences.  A  dire  result 
would  have  been  a  shortage  of  Keystone  Monogram  Whiskey,  which 
physicians  recommend  for  the  sick  and  well;  but  a  carload  arrived 
just  before  the  strike  and  another  just  in  will  prevent  any  distress 
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THY.  war  between  China  and  .lupin,  orer  Core*.  seems  lo  b»ve 
broken  out  In  reality,  though  « -ithoul  any  (ornjal  declaration 
or  preliminary  cessation  of  diplomatic  inlercou'se.  The  continu- 
ous forwarding  of  men  and  munitions  by  t'huia  to  L'orean  terri- 
tory bas  been  challenged  by  Japan  as  an  overt  act  of  beligerency, 


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J\pKri 


THE  MIKADO  OF  JAPAN,  sketched  from,  life  at  the  autumn  meeting  of  the 
Nippon  Race  Club,  1S93,  at  Yokohama,  by  F.  A.  Nankivell.  (The  value  of 
this  portrait  may  be  appreciated  when  it  is  explained  that  sketches  and 
photographs  of  the  Mikado  are  strictly  prohibited,  being  regarded  as  a  great 
indignity  to  the  ruler  of  Japan.) 
and  two  naval  encounters  have  taken  place  in  which  the  Japan- 
ese forces  have  been  victorious.  As  a  demonstration  of  relative 
military  prowess  this  result  is  in  accord  with  the  concensus  of 
the  best  opinion  in  regard  to  the  physical  strength  of  the  two 
countries  in  war.  China  is  the  more  powerful  nation,  but  her 
power  is  undeveloped  as  a  military  factor  and  will  take  years  to 
develop.  Much  more  than  modern  arms  is  needed  to  perfect  this 
development.  The  bulk  of  tbe  army  at  the  call  of  the  Chinese 
Government  to-day  ia  little  more  than  a  rabble,  unused  to  dis- 
cipline and  devoid  of  the  implements  and  methods  of  modern 
warfare.  That  part  of  the  Chinese  army  which  is  equipped  witb 
the  armB  of  this  era  and  trained  in  the  methods  of  Western 
conflict  is  small  and  lacking  in  a  hundred  and  one  of  the  elements 
which  go  to  make  up  a  first-class  soldiery.  Then  there  is  an 
entire  absence  of  reliable  leadership  in  that  military  organization 
which  is  required  in  order  effectively  to  handle  and  provide  for 
armies  when  the  armies  are  in  existence.  Tne  War  Department 
of  the  Chinese  Government  is  as  defective   as  its  soldiery.     There 


ft  no  general  staff,  and  it  If  doubtful  whether  there  Is  to-day  a 
native  general  officer  who  understands  modern  military  ta.ii*  > 
sufficiently  to  form  a  large  army  Into  an  affective  and  safely  oon< 
strnned  line  of  battle.  In  preliminary  man-'  uvrc.i,  marchings, 
and  skirni<«hings  for  advantage  of  position,  under  tin*  modern 
system,  til* Chinese  would  be  lotl  anion  assisted  by  foreign  offi- 
cers. (Mi  tbe  DtbOl  hand,  the  Japanese  for  years  past  have  been 
Industriously  Adapting  themselves  to  the  Western  military  and 
naval  system,  and  to-day  their  standing  army  and  navy,  as  well 
as  their  reserves*  are  armed,  equipped,  and  trained  in  modern 
style,  and  though  they  still  have  some  foreign  (Ulcers  in  their 
employment,  their  own  leaders  are  fairly  trained;  they  have  an 
efficient  general  staff  and  a  properly  organised  governmental  de- 
partment of  military  management  as  well  as  one  for  naval  affairs. 
These  are  things  that  are  bound  to  tell.  There  are  those  who 
think  that  the  Chinese  will  he  able  to  bear  the  Japanese  down  by 
sheer  weight  of  numbers  if  the  conflict  is  prolonged,  but  it  is  diffi- 
cult to  understand  upon  what  basis  this  theory  rests.  The  small 
forces  which  Knglacd  and  France  sent  against  China  were  not 
beaten  down  by  numbers,  and  they  operated  under  more  disad- 
vantageous conditions  than  those  which  confront  the  Japanese 
in  the  present  conflict.  The  better  opinion,  therefore,  seems  to 
be  that  the  two  authentic  naval  encounters  which  have  taken  place 
are  suggestive  uf  the  ultimate  result,  and  that  from  out  of  this 
difficulty  tbe  new  force,  which  has  been  Blowly  developing  in  tbe 
East  for  many  years  past,  will  emerge  emboldened  and  solidified 
and  demanding  from  Western  powers  a  consideration  not  hitherto 
conceded  to  it. 

Some  time  ago  there  came  from  Honolulu  a  decidedly  fantastic 
story  to  the  effect  that  the  British  warship  Champion  had  gone  off 
to  seize  a  sea  gull  perch  known  as  Neckar  Island,  which,  though 
an  appenage  to  the  Hawaiian  group,  had  never,  so  to  Bpeak,  been 
legally  naturalized.  Tbe  vigilant  provisional  government,  how- 
ever, chartered  a  fast  steamer  (tbe  Champion  could  run  away  from 
any  vessel  at  the  Islands),  which  outsailed  the  British  warship, 
so  the  story  ran,  and  triumphantly  planted  the  Hawaiian  flag  on 
the  barren  and  uninhabited  roc*.  Tnis  grotesque  romance  was 
so  ridiculous  that  no  one  took  the  trouble  to  deny  it,  and  it  died 
of  its  own  vacuity.  This  week,  however,  it  comes  to  us  again  in  a 
somewhat  changed  form.  The  new  form  contradicts  the  old 
story  in  all  essential  particulars,  and  goes  to  show  that  somebody 
bas  been  "  making  game"  of  the  provisional  government  and  our 
own  daily  papers,  and  has  not  tired  of  the  amusement  yet.  In 
its  new  form  the  story  asserts  that  the  Minister  of  Military  Affairs 
of  tbe  colony  of  Victoria,  Australia,  sent  a  representative  to  Hon- 
olulu to  charter  a  steamer  to  go  to  Neckar  Island  and  take  pos- 
session of  it,  in  the  expectation  that  the  British  Government 
would  ratify  the  act  and  assume  the  responsibility  for  it;  also 
that  the  scheme  miscarried  by  reason  of  the  leakage  in  the  tongue 
of  the  representative.  The  pretense  behind  all  this  romancing  is 
that  Neckar  Island  is  wanted  as  "  a  station"  for  a  cable  line 
across  the  Pacific  Ocean  which  is  now  projected.  In  its  new 
form  the  romance  is  even  more  ridiculous  than  in  its  old  shape. 
Neckar  Island  would  be  perfectly  useless  for  the  purpose 
mentioned  or  any  other  conceivable  employment.  It  is  bar- 
ren, uninhabited,  uninhabitable,  and  difficult  to  land  on  even 
in  fine  weather.  Besides  that,  the  colony  of  Victoria  is  in 
no  way  interested  in  the  proposed  cable  which  will  run  either  to 
New  Zealand  or  New  South  Wales. 

Some  of  the  partisan  daily  papers  are  circulating  a  story  to  the 
effect  that  the  present  administration  really  disapproved  of  Ad- 
miral Benham's  gallery  play  at  Rio  and  was  only  restrained  from 
censuring  him  by  the  fact  that  his  act  seemed  to  be  very  popular. 
If  this  is  true,  it  goes  to  show  that  the  original  purpose  of  the  ad- 
ministration was  more  in  touch  with  the  true  requirements  of  the 
situation  than  its  subsequent  action  was.  Benham's  course  at 
that  time  practically  turned  the  tide  of  war  against  the  revolution- 
ists and  in  favor  of  Piexoto.  As  a  result  we  seem  to  have  fastened 
a  governmental  regime  upon  the  unfortunate  Brazilians  which 
bears  more  resemblance  to  the  institutions  of  Russia  than  to  a 
genuine  republic,  which  rests  upon  and  has  its  strength  in  popu- 
lar approval. 


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August  4,  1894. 


THE  trouble  over  the  Harney  Peak  Mining  Company's  affairs 
appears  to  have  resulted  from  the  misconduct  or  ignorance  of 
officials,  who  seemed  at  their  wits'  end  to  absorb  every  dollar 
subscribed  by  the  shareholders,  by  a  system  of  contracts  for  sur- 
face improvements.  It  is  the  same  old  game  which  has  been 
played  lirue  and  again  in  California,  to  the  ultimate  loss  of  the 
unfortunates  who  supplied  the  capital.  In  nine  cases  cut  of  ten 
the  mine  was  simply  used  as  a  bait  to  enable  tbe  conspirators  to 
live  like  nabobs  and  fatten  upon  the  exorbitant  commissions 
paid  upon  the  bills  for  machinery  which  was  never  intended  to 
be  used  alter  its  erection,  and  for  elegant  establishments  fur- 
nished regardless  of  expense.  If  mining  investors  will  go  back 
into  the  history  of  the  past  ten  or  fifteen  years  tbey  will  find  in- 
numerable instances  of  this  reckless  system  of  mismanagement. 
Take  the  old  Ilex,  Union  Gold,  Quartz  Mountain,  Esmeralda,  and 
the  Josephine:  Who  profited  by  these  swindles  but  the  con- 
tractors and  tbe  promoters?  At  tbe  Ilex,  Josephine,  and  Union 
Gold  tbe  machinery  was  of  the  most  expensive  description,  and 
what  became  of  it?  The  mill  of  the  Ilex  was  distributed  piece- 
meal all  over  the  country  at  a  small  fraction  of  a  cent  for  every 
dollar  invested,  and  the  Josephine  plant,  brand  new,  was  finally 
bought  in  by  the  builder  for  something  like  $5000,  while  the 
stamp  mill  alone  cost  $60,000.  The  Union  Gold  mill  and  ma- 
chinery was  not  even  erected  upon  the  company's  land,  and  it 
was  gobbled  up  by  the  original  owner  of  the  mine  as  an  addi- 
tional profit  on  a  transaction  which  made  him  rich  enough  to 
retire  a  wealthy  man  after  making  a  grand  tour  of  the  world. 
What  has  become  of  the  thousands  which  have  been  squandered 
upon  the  Valley  Gold,  alias  Holcomb  Valley  or  whatever  soubri- 
quet it  is  now  traveling  under?  Where  are  the  innumerable  div- 
idends held  out  as  an  allurement  by  Alexander  Del  Mar  when  he 
brought  the  property  out  in  London?  When  the  Bears'  Nest 
affairs  are  sifted  out  in  court  it  will  likely  be  found  that  again 
the  contract  system  afforded  more  lucrative  opportunities  for 
those  in  charge  than  the  exploitation  of  the  property.  There 
would  have  been  a  large  balance  on  hand  in  the  treasury  out  of 
the  $265,000  subscribed  for  equipment  purposes  had  it  been  de- 
termined first  of  all  whether  or  not  the  prospects  for  a  supply  of 
ore  warranted  the  erection  of  a  milling  or  reduction  plant.  How 
it  is  that  investors  are  so  short-sighted  as  to  permit  such  conduct 
upon  the  part  of  their  representatives  is  their  own  business,  but 
when  they  suffer  by  their  folly  it  would  be  more  graceful  to  do 
so  in  silence  than  to  parade  their  ridiculous  position  before  the 
world. 

$  $  $ 

Gorqstock  The  local  mining  market  developed  a  healthier 
Miqiqg  tone  during  the  week,  and  prices  fluctuated  suffi- 
Sfyares,  ciently  to  enable  dealers  to  realize  a  profit,  which  is 
more  than  they  have  done  for  some  time  past.  There  is  a  great 
deal  of  money  now  concentrated  in  private  hands,  for  which  no 
use  can  be  found  in  regular  business  channels,  and  the  first  signs 
of  activity  in  stocks  will  draw  a  large  proportion  of  these  idle 
funds  toward  Pine  street.  The  mines  are  in  a  remarkably  good 
condition  just  now,  and  the  future  of  several  is  more  promising 
than  at  any  other  time  for  many  years.  Had  it  not  been  for  the 
general  commercial  depression,  much  higher  prices  might  have 
been  expected  just  now,  and,  with  the  revival  of  confidence  in 
outside  business  circles,  a  sharp  reaction  may  be  looked  for  in 
the  mining  market.  As  it  is,  values  have  been  maintained  won- 
derfully in  all  leading  mines  during  tbe  dull  spell,  and  this  would 
not  have  been  so,  had  it  not  been  for  the  merit  which  the  proper- 
ties possess.  A  large  amount  of  ore  has  been  accumulated  by  the 
Con.  Cal- Virginia  Company,  and  the  Morgan  mill  has  just  been 
started  up  again,  with  a  possibility  that  it  will  run  for  some  time — 
long  enough  to  replenish  the  treasury  materially.  The  prospects 
for  discovering  the  downward  continuation  of  the  new  ore  body 
on  the  1700  level  are  brighter  than  ever,  and  this  in  itself  ought 
to  act  as  a  bracer  on  the  stock.  At  the  South  End  work  has  com- 
menced again  on  Belcher  and  Jacket,  while  the  news  from  Crown 
Point  continues  to  be  of  the  most  encouraging  character.  If  not 
made  entirely  self-sustaining,  this  mine  should  soon  be  in  a  position 
where  the  burden  on  the  shareholders  will  be  lightened  considera- 
bly by  an  output  of  bullion.  The  Justice  mill  is  also  ready  to 
start  up  on  a  high  grade  of  ore.  Savage  was  assessed  twenty 
cents,  Silver  King  twenty  cents,  and  Gould  &  Curry  fifteen  cents 
during  the  week. 

$  $  $ 

THE  Toledo  Board  of  Underwriters,  at  a  meeting  which  has 
just  been  held,  voted  to  prohibit  the  use  of  trolley  currents 
for  electric  lightning  or  for  power,  and  all  users  were  given  thirty 
days  in  which  to  discontinue  the  practice.  Not  long  ago  the 
Board  issued  a  circular  to  their  companies  announcing  that  a 
method  had  been  discovered  which  insured  safety  from  fire. 
Evidently  the  companies  were  not  inclined  to  this  belief. 


ftfiqiqg  A  large  amount  of  money  is  still    seeking  invest- 

in  ment  in  California  mines,   particularly  in   those  lo- 

Ca/iforqia.  cated  in  the  favorably  known  districts  of  Grass 
Valley  and  NevadaCity.  Scarcely  a  week  passes  without  some  new 
bond  or  purchase  being  announced,  and  a  good  prospect  is  taken 
at  all  times  in  preference  to  an  Englishman's  hobby,  "a  going 
concern."  The  majority  of  the  properties  now  being  opened  up 
in  the  vicinity  of  Grass  Valley  are  turning  out  well,  and  at  times 
some  very  rich  strikes  are  reported.  In  Sierra  County  the  Empire 
mine,  near  Downieville,  has  just  been  sold  for  $50,000  to  a  home 
company,  and  the  intention  is  to  open  it  up  and  erect  a  fioe  re- 
duction plant.  In  the  northern  districts  considerable  attention  is 
being  paid  to  the  vast  gravel  deposits  which  have  been  neglected 
for  years,  and  as  the  terms  offered  for  capital  are  generally  very 
liberal,  investors  are  taking  hold  freely.  The  future  prosperity 
of  California  will  depend  largely  upon  the  development  of  ihe 
vast  mineral  resources  by  our  own  people. 
*  *  $ 

Local  Despite  the  prevailing   dull  times  complained  of 

Stock        in  business  circles,  the  local  investment  companies 

Divideqds,  have  done  remarkably  well  in  the  way  of  earnings, 
and  the  dividends  paid  for  the  month  just  ended  are  considerably 
in  excess  of  the  amount  paid  for  the  same  month  last  year.  The 
total  of  tbe  recent  disbursements  is  $875,520,  against  $847,400  for 
July,  1893.  The  payments  are  summarized  as  follows  for  the 
month  in  1894:  Banks,  $495,304;  mining  companies,  $107,350: 
water  companies,  $78,000;  gas  companies,  $74,166;  insur- 
ance companies,  $32,000;  powder  companies,  $19,500;  street 
railroad  companies,  $11,000,  and  miscellaneous,  $58,200.  In  ad- 
dition, the  local  savings  banks  have  paid  out  in  tbe  neighborhood 
of  $2,000,000  for  semi-annual  interest  on  deposits. 
$  $  $ 

4  Nan]e        The  Imperial   Fire   Lloyds  opened  for  business  on 
as  the  1st  inst.,  the  date  announced  some  time  ago,  when 

Capita/,  the  company  was  incorporated.  It  is  believed  that 
there  is  a  scheme  back  of  this  new  concern  to  play  upon  the  name 
of  the  English  Imperial  Company.  It  is  also  said  that  the  latter 
company  will  take  immediate  steps  to  protect  itself  against  the 
infringement  on  a  name  which  has  become  a  household  word 
all  over  the  world.  None  of  the  men  interested  in  the  Imperial 
Fire  Lloyds  are  considered  heavy  weights  among  the  insurance 
fraternity,  and  some  of  them  are  but  little  known  on  the  street 
either  in  New  York  or  Chicago.  If  they  intend  to  profit  by  using 
the  name  they  have  adopted,  it  will  likely  be  after  a  long  and 
expensive  litigation  with  their  powerful  rival. 
$  $  $ 
Local  Last  month  was  the  dullest  with  the  business  men 

Baqk  of  this  city  which  they  have  probably  ever  experi- 

Cleariqgs-  enced.  The  tie-up  in  transportation  is  of  coarse  re- 
sponsible for  this  stagnation  in  trade.  The  bank  clearings  for 
July  were  only  $45,570,126,  against  $49,895,464  for  the  same 
month  in  1893,  a  decrease  for  the  past  month  of  over  $4,000,000. 
There  has  also  been  a  decrease  for  every  month  this  year,  as  com- 
pared with  last  year.  The  clearings  for  the  first  seven  months  of 
1894  were  only  $370,197,700,  as  against  $431,893,000  during  the 
first  seven  months  of  1893,  and  the  total  for  this  year  is  the 
smallest  in  many  years.  It  is  hoped,  now  that  the  lowest  point 
in  the  business  depression  has  been  reached,  that  times  will  now 
begin  to  improve. 

AGENTS  of  the  Niagara  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  New  York 
have  received  an  official  circular  announcing  tbe  intention  of 
the  management  to  re-establish  the  Western  Department  head- 
quarters at  Chicago,  and  the  appointment  of  Mr.  1.  8.  Black- 
welder  as  Western  Manager.  The  transfer  will  take  place  about 
September  1st,  1894,  bnt  until  notice  has  been  given  that  the  new 
order  has  gone  into  effect,  agents  will  continue  sending  reports 
and  correspondence  to  the  New  York  office. 
$  $  $ 

A  BILL  has  just  been  passed  by  the  Maryland  Legislature 
which  provides  that  insurance  companies  shall  send  a  full 
and  detailed  statement  of  their  business  to  policy  holders,  and 
also  publish  an  abstract  of  the  same  for  three  consecutive  weeks 
in  April  of  each  year  in  at  least  one  newspaper  published  in  each 
county. 

$  $  $ 

THE  Farmers  &  Merchants  Insurance  Company  of  Nebraska 
have  issued  a  circular  denying  in  toto  the  reports  that  they 
were  about  to  withdraw  from  the  field  in  favor  of  the  German 
American.  A  former  Secretary  is  accredited  with  starting  the 
rumor. 

I  %  % 

THE  Vice-Presidency  of  the  Western  Department  of  the  Han- 
over of  New  York ,  which  has  been  vacant  for  some  time  past, 
has  been  filled  by  the  election  of  Mr.  Howard  P.  Gray,  of  New 
York. 

$  $  $ 

NO  more  days  of  grace  will  be  allowed,    or  notes  or  any  other 
evidences  of  indebtedness,  in  New  York  after  January  1,  1895. 


18IM. 


KRANCI8C0  SKWB  I  BTTBR 


18 


"Bear  (he  Crier!'      "Whit  the  d»Tll  art  thou' 
"On*  that  will  play  tbt  devil,  air.  witb  you." 


GOVB&KOR  Markham*     What  did  you  say? 
Did  I  hear  aright*     Am  I  born  again? 
This  i«  the  man  who.  one  bright  day. 

Was,  elected  lo  rule  o'er  this  domain. 
Ye?.  1  remember,  the  applause  and  all. 

When  he  came  from  Pasadena's  shore- 
Like  the  streak  of  a  match  on  a  white-washed  wall 
He  tlickered  and  then  was  seen  no  more. 

•  •overnor  Markbam!     Broad  and  grand! 

He  has  found  himself  !     Remarkable  tact! 
And  by  his  own  hypnotic  band 

Has  written  a  letter  to  reveal  the  fact. 
0.  bones  of  »  Old  1'ani,"  'neatb  the  sod  and  dew, 

By  the  weeds  that  cluster  around  your  pail — 
Will  Governor  Markbam  deny  this,  too, 

And  offer  gold  for  the  original? 

While  war  was  on,  and  wheels  of  trade 

Were  silent,  and  strikers  took  their  stand, 
As  the  bead  of  the  National  wuard  brigade 

He  sat  on  his  great,  hypnotic  hand 
While  bridges  were  burned  and  people  killed, 

And  the  poor  were  calling  unto  the  Lord! 
By  the  brooks  that  run  where  blood  ne'er  spilled, 

He  kept  his  ribald  watch  and  ward. 

But  that  is  all  past.     The  snn  shines  bright. 

The  angel  of  peace  has  spread  her  winga. 
The  hypnotic  hand  now  comes  to  light 

And  long  and  loud  discordant  sings. 
It  sings  for  a  Markham  brave  and  bold. 

Who  hid  when  duty  called  him  forth  ; 
It  sings  that  his  heart  is  growing  cold, 

That  e'en  to  himself  he's  of  little  worth. 

0  Markbam!  bow  down  to  the  will  of  Fate, 

Pennoyer's  an  ass,  and  Altgeld,  too, 
And  yon  are  as  big  as  both,  and  Waite 

Is  just  as  big  an  ass  as  you. 
With  insane  asylums  all  over  the  land, 

And  horn^s  for  the  feeble  here  and  there, 
Why  can't  we  keep  the  hypnotic  hand 

And  Markham  ont  of  the  (Governor's  chair  ? 

THOSE  interesting  gentlemen  who  kill  wild  animals  for  fun  are 
carrying  a  long  whip  over  those  other  interesting  gentlemen 
who  kill  wild  animals  for  money.  It  might  do  California  good  to 
receive  at  the  hands  of  an  enlightened  outside  world  the  deserved 
chastisement  of  contempt  and  derision  which  must  follow  from 
this  publication  of  the  fact  that  the  last  Legislature  of  California 
passed  a  law  classing  as  a  misdemeanor  the  selling  of  game  out  of 
cold  storage  during  the  season  when  the  killing  of  such  game  is 
prohibited  by  law,  no  matter  though  the  game  was  killed  in  sea- 
son. This  law  was  inspired  by  the  gentlemen  who  kill  for  fun 
and  was  aimed  at  the  gentlemen  who  kill  for  money,  for  the  first- 
named  gentlemen  scorn  to  put  the  product  of  their  butchery 
in  cold  storage — they  prefer  to  gorge  it  hot,  bloody,  and 
rank;  it  is  a  wonder  they  do  not  eat  it  raw,  though, 
come  to  think  of  it,  most  savages  do  cook  their  meat. 
Of  coarse  this  ridiculous  law  has  been  upheld  in  a  test 
case,  because  it  is  "  constitutional."  It  is  somewhat  interesting 
to  reflect  that  the  gentlemen  who  kill  for  fun  are  merely  obeying 
that  savage  instinct  to  kill  which  makes  wars  necessary  and  una- 
voidable. Next  to  kicking  a  dog,  beating  a  woman,  or  murdering 
a  man,  the  keenest  delight  in  human  nature  is  to  hunt  down,  tor- 
ture, and  kill  defenseless  animals— even  sweet-voiced  California 
women,  "  cow-eyed  and  beautiful,"  dainty,  gracious,  and  lovable, 
revel  in  the  sight  of  gentlemen  shooting  pigeons  as  they  fly  from 
a  trap,  and  civilized  women  the  world  over  scorn  a  civilian  if  a 
soldier  be  near,  for  does  not  the  soldier  stand  for  blood  and  death  ? 

THE  usual  farcical  investigation  of  the  County  Hospital  has 
been  made,  the  usual  exchanges  of  pleasant  courtesies  be- 
tween Superintendent  Titus  and  a  majority  of  the  Supervisors' 
Committee  have  been  indulged  in,  and  in  a  few  days  the  usual 
disgraceful  report  sustaining  the  management  will  likely  be  filed 
—unless  it  should  happen  that  Supervisor  Stanton  wishes  his 
pains  taken  in  the  investigation  {Supervisors  James  and  Kennedy 
did  nothing)  to  be  productive  of  results.  The  method  of  taking 
the  statements  of  the  inmates  as  to  the  conduct  of  the  institution 
is  so  absurd  that  sensible  people  cannot  be  brought  to  believe  that 
the  committee  has  any  desire  to  ascertain  the  evils  believed  to 
exist. 


Til  I  mo«t  remarkabl.  retult  of  the  calling  out  ol  the  National 
\*A  in  IQpprUi  the  rtOtDl  riots  hat  been  the  discharge  of 
several  of  the  men  hy  their  employers.  It  Is  believed,  and  DOl 
denied,  that  the  men  were  discharged  for  the  reason  that  their  em- 
ployer* "Sympathised*1  with  the  strikers  and  were  Opposed  to  any 
measures  for  suppressing  their  lawlessness.  The  good  Lord,  evi- 
dently for  the  purpose  of  making  wisdom  and  goodness  conspicu- 
ous in  those  that  way  endowed,  has  created  some  men  to  whom  he 
has  denied  those  graces  of  mind  and  character.  To  hold  the  National 
•■uard  responsible  (or  doing  its  duly — which,  without  reference  to 
the  merits  of  the  strike,  was  simply  and  solely  to  obey  orders — 
is  meanness  of  a  lamentable  order.  It  is  equally  deplorable  that 
any  one  should  cherish  a  "sympathy"  for  one  side  or  the  other  in 
the  strnggle;  and  yet  nine  persons  In  ten,  in  discussing  the  strike, 
have  expressed  sympathy.  Wheu  men  have  so  far  removed 
themselves  from  the  primitive  methods  of  the  savage  as  to  think 
with  their  beads  instead  of  their  hearts,  the  first  beneficent  work 
of  civilization  will  have  been  accomplished.  To  what  extent 
theoretical  Christianity,  which,  as  preached,  sets  Mercy  at  the 
throat  of  Justice,  makes  this  danger  operative,  it  is  difficult  to 
determine.  See  what  a  wretched  thing  mercy  is  in  the  practices 
of  inferior  men!  Sympathy  suggests  mercy;  these  men  could 
sympathize  with  the  strikers,  who  are  poor  and  earn  their  bread 
by  hard  labor,  and  yet  have  none  for  their  own  employees,  who, 
besides  similarly  earning  their  own  bread,  had  the  advantage 
over  the  strikers  by  acting  with  manly  unselfishness  and  at  the 
peril  of  theirlives  supporting  that  authority  which  makes  govern- 
ment and  order  possible.  Captain  Barry  is  making  a  list  of  the 
employers  who  have  discharged  their  men  for  serving  as  National 
Guardsmen.  That  list  would  make  as  instructive  reading  as  the 
one  of  signatures  to  the  Examiner's  petition  to  Congress. 

ATTORNEY  Loughborough,  in  the  action  that  he  is  taking 
against  Charles  and  Robert  Wieland,  is  exhibiting  some 
phases  of  mental  obliquity  that  are  rare  even  in  a  lawyer.  He 
claims  that  they  did  not  present  to  the  court  an  itemized  account 
of  the  expenditures  of  the  estate  up  to  date.  Up  to  date,  indeed, 
Mr.  Loughborough!  You  might  as  well  ask  that  the  Angel 
Cabriel  be  allowed  to  come  to  Earth  to  show  yon  the  way  to 
Heaven.  The  second  annual  account  of  the  executors  was  filed 
on  September  1st,  1893,  and  the  third  annual  account  is  not  due 
until  September  1st  of  this  year.  So  the  objections  made  to  the 
account  that  it  did  not  cover  all  that  had  been  received  to  date 
were  vapid  and  unbecoming  a  man  of  integrity.  But  Mr.  Lough- 
borough, aided  and  abetted  by  the  Examiner,  has  attempted  to 
bring  shame  and  dishonor  on  two  young  men  who  never  did  a 
wrong  act,  and  who  have  lived  the  lives  of  honest,  peaceful  citi- 
zens. From  the  amount  of  abuse  that  had  been  heaped  on  their 
beads,  one  would  think  that  they  were  public  officials  who  had 
gone  wrong  instead  of  private  individuals  who  have  done  noth- 
ing. The  whole  matter  looks  very  much  like  persecution,  and  as 
though  Mr.  Loughborough  and  the  Examiner  had  some  common 
purpose  in  pushing  their  work. 

THE  war  between  China  and  Japan  is  raging  in  San  Francisco, 
where  the  Japanese  are  now  denied  admittance  to  the  Chinese 
theatres.  It  is  a  pretty  sight  to  note  the  different  external  effects 
which  the  Oriental  war  is  having  on  the  local  belligerants.  The 
funny  little  Japanese  teels  his  oats  amazingly,  und.  is  strutting 
with  all  the  pomposity  which  his  funny  little  legs  can  command, 
looking  fierce  and  breathing  hot  war  from  distended  nostrils.  The 
Chinese,  on  the  other  band,  are  even  more  inscrutable  and  silent 
tban  ever.  This  wonderful  race  has  a  depth,  a  patience,  an  im- 
movable and  impervious  spirit  of  fatalism,  a  slyness,  a  tiger-like 
cowardice  and  ferocity,  that  would  make  it  infinitely  superior 
to  the  Japanese  in  guerilla  warfare,  for  a  Chinese  is  more  readily 
an  assassin  tban  a  soldier.  But  if  the  swaggering  little  Japs  of 
San  Francisco  carry  their  noses  too  high  in  the  vicinity  of  China- 
town they  will  likely  have  their  weazands  slit  by  invisible  hands. 

THE  Examiner  took  a  step  beyond  its  ordinary  impudence  on 
Sunday  and  printed  a  number  of  cuts  supposedly  representing 
society  girls  in  the  baths  at  Del  Monte,  and  an  accompanying 
article  which  dwelt  at  length  on  their  ability  as  swimmers.  It  is 
a  fact  that  none  of  the  young  ladies  posed  for  the  paper,  as  it 
stated,  and  it  is  also  a  fact  that  some  of  them  cannot  swim  at  all. 
The  article  was  grossly  insulting  and  a  terrible  reflection  on  the 
conduct  of  the  misrepresented  maidens.  But  the  editors  of  the 
Examiner  are  so  bitterly  opposed  to  decency,  morality,  or  any- 
thing whatsoever  that  would  make  better  the  condition  of  the 
public,  that  one  may  expect  almost  anything  from  them. 

WHERE  do  the  ladies  of  the  variety  stage  get  their  voices? 
They  must  be  wonderful  voices  at  the  start  and  must  have 
received  some  wonderful  and  startling  training.  Some  of 
them  sound  like  a  sawmill,  some  the  croaks  and  squawks  of  a  par- 
rot store,  and  some  the  scraping  of  the  nails  of  a  hundred-fingered 
man  on  a  window  pane.  We  suppose  that  a  variety  singer  who 
had  a  good  voice  and  used  it  skillfully  or  agreeably  would  not 
get  an  engagement.  It  is  a  tradition  of  the  variety  stage  that  the 
voice  shall  gurgle  and  splutter  and  break  and  scratch  and  tear. 
Sometimes  it  seems  as  if  a  cat  came  oat  of  the  fair  singer's  throat 
while  a  frog  stayed  in. 


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SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


August  4,  1894. 


in  the: 

Stars 


By  Robert-  ($>.  Mb-ck^y. 


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f  HERE  was  no  apparent  need  for  jeal- 
ousy on  the  part  of  Dick  Palgrave 
simply  because  the  girl  whom  he 
loved  wore  a  red  rose  on  her  breast 
which  had  been  given  to  her  by  an- 
other man.  And  Lisette  seemed  to  be  too  sensible  a  girl  to 
put  any  feeling  into  the  matter,  or  to  think  that  she  ninst  love 
a  man  simply  because  he  gave  her  a  red  rose  to  wear.  But 
Palgrave  sat  through  the  dinner  and  watched  her,  across  the 
table,  talking  to  the  dark  Mr.  Marshall.  A  big  diamond  star  glittered 
in  her  hair.  A  string  of  topazes  encircled  her  neck  and  tried  to 
diminish  the  lustre  of  her  eyes.  A  laurel  wreath  of  diamonds 
adorned  her  breast,  and  nestling  among  its  glittering  leaves  was  the 
red  rose.  Palgrave  could  see  nothing  but  the  rose,  The  diamonds, 
the  topazes,  and  her  eyes  counted  for  naught,  and  to  him  the  rose 
looked  as  though  it  was  her  heart. 

When  the  dinner  was  over  and  the  guests  wandered  through  the 
long  halls  of  Mrs.  Winston's  rich  home,  and  assembled  in  the  draw- 
ing room  to  dance  the  hours  away,  there  was  one  who  lingered  be- 
hind, and  whose  wrinkled  face  and  downcast  eyes  told  that  he  was 
not  in  a  merry  mood.  It  was  Dick  Palgrave.  Jealousy  had  seized 
him  for  her  own.  The  pangs  of  the  green  monster  had  grappled  him 
around  the  loins,  and  he  was  ready  to  cleave  the  first  man  to  the 
heart  who  would  dare  to  cross  him.  And  the  especial  object  of  his 
desire  was  the  dark  Mr.  Marshall.  That  gentleman  was  a  new  one 
in  their  set.  He  was  one  of  those  fellows  who  had  sprung  from 
realms  where  only  the  eye  of  God  can  penetrate,  and  who  had  come 
into  the  midst  of  that  little  band  of  papillons  who  made  Mrs.  Win- 
ston's their  headquarters.  They  had  money,  one  and  all.  They 
danced,  sang,  and  played  the  hours  away  from  summer  to  summer, 
and  they  knew  only  this  about  life,  that  it  was  a  bed  of  fairy  blos- 
soms, lit  by  an  August  moon,  and  warmed  and  fed  by  an  everlasting 
sun. 

The  dark  Mr.  Marshall  was  a  social  mystery,  whose  appearance 
was  all  in  his  favor.  Thackeray  says  that  every  man  has  a  letter  of 
credit  written  on  his  face.  The  dark  Mr.  Marshall  seemed  to  have 
an  ever-running  bank  account  inscribed  on  his.  It  was  "Isn't  he 
handsome?  "  "  Isn't  he  nice?  "  and  "  Hasn't  he  got  lovely  eyes?  '• 
and  at  one  time  when  the  girls,  who  were  rilling  each  other's  ears 
with  those  ribald  sentiments,  had  left  the  men  and  gathered  together 
in  Lisette's  bedroom,  they  came  to  the  unanimous  verdict  that  the 
dark  Mr.  Marshall  could  have  the  hearts,  hands,  and  fortunes  of 
any  of  them  for  the  asking. 

The  night  wore  on  and  the  dancers  were  growing  gayer  and  gayer. 
Lisette  was  the  star  of  the  evening,  and  the  dark  Mr.  Marshall  was 
her  guide.  They  danced  together  often,  and  Dick  stood  in  an  alcove 
and  watched  them.  Other  girls  came  to  him  and  asked  him  to  dance, 
but  he  refused,  and  finally,  when  Mrs.  Winston  came  to  him  in  person 
and  called  him  a  fool,  he  turned  on  his  heel  and  walked  out  on  the 
veranda. 

Myriad  reflections  ran  through  his  brain;  he  vowed  eternal 
vengeance  by  everything  good  and  great.  He  would  kill  Lisette,  he 
would  kill  that  damned  dark  man,  and  he  would  kill  himself.  He 
would  give  society  something  to  read  about.  He  would  let  the  world 
see  that  no  woman  could  trifle  with  his  love.  He  would  go  now.  He 
would  get  a  re ! 

A  step  on  the  veranda  broke  his  soliloquy.  He  looked,  He  had 
just  time  to  get  behind  a  large  passipn  vine  in  order  to  be  unseen. 
And  there  she  came,  leaning  on  the  arm  of  the  dark  man.  The 
diamond  star— his  diamond  star— was  gleaming  in  her  hair,  and  the 
topazes,  the  laurel  wreath,  and  the  eyes  sparkled  as  brightly  in  the 
night  air  as  they  had  in  the  glimmer  of  the  parlor  lights.  But  the 
rose  was  gone.  Dick  looked  at  her  breast  again  and  again ;  yes,  it 
was  gone,  gone!  His  heart  rose  high  when  he  saw  that  she  was 
wearing  it  no  longer,  that  it  must  have  dropped  from  its  place  and 
been  trampled  to  pieces  on  the  ball-room  floor. 

But  as  they  came  closer  he  saw  that  she  held  it  in  her  hand,  and 
that  she  was  pressing  it  to  her  lips  and  was  kissing  it. 

"  You  men  are  all  alike,"  she  said,  as  she  looked  into  the  black 
eyes  of  his  rival;  "  you  tell  a  girl  that  you  love  her,  and  you  know 
that  you  never  mean  it." 

"  You  think  that  a  man  cannot  be  sincere,"  said  the  dark  Mr.  Mar- 
shall, "  but  I  swear  that  it  is  true.  Man  is  sincere.  When  he  loves 
a  woman  he  loves  her  for  herself  alone.  Women  regard  love  as  they 
do  a  book  on  political  economy;  men  regard  it  as  Heaven." 

"  Pretty,  very  pretty  sentiments,  Mr.  Marshall.  But  do  you  want 
me  to  believe  you  when  you  say  that  you  love  me?  " 

There  was  a  rustling  noise  behind  the  passion  vine  that  made  them 
pause  for  a  moment. 

"  I  do.  I  love  you.  You  must  come  with  me  this  night,  this 
hour.      My  yacht  is  down  there.     AVe  will  go  and   never  return. 


Come.  Say  'yes!'  Say  'yes!'  What  is  life  without  love?  Come 
with  me  and  all  will  be  one  eternal  ocean  of  pleasure.  We  will  die, 
love,  we  will  die  in  that  ocean."  And  he  clasped  her  in  his  arms  and 
kissed  her  upturned  face. 

With  a  bound  the  blood  rose  in  Dick  Palgrave.  But  he  resolved  to 
keep  quiet;  he  would  see  the  game  played  out.  They  talked  togetber 
for  a  few  moments;  they  seemed  arguing  a  point.  Now  they  were 
gay— now  they  were  serious.  He  smiled.  Then  she  smiled.  She 
placed  her  hand  in  his.  He  grasped  her's  warmly.  She  looked  up 
and  into  his  eyes.  Her  head  swayed  from  side  to  side,  and  then  she 
threw  her  arms  around  his  neck. 

For  a  moment  they  rested  in  each  other's  arm  s,  and  then  the  dark 
Mr.  Marshall  left  her  and  hurried  into  the  house. 

Lisette  stood  still  for  a  moment  as  if  discussing  a  deep  problem. 
Then  she  began  fanning  herself,  and  Dick  saw  that  she  was  leaning 
against  the  house  and  that  she  had  placed  her  handkerchief  to  her 
eyes. 

She  did  not  see  him  come  from  behind  the  passion  vine,  nor  did 
she  hear  him  walk  stealthily  toward  her,  but  her  body  shuddered 
when  he  placed  both  arms  around  her  and  threw  her  head  back  on 
his  breast. 

"  0  !  Mr.  Marshall,  you  have  come  back.  Did  you  get  my  things?" 
she  said. 

"  No,"  said  Dick,  in  a  whisper,  "  I  was  afraid  to  go  into  the  house. 
Go  down  to  the  end  of  the  garden.  Ask  for  my  carriage  and  tell  the 
man  to  drive  you  to  the  wharf,  where  you  will  meet  me.  I  will  go 
into  the  house  now,  so  as  not  to  excite  suspicion,  dance  a  few  dances, 
and  I  will  join  you  in  half  an  hour." 

He  whispered  so  low  that  she  could  not  detect  his  voice.  Tears 
filled  her  eyes  and  the  topazes  grew  dim.  Dick  could  see  that  she 
was  about  to  hesitate,  but  he  had  made  up  his  mind  that  he  would 
be  avenged.  He  drew  her  toward  him,  and  could  hear  her  say: 
"  Will  you  always  love  me  as  you  do  now?  I  am  giving  up  home, 
friends,  and  a  dear,  good  sweetheart  for  you.  But  I  can't  help  it. 
I  can't  help  it?" 

"My  word  has  never  been  disbelieved.  When  we  reach  another 
port,  and  when  you  are  Mrs.  Marshall,  we  will  see  how  happy  you 
will  be  then.    But  come " 

She  ran  to  the  carriage  and  was  driven  to  the  wharf.  Fear  and  ex- 
citement had  overcome  her  while  she  stood  in  the  dim  light  of  a 
street  lamp,  waiting  for  the  man  with  whom  she  had  consented  to 
elope.  She  took  a  thick  black  veil  from  her  pocket  and  wound  it 
around  her  face.  She  had  found  a  long  coat  in  the  carriage  which 
she  had  modestly  confiscated  to  keep  her  warm.  Once  or  twice  she 
made  up  her  mind  to  go  back  to  her  home  and  her  Dick.  But  now 
it  was  too  late,  and  then  she  was  to  see  all  of  the  world,  and  to  live  a 
life  that  would  make  her  an  object  of  envy.  How  long  would  he  be 
true,  and  did  he  really  love  her  now ?  The  rumbling  of  a  car- 
riage dispelled  her  thoughts,  as  it  was  driven  close  to  the  lamp-post. 
Lisette  thought  that  the  man  who  alighted  was  strangely  familiar. 
In  fact,  she  seemed  to  think  that  the  dark  Mr.  Marshall  was  very 
much  like  Dick.  But  his  hat  was  drawn  over  his  eyes,  and  his  high 
coat  collar  hid  half  of  his  face.  He  approached  her  and  led  her  to 
the  end  of  the  wharf,  and  a  little  white  boat  was  soon  carrying  them 
to  the  long,  two-masted  craft  of  the  same  color,  which  lay  in  the 
stream,  swaying  gently  with  the  ebbing  tide. 

The  crew  of  the  ship,  without  waiting  for  orders,  set  sail  and  soon 
she  was  plunging  through  the  billows  of  the  ocean,  as  free  as  a  bird 
that  cleaves  the  heavens.  It  was  nearly  two  hours  before  sunrise, 
and  together  they  sat  on  the  white  deck,  listening  to  the  low,  languid 
lisp  of  the  dark  blue  waves  as  they  beat  against  the  vessel's  prow. 
Together  they  sat  locked  in  each  others  arms ;  and  kisses  had  taken 
the  place  of  words,  and  sighs  the  place  of  vows,  and  even  Dick  Pal- 
grave, whose  heart  was  filled  with  revenge,  felt  that  God  had  been 
good  to  him  and  that  he  had  entered  upon  a  life  of  everlasting 
happiness. 

"  Are  you  afraid?"  she  whispered. 

'*  Afraid  of  what?"  he  answered. 

"  Afraid  of  Heaven,  of  what  we  have  done,  of  the  ocean.  We  may 
bedrowned.  0,  I  cannot  be  left  alone!  I  am  afraid.  Tell  me,  dear, 
when  will  we  be  married?" 

Dick  hesitated  a  moment,  and  then  answered  harshly,  "To-night!" 

"  My  God,"  said  Lisette,  "  is  it  for  this  that  you  have  loved  me? 
Do  you  think  that  I  am  a " 

"  Hush !  hush !  my  love,  we  will  be  married  in  England,  in  Spain  , 
wherever  the  boat  stops.  I  did  not  mean  that.  But,  you  are  afraid. 
That's  why  I  said  it." 

"  I  am  afraid.     I  am  tired." 

He  folded  his  arms  around  her  still  more  tightly  and  led  her  to 
the  cabin.  A  servant  lit  itup  and  threw  open  all  of  the  apartments. 
The  place  was  beautifully  hung  in  the  richest  of  Oriental  tapestries. 
The  furniture,  carpets,  ornaments,  intaglios,  all  told  that  the  owner 
had  made  a  pilgrimage  in  every  part  of  the  world.  It  was  the  cremc 
of  all  life,  love,  and  luxury. 

"0,1  am  afraid,  afraid!"  she  moaned.  "  Why  did  I  do  this;  why 
did  I  leave  Dick  for  you?— Dick,  whom  I  loved  so  dearly,  and  who 
loved  me  so  much !  But  you  must  be  good  to  me,  I  will  love  you. 
But  hear,  hear!  The  water!  The  ship  is  lurching!  It  is  so  dark 
outside !  0,  my  God,  my  mother !  Mr.  Marshall,  how  long  will  this 
last?    I  cannot  stay  alone.    O,  why  did  I  come,  why  did  I  come? 


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am  I?     Where  arc-  wf  now "     I  *i  lue  go  hoiue.     Mr    Marshall 
I  want- I  want  Dtekl   tfickl    0,1   am  tainting!    H«lp  me  I    Hotp 

mr'     I'm   fainting;  and   then   yon   will,  you  will  With  on* 

niijebty  effort  she  clutched  hi*  rout,  and  as  be  caught  the  laM  glini)>*e 
of  her  -  they  were  lull  of  plradinc.     Then   her   hand*  re- 

laxed and  she  fell  on  the  floor. 

The  opalescent  hues  that  wen-  tinting  the  eastern  ?ky  gradually 
outstripped  the  white  yacht  as  it  flew  over  its  OOQI  n  burst 

into  a  new  day.     Pick  was  on  deck  telling  the  iklpper  that  it  was  all 
npht,  and  that  M  r.  Marshall  had  given  him  his   yacht  for  a  onus*  to 

"  ^hall  we  put  into  the  Bermudas?"  said  the  skipper. 

'Anywhere  you  like. "  said  Dick,  "only  the  farther  away  the 
better.'* 

He  went  below  and  cautiously  opened  the  heavy  door  that  gave 
entrance  to  a  lartre  >tate-rooni.  Like  the  rest  of  the  boat,  it  was 
adorned  with  all  the  fullness  of  taste  and  luxury.  Lisette  was  resting 
just  where  he  had  placed  her,  and  her  eyes  were  still  closed  to  all  the 
world.  Dick  stood  bv  the  couch  and  watched  her  for  several 
moments,  and  as  gently  as  a  mother  wakes  her  babe  he  knelt  beside 
her  and  kissed  her.  He  kissed  her  again  and  apiin,  and  then  her 
eyelids   slowly  opened  and  she  looked  straight  into  his  smiling  face. 

"  Pick  !  "  she  said,  raising  herself  on  <>ne  elbow.  "  (ireat  Heaven  ! 
How  did  you  come  here  ?  " 

"  I  came  with  you." 

"  Yon  did  7     And  that  dark  Mr.  Marshall— where  is  he  ?  " 

"  I  do  not  know.  I  do  not  care,  my  love.  It  was  I  who  eloped 
with  yon,  and  I  stole  his  yacht,  and  we  are  going  .somewhere,  any- 
where. I  was  bound  that  no  man  could  steal  you  from  me,  and  no 
man  will." 

"  Forgive  me,  Dick,  forgive  me!  I  must  have  been  insane.  I  love 
you,  and " 

"  Never  mind,  dear.  That  is  past  and  gone.  Let  us  live  now  for 
ourselves  alone;  the  world  is  before  us.  Come.  I  have  ordered 
breakfast.    Shall  we  get  ready  ?  " 

"  Yes,  Dick.    But  which  is  to  be  our  room  7  " 

Like  the  peace  of  God,  there  are  things  in  this  life  which  pass  all 
understanding. 

The   Grand   Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  May  1st  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Tuesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  through  to  Chicago  every  day  without  change.  This  is  the  only 
Line  by  which  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached. 
Send  for  illustrated  book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell, 
G.  P.  A.,  650  Market  street.  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Potosi  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works — Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  2d  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  42)  of  Twenty-five  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  6th  Day  of  September,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  September,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


ANNUAL  MEETING- 


The  Risdon  Iron  and  Locomotive  Works. 
The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the    stockholders  of  the  Risdon  Iron 
and  Locomotive  Works  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  south- 
east corner  Beale  and  Howard  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 

Monday,  the  6th  Day  of  August,  1 894,  at  the  hour  of  1 1  o'clock  A.M., 
For  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Trustees  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting. L.  R.  MEAD,  Secietary. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Gould  &  Curry  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.   74. 

Amount  per  Share    15  cents. 

Levied July  27, 1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office     August  30,  1894. 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  21, 1894. 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California, 


ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 


Sierra  Nevada  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment       No.  107. 

Amount  per  Share 25  cents 

Levied July  18  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office August  22, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  II,  1894 

E.L.PARKER,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  15,  Nevada  Block,  No.  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francis- 
co, California. 


30 


KIMi  KI.'TO 

M6  00 

22  50 

6  00 

75  00 

6  00 

4  50 

22  50 

12  00 

60  00 

3  00 

6  00 

45  00 

30  00 

DAY 
Reduction  Sale. 

Furniture  Department. 

To  quickly  reduce  our  large  line  of  Fur- 
niture ive  ofTer  for  30  days  only  our  entire 
stock  at  prices  CUT  DOWN  without  regard 
to  cost. 

Designs  all  late,  exclusive,  and  not  to 
be  duplicated. 

Come  at  once,  Every  day  will  lessen 
your  choice, 

A  FEW  INSTANCES: 


Rki-.uj.ak  Price 

Handsomely  f    Sideboards     %  46  00 

Diulng  Tables  ..  ...    80  00 

Finished  Dink  c  Chairs  8  fO 

J       Bedroom  anils  .   ..     100  00 

Quarter    Sawed       1      Bedroom  chairs  ...      9  00 

Tables  (1  00 

Oak.                                           Hall  Stands               .30  00 
^     Chiffoniers     16  00 

Birdseye  i    Bedroom  Suits  80  00 

'    Bedroom  Chairs....      5  00 
Maple.  I    Bedroom  Tables 8  00 

Rich  Mahogany  Hall  Stands      , . ,     .'.     70  00 
Rich  Mahogany  Parlor  Tables  50  00 

COMMENCES  TO=DAY. 

W.  &  J.  Sloane  &  Co., 

Carpets,  Furniture,  Upholstery, 

641-647  MARKET  ST. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Oaborn  Hill  Gold  Mining  and  Milling  Company. 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.    Location  of 
works— Grass  Valley,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of   Directors,  held 
on  the  Seventh  day   of  July,  1894,  an  assessment,  No.  3,  of  Fifteen  (15) 
Cents     per    share    was    levied   upon    the    capital   stock    of    the  cor- 
poration,   payable  immediately,  in  United  StateB  Gold  coin,  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20,  331  Pine  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  7th  Day  of  August*  1894,  wilt  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction ;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore,   will    be     sold   on    TUESDAY,     the    28th    day    of  August,  1894,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.R.  GRAYSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Ro^m  20,  331  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Overman  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  Principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Calif  ornia.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Seventeenth  (17th)  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  71)  of  Ten 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  each  and  every  share  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin, 
to  the  secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  414  California  street,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Monday,  the  21st  day  of  August,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and   advertised     for    sale   at  public   auction;    and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  Eleventh  day  of  September, 
1894,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

GEO.  D.  EDWARDS,  Secretary. 

Office— 414  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Savage    Mining    Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
tion  of  works — Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
on  the  Twenty  seventh  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  84)  of  20 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Thursday,  the  Thirtieth  Day  of  August,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  19th  day  of,  September,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and    ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

E.   B.  SQLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California, 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  4,  1894. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[By    Di     Vbenon.1 

IT  seems  to  be  conceded  that  our  American  boys  cannot  hold  their 
own  in  athletic  contests  with  their  English  cousins.  Nor  is  the 
reason  far  to  seek.  Our  boys  do  not  have  the  same  steady  train- 
ing in  out-of-door  sport  as  the  English  Jads  undergo  from  the 
time  that  they  are  seven  or  eight  years  old.  With  our  men  two 
or  three  years  in  college  athletics  are  the  beginning  and  the  end 
of  their  training.  What  folly  to  expect  the  American  to  contest 
with  the  Briton  for  supremacy!  We  may  console  ourselves  over 
our  defeat  by  claiming  that  we  seek  intellectaal,  not  physical, 
superiority,  bat  the  fact  remains  tbat  to-day  we  are  bringing  up 
a  set  of  physical  weaklings.  The  Germans  understand  the  needs 
of  the  case  far  better  than  we,  and  their  turn  vereins  are  patron- 
ized by  all  classes  of  Germans,  who  do  not  grudge  the  small  fee 
which  they  pay  for  their  children's  physical  development. 

This  is  the  age  of  educational  experiment.  A  man  or  a  woman 
with  a  fad  can  obtain  a  hearing  from  those  engaged  in  educational 
projects  where  a  sensible  idea  is  excluded  from  discussion.  Of 
course  parents  are  advised  to  keep  their  children  off  the  streets 
as  much  as  possible.  That  is  right.  But  where  shall  tbe  child- 
ren play?  Tbe  "backyards"  of  city  houses  do  not  offer  any 
promising  field  for  playgrounds,  and  the  park  and  our  public 
squares  are  not  accessible  to  every  child  in  San  Francisco.  Per- 
haps some  one  will  say,  "  Let  the  children  play  at  recess  time  in 
their  school  yards."  Oh,  yes,  let  them  do  so  by  all  means'.  But 
you  forget  that  many  of  our  school  yards  are  so  small  and  so 
crowded  that  any  freedom  of  action  on  the  part  of  the  occupants 
would  mean  danger  to  life  and  limb  to  tbe  children.  As  it  is, 
even  now,  with  the  strictest  discipline,  accidents  will  happen. 
Not  long  ago  a  boy  was  run  into  and  thrown  down,  and  his  leg 
broken. 

In  some  of  our  schools — in  too  few,  alas  I — there  are  some  at- 
tempts to  provide  means  for  the  entertainment  of  the  boys  at 
recess  times.  A  few  upright  poles,  worn  glassy  smooth  from 
much  use,  and  a  horizontal  bar  form  what  ought  to  be  the  nucleus 
of  a  school  yard  gymnasium.  The  "acting  bar,"  as  tbe  boys 
call  tbe  horizontal  bar,  is  a  source  of  never-failing  delight,  and 
those  boys  who  cannot  get  a  chance  to  »» turn  "  on  the  acting  bar 
content  themselves  by  jumping  from  the  benches  to  the  frame 
work  of  the  sheds,  and  swinging  as  long  as  they  can  hang  there. 
It  is  a  species  of  cruelty  to  expect  a  boy  to  keep  still  all  the 
time.  Those  teachers  who  wish  to  preserve  order  in  the  school 
room  will  succeed  best  if  they  encourage  the  boys  to  work  off 
their  restlessness  and  their  noise  in  the  playground.  If  our  School 
Department  could  fit  up  even  a  primitive  sort  of  gymnasium  in 
each  school  yard — poles,  bars,  rings,  and  leather  horses — and  let 
the  boys  take  turns  at  enjoying  the  exercise  of  muscle,  much  of 
the  problem  of  discipline  would  be  solved,  to  say  nothing  of  train- 
ing our  boys  to  hold  their  own  in  contests  for  physical  supremacy 
against  all  comers. 

In  schools  where  men  or  large-minded  women  are  principals, 
there  is  some  attempt  to  let  boys  be  boys  under  sympathetic 
guidance.  But  where  the  principal  is  some  hateful,  disappointed 
old  maid,  what  do  we  see?  In  the  first  place,  if  tbe  one  in 
authority  be  old  and  her  assistants  young,  the  elder  is  spurred 
on  by  tbe  inevitable  jealousy  of  sex  to  make  tbe  lot  of  her  hap- 
less assistants  as  hard  as  possible.  Upon  them  she  throws  all  the 
burden  of  discipline.  She  does  not  allow  the  children  to  raise 
their  voices  in  the  school  yards.  Shouts  are  punished  by  the 
whole  school  being  "  rung  up  "  and  made  to  stand  out  their 
recess.  The  boys  are  not  allowed  to  play.  They  must  sit  down, 
each  class  in  its  own  bench  along  the  wall,  and  quietly  talk  with 
each  other.  That  is  not  "recreation";  that  is  torture  to  an  active 
child.  What  wonder  that  children  so  restrained  in  the  school- 
yard should  be  restless  and  talkative  in  the  class  room?  But  that 
does  not  concern  the  principal.  She  would  be  disturbed  by  the 
noise  in  the  yard.  But  the  confusion  in  the  class  room  doeB  not 
disturb  her.     Let  the  teacher  get  along  as  best  she  may. 

Are  these  things  right?  Should  our  growing  children  always 
be  repressed?  We  need  public  gymnasiums  as  an  adjunct  to  our 
public  schools.  Where  the  school  yards  are  large  enough,  let  the 
appliances  be  supplied  by  our  Board  of  Education  to  such  schools. 
Where  the  yards  are  too  small,  let  there  be  a  room  rented  in  the 
neighborhood  and  a  gymnasium  established  for  the  boys  of  that 
district.  Why  does  not  some  public-spirited  man  found  gymna- 
siums in  different  parts  of  the  city  for  the  free  use  of  our  boys  ? 
Few  of  tbe  public-school  boys  can  ever  hope  to  belong  to  the 
Olympic  Club.  What  is  needed  is  a  free  gymnasium  with  an  in- 
structor who  can  follow  the  German  method  of  a  cut  with  a  strap 
to  break  up  any  tendency  to  monkey-shines.  Our  boys  need 
both  the  gymnasium — and  the  strap  I 

Now  that  the  strike  is  over  different  papers  are  calling  upon 
the  educators  of  the  youth  of  our  land  to  bend  more  energies  to 
tbe  training  of  patriotic  citizens,  as  they  teach  our  boys  and  girls. 
They  are  asked  to  impress  upon  the  youthful  minds  the  high  duty 
of  submission  to  authority  and  the  law  of  perfect  obedience.  Of 
course;  but  under  our  present  system  of  instruction  and  school- 
room discipline  that  is  almost  impossible.  To-day  tbe  teacher  has 


no  means  of  compelling  obedience,  save  moral  suasion,  and  we 
have  seen  in  the  late  strike  tbat  "  suasion  "  may  sway  one  way 
as  well  as  another.  To-day  the  child  has  to  be  placated;  he  must 
be  won  into  giving  obedience.  He  is  good— if  good  at  all — in  the 
majority  of  cases,  because  he  wishes  to  be.  Of  course  that  is  the 
highest  reason  for  being  good.  But  what  shall  be  done  with  the 
child  who  does  not  wish  to  be  good,  whose  every  attitude  and 
speech  is  a  defiance  of  authority?  It  would  not  be  strange  if, 
reasoning  from  tbe  conditions  which  prevailed  during  the  late 
strike,  some  clear  minds  should  see  a  necessity  for  returning  to 
corporal  punishment  in  tbe  class  room  by  the  class  teacher  in  the 
primary  grades.  Little  children,  when  they  begin  to  go  to  school, 
have  not  yet  developed  reasoning  faculties.  It  is  not  Nature's 
way  to  reason  and  argue  with  her  children.  They  commit  the 
offense  and  she  punishes  them,  generally  on  the  spot.  "  The 
burnt  child  dreads  the  fire."  In  primary  classes  a  few  well  be- 
stowed and  humane  slaps  with  a  flat  strap  would  do  more  to  pre- 
serve discipline  and  to  teach  an  unruly  child  that  he  must  obey 
the  powers  that  be  than  any  amount  of  persuasion.  When  a 
child  yields  from  being  persuaded  he  feels  that  be  has  been  tbe 
final  factor  in  the  appeal.  He  does  not  respect  the  "  authority  " 
that  could  not  compel  him  to  yield  obedience. 

When  a  little  child  says  "I  will,"  or  «  I  won't,"  or  "  You  can't 
make  me  "to  his  teacher,  and  she  is  powerless  to  compel  his 
obedience,  what  respect  has  tbat  child,  or  the  class  which  witnesses 
the  defiance,  for  authority  ?  It  seems  to  me  that  the  moral  suasion 
advocates  have  assumed  a  tremendous  responsibility  when  they 
banished  corporal  punishment  from  the  school  room.  The  little 
child  who  is  naughty  should  be  corrected  at  the  time;  and  persist- 
ence in  any  form  of  wrong  doing  needs  swift  correction.  A  few 
more  whippings  in  the  lower  grades,  and  our  boys,  when  they  be- 
come members  of  the  National  Guard,  will  not  attempt  to  parley 
with  authority  or  to  become  a  law  unto  themselves. 

H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

309  and  311  Sausome  St San  Francisco,  tal 

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Established  1879. 

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JAMES    D.  BAILEY,  General    Afjetit. 


August  4. 


BAN    PRAN<  [SCO  NKM  -  LETTER 


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GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

Vn  York.  July  24. 

SIKCBBfta  Praoeteoo  wltoMMd  m  many  of  in*  aurccMm  and 
defeats  in  tbe  early  ctrerr  of  I  Miver  8uniner  T»  all.  ber  cillxens 
may  be  Interested  In  tbe  most  recent  of  tbe  many  original  tcbemes 
by  wbicb  tbis  public  pursuing  young  gentleman  seeks  fortune 
and  tbe  fame  of  the  morning  daily.  I  dare  say  you  remember 
that  during  a  tour  of  the  OraDges.  of  New  Jersey,  several  years 
ago.  the  beguiling  Oliver  met  and  woo  the  lady  whose  wetlih  and 
position  have  so  materially  aided  him  to  become  one  of  tbe  most- 
talked  of  men  In  New  York.  Her  wealth,  however,  vii  appar- 
ently not  sufficient  to  enable  him  to  retire  permanently  from  the 
commercial  arena.  It  is  particularly  with  reference  to  booming 
land,  an  art  which  be  probably  learned  west  of  the  Mississippi. 
that  he  is  now  occupying  public  attention.  Having  undertaken 
{for  a  consideration)  to  sell  in  villa  lots  a  large  tract  of  forest  land 
near  Yonkers.  be  betook  himself,  bis  social  position,  and  bis 
family  to  Park  Hill.  Since  the  world  did  Dot  rally  so  rapidly  or 
so  thickly  as  be  anticipated  about  tbe  standard  which  be  set  up 
upon  his  front  lawn,  Ollie  bunted  about  in  bis  fertile  brain  for 
some  method  of  calling  together  tbe  clans  most  uselul  to  bis  ends. 

After  days  and  nights  of  weary  travail  he  brought  forth  the 
"Camp6re  Tea."  Tbis  might  suggest  to  your  mind  tbe  Pension 
Bill  and  tbe  Grand  Army  of  tbe  Republic,  bat  it  had  no  such  pur- 
pose. Pelf,  not  politics,  inspired  bis  efforts — Murray  Hill,  and 
not  the  Hill  of  Albany,  bis  pains.  The  parchment  adorned  with 
the  arms  of  the  bouse  of  Teall,  and  engrossed  with  the  family 
visiting  list,  was  brought  forth  from  its  sacred  receptacle.  The 
result  was  a  gathering  of  the  expectant  and  curious  Four  Hun- 
dred at  Park  Hill,  at  dusk  on  a  day  at  tbe  end  of  tbe  following 
week.  Unctuous  Oliver  had  indeed  prepared  a  surprise  for  his 
guests,  and,  by  tbe  way,  intended  clients,  and  flitted  among  them, 
reveling  in  their  astonishment. 

The  entertainment  was  certainly  unique.  Hnge  camp-fires 
lighted  up  a  varied  scene.  On  one  side  a  veritable  Aunt  Dinah, 
in  kerchief  and  turban,  was  tossing  flapjacks  and  brewing  coffee. 
A  group  of  real,  live  tamale  men,  in  the  snowy  uniform  of  the 
New  York  Tamale  Company,  stood  behind  a  battery  of  shining 
copper  kettles.  Peanut  men,  with  patent  roasters,  served  indi- 
gestible "  goobers  "  to  dissipating  aristocrats;  while  not  far  away 
the  staple  dish  of  New  England,  pork  and  beans,  enjoyed  a  table 
to  itself.  It  was  not  only  the  gustatory  joys  of  life  that  he  had 
provided;  there  was  also  food  for  the  soul  in  the  form  of  a  negro 
minstrel  and  vaudeville  entertainment.  These  original  diversions 
took  place  weekly  for  a  month,  but  alas!  they  were  only  partly 
crowned  with  the  anticipated  success.  However,  if  the  angels  of 
the  Four  Hundred  feared  to  tread  upon  the  villa  lots  of  Park  Hill, 
those  who  crowd  on  the  social  boundaries  rushed  in  pell  mell. 
But  perhaps  it  is  trivial  nowadays  to  draw  distinctions  between 
sheckels  and  society. 

An  avalanche  of  Californians  fell  upon  Long  Branch  last  week. 
It  is  a  mystery  why  Californians  should  still  seek  this  resort,  as 
it  has  long  since  passed  out  of  the  Eastern  vogue.  Among  those 
registered  at  the  Hotel  Avenel  are  your  distinguished  young  law- 
yers, Sam  Shortridge  and  Willoughby  Cole,  and  with  them  went 
Dan  Murphy,  of  San  Jose,  Joe  Harvey  and  Major  Bonebrake,  of 
Los  Angeles. 

Charles  Baldwin,  the  Oriental-eyed,  arrived  last  night  at  the 
Ocean  House  at  Newport. 

Sir  William  and  Lady  Booker  were  among  the  departures  on 
the  Teutonic  to-day.  Tbis  will  be  8ir  William's  first  visit  to  his 
native  land  in  thirty  years. 

Tbe  announcement  of  Mrs.  Bob  Hastings'  engagement  fell  like 
a  thunderbolt  upon  the  Californian  colony.  The  happy  gentle- 
man is  Mr.  Danielson — vaguely  of  England,  who  has  been  in 
New  York  but  a  short  time.  He  is  said  to  be  both  good-looking 
and  rich — two  essentials  to  matrimonial  success. 

You  will  be  grieved  to  hear  that  the  Rev.  S.  Gregory  Lines  has 
finally  retired  from  tbe  ministry.  When,  owing  to  ill  health,  he 
resigned  last  May,  it  was  hoped  that  after  a  year  of  absolute  rest 
he  might  be  able  to  resume  bis  work.  Although  vastly  Improved, 
his  nervous  system  is  not  yet  up  to  its  wonted  tone.  He  had  an- 
ticipated a  trip  abroad,  but  as  his  mother  is  too  feeble  to  accom- 
pany him,  and  as  he  is  unwilling  to  leave  her,  they  will  spend 
the  coming  mouths  quietly  together  in  the  country. 

Passe  Paetout. 


Our  Fair  Maidens 


who  go  to  the  mountains  and  the  seaside  for  the  summer  should  be 
very  careful  when  they  expose  their  complexions.  The  effects  of  sun- 
burn and  poison-oak  are  very  distressing,  and  they  will  ruin  the 
prettiest  skin.  Camelline  is  an  infallible  remedy  and  prevention  for 
both  sunburn  and  poison  oak,  and  it  is  the  only  remedy  that  has 
proved  successful.  Its  wonderful  sales  have  forced  all  other  face 
powders  out  of  the  market.    Ladies  should  not  be  without  it. 


Millie  Christine,  the  famous  living  two-headed  woman,  better 
known  as  "The  Carolina  Twin,"  is  now  giving  receptions  daily  (Sun- 
days excepted),  at  917  Market  street.  Admission  15  cents,  children 
10  cents.  This  is  Millie  Christine's  farewell  tour.  See  them  while 
you  have  a  chance. 


TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  (iKKMANY. 

»  .  <  urn.  Ilrlntrlil    'I  ,  ,•„_,  r  for  i  hi    I'..  Ml.   >  ,,,.-i  Branch. 

- mo  < -i     s    y. 

'infl.lLi  ..  ,,    c  -  tJ.500,000.00 

'"rested  in  (AS.  654.433. SI 

GEO.    MARCUS    &    CO., 

Agent*  City  Department, 
. aaa  «  aiirornlR  si.,  s.  r    <  al . 

NEVADA  WAREHOUSE  ANO  DOCK  COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS  PORT  COSTA,  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.      Regular    «..r<  lions,    tor  Nan 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Hoard. 

These  Warehouses  arc  the  largest  ou  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  f  urnlBhed 
witn  the  latest  Improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  lorcleanlug 
foul  and  Bmutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  Interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  (iraln  sold. 
If  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansomc  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calllornla  Bank. 

AMERICAN  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO-  of  New  York., 
BRITISH  AMERICAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto. 
WESTERN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  of  Toronto- 

A.  R.  GURREY,  Manager.  |  C.  A.  STUART,  Asst.  Man. 

Pacific  Department,  423  California  St.,  S.  F. 
BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL _  t6,700,000 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  316  California  Street.  San  Francisco 

SIEBE,  RASGHEN  k  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 

Telephone  272.  210  Sansome  St. 

Agents  foe  San  Feancibco.— Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co  .  of  New 
York;  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York;  United  Firemen's  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  Sun  Insurance  Office,  of  London. 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   «1 9,724,538.46. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

~  AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 

Established  1825. 
Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  66 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

VOSS,  IOSKAB  «t  CO..  General  Managera. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZTJEICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4,000,000  DOLLARS 

These  three  CompanleB  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Establishod  1836.  | 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YOKK. 

Capital  Paid  Up ?    600,000 

AsBets  8,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,626,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

501  Montgomery  Street 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS 


LETT 


ER. 


August  4,  J»94 


Mothers  and  nurses  all  the  world  over  have  given  their  teething 
babies  and  feverish  children  Steedman's  Soothing  Powders.  Try  them. 

Furnished  double  upper  flat  to  rent  iu  Western  Addition.   Seven  rooms, 
bath,  and  attic.     Kent,  $75  a  month.      Apply,  3116  Washington  street. 


AN    OLD    SWEETHEART   OF    MINE.— Janus  WHtcomb  Riley. 

AS  one  who  cons  at  evening  o'er  an  album  all  alone, 
And  muses  on  the  faces  of  the  friends  that  he  has  known; 
So  I  turn  the  leaves  of  fancy  till  in  shadowy  design, 
I  find  the  smiling  features  of  an  old  sweetheart  of  mine. 

The  lamplight  seems  to  glimmer  with  a  flicker  of  surprise 
As  I  turn  it  low  to  rest  me  of  the  dazzle  in  my  eyes. 
And  I  light  my  pipe  in  silence,  save  a  sigh  that  seems  to  yoke 
Its  fate  with  my  tobacco  and  to  vanish  in  the  smoke. 

'Tis  a  fragrant  retrospection,  for  the  loving  thoughts  that  start 
Into  being  are  like  perfume  from  the  blossoms  of  the  heart; 
And  to  dream  the  old  dreams  over  is  a  luxury  divine, 
When  my  truant  fancy  wanders  with  that  old  sweetheart  of  mine. 

Then  I  hear,  beneath  my  study,  like  a  fluttering  of  wings, 
The  voices  of  my  children  and  the  mother  as  she  sings ; 
I  feel  no  twinge  of  conscience  to  deny  me  any  theme 
When  Care  has  cast  her  anchor  in  the  harbor  of  a  dream. 

In  fact,  to  speak  in  earnest,  I  believe  it  adds  a  charm 

To  spice  the  good  a  trifle  with  a  little  dust  of  harm  ; 

For  I  find  an  extra  flavor  in  memory's  mellow  vine 

That  makes  me  drink  the  deeper  to  that  old  sweetheart  of  mine. 

A  face  of  lily  beauty  and  a  form  of  airy  grace 
Floats  out  of  my  tobacco  as  the  genius  from  the  vase; 
And  I  thrill  beneath  the  glances  of  a  pair  of  azure  eyes 
As  glowing  as  the  summer  and  as  tender  as  the  skies. 

I  can  see  the  pink  sun  bonnet  and  the  little  checkered  dress 

She  wore  when  first  I  kissed  her.  and  she  answered  the  caress 

With  the  written  declaration  that,  "  as  surely  as  the  vine 

Grew  'round  the  stump,  she  loved  me,"  that  old  sweetheart  of  mine. 

And  again  I  feel  the  pressure  of  her  slender  little  hand 
As  we  used  to  talk  together  of  the  future  we  had  planned, 
When  I  should  be  a  poet,  and  with  nothing  else  to  do 
But  to  write  the  tender  verses  that  she  set  the  music  to. 

When  we  should  live  together  in  a  cozy  little  cot 
Hid  in  a  nest  of  roses,  with  a  tiny  garden  spot, 
Where  the  vines  were  ever  fruitful  and  the  weather  ever  fine, 
And  the  birds  were  ever  singing  for  that  old  sweetheart  of  mine- 
When  I  should  be  her  lover  forever  and  a  day, 
And  she  my  faithful  sweetheart  till  the  golden  hair  was  gray: 
And  we  should  be  so  happy  that  when  either's  lips  were  numb 
They  should  not  smile  in  heaven  till  the  other's  kiss  had  come. 

But,  ah,  my  dream  is  broken  by  a  step  upon  the  stair, 
And  the  door  is  softly  opened,  and  my  wife  is  standing  there ; 
Yet  with  eagerness  and  rapture  all  my  visions  I  resign 
To  meet  the  living  presence  of  that  old  sweetheart  of  mine. 


IRISH    SONG.— London  Spectator. 


When  Carroll  asked  Kate  for  her  heart  and  a  hand 
That  crotrowled  just  a  hundred  good  acres  of  land, 

Her  lovely  brown  eyes 

Went  wild  with  surprise, 
And  her  lips  they  shot  scorn  at  his  saucy  demand : 

"  Young  Carroll  Magfhn, 

Put  the  beard  to  your  chin 
And  the  change  in  your  purse,  if  a  wife  you  would  win.' 

Then  Carroll  made  Kate  his  most  illigant  bow, 
And  off  to  the  Diggins  lampooned  from  the  plough; 

Till  the  beard  finely  grown, 

And  the  pockets  full-blown, 
Says  he :  "  Maybe  Kate  might  be  kind  to  me  now !  " 

So  home  my  lad  came, 

Colonel  Carty  by  name, 
To  try  a  fresh  fling  at  his  cruel  ould  flame. 

But  when  Colonel  Carty  in  splendor  steps  in, 
For  all  his  grand  airs  and  great  beard  to  his  chin, 

"Och!  lave  me  alone!  " 

Cried  Kate,  with  a  groan. 
"  For  my  hearts  in  the  grave  wid  poor  Carroll  Maeinn." 

"  Hush  sobbin'  this  minute, 

'Tis  Carroll  that's  in  it ! 
I've  caged  you  at  last,  thin,  my  wild  little  linnet." 


ZB-A-HSTICS. 


CALIrORSIA   SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  #1 , 000. 000. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.   D.  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  iu  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  TruBt 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
iu  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  depoaits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Eer  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
earing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon. 

RUMS  SAFES  iuside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


V   H    Corner  Sansome  and  Busli  Streets. 

Established  1870.  U.  8.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,600,000. 

SURPLUS       $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS 575,196 

S.G.MURPHY    President! 

JAMES  MOFFITT     ..  Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt, 

'I  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH.  Manager, 
Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  aunum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 
the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 
storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Oftiee  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  v.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital     .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  ITp       $3,450,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 124  CaliforniaSt.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 

Portland  Branch— 48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 

Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 

Cashier.  GU3TAV  FRIEDER1CH. 

LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 

NEW  YORK— u  ■  exel,  Morgan  &.  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  saidcities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.   W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

subscribed  Capital        $2,500,000   1    Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Beserve  Fund,  $800,0i>0. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Ageuey  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited.  No- 10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cle, 
17  Boulevard  Poissouiere .  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world, 
Commercial  aud  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

gIGALGTRSECEHTLAUM1  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL     ..  $1,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        ....  .   .  President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Ulrectors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  A  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City— FirstNational  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         |        E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

\V.  E.  BROWN  Vice  .resident 

GEO,  w,  KLINE Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  HADE. 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D.  Baldwin 
W. 8. Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated November  24, 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER President  |  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


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I    /VIST  ECS. 


THE  Mimmer  youth  for  luontbs  muat  toil 
A m ui  the  mart's  rnad  whirl 
To  pass  a  brief  vacation  near 
The  dainty  rammer  frirl. 
And  ^he,  enshrined  on  wooded  hill. 

Or  by  the  imtrnumnp  ikcbii, 
Reviews  with  gracious  dignity 

A  pageant  of  dev«  —  Washington  Star. 

— No  thank  you,  dear.  I  don't  believe  I    care  for  any  mince 

pie.     Mk>.  Bin But,  Henry,  I  have  put in   a  lot  of  that  "brandy 

you  brought  home  the  other  night.  BtKQO  ,  aghast)— What !  Not 
that  brandy  I  paid  $^  a  quart  for.'  Mrs.  B  IK  GO— Yes,  dear.  BlKOO— 
i.reat  guns,  give  me  the  whole  pie  !  —Truth. 

Bbettv  Giki.—  All  the  girls  in  our  set  are  going  to  be  vaccinated 
to-iuorrow  night.    Do  you  know  where?    Bashkii.  Youth  (blushing 

deeply  —Really— I— I  couldn't— er—um Pretty  Girl — Oh,  you'd 

never"  guess  in  the  world.  We  are  all  going  to  meet  at  Cousin  Clara's 
house,  and  be  vaccinated  there.  — New  York  Weekly, 

Cai.i.er — I  would  like  to  see  the  religious  editor.  Office  Boy — 
Yes,  sir;  vou'll  find  him  in  de  next  room  an'  you'll  know  him  by 
his  pink  shirt,  wit' a  big  diamond  in  de  chest  of  it,  an' by  bis  blue 
necktie,  and  by  bid  check  suit,  an'  his  patent  ledder,  pointed-toed 
shoes.  — Brooklyn  Eagle. 

Miss  Hi.  h-.iki  (of  Chicago)— And  so  you  kissed  the  Blarney  Stone 
at  the  Columbian  Exposition?  Ha,  ha '  It  was  nothing  but  a  Chicago 
paving  stone.  Mr.  Smartch.ute— So  I  heard  at  the  time,  but  I 
thought  perhaps  you  might  have  walked  on  it.  (Then  she  married 
him.)  — New  York  Weekly. 

"  Where  are  you  going,  my  pretty  maid?  " 
"  I'm  going  to  church,  kind  sir,"  she  said. 
"  Why  do  you  go  so  often,  my  pretty  maid?  " 
"  The  minister's  young  and  unmarried,"  she  said. 

— Detroit  Free  Press. 
*' Dolly  Kinkles  is  not  going  to  the  seashore  this  summer,"  said 
one  girl.    "Why  not?"  asked  another.    "On  account  of  her  com- 
plexion "     "Does  it  tan?"     "No.     It  couldn't  possibly.    That's 
what  she  was  afraid  people  would  notice."  — Washington  Star. 

"  This  is  tyranny."  exclaimed  the  baseball  player  to  the  umpire. 
"  Watstermatter  wid  ye?"  inquired  the  mighty  man.  "  Yer  worse'n 
Debs,  you  are.  AVhenye  oncet  get  yer  mind  set  on  hollerin'  'strike!' 
dere's  not'in'  fur  me  ter  do  but  go  out."  — Washington  Star. 

Little  Dick— Miss  Antique  is  most  forty  years  old.  Mother— I 
told  you  to  stop  asking  ladies  their  ages.  "  I  didn't."  4'  Then  how 
do  you  know  she  is  nearly  forty?  "  "  I  asked  her  how  many  times 
she  had  seen  the  seventeen-year  locusts."  — Good  News. 

Visitor— How  do  you  like  your  new  neighbors?  Little  Boy — I 
don't  like  them  at  all.  They're  too  quiet.  Visitor— Too  quiet? 
Little  Boy — Yes'm.  Mamma  makes  me  keep  still  all  the  time,  so 
she  can  hear  what  they're  doing.  — Good  News. 

Mrs.  Bagsby — You're  tipsy  again,  John.  Oh,  how  I  wish  all  the 
rumshops  were  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea!  Mr.  Bagsby— Maria,  I 
honestly  believe  you  don't  love  ine.  I  chertainly  think  you  would 
like  to  shee  me  drowned.  — The  King's  Jester. 

"  Behoij\  he  knocketh  at  the  door!  " 

So  sang  the  deacon  gay- 
Then  hustled  out,  as  oft  before, 
And  drove  the  tramp  away. 

—  Cleveland  Plaindealer. 
An,  well,  let  the  summer  girl  laugh  and  giggle,  and  have  a  good 
time.    In  a  few  years  from  now  she  will  be  married,  and  will  wear 
her  winter  dress  in  summer,  putting  on  a  white  starched  tie  to  make 
it  look  cooler.  — Atchison  Globe. 

Mr«.  Wanterneau— Do  you  think  that  men  are  born  deceitful? 
Mrs.  Weeds— I  don't  know.  But  I  know  they  die  deceitful.  When 
my  husband  died  1  thought  he  was  worth  five  times  as  much  as  he 
was.  — New  York  Herald. 

The  Postman— This  book  is  prepaid  at  letter  rates;  what's  the 
reason?  The  Postmaster— The  author  is  so  stuck  on  his  own  work 
that  he  would  not  allow  it  to  be  sent  out  as  second  class  matter. 

—Brooklyn  Eagle. 
Hicks — What  queer  terms  are  employed  in  our  every-day  language. 
Dryleigh  speaks  of  the  book  he  has  written  as  a  "  work."    Wicks — 
It  is  obvious  that  you  have  never  tried  to  read  that  book. 

— Answers. 
He— Funny,  isn't  it,  how  we  men  get  baldheaded  and  you  women 
don't  ?    She— I  don't  think  it  strange.    You  know  we  women  never 
get  to  be  old  enough  for  that.  —South  Boston  News. 

She— Does  it  make  anything  cheaper  to  put  it  on  the  free  list? 
He— Certainly,  my  dear.  She— Then  why  don't  they  put  house  rent 
on?  — Washington  Star. 

Husband— My  dear,  don't  you  think  that  dress  a— er — trifle  im- 
modest?   Wife— Immodest!  Goodness  me  1  Just  look  at  the  sleeves. 

—New  York  Weekly. 

Fond  Mamma  (to  clerk  in  china  store)— I  see  you  have  mugs  marked 
Tom  and  Jerry.    Have  you  any  with  Willie  and  Charlie  on  them? 

— Life. 

Miss  Jayloss— She  seems  to  be  very  popular  with  the  men.  Miss 
Bathbeach— Yes ;  she  has  declared  that  she  hates  ice  cream. 

— Judge. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  bj  Ron]  <  "hartrr,  IM'2, 
CAPITAL  Paid    Up  13.000.000 

RESERVE    FUND  1.404,000 

Boutiiaaal  oornec  Bn»h  tad  Banaonit   ■ 

III    \l>      OIH<l  li«»     I  .wulMir.t   s(r.<  I,    I  nntl.Mi 

Hkani  ni>- Victoria,  Vancouver,  Nan  Weatmloiter,  Kamloops,  Ntwmimo, 
Mii>l  Nelson  Brttt-h  Colombia;  Portland.  Oregon;  Seattle  una  Tacoma, 
Washington 

This  n«nk  transacts  a  General  Hanking  Basinet  Accounts  npi'iu'd  sub- 
ject to  Check,  sud  Bpeclal  Di  red.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  ol  the  world,  approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
1'ia-li'  mi  good  collateral  fcccurltjT.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  Its  Head  oihce  au.i  Branches,  and  upon  Its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Hunk  ol  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Livkki'ohl— North  ami  South  Wales  Hank;  Scotland— British  LIucu  Com- 
pany: Ireland  — Bank  of  Irelaml  .  Mkxh <>—  London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
BOOTH  Amkkua- London  Bank  of  Mexim  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japak— Chartered  Bank  of  India. Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 

New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and    Commercial    Banking   Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. :  Dkmkrara  ami  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (.January  1,  1894) 3,247.684  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORP,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

<  ■«  ►  1 1  It  1  M'O \  I » I VI  N  : 

New  York— Messrs.  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremout  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Uulou  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  bT.  Louis — Boat  me  us  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Penver,  Kaosas  City,  New  Orleans.  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION, 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791   27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627,062  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Paniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
Pe  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Peposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6 :3Q  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICE  BS, 

JAMES  G.  FAIR     President 

JAMES  P.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-PresidentB 

Pirectors— James  G.  Fair,  L.  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  P.  Phelan,  JameB  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Peposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Peposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature.  • 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  P. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  00 

Deposits  January  2,  1S94 29,429,217  09 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-Presideut,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-Presdent,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARP  OF  PIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Paniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CAUFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

iv.  E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  I  Paid  up     $1,600,000 

Subscribed  3,000.000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  <fe  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  8TEINHART     i  MaT1MO„ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  j  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 


N.  £.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Casli  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine.. President  1  Homer  S.  King Manager 

H.  Wadsworth Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  CaBhier.  |,8alt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  POOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS . 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  4,  1894. 


Q}f 


IN  Paris  this  summer  there  are  several  different  styles  of  Eton 
jackets,  all  pretty,  comfortable,  and  becoming,  but  one  does 
get  a  little  tired  of  them,  even  though  the  shirt  waists  are  »  dreams 
of  beauty."  The  white  pique  Eton  suits  are  taking  the  lead  for  coun- 
try and  seashore.  Some  are  elaborately  embroidered  in  colors  and 
worn  with  silk  shirt  waists  and  blouses  to  match  the  embroidery, 
much  beruifled  with  lace.  A  pretty  white  one  seen  the  other  day  was 
embroidered  in  a  large  block  pattern  around  the  bottom  in  pale  blue 
and  worn  with  a  plaited  crepon  blouse  of  the  same  color,  much 
trimmed  with  white  lace.  The  hat  of  the  giri  in  this  ravishing  cos- 
tume was  one  of  the  broad-brimmed,  flat-crowned  affairs,  made  with 
an  actual  flower  garden  of  daisies  and  corn  flowers,  with  large  white 
tulle  puffs.  *^wn^ 

Another  pretty  dress  is  in  a  dark  buff-colored  crepon,  the  skirt 
formed  by  two  accordion-plaited  ruffles,  embroidered  in  blue;  large 
accordion-plaited  sleeves  reaching  to  the  elbow,  and  the  corsage  a 
plaited  blouse  held  in  to  the  figure  by  a  little  blue  silk  Spanish  jacket 
that  laced  tightly  across  the  bust.  A  large  hat  of  buff-colored  rough 
straw,  trimmed  with  corn  flower  blue  and  with  a  heavy  fall  of  lace 
over  the  brim,  completed  a  very  dainty  costume  for  a  garden  party. 
Piques  in  all  the  fashionable  colors  are  made  up  in  Eton  suits  and 
worn  with  white  or  black  shirt  waists.  If  one  has  some  old  dark  silk 
skirts  to  wear  out  the  pretty  light-colored  crepon  and  silk  blouses  are 
cool  and  comfortable  and  give  quite  a  summerish  effect  to  an  other- 
wise dark  costume.    They  are  much  used  in  Paris  for  carriage  wear. 

Marie  Juneau  says  that  lace  is  worn  on  everything  in  the  after- 
noon, and  is  seen  in  great  variety  from  the  heavy  Venetian  points  to 
the  dainty  Valenciennes  like  cobwebs.  It  is  filled  into  rosettes  for 
hats,  and  made  into  elaborate  neck  ruches,  and  whole  bodices  of  it 
are  very  much  the  caper  to  be  worn  with  plain,  rich  satin  skirts  for 
dressy  afternoon  or  evening  wear.  Berthas,  and  revers,  and  epau- 
lettes of  it  appear  on  nearly  every  gown,  and  it  may  in  every  way  be 
termed  a  lace  season.  A  dainty  frock  has  a  revers  collar  of  coarse 
gray  lace,  The  gown  itself  is  of  heliotrope  and  rose  taffeta,  and  black 
moire  ribbon  is  used  for  the  belt  and  bows.  The  hat  is  of  black  straw 
trimmed  with  bunches  of  heliotrope  and  rose  chiffon,  with  stiffened 
ends  of  black  moire  springing  out  of  the  midst  of  them. 

A  smart-looking  costume  by  Doucet  is  a  combination  of  dark  green 
crepe  and  cafe-au-lait  corded  silk,  the  latter  forming  a  pointed  yoke 
with  short  shoulder  capes  (or  ''jockeys,"  as  they  are  frequently 
called),  a  pointed  belt  to  match  the  yoke  and  the  petticoat,  which 
shows  two  or  three  inches  below  the  crepe  skirt.  Below  the  yoke  the 
crepe  bodice  is  made  very  full  in  front,  with  less  fullness  in  the  back, 
and  is  gathered  into  the  belt,  which  is  cut  V-shaped  at  the  top  and 
pointed  at  the  bottom.  The  full  folds  of  the  crepe  stand  out  in  a  sort 
of  fan  on  the  hips  before  falling  in  straight  folds  down  to  within  a 
few  inches  of  the  ground,  and  showing  the  tan-colored  petticoat.  The 
puff  sleeves  are  of  a  favorite  Doucet  model,  very  full  and  short,  and 
finished  with  a  tight-fitting  elbow  cuff' of  the  tan-colored  silk. 


T/HCT    ^DE    SiJITs- 


One  of  the  prettiest  and  coolest  accessories  of  summer  dresses  is  a 
blouse-front  made  of  India  mull,  batiste,  or  net.  banded  with  lace  in- 
sertion, in  perpendicular  stripes  of  the  thin  fabric,  and  the  insertion, 
if  the  wearer  is  inclined  to  stoutness,  and  in  Breton  style  if  slender. 
This  is  worn  inside  the  open  Eton  jacket  or  blazer,  and  the  full,  broad 
front  is  fastened  by  shoulder  and  under-arm  seams  to  a  fitted  back  of 
lawn  or  batiste,  which  is  buttoned  down  the  back.  Similar  fronts  are 
made  of  white  nainsook,  chambray,  wash  silk,  or  accordion-pleated 
chiffon. 


Sporting  jewelry  bids  fair  to  become  fashionable,  and  includes  many 
designs  based  on  the  new  game,  golf.  There  will  be  golf  rings  and 
pins  and  sleeve  links,  and  some  costly  designs  for  the  fox-hunting 
and  cross-country  set,  which  will  be  made  after  the  most  recent  Eng- 
lish models.  Game  cocks,  woodcocks,  quail,  and  other  game  birds 
made  of  tiny  diamonds  will  also  be  a  leading  feature.  In  the  "  yacht 
signal  "  pins  the  latest  is  a  three-pennant  design. 

Toques  are  destined  to  hold  their  own  in  popular  favor.  Some  are 
trimmed  with  gold,  silver,  or  other  rich  metallic  guipures  or  passe- 
menteries over  a  fountain  of  white  or  black  net.  Mercury  wings  or 
flowers  in  black  velvet,  roses,  cowslips,  or  poppies,  with  perhaps  a 
little  light  lace,  or  lisse  studded  with  gold  spangles,  add  individuality. 
Pure  white  widely  plaited  chip  is  very  much  used  for  stylish  toques. 

The  newest  and  handsomest  parasols  are  heavily  embroidered  and 
have  very  plain  handles.  Those  covered  with  lace  either  laid  on 
plainly  or  ruffled  are  still  carried,  but  the  embroidery  is  more  strictly 
"  la  mode." 


Ayeb's  Cherry  Pectoral  gives  prompt  relief, 
other  preparations  for  colds  and  coughs. 


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Occidental    Hotel. 

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703  Market  Street,  Rooms  18,  19  and  20. 


h.  regensburger,  attorney-at-law. 

Rooms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


August  I.  1894  . 


SAN  FR/LNCTSOO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


NONK  but  *  KfK  genius  to  thr  fullness  uf  his  powers  ami  sup- 
ported by  pure  and  lofty  mollvw  should  have  attempted  to 
write  such  a  book  a?  •■  A  Modern  Magdalen,"  by  Virna 
Woods.  We  do  U"t  mean  to  say  ihii  the  sabJMl  is  one  that  baa  been 
tabooed,  but  a  weak  and  trivial  irrtter cannol  help  making  it  offen- 
sive. But.  like  the  old  proverb,  it  fa  always  another  class  of  people 
who  rush  in  where  an^el?  fear  t«>  tread,  ami  it  is  Virna  Woods's  own 
fault  if  she  has  caused  herself  to  be  » :Iasaed  with  these.  The  faculty 
for  reproducing  details  of  American  life  might,  if  otherwise  employed, 
have  made  harmless  summer  reading,  the  story  is  devoted  to  the 
disagreeable  expansion  of  one  of  the  stories  with  whieh  our  news- 
papers unfortunately  teem;  the  result  is  depressing,  and  no  one  is 
likely  to  read  it  through  except  from  the  motives  of  morbid  curiosity. 
Neither  on  literary  nor  on  ethical  grounds  has  it  any  justification. 
I.e.-  .v  Shepard,  publishers.    For  side  by  all  booksellers.] 

Mr.  \V.  YV.  Astor  himself  has  a  paper  iu  the  summer  number  of  the 
Pall  Mall  Magazine  of  more  than  passing  interest.  It  is  entitled  "The 
<  onfesaion  of  Kui,  the  Priest."  It  takes  one  back  to  the  days  of 
Pharoab,  and  it  shows  Mr.  Astor  to  be  a  student  and  a  scholar  as 
well  as  a  writer  and  millionaire.  His  style,  in  this  article,  is  very 
much  like  that  of  Rider  Haggard.  He  is  rich  in  picturing  and  aspire 
to  lofty  phraseology.  There  are  several  good  stories  in  this  number. 
Among  them  are  the  "  Revelations  of  a  Shirt  Cuff,"  by  Percy  Reeve; 
"The  Little  Pink  House,"  by  Beatrice  Kipling,  and  "  The  Golden 
Scytheman,"  by  Henry  Herman.  Rudyard  ivipling  has  an  excellent 
poem,  *'  Back  to  the  Army  Again,"  and  one  of  the  features  is  a  dainty 
thing  by  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich,  entitled  "  Andromeda,"  charmingly 
illustrated  by  Abbey  Alston. 

In  '  The  Queen  of  Ecuador,"  R.  M.  Hanley  has  written  a  book  that 
is  somewhat  interesting.  The  scene  is  laid  in  South  America  and  the 
United  States,  and,  undoubtedly,  the  best  part  of  the  work  is  the  de- 
scription of  the  two  travelers'  ride  to  the  Valley  of  Ecuador  in  quest 
of  lost  treasure.  Mr.  Hanley  has  taken  hypnotism  for  his  central 
motive — a  theme  which  has  not  met  with  success  in  the  hands  of 
many  writers.  There  are  too  many  disbelievers  in  hypnotism.  Peo- 
ple are  inclined  to  look  upon  it  as  a  sham,  and  when  it  is  made  the 
motive  of  a  novel,  it  generally  lightens  the  interest  that  the  reader 
may  take  in  the  book.  The  story  is  well  written,  and  the  characters 
are  gool.  (The  H.  W.  Hagemann  Publishing  Co.  For  sale  by  ail 
booksellers.] 

A  charming  little  story  is  "  Dr.  Janet  of  Harley  Street,"  by  Arabella 
Kenealy.  It  is  a  book  that  is  well  worth  the  attention  which  it  de- 
mands, and  if  the  conviction  slowly  dawns  on  the  reader  that  it  con- 
tains a  purpose,  he  will  see  that  that  purpose  was  produced  by  a  touch 
of  nature.  Miss  Kenealy  has  a  pleasant  style,  her  climaxes  are  well 
worked  out,  and  the  story  is  one  of  intense  interest.  [D.  Appleton 
&  Co.,  Publishers.    For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 


The  insidious  gentleness  of  San  Francisco's  winds  often  brings  dis- 
comfort, in  the  way  of  colds,  to  those  who  fail  to  take  proper  precau- 
tions. Preliminary  to  a  drive  or  a  cable  ride  in  the  daytime  or  a 
stroll  in  the  evening,  a  drink  of  Argonaut  whiskey  (which  is  the  pur- 
est and  most  wholesome  of  products)  is  a  sensible  precaution.  As 
everybody  calls  for  this  whisky,  the  knowledge  that  E.  Martin  &  Co., 
408  Front  street  street,  are  the  agents,  is  acceptable. 

P.  F.  McNulty,  of  220  Post  street,  makes  the  most  comfortable  and 
best  wearing  shoe  in  tan  Francisco.  His  experience  and  ability  are 
so  well  known  that  he  has  the  best  and  most  fashionable  people  for 
his  customers.  Of  course  these  people  demand  style,  and  they  get  it, 
but  it  is  very  hard  to  get  comfort  with  style.  The  shoes  made  by  Mr. 
McNulty  supply  both,  and  perfect  satisfaction  as  well. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS  MEETING, 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Paraffiiie  Paint  Company  (a  corporation),  duly  adopted  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  said  Board,  held  at  the  office  of  i-aid  Company  on 
Wednesday,  the  13th  day  of  June,  18y4,  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the 
Paraffine  Paint  Company  will  be  held  on 

Wednesday,  the  22d  day  of  August,  1 894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M. 
of  that  day,  at  No.  lib-  Battery  street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, state  of  California,  the  same  being  the  principal  place  of  business 
and  office  of  said  corporation,  and  the  same  being  the  building  where  the 
Board  of  directors  of  said  corporation  meet 

The  object  of  said  meeting  is  to  consider,  act  upon,  and  decide  a  proposi- 
tion to  diminish  the  Capital  Sock  of  said  corporation,  the  Paraffine  Paint 
Company,  from  One  Million  Dollars  to  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars- 

Dated  San  Francisco,  June  13th,  1894. 

PAHAFFINE    1»AINT    COMPANY.     By 

R.  S.  SHAINWALD,  Secretary.  R.  S.  MOORE,  President. 


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SINGLE  ROOMS,  SO  cents  to  II. 

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ACTORS, 
ACTRESSES, 


Society  Ladies,  Singers,  Public  Speakers,  Business  Men, 
ARE  FREQUENTLY  GREATLY  ANNOYED  BY 

HOARSENESS, 
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ASTHMA, 
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troubles  I  shall  be  pleased  to  give  a  FREE  TEST  of  my  new  scientific 
methods  to  all  who  call  at  my  office. 

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LURLINE 


BATHS. 


Half  a  million  gallons 
of  pure  warm  salt 
water  pumped  into  the 
tank  every  day. 


D 


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Chiropodist. 


Now  at  LURLINE  BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Nest  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DH.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

Inghown  Nails  a  Specialty. 


BETHESDA. 


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"  I  don't  think  Bethesda  has  any  equal  as  a  pure,  agreeable,  and  whole- 
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"I  think  the  Bethesda  as  good  a  mineral  water  as  I  have  ever  tasted  ' 
— T.  N.  Palmer,  President  World's  Columbian  Commission. 

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gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 


P.U 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  4,  1894  . 


THEATRE  parties  continue  to  be  the  chief  form  of  dissipation 
indulged  in  by  society  in  town,  for  while  a  good  many  of  oar 
fashionable  folk  have  returned  home  from  their  summer  outings 
sufficient  of  them  still  remain  out  of  town  to  render  any  attempt  at 
gay  doings  in  the  city  quite  useless.  An  occasional  luncheon  or  din- 
ner is  given,  mostly  in  entertainment  of  visiting  strangers,  but  they 
are  the  exception,  and  not  the  rule,  at  present.  Mr.  Adolph  Sutro 
was  the  host  of  an  elaborate  dinner  given  last  week  in  honor  of  some 
friends  visiting  here  from  the  East,  the  evening  hours  being  devoted 
to  a  musicale,  at  which  Mrs.  "W.  C.  Little,  whose  exquisite  voice  has 
been  heard  so  rarely  in  San  Francisco  of  recent  years,  gave  some 
charming  selections.  Among  recent  pretty  entertainments  was  the 
luncheon  given  by  Miss  Young,  at  the  Presidio,  to  a  dozen  or  more 
of  her  young  lady  friends.  Lavender  was  the  color  chosen,  and 
heliotrope  the  flower  used  in  decoration  of  the  table;  and  the  name 
and  menu  cards,  the  lamp  and  candle  shades,  ices,  etc.,  were  alt  of  a 
lovely  lilac  tint.  Miss  Young  proved  to  be  a  most  charming  hostess- 
Wednesday  evening  was  ladies'  night  at  the  Olympic  Club,  and  for 
the  amusement  of  their  fair  friends  the  members  provided  a  special 
programme,  which  included  a  swimming  tournament,  and  fancy 
divmg  by  Professor  Clark,  races,  wrestling  contest,  and  acrobatic 
feats.  The  rooms  were  crowded  and  the  evening  was  greatly  enjoyed 
by  the  guests  of  the  club. 

Although  there  have  been  a  number  of  departures  from  Del  Munte 
ol  those  who  went  there  especially  for  the  tennis  match,  sufficient 
have  remained  to  make  life  there  very  pleasant.  Picnics  have  been 
in  great  favor;  shooting  and  fishing  have  been  the  motifs  for  getting 
up  a  number  of  small  parties;  boat-racing  is  the  fad  with  some; 
others  prefer  the  more  exciting  swimming  races  to  the  raft,  while  yet 
others  shine  in  the  bowling  alley,  where  some  wonderful  scores  have 
been  made.  Mrs.  Thomas  Breeze  and  her  daughters  are  among  the 
most  recent  additions  to  the  guests  for  the  month  of  August.  At  Del 
Monte  the  23d  of  August  is  awaited  with  the  most  pleasant  anticipa- 
tions, and  the  gathering  for  the  annual  shoot  of  the  Country  Club 
will  be,  this  vear.  it  is  thought,  quite  equal  to  the  one  which  assem- 
bled there  last  season.  The  pleasures  of  the  three  days  of  festivity 
will  be  of  a  very  varied  character,  including  races,  steeplechases, 
concerts  by  Cassasa'sband,  illuminations,  fireworks,  dancing,  feast- 
ing, and  "the  shoot, "  for  which  no  less  than  eleven  prizes  are 
offerd— five  silver  cups,  five  gold  medals  and  the  "  Shreve"  cup  of 
gold  and  silver,  which  will  be  for  the  best  score  of  the  day.  Added 
to  these  what  may  be  called  public  amusements,  there  is  little  doubt 
there  will  also  be  much  done  in  the  way  of  picnics  and  private  parties 
of  one  kind  or  another,  and  as  most  of  our  swagger  set  have  an- 
nounced their  intention  of  being  present,  the  summer  season  at 
Del  Monte  promises  to  end  brilliantly. 

The  season  at  Santa  Cruz  appears  to  have  taken  a  fresh  lease  of 
life,  the  festivity  consequent  upon  the  fiesta  being  still  continued,  and 
it  is  thought  that  the  month  of  August  will  prove  the  gayest  one  of 
the  season.  Boating  parties  on  the  river  are  very  popular,  dividing 
the  honors  at  night  with  those  of  the  picnics  by  day.  Salmon  fishing 
has  its  devotees,  and  the  beach  is  gay  with  bathers  and  spectators, 
each  tent  and  canopy  being  crowded  during  the  hours  devoted  to  that 
pastime.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Boggs,  Miss  Alice  Boggs,  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  George  Howard,  of  San  Mateo,  were  among  those  noticed  on 
the  beach  this  week.        

Life  at  San  Rafael  has  settled  into  the  quiet  routine  which  dwellers 
in  that  lovely  vale  claim  is  most  congenial  to  them,  nor  will  their 
repose  be  disturbed  until  the  September  tennis  tournament,  which  is 
generally  looked  upon  as  marking  the  close  of  the  out-of-town  sea- 
son. Meanwhile  the  dissipations  at  the  hotel  are  confined  to  card 
parties,  tennis,  bowling,  and  driving,  witfi.  an  occasional  dinner  or 
luncheon  exchanged  between  some  of  the  guests  at  the  hotel  and 
residents  of  the  town  or  Ross  Valley. 

It  has  been  quite  lively  of  late  at  Burlingame.  The  coming  races 
at  Monterey  hold  first  place  in  the  thoughts  of  all,  and  then  comes 
polo,  which  has  a  firm  hold  on  the  affections  of  the  Burlingamites, 
and  to  witness  the  games  come  the  folk  from  the  adjacent  country 
homes,  with  their  parties  of  city  friends,  who  applaud  the  sport  and 
seemingly  enjoy  it.  Besides  polo  there  are  numerous  luncheon  par- 
ties given  at  the  club  house,  picnics  to  different  pretty  points  in  tbe 
country  round  about,  and  dinners  among  the  cottagers  are  not  infre- 
quent. Mr.  John  Drew  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  the  Page  Browns 
last  Sunday,  and  was  made  quite  a  lion  of,  as  he  will  no  doubt  be 
again  to-morrow  if  he  returns,  as  he  promised  to  do. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Raraona  Shorbe  and  Dr.  White,  of  tbe  Navy, 
is  one  of  the  events  which  the  society  people  of  Los  Angeles  have  in 
prospect,  and  which  will  take  place  very  soon.  The  Shorbes  are,  how- 
ever, being  commiserated  with  for  losing  their  charming  daughter, 
as  directly  after  the  wedding  the  young  couple  will  leave  for  the 
East,  where  Dr.  White  will  be  on  duty  at  Annapolis  for  several  years. 


San  Jose  had  a  wedding  last  Wednesday  of  interest  to  San  Fran- 
cisco people,  as  the  bride  was  Miss  Bertha  Foltz,  daughter  of  the  first 
"lady  lawyer"  of  this  city,  Mrs.  Clara  Foltz,  and  she  was  married 
at  the  residence  of  her  uncle,  Samuel  Foltz,  of  San  Jose,  to  Fayette 
Smalley,  the  Reverend  Dr.  Jewell  performing  the  ceremony  at  noon 
in  the  presence  of  relatives  and  intimate  friends,  after  which  a  recep- 
tion was  held.  

Among  the  most  recently  announced  engagements  is  that  of  Miss 
Rose  Splivalo,  the  pretty  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  D.  Splivalo, 
of  Washington  street,  to  Dan  Polk,  the  popular  young  architect  and 
banjo  player  extraordinary.  The  engagement  of  Miss  Nettie  Reiss 
and  E.  R.  Golland  will  be  signalized  by  two  receptions,  the  first  of 
which  will  be  held  at  1500  Post  street  to-morrow  afternoon.  Their 
betrothal  dinner  was  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bernard  Reiss  last  week, 
at  their  residence  on  Franklin  street,  at  which  they  entertained  thirty 
guests,  and  the  evening  hours  were  devoted  to  music  and  dancing. 

Mrs.  Louis  Parrott  has  been  extending  her  travels,  and  after  leav- 
ing Catalina  she  and  the  Tom  Van  Ness  party  went  to  Santa  Monica 
to  try  the  sea  bathing  in  that  locality. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Otis,  Mrs.  Will  Tevis  and  the  Misses  Crocker  have  been 
among  the  latest  additions  to  the  visitors  at  San  Rafael.  Mrs.  De 
Young  is  keeping  open  house  at  her  pretty  Meadowlands,  and  it  is 
generally  full  of  friends,  whom  she  entertains  right  royally.  Mrs. 
George  C.  Boardman  is  spending  a  few  weeks  at  San  Rafael  as  the 
guest  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  M.  M.  Tompkins. 

Mr.  Trax  Beale  and  his  wife,  net  Hattie  Blaine,  have  been  among 
the  guests  at  the  California  Hotel  this  week.  Mrs,  Beale  has  been 
heartily  congratulated  by  her  friends  on  her  escape  from  what  came 
near  proving  a  fatal  accident  while  bathing  at  Santa  Monica  last 
week.  Lieutenant  R.  H.  Noble  will  be  one  of  the  beaux  of  the  com- 
ing winter  in  San  Francisco,  and  will  receive  a  warm  welcome  after 
an  absence  of  two  years  at  Annapolis  and  in  Europe,  where  he  is  at 
present. 

Mrs.  Horace  Davis  has  been  the  guest  of  P.  B.  Cornwell  at  Glen 
wood.  Peter  J.  Donahue  is  one  of  those  who  have  enjoyed  the 
salmon  fishing  at  Santa  Cruz  this  week.  Mrs.  Leland  Stanford  will 
spend  the  month  of  August  at  her  villa  near  Palo  Alto.  Mrs.  J.  C- 
Tucker  and  her  daughters,  Misses  Mae  and  Claire  Tucker,  are  domi- 
ciled at  the  Bella  Vista,  where  they  will  remain  some  time.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  E.  J.  McCutcheon  have  gone  East  for  a  short  visit.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Middleton,  who  have  been  at  the  Presidio  for  the  past  two  years 
will  spend  the  coming  winter  at  the  Hotel  Richelieu. 

There  have  been  many  returns  to  town  this  week.  From  Santa 
Cruz  have  come  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Cole,  Miss  Augusta  Cole,  and 
the  Misses  Oliver.  Del  Monte  has  been  the  loser  of  Mrs.  Clark 
Crocker,  Mrs.  Moses  Hopkins,  Mrs.  Peter  Donahue,  Mrs.  Martin, 
and  Misses  Laura  McKinstry,  Fanny  and  Julia  Crocker,  Mamie  Hol- 
brooke, Nellie  Hillyer,  Belle  McKenna,  Fanny  Loughborough,  and 
Marie  Zane.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  K.  Nuttall  have  returned  from  San 
Rafael,  as  have  also  Mrs.  Monroe  Salisbury  and  her  daughter,  who 
anticipate  a  visit  East,  intending  to  leave  here  about  the  middle  of 
the  month. 

Among  recent  arrivals  from  afar  are  Mrs.  John  Hays  Hammond, 
who  has  returned  to  California  to  recuperate  from  the  effects  of  a 
year's  residence  in  South  Africa;  Joe  Grant  from  his  trip  to  Europe; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Redding  from  their  visit  to  New  York,  and  Capt. 
William  R.  Bridgeman,  who  arrived  last  Monday  by  tbe  steamer 
Gaelic  from  China,  where  he  has  been  in  command  of  the  Baltimore. 
Mrs.  John  F.  Swift  has  been  entertaining  this  week  Mrs.  Hugh 
Frazer,  widow  of  the  late  British  Minister  to  Japan ;  she  also  was  a 
passenger  by  the  steamer  Gaelic.  Mrs.  Fred  L.  Castle  and  her 
daughters  have  reached  New  York  from  Europe,  where  they  have 
been  for  the  past  year  or  more.  The  Reverend  W.  I.  Kip  and  party, 
consisting  of  his  sister,  Miss  Mary  Kip,  and  the  Misses  Stubbs,  are 
looked  for  on  their  return  from  Alaska  next  week. 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Poole  has  gone  to  Castle  Crags  to  join  her  sister,  Mrs. 
Favre,  and  where  she  will  make  a  stay  of  some  duration. 

Mr.  Leo  Cooper  has  returned  to  tbe  city  from  Honolulu,  where  he 
spent  his  vacation. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


Baking 
Powdeit 


The  only  Pur"  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alma 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40   years  the   Standard. 


August  4,  1894. 


SAN  n;\v  [SCO  NEWS  I . I  I  I  I  H 


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LAWN     TENNIS. 


IT  mast  be  especially  prttityinK  to  the  If  nnis  player?  of  this 
Slate  to  DotMl  the  continued  success  of  Carr  Nee  I.  who  now 
holds  the  championship  of  the  Northwest  for  singles,  and  part- 
nered with  his  brother,  he  will  contest  against  Hobart  and  Hovey 
f->r  the  championship  of  the  Doited  States.  Mr.  Neel  will  also 
contest  for  the  single  championship,  which  will  be  played  at 
Newport.  The  success  of  these  young  gentlemen  ought  to  be  a 
lesson  to  the  younger  contlugent  here,  who  say  that  it  is  not  pos- 
sible for  them  to  compete  against  the  more  experienced  players, 
for  they  would  not  have  any  chance;  but  if  they  only  look  at  the 
success  of  the  Neels.  and  remember  that  they  also  were  players 
here,  and  would  then  try  and  imitate  them,  tennis  would  soon 
again  be  on  the  same  basis  that  it  was  three  years  ago.  The  sud- 
den calm  which  attacked  tennis  was  due  simply  to  the  lack  of 
interest  displayed  by  some  of  the  officials,  who  preferred  to  go 
their  own  way  and  let  tennis  go  to  the  bow-wows.  The  players 
have  all  been  ready  to  have  some  tournament  or  other,  and  have 
bitterly  complained  of  this  uncalled-for  quietness,  anil  it  seems  to 
us  that  the  present  Secretary  of  the  Association  is  doing  good 
work  in  bis  efforts  to  start  new  matches  everywhere. 

The  Hotel  Mateo  has  been  asked  to  give  an  invitation  tourna- 
ment, and  the  aoswer  has  not  yet  reached  us,  but  the  California 
Club  have  a  "doubles"  on  the  tapis  for  the  18th  and  19th  of  this 
month,  and  the  Olympic  Annex  have  issued  the  following  cir- 
cular: "The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Tennis  Annex  announce 
that  there  will  be  a  handicap  doubles  class  tournament,  open  to 
members  of  the  Annex,  Sunday,  August  26th.  Entries  will  be 
received  up  to  and  including  Thursday,  August  23rd.  In  every  in- 
stance entry  must  be  accompanied  with  entry  fee,  which  is  one  dol- 
lar per  team.  The  Committee  urge  that  every  member  of  the 
Annex  turn  out  and  make  the  tournament  a  success.  No  one 
should  refuse  to  enter  because  he  has  had  little  opportunity  of 
practicing  team  play.  The  Committee  hope,  by  proper  handi- 
capping, to  give  every  team  a  fair  and  equal  show.  All  members 
not  having  partners  kindly  send  their  names  to  the  Secretary,  and 
teams  will  be  made  up  from  this  list  so  far  as  is  satisfactory  to 
each  player.  All  entries  must  be  sent  to  G.  E.  Stoker,  Olympic 
Club." 

The  ninth  of  September  falling  on  a  Sunday,  the  championship 
meeting  will  be  held  at  San  Rafael  on  the  7th,  8tb  and  10th,  when 
the  double  championship  and  the  ladies'  single  championship 
will  take  place.  The  Association  expects  to  have  the  circulars, 
announcing  this  meeting,  oui  at  short  notice  now,  and  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  double  tournaments  at  the  California  and  the 
Olympic,  to  say  nothing  of  the  Oakland  and  Alameda  clubs,  will 
bring  out  some  new  teams  this  year,  and  that  the  meeting  will  be 
a  successful  one. 

There  will  be  a  tournament  at  Santa  Monica  for  tae  champion- 
ships of  Southern  California  in  the  near  future,  and  several  play- 
ers here  have  signified  their  intention  of  going  down  to  compete. 


AVERY  conspicuous  example  of  generosity  has  been  exhibited 
by  J.  J.  O'Brien  &  Co.,  prominent  dry  goods  merchants  of 
8an  Francisco.  A  number  of  their  salesmen  were  National 
Guardsmen,  and  as  such  had  been  absent  twenty-two  days  in 
July.  The  firm,  realizing  that  the  men  had  not  been  absent  of 
their  own  volition,  exhibited  its  usual  generosity  with  its  em- 
ployees by  paying  them  a  full  month's  wages.  This  was  wholly 
unexpected  by  the  men  and  touched  them  deeply.  The  example 
thus  set  is  eminently  worthy  of  emulation. 


"PULLER  Claphin's  comedy,  Love  at  Randon,  was  produced  at 
JT  Linderman's  Opera  House,  Alameda,  last  Saturday  evening. 
The  house  was  crowded  and  the  production  was  a  creditable  one. 
John  L.  Stevens  played  the  leading  role,  Benjamin  Carleton,  with 
considerable  dramatic  ability.  He  spoke  bis  lines  clearly,  and 
acted  with  the  sang  froid  of  a  professional  player.  Miss  Frances 
Mervy,  as  Gladys  Paine,  was  charming  and  graceful. 


THE  great  need  of  the  Republican  party  in  California  is  a  leader 
with  sufficient  wisdom  10  restrain  it  in  the  matter  of  steadily 
increasing  the  number  of  voters  who  will  never  again  support  its 
ticket. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 


508  Clay  Street. 


,  The  GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  PRICES  at 

JOE  POHEIM'S,  The  Tailor, 

for  the  last  30  days,  is  continuing.  We  have  sold  over  500  pairs  of  Paats  for 
$4,  worth  from  $5  to  $7.  Fine  suits  for  $15.  Don't  miss  your  chance  for  the 
next  30  days,  as  some  of  our  Goods  are  sold  regardless  of  cost.  203  Mont- 
gomery street,  724  Market  street,  1110  and  1112  Market  street,  Sau  Francisco, 
and  485  Fourteenth  street,  Oakland. 


City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 


ATTYS  -AT-L.AW 
HEMm  .*  H  II  111  R,  (B.  F.  Bngan;  0.  M.  WllbOT),  2lft8antome8l. 
I'K.WK    BBWmt,  Uw  office,  (S6  Murphy  Bldg  ,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES 
CANDIES  put  up  lor  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Folk  aud  Bush  streets 


DENTISTS. 
R.  1'ITTLAK.  416  Geary  street. 
F.  M.  HACKETT,  lis  Leavenworth  street. 


DOOR    CHECKS. 
THE  MORTON  Door  (heck  and  Spring:.   F.D.  Morrell,593Mi8sion  St. 

DRUGGISTS 

KELLY'S  CORN  <  IRE,  )!5c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

itviM'OIMlMiik  sr u      Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists  

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE 
W.  H.  JlflOKJIKIi,  1422  Market  St.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkin  St. 


MILLINERY. 

THE  WONDER  Hat.  Flower  and  Feather  Store.  1024-1028  Market  street. 

RESTAURANTS. 

FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant -521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIR1NU  DONE  while  von  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS 
JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.      Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  automfzalion  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


BYRON  HOT  SPRINGS 

Resort  is  reached  by  a  pleasant  three- 
hour  ride  by  rail  from  San  Francisco, 
The  br,f  mud,  hot  salt  water,  and 
hot  sulphur  baths  are  infallible  cures  for 
rheumatism,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  liver 
and  kidney  troubles,  blood  and  skin  dis- 
orders. 
L.  R.  HEAD,  C.  R.  MASON, 

Proprietor.  Manager. 

Byron  Hot  Springs  P.  0-,  Cal. 


l/iei?y  5prii?$s, 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  the  terminus  of  the  8.  F.  AN.  P.  Railway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms,  $12  to  $14  per  week. 
Postoffice  and  telephone  at  springs. 

WM.  IHIOLAN,  Proprietor. 

COLTON     DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  (Plielan  Building.) 

Gas  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  poia- 
lively  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  Its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
In  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1868.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  perform  b 
•ill  operations  in  dentistry.  __ 

DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 


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R.  LUDLUM   HILL, 

1443  MARKET  ST  ,  TVear  Eleventh. 


No  charge  for  extracting  when  plates  are  made.    Old  plates  made  over 
like  new.    Teeth  from  $8  per  set.    Extracting,  5Uc.    Gas  given. 

HD  DIOnDn'Q  RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
Uri.  rtll/VJnL/  O  Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  «.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100  pills,  $2;  of  200  pills, 
ft)  50:  of  400  pills.  $fi:  Preparatory  Pills,  $2.    Send  for  Circular. 

DR,    R.     F.   VERRINDER,   ORAL  SURGEON, 
Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists.    Specialties:  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases   of  the  Mouth, 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  PlateB  and  Crown  and  bridge  Work. 
Office:    306  Kearny   Street,  Corner  Sutter. 


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24 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  4,  1?94. 


AN  ARTIFICIAL  MAIOFN. 

It  Is   Easy   Enough    to  be  Beautilul  If 
You  Only  Know  How. 

Moles  and  Blemishes  on  the  Face,  Moustaches 
on  Women,  Pug  or  Crooked  Noses,  Large 
Mouths,  Outstanding  Ears  — there  is  no  reason 
for  putting  up  with  such  disfigurements  now-a- 
days.  They,  andlotsmore.areall  easily  removed 
by  well-known  Surgical  and  Elec- 
trical processes.  For  years  the 
treatment  of  such  things  has  been 
asp  i-ialty  at  the  John  H  Wood- 
bury Deimatological  Institute,  125 
West42dbt.,  New  York.  Regular 
Physicians  there  doing  nothing! 
else  all  the  time.  Their  150  Page 
Book,  telling  all  about  it,  will  be  mailed,  sealed, 
to  your  address  for  10c,  in  stamps  or  silver. 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trams  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO  : 

Leave  |  From  June  26,  1894.         I  Arrive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express.  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, Redding,  Castle  Crag 
and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davie 7:15  p 

7:30  A  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa 6:15  P 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville 4:15p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los  Angeles,  Deming,  El 
Paso,  New  Orleans  and  East 5:45  p 

9-00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45  a 

*9:C0a  Peters  and   Milton  ...  "7:1op 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  . .  8:45  a 
*1 :00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers  . .  *9 :00  P 

4:00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9:15a. 

4.00  p.  Benicia.  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landin  to, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento .   10:45a 

4:30  p.  Niles,  8an  Jo«e,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno  -        ...  7:15 p 

4:30p.  Raymond  (for  Yosemite) 10:45  a. 

5:O0p.  Los  Angeles   Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles. 10:45a, 

5 :00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

for  Mojave  and  East 10:45a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  SanJose..    7-45a. 

(7 :00  p.  Vallejo -(7 :45  P. 

7:00  P.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East.     - . 10:45  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
Santa  Cruz  18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Centerville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations      ...  6:20  p. 

*2:45  f  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and   principal   way 
stations    *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  SanJose,  Los  Gatos.  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  Townsend  Streets). 

*6:45  a.  SanJose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    *1:45P. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p. 

8:16  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinos,  Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal  1 

Way  Stations 6:26  p. 

19:47a.  PaloAltoand  Way  Stations U:45p. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations 5:06p. 

11-45  a.    Palo   Alto  and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   Salinas,  Monterey, 

PaclflcGrove .     .*T0:40a. 

*3:80  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions..    ...    9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5-10p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations...  ..    *8:48a. 

6:80p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6;35a. 

H1:45p.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 
Stations ..  ..  +7 :26  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SIN  FRANCISCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *\2  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  p.  m. 
From  OIKIASH— Foot  of  Broadway. 

•6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  a.  m. 
112  00  »12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  M. 
a  .  lor  Morning .  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•Sundays  excepted.  f  Saturdays  only. 

tSundaysonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


CORRECT     STARS     AND    STRIPES. 


THE  law  provides  do  specific  dimensions 
for  the  flag  of  the  United  States.  Sec- 
tions 1791  and  1792  of  the  revised  statutes 
prescribe  simply  that  there  shall  be  thir- 
teen horizontal  stripes,  alternate  red  and 
white,  and  that  the  union  of  the  flag  shall 
be  white  stars  in  a  blue  field,  the  number 
of  stars  corresponding  with  the  number  of 
the  States,  and  a  new  one  being  added  on 
the  Fourth  of  July  next  succeeding  the  ad- 
mission of  a  new  State.  At  present  there 
are  forty-four  States,  and  the  arrangement 
of  the  stars  which  has  obtained  official 
sanction  is  in  six  horizontal  rows,  the  top 
aDd  bottom  rows  containing  eight  stars 
each  and  the  intervening  rows  seven. 

— New  York  Press. 


THE  men  I  am  afraid  of  are  those  who 
believe  everything,  subscribe  to  every- 
thing, and  vote  for  everything. — Shipley. 

Humor  requires  the  direction  of  the 
nicest  judgment,  by  so  much  the  more  as 
it  indulges  itself  in  the  most  boundless 
freedoms. — Addison. 

Neak  the  foul  nettle,  rough  and  coarse, 
groweth  the  rose,  sweet,  smooth,  and  soft; 
close  to  the  valley  rise  the  hills  aloft. — 
Chaucer. 

If  honor  be  your  clothing  the  suit  will 
last  a  lifetime;  but  if  clothing  be  your 
honor,  it  will  soon  be  worn  threadbare. — 
Arnot. 

Argument,  as  usually  managed,  is  the 
worst  sort  of  conversation,  as  in  books  it 
is  generally  the  worst  sort  of  reading. — 
Swift. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  August  3,  8,  18,  23. 
Sept.  7,  22.    October  7.  22.    Nov.  6,  21. 

Santa  Cruz  aud  Monterey  Excursions— Steam- 
er Pomona  leaves  Saturdays,  4  p.  m.  Due  back 
Mondays,  5  a.  m 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
July  24th,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 
For  Eureka,  Humboldt  Bay,  Wednesdays,  9  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  aUernatelv  at  11  a,  m. 

For  Ensenada,  Magdalena  Bay,  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOrALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco. 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic Tuesday,  July  17,  1894 

Gaelic Tuesday,  August  7,  1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Sept.  6,  1894 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu) . .  .Tuesday,  Sept.  25,  1894 
ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATE8 
Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  SaD  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Frout  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  H. GuuDMAN, Gen. Pass.  Aet. 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

[  \J.  bv  n  World  tours,  steamer 

"    '_i.°.  -  and  rail.    First  class, 

$610.      Second    class, 

$350. 

*Q     O.  S.  S.  Company's 
steamers  sail: 
For     HONOLULU, 
8.  8.  -AUSTRALIA," 

Augu>  t  4.  1894. 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA.    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  8. 

"ALAMEDA," 
August  23,  2  p.  M. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELo  A  BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


SfiVETJ  ' 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK    DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A    M.:  12:35,3:30, 

5:10,   6  30    p.    «.    Thursdays— Extra   trip   at 

11 :30  p.  m  .    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  H. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  a.  m.;  12:45, 

3:40,5:10  p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 

6:26  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10  p.m.  ; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:00  p.m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p    M 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  A.  m.;  ar- 
rive at  Sau  Francisco  at  10:40  a.  m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  A.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


Leave  8.  F. 

Iu  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

AeeiveinS.  F. 

Vtf         w 

Days 

Sundays 

DESTI  TION 

Sundays 

Days. 

7:40a.M. 
3:30p.m. 
51)  P.M. 

8:00  a.m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petal  uma, 
Santa  Rota. 

10:40  a.  m 
6:05p.m 
7:30p.m 

8:50a.  m 
10:30am 
6:35p.m 

7;40a.  M. 

8:00a.m. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

3:30p.m. 

7:30p.m. 



6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.  m 

8:00a.  K.|Guerneville  7:30p.m. 

10:30am 
6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  p.  m 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m. 
6;05f.m. 

8:50am. 
6:15pm. 

7:40a. m  |  8:00 A.M. I  Sebastopol.  :i0:4uA.Mli0:30A.M 
3:30  p.M  [5:00  p.M.I |  6  Q5p.m1  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  We6t 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  SkaggB 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  aud  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Siages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  BoonevJUe.  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport, 
Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley. 
John  Dav's,  Lively's,  (iravelly  Valley,  Harris. 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesvilleand  Eureka. 

Saturday  lo-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

Ou  Suudays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

T1TKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Centra) 
America. 

SAILING8— At  noon. 

S.  S.  "Colon,"  Augusts,  1894. 

S.  S.  "Colima,"  August  IS,  1894. 

S.  3.  "San  Jo-e,"  Aug.  28, 1994. 

S.  8    "Aeapu.co,"  September  8,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Suudav. 
steamers  wil'  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG. 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.    S.    "City    of    reking,"  Thursday,   August 

16,  1894,  at  3  P.  M 

3.  8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,   Aug.    28,  1894,  at 

S.  S.  "Peru."  Saturday,  Pept.  15, 1894,  atS  p.  m. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 
4, 1894,  at  3  P.  m. 

Round  TriD    rickets  at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and   Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


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SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  //.  1894. 


Number  6. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-ojfiee  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

THE  Olympic  has  passed  into  the  bands  of  Messrs.  Barns  and 
'•ill,  who  will  endeavor  to  make  it  the  leading  authority  on 
amateur  sports  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  It  will  continue  to  be  the 
official  organ  of  the  Olympic  Club. 


CHARLES  WILFRED  MOWBRAY,  who  has  been  arrested  in 
England  a  dozen  times  for  making  anarchistic  speeches,  has 
arrived  in  this  country  and  has  taken  up  his  quarters  at  Newark, 
N.  J.  He  states  openly  that  his  business  is  to  "establish  a  propa- 
ganda of  anarchism."  The  American  people  will  probably  want 
to  ascertain  how  many  cubic  feet  of  stone  Mr.  Mowbray  can 
crack  in  one  day. 


IF  the  immigration  bill  that  has  passed  the  House  meets  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Senate,  American  Consuls  at  foreign  ports  will  be 
required  to  serve  as  inspectors  of  the  qualifications  of  applicants  for 
passage  to  this  country.  This  will  be  an  important  responsibility 
and  will  call  for  a  high  order  of  ability  in  Consuls,  and  for  per- 
sonal character  beyond  question.  The  duty  of  weeding  out  un- 
desirable immigrants  should  not  be  acted  on  except  in  the  most 
thorough  manner. 

HOW  wise  and  pleasant  it  would  be  if  all  the  millionaires  and 
millionairesses  would  follow  the  charming  example  set  by 
Miss  Helen  Gould,  who  has  two  or  three  score  of  children  from 
the  reeking  tenement  region,  every  summer,  invited  to  spend  a 
few  days  on  her  delightful  country  estate!  Surely  this  is  the 
right  way  to  that  reconciliation  of  the  classes  which  is  eminently 
desirable.  It  is  true  democratic  policy  to  invite  the  less  fortunate 
ones  of  earth  to  share  the  bounties  which  have  been  showered  on 
the  lucky, 

THE  aggregate  cost  of  the  recent  strike,  as  aggregated  iD  Brad- 
sUeeVs,  is  $81 ,000,000,  of  which  considerably  more  than  half 
is  in  wages.  The  railroads  lost,  by  destruction  of  property,  about 
$2,000,000,  and  this  they  will  recover  from  taxpayers.  Fruit 
growers  are  out  about  $2,500,000,  and  can  call  on  no  one  to  re- 
imburse them.  Most  of  them  are  poor  men  stuggling  to  make 
both  ends  meet.  When  the  results  of  a  strike  are  examined  they 
are  found  to  be  such  a  collection  of  misfits  that  they  would  be 
ludicrous  if  less  a  calamity  to  those  who  have  little  to  spare. 


THE  conference  between  the  Senate  and  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives has  agreed  on  a  tariff  bill  which  places  a  tax  on 
sugar  of  40  per  cent,  ad  volorem  and  one-fifth  of  one  per  cent. 
differential  on  refined  sugar,  admitting  iron  ore  free  and  placing  a 
tariff  of  40  cents  a  ton  on  coal.  In  this  shape  the  bill  will  likely 
pass.  Throughout  all  this  controversy  the  President  has  been  the 
guide  and  leader,  he  alone  seeming  to  appreciate  the  gravity  of  the 
situation  and  the  peril  of  his  party.  Not  since  Lincoln  has  the 
President  impressed  his  personality  so  strongly  or  so  wisely  upon 
the  country,  and  had  he  been  listened  to  earlier  the  difficulties  of 
framing  a  new  tariff  law  would  have  been  settled  long  ago. 


THE  admirers  of  Mr.  Gladstone,  in  this  country,  will  learn  with 
sincere  regret  that  he  cannot  visit  this  country  on  account  of 
his  age  and  the  severe  condition  of  his  eyes.  His  declination  of 
the  invitation  from  the  1200  Americans  for  him  to  visit  this  coun- 
try confirms  the  statement  previously  made  about  the  precarious- 
ness  of  his  health,  and  will  put  a  quietus  probably  to  the  con- 
stantly repeated  suggestion  that  he  should  again  lead  the  English 
Liberals  in  Parliament.  In  his  letter  of  declination  he  spoke 
touchingly  of  the  inroads  of  time  on  his  physical  condition,  while 
there  is  a  hopeful  spirit  about  what  he  says  regarding  his  eye- 
sight, which,  bis  friends  and  admirers  most  devoutly  wish,  will 
be  found  to  be  based  on  a  solid  foundation.  Mr.  Gladstone  is  a 
very  old  man,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  he  will  be  spared  to  the 
world  for  some  time  to  come.  While  he  may  not  be  equal  to  the 
strain  that  he  has  been  under  for  nearly  half  a  century,  his 
counsel  in  cases  of  emergency  is  valuable. 


THE  Rev.  Mr.  Murdoch,  a  Methodist  minister  of  Rome,  Ga., 
has  been  deprived  of  his  pastorate  by  his  Bishop  because  he 
is  the  editor  of  a  paper.  His  newspaper  is  said  to  be  reputable 
and  honest,  and  only  the  Bishop's  notion  that  newspapers  and 
ministerial  duties  do  not  mix  caused  Murdoch's  dismissal  from 
his  church. 


PROOF  of  the  fact  that  the  railroad  strikers  regarded  the  Ex- 
aminer as  their  organ  and  the  Chronicle  as  not,  is  found  in  the 
testimony  given  by  A.  E.  Culver,  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  at  Duns- 
rauir,  in  the  preliminary  examination  of  the  men  charged  with 
wrecking  the  train  near  Sacramento.  Culver  bad  come  on  the 
train  which  a  band  of  armed  strikers  took  from  Dunsmuir  to 
Sacramento.  "How  did  you  happen  to  be  on  the  train?"  he  was 
asked.  He  answered:  "I  wished  to  report  for  the  Examiner.  I 
got  permission  from  Mr.  Sayler  to  go  on  the  train.  He  told  me  if 
I  would  not  report  for  the  Chronicle  I  could  go." 


IF  the  report  be  true  that  Mrs.  Cora  Urquhart  Potter  and  Mr. 
Kyrle  Bellew  were  insulted  from  the  pulpit  by  Dr.  George  R. 
Wallace,  of  a  Portland,  Or.,  church,  then  Dr.  Wallace  is  a  man  of 
very  bad  taste  and  sensational  proclivities.  He  is  evidently  one 
of  those  old-school  bigots  who  are  plunged  into  a  whirlpool  of 
discontent  when  they  witness  anything  on  the  stage  beyond  the 
range  of  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin.  Quiet  contempt  was  the  only  treat- 
ment for  such  a  fanatic  as  Dr.  Wallace.  Mrs.  Potter  and  Mr. 
Bellew  displayed  bad  judgment  in  goiDg  to  hear  themselves 
assailed,  and  bad  taste  in  making  themselves  conspicuous  by 
leaving  the  house  in  the  middle  of  his  excoriation.  However, 
they  may  deserve  credit  for  a  lofty  commercial  instinct  in  dis- 
playing both  bad  judgment  and  bad  taste,  for  they  must  have 
known  that  the  advertisement  which  the  reverend  gentleman 
was  giving  them  would  surely  send  nine-tenths  of  his  flock  to 
enjoy  the  wickedness  which  he  denounced. 


THAT  was  an  extraordinary  action  of  Mayor  Ellert's— 
the  summoning  of  the  presidents  of  the  various  bus- 
iness organizations  of  San  Francisco  to  "take  action"  on  the 
Railway  Funding  bill  now  before  Congress.  According  to  the 
daily  papers — which  are  red-handed  from  the  recent  strike — some 
of  these  gentlemen  expressed  an  individual  opinion  against  the 
wisdom  of  the  Funding  bill,  but  none  of  them  was  in  favor  of 
Government  control.  Tbey  announced,  however,  that  they  had 
no  authority  to  speak  for  their  several  organizations,  and  finally 
it  was  agreed  that  committees  from  the  associations  would  meet 
and  discuss  matters,  and  that  their  recommendations  would  then 
be  laid  before  their  respective  bodies  for  consideration.  This  must 
have  acted  as  a  cold  dampening  of  the  Mayor's  suddenly  acquired 
ardor.  What  sort  of  a  pressure  was  brought  to  bear  upon  him 
for  attempting  to  place  the  business  organizations  of  San  Fran- 
cisco in  so  foolish  a  light  it  might  be  interesting  hereafter  to  ascer- 
tain. His  course  thus  far  indicates  that  he  has  no  further  or 
broader  conception  of  the  subject  than  that  which  is  displayed 
by  the  boyish,  prankish  Examiner,  which  is  blowing  its  penny 
whistle  and  beating  its  toy  drum  with  amazing  vigor. 


THE  war  between  China  and  Japan  is  bound  to  strengthen  and 
advance  both  nations.  In  China  the  growth  of  secret  sedi- 
tious societies  has  been  alarming  within  the  last  ten  years,  their 
prime  object  being  the  deposition  of  the  Tartar  who  rules  them 
and  the  restoration  cf  the  ancient  Ping  dynasty.  In  Japan  there 
are  foolish  internal  dissensions,  entirely  the  outgrowth  of  the  in- 
herent instability  of  the  race.  The  war,  on  the  pari  of  China,  if 
the  Emperor  prove  wise,  will  reconcile  the  disaffected  minority 
to  his  rulership,  weaken  the  force  of  the  secret  societies,  teach 
the  people  the  forgotten  art  of  warfare,  and  bring  Cbina  to  the 
front.  On  the  part  of  Japan  it  will  anneal  the  people  by  obliter- 
ating their  bickerings.  Every  generation  of  men  must  have  a 
war,  in  the  absence  of  which  corruption  thrives  and  fanaticism  of 
various  kinds  opens  seams  in  the  structure  and  invites  disintegra- 
tion. The  United  States  would  not  have  had  a  civil  war  in  the  six- 
ties if  Mexico  had  proved  a  formidable  adversary  in  1848.  If 
any  one  should  infer  that  this  is  a  hint  of  the  advisability  of  a 
war  between  the  United  States  and  some  other  country,  he  is 
welcome  to  his  conclusion.  The  fact  remains  that  wars  are  nec- 
essary to  unify  a  people  and  strengthen  a  nation,  all  cant  about 
■*  universal  peace"  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11,  1894 


SOME    TRAITS    OF    A    STRANGE    RACE. 

IN  the  unnumbered  Chinese  hordes  arrayed  against  Japan  in  the 
war  over  (Jorea  are  strange  characteristics,  which  are  as  far  be- 
yond the  ordinary  understanding  even  of  Japan  itself  as  of  Europe 
and  the  United  States;  and  within  these  characteristics  lie  factors 
wnich  count  in  war.  This  is  written  from  a  study  of  the  Cbine-e 
in  California,  who  represent  all  of  the  native  types  except  the 
highest.  It  may  be  said  at  once  that  it  is  error  to  judge  the  Chi- 
nese by  the  standard  of  ordinary  human  beings,  and  safe  to  as- 
sume that  the  peculiarities  which  distinguish  them  from  the. 
other  races  of  the  world  set  them  almost  wholly  apart  from  the 
great  human  family,  and  constitute  them  a  distinct  species  of 
mammals  bearing  a  remarkably  strong  external  resemblance  to 
those  possessing  certain  common  and  familiar  traits  by  which  we 
identify  human  beings.  That  the  Chinese  themselves,  with  supe- 
rior insight,  are  full  believers  in  that  assertion  is  undoubtedly 
true,  and  that  they  regard  all  other  races  as  inferior  to  them  is 
unmistakably  instinctive  and  ineradicable.  It  is  a  greater  mys- 
tery that  in  externals  they  resemble  what  we  call  the  human 
family  than  that  in  character  they  resemble  it  so  little.  Their 
national  contempt  for  other  races  is  shown  in  their  absolute 
refusal  to  adopt  any  of  the  ways  of  "progressive"  nations  or  to 
adapt  themselves  to  aoy  of  the  changes  which  "civilization"  pro- 
duces in  other  countries,  beyond  such  improved  methods  of 
defense  as  are  necessary  to  national  existence;  and  as  individuals 
they  show  their  contempt  in  foreign  countries  by  holding  utterly 
aloof  except  in  commercial  matters  for  gain.  They  are  absolutely 
non-assimilable  to  any  other  race,  holding  themselves  in  an  un- 
paralleled exclusiveness.  With  them  evolution  is  inconceivable 
and  opposed  to  instinct;  their  most  ancient  records  disclose  a 
race  identical  with  that  of  to-day.  They  smile  with  derision 
upon  the  spirit  of  unrest  that  resides  in  other  races,  point  mock- 
ingly to  the  risen  and  falling  glories  of  Carthage,  Egypt,  Babylon, 
Greece,  and  Rome,  and  look  forward  to  a  boundless  future  of 
chaogeless  conditions.  Upon  this  trait  rests  all  that  is  strange 
and  mysterious  in  tnem,  and  in  the  light  of  it  their  otherwise  in- 
scrutable traits  may  be  read.  They  are  the  epitome  of  inertia, 
but  inertia  is  the  one  stable  thing  in  the  universe.  Even  the  forci- 
ble occupation  of  their  throne  for  centuries  by  the  victorious  Tar- 
tars has  in  nowise  changed  their  habits  or  their  natures,  and  they 
regard  it  but  as  a  passing  moment  in  their  endless  history.  The 
Japanese  are  an  entirely  different  race,  coming  easily  within  our 
definition  of  human  beings;  and  as  they  are  such,  and  lack  the 
depth  and  aggressiveness  even  of  the  European  races,  we  now 
observe  that  their  downfall  and  extermination  have  begun  with 
the  tentative  introduction  of  European  civilization. 

Lacking  the  warmer  traits  of  other  races,  the  Chinese  are  beset 
by  nous  of  the  dangers  which  such  traits  invite,  and  likewise 
possess  none  of  the  graces  which  make  those  races  mutually  tol- 
erable aod  even  assimilable.  Thus,  a  Chinese  does  not  fight  from 
anger,  but  for  gain  or  defense.  He  is  the  most  philosophical  of 
all  creatures,  coldly  calculating  every  act;  hence  he  is  not  a 
drunkard.  He  is  never  a  crank,  reformer,  or  martyr.  His 
patriotism  being  merely  that  expression  of  a  self-protection 
sense  which  belongs  to  all  gregarious  animals,  it  is  devoid  of  the 
sentiment  with  which  we  invest  it;  but  it  does  not  follow  that 
his  autonomy  is  any  the  weaker  for  that;  on  the  contrary,  bis 
national  cohesion  is  absolute,  and  that  means  greater  strength 
than  patriotism  can  produce.  While  sentiment  of  whatever  kind 
is  the  blossom  and  fragrance  of  every  race,  it  has  its  dangers 
witnal.  Sentiment  is  absolutely  foreign  to  the  Chinese  character, 
though  abundant  and  ebullient  in  the  Japanese.  There  is  not  a 
trace  of  sentiment  in  the  Chinaman's  religion,  because  there  is 
none  in  his  nature;  and  this  mates  it  inconceivable  that  a  Chi- 
nese can  become  a  Christian.  In  business  the  Chinese  are  the 
embodiment  of  honesty  and  promptitude,  while  the  Japanese  are 
extremely  unreliable.  But  the  Chinese  are  honest,  not  through 
conscience,  but  because  honesty  is  the  best  policy.  Conscience, 
as  we  understand  it,  is  a  form  of  sentiment  which  has  no  place  in 
the  Chinese  character.  Nothing  in  all  aOtiinaman's  life  proceeds 
from  any  Impulse  except  instinct  or  from  any  motive  except  rea- 
son. He  suffers  under  none  of  the  delusions  which  afflict  senti- 
meutal  races.  He  is  bard,  wise,  practical,  shrewd,  patient,  per- 
sistent, and  immovable.  Insensible  to  insults,  he  will  fight  only 
when  menaced  by  material  danger;  when  driven  to  (he  wall  he 
is  tbe  most  courageous,  malignant,  and  dangerous  of  antagonists. 
He  has  no  pride  and  little  vanity,  no  generosity  or  magnanimity. 
His  one  dissipation  is  opium-smoking,  a  selfish  vice,  but  still  a 
dissipation,  and  hence  the  one  weak  tbiDg  in  him  (unless  malice 
also  be  included)  that  furnishes  a  reason  for  calling  him  a  human 
being.  Given  equal  terms  with  Japan  id  a  war,  China  must  win 
if  ibe  war  be  long;  and  in  tbe  remoter  end  she  must  overwhelm 
the  world — this,  in  spite  of  a  manifest  inferiority  of  cranial  de- 
velopment. 

ONE  of  the  comical  developments  of  the  tariff  discussion  in 
Congress  has  been  the  open  recognition  of  the  influence  of 
various  trusts,  not  alone  whose  existence  but  whose  corrupting 
methods  also  have  been  openly  canvassed.  And  yet  even  tbe 
existence  of  trusts  is  unlawful!  Truly  the  complacency  of  the 
American  borders  closely  upon  idiocy. 


NON-POLITICAL    CONSULS. 


THOUGHTFUL  men  are  considering  the  subject  of  non-political 
consular  appointments.  Tbe  movement  has  taken  a  strong 
hold  in  the  East,  and  tbe  chances  are  that  it  will  be  heard  in 
Washington.  This  is  the  only  country  in  the  world  in  which  a 
change  in  the  political  complexion  of  domestic  administration 
affects  the  position  of  representatives  in  foreign  countries.  In 
other  countries  Consuls  are  rightly  regarded  as  representing  the 
dignity  of  the  nation,  rather  than  the  victory  of  political  parties 
in  the  nation.  Therefore  those  countries  can  command  the  ser- 
vices of  a  body  of  trained  and  educated  diplomats  who  reflect 
credit  on  the  lands  that  they  represent.  It  seems  to  be  generally 
agreed  that  we  have  the  poorest  consular  service  in  the  world. 
And  it  is  very  true.  Not  only  are  our  Consuls  men  who  glory  in 
the  political  triumph  of  their  party,  but  they  are  not  educated  to 
understand  and  comprehend  the  dignity  of  their  position.  We 
do  not  include  the  Ambassadors  to  the  large  foreign  nations  in 
that  respect,  but  there  is  no  reason  why  the  Ambassador  to  the 
Fiji  Islands  or  tbe  Canary  Group  should  not  be  as  stately,  digni- 
fied, and  well  educated  as  the  Ambassador  to  England.  Some 
may  say  that  no  one  cares  for  consular  posts  because  the  com- 
pensation is  too  small.  This  is  true,  in  a  large  measure,  also. 
Tbe  pay  of  the  ordinary  Consul  is  less  than  that  of  the  poorest 
paid  bank  clerk.  Take  Tahiti,  for  instance.  Tbe  United  States 
Consul  at  that  port  receives  one  thotisand  a  year,  an  occasional  flag, 
a  few  blotters,  and  a  small  supply  of  ink  and  paper.  With  that 
paltry  sum  he  must  keep  up  his  home,  hire  a  corps  of  servants, 
and  live  in  style  and  dignity,  for  tbe  stars  and  stripes  are  entitled 
to  dignity  and  honor,  just  as  much  as  the  tri-color  of  France. 
The  British  Consul,  at  tbe  same  port,  receives  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars  a  year  (one-half  tbe  salary  that  is  paid  to  Grover  Cleve- 
land), $500  a  year  for  stationery,  $100  a  month  for  a  corps  of  ser- 
vants, $100  a  month  for  a  bookkeeper,  $500  a  year  for  the  keep- 
ing of  a  yacht,  $100  for  a  dinner  on  ibe  Queen's  birthday,  and 
extras  for  all  work  performed  in  the  Queen's  name,  for  traveling 
and  personal  expenses,  and  all  the  fees  ibat  are  collected  in  the 
office.  No  wonder  that  the  Briton  upholds  his  nation  with  dig- 
nity and  looks  upon  ours  as  a  mean,  close  institution. 
The  incumbents  of  our  consular  posts  are,  in  the  face 
of  such  facts,  naturally  at  a  great  disadvantage  when  they  are 
brought  in  contact  with  tbe  specially  trained  representatives  of 
other  nations.  We  need  a  complete  change  and  better  service 
abroad.  Men  who  are  appointed  for  four  years  only  seldom 
learn  more  than  the  rudiments  of  their  profession  inside  of  that 
time  limit.  They  just  begin  to  learn  tbe  first  principles  of  a  for- 
eign representative's  duties  when  they  are  turned  out  to  make 
room  for  new  recruits  whose  only  qualifications  are  their 
efficiency  in  working  a  primary  or  manipulating  a  caucus.  Tbe 
consular  service  of  the  United  States  of  America  should  be  madti 
a  source  of  greater  pride  than  its  navy.  It  should  be  a  diplomatic 
service  in  every  sense,  and  it  should  be  open  'o  tbe  competitive 
system  only.  Applicants  should  be  compelled  to  pass  a  severe 
examination;  then  the  young  men  of  brains  would  fit  themselves 
for  the  service,  and  find  in  it  a  life-long  career.  Happily,  the  idea 
has  obtained  dominance  that  our  officials  to  the  highest  foreign 
courts  should  be  men  who  have  other  qualifications  than  party 
service.  Men  like  Bayard,  Carlyle,  Lincoln,  or  Morton  would 
shed  lustre  on  any  position.  And  there  is  no  reason  why  the 
most  obscure  Consul  representing  this  Government  should  not  be 
a  gentleman  of  culture,  calculated  to  reflect  credit  on  this  great 
republic. 


THEORIES    OF    HEREDITY. 


THE  peculiar  theories  of  heredity  advanced  by  Lombroso  re- 
ceived a  practical  test  in  the  case  of  the  anarchist,  Santo  Cas- 
erio,  the  assassin  of  President  Carnot,  who  has  just  been  con- 
demned to  death.  It  was  discovered  that  four  of  his  relatives 
died  in  insane  asylums,  and  it  is  known  that  bis  father  was  a 
victim  of  epilepsy.  Lombroso  has  claimed  that  many  political 
assassins  were  hereditary  epileptics.  Walter  Besant,  it  will  be 
remembered,  in  his  remarkable  study  of  tbe  inherited  tendency 
to  driak,  depicts  tbe  possibilities  of  attaining  a  seemingly  flaw- 
less manhood,  while  yet  the  corrupting  heritage  of  vice  is  min- 
ing tbe  fair  surface  beneath.  Inherited  traits  develop  most  un- 
expectedly under  exceptional  conditions  out  of  tbe  usual  routine 
of  the  subject's  everyday  life.  The  savagery  of  the  anarchistic 
environment  in  which  the  young  Italian  assassin  suddenly  found 
himself  placed  may  have  readily  disturbed  a  not  over-strong 
mental  balance,  and  brought  on  conditions  akin  to  those  of  the 
unfortunate  epileptic.  Looibroso's  wonderful  explorations  of  the 
make-up  and  status  of  the  criminal,  (um  a  phrenological  and  a 
psychological  point  of  view,  will  receive  at  least  a  new  illumina- 
tion in  the  world  of  science.  He  had  an  admirable  subject  for 
such  a  study  in  tbe  assassin  of  President  Carnot,  and  although 
his  advanced  theories  could  not  be  exploited  in  a  searching  anal- 
ysis, he  secured  some  valuable  facts  which  time  and  close  con- 
sideration will  aid  the  universe  in  solving  a  deep,  dark  ques- 
tion. 


11,  189-1. 


BAN   Kt:  w<  m  0  NEW9  LETTER 


A    QUESTION    OF     ENTERPRISE 


1NGALLS    HEARD    FROM. 


TtlK  conservative  spirit  of  (be  capitalists  and  business  men  of 
tfan  Francisco  ba*  been  the  object  of  abuse  and  ridicule  of 
newspaper  and  Individual  that  looks  to  "enterprise"  as  ft 
solution  of  all  economic  ills.  To  tbis  conservatism  ha>  been  fool- 
isnly  charged  the  loss  of  trade  in  Oregon,  Washington,  and  South- 
ern California — just  as  though  any  local  exhibition  of  enterprise 
could  have  kept  out  of  those  regions  direct  lines  of  rail  com- 
munnauon  with  the  Baal  made  unavoidable  by  local  develop- 
ment! San  Francisco  ha--  some  sins  to  answer  for,  principal 
among  which  has  been  her  failure  to  make  tbe  most  uf  tier 
grographical  position  in  securing  the  trade  of  Mexico  and  tbe 
Central  and  South  American  countries;  but  with  the  whole  of 
Kngland  and  Canada  to  right  on  the  north,  and  a  more  powerful 
antagonist  still  in  the  shape  of  tbe  Fifth  Clause  of  tbe  Interstate 
Commerce  Act,  it  was  impossible  for  ber  to  hold  tbe  exclusive 
position  of  United  States  entrepot  for  tbe  Orient.  To  her  lack  o-f 
••enterprise''  has  been  charged  her  "slavery "  to  a  "grinding 
monopoly."  the  Southern  Pacific  Company,  in  not  promoting  a 
competing  line  to  the  Missouri  River,  when  a  far  simpler  and 
more  feasible  plan  of  running  a  line  of  freight  steamers  to  tbe 
Atlantic  seaboard  was  tried  with  disastrous  results,  and  bad  to  be 
abandoned.  There  is  a  point  beyond  which  enterprise  becomes 
folly.  Only  a  few  years  ago  tbe  country  was  ringing  with  tbe 
achievements  of  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis,  Denver,  Seattle,  and 
Tacoma;  to-day  those  cities  are  not  even  mentioned,  for  collspi-e 
has  followed  delirium.  San  Francuco,  almost  aloue  of  the  cities 
of  California,  refused  to  be  led  iuto  the  maelstrom  of  the  "boom" 
of  1885  to  1887,  and  therefore  escaped  the  disasters  which  fol- 
lowed. And  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  her  ge>  graphical  position 
with  reference  to  the  rest  of  the  country  places  ber  at  a  tremen- 
dous disadvantage,  San  Francisco  to-day,  for  the  sole  reason  that 
her  solid  men  refuse  to  be  led  into  foolish  extravagances,  is  the 
soundest,  richest,  most  prosperous  of  all  the  cities  west  of  the 
Missouri  River.  Still,  she  could  have  done  even  better.  It  lies 
within  her  power,  by  wise  cooperation  and  a  systematic  over 
sight,  to  develop  the  resources  uf  California  a  hundred-fold  and 
put  a  check  upon  over-production  in  certain  lines  whose  transient 
enormous  profits  induce  over-stimulation.  A  plan  of  lending 
money  for  the  development  of  natural  resources  might  be  devised. 
Ii  is  not  much  to  our  credit  that  Chicago  capital  secured  the 
Crock?r  Huffman  Colony,  in  Merced  County;  but  it  may  be  re- 
flected that  the  bringing  in  of  outside  money,  with  its  accom- 
paniment of  settlers,  is  better  than  the  employment  of  local 
means.  In  general  the  conduct  of  San  Francisco,  though  weak 
in  places,  hag  been  admirable;  and  we  have  had  lately  a  prom- 
inent exhibition  of  ber  understanding  and  conservatism  in  her 
refusal  to  be  swept  off  ber  feet  by  the  recent  insurrectionary 
strike  and  again  by  a  freakish  attempt  to  bully  her  leading  men 
into  demanding  of  the  frovernment  that  it  assume  control  of  one 
of  the  several  overland  railroads  terminating  in  California. 


GOVERNOR    MARKHAM'S    DEFENSE. 


OBVIOUSLY  the  Governor  of  California  has  made  a  mistake 
somewhere  in  bis  management  of  affairs  during  the  past  half 
of  his  term  of  office.  It  was  certainly  a  very  commendable  thing 
for  a  father  to  be  anxious  to  witness  the  graduating  exercises  of 
a  darling  child  from  the  High  School  at  Pasadena.  It  is  an  epoch 
in  the  life  of  the  child,  as  well  as  in  tbe  family  almanac,  and  the 
good  Governor  makes  this  event  the  basis  for  his. defense  to  the 
popular  charge  of  dereliction  of  duty  in  an  important  crisis.  It 
was  a  necessary  prelude  to  the  details  that  were  to  follow.  The 
catastrophes  that  have  followed  his  absence  from  Sacramento  on 
various  occasions  have  made  a  deep  impression  on  his  mind,  and 
have  served  to  ornament  his  architectural  scrap  of  literature  with 
beautiful  fretwork.  If  it  were  not  for  the  gravity  of  the  situation 
it  would  be  inferred  that  the  Governor  was  somewhat  of  a  humor- 
ist, though  of  the  dignified  order,  after  the  style  of  St.  Paul,  who 
"  fought  with  beasts  at  Ephesus."  His  humble  and  honest  con- 
fession in  regard  to  his  absence  from  the  executive  chair  having 
created  a  vacuum  which  invited  diasters,  is  tbe  most  sublime  evi- 
dence of  his  clear  conception  of  the  duties  and  grave  responsibili 
ties  that  rest  npon  the  shoulders  of  chief  magistrate  of  the  common- 
wealth. It  is  refreshing  to  know  that  he  is  a  man  who  appreci- 
ates the  gravity  of  tbe  position.  In  defense  of  the  honor  of  thp 
National  Guard,  who  have  been  on  trial  in  the  columns  of  tbe 
newspapers  and  before  the  bar  of  public  opinion,  he  exhibits  a  pe- 
culiar trait  of  character.  He  wired  orders  to  the  commanding 
general,  giving  him  discretionary  powers  in  his  absence  from  tbe 
seat  of  government.  The  General  used  his  discretion,  and  wisely 
awaited  orders  from  the  officer  of  the  United  States  in  whose  in- 
terests tbe  soldiers  were  demanded.  No  orders  were  given,  and 
now  the  soldiers  are  charged  with  cowardice,  or  rather  with  in- 
subordination, because  they  did  not  act.  The  best  disciplined 
troops  and  the  bravest  men  wouM  suffer  a  severe  shower  of  bul- 
lets before  they  would  act  without  orders.  The  correct  reports  dn 
not  justify  the  aspersions  calliner  in  question  the  bravery  and 
soldierly  qualities  of  tbe  members  of  the  National  Guard,  and  tbe 
commander-in-chief  has  not  added  to  his  laurels  by  his  extraor- 
dinary and  undignified  defense. 


THE  honorable  John  J.  I ngalls  has  finally  been  heard  from  on  the 
late  disturbance.  It  was  late,  but  better  late  than  never.  In 
I  his  usual  tropical  style  he  discusses  the  question  from  the  stand- 
i  point  of  one  who  goes  over  the  trail  of  a  cyclone  and  makes  note 
of  the  damages.  He  has  made  a  diagnosis  of  the  case  and  finds 
that  the  patient  is  ill.  Men  of  prominence  in  all  sections  of  the 
country  are  looked  to  for  a  solution  and  a  remedy.  It  is  a  prob- 
lem that  presents  itself  to  the  American  people.  Taking  a  cue 
from  the  prevailing  sentiment  now  under  discussion,  be  suggests 
a  possibility  of  government  control  or  railroads.  His  personal 
views  on  that  point  are  not  ventured.  There  might  have  been 
more  of  a  satisfactory  nature  had  he  presented  the  whys  and 
wherefores.  Ingalls,  like  Talmage,  has  a  way  of  putting  things 
in  the  English  language  that  "whispers  hope  to  tbe  ear  and 
breaks  it  to  the  heart."  He  has  a  ready  pen,  a  ready  tongue,  and 
a  ready  desire  to  launch  bis  ideas  before  the  public  at  a  time 
when  the  people  are  holding  their  breath  in  painful  suspense, 
eager  to  bear  any  plan  or  any  suggestion  that  can  be  acted  upon 
to  restore  confidence  and  allay  disorder.  There  is  a  stillness  just 
now  that  is  almost  painful.  It  is  felt  in  every  palace  and  every 
cottage.  To  the  commercial,  financial,  and  industrial  world,  the 
depression  is  dreadful,  and  to  tbis  has  been  added  distress  by  tbe 
unwise  introduction  of  the  un-American  boycott.  It  was  revolt- 
ing to  hear  tbe  call  to  arms,  and  it  was  an  evidence  that  "the 
times  are  out  of  joint,"  but  it  was  much  better  to  quell  the  dis- 
turbance by  force  of  arms  and  save  tbe  institutions  under  the 
law  than  to  have  a  communistic  spirit  prevail.  Mr.  Ingalls  has 
not  ( 'ffered  anything  more  encouraging  thau  words.  He  has  not 
even  prophesied.  If  he  had  only  said  that  in  the  hour  of  travail 
a  child  will  be  born  who  will  step  to  the  front  and  turn  on  the 
headlight  of  prosperity,  there  would  have  been  some  comfort  in 
his  voluntary  message.  Probably  be  thought  that  modesty  for- 
bade his  naming  tbe  man. 

A    SUGGESTION    TO    THE    DEMOCRATS. 


PARTY  rule  in  San  Francisco  has  proved  that  the  substantial 
element  of  the  city  has  had  very  little  to  do  with  the  man- 
agement of  municipal  affairs.  Much  was  expected  of  Mayor 
Ellert,  who  bad  been  an  honest,  unassuming  apothecary,  and 
until  very  lately  his  acquittal  of  his  position  has  been  as  good  as 
could  have  been  expected — that  is  to  say,  excellent  within  the 
bounds  of  his  own  capabilities  and  of  the  influences  which  have 
surrounded  him.  He  was  elected  as  a  Non-Partisan,  and  his 
election  was  a  protest  on  the  part  of  the  best  men  in  the  city 
against  the  corruption  of  bo»s  politics.  In  no  sense,  however, 
has  he  proved  superior  to  Mayor  Pond,  who  came  more  directly 
than  Mr.  Ellert  out  of  the  body  of  men  whose  desire  is  to  see  the 
city  wisely  and  honestly  governed.  This  leads  to  a  suggestion. 
The  Democrats  this  year  are  in  exactly  the  right  position  to  do  a 
thing  that  would  be  broad,  generous,  and  inspiring,  and  prove 
themselves  concerned  more  for  the  welfare  of  tbe  city  than  for 
party  plunder.  They  can  appoint  a  convention  of  a  hundred 
and  fifty  substantial  citizens,  without  reference  to  party,  and  sur- 
render to  them  the  unrestricted  authority  to  make  nominations  for 
municipal  offices,  they  to  select  capable  and  honest  men  without 
reference  to  their  political  preferences,  and  s-nch  only  as  may  be 
depended  on  not  to  make  trades  with  tbe  regular  parties;  such 
ticket  to  be  called  a  non-partisan  ticket  and  to  have  the  pledged 
support  of  the  Democrats. 


THE    ADVANCE    OF    YOUNG    MEN. 

NEW  blood  is  good  in  politics.  Its  infusion  into  the  body  of 
any  party  is  healthy.  The  political  organization  which 
ceases  to  get  a  good  supply  of  the  red  fluid  soon  becomes  shriv- 
eled and  decrepit.  Its  vitality  is  impaired  and  its  usefulness  cir- 
cumscribed. But  new  blood  is  best  when  mingled  with  old  blood. 
The  circulation  is  steadier  and  there  is  no  lack  of  vigor.  The 
temperature  is  kept  more  nearly  normal  and  there  are  fewer  re- 
actions. The  whole  organization  is  in  better  shape  for  effective 
work,  and  there  is  less  spasmodic  effort.  The  Democrats  of  Cali- 
fornia are  fortunate,  this  year,  in  having  plenty  of  fresh  blood.  It 
is  a  young  men's  year  in  politics  everywhere,  and  young  men  in 
this  State  turn  naturally  to  the  Democratic  party,  because  it  is 
conducted  on  open,  honest  principles,  it  is  for  tbe  advancement  of 
their  welfare,  and  it  is  led  by  men  with  honest  aims.  The  work 
of  tbe  coming  campaign  will  ahow  that  the  young  men  hold  a 
firm  place  in  politics,  and  the  Democracy  has  always  been  kind 
to  them  in  showing  them  preference  in  the  nomination  balls  and 
at  the  polls.  It  educates  them  to  follow  a  political  system  that 
would  bring  success  to  any  country.  8o,  in  the  coming  fight, 
ihe  young  blood  will  be  mixed  with  the  old,  and  enthusiasm  and 
experience  will  be  joined  together.  The  campaign  under  such 
auspices  is  bound  to  be  a  winning  one. 

PJ.  WALSH,  who  was  appointed  local  Pension  Agent  re- 
,  cently,  has  had  bis  bond  perfected  and  has  begun  bis  duties. 
Mr.  Walsh  will  find,  no  doubt,  plenty  to  demand  his  attention  in 
looking  after  tbe  wants  of  pensioners  in  his  district. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


August  11,  1*94. 


AN  ART  STUDENT'S  TRIP  TO  LONDON. 

London,  July  10,  1894. 

A><  run  over  to  London"  from  Paris  sounds  pleasanter  than  it 
feels;  the  feeling  to   which    I    refer   is   experienced    between 
Dieppe  and  New  Haven. 

After  a  tiresome  night  ride  of  three  and  a  half  hours  in  the  hot, 
dimly  lighted  "cars,"  our  train  drew  up  at  Dieppe  at  one  o'clock 
in  the  morning.  Here  all  alighted  with  their  traps  and  silently 
filed  through  the  big  depot  to  the  dock,  where  the  Channel 
boat  Normandie  lay,  steam  hissing  through  the  funnels  and  all 
the  incandescent  lamps  burning  brightly.  After  all  had  stumbled 
down  the  steep  gangways  the  big  steam  cranes  on  the  dock  began 
to  lower  the  freight  on  board. 

A  portentous  silence  was  noticeable  among  the  passengers  as 
they  sought  their  berths  and  made  themselves  as  comfortable  as 
possible,  hardly  a  word  being  spoken,  as  if  they  knew  of  the  ter- 
rible ordeal  that  was  to  corue.  It  seemed  pleasant  enough  as  the 
boat  lay  at  the  dock,  for  the  water  was  as  calm  as  a  mill  pond 
and  hardly  a  breath  of  wind  was  stirring. 

Coming  down  from  Paris  on  the  train  I  bad  made  the  acquaint- 
ance of  two  young  Eoglisbmen  who  were  returning  home,  but  as 
soon  as  they  got  aboard  the  boat  they  both  mysteriously  disap- 
peared.    So  I  was  left  alone  with  my  companion. 

The  signals  were  given  and  the  gang-planks  were  hauled  off 
into  the  darkness,  and  the  boat  began  to  move.  I  staid  on  deck 
and  got  a  comfortable  nook,  in  which  I  expected  to  enjoy  the 
novelties  ot  the  trip.  The  steamer  glided  down  the  dark  harbor 
toward  the  sea,  passing  between  the  two  long  breakwaters  with 
high  chalk  cliffs  on  either  side.  Soon  the  solitary  lighthouse  was 
passed,  and  the  boat  began  to  act  queerly.  All  of  a  sudden  the 
gale  struck  us  as  we  passed  from  under  the  shelter  of  the  cliffs, 
(iad!  how  the  wind  did  blow;  and  oh!  how  the  boat  began  to 
pitch  and  roll.  Big  waves  swept  the  deck,  drenching  everything. 
1  sought  the  cabin  down  stairs,  and  then  into  my  berth. 

The  passage  was  dreadfully  rough.  Standing  was  impossible. 
The  cabin  was  soon  in  an  uproar  with  groans  and  other  qneer 
noises  that  I  had  never  heard  before.  I  had  never  seen  so  many 
sick  people  at  one  time  before,  and  finally  I  succumbed.  It  was 
a  most  dreary  and  agonizing  trip,  and  when  the  Normandie  made 
fast  at  the  New  Haven  dock  at  six  o'clock  the  passengers  were 
the  sorriest  looking  lot  of  people  in  the  world,  all  pale,  with  wild, 
haggara  looking  eyes  and  yellow  faces.  My  companion  and  I 
took  the  train  for  London,  and  there  secured  lodgings. 

The  first  thing  that  struck  me  in  London  were  the  numerous 
■■  Purveyors  to  Her  Majesty  "  and  the  rest  of  the  Royal  family. 
Such  notices  as  "  Spur-makers  to  the  Queen,"  i|  Jam-makers  to 
Her  Majesty,"  "  Pie-makers  to  the  Royal  Family,"  and  the  like, 
surmouuted  by  the  fierce-looking  lion  and  tame  unicorn,  were  fre- 
quent. Still,  these  signs  are  quite  educating,  as  you  learn  what 
the  Queen  wears  and  what  she  lives  on.  Some  are  dedicated  to 
the  Prince  of  Wales,  but  not  many.  Then  you  see  the  Tommie 
Atkinses,  with  their  little  target  hats  on  one  ear,  and  their  cute 
little  jackets  that  reach  to  their  elbows,  and  their  little  sticks. 
The  Tommies  are  great  ladies'  favorites. 

But  the  pretty  girls!  If  ever  there  was  a  town  noted  for  them, 
London  town  is  the  place.  Paris  may  be  much  more  chic,  bat 
London  is  far  ahead  for  real  beauty.  Just  stroll  down  Piccadilly, 
and  you  will  see  bevies  of  tall,  stately  women  with  features  that 
are  clear-cut  and  complexions  like  ice-cream  soda  au  strawberry. 
And  what  hair  they  have — done  up  in  big  rolls  in  the  back! 
Everything  about  them  is  beautiful.  Piccadilly  is  a  gay  place 
about  eleven  o'clock  at  night.  If  one  wants  to  see  women,  Picca- 
dilly's the  place.  From  Piccadilly  Circus  to  Hyde  Park  I  counted 
an  average  of  forty  on  a  block.  They  say  it's  dangerous  to  go 
around  here  alone  at  night. 

The  theatres  are  one  of  London's  greatest  attractions;  there  are 
all  sorts  and  varieties,  from  the  concert  halls  to  the  grand  operas. 
Londoners  are  great  theatre-going  people  too.  You  see  them  in 
line  as  early  as  six  o'clock,  and  by  eight  there  is  a  regular  mob  at 
every  show  in  town.  During  the  long  waits  in  line  you  are  en- 
tertained by  street  Arabs,  who  do  a  little  song  and  dance  for  pen- 
nies, and  a  girl  with  a  banjo,  who  sings,  "  While  Strolling  so  guy 
in  the  Park,"  and  all  the  latest  songs.  Then  the  newsboys  tell 
you  that  a  "  penny  buys  Pick- Me- Up." 

The  ale  houses  also  form  quite  a  feature  here.  You  can  get  a 
glass  of  "  arf  and  arf,"  "  bitter,"  or  "  good  old  stout  "  for  a  penny, 
served  by  a  pretty  bar-maid  at  that.  There  are  no  free  clam- 
chowder  and  crackers,  though.  It  is  delightful  to  be  in  a  place 
where  good  old  English  is  spoken  on  all  sides,  and  it  is  cozy  to  go 
into  a  bakery  and  order  "  tea  and  a  Bath  bun  "  in  English  from 
a  neat,  trim  girl.  Of  course  I  was  all  tangled  up  with  the  money, 
getting  the  ha'-pennies  and  tuppence  all  mixed  up  with  sous  and 
centimes,  but  I  soon  got  on. 

The  houses  are  all  black  with  soot  and  coal,  except  for  white 
streaks  which  the  rain  has  made  down  the  walls.  The  omni- 
buses, though,  are  very  swell.  They  run  about  a  quarter  of  a 
block  apart  and  are  completely  covered  with  advertisements.  It 
is  hardly  of  any  use  to  look  for  the  directions.  The  drivers  and 
conductors  are  the  »  sportiest"  set  I  ever  laid  eyes  on. 

When  1  arrived  in  London  I  wore  my  Latin  Quarter  Tarn 
O'Shanter  and  velvet  studio  coat,  but  I  did  not  retain  them  long, 


for  they  made  me  the  center  of  observation  wherever  I  went,  the 
girls  especially  taking  great  inteiest  in  me.  I  did  not  mind  that 
until  one  night,  in  Oxford  Btreet,  some  rude  girls  said:  "Get  on 
to  de  two-sous  Frenchman,  just  out  from  Paris.  Where  did  yer 
sneak  de  hat?  Shake  de  coat  I  "  I  could  not  stand  that,  sn  I  got 
a  dickey  cap,  such  as  the  rest  wear,  and  a  new  suit  of  clothes. 
Then  a  soldier  in  the  8trand  asked  me  if  I  didn't  want  to  enlist 
in  Her  Majesty's  navy. 

It  is  wonderful  how  quickly  Americans  are  identified.  I  was 
getting  a  shine  one  morning,  and  tried  as  bard  as  I  could  to  ap- 
pear Eaglish.  When  the  little  fellow  had  finished  I  handed  him 
two  pence,  and  he  said,  "  How's  that  for  a  New  York  shine?" 

8unday  is  about  as  dull  a  day  as  one  can  find  on  the  top  of  the 
planet.  There  is  not  a  store,  saloon,  restaurant,  or  theatre  open 
on  that  day,  and  the  streets  are  deserted  and  dismal.  From  nine 
o'clock  till  four  I  could  not  get  a  thing  to  eat,  and  walked  many 
a  mile  in  the  attempt.  Finally  I  found  a  little  place  where  I  was 
delighted  to  get  a  plate  of  "  eygs  and  bycon"  and  a  pot  o'  tea  for 
two  shillings.  Living  is  quite  expensive  here  when  compared 
with  that  in  California  EnorARD  Cuctjel. 


Sensible  —  Au  old  sea-captain  writes   to  J.  C.  Ayer  &  Co.  that  he   never 
goes  to  sea  without  a  supply  of  Ayer's  pillB. 


IMPORTANT 

ANNOUNCE= 
HENT 


RUG  DEP'T. 


Just  received,  per  STEAMER 
"GAELIC,"   an    immense   invoice  of 

Japanese  rugs 

Over  One  Thousand  Rugs,  all  new 
in  desien  and  co'orlug;  combiniug 
artistic  effect  with  great  durability. 

We  offer  the  complete  line  at  the 
following  extraordinarily  low  prices: 


MOT  tlie  llsnal  cheap  grade,  but 
n\J  \  au  extra  quality  made  to 
our  order. 

Regular   Reduced 


Ft  In.  Ft.  la. 

Price. 

Price. 

3 x  ' 

S3  60 

11  80 

3  —  x  12 

7  20 

4  50 

4 X  7 

5  60 

3  60 

6 x  9 

10  80 

6  75 

7 6x  10 

15  CO 

9  50 

9 X  9 

16  20 

10  25 

9 x  12 — 

20  70 

18  50 

r\ade=Up  Carpet  Rugs. 

Axminsters,  Moquettes,  and  Body  Brussels, 
Size  8  ft.  3  in.  x  12  ft. 

ONE  HUNDRED 

To  select  from.  REGULAR  PRICE,  $21 
each.  For  one  week  we  offer  the  line  at 
$10  50  each. 

Call  early  to  secure  first  choice. 

W.  &  J.  Sloane  &  Co., 

Carpets,  Furniture,  Upholstery, 

641-647  MARKET  ST. 


BYRON  HOT  SPRINGS 

Resort  is  reached  by  a  pleasant  three- 
hour  ride  by  rail  from  San  Francisco. 
The  hot  mud,  hot  salt  water,  and 
hot  sulphur  baths  are  infallible  cures  for 
rheumatism,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  liver 
and  kidney  troubles,  blood  and  skin  dis- 
orders, 
L.  R.  HEAD,  C.  R.  MASON, 

Proprietor.  Manager. 

Byron  Hot  Springs  P.  O  ,  Cal. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11,  1894. 


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"  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's,"— Tom  Moore. 

THE  theme  that  was  chosen  by  Sydney  Grundy  for  Sowing  the 
Wind,  the  play  at  the  Baldwin  this  week,  is  one  that  is 
familiar  to  theatre-goers  of  to-day.  Like  Oscar  Wilde's  Lady 
Windermere's  Fan,  it  deals  with  the  immoralities  of  life  and  their 
consequencies,  yet  it  may  be  said  in  favor  of  Sowing  the  Wind  that 
vulgarity  has  been  cleverly  veiled,  and  that  which  has  happened 
amiss  is  told  in  a  straight-forward  manner,  and  not  left  lurking 
in  suggestive  situations  and  in  insinuating  phraseology.  That 
the  sins  of  the  fathers  shall  visit  the  children  even  unto  the  first 
generation  is  the  hub  of  Mr.  Grundy's  wheel.  He  displayed  un- 
limited boldness  in  writing  such  a  play  for  the  stage;  he  has  as- 
sailed the  immoralities  of  man  and  woman  so  openly  and  so  fear- 
lessly that  he  has  outclassed  Oscar  Wilde,  and  yet  he  has  done  it 
so  delicately,  with  so  much  finish,  and  with  so  dainty  touches 
that  the  "blush  of  shame"  and  the  "cheek  of  modesty"  sit  side 
by  side  through  the  four  acts  without  noticing  each  other.  So 
great  was  Mr.  Grundy's  regard  for  the  "blush  of  shame"  and  the 
"cheek  of  modesty"  that  he  eschewed  all  manner  of  melo- 
dramatic action  in  the  construction  of  his  play.  He  built  it  to 
run  gently  and  smoothly,  to  preach  a  sermon,  to  show  some 
people  what  some  other  people  are,  and  he  has  accomplished  his 
purpose.  It  is  the  most  artistic  piece  of  dramatic  writing  that 
has  been  seen  on  the  stage  in  many  days.  It  is  admirably  wrought 
and  embellished  with  fine  literary  touches.  It  would  have  been 
hard  to  treat  such  a  subject  in  any  other  way.  While  it  may 
be  deplored  that  the  public  taste  has  a  craving  for  vicious  condi- 
ments, the  play  is  certainly  one  of  high  merit.  The  first  and  sec- 
ond acts  do  not  contain  much  to  set  the  audience  in  a  state  of 
wild  excitement,  and  the  play  has  been  said  to  be  faulty  in  that 
respect.  But  that  was  not  Mr.  Grundy's  intention,  as  a  close 
study  of  those  acts  will  show.  They  are  very  intense,  and  their 
intensity  leads  up  to  a  strong,  dramatic  climax  in  the  third  act, 
when  Brabazon  discovers  that  he  is  the  father  of  Rosamond,  who 
wants  to  marry  his  adopted  son.  The  scene  between  Brabazon 
and  Rosamond  is  the  great  scene  of  the  play.  It  lasts  for  about 
ten  minutes.  It  is  the  strong  "sex  against  sex"  scene  which 
made  the  play  famous,  and  it  is,  indeed,  a  marvelous  piece  of 
work  both  on  the  part  of  the  author  and  the  actors  who  perform 
it.  It  was  marred  only  by  Henry  Miller,  whose  glassy  stare  and 
trembling  fingers,  when  he  fell  into  the  arms  of  Mr.  Crompton, 
seemed  too  unnatural.  The  scene  was  strong  enough  to  bring 
tears  to  the  eyes  of  men  and  women  alike,  and  its  worth  was 
attested  by  numerous  curtain  calls.  But  the  «  sex  against  sex  " 
question  is  an  old  one  with  the  dramatists.  We  have  heard  be- 
fore all  the  arguments  made  by  Rosamond  and  Brabazon  in  all 
kinds  of  expression.  Sardou,  Dumas,  Dumas  file,  Jones,  and 
Wilde  have  all  tried  their  hand  at  it,  but  Grundy  has  eclipsed 
them  and  in  one  scene  has  made  a  stronger  play  than  any  of 
them.  His  heroine  puts  her  woes  in  a  more  womanly,  unaffected, 
and  delicate  way  than  any  heroine  that  was  ever  invented  by  any 
of  those  authors.  The  fourth  act  of  Soxving  the  Wind  is  a  fitting 
and  touching  ending  to  a  simple  yet  complicated  story.  Where 
other  authors  would  have  risen  to  the  dizziest  heights  of  melo- 
drama, Mr.  Grundy  remained  on  the  plane  of  art.  All  through 
the  play  it  is  the  "lost  child"  who  is  being  looked  for;  that 
staple  commodity  of  the  modern  melo-drama,  the  "lost  chee-ild." 
What  a  fine  chance  it  would  have  been  for  Mr.  Grundy  to  make 
Brabazon  clasp  Rosamond  to  his  breast,  in  the  fourth  act,  tear  his 
hair  and  hers,  and  exclaim  to  the  gallery,  "Me  chee-ild!  Me 
chee-ild!"  He  forgot  such  melo-dramatic  work,  for  which  may 
Heaven  always  be  kind  to  him.  Brabazon  simply  says,  "Rosa- 
mond, 1  am  your  father,"  just  as  a  man  would  say  it;  be  gives 
her  over  to  his  son  and  the  smile  of  sadness  appears  on  his  old 
face,  while  she  kneels  beside  him  with  her  arms  around  his  neck. 
Then  the  "blush  of  shame"  and  the  "cheek  of  modesty"  go 
home  without  even  being  introduced. 


The  players  in  the  Empire  Stock  Company  are  excellent,  as 
far  as  the  men  go.  Their  work  in  Sowing  the  Wind  is  highly 
artistic.  Henry  Miller,  who  heads  the  list,  may  congratulate 
himself  for  having  given  up  the  dress-suit  role  for  a  while  and 
hiding  his  charming  personality  behind  an  old  man's  make-up. 
As  Brabazon  he  was  very  good.  He  is  a  handsome,  stately, 
kind-hearted  old  gentleman.  But  he  came  very  close  to  spoiling 
the  last  act  by  talking  too  low.  An  audience  does  not  like  to 
strain  every  nerve  to  hear  an  actor  speak,  and  Mr.  Miller  should 
remember  that.  His  work  is  distinct,  clear-cut,  and  polished,  and 
he  has  attempted  a  character  and  performed  it  successfully, 
thereby  making  a  new  name  for  himself.  William  Faversham, 
as  Ned  Annesley,  spoke  bis  lines  admirably  and  acted  very  sym- 
pathetically, but  his  peculiar  stage  walk  was  more  noticeable  in 
the  old-fashioned  costume.  W.  H.  Crompton  gave  a  capital  per- 
formance of  Bob  Watkins.  It  was  a  touch  of  the  old  school  of 
acting.     Robert  Edison  gave  Sir   Richard  Cursitor  all   the  rough- 


nesB  that  the  character  desired  without  overdoing  it.  W.  H. 
Thompson  gave  an  artistic  character  sketch  as  Lord  Petworth. 
It  was  one  of  the  best  things  in  the  play.  Miss  Viola  Allen,  the 
leading  lady  of  the  company,  is  a  study.  She  is  not  a  beautiful 
girl,  her  acting  is  of  the  melodramatic  style,  and  her  voice  is  not 
like  the  flowing  brook.  But  she  has  an  expressive  face,  and  she 
has  a  way  of  appealing  to  the  sympathies  of  her  hearers  which  is 
entirely  her  own.  Sometimes  she  does  not  seem  to  be  strong 
enough  for  the  part  of  Rosamund,  and  again  she  rises  to  a  high 
pitch  of  dramatic  work.  She  is  the  hardest  actress  to  understand 
that  San  Francisco  has  seen  for  some  time,  but  she  appears  to  be 
a  student  in  her  work,  and  if  the  applause  that  she  received  is 
any  proof  of  her  ability,  then  she  has  made  a  hit.  Her  scenes 
with  Mr.  Faversham  were  neat  and  natural,  but  both  were 
slightly  absurd  when  they  jumped  into  each  other's  arms,  when 
Rosamund  told  Ned,  in  the  second  act,  that  she  had  paid  his  bills. 

Liberty  Hall,  the  play  which  the  Empire  Company  will  present 
next  week,  is  a  quiet,  romantic  comedy,  full  of  delicate  heart 
touches.  In  it  Mr.  Miller  personates  a  young  English  lord  who 
follows  the  object  of  his  affection  into  poverty  that  he  may  win 
her  more  effectively. 

*  *  * 

No  play  has  been  received  with  such  peculiar  interest  as  is 
attached  to  Oscar  Wilde's  comedy,  Lady  Windermere's  Fan,  which 
will  be  presented  at  the  California  Theatre  for  a  week,  commenc- 
ing next  Monday  even- 
ing. American  theatre- 
goers think  better  of 
Oscar  Wilde  after  wit- 
nessing a  performance 
of  his  clever  play; 
while  following  the  per- 
fect f  usilade  of  epigrams 
which  run  through  the 
piece,  one  forgets  Wilde 
as  the  lo  n  g-  h  air  ed, 
short-trowsered,  sun- 
flower poet.  Mr.  Wilde 
tells  a  strong  story,  and 
unfolds  a  consistent 
plot,  and  the  scene  in 
the  third  act,  where  the 
mother  pleads  with  her 
daughter,  is  one  of 
the  most  intensely 
dramatic    and     deftly 

Miss  Laura  Gilvrtiy  as  Laf.lt/  Winder  men'.         wrought   scenes  in  the 

drama.  Miss  Olive  Oliver  will  play  Mrs.  ErlynDe,  the  adven- 
turess who  believes  her  heart  to  be  dead,  but  finds  that  it  is  only 
asleep.  Miss  Nita  Sykes  will  play  the  Duchess  of  Berwick,  the 
gossiping  old  dowager,  who  believes  it  her  mission  in  life  to  keep 
married  women  supplied  with  gossip  about  their  husbands. 
*  *  -it- 
John  E.  Nash,  the  Dew  stage  manager  of  the  Tivoli  Opera 
House,  has  taken  charge  of  the  performances,  and  is  rehearsing 
Cellier's  Dorothy  for  production  on  Monday  night.  Two  new 
singers  will  be  added  to  the  company.  They  are  Mary  P.  Thomp- 
son, who  will  appear  as  Phyllis,  and  John  J.  Raffael,  who  will 
appear  as  Tuppitt.  Both  have  a  good  Eastern  reputation.  Fol- 
lowing Dorothy  will  be  Gilbert  and  Sullivan's  Iolanthe,  with  which 
opera  will  be  introduced  a  series  of  living  pictures,  which  will  be 
presented  in  a  manner  similar  to  those  which  madea/wrore  in 
New  York  City. 

*  #  # 

The  bill  at  the  Orpheum  this  week  is  one  of  unusual  excellence. 
Sadi  Alfarabi,  the  equilibrist,  made  a  wonderful  success  with  his 
balancing,  which  is  really  remarkable.  One  of  his  most  difficult 
feats  is  to  balance  his  body  on  four  billiard  cues,  which  he  does 
with  the  greatest  ease.  The  musical  act  of  the  Deltorelli  brothers 
is  new  and  original.  Lydia  Yeamans  Titus,  assisted  by  F.  J. 
Titus,  closes,  this  week,  her  successful  engagement.  Miss  Yea- 
mans  is  one  of  the  cleverest  comediennes  on  the  stage  and  her 
field  lies  beyond  the  variety  show.  The  Bicketts  gave  a  stirring 
performance  on  the  flying  trapeze,  and  Gertie  Cochran,  whose 
marvelous  memory  does  not  desert  her,  has  answered  new  ques- 
tions during  the  week,  to  the  utter  astonishment  of  the  audience. 

Dr.  J.  Franklin  Brown,  whose  cognomen,  "Hypnot  Brown," 
is  known  to  every  one  in  San  Francisco,  will  appear  at  the  Or- 
pheum next  week.  Dr.  Brown  will  present  a  series  of  features 
in  hypnotism,  and  will  hypnotize  any  one  in  the  audience  who 
cares  to  appear  on  the  stage.  His  performance  will  be  a  highly 
artistic  one. 

*  *  » 

Stockwell's  Theatre  will  be  opened  this  evening  by  the  Ameri- 
can Railway  Union  for  one  week  only.  An  elaborate  production 
will  be  given  of  an  interesting  drama  entitled  The  Great  Strike. 
The  motive  of  the  play  is  based  on  the  facts  that  made  the  recent 
railway  strike  ono  of  the  greatest  topics  of  the  century.  The 
play  will  be  produced  by  good  players.  The  opening  production 
will  be  for   the  benefit  of  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  A.  R.  D. 


August  11,  1894  . 


s\\  ruwvisco  NEWS  LETTER. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

New   York,  August  1,  L894. 

WE  have  Alt  b««n  tasting  tbe  horrors  of  the  Inferno  climatically 
for  the  last  ten  days.  Kren  at  the  seashore  land  breezes 
bare  robbed  tbe  air  of  tbe  longed-for  salt  freshness,  and  no  one 
has  thought  of  anything  but  iced  drinks  and  cold  showers, 
neither  of  which  Is  of  tbe  slightest  utility  on  a  hot  day  except  for 
momentary  refreshment,  and  both  of  which,  on  the  contrary, 
make  tbe  victim  hotter  and  hotter,  until  he  reviles  the  world  or 
sinks  into  a  state  of  mate  helplessness.  Those  in  Ban  Francisco 
who  have  not  known  the  Eastern  July  and  August  are  incapable 
of  feeling  for  as.  Your  heat  is  a  pleasant,  wholesome  warmth, 
nothing  like  the  demnition  moist  atmosphere  that  we  mast  en- 
dare.  Freshness  of  attire  is  impossible.  Everything  in  the  shape 
of  linen  or  cotton  wilts  within  tbe  hour,  locks  grow  dank,  skins 
clammy,  and  I  defy  any  man,  woman,  or  child  to  remain  attrac- 
tive under  tbe  circumstances.  Tbe  blessed  ones  of  earth  are  away 
yachting.     In  that  pastime  alone  lies  joy. 

Tbe  you rmahal,  John  Jacob  Astor's  yacht,  has  sailed  from 
Newport  to  gay  Bar  Harbor,  with  tbe  owner  and  his  wife,  and 
Miss  Stargis.  Mr.  Wintbrop,  and  Charley  Baldwin.  They  mean 
to  cruise  about  tbe  New  England  coast  for  the  entire  month  of 
August,  anchoring  now  and  then  at  Newport  for  some  extremely 
desirable  "function,'*  but  for  tbe  greater  part  of  the  time  giving 
themselves  up  to  the  delightfuloess  of  sailing.  J.  B.  Haggin  is 
enjoying  tbe  ocean  breezes  at  the  Oriental  Hotel,  Manhattan 
Beach,  which  is  near  enough  to  New  York  for  him  to  run  in  and 
cast  a  keen  eye  over  bis  various  important  undertakings,  and 
to  return  at  nightfall  for  the  repose  granted  only  by  the  nearness 
of  the  booming  Atlantic. 

At  Hollywood,  Long  Branch,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Crocker  has  lately 
registered.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Gillig  are  away  on  their  yacht, 
and  Mrs.  Crocker,  with  Miss  Catharine  Rhodes,  has  sought  diver- 
sion at  charming  Hollywood. 

At  the  Scarboro'  Hotel  are  P.  N.  Aronson  and  H.  N.  Bonner,  of 
San  Francisco.  Strangely  enough,  there  are  those  who  still  pre- 
fer the  heat  of  the  mountains  to  cooler  resorts.  Justice  and  Mrs. 
Stephen  Field,  for  example,  have  been  spending  July  at  the  Hotel 
Kaaterskill,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Harding  are,  as  usual. 
George  Roberts  has  returned,  entirely  recovered  from  the  illness 
which  made  his  outiDg  necessary.  Mrs.  A  ,  leton  Wilson  is  still 
at  Larchmont  Manor,  and  expects  Mr.  Wilson  In  a  few  days.  He 
has  been  detained  in  California  by  the  strike. 

All  of  fashionable  Westchester  county  is  absorbed  in  the 
preparations  for  the  County  Fair,  at  White  Plains,  next  month. 
It  is  an  affair  which  calls  out  all  the  well-known  people  in  the 
county.  There  are  many  entries  for  the  four-in-hand  and  tandem 
contests,  as  well  as  for  hackneys— stallions,  brood  mares,  and 
polo  ponies,  to  say  nothing  of  the  cattle  entries.  The  Iselins  and 
Gnnthers  will  doubtless  show  the  finest  cows,  while  from  the 
Dickerman,  Fulton-Catlin,  Maiiland,  Whitelaw  Reid,  and 
"Aleck"  Taylor  stables,  and  the  Westchester  County  Club,  will 
come  the  prides  of  the  horse  show.  The  fair  is  very  amusing, 
presenting,  as  it  does,  so  many  different  types  in  the  crowds 
which  frequent  it.  There  are  the  hayseed,  to  begin  with,  the  old- 
fashioned  farmer,  the  up-to-date  breeder,  clean,  sharp  and  busi- 
ness-like, the  gentleman  farmer,  the  crack  whip,  the  cross  conn- 
try  rider,  the  polo  champion,  the  town  man,  who  is  of  a  sad  im- 
portance, and  there  are  crowds  of  pretty,  smartly  dressed,  high- 
bred women  in  the  boxes,  looking  down  upon  buxom  farm 
wives  and  rosy  village  girls  arrayed  in  dainty  summer  garments. 
The  village  beaux  in  broadcloth  and  satin  neckties  are  not  by  any 
means  lacking,  and  "do  themselves  proud"  escorting  their  chosen 
damsels  to  the  gypsy  fortune-teller's  tent,  to  the  merry-go- 
rounds,  the  circus,  the  minstrel  show,  and  to  the  stands  where 
milk  shakes,  sarsaparilla,  and  root  beer  are  dispensed  at  five 
cents  a  glass.  Altogether,  it  is  a  very  jolly  as  well  as  an  edifying 
event,  and  it  gives  to  the  blast  the  enjoyment  that  extreme  sim- 
plicity always  furnishes. 

I  do  not  know  of  anything  that  shows  tbe  thoughtful  and 
shrewd  "Chinee"  iD  a  more  progressive  light  than  the  laundry 
trust  which  has  just  been  formed  in  New  York.  A  half-dozen 
Caucasians,  one  of  whom  is  a  lawyer  for  most  of  the  Chinese  of 
the  colony,  are  at  the  head  of  that  Mutual  Protective  Associa- 
tion, and  there  is  a  capital  stock  divided  into  one  thousand 
shares  at  five  dollars  a  share.  Tbe  company,  which  is  called  the 
•'Bop  Sang  Kong  Saw,"  is  a  mercantile  agency.  It  will  buy  and 
sell  laundries  and  will  look  after  collections.  Woe  henceforth  to 
the  impecunious  whose  last  white  shirt  has  gone  into  Mongolian 
hands.  He  can  bully  no  longer  tbe  meek  and  long  suffering 
heathen.  Credit  eludes  him,  or  he  has  the  chance  of  playing  the 
defendant  in  a  "Dop  Sang  Kong  Saw"  law  suit,  than  which  he 
would  rather  dole  out  shekels  or  go  shirtless  to  the  tomb. 

Passe  Partotjt. 


A  Late  Breakfast, 
is  often  caused  by  a  late  milkman.    No  cream  for  the  coffee  or  oat- 


meal has  delayed  many  a  morning  meal.    Keep  a  supply  of  Borden's 
Peerless  Brand  Evaporated  Cream  in  the  house,  and 


avoid  such 


annoyances. 

All  nice  frames  are  finished  with  ornamental  corners  at  Sanborn 
&  Vail's.     Prices  as  low  as  plain  sawed  off  mouldings  in  other  stores. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

a i.  iiaym  \n  Leuee  and  Hhnagar. 

Nest  Monday  — BttOOIld  Wock. 

riIAKi.cs  rKOHMAJra  STOCK  uonpA.nr, 

From  the  I  MI'IRK  TIIKAIKK.  New  York. 
R.  C.  Carton';*  Successful  i,nmc«lv, 

LIBERTY     HALL, 

Asnlayed  150  nights  at  the  Empire  Theatre.    Strnugcaatof  favorites. 
Monday.  Aug.  20th— THE  COUNCILLOR'S  WIFE. 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE." 

Al.  Hayman  £  Co. Lessees  |  8    H.  Frledlauder  Manager. 

Week  beginning  Monday,  August  ISth.  Matinee  Saturday.  Farewell  per- 
formance Sunday  eveulng.    Oscar  Wilde's  play, 

LADY  WINDERMERE'S  FAN. 

Performed  300  nights  in  London,  KOnlghts  iuNew  York,  and  pronounced 
by  the  critical  as  well  as  by  the  popular  voice  to  be  the  greatest  social 
comedy  since  Sheridan  scored  the  fashionable  world  of  his  time  in  "The 
School  for  Scandal." 

THE  COM  PAX  IT— Frank  (rilmore.  Edward  Emery,  Robert  Jenkins, 
John  Archer,  Clifford  Leigo,  Waiter  S  Dolman,  James  Loan,  Mrs.  Fair- 
mont, Olive  Oliver,  Laura  Gilvray,  Nita  Sjkes,  Louisa  Douglass,  Leona 
Clarke,  Minna  Nixon,  Etta  Morris,  Margaret  Yates. 

No  advance  in  prices.    Seats  now  ou  sale 

STOCKWELL'S    THEATRE. 

American  Railway  Union Managers. 

ONE     WEEK     ONLY, 
Commencing  SATURDAY,  AUG.  11,  1694, 

GRAND  BENEFIT  for  the 
LADIES'    AUXILIARY    OF    THE    A.   R.  U. 
Elaborate  production  of  the  highly  interesting  drama, 

THE     GREAT    STRIKE. 

AN  EFFICIENT  CAST  ! 
BEAUTIFUL  SCENERY  ! 
NEW  MUSIC  ! 

POPUIAR  PRICES.    Box  office  now  open. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Kekling  Beos  Proprietors  and  Managers. 

Last  nights.    Second  and  last  week  of  Strauss' 

THE  GYPSY  BARON, 

Monday,  August  13th— DOKOTHTT. 

In  Preparation— DOS  WAX  (ad  lib). 

PopnLAK  Prices    —  ...  25  and  50c 


ORPHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  of  Monday,  August  13th.    A  remarkable  bill !    Every  act  a  feature! 
LEVAMOX,  NELSON   A   BUSH.  LITTIiE  GERTIE  CUCHKAN. 

l>ELTOKELLI  BROS.  THE  Kit  A  AT/  BROS. 

SADIE  ALFARABI,  THEBICKETTS. 

And  first  appearaace  of  the  distinguished  hypnotist, 

J.    FRANKLIN    BROWN. 
MATINEE   PRICES— Parquet,   any  part,  25c:    balcony,   any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
10e,;  opera  chairs  and  box  seats,  50c. 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11,  1894. 


THE 


Iqoker-on. 


AMONG  the  recent  distinguished  arrivals  from  the  East  is  W. 
H.  Crane,  the  New  York  artist,  who  has  taken  up  quarters 
with  his  old-time  friend  and  pupil,  Charlie  Dickman.  Mr.  Crane, 
besides  enjoying  greatness  from  the  work  of  his  facile  brush,  has 
also  a  reputation  for  practical  joking  of  the  most  original  charac- 
ter. 

Some  years  ago,   while  he  was  on  a  summer  sketching  tour 
gathering  material  for  Harper's,  Mr.  Crane  arrived  at  a  fashionable 


The  above  cut  illustrates  two  of  the  faces— those  of  Charles  Dickman  and 
Charles  Graham— as  Mr.  Crane  represented  them  in  the  act  of  peering 
over  the  fence. 

hotel  in  a  small  village  in  the  Catskill  Mountains.  The  greeting 
he  received  there  not  being  to  his  liking,  he  betook  himself  to  the 
only  other  inn  in  the  town.  The  landlord  was  a  jolly  one,  but 
complained  of  hard  times,  and,  as  he  had  no  guests,  was  afraid 
Mr.  Crane  would  be  lonesome. 

"  Lonesome  1  Oh,  I've  lots  of  friends  coming,"  quoth  Billy, 
•■and  you'll  do  all  the  business  after  I  leave — the  other  house 
won't  be  in  it." 

Mr.  Crane  was  shown  to  a  large  square  room,  newly  plastered, 
but  scantily  furnished.  The  next  morning  the  landlord  called  to 
awaken  his  guest,  and  was  surprised  to  find  his  furniture  in  the 
hallway,  while  from  within  the  room  came  sounds  of  mirth  as  of 
friends  laughing  and  chatting  together.  "  Hello,  Billy  I  "  "  Are 
yon  there,  Charlie  ?  "  "  Take  a  smoke,  old  man."  "  Have  an- 
other," etc.,  were  among  the  audible  expressions.  The  landlord 
knocked  to  ascertain  the  reason  of  all  this  hilarity,  and  was  per- 
emptorily ordered  to  send  up  breakfast  for  one,  and  under  pain  of 
death  not  to  dare  enter  the  room.  For  a  full  week  Mr.  Crane 
was  a  self-incarcerated  prisoner,  enjoying  life  to  the  utmost,  while 
his  landlord  was  at  his  wits'  end  as  to  how  to  dispose  of  his  most 
remarkable  guest.  He  was  relieved  one  morning  by  a  gentleman 
calling  for  Mr.  Crane.  The  landlord,  in  fear  and  trembling,  pre- 
ceded the  caller  to  the  room.  A  rap  brought  forth,  "Who's  there?  " 

"Dick,"  waB  the  response;  then,  »  Hello,  Charley !  "  "Hello, 
Dick  I  "  simultaneously  as  the  door  flew  open.  But  picture  the 
amazement  of  the  landlord  and  caller  on  beholding,  not  the  bare 
white  walls  of  the  room ,  but  a  landscape  of  the  very  highest  order, 
the  foreground  of  which  was  a  board  fence,  over  which,  with 
characteristic  expressions,  peered  the  faces  of  as  many  of  Crane's 
friends  as  could  be  contained  on  the  four  walls. 

"  For  goodness  sake,  Billy,  what  does  this  mean  ?  "  ejaculated 
Dickman. 

"Oh,  nothing — lonesome  place — stupid  people — wanted  com- 
pany— that's  all." 

The  room  still  forms  one  of  the  attractions  of  the  village,  the 
landlord  having  done  ever  since  a  land-office  business. 

*  *  * 

On  Stockton  street,  near  Market,  is  a  shop  where  they  sell 
photographs  of  theatrical  people.  The  vendor  of  those  prints 
deals  extensively  in  the  nude.  For  fifty  cents  apiece  he  gives 
ladies  of  a  national  reputation,  whose  costume  does  not  much  ex- 
tend beyond  the  boundaries  of  a  silk  stocking.  A  young  foxey- 
haired  gentleman,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Cosmos  Club,  and 
whose  nuptials  were  written  up  at  length  in  the  dailies,  was  en- 
gaged in  the  pleasing  task  of  selecting  some  very  flashy  photo- 
graphs a  few  days  ago,  and  had  just  paid  for  his  assortment, 
when  a  handsome  blonde  girl  stepped  into  the  store.  She  smiled 
pleasantly  at  the  proprietor,  and  then,  taking  in  her  delicately 
gloved  hand  the  recent  purchase,  tore  the  pictures  up  one  by  one, 
and  murmuring  softly  in  Colin's  ear,  "We  shall  be  late  for  lunch- 
eon, dear,"  marched  him  out  of  the  art  emporium. 

*  *  # 

Talbot  Clifton  has  got  the  drag  he  presented  to  the  Barlingame 
Club  all  set  up,  and  Dan  McCarthy,  his  Fidus  Achates,  is  going 
to  select  the  horseB  for  the  coach.  There  will  be  a  stable  at  San 
Bruno  where  the  coach  will  be  rehorsed,  and  they  confidently  ex- 
pect to  make  the  drive  within  two  hours.     Mr.  Clifton  is  a  whip 


of  large  experience,  and  used  to  drive  a  coach  for  his  own  amuse- 
ment and  the  pleasure  of  hiB  friends  between  London  and  Brighton. 

By  the  way,  Captain  Hayley,  well  known  in  the  San  Francisco 
clubs,  and  at  one  time  commander  of  the  land  forces  of  King 
Kalakaua,  is  now  amusing  himself  in  England  with  the  same 
occupation.  The  road  between  London  and  Brighton,  sixty  miles 
in  extent,  is  one  of  the  best  and  smoothest  in  England,  and  the 
custom  is  with  gentlemen  who  drive  on  this  route  for  pleasure  to 
rehorse  every  ten  miles.  With  fresh  cattle  twelve  miles  an  hour 
are  not  deemed  an  extraordinary  gait.  The  best  record  on  the 
London-Brighton  road  was  made  by  Lord  Francis  Cecil,  the 
second  son  of  the  Marquis  of  Salisbury,  who  with  extra  fine 
coaching  cattle  rolled  up  fourteen  miles  an  hour. 
»  *  * 

The  8ierra  Club  is  one  of  the  marvels  of  the  State  University. 
Its  members  are  performing  always  some  wonderful  feats,  and 
four  of  them,  Albert  J.  Houston,  '95;  Oscar  Sutro,  '94;  Harvey 
W.  Corbett,  '95,  and  George  Gibbs,  '95,  have  made  a  record  for 
pedestrianiBm  which  few  men  in  the  State  can  equal.  They  left 
San  Francisco  for  Fresno  on  May  22nd,  and  started  on  foot  from 
that  city  for  a  long  walk,  to  pass  tbeir  summer  vacation.  From 
Fresno  they  went  through  Kearsage  Pass,  then  through  the  town 
of  Independence,  through  the  Kern  River  Canon  to  the  top  of 
Mt.  Whitney.  Then  they  descended  into  Owens  Valley,  skirted 
Mono  Lake,  passed  through  Bloody  and  Tenaya  Caiions  and  into 
the  Yosemite  Valley.  After  a  tramp  through  the  valley  they 
arrived  at  Hetcby-Hetchy  falls,  from  which  place  they  walked -to 
Menton  and  ended  their  tour.  They  walked  a  distance  of  750 
miles,  and  arrived  home  last  Monday.  When  they  were  on  the 
top  of  Mt.  Whitney  they  left  a  box  containing  some  hunting  and 
fishing  ammunition  for  the  use  of  any  members  of  the  Sierra 
Club  who  might  happen  to  be  in  that  region. 
*  #  * 

One  of  the  most  pleasant  gentlemen  in  town  is  that  celebrated 
Democratic  politician,  widely  and  favorably  known  as  "Pegleg 
Kelly."  Mr.  Kelly's  leg  was  lost  in  a  duel  in  the  early  sixties, 
and  the  artificial  member  is  a  work  of  art.  On  last  Tuesday  Mr. 
Kelly  made  one  of  a  crowd  which  were  examining  a  vicious 
brace  of  rattlesnakes  in  a  museum  on  Market  street.  The  pro- 
prietor lifted  off  the  top  of  the  case,  and  as  he  did  so  Mr.  Kelly 
rashly  approached  his  peg  leg  towards  the  venomons  reptile. 
The  snake  struck  quickly,  and  Mr.  Kelly,  uttering  a  shrill  scream, 
fell  back  in  the  arms  of  his  friends.  He  called  loudly  for  whisky, 
and  the  bystanders,  including  several  ladies,  rushed  to  the 
adjacent  saloons  and  returned  bearing  glasses  of  spirits  to  pre- 
vent the  deadly  poison  from  permeating  Mr.  Kelly's  wooden  leg. 
He  drank  them  all  in  rapid  succession  and  left  the  museum 
gloriously  drunk.  The  snake  is  seriously  affected  from  its  contact 
with  the  peg  leg,  and  Mr.  Kelly  is  not  sober  yet. 

*  *  * 

George  W.  Nagle,  a  prominent  member  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
after  months  of  serious  cogitation  has  invented  a  new  dish.  Mr. 
Nagle  calls  his  plat  "the  surprise,"  and  it  consists  of  an  entree  in 
the  shape  of  a  sweet  potato  placed  on  the  table  before 
each  guest.  The  guest  in  beholding  nothing  but  the  sweet 
potato  is  naturally  astonished  at  the  meagre  nature  of  the  fare, 
but  wben  the  potato,  which  has  been  bifurcated  and  secured 
again  by  toothpicks,  is  opened,  a  brace  of  reed  birds  as  delicate 
as  the  ortolan  is  discovered  therein,  perfectly  seasoned  and  repos- 
ing on  a  couch  of  forcemeat.  Mr.  Raphael  Weil,  a  gourmet  of  the 
first  order,  has  pronounced  Mr.  Nagle's  plat  a  magnificent  success. 

*  *  » 

In  an  abstract  frame  of  mind,  a  man  is  liable  to  do  or  say  some 
amusing  things.  This,  at  least,  was  the  case  with  Edward  Harrigan 
one  day  this  week.  He  was  in  the  barber  shop  at  the  California 
Hotel,  and  the  tonsorialist  was  just  putting  the  finishing  touches 
on  his  face  while  Charles  Graham,  the  artist,  Fremont  Older,  the 
city  editor  of  the  Call,  and  several  others,  who  were  more  or  less 
acquainted  with  the  comedian,  were  waiting  for  their  turn.  For 
some  time  quietness  reigned  supreme  and  Harrigan  was  probably, 
as  far  as  his  mind  was  concerned,  back  in  New  York,  when  the 
barber  broke  the  silence  with  the  question: 

"Bay  rum,  sir?" 

Harrigan  was  so  deeply  engrossed  with  his  thoughts,  that  he 
heard  the  remark  very  indistinctly,  and  understood  only  the  last 
two  words  of  the  barber's  query.     Then  he  answered: 

"No,  I'll  take  a  little  whisky  and  syrup,  with  ginger  ale  on  the 
side." 


HE  who  wants  a  good  thing  to  eat  must  depend  upon  his  own 
experience  rather  than  his  grocer.  When  a  dealer  says,  for 
instance,  that  he  sells  hams  as  sweet,  firm,  juicy,  and  delicious 
as  Whittaker's  Star  Ham,  the  purchaser  knows  better,  for  epicures 
regard  it  as  the  best  ham  in  the  market.  The  infinite  pains  taken 
in  the  selection  and  curing  of  these  hams  necessarily  makes  them 
superior.  Thomas  Loughran,  217  and  219  Clay  street,  is  the  agent 
for  this  most  popular  of  hams. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

Tissue  Paper  and  all  materials  for  lamp  shades  and  paper  flowers 
in  stationery  department  of  Sanborn  &  Vail,  741  Market  street. 


August  11,  189-1. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


LAWN     TENNIS. 


THE  tenth  mnuil  tournament  of  the  Southern  California  Lawn 
Tennis  Association  will  be  beM  on  the  asphalt  courts  of  the 
Casino  at  Santa  Monica  August  JOth  and  following  days.  The 
events  will  be:  All-comers'  singles,  all-comers' doubles,  associa- 
tion singles,  ladies'  singles,  and  mixed  doubles.  There  will  be 
first  and  second  prizes  In  the  events  for  which  there  are  not  chal- 
lenge caps,  and  in  those  the  winner?  will  receive  prizes.  The  all- 
comers' single  challenge  cup  has  been  won  once  by  Mr.  T.  B. 
Coulter  and  twice  by  Mr.  R.  Peyton  Carter.  The  conditions  are 
that  it  becomes  the  property  of  any  one  winning  it  three  years, 
not  necessarily  consecutively.  Mr.  Carter  will  defend  the  cup 
against  the  winner  tnis  year.  The  association  single  challenge 
cup  has  been  won  twice  by  Mr.  \\\  M.  Alexander,  of  Santa  Bar- 
bara, and  the  conditions  are  the  same  as  those  governing  the  all- 
comers event.  The  all-comer's  doubles  challenge  cups  have 
been  won  twice  by  Messrs.  L.  X.  and  M.  A.  Chase,  of  Riverside. 
As  they  will  not  be  on  hand  this  year  to  play  the  runners  up,  the 
cup  wilt  go  to  the  winners. 

Entries  close  Monday,  Augnst  20th,  at  9  a.  m.,  and  must  be 
sent  to  Robert  Lee  Bettner,  Secretary,  Santa  Monica,  Cal.  Efforts 
are  being  made  by  the  southern  people  to  get  Professor  Joe  Daly 
to  go  down  there  again  this  year,  aDd  there  is  some  talk  of  other 
players  going  down  to  compete — there  being  an  excellent  chance 
for  a  good  double  team  to  take  the  championship,  owing  to  the 
absense  of  the  Chase  brothers.  It  seems  peculiar  that  champion- 
ships are  now  being  taken  by  "brother"  teams.  The  Hardy 
brothers,  the  Neels,  the  Chases,  are  very  much  en  evidence,  and  at 
the  coming  San  Rafael  tournament  we  are  to  usher  in  another 
Hardy  team,  and,  perhaps,  a  Magee  team  as  well. 

The  Pacific  States  Lawn  Tennis  Association  could  take  a  lesson 
from  its  southern  friend,  and  have  a  mixed  doubles  event  next 
year.  Such  matches  cause  a  good  deal  of  interest  as  well  as  amuse- 
ment. 

The  Pacific  8tates  Lawn  Tennis  Association  has  issued  the  fol- 
lowing circular: 

"  Pacific  States  Championship  Tournament. — The  Fifth  Annual 
Tournament  of  the  Pacific  Lawn  Tennis  Association  for  ladies'  sin- 
gles and  gentlemen's  doubles  will  be  held  on  the  courts  of  the 
Hotel  Rafael,  San  Rafael,  Cal.,  commencing  Friday,  September 
7th,  at  10  a.  m.,  and  continuing  September  8th  and  10th,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  United  States  Lawn  Tennis  Association.  Miss 
Bee  Hooper,  the  present  lady  champion,  will  be  called  upon  to  de- 
fend her  title  against  the  winner  of  the  all-comers  in  the  ladies'  sin- 
gles. Messrs.  Hardy  and  Hardy,  the  present  doubles  champions, 
will  be  called  upon  to  defend  their  title  against  the  winners  of  the 
all-comers  in  the  gentlemen's  doubles.  Handsome  and  valuable 
prizes  will  be  given  to  the  winners  of  the  all-comers  and  to  the 
winners  of  the  championship  matches  in  each  instance.  All 
matches  in  the  ladies'  singles  will  be  best  two  sets  out  of  three, 
except  finals  and  championship  match,  which  will  be  best  three 
sets  out  of  five.  All  matches,  without  exception,  in  the  gentle- 
men's doubles,  will  be  best  three  sets  out  of  five.  For  the  ladies' 
singles  an  entrance  fee  of  two  dollars  will  be  charged.  For  the 
gentlemen's  doubles  the  entrance  fee  will  be  three  dollars  per 
team.  Entries  will  be  received  up  to  12  m.  Wednesday,  Septem- 
ber 5th,  by  George  E.  Stoker,  Secretary,  Olympic  Club,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.  In  every  instance  entry  must  be  accompanied  by 
entrance  fee.  Tournament  Committee — Mr.  A.  B.  Wilberforce, 
Chairman;  Miss  Martha  P.  Gibbs,  Mr.  H.  H.  Brown,  Mr.  George 
E.  Stoker,  Mr.  Anthony  E.  Kaeser;  referee,  Mr.  C.  P.  Hubbard." 

It  is  pleasing  to  state  that  at  last  some  one  has  sufficient  pub- 
lic spirit,  and  the  interest  of  lawn  tennis  at  heart,  to  offer  a  tro- 
phy, an  act  which  it  has  not  been  our  pleasure  to  record  for  some 
years  past.  Messrs.  Hammersmith  &  Field  have  decided  to  offer 
a  handsome  and  valuable  trophy  for  the  ladies'  single  champion- 
ship, subject  to  the  condition  that  such  trophy  must  be  won 
three  times,  but  not  necessarily  consecutively.  It  is  to  be  hoped, 
now  that  the  ice  has  been  broken,  that  some  one  else  will  put  up 
other  trophies  and  relieve  the  association  from  having  to  beg  each 
year  sufficient  money  to  offer  prizes  with. 

The  outlook  for  the  coming  championships  is  certainly  prom- 
ising, and  we  do  not  doubt  that  there  will  be  a  large  entry.  The 
High  School  boys  have  rented  two  courts  at  the  California  Club, 
and  intend  sending  in  one  or  two  teams,  while  other  clubs  are 
beginning  to  show  by  their  attendance  that  something  is  on  the 
tapis.  It  is  rumored  that  Mr.  Hubbard  will  enter  again  this 
year,  and  it  would  be  quite  a  treat  to  see  him  well  partnered  be- 
fore the  nets  again.  George  DeLong  and  Driscoll,  we  understand, 
have  consolidated,  and  ought  to  make  a  very  good  team,  and  we 
look  forward  with  interest  to  a  very  enjoyable  affair. 

The  open  doubles  at  the  California  Club  take  place  next  Satur- 
day and  Sunday,  18th  and  19th  August.  Entries  close  on  Friday 
at  noon,  and  the  Olympic  annex  double  championship  takes 
place  on  the  following  Sunday. 


The  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  will  remain  the 
favorite  lunching,  dining  and.  catering  establishment,  and  seller  of  all 
sorts  of  edible  dainties  in  the  shape  of  sweetmeats  and  pastries,  as 
long  as  the  good  sense  of  the  people  of  San  Francisco  remains  at  its 
present  high  state  of  development.  Everybody  knows  what  a  delight- 
ful place  Swain's  always  is. 


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This  favorite  hotel  is  under  the  management  of  CHAS. 
MONTGOMERY,  and  is  as  good,  if  not  the  best,  Family  and 
Business  Men's  Hotel  in  San  Francisco. 

Home  comforts,  cuisine  unexcelled,  first-class  service  and 
the  highest  standard  of  respectability  guaranteed. 

Our  rooms  cannot  be  surpassed  for  neatness  and  comfort. 

BOARD  AND  ROOM,  per  day,  ?1  25,  $1  50,  $1  75  and  $2  00. 
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of  pure  warm  salt 
water  pumped  into  the 
tank  every  day. 


r\R.  D.  E.  DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 

Now  at  LURLINE  BATHS,  3d  Boor, 

Next  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 


Ingrown  Nails  a  Specialty. 


WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN  ffirW^^iS?^ 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 


. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11, 1894. 


A  DULL  apathy  to  some,  a  delicious  languor  to  others,  an  un- 
profitable outlay  to  the  society  mother  of  marriageable  daugh- 
ters, and  a  "  doosed  slow  place  "  to  the  seeker  of  excitement  is 
the  atmosphere  pervading  the  Hotel  Rafael.  For  the  dowagers 
with  gossipy  propensities  it  is  delightful,  for  the  little  friendly 
groups  on  the  veranda  or  in  the  corners  of  the  big  parlor  are  cozy 

for  a  confab,  and  what  Mrs.  So-and-so  or  Mr. does  or  does 

not  do  is  sure  to  be  thoroughly  discussed.  It  is  really  entertain- 
ing to  hear  some  of  those  dear  old  ladies  recall  their  girlish  days 
and  the  terrible  retrogression  in  manners  and  morals  that  has 
taken  place  since  then  I 

■*  *  * 

Ward  McAllister,  Jr.,  deserves  a  gold  medal  from  the  fair  sex 
for  his  unremitting  efforts  to  find  something  to  amuse  and  inter- 
est them.  To  be  sure,  his  efforts  are  confined  to  the  "smart  set," 
but  what  of  that?  It  makes  it  so  much  the  more  appreciated  to 
be  included  in  his  Fairfax  dinner  parties,  and  if  outsiders  are  dis- 
posed to  cavil  and  say  he  is  exclusive,  why,  let  them,  so  long  as 
you  are  in  the  favored  list. 

Castle  Crag  will  have  a  month  of  old-time  gaiety,  the  Carolans 
and  the  Crockers  having  made  up  their  minds  to  keep  things 
lively  during  their  stay,  and  as  every  one  knows  what  popular 
young  ladies  belong  to  these  families,  it  is  safe  to  assume  that 
the  beaux  will  follow  in  goodly  numbers. 

There  seems  to  be  some  danger  of  the  musical  mania  breaking 
out  again  in  society.  Not  many  seasons  back  the  amateur  vocal- 
ist was  at  once  the  feature  and  the  torment  of  all  social  gather- 
ings. Musicales,  charity  concerts,  and  afternoon  teas  were  the 
means  of  bringing  him  or  her  to  the  front.  We  have  had  a  tem- 
porary quiet  from  these  sweet  (?)  sounds,  but  from  last  advices 
the  din  is  about  to  begin  again,  and  the  next  winter  season  will 
«'  introduce  "  no  leBS  than  three  singers  to  society  circles.  Since 
the  Goad  tea  Miss  Bessie  Bowie  has  not  been  doing  much  in  the 
singing  line,  but  it  is  confidently  expected  that  <<  Kathleen  Ma- 
vourneen"  will  awake  from  slumbers  in  the  Clay  street  abode 
this  winter. 

*  #  » 

One  of  the  latest  on  dits  announces  that  the  bookish  sister  of 
vivacious  Mrs.  Millie  Ashe-Sewell  is  soon  to  change  her  name. 
The  lucky  man  being  deep  in  scientific  lore  undoubtedly  won  the 
fair  lady's  favor,  if  rumor  be  true. 

*  *  * 

Mrs.  Trox  Beale  is  so  charmed  with  her  husband's  Tejon  Ranch, 
say  her  friends,  that  she  ia  tryiDg  to  prevail  upon  him  to  make  it 
their  permanent  home,  and  may  possibly  induce  Mrs.  Blaine  to 
pasB  the  winter  in  that  soft  air. 

*  *  • 

Walter  Hobart's  English  turnout  has  a  rival  in  the  coach  re- 
cently imported  by  Talbot  Clifton  for  the  Burlingame  Club.  If, 
as  is  asserted  by  some,  Mr.  Clifton  intends  the  vehicle  to  be  a  gift 
to  the  club,  it  is  in  questionable  taste  the  putting  his  own  crest 
upon  the  panels  and  harness.  Joe  Grant's  swell  equipage  has 
also  arrived,  and  is  a  New  England  brake. 
»  #  ■» 

Apropos  of  Burlingame  that  cozy  little  settlement  has  been 
much  favored  by  popular  John  Drew,  whose  frequent  visits  there 
during  his  recent  engagement  were  made  the  motif  for  several  de- 
lightful entertainments,  and  Mr.  Drew  proved  himself  as  charm- 
ing off  the  stage  as  behind  the  footlights.  0ne  of  the  Tobin  boys 
remarked  the  other  day  that  the  women  were  mad  after  Drew,  but 
that  it  wasn't  fair  for  fellows  with  children  nearly  grown  up  to 
play  the  fascinating  act  so  cleverly.     As  if  he  could  help  it ! 

Harry  Howard  is  blooming  into  quite  a  beau,  as  well  as  steeple- 
chase rider.  It  is  high  time  for  the  old  name  to  assert  itself  in  its 
native  country,  say  many  people  thereabouts. 

It  is  a  common  saying  when  anything  is  particularly  refined 
or  dainty  in  appearance  that  it  is  feminine  in  its  elegance;  but 
several  instances  of  finished  elegance  in  matters  pertaining  to 
hospitality  prove  that  masculine  taste  can  be  as  dainty  and 
recherche  as  any  woman's. 

*  *  * 

Joe  Grant  has  an  aptitude  for  delicate  arrangement  of  fruit 
and  flowers,  while  Donald  de  V.  Graham's  thoroughly  artistic 
way  of  putting  a  touch  here  and  there  makes  his  table  a  thing  of 
beauty  to  his  guests.  Another  bachelor  who  has  achieved  a 
reputation  for  charmingly  appointed  dinners  and  breakfasts  is 
Claude  Terry  Hamilton,  who  at  his  "  Hutch  »  in  Sausalito  enter- 
tains his  lady  friends  and  their  escorts  in  a  most  delightful  man- 
ner, they  say. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gam.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


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The  GREAT  REDUCTION  IN  PRICES  at 

JOE  POHEIM'S,  The  Tailor, 

for  the  last  30  days,  is  continuing.  We  have  sold  over  500  pairs  of  Pants  for 
$4,  Worth  from  $5  to  $7  .  FISE  SUITS  FOR  $15. 

Don't  miss  your  chance  for  the  next  30  days,  as  some  of  our  Goods  are  sold 
regardless  of  cost. 

203  Montgomery  St.  724  Market  St.  1110  Market  St.,  S.  F. 

485  Fourteenth  street,  Oakland. 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


August   11,  1S94. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


THE    SILVER    QUESTION. 


EDITOR  Nam  LETTER— fl£r:  As  the  keynoie  of  tbe  general 
lamentations  of  tbe  advocates  of  unlimited  free  coinage  of 
silver  at  a  ratio  of  16  to  t.  for  which  tbe  California  Republicans 
have  declared,  was  struck  in  Professor  Andrews's  remarkable  ut- 
terances at  tbe  Brussels  Congress  of  1892,  I  again  repeat  bis 
doleful  waitings: 

"  They  wish  to  stay  that  baneful,  blighting,  deadly  fall  of  prices 
which  for  nearly  thirty  years  has  infected  with  miasma  the  economic 
life-blood  of  the  whole*  world.'' 

I  also  repeat  that  I  am  fully  conscious  of  the  bard  times  that  are 
prevailing,  and  that  they  were  not  caused  by  the  exclusion  of 
silver  from  unlimited  free  coinage,  and  that  fiat  money,  metal,  or 
any  other  kind,  will  not  relieve  tbem. 

Within  the  period  of  thirty  years  spoken  of,  and  in  our  own 
country,     tbe  annual  production  of  Indian  corn  has  increased 

more  than  250  per  cent from  840,000,000  bushels  to  2,000,000,000 

bushels;  wheat,  300  per  cent. — from,  say,  175,000,000  bushels  to 
over 500,000,000  bushels;  and  the  other  cereals  in  about  the  same 
proportions.  The  annual  production  of  edible  meat  of  all  kinds 
has  increased  throughout  the  world  60  per  cent.,  and  more  than 
doubled  in  the  United  States.  In  the  same  period  cotton  culture 
in  the  United  States  has  increased  from  less  than  3,000,000  bales 
per  annum  to  an  average  of  8,000,000  bales  during  the  last  five 
years;  tobacco,  50  percent.  The  world's  production  of  silver  has 
increased  in  the  same  period  400  per  cent. ;  that  is,  from  $50,000,- 

000  to  $207,000,000;  in  the  United  States,  copper  2000  per  cent— 
from  about  5500  tons  in  1860  to  about  110,000  tons  per  annum ;  of 
lead,  1300  per  cent— that  is,  from  15,000  tons  to  164,000  tons; 
and  of  steel,  from  70,000  tons  in  1870  to  about  5,000,000  tons  in 
1892.  The  amount  of  pig  iron  produced  in  1870  was  1,580,000 
tons,  and  in  1892,  9,157,000  tons,  the  United  States  taking  front 
rank  as  tbe  great  iron  producer  of  tbe  world.  Tbe  total  produc- 
tion of  iron  in  the  world  increased  in  round  figures  from  9,000,000 
tons  in  1865  to  26,500,000  tons  in  1892,  or  practically  300  per  cent. 
Tbe  product  of  wool  in  tbe  United  States  doubled — in  round 
figures  from  160,000,000  pounds  in  1860  to  over  300,000,000  pounds 
per  annum.  In  the  period  1860  to  1890  the  population  of  the 
United  States  increased  from  32,000,000  to  62,000,000. 

The  United  States  heads  the  list  in  tbe  wealth  of  nations  with 
about  $70,000,000,000  (seventy  thousand  million  dollars),  and 
more  than  half  of  this  has  been  tbe  result  of  the  past  thirty  years' 
development,  with  which  that  of  tbe  world  has  kept  pace,  not 
excepting  the  Orient.  As  stated  in  my  paper  of  July  24th,  your 
issue  of  28th,  India  has  more  than  doubled  her  commerce  in  this 
period;  yet  it  is  in  this  very  period  the  neo-bimetallists  tell  us 
that  the  country  has  been  suffering  from  a  ••  baneful,  blighting, 
deadly  miasma,"  occasioned  by  the  exclusion  of  silver  from  un- 
limited free  coinage. 

The  question  is  sometimes  asked,  What  shall  we  do  with  our 
silver  product,  which  is  in  the  main  increasing?  The  answer  is, 
Do  with  it  as  we  do  with  everything,  every  other  product — dis- 
pose of  it  at  the  value  which  the  world  is  willing  to  place  upon 
it,  just  as  we  have  to  do  with  our  cotton,  corn,  meat,  potatoes, 
tobacco,  wheat,  wool,  copper,  lead,  iron,  lumber,  etc.  It  is  not 
possible  to  do  anything  better  with  it  at  the  present  juncture,  for 
if  it  be  used  to  represent  dollars  there  must  be  enough  of  it  to  rep- 
resent them  intrinsically.  The  dollar  unit  of  coinage  of  both  metals 
should  be  of  equal  intrinsic  and  exchangeable  value  or  equiva- 
lency. At  present  the  silver  dollar  is  good  for  100  cents  to  the 
dollar  only  by  reason  of  the  restricted  system  of  coinage  whereby 
the  'Government  maintains  the  parity  of  the  two  metals  at  the 
ratio  of  16  to  1,  which  means,  in  substance,  redemption  in  gold — 
and  to  continue  which  the  purchase  clause  of  the  so-called  Sher- 
man Act  had  to  be  repealed.  Despite  this  the  Republican  plat- 
form of  California  declares  for  tbe  unlimited  free  coinage  of  silver 
at  the  ratio  of  16  to  1,  which  a  Republican  paper  of  this  city 
characterizes  as  "  hopeless  idiocy,"  while  the  candidate  of  the 
party  for  Governor  wabbles  under  the  question  and  tries  to 
shoulder  the  burden  on  "creditor  nations  like  England."  I  quote 
the  gist  of  his  remarks  in  this  connection,  as  reported  by  the  Post 
of  the  2d: 

"  Itis  clear  that  whatever  may  be  the  private  interests  of  business 
men  in  New  York  or  elsewhere,  gold  and  silver  are  the  money 
metals  of  the  Constitution  and  the  recognised  money  metals  of  the  civil- 
ized world,  except  only  with  creditor  nations  like  England.  It  is  also 
clear  that  silver  money  is  the  money  of  small  transactions — the 
money  of  the  people  and  a  necessity  to  American  civilization.  It  is 
equally  clear  that  the  question  whether  or  not  gold  and  silver  shall 
both  be  money  is  a  contest  between  the  creditor  and  debtor  nations 
of  the  world,  and  in  our  country  between  the  creditor  and  debtor 
classes  of  the  American  people." 

Mr.  Estee  is  credited  by  his  friends  with  being  a  good  talker. 
If  he  is  a  clear  thinker  let  him  cudgel  his  knowledge  box  for  data 
and  answer  to  himself  and  to  the  people  of  this  State  whether  he 
believes  the  unlimited   free   coinage   of  silver  at   a  ratio  of  16  to 

1  would  be  in  the  interest  of  the  masses  who,  as  creditors,  have 
$140,000,000  in  savings  banks  of  tbe  State;  whether  it  would  be 
in  the  interest  of  the  200,000  workers  of  the  State,  whose  toil  is 
worth  $90,000,000  a  year,  and  who,  during  the  year,  are  creditors 
to  that  extent;  and  whether  it   would  be  in  the  interest   of  the 


farmers,  whose  products  would  instantly  be  purchased  by  Great 
Britain  and  Europe  with  stiver  worth  fifty  cents  on  tbe  dollar. 
If  the  Republican  candidate  for  'lovernor  is  a  sincere,  candid, 
patriotic,  and  sound  money  man,  let  him  answer  those  questions 
openly.  Moreover,  mich  utterances  as  his,  quoted  herein,  do  us 
harm  abroad.  Tbe  Statist,  the  leading  financial  journal  of  Great 
Britain,  declares  that  tbe  withdrawals  of  foreign  capital  from 
America  are  due  to  distrust  of  tbe  financial  future  of  this  country. 

Great  Britain  adopted  tbe  gold  standard  eighty  years  ago,  and 
tbe  United  States  of  America  and  Australia  followed  suit;  within 
twenty-seven  years  all  Europe  has  gone  to  the  gold  standard;  and 
even  such  a  little  country  as  San  Domingo  has  abandoned  silver 
as  a  measure  of  value,  because  of  its  constant  Hurt  nations,  and 
has  now  organized  its  finances  on  the  basis  of  gold  aB  a  measure 
of  value.  India  also  comes  forward  with  tbe  same  thing  in  view. 
Sir  David  Barber,  late  finance  minister  of  India,  being  now  en- 
gaged in  advocating  the  gold  standard  for  India,  convinced  of  the 
impracticability  of  universal  bi-metallism,  that  it  is  impossible  in 
fact,  and  that  tbe  only  method  of  putting  Indian  finances  on  a 
permanent  basis  is  to  introduce  the  gold  standard. 

In  Congressional  Report  No.  496,  by  the  Select  Committee  on 
Coins  of  tbe  22d  Congress,  June  30,  1832,  amongst  other  wise  con- 
clusions there  laid  down  occurs  the  following: 

"  That  one  metal  may  be  selected,  with  a  certain  assurance  of  find- 
ing, in  the  metal  chosen,  such  proportion  of  the  entire  amount  of  the 
money  of  commerce  as  their  exchangeable  commodities  bear  to  the 
total  amount  of  merchandise  produced." 

"  The  committee  thinks  that  the  desideratum  in  the  monetary  system 
is  a  standard  of  uniform  value;  they  cannot  ascertain  that  both 
metals  have  ever  circulated  simultaneously,  concurrently,  and  indis- 
criminately in  any  country  where  there  are  banks  or  money  dealers ; 
and  they  entertain  the  conviction  that  the  nearest  approach  to  an 
invariable  standard  is  its  establishment  in  one  metal,  which  metal 
shall  compose  exclusively  the  currency  for  large  payments. 

The  foregoing  is  pertinent  now,  and  gold  is  the  one  metal  that 
is  the  standard  of  uniform  value  of  all  the  great  commercial 
nations  of  Christendom. 

In  this  connection  I  will  mention  that  there  is  a  possibility  of 
promoting  tbe  use  of  American  silver  by  restoring  lo  mintage  or 
manufacture,  for  the  benefit  of  trade,  a  silver  disc  of  420  grains, 
nine-tenths  tine,  similar  to  the  trade  dollar  formerly  used  for  ex- 
port to  China.  This  device  has  been  formally  presented  to  our 
representatives  in  Congress  by  Mr.  Louis  A.  Garnett,  of  this  city, 
in  an  interesting  paper  containing  facts  concerning  tbe  trade 
dollar  and  pointing  to  the  benefits  to  be  derived  by  the  United 
States  of  America  from  its  restoration  or  the  substitution  of  a 
similar  disc,  the  sole  commercial  or  financial  quality  and  func- 
tions of  which  would  be  its  acceptability  and  use  by  the  Orient. 
Mr.  Garnett  is  by  all  odds  the  best  informed  man  upon  monetary 
questions,  the  principles  of  finance,  and  the  mechanism  of  ex- 
change that  we  have  upon  the  Pacific  Coast.  Mr.  Garnett's  ob- 
ject and  intent  are  to  save  to  producers  and  dealers  in  the  United 
States  of  America  from  5  to  7  per  cent  hitherto  paid  in  increased 
percentages  of  exchange  on  Mexican  silver  dollars  bought  here 
for  export  to  the  Orient,  as  compared  with  the  cost  of  a  like 
amount  of  silver  bullion  bought  here  at  London  quotations. 
Also,  if  Congress  could  be  induced  to  pass  a  law  and  tbe  Presi- 
dent to  approve  it,  for  the  minting  of  such  a  disc  or  silver  arbiter 
as  has  been  mentioned,  to  wit,  one  of  420  grains  silver,  nine- 
tentbs  fine,  the  demands  of  the  Orient,  or  of  Japan  and  China  in 
particular,  could  thus  be  supplied  via  San  Francisco  with  an 
amount  of  American  silver  annually,  equal  at  least  to  tbe  annual 
average  of  Mexican  dollars  brought  here  and  exported  from  this 
port  to  those  countries  during  the  past  ten  years.  The  difference 
in  the  percentage  of  exchange  would  save  this  country  or  the 
producers  of  and  dealers  in  silver  bullion  probably  half  a  million 
dollars  a  year.  This  is  not  only  an  object  worth  looking  after, 
but  it  offers  the  additional  attraction  of  reopening  the  market  for 
the  silver  product  of  our  own  country,  whereas,  the  supply, 
since  the  withdrawal  of  the  American  trade  dollar,  has  been 
drawn  largely  from  Mexico.  The  writer  has  not  considered  the 
subject  at  all  from  the  standpoint  of  silver  coinage,  but  merely 
with  reference  to  that  metal  as  a  commodity  in  a  particular  form 
most  suitable  and  acceptable  for  use  in  our  trade  with  the  Orient. 
The  minting  of  such  a  disc  would  not  give  it  any  relation  to  our 
current  silver  coins,  and  it  would  be  utilized  in  the  Orient  upon 
the  basis  of  its  intrinsic  value.  This  is  incidentally  suggested  for 
promoting  the  disposition  of  the  American  product  of  silver. 

Since  the  writing  of  my  paper  of  July  31st,  a  friend  has  called 
my  attention  to  the  July  number  of  the  Fortnightly  Review,  con- 
taining four  articles  by  different  eminent  writers,  referring  to  the 
Reed-Lodge  scheme  of  coercive  duties.  Anyone  who  feels  an 
interest  in  this  subject  will  do  well  to  read  them. 

As  to  the  declaration  in  the  platform  of  the  Kepublican  party 
of  this  State  for  the  unlimited  free  coinage  of  silver  at  a  ratio  of 
16  to  1,  it  is  a  piece  of  unqualified  and  inexcusable  folly,  entirely 
impracticable  and  intended  to  confuse  and  deceive  the  mass  of 
the  people,  whose  savings  are  in  gold,  and  whose  wages  are  now 
paid  in  gold.  It  is  utterly  unworthy  any  intelligent  body  of 
Americans,  but  peculiarly  unworthy  tbe  "Grand  Old  Party,"  the 
party  of  "great  moral  ideas."  I  reiterate  my  oft  repeated  inquiry, 
What  was  the  declaration  made  for?  A  Layman. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August    11,  1894. 


Comstock  The  mining  market  on  Pine  atreet  has  been  rather 
Mining  quiet  during  the  week  at  a  slight  reduction  on  prices 
Scares,  which  ruled  last  week.  Business  has  been  practi- 
cally limited  to  the  higher  priced  stocks,  which  fluctuated  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  upward  or  downward  range  of  prices  in  Con. 
Virginia.  The  news  from  this  mine  continues  of  a  most  favor- 
able character,  and  recent  improvements  on  the  1700-level  would 
in  themselves  justify  more  activity  in  the  stock  and  higher  prices. 
The  discovery  of  gold  bearing  rock  in  Crown  Point,  has  altered 
the  complexion  of  that  company's  affairs  for  the  better,  and 
the  prospects  at  present  are  that  the  mine  will  be  self-sustain- 
ing for  some  time  to  come.  The  cost  of  mining  and  milling 
has  been  reduced  to  a  little  over  $5,  so  that  $10  rock  of  which 
there  is  said  to  be  quite  a  supply  in  reserve,  will  pay  a  handsome 
profit.  The  management  of  Belcher  also  hope  to  achieve  success 
in  working  their  ores  at  a  reduction,  and  the  Justice  people  are 
also  confident  that  the  mill  returns  in  the  future  will  go  a  long 
way  in  meeting  expenses.  .  This  with  the  showing  at  the  North- 
end,  and  brighter  prospects  in  some  of  the  middle  mines,  should 
serve  to  create  a  good  demand  for  the  stocks,  and  revive  business 
among  the  commission  brokers.  In  outside  mines,  business  is 
very  dull  just  now.  The  Silver  King  Company  is  about  to  re- 
open the  celebrated  mine  which  has  produced  such  large  amounts 
of  bullion  in  its  time.  An  assessment  of  thirty  cents  has  just 
been  levied  during  the  week  to  provide  the  necessary  funds.  Mr. 
T.  P.  Pheby  the  wealthy  mining  operator  is  now  at  the  head  of 
the  corporation.  An  assessment  of  twenty  cents  has  just  been 
levied  on  Chollar. 

$  $  $ 
Protection        The  Caminetti  bill   which    has    just   passed    the 
for  House  relative  to  land  entries  will  have  a  beneficial 

Miners,  effect  in  protecting  the  claimants  of  mining  lands 
from  unnecessary  expense  and  trouble  of  going  before  the  Regis- 
trar or  Receiver,  any  officer  of  the  State  and  territory  authorized 
to  administer  oaths  being  permitted  to  take  the  affidavit.  Embodied 
in  the  bill  at  the  suggestion  of  the  Commissioner  of  the  General 
Land  Office,  and  concurred  in  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  is 
the  following  proviso,  which  will  establish  a  rule  of  procedure 
in  all  cases  of  contest  as  to  the  mineral  or  agricultural  character 
of  the  land:  "  Provided,  that  the  presence  of  rock  in  place  bear- 
ing gold,  silver,  cinnabar,  or  other  valuable  deposit  of  minerals, 
shall  be  regarded  as  prima  facie  evidence  that  the  land  containing 
the  same  is  and  always  has  been  mineral  in  character;  provided 
further,  that  in  investigating  the  character  of  land  with  a  view  to 
ascertaining  whether  it  is  more  valuable  for  mineral  than  agri- 
cultural purposes,  evidence  may  be  taken  of  mineral  discovered 
or  developed  adjacent  to  such  land,  proof  of  which  shall  be  cor- 
roborative evidence  that  the  land  in  question  is  mineral  in  char- 
acter; and  provided  further,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall 
affect  any  pending  contest;  and  provided  further,  that,  except  in 
Utah,  wherever  land  is  proven  to  be  within  a  well-defined  min- 
eral belt  it  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  mineral  character 
of  such  land  until  the  contrary  is  proved." 

$  $  $ 
California  The  demand  for  the  gold  mines  of  this  State, 
Gold  quartz  and  gravel,  continues  good,  and  the  most 
ft/fines-  satisfactory  part  of  it  is  that  the  capital  required  is 
being  subscribed  principally  by  our  own  people.  The  British  in- 
vestor has  had  an  eye-opener  on  the  methods  of  the  promoter  on 
a  large  scale,  whose  hobby  is  a  "going  concern."  The  future 
bonanzas  of  this  State  are  now  prospects,  and  the  only  way  to 
develop  them  into  mines  is  by  spending  money  liberally  and  in  a 
sensible  manner  with  a  view  to  economy.  Mr.  Hayward  spent 
over  $800,000  in  dead  work  on  the  Utica  before  he  ever  extracted 
a  dollar,  but  he  made  a  mine  out  of  the  property  in  the  long  run. 
The  trouble  is  that  few  capitalists  have  sucfi  grit.  If  the  pros- 
pects look  dark  by  the  time  they  have  put  in  a  few  thousands, 
the  order  is  given  to  shut  down,  and  what  might  really  be  a  very 
valuable  property  gets  a  black  eye  from  which  it  does  not  read- 
ily recover.  The  miner  is  born,  not  made,  and  all  the  money  in 
the  world  cannot  purchase  the  necessary  practical  knowledge 
which  is  only  to  be  gained  by  the  sweat  of  the  brow  and  the  hard- 
est kind  of  work.  Many  new  mining  claims  are  now  being 
opened  in  a  business-like  manner,  and  good  results  will  doubtless 
be  attained  within  the  coming  year  in  many  quarters. 
$  $  $ 

4  Big        The  Whitlock  and  Spencer  Gold  Mines,  in  Mariposa 
Nfiqing     county,  have  just   been   sold    by   the   owner,  Captain 

Deal.  Ward  of  Alameda,  to  the  Sierra  Buttes  Mining  Com- 
pany of  London.  The  properties  are  well  developed,  and  are  laid 
to  possess  great  prospective  value.  The  purchasing  company  will 
put  a  large  force  of  men  to  work  and  extend  operations  consider- 
ably. The  exact  price  paid  for  these  mines  is  not  given,  but  it 
is  well  np  in  six  figures.  The  Sierra  Buttes  has  also  bought  the 
Alabama  mine,  adjoining  the  Whitlock  on  the  west,  one  of  the 
richest  mines  in  the  district. 


Sutro's        The  philanthropic  sage  of  Sutro  Heights  has  broached 
New       another   scheme   for   the   benefit    of   the   community 

Bubble,  which  is  blest  with  his  auspicious  presence.  It  mat- 
ters not  that,  tike  the  library,  with  its  rare  and  costly  tomes,  the 
baths,  pleasure  grounds,  etc.,  with  which  this  benevolent  old  gen- 
tleman has  promised  to  endow  the  residents  of  this  city,  his  latest 
gift  assumes  its  most  generous  proportions  in  anticipation,  still 
the  intention  remains  to  merit  the  approving  plaudits  of  a  host  of 
admirers.  In  the  outburst  of  popular  enthusiasm  few  stop  to  re- 
flect that  so  far  Mr.  Sutro's  greatest  efforts  in  behalf  of  the  public 
have  served  only  to  put  himself  in  a  better  and  stronger  position 
than  ever  to  win  the  thanks  of  the  present  generation  by  his  ex- 
cess of  liberality  in  promises.  That  which  is  to  come,  the  great 
unborn,  may  have  just  cause  to  praise  and  magnify  his  name 
among  the  nations  of  the  earth  for  the  fulfillment  of  the  innumera- 
ble pledges  which  comforted,  while  they  flattered,  their  progeni- 
tors. The  big  drain  on  the  Comstock,  for  which  the  nation  was 
assessed  and  private  individuals  were  seduced  into  paying  for  on 
the  strength  of  alluring  promises  which  have  never  yet  been  real- 
ized and  never  will  be,  was  the  source  of  the  fortune  which  Mr. 
Sutro  is  so  lavishly  distributing,  pro  bono  publico — on  paper.  The 
scheme  which  enriched  him  while  it  beggared  others  is  all,  how- 
ever, that  Mr.  Sutro  can  point  to,  so  far,  as  public  in  its  character. 
His  absorption  of  outside  lands,  his  buildings  aDd  excavations, 
the  tawdry  effects  in  the  way  of  landscape  gardening,  where 
cheap  statuary  offends  the  cultivated  taste — all  these,  with  the 
unboxed  volumes  for  the  library,  are  as  yet  his  private  and  per- 
sonal belongings.  In  view  of  all  this  it  seems  sheer  presumption 
on  the  part  of  Mr.  Sutro  to  attempt  to  bolster  up  his  new  scheme 
for  personal  aggrandizement  by  invoking  public  sympathy.  His 
design  in  promoting  a  new  five-cent  railroad  to  the  ocean,  via 
Sutro  Heights,  is  as  plain  to  the  disinterested  observer  as  the 
cause  of  his  sudden  antipathy  to  the  Southern  Pacific.  Subscribers 
to  the  fund  tor  the  construction  of  the  new  road  will  be  in  exactly 
the  same  position  eventually  as  the  unfortunates  who  invested 
their  savings  in  the  Sutro  Tunnel  of  unhappy  memory — catspaws 
to  draw  the  chestnuts  from  the  fire,  to  vanish  down  the  ever- 
gaping  maw  of  this  wily  manipulator.  If  Mr.  Sutro  wishes  to  in- 
crease the  attendance  at  his  various  catch-penny  entertainments 
provided  for  the  idle  and  pleasure-seeking  classes  on  his  domains, 
he  should  take  the  means  to  do  so  at  his  own  expense.  Tweed- 
ling  the  necessary  funds  out  of  the  pockets  of  others,  who  have 
everything  to  lose  and  nothing  to  gain,  is  too  barefaced  a  proposi- 
tion altogether.  A  clearer  conception  of  the  Sutro  game  will  likely 
be  gained  upon  calm  consideration  of  the  project,  and  this  will 
end  it,  in  so  far  as  the  procuring  of  outside  capital  is  concerned. 

$  $  $ 

Eqded  The  Pacific  Insurance  Union  has  finally  completed  its 
at  labors,  by  the  adoption  of  the  amended  compact. 
Last.  Thirty-nine  members  carried  the  point  against  thirty- 
five  voting  in  the  negative,  and  five  who  might  be  classed  as 
doubtful  by  either  side.  The  new  laws  will  go  into  immediate 
effect,  and  it  is  believed  that  they  will  simplify  the  working  of 
the  Union  for  the  benefit  of  the  membership.  The  public,  it  is 
intended  to  protect  in  a  laige  measure,  by  reducing  the  primary 
cost  of  insurance,  lessening,  if  not  putting  a  complete  atop  to  the 
system  of  rebates  to  policy-writera.  The  principal  features  of  the 
new  compact  are  as  follows:  each  member  may  appoint  four 
agents  in  the  metropolitan  district,  of  whom  not  more  than  two 
can  be  located  in  Oakland.  Metropolitan  agents  can  transact 
business  with  a  member  without  the  intervention  of  a  local  agent. 
The  compensation  of  agents  shall  not  exceed  22}  per  cent,  on 
buaineas  in  the  metropolitan  district  outside  of  San  Francisco,  and 
not  over  15  per  cent,  on  city  business,  or  outside  of  the  metropol- 
itan district,  except  on  farm  and  grain-growing  business.  Solic- 
itors are  to  receive  only  commissions,  20  per  cent,  on  city  busi- 
ness and  15  per  cent,  on  other  business.  No  brokerage  is  in  any 
case  to  exceed  14  per  cent. 

$  $  $ 
Local  The   following  dividends  have   been  declared  by 

Stock  local  corporations,  payable  between  now  and  the 
Diuidends.  15th  instant:  The  Spring  Valley  Water  Company, 
50  cents  per  share;  Pacific  Gas  Improvement  Company,  50  cents 
per  share;  Metropolitan  Railway  Company,  10  cents  per  share; 
California  Street  Cable  Company,  50  cents  per  share ;  Pacific  Aux- 
iliary Fire  Alarm  Company,  5  cents  per  share;  Oakland  and  San 
Francisco  Gas  Companies,  20  and  35  cents  respectively;  Califor- 
nia Electric  Light,  15  cents;  Edison  Light  and  Power  Company, 
66§  cents  per  share.  The  Oakland,  San  Leandro  and  E*ectric 
Consolidated  Railway  Company,  which  has  just  listed  its  stock 
upon  the  Local  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange,  has  declared  a  divi- 
dend of  75  cents  per  share  on  the  8000  shares  of  stock  issued. 
There  are  2000  shares  of  the  capital  stock  unissued. 

$  $  $ 

THE  specie  holdings  of  the  European  banks  show  an  increase 
on  August  2d  of  $143,205,100.  Moat  of  this  increase  for  the 
year  has  been  in  the  form  of  gold.  The  Bank  of  England  added 
$53,895,000  to  its  gold  supply  during  the  year ;  the  Bank  of  France 
added  $28,608,000  in  the  same  interval. 


August  11,  1894. 


\\"   n;  wrisro  NEWS  LETTER. 


13 


'■  Hear  the  Crier!  *      "  What  the  devil  an  thou:  " 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir.  with  you."' 


WE  trust  that  Mr.  A.  C.  Swinburne,  of  England,  will  pardon  us 
for  writing  the  following  verses  in  behalf  of  Edmund  Russell. 
Mr.  Russell  was  in  this  city  about  two  years  ago,  and  sbe  is  on 
her  way  here  again.  Sbe  decorates  homes  for  a  living,  and  poses 
in  Oriental  rugs  and  reads  Oscar  Wilde's  poems  for  a  pastime: 

O,  beautiful,  sorrowing  maiden, 

Come  back  from  tbe  bloSBoniy  South ! 
Thy  soul  is  with  lilac-drops  laden, 

With  honey  of  kisses  tby  mouth, 
With  tears  on  tby  tremulous  lashes, 

Like  the  stars  in  a  silent,  dark  sky, 
With  tby  waist  encircled  in  sashes, 

With  love  in  thine  eye. 

We  want  you,  O  Daughter  of  Passion, 

As  bad  as  the  roses  want  May. 
Come  show  us  the  follies  of  fashion, 

That  flourish  and  fade  in  a  day. 
We  know  that  thy  life  is  all  anguish, 

That  thou  livest  in  depths  of  desire, 
That  Vice  has  left  thee  to  languish 

In  Virtue's  hot  fire. 

Welcome  here!     We  will  clasp  thee,  and  cheer  thee; 

We  will  wrap  ourselves  up  in  thy  hair; 
We  will  kiss  thee,  and  love  and  revere  thee, 

For  the  sake  of  our  blue  parlor  chair. 
Our  style  is  all  gone;  it  is  shrunken 

As  grapes  that  are  pressed  of  their  wine. 
But  we'll  drink  thy  ideas  until  drunken 

With  thy  posing  divine. 

THE  announcement  that  an  enterprising  fellow  in  Pennsyl- 
vania is  arranging  to  transport  5000  disaffected  coal  miners  to 
Japan  under  contract  with  the  Emperor  to  fight  the  Chinese, 
suggests  a  large  field  for  the  transplanted  exercise  of  local  activ- 
ities in  San  Francisco.  There  are  numbers  of  persons  here  whose 
existence  would  find  better  proof  of  justification  under  the  dis- 
emboweling kDife  of  a  Chinaman  than  in  interference  with  the 
progress  of  California.  Mr.  Adolph  Sdtro,  for  instance — what  a 
masterly  leader  of  bloodthirsty  men  he  has  proved  himself  to  be! 
Sitting  enthroned  in  his  castle  overlooking  the  Golden  Gate,  he 
issues  a  telegraphic  order  to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  to 
reject  the  Reilly  Funding  Bill,  and  instructs  his  agents  there  to 
have  C.  P.  Huntington  prosecuted  for  high  crimes  and  misde- 
meanors. It  is  all  so  easily  done !  Imagine  the  valorous  old  gen- 
tleman leading  out  of  California  an  army  composed  of  railroad 
strikers,  daily  newspaper  publishers,  train-wreckers,  murderers, 
foolish  people  who  through  spite  against  some  corporation  sub- 
scribe money  to  swell  his  bursting  purse — imagine  him  leading 
such  an  army  to  the  support  of  the  great  Mikado!  Then  would 
Li  Hung  Chang,  "the  Bismarck  of  China,"  infested  inwardly 
with  numerous  fear-pangs,  shed  his  skin  with  tremblings  and 
crimson  the  Yellow  Sea  with  the  blood  of  a  suicide.  We  love 
Japan  so  dearly  that  we  might  be  induced  to  part  with  the  whole 
crowd,  for  her  dear  salvation. 

COLIS  P.  HUNTINGTON  is  entitled  to  sympathy.  To  build  a 
$2,000,000  house  and  then  be  afraid  to  live,  or  rather  to  die,  in  it 
is  something  out  of  the  ordinary.  Mr.  Huntington  has  always 
been  noted  for  his  thrift,  and  it  must  worry  him  to  see  his  house 
without  a  tenant.  Rents  have  been  reduced  all  over  the  coun- 
try, and  there  are  hundreds  of  people  who  sleep  in  the  park  every 
night  who  might  be  induced  to  occupy  it  at  reduced  rates.  Mr. 
Huntington  seems  to  have  the  rich  man's  superstition  that  to 
occupy  a  new  house  means  a  funeral.  Unquestionably  people 
die  after  moving  into  new  houses.  Sometimes  the  plumbing  is 
bad  because  of  the  new-fangled  fixtures.  Sometimes  the  protec- 
tion from  draughts  is  not  good.  Nevertheless  the  vital  statistics 
do  not  seem  to  show  that  there  is  any  greater  mortality  in  new 
houses  than  in  old  ones.  It  is  simply  a  freak  of  the  imagination. 
Possibly  Mr..  Huntington  could  overcome  his  superstitious  fears 
by  hiring  somebody  to  occupy  his  new  house  and  die  within  a 
stated  time.  Medical  societies  sometimes  contract  for  subjects  in 
advance,  and  an  invalid  might  be  found  who  would  be  willing, 
for  a  consideration,  to  spend  his  last  days  in  the  magnificent  pile 
of  marble  which  Mr.  Huntington  has  erected. 

THE  church  militant  seems  to  be  at  his  best  in  East  Oakland, 
where,  according  to  a  paper  from  that  locality,  the  Reverend 
L.  Dixon  animated  his  saving  grace  with  a  muscular  triceps  and 
illustrated  his  contempt  for  "po'  white  trash"  by  knocking  down 
three  several  and  successive  times  a  burly  iceman  named  Robert 
Simpson,  whose  horses  had  been  devastating  the  pastor's  cabbage 
patch.  When  Mr.  Simpson  gets  well  he  will  raise  the  price  of 
ice  in  revenge,  for  it  is  always  the  innocent  noncombatant  who 
suffers. 


A  HANDWRITING  expert  in  the  Martin  will  case  has  laid  an 
loonoolaatlo  hand  upon  one  of  those  fallacies  which  the  human 
mind  has  cherished  with  a  tender  regard  for  these  many  years 
'gone.  He  has  boldly  sworn,  without  fear  of  lynching,  that  a 
photograph  gives  a  distorted,  and  therefore  untrue,  representation 
of  an  object,  and  that  an  artist  with  pencil  and  paper  can  produce 
a  more  faithful  likeness.  He  is  so  obviously  right  that  it  is  a 
wonder  no  one  else  bad  thought  to  display  equal  wisdom.  The 
photograph  has  become  an  evil  and  the  photographer  an  unspeaka- 
ble nuisance.  Portrait  photographers  pander  to  vanity,  which  is 
the  meanest  of  human  weaknesses;  but  they  are  not  to  blame  for 
that — u  is  a  perverted  popular  taste  that  supports  tbem.  The 
most  popular  of  these  artisans  are  those  who  produce  portraits 
least  resembling  the  subjects.  Is  it  not  something  of  a  wonder 
that  rich  people,  who  can  afford  steel-engraved  plates,  from  which 
any  number  of  impressions  might  be  taken,  still  cling  to  the 
cheap  proletarian  photograph  ?  It  should  be  a  matter  of  particu- 
lar pride  to  San  Francisco  that  she  has  produced  a  Moses  to  lead 
tbe  world  out  of  the  Wilderness  of  the  Photograph,  and  that  his 
name  is  Eisenschimel. 

WR.  MELVILLE  was  given  three  columns  of  space  in  last 
.  Sunday's  Examiner,  in  which  he  preached  a  long  sermon 
to  the  youth  of  the  land  neither  to  follow  bis  example  nor  to  get 
credit  from  their  tradesmen.  We  do  not  believe  that  there  are 
many  young  men  in  this  city  who  would  care  to  follow  Mr.  Mel- 
ville's style  of  living.  Theft,  like  murder,  will  inevitably  out,  and 
the  man  who  steals  to-day  may  expect  to  be  caught  to-morrow. 
But  there  is  no  reason  why  an  honest  young  man  should  not  ob- 
tain credit  from  any  tradesman.  Trust  is  a  stronger  power  even 
than  love,  and  it  goes  a  great  deal  farther,  and  when  a  dealer 
looks  in  a  young  man's  face  and  willingly  trusts  him  for  a  bill  of 
goods,  he  is  doing  him  the  greatest  honor  in  the  world.  A  month 
ago  Mr.  Melville  would  have  said  bo  too.  Now  that  he  has  been 
caught  and  locked  up,  and  his  cold  blooded  method  of  robbery 
exposed  to  the  world,  he  is  ready  to  pose  as  the  saint,  to  ask 
young  men  to  take  him  for  an  example,  and  to  think  of  him  be- 
hind the  tall  walls  of  San  Quentin.  Think!  Indeed,  Mr.  Melville 
— a  barbe  de  fol,  on  apprend  a  raire. 

THE  Oakland  correspondent  of  one  of  the  dailies  has  discovered 
that  Oakland  is  exemplifying  the  scriptural  allegation  that 
"  all  men  are  liars,"  and  that  she  has  applied  it  to  her  own  com- 
munity. It  seems  that  when  the  dapper  young  men  want  to  go 
to  West  Oakland  to  play  tennis  they  are  barred  from  a  free  ride 
on  the  trains  by  the  iron  will  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company. 
They  do  not  like  the  idea  of  carrying  ten  cents  in  their  pockets 
with  which  to  purchase  a  ticket,  but  try  to  pull  wool  over  the  ticket 
agent's  eyes  and  get  free  transportation.  Of  course  they  have 
been  refused,  and  now  they  are  about  to  bring  a  suit  against  the 
railroad  company.  They  say  that  there  is  no  trade  in  Oakland, 
and  that  therefore  they  cannot  make  their  car-fare.  We  should 
like  to  see  a  man  in  San  Francisco,  rich  or  poor,  who  was  so 
stingy  and  mean  as  to  refuse  to  give  up  money  for  his  car-fare. 
There  are  people  in  this  city  who  would  pay  money  to  see  such 
a  man.  But  in  Oakland  there  are  plenty  of  men  whose  words  as 
well  as  actions  irrevocably  and  finally  condemn  them  as  foolB. 

A  TRAGEDY  has  occurred  at  Dinnba,  in  Tulare  county,  in 
which  two  men  killed  each  other,  and  the  wife  of  one  of 
them  received  a  wound.  The  importance  of  the  incident  resides 
in  the  fact  that  the  woman,  if  the  dispatches  may  be  believed, 
was  uncommonly  endowed,  for  it  is  seriously  announced  that  she 
"was  present  during  the  fight,  and  received  a  bullet  in  her  leg." 
It  is  apparent  that  she  had  at  least  one  leg.  Let  not  the  poor 
woman  grieve  for  the  death  of  her  husband;  in  possessing  that 
one  treasure  {if  only  one)  she  is  infinitely  richer  than  any  one  of 
San  Francisco's  charming  young  heiresses  would  confess  herself 
to  be. 

WHAT  is  this  talk  about  "  messenger  girls?"  It  is  beyond  the 
shadow  of  a  doubt  that  San  Francisco  will  hail  with  delight 
the  advent  of  the  district  "messenger  girl."  After  the  light-footed, 
pleasant-faced  and  neatly-dressed  runner  of  errands  has  been  in 
the  field  for  soree  time,  the  impudent,  dirty,  careless,  and  reck- 
less boy  courier  will  disappear.  The  competition  will  be  too  keen 
for  him.  It  will  suddenly  dawn  upon  him  and  his  employers 
that  life  is  real  and  earnest,  and  not  one  long  picnic,  composed  of 
loitering  from  the  ferries  to  the  Western  Addition,  with  messages 
for  which  quick  delivery  rates  have  been  paid. 

THE  decadence  of   the  dime   novel   is  easily  understood  when 
one  reads  the  following  opening  of  a   local   news   item  in  the 
San  Francisco  Call : 

"  Help,  help!    I  am  dying;  God  knows  lam  guilty  of  no  crime. 
Oh,  let  me  up!    Let  me  up!" 

The  lower  deck  of  the  steamer  Humboldt  rang  with  agonizing  cries 
and  the  rattle  of  chains  startled  the  passengers  above. 

IT  pleases  one  to  hear  Mr.  Christopher  A.  Buckley  keep  on  say- 
ing that  he  has  given  up  politics,  and  that  he  prefers  the 
bucolic  life  of  raising  potatoes  and  hogs  to  the  gathering  of  a  lot 
of  "rock-rollers"  to  stuff  a  primary.  There  is  only  one  draw- 
back to  his  statement,  and  that  is  the  unity  of  expression  of  the 
morning  papers,  which  Bay  that  he  is  still  leading  the  local 
Democracy. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB. 


August  11,  1894. 


THE    HANDWRITING    IN    THE    MARTIN    CASE. 

fB  Y     Dl      VlBNON.] 

IT  is  astonishing  how  glibly  people  can  talk  upon  eubjtcts  of 
which  they  know  nothing.  This  has  been  shown  by  the  "  ex- 
pert "  testimony  in  the  Martin  case,  and  doubtless  by  the  time  that 
these  "  experts'"  will  have  finished  with  their  testimony  they  will 
have  established  as  facts  their  contradictory  opinions,  and  we  shall  be 
willing  to  believe  that  Henry  Martin  wrote  the  two  wills  and  all  the 
letters  in  the  case,  or  that  he  wrote  neither  will  and  none  of  the  letters ; 
in  short,  that  he  could  not  write  at  all,  and  that  the  alleged  docu- 
ments are  spirit  photographs  of  phantom  thoughts,  of  intentions  that 
never  were. 

The  late  Chief  Justice  Woodward  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  a  decision  says :  "  Common  sense  dictates  that  in  all  investi- 
gations requiring  special  skill,  or  when  the  common  intelligence  sup- 
posed to  be  possessed  by  the  jury  is  not  fully  adequate  to  the  occasion, 
we  should  accept  the  assistance  of  persons  whose  studies  or  occupa- 
tions have  given  them  a  large  and  special  experience  on  the  subject. 
All  evidence  of  handwriting,  except  in  the  single  instance  where  the 
witness  saw  the  document  written,  is  in  its  nature  comparison  of 
hands.  It  is  one  of  the  few  instances  in  which  the  law  accepts  from 
witnesses  belief  in  facts,  instead  of  facts  themselves." 

Another  authority  says:  "  Experts  in  writing  examination  are,  as  a 
rale,  not  practiced  graphologists,  though  in  an  empirical  way  they 
have  discovered  that  each  person  has  an  individuality  in  writing,  and 
that  this  individuality  cannot  be,  or  at  least  seldom  is,  disguised  by 
the  forger  and  anonymous  letter  writer.  If,  however,  the  expert  be 
a  well-informed  graphologist,  the  method  is  simplified  and  the  result 
is  in  every  way  more  certain." 

At  this  stage  it,  will  be  well  to  define  a  few  words.  Graphology  is, 
as  every  one  knows,  the  science  of  determining  the  character  of  a 
person  from  his  handwriting. 

Can  crime  be  diagnosed  in  the  handwriting  of  criminals  ?  No,  but 
vice  may  be.  The  act  constituting  a  crime  is  the  result  of  a  vicious 
tendency,  which  is  perfectly  discoverable,  but  the  sign  of  the  actual 
crime  is  not  apparent  so  far  as  is  at  present  known. 

Are  all  graphologists  experts  in  the  examination  of  disputed  hand- 
writings ?  Not  necessarily.  A  graphologist  reads  the  characteristics 
which  the  handwriting  indicates.  Some  fat  wits,  thinking  to  trap  a 
graphologist,  send  him  feigned  handwriting,  and  then,  because  the 
delineation  of  character  does  not  correspond  with  the  character  as 
known,  exclaim :  "  Graphologists  are  fakes  and  frauds !  "  The  hand- 
writing experts  in  the  Martin  case  have  wasted  valuable  time  in  de- 
monstrating their  inability  to  deal  with  this  phase  of  the  subject. 

What  constitutes  a  forgery  ?  The  interpolation  of  a  word  in  or  the 
addition  of  a  letter  or  letters  to  a  document  of  acknowledged  authen- 
ticity, with  intent  to  change  its  meaning;  the  signing  of  another's 
name  with  intent  to  defraud ;  the  fabrication  of  a  document  and  its 
exhibition  as  the  genuine  handwriting  of  the  person  whose  name  it 
bears  as  the  maker  of  the  instrument.  These  three  classes  will  broadly 
comprise  the  usual  run  of  forgeries. 

How  may  forgeries  be  detected  ?  That  depends  upon  the  class  of 
forgery  with  which  one  has  to  deal.  Too  great  a  legibility  is  always 
suspicious.  It  seems  as  if  the  forger  wished  to  leave  no  doubt  as  to 
the  intent  of  the  testator.  When  the  document  under  examination 
is  under  suspicion  of  having  been  altered,  the  scrutiny  may  take  the 
form  of  scanning  the  document  by  transmitted  light,  by  micro- 
photography,  by  screen  work,  and  magic  lantern  process.  The  ink 
may  be  submitted  to  chemical  reagents,  but  this  form  of  examination 
is  seldom  attempted,  because  naturally  the  owner  of  a  valuable  paper 
would  object  to  its  being  tampered  with  in  such  a  way  as  to  injure  it 
for  future  reference.  Where  it  is  suspected  that  one  word  has  been 
erased  and  another  written  over  the  space,  an  oblique  examination  of 
the  document  will  disclose  to  the  naked  eye  that  the  fibres  of  the 
paper  have  been  disturbed ,  and  the  microscope  will  show  that  the  ink 
has  broadened  a  little  on  the  lines  written  over  the  abraded  surface. 
.  Photography  will  show  the  same  thing.  Photographer  Davey  says 
that  there  is  a  line  in  the  original  Martin  will  which  was  not  there 
when  he  photographed  the  instrument.  Why  not  submit  the  original 
will  to  the  test  of  the  camera?  If  that  will  has  been  retouched,  the 
camera  will  show  it.  But  when  it  comes  to  deciding  the  genuineness 
and  the  authenticity  of  a  disputed  signature,  or  of  an  entire  document, 
then  one  must  make  a  comparison  of  the  disputed  writing  with  the 
acknowledged  original  writing.  In  making  such  comparisons  it  must 
be  remembered  that  all  forgers  are  usually  expert  penmen.  There  is 
a  graphological  reason  for  this.  Forgery  is  the  work  of  the  confidence 
man,  of  the  smooth  talker,  the  plausible  speaker,  the  mau  who  can 
make  the  worse  appear  the  better  reason.  The  smoothness  of  speech 
finds  its  counterpart  in  gracefully  flowing  lines.  The  tendency  to 
produce  symmetrical  tracings  and  natural  curves  is  a  second  nature 
which  cannot  be  readily  overcome.  Every  handwriting  has  its  own 
characteristic  tremors,  which  can  be  seen  only  under  a  powerful 
miscroscope.  The  intending  forger  seldom  has  a  microscopic  knowl- 
edge of  the  tremors  in  the  hand  he  wishes  to  imitate,  and  if  he  knew 
the  rhymth  of  the  original  tremor  by  heart,  it  would  be  physically 
impossible  for  him  to  reproduce  them.  The  tremors  ot  a  simulating 
hand  are  never  so  numerous  nor  so  fine  as  real  tremors. 
We  are  now  prepared  to  consider  certain  features  in    the   Martin 


handwritings.  Why  should  Mrs.  John  Martin  be  suspected  of  forging 
the  second  will  ?  First,  because  she  or  her  child  would  be  benefited 
should  it  be  accepted  as  genuine,  and  second,  because  a  woman  who 
will  swear  away  her  own  good  name  for  virtue  would  not  be  likely  to 
stick  at  a  few  penstrokes  and  a  forgery. 

The  experts,  unless  they  have  been  incorrectly  reported,  have  not 
known  how  to  handle  the  case.  Forinstance,  when  Breckenfeld  was 
asked  if  a  man  were  playing  a  dual  part  would  it  make  any  difference 
in  his  handwriting,  the  expert  replied  that  it  would  not;  that  a  man 
who  was  such  a  cold-blooded  scoundrel  as  to  play  a  double  part  would 
be  cold-blooded  enough  to  write  the  same  hand  at  all  times.  That 
reads  well,  but  it  is  not  sound  sense.  A  man's  mood  does  undeniably 
affect  his  handwriting,  as  any  one  may  see  for  himself  by  comparing 
different  specimens  of  his  own  writing  done  under  varied  circum- 
stances of  health,  emotions,  and  surroundings.  Suppose,  for  the  sake 
of  argument,  that  Henry  Martin  was  carrying  on  an  affair  with  his 
sister-in-law,  and  acting  the  loving  husband  to  a  neglected  wife:  His 
two  letters,  written  at  the  same  time,  would  show  a  marked  differ- 
ence in  chirography — so  marked  a  difference,  indeed,  that  a  casual 
observer  would  be  justified  in  thinking  that  the  same  person  had  not 
written  both  letters,  but  that  one  was  a  clever  attempt  at  imitating 
the  other.  Take  the  letter  in  which  we  will  suppose  he  was  playing  a, 
part,  similating  an  affection  which  he  did  not  feel,  deceiving  his  wife 
and  trying  to  blind  her  eyes  so  that  she  would  not  so  much  as  suspect 
his  unfaithfulness:  we  should  find  the  graphological  signs  for  lying; 
the  writing  would  not  be  quite  so  clear  as  usual,  besides  showing 
signs  of  diplomacy,  deceit,  constraint,  secrecy,  concealment,  hypo- 
crisy, disloyalty,  and  the  fear  of  detection.  There  should  be  some 
signs  of  compunction,  and  possibly  of  shame. 

In  writing  to  his  mistress  his  hand  would  show  ardor,  disregard  for 
honor  and  truth,  caution,  and  fear  of  detection,  sensuality,  and  with 
all  the  abandon  of  a  man  plunging  into  a  sink  of  iniquity.  Letters 
written  at  the  beginning  of  the  affair  would  be  different  from  those 
written  when  he  was  done  with  the  woman. 

Great  stress  was  laid  upon  the  fact  that  some  of  Henry  Martin's  y's 
had  return  strokes  and  that  others  ended  in  a  club-like  bar.  Upon 
this  was  attempted  to  build  a  hypothesis  that  one  or  the  other  was 
the  genuine  writing  and  that  the  other  was  spurious.  A  grapholo- 
gist would  have  told  them  to  look  for  both  styles  of  y  in  the  genuine 
writing.  From  all  accounts  Henry  Martin  was  a  determined  man, 
sometimes  obstinate.  The  abrupt  downward  stroke  of  his  letters 
shows  that  characteristic,  especially  when  they  have  the  club-like  ter- 
mination to  thestroke.  When  the  tails  of  his  y's  and  g's  returned  to 
the  line,  making  a  rounded-out  form  below  the  line,  the  writer  was 
loving  and  affectionate.  Without  having  seen  the  letter  in  which  he 
bewails  the  illness  of  his  wife,  and  his  fear  of  losing  her,  1  will  under- 
take to  say  that  his  handwriting  was  very  different  from  that  in  which 
he  gave  his  sister-in-law  a  bad  character.  The  former  would  show 
full-formed  letters  below  the  line,  a  slope  from  left  to  right  through- 
out the  writing,  indicative  of  tenderness,  and  a  descending  direction 
to  the  lines,  which  would  show  his  distress  of  mind  at  her  illness.  In 
the  second,  his  letters  would  be  more  angular  and  club-like  in  their 
terminations,  and  without  any  fine  lines.  The  crossing  of  the  t's  would 
be  abrupt  and  full  of  anger. 

Suppose,  again,  that  Henry  Martin  did  fall  a  pray  to  his  sister-in- 
law's  blandishments.  Would  not  that  have  opened  his  eyes  to  her 
throwing  herself  in  his  way  for  a  purpose,  and  made  him  wary  about 
her  willingness  to  forge  a  handwriting? 

7U  ^ 


<^€T- 


The  upper  "M"  and  "do"  arc  from  the  acknowledged  genuine  will,  the  lower 
from  the  alleged  forged  will;  showing  the  angularity  of  the  first  and  the 
roundness  of  the  second,  and  incidentally  the  apparently  studied  tremu- 
lousness  of  the  lower  "do." 

For  the  purpose  of  noting  the  graphological  difference  between  the 
undisputed  handwriting  of  Henry  Martin  and  that  which  is  under 
suspicion,  take  these  two  instances  copied  from  the  enlargements  in 
a  daily  paper  during  the  progress  of  the  expert  testimony.  True,  the 
expert  called  attention  to  the  marked  angularity  of  the  one  and  the 
rounded  character  of  the  other.  But  there  he  stopped.  Not  being  a 
graphologist,  he  could  not  strengthen  his  testimony  by  showing  why 
Henry  Martin  would,  by  his  nature,  have  been  more  apt  to  write  the 
one  than  the  other. 

Study  the  enlarged  letter  M's.  and  understand  at  the  outset  that 
the  signature  is  the  epitome  of  the  writer's  character.  When  he  was 
writing  the  body  of  his  letter  he  may  have  been  acting  the  part  of 
the  ardent  lover,  the  loyal  husband,  or  the  cold-blooded  scoundrel, 
and  his  handwriting  will  show  the  different  characteristics.    But 


Aupust  11,  1894. 


SAN  1- i:\NHSCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


when  he  conies  to  signing  his  own  name  he  involuntarily  dismisses 
all  thought  of  the  context  from  hi?  mind,  and  he  signs  his  name  as  he 
always  signs  it ;  that  is,  the  general  characteristics  are  there.  The 
size  of  the  signature  may  vary,  according  to  the  style  "f  paper  and 
pen.  but  a  composite  photograph  of  his  many  signatures  would  dem- 
onstrate their  striking  similarity.  <  kraseqnentlj  the  signature  is  the 
most  difficult  part  of  the  forger's  task.  The  pattern  is  arbitrary,  and 
the  least  deviation  from  the  established  form  challenges  attention. 

Look  at  the  capital  M  from  Henry  Martin's  undisputed  will.  Its 
angularity  is  very  marked,  denoting  strong  will  and  determination. 
See  how  the  initial  stroke  of  the  capital  M  throws  to  the  left— a  sign 
of  self-consciousness  and  assurance  of  power.  The  whole  letter  is 
indicative  of  firmness  and  decision  of  purpose.  Look  at  the  second 
M.  from  the  disputed  signature.  The  straight  lines  of  the  tirst  have 
melted  into  curves ;  that  is  the  hand  of  the  forger  feeliDg  its  way  to 
a  copy.  It  is  the  graphological  sign  of  smoothness,  of  suavity.  It  is 
the  writing  of  a  nature  that  would  creep  and  crawl  into  a  coveted 
position.  It  is  the  hand  of  insinuation,  of  diplomacy,  of  working  by 
stealth  to  secure  an  end.  It  is  the  wiggle  of  the  serpent  of  deceit,  the 
sinuous  motion  of  the  snake  in  the  grass. 

As  a  mere  matter  of  experiment,  place  some  of  the  handwriting  of 
Mrs.  John  Martin  beside  that  of  the  disputed  will.  If  she  forged  the 
will  there  will  be  unmistakable  evidences  of  similarity  in  her  hand- 
writing and  that  of  the  disputed  writing.  If  some  one  did  it  for  her, 
this  test  would  show1  nothing. 

Ladies  Calling 
At  the  exhibit  of  Wakelee  &  Co.,  in  the  Manufactures  Building  at 
the  Midwinter  Fair,  will  receive  a  free  sample  of  Camelline,  the  Cali- 
fornia preservative  for  the  complexion.  It  received  the  highest 
award  at  the  Exposition  over  all  foreign  and  American  competitors. 
As  a  remedy  and  preventive  for  the  distressing  effects  of  sunburn 
and  poison  oak,  it  will  appeal  to  all  ladies  who  are  visiting  the  moun- 
tains and  seaside. 


Stwdman's  Soothing  Powders,  for  fifty  years  the  most  popular 
English  remedy  for  teething  babies  and  feverish  children. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use 
children  while  teething. 


'Mrs.  Winslows'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 


NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS  MEETING. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Paraffine  Paint  Company  (a  corporation),  duly  adopted  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  said  Board,  held  at  the  office  of  t>aid  Company  on 
Wednesday,  the  13th  day  of  June,  1894,  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the 
Paraffiue  Paint  Company  will  be  held  on 

Wednesday,  the  22d  day  of  August,  1 894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M. 
of  that  day,  at  No.  116  Battery  street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  same  being  the  principal  place  of  business 
and  office  of  said  corporation,  and  the  same  being  the  building  where  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  said  corporation  meet. 

The  object  of  said  meeting  is  to  consider,  act  upon,  and  decide  a  proposi- 
tion to  diminish  the  Capital  Stock  of  said  corporation,  the  Paraffine  Paint 
Company,  from  One  Million  Dollars  to  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars. 

Dated  San  Francisco,  June  13th,  1894. 

PAKAFFIKE    PAINT    COMPANY.     By 

R.  8.  SHAINWALD,  Secretary. R.  8.  MOORE,  President. 

ANNUAL  MEETIN6. 

Alta  Silver  Mining  Company. 

The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Alta  Silver 
Mining  Company  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  33,  Nevada 
Block,  309  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 

Thursday,  the  16th  Day  of  August.  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M„ 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year;  also  to  amend  the  by-laws  of  this  corporation,  and  the  transaction  of 
such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the  meeting.     Transfer  books 
will  close  on  MONDAY,  Aug.  13, 1894,  at  3  P.  M. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  33,  Nevada  Block.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Overman  Silver  Mining    Company. 

Location  o( Principal  placr  «.f  buslncK*— San  Francisco, California.  Lo- 
cation of  works-Gold  Hill.  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  (tlveu that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Seventeenth  (l7th)dayof  July.  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  71)  of  Ten 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upou  each  and  every  share  of  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  iu  United  States  Gold  Coin, 
to  the  secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  -IU  California  street,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  thin  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Monday,  the  21st  day  of  August,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
aud   advertised     for    Bale   at  public   auction;    and  unless  payment  Is 
made  before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  Eleventh  day  of  September, 
1894,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

GEO   D.  EDWARDS,  Secretary. 

Office— 414  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Savage    Mining    Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
tion  of  works— Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
on  the  Twenty  seventh  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No,  84)  of  20 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Thursday,  the  Thirtieth  Day  of  August,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  19th  day  of  September,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of   advertising  and    ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

B.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. ^ ^ 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Potosi  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  2d  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  42)  of  Twenty-five  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
1  hursday,  the  6th  Day  of  September,  1 894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  September,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
Bale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Gould  &  Curry  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment. .   No.   74. 

Amount  per  Share 15  cents. 

Levied '. .      July  27, 1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office August  30, 1894. 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  21, 1894. 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 


Sierra  Nevada  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment        No,  107. 

Amount  per  Bhare 25  cents 

Levied July  18  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office August  22, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  11, 1894 

E.  L.  PARKER,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  15,  Nevada  Block,  No.  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francis- 
co, California 


THE 
MARKET. 

749    MARKET  ST., 

(Opposite  Phelan  Building). 

FINEST     MARKET 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Giving  Special  Sales  Every  Day. 

Telephone  5466. 


16 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11,  1894. 


A    FINE    LINE    OF    FURNISHING    GOODS. 

TAMES  B.  DUGGAN'8  new  furnishing  goods  store,  at  119 
J  Montgomery  street,  bas  already  attained  the  popularity  of 
being  the  only  store  in  San  Francisco  that  carries  the  finest  and 
most  exclusive  lines  of  gentlemen's  underwear,  shirts,  collars, 
neckties,  etc.  This  can  be  realized  very  easily  when  it  is  stated 
that  Mr.  Duggan  was  for  thirteen  years  behind  the  counter  in 
the  store  of  Bullock  &  Jones,  and  that  he  has  dealt  with  the  most 
fashionable  men,  and  bas  handled  only  the  very  latest  furnishing 
goods.  When  Mr.  J.  L.  Jones  died  seven  years  ago,  the  only 
survivor  of  the  firm  of  Bullock  &  Jones  was  Mr.  Duggan.  He 
purchased  their  entire  line  of  furnishing  goods,  and  now  he  bas 
opened  a  new  store.  A  proposition  was  made  to  him,  when  the 
house  of  Bullock  &  Jones  retired,  to  be  a  fourth  partner  in  the 
firm  that  is  to  conduct  the  tailoring  business  under  the  name  of 
the  Bullock,  Jones  Co.  Mr.  Duggan  was  offered  a  handsome  in- 
ducement to  enter,  but  finding  that  it  would  not  be  to  his  advan- 
tage in  the  long  run,  withdrew  and  weot  into  business  for  him- 
self. The  fact  that  Mr.  Duggan  knows  how  to  cater  to  the  tastes 
of  refined  gentlemen  iB  easily  attested  by  the  large  stock  of  furn- 
ishing goods  that  is  now  in  his  store.  Shirtings  of  the  latest  pat- 
tern, collars,  cuffs,  and  neckwear  of  the  very  latest  design  will  be 
found  on  hand  always.  He  has  decided  that  his  store  shall  be 
the  most  popular  one  in  the  city,  and  he  is  starting  out  to  reach 
that  end  in  the  right  way.  A  man  is  known  by  his  dress,  and 
every  man  who  wishes  to  be  well  known  should  be  dressed  by 
Mr.  Duggan. 

THE    FIRST    HORSE    SHOW. 

BEGINNING  November  28th  and  closing  December  1st,  the  first 
annual  Horse  Sbow,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Horse  Show 
Association,  will  be  held  at  the  Mechanics'  Pavilion.  This  will 
undoubtedly  be  the  beginning  of  the  great  annual  event  of  San 
Francisco.  Henry  J.  Crocker  is  President  and  Treasurer,  the 
Board  of  Directors  is  composed  from  among  the  leading  men  of 
the  city,  and  already  sixty  boxes,  each  accommodating  six  per- 
sons, have  been  secured  by  leading  families  in  the  city.  Five 
thousand  dollars  in  cash  prizes  is  offered  for  all  breeds  of  hoises, 
and  two  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  silver  plate  and  cups  is 
offered  as  trophies  by  C.  P.  Huntington,  D.  O.  Mills,  C.  B.  Alex- 
ander, Geo.  C.  Shreve  &  Co.,  M.  H.  de  Young,  and  others.  East- 
ern competitors  are  arranging  to  exhibit  their  stock.  The  Asso- 
ciation has  a  certainty  of  at  least  ten  four-in-hands  being  entered. 
The  Pavilion  will  be  specially  and  elaborately  prepared  for  the 
initial  event. 


THE  gap  in  the  row  of  pretty  towns  beginning  with  Monterey 
and  ending  with  Pacific  Grove,  has  been  closed  by  the  subdi- 
vision into  lots  of  that  high,  pine-clad  plateau  lying  between 
Monterey  and  New  Monterey,  and  adjoining  the  historic  old  port 
where  Commodore  81oat's  cannon  still  gape  idly  at  the  sea.  This 
tract  bas  the  balmy  climate  of  Monterey  without  the  fogs  of  Pa- 
cific Grove,  and  will  become  the  choice  for  elegant  summer  homes, 
the  Hotel  Del  Monte  being  within  easy  reach.  It  is  called  the 
Keystone  Addition  to  Monterey;  there  are  17C0  lots,  the  streets 
are  all  laid  out,  and  water  is  abundant.  The  J.  Dewing  Co., 
Flood  Building,  San  Francisco,  are  the  agents. 


THE  firm  of  Leon  I.  Stanton  &  Co.,  repairers  of  musical  instru- 
ments, formerly  doing  business  at  9  Third  street,  has  been 
dissolved,  and  a  new  company,  under  the  same  firm  name,  has 
been  organized  as  successors  to  William  G.  Badger.  Mr.  Stanton 
is  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  musical  circles  in  this  city. 
He  is  the  organist  of  the  California  Commandery,  K.  T.,  and  of 
the  Central  M.  E.  Church,  The  new  firm  will  sell  the  goods  pur- 
chased from  Mr.  Badger,  at  9  Third  street,  at  remarkably  low 
figures,  and  will  open  a  new  stock  of  musical  goods,  of  the 
latest  style,  in  a  few  days. 


That  most  wonderful  and  interesting  human  curiosity,  Millie 
•Christine,  the  two-headed  woman,  is  making  her  farewell  visit,  and 
will  never  be  seen  here  again.  She  gives  daily  receptions  (Sundays 
excepted)  at  917  Market  street.  Admission  15  cents;  children  10  cents. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


l/iel?y  5pi"ip$s, 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  the  terminus  of  the  8.  F.  &N.  P.  Railway. 
Ouly  kuowu  natural  electric  water.    Warm  "champagne"  baths.    Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.    Terms,  $12  to  $14  per  week. 
Postomceand  telephone  at  springs. 
WM,  DIIOI.AN,  Proprietor. 

SH.  REGENSBURGER,  attorney-at-law. 
■  Booms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 


SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

309  and  311  Sausome  St San  Francisco,  Cal 

CORRESPONDENTS  : 

FINDLAY,  DURHAM  &  BRODIE  43  and  46  Threadneedle  St.,  London 

SIMPSON,  MACKIRDY  &  CO 29  South  Castle  St.,  Liverpool 

MACY  &  DUNHAM  66'^  Pine  St.,  New  York 

Two  Bad 

Brown  Eyes 

By  HARIE  ST.  FELIX. 

Author  of  "A  Little  Game  With  Destiny,"  which 
created  an  uuparalled  sensation  by  its  frank 
dealing  with  social  idiosyncracies;  a  book 
which  offered  food  for  serious  reflection  to  the 
studentof  huraau  nature. 

Two  Bad  Brown  Eyes  is  a  powerful  de- 
lineation of  character,  written  in  the  author's 
most  brilliant  style.  The  scene  is  laid  at  the 
World's  Fair  in  Chicago,  and  humorous  de- 
scriptions abound,  relieving  the  shadows  of 
the  story. 

Price,  cloth.     -     -      $1.00. 
Paper,      -        -        .50. 
Order  at  your  bookseller's,  or  from 

THE  riERRIAM  COMPANY, 

Publishers  and  Booksellers, 
No.  67  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 

REMOVAL. 

DELMAS   &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  their  law  offices  to  the 

CROOKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 


GARDEN  HOSE. 


Black  Line  Spiral 

Cotton  Rubber-Lined  Hose 

Will  stand  300  lbs.  pressure  to  the  square  inch  and  will  outlast 
the  best  rubber  hose  manufactured.    Try  a  length. 

BOSTON  WEN  HOSE  AND  RUBBER  CO., 

14-16  Fremont  St.,  S.  F.,  Cal. 


J.  R.  SMITH  &  CO., 


MERCHANT  TAILORS,  2SO  Bush 
Street,  Mills  Building,  formerly  under 
Occidental    Hotel. 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY    (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 
CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  V. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANV, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street.  San  Francisco 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF    PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL    FULLY    PAID $3,000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    413  California  St.,  S.  F. 

JAMES    D.  BAILEY,  General    Affent. 


August  11,  1894. 


SAN    FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB 


17 


SOME    VAGARIES    OF    JAPANESE    ENGLISH. 

A  GENTLEMAN  recently  arrived  from  Japan  ha."  kindly  given 
the  News  Lkttkr  some  unique  card*  and  other  adver-iM - 
ments  issued  in  English  by  Japanese  at  Yokohama.  The  com- 
placency with  which  these  bland  Orientals  attempt  to  soften  ibe 
rigidities  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  language  wiih  the  poetry  of  the 
land  where  the  cherry  blossom  and  the  chrysanthemum  set  the 
pace  of  sentiment,  is  delicionsly  refreshing. 

Here,  for  instance,  Is  a  pass  given  him  to  inspect  the  exhibit 
prepared  for  the  Colombian  Exposition: 

A  passing  Ticket  of  the  arrangement  of  the  goods  which  to  send 
to  COLUMBUS  a  WORLD  EXHIBITION. 

This  place  will  opened  on  L8th.  Feb.  1893  (even  raing  day)  the  place 
is  Chitose-ro,  6  chome,  Sniiiiyoschicho.  Yokohama. 

This  place  opened  9  a.m.  and  closed  4  p.m. 
This  ticket  is  for  one's  self.    This  ticket  hand  to  the  committee 
at  the  entrance. 

Connected  with  the  following  card  is  a  little  story.  A  Japanese 
merchant  had  a  phenomenally  rubicund  nose,  and  when  he  asked 
an  American  for  a  suggestion  for  an  original  and  striking  sign 
the  Yankee,  inspired  with  the  humor  of  his  kind,  suggested  that 
Kobo  call  himself  '«  whiskyboy,"  which  Koko  did,  with  the  fol- 
lowing result,  thereby  securing  a  large  business: 

JEWELRY  MAKER.— A  Finest  in  Town.  Whiskyboy.  No.17,  Aioicho 
Jtchome,  (Jfinatobashtdori.)  Yokohama,  Japan.  Show  this  card  to 
Mark  of  Japanese  Jinrikishamen. 

Our  shop  is  best  and  obliging  worker  that  have  everybody  known, 
and  haveing  articles  Genuine  Japane-e  Crystal  and  all  kinds  of  Curi- 
ous Stones,  Shells,  Ivory  Catseyes,  Pearl  and  pure  Tortoise  Shell, 
etc,  worked  for  ladies  hair  ornaments,  Earrings,  Lace  Pin,  Collor- 
Cuffs  Buttons  and  Fingerrings,  also  for  Gent's  scarf  pin,  Buttons, 
Charm,  and  Spectacles,  Gold  and  Silver  articles,  etc,"  etc,  and  (re- 
pairs) gildings  gold  or  Silver  plate  in  electroplate  or  plainmending 
Sword,  Fan,  Chine,  Lockets  and  Charms  etc,  Carveing,  in  Laid,  work 
own  name  ormonograms  or  any  design  according  to  orders  we  can 
works  how  much  difficult  Job  with  lowest  Price  insure,  please  try, 
once  try.  don't  forget  name  WHISKY. 

In  Japan  they  "  brew  "  a  decoction  which  is  called  wine,  and 
this  is  the  label  from  a  native  bottle: 

BEST  WINE.— EFFICACY. 

This  Wine  is  superior  kind  which  kept  of  many  years  ago,  and 
brewed  with  very  nutrimental  drugs,  so  that  is  good  for  health, 
digestion,  &c.  There  are  great  deal  of  brewers  in  France,  as  known 
to  the  peoples  of  the  world,  at  this  time  I  examined  to  brew  the  wine 
during  many  years  and  already  got  a  most  special  success,  that 
wanted  to  be  known,  also  propenly  for  usually  homely  use. 

Of  atill  greater  interest,  however,  is  the  following  printed 
notice  issued  to  those  who  might  be  induced  to  use  the  adver- 
tiser's lanterns,  which  are  rented  at  so  much  a  night  to  such  as 
might  wish  to  go  upon  the  streets  at  night: 

A    RULE   OF   THE  BORROWING    GLASS  LANTERN. 

1.  My  shop  have  a  business  to  borrow  some  glass  lantern  without 
the  price,  and  tO  light  in  every  night  and  to  receive  its  price. 

2.  The  price  of  lighting  is  as  follows ;  and  tO  receive  firstly  its  price 
in  the  lighting. 

The  price  of  3  bushin  is  1  sen  3  rin  per  a  night. 
"  5        ..        "  1    "     5   "     "     "     " 
m  8        .<        "  2    "     5   "     "     "      " 
Descount  1-15'  price  before  6  months. 
"  1-9'       '*  "        1  year. 

And  in  over  one  year  I  will  promise  to  the  gentlemen;  otherwise 
the  price  of  mark  will  be  to  receive  5  Sen  per  1  leaf  and  the  arm  glass 
lantern  will  be  to  obey  to  the  gentlmen's  hopeness. 

3  I  will  clean  the  lantern  in  every  morning  and  light  in  every 
evening. 

(1.)  In  every  night,  I  shall  examine  the  lantern  once  and  in  the 
stormy  night  with  extreme,  if  the  fire  went  out  by  examing  man's 
lazy  you  snail  receive  the  oil  from  clean  man  of  tomorrow  morning, 
because  I  gave  it  to  him  already,  so  on  afterday ;  though  you  require 
the  price  I  can't  obey  it. 

(2.)  I  will  receive  the  lighting  price  on  before  a  month  namely :  a 
month  is  meant  30  days. 

4.  I  will  obey  to  light  the  glass  lantern  witch  gentlemen  have,  and 
when  I  light  it  applive  to  the  rule  Second  and  third. 

Now,  I  wish  your  cozy,  and  for  my  business,  I  made  this  rules, 
and.  began  the  business  from  long  ago,  and  1  have  got  the  trust  of 
gentlemen,  and  so  several  thousands  glass  lantern,  therefore  I, shall 
work  earnestly,  at  this  time,  oh  gentlemen  send  me  send  me. 

If  you  wish  the  lighting,  please  send  me  a  letter,  then  I  shell 
quickly  go  to  your  house,  and  speak  you ;  and  I  shall  pay  you  a  price 
of  letter  in  after. 

KWAKUUCHI  TENTO  UKEOISHO. 

No,  Fukutomicho  Sanchome,  Yokohama. 


The   Grand   Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  May  1st  the  *'  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Tuesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  through  to  Chicago  every  day  without  change.  This  is  the  only 
Line  by  which  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached. 
Send  for  illustrated  book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell, 
G.  P.  A.,  650  Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thn  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


xisrs  xj  te-tt-asrcja. 


FIKK.  MARLNK  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

IN8URANOE    COMPANY, 

OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL,   $1,000,000.  |  ASSETS,  $3.000,000. 
IRANSATLANMG    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

T.  Cams  Driffield,  Manager  for  the  Pacific  toast  Branch. 

220  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 

Capital  ........  $1,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S 654,433.31 

GEO.  MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department. 
332  California  St.,  S.  F..«al. 


NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA,  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular   Warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  Bold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-California  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL  _^ *6,7O0,O00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  31 6  California  Street.  San  Francisco . 

SIEBE,  RASCHEN  &  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 


Telephone  272. 


210  Sansome  St. 


Agents  fob  San  Fbancisco.— Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co  of  New 
York;  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York;  United  Firemen's  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  Bun  Insurance  Office,  of  London, 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTOAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets    $19,724,538.46. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  |  Vice-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEK 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,  GERMANY. 
established  1826. 
Capital,  $2,250,000-  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  65 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  COMKAP  «t  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Eoyal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Establishad  1886.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up s    600,000 

Assets  3,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,626,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 

BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

501  Montgomery  Street 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11, 1894. 


THE    OLD    LOVE. — Anonymous. 


"10  yoa've  come  back  to  me  again, 
5         The  old,  old  love  is  burning  yet; 
You've  tried    through    all  these  weary  years, 

Have  tried  so  vainly  to  forget. 
So  you've  come  back  to  me,  you  aay, 

Since  time  at  last  has  made  you  free, 
And  offer  me  again   the  heart 

Whose  early  hopes  were  bound  in  me. 

Come  close  and  let  me  see  your  face. 

Your  chestnut  hair  is  touched  with   snow; 
Yes;  'tis  the  same,  the  dear  old  face 

I  loved  so  fondly  long  ago— 
The  same  that  on  that  summer  eve 

Bent  over  me  and  heard  my  vow, 
In  fondest  hours  of  trusting  love— 

Ah  well,  they  are  all  over  now! 

O,  no,  you  must  not  take  my  hand! 

God  never  gives  us  back  our  youth; 
The  love  and  trust  you  questioned  then 

Were  your's,  dear  friend,  in  perfect  truth; 
What  grief  and  anguish  to  my  soul 

Came  from  your  change  and  coldness  then! 
You  left  me  and  my  heart  was  dead; 

What  sound  can  wake  its  thrill  again! 

'Forgive'' — you  need  not  speak  the  word, 

You  never  meant  to  do  me  wrong; 
God  sent  this  anguish  to  my  heart, 

To  help  me  to  be  brave  and  strong. 
Farewell,  I  think  I  love  you  yet, 

As  friend  does  friend.    God  bless  you,  dear, 
And  lead  you  through  life's  darkest  hour 

To  where  the  sky  is  always  clear. 

A  love  like  ours  may  triumph  yet, 

God  only  knoweth  what  is  best. 
Our  love,  here  tried  and  purified, 

May  find  its  everlasting  rest. 
There  is  a  place  where  those  that  love 

May  meet  to  live  and  love  again, 
And  feel,  in  that  reunion  sweet, 

They  have  not  loved  and  grieved  in  vain. 


THE    LITTLE    ROOM.—  Frank  L.  Stanton. 

This  is  the  little  room  where  she 
Walked  beautiful  for  love  and  me; 
Here,  on  the  windowsill,  her  flowers 
Woo  all  the  winds  in  daylight  hours; 
And  sweetly  breathe,  when  breezes  stir, 
Of  the  dear,  lovely  face  of  her! 

This  is  the  little  room — so  lone ! 
My  soul,  into  the  silence  grown, 
Starts  at  each  leaf  that  tops  the  pain, 
Low-listening  for  her  step  again! 
How  creak  the  stairway  and  the  gate! 
Why  lingereth  my  love  so  late  ? 

Here,  on  the  little  fireplace  mat, 
Lie  two  blown  ribbons  from  her  hat; 
And  there  a  messenger  of  love —    * 
A  tinted,  tapered,  scented  glove! 
What  tender  memories  cluster  o'er  it! 
For  I  have  kissed  the  hand  that  wore  it! 

From  dawn  until  the  shadows  fall, 
I  dream  before  the  lonely  wall 
Where  hangs  her  picture,  and  I  yearn 
To  kiss  the  golden  curls  that  burn 
Above  her  womanly,  sweet  brow; 
Would  she  could  come  and  kiss  me  nowl 

All  things  speak  of  her— all  the  place 

Hath  a  remembrance  of  her  face; 

The  last  flower  that  she  wore— the  last 

Dim  pathway  where  her  footstep  passed; 

The  morning  glories  near  the  door 

Seem  whispering:  "  Will  she  come  no  more!  ' 

This  is  the  little  room  where  she 
Walked  beautiful  for  love  and  me! 


The  damp  ■weather  necessitates  the  wearing  of  just  such  comforta- 
ble underwear  as  is  sold  by  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
this  month. 

To  invigorate  the  system  after  illness,  Ayer's  Sarsaparilla  is  highly 
recommended. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  91,000,000. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.  D.  FRY,  President .        HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funda.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rates  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 

\.  w.  Corner  Sansome  and  Busli  Streets. 

Established  1870.  t  U.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $76,196 

S.  G.  MURPHY President! 

JAMES  MOFFITT  .. .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins.  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt, 

'Ihomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  M.to6p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital       $3,500,000  I  Capital  Paid  Up       $2,450,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 

Portland  Brauch—48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 

Manager,   ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 

Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 

LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 

NEW  YORK— ii<exel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital       $2,500,000  I   Paid  Vp  Capital    $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $soo,ono. 

Head  Office . 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris — Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissouiere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  aud  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUMJ  «„„«„„,, 
C.  ALTSCHUL  j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL       .      .  $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        ....  ..President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bru^uiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York—  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  Natioual  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  <fe  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  RANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS : 
CHA8.  F.  CROCKER,         I        E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.   BROWN  Vice  .resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 

SECORITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADE. 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D   Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Iucorporated November24, 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER President  I  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


August  11,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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b^ostkis- 


AN  eminent  physician  was  called  out  of  a  sound  slumber  tbe 
other  night  to  answer  the  telephone.  "  Hollo!  what  is  it  ?  " 
he  asked,  little  pleased  at  the  idea  of  leaving  his  bed.  ••  Baby  is 
crying,  doctor— what  shall  I  do  ?  "  came  across  the  wires.  "  0,  per- 
haps it's  a  pin,"  suggested  the  doctor,  recognizing  the  voice  of  the 
voung  mother— one  of  his  patients.  "  No,  was  the  reply;  "I'm 
sure  it  can't  be  that."  "  Perhaps  it's  his  teeth,"  returned  the  doctor, 
with  well  simulated  solicitude.  "  No.  I  don't  think  so,"  replied  the 
anxious  mother;  "  he  wouldn't  cry  like  that."  "  Then  perhaps  he's 
hungry,"  said  the  doctor,  as  a  lasi  resort.  "  Oh,  I'll  see,"  came  across 
the  wires — then  all  was  still.  The  doctor  went  back  to  bed,  and  was 
soon  asleep  again.  About  half  an  hour  afterwards  he  was  again 
awakened  oy  the  violent  ringing  of  the  telephone  bell.  Jumping  out 
of  bed,  and  placing  the  receiver  to  his  ear,  he  was  cheered  by  tbe  fol- 
lowing message:  '*  You  were  right,  doctor;  baby  was  hungry." 

— Exchange. 
Within  the  hammock's  net  she  swung, 

So  graceful  and  so  fair! 
Her  arms  above  her  head  were  Hung, 

Lovely  beyond  compare. 
He  sat  beside  her  for  a  while, 
Enchanted  by  her  grace, 
Till  finally  a  blush  and  smile 
He  saw  upon  her  face. 
And  then  he  heard  her  softly  say, 
First  looking  all  about ; 
"  Now.  please,  Tom,  turn  your  head  away, 

I'm  going  to  get  out!  "  — Somerville  Journal. 

"  So  you  have  been  married  a  year,  have  you  ?  "  said  Wiggins  to 
his  friend  Keedick.  -'Yes,  old  man;  it's  almost  a  year  now.  I'd 
have  sent  you  an  invitation,  if  I  had  known  where  it  could  have 
reached  you."  "  I  was  three  thousand  miles  away  at  the  time;  so  it 
would  not  have  done  much  good  anyhow.  But  tell  me  confidentially, 
now,  don't  you  find  a  good  many  things  about  married  life  different 
from  what  you  had  expected?"  "Well,  some."  "  What,  for  in- 
stance ?  "  Wiggins  had  serious  ideas  of  plunging  into  matrimony 
himself,  and,  like  a  prudent  man,  he  wanted  the  advantages  of  his 
friend's  experience.  "  You  want  to  know  something  which  is  differ- 
ent from  what  I  had  been  led  to  expect,  do  you."  "  Yes."  "  Well," 
said  the  husband  of  a  year,  "  I  used  to  believe  what  the  comic  papers 
said  about  a  woman's  ability  to  shop  all  day  without  spending  any 
money,  but  I  find  it  is  all  humbug."  —Exchange. 

Dashaway — Ah,  general,  just  got  back  from  your  yacht  cruise  in 
the  Mediterranean  ?  The  General— Yes,  sir.  And  we  came  near 
losing  our  lives,  sir.  Dashaway— Got  caught  in  a  gale  ?  The  Gen- 
eral—No,  sir,  worse  than  that,  sir.  Dashaway— Didn't  get  ashore 
or  run  on  a  rock,  did  you  ?  The  General— No,  sir;  we  ran  out  of 
whisky.  —Life. 

In  the  blithe  days  of  honeymoon, 

With  Kate's  allurements  smitten, 
I  loved  her  late,  I  loved  her  soon, 

And  called  her  "  Dearest  Kitten." 
And  now  my  kitten's  grown  a  cat 

And  cross  like  other  wives, 
The  ancient  saw — there's  truth  in  that — 

I  fear  she  has  nine  lives.  — Exchange. 

Anxious  Mother — I  am  so  afraid  little  Johnny  is  going  to  be  worldly 
and  frivolous.  He  was  wishing  to-day  that  he  was  a  prince.  Father — 
What  does  he  know  about  princes  ?  "He  was  looking  at  a  picture  of 
one."  "  What  sort  of  a  picture  ?  "  "  It  was  some  prince  or  other 
with  a  dog  by  his  side."  "  I  see  what's  the  matter.  I'll  get  him  a 
dog."  — Street  &  Smith's  Good  News. 

Daughter— Mamma,  Mr.  Blank  proposed  to  me  last  night.  So- 
ciety Mother— Did  you  accept  him.  Ethel?  "  Yes,  mamma."  "  Has 
he  any  money,  Ethel  ?  "  "  Only  £500  a  year,  mamma."  "  Well, 
Ethel,  handle  him  carefully  till  the  end  of  September.  Possibly  you 
may  pick  up  something  better  during  the  holidays." 

— English  Paper. 


Furnished  double  upper  flat  to  rent  in  Western  Addition.    Seven  rooms, 
bath,  and  attic.    Rent,  $75  a  month.    Apply,  3116  Washington  street. 


BETHESDA. 

AMERICA'S  FAVOKITE  WATER. 

"  Bethesda  certainly  possesses  medicinal  properties  of  rare  value." 
—Hon.  A.  E.  Stevenson,  Vice-President  of  the  United  States. 

"  I  regard  Bethesda  Water  the  best  in  the  market."— Hon.  George 
B.  Davis,  Director-General  World's  Fair. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  AOENTS, 

413  Sacramento  street,  S.  F. 


P,l& 


FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 
BUILDING  PAPERS. 
ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 

PARAFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

116  Battery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  t.v  Knval  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up.  13.000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
in  mi    OFFICE  tfo  Lombard  street,  London 

Branches- Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Naualmo, 
and  Nelson:  British  ('nlinnhin ;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  trausacts  a  General  Bankiug  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  aud  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago — First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— Loudon  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  aud  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  aud  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  aud  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney,  Ld. ;  Demeraka  aud  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA,  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided   Profits  (January  1,  1894) ..   3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  <k  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sous ;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres ;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  Califoruia;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  bT.  Louts— Boatmen s  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  8alt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  anil  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894 $24,061,791   27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and  Surplus 1 ,627.052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loaus  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is  . 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR    President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L.  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  3,  1894 89,439,217  OB 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-Pres'dent,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Flue  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed  3,000.000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     j  „ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  1  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 


N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  aud  Surplus $6,350,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.    .      . .  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman.. Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


20 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11,  1894. 


MUTILATED    SHAKESPEARE. 

THE  works  of  JEdcbylns,  Sophocles,  Eu- 
ripedes,  aud  Aristophanes  have  come 
down  to  us  from  the  theatres  of  Greece  as 
those  poets  gave  them  to  the  world,  and, 
as  far  as  we  have  any  record,  the  players 
of  succeeding  centuries  continued  to  pre- 
sent them  textually.  So  it  fares  with  the 
Roman  dramatic  writers;  we  can  find  no 
trace  in  history  or  in  contemporaneous 
criticism  that  any  of  their  works  under- 
went, during  the  centuries  that  followed 
their  production,  any  reformation.  The 
change  of  times,  which,  Sophocles  claims, 
■would  cause  a  change  in  the  minds  of 
men,  did  not  seem  to  affect  those  monu- 
ments of  literature.  Regarding  other 
arts,  we  do  not  find  that  the  paintings  aDd 
sculpture  of  the  great  masters  are  sub- 
jected to  alteration  by  the  hustle  and  bus- 
tle of  their  successors.  On  the  contrary, 
they  are  preserved  with  costly  care.  How 
would  a  new  edition  of  Dante,  Cervantes, 
or  Milton,  interpolated,  mutilated,  and 
re-written  by  Augustin  Daly,  be  received 
and  considered?  What  then  is  there  in 
the  works  of  Shakespeare  that  writers 
and  actors  of  the  last  century  should  have 
t  found  it  proper  and  necessary  to  treat 
them  as  architects  treat  ruins,  when  they 
pull  them  down  to  use  their  material  for 
new  structures?  All  of  the  reformers  of 
Shakespeare  have  been  actors,  and  it  is  to 
actors  of  the  present  day  that  we  owe  the 
new  "  acting  edition"  of  the  bard's  works. 
The  actors  of  the  last  century  cut  and  cur- 
tailed sundry  plays  so  as  to  leave  pro- 
jected the  figure  of  the  tragedian  who 
played  the  leading  role.  Colley  Cibber  did 
it  for  Betterton  and  the  group  of  trage- 
dians that  figured  during  the  beginning  of 
the  eighteeoth  century.  David  Oarrick 
and  John  Kemble  edited  the  great  poet's 
works  to  snit  themselves.  With  the  ad- 
vent of  Macready  there  came  a  brief  con- 
servative period,  wben  efforts  were  made 
to  restore  the  great  Elizabethan  poet,  and 
to  remove  the  crust  of  pigment  which 
defaced  his  works.  But  that  move- 
ment degenerated  irjto  a  spectacular  show. 
But,  even  then,  the  poet  disappeared 
under  the  trappings  and  the  splen- 
did escort.  Nevertheless,  the  passion  for 
the  restoration  of  the  original  text  of 
Shakespeare  was  very  strong  on  the  part 
of  the  public,  and  in  obedience  to  its  im- 
pulse a  performance  was  given  at  Sadler's 
Wells  Theatre,  in  London,  where  the  actors 
returned  to  the  original  stage  directions, 
and  caused  Macdutf  to  enter  the  last  scene 
of  the  tragedy  bearing  the  head  of  Macbeth 
on  a  pole.  That  ghastly  object  proved  too 
mucb  for  the  public  stomach.  We  should 
remember,  however,  that  in  the  time  of 
Shakespeare  the  people  beheld  the  heads 
of  culprits  exposed  in  a  row  in  Temple  Bar. 
Such  spectacles,  being  familiar,  had  lost 
their  horror.  If  a  row  of  nude  female 
dancers,  such  as  we  may  see  nightly  in 
any  comic  opera  or  burlesque,  had  ap- 
peared on  the  stage  in  those  days  there  is 
no  doubt  that  the  Elizabethan  public  would 
have  revolted.  But  the  sense  of  decency  has 
shifted  from  the  ear  to  the  eye.  Fifty  years 
ago  language  on  the  stage  was  unrestrained, 
and  gross  and  blasphemous  expres- 
sions were  heard  frequently.  Such  would 
not  be  tolerated  to-day ;  but  the  dancers  of 
that  period  wore  their  shirts  down  to  their 
ankles  and  did  not  kick  higher  than  their 
instep.  Nowadays,  the  ear  is  sensitive;  so 
if  the  pablic  can  discover  a  phrase  to  which 
a  double  meaning  can  be  applied,  it  is  sa- 
luted with  censure,  while  a  nude  exhibi- 
tion is  applauded.  If  Suakespeare's  plays 
are  to  be  disemboweled  and  embalmed  in 
order  to  be  retained  on  the  stage,  it  matters 
very  little  by  whom  the  operation  is  per- 
formed. Mr.  Cibber,  Mr.  Garrick,  and  Mr. 
Kemble  were  entitled  to  disembowel  them 
no  more  than  Mr.  Daly,  Mr.  Mansfield,  or 


Mr.  Warde.  If  Shakespeare's  plays  had 
II tile  or  no  symmetry  of  form,  if  they  were 
soapeless,  monsirous  things,  heaps  of  fine 
materials  in  confusion  and  disorder,  then 
actors  would  have  some  excuse  for  chang- 
ing, cutting,  and  adding  lo  the  works.  For 
instance,  take  Othello  and  Romeo  and  Juliet. 
They  shape  themselves  because  tbeir  action 
is  composed  of  consecutive  incidents,  all 
of  which  are  necessary  to  each  other,  and 


a  man  who  would  take  literary  liberties 
with  such  plays  would  do  almost  anything 
within  the  realm  of  foolishness.  If  no  one 
has  tab  en  liberties  with  Sophocles  or 
Moliere.  t  ii  because  their  plays  were  per- 
fect in  dtsign.  Bnt  Shakespeare's  plays 
seem  to  te  packages  of  jewels,  wbioh  may 
be  set  to  suit  the  prevt  i!ing  fashions  of 
every  period.  R.  G.  m. 

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THESE  notes  are  from    Paris:  The  cnildren's  costumes  are  very 
bewitching  thi*  summer.     Their  preity   faces   peep    out  from 
under  their  quaint  bonnets,  ami  with  their  long  gowns  and  big  sleeves 

the  girls  look  like  miniature  women.  It  is  very  funnv  to  ^ee  a  baby 
of  three  years  take  up  the  back  of  her  skirt  when  crossing  a  damp 
place  in  the  road,  and  they  do  it  with  as  much  grace  and  tar  more 
delicacy  than  some  of  the  mammas.  The  children's  garments  all 
follow  pretty  closely  those  of  the  "  grown  ups,"  except,  in  the  matter 
of  bodices,  which  are  still  loose  to  give  the  little  ones  room  to  grow. 
Tiny  jackets  with  wide  revers  turned  back  from  imitation  shirt 
waists.  Little  draperies  of  muslin  and  lace  caught  up  over  soft  silk 
petticoats.  Then  there  are  capes  with  numberless  frills  of  lace  and 
ribbons,  and  such  lovely  hats  and  bonnets.  A  little  cloak  of  sprigged 
lawn,  trimmed  with  Maltese  lace,  and  a  bonnet  of  white  rice  straw 
turned  back  from  the  face  and  trimmed  inside  and  out  with  lace  and 
small  white  ostrich  tips  and  large  loop3  of  ribbon,  were  seen  on  one 
of  the  most  stylish  little  girls  of  about  four  years. 

Children's  picture  dresses,  though  they  all  look  pretty  enough  to 
be  worthy  of  a  frame,  are  made  of  soft  Indian  silks,  and  trimmed 
with  costly  laces.  In  colors  they  wear  the  most  delicate  shades,  such 
as  pale  primrose,  yellow,  lavender  gray  changing  to  lovely  gold,  pale 
water  green,  strawberry,  and  sky  blue.  For  rougher  wear  they  have 
soft  woolens  made  up  into  smocks  with  coatlike  jackets.  Girls  of 
from  ten  to  fifteen  wear  the  same  materials  and  styles  as  their  elders 
in  modified  styles.  Crepon  is  much  worn  by  girls  of  this  age.  Many 
of  their  gowns  are  made  square  cut  and  without  sleeves,  so  that  a 
fancy  silk  chemisette  and  full  balloon  sleeves  of  soft  silk  may  be  worn 
with  them.  A  pretty  robe  for  a  baby  from  two  to  five  years  is  of  blue 
mousseline  de  soie,  made  with  square  cut  neck,  balloon  sleeves  and 
a  full  cape.  This  was  trimmed  with  Irish  point  inserting  and  edging 
of  a  deep  cream  color.  With  this  was  worn  the  Regina  bonnet,  which 
is  a  large  poke,  trimmed  with  cream-colored  lace  and  blush  roses,  a 
row  of  the  lace  and  rose-buds  around  the  inside  making  a  dainty 
frame  for  the  little  one's  face.  Tiny  patent  leather  shoes,  half-hose  of 
blue  silk  and  long  blue  silk  mittens  completed  this  delightful  cos- 
tume. A  neat  cloak  for  a  girl  of  ten  or  twelve  is  of  soft  chocolate- 
colored  wool  material  made  with  a  yoke  and  two  large  box  plaits  on 
either  side  in  front  and  back.  The  sleeves  are  in  three  large  puffs 
that  reach  just  below  the  elbow,  and  are  finished  with  a  wide  plait- 
ing, large  bows  of  ribbon  on  each  shoulder  and  ribbon  around  the  high 
collar  bowed  in  front,  with  loug  ends  hanging  down,  which  are 
bowed  again  at  the  waist  line.  A  pretty  bat  to  wear  with  this  coat 
would  be,  of  course,  sunburnt  straw,  turned  back  from  the  face  and 
trimmed  with  chocolate-colored  ribbon  bows  and  marguerites. 

The  following  comes  from  London:  The  favorite  trimmings  for 
afternoon  hats  at  the  present  time  are  beds  of  blossoms  that  in  color- 
ing vie  with  some  of  the  gayest  garden  flowers,  and  a  multitude  of 
towering  feathers  (twelve  plumes  not  being  considered  too  many). 
But  for  morning  wear,  especially  at  the  river  and  seaside,  one  requires 
something  far  simpler,  on  which  only  ribbons  or  wings  are  secured. 
Echoes  from  merry  Dieppe  inform  me  that  the  leaders  of  fashion 
over  there  most  affect  the  following  quaintly  shaped  hat,  wh'ch,  on 
account  of  its  form,  has  acquired  the  soubriquet  of  "  bell."  On  the 
sands  in  the  morning  very  few  other  styles  of  chapeaux  are  to  be  seen. 
One  recently  seen  is  in  rough  navy  blue  straw,  simply  finished  off 
with  a  large  crimson  bow  in  wide  taffeta  silk  ribbon.  Of  course,  this 
hat  is  provided  with  a  deep  bandeau,  which  prevents  the  wearer  look- 
ing as  if  somebody  had  given  her  a  knock  on  the  head.  Besides  being 
essentially  ■' good  style,"  this  shape  shades  the  wearer's  eyes  from 
the  too  piercing  rays  of  the  sun. 

Lace  arranged  in  every  possible  way  on  bodices  is  found  to  be  far 
too  becoming  to  be  soon  or  easily  relegated  to  the  back  sear.  Indeed, 
lace  manufacturers  ought  to  be  having  a  fine  old  time  just  now. 
There  is  an  exceedingly  delightful  "  treatment  "  of  white  dentelle  on 
the  very  unique  gown  worn  by  Miss  Nannie  Craddock  in  the  first 
act  of  The  Professor's  Love  Story,  at  the  Comedy.  No  wonder  she 
donned  this  most  tempting  gown,  as  the  widow  on  temptation  bent. 
If  the  Professor  failed  to  fall  in  love  with  Lady  Gilding,  the  stalls 
didn't.  With  a  rhododendron  pink  skirt  and  vest  there  is  a  zouave 
and  a  deep  shoulder  cape  of  the  lace.  But  the  most  uncommon  idea 
exemplified  in  this  frock  is  the  plum  colored  velvet  introduced  across 
the  bust  in  the  shape  of  a  folded  band  and  twisted  round  the  skirt 
below  the  lace  garniture.  The  elbow  sleeves  are  also  made  of  the 
velours,  and  are  finished  off  with  narrow  twists  of  pink  silk. 


There  is  only  one  thing  that  can  be  used  as  a  safe-guard  in  this 
climate,  which  is  likely  to  vary  wonderfully  in  the  course  of  a  single 
day,  as  strangers  sometimes  learn  to  their  cost  and  discomfort,  and 
that  is  a  glass  of  John  F.  Cutter  Whisky.  It  stimulates  the  mind 
and  Keeps  the  body  warm  and  comfortable.  All  connoisseurs  use 
the  J.  F.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon,  and  recommend  it  to  all  who  wish 
for  a  high  grade  of  whisky.  E.  Martin  and  Co.,  408  Front  street,  are 
the  agents. 


2$e.  oi?  the  $1.00 

Stylish,  well-made  outer  garments  were  never  sold  at  such 
ASTOUNDING  DISCOUNTS  as  we  now  offer  them,  for  we 
have  just  received  a  special  purchase  of  5000  Jackets,  Capes, 
Wraps  and  Suits,  comprising  a  manufacturer's  entire  spring 
and  summer  stock  in  three  lines,  which  we  bought  for  Spot 
Cash  at  about  twenty-five  cents  on  the  dollar,  and,  as  the  fol- 
lowing items  shew,  are  now  clearing  out  at   a  proportionately 

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LADIES'  CAPES,  in  black,  navy,  Havana  brown,  and  medium 
shades  of  tan,  in  an  endless  variety  of  styles  and  trimmings, 
worth  $5,  will  be  closed  out  $1  95  each. 

fit  $3  45- 

LADIES'  CAPES,  of  Havana  brown  broadcloth,  with  appl'qne 
trimming,  others  with  plaitines  of  black  Brussels  ntt,  also  t«u 
broadcloth,  elaborately  braided,  and  tan  Kersey  cloth  haud- 
somely  trimmed  with  lace,  worth  $7  50  and  $10,  will  be  closed 
out  at  $3  45  each. 

fit  $4  95- 

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and  brown  mixed  cheviots,  fronts  lined  with  fancy  silk,  hand- 
Fome  large  pearl  buttons,  double-breasted  black  diagonal  and 
Havana  brown  Kersey  jackets,  single-breaEted  tight-fitting  j  ck- 
ets,  in  shades  of  tan,  brown,  electric  and  navy  blue,  with  neat 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11,  1894. 


THE  month  of  August  has  long  been  known  as  one  of  ibe 
quietest  in  our  social  circles  in  town,  and  this  year  ii  is  liv- 
ing no  exception  to  the  role.  To  be  sure,  there  have  been  many 
returns  to  town  of  our  summer  absentees,  but  in  the  majority  of 
cases  they  will  be  on  the  wing  again  next  week  for  Monterey,  to  take 
part  in  the  festivities  of  the  "Shoot."  Nearly  everybody  is  talking  of 
the  coming  meeting  of  the  Country  Club  at  Del  Monte,  and  until  it 
has  become  an  accomplished  fact  it  is  quite  useless  to  expect  society 
to  settle  down  at  home,  or  make  any  engagements  away  trom  Mont- 
erey. Society  is  well  represented  at  the  Del  Monte,  and  witb  one 
accord  it  seems  to  be  making  the  most  of  its  opportunities  for  hav- 
ing a  '  good  time;"  and  with  rowing  and  riding,  bowling  and  boat- 
ing, picnics  and  water  frolics,  swimming,  dancing,  donkey  drives, 
and  coaching  parties,  there  are  very  few  moments  to  spare.  The 
Country  Club  Committee  have  been  busy  making  the  necessary  ar- 
rangements for  its  meeting  and  have  almost  completed  its  labors, 
and  the  anticipation  is  that  next  week  will  see  the  gayest  assemblage 
of  guests  and  the  most  diversitied  programme  of  amusements  steu  at 
Dei  Monte  for  many  a  year. 

Were  it  not  for  theatre  parties  there  would  not  be  much  to  enliven 
those  ot  our  gay  set  who  have  returned  to  town  from  the  different 
resorts,  lor  of  gay  doings  in  the  city  there  is  a  most  plentiful  lack  at 
present.  The  Baldwin  has  been  the  locale  of  the  most  "dressy"  of 
these  affairs,  which  have  been  almost  as  numerous  as  they  were  dur- 
ing the  Drew  engagement;  the  California  and  the  Tivoli  have  also 
been  well  favored,  and  in  every  instance  suDper  parties  have  proved  , 
pleasant  rinales  to  the  evening's  entertainment. 

Burlingame  continues  to  keep  up  its  reputation  of  being  an 
"awfully  jolly"  place  to  visit.  Joe  Grant  has  joined  the  whips,  and 
his  new  drag  has  carried  some  pleasant  parties  over  the  country 
roads.  The  beaux  are  proving  themselves  to  be  excellent  hosts,  and 
the  luncheons,  teas,  and  dinners  at  the  club  house  are  each  week  in- 
creasingin  number  and  popularity.  Polo  is  a  neyer-ceasing  source 
of  amusement,  and  attracts  many  spectators;  in  fact,  polo  parties 
are  the  fad  of  the  surrounding  country  residents,  who  watch  every 
game  with  unflagging  interest. 

There  has  been  rather  a  scarcity  of  weddings  of  late,  but  the  pros- 
pects are  that  the  coming  winter  season  will  be  quite  prolific  of  them. 
Army  weddings  are  always  pretty  affairs,  and  one  of  them  will  be 
among  the  first  of  the  early  autumn  season,  as  Tuesday,  September 
4th,  is  the  date  set  for  the  marriage  of  Miss  Mary  Graham,  daughter 
of  General  Graham,  of  the  Presidio,  and  Ensign  Burroughs,  of  ihe 
Navy;  and  Miss  Young,  whose  father,  Colonel  Young,  is  stationed 
at  the  Presidio,  will  also  be  married  next  month.  The  marriage  of 
Miss  Alice  Kinne  and  Dr.  Clark  James  Burnharn  will  be  solemnized 
at  St.  Luke's  Church  at  noon  on  Tuesday,  August  21st. 

The  most  noted  splicing  of  late  was  that  of  Miss  Agnes  O'Kane 
and  John  F.  Hanlon,  and  to  those  who  delight  in  a  church  ceremony 
it  was  somewhat  of  a  disappointment  that,  owing  to  illness  in  the 
family,  the  arrangements  were  changed,  and  instead  of  St.  Mary's 
Cathedral  the  residence  of  the  bride's  parents,  on  O'Farrell  street, 
was  the  scene  of  the  marriage.  The  floral  decorations  for  the  occa- 
sion were  both  profuse  and  beautiful,  especially  in  the  front  parlor, 
where,  beneath  a  lovely  floral  bell  suspended  from  the  center  of  a 
canopy  of  smilax  erected  in  the  bow  window,  the  Reverend  Father 
Prendergast  tied  the  nuptial  knot  in  the  presence  of  a  large  number 
of  guests.  Ballenberg's  orchestra,  which  was  stationed  in  the  hall, 
gave  notice  of  the  coming  of  the  bridal  party,  which  entered  the  room 
about  9  o'clock.  This  consisted  of  the  maid-of-honor,  Miss  Josephine 
Hanlon,  and  the  bride,  escorted  by  her  brother,  W.  D.  O'Kane,  who 
gave  her  away;  the  groom  was  attended  by  W.#B.  Cooke  as  best 
man.  The  bride  looked  charming  in  a  handsome  robe  of  white 
moire,  made  with  a  court  train  and  trimmed  with  lace  and  orange 
blossoms;  her  vail  was  of  white  silk  moleine  and  her  bouquet  was  of 
bridal  roses.  Miss  Hanlon's  costume  was  of  pink  moire  and  mousse- 
line  de  soie,  and  she  carried  a  bouquet  of  Bon  Sileue  roses.  The 
mothers  of  the  bride  and  groom  both  wore  gowns  of  black  silk  and 
Chantilly  lace  and  diamond  ornaments.  There  were  many  other 
handsome  toilettes  worn  by  the  guests,  those  of  the  young  ladies  in 
particular  being  very  becoming.  An  elaborate  supper  was  served  in 
the  prettily  decorated  rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  after  which  there 
was  dancing  for  several  hours ;  the  presents,  which  were  both  numer- 
ous and  valuable,  coming  in  for  much  attention  and  admiration. 
Fruitvale  will  be  the  future  home  of  the  young  couple,  who  chose 
the  northern  part  of  the  State  for  their  honeymoon  trip. 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Millie  du  Frane  and  Alfred  \V.  Weihe,  which 
took  place  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  was  a  very  quiet  home  affair, 
relatives  only  being  present  at  the  ceremony,  which  was  performed 
at  2707  Bush  street.  The  honeymoon  trip  is  now  being  made  to  the 
other  side  of  the  continent,  and  upon  the  return  of  the  happy  pair 
early  in  October  they  will  reside  at  2817  Pine  street. 


Miss  Helen  Eppinger,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  Eppinger, 
and  H.  L.  Stone  were  married  at  the  bride's  home,  1727  Bush  street, 
on  Wednesday  evening.  It  was  a  charming  affair  in  every  respect, 
and  under  a  canopy  of  Niphetos  and  Pearl  roses  Rev.  Dr.  Stark  per- 
formed the  ceremony.  The  bride's  gown  was  an  elaborate  affair  of 
cream  white  satin  trimmed  with  duchesse  lace.  It  was  covered  with 
a  long  tulle  vail.  She  wore  a  wreath  of  orange  blossoms  and  carried 
a  bouquet  of  orchids.  Miss  Sophie  Eppinger,  the  bride's  sister,  was 
the  maid-of-honor,  and  Miss  Belle  Stone  and  Miss  Rose  Eppinger 
were  the  bridesmaids.  Nicholas  Stone  was  the  best  man,  and  Leon 
Stone  and  Joshua  Eppinger  were  the  groomsmen.  The  house  dec- 
orations were  artistic  and  pretty.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stone  left  on  Thurs- 
day for  a  bridal  tour  through  Southern  California.  Their  future 
home  will  be  in  this  city. 

There  will  be  two  betrothal  receptions  held  this  afternoon.  One 
will  be  in  celebration  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Rose  Frankel 
and  Rabbi  Jacob  Nieto;  the  prospective  bride  is  a  leading  belle  in 
Jewish  circles,  and  at  the  Frankel  residence  on  Sutter  street,  they 
will  be  "  at  home."  The  other  is  the  second  of  those  given  in  honor 
of  Miss  Nettie'  Reiss  and  her  fianc£,  E.  R.  Galland. 


News  has  been  received  by  telegraph  of  the  wedding  of  Mrs.  Bob 
Hastings  and  Mr.  James  Daniel,  which  took  place  at  St.  Peter's 
Church,  Eton  Square,  London,  on  Saturday  last.  The  pretty  bride, 
who  was  given  away  by  Minister  Bayard,  is  described  as  looking 
very  fascinating  in  maroon-colored  satin  and  lace,  with  diamond 
ornaments.  Mrs.  Mackay  was  one  of  the  ladies  who  supported  the 
bride  on  the  momentous  occasion,  and  Switzerland  the  scene  of 
the  honeymoon  trip. 


Society  across  the  bay,  as  well  as  on  this  peninsula,  is  in  a  flutter 
of  excitement  over  the  marriage  of  Miss  Edith  Cohen  and  Dr.  W.  G. 
Daggett,  which  is  set  for  Wednesday  next.  It  will  be  an  evening 
wedding,  and  the  ceremony  will  be  performed  at  the  Unitarian 
Church  in  Alameda,  to  be  followed  by  a  reception  at  Fernside,  the 
beautiful  home  of  the  Cohens ;  and  the  charming  bride  will  be  at- 
tended by  a  whole  bevy  of  pretty  bridesmaids,  among  whom  will  be 
the  Misses  Coleman  and  Miss  Alice  Gibbons  of  Oakland,  and  accord- 
ing to  rumor,  the  floral  decorations  of  both  church  and  house  will 
exceed  in  beauty  any  ever  seen  in  that  locale. 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Lizzie  Jackson  and  George  W.  Fisher,  of 
Seattle,  took  place  on  Wednesday  evening  last  at  the  home  of  the 
bride's  parents,  on  Franklin  street,  the  ceremony  being  performed 
by  the  Reverend  Mr.  Church,  in  the  prettily  decorated  parlor,  in 
which  were  assembled  a  limited  number  of  friends  and  relatives.  The 
bride,  who  was  attired  in  white  satin  trimmed  with  duchesse  lace, 
was  attended  by  her  young  sister.  Miss  Alice  Jackson,  as  maid  of 
honor;  she  wore  a  costume  of  striped  white  satin;  Misses  Alice 
Davis  and  Hattie  Jackson,  as  bridesmaids,  were  gowned  alike  with 
pink  silk  with  sweet  pea  blossoms.  G.  V.  P.  Lansing,  of  Seattle,  was 
the  groom's  best  man.  Later  in  the  evenirg  a  large  reception  was 
held,  music  from  a  stringed  orchestra  and  an  elaborote  supper  con- 
tributing to  the  pleasures  of  Ihe  occasion.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fisher  will 
reside  in  Seattle. 

The  engagement  is  announced  of  L.  A.  Redmond,  of  the  firm  of 
Van  Ness  &  Redmond,  to  Miss  Anna  G.  Chalmers,  of  Stockton.  The 
wedding  will  take  place  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  in  the 
middle  of  October. 

The  reported  engagement  of  Miss  Rose  Splivalo  and  Dan  Polk  is 
denied. 

One  of  the  prettiest  cotillions  of  which  Sausalito  can  boast  was  the 
one  dauced  there  under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  John  de  Ruyter.  It 
was  got  up  in  honor  of  Howard  Avery's  birthday  by  bis  mother  and 
sister,  Mrs.  Campbell,  and  the  young  ladies  who  took  part  in  it  had 
employed  their  fingers  and  their  spare  moments  for  some  time  past 
in  fashioning  the  favors,  which  were  decidedly  unique  and  pretty. 
The  participants  were  all  young  people,  the  leader  and  his  pretty 
wife,  nee  Leslie  Van  Ness,  being  the  only  married  couple.  Mr.  de 
Ruyter  was  well  known  in  the  past  as  a  cotillion  leader,  and  the  fig- 
ures chosen  bv  him  were  admirable. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


Baking 
Powder. 


The  only  Par"  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


August  11,1894. 


NAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Miss  Bettj  haht  who accompanied  Mr.  and  Mrs.  BSberle  Bast,  baa 
>n  a  visit  to  her  sister,  Mrs.  Sewell,  nie  Millie  Ashe,  ami  will 
inaki*  a  stay  "f  some  duration  the  other  side  ol  the  Continent.  The 
dinner  at  Mrs.  McBeens  laal  week  was  a  sort  of  good-bye  previous  to 
Miss  McBean'a  departure  for  Clear  Lake,  where  she  has  heen  the 
goesl  "i  Miss  Collier.  Utas  McBean  will  he  another  of  the  losses  from 
Ban  Francisco's  young  society  circles,  as  she  and  Mrs.  He  Bean  will 
Spend  the  next  few  months  in  taking  h  trip  Kast.  whieh  will  probably 
be  prolonged  to  Europe. 

Major  Maynnnlier.  I".  S.  A.,  and  Mrs.  Maynardier  left  last  Wed- 
nesday fora  trip  to  the  Yellowstone  Park,  expecting  to  be  absent  un- 
til about  the  middle  of  September.  They  will  reside  at  the  California 
Hotel  this  winter. 

Society  has  been  making  its  appearance  in  San  Francisco  in  goodly 
numbers  the  past  ten  days,  but  though  some  have  returned  lo  the 
city  for  good,  others  will  pay  riual  visits  to  both  Dei  Monte  and  San 
Rafael  before  settling  down  in  town  for  the  winter.  Among  the  ar- 
rivals are  Mrs.  A.  .1.  Pope,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pan  Murphy,  the  Misses 
Moore.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I.  W.  Hellman  and  family,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will 
Tevis.  Mrs.  Louis  Parrott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  F.  Tay,  and  Mrs.  Jere 
Clarke.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ansel  Easton  have  returned  from  their  trip  to 
Japan,  and  Mr.  W.  S.  McMurtry  from  bis  European  jaunt.  Mrs.  H. 
B.  Chase,  who  is  also  among  the  arrivals  of  the  week,  will  spend  the 
winter  season  at  the  California  Hotel. 

The  distressing  accident  met  with  by  Miss  Fanny  Crocker  at  Castle 
Crag  last  week  has  deprived  that  pretty  resort  of  some  of  its  most 
charming  guests,  as  Mrs.  Crocker  and  Miss  Julia  accompanied  Miss 
Fanny  back  to  town,  and  they  are  now  at  home  in  their  Sutter  street 
residence.  Mrs.  S.  Hort,  Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Boardman,  Mrs.  Hooker,  and 
Miss  Jennie  have  been  among  the  most  recent  guests  at.  Castle  Crag. 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Huntington  and  the  ladies  of  Irving  Scott's  and  William 
M.  G  win's  families  are  still  there,  the  gentlemen  coming  up  to  pay 
them  weekly  visits.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  K.  Winston.  Mrs.  Oxnard.  and 
the  Misses  Demming  of  Sacramento  are  late  acquisitions  at  the  Crag, 
where  the  young  ladies  are  the  guests  of  Mrs.  M.  A.  Easton. 

Miss  Eleanor  Calhoun  has  returned  to  California  after  an  absence 
of  several  years,  and  is  visiting  her  mother  at  1131  Geary  street,  Mrs. 
Calhoun  having  recently  come  hither  from  San  Jose.  Miss  Calhoun 
is  thus  taking  a  needed  rest  after  long  and  hard  study  of  the  French 
drama  in  Paris,  and  in  the  autumn  will  likely  accept  a  proffered  en- 
gagement which  will  require  extended  travel. 

The  popular  Carr-Beel  concerts  will  be  resumed  in  September. 
Music  lovers  in  San  Francisco  will  doubtless  show,  in  the  sub- 
stantial form  of  patronage  during  the  coming  season,  their  appre- 
ciative recognition  of  the  musical  culture  and  enjoyment  afforded 
by  the  *•  Saturday  Pops  "  in  the  past,  when  high-class  music  was 
not  so  attainable  as  at  present. 

Raphael  Weill  has  departed  on  his  periodical  trip  to  Paris,  the  de- 
lightful, having  left  here  on  Thursday  last.  He  anticipates  an  ab- 
sence of  several  months,  but  will  be  back  again  in  San  Francisco  in 
time  for  the  Christmas  holidays. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Tay  have  returned  from  San  Rafael,  and 
will  be  at  home  on  the  first  and  third  Wednesdays  of  the  next  few 
months,  at  1116  Fulton  street. 

Mrs.  Flood  and  Miss  Jennie,  John  W.  Twiggs,  and  Major  and  Mrs. 
Rathbone  are  among  the  latest  arrivals  at  Del  Monte,  where  they  will 
remain  some  time. 

Mrs.  James  Irvine  Bnd  J.  W.  Byrne  have  gone  on  a  visit  to  Los 
Angeles,  as  have  also  Mrs.  Berger  and  Miss  Helene  Berger. 

The  Bay  City  Wheelmen  gave  a  pleasant  reception  at  Odd  Fellows' 
Hall  on  Monday  evening  last.  It  was  in  the  form  of  a  pictorial 
night,  and  the  haunts  of  the  wheelmen  were  cleverly  portrayed. 

Mrs.  T.  P.  H.  Whitelaw,  Miss  Daisy  Whitelaw,  and  Mrs.  J. 
Williams  have  returned  from  a  camping  trip  to  the  Yosemite  Valley, 
where  they  passed  three  pleasant  weeks. 


A  "poem  in  tobacco"  is  a  novelty  which  all  gentlemen  of  a 
cultivated  taste  are  prepared  to  enjoy.  The  handsome  ad- 
vertisement on  the  first  page  of  this  issue  identifies  the  best  cigar 
in  the  market  for  10  and  12.V  cents.  Jones's  Coronado  cigars  are 
economical  both  to  the  pocket  and  the  feelings. 


R 


OBERT  MORROW,  a  son  of    Robert  F.   Morrow,  has  been  ad- 
mitted by  ihe  Supreme  Court  as  a  practitioner  of  law. 


Blank  Books,    envelopes,   writing  papers,  pens,  pencils,   etc.,  at 
lowest  prices  in  stationery  department  of  Sanborn  &  Vail. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


sCft    /*,  ^e  Washing 


of  the   Feet 


to  be  a  weighty  matter,  in 
these  clays  when  colored 
stockings  will  shed  their 
colors.      Pearline  does 
this  work  beautifully.  It's 
not  only  thoroughly  effect- 
ive, but  it's  healthv. 
Doctors  recommend  Pearline  as  a  soak  for 
rheumatism.    Try  it  in  the  bath.     It  will    give 
you    a    new  idea  of  cleanliness.      Bathine  with 


Pearline  is  a  perfect  luxury. 

Beware 

— Pearline  is  never  neddled. 


Peddlers  and  some  unscrupulous  gro- 
cers tell  you  ' '  this  is  as  good  as"  or 
"the  same  as  Pearline."  IT'S  FALSE 
«2       TAMES  PYLE,  New  York. 


vS  v 


AVILlOrl  Effecto 


.Aimo 


Racing  at  the  park 


CASS  ASA!  5  S5f« 

FOR  MUSICAW     CONCERTS. 

WN^  TON.  toTOfcK.T\a\\S 

RATES 


ON 


EXCURSION 

ALL    RAIL    ROADS. 


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SECTV.  W    V  y  PRESIDENT. 


City    Index    and    Purchaser  s[i  Guide. 


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ATTYS  -AT- LAW. 
BERGEN  .5'  WILBUR,  (B.  F.  Bergen;  C.  M.  Wilbur),  215  Sansonic  St.  . 
FRANK  KIWEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg  ,  1236  Market  St.     ■ 

CANDIES. 
CANPIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Folk  and  BTjsh.streets 


DENTISTS. 
K.  CS'ILAR,  416  Geary  street. 
*'.  M.  HAOKETr,  413  Leavenworth  street. 


DOOR   CHECKS. 
THE  SdBTOX  Itoort  Iieck  and  Spring    F.  D.  Morrell,  593  Mission  St. 

DRUOGISTS. 
KELLY'S!  COBS  CURE,  25c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 
EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 

gists. 

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 
W.  H.  MCCORMICK,  1122  Market  St.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkiu  St. 

MILLINERY. 
THE  WONIUKR  Hat.  Flower  and  Feather  Store.  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAURANTS. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN  It  est  an  rant  -  521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 
SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  PONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYOIENIC    AIR    COMPRESSORS 
For  automizalion  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


24 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  11,  18P4. 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO: 


Leave  i         From  Augus   1,I8H4. 


I  AKK1VE 


7:00  a  Atlantic  fcxpress,  ugdeu  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  BenicJa,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, Redding,  Castle  Crag 
aud  Duusmuir,  via  Davis. .  7:16  p 

7:30  a  Martinez.  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 

toea  aud  *3auta  Ro«a  .-     6.16  P 

8:.H0  a  Niles,  Sau  Jo^e,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  M^rytsville,  Red  BlufF 
andOrovilie 1:1  ST 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Esprit-.  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los  Angeles,  Deming,  El 
Paso,  New  Orleans  and  East.  5:4i-p 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:46  < 

•j-.'.fli  Peters  and  Milton  ...  '7:15  P 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore    .     8:15  a 
*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers.        ..   *9:0o  p 

4:00  p  Martinez,  Sao  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa. 9:15  a 

4:00  p.  Benicia.  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento ... 10:45a 

4:30  p.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno 7:15  p 

4:30p.  Raymond  (for  Yosemite)..    10:45  a. 

5:00p.  Lob  Angeles   Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfield,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles 10:45a. 

5 :00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojave  and  East 10:45  a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East  .      9:45a 

6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..    7:45  a. 

t7:00  p.  Vallejo  .  +7:45  p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Exnress,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,  Redding,  Portland, 
Paget  Sound  and  East.  in-46  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 


[7:45  a  Sunday   excursion    [or  Newark, 

San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Feltou  and 

Santa  Cruz        ....  .     48:05  P 

8:16a.  Newark,    Centerville,  San  Tose, 

Feltou,    Boulder      Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations        ..  fi:20p. 

*2 :45  P  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 

Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 

Santa   Cruz,  and    principal    way 

stations  *ll  :50a 

4:45  p.  Newark,  San.fose,  Los  Gatot=..  9:60a. 

Saturdays  aud  Sundays  to  Santa 

Cruz..  - 

Coast  Division  (Third  a  id  Tnwnsenti  Streets!. 

*6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations       '1:45  p. 

t7:30A.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz.  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      }8:33p 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinos, Santa  Cru«, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  RobleB,  San 
San   Luis   Obispo  and   principal 

Way  Stations 6:26  p. 

{9:47  a    Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations  Tl:45  F 

10:40  a.  Ban  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  .       5:06  p. 

:i  -45  a,    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations . .  3  -.30  p. 
*2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   Salinas,    Monterey, 
Pacific  Grove    ...  .     .  ..no  :40  a. 

*3:80  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions.     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

6:10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations....   ...  *8:48a. 

6;30p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35a. 

+11:46 p.   Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 
Stations +7:26  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SAN  FRAKHSCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00  and  *6  00  p.  M. 
From  OAKLAND— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  aud  *11  00  a.  m. 
112  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  P.  M. 
a  .  tor  Morning .  t.toi  Afternoon. 
■Sundays  excepted.  +Saturdays  only. 
tSundaysonly. 


The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  1'OiUPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
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SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  IS,  1894. 


Number  7. 


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THE  experiment  made  by  the  retail  merchants  in  the  way  of 
keeping  certain  streets  north  of  Market  street  clean  by  tbe 
employment  of  band  sweepers,  has  proved  so  satisfactory  that 
tbe  merchants  on  Market  street,  between  Second  and  Seventh 
streets,  having  seen  the  efficacy  of  the  other  effort,  have  adopted 
the  plan.  This  is  eminently  praiseworthy,  especially  in  view  of 
tbe  fact  that  Market  street  is  the  most  refractory  in  the  city,  be- 
ing the  main  funnel  of  the  winds  which  lead  Into  it  from  tbe 
west.  Their  attempt  is  hardy  but  brave,  and  it  gives  substantial 
evidence  of  the  sand  that  abides  in  the  merchants  as  well  as  in 
the  streets. 


"THE  time  of  'rouble"  forecast  in  the  Scriptures  would  seem 
1  to  be  at  hand.  After  a  winter  of  serious  business  stagna- 
tion, and  after  a  summer  of  strikes,  Dr.  Albion  W.  Small,  pro- 
fessor of  sociology  and  prophet  of  dooms  and  other  things  that 
never  take  place,  predicts  still  greater  misfortune  during  tbe  com- 
ing months.  Dr.  Small  goes  so  far  as  to  prophesy  that  unless  the 
present  status  of  things  is  radically  changed  the  condition  of 
misery  in  Chicago,  where  he  is,  will  exceed  by  100  per  cent,  any- 
thing that  was  experienced  last  winter.  This  is  an  appalling 
forecast,  for  tbe  learned  experts  say  that  many  people  previously 
willing  to  aid  the  needy  have  been  so  exasperated  by  the  folly  of 
striking  workingmen  that  their  hearts  and  pockets  will  be  closed 
in  tbe  future. 

IT  has  been  announced  that  the  advocates  of  the  faith  cure  mon- 
strosity are  arranging  to  give  it  a  tremendous  '*  boom."  It  is 
difficult  to  understand  why  the  law  does  not  strike  at  this  aston- 
ishing delusion  with  such  force  that  it  will  never  make  any  more 
victims.  Tbe  craze  seems  to  have  taken  firm  root  in  several  parts 
of  the  country,  and  the  convention  which  is  to  be  held  in  New 
York  next  month  will  doubtless  make  a  great  many  converts. 
Out  of  the  ranks  of  these  deluded  persons  a  certain  number  of 
victims  will  come  every  year.  They  will  die  because  they  have 
not  received  the  medicine  and  the  advice  which  every  human  be- 
ing requires  in  moments  of  acute  illness.  Is  it  not  abominable 
that  such  a  medieval  absurdity  should  not  be  brought  properly 
under  the  law,  to  that  the  annual  sacrifices  may  be  checked  ? 


OUR  Republican  contemporaries  are  concerned  to  an  unearthly 
degree  over  the  danger  that  tbe  new  tariff,  by  reason  of  its  re- 
duction of  import  charges,  will  produce  a  deficit  in  the  Govern- 
ment's finances.  They  ignore  the  fact  that  this  would  be  an  in- 
significant result,  even  if  it  should  ensue  (which  is  unlikely), 
when  compared  with  the  enormous  benefits  which  the  consum- 
ing masses  will  enjoy.  There  are  always  abundant  opportunities 
for  the  imposition  of  internal  taxes  levied  in  the  same  spirit  of 
tbe  reform  import  tariff;  that  is  to  say,  the  rich  man  who  is  de- 
nied the  extreme  benefits  of  a  protective  tariff  may  be  further 
called  upon  to  bear  his  just  proportion  of  the  public  burden  by 
means  of  such  internal  revenue  measures  as  the  income  tax  sug- 
gests. And  this  does  not  mean  a  return  to  an  internal  revenue 
tax  on  matches. 

SENATOR  HILL'S  explanation  of  the  anti-anarchist  bill,  which 
has  passed  the  Senate,  was  brief 'and  pointed.  People  are  at 
liberty  to  hold  what  views  they  please,  out  when  they  try  to 
overthrow  laws  in  order  to  put  their  beliefs  into  effect  they  be- 
come dangerous.  The  essence  of  anarchy  is  a  destruction  of  all 
government,  and  no  genuine  anarchist  will  permit  himself  to  ad- 
vocate peaceable  revolution.  If  the  bill  should  become  a  law — 
and  there  are  prospects  that  it  will  be  blended  with  the  Stone 
immigration  measure  and  find  a  place  on  the  statute  books— it 
would  shut  out  alien  anarchists  such  as  Most  and  the  recently 
landed  Mowbray.  It  will  not  interfere  with  the  coming  of  poli-i- 
cal  refugees,  and  its  only  effect  will  be  to  make  this  an  unwelcome 
country  for  the  professional  disorganize™  of  society.  Nobody's 
opinions  will  be  interfered  with,  but  the  alien  disturbers  will  find 
other  climates  more  congenial  for  preaching  their  doctrines  of 
destruction. 


WE  have  heard  much  from  New  York  of  the  demand  for  free- 
dom of  worship  in  the  penal  institutions  of  that  State. 
Freedom  of  worship  to  all  denominations  always  has  been  in- 
sisted on,  and  has  been,  in  recent  years,  most  generously  granted 
in  nearly  every  penal  institution  in  the  land.  But  it  is  not  per- 
mitted in  other  sections  near  at  band.  It  is  lamentable  that  in 
the  great  city  of  Quebec,  last  week,  a  mob  of  five  thousand  per- 
sons was  permitted  to  wreck,  one  after  the  other,  a  French  Bap- 
tist Mission,  an  Episcopal  Mission,  and  a  Salvation  Army  bar- 
racks. The  occupants  of  the  missions  were  brutally  assaulted, 
but  the  police,  in  every  instance,  conveniently  arrived  too  late  to 
make  arrests.  It  is  to  tbe  credit  of  Quebec's  non-sectarian  news- 
papers that  they  denounce  the  outrage,  and  insist  that  the  mili- 
tary shall  be  called  out  if  necessary  to  prevent  a  repetition  of 
such  disgraceful  affairs. 

A  CURIOUS  point  of  law  has  been  raised  in  an  Oakland  court 
— namely,  that  as,  under  the  Constitution,  no  person  shall  be 
deprived  of  life,  liberty,  or  property  without  due  process  of  law, 
lunatics  can  legally  be  adjudged  insane  and  deprived  of  their 
liberty  only  on  trial  by  jury.  The  society  which  has  constituted 
itself  the  protector  of  persons  charged  with  insanity  is  the  insti- 
gator of  this  novel  proceeding  to  test  the  legality  of  tbe  present 
method  of  examination  and  commitment  by  a  special  commis- 
sion. This  society,  while  its  intentions  are  undoubtedly  praise- 
worthy, is  overlooking  not  only  the  extreme  improbability  of  a 
fraudulent  commitment,  but  also  the  real  evil  which  flourishes 
under  our  noses — the  private  insane  asylums.  It  is  the  existence 
of  these  that  makes  fraud,  cruelty,  and  even  murder  possible. 
They  are  outside  tbe  law,  are  conducted  with  great  secrecy,  and 
are  supported  by  a  reprehensible,  however  honest,  desire  of  fam- 
ilies to  conceal  a  closet  skeleton.  Concealment  is  never  effected, 
and  as  these  asylums  are  not  under  the  eye  of  the  law  the  dan- 
gerous sentiment  which  supports  them  makes  possible  tbe 
atrocities  which  they  sometimes  practice. 


THE  presence  at  this  port,  on  board  the  United  States  warship 
Bennington,  of  Antonio  Ezeta.  the  deposed  despot  of  San  Sal- 
vador, has  interest  only  in  the  fact  that  this  Government  is  now 
called  upon  to  make  a  definite  rule  in  regard  to  the  harboring  of 
refugees.  Both  in  a  moral  and  a  political  sense  Ezeta  is  an  out- 
cast, and  it  is  difficult  to  see  how  this  Government  can  refuse  to 
hand  him  over  to  the  San  Salvadorean  authorities,  or  why  so  much 
extraordinary  care  has  been  taken  by  the  commander  of  tbe  Ben- 
nington to  keep  him  out  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  American  courts. 
There  seems  to  be  a  deal  of  horse-play  in  tbe  matter.  If  Ezeta 
needs  hanging,  let  his  people  take  him  home  and  hang  him. 
Does  our  Government,  by  holding  him,  wish  it  to  be  understood 
that  it  desires  to  occupy  a  judicial  position  in  the  premises?  Are 
we  to  judge  treason  or  the  opposite  of  it  in  San  Salvador?  Does  tbe 
right  of  asylum  carry  with  it  an  adjudication  of  matters  into 
which  it  would  be  impertinence  tor  us  tointrndel  And  let  as 
not  for  a  moment  forget  that  in  upholding  the  principle  of  refuge 
it  is  well  to  beware  of  harboring — two  closely  related  but  intensely 
antagonistic  words. 

THE  Martin  will  case,  like  the  Sharon  case  and  similar  others 
that  have  been  peculiar  to  California,  becomes  nastier  the 
further  it  is  delved  into.  The  struggle  during  tbe  past  week  has 
been,  on  the  part  of  Mrs.  Henry  Martin's  attorneys,  to  put  a 
question  to  Mrs.  John  Martin  as  to  the  paternity  of  her  child, 
but  up  to  the  time  of  this  writing  she  has  not  been  permitted  to 
answer.  It  is  expected,  of  course,  that  she  will  declare  Henry 
Martin  to  be  her  child's  father;  but  in  that  event  tbe  lawyers  are 
prepared  to  make  her  explain  certain  letters  and  telegrams  to  a 
friend  of  hers  named  Crawford,  in  which  it  is  claimed  that  she 
acknowledges  him  to  be  the  father.  Mrs.  John  Martin's  attorneys 
were  shrewd  not  to  put  her  on  tbe  stand,  and  Mrs.  Henry  Mar- 
tin's attorneys  were  daring  to  make  her  their  own  witness.  The 
poor  woman  is  now  in  a  position  which  secures  the  commisera- 
tion of  those  whose  sympathies  dominate  their  sense  of  right,  for- 
getting that  a  yielding  to  the  principal  which  she  represents 
would  imperil  the  safety  of  many  a  rich  man's  estate.  One  of 
tbe  latest  developments  of  tbe  case  is  Mrs.  John  Martin's  charge 
that  one  of  her  present  attorneys,  Crittenden  Thornton,  and  her 
former  attorney,  W.  H.  L.  Barnes,  had  exhibited  an  undue  regard 
for  ber  in  epistolary  manifestation.  This  led  to  the  dramatic 
withdrawal  of  Mr.  Thornton  from  her  case  and  the  indignant  de- 
nial of  General  Barnes. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18,  1894 


NOTES    ON    POLITICAL    MATTERS. 


THE  People's  party  has  nominated  its  municipal  ticket,  which 
presents  some  very  interesting  features  that  can  not  be  ignored 
by  the  old  parties.  As  the  dailies  have  incorrectly  reported  the 
nominations  it  may  be  well  to  give  them  here :  For  Mayor,  Adolph 
Sutro;  Sheriff,  P.  L.  Archibald;  Assessor,  C.  E.  Ayer;  Superin- 
tendent of  Streets,  J.D.Thompson;  Clerk,  George  W.  van  Gnel- 
pin;  Auditor,  J.  R  Kuckstell;  Recorder,  Henry  C.  Langrehr; 
Treasurer,  Joseph  A.  Davis;  Tax  Collector,  George  W.  H.  Patter- 
son; District  Attorney,  Frank  A.  Cattern;  City  and  County  At- 
torney, J.C.Watson;  Public  Administrator,  E.J.  Ensign;  Sur- 
veyor, C.  H.  Holcomb;  Coroner,  Dr.  P.  A.  Terry;  Superintendent 
of  Schools,  Daniel  Lambert;  Superior  Judges,  A.  W.  Thompson, 
P.  O.  Chilstrom,  W.  T.  Baggett,  J.  P.  Dameron ;  Police  Judges, 
E.  R.  Williams,  C.  T.  Johnson,  C.  G.  Nagle,  J.  M.  Smith;  Justices 
of  the  Peace,  Alfred  Fuhrman,  Leander  Shores,  Kenneth  Williams, 
August  Quitzow,  John  M.  Verdenal;  Supervisors,  F.  C.  Wehland 
from  tbe  First  Ward,  H.  S.  de  Rochmont  Second,  J.  K.  Phillips 
Third,  J.  W.  Nash  Fourth,  William  Shew  Fifth,  U.  A.  Lewis 
Sixth,  T.  H.  Vivian  Seventh,  George  T.  Gaden  Eighth,  Edward 
McNevin  Ninth,  F.  J.  Vetter  Tenth,  M.  L.  McCord  Eleventh,  J. 

B.  Robinson  Twelfth;  School  Directors,  William  Wallace,  John 
Greenleaf,  F.  W.  Warren,  John  A.  Miller,  Charles  A.  Hawley,  H. 

C.  Henderson,  J.  H.  Grey,  D.  W.  McNeil,  T.  H.  Collett,  8.  F. 
Weeks,  L.  P.  Bolanger,  W.  C.  Brown.  The  only  fight  of  any  con- 
sequence was  over  the  Surveyor.  E.  E.  Tucker,  Holcomb's  trade- 
defeated  opponent,  would  have  been  a  brilliant  nomination,  for 
he  has  lately  come  into  prominence  as  the  author  of  the  sewer 
systems  of  Stockton  and  Alameda,  said  to  be  the  best  in  the 
United  8tates.     He  will  likely  be  heard  from  again  in  politics. 

For  the  Mayoralty  four  names  were  canvassed,  though  only 
three  were  brought  before  the  convention.  Dr.  Jerome  Ander- 
son, who  gives  to  the  poor  all  that  he  earns  from  the  rich,  who  is 
clear,  able  and  high-minded,  and  who  in  these  hard,  selfish, 
grasping  times  is  a  remarkable  figure,  was  the  idol  of  the  conven- 
tion, and  he  would  have  been  nominated  bad  he  not  refused.  In 
this  connection  it  is  pitiful  to  have  to  say  that  Dr.  C.  C.  O'Don- 
nell  was  placed  in  nomination,  but  his  name  was  withdrawn;  he 
had  never  consented  to  its  use.  This  left  only  Adolph  Sutro,  and 
he  was  nominated  by  acclamation.  The  fourth  candidate,  whose 
name  was  not  mentioned  in  the  convention,  was  W.  R.  Hearst, 
proprietor  of  the  Examiner.  His  Dame  was  withheld  for  the  rea- 
son that  he  could  not  compete  with  Mr.  Sutro,  although  it  bad 
been  before  the  leaders  and  workers  of  the  party  for  three  weeks. 
The  news  is  important,  however,  in  explaining  many  thiDgs 
which  hitherto  have  been  incomprehensible.  Taken  in  connec 
tion  with  the  Examiner's  recent  bitter  attacks  on  tbe  National 
Administration,  its  joining  with  Adolph  Sutro  and  the  Populists 
in  encouraging  the  railroad  strikers,  its  attack  on  the  Funding 
bill  and  Attorney  General  Olney,  it  means  incontrovertibly  that 
the  Examiner  has  gone  adrift  from  the  Democratic  party  aDd  that 
it  has  become  the  organ  of  the  Populists.  As  for  Mr.  Hearst's 
candidacy,  it  would  have  been  vastly  stronger  than  Mr.  Sutro's. 
No  disgraceful  tunnel  or  other  financial  scheme  tarnishes  his  rep- 
utation, and  it  is  not  conceivable  that  aB  Mayor  he  would  lend 
himself  to  any  mean  or  selfish  scheme.  His  candidacy,  however, 
would  have  prevented  the  Examinees  fighting  advocacy  of  his 
election  and  thus  have  prevented  tbe  operation  of  a  force  which 
will  probably  be  exerted  fully  in  Mr.  Sutro's  behalf  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  the  Democratic  candidate. 

Bat  with  its  immeasurable  capacity  for  blundering,  the  Exam- 
iner, in  an  editorial  indorsing  his  nomination,  puts  this  knifeinto 
Mr.  Sutro's  back: 

It  is  not  to  be  supposed,  of  course,  that  a  man  of  Mr.  Sutro's  age, 
wealth,  abilities,  and  experience  has  been  converted  to  the  full  creed 
of  populism.  His  shrewdness,  his  practicality,  and  his  property  in- 
terests join  in  forbidding  such  a  supposition.  His  candidacy  is  to 
him,  doubtless,  but  a  part  of  his  battle  against*the  grinding  railroad 
tyranny. 

Now,  as  Mr.  Sutro  has  no  battle  against  the  grinding  railroad 
tyranny  further  than  to  compel  it,  if  possible,  to  reduce  its  street- 
car fare  to  five  cents  from  the  ferries  to  tbe  beach,  in  ordtr  that 
his  vast  landed  properties  and  catch-penny  schemes  at  the  beach 
may  be  made  more  easily  accessible  and  their  money-yielding 
capacity  thereby  enormously  increased,  it  is  very  clear  that  his 
battle  against  the  grinding  railroad  tyranny  is  inspired  by  the 
meanest,  most  selfish,  and  most  sordid  of  human  motives.  It  is 
Dot  surprising  that  the  madness  which  avarice  creates  will  lead  a 
man,  as  it  led  Mr.  Sutro,  to  give  money  for  the  support  of  a 
strike  which  defied  both  State  and  Federal  authority,  opposed  the 
law  with  rifles  aDd  dynamite,  murdered  soldiers  and  citizens 
without  compunction,  and  cost  the  State  of  California  about 
$14,000,000  in  loss  of  business  and  property.  It  is  not  strange 
that,  having  done  this  from  a  spirit  of  insane  avarice  and  vindic- 
tiveness,  he  would  not  scruple  to  employ  as  his  tools  all  whose 
heedlessness,  meanness,  envy,  or  misguided  but  honest  desire  to 
see  wrongs  righted  have  prepared  them  for  his  domination. 
To-day  this  malevolent  old  millionaire  is  a  greater  menace  to  tbe 
peace  and  prosperity  of  California  than  Denis  Kearny  ever  was, 
for  he  is  inspired   by   infinitely   meaner   motives.     As  Mayor  he 


would  use  the  Treasury,  to  the  full  extent  of  his  power,  in  bring- 
ing his  own  properties  into  the  market,  and  his  incumbency 
would  be  a  greater  engine  for  the  accumulation  of  wealth  than 
tbe  malodorous  Sutro  tunnel. 

There  will  be  at  least  six  municipal  tickets  in  tbe  field,  put 
forth  by  the  Democrats,  the  Republicans,  the  Popnlists,  the  Non- 
Partisans,  the  PronibitionistB,  and  the  Socialists.  Since  the  Pro- 
hibitionists lost  Dr.  McDonald  and  the  money  which  he  furnished, 
tbe  party  has  all  but  perished,  so  that  in  the  next  election,  al- 
though they  will  undoubtedly  have  a  straight  ticket,  independent 
of  the  others,  they  will  likely  not  poll  more  than  fifteen  hundred 
votes.  The  Socialists  are  stronger,  but  they  will  probably  make 
up  their  ticket  from  the  others.  The  Non-Partisans  will  probably 
do  likewise,  except  that  Messrs.  Ellert  and  Siebe  will  be  new 
names  on  the  ticket.  Hence  there  will  be  four  conspicuous  candi- 
dates for  Mayor.  Mr.  Ellert  will  run  solely  upon  his  record  aDd 
tbe  reputation  for  one  victory  which  the  Non-Partisans  enjoy. 
But  the  Populists  claim  to  have  absorbed  the  essence  of  the  Non- 
Partisans.  This  is  true  in  part  only.  As  for  his  record,  Mr.  Ellert 
has  done  handsomely  until  very  recently,  when,  yielding  to  a 
"popular"  clamor  which  had  no  foundation  among  the  calm, 
sensible,  patriotic  men  of  the  community,  he  made  himself  offen- 
sive to  tbe  very  element  which  elected  him  by  endeavoring  to  co- 
erce them  into  following  the  Examiner's  piratical  lead.  Under  all 
the  circumstances  Mr.  Sutro  has  a  far  better  chance  of  election 
than  Mr.  Ellert,  although  Mr.  Ellert's  candidacy  will  weaken  Mr. 
Sutro's. 

The  Republicans,  whose  municipal  convention  will  probably 
be  held  September  19th,  are  all  at  sea.  Crimmins  is  now  tbe  dis- 
turbing element,  for  it  is  believed  that  he  has  a  safe  personal  fol- 
lowing of  4500  to  6000  votes  in  this  city,  and  that  Colonel  Burns 
cannot  touch  them.  These  are  sufficient  to  beat  both  the  State 
and  city  Republican  tickets,  and  will  be  used  for  that  purpose  if 
necessary  to  discipline  Colonel  Burns.  Hence  CrimmiDS  is  in  a 
position  to  demand  that  he  be  given  the  city  and  that  Colonel 
Bums  take  the  State.  They  are  conferring  on  that  proposition, 
and  they  must  agree  on  those  terms  in  a  very  few  days  or  the 
Republicans  will  not  elect  a  man  on  either  ticket. 

Tne  Democrats  are  giving  all  their  attention  to  their  State  Con- 
vention, which  will  be  held  next  Tuesday.  It  is  not  likely  that 
San  Francisco  will  get  the  chairmanship,  but  if  so  Garrett  Mcln- 
erney  will  be  the  choice.  He  is  a  young  man  to  keep  an  eye  on, 
as  he  is  strong,  bold,  and  brainy.  But  moBt  likely  Gould  or  Budd 
will  be  chosen.  Theo  will  come  the  fight  for  Governor.  The 
Democratic  County  Convention  of  Sonoma  has  indorsed  Judge 
Temple  for  Governor,  but  he  doeB  not  want  the  office  and  most 
liktly  will  be  nominated  for  Chief  Justice.  Congressman  Maguire 
has  intimated  that  he  might  accept  tbe  nomination.  That  would 
be  equivalent  to  an  election,  for  he  is  popular,  incorruptible,  in- 
dependent, and  uncommonly  able.  The  Catholics  dislike  him 
and  have  fought  him  in  the  past,  but  it  is  not  clear  now  how 
tbey  could  benefit  themselves  by  repeating  their  opposition. 
Jackson  Hatch,  an  able  and  popular  lawyer  of  San  Jose,  will  be 
a  power  as  a  condidate  for  the  nomination,  and  may  secure  it.  It 
is  announced  that  B.  D.  Murphy,  of  San  Jose,   does  not  want  it. 

There  will  be  three  conspicuous  candidates  for  Governor — Web- 
ster for  tbe  Populists,  E&tee  for  the  Republicans,  and  a  Democrat. 
Mr.  Estee  is  undoubtedly  the  weakest  of  all,  no  matter  whom  the 
Democrats  nominate.  He  cannot  be  regarded  as  a  factor  iD  the 
fight,  except  to  complicate  matters  between  the  Populists  and 
the  Democrats.  If  the  Democrats  make  a  wise  selection  they  are 
sure  of  victory.  Webster's  vote  will  likely  surprise  tbe  State.  It 
is  said  that  Alameda,  the  »  banner  Republican  County,"  prefers 
him  to  Estee,  and  will  so  declare  in  the  election.  Captain  Blen- 
Darhassett,  who,  it  will  be  remembered,  made  a  sensation  at  the 
Republican  State  Convention  by  denouncing  the  methods  em- 
ployed for  forcing  Estee  upon  the  convention,  has  declared  war 
on  the  party  and  announced  his  intention  to  stump  the  State  for 
the  Populists.  From  present  indications  he  will  be  the  most 
fiery,  eloquent,  and  effective  orator  in  the  campaign.  The  Repub- 
licans are  casting  about  anxiously  for  orators,  ard  have  found 
none.  They  might  secure  Oregon  Sanders,  who  is  brilliant  and 
magnetic.  There  is  8.  M.  Shortridge,  the  most  effective  speaker 
since  Tom  Fitch's  day,  but  his  law  business  may  prevent,  and  be- 
sides, it  is  said  that  he  would  like  to  have  the  nomination  for  Pub- 
lic Administrator,  which  would  keep  him  in  the  city.  The  Demo- 
crats are  uncommooly  well  equipped  with  orators,  as  nearly 
every  one  of  the  prospective  candidates  for  the  higher  offices  is 
an  eloquent  talker. 

The  approaching  State  campaign  is  exceediogly  complicated. 
The  American  Protective  Association  can  poll  14,000  votes  in 
San  Francisco  alone,  and  has  a  proportionately  strong  power  in 
San  Jose,  Sacramento,  and  other  cities.  They  mean  war  upon 
Catholic  candidates  wherever  found.  If  this  should  have  the 
effect  of  concentrating  the  Catholic  vote  on  Catholic  candidates 
in  the  various  parties,  it  is  impossible  to  foresee  the  result.  Other 
complications,  rebellious  to  equations,  are  manifest,  the  Popu- 
lists and  Mr.  Estee's  weakness  being  most  conspicuous.  In  an- 
other week  the  fog  will  have  thinned  somewhat. 


August  IP,  1894. 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


ELEMENTS    OF    RESPECTABILITY. 


THE  signatures  to  the  Eraminer't  petition  to  Congress  to  reject 
tbe  Railway  Funding  bill  bave  •<  rolled  up  "  amazingly.  Two 
very  interesting  facts,  however,  are  observable— first,  that  tbe 
signatures  bare  not  been  published,  tbat  we  may  judge  the  char- 
acter and  standing  of  tbe  signers;  second,  tbat  tbe  commercial 
bodies  of  San  Francisco,  representing  tbe  men  of  affairs  and  of 
clear  understanding,  bave  definitely  refused,  though  foolishly  in- 
vited by  Mayor  Ellen  so  to  ao,  to  take  action  in  the  premises. 
Tbe  inference  is  clear  tbat  the  subject  is  deserving  of  very  little 
attention.  Those  who  best  understand  and  are  most  interested  in 
this  great  problem,  which  involves  economic  and  political  ques- 
tions of  the  profoundest  gravity,  are  not  hysterical  women  who 
wheedle  men  into  signing  the  petition,  nor  ignorant  persons,  nor 
those  whose  lack  of  property  makes  them  eager  to  impose  heavy 
burdens  of  taxation,  nor  yet  Populists  and  other  allies  of  socialism 
who  are  blanks  as  factors  both  in  politics  and  material  affairs; 
bat  tbey  are  men  of  thought,  discernment,  conscience,  and  a 
sense  of  responsibility.  If  the  petition  should  be  signed  by  the 
leading  merchants  and  producers  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  tbey  being 
tbe  ones  most  directly  interested  in  any  movement  toward  a  re- 
duction of  transportation  charges;  or  by  large  land  owners,  to 
whom  reduced  charges  would  mean  a  vast  increase  in  the  value 
of  their  property;  or  by  able  judges  and  lawyers,  who  understand 
better  than  tbe  rabble  the  broad  principles  involved;  or  by  lead- 
ing men  in  other  professions  which  enlarge  tbe  scope  of  compre- 
hension;  or  by  capitalists,  who  realize  that  yielding  to  socialistic 
demands  imperils  the  safety  of  all  property  and  encourages  revolu- 
tion and  confiscation;  or  by  eminent  politicians,  who,  though 
politicians,  and  possibly  moved  by  a  politician's  desire  to  see  the 
number  of  government  attaches  increased,  have  nevertheless  a  re- 
gard for  the  safety  of  the  country — if  any  one  of  these  bad  signed, 
his  signature  would  be  worth  a  thousand  of  the  kind  which  the 
Examiner's  hysterical  women  and  fanatical  Populists  have 
drummed  up  in  the  villages  of  the  Coast.  For,  unlike  an  election, 
a  petition  of  this  kind  receives  its  value  from  tbe  wise  few  and 
not  from  the  heedless,  ignorant,  or  fanatical  many.  The  weight 
of  the  Examiner's  boyish  petition  lies  in  the  weight  of  its  signers, 
and  in  nothing  else  whatever.  It  is  announced  tbat  the  Funding 
bill  may  go  over  to  the  next  Congress.  This  saves  the  Examines 
from  the  humiliation  of  a  present  inevitable  defeat  and  extends 
the  time  in  which  it  can  continue  its  efforts — the  most  conspicu- 
ous results  of  which  are  a  display  of  its  love  for  lawlessness  and 
socialism,  its  detestation  of  the  National  Administration,  its  readi- 
nesB  to  aid  any  piratical  or  murderous  scheme  intended  to  destroy 
the  power  of  organized  capital  and  weaken  the  strength  of  the  Gov- 
ernment, and  its  self-furnished  evidence  that  it  does  not  deserve  the 
respect,  following,  or  support  of   strong  and  well-mannered  men. 


THE    SURRENER    OF    THE    HOUSE. 


IN  accepting  all  the  Senate  amendments  to  tbe  tariff  bill,  with 
tbe  exception  of  those  on  sugar,  iron,  and  coal,  the  House  of 
Representatives  has  performed  an  act  which,  though  it  bears  a 
flavor  of  political  expediency,  is  at  the  same  time  the  most  bril- 
liant exhibition  of  patriotism  that  has  illuminated  the  history  of 
this  country  in  the  last  thirty  years.  It  has  so  bewildered  Re- 
publican newspapers  than  can  only  place  themselves  in  the  pitia- 
ble position  of  jibing  the  House  and  the  President  for  their  "sur- 
render" of  manly  independence.  The  stroke  of  the  House  was 
remarkable  and  spectacular.  It  fully  redeems  the  Democratic 
party  by  showing  that  those  of  its  representatives  who  come  di- 
rectly from  the  people  care  more  for  the  welfare  of  the  people 
than  their  individual  pride.  For  it  must  have  been  a  bitter  ex- 
perience for  the  President  and  the  House  to  be  forced  by  the  Senate 
either  to  live  under  the  burdens  of  the  McKinley  tariff  or  accept 
the  Senate's  schedule,  which  is  infinitely  better  than  tbe  McKin- 
ley  tariff,  in  that  it  effects  a  great  lowering  of  tariff  charges, 
though  not  so  sweeping  as  the  Wilson  bill,  which  expressed  the 
real  wish  of  the  Democratic  party.  The  House  surrendered  In  a 
manly,  dignified  way,  swallowing  its  own  chagrin  for  the  good 
of  the  people.  At  the  same  time  it  dealt  a  masterly  blow  tbat 
kept  its  own  record  clear  and  placed  the  Senate  in  the  uncom- 
fortable position  which  its  own  conduct  invited.  This  was  the 
placing  of  sugar,  iron,  and  coal  on  the  free  list,  but  in  separate 
bills.  Hence  these  will  have  to  go  to  the  Senate,  which  will  then 
be  compelled  either  to  do  exactly  what  the  House  has  done  in 
making  a  patriotic  surrender,  or  stand  before  the  count) y  as  the 
representatives  of  the  infamous  trusts  which  the  McKinley  tariff 
was  drawn  to  protect.  In  view  of  the  recent  exhibition  of  petu- 
lance, domineering,  and  pusillanimity  on  the  part  of  the  Senate 
over  President  Cleveland's  earnest  plea  for  a  tariff  bill,  it  cannot 
be  expected  that  this  proud  body  will  display  the  magnanimity 
which  has  made  the  House  so  conspicuous.  Never  before  in  tbe 
history  of  the  country  has  the  Senate  been  made  to  appear  so  ob- 
noxious, so  far  removed  from  the  people,  and  so  strongly  in  sym- 
pathy with  capital  organized  to  enrich  itself  at  tbe  expense  of  tbe 
masses.  Out  of  all  this  storm  of  delay,  bitterness,  meanness,  and 
vindictiveness  stands  forth  the  figure  of  the  President,  calm,  earn- 
est, persistent,  pleading  unceasingly  with  Congress  to  adopt  a 
measure  of  tariff  reform  pledged  by  the  party  which  elected  him. 


LIQUOR    TRAFFIC    AGITATION. 


SINCE  the  adoption  of  the  present  Constitution,  carrying  with 
it  a  local  option  provision,  the  question  of  regulating  the 
liquor  traffic  has  been  a  source  of  annoyance  and  expense  to  the 
taxpayers  throughout  tbe  State.  The  efforts  to  control  tbe  retail 
trade  by  county  and  municipal  legislation  has  proved  anything 
bat  healthy  and  satisfactory  to  either  of  tbe  parties  at  variance, 
or  to  the  people  at  large.  The  history  of  tbe  wrangles  that  bave 
taKen  place  in  the  various  localities  shows  that  in  but  few  caseB 
convictions  have  followed  arrests  and  prosecutions  for  violations 
of  ordinances  passed  by  Boards  of  Supervisors,  and  in  all  cases 
expense  has  attached  to  litigation.  This  expense  has  fallen 
heavily  upon  tbe  taxpayers.  Aside  from  this,  these  arrests  and 
prosecutions  have  created  animosities  between  citizens  to  such  an 
extent  that  society  bas  become  partly  disorganized,  and  this 
condition  has  had  a  serious  influence  in  checking  the  growth  of 
towns,  both  in  population  and  business.  Tbe  most  striking  ex- 
amples of  this  condition  may  be  seen  in  Fresno,  Merced,  and 
Santa  Clara  counties,  where  local  option  has  been  severely  tested 
and  is  now  on  trial.  From  these  experiences  it  is  evident  that 
some  radical  change  should  be  made  in  the  mode  of  regulating 
this  industry.  It  should  be  placed  beyond  tbe  reach  of  constant 
agitation,  as  it  affects  one  of  the  most  important  industries  of  the 
State — the  making  of  wine.  So  long  as  it  is  allowed  to  remain 
under  the  control  of  local  legislators,  by  virtue  of  section  11, 
Article  XI.  of  tbe  Constitution,  it  will  be  an  element  of  discord. 
That  section  reads  as  follows:  "Any  county, city,  town,  or  town- 
ship may  make  and  enforce  within  its  limits  all  such  local,  police, 
sanitary,  and  other  regulations  as  are  not  in  conflict  with  general 
laws."  (The  insertion  of  a  comma  after  "  local  "  somewhat  changes 
the  meaning,  and  was  evidently  an  inadvertence).  The  closing 
sentence  of  this  article  is  plain.  The  enactment  of  a  general  uni- 
form license  law  by  the  Legislature  would  settle  the  question. 
Unequal  and  unjust  taxation,  and  one  that  is  practically  pro- 
hibitory, will  not  be  tolerated.  It  has  been  tested  in  several 
counties  in  the  State,  and  the  result  has  been  disastrous.  In 
every  instance  tbey  bave  been  compelled  to  repeal  the  ordinances. 
The  taxpayers  know  that  a  large  proportion  of  the  revenue  neces- 
sary to  pay  the  expenses  of  State, county,  and  municipal  govern- 
ments is  derived  from  a  tax  on  the  liquor  traffic.  Tbe  agitation 
is  becoming  sharp,  and  the  litigation  now  going  on  in  certain 
localities  is  an  indication  that  there  is  no  inclination  on  the  part  of 
either  side  of  the  contest  to  yield,  and  compromise  is  impossible. 
The  Prohibitionists  are  undoubtedly  right  in  opposing  high 
license  as  advocated  by  some,  for  excessive  taxation  is  tyranny. 
It  is  not  in  accord  with  the  spirit  of  the  Constitution  or  the 
charter  of  freedom.  Tbe  Legislature  alone  is  competent  to  settle 
this  vexed  question  and  stop  the  agitation  tbat  bas  produced  so 
much  bad  blood.  It  is  a  matter  which  easily  comes  within  the 
province  of  the  Democratic  State  Convention. 

A    THRIFTY    GENTLEMAN. 

APPARENTLY  a  singularly  conspicuous  example  of  avarice 
bas  thrust  itself  above  the  level  plain  of  human  meanness  in 
the  case  of  the  Hastings  estate.  Mr.  Keyes  married  a  daughter 
of  the  great  jurist,  and  she  died,  leaving  an  infant  daughter.  The 
estate  became  involved  in  various  ways  in  its  progress  through 
the  courts,  but  these  had  been  cleared  away  and  matters  ap- 
peared smooth,  when  Mr.  Keyes  began  to  put  in  claims  on  his 
daughter's  behalf  which  aroused  the  other  heirs  to  opposition 
and  staggered  the  whole  community.  It  happens  that  Mr.  Keyes 
is  a  wealthy  man,  and  that  the  sentiment  of  tbe  community  ex- 
pects a  father,  when  he  is  able,  to  provide  for  his  own  child.  But 
thrifty  Mr.  Keyes  knew  of  an  estate  in  which  his  child  had  an 
interest,  and,  not  willing  to  wait  until  the  estate  should  be  dis- 
tributed and  his  child  receive  her  share,  be  bas  been  playing 
an  extraordinary  game  to  outwit  tbe  executors.  He  is  now  on 
the  gridiron  in  consequence,  and  Judge  Levy,  after  hearing  8.  M 
Sbortridge's  argument,  in  which  he  must  take  the  ground  that  a 
father  should  support  bis  own  child  instead  of  using  for  tbat  pur- 
pose money  belonging  to  her  separate  estate,  without  interest, 
and  to  charge  it  to  her  as  for  her  support,  will  have  to  decide 
what  a  father's  duties  are.  Does  the  law  require  him  to  support 
bis  own  child?  Mr.  Keyes  has  charged  over  $4000  a  year  for  the 
support  of  his  child,  and  wants  to  take  it  out  of  her  separate 
estate.  On  one  trip  to  New  York  he  has  charged  up  everything, 
from  feeing  a  porter  to  pew  rent  in  a  church,  without  any  pre- 
tense of  an  order  from  court.  In  this  way  he  has  expended  any 
sum  he  chose,  and  besides  has  charged  $150  a  month  for  his 
child's  support.  On  an  average  his  household  expenses  have 
been  $300  a  month,  and  he  has  charged  his  child  with  one-half 
the  expense  of  maintaining  bis  household. 

KAISER  WILHELM  is  full  of  surprises,  but  he  has  never  sur- 
prised Europe  more  than  by  the  very  frank  and  manly  way 
in  which  he  made  his  recent  friendly  advances  to  France.  Not 
only  has  be  done  all  in  his  power  to  propitiate  the  French,  but  he 
talks  of  even  making  them  a  visit,  in  Paris,  in  September.  Nat- 
urally this  is  for  the  purpose  of  checkmating  the  policy  of  Rus- 
sia— the  one  enemy  about  whose  intentions  Germany  is  always  a 
little  uncertain. 


SAN  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18, 1894. 


THE    SILVER    QUESTION. 


EDITOR  News  Letter.  Sir:  As  at  least  indirectly  related  to  the 
silver  question,  which  for  some  weeks  past  I  have  been  dis- 
cussing in  the  columns  of  your  paper,  a  glance  at  the  local  political 
aspect  of  things  at  this  time  seems  not  out  of  place. 

In  the  opening  address  of  the  campaign,  the  Republican  candidate 
for  Governor,  who  has  been  an  aspirant  for  the  position  of  United 
States  Senator,  ascribed  to  a  Democratic  National  Administration  the 
prevailing  business  stagnation,  the  seeds  of  which  have  been  in  pro- 
cess of  sowing  for  years.  The  neo-bimetallists  ascribe  it  to  Europe's 
exclusion  of  silver  from  unlimited  free  coinage.  As  well  say  that  the 
present  National  Administration  is  responsible  for  the  strike  of  the 
American  Railway  Union,  the  boycott  of  Pullman  cars,  the  blistering 
north  winds  in  Nebraska,  the  drouth  in  Illinois  or  Southern  Califor- 
nia, the  floods  and  inundations  in  Oregon,  and  the  war  between  Japan 
and  China,  as  that  it  is  responsible  for  the  present  conditions  of  busi- 
ness. When  the  opinions  of  men  who  aspire  to  be  Senators  or  Gov- 
ernors, and  who  ought  to  know  better,  are  so  biased — when  the  Re- 
publican party  of  California  commits  itself  in  its  platform,  or,  through 
its  candidate  for  Governor,  to  the  imperialistic  and  socialistic  doc- 
trines of  government  ownership  of  railroads,  of  the  unlimited  free 
coinage  of  silver  at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1,  of  woman  suffrage— in  fact,  when 
it  out-Herods  Herod  in  trying  to  distance  the  Prohibitionists,  Popu- 
lists, and  Socialists  in  declaring  for  all  the  follies  and  fads  of  hysteri- 
cal theorists,  is  it  any  wonder  that  there  is  a  general  condition  of  un- 
rest and  unreasoning  agitation  throughout  the  entire  country  ?  Is  it 
any  wonder  that  there  should  have  been  thousands  of  strikes  in  the 
past  six  years  ?  The  United  States  Senators,  Congressmen,  or  Gov- 
ernors who  pander  to  such  prejudices  and  yet  allege  that  they  favor 
good  government  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  themselves.  The  sound 
common  sense  and  fearless,  forceful  candor  of  President  Cleveland 
upon  all  national  questions  are  in  refreshing  contrast  to  the  ab- 
surdities and  demagogism  of  those  so-called  American  statesmen  who 
are,  in  reality,  merely  politicians,  and  dream  of  gulling  the  people  by 
offering  them  "  molasses  to  catch  flies."  One  might  suppose  from 
the  utterances  of  the  Republican  candidate  for  Governor  of  this  State 
that  the  financial  and  commercial  collapses  and  subsequent  stagna- 
tions of  1837-42,  1873-78,  and  1882-84  had  never  been  heard  of  in  Cali- 
fornia; and  that  those  of  1890-91  in  Argentina,  1892-93  in  Australia, 
and  1893-94  in  the  United  States  were  experiences  of  the  human  race 
the  knowledge  of  which  had  not  yet  been  generally  disseminated.  I 
take  the  liberty  of  calling  attention  to  an  account  prepared  by  the 
Century  Co.,  of  New  York,  of  the  Argentina  fi  .ancial  craze.  It  is  es- 
pecially pertinent  at  this  time  in  view  of  various  reckless  declarations 
in  the  United  States  on  the  money  question. 

When  Mr.  Cleveland  was  elected  President  in  1884  it  was  in  the 
midst  of  a  period  of  speculative  collapse  and  depression  extending 
from  1882  to  1885,  and  when  he  retired  from  office  in  1889  he  left  the 
business  of  the  country  in  a  high  state  of  prosperity  and  the  National 
Treasury  full  to  repletion.  When  he  came  back  into  office,  in  March, 
1893,  he  found  a  depleted  Treasury  and  the  business  of  the  country 
already  tottering  upon  the  verge  of  the  collapse  that  occurred  during 
the  same  year. 

Prof.  Laughlin,  writing  in  the  Quarterly  Journal  of  Economics,  April, 
1892,  of  the  financial  and  commercial  collapse  of  1873,  says: 

"The  series  of  events  which  led  to  the  expansion  of  trade  and  the  col- 
lapse in  1873  were  unprecedented  in  their  magnitude.  The  greatest  pro- 
duction from  the  mines  which  the  world  had  ever  seen  was  pouring  gold 
into  the  channels  of  trade.  The  gold  discoveries  themselves  created  a 
spirit  of  adventure,  and  stimulated  high  copes  of  gain  in  unusual  ways. 
Then,  too,  a  period  of  rising  prices  breeds  speculation.  The  figures  of 
home  and  foreign  trade  were  swelled  by  the  higher  range  of  prices,  and 
added  to  the  buoyant  feeling,  under  the  inspiiatiou  of  which  new  enter- 
prises were  eagerly  entered  upon.  The  years  from  1867  to  187 .1  in  the  United 
States  witnessed  an  unlimited  expansion  of  extravagance  and  overtrading, 
such  as  has  been  seldom  equaled,  accompanied  by  excessive  railway  build- 
ing. Our  imports  were  out  of  all  proportion  to  our  ability  to  pay  for  them. 
The  speculation  in  metals  in  1873  was  of  au  unparalleled  kind.  Nothing, 
in  fact,  marks  the  period  from  1850  to  1873  (as  compared  with  the  period 
from  1873  to  1886)  more  distinctly  than  the  extreme  variations  in  the  rate 
of  discount  at  the  great  banks  of  Europe.  There  were  all  the  evidences  of 
an  unhealthy  and  abnormal  condition  of  affairs.  But  the  unchecked  de- 
mand, when  the  actual  power  to  buy  had  been  greatly  impaired,  could  not 
go  on  forever.  When  it  was  once  found  that  men  had  been  creating  lia- 
bilities beyond  their  means  to  meet  them,  the  end  had  come.  The  crisis 
of  1873  was  the  painful  return  to  a  consciousness  of  the  real  situation,  after 
a  prolonged  fever  of  speculation  for  nearly  twenty  yeais,  which  had  spread 
over  many  countries.  The  effects  were  the  more  serious  because  the  disease 
had  got  such  great  headway." 

We  have  simply  been  going  through  the  same  experience  again, 
and  the  excessive  protective  policy  of  the  Republican  party,  culminat- 
ing in  the  unhealthy  stimulus  of  the  McKinley  Bill,  has  not  been  the 
least  of  the  exciting  and  operating  causes.  The  high  tide  of  reckless 
expansion  and  stock  inflation,  of  wholesale  and  shameless,  criminal 
gambling  of  the  first  period  of  the  '80's,  was  reached  about  the  time 
that  Guiteau's  shot  struck  down  Garfield,  in  1881,  and  the  ebb  on  se- 
curities, though  intermittent,  has  continued  to  the  present,  the  ex- 
tremes of  which  are  shown  by  the  following  table  of  prices  for  the 
shares  of  ten  important  railway  organizations  in  the  United  States : 

July  1,1881.    Aug.  1,1894.    Pall. 

Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe,  per  share    $147 

Denver  &  Rio  Grande,  per  share 100 

Mis&ourl  Pacific,  per  share 118 

New  York  Central,  per  share 147 

Northern  Pacific,  per  share 45 


July  1, 1681.     Aug.  1, 1894      Pall. 


$  i 

s«: 

11 

89 

28 

90 

97 

50 

Oregon  Ry    &  Navigation  Co  ,  per  share. .  170  15  155 

Reading  Railroad,  per  share 60  17  43 

Texas  &  Pacific,  per  share 68  8  60 

Union  Pacific,  per  share      132  7  125 

Wabash  Railway,  per  share  60  6  54 

Does  the  Republican  candidate  for  Governor  of  California  believe 
that  the  Democratic  administration  of  the  United  States  is  respon- 
sible for  this?  If  so,  where  did  Arthur's  and  Harrison's  administra- 
tions come  in  ? 

The  capital  stock  of  all  railroads  in  the  United  States  aggregates 
about  $5, 000,000,000,  and  the  dividends  on  this  amount  were  less  than 
1%  per  cent,  for  1892,  and  doubtless  less  than  l^j  per  cent,  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1894.  The  bond  and  stock  indebtedness 
of  all  kinds  whatsoever  of  all  the  railroads  in  the  United  States 
(172,000  miles)  in  1892  was  then  $11,100,000,000;  the  total  payments 
on  this  of  interest,  dividends,  etc.,  was  $418,000,000,  or  3%  percent. 
For  the  year  ending  June  30, 1894,  it  was  probably  less  than  3  per 
cent.,  one-quarter  of  all  the  railroads  in  the  country  being  in  the 
hands  of  receivers.  There  are  nearly  1,000,000  railroad  employees  in 
the  United  States,  and  approximately  5,000,000  men,  women,  and 
children  dependent  for  their  livelihood  upon  continued  employment 
in  the  service  of  railroad  corporations.  No  European  government, 
however  despotic,  has  control  of  so  great  an  army  of  men.  We  do 
not  want  this  powerful  element  exposed  to  political  demagoguery  in 
democratic  America.  Does  Mr.  Estee  believe,  in  the  face  of  these 
facts,  that  the  interest  of  all  the  people  would  be  promoted  by  gov- 
ernment ownership  or  operation  of  railroads?  The  country  has 
enough  unsolved  problems  already  without  tackling  new  ones! 

If  the  Democratic  party  of  California  in  convention  assembled 
commits  itself  to  the  fallacies  of  the  Prohibitionists,  Populists,  or 
Republicans,  it  will,  in  the  opinion  of  the  writer,  make  a  deplorable 
mistake.  Whatever  the  Prohibitionists,  the  Populists,  or  the  Repub- 
licans may  do,  let  the  Democratic  party  keep  cool  and  strive  right 
along  to  maintain  a  sound  currency,  to  promote  tariff  revision,  tax 
reduction ,  and  economy  of  administration — all  reform  measures 
worthy  of  its  closest  attention,  and  which  will  in  the  long  run  com- 
mand the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  people.  For  the  time  being 
the  trusts — especially  the  sugar  trust — have  maintained  their  grip  on 
the  throats  of  the  American  people,  but  tariff  reform  may  console 
itself  with  the  old  distich ; 

"  He  who  hath  a  victory  lost 
May  discomfort  yet  a  host; 
And  it  often  doth  befall 
He  who  conquers  loses  all." 
The  struggle  against  entrenched  privilege  is  as  old  as  the  race  and 
must  continue  until  the  advent  of  the  milienium.     The  country  will 
not,  upon  sober,  sound  reflection,  be  seduced  into  anything  savoring 
of  fiat  money,  but  in  the  meantime  we  may  be  made  to  suffer  through 
the  fears  of  foreign  holders  of  American  securities.    The  unlimited 
free  coinage  of  silver  is  a  delusion  and  a  snare,  and  will  be  rejected 
by  the  people  of  the  United  States.    Whether  international  bimetal- 
lism be  practically  feasible  we  know  not,  for  though  in  theory  there 
would  seem  to  be  no  insuperable  obstacle  to  it,  we  are  by  no  means 
so  near  to  it  in  practice  as  thirty  years  ago,  and  even  the  European 
bimetallists  admit  that  for  any  one  country  with  a  gold  standard  to 
attempt  it  would  be  disastrous. 
The  National  Democratic  Convention  of  1S92  declared  as  follows: 

"  We  hold  to  the  use  of  Lvih  gold  and  silver  as  the  standard  money  of  the 
country  and  to  the  coinage  of  both  gold  and  silver,  without  discriminating 
against  either  metal  or  charge  for  mintage,  but  the  dollar  of  the  unit  coin- 
age of  both  metals  must  be  of  equal  intrinsic  and  exchangeable  value, 
either  adjusted  through  international  agreement  or  by  such  safeguards  of 
legislation  as  shall  insure  the  maintenance  of  parity  between  the  two 
metals  aud  the  equal  power  ot  every  dollar  at  all  times  in  the  markets  and 
in  the  payment  of  debts;  aud  we  demand  that  the  paper  currency  be  kept 
at  par  with,  and  redeemable  in,  huch  coin.  We  insist  upon  this  policy  as 
especially  necessary  for  the  protect  inn  of  the  fanners  and  laboring  classes,  the 
first  and  most  defenceless  victims  of  an  unstable  money  and  fluctuating  cur- 
rency . ' ' 

Every  word  of  this  is  sound  and  to  the  point.  Let  the  Democratic 
party  of  California  stick  to  it.    To  epitomize: 

"  We  are  against  any  policy  or  measure  that  will  impose  upon  the  coun- 
try a  depreciated  and  debased  currency.  We  favor  the  use  of  silver  as  a 
currency  to  the  extent  only  that  it  can  be  circulated  on  a  parily  with  gold." 

I  repeat,  whatever  the  California  Prohibitionists,  Populists,  or  Re- 
publicans may  have  hysterically  declared  for,  let  the  Democratic 
party  keep  cool  and  stand  from  under.  Let  it  emphatically  endorse 
the  National  Administration  and  adhere  to  its  already  accepted, 
accredited,  and  well-defined  principles,  and  not  be  blown  hither  and 
thither  by  every  breath  of  strange  doctrine  set  in  motion  by  the 
apostles  of  discontent  and  change,  of  whom  it  may  well  be  said: 
"Clouds  they  are  without  water,  carried  about  of  winds;  trees  whose 
fruit  withereth,  without  fruit."  A  Layman. 

San  Francisco,  August  14,  1894. 

Certified   Milk. 
Every  dairy  supplying  our    condensaries   is  under  supervision. 
Milk  is  produced  under  rigid  hygienic  rules.    The  company's  repu- 
tation is  therefore  a  certificate" of  the  absolute  purity  of  the  Gail 
Borden  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk. 

Steedman's  Soothing  Powders,  for  fifty  years  the  most  popular 
English  remedy  for  teething  babies  and  feverish  children. 

"  Her  hair  always  looks  so  perfectly  lovely  "  Why'.'  Because  she  uses 
Ayer's  Hair  Vigor.    That 's  the  secret  of  lustre. 


August  18,  1894  . 


BAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


"01 


WHO'S    WHO    AT    THE    SHOOT. 

\FF  for  Del  Monte!  There's  magic  Id  the  sound,"  said  a 
pretty  belle  of  the  swim,  as  she  took  her  seat  in  the  train 
the  other  day  bound  for  the  "  shoot."  She  was  accompanied  by 
a  large  party,  among  whom  was  a  new  arrival,  and  for  bis  bene- 
fit she  rattled  off  who  everybody  was  upon  arrival  at  the  hotel. 
The  time  was  daylight,  and  the  guests  were  grouped  about  and 
around  the  broad  veranda.  Her  sprightly  chat  was  caught  up 
by  the  »  whispering  winds  "  and  wafted  to  the  News  Letter  for 
the  benefit  of  those  of  its  many  readers  who  take  an  interest  in 
bearing  where  their  friends  are  in  their  summer  outing. 

The  pretty  belle  loquitor:  "Ah,  it  is  good  to  be  at  dear  old  Del 
Monte  again  !  and  evidently  many  others  are  of  my  opinion,  for  it 
actually  seems  as  if  all  the  world  were  here.  Now  let  me  point 
out  some  of  our  swim — as  they  call  it — to  you.  Do  you  see  that 
tall  girl  in  a  pink  gown?  That  is  Miss  Laura  McKinstry,  an 
awfully  clever  girl;  knows  everybody  and  everything  and  is  wel- 
come in  every  set.  Strange,  too,  for  although  an  agreeable  woman 
she  has  a  pretty  sharp  point  to  her  tongue,  and  sometimes  says 
things  that  make  people  afraid  of  getting  it  next,  but  she  doesn't 
appear  to  have  an  enemy.  Don't  that  stout  couple  over*  there 
look  comfortable  ?  That  is  banker  Alvord  and  his  wife.  Asa 
fellow  said  the  other  day — I  thins:  it  was  Henry  Redington,  but 
I  won't  be  sure — 'They  look  as  if  they  lived  to  eat!  '  Anyhow, 
they  are  good  to  their  grandchildren,  for  Leontine  Spotts  and 
Ethel  Keeney  have  just  the  nicest  kind  of  a  time  when  they  are 
taken  round  by  them. 

"My!  Just  look  at  Everett  Bee!  Doesn't  he  look  for  all  the 
world  as  though  he  had  come  out  of  a  bandbox  ?  I  do  love  to 
see  a  man  lookine  neat,  don't  you  ?  That  pretty  girl  be  is  talking 
to  is  May  Belle  Or  win.  Isn't  she  too  sweet?  Every  one  says 
she  is  going  to  be  the  belle  of  the  next  season,  when  she  is  to 
make  her  debut.  I  think  that  what  a  chap  said  the  other  day 
was  good.  He  told  her  that  her  name  ought  to  be  reversed — Belle 
May,  don't  you  see  ?  Not  bad,  was  it  ?  There's  Harry  Simpkins. 
He  has  gone  in  heavily  for  driving  lately,  since  he  joined  the 
Barlingame  set.  There  is  a  lot  of  that  crowd  here,  by  the  way. 
There  in  the  corner  is  Mrs.  Page  Brown — such  a  jolly  matron  to 
the  girls  she  likes,  but  if  she  doesn't  like  you,  why,  you  had  bet- 
ter keep  out  of  her  way,  that's  all.  The  men  say  that  she  is 
always  ready  to  help  them  out  if  they  want  to  have  their  special 
girl  asked  down  there.  That  is  another  of  the  crowd  talking  to 
her — Tobin — and  still  another  is  standing  right  over  there  to  the 
left.  He  is  a  Britisher,  with  a  hyphenated  name  without  the 
hyphen — Talbot  Clifton.  People  say  he  is  'dead  gone*  on  one  of 
the  Friedlander-Bowie  girls,  but  I  guess  it  is  on  account  of  his 
being  chums  with  Carey.  He  is  going  to  ride  in  the  race;  is  all 
the  rage  as  a  four-in-hand  coach  driver  and  all  that  sort  of  thing. 
Isn't  it  comical  the  way  the  swim  takes  up  a  man  and  for  a  time 
there  is  nothing  like  him,  and  then  all  of  a  sudden  he  slips  out  of 
sight  ?  Now,  there  was  Donald  de  V.  Graham.  Not  so  long  ago 
every  one  was  talking  of  his  lovely  singing,  and  he  was  so  good 
about  it,  too,  singing  for  Mrs.  de  Young's  pet  charities  and  every- 
thing; but  now  Talbot  Clifton  is  the  go.  Yes,  I  have  heard  that, 
too.  that  Fred  Sharon  imported  him. 

"  How  do  you  like  that  man  to  the  right  ?  His  name  is  Sprague, 
and  people  used  to  say  that  he  was  engaged  to  Mervie  Donahue's 
widow,  Belle  Wallace  that  was,  but  I  guess  it  was  only  talk,  as 
usual.  To  my  way  of  thinking  Belle  will  give  all  her  California 
beaux  the  slip  and  do  as  Mamie  Hastings  did  the  other  day — 
marry  some  man  away  from  here,  in  England,  most  likely,  for 
they  say  that  the  men  there  are  worse  fortune  hunters  than  ours. 
One  thing  is  certain,  and  that  Is,  there  are  plenty  of  rich  women 
right  here  to-day  for  the  men  who  are  looking  for  wealthy 
wives.  Point  them  out?  With  pleasure,  if  you  need  point- 
ers. There,  now,  in  the  corner,  talking  to  Major  Ratnbone 
and  his  brother,  is  Miss  Flood,  who  ranks  next  to  Miss  Birdie 
Fair  as  the  richest  heiress  on  the  coast.  She  has  her  own 
bank  account.  Then,  if  you  like  widows,  there  are  three 
of  them,  one  not  so  far  on  as  the  others,  but  what  she 
lacks  in  years  she  makes  up  in  experience,  they  say.  Mrs. 
Donohue  and  Mrs.  Martin  are  sisters,  and  very  fond  of  each 
other.  The  pale,  light-haired  lady  talking  to  them  is  Mrs. 
Downey  Harvey,  Mrs.  Martin's  daughter-in-law,  and  very 
popular  with  her  husband's  friends,  which  is  saying  a  good  deal, 
don't  you  think  ?  The  third  widow  is  Mrs.  Santa  Marina.  No, 
she  is  not  Spanish,  though  her  name  is.  Then  there  are  the 
Hobart  girls.  Why  do  you  not  go  in  for  one  of  them  ?  My !  isn't 
the  coin  plenty  in  their  household?  They  have  it  all  in  their 
own  right,  too,  for  they  are  orphans. 

"There,  too,  are  the  Goads.  Their  father  will  no  doubt  dower 
his  daughters  well,  as  be  is  very  rich,  they  say.  That  little  woman 
near  us  with  the  light  blonde  hair  used  to  be  a  great  belle  as  Edith 
Taylor.  She  made  a  tremendously  good  match,  'don't  you  know,' 
as  Maude  O'Connor  aaya,  for  George  Pope,  her  husband,  is  not 
only  very  rich,  but  an  awfully  nice  fellow  as  well.  Her  sister, 
Miss  Taylor,  is  standing  just  next  her  talking  to  Minnie  Hough- 
ton, another  rich  man's  daughter,  by-the-bye,  and  Harry  Hough- 
ton, her  brother,  is  one  of  the  society  beaux.  What  did  you  say? 
You  find  our  beaux  very  much  in  the  veal  stage  of  existence  I 
Well,  yes,  a  good  many  of  them  are,  no  doubt;  but  don't  you  re- 


member the  old  French  adage,  'When  people  can't  get  what  they 
would  like  they  had  better  take  what  they  can  gel?  "  Of  course 
this  isn't  the  exact  translation,  but  it  will  serve,  as  Mercutlo  says, 
and  really  some  of  the  buys — as  you  call  them — are  awfully  nice. 
There's  Milty  Laibam,  for  instance  (very  fond  of  Genevieve 
Goad);  every  one  likes  him.  That  is  he  with  the  light  hair,  stand- 
ing with  his  mother.  The  girls  cull  her  «  Milty's  Ma.'  She  used 
to  be  a  great  belle  in  her  time,  th^y  f-ay,  and  ha*  kept  her  neat, 
slim  figure  wonderfully,  hasn't  she  ?— though  of  course  not  as 
fresh  in  bloom  as  of  yore.  Al  Bowie  is  a  desperate  admirer  of 
hers. 

"  Look  at  the  clerical  man  coming  up  the  steps.  That  is  Dr. 
Foute,  of  Grace  Church.  He  is  quite  jolly,  and  you  should  see 
him  eat  watermelon!  That  group  to  the  left  of  the  steps  come 
from  Menlo  Park  and  do  the  exclusive  act  till  you  can't  rest. 
Funny,  too,  if  what  people  say  of  their  antecedents  is  correct. 
The  young  Jo  Donohoes  are  a  pleasant  pair.  She  was  Christine 
Parrott.  Mrs.  Payson,  her  sister,  is  with  her.  They  are  both 
stylish-looking  women,  aren't  they  ?  Oh,  you  admire  the  tall  girl 
who  is  speaking  to  them!  You  think  she  looks  rather  like  an 
Eogllsh  girl  I  She  is  a  mighty  nice  girl,  is  Miss  Addie  Mills.  That 
young  man  is  her  brother.  Yes,  D.  O.  Mills  is  their  uncle.  I  re- 
member a  girl  once  said  that  his  initials  stood  for  *  Derned  Old 
Mills,'  and  it  came  to  the  old  fellow's  ears — as  those  things  al- 
ways do — and  she  got  the  cool  shake  from  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Whitelaw  Reid,  in  consequence. 

"  Do  you  see  that  family  group  over  there — two  small,  short 
women  and  two  men,  one  old,  the  other  young  ?  That  is  Towne, 
of  the  8.  P.,  and  his  wife,  daughter,  and  son-in-law,  Clinton  Worr 
den,  who  is  the  lady's  second  husband.  But  I  say!  only  look  at 
the  diamonds  and  see  what  a  noticeable  person  is  wearing  tbeml 
Her  hair  is  a  regular  bleach,  isn't  it  ?  That  is  the  wife  of  Barrios, 
the  President  of  Guatemala.  They  say  she  spends  money  like 
water.  That  is  her  physician,  Dr.  Padelio — or  some  name  like 
that — who  travels  with  her.  Fine,  isn't  it  ?  They  are  en  route  to 
New  Orleans  to  visit  Mme.  Barrios's  mother;  you  know  she  is  an 
American.  There  comes  Dr.  Tevis,  the  only  one  of  the  Tevis  boys 
left  unmarried.  He  is  the  best  looking  of  the  lot,  and  the  girls 
think  a  heap  of  him,  but  I  tell  you  he  is  a  mighty  slippery  cus- 
tomer. Lena  Blanding  was  said  to  have  the  inside  track,  but  it 
doesn't  look  that  way,  does  it  ?  Just  look  at  him  shaking 
hands  with  Aileen  Goad,  as  if  he  were  never  so  happy  in  his  life 
as  to  get  back  to  her  side  again!  Of  the  three  sisters  Goad,  Ella, 
the  eldest,  is  my  favorite.  I  will  introduce  you  presently,  and 
see  if  you  don't  think  she  has  one  of  the  sweetest  faces  you  ever 
saw.  The  girls  say  there  is  going  to  be  what  the  English  call  no 
end  of  a  lark  while  we  are  all  down  here,  and  where  people  are 
congregated  for  fun-making,  why  not  !  So,  what  with  moonlight 
drives,  coaching  parties,  picnics,  bops,  and,  above  all,  the  shoot, 
I  think  you  will  confess  that  Del  Monte  is  indeed  the  *  queen  of 
watering  places  '  and  its  guests  simply  delightful.  What  do  you 
say  ?    Shall  we  take  in  the  tank  ?  " 

AYER'S  ~ """ = 

Hair  Vigor 

Prevents 

BALDNESS 
REMOVES  DANDRUFF 

AND 

Restores   Color 

TO 

Faded  and  Gray 

HAIR 

THE 


Best  Dressing 


BETHESDA. 

AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 
"  I  regard  Bethesda  as  a  delightful  water,  refreshing  and  Invigorating, 
with  medicinal  properties  of  much  value. " 

—Hon.  Charles  Foster,  ex-Secretary  of  Treasury. 
"  I  have  used  Bethesda  for  many  years,  and  deem  it  the  best  in  the  coun- 
try." — Hon.  Joseph  W.  Fifcr,  ex-Governor  of  Illinois, 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  Agents, 

418  eSacameuto  street,  S.  F. 

SH.  REGENSBURGER,  attorney-at-law. 
•  Rooms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18,  1894. 


[^SJi^¥«r(D 


1  We    Obev    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 


ANEW  friend  in  an  old  dress  is  just  as  welcome  as  an  old  ftiend 
in  a  new  dress.  Liberty  Hall  may  be  said  to  represent  either. 
It  is  a  successful,  dainty,  well-written  play,  with  a  felicitious, 
pure,  and  simple  theme— a  page  from  a  book  of  old  England,  a 
picture  of  life  that  almost  brings  tears  to  the  eyes.  One  can  con- 
gratulate Mr.  R.  C.  Carton,  the  author,  on  writing  such  a  play  to 
make  bis  debut  as  a  dramatist.  He  shows  that  he  is  a  great 
student  of  the  old  school,  that  Cibber,  Congreve,  and  Sheridan 
have  not  escaped  his  notice.  He  has  made  his  play  represent  the 
purest,  most  honorable  motiveB  of  humanity;  the  nobility  of 
man's  nature  and  the  simplicity  of  woman's  life.  For  a  new 
author  his  work  shows  remarkable  talent,  its  clever  construction 
would  be  creditable  to  an  older  man.  His  efforts  to  construct  a 
play  that  would  go  back  to  one  of  the  oldest  of  love  stories  have 
been  quite  successful,  and  yet  he  has  had  the  great  advantage  of 
having  his  play  produced  by  clever  people.  He  has  made  his 
hero  one  of  the  fays  of  a  past  age,  a  frank,  open,  kind  man,  so 
generous  that  he  takes  a  part  in  everyone's  business  without  the 
slightest  objection.  He  is  not  the  style  of  a  hero  that  the  later- 
day  dramatist  would  like  to  own,  but  there  he  is,  and  there  is 
not  a  man  or  woman  in  the  audience  who  does  not  like  Mr.  Owen 
(Mr.  Henry  Miller)  and  wbo  does  not  feel  like  shaking  hie  hand 
for  his  unlimited  goodnesB.  That  speaks  well  for  the  human 
nature  of  these  fin  de  siecle  days.  The  dramatists  were  never  more 
powerful  than  they  are  to-day,  and  the  new  school  is  making  a 
Btrong  impression  on  the  thinking  world.  The  fickle,  iiluBory 
play  is  being  forced  into  the  background  by  the  solid,  substantial 
ones  that  deal  with  the  morals  of  men  and  women.  Mr.  Sidney 
Grundy's  Sowing  the  Wind  shows  how  the  subject  can  be  treated 
in  a  delicate,  pointed,  learned,  and  instructive  way;  Mr.  Oscar 
Wilde's  Lady  Windermere's  Fan  shows  how  it  can  be  put  in  a  gilt 
frame  of  pungent  epigrams  and  treated  from  a  social  point  of 
view;  Dumas  fils'  Francillon  shows  how  it  can  be  treated  with 
sympathy,  love,  and  contempt,  and  Mr.  Arthur  Pinero's  The  Danc- 
ing Girl,  treats  it  with  undisguised  brutality.  Those  four  authors, 
with  Mr.  Henry  Arthur  Jones,  have  taken  morality  for  the  foun- 
dation of  all  their  plays,  and  they  will  probably  continue  at  it  for 
sometime.  It  is  a  quintette  that  will  be  hard  to  defeat;  each 
man  is  something  of  a  genius  in  one  way  or  another.  But  in  the 
midst  of  all  this  vice  and  virtue,  this  apparent  attempt  to  revolu- 
tionize society,  it  is  gratifying  to  see  an  audience  take  an  interest 
in  a  hero  who  would  pay  a  hundred  pounds  a  month  for  the  Bake 
of  living  in  a  close  back  room  in  the  house  of  the  girl  whom  he 
loved.  It  is  pleasant  to  Bee  them  dry  their  tears  when  she  throws 
bis  dowers  to  the  ground  and  assails  him  under  the  belief  that  he 
is  trying  to  win  her  younger  sister's  love,  when  he  had  prevented 
her  by  the  kindest  words,  from  running  away  with  a  repenting 
and  not  altogether  unforgivable  villain. 
■*  *  * 
Mr.  Carton  has  made  his  characters  very  natural  and  human 
and  has  handled  them  with  admirable  discretion.  Mr.  Owen  is 
an  excellent  character,  and  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Miller  it  is  splen- 
didly portrayed.  That  player  makes  it  so  strong,  so  earnest,  and 
so  manly  that  it  will  always  be  associated  with  him.  Miss  Viola 
Allen,  as  Blanche  Chilworth,  the  aristocratic  girl  who  tabes  up 
life's  weary  battles  in  the  modest  and  dusty  surroundings  ot  a 
second-hand  book  store,  is  not  a  new  heroine.  But  she  is  followed 
with  a  sympathetic  interest  all  through  the  play,  although  Bhe 
was  not  haughty  enough  to  give  any  idea  that  she  bad  been  used 
to  a  better  condition.  Mr.  Crompton's  William  Todman  was 
simple  and  artistic.  Arthur  Boylan,  as  the  love-sick  youth,  was 
decidedly  clever.  Miss  May  Robson's  character  sketch  as  the 
slave;  was  a  good  one,  and  it  may  be  said  in  her  favor  that  an 
actress  who  can  hold  the  interest  of  an  audience  by  merely  sweep- 
ing out  a  room  is  clever.  Miss  Irving  gave  the  innocent  maid  all 
the  appearance  of  gentleness  and  innocence  that  we  could  expect 
her  to  possess,  and  Mr.  Thompson  made  his  Briginshaw  seem  to 
be  a  natural  selection. 

*  *  * 

The  third  play  to  be  given  by  the  Empire  Stock  Company  ia 
entitled  Gudgeons,  by  Thornton  N.  Clark  and  Louis  N.  Parker.  It 
is  quite  new  in  this  city.  Its  title  is  appropriately  applied  to 
rich  Americans  wbo  try  to  buy  their  way  into  London  society 
and  fall  into  the  snares  of  polished  swindlers.  Mary  Hampton 
will  play  the  leading  role. 

*  *  * 

A  smooth,  well  balanced,  and  fairly  creditable  performance  of 
Lady  Windermere's  Fan  was  given  at  the  California  this  week.  It 
would  be  of  little  use  to  review  the  play  now,  as  it  was  seen  here 
not  so  very  long  ago  by  the  Palmer  Company,  but  it  might  be  of 
great  use  to  give  the  players  in  the  cast  a  few  hints  concerning 
conduct  appropriate  to  a  drawing-room.  We  would  beg  to  Inform 
Mr.  Frank  Fillmore  that  a  man  like  Lord  Windermere  would  not 
b  and  in  a  parlor  with  his  arms  akimbo  and  his  feet  spread  apart, 
even  if  his  wife  was  the  only  person  present.  Mr.  Robert  Jenkins 


might  care  to  know  that  it  is  not  deemed  exactly  the  thing  for 
gentlemen  to  pass  in  front  of  ladies  without  noticing  them.  Mr. 
Clifford  Leigh  may  tbink  that  it  is  proper  for  a  man  to  sit  on  a 
table,  but  it  is  not.  Mr.  Walter  S.  Dolman  may  have  been  told 
that  it  was  au  fait  for  Bociety  people  to  shake  hands  by  Bcrewing 
their  arms  out  of  shape,  but  the  person  wbo  told  him  was  only 
jesting.  The  ladies  do  much  better  than  the  men.  Miss  Oliver 
and  Miss  Oilvray  do  very  well  and  especially  in  the  third  act. 

*  *  * 

During  the  coming  three  weeks  the  California  Theatre  will  re- 
main dark,  and  the  stage  and  auditorium  will  be  altered  consid- 
erably. The  opening  night  will  be  September  10th,  when  Mr. 
Edwin  Milton  Royle  and  Miss  Selina  Fetter  will  appear  in  the 
former's  comedy-drama  entitled  Friends. 

*  *  » 

The  Tivoli's  production  of  Dorothy  is  one  of  the  best  that  the 
company  has  given.  Mr.  J.  J.  Raffael,  the  new  baritone,  is  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  Tivoli  corps.  He  is  a  pleasing  actor,  and 
a  good  singer.  Miss  Mary  Thomson  also  made  herself  a  favorite. 
She  is  a  bright,  clever  soubrette,  and  1b  possessed  of  a  good  qual- 
ity of  vivacity.  Mr.  Nash's  stage  management  appeared  to  good 
advantage  in  the  pretty  settings  and  the  spirit  in  which  the  opera 
was  played.  Next  week  the  bill  will  be  an  attractive  one.  Gil- 
bert and  Sullivan's  Iolanthe  will  be  presented,  with  Hartman  as 
the  Chancellor,  Raffael  as  Strepbon,  and  Miss  Thomson  as 
Iolanthe.  Between  the  acts  a  series  of  living  pictures,  which 
were  the  craze  In  New  York  last  spring,  will  be  presented. 
»  »  • 

There  seems  to  be  no  diminution  to  the  popularity  of  the 
variety  performances  at  the  Orpheum.  The  popular  Braatz 
Brothers  and  their  acrobatic  feats,  little  Gertie  Cochran  and  her 
marvelous  memory,  Sadi  Alfarabi,  the  daring  equilibrist,  the 
musical  acts  of  the  Deltorellis,  and  the  Flying  Bicketts  make  up  a 
programme  of  unusual  merit.  The  new  star  for  next  week's 
performances  will  be  Princess  Lilly  Dolgourouky,  the  violinist  to 
the  Empress  of  Russia,  and  virtuoso  to  the  Imperial  Court  of  St. 
Petersburg.  The  comedy  sketch  team,  Russell,  O'Dell,  and  Rns- 
sell,  will  also  make  its  first  appearance. 

*  *  * 

Coatia  DoomchefT,  the  young  Russian  violinist,  who  is  only 
13  years  old,  and  who  has  played  before  the  crowned  heads  of 
his  native  country,  will  give  a  concert  in  this  city,  at  Metropoli- 
tan Temple,  on  Tuesday  evening  next.  The  foreign  press  has 
praised  him  in  the  highest  terms,  and  if  it  be  true  he  is  a 
wonderful  player.  A  writer  in  the  Odessa  News  said  of  him: 
"  You  do  not  hear  the  violin ;  it  is  a  voice,  a  live  human  voice ! 
I  will  not  continue  regarding  the  other  selections  rendered  by 
Doomcheff,  but  I  cannot  refrain  from  mentioning  the  genius- 
like execution  of  the  short  piece  by  Kontsky  and  the  mazurka 
by  Venianoosky.  These  numbers  were  rendered  with  absolute 
perfection  of  technicality  in  the  various  shades  of  feeling,  and 
even  in  the  passion  which  was  expressed  in  them.  The  long 
pieces  of  Mendelssohn,  Bartholdi,  and  Chopin's  <  Nocturne ' 
were  rendered  superbly;  exactly  in  the  same  manner  that  a  first 
class  artist  would  have  executed  them." 

*  *  * 

Miss  Leila  France,  a  clever  song  composer  of  this  city,  has  set 
to  music  a  humorous  song  written  by  James  K.  Taylor,  also  of  San 
Francisco.  The  song  is  entitled  ••  The  Beautiful  Isles  of  Nowhere," 
and  with  the  charmingly  appropriate  music  of  Miss  France  is 
certain  to  gain  a  deserved  popularity. 
»  *  * 

On  Thursday  evening,  the  30th  inst.,  at  Metropolitan  Hall,  a 
grand  testimonial  concert  will  be  given  in  honor  of  Miss  Lilian  K. 
Slinkey,  the  popular  soprano,  on  the  eve  of  her  departure  for 
Europe.     Musicians  of  local  eminence  will  take  part. 

Tissue  paper  for  lamp  shades  and  paper  flowers.  Stationery  De- 
partment, Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co. 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al.  Hayman  &  Co.   Lessees  |  8.  H.  Friedlander  Manager. 

Week  beginning  Monday,  August  13th.  Matinee  Saturday.  Farewell  per- 
formance dunday  evening.    Oscar  Wilde's  play, 

LADY  WINDERMERE'S  FAN. 

Performed  300  nights  in  London,  ICO  nights  in  New  York,  and  pronounced 
by  the  critical  as  well  as  by  the  popular  voice  to  be  the  greatest  social 
comedy  since  Sheridan  scored  the  fashionable  world  of  his  time  in  "The 
School  for  Scandal.  ' 

THE  4  OM  PA  SIT— Frank  Gilmore,  Edward  Emery,  Robert  Jenkins, 
John  Archer,  Clifford  Leigh,  Waiter  S  Dolman,  James  Loan,  Mrs.  Fair- 
mont, Olive  Oliver,  Laura  Gilvray,  Nita  Sykes,  Louisa  Douglass,  Leona 
Clarke,  Minna  Nixon,  Etta  MorriB,  Margaret  Yates. 

No  advance  in  prices.    Seats  now  on  sale. 

BALDWIN  THEATRE 

Al  Hayman  

Monday  next,  August  20th.    Third  week. 

<;ivku:s  •  Kinnu,\s  sto<k:  coup  any, 
From  the  EMPIRE  THEATRE,  New  York. 

One  week  only.    Only  matinee  Saturday, 


Lessee  and  Manager. 


GUDGEONS, 


An  original  comedy  in  three  acts  by  Louis  N.  Baker. 
Monday,  Aug.  27th— THE  COUNCILLOR'S  WIFE. 


August,  18, 1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


LAWN    TENNIS. 


THE  open  doubles  at  the  California  Club  commence  this  after- 
noon it  two  and  continue  all  day  to-morrow.  There  is  a  good 
entry,  and  doubtless  there  will  be  some  interesting  tennis,  espec 
tally  as  the  Messrs.  Hardy  have  entered.  They  are,  however,  hand- 
icapped to  the  extent  of  fifteen,  and  this  handicap  ought  to  make 
their  matches  more  interesting  to  the  spectators.  The  Whitney 
brothers,  who,  by-the-bye,  are  playing  strong  tennis,  Allen  and 
Allison,  Mitchell  and  Wilberforce  ought  to  make  things  lively, 
and  altogether  a  very  pleasant  tournament  is  looked  for.  The 
High  School  boys,  who  have  rented  two  of  the  California  Club's 
courts,  will  be  represented,  and  it  must  be  said  that  if  the  inter- 
est has  been  neglected  on  the  remaining  three  courts,  the  High 
School  boys  have  been  making  it  up  on  theirs,  there  often  being 
twenty-five  players  waiting  for  their  tarn  at  the  nets.  Howard 
Adams  and  Cheseborongh  are  at  present  the  strongest  team,  and 
have  announced  their  intention  of  upholding  their  club's  honorat 
the  coming  championship  at  San  Rafael. 

The  Olympic  Club  Annex  championship  for  doubles  takes 
place  next  Sunday  week,  the  26th  inst.,  and  promises  to  be  well 
attended.  The  runner-up  team  will  have  to  contend  against 
Messrs.  Wilber  and  Treat,  who  are  the  present  champions,  and  it 
seems  that  either  Stoker  and  Crowell  or  Allison  and  Wilberforce 
ought  to  stand  the  best  chance  of  meeting  them. 

M.  S.  Severance,  the  President  of  the  Southern  California  Lawn 
Tennis  Association,  is  up  in  the  city  on  a  visit,  and  is  trying  to 
interest  the  Directors  of  the  California  Club  sufficiently  to  allow 
Professor  Joe  Daily  to  go  down  to  their  championship  meeting, 
which  commences  on  the  20th  inst.,  when  it  is  hoped  that  he  will 
play  some  exhibition  matches  with  the  new  champion.  R.  Pey- 
ton Carter  has  twice  won  this  distinction,  but  is  hardly  a  match 
for  the  Professor.  Anyway,  it  will  be  interesting  for  our  Southern 
friends  to  have  him. 

It  has  been  a  matter  of  comment  lately  as  to  the  advisability 
of  incorporating  various  tennis  clubs,  which,  either  from  lack  of 
personal  push  on  the  part  of  the  directors  and  members,  or  from 
the  very  hard  times,  have  been  allowed  to  run  behind  in  their 
finances.  It  is  a  grave  question  to  decide,  but  in  our  opinion  it 
is  but  a  fair  one.  It  seems  to  us  that  when  a  good  club  has  been 
allowed  to  deteriorate  and  a  large  debt  has  accumulated,  it  is 
hard  on  the  few  directors  to  have  to  back  that  debt,  and  if 
the  club  goes  to  the  demnition  bow-wows,  to  put  their  hands 
in  their  pockets  and  pony  up,  so  to  speak,  for  something  that 
was  not  entirely  their  fault.  We  think  that  such  clubs  ought  to 
be  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State,  and  that  each  indi- 
vidual member  should  have  a  share  of  stock  in  the  corporation 
and  be  liable  for  his  share  of  the  responsibilities  contracted  by  the 
directors.  There  does  not  seem  to  be  sufficient  public  spirit  left 
in  any  of  the  clubs  to  which  we  refer  to  diminish  the  debts,  and 
this  was  clearly  demonstrated  a  little  while  ago,  when  the  Cali- 
fornia Club  announced  its  intention  of  giving  exhibition  matches, 
with  an  entry  to  the  grounds  of  one  dollar.  This  club  had  always 
extended  a  cordial  invitation  to  former  tournaments,  and  it  was 
thought  that  the  members,  knowing  full  well  that  the  directors 
were  anxious  to  reduce  the  debt,  would  induce  their  friends  to 
take  a  ticket  or  keep  the  few  tickets  sent  them  themselves.  But 
not  so.  The  affair  turned  out  a  fizzle  financially,  but  very  few 
of  the  members  keeping  the  tickets  sent  to  them.  The  lacfc  of 
public  spirit  displayed  by  the  members  at  that  time  was  a  dis- 
grace to  them,  and  things  have  not  been  getting  any  better  since 
then.  To  incorporate  the  club,  assess  the  members  who  wish  to 
remain  in  and  start  the  ball  rolling  afresh,  seems  to  us  the  best 
thing  to  do  under  the  circumstances.  The  same  can  be  said  of 
several  other  clubs,  where  the  dues  are  very  much  in  arrears,  but 
everybody  says  that  the  times  are  hard  and  that  tennis  must 
suffer  financially  as  well  as  everything  else. 

The  championship  meeting  at  San  Rafael  promises  to  be  success- 
ful, and  there  seems  to  be  a  good  deal  more  interest  displayed  of 
late  in  the  matter.  The  prizes  this  year  are  to  be  especially  fine, 
thanks  to  the  Hotel  Rafael,  which  subscribed  $75;  the  S.  F.  and 
N.  P.  Railway  Company,  which  donated  $50;  Clabrough,  Gol- 
cher  &  Co.,  who  gave  $20,  and  the  E.  T.  Allen  Co.  $10,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  gold  trophy  offered  for  the  ladies  by  Messrs.  Ham- 
mersmith &  Field.  There  are  quite  a  number  of  entries  in  view, 
and  it  is  believed  that  this  year's  tournament  will  be  the  largest 
we  have  had  for  many  a  season. 


ENGLISH    CHAMPAGNE    DRINKERS. 

Some  Notable  Points  in  which  they  Differ  from  Americans. 

There  are  differences  between  champagne  drinkers  in  England 
and  in  America.  The  Britisher  is  willing  to  pay  the  highest  price  for 
the  best  wine  and  yet  he  gets  his  champagne  cheaper  than  the 
American,  though  in  England  the  prices  of  different  brands  vary. 
In  America,  however,  the  consumer  pays  about  the  same  for  all 
brands  regardless  of  quality.  Here  is  an  example:  Ridley's  Wine  and 
Spirit  Trade  Circular's  quotations  for  familiar  brands  by  the  dozen 
were:  Pommery,  83  to  88  shillings;  Moet,75  shillings;  Perrier-Jouet, 
72  shillings;  and  G.  H.  Munini,  70  to  75^  shillings.  In  this  country, 
however,  the  consumer  pays  about  the  same  for  one  brand  as  an- 
other. — Neiv  york  Tribune. 


XHAZ2LING 

PAVILION   EfTECTC. 
.wfc  sroc I      ® 

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RACING  AT  THE  PAR^- 

CASS  ASA'S  S3ȣ 

FPR  MUSICAb     CONCERTS. 

miWF&lL  F§  EXMSBIT. 

EXCURSION     RATES 
ON    ALL    RAIL.    ROADS. 

KwirvF.^it^  Jo|,n  3o^s 

SECTV.*='    V       *■  ^PRESIDENT. 


ORPHEUM- 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  of  Monday,  August  20th  Notable  engagement  and  first  appearance 
of 

PRINCESS  LILLY  DOLttOKOVKlf, 
violinist  to  the  Empress  of  Russia  and  virtuoso  to  the  Imperial  Court  of  St. 
Petersburg. 

Also,  Sadi  Alfarabi,  Deltorelli  Bros.,  Gertie  Cochran,  the  Bicketts,  Le- 
vanion,  Nelson  &  Bush,  last  week  of  the  famous  Braatz  Bros.,  and  first  ap- 
pearance of  the  comedy  sketch  team,  Russell,  O'Dell  &  Russell,  and  a  mag- 
nificent company. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c ;  balcony 
10c, ;  opera  chairs  and  bos  seats,  50c . 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Kreling Proprietor  and  Manager. 

To-night  and  to-morrow  night,  Cellier's  pastoral  opera,  DOROTHY. 
Monday,  August  20th— 


IOLANTHE. 


In  Active  Preparation— The  latest  Eastern  and  European  sensation,  THE 
LIVING  PICTURES,  devised  and  executed  by  John  E.  Nash. 
Look  out  for  DON  JUAN  (ad  lib). 
PopularPeices  .     ...        25and  50c 

METROPOLITAN   HALL. 

TUESDAY.  AUGUST  21,  1894. 

COSTIA    DOOMCHEFF. 

'J  he  youthful  but  already  world  renowned  violin  artist  virtuoso,  will  give 
an  evening  recital.  At  the  age  of  nine  years  Costia  Doomcheff  had  the 
unprecedented  honor  of  performing  before  the  St.  Petersburg  Conserva- 
tory, and  received  as  an  acknowledgment  of  his  talent  a  gold  lyre  set  with 
diamonds  and  the  following  inscription:  "Costia  DoomchefT,  Our  Tal- 
ented Violin  Artist  "  On  the  14  h  of  May,  1890,  he  had  the  honor  to  perform 
before  His  Rr>yal  Highness  the  Crown  Prince  of  Italy,  from  whom  in  ap- 
preciation of  his  talent  he  received  a  musical  emblem  set  with  diamonds. 
On  the  27th  of  April,  1893,  by  a  special  invitation,  Costia  DoomchefT 
performed  on  his  violin  before  thejr  Royal  Highnesses  the  Czar  and 
Czarina  and  the  imperial  family  at  their  summer  palace  at  Yalta,  in 
Crimea,  and  in  appreciation  of  his  phenomenal  talent,  the  Czar  presented 
Costia  Doomcheff  with  a  gold  watch  with  the  Russian  e&gle  set  with  dia- 
monds. He  has  also  been  created  an  honorable  member  of  the  Uleaborg 
Musical  Society.  Costia  Doomcheff  will  be  accompanied  by  Professor 
Henry  Strauss.  Tickets  for  sale  at  Sherman  &  Clay's  music  store,  corner 
of  Sutter  and  Kearny  streets.  On  the  evening  of  the  concert  tickets  may 
be  had  at  Metropolitan  Hall  from  fi  o'clock. ^^ 


OJJO   JtotytylW, 


Established  1S7J. 


411  Bush  Street.      Opposite 
the    New    California    Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 
OYSTER  ai?d  CUK<;i?  P/!R£OF?S. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaus, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 


PIANOS 


A.  L.  BANliHUrl 
303  Sutter  St  , 


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Knabe,   Haines,  Bush  &  Gerts,  and  others, 
cash  or  installments.     Please  call  or  correspond. 

FrAo.  BANCROFT 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18, 1894. 


Tri£ 

00KCR-ON. 


DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  William  S.  Barnes,  who  is  a  capital 
swimmer,  got  a  cramp  while  in  bathing  at  Santa  Cruz  re- 
cently, and  when  rescued  was  so  nearly  drowned  that  it  took 
about  an  hour  to  restore  him.  Mr.  Barnes's  experience  leads  him 
to  disbelieve  the  familiar  theory  that  a  drowning  man  sees  all  the 
prominent  events  of  his  life  rise  before  him  as  he  bids  farewell  to 
consciousness. 

•  'That's  a  mistake,"  said  Mr.  Barnes.  "The  most  prominent 
thing  that  engaged  my  attention  before  I  went  down  for  good 
was  how  to  keep  my  head  above  water,  and  the  last  gleam  of 
consciousness  I  had  was  when  I  was  grinding  over  the  sandy 
bottom  of  the  beach  on  my  stomach.  It  sounded  as  if  a  freight 
train  was  tearing  up  the  earth.  I  have  heard  it  said  that  drown- 
ing persons  often  hear  angels  singing,  and  imagine  that  they  are 
walking  in  a  grand  park  with  bright  flowers  all  about,  and  with 
the  sound  of  tinkling  waterfalls  and  harps  filling  the  air.  I  want 
to  enter  an  official  denial  of  all  those  fables.  There  are  no  such 
romantic  incidents  connected  with  a  practical  drowning.  Drown- 
ing is  altogether  a  matter-of-fact  way  of  passing  in  your  chips. 
You  make  a  desperate  struggle  to  keep  out  of  harm's  way  until 
your  arms  grow  tired  and  your  breath  gets  short.  You  finally 
conclude  that  the  whole  Pacific  ocean  is  in  league  with  the  powers 
of  evil,  and  that  you  of  all  the  world  have  been  singled  out  for 
spite.  The  next  thing  that  ycu  do  is  to  wrap,  not  exactly  the 
drapery  of  your  couch  around  you,  but  as  much  of  the  salt  water 
as  is  within  reach  of  your  arms,  take  a  nightcap  in  the  shape  of 
a  few  tons  of  ocean,  and  lie  down  to  pleasant  dreams  at  the  bot- 
tom of  the  sea.  That  was  my  experience,  and  if  the  people  who 
tell  you  the  other  version  do  not  believe  that  I  am  a  credible 
witness  they  can  try  it  in  Monterey  Bay,  which  will  afford  any 
investigating  mind  ample  room  for  experiments." 
»  *  » 
Since  the  hard  times  struck  this  coast  a  great  many  good  citi- 
zens have  found  it  uecessary  to  dispose  of  some  of  the  luxuries 
which  tbey  were  able  to  maintain  during  the  flush  periods.  Last 
week  a  well-known  gentleman,  who  claims  to  be  a  driver  of  fast 
horses,  signified  his  desire  to  get  rid  of  his  grey  team,  and  inti- 
mated to  some  friends  of  his  that  he  was  willing  to  knock  them 
down  at  a  sacrifice  that  would  startle  the  buyer. 

"What's  your  price?"  inquired  Major  Frank  McLaughlin, 
who  happened  to  be  in  the  group. 

"  8h-hl"  cautioned  the  man  of  sports;  "  come  with  me,  Frank, 
and  I'll  give  you  inside  rates.  Don't  say  a  word  to  a  living  soul. 
If  people  knew  I  was  selling  horses  at  such  a  low  rate  it  would 
knock  my  credit  higher  than  imported  sardines.  Come  up  the 
back  streets  a  little  way;  I  don't  care  to  have  any  one  but  you 
get  on  to  this." 

fie  clutched  the  Major  by  the  arm  and  walked  him  about  two 
blocks  behind  the  Palace  Hotel,  and,  drawing  close  up  to  him, 
whispered  softly:  »  I'll  give  you  the  horses,  harness,  and  buggy 
for  $525.  Shut  up,  Frank!  Don't  yell  now,  but  just  keep  that 
to  yourself.     Is  it  a  go  ?  " 

McLaughlin  threw  his  hands  up  in  apparent  delight,  and,  re- 
versing his  course,  led  the  seller  quietly  back  to  the  hotel  and 
took  him  into  the  poker  room,  which  was  vacant.  After  assur- 
ing himself  that  no  one  was  present  and  that  the  door  was 
securely  closed,  he  pulled  his  man's  head  toward  his  own  and 
just  barely  breathed :  ••  I'll  give  you  $85." 
»  *  » 

Henry  Grattan  Donnelly,  the  author  of  some  very  bright 
librettos,  among  which  is  Ship  Ahoy,  is  now  a  resident  of  San 
"Rafael.  Mr.  Donoelly  is  engaged  on  a  play  and  has  chosen  to 
sit  under  the  umbrageous  oaks  and  there  pursue  the  rapidly 
flowing  current  of  his  thought.  On  Monday  afternoon  he  was  pur- 
suing the  current,  and  had  written  some  very  brilliant  lines,  when 
a  local  shepherd  drove  in  a  flock  of  sheep  to  pasture  in  the  fields 
where  the  author  was  seated.  The  leader  of  the  flock,  a  curly- 
horned,  ferocious  looking  ram,  took  an  immediate  dislike  to  Mr. 
Donnelly,  and,  charging  wildly  at  him,  knocked  him  end  over 
end,  manuscript,  pencil,  senario  and  all.  When  the  dramatist 
picked  himself  up  he  limped  slightly,  but  that  had  no  effect  upon 
his  lines,  which  are  not  lame  in  any  particular. 
*  *  * 

The  feud  between  the  permanent  residents  and  the  summer 
boarders  of  Sausalito  is  apparently  irreconcilable.  The  perma- 
nent residents  have  combined  to  snub  on  all  occasions  the  sum- 
mer boarders.  Tbey  will  barely  tolerate  them  in  the  church,  and 
they  are  grieviously  offended  with  the  Episcopal  pastor,  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Miel,  because  he  has  invited  them  to  come  within  the  fold. 
It  is  a  custom  after  church  for  the  maids  and  matrons  and  the 
vestal  virgins  of  Sausalito  to  meet  after  divine  service  and  have 
bread  and  butter  and  tea  together.  Those  "teas"  are  really  sacri- 
ficial altars  upon  which  many  a  reputation  is  offered  up  to  the 


Deus  Grundius  amid  the  pouring  of  vast  libations  of  tea.  This 
amiable  Sabbath  custom  was  made  a  subject  of  a  discourse  by  the 
pastor  recently,  and  the  wrath  of  the  ladies  knew  no  bounds.  He 
told  tbem  that  wearing  nice  frocks  and  going  to  church  with 
clean  faces  was  not  the  entire  end  and  aim  of  Christianity.  He 
likewise  put  in  a  plea  for  the  summer  boarder,  and  thought  that 
the  individual,  whether  male  or  female,  had  quite  as  good  a  pros- 
pect of  going  to  heaven  and  twanging  tbe  golden  harp  as  the 
permanent  resident.  This  awful  heresy  fell  with  a  dull  and  pain- 
ful thud  upon  the  congregation.  That  the  permanent  resident 
who  had  introduced  the  Tarn  O'Shanter,  and  opened  tbe  doors  of 
its  lofty  castles  to  tbe  British  bank  clerk,  should  be  compared  in 
any  respect  to  tbe  summer  boarder,  who  often  made  the  shady 
avenues  vocal  with  his  jagged  shrieks  long  after  midnight,  was  a 
statement  incomprehensibly  malignant  to  them.  Poverty  Gulch 
to  the  north,  and  Hurricane  Gulch  to  the  west,  are  still  neutral, 
and  are  more  inclined  to  the  summer  boarder  than  to  the  perma- 
nent resident.  But  the  breezy  Hill  stands  firm  and  waves  the 
transient  plebeian,  who  eats  chowder  at  Dexter's  and  drinks  beer 
at  Baron  de  Ghetaldi's,  far  off  with  indignant  gesture. 

Lord  Randolph  Churchill  has  not,  up  to  date,  won  the  favor  of 
that  large  class  which  courts  the  smiles  of  the  British  aristocracy. 
When  Churchill  arrived  here  he  was,  as  a  matter  of  course,  the 
c  bject  of  the  attentions  of  a  number  of  young  men,  ambitious  to 
make  him  the  guest  of  their  clubs.  Lord  Randolph,  who  used  to 
be  in  his  younger  days  a  genial  sort  of  a  fellow,  has  grown  very 
crusty  since  his  illness.  Talbot  CliftoD  and  Dan  McCarthy  sent 
up  their  cards,  and  others,  desiring  to  be  courteous  to  a  man  dis- 
tinguished in  English  politics,  also  sent  up  their  pasteboards. 
But  Churchill  has  made  his  mind  up  that  he  will  not  receive  any 
attentions  at  the  hands  of  San  Francisco  society.  Lady  Churchill, 
a  most  charming  woman,  who,  during  her  canvassing  when  her 
husbaDd  was  in  politics,  was  brought  into  contact  with  every 
grade  of  society,  is  anxious  to  see  something  of  our  Western  social 
life.  But  "Randy,"  as  he  is  known  in  the  House  of  Commons, 
will  let  her  receive  alone.  He  has  selected  the  Bohemian  Club  as 
his  headquarters,  and  may  do  some  deer  shooting  on  the  grounds 
of  the  Country  Club.  But  he  has  made  his  vow  to  lead  a  quiet  life. 
#  *  * 

Alfred  A.  Farland,  a  wonderful  banjoist,  is  to  appear  here  this 
season  under  the  management  of  Albert  Marks,  and  if  report 
speaks  truly  bis  playing  of  that  generally  considered  humble  in- 
strument will  be  a  surprise  and  a  revelation.  He  plays  a  Beet- 
hoven sonata,  a  Paderewski  minuet,  the  overture  to  William  Tell, 
and  other  classical  selections.  It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  state, 
in  connection  with  Mr.  Farland's  visit,  that  the  reports  of  his 
skill  are  readily  believed  by  a  few  who  are  aware  that  there  is  in 
San  Francisco  one  young  "banjo  virtuoso,"  Ashton  P.  Stevens, 
who  has  raised  that  instrument  almost  to  a  level  with  the  violin 
by  bis  exquisite  rendering  of  intricate  classic  music.  Should  Mr. 
Stevens  be  heard  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Farland,  the  unpreten- 
tious banjo  would  have  an  unexpected  boom  as  a  musical  instru- 
ment. 

Since  Dan  McCarthy  has  been  associating  with  Talbot  Clifton 
he  has  conceived  an  absorbing  affection  for  tbe  British  aristocracy. 
On  Tuesday  night  Lord  Randolph  Churchill  sauntered  into  the 
Palace  Hotel  bar  for  a  drink.  Churchill  is  a  free-and-easy-going 
man  of  the  world,  and  hailed  Mr.  McCarthy's  genial  advances  in 
the  conversational  line  with  the  utmost  cordiality.  The  conver- 
sation of  course  turned  on  horses,  and  before  his  lordship  retired 
he  had  got  pretty  nearly  the  whole  history  of  the  California  turf. 
Dan  says  now  that  he's  getting  a  little  blase  on  lords  and  would 
like  to  tackle  a  Duke.  He  feels  quite  confident  now  to  trot  a 
heat  with  the  Prince  of  Wales  himself. 

It  is  unpleasant  to  be  called  Mrs.  Potter's  husband  or  Mrs. 
Frank  Leslie's  Willie,  and  it  has  recently  come  to  light  that  to  be 
called  So-and-so's  father  is  equally  distressing. 

Recently  General  Barnes  was  introduced  to  a  young  Repub- 
lican, who  grasped  his  band  convulsively  and  said: 

"Mr.  Barnes,  I  am  glad  to  meet  you.  I  understand  you  are 
the  father  of  our  District  Attorney." 

The  old  war-horse  looked  long  and  earnestly  at  the  youth,  and, 
resbaking  the  hand  which  he  still  retained,  answered: 

"No;  be  is  the  son  of  General  Barnes." 
»  *  * 

The  Burlingame  Club  Is  seriously  considering  the  importation 
of  a  pack  of  either  beagles  or  harriers  from  England  to  the  ken- 
nels of  their  handsome  club  house  in  San  Mateo.  The  country 
is  admirably  adapted  for  either  beagles  or  harriers,  and  if  the 
native  supply  is  not  sufficient  they  may  be  brought  up  by  the 
hundred  from  Fresno  county.  There  might  be  some  fine  runs  on 
the  rolling  hill  slopes  by  the  lakes,  and  although  the  fences  would 
require  the  trained  hunter  to  fly  them,  it  would  not  be  hard  to 
educate  a  stable  of  jumpers. 

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 

Crown  Fountain  Pens  are  the  best.  Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  Station- 
ery Department.    Agents  for  the  Coast. 


August   18,  1394. 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

HAS  the  roof  garden  yet  become  a  feature  of  San  Francisco 
summer  nights?  I  remember  long  years  ago  that  the  Tivoli 
had  a  suggestion  of  an  open-air  concert,  but  as  the  place  grad- 
ually los-t  Us  beer  garden  character  and  became  more  and  more  of 
a  theatre,  the  pretty  plant  strewn  gallery  was  enclosed  and  trans- 
formed. New  York  would  be  desolate  indeed  without  these  cool 
and  inspiring  resorts  during  the  dog  days.  Their  popularity  is 
evidence  by  their  number.  Year  after  year  tbey  become  more 
and  more  a  necessary  venture  for  the  managers  who  shrink  from 
utter  destitution  during  the  summer,  and  the  crowds  that  haunt 
them  are  an  encouragement  and  approval  of  the  managers'  per- 
spicacity. The  summer  girl,  cool  and  fresh  and  dainty,  and  per- 
haps just  a  bit  more  daring  in  her  demeanor  than  she  will  be 
three  months  later  in  the  year;  the  summer  young  man  in  serge 
or  flannel  and  straw  hat,  long  hair  and  hairless  counte- 
nance as  is  our  custom  at  the  moment;  the  old  rounder  and 
the  great  class  of  women  whom  the  old  rounder  affects;  the 
country  cousios  and  the  mass  of  nondescript  composites  that 
make  up  always  the  background  of  the  crowd  in  a  large  city, 
come  and  go  amongst  the  tables,  crowd  the  lift,  stare  at  the 
dancers,  ignore  the  singers,  shout  at  the  waiters,  and  give  them- 
selves up  to  long  cool  drinks  and  long  flirtations  less  icy  in  their 
nature.  One  goes  to  a  roof  garden  to  see  all  there  is  left  of  life  in 
New  York  in  midsummer.  For  one  out  of  the  sphere  of  its  usual 
clientele  there  is  something  dashing  if  not  reckless  in  the  atmos- 
phere, and  the  visit  is  referred  to  with  bated  breath  as  "such  a 
spreel"  The  exclusive  easily  enter  the  glittering  circle  and  are 
usually  glad  and  content  to  efface  themselves  rapidly  when 
they  do. 

But  if  amusement  and  entertainment  sorely  lack  for  those  con- 
fined to  the  dull  town,  there  are  anticipatory  compensations.  One 
can  at  least  look  forward  to  the  winter  and  its  countless  promised 
attractions.  Not  the  least  of  these  is  the  opera,  to  Californians 
particularly  interesting  this  year,  as  it  will  mean  Sybil  Sander- 
son's American  debut.  She  will  come  over  in  September  for  a 
visit  before  the  season  of  hard  work. 

Mrs.  Bella  Thomas  Nichols  is  at  Seabright,  and  will  leave 
shortly  to  visit  Mrs.  Kerr  at  Cornwall  on  Hudson.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
B.  L.  Goodsell  are  at  the  same  place,  staying  at  the  Octagon,  and 
having  taken  down  their  horses  and  carriages,  they  are  con- 
stantly driving  about  alone  or  sharing  the  pleasure  with  their 
friends.  Consul-General  Olarovsky  and  his  wife  are  also  at  Sea- 
bright.  They  returned  from  Russia  only  a  few  weeks  ago,  after 
an  absence  of  several  months.  Mrs.  C.  Van  Dyck  Hubbard  is 
another  ex-Californian  who  has  visited  Seabright  this  summer. 
She  has  dow  gone  to  Saratoga  for  the  waters.  From  Berlin  I  hear 
of  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Savage,  who  are  evidently  immensely  enjoy- 
ing their  continental  trip.  Mrs.  Savage  has  spent  most  of  her 
time  in  Russia.  They  sail  for  home  on  the  third  of  October.  The 
Majestic  carried  away  to-day  Mrs.  Hosmer  and  her  brother, 
Arthur  Fawcett,  who  have  been  making  a  long  Western  visit. 
I  hear  from  London  that  Mrs.  Brooke,  formerly  Miss  Ruth  Hol- 
laday,  is  about  leaving  for  a  visit  to  her  sister,  Mrs.  Messer,  in 
Demerara.  That  very  prolific  writer,  Mr.  Archibald  Clavering 
Gunter,  has  taken  a  cottage  at  Lenox,  where  he  and  his  very 
charming  wife  are  entertaining  delightfully. 

In  Newport  "Charley"  Baldwin,  under  the  wing  of  the  John 
Jacob  Astors,  is  enjoying  himself  prodigiously,  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  be  is  not  making  a  record  for  himself  in  tennis,  accord- 
ing to  the  news  of  the  recent  tournament.  Mr.  Baldwin  played 
with  Mrs.  Astor  against  Miss  Sands  and  another,  and  although 
Mrs.  Astor  is  the  cleverest  woman  with  a  racket  in  all  Newport, 
Mr.  Baldwin's  lack  of  practice  is  said  to  have  lost  them  the  match. 
This  sad  news  will  no  doubt  prove  of  thrilling  interest  to  your 
younger  readers.  John  Mackay  the  Second  is  another  wealthy 
scion  of  a  Western  honse  who  is  making  Newport  glad  by  his 
presence  this  season.  Mrs.  Oelrichs  has  entered  upon  dinner- 
giving  once  more,  her  usual  form  of  entertainment. 

Young  Richard  Ferrer  passed  through  New  York  a  few  days 
ago  on  his  way  to  San  Francisco.  He  means  to  return  to  Brussels 
in  October.  Miss  Eugenie  Ferrer,  his  talented  sister,  is  lying 
very  ill  in  Yonkers,  and  although  she  is  recovering  it  will  doubt- 
less be  weeks  before  she  is  quite  strong  again. 

A  large  reception  to  your  celebrated  townsman,  Mr.  James  J. 
Corbett,  brought  together,  a  few  nights  ago,  a  congenial  and  con- 
vivial throng  of  aristocrats  of  the  muscular  world.  Mr.  Corbett 
means  to  respond  by  giving  a  house-warming  shortly  in  the 
superb  new  house  he  has  recently  purchased  in  Eighty-first 
street.  The  profits  of  his  European  trip  will  enable  him  to  enter- 
tain lavishly.  Passe-Partout. 

New  York,  Attgust  8,  1894. 


Struck  It  Rich. 
In  a  time  like  the  present,  the  good  fortune  of  any  one  attracts 
more  attention  than  at  a  time  when  business  is  booming.  The  firm 
of  Groom  &  Nash,  hatters,  942  Market  street,  under  Baldwin  Hotel, 
had  the  good  fortune  of  having  the  first  Fall  opening  of  New  York 
hats  on  Saturday  last.    The  hats  are  elegant  in  style  and  sell  well. 

For  the  debilitating  effects  of  August  weather,  nothing  is  so  good  as 
Ayer's  Sarsaparilla. 


gentleman's  snog. 


^re-^ 


WE  COULD  NOT  IMPROVE  THE  QUALITY 
if  paid  double  the  price  It  is 
the  clioicesT  SmokincjTobacco 
that  experience  can  produce 
or  that  money  can  buy 


tfl* 


BYRON  HOT  SPRINGS 

Resort  is  reached  by  a  pleasant  three- 
hour  ride  by  rail  from  San  Francisco. 
The  f<ot  mud,  hot  salt  water,  and 
hot  sulphur  baths  are  infallible  cures  for 
rheumatism,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  liver 
and  kidney  troubles,  blood  and  skin  dis- 
orders. 
L.  R.  HEAD,  C.  R.  MASON, 

Proprietor.  Manager. 
Byron  Hot  Springs  P.  O.,  Cal 


l/ieby  $prii7<$s, 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  the  terminus  of  the  S.  F.  &N.  P.  Railway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms.  $12  to  $14  per  week. 
Postofficeand  telephone  at' springs. 

MM    lllKiuy  Proprietor. 


LURLINE 

Half  a  million  gallons 
of  pure  warm  salt 
water  pumped  into  the 
tank  every  day. 

BATHS. 


THE   COST  OF 

Tub  Baths 

Is  now  the  same  as  the 

Plunge  Bath. 


30  CENTS  SINGLE,  or 
Four  for  $1. 


D 


R.   D.   E.   DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 


Now  at  II  RI.lNi:  BATHS,  3d  Hoor, 

Next  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DK.  LOKYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

-Ingrown  Nails  a  Specialty. 

FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 

BUILDING  PAPERS. 

ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 

PARAFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

116  Battery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN  %rl%^£^lt?i?£I?*l 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 


p.&a 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


August   18,1*94. 


ft   Trap  The  baits  set  for  the  credulous  by   the  manipula- 

tor tors  of  Sutro's  latest  philanthropic  scheme,  the  Cliff 

Investors.  House  Railroad,  are  many  and  varied.  As  a  poor 
man's  opportunity  to  become  wealthy  at  Sutro's  expense,  the 
price  of  the  shares  has  been  marked  down  to  two  figures  fully 
paid,  for  the  time  being  until  the  trap  is  sprung,  and  then  the 
controlling  interest  represented  by  the  certificates  of  stock  held 
by  the  cunning  connubiator,  and  which  cost  him  nothing  more 
than  the  printing  and  paper,  will  exert  a  power  which  will  be 
an  eye-opener  to  the  innocents.  If  enough  subscribers  can  be 
inveigled  into  putting  up  enough  money  to  build  the  road,  the 
string  attached  to  all  the  Sutro  public  enterprises  will  be  brought 
into  play,  and  it  won't  be  the  slick  promotor  who  will  suffer.  It 
is  amusing  to  read  the  statements  of  the  daily  press,  paid  for  at 
so  much  aline,  of  the  crowds  rushing  in  to  subscribe  for  stock — 
how  the  honest  mechanic  has  carefully  investigated  the  scheme, 
and  likes  it  so  well  that  he  has  bought  a  share  for  his  wife  or 
mother-in-law,  while  advising  all  his  associates  to  provide  them- 
selves with  such  a  safeguard  against  a  poverty-stricken  old  age. 
It  is  safe  to  say  that  all  the  use  the  average  mechanic,  or  any 
other  sensible  toiler  and  wage-earner  in  the  metropolis,  would  have 
for  the  stock  would  be  to  light  his  pipe  with  it.  If  the  road  is 
ever  built,  which  is  exceedingly  problematical,  the  chances  are 
that  Sutro  will  have  to  pay  for  it  out  of  his  own  pocket,  which 
is  as  it  should  be.  If  he  has  anything  worth  looking  at  in  his 
menagerie  at  the  Cliff  it  will  be  safe  to  risk  a  5-cent  fare  to  sat- 
isfy the  curiosity.  At  present  the  travel  toward  the  domain  does 
Dot  show  that  many  care  to  risk  a  dime  on  the  attraction  propo- 
sition. The  fact  that  Sutro  is  so  eager  to  get  back  the  paltry  sum 
of  $6500  which  he  paid  in  good  faith  to  the  city  for  a  franchise, 
shows  either  that  he  has  not  enough  confidence  in  the  scheme  to 
risk  a  dollar  of  his  own  money,  or  a  desire  to  keep  himself  on 
"velvet"  from  first  to  last.  Sutro's  benevolence  is  simply  over- 
powering, and  his  dicker  with  the  Supervisors  is  a  fair  sample  of 
his  disinterested  feelings  on  behalf  of  the  dear  public.  It  was 
unfortunate  for  bis  pocket  that  in  this  instance  the  circuit  be- 
tween the  positive  and  negative  sides  of  his  character  was  broken 
bo  disastrously  to  the  advantage  of  others.  It  is  the  first  time  on 
record  that  an  accident  of  the  kind  has  taken  place  in  the  cordial 
exchange  of  his  charitable  sentiments  from  the  one  hand  to  the 
other. 

$  $  % 

Com  stood  Prices  advanced  considerably  in  all  the  leading 
ftfiqing  Comstock  mines  during  the  week  upon  an  improve- 
Shares.  ment  in  the  demand.  The  news  from  Con. -Virginia, 
Crown  Point,  and  Belcher  has  been  of  a  particularly  reassuring 
character  for  some  time  past,  and  this  has  served  to  bring  consider- 
able capital  into  the  market.  There  is  a  small  short  interest  on  the 
street,  but  with  values  at  such  a  low  ebb  the  heavy  operators  of 
this  persuasion,  who  count  on  an  advancing  market,  have  not 
had  much  inducement  to  extend  their  lines.  This  removes  a 
valuable  factor  in  tbe  initiatory  stages  of  a  bull  campaign,  and 
necessitates  the  introduction  of  more  coin  than  might  other- 
wise be  required.  When  the  manipulators  have  nursed  the 
market  into  good  shape  and  business  becomes  sufficiently  active 
to  attract  outside  capital,  the  reaction  will  be  sharp  and  sudden, 
it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  prospects  in  several  of  the  mines  would 
warrant  an  investment  to-day  on  good  business  principles.  Take 
Con.  Virginia,  for  instance.  There  is  ore  enough  in  sight  now  to 
keep  the  mine  clear  of  debt  for  many  months  ahead,  irrespective 
of  any  new  development.  The  grade  of  the  ore  is  high  enough  to 
even  BUggest  the  possibilities  of  an  occasional  dividend,  leaving 
out  of  consideration  the  speculative  value  (ft  the  stock  as  work 
progresses  in  the  mine.  There  were  no  assessments  levied  dur- 
ing the  week. 

*  $  % 

California  The  managers  of  the  Sierra  Buttes  exhibit  a  highly 
Afines  commendable  confidence  in  our  California  gold 
Favored.  mines.  Of  course  it  may  be  said  tbey  made  their 
money  here,  but  if  they  did  it  was  by  the  exercise  of  good  judg- 
ment and  capable  management.  Last  week  we  announced  the 
purchase  by  this  company  of  the  Whitlock  and  Spencer  mines  in 
Mariposa  county.  Since  then  another  deal  has  been  closed  by 
the  same  buyers  taking  in  the  group  of  mines,  in  Grass  Valley 
district,  lying  between  the  W.  Y.  O.  D.,  North  Star,  Omaha, 
Wisconsin,  and  North  Wisconsin  lines.  Tbey  have  also  purchased 
160  acres  of  timber  land,  two  tunnel  sites  and  mill  site  on  Sherlock 
Creek.  The  purchase  price  in  this  case  also  is  a  religiously  pre- 
served secret.  These  purchases,  in  view  of  the  temptation  which 
offers  to  London  promoters  in  South  Africa,  look  as  if  the  Sierra 
Buttes  people  had  come  to  stay  in  this  State.  It  also  speaks  vol- 
umes for  the  prospective  value  of  our  mines,  when  an  invest- 
ment of  the  kind  is  made  by  men  of  such  experience  in  mining, 
and  who  have  every  opportunity  to  judge  of  the  possibilities  of 
success  in  other  quarters  of  the  world. 


Boqaqza  The  40-stamp  mill  at  this  company's  property  is 
Gold  running  at  full  capacity  day  and  night,  crushing 
A/fines.  about  80  tons  of  ore  per  day.  Tbe  .Erial  tramway 
has  been  recently  repaired  and  improved,  and  now  conveys  from 
one  hundred  to  one  hundred  aud  twenty  tons  of  ore  from  tbe 
mine  to  the  mill  in  a  working  day  of  ten  hours.  The  mine  and 
tramway  are  capable  of  supplying  ore  sufficient  to  run  a  hundred 
heads  of  stamps,  for  which  also  there  is  more  than  ample  water 
power.  Tbe  cost  of  mining  and  milling  is  less  than  $2  per  ton. 
Taking  all  grades  of  rock,  the  ore  will  average  fully  $8  per  ton, 
and  is  easily  extracted  from  ledges  varying  from  six  feet 
to  thirty  feet  in  width.  Correctly  speaking,  there  are  three  ore 
chimneys  or  chutes  in  tbe  property  which  unite  in  depth.  Vig- 
orous development  work  in  the  deeper  levels  has  disclosed  richer 
ore  than  that  encountered  above,  gold  being  visible  to  the  naked 
eye.  The  porphyry  seams  intersecting  the  quartz  assays  as  high 
as  $1400  per  ton,  while  the  quartz  itself  will  at  various  points 
mill  from  $15  to  $45  per  ton.  Surveys  have  been  made  for  start- 
ing No.  4  tunnel  on  the  northwest  aide  of  the  mountain  to  cut 
the  ledge  650  feet  deeper  than  the  present  lowest  tunnel,  which 
is  now  650  feet  below  the  croppings.  Croppings  of  the  ledge  at 
the  point  selected  to  start  this  tunnel  give  a  value  of  from  $4  to 
$5  per  ton. 

$  $  $ 

Important  The  decision  rendered  in  the  case  of  the  Wyoming 
Miqing  Mining  Company  vs.  the  Champion  is  of  more  than 
Decisioq.  ordinary  interest  to  mining  men.  The  complainant 
and  respondent  own  adjourning  claims,  and,  while  there  was  no 
dispute  as  to  boundary  lines,  the  contest  arose  as  to  the  continua- 
tion of  a  certain  vein  of  the  lode.  The  Wyoming  claimed  that 
the  Champion  was  working  its  lode,  that  its  apex  was  within  its 
lines,  the  latter  claiming  that  It  was  working  a  diaconnected  mid- 
dle vein,  with  no  connection  with  the  Wyoming  ore  body.  The 
court  was  of  the  opinion  that  two  veins  cropping  out  on  the 
surface  joined  aa  one  vein  below,  according  to  the  evidence.  The 
UDited  States  law  providea  that  where  two  veins  unite  aa  one 
the  prior  locator  shall  be  entitled  to  the  consolidated  vein,  and 
that  a  prior  locator  can  follow  a  vein  having  its  apex  within  his 
own  lines,  upon  proof  that  it  is  his  own  lead.  This  was  forth- 
coming in  the  case  of  the  Wyoming,  and  ]udgment  was  rendered 
in  favor  of  that  company,  the  Champion  having  to  render  an  ac- 
counting, which  will  probably  amount  to  tbe  millions.  An  in- 
junction was  also  issued  against  the  Champion,  precluding  it 
from  working  the  vein  in  the  future. 
$  $  $ 

MR.  A.  J".  McDONELL,  who  for  many  years  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  management  of  one  or  other  of  the  Comstock 
miuea,  was  elected  on  Wednesday  to  membership  in  the  San 
Francisco  Stock  Exchange.  By  taking  in  a  few  more  men  of  the 
aame  calibre  as  McDonell,  the  usefulness  of  the  Board  would  be 
enlarged  and  its  standing  improved  in  the  community. 
$  $  $ 
Electric  The    Edison    Light    aud    Power     Company, 

Ligqt  which  haa  absorbed  the  California  Electric  Light 

Gombiqatioq,  Company,  is  now  issuing  its  stock  in  exchange 
for  that  of  the  latter  company  in  conformity  with  an  arrange- 
ment authorized  at  a  meeting  of  the  Directors  held  last  month. 
The  exchange  is  made  at  the  rate  of  one  share  of  tbe  Edison 
Light  and  Power  Company  for  every  465  shares  of  the  California 
Electric  Light  Company,  and  a  dividend  of  forty  cents  per  share 
in  addition.  The  holders  will  also  be  entitled  to  the  August  divi- 
dend of  663  cents  per  share  now  payable  by  the  Edison  Company. 
The  combination  will  effect  a  saving  of  $300  per  month  in  ex- 
penses. The  last  sales  of  the  California  Electric  Light  were  at 
$22£.  The  Edison  Light  and  Power  has  sold  recently  at  $101$, 
the  par  value  being  $100. 

$$  $ 
Local  The  following  local  incorporations  paid  dividends 

Stock  on  the  15th  inat:  Atlantic  Dynamite,  40  cents  a 
Dividends,  share;  California  Powder  Works,  50  cents  per 
share;  Edison  Light  and  Power,  663 ;  Oakland  Gas,  20  cents  per 
share;  San  Francisco  Gaslight,  35  cents  per  ahare;  Metropolitan 
Railway,  10  cents  per  share;  Pacific  Auxiliary  Fire  Alarm,  5 
cents  per  share;  Pacific  Telephone  and  Telegraph,  40  cents  per 
share;  Sunset  Telephone  and  Telegraph,  40  centa  per  share;  Sun- 
set Telephone  and  Telegraph,  25  cents  per  share,  and  Mayflower 
Gravel  Mining  Company,  10  cents  per  share.  The  Central  Gas- 
light and  California  Cotton  Mills  will  each  pay  a  quarterly  divi- 
dend of  $1  per  share  this  month. 

$  $  $ 
Musqroorq  Insurance  Commissioner  Higgins  baB  revoked 

Insurance  the  certificate  of  authority  of  the  Mutual  Benefit 
Compaqies,  Life  Association  of  America  to  do  business  in  thia 
State.  This  action  was  taken  for  the  reason  that  the  payments 
were  being  made  in  a  dilatory  manner,  and  is  paying  out  more 
money  than  it  receives.  Simplified  down  into  plain  English  with- 
out the  official  verbage,  the  company  is  one  of  (those  mushroom 
concerns  which  flourish  alone  for  the  benefit  of  the  officers.  Mr. 
Higgins  did  right  to  close  it  up. 


Angus*  18, 1894. 


-AN    FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


"  Hear  the  Crier!  "     "  What  the  devil  art  thou? ' 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir,  with  you." 


IS  there  no  God  to  drive  men's  souls  to  Hell, 
Who'd  tear  the  hearts  from  those  they  try  to  teach, 
Who'd  see  the  white  rose  wither  where  it  fell 

And  revel  in  the  mockery  that  they  preach? 
Almighty  Lordl  who  took  the  sins  of  men, 

Who  fed  the  weak  and  quenched  the  sinner's  thirst, 
How  can  you  hold  your  wrathful  vengeance  when 
You  think  of  Reverend  Dr.  A.  C.  Hirst? 

11  Oh,  why  am  I  like  Christ?"  one  day  he  said, 

And  all  bis  hearers  thought  he  knew  no  evil; 
But  now  they  see  his  soul  is  lurid  red, 

That  he  must  be  full  brother  to  the  devil. 
Of  all  the  men  that  stain  the  grace  of  Heaven, 

Of  all  tbe  men  whose  souls  should  be  accursed, 
Of  all  to  whom  the  power  of  Satan  was  given — 

There's  one.     He's  Dr.  A.  C.  Hirst. 

There's  many  a  man  who  seeks  his  way  to  God, 

By  words  and  deeds,  by  meek  and  lowly  niein, 
Who  find  a  bed  forever  'neath  the  sod, 

That  shames  the  lustre  of  its  coat  of  green. 
There're  many  men  who'd  give  their  lives  to  know 

If  Binners  who  repent  are  taken  first; 
Who  mast  decry  the  voice  by  which  they  go — 

The  wily  ways  of  Dr.  A.  C.  Hirst. 

O  Faith  forever  shaken  and  dismayed, 

0  Hope  that  sees  no  beacon  light  above, 
Are  lust  and  dirt  to  be,  forsooth,  arrayed 

la  place  of  Goodness,  Charity,  and  Love? 
Ye  howling  demons  come  from  darkest  night, 

Ye  spitting  snakes  yoar  poison  pouches  burst, 
Ye_  rains  of  clotted  blood  proclaim  your  right, 

And  drown  the  Reverend  Dr.  A.  C.  Hirst! 

IT  is  very  deplorable  that  the  conductors  on  cable  car  lines  are 
permitted  to  ask  passengers  to  change  $5,  $10,  or  $20  pieces 
which  have  been  given  them  by  other  passengers  who  are  so  for- 
getful as  not  to  carry  small  change.  Last  Monday  night  a  man 
handed  a  conductor  of  the  California-street  line  a  $10  piece.  The 
custodian  of  the  car,  a  burly  brute,  did  not  have  $9.95  in  his 
pocket,  so  he  offered  the  gold  piece  to  every  man  for  change. 
The  car  was  nearly  crowded,  and  the  conductor  so  persisted  in 
his  efforts  to  get  tbe  change  that  be  insultingly  said  to  one  well- 
dressed  gentleman  who  said  that  be  could  not  change  the  money, 
"  Well,  look  in  yoar  pockets  and  see!"  It  is  very  embarrassing 
for  a  man  to  be  asked  to  change  $10  in  a  cable  car,  and  especially 
when  he  is  with  a  lady.  But  any  conductor  who  would  insist  on 
a  man  hunting  through  pockets  when  he  bad  received  a  polite 
answer  that  he  could  not  change  a  piece  of  money,  ought  to  hire 
an  elephant  to  step  on  his  neck.  Let  the  cable  companies  supply 
their  conductors  with  tbe  necessary  change  or  make  it  a  rule  that 
every  man  who  boards  a  car  with  nothing  smaller  than  a  $5 
gold  piece  should  be  allowed  to  ride  free.  Such  a  rule  would  have 
a  good  effect:     It  would  put  more  money  in  circulation. 

TO  the  immeasurable  disgust  and  dismay  of  the  Examiner,  the 
Call,  and  the  others  engaged  recently  in  wrecking  trains,  kill- 
ing men,  inciting  to  and  participating  in  insurrection,  and  inflicting 
immeasurable  damage  upon  the  business  of  California,  Justice 
Fisher,  of  Woodland,  has  refused  to  be  bullied  into  discharging 
the  men  under  examination  for  the  crime  committed  at  the  Yolo 
trestle,  and  has  demanded  that  they  put  in  evidence  in  their 
defense.  The  bullying,  we  may  expect,  will  be  redoubled  when 
the  time  comes  for  him  to  decide  whether  or  not  to  hold  the  men 
for  trial.  Meanwhile  Worden,  the  man  charged  directly  with 
having  wrecked  the  train,  and  who  is  said  to  have  served  two 
terms  in  an  Eastern  penitentiary,  is  encouraged  by  the  "popu- 
lar" sentiment  which  the  newspapers  are  cultivating  to  indulge  in 
various  blackguard  outrages  in  court,  while  the  newspapers 
themselves  are  hounding  the  prosecuting  officers  with  the  zeal 
with  which  they  ridiculed  the  soldiers.  Meanwhile,  too,  they 
are  making  a  hero  of  "  Harry"  Knox,  publishing  his  portrait 
almost  daily  and — God  save  us! — "  echoing"  a  "  public  demand," 
which  never  bad  any  existence,  to  put  him  up  as  a  candidate  for 
Sheriff  of  Sacramento  County! 

MR.  CORBETT  cannot  fight  Mr.  Jackson  in  London,  and  Mr. 
Jackson  cannot  fight  Mr.  Corbett  in  New  Orleans,  because 
of  objections  to  those  cities;  and  there  being  no  other  cities 
against  which  objection  can  be  made,  the  gentlemen  will  not 
fight  at  all. 

THE  slayers  of  Sam  Clark  and  the  four  soldiers  are  on  trial;  the 
assassin  of  Carnot  is  dead.   Justice  and  Government  will  live. 


FOLLOWING  in  the  wake  of  the  success  of  a  few  of  tbe  blooded 
scions  of  defunct  royalty  in  capturine  the  daughters  of  Ameri- 
can millionaires,  a  thinner  blooded  class  of  fortune  hunters  have 
soueht  to  profit  by  the  examples  in  a  mure  modest  degree,  but 
sufficiently  inviting  to  provide  relief  from  that  honest  toil  neces- 
sary to  keep  soul  and  body  together.  These  f  reign  adventurers 
manage  to  wire  themselves  into  society  in  the  most  presumptuous 
manner,  usually  possessing  a  fair  education  and  a  large  stock  of 
provincial  airs.  It  has  been  only  a  few  months  since  one  of  them 
came  to  San  Francisco,  via  Australia,  and  managed  to  capture  an 
Oakland  lady  who  was  reputed  to  be  wealthy.  He  had  nothing 
to  recommend  him  except  a  marvelous  lack  of  business  ability. 
Now  there  is  another  of  the  same  class,  but  of  different  mould, 
heralding  his  fame  as  a  pyrotechoical  hero,  decorated  with 
emblems,  honors  conferred  as  rewards  for  acts  of  gallantry. 
Although  but  a  subaltern  in  the  British  navy,  his  record  of  bril- 
liant deeds  would  bedeck  the  shield  of  Mars.  He  claims  the  in- 
born spirit  of  a  revolutionary  child  of  destiny.  His  boast  of  con- 
flicts is  not  without  proof,  but  his  lack  of  modesty  and  dignity  in 
heralding  his  fame  abroad  destroys  the  dignity  and  respect  that 
would  otherwise  attach  to  one  who  has  had  such  a  heroic  career. 
If  there  is  any  one  thing  on  earth  he  covets  it  is  publicity,  as 
several  of  the  San  Francisco  newspapers  of  the  past  two  weeks 
abundantly  testify.  One  would  suppose  that  he  was  insane  on 
the  subject  of  laudation,  but  there  is  a  method  in  it  all,  as  has 
been  discovered.  There  is  a  Honolulu  lady  in  the  foreground,  to 
whom  is  attached  $3000  a  year.  He  became  acquainted  with  her 
while  on  that  island,  and  in  his  efforts  to  win  the  $3000  a  year 
made  himself  conspicuously  obnoxious  as  a  defender  of  royalty, 
and  he  was  deported  by  tbe  Provisional  Government.  The  lady 
was  on  a  visit  to  California,  and  he  was  not  at  all  averse  to  being 
deported  to  the  United  States  at  the  expense  of  the  Hawaiian 
Government.  He  came  to  San  Francisco  free  of  charge,  on  tbe 
trail  of  the  $3000  a  year.  The  lady  is  in  Los  Angeles  on  a  visit, 
and  he  is  keeping  his  name  before  the  public  in  order  to  attract 
her  attention.  He  is  expending  a  whole  lot  of  energy  and  violat- 
ing the  distinguishing  characteristics  of  a  genuine  hero  and  gal- 
lant soldier  in  pursuit  of  that  $3000  a  year. 

APROPOS  of  nothing,  the  Call  has  turned  over  in  its  slumber 
and  exuded  a  dream  on  the  subject,  "What  is  a  gentleman?" 
The  gentlemanly  lady  who  wrote  the  article  and  tbe  ladylike 
gentlemen  who,  when  interviewed,  expressed  what  they  are 
pleased  to  think  are  "views,"  disclose  ignorance  of  the  fact  that 
the  word  "gentleman"  means  one  thing  in  Europe  and  another 
thing  in  America.  In  Europe  it  is  a  matter  of  birth,  in  America 
of  conduct.  Hence  a  definition  of  the  American  gentleman  is 
impossible;  it  would  be  as  numerous  and  varied  as  the  individ- 
uals to  whom  it  belongs.  More  than  that,  there  cannot  be,  under 
this  arrangement,  any  possibility  of  a  concurring  opinion  as  to 
whether  any  particular  man  is  or  is  not  a  gentleman,  for  stand- 
ards and  points  of  view  are  innumerable.  Therefore  in  America 
the  word  has  meaning  only  for  the  one  who  uses  it,  never  for  the 
one  who  hears  it.  The  society  young  lady  has  a  large  number  of 
jempman  frens,  and  Mr.  James  J.  Corbett,  by  common  consent, 
is  called  Gentleman  Jim.  In  judging  creatures  of  lower  orders  it 
is  not  so  difficult  to  agree.  For  instance,  a  barnyard  rooster  is 
unmistakably  a  gentleman;  the  Call  indubitably  is  not. 

THE  silly  ordinance  prohibiting  "ladies'  entrances"  to  saloons  and 
box  partitions  not  higher  than  six  feet  is  to  be  "  tested,"  and 
very  likely  it  will  be  sustained,  thereby  compelling  fast  men  to  take 
fast  women  to  private  upstairs  rooms  in  restaurants,  which  are 
provided  with  all  desirable  conveniences  far  better  than  the  saloon 
boxes  are;  or,  if  only  liquor  is  wanted,  then  to  the  down-stairs 
boxes  of  the  restaurants,  which  are  not  a  whit  better  than  or 
different  from  saloon  boxes,  and  eminently  more  harmful  because 
women  who  yet  desire  to  be  deemed  respectable  may  visit  them 
without  scandal.  The  dash  made  by  the  churches  to  show 
their  "influence"  by  closing  the  side  entrances  to  saloons,  while 
leaving  exactly  similar  and  worse  side  entrances  in  existence 
elsewhere,  was  a  pitiable  confession  of  weakness,  and  no  honest 
clergyman,  if  he  happen  to  be  intelligent  (if  that  combination  is 
conceivable),  will  boast  of  the  exploit. 

JUDGE  LOW  complains  that  he  is  unjustly  assailed  because — 
well,  because;  and  that  is  a  woman's  reason.  He  had  before 
him  a  bunco  steerer  on  a  charge  of  grand  larceny,  or  something 
equally  grave,  and  upon  the  representation  of  the  fellow's  attor- 
ney he  permitted  tbe  criminal  to  plead  guilty  to  vagrancy,  and 
thereupon  sentenced  him  to  imprisonment  for  six  months.  In 
other  words,  Judge  Low  was  "  imposed  n  on  "  (to  use  his  defense) 
by  an  attorney  whose  business  it  was  to  do  as  much  of  that  sort 
of  thing  as  the  Judge's  lack  of  astuteness  might  permit.  Judge 
Low  is  a  pleasant,  mild  gentleman;  further,  he  is  a  brunette; 
better  still,  he  wears  eyeglasses  and  therefore  looks  intellectual. 
In  the  process  of  that  evolution  which  in  a  future  existence  may 
enable  him  to  perform  the  duties  of  a  referee  in  a  Justice's  court, 
it  is  cheering  to  contemplate  in  prospect  the  eminent  perspicacity 
which  he  may  display  in  the  exercise  of  that  function.  Then,  let 
it  be  hoped,  he  will  reflect  that  in  his  past  existence  as  Police 
Judge  it  was  a  part  of  his  duty  to  see  that  be  was  not  "  imposed 
upon." 


19 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEAYS  LETTER. 


August  18,  1894. 


THE  return  of  Charlie  Baldwin,  fresh  from  the  glories  of  New- 
port, where  he  has  been  disporting  himself  under  the  ample 
wing  of  Mrs.  Paran  Stevens,  is  hailed  with  delight  by  the  girls 
who  belong  to  the  Barlingame  settlement  clique.  Those  on  the 
inside,  however,  still  declare  that  it  is  not  only  possible,  but 
highly  probable,  that  his  old  flame,  the  queenly  Emily,  will  draw 
him  into  the  light  of  her  glances  again. 

The  Delmas  girls  have  been  making  things  lively  at  Saasalito. 
Even  the  British  colony  hangs  its  diminished  head  in  competition 
with  the  incessant  gaiety  of  this  portion  of  the  swim.  Each  day 
witnesses  some  new  diversion  and  an  accession  of  guests  to  the 
cottage  on  the  cliff. 

Prom  what  San  Mateoites  say  it  would  seem  as  if  the  young 
ladies  of  Hebrew  descent  who  belong  to  the  intensely  exclusive 
set  in  tDwn,  came  out  of  their  shell  considerably  while  under  the 
influence  of  festive  Burlingame  and  its  club  house  residents.  The 
gentleman  whose  patronimic  is  so  strongly  suggestive  of  a  town 
in  bis  native  isle  is  credited  with  being  the  raison  d'etre. 

Apropos  of  the  swagger  set  at  Burlingame,  an  on  dit  goes  that  a 
very  clever  girl  who  visits  there  a  good  deal  has  taken  to  Ham- 
let's soliloquy  of  late,  although  of  course  in  her  version  a  final 
letter  is  dropped. 

*  *  < 

Ill-natured  people  (of  whom  ''society"  boasts  not  a  few)  are 
whispering  that  the  reason  of  the  postponement  of  the  projected 
European  trip  has  something  to  do  with  the  ci-devant  San  Jose 
lawyer's  return. 

Gossip  also  avers  it  to  be  the  fondest  wish  of  the  fleshy 
matron's  heart  that  her  dear  friend,  the  veteran  heiiess,  may  be 
drawn  still  closer  lo  her  by  ties  of  the  relationship  of  sister  in-law. 

*  *  * 

The  charming  sight  of  fresh,  pretty  girls  at  the  Cohen-Daggett 
wedding  was  one  long  to  be  remembered.  Among  the  prettiest, 
the  fair  bride's  sister,  Ethel,  and  her  cousin,  Miss  Ida  Gibbons, 
stood  pre-eminent,  each  lovely  in  her  own  style  of  brunette  and 
blonde. 

"  What  is  the  reason  that  Eastern  men  always  have  so  much 
success  with  us  socially?  "  is  a  question  often  propounded  by  our 
local  beaux.  "  They  are  no  better  looking,  no  better  dressed, 
and  certainly  no  better  off  in  this  world's  goods  than  many  of 
us;  and  yet,  Jeminil  how  the  women  admire  them!  "  The  youth 
of  the  swim  forget  one  forcible  answer.  As  a  rule  the  Eastern 
beau  is  better  mannered  than  our  Western  society  man.  They 
take  Shakespeare's  advice,  "Assume  a  virtue  if  you  have  it  not," 
and  although  they  may  not  feel  it,  they  act  in  a  courteous,  def- 
erential way  most  pleasing  to  the  feminine  mind,  and  which  is  a 
far  more  elegant  style  than  the  slap-dash,  free-and-easy  good- 
fellowship  so  characteristic  of  the  attitude  of  our  masculine  swim 
toward  the  opposite  sex. 

*  *  * 

The  many  friends  of  Miss  Fanny  Crocker  have  been  most 
assiduous  in  their  attentions  since  her  late  painful  accident,  and 
it  is  said  that  the  opportunity  thus  given  a  certain  wearer  of 
shoulder  straps  has  been  eagerly  taken  advantage  of. 

*  *  * 

Santa  Cruz  has  been  rejoicing  in  the  fact  that  the  pretty  Irlan- 
daise  blonde  has  been  one  of  its  attractive  features  on  the  beach 
this  season. 

*  *  # 

On  dit,  the  sums  of  money  which  change  hands  during  the  pro- 
gress of  a  little  game  of  an  evening  at  tbe  home  of  the  tall  blonde 
and  her  mother  is  becoming  quite  alarming  to  some  of  the  guests. 

Rumor  among  the  French  colony  goes  that  this  trip  to  la  belle 
France  of  their  handsome  compatriot,  Raphael  Weill,  means  some- 
thing extra  in  the  way  of  his  next  importation;  that  while  of  a 
domestic  character,  it  will  also  be  foreign  and  add  another  to  the 
many  charming  specimens  of  French  beauty  to  tbe  colony.  His 
friends  hope  that  it  may  be  true,  for  Raphael  is  a  favorite  with  all. 

Hugo  Toland  is  c  edited  with  having  occupied  his  vacation 
visit  to  his  mother  by  writing  a  society  sketch  which,  the  same 
source  says,  he  is  anxious  to  have  set  to  music  by  Dr.  Tevis,  so 
that  it  may  be  a  jointproduction  of  "native  sons."  What  a  crowd 
it  would  draw  if  given  for  some  fashionable  charity  I 

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13 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

(By    Di     Vibmok.1 

THKKE  was  a  time  when  peddlers  bad  a  special  place  in  the 
world,  where  they  combined  the  functions  of  selling  goods, 
carrying  news,  and  telling  fortune?.  But  that  was  long  ago,  far 
back  in  the  times  chronicled  by  t^ir  Walter  Scott  and  other  writers 
of  romance.  Even  in  Kip  Van  Winkle's  day  peddlers  were  not 
always  acceptable  to  the  feminine  part  of  the  community,  al- 
though it  is  to  be  feared  tha't  Mrs.  Van's  death,  caused  by  break- 
ing a  blood-vessel  in  scolding  a  peddler  who  crossed  her  freshly 
sanded  floor,  may  have  been  taken  by  the  peddler  tribe  as  a  sign 
from  heaven  that  they  had  a  right  to  ply  their  vocation  in  spite 
of  objecting  and  vociferous  females. 

To-day,  with  stores  at  every  hand,  with  the  news  brought  by 
telegraph,  the  peddlers'  occupation  is  gone,  so  far  as  there  is  any 
real  need  for  them,  except,  perhaps,  in  outlying  parts  of  a  city  or 
in  the  sparsely  settled  districts  of  the  country.  To  the  feminine 
mind  the  peddler  once  supplied  the  coveted  mental  dissipation 
of  satisfying  curiosity  as  to  »  the  latest  thing  out,"  both  in  fash- 
ions and  gossip,  but  with  fashion  plates  and  bargain  announce- 
ments thrust  into  our  bands  at  every  corner,  and  with  live  news- 
papers ready  to  print  the  most  disgusting  and  Balacious  details  of 
every  crime  committed  under  the  sun,  the  peddler  with  his  stock 
of  goods  and  information  is  literally  a  back  number. 

Bat  although  the  species  have  outlived  their  usefulness  they 
have  not  yet  vanished  from  the  face  of  the  earth.  The  profes- 
sional beggar  has  become  the  peddler  of  small  notions.  Take  a 
walk  through  our  residence  part  of  the  city;  notice  the  preva- 
lence of  <(  No  Peddlers  "  signs,  varying  from  the  simple  and  curt 
announcement  of  »  No  peddlers"  and  "  No  peddlers  or  agents 
wanted"  to  the  more  definite  assertion,  "No  goods  bought  here." 
These  signs,  placed  on  the  rise  of  one  of  the  steps  leading  to  the 
front  door,  where  they  will  strike  the  eye,  are  to  be  seen  upon 
the  houses  of  the  rich  and  poor  alike.  They  vary  in  style  from  a 
simple  home-made  device  of  a  painted  board,  up  through  grades 
of  japanned  tin  to  white  enamel,  which  glistens  even  in  the 
moonlight  and  throws  out  the  forbidding  "No  peddlers"  into 
high  relief.  At  first  only  a  few  houses  placed  this  sign  of  the 
passover  upon  their  entrances,  but  of  late  years  the  peddler  pest 
has  assumed  such  proportions  that  every  housekeeper,  whether 
she  have  to  go  to  the  door  herself  or  has  a  servant  answer  the 
bell,  is  bothered  nearly  to  death  with  the  vendors  of  all  sorts, 
cries  out  for  reiief  from  what  has  now  become  one  of  the  recog 
nized  obstacles  to  keeping  house. 

It  is  notso  very  long  ago  that  every  family  of  any  social  stand- 
ing indulged  in  the  luxury  of  a  door-plate,  and  the  style  and 
taste,  or  newness  of  the  family  could  easily  be  ascertained  by  a 
glance  at  the  plate.  A  vulgar  and  ostentatious  attempt  at  display 
marked  the  parvenue.  A  dirty  door-plate  was  the  sign  of  a  care- 
less housekeeper,  and  a  clean  door-plate,  with  a  rim  of  discolora- 
tion on  the  door  around  it,  was  indicative  of  more  zeal  than 
knowledge,  of  more  "  elbow  grease"  than  a  sense  of  proportion 
and  a  conservation  of  energy.  But  the  old  door-plates  went  off 
about  the  same   time    that   the  brass  stair  rods   disappeared. 

But  the  peddlers  are  responsible  for  the  taking  in  of  the  door- 
plate.  Peddlers  and  all  their  wandering  kith  and  kin  of  canvass- 
ers, agents,  particularly  sewing  machine  men,  seized  the  oppor- 
tunity afforded  by  a  sight  of  the  name  on  the  door  and  boldly 
asked:  "Is  Mrs.  Brown  at  home?  "  or  announced  "A  gentleman 
to  see  Mrs.  Brown."  It  became  somewhat  exasperating,  this  ex- 
perience, for  a  book  canvasser  once  admitted  to  the  house  could 
seldom  be  dislodged  except  at  the  point  of 
the  pencil,  and  that  when  used  to  write 
the  name  of  his  victim  in  his  subscription 
book.  It  often  happened  that  the  name 
on  the  door-plate  was  misleading,  but  that 
was  a  risk  that  any  peddler,  in  view  of 
the  advantage  which  he  might  gain,  could 
well  afford  to  take.  So  the  name  plates 
vanished  from  our  doors.  In  time  "No 
peddlers"  signs  appeared.  But  do  not  fall 
into  the  error  that  they  answered  their 
purpose.  I  overheard  a  conversation  be- 
tween a  householder  and  a  peddler  which 
stated  the  whole  case  in  a  nutshell.  The 
lady  was  behind  the  blinds  of  an  open 
window,  and  when  the  man  rang  the  bell 
she  called  out,  "Can't  you  read?"  "Of 
course  I  can,"  replied  the  man,  hearing 
a  voice  but  seeing  no  one.  "  Then  didn't 
you  see  that ,'  No  peddlers'  sign?  "  "Oh, 
that't  nothing!  I've  got  to  earn  my  living, 
and  I  can't  stop  for  them.  Everybody 
has  them  nowadays."  If  the  old  English 
boast  that  "a  man's  house  is  his  castle" 
holds  in  our  land  of  the  free,  is  it  not  time 
that  an  ordinance  were  passed  making  it 
a  misdemeanor  for  any  peddler  or  agent  to 
assault  the  "castle"  of  a  citizen  by  ringing 
the  bell  of  a  house  from  which  he  has 
been  warned  by  a  "  No  peddlers  "  sign? 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

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Fire   and   Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

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Jiotel. 


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EUROPEAN    AND 

AMERICAN    PLAN. 

BUSH  STREET,  bet.  Sansome  &  Montgomery, 
Sau  Francisco,  Cal. 


This  favorite  hotel  is  under  the  management  of  CHAS. 
MONTGOMERY,  and  is  as  good,  if  not  the  best,  Family  and 
Business  Men's  Hotel  in  Sau  Francisco. 

Home  comforts,  cuisine  unexcelled,  first-class  service  and 
the  highest  standard  of  respectability  guaranteed. 

Our  rooms  cannot  be  surpassed  for  neatness  and  comfort. 

BOARD  AND  ROOM,  per  day,  $1  25,  $1  SO,  $1  75  and  $2  00. 

per  week,  $7  00  to  $12  00. 

"  "        "  per  month,  $27  50  to  $40  00. 

SINGLE  ROOMS,  50  cents  to  $1. 


free  <?oa<;r?  to  and  Fro/n  tr^  potel. 


REMOVAL. 


DELMAS  &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  their  law  offices  to  the 

CROCKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 

NOTICE  OF  STOCKHOLDERS  MEETING, 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Paraffine  Paint  Company  (a  corporation),  duly  adopted  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  said  Board,  held  at  the  office  of  paid  Company  on 
Wednesday,  the  13th  day  of  Juue,  1894,  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the 
Paraffine  Paiut  Compauv  will  be  held  on 

Wednesday,  the  22c!  day  of  August,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M. 
of  that  day,  at  No.  116  Battery  street,  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, State  of  California,  the  same  being  the  principal  place  of  business 
and  office  of  said  corporation,  and  the  same  being  the  building  where  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  said  corporation  meet. 

The  object  of  said  meeting  is  to  consider,  act  upon,  and  decide  a  proposi- 
tion to  diminish  the  Capital  Stock  of  said  corporation,  the  Paraffine  Paint 
Company,  from  One  Million  Dollars  to  One  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars. 

Dated  San  Francisco,  June  13th,  1894. 

PAKAFFIN£    PAINT    COMPANY.     By 

R.  S.  SHAINWALD,  Secretary.  R.  S.  MOORE,  President. 

ZF-A-OIHIFXO    TOWEL    COMPAUY 

9     LICK     PLACE, 
Furnishes  Clean  Towels  at  the  following  low  rates: 

Clean  Hand  Towels  each  week,  ?1.00  per  month;  12  Clean  Hand  Towels 
each  week,  $1.50  per  month;  4  Clean  Roller  Towels  each  week.  $1.00 
6  month ;  6  Clean  Roller  Towels  each  week,  $1.25  per  month, 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18,  1894. 


IF  last  week  was  deemed  dull  in  society  life  in  town,  what  can 
be  said  of  tbe  present  one!  In  fact,  the  dullness  seems  to  ex- 
tend in  every  direction  all  over  tbe  country,  with  the  exception 
of  Burlingarne  and  Del  Monte,  where  the  ball  appears  to  be  rolling 
with  much  activity.  At  Burlingame,  aside  from  preparations  for 
their  next  week's  appearance  in  the  field  at  Monterey,  the  members 
of  the  club  are  seemingly  enjoying  themselves  in  playing  host  to 
their  lady  friends  at  luncheons  and  dinners,  followed  by  driving  par- 
ties, with  an  occasional  picnic  to  the  Spring  Valley  dam.  The  next 
event  of  interest,  on  a  large  scale,  at  Burlingame  will  be  the  racing 
tournament,  which  is  being  arranged  to  take  place  next  month 
w  here  it  goes  without  saying  that  the  different  country  homes  there 
abouts  will  be  full  to  overflowing  with  guests,  and  jollity  will  reign 
supreme  during  its  duration.  This  will  probably  mark  the  close  of 
the  out-of-town  season  this  year. 


At  Del  Monte  the  week  has  been  given  over  to  the  men,  who  are 
on  the  ground  to  perfect  the  arrangements  for  the  festivities  which 
commence  next  Thursday,  and  putting  their  steeds  through  their 
paces  for  the  hurdle  races,  which  are  to  be  among  the  features  of 
the  week's  pleasure.  The  ladies  amuse  themselves  in  a  variety  of 
ways,  riding  and  driving  holding  chief  place,  though  boating  also  is 
a  favorite  pastime  with  many  of  them.  The  Misses  Hobart  have 
shown  themselves  to  be  as  untiring  in  providing  pleasures  for  their 
friends  as  they  are  in  town,  their  firework  ''spree"  of  last  week  being 
a  beautiful  spectacle  and  greatly  enjoyed.  Among  the  recent  addi- 
tions to  the  guests  there  are  Admiral  and  Mrs.  Selfridge,  Mrs.  R.  F. 
Morrison,  Miss  Nellie  Hillyer  (who  is  the  guest  of  Mrs.  C.  A.  Spreck- 
els),  Mrs.  E.  J.  Bowen  and  Miss  Mary,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Payson, 
Mrs.  R.  C.  Woolwortb,  Miss  Wool  worth,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Austin 
Tubbs,  Burke  Holladay,  etc. 

The  event  of  the  week  in  fashionable  life  was  the  wedding  of  Miss 
Edith  Cohen  and  Dr.  W.  G.  Daggett,  which  was  solemnized  in  Ala- 
meda on  Wednesday  evening.  The  ceremony,  which  was  performed 
at  the  Unitarian  Church,  was  the  first  of  its  kind  that  has  ever  taken 
place  within  that  edifice,  and  for  the  occasion  it  was  most  elabor- 
ately and  artistically  adorned  with  flowers  and  foliage.  The  scene  in 
and  about  the  church  was  full  of  animation;  within  all  was  light  and 
flowers,  gay  costumes  and  soft  music ;  around  the  doors  were  groups 
of  guests  chatting  and  exchanging  greetings  before  entering  the 
church.  At  length  the  hour  arrived  for  the  bridal  cortege  to  appear, 
and  with  the  first  strains  of  the  Lohengrin  chorus  the  doors  opened 
and  the  procession  came  up  the  aisle,  the  six  ushers.  Messrs.  McKee, 
McDonald,  Grant,  Depew,  Gibbons,  and  Allen,  leading,  two  and  two. 
Then  came  the  pretty  bridesmaids,  Miss  Thompson,  of  New  York, 
Miss  Ethel  Cohen,  Miss  Alice  Gibbons,  and  Miss  Henrietta  Coleman, 
followed  by  the  maid-of-honor.  Miss  Florence  Coleman,  and  the 
charming  bride  a  few  steps  in  the  rear,  so  close  as  to  give  the  idea  of 
walking  together.  A  murmur  of  admiration  ran  through  the  church 
as  the  wedding  party  passed  along.  Miss  Ethel  Cohen,  one  of  the 
maids,  was  a  central  point  for  all  eyes.  At  the  reading  desk  stood 
the  expectant  groom,  accompanied  by  his  brother  Leonard,  who 
acted  as  best  man,  and  Dr.  Stebbins,  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church, 
who  soon  made  the  happy  pair  man  and  wife,  at  the  conclusion  of 
which  ceremony  the  wedding  party  and  guests  were  driven  to  Fern- 
side,  the  Colonel's  beautiful  country  home.  The  grounds  were  bril- 
liantly illuminated,  and  the  fpacious  residence  fairly  blazed  with 
light  and  decorations— flowers  everywhere.  A  band  discoursed 
sweet  strains  during  the  reception,  and  later  furnished  music  for 
dancing,  which  was  indulged  in  to  a  late  hour,  A  large  party  of  city 
friends  and  relatives  remained  as  guests  of  Mrs.  Cohen  all  night. 
The  bride,  who  was  looking  her  best,  was  gowned  in  heavy 
white  satin  elaborately  trimmed  with  Dnchesse  lace,  a  spray 
of  orange  blossoms  confining  her  long  tulle  veil  to  her  coiffure.  Her 
bouquet  was  of  white  roses.  Miss  Florence  Coleman,  the  maid  of 
honor,  wore  white  silk,  the  draping  and  trimming  being  of  white 
chiffon.  Her  Mowers  were  pink.  The  pretty  maids  were  costumed 
alike  in  short  pink  silk  gowns  with  overdress  of  pleated  white  chiffon 
elaborately  trimmed  with  pink  ribbons;  sweet  peas  of  that  hue 
formed  their  bouquets,  from  which  hung  broad  satin  ribbons  of  the 
same  tint.  The  bridal  supper  was  on  a  scale  of  great  magnificence, 
and  much  merriment  ensued  upon  cutting  the  bride's  cake  and  get- 
ting the  ring.  The  happy  young  couple  were  the  recipients  of  many 
beautiful  and  costly  gifts. 

San  Francisco  has  been  honored  of  late  with  the  presence  of  sev- 
eral notables,  among  them  the  wife  of  President  Barrios,  of  Guate- 
mala, and  Earl  Russell  and  Lord  and  Lady  Randolph  Churchill,  of 
England.  Lady  Randolph  Churchill  being  a  noted  society  leader  in 
London,  her  presence  here  is  of  much  interest  to  our  swim,  and  those 
who  are  at  Monterey  to-day  will  have  an  opportunity  of  seeing  for 
themselves  what  a  charming  personality  is  that  of  the  beautiful 
American  who  is  such  a  favorite  with  London's  most  exclusive  set. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

D*PRIC 

Baking 
Powder: 

The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40   years  the   Standard. 

Salmon  fishing  has  been  the  latest  fad  at  Santa  Cruz,  and  some 
wonderful  catches  have  been  made  of  late,  Peter  Donahue  and 
Charley  Josselyn  rivaling  each  other  in  the  patience  and  persever- 
ance which  enables  them  to  land  such  prizes.  Among  the  ladies, 
Miss  Cora  Caduc  has  been  winning  fame  as  a  long  distance  swimmer, 
her  exploits  in  that  line  exceeding  any  attempted  this  season.  Mrs. 
McLaughlin  has  given  several  pleasant  coach  parties  and  picnics; 
and  hops  at  the  Sea  Beach  have  added  greatly  to  the  pleasure  of  the 
guests  and  their  friends.  Mrs.  W.  E.  Sharon,  who  with  her  family 
is  one  of  the  week's  arrivals  in  town,  gave  a  number  of  unique  and 
charming  entertainments  during  her  stay  at  Santa  Cruz,  where  she 
has  been  all  summer.  The  last  of  the  series  was  for  the  benefit  of 
the  Society  of  Cheerful  Workers,  and  took  the  form  of  a  lecture  on 
Syrian  manners  and  customs,  delivered  by  two  Syrian  ladies.  The 
songs  of  the  country  were  also  sung,  and  the  peculiarities  of  the  mar- 
riage ceremony  were  illustrated,  to  the  great  pleasure  of  a  large 
audience.  

Lake  Tahoe  has  been  having  its  usual  run  of  autumn  visitors. 
Among  those  from  San  Francisco  who  have  been  there  recently  are: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  Danforth.  Miss  Fanny  Danforth,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Holbrooke,  Miss  Mamie  Holbrooke,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hittell,  Miss 
Katherine  Hittell,  etc.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hopkins  and  family  are 
at  Boca  Lake.  Mrs.  John  Boggs,  accompanied  by  Miss  Alice  Boggs, 
who  has  been  enjoying  a  dip  in  the  sea  at  Santa  Cruz  the  past  ten 
days,  has  returned  to  the  Hotel  Rafael,  and  will  there  remain  until 
after  the  tennis  tournament  next  month. 


Mrs.  Frank  Carolan  will  be  among  the  missing  in  our  social  circles 
for  some  time,  as  during  the  absense  of  her  mother  and  sister  in  Eu- 
rope she  will  keep  her  father  company  at  the  parental  abode.  Mrs. 
Carolan  left  for  Chicago  last  week,  and  we  shall  not  probably  see  her 
again  until  near  Christmas,  if  then. 

Society  is  to  sustain  another  loss  in  the  departure  of  Miss  Kate 
Jarboe,  her  mother  having  decided  upon  making  her  future  home  in 
New  York  city.  Miss  Jarboe  has  always  been  looked  upon  as  one  of 
the  brightest  members  of  San  Francisco's  young  society,  and,  being 
a  great  fayorite  as  well,  her  leaving  us  is  deeply  regretted. 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Castle  and  her  daughters  arrived  from  Europe,  where 
they  have  been  during  the  past  year,  on  Tuesday  last,  and  will  spend 
the  winter  at  the  Hotel  Richelieu.  Mrs.  Fisher  Ames  is  also  occupy- 
ing her  old  rooms  at  the  Richelieu,  having  returned  from  Castle  Crag. 

Departures  Eastward  include  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  S.  King,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Clarence  Mann,  and  Will  Hearst.  Dr.  Luke  Robinson  has 
gone  on  a  visit  north,  his  trip  to  Seattle  being  one  of  pleasure  and 
business  combined.  

Mrs.  Colton  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  McLane  Martin,  are  among  the 
arrivals  of  the  week  after  a  long  absence  abroad,  and  will  spend  the 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.   B.   CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

123  California  Street. 


August  18,  1894  , 


BAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


enduing  few  weeks  tit  their  rnttnge  al  Santa  fruz.  Charley  MttMwtn 
has  returned  from  his  visit  K  i>t  in  lime  to  i-ake  pari  in  tie  polo  games 
at  Pel  Monte.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  0.  O.  Burgess  are  also  at  home  again, 
having  returned  on  Wednesday  from  a  month's  visit  at  the  Hotel 
Rafael.  Mrs.  Flood  and  Miss  Jennie  have  been  in  town  during  the 
week  for  a  short  visit.  Their  present  intention  is  to  remain  at  their 
Menlo  Park  villa  until  late  in  the  autumn.  Mrs.  Stanford  was  in  the 
city  on  Tuesday  last. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Highton  have  been  staying  at  the  Tower 
House,  French  Gulch,  Shasta  County.  They  are  now  near  <'nrr- 
ville.  in  Trinity  County,  where  they  will  remain  until  the  end  of  the 
month.  Mrs.  Highton  will  then  return  to  the  Tower  House,  and  Mr. 
Highton  will  return  to  San  Francisco. 

Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Sage,  of  the  Presidio,  will  in  future  reside  in 
San  Rafael,  the  Lieutenant  having  received  the  appointment  of  mili- 
tary instructor  at  the  Tamalpais  Academy. 

Nathan  Bentz.  of  Santa  Barbara,  sailed  for  Japan  on  the  Gaelic,  in 
company  with  Herbert  Bryant  Turner,  of  Boston. 

Dr.  Luella  Cool  will  leave  on  the  1st  of  September  for  New  York, 
to  be  gone  several  months. 

Miss  Jennie  Dunphy  left  for  Europe  on  Thursday  last,  expecting  to 
be  absent  one  year.         

Mrs.  W.  I.  Kip  and  the  Misses  Kip  leave  town  to-day  for  a  short 
visit  to  Cazadero.  

OBITUARY. 

IT  is  with  regret  (hat  the  numerous  friends  of  Ashley  K.  Garter, 
son  of  United  States  Attorney  Charles  A.  Garter,  have  learned 
of  the  young  man's  death.  He  was  only  twenty-five  years  old, 
and  leaves  a  wife  and  child.  His  excellent  manly  qualities  were 
of  conspicuous  worth. 

JoEe  V.  de  Lavcaga,  extensively  known  in  this  city,  died  at 
Santa  Cruz  last  Tuesday  of  congestion  of  the  kidneys,  induced  by 
a  cold,  the  illness  being  of  short  duration.  He  was  born  of  Span- 
ish parents  at  Rosario,  in  Sinaloa,  Mexico,  fifty-one  years  ago, 
was  educated  at  Altona,  near  Hamburg,  Germany,  and  came  to 
California  in  1868,  making  his  home  in  San  Francisco.  He  had 
large  means  and  died  a  bachelor.  His  charities  were  generous, 
his  nature  warm  and  amiable,  and  his  friends  as  numerous  as  bis 
acquaintances. 

IN  referring  to  the  importation  of  the  Alexander  Smith  &  Son's 
Carpet  Company's  Axminsters  and  Moquettes  into  Great 
Britain,  the  Textile  Mercury  says:  'In  Britain  the  sale  of  American 
Axminsters  continues  to  increase.  We  have  already  described 
the  characteristics  of  the  Moquette  or  '  American  Axminster.' 
The  production  of  the  article  has  been  enormous.  The  firm  is  not 
only  a  formidable  competitor  even  in  oar  free-trade  market,  be- 
cause of  their  manufacturing  skill,  but  they  have  returned  to 
them  ninety-nine  per  cent,  of  the  duty  paid  on  any  foreign  wool 
entering  into  the  composition  of  the  carpets  they  export.  As 
Messrs.  W.  &  J.  81oane  of  New  York  are  the  sole  distributing 
agents  of  this  great  mill,  a  reporter  called  at  their  branch  house  in 
San  Francisco  to  inquire  as  to  the  correctness  of  the  above  state- 
ments. He  was  informed  that  the  information  was  strictly  cor- 
rect. The  Messrs.  Sloane  carry  an  immense  line  of  these  popular 
goods  in  their  large  warerooms  here." 

Ornamental  plaques,  panels,  studies,  colors,  brushes,  etc.,  lowest 
prices,  in  Artists'  Material  Department.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co. 


RUGS 


FROM 


JAPAN. 


The  sale  of  these  HIGH-CUdS  JAP- 
ANESE RUGS  is  meeting  with  unex- 
ampled success.  The  reason  for  the 
unusual  demand  is  that  they  are  of 
EXCEPTIONALLY  FINE  QUALITY, 
being  made  specially  to  our  order,  yet 
sold  at  remarkably  low  priceB. 


ces. 

HEGDLAR 

REDUCED 

PRICE. 

PRICE. 

'1  ft.  by  3  It. 

$  3  60 

$    1   80 

12       by  3 

7  20 

4  50 

7       by  i 

5  60 

3  50 

9       by  6 

10  80 

6  75 

10       by  7M 

15  00 

9  50 

9       bv  9 

16  20 

10  25 

12       by  9 

20  70 

13  50 

MOQUETTE  CARPETS, 
quality,  $L  10  per  yard,  sewed  and 
laid .  LINOLEUM,  in  12-it.  width,  ex- 
cellent value,  65c.  per  square  yard, 
laid. 

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troubles  I  shall  be  pleased  to  give  a  FREE  TEST  of  my  new  scientific 
methods  to  all  who  call  at  my  office. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18,  1894. 


WM.  T.  STEAD,  the  Eoglish  editor  and  author  of  the  book,  "  If 
Christ  Came  to  Chicago,"  has  just  finished  another  to  which 
he  gives  the  title,  "Chicago  To-day,"  and  in  which  he  takes  occa- 
sion to  review  our  entire  governmental  system.  We  have  long 
been  familiar  with  the  class  of  Englishmen  who  write  books 
about  America  after  a  visit  of  a  month  or  two.  Mr.  8tead's 
visit  to  Chicago  was  sufficiently  long  to  give  him  an  insight  into 
the  workings  of  that  city,  bnt  he  has  not  been  in  the  United  States 
long  enough  to  criticise  the  National  Government.  Mr.  Stead  has 
a  prolific  pen,  and  he  draws  a  most  gloomy  picture  of  the  social 
and  political  condition  of  the  American  people.  The  value  of  the 
output  may  be  gauged  to  some  extent  by  the  fact  that  Mr.  Stead 
has  nothing  but  the  highest  commendation  for  the  roaring  dema- 
gogue who  occupies  the  executive  chair  of  Illinois,  and  that  Judge 
Gary,  who  condemned  the  anarchists  who  were  released  by  Alt- 
geld,  comes  in  for  his  most  severe  denunciation.  Our  great 
trouble,  according  to  Mr.  Stead,  is  that  we  are  not  sufficiently  re- 
ligious. He  says:  "Religion,  save  the  religion  of  a  common 
hate,  does  not  exist  to  bind  together  the  classes  of  America."  It 
waB  Hannibal  Chollop  who,  speaking  to  Martin  Chuzzlewit  of  the 
American  people,  remarked:  "  We  must  be  cracked  up,  sir;  we 
must  be  cracked  up,"  and  no  doubt  the  American  people  are  as 
fond  of  being  "cracked  up  "  as  those  of  any  other  nation  on  the 
face  of  the  globe.  Perhaps  they  are  intolerant  of  criticism  in  a 
larger  measure  than  their  English  friends,  but  it  is  safe  to  say 
that  they  will  not  be  violently  offended  at  Mr.  Stead's  observations, 
for  it  will  not  take  them  long  to  conclude,  after  reading  a  few 
pages  of  his  book,  that  he  has  descended  to  the  ridiculous.  His 
"  If  Christ  Came  to  Chicago  "  was  a  masterpiece  of  its  kind;  his 
"Chicago  To-day  "  is  irretrievably  inane.  The  man  who  under- 
takes to  arraign  a  nation  of  millions  of  people  and  set  his  judg- 
ment against  theirs  must  have  unbounded  confidence  in  himself, 
and  that  is  perhaps  Mr.  Btead's  chief  claim  to  notoriety.  He  says 
that  we  area  "hopeless,  helpless,  blaspheming,  writhing  crowd." 
It  is  really  too  bad  that  we  are,  but  nevertheless  we  have  man- 
aged to  worry  along  for  quite  a  while,  and  the  old  "  layout" 
known  as  the  United  States  Government  is  not  in  need  of  any 
assistance  just  now,  thank  you,  Mr.  Stead.  [For  sale  at  Cooper's  ] 

"The  Wings  of  Icarus,"  by  Laurence  Alaoia  Tadema,  is  a 
work  of  a  timbre  so  delicate  that  it  may  escape  recognition 
for  a  time.  Almost  everything  that  is  superior  in  art  suffers  such 
a  fate  nowadays.  It  is  a  charming  little  book,  however,  delight- 
fully natural  and  philosophical.  Its  art  is  as  consummate  as  that 
of  Balzac.  Its  lightly  veiled  allegories  are  of  human  life  now  and 
forever.  Throughout  all  of  the  letters  of  Emilia  Fletcher  one  finds 
those  dainty  touches  of  nature  which  made  Ik  Marvel  famous. 
Like  the  unpublished  letters  of  Prosper  MerimeVs  love,  they  are 
gay  and  melancholy  by  turn,  full  of  womanly  passion  dashed 
with  coquetry,  now  sparkling  with  the  sprightliest  wit,  now 
charged  with  the  most  reckless  tenderness.  Through  their  capric- 
iousness  and  womanliness  one  traces  and  unconsciously  accepts 
as  a  veracious  narrative  the  record  of  a  fantastic  though  abiding 
love.  [Macmillan  &  Co.,  New  York,  Publishers.  For  sale  by 
William  Doxey.] 


The  first  number  of  the  Hudson  Library  has  been  issued  by  G. 
P.  Putnam's  Sons,  and  it  is  one  of  the  neatest  publications  that 
ever  came  from  that  house.  It  is  entitled  "  Love  and  Shawl 
straps,"  by  Annette  L.  Noble,  with  the  collaboration  of  Pearl 
Clement  Scott.  It  is  a  bright,  brisk,  breezy  little  story  of  tender 
passion  and  remorse.  It  is  remarkable  for  its  sketches  of  char- 
acter, its  naturalness,  its  vivacity  and  originality.  Unlike  many 
authors,  Miss  Noble  runs  to  long  chapters.  In  a  book  of  291 
pages  she  has  written  only  nine  chapters.  It  would  be  difficult 
for  a  great  many  novel-writers  to  hold  dramatic  interest  in  such 
long  chapters  as  fill  Miss  Noble's  book,  but  there  is  charm  in  her 
style  and  intensity  in  her  story  which  hold  the  attention  of  the 
reader  from  first  to  last.  [G.  P.  Putnam's  8ons,  publishers.  For 
sale  at  Cooper's.] 

Moses  King,  of  Boston,  now  stands  at  the  head  of  hand-book 
publishers,  one  of  his  latest  and  best  being  "  Where  to  Stop  in 
America  and  Europe."  It  is  a  dainty  volume,  containing  de- 
scriptions and  half-tone  illustrations  of  three  hundred  famous 
hotels,  and  In  addition  a  list  of  two  thousand  notable  hotels  all 
over  the  world,  with  a  description  of  each  hotel  and  of  the  city 
in  which  it  is  located.  This  is  sent  postpaid  on  receipt  by  the 
publisher  of  twenty  five  cents.  A  large,  handsome,  useful,  and 
profusely  illustrated  volume  is  "  King's  Handbook  of  New  York 
City";  sent  for  $2. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


IT  will  be  a  pleasing  announcement  to  thousands  that  the  price 
of  tub  baths  at  the  Lurline  Baths  has  been  reduced  to  the  same 
figure  as  that  charged  for  the  plunge,  namely,  thirty  cents,  or  four 
tickets  for  a  dollar.  To  have  a  hot  salt  bath  in  tbe  heart  of  the 
city  is  one  of  the  greatest  and  most  grateful  of  luxuries — a  fact 
of  which  the  enormous  attendance  at  tbe  Luriine  gives  abimdant 
evidence. 


For  the  remainder  of  the  month  the  Yosemite  Panorama,  corner 
Tenth  and  Market  streets,  will  be  open  daily  from  9  a.  m.  to  7  p.  m. 
The  public  should  avail  itself  of  this  last  opportunity  to  visit  this 
grand  reproduction  of  nature.  It  has  been  classed  by  critics  as  one 
of  the  most  marvelous  paintings  of  the  age.  Cable  cars  pass  the  door. 


Two  Bad 


Brown  Eyes 

By  JIARIE  ST.  FELIX. 

Author  of  "A  Little  Game  With  Destiny,"  which 
created  an  uaparalled  sensation  by  its  frank 
dealing  with  social  idiosyncracies;  a  book 
which  offered  food  for  serious  reflection  to  the 
student  of  human  nature. 


Two  Bad  Brown  Eyes  is  a  powerful  de- 
lineation of  character,  written  in  the  author's 
most  brilliant  style.  The  scene  is  laid  at  tbe 
World's  Fair  in  Chicago,  and  humorous  de- 
scriptions abound,  relieving  the  shadows  of 
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August  18,  1894. 


S.VN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


REIGN 


i:n"stt:RoA.:n-c:e_ 


THE  progress  of  events  in  the  Chinese-Japanese  dispute  has 
been  prolific  of  a  great  deal  of  hum  bug  in  the  way  of  press 
dispatches  to  the  daily  papers.  Much  of  this  mixed  information 
is  the  result  of  the  fact  that  both  China  and  Japan  are  lands  of 
mystery.  They  are  countries  of  which  little  is  really  known  by 
the  men  who  are  reporting,  if  not  originating,  the  news.  Aa  a 
result  most  of  that  which  has  come  to  hand  has  been  unreliable. 
All  that  talk,  for  instance,  about  the  degradation  involved  in  the 
withdrawal  from  Li  Hung  Chang  of  the  right  to  wear  the  royal 
yellow  has  been  nonsense.  The  degradation  was  not  in  reality  a 
degradation  at  all.  An  Oriental  potentate  has  always  the  idea 
that  be  is  a  brother  or  son  of  the  sun,  the  moon,  and  the  stars; 
the  outer  world  is  to  him  an  unknown  quantity;  his  mind  never 
runs  beyond  bis  own  dominions,  and  he  has  an  idea  that  all 
people  are  tributary  to  him.  If  be  bears  that  there  has  been  a 
right  of  any  kind,  in  which  his  authority  has  been  disputed,  he 
at  once  assumes  that  some  of  his  own  people  have  been  insubor- 
dinate and  that  his  higher  officers  have  been  negligent  because  of 
their  failure  promptly  to  suppress  the  insubordination.  The 
negligent  officer  or  officers  are  thereupon  subjected  to  informal 
rebukes,  but  are  at  the  same  time  directed  to  exert  powers  that 
are  greater  and  more  extensive  tnan  those  which  he  or  they  have 
previously  discharged.  That  is  the  fashion  all  over  the  Asiatic 
countries,  and  that  is  the  true  explanation  of  the  Li  Hang  Chang 
affair.  The  officer  was  neither  commended  or  degraded.  Prac- 
cally  he  has  been  told  to  go  ahead  and  produce  better  results. 

As  regards  the  fighting  which  has  taken  place,  nothing  that  is 
known  in  regard  to  it,  up  to  the  time  of  writing,  is  really  reliable. 
It  has  developed  nothing  in  the  nature  of  a  real  naval  conflict. 
The  naval  fleets  of  both  countries  are  fairly  good;  tbey  are  suffi- 
ciently powerful  to  make  a  contest  between  them  really  a  matter 
of  grave  interest  to  the  world;  but  yet  it  is  unlikely  that  a  battle 
will  take  place  under  conditions  that  will  show  anything  of  con- 
sequence in  regard  to  modern  naval  appliances.  In  neither  navy 
is  there  any  possibility  of  guns  and  men  being  tested  under  cir- 
cumstances that  will  show  what  modern  naval  appliances  can  do. 
And  it  is  the  same  in  their  armies.  Both  contain  many  of  the 
untried  instrumentalities  of  modern  warfare,  but  it  is  impossible 
to  bring  them  into  conflict  in  a  way  which  will  prove  anything. 

As  regards  the  political  aspect  of  this  war,  there  is  nothing  new. 
China  is  fighting  for  a  suzerainty  that  has  never  been  acknowl- 
edged; Japan  is  claiming  substantial  advantage  of  occupancy  that 
would  practically  amount  to  a  suzerainty.  The  contestants  are  not 
making  any  struggle  for  any  principle  that  interests  or  could  ben- 
efit humanity. 

The  prompt  conviction  of  the  assassin  of  President  Carnot  was 
of  course  expected,  It  represents  nothing  except  the  fact  that 
the  administration  of  justice  is  clean  and  distinct  in  France.  The 
idea  which  must  arise  in  the  minds  of  all  reflective  Americans  in 
connection  with  this  case  is  that  it  would  not  be  advantageous 
for  us  to  adopt  such  a  system;  it  would  be  an  advantage  for  us 
to  be  able  to  convict  our  criminals  with  that  promptness  which 
is  the  observable  characteristic  of  this  case,  but  it  would  hardly 
be  an  advantage  to  us  to  allow  favored  rascals  to  send  decent  and 
innocent  men  to  jail  with  that  celerity  which  would  be  possible 
under  the  French  system. 

The  latest  news  from  Brazil  goes  to  show  that  the  famous  shot 
which  was  fired  from  one  of  tbe  American  warships  was  not  a 
reverberation  of  tbe  liberty  bell — that  in  fact  it  helped  the  cause 
of  despotism  rather  than  of  political  freedom. 


The  greatest  human  wonder  that  the  century  has  produced. — more 
wonderful  even  than  the  Siamese  twins — is  Millie  Christine,  the 
woman  with  two  heads  and  bodies,  four  arms,  and  two  legs.  This 
will  be  the  last  time  she  can  ever  be  seen  here.  She  receives  daily 
(Sundays  excepted)  at  917  Market  street.  Admission,  15  cents; 
children,  10  cents.  .  


Mothers  be  sure  and  use 
children  while  teething. 


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TRANSATLANTIC   FIRE   INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

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THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

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These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  he  sustained. 

HARKY  W.  8YZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1S36.) 
Office — Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  r .  GRANT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up S     500,000 

Assets  3,181,768 

SurplUB  to  Policy  Holders 1,526,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

501  Montgomery  Street 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18,  1894. 


LOVE'S    WAITING.— Jeannetle  la  Flamboy. 


I  LOOKED  at  morning  o'er  the  dewy  elope, 
And  said:  "Love  will  come  very,  very  soon. 

The  morning  is  so  fair  he  will  come  ere  the  noon. " 
The  trees  were  full  of  singing  birds  of  hope. 
And  I  said,  "  We  will  wander  through  the  gardens,  when 

Dear  Love  comes,  where  the  droning  bees  hide 

And  rock  in  honeyed  bells,  when  winds  are  all  aBleep 
Cradled  in  woody  depth  and  mountain  glen. 
And  Love  shall  have  this  rare,  white  rose  to  wear 

Wet  with  the  dew  of  this  fair,  radiant  morn ;" 
I  touched  the  rose  with  tender  pride  and  care, 

When  lo!  in  ambush  lay  a  piercing  thorn. 

I  looked  across  the  sun-parched  land  at  noon, 
Across  the  heated  slope,  the  sandy  dune, 

And  said,  "  Love  now,  will  surely  come;  he  waits 

Bat  as  a  king  outside  his  palace  gates, 
And  he  will  enter  in  with  joy  and  song. 

Be  glad,  0  earth,  and  all  your  little  rills, 

Tell  it  unto  the  mountains  and  the  hills, 
That  Love  will  come  and  tarry  with  me  long!  " 

I  watched  at  evening,  and  I  said,  "  Dear  Love,  most  sweet, 

The  day  is  spent,  and  life  is  incomplete. 

Come  ere  the  shadows  gather,  and  the  sky 
Is  darkened  with  night's  curtain.    Let  me  lie 

A  little  while  upon  thy  breast.    With  tears 

I  look  back  through  the  void  of  empty  years." 

I  saw,  and  from  the  distance,  all  in  white, 
From  the  far  West  that  glowed  with  amber  light, 

Love  came.     Oh  joy !  oh  glad  fulfillment  sweet 

Of  all  life's  hope!    I  pressed  with  eager  feet 
To  greet  the  royal  guest.     What  though  at  close  of  day 
He  found  me  waiting  in  the  twilight  gray 

When  all  the  birds  were  still?    I  saw  one  star 

Shine  overhead  in  distance  blue  and  far, 
And  knew  night's  dews  were  on  the  barren  down, 

And  that  the  purling  streams  were  spent  and  dry. 

1  saw,  and  lo !  a  cross  against  the  sunset  sky ; 
Above  the  cross,  a  waiting,  sun-tipped  crown. 


B_A.iq"^:s. 


THE    DOLL'S    WOOING.—  Eugene  Field  in  the  Chicago  Record 

The  little  French  doll  was  a  dear  little  doll 
Tricked  out  in  the  sweetest  of  dresses; 
Her  eyes  were  of  hue, 
A  most  delicate  blue, 
Aud  dark  as  the  night  were  her  tresses. 
Her  dear  little  mouth  was  fluted  and  red, 
And  this  little  French  doll  was  so  very  well  bred 
That  whenever  accosted  her  little  mouth  said : 
"  Mamma!    Mamma!  " 

The  stockinet  doll,  with  one  arm  and  one  leg, 
Had  once  been  a  handsome  young  fellow, 
But  now  he  appeared 
Rather  frowsy  and  bleared 
In  his  torn  regimentals  of  yellow; 
Yet  his  heart  gave  a  curious  thump  as  he  lay 
In  the  little  toy  cart  near  the  window  one  day 
And  heard  the  sweet  voice  of  that  French  dolly  say : 
' '  Mamma !     Mamma !  " 

He  listened  so  long  and  he  listened  so  hard 
That  anon  he  grew  ever  so  tender, 

Fur  it's  everywhere  known 

That  the  feminine  tone 
Gets  away  with  all  masculine  gender. 
He  up  and  he  wooed  her  with  soldierly  zest, 
But  all  she'd  reply  to  the  love  he  professed 
Were  these  plaintive  words  (which  perhaps  you  have  guess'd) : 

"  Mamma!     Mamma !  " 

Her  mother— a  sweet  little  lady  of  five- 
Vouchsafed  her  parental  protection, 
And  although  stockinet 
Wasn't  blue-blooded  yet, 
She  really  could  make  no  objection. 
So  soldier  and  dolly  were  wedded  one  day, 
And  a  moment  ago,  as  I  journeyed  that  way, 
I'm  sure  that  I  heard  a  wee  baby  voice  say : 
"  Mamma!    Mamma!" 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  »l ,000,000. 
Corner  Mohtgomeky  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.   D.  FRY,  President HEKRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 

Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.    It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 

Funds.    Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 

the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 

in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  depobits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Eer  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
earing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate--  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS    SAFES  Inside  itB  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwardB,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  UF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


V   w    Comer  Sansome  and  Hush  Streets. 

Established  1870.  TJ.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) .     91,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  I  UNDIVIDED  PRCFUS $75,196 

S.  G  MURPHY President  | 

JAMES  MOFFITT  ..  .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH  Cashier 

DIBECTORB: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins.  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt, 

'IbomaB  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Hanking;  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manacer, 
Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 
the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 
storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  M. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital       $3,500,000  I  Capital  Paid  Up       $3,450,000 

Reserve    ...  $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  CaliforniaSt.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C. 

Portland  Branch — 48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 115b  Pacific  Ave. 

Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 

Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 

LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 

NEW  YORK— u  exel.  Morgan  &  Co     BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital       $2  500.000  |  Paid  Up  Capital    $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund.  $800,000. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris — Messrs.  Larard  Freres  £  Cle, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUM.)  „„„„„„„ 
n.  ALTSCHUL  j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKIN6  COMPANY. 

CAPITAI ....  , ...   .     $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co..  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        ....  President 

C.  P.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York—  Drexel,  Morgan  <G  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kflu=as  City—  Firs>tNationalBank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  A  Co,     Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  A  <^o. 

THE  CROCKER- WOO LWO RTH  NATIONAL  RANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         I        E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER..  President 

W.  E.   BROWN  Vies  -  resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  RANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  9T„   MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAII>  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  HADE 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm   Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D.  Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H,  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated  November-24,1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER  President  I  ERNST  BRAND      .  Secretary 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


August  18.  1894 


SXN  FRANCISCO  NEAYS  LETTER. 


19 


SUNBEAMS 


THE  boy  stood  on  tbe  burning  deck; 
He  wouldn't  stir  an  inch; 
But  those  who  left  thai  awfnl  wreck 
Saw  him  turn  pale  and  Hindi. 

What  dppth  of  angry  woe  was  his! 

A  number  of  the  crew 
Stole  up  to  him  and  murmured:  "  Is 

It  hot  enough  for  you?  "  — Washington  Star. 

Mrs.  Pes  dth  rift — I  know  that  five  dollars  is  a  good  price  to  pay 
for  a  handkerchief,  but  it's  real  lace.  You're  not  provoked,  my  dear, 
are  you?  Mr.  Pesdthrift—  Yes,  I  am  very  much  provoked.  The 
idea'of  paying  five  dollars  for  a  handkerchief.  It's  too  much  to  blow 
in;  you'll"  ruin  me,  Eugenie.  — The  King's  Jester. 

"  Ha.  ha!  He,  he!  You  did  make  an  ass  of  yourself!  I  heard 
Miss  Brown  a-»k  you  whether  you  liked  botticelli!  "  "  Well,  where's 
the  fun?  I  said  I  preferred  Chianti!"  '  Ka,  ha!  That's  just  the 
j>ke'    Boticelli  isn't  a  wine,  you  juggins!    Botticelli's  a  cheese!  " 

— London  Punch. 
"  If  von  go  first,"  murmured  the  wife  of  his  bosom  to  the  sick  man, 
11  you  will  wait  for  me  on  the  other  shore,  will  you  not,  love?  "    "  I 
s'pose  I'll  have  to,"  he  grumbled.    "  I  never  went  anywhere  yet 
without  having  to  wait  for  you  at  least  half  an  hour,"  — Ex. 

First  Cow— Why  are  you  so  nervous  ?  Second  Cow— Oh,  dear, 
that  Titian  hair  over  there  in  the  hammock  looks  just  as  if  it  was 
coming  down,  and  if  it  does  I  don't  know  if  I  can  control  my  temper 
or  not.  — The  Farmer. 

If  you  see  a  man  with  haggard  face, 

And  whiskers  like  a  mat, 
3  ust  pity  him  ;  he's  not  to  blame ; 
The  wretch  is  playing  the  annual  game 

Of  "  hunting  for  a  flat."  —Peck's  Sun. 

Clara— Mr  Singleton  is  the  most  dead  in  earnest  fellow  I  ever 
saw.  Maud— What  has  he  done  tn  convince  you?  Clara— The  last 
time  he  propo.sed  he  asked  me  to  be  his  wife.      — New  York  Herald. 

Jack— What's  going  to  happen?  1  just  saw  Bonzely  at  the  bar 
with  a  friend  drinking  plain  >oda.  Ted— Probably  the  man  was  one 
of  his  creditors.  — Town  Topics. 

No  woman  is  such  a  slouch  at  mathematics  that  she  can't  tell  in 
half  a  minute  how  much  her  husband  would  save  in  the  course 
of  a  year  if  he  shaved  himself.  — Atchison  Globe. 

Fweddie— Soy,  Cholly,  you  want  somefing  owiginal  at  the  pawty, 
why  not  have  a  perspiwing  contest  and  give  a  favor  to  the  one  who 
perspiwers  most  freely?  — Arkanmw  Traveler. 

Mrs.  Jabber  (to  Mr.  Jabber)— Are  you  aware  that  you  talk  in  your 
sleep?  Young  Jabber  (who  has  just  been  silenced) — What  other 
chance  does  he  get?  — Scribner's  Magazine. 

Though  the  bloom  at  the  present  writing 

Is  as  usual  on  the  rye. 
It's  the  bloomers  on  the  bicycle  girl 

That  catch  the  public  eye.  —  Ex. 

Mrs.  Callahan— 1  want  to  get  a  pair  of  shoes  for  the  little  hoy. 
Bowery  Storekeeper— French  kid?  Mrs,  Callahan  (indignantly)  — 
Indade  not !  He's  my  own  son — born  and  bred  in  Hester  street,  ye 
spalpeen.  —Exchange 

Maid— How  was  the  new  play?  Mistress— Very  sad.  Six  persons 
die  in  it.  Maid— I  thought  so  when  I  saw  them  carryingin  so  many 
flower-*.  — Fliegende  Blaetter. 

Mabel — Is  this  not  the  dearest  little  summer  resort  in  all  the 
world?    Mrs,  Tinkles— I  don't  know;  I  haven't  paid  my  bill  yet. 

—  Town  Topics. 
He— Even  Cleopatra  was  a  true  daughter  of  Eve.    She— Not  a  bit. 
She  let  the  serpent  take  a  bite  instead  of  taking  a  bite  herself. 

—New  York  Herald. 
He— I  could  love  you,  oh,  so   much,   but  you  will  not  give  me  any 
show.    She— What  do  yon  want,  pray;  a  living  picture?         — Ex. 

"Cholly  has  a  very  thoughtful  expression  on  his  face,"  said  one 
girl.    "Cholly 's  becoming  deceitful,"  replied  the  other. 

—  Washington  Star. 
Camul's  milk  forms  an  excellent  and  highly  nutritious  beverage, 
but  it  will  not  make  buttc.  —Encyclopedia  Britannica. 

Many  a  man  who  is  anxious  to  reform  the  world  has  a  gate  that  is 
hanging  by  one  hinge.  — Ram's  Horn. 

The   Grand   Cafion  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 

Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  dav.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  'River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

There  is  certainly  nothing  wrong  in  tippling.  An  occasional  glass 
of  whisky  (providing  that  it  is  good  whisky)  strengthens  the  body 
and  stimulates  the  mind.  The  Argonaut  whisky,  sold  by  E.  Martin 
&  Co.,  408  Front  street  is  generally  admired  by  all  connoisseurs. 
Wherever  it  is  sold  it  grows  in  favor,  and  those  who  drink  it  once  do 
not  care  for  any  other  brand.  The  sales  of  Argonaut  whisky  show 
that  it  leads  all  others. 


ZB^ISTIKIS. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA- 

Incorporated  by  Koyal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up  S3,00i  ,000 

RESERVE    FUND        1,404,000 

Southeast  comer  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD    on  hi;  .      bo  Lombard  Street.  Loudon 

Branches — Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nauaimo, 
aud  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  beattle  and  lacoina, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banklug  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world  Approved  Bills  discounted  aud  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Oltice  and  Br  uches,  aud  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchauts  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— Kirst  National  Bauk; 
Liverpool— North  aud  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Lineu  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  aud  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  aud 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  aud  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney  Ld.;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bauk. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA,  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL     $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1, 1894)  ..  3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier 

8.  Prentiss  smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 
New  York— Messrs    Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A 
Boston— Tremout  National  Bank;   London— Messrs,  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zeal  nd— Bauk  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  ai>d  India— 
Chartered  Bauk  of  Ind.a,  Australia  and  China   r-T.  Louis— Boatmen  s  Bank. 
Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 
Draws  oirect  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Bait  Lake, 
Denver,   Kansas   City,  New  Orleans,.  Portlaud,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and   on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremeu,  Hamburg,  Fra   kfort-on-Main,  Copenhageu, 
Stockholm,  ChrLstiania,  Melbourne,  Syndt-y,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  824,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPt   AL  and   Surplus 1.627,062  43 

DIRE*  TORS  — Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  bt  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savingt- 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  acual  receipt  of  t^e  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  tbe  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny .Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARAN1EED  CAPITAL,  $1,00u,000. 

OFFICE  as. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  ..President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MUBPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directoks— James  G  Fair,  L  P.  Dxexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  M"fntt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Kobert  McElroy. 

Interest  pa.d  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Dpi'OsiIh  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
ou  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  8.  P. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fuiul $1,610,000  OO 

D  posits  ,1a  mi  .ry  3,  1894 39,439,31  7  09 

OFFICERS— Pre>ident,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-Pres  d  nt.  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  K.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Mull  -r. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edwarl  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
maun,  F.  'f  illmaun,  H.  Horstmanu,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  GoodfelJow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Fine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  I  Paid  up  $1,500,000 

Subscribed         3,000.000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bauk  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  »md  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loanB  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     \  Mo„a„„c 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  1  Managers 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  GO'S  BANK. 

K.  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutler  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Cash  Capital  and  Snrplus $6,250,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth    —  ...Cashier  I  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E,  Gray,  John  J.  McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


20 


SAJS   JFRAJNOl&OO  NEWS  JLETTEK 


August  18,  1894. 


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HATS  are  receiving  a  great  deal  of  consideration  nowadays. 
Some  of  the  latest  creations  in  the  way  of  headgear  are  very 
pretty,  says  a  Parisian  writer.  We  are  all— young  and  old,  fat 
and  lean— to  appear  as  Empire  as  possibly  can  be  at  the  Bains  de 
Mer  and  Villes  d'eau— positively  fancy  hats,  as  one  sees  in  several  of 
JIme.  Vigee  Lebrun's  portraits  of  that  epoch— large,  high,  "  band- 
boxy  "  crowns,  and  brims  of  unusual  s-'ze,  in  old  flowered  silk  and 
trimmed  witn  old-fashioned  taffeias  ribbon ;  others  with  a  flat  crown 
of  straw  and  a  puckered  silk  brim,  with  a  rose  under  the  brim  on  the 
chignon.  One  that  I  admired  above  all,  from  Cartier,  was  a  wide  leg- 
horn flat,  with  a  high  crown  trimmed  wiih  a  wide  bias  of  black  taf- 
fetas silk  tied  like  an  old  gentleman's  choker;  to  one  side,  a  very  nat- 
ural bunch  of  pink  roses;  under  the  brim  on  each  side  numerous 
bows  of  wide  black  taffetas  ribbon,  so  that  the  hat  looked  as  if  it 
rested  on  a  cap  or  serre-tete;  in  front  there  was  nothing  under  the 
brim,  and  the  straw  rested  on  the  head  only.  You  have  no  idea  how 
quaint  and  becoming  it  was.  White  tulle  hats  with  such  beautiful 
white  aigrettes  are  the  rage  also.  They  positively  look  angelic  in 
their  lightness  and  whiteness. 

The  yachting  glove  is  with  us  for  ordinary  outing  wear.  There  are 
a  number  of  styles  from  which  to  choose.  A  white  chamois  glove 
bound  and  stitched  in  dark  red  and  fastened  with  big  red  buttons  is 
perhaps  the  favorite.  With  the  ever  popular  blue  serge  costume, 
white  chamois  gloves  are  worn  bound  with  blue  leather  and  fastened 
with  buttons  the  same  shade  as  the  binding.  The  yellow  chamois 
glove  is  always  desirable  for  yachting  wear.  When  washed  it  appears 
as  good  as  new.  The  silk  glove,  which  appears  with  peiennial  regu- 
larity every  summer,  is  now  seen  in  a  new  style.  Gloves  of  old-gold 
silk  are  stitched  in  black  and  fastened  with  black  buttons.  Gray  silk 
gloves  are  also  treated  in  the  same  manner,  making  a  glove  jaunty 
enough  to  wear  with  the  most  up-to-date  traveling  dress. 

Different  shades  of  green  appear  to  be  very  popular.  They  begin 
in  grays,  where  the  green  is  scarcely  more  than  a  suggestion,  and 
tJen  they  are  seen  in  sage,  a  frosty  whitish  tint  overcasting  it;  then 
in  reseda,  which  is  of  a  rustic  tinge.  There  is  grasshopper  green,  let- 
tuce, cabbage,  poplar,  apple,  Nile,  and  then  it  strays  into  ihe  mosses, 
myrtles,  olives,  and  lastly  the  emeralds,  the  Lincoln  and  hunters' 
green,  and  bottle  green.  Green  is  certainly  a  pleasing  color,  but  the 
wearer  must  know  how  to  treat  it.  There  are  greens  that  dark  or 
callow  persons  should  keep  at  a  distance  from  face,  neck,  or  hand-., 
and  then  there  are  others  that  make  such  persons  look  lair.  They 
must  be  studied. 

The  prettiest  blouses  for  elegant  indoor  wear  are  made  of  plain  and 
striped  faille,  surah,  soft  silk,  and  chiffon,  trimmed  in  many  elegant 
styles.  On  a  blouse  of  light  pink  silk  a  finely-tucked  tulle  corselet 
looked  very  ladylike,  and  this  bluuse  had  a  full  silk  basque  in  addi- 
tion. A  fashionable  blouse  is  trimmed  across  the  chest  and  sleeves 
with  pointed  bands  of  black  velvet,  fastened  at  the  ends  with  rosettes. 
On  a  blouse  of  pink  chiffon,  cream  insertion  was  let  into  the  yoke 
above  the  berthe  and  trimmed  the  deep,  tucked  cuff. 

French  parasols  have  been  a  combination  of  chiffon,  nets  laces,  and 
filmy  material  in  white  and  delicate  color.  English  parasols  have 
been  severely  plain,  owing  their  elegance  to  the  use  of  delicate  color 
and  to  insertions  and  flat  bands  of  lace. 

Black  crepon  g  )wns  trimmed  with  bands  of  black  satin  or  of  jetted 
trimming,  made  over  black  silk,  or  pale  yellow  or  coquelicot  red  satin, 
are  among  the  daintiest  of  filmy  gowns. 

The  fancy  for  a  separate  waist  and  skirt  will  continue  during  the 
autumn,  and  some  of  the  new  waists  are  made  of  the  gayest  possible 
material. 

Marie-Antoinette  fichus  are  among  the  revivals  of  olden  days. 
They  are  made  of  net  and  lace  and  of  dotted  muslins,  figured  in  black 
or  in  color. 

Ladies  Visiting 
The  seaside  or  mountains  should  remember  that  Camelline  is  au 
infallible  prevention  and  remedy  for  the  distressing  effects  of  sun- 
burn and  poison  oak.  Those  who  have  any  regard  for  the  complex- 
ions which  they  value  so  highly  should  not  risk  them  in  the  country. 
Camelline  is  the  only  preparation  of  its  kind  which  has  proved  suc- 
cessful. All  other  face  powders  have  been  forced  out  of  the  market 
by  its  wonderful  sale-. 

Husbands,  brothers  and  bachelors  wishing  to  obtain  the  best 
gentlemen's  furnishing  goods  and  latest  tailoring  should  go  to  John 
W.  Carmany,  25  iCearny  street. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Taboe,  is  the  place  to  take  thr  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


2$e.  or)  the  $1.00 

Stylish,  well-made  outer  garments  were  never  sold  at  such 
ASTOUNDING  DISCOUNTS  as  we  now  offer  them,  for  we 
have  just  received  a  special  purchase  of  5000  Jackets,  Capes, 
Wraps  and  Suits,  comprising  a  manufacturer's  entire  spring 
and  summer  stock  in  these  lines,  which  we  bought  for  Spot 
Cash  at  about  twenty-five  cents  on  the  dollar,  and,  as  the  fol- 
lowing specimen  items  shew,  are  now  clearing  out  at 

f\  Jre/riepdous  5aerifie<?. 


A*  $1 95. 


LADIES'  C  '  PES,  in  block,  navy,  Havana  brown,  and  medium 
shades  of  ta-i,  in  an  endless  variety  of  styles  and  trimmings, 
worth  $5,  will  be  closed  out  $1  95  each. 


/»t  $3  45- 


LADIES'  CAPES,  of  Havana  brown  broadcloth,  with  applique 
trimming,  others  with  plaitines  of  black  Brussels  net,  also  tan 
broadclotb,  elaborately  braided,  and  tan  Kersey  cloth  haDd- 
somely  trimmed  wi  n  lace,  worth  $7  50  and  $10,  will  be  closed 
out   at  $3  45  each. 


fl*  $4  95- 


LADIE  *  DOnBLE-BREASTED  JACKETS  of  tan  doeskin,  gray 
and  brown  mixed  cheviots,  fronts  lined  with  fancy  silk,  nand- 
t-ome  large  pearl  buttons,  double-breasted  black  diagonal  and 
Havana  brown  Kersey  jackets,  single-breatted  tight-fitting  jeck- 
ets,  in  shades  of  tan,  brown,  electric  and  navy  blue,  with  neat 
braid  trimmings,  worth  $12  50,  will  be  closed  out  at  $4  95  each. 


Murphy  Building. 


City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 


ATTYS.-AT-LAW. 
BERGEN  .*  n'li.Bl'K,  (B.  F.  Bergen;  C.  M.  Wilbur),  216  Sansome  St. 
FRANK   KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg.,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES. 
_CANDIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets. 

DENTISTS. 
K    «  I  TI.AK.  416  Geary  street 

F.  M.  IIKKETi,  413  Leavenworth  street. 

DOOR   CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  <  liecU  a  'id  Spring.   F.  D.  Morrell,  593  Mission  St. 

DRUGGISTS. 
KELLY'S  CORN  CUKE,  25c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 
EVANS    FOISUS  U\K  SPECIFIC    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists.  

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 
W.  H.  McCORMIl'K,  1422  Market  St.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkin  St. 

MILLINERY. 
THE  WONDER  Hat.  Flower  and  Feather  Store.  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAU  RANTS. 
FRANCO- AMERICAN  Restaurant  -  521  Montgomery  St. 


F.  HItte. 


SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  DONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A    BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  8crip.    430  Kearny  St. 
HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  antomlzation  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 

The  GREAT  REDDuTION  IN  PRICES  at 

JOE  POHEIM'S,  The  Tailor, 

for  the  last  30  days,  is  continuing.  We  have  sold,  over  500  pairs  of  Pants  for 
$4,  Worth  from  $5  to  $9  .  FIKE  SI  I  IS  FOR  $15. 

Don't  miss  your  chance  for  the  next  30  days,  as  some  of  our  Goods  are  sold 
regardless  of  cost. 

203  Montgomery  St.  724  Market  St.  1110  Market  St,,  S.  F. 

485 Fourteenth  street,  Oakland. 


J.  R.  SMITH  &  CO., 


MERCHANT  TAILORS,  230  Bush 
Street,  Mills  Building,  formerly  under 
Occidental    Hotel. 


August  18,  l»t>4  . 


SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


FASHIONS  IN  MEN'S  DRESS. 


THE  superior  neatness  and  care  of  a  European  gentleman  in 
tbe  matter  of  dress  is  but  a  part  of  bis  whole  art  of  making 
himself  agreeable  to  women.  The  American  man  commonly 
shows  in  his  dress  that  general  lack  of  tact,  consideration,  and  deli- 
cacy toward  women  which  distinguishes  Europeans  and  makes  them 
more  popular  than  American  men  among  American  women.  Among 
American  men  there  is  scarcely  one  in  a  hundred,  whether  bachelor 
or  benedict,  who  ever  stops  to  consider  the  approbation  of  woman- 
kind in  selecting  or  wearing  his  clothes.  If  they  approximate  the 
current  fashions,  are  neat  and  entirely  comfortable,  his  every  re- 
quirement is  satisfied.  He  despises  foppishness  and  is  inclined  to  be 
ashamed  of  wasting  any  time  in  even  thinking  about  dress.  The 
negligee  shirt,  leather  belt  in  lieu  of  suspeuders,  lounging  coat,  and 
soft  hat  are  alt  abomination  in  the  sight  of  the  average  woman.  She 
hates  them  as  a  man  does  Mother  Hubbards,  slippers,  and  curl 
papers.  When  the  sex  is  scarce  during  the  summer  she  shuts  her 
eyes  to  these  things,  but  her  heart  yearns  for  precision  and  dignity  of 
attire.  The  toleration  of  women  in  these  matters,  as  well  as  in  drink- 
ing and  an  offensive  breath  either  from  liquor  or  tobacco,  is  not  to  be 
taken  for  approval. 

Many  men  fancy  themselves  most  irresistible  when  they  abandon 
"  galluses  and  vests."  It  is  the  above  type  that  women  bear  with  and 
abhor  at  the  same  time;  and,  curiously  enough,  nine  women  in  ten 
are  not  only  thoroughly  informed  regarding  every  detail  of  men's 
fashions,  but  hold  fixed  ideas  upon  the  subject.  One  of  the  first  things 
every  engaged  girl  plans  to  do  after  marriage  is  to  order  the  manner 
of  her  husband's  dress.  She  likes  wide,  deep  cuffs  that  are  lightly 
creased  in  the  middle  and  give  the  hand  and  wrist  so  smart  an  appear- 
ance. She  knows  long  before  he  does  what  bad  style  broken-pointed 
collars  are,  how  obvious  are  ready-made  ties,  and  how  vulgar  needle- 
pointed  boots. 

At  the  Eastern  resorts  the  correct  full  dress  for  summer  is  pure 
white.  Well-cut  duck  or  linen  takes  the  place  admirably  of  broadcloth 
and  clawhammers.  A  man  wearing  a  handsomely  laundered  duck 
suit,  with  white  shoes,  immaculate  linen,  and  lawn  tie,  is  sufficiently 
fit  for  the  most  formal  functions  in  August.  This  costume  is  becom- 
ing to  men  of  every  age,  size,  and  coloring,  is  comfortable,  dignified, 
and  not  particularly  expensive.  A  well-made  suit  of  duck  will  cost 
about  $30,  but  it  lasts  for  years,  and  with  a  little  management  one 
can  keep  tidy  on  two  outfits,  with  flannels  for  the  mornings  and  a 
light  wool  suit  for  intermediate  occasions. 

At  the  mountain  resorts  of  California,  where  the  summers  are  hot, 
and  at  some  of  the  warmer  coast  resorts,  California  men  are  particu- 
larly apt  to  show  bad  taste.  When  the  thermometer  climbs  highest 
a  woman  is  most  keenly  appreciative  of  snowy  linen  and  carefully 
pressed  clothes,  well  adjusted  to  the  figure.  Athletic  flannels  are,  of 
course,  quite  correct  in  their  place,  and  no  one  expects  a  man  to  row 
or  play  golf  or  tennis  in  a  board-bosomed  shirt.  But  there  are  drives, 
walks,  and  country  calls  when  she  deeply  resents  his  taking  advantage 
of  the  weather.  Ninety  in  the  shade  is  no  excuse  for  wrinkled  trous- 
ers, a  cummerbund,  and  the  absence  of  a  waistcoat. 

The  evenings  he  comes  to  call  in  white  trousers,  with  a  dark  coat, 
it  requires  all  of  her  womanly  devotion  to  overlook  so  gross  an  offense 
against  taste.  She  is  afraid  it  might  hurt  his  feelings  to  cite  the  Eng- 
lishmen of  their  acquaintance  as  models  in  dress.  The  large  coziness 
of  their  clothes,  that  adds  to  the  masculinity  of  their  appearance 
without  the  least  approach  to  deshabille,  is  delightful  to  her.  She 
wishes  John  would  not  try  to  outline  his  waist,  would  remember  it 
was  perfectly  apparent  when  his  suspenders  were  forgotten,  and 
might  study  the  ensemble  of  his  toilets  a  little  more. 

Selby's  Electric  Schultze  Powder  is  smokeless.  It  is  the  very 
thing  for  sportsmen,  and  every  man  who  goes  hunting  should  not  go 
without  it. 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Gould  &  Curry  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.    74. 

Amount  per  Share 15  cents. 

Levied July  27, 1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office August  30, 1894. 

Davof  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  21, 1894. 

J                                                                           A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California.       _______ 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Sierra  Nevada  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Assessment      No.  107. 

Amount  per  Share 26  cents 

Levied..  July  18  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office August  22,  1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  11, 1894 

E.  L.  PARKER,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  15,  Nevada  Block,  No.  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francis- 
co, California. 


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NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Overman  Silver  Mining  Company 
Location  of  Principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco.  California  Lo- 
cation of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  County,  Nevada.  ^""rornia.  lo- 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  held  on 
the  Seventeenth  (17th)  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No  71)  of  Ten 
Cents  per  Bhare  was  levied  upon  each  and  every  share  of  the  caoital 
stock  oi  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin 
to  the  secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  414  California  street,  San 

"  r&IlClSCO,  i_/&l. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Monday,  the  21st  day  ol  August,  1894.  will  be  delinquent 
and   advertised     for    sale   at  public   auction;    and  unless  payment  is 
made  before,  will  he  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  Eleventh  day  of  September 
1894,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  adver- 
tising and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

Office-414  California  street,  San  Francisco?  Ca)i.EDWARD8'  8ecretary- 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Savage   Mining   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California  Lor-a 
tion  of  works— Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada        ' 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  held 
on  the  Twenty  seventh  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No  84)  'of  20 
Centsper  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  m  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  e  *  °bxv*11* 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  Thirtieth  Day  ot  August,  1894.  will  be  delinquent 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction:  and  unless  payment  is  made  he- 
fore,  will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  19th  day  of  September,  1894  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and    e* 
penses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

„«  E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretarv 

,  Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco 
caiiiornia.  ' 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Potosi  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  held 
on  the  2d  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  42)  of  Twenty-five  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Ihursday.  the  6lh  Day  of  September,  1894.  wil,  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  September,  1894  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  exoeuses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E   ELLIOT,  Secretary 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Chollar  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California  Lo- 
cation of  works — Virginia,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  held  on 
the  Ninth  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  39)  of  Twenty  cents 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  79,  Nevada  block  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  8an  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  13th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  marin 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  4th  day  of  October  1894  to  pay  toe 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  exDensps 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors.  K 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOTT,  Secretarv 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Bullion  Mining  Company. 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.   Location  of 
works— Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  held 
on  the  Seventh  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment,  No  43  of  Fifteen  (15) 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  cor- 
poration, payable  immediately,  in  United  States  Gold  coin  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20,  331  Pine  St.,  San  Francisco 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Tuesday,  the  13th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent 

and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction ;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  4th  day  of  October  1894  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  'ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.  R.  GRAYSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  20,  331  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


22 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  18,  1K94  . 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 
S4/V  FRANCISCO : 


Lb  ate  |        From  August  1,  1894. 


I  ABRIVE 


7-00  A  Atlantic  KxpreuB.  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00a  Benlcia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Bac- 
ramento,  Reddins,  Castle  Crag 
and  Duusmuir,  via  Davis 7:15p 

7-30  A  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 
toga  and  *9anta  Rosa      6:15  p 

8:30  A  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  MaryBville,  Red  Blurl 
andOroville 4:15  p 

9-00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los  Angeles.  Deming,  El 
Paso.  New  Orleans  and  East 5:45  p 

9 :00  a  Martinez  and  Btockton 10: 45  A 

*9:0Oa  Peters  and  Milton  ...  ...    J'-jvf 

12-30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  ..    8:45  A 
n  00  P  Sacramento  River  steamers *9:00p 

4 -OOP  Martinez.  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
SantaRosa 9:15a. 

400  p.  Benicia.  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landin  M, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento . ...  10:45A 

4-30  p.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno  ..  ,„  .i 

4-30p.  Raymond  (for  Yosemite) 10:45a. 

6-.00P.  Los  Angeles   ErpreBS,  Fresno, 
Bakersfieid,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Lob  Angeles 10:45a. 

5:00p.  Santa Fe  Route,  Atlantic ExpresB, 

forMoJave  and  East 1°'?b,?- 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45A 

6-OOp.  Hayward6,  Niles  and  San  Jose..    7  45  a. 

t7:00p.Valle)o  ...+7:45  p. 

7-00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  8ound  and  East. 10'4-  * 

i        Santa  Cruz  Division  (Marrow  Gauge). 

17:45  A  Sunday  excur-iou  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
Santa  Cruz  I8  *  * 

8-15A.  Newark,  oenterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations  6:20  p. 

*2-45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose.  New 
Almaden,  Fellon,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations  11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  San  lose,  Los  Gatos..  J:o0a. 

Saturdays  and  Sundays  to  Santa 

Cruz.. 

Coast  Division l Third  aid  Tnwnspnd  St.oetg* 

*6-45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Waj 

Stations  »l:45p. 

17-30  A.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz.  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions       J8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPiuos, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
Ban  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 
W»v  Stations 6:26  p. 

J9-.47A.  PaloAltoaud  Way  Stations 11:45  p 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  WayStations    .  5:06p. 

11:45  a.   Palo   Alto  and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 

*2-20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
Pacific  Grove    ..  .  *10:40a. 

*3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      9:fl  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  WayStations *8:06a. 

5-IOp.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a, 

6:30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35a. 

fll:45p.   Palo  Alto  and  principal  Way 

Stations +7:26?. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromS.UFRASl'ISCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  S)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  01  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
U  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  p.  M. 
From  0SKLIWB— Foot  of  Broadway . 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  A.  M. 

tl2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  M. 

a  .  for  Morning .  p.forAfternoon. 

♦Sundays  excepted.  -(-Saturdays  only. 

tSundaysonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
?610.  Second  class, 
J350. 
\*£  O.  S.  S.  Company's 
1  -  steamers  sail: 

For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  S. 
"ALAMEDA," 
August  23,  2  p.  M. 
For     HONOLULU, 
8.  S.  "  AUSTRALIA," 
Sept.  1,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELo  &  BROS.  CO.,  Geueral  Agts 


,JV^°. 


(*  'W'OU — you  will  not  do  anything  rash, 
I  Mr.  Haralong,  will  you  ?  "  exclaimed 
the  young  woman,  in  a  trembling  voice. 
The  rejected  lover,  pale  but  resolute,  rose 
slowly  to  hia  feet.  "  Henrietta  Placketl,'' 
he  answered  through  his  set  teeth,  "  I  will- 
Just  as  surely  as  you  stand  there — proud 
and  heartless  beauty  that  you  are — I  shall 
be  in  the  South  Sea  islands  six  months 
from  now,  the  happy  husband  of  fourteen 
wives."  — Tit  Bits. 


WIFE — At  Mrs.  Greenfern's  reception 
to-day  I  met  Miss  Sliogeroff-Ink,  the 
author  of  the  latest  literary  sensatior. 
Husband — Horrible  ugly  woman,  isn't  she? 
"  Why,  yes.  How  did  you  know  ?  "  "She 
described  her  heroine  as  not  strictly  beau- 
tiful, but  irresistibly  fascinating." — Life. 


FARMER  WAYBACK— Wall,  of  all  durn 
fools,  that  artist  feller  takes  the  cake. 
Mrs.  Wayback — What's  he  doing'  ?  Fabm- 
er  Wayback — He's  down  yonder  paintia' 
a  picture  of  that  old  tumble-down  barn, 
and  there's  a  bran-new  barn  right  behind 
him.  — New  York  Weekly. 


AMERICAN  GIRL— O,  yes;  my  home 
was  in  California,  but  I  went  to  school 
in  Boston.  Interested  foreigner — Ach,  so? 
Did  you  go  home  at  nights  ?  — Life. 


seve* 


You  can  not  have  fulfilled  every  duty 
unless  you  have  .fulfilled  that  of  being 
cheerful  and  pleasant. — C.  Buxton. 

Fame  is  no  snre  test  of  merit,  but  only 
a  probability  of  such;  it  is  an  accident, 
not  a  property  of  man. — Carlyle. 

A  generous  friendship  no  cold  medium 
know*;  burns  with  one  love,  with  one  re- 
sentment glows. — Pope. 

He  who  says  there  is  no  such  thing  as 
an  honest  man  is  himself  a  knave. — Berk- 
eley. 

It  is  the  weaker  sort  of  politicians  that 
are  the  greatest  dissemblers.  —  Bacon. 

Mediocrity  is  not  allowed  to  poets, 
either  by  the  gods  or  men. — Horace. 

You  can  not  put  a  great  hope  into  a 
small  soul. — J.  L.  Jones. 

White  lies  are  but  the  ushers  to  black 
ones. — Marryatt. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Sept.  7, 22.  October 
7,  22     Nov.  6,  21. 

Santa  Cruz  aud  Monterey  Excursions— steam- 
er Pomona  leaves  Saturdays,  4  p.  M.  Due  back 
Moudays,  5  A.  K. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
August  3,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 
For  Eureka,  Humboldt  Bay,  Wednesdays,  9  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  ai  Pun  aarford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Lo*  Angeles,  Redoudo,  (Los 
Angeles)  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  alieruatelv  at  W  a.  m. 

For  Euseuada,  Magdal^na  Bay  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlau,  La  Paz  aud  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen '1  Agents, 
No.  to  Market  street,  San  Francisco 

OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOB  JAPAN   AND  CHINA 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailiny. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  8teamerBfor  SHANGHAI: 

Belgic Thursday,  Sept.  H,  1894 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)... Tuesday,  Sept.  25, 1894 
Gaelic  ..  Tuesday,  Oct   16    1894 

Beluic Thursday,  Nov.  15,  1894. 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATE8 
Oabln  Pians  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
T  ckets  (or  sale  at  B.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  li.  GOODMAN,  Gen. Pass. Agt. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK    DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M. ;  12:35,3:30, 

5:10,   6  30    p.   m.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11 :30  p.  m  .    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  m. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M. ;  12:45, 

3:40,5:10  p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

aud  6:30  p.  m. 
SUNDAYo— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  a.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 

6:25  p.  m. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS -Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10  p.m.  ; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:00  p.m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p    m 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a.  m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


Leave  S.F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15,1894. 

Arrive  in  S.F, 

W    «fr 

m     fc 

Days 

Sundays 

DESTI  TION 

Sundays 

Days. 

7;40A.M. 
3:30  P.M. 
5.10  P.M. 

8:00  a.m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petal  urns, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40 a.h  8:60a.  m 

6:05  P. m  10:30am 
7:30p,m  6:15p.m 

7:40a.m. 
3:30p.M. 

8:00a.m. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdshurg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30p.m. 

10:30am 
6:15  pm 

7:40  a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00  a.m. 

Guerneville 

7:30  p.m. 

10:30  am 
6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
5:10p.M. 

8:00a.m. 
5:00p.m 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m.  i&:50am. 
6:05p.m  |6:15PM. 

7:40a.M 
3:30  p.  m 

8:00  a.m. 
5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10  :40a.  m 

6  05p.M 

10  :30a.  M 
6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  GeyBervllle  for  Skaggs 
SpringB,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyviile,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  TJkiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  Booneville,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport, 
Canto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
Johu  Dav's,  Lively  s,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

Ou  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  Sau  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
aud  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  O.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

'Jailing  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  aud  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 

S.  S.  "City  of  Sydney,"  Vugust  18, 1894. 

a.S.  "Sau  Jo>e,"  Aug.  28,  iyy4. 

S.  S.  "A^aputco,"  September  8. 1894. 

S.  S.  "Colon,"  September  18,  1894. 

Note. — When  the  sailiug  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG. 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  p.  m. 

8.    8.    "City    of    reking."  Thursday,  August 

16, 1894,  at  3  P   m 

3.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Aug.   28,  1894,  at 
3  P.  M. 
S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Pept.  15, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 
8.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 
4, 18y4,  at  3  p.  M. 
Round  Trip  TicketB  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


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Vol.  XLIX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  25,  1894. 


Number  S. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

DOES  the  announcement  that  Senator  Hill  expects  to  handle 
the  first  test  case  against  the  income  tax  indicate  an  explana- 
tion of  his  course  in  the  Senate  ?  Has  the  bald  eagle  of  old  York 
8tate  been  screaming  without  a  view  to  ulterior  personal  benefits  ? 


TESTS  made  at  Washington  recently  seem  to  demonstrate  that 
we  make  the  best  naval  projectiles  in  the  world.  If  we  can 
continue  to  demonstrate  our  ability  to  get  along  without  using 
them,  our  supremacy  in  the  noblest  arts  likewise  will  be  as- 
sured. 


HEREAFTER,  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  country, 
the  stars  and  stripes  will  float  over  the  Capitol  every  day, 
whether  Congress  is  in  session  or  not,  a  provision  to  that  effect 
having  been  inserted  in  the  Sundry  Civil  Appropriation  bill.  The 
credit  for  this  new  departure  is  due  to  Senator  Hale. 


A  PENNSYLVANIA  Judge  has  decided  that  a  member  of  a 
Catholic  order  may  wear  the  uniform  of  her  society  while 
serving  as  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools,  and  that  she  may  be 
addressed  by  her  religious  name,  but  must  not  teach  the  Catholic 
catechism.  The  Judge's  order  is  not  so  strange  as  the  desire 
of  the  Catholics  to  force  such  an  issue  on  the  public  schools. 


TWENTY  years  hence  it  may  be  in  order  to  put  the  army  in 
command  of  the  ablest  chemist.  The  pneumatic  dynamite 
guns  at  Sandy  Hook  are  provided  with  a  laboratory  containing 
boilers,  air-compressors,  storage  reservoirs,  hydraulic  pumps,  and 
explosive  gelatine.  To  be  snuffed  out  by  gas  or  distributed  in 
space  by  a  high  explosive  would  upset  the  old  ideas  of  military 
heroism. 

WHILE  the  reported  intention  of  the  President  to  let  the  new 
tariff  measure  become  a  law  without  the  formality  of  his 
signature  has  caused  unnecessary  uneasiness  among  some  timid 
Democrats,  signing  the  bill  would  not  affect  the  President's 
standing  before  the  people.  If  he  has  patriotic  reasons  for  with- 
holding his  signature  their  existence  should  impel  him  to  veto 
it;  if  signing  would  be  a  sacrifice  of  personal  pride  the  sooner 
that  end  is  accomplished  the  better. 


A  gossiping  French  journal  informs  us  that  the  Prince  of  Wales 
has  uttered,  at  various  times,  the  conviction  that  Europe  will 
be  divided  one  day — perhaps  not  very  far  off — into  two  or  three 
republics,  and  that  monarchy  will  have  disappeared  forever.  If 
Albert  Edward  is  a  firm  convert  to  the  old  poet  Hugo's  prophetic 
doctrine  of  the  "United  States  of  Europe,"  who  knows  but  he 
may  work  for  it  when  he  comes  to  the  throne?  He  has  seen  a 
great  many  foreign  thrones  crumble,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that 
he  does  not  hear  the  ominous  cracking  of  the  monarchy. 

IN  spite  of  the  tremendous  efforts  of  the  Examiner  and  the  Call  to 
bully  Judge  Fisher,  of  Woodland,  into  discharging  the  railroad 
strikers  charged  with  murder  in  having  wrecked  a  train  and  de- 
stroying five  lives  thereby,  the  magistrate  has  bound  them  all 
over  for  trial,  Knox,  Compton  and  Mullen  under  bonds  of 
$10,000  each,  and  Hatch  without  bonds.  No  more  desperate 
efforts  were  ever  made  to  show  that  the  people  were  not  in- 
terested in  the  prosecution,  and  that  it  was  purely  an  exhibition 
of  vindictiveness  on  the  part  of  the  railroad  company.  And  yet 
the  facts  were  so  directly  contrary  to  the  position  taken  by  the 
newspaper  organs  of  the  murderous  strikers  that  no  intelligent 
person  could  misconstrue.  Threats  had  been  made  by  the 
strikers  that  this  particular  train  would  be  wrecked  if  taken  out. 
Pursuant  to  those  threats  the  train  was  wrecked,  and  the  evi- 
dence produced  showed  that  it  was  done  by  the  strikers.  In  that 
tragedy  four  soldiers  and  an  engineer  were  killed.  And  yet  the 
people,  according  to  the  organs  of  the  strikers,  had  no  interest  in 
the  prosecution  I 


GLADSTONE  sets  an  example  of  modesty  in  his  recently  pub- 
lished letter  to  the  Liberal  Federation  that  is  becoming  to  one 
bearing  the  title  of  Grand  Old  Man.  He  certainly  rises  to  the 
height  of  the  sublime  when  he  abnegates  for  himself  any  share  in 
the  great  results  accomplished  by  the  Liberal  party,  "save  a  very 
small  and  insignificant  fraction."  With  a  broad  spirit  of  magna- 
nimity, he  praises  the  present  Liberal  administration  and  alto- 
gether surpasses  himself  as  a  valedictorian.  Gladstone  in  retire- 
ment is  still,  it  appears,  a  conspicuous  figure  among  the  great 
men  of  the  time. 

THE  Irrigation  Congress  to  be  held  at  Denver,  Colorado,  next 
month,  will  attract  general  attention,  and  the  partial  failure 
of  the  corn  crop  through  drought  will  add  to  the  interest  of  tbe 
discussions.  In  tbe  arid  region  already  3.363,381  acres,  with  64,- 
137  irrigators,  are  under  cultivation.  The  system  cost  $29,611,000, 
and  increased  the  value  of  lands  supplied  from  $77,490,000  to 
$296,850,000.  No  one  doubts  the  value  of  permanent  irrigation, 
or  that  it  multiplies  profits  and  the  value  of  lands.  The  question 
is  how  best  to  secure  and  maintain  the  system,  adapting  it  to 
particular  regions.  The  Denver  congress  will  be  one  of  the  most 
important  gatherings  of  the  year. 


A  COMPREHENSIVE  publication  of  the  resources  of  Sacra- 
mento county  has  just  been  published  by  James  McClatchy 
&  Co.,  proprietors  of  the  Sacramento  Bee.  It  is  a  neat  piece  of 
work,  and  contains  a  great  deal  of  valuable  and  interesting  in- 
formation. In  picturing  the  resources  of  Sacramento  county  it 
shows  it  to  be  one  of  the  garden  spots  of  the  State.  The  Bee  is 
particularly  to  be  congratulated  for  so  admirably  illustrating  the 
principle  that  the  county  newspapers  are  tbe  proper  and  legiti- 
mate agencies,  if  they  have  adequate  facilities,  for  publishing 
books  advertising  the  resources  of  their  communities,  and  that 
money  expended  by  citizens  to  foreign  or  upstart  companies  for 
making  such  publications  is  nearly  always  thrown  to  the  dogs. 


SENSATIONAL  newspapers  lately  have  been  working  them- 
selves into  a  passion  over  the  discovery  that  the  railroads  of 
the  country  maintain  a  ■■  black  list,"  and  that  a  man  blacklisted 
by  one  company  is  reported  to  the  others  and  so  kept  out  of  rail- 
road employment.  An  intelligent,  faithful,  and  reliable  man  is 
never  blacklisted,  but  only  those  who  have  demonstrated  their 
unfitness.  This,  in  railroad  affairs,  where  so  many  lives  are  at 
stake,  is  an  act  for  which  the  railroads  deserve  praise.  A  man 
who  is  dangerous  to  the  lives  or  property  on  one  road  is  equally 
so  on  other  roads.  Not  alone  is  an  incompetent  switchman,  a 
drunken  fireman,  or  a  thieving  agent  or  clerk  a  menace  both  to 
the  public  and  the  railroads;  equally  as  dangerous  is  the  leader 
of  strikes,  however  competent  as  an  operative  he  may  be;  for  the 
man  whose  moral  sense  is  so  deficient  that  he  will  destroy 
property  and  sacrifice  life  to  obtain  his  own  ends  is  out  of  place 
in  the  railroad  service,  and  should  be  forced  to  earn  his  living  in 
some  occupation  which  restricts  his  power  to  kill  and  deBtroy. 


ANEW  YORK  millionaire  who  is  now  Secretary  of  the  United 
States  Embassy  at  London,  J.  R.  Eoosevelt,  was  rebuked  by 
Judge  Barrett,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York,  a  few  days 
ago.  He  had  applied  for  permission  to  be  allowed  $30,000  a  year 
from  the  estate  of  his  two  children  (their  mother  was  an  Astor) 
for  their  support  and  education  in  London.  But  the  Judge  re- 
fused to  grantthe  alio  irance,  saying:  "The  allowance  asked  is 
something  unheard  of.  It  is  difficult  to  conceive  of  any  circum- 
stances which  would  justify  it.  The  income  should  not  be  dissi- 
pated merely  to  accustom  these  children  to  luxury.  When  they 
are  of  age  they  can  do  what  they  like  with  their  own.  Until 
they  are  of  age  they  should  be  taught  the  value  of  money  and 
should  be  habituated  to  prudence  and  moderation  rather  than 
extravagance  and  the  gratification  of  every  luxurious  desire."  This 
seems  to  be  wholesome  instruction.  Judge  Barrett  finally  granted 
an  allowance  of  $15,000,  which  he  declared  even  then  went  up  to 
the  extreme  limits  of  wbat  was  proper.  The  case  is  essentially 
identical  with  an  equally  disgraceful  one  now  in  the  courts  of 
San  Francisco.  It  is  that  feature  of  tbe  Hastings  estate  settle- 
ment which  Mr.  Keyes  has  made  notorious  by  charging  the  es- 
tate with  the  support  of  his  own  child,  who  is  a  granddaughter 
of  the  late  Judge  Hastings.  As  Mr.  Keyes  is  a  wealthy  man  and 
amply  able  to  provide  for  his  child,  the  rebuke  administered  by 
Judge  Barrett  might  prove  a  warning  to  him. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  25,  1£94 


NOTES    ON    POLITICAL    MATTERS. 

AT  this  writing  (Thursday)  the  Democratic  State  Convention 
has  done  nothing  of  considerable  moment.  By  Saturday, 
when  the  News  Letter  is  published,  most  of  the  whole  story  will 
have  been  known.  There  are  nevertheless  some  matters  which  the 
developments  of  a  day  or  two  cannot  affect,  and  they  will  be  con- 
sidered here.  For  instance,  it  is  important  to  know  that  this  is  the 
strongest,  ablest,  cleanest,  most  intelligent  body  of  men  that  has 
been  assembled  in  many  a  year  in  a  Democratic  State  Convention. 
R.  P.  Del  Valle,  the  chairman,  is  a  gentleman  to  the  tips  of  his  fin- 
gers, an  able  parliamentarian,  an  honest  man,  and  a  good  citizen. 
His  selection  was  the  concrele  expression  of  the  character  of 
the  Convention.  With  a  body  of  men  so  shrewd,  calm,  and  intel- 
ligent, the  old  tactics  of  schemers  could  have  comparatively  little 
weight.  A  conspicuously  lacking  element  is  the  tough  gang, 
solid  to  the  last  bloated  bummer  in  the  lot,  that  Buckley  used  to 
herd  from  San  Francisco  in  these  gatherings.  It  is  useless  to  in- 
quire into  the  reasons  for  this  condition  of  affairs,  for  they  are 
familiar  to  all.  Never  has  the  party  been  so  little  boss-ridden, 
never  was  it  more  in  earnest  to  accomplish  good. 

In  the  place  of  Buckley,  however,  has  arisen  the  Examiner, 
which  with  every  conceivable  form  of  mendacity  has  tried  to  de- 
ceive the  Convention,  and  with  every  possible  kind  of  brag  and 
bullying  has  tried  to  force  its  views  upon  the  Convention  and 
whip  it  into  line.  Its  conduct  has  been  offensive  to  every  Demo- 
crat who  is  a  gentleman  and  good  citizen.  By  reviling  the  Cleve- 
land Administration  and  then  by  endeavoring  to  bully  the  Con- 
vention into  passing  resolutions  assailing  the  President;  by  re- 
cently having  encouraged  the  railroad  strikers  to  murder  and 
arson;  by  ridiculing  the  national  troops  ordered  by  the  President 
to  suppress  the  riots  and  protect  liveo  and  property;  by  endors- 
ing the  People's  party  and  supporting  the  candidacy  of  that 
party's  malevolent  old  millionaire  for  Mayor  of  Han  Fran- 
cisco— by  these  and  similar  otber  acts  it  has  cut  loose  from 
the  Democratic  party  and  constituted  itself  the  organ  of  anarchy ; 
and  still,  like  a  gorilla  armed  with  a  bludgeon,  it  stands  on  the 
threshold  of  the  Democratic  Stale  Convention  and  demands,  with 
mouth-foaming  threats,  an  endorsement  of  every  insane  theory 
that  has  appeared  lately  in  its  columns.  From  Buckley  to  the 
Examiner — what  a  fall  was  tberel  If  Buckley  stole,  he  was  not 
a  fool;  if  be  was  corrupt,  he  was  not  a  leader  of  organized  pil- 
lage and  murder. 

The  candidacy  of  B.  D.  Murphy  for  the  nomination  for  Gov- 
ernor has  never  appeared  to  us  to  be  serious.  It  has  been  noticea- 
ble, for  instance,  that  while  his  sideboard  bore  redundant  quanti- 
ties of  free  whisky,  none  of  the  workers  saw  the  color  of  his 
money;  and  he  never  hesitates  to  open  his  purse  when  he  is  seri- 
ously in  a  fight.  At  this  writing,  if  ordinary  indications  may  be 
trusted,  he  seems  to  be  gathering  a  following  for  some  one  else, 
to  be  placed  at  the  proper  moment.  Probably  by  the  time  that 
this  is  published  Dennis  Spencer  may  have  been  discovered  to  be 
the  beneficiary.  Except  Congressman  Maguire,  Mr.  Murphy 
would  make  probably  the  strongest  candidate  that  could  be 
named.  Although  a  Catholic,  he  could  probably  go  out  of  San 
Francisco  with  6000  plurality  over  Webster  (Estee  not  being  a 
factor  in  the  issue}.  That  would  elect  him,  in  spite  of  the  Ameri- 
can Protective  Association,  for  all  the  Catholics,  including  the 
minority  who  are  Republicans,  would  vote  for  him  to  a  man.  As 
at  this  writing  it  appears  clear  that  Judge  Murphy,  of  Del  Norte, 
will  be  nominated  for  Supreme  Judge,  the  presence  of  two  Mur- 
phys  on  the  ticket  might  overload  it;  and  B.  D.  Murphy  is  not 
the  last  man  to  appreciate  the  fact. 

For  Congress  Gesford  will  evidently  be  chosen  for  the  First 
District,  Caminetti  has  been  selected  for  the  Second,  and  Warren 
English  for  the  Third;  Maguire  will  likely  be,  renominated  for  the 
Fourth,  T.  J.  Clunie  wants  the  Fifth,  George  S.  Patton  has  been 
chosen  for  the  Sixth  in  a  hard  fight  with  I.  E.  Messmore,  and  the 
Seventh  has  selected  W.  H.  Alford.  There  is  no  special  signifi- 
cance in  these  nominations,  except  that  in  the  sense  of  being 
generally  Administration  men  their  nomination  is  a  rebuke  to 
the  Examiner.  Patton  and  Alford  are  known  as  anti-railroad 
men;  so  is  Maguire.  Caminetti  and  Maguire  are  pretty  sure  of  re- 
election. English,  Patton,  and  Alford  have  work  ahead,  English 
being  in  a  fairly  good  way. 

The  platform  adopted  contains  four  principal  declarations. 
One  of  these  unqualifiedly  indorses  the  Cleveland  Administra- 
tion, another  demands  the  free  coinage  of  silver  at  a  ratio  which 
will  put  gold  and  silver  on  a  parity,  another  pledges  the  candi- 
dates for  the  Railroad  Commission  to  reduce  fares  and  freights 
twenty-five  per  cent  and  cut  down  the  number  of  freight  classifi- 
cations, and  the  last  opposes  an  extention  of  the  railroad  debt 
and  demands  foreclosure  of  the  Government's  roortgaae,  the  bid- 
ding in  of  the  property  by  the  Government,  and  the  Government 
operation  of  the  lines,  and  suits  against  the  stockholders  for  such 
remainder  of  the  debt  as  may  be  left  after  the  foreclosure  sale. 
This  is  a  new  presentation  of   the  railroad  debt   problem  and  de- 


serves separate  notice.  On  its  face  it  looks  like  a  bid  for  popu- 
larity. The  opening  which  an  adoption  of  such  a  proposition 
would  make  for  heavy  bidding  by  the  present  owners  of  the  prop- 
erty, in  or.ler  to  force  the  Government  to  buy  it  at  tl.e  lu  I  figure 
of  the  indebtedness,  thus  securing  immunity  from  suits  against 
the  stockholders,  is  apparent  at  a  glance,  and  altogether  presents  a 
scheme  which  a  sincere  orintelligent  anti-railroad  seDtiment  would 
not  have  indorsed.  Another  weak  point  in  it  is  its  ignoring  of 
the  first  mortgage  debt,  the  necessity  of  extinguishing  that  debt 
by  taking  $60,000,000  bodily  from  the  Treasury,  and  the 
rights  and  privileges  of  the  first-mortgage  bondholders  in  the 
matter  of  taking  such  action  as  they  may  see  fit  for  the  protec- 
tion of  their  own  interests.  The  indorsement  of  the  Administra- 
tion was  what  might  be  termed  an  insulting  rebuke  to  the  Ex- 
aminer. 

Various  parts  of  the  platform  were  received  with  various  de- 
grees of  enthusiasm.  That  endorsing  the  President  scored  an 
overwhelming  ovation.  In  view  of  the  recent  vigor  with  which 
the  extraordinary  power  of  the  President  was  exercised  through 
the  troops  in  suppressing  the  railroad  strike,  which  at  the  time 
was  amazingly  "popular,"  the  endorsement  of  his  whole  adminis- 
tration carries  with  it  an  endorsement  of  his  conduct  in  that  par- 
ticular. The  significance  of  this  is  apparent,  and  has  a  two-fold 
aspect — one  from  which  a  ready  swinging  back  into  a  sense  of 
order  indicates  the  true  spirit  of  the  party  in  opposition  to  law- 
lessness, and  another  proving  that  whatever  the  present  mood  of 
intemperance,  it  will  be  modified,  clarified,  and  made  intelligent 
and  wholesome  in  the  end.  For  it  cannot  be  denied  that  on  some 
subjects  the  Convention  displayed  unwholesome  beat,  which, 
being  unreasonable  and  abnormal,  will  cool  in  fair  season,  as  all 
extravagances  are  killed  by  the  pace  at  which  they  travel. 

Supreme  Judges  were  nominated,  E.  A.  Bridgefurd,  of  Colusa, 
for  the  short  term  and  Jackson  Temple  and  John  E.  Murphy  for 
the  long  term.  At  this  writing  it  appears  that  F.  M.  Nicholl 
will  be  nominated  for  the  Board  of  Equalization  on  an  understand- 
ing w.th  his  opponent,  Hutchinson,  to  support  him  for  Railroad 
Commissioner.  In  the  election  Nicholl  will  be  heavily  backed  by 
those  Republicans  who  dislike  their  new  leader,  Colonel  Burns, 
and  who  want  to  punish  him  by  defeating  his  candidate,  Arnold. 
An  open  revolt  of  a  similar  nature  has  broken  out  at  San  Diego. 
It  has  been  a  refreshing  and  conspicuous  feature  of  this  conven- 
tion that,  the  Examiner  not  counted  (for  it  has  been  merely  a 
bully  and  in  no  sense  a  manager),  the  blasting  band  of  a  boss 
was  not  present.  No  sores  on  that  score  are  to  be  healed,  no  dic- 
tator has  overridden  any  one;  it  has  been  a  free  and  open  fight, 
and  that  is  as  it  should  have  been,  and  is  very  different  from  the 
condition  of  affairs  in  the  Republican  party.  Buckley  no  doubt 
did  some  quiet  work,  but  the  harm  of  it,  if  any  has  been  done,  is 
not  and  will  not  be  apparent. 

The  shrewd  and  infinitely  small  scheme  of  some  ingenious  Re- 
publicans who  appear  to  find  in  the  Traffic  Association  a  conven- 
ient though  impotent  tool,  namely,  to  induce  it  to  urge  upon  the 
Democratic  convention  the  nomination  of  certain  estimable  Re- 
publican gentlemen  for  Railroad  Commissioners,  went  down  with 
a  broken  nose  before  the  common  sense  of  the  convention.  That 
doughty  mouth-fighter,  Mr.  Leeds,  has  something  yet  to  learn 
about  politics. 

As  might  have  been  expected,  the  Populists  are  beginning  to 
quarrel  among  themselves.  So  much  dissatisfaction  has  come 
from  their  nominations  for  Surveyor  and  Assessor  that  it  is  not 
unlikely  the  present  nominees  will  be  withdrawn  and  substitu- 
tions made. 

The  antagonism  between  Crimmins  and  Colonel  Burns,  to 
which  reference  was  made  in  last  week's  issue,  has  not  been  sup- 
pressed, and  it  is  understood  that  Crimmins  adheres  to  his 
original  demand  to  control  the  city  Republican  nominations. 

It  seems  now  that  Wendell  Easton  will  be  the  Republican 
nominee  for  Mayor.  This  would  withdraw  from  Mayor  Ellert 
all  the  support  upon  which  he  counts  from  the  business  men.  It 
would  be  difficult  to  find  so  strong  a  candidate.  In  a  choice  be- 
tween him  and  Mr.  Ellert  the  business  men  would  not  waver. 

NEW  YORK'S  Constitutional  Convention  is  ungallant.  It 
has  voted  by  97  yeas  to  58  nays  in  favor  of  the  report  against 
the  woman  suffrage  amendment.  The  amendment  was  offered 
by  the  veteran  Gideon  J.  Tucker,  who  for  half  a  century  has 
been  the  champion  of  losing  causes.  It  was  fought  for  valor- 
ously  by  its  friends  through  many  stages,  and  at  times  they  were 
hopeful  of  ultimate  success.  But  the  more  that  the  men  thought 
about  it  the  more  they  concluded  that  it  was  too  near  the  end  of 
the  present  century  for  such  a  sweeping  change.  The  advocates 
of  woman  suffrage,  it  is  stated,  are  undaunted.  The  trouble  is  that 
New  York  may  not  hold  another  convention  for  fifty  years,  and 
during  that  time  there  would  not  be  the  opportunity  for  the  agi- 
tation to  bear  fruit.  There  will  be,  however,  the  great  satisfac- 
tion of  having  an  unrealized  reform  to  work  for,  which  is  gener- 
ally more  satisfactory  than  realization  itself. 


August  25,  189*. 


SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


WHO    IS    THE    CHILD  S    FATHER? 


THE  queer  tarn  taken  in  the  Martin  will  case  has  given  further 
insight  into  one  of  the  many  remarkable  cases  which  have 
given  San  Francisco  an  unsavory  reputation.  The  attorneys  of 
Mrs.  John  Martin  bad  so  ingeniously  turned  the  case  as  to  leave 
the  plain  inference  that  Mrs.  John  Martin  had  been  untrue  to  her 
husband  and  had  held  such  relatione  with  Henry  Martin,  her 
brother-in-law,  as  resulted  in  the  birth  of  ber  son.  We  all  re- 
member the  dramatic  scene  in  court  in  which  Mrs.  John  Martin, 
overwhelmed  with  shame  at  the  unavoidable  implication  of  her 
guilt,  clasped  the  child  to  her  arms  and  hid  her  face.  Then  came 
unexpectedly  the  scandal  of  Mrs.  Martin's  letters  and  telegrams 
to  Andrew  Crawford,  in  which  there  seemed  to  be  a  clear  con- 
fession that  Crawford  was  the  father,  and  that  he  was  expected  to 
contribute  to  the  child's  support.  No  one  was  surprised,  how- 
ever, to  see  that  Mrs.  John  Martin's  attorneys  did  notput  her  on 
the  stand,  and  that  they  did  not  desire  her  to  give  substance  to 
their  insinuation  that  Henry  Martin  was  the  father  of  her  child. 
As  this  insinuation,  by  testimony  showing  at  least  suspicions  of 
social  intimacy  between  Henry  Martin  and  his  sister-in-law, 
could  not,  as  coming  from  her,  have  hurt  her  own  reputation  or 
cast  infamy  upon  her  child,  the  surmised  true  reason  for  her  not 
being  called  to  testify  was  apparently  inferred  by  Mrs.  Henry 
Martin's  attorneys;  for  with  a  boldness  which  surprised  many 
they  called  her  as  their  own  witness,  and  all  the  week  have  been 
trying  to  induce  her  to  answer  the  question,  »  Who  is  the  father 
of, your  child  ?"  This  she  has  persistently  refused  to  do,  prefer- 
ring imprisonment  for  contempt,  which  has  been  threatened  but 
not  carried  into  execution.  If  she  bad  been  a  true  wife  she 
would  have  answered  that  her  husband  was  the  father.  Thus  to 
have  testified,  however,  would  have  broken  the  backbone  of  her 
suit,  the  whole  drift  of  which  is  to  create  the  impression  that 
Henry  Martin  was  her  child's  father.  Her  refusal 
to  testify  is  so  clearly  allied  to  the  presumption 
that  Henry  Martin's  second  will,  leaving  so  much 
property  to  the  child,  was  a  forgery,  together  with  the 
letter  accompanying  it,  that  the  ensemble  makes  a  most  pitiable 
and  disgraceful  picture.  Mrs.  Henry  Martin's  attorneys  appeared 
to  be  sure  either  that  Mrs.  John  Martin  would  refuse  to  answer 
the  vital  question  or  to  be  ready,  in  case  paternity  was  directly 
charged  to  Henry  Martin,  to  produce  the  Crawford  letters  or 
other  evidence  showing  that  Henry  Martin  was  not.  The  most 
interesting  phase  of  the  case  lies  ahead,  and  that  will  be  de- 
veloped by  further  inquiries  into  the  problem  of  the  child's 
father. 

CATHOLICS    AND    THE    LIQUOR    TRAFFIC. 

THE  only  question  settled  by  Mgr.  Satolli  in  refusing  to  side 
with  the  appellants  from  the  diocese  of  Columbus  was  one  of 
authority  and  not  of  morality.  The  Bishop  of  Columbus  had 
ruled  that  no  liquor  dealer  in  his  diocese  should  be  an  officer  of 
Catholic  societies.  The  societies  appealed  to  Mgr.  Satolli,  the 
Apostolic  Delegate,  and  he  ruled  against  them.  The  ruling  ap- 
plied to  that  diocese  alone,  was  intended  merely  to  uphold  the 
authority  of  the  Bishop,  and  in  nowise  applies  to  any  other 
diocese  or  affects  any  fundamental  law  or  practice  of  the  church 
at  large.  An  order  of  so  general  a  chaiacter  as  has  been  assumed 
this  was,  could  come  only  from  the  Pope  or  a  general  council. 
So  much  for  that,  but  there  nevertheless  is  a  profound  meaning 
in  it  all.  It  is  undeniable  that  a  great  deal  of  the  feeling  against 
the  Catholic  Church  has  its  source  in  a  knowledge  that  the  saloon 
is  a  powerful,  corrupting,  and  debasing  element  in  politics,  and 
that  a  generous  proportion  of  liquor  sellers  are  Catholics.  The 
church  has  always  been  liberal  in  the  matter  of  tolerating  a  mod- 
erate use  of  intoxicants,  following  St.  Paul's  advice  in  the  prem- 
ises. Lately,  however,  there  has  been  born  within  the  church  a 
strong  temperance  sentiment,  which  has  become  organized  in  a 
temperance  society,  and  the  society  has  been  growing  rapidly. 
Of  course  its  principles  are  antagonistic  to  the  saloon,  and  hence 
to  every  influence  wielded  by  the  traffic  in  liquor.  It  goes  be- 
yond temperance  and  boldly  raises  the  standard  of  total  absti- 
nence, and  is  so  much  in  earnest  that  it  does  something  extraor- 
dinary in  the  history  of  the  church— it  freely  co-operates  with 
Protestant  temperance  and  total-abstinence  societies.  Manifestly 
it  must  have  the  sanction  of  the  church  authorities,  and  thus  it 
is  growing  to  be  a  formidable  power.  Doubtless  it  was  owing  to 
its  influence  that  the  Bishop  of  Columbus  made  his  startling  rul- 
ing, which  Satolli  upheld.  It  appears  to  be  the  beginning  of  a 
righteous  crusade  that  may  overtake  and  overwhelm  the  great 
evil  which  the  lenity  of  the  church  permits  to  exist  and  which  is 
doing  the  church  infinite  harm.  Alone  of  all  the  Christian  or- 
ganizations it  has  condoned  the  identification  of  its  members 
with  the  liquor  traffic.  Evidently  the  pressure  of  a  moral  force 
is  being  felt,  for  we  may  be  sure  that  the  apparently  trivial  inci- 
dent of  Columbus  will  grow,  and  that  the  temperance  sentiment 
in  the  church  will  rind  other  bishops  who  can  be  induced  to  rule 
as  did  the  Bishop  of  Columbus.  Satolli  has  established  a  prece- 
dent, and  although  his  ruling  is  for  authority,  it  covers  a  great 
moral  question  by  incidental  inclusion. 


SOME    QUESTIONS    FOR    MR.    ESTEE. 

IN  pretending  to  be  an  anti-railroad  candidate  for  Governor  Mr. 
Estee  has  taken  the  flat  position  (very  different  from  that  of 
the  Democratic  platform),  that  the  Government  should  take  the 
Central  and  Union  Pacific  Railroads  for  their  debt  to  the  Govern- 
ment aud  operate  them  in  the  public  interest.  He  says  nothing 
concerning  the  fact  that  the  debt  of  $125,000,000  is  three  times  as 
great  as  the  present  value  of  the  property,  which  is  measured  by 
the  cost  of  reproducing  it,  nor  does  he  refer  to  the  necessity  of 
extinguishing  the  first  mortgage  debt  of  $60,000,000,  which  is 
about  due,  by  taking  the  money  out  of  the  National  Treasury. 
For  property  worth  $40,000,000  be  demands  that  the  Government 
shall  pay  $185,000,000,  thus  practically  throwing  away  $145,000,- 
000.  Has  Mr.  Estee  ever  seen  the  first-mortgage  bonds  quoted 
in  the  market?  If  not,  did  that  ever  occur  to  him  as  a  strange 
matter?  Does  he  know  who  owns  those  bonds?  Suppose  that 
they  had  never  been  sold  at  all,  and  are  still  either  held  in- 
tact by  C.  P.  Huntington  and  his  associates,  or  by  their  friends, 
or  have  been  in  whole  or  in  part  hypothecated  for  loans.  In 
either  of  these  cases,  who  would  receive  the  $60,000,000,  or  a 
great  part  of  it,  that  the  Government  would  have  to  pay  in  cash? 
Has  Mr.  Estee  informed  himself  upon  the^e  matters?  Does  he 
know  that  the  Southern  Pacific  can  build  a  road  from  Los  An- 
geles to  Salt  Lake  for  $18,000  000  and  from  Salt  Lake  to  Omaha 
for  $22,000,000,  and  traverse  a  productive  region  wholly  different 
from  that  on  the  Central  Pacific  route?  Has  he  ever  reflected  that 
the  expensive  pier  at  Santa  Monica  was  not  necessary  to  the  South- 
ern Pacific  except  in  the  event  of  its  surrendering  the  Central 
Pacific  to  the  Government?  Has  he  taken  into  account  the  possi- 
sibility  that  the  payment  by  the  Government  of  the  $27,000,000 
which  the  Central  Pacific  owes  on  the  first-mortgage  debt  would 
be  $9,000,000  more  than  would  be  necessary  to  build  and  equip  the 
road  from  Los  Angeles  to  Salt  Lake?  Has  be  reflected  what 
effect  this  would  have  on  the  sectional  development  of  the  State? 
Does  he  know  that  the  Government  can  build  trunk  lines  of  20,. 
000  miles  which  would  control  all  the  main  traffic  of  the  country 
at  a  cost  of  $20,000  a  mile,  or  a  total  cost  of  $400,000,000  which  is 
but  little  more  than  twice  as  large  a  sum  as  he  demands  that  the 
Government  shall  pay  for  2,000  miles  from  San  FranciBco  to  the 
Missouri  river?     Does  Mr.  Estee  know  what  he  is  talking  about? 


AN    UNFAIR    CRITICISM. 


THE  Examiner  asks:  "  Is  it  diplomatic  to  lie?"  Without  an- 
swering the  question  it  handles  the  interrogatory  to  belittle 
the  Administration,  which  it  opposes,  and  particularly  the  Secre- 
tary of  State.  The  truth  is  something  that  requires  the  most  ac- 
complished diplomat  to  handle  with  success,  and  in  this  day  and 
age  it  must  be  handled  with  gloves.  It  was  Tallyrand  who  said 
that  language  was  employed  to  conceal  ideas,  and  it  requires  the 
highest  type  of  genius  to  conceal  the  truth  in  these  days  of  prying 
newsgatherers  who  are  so  adept  in  adorning  facts  with  falsehood  in 
political  affairs.  It  may  be  advancing  startling  logic,  but  truth  is 
a  virtue  that,  unless  carefully  concealed,  stands  in  the  way  of 
success  in  almost  every  avenue  in  the  affairs  of  life.  The  preacher 
would  soon  be  dismissed  from  hiB  congregation  if  he  were  to  speak 
his  honest  convictions;  the  lawyer  would  have  no  clients  if  be 
were  to  tell  the  truth  at  ail  times;  the  merchant  who  never  lies  or 
dissembles  would  soon  close  his  doors;  the  woman  who  tells  the 
truth  cannot  remain  in  society.  These  things  are  all  avoided  by 
concealing  the  truth  and  observing  secrecy,  but  no  excuse  is  pro- 
vided for  telling  falsehoods.  It  is  necessary  to  close  the  lips  in  all 
diplomatic  enterprises  that  might  suffer  through  premature  pub- 
licity and  discussion.  In  state  affairs,  where  men  of  prominence 
are  more  in  evidence  on  account  of  their  official  positions  as 
agents  of  the  people,  there  is  wisdom  in  withholding  the  truth 
when  important  questions  of  an  international  character  are  to  be 
solved.  In  the  absence  of  the  facts  the  public  have  no  right  to 
accept  the  criticisms  of  newspapers  based  upon  rumor.  The 
strictures  of  the  Examiner  are  not  fair,  and,  being  based  upon  pre- 
judice, they  are  not  honest  in  the  absence  of  official  reports.  In 
a  government  of  the  people  their  agents  should  engage  in  no 
actions  that  would  suffer  through  intelligent  public  discussion, 
but  the  party  press  iB  not  always  directed  in  the  line  of  intelligent 
and  unprejudiced  criticism. 


THE  announcement  that  Miss  Florence  Pullman  is  engaged  to 
marry  a  Prince  who  is  the  cousin  of  the  Emperor  of  Austria 
will  not  increase  the  popularity  of  her  father,  George  M.  Pull- 
man, the  sleeping  car  millionaire.  If  Miss  Pullman  feels  that  she 
must  have  the  attachment  and  title  of  a  Princess,  with  the  woes, 
debts,  and  vices  of  a  nobleman,  it  would  only  have  been  the 
policy  of  an  American  girl's  wisdom  to  defer  the  announcement 
of  the  engagement  until  the  memories  of  the  late  strike  had 
passed  into  oblivion.  There  are  several  thousand  workingmen  in 
Pullman  to-day  who  are  not  fond  of  the  great  millionaire,  and 
when  they  learn  that  be  will  spend  probably  thousands  of  dollars 
in  the  purchase  of  foreign  nobility  they  are  likely  to  take  it  for 
granted  that  his  best  wishes  do  not  remain  at  home. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  25,  1894. 


THE    BOHEMIAN    JINKS. 


T'HE  Midsummer  Jinks  of  tbe  Bohemian  Clnb  in  Meeker'a 
Grove,  near  Ouerneville,  jeld  last  Saturday  night,  was  an 
original  and  effective  success.  Mr.  Peter  Robertson  was  the 
Sire,  and  tbe  Low  Jinks  was  under  the  direction  of  James  Ham- 
ilton. When  the  calcium  lights  were  turned  on,  the  gipsy  tents 
that  dotted  the  mountain  side,  a  tire  burning  before  each  tent, 
and  the  gipsies  in  fantastic  costume  moving  to  and  fro  along  the 
steep  paths,  made  an  ensemble  indescribably  romantic  and  im- 
pressive. Mr.  Robertson,  as  the  gipsy  king,  welcomed  the  Bohe- 
mians to  the  woods,  Ned  Hamilton,  the  sonorous  journalist,  read 
a  poem  by  General  Foote,  and  James  V.  Uoleman  a  tender  and 
poetic  legend  wbich  had  the  ring  of  Ossian's  blank  verse.  Mr. 
H.  J.  Stewart  directed  the  music,  bis  own  composition,  which 
was  of  a  weird  and  Romany  character,  in  harmony  with  the 
scene.  Then  the  ciemation  of  Uare  followed,  and  then  the  Low 
Jinks,  "the  chippy  ball,"  a  production  which  would  make  the 
professional  comedians  envious.  Count  de  Beauviare,  John  Stan- 
ton, Amadee  Joullin,  William  Naugbton  (the  big  policeman), 
Charles  Graham  (the  barkeeper),  a  chippy  band,  and  a  lot  of 
amusing  features  and  clever  fellows  under  James  Hamilton's 
management,  gave  what  the  public  would  call  a  first-claes  show. 
The  jinks,  from  "post  to  finish,"  was  brilliant  and  an  unquali- 
fied success. 

One  of  the  most  versatile  of  tbe  gentlemen  who  took  part  in 
the  jinks  was  Mr.  Conrad  Von  Gerichten.  His  experience  on 
seeking  his  tent  after  the  revels  of  the  nigbt  were  over  will  not 
soon  be  effaced  from  his  memory.  As  the  lights  had  all  been  extin- 
guished, Mr.  Gerichten  borrowed  a  lantern  from  his  friend  Donald 
de  V.  Graham  in  order  to  assist  him  in  locating  his  tent.  His  tall 
form  following  the  lantern,  halting  every  now  and  then  to  get 
bearings,  was  seen  by  Charley  Dickman,  who,  besides  being  ver- 
satile in  matters  artistic,  is  accounted  a  good  pistol  shot.  Mr. 
Dickman  had  his  "gun"  with  him,  and  not  being  able  to  resist 
the  temptation  to  exercise  his  marksmanship  on  such  a  shining 
light,  took  careful  aim.  Following  the  sharp  report  wbicb  en- 
sued came  the  sound  of  crashing  glass — darkness — and  a  few 
choice  German  words,  the  translation  of  which  is  held  only  by 
the  owls  keeping  watch  and  ward  in  the  redwoods  over  their 
protGgSs  below. 

A  war-cry  has  been  invented  in  Bohemia,  and  during  the  last 
Midsummer  Jinks  its  reverberating  echo  could  be  heard  high 
above  the  sounds  of  merriment  and  revelry  of  the  jinks.  The 
bar  was  constructed  in  imitation  of  the  Moulin  Rouge,  the  cele- 
brated Parisian  resort,  and  it  did  not  take  long  to  trumpet  forth 
its  praises  and  utility  with  ««  Moulin  Rouge  1  Moulin  Rouge! — ra- 
ra-ra-ra!     Booze!  booze  1  booze  1" 

A  new  and  picturesque  feature  of  the  cremation  of  Care  was 
the  firework  presentment  of  St.  John  of  Nipamuck,  the  patron 
saint  of  Bohemia.  When  George  Bromley,  Perpetual  High  Priest 
of  Bohemia,  had  solemnly  consigned  to  the  huge  funeral  casket 
all  the  cares  of  the  fraternity,  Dick  Hammond's  military  career 
included,  the  torch  was  applied  to  a  big  frame,  and  the  outlines 
of  the  good  saint  at  once  flashed  upon  the  night.  When  the 
crimson-clad  gnomes  waved  their  flambeaux  and  danced  a  weird 
measure  around  tbe  bier,  the  funeral  pyre  crackled,  and  Care, 
for  one  year  at  least,  was  cooked  and  done  for. 

If  the  Count  de  Beanviere  should  ever  feel  inclined  to  go  upon 
tbe  stage,  he  may  refer  to  those  who  witnessed  his  dancing  on 
Saturday  night,  for  their  opinion  of  his  ability.  As  a  female  im- 
personator he  is  simply  first-class.  He  danced  a  gipsy  dance  in 
the  costume  of  a  Roman  maiden,  and  pirouetted  in  the  Low  Jinks 
afterward.     His  grace  and  agility  were  incomparable. 

No  matter  what  outsiders  inimical  to  the  organization  may 
say,  the  last  Midsummer  Jinks  shows  no  signs  of  deterioration. 
The  artistic  arrangements,  the  music,  the  genuine  humor,  the 
excellence  of  the  cuisine,  and  the  sleeping  accommodations  have 
been  up  to  tbe  standard  of  former  woodland  outings.  Some  years 
ago  the  club  was  about  to  purchase  tbe  grand  redwood  grove 
where  so  many  of  its  jinks  have  been  held,  but  the  matter  fell 
through.  The  deep,  wide  bathing  pool  on  the  Russian  river,  where 
even  at  early  morning  the  water  is  positively  tepid,  is  not  the 
least  among  the  attractions  of  this  locality.  From  dawn  on  Sun- 
day morning  to  breakfast  time  this  pool  was  peopled  by  the 
merry  Bohemians.  A  good  platform  and  springboard  built  there 
years  ago  by  the  club,  gives  this  wild  tarn  in  the  depths  of  the 
forest  a  semi-civilized  appearance. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  club  to  make  tbe  grove  a  summer 
camping-place,  and  a  month  or  six  weeks  before  the  jinks  take 
place,  have  tents  and  a  restaurant  erected,  with  all  the  comfortB 
of  home,  for  those  members  who  want  to  stay  for  a  month  in  the 
woods.  The  grove  is  certainly  one  of  the  finest  in  tbe  8tate,  and 
the  black  bass  fishing  in  the  river  is  improving  every  season 
There  are  deer  on  the  hillsides  and  good  quail  shooting  further 
south  in  the  clearings. 


Any  lamp  with  wrong 
chimney  on  it  is  unsatisfac- 
tory. Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  will  send  you 
the  "  Index  to  Chimneys" 
free,  if  you  write  for  it. 

Pearl-glass  and  pearl-top 
chimneys  last  as  a  teacup 
lasts. 


«£!  Wopte"  Jlotel, 


Sausalito,   <^al. 


J.  £.  Slii^ey, 

Proprietor. 


The  nearest   Popular  Seaside  Re- 
sort outside  of  San  Francisco. 


LURLINE 

Half  a  mil/ion  gallons 
of  pure  warm  salt 
water  pumped  into  the 
tank  every  day, 

BATHS. 


THE  COST  OE 

Tub  Baths 

Is  now  the  same  as  the 

Plunge  Bath. 

30  CENTS  SINGLE,  or 
Pour  for  $1. 


D 


R.   D.   E.  DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 


Now  at  II  RMM   BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Next  to  Ladles'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

Ingrown  Nails  a  Specialty. 

St.   lau/r^oe 

LIVERY  AND  SALES  STABLE. 
W.     E.    Bridge,    Proprietor. 
423    post  Jt.,  Bet.  pou/ell  arjd  /T\ason. 

Telephone  1323.  San  Francisco. 

TOMKINSON'S  LIVERY  STABLE,      "-""•»4  "«• 

J.  Tomkinson,  Proprietor. 

Nob.  57,  59  and  61  Minna  Street,  between  First  and  Second. 

Through  to  Natoma  street,  Nos.  64,  66  and  68.  One  block  from  the  Palace 
Hotel,  also  carriages  and  coupeB  at  Pacific  Union  Club,  corner  Post  and 
Stockton  streets,  San  Francisco.    Telephone  No.  153. 

Fine  turnouts  kept  especially  for  calling.  Also  rockaways,  buggies  and 
vehicles  of  every  description  at  reduced  rates. 


QR.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


11*  GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


August  25,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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'J  AV^H^v/KaW  — 


LAUNCH  your  craft;  on  the  river  together  we'll  go. 
8ee  how  tranquilly  glide  we  along, 
While  out  from  the  west,   in  the  gold  sunset's  glow, 

The  nightingale  sings  his  sweet  song. 
How  calm  and  how  sweet,  as  the  shadows  flit  by, 

To  hear  the  low  plash  at  the  prow; 
To  watch,  one  by  one,  as  they  spring  in  the  sky, 

The  ethereal  diamonds  glow. 
To  see  as  a  foil,  to  the  West's  fading  gold, 

The  East  spread  her  mantle  of  light, 
And  pure  and  serene,  in  her  chastening  fold 

The  bride  of  the  Sun  wrap  the  night. 
Pale  lights  glimmer  round  us,  and  sweet  distant  strains 

Of  music  come  faint  on  the  air, 
Like  the  fragrance  of  flowers  down  deep  wooded  lanes 

Breathing  hope,  peace,  and  happiness  there. 
Then  silence.    Oh,  thoughts  of  the  great  and  the  grand, 

How  ye  come,  in  such  moments  of  bliss, 
When  two  souls  are  alone  and  the  moon's  silver  band 

Seems  to  hold  the  fair  earth  in  a  kiss! 
How  sweet  is  the  solitude — two  hearts  at  prayer, 

Two  souls  that  are  blended  as  one, 
With  no  thought  to  each, -save  the  other  is  there, 

That  life  for  them  has  but  begun. 
So  onward  we  float,  recking  not  of  the  end, 

And  tranquilly  sail  we  along, 
As  the  shades  of  the  night  and  the  morning's  rays  blend 

In  our  hearts  the  true-lovers'  sweet  song. 

The  torrent!    Well,  haul  in  that  sail, 

And  see  that  all  is  fast; 
And  look  you  well  on  hill  and  dale — 

This  voyage  is  your  last. 
Give  me  the  tiller— cast  away! 

Aha!  we're  on  the  crest, 
And,  flashing  onward,  dash  the  spray 

From  off  our  reeling  breast. 
Oh!  what  exhilaration  this— 

With  nerve  and  muscle  taut, 
The  heart  filled  with  ecstatic  bliss 

And  every  wave  is  fraught 
With  death.    Now  cools  the  heated  brain, 

And  steady  hand  and  heart 
Feel  equal  to  the  fearful  strain, 

And  well  perform  their  part. 
Shake  out  that  reef— the  staysail  set, 

And  throw  the  topsail  out! 


Despite  the  "  puffs  "  we'll  show  them  yet 

How  we  can  stand  the  bout. 
Now  high  in  air,  then  down  we  go! 

Ne'er  has  such  joy  been  felt 
By  those  whose  waters  smoothly  flow 

And  ne'er  a  blow  were  dealt. 

Speed  on,  dear  craft!    With  ruddy  face 

And  trusting  heart  I'll  sail 
With  thee,  no  matter  what  thy  pace, 

Fair  weather  or  a  gale. 
The  wind  is  fresh'ning;  eddies  whirl 

On  starboard  and  on  port; 
The  foam  flakes  off  the  combers'  swirl, 

A  sailor's  heart  to  court. 
And  faster— faster— furious  now 

Our  vessel  fairly  flies, 
When—"  Rocks  just  off  the  starboard  bow !  " 

The  lookout  loudly  cries. 
'  Port— port  your  helm!"    "  Ay,  ay !— 'tis  done." 

"  Eocks  dead  ahead!  "— "  About!  " 
This  victory  must  be  surely  won — 

We'll  not  be  put  to  rout. 
But  ragged,  jagged,  dark,  and  stern, 

Eocks  frown  on  every  hand, 
The  waters  one  vast  seething  churn, 

And  nowhere  place  to  land. 
'  Let  go  the  anchors!    Swing  her  round! 

Great  Heaven,  what  a  crash!  " 
And  with  a  terrible  rebound, 

That  shows  an  ugly  gash 
Upon  our  vessel's  hull,  we  rush 

Again  upon  the  rocks. 
No  craft  could  e'er  withstand  the  crush 

Of  such  tremendous  shocks. 
'  Despair!    Quick  to  my  arms,  dear  one; 

A  last  kiss— so— good-bye. 
Grateful  my  heart  that  I  have  won 

The  joy  with  you  to  die." 

And  then  one  huge  o'ertowering  wave, 

With  fleecy,  foam-flecked  crest, 
Eides  on;  receding,  leaves  a  grave — 

Two  loving  souls  at  rest. 


>#^ 


'-$¥»>**£  fSSSi^Bji"' 


Farewell,  two  loyal,  trusting  hearts! 

Farewell,  dear  friends  I    To  you 
The  memory  of  your  love  imparts 

No  happy  thought.    Adieu! 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  25, 1894. 


THE  quality  of  light,  attractive,  refined  humor  illustrates  the 
new  comedy  at  the  Baldwin  Theatre  from  beginning  to  end. 
Gudgeons  is  a  delightful  little  piece,  probably  too  delicate  and 
smooth  to  please  most  theatre-goers,  but  reflecting  great  credit, 
nevertheless,  on  its  authors  as  an  example  of  skillful  and  enter- 
taining play-writing.  It  is  a  graphic  satire  of  manners,  contain- 
ing some  exquisite  character  drawing,  and  is  plainly  the  work 
of  men  of  uncommon  talent  and  thorough  stage  experience. 
Messrs.  Thornton  Clark  and  Louis  N.  Parker  have  been  able  to 
write  a  breezy  and  comical  play  without  becoming  seriously  illog- 
ical at  any  point  in  the  development  of  their  story.  They  have 
presented  several  new  types  of  character,  and  have  contributed 
dialogue  that  contains  both  wit  and  the  flavor  of  positive  origin- 
ality. But  the  piece  is  just  a  little  too  neat  for  ordinary  use.  No 
one  sits  down  on  anybody  else's  hat,  and  the  doors  are  not 
slammed  against  the  comedian's  nose.  If  those  episodes  could 
have  been  included  in  Gudgeons  we  should  expect  it  to  suc- 
ceed with  the  public.  Lacking  them,  we  have  our  doubts  about 
it.  The  chief  character  in  the  comedy  is  James  Ffolliott  Tre- 
herne,  an  impecunious  and  scheming  Londoner,  who  lives  by  his 
wits  and  "plays"  all  people  for  gudgeons— a  term  that  is  not 
heard  very  often  in  America.  In  this  country  gudgeons  are 
known  by  a  name  that  small  boys  give  to  a  very  inordinate  spe- 
cies of  catfish.  Through  a  banking  agency  in  London,  Treherne 
succeeds  in  getting  a  rich  American  in  tow,  and  the  play  repre- 
sents his  efforts  to  swindle  the  American  out  of  as  much  money 
as  possible.  Treherne  is  truly  a  remarkable  person,  and  he  is 
brilliantly  represented  by  Mr.  Henry  Miller,  who  appears  to  have 
become  a  student  in  his  art.  Mr.  Miller  never  acted  better 
than  in  this  piece;  he  has  shown  himself  to  be  capable  of  comedy 
work  of  the  highest  order  and  a  polished  actor  of  rare  ability.  He 
gained  his  effects  by  an  intelligent  study  of  his  part  and  by  the 
exercise  of  talents  that,  in  his  early  career,  he  never  revealed  to 
as.  Mr.  Miller  is,  in  fact,  broadening  rapidly,  and  promises  to 
become  a  comedian  of  the  best  type  in  the  near  future.  The 
other  actors  in  Gudgeons  are  all  good.  Mr.  Robert  Edeson  is  as 
bright  and  engaging  as  possible  in  the  character  of  Silas  Hooper, 
the  manager  of  the  American  banking  exchange  in  London.  Isa- 
bel Irving  is  natural  and  charming  as  a  buoyant  little  American 
girl,  and  W.  H.  Crompton  and  William  Paversham  played  the 
parts  excellently.  Miss  Mary  Hampton  had  a  rather  slender 
role,  but  she  played  it  daintily  and  effectively.  It  is  really  too 
bad  that  we  have  not  seen  her  in  a  more  ambitions  part.  She  is  a 
charming,  capable,  sympathetic  actress  and  a  pretty  woman. 
*  *  * 
Gudgeons  is  preceded  by  a  dramatization  of  a  Virginia  romance, 
entitled  Marse  Van.  It  is  uninteresting,  old,  hackneyed,  and  im- 
probable. The  bill  announces  that  Emma  Sheridan  Fry  and  Mrs. 
E.  G.  Sutherland  are  the  authors,  and  if  they  have  any  idea  that 
they  have  immortalized  the  drama,  they  are  the  only  ones  that 
think  so.  With  so  much  material  to  work  on  it  is  difficult  to 
understand  how  the  rankest  amateur  could  turn  out  so  pointless 
and  profitless  a  play.  It  is  a  mighty  poor  kind  of  cocktail  to 
serve  before  such  a  dainty  banquet  as  Gudgeons. 

The  fourth  and  last  week  of  the  Empire  Company  opens  on 
Monday  night.  During  the  first  three  evenings  and  at  the  Satur- 
day matinee,  The  Councillor's  Wife,  which  is,  new  here,  will  be 
produced.  It  is  rumored  that  Jerome  K.  Jerome  is  the  author. 
8idney  Grundy's  Sowing  the  Wind  will  be  given  on  Thursday, 
Friday,  and  Saturday  evenings.  A  new  comedy  from  the  East, 
Charley's  Aunt,  will  be  produced  at  the  Baldwin  on  September  3rd. 

An  interesting  entertainment  will  be  given  at  the  California 
Theatre  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mercantile  Library  Auxil- 
iary, on  Saturday  evening  next,  when  Mrs.  Louise  Hum- 
phrey Smith,  a  charming  and  accomplished  lady,  will  give  Robert 
Browning's  powerful  drama  in  three  acts,  entitled  A  Blot  on  the 
'Scutcheon.  Mrs.  Smith  will  produce  the  play  with  appropriate 
stage  settings  to  each  scene,  and  will  have  the  assistance  of  a 
complete  orchestra  to  render  appropriate  music  during  the  scenes. 
w  *  * 

The  performance  of  lolanthe,  at  the  Tivoli  Opera  House,  does 
not  go  with  the  dash  and  spirit  that  is  required  in  a  thorough 
production  of  a  work  by  Gilbert  and  Sullivan.  The  operas  of 
those  authors  are  intricate,  fine,  and  full  of  the  daintiest  satire. 
Every  character  that  Gilbert  ever  created  is  a  satire,  and  unless 
the    actors    who    personate  those   characters    understand    them 


fully,  the  opera  falls  fiat.  Mr.  John  J.  Raffael,  as  Strephon,  did 
not  act  for  one  moment  during  the  performance ;  he  simply  sang  his 
music,  went  through  a  few  stage  gestures,  and  tried  to  look 
pretty,  seemingly  conscious  that  he  was  being  admired.  It 
was  a  miserable  attempt  to  play  Strephon.  Ferris  Hartmann's 
Lord  Chancellor  was  very  good,  George  Olmi  was  acceptable  as 
Arrarat,  and  Philip  Branson  was  a  lively  Tolloller.  But  it  must 
be  said  of  Branson  that  his  voice  is  a  thing  of  the  past;  it  has 
weakened,  and  he  sings  with  effort  and  uneasiness.  Miss  Mary 
P.  Thompson,  like  Mr.  Raffael,  was  altogether  too  unactive.  She 
lost  several  good  chances,  and  she  sang  Iolanthe's  pretty  aria, 
"The  Bygone  Years,"  so  unfeelingly  that  it  was  uneffective. 
Miss  Carrie  Godfrey  was  the  best  in  the  cast.  Her  solo,  with  the 
chorus,  in  the  second  act,  "  O,  Foolish  Fay,"  was  rendered  better 
than  any  other  number  in  the  opera,  and  was  the  only  one  deserv- 
ing any  applause.  The  "Living  Pictures"  were  new  and  interesting. 
Some  of  them  were  splendid  representations,  especially  "  Nydia, 
the  Blind  Girl,"  "  Psyche  at  Nature's  Mirror,"  and  "  Art  Wins 
Hearts."  "The  Angelus"  was  a  bad  attempt.  The  coloring 
was  so  lurid  that  it  spoilt  the  effect  and  gave  the  picture  a 
ghastly  appearance.  "  Toll  Paid  Here"  and  "  Me  and  Jack" 
were  very  quaint. 

#  *  * 

There  was  a  hearty  and  vigorous  display  of  enthusiasm  at 
Metropolitan  Temple  on  Tuesday  night,  when  Costia  Doomcheff, 
the  Russian  lad  of  fourteen  summers,  gave  his  first  violin  con- 
cert. His  opening  selection  was  the  Concerto  No.  1,  Beriot,  and 
one  found  it  difficult  whether  to  admire  more  the  amazing  dex- 
terity with  which  the  elaborate  variations  of  that  composition 
were  rendered,  or  the  feeling  that  he  infused  into  his  own  little 
composition,  "Berceuse,"  which  followed.  Young  Doomcheff, 
if  the  truth  mast  be  told,  is  as  great  a  prodigy  as  Hoffman,  inas- 
much as  the  violin  is  an  instrument  calling  for  a  larger  propor- 
tion of  inborn,  intrinsic,  artistic  capacity  than  the  piano.  The 
peculiar  temperament  which  enables  a  boy  of  fourteen  years  to 
excel  as  an  artistic  pianist  can  be  cultivated  more  easily  by 
teaching,  and  may  pro  tanto  be  smaller  at  the  start  than  that  more 
subtle  quality  which  underlies  the  merely  executive  powers  of 
an  unusually  fine  boy  violinist.  It  is  not  many  times  in  a  cen- 
tury that  people  can  listen  to  a  boy  of  fourteen  years  play  Vieux- 
temps'  fantasie  from  the  opera  Ascotdova  Mogaila;  Huser's  "  Les 
OiBeaux  sur  l'arbe;  "  Weniwaski's  "Obertass,"  and  Paganini's 
fantasie  from  the  opera  Moise  (performed  on  the  "G"  string 
alone)  with  the  perfect  finish,  the  matured  style,  and  the  artistic 
manner  with  which  Costia  Doomcheff  rendered  them  on  Tuesday 
night.  His  tone,  his  style,  and  his  appearance  are  all  those  of  a 
mature  artist.  Of  his  execution  little  need  be  said,  great  as  are 
his  powers  in  that  direction,  because  betwaen  execution  and  ar- 
tistic playing  there  is  a  great  gulf  fixed,  which  can  only  be 
crossed  by  those  musicians  who,  like  poets,  are  "  born,  not 
made."     Young  Doomcheff  gives  his  last  concert  this  evening. 


The  Princess  Dolgorouky  is  the  stellar  attraction  at  the  Orpheum 
this  week.  She  hails  from  the  same  country  as  young  Costia 
Doomcheff,  and  she  plays  the  same  instrument.  It  would  be 
odious  indeed  to  compare  both  players.  Doomcheff  is  giving 
classics,  and  the  Princess  is  confining  herself  to  airs  of  lesser 
magnitude  and  quality.  She  plays  the  violin  with  fire,  brilliancy 
and  expression.  Nothing  is  claimed  on  behalf  of  her  sex.  She 
has  genius  and  is  a  virtuoso  apparently  by  "God's  grace."  The 
remainder  of  the  bill  is  as  good  as  usual.  Next  week  it  will  be 
strengthened  by  Senorita  Pepita  and  Signor  Vincente,  Spanish 
dancers. 

»  ■»  * 

The  benefit  concert  to  be  tendered  to  Miss  Lilian  K.  Slinkey  at 
Metropolitan  Temple  on  Thursday  evening,  August  30th,  will  be 
quite  an  event  musically.  She  is  to  be  assisted  by  some  of  the  most 
noted  vocal  and  instrumental  artists  in  San  Francisco,  and  the 
music  is  to  be  of  the  very  highest  order.  Among  the  numbers  is 
Pinsuti's  Quartette,  which  will  be  sung  for  the  first  time  in  Amer- 
ica. Miss  Slinkey  has  a  magnificent  soprano,  and  the  benefit  is 
tendered  her  because  of  her  approaching  departure  for  Milan, 
where  she  will  devote  herself  to  studying  under  the  best  masters 
of  the  Italian  school.  Tickets  will  be  on  sale  at  Sherman,  Clay 
&  Co.'s,  on  Wednesday  morning,  August  29th. 

#  *  » 

Mrs.  Cora  Urquhart  Potter  has  accepted  a  new  play  by  Charles 
F.  Nirdlinger,  dramatic  editor  of  the  Illustrated  American.  It  is 
entitled  Marion  de  Lonne.  Mrs.  Potter  is  peculiarly  adapted  to 
the  mystic  Marion,  whose  strange  personality  has  lived  always 
in  Spanish  history. 

*  *  * 

Miss  Madeline  Pollard,  the  heroine  of  a  sad  scandal,  is  said  to 
have  been  making  effortB  for  some  time  past  to  get  upon  the  stage. 
The  announcement  of  her  inability  to  do  bo  put  heart  into  the 
public,  for  it  seemed  to  betoken  an  end  to  the  dramatic  exploita- 
tion of  undramatiu  people  for  commercial  purposes.  For  the  past 
ten  years  the  stage  has  been  afflicted  with  persons  who  had  no 
right  to  appear  there.     They  were  not  actors,  though  their  mana- 


August  25,  1894 . 


SAX  l'KAKCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


gers  said  that  they  were  when  they  wrote  their  advertisements. 
They  bad  converted  the  theatre  into  a  dime  muaeutn  (or  the 
nonce,  and  were  using  it  as  a  place  of  personal  exhibition.  If 
Miss  Pollard  has  any  aptitade  for  the  stage  no  one  will  object  to 
her  taking  to  it  or  succeeding  on  it.  We  have  to  blink  at  a  good 
many  unpleasant  facts  in  tbis  life,  and  if  the  acting  is  good  we 
can  not  afford  to  investigate  what  kind  of  person  the  actor  is  in 
his  street  dress.  Just  so  with  any  other  kind  of  art.  Miss  Pollard 
may  have  a  genuine  conceit  of  her  own  ability.  People  who  go 
on  the  stage  that  they  may  be  seen  by  men  and  women  and 
thereby  gratify  a  morbid  and  reprehensible  curiosity  are  people 
to  whom  the  stage  should  give  no  room.  The  stage  has  a  high  func- 
tion. It  is  devoted  to  the  drama  of  life,  idealized  to  beauty,  and 
full  of  inspiring  and  affecting  lessons.  The  performance  of  the 
drama  requires  skill.  That  skill  is  to  some  degree  inherent  or 
carefully  cultivated  and  assimilated.  To  succeed  in  it  requires 
not  merely  intention,  but  a  varied  qualification — a  strong  voice, 
a  graceful,  graphic  habit  of  gesture,  mobility  of  countenance,  a 
dignified  carriage,  taste  in  dressing,  and  brains.  Therefore,  tbe 
idea  that  a  person  may  act  for  lack  of  something  better  to  do,  is 
as  absurd  as  to  suppose  that  a  person  could  compose  symphonies, 
invent  machinery,  or  sail  a  ship  without  the  needful  impetus  and 
training. 

THE  FLAW  IN  THE  ARMOR. 


THEY  stood  in  the  dimly-lighted  hall  together,  thia  fin-de-siecle 
young  woman  and  the  plain,  ordinary  young  buaineas  man 
who  had  juat  become  her  ex  fiance.  Her  queenly  form  trembled 
with  the  intensity  of  her  emotion,  and  the  hand  with  which  she 
waved  him  towards  the  door  shook  like  an  aspen-leaf. 

"Go!"  she  uttered,  with  flashing  eyes  and  choking  voice.  "(Jo! 
and  never  let  me  see  your  face  again !  One  who  can  be  so  narrow- 
minded  and  selfish  as  to  wish  to  deny  to  the  women  of  the  present 
day  the  privileges  of  the  creature  man,  can  never  be  husband  of 
mine.  I,  myself,  will  show  you  what  a  woman  can  do.  I  will  be  a 
man!  " 

Slowly,  with  an  aching  heart,  and  with  mute  appeal  in  his  eyes,  he 
backed  towards  the  door  and  left  her. 

Time  passed.  He  went  away  and  nursed  his  heartache  for  awhile, 
then  very  sensibly  returned  to  business  and  the  social  whirl  and  got 
married. 

But  he  never  forgot  his  first  love.  Through  all  the  long  years  he 
watched  her  course  and  compared  the  was  with  the  might-have-been. 
Yet  he  did  not  regret. 

And  she?  With  all  the  energy  and  singleness  of  purpose  that 
might  have  been  expected  of  one  of  her  imperious  nature,  she  devoted 
her  whole  time  and  talents  to  becoming  a  man.  She  cut  her  hair 
short ;  she  wore  male  clothing ;  she  cultivated  a  masculine  voice  and 
gait;  she  studied  law,  went  into  politics,  made  speeches,  and  drank 
beer  with  the  boys. 

And,  through  it  all,  he,  her  lover  of  other  days,  kept  trace  of  her. 
Not  as  one  who  loves.  No;  only  like  any  other  ordinary  man  who 
has  been  thrown  down,  he  longed  to  find  a  flaw  in  the  armor  of  the 
opposition. 

But  years  went  on,  and  he  hoped  in  vain.  To  all  outward  intents 
and  purposes,  she  was  what  she  had  vowed  to  become— a  man.  She 
was  elected  mayor,  sheriff,  district  judge,  and,  finally,  was  chosen  to 
represent  her  district  in  Congress. 

She  showed  herself  to  be  the  equal  of  her  male  colleagues,  and  she 
was  re-elected.    Yes,  she  was  a  man. 

«  *  *  *  # 

He,  her  old-time  lover,  was  a  sober,  bald-headed,  middle-aged  busi- 
ness man  of  regular  habits  and  such  a  slight  sense  of  humor  that  he 
was  known  by  his  fellow  clubmen  as  "  Old  Solemnity."  Hence,  and 
wherefore,  were  these  same  clubmen  much  surprised  when  he  came 
in  one  day  bursting  with  glee  and  purple  in  the  face  with  mirth.  He 
flopped  into  a  chair  and  laughed  and  cried  until  he  had  to  stop  from 
sheer  exhaustion. 

•'What's  the  matter,  old  man?"  finally  asked  one  curious  member. 

"  Oh-ho-ho !  Ha-ha !  You  see— he-he !— you  all  know— ha !— Con- 
gresswoman  Van  Blankenburg,  and — ho-ho! — how  much  of  a  man 
she  is  ?  Well— ha-ha— my  wife  just— oh-ho-ho!— engaged  the  Con- 
gresswoman's  ex-valetess,  and— oh-ho!  ha!!— she  told  her  that  the 
Oongresswoman  still  sits  on  the  floor— he-he !— to  pull  her  socks  on ! 
Ha-ha-ha!!!" 

He  had  found  the  flaw  in  her  armor.  Lester  Ketchum. 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

There  are  plenty  of  stylish  men  in  San  Francisco,  but  they  are 
the  men  who  buy  their  furnishing  goods  at  John  W.  Carmany's,  25 
Kearny  street,  where  only  the  latest  styles  are  sold. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  the  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


Crown  Fountain  Pens  are  the  best.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co., 
agents.    Stationery  department,  741-745  Market  street. 


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From  the  EMPIRE  THEATRE,  New  York.    To-night.    Matinee  to-day. 

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Next  week,  fourth  and  last  week.    Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Wednesday 
evenings,  and  Saturday  matinee,  THE  <  <ll  _\t  II  lol: '-s  WIFE. 
Thursday,  Friday,  and  Saturday  evenings— SOWING  THE  WIND. 
September  3d— CHARLEY'S  AUIiT. 


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To  night. 


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San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Commencing  Monday,  August  27th.    A  magnificent  programme. 
Great  success  of  the  eminent  violinist, 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  25,  1894. 


IQOKCR-ON. 


WHEN  Edward  A.  Morpby  sailed  on  the  Gaelic  for  Corea,  bear- 
ing the  title  of  "war  correspondent  for  the  Examiner,"  a 
legion  of  friends  were  at  the  pier  to  bid  him  a  fond  farewell.  His 
friends  presented  him  with  cigars,  cigarettes,  and  liquid  refresh- 
ments in  sufficient  quantity  to  last  for  several  voyages;  they 
filled  his  stateroom  with  bouquets  of  carrots,  turnips,  cabbages, 
aDd  other  garden  truck,  and  made  him  feel,  as  much  at  home  as 
possible.  Bui  just  as  the  gong  was  struck  for  the  visitors  to 
leave  the  passengers  and  the  ship,  a  man,  whose  face  easily  told 
that  he  was  in  the  habit  of  attending  to  other  people's  business 
in  preference  to  his  own,  hurried  down  the  pier  and  stood  in  the 
midBt  of  the  crowd.  He  was  a  deputy  sheriff,  and  some  one  had 
given  him  the  idea  that  Edward  Morphy  should  not  sail  for  Corea. 
The  deputy  looked  for  his  man  in  the  crowd,  but  could  not  find 
him.  He  asked  several  by-standers  if  they  knew  Mr.  Morphy, 
and  one  of  them  pointed  out  Edward's  brother  Alex.,  who  was 
standing  near  the  gangplank.     The  deputy  approached  him. 

"Are  you  Mr.  Morphy?  "  he  asked. 

"  Yes,  sir." 

"Are  you  going  on  this  steamer?  " 

Alex,  surmised   something,    and  answered  in  the  affirmative. 

"Well,  I  don't  think  you  are,"  said  the  deputy. 

"  I  guess  that  I  will." 

»  No,  you  will  not,  and  I  will  stand  right  here  and  see  that  you 
do  not  go  aboard  that  ship." 

Their  words  became  heated,  and  they  almost  came  to  blows. 
So  intense  did  the  excitement  become  that  several  of  Morphy's 
friends  would  have  interfered  if  he  had  not  prevented  them. 

"  What  are  you  trying  to  stop  me  for?  How  dare  you  inte  - 
fere  with  my  affairs  ?     What  have  you  ?     A  bill  ?  " 

ic  YesI  "  and  the  deputy  flashed  before  Alex.  Morphy's  eyes  a 
bill  for  his  brother  Edward. 

"I'm  not  Edward  Morphy!"  he  replied,  hotly.  "Edward 
Morphy  is  on  that  steamer." 

But  the  boat  had  pulled  out  into  the  stream. 

*  *  * 

The  return  of  young  Fair  and  his  visit  to  his  father  recall  an 
unpublished  story  of  the  millionaire's,  audit  is  the  one  which 
has  conferred  on  8enator  James  G-.  Fair  the  cognomen  of  "Slip- 
pery Jim."  During  the  bonanza  excitement  it  was  his  custom 
while  on  the  Comstock  to  visit  the  Con.  Virginia  mine  daily,  and 
occasionally  to  explore  the  lower  levels.  On  one  of  these  trips, 
in  one  of  the  crosscuts,  he  found  two  miners  reclining  at  ease, 
puffing  away  at  their  pipes.  "Ah,  boys,"  quoth  Mr.  Fair,  "  en- 
joying yourselves,  I  see.  That's  right.  Work  all  the  harder 
when  you  get  at  it,  eh?  Well,  life  is  hard  at  the  best,  and  you 
have  my  sympathy." 

"Thank  you,  sir,  thank  you,  sir,"  was  all  the  astonished 
miners  could  answer  as  Fair  passed  on.  Many  complimentary 
remarks  passed  between  them  during  the  rest  of  their  shift  as  to 
the  generosity  and  kind-heartedness  of  the  millionaire,  and  as 
the  two  miners  were  ascending  the  shaft  they  spoke  with  pride 
of  the  man  who,  though  having  handled  the  pick  and  drill  him- 
self and  had  risen  in  life,  still  had  a  fellow  feeling  for  bis  old 
comrades.  Imagine  their  surprise  and  indignation  on  reaching  the 
surface  and  donning  their  clothes,  to  have  the  superintendent  in- 
form them  that  their  services  were  no  longer  required  on  account 
of  their  having  "broken  the  rules !" 

*  *  * 

The  salle  d'armes  of  the  Olympic  Club  has  become  a  valuable 
school  for  the  study  of  character  since  the  Midwinter  Fair.  It  is 
the  lounging  place  of  French  counts  and  German  barons  who 
have  sniffed  blood  and  defied  lead  on  the  battle-fields  of  Europe. 
They  love  the  sword,  and  they  boast  high  of  their  prowess  with 
the  rapier  and  the  heavier  weapon.  So  Professor  Tronchet  has 
his  hands  full  keeping  them  within  bounds.  One  day  this  week 
a  baron,  who  claimed  to  have  held  a  commission  in  a  regiment  of 
Uhlans,  swore  a  mighty  German  oath  that  no  one  could  stand 
before  him  with  the  broadsword.  Tronchet  promptly  accepted 
the  challenge.  Swords  were  crossed,  and  at  the  third  pass  the 
Professor  smote  the  baron  so  heavily  across  the  jowls  that  tbe 
ex-Uhlan  fell  in  a  heap,  cast  away  sword  and  mask,  and  called 
for  a  beer.  This  is  but  an  incident  illustrative  of  many  that 
daily  occur  in  the  Olympic. 

*  #  * 

John  L.  Beard,  one  of  the  big  wine-growers  of  Alameda|County, 
also  a  veteran  Bohemian,  gave  a  dinner  at  his  place  the  other 
day,  and  this  banquet  is  most  interesting  as  an  illustration  of  the 
resources  of  California. 

"Everything  on  that  table,"  Baid  Mr.  Beard,  telling  a  group  of 
astonished  listeners  of  what  we  have  in  tbe  West,  "was  raised  on 
my  place.  The  oysters  on  the  half-shell  came  from  the  bay  in 
front  of  my  place.     So  did  those  terrapin.  The  salt  came  from  the 


evaporated  waters  of  the  bay,  and  I  grow  my  own  peppers  and 
make  my  own  vinegar.  The  fish  were  caught  in  the  bay.  I 
grow  tbe  lettuce  and  all  the  ingredients  of  the  mayonaise  dress- 
ing I  raised.  Frogs'  legs?  Yes,  the  frogs  were  caught  in  a  stream 
on  my  place.  The  mutton  chops  were  cut  from  my  own  sheep 
and  the  pork  chops  from  my  own  hogs.  The  capons  were  of 
my  own  raising.  I  made  my  own  sugar  from  beets,  and  the 
coffee  was  brewed  from  chicory  and  the  coffee  pea.  1  grew  the 
olives  and  made  the  olive  oil.  The  artichokes,  onions,  almonds, 
raisins,  beans,  and  prunes  were  all  from  my  own  garden.  Even 
the  mustard  I  manufactured  on  my  own  place.  The  milk  came 
from  my  own  cows,  and  the  cheese  from  my  cows'  milk.  And  I 
also  grew  the  rhubarb,  gooseberries,  currants,  cherries,  apricots, 
plums,  pears,  peaches,  apples,  quinces,  potatoes  and  grapes. 
Wines  of  my  own  making  were  served  with  every  course,  and 
we  wound  up  with  oceans  of  my  own  champagne.  Now, 
where  on  earth  can  you  equal  a  climate  and  a  soil  that  can  pro- 
duce all  the  elements  of  a  dinner  like  that?" 
»  *  # 

Colonel  Harry  Brady  is  an  epicure.  He  is  fond  of  dainty  dishes, 
and  he  will  not  tolerate  an  inferior  cuisine.  The  Colonel,  returning 
from  a  visit  to  the  East  a  few  days  ago  and  scanning  the  menu 
in  the  dining  car,  saw  among  the  entries  '-Chicken  a  la  Marengo." 
He  heaved  a  sigh  of  disgust.  "This  dish  haunts  me  wherever  I 
go,"  he  said.  "I  am  weary  of  cnickens  named  after  one  solitary 
battle.     Waiterl" 

"Yes,  sah  !" 

"  Go  and  get  me  some  chicken  a  la  Austerlitz"  said  tbe  Colo- 
nel, "and  be  quick  about  it,  for  I  am  exceedingly  hungry." 

"  Yes,  sah,"  and  the  son  of  Africa  darted  off  toward  the 
kitchen.  Returning  in  a  few  minutes,  he  said  apologetically: 
"Please,  sah,  we's  out  ob  dem  Austerlitz  chickens.  There  ain't 
one  aboard.     Sorry,  sah,  but  we'll  have  'em  next  time." 

*  »  # 

Plunger  Ed.  Partridge,  whose  magnificent  spree  has  been 
recorded  in  long  dispatches  from  Chicago,  was  a  guest  at  the 
annual  banquet  of  the  San  Francisco  Produce  Exchange.  He 
rolled  up  there  a  pretty  good  record  lu  the  liquid  line,  but  apart 
from  his  drinking  capacity  he  was  rather  a  dull  companion. 
One  little  feat  which  attracted  some  attention  and  envy  among 
tbe  genial  brokers  was  patting  a  pint  bottle  of  champagne  to  his 
lips  and  draining  it  to  the  lees  without  any  apparent  inconven- 
ience from  the  gas.  He  could  turn  out  a  pretty  neat  job  on 
liquors  with  coffee,  but  no  one  dreamed  that  he  could  rise  to  the 
very  Bupremest  heights  of  inebriety.  The  pictures  of  the  "plunger" 
published  here  are  fakes.  He  is  a  broad,  dish-faced  man,  and 
never  wore  a  moustache. 

*  #  * 

John  Quincy  Adams,  the  well-known  coal  and  iron  dealer,  is 
smiling  over  a  sharp  reply  that  he  made  to  some  London  mer- 
chants the  other  day.  He  heard  of  a  vessel  that  was  ready  to 
sail  from  Liverpool  laden  with  coal,  and  he  purchased  the  cargo. 
The  owners  of  the  vessel  evidently  had  some  doubts  about  the 
purchaser,  so  they  cabled  to  their  agents  in  this  city:  "  Who  is 
Adams  ?  " 

Mr.  Adams  happened  to  be  in  the  agent's  office  at  the  time 
and  was  shown  tbe  message.  He  ran  to  the  telegraph  office  as 
quickly  as  possible,  and  sent  the  following  answer: 

"Adams  is  the  synonym  for  cash." 

*  #  * 

The  appointment  of  Jack  Meares  as  Superintendent  of  the  Post- 
office  has  disturbed  the  equanimity  of  the  local  Republican 
papers  to  so  great  an  extent  that  they  are  denying  bis  capability 
and  insisting  that  his  lack  of  experience  will  cause  the  business 
in  his  department  to  suffer.  A  little  inquiry  or  memory  would 
have  instructed  them  that  Mr.  Meares  was  formerly  the  Superin- 
tendent, and  that  Mr.  Cox,  whose  removal  has  caused  so  much 
consternation,  was  a_  clerk  under  bim.  It  was  to  Mr.  Meares  s 
instruction  that  Mr.  Cox  owes  his  knowledge  of  the  business. 
When  Mr.  Meares  went  out  Mr.  Cox  was  appointed  his  successor. 
Mr.  Meares  is  amply  competent. 
*  »  # 

Colonel  Isaac  Trumbo,  of  Utah,  has  arrived  in  this  city  from 
the  East.  To  his  persistent  efforts,  more  than  to  any  one  else's, 
is  due  the  admission  of  Utah  as  a  State,  and  in  recognition  of  his 
eminent  services,  he  is  the  one  agreed  upon  by  both  Mormons 
and  Gentiles  to  represent  the  new  State  in  the  United  States  Sen- 
ate. His  friends  here— and  they  are  many — are  congratulating 
him  on  his  great  achievement  and  tbe  merited  honor  which  is 
to  be  conferred  upon  him. 

J.  Peter  Bergez,  brother  of  the  restaurateur,  is  dead,  and 
many  a  friend  of  the  genial  French  cook  attended  the  funeral 
on  Wednesday.  "As  he  was  always  so  accommodating,"  re- 
marked one  of  tbe  mourners,  "  and  would  always  cook  for  us  as 
we  requested,  it  is  only  meat  that  we  should  pay  respect  to  his 
hashes." 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

Tissue  Paper  for  lamp  shades  and  paper  flowers.  Stationery 
department,  Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741-745  Market  street. 


August  25,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


CARPENTER    WORK    FOR    WOMEN. 

[By    Di     Vibnon.1 

EVERY  little  while  we  see  by  a  facetious  paragraph  tbat  an- 
other woman  has  taken  up  carpentering  as  a  means  of  earn- 
ing her  living.  Then  is  the  time  for  the  paragrapher  and  the  funny 
man  to  point  their  ready  wit  at  her  expense  and  refer  to  the  fact  that 
she  probably  uses  a  flat  iron  for  a  hammer  and  cannot  put  tacks  in 
her  mouth  as  a  man  and  a  brother  would,  because  she  wants  to  talk 
every  minute  and  must  either  pierce  her  tongue  with  a  point,  swal- 
low the  mouthful,  or  have  her  speech  unintelligible;  and,  being  a 
woman,  the  last  would  be  unendurable.  But  on  the  other  hand,  as 
if  to  counterbalauce  the  woman  with  the  fiat  iron  for  an  implement 
of  forceful  impression,  we  have  the  spectacle  of  the  man  who 
attempts  to  put  down  a  carpet  and  tries  to  pull  it  into  place  with 
himself  upon  the  very  breadth  he  is  pulling,  or  mashing  his  thumb 
with  the  light  and  airy  tack  hammer. 

The  fact  is,  the  ability  to  use  tools  skillfully  and  with  the  rare  in- 
telligence of  a  practical  mechanic  is  not  an  exclusive  attribute  of 
either  sex.  Because  a  man  is  a  man  is  no  reason  that  he  will  be  able 
to  hit  the  nail  on  the  head  any  more  than  because  a  woman  belongs 
to  the  weaker  sex  that  she  will  have  a  crooked  eye,  no  sense  of  pro- 
portion, and  no  ability  to  handle  tools.  In  this  busy  age  it  is  often 
necessary  for  the  average  woman  to  know  how  to  use  tools  and  to 
achieve  results  with  them.  No  one  could  wish  to  see  women  attempt- 
ing the  heavy  laborious  work  of  the  out-of-door  carpenter,  with  all 
its  lifting  and  shoving  of  heavy  beams  and  thick  boards,  its  driving 
of  saws  through  tougn  planks  and  great  joists.  Not  at  all.  But  those 
who  have  been  seeking  for  easy  and  respectable  avenues  by  which 
women  may  earn  a  livelihood  have  mentioned  light  household  car- 
pentering as  directly  within  a  woman's  province. 

The  charwoman  who  "  goes  out  to  work  by  the  day  "  is  familiar  to 
us  all,  and  yet  no  voice  has  been  raised  against  her  work  as  unwom- 
anly and  beyond  her  strength.  Yet  she  has  to  lift  and  carry  heavy 
pails  of  water,  and  bend  and  backache  over  her  work  of  scrubbing, 
to  say  nothing  of  heavy  washing,  wringing,  and  hanging  out  wet 
clothes.  Some  one  has  suggested  that  just  as  the  charwoman  makes 
her  round  to  wash  and  clean,  there  should  be  a  woman  who  would 
visit  houses  regularly  to  do  the  week's  mending — to  repair  locks,  to 
hang  pictures,  to  drive  a  nail  here,  to  tighten  a  screw  there,  to  put 
up  a  few  shelves  in  a  closet  for  the  expansive-minded  house-wife,  to 
attend  to  creaking  hinges  or  intractable  window  pulleys.  It  is  a 
field  that  many  a  woman  might  fill  with  satisfaction  both  to  herself 
and  her  employers.  For  it  is  not  to  be  denied  that  there  is  a  strong 
and  growing  prejudice  against  admitting  men  into  the  house  to 
work  for  any  time  when  a  woman  is  alone  and  unprotected.  The 
experience  of  that  unhappy  family  in  San  Francisco  who  have  been 
persecuted  beyond  the  power  of  the  police  to  prevent  by  a  crazy 
painter  who  will  force  his  unwelcome  attentions  upon  the  mistress 
of  the  house,  even  at  the  point  of  a  shot-gun,  is  another  argument 
for  the  employment  of  women  in  the  capacity  of  housekeepers'  aids. 
It  is  said  that  the  good  fairy  who  presides  over  the  fortunes  of 
woman  was  much  displeased  when  she  saw  how  badly  woman  was 
equipped  for  the  battle  of  life  in  comparison  with  her  brother  man. 
So  in  pity  for  her  the  good  fairy  bestowed  upon  woman  two  addi- 
tional gifts — tears  for  her  consolation  and  the  needle  for  her  comfort. 
It  is  true  that  many  a  woman  can  stitch  her  way  out  of  a  problem 
with  the  patient  in-pushing  and  out-drawing  of  the  needle,  but  to 
some  representatives  of  femininity  that  comfort  has  been  denied, 
and  they  have  found  that  a  hammer  and  some  nails  answered  every 
bit  as  well.  There  is  an  unmistakable  comfort  in  pounding  some- 
thing. One  little  girl  sits  sewing  doll's  clothes.  If  she  lives  suffi- 
ciently long  she  will  probably  make  a  girl  of  fashion  or  a  mother 
whose  sole  thought  is  to  keep  her  house  and  husband  tidy  and  make 
the  children's  clothes.  She  may  be— is  apt  to  be— narrow-minded. 
Another  little  girl,  with  broader  capacity  and  a  grander  grasp  of 
thought,  will  try  to  be  the  architect  of  her  own  fortunes  by  building 
a  house  in  the  back  yard,  with  boards  from  packing  boxes  and  five 
cents'  worth  of  nails  from  the  corner  grocery.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  the 
woman  who  can  work  with  tools  will  have  a  stronger  grasp  upon  op- 
portunity and  be  quicker  to  act  in  an  emergency  than  the  gentle 
sister  who  can  only  ply  her  needle.  There  are  many  times  in  a  house- 
keeper's life  when  a  tool  box  and  the  ability  to  use  its  contents  will 
serve  an  excellent  purpose,  and  prevent  both  expense  and  vexatious 
delay.  All  housekeepers  know  the  annoyance  of  sending  for  the 
man  who  promises  he'll  "come  right  away  "  and  then  does  not  come 
for  a  week,  while  things  are  going  from  bad  to  worse. 

A  few  years  ago  the  fad  for  scroll-saw  work  numbered  among  its 
votaries  many  a  woman  who  made  exact,  beautiful,  and  useful  ar- 
ticles. That  craze  died  the  inevitable  death  of  being  overdone.  In 
former  days,  when  veneered  furniture  was  the  rule,  the  good  house- 
keeper had  to  have  a  glue  pot  on  the  stove  nearly  all  the  time,  for 
the  veneering  had  an  ugly  habit  of  dropping  off,  and  unless  it  was 
at  once  replaced,  gave  the  best  room  in  the  house  a  forlorn  and 
wretched  look.  Then  the  good  housekeeper  had  to  struggle  with 
brass  cornices,  inventions  of  the  Evil  Ore  that  they  were,  and  make 
new  ones  out  of  old  pieces,  and  cut  her  hands  on  the  ragged  brass, 
nurse  a  sore  wound  in  consequence.  The  fondness  for  carpenter 
work  has  led  some  women  to  perpetrate  those  hideous  travesties  on 
furniture  so  often  set  forth  in  ladies'  magazines  with  full  directions 


how  to  make  arm  chairs  out  of  sugar  barrels  and  lounges  out  of  pack- 
ing boxes.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  as  long  as  solid  wood  furniture  is  as 
cheap  and  as  artistic  as  it  is  now,  no  woman  will  be  beguiled  into 
making  such  monstrosities  of  amateur  cabinet-making  and  uphol- 
stery. But  woman  will  wield  tools  with  more  or  less  skill  in  the  days 
to  come  as  she  has  done  in  the  past.  Is  it  not  set  down  in  Holy 
Writ  how  Jael  took  a  hammer  and  drove  a  nail  through  the  head  of 
Sisera  as  he  lay  asleep  in  his  tent?    Selah. 


The   Grand   Canon   Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Unchanging  is  our  love,  undying  our  affection  for  the  name 
Cutter— not  that  we  know  the  name  other  than  by  the  J.  F.  Cutter 
Whisky,  but  we  are  sure  tbat  no  man  with  a  hard  heart,  no  man  who 
is  not  endowed  with  the  malt  of  human  kindness,  could  have  pro- 
duced such  a  tipple  as  did  Cutter  of  Kentucky.  Does  not  that  sound 
like  the  gentle  gurgling  of  the  much-prized  spirit  down  the  parched 
throat,  and  make  one  hasten  to  imbibe  some  ?  Order  a  dozen  bottles 
from  the  agents,  E.  Martin  &  Co.,  408  Front  street,  and  keep  it  on 
hand. 

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10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  25,1894. 


IT  certainly  can  be  affirmed  with  trnth  that  the  little  marine  set 
tlemeDt  of  Belvedere  has  been  taking  the  lead  in  novelty  of 
pleasurable  projects,  of  all  the  rural  resorts  this  season.  Since  the 
memorable  <<  Night  in  Venice  "  had  to  be  postponed  on  account 
of  the  weather,  the  denizens  of  land  and  sea  have  been  chary 
of  "  out-of-door  "  festivities,  and  it  was  around  the  mahogany 
that  the  latest  idea  was  suggested  and  carried  to  a  successful  issue. 
To  some  (outsiders,  of  course)  the  idea  may  seem  strained,  to  say 
the  least — in  fact,  a  decided  illustration  of  the  old  iaying:  "A 
pursuit  of  pleasure  under  difficulties,"  this  progressive  dinner 
affair.  Fancy,  for  example,  being  comfortably  seated  at  soup, 
when,  presto  change  1  Up  jump  the  guests  helter  skelter,  rush 
down  the  banks  or  up  the  woodside,  and  gather  round  another 
table  for  the  next  course.  The  conductor's  call  to  the  departing 
train  is  nothing  to  the  summons  to  vacate  and  locate  anew.  The 
result  on  the  digestive  organs,  whether  or  not  throats  are  scalded, 
food  bolted,  or  hunger  poorly  appeased,  does  not  matter,  as  long 
as  fun  is  had.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  idea  will  not  flourish  in 
Sausalito,  for  the  steep  places  can  not  be  made  smooth,  and  the 
distances  from  house  to  house  are  not  only  greater,  but  are  harder 
to  travel. 

Of  all  San  Francisco's  many  individual  features  not  one  surely 
is  marked  more  than  the  hotel  and  boarding  house  frisky — ele- 
gantly appareled,  always  stylish,  coming  and  going,  many  male 
friends,  French  dinners,  and  petit  soupers;  sometimes  a  bleached 
blonde,  again  a  demi  brune.  They  are  like  the  wind — no  one  can 
tell  whence  they  come  or  whither  they  go.  There  ia  one  of  this 
type  at  a  boarding  house  on  the  hillside,  of  quasi  respectability. 
She  has  even  in  times  past  disported  in  the  swim  itself;  many 
ups  and  downs  has  she  seen.  A  craving  for  stimulants  takes  her 
into  obscurity  for  a  period,  from  which  she  has  emerged  with 
added  years  and  faded  appearance,  but  with,  as  she  expresses  it, 
a  determination  to  go  the  pace,  and  she  is  but  one  of  many. 
■*  #  » 

People  at  the  Hotel  Rafael  are  saying  that  they  wonder  if  it  was 
the  coming  of  Mrs.  Yarde  Buller,  to  investigate  the  labor  question 
in  America,  which  drove  the  devoted  daughter,  Harriet,  to  Papa 
Pullman's  side  to  comfort  and  sustain  him,  and  to  prepare  him 
for  Mrs.  Buller's  visit  to  Chicago. 

Another  item  from  that  burgh  says  that  each  time  the  Forbes 
net  is  let  down  into  British  waters  a  fish  is  captured. 
*  »  # 

"  Why  does  society  see  so  little  of  the  charming,  slim-waisted 
sisters  who  were  such  favorites  of  the  swim  some  years  back  ?  " 
was  asked  the  other  day.  The  reply  was,  that  the  paternal  ire  is 
aroused  quickly  by  any  social  attempt  of  the  girls,  so  they  yield 
to  his  desire  for  seclusion  and  quiet.  More's  the  pity  for  their 
friends. 

If  the  African  fever  continues  as  it  has  begun,  it  looks  as 
though  the  list  of  local  beaux  would  be  greatly  depleted  by  the 
time  that  the  winter  season  opens.  Every  day  one  hears  of  young 
fellows  going  out  to  seek  a  fortune,  and  what  the  belles  are  go- 
ing to  do  for  cotillion  partners  during  the  coming  season  is  a 
problem. 

News  from  the  capital  of  this  State  confirms  the  report  that 
Jack  Wright  is  again  to  enter  the  matrimonial  fold.  His  future 
bride,  Miss  Clark,  is  a  resident  of  Sacramento,  where  she  is  a 
very  popular  member  of  society.  Congratulations  to  both  have 
been  flowing  in. 

Mrs.  Fred  Castle  and  two  of  her  daughters  have  been  receiving 
warm  welcome  from  their  many  friends  since  their  return  from 
their  European  tour.  The  third  daughter  remained  in  the  East 
to  make  a  round  of  visits  before  coming  to  California.  Miss 
Hilda  Castle  is  now  in  Maine,  where  she  will  remain  for  some 
time. 

Every  one  who  has  been  fortunate  enough  to  meet  Lady  Ran- 
dolph Churchill  during  her  visit  here  has  expressed  great  admira- 
tion for  the  beautiful  American  who  has  gained  such  enviable 
popularity  in  the  English  world  of  fashion  and  distinction.  The 
men  rave  about  her  beauty  and  quiet  grace  of  manner ;  the  women 
about  the  style  and  simplicity  of  her  gowns.  Lady  Randolph's 
devotion  to  her  invalid  husband  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
points  of  her  charming  personality. 
*  *  # 

If  rumor  can  be  relied  upon  sweet-faced  Miss  Marie  Zane  will 
be  among  the  autumn  brides. 

On  (lit,  the  divorce  case  which  it  is  asserted  will  be  one  of  the 
sensations  of  the  near  future  will  uncover  a  good   deal  of  hidden 


naughtiness  in  one  of   the  swellest  mansions  of  the  swim, 
all  are  nodding  their  heads  with  an  »  I  told  you  so"  air. 


and 


What  a  failure  the  London  season  must  be  to  a  transplanted 
Yankee  dame  when  she  goes  to  Demerara,  of  all  places,  for  a 
pleasurable  outing!  All  is  not  gold  that  glitters  in  that  menage, 
evidently. 

Our  Fair  Maidens 
who  go  to  the  mountains  and  the  seaside  for  the  summer  should  be 
very  careful  when  they  expose  their  complexions.  The  effects  of  sun- 
burn and  poison-oak  are  very  distressing,  and  they  will  ruin  the 
Erettiest  skin.  Camelline  is  an  infallible  remedy  and  prevention  for 
oth  sunburn  and  poison  oak,  and  it  is  the  only  remedy  that  has 
proved  successful.  Its  wonderful  sales  have  forced  all  other  face 
powders  out  of  the  market.    Ladies  should  not  be  without  it. 

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 

Sanborn,  "Vail  &  Co.,  are  agents  for  Winsor  &  Newton,  London, 
manufacturers  of  the  choicest  materials  for  artists'  use  in  the  world. 
741-745  Market  street. 

Your  cough  was  occasioned  by  careless  exposure  to  draft.  Cure  it  at 
once  with  Ayer's  Cherry  Pectoral. 


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August   '2'\  1394. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


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»^1A^J 


MON8IEUR    GONTRAN    i-'    HERISTOL'S    engagement    to 
Mile.  Carmen  de  la  Vergara   had   just   been    announced. 
Some  of  his  friends  rather  doubted    the  young  couple's 
prospective  happiness.     She  was  all    that   could    be  de- 
sired by  way  of  beauty,   education,  or    birth.     But  Gon- 
tran's future  mother-in-law  was  known  in  Paris  for  her  dreadful 
temper.     She  was  a  rich  Portuguese  widow,  and    for   the  last  ten 
years  had  lived  at  tbe  French  capital. 

'«  You  woo't  be  married  ten  days  before  you  will  have  to  put 
the  ocean  between  ycu  and  your  mother-in-law,  for  she  is  a 
woman  who  would  ruin  herself  to  spite  any  one  she  disliked. 
Besides,  she  is  still  extremely  handsome,  and  awfully  young," 
said  one  of  Gontran's  friends. 

"  I  shall  see  that  she  soon  becomes  a  grandmother.'"' 

"Take  care  that  she  does  Dot  give  you  a  little  brother-in- 
law  !" 

"  Bah!  She  has  been  a  widow  ten  years.  No,  nol  What  wor- 
ries me  just  now  isn't  Mme.  de  la  Vergara.  It  is  Corysandra.  If 
she  lets  me  get  married  without  a  fnss  I  shall  be  surprised — and 
still,  I  have  been  very  generous  to  her!" 

CoryBandra  was  a  circus-rider  of  easy  virtue  and  a  fiendish  dis- 
position. She  loved  noise,  scandal,  quarrels.  Her  horsewhip 
duel  with  a  colleague  from  the  Hippodrome  is  still  green  in  the 
memory  of  Parisians.  She  it  was  who  one  day  pushed  aside  two 
guards,  so  as  to  hiss  insulls  at  poor  Montrnpert,  who,  with  his 
bride,  was  just  coming  out  of  Madeleine  Church  to  the  tune  of 
Mendelssohn's  wedding  march.  Gontran,  however,  had  better 
luck.  Without  molestation  the  wedding  party  returned  to  the 
Marquise  de  la  Vergara's  apartment.  But  the  greatest  trouble 
was  still  to  come. 

■<  Bear  mamma,"  said  the  groom  to  his  mother-in-law,  after 
the  wedding  breakfast,  "  you  must  give  me  credit  for  the  docility 
with  which  I  have  endured  your  whims  and  exigencies." 

"  I  should  have  likea  to  see  you  do  otherwise,"  said  the 
Marquise,  complacently  admiring  her  daintily-shod  foot.  "  Don't 
you  intend  to  continue?" 

•»  No,  not  exactly.  My  wife  and  I  start  this  evening  on  a  long 
journey." 

»<  You!  Leave!  My  daughter  promised  me  that  there  would 
be  no  wedding  trip.     You  remember,  Carmen?" 

"  Dear  Madame,  since  then  your  daughter  has  promised  to 
obey  her  husband.  Come,  dear,  kiss  your  mother.  The  carriage 
is  waiting,  and  the  shorter  tbe  adieux  the  better." 

Mme.  de  la  Vergara  at  once  proceeded  to  faint,  and  Gontran 
quickly  took  advantage  of  it  to  lead  away  his  weeping  wife. 
"  Gad!"  said  he  to  himself,  throwing  a  last  look  at  the  Marquise, 
whose  gown  the  maid  was  trying  to  unlace,  "  I  must  admit  that 
my  mother-in-law  is  wonderfully  handsome." 

A  quarter  of  an  hour  later  the  young  couple  entered  the  Grand 
Hotel,  where  Carmen's  maid,  with  her  mistress' luggage,  awaited 
them  as  previously  arranged.  Gontran's  trunks  were  to  go  from 
his  bachelor  quarters  direct  to  the  station.  He  changed  his 
clothes  and  was  just  going  to  bis  wife's  rooms,  for  she  also  had 
donned  her  traveling  gown,  when  some  one  knocked. 

"  Who  ia  there?"  he  prudently  asked,  before  opening,  for  he 
dreaded  a  visit  either  from  Portugal  or  the  Hippodrome. 

"It  is  I,  Monsieur  le  Vicomte — Prosper,  your  man,"  said  a 
familiar  voice. 

Gontran  opened  tbe  door  rather  uneasily.  The  presence  of 
this  man,  at  this  hour,  boded  no  good. 

"Anything  wrong?"  asked  Gontran. 

"  Yes,"  answered  Prosper,  cautiously  looking  around.  "  Mon- 
sieur ordered  me  to  look  out  for  a  certain  lady." 

"  Well?" 

"  Well,  Monsieur  le  Vicomte,  she  has  arrived.  I  was  busy 
about  your  boxes,  when  all  at  once,  without  knocking  or  ring- 
ing, a  lady  entered,  dropped  into  an  armchair,  and  asked  if  M.  d' 
Heristol  was  in.  1  answered  that  he  was  not,  that  he  was  mar- 
ried this  morning,  and  that  his  luggage  was  jUBt  being  sent  to 
the  station.  'We  will  see  about  that,'  said  she,  Bhaking  her  fist 
at  me.  I  tried  to  reason  with  her,  but  she  only  shrugged  her 
shoulders.  I  told  her  that  I  should  be  obliged  to  put  her  out. 
She  pounced  upon  an  old  horsewhip  of  yours  and  put  herself  on 
the  defensive.  I  told  her  I  would  go  and  get  Monsieur  le  Vi- 
comte.    ''Go,'  said  she.     'He  is  the  very  man  I  want  to  seel'  " 

"Cursed  Corysandra!"  muttered  Gontran,  "  to  come  to  my 
rooms  now,  when  I  never  permitted  such  a  thing  during  my 
bachelor  days." 

From  tbe  other  room  Carmen's  voice  asked: 

"  Whom  are  you  talking  to,  dear?" 

"  It  is  nothing,  pet — only  the   janitor  from   the  rue  de  Marig- 


nan,  who  has  come  for  a  mislaid  key.  I  shall  have  to  go  home, 
but  will  return  immediately." 

"Take  me  with  you." 

"  No,  dearest,  the  rooms  are  all  upset.  I  shall  not  stay  more 
than  ten  miuutes." 

On  the  street  poor  Gontran  was  deliberating  whether  to  em- 
ploy force  or  strategy  with  Corysandra,  when  suddenly  he  espied 
his  handsome  friend  d'Etigny,  as  distinguished  looking  as  ever, 
perhaps  even  more  so,  with  his  fine  face  bronzed  by  the  sun  of 
the  Orient. 

"  When  did  you  return  from  Aden?"  he  joyfully  asked. 

"  The  day  before  yesterday.  At  breakfast,  I  read  the  announc- 
ment  of  your  marriage,  and  am  rather  surprised  to  see  you  look- 
ing so  worried  at  five  o'clock  in  the  evening." 

"  I  am  sure  Heaven  itself  has  sent  you  to  help  me." 

After  a  quarter  of  an  hour's  explanations,  d'Etigny  left  Gon- 
tran. 

"Don't  worry,"  were  his  parting  words.  "  A.t  seven  o'clock 
your  trunks  will  be  at  the  train,  or  my  name  isn't  d'Etigny.  I 
have  killed  so  many  panthers  that  I  don't  fear  a  circus-rider." 

"Thanks!  But  keep  out  of  the  reach  of  Corysandra's  nails. 
Good-bye.  I  am  your  eternal  debtor.  Call  on  me  if  ever  you  are 
in  similar  straits." 

On  entering  Gontran's  apartment  d'Etigny  found  a  very  hand- 
some woman  stretched  on  the  chaislongue,  smoking  cigarettes 
and  keeping  her  eyes  on  the  trunks. 

«*  Gad  1"  thought  he,  »  she  must  require  a  pretty  solid  horse." 
And  approaching  carelessly :  "  Madame,"  said  he,  "  I  know  your 
trouble.  That  fellow  d'H6ristol  is  a  wretch,  and  having  seen  you, 
I  may  add,  a  wretch  without  taste.  To  encumber  oneself  with  a 
stupid  little  thing  when  one  has — " 

"That  will  teach  you  to  talk  more  respectfully  about  my 
daughter!"  said  the  unknown,  springing  to  her  feet  and  striking 
the  embassador's  cheek  with  a  violence  worthy  of  a  Portuguese 
rage  which  has  been  simmering  for  three  hours. 

" when   one  has  the  happiness  to  possess  a  treasure  like 

thi3!"  continued  d'Etigny  rather  sheepishly. 

"  And  here  is  another  to  teach  you  to  whom  you  are  speak- 
ing," emphasized  tbe  touchy  person,  on  the  other  cheek. 

"  You  are  not  Corysandra?"  asked  d'Etigny,  rubbing  his  jaw. 

"  No,  sir.     I  am  the  Marquise  de  la  Vergara." 


At  seven  o'clock  sharp  Prosper  and  the  luggage  were  at  the 
station. 

"Well?"  asked  Gontran,  taking  his  man  aside,  "was  there 
much  difficulty?" 

<•  None  at  all,  M.  le  Vicomte.  Monsieur's  friend  was  closeted 
a  good  hour  with  tbe — person.  Then  he  sent  me  for  a  carriage 
and  they  left  together." 

"  Truly,"  thought  d'HGristol,  with  a  smile,  d'Etigny  is  cleverer 
than  I  thought.  He  isn't  so  much  to  be  pitied,  after  all,  for  hav- 
ing to  console  Corysandra." 

Fifteen  days  later,  at  Florence,  Carmen  said  to  her  husband: 

"  Do  you  know  that  mamma's  silence  is  beginning  to  alarm 
me?  I  have  written  her  five  letters  since  we  came  here.  Not 
the  least  reply." 

"  She  is  sulking ;  but  what  do  you  care?  We  had  to  strike  the 
blow  for  liberty.  I  haven't  had  any  letters  either  from  my  friend 
d'Etigny.  He  was  to  do  some  important  business  for  me,  but  he 
persists  in  withholding  his  account.  Well,  let  us  forget  France, 
since  France  forgets  us." 

France,  however,  bad  not  quite  forgotten  them.  They  had 
been  married  six  weeks,  when  in  Venice  they  received  wedding- 
cards. 

"  The  Marquise  de  la  Vergara  has  the  honor  to  announce  her 
marriage  to  Count  Daniel  d'Etigny." 

«(  What?"  exclaimed  tbe  astonished  young  Viscountess, 
"  mamma  married  again?  But  who  is  M.  d'Etigny?  I  never 
saw  him  at  our  house." 

"  Why,"  replied  Gontran,  "  he  is  the  fellow  I  was  expecting  a 
letter  from  about  that  important  business.  He  has  succeeded 
well,  I  fancy?" 

The  d'H§ristols  are  not  on  speaking  terms  with  the  d'Etignys, 
who  are  none  the  less  happy.  Not  long  since,  Gontran  had  the 
pleasure  of  receiving  a  delicately  tinted  note: 

"Count  d'Etgny  has  tbe  honor  to  announce  that  Countess 
d'Etigny  has  given  birth  to  a  son." 

"How  funny!"  said  Carmen,  kissing  her  three-weeks-old 
baby:  "  mamma's  son  was  an  uncle  from  his  birth!" 

"  You  think  that  funny?"  answered  d'Henstol.  "  Well,  the 
idea  that  the  uncle's  sweetmeats  will  cost  the  nephew  an  income 
of  fifty  thousand  pounds  does  not  seem  quite  so  amusing  to  me. 
Oh!  these  mothers-in-law!" — Translated  for  the  News  Letter  fiom 
the  French  of  Leonde  Tinseau  by  Alice  Ziska. 


Catering  at  house  parties  is  an  art.  The  most  artistic  catering  is 
done  by  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  at  213  Sutter  street.  Roman 
punch,  bon-bons,  ices,  cakes  and  salads  are  served  with  neatness  and 
dispatch.    The  service  used  for  tables  is  perfect.    Swain's  is  the  only 

Elace  in  the  city  where  breakfast,  luncheon  and  dinner  is  served  in  a 
ome-like,  dainty  manner. 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August   25, 1894. 


i<3? 


fiqottyer  The  action  of  the  La  Grange  people,  who  are  about 
Promising  to  work  the  drag-net  process  in  France,  will  be 
Enterprise,  duplicated  in  London  about  the  same  time.  Mr. 
Charles  E.  Ertz,  is  about  ready  to  offer  anotber  little  sugar- 
coated  pill  to  English  investor?  of  small  means.  There 
are  a  few  people  left  over  there  who  have  not  been  bled  to  death 
yet,  and  some  who  have  not  yet  had  the  experience  paid  for  by 
the  investors.  The  Union  Gold,  Ilex,  Josephine,  and  another 
half-dozen  swindles,  where  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars 
were  subscribed  to  feather  the  nests  of  a  few  promotors.  It  is  to 
the  requirements  of  this  class  that  Mr.  Ertz  will  cater  with  his 
usual  ability.  The  gentleman  can  certainly  not  be  considered  a 
mining  man  in  any  sense  of  the  term,  and  if  his  intentions  are 
honorable  in  his  latest  enterprise,  they  must  be  accredited  to  ig- 
norance. He  has  taken  the  Hartfeld  Mine  of  Plumas  County  up 
for  promotive  purposes  in  London  at  a  price  which  is  as  astound- 
ing as  it  is  ridiculous.  Think  of  asking  a  million  for  a  compara- 
tively unknown  property  in  Plamas  Connty,  which  has  been  re- 
fused here  for  $75,000.  It  is  further  proposed  to  pat  up  a  plant 
with  a  capacity  of  seven  or  eight  hundred  stamps,  another  un- 
reasonable, if  not  the  most  ridiculous,  feature  of  the  scheme. 

$  $  $ 

TAKING  into  consideration  that  Mr.  Ertz  has  already  expended 
a  small  fortune  in  surface  improvements  in  the  way  of  a  pala- 
tial log  cabin,  etc.,  there  is  a  glitter  to  the  absurdity  which  may 
dazzle  those  who  judge  a  mining  investment  by  its  plant  and 
accommodation  for  visiting  shareholders  and  tbe  Managing 
Director.  Tbat  bait  has  already  been  used  to  good  advantage  by 
the  Ilex  manipulators  and  others  who  know  how  to  humor  the 
peculiarities  of  simple-minded  folks  caught  in  tbe  drag-net  in  the 
process  designated  among  the  craft  as  "going  to  tbe  country." 
In  this  case,  however,  Mr.  Ertz  has  rather  outstepped  the  limit 
of  moderation  and  toleration  in  his  estimates  of  mining  values. 
He  should  also  remember  that  there  are  other  mining  interests  in 
California  which  cannot  afford  to  be  saddled  abroad  with  a  re- 
sponsibility for  his  actions.  The  value  of  the  property  is  very 
well  known  in  this  city,  and  it  lies  within  the  power  of  persons  who 
may  be  asked  to  subscribe  for  his  shares  to  get  full  and  true  par- 
ticulars on  the  subject.  There  are  very  few  mines  in  this  State 
to-day  which  would  pass  an  expert  examination  for  $500,000,  let 
alone  the  extravaeant  figure  placed  upon  the  Hartfeld  by  Mr. 
Ertz  or  his  associates,  whoever  they  may  be.  It  will  be  inter- 
esting later  on  to  find  the  name  of  the  expert,  if  any,  who  could 
see  millions  in  the  Ertz  bonanza.  It  may  be  a  good  enough  mine 
on  a  small  scale,  but  the  present  programme  of  the  promoter  is 
sufficient  to  damn  it  with  any  one  but  a  fool  who  wants  to  part 
with  his  money  by  handing  it  over  to  somebody  smarter  than 
himself. 


Searcfjiqg  It  is  many  years  since  an  attempt  has  been  made 

for  by  mining  promoters  from    this   State  to  raid   the 

Gudgeons,  foreign  investor,  but  the  gentlemen  of  the  cloth 
have  not  evidently  been  idle  during  the  period  of  suspense.  It 
has  just  leaked  out  that  the  French  syndicate  operating  the  La 
Grange  mines  in  Trinity  County  is  after  big  game,  and  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  company  is  now  on  his  way  to  Paris,  where 
an  attempt  will  be  made  to  float  the  property  at  a  price,  it  is  said, 
in  the  neighborhood  of  25,000,000  francs.  It  is  difficult  to  under- 
stand how  anybody  with  good  sense  could  conceive  such  a  pro- 
position, and  more  difficult  still  to  imagine  how  people  can  be 
found  who  are  willing  to  subscribe  such  an  immense  sum,  with- 
out the  most  careful  investigation.  The  La  Grange  mines  are 
now  being  worked  to  their  full  capacity,  and  their  output  is  only 
in  the  neighborhood  of  $18,000  per  annum,  a  very  poor  return  on 
the  capital  of  $240,000  which  was  invested  by  the  last  purchasers. 
The  trouble  seems  to  be  that  they  cannot  work  the  ground 
economically,  owing  to  the  immense  boulders  which  have  to  be 
removed  by  a  continuous  system  of  derricks,  placed  at  different 
positions  down  the  steep  and  rugged  grade.  However,  it  is  un- 
necessary for  us  to  discuss  the  value  of  the  property.  Mr.  J. 
Ross  Browne  reported  upon  it  recently,  and  the  result  of  his  inves- 
tigations should  be  considered  by  all  who  are  solicited  to  buy  the 
shares.  Mr.  Browne  is  a  mining  engineer  of  high  repute,  and  it 
will  not  be  safe  forinvestors  to  discount  anything  that  be  may  say 
about  this  property.  To  suppress  his  report  is  to  confess  weakness 
by  the  promoters  of  the  scheme. 

%%% 

MR.  TURNER,  of  the  Northwestern  Insurance  Company,  has 
resigned  from  the  P.  I.  U.  He  has  been  running  his  busi- 
ness independent  of  the  rules  of  the  Union  for  some  time  past. 
Nothing  new  outside  of  this  has  transpired  to  disturb  the  equa- 
nimity of  the  Association  during  the  week. 


Njoney  The  folly  of  duplicating   the   names   of   mines   was 

in  again  illustrated  by   the  manner  in  which  the  recent 

Names,  purchase  of  the  Sierra  Buttes  Company,  of  London, 
was  confounded  with  some  celebrated  properties  in  another 
County  altogether.  In  this  case  the  naming  of  the  mines  was 
simply  a  coincidence,  without  the  ulterior  motives  which  could 
safely  be  ascribed  in  other  instances  of  the  kind,  their  connection 
being  such  as  to  preclude  any  possibility  of  an  attempt  at  wrong- 
doing. We  refer  to  the  W.  Y.  O.  D.,  Omaha,  and  other  proper- 
ties which  were  described  as  bounding  the  group  purchased  by 
the  English  company.  The  well-Known  properties  of  the  same 
name  are  in  Nevada  County,  whereas  the  latter  were  located  in 
Mariposa,  between  the  Whitlock  and  Spencer  mines.  This  com- 
bination gives  the  purchasing  company  the  scope  for  operations 
that  is  congenial  to  that  enterprising  concern  and  their  repre- 
sentative, Mr.  William  Johns. 

$  $  $ 
Left  for  Mr.  Arthur  E.  Roberts  left  on  Thursday  last  for 
/ffrica.  South  Africa,  by  way  of  London,  carrying  with  him 
the  highest  kind  of  recommendations  for  character  and  ability, 
and  the  best  wishes  of  innumerable  friends  for  his  success.  Mr. 
Roberts  is  well  known  here  in  mining  circles,  having  gained  vast 
experience  as  a  practical  mining  man  in  Mexico  and  China  and 
the  Western  States  of  America.  For  many  years  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  the  Selby  Company  of  this  city,  which  is  in  itself  a 
good  guarantee  of  his  ability.  He  is  connected  by  birth  and 
marriage  with  one  of  the  highest  families  of  Venezuela.  Among 
other  of  his  relatives  are  General  Guzman  Blanco  and  RojasPaal, 
ex-Presidents  of  the  Republic.  At  one  time  Mr.  Roberts  was  also 
personally  connected  with  the  diplomatic  service  of  Venezuela, 
as  the  Consul  to  this  port.  He  will  proceed  to  the  interior  of 
Africa  at  once  after  his  errand  at  the  Cape,  to  meet  Mr.  John 
Hays  Hammond. 

$  $  $ 

Distinguished        A  number  of  wealthy  English  and  French  capi- 
Foreign  talists  are  in  town  just  now,  who  have  recently  in- 

Capi'taiists.  terested  themselves  in  some  California  mining  ven- 
tures. Count  des  Garets,  and  A.  Morley  Fletcher,  of  London,  are  in- 
terested, with  Mr.  Pelatan,  a  French  capitalist,  in  a  new  process  for 
reducing  refractory  ores,  which,  it  is  claimed,  is  highly  successful. 
They  are  erecting  a  plant  at  Denver,  where  a  series  of  tests  will 
be  made  with  Colorado  ores.  The  party  has  spent  a  most  enjoy- 
able time  in  California.  All  of  the  gentlemen,  without  exception, 
speak  in  flattering  terms  about  the  mining  prospects  here,  and  a 
recommendation  of  this  kind  will  be  very  valuable  abroad,  where 
so  many  are  interested  just  now  in  securing  safe  and  profitable 
investments  for  capital. 

$  $  $ 

Sutro's  The  purchase  of  the  Metropolitan  Electric  road  by 

Bubble  the  Market-street  Cable  Consolidation  has  burst  the 
Pricked.  Sutro  bubble.  There  is  still  some  talk  about  the 
philanthropist  carrying  out  his  scheme,  but  anyone  who  knows 
his  smooth  system  of  manipulation  is  not  apt  to  be  fooled  by 
promises.  There  are  still  reports  of  vast  subscriptions  rolling  into 
the  Sutro  coffers  to  enable  the  millionaire  to  pave  the  way  for  a 
revenue  from  his  highly  unprofitable  investments  along  the  Cliff 
House  road.  No  one  believes  him  all  the  same.  The  people  of 
this  city  and  the  State  at  large  may  not  be  very  friendly  with 
some  of  tbe  interests  to  which  Mr.  Sutro  is  so  antagonistic,  but 
they  are  just  as  well  acquainted  with  him  and  the  reason 
for  his  sodden  outburst  of  affection  for  the  people.  The  road  to 
the  ocean  is  an  established  fact,  and  while  Sutro  is  still  content  to 
harp  upon  what  he  is  going  to  do,  as  an  inducement  for  peo- 
ple, who  can  111  afford  it,  to  walk  into  his  trap,  and  build  a  road 
for  him  to  operate,  he  evidently  did  not  calculate  on  any  com- 
petition which  would  reduce  his  apparent  profits  to  a  point  where 
the  shares  of  his  company  will  have  to  be  assessed  to  keep  the 
line  in  operation  and  clear  its  debts.  The  liberty  to  range  around 
a  pudgy  little  parterre  packed  with  the  overflow  castoffs  from 
the  studio  of  a  sculptor  retained  by  some  second-class  anatomical 
museum,  with  the  promise  of  a  reduction  in  entrance  fee  to  a  bath 
house,  will  scarcely  remunerate  the  holders  of  railroad  shares  de- 
preciated by  competition  for  traffic,  if  not  for  other  reasons. 
There  are  better,  and  it  might  be  added  safer  investments  in  town 
at  present  than  the  Sntro  stock,  but  it  is  hardly  necessary  to 
remind  anyone  of  that  now  that  the  news  of  the  other  railroad 
arrangements  has  been  announced.  The  absorption  of  the  Metro- 
politan makes  a  five-cent  fare  from  the  ferries  to  the  Cliff. 

$  $$ 
Dupont     There   is   about  $42,000  on  hand  in  the  City  Treasury 
Street     to    be    applied    to   the  redemption  of   Dupont-street 
Bonds,     bonds,  and   proposals  will   be   received  for  the  surren- 
der of  such  bonds  until  August  30th.     These  bonds  were  author- 
ized in  1876,  and    their   issue    has    been  sustained  in  the  courts 
after  years  of    litigation.     No    proposals    above    par   will  be  re- 
ceived.    The   Merchants'  Bank,  which   has    been  in    liquidation 
for  nearly  twenty  years,  has  declared    a  dividend  of  $3  per  share 
in  liquidation.    The  Contra  Costa  Water  Company  has   just  paid 
a  dividend  of  40  cents  per  share. 


August  25,  1894. 


SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


13 


"  Hear  the  Crier'  "     *'  What  the  devil  art  thou?' 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir.  with  you." 


THK  cherubs  stopped  their  songs  of   joy,    the   angels    dropped 
their  harping; 
The  choirs  ceased  with  one  accord  from  flatting  and  from  sharping ; 
The  wheels  of  Progress  ceased  to  turn  and  showed  no  great  regret ; 
The  people  stared  in  wonderment — the  Woman's    Congress  metl 

Then,  seemingly  from  out  the  depths  of  limbos  of  the  past, 
There  came  a  voice  (a  woman's   voice)  which  made   them  stand 

aghast! 
In  the  doorway  stood  a  figure;  to  the  platform  it  did  walk — 
Said:  ■■  I'm  Milo  Tupper  Maynard,  and    I've  come  here  to  talk." 

Reverend  Milo  Tupper  Maynard  is  a  woman  of  renown, 
And  she  preaches  op  in  Reno,  a  poker-playing  town; 
She  can  talk  on  any  subject,  from  "The  Ruling  of  the  Czar" 
To  '-The  Use  of  Old  Lymphatics  on  the  Modern  Cable  Car." 

She  talked  nnto  the  congress,  and  the  ladles  looked  amazed ; 
8he  talked  and  talked  and  talked  and  talked  until  the  crowd  was 

dazed; 
Until  one  member  rose  and  said :  "  Excuse  me.  Reverend  dear, 
What  is  the  snbject,  please  you,  of  this  discourse  that  we  hear?" 

Then  said  Milo:  "  I  am  speaking  of  the  downcast  workingman." 
8carce  had  the  words  been  uttered  when  the  ladies  broke  and  ran, 
And  they  gathered  in  the  doorway  and  shouted  loud  and  clear: 
"  How  dare  you?     Why,  that  word  called  '  man  '  is  never  men- 
tioned here! " 

O  cherubs,  sing  yonr  songs  of  joy;  0  angels,  start  in  harping; 
O  choirs  of  Heaven,  let  us  hear  your  flatting  and   your  sharping; 
0  wheels  of  Progress,  turn  again  as  ye  have  never  torned; 
0  people,  all  is  quiet  now — the  congress  has  adjonrnedl 

THE  most  pitiful  confession  ever  made  by  a  newspaper  was  ac- 
complished by  the  Examiner  last  Sunday  in  its  published  in- 
terview with  Lord  Randolph  Churchill.  The  distinguished  Eng- 
lishman had  been  so  outrageously  treated  by  mendacious  report- 
ers that  he  had  refused  to  submit  to  further  interviews.  The 
Examiner,  having  less  pride  than  enterprise,  engaged  the  services 
of  a  gentleman  who  was  not  a  reporter,  but  who  was  Lord  Ran- 
dolph Churchill's  friend.  In  the  interview  as  published  the  in 
terviewer  and  interviewed  specifically  declared  that  newspaper 
reporters  were  given  to  shameless  misrepresentations  in  their  in- 
terviews, and  it  was  only  because  the  friend  was  a  gentleman  and 
not  a  newspaper  reporter,  Jand  therefore  trustworthy,  that  the 
noble  visitor  granted  the  interview.  In  accepting  and  publish- 
ing these  expressions  the  Examiner  not  only  confessed  the  truth 
of  the  charge,  but  itself  accepted  it  as  true,  and  placed  every  one 
of  its  own  reporters  under  the  ban  which  the  charge  imposed. 
How  those  bright  young  men  may  feel  under  the  circumstances 
is  a  matter  of  no  concern  to  the  public,  which  is  interested  solely 
in  the  Examiner's  accepting  for  itself  a  charge  directed  generally 
against  disreputable  journalism. 

MRS.  M.  WOODWORTH,  the  Evangelist,  who  led  the  "Doom- 
sealers"  in  Oakland  and  San  Francisco  five  years  ago,  is  car- 
rying on  revival  meetings  in  the  East,  and  has  caused  great  ex- 
citement among  her  hearers.  She  claims  to  have  a  heavenly 
power  to  heal  certain  diseases,  and  the  list  of  her  dupes  is  long. 
The  law  should  be  enforced  to  bring  this  woman  to  prison. 
"When  she  was  "preaching"  in  Oakland  she  counseled  her  hearers 
to  sell  their  homes  and  whatever  property  they  had  and  follow 
her  to  Napa,  where  they  would  see  the  wicked  of  San  Francisco 
and  her  sister  towns  perish  in  the  waters  of  Napa  river.  But  she 
was  shrewd  enough  not  to  head  the  hegira,  and  left  suddenly  for 
the  East.  The  woe  that  followed  was  terrible,  and  the  effect  of 
her  "preaching"  was  seen  in  the  insane  asylums  and  the  wrecked 
and  ruined  homes.  Her  methods  are  unwholesome  and  brutal, 
and  she  is  continually  giving  out  that  there  is  more  illness  in  the 
world  than  there  really  is.  Mrs.  Woodworth  should  be  put  in  a 
place  where  she  can  do  no  more  harm. 

THE  very  unfortunate  information  has  been  received  from  the 
City  Hall  Commissioners  to  the  effect  that  they  have 
revised  their  report,  and  find  that  they  have  not  suffi- 
cient money  on  hand  with  which  to  complete  the  structure. 
A  tinge  of  sadness  is  added  to  the  news  when  it  is  learned  that  the 
Commission  cannot  appeal  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors  for  more 
funds,  as  that  body  has  reached  the  end  of  its  tether  in  that  re- 
spect. And  furthermore  it  places  the  hope  of  seeing  the  City 
Hall  finished  at  an  early  day  farther  away  than  ever,  for  a  new 
Commission  will  be  elected  in  November,  the  members  of  which 
may  have  new  ideas  regarding  the  work,  which  may  call  for  new 
plans,  new  specifications,  new  rows,  new  delays,  and  a  larger 
sum  of  money  than  was  ever  considered  before. 


SUFFERING  humanity  nan  had  a  new  infliction  added  to  its 
woes  in  the  form  of  a  blind  beggar  on  the  trains  of  the  North 
Pacific  Coast  Railroad.  This  unfortunate  is  allowed  by  the  offi- 
cers of  the  road  to  parade  through  the  cars  accompanied  by  a 
strong  boy.  He  places  a  circular  in  the  lap  of  each  passenger, 
and  then  returns  for  alms.  Like  Job  with  bis  comforters,  the 
passengers  cannot  rid  themselves  of  his  unwelcome  presence, 
and  to  help  him  is  only  to  encourage  others  to  follow  his  luck. 
We  dislike  the  idea  of  saying  anything  against  a  man  who  may 
be  in  want,  but  there  are  homes  for  the  blind  in  the  State,  which 
the  rich  and  poor  are  supporting.  In  these  homes  men  are  cared 
for  and  treated  like  Christians,  and  they  are  allowed  to  stay  in 
them  until  they  die  if  they  cannot  make  a  living  outside.  An- 
other pest  is  the  one-legged  man  on  the  Oakland  boats,  who 
adopts  a  plan  of  torture  similar  to  that  of  his  colleague  on  the 
train.  A  hotbed  of  beggars  is  the  blocks  on  Montgomery  street 
between  Washington  and  California  streets.  There  they  are  as 
thick  as  the  cobble-stones,  and  one  often  wishes  that  the  waters 
of  the  bay  could  lave  the  good  old  thoroughfare  once  more  and 
wash  them  away.  There  is  a  very  strict  ordinance  against 
beggars  in  effect  in  this  city,  but  the  police  seldom  or  never  pay 
any  attention  to  it,  or  they  do  not  know  a  beggar  when  they  see 
one.  The  beggars  of  this  city  are  a  great  nuisance;  they  are  bold 
and  fearless,  and  will  not  take  "No  "for  an  answer.  A  plea 
from  San  Francisco's  good  citizens  to  have  the  ordinance  en- 
forced would  not  be  amiss. 

THE  committee  appointed  to  investigate  the  charges  made  by 
S.  Rogers  against  the  Rev.  Dr.  A.  C.  Hirst  haB  made  a  report 
exonerating  the  reverend  gentleman,  and  declaring  that  the 
charges  had  their  origin  "  in  a  wicked  conspiracy  to  defame  the 
character  of  the  accused."  There  remains,  then,  two  things  that 
mast  be  done  before  either  the  accuser  or  the  accused  can  stand 
forth  free  before  the  world:  Dr.  Hirst,  if  he  is  a  good  citizen,  and 
the  persons  who  exonerated  him,  if  they  are  good  citizens,  must 
prosecute  Rogers  in  the  criminal  courts,  for  they  have  plainly 
charged  him  with  a  wicked  conspiracy ;  and  Rogers,  if  he  was  sin- 
cere and  not  a  wicked  conspirator,  must  prosecute  Dr.  Hirst  in 
the  criminal  courts.  If  Dr.  Hirst  or  the  committee  does  not  prose- 
cute Rogers  they  are  either  not  good  citizens  or  dare  not  have  the 
case  brought  under  the  cold,  judicial  scrutiny  of  the  courts;  and 
if  Rogers  does  not  prosecute  Dr.  Hirst  he  is  either  a  wicked  con- 
spirator with  no  just  complaint,  or  a  bad  citizen.  In  the  absence 
of  a  criminal  prosecution  both  of  these  parties  will  rest  under 
suspicion  and  will  be  guilty  of  condoning  crime.  We  shall  wait 
to  see  which  will  take  the  initiative  in  removing  a  stain  which 
lies  upon  both  alike. 

IF  we  are  to  give  credence  to  the  declarations  of  Mrs.  Edward 
White,  of  Temescal,  who  is  said  by  her  neighbors  to  be  an  es- 
timable and  trustworthy  woman,  Oakland  has,  in  the  person  of 
Charles  Frank,  Manager  of  the  Co-operative  Boot  and  Shoe  Store, 
a  conspicuously  detestable  citizen.  Mrs.  White  says  that  she 
bought  a  pair  of  shoes  in  the  store,  and  then,  presumably  for 
some  sharp  reason  not  explained,  she  was  first  ordered  to  take 
them  off  in  order  that  the  buttons  might  be  moved,  and  when 
she  refused  to  comply  the  person  Frank  told  her  that  she 
couldn't  have  them  at  all.  Upon  her  refusal  to  surrender  them 
he  threw  her  down  with  such  force  as  to  hurt  her  badly,  and  send 
her  into  a  hysterical  fit,  and  while  she  was  unconscious  removed 
the  shoes  from  her  feet.  She  was  so  badly  used  that  she  had  to  be 
taken  to  the  Receiving  Hospital  for  treatment,  her  little  children 
meanwhile  being  left  unprotected  at  home.  If  the  respectable  citi- 
zens of  Oakland  do  not  know  how  to  punish  a  fellow  of  the  Frank 
kind  it  is  suggested  that  the  public  whippingpost  is  an  effica- 
cious institution  that  might  invest  the  conduct  of  modern  rogues 
with  the  respectability  which  attached  to  that  of  such  characters 
in  older  and  more  respectable  times. 

THE  citizens  of  Oakland  are  deeply  engrossed  in  a  long  list  of  fig- 
ures that  have  been  presented  in  order  to  show  how  much  it 
will  cost  to  run  the  city  government  for  the  next  fiscal  year.  This 
time  the  officials  will  find  it  pretty  hard  to  keep  within  the  dol- 
lar limit,  and  Auditor  Snow  has  taken  his  large  knife  from  his 
breast  and  is  prepared  to  slay  any  number  of  estimates.  The 
School  Board,  which  is  being  run  economically  at  present,  will 
suffer  more  than  anything  else.  It  certainly  does  not  speak  well 
for  Oakland  that  taxes  should  be  kept  down  so  low  as  to  savor 
of  silunanism.  Oakland  is  always  boasting;  she  is  always  tel- 
ling what  a  great  town  she  is,  but  it  seems  that  when  it  comes 
to  a  question  of  money  she  is  pretty  small  fish. 

A  CHINESE  who  has  returned  from  hia  native  land  wants  to 
get  ashore  on  the  plea  that  he  was  a  boss  Iaundryman  before 
he  took  his  departure,  and  that  he  has  a  number  of  unpaid  bills 
which  he  would  like  to  collect.  The  McCreary  law  expressly  in- 
cluded laundrymen  among  those  not  entitled  to  enter  this  conn- 
try,  and  consequently  there  are  a  nnmber  of  people  in  town  who 
may  find  a  way  in  the  future  for  having  their  washing  done  free. 

MM.  E8TEE  has  written  a  letter   to  the  Woman's  Republican 
,  Club,  of  San  Francisco,  commending  it,  so  say  the  dailies. 
Commending  it  for  what  ? 


14 


SAN  FKA^CISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


August  25,  1894. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

ARE  you  "  button-holing"  one  another  on  street  corners  in  San 
Francisco  talking  tariff  and  the  possible  complications  to  fal- 
low the  bill,  or,  are  you  more  absorbed  in  the  Ezeta  affair  ?  I 
have  read  in  the  dispatches  that  those  clever  men,  Pierson  and 
Mitchell,  are  representing  the  government  of  Salvador.  I  wonder 
whom  Ezeta  will  rind  able  to  combat  with  ibem.  The  other 
Ezeta  seems  to  have  walked  oat  of  the  entire  affair  gracefully 
while  the  unfortunate  Antonio  "  faces  the  music."  His  position 
has  a  tonch  of  romantic  agony  about  it  to  add  to  its  intensity,  for 
here  in  New  York  a  lovely  fiancee  pines,  awaiting  his  arrival. 
She  is  a  Miss  Ida  Wright,  a  very  pretty  Washington  girl,  who  is 
so  thoroughly  engaged  to  the  unlucky  Central  American  that  her 
trousseau  is  ready,  and  nothing  lacks  for  the  celebration  but  the 
freedom  of  the  groom — an  essential  indeed. 

With  wars,  revolutions,  and  diplomatic  disturbances,  conversa- 
tion has  lost  its  lightsome  quality  and  wrinkles  are  taking  the 
place  of  smiles,  an  unnatural  state  of  things  when  the  year  is  at 
its  best,  as  in  these  summer  days.  Races  on  land  and  sea  have 
been  the  chief  diversions  from  serious  things. 

Apropos  of  the  former,  that  one  of  the  dailies  printed  on  Satur- 
day a  cut,  not  too  bad  a  likeness,  of  "  Lucky  "  Baldwin  and  a 
short  sketch  of  his  career  as  a  horseman.  His  three  marriages 
were  lightly  touched  upon,  and  the  writer  sententiously  added 
that  his  career  as  a  private  individual  contained  a  great  deal  of 
interesting  history.  The  races  have  not  been  very  exciting,  and 
the  bookmakers  on  all  the  courses  bewail  their  unprofitable 
season. 

The  cruise  of  the  New  York  Yacht  Club  gave  a  chance  for  some 
interesting  competitions  off  the  New  England  coast,  in  which 
Harry  Gillig,  if  not  exactly  covered  with  glory,  was  at  all  events 
fairly  successful  with  his  new  boat,  the  Qloriana.  I  hear  that 
one  of  the  bright  stars  at  Cowes  during  this  very  gay  season  on 
the  Isle  of  Wight  is  Mrs.  Richardson  Clover,  formerly  Miss  Dora 
Miller,  whose  father,  late  Senator  John  Miller,  was  very  promi- 
nent in  Californian  politics.  Commander  Clover  is  on  the  Chicago, 
and  his  rank  has  made  him  conspicuous  in  the  recent  entertain- 
ments which  the  English  have  showered  upon  that  man-of-war. 
Mrs.  Clover  has  been  always  very  vivacious  and  popular,  and  as 
she  has  wealth  galore,  no  doubt  aids  very  much  by  her  own  gra- 
ciousness  and  hospitality  in  keeping  up  her  husband's  position. 
Another  household  in  New  York  where  entertainments  are 
looked  on  as  important  and  interesting — the  Whitelaw  Reids — 
will  be  closed  this  winter.  Mr.  D.  O.  Mills  sails  early  next 
month  for  Europe,  and  in  November  will  join  his  daughter  and 
her  husband  in  Cairo,  where  all  will  remain  until  spring.  Mr. 
Reid's  health  as  improved  greatly,  but  he  dreads  the  rigors  of  a 
New  York  winter. 

An  old  Californian,  Franklin  Lawton,  who  was  for  many  years 
Secretary  of  the  Stock  Exchange  in  San  Francisco,  succumbed  a 
few  days  ago  to  the  changeable  Eastern  weather.  Mr.  Lawton 
was  a  hale  and  most  genial  old  man,  and  liked  nothing  better 
than  talking  of  early  days  in  California  and  of  his  struggles  and 
successes  in  the  West.  He  lived  at  New  Rocbelle  on  the  Sound, 
a  half  hour's  ride  from  New  York,  in  a  pretty  and  quaint  old 
cottage  which  has  been  for  two  hundred  years  in  his  wife's  fam- 
ily, having  been  built  by  one  of  her  ancestors,  a  Huguenot,  who 
made  one  of  the  colony  of  those  unhappy  seekers  after  peace,  re- 
ligion and  liberty,  who  found  their  home  in  New  Rochelle.  Up 
to  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Lawton  was  an  enthusiastic  lover  of 
out  of  door  sports,  and  scarcely  a  day  passed  that  did  not  see  him 
at  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  on  Traver's  Island,  two  miles 
from  his  home.  He  clung  affectionately  to  his  old  San  Fran- 
cisco friends,  of  whom  there  are  doubtless  many  to  mourn  for 
him. 

From  death-days  to  birth-days,  I  must  tell  you  of  young  John 
Mackay,  who,  as  a  host  at  delightful  dinners,  is  making  a  name 
for  himself  at  Newport.  He  gave  a  superb  dinner  two  or  three 
nights  ago  in  honor  of  his  twenty-somethingth  birth-aay,  and 
followed  it  last  night  by  a  dinner  to  Mrs.  Clement  Moore. 

Mrs.  Hermann  Oelricbs'  long  talked  of  ball  is  about  to  take 
place,  and  with  Californian  completeness,  she  is  having  a  ball 
room  built  for  the  occasion.  As  she  inherits  her  mother's  charm- 
ing qualities  as  hostess,  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  the 
affair  will  be  a  grand  success,  and  I  do  not  question  for  a 
moment  that  it  will  be  far  more  congenial  to  Miss  .Fair  than  the 
endless  Oelrich  dinners  and  teaa  which  her  sister  has  affected 
ever  since  her  coming  out. 

An  announcement  of  interest  to  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic  and 
the  Pacific  as  well,  has  been  made.  Colonel  Thomas  Porterhouse 
Ochiltree,  raconteur,  man  about  town,  diplomat,  politician,  horse- 
man and  Inventor,  is  a  candidate  for  Congress  on  a  Protection 
and  anti-Income  Tax  platform.  Colonel  "Tom"  will  run  against 
the  silver  tongued  Tammany  orator,  Bourke  Cochran,  and  feels 
confident  of  winning  the  office.  It  will  not  be  his  first  appear- 
ance in  Congress,  as  he  once  served  from  Galveston,  Texas,  and 
proved  a  very  keen  and  useful  member.  Should  he  succeed,  it  is 
certain  that  there  will  be  little  monotony  during  the  sessions 
which  he  will  grace  with  his  lively  and  animating  presence. 

New  York,  August  15,  1894.  Passe-Partotjt. 


On  Board 

yacht,  sail-boat,  or  any  kind  of 
vessel,  there's  a  great 
deal  of  work  that  can 
best  be  done  with 
Pearline.  It  washes 
all  the  paint,  wood- 
work, glass,  etc., 
better  than  anything 
else.  Most  captains 
have  found  this  out 
— and  Pearline  is 
kept  in  foreign  ports, 
now,  on  purpose  for  them.  You  can't  use  soap 
with  salt  water,  you  know;  but  it  doesn't  make 
much  difference — salt  or  fresh,  hard  or  soft,  hot 
or  cold — with  Pearline.      «*     james  pyle,  n.  y. 

COLTON     DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  market  Street  Phelan  Bulletins.) 
Gas  specialists.    Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  pols- 
clvely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.    "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established:  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  Its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
In  all  eases.    Thirty-five  thousand  references.    Established  1863.    Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.    Also  performs 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 
DB.  CHAKLEB  W.  DBCKEB 

HP  RIOfiRn'Q  RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
L^n.  niuunuo  Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J.  G.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere. 

PEICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  $1.26;  of  100  pills,  12;  of  200  pills, 
ii  50;  of  400  pills,  86;  Preparatory  Pills,  {2.    Send  for  Circular. 


D 


R.    R.     F.   VERRINDER,   ORAL   SURGEON, 


Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists.     Specialties:  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases   of  the  Mouth, 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  Plates  and  Crown  and  Bridge  Work. 
Office:    306  Kearny   Street,  Corner  Sutter. 

PACIFIC    TOWEL    COZMUP-A-ZEnTTT 

9     LICK    PLACE, 
Famishes  Clean  Towels  at  the  following  low  rates: 

Clean  Hand  Towels  each  week,  $1.00  per  month ;   12  Clean  Hand  TowelB 
each  week,  $1.50  per  month;  4  Clean  Roller  Towels  each  week.  $1.00 
6  month;  6  Clean  Roller  Towels  each  week,  $1.26  per  month, 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Savage    Mining    Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
tion  of  works— Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
on  the  Twenty  seventh  day  of  July,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  84)  of  20 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
3an  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Thursday,  the  Thirtieth  Day  of  August,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction:  and  unless  payment  Is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  19th  day  of  September,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and    ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

E.   B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office — Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Potosi  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  2d  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  42)  of  Twenty-five  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  6th  Day  of  September.  1894.  wil,  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  September,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Gould  &  Curry  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.    74. 

Amount  per  Share  15  cents. 

Levied      July  27,  1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office August  30,  1894. 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  21,  1894. 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
!    California. 


Angus!  25,  1894. 


SAN  rfU-NClSCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


A  OHTI. E  of  pretty  gowns  which  have  just  come  out  from 
Paha  show  sleeves  tbat  are  decidedly  smaller,  tbe  putted  part 
being  very  short,  not  longer  than  the  sleeve  of  a  ball  dress,  while  the 
rest  is  perfectly  fitted  over  the  elbow  and  is  tight  to  the  wrist.  One 
Of  these  models  has  the  bodice  of  pale  blue  chiffon,  artistically  draped 
over  blue  silk  taffetas,  and  brought  together  with  a  large  velvet  bow 
of  four  loops  on  the  right  breast,  from  which  point  a  yellow  em- 
broidered Indian  muslin  is  smoothly  titled  to  the  waist  and  over  the 
hips,  where  it  separates  in  two  long  tabs,  the  one  marking  the  line 
of  the  front  breadth  of  the  skirt  and  the  other  falling  over  the  folds 
of  the  back.  The  other  side  is  similarly  treated,  the  muslin  starting 
from  under  the  arm  and  continuing  to  the  hip  and  over  the  skirt, 
which  is  made  of  bine  gauze  over  silk.  The  other  frock  was  an  or- 
gandie made  with  silk  sides,  which,  commencing  under  the  arm,  are 
cut  au  princesse  to  the  ground,  the  front  and  back  being  of  the  dia- 
phanous material  elaborately  trimmed  with  white  "Valenciennes  "  let 
in  "  to  the  organdie,  which  is  very  much  draped  on  the  waist,  with 
very  full  elbow  sleeves. 

Xow  and  then  a  midsummer  novelty  is  sent  to  us  from  oyer  the 
sea,  and  the  latest  takes  the  form  of  Madeira  embroidery.  It  is  very 
beautiful  and  equally  costly.  Some  pretty  examples  are  in  change- 
able taffeta  silk  in  red  and  blue,  red  and  green,  and  blue  and  gold. 
The  silk  comes  in  four  yard  lengths,  and  is  embroidered  all  over  in 
large  and  small  holes,  the  large  ones  oval,  the  small  ones  round. 
Changeable  gauze  is  supplied  to  match  each  piece  of  silk,  and  is  used 
for  an  accordion-plaited  bodice  and  full  sleeves  while  the  taffeta  makes 
a  sleeveless  jacket.  This  is  accompanied  by  the  very  new  sash  of 
the  chiffon,  doubled  and  drawn  together  at  the  tips  into  a  sort  of 
frilled  tassels. 

The  new  divided  skirts  are  all  joined  to  the  depth  of  19  inches 
from  the  ankle,  making  of  the  two  divided  portions  for  that  distance 
full  trowsers;  and  this  effect  is  still  further  emphasized  by  gathering 
in  the  lower  edge  with  an  elastic  drawing  string  that  fits  snugly 
around  the  leg.  To  call  the  garment  in  its  modified  shape  a  "skirt" 
is  an  absurdity.  The  name  is  merely  a  concession  to  les  convenances. 
It  is  not  a  pretty  garment,  but  it  is  sufficiently  modified  from  the 
trowsers  worn  by  ladies  of  the  Eastern  lands  to  be  inconspicuous, 
and  not  to  suggest  masculine  attire  in  any  striking  manner. 


The  divided  skirt  of  the  feminine  bicycler,  which  has  been  intro- 
duced here  to  meet  the  emergencies  of  this  now  fashionable  sport, 
is  quite  a  different  garment  from  the  full  straight  skirt  used  in  Eng- 
land. In  fact,  it  is  a  sort  of  mongrel  something  gown,  between  the 
divided  skirt  and  full  Turkish  trowsers;  and  while  it  does  away  with 
the  greatest  objection  to  the  divided  skirt — that  it  is  liable  to  fly 
apart  and  twist  around  the  limbs  in  a  strong  breeze — it  no  longer 
makes  any  pretense  of  appearing  as  an  ordinary  skirt. 

The  French  "  robes  de  confections"  which  have  been  sent  over 
lately  are  curious  examples  of  mixed  coloring.  For  instance,  one  of 
the  latest  has  an  army-blue  skirt  and  short  Eton  jacket  turned  over 
with  a  small  rolling  collar  of  red  poult  de  soie  and  worn  over  a  chiffon 
waist  of  apple  green.  The  jacket  is  made  without  sleeves  and  finished 
with  gathered  folds  on  the  shoulder,  which  are  lined  with  red  silk. 

All  the  new  Leghorn  hats  are  as  elaborately  trimmed  under  the 
brim  as  above,  and  very  pretty  indeed  are  some  of  the  arrangements 
of  flowers  and  ribbons  on  the  soft  waved  masses  of  hair.  A  pretty 
example  is  a  soft  crushable  Florentine  straw,  which  is  turned  back 
in  front  and  shows  a  wealth  of  dark  red  roses,  while  an  ostrich 
feather  curls  gracefully  over  the  left  side  well  toward  the  front. 

A  novel  way  to  wear  a  ribbon  is  around  the  neck,  like  a  chain.  It 
is  usually  of  black  moire,  less  than  an  inch  in  width  and  two  yards 
in  length.  On  it  may  be  hung  a  lorgnette,  a  miniature  watch,  a  little 
gold  purse,  a  vinaigrette,  or  in  fact  anything  one  may  choose.  The 
ribbon  may  be  held  with  a  little  fancy  clasp,  and  this  effect  is  par- 
ticularly stylish  with  light  costumes. 

It  is  difficult  to  tell  which  is  used  the  most,  lace  or  ribbon,  to  make 
the  little  frou-frou  which  contributes  so  much  to  the  elegance  of  the 
toilette.  Ribbon  is  used  in  every  way  conceivable— sometimes  in 
braces,  which  tie  in  full  bows  upon  the  shoulders ;  again  in  a  bow  at 
the  back  of  the  collar,  with  loDg  floating  ends,  and  again  on  one 
shoulder  only. 

The  correct  way  to  tie  a  sash  ribbon,  whether  at  the  back  or  at  one 
aide,  is  in  very  short  loops  and  very  long  ends.  The  short  loops  give 
a  very  rosette  effect,  and  the  ends  should  reach  the  hem  of  the  dress. 

Steedman's  Soothing  Powders,  for  fiftv  years  the  most  popular 
English  remedy  for  teething  babies  and  feverish  children. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use 
Children  while  teething. 


'Mrs.  Winslows'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 


GREAT 

SPECIAL 

PURCHASE  of 

Embroideries. 


In  connection  with  our  great  taritt' reduction  sale  of  Dress  Goods 
we  have  just  placed  on  sale  THE  LARGEST  SINGLE  PURCHASE 
OF  BLACK,  WHITE  AND  COLORED  EMBROIDERIES  ever 
made  by  any  house  in  the  West,  consisting  of  the  following  lines, 
which  we  bought  from  a  New  York  importer  at  suoh  a  TREMEND- 
OUS SACRIFICE  on  account  of  the  prospective  immense  reduction 
in  the  tariff  that  we  are  enabled  to  offer  them  at  an  average  of 

less  Jrparj  Jlalf  Usual  prie<?s. 

Cambric  Edgings  and  Insertings, 

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Cambric  and  Nainsook  Sets, 

Swiss  Flouncing  and  Demi-Flouncing, 
Nainsook  Demi-Flouncing, 

Irish  Point  Demi-Flouncing,  etc. 


Murphy  Building. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 


Bullion  Mining  Company, 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.   Location  of 
works— Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  Seventh  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment,  No.  48,  of  Fifteen  (15) 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  cor- 
poration, payable  immediately,  in  United  States  Gold  coin,  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20, 331  Pine  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Tuesday,  the  13th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction ;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore,   will    be  sold   on  THURSDAY,  the  4th  day  of  October,  1894,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.  R.  GRAYSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  20,  331  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 


Yellow  Jacket  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— G~ld  Hill,  Nevada.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
on  Thursday,  the  Second  (2d)  day  of  August,  a.d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
57)  of  Twenty-five  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  or  to  James  Newlands  Transfer 
Secretary,  room  35,  third  floor,  Mills  Building,  northeast  corner  Bush  and 
Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Wednesday,  the  5th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  10th  day  of  October,  1894,  at  1  o'clock 
p.  m.,  in  front  of  the  office  of  the  company,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assess 
ment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale.  By  order  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees. 

W.  H.  BLAUVELT,  Secretary. 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 


Lo- 


Chollar  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California, 
cation  of  works— Virginia,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  atameeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Ninth  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  39)  of  Twenty  cents 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  79,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  13th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  4th  day  of  October,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOTT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Cal. 


16 


SAN  FBANCISCO  NEAYS  LETTEK. 


August  25, 1894. 


A  WRITER  who  gives  os  some  pood  things  in  bis  leisure  hours, 
and  who  may  be  counted  on  for  more  if  ever  he  devotes  his  time 
to  literature,  is  Professor  Harry  A.  Beers,  whose  book  of  short 
stories,  "A  Suburban  Pastoral,"  contains  some  good  original 
work.  He  is  not  a  chronicler  of  local  life,  and  he  has  developed 
no  field  which  can  be  called  distinctly  bis  own.  The  best  thing  in 
the  book  is  "Split  Zephyr,"  tbe  story  of  four  college  graduates, 
who,  before  separating,  outlined  their  plans  for  the  future,  and 
agreed  to  look  each  other  up  in  fifteen  years  and  compare  notes. 
The  contrast  between  the  lofty  talk  of  the  young  collegians  and 
their  realized  lives  is  amusing;  but  there  is  a  tragedy  about  those 
unfilled  hopes,  too,  and  fate  marches  over  tbe  pages  of  that  little 
story  just  as  inexorably  as  it  strides  through  the  dramas  of  the 
Greek  poets.  The  force  of  the  story  can  be  appreciated  either  by 
the  youth  standing  doubtfully  on  the  threshold  of  the  world,  or 
by  the  man  of  experience  who  looks  back  on  the  devious  and  un- 
anticipated paths  by  which  he  has  come.  Armstrong,  a  good- 
natured,  irresolute  little  man,  goes  in  for  money  winning,  and 
gravely  announces  it  as  his  intention  to  remain  single  and  become 
a  wealthy  New  York  lawyer.  Berkeley,  a  lean,  selfish,  good- 
natured  Scott,  goes  in  for  travel  and  an  adventurous  Bohemian 
life.  Clay,  the  genius  of  tbe  class,  goes  in  for  literature.  His 
ideal  is  a  cottage  among  the  hills,  a  pipe,  a  room  full  of  books, 
and  a  red,  windy  sunset.  (Very  unlike  the  surroundings  of  the 
writers  of  to-day!)  The  fourth  man,  Doddridge,  a  hard,  practical 
kind  of  man,  declines  to  sketch  any  plan,  and  throws  himself 
into  the  lap  of  fate.  "The  main  point,"  be  said,  "is  to  keep 
yourself  in  readiness  for  any  work  that  may  turn  up."  [Henry 
Holt  &  Co.,  publishers.     For  sale  by  all  booksellers.] 

John  Strange  Winter's  novels  always  receive  a  hearty  welcome 
in  this  country.  Her  latest  is  entitled  "  A  Seventh  Child ;  "  it  is 
a  complicated  story  and  its  interest  is  intensified  by  the  introduc- 
tion of  a  heroine  who,  as  the  seventh  child,  is  endowed  with  the 
uncanny  gift  of  second  sight.  She  is  a  source  of  vast  apprehen- 
sion to  the  characters  in  the  book,  as  well  as  to  the  readers.  Any 
book  that  pictures  a  man  or  woman  possessed  of  such  a  weird 
quality  will  stir  tbe  leaven  of  superstition  in  tbe  breast  of  all  who 
read  it.  It  is  decidedly  out  of  John  Strange  Winter's  usual  style 
of  story-telling,  but  it  is  a  very  clever  story.  [J.  Selwin  Tait  & 
Sons,  Publishers.     For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

"  The  Duches9 ,:  seems  to  have  written  more  books  this  year 
than  any  other  author.  It  was  only  a  month  ago  that  we  read 
her  story,  "The  Red  House,"  a  weird  attempt  that  did  not  do 
her  justice.  But  in  "Peter's  Wife"  she  has  given  us  a  novel 
written  in  the  full  brilliancy  of  her  charming  style.  It  is  certainly 
one  of  the  best  books  of  the  year.  It  is  a  bright,  entertaining 
romance,  full  of  life  and  love,  and  just  tbe  thiDg  for  summer  days. 
The  characters  are  very  fine.  The  action  is  rapid  and  interesting. 
The  descriptions  are  artistic,  and  all  is  well-balanced.  [J.  B.  Lip- 
pincott  Co.,  Publishers.     For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

Miss  Ella  H.  Dixon  made  a  futile  attempt  to  describe  tbe  young 
woman  of  the  day  in  her  novel,  "  The  Story  of  a  Modern  Woman." 
May  Erie  is  a  modern  woman  only  in  the  sense  that  she  has  to 
go  into  the  world  and  earn  her  own  living;  she  is  not  a  woman 
suffragist,  a  woman  with  a  mission,  or  a  cigarette-smoking  Dodo, 
as  the  title  would  suggest.  The  story  tells  of  her  struggles  in  lit- 
erature and  art,  the  loss  of  a  lover  who  does  not  amount  to  much, 
and  her  later  trials  borne  with  a  quiet,  patient  sweetness  and  re- 
signation. It  is  cleverly  written  and,  in  places,  very  interesting. 
[Cassell  &  Co.,  Publishers.     For  sale  by  all  booksellers.] 

The  Cosmopolitan  for  August  contains  a  list  of  articles  of  unusual 
interest.  Among  them  are:  "Marie  Antoinette  in  Petit  Trianon," 
by  Germain  Bapst;  "A  Summer  Tour  in  Alaska,"  by  Lucy  M. 
Washburn;  "Voyagers"  (poem),  Edith  M.  Thomas;  "Outflank- 
ing Two  Emperors,"  by  Mnrat  Halsted;  "Tbe  English  Napo- 
leon," by  J.  Howe  Adams;  "A  Modern  Magian,"  by  Howard  Pyle; 
"An  Altruistic  Plutocrat,"  by  W.  D.  Howells,  and  several  chapters 
of  "The  Origin  of  Thought,"  a  novel,  by  Armando  P.  Vald€3. 

There  certainly  was  something  very  characteristic  in  this  reply 
by  Oscar  Wilde  to  an  invitaiion  to  become  a  member  of  a  club 
formed  to  attack  superstitions:  "But  I  love  superstitions,"  be 
said.  "  They  are  the  color  element  of  thought  and  imagination. 
They  are  the  opponents  of  common  sense.  Common  sense  is  the 
enemy  of  romance.  Tbe  aim  of  your  society  seems  to  be  dread- 
ful. Leave  us  some  unreality — some  shred  of  the  poetic.  Don't 
let  us  be  too  offensively  sane." 


Mrs.  Gertrude  Atherton  has  compiled  her  California  sketches 
and  has  published  tbem  in  a  very  neat  book,  entitled  "Before 
the  Gringos  Came."  She  has  dedicated  her  work  to  the  Bohemian 
Club  of  this  city,  which  organization  may  feel  proud  for  the  honor 
conferred  on  it.  The  tales  in  "  Before  the  Gringos  Came  "  were 
written  before  Mrs.  Atherton  became  a  famous  novelist,  and  now 
that  she  is  generally  considered  one  of  the  brightest  authoresses  liv- 
ing, they  are  doubly  valuable.  They  contain  all  the  cbarm,  all  the 
pathos,  humor,  love,  and  indifference  that  have  made  her  later 
works  prominent.  One  can  read  them  even  if  one  has  read  them 
before  and  find  in  them  an  intrinsic  value  of  rare  quality.  Mrs. 
Atherton  always  found  in  California  a  large  field  for  all  kinds  of 
literary  work.  Her  stories  in  this  volume  are  essentially  Califor- 
nian  in  character;  they  are,  also,  dainty,  interesting,  and  polished. 
[For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

Mr.  W.  Clark  Russell's  latest  story,  "List,  Ye  Landsmen,"  is 
fully  in  keeping  with  the  remainder  of  bis  admirable  sea  stories. 
It  is  like  taking  a  trip  to  sea  to  read  it.  Mr.  Russell  visits  some 
new  countries  in  this  work  and  his  description  of  them  is  particu- 
larly interesting.  The  book  is  full  of  excitement  and  it  is  so  in- 
tensely interesting  that  it  will  hold  the  attention  of  the  reader 
from  start  to  finish.  [The  Cassell  Publishing  Company.  For  sale 
at  Cooper's] 

Ollendorff,  the  Parisian  publisher,  says  the  Literary  Digest,  will 
soon  issue  "  8ouvenirs  de  Sebastopol,  recueillis  et  redigSs  par  S. 
M.  T.  Alexander  III.,  Empereur  de  Russie."  The  Parisian  jour- 
nal, Revue  Bleue,  has  bad  access  to  the  advance  Bheets  and  pub- 
lishes two  stories  from  the  forthcoming  book,  entitled  "Recit  d'un 

Officer  "  and   "  Recit  d'une  Sceur  de  ChariteV' The  Roumanian 

Government,  according  to  the  Vienna  Neue  Fraie  Presse,  has  pur- 
chased the  splendid  scientific  library  of  Prof.  Karl  Vogt,  in 
Geneva.  It  has  ag-eed  to  pay  that  scholar  a  yearly  rent  of  12,000 
francs  during  his   lifetime  and  in  the  event  of  his  decease  before 

his  wife  a  yearly  sum  of  4000  francs  to  his  widow. It   is  said 

that  Madame  Gounod,  the  widow  of  the  deceased  composer,  and 
her  son,  M.  Jean  Gounod,   are  preparing   a  memoir  of  the  great 

French  musician. A  letter  of   Robert  Browning   was  recently 

sold  in  London,  in  which  he  speaks  enthusiastically  of  the  liberal 
treatment  his  wife  received  from  American  publishers.  They 
paid  her  $100  apiece  for  her  poems,  and  offered  $2,600  a  year  for 
an  amount  of  labor  which  would  cost  his  wife  and  himself  but  a 
single  morning  a  week.  The  leiter  was  written  from  Florence  in 
1860. 


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SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


17 


LAWN    TENNIS. 


THE  tournament  at  the  California  Club  proved  a  very  enjoy- 
able affair,  and  was  witnessed  by  a  fair-sized  audience,  wbo 
were  treated  to  some  really  good  tennis.  The  surprise  of  tbe 
afternoon  was  the  defeat  of  tbe  Hardy  brothers  by  the  Blagee 
brothers,  after  tbe  former  team  bad  beaten  the  Whitney  broth- 
ers, arjd  tbe  style  of  playing  during  both  matches  was  at  times 
very  brilliant,  although  hardly  of  championship  merit.  Tbe 
Whitneys  ought  to  have  defeated  their  opponents,  having  won 
the  first  set,  and  only  wanting  one  point  to  win  the  second, 
which,  however,  they  did  not  win,  and,  losing  confidence,  made 
a  very  poor  showing  in  the  final  set.  The  Magee  brothers,  on 
the  other  hand,  had  everything  to  loose,  the  score  in  the  final  set 
being  five  to  one  against  them,  but  by  fair  play  and  good  luck 
pulled  up  to  five  all,  and  eventually  won  by  seven  games  to  five. 
In  justice  to  tbe  Hardys  it  must  be  stated  that  they  were  handi- 
capped to  the  tuoe  of  15,  and  moreover  did  not  put  up  their 
usual  game.  The  ties  for  the  second  prize  will  be  played  off  to- 
day, and  the  winner  of  the  Hardy  brothers  and  Mitchell  and  Wil- 
berforce  will  ptay  McGavin  and  Potter  for  the  second  prize. 

The  double  championship  for  the  Olympic  Annex  Tennis  Ulub 
will  be  played  off  to-morrow,  commencing  at  10  a.  m.,  and  the 
following  teams  have  entered:  Wilberforce  and  Allison,  Treat 
and  Wilber,  Crowell  and  Stoker,  Booth  and  O'Brien,  Greenlee  and 
Allison,  Milton  and  Humphreys,  and  Elliott  and  Horrigan.  The 
entries  will  be  divided  into  two  classes,  and  the  winners  of  the 
first  class,  giving  a  handicap  to  the  winners  of  the  second  class, 
will  play  off  for  the  championship  trophies. 

The  Messrs.  Neel  have  at  last  succeeded  in  finding  their  Water- 
loo, and  the  defeat  accorded  to  them  by  Messrs.  Hovey  and 
Hobart  is  a  sore  disappointment  to  their  admirers  here.  From 
all  accounts  the  first  and  third  sets  were  tame,  Hovey  and  Hobart 
driving  past  them  all  the  time,  but  the  second  was  interesting, 
the  Neels,  through  good  volleying,  losing  only  after  six-all  had 
been  called.  The  score  was  6-3.  8  6,  6-1  in  favor  of  Hovey  and 
Hobart,  who  again  hold  the  double  championship  of  America 
this  year.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  Carr  Neel  will  make  a  better 
showing  in  the  single  championship. 

In  last  week's  issue  we  spoke  aboot  the  advisability  of  incor- 
porating clubs  which  had  "  run  down"  financially,  and  it  would 
appear  as  if  our  article  were  an  acceptable  suggestion,  as  the 
directors  of  the  California  Club  are  to  hold  a  meeting  next  Tues- 
day apropos  of  this  subject.  The  idea  has  always  appeared  to  us 
as  being  a  feasible  one  and  one  that  ought  to  be  considered  by 
every  club  that  finds  itself  deteriorating.  We  have  never  seen  the 
justice  of  making  a  few  responsible  for  the  faults  of  many,  and 
non-payment  of  dues,  etc.,  by  a  majority  is  certainly  not  the 
fault  of  the  directors,  and  it  will  only  show  a  total  lack  of  public 
spirit  if  the  members  of  the  California  Club  who  are  behindhand 
will  allow  the  club  to  sink  further  into  debt.  The  members  who 
play  and  have  been  playing  all  owe  the  club  something  for  fur- 
nishing them  the  amusement  they  have  had  and  still  can  have, 
and  so  they  ought  to  put  their  shoulders  to  the  wheel,  face  the 
music,  and  put  back  tbe  club  on  its  proper  basis.  The  same  can 
be  said  of  the  Oakland  Club,  which,  though  it  has  brought  forth 
the  Hardy  brothers,  is  not  as  flourishing  as  it  might  be.  If  sev- 
eral of  the  members  took  as  much  interest  in  trying  to  revive  ten- 
nis as  they  are  in  trying  to  revive  baseball,  we  should  see  a  very 
large  entry  at  the  September  tournament.  The  association 
thought  itself  lucky  in  having  thirteen  entries  for  the  single 
championship — there  were  some  seventy-four  at  Newport — and 
yet  they  say  interest  in  the  East  is  lagging. 

The  untimely  death  of  S.  L.  Golcher  will  cast  a  gloom  over  his 
many  friends  in  all  tennis  circles.  He  was  first  and  foremost  in 
every  proposition  to  improve  the  game,  and  his  loss  will  be  felt 
everywhere. 

The  Association  is  glad  to  announce  that  it  has  been  able  to 
offer  two  challenge  cups  this  year  for  the  gentleman's  doubles. 
These  cups  must  be  won  three  times,  not  necessarily  consecu- 
tively, and  will  be  on  view,  in  conjunction  with  the  other  prizes, 
at  Hammersmith  &  Fields,  next  week. 

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220  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 

i$£2SLi'i~u"i> $7,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S 654,433.31 

GEO.  MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
. 232  California  St.,  S.F..Cal. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORTCOSTA,  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Begular    Warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat, 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  FIrst-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold. 
If  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  of  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld,  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL  .^_ *6,700,000 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
Wo.  316  California  Street.  San  Francisco 

SIEBE,  RASGHEN  &.  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 

Telephone  272.  210  Sansome  St. 

Agents  foe  8an  Fkancisco.— Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co  ,  of  New 
York;  Hanover  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  York;  United  Firemen's  Insur- 
ance Co.,  of  Philadelphia;  Sun  Insurance  Office,  of  London. 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS,  Assets   119,724,638.45. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  VIce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 

HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco, 

~~  AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 

Capital,  $2,250,000-  Total  Assets,  $6,864,663  65 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  CONK  A  P  A  CO.,  General  Managers, 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  he  sustained.  ' 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 
410  California  St, ,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  18S6.] 
Office— NorthweBt  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 
SEP.  F.  SBAST,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YOHK. 

Capital  Paid  Up %    600,000 

Assets        8.181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,525,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

501  Montgomery  Street 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  25, 1894. 


THE    LAW    FOR    THE    WOLVES.— Rudyard  Kipling. 

TUOW  this  is  the  law  of  the  jangle,  as  old  and  as  true  aa  the 
IN         sky, 

And  the  wolf  that  shall  keep  it  may  prosper,  but  the  wolf  that  shall 
break  it  must  die. 

As  the  creeper  that  girdles  the  tree  trunk  the  law  runneth  forward 
and  back;  , 

For  the  strength  of  the  pack  is  the  wolf,  and  the  strength  of  the  wolf 
is  the  pack. 

Wash  daily  from  nose  tip  to  tail  tip;  drink  deeply,  but  never  too 

deep; 
And  remember  the  night  is  for  huntiug  and  forget  not  the  day  is  for 

sleep. 

The  jackal  may  follow  the  tiger,  but,  cub,  when  thy  whiskers  are 

grown, 
Remember  the  wolf  is  a  hunter— go  forth  and  get  food  of  thy  own. 

Keep  peace  with  the  lords  of  the  jungle,  the  tiger,  the  panther,  the 

bear,  .      .  . 

And  trouble  not  Hathi  the  Silent,  and  mock  not  the  boar  in  his  lair. 

When  ye  fight  with  a  wolf  of  the  pack  ye  must  fight  him  alo-,e  and 

afar, 
Lest  others  take  part  in  the  quarrel  and  the  pack  is  diminished  by 

war. 

The  lair  of  the  wolf  is  his  refuge,  and  where  he  has  made  him  a 

home, 
Not  even  the  head  wolf  may  enter,  not  even  the  council  may  come. 

The  lair  of  the  wolf  is  his  refuge,  and  where  he  has  digged  it  too 

plain, 
The  council  shall  send  him  a  message,  and  so  he  shall  change  it 

again. 

If  ye  kill  before  midnight  be  silent,  and  wake  not  the  woods  with  your 

bay, 
Lest  ye  frighten  the  detr  from  the  crop  and  thy  brothers  go  empty 

away. 

Ye  may  kill  for  yourselves,  and  your  mates,  and  your  cubs  as  they 

need  and  ye  can; 
Bnt  kill  not  for  pleasure  of  killing,  and  seven  times  never  kill  man. 

If  ye  plunder  his  kill  from  a  weaker,  devour  not  all  in  thy  pride. 
Pack-right  is  the  right  of  the  meanest,  so  leave  him  ihe  bead  and  the 
hide. 

The  kill  of  the  pack  is  the  meat  of  the  pack.    Ye  must  eat  where  it 

lies; 
And  no  one  may  carry  away  of  that  meat  to  his  lair,  or  he  dies. 

The  kill  of  the  wolf  is  the  meat  of  the  wolf.  He  may  do  what  he  will ; 
But,  till  he  is  given  permission,  the  pack  may  nut  eat  of  that  kill. 

Lair  right  is  the  right  of  the  mother      From  all  of  her  year  she  may 

claim 
One  haunch  of  each  kill  for  her  litter,  and  none  may  deny  her  the 

same. 

Cub  right  is  the  right  of  the  yearling.    From  all  of  his  pack  he  may 

claim 
Full  gorge  when  the  killer  has  eaten;  and  none  may  refuse  him  the 

same. 

Cave  right  is  the  right  of  the  father,  to  bunt  b*y  himself  for  his  own ; 
He  is  freed  from  all  calls  to  the  pack.    He  is  judged  by  the  council 
alone. 

Because  of  his  age  and  his  cunning,  because  of  his  gripe  and  his  paw, 
In  all  that  the  law  leaveth  open  the  word  of  the  head  wolf  is  law. 

Now  these  are  the  laws  of  the  jungle  and  many  and  mighty  are  they ; 
But  the  head  and  the  hoof  of  the  law  and  the  haunch  and  hump  is— 
Obey ! 

GOOD-NIGHT.—  Kate  Uhopin,  in  the  Times-Democrat. 


Good  night,  good  night! 

Good-bye  it  shall  not  be; 
For  all  the  days  that  come  and  go,  dear  love, 

'Twixt  now  and  happiness,  'twixt  thee  and  me, 
Shall  moments  dark,  oblivious  prove. 
Until  I  look  into  thy  tender  eyes, 

And  hear  again  thy  loving  voice,  no  light, 
No  day  will  break,  for  me  no  sun  will  rise, 

My  own,  my  well-beloved— good-night,  good-night! 


:B^.:r5rjK:s- 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  aud  Sansome  streets 
HEAD    OFFICE  60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nauaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland — British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney,  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided   Profits  (January  1, 1894) 3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

«.'«  >  K  RES  l»ON  l>ENTS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston — Tremont  National  Bank;  London — Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev}— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zeal- nd— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  aDd  India — 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis — Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Deuver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans.  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frank fort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  aud  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  ONION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627,052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland ;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours — 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6  ;30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

office  as. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

DiRECToas— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order.  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,61 0,000  OO 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 29,429,2i7  0» 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers:  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  EggerB,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N   E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund  700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York — J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 

a"i0a'  n.lTlfeHRlL,i  Managers 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 

N.  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutler  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,260,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth  Cashier  I  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E .  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


August  2.">,  1894. 


S.VN  1  Tt.YNCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


TERRENCE  MVRFHY  was  sncb.  a  good  carpenter  tbat  he  was 
rarely  wilboal  employment.  Moreover,  he  was  so  thoroughly 
good  natnred  and  so  invariably  ready  to  make  the  best  of  his  oc- 
casional misfortune  that  his  fellow  workmen  declared  him  the  most 
popular  man  in  the  trade.  One  Saturday,  toward  the  tired  end  of 
the  day,  Terreuce  was  shingling  the  roof  ol  a  new  bouse.  Suddenly 
bis  foot  slipped  and  he  fell  to  the  ground.  As  the  bouse  was  low  the 
fall  was  not  long,  yet  he  lay  so  motionless  that  the  other  men  ran  to 
him  quickly,  believing  the  worst  had  happened,  .lust  as  they  reached 
him  he  opened  bis  eyes  and  grinned.  "Are  you  much  hurt,  my  boy  ?  " 
asked  one  of  the  riien  tenderly.  Terrence  grunted.  "  That  was  a 
bad  tall.  Terrence."  The  unfortunate  fellow  drew  a  breath.  ''Och, 
nivor  moind,"  he  said.    "  Oi  was  coming  down  after  nails,  anyway." 

— Boston  Budget. 
"  lr  anybody  inquires  for  me,"  said  the  answers-to-queries  man 
feebly,  "  )'ou  can  say  I  have  gone  home  sick."  After  he  had  tottered 
out  of  the  office  they  looked  on  his  desk  and  saw  that  he  had  just 
opened  a  letter  from  '•  Old  Subscriber  "  containing  these  questions: 
"  Which  is  correct — '  To-morrow  is  Friday.'  or  '  to-morrow  will  be 
Friday  ?  '  "  "  What  were  the  causes  that  led  to  the  Franco- Prussian 
war  ?  "  "  Will  vou  please  give  me.  in  as  brief  outline  as  possible,  a 
statement  of  what  was  done  at  the  World  Fa^r  Congresses  last  year?  " 

—  Chicago  Tribune. 
She  looked  quite  neat 

Sailing  down  the  street, 

But  there  are  malicious  rumors 
(O'er  which  she  grieves) 
That  she  used  her  old  sleeves 

In  making  her  bicycle  bloomers. 

— Indianapolis  Journal. 
"  I  wonder  if  it  is  necessary  to  balance  books  in  business  ?  "  said 
Mrs.  Smith,  addressing  Mrs.  Jones.  "  I  don't  know;  but  why  do  you 
ask  ?  "  answered  the  latter  lady.  "  I  was  thinking  if  it  was  not  abso- 
lutely necessary  they  ought  to  do  away  with  it.  for  my  husband  never 
stays  down  to  his  office  at  night  to  balance  books  but  he  comes  home 
drunk."  — New  York  Press. 

There  are  two  kinds  of  summer  girls  at  picnics.  One  kind  goes  in 
the  morning  and  has  a  good  time  eating  and  getting  dusty  and 
freckled  all  day.  The  other  kind  comes  along  at  live  o'clock,  clean 
and  starched  from  a  band  box,  and  walks  off  with  the  boys  who  have 
been  having  fun  all  day  with  the  tired  and  dusty  girls. 

— Atchison  Globe. 

The  dude  was  makiDg  the  girl  dead  tired  hy  his  long  and  vapid 
talk  on  the  advancement  of  women.  "  Don't  you  ever  wish  you  were 
a  man?  "  be  asked,  as  a  kind  of  clincher,  "  No,"  she  responded  in 
the  sweetest,  most  womanly  way.    "  Do  you  ?  "  —  Ex. 

"  Yes,  we  had  a  frightful  experience,"  said  the  returned  traveler. 
"  Have  you  any  idea  how  it  feels  to  be  hemmed  inbyicebergs  1"  "I 
think  I  have,"  replied  the  other.  "  I  once  attended  a  five  o'clock  tea 
in  Boston."  — Ex. 

He  failed  in  society,  truth  we  must  tell; 

He  didn't  quite  meet  the  demands; 
He  had  wealth  and  refinement,  he  danced  very  well, 
But  he  couldn't  learn  how  to  shake  hands. 

—  Washington  Star. 
Chappie— What  is  the  armor  plate  they  are  talking  so  much  ahout? 

Sappie— I  haven't  given  the  suhject  much  study,  but  I  presume  that 
it  is  the  plate  they  serve  the  armor  on  to  the  soldiers,  don't  you  know. 

— Ex. 
In  a  crowded  street  car  an  elderly  woman  offers  her  seat  to  a  still 
older  woman  who  has  just  entered.     The  latter  exclaims,  sneeringly, 
"  Oh,  you  needn't  get  up!    Compared  with  you,  I  am  still  young!  " 

— Fliegende  Blaetter. 

Foetdne  never  changes  men.  It  only  brings  out  what  is  already 
ia  them.  "  It  is  doubtless  a  love  match ;  a  real,  genuineone."  "How 
can  you  tell.    He's  given  up  cigarettes  and  she  her  cooking  lessons. 

Tommy— Paw,  I  heard  a  man  say  that  Mr.  Batts  was  a  self-made 
man.  What  is  a  self-made  man  ?  Mr.  Tinkie— A  man  who  knows 
how  to  buy  a  dollar's  worth  of  work  for  fifty  cents.  —  Ex. 

Banks  (from  his  berth,  feebly)— I  say,  steward,  do  you  think  it's 
all  up  with  me  ?  Steward  (cheerfully)— Heverythink,  for  the  present, 
sir ;  but  your  happetite  will  be  a-comin'  hy  an'  by. 

— New  York  Herald. 

He  (deprecatingly)— Eeally,  my  dear  Miss  St.  George,  I  am  a  cham- 
pion liar.  She  (in  surprise)— Why,  I  didn't  know  you  were  a  morn- 
ing newspaper  reporter.  Ex. 

"  My  wife  is  putting  up  some  brandied  peaches,''  remarked  Mr. 
Quit  Man.  "  I  don't  care  much  for  the  peaches,  but  I  like  the  spirit 
in  which  she  works."  —Quitman  (Ga.)  Free  Press. 

Dashaway— What  luck  did  you  have  on  your  last  Western  trip  ? 
Billboard  (the  tragedian)— Splendid!  I  wore  my  bullet-proof  coat  on 


BANKS. 


every  occasion. 


—  Clothier  and  Furnisher. 


Harry— Say,  Ben,  if  you  were  not  yourself  who  would  you  rather 
be  ?  Ben— Why,  my  son,  of  course.  It  would  be  such  an  honor  to 
have  such  a  sire.  —Arkansaw  Traveler. 

Shi— You  are  awfully  voung  to  be  called  Colonel.  He— Well,  I 
have  been  in  eighteen  engagements  and  the  girl  and  I  fought  in  every 
one  —New  York  News. 

"Did  you  ever  go  to  Bins,  the  tailor?"  "Yes.  Got  two  suits 
from  him.    One  dress  suit.    One  lawsuit.    Very  expensive  man. 

— Ex. 


CALIFORNIA    SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST    CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  $1 ,000,000. 

Uornkr  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.   D.   FKY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzrll  Brown,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator. 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  Income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  aud  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


August  25,  1894. 


A    DEFENDER     OF     THE    CORSET. 

From  the  Pall  Mall  Gazette. 

0"?  course,  if  women  choose  to  abuse  tbe 
benefits  of  the  corset,  and  instead  of 
reveling  in  the  support  and  gentle  firm- 
ness of  outline  which  prevents  petticoat 
strings,  buttons  or  other  details  of  under- 
clothes from  hurting  the  tender  flesh, 
strive  to  attain  the  wasp-like  abomination 
of  a  16-inch  waist  they  are  to  blame,  but 
not  the  innocent  corset.  But  much  de- 
pends on  the  corset,  which  may  be  as 
beautiful  as  the  calyx  of  a  flower.  The 
chief  matter  is  to  see  that  the  lines  are 
kept  as  long  as  possible.  The  corsets  that 
spread  out  suddenly  above  and  below  the 
waist  convert  a  woman  into  something 
resembling  a  pilgrim's  guard,  and  are  of 
the  kind  which  have  given  rise  to  the 
grewsome  tales  of  livers  being  cut  in  two 
by  tight  lacing.  With  the  long  lines  open- 
ing out  gradually  as  the  shape  expands, 
the  pressure  is  equally  distributed  and 
everything  kept  in  its  proper  place,  while 
the  figure  preserves  that  swaying,  flower- 
like  suppleness  and  beauty  which  is  by 
far  its  greatest  charm. 

Corsets  should  never  be  worn  of  any- 
thing but  satin  or  brocade.  Of  course,  we 
are  writing  tor  the  artist  in  such  matters, 
the  woman  who  wisely  looks  upon  thein- 
ner  mysteries  of  clothes  as  being  of  far 
more  importance  than  the  outer  garb, 
which  undergoes  contact  with  the  world 
at  large,  and,  therefore,  can  in  no  way  be 
considered  as  a  sacred  part  of  her  person- 
ality. An  outcry  will  perhaps  be  made  as 
regards  expense,  but  there  is  no  need,  for 
it  is  easy  to  bay  in  the  biennial  sales  rem- 
nants of  thick  brocade  (t  J  yards  is  suf- 
ficient) for  a  few  shillings,  and  equally 
easy  to  get  these  remains  converted  into 
the  loveliest  of  corsets  by  a  professional 
corsetiere.  Besides,  satin  and  brocade  cor- 
sets not  only  last  longer  and  keep  their 
shape  far  better  than  the  bnmble  and  an- 
ornamental  ones  in  coutil,  but  the  fit  of 
a  bodice  is  entirely  different  over  a  silken 
corset.  The  silken  "friend"  is  lighter, 
softer,  more  pliable. 

For  daily  winter  wear  the  rich  shades  of 
warm  color — orange,  mazarine,  blue,  car- 
dinal, myrtle  and  many  other  similar  ones 
answer  admirably,  especially  if  the  silk 
petticoats  are  made  to  match,  as  they 
ought  to  be. 


THE 


SUMMER     GIRL.- 
Bazar. 


■From  Harper'i 


THERE  is  a  great  deal  of  fun,  innocent 
and  not  so  innocent,  made  concerning 
the  summer  girl,  as  she  is  called.  Exactly 
what  is  meant  by  the  term  might  puzzle  a 
lawyer.  Yet  enough  is  implied  to  make 
the  words  an  embarrassment  to  many  a 
young  girl  starting  out  on  her  summer's 
pleasure.  One  would  suppose,  to  read  and 
hear  the  remarks  about  this  summer  girl, 
that  she  was  something  created  out  of  thin 
air  for  the  time  being,  relapsing  into  non- 
existence at  the  end  of  tbe  season,  made 
for  the  amusement  of  the  watering-place 
young  man,  quite  charming  and  quite  rep- 
rehensible, serving  no  other  purpose  in 
her  brief  life  than  to  kill  time  for  the  men 
she  happens  to  meet,  by  wandering  and 
maundering  with  them  in  the  moonlight 
and  giving  them  the  fictitious  joys  and 
tremors  of  purposeless  flirtation. 

It  is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  that 
every  pretty  girl  arrays  herself  in  her 
finery  for  the  sake  of  the  masculine 
chance-comer.  Probably,  except  in  an 
idealizing  way,  she  does  not  think  of  him. 
She  loves  soft  colors,  soft  fabrics,  ribbons, 
flowers,  tbe  late  styles,  because  they  are 
pretty  in  themselves,  and  she  loves  pretty 
things,  loves  to  snrronnd  herself  with 
them,  feels  as  if  they  were  natural  to  her, 
a  proper  part  of  her  entourage,  as  much 
hers  by  right  as  her  hair  and  eyes ,  and  she 


has  no  ulterior  motive  in  making  herself 
lovely  with  them.  She  does  not  put  on 
her  gown  and  hat  for  the  sake  of  any  pos- 
sible lover,  further  than  some  dim  and 
faint  suggestion  is  in  her  inner  and  unre- 
cognized consciousness  that  when  the 
bridegroom  comes  her  lamp  shall  be 
trimmed  and  burning;  but  she  does  not 
see  that  possible  bridegroom  in  every 
chance  arrival;  it  is  indeed  more  often  the 
case  that  long  after  he  has  come  she  has  to 
find  that  it  is  he.  She  puts  on  that  charm- 
ing gown  and  hat  because  it  is  the  right 
and  proper  thing  to  be  fitly  clothed,  and 
only  the  lovely  and  the  becoming  is  the 
fit.  Nor  is  she  gay  and  fetching  because 
she  wishes  to  attract  and  receive  atten- 
tion; she  is  gay  because  she  is  young  and 
bappy,  and  all  young  things  are  gay,  and 
most  are  happy,  and  she  iB  fetching  be- 
cause she  can  not  help  it. 

Bat  if  the  young  girl  at  Bummer  places  is 


liable,  through  her  beauty,  her  exuberant 
spirits,  her  enjoyment  of  life,  to  any  Bach 
misconstruction  as  this  talk  about  the 
summer  girl  involves,  then  she  will  be 
wise  to  govern  her  movements  In  each  a 
way  as  to  make  tbe  talk  a  libel  on  its  face; 
to  keep  her  toilet  quiet,  however  fine  and 
lovely;  to  keep  her  spirits  and  her  voice 
within  bounds,  her  eyes  from  wandering, 
and  her  feet  too;  to  cultivate,  with  all 
proper  enjoyment  of  movement  and  exer- 
cise, as  much  repose  of  manner  for  the 
piazza,  the  shingle,  tbe  woodland  path,  as 
for  the  drawing-room — repose  that  need 
not  in  the  least  interfere  with  buoyant 
gait,  dancing  step,  or  swift  motion,  bat 
which  shall  give  her  a  little  atmosphere  of 
reserve  in  the  midst  of  her  gaiety,  and 
which  is  a  greater  charm  than  all  the 
abandon  to  be  dreamed,  and  shall  make 
the  well-worn  reference  to  her  as  palpable 
a  fable  as  it  is  stale  and  trite. 


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A  REPORT  that  a  large  Central  American  republic,  consisting 
of  Nicaragua,  Costa  Rica,  Honduras,  and  perhaps  some  other 
of  the  petty  Spanish-American  States,  is  about  to  be  formed,  has 
been  passing  the  rounds  of  thedaily  papers  during  thepast  week. 
It  has  been  partially  contradicted,  but,  nevertheless,  the  fnot  that 
such  a  scheme  has  been  bruited  again  is  significant.  The  idea  of 
a  great  Central  American  republic  is  not  a  new  one.  It  has  been 
thought  of  and  talked  of  for  years  and  the  fact  that  it  crops  up  from 
lime  to  time  shows  that  it  has  some  element  of  stability  about  it 
— and  it  has;  that  element  is  the  fact  that  it  is  a  thing  which 
should  be.  Nevei  theNss,  such  a  combination  is  almost  as  impossi- 
ble as  it  is  desirable.  The  smaller  Spanish- American  countries  would 
all  be  much  better  off  if  united  Into  larger  communities.  In  the 
way  of  such  a  consummation,  however,  there  stand  a  great  many 
difficulties;  the  principal,  if  not  the  basic,  one  of  these,  is  the  fact 
that  the  Spanish-American  people  do  not  really  understand  gen- 
uine republican  institutions;  the  idea  of  the  government  and  the 
law  towering  above  all,  and  yet  of  the  individual  citizen  being, 
within  the  wide  limits  of  his  own  proper  field  of  action,  just  as 
great  as  the  government  is  a  contradiction  which  the  Spanish- 
American  mind  cannot  grasp.  Its  conception  of  the  republic  is  a 
government  in  which  the  official  reigns,  rather  than  serves,  uutil 
such  time  as  he  is  chased  from  power.  Such  people  cannot  grasp 
or  comprehend  any  idea  of  the  benefits  which  a  union  of  small 
States  would  bring;  and  of  course,  the  members  of  the  official 
class  would  be  opposed  to  such  a  step  for,  in  the  language  of  Af- 
rican diplomacy,  its  natural  effect  would  be  to  curtail  their 
••sphere  of  usefulness." 

What  is  known  as  the  Evicted  Tenants  bill,  which  was  recently 
rejected  by  the  Britisb  House  of  Lords,  is  one  of  those  measures 
wuicb  can  be  defended  only  upon  the  ground  of  expediency  and 
necessity.  If  its  principle  were  to  be  followed  in  other  and  general 
legislation,  the  legal  foundations  upon  which  organized  society 
rests  would  be  cut  away.  Practically,  Ihe  bill  was  drawn  in  the 
interests  of  some  nine  hundred  or  so  of  Irish  tenants  who,  in  obe; 
dience  to  what  is  known  as  "the  plan  of  campaign,"  refused  to 
pay  their  rents,  though  they  were  able  to  do  eo,  and,  as  a  result 
of  their  default,  caused  their  own  eviction  from  their  homes. 
They  did  this  in  obedience  to  the  advice  of  political  leaders,  and 
for  the  purpose  of  creating  political  effect,  by  drawing  attention 
throughout  England  and  Scotland  to  the  extravagant  rents  that 
they  were  paying.  The  purpose  of  the  recently  defeated  bill  was 
to  restore  them  to  their  former  holdings  and  to  compensate  those 
who  may  have  rented  in  the  meantime  the  vacant  farms,  and 
established  homes  thereon.  Such  a  meatu-e  is,  when  viewed  as 
an  abstraction,  opposed  to  every  principle  of  government  and 
good  social  order;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  when  it  is  viewed  in 
the  concrete,  it  will  be  found  that  there  are  special  conditions 
which  partially,  if  not  wholly,  justify  the  measure.  All  recent 
Irish  legislation  has  been  based  upon  the  desire  to  placate  and 
adjust  rather  than  to  follow  great  and  logical  principles.  Even  the 
original  idea  of  Home  Rule,  as  expressed  in  Mr.  Gladstone's  tirs-t 
bill,  was  illogical,  but  the  scheme  has  broadened  out  now  so  that 
Irish  Home  Rule  is  but  the  first  part  of  a  symmetrical  whole.  It 
is  from  this  standpoint  that  the  Evicted  Tenants  bill  can  be  justi- 
fied.    Slightly  paraphrasing  the  language  which  President  Cleve- 


land applied  to  another  suhject :  ••  It  was  a  condition  and  not  a 
theory  which  confronted  the  British  Ministry  when  the  defeated 
bill  was  drawn." 


The  rejection  of  that  measure,  by  the  House  of  Lords,  will  not 
create  of  itself  any  very  acute  feeling  of  antagonism  in  the  Eng- 
lish, Scotch,  and  Welsh  constituencies  toward  the  hereditary  leg- 
islators, but  it  will  form  another  drop  in  the  bucket  of  general 
dissatisfaction  with  which  the  recent  and  continued  interference 
with  the  will  of  the  people's  representatives  is  regarded  through- 
oat  the  islands. 

The  war  between  China  and  Japan  has  not,  up  to  the  time  of 
writing,  developed  anything  new  or  startling  either  in  a  diplomatic 
or  military  way.  An  account  baa  come  to  hand  of  an  extensive 
engagement  in  which  the  Chinese  troops  were  victorious.  The 
story,  however,  comes  from  Chinese  sources,  and  though  it  Is 
not  necessarily  apochryphal  it  must  be  received  with  great  cau- 
tion. There  is  also  a  vague  and  indefinite  rumor  that  a  great  bat- 
tle is  impending,  but  the  location  and  all  other  useful  data  are 
left  to  the  imagination.  Reading  between  the  lines  of  that  infor- 
mation, a  skeptical  person  would  feel  inclined  almost  to  think 
that  a  battle  has  been  fought  in  which  the  Chinese  were  worsted 
and  that  the  report  of  victory  has  been  put  forth  in  order  to  break 
the  force  of  the  news  that  must  come  subsequently.  At  any  rate* 
that  is  the  Chinese  style. 

The  daily  papers,  a  few  days  ago,  published  short  telegrams  an- 
nouncing that  the  Japanese  government  was  about  to  engage  im- 
mediately in  the  work  of  treaty  revision.  This  telegram  bore  all 
the  earmarks  of  home  manufacture  and  read  suspiciously  like  a 
mutilation  of  some  comments  on  the  subject  which  were  published 
in  this  column  a  few  weeks  ago.  Now,  the  fact  of  the  matter  is 
that  there  could  be  nothing  more  unlikely  than  that  the  Japanese 
government  should  take  up  the  work  of  treaty  revision  at  this 
time,  because  it  is  a  business  which  will  necessarily  cause  more  or 
less  diplomatic  friction  and  controversy  with  other  countries. 
The  direction  which  the  Japanese  desire  treaty  revision  to  take  is, 
in  its  very  nature,  a  withdrawal  from  foreigners  of  certain  privi- 
leges which  they  now  enjoy,  and  tbeir  entire  submission,  while 
residing  in  Japan,  to  the  ordinary  laws  and  judicial  administration 
of  the  country.  It  is  clear  that  Japan  is  not  likely  to  raise  this 
dangerous  subject  while  she  is  engaged  in  a  desperate  war  with 
China;  and  it  is  measurably  certain  that  if  she  is  worsted  in  that 
war  she  will  not  raise  the  question  at  all,  because  the  demand  for 
treaty  revision  comes  from  that  same  active  spirit  of  national 
self-assertion  which  forced  the  issue  in  Corea.  If  defeat  comes  to 
the  Japanese  arms  that  spirit  will  be  broken.  On  the  other  hand, 
if  the  Japanese  are  victorious  that  spirit  will  be  doubly  self- 
assertive  and  the  government  will  be  forced  to  take  up  the  treaty 
question.  Count  Iio's  ministry  has  been,  for  the  past  two  years 
or  so,  practically  defying  popular  sentiment  in  Japan  on  thia  sub- 
ject. In  the  face  of  a  successful  war  it  will  be  able  to  do  so  no 
longer 


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August  25,  lbi>4. 


THERE  baa  been  little  else  thought  of  tbis  week  than  Del 
Monte.  Tbe  greater  part  of  the  swim  is  there  at  the  present 
moment,  many  going  thither  from  the  other  resorts,  while  the  crowd 
has  been  otherwise  augmented  by  those  who  had  returned  to  town 
but  have  gone  back  there  again  to  see  that  the  Country  Club  shoots 
pigeons  in  the  most  approved  style.  In  short,  it  is  easier  and  takes 
less  space  to  tell  who  is  not  there  than  who  is.  To  say  that  they  have 
had  and  are  having  a  glorious  time  would  be  waste  of  breath,  as  that 
has  been  a  foregone  conclusion  for  some  time  past,  but  it  is  also  safe 
to  say  that  a  very  weary  set  of  people  will  retire  to  their  slumbers 
to-night  "  when  the  dance  is  done"  and  the  handsome  supper  which 
follows  it  is  partaken  of.  The  festivities  close  with  the  sacred  concert 
to-morrow  and  the  display  of  fireworks  at  night,  and  on  Monday 
society  will  commence  to  flock  back  to  town  again,  but  scarcely  to 
settle  down  until  it  has  been  decided  whether  Miss  Bee  Hooper  is  to 
retain  her  place  as  lady  champion  in  the  tennis  field,  which  will  be 
done  in  the  tennis  courts  at  San  Rafael  the  week  after  next,  where 
another  gay  gathering  is  looked  for.  Those  who  have  been  at  Mon- 
terey the  past  two  weeks  have  been  enjoying  themselves  to  the 
u  most  in  a  variety  of  ways,  picnics  holding  first  place  as  a  means  of 
pleasure  and  amusement.  The  largest  of  the  month  was  the  young 
people's  picnic  given  by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Spreckels,  all  her  guests  being 
unmarried  people  except  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Pope  and  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dan  Murphy.     Point  Lobos  was  the  scene  of  ihe  frolic. 

St.  Luke's  church  held  a  large  assemblage  of  guests  last  Tuesday  to 
witness  the  marriage  of  Miss  Alice  Kinne  and  Dr.  Clark  James 
Burnham,  which  took  place  promptly  at  noon.  The  decorations  were 
confined  exclusively  to  the  chancel,  and  were  simple  yet  very  effect- 
ive, consisting  of  palms,  ferns,  and  smilax  prettily  arranged,  and 
white  roses  which  adorned  the  altar,  two  large  bunches  being  placed 
on  either  end.  Almost  as  the  clocks  were  striking  the  hour  the 
organist  changed  the  music  he  was  playing  from  "Oh,  Promise  Me" 
to  the  Lohengrin  Chorus  as  the  doors  of  the  central  aisle  swung  open 
and  the  ushers,  Messrs.  Andrew  Thorne  and  W.  P.  Burnham, 
entered.  After  them  came  the  maid-of-honor,  Miss  Laura  Wells,  in 
an  old  gold  colored  brocaded  satin  gown,  trimmed  with  green  velvet 
and  hat  to  correspond,  and  then  the  fair  bride  and  her  father,  Colonel 
C.  Mason  Kinne.  She  looked  very  pretty  in  a  costume  of  white  cloth 
cut  walking  length  and  richly  trimmed  with  white  silk  embroidery. 
She  wore  a  leghorn  straw  hat  trimmed  with  white  satin  ribbon  and 
ostrich  plumes,  and  in  her  hand  she  carried,  instead  of  a  bouquet,  a 
handsome  white  covered  prayer  book.  The  groom  and  his  best  man, 
Dr.  Arthur  Dunbar,  met  the  party  at  the  altar,  where  the  Reverend 
Dr.  Brewer,  assisted  by  the  Reverend  Mr.  Moreland,  rector  of  St. 
Luke's,  tied  the  nuptial  knot.  A  wedding  breakfast  was  served  to  a 
limited  number  of  guests  at  the  Kinne  residence  on  Van  Nessavenue, 
and  later  in  the  day  the  newly  wedded  pair  left  town  on  their  honey- 
moon trip  to  the  southern  part  of  the  State.  Mrs.  Jvinne,  the  hand- 
some mother  of  the  bride,  wore  a  rich  gown  of  wine-colored  brocaded 
satin,  and  Mrs.  Finch,  the  bride's  only  sister,  who  came  from  the 
East  on  purpose  to  be  present  at  the  wedding,  looked  remarkably 
well  in  a  handsome  costume  of  light-colored  brocaded  silk. 

The  next  interesting  wedding  will  be  the  ceremony  which  will  unite 
army  and  navy  in  the  persons  of  Miss  Mary  Graham  and  Ensign  Geo. 
Burridge,  which  will  be  performed  at  St.  Luke's  Church  on  Tuesday, 
the  4th  of  September,  Bishop  Nichols  officiating.  The  following  day, 
September  5th,  is  the  one  set  for  the  marriage  of  Miss  Edith  Forbes, 
a  daughter  of  the  late  Alexander  Forbes  of  San  Rafael,  and  the  young 
Englishman,  Edgar  A.  Nearue.  In  the  evening,  St.  Luke's  Church 
will  be  the  scene  of  another  bridal,  when  Miss  Harriet  L.  Brown  and 
Herbert  Henry  Darling  will  be  the  contracting  parties. 

Sacramento's  elite  have  a  gay  wedding  to  look  forward  to  in  No- 
vember, when  Miss  Laura  Clarke  will  be  the  bride  and  Colonel  J.  B. 
Wright  the  groom.  

Dullness  in  town  still  reigns  supreme.  There  have  been  occasional 
dinners,  notably  those  given  in  honor  of  Madame  Barrios,  wife  of 
Guatemala's  President,  and  theatre  parties  have  been  rather  fre- 
quent, but  that  is  nearly  all  that  has  taken  place  in  the  gay 
world  of  late.  Next  Friday  evening  the  Camera  Club  will  give  its 
usual  monthly  illustrated  lecture  at  Metropolitan  Hall,  thesubject  to 
be  "A  Glimpse  of  Cornwall,"  and  the  lecturer  Robert  S.  Boyns. 

Mrs,  Collier  has  been  an  untiring  hostess  this  summer,  herown 
friends  and  those  of  her  daughter  following  each  other  as  guests  in 
rapid  succession  for  the  past  three  months  Miss  Edith  McBean, 
Miss  Kate  Clement,  and  Miss  Marian  Moore  are  among  the  host's 
recent  young  lady  visitors  at  that  most  charming  place,  Villa  Ka 
Bel.  Mrs.  Collier  and  her  daughter  are  to  spend  the  winter  in  San 
Francisco. 


Church  teas  have  been  rather  the  fad  of  late.  The  Sequoia  tea  at 
the  First  Congregational  Church  on  Tuesday  evening  was  a  pleasant 
and  successful  affair,  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  the  musical  tea 
given  at  the  First  English  Lutheran  Church  on  Geary  street  on  last 
evening,  Mendelssohn  and  his  music  being  the  subject  enlarged  upon 
both  orally  and  vocally.  When  society  gets  settled  down  in  town 
again  there  is  every  prospect  of  numerous  charity  affairs  to  take 
place  before  the  winter  season  proper  begins,  and  from  those  talked 
about,  the  deduction  to  be  drawn  is  that  many  pretty  and  novel 
ideas  will  be  carried  out  for  the  amusement  of  society  and  the  bene 
fit  of  worthy  objects.  

H.  J.  Stewart  is  arranging  tor  a  series  of  organ  recitals,  six  in  num- 
ber, to  be  held  at  the  First  Unitarian  Church,  commencing  on  Satur- 
day afternoon,  September  29th.  Mr.  Stewart  will  be  assisted  by  some 
of  the  best  resident  artists,  including  John  Marquardt,  late  solo 
violinist  and  concert  master  of  the  Vienna  Prater  orchestra;  Thomas 
Rickard,  basso;  Miss  Anna  M.  Wood,  contralto;  F.  K.  Tobin,  trom- 
bone soloist;  Mrs.  Bermingham,  contralto,  and  others  whose  names 
will  be  announced  shortly.  The  concerts  are  to  be  given  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Society  for  Christian  Work  connected  with  the  First 
Unitarian  Church. 

From  Castle  Crag  have  come  to  town  Mrs.  George  Lent  and  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Jaraes  Carolan  and  their  daughters.  The  Tevis  party,  in- 
cluding Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lloyd  Tevis,  Miss  Florence  Breckenridge,  tbe 
Gordon  Blandings,  and  Mrs.  E.  B.  Coleman,  may  be  looked  for  next 
week,  as  well  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schmieden,  from  San  Rafael.  The 
Lymans,  Moulders,  Steinuardts,  and  others  will  remain  thereuntil 
about  the  middle  of  next  month.  General  Dimond  and  his  daughters 
do  not  expect  to  leave  Menlo  Park  for  their  house  in  town  for  several 
weeks  yet,  certainly  not  until  after  the  races  at  Burlingame. 

Mrs.  Hitchcock  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Lilly  Coit,  will  be  among 
the  missing  this  winter,  which  it  is  their  present  intention  to  spend 
in  Europe,  and  will  bid  San  Francisco  adieu  next  week.  Mrs.  M.  A. 
Easton  will  also  be  a  traveler  in  that  direction  in  the  near  future. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  S.  King  have  already  sailed  for  a  short  visit 
abroad. 

'One  of  the  arrivals  of  the  week  was  Colonel  Spaulding,  who  for 
many  years  has  made  his  home  in  Paris.  He  reached  here  on  Mon- 
day last  en  route  to  visit  his  plantation  in  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and 
sailed  for  Honolulu  by  the  Alameda  on  Thursday. 

Mrs.  Jarboe  and  Miss  Kate  Jaiboe  left  for  the  East  during  the 
week. 

General,  Mrs.,  and  Miss  Ruger  will  reside  at  the  Palace  Hotel  after 
they  return  from  San  Rafael  next  month. 

Among  the  guests  at  Paso  Robles  are  Mrs.  John  F.  Swift,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  de  Guigne,  of  San  Mateo,  Mrs.  Ed.  Martin  and  Mrs.  Newton 
Booth.  

Jerome  Lincoln  and  Charles  Webb  Howard  have  been  visiting  the 
White  Sulphur  Springs  in  Napa  Valley. 


Mrs.  Ellis  and  Miss  Hope  have  been  missing  from  Del  Monte  this 
season,  choosing  Lake  Tahoe  as  their  summer  resort.  Mrs.  Col  ton 
and  Mrs.  McLane  Martin  are  again  among  the  visitors  at  Santa  Cruz. 

Samuel  Adelstein  will  leave  Honolulu  during  the  first  part  of  Sep- 
tember for  Japan  and  China. 

Mrs.  Nat  Messer  left  Japan  for  San  Francisco  on  August  10th. 

Frank  Miner  and  Arthur  Spear  have  rented  the  Rix  cottage  in 
Sausalito,  and  they  have  purchased  the  launch  Wang  and  the  yacht 
Puritan, 


Dr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  C.  Pague  have  returned  to  the  city  from  their 
visit  to  the  springs. 

Frank  H.  Cartan  has  returned  from  a  trip  to  Europe. 

All  nice  frames  have  ornamented  corners.     Good  work  and  low 
prices.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741-745  Market  street. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

^PRICE'S 

Baking 
Powder 

The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia ;  No  Alma 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


August  25,  1894. 


SAA  FIIANC1SC0  NEWS  LETTER. 


23 


STORIES    OF    THE    DEMOCRATIC    CONVENTION. 


IN  the  rush  and  jam  of  political  bumping  at  the  Democratic 
State  Convention  now  undergoing  repairs  in  this  city,  there 
are  a  ^reai  many  laughable  incidents  that  escape  the  eagle-eyed 
dailies  which  are  in  search  «»l  naught  but  the  eagled  coin. 

Horace  Jackson,  of  the  San  Francisco  delegation,  is  probably  the 
most  industrious  '■  kicker"  on  the  floor,  but  as  a  matter  of  fact  the 
reckless  Horace  is  not  tbe  delegate  who  was  billed  and  advertised  for 
the  job.  It  appears  that  James  II.  O'Brien)  the  contractor  residing 
in  the  historic  Mission,  is  tbe  man  who  was  in  the  original  cast  of 
characters.  It  was  arranged  between  him  and  Horace,  who  is  one  of 
O'Brien's  employees  and  a  more  popular  man  than  his  employer, 
that  Jackson  was  to  make  the  fight  (success  being  assured)  and  turn 
his  seat  over  to  O'Brien,  who  was  to  take  bis  proxy.  Horace  was 
selected  by  the  voters  of  his  ward,  and  O'Brien  stepped  in  for  his 
proxy. 

'*  1  guess  I'll  have  to  take  a  whack  at  it  myself  the  first  day,"  said 
Horace',  "  and  after  that  I'll  pass  the  deal  to  you.  There  will  be  a 
heap  of  fun  and  your  turn  will  come  in  time.  Just  let  me  have  the 
first  go." 

O'Brien  pleaded,  but  Horace  heard  him  not.  He  was  out  for  the 
first  day's  proceedings,  and  refused  to  give  up  to  his  boss.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  convention  knew  well  enough  how  Horace  handled  him- 
self at  the  opening.  He  objected  to  everything,  complained  about 
the  minority  report  on  the  hall,  wanted  to  know  why  the  Woman's 
Rights  League  occupied  the  boxes,  and  otherwise  made  a  circus  of 
himself.  He  created  much  laughter  and  invoked  considerable  ap- 
plause. In  fact.  Horace  made  a  hit.  "When  the  convention  adjourned 
for  the  day  O'Brien   appeared  for  his   proxy,   but  Horace  swelled 

up   with  pride  and  informed  his  understudy  that  no  d d   scheme 

like  that  went  with  him.  "lam  having  too  much  of  a  picnic  to 
lose  my  political  grip  by  giving  it  up  for  nothing.  I  think,"  he 
concluded,  with  a  smile,  "  that  the  next  time  you  want  to  go  to  a 
convention  as  a  delegate,  Mr.  O'Brien,  you  had  better  get  out  and 
run  for  it,  like  Horace  J.  Jackson  did!  " 
*  *  * 

George  S.  Patton  got  the  Congressional  nomination  from  the  Sixth 
District  by  a  close  shave,  and  just  barely  defeated  Isaac  Messruore 
by  a  few  votes.  Ex-Mayor  Rucker,  of  Santa  Clara  County,  tells  a 
good  story  concerning  Patton's  following.  It  concerned  an  Irish 
delegate  from  Santa  Barbara,  who  was  asked  to  vote  for  Patton. 

"  I  guess  I'll  have  to  see  this  man  Patton  before  ye's  can  git  me  to 
make  any  promises,"  was  his  answer. 

The  opportunity  was  presented  when  Patton  nominated  Del  Valle 
for  chairman.  The  Irishman  then  concluded  that  "  Patton  was  the 
nissisary  stuff  for  Congress,"  and  promised  to  get  in  line,  which  he 
did,  but  after  Messmore,  Patton's  opponent,  made  the  speech  of  his 
life,  denounced  the  railroad,  arraigned  the  corporations,  and  howled 
for  the  Democracy  and  California,  the  Erinite  turned  to  Del  Valle 
and  whispered :  ' 

"  Be  the  Gods,  I  wonder  if  we  have  made  a  mistake  ?  " 
#  #  * 

A  San  Francisco  lady  picked  up  the  Examiner  of  last  Thursday, 
and  glancing  at  the  picture  of  Attorney  Joseph  Legget,  who  was 
ruaking  Congressman  Maguire's  fight  for  Governor,  threw  the  paper 
down,  exclaiming: 

"  Well,  here's  another  portrait  of  Chris.  Evans!  I  wonder  if  he 
has  broken  out  again."  The  likeness  was  said  to  be  a  good  one  of 
Chris.,  but  not  of  Joe. 


OBITUARY. 

THE  sudden  death  of  Hosmer  P.  McKoon  occurred  at  San 
Diego  last  Saturday.  This  distinguished  lawyer  was  born  at 
Oxford,  N.  Y.,  in  1845,  in  direct  descent  from  Roger  Williams, 
studied  law  at  Hamilton  College,  was  graduated  from  the  Albany 
Law  School  in  1871,  was  married  at  Utica  in  1872,  and  came  to 
San  Francisco  in  1876.  Here  he  practiced  law  with  Delos  Lake 
and  then  with  George  W.  Towle.  He  removed  to  San  Diego  in 
1885,  and  bought  a  6000-acre  ranch  in  El  Cajon  Valley.  He  was 
President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  San  Diego,  and  was  a 
useful  and  popular  citizen.     He  leaves   a  widow  and  two  sons. 

Samuel  L.  Golcher,  native  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  aged  twenty-four 
years,  son  of  William  Golcher,  of  Clabrough,  Golcher  &  Co.,  died 
of  pulmonary  hemorrhage  at  the  home  of  his  brother,  W.  J.  Gol- 
cher, in  this  city,  last  Tuesday.  Tbe  estimable  young  man  was 
a  leading  spirit  in  the  more  refined  sports,  and  by  his  gentlemanly 
bearing  and  manly  nature  he  had  won  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  his  many  friends. 


Doesn't  it  seem  strange  that  when  a  woman  walks  in  her  sleep  her 
husband  should  be  seized  with  asomnambulisticfit  to  hide  his  panta- 
loons. — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

The  divorced  wife  of  an  Atchison  man  will  keep  house  for  him  un 
til  the  divorce  can  be  set  aside  and  the  couple  remarried. 

—Atchison  Globe. 

Clara — Mr.  Castleton  tried  to  put  his  arm  around  my  waist  last 
night.    Maude— Could  he  get  it  around  ?  —Detroit  Free  Press. 


"  \\  r'\  i  got  a  new  30fa  pillow  at  our  home,"  said  Johnnie.  "  It's 
blue,  with  a  big  red  heart  in  the  middle,  and  worked  all  'round  it, 
'  O  rest  ye  on  thi*  heart  of  mine."  And  as  ma  stood  it  up  stiff  and 
straight,  she  said:  "  It  would  be  just  like  your  father  to  put  his  bead 
on  it— just  exactly  like  a  man."  —Neivark  Call. 

Prisoner— Av  yeplaee,  y'r  anner,  Oi  wud  loiketo  widdrawmeplea 
of  "  not  guilty,'  an*  put  in  a  plea  of  "  guilty. "  Judge— Then  why 
didn't  you  plead  "  guilty  "  in  the  Brat  place,  and  save  all  this  trouble? 
1  RISONER—  Sure,  y'er  anner,  Oi  had  not  heard  the  ividence. 

—  Exchange. 

"Twins  tells  me  he's  been  making  a  number  of  improvements 
about  his  home  recently."  "  Yes,  I  noticed  he's  sold  the  piano  and 
lawn-mower." —Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 


SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

309  and  311   Sausome  St San  Francisco,  Cal 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

FINDLAY,  DURHAM  &  BRODIE   43  and  46  Threadneedle  St.,  London 

SIMPSON,  MACKIRDY  &  CO  29  South  CaBtle  St.,  Liverpool 

MACY  &  DUNHAM  66^  Pine  St.,  New  York 


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SECTY.  W    *"       L  W PRESIDENT. 


City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 

ATTYS.-AT-LAW. 
BERGEN  A  WILBUR,  (B.  F.  Bergen;  C.  M.  Wilbur),  215  Sautome  St. 
FRANK  KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg.,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES. 
CANDIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets 

DENTISTS. 
R.  (IJ  TLAK,  416  Geary  street. 
F.  M.  HACKETT,  413  Leavenworth  street. 

DOOR    CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  Check  and  Spring.  F.  D.  Morrell,  593  Mission  St. 

DRUGGISTS. 
KELLY'S  CORN  CURE,  asc.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 
EYANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists^  

MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 
W.  H.  SIcCORJHCK,  1422  Market  St.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkin  St. 


MILLINERY. 
THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAU  RANTS. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant  -  521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 
SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  DONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 
HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 

For  automlzatlon  parposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


24 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  io  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO : 

Leave  i        from  A ugus-  1 ,  1 894.         I  abbivb 

7  00  a  Atlautic  JSzpress,  ogdeu  and  East   6:45  a 

7-00  a  Beuicia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento. Reddine.  Castle  Crag 
and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davis. . .         -    7:15  p 

7-30  A  Martinez.  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *Sauta  Rosa    6:15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville ■  •■••    4;15p 

9-00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Los  Angeles.  Deming,  El 
Paso.  New  Orleans  and  East 5:45  p 

9  00  A  Martinez  and  Stockton  10:45a 

»<K0a  Peters  and  Milton J:J5P 

12-30  P  NileB.  San  Jose  and  Livermore  ..  8:45  a 
n-00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers.       ...  *9:00  p 

4-00  p  Martinez,  8an  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9' 15  a. 

4-00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto. 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento    10:45a 

4-30  p.  NileB,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno  ...  ....       7:15  p 

4:30p.  Raymond  (for  Yosemite) 10:15a 

5:00p.  Los  Angeles   Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersneld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles....     10:45a. 

5  00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  EaBt 10:45  a. 

6:00  P  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .  9:45a 
6-OUp.  Hay-wards,  Niles  and  San  Jose.  ■    7-45A. 

17:00  p.  Vallejo  +7:45p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  ExnresB.  8acramento, 
Marysville,  Redding,  Portland, 
Puget  Sound  and  East.    ■■  10:4^  a 

Santa  Crui  Division  (Marrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday  excur-ion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,   Felton  and 
Santa  Cruz       ..      .  .  ...  18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Oenterville.  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations        ..  6:20  p. 

*2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose.  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and   principal    way 

stations        "11:50a 

4 :45  p.  Newark.  San  lose,  Los  Gatos..         9:50a. 
Saturdays  and  Sundays  to  Santa 

Cruz.. 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  fownsnnd  Streets! 

"6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations       ....  *l:45p. 

17:30  a.  Sau  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  JoBe, Tres Finos, Santa  Crus, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Wav  Stations 6:26  p. 

J9:47A.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 11:45  r. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations 5:06  p. 

11:45  a.  Palo  Alto  and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
•2:20p.  San  Jose,    Gilroy,    TreB  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   SalinaB,  Monterey, 

PaciflcGrove «10:40a. 

*3:80  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

•4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5-.10P.  San  JoBe  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6  :S0  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6 :35  a  . 

rll:45p.  Palo  Alto  and  principal  Way 

8tatlonB t7:26p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SIS  FR»IC1SC0— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
•7  00  «8  00   9  00  «10  00  and  11  00  A.  M„  *12  30 
11  00  «2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00  and  »6  00  p.  M. 
From  0»KUJD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  »9  00  10  00  and  "11  00  A.  M. 
t!2  00  "12  30    2  00  "3  00    4  00  and  "5  00  p.  M. 
A.  for  Morning.                      p.forAfternoon. 
•Bundaya  excepted.                  -fSaturdays  only. 
tSundaysonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

<  \\    bv  /■»  World  tours,  steamer 

.*jV^_t0.h  and  rail.    First  class, 

jy%^'     ^T^T'.fv      $61°-      Second    clase, 

Si?    *%£L    \?  *m 

i*  if         *RR2?.f»»      \o     °*  S.  S.  Company's 
k  -  steamers  sail: 

For      HONOLULU 

APIA,    AUCKLAND 

and  SYDNEY,  8.  8. 

"ALAMEDA," 

Mro*.  August  23,  2  p.  m. 

^SnP^       For      HONOLULU, 

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S£VE'S  v  Sept.  1,1894. 

For  passage  apply  to  1S8  Montgomery  Street, 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELa  &  BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEAYS  LETTER. 


August  25,  1894 . 


TO  be  happy  in  old  age  it  is  necessary 
that  we  accustom  ourselves  to  objects 
that  can  accompany  the  mind  all  the  way 
through  life,  and  that  we  take  the  rest  as 
good  in  theirday.  The  mere  man  of  pleas- 
ure  is  miserable  in  old  age,  and  the  mere 
drudge  of  business  is  little  better;  whereas 
natural  philosophy,  mathematical  and 
mechanical  science,  are  a  continual  source 
of  tranquil  pleasure. — Thomas  Paine. 


What  a  death  in  life  it  must  be — an  ex- 
istence whose  sole  aim  is  eating  and  drink- 
ing, splenaid  houses  and  elegant  clothes ! 
Not  that  these  things  are  bad  in  modera- 
tion— and  with  something  higher  beyond. 
But  with  nothing  beyond? — Mulock. 

Do  you  know  what  a  man  is?  Are  not 
birth,  beauty,  good  shape,  discoarse,  man- 
hood, learning,  gentleness,  virtue,  youth, 
liberality,  and  such  like,  the  spice  and  salt 
that  season  a  man  ? — Shakespeare. 

Kindness  is  the  golden  chain  by  which 
society  is  bound  together. — Frotide. 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Lins  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 

8.  S.  "San  Jose,"  Aug.  28, 1994. 

S.  S.  "Acapulco,"  September  8, 1894. 

S.  8.  "Colon,"  September  18,  1894. 

S.  S.  "oan  Bias,"  September  28,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

8  8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,   Aug.   28,  1894,  at 

3  P.  M 

8.  S.  "Peru."  Saturday,  Sept.  15,  1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 
4, 1894.  at  3  p.  m. 

•i.  S.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25, 1894,  at  3  p.  m 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  "or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202 Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a,  m.,  Sept.  7, 22.  October 
7,  22.    Nov.  6,21. 

Santa  Cruz  and  Monterey  Excursions— Steam- 
er Pomooa  leaves  Saturdays,  4  p.  m.  Due  back 
Mondays,  5  a.  m. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
August  3,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 
For  Eureka,  Humboldt  Bay,  Wednesdays,  9  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port.  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alternatelv  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Ensenada,  Magdaleua  Bay,  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
25th  of  each  month. 
*    Ticket    Office— Palace     Hotel,  No.   4    New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS   CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Bteamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 

NAN    STREETS,  at  3:    00  P.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 

and     HONGKONG,    connecting   at    Yokohama 

with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Beloic  ...  Thursday,  Sept.  6,  1894 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu}.., Tuesday,  Sept.  25,  1894 

Gaelic    ...  Tuesday,  Oct.  16,  1894 

Bbloic Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATES 
Oabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  8.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  TownBend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen. Pass. Agt. 


I  hold  it  a  religious  duty  to  love  and 
worship  children's  beauty;  with  heavenly 
looks  they  make  us  sure  the  heaven  tbat 
made  them  must  be  pure — Campbell. 

If  you  divorce  capital  from  labor,  capi- 
tal is  hoarded,  and  labor  starves. — Vanitt 
Webster. 

Law  kept,  is  only  law;  law  broken  IS 
both  law  and  execution  — Menander. 


VIEOR  of  MEN 

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Weakness,  Nervousness, 
Debility,  and  all  the  train 
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later  excesses,  the  results  of 
overwork,  sickness,  worry, 
etc.  Full  strength,  devel- 
opment and  tone  given  to 
aevery  organ  and  portion 
,  of  the  body.  Simple,  nat- 
1  ural  methods,     immedi- 
]  ate   improvement   seen. 
Failure  impossible.    2,000  references.    Book» 
explanation  and  proofs  mailed  (sealed)  free. 

ERIE  MEDICAL  CO.,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK    DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M. ;  12:35,3:30, 

5:10,    6:30    p.   m.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11 :30  p.  m  .    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  M. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M. ;  12:45, 

3:40,5:10p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  tripB  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  m. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,  11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 

6:25  p.  m. 
Between  8an  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
game  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10  p.m.  ; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Sau  Francisco  at  5:00  p.  m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p    m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a.  m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  a.m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8 :50  a.  m  . 


Leave  8.  F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

Arrive  in  8.  F. 

w    . 

■OIaa.tr 

Days 

Sundays 

Desti'tion 

Sundays 

Days. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 
6:10  p.m. 

8:00  a.m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Pet  alum  a, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40  a.  m 
6:05  p.m 
7:30  p.m 

8:50a.  m 
10:30am 
6:15  p.m 

Windsor, 
Healdshurg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

8:00a.m. 

7:30  p.m. 

3 :30  p.  M. 

6:15  pm 

7:40a.M. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00  a.  m. 

Guerneville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30  am 
6:15  PM 

7:40  a.m. 
5:10  P.M. 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  p.m. 

Sou  am  a 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m. 
6:05p.m. 

8:50am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40a.m 
3:30  p.m 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10  :40  a.  m| 
6  05P.M 

10:30 a. m 
6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springe,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Viohy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springe,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  Booueville,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport, 
Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
John  Dav's,  Lively's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rateB. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


I-I.lc  No     I. 


5.  F.  News  Letter,  September  I,  1894. 


IIRS.    JOHN    MARTIN'S    NEMESIS. 


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Vol.  XLIX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER  lt  1894. 


Number  9, 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

With  this  issue  of  the  "  News  Letter"  is  presented  the  first  of  a  series  of 
good-natured  caricatures  of  eminent  men,  drawn  to  exaggerate  their  dis- 
tinguishing characteristics,  which  ivill  form  on  attractive  feature  of  this 
journal:  one  sketch  will  be  published  every  week.  The  subject  of  this 
week's  drawing  will  be  easily  recognized  in  D.  M.  Delmas,  the  well-known 
attorney ,  who  is  the  champion  of  Mrs.  Henry  Martin  in  the  famous  case 
now  being  heard  before  Judge  Coffey.  He  is  an  able  lawyer  and  a  prominent 
man  of  the  day.  He  has  worked  his  way  to  the  highest  rung  of  the  ladder 
of  fame  by  his  untiring  energies.  He  is  the  happy  possessor  of  several 
beautiful  homes,  plenty  of  wealth,  a  charming  family,  and  the  confidence 
of  his  clients,  and  he  asks  for  no  more. 


THE  California  State  Fair  will  open  at  Sacramento  on  Monday. 
There  will  be  an  exhibition  of  fine  live  stock,  and  agricultural 
and  industrial  products,  some  spirited  racing,  and  music  by 
Cassasa's  band. 


ANEW  treaty  with  the  Congo  State  gives  France  the  territory 
in  the  Soudan  which  England  recently  tried  to  secure  by 
treaty  with  Belgium,  and  it  is  now  occupied  by  a  strong  French 
force.  This  Becures  for  France  a  broad  belt  of  Africa,  from  Al- 
giers to  the  central  part  of  the  Continent,  and  makes  her  a  close 
neighbor  there  of  England.  It  is  the  most  decided  backset  that 
English  diplomacy  has  encountered  for  some  time. 


EDWARD  ATKINSON  delivered  an  address  before  the  Ameri- 
can Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science  last  week  in 
which  he  said  that  no  exact  standard  of  values  can  be  devised 
other  than  a  given  weight  of  gold.  Gold  is  the  only  medium  ac- 
cepted everywhere,  the  only  universal  money,  and  it  is  worth 
as  much  when  it  is  melted  as  when  it  is  coined.  He  advised  a 
calm  consideration  of  this  as  a  practical  fact,  and  one  that  defies 
change  as  far  as  the  world's  commerce  is  concerned. 


THE  sensation  of  witnessing  itself  burn  to  ashes  is  one  of  those 
thrilling  delignts  that  no  California  town  would  willingly 
forego.  Blocks  of  wooden  business  structures  and  no  water  sup- 
ply are  the  two  prerequisites  to  an  experience  of  this  kind,  and 
every  town  carefully  and  systematically,  one  should  think,  sees 
to  it  that  neither  of  these  two  essentials  be  lacking  to  make  the 
future  flaming  event  a  certainty  and  a  success.  When  will  peo- 
ple learn  that  brick  is  cheaper  than  wood  and  water  less  expen- 
sive than  fire? 


THE  Rev.  Mr.  Thompson,  of  Fostoria,  has  demonstrated  his 
faith  in  the  brotherhood  of  man  proposition  by  wedding  a 
negress,  and  the  pious  members  of  his  church  have  shown  their 
appreciation  of  their  pastor's  adherance  to  Biblical  principles  by 
kicking  him  through  the  church  door.  They  are  all  good  Metho- 
dists, deeply  attached  to  Christian  theory  and  consistently  averse 
to  Christian  practice,  and  in  looking  about  for  a  successor  to  the 
deposed  man  of  God  it  is  thought  highly  probable  that,  guided  by 
the  Divine  finger,  they  will  formulate  a  call  to  that  unctious 
soul,  the  Rev.  Brer  Hirst,  ot  this  city. 


PROFESSOR  Richard  T.  Ely  comes  back  at  the  critics  of  his 
political  economy  in  Wisconsin  with  a  square  denial  that  be 
ever  encouraged  striues,  or  that  he  ever  taught  socialistic  or  an- 
archist doctrines,  and  he  characterizes  those  who  are  claiming  so 
much  as  base  slanderers.  He  has,  he  says,  grown  more  conserv- 
ative instead  of  more  radical  in  his  views  during  recent  years. 
Far  from  encouraging  strikes,  he  believes  that  the  old-fashioned 
striking  trades  union  has  outlived  its  time  and  usefulness,  and 
so  teaches.  Socialism  would  "  stop  progress  and  overthrow  our 
civilization,"  he  writes,  and  be  claims  to  hare  been  the  first 
American  to  expose  and  unsparingly  attack  anarchy  in  the  United 
States.  Professor  Ely  does  not  seem  to  anticipate  a  verdict 
against  him  in  the  trial  for  economic  heresy  which  the  Wiscon- 
sin University  regents  have  prepared. 


COMMISSIONER  of  Pensions  Lochren'a  laudable  desire  to  have 
the  Administration's  pension  policy  indorsed  by  the  G.  A.  R. 
at  their  coming  encampment  at  Pittsburg  is  not  likely  to  be  grati- 
fied. The  President's  endeavor  to  purge  the  rolls  of  unworthy 
pensioners  and  bloodsuckers  who  never  smelt  gunpowder  in  their 
lives,  nor  slept  a  single  night  on  the  "  tented  field,"  is  recognized 
and  commended  by  all  except  those  who  should  be  the  most 
grateful  for  the  service.  But  the  Algers  of  the  Grand  Army,  with 
their  picayune  patriotism  and  partisan  policy,  will  not  permit 
any  act  of  a  Democratic  President  to  be  indorsed  by  that  body  if 
they  can  prevent  it. 


AT  a  recent  meeting  of  the  British  Association  in  Oxford,  Lord 
Rayleigh  and  Prof.  Ramsay  announced  the  discovery  of  a 
new  atmospheric  element.  Nitrogen  obtained  from  the  air,  which 
has  a  density  different  from  nitrogen  from  other  sources,  was 
treated  with  magnetseum  and  mostly  absorbed.  But  there  was  a 
residue,  and  this  is  the  new  element,  a  dense,  inert  gas,  twenty- 
one  times  heavier  than  hydrogen,  and  one-half  heavier  than  nitro- 
gen. Its  spectrum  is  a  heavy  blue  line,  more  intense  than  the 
corresponding  line  of  nitrogen.  Some  who  have  examined  the 
new  element  think  that  it  is  a  modification  of  nitrogen,  as  the 
diamond,  graphite   and  coal  are  modifications  of   one  substance. 


THE  slaying  of  Officer  McGrath,  of  Deerfield,  Ohio,  by  two 
armed  murderers  as  he  was  climbing  alone  into  a  box-car  to 
arrest  them,  was  almost  a  repetition  of  the  Harris  tragedy  at 
Boulder,  in  this  State,  and  is  another  instance  of  the  foolhardy 
conduct  that  characterizes  so  many  men  whose  calling  demands 
a  sound  judgment  and  whose  experience  should  insure  a  keen 
insight  into  the  mental  workings  of  criminals.  The  fact  is,  that 
through  the  sentimentality  of  the  law  the  life  of  the  most  red- 
handed  criminal,  until  he  set  foot  upon  the  platform  of  the  gallows, 
is  held  as  sacred  as  that  of  the  upright  and  law-abiding  citizen.  So 
it  has  come  to  be  thought  a  sort  of  disgrace  for  an  officer  to  shoot 
a  known  desperado  rather  than  take  ninety-nine  chances  in  a 
hundred  of  being  himself  shot  in  attempting  to  make  the  arrest. 
Innocence  and  observance  of  the  law  are  no  longer  rotections  in 
this  country;  the  forms  of  law,  if  not  the  law  itself,  have  put  a 
premium  upon  murder. 


ROBERT  PEEL,  son  of  Sir  Robert  Peel,  must  be  a  "gentleman," 
because  he  himself  has  said  it,  but  his  acquaintance  with  the 
manners  and  customs  of  the  New  World  is  evidently  very  slight, 
or  be  would  know  that  in  America,  whatever  be  the  English 
precedents,  gentlemen  do  not  drag  the  names  of  their  sweethearts 
through  the  slums  of  the  press  for  the  purposes  eitherof  notoriety 
or  revenge.  If  there  had  existed  no  other  valid  reason  for  the 
refusal  of  Henry  Sanford,  President  of  the  Adams  Express  Com- 
pany, to  permit  his  pretty  grand-daughter,  Kittie,  to  accept  the 
hand  of  this  caddish  commoner,  the  latter,  by  parading  his  woes 
in  a  newspaper,  has  fnrnisbed  an  all-sufficient  one.  It  may  be, 
as  he  blatantly  asserts,  (<a  case  of  Puritan  against  English  society," 
but  if  young  Peel's  knowledge  of  his  country's  history  is  not  as 
limited  as  is  his  acquaintance  with  good  breeding,  he  may  recall 
that  his  is  not  the  only  instance  of  the  hostile  meeting  of  Puritan 
and  English,  and  that  in  such  encounters  the  Puritan  has  invari- 
ably been  the  victor.     Robert  is  a  stick— a  peeled  stick  at  that. 


IT  is  respectfully  suggested  that  the  accomplished  managing 
editor  of  the  Chronicle  organize  his  editorial  and  news  writers 
as  a  harmonious  working  force  in  dealing  with  the  new  tariff.  In 
Wednesday's  issue  an  editorial  writer  declares:  "  We  do  not  be- 
lieve (and  our  judgment  is  based  upon  careful  observation)  that 
coal  will  be  one  cent  a  ton  cheaper  to  the  consumer  under  the  new 
rate.  The  alien  mine-owner  and  the  middleman  may  divide  the 
thirty-five  cents  a  ton  [reduction]  between  them,  but  there  is  no 
ground  for  expecting  or  even  hoping  that  there  will  be  any 
saving  to  the  consumer."  In  the  local  columns  of  the  same  is- 
sue, in  an  article  referring  to  goods  being  withdrawn  from  bond, 
we  find  this:  it  Quite  a  rush  was  made  in  grain  bags,  as  putting 
them  on  the  free  list  will  ta&e  off  a  duty  which  amonnted  to  one 
and  a  half  cents  on  each  sack.  Dealers  say  they  will  now  be 
able  to  sell  grain  sacks  landed  here  at  wholesale  for  four  cents  a 
sack."  For  partisan  journalism  this  is  so  inconsistent  as  to  de- 
serve the  dignified  appellation  of  wobbly. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  1,  1894. 


NOTES    ON    POLITICAL    MATTERS. 


L.\BT  week   the    Democratic  State   Convention   completed    its 
work  by  nominating  the  following  ticket: 

Governor— Jamea  H.  Budd  of  Stockton. 

Lieutenant-Governor— William  T.  Jeter  of  Santa  Cruz. 

Secretary  of  State— Benjamin  Maddox  of  Viaalia. 

Attorney-General— A.  B.  Parris  of  San  Bernardino. 

State  Treasurer— Jose  Castro  of  San  Luis  Obispo. 

Controller— Michael  Meagher  of  San  Francisco. 

8urveyor-General—  Dwight  M.  Angler  of  San  Francisco. 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction— C.  S.  Smythe  of  San 
Benito. 

Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court— P.  W.    McGlade  of  San  Francisco. 

State  Printer— John  J.  Curry  of  San  Francisco. 

Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court— Long  term,  Jackson  Temple  of 
Santa  Rosa;  long  term,  James  E.  Murphy  of  Del  Norte;  short 
term,  E.  A.  Bridgeford  of  Colusa. 

Congressmen,    First  District— T.  J.  Geary  of  Sonoma. 

Second  District — A.  Caminetii  of  Amador. 

Third  District— Warren  B.  English  of  Alameda. 

Fourth  Distr.ct— James  G.  Maguire  of  San  Francisco. 

Fifth  District— Joseph  P.  Kelly  of  San  Francisco. 

Sixth  District— George  S.  Patton  of  Los  Angeles. 

Seventh  District— W.  H.  Alford  of  Tulare. 

State  Senators,  Eighth  District— J.  H.  Seawell  of  Mendocino. 

Board  of  Equalization,  First  District— Jamea  0.  Nealon  of  San 
Francisco. 

Second  District— Thooias  Wells. 

Third  District— H.  M.  Beamer  of  Woodland. 

Fourth  District— Francis  M.  Nickell  of  Los  Angeles. 

Kailroad  Commissioners,  First  District—  H  M.  Larue  of  Sacra- 
mento. 

Second  District— James  I.  Stanton  of  San  Francisco. 

Third  District— W.  W.  Phillips  of  Fresno. 

It  is  generally  admitted  to  be  a  much  stronger  ticket  than  that 
which  the  Republicans  have  given  ua,  although  it  ia  clearly  weak 
in  places.  The  nomination  of  Mr.  Budd  was  one  of  those  brilliant 
Inspirations  of  which  the  Democratic  party  alone  can  give  evi- 
dence. It  is  not  a  wonder  that  it  has  made  Mr.  Estee  realize  that 
his  last  hope  has  perished.  With  Joe  Dutchie,  of  B'resno,  aa  driver 
and  companion,  the  fiery  Budd,  whoae  impetuoaity,  eloquence, 
and  earnestness  none  can  withstand,  will  repeat  his  famous 
"buckboard"  canvass  of  1882,  which  won  him  a  seat  in  Con- 
gress against  Page  the  Invincible.  There  is  only  one  antagonist 
whom  he  will  have  reason  to  keep  an  eye  on,  and  that  is  Mr. 
Webster,  the  Populist  nominee.  It  might  sound  incredible  to 
hear  that  the  railroad,  realizing  the  utter  impossibility  of  Mr. 
Estee's  election,  may  throw  its  support  to  Mr.  Webster,  but 
stranger  things  have  happened.  Last  Thursday  we  did  not  think 
that  B.  D.  Murphy  was  seriously  a  candidate  for  the  nomination, 
because  he  had  used  no  money  in  an  attempt  to  overcome  the 
manifest  odds  against  him;  but  it  was  clear  Friday  morning  that 
he  really  wanted  the  nomination.  There  is  no  disguising  the  fact 
that  the  American  Protective  Association  fought  him  determinedly 
and  secured  his  defeat.  This  was  because  he  is  a  Catholic  and 
Budd  is  not,  and  the  Catholics  displayed  admirable  taste  by  ig- 
noring the  issue.  Had  the  Catholic  sentinent  met  it,  bitterness 
and  party  ruin  would  have  followed.  It  is  not  apparent  that  the 
Catholics  as  Catholics  feel  any  aoreneas  in  the  premises,  and  that 
too  ia  to  their  credit.  Their  magnanimity  might  well  be  emulattd. 
— -Mr.  Jeter's  nomination  was  excellent.  In  many  respects  he 
is  like  Mr.  Budd — warm,  virile,  sympathetic.  It  is  a  pity  that 
these  two  are  not  to  convass  the  State  together.  With  two  such 
men  at  the  head  of  the  State  government  California,  for  the  first 
time  in  many  years,  will  have  a  generous  supply  of  braina.  There 
are  other  good  men  on  the  ticket  and  othera  still  who  are  not 
good.     All  will  be  discussed  in  these  columns  before  the  election. 

There  were  158  proxies  held  in  the  convention,  of  which  num- 
ber San  Francisco  furnished  fifty-aeven.  Those  who  may  have 
been  consoling  themselves  with  the  idea  that  Christopher  Buck- 
ley had  nothing  to  say  in  the  convention  can  lose  nothing  by  the 
information  that  most  of  those  proxies,  together  with  the  persons 
holding  them,  represented  bis  voting  strength  in  the  body.  Aa  it 
is  known  what  proxies  they  were,  who  held  them,  and  how  they 
were  voted,  it  may  prove  instructive  to  publish  them  in  the 
future.  It  would  make  interesting  reading  in  the  lengthening 
autumn  evenings. 

The  Republican  district  conventions  will  meet  September  13th. 
The  delegates  most  probahly  will  nominate  Hutton  from  the 
Fourth  and  Loud  from  the  Fifth  Congressional  districts.  For 
Railroad  Commissioner,  Second  District,  Parsons  seems  to  lead, 
while  Curley's  chances  are  more  than  favorable  for  the  Board  of 
Equalization,  First  District.  The  primaries  will  be  the  liveliest 
ever  aeen  in  thia  city.  The  Republicans  will  hold  their  city  and 
county  convention  September  26th. 


A  very  important  disturbance  will  be  raised  in  the  ranks  of  the 
Republicans  when  the  independents  open  fire.  At  present  the 
movement  is  hazy  enough  and  somewhat  mysterious,  but  withal 
portentous.  For  instance,  why  so  peculiar  a  call  to  a  meeting 
as  the  following: 


"  13" 

NOTICE. 

Please  attend  an  urgent  and  important  called  meeting  of  friends 
of  Pure  Politics  (39th  Assembly  District),  at  B.  B.  Hall,  Eddy  street 
(in  Fraternity  Hall),  Thursday  evening,  August  30th,  at  8  o'clock 
sharp. 

Business  of  a  vital  and  prompt  nature  will  be  transacted.  Fail 
not. 

Bring  this  notice  to  secure  admission. 

By  Order, 

Committee  of  13. 

This  notice  has  been  aent  out  with  the  most  careful  discrimina- 
tion and  exclusively  to  Repubticana.  The  meetings  are  secret  and 
reporters  are  excluded.  From  what  has  been  learned  of  the 
movement  the  inference  is  clear  that  some  of  the  strongest  and 
cleanest  Republicans  are  concerned  in  it,  and  the  indications  are 
that  it  is  an  organized  revolt  against  the  leadership  of  Colonel 
Daniel  M.  Burns. 

Let  ua  aee  about  that.  Aa  we  have  said  in  a  recent  issue,  the 
only  political  boss  in  a  position  to  demand  terms  of  Colonel  Burns 
ia  Phil  Crimmins,  who  thus  far  has  been  unsuccessful  In  his  de- 
mand to  be  given  the  naming  of   the   candidates   for   city  offices. 

Yet  the  Independent  Republicans  are  evidently  not  in 
league  with  Crimmins.  The  public  may  rest  assured  that  in  the 
event  the  next  Legislature  is  Republican  Colonel  Burns  will  be  a 
candidate  for  the  United  States  Senate,  with  more  than  an  even 
chance  for  election.  This  may  read  like  sensational  news  in  view 
of  what  the  public  has  supposed  was  M.  H.  de  Young's  desire  to 
receive  that  distinction.  But  Mr.  de  Young  appears  not  to  be 
on  Colonel  Burna'a  programme — why  not  the  affable  Colonel  him- 
self in  Washington,  and  what  Republican  could  rill  the  high  office 
more  gracefully  than  be?  Whether  or  not  tbe  indefatigable  and 
ambitious  man  of  the  tall  tower  has  a  hand  in  the  Independent 
Republican  movement  remains  to  be  seen,  aud  that  is  another  story. 
Some  of  the  Republican  county  conventions  in  the  interior  have 
been  instructing  their  legislative  delegates  to  support  Senator 
Perkins  for  re-election,  but  Colonel  Bums  ia  not  caring  about 
that ;  his  fight  is  in  San  Francisco ;  here  the  battle  is  to  be  fought 
and  the  blood  shed,  and  here  it  is  that  Phil.  Crimmins  on  one 
band  and  th<-  Independent  Republicans  on  the  other  are  going  to 
make  their  stand.  Very  soon  the  Independent  Republicans  will 
issue  a  call  for  a  mass-meeting  at  Metropolitan  Hall,  the  secret 
district  meetings  meanwhile  having  done  the  preliminary  work. 
At  that  meeting  a  city  ticket  will  be  made  up  from  the  other 
tickets,  and  then  the  fun  will  begin.  It  is  very  likely,  too,  that 
they  will  select  a  State  ticket  after  a  similar  fashion,  and  we  may 
be  sure  that  Mr.  Estee  will  not  head  it. 

Serious  troable  threatens  the  Populists'  municipal  hopes. 
Adolph  Sutro  is  making  all  manner  of  threats  because  he  is  dis- 
pleased with  certain  of  the  nominations.  A  shrewd  politician 
named  B.  H.  Collie'-,  that  party's  distinguished  nominee  for  Con- 
gress from  the  Fourth  District,  came  hither,  it  ia  said,  from  Ala- 
bama a  few  months  ago,  and  has  been  teaching  the  natives  the 
gentle  art  of  practical  politics  as  it  ia  understood  in  the  South. 
He  haa  arouaed  antagonism  by  the  methods  which  be  employed 
in  securing  the  nomination  of  Ayer,  Terry,  Halcomb,  and  others. 
With  regard  to  Ayer,  efforts  are  being  made  to  force  him  to  re- 
sign from  the  ticket  by  threats  to  prosecute  certain  charges 
against  him  if  he  persists  in  his  refusal  to  withdraw.  And  tbe 
latest  of  all  is  that  a  new  daily  campaign  paper  will  be  started  in 
about  two  weeks,  with  Mr.  Sutro  as  its  backer.  Tbe  malevolent 
millionaire  will  thus  be  showing  base  ingratitude  to  his  two  jour- 
nalistic allies,  Mr.  William  R.  Hearst  and  Profeasor  Fred  Bell. 


WHEN  that  bright-looking,  Parisian  polished  couain  of  the 
Mikado  arrived  in  this  country,  on  his  way  to  aid  the  children 
of  Nippon  in  their  agreeable  task  of  pulverising  Chinese  heathen- 
dom, all  tbe  last-named  dropped  their  pig-tails  in  mourning  and 
gnashed  their  teeth  in  bitterness  of  spirit.  For  well  they  knew 
that  Komatsu,  witb  his  Western  knowledge  added  to  his  Oriental 
keenness,  will  prove  more  than  a  match  for  the  pottering  old 
Chinese  generals,  who  look  like  antiquated  grandmas  done  up  in 
variegated  counterpanes,  and  who  are  still  id  the  bow-and-arrow 
period  of  war. 

THE  Nicaraguan  aborigine  is  meekly  going  the  way  of  his  red 
brother  of  the  North,  yielding  gracefully  to  the  peranaaive 
oratory  of  the  Bible  and  the  bullet.  Himaelf  shot  down,  his 
women  raped,  and  bis  papooses  skillfully  brained,  be  makes  way 
f o ■  that  grand  moral,  Christian  civilization  whose  apotheosis  is 
tbe  church  and  the  standing  army.  Of  all  the  wise  provisions  of 
Providence,  there  is  none  so  strikingly  beneficent  aa  that  invio- 
lable law  by  which  might  is  eternally  right. 


Sept.  1,  1894. 


SAX   FRANCISCO    NKWS  LETTKR. 


GENERAL    DIMONDS    REPORT. 

GENEKAL  W.  H.  Diiuond'a  reporl  to  the  Governor  on  the 
operations  of  the  National  Guard  during  the  recent  strike 
gives  the  first  intelligent  and  detailed  account  of  the  extraordin- 
ary enieutes  at  Sacramento.  The  report  is  calm,  dignified,  straight- 
forward, and  unsparing,  and  by  placiug  at  least  one  of  the  num- 
erous Generals  in  an  unpleasant  light  has  already  sprung  a  crop 
of  recriminations.  The  main  interest  rests,  of  course,  in  that 
part  of  the  report  covering  the  Sacramento  fiasco,  although  it  in- 
cludes the  operations  of  the  troops  in  all  parts  of  the  State  as 
well.  The  trouble  at  Sacramento  may  be  summed  up  as  follows: 
It  was  General  Uimond's  intention  to  run  the  train  bearing  the 
bav  troops  to  a  point  as  near  the  depot  as  possible,  to  be  joined 
there  by  the  Sacramento  and  Stockton  companies,  and  to  descend 
at  once  upon  the  depot  and  take  possession.  Clearly  that  pro- 
gramme, if  carried  out.  would  have  settled  the  difficulty  in  a 
moment  and  without  trouble.  Then  came  two  unexplainable  and 
fatal  blunders  on  the  part  of  two  of  his  high  subordinates.  The 
one  charged  with  the  task  of  provisioning  the  men  had  utterly 
failed  to  do  so,  and  hence  a  disheartening  famine  fell  upon  the 
men.  At  Gait  another  subordinate  took  it  upon  himself  to  con- 
fer with  Division  Superintendent  Wright,  at  Sacramento,  and  ar- 
range with  him  to  halt  the  train  at  Twenty-first  street,  a  long 
distance  from  the  depot.  When  these  blunders  were  discovered 
it  was  too  late  to  correct  tbem.  The  men  were  famished  when 
they  arrived.  The  advantage  of  a  sudden  descent  upon  the  depot 
early  in  the  morning  had  been  irretrievably  lost,  for  the  arrival 
of  the  troops  at  the  edge  of  town  opposite  the  depot  had  warned 
the  strikers  and  enabled  them  to  mass.  Nothing  was  to  be 
gained,  therefore,  by  marching  the  men  at  once  upon  the  station ; 
they  would  be  fed  first.  Orders  were  given  to  that  effect  by 
General  Dimond,  and  again  a  blunder  came.  After  allowing  time 
for  the  men  to  eat  he  ordered  a  forward  movement,  and  then  it 
was  discovered  hat  his  subordinate  had  provided  for  feeding 
only  half  of  them !  A  long  delay  to  feed  the  others  ensued.  The 
hottest  part  of  the  day  came  on,  and  the  men  were  marched 
down  to  the  depot.  There  it  became  evident  that  force  would 
have  to  be  used.  The  United  States,  meanwhile,  had  assumed 
the  moral  control  of  the  situation  by  raising  the  issue  of  inter- 
ference with  the  forwarding  of  the  mails ;  the  United  States  Mar- 
shal was  there  to  force  an  opening  of  the  blockade;  no  overt  act 
of  riot  bad  occurred  which  justified  a  volley  or  a  bayonet  charge 
at  the  hands  of  the  State.  Hence  the  United  States  Marshal  as- 
sumed command  of  the  State  troops,  relieving  the  State.  The 
officers  demanded  a  written  order  to  fire;  the  Marshal  issued  it, 
then  wavered,  while  the  troops  stood  breast  to  breast  with  the 
strikers ;  directed  the  order  to  be  held ;  went  and  parleyed  with  the 
strikers,  and  agreed  to  an  armistice  with  them  till  the  afternoon! 
And  so  the  men  were  kept  all  day  inactive  in  a  broiling  snn,  hungry 
and  falling  by  scores  from  prostration.  It  all  sounds  incredible. 
The  Marshal  did  some  fiddling  with  the  troops  meanwhile,  which 
further  demoralized  them — sent  some  away  to  guard  bridges,  leav- 
idg  the  weakest  where  the  strongest  were  needed.  Meanwhile, 
further,  a  brigade  commander  ordered  to  move  upon  the  east  end 
of  the  depot,  which  was  not  held  by  the  strikers,  either  did  not 
receive  the  order  or  failed  to  act  upon  the  order  received.  Again, 
a  brigade  commander  was  prostrated  by  the  heat,  and  General 
Dimond  was  not  informed  of  the  fact  until  an  hour  or  two  after- 
ward. To  sum  it  all  up  into  a  line,  neglect  of  orders  and  the 
wavering  of  the  United  States  Marshal — the  latter  the  chief  offen- 
der  were  the  causes    that   prevented   General  Dimond  and  the 

National  Guard  from  clearing  the  depot  without  difficulty.  Gen- 
eral Dimond  deserves  the  thanks  of  both  the  National  Guard 
and  the  people  at  large  for  clearing  away  a  cloud  that  has  rested 
bo  long  upon  the  Guardsmen.  As  it  was  the  lads  did  their  duty 
at  Sacramento  in  doing  nothing,  for  they  were  given  nothing  to 
do;  a  soldier  cannot  act  without  orders. 

CLEVELAND  AND  TARIFF  REFORM. 

THERE  has  been  no  act  of  President  Cleveland's  since  he  be- 
came the  Chief  Executive  that  has  signalized  his  consistency 
so  strongly  and  sharply  as  his  refusal  to  approve  the  Tariff  bill.  He 
could  not  have  done  so  and  be  true  to  the  principles  he  has  so 
persistently  advocated  in  expressing  his  ideas  of  tariff  reform.  In 
permitting  the  measure  to  become  a  law  without  his  signature 
under  the  constitutional  provision,  be  has  submitted  to  the 
will  of  Congress,  as  the  representatives  of  the  people, 
on  the  broad  principle  that  the  people  are  the  rulers. 
It  was  the  only  way  that  he  had  to  impress  the  world  with 
the  fact  that  the  Tariff  bill  as  passed  waa  not  constructed 
upon  the  lines  suggested  by  the  national  platform  which  inspired 
the  people  to  support  him  and  the  party  to  which  he  belonged 
with  so  much  unanimity  in  the  last  Presidential  campaign.  He 
no  doubt  recognized  the  fact  that  the  financial  and  industrial 
condition  of  the  country  was  being  sorely  aggravated  through  the 
delay  in  establishing  a  financial  policy,  and  the  nearest  road  to  a 
restoration  of  confidence  and  a  resumption  of  business  was  to 
permit  the  measure  to  become  a  law  notwithstanding  hia  per- 
sonal objections,  but  he  could  not  stultify  himself  by  expressing 
his  approval  by  signing  the  bill. 


A    BLUNDER    BY    THE    "  ARGONAUT. " 

OUR  good  old  friend  the  Argonaut  has  done  a  ludicrous  thing. 
In  its  last  issue  it  published  a  letter  from  a  correspondent 
abroad,  together  with  a  clipping  from  the  Florence  (Italy)  Fiera- 
moica  (which  the  Argonaut  innocently  misspells  Ticramosca).  The 
Italian  paper's  article  is  headed  »  Marriageable  Girls  in  America, 
and  the  •  Advertising  '  of  A  merican  newspapers,"  so  says  the  cor- 
responded, and  it  refers  to  a  tabulated  descriptive  list  of  the 
marriageable  heiresses  of  San  Francisco  which  the  News  Letter 
published  last  May.  Nowhere  in  the  article,  as  quoted  by  the 
Argonaut  in  Italian,  is  "  advertising  "  referred  to  in  any  manner, 
the  only  criticism  of  the  News  Letter  being  in  the  opening  para- 
graph, a  translation  of  which  is  as  follows: 

"  In  these  days,  in  which  for  North  America  happen  the  most 
colossal  strikes,  followed  by  terrible  and  bloody  riots,  a  newspaper  of 
San  Francisco,  California, "just  as  if  these  happenings  should  be  a 
matter  of  very  little  interest,  amuses  itself  by  publishing  in  its  first 
page  a  complete  list  of  the  richest  marriageable  young  ladies  of  San 
Francisco. 

As  the  strikes  at  that  time  were  about  three  thousand  miles 
distant  from  San  Francisco,  there  happened  to  be  room  in  the 
News  Letter  that  could  be  given  to  something  besides  a  discus- 
sion of  them.  But  that  is  only  the  natural  guilelessness  of  a 
foreign  newspaper  in  discussing  American  affairs,  and  is  trivial. 
The  indignant  American  correspondent  of  the  Argonaut,  however, 
who  had  received  the  clipping  enclosed  in  a  letttr  from  a  Floren- 
tine lady,  adds  this: 

"  My  friend  wished  to  know  if  it  was  a  common  custom  for  young 
ladies  in  America  to  advertise  in  this  way  for  husbands.  Her  con- 
clusion that  the  article  which  had  appeared  in  a  San  Francisco  paper 
was  an  advertisement  is  quite  natural,  viewed  from  the  European 
standpoint." 

The  Argonaut  knows  that  the  News  Letter's  publication  was 
not  an  advertisement;  but  in  failing  to  deny  that  it  was,  that 
paper  permits  this  belief  to  be  entertained  by  such  of  its  foreign 
readers  as  will.  That  is  extremely  unchivalrous  to  the  charming 
young  heiresses  of  San  Francisco — we  had  expected  better  of  the 
Argonaut  than  that;  and  it  must  have  been  with  some  twinge  of 
shame  that  it  found  justification  for  the  publication  of  the  silly 
contribution  in  the  cheap  advertisement  of  itself  which  appeared 
in  the  end  of  it.  No  sensible  European  will  believe  that  any 
American  heiress  needs  to  advertise  for  a  husband — it  is  too  easy 
to  secure  frayed-trousered  European  titles  in  the  open  market! 


AGRICULTURAL    FAIRS    AND    THE    TURF. 


THE  most  prominent  and  influential  newspapers  of  the  interior, 
among  which  are  the  Stockton  Mail  and  the  Fresno  Republican, 
have  been  discussing  the  question  of  benefits  derived  from  the 
so-called  agricultural  fairs  from  an  economic  point  of  view,  and 
they  have  pretty  nearly  come  to  the  conclusion  that  they  are  not 
agricultural  fairs  at  all.  The  primary  object  of  such  institutions 
was  for  competition  and  education  among  the  prouucers  and  in- 
dustrial classes,  and  State  appropriations  are  made  with  these 
ends  in  view-  During  the  past  twenty  years  the  annual  gather- 
ings of  this  character  have  been  notoriously  farcical.  All  inter- 
est has  centered  in  the  Bpeed  programmes,  and  although  no  part 
of  the  public  funds  provided  by  the  State  is  allowed  to  be  diverted 
to  speed  competitions,  a  large  per  cent,  of  the  interest  manifested 
centers  in  the  turf  sports  at  these  district  meetings,  and  without 
such  excitement  there  would  be  next  to  nothing  to  be  seen.  The 
producers  and  artisans  take  but  little  interest  in  them  as  a  class. 
A  few  of  the  more  enterprising  are  always  enthusiastic,  and  take 
honest  pride  in  presenting  the  results  of  their  industry,  but  these 
comparatively  few  are  but  a  relief  from  an  absolute  lack  of  appre- 
ciation by  the  many  who  exhibit  an  indifference  in  making  any 
demonstration  in  presenting  specimens  of  their  industry  and  gen- 
ius. The  question  discussed  is:  "  Does  it  pay  to  increase  the  ex- 
penditures, and  necessarily  the  tax  levy  of  the  State,  to  appro- 
priate all  the  way  from  $75,000  to  $100,000  in  the  aggregate  to 
provide  a  nucleus  for  horse-racing  ?  "  In  a  sense,  the  money  goes 
back  to  the  producers  in  the  way  of  premiums  and  incidental  ex- 
penses, but  not  in  an  equitable  manner.  Eliminate  from  these 
fairs  the  speed  programmes,  and  there  would  be  no  lobbyists 
hanging  about  the  corridors  of  the  Legislature  at  each  session, 
demanding  liberal  appropriations  for  the  benefit  of  the  dear  farmers 
and  producers  in  the  several  districts.  Breeders  of  blooded  stock 
have  done  much  for  California,  but  being  more  in  the  sporting 
line,  the  State  fairs  should  present  sufficient  opportunities  for  an 
annual  display  of  brood  and  speed  in  that  industry  in  connection 
with  an  expenditure  of  public  funds.  There  is  no  question  that 
the  district  system  has  become  unpopular  and  fruitless  of  good  re- 
sults. The  race  course  is  all  well  enough  but  it  is  an  enterprise 
that  should  stand  upon  its  own  merits  under  the  regulation  of 
turf  associations,  where  it  properly  belongs. 


WE  have  received  a  crumb  of  comfort.  The  Springfield  Repub- 
lican has  discovered  that  the  hard  times  have  decreased  the 
death  rate.  In  the  early  days  a  lively  stock  market  in  San  Fran- 
cisco always  produced  an  epidemic  of  suicide.  The  reflux  of  the 
stock  boom  was  always  echoed  by  the  crack  of  the  revolver. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  1,1894. 


THE    SILVER    QUESTION. 


EDITOR  News  Letter.—  Sir:  In  their  State  Convention  last  week 
the  California  Democrats  saved  themselves,  "  so  as  by  fire," 
from  the  folly  of  declaring  for  the  unlimited  free  coinage  of  silver. 

One  of  our  morning  dailies,  daring  the  present  week,  had  a 
column  and  a  half  editorial  on  bimetallism,  or,  more  exactly,  on 
a  recent  article  by  Mr.  Brooks  Adams  on  the  gold  standard.  Mr. 
Adams  belongs  to  the  New  England  neo-bimetallists,  of  whom 
General  Francis  A.  Walker,  of  the  Boston  Polytechnic  School,  and 
President  Andrews,  of  Brown  University,  are  prominent  leaders 
in  the  United  States.  Mr.  A.  J.  Balfour,  an  English  neo-metallist, 
asserts  that  any  one  who  argues  that  universal  or  international 
bimetallism  is  not  feasible  writes  himself  down  as  ignorant  of  the 
latest  development  of  economic  science.  Now,  the  writer  of  these 
articles  is  not  a  professional  political  economist;  be  makes  no 
pretensions  of  being  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  latest  develop- 
ments of  economic  science,  but  he  is  simply  a  business  man.  The 
latest  developments  of  economic  science  may  be  infallible,  but  in 
the  main  they  do  not  seem  to  have  affected  the  Gresham  Law, 
that  "  bad  money  drives  out  good."  If  they  be  true  they  over- 
torn  the  hitherto  acknowledged  accuracy  of  the  reasoning  of  ac- 
credited writers  on  political  economy  for  several  centuries  past,  to 
wit:  Oreame,  CopernicuB,  Gresham,  Petty,  Locke,  Harris,  Bteuart, 
Liverpool,  and  others,  to  the  effect  that  it  is  the  relative  intrinsic 
value  of  the  metals  in  bullion  which  will  govern  in  the  aggregate 
the  relative  value  of  the  coins  as  a  circulating  medium  in  the  com- 
merce of  the  world,  and  this  has  been  the  practical  working  of 
economic  laws  governing  finance,  although,  to-day,  France  and 
the  United  States  are  maintaining,  within  their  own  boundaries 
only,  a  fiat  value  on  silver. 

The  way  in  which  the  subject  of  the  nnlimited  free  coinage  of 
silver  has  been  discussed  by  many  of  its  advocates  would,  with- 
out disrespect,  suggest  that  they  expected  to  be  able  to  go  forth 
with  a  sack  and  obtain  money  for  nothing.  In  discussing  the 
currency  question  some  twenty  years  ago,  Mr.  Samuel  J.  Tilden 
observed,  as  probably  others  had  before  him,  that  there  was  "  no 
royal  road  to  wealth,"  and  all  Bhould  remember  this,  should  con- 
sider the  evils  that  would  result  to  the  industrial  classes  of  this 
country  from  tbe  substitution  of  a  currency  based  on  silver  instead 
of  gold  in  the  payment  of  the  thousands  of  millions  of  dollars  ac- 
cruing to  them  throughout  the  United  States  for  current  wages 
and  also  of  the  thousands  of  millions  of  dollars  they  have  on  de- 
posit in  savings  banks,  or  similarly  invested,  and  in  prospect 
from  pending  risks  carried  by  mutual  benevolent  associations  and 
life  and  fire  insurance  companies.  Why  any  considerable  part  of 
the  American  people  should  have  believed  or  can  now  believe 
that  the  unlimited  free  coinage  of  silver  could  possibly  be  a  bene- 
fit, why  Bilver  or  silver  producers  should  be  entitled  to  any  more 
consideration  than  wheat  and  cotton  and  the  men  that  plant  and 
cultivate  them,  is  more  than  tbe  writer  has  been  able  to  under- 
stand. The  alleged  popular  desire  for  free  coinage,  about  which 
there  has  been  such  a  clamor,  must  have  been  based  on  a  belief  in 
the  public  mind  that  silver,  given  free  scope,  would  cure,  or  at 
least  mitigate,  industrial  depression  alleged  to  have  been  caused 
by  scarcity  of  money,  and  that  it  would  contribute  largely  to  the 
relief  of  mortgage  or  note  debtors,  which  is  a  point  upon  which 
those  who  advocate  free  silver  lay  a  particular  stress.  An  advo- 
cate of  free  silver  has  said: 

"It  is  not  a  question  of  interest  to  the  people  whether  the  gold  and  silver 
bullion  owners  may  have  the  right  to  have  their  metal  coined  into  legal 
tender  dollars,  but  it  is  of  vital  interest  that  those  who  carry  the  burden  of 
$2,500,000,000  of  debts,  that  are  Hens  on  their  property,  shall  have  the  right 
to  the  use  of  both  metals  for  legal  tender  money  to  pay  those  vast  debts." 

Tbe  question  arises,  "  Would  they  be  helped  under  free  silver 
coinage?"  Every  one  possessing  silver  bullion  would  hasten  to  have 
the  same  coined  and  use  it  to  his  own  advantage.  How  would 
farmers  with  mortgaged  farms  obtain  their  silver  but  by  selling 
their  commodities  for  silver  or  executing  fresh  mortgages  ?  If 
silver  be  accorded  unlimited  free  coinage«at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1, 
gold  will  go  to  a  corresponding  premium. 

The  natural  relative  values  of  gold  and  silver  have  been  a 
common  phrase  of  the  advocates  of  free  silver  coinage.  Have 
the  two  metals  or  can  they  have  any  •■  natural  relative  values?" 
Are  not  their  relations  artificial — arbitrary  ?  Have  they  not 
always  been  so,  varying  according  to  circumstances  and  condi- 
tions, and  always  sensitively  affected  by  the  law  of  supply  and 
demand — the  Gresham  law  invariably  acting  ?  The  truth  in  this 
connection  is  the  record,  and  it  informs  us  that  the  ratio  of  the 
two  metals  has  been  a  thing  of  constant  change,  the  single  stand- 
ard the  rule  and  the  dual  standard  the  exception.  The  ratios  of 
gold  and  silver  for  a  given  value  have  been  constantly  changing, 
gold  generally  being  regarded  as  the  fixed  unit,  and  Bilver  going 
up  or  down  as  a  commodity.     Let  us  cite  a  few  examples : 

Stated  by  Herodotus,  450  B.  C,  1  gold  to  13  of  silver. 
Stated  by  Plato,  1  gold  to  12  of  silver. 
Stated  bv  Meander,  350  B.  C,  1  gold  to  10  of  silver. 
Rome,  about  Christian  era,  1  gold  to  0  of  silver. 
Constantine  the  Great,  A.  D.  350,  1  gold  to  15  of  silver. 
Theodostus  the  Younger,  A.  D.  600, 1  gold  to  18  of  silver. 
Arabs,  in  the  seventh  century,  1  gold  to  Q%  of  silver. 
France,  about  the  same  year,  1  gold  to  10  of  silver. 


England,  in  the  twelfth  century,  1  gold  to  9  of  silver. 

Castile  and  Leon,  in  1450,  1  gold  to  10  of  silver. 

Spain,  1495, 1  gold  to  11  of  silver. 

England,  1509,  mint  price,  1  gold  to  11  of  silver. 

Spain,  1546,  1  gold  to  13  of  silver. 

England,  mint  price,  1600,  1  gold  to  11  of  silver. 

Portugal,  1668,  1  gold  to  16  of  silver. 

England,  1702,  1  gold  to  15  of  silver. 

England,  1760,  1  gold  to  14  of  silver. 

England,  1815  to  1873,  one  gold  to  15>i  of  silver. 

England,  1891,  1  gold  to  22  of  silver. 

The  range,  therefore,  since  the  Christian  era  has  been  from  1  to 
6  to  a  little  more  than  1  to  22,  and  within  the  last  five  hundred 
years  it  has  varied,  in  countries  not  widely  separated,  from  1 
to  7i  to  1  to  22.     Present  commodity  value,  1  gold  to  32  of  silver. 

In  the  editorial  with  reference  to  Mr.  Adams's  article  which  I 
have  cited,  mention  is  made  of  that  oft-repeated  fallacy  that  the 
fall  of  the  Roman  Empiie  was  occasioned  by  a  scarcity  of  money. 
As  a  matter  of  fact  it  was  occasioned  by  the  unbridled  license  and 
corruption  of  the  people.  Of  .the  Republic,  Momrasen  says  sub- 
stantially that  it  was  brought  to  ruin  in  politics,  In  literature,  in 
morals,  and  religion,  not  through  outward  or  foreign  violence, 
but  internal  corruption  and  decay,  which  not  even  the  richly 
gifted  patriotism  of  Julius  Oesar  could  overcome  or  reform. 

The  time  of  Imperial  Rome  may  be  divided  into  four  periods,  of 
about  100  years  each.  First,  the  Julian  period,  commencing  with 
Augustus  and  ending  with  Neio,  A.  D.  68,  under  which  an  abso- 
lute and  despotic  monarchy  existed  under  Republican  forms. 
Tacitus,  in  his  history  of  this  period,  says: 

"  I  approach  a  work  opulent  in  calamities,  gloomy  with  combats,  full  of 
discord  through  civil  strifes,  ferocious  even  in  peace  itself  The  city  de- 
vastated with  conflagrations,  in  which  its  most  ancient  shrines  ivere  con- 
sumed, and  the  Capitol  was  itself  burned  by  the  hands  of  citizens,  reli- 
gious rights  polluted,  multiplied  adulteries,  the  sea  full  of  exiles,  the 
rocks  made  pestilential  by  Slaughter.  In  the  city  a  still  more  cruel  rage. 
Nobility,  wealth,  honors,  laid  aside,  and  houors  borne  regarded  as  crim- 
inal; and  the  surest  destruction  the  consequence  of  virtues" 

After  the  Julian  Emperors  came  tbe  Flavian  Emperors,  for 
about  thirty  years,  then  came  tbe  great  period  of  the  Empire, 
from  97  A.  D.  to  180  A.  D.,  during  which  Rome  had  the  wisest  and 
most  statesmanlike  rulers  that  she  had  ever  known — Nerva,  Har- 
drian,  Antonius,  and  Marcus.  Then  came  the  third  period  of  the 
Empire,  and  for  more  tnan  one  hundred  years,  that  is  to  say  until 
near  the  beginning  of  tbe  fourth  century,  there  was  a  period  of 
almost  continuous  anarchy.  Province  fongbt  against  province, 
and  internecine  strife  became  the  normal  condition  of  public  affairs. 
In  almost  every  legionary  camp  there  was  some  ambitious  and 
srupulous  General  eager  to  become  Emperor,  and  Neibhur  makes 
the  observation  that  it  is  a  remarkable  phenomenon  that  previous 
to  this  time  those  human  wild  beasts,  the  Roman  legionaries,  who 
had  for  two  hundred  years  held  the  fate  of  tbe  Empire  in  their 
hands,  could  have  been  made  to  obey,  and  feel  that  they  were 
subject  to  any  authority.  In  this  period  of  anarchy  there  be- 
came manifest  everywhere  the  unmistakable  signs  of  univer- 
sal and  fatal  decay.  The  fourth  period,  beginning  under  Diocle- 
tian, A.  D.  285,  was  one  in  which  the  state  was  revived  some- 
what temporarily  and  maintained  under  Constantine,  but  the 
seeds  of  dissolution  had  been  too  widely  sown,  and  the  ruin 
which  was  inevitable  quickly  ensued.  Neibhur  says  that  there 
was  no  hope  for  these  unhappy  people,  for  they  were  under  the 
tyranny  of  a  dead  hand.  Rome's  condition  was  such  that  an 
angel  from  Heaven  would  not  have  been  able  to  bring  about  any 
essential  improvement.  The  lusts  of  the  world,  the  flesh,  and 
devil  dominated  them  completely,  and  the  age  was  sick  with  a 
moral  plague,  and  neither  strong  nor  weak,  wise  nor  unwise, 
bore  any  antidote  against  infection. 

It  seems  almost  inconceivable  that  a  man  of  Mr.  Adams's  intel- 
ligence should  attach  any  considerable  importance  to  the  finan- 
cial policy  of  the  Roman  Empire,  A.  D.  360,  as  a  factor  in  its 
downfall.  The  truth  is  that  Rome  had  looted  the  known  world 
and  at  last  fell  a  victim  to  her  own  mad  violence.  The  reasons, 
in  the  case  of  the  Empire,  were  not  essentially  different  from  those 
in  the  case  of  the  Republic.  The  Republic  fell  because  it  was  too 
corrupt  to  continue  to  exist  as  a  Republic,  and  the  Empire  fell 
because  it  was  too  corrupt  to  continue  to  exist  at  all. 

Money  1  money!  money!  was  the  demand.  Money  at  the  cost 
of  truth.  Money  at  the  cost  of  honesty.  Money  at  the  sacrifice  of 
all  forms  of  integrity.  Money  for  tbe  indulgence  of  brutal  diver- 
sions, of  ignoble  pleasures,  of  depraved  appetites.  This  was  the 
status  of  aristocratic  society  in  Rome,  both  as  a  Republic  and  as 
an  Empire.  For  tbe  masses,  tbe  legions,  the  mercenaries,  the 
mob,  they  demanded  bread  and  circuses;  for  tbe  slaves,  who 
constituted  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  entire  population,  they 
were  regarded  as  dumb  beasts  of  burden,  and  treated  with  less 
consideration. 

And  it  is  one  of  the  vices  of  the  thought  of  the  present  time 
that  the  panacea  for  every  evil  may  be  found  in  money. 

A  Layman. 

San  Francisco,  August  28,  1894. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thn  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


Sept  1,  1894 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[Bt    Di     Vibhoh.] 

IN  one  of  bis  novels,  it  seems  to  me  that  it  was  >•  Little  Dorrit," 
Dickens  bas  described  graphically  a  bot  night  in  an  Italian 
city,  dwelling  with  particular  emphasis  on  the  rythmically  re- 
peated sound  of  a  certain  insect.  Any  one  who  bas  read  that 
description  mnst  be  reminded  of  it  on  one  of  the  few  bot  nights 
in  San  Francisco.  In  place  of  the  insect  we  bave  the  shrill, 
bigh  voices  of  the  children,  keyed  to  a  piercing  pitch  as  they 
make  op  for  tbe  lime  that  the  heal  of  the  day  has  kept  them  in 
the  bouse  and  out  of  their  usual  playground — the  street.  During 
the  day  young  men  and  women  of  the  working  class,  if  tbe  bot 
wave  happens  to  come  on  Sunday,  hold  a  social  event  on  the 
sidewalk  od  the  shady  side  of  the  street  in  their  own  peculiar 
and  characteristic  fashion.  Ten  or  a  dozen  young  men  congregate 
npon  tbe  steps  of  one  bouse  in  tbe  neighborbood  and  smile  on  a 
number  of  girls  gathered  in  like  manner  not  far  distant.  Bits  of 
talk  float  back  and  forth  from  group  to  group.  Mental  horse- 
play distinguishes  these  sidewalk  sociables.  Finally  tbe  groups 
break  up  and  different  couples  are  engaged  in  face  to  face  conver- 
sation. Little  girls  in  starched  white  dresses  flit  between  the 
groups  before  the  inevitable  pairing  off  takes  place,  and  carry 
messages  between  interested  parties.  When  night  comes  the 
children  play  and  scream.  The  "young  ladies"  and  "gentle- 
men1' are  not  so  much  in  evidence.  But  from  wide  open  win- 
dows float  tbe  sounds  of  musical  mirth.  The  universal  piano  is 
murdering  music  and  rending  the  air  with  the  classics  of  tbe 
common  people.  By  nine  o'clock,  ten  at  the  latest,  all  the 
children's  voices  have  died  away.  The  piano  no  longer  is  being 
played,  a  cool  air  comes  in  from  the  ocean,  and  a  San  Francisco 
hot  day  is  over. 

Tbe  woman  who  boards  bas  been  tbe  subject  of  a  great  many 
newspaper  paragraphs.  It  has  been  said  that  unless  she  was 
lazy  and  shiftless  she  would  bave  a  home  of  her  own  and  a 
domestic  atmosphere.  The  fact  that  many  lone  women  have 
taken  to  the  solitary  room  in  the  boarding  house  because  they 
were  compelled  to  do  so  by  circumstances  bas  been  overlooked. 
A  woman  who  has  known  better  things  cannot  enjoy  the  "poor" 
table,  tbe  general  air  of  neglect  and  untidiness  that  pervades  tbe 
place.  She  does  not  enjoy  the  insolence  of  servants  whom  sbe 
does  not  engage,  who  do  not  look  to  ber  for  their  wages,  and 
who  feel  at  liberty  therefore  to  be  impudent  to  a  lady  who  wishes 
her  room  attended  to  with  something  more  than  the  "slap-dash" 
tidying-up  of  the  girl  on  that  floor.  The  woman  who  boards  does 
not  enjoy  being  herded  at  the  table  with  ail  sorts  of  people,  vul- 
gar women,  coarse  men,  and  the  pert,  saucy  miss  whose  bold  and 
forward  ways  are  tbe  delight  of  her  misguided  parents,  the  amuse- 
ment of  the  dining-room  and  the  horror  of  people  of  refinement. 
Tbe  woman  who  boards  because  sbe  must  does  not  enjoy  the 
multiplicity  of  noises  which  sbe  must  bear  in  suffering  Bilence  or 
be  called  a  crank  if  she  utters  the  protest  of  absolute  inability  to 
endure  any  more.  Carlyle  had  padded  walls  bo  that  the  noise  of 
the  street  could  not  penetrate  his  study.  But  think  what  a 
woman  with  sensitive  nerves  must  endure  when  she  is  hemmed 
in  between  two  pianoes,  and  both  going  at  the  same  time!  People 
are  selfish  naturally.  Selfishness  is  the  over-development  of  the 
life  principle;  without  some  selfishness  the  human  race  would 
die  out.  But  nowhere  will  selfishness  manifest  itself  more  dis- 
agreeably than  in  a  boarding  house.  It  is  to  be  seen  at  tbe  table 
where  one  woman  will  expect  instant  and  continual  attention 
from  tbe  waiter  to  tbe  exclusion  of  all  others.  It  is  to  be  seen 
in  the  way  that  many  mothers  send  their  children  away  from 
their  own  doors  to  play  in  the  corridors  of  another  floor.  It  is  to 
be  seen  in  the  way  that  the  occupants  of  one  suite  will  entertain 
company  night  after  night  with  all  the  noisy  accompaniments  of 
music,  dancing,  and  singing  long  after  the  other  occupants  of  tbe 
family  hotel  have  retired,  vainly  wishing  for  quiet,  silence,  and 
sleep. 

•  i  Are  women  barbarians  and  not  the  angels  that  they  have  been 
called  eo  long  ?  "  is  a  question  that  one  must  pause  to  ask  when 
one  reads  of  some  social  affair  at  which  women  have  distinguished 
themselves  by  rude  behavior.  Or  "are  they  morally  obtuse  ?  " 
How  they  chatter  at  a  theatre  party  regardless  of  others  whose 
pleasure  they  are  destroying!  How  they  fight  and  push  at  a  swell 
wedding,  as  at  the  Craven- Martin  affair,  when  ladies  of  high 
social  position  fought  like  fishermen's  wives  for  position,  or  even 
an  entrance  to  the  church,  tearing  the  very  gowns  from  their 
backs  in  their  wild  endeavors  to  get  in,  to  get  a  sight  of  the  bride  1 
Are  women  honest  ?  Ask  any  decorator  of  social  affairs  if  ever 
he  gets  all  his  property  back,  or  if  be  does  not  have  to  mourn  the 
loss  of  ribbons  that  have  been  snipped  off  for  souvenirs,  orna- 
ments carried  away  for  the  same  purpose,  and  valuable  potted 
plants  ruined  by  rude  bands  that  have  not  hesitated  to  appropriate 
>•  slips  1  "  What,  think  you,  would  be  the  verdict  of  the  florist 
who  loaned  some  valuable  orchids  to  deck  the  box  occupied  by 
the  Princess  Enlalia  at  a  New  York  theatre  ?  Did  not  women- 
yes,  and  men  too crowd  into  that   box  as  soon  as  the  Princess 

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amount,  urging  that,  as  be  bad  been  persuaded  to  lend  tbe  plants 
on  the  representation  that  they  would  be  returned  to  him  in  good 
condition,  he  ought  to  be  compensated  for  the  loss  sustained 
through  the  neglect  of  the  committee  to  have  some  one  on  guard. 

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ONCE  upon  a  time  Jerome  K.Jerome  wrote  a  little  book  which 
he  called  "  Stageland."  It  was  a  dainty,  satirical  thing;  it 
sprung  into  popularity  at  a  bound,  because  it  gently  assailed  the 
playwrights  for  having  used  but  one  style  of  character-mating 
since  the  birth  of  the  modern  drama.  Probably  Mr.  Jerome  wrote 
that  book  before  he  aspired  to  dramatic  honors,  probably  he 
never  thought  that  some  day  be  would  write  a  play  and  find  it 
hard  to  make  new  people.  No  one  knows  how  hard  Mr.  Jerome 
may  have  worked,  how  many  hours  he  may  have  spent  in  the 
light  of  the  midnight  oil,  trying  to  build  up  the  characters  in  The 
Councillor's  Wife.  He  may  have  tried  to  build  characters  that 
were  not  described  in  his  book,  but  if  he  did  he  fouDd  that  they 
were  unworthy  of  reproduction  and  returned  to  the  good  old  peo- 
ple who  have  lived  in  the  drama  for  ages.  The  proud  young 
man,  the  careless  young  artist,  the  sinning  philanthropist,  the 
sentimental  old  man,  the  actress  in  hig  lif,  the  womanly  girl,  and 
the  love-lorn  maiden  are  all  in  The  Councillor's  Wife,  just  as  tbey 
are  in  "  Stageland,"  and  just  as  bright,  new,  happy,  coy,  and  de- 
ceitful as  they  were  years  and  years  ago.  But  there  is  one  charac- 
ter in  the  play  that  is  not  in  Mr.  Jerome's  book,  and  Heaven 
knows  that  it  is  not  on  earth.  It  was  probably  one  of  the  new 
characters  that  Mr.  Jerome  was  trying  to  create  and  he  let  it  in  as 
an  experiment.  But  experiments  are  dangerous.  We  refer  to 
the  cbaracter  of  Theodore  Travers,  the  literary  man.  Mr.  Jerome 
calls  him  an  author,  a  writer  of  books,  but  in  choosing  the  kind 
of  author  beet  suited,  in  his  opinion,  to  the  exigencies  of  his 
comedy,  he  has  introduced  an  insufferably  offensive  prig — not  but 
that  most  authors,  especially  writers  of  fiction,  are  prigs,  for  that 
matter.  Mr.  Jerome,  in  apparently  ridiculing  a  profession  by 
making  its  representative  offensive,  doubtless  aimed  only  at  the 
type  which  he  portrayed,  and  tbat  type  cannot  be  whipped  too 
thoroughly.  Otherwise  it  might  appear  that  he  has  aimed  ridi- 
cule at  a  profession  in  which  he  has  accomplished  conspicuous 
success.  The  only  risk  which  he  has  run  in  this  particular  is  in 
not  making  so  clear  a  distinction  between  book  writers  and  real 
makers  of  literature  as  to  leave  himself  free  from  the  suspicion 
that  he  has  lashed  a  type  of  which  he  might  be  accused  of  being 
a  member;  for  it  is  a  peculiar  coincidence  that  Mr.  Jerome  has 
not  made  anything  that  can  be  called  literature. 

w    *    n 

The  Councillor's  Wife,  as  a  play,  is  entertaining,  sympathetic,  in- 
teresting, and  at  times  quaint.  Mr.  Frohman's  excellent  com- 
pany played  it  admirably.  Mr.  Faversham,  Mr.  Mills,  Mr. 
Thompson,  and  Mr.  Compton  presented  their  characters  faith- 
fully. May  Robson  was  a  decided  success  as  the  eccentric  Mrs. 
Wheedles.  Viola  Allen  was  sufficiently  buoyant  for  Mr.  Ben 
Dixon,  but  the  part  was  out  of  her  line.  Mary  Hampton's  Nelly 
was  a  charming  piece  of  work,  and  Isabel  Irving,  as  Primrose 
Dean,  was  natural  and  refreshing.  Her  love  scene  with  Mr. 
Faversham  was  the  prettiest  one  in  the  play. 

*  #  * 

Sidney  Grundy's  Sowing  the  Wind  was  given  on  Thursday  night 
and  last  night,  and  will  be  repeated  at  to-day's  performance.  On 
Monday  evening  Charley's  Aunt,  the  much  talked-of  comedy 
which  has  been  translated  into  six  different  languages,  will  be 
produced. 

*  *  * 

In  addition  to  Friends,  which  is  to  be  the  opening  attraction  at 
the  California  Theatre,  on  September  10th,  Manager  Friedlander 
has  arranged  to  present,  at  the  fall  of  the  curtain  after  every  per- 
formance, the  most  magnificent  of  the  famous  "Living  Pictures*' 
as  illustrated  by  La  Chevreusse,  of  Paris.  This  makes  a  double 
bill. 

*  »  * 

The  living  pictures  and  Iolanthe,  having  pleased  the  Tivoli 
patrons  for  two  weeks,  will  be  shelved  to-morrow  night  for 
Patience  and  more  living  pictures.  Hartman  will  play  Bunthorne, 
Miss  Tillie  Salinger,  Patience,  and  Carrie  Godfrey,  Lady  Jane. 
Don  Juan  [Ad  Lib)  is  announced  to  follow,  when  Miss  Gracie 
Plaisted,  who  has  returned  from  the  Orient,  will  make  her  reap- 
pearance. 

»  #  * 

The  testimonial  concert  tendered  to  Miss  Lillian  K.  Slinkey 
drew  a  large  audience  to  Metropolitan  Temple  on  Thursday  even- 
ing. Miss  Slinkey,  who  is  a  pupil  of  Faustino  Zilliani,  made  a 
successful  debut  as  Lady  Harriet,  in  Martha,  at  the  Bush  last  spring. 
She  has  a  pleasing  soprano  voice,  as  was  evidenced  in  her  rendi- 
tions of  Meyerbeer's  "Adieu  My  Native  Land  "  and  the  cavatina 
from  La  Somnambula.  Miss  Slinkey  leaves  shortly  for  Italy  to 
complete  her  studies.  The  Midwinter  Fair  Quintette  was  heartily 
we'comed,  and  its  ensemble  playing  was  very  good.  Its  opening 
number,  the  overture  from  William  Tell,  is  hardly  musical  on  five 


instruments,  no  matter  how  clever  the  musicians  may  be.  The 
Lucia  quintette  and  the  quartette  from  Rigoletto  more  than  atoned 
for  a  too  ambitious  introduction.  Mr.  J.  C.  Hughes  sang  En  Bio 
che  disse  from  Apolloni's  opera,  Eborea,  with  stirring  strength  and 
feeling,  displaying  a  voice  of  rare  texture  and  depth.  Pimuti'a 
quartette,  I  CantaStorie,  was  sung  for  the  first  time  here  by  Miss 
Slinkey,  Madame  Casati,  and  Messrs.  Hughes  and  LaDge.  As  a 
composition  it  is  melancholy  and  without  any  movement. 

The  first  of  the  new  series  of  the  Carr-Beel  concerts  will  take 
place  Saturday  afternoon,  September  22nd.  Considerable  interest 
attaches  to  the  vocalist  of  the  occasion,  Miss  Scbindler,  a  young 
lady  who  has  returned  from  three  years'  study  in  Paris,  and  who 
makes  a  specialty  of  French  songs.  The  programme  includes  a 
beautiful  trio  by  Imetana  f tue  "  Bohemian  Beethoven"  as  he  was 
called  in  his  own  country),  and  a  string  quartette  by  Rubenstein. 
The  resumption  of  the  delightful  Saturday  "Pops,"  after  along 
interval,  will  be  eagerly  welcomed  by  the  local  lovers  of  high- 
class  music. 

*  *  * 

There  was  a  new  feature  added  to  the  programme  at  the  Or- 
pheuni  this  week.  Senorita  Pepita  and  Senor  Jose  de  Vincente, 
the  Mexican  dancers,  who  pirouetted  during  the  days  of  the  Mid- 
winter Fair  at  the  '49  Mining  Camp,  made  their  first  appearance 
and  danced  several  Spanish  measures  with  grace  and  inspiration. 
Tbe  Senorita,  unlike  most  of  the  ballarinos  from  the  land  of  the 
Gila  monster  who  have  appeared  in  public  in  this  country,  dances 
with  a  modest  abandon  and  she  is  airy  and  spirited.  The  other 
members  of  the  company  repeated  their  former  successes,  and  the 
entire  programme  went  very  smoothly.  The  Orpheum  in  Port- 
land, Oregon,  will  be  opened  on  Saturday  evening  next,  in  con- 
junction with  the  Orpheum  in  this  city. 

The  report  that  Elmer  De  Pue  has  decided  to  give  up  the  monot- 
ony of  business  for  the  delights  of  a  tenor  robusto,  and  tbat  he 
has  accepted  an  offer  from  the  Bostonians,  is  looked  upon  as 
being  very  doubtful  by  his  friends,  and  Mr.  De  Pue  himself  has 
very  little  to  say  on  the  subject.  No  one  ever  gave  Mr.  De  Pue 
credit  for  being  a  remarkable  vocalist,  simply  because  he  never 
sang  very  much,  and  seemed  to  give  very  little  attention  to 
music.  But  if  he  has  been  studying  in  secret,  and  has  done  all 
this  in  order  to  surprise  his  friends  he  has  succeeded  admirably. 
In  the  Bohemian  Club  he  is  receiving  the  best  wishes  of  his 
friends,  which  he  takes  with  childlike  modesty,  but  he  looks  as 
if  he  intended  to  electrify  the  world  some  day. 

#  *  • 

Mr.  William  Greer  Harrison  has  not  been  letting  his  genius  lie 
idle  during  the  summer,  but  he  has  written  another  play  while 
summering  in  the  hazel  groves  of  San  Mateo  County.  While  the 
cows  were  grazing  on  the  lea,  bringing  memories  of  George  Brom- 
ley's popular  recitation,  "  Klingle,  Klingle,  Klangle"  to  his  ears, 
while  the  birds  have  been  singing,  and  nature  has  been  as  happy 
as  a  June-bug,  Mr.  Harrison  has  been  writing  a  serious  drama  of 
old  Ireland,  which  will  soon  be  transplanted  from  daisied  fields  to 
the  effete  East.  It  is  said  that  this  play  is  more  ambitions  than 
its  predecessor.  Its  name  is  withheld  from  publication.  James 
O'Neill  will  produce  it  in  Chicago  at  an  early  date. 

*  *  * 

Joseph  Jefferson  is  to  revive  The   Cricket  on   the  Hearth,  and  has 

engaged  Minnie   Radcliffe   to  play    Dot. Daly's  Theatre  is  to 

open  on  September  17  with  The  Gaiety  Girl,  which  was  very  suc- 
cessful in  London. Sol  Smith  Russell  wiU  add  The  Heir  at  Law 

to  his  comedies. Felix  Morris  is   to  resume   hia    starring  tour 

and  has  secured  his  company. Ethel   Barrymore,  daughter  of 

Maurice  Barrymore,    made   her  professional   debut  last  week  as 

Lucy  in  The  Rivals  at  the  Long  Branch  Casino. Edwin  Booth's 

daughter  JEdwina  (Mrs.  Grossman)  has  written  a  volume  of  recol- 
lections of  the  tragedian,  which  will  be  made  valuable  by  many 
letters  from  Mr.  Booth  to  her  and  to  hia  friends — charming  letters 
they  are  aaid  to  be.  The  Century  Company  will  publish  this 
book,  with  many  portraits,  in  October.  There  will  be  two  lim- 
ited editions  ,one  on  large  paper  and   one   de   luxe. A  Chinese 

opera,  entitled  Tsai  Tsung  will  shortly  be  produced  at  the  Grand 
Theatre,  Marseilles.  The  text  and  music  is  by  Guimet.  The 
libretto  is  taken  from  Chinese  history.  The  music  is  teeming 
with  genuine  Chinese  melodies  which  Guimet  has  collected  and 
arranged  during  hia  stay  in  China. 

AN  ostrich  in  the  London  zoological  garden  got  hold  of  an  at- 
tendant's chronometer  watch  a  few  days  ago  and  swallowed  it. 
The  striking  of  the  quarter  and  half  hours,  which  continued  for 
three  hours,  appeared  to  excite  the  bird's  curiosity  and  created  a 
great  deal  of  amusement  among  the  spectators. 


t(AND   your   father?     How  is  his  health?     Does  he  still  suffer 
/\  from  chills  as  he  used  to?" 
"I  hope  not — nay,  I  believe  not.     Father  ia  dead." — Times. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


LAWN    TENNIS. 


Til  K  doubles  held  at  the  Olympic  Ciab  grounds  last  Sunday  were 
anything  but  bigbly  interesting,  except  in  cases  where  tbe 
handicap  was  too  severe  for  tbe  players,  wben  tbe  weaker  team 
won.  Tbe  playing  wa9  not  bad.  considering  the  intense  beat, 
and  witb  more  favorable  weather  the  entries  would  have  been 
larger.  Owing  to  the  absence  of  A.  J.  Treat,  Wilber  had  to  con- 
tent bimself  with  Harron  as  his  partner,  but  this  team  was  easily 
defeated  by  Allison  and  Wilberforce  in  the  first  round.  Orowell 
and  Stoker  only  played  one  match  and  found  their  way  into  the 
finals,  and,  with  the  handicap  accorded  to  them  by  the  handi- 
capping committee,  defeated  Allison  and  Wilberforce  in  three  sets 
to  one.     Score:  7-5,  6-4,  4-6,  6-3. 

Tbe  handicapping  committee  were  evidently  in  favor  of  seeing 
the  iavorites  defeated,  and,  by  doing  so,  made  a  mistake,  as, 
when  a  fairly  strong  team  enters  a  tournament,  and  finds  that 
the  handicap  is  too  severe,  it  never  plays  again.  In  that  way 
with  such  methods  the  Annex  will  loose  a  double  team,  which, 
if  it  bad  been  treated  witb  a  certain  amount  of  consideration, 
would  have  bad  nothing  to  say  on  ihe  subject.  But  it  did  when 
it  found  out  that  all  the  members  of  tbe  handicapping  committee 
were  competitors  in  tbe  event,  and  that  the  odds  given  were  to 
say  the  least,  very  extensive.  The  handicap  in  such  cases  ought 
to  be  left  to  a  professional  player  who  knows  tbe  merit  of  the 
men  who  have  entered,  and  should  never  be  accorded  by  the  com- 
petitors themselves. 

Tbe  directors  of  the  California  Club  held  a  meeting  last  Tuesday 
to  see  what  could  be  done  to  revive  the  interest  which  has  been 
lagging  in  their  midst  for  the  past  season.  It  was  well  understood 
that  tbe  financial  depression  had  a  great  deal  to  do  with  the 
shortcomings  of  some  of  the  members,  but  it  was  pleasing  to 
them  to  notice  that,  during  the  last  two  months,  new  members 
have  been  coming  in.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  investigate 
matters  in  general  and  report  at  the  regular  annual  meeting, 
which  will  be  held  in  October,  when  the  election  of  new  officers 
will  also  take  place.  The  advisability  of  incorporating  the  club 
will  also  be  considered,  and  that  matter  probably  will  be  brought 
before  tbe  new  board,  when  the  financial  standing  of  the  club 
will  be  discussed.  The  club  intends  holding  a  class  tournament 
early  in  October,  and  some  lively  matches  are  expected. 

The  8an  Rafael  meeting  for  the  double  championship  and  the 
ladies'  singles  will  commence  next  Friday  and  will  continue  for 
two  days.  Speculation  is  already  rife  as  to  who  will  meet  the 
Hardy  brothers  for  the  cups,  as  several  good  teams  are  in  the 
field,  Thomas  Driscoll  and  George  de  Long  will  play  together,  and 
if  they  continue  to  improve  as  they  have  been  improving  during 
their  practice  games,  they  ought  to  make  a  very  good  showing. 
The  Magee  brothers,  the  Whitneys,  Allen  and  Allison,  as  well  as 
several  teams  from  the  Olympic  Annex  and  one  from  the  High 
School  club,  will  compete.  We  have  not  heard  what  the  ladies  will 
do,  but  the  trophy  presented  by  Hammersmith  &  Field  ought  to 
bring  out  quite  a  number  of  contestants.  The  entries  will  close 
next  Wednesday,  and  should  be  sent  with  the  entrance  fee  to 
George  E.  Stoker,  306  Pine  Blreet,  before  or  on  that  day. 

Thomas  Driscoll  will  leave  for  the  East,  en  route  to  England, 
directly  after  tbe  tournament,  and  will  be  absent  probably  for 
two  years.  We  understand  tbat  while  in  England  he  may  enter 
some  of  the  smaller  tournaments,  but  he  ought  to  try  to  uphold 
the  California  honors  at  Wimbledon  next  year.  The  practice  that 
he  could  get  there  would  be  a  great  benefit  to  him,  and  help  him 
to  retrieve  his  lost  laurels  on  his  return. 

The  playing  of  M.  F.  Goodbody  at  Newport  has  been  quite  a 
surprise  to  California  especially  when  he  did  not  do  anything  very 
wonderful  on  the  other  side.  It  is  true  that  he  has  won  lots  of 
tournaments,  but  they  were  all  small  ones,  but  his  persistency 
all  through  bis  matcnes  (often  be  would  take  a  set  with  five  to 
one  against  him)  has  shown  him  to  be  a  player  worth  noticing. 
Two  years  ago  he  was  ranked  as  thirteenth  in  England.  To-day 
he  ia  the  "  runner  up  "  in  the  Newport  tournament,  but  he  met 
his  match  in  Wrenn,  who  defeated  him,  three  sets  to  one. 

Last  Saturday  the  matches  for  the  second  prizes  at  the  Califor- 
nia Club  were  played.  The  Hardy  brothers,  giving  fifteen,  easily 
defeated  Mitchell  and  Wilberforce  by  the  score,  6-1,  6-4,  and  took 
the  racquets,  owing  to  the  non-appearance  of  Mr.  Potter,  who 
was  to  play  with  Mr.  McGavin.  After  the  match  there  were  some 
extremely  interesting  exhibition  games  in  which  Hardy  &  Hardy, 
Driscoll  &  de  Long,  and  the   Whitney  brothers  took  part. 

MRS.  FRANK  LESLIE  has  asked  Sarah  Bernhardt,  "  How  in 
the  world  do  you  manage,  Madame,  to  keep  so  perfectly 
young?"  The  answer  is  worth  remembering.  "  1  always  burn  my 
boats  behind  me,"  replied  the  tragedienne.  '■•  What  is  past  is  past ;  I 
trouble  no  more  about  it.  And  the  same  as  regards  the  future.  I 
enjoy  the  moment  and  give  no  thought  to  what  may  happen  to-mor- 
row. So  long  as  I  have  sufficient  money  for  the  needs  of  the  day  I 
am  happy.  Another  thing— whenever  a  notion  seizes  me  that  I 
would  like  to  do  a  certain  thing  I  carry  out  the  idea  at  once,  be  it 
never  so  eccentric.  This  also  is  one  of  the  reasons  of  my  happiness. 
And  the  effects  of  being  happy  and  in  good  spirits  are  that  one  keeps 
young,  physically  and  mentally." 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  1, 1894. 


THE 

00K0R-ON. 


THE  Press  Club  had  a  right  pleasant  outing  last  Saturday  as  the 
guests  of  Mr.  James  V.  Coleman,  at  bis  country  place,  the 
Rancho  de  la  Santa  Maria  de  Ouadaloupe.  The  guests,  number- 
ing about  eighty,  were  met  at  San  Jose  by  half  a  dozen  stylish 
four-in-hands  and  spun  along  the  picturesque  road  that  leads  to 
the  foothills.  At  the  rancho  ample  and  elaborate  preparations 
had  been  made  for  their  reception.  Twenty  tents  were  set  up  on 
the  grounds  in  a  shady  grove  of  magnificent  oaks,  tables  laid  along 
the  esplanade,  and  a  dinner  a  la  Esyagnol,  cooked  by  native  Califor- 
nians,  aerved,  and  eaten  by  the  light  of  myriads  of  Chinese  lan- 
terns and  bonfires  flashing  down  from  the  hills  above.  After  the 
feast  the  visitors  marched  to  the  Jinks  ground,  a  few  hundred 
yards  below,  on  the  banks  of  the  Guadaloupe,  and  with  Mr. 
Naughton  as  Sire,  the  literary  exercises  began.  A  fine  string  band 
and  an  admirable  quartette  furnished  the  music.  Mr.  Ross  Jack- 
son read  an  interesting  paper  reciting  the  history  of  the  Press 
Club,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  founders,  and  Mr.  Coleman,  in  an 
effective  and  well  appreciated  address,  bade  its  members  wel- 
come, and  virtually  turned  over  the  place  to  them  to  make  merry 
and  do  what  they  pleased.  Dan  O'Connell  read  an  original  poem 
describing  the  joy  of  the  wood  nymphs  at  beholding  the  goodly 
company,  and  Mr.  Bob  Davis  told  amusing  anecdotes  of  Nevada 
journalism.  Judge  Low.  Judge  Sanderson,  and  others  followed, 
and  Frank  Coffin,  Willard  Batchelder,  Fletcher  Tilton,  and  Sam 
Tucker,  of  the  Hawthorne  Quartette,  sang,  and  the  blue  fires 
burned  and  the  band  played,  and  everything  was  most  harmoni- 
ous and  enjoyable. 

On  Sunday  at  noon  a  genuine  bulls'-bead  breakfast  was  served, 
succeeded  by  toasts  and  congratulations,  for  every  member  of  the 
large  party  felt  that  he  was  here  for  a  good  time,  and  that  if  he 
didn't  have  it,  no  one  was  to  blame  but  himself.  The  swimming 
pool  at  the  foot  of  the  lawn  was  esteemed  a  luxury,  as  the  heat 
was  intense,  and  was  not  left  untenanted  a  single  hour.  After  a 
late  dinner,  a  quiet,  informal  musical  jinks  was  organized  under 
the  oaks.  The  members  of  the  Press  Club  were  delighted  with 
their  outing,  and  felt  deeply  the  gracious  and  abundant  hospital- 
ity which  afforded  those  hard  workers  the  fun  and  relaxation  of 
a  grand  summer  outing.  The  result  of  this  initial  summer  jinks 
will  undoubtedly  be  that  the  Press  Club  will  follow  the  example 
of  the  Bohemians,  and  have  their  annual  midsummer  camp  in 
the  woods. 

*  #  * 

J.  Ross  Jackson  was  the  victim  of  a  hard  joke  at  the  Press 
Club  outing  last  week.  Ross  was  complaining  about  his  stomach 
troubles  Sunday  afternoon,  and  while  rehearsing  the  terrors  of 
the  complaint  became  quite  pathetic. 

"  I'll  tell  yon,  Jim,"  said  he  to  Mr.  Coleman,  "  unless  you've 
Buffered  the  torments  of  the  damned  with  your  stomach  you  can't 
fully  understand  the  situation.  I  feel  it  coming  on.  Can't  stop 
it,  either,  Jim.  I  can  always  tell  just  the  minute  it  will  hit  me 
by  the  symptoms." 

"  What  are  the  symptoms,  Ross  ?  "  inquired  Jim. 

"  Well,  one  is  everything  tastes  salty !  the  water,  meat,  bread, 
potatoes— everything  I  eat.  Why,  it's  terrible  to  be  affected  that 
way!  I  haven't  felt  the  salt  symptom  yet,  but  I  know  its  com- 
ing sure.     Hard  luck,  Jim;  hard  luck," 

That  night,  when  it  was  time  to  retire,  Coleman  invited  Ross 
to  sleep  with  him,  where  he  could  have  some  attention,  if  re- 
quired. A  pitcher  of  ice  water  was  placed  beside  the  bed  to  keep 
Ross  cool,  but  after  he  bad  dropped  off  into  a  calm,  child-like 
slumber,  Coleman  got  up,  liberally  salted  the  water,  and  lay  down 
again  to  await  results.  About  three  o'clock  be  felt  a  violent 
punching  in  the  ribs,  and,  awakening,  found  Jackson  sitting  up 
in  bed  spitting  salt  water  all  over  the  room. 

"I've   got    'em,   Jim — the   symptoms.     Sicker  'n  h .     Ice 

water's  all  salt.     That  settles  it,"  and  J.  Ross  Jackson  sank  back 
on  his  pillow  as  he  heaved  the  glass  and  its  contents  through  the 
open  window.     By  daybreak  be  was  the  sickest   man  in  Guada- 
loupe, refusing  to  touch  even  mineral  water. 
*  *  * 

After  the  Press  Club  gang  had  used  J.  V.  Coleman's  razor  to 
shave  with  before  coming  back  to  the  city  from  the  annual  outing 
of  the  Press  Club,  one  of  the  boys  offered  him  a  safety  razor  to 
take  the  place  of  his  own,  which  after  considerable  hard  use 
looked  like  the  working  model  of  an  ice  saw. 

He  graciously  accepted  the  <•  safety,"  but  after  several  unsuc- 
cessful attempts  to  remove  the  crop  of  whiskers  laid  it  down, 
saying: 

"  I  wonder  why  they  call  that  a  safety  razor.     Is  it   to  keep  a 
man  from  cutting  his  throat  with  suicidal  intent  after  using  it  ?  " 
#  #  * 

When  Bob  Woodward  won  the  matches  of  the  Country  Club 
shoot  no  one  was  happier  than   his  friend  Fred    Webster.     The 


last-named  gentleman  is  a  clever  marksman,  be  has  won  a  great 
many  of  the  club's  matches,  and  all  bis  friends  expected  that  be 
would  carry  off  the  honors  at  Dei  Monte  this  year.  But  when 
the  results  were  announced,  no  one  could  do  as  much  for  Wood- 
ward as  Webster.  He  shook  Woodward's  right  until  it  twinged 
with  pain,  threw  Woodward's  hat  into  the  air,  he  cheered  and 
cheered  him  again,  be  patted  him  on  the  back,  and  fairly  went 
wild  with  joy.  Finally  Woodward  could  stand  it  no  longer. 
He  drew  away  from  Webster's  grasp,  and  wiping  the  perspira- 
tion from  his  brow,  said  : 

"  Fred,  great  Heavens  I  what  is  the  matter  with  you?" 

"Nothing,  Bob,  nothing.  I'm  only  glad  that  you  won.  I 
wanted  you  to  win." 

"  Why?" 

"  Well,  Joe  Tobin  said  that  be  would    bet  me  fifty  dollars  that 
the  winner's  name   would  begin  with  a   iW.'     He  wasn't  think- 
ing of  you,  old  fellow,  he  was  trying  to  compliment  me.     But  I 
took  him,  and  now  he's  going  to  pay  it." 
*  *  * 

Among  the  most  persistent  lobbyists  about  the  Democratic 
State  Convention  were  a  quartette  of  ladies  representing  the 
Woman's  Equal  Rights  League,  who  desired  to  secure  the  inser- 
tion of  a  female  suffrage  plank  in  the  platform.  After  button- 
holeing  several  score  of  delegates,  the  ladies  sought  the  stenog- 
rapher who  maintains  a  desk  in  the  Baldwin  Hotel.  They  re- 
vealed their  identity  to  the  young  woman  and  patronizingly  told 
her  that  they  desired  type-written  copies  made  of  the  proposed 
equal  rights  resolution.  The  stenographer  avowed  her  willing- 
ness to  do  any  kind  of  work  with  which  her  patrons  entrusted  her. 

«'  Oh,  but  you  know,"  explained  the  suffragists,  "  this  is  for 
1  the  cause,'  and  of  course  we  expect  you  to  do  the  work  without 
charge." 

The  typewriting  artist  rose  to  the  occasion. 

"  1  would  gladly  donate  my  services,  ladies,"  she  replied  with 
painful  distinctness,  "  but  yonr  principles  are  not  in  accord  with 
my  views,  and  I  could  not  conscientiously  aid  yon  in  the  spread 
of  what  I  believe  to  be  a  pernicious  agitation.  However,  I  will 
gladly  make  you  free  copies  of  a  resolution,  if  you  wish,  requir- 
ing women  to  stay  at  home  and  forbidding  ladies  to  unsex  them- 
selves by  lobbying  among  politicians." 

The  offer  is  still  unaccepted. 

Mr.  Martin  Murphy,  a  son  of  Mr.  Barney  Murphy,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Santa  Clara  delegation.  When  Barney  Murphy's  de- 
feat came,  Martin  late  in  the  evening  met  his  parent. 

"  Mr.  Barney  Murphy,"  he  said,  »  I  am  now  addressing  you, 
not  as  Martin  Murphy,  your  son,  but  as  a  member  of  the  Santa 
Clara  delegation ;  and  permit  me  to  say,  Mr.  Barney  Murphy,  that 
I  think  your  fight  was  bandied  in  a  most  ridiculous  and  clumsy 
manner,  and  that  you  are  a  confounded  muff  not  to  have  attended 
to  it  better  yourself." 

"  Mr.  Martin  Murphy,"  replied  Barney,  "  I  am  now  addressing 
you,  not  as  your  father,  but  I  am  speaking  to  you  aB  a  member 
of  the  Santa  Clara  delegation,  and  I  think  by  the  Lord  Harry 
that  you  are  dead  right." 

R.  F.  del  Valle,  of  Los  Angeles,  the  aristocratic  but  affable 
chairman  of  the  Democratic  Convention,  made  a  cynical  comment 
upon  the  manner  in  which  the  secretaries  of  that  body  performed 
their  labors.  The  roll  had  just  been  called  upon  a  nomination, 
and  although  fifteen  minutes  had  been  spent  in  figuring  totals,  no 
result  was  announced. 

"  Why  don't  you  tell  us  who  is  nominated  ?  "  Senator  del  Valle 
was  asked. 

»  The  secretaries  are  throwing  dice  for  it  now,  my  friend,"  was 
the  chairman's  reply. 

Marion  Wells  has  taken  possession  of  an  old  church  at  the 
Mission,  and  art  has  usurped  the  House  of  God.  Here  Mr.  Wells, 
to  make  his  offense  more  heinous,  forms  graven  images  and 
drinks  steam  beer  under  the  very  shadow  of  the  pulpit.  Along 
the  dim  arches  are  the  holy  sentiments,  "Nearer,  My  God,  to 
Thee  "  and  "  Remember  thy  Dying  Day,"  but  they  fail  to  subdue 
the  spirits  of  the  blithe  sculptor.  The  iniquities  of  the  City  Hall 
are  such  that  Marion  Wells  felt  that  the  statue  that  is  to  crown 
the  dome  if  made  in  a  church  would  have  more  or  iess  influence 
on  the  wicked  officials. 

■*  *  # 

The  annual  election  of  the  officers  of  the  Press  Club  took  place 
on  Thursday  afternoon,  and  resulted  as  follows:  W.  W.  Naugh- 
ton  and  R.  C.  Roberts  received  a  tie  vote  for  the  Presidency,  for 
which  another  ballot  will  be  taken  in  two  weeks.  C.  M.  Coe  was 
elected  First  Vice-President;  D.  M.  Fraser,  8econd  Vice-Presi- 
dent; John  Finlay,  Third  Vice-President;  Robert  H.  Davis,  Re- 
cording Secretary,  J.  C.  Donald,  Financial  Secretary;  J.  F.  Dun- 
nigan,  Librarian,  and  James  Tyler,  L.  C.  Fitch,  Fred  W.  Stowell, 
James  C.  Booth,  Edward  F.  Moran,  and  N.  A.  Judd,  Directors. 

Tissue  Paper  for  Lamp  Shades  and  Paper  Flowers.  Stationery 
Department.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams*  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


Sept.    1,  1394. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


CONCERNING    HIS    LORDSHIPS    VJSIT. 


IF  the  whole  story  of  Lord  Randolph  Churchill's  visit  to  this 
cily  were  told,  it  would  make  far  more  interesting  reading  than 
can  be  imagined  by  those  who  are  not  adlicted  with  the  disease 
known  as  toadyism.  The  toady  and  bis  apotheosis,  the  Hunky 
(a  creature  who  flourishes  so  lnxurianily  in  Society  as  to  prevent 
many  men  of  goud,  manly  stuff  from  being  "fashionable"),  are 
perhaps  more  prevalent  in  this  allmen-are-born-tqual  country 
than  in  aDy  other  in  Christendom.  The  daily  press,  which 
should  shame  the  people  out  of  this  folly,  is  really  the  chief  fos- 
terer of  it.  as  witness  the  Examiner**  interview  with  Lord  Ran- 
dolph, secured  by  a  person  whom  the  Examiner  and  Lord  Ran- 
dolph vouched  for  as  a  gentleman,  in  contradistinction  to  any 
person  on  the  Examiner's  staff,  and  granted  avowedly  because  this 
person  was  a  gentleman  and  not  a  reporter.  This  was  a  crueter 
stab  than  the  News  Letter  would  have  given  the  reporters  of  San 
Francisco.  Not  only,  therefore,  was  the  Examiner's  mere  publi- 
cation of  the  interview  the  baldest  piece  of  toadyism — flunkeyism 
were  the  better  word — but  it  was  of  a  character  which  the  Exam- 
iner would  not  have  admitted  into  its  columns  concerning  one  of 
our  own  citizens  except  at  a  tremendous  price.  With  this  spe- 
cies of  flunkeyism  to  guide  the  crowd,  what  wonder  that  the 
crowd  justifies  itself  in  the  performance  of  similar  acts?  What 
wonder  that  Lady  Randolph  said  loftily  to  a  reporter,  "  I  never 
read  the  newspapers  and  have  not  seen  a  reporter  since  I  have 
been  in  America"?  or  that  Mrs.  Truxtun  Beale,  daughter  of  the 
late  James  O.  Blaine  (who  is  now,  by-the-bye,  out  of  politics), 
when  asked  by  a  reporter  concerning  Lady  Randolph,  remarked : , 
"  I  can  be  of  no  service  to  you,  and  furthermore,  1  do  not  coun- 
tenance this  reckless  interviewing  by  the  press  of  this  country, 
and  consider  it  outside  the  bounds  of  courtesy  for  the  Examiner  to 
dare  to  interview  Lord  and  Lady  Randolph  Churchill"?  Here 
are  two  lofty  American  women! 

Bat  what  swarms  of  people — some  holding  high  heads,  ton, 
unless  stolen  cards  and  forged  signatures  were  used — haunted  the 
ante-chamber  uf  the  nobleman's  apartments  at  the  Palace  Hotel, 
imploring  an  introduction,  and  what  bushels  of  cards  were 
"  killed"  at  the  hotel  office  and  never  sent  up!  And  what  letters 
were  written!  It  may  be  pleasant  for  the  card-senders  and  let- 
ter-writers to  know  that  the  noble  couple,  in  packing  their  traps 
to  leave,  did  not  take  the  trouble  to  destroy  these  cheerful  evi- 
dences of,  toadyism,  but  swept  them  to  the  floor,  to  be  secured  by 
the  first  porter  or  chambermaid,  and  to  find  their  way  unsolicited 
to  the  editorial  desk  of  the  News  Letter,  where  they  repose  ab- 
ject and  pitiful!  It  would  be  an  interference  with  the  preroga- 
tive of  the  Almighty  to  publish  these. 

And  then,  what  will  the  innumerable  senders  of  flowers  think 
when  they  are  informed  that  their  rare  exotics,  sent  to  light  the 
way  of  the  noble  pair  to  the  Hotel  Del  Monte,  were  left  behind  to 
grace  the  boudoirs  of  the  chambermaids? 

Had  not  the  Examiner  thought  it  best  to  publish  an  interview 
secured  by  a  gentleman  and  approved  by  Lord  Randolph,  in 
which  it  was  made  clear  that  his  Lordship  had  been  maligned  by 
reporters  and  that  his  Lordship  was  feeling  in  excellent  health,  it 
would  have  printed  the  follow. ng  from  one  of  its  reporters  sent  to 
observe  the  departure  of  the  noble  household: 

"  In  a  few  moments  Lord  Randolph  appeared  with  Dr.  Keith,  and, 
consigning  his  wife  to  the  care  of  his  medical  advisor,  strolled  out  of 
the  room  toward  the  elevator,  which,  not  being  at  band  when  he  re- 
quired it,  caused  him  to  curse  loudly.  He  swore  at  the  porters,  cursed 
the  servants,  damned  the  service,  and  played  with  his  beard  nervously. 
His  manner  of  walking  Bhowed  only  too  clearly  that  his  once  athletic 
limbs  were  the  supporters  of  a  tottering  and  failing  body.  The  face 
that  in  former  days  had  been  so  familiar  in  the  House  of  Parliament, 
when  '  Randy  '  assailed  the  Grand  Old  Man  from  the  rostrum,  was 
drawn  and  careworn.  The  cheeks  were  pallid,  the  eyes  listless  and 
heavy,  without  expression,  except  during  one  of  his  tits  of  invective, 
when  they  flared  up  with  a  fire  that  died  away  with  an  unfinished 
sentence,  *  *  *  *  Although  he  scorned  the  use  of  a  cane,  one 
would  have  been  of  great  assistance  to  him." 

And  there  is  a  story  of  a  double  file  of  servants,  ranged,  English 
fashion,  to  rob  the  departing  couple  under  the  guise  of  tip  taking, 
and  a  sad  hint  that  her  Ladyship  blandly  remarked,  "  We  shall 
see  you  when  we  return  next  Wednesday." 

The  noble  pair,  satiated  with  adulation,  wanted  to  slip  quietly 
down  to  Monterey  and  escape  the  vulgar  eyes  of  the  crowd. 
Hence  his  Lordship,  as  is  disclosed  by  a  letter  written  by  him  and 
left  in  his  room,  and  addressed  to  a  "  Mr.  William  Alvoyd,"  pleads 
piteously,  although  in  lame  (but  quite  likely  aristocratic)  gram- 
mar: "  We  go  this  afternoon  to  Hotel  Del  Monte.  I  suppose  it 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


Sept   1,1894. 


Comstock  Business  continues  inordinately  dull  on  Pine 
Miqiqg  street,  in  face  of  the  fact  that  the  mines  on  the  Corn- 
Scares,  stock  are  in  better  shape  thau  they  have  been  for 
many  years  past.  The  report  from  Con.  Oal.  Virginia  last  week 
showed  higher  assays  and  a  continuous  development  of  ore,  and 
yet  the  stock  broke  when  the  news  became  public.  This  ab- 
normal condition  of  affairs  can  be  attributed  to  the  prevailing 
dullness  in  business  of  all  kinds.  Now  that  the  tariff  has  been 
settled  an  improvement  can  be  expected  in  the  commercial  mar- 
kets, and  this  will  serve  to  create  a  feeling  of  confidence  which 
will  herald  anew  era  of  speculation  all  over  the  country.  When 
money  is  once  released  from  the  depositories  where  it  is  now 
secreted  there  will  be  a  rush  for  investments,  and  times  will  be 
as  busy  as  they  are  dull  now.  Another  thing  which  helped  to 
depress  the  Comstock  market  was  the  closing  down  of  the  mills 
owing  to  low  water  in  the  Carson.  The  ranchers  in  Nevada  ex- 
ercise the  control  uf  the  water  rights  along  the  river  with  about 
the  same  disposition  toward  the  mining  interests  which  made 
and  supports  them  as  the  California  granger,  who  values  a  cab- 
bage patch  higher  than  a  rich  auriferous  gravel  deposit.  Neither 
of  them  recognizes  the  benefits  which  would  accrue  from  the  ac- 
tive development  of  the  vast  mineral  resources  at  their  command, 
and  it  is  impossible  to  teacii  them.  As  the  pumpkin  raisers  along 
the  Carson  have  condescended  to  release  a  little  water,  it  is  hoped 
that  milling  will  again  commence  about  the  1st.  This  will  per- 
mit the  southend  mines  to  make  a  little  money,  and  moderate 
the  expense  on  shareholders,  which  would  in  many  instances 
have  been  very  light  for  the  month  had  the  reduction  of  ores 
been  carried  on  without  the  unwarranted  interruption.  The  Savage 
and  Gould  &  Curry  assessments  were  delinquent  during  the 
week. 

$   $   $ 

The  Coq --Virginia  The  1000-foot  level  of  the  Consolidated- 
Closed.  California-Virginia,  which  for  some  years  was 

worked  through  the  old  Con. -Virginia  shaft,  has  been  closed 
down.  Operations  on  this  level  was  commenced  under  the  "Rule 
Contract"  about  seven  or  eight  months  ago.  As  is  generally  re- 
membered, Rule  undertooK  to  open  a  body  of  ore  within  six 
months.  He  failed  signally  to  do  what  he  undertook,  and  after 
the  expiration  of  his  contract  recently,  Con-Virginia  company 
continued  to  prospect  the  ground  traversed  by  Rule's  main  drift. 
According  to  the  weekly  reports  from  the  mine,  no  deposit  of  ore 
worthy  of  consideration  has  ever  been  found,  and  the  company 
has  concluded  to  suspend  operations  on  the  1000  level  in  order, 
presumably,  to  apply  the  money  being  expended  there  at  more 
prominent  points  in  the  mine.  The  block  of  ground  containing 
the  ore  body  recently  found  on  the  1650  level  will  probably  be 
given  greater  attention.  The  way  this  ore  body  has  continued  to 
spread  out  indicates  that  its  ramifications  have  not  all  been  un- 
covered as  yet,  and  that  room  for  prospecting  above  and  below  it 
remains. 

$  $  $ 

Gold  ftfiqes  The  fall  in  the  price  of  silver  has  naturally  given 
in  a  greater  impulse  to  the  search   for   gold,  says  the 

Colorado.  Mining  Journal.  In  the  past  two  years  gold  has 
been  found  in  Colorado  in  places  where  its  existence  was  before 
unsuspected.  One  might  almost  think  that  Nature  had  accom- 
modated herself  to  the  altered  state  of  business  affairs,  for  in  some 
of  the  long-established  camps  we  hear  of  veins  changing  from 
silver  to  gold  with  depth  or  extenson.  This  seeming  condescen- 
sion on  her  part  may  be  attributed  mainly  to  the  fact  that,  in  sil- 
ver camps,  or  in  silver  and  gold  camps,  we  never  hear  of  a 
silver  mine.  But  we  do  hear,  without  delay,  from  every  mine 
that  can  produce  a  little  gold.  If  a  mine  was  gold-bearing  as 
well  as  silver-bearing  before  the  crash,  we  now  hear  only  of  its 
production  of  gold.  It  is  a  fortunate  and  remarkable  coincidence 
that  the  ore  bodies  of  some  mines,  hitherto  silver-bearing  only, 
with  extension  or  Increased  depth  have  passed  into  a  gold-bear- 
ing combination.  In  most  cases  gold  is  found  because  gold  alone  is 
sought,  and  gold  is  heard  from  because  we  are  interested  in  gold. 

$  $  $ 

UNDER  its  present  new  management  the  Alaska  Mine,  of 
Sierra  County,  will  soon  take  its  place  among  the  dividend 
paying  mines  of  this  State.  Since  Mr.  William  Casserly,  its  ener- 
getic superintendent,  took  charge  of  affairs,  he  has  been  running 
fifteen  stamps  a  day  at  the  rate  of  twenty-four  hours  a  day,  and 
the  result  has  been  very  satisfactory  to  all  its  shareholders  in 
San  Francisco. 

$  $  $ 

THE  total  amount  of  paper  currency,    in    United  States  notes, 
United  States  treasury  notes,  and  National  Bank  notes,    out- 
standing on  July  31,  is  officially  given  at  $1,171,729,827. 


Paying  The  impression  that  prevails  that  silver  mines  do 
Silver  do  not  pay  to  work  at  this  time  is  rather  disproved  by 
Miqes.  the  assertion  made  by  C.  W.  Maxson,  who  returned 
from  Keeler,  a  few  days  ago,  says  the  Los  Angeles  Herald.  From 
him  it  is  learned  that  D.  C.  Lane  of  Pomona  purchased  the  Sorba 
mine  last  August,  since  which  time  he  has  actually  put  in  the 
bank  $35,000,  and  has  now  100  carloads  of  ore  on  the  dump 
worth  $1000  a  car.  He  has  done  this  while  developing  the  prop- 
erty, with  no  real  intention  of  working  the  mine.  Mr.  Maxson 
says  this  is  a  fact  which  can  be  proven.  It  shows  a  pretty  rich 
condition  of  silver  ore,  certainly.  It  is  in  this  same  district  where 
Bellshaw  &  Beaudry  took  out  $17,000,000.  That  was  away  back 
twenty  odd  years  ago.  At  present,  however,  nothing  but  the 
richest  ore  is  shipped,  as  it  costs  $80  a  ton  to  haul  it  to  San  Fran- 
cisco and  another  $8  a  ton  to  treat  it  after  it   reaches  the  smelter. 

SSI 

F\ivai  The    water    monopoly    in     Oakland    is    about 

Water  ended,  and  the  Contra  Costa  Water  Company, 
Corqpaqies.  which  has  had  the  dictation  of  affairs  in  this  line 
has  a  dangerous  rival  in  the  new  corporation  now  laying  a  pipe 
line  from  the  Alvarado  artesion  wells.  The  directors  of  the  old 
company  are  evidently  on  the  alert  for  contingencies,  and  at  a 
meeting  held  during  the  week,  preparations  were  made  to  refund 
its  bonded  indebtedness  of  $2,000,000,  which  will  fall  due  next 
July.  There  is  really  only  an  issue  of  $1,600,000  of  these  bonds, 
which  will  have  to  be  protected,  but  even  then  it  will  be  a  rather 
difficult  matter  to  make  the  necessary  financial  arrangements 
among  outside  investors,  owing  to  the  dangerous  competition 
now  threatened.  People  with  money  are  easily  frightened,  and 
invariably  it  is  easier  to  get  them  into  a  new  and  promising 
scheme  of  the  kind  than  it  is  to  persuade  them  to  bolster 
up  the  fading  prospects  of  an  old  concern.  The  fact  that 
the  Contra  Costa  Water  Company  was  restricted  to  a  revenue 
of  only  five  per  cent  on  the  capital  invested,  by  the  municipality 
of  Oakland,  has  prevented  the  accumulation  of  a  sinking  fund,  the 
lack  of  which  is  being  badly  felt  just  now.  Of  course  the  old  com- 
pany has  its  friends,  who  will  stick  to  it  through  thick  and  thin. 
It  can  scarcely  be  possible  though,  that  its  revenue  can  be  main- 
tained at  the  old  figures  in  face  of  the  defection  which  will  natur- 
ally follow,  to  some  extent,  through  the  introduction  of  the  new 
system. 

$  $  % 

THE  condition  of  business,  as  observed  by  Dun's  Review  through 
the  media  of  clearings  and  commercial  failures, is  brieflycom- 
prised  as  follows:  Comparing  with  last  year,  when  business  was 
at  its  worst,  clearings  show  an  increase  of  6.4  per  cent.,  though  in 
comparison  with  the  same  week  in  1892  the  decrease  is  21.6  per 
cent.  The  striking  feature  this  week  is  the  strong  increase  in 
demand  for  commercial  loans,  deferred  operations  of  all  sorts 
being  encouraged  by  action  at  Washington.  Silver  is  also  stronger 
because  of  the  Eastern  demand,  which  the  war  in  China  is  ex- 
pected to  prolong.  Liabilities  of  firms  failing  in  the  week  ending 
August  9  are  a  little  larger  than  of  late,  $3,294,689,  of  which 
$1,041,491  were  of  manufacturing  and  $1,608,198  of  trading  con- 
cerns. Full  returns  for  July  show  an  ageregate  of  $11,291,305. 
The  failures  this  week  have  been  226  in  the  United  States  against 
455  last  year,  and  45  in  Canada  against  27  last  year. 

THE  effect  of  the  passage  of  the  tariff  bill  on  the  loan  market 
is  mainly  anticipatory  and  sentimental,  but  is,  nevertheless, 
of  a  tangible  kind.  The  principal  manifestations  are  a  firmer  at- 
titude on  the  part  of  lenders,  though  their  views  as  to  rate  have 
been  re-enforced  by  a  little  better  demand  for  time  loans  and  a 
slight  increase  in  the  growing  offerings  of  commercial  paper.  Aa 
far  as  rateB  are  concerned  time  loans  are  still  1  per  cent.,  but  the 
inquiry  for  time  money  is  perceptibly  better,  and  though  the  of- 
fers from  the  usual  source  are  sample,  ratesfare  better  held;  1  j.@ 
2J-  per  cent,  is  quoted  for  thirty  to  ninety  days,  and  3@4  per  cent, 
for  longer  periods. 

$  $  J 

A  PANIC  is  feared  in  Japanese  financial  circles  on  account  of 
the  Corean  imbroglio.  The  banks  in  Japan  have  suspended 
loans,  and  deposits  are  being  withdrawn.  Capitalists  are  unwil- 
ling to  invest,  as  they  expect  to  have  an  opportunity  to  make 
large  profits  during  the  panic.  The  condition  is  due  to  the  belief 
that  the  present  war  will  be  far  more  expensive  and  far  greater 
than  the  Satsuma  rebellion.  The  national  treasury  is  said  to  be 
greatly  depleted,  and  alms  are  being  asked  for  to  buy  food  for 
the  men.     In  China  the  banks  are  said  to  be  very  firm. 

$  $  $ 

The  Aachen  and  Munich  Insurance  Company,  of  Germany, 
which  recently  began  business  in  the  United  States  through  the 
Pacific  Coast  is  about  to  branch  out  through  the  West  in  the  near 
future.  The  $200,000  of  the  company  will  probably  be  made  in 
Illinois.  Voss,  Conrad  &  Co.  are  general  managers  of  the  com- 
pany in  this  city. 


■pt.  1,  1894. 


SAX   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LKTTKR 


13 


"  Hear  the  Trier:  "   What  the  devil  art  thou? 
'Oue  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir, with  vou  ' 


BLEDSOE,  the  honest  man  who  was  discovered  a  few  years  ago 
by  that  Diogenes  of  the  press,  the  Examiner,  aDd  haled  forth 
from  his  native  obscurity  into  the  broad  blaze  of  political 
publicity,  has  once  more  emerged  into  view,  this  time  as  defend- 
ant in  a  divorce  suit.  Mrs.  Bledsoe  accuses  bim  of  dallying  with 
other  women,  but  does  not  appear  to  lay  as  much  stress  upon 
that  trivial  masculine  weakness  as  upon  the  charge  that,  when 
an  Assemblyman,  he  accepted  a  bribe  of  one  hundred  dollars  for 
his  vote  on  the  San  Jacinto  County  bill.  One  hundred  dollars  will 
hardly  boy  a  decent  gown  and  bonnet,  and  it  does  seem  as  if 
Mrs.  Bledsoe  had  just  cause  for  complaint,  especially  in  consider- 
ation of  tbe  additional  fact  that  in  the  Legislature  of  which  Mr. 
Bledsoe  was  so  conspicuous  a  member,  the  average  price  of  voteB 
far  exceeded  the  amount  he  is  alleged  to  have  taken.  Judgment 
for  plaintiff,  with  the  right  to  resume  her  maiden  name. 

Whatl  for  a  paltry  hundred  dollars?     Fie! 

Was  it  worth  while  to  sell  a  vote  so  cheap? 
At  that  rate  virtuous  lobbyists  would  buy 
Up  legislators  iike  a  flock  of  sheep, 
And  down  would  go  the  market  till  a  man 
Were  worth  no  more  than  a  tomato  can. 

What  then?     Why,  all  our  statesmen,  in  disgust, 

Would  stay  at  home,  nor  heed  their  country's  call; 

No  patriot  son!  would  fill  a  place  of  trust, 

And,  fearful  fatel     there'd  be  no  laws  at  all! 

Judas!  who  thus  tby  country  hast  betrayed, 

Hide,  hide  thee  deep  in  Humboldt's  farthest  shade. 

AND  so  the  Portia  Law  Clubess  is  going  formerly  to  discuss 
Judge  Coffey's  biting  remark  that  because  of  the  innate  mean- 
ness and  unreasonableness  of  women  as  clients  (or  something 
like  that)  he  would  never  serve  them  as  attorney.  The  bluff  old 
bachelor  will  receive  such  a  roasting  as  never  mortal  had  since 
the  pleasant  old  episodes  in  which  Litimer  and  Ridley  were  con- 
cerned. It  depends  largely  on  the  lawyer  whether  tbe  fair  client 
is  mean  or  angelic.  A  warm,  large-hearted,  chivalrous  lawyer, 
witn  a  soft  spot  in  his  head  for  women,  is  sure  to  find  a  woman 
client  insufferably  "  difficult."  It  takes  a  hard,  cold,  unyielding 
man  to  discover  that  they  are  exceedingly  desirable  as  clients.  In 
short,  it  is  the  old  story  of  discipline.  Any  lawyer  who  would 
yield  for  a  moment  to  any  natural  impulse  to  be  gentle  and  con- 
siderate with  a  woman  client  to  the  extent  of  consulting  her 
wishes  and  seeking  her  advice  will  be  driven  to  despair  before  in- 
sanity will  have  come  to  his  relief.  Truly,  Judge  Coffey  conld 
never  handle  a  female  client,  and  his  expression  of  his  antipathy 
for  the  sex  in  that  regard  is  a  confession  of  his  fondness  for  it  in 

other  ways.     Give  a an  inch,  and  •  •  •  will  take  an  all — 

supply  the  missing  noun  and  pronoun,  and  the  origin  of  the  old 
saw  is  explained  and  the  history  of  the  human  race  told.  Dares 
the  Portia  Club  to  face  such  music  as  that,  and  can  the  burly, 
blundering,  thick-headed,  ugly,  tolerant,  and  detestable  half  of 
the  human  family  regard  without  dread  the  small  cloud  no  bigger 
than  a  woman's  hand  that  is  rising  above  the  horizon?  Ont  of 
the  mumbling,  silly  multitude  comes  now  and  then  a  voice  in  the 
darkness,  unheeded— a  wheezy,  coughy  voice.  Waiter,  turn  the 
grill  and  bring  a  bottle  frappe.  Let  us  eat,  drink,  and  be  merry, 
for  to-morrow — God  save  us! — we  die. 

THE  American  has  shown  his  peculiar  charm  for  being  played 
for  a  gudgeon  by  the  irrepressible  tailors  who  have  started  the 
suit  clubs.  This  latest  fad  to  induce  tbe  young  men  who  occa- 
sionally shine  in  the  lustre  of  unaccustomed  pocket  money,  to 
throw  one  of  their  dollars  at  the  wheel  of  fortune  with  the  hope 
of  winning  a  Sunday  suit,  has  gained  ambitious  proportions  in 
California,  and  in  San  Francisco,  where  there  are  gudgeons  in 
every  block,  it  has  thrived  wonderfully.  Of  all  the  delusions 
and  snares  that  have  been  introduced  to  catch  the  dollars  of  the 
people  the  suit  club  stands  among  the  first.  Some  of  the  swind- 
lers who  have  been  running  those  affairs  are  Cleve  L.  Dam,  of 
Oakland,  F.  0.  Ziegler,  who  is  under  arrest  in  8an  Diego,  and 
Martin  Seigel,  who  failed  in  this  city.  A  few  days  ago  Seigel  set- 
tled with  his  creditors  for  twenty-five  cents  on  the  dollar,  paying 
part  in  cash.  He  owed  about  $3000.  But  Mr.  Seigel  no  doubt 
played  a  winning  game  and  his  failure  may  have  been  premedi- 
tated so  that  he  conld  be  spared  the  trouble  of  making  clothes 
for  those  who  had  won  them.  We  trust  that  these  few  and  sim- 
ple words  will  find  their  way  into  the  thick  skulls  of  any  gud- 
geons who  may  be  so  foolish  as  to  consider  the  suit-club  any- 
thing but  a  good  investment  for  the  tailor. 


THE  utter  disregard  which  the  quarantine  officials  have  for  in- 
coming vessels  was  clearly  shown  when  tbe  U.  8.  8.  Benning- 
ton arrived  last  week  with  yellow  fever  aboard,  in  conjunction 
with  Ezeta  and  bis  colleagues.  According  to  the  laws  which  per- 
tain to  marine  matters  (the  United  States  warships  included)  any 
vessel  arriving  in  any  port  with  any  contagious  disease  aboard  shall 
be  placed  in  quarantine  fivedays  or  until  tbe  authorities  think  it  fit 
for  her  to  land.  The  sailors  on  the  Bennington  suffering  from  tbe 
fever  were  removed  to  Alcatraz,  possibly  to  spread  their  horrible 
disease  among  the  United  Slates  soldiers  stationed  on  that  island, 
and  the  royal  passengers  were  allowed  to  land  and  mingle  with 
tbe  people,  while  the  ship  was  sent  up  to  Mare  Island,  where  the 
germs  would  find  time  to  breed  and  spread,  nurtured  by  the  heat 
of  tbe  sun.  It  was  only  a  few  days  ago  that  we  read  in  one  of 
the  dailies  that  three  ships  were  allowed  to  enter  whose  captains 
bad  been  too  negligent  to  prepare  proper  bills  of  health,  on  the 
mere  pretense  that  the  captains  were  personal  friends  of  Quaran- 
tine Officer  Lawler,  and  he  could  take  their  word.  But  Dr.  Law- 
lor  must  be  led  to  understand  that  San  Francisco  is  a  great  com- 
mercial city,  and  that  more  ships  enter  her  ports  from  more  coun- 
tries in  the  world,  than  any  other  city  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Ves- 
sels from  the  plague-stricken  Orient,  from  tbe  districts  where  yel- 
low fever  and  its  kindred  diseases  thrive  enter  here  every  day, 
and  it  will  require  the  closest  scrutiny  to  see  that  they  have  the 
cleanest  bills  of  health.  A  few  more  cases  like  the  Bennington, 
which  in  itself  is  enough  to  place  Dr.  Lawlor's  head  in  jeopardy, 
and  this  city  will  lie  in  the  throes  of  a  pestilence  from  which  it 
will  not  recover  for  many  days. 

REV.  J.  K.  ALLEN,  the  evangelist,  has  joined  the  ranks  of  the 
doom  prophets,  and  has  given  out  that  we  will  be  hurled 
into  the  dark  and  starry  oblivion  of  everlasting  damnation  in 
1899.  The  good  doctor  might  have  given  us  another  year  to  live. 
We  do  want  to  see  1900  so  badly,  even  if  it  is  only  to  get  rid  of 
that  ridiculous  term  fin  de  sieele,  and  to  hear  something  else  be- 
sides "  this  eighteenth  century,"  but  Dr.  Allen  says  that  he  has 
been  looking  through  hazy  moons  to  the  Heavens  above,  that  he 
has  communed  with  God,  that  he  has  figured  it  out,  that  figures 
do  not  lie,  and  that  it  will  surely  be  1899.  Ever  sinee  the  birth 
of  civilization  the  doom  prophet  has  been  predicting  things  that 
never  came,  until  now  one  looks  upon  him  with  as  much  amuse- 
ment as  one  would  at  a  yellow  dog  painting  a  tropical  sunset. 
Two  angels  playing  tag  for  chewing-gom,  a  Chinese  trying  to 
shampoo  an  elephant  with  a  thimble  full  of  soap-suds,  a  dying 
man  trying  to  write  his  will  with  a  cake  of  ice,  a  hippopotamus 
attempting  to  suck  the  eggs  of  a  tom-cod,  are  about  as  humorous 
as  Dr.  Allen  standing  in  a  pulpit  and  preaching  that  the  end  of 
the  world  is  only  five  years  away !  Why,  Colonel  Daniel  M. 
Burns  will  just  be  thinking  of  running  for  President  by  that 
time. 

SOCIETY  has  glutted  itself  with  its  annual  slaughter  of  tame  pig- 
eons, and  with  their  passion  for  blood  duly  satiated  for  the 
time  being,  the  fair  damsels  and  brave  men  of  the  Four  Hundred 
are  now  turning  their  thoughts  to  themes  of  higher  moment. 
The  butchery,  it  is  true,  was  not  quite  so  animating  and  satisfac- 
tory as  usual,  because  the  birds,  inert  from  suffocating  confine- 
ment and  gaping  from  the  intense  heat,  were  too  weak  to  rise 
briskly  to  be  shot  at;  but  this  contrarious  disposition  of  the 
birds  was  partly  offset  by  the  sport  of  retrieving  the  wounded, 
which  attempted  feat,  when  successful,  caused  the  grand  stand — 
in  the  words  of  the  enthusiastic  reporter — to  "  shake  with  long- 
drawn  appreciative  applause."  Why  the  blue  blood  of  San  Fran- 
cisco should  post  so  far  away  to  court  the  rapture  of  seeing  red 
blood  flow,  when  the  shambles  and  slaughter-houses  of  South 
San  Francisco  and  Baden  are  so  conveniently  at  hand,  is  a  mys- 
tery. But  to  maim,  to  torture,  and  to  kill,  are  the  principal  thing, 
and  in  what  form  or  by  what  means  this  delicate  tribute  to  the 
savage  that  lurks  beneath  society's  polished  skin  is  paid  is  after 
all  a  matter  of  trifling  importance.  But — the  Tleds  lose;  here's 
to  the  Blues ! 

THE  most  pitiful  of  the  results  of  the  railroad  strike  has  been 
the  death  of  young  Mrs.  Julia  Levi  Nichols,  the  plucky  little 
woman  who,  as  agent  of  the  railroad  station  at  Elk  Grove,  stood 
bravely  at  ber  post  and  faced  terrors  that  to  so  timid  a  soul  must 
have  been  unspeakably  appalling.  Bullied  and  harried  by  the 
strikers ;  listening  to  a  bullet  now  and  then  as  it  tore  through  the 
walls  of  the  little  station  while  she  lay  trembling  through  inter- 
minable nights;  hearing  the  jibes  and  insults  of  the  townspeople 
for  doing  her  duty ;  listening  always  to  the  ticking  of  the  tele- 
graph; rising  every  twenty  minutes  through  the  night  to  see  that 
all  was  well;  keeping  ber  head  cool  and  the  track  clear;  display- 
ing incredible  courage  that  not  one  man  in  a  thousand  conld  have 
shown,  this  wonderful  soul  came  alive  and  shining  out  of  it  all. 
And  then  came  the  crash  of  nerves,  and  an  overweary  brain  gone 
wrong,  and  the  delirium,  and  now  death.  There  is  subject  for  the 
Portia  Club — and  for  strikers! 

IF  the   theory  of  the   Jersey   City   preacher    that  there   are  no 
women  in  Heaven  is  right,  the  most  interesting  thing   for  the 
men  there  will  be  the  possibilities  of  their  own  ribs. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB. 


Sept.  1,1894. 


WHILE  the  bads  and  even  the  matrons  are  wildly  proclaiming 
the  season  at  Del  Monte  as  quite  "too  perfectly  perfect,"  there 
have  been  several  incongruities  mingled  with  the  general  excel- 
lence of  things.  It  is  said  that  no  less  an  authority  than  a 
belted  Earl  pronounced  tbe  equipment  of  the  horses  and  vehicles 
really  like  London,  "don't  yon  know,"  and  there  is  where  one 
of  the  incongruous  sights  comes  in.  To  be  perfect,  a  turnout  must 
have  a  whip  who  is  in  harmony  with  his  surroundings.  Now, 
who  could  say  that  handsome  Harry  Tevis  was  in  accord  with 
the  fonr-in-band  donkey  team  which  he  handled  so  deftly?  No 
one  could  dispute  the  excellence  of  the  donkeys,  and  the  wagon 
was  unobjectionable.  The  driver  alone  was  a  misfit  better  suited 
to  the  spanking  thoroughbreds  under   the  whip  of   some   of  the 

rich  boys. 

*  *  * 

Anxious  papas,  busy  in  town  counting  tbe  cost  of  the  "shoot" 
which  their  fair  daughters  have  been  attending,  are  wondering 
if  the  balance  sheet  will  show  a  gain  or  loss.  Pater  familias  is 
not  the  only  one  on  the  anxious  seat  as  to  the  probable  outcome 
of  the  expenditure.  Beaux  and  belles  alike  are  asking  them- 
selves mentally,  "  Will  it  pay?  "  Time  alone  can  tell,  and  the 
possibility  of  engagements  being  announced  will  answer  the 
question. 

#  *  * 

The  old  Bible  text:  "  To  him  who  hath  shall  much  be  given  " 
seems  to  have  been  verified  fully  at  Del  Monte.  Not  only  had 
the  young  Crcesus,  Hobart,  youth,  good  looks,  and  enormous 
wealth,  but  the  prettiest  girls  were  his  willing  attendants  for 
drive,  walk,  or  dance,  and  to  crown  all,  he  came  out  victor  in  ihe 
races.  No  wonder  the  other  men  growled  at  the  unequal  odds. 
»  *  # 

Strange,  but  the  innate  feeling  deep  in  the  breasts  of  tbe  Native 
Sons  toward  the  invading  Briton,  will  burst  forth  at  propitious 
moments,  as  exemplified  when  Taloot  Chfton  "came  a  cropper" 
in  the  racing  match. 

*  *  ■*■ 

Miss  Eleanor  Dimoud's  engagement  to  Paul  Jarboe  has  been  an 
open  secret  to  the  Burlingame  set  for  some  time  past,  but  its 
open  acknowledgment  gave  an  impetus  to  several  lagging  affairs, 
and  any  day  it  may  be  a  matter  of  congratulation  for  at  least 
three  young  couples.  While  of  course  it  is  all  very  charming  and 
quite  in  the  nature  of  things,  these  probable  pairings,  one  cannot 
help  breathing  a  sigh  of  regret  that  it  is  the  freshest  young  buds 
who  have  been  selected  for  matrimonial  honors,  because  those 
girls  could  well  afford  to  wait  a  season  or  two  and  let  tbe  veteran 
belles  win  the  matronships  of  '94. 

*  #  * 

It  must  be  trying  to  tbe  belles  of  several  seasons  to  witness  tbe 
triumphs  of  the  younger  set  of  girls.  Would  it  not  be  wiser  not 
to  vie  with  these  budding  charms?  One  or  two  of  the  elderly 
girls  evidently  thought  that  discretion  was  the  better  way,  and 
so  did  not  appear  in  competition  at  Del  Monte  this  year,  reserv- 
ing their  attractions  for  dark  winter  days  and  gas  lighted  draw- 
ing rooms  in  the  city. 

On  dit,  Miss  Elizabeth  Ashe  has  made  a  conquest  of  a  Maine 
business  man,  and  may  not  again  return  to  her  native  heath. 

That  wealth,  coveted  wealth,  does  not  make  happiness  neces- 
sarily, has  been  pretty  well  illustrated,  to  those  who  read  between 
the  lines,  by  a  young  matron  at  a  fashionable  resort.  The  down- 
ward curve  of  those  pretty  lips  was  not  a  feature  of  her  girlhood's 
face. 

*  *  * 

"  Where  is  Walter  Dean  this  summer?"  and  "  Why  is  Emily 
absent  from  the  gay  throng?  "  are  questions  frequently  heard  in 
the  swirl  of  fashion.  A  little  bird  whispers  that  a  trip  to  Europe 
will  deprive  the  winter  season  of  queenly  Emily  Hager,  and  it  is 
quite  on  the  cards  that  some  one  else  will  accompany  her. 

*  *  * 

Mrs.  Hager  has  been  impatient  to  get  away  for  a  long  time,  and 
now  that  her  great  chum,  Mrs.  Lily  Coit,  will  spend  the  winter 
abroad,  she  is  ready  to  follow. 

*  *  * 

Miss  Head  and  Miss  Carolan  are  two  prospective  brides  whose 
delayed  nuptials  are  looked  for  by  their  friends  to  take  place  dur- 
ing the  ensuing  late  autumn. 

An  artistic  little  piece  of  pantomime  was  acted  on  the  dummy 
of  a  California  street  car  a  few  days  ago.  A  lady  who  recently 
secured  a  much  needed  divorce  (but  who  did  not  resume  her 
maiden  name  and  is  still  addressed  by  the  Teutonic  prefix,  "Van") 
was  seated  beside  her  sister.  The  car  was  stopped  by  one  of  the 
youngest  females  of  the  defendant's  family.      She  saw  the  ladies 


on  the  dummy,  and,  with  an  intended  sneer  of  scorn,  she  drew 
her  skirts  close  to  her  meagre  limbs  and  would  have  stepped 
aboard  the  car  with  the  air  of  a  comic  opera  duchess,  but — she 
miBgauged  the  Chicago  proportions  of  the  foot  remaining  below 
the  step,  and,  as  she  pluDged  forward,  it  took  the  mightiest  efforts 
of  the  stalwart  conductor  to  keep  her  from  falling  off  on  the  other 
side.  The  well-groomed,  stately  girl  on  the  dummy  could  not 
suppress  a  smile  of  amusement.  It  contrasted  strangely  with  the 
enraged  countenance  of  the  over-dreBsed  one  with  the  German 
peasant  face. 

Of  all  the  charming  girls  who  gathered  at  Monterey  for  the  re- 
cent shoot,  no  one  was  admired  more,  and  more  universally  popu- 
lar than  Miss  Mamie  Burling.  Her  bright  face  and  winsome 
smile  made  her  a  welcome  addition  to  every  group. 


EVERY  baby  is  tbe  sweetest   baby  in    the  world.      You  were 
once  considered  tbe  sweetest  thing  in   the  universe,  although 
you  may  not  look  it  now.  — Rogersville  (Tenn.)  Review, 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 

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Mouldings,  ornamented  with  Gold  Bow  Knots.  Pretty  and  cheap. 
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SAN  1KANC1SC0  NEWS  LETTEU. 


15 


THE  prorogaiioo  of  the  British  Parliament  has  brought  to  an 
end  a  protracted  and  generally  unsatisfactory  session  of  that 
body.  Regarded  from  the  standpoint  of  accomplished  legisla- 
tion, the  session  has  been  a  rank  failure.  About  the  only  meas- 
ure of  party  policy  which  the  government  has  been  able  to  put 
through  has  been  the  budget.  All  other  measures  of  a  conten- 
tious nature  have  either  been  amended  out  of  shape  or  have  been 
rejected  by  the  House  of  Lords  in  obedience  to  the  dictates  of  the 
leaders  of  the  Tory  or  Liberal-Unionist  parties.  Exactly  what  the 
future  course  of  the  Ministry  will  beseems,  at  the  time  of  writing, 
to  be  a  matter  of  doubt.  As  late  as  the  9th  instant,  Sir  William 
Harcourt  assured  the  Radical  members  of  Parliament  that  the 
government  intended  introducing  a  measure  providing  for  payment 
of  members  of  the  Lower  House.  This  implies  that  Lord  Rose- 
berry  and  his  colleagues  contemplate  meeting  the  present  Parlia- 
ment in  another  session  rather  than  to  seek  a  verdict  from  the 
country  by  means  of  a  dissolution,  because,  if  the  latter  course 
was  contemplated,  such  an  announcement  would  undoubtedly 
be  reserved  for  a  place  in  the  party  programme  which  it  is  now 
the  custom  to  place  before  the  constituencies  as  the  basis  upon 
which  their  support  is  solicited.  And  yet,  with  the  House  of 
Lords  in  its  present  temper,  of  what  advantage  will  it  be  to  in- 
troduce and  pass  through  the  Commons  a  measure  providing  for 
the  payment  of  members?  Such  a  bill  will  be  promptly  rejected 
by  the  Lords,  and  will  only  form  another  addition  to  the  legisla- 
tion which  has  been  blocked  by  that  body.  After  the  contempt- 
uous rejection  of  the  Home  Rule  bill,  it  was  evidently  Mr.  Glad- 
stone's purpose  to  give  the  Lords  a  chance  to  defeat  legislation  in 
which  the  English,  Welch,  and  Scotch  constituencies  were  spe- 
cially interested,  and  then  to  appeal  to  the  country  while  it  was 
irritated  over  this  interference  with  the  right  of  the  people  to  gov- 
ern through  representative  institutions.  For  this  purpose,  the 
bills  which  have  been  already  rejected  by  the  Lords  are  sufficient, 
and  there  does  not  seem  to  be  any  sense  or  advantage  in  holding 
another  session  of  Parliament  under  similar  conditions. 

As  regards  the  mending  or  ending  (as  the  phrase  goes)  of  the 
House  of  Lords,  it  is  clear  that  at  the  present  time  there  is  no 
tangible  or  positive  policy  in  the  hearts  or  minds  of  those  who 
are  influential  in  British  politics.  The  character  of  the  meeting 
which  took  place  in  Hyde  Park  on  last  Sunday  demonstrates 
this.  The  inscriptions  used  upon  the  banners  used  at  that  meeting 
are  described  as  bordering  upon,  if  not  reaching,  obscenity,  and 
the  language  and  sentiments  of  some  of  the  speakers  were  black- 
guardly verbal  violence  rather  than  dignified  expressions  of 
thought  in  regard  to  a  great  question  of  public  policy.  No  vast 
reform  in  the  British  political  system  is  likely  to  spring  from  snch 
a  source  as  that.  There  may  be,  and  we  believe  there  is,  a  senti- 
ment of  antagonism  toward  the  House  of  Lords,  in  its  pres- 
ent form,  permeating  the  Liberal  mind  of  the  British  Isles,  but 
the  signs  of  the  times  are  that  it  will  take  years  to  fructify  it  in 
the  direction  of  any  absolute  reform.  When  a  change  does  come 
it  will  probably  be  in  the  direction  suggested  by  Professor  Gold- 
win  Smith — that  of  leaving  tbe  body  on  a  basis  of  class  privilege 
and  yet  making  it  representative  and  sub- 
ject to   the  control  of   public  sentiment. 


right  in  Corea  which  tbe  Coreans  deny.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the 
Japanese  have  been  and  are  the  aggressors  all  through  the  con- 
troversy. Their  aim  is  to  become  the  great  and  dominant  influ- 
ence in  the  Orient. 

It  is  reported,  by  the  way,  that  the  Japanese  have  concluded  a 
new  treaty  with  the  British  Government  under  which  that  power 
surrenders  all  the  special  privileges,  in  the  way  of  mixed  juries 
and  consular  courts,  which  her  subjects  have  hitherto  enjoyed. 
The  report  appears  to  be  authenticated,  but  still  it  Beems  to  be  in- 
comprehensible. A  treaty  of  that  nature  would,  in  tne  very 
nature  of  things,  take,  at  the  least,  six  months  to  negotiate;  and 
yet  it  is  not  more  than  four  months  ago  since  the  Ito  Ministry  of 
Japan  was  being  arraigned  every  day  in  the  Japanese  Parliament 
because  it  had  not  taken  any  steps  in  the  direction  of  treaty  re- 
vision. It  seems  strange  and  unnatural  that,  if  Ito  and  his  asso- 
ciates were  then  engaged  in  negotiating  anew  treaty  with  one  of 
the  principal  powers,  they  did  not  defend  themselves  from  the 
attacks  which  were  being  made  upon  them  (and  which  on  one  or 
two  occasions  took  the  form  of  memorials  to  the  throne  asking 
for  their  removal)  by  stating  that  as  a  matter  of  fact  they  were  en- 
gaged in  the  work  which  they  were  being  accused  of  neglecting. 
Out  of  the  darkness  of  this  muddle,  however,  one  point  shines  clear 
and  distinct.  It  is  this:  If  the  British  Government  has  surren- 
dered all  the  special  privileges  which  its  subjects  enjoyed,  all  the 
other  treaty  powers,  America  among  them,  will  have  to  do  like- 
wise, and  Japan  will  take  several  steps  ahead  iu  the  direction  of 
national  dignity. 

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A  report  comes  from  Berlin  to  the  effect 
that  there  is  an  acute  dispute  between  Im- 
perial Chancellor  Von  Caprivi  and  Dr.  Mig- 
uel, tbe  Prussian  Minister  of  Finance.  The 
report  is  probably  true,  because  Dr.  Mig- 
uel and  Von  Caprivi  have  never  got  along 
very  well  together,  but  the  difficulty,  like 
previous  incidents  of  the  same  kind,  will 
probably  be  smoothed  over. 

The  war  between  Japan  and  China  has 
not  as  yet  developed  any  military  incident 
of  moment,  but,  of  course,  this  condition 
of  things  is  liable  to  terminate  any  day. 
Comparatively  large  armies  and  navies 
are  in  the  field,  and  it  is  impossible  that 
they  can  be  kept  apart  perpetually.  So 
far  the  principal  achievements  of  the  Jap- 
anese have  been  of  a  diplomatic  rather  than 
of  a  military  character.  Their  seizure  of  the 
Corean  King,  and  bis  declaration,  while 
practically  their  prisoner,  of  independence 
from  tbe  suzerainty  of  China,  has  been 
of  this  character.  In  reality,  it  amounts 
to  nothing  but  buncombe  and  pretense; 
but  yet  it  serves  a  moral  purpose  by  plac- 
ing China  before  the  world   as  claiming  a 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


Sept.  1,  1894. 


SARAH  GRAND  has  the  facility  for  making  some  of  her  finest 
characters  ridiculous  by  their  descent  iDto  levity,  and  some- 
times by  their  silly  improprieties.  In  ■«  Ideala,"  her  latest  book, 
the  characters  are  made  up  of  men  and  women  of  noble,  high- 
minded,  unselfish  qualities,  seemingly  natural  to  her.  With  a 
harmony  of  such  qualities  one  might  look  naturally  for  more  or 
less  simple-heartedness  and  obliviousness  to  the  manners  and 
customs  of  the  more  sophisticated  part  of  the  world  and  society. 
One  does  not  wonder  that  Ideala  is  long  submissive  to  a  selfish 
and  really  brutal  husband,  whom  she  may  hope  to  change  by 
gentleness.  Ooe  can  even  see  how  British  habits  of  thought  so- 
cially, and  the  British  instinct  of  conformity  on  the  woman's 
part,  should  make  Ideala  submit  to  the  removal  of  her  child  to 
the  exclusive  care  of  a  nurse:  but  that  she  should  go  along  the 
wedlock  road  after  being  locked  out  of  her  house  for  the  night  by 
her  husband,  when  she  has  even  one  friend,  who  is  a  man  of  po- 
sition and  who  may  be  supposed  to  have  relatives  in  America  in 
good  circumstances,  is  verging  on  the  edges  of  imbecility.  It  is 
true  that  when  the  blow  is  given  afterward  by  her  husband  she 
does  leave  him,  but  it  is  in  a  way  that  suggests  donning  a  new  love 
almost  as  soon  as  Bhe  is  ''off  with  the  old."  Ideala's  new  love  is 
designed  by  Mrs.  Grand  as  a  fine  example  of  nobility  of  soul  and 
character,  but  he  has  not  the  self  command  or  the  simple  common 
sense  necessary  to  keep  her  from  compromising  her  own  by  too  sud- 
den familiarity.  So  the  reader  is  not  surprised  to  find  their  inter- 
course verging  soon  into  the  form  of  a  life  connection  quite 
irrespective  of  the  fact  that  Ideala  is  not  a  widow,  nor  even  a 
divorced  woman.  But  there  is  left,  of  course,  the  possibility  that 
her  unworthy  husband  may  die,  and  that  her  faithful  lover  may 
own  her  for  his  own.  But  for  the  cleverness,  these  books  about 
men  and  women  who  have  been  mis-mated,  Mrs.  Grand's  strong 
thoughts  on  such  subjects  and  her  deep  philosophic  and  poetic 
treatment  of  life  would  not  carry  the  bad  taste  which  they  often 
show.     [D.  Appleton  &  Co.     For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

In  a  charmingly  printed  volume  the  Macmillans  have  gathered 
together  five  fugitive  chapters  from  Ruskin's  store  of  hitherto 
unpublished  matter,  under  the  name  of  "  Verona,  and  Other  Lec- 
tures.1' Three  of  the  number  have  been  delivered  in  public  on 
special  occasions,  the  fourth  was  written  for  the  regular  Oxford 
series,  while  the  last  chapter  of  the  book  is  one  of  those  numer- 
ous fragments  of  which  so  many  similar  beginnings  must  yet  re- 
main in  manuscript.  •' Candida  Casa"  was  intended,  the  editor 
of  the  volume  tells  us,  to  preface  an  account  of  the  "  White 
House,"  or  Whithorne  Abbey,  which  was  founded  by  St.  Ninian, 
with  the  object  of  showing  the  early  English  Church's  connec- 
tion with  both  Rome  and  France.  Ruskin  does  not  make  any 
allusion  to  its  peculiar  title,  but,  in  a  series  of  delightful  pic- 
tures, recalls  the  Roman  rulers  of  Britain  and  the  Frankish  pir- 
ates who  encircled  Europe  with  their  stolen  ships,  and  finally 
taught  the  art  of  building  sea-craft,  and  sailing  them  afterward, 
to  the  Britith.  There  is  in  this,  as  in  all  parts  of  Ruskin's  work, 
the  same  power  of  suggestion  and  richness  of  imagery. 

A  new  feature  of  the  Arena  which  appears  in  the  September 
number,  and  one  that  will  attract  those  who  enjoy  the  light  and 
airy  literary  essay,  is  Walter  Blackburn  Harte's  causerie.  It  is 
written  in  that  vein  of  humor  which  reminds  the  reader  of  the 
older  English  writers.  With  the  soberest  admixture  of  fantastic 
humor  and  seriousness  it  treats  of  "Certain  Satisfactions  of  Preju- 
dice." The  new  series  of  papers  is  to  be  of  %  literary  and  social 
character,  and  will  cover  a  wide  range  of  subjects.  It  is  to  be  a 
continuation  of  Harte's  "  In  a  Corner  at  Dodsley's"  papers,  which 
used  to  be  a  feature  of  the  New  England  Magazine.  It  promises 
to  be  as  amusing,  and  will  probably  become  quite  popular. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


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H.  regensburger,  attorney-at-law. 

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Somewhere  to  Dine. 

'"THERE'S  many  a  man— saiat  or  sinner— 
*■     Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinuer. 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  com  me  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  addre>s— read   and  mark 'it— 

Where  the   choic-  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  6S  and  7D,  California  Market— 
Moraghau's  Oyster  Siaud. 

There's  no   need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronnge    pays    iu  the   pelf, 
For  they  serve   all  the  g-od  things   iu  season, 

And   the   boss   runs   the  business  himsrlf.' 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghau's  Oyster  otaad. 

"  CahfomiaDs  "  or   "Easterns."  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the   daintiest  style. 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  Say-out  iu  the  laud 
That  temptb  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Muraghau's   Oyster  Stand. 

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FRANK  KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg.,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES. 
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DENTISTS. 
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DOOR    CHECKS. 
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DRUGGISTS. 

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gists.  

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MILLINERY. 

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RESTAURANTS. 

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SHOEMAKERS. 

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SURVEYORS. 
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OP  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

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413  raliforma  Street.  San  Francisco 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY   OF    NORTH    AMERICA, 

OF    PHILADELPHIA,    FA. 

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Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St.,  s.  F. 
JAMES    D.   BAILEY,  General    Agent. 

SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE,  of  London,  [Founded ad. mo. 

Cash  .Assets,  $J 0,270, 53 5.  Oldest  purely  fire  insurance  office  in  the  world. 

THE  IMPERIAL  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD..  of  London    [instituted  wx 

Cash  Assets,  $9,362,920.    40  years  in  business  on  tne  Pacific  Coast. 

THE  LION  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO,  LTD,,  of  London. 

Established  A.  D.  1879.    Cash  Assets,  $1,  108,095. 

H'H.  .1    UNDER!),  Imager  for  tbe  Facile  Coast.    205  Satijom«  St.,  Sear  Plat. 


Sept.  1,  1894. 


SAN   FRANCISCO 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

MI8S  Virginia  Fair  is  a  wry  prominent  young  woman  just  at 
tbis  moment,  not  only  because  the  fortune  wn  cb  Judge 
Coffey  has  decided  must  be  delivered  over  to  her.  not  because  of  her 
pretty  face,  her  vivacity,  or  the  "air"  which  Newport  society  has 
given  to  her,  but  because  *he  plays  golf  and  rides  a  bicycle.  Her  en- 
thusiasm for  the  wheel  has  not  pone  far  enough  to  induce  a  public 
appearance,  which  means,  in  Newport,  a  Believue  avenue  abear- 
ance, but  she  is  often  seen  spinning  about  the  back  roads  or  on  the 
Rosecliff  drives.  Golf  is  her  most  recent  fad,  and  while  she  can  not 
rank  with  Mrs.  Jack  Astor  or  Miss  Sands,  she  is  skillful  enough, 
nevertheless.  Golf  is,  by  all  odds,  the  game  of  the  moment,  and  will 
become,  no  doubt,  as  great  a  craze  as  tennis. 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Ford  and  her  son  Courtney  are  at  the  Pequot  House, 
New  London,  a  very  gay  place,  by  the  way.  New  London  is  always 
affected  by  yachtsmen  because  of  its  water  ways,  but  as  most  of  them 
forget  the  uses  of  water  (except  for  bathing)  once  they  are  on  solid 
ground,  it  is  not  difficult  to  understand  that  hilarity  of  an  extreme 
degree  prevails  there.  Hollywood  claims  two  Californians  this  week, 
Raphael  Weill  and  Adolph  Roos,  both  on  their  way  to  their  native 
land.  Vladimir  Artsioiovuch,  your  Russian  Consul,  left  on  the 
Hard  for  Bremen,  on  Saturday.  Madame  Modjeska  and  her  husband 
took  the  same  steamer.  Frank  Orella,  of  Santa  Barbara,  has  reached 
Paris,  where  he  will  spend  several  months. 

Mrs.  Alexander  Perry  and  Miss  Perry  are  at  Aix-les-Baius.  They 
have  been  in  Switzerland,  and  Miss  Perry  has  been  doing  a 
great  deal  of  mountain  climbing,  as  a  result  of  which  she  is  in  superb 
health.  They  will  go  to  Paris  in  September  and  will  return  to  Amer- 
ica in  time  for  the  season. 

Many  San  Franciscans  will  be  glad  to  hear  that  Miss  Eugenie 
Ferrer,  of  whose  serious  illness  I  wrote  to  you  recently,  has  recovered 
entirely.  Count  and  Countess  Vermont,  who  have  been  so  long  in 
San  Francisco,  are  so  charmed  with  California's  people,  conditions, 
and  climate  that  they  intend  returning  after  a  month's  stay  here,  and 
they  think  seriously  of  spending  several  years  in  your  charming  city. 

Hugo  Toland,  looking  robust  and  happy,  arrived  from  the  West  on 
Saturday,  and  is  visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lake  in  Westchester  County. 

Miss  Leila  Owen  Ellis,  of  San  Francisco,  has  been  talked  of  very 
much  recently,  because  of  her  skill  in  reciting.  She  is  at  the  Hotel 
Thorndike,  and  is  good  enough  to  gratify  her  friends,  now  and  then, 
with  a  monologue,  in  which  she  is  said  to  be  especially  clever. 

I  have  justJheard  a  truly  delightful  story  of  that  truly  delightful 
man,  Monsignor  Capel,  of  whom  one  hears  too  seldom  nowadays. 
The  wife  of  one  of  your  leading  jurists,  a  very  effusive  lady,  is  the 
heroine  of  this  little  tale.  I  dare  say  that  you  will  have  no  difficult}'  in 
recognizing  her  when  I  tell  you  that  she  is  known  for  her  religious 
fads  and  has  had  leanings  toward  every  faith,  or  lack  of  it,  from 
spiritualism  to  the  Church  of  Rome.  Shortly  before  her  departure 
from  San  Francisco  for  one  of  her  rare  visits  to  this  side  of  the  con- 
tinent, she  was  a  guest  at  a  reception  which  the  Monsignor  graced 
with  his  distinguished  presence.  She  was  at  that  time  in  the  throes 
of  a  Roman  Catholic  agony,  and  grew  excited  and  more  eager  and 
gushing  than  ever  when  she  found  that  she  might  have  a  chance  to 
meet  the  learned  prelate.  Her  opportunity  was  not  long  in  coming. 
She  found  Capel  seated  near  her,  and  regardless  of  time,  place,  and 
circumstance,  plunged  into  words. 

'•  Monsignor,  I  am  so  interested,  it  is  such  a  blessed  chance  that  I 
have  met  you,  for  I  am  longing  for  faith.  Will  you  tell  me— will  you 
tell  me  if  you  truly  believe  the  religion  that  you  profess  ?  " 

The  priest's  face  did  not  change.  He  gazed  at  her  and  murmured : 
"  Madame,  I  have  never  seen  such  a  becoming  bonnet." 

The  Judge's  wife  was  dazed  for  a  moment,  but,  believing  that  he 
had  misunderstood  her,  ventured  another  plunge. 

"Ah!  dear  Monsiguor,  1  know  that  this  is  not  the  moment  to 
speak,  but  tell  me,  do  you  truly  believe  in  the  Roman  Catholic 
faith  ?  " 

And  the  Monsignor  gazed  unmoved  once  more  at  his  questioner, 
and  softly  murmured : 

"  What  beautiful  Irish  eyes  !  "  The  charming  part  of  it  all  is  that 
the  lady  tells  the  story  herself  and  winds  up  with  furious  indignation, 
"  And  I  have  not  a  drop  of  Irish  blood  in  my  veins!  " 

New  York,  August  21,  1894. Passe  Partout. 

PACIFIC  MINING  AGENCY 
AND  TRUST  COMPANY. 

Irwin  C.  Stump,  President.    Wm.  C.  Ralston,  Secretary.    The  Anglo- 

Californian  Bank,  Ld.,  Treasurer. 
DIRECTORS— Irwin  0.  Stump,  Irving'  M.  8cott,  Jacob  H.  Neff,  W.F. 
Goad,  R.  C.  Chambers,  P.  N.  Lilienthal,  D.  M.  Burns. 

MILLS   BUILDING,  SAN   FRANCISCO. 

This  company  has  been  formed  to  sell  mining  and  ditch  properties  and 
water  rights  on  commission  only.  It  is  prepared  to  act  as  agent  and  broker 
for  the  sale  and  purchase  of  such  properties.  Mines  listed  at  its  offices 
will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  investors;  no  bond  is  required  until 
there  is  a  prospective  purchaser. 

The  company  will  look  after  the  interests  of  non-residents  or  obtain  in- 
formation lor  them ;  it  will  also  assist  mining  engineers,  superintendents, 
foremen,  assayers,  millmen  and  miners  to  obtain  employment. 

The  Company  is  prohibited  by  its  articles  of  incorporation  from  buying 
or  selling  mines  on  its  own  account,  and  except  as  agent  or  factor  for 
others. 


NEWS  LETTER.  17 

X  CT3TJia^L3SrCE. 

FIKK,  MARINE  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Inburanoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITA    ,   $1.000,000.  I  ASSETS,  $3.000,000, 
InANSAlLANMC    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

V.  CariH  Driffield,  Manager  lor  tbe  Pacific  Coast  Brancb. 

220  SauHome  St.,  S.  jr. 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
. 338  <  ulUornla  St.,  S.  F..  Cal. 

NEVADA    WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS port  COSTA.  California. 

Storage  capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular    Warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board, 

wȣ6.8v?  !7are.h.ouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain 
foul  and^utfy  {JgSt?1  with  the  beBt  aQd  newe8t  machinery  for  clelSng 
r„  «,0™ey  aa™a;ed  a'  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
if  destod, ^cur^entSeT  ^  'D  Fir8t-Clas8  Companies,  or  Grain  soldi 
Office  ot  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calltornla  Bask. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld,  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

0APITAL  -^__ J6.7OO.O00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

Wo.  316  California  Street.  San  Francltco 

SIEBE,  RASCHEN  &  CO., 

GENERAL    INSURANCE, 
Telephone  272.  2lo  Sansome  St. 

Agents  foe  San  FBANCisco.-Germania  Fire  Insurance  Co  ,  of  New 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets    $19,724,638.46. 

President.  BENJAMIN  P.  STEVENS.  I  Vice-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 

HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

~  AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established    1825. 

Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,864,663  66 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
YOSS,  COMB  All  .&  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  BALL.  OF  ZUBICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000  000  DOLLARS 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  Jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained.  "l 

HARRY  W.  8YZ,  General  Agent, 
«0  California  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.] 
Offlee— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 
CEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA,  " 

NEW    YORK. 
Capital  Paid  Up j    500,000 

Assets  8,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,526,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

501  Montgomery  Street 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  1, 1894. 


DELPHIC  HYMN  TO  APOLLO  (B.  O.  280).— Done  into  English 
by  Algernon  Charles  Swinburne  in   "  The  Nineteenth  Century.'1 

THEE,  the  son  of  God  most  high, 
Famed  for  harping  song,  will  I 
Proclaim,  and  the  deathless  oracular  word 
From  the  snow-topped  rock  that  we  gaze  on  heard, 

Counsels  of  thy  glorious  giving 

Manifest  for  all  men  living, 
How  thou  madest  the  tripod  of  prophecy  thine 
Which  the  wrath  of  the  dragon  kept  guard  on,  a  shrine 

Voiceless  till  thy  shafts  could  smite 

All  his  live-coiled  glittering  might. 

Ye  that  hold  of  right  alone 

All  deep  woods  on  Helicon, 
Fair  daughter  of  thunder-girt  God,  with  your  bright 
White  arms  uplift  as  to  lighten  the  light, 

Come  to  chant  your  brother's  praise, 

Gold-haired  Phoebus,  loud  in  lays, 
Even  his,  who  afar  up  the  twin  topped  seat 
Of  the  rock  Parnassian  whereon  we  meet 

Risen  with  glorious  Delphic  maids 

Seek  the  soft  spring-sweetened  shades 
Castalian,  fain  of  the  Delphian  peak 
Prophetic,  sublime  as  the  feet  that  seek. 

Glorious  Athens,  hightest  of  state, 

Come,  with  praise  and  prayer  elate, 
O  thou  art  queen  of  the  plain  unscarred 
That  the  warrior  Tritonid  hath  alway  in  guard, 

Whereon  many  a  sacred  shrine 

Young  bulls'  thigh-bones  burn  and  shine 
As  the  god  that  is  tire  overtakes  them,  and  fast 
The  smoke  of  Arabia  to  heavenward  is  cast, 

Scattering  wide  its  balm ;  and  shrill 

Now  with  nimble  notes  that  thrill 
The  flute  strikes  up  for  the  song,  and  the  harp  of  gold 
Strikes  up  to  the  song  sweet  answer;  and  all  behold, 

All,  aswarm  as  bees,  give  ear, 

Who  by  birth  hold  Athens  dear. 


THE    AWAKENING.— Anonymous. 

Her  arms  lie  bare  about  his  neck    "vnd  still 

In  dream,  her  lips  half  open  with  .    ,igh 

As  though  to  woo  her  dream  some  sweet  reply. 

All  slowly  her  enthralled  senses  fill 

As  valley  waters  from  a  mountain  rill 

Swollen  by  storm.     Her  bosom'd  treasures  lie 

Encircled  by  his  arms,  and  still  sweeps  by 

The  swelling  tide  into  the  Deep's  deep  will. 

And  he,  too,  dreams— in  Love's  night-hidden  day — 

Until  the  shallows,  murmuring,  rise  and  leap, 
And  lap  the  spirit  within  that  sweet  clay 

Against  his  broast.    Then  lips  that  trysting  keep, 
Unconsciously,  nearer  and  closer  lay 

Till  sudden  kisses  burst  the  bonds  of  sleep. 


SLEEP.— Patrick  Proctor  Alexander. 
• 

Come  to  me  now !     O  come,  benignest  Sleep ! 
And  fold  me  up,  as  evening  doth  a  tiower, 
From  my  vain  self,  and  vain  things  which  have  power 

Upon  my  soul  to  make  me  smile  or  weep 

And  when  thou  coniest,  oh,  like  Death,  be  deep — 
No  dreamy  boon  have  I  of  thee  to  crave 
More  than  may  come  to  him  that  in  his  grave 

Is  heedless  of  the  night  winds  how  they  sweep. 

I  have  not  in  me  half  that  cause  of  sorrow 

Which  is  in  thousands  who  must  not  complain; 

And  yet  this  moment,  if  it  could  be  mine 

To  lapse  and  pass  in  sleep,  and  so  resign 
All  that  must  be  borne  of  joy  and  pain, 

I  scarcely  know  if  I  would  wake  to-morrow. 


BOAT    SONG.— Andrew  Lang. 

Adrift,  with  starlit  skies  above, 

With  starlit  seas  below, 
We  move  with  all  the  suns  that  move, 

With  all  the  seas  that  flow. 


B-A_:r5r:EC3_ 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 


CAPITAL  Paid   Up 
RESERVE    FUND 


$3,000,000 
....   1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sausome  streets. 
HL  A  1>    OFFICE  60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico — London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  53,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided   Profits  (January  1, 1894) 3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs.  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago — Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis— Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Deuver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791   27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627.062  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  Wrhite,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICEES. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVIN6S  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  8.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 39,439,2*  7  0» 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Win.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
maun,  F.  Tillmanu,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

>    £.  Corner  Pine  and  sausome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized 16,000,000  I  Paid  up        $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Egad  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  Loudon,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  draftR,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     i  ., 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  i  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  GO 'S  BANK. 


N .  £.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,350,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine.  President  [  Homer  S.  King.  ..  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  8.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,  Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


Sept.  1,1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


5UNBCAM5 


B-A-isrica. 


A  country  minister  in  a  certain  western  town  took  permanent 
leave  of  bis  congregation  in  tbe  following  pathetic  manner: 
"  Brothers  and  sisters,  1  come  to  say  good-bye.  I  don't  think  God 
loves  this  church,  because  none  of  you  ever  die.  I  don't  think  you 
love  each  other,  because  I  never  marry  uny  of  you.  I  don't  think 
you  love  me,  because  you  have  not  paid  my  salarv.  Your  donations 
are  mouldy  fruit  and  wormy  apples,  and"  '  by  tlieir  fruits  ye  shall 
know  theni.'  Brothers,  I  am  going  away  to  a  better  place.  I  have 
been  called  to  be  chaplain  of  a  penitentiary.  Where  I  go  ye  cannot 
come,  but  I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you.  and  may  tbe  Lord  have 
mercy  on  your  souls.  Good-bye."  — Renhoboth  Sunday  Herald. 
She  does  not  heed  the  cable  car 

Which  goes  with  speed  intense; 
She  cares  not  for  the  trolley  wire 

Whose  voltage  is  immense. 
The  old  excursion  steamer  brings 
No  terror  to  her  brow, 
But  when  she's  in  the  country  she  will  run  across  acres  of  ground 
and  climb  barb  wire  fences  to  escape  the  affable  though  inquisi- 
tive gaze 

Of  an  aged,  docile  cow.  — Washington  Star. 

"  Marguerite,''  he  murmured,  "  will  you  be  mine?  "  "Harold," 
she  answered,  "  I  believe  in  the  emancipation  of  our  sex.  My  zeal- 
ous devotion  to  the  cause  compels  me  to  insist  upon  what  may,  to 
you,  seem  a  punctilious  absurdity."  "Nothing  you  say  can  seem 
absurd."  "  Modesty  forbade  me,"  she  went  on,  "  to  frame  the  origi- 
nal question.  But  now  that  you  have  spoken  there  is  no  impro- 
priety in  my  offering  an  amendment.  Do  not  ask  me  if  I  will  be 
yours ;  ask  me  if  1  will  permit  you  to  be  mine." — Washington  Star. 

A — Why,  man,  all  your  shop  girls  are  squinteyed!  Can't  you 
manage  to  obtain  a  prettier  set?  B — I  have  got  these  as  a  protection 
against  shoplifters.  The  scamps  will  never  know  which  way  the 
girls  are  looking.  —Pearson's. 

Wife— I  mended  the  hole  in  your  waistcoat  pocket  last  night  after 
you  had  gone  to  bed.  I  am  a  careful  little  woman,  am  1  not?  Hus- 
band— Yes,  but  how  did  you  know  there  was  a  hole  in  my  waistcoat 
pocket?  — Journal  de  Douai. 

When  I  scolded  Nell  for  smoking 

Her  naughty  cigarette. 
And  vowed  they'd  make  her  pearls  of  teeth 

.    Almost  as  black  as  jet, 
She  tossed  her  blonde  and  curly  head 
And  puffed  a  little  cloud. 
"  Smoked  pearls  are  good  enough  for  me," 

She  said;  "  I  am  not  proud."     — New  York  Herald. 

Jack  (who  has  proposed)— It  strikes  me  it  takes  you  a  long  time 
to  decide.  Daisy— I  know.  And  I've  concluded  to  wear  a  demi- 
train  of  white  chiffon  over  white  silk,  and  to  have  no  bridesmaids. 

— Answers. 

"  Wiggins  is  the  kind  of  a  man  who  never  puts  anything  away  for 
a  rainy  day."  "Oh,  yes,  he  has."  "What?"  "  That  ten  dollar  um- 
brella you've  been  hunting  for  the  last  two  weeks." 

Hojack— 1  don't  think  1  ever  heard  any  one  talk  so  much  as  Mrs. 
Gibbs  did  at  the  opera  last  night.  Tomdick— Oh,  that's  nothing  at 
all.    You  ought  to  hear  her  at  a  whist  party.  —  Town  Topics. 

"Johnny,"  called  a  Harlem  mother  out  of  the  window  to  her 
hopeful,  "  do  stop  playing  with  that  Willie  Bricktop.  It's  too  warm 
to-day  to  play  with  a  red-headed  boy."         —New  York  Daily  News. 

He  (slightly  rude)— I  called  because  I  thought  you  were  out.  She 
(sweetly)— Well,  do  you  know,  I  thought  I  was  out,  too.  Tbe  maid 
must  have  thought  you  were  some  one  else.  —Answers. 

Clerk — I  really  cannot  read  this  letter,  sir;  the  writing  is  too  had. 
Principal  (impatiently)— Nonsense !  Tbe  writing  is  good  enough— 
any  ass  could  read  it.    Hand  it  to  me !  —  Truth. 

Dora— Don't  you  think  my  gowns  fit  better  than  they  used  to? 
Cora— Yes;  your  dressmaker  told  me  yesterday  she  was  taking  les- 
sons in  geometry.  —Harlem  Life. 

Clara— I  am  going  to  ask  papa  to  get  me  a  bicycle.  Mother— 
Have  you  consulted  the  doctor?  Clara— No,  but  I  have  consulted  a 
dressmaker.  —Good  News. 

Cholly— Chappie,  deah  boy,  you  aw  pawsitively  and  gwossly  in- 
toxicated—you  actually  have  a  jag  on.  Chappie— Haw!  Is  it  on 
stwaight?  — London  (Ont.)  Free  Press. 

Some  one  should  devise  a  new  style  of  night  shirts  for  the  men. 
They  are  so  ugly  they  are  enough  to  make  a  bride  sit  up  all  nigbt. 

— Atchison  Globe. 

New  terrors  are  added  to  existence  by  the  invention  of  an  alumi- 
num violin  guaranteed  to  withstand  amateur  practice. 

— Chicago  Mail. 

The  girls  are  always  talking  of  the  heavenly  times  they  have.  The 
men  have  more  to  say  of  a  hell  of  a  time.  —Atchison  Globe. 

At  this  season  of  the  year  school  teachers  always  look  as  if  they 
had  just  been  borrowing  money.  —Exchange. 

The  insidious  gentleness  of  San  Francisco's  winds  often  brings  dis- 
comfort, in  the  way  of  colds,  to  those  who  fad  to  take  proper  precau- 
tions. Preliminary  to  a  drive  or  a  cable  ride  in  the  daytime  or  a 
stroll  in  the  evening,  a  drink  of  Argonaut  whiskey  (which  is  the  pur- 
est and  most  wholesome  of  products)  is  a  sensible  precaution.  As 
everybody  calls  for  this  whisky,  the  Knowledge  that  E.  Martin  <&  Co., 
408  Front  street  street,  are  the  agents,  is  acceptable. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  «l,0OO,O0O. 

Cornkk  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.   D.   FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzkll  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator. 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds, 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  aunum  ou  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon. 

HEMS  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwardB,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 

\.  W.  Corner  Sansome  and  Buslt  Streets. 

Established  1870.  TJ.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $75,196 

S.  G.  MURPHY President  | 

JAMES  MOFFITT  .. .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moflitt, 

1  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.    Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage.    A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  M. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital . . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up. .    $2,450,000 
BeserTe $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  B.C . 

Portland  Branch — 48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manaser,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— Diesel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital       $2,500,000  1   Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Parts — Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUM,  j  „„„„„„. 
C.  ALTSCHUL        'j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sathee  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents;  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics'  Bank.  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         |         E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN Vice  ./resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  8T„  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOAN'S  MADE. 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D.  Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  I 8  deary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated November  24, 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER         ..  President  I  ERNST  BRAND  . . .     ....Secretary 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Bui/ding. 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  1,  1894. 


FROM    "THE    WINGS    OF    ICARUS.' 


SINCE  Oscar  Wilde  wrote  "  Dorian  Gray  "no  book  has  been 
published  so  fall  of  philosophy  of  a  certain  light  and  pleasant 
order  as  Laurence  Alma  Tadema's  "  The  Wings  of  Icarus."  The 
following  are  extracts  from  the  work: 

•<  We  are  such  fools,  we  women !  When  a  man  loves  he  is  all 
that  he  was  plus  love;  when  we  love  we  throw  ourselves  head- 
long into  the  flood,  and  are  nothing  that  we  were." 

•'The  world  holds  but  one  thought;  the  day  and  the  night  are 
lost  in  tbe  constant  reiteration  of  every  word  one  says  to  an- 
other; in  the  resuscitation  of  every  glance,  every  touch." 

"  Confess  the  truth  if  you  should  consider  Mutual  Life  incon- 
sistent with  Honesty." 

"Death  cannot  wholly  part  a  mother  from  her  child." 

"  I  take  joy  in  the  thought  that  none  but  myself  knows  the 
value  of  the  treasure  that  is  mine." 

"  A  clay-fed  mortal  is  lifted  to  Elysium  and  forgets  at  the  end 
of  a  week  that  he  ever  tasted  coarser  food  than  ambrosia!" 

"  I  feared  death  for  the  first  time,  because,  for  the  first  time, 
life  is  dear  to  me.  It  is  tbe  outcome  of  my  great  content;  I  cling 
to  my  happiness,  and  Death  is  my  only  enemy,  the  only  power 
that  could  knock  the  cup  of  bliss  out  of  my  hands.  *  *  *  To 
die  before  one  has  drunk  that  full  measure,  how  horrible!" 

"  Now  that  I  know  what  it  is  to  be  loved  I  look  upon  the 
blankness  of  existence  with  dismay." 

,( When  two  love  one  must  love  more  than  the  other,  and 
blessed  is  he  who  loves  best." 

"  And  very  sweet  it  is  to  feel  that  the  8upreme  God  of  Heaven 
is  as  a  child  in  my  arms." 

"  Let  me  remind  you,  Madam,  it  all  else  fail  to  couvince  you, 
that  we  two  are  women,  and  that  there  is  one  tender  love,  one 
yearning,  which  can  only  be  betwixt  woman  and  woman.  There 
is  something  infinitely  pathetic  in  this  truth;  a  man  may  be  the 
dearest;  the  nearest  he  can  never  be. '' 

"  One  can  certainly  twice  ask  the  same  person  to  pass  the  salt 
without  meaning  anything." 

"  Doubt  is  Love's  murderer." 

*<  Passing  fancies  die  tbeir  own  death." 

"  We  suffer  most  at  the  dawning  of  our  fears." 

"  It  is  not  love,  but  a  most  unholy  passion  tbat  places  its  de- 
sire above  the  well-being  of  its  object." 

"  We  set  up  Truth  as  our  God,  believing  that  we  should  right 
all  the  wrongs  of  the  world  by  living  clean  of  heart  and  hand  and 
tongue." 

"  God  or  no  God,  there  is  a  Might  against  which  we  cannot 
stand,  and  woe  be  unto  those  who  lift  their  little  wills  against 
the  will  of  nature." 

"  When  two  love,  they  must  belong  to  each  other;  when  one 
loves,  njiserere." 

"  Man  learns  all  truth  through  his  own  pain." 

<«  Given  the  world  as  the  world  is,  there  are  wroDga  tbat  are  ir- 
revocable, lies  that,  once  lied,  no  truth  can  ever  wipe  away." 

"  If  human  justice  is  so  far  removed  from  righteousness,  why, 
we  must  rise  above  it,  and  never  mind  the  world." 


MR8.  MDLGREW— Phwhat's  become  of   all   the  beautiful  ger- 
aniums ye  had  growin'  in  tbe  yard  ? 
Mrs.  McDuff — The   ould   man    kern  home    late  lasht  night,  an* 
pulled  them  up  be  tbe  roots  an'  ate  thim  in  mishtake  for  salad. — 
Brooklyn  Eagle. 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 


.San  Francisco,  Cal 


309    an. I    311    Sausome  St 

CORRESPONDENTS  : 

FINDLAY,  DURHAM  &  BRODIE  43  and  46  Threadneedle  St..  London 

SIMPSON,  MACKIRDY  &  CO 29  South  Castle  St.,  Liverpool 

MACY  4  DUNHAM 66J4  Pine  St.,  New  York 

«£l  /TV>nte"  Jtotel, 

Sausalito,   <^al. 

The  nearest  Popular  Seaside  Re- 
sort outside  of  San  Francisco. 

J.  £■  SligKey, 

Proprietor. 


LURLINE 

Half  a  million  gallons 
of  pure  warm  salt 
water  pumped  into  the 
tank  every  day. 


BATHS. 


THE   COST  OF 

Tub  Baths 

Is  now  the  same  as  the 

Plunge  Bath. 

30  CENTS  SINGLE,  or 
Four  for  $1. 


D 


R.   D.   E.   DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 


Now  at  lilt  MM.  BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Nest  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

Ingrown  Nails  a  Specialty. 


OLD    SCALE     REMOVED,  

FORMATION    OF    NEW   SCALE    PREVENTED, 

Without  the  aid  of  chemicals, 
by  the  use  of  


STEAM 
BOILER 
INCRUSTATIONS. 

LLEWELLYN  FILTER-HEATER  AND  CONDENSER 

Over  800  In  Dally  Uie  on  the  Pacific  Ooast.) 

Removes  all  Impurities  from  the  Water  before  .Entering  the  Boiler. 
HeatB  the  Water  to  212*.  Saves  from  25  to  50  per  cent,  in  the  Amount  ol 
Water  Used. 

Illustrated  and  Descriptive  Pamphlet  Forwarded  on  Application  to 

Llewellyn    Steam    Condenser    Manufacturing    Co., 

830  Fine  street.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


THE 
MARKET. 

749    MARKET  ST., 

(Opposite  Phelan  Building). 

FINEST     MARKET 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Giving  Special  Sales  Every  Day. 

Telephone  5466. 


Sept   1,  1894 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


OBITUARY. 

THK  tragic  death  of  A.  H.  Brecbenfeld,  on  Saturday  last,  was  a 
shock  to  his  friends  and  relatives  from  which  they  will  not 
recover  soon.  He  was  a  man  in  every  sense  of  the  term ;  fearless, 
frank,  and  honest;  a  gentleman  of  culture  and  rare  talents,  and 
the  soul  of  honor.  While  somewhat  reticent  about  his  family 
affairs,  from  business  (raining  and  habit,  still  with  his  intimate 
friends  be  was  as  confiding  as  a  child,  and  only  to  them  he  re- 
vealed his  joys  and  sorrows.  His  life,  his  demeanor,  and  his 
conversation  impressed  all  who  came  in  contact  with  bim,  and 
bis  death  was  the  result  of  a  calm  deliberation  prompted  by  a 
fixed  purpose.  It  was  a  proof  and  test  of  his  great  love  and  devo- 
tion for  his  wife  who  bad  passed  away.  By  bis  employers  be  was 
treated  more  as  an  associate  than  a  subordinate,  for  they  realized 
and  appreciated  that  he  made  their  interests  his  own.  Mr.  Breck- 
enfeld  approached  the  grave  without  a  tremor.  His  last  words 
in  his  letter  to  his  friends  at  the  bank  were  toucbing  and  pathetic : 
•'  I  have  only  pleasant  memories  of  you  all.  Think  of  me  some- 
times, but  do  not  let  the  thought  be  a  sad  one.  Good-bye,  and 
Ood  bless  you." 

The  ranks  of  the  Argonauts  was  thinned  once  more  when  John 
H.  Lohse  passed  away.  He  was  known  to  almost  every  business 
man  in  California  as  secretary  of  the  California  Powder  Works. 
He  held  that  position  for  thirty  years,  and  before  that  he  was  di- 
rectly interested  in  a  great  many  leading  business  affairs  in  this 
city.  His  career  in  California  commenced  on  September  12,  1849, 
when  he  arrived  on  the  bark  Rising  Sun.  He  was  one  of  the  sixty 
young  men  who  were  members  of  the  "  Rising  Sun  Association," 
a  stock  company  which  owned  the  boat  and  cargo.  He  worked 
in  the  gold  diggings,  with  varying  success,  until  1851,  when  he 
became  established  in  business  in  this  city.  The  great  fire  in  May 
of  that  year  destroyed  his  place,  but  he  re-established  it  on  the 
corner  of  Merchant  and  Sansome  streets.  In  1857  he  married 
Miss  Emma  S.  Charraud,  of  New  York,  who  with  two  daughters, 
Miss  Jessie  Lohse  and  Mrs.  R.  C.  Hall,  of  this  city,  survive  him. 
He  also  leaves  two  brothers,  Charles  S.  Lohse,  of  Contia  Costa 
County,  and  Santiago  Lohse,  who  is  in  the  city  of  Mexico.  Mr. 
Lohse  was  a  life  member  of  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers. 
He  died  at  his  home  in  Belvedere  on  Monday  morning. 

The  last  of  the  charter  members  of  the  San  Francisco  Stock 
and  Exchange  Board,  Henry  Schmieden,  died  last  Saturday  morn- 
ing. He  was  one  of  the  old  speculators,  who  in  the  days  when 
men  were  mining  and  losing  fortunes  in  an  hour,  was  one  of  the 
most  formidable  brokers  on  the  street.  Everyone  who  knew 
Henry  Schmieden  knew  him  to  be  a  man  of  honor,  integrity,  and 
keen  business  instincts.  His  native  home  was  the  city  of  Lune- 
berg,  Hanover,  Germany,  where  he  was  born  seventy-four  years 
ago.  In  his  native  town  he  received  a  classical  and  a  business 
education,  and  when  he  reached  the  years  of  manhood  he  left  for 
America  to  make  his  fortune.  He  spent  several  years  in  business 
in  Lima  and  Valparaiso,  but  in  1849  be  started  for  this  city,  and 
found  employment  in  the  house  of  Goddefroy,  Sillem  &  Co.  In 
1854  he  assisted  in  the  inauguration  of  the  San  Francisco  Stock 
and  Exchange  Board,  and  was  its  treasurer  for  many  years  He 
was  the  partner  of  J.  M.  Shotwell  in  the  firm  of  Schmieden  & 
Shotwell,  stockbrokers.  Later  he  went  into  partnership  with 
Leonard  Jacoby  and  Eli  Hochstadter,  and  the  firm  was  one  of  the 
heaviest  on  'change,  and  it  fairly  ruled  the  street  during  the 
Crown  Point  and  Belcher  excitement.  He  died  at  his  country 
home  in  San  Rafael,  and  the  funeral  was  from  Trinity  Episcopal 
Church  in  this  city.  He  left  a  widow,  a  son,  Edward  G.  Schmie- 
den, and  a  daughter,  Mrs.  George  T.  Howard. 

Mrs.  Christina  McNab,  wife  of  James  McNab,  the  well-known 
business  man,  died  at  her  home,  2520  Post  street,  on  Wednes- 
day. Mrs.  McNab  was  only  a  young  woman,  but  ehe  fell  a  vic- 
tim to  pneumonia.  During  her  life  she  was  devoted  to  many 
charities,  and  was  more  than  generous  in  her  hospitality, 
and  her  home  was  given  up  to  her  young  friends  who  made  it  the 
center  of  many  merry  meetings.  The  interment  was  yester- 
day afternoon  at  the  Masonic  Cemetery,  and  a  legion  of  mourn- 
ing friends  followed  the  casket  to  the  grave. 

When  Emil  8utro  died  on  Monday,  the  business  world  felt  a 
severe  shock.  Mr.  Sutro  had  been  connected  with  the  best  inter- 
ests of  California  since  the  days  of  the  pioneers,  and  was  promi- 
nent in  later  years  as  a  banker  and  financier.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  worth,  sterling  qualities,  and  integrity.  The  funeral  took 
place  on  Tuesday  afternoon  from  bis  home,  1935  Jackson  street, 
and  the  remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  the  Home  of  Peace  Ceme- 
tery.   „^^__^_ 


ANNUAL  MEETING. 

New  Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  annual  stockholders'  meeting  of  this  company  will  be  held 
at  the  office  of  the  company, 

Tuesday,  September  11,1 894,  at  8  o'clock,  P.  M. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 
Office— 526  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Bullion  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business—  Sail  Francisco,  Cal.  Location  of 
works— Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
ou  the  Seventh  day  of  Aug ntl.  1894,  au  assessment,  No  43,  of  Fifteen  (15) 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  cor- 
poration, payable  immediately,  in  United  .States  Gold  coin,  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20,  331  Pine  St.,  San  FrancUco, 
Cal . 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  ou 

Tuesday,  the  13th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  he- 
fore,    will    be   sold   on  THURSDAY,   the   4th   day   of  October,  1894,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.  R   GRAYSON,  Secretary. 

Office— Ronm  20,  331  Plue  street,  San  Francisco,  cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Yellow  Jacket  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— G- Id  Hill,  Nevada.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
on  Thursday,  the  Second  (2d)  day  of  August,  a.d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
57)  of  Twenty-five  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
-eeretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  or  to  James  Newlands  .Transfer 
Secretary,  room  35,  third  floor,  Mills  Building,  northeast  corner  Bush  and 
Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  uupald  on 
Wednesday,  the  5th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
find  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
f  re  will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  10th  day  of  October,  1894,  at  1  o'clock 
p.  m  ,  in  front  of  the  office  of  the  compauy,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assess 
ment,  together  with  costs  of  advertij-iug  and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees. 
W.  H.  BLAUVELT,  Secretary. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 

Chollar  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  FranciBCo,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Virginia,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Ninth  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  39)  of  Twenty  cents 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Baid  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  79,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  13th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  4th  day  of  October,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHA8.  E.  ELLIOTT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 


Potosi  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  City.  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  2d  day  of  August.  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  42)  of  Twenty-five  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  Slates  gold  coin,  to  tne  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  3U9  Montgomery  Street,  Sau  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  udou  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  6ih  Day  of  September,  1894.  wit,  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  ib  made  he- 
fore  will  he  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27ih  day  of  September,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinqueut  awsessmeut.  together  witn  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
.sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  Block.  3^9  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Gould  &  Curry  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment  ...No.    74. 

Amount  per  Share   15  cents. 

Levied July  27, 1894* 

Delinquent  in  Office  August  30, 1894. 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinqueut  Stock Peptember  21, 1894. 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

COLTON    DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  street  (Phelan  Building.) 
(ias  Specialists.    Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  pols- 
.lvely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.    "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
inrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
In  all  eases.    Thirty-flve  thousand  references.    Established  1863.    Indorsed 
ind  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.    Also  perform* 
ill  operations  in  dentiBtry, 
DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 

HD  DIPnRn'Q  RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
L/I"i.  niV-zUnu  O  Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasied  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  «.  STKKUE  «s  «.«►.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.  Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100  pills,  «2;  of  200  pllle, 
«  50 :  of  40f)piUs  tfi-  p^T»«rwi,.Tv  Pills.  $2,    Send  for  Circular. 

R.    R.     F.   VERRINDER,   ORAL   SURGEON, 

Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists.    Specialties:  Snrglca1 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases   of  the  Mouth' 
Jaws,  GumB  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  Plates  and  Crown  and  Bridge  Work. 
Office:    »06  Kearny   Street,  Corner  Sutter. 


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SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


Sept.  1,  lbU. 


'*  THE  King  is  dead;  long  live  the  King!"  Which  in  thia  in- 
1  stance  means  that  the  sboot  festivities  at  Del  Monte  being 
finished  society  has  in  large  numbers  turned  its  back  upon  delight- 
ful Del  Monte,  and  a  goodly  proportion  of  them  will  proceed  to  San 
.Rafael  to  see  the  last  tennis  tournament  of  the  summer  and  dance 
the  season  there,  also  to  come  to  an  end  next  week.  The  ball 
which  closed  the  fashionable  season  at  Del  Monte  was  one  of  the  best 
that  charming  resort  has  ever  Known.  The  ballroom  was  crowded 
with  our  society  leaders  old  and  young,  and  the  most  prominent  of 
our  beaux  and  belles.  It  was  voted  a  perfect  affair,  and  it  now  re- 
mains to  be  seen  what  the  Hotel  Rafael  can  do  in  that  line.  Though 
society  has  been  flocking  back  to  town  this  week,  still  quite  a  crowd 
will  remain  at  Del  Monte  during  September  to  end  quietly  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  months  of  the  year  in  the  country. 


September  weddings  are  increasing  in  number,  and  the  month 
promises  to  be  well  tilled  with  those  happy  events.  Those  named 
for  next  week  are  the  Graham-Burrige,  the  Brown-Darling,  and  the 
Forbes-Nearne  ceremonies,  which  will  all  be  society  gatherings. 
Then  follow  the  nuptials  of  Miss  Elinor  Diniond  and  Paul  Jarboe, 
whose  engagement  was  formally  announced  last  week.  St.  Paul's 
Church  will  be  the  scene  of  Miss  Elsie  Hamilton  Allen  and  John  F. 
Leicertes's  wedding  on  the  19th,  and  on  the  29th  Miss  Mae  Dimond 
and  J  oe  Tobin  will  be  the  bride  and  groom  of  what  promises  to  be  a 
most  brilliant  ceremony.  September  is  also  the  month  named  for 
the  marriage  of  Miss  Young;  and  of  Miss  Gertrude  Wilson,  daughter 
of  Major  Wilson,  U.  S.  A.,  and  Lester  O.  Peck,  both  prominent  in 
San  Francisco  society  circles  the  past  two  years,  and  which  will  take 
place  in  Washington  city  on  Tuesday,  the  11th  of  September. 

Still  another  September  wedding  of  interest  to  San  Franciscans 
will  be  that  of  Miss  Sybil  Sanderson  aud  Antonio  Terry;  that  is, 
should  the  divorce  of  the  prospective  groom  from  his  present  wife  be 
obtained  in  time  for  the  ceremony  to  take  place  ere  the  fair  prima 
donna  leaves  Paris  to  fulfill  her  American  operatic  engagement. 


Matrimonially  the  present  week  has  not  been  devoid  of  events,  the 
Occidental  Hotel  being  the  scene,  on  Tuesday  evening,  of  a  brilliant 
wedding  in  Jewish  circles.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by  the 
Reverend  Rabbi  Voorsanger  in  the  large  parlor,  which  was  prettily 
dressed  with  festoons  of  foliage  and  bright-colored  flowers.  A  curtain 
of  roses  was  a  noticeable  feature  of  the  decorations,  in  front  of  which 
the  bridal  party  stood  while  Miss  Gertrude  Schweitzer  and  Henry  L. 
Meyer  were  made  man  and  wife.  The  bride  looked  very  handsome 
in  a  robe  of  white  satin  trimmed  with  point  lace,  tulle  veil  and  orange 
blossoms.  Her  sister,  Miss  Edna  Schweitzer,  and  the  groom's  sister, 
Miss  Meyer,  were  her  attendant  maids,  Isaac  Sachs  and  Monroe 
Schweitzer  performing  the  duty  of  groomsmen.  An  elaborate  dinner 
was  served  to  nearly  two  hundred  guests  after  the  nuptial  knot  had 
been  tied,  and  then  followed  dancing,  which  was  prolonged  until  a 
late  hour.  The  honeymoon  trip  will  take  in  all  the  southern  coun- 
ties, and  after  a  brief  visit  here  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyer  will  make  their 
home  in  Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

Although  society  is  rapidly  finding  its  way  back  to  town  again, 
there  has  been  very  little  of  a  lively  nature  going  on  of  late.  Mrs. 
Joseph  Austin's  pretty  pink  luncheon,  at  which  she  entertained  a 
dozen  of  her  lady  friends,  was  one  pleasant  break  in  the  general  dull- 
ness, the  party  taking  in  a  theatre  matinee  after  the  feast.  Another 
interlude  was  the  musicale  given  by  Professor  Pasmore,  which  was 
greatly  enjoyed  by  a  large  number  of  guests.  Musicales  promise  to 
take  a  leading  place  in  the  amusements  of  our  social  world  the  com- 
ing season,  and  premonitory  notes  will  soon  be  heard  in  divers  direc- 
tions. Several  debutantes,  both  vocal  and  instrumental,  are  prom- 
ised society,  and  no  doubt  society  wilt  be  charmed  to  give  them  wel- 
come. 

Our  fashionable  folk  will  doubtless  take  advantage  of  the  treat 
offered  them  this  evening  of  hearing  some  charming  reading  done 
by  Mrs.  Louise  Humphrey  Smith  at  the  California  Theatre,  and 
respond  in  large  numbers.  They  will  accomplish  three  things  by 
so  doing— enjoy  themselves,  place  themselves  in  evidence  as  being 
in  town  again,  and  materially  help  the  funds  of  the  Mercantile 
Library  Association. 

Mrs.  Hall  McAllister  the  elder,  who  was  so  well  known  and  charm- 
ing a  Chatelaine  in  the  past,  has  been  much  missed  in  San  Fran- 
cisco's social  world  since  her  retirement  to  Marin  County,  where  her 
pretty  home  in  Ross  Valley  has  been  for  several  years  the  scene  of 
many  pleasant  gatherings.  It  will  be  agreeable  news,  therefore,  for 
her  numerous  friends  hereabouts  to  learn  tbat  she  purposes  return- 
ing to  the  scene  of  her  former  triumphs  as  a  hostess,  aud  will  reside 
in  San  Francisco  during  the  coming  winter.  Her  new  son-in-law  and 
her  daughter.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wagner,  upon  their  return  from  Europe, 
will ,  it  is  said,  form  part  of  her  household. 


Ladies  being  debarred  from  witnessing  the  mysterious  ceremonies 
attending  the  Annual  High  Jinks  of  the  Bohemian  Club,  the  club  has 
yielded  to  the  11  rgings  of  its  chivalrous  nature  and  begun  a  ladies' 
reception,  to  be  given  a  week  after  the  links.  A  droll  invitation  was 
issued  for  the  first  of  these  pleasant  entertainments.  Hence  it  was 
that  Wednesday  was  a  fete  day  at  the  Bohemian  Club,  and  for  three 
hours  or  more  the  owl  nodded  uneasily  on  bis  perch  and  blinked  in 
bewilderment  at  the  unaccustomed  sight  of  scores  of  the  handsomest, 
best  dressed ,  and  altogether  most  charming  of  our  society  maids  and 
matrons  as  they  flitted  through  his  cherished  haunts  after  being 
received  by  the  President,  Horace  Piatt,  and  receiving  the  password 
and  countersign  by  Uncle  George  Bromley.  Skilled  musicians  dis- 
pensed harmony  and  melody  in  equal  parts.  Donald  Graham  and 
Hopkins  sang  informally  and  delightfully  in  the  social  room.  A 
dozen  waiters,  wearing  the  uniform  of  the  club,  moved  to  and  fro 
among  the  fair  guests,  bearing  trays  of  punches;  there  were  choco- 
late and  bon-bons  in  the  dining-room.  Photographs  innumerable, 
cartoons,  sketches,  and  caricatures,  by  Stanton,  Graham,  Solly  Wal- 
ter, Von  Gerchten,  and  others,  crowded  one  upon  another  along  the 
Red  Room  walls,  and  the  ladies,  needless  to  say,  enjoyed  themselves 
to  their  hearts'  content.  At  5:30  p.  m.  the  waiters  began  to  straighten 
things  out,  but  notwithstanding  5  was  the  hour  set  for  leave- 
taking,  dozens  of  the  fair  sex  remiined.  Some  of  them  refused  point 
blank  to  go.  They  said  they  wanted  to  live  there.  But  all  good 
things  must  have  an  end.  At  6  p.  M.  had  ceased  the  swish  of  skirt 
and  the  rustle  of  silk,  the  rooms  again  took  on  their  usual  masculine 
aspect,  and  the  owl,  once  more  'in  the  hands  of  his  friends,"  fell 
into  a  dreamless  sleep. 

Another  of  our  millionaire  absentees,  Mr.  D.  O.  Mills,  will  pay  us 
a  visit  on  his  way  to  make  the  trip  around  the  world  he  has  in  con- 
templation, and  with  the  Whitelaw  Reids  will  spend  the  coming 
winter  in  Egypt,  whither  Mr.  Reid  has  been  ordered  by  his  physi- 
cian. In  fact,  there  will  be  quite  a  family  gathering  on  the  banks  of 
the  Nile  in  the  course  of  a  few  months,  as  Mrs.  A.  M.  Easton,  who 
proposes  spending  some  time  in  European  travel,  will  pass  the 
winter  there  with  her  brother  and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Reid ;  and  it  is 
the  intention  of  Colonel  Fred  Crocker,  who  is  also  off  for  Europe,  to 
form  one  of  the  Mills  party  in  Egypt  before  long.  Mrs.  Louis  Par- 
rot and  her  children  accompany  Mrs.  Easton  to  Europe,  where  they 
will  make  a  stay  of  some  duration. 

Dr.  Daggett  and  his  wife,  nee  Cohen,  the  bride  and  groom  of  Ala- 
meda's recent  swell  wedding,  have  been  the  recipients  of  several 
handsome  entertainments  since  their  return  from  the  honeymoon 
trip,  one  of  the  most  prominent  being  the  dinner  in  their  honor 
given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tom  Dargieof  Oakland.  Another  bride  and 
groom,  Dr.  ,1.  C.  Burnham  and  his  wife,  nee  Kinne,  have  returned 
from  their  wedding  jaunt,  and  will  next  week  be  at  home  to  their 
friends  at  their  new  residence,  2509  Washington  street.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
H.  B.  Chase  have  decided  upon  keeping  house  this  winter  instead  of 
spending  it  at  a  hotel,  and  are  residing  at  2901  California  street,  where 
Mrs.  Chase  will  receive  on  Fridavs. 


Miss  Edith  Findley  has  been  visiting  the  Misses  Delmas  atSausa- 
lito  of  late.  Mrs.  Stanford  was  among  the  guests  at  Castle  Crag  dur- 
ing the  past  week.  The  Dennis  Donoboe*  have  returned  to  San 
Rafael  from  Lake  Tahoe.  The  E.  J.  McCutcheons  are  again  occupy- 
ing their  Ross  Valley  villa  after  a  hurried  but  pleasant  trip  East. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Willshirehave  been  cordially  welcomed  home 
after  a  very  long  absence  in  the  East. 

Mrs.  W.  1.  Kip  and  Miss  Clementina  Kip  have  returned  from  their 
visit  to  Cazadero.  Miss  Mary  Kip  has  been  the  guest  of  Mrs.  George 
Audenreid  at  San  Rafael. 


Cards  are  out  announcing  the  wedding  of  Miss  Retta  Hentnch  and 
George  S.  Nevin  on  Saturday  next  at  Grace  Church. 

Mrs.  Uler  and  family  have  returned  to  their  city  home,  2G0I  Jack- 
son street,  after  passing  the  season  at  San  Rafael  and  Belvedere. 

Blue  Prints.  Drawing  Papers,  Instruments,  and  all  Architects  and 
Draughtsmen's  Supplies.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


D*PRIC 


Powder 


The  only  Puro  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


Sept.  1,  1894. 


SAX  FIUXC'IKCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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WW* 


THE  Boston  Herald's  fashion  writer  at  Newport  says:  Al. 
though  overskirts  seem  to  have  subsided  as  suddenly  as 
tbey  came,  I  saw  one  to-day  that  was  truly  beautiful.  The 
gown  wa<  of  French  linen  in  unbleached  gray,  made  up  with  gray 
and  black  spotted  linen.  The  underskirt  was  made  quite  plain,  with 
a  deep  hem.  and  it  set  out  stiffly  about  the  feet.  The  overskirt  was 
long  in  front  and  graduated  to  the  back.  It  was  of  plain  gray  trimmed 
with  a  deep  circular  flounce  of  the  spotted  linen.  The  bodice  was  in 
kerchief  style,  being  folded  across  over  a  vest  of  black  lace  over  linen. 
The  large  gigot  sleeves  were  of  spotted  linen  and  untrimmed.  A 
folded  belt  and  stock  finished  by  a  flaming  bow  were  of  fine  black 
satin  and  added  much  style  to  the  costume.  The  hat  was  of  black 
straw  turned  up  at  the  back  and  trimmed  with  old  rose  ribbon  and 
black  tips.  Another  stylish  costume  was  of  cream  colored  wool 
trimmed  with  jet  galon  with  a  vest  of  black  lace.  The  flaring  skirt 
was  trimmed  just  below  the  long  coat  with  points  of  jet,  and  the  coat 
had  the  deep  revers  collar  edged  with  jet.  The  sleeves  were  in  the 
French  mode  and  the  lace  vest  was  set  off  by  a  folded  corslet  of  black 
moire,  the  stock  and  bow  being  of  the  same.  The  sailor  hat  was  of 
grass  green  straw  trimmed  with  twin  bows  of  black  ribbon  and  cupid 
wings. 

After  a  couple  of  months  in  the  country  it  is  often  found  neces- 
sary to  replenish  the  Summer  outfit,  but  just  what  to  get  is 
the  perplexing  question  to  most  women.  Let  it  be  something 
which  will  be  serviceable  for  the  early  Autumn  days  in  town.  Such 
a  toilet  might  be  of  spotted  beige  foulard,  red  dots  on  a  dark  blue 
ground.  The  bodice  could  be  made  of  a  thin  wool  crepon,  dark  blue, 
and  the  sash  and  throat  band  of  satin  ribbon  of  the  same  shade.  A 
dark  blue  rough  straw  hat  could  be  worn  with  it,  trimmed  with  scar- 
let bows.  A  princess  dress  of  royal  blue  crepon  has  the  front  mounted 
on  a  yoke  of  cream  guipure.  Bands  of  black  ribbon  go  round  the 
skirt  and  straps  to  match  and  bows  down  the  front.  The  Figaro  is  of 
cream  lace,  and  is  set  off  with  revers  of  the  same  and  a  black  velvet 
collar  in  the  back.  A  blue  and  white  straw  capote  goes  with  this 
gown,  and  is  trimmed  with  black  moire  ribbon. 


Any  woman-finding  herself  on  the  way  to  embonpoint  should,  like 
the  illustrious  French  actress,  Sarah  Bernhardt  (who  at  present  is 
quite  the  reverse  to  the  skeleton  that  she  was)  adopt  gowns  in  which 
the  waistline  only  commences  at  the  hips.  With  loosely  slung  girdles 
generally  drawn  to  a  point  in  front,  the  great  Sarah  possesses  a  style 
of  dresses  essentially  her  own. 


If  you  want  a  dashing,  exciting  ride,  just  visit  the  toboggan  slide 
on  the  corner  of  Market  and  Ninth  streets.  It  is  perfectly  safe  in 
every  respect,  the  cars  are  large  and  commodious,  the  tracks  are  se- 
cure, and  everything  is  handled  carefully.  The  experience  of  the 
ride  is  a  thrilling  one,  and  nobody  should  miss  it. 

The  ''Ceylon  Tea  Garden"  and  court  from  the  Manufacturers' 
building,  Midwinter  Fair,  opens  to-day  at  Schrieber's,  83-4  Market 
street,  under  the  management  of  the  popular  Mr.  Foster.  Natives 
in  costume  will  be  in  attendance  to  serve  the  celebrated  tea,  coffee, 
cocoa,  and  lunches  at  popular  prices. 

The  great  popularity  of  Ayer's  Pills  is  due  to  their  universal  usefulness 
and  their  freedom  from  all  injurious  ingredients. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 


508  Clay  Street. 


St.  lau/r^ee 

LIVERY  AND  SALES  STABLE. 
W.  E,  Bridge,  Proprietor, 

423  Post  S*., 

Bet.  Powell  aud  Mason 
Telephone  1333.  San  Francisco. 


TOMKINSON'S  LIVERY  STABLE, 


Established  1862. 


J.  TOMKINSON,   PBOPBIETOB. 


Nos.  57,  59  and  61  Minna  Street,  between  First  and  Second. 

Through  to  Natoma  street,  Nos.  64,  66  and  68.  One  block  from  the  Palace 
Hotel,  also  carriages  and  coupes  at  Pacific  Union  Club,  corner  Post  and 
StocKton  streets,  San  Francisco.    Telephone  No.  158. 

Fine  turnouts  kept  especially  for  calling.  Also  rockaways,  buggies  and 
vehicles  of  every  description  at  reduced  rateB. 


Qreat 
Bar^rupt   <^oq\ 


$108,000 


43  ^9*5 


Of  the  McSHANE  Dry 
Goods  Company  of  Oak- 
land, representing  about 


WORTH  OF  FINE 
DRY  GOODS ! 
Bought    at    our    own 
Figures,   now  being 
Closed   out    at    an 
Average    of 


ON   THE  DOLLAR. 


Murphy  Building. 


DAIZUING 

^PAVILION  Effectc- 

RACING  AT  THE  PARK- 
CASS  ASA'S  UEESE 

FOR  MUSICAL,     CONCERTS. 


EXCURSION     RATES 
ON    ALU    RAIL.    ROADS. 


ERNST    H.    LAJDWIG  &  CO., 
The  Model  American  Caterer. 

12Q6  SUTTER  ST.,  S.   F. Telephone  2388. 


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R.ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


114   GBABY  STREET.  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


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SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trams  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANC/SCO : 

Leave  i        From  August 23,  1894.        I  Abbivb 

7-00  a.  Atlantic  Express,  Ogdeu  and  East    6:45  a 
7  00  a  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento,   Redding,    Castle    Crag 

and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davis 7:15  p 

7-30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa  6 :15  p 

8-30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 

andOroville -.    4;15p 

900  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
('or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,   El  Paso,  New 

Orleans  and  East 5:45f 

9  00  a.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45  a. 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45  a 

♦9-00  a  Peters  and   Milton    ..  -•■  '7:15  p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore        8:46  a 
n-OOp  Sacramento  River  BteamerB.       ...  *9:00p 
4 -00p  Martinez,    San    Ramon,    Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 

SantaRosa 9:15a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacavllle,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento      10:45a 

4:30  P.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15p 

600p.  Lob  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
BakerBfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Los    Angeles 10:16a 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 
6-OOp.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..    7-46  a 

17:00 p. Vallejo +7:45f. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  ExnreBB.  Sacramento, 
Marysville,  Redding,  Portland, 
Pueetfloiind  ao*i  Ea«tt.  1Q-4'* 

a  ant  a  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

J7:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Pelton   and 

Santa  Cruz ]8:05  p 

8:16a.  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose, 
Feltou,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations        ..  6:20  p. 

*2:45  P  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and    principal    way 

stations    .*  11  :50  a 

4:45  p.  Newark,  SanJose,  Lob  Gatos.  9:50a, 

Coast  Division ( Third  aid  TownsBnd  streets). 
*6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations ...  *1:45f. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose, TresPinoB, Santa  Cms, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San    Luis   Obispo  and   principal 

Way8tations 6:26p. 

19:47a    Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations U:45p. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations. ..  .       5:06  p. 
;i:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
••2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,  SalinaB,   Monterey, 

Pacific  Grove *10:40a. 

•3:30  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

•4:25  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06  a. 

ft -.10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. *8:48a. 

6:S0p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35a. 

tll:46p.   Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 
Stations -r7:26p. 

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From  OAKLAND—  Foot  of  Broadway. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept,  1,1894. 


COINCIDENCES  IN   CARNOT'S  LIFE. 
From  the  London  Standard. 

AN  interesting  discovery  has  just  been 
made  by  a  contributor  to  a  French 
periodical,  who  has  apparently  a  touch  of 
superstition  in  his  character  concerning 
numbers.  Whether  or  no  he  believes  in 
the  mysterious  and  uncanny  influence 
of  No.  13  is  not  stated;  but  he  points  out 
that  the  unfortunate  President  Carnot  was 
throughout  his  life  under  the  influence,  so 
to  say,  of  ihe  figure  7.  He  was  born  in 
1837,  and  entered  the  Ecole  Polytechnic  in 
1857.  He  became  President  of  the  Repub- 
lic in  1887,  in  virtue  of  the  seventh  article 
of  the  Constitution.  On  the  17th  of  May 
in  the  present  year  he  presided  at  the  cen- 
tenary fetes  at  the  Ecole  Polytechnic.  He 
died  in  the  57tb  year  of  his  aee,  and  in  the 
seventh  year  of  his  presidency.  In  the 
carriage  in  which  he  was  seated  when 
assassinated  there  were,  including  the 
driver,  etc.,  seven  persons,  the  crime  being 
committed  on  a  Sunday,  the  seventh  day 
of  the  week,  by  Caserio,  an  Italian,  there 
being,  respectively,  seven  letters  in  these 
two  words.  To  conclude  this  list  of  sevens 
it  is  pointed  out  that  M.  Carnot's  remains 
were  laid  in  the  tomb  in  the  seventh  month 
of  the  year,  and  on  the  seventh  day  after 
the  murder  was  committed.  It  might  be 
added  that  Caserio  came  from  Cette  to  com- 
mit it,  and  that  the  pronunciation  of  Cette 
and  sept  (seven)  is  identical. 

Love  sought  is  good,  but  given  unsought 
is  better. — Shakespeare. 
Eveky  brave  man  is  a  man  of  his  word. 

— Corniellc. 
Justice  without  wisdom    is    impossible. 

— Froude. 
Laugh  if  you  are  wise. — Martial. 


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ience nnd  hest  seller  on  en rth. 
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One  in  a  residence  means  a  sale  to  nil  the 
neighbors.  Fine  instruments,  no  toyH,  work-i 
anywhere,  any  distance.  Complete,  rendy  for 
use  when  shipped.  Can  be  nut  up  by  nny  one, 
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time.  Warranted.  A  money  mni'er.  Write 
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and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Belgic ..Thursday,  Sept.  6,  1894 

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and  6:30  p.  m. 
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rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a.  m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  a.  m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


Leave  8.  F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

AbbivbinS.F. 

Sundays 

Days 

Desti'tion 

Sundays 

Days. 

7:40a.M. 
3:S0p.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00  a.  m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40a.m 
6:05  p.m 
7:30  p.m 

8:50a.  M 
10:30am 
6:15p.m 

7:40a.m. 

-.   .....1      Fulton 

HealdBburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 

3:30  p.m. 

8:00a.m. 

7:30p.M. 

land,  Ukia*h. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00a.  M.JGuerneville 

7:30p.m, 

10:30  am 
6:15  PM 

7:40a.M. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m.  I     Sonoma 
5:00p.m.|  Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m. 
6:05p.m. 

8:50am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40a. M  |  8:00a.m. 
3:30  p.m  |  5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10  :40a.  Ml 
6  05p.m 

10  :30  a.  m 
6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Banta  RoBa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

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Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  Booueville,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
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Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley, 
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America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 

S.  S.  "Acapulco,"  September  8, 1894. 

S.  S.  "Colima,"  September  18,  1894. 

S.  S.  "8an  Bias,"  September  28. 1894. 

8.  S.  "Sau  Juan."  October  8,  1994. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  fallB  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamerB  for 

Shanghai,  aud  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.  8.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Sept.  Id,  1894,  at  3  P.  m. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 

4, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.  8.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25, 1894,  at  3  P.  m. 

S.  8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.   6,  1894,  at 
S  P.  m. 
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Plate  No.  i. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER  S,  1894. 


Number  10. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  .Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
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may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

We  present  this  week  such  a  portrait  of  Mr.  Adolph  Sutro  as  those  who 
are  most  familiar  with  his  distinguishing  moral  characteristics  can  appre- 
ciate. Cold,  hard,  shrewd,  scheming,  and  avaricious,  his  leading  traits 
shine  forth  in  his  face.  That  we  find  also  a  daring  untempered  hy  modesty, 
and  a  steady  look  of  contempt  at  a  world  which  knows  him  and.  to  whose 
opinion  he  is  insensible.  In  such  a  face  we  find  ability,  coupled  with  wil- 
lingness, to  play  upon  the  weaknesses  of  men  for  selfish,  ends,  and  an  ex- 
pression which  shows  how  thoroughly  he  despises  those  whom  he  can  fool 
aiid  use.  Such  is  the  man  whom  the  Populists,  strikers,  malcontents,  and 
others  of  their  kind  hope  to  elect  Mayor  of  San  Francisco., 


OUR  Consul  and  naval  officers  at  Bluefields  seem  to  be  alert  to 
protect  tbe  American  citizens  who  have  been  arrested  by  the 
Nicaraguan  officials  (or  complicity  in  Chief  Clarence's  rebellion. 
The  moat  that  our  representatives  can  do  is  to  see  that  these  Am- 
ericans are  humanely  treated  and  given  a  fair  trial  on  legitimate 
charges.  If  they  have  been  guilty  of  conspiring  against  the  gov- 
ernment of  Nicaragua,  of  taking  an  active  part  in  a  rebellion 
against  its  authority,  or  of  violating  its  laws,  their  American  citi- 
zenship will  not  protect  them  from  the  consequences  of  so  doing. 
Our  citizens  are  protected  against  acts  of  injustice  or  oppression 
from  foreign  governments,  and  the  British  and  American  com- 
manders are  acting  together  at  Bluefields  and  will  not  permit  any 
high-handed  proceedings  on  the  part  of  the  Nicaraguans,  or  any 
affront  to  either  the  United  States  or  Great  Britain. 


NOW  that  the  testimony  in   the   Martin  case  has  made  it  diffi- 
cult to  identify  tbe   particular   fattier   of   little  John,  are  we 
justified  in  assuming  that  his  father  was  a  syndicate? 


TREASURER  SCOTT,  of  Holt  County,  Nebraska,  who  stole 
$75  000  of  the  county's  money,  has  been  released  on  a  tech- 
nicality. It  is  a  curious  fact  that  there  is  no  record  of  any  man 
ever  having  been  convicted  on  a  technicality.  The  technicality 
of  the  law  is  one  of  those  things  that  seems  incapable  of  working 
both  ways. 

AN  idea  of  the  tribute  which  labor  pays  to  capital  in  the  United 
States  may  be  obtained  from  data  relative  to  mortgages  fur- 
nished by  the  Commissioner  of  Labor.  The  real  estate  mortgages 
aggregate  more  than  $6,000,000,000.  The  interest  on  that  sum  at 
six  per  cent,  amounts  to  within  a  small  fraction  of  $1,000,000  fur 
every  day  in  the  year.  That  this  terrible  interest  drain  affects 
comparatively  poor  people  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  nearly  half 
the  principal  represents  mortgages  for  less  than  $500.  Only  four 
per  cent,  of  the  total  is  for  sums  above  $5000. 


THE  most  terrible  disaster  which  has  befallen  the  country  in  a 
long  time  is  the  forest  fires  which  devastated  Wisconsin,  de- 
stroying many  towns  and  overwhelming  hundreds  of  persons.  It 
has  been  one  of  those  calamities  against  which  human  foresight 
could  not  provide.  The  only  lesson  that  could  be  learned  from  it 
is  that  forests,  with  the  industries  to  which  they  give  rise,  bring 
their  own  peculiar  dangers.  Those  worthy  persons  who  have 
felt  so  much  alarm  over  the  arboreal  denudation  of  the  United 
States  aud  so  great  a  desire  to  re-forest  the  country,  may  reflect 
that  the  near  proximity  of  forests  to  towns  may  be  more  danger- 
ous than  beneficent. 

DR.  KOCH,  whose  consumption  cure  attracted  so  much  atten- 
tion and  then  lost  public  interest,  has  discovered  what  he 
claims  to  be  a  sure  remedy  for  diphtheria  if  administered  in  time. 
He  calls  it  anti-toxine,  and  it  is  procured  by  innoculating  a 
horse,  cow,  or  goat  with  diphtheria  bacilli  until  they  cease  to 
produce  any  effect.  Then  a  part  of  the  blood  of  the  animal  is 
withdrawn  and  injected  Into  the  system  of  the  patient,  where  it 
is  supposed  to  neutralize  the  diphtheritic  poison  (tuxine)  absorbed 
from  the  throat.  The  remedy  has  been  tried  in  New  York  wilh 
encouraging  results,  and  it  constitutes  another  great  stride  in  the 
direction  which  Jenner  discovered. 


THE  destruction  of  Larkspur  Inn  by  the  fire -Thursday  was  de- 
plorable, but  it  recalls  the  fact  that  the  handsome  hotel  wa-j 
built  primarily  for  the  purpose  of  making  money  by  bringing  ttir 
contiguous  building  lots  into  the  market.  Both  in  that  regar.i 
and  as  a  profitable  hotel  it  proved  a  failure,  as  such  schemes  gen- 
erally do.  The  Hotel  del  Coronado,  which  cost  a  million  and  a 
quarter  dollars,  was  paid  for  from  tbe  profits  of  lot  sales,  but  thttt 
was  during  the  boom,  and  as  a  hotel  it  has  lost  nearly  all  that  it 
made  as  a  speculation.  There  is  a  limit  beyond  which  schemes 
for  making  money  without  earning  cannot  be  carried.  It  would 
have  been  money  in  the  pocket  of  the  Coronado  projector  if  the 
enormous  structure  six  years  ago  had  suffered  the  fate  of  the 
Larkspur  Inn. 


THE  great  and  good  Dr.  Parkhurst  is  coming  back  to  New  York 
full  of  fiery  determination  again  to  bare  bis  mighty  arm 
against  tbe  whimpering  Tammany  tiger,  which  hitherto  redoubt- 
aole  animal  has  recently  undergone  the  novel  experience  of  being 
bastinadoed  by  his  own  subjects,  the  courts.  Dr.  Parkhurst  is 
enthusiastic  in  his  predictions  of  the  triumph  of  clean  politics 
over  the  "  gang,"  but  when  he  discovers,  as  he  will  upon  his  re- 
turn, that  his  anti-Tammany  forces,  scenting  victory  and  already 
infected  by  the  itch  for  place,  are  fighting  among  themselves  for 
the  prospective  spoils,  he  will  have  learned  what  men  of  more 
sagacity  than  his  have  long  since  learned,  that  it  is  futile  to  pull 
down  one  set  of  rascals  merely  to  make  opportunity  for  another 
set  of  rascals  to  set  themselves  up.  The  scepter  of  New  York  po- 
litical patronage  may  change  bands,  but  it  will  still  be  wielded  by 
a  boss. 


THE  unspeakable  Breckenridge  has  turned  upon  his  enemies, 
and  is  boldly  and  specifically  charging  them  with  offenses 
similar  to  his  own  in  the  Pollard  matter.  The  worthy  Colonel 
lacks  the  ability  to  understand  that  it  is  not  the  Pollard  scandal 
that  makes  him  infamous,  for  not  only  has  he  made  it  possible 
for  that  estimable  young  woman  to  advance  the  new  shibboleth 
of  the  sex  by  earning  a  handsome  livelihood  of  her  very  own  as 
an  actress,  dime  museum  spectacle,  or  something  else,  but  in  his 
relations  with  her  he  was  merely  exercising  that  privilege  which 
a  chivalrous  world  would  never  think  of  denying  to  a  Kentucky 
gentleman.  His  real  error  is  that  he  wants  his  amours  »  vindi- 
cated" at  the  polls,  and  that  is  what  makes  him  vulgar  and 
offensive.  That  is  the  simple  logic  of  his  position,  for  it  is  impos- 
sible for  him  to  intrude  his  past  public  services  into  a  question 
which  the  Pollard  scandal  so  completely  overshadows. 

THERE  is  a  wholesome  lesson  in  the  declination  of  A.  Camin- 
etti  as  a  candidate  for  Congress  in  the  Second  District  that 
may  be  studied  with  profit  by  men  who  permit  their  ambition  to 
overcome  their  discretion.  As  in  his  case,  men  may  perform 
many  valuable  and  meritorious  services  for  the  people,  and  make 
no  mistakes  in  what  they  do,  but  in  their  anxiety  for  success 
they  burden  themselves  with  promises  and  pledges  which  they 
are  unable  to  perform,  causing  the  sins  of  omission  to  outweigh 
their  acts  of  merit.  Candidates  for  office  should  be  careful  in 
mortgaging  their  abilities  for  more  than  they  are  worth,  and  if  it 
does  no  better  service  than  correct  this  evil,  which  acts  like  a 
boomerang  to  men  even  of  honest  intentions,  the  "purity  of 
election"  law  may  serve  a  good  purpose  in  this  respect.  If  lived 
up  to  it  will  act  as  a  bar  to  all  promises  as  bids  for  support,  except 
in  the  line  of  reform  in  the  administration  of  public  affairs. 


A  GERMAN  theorist  has  proposed,  with  a  great  amount  of  sin- 
cerity, a  scheme  for  giving  anarchy  a  trial.  His  idea  is  for 
all  countries  to  contribute  funds  to  purchase  an  island  in  some 
outlandish  part  of  the  world,  where  all  anarchists  should  be 
transported  and  turned  loose.  They  would  have  no  laws  to  begin 
with,  and  no  government  to  rail  against.  The  iron  heel  of 
tyranny  could  not  crush  them.  They  would  be  in  absolute  free- 
dom to  work  out  their  experiments,  and  no  false  social  conditions 
would  environ  them.  The  suggestion  is  so  alluring  that  it  ought 
to  be  pat  into  effect.  Theoretical  anarchy,  which  assumes  bo 
high  a  development  o,f  the  human  race  that  no  government  and 
laws  will  be  needed  to  enforce  the  exigencies  of  the  social  com- 
pact, is  fascinating  but  Utopian;  even  communism,  its  more  con- 
servative congener,  although  founded  by  Const,  was  abandoned 
fifty  years  after  his  death.  Still,  an  experiment  of  anarchy 
without  embarrassing  surroundings  would  be  an  object  lesson  of 
incalculable  benefit  to  the  human  race. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  8,  1894. 


THE    DOWNFALL    OF    THE    POPULISTS. 

THE  elections  which  were  held  recently  in  Tennessee  and  Ala- 
bama, in  which  the  Democrats  were  victorious,  present  con- 
clusive evidence  that  the  decline  and  fall  of  the  Populist  paity 
have  set  it.  In  each  of  those  States  there  was  a  fusion  between 
the  Populists  and  the  Republicans,  and  in  each,  considering  the 
falling  off  in  the  aggregate  vote  as  compared  with  1892,  the  Dem- 
ocrats rolled  up  large  majorities.  The  Populists,  who  were  doing 
most  of  the  boasting,  predicted  a  long  lead  in  each  of  those 
States,  and  in  Tennessee,  where  the  Republican  party  is  vigorous 
and  well-organized,  the  combination  would  have  undoubtedly 
run  the  Democracy  close  if  the  Populists  had  been  as  strong  as 
they  were  in  1892,  but  the  results  showed  an  easy  victory  for  the 
Democrats.  In  Alabama,  where  the  Populists  composed  the  bulk 
of  Kolb's  following  this  year  as  they  did  in  1892,  there  was  a 
large  falling  off  in  his  strength.  In  the  career  of  this  latest  of 
third  parties  history  is  repeating  itself.  The  life  of  all  of  them 
has  been  short  and  their  exit  has  been  as  sudden  as  their  advent. 
It  is  a  law  of  their  being  that  they  must  increase  in  a  geometrical 
ratio  in  order  to  maintain  themselves  at  all.  They  must  grow  by 
leaps  and  bounds  if  they  are  to  assert  themselves,  and  when  any 
slower  rate  of  expansion  is  reached,  then  the  beginning 
of  the  end  is  in  Bight.  The  moment  that  the  stationary 
condition  is  attained  death  is  at  hand.  This  has  been 
the  experience  of  all  the  political  parties  which,  like  the 
Populist,  appealed  to  a  class,  and  which  played  on  the  passions 
and  prejudices  of  a  single  element  of  the  community.  8uch  par- 
ties, when  they  are  sufficiently  powerful  to  elect  anybody,  almost 
invariably  elect  men  who  represent  the  worst  of  the  vices  and  the 
absurdities  of  the  organization  to  which  they  belong,  and  thus  they 
bring  the  public  detestation  and  contempt.  Although  the  Popu- 
list party  rolled  up  more  votes  in  1892  than  any  other  of  the 
minor  political  organizations  ever  did  in  a  Presidential  election, 
it  is  extremely  unlikely  to  live  as  long  as  the  Greenback  party 
did.  That  organization  took  part  in  three  Presidential  canvasses, 
those  of  1876,  1880,  and  1884;  the  Populists  will  hardly,  at  the 
outside,  tak*»  part  in  more  than  two.  There  is  a  chance,  indeed, 
that  their  career  will  be  shorter,  for  many  of  their  leaders  have 
been  advocating  a  change  of  organization,  the  alteration  of 
partisan  base,  and  the  adoption  of  a  new  name,  and  the  trans- 
formation may  be  effected  before  the  campaign  of  1896.  But  fate 
can  not  be  propitiated  in  this  way.  A  change  of  name  is  easily 
bronght  about,  but  that,  at  the  present  time,  can  not  involve  any 
Important  change  in  principles  or  purposes.  The  creed  of  the 
Populist  party  distinctly  takes  in  all  of  the  distinctive  political 
vagaries,  lunacies,  and  iniquities  of  the  day,  and  these  hardly 
can  be  increased  in  a  material  degree  in  the  next  two  years. 
Neither  the  principles  nor  the  personnel  of  ihe  Populist  party,  or 
whatever  other  name  that  organization  may  bear,  will  be  e-sen- 
tially  different  in  1896  from  what  they  are  now,  and  both  have 
fallen  emphatically  under  the  ban  of  the  public  disfavor. 


SAN    FRANCISCO'S    ASSESSMENT. 


THE    FOLLY    OF    ANTI- AN  ARCHIST    LAWS. 

THE  reports  which  are  coming  to  hand  just  now  serve  to  de- 
monstrate the  correctness  of  the  views  expressed  in  thiB  col- 
umn when  the  French  anti-anarchy  laws  were  first  proposed. 
These  laws,  it  seems,  are  failing  utterly  to  effect  the  purpose  for 
which  they  were  designed — the  suppression  of  anarchy.  The 
President  of  the  republic  and  other  high  officials  are  frequently 
in  receipt  of  threatening  letters,  and  cbe  police  and  detective 
forces  are  kept  continuously  on  the  guivive  in  order  to  prevent  a 
repetition  of  the  Carnot  tragedy.  It  is  said  that  as  many  as  sev- 
enty detectives  are  employed  in  the  protection  of  President  Per- 
rier  alone.  Under  the  new  laws  some  thirty  persons  were  ar- 
rested recently  and  tried  on  a  general  and  intangible  charge  of 
anarchy.  The  trial  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  that  ever 
took  place  in  any  country,  and  it  resulted  in  the  acquittal  of 
nearly  all  the  prisoners.  As  those  who  were  convicted  were 
found  guiliy  of  theft,  it  would  seem  as  though  the  new  anti- 
anarchy  lawB  are  modeled  a  good  deal  on  the  plan  of  the  old-style 
Irish  blunderbuss,  and  scatter  their  projectiles  around  promiscu- 
ously. In  their  personality  the  thirty  persona  who  were  gath- 
ered up  by  the  French  police  and  placed  on  trial  on  a  charge  of 
anarchy  formed  a  strange  and  incongruous  group.  They  ranged 
from  common  Parisian  criminals,  like  Ortiz,  the  burglar,  to  phil- 
osophers and  writers,  like  Jean  Grave  and  Sebastian  Foure;  and 
the  prosecution  seemed  to  expect  to  convict  them  on  general 
principles  rather  than  upon  evidence  of  any  overt  act  of  a  crimi- 
nal character.  As  in  the  times  of  the  Reformation  it  was  the  fash- 
ion to  burn  men  at  the  stake  because  of  their  theological  views,  so 
it  would  seem  as  though  the  leaders  of  the  French  Republic,  in  this 
the  last  decade  of  the  nineteenth  century,  wished  to  convict  and 
punish  men  because  of  their  opinions  in  regard  to  profound  sociol- 
ogical Hubjects.  In  the  very  nature  of  things,  proceedings  of  that 
nature  cannot  be  expected  to  crush  anarchy.  Proceedings  of 
that  nature  are  persecution  rather  than  prosecution  ;  and  ana  chy 
will  thrive  rather  than  wither  under  persecution.  The  way  io 
deal  with  it  is  to  let  it  live  out  in  the  daylight,  where  it  may  be 
smothered  with  ridicule  while  the  harsh  social  conditions  which  it 
professes  to  serve  as  a  remedy  for  are  being  ameliorated. 


THE  raise   of    nearly  $50,000,000  made  by  the  State  Board  of 
Equalization  in  the  assessment  of  San  Francisco  is  an  expres- 
s  on  of  a  most   deplorable  antagonism  which  exists  between  San 
Francisco  and  the  interior  of  the  State.      To  what  extent,  if  any, 
1    San  Francisco  herself  is  responsible  for  this  feeling  it  is  not  perti- 
nent here  to  inquire;  how  much  more  liberal  her  capitalists  might 
have  been  in  assisting  in  the  development  of  the  State's  industries 
and  resources,  and  bow  much    more  honest  in  the  conduct  of  her 
|    municipal  affairs  her  office-holders  might  have  been,  are  separate 
!    matters  and   not  involved   in  this  issue.      There  seems  to  be  no 
.    possible  explanation  of  the  raise  of  San  Francisco's  assessment 
i    except  epiie.      This   is  shown  particularly  by  the  interior  press, 
which  is  exultant  over  the  raise.  Like  all  other  parts  of  the  State, 
|    real  property  values  in  Sao  Francisco  have  suffered  a  great  tem- 
'    porary  shrinkage.      An  old  trick  of  County  Assessors  and  Boards 
\    of  Supervisors  is  to  make  a  record  for  their  party  with  a  high  as- 
i    sessment  and  a  compensating  low  tax  rate,  on  the  familiar  knowl- 
i    edge  that  thoughtless  persons  give  more  heed  to  the  rate  than  the 
I    assessment.  It  is  to  the  credit  of  Assessor  Siebe,  of  San  Francisco, 
that  he  has  not  condescended  to  stoop  to  such  folly,    and  in  this 
particular  his  example  might  have  been  followed  by  less  conscien- 
tious Assessors  in  other  counties.     Knowing  that  the  bottom  had 
fallen  temporarily  out   of  real  estate  values,  he  governed  his  ac- 
i    tions  accordingly.      Yet  San  Francisco  has  not  suffered  in  depre- 
ciation more  than  any  other  part  of  the  State,  and  that  Assessors 
elsewhere  have  stooped  to  make  high  valuations  for  the  purpose 
either  of  keeping  up  a  local  reputation  for  prosperity  or  enabling 
the  Supervisors  to  levy  a  low  tax,  is  not   at   all  to   their  credit. 
These  are   matters  of  common  knowledge  and   need   no  proof. 
Meanwhile,  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  seizes  npon  the  one 
county  in  which  the  assessment  has  been  fairly  made,  and  forces 
it  alone  to  suffer.      The  injustice  is  easily  understood  when  it  is 
reflected  that  a  high  assessment  in  other  counties  affects  the  local 
revenue  and  that  for  State  purposes  unequally,    and,    in  this  in- 
stance, to  the  great  disadvantage  of  San  Francisco,   compelling 
this  city  to  pay  more  than  its  just  proportion  of  State  taxes.    For 
tbi-i  reason   alone  the  proposed  Constitutional  Amendment  gov- 
erning the  power  of  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  ought   to  be 
adopted. 


CLOSING    A    CELEBRATED    CASE. 


THE  taking  of  testimony  in  the  famous  Martin  will  case  has 
closed,  and  after  argument  by  the  lawyers  the  jury  will  be 
called  upon  to  decide  the  matter  next  week.  The  principal  feature 
of  the  last  week's  developments  was  the  clearing  up  of  the  mists 
surrounding  the  Crawford  letters,  and  the  result  seemB  to  deprive 
Mrs.  John  Martin  of  any  reasonable  hope  for  securing  a  verdict 
determining  the  validity  of  the  alleged  second  will  of  Henry  Mar- 
tin. Briefly  the  history  of  the  Crawford  episode  is  this:  After  his 
death  his  desk  was  searched  by  C.  W.  Cross,  the  executor's  at- 
torney and  a  man  of  unimpeachable  integrity.  In  the  desk  Mr. 
Cross  found  a  number  of  letters  from  Mrs.  John  Martin  (then 
Mrs.  Hoffman)  clearly  showing  that  she  regarded  Crawford  as 
the  father  of  her  son  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1885.  With  the  let- 
ters was  an  agreement  signed  by  Mrs.  Hoffman,  in  which,  io  con- 
sideration of  a  note  of  $1000,  she  released  him  from  all  obligations 
for  the  support  of  the  child.  The  circumstances  under  which 
these  letters  were  found,  considered  with  Mrs.  Martin's  strenuous 
efforts  to  secure  them  after  she  had  learned  of  their  discovery, 
render  it  impossible  to  imagine  them  forgeries,  as  she  asserts  they 
are.  When  questioned  by  Mr.  Delmas  concerning  the  birth  of 
this  Philadelphia  child  it  will  be  remembered  that  for  a  long  time 
Mrs.  Martin  refused  to  answer  the  question,  and  that  when  finally 
she  was  compelled  to  do  so  she  denied  the  fact.  At  the  same  time 
she  has  produced  no  conclusive  evidence  that  she  gave  birth  to  a 
child,  now  living,  since  her  marriage  to  John  Martin.  The  child 
born  in  1885  would  now  be  nine  years  old,  which  is  five  years 
older  than  the  present  child.  It  is  an  interesting  coincidence  that 
twice  when  Mrs.  Martin  needed  a  child  she  went  East  for  her  ac- 
couchement and  involved  both  affairs  in  considerable  myBtery. 
Who  knows  but  that  her  sworn  denial  of  the  birth  of  a  child  in 
1885  was  true,  and  that  Andrew  Crawford  was  made  to  believe 
something  which  never  existed  ?  There  certainly  has  been  found 
no  trace  of  that  child  except  that  which  her  letters  to  Crawford 
discovered.  It  being  presumable  that  a  scheme  succeeded  in  the 
Crawford  instance,  a  repetition  of  it,  with  the  necessary  addition 
of  a  tangible  child,  naturally  suggested  itself.  Unfortunately  for 
Mrs.  John  Martin's  case,  it  lacks  every  element  of  openness  and 
candor;  it  is  a  case  of  hints,  insinuations,  scandals,  missing  docu- 
ments, and  suspicious  and  mysterious  circumstances;  and  forgery 
is  the  natu-al  issue  of  such  conditions  as  these. 


IT  is  not  at  all  remarkable  that  Englishmen  are  disgusted  with 
the  manner  in  which  George  Gould  has  juggled  with  the  Vigil- 
ant. Lack  either  of  courage  or  good  management  has  placed 
him  so  clearly  in  the  wrong  that  even  American  patriotism  is 
staggered  at  last,  and  none  will  blame  tbe  Prince  of  Wales  for  re- 
fusing to  have  anything  more  to  do  with  him. 


B,  1894. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NKWS   I.KTTKK. 


A    MENACE    TO    PHYSICIANS 


DR.  Lake  R-ibinson  was  murderously  assaulted  this  week  by  a 
woman  armed  with  a  pUtOl.  but  by  a  inert*  chance  the  ham- 
mer fell  upon  thr>e  empty  cartridges,  and  the  woman  was  dis- 
armed before  the  next  shell,  a  Inadrd  one,  could  be  brought  into 
play.  8rte  was  arrested  and  jaded,  and  then  she  charged  through 
the  daily  press  that  Dr.  Robinson  -cine  years  before  had  ruined 
her  life  and  that  she  regretted  not  having  killed  him.  The  his- 
tory of  the  ca.-e  is  as  follows:  She  had  become  insane  from  an 
ovarian  disorder  and  was  confined  in  an  asylum.  It  was  there 
discovered  that  a  surgical  operation  might  restore  her  health  and 
reason,  and  hence  she  was  sent  to  a  hospital  in  San  Francisco 
and  Dr.  Robinson  performed  the  difficult  and  delicnte  operation 
successfully.  It  apparently  had  the  expected  favorable  effect  on 
her  reason.  At  the  same  time,  however,  it  necessarily  left  her  in 
that  condition  which  is  repuguant  to  the  instincts  of  every 
attractive  young  woman,  and  which,  though  it  restores  health, 
deprives  a  woman  of  that  charm  for  men  upon  which  all  the  best 
graces  of  young  womanhood  rest.  As  she  was  a  married  woman, 
this  doubtless  preyed  upon  a  mind  already  half  shattered,  and 
thus  she  finally  became  the  Nemesis  of  the  man  whose  skill  had 
been  necessary  to  save  her.  It  is  a  peculiarity  of  most  insane 
women,  and  particularly  of  those  whose  insanity  is  due  to 
physical  derangements  peculiar  to  their  aex,  that  they  imagine 
every  man  of  their  acquaintance  to  have  dishonorable  designs 
upon  them.  Physicians,  by  the  very  nature  of  things,  are  the 
first  objects  of  this  hallucination.  It  is  not  a  wonder,  then,  that 
this  woman  has  made  insinuations  of  this  kind  reflecting  upon 
Dr.  Robinson — the  man  of  all  others  who  is  best  aware  of  the 
reasons  why  such  a  thing  must  be  impossible.  It  is  shameful  in 
the  daily  papers  to  publish  her  charges.  Nothing  but  the  pro- 
foandest  pity  is  due  this  unfortunate  woman,  who  is  undoubtedly 
insane;  but  to  publish  her  charges  at  all,  and  especially  not  to 
accompany  them  with  an  explanation  that  she  is  insane,  is 
grossly  reprehensible.  It  ia  an  apparent  indorsement  of  an  un- 
grounded and  absurd  attack  on  men  of  the  highest  character, 
and  an  attempt  to  injure  them  in  the  mind*  of  heedless  or  ill- 
informed  persons.  It  is  not  alone  that  Dr.  Robinson  has  been 
put  in  an  unjustly  bad  light;  the  same  perils  that  have  threatened 
his  life  and  practice  are  the  common  lot  of  all  reputable  phy- 
sicians, and  it  is  as  much  their  duty  to  the  community  as  well  as 
to  themselves  to  protect  and  defend  Dr.  Robinson  in  every  possi- 
ble way.  It  is  only  thus  that  quackery  can  be  kept  from  doing 
greater  harm  than  it  already  accomplishes. 

THE    PREVALENCE    OF    RASCALITY. 

WE  should  not  for  a  moment  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  the 
recent  disclosures  of  money  alleged  to  have  been  used  cor- 
ruptly in  "fixing"  the  Board  of  Supervisors  in  the  matter  of  the 
street-sweeping  contract,  are  comparatively  insignificant  so  far 
as  the  particular  parties  paying  and  receiving  are  concerned.  The 
meaning  which  concerns  thoughtful  citizens  is  this:  that  the 
seeking  of  the  office  of  Supervisor  often  means  a  desire  merely  to 
extort  money  from  those  engaged  in  public  enterprises  over 
which  the  city  government  has  some  supervision.  It  is  a  notor- 
ious fact  tnat  the  water  and  gas  companies  are  compelled  to  suffer 
extortion,  that  street  railway  franchises  have  to  be  paid  for,  and 
generally  that  those  who  have  the  means  and  willingness  to 
serve  the  public  and  improve  the  city  must  be  robbed  by  rascally 
city  officers.  This  same  policy  ia  carried  to  Sacramento,  wnere 
in  the  Legislature  *<cinch  bills"  are  invariably  introduced  for  the 
sole  purpose  of  compelling  the  railroad  companies  to  use  money 
in  "killing"  the  bills  in  committee.  The  extent  to  which  thiB 
unconscionable  knavery  is  carried  on  throughout  the  State  is 
amazing.  In  a  certain  interior  city,  not  long  ago,  the  Council 
advertised  for  bids  for  furnishing  hose  for  the  Fire  Department. 
Two  bids  were  presented.  The  amount  at  stake  was  only  about 
$500.  One  of  the  bidders  was  approached  by  a  Councilman  and 
informed  that  the  other  bidder  bad  offered  the  Council  $125  as  a 
private  rebate,  and  that  a  raise  of  $25  was  necessary.  It  was 
made.  In  this  way  the  bribe-bidding  was  run  up  to  $200,  beyond 
which  the  other  bidder  could  not  go.  In  another  case  the  suc- 
cessful bidder  was  informed  privately  by  the  Conncilmen  that  if 
be  would  furnish  his  second-quality  hose,  the  price  of  which  was 
eighty  cents  a  foot,  and  charge  for  it  $1  50  a  foot,  at  which  he 
had  agreed  to  furnish  first-quality  hose,  they  would  divide  the 
difference  with  him.  To  what  extent  this  sort  of  rascality  pre- 
vails it  is  impossible  to  say,  but  it  is  far  commoner  than  most 
people  imagine.  But  the  man  who  bribes  is  an  insignificant 
factor  in  comparison  with  the  officer  who  receives  a  bribe,  or 
with  the  prevalence  of  this  sort  of  corruption ;  and  in  holding  up 
the  briber  to  public  scorn  the  daily  press  is  doing  an  extremely 
small  part  of  its  duty,  and  is  really  doing  harm  in  obscuring  the 
main  and  infinitely  graver  evil. 

WHILE  Emperor  William  is  unveiling  the  statue  of  his  illus- 
trious grandfather  and  pledges  that  his  sword  shall  be  "kept 
for  peace,"  he  is  putting  the  Imperial  army  on  a  mighty  fighting 
basis.  Shrewd  beyond  his  years  is  this  wise  young  man:  he 
knows  that  the  most  peaceful  nation  is  the  one  readiest  to  fight. 


GENERAL    STONEMAN'S    DEATH. 

GIN  KRAI,  George  Stoneman  died  last  Wednesday  at  the  home 
of  his  sister,  Mrs.  Benjamin  H.  Williams,  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  His 
health  had  been  failing  for  several  years,  and  last  April  he  suf- 
fered a  stroke  of  apoplexy,  which  eventually  caused  his  death. 
It  was  as  a  wise  and  courageous  soldier  that  General  Stone- 
man  will  live  in  history;  for  political  offices  he  showed 
an  ineptness  which  Grant  made  so  conspicuous.  But  in  all  bis 
career  in  California,  whether  as  member  of  the  Railroad  Com- 
mission, as  Governor,  or  as  private  citizen,  not  the  smallest  sug- 
gestion of  meanness  ever  showed  in  his  conduct.  He  was  a 
gentle,  kindly,  manly  soul,  suspecting  no  evil  in  his  fellow  men; 
and  when  time  had  laid  a  heavy  hand  upon  him  and  his  faithful 
heart  had  been  broken  by  an  unforeseen  calamity,  he  slipped 
quietly  out  of  the  view  of  men,  and,  already  stricken  with 
disease,  buried  himself  in  obscurity  among  bis  nearest  kin,  and 
amid  the  scenes  of  his  youth  calmly  and  manfully  awaited  the 
end.  Whatever  weaknesses  he  had  were  those  which  belong  to 
a  nature  so  kind,  broad,  and  generous.  He  was  born  of  the  com- 
mon people  seventy-two  years  ago  at  Busti,  Chautauqua  County, 
New  York,  and  was  graduated  from  the  United  States  Military 
Academy  in  1846.  He  served  in  the  army  at  Santa  EG"  and  in 
California,  but  his  most  conspicuous  services  were  rendered  in 
the  great  civil  war,  in  which,  for  gallantry  and  ability,  he  was 
steadily  promoted  till  at  last  he  became  a  Major-General.  Patriot- 
ism was  a  conspicuous  trait.  At  no  time  did  his  successes  render 
him  vain;  he  was  always  a  simple,  straight-forward  gentleman, 
born  in  possession  of  those  qualities  which  are  most  admirable  in 
men,  and  retaining  throughout  his  whole  life  a  spotless  name. 


THE    AFFAIR    WITH     SALVADOR. 


THE  only  importance  which  attaches  to  the  inquiry  into  the 
Ezeta  affair  is  to  determine  the  extent  to  which  the  United 
8tates  may  properly  extend  the  privilege  of  asylum  to  a  refugee 
from  Salvador  charged  with  common  offenses.  Up  to  the  time 
of  this  writing  Ezeta  and  his  companions  have  been  charged  by 
the  Salvadoran  government  merely  with  common  crimes,  such 
as  murder,  robbery,  and  arson.  No  international  principle  is  in- 
volved, the  whole  matter  being  merely  one  of  treaty  interpreta- 
tion and  court  jurisdiction  In  proceedings  to  extradite  a  common 
criminal.  As  Ezeta  was  overthrown  by  a  revolution,  so  had  he 
come  into  power  by  revolution;  but  any  claim  that  in  the  first 
revolution  he  was  a  rebel  and  therefore  guilty  of  the  most  serious 
crime  against  the  law  would  be  a  matter  into  which  the  courts  of 
this  country  would  not  care  to  inquire.  At  the  time  of  this  writ- 
ing it  is  c'ear  that  Ezeta  reposes  full  confidence  in  that  view  of 
the  case,  and  that  if  he  can  show  that  the  acts  charged  against 
him  were  mere  incidents  of  war  and  hence  cannot  come  under 
the  operation  of  the  treaty  agreements,  he  cannot  be  handed  over 
to  his  government.  The  affair  has  thus  dwindled  into  insignifi- 
cance, and  in  view  of  all  the  fustian  in  which  it  has  been  dressed 
is  more  ludicrous  than  grave. 


THE    TIME    FOR    IMPROVEMENT. 


THE  country  is  now  in  a  splendid  condition  for  a  general  re- 
vival of  business  all  along  the  line.  Whatever  has  been  lack- 
ing in  establishing  a  financial  and  business  policy,  in  so  far  as  the 
Government  is  concerned,  has  been  accomplished,  and  nothing 
more  can  be  done  in  that  direction  for  the  present  to  disturb  the 
policy  adopted  by  Congress.  There  is  plenty  of  money  in  the 
country  and  there  has  probably  not  been  a  time  for  the  past  ten 
years  when  accounts  were  so  nearly  balanced  among  business 
men  and  the  people  generally.  The  stringency  that  has  prevailed 
in  money  matters  has  had  the  effect  to  adjust  and  settle  them, 
and  there  should  be  nothing  now  to  prevent  a  return  of  business 
confidence.  The  holidays  are  approaching,  realty  is  at  its  bottom 
value  in  all  parts  of  the  State,  goods  and  merchandise  of  all  kinds 
are  being  sold  at  a  heavy  discount,  and  wages  cannot  be  reduced 
to  a  lower  figure  with  safety  to  the  wage-earner.  These  adjust- 
ments have  been  the  logical  resultsof  a  crisis,  and  there  must  be 
a  revival  after  a  year  of  cessation  from  activity  in  enterprises  and 
industrial  development.  The  financial  strain  has  been  enervating 
and  to  a  certain  extent  demoralizing,  but  there  are  opportunities 
provided  by  the  depression  which  can  be  utilized  by  progressive 
men  that  will  awaken  energies,  shake  up  the  money  vaults,  and 
create  an  activity  that  will  send  the  currency  through  the  arteries 
of  trade.  The  conditions  are  favorable  to  invite  confidence,  and 
there  is  nothing  to  be  gained  by  capitalists  in  withholding  money 
from  circulation  any  longer.  The  bed-rock  has  been  struck  in 
values,  and  an  upward  tendency  is  inevitable. 


IT  is  now  apparent  that  all  the  stories  about  the  failure  of  the 
wheat  crop,  which  came  from  the  Northwest  a  few  weeks  ago, 
were  part  of  a  scheme  of  wheat  speculators  to  inflate  prices.  The 
harvested  grain  in  the  great  wheat  belt  is  now  going  through 
the  threshing  machines,  and  the  facts  about  the  yield  can  be 
denied  no  longer.  Trustworthy  reports  say  that  the  crop  this 
year  is  one  of  the  largest  ever  harvested.  Low  prices,  therefore, 
are  not  so  serious  as  otherwise  they  might  have  been. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  8,1894. 


THE    CONDUCT    OF    THE    NATIONAL    GUARD. 


EVEE  since  the  Fourth  of  July,  when  our  National  Guard  dis- 
appointed the  law-abiding  citizens  of  the  State,  a  majority  of 
the  newspapers  have  indulged  in  a  most  general  condemnation  of  the 
entire  National  Guard  system.  The  proposition  to  save  the  State 
some  millions  paid  for  the  support  of  this  branch  of  the  military  ser- 
vice has  been  seriously  advanced. 

Every  taxpayer  and  loyal  citizen  is  vitally  interested  in  the  serious 
question  of  abandoning  the  National  Guard,  and  none  should  ever 
forget  the  events  of  the  last  few  months.  We  should  seriously  con- 
sider what  the  situation  in  California  would  have  been  if  there  had 
been  no  National  Guard  to  respond  to  the  Governor's  call.  Who,  in 
its  stead,  could  have  so  successfully  protected  property  and  the  lives 
of  the  people  ?  Who  could  have  so  ably  escorted  trains  from  one 
boundary  of  the  State  to  another  ?  Who  could  have  so  efficiently 
counteracted  the  evil  influences  of  the  demagogues  ? 

The  General  Government  would  have  restored  order,  to  be  sure. 
But  without  the  National  Guard  there  would  have  been  much  more 
delay,  which  would  have  brought  additional  misfortune  to  some, 
disaster  to  many,  and  far  greater  financial  loss  to  all. 

In  considering  such  questions  we  must  not  blindly  follow  the  lead 
of  the  daily  press,  swayed  as  it  often  is  by  motives  far  different  from 
those  of  the  great  thinking  mass  of  the  population.  The  situation 
calls  for  special  study  and  diligent  inquiry.  We  must  not  only  de- 
cide what  is  best  for  the  protection  of  our  interests,  but  we  should 
also  do  justice  to  those  who,  of  late,  have  been  so  unjustifiably  at- 
tacked. 

It  has  often  been  said  that  republics  are  ungrateful,  but  no  com- 
munity has  ever  more  thoroughly  demonstrated  this  sorrowful  truth 
than  has  this  during  the  past  few  weeks.  The  members  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  who  had  left  their  comforts,  their  occupations,  their 
homes,  and  their  families  in  order  to  fulfill  their  obligations  to  the 
State,  were  subjected  to  the  greatest  hardships  during  three  long 
weeks.  They  had  to  work  unceasingly  and  unusually  hard,  even 
for  soldiers,  and  were  constantly  surrounded  by  all  possible  dangers. 
Upon  their  return  they  were  not  received  with  any  manifestations  of 
general  rejoicing  or  with  such  signs  of  approval  as  their  excellent 
work  fully  merited.  On  the  contrary,  they  have  been  subjected  ever 
since  to  the  most  unkindly  criticism,  and  have  been  charged  with 
incompetency  and  even  worse.  It  is  refreshing  to  note  a  few  excep- 
tions to  this  general  lack  of  gratitude.  Some  of  the  interior  towns 
have  put  San  Francisco  to  shame  by  showing  their  own  National 
Guardsmen  cordial  appreciation,  but  this  has  not  in  any  way  induced 
the  metropolis  to  make  amends  for  its  wrong  and  deliberate  neglect. 
The  San  Francisco  dailies  have  never  even  had  a  kind  or  encourag- 
ing word  for  the  soldier  boys  from  San  Francisco,  whose  honest  and 
faithful  work  they  should  have  applauded. 

There  is  in  this  instance  no  desire  to  question  the  fact  that  the  Na- 
tional Guard  is  top-heavy  with  Generals.  The  sorry  spectacle  which 
they  now  present  in  airing  their  personal  grievances  and  in  trying  to 
shift  the  responsibility  from  one  to  another,  does  not  strengthen  the 
belief  in  their  ability  as  leaders.  Unless  Generals  in  command  are 
competent,  the  very  best  of  troops  are  unable  to  meet  the  require- 
ments of  the  hour.  In  the  Sacramento  campaign — if  it  may  be  so 
called — the  most  inexcusable  mistakes  were  made  by  those  in  charge 
— before  departure  of  the  troops  from  San  Francisco,  upon  their  ar- 
rival at  Sacramento,  and,  in  fact,  all  the  time.  It  is  broadly  asserted 
that  if  the  truth  were  known  the  responsibility  for  the  serious  faults 
of  some  of  the  men  would  clearly  rest  with  their  commanders.  Let 
those,  then,  be  censured  who  deserve  it,  but  let  praise  be  given  to 
those  who  merit  it.  It  is  as  unreasonable,  unjust,  and  misleading  to 
charge  the  rank  and  file  with  the  shortcomings  of  its  leaders  as  it 
is  to  condemn  all  National  Guardsmen  because  a  few  —  to  their 
shame  be  it  said— disgraced  themselves. 

Citizens  who  came  into  contact  with  the  National  Guard  at  Sacra- 
mento and  at  other  interior  points  will  support  the  assertion  that  the 
men  from  San  Francisco  and  elsewhere  behaved  wonderfully  well. 
They  suffered  the  greatest  privations  without  mifrmur ;  they  endured 
hardships  as  if  engaged  in  active  warfare;  they  showed  by  their  acts 
the  greatest  willingness,  the  most  unremitting  zeal,  and  an  utter  dis- 
regard for  personal  safety.  Many  acts  of  true  heroism  and  excep- 
tional personal  bravery  are  recorded,  and  the  frantic  efforts  of  the 
one  disgraced  company  to  regain  the  respect  of  its  comrades  in  arms 
must  surely  command  sympathy  and  respect. 

It  is  a  mistaken  idea  that  men  who  ordinarily  spend  their  time  in 
peaceful  vocations  are  necessarily  pour  fighters.  Our  Civil  War  has 
shown  many  instances  where  even  very  young  men  rendered  mili- 
tary service  of  the  highest  order.  But  it  must  be  remembered  that 
the  National  Guard  never  had  an  opportunity  to  do  serious  duty  un- 
til the  recent  troubles  arose,  and  only  now  have  its  members  been  in 
a  position  to  gain  valuable  experience  from  close  association  with 
regular  soldiers.  They  now  all  thoroughly  realize  that  they  are  ex- 
pected to  fight  when  the  necessity  arises,  and  their  general  efficiency 
has  been  much  praised  by  officers  of  the  regular  army. 

Perhaps  some  competent  Californians  will  suggest  the  reforms 
which  are  necessary  to  elevate  the  National  Guard  to  a  still  higher 
plane.  Other  States  have  passed  through  ordeals  similar  to  ours, 
and  were  benefited  by  them.  It  is  well  known  that  the  National 
Guard  of  Pennsylvania,  with  its  twenty-odd  Brigadier-Generals  in 


1877,  displayed  the  greatest  inability  and  failed  completely  during 
the  Pittsburg  riots.  But  now,  thoroughly  reorganized  in  conse- 
quence of  that  fiasco,  it  is  probably  the  most  reliable  and  efficient 
National  Guard  in  the  United  States,  although  it  now  boasts  only  three 
Brigadier-Generals.  Why  not  profit  by  their  experience  ?  If  similar 
reforms  were  introduced  here,  there  is  no  doubt  that  our  National 
Guard  could  be  depended  upon  to  render  as  noble,  as  faithful,  and  as 
thorough  service  as  any  branch  of  the  regular  army. 

All  the  slighting  newspaper  articles  recently  published  cannot  con- 
ceal the  stern  fact  that  the  National  Guardsmen  who  saw  service  dur- 
ing the  recent  strike  were  daily  in  danger  of  being  crippled  or  killed. 
When  men  are  willing  to  take  such  risks  for  us  who  do  not  wear  uni- 
forms, and  for  our  women  and  children,  they  deserve  proper  care 
when  on  duty  and  public  acknowledgment  of  their  valor.  They  should 
not  be  allowed  to  leave  town,  as  in  the  last  emergency,  without 
proper  equipment  and  without  the  least  provision  for  their  most  ur- 
gent needs.  They  should,  furthermore,  be  assured  of  a  hearty  wel- 
come upon  their  return.  Those  who  employ  members  of  the  National 
Guard  should  deem  it  a  solemn  duty  to  keep  positions  open  for  them 
when  they  are  called  upon  to  serve  the  community,  and  if  there  are 
any  employers  who  fail  to  recognize  this  obligation  they  should  be 
held  up  to  public  contempt. 

It  is  wrong  to  condemn  the  National  Guard  in  its  entirety  because 
it  is  lacking  in  one  essential  feature.  It  would  be  a  crime  to  abandon 
it  now  because  it  has  displayed  some  weakness.  Good  citizens  should, 
on  the  contrary,  take  pride  and  interest  in  its  improvement,  and 
should  in  every  conceivable  way  encourage  every  man  belonging  to 
it.  Money  spent  to  uphold  this  organization  is  money  thoroughly 
well  spent.  We  should  support  the  National  Guard,  and  we  should 
support  it  liberally.  That  is  the  very  least  we  can  do  for  those  who 
have  braved  all  dangers  and  who  are  ready  to  do  so  again  in  order  to 
uphold  the  laws  and  restore  peace  and  prosperity  to  all. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEH. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

fB  y    Di     Virsok.) 

A  COMPANY  of  amateur  photographers  had  been  out  for 
"  views  "  and  these  are  some  of  the  things  they  said : 

"  To  take  a  good  photograph  you  must  know  how  to  manipu- 
late the  cake  cutter  on  the  end  of  the  theodolite." 

•*6ome  fellows  make  frantic  endeavors  to  regulate  the  tension 
on  the  end  of  the  machine,  while  the  subject  keeps  on  dropping 
smites  like  a  basket  of  chips  with  a  hole  in  it,  until  the  operator 
finally  pulls  tbe  throttle  and  reverses  the  lever." 

"  I  get  in  my  fine  work."  said  one,  «•  by  dropping  a  nickel  in 
the  slot,  pulling  the  trigger,  and  discharging  the  contents  of  the 
first  barrel." 

"  When  it  comes  to  juggling  a  box  with  glass  windows  on  a 
three-legged    stool,    I  am    there   every   time,"    shouted    another. 

"  That's  nothing,"  interrupted  one  who  had  not  yet  spoken; 
"  you  should  see  me  pull  down  the  blind  and  let  daylight  into  tbe 
bay  window  of  my  Eiffel  tower." 

"  Did  you  observe  the  celerity  with  which  1  removed  the  cover 
of  the  coal  hole,  and  scooped  everything  into  the  chute  ?  "  asked 
another  amateur. 

«  It  is  undeniably  difficult  to  corral  the  fleeting  expression  of 
thirty  people  into  the  three-inch  augur  hole  of  a  mahogany  trunk 
on  stilts,"  was  how  an  elderly  man  summed  up  his  experience  of 
"  taking  a  group." 

It  is  customary  to  speak  of  France  as  a  country  where  the 
family  does  not  receive  the  respect  and  recognition  that  it  is  ac- 
corded in  English-speaking  lands.  But  this  is  a  mistake.  The 
Code  Napoleon  was  the  forerunner  of  the  financial  emancipation 
of  woman,  recognizing  her  financial  status  as  a  partner  in  mar- 
riage. The  result  of  such  recognition  has  been  to  make  French- 
women engage  in  business.  The  Frenchwoman  is  a  financier.  As 
a  class  Frenchwomen  are  more  largely  engaged  in  commerce  than 
the  women  of  any  other  nation.  They  take  a  leading  part  as  em- 
ployers and  partners.  It  was  owing  to  Frenchwomen  and  their 
indomitable  business  pluck  and  energy  that  France  was  able  to 
recuperate  after  being  prostrated  under  the  iron  heel  of  Bismarck. 
Tbat  the  terrible  indemnity  was  paid  waB  due  to  the  financial  abil- 
ity of  Frenchwomen,  who  kept  the  small  commerce  of  the  coun- 
try from  going  to  pieces.  By  them  money  was  kept  in  circula- 
tion, and  the  country,  instead  of  stagnating,  prospered.  Because 
the  Code  conferred  on  women  early  in  the  development  of 
woman  a  financial  standing,  France  stands  on  the  surest  founda- 
tion on  which  the  family  can  be  established.  This  is  the  convic- 
tion of  those  who  have  studied  tbe  effect  of  woman's  labor, 
woman's  wage,  and  the  line  of  woman's  work  upon  a  nation,  and 
the  whole  matter  is  summed  up  in  these  words:  "  The  French- 
woman's constant  participation  in  the  commerce  of  the  nation  is 
making  that  country  the  financial  stronghold  of  the  world— pros- 
perous, wealthy,  and  economical." 

This  will  be  news  to  many  who  believe  that  America  is  the  land 
of  the  free — America,  in  many  of  whose  States  a  drunken,  worth- 
less man  has  a  legal  right  to  the  pitiful  earnings  of  his  wife  and 
can  compel  her  to  support  him. 

It  has  been  said  that  the  keynote  of  the  relation  of  the  sexes  is 
really  financial,  and  at  present  tbe  readjustment  of  relations  is 
largely  of  that  character.  The  patriarchal  idea  of  the  family  re- 
cognized but  one  head,  tbe  man,  with  the  physical  power  to  pro- 
tect and  the  prowess  to  provide.  He  was  the  autocrat,  holding 
arbitrary  power  over  his  wife,  children,  and  other  chattels.  The 
position  of  a  married  or  an  unmarried  woman  in  the  household  was 
that  of  a  dependent.  She  was  expected  to  marry;  it  was  a  dis- 
grace to  her  if  she  did  not.  Failing  that,  the  family  had  a  right 
to  her  services  without  remuneration.  If  she  went  outside  and 
worked  for  wages,  her  money  was  generally  appropriated  to  send 
the  boys  through  college. 

For  years  men  have  reproached  women  for  »  man  hunting," 
marrying  for  a  home,  for  an  establishment,  for  acting  as  if  mar- 
riage were  the  sole  aim  and  object  of  a  woman's  existence.  Now 
that  girls  are  seeking  to  support  themselves  instead  of  waiting 
for  tbe  prince  to  come  seeking  their  lily  white  hands  in  marriage, 
the  men  blame  girls  for  «»  aping  their  brothers  " — say  that  they 
are  unsexing  themselves  and  taking  the  bread  out  of  men's 
mouths. 

Pray,  good  sirs,  what  would  you  have  us  to  do  ?  Suppose  that 
you  who  have  the  power  do  away  with  the  baneful  influence  of 
the  English  common  law,  which  creates  and  fosters  the  feeling 
that  the  finances  are  exclusively  in  tbe  hands  of  the  husband. 
Model  your  legislation  upon  the  Code  Napoleon,  and  give  Ameri- 
can women  a  financial  standing  in  the  nation.  Don't  let  drunken 
husbands  absorb  all  their  wives'  earnings. 

Now  that  San  Francisco  is  washing  her  face  and  combing  her 
hair,  and  donning  a  clean  pinafore,  so  to  speak,  would  it  not  be 
well  if  the  city  should  have  its  municipal  scavengers,  who  will 
have  authority  to  invade  and  investigate  dirty  premises  and  re- 
move the   debris?      Some   families   grudge   the   ashman's  small 

For  engagement,  wedding,  and  birthday  presents  do  not  fail  to  visit 
S.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


stipend,  and  do  not  have  their  refuse  receptncles  emptied  oftener 
than  once  in  two  weeks  or  even  a  month.  In  fruit  season  we 
know  the  inevitable  result. 

We  need  milk  Inspectors,  fruit  inspectors,  meat  inspectors. 
Taris  has  its  corps  of  inspectors,  who  visit  the  restaurants  regu- 
larly to  see  if  the  cooking  utensil*  are  clean  and  free  from  all  dan- 
ger of  chemical  poisons.  We  need  Inspectors  with  power  and 
courage.  We  also  oeed  an  Inspector  of  buildings,  who  will  give 
more  than  a  perfunctory  attention  to  existing  sanitary  conditions, 
which  frequently  are  anything  but  sanitary. 

Tho   Grand   Canon   Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Aug.  IGth  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  daw  This  is  the  onlv  Line  hv  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell.  G.  P.  A.,  fi50  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

As  an  expectorant,  Ayer's  Oberry  Pectoral  instantly  relieves  the  bron- 
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AND  TRUST  COMPANY. 

Irwin  C.  Stump,  President.    Wm.  C.  Ralston,  Secretary.    The  Anglo- 

Callfornian  Bank,  Ld.,  Treasurer. 
DIRECTORS— Irwin  C.  Stump,  Irving  M.  Scott,  Jacob  H.  Neff,  W.F. 
Goad,  R.  C.  Chambers,  P.  N.  LIUenthal,  I>.  M.  Burns. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  San  Francisco- 
This  company  has  been  formed  to  sell  mining  and  ditch  properties  and 
water  rights  on  commission  only.  It  Is  prepared  to  act  as  agent  and  broker 
for  the  sale  and  purchase  of  such  properties.  Minee  listed  at  Its  offices 
will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  Investors;  no  bond  is  required  until 
there  is  a  prospective  purchaser. 

The  company  will  look  after  the  interests  of  non-residents  or  obtain  in- 
formation for  them;  it  will  also  assist  mining  engineers,  superintendents, 
foremen,  assayers,  millmen  and  miners  to  obtain  employment. 

The  Company  is  prohibited  by  its  articles  of  incorporation  from  buying 
or  selling  mines  on  its  own  account,  and  except  as  agent  or  factor  for 
others . 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  8,  1894. 


Eftsi/JSgT«fara> 


"  We    Obev    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 

WHEN  Mr.  Brandon  Thomas  first  wrote  Charley's  Aunt  he  in- 
tended it  for  a  very  serious  play,  but  in  some  way  it  did  not 
suit  his  ideas,  and  he  turned  it  inside  oat  and  it  immediately  be- 
came a  farce.  Now  it  has  a  world-wide  reputation  as  a  great 
success;  it  has  been  translated  into  six  different  tongues;  it  is  as 
widely  known  as  Hamlet;  it  has  made  a  fortune  for  its  author, 
and  it  is  the  biggest  piece  of  tomfoolery  that  we  have  seen  for 
many  a  day.  It  is  wonderful  how  the  theatre-goers  will  sip  the 
appetizers  that  adorn  the  fence  boards  and  the  show  windows 
and  become  hungry  for  a  good  theatrical  feast.  But  it  is  not  very 
often  that  the  feast  is  as  palatable  as  the  appetizers,  and  it  can- 
not be  said  that  Charley's  Aunt  made  up  for  the  glory  tbat  heralded 
its  coming.  The  story  fills  three  actB,  and  is  offset  by  sundry 
horse-scenes  of  which  the  audience  gets  three  times  the  usual 
amount  for  its  money.  The  leading  comedian  pours  tea  and 
milk,  into  theold  man's  bat,  the  butler  has  the  door  slammed  in 
his  face  half  a  dozen  times,  the  fortune-hunting  gentleman  pulls 
the  chair  from  under  the  leading  comedian  and  he  sits  on  the 
floor,  and  so  on  ad  lib.  Those  cheerful  episodes  make  up  for  a 
multitude  of  melo-draraatic  sins,  for  the  farce  is  entirely  without 
the  slightest  degree  of  merit,  and  it  has  nothing  to  redeem  it  but 
the  absurdity  of  its  situations.  Everyone  heard  that  Charley's 
Aunt  would  make  us  laugh,  and  everyone  went  to  the  Baldwin 
Theatre  on  Monday  night  and  laugbed  through  three  acts,  and 
then  weDt  home  and  wondered  where  the  joke  came  in.  Perhaps 
there  were  a  few  of  us  who  felt  ashamed  of  ourselves  for  having 
laughed  so  bard  and  at  such  incongruities  when  the  wide  world 
is  full  of  fun  and  humor  and  amusing  people  which  the  dramatists 
might  use  for  our  delectation.  But  the  great  trouble  is  this :  they 
can  never  forget  those  scenes,  situations,  and  insufferable  horse- 
play that  were  funny  in  the  years  gone  by.  They  remember  tbat 
the  comedian  was  laughed  at  decades  ago  when  be  sat  on  a  hat, 
and  they  think  tbat  he  ought  to  be  laughed  at  for  the  same 
business  to-day.  Charley's  Aunt  is  full  of  such  old-time,  worn-out 
bits  of  stage  business  and  stage  tricks,  which  the  dramatist  strings 
on  a  thread  like  so  many  beads  and  then  gives  it  to  the  actors  to 
dangle  before  the  audience.  We  are  getting  too  old  to  laugh  at 
such  things;  we  have  grown  too  broad-minded,  and  we  are  be- 
ginning to  look  upon  the  stage  in  a  higher  light.  Farces  and 
burlesques,  which  form  the  lowest  order  of  dramatic  construction 
and  which  rely  on  tbe  lowest  order  of  humor  for  their  foundation, 
are  all  very  well  in  their  way,  and  form  an  amusing  part  of  stage 
literature  that  is  hardly  open  to  criticism.  In  Charley's  Aunt  there 
is  not  a  line  that  can  be  called  bright,  not  a  situation  tbat  has  not 
been  seen  before — in  sbort,  it  is  the  exact  prototype  of  an  old 
farce  called  Wanted,  a  Thousand  Milliners,  which  used  to  be  played 
here  during  the  gold  excitement.  It  is  even  old  in  the  respect 
that  the  various  comedians  resort  to  the  word  "damn"  whenever 
they  desire  to  express  their  rage.  Bo  prevalent  has  the  use  of 
tbat  obnoxious  word  become  on  the  stage,  of  late,  tbat  it  is  time 
the  dramatic  authors  saw  fit  to  eliminate  it  from  their  works.  It 
is  vulgar,  impolite,  and  uncalled-for,  and  even  if  it  is  used  only 
in  fun,  there  may  be  people  in  the  audience  who  object  to  hear- 
ing it.  Mr.  Thomas's  play  is  profusely  eloquent  with  "damns," 
just  as  it  is  with  weak  lines,  old  characters,  and  all  of  the  hack- 
neyed, stereotyped  scenes  and  situations  that  have  been  the 
backbone  and  ribs  of  farces  ever  since  that  type  of  stage-produc- 
tion was  known  to  the  world.  Mr.  Arthur  Larkin,  who  plays 
the  bogus  aunt,  plays  it  very  well.  He  does  not  enter  into  any 
serious  female  impersonation  but  gives  the  part  as  a  mere  boyish 
prank.  Mr.  Raymond  Capp  over-acted  his  part  of  Jack  Chesney 
altogether  too  much  at  times.  He  is  too  fond  of  resorting  to 
stage  tricks  instead  of  trying  to  play  natoraliy.  George  Trader 
was  a  mild-mannered,  affable,  innocent-lookitig  young  man,  who 
did  not  seem  given  to  a  boisterous  college  life.  Owen  Fawcett 
was  certainly  tbe  best  in  the  cast;  his  Stephen  Spettigue  is  a  true 
piece  of  character  work.  Miss  Grace  Thome  Coulter  was  rather 
interesting  as  the  real  aunt  Donna  Lucia  d'Alvadorez,  and  she 
moved  through  two  acts  easily  and  gracefully.  But  the  remainder 
of  the  ladies  in  the  play  do  not  act  agreeably.  Miss  Delia 
Stacey  has  tbe  appearance  that  her  dresses,  her  posing,  and  the 
fact  tbat  she  has  had  her  name  in  the  dailies  of  late  are  of  more 
importance  to  her  than  the  commonest  rules  of  good  acting.  The 
company,  as  a  whole,  is  a  poor  one,  and  is  not  in  keeping  with 
the  excellent  people  whom  we  have  become  accustomed  to  see  on 
the  Baldwin  Theatre  stage  since  the  season  opened. 
*  *  * 
The  Tivoli  company  is  infinitely  better  in  Patience  than  it  was 
in  lolanthe.  Miss  Salinger  seems  to  have  a  very  good  idea  regard- 
ing the  manner  in  which  the  leading  role  should  be  handled,  and 
she  acts  and  sings  in  it  far  better  than  she  has  done  for  some 
time.     Ferris  Hartmann  has  essayed  the  style  of  later-day  com- 

The  very  latest  in  art  novelties  and  pictures  are  constantly  being  re- 
ceived at  S.  &.  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


}ij-im 


Selina  Fetter  Boyle  in 


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Friends. 


edians  to  make  a  clown's  part  ont  of  Bunthorne,  which  robs  tbe 
character  of  its  charms.  Carrie  Godfrey  is  an  excellent  Lady 
Jane;  probably  one  of  tbe  best  on  the  stage,  only  she  is  at  fault 
in  making  up  as  a  young  woman  instead  of  an  antiquated 
devotee  of  terra-cottaism.  Four  new  living  pictures  were  intro- 
duced, equally  as  good  as  those  that  preceded  them.  Don  Tuan 
(Ad  Lib.)  and  the  reappearance  of  Gracie  Flaisted  are  underlined 
for  the  17th  inst. 

*  *  * 

The  California  Theatre 
will  re-open  on  Monday 
night  for  the  regular  winter 
season.  Manager  Fried- 
lander  will  present  a  bill  of 
unusual  attractiveness.  Mr. 
Edwin  M.  Royle's  comedy- 
drama,  Friends,  will  be 
given  in  conjunction  with 
a  series  of  living  pictures. 
Mr.  Royle  may  feel  proud 
of  the  success  that  he  has 
achieved  with  bis  play.  It 
is  a  drama  that  will  bear 
repetition ;  it  is  full  of  dram- 
atic strength  and  lofty  sen- 
timents, and  is  very  inter- 
esting. A  special  feature 
will  be  the  piano  recital  by 
Mr.  Lucious  Henderson. 
He  executes  the  most  diffi- 
cult classical  selections  in  a 
manner  tbat  charms  all, 
and  is  a  good  actor  as  well. 
Edwin  Milton  Royle,  Lu- 
cious Henderson,  Harry 
Allen,  E.  D.  Lyons,  and 
Selina  Fetter  Royle  will 
be  seen  again  in  roles  tbat 
have  made  them  familiar  with  all  theatre-goers.  The  living  pic- 
tures promise  to  be  an  interesting  addition.  They  have  been  se- 
lected from  celebrated  paintings,  and  will  be  produced  on  a  scale 
of  grandeur. 

*  *  # 

Some  new  and  clever  novelties  were  seen  at  the  Orpheum  this 
week.  Sarina,  the  famous  Parisian  contortionist,  made  his  first 
appearance.  He  is  so  well  known  in  London  and  Paris  that  it 
seems  strange  that  his  advent  has  not  been  heralded  more  widely. 
He  is  one  of  the  descendants  of  the  old  Ravel  family,  and  the 
marvelous  manner  and  versatility  with  which  he  almost  turns 
himself  inside  out  are  remarkable,  clever,  and  graceful.  Ouda  is 
a  clever  trapeze  artist  who  has  been  seen  here  before.  Tbe  Ameri- 
cus  Quartette  did  some  ambitious  singing,  which  was  greatly  ap- 
preciated. Tbe  Deltorelli'B  have  a  new  musical  act,  and  Princess 
Dolgorouky  continues  to  charm  with  her  violin.  The  entire  bill 
was  up  to  the  established  standard  of  the  house. 

The  first  concert  of  the  eighteenth  season  of  tbe  Loring  Club 
took  place  on  Thursday  evening  in  Odd  Fellows'  Hall.  The  club 
was  assisted  by  Miss  Florence  Heine,  a  charming  vocalist,  who 
made  her  first  appearance  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  She  was  accom- 
panied on  the  piano  by  her  sister,  Miss  Marie  Heine.  Tbe  soprano 
soloist  was  Miss  Beatrice  Priest,  of  Oakland.  The  following  pro- 
gramme was  successfully  rendered:  "  Spring  Song,"  P.  Gurland; 
"The  Woodland  Rose,"  Fischer;  Violin  solo,  "Faust  Fantasie," 
Sarasate;  "Beware,"  Girschner;  "  Scena  ed  Aria  (La  Traviata), 
Verdi;  "  St.  John's  Eve,"  Rheinberger;  "Winter  Serenade,"  C. 
Saint-Saens;  "She  Wandered  Down  the  Mountain  Side,"  F.Clay; 
"  Slumber  Soft,"  Mohring;  Violin  solo — a.  Ausfahrt,  Grieg-Sauret; 
6.  Eifentanz,  Popper;  "  Spanish  Serenade."  A.  Dregert;  March, 
Storch. 

The  Empire  theatre  stock  company  will  play  an  engagement  at 
tbe  Macdonough  theatre,  Oakland,  beginning  Monday,  for  three 
nights  and  a  Wednesday  matinee.  Sowing  the  Wind,  Liberty  Hall, 
and  Gudgeons  will  be  produced.  They  are  all  clever  plays  and 
should  prove  very  interesting  to  the  residents  of  Oakland. 

Morosco'a  Grand  Opera  House  has  been  crowded  during  the 
week,  the  attraction  being  the  Bensational  melodrama,  "777," 
which  is  being  produced  by  a  good  company.  A.  W.  Fremont 
does  some  clever  work  in  the  leading  role. 

#  *  # 

Genaro  Saldieriia,  the  leader  of  Stockwell's  Theatre,  leaves  for 
the  East  to-day.  He  goes  with  the  intention  of  producing  his 
comic  opera,  The  Explorer,  the  libretto  of  which  was  written  by  a 
local  newspaperman. 

Crown  Fountain  Pens  are  the  best.  Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co. ,  Station- 
ery Department;  Sole  Agents.    741  Market  street. 


3ept  8,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


LAWN    TENNIS. 


THK  final  matches  for  both  the  ladies'  singles  and  gentlemen's 
doubles  will  be  played  off  to-day  at  San  Rafael,  and  the  win- 
ners will  have  to  play  Miss  B.  Hooper  and  Hardy  and  Hardy, 
respectively,  on  Monday  for  the  championship  trophies,  which, 
by-tbe-bye,  are  handsomer  this  year  than  ever.  There  are  fonr 
lady  contestants,  the  same  number  as  last  year,  but  we  find  only 
one     player    who    competed    last    year,     in    Miss    Bates;     Miss 


Championship  Trophy  j or  Ladies1  Singles. 
Alexander,  Miss  A.  A.  and  Miss  Grace  Clark  being  new  to  us, 
which  will,  owing  to  the  fact  that  they  are  all  strong  players,  add 
greatly  to  the  interest  in  the  matches.  It  is  with  great  regret 
that  we  miss  such  players  as  Miss  Morgan,  Miss  Alice  Hoffman, 
and  Miss  Gibbs,  who  were  the  stand-by  of  the  California  Club, 
which  for  the  first  time  in  several  years  will  not  be  represented, 
but  Miss  Morgan  has  been  forbidden  the  nets  by  her  doctor, 
owing  to  her  ankle  being  too  weak  for  play,  and  Miss  Hoffman 
and  Miss  Gibbs  have  done  no  practicing  for  so  long  that  they  will 
not  venture.  Miss  Bates  ought,  if  she  is  brave,  to  be  the  one  to 
play  Miss  Hooper,  though  we  understand  that  Miss  Alexander 
plays  a  very  strong  game,  and  in  any  event  we  ought  to  see  some 
lively  games. 

There  are  eight  teams  entered  for  the  gentlemen's  doubles,  and 
it  would  seem  that  De  Long  and  Driscoll  have  the  best  chance  so 
far,  though  they  will  have  some  difficulty  in  defeating  Magee  and 
Magee,  whom  they  ought  to  meet  in  the  semi-finals.  De  Long 
and  Driscoll  are  playing  well  together  and  will  make  a  great  effort 
to  win,  especially  as  Driscoll  intends  going  to  Europe  after  the 
tournament,  and,  if  successful  here,  will,  in  all  probability,  play 
in  some  of  the  English  tournaments.  Magee  and  Magee  are 
flushed  with  their  recent  victory  over  the  Hardy  brothers  at  the 
California  Club,  when  they  received  fifteen  handicap,  and  will 
make  a  strong  fight  for  the  prizes.  Allen  and  Whitney  have 
joined  forces  and  ought  to  make  a  dangerous  couple,  but  Allen 
has  not  been  playing  as  much  tennis  as  he  has  baseball,  and,  al- 
though he  is  in  the  pink  of  condition  physically,  he  may  not  turn 
out  as  well  on  the  tennis  court.  Whitney  is  playing  as  well  as 
usual,  and  it  seems  a  pity  that  his  brother  could  not  have  post- 
poned his  visit  East  for  a  few  days  and  have  entered  the  tourna- 
ment. He  and  bis  brother  would,  we  think,  make  a  better  show- 
ing, though  Allen's  smashes  at  the  net  require  nothing  short  of  a 
step-ladder  to  reach.  Kinzie  and  Adams,  who  are  entered  from 
the  High  School  Club,  are  the  youngest  team  in  the  field,  and  we 
encourage  the  introduction  of  new  blood  into  the  game  and  wish 
that  many  others  who  could  play,  if  they  were  only  brave  enough, 
would  take  an  example  from  these  boys  and  do  something  for 
tennis  and  for  those  who  get  up  the  tournaments  and  sigh  for  the 
lack  of  public  spirit  displayed  and  the  scarcity  of  entries.  It  does 
seem  a  crying  shame  that,  when  the  association  puts  up  some 
two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars'  worth  of  prizes,  they  can  get  only 
eight  entries. 

Stoker  and  Crowell  have  entered  as  the  champions  from  the 
Olympic  Club,  and  this  is  probably  their  last  tournament  as  a 
pair,  as  Stoker  may  have  to  retire  from  active  tennis  next  year. 
English  and  Wilberforce  will,  if  they  play  carefully,  make  a 
good  team,  and  we  would  not  be  surprised  to  see  them  come  into 
the  finals  if  Wilberforce  does  not  try  to  use  his  English  drive. 
His  partner  is  quick  at  the  net  and  has  some  pretty  strokes  at 
his  command.  He  was  known  at  one  time  as  one  of  the  rising 
players  from  the  other  side  of  the  bay. 

The  Tournament  Committee  is  composed  of  A.  B.  Wilberforce, 
chairman;  Miss  M,  P.  Gibbs,  Geo.  F.  Stoker,  and  Anthony 
Kaiser,  while  C.  P.  Hubbard  will  act  as  referee. 

This  afternoon,  if  time  permits,  there  will  be  gentlemen's 
doubles  for  the  consolation  prizes,  offered  by  Messrs.  Wright  and 
Ditson,  of  Boston,  and  outside  of  those  defeated  in  the  first 
round,  entries  will  be  allowed  from  any  of  the  audience  who  may 
care  to  play.  The  courts  at  San  Rafael  are  in  perfect  order,  and 
everything  looks  so  far  that  we  shall  have  a  very  enjoyable 
tournament. 

Ferry  leaves  the  foot  of  Market  street  for  San  Rafael,  via 
Tiburon  (broad  gauge),  at  7:40,  9:20,  and  11  a.  m.  The  hotel  'bus 
meets  every  train.  There  will  be  no  charge  for  entrance  to  the 
court.     Ail  lovers  of  the  game  are  invited. 


CALIFORNIA  THEATRE. 

Al    Uftyman.tCo.   LeMVU  |  8    H.  Friedlauder  Manager 

Two  weeks,  rommciiriiit; 

MONDAY,  September  lOth, 
Every  evening,  including  Sunday.      Matinees  Saturday. 
The  beautiful  comedy-drama, 

By  E.M.  Royle. 

(Interpreted  by  the  same  excellent  company  that  has  appeared  iu  It  dur- 
ing the  past  two  seasons.) 

Sale  of  seats  commenced  Tin  "itsii  \  V,  Sept  6tti,  at  9  a.m. 

SPECIAL.— Following  every  performance  of  "FRIENDS,"  La  Chev- 
reusse's  famous 

LIVING     PICTURES 

Will  be  displayed  iu  the  same  artistic  and  skillful  manner  as  originally 
produced  in  Paris. 

BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

Al  Hayman  &  Co .Lessees  and  Managers. 

Beginning  MONDAY,  Sfpt  10th. 

Second  week.    Second  Matinee  Saturday. 

Instantaneous  and  enormous  hit  of 

CHARLEY'S  AUNT, 

By  BRANDON  THOMAS. 
Direction  of  Chas.  Frohman. 
The  only  real  fun  in  town. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mrs.  Ernestine  Keeling .  ...Proprietor  and  Manager. 

To  night.     Gilbert  &  8ullivan's  aesthetic  opera, 

PATIENCE. 

In  conjunction  with  the  great  success,  THE  LIVING  PICTURES  (second 
series) 
Next  Opera— DOM  JUAN  (ad  lib).  Also,  re-appearance  of  Gracie  Plaisted 

POPULABpBICES        ...  V!t>  &I1<1  ;>U(t 

ORPHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  of  Monday,  September  10th.    A  New  Bill  of  Specialties! 

SANKETT  BROS.,  Serpentine  Acrobats  from  London. 

BESME  PHIIiIilPS.  Singing  Ingenue  from  Koster  &  Bial's, 

OUOA,  European  serial  marvel,  Crystal  Palace,  London. 

RAIT  BURTON,  novelty  high  swinging  wire  performer  and  champion 
rifle  shot. 

AMERICUS  COMEDY  QUARTETTE,  from  Koster  &  Bial's,  N.  Y. 

S*R1NA,  the  "White  Demon,"  grotesque  contortionist,  and 

311,1,1;.  LALO,  the  pyrotechnic  cycling  wonder,  from  the  Folies  Ber- 
geres,  and  retained  for  one  more  week,  PRINCESS  DOLOOBOUKY. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
10c(;  opera  chairs  and  bos  seats,  50c 


LAWN    TENNIS 


Courts 


The  PACIFIC  STATES  LAWN  TENNIS  ASSO- 
CIATION championship  rounds  for  the  Ladies' 
Singles  and  Gentlemen's  Doubles  will  be  played 
on  the 


of  the  HOTEL  RAFAEL,  Sau  Rafael,  on  Monday, 


September  I  Oth, 

Commencing  at  10  t 


The  runner  up  will  meet  MISS  BEE  HOOPER,  and  the  runner  up  in  the 
gentlemen's  event  will  play  MESSRS.  HARD  1  &  HARDY  for  the  cham- 
pionship trophies . 

TRAINS  UEAVE  for  San  Rafael  via  Tiburon,  broad  gauge  route,  at 
7:40,  9:20,  and  11  a.  m.    The  hotel  bus  meets  every  train. 

There  is  no  charge  for  entrance  to  the  courts. 

A  cordial  invitation  is  extended  to  all  lovers  of  the  game. 


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KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaus, 
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PIANOS 


THE  clerical  looking  man  who  sat  in  a  stage  box  at  the  Baldwin 
on  Monday  night  with  Peter  Robertson,  of  the  Chronicle,  was 
none  other  than  David  Belasco,  the  dramatist,  who,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  late  Henry  C.  de  Mille,  wrote  all  the  plays  of  the 
old  Lyceum  Theatre  school.  Mr.  Belasco  is  a  funny  man.  He  is 
short  in  stature,  wears  clothes  of  an  antiquated  pattern,  with  a 
high-cut  ministerial  vest  and  a  bishop  collar.  He  has  a  head  of 
bushy  black  hair  which  falls  over  his  forehead,  wears  his  face 
smooth,  la  devoted  to  an  old  straw  hat,  and  looks  for  all  the 
world  like  a  young  priest.  Mr.  Robertson  found  Mr.  Belasco  in 
the  lobby  of  the  Baldwin  and  sought  an  introduction  from  Man- 
ager Bonvier.  It  was  freely  granted,  and  Peter  took  the  play- 
wright in  tow.  He  sat  through  the  play  with  him,  took  him  to 
supper  afterward,  and  then  down  to  the%Chronicle  office,  where  he 
saw  Peter  write  his  dramatic  criticism.  Mr.  Belasco  was  then  in- 
troduced into  the  Bohemian  Club,  and  after  partaking  of  an  early 
morning  tipple  he  lit  a  big,  black  cigar,  and  through  the  cynical 
smile  that  never  leaves  his  face  asked  for  his  friend  HugoToland, 
and  hoped  that  Alfred  Bouvier,  Henry  Miller,  or  Greer  Harrison, 
or  some  other  theatrical  light,  might  be  around.  But  Mr.  Toland 
was  in  New  York  and  the  others  could  not  be  found,  so  Mr. 
Robertson  was  the  only  member  present.  Mr.  Belasco  told  Mr. 
Robertson  of  his  life  as  a  dramatist,  of  his  ups  and  downs  in  the 
world  of  finance,  of  his  meeting  with  de  Mille  and  his  final  step 
on  the  road  of  success.  But  since  Mr.  de  Mille  had  passed  away 
he  had  been  left  alone,  and  found  that  without  a  fellow  traveler 
even  the  exciting  road  of  the  drama  was  hard  to  travel.  He 
wanted  to  find  another  literary  man  for  a  collaborator;  he  had 
thought  of  many,  but  had  found  none  to  suit.  Would  not  Peter 
Robertson,  that  graceful,  clever  writer,  that  modest  gentleman, 
whose  "  Undertones  "  were  such  charming  bits  of  philosophy, 
be  just  the  man?  Mr.  Belasco  thought  so,  and  at  4  o'clock,  last 
Tuesday  morning  Mr.  Robertson  was  invited  to  blend  his  subtle 
wit  and  literary  ability  with  Mr.  Belasco's  stage  ideas,  and  ac- 
cepted! Belasco  &  Robertson!  How  important  that  will  look 
on  the  play-bills! 

#  *  * 

A  woman  of  Spanish  mold,  around  whose  dark  face  the  last 
shades  of  beauty  are  still  lingering,  is  the  most  attentive  listener 
among  the  witnesses  at  the  trial  of  Don  Antonio  Ezeta,  in  Judge 
Morrow's  court.  She  is  among  the  first  to  enter  the  court-room 
every  morning,  and  she  sits  through  the  long  proceedings  watch- 
ing intently  the  deposed  President  and  trying  hard  to  catch  a 
glimpse  of  his  dark,  quick  eyes.  Occasionally  he  will  look  at 
her  and  she  will  return  the  glance  with  a  soft,  sad  smile.  She  is 
a  woman  who  has  been  in  love  with  the  ex-President  for  many 
years.  It  is  said  that  sne  was  a  servant  of  his  in  his  southern 
home  and  that  her  infatuation  for  him  became  so  intense  that  be 
was  forced  to  drop  her  from  his  household  to  prevent  scandal. 
But  since  then  she  has  ever  hovered  near  him  and  has  followed 
him  from  place  to  place,  pestering  him  with  letters  of  burning 
passion,  and  doing  her  best  to  lure  him  away.  She  came  from 
San  Salvador  shortly  after  Ezeta  left  that  place,  and  she  reached 
here  before  his  arrival.  But  Don  Antonio  is  said  to  be  true  to  his 
heart's  mate  who  is  waiting  for  him  in  New  York  city,  and  will 
not  notice  any  other  woman. 

#  »  # 

The  lady  bathers  at  the  Olympic  Club  bail  the  new  board  of 
officers  with  shoats  of  joy.  A  great  deal  of  trouble  has  been 
brewing  of  late,  because  the  ladies  have  desired  to  become  swim- 
mers and  athletes,  and  the  fact  that  they  Occupied  certain  parts 
of  the  club  on  Taesday  and  Thursday  mornings  put  some  of  the 
members  in  a  bad  frame  of  mind,  and  an  effort  was  slowly  tak- 
ing form  to  refuse  ladies  admittance  to  the  club  altogether.  But 
the  sixty  fair  women  who  form  the  club's  female  annex  expect 
to  overcome  every  obstacle  and  to  make  an  impression  on  the 
new  officers,  by  beauty,  speech  and  smiles,  that  will  establish 
their  rights  more  fully  than  ever,  and  they  expect  to  win.  Since 
the  ladies  have  been  allowed  the  freedom  of  the  club  they  have 
been  unselfish  in  their  demands,  and  they  have  allowed  the  club 
to  dictate  to  them  without  any  interference.  Women  are  prone 
to  athletics  just  as  much  as  men,  and  the  possibilities  are  that  if 
they  should  be  excluded  from  the  Olympic  Club  they  will  form 
an  Olympic  Club  of  their  own. 

#  *  * 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  new  board  of  officers  will  do  all  in 
their  power  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  the  club.  B.  P.  Flint 
is  a  progressive  man,  and  so  are  John  Hammersmith  and  R.  J. 
Hancock.  The  future  of  the  club  lies  in  their  hands,  and  they 
will  have  a  great  deal  to  contend  with,  if  it  is  only  the  solving  of 

Fob  engagement,  wedding,  and  birthday  presents  do  not  fail  to  visit 
S.  &.  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


the  salt  water  problem.  The  fight  was  the  most  hotly  contested 
since  the  organization  of  the  club.  Flint  made  a  close  fight  to 
win,  but  the  defeat  of  Peter  Dunne  was  deeply  felt  by  a  great 
many  who  looked  forward  to  the  sterling  dignity  and  parlia- 
mentary powers  of  the  young  lawyer  as  a  presiding  officer.  Mr. 
Dunne  did  not  make  a  particularly  hard  fight,  but  his  popularity 
brought  him  a  large  vote.  The  fight  for  Hancock  was  the  most 
determined,  and  of  all  the  candidates  his  name  was  handled  the 
most;  so  when  Horace  Coffin  was  defeated  no  one  was  surprised. 
The  defeat  of  M.  H.  Weed  caused  a  great  deal  of  talk,  it  being 
unfairly  charged  that  his  personal  relations  with  the  Messrs. 
Spreckels  would  not  make  him  wholly  disinterested  when  the 
salt  water  matter  should  be  brought  before  the  Board  of  Direct- 
ors. John  Hammersmith's  victory  was  an  eaBy  one,  and  Tom 
Pennell  and  Henry  B.  Russ,  the  new  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
were  the  unanimous  choice  of  both  parties.  There  is  a  certain 
amount  of  bad  fefling  existing  among  certain  members  of  the 
club  which  is  not  becoming.  It  is  almost  like  hydrophobia  in  its 
intensity,  and  it  has  just  begun  to  run  its  course. 

*  *  # 
William  Keith,  Sigmund  Beel,  Bruce  Porter,  Albert  Pissis,  and 
Willis  Polk  are  the  moving  spirits  in  a  new  organization  which 
will  be  added  to  the  ranks  of  ultra-Bohemian  affairs,  and  will  be 
known  as  the  ••  Society  of  Arts  and  Crafts."  It  has  been  decided 
to  limit  the  membership  list  to  forty,  and  that  the  members  shall  be 
selected  from  the  local  celebrities  to  represent  the  arts  of  music, 
literature,  painting,  and  architecture.  This  is  about  the  biggest 
piece  of  snobbery  that  San  Francisco  has  heard  of  for  some  time. 
Its  end  will  be  probably  like  that  of  the  Theatre  of  Arts  and  Let- 
ters which  Harry  McDowell  started  in  New  York  city  several 
years  ago.  If  the  five  gentlemen  named  at  the  beginning  of  this 
paragraph  go  in  to  select  representative  artistic  men,  their  club 
will  be  limited  to  four  members  and  they  will  be  forced  to  expel 
themselves  to  make  room  for  the  four.  The  best  exponent  of 
the  art  of  music  on  the  Pacific  Coast  is  Edgar  Kelly;  of  litera- 
ture, John  Vance  Cheney ;  of  painting,  Orrin  Peck  ;  and  of  architec- 
ture, Page  Brown.  Those  four  gentlemen  might  be  selected  to 
form  the  '-Society  of  Arts  and  Crafts."  But  the  importance  that  the 
founders  of  the  society  have  attached  to  themselves  is  really 
amusing.  Sigmund  Beel  is  a  clever  violinist,  a  modest  young 
man,  and  a  devotee  to  music,  and  it  is  puzzling  to 
imagine  him  placing  himself  alongside  of  Messrs.  Polk, 
Porter,  Keith,  and  Pissis,  who  would  dare  t«  select  men 
to  represent  arts  which  they  know  very  little  about. 
It  is  in  bad  taste  for  professional  men  in  this  city  to  place 
themselves  on  a  plane  of  authority,  and  especially  when  they 
have  done  nothing  that  is  praiseworthy.  We  believe  in  uphold- 
ing art  for  art's  sake  to  the  bitter  end,  but  we  also  believe  in  giv- 
ing all  of  its  followers  a  show  to  represent  and  foster  it,  and  not 
to  pension  it  to  a  handful  of  men  who  are  not  one  whit  cleverer 
than  hundreds  of  others. 

■*  *  * 

A  bevy  of  pretty  girls  assembled  at  the  Baron's  place,  in  Sausa- 
lito,  the  other  afternoon.  They  calmly  surveyed  the  premises, 
wondered  if  the  water  was  cold,  and  then  soaght  the  seclusion  of 
their  bath  houses.  Soon  the  girls  came  out  smiling  at  the  pros- 
pect of  a  swim  in  the  warm,  bright  sunshine.  Miss  Belle  Grant 
gave  a  college-whoop  and  started  off  for  the  El  Primero,  which 
was  anchored  a  good  many  yards  away.  Miss  Leslie  De  Ruyter 
started  second,  but  could  not  keep  up  with  Miss  Grant,  and  pretty 
Miss  Edith  Findley  could  not  follow  at  all,  but  made  a  very 
pretty  picture  Bitting  on  the  steps  and  dipping  her  toes  in  the 
water.  The  little  fishes  swam  far  away  when  Miss  Delmas  ap- 
peared arrayed  in  a  pretty  red  suit  with  red  silk  stockings.  Her 
sister  followed,  and  as  both  are  excellent  swimmers,  they  easily 
out-distanced  Miss  Grant.  Swimming  is  the  fad  at  Sausalito  this 
summer,  where  the  season  has  lasted  much  longer  than  usual. 


ALL  the  talk,  both  newspaper  and  otherwise,  has  had  very 
little  effect  in  changing  the  popularity  of  the  Grand  Hotel 
bar,  that  pretty  little  institution  which  contains  all  the  charming 
diversions  which  tickle  the  palate  and  heart  of  the  thirsty  man. 
Mr.  John  R.  Loolsey,  who  has  taken  charge  of  the  place,  giveB 
every  promise  of  becoming  as  popular  and  genuine  a  host  as  was 
Ed  Fay.  He  has  ordered  a  large  stock  of  the  finest  and  most 
select  goods,  and  in  conjunction  with  the  bar  he  will  serve  a  hot 
luncheon  which  will  be  second  to  none  in  the  city.  He  will  cater 
to  the  best  tastes  only,  as  it  is  his  intention  to  make  the  Grand 
Hotel  bar  the  meeting-place  for  all  the  mining,  political,  business, 
and  professional  men  in  the  city.  In  some  way  the  impression 
got  abroad  that  Mr.  Loolsey  was  not  the  absolute  proprietor  of 
the  popular  resort;  that  is  a  grave  mistake.  He  is  supreme  in 
everything.  He  knowB  intimately  just  what  is  most  satisfactory 
for  the  best  class  of  customers  in  this  city,  and  he  is  sure  to 
make  "The  Grand"  an  immense  success. 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

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makers  of  the  best  Artists'  Colors  in  the  world.    741  Market  street. 


3ej>t.   8.  1394. 


SAN  FR.VNVISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


G'  1681 P  is  rife  anent  tbe  departure  of  one  of  society's  erstwhile 
most  festive  matrons,  one  whose  hospitable  house,  whether  in 
town  or  country,  was  always  open  for  the  reception  and  enter- 
tainment of  her  friends.  It  would  seem  as  though  this  charming 
lady  had  soured  on  our  social  pleasures,  and  that,  as  the  summer 
residence  was  closed,  so  will  the  winter  bouse  have  no  presiding 
genius,  and  Europe  gain  what  we  shall  lose. 

*  *  • 

Ondit,  Henry  Redington's  trip  to  New  York  is  undertaken  for 
the  purpose  of  arranging  with  Hugo  Toland  the  play  (localized 
to  San  Rafael)  which  he  is  accused  of  having  written  for  the  lat- 
ter to  act. 

The  girls — and  their  pareDts — are  mourning  exceedingly  over 
the  intelligence  that  handsome  Fred  Crocker  will  be  among  the 
missing  this  winter.  For  although  not  strictly  speaking  to  be 
ranked  as  a  "  lady's  man,"  still,  the  fact  that  be  is  among  us  is 
a  comfort,  cold  though  it  may  be.  Then,  too,  how  dreadful  the 
possibility  of  having  an  Indian  or  an  Egyptian  brought  from  dis- 
tant lands  to  take  position  as  leader  of  society!  Sacb  things  are 
possible. 

The  return  of  the  soidier  boys  has  gladdened  the  hearts  of  our 
belles,  but  if  rumor  speaks  by  the  card  more  than  one  has  left 
his  heart  behind  him,  and  the  girls  of  the  Capitol  City  will  have 
no  cause  to  deprecate  tne  results  of  the  strike. 

*  »  * 

Popular  Mrs.  Fechteler,  in  her  role  of  young  mother,  is  more 
charming  than  even  Miss  Maud  Morrow  was;  and  the  tiny  maiden 
addition  to  Judge  Morrow's  home  circle  has  brought  fresh  sun- 
shine thereto. 

From  one  of  the  many  out-of-town  resorts  dabbed  "  springs  " 
comes  the  news  thai  it  is  on  the  cards  that  cards  themselves  may 
be  fortncoming  upon  the  retarn  to  town  of  a  handsome  widow 
and  a  distinguished  politician. 

*  *  * 

Our  fashionable  boarding  houses  are  rapidly  filling  up  for  the 
approaching  winter  campaign,  and  each  day  sees  new  arrivals. 
Pretty  Mollie  Torbert  will  be  greatly  missed  from  the  Colonial, 
bat  her  handsome  mother  will  be  a  host  in  herself. 

*  *  * 

Military  weddings  seem  likely  to  be  the  feature  of  the  season 
of  '94-5.  Miss  Graham  led  off,  Miss  Young  will  come  next,  the 
second  Miss  Young  will  follow,  and  if  rumor  proves  correct  still 
another  may  be  looked  for  before  the  New  Year  opens.  Ren 
Smedburg,  they  say,  is  yet  another  who  will  shuffle  off  the  bache- 
lor coil,  and  a  faint  echo  from  Benicia  says  that  a  handsome 
young  lieutenant  there  stationed  will  bring  home  as  a  lovely 
bride  a  charming  girl,  now  on  the  eve  of  departure  to  new  scenes, 
who  reigned  as  one  of  the  belles  daring  Last  season's  gaieties. 

It  looks  as  though  the  pretty  ci-devant  widow  Hastings  was 
bringing  her  British  captive  over  to  show  to  her  quondam  friends 
and  admirers,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  for  her  sake  that  he  will  pass 
the  ordeal  of  inspection  bravely.  The  Hemphill  reception  will 
afford  the  opportunity. 

*  *  # 

All  the  girls  present  at  tne  Brown-Darling  nuptials  were  loud 
in  raptures  over  the  good  looks  of  one  of  the  ushers,  Gibbons 
by  name.  This  young  embryo  medico  bids  fair  to  be  a  favorite 
beau  this  winter. 

*  *  * 

A  bright  girl  at  Del  Monte  asked  a  gentleman  who  was  chat- 
ting with  her  on  the  veranda  one  evening  daring  the  recent  fes- 
tivities consequent  upon  the  shoot  if  he  recognized  the  family 
failing  in  Mrs.  Trux  Beale.  Naturally  he  responded,  »  Which 
one?  "  and  she  replied,  "the  chill-blain  effect." 
*  *  * 

One  would  have  thought  that  the  climax  of  newspaper  •'enter- 
prise" had  been  reached  when  a  series  of  pictures  purporting  to 
illustrate  our  pretty  society  buds  in  bathing  costume  made  the 
"sensation"  of  the  Sunday  supplement.  But  surely,  bad  as 
this  was  it  is  topped  by  pictures  of  fresh  young  school  girls  in 
gymnasium  attire  leaving  dimensions  of  muscle  attained  a  ques- 
tion where  "seeing  is  believing." 

*  *  * 

What  a  disconsolate  couple  of  matrons  will  be  left  lamenting 
over  the  return  to  merrie  England  of  Donald  deV.  I  However, 
as  each  of  these  ladies  has  a  husband  with  a  plethoric  purse,  and 
is  given  to  opening  it  for  European  trips,  of  course  it  will  be  but 
a  repetition  of  the  scissors'  refrain,  "  We  part  to  meet  again." 

Fob  the  most  artistic  and  latest  designs  in  the  netf  Empire  style  of 
frames,  go  to  S.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


Tissue  Paper,  Leather  Goods,  silver  Novelties,  Typewriter  papers, 
Blank  Books,  Memorandums,  and  Legal  Blanks,  in  Stationery  De- 
partment, Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co..  7I1   Market  street. 

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tulti-Krutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


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Sept   8,  1894. 


rfrjottyer  The  Picacho  Company,  now  operating  the  property 
fining      of  that  name  near  Yuma,  A.  T.,  is  gaining   an  uaen- 

Fiasco.  viable  notoriety.  The  Ynma  Times,  a  highly  reliable 
and  respectable  newspaper,  refers  to  the  history  of  the  work  ear- 
ned on  there  as  "a  chronicle  of  swindling."  It  can  naturally  be  pre- 
sumed that  the  unfortunate  sufferers  were  British  investors.  We 
aay  "were,"  for  it  is  now  understood  that  a  Philadelphia  syndicate 
is  about  to  be  dragged  into  tbe  scheme.  The  Times  says  that  the 
English  greenhorns  subscribed  originally  the  sum  of  $250,000. 
"A  man  named  Grant,  in  London  (can  this  be  the  Baron  ?),  is 
credited  with  $75,000  as  compensation  for  his  trouble  in  floating 
the  scheme."  The  Baker  Iron  Works,  of  Los  Angeles,  were  paid, 
it  is  said,  about  $125,000  for  putting  in  the  pumping  plant,  of 
which  $50,000  is  alleged  to  have  been  clear  profit.  The  villains 
in  this  frontier  drama  are  two  promoters  who  bear  tbe  classic 
name  of  Smith — one  an  Englishman  and  the  other  a  natural- 
ized American.  One  of  the  noble  pair,  Allan  J.  Smith,  gets  a  hor- 
rible deal  in  the  Times.  A  correspondent  signing  himself  Wm. 
Thomas  Lake,  writing  from  Hermosillo,  Mexico,  recalls  a  few 
transactions  in  which  he  has  been  mixed  up,  which,  if  true,  re- 
dound but  little  to  his  credit.  The  other  representative  of  the 
ubiquitous  and  badly  abused  family  is  known  as  W.  Clayton  Smith. 

%  $  $ 

FOB.  all  the  bad  reputation  the  Smiths  have  gained  down  in 
Yuma,  it  must  be  confessed  that  they  made  rather  a  good  im- 
pression up  here  among  the  better  class  of  the  mining  fraternity 
who  were  brought  in  contact  with  them — so  much  so  that  photo- 
graphic groops  of  distinguished  men  of  the  highest  probity  in 
this  city  can  be  found  with  the  Smith  team  posing  boldly  in  the 
foreground.  Not  only  that,  but  when  they  wanted  a  good  and 
competent  man  for  a  superintendent  one  was  recommended  for 
the  position  at  once,  and  was  almost  forced  into  it  by  the  admir- 
ers of  the  bad  Smiths.  But  a  blight  has  fallen  upon  the  hopes  of 
these  gentlemen,  and  since  they  have  received  a  letter  from  their 
man  their  confidence  in  human  nature  has  been  badly  shaken. 
The  photograph  of  tbe  Smith  family  abroad,  taken  in  a  moment 
of  exuberance  over  a  big  machinery  trade  in  this  city,  has  been 
turned  to  the  wall,  and  tbe  only  desire  is  to  obliterate  all  traces  of 
friendly  companionship.  J.  H.  Wallace  was  tbe  man  who  ac- 
cepted the  Superintending  of  the  Picacho  mines  at  the  earnest  re- 
quest of  his  friends  here.  He  is  inclined  now  to  wish  they  were 
in  Jericho.  He  went  down  with  Mr.  J.  Wortbingion  Topp  and 
W.  Warnford  Lock.  The  names  of  the  gentlemen  being  parted  in 
the  middle,  shows  where  they  came  from  and  what  they  are  apt 
to  develop  into  upon  closer  acquaintance.  Wallace  is  the  soul  of 
independence,  and  after  working  a  short  lime  on  tbe  property  he 
very  frankly  told  his  employers  that  there  was  no  mine  there, 
and  that  it  was  wrong  to  be  throwing  away  the  money  of  decent 
people.  The  ground  was  not  fit  to  hydraulic.  For  this  whole- 
some advice  he  was  promptly  kicked  out,  and  now  he  wants  to 
know  from  his  friends  in  this  city  which  is  the  best  way  to  re- 
cover his  back  salary,  in  tbe  neighborhood  of  $500,  from  the  nice 
people  they  recommended  him  to  go  and  live  among.  He  was 
to  have  received  $7  a  day  and  his  expenses.  He  would  be  glad 
now  to  get  back  his  own  money  expended  on  the  latter  account. 
$  $  $ 

Com  stock  The  Pine  street  market  has  been  very  quiet 
Mining  throughout  tbe  week,  notwithstanding  reports  from 
SfjareS'  tbe  mines  which  should  create  an  active  demand 
for  all  the  leading  shares.  The  brokers  are  now  complaining 
about  hard  times.  Does  it  ever  strike  them  that  tbey  are  them- 
selves in  the  main  responsible  for  this  depression?  They  sowed  the 
wind  and  they  have  reaped  ihe  whirlwind.  There  is  money  enough 
in  town  to  back  up  a  deal  of  large  proportions?  and  tbe  develop- 
ments on  the  Comstock  would  justify  a  rapid  advance  in  prices. 
The  manipulators  ara  what  is  wanting.  One  by  one  they  have 
retired  from  the  street,  disgusted  with  the  picayune  policy  of  men 
whose  interest  it  should  be  to  foster  the  business  at  which  they 
make  their  bread  and  butter.  The  old  members  of  tbe  Board,  who 
date  back  to  the  days  when  the  institution  was  a  power  in  the 
land,  must  view  with  regret  the  apathy  now  displayed  by  tbe 
men  who  formerly  inspired  the  movements  in  different  lines  of 
shares  which  filled  their  boardroom  to  ovorfiowing  and  kept  the 
commission  brokers  working  until  late  in  the  nigbt.  They  are 
still  to  the  fore.  Hayward,  Flood,  tbe  Sharons,  Grayson,  Drex- 
ler,  Landers,  Sherwood,  and  many  other  shrewd  and  daring  oper- 
ators can  be  seen  any  day  on  the  street,  but  the  market  does 
not  evidently  interest  them  much;  no  more  than  to  keep  tbe 
lines  of  any  companies  in  which  they  may  be  interested  well  in 
hand.  Without  such  men,  or  somebody  to  take  their  place, 
what  else  can  be  expected  than  the  five-cent  deals  whicb  now 
disgast  outside  dealers,  and  drive  money  into  lotteries  and  other 
channels  where  it  is  lost  to  the  city  and  State?  Ophir  has  been 
assessed  25  cents  a  share.  Potosi  and  Jacket  were  delinquent 
during  the  week.  The  Justice  mine  promises  to  be  self-sustaining. 


Grasping  In  referring  again  to  the   scheme  now  being  en- 

Corrjpany  gineered  to  milk  the  investors  in  Paris  and  other 
Promoters.  French  cities  of  the  enormous  sum  of  25,000,000 
francs,  equivalent  to  $5,000,000  in  American  money,  by  the  sale 
of  shares  in  the  La  Grange  mine,  we  will  preface  our  remarks  by 
saying  tbat  there  is  not  an  acre  of  ground  in  Trinity  County 
worth  $10,000  for  the  gold  contained  in  it.  The  acreage  owned 
by  tbe  La  Grange  Company  does  not  exceed  432  acres,  so  here  is 
a  basis  for  putting  a  value  on  tbe  ground,  which  is  the  poorest  of 
its  class  in  the  county.  The  claim  is  located  on  the  top  of  a 
mountain  between  Junction  City  and  Weaverville.  It  is  difficult 
of  approach  and  difficult  to  work.  It  is  not  an  old  river  chan- 
nel, as  claimed,  but  a  glacial  slide,  which  accounts  for  many 
topographical  peculiarities.  But,  however,  a  reference  to  the  re- 
port of  mining  engineer  Browne,  which  tbe  promoters  carry  for 
private  reference,  will  give  the  true  story  of  the  property,  so  there 
is  no  use  dwelling  upon  that  point.  It  might  be  added,  however, 
that  there  will  be  no  possible  chance  to  wheedle  $5,000,000  out  of 
tbe  French  pockets  if  the  investors  get  a  glimpse  of  this  reliable 
report.  The  corporation  itself  is  not  Californian.  It  was  formed 
in  Denver,  and  is  organized  under  the  laws  of  Montana.  Even 
Denver  contractors  had  to  be  imported  to  run  the  ditch,  which 
cost  about  $110,000.  The  firm  that  did  the  work  was  named 
Kouse  &  King.  Altogether  about  $300,000  has  been  spent  upon 
the  property,  including  the  purchase  price,  and  this  sum  could 
not  be  taken  out  in  a  decade.  (See  Browne's  report.)  The  pur- 
chase price  paid  was  published  at  $250,000,  but  $200,000  was 
nearer  the  mark.  Of  this  amount  a  first  payment  of  $50,000  was 
made  in  cash,  and  old  obligations  amounting  to  $110,000  were 
taken  up.  In  addition  a  new  obligation  of  about  $40,000  was 
assumed.  This  is  a  high  financial  pressure  for  the  company  to 
labor  under,  and  yet  tbe  Franco-Montana-Canadian  syndicate  at 
the  back  of  it  is  modest  enough  to  offer  the  entire  $300,000  ou'- 
fit,  property,  plant,  water  rights,  and  all,  for  only  $5,000,0001  If 
they  carry  the  deal  there  must  be  an  urgent  need  for  more  luna- 
tic asylums  in  Canada  and  France. 

$  $  $ 

Another  Tuolumne  county  was  represented  during  the  past 
Miqing  month  on  tbe  list  of  successful  mining  sales.  Thomas 
Sale.  Ewing  bought  the  Black  Oak  mine,  near  Soulsby- 
ville,  paying  what  is  considered  a  good  price  for  the  property, 
which  bears  a  fine  reputation.  Mr.  Ewing  has  been  quite  fortun- 
ate as  a  promoter  and  mining  operator.  Not  long  ago  he  sold 
the  celebrated  Robinson  mine  in  Colorado,  for  which  $1,200,000 
was  paid.  Before  that,  in  company  with  William  Waddingham, 
of  Connecticut,  he  ran  the  Bonanza  King  mines  on  the  desert, 
out  of  which  he  took  several  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Tne  sale 
of  the  old  Cook  mines  in  Mariposa  is  again  announced,  tbe  exact 
figures  being  given  as  usual.  There  is  no  question  about  the 
value  of  the  group,  and  the  purchasers  are  lucky  if  they  have  got 
them  at  any  such  figure  as  $100,000.  There  has  been  a  rumor  on 
the  streets  about  the  sale  of  the  Rawhide  mine.  There  is  no 
truth  in  it.  Some  negotiations  were  pending  for  $1,100,000,  but 
so  far  no  definite  step  has  been  taken  to  close  the  sale. 

$  $  $ 

Gravel  fyjiqes  Another  important  sale  is  reported  of  a  Califor- 
in  Good  uia  mine.  Early  last  week  J.  G.  Mather,  the 
Derqaqd.  well-known  mining  man,  closed  up  negotiations, 
and  secured  upon  behalf  of  an  English  syndicate  tbe  transfer  of 
two  valuable  deposits  of  auriferous  gravel  in  Trinity  County. 
One  piece  belonged  to  the  Carr  estate,  and  the  other  was  the  claim 
on  whicb  the  late  Thomas  H.  Blythe  expended  during  his  life- 
time over  $125,000.  The  amount  paid  by  tbe  English  purchasers 
was  $25,000  for  one-half  the  capital  stock,  the  money  being  pay- 
able in  easy  installments.  The  claim  covers  a  stretch  of  over  four 
miles  along  the  ridge,  with  a  large  tract  of  gravel  available  for 
hydrauliclng,  tbe  rest  being  worked  by  drift  mining.  The  prop- 
erty is  said  to  possess  considerable  value  as  an  investment,  and 
the  terms  of  sale  can  be  commended  for  the  common  sense  ex- 
hibited by  both  parties  to  the  transaction. 


fiqother        The  Horseshoe  is  the  name  of  the    Plumas  County 
Mining      property  whicb  Ertz  is  attempting  to  float  in  London 
Bubble,     for  millions.     Seventy-five  thousand  dollars  would  be 
more  than  the  whole  plant  is  worth.     It  will  prove  as  big  a  hum- 
bug as  the  Big  Bend  Tunnel   scheme.  '  Leave  it  alone  or  be  pre- 
pared to  lose  money. 

$  $  $ 
tteauy  The  semi-annual  statement  of  the  banks  of  Califor- 

Baqhing  uia  has  just  been  issued  by  the  State  Bank  Commis- 
Capital.  sion.  From  the  figures  given  it  would  appear  that 
the  total  assets  of  the  sixty  savings  banks  in  the  State  aggregate 
$141,278,760  53.  Tbe  total  cash  on  deposit  amounts  to  $125,420,- 
764  91,  of  whicb  $100,833,075  49  is  held  by  tbe  San  Francisco  in- 
stitutions. The  private  banks  of  tbe  State  show  resources  to  the 
amount  of  $2,929,685  84 ;  the  national  banks,  $29,689,950  60,  and 
the  commercial  banks,  $123,454,519  97.  The  resources  of  the 
San  Francisco  commercial  banks  amount  to  $70,766  405  33. 


Bept  8,  1894. 


BAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB 


13 


"Hear  the  Crier!"     "Whit  the  devil  art  thou?' 
"One  that  will  play  tho  devil,  air.  with  you." 


MR.  ANDY  CLUME  says  of  Mr.  Maximillian  Popper, 
That  he  has  been  doing  things   which  good  people  call  im- 
proper; 
Giving  bribes  to  wicked  men,  who  the  coin  wonld  not  refuse, 
Forming   schemes  that  wonld  eclipse  squaring  the  hypothenuse. 

Mr.  Maximillian  Popper  says  of  Mr.  Andy  Clnnie, 

That  the  young    man's    mind   is   gone,  that  he  has  become  quite 

•■looney," 
That  he's  tried  by  every  means  that  savor  of  hypocrisy 
To  overthrow  the  powers  of  the  stable  old  Democracy. 

Brother   Clnnie,  Brother   Popper,  shake   and   say  your  quarrel's 

over. 
Politicians   grow   as   quickly   as    the  spring-time's   three-leaved 

clover; 
Sappoae  the  Democrats  should  drop  you    by    the   roadside  dark 

and  sandy, 
In  a  year  folks  would  be  asking:    "Who  was  Popper?  '      "  Who 

was  Andy?" 

IT  will  require  only  a  few  more  exposures  and  a  fair  investiga- 
tion by  Chief  Crowley's  officers  to  drive  the  thieving  suitclubs 
out  of  town.  Their  scheming  proprietors,  through  their  smooth 
and  oily  ways,  have  succeeded  in  robbing  a  number  of  young 
men  of  their  meagre  earnings  by  pretending  to  give  a  suit  of 
clothes  to  the  man  who  can  guess  the  lucky  number  in  their  lay- 
out. The  latest  addition  to  the  club  is  the  Forgie  Tailoring  Com- 
pany. This  ribald  affair  has  had  the  boldness  to  go  so  far  as  to 
hire  insulting  men  to  travel  on  the  Oakland  boats  and  accost 
citizens  with  their  schemes.  This  company  will  offer  a  suit 
wonh  $15  for  $-40,  and  the  victim  can  sign  a  contract  to  pay  for 
it  at  the  rate  of  $1  a  month.  Forty  months  or  three  and  one-third 
years  in  which  to  pay  for  a  suit,  at  the  end  of  which  time  it  can 
probably  be  had  1  There  is  a  strong  law  In  the  Penal  Code  against 
all  such  proceedings,  there  are  officers  in  this  county  to  see  that 
it  is  enforced,  and  yet  it  passes  under  the  public  eye  as  if  it  were 
nothing  more  than  a  funeral  notice.  As  long  as  the  police  refrain 
from  raiding  these  suit  clubs  they  will  continue  to  thrive  and 
their  owners  will  continue  to  rob  the  unsuspecting.  The  lottery 
games  of  Chinatown  are  gold  mines  in  comparison,  for  there  one 
has  a  chance  to  get  one's  money  back  or  to  win  something,  but 
the  suit  club  is  nothing  more  than  a  swindling,  robbing,  lawless 
contrivance,  that  is  a  shame  and  a  disgrace  to  San  Francisco. 

AN  aged  and  wealthy  (and  therefore  avaricious)  farmer  of  8o- 
noma  County  was  approached  by  a  stranger  the  other  day 
and  offered  $500  for  a  recommendation  which  would  give  him  a 
proper  standing  in  some  projected  business.  Thinking  only  of 
acquiring  an  additional  $500  and  nothing  for  his  neighbors'  wel- 
fare, the  farmer  agreed,  but  was  required  to  exhibit  $400  in  cash 
as  an  evidence  of  his  financial  standing.  This  he  did,  and  of 
course  the  stranger  pocketed  the  money  and  disappeared.  Inves- 
tigation will  probably  show  that  the  farruer  was  one  of  the  lead- 
ing men  of  his  community,  and  most  likely  an  active  figure  at 
prayer  meetings.  The  old  rogue  added  shamelessness  to  his 
knavery  by  calling  upon  the  sheriff  to  arrest  the  scoundrel.  It 
was  the  good  farmer,  not  the  bunko  artist,  who  deserved  punish- 
ment as  the  greater  criminal,  and  the  blandness  with  which  he 
regarded  himself  as  the  injured  innocent  expresses  a  pretty  gen- 
eral conception  that  law  and  morality  have  no  relation  to  each 
other.  It  is  this  sentiment  that  makes  Sutros  and  Debses  pos- 
sible. 

THE  men  who  held  up  their  babes  before  advancing  engines  at 
the  Oakland  mole  during  the  strike  are  now  wondering 
whether  their  little  bit  of  acting  was  comedy,  farce,  or  tragedy. 
It  had  its  humorous  side  at  the  time,  and  in  many  ways  it  was 
farcical;  but  that  act  leers  at  them  now  through  the  grim  mask 
of  tragedy,  and  they  may  well  reflect  whether  it  was  a  manly 
deed  to  make  their  own  children  instrumental  in  taking  the  bread 
from  the  latter's  mouths.  The  strikers  are  doing  some  very  seri- 
ous thinking  these  days,  and  the  result  of  their  reasoning  will  not 
be  altogether  satisfactory  to  those  autocrats  of  labor,  Debs,  Sover- 
eign, and  Gompers. 

TO-MORROW  being  Sunday,  the  celebration  of  Admission  Day 
by  the  Native  Sons  at  San  Jo&6  will  occur  Monday.  The  lads 
who  go  to  the  Garden  City  Sunday  are  respectfully  informed  that 
they  may  find  some  difficulty  in  securing  that  which  will  enable 
them  to  forget  (with  an  ensuing  headache)  that  an  organization 
within  a  Btate,  restricted  to  persons  born  in  that  State,  is  not  only 
the  establishment  of  a  birthright  class  in  a  country  where  all  men 
are  born  free  and  equal  under  the  law,  but  it  is  an  expression 
of  that  kind  of  patriotism  which  observes  the  duties  of  a  citizen 
through  a  telescope  reversed.  It  is  nobler  to  say  < '  I  am  an  Ameri- 
can "  than  "  I  am  a  California!!." 


THE  Republicans  have  started  out  on  a  campaign  of  calamity 
shrieking,  and  California  is  doomed  to  a  nauseous  rehash  of 
smashing  banks,  tumbling  business  houses,  strikes,  riots,  blood- 
shed, and  all  the  horrible  concomitants  of  that  dire  state  of  demni- 
tion  bow-wows  into  which  the  once  glorious  but  now  hapless 
Union  has  been  incontinently  hurried  by  those  base  betrayers  of 
their  country's  weal,  the  Democrats.  One  should  suppose  that 
Mr.  Estee  and  his  stumping  friends  would  be  satisfied  to  let  the 
Populists  retain  a  monopoly  of  this  sort  of  political  argument, 
but  the  ruin  that  has  been,  might  be,  or  could,  would,  or  should 
be  wrought  by  a  Democratic  tariff  has  so  long  been  the  glowing 
theme  of  Republican  candidates  and  orators  that  they  really  seem 
incapable  of  inventing  something  that  would  have  the  merit  at 
least  of  originality.  It  is  to  be  noted,  too,  that  Mr.  Estee  has  re- 
discovered Lincoln,  Grant,  and  Garfield,  and,  with  index  finger 
duly  animated  by  proximity  to  the  political  pie,  he  is  once  again 
"  pointing  with  pride  "  to  the  party  achievements  of  thirty  years 
ago.  Listening  to  these  lofty  and  rapturous  eulogiums  of  a  dead 
and  buried  past,  one  is  "  enthused  "almost  to  the  point  of  hurrah- 
ing for  Julius  Caesar  and  yelling  in  no  uncertain  tone,  <<  What's 
the  matter  with  Henry  the  Fifth  ?  " 

JAME8  Gr.  FAIR'S  laurels  as  a  gallant  are  in  imminent  danger 
of  being  snatched  by  his  eminent  successor  in  the  United 
8tates  Senate.  Mrs.  Carrie  Brady  Glasscock  deposes  and  says 
that  the  venerable  Stewart  gently  Beated  her  on  a  sofa,  and  then 
gave  her  a  dose  of  something  for  her  »  malaria."  When  she  awoke 
she  made  a  heartbreaking  discovery;  and  the  aged  Senator  begged 
her  not  to  expose  him,  and  offered  her  a  Government  position  to 
appease  her  sense  of  outrage.  Now  the  illustrious  millionaire 
finds  himself  a  co-respondent  in  a  divorce  case.  Query  for  the 
Women's  Press  Association:  If  any  hundred  good-looking  young 
women  should  write  truthfully  their  experiences  in  seeking,  se- 
curing, and  holding  profitable  positions  which  men  control — par- 
ticularly political  positions —  and  their  narratives  should  be  pub- 
lished in  a  book,  how  best  could  the  tremendous  amount  of  money 
which  would  be  realized  from  the  sale  of  so  fascinating  a  book  be 
employed  in  the  advancement  of  Woman's  Cause  ? 

THE  shrewdest  philosopher  of  the  age  has  appeared  in  the 
person  of  a  wealthy  bachelor  of  Santa  Clara.  He  recently 
died,  leaving  an  estate  valued  at  $75,000,  which  he  devised  to  his 
various  relatives.  The  extraordinary  feature  of  his  will  was  a 
clause  to  this  effect:  "  I  hereby  solemnly  declare  that  I  have 
never  been  married  in  any  way  whatever,  that  I  have  never  prom- 
ised any  woman  to  marry  her,  and  that  I  am  not  the  father  of 
any  child.  In  the  event,  however,  that  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction  shall  be  furnished  with  convincing  evidence  that  I 
have  ever  been  married,  then  in  that  event  I  leave  to  my  wife  as 
so  declared  the  sum  of  one  dollar;  and  if  similarly  it  should  be 
shown  that  I  am  the  father  of  any  child  or  children,  then  in  that 
epent  I  leave  to  said  child  or  children  the  sum  of  one  dollar  each.' 
This  sage  is  the  product  of  perils  which  beset  the  unwary  rich 
man  in  California,  and  his  example  is  worthy  of  imitation. 

A  CONSPICUOUSLY  disgraceful  factor  in  the  Olympic  Club 
election  was  the  defeat  of  Mr.  Weed  for  director,  for  the  sole 
reason  that  he  holds  a  position  in  Mr.  Spreckels's  office  and  is 
therefore  presumably  Mr.  Spreckels's  friend.  Had  it  not  been  for 
Mr.  SpreckeH  and  his  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  expended  on  a 
pumping  outfit  by  means  of  which  the  Olympic  Club  is  furnished 
daily  with  salt  water  to  fill  the  great  swimming  tank,  without 
any  charge,  it  is  unlikely  that  the  club  would  have  had  any  water 
at  all.  To  have  knifed  any  candidates  because  they  were  Mr. 
Spreckels's  friends  was  an  insulting  insinuation  that  Mr.  Spreck- 
els  might  want  to  use  them  to  his  own  advantage  and  the  club's 
injury;  and  besides  that,  it  was  base  ingratitude.  Until  a  more 
manly  and  generous  spirit  prevails  in  the  club  it  cannot  expect 
in  the  future  that  co  operation  from  public-spirited  men  of  means 
which  has  been  so  important  a  factor  in  its  past  development. 

THE  most  entertaining  living  picture  now  being  presented  for 
the  delectation  of  the  San  Francisco  public  is  that  of  Max 
Popper  in  his  well-known  pose  as  purifier  of  municipal  politics, 
with  Mr.  Clunie  in  the  middle  foreground  posing  as  the  purifier  of 
Mr.  Popper,  and  Chris.  Buckley  in  the  obscure  shadows  of  the 
background,  supported  by  Crimmins  and  Kelly  and  surrounded 
by  an  indistinct  group  of  Republican  Supervisors.  This  picture  is 
chaste,  classic,  and  elevating,  and  is  warranted  by  the  manager 
of  the  show,  the  Examiner,  not  to  offend  the  most  fastidious  taste. 
It  will  be  presented  daily  for  an  indefinite  period  and  will  be  sup- 
plemented by  those  other  striking  living  pictures — Signing  and 
Circulating  the  Petition,  and  Psyche  Admiring  Herself  In  the 
Mirror.  Mr.  McEwen,  so  far  as  the  limitations  of  the  stage  will 
permit,  will  group  himself  as  Psyche. 

CERTAIN  attorneys  in  the  Blythe  case  have  been  lately  assert- 
ing that  they  have  exact  knowledge  of  the  day  on  which  the 
Supreme  Court  will  render  a  decision,  and  that  tbey  know  that 
Mrs.  Blythe's  claims  will  not  be  recognized.  Some  sort  of  explana- 
tion seems  to  be  due.  Can  the  Supreme  Coart  advise  us  as  to  the 
manner  in  which  information  of  this  kind  can  be  secured  in  ad- 
vance of  judgment — if  indeed  it  has  been— and  who  the  guilty 
persons  are,  and  how  best  they  can  be  discovered  and  punished  ? 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Sept .  8,  1894. 


SILVER    AND    POLITICS. 


EDITOK  News  Letter.  Dear  Sir:  In  my  articles  on  the  Bilver 
Question  I  have  repeatedly  propounded  the  query,  Why  did 
the  California  Republicans  declare  for  the  unlimiied  free  coinage 
of  silver  ?  An  answer  appears  at  last  in  the  New  York  Nation  from 
a  San  Francisco  correspondent,  who  relates  as  follows: 

"  The  usual  committee  on  resolutions  had  formulated  and  were 
about  to  report  the  usual  patriotic  platitudes,  including  a  declaration 
favoring  the  free  and  unlimited  coinage  of  silver,  etc.,  produced  in  the 
United  States,  when  one  gentleman,  whose  memory  was  better  than 
that  of  bis  associates,  stopped  the  proceedings  with,  '  That  don't  go  ; 
Dan  Burns 's  silver  mine  is  in  Mexico.'  Dan's  silver  mine,  the  famous 
Candelaria,  is  in  Mexico.  It  did  not  go.  The  California  State  Repub- 
lican Convention  resolved  for  free  coinage  of  silver." 

Such  an  explanation  may  appear  ridiculous,  and  yet  it  is  not  more 
so  than  the  spirit  which  animated  and  dominated  the  convention. 
The  writer  of  this  article,  a  few  days  after  the  convention,  said  to  a 
well-known  Republican,  high  in  the  counsels  of  the  party,  "Why 
have  you  declared  for  so  many  foolish  things  ?  "  and  the  answer  was 
substantially :  "They  did  not  cost  anything.  We  said  to  the  members 
of  the  convention,  '  If  there  is  anything  you  want  that  you  do  not 
see  in  the  platform,  ask  for  it  and  we  will  put  it  in.'  "  What  they  did 
not  put  in  was  Government  control  and  operation  of  Pacific  Rail- 
roads, but  the  candidate  for  Governor  made  haste  to  repair  the  omis- 
sion, and  the  Democrats  followed  suit  and  went  him  one  better  by 
declaring  for  it  and  for  25  per  cent,  reduction  of  fares  and  freights. 

The  writer  ismot  an  apologist  for  the  railroad  company's  faults, 
but  will  venture  to  say  that  it  will  not  benefit  any  man,  woman,  or 
child  in  California  to  cripple  the  railroad  system  of  the  State.  Fares 
and  freights  are  lower,  on  an  average,  in  the  United  States  than  in 
any  country  in^he  world.  The  fares  and  freights  here  are  not  seri- 
ously out  of  proportion  to  those  of  other  parts  west  of  the  Missouri 
River,  and  the  service  is  in  the  main  good.  All  rational  and  well- 
considered  efforts  for  reform  in  any  direction  are  to  be  commended, 
but  a  general  clamor  and  crusade  against  railroads  is  unjust  as  well 
as  unwise,  for  of  all  the  great  interests  of  the  country  the  railroads 
yield,  in  the  aggregate,  the  most  moderate  return  on  the  capital  in- 
vested. If  the  railroads  be  crippled  by  intemperate  action  who  will 
be  benefited? 

It  is  surprising  that  the  railroad  company  has  not  itself  called  at- 
tention to  the  reductions  on  fares  and  freights  that  have  taken  place 
in  this  State  within  the  past  twenty-two  years,  1873-1894,  for  they 
really  amount,  by  this  time,  to  a  decline  of  more  than  forty  per  cent, 
from  the  rates  that  prevailed  twenty-two  years  ago;  while  the  rail- 
road company's  operating  expenses  have  increased  from  less  than 
forty  per  cent,  to  over  sixty  per  cent.  And  it  is  a  fact  that  the  re- 
ductions in  fares  and  freights  exhibit,  in  the  aggregate,  a  saving  to 
the  people  of^the  State  of  California  during  the  past  ten  years  of  mil- 
lions of  dollars^per  annum.  It  is  equally  certain  that  the  railroad 
company  has  not  paid  nor  earned,  within  ten  years,  annual  dividends 
to  the  extent  of  the  reduclions  made  on  fares  and  freights  from  the 
rates  thatprevail  now  as  compared  with  those  of  twenty-two  years  ago. 

I  called  attention  in  my  article  of  July  21st  to  the  reduction  in 
transportation  charges  in  this  State,  asserting  that  it  was  over  40  per 
cent,  by  comparison  in  that  lapse  of  time,  and  I  re-affirm  that  state- 
ment. In  the^face  of  these  facts  think  of  the  folly  of  the  attitude  of 
the  Republicangcandidate  for  Governor  and  of  the  Democratic  plat- 
form on  the  question  of  Government  control  and  operation  of  rail- 
roads, or  the  proposed  25  per  cent,  reduction  of  fares  and  freights! 
Such  declarations  as  theirs  are  worse  than  foolish.  They  are  vicious 
and  demoralizing  in  their  effect  upon  the  public  mind.  Neither  the 
one  scheme  nor  the  other  is  practicable.  The  Government  will  not 
take  possession  of  the  Pacific  railroads,  and  any  fair  funding  bill  will 
be  more  beneficial  in  its  effects  to  the  people.  The  State  of  California 
cannot  and  will  not  reduce  fares  and  freights  25  per  cent.,  because  it 
would  be  equivalent  to  confiscation,  and  the  courts  of  the  State,  pre- 
sided over  by  |just  and  honorable  jurists,  have  the  constitutional 
power  to  prevent  confiscation,  and  would  unhesitatingly  and  justly 
exercise  it  whenever  applied  to  by  the  railrofid  companies.  1'or  an 
example  of  this  sort  it  is  well  enough  to  bear  in  mind  the  case  of  the 
Spring  Valley  Water  Company  versus  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the 
City  and  County  of  San  Francisco  in  the  matter  of  city  water  rates. 
The  United  States  Supreme  Court  has  held  that  only  authority  to 
regulate  can  be  conferred  on  a  Board  of  Commissioners,  not  to  con- 
fiscate, and  that,  under  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  all  per- 
sons and  corporations  are  protected  against  regulation  which  is  in 
it  elf  confiscation.  What  do  the  press  politicians  and  agitators  hope 
to  effect  by  all  the  frenzied  outcries  with  which  they  afflict  a  long- 
suffering  people  ?  Do  they  stop  to  think  how  much  California  is  be- 
ing prejudiced  in  the  minds  of  people  at  a  distance  ? 

In  conclusion,  I  take  the  liberty  of  quoting  the  language  of  a  San 
Francisco  writer  of  to-day  which  is  so  admirably  pertinent  to  the 
subject  that  I  only  regret  the  limits  of  this  article  will  not  admit  of 
more  extensive  extracts  from  his  remarks,  in  which  he  characterizes 
the  unreasoning  spirit  of  the  times  as  everywhere  manifesting  itself 
"  in  wild  aspirations  for  impossible  advantages,  in  resurrection  of 
the  ten  thousand  times  discredited  beliefs  and  methods  of  antiquity 
—in  cutting  loose  from  all  that  is  conservative— in  a  reign  of  un- 
reason." A  Layman. 

San  Francisco,  September  4,  1894. 


Here's  a  pretty  mess! 

a  fine  subject  for  Pearline.    Wash 
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with  Pearline.     They'll    come  out 
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far   as    cleanliness    is    concerned. 
Pearline  for  bathing ;  Pearline 
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15 


GLIMPSES    OF     PARIS. 


[  I  rtnalated  (or  the  Nlwi  Lkttek  from  ParUtan 
newspapers.] 

MADEMOISELLE  de  8onibreuil— a  bor- 
rowed name,  a  name  stolen  from  his- 
tory, for,  in  reality,  sbe  is  simply  Made- 
moiselle Schneider,  fcibe  is  (lertuan  from 
the  tip  of  her  toe  t<>  the  top  of  her  bead, 
crowned  with  a  mane  of  reddish  golden 
hair.  Still,  she  is  pretty,  or  rather,  she 
was  pretty  in  her  prime,  for  now  the 
years  begin  to  tell  on  her  and  sbe  is  fad- 
ing. Nevertheless,  she  yet  has  the  preten- 
sion of  being  the  fashion. 

Everybody  knows  her  story.  The  papers 
are  never  tired  of  talking  about  this  eccen- 
tric woman.  Kegularly  every  six  months 
they  report:  "Mademoiselle  de  Sonibreuil 
has  been  rearrested,  and  bas  been  taken 
to  the  Conciergerie."  When  it  is  not 
Figaro  that  announces  the  event,  it  is  Gil 
Bias  or  the  Moniteur  Universal.  One  might 
almost  be  allowed  to  suppose  that  she  is 
constantly  dogged  by  reporters. 

As  the  little  lady  has  not  only  stolen 
her  name,  so  she  also  strives  to  usurp  a 
country.  She  cast  her  eyes  upon  France; 
Beeing  it  was  fair  to  look  upon,  she  chose 
Paris  as  the  best  spot  to  carry  on  the  com- 
merce of  facile  amours.  The  government 
of  the  republic  arrests  her  constantly,  in- 
carcerates her,  sentences  her,  and  bas  her 
conducted  to  the  frontier  by  soldiers.  All 
this,  it  seems,  becaase  this  devotee  of  gal- 
lantry meddled  with  political  intrigues. 

She  had  an  affair  with  M.  Vergoin,  a 
Boulangist  ex-Deputy.  To-day,  jilted  by 
him,  who  himself  took  refuge  in  Belgium, 
she  indulges  in  the  wildest  fancies.  As 
soon  as  she  was  conducted  to  Geneva  she 
took  a  round-about  way  and  returned  via 
Brussels.  No  sooner  was  she  banished 
again  than  she  came  back  by  the  English 
Channel.  And  it  is  the  same  story  over 
and  over  again.  Last  October  the  ubiquit- 
ous Mademoiselle  de  Sombreuil  reap- 
peared. Consequently  sbe  was  rearrested 
and  taken  to  prison,  brought  before  the 
police  court,  and  for  the  fourth  time  the 
sempiternal  comedy  was  re-enacted.  Thus, 
arrested  on  the  9th  of  October,  while 
crossing  the  rue  Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, 
Mademoiselle  de  Sembreuil  appeared  on 
the  10th  before  the  Eiehtb    District  Court. 

"Send  me  away  again,"  she  said  to  the 
officers;  "I  will  come  back  to  Paris  never- 
theless. It  is  nearly  a  year,"  she  re- 
marked to  the  Chief  of  Police,  "that  I 
have  openly  resided  in  Paris,  at  11  rue  des 
Batignolles,  and  you  might  often  have 
seen  me  at  the  Moulin  Rouge,  in  company 
with  members  of  the  Ministry." 

To  the  Judge  her  explanations  are  still 
more  original.  "It  is  on  account  of  Mer- 
mieux  that  I  am  dragged  here!"  she  cries, 
brusquely  entering  the  witness-box,  her 
lips  trembling  with  anger. 

"Well,  Madame,"  obligingly  says  Judge 
Tardif,  "calm  yourself.  These  outbursts 
are  out  of  place ;  besides,  we  know  them 
of   old,  don't  we,   Mile,   de  Sombreuil?" 

"Naturally,"  she  replies,  "since  I  am 
acquainted  with  your  justice." 

"Now,  Madame,  what  have  you  to  say 
for  yourself?" 

"That  I  refuse  to  be  tried  to-day,  and 
that  I  want  my  case  adjourned." 

"But,  Madame,  that  will  only  prolong 
your  detention." 

««  What  do  I  care  ?  "  impatiently  an- 
swers the  accused.  "  I  want  an  adjourn- 
ment; I  insist  upon  it;  otherwise  I  will 
be  guilty  of  contempt  of  court." 

'.'  Will  you  have  your  case  tTied  on 
Friday  ?  " 

"Never;  that  day  brings  bad  luck." 

«  Do  you  prefer  Wednesday  ?  " 

"Let  us  say  Wednesday.  If  on  that 
day  you  are  more  amiable,  perhaps  you 
will  let  me  explain  why  I  was  brought 
here.     You  will  know  then,  that,  formerly 


hunted  down  by  Vergoin,  1  am  now  pur- 
sued by  Uermleox." 

"  And  who  will  it  be  to-morrow  ?  " 

»  I  don't  quite  know  yet." 

"  So  you  accept  Wednesday  ?  " 

•■  I  accept." 

Of  course  she  was  sentenced  again— sen- 
tenced to  leave  France,  to  go  wherever  she 
chose;  to  Spain,  Japan,  or  to  the  moon, 
just  as  sh«preferred.  On  leaviog  the  court- 
room the  irrepressible  Mademoiselle  de 
Sombreuil  made  a-  gracious  bow  to  the 
magistrates,   saying  in  her  sweetest  voice: 

"  An  revoir,  gentlemen."  And  certainly, 
before  a  year  is  out,  Paris  will  see  her 
again,  ana,  perhaps,  recognizing  in  her  a 
woman  of  heroic  opinions,  will  be  glad  to 
see  her. 

Said  a  little  shopkeeper  of  rue  de  la 
ChaussCe  d'Antin: 

"My  husband  and   I  have   made  a  rule 


never  to  quarrel  before  our  children. 
Whenever  we  feel  a  storm  brewing  we 
send  them  out  into  the  street." 

"Ah  I"  answered  her  neighbor,  <>I  sup- 
pose that  is  why  they  are  always  seen  on 
the  street!" 

At  a  brilliant  ball  given  by  the  city  to 
King  Leopold  in  the  theatre  of  Brussels,  a 
well-dressed  man  invited  a  lady  to  dance 
with  him,  without  having  looked  at  her 
very  closely. 

'•Really,  sir,  I  should  be  delighted  to  do 
so,"  she  replied;  "but  you  made  my  last 
pair  of  slippers  so  tierht  that  it  is  impossi- 
ble for  me  to  dance." 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  8,  1894. 


WHEN  the  present  German  army  law  was  passed  it  was  pre- 
dicted by  many  of  the  experts  in  that  line  that  the  redaction  in 
the  length  of  the  term  of  service  would  mar,  if  not  prove  fatal  to 
efficiency.  According  to  the  Berlin  Annual  of  Changes  and  Im- 
provements in  Military  Matters,  however,  it  seems  that  the  two- 
year  term  of  service  is  proving  entirely  adequate  to  the  forma- 
tion of  a  soldier  who  is  capable  of  all  the  tactical  and  military 
requirements  of  modern  war.  When  it  is  borne  in  mind  that  the 
new  arrangement  adds  largely  to  the  reserve  strength  of  the 
array,  and  consequently  to  the  tactical  efficiency,  in  time  of  war, 
of  the  infantry  arm  of  the  service,  it  must  be  clear  that  the  new 
law  is  a  success. 

The  news  from  the  seat  of  war  in  the  Orient  has,  up  to  the  time 
of  writing,  been  of  Lhe  same  vague,  recttless,  and  palpably  unre- 
liable character  that  it  has  been  from  the  first  outbreak  of  hostil- 
ities. The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that  Oriental  people  are  proverb- 
ially slow,  and  that  though  the  two  armies  have  now  been  engaged 
in  active  operations  for  over  a  month,  no  general  engagement  has 
yet  occurred.  The  report  that  General  Yeh  and  seven  hundred 
of  his  subordinate  officers  have  been  rewarded  for  their  part  in 
bringing  about  the  victory  of  Yang  Ping  is  bosh.  It  is  now  meas- 
urably certain  that  there  was  no  battle  at  Yang  Ping,  and  that 
what  occurred  there  was  a  mere  affair  of  outposts  in  which  it  is 
improbable  that  the  number  engaged  on  both  sides  made  a  total 
of  seven  hundred — which  is  a  very  different  thing  from  having 
seven  hundred  officers  engaged  on  one  side  alone.  The  China- 
men seem  to  have  a  Sir  John  Falstaff,  with  a  prodigious  vision 
for  men  in  buckram,  among  them. 

8ome  of  the  rumors  which  have  sprung  out  of  this  war  do  in- 
finite honor  to  tne  ingenuity,  industry,  and  imagination  of  the 
news  gatherers,  while,  at  the  same  time,  forming  a  serious  reflec- 
tion upon  their  intelligence  and  capacity  to  understand  very 
simple  matters.  For  instance,  the  Examiner,  of  last  Monday, 
contained  a  sensational  telegram  which  announced  that  the  Brit- 
ish government  was  bitterly  hostile  to  the  Japanese  in  the  pres- 
ent struggle,  and  was  secretly  backing  China.  As  an  evidence  of 
this  (at  least  the  statement  was  so  placed  in  the  telegram  as  to 
lead  to  the  inference  that  it  was  quoted  as  evidence)  this  erratic 
correspondent  mentioned  the  fact  that  the  British  had  sought  to 
inveigle  our  own  and  other  governments  into  an  agreement  to 
seize  what  are  known  as  the  treaty  ports  of  the  Orient.  This,  on 
its  face,  would  seem  to  be  a  rather  curious  sort  of  friendship  for 
China.  As  a  matter  of  simple  fact  the  British  Government  is  per- 
fectly neutral  in  its  sympathies  in  the  present  conflict,  but  there 
has  been  a  quiet  understanding  among  the  great  powers  to  the 
effect  that  the  belligerents  were  not  to  be  allowed  to  blockade  or 
interfere  with  the  commerce  of  the  treaty  ports,  and  it  may  be 
that  the  United  States  Government  was  asked,  through  the  Brit- 
ish Minister,  to  become  a  party  to  this  understanding  and  refused 
to  do  so  on  the  ground  that  the  interests  of  our  people  were  not 
sufficiently  large  to  warrant  our  interference.  The  whole  matter, 
however,  is  trivial  and  unimportant  because  the  belligerents  have 
agreed  long  since  to  leave  the  treaty  ports  severely  alone. 

Another  rumor  which  has  all  the  earmarks  of  fiction  is  that 
which  recently  asserted  that  France  was  likely  to  complicate  the 
struggle  between  Japan  and  China  by  attacking  China  because  of 
some  outrages  on  French  citizens  in  Tonquin.  There  is  no  more 
likelihood  of  this  happening  than  there  is  that  the  British  will  at- 
tack China  because  of  the  recent  murder  of  a  Scotch  missionary. 

An  Englishman  named  Sir  John  Lubbock  haa^jecently  advanced 
a  powerful  financial  argument  in  favor  of  international  arbitra- 
tion. According  to  his  showing,  one-third  of  the  income  of  the 
British  Government  is  spent  in  paying  for  past  wars;  another 
third  is  spent  in  preparing  for  future  wars,  leaving  only  a  third 
of  the  national  revenue  to  be  employed  in  providing  for  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  country.  An  analysis  of  the  governmental  in- 
come and  expenditures  of  other  countries  would,  if  conducted  on 
similar  lines,  form  even  a  stronger  argument  in  favor  of  peace. 
It  is  to  be  recollected  in  this  connection,  however,  that  most  of 
the  wars  waged  by  the  British  Government  have  been  sources  of 
ultimate  and  indirect  national  profit. 


There  is  certainly  nothing  wrong  in  tippling.  An  occasional  glass 
of  whisky  (providing  that  it  be  good  whisky)  strengthens  the  body 
and  stimulates  the  mind.  The  J.  F.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon  is  generally 
admired  by  all  connoisseurs.  Wherever  it  is  sold  it  grows  in  favor, 
and  those  who  drink  it  once,  drink  it  always.  The  sales  of  the  J.  F. 
Cutter  Old  Bourbon  show  that  it  leads  all  others.  E.  Martin  &  Co., 
40S  Front  street,  agents. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  the  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  WinslowB'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
children  while  teething. 


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CANDIES 
CAWP1ES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets. 

DENTISTS. 
R.  (iTIiAK,  416  Geary  street. 
F.  M.  H  4<  KETT.  413  Leavenworth  street.  

DOOR   CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  <  heck  and  Spring    F.  D.  Morrell, 593Mission  St. 

DRUGGISTS. 

KELLY'S  CORN  CURE,  «Sc.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
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MARBLE    AND    GRANITE. 
W.  H.  McCORMICK,  1422  Market  St.,  bet.  City  Hall  Ave.  and  Larkin  St. 

MILLINERY. 

THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  street. 

RESTAURANTS. 

FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant- 521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hltte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIRING  PONE  while  yon  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  In  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
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SAN    FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


17 


WHKN  oue  tries  lo  tbiuK  what  object  Marie  tit.  Felix  con  id  hnve 
bail  in  view  when  she  wrote  "Two  Bad  Brown  Eyes,"  one 
is  at  a  loss.  She  has  endeavored  to  deal  with  a  world  wid»  "ob- 
ject in  a  humorous  and  obtuse  manner.  She  has  made  an  elf  >rt 
to  plunge  deep  into  the  daily  lives  of  men  and  womeu  and  meir 
immoralities,  which  she  modestly  dnb3  »  the  idiosyncracies  o( 
social  life."  She  may  have  had  an  idea  that  her  story  would  put 
many  a  fallen  angel  on  the  straight  path,  but  it  is  low,  vulgar. 
immodest,  poorly  related,  and,  if  anything,  it  should  be  kept 
away  from  those  of  the  younger  generation.  Its  plot  deals  wild 
the  life  of  a  woman  who  was  mined  by  a  minister  of  the  i.lospel 
in  her  early  youth.  He  fails  to  recognize  her  afterward,  casts  her 
off,  and  she  ultimately  turns  to  the  world  for  shelter.  She  goes 
abroad,  and  in  Paris  becomes  a  gay  woman  of  the  wor.d,  aod 
finds  plenty  of  prey  in  the  men  who  seek  her  favor.  She  visits 
the  World's  Fair,  and  while  there  meets  the  daughter  of  the  man 
who  ruined  her — a  youog  woman,  pretty,  and  with  a  timid 
nature,  whose  parents  bad  let  her  go  to  see  the  World's  Fair  alone. 
When  the  first  woman  in  the  story  meets  the  daughter  of  the  man 
who  had  ruined  her  she  vows  reveuge.  So  she  tabes  the  girl  to 
her  heart,  teaches  her  to  become  food  of  intoxicating  liquors  and 
cigarettes,  tells  ber  of  the  glories  of  a  fast  life,  and  introduces  her 
to  the  worldly  men,  and  the  girl  falls  in  love  with  one  of  them 
and  finally  he  ruins  her.  Her  father  visits  Chicago,  and  the  ad- 
venturess brings  his  child  before  him,  drunk,  debauched,  and  de- 
graded, with  the  plea  that  she  would  rather  be  the  girl  who 
■i  sinned  through  heart,  who  sank  to  the  depths  of  hell  for  the 
man  she  loved  and  trusted,  than  to  be  the  cold,  calculating,  craven 
coward  who  betrayed  and  then  deserted  a  young,  innocent  girl 
who  worshipped  him."  There  is  a  basis  to  such  a  plot  that  might 
be  instructive  and  interesting  to  the  students  of  human  nature  and 
to  the  reading  public  in  general  if  it  were  treated  in  a  scholarly 
manner.  But  that  Miss  St.  Felix  has  written  her  book  for  sensa- 
tional purposes  aod  to  quench  the  thirst  of  the  morbid  hoipolloi 
who  crave  snch  nourishment,  is  easily  understood  before  one 
passes  through  four  chapters.  When  George  Moore  wrote  "Es- 
ther Waters  "  he  created  a  study ;  he  pictured  the  life  of  a  misled 
girl  in  an  artistic,  learned  manner ;  he  told  a  sad,  true  story  which 
set  the  world  thinking,  and  a  hundred  hands  in  London  were 
raised  in  condemnation  of  his  work  and  a  hundred  voices  cried 
to  have  it  suppressed.  And  now  comes  a  young  woman  and 
boldly  flaunts  a  yellow-covered  mass  of  lust  and  sensuality  in 
the  eyes  of  the  people,  and  she  is  greeted  with  their  smiles.  Quod 
avertat  Deus!  [The  Merriam  Company,  Publishers,  New  York 
City.]  vw^, 

A  work  of  Paolo  Mantegazza,  entitled  "  The  Art  of  Taking  a 
Wife,"  has  been  translated  into  English.  Mantegazza  is  an  Ital- 
ian and  an  anthropologist  whose  works  are  better  known  in  Eu- 
rope than  in  this  country.  He  contains  all  the  subtle  philosophy 
of  his  race,  and  his  writing  shows  vigorous  character  and  a  clear- 
ness of  thought.  He  has  handled  his  subject  not  only  delicately 
bat  in  a  simple  manner.  He  has  taken  up  every  emotion  in  man 
and  woman  and  has  analyzed  them  exhaustively.  The  subject 
is  an  attractive  one  to  a  great  many.  It  will  interest  those  who 
contemplate  matrimony  and  those  who  are  wedded,  and  the  treat- 
ment of  it  is  so  interesting  that  the  book — unlike  must  books  of 
its  kind — will  bear  reading  and  re-reading  for  pleasure.  It  con- 
tains all  the  poetic  influence  of  budding  nature,  deep  red  sunsets, 
eternal  stars,  and  all  that  makeup  the  beauties  of  life  in  Italy.  Ex- 
pression is  at  its  best  where  the  blood  is  hot  and  vigorous,  and  where 
people  feel  as  they  live.  In  such  a  country  as  Italy  and  among 
such  a  people  as  the  Italians,  such  a  study  might  well  be  made. 
It  is  quite  probable  that  if  everyone  had  the  mind  and  ambition 
to  follow  the  teachings  of  Mantegazza  there  would  be  more  sun- 
shine in  the  world.  [G.  W.  Dillingham,  New  York,  publisher. 
For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

Thepublioation  of  "  Trilby,"  which  was  set  down  in  July  for 
the  early  part  of  last  month,  has  been  delayed  on  account  of  Mr. 
James  Whistler's  objection  to  a  certain  passage  in  the  novel,  and 
his  threat  that  if  retained  he  will  bring  a  civil  suit  against  Har- 
per &  Brothers.  His  objection  extends  also,  we  understand,  to 
the  portrait  of  Joe  Silby  which  accompanies  the  libelous  para- 
graph, and  which  Mr.  Whistler  asserts  is  a  caricature  of  himself. 
The  publishers  have  consented  to  omit  both  the  paragraph  and 
the  portrait  if  Mr.  da  Maurier  iB  willing. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  8.  1894. 


LOVE     ETERNAL.— (An  Impromptu. )—.F.  S.  S.t  in  Town  Topics. 


"*HE    flowers  will  still  be  springing 
From  earth's  green  bed, 

Dark  storms  will  still   be  bringing 
Their  tale  of  dread, 

And  birds  will  still  be  singing 
When  we  are  dead. 

New  buds  will  bloom  delightful 

Upon  our  head, 
New  storms,  malign  and  spiteful,    - 

On  earth  will  spread, 
And  pain  will  reign  still  frightful 

When  God  is  dead. 

But  love  alone,  supernal, 

When  two  souls  wed, 
Will  live  in  rapture  vernal 

On  passion  fed, 
Will  live  in  joy  eternal 

When  death  is  dead! 


TO    SLEEP.— Matthias  Bait,  in  CasseWs  for  September. 


Draw  close  the  curtains  of  the  brain, 

0  Sleep! 
And  let  my  slumbers 

Be  profound  and  deep. 
Let  no  dreams  come 

To  stay  the  death  of  grief— 
To  mar,  with  conscious  touch, 

The  soul's  relief. 
To  dream  is  but  to  wake  again  to  care, 
And  thou  shouldst  bring  oblivion  to  despair. 

But  if,  O  Sleep,  thou  needs  must  play 

The  host, 
And  to  the  revels 

Bid  full  many  a  ghost- 
Let  them  be  such 

As  are  of  tender  grace ; 
Kind  deed,  soft  word,  true  love, 

And  smiling  face. 
Send  me,  I  pray  thee,  that  my  pain  may  cease, 

If  not  oblivion,  dreams  that  bring  me  peace. 


MY     LADY'S    TRESSES.— Anonymous. 


In  a  Sevillian  cloister,  old  and  quaint, 

X  wandered  once  and  saw  a  picture  rare — 

A  goddess,  with  sublimities  of  hair, 
Holding  a  rosebud  to  a  suppliant  saint. 
Her  dark  and  perfect  locks,  without  restraint, 

Pell  on  an  ample  bosom,  whitely  fair; 

And,  wondering  much,  I  murmured,  half  in  prayer, 
'Tis  but  a  dream  an  artist  loved  to  paint; 

A  vagrant  fancy  of  a  fevered  mind; 

For  none  beheld  such  glorious  tresses  shine 
On  earth  or  sea,  and  they  will  ne'er  be.seen." 

This  I  believed,  until  my  eyes  did  rind 

The  misty  marvel  of  your  hair  divine, 
Fit  for  the  brow  of  some  celestial  queen. 


THE    CLOSED    DOOR.—  Temple  Bar. 


No  marble  woman  could  have  been  more  cold; 

Her  hands  were  clasped,  her  eyes  were  raised  to  mine, 

No  tremor  even  stirred  the  shadow  tall 
Cast  by  the  moon  upon  the  close-cropped  grass; 

By  which  I  knew  no  answering  heart-beats  shook 

Her  soul,  whose  shadow  stretched  between  us  there, 
Bat  when  I  spoke  upbraiding,  passionate  words, 
And  would  have  urged  my  spoilt,  unhappy  life, 
"Farewell,"  she  said,  "Love  stands  aside  to  bless; 

Love  that  would  wrong,  would  only  prove  a  curse." 
It  was  as  if  in  some  dark,  stormy  night, 

Just  as  despair  for  light  had  filled  the  heart 

A  door  should  open,  and  within  should  shine 
That  strong  glare  from  a  great  red  glowing  forge. 


:B.A-:r>j-:K:s_ 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up 13,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD    OFFICE  60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington, 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  ou  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rateB 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Cauada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America — London  Bauk  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1, 1894) 3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

t  OK  It  1  s  i'o\i>i:ms  : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis — Boat  me  us  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

.Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiama,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVIN6S  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627,052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY  Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  WellB,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  6ERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  00 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 29,429,217  0* 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  K.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmanu,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CAUFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N   E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed  3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  8TEINHART     )  ■vro„0„a,0 

P.  N.  ULIENTHAL,  (  Managers 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  GO'S  BANK. 

N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sntter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine-  President  I  Homer  S.  King.     .       . .  Manager 

H.  WadBWorth  Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City.H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


Sept.  8,  U94. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTKU 


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£'5UNBEAMS 


(t  r*\ON'T  you,"  said  the  summer  boarder,  "sometimes  envy 
\j  the  city  people  who  come  here  with  nothing  to  do  but  re- 
create ?  "  '•  No."  replied  Farmer  Corntassel.  "  I  dnnno's  I  do.  I 
swinp  the  scythe  tell  1  git  right  tired  an'  'maginc-  it  lorn  tennis,  an' 
set  out  on  the  front  porch  ter  git  bit  by  the  mersqnitera  of  evenin's, 
an'  manage  ter  hev  'bout  ez  good  a  time  ez  the  rest  of  'em." 

—  Washington  Star. 

'■  What's  Dick  doing  now  ?  "  "  Well,  Dick,  he's  a-doctorin'."  "  And 
John?"  "  He's  horse-tradin'."  "  And  William  7"  "  He's  a-savin' 
of  souls."  "And  Tom  7"  "Well,  Tom— he's  sorter  politicianin' 
aroun'."  "Andvou?"  "  Well.  I'm  sorter  farmin' an' a-feedin' of 
Dick,  an'  John,  an'  William,  an'  Tom."  —Atlanta  Constitution. 

The  world  is  like  a  crowded  bus; 

A  few  good  men  perhaps 
May  find  a  seat,  but  most  of  us 

Must  hang  on  by  the  straps.  —Anon. 

"  Fwat,"  asked  Mr.  Hooghlighan,  "is  thematty  wid  your  head  7  " 
"  Mickey  Dolan  knocked  me  down  wif  a  half  brick,"  responded  his 
son.  "*Yez  hov  disgraced  th'  family.  It  is  the  foorst  toime  thot  a 
Hooghlrgtaan  was  iver  knocked  down  wid  less  than  a  whole  wan." 

— Indianapolis  Journal. 

Stbawber— I  had  quite  a  compliment  last  night.  Miss  Singleton 
said  when  she  first  looked  at  me  she  thought  I  was  only  nineteen, 
but  when  I  talked  I  seemed  like  an  old  man.  Singekly— You  must 
have  told  her  some  of  your  jokes.  —Life. 

Judge  Cuttem— On  what  grounds,  madame,  do  you  apply  for  a  di- 
vorce from  your  husband  7  Mrs.  Laker— Oh,  it's  a  case  of  absolute 
necessity,  judge.  Mr.  Laker's  hair  and  complexion  don't  match  the 
decorations  in  my  new  house.  —New  York  Herald. 

First  Patriot— Mr.  Greenhead  wants  ter  be  'lected  Senator.  Sec- 
ond Patriot— What  kind  o'  man  is  he  7  "  TJs  boys  called  on  him 
last  night  to  talk  things  over,  and  I've  gotter  splittin'  headache  this 
mornin'."    "  I'm  fer  him."  —Arkansas  Traveler. 

"  Well  Dawkins,  how's  politics  7  Goingto  run  for  office  this  fall?  " 
"Nope.  This  is  a  bad  time."  "  That's  so.  There  are  a  lot  of  inves- 
tigating committees  around.  A  statesman  can't  make  much  mor'n 
his  salary  these  days."  —Harper's  Bazar. 

Friend— How  did  the  Count  propose  to  yon,  and  yon  accept,  if  he 
could  not  understand  your  language  nor  you  his  7  American  Heir- 
ess—It  was  very  simple.  He  showed  me  his  family  tree  and  1  showed 
him  my  bank  book.  —New  York  Weekly.   | 

"  Have  you  done  anything  for  the  social  freedom  of  women  ?' 
asked  the  lady  with  eye-glasses.  "  No'm,"  said  the  Judge,  who  sat  in 
divorce  cases  and  was  a  cvnic,  "  but  I've  done  a  heap  for  the  emanci- 
pation of  man."  —Chicago  Record. 

Grandpa— Well,  Willie,  you  have  been  to  church,  haven't  you? 
Willie— Yes,  sir.  Grandpa— Well,  what  can  you  tell  us  about  it  7 
Willie— Why,  sir,  the  man  that  sat  in  front  of  us  had  ears  that 
wasn't  alike.  — Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Anita— Do  you  know  I  like  appearing  in  the  living  pictures  better 
than  anv  other  kind  of  show  I  was  ever  in.  Etta— Why's  that? 
Anita— We  don't  have  to  have  any  dress  rehearsals,  you  know. 

— Boston  Times. 

"  De  trouble  wif  de  ladders  ob  success  in  use  now-er-days,"  said 
Uncle  Eben,  "  am  dat  they  ain'  strong  enough  in  de  j'iuts.  When 
yo  gits  pooty  clus  tei  de  top  dey's  li'ble  ter  break  an'  drap  yer." 

—  Washington  Star. 
Woman— Ow-oo-oo!    Murder!    You Excited  Neighbor— Did 

the  villain  attack  you,  madam  7  Woman— Attack  7    No— he  held  the 
door  open  and  let  a  fly  get  in !  —Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

"Johnson,  you  are  drinking  too  hard.  Your  nose  is  as  red  as  a 
beet."  "  But  that  comes  from  a  week's  fishing  trip."  "  That  merely 
confirms  what  I  said  at  first."  —Indianapolis  Journal. 

She  (haughtily)— I  beg  your  pardon,  sir;  you  have  the  advantage 
of  me.  He  (jauntily)— I' should  say  I  had.  I  am  the  fellow  you 
jilted  ten  years  ago.  —Boston  Transcript. 

Judge— Why  did  vou  commit  a  second  theft  after  you  had  just 
been  acquitted  of  a  first  charge  7  Prisoner— So  I  could  pay  my  law- 
Ter_  — St.  Louis  Humorist. 

Ad\— Why  does  Clara  speak  of  George  as  "  her  intended  7  "  Are 
thev  engaged  7     Alice— No ;  but  she  intends  they  shall  be. 

'      "  °  —New  York  News. 

A  man  who  can  serve  a  luncheon  or  supper  at  a  house  party  suc- 
cessfully has  reached  the  acme  of  art.  The  most  artistic  catering  is 
done  by  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street.  The  table 
service  is  perfect,  and  the  ices,  bon-bons,  Roman  punch,  sandwiches, 
cakes,  salads,  and  other  delicacies  are  served  with  neatness  and  dis- 
patch. If  you  are  going  on  a  picnic  have  your  luncheon  put  up  at 
Swain's. 

The  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market  street,  has  caught 
the  popular  fancy.  The  fittings  are  in  excellent  taste.  Everything 
is  new  and  neat,  and  the  cuisine  is  unsurpassed.  Polite  native  wait- 
ers in  costume  are  in  attendance,  and  are  prompt  in  meeting  the 
wants  of  customers.  The  prices  are  in  accordance  with  the  times. 
Ladies  and  escorts  after  the  theatre  should  not  fail  to  visit  the  Garden. 

However  elegant  and  carefully  made  his  outer  garments,  good, 
well-fitting  underclothing,  such  as  that  sold  by  John  W.  Carmany, 
25  Kearny  street,  is  essential  to  comfort. 


B-A-irsriEcs. 


CALIFORNIA    SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TROST    GO. 

l*ald-np  Capital,  $1 ,000,000. 

CORNKU  MONTWOMKRY    AND   CAM  FORKIA  STREETS,  SAN    FRANCISCO. 

J.  D.  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  VIce-PreBident 

J.  Dalzell  Brown,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator. 
Assiguee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  aud  TruBt 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  aud  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  au  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Eer  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.    IssueB  certificates  of  deposits 
earing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate*  of  interest  thereon. 

KENX5  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  ?5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


3U.   W. 

Established  1870. 


Corner  Sansome  and  Busk  Streets. 

U.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS     $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $75,196 

S.  Q.  MURPHY President  I 

JAMES  MOFFITT  ..  .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  P^rkinB,  8  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffltt, 

Thomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

SafeB  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

Btorage.    A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  bourB,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited. 

Autkorlzed  Capital. . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up. . .  $2,450,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

Ban  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C. 

Portland  Branch— 48  First  St.    Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDERICH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— JDiexel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOMB  and  SUTTEE. 

Subscribed  Capital  ..  $3,500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital    $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  Yobk — Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris — Messrs .  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUMJ  „„„„„„„,, 
C.  ALTSCHTJL  j  Managers, 

THE  SATHER  BANKIN6  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sathek  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  <&  Co.  Boston — Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago — Atlas  National  Bank.  St,  Louis — 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City—  First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co, 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         |         E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN  Vice  .'resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 

SECORITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.       LOANS  MADE. 


Wm.  Alvord 
Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


DIRECTORS: 
Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D.  Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  IS  Geary  Street,  S.  P. 

Incorporated November24, 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER      ...  President  I  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  8,  1894. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 


APR0PO8  of  the  Vanderbilt  scandal,  is  it  possible  that  the 
Nellie  Neustiedter  is  identically  related  to  a  certain  Mrs.  Neu- 
siiidter  who  disappeared  from  San  Francisco  some  three  years 
ago,  only  to  burst  upon  an  enraptured  Paris,  where  she  made 
herself  apparent  shortly  after  her  arrival  by  giving  a  supper  at 
the  Hotel  Continental,  at  which  the  high  spirits  of  the  guests 
caused  the  table  itself  to  turn  upside  down,  a  mishap  which 
brought  the  hostess  with  a  bill  for  damaged  china  that  seriously 
crippled  her  income  for  several  weeks,  and  provoked  an  im- 
mediate change  of  habitation? 

Mrs.  Vanderbilt  is  a  sister  of  Mrs.  TiffaDy.  It  may  be  remem- 
bered that  the  latter  lady,  when  she  bore  the  Dame  of  Yznaga, 
made  San  Francisco  her  home  some  five  or  six  years  ago.  8he 
had  just  returned  from  a  yachting  trip  around  the  world,  during 
whicn  she  must  havfl  acquired  a  taste  for  that  class  of  moral  free- 
dom of  fancy,  or  whatever  it  is  called,  which  is  supposed  to  be 
the  bane  of  those  who  g"  down  to  the  sea  in  ships.  Be  that  as 
it  may,  her  visit  to  8ao  Francisco  was  for  the  purpose  of  freeing 
herself  from  the  conjugal  cnains  that  bound  her,  some  say  with 
the  intention  of  uniting  herself  with  the  owner  of  the  yacht  on 
whicb  she  had  sailed,  who  had  meanwhile  become  a  widower. 
Dunn?  her  stay  in  San  Francisco  her  jewels,  and  especially  a  set 
of  Dlack  pearls,  were  a  source  of  envy  and  admiration  on  the  part 
of  all  who  beheld  them.  The  ever  ready  tongue  of  malice  even 
went  so  far  as  to  make  many  a  statement  about  the  source  from 
which  those  same  jewels  had  been  derived.  Of  course  suco  talk 
could  have  had  no  foundation;  atiU.it  was  strange  that  soon 
after  the  marriage  of  her  yachting  host  to  another,  many  of  the 
gaudy  trinkets,  and  notably  the  black  pearls,  ceased  to  adorn  the 
bosom  of  the  liberated  Mrs.  Yzuaga.  Was  it  pique  or  the  loss  of 
her  jewels  that  prompted  the  spasmodic  suddenness  of  her  mar- 
riage some  months  later  to  the  erratic  Tiffany? 

The  waning  season  offers  few  amusements,  but  now  and  then 
a  ball  brings  together  in  the  watering  places  a  few  gay  spirits. 
At  the  Larchmont  Club,  on  Thursday  night,  Mrs.  Harry  Oillig, 
chaperoning,  as  usual,  Miss  Isabel  Green,  was  one  of  the  chief 
attractions.  She  was  superbly  gowned  in  pale  blue  satin  trimmed 
with  bands  of  sable,  and  was  extremely  decollete" — a  style  ex- 
ceptionally becoming  to  her  beauty.  Mrs.  Gregory  McLaughlin, 
nee  Cole,  was  another  Californian  present,  as  were  also  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Lake,  who  drove  out  from  their  place  on  the  Hudson  River 
to  attend  the  dance. 

Mrs.  "Billy"  Brown  haB  jnst  returned  from  the  White  Moun- 
tains and  Nantucket.  She  is  really  handsomer  than  ever,  and 
looks  almost  as  young  as  her  daughter. 

Mrs.  Gertrude  Atherton  has  placed  her  pretty  daughter,  Muriel, 
with  the  Ladies  of  the  8acred  Heart  at  Manhattanville,  and  is 
visiting  the  Stoddards  at  their  country  place  near  Philadelphia. 
Mr,  Stoddard,  as  editor  of  Lippincott's,  has  been  more  than  once 
Mrs.  Atherton's  publisher.  This  talented  author  is  one  of  a 
syndicate  of  writers  recently  associated  for  the  purpose  of  bring- 
ing out  their  own  works  more  profitably  than  is  possible  when 
they  must  entrust  their  romances  to  the  mercies  of  a  publisher. 
Henrik  Ibsen,  Julian  Hawthorne,  and  Am61ie  Rives  Chanler  are 
other  members  of  the  syndicate. 

From  Saratoga  I  hear  of  the  success  of  Mrs.  Snyder,  nee  Torbert, 
who  has  lost  none  of  the  charm  of  her  girlhood.  In  Paris 
Adolphe  Flamant  and  Raphael  Weill,  as  well  as  Mrs.  George 
Mitchell  and  young  Francisco  Orella,  are  registered. 

W.  R.  Hearst,  of  the  Examiner,  is  in  New  York,  where,  by  the 
way,  I  hear  that  Mrs.  Hearst  proposes  making  her  future  home. 
The  clever  young  proprietor  of  your  great  daily  is  at  the  Waldorf, 
but  spends  most  of  his  time  in  the  Eastern  offices  of  his  paper, 
which  are  fitted  up  most  luxuriously.  One  room  of  the  number 
necessary  for  the  business  which  Mr.  Katz,  the  New  York  man- 
ager, directs  cost  $6000  to  furnish  and  decorate.  It  is  one  of  the 
places  which  enthusiastic  Californians  visit  and  crow  over  when 
they  come  to  New  York. 

Hugo  Toland  left  for  Boston  a  day  or  two  ago,  and  will  go  to 
Buzzard's  Bay  to  visit  Mr.  Jefferson.  As  he  is  a  great  favorite 
with  the  President  and  Mrs.  Cleveland,  there  is  no  doubt  that  he 
will  be  a  guest  at  Gray  Gables. 

Mr.  aod  Mrs.  Foxhall  Keene  are  secluded  by  the  death  of  Mr. 
Keene's  grandfather,  James  Keene,  which  occurred  in  Paris  a 
few  days  ago.  They  have  been  at  Newport  for  several  weeks 
and  were  looking  forward  to  the  hunting  season,  as  Mr.  Keene 
had  brought  out  some  fine  hunters  as  welt  as  the  string  of  polo 
ponies,  wbich  he  proposed  using  at  once.  On  receipt  of  the  news, 
however,  he  withdrew  from  the  Rockaway  team,  which  included, 
beside  himself,  Jack  Chever,  Jack  Cowdin,  and  Winthrop  Ruth- 
erford. Mrs.  Keene  was  already  in  mourning  for  her  mother, 
who  died  three  months  ago.  Mrs.  Keene'a  sister  married  Lieu- 
tenant McKinstry,  of  San  Francisco. 

I  wrote  you  a  few  weeks  ago  of  the  enthusiastic  real  estate 
career  of  your  ancient  townsman,  "Ollie"  Teall.  He  is  again  be- 
fore the  public  with  a  scheme.  This  time  it  is  for  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  club  colony  at  Netherwood,  New  Jersey,  near  the  fash- 
ionable Netberwood  Hotel.  In  addition  to  this  enterprise  Mr. 
Teall  has  plunged  into  East  Side  politics    and  awaits  nomination 


as  Alderman  in  what  is  known  in  New  York  as  "de  ate,"  in 
plainer  words,  the  Eighth  Ward — a  quarter  corresponding  to  Tar 
Flat  or  perhaps  even  the  Barbary  Coast  in  San  Francitco.  But 
"Ollie"  is  ambitious  and  persevering;  and  he  has  magical  -'infloo- 
ence,"  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  some  day  he  "will  arrive." 

An  old  Californian  favorite,  "Jimmy"  WiUiamson,  who  was  a 
comedy  star  away  back  in  the  middle  seventies  in  San  Francisco, 
has  just  arrived  in  New  York  from  London.  Long  years  ago  he 
married  a  favorite  music  hall  singer,  Maggie  Moore,  a  8an  Fran- 
cisco girl,  and  they  starred  together  for  a  few  seasons  in  Struck 
Oil.  Williamson  had  the  happy  thought  of  going  to  Australia  to 
look  for  a  fortune,  and  the  result  has  proved  bis  perspicacity. 
He  is  one  of  the  wealthiest  managers  in  the  antipodes.  He  has 
come  to  this  country  for  a  ten  days'  visit  to  superintend  the  re- 
hearsals of  Struck  Oil,  which  Augustus  Pitou  will  send  out  this 
season.  He  returns  home  by  way  of  England.  With  his  partner, 
Musgrove,  the  successful  "Jimmy"  controls  the  principal  theatres 
at  both  Sydney  and  Melbourne.  Under  their  management 
Madame  Melba  will  give  twenty  concerts  in  her  native  land  next 
year. 

There  is  much  enthusiasm  at  present  about  the  tennis  tourna- 
ment at  Newport,  which  calls  forth  the  fashionable  element  of 
that  exclusive  resort  daily.  At  this  writing  Goodbody,  the  hand- 
some young  Irishman,  is  the  champion.  He  is  a  wonderfully 
steady  player,  and  his  pluck  and  determination  seem  limitless. 
He  will  go,  I  understand,  to  California  later  in  the  season.  • 

New  York,  August  29,  1894.  Passe-Paetout. 


An  offensive  breath,  either  from,  indigestion  or  catarrh,  is  cured  by  using 
Ayer's  Sarsaparilla. 

NOTICF  OrASSESSMENT, 

Bullion  Mining  Company. 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business — San  Francisco,  Cal.    Location  of 
works— Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  Seventh  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment,  No  43,  of  Fifteen  (15) 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  cor- 
poration, payable  immediately,  in  United  States  Gold  coin,  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company,  Room  20,  331  Pine  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Tuesday,  the  13th  Day  oi  September,  1894.  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  it-  made  be- 
fore,   will    be   sold  on  1HURSDAY,   the   4th   day   of  October.  1894,  to 
pay  the  deli  nq  uent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.  R.  GRAYSON,  Secretary. 
Office— Ro^m  20,  331  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Chollar  Mining   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Virginia.  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Ninth  day  of  August,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  39)  of  Twenty  centB 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  79,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  13th  Day  of  September,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction:  and  unless  payment  it.  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  4th  day  of  October,  18y4,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment, together  with  the  costB  of  advertising  and  expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOTT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Ophir  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— dan  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
tion  of  works — Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  Fifth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  63)  of  Twenty- 
five  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  Ninth  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  29th  day  of  October,  1894,  to  pay  the  de- 
linquent assessment,  together  with  costs   of   advertising  and    expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.   B.  HOLMES.  Secretary. 

Office — Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California.        ._ 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Gould  <fe  Curry  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment       . .  No.    74. 

Amount  per  Share     .    . 15  cents. 

Levied July  27, 1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office      ... August  30, 1894. 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock Peptember  21, 1894. 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

New  Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  annual  stockholders'  meeting  of  this  company  will  be  held 
at  the  office  of  the  company, 

Tuesday,  September  11,1 894,  at  8  o'clock,  P.  M. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 
Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco. 


Sept     - 


SAN  FBA.XCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


A  FASHION"  wriler  of  LoDdon  went  to  Brighton  recently  and 
made  the  following  interesting  report  on  a  subject  of  great 
importance  to  the  women  of  England  ami  the  Eastern  States  of 
America:  "  The  progress  of  the  English  bicycling  costume  has  bten 
a*  amusing  a-*  it  is  instructive.  First,  the  ugly,  cumbersome,  ankle- 
deep  skirt,  with  its  heavy  folds  and  unavailing  pleats.  Then  the 
even  more  hideous  and  bulky  'divided  skirt,'  with  its  Happing 
lengths  and  its  unsightly  divisions,  and  then  the  few  audacious  souls 
who  donned  the  neat,  well-made  zouave  trowsers,  with  the  saving 
grace  of  a  few  folds  at  knee  and  hip,  and  now  finally  the  close-fitting 
knee-buttoning  trowsers,  that  may  or  may  not  be  covered  by  the 
half  long  skirU  of  a  smartly  fitting  frock  coat.  One  girl  I  remarked 
looked  extremely  nice  in  zouave  trowsers  and  vest  of  black  twilled 
cloth,  the  latter  worn  over  a  mauve  and  white  spotted  shirt,  with 
white  linen  collar  and  black  moire  sailor  cravat,  pinned  with  one 
pearl,  the  size  of  a  marrowfat  pea.  Her  hat  was  a  simple  black  straw 
sailor,  with  broad  band  of  black  moire  round  the  crown.  She  wore 
high  leggins  of  the  twilled  cloth,  buttoning  to  the  knee  over  patent 
shoes,  and  thick  white  kid  gloves  stitched  on  the  backs  with  tan 
silk. 


"A  slender  and  very  pretty  fair-haired  girl  was  wearing  an  original 
variation  of  the  bicycling  trowsers,  for  her  navy  blue  suit  (the  lower 
portion  of  it)  was  pleated  from  waist  to  knee,  the  pleats  gradually 
diminishing  as  they  rose  to  the  waist,  showing  that  the  material  was 
employed  upon  the  bias;  the  Bolero  vest  had  rather  broad  lapels  of 
the  material,  over  which  second  revers  of  white  pique  were  applied. 
The  blouse  was  a  pleated  one  of  canary  yellow  silk,  the  neck  finished 
with  a  little  guipure  lace.  Tan  shoea  and  tan  leather  gaiters  accom- 
panied this  costume,  together  with  cream-colored  gloves  and  a  black 
straw  hat  trimmed  with  two  voluminous  cornflower  blue  ribbon 
rosettes  united  by  a  narrow  draping  of  siniJar  colored  ribbon.  In 
Paris,  by  the  way,  during  the  hot  weather,  the  strictly  tailor-made 
coats,  waistcoats  and  shirts  are  not  de  riqueur  for  this  form  of  exer- 
cise. Some  women  discard  the  vest  during  the  warm  days,  and  wear 
colored  cambric  or  silken  blouses  with  1830  linen  collars  and  cuffs, 
and  a  very  narrow  frill,  either  of  white  cambric  to  match  or  lace 
running  from  neck  to  waist.  Others  appear  in  knitted  Jerseys,  but 
these  are  not  in  the  best  possible  taste.  Some  maidens  indulge  in 
stable  lad  caps,  while  others  prefer  the  patent  leather  crowned  sailor 
hat,  with  straw  and  ribbon-edged  brim." 

A  new  crepon  worn  this  month  at  Newport  is  made  in  a  novel 
fashion  very  becoming  to  the  tall,  slender  figure  of  its  owner.  The 
front  is  made  apparently  without  seam  or  opening  from  the  neck  to 
the  hem,  the  clinging  material  fitted  by  being  drawn  over  a  silk  lin- 
ing under  the  side  pieces  which  (fitting  over  the  shoulder)  are  turned 
back  on  revers.  These  are  fastened  on  either  side  of  the  waist  with 
black  satin  rosettes,  in  the  center  of  each  being  a  cut  steel  disk.  The 
neck  is  finished  with  folds  of  ecru  Irish  point,  and  a  fall  of  the  same 
lace  over  the  front  of  the  bodice  between  the  two  revers,  over  which, 
on  the  shoulders,  are  two  small  wings  of  red  velvet,  slightly  over- 
lapping the  two  puffed  elbow  sleeves  of  crepon.  The  skirt,  which  is 
perfectly  plain,  is,  as  has  been  said,  without  seam  from  top  to  bot- 
tom in  front,  the  folds  from  shoulder  to  waist  being  continued  in  the 
skirt  on  either  side. 

THE  third  week  of  J.  J.  O'Brien's  forty-three-cents-on-the-dol- 
lar  sale  of  the  bankrupt  stock  of  the  McShane  Dry  Goods  Com- 
pany, of  Oakland,  will  begin  on  Monday  next.  The  rush  contin- 
ues unabated,  and  so  great  has  been  the  demand  for  Lhe  goods 
that  the  firm  has  found  it  necessary,  on  three  or  four  occasions, 
to  increase  its  force  of  salespeople.  The  sale  represents  $108,000 
worth  of  fine  drygoods,  which  Mr.  O'Brien  purchased  at  his  own 
figure,  which  was  low  enough  to  enable  him  to  make  the  public  a 
specially  good  offer  to  secure  a  magnificent  assortment  of  high- 
grade  goods  fresh  from  the  manufacturers,  at  a  remarkably  low 
price — 43  cents  on  the  dollar.  Mr.  O'Brien  has  conducted  a  great 
many  closing  out  and  bankrupt  sales,  but  none  have  been  as  suc- 
cessful as  this.  It  has  come  at  a  season  when  supplies  are  being 
replenished,  and  it  has  afforded  an  opportunity  which  buyers  are 
not  missing. 

H8.  BRIDGE  &  CO.,  the  fashionable  and  popular  tailors,  622 
.  Market  street,  up  stairs,  opposite  the  Palace  Hotel,  liave 
received  the  new  styles  for  the  autumn  and  winter  of  1894,  and 
are  prepared  to  offer  something  choice  to  fastidious  customers. 


Leroy  G.  Harvey  &  Co..  the  real  estate  agents,  of  518  Montgom- 
ery street,  have  two  very  desirable  sunny  houses  for  rent,  on  Pine 
street,  near  Van  Ness  avenue.  Responsible  parties  in  search  of  a 
good  location  should  call  on  Harvey  &  Co.  A  description  of  the 
property  appears  in  our  advertising  columns. 

The  very  latest  iu  art  novelties  and  pictures  are  constantly  being  re- 
ceived at  8.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


Don't  put  up  with  smoking 
or  smelly  lamps  or  breaking 
chimneys. 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  for  "Index  to 
Chimneys";  and  make  your 
dealer  get  the  right  shape 
and  size  and  glass. 

Pearl  glass,  pearl  top,  tough 
glass. 


Long 

Distance 

Telephone. 

Direct  communication  had  with  SAS  LUIS   OBISPO  and  all  inter- 


mediate  Biattons. 


Latest   Extensions 


Bradley, 
Santa  marg  rita, 


Three  Mile  Flat,  King  City,  San  Lucas 

San  Miguel,  Paso  Eobles,        Templeton, 

San  Luis  Obispo. 
Giving  unbroken  communication  between  these  towns  and  San 
Francisco.  The  lines  are  constructed  of  specially  prepared  extra  heavy, 
copper  wires,  are  equipped  with  the  latest  appliances  known  to  the  science 
of  "Telephony,"  and  are  "Long  Distance^ Lines  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.    The  Mail  is  quick,  the  Telegraph  is  quicker,  but  the 

LONG   DISTANCE  TELEPHONE 

Is  instantaneous,  and  you  don't  have  to  wait  for  an  answer. 

St.   lau/r^pee 

LIVERY  AND  SALES  STABLE. 
W.  E,  Bridge,  Proprietor. 
423    post  St., 

Bet.  Powell  and  Mason 
Telephone  1323.  San  Francuco. 

TOMKINSON'S  LIVERY  STABLE,      ^^^ 

J.  Tomkjnson,  Proprietor. 

Nos.  57,  59  and  61  Minna  Street,  between  First  and  Second. 

Through  to  Natoma  street,  Nos.  64,  66  and  68.  One  block  from  the  Palace 
Hotel,  also  carriages  and  coupes  at  Pacific  Union  Club,  corner  Post  and 
dtocKton  streets,  San  Francisco.    Telephone  No.  153. 

Fine  turnouts  kept  especially  for  calling.  AIbo  rockaways,  buggies  and 
vehicles  of  every  deaonntinn  at  reduced  rates. 

CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS. 

BE  CONSISTENT.  Ride  only  in  an  omnlLus,  never  in  an 
electric  car,  so  long  as  you  make  your  horse  use  one  of  those 
old  style  Wad  Stuffed  Collars.    W.  DAVIS  &  SON  are  making 

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smooth  as  glass,  elastic  and  strong;  the  only  firm  on  the 
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Sept.  8,  1894. 


THE  first  event  of  the  autumn  season  in  fashionable  circles  was 
the  marriage  of  Miss  Mary  Graham,  daughter  of  General 
Graham,  U.  8.  A.,  to  Ensign  Burrage,  of  the  Navy,  which  took 
place  at  St.  Luke's  Church  on  Tuesday  last.  Military  weddings  are 
always  interesting  affairs,  but  this  one  was  doubly  so,  inasmuch  as 
both  branches  of  the  service  were  represented,  and  the  display  of 
gold  lace  correspondingly  great,  the  groom  and  his  attendants  and 
many  of  the  officers  who  were  among  the  guests  appearing  in  full 
uniform.  The  church  decorations  were  very  pretty.  A  profusion  of 
fern  leaves,  hydrangea  blossoms,  and  tiger  lilies  were  used  in  adorn- 
ing the  chancel ;  the  altar  rails  were  twined  with  garlands  of  roses, 
hydrangea,  and  smilax,  and  upon  the  altar  were  immense  bouquets 
of  roses.  The  pews  reserved  for  the  wedding  guests  proper  were 
divided  from  the  rest  by  a  broad  crimson  silk  scarf,  the  artillery 
color,  to  which  branch  of  the  army  General  Graham  belongs.  The 
pretty  little  church  was  very  full  of  gaily  dressed  ladies  and  an  un- 
usual number  of  men  when  the  hour  of  noon  arrived,  and  almost 
upon  the  stroke  the  bridal  party  entered,  rather  unexpectedly,  it 
might  be  said,  for  the  well  known  Lohengrin  Chorus,  which  usually 
heralds  such  an  approach,  was  in  this  instance  replaced  by  the  mili- 
tary march  from  Le  Proph&te.  The  cortege  proceeded  up  the  centre 
aisle,  the  ushers  leading,  Lieutenants  Galbraith  and  Summerall 
representing  the  army,  and  Lieutenants  McVeigh  and  Plue  the  navy. 
Then  came  the  pretty  sisters  of  the  bride,  Misses  Meta  and  Hattie 
Graham,  as  her  bridesmaids,  followed  by  the  lovely  brunette  bride 
and  her  father,  General  Graham.  At  the  altar  the  groom,  attended 
by  Malcolm  Graham  as  best  man,  met  his  bride,  and  the  service  was 
very  impressively  performed  by  Bishop  Nichols,  assisted  by  the  Rev- 
erends W.  H.  Moreland  and  D.  0.  Kelley.  The  oride's  rohe  was  of 
heavy  white  satin  made  en  traine  and  handsomely  trimmed  with 
rich  lace;  a  tulle  vail  enveloped  her  slight  figure,  and  in  her  un- 
gloved hands  she  carried  a  few  white  rosebuds.  The  bridesmaids 
were  gowned  alike  in  white  silk  made  walkinglength.and  wore  white 
Leghorn  hats  trimmed  with  broad  satin  ribbon  and  ostrich  tips. 
Mrs.  Graham  wore  an  elegant  gown  of  pearl  grey  brocaded  silk  and 
capote  to  correspond.  After  the  ceremony  the  bridal  party  and  a 
very  few  intimate  friends  partook  of  a  wedding  breakfast  at  the  Pre- 
sidio, and  later  the  newly-wedded  pair  departed  on  their  honeymoon 
trip,  which  will  include  a  visit  to  the  groom's  parents  in  the  East. 
Among  those  in  the  church  were  General  and  Mrs.  Ruger,  Colonel 
and  Mrs.  Shafter,  Major  Bates,  Major  and  Mrs.  Rodgers,  Colonel 
and  Mrs.  Lee,  Major  and  Mrs.  Hunter,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Hartsuff, 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Middleton,  Major  and  Mrs.  Kinzie,  Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Miles,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Hager,  Mrs.  Martin,  Mrs.  Donahue,  Mrs 
Gaston  Ashe,  Misses  May  Hoffman,  Mamie  Burling,  McNutt, 
Breeze,  Smedburg,  etc.    

St.  Luke's  Church  was  the  scene  of  another  pretty  wedding  on 
Wednesday  evening,  when  Miss  Harriet  Brown  and  Herbert  Darling, 
of  Boston,  were  the  bride  and  groom.  On  this  occasion  the  decora- 
tions were  more  elaborate  than  those  of  Tuesday,  in  that  the  body  of 
the  church  was  beautifully  dressed  with  fern  leaves,  which  were  ar- 
ranged around  each  pillar  and  formed  a  canopy  in  the  side  aisles. 
The  chancel  was  a  mass  of  color,  pink  being  the  dominating  tint; 
lilies  of  that  hue  artistically  arranged  against  a  background  of  ferns 
adorned  the  altar  rails,  standards,  and  choir  benches,  and  a  beau-tiful 
arch  of  the  same  lovely  flowers  was  placed  directly  in  front  of  the 
altar.  The  ushers  were  kept  busy  finding  seats  for  the  guests  for 
nearly  an  hour  after  the  doors  were  opened,  and  when  they  were 
all  tilled  standing  room  was  with  difficulty  obtained.  Still,  though 
they  did  their  duty  manfully,  they  seemed  either  new  to  it  or  unac- 
quainted wiLh  the  guests,  for  at  each  arrival  it  was  amusing,  to  say 
the  least,  to  see  them  with  one  accord  dive  into  their  waistcoat 
pockets  and  produce  a  list,  scanning  it  to  ascertain  if  it  contained  the 
newcomer's  name,  thus  entitling  them  to  a  seat  among  the  elect! 
Nearly  every  wedding  has  some  new  departure  these  days,  and  a  new 
and  excellent  idea  was  the  feature  ol  this  one.  When  the  hour  named 
for  the  ceremony  arrived  the  church  dours  were  closed  to  late  comers, 
and  two  of  the  ushers,  proceeding  up  the  central  isle,  fastened  to  the 
uppermost  pens  bands  of  white  satin  ribbon,  stretching  them  down- 
wards on  either  side  towards  the  door,  thus  confining  the  guests  in 
the  pens  and  keeping  the  aisle  clear.  Then  they  took  their  places  in 
the  procession,  which  entered  and  consisted  of  the  six  young  gentle- 
men who  filled  the  role  of  ushers— Messrs.  Randal,  Quinan,  Gibbons. 
Ransom,  Harrison,  and  Smedburg;  the  maid-of-houor,  Miss  Darling, 
of  Troy,  New  York,  and  finally  the  pretty  blonde  bride  and  her 
father,  H.  A.  Brown,  of  Wells-Fargo's  Bank.  The  groom  and  his  be.-t 
man,  Dr.  Philip  Brown,  awaited  them  in  the  chancel,  and,  as  the 
party  stood  in  front  of  the  Moral  arch,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Moreland  tied  the 
nuptial  knot.  Then  was  seen  the  wisdom  of  the  enclosing  lines  of 
ribbon,  for  after  the  bride  and  groom  had  left  the  church  the  usher- 
returned  and  escorted  the  bride's  mother  and  other  members  of  he'' 
fit inily  to  the  door,  thus  avoiding  the  crowding  and  cru-h  which  \» 

•    Fob  the  most  artiBtic  and  latest  designs  in  the  New  Empire  style  of 
frames,  go  lo  S.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


usually  the  rule  ere  the  bridal  party  has  gained  the  church  door.  The 
bride  looked  charming  in  a  beautiful  bridal  robe  of  white  moire  made 
with  along  train  and  trimmed  with  duchesselace  and  the  customary 
vail  of  tulle,  and  she  carried  a  bouquet  of  bridal  roses.  Miss  Darling's 
gown  was  of  white  brocaded  silk,  en  demi-traine,  and  her  bouquet  was 
of  La  France  roses  and  maiden  hair.  The  bride's  mother,  the  well- 
known  and  popular  Dr.  C.  M.  Brown,  wore  a  handsome  robe  of 
mauve-colored  satin.  Following  the  ceremony  a  reception  was  held 
at  the  Brown  residence,  on  Sutter  street.  Boston  will  be  the  future 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Darling. 

This  has  been  another  week  of  weddings,  for,  in  addition  to  those 
above  mentioned,  the  nuptials  of  Miss  Edith  Forbes  and  Edgar  A. 
Nearne  were  celebrated  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Forbes,  on  Jackson 
street,  on  Wednesday  evening;  and  another  home  ceremony  on 
Wednesday  evening  united  Miss  Stella  Currier  and  James  A.  Ritchie 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  Richardson,  on  Frederick 
street.  To-day  Grace  Church  will  be  the  scene  of  the  marriage  of 
Miss  Margaret  Elizabeth  Hentrick  and  George  S.  Nevin,  which  will 
take  place  at  noon. 

News  of  the  most  interesting  engagement  of  the  week  comes  to  us 
from  Oakland,  where  Miss  Bessie  Wheaton,  who  is  well  known  in 
San  Francisco,  is  one  of  that  city's  popular  belles,  and  her  futur, 
Edson  Adams,  a  well-liked  young  business  man.  Their  wedding  day 
is  not  yet  named,  but  it  will  likely  be  in  the  near  future. 

It  is  always  a  sign  of  returning  interest  in  social  life  in  town  when 
the  ladies  commence  giving  luncheon  parties.  There  have  been  sev- 
eral tbis  week,  some  on  a  small, oihers  on  a  large  scale,  probably  the 
most  foimal  being  the  one  given  yesterday  by  Mrs.  Shafter  at  Angel 
Island,  to  which  a  large  number  of  ladies  prominent  in  military  and 
social  circles  were  bidden. 

Mrs.  Bob  Hastings's  friends  are  all  charmed  to  hear  that  they  are 
to  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  her  so  soon  as  Mrs.  Daniels,  especially 
as  a  large  reception  in  her  honor  will  be  given  by  her  mother,  Mrs. 
John  Hemphill,  to  bid  her  welcome.  It  may  almost  be  said  to  bid 
her  adieu  also,  as  London  will  in  future  be  the  home  of  this  lively 
little  lady  and  her  liege  lord. 

Not  alone  are  people  returning  to  their  own  homes  in  town  for  the 
winter,  but  many  are  making  changes  of  residence  either  in  house  or 
boarding  .place  for  the  coming  season.  Among  others  who  have 
changed  locality  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  F.  Bigelow,  whose  new  abid- 
ing place  will  be  on  California  street,  near  Pierce;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A. 
P.  Talbot,  corner  of  California  and  Pierce;  Mrs.  F.  L.  Castle  and  her 
daughters  have  taken  possession  of  the  Doe  house,  2489  Jackson 
street,  for  the  winter;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  O'Neil  Reis  will  occupy  Dr. 
Perrin's  residence,  1935  Clay  street.  General  and  Mrs.  Ruger  will  be 
at  the  Palace  Hotel  after  their  return  from  San  Rafael;  Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Lee  will  pass  the  coming  months  at  the  Colonial;  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Middleton,  from  the  Presidio,  have  taken  rooms  at  the  Richelieu; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rosenstock,  who  have  passed  the  summer  at  San 
Rafael,  will  be  among  the  residents  at  the  Palace  Hotel  this  winter; 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Ellicott,  who  has  just  returned  from  a  six  month's  visit 
to  Baltimore,  is  occupying  her  old  quarters  at  the  Richelieu. 

Mrs.  Henry  E.  Highton  has  invited  a  party  of  friends  to  accom- 
pany her  on  a  camping  trip  to  the  McCloud  River  for  a  few  weeks. 
Her  prowess  with  the  gun  and  rod  has  made  her  famous  already. 
Besides  killing  a  bear  this  summer,  she  averaged  a  catch  of  three 
hundred  trout  a  day,  and  has  thus  established  a  reputation  tor  the 
champion  tisherwoman  of  California. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Barnes  have  been  among  recent  visitors  at 
Santa  Cruz,  as  well  as  Crit  Thornton,  who  with  his  wife  was  a  guest 
of  Mrs.  Collon.  Mrs.  Delmas  and  her  daughters  were  in  town  dur- 
ing the  week  en  route  from  Sausalito,  where  they  passed  the  summer, 
to  their  villa  at  Mountain  View,  where  they  will  remain  several 
weeks  before  settling  down  in  town. 

Madame  Barrios  and  Miss  Colombia  Barrios,  of  Guatemala,  who 
have  been  the  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francisco  de  Ojeda,  of  195U 
California  street,  during  the  summer,  will  return  home  on  the  18th 
inst.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luis  de  Ojeda  will  follow  them  a  month  later. 

Awarded   Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

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Baking 
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SAN  I7;w  [SCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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Will  Crocker  was  amonp  (he  Eut-bonnd  passengers  last  Saturday 
m  route  to  Europe,  ^onie  say  he  simply  ROU  to  bring  home  his 
family,  who  have  been  abroad  for  several  months;  Others,  that  his 
trip  i-  made  chiefly  to  be  present  at  the  wedding  ol  his  sister-io-taw, 
Miss  Beth  Sperry,  ami  Prince  Ponlatowski,  especially  as  his  mother- 
in-law,  Mrs.  Sperry,  accompanies  him.  Time  alone  can  tell  which  is 
right,  but  he  is  looked  for  apatn  in  San  Pranctsoo  next  month.  Mrs. 
Redington  and  her  son,  Henry  Redington,  were  also  passengers  by 
the  same  train  for  New  York,  where  Mrs.  Redington  will  remain 
several  months. 

Among  the  weeks  arrivals  in  town  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  K.  1>.  Fry 
from  their  ranch  in  Napa  Valley,  and  General  and  Misses  IHmond 
from  their  cottage  near  Hurlingame.  The  Henry  Scotts  are  looked 
for  next  week  from  ^an  Mateo,  where  they  have  been  part  of  the 
summer.  Mrs.  A.  . I.  Pope  and  the  Dan  Murphys  are  already  in 
residence  at  the  family  mansion  on  Van  Ness  avenue,  as  well  as  Mrs. 
Alexander  Forbes  and  her  daughters  at  2004  Jackson  street. 


Dr.  Luella  Cool  leaves  for  New  York  to-day,  via    Panama,  on   the 
steamer  Aeapuleo. 

THE  Hotel  Pleasanton  fills  a  niche  in  San  Francisco  peculiarly 
its  own.  Being  an  elegant  structure  of  vast  size,  it  bas  every 
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from  the  bustle,  con fusiOD,  and  promiscuity  of  a  commercial  hotel. 
It  is,  in  fact,  the  leading  family  hotel  of  San  Francisco,  and  its 
permanent  guests  and  those  visiting  from  the  interior  who  know 
of  its  attractions  include  some  of  the  leading  families  of  Califor- 
nia. Situated  at  the  corner  of  Butter  and  Jones  streets,  it  is  on 
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In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner. 

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ERIE  MEDICAL  CO.,  Buffalo,  N.V. 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  *o  Arrive  at 

SAN  f-RANCISCO: 

Leave  I        From  August 23,  1894.        I  Akbive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogdeu  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  Benlcla,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, Redding,  Castle  Crag 
and  Dunsmuir,  via  Davis 7 :15  p 

7:30  a  Martinez,  Saa  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa 6:15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysvllle,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville 4:15  p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
('or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,  El  Paso,  New 
Orleans  and  East. 5 :45  p 

9  00  a  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMo]aveand  East 10:45  a. 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton    ...  ...  10:45  a 

*9:00a  Peters  and  Milton      .  .  "7:15  p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore         8:45  a 
*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers  *9:00  p 

4:00p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9.15a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landin  ba% 
MaryBville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento ...  10:45a 

4:30  P.  Niles.  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno 7:15  P 

5:00 p.  Lob   Angeles    Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los   Angeles ..10:45a. 

6:00  P  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6:00  p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  SanJose..    7-4*  a. 

17:00  p.  Vallejo +7 :45  p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  ExnreBS.  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East.       10:4*  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

[7:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
Santa  Cruz 18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Centerville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,    Boulder     Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations      6:20  p. 

•2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  JoBe,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  SanJose, Los  Qatos..      .  9:50a. 
Coast  Division  (Third  aid  Townsend  Streets). 

*6:46  a.  SanJose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Btations *1;45  p. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions       J8  :33p  . 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinos, Santa  Crus, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Wav  Stations 6:26  p. 

{9:47a.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations tl:45p. 

10:40  a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations 5:06p. 

11:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Wav  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20e.  San  Jose,    Gilroy,    Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,    Salinas,    Monterey, 

PaciflcGrove .  .*10:40a. 

*3:80  p.  San  Jobb  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

•4:25  p.  Palo  Altoand  Way  Stations *8:06  a. 

5-10  f.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6 :80  f.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6  ;35  a, 

t11:45p.   Palo  Alto   and    principal  Way 
Stations +7:26  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SAH  FRASCJSCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 

*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
U  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  p.  m. 
From  OAKMSD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  »ll  00  a.  m. 

t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  m. 
a.  for  Morning.                      p. for  Afternoon. 
•Sundays  excepted.                  tSaturdays  only. 
tSundaysonly. 

The  PACIFIC  TRANSFER  COMPANY 
will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept,  8,  1894  . 


The  flowering  of  civilization  is  the  fin- 
ished man — the  man  of  sense,  of  grace,  of 
accomplishment — of  social  power — the 
gentleman. — Emerson. 

To  be  deceived  by  our  enemies  or  be- 
trayed by  our  friends  is  insupportable,  yet 
by  ourselves  we  are  often  content  to  be  so 
treated. — Rochefoucauld. 

Every  human  feeling  is  greatei  and 
larger  than  its  exciting  cause — a  proof,  I 
think,  that  man  is  designed  for  a  higher 
state  of  existence.  —  Coleridge, 

Surely  they  who  devour  the  possessions 
of  orphans  unjustly  shall  swallow  down 
nothing  but  fireinto  their  bellies,  and  shall 
broil  in  ragiug  flames. — Koran. 

The  true  test  of  a  great  man — that,  at 
least,  which  must  secure  bis  place  amoug 
the  highest  order  of  great  men — is,  his  hav- 
ing been  in  advance  of  his  age. — Brougham. 


It  1b  Easy  Enough  to  be  Beautitul  if 
You  Only  Know  How. 
Moles  and  Blemishes  on  the  Face,  Moustaches 
on  Women,  Pug  or  Crooked  Noses,  Large 
Mouths,  Outstanding  Ears— there  is  no  reason 
for  putting  up  with  such  disfigurements  now-a- 
days.  They,  and  lots  more,  are  all  easily  removed 
by  well-known  Surgical  and  Elec- 
trical processes.  For  years  the 
treatment  of  such  things  has  been 
asp  tialty  at  the  John  H.  Wood- 
bury Dermato logical  Institute,  125 
West4ad  St.,  New  York.  Regular  ' 
Physicians  there  doing  nothing  fi 
else  all  the  time.  Their  150  Page 
Book,  telling  all  about  it,  will  be  mailed,  sealed, 
to  your  address  for  ioc.  in  stamps  or  silver. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Sept.  7, 22.  October 
7.  22      Nov.  6,  21.     Dec.  6,  21. 

Santa  Cruz  aud  Monterey  Excursions,  last  of 
season— ateamer  Pomona  leaves  Saturdays,  4 
p.  M.    Due  back  following  Mondays,  5  a.  m. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
September  7,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing  (Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Wednesdays,  9  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
8anta  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alternately  at  II  a.  m. 

For  En^enada,  Magdalpna  Bay  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m.,  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOODALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'lAgents, 
No.  10  Market  street.  San  Francisco 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  at.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Belqic Thursday,  Sept.  8,  1894 

Oceanic  {via  Honolulu).  ..Tuesday,  Sept.  25,  1894 

Gaeuc    ....  Tuesday,  Oct.  16,  1894 

Bblgic Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED   RATES 

Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
OfficeB,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  R.<4O0DMAN.Gen.Pttnn.  4e-t. 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

<  tl    hv  «  World  tours,  steamer 

■jV^J^LO.  ?  and  rail.    First  class, 

c\V^s=      r^*.°.  -      ?610.      Second    class, 
$350. 
*5     O.  S.  3.  Company's 
steamers  sail: 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  S. 
■•MARIPOSA," 
September  20,  2  p.  h. 
For     HONOLULU, 
S.  S.  "AUSTRALIA," 
Sept.  29,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Btreet. 
J.  D.  8PRECKELB  &BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts  . 


SjfVETJ 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY-Foot  of  Market  Street. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  x.\  12:35,3:80, 

5:10,  6:30   p.  m.    Thursdays— Extra  trip  at 

11 :30  p.  m  .   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
8UNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00. 

6:20 p.  H. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 

3:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.m. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 

6:25  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10  p.m.  ; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  6:00  p.m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p.  m 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a,  m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  A.  m,  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


LeavbS.F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

AeeivkihS.F. 

Sundays 

Days 

Desti'tion 

Sundays 

Days. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40 a.m 
6:05  P.M 
7:30p.m 

8:60a.  m 
10:30am 
6-.15P.M 

7:40a.m. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pleta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

8:00a.m. 

7:30p.m. 

3:30  p.m. 

6:15  pm 

7:40  a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00a.  M.JGuemeville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30am 
6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m.  1    Sonoma 
5:00p.m.  I  Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m. 
6:05p.m. 

8:50am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40  a. m 
3:30  P.M 

8:00a.m. |  Sebastopol. 
5:00  p.m.I 

10:40a.  m|10:30a.m 
6  05p.m|  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  Booneville,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  TJsal,  Westport, 
Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
John  Dav's,  Lively's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday-to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 
H.  C.  WHITING,  R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Manager.  Gen.  Passenger  Agent 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Theough  Line  to  New  Yoek,  via  Panama. 

Galling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 

S.  S-  "Acapulco,"  September  8, 1894. 

S.  S.  "Colima,"  September  18,  1894. 

S.  S.  "dan  Bias,"  September  28, 1894. 

8.  S.  "Sau  Juan,"  October  8,  1994. 

Note.— When  the  Bailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Sept.  15, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 

4, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.  8.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25, 1894,  at  3  P.  M. 

8.8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov-   6,  1894,  at 
Sf.  m. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


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Vol.  XLIX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER  15,  1S94. 


Number  ll. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Mabbiott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  Neiv  York  City  is  at  the  ««  Evening 
Post  '*  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  .subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

M'ith  this  issue  we  present  a  portrait  of  Mr.  James  L.  Flood  in  a  char- 
acteristic attitude,  which  shows  his  habitual  coolness,  self -possession,  and 
patient  contemplation.  Among  those  millionaires*  sons  who,  through  tin- 
possession  of  conspicuous  ability,  hare  made  places  /t»r  themselves  inde- 
pendent of  the  transmitted  wealth  and  power  of  their  fathers,  he  stands 
eminent.  Apart  from  his  high  position  as  a  financier  of  uncommon 
ability,  he  has  those  graces  of  maimer,  heart,  and  character,  including 
modesty,  a  firm  gentleness,  and  a  warm  generosity,  which  have  helped  to 
make  him  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  popular  of  the  broad  men  of  San 
Francisco. 

CHARLES  DALL,  aspirant  for  the  Republican  nomination  for 
Supervisor  from  the  Fourth  Ward  of  this  city,  appears  to  be 
in  the  lead,  by  reason  of  his  popularity  aDd  his  established  repu- 
tation for  intelligence  and  honesty. 


THE  opening  of  the  Commercial  Cable  Company's  new  cable 
across  the  Atlantic  last  Sunday  was  not  celebrated  with  any 
pomp,  but  this  latest  achievement  of  J.  W.  Mackay  is  none  the 
Less  important  for  that.  The  line  runs  from  Ireland  to  Nova 
Scotia  and  thence  to  New  York,  and  will  obviate  the  difficulties 
hitherto  encountered  during  the  winters.  Mr.  Mackay  is  due  in 
San  Francisco. 


Afire  occurred  Thursday  at  the  corner  of  Clay  and  Taylor 
streets,  and  the  fire  engines,  by  reason  of  the  steep  hills,  were 
compelled  to  make  a  wide  detour,  laboriously  ascend  hills  hardly 
less  steep,  and  thus  lose  precious  time,  in  which  a  whole  block 
might  have  burned.  We  have  before  this  suggested  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  that  he  make  arrangements  for  attaching 
the  engineB  and  hose  carts  to  the  cable  cars  which  ascend  the  steep 
hills,  and  thus  secure  an  early  arrival  at  the  scene.  If  there  are 
any  good  reasons  why  this  suggestion  should  not  be  acted  on 
we  should  be  pleased  to  hear  them.  The  underwriters,  who  are 
particularly  interested  in  this  matter,  might  be  able  to  induce  the 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  to  make  an  explanation. 


THE  raisin  growers  of  the  State  at  large  have  finally  completed 
an  organization  for  mutual  protection  against  packers  and 
shippers,  who  have  heretofore  taken  the  profits  and  injured  the 
market.  The  articles  of  agreement  have  been  Bigned  by  eighty 
per  cent,  of  the  producers;  and  now  if  they  will  stick  together 
they  will  have  solved  the  problem  of  fair  prices  and  a  market  for 
the  raisins  that  will  be  a  lasting  benefit.  Tillers  of  the  soil  have 
not  been  successful  in  their  combinations,  as  a  general  thing. 
Whether  it  is  a  spirit  of  jealousy,  independence,  or  necessity  that 
has  operated  heretofore  is  not  known,  but  the  history  of  such  or- 
ganizations in  this  State  has  been  one  of  failures.  It  may  be  that 
a  lack  of  facilities  for  frequent  consultation,  such  as  are  afforded 
business  men  in  centers  of  population,  has  operated  against  them, 
for  in  California  they  are  not  wanting  in  ability  and  intelligence. 


THE  world  has  Been  few  engineering  projects  so  interesting  as 
that  which  will  be  completed  at  Niagara  Falls  in  a  few  weeks. 
The  concessions  from  this  country  and  Canada  for  the  use  of 
water  power  to  generate  electricity  are  sufficient  to  develop 
500,000  horsepower,  and  this  could  be  extended  immensely. 
There  is  a  certain  heroism  in  the  enterprise  of  men  who  have 
invested  over  $4,000,000  in  this  experiment,  for  such  it  must  be 
called  when  it  is  taken  into  consideration.  The  dams,  tunnels, 
wheel  pits,  and  great  power  house  are  nearly  in  shape  to  send 
forth  the  streams  of  electricity,  and  manufacturing  plants  are 
ready  at  Niagara  Falls  and  at  Buffalo,  seventeen  miles  distant,  to 
use  the  new  motor  received  over  the  wires  from  afar.  More  dis- 
tant towns  and  cities  will  connect  with  the  system  if  practicable, 
and  many  believe  that  all  the  traffic  on  the  canals  of  the  State 
will  be  conducted  by  the  electric  current  from  Niagara  within  a 
few  years.  This  is  a  grand  conception — the  union  of  the  majesiy 
of  Niagara  to  the  might  of  the  lightning. 


THE  war  between  China  and  Japan  remains  a  war  of  unreliable 
rumors.  The  only  information  of  any  importance  tbat  has  come 
to  hand  duriDg  the  week  is  the  statement  tbat  the  Corean  King 
has  negotiated  a  treaty  of  offense  and  defense  with  the  Japanese 
and  against  the  Chinese.  As  his  royal  nibs  is  a  prisoner  in  the 
hands  of  the  Japanese  this  rumor  is  probably  true. 


THE  Toronto  Globe  believes  that  "  the  two  great  branches  of 
the  Anglo-Saxon  people  on  this  continent  have  laid  down  their 
arms  forever,  and  that  the  rivalry  of  the  future  will  be  in  the 
arts  of  peace  alone."  This  is  a  sentiment  to  be  heartily  approved, 
and,  if  Canada  is  real  good,  the  ghost  of  Ethan  Allen  will  never 
pound  at  her  front  door  again,  to  remind  her  of  the  Great  Jeho- 
vah and  the  Continental  Congress. 

THE  Parisians  have  been  casting  about  for  an  attraction  for 
their  Exposition  of  1900  which  will  excel  the  Eiffel  tower, 
and  have  decided  finally  on  a  monster  telescope  of  sufficient 
power,  it  is  said,  to  enable  a  person  to  "see  what  is  going  on  in 
the  moon."  This  is  another  case  of  ignoring  the  wonders  that 
are  at  hand  with  the  possibilities  of  finding  greater  ones  else- 
where. The  French  could  get  as  much  profit  and  excitement  by 
turning  their  telescope  on  an  alkaline  fiat. 


THE  recent  outbreak  of  the  German  Emperor  and  Prussian 
King  in  regard  to  the  lack  of  loyalty  which  the  Prussian  nobility 
has  exhibited  toward  their  divinely  ordained  ruler  and  his  gov- 
ernment, is  a  flash  in  the  pan  which  has  no  serious  signification. 
It  is,  so  to  speak,  an  aftermath  of  the  recently  adopted  commer- 
cial treaties.  The  Prussian  noblemen  are  what  is  known  in  the 
politics  of  that  country  as  agrarians.  That  is  to  say,  they  are 
large  land-owners  and  derive  nearly  their  entire  incomes  from  the 
products  of  the  soil.  They  are  deeply  and  personally  interested, 
therefore,  in  everything  which  tends  to  raise  or  lower  the  price 
of  agricultural  products.  As  a  natural  consequence  they  are  and 
have  been  actively  opposed  to  these  treaties  because  they  bring 
the  farmers'  crops  into  free  competition  with  the  products  of 
other  countries.  As  the  policy  which  led  to  the  negotiation  of 
these  treaties  had  the  imperial  approval,  opposition  to  them  is 
construed  by  the  Emperor  to  be  a  reflection  on  his  judgment  and 
an  infringement  upon  bis  prerogatives. 

FROM  present  indications,  the  constitutional  convention  of 
New  York,  now  in  session  at  Albany,  will  pass  the  amend- 
ment forbidding  public  aid  to  sectarian  institutions  and  schools. 
The  friends  of  these  institutions,  notably  the  Roman  Catholics, 
have  fought  hard  to  defeat  that  amendment,  or  failing,  to  alter  it 
so  as  to  leave  an  ambiguity  in  its  language  or  a  veiled  permission 
to  city  governments  or  the  Legislature  to  vote  the  coveted 
money.  They  may  succeed  ultimately,  but  at  present  the  amend- 
ment stands  a  plain  prohibition  of  any  appropriation  of  public 
moneys  for  sectarian  education,  or  to  any  institution  where  sec- 
tarian education  is  given.  One  pending  amendment  to  the  pro- 
hibitive amendment,  which  the  convention  has  approved,  per- 
mits the  gift  of  money  to  the  educational  departments  of  philan- 
thropic institutions  in  which  education  is  incidental  to  the  pur- 
pose of  the  institution.  To  adopt  this  amendment  would  be  to 
destroy  the  force  of  every  one  already  approved,  and  to  let  every 
sectarian  school  in  the  State  which  now  receives  public  aid  to 
continue  to  do  so. 

THE  Governor  of  Georgia,  in  so  spitefully  resenting  "imperti- 
nent interference,"  as  be  sees  it,  in  the  proposition  of  an 
English  commission  to  investigate  the  subject  of  Iynchings  in  the 
South,  lost  a  rare  opportunity.  Had  he  written  a  manly  letter 
explaining  that  the  victims  of  the  Iynchings  are  mostly  negroes; 
that  only  the  most  ignorant  of  them  are  the  guilty  ones;  that 
ordinarily  the  legal  administration  of  justice  is  conducted  with  as 
great  fairness  in  the  South  as  anywhere  else  in  the  UDion;  that 
the  Southern  sentiment  in  regard  to  women  is  peculiar  and  hap- 
pily ineradicable,  making  rape  the  greatest  of  offenses;  that 
lynching  in  that  and  other  cases  is  resorted  to  for  the  reason  that 
it  strikes  infinitely  deeper  terror  than  the  slow  and  often  fallible 
methods  of  criminal  justice  in  America,  and  that  lynching  is  by 
no  means,  in  view  of  these  and  cognate  facts,  an  expression  of 
any  lawless  sentiment  on  the  part  of  the  men  of  the  South, — had 
he  said  these  things  in  a  dignified  way  be  might  have  given  use- 
ful information  concerning  peculiar  and  really  admirable  social 
conditions. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  15,  1894. 


A    SCANDALOUS    CONDITION. 

WELL-INFORMED  citizens  are  not  at  all  surprised  over  the 
scandalous  revelations  recently  made  by  a  leak  in  the  old 
Wallace  Grand  Jury.  That  jury,  the  only  one  in  maDy  years 
that  went  earnestly  into  the  work  of  exposing  official  rascality, 
drove  Christopher  A.  Buckley  to  Canada  and  scattered  to  various 
hiding  places  those  who  had  paid  him  money  to  secure  the  »  pro 
tection  "  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  It  was  a  notorious  fact 
that  then,  as  now,  large  contractors  serving  the  city,  and  cor- 
porations seeking  franchises,  must  pay  the  bosses,  who  select  and 
elect  the  Supervisors  and  divide  the  extortion  money  with  them. 
The  validity  of  the  Wallace  Grand  Jury  was  attacked,  and  it  was 
adjudged  an  illegal  body  and  was  discharged.  While  in  session, 
however,  it  heard  startling  evidence,  and  notes  were  made  of  it, 
and  out  of  it  all  came  the  Citizens'  Defense  Association,  organized 
to  prosecute  official  corruption.  As  the  Wallace  Grand  Jury  was 
declared  illegal,  Judge  Wallace  instructed  its  members  that  the 
oath  imposing  secrecy  was  not  binding,  and  now,  as  a  result  of 
the  recent  disclosures  with  regard  to  the  street-sweeping  contract, 
that  jury  bas  begun  to  leak.  It  is  perfectly  excusable  on  the 
part  of  P.  B.  Cornwall,  President  of  the  Electric  Light  Company 
and  Chairman  of  the  Republican  State  Central  Committee,  to  re- 
fuse to  tell  newspaper  reporters  what  he  knows  or  believes  with 
regard  to  the  payment  of  money  by  his  company  for  "official  " 
protection,  for  if  he  should  admit  his  complicity  he  would  be  in- 
viting the  great  iron  doors  of  San  Quentin  to  open  for  him.  If  he 
knows,  as  was  learned  by  the  Wallace  Grand  Jury,  that  a  rival 
electric  company  offered  a  bribe  of  $27,500  for  a  lighting  franchise, 
and  that  his  company  "saw"  the  figure  and  raised  it,  no  one 
would  expect  him  to  confess  the  fact,  for  a  man's  love  of  liberty 
is  stronger  than  his  sense  of  duty  as  a  citizen.  It  cannot  be  as- 
sumed, however,  that  if  these  things  were  done  by  his  company 
he  was  ignorant  of  them.  It  would  be  well  for  him  to  bear  in 
mind  the  fact  that  the  moral  sense  of  this  community,  however 
perverted,  holds  his  company's  offense  as  justifiable  in  a  way,  on 
the  ground  that  such  contractors  and  franchise  seekers  must  sub- 
mit to  be  robbed  in  order  to  do  business  at  all,  and  that  whatever 
his  guilt  it  is  lost  sight  of  in  contemplation  of  the  deeper  infamy 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

Following  upon  the  heels  of  these  disclosures  comes  the  resig- 
nation of  Mr.  Max  Popper  from  membership  in  and  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Democratic  County  Committee,  and  his  announce- 
ment that  he  has  retired  from  politics.  Since  Buckley's  fall,  Mr. 
Popper  has  been  the  leader  of  the  San  Francisco  Democracy,  but 
bas  never  developed  the  strength  of  a  boss  of  the  Buckley  or 
Crimmins  type.  He  was  the  gentleman  who  so  cheerfully  ad- 
mitted recently  that  in  order  to  secure  and  hold  the  street-sweep- 
ing contract  he  gave  to  P.  J.  Kelly,  a  minur  boss  and  present  can- 
didate for  Congress  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  $650  a  month,  to  be 
paid  to  the  Supervisors  for  the  "protection"  of  his  contract.  Con- 
currently with  all  this  have  come  some  nasty  scandals,  to  the  effect 
that  certain  saloon  keepers,  in  order  to  secure  licenses  from  the 
Police  Commissioners,  had  to  bribe  Police  Sergeant  McKenna, 
whose  recommendations  are  followed  by  the  Board.  Still  another 
line  of  inquiry  has  been  started  by  the  drunken  escapade  of  a 
woman  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city,  and  stories  are 
being  told  of  methods  by  which  certain  members  in  the  Depart- 
ment secured  and  are  holding  their  positions.  This  is  a  fairly  good 
record  of  disclosures  for  one  week  in  one  city.  It  is  a  nasty  jum- 
ble of  knavery  in  official  circles  and  of  a  lax  moral  sentiment  that 
permits  it.  It  is  a  whirlwind  of  scandalous  discoveries,  and  every 
good  citizen  welcomes  it.  Even  good  Mr.  Sutro  and  his  schemes 
are  forgotten  in  the  noise  and  thunder  of  it  all.  But  it  is  better 
that  the  city  should  suffer,  as  it  must,  from  the  disclosures  which 
have  been  made,  in  the  hope  that  the  evils  will  be  corrected,  than 
that  they  should  continue  to  exist.  It  is  apparent  that  at  the 
bottom  of  nearly  all  of  it  lies  the  evil  of  the  boss.  These  knaves 
have  fallen  out  and  are  babbling.  Let  next  a  rupture  come  in 
the  School  Department,  and  the  smooth,  oily  fellows  who  mouth 
their  devotion  to  duty  with  so  suspicious  vehemence  will  be 
held  up  in  all  their  ugly  nakedness.  There  are  many  honest 
office-holders  in  the  city,  but  that  is  forgotten  in  the  overwhelm- 
ing mass  of  rottenness  made  public.  The  effect  of  all  these  dis- 
closures will  certainly  be  felt  in  the  approaching  municipal  con- 
ventions of  the  Democratic  and  Republican  parties,  and  later  in 
the  elections;  and  as  it  is  too  much  to  hope  that  the  criminal 
courts  will  do  their  duty  in  bringing  rascality  to  punishment,  let 
us  trust  that  decency  will  lay  on  the  whip  at  the  polls. 


THE  heavy  Republican  gains  in  Maine  must  be  read  with  the 
recent  heavy  Democratic  gains  in  Alabama  and  Tennessee. 
However,  when  we  are  assured  that  fifteen  thousand  voters  in 
Maine  kept  away  from  the  polls  and  that  possibly  ten  thousand 
of  them  were  Democrats,  it  would  be  folly  to  infer  anything  else 
than  that  the  Democrats  remained  away  solely  because  they  had 
become  discouraged  over  the  business  depression  of  the  country 
and  had  a  vague  idea,  however  faulty,  that  the  slowness  of  a 
Democratic  Government  in  adjusting  the  tariff  might  be  responsi- 
ble. It  is  to  be  observed,  however,  that  no  Democrats  in  Maine 
voted  the  Republican  ticket;  and  that  throws  a  very  different 
light  on  the  case. 


LOVE'S    YOUNG    DREAM. 


A  GREAT  many  authors  have  tried  to  advance  the  theory  that 
the  chief  and  only  occupation  of  the  American  people  is  the 
adoration  of  the  almighty  dollar.  Our  attention  has  been  called 
to  a  condition  of  society  diametrically  opposed  to  mercantilism, 
and  that  is  the  all  but  universal  custom  in  the  United  States  of 
marrying  for  love  and  not  for  money.  The  very  fact  that  a  young 
man  and  a  young  woman  are  ready  and  even  anxious  to  embark 
on  the  unknown  sea  of  matrimony,  with  "youth  on  the  prow  and 
pleasure  at  the  helm,"  and  without  their  fairy  ship  ballasted  with 
gold  or  silver,  with  no  chart  to  guide  them  and  no  beacon  but  the 
bright  star  of  Hope  to  direct  their  course,  is  a  conclusive  answer 
to  the  charge  of  mercantilism  in  America,  whatever  may  be  the 
thought  of  the  prudence  or  wisdom  of  the  adventure.  That  such 
voyages  are  undertaken  every  day  needs  no  proof;  the  fact  ties 
patent  to  everyone.  There  is  a  distinction  made,  it  is  true,  be- 
tween a  poor  woman  who  marries  a  rich  man  and  a  poor  man 
who  marries  a  rich  woman,  but  the  distinction  is  rather  imagin- 
ary than  real.  The  only  conclusive  answer  to  the  matter  is  this: 
It  is  woman's  prerogative  to  marry  money.  But  the  distinction 
sometimes  proceeds  from  sentimental  considerations  and  not 
from  ethical  ones.  Of  course  there  can  be  no  sound  reason  why, 
if  a  certain  amount  of  money  is  to  be  put  into  the  life  partner- 
ship, its  antecedent  possessor  should  belong  to  one  sex  more  than 
to  the  other;  but  certain  it  is  that  nothing  is  deemed  more  in 
"bad  form"  in  America  than  for  a  man  to  have  the  reputation  of 
being  a  fortune-hunter.  While  it  is  admitted  that  his  dependent 
condition  in  a  measure  condones  his  fault,  still  society  will  make 
at  least  unpleasant  remarks  and  unfavorable  comments,  which 
are  not  heard  when  two  young  persons,  no  matter  how  improvl- 
dently  or  unwisely,  have  given  themselves  to  the  subtle  fascina- 
tion of  love's  young  dream.  In  other  countries  the  conditions 
are  exactly  reversed.  The  stock  in  trade  of  the  English  novelist, 
who  is  the  most  accurate  historian  of  the  manners,  customs,  and 
current  thoughts  of  the  people,  is  the  infraction  of  the  rule  of 
prudence  and  self-interest  in  marriages.  We  are  all  familiar  with 
the  hopeless  passions  of  younger  eons,  who  are  dubbed  "detri- 
mentals," for  the  women  of  their  choice ;  we  have  read, 
time  out  of  mind,  of  the  recuperation  of  the  fortunes  of  a 
noble  family  by  that  which  tbey  call  a  plebeian  marriage.  Are 
not  these  things  sufficient  to  account  for  the  greater  virility,  dash, 
and  independence  of  the  American  people  as  compared  with  those 
of  Europe?  For  there  is  no  denying  that  the  progeny  of  love 
marriages  must  be  better  than  those  resulting  from  a  mercantile 
union.  We  have  apparently  one  factor  in  the  evolution  of  the 
American  people  that  alone,  other  things  being  equal,  should  be 
sufficient  to  place  them  in  the  lead  of  nations  in  all  that  ex- 
presses high  human  achievement. 


WINE    GROWERS    FAIL    TO    ORGANIZE. 

WHAT  had  seemed  like  a  successful  attempt  by  the  wine 
growers  of  California  to  organize  has  been  frustrated,  accord- 
ing to  the  daily  papers,  by  the  arbitrary  conduct  of  C.  A.  Wet- 
more,  who  long  ago  gave  trouble  to  the  men  engaged  in  this 
most  important  industry.  It  has  been  solely  through  lack  of  or- 
ganization that  unscrupulous  dealers  of  San  Francisco  have  been 
enabled,  by  reason  of  the  possession  of  ready  money,  to  buy 
wines  at  a  price  unremunerative  to  the  grower,  to  blend  and 
otherwise  manipulate  them  without  the  consent  of  the  producer, 
and,  having  nothing  else  at  stake  except  an  immediate  profit,  to 
sell  them  under  spurious  labels,  and  generally  to  injure  the  future 
great  industry  of  the  State  and  retard  its  development.  A  great 
need  of  tbe  less  well-to-do  wine  makers,  apart  from  inability  to 
protect  and  market  their  product,  has  been  money,  the  lack  of 
which  has  kept  them  in  the  power  of  the  dealers  by  forcing  them 
to  sell  new  wines  at  any  price  offered.  If  an  organization* 
whether  by  capitalizing  or  otherwise,  can  devise  a  plan  for  estab- 
lishing storage  cellars  and  advancing  money  on  wines,  an  advan- 
tage equally  as  great  as  the  securing  of  marketing  facilities  will 
have  been  accomplished.  For  the  necessary  placing  of  new  wines 
on  the  market  has  been  hitherto  a  serious  damage  to  the  repu- 
tation of  the  wines.  Still  another  very  important  matter  that 
should  be  provided  for  is  to  encourage  individual  makers  to  use 
their  own  labels  on  their  bottled  product.  It  has  been  by  similar 
means  that  individual  orange  growers  and  fruit  canners  have 
made  so  great  a  reputation  for  their  fruits  that  the  prices  they 
secure  in  th«  East  are  far  above  the  average.  Comparatively  few 
wine  growers  have  been  able  to  do  this,  but  where  they  have 
their  profits  have  been  generous.  Certain  plans  proposed  for  tbe 
new  organization  are  admirable,  as,  for  instance,  the  pooling  of 
low-grade  wines  and  their  sale  in  bulk,  allowing  the  high  grades 
to  be  sold  under  individual  labels.  It  will  be  here,  however,  that 
the  unscrupulnus  dealers  will  find  an  opportunity,  and  the  greatest 
care  will  have  to  be  taken  to  see  that  by  means  of  these  low- 
grade  wines  they  do  not  practice  the  very  frauds  which  have 
done' so  much  harm  in  the  past. 

BY  desiring   to  take  the  street  sweeping   business  out   of   the 
hands  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  the  Merchants'  Association 
shows  that  it  has  acted  both  wisely  and  well. 


15,  1894. 


-    PRANCISCO  NKWS  LETTER. 


SAN    QUENTIN    TO    BE    ABANDONED. 

CA  I.I  PORN  I  A  has  tbe  dlattnotton  of  supporting  one-  ol  the  roost 
expensive  government?  <>(  the  Stairs  In  the  1'iiion  of  equal 
population,  and  the  financial  stringency  of  tbe  past  year  bas 
brought  tbis  fact  more  directly  to  tbe  attention  of  tbe  people. 
There  is  a  bealtby  sigo  in  many  of  tbe  suggestions  tbat  are  now 
bein*  made  on  a  line  of  economy  tn  tbe  administration  of  public 
affair*.  It  is  not  tbe  matter  of  official  salaries  that  cuts  so  grave 
a  figu'e  in  appropriation  bills  at  eacb  session  of  tbe  Legislature. 
Tbe  salaries  are  none  too  large  for  tbe  services  rendered,  bnt  the 
support  of  a  large  number  of  useless  commissions  and  superflu- 
ous charitable  and  reformatory  institutions  that  have  been 
created,  as  a  result  of  tbe  most  flagrant  political  jobbery,  is  what 
drains  tbe  pockets  of  tbe  people  and  the  life-blood  from  the 
arteries  of  trade  by  taxation.  It  is  said  that  the  State  Board  of 
Prison  Directors  have  determined  to  recommend  in  their  coming 
biennial  report  that  t*ie  San  Quenlin  prison  be  abandoned  and 
tbat  necessary  additions  be  made  to  tbe  building  at  Folsom  to 
provide  for  the  incarceration  of  all  the  criminals  of  the  State  at 
tbat  prison.  It  is  estimated  tbat  the  property  belonging  to  the 
Slate  at  San  Quentin  can  be  disposed  of  for  a  sum  sufficient  to 
cover  tbe  greater  part  of  the  expense  in  making  the  change,  in- 
cluding tbe  erection  of  such  additional  buildings  as  may  be  re- 
quired. Tbe  San  Quentin  prison  is  not,  and  never  was.  a  safe 
one  for  the  confinement  of  a  vicious  criminal  class.  There  was 
no  care  exercised  in  its  location  and  no  system  in  its  construc- 
tion. It  is  simply  a  piece  of  patchwork  constructed  to  meet  the 
exigencies  of  the  times,  and  has  been  a  very  expensive  one  at 
that.  Tbe  money  that  has  been  expended  in  planting  extensive 
manufacturing  industries  bas  been  practically  squandered.  The 
State  may  exercise  tbe  right  to  establish  such  institutions  to  be 
operated  by  tbe  inmates,  but  it  is  a  question  as  to  whether  it  was 
the  proper  thing  to  do  and  bring  the  results  of  convict  labor  in 
competition  with  the  honest  labor  of  the  industrial  classes.  The 
prison  site  at  Folsom  is  one  of  the  most  appropriate  that  could 
possibly  have  been  selected.  It  is  situated  on  a  bluff  overlooking 
the  American  River,  and  surrounded  by  a  highly  cultivated 
region.  The  hills  adjacent  to  the  prison  are  almost  solid  granite 
of  the  most  valuable  kind  for  building  purposes.  The  prison 
building  is  one  of  tbe  uio;i  substantial,  as  well  as  one  of  the  most 
modern  and  complete  in  all  its  appointments,  in  tbe  United 
Btates,  lacking  only  the  capacity  to  confine  the  number  now 
under  sentence  in  the  State  for  crimes.  Any  necessary  additions 
can  be  made  at  Folsom  at  less  expense  for  material  than  at  any 
other  locality  in  the  State.  All  the  facilities  that  may  be  required 
to  furnish  motive  power  for  manufacturing  purposes,  both  as  to 
water  and  electricity,  are  there.  The  proposition  to  inaugurate  a 
system  of  industries  to  teach  the  convicts  trades,  that  they  may 
be  prepared  to  earn  a  living  when  discharged  from  the  prison,  is 
worthy  of  the  consideration  of  all  those  who  study  tbe  science  of 
penology.  There  is  humanity  in  it  as  well.  The  combination  of 
these  two  institutions  at  Folsom  will  prove  a  wise  stroke  of 
economy,  and  will  save  tbe  people  of  the  State  thousands  of  dol- 
lars annually.  The  transfer  can  be  made  without  impairing  the 
usefulness  of  the  industrial  plants  owned  by  the  State  in  any 
way.  Now  let  the  economical  epidemic  continue.  Tbere  are  five 
asylums  for  the  insane  running  at  an  expense  of  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  dollars  annually.  At  least  two  could  be  abandoned. 
The  one  at  Ukiah  was  tbe  result  of  a  job,  and  as  useless  as  it  was 
expensive  to  the  State.  It  could  be  abandoned  and  permitted  to 
stand  as  a  monument  of  personal  perfidy  and  extravagant  polit- 
ical jobbery.  It  would  cut  off  a  vast  amount  of  expense  to  the 
taxpayers,  and  with  it  the  Agnews  institution,  which  is  so  mis- 
erably located  in  Santa  Clara  County.  It  really  looks  as  though 
the  hard  times  wave  was  operating  in  a  way  to  force  officials  of 
the  8tate  government   to  recognize  the  necessity  for  economy. 


AN    ABLE    ARGUMENT. 


IN  his  argument  before  the  Supreme  Court  last  Tuesday,  Henry 
E.  Highton,  attorney  for  Alice  Edith  Blythe,  raked  up  the 
embers  of  the  case  and  started  a  new  blaze.  In  reviewing  the 
argument  of  tbe  attorneys  for  Florence  Blythe  Hinckley,  the 
reputed  daughter  of  Thomas,  Mr.  Highton  made  the  point  very 
forcibly  that  those  gentlemen  were  complacently  resting  upon 
tbe  decision  of  the  lower  court  (before  which  Mrs.  Blythe's  case 
had  not  been  formally  and  fully  presented),  and  that  they  trusted 
tbe  Supreme  Court  would  rest  and  determine  as  complacently 
without  an  examination  of  tbe  record.  It  was  upon  the  record, 
and  the  record  alone,  that  Mr.  Highton  expressed  his  willingness 
to  rest  his  client's  case.  He  then  went  into  the  record  and  pro- 
duced a  powerful  array  of  uncontradicted  testimony  running  in 
favor  of  the  proposition  that  Mrs.  Blythe  was  Thomas  Blythe's 
acknowledged  wife  and  in  opposition  to  any  reasonable  assump- 
tion tbat  Florence  was  his  child.  The  moral  aspects  of  the  case 
as  he  presented  them  were  particularly  interesting,  showing  that 
both  sentiment  and  law  require  the  stricteat  proof  in  establishing 
the  paternity  of  a  bastard  and  at  the  same  time  extend  generous 
aid  to  reasonable  claims  of  wifehood.  He  made  it  clear  that  Mrs. 
Blythe,  during  the  time  that  she  lived  with  Blythe,  was  never 
paid  a  salary. 


MR.     BLAINE'S    SUCCESSOR. 


CUNGRBS8MAN  RKIP  is  now  the  most  conspicuous  candidate 
in  the  country  for  the  Republican  Presidential  nomination, 
and  he  is  pushing  himself  forward  with  all  the  vigor  of  nature. 
Even  Mr.  McKinley,  not  so  long  ago  the  idol  of  the  party  through 
the  accident  of  his  having  introduced  a  tariff  bill,  is  almost  for- 
gotten, for  the  strong  man  ol  Maine  overshadows  him,  Not  con- 
tent with  taking  to  himself  tbe  credit  for  tbe  great  Republican 
victory  in  his  State,  he  bas  announced  bis  intention  to  invade 
Ohio  in  the  interest  of  his  party,  and  carries  bis  supreme  assur- 
ance to  the  length  of  choosing  Mr.  McKinley  as  his  stump  com- 
panion, manifestly  for  tbe  purpose  of  enabling  tbe  voters  to  com- 
pare his  own  superior  abilities  with  the  more  modest  gifts  of  his 
associate.  This  is  the  shrewdest  stroke  of  all,  for  Mr.  Reid  bas 
just  the  style  to  capture  those  who  take  their  political  instruc- 
tion from  stump  orators.  He  is  bold,  witty,  sarcastic,  and  ready 
of  tongue  though  not  magnetic.  In  ability  to  torn  a  phrase  and 
twist  an  idea  he  bas  no  equal  in  America.  No  man  in  Congress 
has  been  a  match  for  his  coolness,  readiness,  and  audacity.  He 
belongs  to  that  class  of  cold  cynics  who  know  how  to  play  on  the 
intellectual  weaknesses  of  men.  There  is  nota  public  man  in  the 
country  to  compare  with  him.  He  lacks  the  sympathies  of 
Blaine  and  tbe  proud,  stern  loyalty  of  Conkling,  but  he  surpasses 
them  both  in  intellectual  alertness.  He  is  the  perfection  of  the 
type  to  which  the  great  Republican  leaders  of  recent  years  have 
tended,  which  means  to  say  that  in  bis  cold  cynicism,  shrewd- 
ness, and  mental  adroitness  he  stands  as  the  perfect  representa- 
tive of  tbe  interests  of  the  rich  as  against  those  of  the  masses. 
The  Republican  party  has  been  forced  by  President  Cleveland  to 
array  itself  in  fact  as  well  as  in  name  against  a  broad  democracy, 
and  none  knows  that  fact  better  than  Mr.  Reid.  This  is  why,  in 
his  speeches  in  the  Maine  campaign,  he  never  once  asserted  that 
his  party  would  make  an  attempt  to  restore  the  McKinley  tariff, 
and  contented  himself  with  general  abuse  of  the  Democratic  party 
and  a  desire  to  see  its  downfall  accomplished  through  a  test  of 
the  Wilson  bill.  He  is  too  shrewd  either  to  threaten  the  people 
with  further  disturbance  of  the  tariff  in  case  of  Republican  vic- 
tory, or  to  declare  that  protection  is  the  chief  end  of  a  customs 
law. 


AN    ADDITION    TO    THE    PARK. 


THE  Park  Commissioners  have  purchased  the  beautiful  Japan- 
ese gardens,  which  were  such  an  attractive  feature  of  the 
Midwinter  Fair,  and  they  will  be  fitted  up  and  arranged  for  the 
comfort  of  the  public.  It  has  always  seemed  a  pity  to  think  that 
the  gardens  would  be  destroyed  with  the  Fair  buildings  and  other 
attractions,  and  it  did  not  take  much  to  prevail  on  the  Park  Com- 
missioners to  purchase  them.  In  the  Uoited  States  there  is  prob- 
ably not  another  attraction  like  this;  it  is  the  handiwork  of  Jap- 
anese in  every  respect,  and  was  known  as  one  of  the  strongest 
buildings  in  the  fair  grounds.  The  purchase  includes  the  Shuro- 
no-mon,  the  belfry  gateway;  the  Ni-ki-yacbiki,  the  two-storied 
house  with  five  rooms  all  covered  with  mats;  tbe  Shojo,  sliding 
doors,  and  the  Kara  Kami,  painted  sliding  panels.  The  donations 
tbat  go  with  the  purchase  include  all  of  the  planted  trees  and  the 
grounds,  the  Hogto-chaya,  tea  house  on  the  lake;  the  three  small 
buildings  built  of  mats,  the  restaurant  building,  bamboo  trellis 
near  the  entrance,  the  bamboo  enclosure  for  storks,  the  Sori- 
nashi,  semi-circular  bridge;  the  pair  of  live  storkes,  the  loDg- 
tailed  chickens,  and  the  large  and  valuable  collection  of  potted 
dwarf  trees.  This  is,  indeed,  a  valuable  collection,  and  San  Fran- 
ciscans should  feel  proud  of  it.  It  was  due  to  tbe  untiring  efforts 
of  George  T.  Marsh  that  the  purchase  was  made,  and  Mr.  Marsh 
has  kindly  agreed  to  take  charge  and  superintend  the  work  of 
arranging  the  grounds.  It  is  Mr.  Marsh's  intention  to  remove 
the  theatre  and  bazaar  buildings,  and  to  improve  the  grounds  as 
much,  as  possible.  The  gardens  will  be  opened  to  the  public 
as  soon  as  completed,  and  tea  will  be  served  to  visitors  by  Jap- 
anese maidens  in  native  dress. 


RECENTLY  the  News  Letter,  in  discussing  Mgr.  Satolli's  rul- 
ing in  tbe  case  appealed  from  Columbus,  called  attention  to 
the  fact  that  the  temperance  sentiment  is  growing  in  the  Catho- 
lic Church,  and  that,  extraordinary  to  relate,  Catholic  societies 
are  cordially  co-operating  with  Protestant  societies  to  supresstbe 
evils  of  intemperance.  Now  comes  a  rumor  equally  as  impor- 
tant— namely,  that  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  a  secret  benevolent 
association  of  great  strength,  has  made  a  law  that  liquor  sellers 
shall  not  be  admitted  to  membership  in  the  order.  As  Germans, 
who  are  free  but  rational  drinkers,  are  very  strong  in  that 
society,  and  as  very  many  Germans  in  this  country  are  engaged 
in  the  beer  and  liquor  business,  this  rule,  if  the  rumor  be  true,  is 
remarkable  and  significant.  What  do  the  older  fraternal  orders 
think  of  it  ?  Granted  that  some  of  them  have  a  tacit  rule  to  the 
same  effect,  enforcible  with  tbe  black-ball,  how  many  of  them 
have  promulgated  a  formal  order  to  that  effect  ?  And,  consider- 
ing all  that  is  vital  to  humanity,  what  do  they  think  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  for  making  the  rule  so  openly? 


SAN  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  15,1894. 


tc^s 


r,£.=i^  foe",  ' 

-T*J-»,- -rca'        „ 

"TO  VbJ. 


F  the  Japanese  jmtsme  these  were 
my  first  impressions;  bat  to  com- 
mence with  the  foremost  figure 
in  the  Empire,  it  must  be  with 
Young  Japan.  He  is  a  little  fel- 
low, who  invariably  has  a  contempt  for 
everyone  but  himself,  and  toward  the  foreigner  ibis  feeling  is 
combined  with  considerable  jealousy  and  ill  feeling,  in  spite  of 
his  untiring  efforts  to  master  the  customs  and  manners  of  the 
latter.  As  he  approached  me,  dressed  in  a  puffed  and  puckered 
cap,  a  loud,  ill-fitting  suit  of  checks,  a  blazing  red  cravat,  and  im- 
possible gaiters,  it  became  apparent  that  he  had  decided  to  con- 
verse with  me,  so  greeted  me  with,  "Gooda  day."  I  replied, 
••Good  day."  He  then  asked,  "Yon  English  speak?"  I  said, 
"I  think  so."  "  I  sink  so,"  be  soliloquized.  »  That  is  very  kind 
of  you,"  I  answered;  but  this  not  being  in  the  First  Reader,  he 
held  out  his  hand,  saying,  "Gooda  bye."  I  helplessly  gave  him 
my  hand,  but  the  art  of  handshaking  he  had  not    mastered,    and 

-,  be  slid  his  hand  through 
ck«'to!  ir*»*^i  '  mine  in  a  manner  that 
carried  me  back  to  the 
days  when  I  used  to  go 
eel  fishing,  and  caused  me 
nearly  to  lose  my  arm  in 
endeavoring  to  clutch  it. 
I  had  to  admire  that  fel- 
low as  he  departed  with 
all  the  seriousness  of  a 
backwoods  lawyer. 

I  had  been  dead  to  the 
surroundings,  and  on  re- 
covery found  myself  the 
center  of  attraction  of  a 
lot  of  bald-heads,  enough 
to  be  the  envy  of  any  bal- 
let. There  was  quantity 
'^^■^^g^gir    :    ~'\r^'  if   not  quality;  but  how 

-^^^  had    I   come    to    deserve 

such  notoriety?  Some 
were  unshorn,  and  all  ap- 
peared to  suffer  from 
severe  cold  in  the  head,  a 
malady  prevalent  in  Japan.  By  the  way,  a  handkerchief  is  a 
luxury  there,  and  is  manufactured  for  foreigners  only. 

The  foreign  press  of  Yokohama  was  to  be  entertained  at  the 
Koyo  Kwan,  or  Maple  Club,  and  an  invitation  having  been  ex- 
tended to  me,  I  was  thither  bound.  "If  yer  don't  know  yer 
way  ask  a  p'liceman,"  and  I  made  towards  a  figure  displaying  a 
double  row  of  brass  buttons  on  a  dismal  black  suit  which  fitted 
him  too  snugly.  In  the  umbrage  of  a  pine  he  was  poising  on 
one  foot  within  a  small  circle  where  the  grass  had  ceased  to  grow. 
The  p'licemen  are  men  of  long  standing  in  the  community,  judg- 
ing from  the  smoothly  worn  basins  which  dotted  the  city  in  all 
of  its  cosiest  nooks.  I  inquired  the  direction  of  the  Koyo  Kwan, 
which  inquiry  must  be  contempt  of  court  there,  for  he  "darted  his 
little  piercing  black  eyes  seemingly  right  at  my  very  soul,  but  ex- 
perience had  fortunately  encased  it  in  an  im- 
penetrable hide.  I  was  glad  to  escape  alive. 
I  saw  fifteen  of  these  puny  little  fellows  arrest- 
ing a  Jack  tar  for  overstaying  his  leave,  and  it 
took  them  an  hour  to  carry  him  two  blocks. 
A  higher  grade  of  the  constabulary  carries  a 
sword.  This  man  especially  is  to  be  given  a 
wide  berth,  and  should  the  Mikado  be  any- 
where near  it  is  advisable  to  follow  the  exam- 
ple of  the  people  and  descend  from  any  posi- 
tion from  which  it  would  be  necessary  for  you 
to  look  down  to  view  His  Majesty.  Just  be- 
fore my  arrival  in  Japan  great  excitement  pre- 
vailed over  the  fact  of  an  American  resident 
having  had  his  hat  cut  from  his  head  for  not 
removing  it  when  the  Emperor  passed.  It  was 
a  miracle  that  bis  scalp  did  not  accompany  his 
h-ftt.  Young  Japan. 

In  taking  a  stroll  through  the  cities  one's  attention  is  drawn  in 
all  directions  by  the  words,  l,choito,  irasshai,"  emanating  from 


the  heads  of  little  musmes  peering  through  a  chink  in  the  paper 
partitions  of  their  houses,  or  openly  from  benches  arranged  in 
shady  bower  for  guests.  The  jinrikisba  men  and  everything 
with  motion  aeema  to  run  to  the  time  of  "Ckoi- 
to-iras-shaV  I  would  find  myself  singing  it  to  the 
tune  of  all  the  ditties,  varying  according  to  my 
a  humor.  It  was  now  in  time  with  the  click,  clock, 
,  of  the  wooden  clogs  of  a  little  musme  approaching. 
When  I  looked  up  at  her  she  beamed  such  a  radi- 
ant little  smile  upon  me,  which  called  for  some- 
thing from  me;  so  I  gave  her  the  '■•choito,  irasshai," 
my  vocabulary  of  the  Japanese  language.  It  took 
effect,  for  she  stopped.  So  I  fumbled  about  for 
my  phrase  book  to  assist  me  in  asking  her  the  di- 
rection. I  knew  I  was  in  the  district,  so  to  give 
her  the  number  of  the  house  would  be  sufficient. 
I  stammered  out  something  like  '-go  hyakv  roku," 
etc.,  and  she  smiled  again  and  answered,  ".ffeA." 
I  was  satisfied  now  and  waited  for  more  to  follow, 
but  got  only  smiles.  After  half  a  dozen  fruitless 
Policeman.  attempts  I  tried  a  few  phrases  with  the  same  re- 
sult—only  more  smiles  and  giggles.  I  was  getting  desperate,  so 
I  showed  her  the  number  in  English,  and  she  replied,  ■' So-oh?  " 
with  an  expression  of  relief  in  which  I  heartily  concurred.  Eng- 
lish figures  are  used  in  the  Japanese  schools  now,  and — well,  I 
presented  the  lit- 
tle musme  with  the 
phrase  book.  Sir 
Edwin  Arnold's 
musme  was  not 
half  so  angelic  as 
this  one,  as  she 
put  me  on  the 
right  track  and 
continued  on  her 
click,  clock,  click, 
clock.  A  few 
paces  brought  me 
to  a  pretty  little 
garden,  where  I 
was  beti  ged  by  a 
bevy  of  beauiy, 
which  proceeded 
to  remove  my  bat 
and  boots,  but  for- 
tunately this  was 
all  that  was  necessary  to  permit  my  entering  the  Koyo  Kwan. 


A  well-dressed  man  is  proud  of  his  furnishing  goods,  and  every 
well-dressed  man  knows  that  John  W.  Garmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
keeps  the  finest  and  latest  line  in  the  city. 

When  your  food  has  no  relish,  the  stomach  needs  to  be  cleansed  and 
strengthened  by  a  dose  or  two  of  Ayer's  Pills. 


Haas  Brothers, 


Grocers. 


100  and  102  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 
New  York  Office,  17  William  Street. 
IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE 


Agency  of  the  Napa  Consolidated  Q. 
M.  Co.'s,  and  the  /Etna  Consolidated 
Q.    M.   Co.'s    QUICKSILVER, 


P.  O.  Box  2089.    Telephone  No.  274. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

213     California  Street. 


16,  1894 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

|Bt    Di      Vnxoj.l 

N  ATT  RALLY  the  churches  could  not  have  been  expected  to 
Indorse  the  action  of  the  Native  Sons  in  carrying  out  any 
part  of  their  celebration  on  Snnday.  No  one  will  resent  any 
criticisms  which  they  may  make  on  that  score.  Our  local  clergy 
have  not  been  slow  to  improve  the  occasion  to  raise  their  voices 
against  the  desecration  to  the  day  of  rest.  Bat  if  tbe  Reverend 
Mr.  Dille  has  been  correctly  reported,  let  tbe  descendants  of  pio- 
neers— of  tbe  men  who  saw  and  seized  upon  tbe  possibilities  of 
this  great  8tate — rebuke  him  for  being  led  by  his  desire  for  anti- 
thetical sentences  into  making  another  of  those  pulpit  exaggera- 
tions which  are  alike  the  disgrace  of  his  cloth  and  the  abomina- 
tion of  all  honest  men.  In  speaking  of  the  pioneers,  Mr.  Dille 
said:  "  Unlike  the  Pilgrims,  they  emigrated  in  order  to  obtain 
freedom  from  worship,  instead  of  freedom  of  worship.  They 
came  not  for  conscience,  but  for  coin."  Tbe  pioneers  came  to 
California  inspired  by  a  love  of  adventure  and  a  desire  to  better 
their  worldly  condition.  Ambition  is  one  of  tbe  qualities  which 
distinguishes  man  from  the  brutes  that  perish.  They  came  for 
coin,  just  as  a  minister  leaves  bis  little  country  church  for  a  larger 
congregation  and  an  increased  salary,  only  the  pioneers  were  not 
so  hypocritical  as  to  their  motives  and  did  not  cant  about  the 
Lord's  call,  wbicb  generally  is  loudest  in  the  direction  of  the 
auditor's  interests. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Dille  bad  better  get  out  of  himself  and  look  back 
over  the  history  of  early  days  in  California.  He  will  find  that 
the  pioneers  hastened  to  plant  churches,  to  establish  schools,  and 
to  send  for  their  wives  and  children  that  they  might  be  surroun.led 
by  woman's  influence  and  the  joys  of  family  life.  Has  tbe  Rev- 
erend Mr.  Dille  ever  beard  of  the  miners  who  commanded  a 
theatre  orchestra  to  stop  playing  that  they  might  hear  a  baby  cry  ? 
It  ill  becomes  a  Methodist  clergyman,  whose  denomination  has 
fared  so  well  at  the  hands  of  the  pioneers  of  1849  and  their  de- 
scendants, to  slander  the  men  who  are  in  their  graves,  and  whom, 
many  of  them,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dille  has  helped  to  bury. 

This  is  a  good  time  to  be  wary  of  counterfeit  gold  coins  and 
plugged  silver.  Watch  the  car  conductor,  who  may  cleverly  palm 
the  piece  you  give  him  when  you  are  reading  your  paper,  for  he 
is  quite  apt  to  give  it  a  quick  shuttle  with  the  other  coins  in  bis 
hand  and  hand  you  back  a  piece — not  necessarily  your  own 
piece — with  the  remark,  <>  It's  got  a  hole  in  it."  Yon  can't  accuse 
him  of  sleight-of-hand,  though  you  know  be  did  it. 

l(  What  can  be  done  with  a  plugged  piece  ?  Pass  it  again  ? 
Hardly.  Besides,  it  is  not  well  to  carry  plugged  coin  or  counter- 
feits in  one's  purse.  Circumstances  might  arise  in  which  their 
presence  would  be  difficult  to  explain  with  satibfdetion  to  an  offi- 
cer of  the  law.  It  is  often  commented  upon  as  an  instance  of  the 
depravity  of  human  nature  that  people  put  plugged  coins  in  the 
contribution  box.  This  is  capable  of  being  defended  in  this  wise: 
A  plugged  quarter  is  worth  twenty-two  cents,  perhaps  less.  Its 
possessor  does  not  wish  to  pass  it.  He  thinks  it  ought  to  be  with- 
drawn from  circulation,  and  he  knows  that  the  church  officers 
sell  such  coins  for  what  they  will  bring  as  silver.  He  drops  the 
money  in  tbe  plate  and  mentally  expects  the  Lord  to  credit  him 
with  what  it  may  be  worth  as  old  silver,  not  with  its  face  value. 
No  deception  is  attempted,  no  goods  are  obtained  under  false  pre- 
tenses. But  when  an  elder  in  a  church  gives  a  plugged  half-dollar 
to  a  little  girl  in  payment  for  two  Sunday  School  entertainment 
tickets,  as  one  once  did  to  me,  he  is  a  sneak-thief,  and  the  Lord 
knows  it  as  well  as  I. 

This  is  an  age  of  definitions.  What  is  a  woman's  woman?  is  a 
question  often  asked,  and  varied  have  been  the  answers  to  that 
qnestion.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  she  who  is  a  favorite  with  her 
own  sex  is  never  a  coquette,  nor  does  her  popularity  depend 
upon  her  personal  beauty.  She  is  broad-minded,  sympathetic, 
frank,  and  friendly  with  men  and  with  women.  She  is  unselfish, 
and  takes  an  interest  in  what  interests  others.  She  does  not 
imagine  that  every  man  who  shows  her  a  polite  attention  is  in 
love  with  her.  She  is  not  always  trying  to  enlarge  her  circle  of 
acquaintances  among  gentlemen.  She  will  not  cultivate  other 
girls  just  for  the  sake  of  their  brothers  or  their  friends.  She  will 
not  try  to  take  away  another  girl's  admirer  <>  just  for  the  fun  of 
the  thing."  She  will  not  be  jealous  when  a  gentleman  she  knows 
is  polite  to  another  lady.  She  will  not  imagine  that  she  can  gain 
the  friendship  of  any  man  by  telling  him  all  the  mean  little 
things  she  knows  about  other  girls.  She  will  not  gossip  about 
men  to  her  girl  friends.  She  will  not  claim  every  gentleman  who 
ever  danced  with  her,  or  served  her  with  an  ice  cream,  or  called 
upon  her,  as  "an  old  beau  of  mine."  Neither  will  she  remark 
"That  man  once  wanted  to  marry  me,"  nor  will  she  enumerate 
the  conquests  she  has  made  and  the  eligible  offers  she  has  re- 
fused. 

She  will  not,  this  girl  who  is  popular  with  her  own  sex,  criticize 
her  friends  either  to  their  faces  or  behind  their  backs.  She  will 
not,  under  the  plea  of  "telling  the  truth,"  or  of  "speaking  in  all 

The  very  latest  in  art  novelties  and  pictures  are  constantly  heing  re- 
ceived at  8.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  6treet. 


kindness,"  say  hateful  thing*  about  her  friend's  friends,  conduct, 
or  dresa.  She  will  not  rush  up  to  another  woman  and  take  all 
her  self-satisfaction  out  of  a  new  dress,  or  bonnet,  by  pretending 
to  pull  out  a  basting  thread,  or  to  set  a  bat  on  straight.  Some 
women,  under  the  pretense  of  setting  things  straight,  can  make 
their  victim  thoroughly  unhappy. 

The  woman's  woman  will  be  willing  to  entertain  women,  and 
not  want  to  monopolize  a  notable  guest,  be  that  guest  man  or 
woman.  She  will  be  able  to  entertain  more  than  one  person  at  a 
time.  She  will  not  be  afraid  to  introduce  her  friends  to  each 
other,  and  she  will  not  be  envious  of  those  who  are  more  liber- 
ally endowed  with  this  world's  goods  than  she  is  herself.  8he 
will  be  amiable,  although  not  witbont  spirit.  Her  friends  will 
feel  that  they  can  trust  her,  that  she  will  not  throw  them  over 
for  the  sake  of  gaining  some  man's  attentions. 

Above  all.  tbe  wAman's  woman  is  not  one  who  attracts  men 
because  of  an  indefinable  aoraeibing  that  is  be-t  defined  by  the 
phrase — a  suspicion  of  accessibility. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  15, 1894. 


1  We    Obev    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's.' 


THE  liviDg  picture  industry  has  come  to  stay.  Success  has 
claimed  it  for  her  own,  and  under  the  guidance  of  artistic 
verisimilitude  it  has  proved  both  instructive  and  entertaining.  The 
series  that  are  being  presented  at  the  California  Theatre  this  week, 
in  conjunction  with  Friends,  are  exceedingly  attractive  and  are 
just  about  as  close  a  representation  of  their  originals  as  one  could 
expect  to  see.  Mr.  Solly  Walter,  the  artist,  arranged  the  detail? 
and  did  the  posing,  and  he  did  both  in  such  a  way  that  the  pic- 
tures do  not  come  under  the  ban  of  the  critical  eye  as  much  as 
under  that  of  the  sensational  one.  But  that  is  no  fault  of  Mr. 
Walter's;  it  is  the  fault  of  the  audience.  If  living  pictures  were 
as  ancient  as  the  arts  we  might  be  tempted  to  look  on  them  with 
the  same  lingering  satisfaction  with  which  we  would  gaze  at  a 
real  canvas;  bet  they  are  only  things  of  the  moment  and  it  can  be 
hardly  expected  that  in  the  servility  of  translation  the  epirit  of 
the  original  will  hot  evaporate.  "  Under  Love's  Guidance  "  is 
charmingly  represented,  "  Music  "  is  very  good,  "Cupid  on  the 
Watch  "  iB  one  of  the  prettiest  in  the  lot,  and  "The  Fates  "  is 
really  artistic.  The  production  of  E.  Bayard's  "  An  Affair  of 
Honor"  and  its  companion  piece,  >«  The  Reconciliation,"  were  the 
most  ambitious  of  the  lot  and  both  pictures  were  praiseworthy. 
'<  In  Punishment,"  "  The  Fishermaiden,"  "  Tne  Hand  that  Rocks 
the  Cradle  Rules  the  World,"  "  In  the  Moonlight,"  and  "  At  the 
Brook,"  and  especially  those  in  which  the  children  took  part, 
were  dainty  and  expressive.  Each  picture  was  accompanied  by 
appropriate  music,  and  the  young  lady  in  the  pink  tights,  who 
paid  so  much  attention  to  her  pronunciation  when  she  announced 
the  subjects  and  their  authors,  was  something  of  a  feature  also. 

*  »  * 

The  play  which  precedes  the  living  pictures,  and  which  opened 
the  winter  season  at  the  California,  is  Friends,  a  comedy-drama  by 
Edwin  Milton  Royle.  To  the  average  theatre-goer  it  contains 
many  dramatic  incidents  of  a  staple  nature;  it  is  exciting, 
pathetic,  worldly,  and  appealing;  it  is  well-written  and  contains 
some  good  characters,  and  its  interest  is  not  far  from  being  genu- 
ine. It  is  not  as  full  of  momentary  surprises  as  a  great  many 
dramas  are,  but  the  scenes  lead  up  from  one  to  another  by  very 
effective  dove-tailing;  something  that  Mr.  Royle  may  place  to  his 
credit  as  a  playwright.  It  is  not  without  incongruities,  however, 
and  some  of  them  are  not  of  a  mild  order.  When  it  was  seen  here 
before,  it  was  acted  fairly  well;  this  time  it  is  acted  much  better. 
One  of  the  strongest  pieces  of  work  on  the  stage  is  the  acting  of  E. 
D.  Lyons,  the  opium  fiend.  It  was  without  exaggeration  and  truly 
characteristic.  Miss  Selina  Fetter  Royle  and  Edwin  Milton  Royle, 
the  author  of  Friends,  played  their  original  roles.  Lucius  Hender- 
son, in  his  earnest  desire  to  become  heroic,  slightly  overpowers 
his  acting  with  his  intensity  to  make  the  audience  aware  of  the 
fact.  His  piano  solos  were  rendered  very  well.  Harry  Allen 
gave  a  good  performance  of  one  of  those  stately,  kind-hearted, 
puffy,  old  stage-gentlemen,  wbo  usually  put  the  audience  in  good 
humor.  The  play  and  the  pictures  will  remain  at  the  California 
for  another  week. 

*  *  * 

Brandon  Thomas's  farce,  Charley's  Aunt,  seems  to  have  attracted 
the  public  fancy  here,  just  as  it  has  in  the  East  and  in  Europe.  It 
has  crowded  the  Baldwin  during  the  present  week  and  promises 
to  do  so  during  the  next.  After  its  run,  the  Baldwin  will  be 
closed  for  a  short  period  and  will  re-open  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ken- 
dal in  Arthur  W.  Pinero's  celebrated  morality  drama,  The  Second 
Mrs.  Tanqueray. 

*  *  # 

The  new  spectacular  burlesque  (Don  Juan  ad  lib),  which  will 
receive  its  first  production  at  the  Tivoli  oo  Monday  night,  is  by 
John  P.  Wilson  and  Joseph  Hirschbach.  It  is  in  three  acts  and 
five  scenes,  and  from  a  reading  of  the  argument,  one  is  led  to  be- 
lieve that  the  author  has  considered  his  plot  to  be  nothing  more 
than  a  side  issue.  There  are  plenty  of  characters  in  it,  and  they 
all  Beem  to  be  funny  ones.  The  cast  will  include  Miss  Gracie 
Plaisted,  Miss  Salinger,  Miss  WUbou,  and  Messrs.  Hartman, 
Leary,  Raffael,  Branson,  Olmi,  and  the  author,  too. 

*  *  * 

Something  out  of  the  ordinary  is  the  performance  of  the  San- 
key  Brothers,  the  serpentine  acrobats,  at  the  Orpheum,  this  week. 
They  are  marvelous  in  their  line  of  work,  and  perform  some 
original  feats,  which  make  them  still  more  acceptable.  Bessie 
Phillips,  another  of  the  new  people,  immediately  won  the  favor 
of  the  audience  by  her  clever  singing  and  dancing.  Little  Edna 
Good  is  one  of  the  brightest  children  on  the  stage.  Her  perform- 
ance is  dainty  and  charming,  but  she  does  too  much  for  so 
young  a  child.  The  house  has  been  crowded  every  night  during 
the  week.     Several  new  people  appear  on  Monday  night. 

The  very  latest  in  art  novelties  and  pictures  are  constantly  being  re- 
ceived at  8.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


The  first  concert  in  the  new  auditorium  of  the  new  building  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  took  place  on  Tuesday 
evening.  Mr.  Charles  D.  Kellogg,  of  Philadelphia,,  who  was 
described  on  the  programme  as  a  "bird  warbler,""  made  a  decided 
hit.  His  performance  was  unique.  He  commenced  by  whistling 
Spurdler's  "Ride  of  the  Hussars,"  in  a  plain,  Mrs.  Shaw  style  of 
whistling.  Suddenly  bis  lips  lost  their  pucker,  the  under-lip  was 
drawn  close  to  his  teeth  and  au  explosion  of  shrill  trills  came 
forth.  Mr.  Kellogg  warbled  several  other  numbers  during  the 
evening,  which  were  enthusiastically  received  by  the  audience. 
Mr.  Willis  E.  Bacheller  sang  the  recitation  and  aria  from  Burn- 
aby's  "Rebekah,"  but  not  with  his  usual  voice.  The  California 
Quartette  did  some  very  pleasing  work  in  their  humorous  selec- 
tions. Mrs.  Emily  Stuart-Kellogg  sang  the  aria  Srom  The  Qv^en  of 
Sheba  with  a  good  mezzo-soprano  voice. 
»  *  » 

The  first  of  the  Carr-Beel  Saturday  Pops  will  take  place  next 
Saturday  afternoon.  The  programme  promises  to  be  exceedingly 
interesting,  as  Mr.  Beel  has  secured  a  number  of  compositions, 
several  of  which  will  be  played  for  the  first  time  here.  One  of 
them  is  a  beautiful  trio  by  Imetana,  wbo  was  known  in  his 
native  land  as  the  "Bohemian  Beethoven."  Considerable  interest 
is  attached  to  tbe  vocalist  of  the  occasion,  Miss  Schindler,  who 
has  juet  returned  from  Paris,  where  she  has  been  studying  for 
three  years.     She  makes  a  specialty  of  French  songs. 

#  #  * 
Manager  Friedlander  intends  to  continue  the  living  pictures  at 
tbe  California  for  an  indefinite  period.     The  celebrated   painting, 
the  »  Russian  Wedding  Feast,"  will  be  presented  in  a  few  weeks 

with  all  the  participants. Sir  Arthur  Sullivan  and    Mr.  Frank 

Burnand  are  to  co-operate  in  the  new  opera  for  the  Savoy.  It  is 
now  twenty-six  years  since  those  gentlemen  collaborated  in  this 
line  of  work,  and  the  result  of  the  re-union  is  looked  forward  to 

with  much  interest. Mrs.  Cora  Urquhart  Potter  has  learned  to 

ride  a  bicycle,  and  she  says  that  she  finds  the  exercise  very  in- 
vigorating  The  first  of  tbe  new  plays  that  opened  the  theatri- 
cal season  in  New  York  was  Paul  Potter's  The  Victoria  Cross.  It 
was   presented    by  Sothern  and   his  company,  and  it  failed  to 

make  a  success. On  Monday  evening  Alfred  Farland,  who  is 

modestly  called  "  the  Paganini  of  the  banjo, ""  will  give  a  concert 
at  Metropolitan  Hall.  His  repertoire  consists  of  selections  from 
such  great  masters  as  Rossini,  Dussek,  Beethoven,  Chopin,  Pader- 
ewski,  Schubert,  and  Moskowski.  The  Omaha  Bee  said:  "The 
player  showed  wonderful  technique,  and  created  a  very  strong 
impression  as  beine  a  musician  of  fine  feeling  and  strong  indi- 
viduality."  Miss  Hattie  Nathan,  well  known  inSan  Francisco 

society,  will  give  a  dramatic  and  dialect  recital  at  tbe  Maple 
Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel  on  Thursday  evening,  the  27th  inst. 
—  Augusta  Cottlow,  the  young  pianist  who  charmed  the  public 
last  year,  will  give  shortly  a  series  of  concerts  in  this  city,  under 
the  direction  of  Philip  Hastings. 


Next  week  will  positively  be  the  last  week  and  farewell  appearance 
of  that  most  wonderful  and  interesting  human  auriosity,  Millie 
Christine,  the  two-headed  woman.  All  wbo  have  not  availed  them- 
selves of  the  pleasure  of  seeing  Millie  Christine  should  do  so  before 
it  is  too  late,  for  they  may  never  have  an  opportunity  of  gazing  upon 
the  like  again.  She  gives  daily  receptions,  Sundays  excepted,  at 
917  Market  street.    General  admission,  10  cents. 

Blue  Print  Paper  and  Blue  Prints  made  to  order  in  nur  Architects' 
Supply  Department.    Sanborn,  Yaii  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al.  Hayman  &  Co. Lessees  |  8.  H.  Friedlander  Manager 

Second  and  last  week.  Every  evening,  including-  Smidaiy.  Matinee  Sat- 
urday.   The  hit  of  the  heasou. 

FRIENDS. 

By  Edwin  Milton  Royle.    Management  of  A.  0.  Ai&ton.. 
An  entirely  new  series  of  beautiful 

LlVIXi    PICTURES. 

Next— IN  OLD  KENTUCKY. 

BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

Al  Hayman  &  Co Lessees  and  Managers. 

Monday,  Sept.  17th.    Third  and  last  laughing  week. 
Good-by  presentations  of 

CHARLEY'S    AUNT, 

By  BRANDON  THOMAS. 
Direction  of  Chas.  Frohman. 

Your  last  chance  to  laugh- this  theatrical  year. 


TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Keeling ...Proprietor  and  Manager 

Last  nights.    Gilbert  &  Bull! van's  aesthetic  opera,  PATIENCE. 

In  conjunction  with  the  great  success,  THE:  LIVING  PICTURES  (third 

series). 
Monday,  September  17th, 

DON  JUAN    (adlib.). 

Also,  reappearance  of  GRACIE.  PLAISTED. 

PopDLABPaiCBs  25and50o 


15,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  IXTTER. 


9 


LAWN     TENNIS. 


THE  Sao  Rafael  meeting  for  the  lathes'  singles  and  gentlemen's 
doubles  championships  was  a  very  decided  success,  and  ibe 
on-lookers  were  treated  to  better  exhibitions  of  tennis  and  mora 
severe  contests  than  have  been  witnessed  for  a  considerable  time. 
The  players  were  applauded  for  merit,  and  the  absence  of  partisan 
applause  was  a  feature  well  worthy  of  note.  Kvery  one,  irre- 
spective of  which  club  he  represented,  was  accorded  an  oration 
when  praise  was  due,  and  though  lriends  of  the  defeated  were 
sorry,  they  bad  consolation  in  the  fact  that  better  tennis  bad  sel- 
dom been  seen  at  any  of  our  championship  matches.  This  may 
also  specially  apply  to  tbe  ladies'  singles,  and,  considering  the  in- 
tense heat,  they  all  acquitted  themselves  nobly;  and  should  there 
be  any  more  contest  open  to  tbe  gentler  sex,  we  feel  sure  the  at- 
tendance would  be  much  larger  than  before,  especially  if  tbe  same 
ladies  should  enter.  One  young  lady  in  particular.  Miss  Martha 
Alexander,  has  tbe  making  of  a  great  player;  and  although  handi- 
capped by  a  twisted  ankle  and  a  sore  hand,  made  one  of  the  best 
fights  ever  witnessed,  playing  no  less  than  twenty-two  games  in 
one  set  against  Miss  Bates.  Miss  Alexander  is  very  young,  but 
her  style  is  already  developed,  and  a  very  well-defined  game 
she  plays,  too,  but  with  a  lack,  small  though  it  may  be,  of  sever- 
ity. Her  tennis  future  ought  to  be  a  bright  one,  and  we  shall  be 
disappointed  in  our  judgment  if  she  does  not  meet  Miss  Bee 
Hooper  next  year.  Miss  Eth-1  Bates,  the  runner-up,  played  with 
more  nerve  this  year,  but  was  sadly  lacKing  in  condition.  Her 
vollying  at  times  was  &  trifle  wild,  but,  taking  her  game  all 
through,  she  gave  a  remarkable  performance,  especially  in  her 
first  set  both  with  Miss  Alexander  and  Miss  Hooper.  The  Misses 
Clark,  from  San  Jose,  both  played  a  more  tban  average  game  and 
did  well,  considering  their  opponents,  their  serving  being  quite 
out  of  the  ordinary. 

Of  the  strength  of  the  champion,  Miss  Bee  Hooper,  it  would  re- 
quire a  good  deal  of  space  to  dwell  upon  fully,  but  there  is  no 
doubt  that  she  has  improved  upon  her  last  year's  game.  She 
drives  with  tbe  same  deadly  strong  arm  and  has  improved  won- 
derfully in  judgment,  as  well  as  in  her  back-handed  strokes. 
Time  and  time  when  Miss  Bates  was  at  the  net,  she  would  lob, 
and  lob  accurately  and  gain  the  point.  Her  victory  was  a  well- 
deserved  one,  and  she  never,  from  the  beginning,  showed  any 
signs  of  fatigue,  while  in  most  of  tbe  other  matches  the  young 
ladies  had  very  often  to  rest  between  points  as  well  as  games  and 
sets. 

The  outcome  of  the  gentlemen's  doubles  was  a  surprise  to  every- 
one present,  and  the  interest  in  the  championship  round  was  so 
great  that  quite  a  number  preferred  to  miss  the  last  boat  in  order 
to  see  tbe  finish  of  tbe  finest  and  most  exciting  double  match  we 
have  ever  bad  the  pleasure  of  witnessing.  Up  to  the  champion- 
ship round  De  Long  and  Driscoll  had  no  really  hard  match,  easily 
defeating  Allen  and  Whitney  in  the  finals,  and  were  not  called 
upon  to  do  their  best  until  they  met  the  Messrs.  Hardy,  the  win- 
ners of  last  year's  honors.  The  whole  five  sets  were  played,  and 
played  in  dead  earnest,  every  point  being  bitterly  contested,  and 
Driscoll,  who  had  to  regain  lost  honors  from  Sam  Hardy,  played 
with  clenched  teeth,  and  assistance  from  a  champagne  bottle  in 
the  last  set.  The  tennis  was  nearly  perfect,  and  some  of  the  sets 
were  most  brilliant,  especially  so  when  all  four  players  were  at 
the  net,  and  the  quick  volley  was  used.  George  De  Long  had  a 
partner  this  year  more  than  worthy  of  his  play,  and  the  two 
worked  together  like  clockwork.  The  outcome  of  the  match  in 
De  Long  and  Driscoll's  favor  was  a  very  pleasing  feature  for  the 
latter  player,  who  departed  the  next  day  en  route  for  Europe,  and 
this  victory  will  encourage  him  to  try  and  compete  with  the  Eng- 
lish players  next  year  at  Wimbledon.  Both  he  and  his  partner 
are  very  popular  with  the  boys,  and  everyone  was  glad  to  see 
them  win,  more  so  because  no  one  for  a  moment  believed  they 
could,  and  really  expected  to  see  the  match  go  to  the  Hardys 
at  the  score  of  about  three  sets  to  one.  In  due  justice  to  the  de- 
feated, it  must  be  said  that  Sam  Hardy,  who  had  been  ill  for  two 
weeks  previous  to  the  tournament,  did  not  play  his  usual  game, 
which  made  quite  a  difference  to  the  team.  He  is  generally  so 
accurate  and  cool  in  his  shots,  whereas  in  this  match  he  appeared 
to  be  "flustered,"  and  put  a  number  of  comparatively  easy  lobs 
either  into  the  net  or  out  of  court.  It  also  seemed  to  us  that  Sum- 
ner Hardy  drove  more  balls  into  the  net  than  was  his  wont,  but 
they  took  their  defeat,  as  they  always  take  their  victories,  with 
the  same  quiet,  gentlemanly  grace  that  has  always  distinguished 
them,  and  no  doubt  will  be  favorably  heard  from  next  year. 

The  committee  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  success  of  this 
meeting,  which  passed  off  without  a  hitch  and  without  com- 
plaints, and  it  is  really  pleasing  to  notice  that  there  is  now 
a  revival  of  interest  in  the  game,  and  we  hope  that  the 
entries  in  the  future  will  not  be  as  small  as  at  both  these  meetings. 

Carr  Neel  has  not  been  classed  in  the  first  ten  players  of 
America,  which  is  quite  a  source  of  disappointment  to  his  friends 
here.  They  thought  be  was  entitled  to  a  classification  after  his 
performance,  but  it  appears  be  is  not  well  enough  known  yet  in 
the  East.     The  first   ten  players   are,  according   to  the  ranking 

For  the  most  artistic  and  latest  designs  in  the  New  Empire  style  of 
frames,  go  to  S.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


given  by  Ou pir  w  Whitney,  EL  D.  Wvenn,  M.  P.  Goodbody, 
w.  a.  Lamed,  P  n.  Hovey  Bftloome  Obsoe,  t'larence  Hobart, 
\v.  '      Parker,  Richard  Stevena,  0.  K.  Badlong,  and  A.  G.  Fiak. 

The  California  i  'tiih  intend*  holding  a  class  single  tournament 
very  shortly,  to  be  followed  by  an  open  mixed  doubles,  and  in- 
tends, if  the  entries  be  good,  to  hold  more  regular  matches,  prob- 
ably one  each  month,  during  tbe  winter  season.  It  is  also  ex. 
j  pected  that  both  the  Oakland  and  Alameda  clubs  will  give  some 
opeu  tournaments  before  long,  as  there  are  several  workers  in 
these  clubs  who  think  tournaments  cannot  be  given  too  often. 

Stredman's  Soothing  Powders  claim  to  be  preventive  as  well  as 
curative.     The  claim  has  been  recognized  for  over  fifty  years. 


ORPHEUM- 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  8ts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  of  Mouday,  September  17th,  A  great  hill  with  new  features,  in- 
I    troduciug  the 

Bl'KKF  11KOS  ,  from  Tony  Pastor's  theatre,  in  their  eccentric  comedy 
\    act  with  their  live  trick  donkey,  "Dick,"  and  the  famous 

SISTER*  AIjFEKE,  gauze  dancers  and  eerio-comies,  from  Keith's 
Union  Square  Theatre.    Also,  the 

SaNKEY  BROS.,  BHS-HE  PHILLIPS,  OTJDA,  RAY  BURTON,  AMERI- 
CUS  COMEDY  QUAKTETTE,  SARINA,  LA.LO,  etc. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

MATINEK  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c:  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRIUES-Keserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chairs  and  box  seats,  50c. 

METROPOLITAN   HALL. 

MOXOAV  EVENIIVtJ,  September  nib, 

ALFRED    A.     FARLAND, 

The  profetsional  banjnlst.    The  only  person  in  the  world  who  plays  the 
works  of  Bpch,  Beethoven,  etc,  on  the  banjo. 
General  Admission,  50c.    Reserved  Seats,  35c.  and  $1. 

Conducted  on  both  the 

EUROPEAN   AND 

AMERICAN    PLAN. 

BUSH  STREET,  bet.  Sansome  &  Montgomery, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Broorylyr? 
Jtotel. 


This  favorite  hotel  is  under  the  management  of  CHAS. 
MONTGOMERY,  and  is  as  good,  if  not  the  best,  Family  and 
Business  Men's  Hotel  in  San  Francisco. 

Home  comforts,  cuisine  unexcelled,  first-class  service  and 
the  highest  standard  of  respectability  guaranteed. 

Our  rooms  cannot  be  surpassed  for  neatness  and  comfort. 

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Proprietor. 


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sort outside  of  San  Francisco. 


OJTO   JtotyT^W'S   IJ^, 


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the  New  California  Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 

oyster  aod  cujfcj?  p^CORS. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliehes  Braubaus, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 

I  II  I  IAN  RFTinARn  The  English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
L.  ILL  mil  ULL/UH  I1LZ,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellis  St., 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

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m]     BAS^CKOFT 


FRANCISCO. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


gept.  15, 1894. 


the 

00KCR-0N. 


NOT  more  than  ten  days  ago  a  meeting  was  held  in  one  of  the 
rooms  of  the  Baldwin  Hotel,  which  was  attended  by  Colonel 
Daniel  M.  Barns  and  his  associates,  and  the  object  of  the  meeting 
was  to  decide  the  amount  of  money  which  would  be  distributed 
among  the  journalistic  supporters  of  Mr.  Burns's  party.  The 
meeting  was  a  long  one,  and  it  was  unanimously  decided  not  to 
do  as  was  done  four  years  ago  and  give  each  paper  an  equal 
share,  but  to  support  the  big  ones  and  leave  the  thumb-nail 
sheets  out  in  the  cold.  Just  which  Mr.  Burns  deems  the  power- 
ful journals  is  bard  to  explain.  Bat  nevertheless,  after  the  meet- 
ing was  over  he  was  approached  in  the  lobby  of  the  hotel  by 
what  seemed  to  be  an  ancient  specimen  of  the  Oklahoma  abor- 
igines. 

"Are  you  Mr.  Burns?"  he  asked. 

"I  am,"  returned  the  politician. 

"Well,  I  suppose  that  you  have  fixed  the  sack  for  the  press, 
and  as  the  editor  of  the  Lake  County  Avalanche  I  should  like  to 
know  what  my  share  is  to  be." 

Colonel  Daniel  M.  Burns  looked  rather  surprised;  and  he  could 
not  believe  that  the  man  standing  before  him  could  be  Brer 
McCraney,  the  well-known  editor  of  that  journal. 

"I  have  no  money  to  give  away,"  said  Burns.  "I  do  not  con- 
duct any  such  business." 

"Never  mind  that,  Boss.  Twelve  votes  for  Estee  will  cost  yon 
five  dollars." 

In  his  endeavor  the  man  finally  assured  Barns  that  all  was  cor- 
rect, and  in  order  to  get  rid  of  him,  more  than  anything  else, 
Burns  handed  him  tbe  money. 

The  next  morning  Mr.  Burns  had  occasion  to  get  up  very  early, 
in  fact,  earlier  than  usual.  When  he  went  down  stairs  the  clerk, 
banded  him  a  note,  and  when  he  tore  it  open  he  read  the  follow- 
ing: 

Dear  Mr.  B :  Lakeport  is  a  temperance  town,  and  I   was  forced 

to  get  the  jag  on  down  here.  Please  come  down  to  the  Southern 
Station  and  bail  me  out.  If  the  boys  know  that  I  got  drunk  enough 
to  get  arrested,  we  can  carry  the  State. 

But  the  forlorn  specimen   who  had  so  grossly  misrepresented 
Editor  McCraney   was    allowed   to   serve  his  twenty-four  hours, 
and  Colonel  Barns  mentally  resolved  to  cut  off  every  paper  from 
his  list  but  the  Chronicle  and  the  Argonaut. 
#  *  * 

We  spoke  in  our  last  issue  of  the  new  society  of  "  Arts  and 
Crafts,"  which  in  its  way  is  not  a  thing  to  be  proud  of,  and  this 
week  we  take  pleasure  in  introducing  to  tbe  public  another  new 
society  of  a  more  ambitious  nature.  This  organization  is  to  be 
known  as  the  "Organized  8ociety  for  the  Advancement  of  the 
Drama."  It  will  be  headed  by  the  old-time  amateurs  who  have 
long  ceased  to  tread  the  boards — Dick  Hotaling,  John  J.  Hous- 
man,  and  Frank  J.  Murasky.  Frank  Mathieu,  one  of  the  younger 
set  amateur  actors,  will  be  a  moving  spirit,  and  perhaps  it  may  be 
just  as  well  to  add  that  if  it  had  not  been  for  Mr.  Matbieu's  un- 
tiring energy,  the  society  would  never  have  been  heard  of.  It 
has  been  a  long  time  since  we  had  any  amateur  theatricals  to 
speak  of.  Three  or  four  years  ago  hardly  a  winter  passed  with- 
out several  productions  of  School,  Caste,  The  School  for  Scandal,  and 
even  Eamlet,  As  You  Like  It,  and  Romeo  and  Juliet.  Peter  Rob- 
ertson says  that  San  Francisco  is  full  of  clever  amateurs,  espe- 
cially men.  All  that  we  need  is  a  few  young  ladies  whose  love 
for  the  stage  would  induce  them  to  try  for  success.  Louis  Sloss, 
Jr.,  Joe  Redding,  Amad£e  Joullin  and  Connie  von  (lerichten  are 
spoken  of  for  the  new  society. 

*  *  * 

But  the  thing  will  be  to  get  the  ladies.  In  all  of  San  Francisco 
to-day  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  one  young  lady  in  private  life 
who  could  be  induced  to  play  Juliet  or  even  Lady  Teazle.  It  will 
take  some  hard  recruiting  and  a  large  amount  of  training  to  find 
one.  Wheu  John  Drew  was  out  here  he  was  asked  to  get  up  an 
amateur  company  to  produce  a  play  at  Burlingame.  Mr.  Drew 
looked  around  him,  took  a  good  glance  at  the  prospective  per- 
formers, selected  a  play,  gave  out  the  parts,  and  agreed  to  stage 
it  when  he  comes  out  next  year,  providing  the  performers  know 
their  lines. 

*  »  * 

The  is  some  talk  that  another  "Conservatory  of  Music"  will 
be  started  in  Oakland.  It  is  impossible  to  see  how  it  can  get 
along.  San  Francisco,  which  is  deemed  a  great  musical  center, 
found  it  impossible  to  support  one,  and  there  are  many  who  re- 
member the  big  frame  building  in  the  Western  Addition,  all  cov- 
ered with  signs  which  announced  thorough  instruction  in  every 
known  musical  implement,  from  a  jew's-harp  to  a  piano.  In  due 
time  the  faculty  of  that  institution  found  out  that  cultured  taste 
was  not  patronizing  it,   and  so  it  moved  easterly  and  got  further 


into  town,  but  at  the  expense  of  dimension.  Then,  ere  long, 
another  move  was  made — southeasterly  this  time — and  another 
diminution  in  appearances  occurred,  so  that  the  musical  monopoly 
of  the  Western  Addition  which  looked  big  enough  to  furnish  all 
the  musical  instruction  that  shonld  be  needed  in  the  State  is  now 
occupying  the  meagre  apartments  of  a  small,  unobtrusive  build- 
ing, hardly  sufficiently  large  to  count  votes  in.  If  there  was  such 
a  great  change  made  in  the  progress  of  San  Francisco's  Conserva- 
tory of  Music  in  its  easterly  course,  we  are  at  a  loss  to  know 
what  would  become  of  one  in  Oakland,  which  is  seven  good  miles 
nearer  the  rising  sun  than  this  city. 

Miss  Fanny  Liddiard's  operatic  engagement  in  Japan  did  not 
prove  a  success,  and  she  returned  to  her  native  heather,  like  a 
wise  prima  donna.  But  an  interesting  little  incident  occurred 
while  she  was  playing  in  Tokio.  Miss  Liddiard,  in  male  attire, 
was  performing  a  song  and  dance  when  an  insignificant  little 
Japanese  policeman  walked  into  the  theatre  and  informed  the 
management  that  such  immorality  could  not  be  allowed  in  his 
country,  and  that  if  Miss  Liddiard  did  not  leave  tbe  stage  it  would 
be  necessary  for  him  to  stop  the  performance.  Legs,  he  said,  could 
not  be  tolerated.  This  from  the  Japanese  is  very  humorous,  as  it 
is  not  necessary  for  one  to  leave  Tokio  to  see  people  dressed  in  a 
Btrip  of  rag  the  size  of  a  handkerchief,  or  one  need  not  go  more 
than  a  mile  outside  that  city  in  summer,  to  see  them  dressed  in 
their  useful  strip  of  cloth,  but  with  it  tied  around  the  forehead 
instead  of  the  waist. 

*  #  * 

Mrs.  Jane  Stanford,  like  most  people,  has  a  bobby.  Hers  is  for 
collecting  jewelry  and  precious  stones,  and  it  is  well  known  that 
when  her  son  was  a  baby  she  commenced  a  collection  of  dia- 
monds for  a  necklace  for  his  future  wife,  but  at  sixteen  years  of 
age  he  died.  The  necklace  was  completed  and  was  given  to  Miss 
Crocker  when  she  married  Mr.  Alexander.  Now  Mrs.  Stanford 
is  said  to  have  commenced  another  collection  of  diamonds,  but 
on  a  much  larger  scale.  She  intends  to  collect  enough  to  make 
an  entire  set  of  jewelry — earrings,  necklace,  bracelets,  rings,  and 
pins — but  it  is  not  known  what  she  will  do  with  it.  A  very 
superb  collection  of  bracelets  adorn  her  jewel  casket  although 
they  seldom  adorn  her  person.  They  glow  and  glitter  with  every 
imaginable  stone  that  has  seen  the  light  of  day — emeralds,  rubies, 
sapphires,  topazes,  and  diamonds  galore.  As  an  item  worth  men- 
tioning in  this  connection,  besides  owning  five  flawless  diamond 
necklaces,  she  possesses  no  less  than  sixty  rings,  but  it  is  years 
since  any  other  than  her  wedding  ring  has  been  worn. 

A  strange  fatality  seems  to  bang  over  the  society  boy  to  keep 
him  from  being  understood.  Two  dude  buds  were  strolling  along 
the  water  front  the  other  day,  and,  spying  a  new  ship  flying  Her 
Majesty's  colors,  indicated  to  a  deck  hand  that  they  would  like 
to  come  aboard,  "ye  know,  and  have  a  chat  with  the  captain." 
The  deck  hand  disappeared  and  delivered  the  message  to  the 
master  as  follows: 

"Captain,  they  his  two  Hamarican  gintlemen  hon  the  gang- 
plank as  wants  to  come  hon  board." 

In  a  moment  the  captain  appeared  on  deck,  looked  carefully  at 
the  two  Willie-boys,  gazed  up  and  down  the  wharf  a  time  or  two, 
and  bawled  out  in  the  Queen's  English  : 

"Well,  where  the  blooming  hell  his  the  gentlemen?" 

C.  P.  Eells,  the  attorney  who  occasionally  intersperses  the 
drudgery  of  legal  labors  with  a  little  of  the  late  Izaak  Walton's 
pastime,  is  now  complaining  because  he  has  devoted  too  much 
time  to  State  Reports  and  not  enough  to  that  of  the  Fish  Com- 
missioner. September  1st  he  went  to  Santa  Cruz  to  kill  salmon. 
Hard  by  the  beach  was  a  fisherman  with  his  nets,  and  Eells  said; 

"What  ho!  good  man,  doth  the  salmon  bite  the  worm  very 
many  these  days,  and  doth  the  stranger  gather  him  in  to  a  great 
extent?" 

The  fisherman,  whose  name  was  Jones,  answered:  "He  doth 
not,  good  sir.     The  fish  law  hath  went  into  effect." 


THERE  is  one  person  in  San  Francisco  whom  the  ladies  will 
be  pleased  to  see.  She  set  sale  for  Paris  early  in  July  and  but 
just  returned.  We  thought  we'd  get  an  advance  peep  at  the  new 
bonnets  and  headgear  that  all  Paris  will  rave  about  this  fall  and 
winter,  but  Madame  AndrCe  Stally  refused  to  show  us  anything 
until  next  Tuesday,  when  she  Jas  her  opening.  She  said  in  her 
sweetest  accented  tones:  "I  have  too  many  friends  to  disappoint 
if  I  show  one  before  the  other."  Bat  this  she  did  impart:  "  The 
members  of  the  Maze  sent  me  to  Paris  to  pick  out  the  most  beau- 
tiful things  I  could  find,  and  you  will  see  Tuesday  that  they  are 
not  disappointed." 

Tissue  Paper.  Lamp  Shades.  Paper  Flowers,  Banquet  Lamps,  and 
Onyx  Tables.  In  Stationery  Department.  Everything  at  popular 
prices.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


Sept.    1">.  1394. 


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THAT  already  famous  novel,  T-ilby,  having  run  its  course  in 
Harper's  Magnzine,  19  now  on  ibe  imrttet  In  book  form.  Trilby 
is  the  work  ol  '-eorgedu  Manner,  it  is  profusely  Illustrated  by 
the  author,  and  it  is  a  book  that  we  bave  beard  more  of  than  any 
other  ten  new  novels  in  the  last  year.  Kvery  one  who  speaks  of 
Trilby  speaks  of  Thackeray  In  the  same  breath  — a  great,  and,  in- 
deed, a  nigh  compliment  to  pay  Mr.  du  Maurier,  because  Thack- 
eray set  the  example  an  i  be  merely  followed  it.  It  is  not  writ- 
ten iu  the  strict  sense  ol  modern  literature,  but  goes  into  "asides" 
(as  tbey  call  tbem  on  the  stage)  with  unlimited  frequency.  It  is 
an  intensely  Interesting  story,  full  of  pathos  and  full  of  human 
nature  in  its  various  modes:  and  the  characters  are  very  due. 
The  central  figure,  of  course,  is  Trilby,  tihe  is  an  artist's  model, 
and  of  all  the  models,  there  was  never  another  quite  so  peculiar 
and  interesting  as  that  young  lady.  She  is  set  before  the  reader 
by  a  hundred  bewildering  characteristics  which  the  author  has 
mingled  very  ably  and  sensitively,  tihe  is  n  t  a  Dodo  nor 
a  creation  of  Mme.  Grand,  or  Mrs.  Humphrey  Ward,  or  William 
Dean  Howells,  who  has  found  fault  with  the  Almighty  for  hav- 
ing made  man  in  his  own  image,  but  she  is  a  simple,  whole- 
souled,  honest  girl,  tall  and  erect,  a  queen  in  the  world  of  Bohe- 
mia, and  toe  possessor  of  a  very  poetic,  finely-molded  foot,  which 
is  greatly  admired  by  M.  Durien,  tie  artist  for  whom  she  poses. 
Mr.  du  Maurier,  in  his  attempt  to  make  her  a  great  character, 
has  made  her  an  odd  one,  but  nevertheless  thoroughly  interest- 
ing. There  are  three  mure  characters  that  appeal  to  the  reader 
very  strongly.  They  are  Little  Bi  lee,  Taffy,  and  the  Laird  of 
Cockpen.  Little  BiUee  is  the  most  wouderful  of  the  trio,  .tie  is 
the  hero  of  a  love  match  which  is  truly  charming,  in  fact,  it  is 
one  of  the  most  fascinating  love  affairs  in  fiction.  He  is  some- 
thing of  a  genius  in  his  way,  and  if  there  are  many  young  men 
like  him  in  the  world  they  are  not  to  be  pitied.  Tuffy  is  a  splen- 
did man.  Du  Maurier  has  taken  his  outlines  from  the  Greek, 
and  bas  added  to  them  British  pomp  and  Dundreary  whiskers, 
such  as  used  to  wave  in  the  winds  of  Heaven  before  the  time  of 
our  civil  war.  He  has  done  the  best  by  him  in  the  matter  of 
character.  He  has  given  him  simplicity,  elegance,  and  general 
goodness,  which  are  the  finest  attributes  that  anyone  may  pos- 
sess. As  for  the  Laird  of  Cockpen,  one  only  has  to  look  at  his 
picture  on  page  5  to  see  what  a  splendid  fellow  he  is.  It  was 
assumed,  it  seems,  tbat  Little  Billee  and  Trilby  were  married  in 
Heaven;  but,  poor  things,  they  never  married!  Moreover,  a  mar- 
riage would  have  been  a  terrible  blow  to  Little  Billee's  mother, 
who  was  a  most  respected  member  of  the  British  upper  middle 
class.  Trilby  is  sufficiently  a  story  of  genius  to  be  weak  in  spots. 
The  playfulness  comes  pretty  near  to  being  childish  occasionally, 
but  not  often.  There  is  an  allegory  in  which  women  are  repre- 
sented as  fiddles,  and  which  is  calculated  to  grieve  the  judicious. 
As  for  the  author's  pictures  of  individuals  and  places,  his  recol- 
lections of  London  and  Paris  of  forty  years  ago,  everyone  must 
find  tbem  charming,  except  possibly  a  person  like  Mr.  Whistler, 
who  has  been  touched  up  in  a  manner  not  exactly  to  his  liking. 
It  is  a  long  time  since  we  have  had  so  romantic  and  at  the  same 
time  so  verisimilar  a  picture  of  London  and  Paris  in  an  English 
story.  The  illustrations  of  Trilby  are  often  very  effective  in  their 
suggestion.  Trilby's  chin  might  have  been  restricted  a  tritie  in 
place.',  arjd  Lv^n^ali,  the  musician,  looks  like  a  chamber  of  hor- 
rors. But  the  description  of  the  death  of  Trilby  is  a  very  artistic 
piece  of  work.  The  book  will  not  fail  to  interest  anyone  who 
bas  a  love  for  literature.  [Harpers  and  Brothers,  publishers.  For 
sale  at  Cooper's.] 


Full  of  freshness,  color,  and  originality  is  Timar's  Two  World's,  by 
Maurus  Jokai.  It  is  a  romance  of  Hungary  and  the  author  has 
treated  it  in  a  masterly  way.  The  Hungarians  are  rich  in  fascinating 
qualities  of  temperament  and  mind.  They  possess  poetic  power  and 
passion  and  to  be  a  leader  of  their  virtues  is  to  stand  before  a  high- 
minded  people.  Maurus  Jokai  has  rilled  this  position  for  many  years, 
and  has  given  the  literary  world  many  charming  stories.  The  present 
work  can  be  ranked  as  his  masterpiece.  He  is  versatile,  powerful, 
and  startling,  and  at  times  reminds  one  verj  strongly  of  Dumas.  [D. 
Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York,  publishers.    For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

An  edition  of  twenty  volumes  of  Robert  Louis  Stevenson's  writings 
will  soon  be  published  in  England.  It  will  be  subdivided  into  sections 
as  Travels  and  Excursions,  Tales  and  Fantasies,  and  the  volumes  in 
the  different  sections  will  be  numbered  separately,  so  that  future 
works  can  be  added  to  each. 

For  engagement,  wedding,  and  birthday  presents  do  not  fail  to  visit 
S.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


OBITUARY. 

A  'I  All  I  n«u  ii,i.-,.l  away  at  Los  Angeles  last  Tuesday 
when  Dun  l'io  Pico  died.  He  was  Ibe  last  of  the  Governors 
of  California  under  Mexican  dominion,  and  when  the  territory 
passed  to  the  I'niied  Stales  as  a  result  of  the  war  with  Mexico  in 
1846,  he  did  ail  in  his  power  to  prevent  Ibe  transaction.  He  was 
born  at  Ssn  Cabriel  Mission,  near  Los  Angeles,  May  5,  1801.  and 
at  one  time  was  a  very  wealihy  man;  but  like  most  of  the  Mex- 
ican gentlemen  who  were  thrown  into  contact  with  the  shrewd 
and  driving  American,  bis  fortune  gradually  slipped  away,  leav- 
ing bim  poor  at  the  lime  of  bis  death.  He  was  a  generoas,  genial 
man,  a  royal  entertainer,  and  Is  monrned  by  a  large  number  of 
friends. 

The  Eden  Musee  to  Close. 

ALL  those  who  have  not  yet  visited  the  Eden  Musee  should  do 
so  without  delay.  After  a  most  successful  run  here,  the 
plant  has  been  purchased  by  a  St.  Louis  syndicate  and  will  shortly 
be  removed  to  that  city.  The  exhibition  is  one  of  the  best  that 
has  ever  been  seen  here,  and  the  impressions  received  from  an  in- 
spection of  tne  beautiful  groups  is  lasting  and  morally  beneficial. 
The  Musee  is  open  daily  and  evenings,  and  visitors  from  the  in- 
terior will  miss  one  of  the  best  and  most  instructive  shows  in  the 
city  should  tbey  fail  to  pay  the  collection  a  visit.  The  price  of 
admission  is  within  the  reach  of  all.  Visitors  are  shown  about 
by  polite  attendants,  who  are  capable  and  willing  to  give  any  in- 
formation desired. 


WILLIAM  E.  LANE,  the  well  known  plumber  of  509  Kearny 
street,  is  making  a  sirong  fight  lor  the  Republican  nomina- 
tion for  Supervisor  of  [he  Sixth  Ward.  Mr.  Lane  is  an  old  time 
and  respecled  resident  of  this  city,  and  a  progressive  business 
man.    He  knows  the  city's  needs,  and  if  elected,  as  he  should  be. 


Mrs.  J.  Coughlan,  of  919  Market  street,  has  just  returned  from 
the  East,  and  has  brought  with  her  the  very  latest' imported  novelties 
in  fall  and  winter  millinery,  and  handsome  wraps  and  capes  to 
match.  This  is  a  new  idea  in  catering  to  the  tastes  of  ladies,  and 
Mrs.  Coughlan  expects  to  satisfy  ber  customers  with  perfect  matches 
of  millinery  and  wraps.  The  opening  will  take  place  next  Wednesday, 
when  Mrs.  Coughlan  will  display  her  new  assortment  of  late  styles. 
She  has  brought  from  the  East  some  of  the  daintiest  pieces  of  French 
headwear  that  were  ever  seen  in  this  country.  Mrs.  Coughlan's  styles 
always  please,  and  she  has  always  been  known  as  a  milliner  of  ad- 
mirable taste. 

Mothers  be  sure  and  ut,e  "  Mr*.  Winslows'  soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
ohildren  while  teething. 


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SAJ*  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  15,1854. 


Bogus  It  is  many   years   since  the  demand  for  California 

Mining  gold  mines  was  as  brisk  as  it  is  just  now.  A  large 
Experts,  amount  of  outside  capital  ia  coming  into  the  State, 
and  everything  indicates  a  lively  boom  in  the  industry  within 
the  next  six  months.  That  is,  provided,  of  course,  nothing 
occurs  to  check  the  forward  movement  in  the  form  of  a  swindle 
perpetrated  upon  foreigners.  A  wise  rule  to  adopt  in  all  cases 
would  be  to  employ  some  reliable  expert  of  this  city  to  report 
upon  any  property  offered  for  investment  from  this  quarter. 
There  are  not  very  many  of  them  here  who  can  be  classified 
under  this  head.  Experts  are  numerous  enough,  if  self-recom- 
mendation counts  for  anything.  It  is  safe  to  refer  the  selection 
of  a  man  to  any  of  the  leading  banks.  If  he  amounts  to  any- 
thing outside  of  his  own  opinion,  they  will  know  him,  and  be  in 
a  position  to  say  so.  There  are  quite  a  number  of  men  here  who 
would  not  scruple  to  sign  "M.  E."  to  a  report  which,  as  far  as 
the  experience  or  knowledge  of  the  writer  is  concerned,  is  worth 
the  paper  it  is  written  upon  and  nothing  more.  Intending  in- 
vestors should  beware  of  this  class  or  they  are  sure  to  lose  money 
on  anything  they  may  approve.  Take,  for  instance,  in  the  case 
of  the  La  Grange  gravel  mines,  to  drag  France  for  millions  on  a 
proposition  worth  about  as  many  thousands,  and  the  report  of 
some  recognized  California  expert  should  certainly  be  demanded. 
In  the  case  of  this  proposition  Mr.  Browne,  who  is  both  compe- 
tent and  reliable,  has  already  reported,  but  the  promotors,  from 
what  we  learn,  do  not  consider  it  advisable  to  air  its  contents  on 
their  own  behalf.     Why  Dot  ? 

$  SS 

The  Vile  If  the  State  Miners'  Association  desires  to  culti- 
Truoking  vate  the  good  will  of  the  mining  element  throughout 
Systen],  the  State,  it  should  use  every  endeavor  to  stop  the 
iniquitous  "trucking"  system,  which  is  beginning  to  be  quite 
too  common  in  certain  districts.  UDder  the  laws  of  Great  Britain 
"  trucking  "  is  a  felony  and  punishable  as  such,  and  it  should  be 
treated  as  such  here.  It  is  the  exemplification  of  meanness,  to 
say  the  least,  and  only  another  form  of  the  "  sweating"  system 
which  grinds  the  life  ont  of  the  unfortunate  toilers  in  certain 
lines  of  manufacture.  It  is  difficult  to  realize  how  any  one  pos- 
sessed of  a  sense  of  decency  or  self-respect  could  lend  himself  to 
such  a  scheme.  Miners,  as  a  rule,  work  hard  enough  for  the 
wages  they  earn  without  being  compelled  to  return  them  into  the 
company's  coffers  at  a  loss  of  heavy  percentage  paid  for  the 
necessities  of  life.  It  is  very  questionable  whether  or  not  the 
action  of  a  company  which  works  its  men  with  one  hand  on  their 
throats  and  another  in  their  pockets,  could  not  be  punished  under 
the  section  of  the  code  which  makes  extortion  a  criminal  offence. 
At  any  rate  the  next  Legislature  shoulo  be  invoked  to  put  a  stop 
to  a  system  which  turns  labor  into  slavery.  Fortunately  for  the 
credit  of  the  State,  the  instances  of  <«  trucking  "  are  rare,  but  it 
would  be  just  as  well  to  provide  the  power  to  stop  any  cases 
which  may  arise.  The  community  which  tolerates  it  is  almost 
as  bad  as  the  individuals  who  make  a  practice  of  it,  and  the  sym- 
pathy of  all  right-minded  people  throughout  the  State  would  be 
with  any  popular  movement  to  suppress  it.  The  Miners'  Asso- 
ciation has  it  in  its  power  to  put  a  stop  to  the  practice  in  this 
State,  and  it  should  not  hesitate  to  exert  it. 

sss 

Miniqg  From  all  accounts,   dull  times  are   not   the  rule  in 

in  Mexican    mining   camps,   and   much  of    the    metallic 

Mexico,  product  is  finding  its  way  over, the  frontier,  both  in 
gold  and  silver.  Recent  advices  from  the  El  Carmen  mine  state  that 
it  is  opening  out  into  a  bonanza,  which  will  help  out  a  good  many 
people  in  this  city  financially.  J.  N.  E.  Wilson,  the  lawyer  and 
ex-political  manager  of  this  city,  at  one  time  owned  nearly  the 
whole  of  this  property,  but  considerable  stock  has  been  sold  out 
of  his  holding,  in  scattering  lots  all  over  town.  He  will  probably 
have  some  difficulty  in  recalling  it  at  a  low  figure,  now  that  the 
improved  prospects  of  the  mine  are  known.  The  New  York 
people  who  are  after  the  celebrated  Candelaria  mine  at  San  Dimas 
are  still  in  the  field,  having  imported  a  number  uf  lawyers  from 
all  over  the  country.  There  was  a  rumor  that  a  compromise  had 
been  effected  at  San  Dimas,  but  the  fact  that  notices  are  still  appear- 
ing in  the  papers  of  this  city,  asserting  ownership,  gives  a  contra- 
diction to  the  statement.  With  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
facts  of  the  case,  it  is  difficult  to  understand  what  there  is  to  com- 
promise about.  The  Benningham  claim  is  gettiDg  as  chestnulty 
as  tbat  of  the  world-famed  Jarndyce  vs.  Jarndyce.  Another 
mine  which  is  turning  out  big  money  is  that  owned  by  Senator 
Stewart  in  Zacatecas,  which  is  producing  at  the  rate  of  about  $100,- 
000.  With  a  mint  like  that  at  his  back,  the  venerable  statesman 
ought  to  be  able  to  afford  the  luxury  of  indulgence  in  the  role  of 
a  carpet  knight,  at  the  expense  of  a  battle  or  two  in  court. 


Cornstock  Business  has  shown  a  light  improvement  on  Pine 
Mining  street  during  the  week,  with  a  higher  range  of  prices 
Shares.  in  the  North-end  shares.  Ophir  has  been  the  favor- 
ite specnlalive  feature  of  the  market,  and  quite  a  large  sum  of 
money  has  changed  hands  in  the  shares  on  the  rise  in  values. 
This  mine  has  shown  a  considerable  improvement  of  late,  and 
some  hopes  are  expressed  that  an  important  ore  development 
may  yet  be  made  in  the  portion  of  the  upper  level?,  where  pros 
pecting  has  been  going  on  for  some  time.  The  news  from  the 
Con.  Cal. -Virginia  continues  of  the  most  favorable  character,  and 
the  stock  is  selling  very  low,  in  comparison  with  the  intrinsic 
value  of  the  ore  now  uncovered  in  the  mine,  and  irrespective  of 
the  speculative  possibilities  in  the  way  of  a  further  ore  develop- 
ment. In  the  middle  group  there  is  a  good  deal  of  talk  again 
about  the  Savage  mine,  where  some  good  ore  is  again  beginning 
to  show  up.  The  close  down  of  the  mills  on  the  Carson  has 
militated  against  the  South-end  shares  for  weeks  past.  The 
trouble  is  about  over  now,  however,  and  more  activity  is  ex- 
pected in  the  stocks.  The  Justice  Company  is  now  milling  a 
good  grade  of  gold  ore,  and  every  exertion  is  being  made  by  the 
management  to  put  the  mine  upon  a  self-sustaining  basis.  From 
all  that  can  be  learned  here  the  ore  is  being  worked  up  to  a  high 
percentage,  and  a  bullion  shipment  may  be  expected  which  will 
put  the  company  in  funds.  There  is  an  improved  feeling  upon 
the  street  at  the  close,  and  the  commission  brokers  have  increased 
their  receipts  considerably  for  some  days  past.  Another  assess- 
ment of  ten  cents  per  share  has  been  levied  upon  Alta. 

S  $  $ 

Worthy  The  management  of  the  California  mining  exhibit 
of         deserves  great   credit  for   the   manner   in   which   its 

Praise,  affairs  were  conducted,  and  the  way  in  which  the 
funds  subscribed  were  expended  to  such  good  advantage.  In 
adjourning  from  their  labors  during  the  week,  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee showed  a  credit  balance  of  $1500,  which  was  turned  over 
to  the  State  Miners'  Association.  This  was  after  paying  all  bills 
incurred  in  the  management  of  the  exhibit,  which  was  certainly 
one  of  the  best  of  the  Fair.  Before  adjourning  sine  die  the  tbanks 
of  all  the  members  were  returned  to  Mr.  E.  H.  Benjamin,  the 
superintendent,  for  the  able  way  iD  which  he  carried  out  the 
arduous  and  responsible  duties  of  his  position.  Of  the  valuable 
gold  specimens  entrusted  to  his  care,  not  one  was  lost  to  the 
owners.  Tbat  this  involved  constant  vigilance  upon  the  part  of 
Mr.  Benjamin  can  best  be  understood  by  exhibitors  in  other  de- 
partments of  the  Fair.  The  different  committees  of  the  associa- 
tion are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  general  results  of  their 
labor,  which  cannot  but  prove  eventually  of  great  benefit  to  the 
State  at  large. 

55  5 

The  Ertz  The  criticism  of  Mr.  Ertz's  plan  to  sell  certain 
Deal        mines,  made  in  our  last  issue,  was  based  on  informa- 

flgain-  tion  tbat  he  had  the  Horseshoe  mines  for  sale.  In- 
stead of  tbat,  it  is  learned  that  be  has  the  Mammoth  group  of 
eleven  miues  in  the  northern  part  of  Plumas  County.  They  are 
well  developed  and  promising  mines,  with  twenty-five  or  thirty 
tunnels,  crosscuts,  etc. 

$  $  $ 

Njarket  The  attempt  to  make  a  mountain  out  of  a  mole  hill 
Street  in  regard  to  the  alleged  validity  of  the  Market-street 
Stock.  Cable  Company's  bond  issue  has  fallen  very  flat.  In 
the  first  place,  there  was  nothing  new  about  the  position  taken 
by  lawyer  Bergin,  and  second,  the  opinion  dealt  only  with  a  bond 
issue.  The  error,  if  such  there  is,  could  be  easily  rectified  with- 
out causing  any  loss  to  the  subscribers.  It  was  based  only  on  a 
technicality  in  any  event.  Connecting  the  stock  with  this  ob- 
jection for  the  purpose  of  depressing  the  values  was  to  work  an 
injury  to  innocent  investors,  which  was  fortunately  short  lived. 
As  for  the  bonds  when  they  are  floated,  in  time  tbey  will  be  held 
mainly  by  large  trust  corporations,  which  can  afford  to  take  up 
large  loans  of  the  kind  at  a  low  rate  of  interest  and  carry  them 
for  a  lengthy  period.  The  class  which  deals  in  stock  of  this  kind 
will  never  be  largely  represented  as  bondholders.  In  the  mean- 
time it  is  just  as  well  to  remember  that  the  stock  as  it  stands  to- 
day is  perfectly  safe  from  any  imputation  of  illegality  in  the  way 
of  issue,  as  might  be  inferred  from  the  construction  placed  upon 
the  Bergin  opinion. 

$  $  $ 

Another  The  latest  change  reported  in  insurance  circles  is 

Insurance      the  transfer  of  the   metropolitan   business   of   the 

Gfjange.  Western  Assurance  and  British  American  Assurance 
Companies,  of  Toronto,  and  the  American  Assurance  Company, 
of  New  York,  to  the  firm  of  Okell,  Donnell  &  Co.,  the  well-known 
firm  of  underwriters  on  California  street.  Mr.  Alfred  R.  Garvey 
will  continue  to  act  as  manager  for  the  Pacific  Coast  of  the  three 
companies.  Messrs.  Okell  &  Donnell  will  also  continue  to  represent 
the  Patriotic  Assurance  Company,  of  Dublin,  and  the  Employers 
Liabilities  Assurance  Company,  of  London. 


St-pt.  15,1894. 


-  W   KB  INCI8C0  NEWS  LETTER 


18 


'•  Hear  the  Drier  1"     "  What  :h.-  devil  art  ItaO 
"Oqc  thai  will  plar  tho  devil.  Mr.  with  you." 

THK  kickers  id  the  Democratic  party  are  making  a  great  noise. 
Andy  I'lunte  has  been  ■■  turned  down"  and  the  others  will 
softer  the  same  fate  as  the  sinners  who  appear  before  Saint  Peter. 
If  the  local  Democracy  want*  unison  and  success  the  kickers 
muit  turn  to  the  left. — Part  of  an  editorial  in  a  daily  paper. 

Saint  Peter  sits  ont  by  the  heavenly  gates. 

His  bands  on  the  strings  of  tbe  lyre. 
And  be  sings  a  low  song  as  he  patiently  waits 

For  the  spirits  of  those  who  expire. 

He  bears  in  the  distance  the  chorus  of  song 

That  swells  at  tbe  foot  of  the  throne. 
And  he  smiles  as  the  music  is  wafted  along, 

And  warbles  this  lay  of  his  own: 

•'  There  is  room  in  this  region  for  millions  of  souls, 

Who  by  sorrow  and  woe  were  bereft; 
'Tis  for  those  who  have  suffered  the  melody  rolls, 

But  tbe  kickers  must  turn  to  the  left. 

"  There  is  room  for  the  people  who,  when  they  were  young, 
Persisted  in  sowing  wild  oats, 
But  who  boomed  up  their  city  with  sinew  and  tongue; 
The  kickers  must  go  with  the  goats. 

"  There  is  room  for  the  people  who  pointed  with  pride 
To  the  beauty  and  growth  of  their  town, 
Who  kept  singing  its  praises  and  charms  till  they  died, 
But  the  kickers  will  please  amble  down. 

"  They'd  say  that  the  music  was  all  out  of  tune, 
And  the  angelic  robes  hand-me-dowDS, 
And  tbey'd  send  for  a  jeweler  eff  to  the  moon, 
To  sample  the  gold  in  the  crowns. 

So  while  there  is  room  for  the  millions  of  souls 

Who  by  sorrow  and  woe  were  bereft, 
We  want  no  complaint  of  the  music  that  rolls, 

80  the  kickers  must  turn  to  the  left." 

SOME  thousands  of  lusty  young  men,  calling  themselves  Native 
Sons  of  tbe  Golden  West,  celebrated  Admission  day  last  Mon- 
day at  San  Jose.  Lest  this  simple  announcement  prove  unintelli- 
gible to  strangers  visiting  among  us,  it  may  be  well  to  explain 
that  Admission  Day  is  tbe  anniversary  of  tbe  admission  of  Cali- 
fornia into  the  UnioD,  and  that  the  Native  Sons  of  the  Golden 
West  are  no  more  formidable,  mysterious,  or  romantic  a  thing 
than  an  organization  of  young  gentlemen  who  enjoy  the  distinc- 
tion of  having  been  born — not  in  America;  God  bless  yon,  not 
but  in  California,  egad — which  is  a  good  deal  nobler!  In  San 
Jose  there  is  a  law  prohibiting  open  saloons  on  Sunday;  and  yet 
in  deference  to  tbe  presence  of  these  young  bulwarks  of  local 
patriotism  and  therefore  defenders  of  the  law,  the  local  authori- 
ties permitted  the  law  to  be  brushed  aside;  tbe  saloons  were 
opened,  and  the  practical  young  gentlemen  drank  unfatbomed 
oceans  of  beer.  Of  equal  prominence  in  the  great  fete  were  the  Na- 
tive Daughters  of  the  Golden  West.  As  they  do  not  protest  against 
State  patriotism  and  did  not  resign  from  the  order  because  their 
Native  Brothers  practically  compelled  a  violation  of  the  San  Jose 
ordinance,  and  countenanced  the  drinking  which  ensued,  it  is 
assumed  that  in  time  tbey  will  demand  the  elective  franchise  for 
women  and  refuse  to  play  second  fiddle  in  the  dissipations  of 
their  brothers. 

A  YOUNG  woman  who  teaches  in  the  public  schools  of  this 
city  was  picked  up  drunk  on  the  street  the  other  evening 
aDd  taken  to  prison,  and  the  next  morning  the  daily  papers, 
with  amazing  indecency,  published  sensational  columns  of  the 
pitiful  little  scandal.  If  their  purpose  was  to  show  what  kind  of 
women  teach  in  the  public  schools,  they  have  put  a  very  gross 
injustice  on  the  teachers.  The  incident  is  valuable  only  in  dis- 
closing a  well-known  shameful  fact — that  the  women  who  hold 
their  positions  in  the  school  by  disreputable  means,  whether  by 
sharing  their  salaries  with  the  Directors,  or  by  resorting  to  worse 
means,  are  securer  in  their  positions  than  able,  clean,  and  honest 
women.  The  Portia  Law  Club  and  the  Women's  Press  Associa- 
tion have  here  an  excuse  to  do  some  genuine  thinking  and  per- 
haps a  little  work. 

THE  horse-whipping  woman  fills  us  with  an  unholy  indisposi- 
tion. She  is  on  the  btreet  again,  armed  with  a  big  whip,  and 
is  looking  for  the  man  who  wronged  her,  and  even  has  the  bold- 
ness to  ask  passers-by  if  they  have  seen  him;  she  lurks  around 
corners;  she  goes  through  dark  streets,  peers  into  stores,  looking 
in  vain  for  the  culprit.  Of  course  she  always  expects  to  find  him. 
Man  has  a  habit  of  putting  himself  in  the  way  of  horse-whipping 
women,  for  notoriety  and  chastisement. 


SOLBftl  N  Qaarlu  for  lb«  Portia  01  ub  and  the  Woman's  Suffrage 
League:  fftl  Alexander  Pope  rlpht  when  he  declared  that 
"every  woman  In  at  heart  a  rake"  T  Why  did  women  crowd 
Judge  Coffey'fl  <•■  arl  room  WOOD  the  nasty  testimony  was  being 
Id  the  Martin  case,  after  an  admonition  from  the  Court 
that  modes)  women  had  no  business  there,  and  why  did  they 
cease  to  attend  after  the  nasty  evidence  had  been  submitted  and 
tbe  refined  and  intellectual  part  ol  the  trial,  namely,  the  argu- 
ment, was  being  delivered?  What  is  therein  active  politics  more 
alluring  to  the  loose-minded  than  the  dissipation,  the  parade,  the 
show  of  it  all?  Why  is  it  that  the  indecent  novels  are  mostly 
written  and  read  by  women?  To  the  exertions,  purity  of  life,  and 
loftiness  of  aspiration  of  which  sex  may  the  great  moral  reforms 
of  history  be  ascribed?  What  conspicuous  instance  of  reforms 
by  women  does  a  study  of  history  disclose?  Oh,  we  know  all 
about  the  Harriet  Martineaus  and  the  Florence  Nightingales,  and 
we  know  also  that  the  fidelity  of  women  to  a  duty  which  men  or 
some  equally  stern  external  force  has  imposed  upon  them  is 
wonderful  1  But  taking  into  account  the  restrictions  upon  free- 
dom of  personal  conduct  and  moral  inclinations  which  the  exac- 
tions of  child-bearing  and  a  home  erect,  what  are  all  the  reasons 
for  the  protest  of  women  against  their  "slavery  to  men"  and  for 
their  desire  for  the  rollicking,  torch-bearing,  brass-banding,  gin- 
swilling,  late-out-at-night-staying,  and  generally  rakish  ballot? 
We  pause  for  a  reply  from  brainy  Sister  Foltz. 

A  MOST  pitiful  case  of  attempted  suicide  has  occurred  at  San 
Jose.  An  expressman  named  Stark  had  been  a  heavy 
drinker,  but  had  taken  a  "cure"  and  was  reformed.  One  day  he 
fell  from  grace,  and  then,  realizing  not  only  tbe  inefficacy  of  the 
cure  but  the  strength  of  his  desire  for  liquor,  he  took  poison,  but 
his  life  was  saved.  It  would  seem  that  the  kinder  way  both  to 
him  and  the  human  race  would  have  been  to  let  him  die.  When 
the  strongest  of  all  instincts,  the  love  of  life,  is  thus  broken 
down,  even  though  perhaps  temporarily,  the  wisdom  of  nature 
in  desiring  and  providing  for  the  swift  removal  of  so  serious  an 
impediment  to  her  design  deserves  respect.  We  hang  murderers, 
yet  prevent  the  self-destruction  of  those  equally  as  dangerous  to 
society. 

EXCLAIMED  Mr.  Loud  in  bidding  for  the  Republican  nomina- 
tion for  Congress:  "  I  have  never  yet  seen  a  Republican  plat- 
form that  I  could  not  endorse."  Probably  it  was  this  speech  that 
secured  him  the  nomination.  Interpreted  into  ordinary  language 
it  means  thiB :  "  80  anxious  am  I  to  secure  office  that  I  will  do 
anything  under  the  sun  to  get  the  nomination."  Having  thus 
endorsed  everyone  of  the  current  Republican  platforms,  he  is  for 
free  silver  and  against  it,  for  woman's  suffrage  and  against  it,  and 
for  and  against  everything  that  the  ingenuity  of  his  party  has 
been  able  to  devise;  part  Catholic  and  part  American  Protective 
Association,  a  picturesque  mixture  of  flimflam,  flummery,  and 
Populism,  and,  funniest  of  all,   Maguire's  antagonist! 

THE  distinguished  Salvadoran  gentlemen  who  are  now  under 
Judge  Morrow's  observation  are  known  as  "The  Rabbit," 
"  The  Bog,"  arid  "The  Monkey  in  a  Hole."  It  is  true  that  their 
patronymics  are  something  else — one  of  them,  in  fact  ("The 
Rabbit"),  is  down  in  the  court  records  as  Don  Antonio  Ezeta, 
but  that  is  merely  an  accident  of  birth,  and  is  not  to  be  obscured 
by  the  strictly  distinguishing  appellations  which  they  won  from 
their  people  as  Generals,  Colonels,  and  the  like.  History  is  in- 
exorable. We  have  Alexander  the  Great,  Charles  the  Bold,  Wil- 
liam   the  Conqueror,  Napoleon  the  Little,  and   Ezeta  the  Rabbit. 

MR8.  Laura  Force  Gordon  and  Mrs.  Nellie  Holbrook  Blinn  have 
come  to  the  door  of  the  American  Suffrage  dovecote,  to  an- 
nounce to  the  world  that  Mrs.  Clara  Foltz  has  taken  the  stand 
against  Judge  Coffey  purely  for  advertising  purposes.  It  was  use- 
less for  both  ladies  to  have  come  to  the  door,  for  either  would 
have  been  in  the  majority,  Mrs.  Gordon  and  Mrs.  Blinn  have 
three  names  apiece  and  Mrs.  Foltz  has  only  two. 

THERE  is  a  touch  of  the  pathetic  in  the  ceaseless  efforts  of 
some  of  the  daily  papers  to  convince  the  people  of  this  city 
that  they  ought  to  build  a  railroad  up  the  San  Joaquin  Valley. 
It  is  strange  that  merchants  are  so  modest  as  not  to  deem  them- 
selves capable  of  building  railroads,  making  pianos,  singing  in 
operas,  doing  skirt  dances,  and  performing  other  acts  requiring 
special  knowledge. 

THE  four  Republican  district  conventions  which  assembled 
Thursday,  in  adopting  a  resolution  by  which  the  nominees 
were  "authorized  and  requested"  to  conform  to  the  Purity  of 
Elections  Act,  were  almost  as  humorous  as  the  Non-Partisan 
Convention  of  Oakland,  which  appointed  a  committee  to  inves- 
tigate the  records  of  the  nominees — and  report  to  the  man  in  tbe 
moon. 

A  LITTLE  girl  who  tried  to  make  an  honest  living  by  selling 
apples  on  the  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Post  streets,  was 
arrested  by  the  police  last  week  for  obstructing  the  sidewalk.  A 
dozen  or  more  oily  men  who  try  to  make  a  dishonest  living  by 
keeping  tailor  shops  where  thieving  suit  clubs  thrive,  were 
not  arrested  last  week  for  obstructing  the  law.  God's  will  be 
done ! 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


Sept.  15,  1894. 


WHAT  a  pity  that  the  tennis  tournament  at  San  Rafael  could 
not  have  been  held  in  some  place  where  the  heat  is  not  so 
excessive;  for  surely  it  is  a  truism  that  a  heated  face  irom  which 
drops  of  water  are  falling  on  the  glazed  skin  and  powdered  surface 
are  not  an  alluring  accompaniment  to  a  fresh  costume  or  fetching 
gown.  Bangs  get  limp,  curls  hang  straight,  collars  flop  down,  and 
hands  get  sticky.  All  these  delightful  things  are  part  of  the  pleas- 
ures of  hot  weather  at  a  tennis  match,  as  every  one  knows  who  has 
been  there. 

The  girls  are  in  despair  over  the  departure  of  Walter  Hobart,  on 
his  return  to  college.  Of  course  they  all  know  that  a  collegiate  course 
has  to  be  gone  through  with,  but  then  men  have  been  known  to  marry 
while  at  college,  and  history  repeats  itself,  etc.,  etc.  But  for  the  edifi- 
cation of  those  who  bewail  the  young  man's  departure  without  an- 
nounced results,  it  may  be  as  well  to  let  them  know  that  a  ripple 
from  the  locality  around  Harvard  indicates  a  powerful  attraction  ex- 
ists thereabouts  for  the  youthful  Californian  Crcesus. 

"  How  utterly  lovely  if  there  should  be  a  wedding  in  the  Tevis 
family  ere  long!  "  This  from  a  bud  of  the  season  whose  keen  intelli- 
gence is  worthy  of  place  beside  Miss  McKinstry. 

When  will  women  learn  from  the  experience  of  their  sisters  that  in- 
ternational marriages  are  almost  certain  to  end  in  failure?  Where  is 
the  exception  among  the  California  girls  who  have  married  foreigners  ? 
The  latest  domestic  menage  from  which  the  veil  has  been  raised  is 
that  of  the  daughter  of  the  late  General  Kirkham,  the  pioneer  Oak- 
lander.  Mrs.  Yarde-Buller  (whose  first  marital  venture  was  also  a 
subject  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty,  David  Boyle  Blair  by  name)  has 
left  the*aristocratic  surroundings  of  genteel  poverty  in  London — abso- 
lute starvation,  she  is  said  to  call  it — in  order  to  get  her  share  of  the 
paternal  estate.  It  seems  rather  difficult  to  comprehend  how  one  can 
keep  a  cook  and  yet  have  to  borrow  the  wherewithal  for  a  dinner  from 
the  cook's  brother  !  Truth  is  stranger  than  fiction,  we  are  told,  and 
it  would  seem  so. 

The  sad  deatn  of  young  Babcock,  which  occurred  last  week  at  San 
Rafael  as  the  result  of  his  accident  some  weeks  ago,  threw  a  shadow 
over  the  festivities  of  the  little  burgh,  and  many  expressions  of  sym- 
pathy for  his  father  were  heard  on  all  sides. 

Lovely  Miss  Hope  Ellis  is  to  be  with  us  again  this  winter,  to  the 
great  delight  of  many  of  the  local  beaux  and  the  particular  happiness 
of  a  certain  blue-eyed  chap,  yclept  Ned. 

*  #  * 

Mrs.  George  Pope  has  promised  her  girl  friends  that  the  big  ball  so 
long  looked  for  in  the  Pacific  avenue  mansion  shall  become  an  accom- 
plished fact  early  in  the  season.  Mrs.  Will  Crocker,  gossips  say,  will 
give  also  a  regular  ball  after  her  return  from  abroad,  so  that  the 
chances  are  that  others  will  follow  the  lead  and  balls  will  take  the 
place  in  social  "  functions  "  this  winter,  which  was  held  by  receptions 
and  teas  during  several  seasons  past.  The  belles  are,  as  a  conse- 
quence, elated. 

It  is  rather  amusing  to  one  who  has  no  personal  interest  in  the 
matter  to  note  the  varied  expressions  of  matrons  and  maids  on  the 
question  of  the  supply  of  beaux  for  the  forthcoming  winter  campaign. 
The  mothers  of  dowerless  daughters  (and  of  these  there  are  not  a  few) 
bemoan  the  scarcity  of  good,  -L  e.  rich,  matches.  Tne  girls  are  happy 
over  the  unusual  number  of  military  and  naval  men  available  for  co- 
tillion and  hop. 

What  an  embarras  de  richcsse  our  swim  is  likely  to  have  this 
winter  if  the  two  big  Crocker  houses  on  the  hill  have  each  a 
mistress  within  to  preside  over  social  functions!  This  seems 
likely  to  occur,  as  the  Will  Crockers  are  to  return  to  the  coast 
upon  the  marriage  which  is  to  transform  Miss  Beth  Sperry  into  a 
Princess;  and  it  is  expected  that  George  Crocker  and  his  bride 
will  soon  thereafter  put  in  an  appearance  here  also.  So  the  fam- 
ily will  be  well  represented,  at  which  anticipation  society  greatly 
rejoices.  Experience  has  proved  that  Mrs.  Will  Crocker  is  a 
charming  and  accomplished  chatelaine,  while  Mrs.  George  Crocker 
likewise  won  flattering  recognition  as  a  hostess  when,  during 
her  residence  on  Bush  street,  where  as  Mrs.  Rutherford  she  gave 
delightful  dinners  to  a  coterie  of  friends. 


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GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

A  BOM  KW  HA  T  novel  exhibition  is  being  prepared  in  New  York 
under  tbe  auspices  of  lbe  well-known  artist.  William  <  <  Min. 
the  managers  of  St.  John's  Qolld  (tbe  Floating  Hospital),  and  the 
Orthopedic  Hospital.  Tbe  Academy  of  Design  is  the  place  and 
November  tbe  month  selected  fur  this  exhibition,  and  I  have  no 
doubt  the  idea  will  suggest  a  similar  one  to  yon  in  San  Francisco. 
It  is  to  be  a  ••  Loan  Exhibition  of  Ladies'  Portraits."  and  it  is 
thought  that  there  will  be  from  three  to  four  hundred  portraits  in 
the  display,  which  is  to  continue  tbree  or  perhaps  four  weeks. 
Many  portraits  and  miniatures  have  already  been  sent  in.  aud 
there  will  be  on  the  walls  works  of  Copley,  Koruney.  Cains- 
borough,  Sir  Peter  Lely,  Sully,  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  Cabanel, 
Carolus,  Duran.  Constant.  Whistler,  Blasbbeld,  Chase,  and  many 
others  renowned  in  the  ya-t  or  the  present  in  portrait  painting. 
It  promises  to  be  a  most  iuteresung  exhibition,  and  is  sure  of  suc- 
cess with  Henry  Marquand,  Carroll  Beckwitb,  \V.  M.  Chase, 
Sivain  'lifford,  H.  Walter  Webb,  and  Mrs.  Robert  Potter,  Mrs. 
Winthrop  Cray,  Mrs.  Adolf  Ladenburg,  Mrs.  Charles  de  Rham, 
and  Mrs.  Lowry  upon  the  Executive  Committees. 

Tbe  Nevada  Senators  are,  for  different  reasons,  very  conspicu- 
ous in  Washington  just  now.  Senator  Stewart  is  raging  and  fum- 
ing because  be  insists  on  declining  to  submit  to  what  he  calls 
blackmail,  and  Senator  Jones  is  grieving  and  repining  because  of 
the  severance  of  party  ties  which  have  held  him  since  boyhood  a 
staunch  Republican.  His  retirement  from  the  Republican  ranks 
is  the  general  topic  of  conversation,  not  only  in  the  political  bat 
in  the  commercial  world  as  well.  The  Populists  are,  of  course, 
jubilant,  and  his  step  has  caused  a  revival  of  tbe  frequently  dis- 
cussed subject  whether  the  East  and  West  can  continue  under  a 
common  legislation. 

Sir  John  and  Lady  Lister-Kaye,  who  arrived  last  week  from 
England,  have  been  the  guests  of  honor  at  numerous  entertain- 
ments at  Newport,  where  they  are  the  guests  of  Mr.  J.  J.  Van 
Alen,  who,  you  may  remember,  was  mentioned  in  lbe  early 
days  of  the  Administration  as  a  possible  candidate  for  tbe  post  of 
Ambassador  to  Italy,  but  whose  name  brought  forth  a  storm  of 
remonscrance — why,  no  reasonable  person  can  understand,  as  he 
is  a  man  of  wealth,  refinement,  and  position.  Luncheons,  coach- 
ing and  yachting  parties,  dinners,  and  dances  have  kept  the 
Lister-Kayes  occupied,  and  last  night  Mr.  Van  Alen  gave  a  small 
masquerade  party  for  their  amusement.  Sir  John  returns  to 
England  to-day.  Their  long  residence  in  tbe  Sacramento  Valley, 
where  they  had  a  large  ranch,  has  made  the  Lister-Kayes  well- 
known  in  California,  although  their  circle  of  intimates  in  the 
West  was  never  large.  They  are  a  strikingly  handsome  pair — he, 
tall  and  fair,  and  his  wife  almost  equally  tall,  but  with  a  brunette 
beauty.  They  were  remarkable  in  San  Francisco  chiefly  for  the 
tremendous  walks  they  used  to  take — a  form  of  pleasure-seeking 
not  at  that  time  very  common  in  tbe  West. 

An  interesting  social  event  yesterday  was  the  golden  wedding 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  Bell.  Mrs.  Bell  was  a  daughter  of  the 
celebrated  Doctor  Valentine  Mott,  and  she  and  her  husband 
have  been  prominent  always  in  New  York  society.  Their  son, 
Isaac  Bell,  formerly  Minister  to  tbe  Netherlands,  married  Jean- 
nette,  tbe  sister  of  James  ("rordon  Bennett,  for  whom  the  ill-fated 
steamer  which  was  sent  to  the  Arctic  under  Commander  de  Long 
was  named.  By  the  way,  Mrs.  de  Long,  the  widow  of  that  gal- 
lant officer,  has  been  for  several  weeks  lying  seriously  ill  at  her 
home  in  West  End  Avenue. 

I  hear  from  Paris  of  tbe  arrival  of  Miss  Jennie  Dunphy  and 

her    niece,    Viola     Piercy,     who     passed    

through    New   York    recently.     They   are 
registered  at  the  Hotel  Continental. 

Mrs.  Brooke,  formerly  Mrs.  Blackwell, 
has  abandoned  for  the  present  her  trip  to 
Demerara,  and  has  gone  to  Schwalbach 
for  the  baths,  as  the  season  in  London  has 
been  very  trying  to  her  strength.  Mrs. 
Richard  Henry  Savage  also  has  gone  to 
Schwalbach  from  Berlin,  but  the  Colonel 
remains  in  the  capital,  while  Madame  de 
Carriere,  their  daughter,  has  returned  to 
Russia.  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Savage  sail  dur- 
ing the  next  fortnight  for  America. 

Charles  Warren  Stoddard  was  in  New 
York  last  week,  and  will  come  over  again 
shortly.  He  is  so  absorbed  in  his  duties 
as  Professor  of  Belles  Lettres  at  the  Catho- 
lic University  in  Washington  that  he  is 
less  before  tbe  literary  public  than  for- 
merly. Since  he  embraced  Catholicism, 
moreover,  he  has  written  chiefly  for  tbe 
magazines  and  reviews  edited  under  the 
supervision  and  authority  of  his  church. 
I  heard  of  his  old  friend,  Mrs.  Morton 
Mitchell,  formerly  Mrs.  George  Ladd,  a  few 
days  ago.  She  has  been  spending  the 
summer  at  Beverly,  a  spot  made  historic 
and  lovable  by  the  preference  which  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes  shows  for  its  charms.    It 


ii  of  tbe  exclusive  moat  exclusive,  and  Is  frequented  by  the 
bluest  of  Puritan  dames.  Mrs.  Mitchell  Is  therefore  to  be  con- 
gratulated upou  tbe  success  she  has  made  In  their  somewhat 
rigorous  society. 

George.  Roberts,  that  indefatigable  traveler,  is  off  again  for8ina- 
loa.  He  expects  to  return  in  November  only  to  leave  again  in 
January.  He  looks  hale  and  strong,  and  not  at  all  to  be  sus- 
pected of  bis  sixty  years  and  more. 

1  suppose  the  news  of  Sybil  Sanderson's  engagement  is  excit- 
ing more  or  less  interest  in  San  Francisco,  the  scene  of  her  child- 
hood, girlhood,  and  her  Urn  (non-professional)  engagement. 
Every  one  who  has  seen  her  lately  In  Paris  raves  about  her  ex- 
traordinary beauty.  She  has  developed  marvelously,  and  is  a 
very  handsome  and  striking  woman.  While  she  is  confessedly 
charming  it  is  an  open  secret  that  her  sisters  will  not  be  sorry  to 
see  her  settled  in  a  borne  of  her  owo,  for  their  lives  have,  it  is 
said,  been  made  miserable  by  the  exactions  of  Sybil's  career. 
Their  hours  of  eating,  drinking,  sleeping,  and  waking  have  all 
been  adapted  to  Sybil's  moods  and  necessities  until  the  three  lit- 
tle maids  have  learned  to  long  for  life  without  a  sister  who  is  a 
prima  donna.  I  have  heard  that  certain  dissensions  have  made 
life  animated  this  summer  for  tbe  Sanderson  family.  Sybil  re- 
belled at  her  mother's  discrimination,  it  is  said,  concerning  her 
friends,  and  especially  a  certain  Miss  Johnstone  Bennett,  who 
has  made  more  or  less  of  a  name  for  herself  as  »  Jane."  Sybil, 
who  is  always  tbe  unrestrained  in  her  moods,  and  somewhat  im- 
petuous in  their  expression,  thereupon  left  the  maternal  roof,  and 
took  up  her  abode  with  the  aforesaid  Bennett.  I  give  the  story 
as  it  reached  me.  For  my  part,  I  cannot  conceive  the  possibility 
of  a  young  woman  of  Miss  Sanderson's  charm  and  refinement 
discovering  any  pleasure  in  associating  with  so  masculine  a 
young  person  as  Miss  Johnstone  Bennett,  who  from  her  name  to 
her  attire  yearns  only  to  rank  herself  with  "man,  poor  man.'' 

A  pretty  Californian  woman  was  the  belle  at  a  recent  yachting 
ball.  You  all  know  her,  so  it  is  unnecessary  for  me  to  mention 
her  name,  but  you  may  place  as  you  like  and  enjoy  as  you  must 
a  connundrum  apropos  of  her  decollete  toilet  at  the  aforesaid 
dance:  "Why,"  inquired  some  curious  person,  "  why  is  she  like 
Castoria  ?  "  I  leave  the  answer  to  the  quick-witted  readers  of 
your  clever  paper.  The  story  reminds  me  of  one  told  of  a  certain 
lively  Boston  dame  of  whom  Marion  Crawford,  the  swift  novelist, 
was  supposed  to  be  enamored.  She  also  appeared  at  a  ball  very 
decollete.  "  Behold,"  said  some  one  as  she  passed,  "the  White 
Mountains!"  "Ah,  yes,"  was  the  reply;  "I  even  see  Crawford's 
notch."  Lest  I  fall  into  other  tales  that  might  affect  your  circu- 
lation amongst  the  j tunes  jiUes,  I  sign  myself  hastily, 

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DENTISTS. 
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MILLINERY. 

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RESTAURANTS. 

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SHOEMAKERS. 

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SCENES    IN    CONCARNEAU. 


[Our  young  art-student  correspondent  of  Paris  takes  a  trip  to  Concarneau, 
on  the  coast  of  Briitauy— long  a  resort  for  artists  aud  lately  desecrated  by 
the  tourist  in  numbers-] 

IF  ever  there  was  a  quiet,  secluded  spot  away  from  the  whirl  of 
gay  and  busy  cities.  Concarneau  is  the  place;  and  the  artists 
were  not  long  in  discovering  the  fact,  either,  for  here  at  present 
there  are  over  thirty  from  Paris  and  a  dozen  from  Germany,  Aus- 
tria, and  other  quarters.  Of  course  the  Americans  are  included 
among  those  from  Paris.  There  are  altogether  about  twenty-five, 
so  you  see  there  is  quite  a  colony  of  us.  Other  reasons  for  Con- 
carneau being  such  a  favorite  resort  are,  above  alt,  the  cheapness 
of  living,  it  not  costing  more  that  one  hundred  francs  (£20)  a 
month  ordinarily ;  then  the  landscape  and  marine  views  are 
alluring,  the  place  being  situated  on  the  coast  right  on  the  nozzle 
of  the  teapot  which  France  forms.  There  are  the  finest  rocks, 
boulders,  and  all  kinds  of  fishing  boats  with  colored  sails  and  pic- 
turesque "sea-scapes."  Then,  the  beautiful  meadows  that  run 
to  the  water's  edge,  the  quaint  Brittany  thatched  cottages,  and 
the  queer  costumes  and  headdresses  of  the  people,  and  their  fetes, 


205  Sansowe  St.,  Sear  Kin.'. 


dances,  and  lives.  All  these  make  Concarneau  a  charming  place, 
away  off  from  nowhere,  so  much  sought  for  by  the  artists  on 
their  summer  vacations. 

The  living  is  delightful,  and  how  they  do  it  all  for  eighty  francs 
a  month  is  a  mystery  to  me;  besides,  you  have  three  pretty 
Breton  maids,  in  their  big  white  collars  and  bonnets,  to  serve 
you,  and  they  make  things  very  interesting.  It  is  a  lively  and 
hungry  crowd  tnat  assembles  at  supper  time,  as  there  is  always 
something  new  to  relate  or  some  new  joke  at  another's  expense. 

If  you  get  up  about  seven  any  fine  morning  yon  will  Bee  dozens 
of  boys  with  their  canvases,  easels,  and  other  traps  slung  over 
their  shoulders,  each  bound  for  some  favorite  spot  where  nature 
may  be  studied  undisturbed.  Many  pose  their  models  on  the 
beach  and  thus  study  outdoor  and  sunlight  effects.  Models  are 
quite  scarce — adult  models,  for  you  can  get  thousands  of  the 
youDger  element  to  pose  for  a  trifle.  The  prevalence  of  children 
is  amazing.  No  sooner  have  you  left  your  hotel  than  an  army 
of  them  are  at  your  heels,  crying,  "PosS,  monsieur?  Pos6, 
monsieur?"  If  you  are  smoking  a  cigarette  a  hundred  or  more 
are  begging  for  the  bout.  Thus  and  in  other  ways  they  make  life 
miserable  for  tbe  art  student.  But  one  becomes  used  to  it  all. 
The  children  will  pose  a  whole  day  for  a  franc,  and  the  grown 
people  (if  you  can  get  them)  for  two  francs.  The  explanation  of 
the  scarcity  of  grown-up  models  is  the  sardine  canneries.     Every 


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d»y  hundreds  of  boats  engaged  tn  catching  these  fish  Hue  the 
piers,  and  tuen.  women,  and  children  are  assembled  fur  (he  land- 
tag. Three  boxes  oat  of  every  four  of  imported  MrdlDM  ihst 
you  bay  In  America  are  labeled  Concarneau  or  Bordeaux,  but 
tbey  all  come  from  Concarneau. 

After  landing-  the  men  betake  themselves  to  drinking  saloon*. 
where  they  quickly  become  intoxicated  on  gin  and  cider.  Then 
their  wives  search  for  them  and  administer  a  sound  thrashing.  It 
Is  amasing  to  see  bow  the  women  "run  things"  here.  Tbey  are 
all  as  strong  as  oxen,  and  few  weigh  less  than  one  hundred  and 
fifty  to  two  hundred  pounds.  Often  their  hnsbands  and  §ons  are 
too  dronk  to  get  to  the  boats,  and  so  the  women  drag  them  to 
the  piers  and  force  them  to  work.  It  is  not  uncommon  to  see  a 
sailor  knocked  senseless  by  a  woman  to  whom  he  has  made  too 
friendly  advances. 

There  was  a  **  Pardon"  the  other  Sunday.  A  "Pardon"  Is  an 
occasion  upon  which  all  the  natives  assemble  to  perform  religious 
ceremonies  and  receive  pardon  for  their  misdeeds,  followed  by  a 
f'te  and  heavy  drinking  of  bard  cider.  This  one  was  across  the 
bay.  and  we  boys  were  rowed  across.  On  the  road  to  Ste.  Ami*?, 
where  the  ceremony  was  held,  we  passed  wagon  loads  of  Brittany 
girts,  all  wearing  the  wide  white  collars  and  coifs  of  the  country, 
and  tbey  looked  exceedingly  sweet  and  pretty.  Many  persons 
walked,  and  there  were  scores  of  beggars.  After  an  hour's  walk  we 
neared  the  place,  and  could  hear  the  shoals  and  laughter  a  long 
way  off.  The  first  sight  of  the  fete  was  dazzling,  so  brilliant 
were  the  colored  Hags  and  banners  and  so  white  the  headdresses 
of  the  women  and  so  black  their  gowns.  In  the  center  o'  the 
fete  was  the  old,  gray  stone  church  covered  witn  golden-colored 
moss,  and  the  bells  were  pealing  merrily.  All  around  the  church, 
nnder  the  trees,  where  hundreds  of  stands  and  booths  constructed 
out  of  anything,  where  all  kinds  of  bonbons,  fruits,  nuts,  and 
toys  were  for  sale.  All  around  the  outer  circle  were  stands  where 
one  could  get  a  bowl  of  cider  for  two  sous.  These,  of  course, 
were  the  favorite  resort  of  the  men,  who  sat  in  long  rows,  drink- 
ing and  talking.  Tne  cider  was  very  hard,  and  later  in  the  day 
that  fact  became  very  apparent ;  three  bowls  were  enough. 
Every  sort  of  sideshow  was  to  be  seen  for  a  tn8e.  The  crowd 
was  very  large  and  noisy.  The  girts  were  pretty,  and  strolled 
about  in  two's  and  three's,  munching  sweetmeat*  and  flirting 
with  the  foreigners. 

On  a  sodden  the  noise  was  hashed — the  procession  had  started. 
All  the  men  doffed  their  hats  as  it  passed.  A  number  of  fat  priests 
were  in  the  lead,  one  walking  under  a  gilded  canopy  borne  by 
four  old  fishermen  and  reading  aloud  from  the  bible.  Then  came 
a  squad  of  choir  boys  dressed  in  red  gowns,  and  chanting  but 
one  word,  "amen."  Next  came  a  large  number  of  pretty  little 
girls,  all  dressed  in  white  and  bearing  banners  with  religious 
mottoes.  After  them  came  all  the  people  who  could  walk,  and 
although  the  men  were  clean  and  even  wore  creased  trousers 
and  clothes  perfumed  with  campbor,  the  odor  of  the  sardine  was 
overall.  The  procession  went  round  the  church  a  half  dozen 
times  and  then  filed  within,  where  all  the  priests  for  miles 
around  were  assembled.  A  more  touching  picture  than  that 
made  by  the  people  as  they  knelt  reverently  on  the  stone  floor 
waiting  to  receive  the  pardon  and  benediction  could  not  be 
imagined.  The  interior  of  the  church  was  a  sea  of  white  kirtles 
and  caps,  dotted  here  and  there  with  the  black  head  of  a  fisher- 
man, and  through  the  bumble  glass  windows  the  sun  sent  a 
greenish  yellow  light  over  the  whole.  The  altar  was  in  shadow, 
lighted  with  tall  candles  looking  like  red  stirs  against  the  dark 
background. 

The  blessing  was  quickly  done,  and  in  an  hour  all  were  for- 
given their  sins,  and  then  all  proceeded  to  get  merry.  The  hard 
cider  stands  were  the  objective  points  for  the  men,  and  the 
women  strolled  and  flirted  again,  and  bothered  us  greatly  in  our 
sketching  by  crowding  around  us  and  leaning  tenderly  against 
us  {innocently,  of  course);  but  we  did  not  mind  that.  The  side- 
shows did  a  driving  business.  Dances  were  got  np,  and  the 
thumping  of  sabots  in  the  mazes  of  a  Brittany  dance  could  be 
heard  a  mile  away  and  sounded  like  a  cavalry  charge,  to  the  un- 
certain tunes  of  two  unmusical  bagpipes.  It  was  extraordinary 
dancing.  One  would  simply  seize  another  by  the  back,  and  both 
would  jump  up  and  down  .simultaneously.  The  shoes  were 
merely  wooden  ones,  with  new-mown  hay  inside  to  temper  their 
hardness. 

It  was  long  after  sundown  before  any  one  thought  of  leaving, 
and  many  had  to  be  packed  away  in  carts  or  on  their  comrades' 
shoulders  to  the  boats.  It  was  a  beautiful  picture,  the  starting 
of  the  fishing  boats  for  home.  The  maidens  packed  into  the  fishy 
boats,  the  old  sails  hanging  limp  against  the  masts  in  the  still  air, 
the  thickening  twilight  casting  everything  into  silhouette,  and  the 
dark  red  reflections  in  the  water  from  the  idle  sails  against  the 
purple  water  made  a  wonderful  Bight.  The  girls  all  began  to  sing 
Borne  quaint  Brittany  song,  which  echoed  across  the  water  as  we 
drifted  home.  They  sang  well,  too;  it  was  one  of  the  songs  they 
sing  in  the  sardine  factories  while  they  work.  It  was  dark  when 
we  touched  at  the  long  pier  at  Concarneau.  By  eleven  o'clock 
that  night  all  of  the  six  hundred  boats  had  sailed  for  the  fishing 
grounds.  Edouabd  Ctjcuel. 

Concarneau,  France,  August,  1894. 


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FIRE,  MARINE  AND  INLAND  INSTKANCE, 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insuranoe  Company. 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.   $1,000.000    |  ASSETS,   $3,000,000. 
IHANSA1LAHTIC   FIRE   INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

V.  <  11  rin  Drlfficlil,  Manager  for  Ibe  Pa«  ill.  coast  Brancli. 

220  MiiMuinr  St.,  8.  F. 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department. 
. . 23?  <  "111. triila  St..  S.  F. .Tal. 

NEVADA  WAREHOUSE  AND  DOCK  COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA.  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tom..     Regular    Warebou.e  lor  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

JF&Vf  Warehouses  are  the  largest  ou  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
7  ™ni  .e»att"timpro^fI15eu.UlJ0£  lbe  raP'd  Handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  iSrcleanino 
ioui  ana  smutty  Wheat.  ° 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
insurance  effected  at  lowest  rateb  In  First-OlaBs  Companies,  or  Grain  sold 
li  desired,  at  current  rates.  ' 

Office  ot  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St..  over  the  Anglo-Calltornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

0AP1TAL    »6,700,000 

AOKNTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  316  California  Street  San  Francltco 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   119,724,638.46. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vice-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEB 

HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco 

'  AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX   LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 

Established  1825. 
Capital,  82,250,000.  Total  Assets,  86,854,653  66 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

VOSS,  iOSRAO  .t  to.  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZUHICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS 

TheBe  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  8an  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

TEstabHshed  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

UEO.  F.  UKANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up ;    500,000 

Assets  3,181,768 

SurplUB  to  Policy  Holders 1,626,167 

ROBERT     DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
501  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  15,  1894. 


A    FRONTIER    BRIDAL. 


—Charles 
Weekly. 


F.  Litmmis,   in  Frank  Leslie1  i 


rHE  endless  day  is    ended. 
The  long,  swift  gallop  done; 
And  night's  dear  arch  is  bended — 

Our  night,  my  little  one. 
The  pine  boughs  burr  and  hover 

Above  our  first,  first  bed; 
The  moon  that  loves  a  lover. 
Bends  radiant  overhead. 

The  world  is  far  behind  us, 

Our  world  is  all  to  be; 
The  future  that  shall  find  us, 

Shall  find  but  you  and  me. 
Alone — if  they  be  lonely 

Whose  arms  their  world  inclose; 
To  whom  heaven's  self  is  only 

A  Now  that  never  goes. 

Soft  hand  in  sinewy  nestled, 

And  lips  that  sigh  and  croon. 
And  hearts  that  beat  so  close,  so  sweet, 

And  eyes  that  drink  and  swoon; 
Far  from  the  human  billow 

That  breaks  in  white  unrest. 
Ah,  happy  is  our  pillow 

On  the  brown  mother's  breast. 

The  morrow's  way  is  weary, 

The  springs  are  far  between ; 
Yon  bitter  plains  and  dreary 

Forget  their  youth  was  green, 
But  not  the  utter  desert 

Shall  parch  our  inner  June; 
And  everywhere  our  hearts  shall  fare 

With  the  pine  tree  and  the  moon ! 


HOW    MY    HEART    FOLLOWS     THEE.- .By   Lady    Dufferin. 


"  How  my  heart  follows  thee  where'er  thou  goest, 
With  tender  searchings  for  thy  distant  lot, 
Grudging  the  hours  which  elsewhere  thou  bestowest, 
Though  well  I  know  that  I  am  not  forgot! 

Is  there  not  something  wanting  to  thy  being 

When  thou  art  glad,  and  1  not  at  thy  side  ? 
As  though  the  sun  should  shine  with  no  one  seeing, 
A  wasted  glory,  in  a  world  too  wide! 

Methinks  it  should  be  so ;  for  such  a  feeling 

Visits  my  soul  when  lonely  I  remain, 
My  heart  still  leans  on  thine— for  aid  appealing 

To  bear  its  burden,  be  it  joy  or  pain. 

Dost  thou  not  miss  me,  when  thy  gaze  enchanted 

Dwells  on  the  scene  which  now  thy  vision  bounds? 

Methinks  it  should  be  so;  for  I  am  haunted 

By  thoughts  of  thee  midst  lovely  sights  and  sounds. 

When  I  am  reading,  1  would  have  thee  near  me 

To  share  the  brilliant  thought,  or  graceful  phrase; 
Or  if  I  sing — what  matter  who  may  hear  me, 

If  I  must  miss  thy  fond,  unlearned  praise? 
See  how  thou  steal'st  the  color  and  the  savor 

From  out  my  life  when  we  apart  must  be! 
And  yet,  thou  know'st,  '  I  thank  my  God  forever!  ' 

'  For  all  remembrance,'  my  beloved,  'of  thee.'  " 

THE    WORLD    KNOWN.— Inigo  R.  de  E.  Deane  in  Scribner's 


This  world  that  was  so  vast  to  dream  antique, 
With  golden  realms  hard  by  the  break  of  day. 
With  virgin  seas  and  wondrous  folk  that  lay 
Beyond  all  snows  and  storms,  to  what  a  spanned 

And  common  thing  'tis  shrunk !  who  now  shall  see. 
For  happy  isles  along  that  vulgar  way 
Which  was  the  ocean-sea?  or  who  shall  say 
Things  yet  unlearned  of  any  maiden  land. 

We  know  now.  know  it  all,  and  small  the  good 
To  you  or  me  the  tedious  knowledge  brings ; 

But,  oh !  if  one  might  stand  where  Jason  stood, 
And  dream  like  him  of  regions  strange  and  fair 

Beyond  the  wild  white  sea-bird's  baths,  or  where 
The  utmost  albatross  dips  lonely  wings ! 


IB-A-HSriECS. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND ...  1,404,000 

Southeast  comer  Bush  and  Sansome  streets 
HEAD    OFFICE  60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kainloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  aud  Tacoma, 
Washington, 

This  Bauk  transacts  a  General  Bankiug  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York — Merchants  Bauk  of  Canada;  Chicago — First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  aud  youth  Wales  Bauk;  Scotland — British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America — London  Bauk  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  aud  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demeraka  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided   Profits  (January  1, 1894) 3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs.  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago — Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  aDd  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis— Boatmen s  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

hraws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleaus.  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiauia,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkoug,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Geuoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION, 


Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.   June  30,  1894  $24,061,791   27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627.052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  8avings 
Bank  commences  ouly  with  the  actual  receipt  of  tbe  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrauce  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL.  $1,000,000. 

OFFICEES. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  ....  President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST..  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  Januury  2,  1894 29,429,217  0V 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  K.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Win.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmanu,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  1  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed  3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund  ...   700,000 

Heao  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     (  „ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  (  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO  'S  BANK. 


X.  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine    President  I  Homer  S.  King.     .       ..  Manager 

H.  Wadaworth Cashier  I  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  [  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,  Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


Sept.  16,  1894. 


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188  i.l"  RliLK  — Tbii  precious  little  curl  is  all  I  have  left  to  re 
_  mind  me  of  my  darting."  and  she  pressed  it  to  her  quivering 
lips,  and  in  a  l»roken  voice  went  00,  "  1  waken  in  the  night  and  fancy 
I  he»r  his  soft,  gentle  breathing.  In  the  morning  I  find  myself  listen- 
ing f<T  the  ■oft  patter  of  his  little  teet  a>  he  comes  to  give  me  the 
morning  greeting.  Oh,  life  i>  90  empty  without  him  I"  Sympathetic 
Fkienu— Was  it  scarlet  ferer  that  tilled  him?  Mi;-.  Gcrolb— ^Oh, 
no;  that  was  inv  habv  who  died  of  that;  it  was  distemper  that  killed 
htite  I  —  *>• 

OSB  wild  shriek  of  deep  despair. 

As  the  -hip  went  down; 
<  hae  long  cloud  of  matted  hair 

I'n  ihe  waters  l.rown; 
Bat  over  the  choppy  sea  a  sail 
Hath  home  to  harbor  her  beauty  pale — 
For  her  bloomers  filled  with  the  rising  gale, 

As  the  ship  went  down.  —Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 
Va>  [bhb— So  she  refused  you?    Tin  Bbok  (sadly)— Yes;  in  fact, 

she  told  me   to  go  to (whispersV     V\>    Lsbb — Dear   me!     Why. 

1 Ten  Brok— That  is,  she  told  me  to  ask  her  father,  and  as  he's 

dead.  I  suppose  that's  what  she  meant.      — 5/.  Louis  Post-Dispatch. 

Mk.  (.'ox- John,  whv  do  vou  call  that  pretty  typewriter  of  your's 
Mary  Ann?  You  told  me  her  name  was  Mabel.  Mb.  Fox— Well, 
you  "see  I  have  a  bad  habit  of  speaking  in  my  sleep,  and  my  wife's 
name  is  Mary  Ann.  — Ex. 

•'  I  don't  believe  Jack  loves  me  as  well  as  he  ought  to."  Bertha — 
Has  he  been  neglecting  you,  dear?  '*0h,  dear,  no.  He  refuses  to 
break  our  engagement  when  he  knows  I  could  marry  Mr.  De  Million 
if  he  would."  — Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Teacher— For  what  is  Switzerland  noted?  Pupil  (after  a  pause)— 
Sweitzer  kase.  "  Yes,  but  for  something  much  more  grand,  awe  in- 
spiring and  majestic.  Try  again."  (Making  another  effort)— Lim- 
burger." 

There's  a  proverb  as  wise  as  it's  old, 

\VThich  tells  you  to  "vote as  you  pray;  " 
But  the  way  they  are  running 
Is  rather  more  cunning. 

For  they  generally  vote  as  you  pay  ! 

— Attanta  Constitution. 
Weary  Watkins— There's  only  one  thing  keeps  me  from  becomin' 
a  workin'man  and  joinin'  a  union.    Dust*  Rhodes— What's  that? 
Weaky  Watkins— I  can't  find  no  union  what's  on   a  strike  all   the 
time.  — Detroit  Tribune. 

"  That  is  Mrs.  District  Attorney  Jones  over  there,  isn't  it?"  "  No; 
not  now."  "Divorced?"  "No;  her  husband  has  been  promoted. 
She  is  now  Mrs.  First  Assistant  Deputv  Sub-Comptroller  Jones." 

— Ex. 
"  Weel,  friends,"  said  a  Scotch  clergyman,  recently,  "  the  kirk  is 
urgently  in  need  of  siller,  and  as  we  have  failed  to  get  money  hon- 
estly, we  will  have  to  see  what  a  bazaar  can  do  for  us."  —  Ex. 

A  female  correspondent  complains  that  her  husband  eats  onions 
and  snores.     Now  a  man  who   would   snore  with  an  onion-flavored 
breath  should  go  somewhere  and  start  a  desert.       — Texas  Sittings. 
She  tapped  him  gently  on  the  face, 

A  love  lick  most  men  like, 
And  he  called  it  with  exquisite  grace 

A  sympathetic  strike.  — Louisville  Times. 

Mac— How  did  you  enjoy  Maggie  Cline's  singing?  Fritz— I  was 
sitting  next  to  two  women  who  were  engaged  in  discussing  the  suf- 
frage question  and  didn't  hear  Maggie.  — Ex. 

The  idea  of  employing  pretty  women  for  bill  collectors  looks  feas- 
ible, but  it  would  not  work.  The  delinquent  debtors  would  all  want 
them  to  call  again.  — Ex. 

Nurse — Baby  has  swallowed  a  five  dollar  gold  piece.  Mamma — 
Mercy,  mercy,  run  quick  for  a  doctor;  that  money  was  for  matinee 
tickets.  —Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Now's  the  time  the  maid  of  summer 
Greets  with  open  arms  each  comer; 
Loving,  jilting  artist,  drummer, 
Hoping  for  an  earl  or  plumber.  — Judge. 

"  Sue  wears  the  most  masculine  garb  of  any  of  the  girls."  "  Yes ; 
the  last  time  I  saw  her  her  skirt  was  actually  bagged  at  the  knees." 

—  Tammany  Times. 

The   Grand   Canon   Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


BAUTKS. 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  'River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

The  nervous  irritability  produced  by  the  exactions  of  business  re- 
quires attention.  Nothing  will  allay  that  trouble  so  easily  as  a 
drink  of  Argonaut  whisky,  which  would  make  a  man  forget  all  the 
troubles  of  his  existence.  It  is  a  wonderful  stimulant,  and  by  long 
c^dds  the  best  whisky  in  the  market  to-day.  All  admirers  of  good 
liquor  drink  Argonaut  whisky  in  preference  to  any  other.  E.  Mar- 
tin &  Co.,  agents,  408  Front  street. 

For  rashes,  pimples,  and  blotches,  Ayer's  Sarsaparilla  is  an  unequaled 
specific. 


CALIFORNIA    SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

r.il.l   up  i  .il.Hiil.Si.nnit.iion 

Uonras  Montgomery   mid  OALiroiHU  Strkkth.Sak  Fbakoiboo. 

J.   D.  FRY,  President  ...  HKNKY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J    Dai.zrll  Brown,  Secretary  And  Treasurer. 

This  company  i»  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator. 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  fs  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Fuuds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  Income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  Individual 
In  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  aud  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  aepoaltfl  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  dally  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  In  its  savings  <lepartmeut  from  $1  upwards, and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon. 

KKvrs    s,\ii;s  Inside  Us  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 
at  low  rates 
WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


X.  W.  Comer  Sansome  and  Bush  streets. 

Established  1870.                                                                     TJ.  S.  Depositary. 
Capital  (Paid  Vp) $1. coo.oon. 


SUHPLUS 

S.  G   MURPHY 

JAMES   MOFFITT 


$800,000  t  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $75,196 

President  1 

.Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 


directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt, 

'1  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital  . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Cp       $3,450,000 

Reserve     ...  .    .     $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C. 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115b  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Mauaerer,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUS  TAV  FKIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— u. exel.  Morgan  &  Co     BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  aud  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTEE. 

Subscribed  Capital       $2. 500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital    $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,ono. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited.  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUM, )  „„„„,.„ 
C.  ALT80HUL  j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL       . $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WiLSON        President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  «fc  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  Ft.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank,  Kansas  City—  First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA8.  F.  CROCKER,         |         E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN  Vice  .resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAII>  ON  DEPOSITS.       LOANS  MADE 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord                   Jerome  Lincoln                    H.  H.  Hewlett 
Wm   Babcock                O.D.Baldwin                      A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
Adam  Grant W.  S.  Jones J.  B.  Randol. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

Wo.  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated November24.1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER  . .  President  I  ERNST  BRAND  ...        .  Secretary 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  15,  1894. 


SAYS  a  London  fashion  writer:  »  So  many  girls  seem  at  a  loss 
to  know  which  is  the  best  form  of  hat  to  adopt  while  travel- 
ing—for remember  those  halcyon  days,  when  we  donned  our  oldest 
and  most  dilapidated  garments  for  train  and  steamer  wear,  belong 
already  to  the  distant  past— and  in  these  times  one's  social  standing 
is  often  guaged  by  the  clothes  one  wears  en  voyage.  French  women 
are  wise  in  their  generation.  It  is  they  who  mostly  patronize,  for 
traveling,  artistically  designed  alpaca  dust-cloaks  that  look  as  well  as 
frocks  and  which  hide  a  multitude  of  sins,  besides  being  able  to  stand 
a  fair  amount  of  dust  and  blacks.  But  to  return  to  our  millinery. 
Unless  Mademoiselle  chooses  a  sailor  hat.  treated  on  rather  original 
lines,  I  earnestly  recommend  her  to  go  in  for  a  dainty  toque,  in  which 
shape  there  is  so  much  scope  for  her  imagination,  no  great  expendi- 
ture being  required.  A  jaunty  little  affair  in  cream  cloth  consists  of 
an  ordinary  turban-shaped  toque  form  is  bent  into  a  peak  in  front, 
the  crown  being  overlaid  with  the  cloth  put  on  plainly  without  either 
fold  or  gather.  The  brim,  however,  is  covered  with  folded  material. 
Black  velvet,  which  always  looks  well  with  cream,  finds  place  in  the 
shape  of  high,  narrow,  three-looped  bows,  arising,  like  darts,  from 
each  side.  This  little  toque,  which,  to  our  mind,  seems  the  perfection 
of  simplicity,  could  be  easily  and  quickly  manufactured  at  home, 
and,  as  nine  voyage-uses  out  of  ten  frequently  postpone  some  of  their 
preparations  to  nearly  the  last  moment,  in  no  way  can  they  despise 
the  advantages  of  things  that  are  tossed  off  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye. " 

The  perfectly-dressed  woman  shows  sympathetic  hints  of  the  ap- 
proaching change  of  season  in  her  attire.  The  organdies,  sheer  mus- 
lins, and  pretty  ginghams  which  were  in  keeping  a  short  time  ago 
begin  to  look  limp  and  out  of  place,  although  duck  and  pique  still 
hold  their  own,  with  covert  cloth  and  serge.  It  is  curious  to  note  on 
a  fresh,  cool  morning  that  has  a  touch  of  autumnal  keenness  in  its 
freshness,  how  chilly  and  unattractive  looking  are  the  pale  blues, 
mauves  and  pinks  not  long  ago  so  flower-like  in  their  delicacy,  and 
how  delightedly  the  eye  rests  upon  the  cardinals,  russets,  yellows, 
and  dusky  purples,  when  shown  in  a  pretty  autumn  hat  or  a  new 
silk  waist  worn  with  a  pique  skirt  or  jacket.  Such  a  touch  will  ac- 
centuate the  beauty  of  a  pretty  woman  and  make  a  plain  one  look 
interesting  and  "  sympatica." 

Lace  hats  and  bonnets  are  especially  appropriate  for  the  coming 
season,  and  make  a  charming  transition  from  straw  to  felt.  Nothing 
could  be  prettier  for  a  young  matron  than  a  capote  of  jetted  black 
lace,  draped  around  a  bunch  of  red  roses  and  buds,  tastefully  ar- 
ranged on  the  left  side.  More  girlish  is  a  broad-brimmed  hat  of  deep 
ecru  guipure,  on  which  pink  roses  and  their  leaves  are  scattered. 
Over  these,  two  black  feathers  wave  from  the  back,  where  open  wired 
loops  of  twisted  green  satin  ribbon  are  arranged. 


A  new  kind  of  gauze,  interwoven  with  gilt  or  silver  threads,  is  fre- 
quently used  as  a  lining  for  net  or  lace  dresses.  This  is  rather  wiry 
of  texture,  but  it  is  very  firm,  though  semi-transparent,  affording  a 
very  satisfactory  foundation. 

There  are  at  least  twenty  different  and  distinct  shades  of  green  visi- 
ble on  fashion's  great  field  this  season,  ranging  from  the  palest  water 
tints  to  the  deep  moss  and  myrtle  shades,  all  the  varying  tones  dis- 
played in  nature  being  perfectly  reproduced  in  art. 


(Jreat 
Bar^rupt   5^oeK 


$108,000 


Of  the  McSHANE  Dry 
Goods  Company  of  Oak- 
land, representing  about 


WORTH  OF  FINE 
DRY  GOODS ! 
Bought    at    our   own 
Figures,    now  being 
Closed   out    at    an 


43  ^ei?t5 


Average    of 


ON   THE  DOLLAR. 


Murphy  Building. 


PACIFIC  MINING  AGENCY 
AND  TRUST  COMPANY. 

Irwin  C.   Stump,   President.    Win.  C.  Ralston,  Secretary.    The  Anglo- 

Californian  Bank,  Ld.,  Treasurer. 
DIRECTORS— Irwin  C.   Btump,  Irving  M.  Scott,   Jacob  H.  Neff,  W.P. 
Goad,  R.  C.  Chambers,  P.  N.  Lillenthal,  D.  M.  Burns. 

MILLS   BUILDING.  San  Franci^CO- 

This  company  has  been  formed  to  sell  mining  and  ditch  properties  and 
water  rights  on  commission  only.  It  is  prepared  to  act  as  agent  and  broker 
for  the  sale  and  purchase  of  such  properties.  Mines  listed  at  its  offices 
will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  investors;  no  bond  is  required  until 
there  is  a  prospective  purchaser. 

the  company  will  look  after  the  interests  of  non-residents  or  obtain  in- 
formation for  them;  it  will  also  assist  mining  engineers,  superintendents, 
foremen,  assayers,  millmen  and  miners  to  obtain  employment. 

The  Company  is  prohibited  by  its  articles  of  Incorporation  from  buying 
or  selling  mines  on  its  own  account,  and  except  as  agent  or  factor  for 
others. 


THE 
MARKET. 

749    MARKET  ST., 

(Opposite  Phelan  Building). 

FINEST    MARKET 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Giving  Special  Sales  Every  Day. 

Telephone  5466. 


16,  1894 


SAN  FBANCESCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


ATTAINS 


THIS  is  what  is  known  among  Kuropean  journalists  as  the  dull 
or  silly  season,  and,  in  the  absence  of  legitimate  news,  tbe 
wits  of  tbe  press  from  time  to  time  give  free  rein  io  their  imagin- 
ation, and  tbe  result  is  a  confused  ma^s  of  contradictory  rumors 
such  as  have  recently  been  going  tbe  rounds  in  regard  to  tbe  Czar 
of  Russia.  Some  little  time  ago  it  was  announced  that  this 
potentate  bad  bad  a  narrow  escape  from  being  poisoned ;  later 
we  were  told  that  he  was  so  surrounded  by  active  nihilist  con- 
spirators that  be  was  practically  a  prisoner  in  one  of  tbe  more  re- 
mote royal  residences  and  did  not  dare  to  move  about  or  visit  bis 
capital;  now  tbe  rumor-making  machine  has  been  given  another 
twist  and  tbe  result  is  a  statement  to  tbe  effect  that  tbe  ruler  of 
this  vast  empire  is  seriously,  if  not  fatally  ill,  and  that  the  health 
of  both  his  heir  apparent  and  heir-presumptive  is  not  in  a  satis- 
factory condition.  In  the  due  course  of  lime  and  events  it  will 
probably  be  given  out  that  this  last  roruor  is  all  bosh.  On  its 
face  it  is  already  discredited  by  the  further  statement  that  relia- 
ble information  in  regard  to  tbe  alleged  patient's  condition  is  un- 
obtainable and  that  the  press  censorship  in  regard  to  the  subject 
is  so  close  that  no  news  concerning  the  matter  is  allowed  to  be 
transmitted  within  Russian  territory.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  tbe 
Czar  is  a  comparatively  young  man  whose  health,  so  far,  has 
always  been  good,  and  whose  habits  of  life  seem  to  have  been 
both  simple  aod  careful.  To  be  sure,  be  has  several  times  been 
accused  of  exhibiting  symptoms  of  insanity — but  tbe  accusation 
came  from  newspaper  writers  and  correspondents  who  never  got 
within  a  mile  of  the  man  and  who  would  not  know  him  if  they 
were  to  meet  him  in  the  broad  daylight. 

It  is  to  be  noticed,  by  the  way,  that  affairs  in  the  Balkans  re- 
main in  tbe  same  unsettled  and  unsatisfactory  condition  that 
they  have  been  for  some  time  past.  In  Bulgaria  the  quarrel  be- 
tween Prince  Ferdinand  and  Stambuloff  is  an  incident  of  the 
most  serious  character  and  one  which  may  eventually  produce 
grave  political  results.  The  best  sentiment  of  the  country  is,  for 
the  present,  uodonbtedly  with  Prince  Ferdinand,  but  8tan?buloif 
is  a  very  shrewd,  audacious,  and  unscrupulous  man,  and  a  thor- 
ough master  of  that  species  of  political  intrigue  which  usually 
succeeds  in  such  a  country  as  Bulgaria.  For  the  time  being  the 
odds  are  against  him,  but  so  long  as  he  is  alive  and  in  antagonism 
to  the  government,  he  will  always  be  a  formidable  menace  to  its 
safety  and  permanence.  In  8ervia  there  is  a  prevailing  spirit  of 
unrest  and  dissatisfaction  abroad  among  the  people,  the  extent  of 
which  may  be  gauged  by  tbe  fact  that  the  carriage  in  which  the 
young  King  was  driving  was  stoned  by  a  mob  the  other  day. 

The  death  of  the  Comte  de  Paris  is  an  event  of  social  rather  than 
political  importance.  The  dynasty  which  he  represented  and  to 
which  he  was  heir  was  not  during  his  lifetime,  and  is  not  now. 
popular,  even  as  a  historical  reminiscence,  with  more  .than  a  cor- 
poral's guard  of  the  French  people.  Had  this  been  otherwise 
there  would  have  been  an  audible  demand  for  its  restoration  dur- 
ing the  scandals  which  marked  the  close  of  the  Grevy  adminis- 
tration and  again  during  the  Panama  canal  disclosures.  In  truth 
it  may  be  said  that  the  oligarchy  which  passes  under  the  name 
of  the  French  republic  has  lived  since  1880  by  reason  of  the 
weakness  of  its  domestic  enemies  rather  than  because  of  any 
strength  it  derived  through  popular  confidence.  If  the  young 
Prince  Imperial  had  not  been  killed  in  the  Zulu  war,  he  would 
have  been  on  tbe  throne  long  ago;  but  as  things  stand  there  will 
be  no  new  King  or  Emperor  in  France  unless  an  able,  courageous, 
and  self-assertive  "man-on-horseback"  shall  arise  out  of  some 
future  war  or  internal  commotion  to  found  a  new  dynasty.  The 
House  of  Orleans  does  not  appeal  to  tbe  popular  enthusiasm. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  pieces  of  foreign  "news"  which  has 
come  to  band  of  late  is  contained  in  the  announcement  that 
Peixoto,  the  Brazilian  Dictator,  havirg  got  through  celebrating 
tbe  Fourth  of  July  and  erecting  a  monument  "in  houor  of  the 
Monroe  doctrine,"  has  discovered  that  the  effete  monarchies  of 
Europe  are  again  conspiring,  through  Admiral  da  Gama,  to  over- 
throw the  republic,  and,  of  course,  as  long  as  the  republic  is  in 
danger  a  self-sacrificing  patriot,  like  Peixoto,  could  not  think  of 
retiring  in  favor  of  his  duly-elected  successor.  Viewed  from  that 
standpoint  it  would  seem  as  though  da  Gama  is  a  rather  useful 
sort  of  a  bogie  auxiliary  to  Peixoto's  ambition — which  is  to  rule, 
rather  than  serve  Brazil  for  the  balance  of  his  life  and  without 
irritating  interference  from  the  people  or  their  representatives  as- 
sembled in  Congress.  The  reverberations  of  Admiral  Benham's 
blank  shot  grow  louder  and  keener  as  time  slips  past,  but  they 
also  grow  more  and  more  out  of  tune  and  harmony  with  the 
notes  of  the  old  libeity  bell. 

There  is  some  talk  in  political  circles  in  the  British  Isles  of  the 
retirement  of  Mr.  Justin  McCarthy  from  the  leadership  of  the 
Nationalist  faction  of  the  Irish  representatives  in  Parliament,  and 


Mr.  Timothy  Mealy  i-  -Hi,i  i«,  i„.  inxloui  t  .  take  his  place.  Mr 
McCarthy  has  hren  little  mnr«  than  a  ligun-head  an  a  leader,  ami 
in  DO  sense  tilled  l'arnell's  place:  but  then  the  cause  which  tbe 
Nationalists  represent  having  become  a  part  of  the  political  pro 
gramme  of  the  Liberal  party,  it  no  longer  needs  an  active  parlia- 
mentary leader  of  its  own.  The  Liberal  leaders  practically  lead 
it.  Viewed  from  that  standpoint  Mr.  McCarthy  is  probably  the 
best  man  who  could  be  found  for  the  place.  He  Is  a  gentleman 
of  intellectual  capacity  and  literary  tastes  rather  than  a  rough 
and  tumble  Irish  politician;  and  if  be  is  not  as  self-assertive  and 
pushing  as  he  might  be,  it  in  also  to  be  borne  in  mind  that  be 
arouses  no  antagonisms  or  resentments.  Mr.  Healy,  as  may  be 
iuferred  from  tbe  fact  that  he  is  known  to  a  great  many  people 
under  the  sobriquet  "  Dirty  Tim  Healy,"  would  provoke  both. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 
•"THERE'S  many  a  man— salut  or  siuuer— 
A    Who   kuows  not  the   right  place  to  go 
In   search   of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  cotfime   tl  fatit. 
Now   here's  the  address— read   and   mark  "it — 

Where  the   choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  6S  and   70,   California  Market— 

Moraghau's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  uo  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage    pays   in   the   pelf, 
For  tbey  serve  all   the  good   thingH   in   seasou, 

And  the  boss  nnts  the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  iu  greatest  demand 
Iu  ihat  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghau's  Oyster  Stand. 
"  Californiaos  "  or  "Easterns."  they  all   are 

Put  up  iu  the  daintiest  style. 
Ard   it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these   bivalves  a  while; 
For  the   epicure  ne'er  finds  au  oyster 

In  any  Jay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

OCCIDENTAL    HOTEL, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

A  QUIET  HOME,  CENTRALLY  LOCATED 

FOE  THOSE  WHO  APPRECIATE  COMFORT  &  ATTENTION. 
WM.  B.  HOOPER,  Manager. 


l/iehy  5pno$s, 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  the  terminus  of  the  8.  F.  &N.  P.  Railway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpaased.  Terms,  $12  to  ?14  per  week. 
Postoffice  and  telephone  at  springs. 

WM.  DUOLAN,  Proprietor, 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Ophir  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— dan  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
tion  of  works— Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  Fifth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  63)  of  Twenty- 
five  CentB  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
luesaay,  the  Ninth  Day  ot  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and.  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction ;  and  unlews  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  29th  day  of  October,  1894,  to  pay  the  de- 
linquent assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and    expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E,   B.    HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 

Alta  Silver*  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  busineas— San  tfrauciKCO,  California.  Lf- 
cation  of  works— G-uld  Hill  Mining  District.  Storey  <ounty,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  thai  aLameeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors, held  on 
the  Twelfth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  47)  of  Ten  cents 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  33,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,   Sau  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Wednesday,  the  17th  Day  of  October,  1884,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction:  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  7th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS  Secretary. 

Office— Room  33,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Gould  &  Curry  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Assessment      ...No.   74. 

Amount  per  Share  15  cents. 

Levied July  27, 1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office    August  30, 1894. 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock September  21, 18*4. 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTKK. 


Sept.  15,  Ibte. 


SOCIETY  iB  gradually  but  surely  assembling  in  town  for  the 
winter,  wblcb  many  predict  will  be  the  gayest  that  Ban  Fran- 
cisco has  known  for  several  years.  It  is,  of  course,  too  soon  to  look 
for  much  in  the  line  of  gayeties.  but  little  dinners,  luncheons,  and 
theatre  parties  are  taking  place  daily  and  nightly,  and  the  vexed 
question  of  whether  teas  are  to  be  a  favoute  form  of  entertainment 
the  coming  season  is  being  discussed  for  and  against.  The  Friday 
Night  Cotillion  Club  dances  are  said  to  be  an  assured  fact;  and  sev- 
eral other  clubs  are  in  the  field,  so  it  is  safe  to  assume  that  dancing 
will  be  a  more  favored  pastime  this  winter  than  it  was  a  year  ago. 
Among  recent  affairs  may  be  noted  the  dinner  given  by  Messrs.  Jar- 
boe  and  Tobin  to  their  several  attendants  at  their  approaching  wed- 
dings, and  the  luncheon  at  which  the  Misses  Dimond  entertained 
their  bevy  of  bridesmaids. 

Mesdames  Peter  Donahue  and  Eleanor  Martin  have  been  setting  a 
good  example  in  giving  a  dance  for  the  young  people  to  enjoy,  rather 
than  a  tiresome  tea,  such  as  have  been  considered  the  correct  form 
of  entertaining  during  the  past  few  seasons,  and  they  have  earned 
thereby  the  thanks  of  all  lovers  of  Terpsichore  and  of  those  whn 
were  guests  at  tbeir  pleasant  party  last  Saturday  evening.  The  occa- 
sion was  said  to  be  an  informal  gathering  ere  the  departure  of  the 
three  young  Martins,  wbo  have  been  spending  their  vacation  in  San 
Francisco,  but  it  would  be  difficult  to  have  made  more  elaborate  pre- 
parations in  the  way  of  canvased  floors,  Moral  decorations,  music, 
and  a  delicious  supper.  Dancing  was,  of  course,  the  order  of  the  even- 
ing until  midnight,  when  supper  was  served  at  tete-a-tete  tables  boih 
upstairs  and  down,  and  afterithad  been  partaken  of,  "  adieux  "  were 
said.  __^ 

The  vast  interior  of  Trinity  Church,  the  largest  of  San  Francisco's 
Episcopal  edifices,  had  its  seating  capacity  tested  on  Monday  even- 
ing, so  large  was  the  throng  of  people  who  assembled  to  witness  tbe 
marriage  of  Miss  Eleanor  Dimond  and  Paul  Jarboe.  The  interior 
presented  a  brilliant  appearance,  with  its  myriad  of  electric  lights, 
and  the  chancel  looked  especially  attractive  in  its  garniture  of  palmt> 
and  ferns  artistically  grouped,  the  sole  touches  of  color  coming  from 
the  altar,  wherein  were  placed,  on  either  end,  large  bunches  of  pink 
roses  and  lilies.  Fully  an  hour  was  occupied  in  seating  the  guests, 
which  kept  Messrs.  Greenway,  Sheldon,  Tobin,  Taylor,  McMurtry, 
Randal,  Owen,  Simpkins,  Martin,  and  Mizner,  who  officiated  as 
ushers,  busily  employed;  and  it  was  not  until  a  few  minutes  after 
nine  o'clock  that  the  first  notes  were  heard  from  the  organ,  when 
Messrs.  Greenway  and  Tobin  proceeded  to  arrange  broad  pink  satin 
ribbons  along  either  side  of  the  central  aisle  from  the  door  to  the 
chancel,  thus  carrying  out  the  new  idea  first  tried  at  the  Brown  wed- 
ding last  week  with  such  good  effect,  by  confining  the  guests  to  the 
pews.  After  a  brief  prelude,  the  organist  accompanied  a  choir  of 
voices  which  chanted  the  Lohengren  chorus,  as  the  maid  of  honor, 
Miss  Mae  Dimond,  led  the  procession  of  eight  bridesmaids, 
Misses  Kate  Jarboe,  Kate  Clement,  Laura  Bates,  Laura  McKinstry, 
Ella  Hobart,  Alice  Hobart,  Mamie  Holbrook,  and  Minnie  Houghton, 
who  marched  in  pairs,  according  to  size,  from  the  chancel  down  the 
centre  aisle  to  the  door,  where  they  met  the  bride.  Immediately 
after  the  cortege  entered,  the  ushers  leading  and  the  bridesmaids  fol- 
lowing them,  came  the  charming  bride  and  her  sister,  Mae,  walking 
together.  The  groom  and  his  best  man,  Samuel  Knight,  awaited 
their  coming  at  the  altar  rail,  where  the  Rev.  G.  E.  Walk  tied  tbe 
nuptial  knot.  General  Dimond  giving  his  daughter  into  the  keeping 
of  the  groom.  The  bridal  costume  was  of  white  satin  en  traine,  with 
an  overdress  of  fine  mottsseline  de  sole,  a  voluminous  tulle  veiljcaugbt 
to  her  coiffure  with  a  diamond  pin,  and  a  hand  bouquet  of  while 
roses.  Miss  Mae  Dimond,  the  pretty  maid  of  honor,  wore  a  gown 
of  pink  satin  trimmed  with  pink  chiffon,  out  walking  length  and 
made  with  the  new  fan  effect,  which ,  par  parenthese,  is  far  from  grace- 
ful. The  eight  pretty  bridesmaids  were  robed  alike  in  gowns  of  white 
muslin  over  pink  satin  and  trimmed  with  pink  satin  ribbons,  and 
they  carried  bouquets  of  pink  roses.  From  the  church  tbe  bridal 
party  and  the  relatives  on  both  sides  were  driven  to  the  Dimond  res- 
idence, on  Washington  street,  where  an  elaborate  supper  was  served. 
The  decorations  of  the  house,  like  the  church,  consisted  of  palms, 
ferns  and  smilax,  pink  Howers  and  white  satin  ribbons.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jarboe  are  spending  their  honeymoon  at  the  Jarboe  cottage,  ai 
Santa  Cruz,  where  they  will  remain  until  called  to  town  for  the  wed- 
ding of  Miss  Mae  Dimond  and  Joe  Tobin,  which  will  be  a  home  cer- 
emony performed  by  Archbishop  Riordan,  the  groom  being  a 
Roman  Catholic.  It  will  be  followed  by  a  large  reception  in  honor 
of  both  brides.  By  tbe  way,  it  is  the  opinion  of  many  who  were 
present  on  Monday  evening  that  one  of  the  fair  bridesmaids  wilt 
figure  ere  long  in  the  role  of  bride  herself.  One  of  the  ushers  was 
most  devoted  in  his  attentions,  and  though  the  probable  engagement 
has  been  discussed  for  some  time  among  tbeir  friends,  it  has  only 
recently  looked  as  if  it  were  soon  to  be  an  accomplished  fact. 

For  engagement,  wedding,  and  birthday  presents  do  not  fail  to  visit 
S.  &  G- Gump's,  113  Geary  street- 


The  wedding  of  Miss  Stella  Currier  and  James  A.  Ritchie,  which 
took  place  at  the  home  of  tbe  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  Richardson,  on 
Frederick  street,  last  week,  was  a  pretty  home  ceremony,  the  parlors 
where  it  was  perfurmed  being  redolent  with  sweet  flowers  which,  in 
conjunction  with  smilax  and  other  green  tendrils,  tastefully  adorned 
them.  The  Rev.  E.  J.  Lion  was  the  officiating  clergyman,  and  after 
the  nuptial  knot  was  tied  and  congratulations  offered  and  received, 
there  was  dancing  followed  by  supper.  The  bride  looked  particu- 
larly well  in  her  wedding  robe  of  white  satin  trimmed  with  point  lace 
and  orange  blossoms.  Miss  Madge  Richardson,  as  maid  of  honor, 
was  attired  in  light  yellow  silk,  and  Misses  Stella  Austin  and 
Addie  Sterns,  of  Sacramento,  wore  gowns  of  white  silk.  Albert 
Eaton  supported  the  groom  as  his  best  man.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ritchie 
will  reside  at  the  California  Hotel,  where  Mrs.  Ritchie  will  be  "at 
home"  on  Mondays.        

The  wedding  of  Miss  Kate  Paddock  and  Joseph  L.  Kierulff  took 
place  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  parents,  on  Broderick  street,  on 
Wednesday  evening  of  this  week. 


A  very  pretty  wedding  was  celebrated  last  Saturday  at  noon  in 
Grace  Church.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Foute  officiated.  The  contracting 
parties  were  George  S.  Nevin  and  Margaretha  Hentrich.  The  bride 
is  the  youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Lewis  Hentrich,  and  a  sister  of 
Mrs.  George  Tourny.  She  was  given  away  by  her  brother-in-law,  Mr. 
George  Tourny.  Miss  Bernardine  Hentrich  was  maid  of  honor,  and 
two  charming  little  bridesmaids  in  pink  and  white  were  Vida  and 
Marguerite  Tourny.  Bernhard  Dobrmann  acted  as  best  man.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Nevin  are  spending  their  honeymoon  in  Los  Angeles. 

To  the  list  of  September  weddings,  hitherto  given  in  this  column, 
must  be  added  the  nuptials  of  Miss  Inez  Shorb  and  Dr.  Stephen  S. 
White,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy,  at  the  old  Mission  Church  of  San  Gabriel ; 
and  of  Miss  Rose  Frankel  and  the  Rabbi  Nieto,  which  will  be  sol- 
emnized at  the  Temple  Emanu-El,on  Tuesday  afternoon  of  next 
week. 


Miss  Bee  Hooper  has  been  the  recipient  of  many  congratulations 
on  her  successful  defense  of  her  tennis  championship  last  Monday, 
in  spite  of  the  intense  heat  which  she  had  to  contend  against  as  well 
as  the  splendid  play  made  by  Miss  Bates.  The  season  at  San  Rafael 
is  now  ended,  and  as  the  Hotel  Rafael  will  soon  close,  we  will  see 
those  of  its  guests  wbo  are  yet  there  back  in  town  again  ere  long. 


Dr.  and  Mrs.  Barkan  and  John  Perry,  Jr.,  have  been  among  the 
recent  guests  at  Castle  Crag.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Philip  Smith,  of  Santa 
Cruz,  are  expected  home  in  October  from  Europe,  where  they  have 
been  sojourning  during  the  past  year.  D.  0.  Mills  is  with  us,  and 
John  Mackay  is  also  paying  one  of  his  periodical  visits  to  the  coast. 
Mr.  Mills  will  sail  for  Japan  on  the  steamer  Peru  to-day,  and  ere  we 
see  him  again,  he  will  have  done  his  little  utmost  to  have  seen  as 
much  of  the  earth's  surface  as  possible.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  Alex- 
ander are  the  latest  recruits  which  the  Mills-Reid-Crocker  party  ha- 
gained,  and  according  to  the  places  at  present  mapped  out,  they  will 
do  Egypt  and  the  Holy  Land  very  thoroughly  this  winter. 


Hon.  Irwin  C.  Stump  has  moved  to  New  York  City,  where  he  will- 
reside  permanently,  and  will  manage  the  Hearst  estate,  in  the  future, 
in  his  new  offices  in  tbe  Mills  Building  in  that  city.  Mrs.  Stump,  iiet 
Aull,  and  Misses  Virginia  and  Alice  Stump,  have  given  up  their 
home  in  this  city,  and  after  visiting  their  relatives  in  Palermo,  Sacra- 
mento, and  elsewhere,  they  will  say  farewell  to  California,  and  about 
October  10th  will  depart  and  join  Mr.  Stump  at  their  future  home  in 
New  York  City. 


Mrs.  and  the  Misses  Mae  and  Claire  Tucker  are  at  the  Bella  Vista, 
where  they  will  remain  for  some  time.  Mrs.  and  Miss  Phelan,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  CritThornton,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Jarboe,  Mrs.  Harry  Williams, 
and  Miss  Caduc  have  returned  from  Santa  Cruz.  Mrs.  John  Boggs 
and  Miss  Alice  Boggs  are  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  The  Montford  Wilsons 
have  returned  to  town  from  San  Mateo,  where  they  spent  tbe  sum- 
mer. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Green  have  decided  to  spend  the  next  two 
months  at  Sausalito.  Frank  Newlands  arrived  here  from  the  East  a 
few  days  ago,  and  will  make  a  brief  stay.  Everett  Bee  has  sailed  for 
Central  America  on  a  trip  of  a  business  nature. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


D*PRI 


Baking 
Powder 


The  only  Pur"  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia ;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


15,  1394. 


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Monday  last  wa,«  Jo»eph  Austin's  birthday,  and  it  wn-  celebrated 
with  a  dinner  given  at   his  home.   S20    Pagt  .vrlvr  ffuttts 

were  invited,  and  the  table,  and  the  parlor  and  dining-room  «-  well. 
were  de«'oratei'l  in  retl.  A  namber  of  louts  wm  drunk  In  sparkling 
Poramery  B«C  and  I'm  I.  ;.v.  H  irrv  Gray,  and  iteneral 

KiehanM'.  Hammond  addrd  mmi    >>i    thfl   gutote  with 

■-.  speeches,  and  stories. 

Thr  lady  managers  of  the  Maria  Kip  orphanage  will  hold  n  recep- 
tion at  their  new  quarter?  on  Folsom  streel  this  afternoon.  An  appe- 
li  ring  lunrhcm  will  be  one  of  the  feature*  «►(  thfl  day's  entertain  men  I. 
A-  the  orphanage  is  now  located  in  the  old  Latham  house,  no  doubt 

curiosity  will  draw  many  to  visit  it  U>day. 


ind  Mr>.  T.  R.  Tilley.  T.  H.  Tike.  0.  K.  Itrown.  and  Mr.  and 
Mr-  George  F.  Daffy  spent  Admission  Pay  with  Miss  Lilian  K. 
Slinkey  at  the  Kl  Monte  Hotel.  Sanaalito. 


Miss  Polly  E.  Zoller  and  Thomas  11  Whitney  were  married  on 
Wednesday  evening,  the  5th  inst  Mrs.  Whitney  will  receive  on 
Thursdays  at  239Bartlett  street. 

aClS.  Austin  Sperry.  ■  >.  H.  Gruenwald,  Mrs.  S.  Gruenwald.  Miss 
Gruenwald.  Sir  Henry  Heyman,  of  San  Francisco,  were  present  at 
the  festival  performances  at  IJayreuth  this  summer. 


The  latest  engagement  announced  iu  society  circles  is  that  of   Miss 
Ada  Dougherty,  of  this  ciiy,  and  Arthur  Paul,  of  Oakland. 


Major  and  Mrs.  Maynardier  have  returned   from    their  trip  to  the 
Yellowstone  Park. 

MD.  BORUCK  will  deliver  a  lecture  at  Golden  Gate  Hall,  on 
,  Sutter  street,  near  Taylor,  on  Thursday  evening,  October 
11th,  on  "  Purity  of  the  Press,"  the  entire  proceeds  of  which  will, 
without  disbursement  of  any  kind,  be  turned  over  by  the  public- 
spirited  lecturer  to  that  most  estimable  of  our  charities,  the 
Children's  Hospital,  an  institution  that  does  not  receive  one 
farthing  from  the  State,  but  that  is  entitled  to  the  very  best  con- 
sideration. We  believe  that  the  wide  reputation  of  the  lecturer, 
for  inherant  courage  in  expression  of  opinion  and  his  knowledge 
of  the  subject  chosen,  will  have  the  effect  of  attracting  a  very 
large  audience  on  the  occasion  referred  to.  There  is  one  good 
feature  in  connection  with  this  announcement,  and  it  is  that  the 
free  list,  without  exception,  will  be  suspended,  it  being  entirely 
for  a  charitable  purpose.  We  bespeak  for  the  kind-hearted  gentle- 
man a  marked  success. 


THE  Sunday-school  of  Christ  Church,  Alameda,  will  give  "An 
Evening  of  Magic  and  Art,"  at  Linderman's  Opera  House, 
on  Friday  eveniDg,  the  28th  inst.  It  will  be  nnder  the  direction 
of  Giles  Bradley  and  P.  W.  Nahl. 

THE  Geographical  Society  of  the   Pacific    will   commence    the 
course  of  meetings  for  1894-95,  with  a  paper  on  "  Corea,"   by 
M.  OSagiri,  Chancellor  of   the  Japanese  Consulate   in    this   city. 

THE  most  central  place  in  San  Francisco  for  those  visiting  from 
the  interior  as  well  as  those  who  want  a  pleasant  place  where 
they  can  reside  permanently,  is  the  Hotel  Pleasanton.  Being 
situated  on  the  corner  of  Sutter  and  Jones  street,  it  is  clo&e  to  the 
business  part  of  the  ciiy  and  in  the  centre  of  the  district  for 
choice  residences.  The  Hotel  Pleasanton  is  large,  commodious, 
and  elegant,  and  everything  is  done  to  assure  the  comfort  of  the 
guests.  The  table  is  excellent;  in  fact,  it  is  said  to  be  one  of  the 
best  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 


Regatta  Festivities. 

THE  regatta  has  been  <»on"  and  a  host  of  notables  have  been 
present.  The  Emperor  of  Germany  and  his  suite,  the  Prince 
of  Wales  and  plenty  of  other  princes  have  dined  nightly  with  the 
Queen  at  Osborne,  and  banquets  have  been  given  in  all  the  swell 
houses  on  the  island.  Americans  are  very  humorous  at  Cowes. 
Goelet  of  New  York  has  one  of  the  finest  yachts  in  the  harbor, 
and  George  Gould,  who  is  now  a  member  of  the  Royal  Yacht 
Squadron,  of  which  the  Prince  of  Wales  is  President,  has  become 
very  popular.  The  club  is  the  most  exclusive  in  Europe.  On 
the  lawn  of  the  clubhouse  on  the  Queen's  Cup  Day,  August  9th, 
Pommery  Champagne  was  very  largely  in  evidence. — BonforVs 
Circular. 


The  '•  Ceylon  Tea  Garden"  and  court  from  the  Manufacturers' 
building,  Midwinter  Fair,  opens  to-day  at  Schrieber's,  834  Market 
street,  under  the  management  of  the  popular  Mr.  Foster.  Natives 
in  costume  will  be  in  attendance  to  serve  the  celebrated  tea,  coffee, 
cocoa,  and  lunches  at  popular  prices. 

All  our  nice  Frames  have  ornamented  corners.  Best  styles,  perfect 
finish,  and  low  prices.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co..  741  Market  street. 

""  60LDEN  GATE  HALL.-625  Sutter  St, 

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CARK-BEEL    POPULAR    CONCERTS 

Will  be  given  on  alternating  SATURDAY  AF1ERN00NS,  at  3:15  o'clock, 
beginning  September  22nd. 

MISS  SCHJWDLER  will  sing  at  the  first  concert. 

Single  subscription  for  four  concerts,  Including  reserved  seat,  $3,  now 
to  be  bad  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co. 


It  is  waste  of  good  things 
to  use  "  pearl  glass"  or  "pearl 
top,"  unless  you  get  the  right 
shape  and  si/e  for  your  lamp. 
See  the  "Index  to  Chimneys" 
— free. 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  maker  of 
tough  glass. 


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Latest   Extensions  : 

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9au  Miguel,  Paso  Robles,        Tenipletou,  Santa  Margarita, 

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Giving  unbroken  communication  between  these  towns  and  Ban 
Francisco.  The  lines  are  constructed  of  specially  prepared  extra  heavy, 
copper  wires,  are  equipped  with  the  latest  appliances  known  to  the  science 
of  "Telephony."  and  are  "Long  Distance  Lines  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.    The  Mail  is  quick,  the  Telegraph  I*  quicker,  but  the 

LONG   DISTANCE  TELEPHONE 

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Nog.  57,  59  and  61  Minna  Street,  between  First  and  Second. 

Through  to  Natoma  street,  Nos.  64,  66  and  68.  One  block  from,  the  Palace 
Hotel,  also  carriages  and  coupes  at  Pacific  Union  Club,  corner  Post  and 
Stockton  streets,  San  Francisco.    Telephone  No.  158. 

Fine  turnouts  kept  especially  for  calling.  AIbo  rockaways,  buggies  and 
vehicles  of  every  description  at  reduced  rates. 

CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS. 

BE  CONSISTENT.  Hide  only  in  an  omniLus,  never  in  an 
electric  car,  so  long  as  you  make  your  horse  use  one  of  those 
old  style  Wad  Stuffed  Collars.    W.  DAVIS  &  SON  are  making 

THE  AKTI-WA1)  4  OI.IJKS 
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Coast  up  to  date  in  collars.  The  "MODERN  WONDER,"  the 
Fogelsang  Stuffer,  owned  by  them,  is  the  only  one  in  Cali- 
fornia. No  skill  ever  yet  devised  can  equal  it.  Whips, 
Harness,  Robes,  Saddles,  Leather.  Wholesale  and  retail. 
W.  DAVIS  &  SON,  4iO  Mark-     St. 

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Sept,  15,  1894 . 


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SAN  FRANC/SCO: 

Leave  I        From  August 23,  J 894.        I  Abbive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogdeu  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  Benicia,  Vaeaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
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7:30  a  Martinez,  3an  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 

toga  and  *8anta  Ro«a  6:15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
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9:00  a  Npw  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
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Orleans  and  East 5:45  p 

9  On  a  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojave  and  East 10:45a. 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton     ...      .  10:45  a 

*9:00a   Peters  and  Milton  '7:15  p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  lose  and  Livermore         8:«5  a 

•1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers  *9:00  p 

4:00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9:15  a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vaeaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Laudin  M, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento   10:45a 

4:30  p.  Niles,  San  Jo*e,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno ...       7:15  p 

5:O0p.  Los    Angeles    Express,   Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa     Barbara  aud 
Los   Angeles 10-45  4 

6:00  p  European  Mall,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose       7-45  a 

t7:00  p.  Vallejo  +7:45  P. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Exnress,  Sacramento, 
MaryBVille,  Redding,  Portland, 
Puget  Sound  and  East.  10:45  & 

Santa  Cruz  Olvlslon  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
Santa  Cruz 18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Centerville,  8an  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations        ..     ..    6:20  p. 

*2;45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and   principal    way 
stations       *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  SanJose,  Lob  Gatos..  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  aVd"  Town  send  Streets).  ~ 

"6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations '1:45  p. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz.  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions   J8:33p 

8:15  a.  San  Jose, TresPinos, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 
Wav  Stations 6:26  p. 

(9:47  a    Palo  Alto  aud  Way  Stations 11:45  p» 

i0:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  .       5:06  p. 

11:45  a,    Palo   Alto   and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 

*2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  TreB  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
Pacific  Grove *10:40a, 

•3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

6:10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. *8:48a. 

6:30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35  a. 

fll:45P.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations... +7 :26  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSOFRAimSCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  m.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  p.  M. 
From  OAKLAND—  Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  Ml  00  A.  M. 
t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  m. 
a.  lor  Morning.                      p. for  Afternoon. 
•Sundays  excepted.                  +8aturdays  only. 
tSondayeonly. ^^ 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


A    NIGrHT    IN    ITALY.— R.  M. 

0  HAPPY  night  in  Italy! 
O  sweet  Italian  night  of   love  I 
Soft  moonlight  on  the  silent  sea, 
Two  love-mad  lips  caressing  me. 
The  cooing  of  a  passion  dove. 

0  tragic  night  in  Italy  1 

A  swift,  swarth  hand  npon  my  throat, 
An  oath — a  thrust — a  shroud  the  sea — 
The  bright  stars  fading  over  roe — 

A  lone  dove's  funeral  note. 

Mek  of  genias  are  often  dull  and  inert 
in  society,  as  the  blazing  meteor,  when  it 
descends  to  earth,  is  only  a  stone. — Long- 
fellow. 

A  fashion  for  flowers  is,  I  think,  the 
only  one  which  long  sickness  leaves  un- 
touched with  its  chilling  influence. — Mrs. 
Hema?is. 

An  inquisitive  man  is  a  creature  natur- 
ally very  vacant  of  thought  itself,  and, 
therefore,  forced  to  apply  to  foreign  assist- 
ance.— Steele. 

Eveiiy  fiction  that  has  ever  laid  strong 
hold  on  human  belief  is  the  mistaken 
image  of  sorac  great  truth. — Martmeau. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  a.  m.  :  12:35,3:30, 

5:10,    6:30    p.   H.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11:30  p.  M.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:50 and 

11:30  p.  m. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,6:00. 

6:20  p.  M. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 

3:40,  5:10  p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,  11:10  a.  m.;  1:40,  3:40,  5:00, 

6:25  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:10  p.m.  ; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5:00  p.m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p   m 

SUNDAST8— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a.  m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a.  m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  a.m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


AGENTS  $75  A  week 

using  or  wllm;  PRACTICAL 
PLATING  DYNAMO,  n,-,,..!- 
ern  mertiud,  used  iu  all  factories 
to  plate  ii'-iv  gooii3.  Plates  gold, 
silver,  nickel,  etc  ,  on  watches, 
jewelry,  table-ware,  bicycles  and 
all  metal  good  a  ;  Dne  outfits  for 
agents;  different  sizes;  always 
ready;  do  battery;  no  toy;  no 
experience;  no  limit  to  plating 
needed;  a  great  money  maker. 

W.  P.  HARRISON  &  CO.,  Clerk  No.  15,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  8au  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a,  m.,  Sept  7, 22.  October 
7.  22      N.»v  I),  21      Dec.  6,  21. 

"For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
Sep'ember  17.  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Ln ad iug  Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, 9  A.  M. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  aud  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  Sau  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo.  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  aud  fifth 
dav,  alternated  at  U  a.  m. 

For  En«enada,  Magdalena  Bay.  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Muzatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  81    Paul,  10  a.  h.,  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOrALL,  PERKINS  A  CO.,  Qen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Marketstreet,  San  Francisco 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOB  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and   BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:   00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and     HONGKONG,    counectiug    at    Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 
Belgic  ... Thursday,  Sept  8,  1894 

Oceanic  (via  Houolulu).  ..Tuesday,  Sept.  25,  1894 
Gaelic  ...    Tuesday,  Oct.  1G.  1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATES 
Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Towusend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T    CT    '40011MAN    Qah    Paso    *ct. 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 
and  rail.    First  class, 
$610.       Second    class, 
5350. 
\^q     O.   S.  S.  Company's 
'  steamers  sail: 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and   SYDNEY,  S.  8. 
"MARIP08A," 
September  20,  2  p.  m. 
For     HONOLULU, 
S.  8.  -  AUSTRALIA," 
Sept.  29,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D   SPRECKELo  &  BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts. 


S£VET» 


Lbave  8.  F. 

Iu  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

Abbive  inS.  F. 

Days 

Sundays 

Desti'tion 

Sundays 

Days. 

7:40a.M. 
3:80  p.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00  A.M. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40  a. m 
6;05p.m 
7:S0p.m 

8:50a.  h 
10:30ah 
6:15p.m 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00a.m. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

:::: 

7:30p.m. 

10:30am 
6:15  pm 

7:40a.M. 
3:30  p.  M 

8:00a.  M.JGuerneville 

7:30p.M. 

10:30am 
6:15  FM 

7:40  a.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m.I     Sonoma 
5:0Op.m  1  Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m. 
6:05p.m 

8:50am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40  a.  M 
3:30  P.  M 

8:00  a.m. 

5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a.mi 
6  05P.M 

10:30a. m 
6:15f.m 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  aud  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  Booneville,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport 
Cahto,  Willitts,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
Johu  Dav's,  Lively  s,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

Ou  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
aud  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 
H.  C.  WHITING,  R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Manager.  Gen.  Passenger  Agent 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  Yobk,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 

S.  8.  "Colima,"  September  18,  1894. 
S.  S.  "ean  Bias,"  September  28,  1894. 
3.  8.  "Sau  Juan,"  October  8,  1994. 
8.  S.  "Colon,"  October  18, 1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
Bteamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Sept.  15, 1894,  at  3  P.  m. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 

4, 1894,  at  3  p.  M.  L 

8,  S.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25,  1894,  at  3  P.  M. 

8.8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.  6,  1894,  at 
3  p.  M.  , 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rateB. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  Btreets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


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Vol.  XL  IX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER  22,  1894. 


Number  12. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frei> 
Marriott.  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building.  204  206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

Our  frontispiece  this  week  is  a  mild  caricature  of  that  able  financier  and 
prince  of  good  fellows,  Adolph  B.  Sprcckek.  Me  is  discovered  in  his  fav- 
orite attitude,  and  while  an  air  of  intended  exaggeration  hangs  over  the 
drawing,  his  generosity,  kindness,  and  ability  are  manifest.  A  capitalist, 
a  sugar  grower  and  refiner  on  a  grand  scute,  a  leading  patron  of  gentle- 
manly sports,  a  heavy  financial  promoter  of  refined  athletics,  a  loyal 
friend  and  charming  companioyi,  and  a  helper  of  the  needy,  he  combines  a 
greater  number  of  the  broader  and  warmer  traits  than  fall  to  the  lot  of  the 
average  man. 

OUR  furms  will  have  closed    before  the    Democratic  Municipal 
Convention  has  completed  its  work,  and  heoce  a  review  of  ii 
must  be  postponed  till  the  next  issue. 


IN  offering  a  reward  of  $250  for  the  arrest  and  conviction  of 
every  case  of  illegal  registration,  the  Election  Commissioners 
of  San  Francisco  have  erected  a  far  stronger  barrier  to  electiou 
dishonesty  than  fear  of  the  State  Prison  ever  created. 


THE  geographical,  ethnological,  and  other  scientific  resolts  of 
Lieutenant  Peary's  expedition  to  the  ice  fields  of  the  North, 
may  be  summed  np  in  five  words — Mrs.  Peary  had  a  baby.  This 
of  course  will  be  of  general  interest,  but  was  it  worth  while  to  go 
so  far  to  obtain  a  result  so  small  ? 


GERMANY  is  dissatisfied  with  the  new  American  tariff  on 
sugar  and  proposes  to  retaliate.  Will  the  Republicans  now 
kindly  explain  whether  Germany's  attitude  is  indicative  of  the 
immense  benefits  which  the  American  workman  is  to  receive 
from  that  protective  measure?   One  at  a  time,  please. 


IN  spite  of  the  fact  that  Breckenridge  based  his  fight  for  the 
Congressional  nomination  on  a  Kentucky  gentleman's  privi- 
lege as  it  concerns  the  opposite  sex,  he  has  been  defeated— and 
largely  by  women.  The  inference  is  that  women  have  been 
treated  with  great  injustice  in  the  assumption  that  they  are  in- 
variably the  champions  of  roues.  They  may  coddle  these  gentry 
in  society  and  the  pulpit,  but  they  draw  the  line  at  politics. 


THE  difficulty  of  obtaining  war  news — even  inaccurate  news — 
from  the  Orient  has  awakened  Western  nations  to  the  fact 
that  China  and  Japan  are  practically  as  isolated  as  ever  they 
were.  We  cannot  consistently  claim  the  credit  of  having  "opened 
up  "  countries  that  can,  at  their  own  sweet  will,  close  themselves 
up  like  a  clam,  ignoring  alike  the  curiosity  of  the  civilized  and 
the  inalienable  rights  of  the  newspaper  war  editor.  Verily,  these 
heathen  be  stubborn  folk! 


COLONEL  GRAHAM,  of  the  regular  army,  was  in  personal 
command  of  the  troops  during  the  strike  troubles  at  Sacra- 
mento. In  his  official  report  to  General  Ruger  he  declares  that 
the  National  Guard  displayed  intelligence,  willingness,  and  cour- 
age of  the  highest  order  during  the  severe  trials  of  that  unhappy 
time.  His  report  on  the  able  legal  advice  given  by  General  Di- 
mond  when  puzzling  questions  arose  is  particularly  commenda- 
t  ry.  ___^_ 

THE  spirit  of  the  Wallace  Grand  Jury,  like  John  Brown's  soul, 
"goes  marching  on."  In  spite  of  the  quietus  sought  to  be  put 
upon  it,  the  scabs  are  being  torn  from  the  festering  spot3  of  cor- 
ruption, and  the  graveyard  of  evil  doers  has  been  made  to  yawn, 
bringing  the  dead  to  life.  The  still  small  voice  of  that  jary  has 
the  virtue  of  Gabriel's  trump,  and  the  iniquities  of  the  past  are 
being  brought  to  light.  Politicians  stand  aghast  at  the  skeletons, 
and  over  the  dank  and  disgraceful  picture  stands  Barclay  Henley, 
the  veteran  foreman  of  that  Grand  Jury,  surveying  the  scene 
with  unsullied  honor  and  integrity  vindicated,  posing  with  in- 
tense satisfaction. 


THE  nomination  of  Levi  1'.  Morton  by  the  Republicans  for  Gov- 
ernor of  New  York  indicates  a  determination  to  wrest  the 
Slate  from  Democratic  control,  if  possible.  Governor  Flower'.-* 
announcement,  immediately  after  Morton's  nomination,  that  he 
would  not  be  a  caudidate  for  renomination,  temporarily  demoral- 
ized the  Democrats,  coming  as  it  did  upon  the  heels  of  so  strong  a 
Republican  nomination;  but  there  is  a  wonderful  vitality  in  the 
spirit  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  it  never  feels  so  like  fignting 
as  it  does  when  the  old  cry  of  "this  is  a  Republican  year"  is 
raised. 


YIELDING  to  the  pressure  of  a  "popular  sentiment,"  which, 
being  an  outgrowth  of  hard  times  and  suffering,  singles  out 
rich  and  prosperous  men  as  the  enemies  of  mankind,  every  con- 
vention, big  and  little,  that  has  been  held  lately  in  California  has 
denounced  the  "railroad."  The  Examiner  has  constituted  itself 
the  organ  of  this  sentiment,  just  as  it  assumed  the  leadership  of 
the  railroad  strike  and  in  that  capacity  urged  passionate  men  to 
the  commission  of  crimes.  The  days  of  Kearny  are  outdone  ex- 
cept In  riots  and  violence,  and  if  the  Examiner  and  Adolph  Sutro 
can  bring  that  about  it  will  be  accomplished. 

THE  reported  action  of  the  Louisiana  sugar  planters'  conven- 
tion in  going  over  to  the  Republican  party  is  the  very  last  and 
strongest  evidence  of  the  fact  that  all  rich  producers  and  manu- 
facturers ought  to  be,  if  they  are  not,  in  the  Republican  ranks,  in 
order  that  there  may  be  a  clear  line  between  the  capitalists  who 
want  protection  of  their  money  and  the  masses  who  want  pro- 
tection of  their  backs,  bellies,  and  babies.  Every  year  that  passes 
confirms  more  strongly  Hancock's  much-ridiculed  statement  that 
"the  tariff  is  a  local  issue."  The  choice  between  patriotism  and 
tbe  pocket-book  is  construed  by  the  American  millionaire  to  mean 
a  choice  between  Democracy  and  Republicanism. 

EVERY  generous-minded  person  will  hope  that  the  story  of  the 
reconciliation  of  the  estranged  Vanderbilts  by  the  delicate  and 
affectionate  intermediary  of  their  young  daughter  is  true.  If  it 
indeed  is  effectual,  here  is  a  subject  ready  to  hand  for  Mr.  Bron- 
son  Howard,  who  knows  so  well  how  to  blend  grave  and  gay  in 
his  stage  pictures  of  American  society.  Real  life  Is  ever  furnish- 
ing types  which  are  far  superior  in  dramatic  power  to  any  that 
the  subtlest  romancer  can  invent.  And  what  more  charming 
subject  for  portrayal  than  tbe  bright  and  determined  diplomacy 
of  an  American  daughter,  bent  on  keeping  the  names  of  her  be- 
loved parents  from  the  coarse  contamination  of  the  public  and 
legal  scandal? 

MRS.  ALICE  M.  HARTLEY,  who  killed  Senator  M.  D.  Foley, 
of  Reno,  has  been  adjudged  guilty  of  murder  in  the  second 
degree.  Of  course  she  testified  in  her  defense  that  he  used  drugs 
and  violence  to  accomplish  bis  purpose,  but  nobody  believes  that. 
8he  was  saved  from  the  gallows  because  of  a  strange  thing  for 
which  the  law  makes  no  provision — she  was  soon  to  become  a 
mother.  A  similar  verdict  was  rendered  some  time  ago  in  this 
city  for  a  similar  reason,  and  the  mother  now  croons  over  her 
baby  in  the  prison  at  San  Quentin.  That  women  in  this  condi- 
tion can  bring  themselves  to  the  commission  of  capital  crimes  is 
explainable  only  on  the  ground  that  they  expect  the  chivalry  of 
men  to  shield  them  at  the  expense  of  the  law.  Can  the  Portia 
Law  Club  shed  some  light  on  this  subject,  with  special  reference 
to  the  question  as  to  whether,  when  women  contemplate  murder, 
it  is  rigbt  that  they  should  first  acquire   maternal  expectations  ? 

THE  Examiner,  through  the  agency  of  one  of  its  talented  young 
men,  who  lectured  to  the  Political  Science  Club  the  other 
evening,  has  demonstrated  that  the  Government  can  operate  rail- 
roads, telegraphs,  water  works,  electric  lights,  and  generally  alt 
private  enterprises,  more  economically  thaD  citizens  can,  princi- 
pally (it  appears  from  the  newspaper  reports)  because  competent 
men  are  willing  to  serve  the  Government  for  lower  wages  than 
they  would  demand  from  private  operators.  The  argument  is 
purely  socialistic,  with  a  strong  tendency  toward  extinction  of 
private  ownership  and  tbe  establishment  of  communism,  for  it 
can  be  applied  to  every  industry  in  which  men  engage.  Hence 
the  argument  is  silly  and  purposeless.  If,  however,  the  Examiner 
means  by  this  to  show  that  it  has  abandoned  its  anarohistic 
policy,  in  which  it  recently  urged  on  a  desperate  band  of  strikers 
to  overthrow  the  Government  and  to  resort  to  pillage,  riot,  and 
assassination,  it  fails  even  to  convince  any  one  that  it  prefers 
even  socialism  to  murder. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  22,  1894. 


HOW    THE    MONEY    IS    SQUANDERED. 


PARTY  prejudices  cause  men  to  cast  their  ballots  in  support  of 
the  principles  of  the  party  to  which  they  belong,  seldom  stop- 
ping to  consider  that  the  ballot  is  a  power  of  attorney,  clothing 
the  men  whom  they  support  with  full  authority  to  transact  their 
business.  This  business,  although  of  a  public  character,  reaches 
into  the  private  pockets  of  every  taxpayer.  During  the  past  len 
years  the  people  of  California  have  been  unfortunate  in  selecting 
legislators,  and  not  over  fortunate  in  their  executive  officer.  It 
may  be  said,  in  view  of  the  facts  hereinafter  presented,  that  thty 
have  delegated  a  set  of  unscrupulous  freebooters  who  have  en- 
tered into  conspiracies  to  loot  the  common  treasury  by  a  system 
of  extravagance  in  creating  and  maintaining  institutions  that  the 
conditions  did  not  demand.  There  is  always  a  strong  sympathy 
in  favor  of  charitable  and  reformatory  institutions  that  dulls  the 
pen  of  adverse  criticism.  Honest  and  conscientious  denunciation 
of  profligacy  stops  at  the  threshold  of  such  public  enterprises, 
although  their  every  stone,  brick,  and  stick  may  be  cemented 
with  the  slime  of  corruption  and  political  jobbery.  For  this  rea- 
son knaves  use  them  as  keys  to  unlock  the  vaults  of  the  treas- 
ury, that  they  may  revel  in  ill-gotten  gain.  During  the  past  four 
years  the  State  has  paid  out  about  $33,000,000— an  average  of 
$8,250,000  a  year.  Of  this  amount  less  than  $2,000,000  has  been 
paid  for  salaries  of  officers,  outside  of  useless  commissions  that 
have  fastened  themselves  upon  the  State  as  sinecures  for  obsolete 
political  leeches.  Where  does  the  $8,250,000  go  in  running  the 
machinery  of  government?  In  1889  the  people  of  the  southern 
part  of  the  8tate  demanded  recognition.  They  had  grown  in 
population  and  material  wealth,  and  merited  it.  They  applied 
for  a  branch  asylum  for  the  insane,  and  the  demand  was  popu- 
lar. The  jobbing  members  of  the  north  saw  an  opportunity  to 
enter  into  a  villainous  scheme,  and  combined  to  secure  a  like  in- 
stitution at  Ukiah,  not  one  hundred  miles  distant  from  the  splen- 
did one  at  ISlapa.  The  job  went  through  on  a  trade,  and  San 
Bernardino  secured  a  prize  at  the  expense  of  economy  and  integ- 
rity. This  job  on  the  part  of  the  northern  members  capped  tbe 
climax  of  criminal  extravagance.  The  Governor  approved  both 
measures,  thereby  becoming  a  party  to  the  job.  During  the  past 
six  years  the  appropriations  in  favor  of  these  two  institutions 
have  amounted  to  $1,328,874.  One  fourth  of  this  money  added  to 
the  Napa  and  Stockton  asylums  would  have  been  more  economi- 
cally applied  without  injury  to  the  service.  Another  of  these 
institutions,  located  in  a  miserable  marsh  at  Agnews,  has  been  a 
fraitful  source  of  extravagance,  and  is  as  unnecessary  as  it  is  ex- 
travagant. Through  a  syBtem  of  combinations  and  trades  in  the 
way  of  local  support  for  other  questionable  jobs,  it  has  received 
by  way  of  appropriations,  since  1889,  the  sum  of  $1,026,280,  and 
nothing  valuable  to  show  for  it.  It  could  be  dispensed  with  to 
the  advantage  of  the  State  at  a  saving  of  at  least  $200,000  a  year. 
But  this  is  not  all. 

In  1887  Los  Angeles  secured  a  branch  State  Normal  School. 
That  must  have  been  a  fairly  honest  Legislature,  as  no  counter 
movement  was  made  at  the  time  by  the  northern  members.  At 
the  next  session,  however,  the  boodlers  came  to  the  front,  arid 
an  appropriation  could  be  secured  for  Los  Angeles  only  by  sup- 
porting a  proposition  for  a  school  at  Chico,  and  the  scheme  car- 
ried. These  two  schools  have  cost  the  State  $313,000,  one-third 
of  which  would  have  met  all  tbe  requirements  applied  to  tbe 
school  at  San  Jose.  The  one  at  Los  Angeles  had  some  shadow  of 
equity,  but  the  Chico  job  was  useless  and  scandalous.  Another 
job  came  up  in  1889,  when  the  Preston  School  of  Reform  was 
proposed  at  lone.  Here  the  south  got  in  its  work.  Nothing 
could  be  done  for  lone  unless  a  like  institution  was  given  to  tbe 
south,  and  Whittier  was  the  result  of  the  pool.  The  amounts  ap- 
propriated for  the  benefit  of  these  two  institutions  for  the  pa-t 
four  years  were  $305,000  for  lone  and  $450,000  for  Whittier.  It 
would  be  a  Bplendid  stroke  of  economy  for  the  State  to  abandon 
the  asylums  at  Ukiah  and  Agnews  and  the  Normal  School  at 
Chico.  The  others  might  be  put  to  some  use,  or  burned 
witb  profit.  There  is  another  institution  belonging  to  tbe  State 
that  has  suffered  immensely  by  being  made  a  political  catch-all. 
The  State  Printing  Office  has  grown  to  immense  proportions,  and 
has  been  used  as  apolitical  machine  for  the  past  twenty  years. 
Any  one  acquainted  with  the  business  knows  that  the  appropri- 
ation of  $578,000  for  the  past  four  years,  which  is  $78,000  in  ex- 
cess of  any  previous  term,  is  beyond  the  limit  of  mode&t  extrava- 
gance. This  is  caused  by  the  system  of  permitting  political  bosses 
to  cram  the  office  with  a  horde  of  incompetent  proteges.  The 
Superintendent  is  the  creature  of  the  bosses,  and  owing  his  posi- 
tion to  them,  he  can  hold  it  only  by  submitting  to  their  dictation. 
Reduced  to  business  principles,  that  institution  can  be  managed 
at  a  saving  of  at  least  $50,000  a  year  without  impairing  the  ser- 
vice. The  patronage  and  jobbing  business  is  an  incentive  to  poli- 
ticians of  tbe  third  class  to  work.  The  present  law,  known  as  the 
•■purity  of  elections  law,"  draws  the  line  pretty  sharply  on  this 
system,  but  it  offers  a  wide  field  for  perjury.  What  tbe  honest 
people  want  to  do,  if  they  expect  economy,  is  to  vote  for  and 
elect  men  to  office  of  business  ability  and  integrity  to  dispense  the 
public  revenues,  and  not,  as  has  been  too  largely  the  custom  in 
tbe  paBt,  a  class  of  men  whom  they  are  ashamed  to  meet  in  day- 
light and  afraid  to  meet  at  night. 


THE    SUNDAY    CLOSING    OF    SALOONS. 

THE  movement  for  the  Sunday  closing  of  saloons  is  advancing 
victoriously.  Santa  Clara  County  is  a  conspicuous  example 
of  its  progress,  and  now  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  has  de- 
termined to  carry  the  point  in  Alameda  County.  In  some  of  the 
Atlantic  States  it  is  under  heavy  swing,  and  tbe  movement  here 
ia  inspired  by  it.  It  is  becoming  at  this  time,  therefore,  to  regard 
tbe  matter  in  the  serious  light  which  it  deserves.  It  may  or  may 
not  be  well  that  laborers  should  be  denied  tbe  opportunity  to 
visit  saloons  on  Sunday,  for  it  is  their  day  of  idleness;  but  it 
is  clearly  not  well  for  the  leading  promoters  of  Sunday  closing  to 
make  the  point  that  Sunday  is  the  Sabbath  and  that  tbe  opening 
of  saloons  on  that  day  is  a  desecration  of  a  holy  day.  That 
weakens  tbe  cause  by  offending  and  antagonizing  the  very  large 
body  of  intelligent  persons  composed,  first,  of  those  Christ- 
iana and  Hebrews  who  regard  Saturday  as  the  Sabbath,  and,  sec- 
ond, of  the  many  good  citizens  who  object  to  any  legisla- 
tion founded  on  the  religious  belief  of  any  religious  sect. 
The  making  of  Sunday  a  legal  holiday  is  just  as  far  as 
it  is  safe  to  go  in  the  mixing  of  religion  and  law. 
If  men  can  be  kept  ont  of  saloons  on  Sunday  there 
is  a  bare  chance  of  getting  tbem  to  the  churches  of  those 
sects  which  worship  on  Sunday,  and  that  will  be  the  gain- 
ing by  those  sects  of  an  advantage  over  the  sects  whose  Sabbatb 
is  not  Sunday.  Hence  there  is  something  offensive,  a  suspicion 
of  meanness,  in  a  Sunday-closing  movement  led  by  Sunday- 
Sabbath  Christians  avowedly  as  such,  and  with  the  second- 
ary declared  purpose  of  closing  the  saloons  in  order  to  keep 
that  day  boly.  There  is  something  sly  and  insidious  about  it  all. 
When  we  reflect  that  there  is  no  reform  affecting  the  welfare  of 
the  race  but  that  can  be  conducted  more  comprehensively  and 
effectively  on  moral  rather  than  religious  grounds,  we  can  under- 
stand tbe  situation  more  clearly.  The  duty  which  we  owe  the 
country  as  citizens  and  our  fellowmen  as  brothers  is  far  nobler 
in  execution  than  that  which  keeps  a  thrifty  eye  on  the  welfare 
of  the  church ;  for  most  men  are  citizens  and  all  are  brothers,  and 
the  great  Shepherd  placed  the  obligation  of  brotherly  love  infin- 
itely above  and  beyond  that  of  tbe  church.  Therefore  it  is  a  mean 
and  narrow  conception  of  one's  whole  duty  to  attempt  moral  re- 
forms by  impressing  sectarian  prejudices  on  the  civil  laws.  Worse 
than  that,  it  is  dangerous.  It  is  not  to  be  expected  of  Christian 
Endeavor  Societies  that  they  can  comprehend  a  subject  so 
broad  as  this.  While  it  is  true  that  tbe  best  Christian  is 
of  necessity  tbe  best  citizen,  Christian  Endeavor  Societies 
engaged  in  thrusting  their  religion  into  the  laws  give  abun- 
dant evidence  that  those  most  active  in  professions  of 
Christianity  are  those  who  understand  least  their  duties  as  citi- 
zens. In  short,  there  is  enough  religion  and  too  little  Christianity 
abroad.  If  those  engaged  in  the  work  of  Sunday  closing  should 
proceed  not  as  church  people  but  as  citizens,  they  will  command 
the  respect  of  tbe  wise.  That  would  lend  dignity  to  the  question 
as  to  whether  "  sumptuary  laws  "  are  judicious,  and  to  the  other 
question  as  to  whether  education  is  better  than  force. 

TWO    METHODS    OF    PLEADING. 

THE  Martin  case  will  probably  go  to  the  jury  to-day,  when  it 
is  expected  that  Mr.  Delmas  will  close  bis  argument  in  oppo- 
sition to  the  acceptance  of  the  alleged  forged  will.  The  intellectual 
battle  between  Messrs.  Delmas  and  Johnson  in  the  argument  has 
been  one  of  uncommon  brilliancy  and  has  produced  an  interest- 
ing spectacle,  as  contrasting  so  sharply  the  two  great  methods  of 
pleading  before  a  jury.  Mr.  Johnson  appealed  largely  to  the 
sympathies,  Mr.  Delmas  strictly  to  the  intellect.  The  one  wai 
passionate,  theatrical,  and  abusive;  the  other  cold,  logical,  and 
merciless.  With  admirable  skill  Mr.  Johnson  played  upon  every 
emotion  of  which  tbe  heart  is  capable,  touching  a  tender  memory 
here  and  rousing  a  slumbering  prejudice  there;  but  he  assailed 
tbe  dead,  aod  that  was  injudicious;  he  made  the  jurors  weep  in 
public,  and  a  man  is  always  ashamed  of  that  and  will  resent  the 
cause;  he  was  bitter  and  vituperative,  and  that,  when  it  is  unac- 
companied with  an  element  which  makes  it  amusing,  offends  tbe 
ancient  spirit  of  chivalry  in  the  race.  Such  assaults,  like  those 
others  in  which  lawyers  meanly  abuse  their  advantage  by  bully- 
ing and  insulting  witnesses  on  the  stand,  are  resented  by  every 
layman  who  observes  them,  invariably  hurt  the  cause  in  which 
they  are  employed,  and  injure  tbe  lawyer  who  resorts  to  them. 
Mr.  Delmas's  method  is  entirely  different.  He  never  bullies  a 
witness,  though  he  may  resort  to  every  artifice  to  entangle  him. 
He  is  always  cool,  never  speaks  for  the  entertainment  of  the 
lobby,  and  in  argument  never  jibes  a  witness  and  never  abuses 
him  without  accompanying  the  abuse  with  overwhelming  proof 
of  its  justice.  His  presentation  of  a  case  is  as  finely  rounded  and 
finished  a  work  of  logic  as  any  of  Herbert  Spencer's  essays,  per- 
fect in  literary  form  and  grace,  spoken  in  a  remarkably  musical 
and  finely  trained  voice,  and  delivered  in  a  manner  so  earnest 
and  impressive  as  to  be  almost  invincible.  In  his  becoming  a 
lawyer  one  of  tbe  greatest  of  tragedians  was  denied  to  tbe  stage. 

WILLIAM,  exercising  his  divine  right   as  Emperor,  has   com- 
posed a  cantata,  and  Germany  groans  loader  than  ever  un- 
der tbe  iron  heel  of  despotism. 


BAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


THE       EXAMINERS        AGONY. 

DURING  the  railroad  strike,  moat  of  the  weekly  papers  of  Han 
Kranci«co— '-all."  ftcoording  to  the  Examiner  of  last  Sunday, 
•that  set  up  to  be  literary  and  to  speak  for  the  belter  classes" — 
stood  up  for  peace  and  the  law,  and  denounced  as  the  most  dan- 
gerous enemies  of  the  community  those  daily  papers  which  were 
aiding  and  encouracing  the  strikers  and  urging  tbem  by  every 
sneaking  form  of  suggestion  to  resist  the  authority  of  the  Govern- 
ment and  to  burn  and  kill  In  defense  of  their  "  rights,"  The 
News  Letter,  as  is  its  custom,  took  the  lead  and  set  the  pace  of 
the  weekly  papers  in  resistence  to  the  fiercest  spirit  of  newspaper 
outlawry  that  has  ever  threatened  the  personal  security  and 
boatnen  safety  of  our  people.  It  did  this  in  the  face  of  an  over- 
whelming and  reasonless  popular  sentiment  which  the  combined 
daily  press  bad  inculcated  and  which  so  soon  passed  away.  Just 
as  the  Nxwa  Letter  took  the  lead  for  the  protection  of  right  and 
the  law,  so  the  Examiner  led  the  opposing  forces,  throwing  all  the 
weight  of  its  picturesque  energy  into  the  most  cowardly  and 
contemptible  act  of  time-serving  that  ever  a  newspaper  was 
guilty  of.  The  News  Letter  laid  upon  the  Examiner'*  back  a 
whip  that  must  have  lell  many  festering  sores,  for  it  was  not 
till  last  Sunday  that  the  Examiner  cried  aloud  from  the  pain  of 
t  be  in  .  and  chare*  d  lhat  because  the  weekly  papers  opposed  arson, 
pillage,  and  assassination  ihey  "  wear  the  railroad  collar."  The 
inspiration  of  the  Examiner's  attack  is  seen  in  the  closing  part  of 
its  editorial,  in  which  it  defends  Adolph  Sutro  against  the  attacks 
of  the  weekly  papers  and  sets  him  op  as  one  of  the  greatest  ben- 
efactors of  the  age.  As  Mr.  Sutro  was  one  of  the  most  active  and 
efficient  of  the  malevolent  agencies  which  supported  the  strike, 
the  News  Letter  placed  him  in  the  category  with  the  Examiner 
and  whipped  him  naked  through  the  town.  When  it  comes  to 
charges  of  wearing  a  collar,  tbe  Examiner  is  free  to  enjoy  all  the 
consolation  it  can  derive  from  feeling  Mr.  Sutro's  about  its  neck. 
It  has  determined  to  make  bim  Mayor  of  Ban  Francisco,  and  it 
has  done  all  it  could  to  aid  him  in  his  shady  scheme  to  strip  the 
pockets  of  confiding  people  for  his  benefit.  These  two  bandits 
have  formed  a  shameless  compact  to  loot  tbe  city,  and  there.  Is 
not  an  intelligent  citizen  who  is  ignorant  of  the  fact. 

Mr.  Hearst  is  an  amiable  young  man,  arjd  it  is  unnecessary  to 
discuss  his  moral  accountability  for  the  Examiner's  despicable 
course.  It  appears  not  to  disturb  him  to  remember  that  bis  pres- 
ent talented  editor  was  so  recently  publishing  bim  and  his  paper 
as  cowardly  liars  and  time  servers.  No  one  will  charge  him  with 
complicity  in  the  innumerable  shady  schemes  of  which  his  paper 
is  tbe  faiihful  organ,  for  he  is  absent  from  his  business  too  much 
to  understand  all  that  is  done  in  bis  name.  His  personal  reputa- 
tion has  suffered  from  the  conduct  of  his  paper,  but  the  wise 
know  that  the  agencies  with  which  he  has  surrounded  himself 
have  bim  completely  under  their  domination.  It  makes  no  dif- 
ference whether  tbece  agencies  may  be  gratifying  a  private  re- 
veDge  with  which  he  has  no  concern,  or  whether  tbey  may  be 
fostering  shady  political  schemes  and  ambitions  of  which  he  has 
no  knowledge,  or  whether  they  may  be  usiDg  the  influence  of  the 
paper  to  extort  money  from  citizens  on  threats  of  exposure  or 
opposition,  it  is  not  believed  that  he  is  in  their  confidence  or  re- 
ceives a  share  of  the  benefits  which  they  eDJoy.  With  such  a 
policy  in  view  one  may  comprehend  its  course,  for  it  is  not  lack 
of  understanding  that  explains  its  delirious  round  of  fantastic 
attitudes,  consistent  only  in  its  mendacity  and  destructiveness. 
It  is  an  outlaw  in  politics,  a  freebooter  in  journalism,  and  a 
bushwhacker  in  business — a  crazy-quilt  of  the  wide-raDgiug  ras- 
calities and  insanities  that  control  it,  and  that  should  be  thankful 
to  find  a  pocket  so  easy  to  pick  and  a  fortune  so  willingly  wielded 
for  mischief. 

CONCERNING    THE    ASSESSORSH1P. 


IT  seems  more  than  likely  at  this  writing  that  John  D.  Siebe  will 
be  nominated  by  the  Republicans  for  the  office  of  Assessor  of 
San  Francisco.  Itisnotby  any  means  sure,  however,  that  he 
will  indorse  any  platform  that  may  be  offered  to  him,  and  in  the 
event  that  be  should  Dot,  there  is  do  reason  why  be 
should  Dot  run  as  an  independent  candidate  on  his  record,  for  in 
that  event  he  would  have  a  strong  backing  on  tbe  part  of  that 
large  element  of  the  community  which  has  confidence  in  him.  It 
would  be  very  difficult  to  find  an  office-holder  who  has  tried 
more  earoestly  than  he  to  bring  into  the  conduct  of  his  office  alt 
those  sound  business  rules  which  determine  the  success  of  busi- 
ness enterprises.  The  complications  of  his  office  are  infinite  in  their 
details,  aud  yet  with  coospicuons  ability  be  has  solved  the  infi- 
nite Dumber  aod  variety  of  difficulties  which  have  beset  him. 
Temptations  to  show  partiality  between  the  weak  and  the  strong 
have  never  caused  him  to  waver  a  moment,  and  that  is  far  more 
to  his  credit  than  the  average  citizen  is  aware.  To  compel  each 
and  every  man  to  pay  taxes  according  to  his  wealth  is  a  rare 
thing  in  these  days.  Besides  that,  io  spite  of  tbe  fact  that  the 
business  of  his  office  has  increased  enormously,  he  has  held  the 
expenses  down  and  has  not  made  his  office  an  asylum  for  incom- 
petent political  pets.  He  is  an  old  and  honored  citizen,  and  his 
forty  years  of  residence  here  have  made  the  best  people  of  the 
city  well  acquainted  with  him. 


THIS    DISARMAMENT    OF    EUROPE. 


THE  European  correspondents  have  recently  been  filling  space 
with  a  discussion  of  what  is  termed  a  general  disarmament. 
Tbe  young  Emperor  of  Germany  has  been  represented  as  favor- 
ing such  a  step,  and  tbe  correspondents  were  proceeding  to 
arrange  a  plan  for  carrying  out  this  scheme  of  reducing  military 
resources  when  they  ran  across  a  stumbling  block  in  tbe  shape 
of  Alsace  and  Lorraine.  These  provinces  (Germany  insists  upon 
keeping,  while  France  maintains  that  the  most  sacred  and  patri- 
otic duty  which  is  entrusted  to  ber  statesmen  is  lhat  of  waiting 
and  watching  and  planning  for  their  recovery.  Thus  the  scheme 
for  disarming  Europe  came  to  an  untimely  end.  Now  it  is  per- 
missible to  add  to  this  statement  of  the  European  press  corres- 
pondents' views  in  regard  to  disarmament,  that  it  is  in  the  main 
all  bosh.  The  possession  of  tbe  disputed  provinces  by  Germany 
is  no  more  an  insurmountable  bar  to  peace  and  disarmament 
than  their  possession  by  France  was  during  tbe  thirty  years  pre- 
ceding the  France-Prussian  war.  Germany  has  always  claimed 
these  provinces,  aDd  her  present  possession  of  them  runs  back 
over  a  period  of  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century.  In  the  earlier 
portion  of  that  twenty-four  years  there  was  an  acute  feeling  of 
resentment  abroad  among  the  EYench  people  and  an  active  de- 
mand for  a  war  of  revenge  which  would  end  in  the  restoration  of 
tbe  lost  provinces  to  the  French  flag;  there  is  still,  and  will  be  for 
years  to  come,  a  dull,  semi-dormant  feeling  running  in  tbe  same 
direction.  That  feeling,  however,  is  not  powerful  enough  to  pre- 
vent a  large  reduction  of  armaments  if  there  was  a  demand  for 
it.  As  a  matter  of  fact  France  and  Germany  are  gradually  getting 
on  better  terms  on  the  basis  of  the  existing  conditions.  Eveu  the 
soldiers  of  the  two  nations  who  are  situated  on  tbe  frontiers  are 
now  in  tbe  habit  of  mingling  together  in  pleasant  iotercourse  and 
joining  each  other  in  little  supper  parties;  and  the  announcement 
that  the  Emperor  William  intends  to  abolish  the  observance,  as  a 
military  fete,  of  the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Sedan  shows 
that  the  same  feeling  permeates  through  more  influential  circles. 
The  maintenance  of  the  present  vast  armaments  of  Europe  is 
tbe  result  of  two  controlling  facts.  First,  human  nature,  even  at 
the  end  of  the  nineteenth  century,  is  still  under  the  influence  of 
its  savage  and  militant  instincts,  and  might  rather  than  right  is 
tbe  impulse  that  moves  tbe  world ;  second,  the  conditions  and  in- 
strumentalities of  modern  warfare  are  such  that,  in  the  eveut  of 
war,  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  be  able  to  put  a  vast  and  organ- 
ized army  of  tralnt-d  men  into  the  field  at  a  few  days  notice. 
This  is  why  Germany,  though  she  undoubtedly  desires  peace  and 
the  maintenance  of  tbe  existing  situation  of  affairs,  keeps  thirty 
millions  of  cash  in  ber  treasury  as  a  reserve  war  fund,  and  can, 
within  ten  days,  mobilize  and  throw  into  the  field  two  million  five 
hundred  thousand  armed  men. 


HUNT    THE    RASCALS    DOWN. 


WITH  a  complacency  which  surpasses  all  understanding  the 
Grand  Jury  now  in  sessioo  listeas  to  the  thundering  clamor 
about  official  bribery,  reads  the  evidence  in  the  papers,  knows 
who  is  familiar  with  the  facts,  sees  Christopher  A.  Buckley  fear- 
lessly walking  tbe  streets  and  with  Sam  Kainey  manipulating  a 
Democratic  City  Convention,  and  yet  as  our  forms  close  there  is 
no  evidence  that  it  mLends  to  take  any  action.  The  testimony 
taken  by  the  Wallace  Grand  Jury  is  all  accessible,  and  yet  there 
is  no  reason  to  believe  that  it  has  been  called  for.  That  jury 
learned  sufficient  to  send  Buckley  into  stripes,  and  that  evideDce 
is  all  convenient,  and  his  crimes  are  Dot  outlawed.  And  yet  Buck- 
ley shows  no  uneasiness  whatever.  Max  Popper  has  confessed 
to  the  reporters  that  he  paid  money  to  P.  J.  Kelly,  Democratic 
candidate  for  CoDgress,  to  corrupt  the  Board  of  Supervisors  and 
secure  their  protection  of  his  street-sweeping  contract,  and  yet 
Max  Popper  and  P.  J.  Kelly  seem  to  feel  no  uneasiness.  Buckley 
was  Popper's  partner  in  that  rascality,  and  yet  Buckley  seems 
to  feel  secure.  Mr.  P.  B.  Cornwall,  that  distinguished  Republican 
reformer,  was  the  President  of  the  Edison  Electric  Light  Company, 
which  is  said  to  have  paid  $25,000  io  bribiDg  the  Supervisors  to 
deoy  a  lightiog  franchise  to  a  rival  company,  the  Electric  Im- 
provement Company,  and  yet  Mr.  Cornwall  walks  the  streets  ap- 
pareotly  unconcerned.  George  M.  Roe,  manager  of  tbe  Edison 
Electric  Light  Company,  and  who  is  said  to  have  kept  a  list  of  all 
tbe  expenditures  made  by  his  company  in  corrupting  the  Super- 
visors, is  at  Castle  Crag,  where  he  could  be  easily  overhauled  by 
the  telegraph,  and  yet  Mr.  Roe  appears  to  be  enjoying  the  delights 
of  that  popular  resort  as  becomes  any  good  man  at  peace  with 
his  conscience.  Tbe  present  Grand  Jury  appears  to  be  made  up 
largely  of  good  citizens  and  intelligent,  men,  and  hence  it  is  amaz- 
ing that  not  a  finger  is  raised  to  bring  the  rascals  to  punishment. 
If  this  jury  neglect  to  bring  down  the  hand  of  the  law  it  will  be 
conniving  with  these  freebooters  aDd  encouraging  as  shameless 
rascalities  in  the  future.  There  is  time  yet  for  the  good  work  to 
be  done,  and  we  cannot  imagine  it  neglected.  Still,  it  does  ap- 
pear strange  that  these  bandits  have  so  cheerful  and  confident  a 
maDDer.  The  Wallace  Grand  Jury  was  declared  illegal,  bat  there 
is  do  danger  that  the  legality  of  this  jury  will  be  successfully 
questioned.     Why  is  not  something  done? 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept  22,1894. 


SOME    WORLDLY-WISE    ADVICE. 


IT  ia  said  that  a  book  is  soon  to  be  issued  from  the  local  press 
entitled  * <  Hints  to  the  Swim ,"  of  which  the  following  extracts 
give  some  idea:  Under  the  beading  <«  Hints  to  Mothers  of  Marri- 
ageable Daughters"  we  find:  '-Of  all  things,  make  your  girls  under- 
stand that  to  amuse  is  a  woman's  chief  aim  towards  meD.  Never 
let  a  man  reach  the  bored  state  of  feeling.  Do  not  exact  too  much 
from  a  courting  beau.  If  you  have  once  slipped  the  matrimonial 
noose  around  his  neck  do  not  chafe  and  irritate  the  cuticle  by 
pulling  too  tightly.  Our  grandmothers  told  us  that  a  modest  de- 
meanor was  the  most  attractive  feature  of  a  woman,  but  nous 
avons  change  tout  cela.  In  these  days  a  girl  mast  go  a  good  deal 
more  than  half  way  to  catch  the  more  than  passing  fancy  of  a 
man.  An  easy  familiarity  of  manner  goes  a  long  way  towards 
accomplishing  that  end.  Let  a  man  smoke,  lounge  or  even  on  oc- 
casions swear  in  your  presence.  This  ensures  bis  comfort,  and 
that  counts  for  much  with  men.  Should  he  attempt  undue  atten- 
tions first  take  into  consideration,  is  be  a  prize  in  the  matrimonial 
market  possible  to  capture,  or  a  detrimental  of  no  worth  as  a 
futur  !  In  the  first  case,  much  is  allowable  in  the  latitude  given; 
in  the  second,  do  not  on  any  account  let  your  daughter  give  him 
a  chance  to  boast  of  favors  received. 

"Shakespeare's  advice,  '  assume  a  virtue  if  yon  have  it  not,' 
is  in  many  instances  an  admirable  one  to  follow;  so  always  have 
a  girl  endeavor  to  convey  the  impression  upon  women  friends  of 
her  unsophisticated  mental  condition.  They  will  not  then  suspect 
her  of  more  than  silliness  or  ignorance  and  will  not  fear  her 
rivalry.  In  dealings  with  men,  on  the  contrary,  it  is  necessary 
to  study  her  subject.  If  he  be  fastidious,  a  baby  stare  or  demure 
glance  is  effective.  If  he  is  shy,  an  assured  way  of  talking  and 
an  adroit  compliment  thrown  into  the  conversation  now  an  then 
work  wonders.  If  a  man — a  young  man  of  to-day — be  a  com- 
panion of  the  hour,  let  her  try  the  *  jolly  comrade  '  style;  that 
sums  up  a  good  deal  of  everything.  One  cannot  impress  upon 
one's  girls  too  strongly  the  merit  of  being  a  good  listener.  Let 
the  story  be  never  so  risque  or  the  conversation  broad,  do  not  ap- 
pear shocked  or  pained.  That  would  be  prudish  and  <  bad  form  ' 
and  to  men  very  tiresome. 

<<  Should  your  daughter  be  selected  by  a  recreant  flirting  hus- 
band as  a  confident  for  some  slighting  remark  about  his  wife,  let 
her  be  immensely  sympathetic.  Sympathy  is  a  great  balm,  and, 
if  skillfully  applied,  frequently  results  in  handsome  gifts  as  a 
token  of  friendship,  which  a  married  man  may  safely  offer  pro- 
vided the  recipient  keeps  her  mouth  closed  as  to  the  donor.  Thus 
many  a  girl  has  even  had  a  little  difficulty  tided  over  by  a  <  tem- 
porary loan,'  which  has  been  known  to  go  far  towards  a  fresh 
gown  unattainable  by  her  allowance;  and  what  is  of  more  con- 
sideration than  all  else  is  the  reflection  that  in  these  days  of  rapid 
and  easy  divorce  one  never  can  tell  what  may  happen!  Married 
men  are,  therefore,  to  be  carefully  cultivated — of  course  it  is  un- 
derstood the  wealthy  ones.  There  are  instances,  though  rare, 
where  bachelors  are  as  valuable  to  utilize,  but  they  must  be  men 
of  years  and  experience  as  well.  Advise  your  daughter  never  to 
trust  implicitly  an  experienced  youth  of  the  period,  no  matter 
how  rich:  this  cannot  be  too  strongly  emphasized.  His  tongue 
has  not  become  balanced  by  contact  with  the  world  and  is  prone 
to  wag." 

A  chapter  headed  "Advice  to  Wives  Who  Retain  Regard  for 
Their  Husbands  "  reads  thus:  "Never  bore  your  husband  with 
requests  for  caresses.  Should  be  so  desire,  he  will  bestow  them 
unsought;  if  not  in  the  mood  he  will  be  annoyed  and  avoid  your 
society.  Do  not  search  bis  pockets  after  he  has  retired  for  the 
night  or  changed  his  coat,  if  you  wish  to  preserve  your  peace  of 
mind;  *  trifles  light  as  air  '  are  sometimes  provocative  of  much 
trouble.  8hould  he  betray  evidence  of  an  admiration  for  any  lady 
of  your  acquaintance,  at  ODce  cultivate  her  and  make  her  your 
constant  companion ;  in  this  way  you  will  secure  much  of  your 
husband:s  society. 

"Never  ask  him  where  he  has  been  when  he  returns  home 
towards  the  morning  hours,  especially  if  he*has  told  you  after  din- 
ner that  he  had  writing  to  do  in  his  office,  which  he  must  have 
quiet  and  uninterrupted  surroundings  to  accomplish  satisfac- 
torily. Don't  ask  him  what  it  means  if  you  should  find  a  theatre 
check  on  the  floor.  Should  he  telephone  you  that  he  will  be  de- 
tained by  business  and  not  able  to  reach  dome  by  dinner  hour, 
and  you  hear  incidentally  from  a  dear  friend  next  day  that  she 
saw  him  at  the  theatre,  do  not  accuse  him  of  deceit,  and  don't 
sulk.  Reproaches  and  tears  will  never  win  a  man.  Try  and 
smile  and  seem  contented  when  your  husband's  best  friend  con- 
doles with  you  upon  his  shameful  neglect.  This  will  render  your 
liege  lord  contented  with  himself — when  repeated  to  him  by  the 
friend — a  happy  condition  of  mind  apt  to  react  on  you  in  the 
shape  of  sealskins  and  new  gowns." 

To  the  wives  who  do  not  love  their  lords  the  following  advice 
is  given: 

•  «Let  your  duty  in  life  be  to  yourself  alone,  your  aim  to  enjoy 
yourself.  Do  not  worry  about  getting  up  to  breakfast  with  your 
husband;  the  servant  can  attend  to  his  wants  and  give  him  his 
coffee  as  well  as  you  could,  and  you  need  not  leave  your  com- 
fortable couch  until  the  day  has  been  thoroughly  warmed  by  the 


son.  Then,  after  a  careful  toilet,  go  for  a  shopping  tour.  If  you 
meet  a  pleasant  fellow  and  he  suggests  a  cozy  lunch  at  a  swell 
restaurant,  take  it  by  all  means;  then  flowers,  bon-bons,  or  some 
other  trifle  is  always  acceptable  as  a  finish.  Of  an  afternoon 
parade  Market  street.  Should  the  men  glance  admiringly  in  your 
direction,  no  need  to  resent  it;  you  can  take  it  as  a  tribute  to 
your  personal  charms  and  taste  in  dress.  If  you  have  a  house 
and  children,  do  not  make  undue  haste  in  getting  home  to  either 
or  both.-  The  children  are  no  doubt  amusing  themselves  with 
their  playmates  in  the  street,  and  wilJ  not  miss  you;  as  to  dinner, 
why,  let  your  husband  wait— it  won't  hurt  him,  and  it  is  as  well 
to  let  him  know  once  for  all,  that  you  are  not  his  slave.  He  can 
read  his  newspaper  or  flirt  with  the  servant  girl,  and  then  you 
will  be  saved  the  annoyance  of  his  asking  yon  for  the  fiftieth 
time  if  you  have  paid  those  bills  he  gave  you  the  money  for,  and 
you  are  really  too  tired  to  invent  any  more  excuses  for  having 
used  the  money  on  something  you  wish  him  to  remain  in  ignor- 
ance of.  All  these  minor  worries  can  be  most  charmingly  dis- 
posed of  by  living  in  a  fashionable  hotel  or  boarding-house.  The 
old  nonsense  about  'home'  has  gone  out  of  fashion  along  with 
the  ballad.  It  Is  not  necessary  that  your  husband  should  know 
all  your  men  friends;  that  would  be  sometimes  inconvenient,  to 
say  the  least.  It  is  a  strong  point  to  have  several  strings  to  your 
bow  in  the  way  of  men  friends;  those  who  do  not  object  to  being 
utilized  are  the  most  worth  cultivating.  If,  for  example,  you  have 
set  your  very  heart  on  a  visit  to  Del  Monte,  and  your  cruel  hus- 
band says  he  can't  afford  it  and  refuses  to  give  you  the  coin  for 
the  trip,  what  more  delightful  than  having  one  of  these  con- 
venient friends  to  place  this  pleasure  at  your  disposal!  It  would 
be  absurd  to  feel  any  scruple  about  taking  money  from  him. 
Who's  to  know  anything  about  it?  You  are  not  going  to  tell, 
and  how  easy  to  convince  your  husband  that  your  rich  friend, 

Mrs. ,  has  invited  you  to  go  with  her?    This  is  quite  the  way 

in  the  swim. 

"Should  your  husband  notice  that  you  are  wearing  a  new 
diamond  and  show  a  desire  to  become  aware  of  where  it  came 
from,  the  same  dear  generous  lady  friend  gave  you  one  she  had 
tired  of!  Absenceof  feeling,  a  little  tact  and  ingenuity,  above  all 
fertility  of  imagination,  are  all  that  is  required  to  keep  well  afloat 
in  the  waters  of  the  swim." 

The  advice  to  the  men  is  of  a  varied  nature  and  would  take  too 
much  space  at  present,  and  therefore  must  be  reserved  for  a 
separate  article.  Our  readers  may  see  from  these  extracts  what 
the  nature  of  the  book  will  be. 


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SNAP    SHOTS. 

[By    Di     Virsok.1 

SOME  people  bare  a  most  amazing  sense  of  humor,  and  it  finds 
expression  in  the  strangest  ways.  For  instance,  there  is  the 
ugly  man  or  woman  (unfortunately  it  is  generally  a  woman),  who 
seeks  to  be  funny  by  distorting  the  features.  Haven't  you  seen 
sucb?  They  screw  up  their  eye?,  twist  their  mouths,  wrinkle 
their  foreheads,  shoot  out  the  chin,  wobble  the  tongue,  and  all 
for  the  sake  of  being  amusing!  Bo  they  are.  but  it  is  of  a  nega- 
tive variety.  To  my  mind  it  is  a  painful  sight  t )  witness  such  a 
distortion  of  the  human  countenance  as  an  attendant  on  human 
speech,  to  watch  it  gives  me  a  pain,  and  I  am  certain  that  were 
I  obliged  continually  to  confront  such  facial  performances,  in  time 
my  muscles  would  unconsciously  "  follow  the  leader." 

It  is  a  curious  study  in  psychology,  the  influence  which,  ex- 
erted unconsciously  and  involuntarily,  and  so  received  by  a  sub- 
ject, results  in  a  perfect  imitation  of  the  first  person  by  the  sec- 
ond. All  teachers  know  bow  one  bad  habit  will  spread  like  wild- 
fire through  a  large  class  of  children.  One  child  with  a  stutter  or 
a  stammer  will  affect  the  speech  of  every  child  with  whom  it 
comes  in  daily  association.  One  child  with  St.  Vitus's  dance  will 
set  all  the  other  children  twitching.  More  than  once  teachers  in 
girl's  high  schools  nave  been  annoyed  by  "fainting  spells"  among 
the  girls.  One  pupil  will  faint  or  partially  lose  consciousness  for 
some  slight  cause,  and  almost  immediately  her  example  is  fol- 
lowed by  other  girls.  What  makes  this  rather  peculiar  is  that 
those  who  represent  the  second  stage  of  this  phenomenon  are 
generally  healthy  girls  and  those  in  no  wise  under  the  influence 
of  the  same  conditions  which  affected  the  one  first  to  faint. 

Another  peculiarity  of  those  with  a  misfit  sense  of  humor  is 
their  mistaking  personalities  for  wit.  There  are  those  who  long 
for  the  attention  and  applause  which  are  the  reward  of  a  bright 
mentality.  But  not  having  been  gifted  with  that  sense  of  rapid 
discernment  of  the  sudden  and  unexpected  relation  between 
words  or  between  ideas,  they  are  sure  to  suffer  shipwreck  in  a 
sea  of  their  own  stupidity.  Either  they  bore  their  hearers  with 
far-fetched  ideas,  or  they  weary  them  with  wretched  puns;  or 
they  are  the  unscrupulous  appropriators  of  other  people's  ideas. 
It  was  Bulwer  Lytton  who  said  that  an  author  should  not  talk 
much  in  society,  but  should  save  all  his  good  Ideas  for  his  pub- 
lishers. If  that  were  true  in  his  day,  when  writers  were  com- 
paratively few,  is  it  not  much  more  true  now,  when  every  one 
is  rushing  into  print?  If  there  is  one  thing  particularly  exasper- 
ating it  is  to  have  one's  ideas  stolen  bodily  and  paraded  as  an- 
other's before  their  owner's  very  eyes.  I  knew  a  woman  once 
who  posed,  and  for  a  time  successfully,  as  a  wit.  In  a  moment 
of  unconscious  confidence  she  said  to  me:  "People  think  I  am. 
very  clever,  but  I  am  not.  It  is  only  a  good  memory."  The 
longer  I  knew  her  the  more  I  was  ready  to  indorse  her  statement. 
As  some  one  else  has  said  in  speaking  of  a  literary  appropriator, 
she  "possessed  a  fine  talent  for  judicious  plagiarism."  When 
people  rush  their  stolen  goods  into  print  they  may  be  detected 
and  exposed,  but  when  their  thefts  are  of  the  conversational 
sort,  it  is  not  so  easy  to  arrest  the  circulation  of  the  counterfeit. 

To  one  who  has  respect  for  onr  vigorous  English,  "it  ia  as 
vinegar  to  the  teeth  and  as  smoke  to  the  eyes"  to  hear  a  person 
deliberately  murder  the  language,  purposely  mispronounce  words, 
and  distort  moods  and  tenses,  all  for  the  sake  of  being  funny.  It 
seems  to  me  that  it  is  as  base  to  utter  counterfeit  words  as  it 
would  be  to  issue  counterfeit  coin,  that  it  is  as  much  of  a  crime 
to  puddle  the  well  of  English  un'defiled  as  it  is  to  choke  up  a 
spring  or  to  poison  a  stream.  It  is  a  sin  to  debase  a  word.  Words 
are  like  people;  when  once  they  are  degraded  they  never  recover 
their  lost  prestige.  With  many,  the  facial  distortion  and  the  per- 
verted manner  of  speech  are  the  remains  of  their  babyhood. 
When  they  grew  up  they  did  not  put  away  childish  things.  It's 
a  pity,  for  there  is  nothing  which  bo  emphasizes  the  fact  that  a 
woman  has  lost  her  youth  as  her  clinging  to  what  she  should 
have  long  ago  outgrown.  No  woman  with  a  keen  sense  of  the 
ridiculous  could  make  this  mistake. 

Another  manifestation  of  a  distorted  idea  of  what  is  funny  is 
the  practical  joke,  which  has  for  its  object  the  infliction  of 
humiliation  or  physical  pain  upon  its  victim.  Two  or  three  in- 
stances of  this  sort  have  come  under  my  observation,  and  it 
seems  to  me  that  no  punishment  could  be  too  severe  for  the  per- 
petrators of  such  a  wretched  joke  as  the  pulling  of  a  chair  from 
under  a  person  about  to  sit  down.  It  may  be  uproariously  funny 
to  see  the  look  of  surprise,  and  dismay,  and  terror  that  comes 
over  a  young  lady's  face  as  she  realizes  that  she  is  falling.  It  may 
be  amusing  enough  to  make  the  little  dog  laugh  to  see  the  sport 
as  she  sprawls,  helpless  and  mortified,  upon  the  spot  where  the 
chair  stood  but  a  moment  before.  But  somehow,  many  people 
are  so  devoid  of  a  sense  of  humor  that  they  cannot  see  anything 
so  very  funny  in  it,  and  they  are  moved  by  a  strong  desire  to 
take  the  perpetrator  of  such  a  wretched  joke — if  he  be  a  man — 
out  into  the  open,  and  with  more  than  one  well-directed  kick 
send  him  from  Dan  to  Beersheba.  As  the  result  of  such  a  refined 
and  elegant  practical  joke  a  sweet  young  girl  has  been  condemned 


to  pass  more  than  a  year  in  poor  health,  a  victim  of  nervous  pros- 
tration! Is  It  not  time  for  such  funny  business  to  be  tabooed  in 
decent  society  7 

«  The  court-room  was  stuffy  with  woman,"  wrote  a  reporter  in 
describing  a  scene  in  a  recent  trial.  That  sounds  somewhat  harsh, 
bat  it  is  true  in  the  sense  that  the  use  of  overpowering  perfumes 
has  become  one  of  the  unpleasant  features  of  this  latter-day  civili- 
zation. Since  the  utilization  of  a  waste  product— since  the  use  of 
coal  tar  in  the  manufacture  of  perfumeB,  the  market  has  been 
flooded  with  cheap  and  rank  perfumes  which  many  women  have 
the  poor  taste  to  use.  It  is  no  longer  the  thing  to  drench  a  hand- 
kerchief with  cologne  or  a  "French  extract,"  but  the  present 
fashion  ia  infinitely  worse.  Some  women  have  sachet  bags  sewn 
in  the  waists  of  their  dresses  and  around  the  upper  edge  of  their 
corsets.  The  warmth  of  the  body  causes  the  perfume  to  become 
very  much  in  evidence.  Now  when  some  hundreds  of  women, 
with  their  scent  sachets  in  their  clothes,  are  all  shut  up  in  a  warm, 
poorly  ventilated  room,  what  else  can  it  be  but  stuffy  ? 

No  one  has  a  moral  right  to  inflict  a  heavy  perfume  upon 
another's  senses,  especially  io  a  hotel  dining  room.  It  was  once 
my  misfortune  to  sit  at  a  hotel  table  with  a  woman  who  was  de- 
voted to  while  rose.  She  would  sail  into  place  diffusing  that  strong 
odor,  and  more  than  once  some  of  the  other  people  at  the  table 
were  forced  to  retreat  before  the  dinner  was  over.  The  warm 
room,  the  odor  of  food,  and  the  scent  of  the  white  rose  were  sim- 
ply uneudurable. 

Speaking  of  hotels  reminds  me  of  a  favorite  diversion  of  old 
habitue's  of  large  family  boarding  bouses.  After  dinner,  and  just 
at  the  time  when  people  go  to  the  theatres,  these  hotel  busy- 
bodies  range  themselves  round  the  hall  so  as  to  command  a  good 
view  of  the  hall  and  the  entrance.  Then  they  watch  with  lynx 
eyes  to  see  who  comes  in,  who  goes  out,  who  goes  alone,  and  who 
doesn't,  and  who  ia  accompanied  by  whom.  In  one  evening  these 
scavengers  of  reputations  can  collect  sufficient  material  to  last 
through  an  entire  season. 

Now  that  the  merchants  are  going  to  keep  our  streets  clean,  let 
us  hope  that  they  will  keep  the  sidewalks  clear.  Let  us  hope 
that  they  will  not  open  any  more  great  cases  in  front  of  their 
stores,  leaving  the  broken  boards  and  long  nails  extending  in 
every  direction,  to  catch  and  tear  our  dresses  as  we  pass. 

The  very  latest  in  art  novelties  aud  picture  i  are  constantly  being  re- 
ceived at  3.  &.Q  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


Ayer's 

"W.A.S 

THE   ONLY 


Sarsaparilla 

ADMITTED   AT 

THE 

I's  Fair. 

GET 

The  Best. 


PACIFIC  MINING  AGENCY 
AND  TRUST  COMPANY. 

Irwin  C.  Stump,  President.    Wm.  C.  Ralston,  Secretary.    The  Anglo- 

Californian  Bank,  Ld.,  Treasurer. 
DIRECTORS— Irwin  C.  Stump,  Irving  M.  Scott,  Jacob  H.  Neff,  w.F. 
Goad,  R.  C.  Chambers,  P.  N.  Lilienthal,  D.  M.  Burns. 

MILLS  BUILDING.  San  Frano^co. 

This  compaay  has  been  formed  to  sell  mining  and  ditch  properties  and 
water  rights  on  commissiou  only.  It  is  prepared  to  act  as  agent  and  broker 
for  the  sale  and  purchase  of  such  properties.  Mines  listed  at  its  omces 
will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  investors ;  no  bond  is  required  until 
there  is  a  prospective  purchaser. 

The  company  will  look  after  the  interests  of  non-residents  or  obtain  in- 
formation for  them ;  it  will  also  assist  mining;  engineers,  superintendents, 
foremen,  assayers,  millmen  and  miners  to  obtain  employment. 

The  Company  is  prohibited  by  its  articles  of  Incorporation  from  buying 
or  Belling  mines  on  its  own  account,  and  except  as  agent  or  factor  for 
others . 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  22, 1894. 


tei/flSlifcrtD' 


"  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore, 

NO  sooner  are  we  assured  that  the  public  taste  has  degenerated 
than  stage  flippancy  suddenly  retires  and  the  "legitimate" 
drama  steps  to  the  front  with  its  old-time  stilted  artificialities, 
and  no  sooner  have  its  ancient  joys  been  tasted  than  we  as  sud- 
denly forget  it  and  revet  again  in  nonsense.  There  must  be 
variety,  in  short,  and  the  Tivoli  is  giving  us  a  very  striking  illus- 
tration of  the  fact.  For  Don  Juan  [ad  lib  )  is  the  veriest  melange 
of  nonsense  that  could  be  conceived.  Every  one  of  the  ordinary 
absurdities  of  comic  opera  has  been  exaggerated  to  the  last 
limit  of  buffoonery,  every  touch  of  tenderness  and  pathos  elim- 
inated, and  fine  musical  effects  have  been  subordinated  to  the 
central  idea.  In  short,  the  little  opera  in  reality  iB  a  musical 
farce,  the  traditions,  of  comic  opera  being  retained  only  in  ex- 
ternals. Perhaps  it  is  for  the  reason  that  the  thin  plot  running 
through  it  in  nowise  resembles  Byron's  story  that  the  players 
take  the  liberty  of  giving  the  Spanish  pronunciation  to  the  title, 
calling  it  "Don  Hwan,"  instead  of  "Don  Ju-an,"  as  the  name  of 
Byron's  hero  must  be  pronounced.  But  there  are  a  great  many 
people  who  are  as  reckless  in  this  regard  as  the  Tivoli  actors, 
when  it  comes  to  that.  It  is  pleasant  to  observe  that  the  author 
and  the  composer  do  not  announce  the  piece  as  a  comic  opera, 
but  call  it  a  spectacular  burlesque,  and  though  it  is  not  that 
either,  the  violation  of  the  proprieties  is  less  disagreeable.  In 
addition  to  the  fun,  wit,  and  nonsense  which  ruu  all  through  it 
is  some  really  good  music,  which  is  generally  best  in  the  chor- 
uses. Some  of  the  settings  are  exceedingly  pretty,  particularly 
the  home  of  the  mermaids  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  where  all  the 
old  effects  of  green  and  tinsel  are  employed  with  admirable  good 
taste.  The  old  favorites  are  all  in  the  cast.  Little  Grade  Plaisted 
is  as  vivacious  as  ever,  her  trip  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands  evidently 
having  been  of  great  benefit.  Tillie  Salinger  puts  into  the  central 
female  role  of  Haldee  as  much  of  the  sweetness  and  tenderness 
which  we  are  accustomed  to  associate  with  the  character  as  the 
overwhelming  environment  of  buffoonery  will  permit.  Here 
again  the  players  give  the  most  amusing  of  all  their  funny  pro- 
nunciations, for  in  "Haidee"  they  accent  the  first  syllable. 
Messrs.  Hartman,  Leary,  and  Branson  are  the  comedians  of  the 
cast,  and  with  these  three  to  make  all  the  fun  they  please  we 
may  be  sure  that  the  audience  is  kept  constantly  convulsed. 
Messrs.  Wilson  and  Branson  sing  uncommonly  well,  and  assist 
greatly  in  giving  a  touch  of  refinement  here  and  there.  Of  course 
the  action  and  situations  of  the  piece  violate  every  sort  of  pro- 
priety, but  nobody  objects  to  that.  The  general  effect  is  of  some- 
thing frivolous,  tinkling,  absurd,  bright,  and  pretty,  with  nothing 
in  it  to  instruct  or  be  remembered,  but  withal  exceedingly  funny. 
The  run  on  the  theatre  is  enormous,  "Only  Standing  Room"  plac- 
ards generally  being  out  before  eight  o'clock.  The  piece  will  run 
indefinitely. 

*  *  » 

In  the  early  days  of  the  Tivoli,  before  the  beer  tables  had  given 
place  to  opera  chairs,  and  when  the  famous  proletarian  resort 
was  emerging  timidly  and  tentatively  from  the  condition  of  a  con- 
cert hall  to  that  of  an  opera  house,  the  most  astonishing  and 
amusing  liberties  used  to  be  taken  with  the  operas  which  were 
sung  there.  The  company  of  singers  was  not  then  what  it  is  now, 
for  whereas  now  there  is  a  voice  for  every  possible  role,  in  those 
days  the  score  had  to  be  tampered  with  in  the  most  comical  man- 
ner in  order  to  make  it  possible  for  a  tenor  to  sing  a  baritone 
r61e  or  a  bass  a  tenor.  But  for  all  that,  the  Tivoli  was  an  educa- 
tor of  great  value.  Just  such  incongruities  as  we  had  in  music 
in  those  cheerful  old  days  we  are  having  now  in  the  "  living  pic- 
tures" which  are  running  at  the  California.  Few  connoisseurs  in 
art  would  care  to  see  them,  but  there  are  precious  few  connois- 
sieurs  in  art  abroad,  and  fewer  still  who  haVe  seen  the  originals 
of  the  great  paintings  which  are  here  imitated  by  the  employ- 
ment of  living  figures.  Form,  not  spirit,  is  the  watchword  of 
the  picture-setter,  but  form  itself  is  something;  and  when,  added 
to  that,  we  have  a  reasonably  near  approach  to  the  original  treat- 
ment of  light  and  color,  there  is  sufficient  to  instruct  as  well  as 
please.  We  can  tolerate  an  untrained,  hard,  practical,  workaday 
expression  of  face  in  a  spiritualized  representation  of  an  ideal 
conception  of  Graces,  Mornings,  Nights,  and  the  like,  provided 
the  legs  are  good,  the  pink  tights  are  clean,  the  wig  is  on  straight, 
and  light  and  color  are  fine.  To  bestow  serious  criticism  on  thiB 
new  and  pleasing  fad  would  be  as  absurd  as  to  condemn  even  the 
Btateliest  operas  for  making  the  hero  sing  his  defiance  to  the  vil- 
lain. Were  not  the  human  taste  so  elastic,  operas,  living  pic- 
tures, and  even  a  great  part  of  the  legitimate  drama  would  be 
impossible.  For  what  is  instructive  in  these  "living  pictures"  as 
well  as  for  what  is  idly  pleasing  in  them  without  reference 
either  to  their  creators  or  their  meaning,  they  are  wholesome 
and  welcome,  and  it  is  not  unlikely  that  something  fine  and  per- 
manently good  will  be  evolved  out  of  it  all,  crude  and  unpromis- 
ing though  it  seem  at  present. 


In  Old  Kentucky,  which  will  be  seen  at  the  California  Theatre 
for  two  weeks,  opening  next  Monday,  is  described  as  one  of  the 
most  picturesque  and  creditable  American  plays  produced  in 
many  years,  if  all  that  has  been  written  about  it  is  true.  It  won 
instant  recognition  in  New  York  and  it  has  been  enthusiastically 
received  elsewhere.  It  abounds  in  sensational  scenes  of  real 
dramatic  power,  and  presents  a  series  of  attractive  pictures  of 
Kentucky  life  more  naturally,  perhaps,  than  any  other  drama  of 
its  class.  It  has  been  described  as  more  interesting  and  absorbing 
than  Alabama  and  more  indigenous  of  the  soil  than  In  Missouri, 
It  has  all  the  brisk  action  of  melodrama  combined  with  the  breezi- 
ness  and  humor  of  comedy.  It  portrays  in  a  pleasant  way  some 
of  the  phases  of  life  in  an  interesting  part  of  our  country.  The 
chivalrous  natures  of  Kentucky's  men  and  the  sweetness  and 
grace  of  her  women  are  depicted  with  rare  skill  and  without  ex- 
aggeration. 

*  *  * 

The  Baldwin  closes  this  week  for  an  indefinite  time,  probably 
three  or  four  weeks,  when  it  will  re-open  with  the  Kendalls,  to  be 
followed  by  other  equally  high-class  people  and  then  by  opera. 
The  present  closing  was  caused  by  the  upsetting  of  contract  dates 
as  a  result  of  the  railroad  strike.  Charley's  Aunt  has  had  a  very 
successful  run. 

*  •*  # 

So  remarkable  has  been  the  success  of  the  Orphenm  that  Man- 
ager Walter  has  decided  to  import  his  people  from  Europe,  secur- 
ing the  best  and  most  expensive  people  and  offering  features  en- 
tirely new  to  an  American  audience.  A  new  electric  light  of 
5000-candle  power  for  the  stage  is  a  valuable  recent  addition  to 
the  accessories.  As  usual,  the  house  has  been  crowded  all  the 
week  and  everybody  has  been  delighted.  It  is  a  never-ending 
wonder  that  so  small  an  admission  fee  is  charged  to  see  a  per- 
formance which  must  be  very  expensive  to  tne  management.  A 
fine  array  of  imported  talent  is  announced  for  the  coming  week, 
including  a  wonderful  juggler  and  equilibrist,  Severus  8chaffer, 
and  the  operatic  character  change  duettists,  Armand  and  Gran- 
ville. Some  of  the  strong  old  favorites  remain,  and  next  week 
will  close  the  engagement  of  Ouda,  Sarina,  Lalo,  and  the  Amer- 
ican Comedy  Quartette. 

*  »  * 

Alfred  A.  Farland,  the  famous  banjoist,  gave  bis  first  concert  in 
this  city  at  Metropolitan  Hall  Monday  night.  Farland's  rendi- 
tions of  music  of  the  higher  order  was  a  revelation  to  the  skeptical 
one  of  the  audience  who  had  always  associated  the  banjo  with 
the  minstrel  and  variety  stage.  He  is  beyond  a  doubt  the  greatest 
banjo  performer  of  the  day,  having  a  rapidity  and  truthfulness  of 
execution  that  are  phenominal.  He  played  Beethoven's  sonata, 
op.  30,  No.  3,  in  its  entirety,  the  allegro  vivace  from  the  William 
Tell  overture,  La  Matinee,  a  rondo  by  Dussek,  and  a  number  of 
encores  of  the  same  high  musical  standard.  The  Beethoven 
number  was  exceptionally  enjoyable,  the  phrasing  and  delicacy 
of  expression  showing  Farland  to  have  the  soul  of  a  true  artist. 
The  Olympic  Banjo,  Guitar,  and  Mandolin  Club  acquitted  itself 
with  admirable  address.  Mr.  Farland  gave  another  successful 
concert  Thursday  evening.  About  October  1st  he  will  give  a 
students'  recital  in  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace. 

An  organ  recital  ny  Mr.  H.  J.  Stewart,  assisted  by  Thomas 
Rickard,  vocalist,  will  be  given  at  3  p.  m.,  on  Saturday,  the  29th 
inst.,  at  the  First  Unitarian  Church,  corner  of  Franklin  and  Geary 
streets.  This  is  the  first  of  a  series,  the  others  being  announced 
for  Wednesday  evenings,  October  10th,  17th,  24th,  and  31st,  and 
Saturday  afternoon,  November  10th.  Other  participants  in  these 
recitals  will  be  Miss  Anna  Miller  Wood,  contralto;  Mrs.  Berming- 
ham,  contralto;  Mr.  John  Marquardt,  recently  solo  violinist  with 
the  Vienna  Prater  orchestra,  and  Mr.  F.  K.  Tobin,  solo  trombone. 
These  recitals  are  given  under  the  auspices  and  in  aid  of  the 
Society  for  Christian  Work,  connected  with  the  First  Unitarian 
Church. 

*  *  # 

The  thirty-seventh  Carr-Beel  Saturday  popular  concert  will  be 
given  at  Golden  Gate  Hall  at  3:15  o'clock  to-day.  Miss  Caroline 
Schindler  is  announced  to  sing  the  favorite  gavotte  from  Manon 
and  two  bright  little  numbers  by  Vidal  and  Bizet,  and  Mrs.  Carr 
and  Messrs.  Beel  and  Heine  will  give  for  the  first  time  a  strong  com- 
position in  three  movements  by  Smetana,  and  another  by  Godard. 
Other  features  include  songa  by  Miss  Irma  Fitch,  Beethoven's 
great  quartette,  op.  16,  etc.  Seats  may  be  reserved  at  Sherman, 
Clay  &  Co.'s. 

*  *  • 

At  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel,  Miss  Hattie  Nathan, 
a  young  Californian,  will  give  a  dramatic  and  dialect  recital  next 
Thursday  evening.  September  27th.  The  young  lady  is  said  to 
be  possessed  of  an  extraordinary  talent,  and  as  she  intends  mak- 
ing the  stage  her  profession  her  San  Francisco  d>-but  will  attract 
much  attention.  Her  programme  will  be  selected  from  authors 
of  every  style,  and  tickets  will  be  on  Bale  at  Sherman,  Clay  & 
Co.'s,  beginning  next  Tuesday  and  thereafter.  Society  will  un- 
doubtedly turn  ont  in  force. 

*  *  * 

The  great  Syndicate  Circuses  will  open  the  season  in  this  city 
the  latter  part  of  next  week. 


3ept  22,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


THE    HERMIT    OF    SAUSALITO 

ON  the  ea*t  side  of  the  Sausalilo  shore,  nearly  opposite  the  while 
buildings  tbitt  mark  t&e  OOdfllberj  station  on  (be  Islatnl  of 
Belvedere,  is  a  cabin  inhabited  by  a  man  with  a  history.  Tbtfl  indi- 
vidual, a  tall,  paunt  person,  with  a  long  grnv  baud.  Ifl  wen  ;»t  h>w 
tide  with  shovel  and  bucket  digging  OlMDS.  When  the  fishermen 
haul  their  nets  this  hermit  la  OD  the  afaora  OOlleCtlng  the  refu 
and  all  those  small,  Insignificant  things  whirh  the  Italians  reject  he 
puts  into  his  basket.  He  is  seldom  seen  at  the  shops  of  the  grocers 
or  the  butchers,  hut  about  once  a  month  or  Smith,  the  BI- 

pres^man,  dumps  a  hamper  on  the  shale,  which  the  hermit  conveys 
to  his  cottage,  and  which  it  is  supposed  contains  groceries. 

In  1843  this  hermit  of  the  SanaalitO  ?-hore  had  not  only  a  commis- 
sion in  the  Fifth  l'ragoon  tiuards,  but  was  one  of  the  best  known 
men  and  most  influential  landowners  in  the  west  of  England.  He 
had  made  his  mark  as  a  keen  sportsman  in  riding  straight  to  hounds, 
in  shooting  well,  and  in  making  large  bags  in  grouse  driving.  His 
income  was  sufficient  for  all  the  extravagances  of  an  ordinary  man, 
and  the  current  of  his  life  ran  smoothly  up  to  a  certain  evening,  when 
at  the  Grand  Salle  at  Monte  Carlo  he  met  his  fate. 

He  had  been  backing  the  red  heavily  all  night  and  had  lost  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  money,  when  a  tall,  slim  woman,  wearing  a 
mask,  as  they  do  sometimes,  took  a  seat  beside  him.  He  had  placed 
his  last  Kapoleon  on  the  red,  when  she  said  in  French  : 

"  Pardon,  Monsieur,  but  will  von  place  this  money  for  me  on  the 
black?  " 

He  did  so  and  involuntarily  moved  his  own  back  to  the  same  color. 
That  decided  his  fate.  The  black  won,  and  the  acquaintance  begun 
in  this  unusual  manner  led  to  the  most  disastrous  results  on  the 
man's  part.  He  became  infatuated  with  the  woman,  who  was  of  the 
higher  order  of  Persian  cocottes,  and  she  ruined  Mm  in  short  order. 
She  was  attached  to  him,  but  she  was  an  inveterate  gambler,  and  in 
order  to  get  money  to  satisfy  her  insatiate  appetite  for  the  table  he 
went  to  extremes  that  finally  left  him  a  bankrupt. 

His  life  was  insured  for  ten  thousand  pounds.  He  took  the  train 
one  morning  from  London  to  Brighton,  the  ''Flying  Dutchman," 
which  makes  the  journey  of  sixty  miles  in  exactly  one  hour,  and 
there  determined  to  end  his  life  by  drowning.  But  before  he  left  the 
inn  where  he  had  placed  his  things,  he  thought  he  would  gamble 
with  Fate.  He  took  two  suits  of  clothes  with  him,  and  concealing 
one  in  his  grip  some  distance  across  the  sands,  threw  the  other  on 
the  shore  and  jumped  into  the  surf.  The  discarded  suit  was  after- 
ward found,  but  the  good  swimmer,  after  a  long  mental  struggle 
about  a  mile  from  shore,  decided  to  come  back,  put  on  the  other  suit, 
and  begin  the  battle  of  life  again.  He  landed  in  America.  His  peo- 
ple, in  the  meantime,  bad  put  in  their  claim  and  landed  their  insur- 
ance money.  But  his  career  was  not  successful.  He  has  been  col- 
lecting of  late  Indian  curios,  and  hopes  to  establish  a  cabinet  at  the 
Stanford  University.  Until  then  he  is  living  a  most  economical  life, 
and  if  the  Alma  Mater  is  not  ungenerous,  he  may  yet  walk  the  shady 
promenades  and  endow  the  college.  Meanwhile  he  dwells  in  seclu- 
sion, a  mystery  to  all  who  know  bim. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search   of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it — 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  haud, 
Stalls  68  and  70,   California  Market— 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage   pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
"  Californians  "  or  "  Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style. 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  fay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 


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Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


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Will  give  a 

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Takes  place 

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old  style  Wad  Stuffed  Collars.    W.  DAVIS  &  SON  are  making 

THE  ANTI-WAD  COLLARS 
smooth  as  glass,  elastic  and  strong;  the  only  firm  on  the 
Coast  up  to  date  in  collars.  The  "  MODERN  WONDER,"  the 
Fogelsang  Stuffer,  owned  by  them,  is  the  only  one  in  Cali- 
fornia. No  skill  ever  yet  devised  can  equal  it.  Whips, 
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PIANOS 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  22, 1894. 


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00KCR-0N. 


DICK  TOBIN  is  preparing  to  go  abroad  again.  Nobody  feela 
sorry  because  he  is  going  away,  for  every  one  knows  that 
Dick  Tobin's  visits  to  England  are  productive  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary good  to  local  society.  He  probably  has  induced  more  genu- 
ine aristocrats  to  come  to  California  than  any  other  member  of  the 
haul  ton.  He  has  never  yet  had  the  wool  pulled  over  his  eyes  by 
bogus  earls,  viscounts,  and  duchesses;  but,  armed  with  a  copy  of 
Whittaker  and  the  Almanac  de  Gotka,  he  makes  sure  of  his  man 
before  he  asks  him.  His  first  noble  devotee  at  the  Shrine  of  the 
Golden  Out  Here  was  John  Francis  Stanley  Russell,  or  the  Earl 
of  Russell,  who  was  born  in  1865  and  succeeded  to  his  title  in 
1878.  Russell  is  closely  related  to  the  Duke  of  Buckingham.  He 
was  so  greatly  charmed  with  California  that  he  purchased  a  large 
ranch  in  Southern  California,  and  as  soon  as  he  can  settle  some 
private  affairs  abroad  he  will  return  to  the  Coast.  Viscount  En- 
nismore  came  next.  He  is  the  eldest  son  of  the  Earl  of  Listowel, 
whose  title  was  founded  in  1822.  The  Viscount,  during  his  visit 
here,  became  a  familiar  figure  at  the  cotillions,  and  being  a  fine 
dancer,  won  his  way  into  a  great  many  feminine  hearts.  His  re- 
ported engagement  to  Miss  Tobin  rather  hurt  his  Irish  dignity, 
and  so  he  went  home.  J,  Talbot  Clifton  is  also  one  of  Mr.  Tobin's 
finds.  He  in  the  second  cousin  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  is 
Marshall  of  England  {the  eighth  in  rank  under  the  Queen).  The 
Duke's  son  and  heir  is  hopelessly  mad  and  can  never  succeed  to 
the  title  and  estates,  which,  it  is  said,  may  fall  to  Clifton.  Every 
one  knows  how  attached  Clifton  has  become  to  California,  and 
what  he  has  done  to  encourage  sports  at  Burlingame  and  Mon- 
terey. He  is  here  to  Btay,  he  says.  But  the  exact  object  of  Dick  To- 
bin in  bringing  these  titled  people  over  has  not  been  accomplished. 
So  he  is  going  abroad  again,  witfi  the  hope  of  filling  other  young 
men  of  nobility  with  an  idea  of  the  charms  of  California  and  of 
the  people  who  live  here,  and,  in  consequence,  the  Four  Hundred 
are  preparing.  CalJfornians  who  have  seen  Dick  Tobin  walking 
along  .Piccadilly  with  his  long  coat,  his  turned-up  trousers,  and 
his  inverted  walking  stick  say  that  he  is  the  perfect  double  of  the 
Duke  of  Clarence  and  Avondale. 

#  *  » 

Down  at  Pacific  Grove,  where  the  tall  pines  murmur  and  the 
sunshine  is  tempered  with  a  misty  veil  of  fog,  the  Salvation  Army 
charioteers  have  been  laboring  earnestly  of  late  to  call  the  Metho- 
dists to  God.  They  have  gone,  but  the  memory  of  their  brass 
band  and  of  their  hymns  sung  to  "  Daisy  Bell,"  "  Two  Little 
Girls  in  Blue,"  and  the  like  still  remains,  as  does  also  a  queer 
sort  of  exhortation  jargon  which  they  left  behind  them. 
Captain  Campbell  had  a  way,  when  he  saw  that  sinners 
were  moving  slowly,  of  crying  oat:  "0  God,  get  a  move 
on  and  stir  these  sinners  up  I  "  He  would  talk  sometimes 
of  God  sending  his  sheriff  after  men.  This  sheriff,  he  ex- 
plains, does  not  knock  at  the  door;  "oh,  nol  he  enters  stedthily 
and  tkirsts  his  dagger  into  their  hearts  I  "  Most  of  us,  he  declares, 
go  to  Heaven  in  a  box-car,  and  then  he  turns  to  "Sunshine,"  a 
jolly  little  German  charioteer  who  has  be*n  saved,  and  asks  him 
to  sing,  "Get  Aboard  the  First-class  Car,"  which  "Sunshine" 
readily  does  to  the  tune  of  "Climbing  up  the  Golden  Stair."  A 
favorite  song  begins: 

"  When  God  fires  out  sin 
There  is  jamping  joy  within." 

It  is  wonderful  how  a  good-looking  young  man  with  a  musical 
voice  will  draw  a  crowd  before  a  pulpit.  People  are  ever  looking 
for  some  other  attraction  than  relieion  to  'draw  them  to  church, 
and  anything  from  a  blonde  tenor  to  four  rows  of  new  bonnets 
will  prove  more  of  a  magnet  than  a  dozen  sermons  on  Hosea  vii. ; 
4.  The  attraction  at  Dr.  Stebbins'  Unitarian  Church  just  now  is 
the  doctor's  new  assistant,  Mr.  E.  A.  Eliot.  He  is  a  singularly 
handsome  young  man  with  a  face  just  sufficiently  removed  from 
the  classic  to  be  truly  beautiful.  He  continually  beams  with 
smiles,  and  he  talks  in  a  clear,  resonant,  rather  soulful  voice — a 
voice  that  would  penetrate  the  most  gilt-edged  heart  of  the  most 
hardened  sinner.  Then  he  is  only  twenty-three  years  old,  and  "is 
considered  bright  for  his  years."  It  will  take  very  little  dexterity 
for  him  to  work  his  way  to  the  front  row  of  popularity,  for 
already  he  is  the  main  topic  of  discussion  in  the  congregation.  A 
few  Sundays  ago  he  preached  his  first  sermon,  and  succeeded  in 
scoring  a  hit  by  bringing  tears  to  the  eyes  of  several  ladies. 

*  »  # 

Natural  science  has  laken  a  firm  grip  of  the  John  Swett  Gram- 
mar School,  in  Hayes  Valley.  A  few  months  ago,  Miss  Broko- 
feldt,  who  teaches  the  Sixth  Grade,  issued  a  ukase  that  every 
member  of  her  class  should  bring  along  a  spider,  and  it  was  only 

For  the  most  artistic  and  latest  designs  in  the  New  Empire  style  of 
frames,  go  to  S.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


the  other  day  that  the  last  insect  which  afforded  an  object  lesson 
was  slain  by  the  broom  of  the  janitor.  The  next  week  cock- 
roaches were  in  demand,  and  the  children  were  instructed  in  the 
anatomy  of  that  highly  flavored  and  intelligent  insect.  Then 
there  was  a  lull  in  natural  history,  but  this  week  it  has  broken 
out  afresh.  The  sapient  young  lady  who  wishes  that  the  lamp  of 
science  shall  bnrn  with  intense  and  inextinguishable  brilliancy  in 
Hayes  Valley,  said  before  the  dismissal  of  her  class: 

"  Children,  I  want  each  and  every  one  of  you  to  bring  a  large 
Eastern  oyster  to  school  to-morrow."  And  every  child  got  its 
oyster.  Then  did  the  profound  feminine  anatomist  discourse  to 
the  youths  on  the  bivalve.  With  a  delicate  scalpel  she  dissected 
the  oyster.  She  showed  where  the  heart  of  the  oyster  was  situ- 
ated, its  lungs,  its  liver,  its  spleen,  its  kidneys,  its  mouth,  its  front 
teeth,  and  back  teeth — every  organ  of  the  oyster  was  laid  bare 
and  discanted  upon.  The  habits  of  the  oysier  were  discussed. 
Its  love  for  company,  its  taste  for  the  hardest  kind  of  mud,  its 
jealous  disposition,  its  moroseness  when  crossed  in  love,  and  its 
abhorrence  of  vinegar  and  pepper  when  the  oysterman's  knife 
lays  it  bare.  All  these  things  did  the  teacher  most  eloquently 
explain,  emphasizing  each  point  by  a  jab  at  the  oyster  with  ber 
keen  knife.  The  clinic  was  in  every  respect  a  most  successful 
one,  but  never  a  youth  or  maiden  In  that  class  will  ever  eat  an 
oyster  again.  And  when  the  girl  now  in  short  dresses  is  invited 
by  her  escort,  on  her  way  home  from  theatre  or  ball,  to  an  oyBter 
supper,  a  cold  shudder  will  travel  down  her  spine  and  her  "  No  " 
will  be  earnest,  emphatic,  and  final. 

#  *  # 

Colonel  A.  B.  Paris,  the  Democratic  nominee  for  Attorney- 
General,  is  an  elderly  Virginia  gentleman  of  grave  politeness  and 
with  a  taste  for  fine  speeches.  In  San  Bernardino,  where  he  lives, 
he  is  regarded  as  the  most  oratorical  member  of  the  local  bar.  He 
is  fond  of  embellishing  his  speeches  with  poetical  quotations  and 
dramatic  allusions.  Not  long  ago  he  was  defending  a  woman  in 
a  criminal  case  before  the  Superior  Court  of  his  county.  In  his 
argument  Colonel  Paris  drew  many  illustrations  from  Othello,  com- 
paring his  client  to  Desdemona.  In  his  peroration  the  orator- 
lawyer  repeated  his  allusion,  but  being  somewhat  absent-minded — 
a  condition  in  which  he  appeared  so  conspicuous  at  the  conven- 
tion which  nominated  him — the  name  Desdemona  escaped  him. 

"  What's  that  name  ?  "  be  whispered  to  his  opponent,  District 
Attorney  Oster. 

"  Pocahontas,"  whispered  Oster,  in  reply. 

"  Yes,  gentlemen  of  the  jury,  my  client  is  like  Pocahontas  pur- 
sued by  the  jealousy  of  Othello,"  concluded  the  unsuspecting 
Paris,  who  failed  to  understand  why  his  eloquence  aroused  the 
risibilities  of  bench  and  bar. 

*  *  * 

Francisco  de  Ojeda  had  a  big  streak  of  luck  during  his  recent 
visit  to  Guatemala.  He  took  four  of  his  string  of  race  horses  to 
that  city  and  pitted  them  against  the  native  bronchos,  winning 
innumerable  large  stakes.  The  natives  could  not  get  enough  rac- 
ing, and  while  Mr.  Ojeda  was  there,  they  managed  to  have  run- 
ning matches  almost  every  day,  more  to  see  his  horses  win  than 
anything  else.  When  the  season  was  over  Mr.  Ojeda  came  out  a 
big  winner,  and  sold  the  four  horses  to  the  admiring  natives 
for  $15,000 — about  $14,000  more  than  he  could  have  secured  for 
them  in  this  city.  He  was  far  more  successful  than  his  brother, 
Luis  de  Ojeda,  who  left  for  Guatemala  last  year  with  a  string  of 
runners  and  lost  $250,000  on  his  venture  in  about  two  months, 
and  was  heartily  glad  to  take  anything  that  he  could  get  for  the 
horses.  Francisco  now  has  in  mind  a  project  to  go  to  Guatemala 
next  year  with  a  long  list  of  horses  and  establish  a  racing  course 
similar  to  the  Eastern  ones. 

#  *  * 

The  Rev.  George  R.  Dodson,  the  popular  Unitarian  minister  of 
Alameda,  tells  rather  a  good  story  at  his  own  expense.  While 
spending  his  summer  vacation  at  Skaggs'  Springs,  one  of  bis  great- 
est friends  was  a  fellow  boarder,  a  little  girl  about  eight  years  old. 
The  two  were  constant  companions,  and  the  child  daily  accom- 
panied the  clergyman  on  his  excursions  in  the  neigh  borhood.  One 
evening  the  little  girl  remarked  to  her  fellow  diners: 

"  I  like  going  out  with  Mr.  Dodson." 

"  Why  ?  "  queried  a  listener,  hoping  to  draw  the  child  ont. 

"  Because  he  has  no  morals,"  was  the  startling  reply. 

When  the  summer  boarders  had  recovered  their  equanimity, 
they  instituted  an  investigation,  the  upshot  of  which  was  the  dis- 
covery that  the  curly-haired  maiden  possessed  an  insatiable  crav- 
ing for  stories.  This  desire  was  frequently  gratified  by  Mr.  Dod- 
son, but  unlike  the  anecdotes  of  the  child's  mother,  the  minister's 
tales  were  never  pointed  with  a  moral  for  the  youngster's  govern- 
ment. 


A  rare  old  whiskey  that  stimulates  the  mind  and  body  is  the 
J.  F.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon.  It  is  well  known  all  over  the  Pacific 
Coast,  where  it  is  a  staple  commodity  in  every  household.  For 
medicinal  purposes  it  has  no  equal;  for  toddies  it  is  second  to  none, 
and  taken  straight  or  with  a  drop  of  water  it  fills  a  man  with  enough 
content  and  love  to  make  him  worship  even  his  worst  enemy's  dog. 
E.  Martin  &  Co.,  408  Front  street,  are  the  sole  agents  for  this  superb 
whiskey.  

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


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1394. 


>\\    IK  1NC1SCO   M.W  S    1.1.1  II.  U 


11 


GOTHAM    OOSS1P. 


IT  mudi  »*  if  the  end  of  the  century  were  synonymous  with  ihe 
end  of  Ibe  world,  for  what  wtll  the  poor  people  of  Ihe  year 
2000  be  able  to  arrange  for  their  diversion  ?  We  bare  exhausted 
for  theiu  apparently  ibe  whole  range  of  theatrical  efTect,  from  the 
tank  drama  to  the  damn  <'<<  wntrv;  we  have  played  baseball 
through  ;be  winter  under  roofed  enclosures;  Edison  has  made  it 
possible  for  us  to  behold  a  perpetual  prize-fight  through  a  machine 
that  looks  very  much  like  an  old-fashioned  peep-show,  and  now 
some  enterprising  manager  enables  tbose  whose  leisure  is  not 
equal  to  their  sporting  blood,  to  follow  the  races  under  the  electric 
light.  The  experiment  was  not  entirely  a  success,  for  although 
high-power  arc  lights  are  placed  every  fifteen  feet  around  the 
track .  heavy  shadows  confuse  the  spectators  as  much  as  they  en- 
danger the  life  of  the  jockey.  The  first  race  under  such  auspices 
was  run  in  tbe  vicinity  of  New  York  last  night  and  nearly  ended 
in  a  riot,  as  the  shadows  or  some  otber  influence  so  bewildered 
tbe  judges  that  they  were  unable  todetermine  the  winner.  Such 
clap-trap  sensationalism  is  not  honest  sport,  and,  while  it  may  at- 
tract a  few  al  first  by  its  novelty,  it  must  meet  with  the  fate  of  all 
charlatanism.  Even  millions  can't  save  or  screen  such  fakery,  as 
is  proved  by  the  issue  of  Mr.  George  Gould's  endeavors  to  make 
a  name  for  himself  as  a  yachtsman. 

Your  charming  tittle  Californian  actress,  Miss  Maude  Adams, 
has  scored  a  new  success  in  Jones'  latest  drama,  The  Bauble  Shop, 
prodaced  last  night  at  tbe  Empire  Theatre  for  tbe  first  time  in  this 
country.  Miss  Adams  is  positively  French  in  her  discernment 
and  discrimination,  and  I  can  not  say  anything  more  approving 
than  that  of  her  thoroughness  in  her  art.  Drew  is,  of  course, 
quite  tbe  same  as  ever.  His  charming  personality  makes  him  al- 
ways agreeable,  but  he  has  not,  apparently,  tbe  faintest  under- 
standing of  any  character  excepting  Mr.  John  Drew's  very  own, 
which,  though  delightful,  is  a  trifle  limited  if  not  monotonous. 
Miss  Adams  and  Dobson,  who  played  respectively  Matthew 
Keber  and  his  daughter,  carried  the  play,  which,  though  clever 
and  epigrammatic,  is  not  by  any  means  new  in  plot. 

The  story  I  will  give  you,  as  the  play  will  doubtless  be  soon 
submitted  to  your  somewhat  severe  San  Francisco  criticism. 
Lord  Chvebrooke,  the  hero,  has  in  the  first  act  been  attacked  by 
footpads.  He  finds  shelter  in  Keber's  toy  shop,  the  property  of  a 
rival  political  leader,  and  there  meets  Jessie  Keber  (Miss  Adams). 
In  the  second  act  one  finds  that  the  nobleman  has  been  a  frequent 
visitor  to  Keber's  shop.  Stoach,  his  rival,  discovers  this  and 
thrsatens  him  with  disgrace,  proposing  to  denounce  him  on  the 
second  reading  of  tbe  "Public  Morals  Bill,"  to  be  heard  on  the 
morrow.  In  tbe  third  act  Clivebrooke  is  disgraced  and  his  party 
defeated.  In  the  fourth  and  final  one  he  discovers  that  he  loves 
Jessie,  and  a  marriage  is  arranged  between  them.  Not  very  new, 
you  see.  The  only  effective  character  drawing  is  that  of  old 
Matthew  Keber,  enfeebled  in  mind  and  body  by  drink,  and  help- 
lessly unable  to  protect  his  daughter  when  her  character  is  at- 
tacked. 

The  Little  Trooper,  at  the  Casino,  with  Delia  Fox  as  the  star,  is 
another  of  the  new  plays.  The  libretto  is  by  Clay  Greene,  and 
therefore,  needless  to  say,  is  very  clever. 

"Jim"  Corbett,  in  his  somewhat  wild  and  very  incoherent  play, 
is  turning  away  hundreds  nightly  from  the  American  Theatre,  to 
the  joy  of  his  managers  and  the  horror  of  the  many  who  are  long- 
ing and  hoping  for  the  elevation  of  the  stage.  A  new  aspirant  for 
dramatic  honors  has  arisen  in  Steve  Brodie,  who  gained  notoriety 
a  few  years  ago  by  jumping  from  the  Brooklyn  Bridge,  since 
which  time  he  has  signed  his  name,  not  with  the  lofty  B.A.,  but 
with  the  less  widely  known  B.J.,  whose  meaning  is  not  hard  to 
read.  Mr.  Brodie  is  a  "gent"  with  a  tough  saloon  on  the  Bowery. 
His  play  is  as  tough  as  his  barroom,  but  white  Shakespeare  and 
old  English  comedy  languish  in  up-town  theatres,  he  crowds  the 
Fourteenth-street  Theatre  with  the  flower  of  the  East  Side — appre- 
ciative Brodieites,  with  smootb-shaven  face  and  cropped  hair. 

Lieutenant  H.  C.  Poundstone,  who  was  formerly  on  tbe  Cali- 
fornia Coast  Survey,  is  now  attached  to  the  New  York  at  the 
Brooklyn  Navy  Yard.  He  is  a  frequent  first-nighter  at  the 
theatres. 

Lieutenant  Rafferty,  formerly  stationed  at  the  Presidio,  is,  I  am 
told,  about  to  marry  a  very  pretty  as  well  as  very  wealthy  girl. 

Mrs.  Hermann  Oelrichs  and  Miss  Fair  are  leaving  for  a  short 
visit  to  California.  They  have  made  themselves  very  popular 
this  year  at  Newport  and  will  be  heartily  welcomed  on  their  re- 
turn to  that  charming  resort  next  year.  Their  entertainments 
have  been  worthy  of  their  mother. 

Miss  Mayo  returned  a  few  days  ago  from  abroad.  Her  fiancG, 
Mr.  James  Elverson,  of  Philadelphia,  accompanied  the  family  on 
their  six  weeks'  trip  abroad.  The  marriage  is  announced  to  take 
place  early  in  December,  in  Philadelphia,  where  they  will  make 
their  home. 

Mrs.  Colonel  Best  has  been  one  of  the  large  entertainers  at 
Newport  this  season.  Her  stepson,  Clermont  Best,  married  a 
Miss  Corbett,  of  San  Mateo. 

Mrs.  Kitchen,  formerly  Miss  McKee,  of  San  Francisco  and 
Honolulu,  is  at  the  Hotel  Endicott,  where  her  married  daughter, 
Mrs.  Billson,  has  an  apartment.  Her  second  daughter  has  just 
recovered  from    a  severe   throat   operation.     Mrs.  Kitchen  is  the 


«oti I  of  hospitality,  as  ill  voyagers  from  the  Islands  find  when 
they  reach  New  York,  when  she  makes  them  forget  thai  they 
are  strangers. 

Hugo  Toland  has  gone  to  Philadelphia  In  Mrs.  John  Drew's 
company,  playing  MWord  in  The  Ron<i  to  Ruin. 

The  reverend  Gregory  Lines  is  with  his  mother  at  Cresson 
BprlDgB,  and  is  vastly  Improved  In  health. 

Mrs.  Louis  I'arrott  and  her  two  young  daughters  sailed  last 
Saturday  on  the  Bourgogne  for  France.  They  will  visit  Countess 
Lalande  in  Paris.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  N.  Guernsey,  of  8an  Fran- 
cisco, Miss  Hart,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Hare,  of  San  Francisco, 
are  on  tbe  Herald's  Paris  Register.  Mr.  Phelps  and  L.  Strauss, 
of  your  city,  register  at  the  Victoria  Hotel.  Passe  Partout. 

New  York,  September  13,  1894. 


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12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Sept  22, 1894. 


The  Czars        The  action  of  the  Miners'  Union  in  using  force  to 
of  carry  its  point  with    the    Osborn   Hill  Mining  Corn- 

Labor,  pany  cannot  be  too  strongly  condemned.  Of  course 
it  will  meet  with  some  sympathizers,  who  will  howl  about  the 
outrages  perpetrated  by  capital  against  the  unfortunate  laborer. 
This  is  a  lot  of  clap-trap  and  buncome  which  may  go  down  with 
communistB  And  anarchists,  but  it  won't  be  approved  of  by  Amer- 
ican citizens.  The  action  of  the  union  in  this  case  was  a  cow- 
ardly exhibition  of  brute  strength  dominant  over  a  handful  of 
men  who  were  doing  their  duty  in  obeying  the  order  of  their  em- 
ployers. The  outrage  savors  of  those  which  we  hear  of  every 
now  and  then  in  the  coal  regions  of  Pennsylvania,  where  the 
Hun  vies  with  Molly  Maguires  and  other  pestiferous  malcontents 
in  expressing  their  contempt  for  American  laws  and  the  essential 
principals  of  order.  It  seems  scarcely  credible  that  right  here  in 
the  State  of  California  a  body  of  men  three  hundred  strong  would 
have  the  audacity  to  invade  the  property  of  another  and  forcibly 
oust  his  employees.  With  all  due  disrespect  for  the  opinion  of 
the  individuals  who  will  of  course  bob  up  to  bow  before  the 
electoral  vote  of  these  law-breakers,  we  might  well  inquire  what 
things  are  coming  to  here.  The  Osborn  Hill  Company  is  not  a 
powerful  corporation  by  any  means,  not  powerful  enough  cer- 
tainly to  resent  the  outrage,  hedged  in  as  it  is  by  this  lawless 
band  and  their  as  lawless  sympathizers.  This  is  undoubtedly  the 
reason  that  the  boundaries  of  peaceful  decency  were  over-stepped, 
despite  the  presence,  presumably,  of  sheriff,  constables,  and  other 
county  officials.  But  the  offense  is  all  the  more  heinous  for  this 
very  reason,  and  the  proper  steps  should  be  taken  by  the  proper 
authorities  to  check  the  development  of  an  idea  among  men  of 
this  class,  that  they  are  a  law  unto  themselves.  It  is  certainly  a 
very  inviting  argument  to  urge  with  people  contemplating  an  in- 
vestment in  the  mines  of  this  district,  that  at  any  moment  when 
the  union  sees  fit,  the  works  may  be  closed  down  without  due 
process  of  law,  while  the  Superintendent  is  ordered  to  pack  his 
traps  and  "git"  with  all  the  haughty  arrogance  of  the  white 
Czar.  Supposing  he  refused  to  obey  the  mandate.  What  then? 
Would  these  tyrants  be  prepared  to  dispose  of  him  in  a  manner 
as  ferocious  as  their  denunciation  of  slave  driving  by  employers 
whom  they,  themselves,  wish  to  subjugate.  If  this  Kind  of  busi- 
ness is  going  to  be  permitted  in  California,  to  be  winked  at  by 
the  authorities,  and  apologized  for  by  a  cowardly  press,  the 
sooner  the  fact  is  made  known  to  the  outside  world  the  better. 
Where  mob  law  is  tolerated  in  such  a  scandalous  manner,  is  not  a 
safe  place  for  capital. 

$  $  $ 
Gorqstock  The  prevailing  dulless  of  the  speculative  business 
Njit]ing  on  Pine  street  just  now  is  very  wearing  on  the  peo- 
Shares.  pie  who  make  a  livelihood  by  the  ups  and  downs  of 
the  market.  It  would  not  be  so  bad  were  there  any  excuse  for 
the  stagnation  in  the  way  of  barren  mines  and  heavy  expenses 
for  the  work  of  development.  There  is  nothing  of  that  kind  to 
otiVr  now.  The  mines  were  never  operated  more  economically 
than  at  present,  and  the  ore  in  many  quarters  is  more  plentiful 
thao  at  times  when  the  market  was  inflated  ten  times  over  exist- 
ing values.  There  is  little  further  to  be  said  in  the  way  of  boom- 
ing properties  like  Con. -Cal. -Virginia,  for  example,  where  the 
Mock  is  being  absolutely  given  away  at  the  present  figure.  When 
dividends  begin,  it  may  be  necessary  to  throw  a  chroruo  in  to 
holster  up  the  shares,  unless  tbey  are  to  be  disposed  of  at  less 
than  the  market  value  of  the  machinery,  leaving  ore  values  out 
of  the  matter  entirely.  With  the  mine  dragging  along  at  the 
mercy  of  every  little  clique  of  dealers  on  the  street,  what  can  be 
expected  elsewhere.  Take  Crown  Point  and  Belcher  at  the  south 
end,  and  the  showing  in  the  mine  would  certainly  justify  a  con- 
sul, rable  activity  in  the  shares.  The  value  of  the  Justice  shares 
has  been  enhanced  of  late  by  the  fact  that  "the  mine  is  again  on  a 
bullion  producing  basis.  The  ore  runs  high  in  gold,  and  the  mana- 
gers are  certainly  doing  the  best  they  can  to  run  things  so  as  to 
make  the  property  self-sustaining,  if  possible.  The  only  assess- 
ment levied  during  the  week  was  one  of  ten  cents  on  Alta.  Bodie 
declared  a  twenty-five  cent  dividend.  At  the  Sierra  Nevada  and 
Savage  delinquent  sales  held  recently  only  a  very  few  shares  were 
offered  for  sale,  aggregating  in  the  case  of  the  latter  only  900. 
$$$ 

Pacific  The  troubles    of   the  P.  I.  U.  seem  never  ending. 

insurance  The  latest  ruling  in  dealing  with  the  perquisites  of 
Unioq.  agents  and  solicitors  has  stirred  up  a  veritable 
hornet's  nest,  and  organized  rebellion  is  now  openly  discussed  by 
some  of  the  more  determined  members  of  the  opposition.  The 
Brokers',  City  Agents',  and  Solicitors'  Mutual  Protective  Associa- 
tion has  been  formed,  and  thereis  every  reason  to  believe  that  it  is 
destined  to  deal  with  the  matter  of  compensation  to  agents. 
Again  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Union  has  not  put  a  stop 
to  the  system  of  rebating  by  any  means,  and  it  is  said  to  be  car- 
ried on  as  lively  as  ever.  Business  is  still  quiet  with  the  frater- 
nity, and  competition  is  active  in  all  lines  of  underwriting. 


Wtyere  Insurance  Commissioner  Higgins  has  been  doing 
Law  some  good  work  recently  by  nipping  a  number  of 
Fails.  schemes  in  the  bud  which  were  of  an  unusually  mis- 
chievous character.  The  World  Mutual  Benefit  Assurance  Com- 
pany of  Westchester,  West  Virginia,  was  refused  admittance  to 
the  State  for  the  reason  that  it  condacts  business  in  a  manner 
which  is  suspicious,  to  say  the  least.  This  is  one  of  those  organ- 
izations which  calculates  to  do  business  after  its  own  fashion, 
law  or  no  law.  If  barred  from  entering  a  State  as  a  full-fledged 
insurance  company,  it  immediately  takes  shape  as  a  secret  soci- 
ety, and  as  the  "Order  of  the  World,"  a  fraternal  and  benevolent 
association,  manages  to  work  off  the  policies  of  the  World  Mu- 
tual Benefit  Association  of  West  Virginia,  in  defiance  of  the  rul- 
ings of  the  Insurance  Commissioner.  Such  bold  contempt  of  the 
State  laws  should  render  it  imperative  on  the  next  legislature  to 
put  all  these  socalled  secret  societies  under  State  supervision. 
Another  catch-penny  combination  of  adventurers  has  also  been 
brought  up  with  a  round  turn.  It  sails  also  under  the  title  of  the 
Mutual  Guarantee  Company  of  Mexico.  Its  managers  had  the 
supreme  audacity  to  open  up  business  without  as  much  as  ask- 
ing leave,  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  vigilance  of  Commissioner 
Higgins  it  would  most  likely  be  pulling  away  at  the  public  teat 
with  the  utmost  satisfaction.  Its  system  of  doing  business  is 
such  a  patent  humbug  that  it  should  be  promptly  kicked  over 
the  border  again,  where  it  belongs. 

sn 

THE  scheme  is  this:  The  company  offers  for  sale  its  contracts 
in  "blocks  of  three,"  maturing  in  twenty  years.  Thirty  dollars, 
cash  down,  is  paid  upon  application,  and  payments  of  $6  per 
month  thereafter  on  each  block.  A  subscriber  may  take  as  many 
blocks  as  he  chooses.  The  entrance  fee  of  $30  is  apparently  ab- 
sorbed by  the  company  or  its  agents,  but  the  subscriptions  are 
apportioned,  one-half  to  a  maturing  fund,  three-eighths  to  a  re- 
serve fund,  and  one-eighth  to  an  expense  fund.  When  the  sum 
of  one  thousand  dollars  has  accumulated  in  the  maturing  fund, 
one  of  the  contracts  is  taken  up  and  paid,  the  lucky  holder  of 
the  winning  number  being  found  in  the  following  manner :  Every 
contract  is  numbered,  and  the  order  of  succession  is  determined 
by  multiplies  of  three.  For  instance,  when  91  is  reached  and 
paid,  273  will  be  the  next  winning  number,  because  3x91  equals 
273.  Then  92  is  followed  by  276,  and  so  on  according  to  the 
multiple  of  three.  The  prospector  tells  the  investor  that  even 
should  he  hold  a  contract  for  ten  years  his  profit  will  be  $750,  bat 
of  course  the  bait  is  the  prospect  for  an  early  realization  of  the 
$1000. 

$  $  $ 

THE  calculations  which  accompany  the  prospectus  of  this  enter- 
prising company  are  stupendous  in  regard  to  the  magnificence 
of  the  figuring.  The  maturity  fund  looms  up  under  favorable 
auspices,  on  a  twenty  year  basis,  to  $2,400,000,  and  the  reserve 
fund  to  $1,800,000.  In  dealing  with  this  reserve  fund  the  light- 
ning calculator  figures  out  that  by  judicious  loaning,  the  sum  at 
ten  per  cent  interest  compounded  semi  annually,  will  roll  the 
amount  up  to  $2,975,835.87.  Such  figuring  is  enough  to  lead  one 
to  question  the  sanity  or  honesty  of  the  proprietors,  eliminating 
the  gambling  feature  from  the  game,  which  is  objectionable  and 
also  unlawful.  The  case  is  now  under  investigation  by  the  In- 
surance Commissioner,  and  it  is  only  proper  to  await  his  decision 
in  regard  to  the  scheme,  without  placing  any  strictures  on  it  until 
that  has  been  announced.  In  regard  to  the  other  secret  organ- 
izations now  under  his  ban,  his  hands  should  be  strengthened,  so 
that  they  can  either  be  suppressed  entirely,  or  be  placed  in  a  posi- 
tion where  they  can  do  no  harm.  If  it  is  deemed  advisable  to 
maintain  a  State  control  of  responsible  companies,  why  should  a 
lot  of  irresponsible  organizations  be  allowed  to  work  their  sweet 
will  to  the  injury  of  all  who  have  anything  to  do  with  them. 
The  Legislature  would  do  well  to  provide  a  law  which  will  reach 
them. 

$  $  $ 

THE   Merchants'   Life   Association,   of   St.  Louis,  recently  ad- 
mitted to  this  Stale,  was  refused  admission  in  Massachusetts. 


HENNEN  JENNINGS,  the  well-known  mining  engineer,  who  is 
retained  by  several  powerful  South  African  companies,  is  in 
the  city  at  present  on  a  visit  to  his  relatives.  Mr.  Jennings  has 
been  very  successful  in  South  Africa,  and  his  services  are  highly 
esteemed  by  the  companies  which  employ  him.  He  is  now  en- 
gaged in  opening  up  the  City  and  Suburban  claim,  which  prom- 
ises to  become  one  of  the  most  productive  mines  in  that  country. 
As  a  token  of  esteem  and  in  appreciation  of  Mr.  Jennings's  suc- 
cessful labors  in  their  interests,  one  company  not  long  ago  made 
Mrs.  Jennings  a  present  of  a  diamond  necklace,  which  is  said  to 
be  one  of  the  handsomest  collections  of  stones  in  this  country. 
They  never  do  things  by  halves  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic. 
Mrs.  Jennings,  by  the  way,  is  a  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Coleman, 
of  Grass  Valley,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  highly  esteemed 
mining  men  in  the  State. 


Sept.  22,  1894. 


BAN   Ki;  INCI8C0  NEWS  LETTER. 


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'•  Hear  the  OrUrt'      "  What  the  devil  art  thou?" 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil.  »lr.  wltb  you." 


SURILI,  of  larynx,  Uis-ty  lunged, 
Kren/.y-eyed  and  clatter  tongued, 
Lo.  ihe  modern  She  I 
Midst  the  sounds  of  baby-spanking 
Mingling    with    ber   slave-chains'    clanking. 
Wbioiogi  whooping,  scowling,  squalling, 
Scolding,  sniffling,  threatening,  bawling, 
Hear  her  wild  cacophony. 

Cackling  logic  like  a  hen. 

At  these  strutting,  crowing  men, 

Hark,  her  clamorous  note! 
Btridulously  ululating, 
Fuming,  raging,  and  berating, 
Snorting,  grumbling,  moaning,  screeching, 
Now  demanding,   now  beseeching. 

That  she  spout,  and  fight,  and  vote. 

Lovely  Woman,  you're  persistent, 
But  you  can't  be  inconsistent 

Though  you  try,   my  dear; 
While  you're  weeping,  pleading,  wrangling, 
Menacing,  entreating,  jangling, 
Pouting,  jawing,  sobbing,  snarling, 
O  my  lulu,  0  my  darling, 

You're  exactly  in  your  sphere! 

THAT  influential  religio-educational  institution,  the  University 
of  the  Pacific,  where  little  boys  and  girls  are  taught  their  A 
B  C's  from  the  first  chapter  of  Genesis,  is  again  in  a  very  un- 
christian ruudd.e.  At  the  Pacific  Grove  conference  the  alumni  de- 
clared that  the  trustees  were  incompetent,  whereupon  in  high 
dudgeon  the  most  of  them  resigned;  the  Presidency  is  going  beg- 
ging, and  it  is  seriously  proposed  to  turn  the  University  over  to 
Stanford  as  a  preparatory  school.  As  the  greater  number  of  the 
students  at  this  abecedarian  temple  of  knowledge  have  already 
transferred  their  allegiance  and  their  persons  to  Stanford's,  the 
contemplated  architectural  transfer  would  appear  to  be  highly  ap- 
propriate, if  of  little  value  to  the  Stanford  University.  But  what 
Methodist  consistency!  Think  of  the  good  orthodox,  cold-water 
deacons  and  fathers  of  that  church,  too  incompetent  or  too  nig- 
gardly to  support  a  school  of  their  own,  deliberately  imperiling 
the  salvation  of  the  children  by  sending  them  to  an  institution 
whose  teachers  do  not  select  their  lessons  in  history  and  science 
from  the  Bible,  and  a  part  at  least  of  whose  revenue  is  derived 
from  the  sale  of  that  deadly  intoxicant  and  soul-destroyer — grape 
juice!     What  are  the  Methodists  coming  to  ? 

iN  requesting  the  city  authorities  to  enforce  the  ordinance  pro- 
hibiting the  use  of  those  annoying  and  dangerous  boards  which 
the  minor  weekly  papers  of  San  Francisco  employ  to  advertise 
themselves  on  the  sidewalk,  the  Merchants'  Association  deserves 
all  credit.  It  is  somewhat  disconcerting  to  find  oneself  sprawling 
on  the  sidewalk  from  tripping  over  these  dangerous  traps,  and 
the  pain  is  hardly  eased  by  the  reflection  that  the  worthy  indus- 
tries which  they  advertise  may  be,  like  the  gnat  on  the  elephant's 
ear  in  iEaop's  fable,  so  insignificant  that  their  presence  never 
would  have  been  discovered  but  for  their  clamor.  For  our  poor 
relations  we  cherish  a  becoming  solicitude,  and  regret  that  in 
order  to  be  known  they  have  to  violate  the  law.  It  must  be  un- 
comfortable for  them  to  reflect,  however,  that,  whatever  may  be 
their  own  estimate  of  their  power,  they  must  be  disciplined  by 
the  very  men  from  whom  their  own  conceit  might  have  led  them 
to  expect  the  most  considerate  pity! 

UNLESS  Mr.  Budd  can  produce  from  amongst  his  campaign  ac- 
cessories a  daughter—say  an  uncommonly  pretty  girl  of 
eighteen  to  twenty  years,  with  the  brightest  of  brown  eyes,  a 
voice  in  which  various  kinds  of  pleasant  music  are  audible,  and 
a  winning  and  vivacious  demeanor,  to  which  the  quaintest  and 
demurest  of  girlish  graces  add  a  potent  charm  wholly  irresistible 
to  voters, — unless  Mr.  Budd  can  weight  his  buckboard  with  some- 
thing like  that  he  may  as  well  allow  a  few  thousands  of  votes  to 
Mr.  Estee  in  all  ante-election  computations;  for  Mr.  Estee  had 
just  such  a  companion  and  aid  on  his  southern  tour.     Verbum  sat. 

A  PREACHER  down  at  San  Miguel  was  waylaid  by  two  foot- 
pads the  other  night  and  robbed;  but  instead  of  observing  the 
well-known  admonition  of  his  Master,  "But  I  say  unto  you, 
that  ye  resist  not  evil,"  the  humble  servant  of  God  put  in  a  few 
scientific  punches,  knocked  out  his  assailants,  and  actually  suc- 
ceeded in  robbing  them  of  a  hat  and  a  cane.  All  of  which  is  illus- 
trative of  the  vast  improvements  made  by  the  present-day  dis- 
ciples of  Christ  on  his  doctrine  as  enunciated  in  the  much-vaunted 
Sermon  on  the  Mount. 


PARSON  WILSON,  of  Alameda  (who  likes  to  be  called  a  "  di- 
vine "  )  has  terrorized  the  good  Kpiscopaliana  of  Christ 
Ohoroh,  in  that  city,  by  threatening  to  attend  an  entertainment 
proposed  for  the  benefit  of  the  Chlitt  Church  Sunday-school  and 
'■roast"  N  ahl's  Living  Bronsi  St  nines,  which  were  to  be  exhibited 
as  a  feature  <  f  the  entertainment .  As  a  consequence  those  bav- 
in t:  the  affair  in  charge  have  called  it  off,  although  It  is  not  un- 
likely that  other  arrangements  will  be  made  to  produce  the  pic- 
tures under  new  auspices  and  at  a  later  day. 

O  Parson  Wilson,  what  an  ass  you  are  I 
Better  you  were  bronze  and  with  very  few  clolhes, 
Standing  stark  and  cold,  than  with  such  a  nose, 
Hot,  red,  aud  nasty,  rooting  round  for  tar. 

0  Parson  Wilson,  get  your  goodness  aliunde  ! 

Dc  gustibus  non  est  disputtuidum  is  all  right, 

Unless  it  bring  lubricity  as  mean  as  yours  to  light, 

And  make  of  one  (as  it  does  you)  ally  of  Mrs.  Grundy. 

THE  witnesses  who  had  been  relied  upon  to  tell  the  Police  Com- 
missioners how  much  money  they  used  in  bribing  Sergeant 
McKenna  to  procure  saloon  licenses  for  them  have  "fallen  down," 
and  the  investigation  has  ended  in  a  farce.  The  witnesses  were 
men  who  had  been  refused  licenses,  but  no  one  expects  those  who 
secured  their  licenses  through  bribery  to  testify  to  the  fact.  It 
came  to  a  question  of  veracity  between  a  reporter  and  the  wit- 
nesses who  he  declared  had  unbosomed  to  him,  and  the-e  it 
ended.  For  all  the  failure,  there  has  been  a  lively  scaring  of 
ghosts  about  the  City  Hall,  aud  as  close  a  shave  as  McKenna  has 
had  is  almost  as  good  general  discipline  as  a  conviction. 

MAX  POPPER  has  adopted  a  queer  method,  and  just  what  his 
object  may  be  for  so  doing  is  hard  to  say.  He  has  been  send- 
ing letters  through  the  State  addressed  to  the  various  chairmen 
of  the  Democratic  County  Committees,  the  principal  clause  of 
which  reads  as  follows:  "  See  if  the  sentiments  in  your  county 
will  justify  the  fusion  of  the  Democrats  and  Populists  to  beat  the 
Republicans."  Now,  there  is  a  lively  time  in  politics  over  those 
letters,  and  Mr.  Popper,  who  is  offering  fabulous  sums  to  get 
them  back,  is  being  outbidden  by  Mr.  Buckley  and  Mr.  Burns, 
who  also  want  them.  Burns  has  an  idea  that  if  he  gets  the  let- 
ters in  his  possession  he  can  "cinch"  Popper  worse  than  ever. 

THE  scandalous  manner  in  which  the  discharge  of  "King' 
McManus  from  the  Police  Court  was  secured  requires  ex- 
planation. The  priests  whose  church  windows  he  maliciously 
smashed  were  not  notified  when  they  should  appear  as  witnesses 
against  him,  and  hence  there  was  none  to  prosecute.  Judge 
Campbell  declared  that  it  was  not  his  business  to  summon  wit- 
nesses, and  Prosecuting  Attorney  Reed  gave  the  same  explana- 
tion. It  is  worth  while  in  these  days  to  be  a  ward-striker  if  one 
wants  to  be  in  a  position  to  bully  priests  and  smash  church  win- 
dows without  fear  of  punishment.  The  Woman's  Rights  League 
might  take  a  hint  from  this. 

A  SAN  FRANCISCO  preacher  having  complained  that  the  peo- 
ple of  this  country  spend  $10,000,000  a  year  on  foreign  mission- 
aries and  $365,000,000  in  visiting  theatres,  it  is  unnecessary  to  re- 
mind him  of  more  than  two  things — that  considering  the  limited 
quantity  of  food  in  the  shape  of  missionaries  which  we  supply 
the  heathen  for  so  much  money,  we  think  that  the  method  is 
grossly  extravagant,  and  that  if  all  preachers  should  follow  the 
example  of  Dr.  Talmage  and  turn  their  cburches  into  theatres, 
Satan  would  ring  the  unorthodox  curtain  down. 

DEACON  FITCH,  of  the  Bulletin,  has  said  unkind  things  re- 
cently of  his  whilom  partner  of  Non-Partisan  fame.  In  doing 
so  he  significantly  quotes  the  word  "Colonel,"  as  though  it  did 
not  come  as  straight  goods  from  the  commander-in-chief.  Colonel 
Burns  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  he  returns  the  compliment 
by  stating  that,  since  Crimmins  has  defected,  the  old  firm  is  now 
composed  of  Kelly  and  Fitch. 

THE  Examiner,  in  an  account  of  a  murder  and  the  circumstances 
that  led  to  it,  says  that  "  the  murderer  subsequently  slayed 
his  victim."  This  is  hardly  as  clear  as  if  the  Examiner  had  said 
that  <'  the  murdered  man  subsequently  became  the  victim  of  his 
murderer,"  but  ambiguity  may  be  overlooked  in  the  newspapers — 
it  is  their  province  to  furnish  news,  not  sense. 

FRANK  TAYLOR,  of  this  city,  having  written  an  explanatory 
letter,  in  which  he  referred  to  his  deadly  purpose  as  "  a  rash 
act,"  swallowed  enough  morphine  to  kill  three  men — and  didn't 
die.  The  ways  of  Providence  are  not  always  inscrutable:  God, 
seeing  his  mental  potentialities,  preserved  him  that  he  might  be- 
come a  reporter. 

THE  State  Central  Committee  of  the  People's  Party  having  in" 
vited  Governor  Pennoyer,  of  Oregon,  to  "stump"  California* 
and  it  being  likely  that  he  will  accept,  it  seems  pertinent  to  ask 
why  that  other  distinguished  Populist,  Carl  Browne,  has  been 
overlooked. 

IS  it    because  talented  Sister  Foltz  is  determined  to  hasten  the 
dominion  of  her  sex  that  she  has  decided   to  marry  and  thus 
start  a  henpeckery  of  her  own  ? 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


Sept .  22,  1894. 


SOCIETY  is  rapidly  putting  on  its  war  paint  and  feathers  in 
preparation  for  wbat  promises  at  the  opening  to  be  a  brilliant 
season— that  is,  brilliant  in  the  sense  of  abundant  supper  eating, 
tea  drinking,  and  dancing,  largely  the  latter.  But  as  to  brilliancy, 
so  far  as  the  available  matrimonial  results  to  be  obtained,  that  is 
another  matter.  To  be  sure,  Mr.  Phelan  is  still  to  be  captured, 
bat  what  a  difficult  bird  he  seems  to  be  to  snare! — almost  rival- 
ing the  Senatorial  «'  Jimray"  in  the  sobriquet  of  "Slippery."  To 
the  boys  in  blue  of  army  and  navy  will  belong  in  great  measure 
the  honor  of  playing  the  devoted  to  the  numerous  buds  which 
will  blossom  this  season,  as  well  as  keeping  up  their  allegiance  to 
their  old  admirations  of  several  consecutive  seasons  past;  but  if 
ever  a  beau  was  equal  to  doing  double  duty  it  is  surely  a  military 

one. 

*  #  * 

On  dit,  the  soldier  beaux,  so  popular  in  our  swim,  have  of  late 
been  changing  their  gods,  War  giving  place  to  Cupid.  Several  of 
them  are  credited  with  having  enrolled  under  Hyman's  banner 
(for  the  near  future),  white  with  others  the  decision  is  still  trem- 
bling in  the  balance. 

*  *  * 

The  younger  buds  are  indulging  in  a  faint  growl  over  the  fact 
that  some  of  the  most  prominent  belles  are  of  many  years'  date, 
and  the  youngsters  say  that  unless  they  take  a  back  seat  soon 
they  (the  youngsters)  will  have  no  show,  which  goes  to  prove 
that  a  pretty  face  alone  is  not  always  the  most  powerful  magnet, 
and  that  experience  will  tell. 

»  it  # 

"What  are  we  "free  and  enlightened"  Americans  coming  to? 
The  age  of  snobbery  is  surely  upon  us.  Anglo-phobia  rages  in 
the  East  in  its  most  pronounced  form,  and  the  disease  has  ap- 
peared on  our  coast.  An  evidence  of  this  was  shown  recently 
when  a  paragraph  was  sent  to  one  of  our  newspapers  and  in- 
serted, wherein  the  reading  public  was  informed  that  the  Yankee 
girl  who  married  a  British  statesman  of  title  bad  relatives  "back 
East,"  one  of  whom  received  a  visit  from  her  ladyship  while  here. 
How  deeply  interesting  1 

*  *  * 

It  would  seem  that  Talbot  Clifton  was  taking  the  place  left  va- 
cant by  the  departure  of  Donald  de  V.  Not  with  the  same  set, 
bien  entender,  but  on  the  topmost  wave  of  feminine  favor  in  the 
swim. 

*  *  * 

The  wild  rumor  (no  one  seems  to  know  how  it  got  afloat)  re- 
garding the  engagement  of  a  young  officer  to  one  of  the  vivacious 
Delmas  girls,  has  been  absolutely  denied. 

*  #  * 

People  are  wondering  if  the  person  whose  genealogy  was  re- 
cently published  upon  the  occasion  of  a  visit  from  a  titled  Ameri- 
can relative  will  again  be  en  evidence  as  presenting  a  wedding  gift 
to  the  daughter  ot  her  old  pal  in  the  toots  of  yore. 

*  *  * 

Mr.  McMurtry  evidently  is  approaching  the  front  rank  of  soci- 
ety's beaux,  and  if  gossip  may  be  credited  is  not  unwilling  to  be- 
come a  benedict  if  "  she"  is  of  a  like  mind.  The  charming  belle 
who  claims  the  discovery  and  placement  of  this  gentleman  in  the 
matrimonial  market  might  be  persuaded  possibly  to  take  a  Mac 
for  a  prefix. 

#  *  * 

There  is  a  vague  rumor  that  Attorney  Rodgers,  who  with  Mr. 
Delmas  has  so  ably  combatted  the  claims  of  little  John  Martin  to 
a  third  of  Henry  Martin's  estate,  is  going  4o  marry  Mrs.  Henry 
Martin.  People  are  wondering  what  might  have  happened  if 
Mr.  Delmas  was  not  already  married  and  there  had  been  two  Mrs. 
Henrys  1 


A  Good  Chance  to  Make  Money. 
In  hard  times  we  must  be  up  and  doing.  1  never  had  any  experience 
selling  anything,  but  my  attention  was.  called  to  the  dish  washer 
business,  and  for  three  months  I  have  not  sold  less  than  two  washers 
any  day,  and  have  cleared,  after  paying  all  expeuses,$559  96.  I  con- 
sider this  good  for  a  new  business  these  hard  times,  without  any  capi- 
tal. Every  family  seems  anxious  for  a  washer,  when  it  costs  but 
$5.  I  think  any  lady  or  gentleman  can  do  as  well  as  me.  It  is  easy 
to  sell  what  everybody  wants.  You  can  wash  and  dry  the  dishes  in 
two  minutes,  without  putting  your  hands  in  the  water.  Write  to  the 
Climax  Manufacturing  Co.,  Columbus.  Ohio,  and  they  will  give  you 
full  particulars.  I  think  it  our  duty  to  inform  each  other  of  such 
opportunities  as  this,  believing  that  much  good  will  result. 

Husbands,  brothers  and  bachelors  wishing  to  obtain  the  best 
gentlemen's  furnishing  goods  and  latest  tailoring  should  go  to  John 
W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


IJTHEhair  cannot  nourish  unless  the  scalp  is  kept  in  good  condition. 
Ayer's  Hair  Vigor  gives  universal  satisfaction  as  a  dressing. 


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# 


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"SPARKLING' 


NATURAL 

MINERAL 
WATER 

Of  Niedermeudig,  on  the 
Rhine,  Germany 

The  richest  in  Carbonic  Gas 
of  all  Natural  Mineral  Waters, 
and  the  most  effective  in 
cases  of  Dyspep  ia,  Catarrh 
of  the  Stomach,  Indigestion, 
Biliousness,  etc. 

AS    A  TABLE   WATER 
IT  HAS  NO  EQUAL. 

Ask  your  Wine  Merchant, 
Druggist  or  Grocer  for  it. 

Charles  Meinecke  &  Co., 

Soleagenis.    3'.4  Sacramento 
Street,  S.  F. 


/T)i55  /TjapsoD's    5ebooI, 

1625  San  Jose  Avenue,  between  Grand 

and  Paru  Streets, 
/lla/neda,   <?al. 

Boarding  and  Day  School  for    Young   Ladies  and 
Children.    Next  term  opens  August  6th. 


i^e/mOu^c. 


l/ar?   Jtess 
Seminary, 


I  332  Pine  street,  will  remove  on  October  first  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
Jackson  and  Gough  streets. 


IfcT 
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.^.slvtoii.    ^.     Stevens, 

STUDIO  :     26  Montgomery  Street,  Room  8. 

Pupils  prepared  for  Stage,  Concert  or  Drawing  Room.  A 
Special  Class  for  Teachers  who  wish  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


ZISKA  INSTITUTE, 


1606  VAN  NESS  AlEM'i:. 

SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS.    French.  German,  and  English  Day  and  Boarding 
School.    Klegant  home.    Best  educational  advantages. 
Next  term  commences  August  1,  1894. 

"Ml-:.  B.  ZISKA,  A.M.,  Principal. 


REMOVAL. 


DELMAS  &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  tbeir  law  offices  to  the 

CROCKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 


GARDEN  HOSE. 


Black  Line  Spiral 

Cotton  Rubber-Lined  Hose 

Will  stand  300  lbs.  pressure  to  the  square  inch  and  will  outlast 


the  best  rubber  hose  manufactured. 

BOSTON  WOVEN  HOSE  AND  RUBBER  CO., 

14-16  Fremont  St.,  8.  F.,  Cal. 


Try  a  length. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


Sept.  22,  1894. 


s\\  i  i.  \\<  is*  0  \i:u  S  LETTER. 


15 


WORDS     OF      PRAISE     FOR      A      FAITHFUL      PUBLIC 
OFFICER 

From  Emmim§  BuUrtin  Editorial,  7-W .   26,  1891 

"THE  office  of  UatOoDDtJ Cltrk  ha*  beetitiiiuinisiereil  by  M  0, 
1  Haley,  the  incomhent.  more  successfully  than  it  was  by 
any  of  bis  predecessors  since  the  Jays  of  ibe  late  Washington 
Rartlett.  For  the  first  time  in  a  period  of  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
century  (bat  department  shows  an  excess  of  receipts  over  ex- 
penditures." 

From  Journal  of  Commrrrc  Editorial,  July  '21,  1894. 
••  The  County  Clerkship  in  this  city  and  county  is  too  impor- 
tant an  office  to  be  casually  overlooked.  During  a  period  of  up- 
ward of  twenty  years  this 
office  bas  been  conducted  at  a 
considerable  loss  each  year  to 
the  municipality. 

A  Clerk  has  been  found, 
however,  in  the  present  in- 
cumbent, M.  C.  Haley,  who 
can  run  the  office  with  a  profit. 
iii3  last  fiscal  report  was  a  sur- 
prise to  the  taxpayers,  who 
are  desirous  of  continuing  him 
in  office.  This  desire  is  espe- 
cially prominent  in  business 
circles. 

The  Kon-Partisan  Municipal 
Convention  cannot  afford  to 
overlook  his  incomparable  ser- 
vices or  the  wishes  of  the  com- 
mercial community.  It  is  al- 
ways a  good  idea  in  private  affairs  to  retain  a  faithful  and  trusty 
servant  after  he  has  been  tried  and  found  not  waDting.  The 
same  is  applicable  to  servants  of  the  public.  It  is  known  from 
experience  that  Mr.  Haley  is  the  right  man  for  the  office  that  he 
now  holds,  and  it  would  appear  almost  criminal  not  to  retain 
him  for  another  term. 

Former  experiences  should  teach  the  lesson  that  partisanship 
is  not  the  requisite  factor  in  a  local  election.  What  is  necessary, 
however,  is  a  strong  and  marked  personality,  such  as  Mr.  Haley 
possesses." 

OBITUARY. 

THE  telegraph  this  week  announces  the  death  of  Thomas 
Cahill  at  Kingston,  New  Mexico.  This  well-known  mining 
expert  and  assayer  was  widely  kDown  in  California  and  Nevada, 
and  his  death  will  be  regretted  by  many  devoted  friends.  He  was 
a  native  of  Waterford,  Ireland,  sixty-five  years  old,  and  brother 
of  the  late  Edward  Cahill  and  of  James  Cahill,  the  well-known 
stockbrokers  of  this  city. 

James  O'Kane,  one  of  the  oldeBt  merchants  of  San  Francisco, 
died  on  Tuesday  at  his  residence,  1114  O'Farrell  street.  He  was 
a  native  of  Ireland  and  came  to  California  in  1852.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Veteran  Firemen's  Association.  He  was  sixty- 
six  years  old  and  leaves  a  widow  and  seven  children  in  easy  cir- 
cumstances. 

That  dull,  listless  feeling  every  morning  indicates  the  need  of  Ayer's 
Sarsaparllla 

Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  WlnsloWB'  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
Children  while  teething. 


31.  C.  Haley,  Esq. 


OCCIDENTAL    HOTEL, 

8AN  FRAHCTS  <> 

A  QUIET  HOME,  CENTRALLY  LOCATED 

KOK  THu.sk  wild  APPRECIATE  COMFORT  ft  ATTENTION. 


WM.  B.  HOOPER.  Manager. 


51179 
Beai}5 


himoino  They  bop,  skip,  jump,  dance,  turn  somersaults  almost  In* 
r'VY  ceuantly  from  August  to  Mai  Wonderful  product  of  a 
foreign  free  Qreate  touiioalty  to  draw  crowds  wherever 
phown.on  street  .  In  p.lit>p  m  I.hIown,  etc  .irn-t  Imported. 
Everybody  want!  one  Mill  history  of  Tree  and  sample 
.lumping  Item,  to  Agents  »r  81  reel men  «o  lenlw,  post- 
paid. Three.  KOc. :  6,fl:  12.  <1  SO:  ion,  flO.  Kut.li  order  and  be  first  8ell 
•  immune.  I"  ynnr  merchants  for  window  attraction^,  and  then  sell  to 
others.    i;ulck  Sales.     Try  100.     BIb  money. 

AUESTS-  HERALD.  So     I  Mo  .1    II.,    I'  h  1 1  mil  l|l>  in,  IM 


P,U 


FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 

BUILDING  PAPERS. 

ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 

PARAFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

116  Battery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


L<jrlir)e  Baths. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 


Emptied  Every  f/igljt 


Filled  Direct 


Between   the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and 


From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath:  30  cts. 
single,  or  4  for  .$1.    Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


r»R.   D.   E.  DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 

Now  at  I.I'KMM-:  BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Next  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LOKYKAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

Ingrown  Nails  a  Specialty. 

HR.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


114  GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


D 


R.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  Dentist, 

1841  Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F.  [Telephone  2605 

Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

HOURS— 9  a.  m.  to  5  p.m.,  8  to  9  p.  m.     Sundays,  9  A.  M.  to  2  P.  M. 


D 


R.   FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,   Dentist, 

703  Market  Street,  Rooms  18, 19  and  20. 


THE 
MARKET. 

749    MARKET  ST., 

(Opposite  Phelan  Building). 

FINEST     MARKET 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

r—  i 

Giving  Special  Sales  Every  Day. 

NI  3  Telephone  5466. 


16 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEAVS  LETTEK. 


Sept.  22,  1894. 


AT  last  we  have  news  from  the  war  in  the  Orient  that  carries 
on  its  face  the  earmarks  of  reliability.  It  is  evident  that  the 
Chinese  forces  in  Corea  have  suffered  a  crushing  defeat,  but  it  is 
not  clear  whether  the  Japanese  victory  leaves  them  masters  of  the 
situation.  No  reliable  information  is  at  hand  as  to  what  force  the 
Chinese  really  have  in  Corea,  but  various  rumors  have  enumer- 
ated the  armies  they  have  in  the  held  at  sixty  thousand  men, 
while  those  of  Japan  have  been  variously  placed  at  from  thirty  to 
fifty  thousand.  If  these  rumors  be  correct  the  Chinese  have  still 
forty  thousand  men  immediately  at  hand  to  confront  the  Japan- 
ese, aod  also  an  almost  inexhaustable  source  of  reinforcement. 
The  trouble  with  China,  however,  is  that  her  armies  are  mobs, 
and  that  her  sources  of  reinforcement  produce  the  same  kind  of 
material.  The  battle  of  Ping  Yang  may,  therefore,  be  accepted 
as  an  indication  of  what  the  result  of  this  war  will  be.  The  Chi- 
nese will  be  driven  out  of  Corea,  a  peace  will  be  arranged,  and  a 
new  influence  will  have  arisen  in  the  Orient  that  will  have  to 
be  consulted  and  conciliated  in  all  future  dealings  with  that  sec- 
tion of  the  world.  Thus  we  will  have  an  instance  of  a  nationality 
which  had  for  centuries  lain  paralyzed  under  the  enervating  in- 
fluences of  the  barbaric  civilization  of  Asia  recovering  a  new  and 
dignified  position  after  a  few  years  of  partial  adaptation  of  the 
methods  of  a  western  civilization  which  was  still  in  primeval 
savagery  when  Japan  was  refined  and  enlightened. 

The  new  Anglo  Japanese  treaty  may  now  be  regarded  as  a  set- 
tled and  accomplished  fact,  though  it  will  not  go  into  effect,  as 
regards  subjecting  British  citizens  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Jap- 
anese courts  until  1899,  and  as  regards  the  customs  regulations 
agreed  upon  until  1910.  Meanwhile  the  Japanese  are  to  still  fur- 
ther adapt  themselves  to  modern  civilization  by  organizing  a  more 
reliable  judicial  system,  and  framing  a  settled  code  of  laws  by 
which  the  judges  as  well  as  the  people  will  be  bound.  It  is  un- 
derstood that  the  advantages  which  British  residents  iD  Japan  will 
derive  under  the  new  arrangement  are  substantial,  and  form  a 
fair  quid  pro  quo  for  the  immunities  and  privileges  surrendered. 
In  substance,  the  whole  of  Japan  is,  under  the  new  arrangement, 
thrown  open  to  British  merchants.  Nevertheless  the  British  resi- 
dents now  in  Japan  do  not  seem  to  be  happy  over  the  change, 
and  the  Japan  Gazette  denounces  tne  treaty  in  ansparing  terms. 
But  then  it  is  to  be  recollected  that  the  average  Englishman  when 
abroad,  especially  in  Asiatic  countries,  is  a  very  overbearing  per- 
sonage, who  wants  to  be  considered  as  quite  above  his  surround- 
ings and  not  amenable  to  the  ordinary  regulations  of  the  com- 
munity. The  British  who  are  now  in  Japan  will  grow  out  of 
that  feeling,  and  those  who  succeed  tbem  will  grow  up  with 
minds  attuned  to  the  different  order  of  things.  Meanwhile  it  is 
almost  a  certainty  that  the  other  treaty  powers  will  follow  the 
British  example.  Indeed,  it  is  said  that  the  United  States  years 
ago  negotiated  a  similar  treaty,  but  that  it  was  not  to  go  into 
effect  until  the  other  powers  entered  into  similar  conventions. 
This  information,  however,  comes  from  incoherent  sources  and 
may  not  be  reliable. 

M.  Turpin's  much  vaunted  invention,  the  "Angel  of  Death," 
the  reported  sale  of  which  to  Germany,  a  few  months  ago,  pro- 
duced so  much  excitement  in  France,  turns  out  to  be  a  good  deal 
of  a  fiasco.  The  inventor  of  this  shell  has  never  got  any  further 
with  it  than  to  outline  on  paper  the  principles  upon  which  it  is 
to  be  constructed.  The  members  of  the  committee  appointed  by 
the  French  Minister  of  War  to  investigate  the  invention  have  re- 
ported that  the  idea  is  not  new,  that  if  successful  it  will  not 
necessarily  insure  the  supremacy  of  Francff  in  war,  and  that  there 
is  do  danger  of  a  prejudicial  disclosure  in  allowing  the  inventor 
to  take  out  patents  on  it  in  the  usual  wav.  It  is  said  that  the 
cost  of  constructing  an  "Angel  of  Death"  is  too  great  to  permit  of 
its  being  undertaken  by  any  but  a  very  rich  person  or  a  govern- 
ment, and  the  prospects  of  the  machine's  success  are  very  uncer- 
tain.    Thus  ends  one  of  the  military  sensations  of  the  century. 

The  Grand   Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


The  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market  street,  has  caught 
the  popular  fancy.  The  fittings  are  in  excellent  taste.  Everything 
is  new  and  neat,  and  the  cuisine  is  unsurpassed.  Polite  native  wait- 
ers in  costume  are  in  attendance,  and  are  prompt  in  meeting  the 
wants  of  customers.  The  prices  are  in  accordance  with  the  times. 
Ladies  and  escorts  after  the  theatre  should  not  fail  to  visit  the  Garden. 


Steedman's  Soothing  Powders  claim   to  be  preventive  as  well  as 
curative.     The  claim  has  been  recognized  for  over  fifty  years. 

City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 


ATTYS.-AT-LAW. 
FRANK  KEMIEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg  ,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES. 
CAM)IKS  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets. 

DENTISTS. 
B.  CCTLAB,  416  Geary  street. 

DOOR    CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  4  lieck  and  Spring.  F.D.  Morrell,593Mission  St. 

DRUGGISTS. 

KEUVS  CORN  CURE,  asc.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists. 

MILLINERY. 

THE  WONPER  Hat,  Flower  apd  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  street. 

RESTAU  RANTS. 

FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant  -  521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIRINW  PONE  while  yon  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 

JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  automlzalion  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


ANTOINETTE. 


These  preparations  for  BEAUTIFY- 
ING and  PRESERVING  the  COMPLEX- 
ION contain  many  of  the  old  French 
secrets,  combined  with  the  latest  chemi- 
cal discoveries,  and  are  indorsed  by 
many  of  our  most  eminent  physicians. 

minis  AND  ALL  FACIAL  BLEMISHES 

A  SPECIALTY. 

SUPERFLUOUS  HAIK  REMOVED 

By  new  process.  No  bad  results. 

WARRANTED.  PRICE,  $1  SO. 

ANTOINETTE 
GRAY     HAIR 
RESTORER 

FOR  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN. 
Gray  and  bleached  hair  restored— NOT 
DYED.  This  wonderful  preparation  acts 
on  the  secretions  and  supplies  the  na- 
tural coloring  to  the  hair,  making  it  soft 
and  glossy,  and  leaving  the  scalp  white  and  in  a  healthy  condition. 
OANDRTJFF  and  all  diseases  of  the  hair  skillfully  treated. 
NOTE. — No  poisons  used  in  any  of  my  preparations. 

121  POST  ST., 
Rooms  34  to  3 


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Telephone  1349 


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THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY     (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 
CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY   OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF    PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL    FULLY    PAID $3,000,000  OO 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St.,  S.  F. 

JAMES    D.    BAILEY,  General    Agent. 

SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE,  of  London.  [Pounded A  D  mo 

Cash  Assets  $10,270,535.  Oldest  purely  fire  insurance  office  in  the  world. 

THE  IMPERIAL  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD..  of  London   [instituted  an. 

CashAssets,  $9,362,920.    40  years  in  business  on  the  Paciac  Coast. 

THE  LION  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD,,  of  London- 

Established  A.  D.  1879.     Cash  Assets,  $1,108,(195. 

H'J.  J    UDDERS,  Hauler  or  the  Pacific  toast.    205  Sansome  St.,  Sear  fine. 


1804. 


SAN    !  i;  \\<  [S<  0 


ONK  can  always  feel  Miored   mat    the    DOWl«U«    la    IhA 
IWu  Topics  will  be  full  n(  interest  if  nothing  Pita.     The  •tufj 
in  the  September  La  la  entitled  "  Thai  Dreadful  Woman." 

by  Harold  R,  Vynne.  n  Chicago  newspaper  man.  It  deals  very 
cleverly  ami  very  artistically  with  the  morals  of  various  types  of  men 
and  women  ol  the  day,  having  for  it.-*  basfo  motive  the  old  saying  that 
a  man  or  a  woman  might  as  well  be  a  thief  as  to  be  called  One.  Kyrle 
Vandergrtfle.  the  son  <>f  a  millionaire  broker,  has  secretly  married 
a  woman  of  doubtful  antecedents,  .^he  married  him,  although  she 
was  in  love  with  another  man,  Arthur  Bainbridge,  and  .site  suffers 
torments,  insult?,  and  the  contumely  of  contempt  to  save  his  name 
from  ruin,  while  her  husband  sues  her  for  a  divorce  on  the  ground 
that  she  had  loved  Bainbridge,  not  wisely,  but  too  well.  She  succeeds 
in  this  course,  and  when  she  finds  that  Bainbridge  will  return  to  take 
her  away,  she  commits  suicide  rather  than  meet  him  again  and  take 
him  from  the  young  girl  whom  he  promised  to  marry.  The  story  is 
brilliantly  told.  Mr.  Vynne  h:xs  treated  it  with  all  the  freedom  that 
one  could  expect  to  find  in  a  nineteenth  century  episode.  It  is  bright, 
interesting,  sarcastic,  dramatic,  and  terse,  and  the  ending  is  suffi- 
ciently sad  to  bring  tears  to  the  eyes  of  the  most  worldly.  [Town 
Topics  Publishing  Co.    For  sale  at  Cooper's.] 

The  September  Forum  is  full  of  interesting  papers.  It  opens  with 
an  instructive  article  on  "  The  Lessons  of  Kecent  i.'ivil  Disorders  "  by 
Judge  Thomas  M.  Cooley,  in  which  he  analyzes  the  chief  recent  civil 
disorders,  especially  the  late  strike,  in  a  thoroughly  interesting  legal 
and  constitutional  light.  There  are  ten  other  articles  with  a  serious 
aim,  as  follows:  "  Teaching  by  Travel:  A  School  Excursion  from  In- 
diana to  Virginia,"  by  Dr.  J.  M.  Kice;  "The  Proportion  of  College- 
Trained  Preachers,"  by  Prof.  F.  G.  Peabody ;  "  Present  Industrial 
Problems  in  the  Lightof  History,"  by  Edward  Atkinson  ;  "Results  of 
the  Parliament  of  Religions,"  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Barrows;  "  The  Pay  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,"  by  Dr.  George  F.  Shrady;  "  Macauley's 
Place  in  Literature,"  by  Frederic  Harrison;  "  Home-Life  in  India: 
Child-Marriage  and  Widows,"  by  Purusbotam  Rao  Telang;  "Uni- 
versity Training  and  Citizenship,  by  Woodrow  Wilson;  "  The  Profit- 
Sharing  Labor  Unions  of  Antwerp,"  by  J.  H.  Gore;  '"How  to  Bring 
Work  and  Workers  Together,"  by  Jacob  A.  Riis. 

The  Ridgway  Library  in  Philadelphia  is  one  of  the  queerest 
institutions  of  the  kind  in  the  world,  says  the  St.  Louis  Globe- 
Democrat.  It  occupies  a  block  to  itself ,  and  cost  over  $600,000. 
The  volumes  on  its  shelves  number  110,000,  and  they  are  free  to 
all,  yet  the  daily  average  applicants  for  books  is  only  twenty- 
five.  The  reason  is  that  ic  ignores  novels  and  current  literature. 
It  was  supposed  that  a  taste  for  what  is  called  serious  reading 
could  be  cultivated  in  the  multitude,  but  this  deserted  temple  of 
books  is  proof  that  a  public  library  without  fiction  and  the  peri- 
odicals of  the  day  is  no  library  at  all. 

It  is  said  that  Aubrey  Beardsley,  the  art  editor  of  "  The  Yellow 
Book,"  secures  his  admirable  contrasts  of  black  and  white  by  placing 
his  drawing-block  in  the  floor,  when  working,  and  stooping  over  it 
from  a  chair. 

George  Manville  Fenn,  the  novelist  of  adventure,  is  now  sixty-four 
years  old.  He  does  not  look  his  age,  however,  for  he  has  a  tall,  light, 
active  figure,  thick,  fair  hair  and  beard,  and  keen  blue  eyes. 

Miss  Agnes  Repplier,  who  is  now  visiting  London,  has  become  a 
literary  lioness  in  that  city.  Andrew  Lang  has  given  a  dinner  in  her 
honor,  among  the  guests  being  Professor  Max  Muller,  the  philologist. 

Edmund  Gosse  will  issue  a  new  volume  of  verses  next  autumn.  It 
is  nine  years  since  the  appearance  of  his  last  book  of  poems,  "  Fir- 
dausi  in  Exile." 

WATERMAN— Talkin'  about   bravery,  there  goes  the  bravest 
man  that  walks  this  earth. 
Summer  visitor— That  little  dude? 
"  That's  the  one." 
•  •My!    My  I    Tell  me  about  him." 

"  He  can't  swim  a  stroke  and  yet  he  sails  a  cat-boat. — Street  & 
Smith's  Good  News. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  tho  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed.  ____ 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


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FIKK.  MARINK   A.M.  ISM.\;i  I.N-IKAM  K. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Inouranoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL,   $1,000,000.  |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE  INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

V.  (aru,  in  Hllil.l,  Malinger  for  Hie  Pacific  Coast  Branch. 

220  Sanxome  St.,  S.  F. 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department. 
. 332  mlUoriilaSt.,  s.  F.. Cal . 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA,  California. 

storage  t  apaclly,  100,000  Tons.     Regular    Warehouse  for  Man 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

„»  wS,fo  ™"e,h,ouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
1  i,n, ^latest  Improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain, 
foul  ana"smutty  witu*  """  the  hMt  aad  "^"'machinery  'orclelning 
Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses. 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Glass  Companies,  or  Grain  sold 
if  desired,  at  current  rates.  ..,.■  ».»ii..i», 

Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St..  over  the  Anglo-California  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

UAP1TAL -^ J6.700.000 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

Ho.  316  Calllornla  Street.  San  Francisco . 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   $18,724,638.45. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vice-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEE 
HENRY   K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 

Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 
Capital,  $2,250,000-  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  66 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  8T.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  CONRAP  itto.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  8YZ,  General  Agent, 
410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.  J 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

UFO.  F.  URANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up ....|    500,000 

Assets      8,181,768 

Surplusto  Policy  Holders 1,526,167 

ROBERT     DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
5Q1  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

473  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


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SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  22,  J  894 


B^irsriKZS- 


THE     LAND     OF     MANY     NAMES. 
"  Bookman." 


-Edwin  J.  Ellis,    in  the 


THERE  is  a  place  where  no  surprise 
Is  felt  at  beauty,  or  true  love  tried. 
Hate  cannot  find  the  gate,  nor  pride. 
There  do  the  spring  birds  learn  to  sing 
And  open  their  hearts  as  wide 

As  the  eyes 
Of  the  meadows  that  wake  in  spring. 

There  the  clouds  of  the  golden  skies 

Find  their  ruby.    The  white  foam  free 

Of  the  wave  lives  there  in  her  maiden  glee, 

And  no  hand  touches  her  white  side,  wild. 
The  winds  cannot  hold  what  they  see, 

For  she  flies 

Like  dreams  from  a  waking  cloth. 

Dead  lovers  there,  from  the  days  of  Troy 
Attain  the  reward  our  hearts  shall  keep, 
Believing  for  them  in  twilight  sleep, 

The  while,  as  maids  at  a  child-birth  wait, 
We  stay  till  they  call  us  to  peep 

At  their  joy, 

And  find  in  their  fate,  our  fate. 

There,  while  wind  through  the  garden  sings 
Gently  and  low  in  the  long  sunbeams, 
They  sleep  between  summer  and  trees  and  streams, 

They  love  through  their  sleep  from  hour  to  hour, 
In  beautiful  crimson  dreams 

Like  the  wings 

Of  the  peace-giving  poppy  flower. 

The  watchman  called  it  a  Land  of  Rest, 
The  lonely,  a  Land  of  Love,  they  tell, 
The  weary,  Eden,  whence  Adam  fell. 

But  the  old  who  wander  the  downward  slope 
Deem  it  is  Youth,  knowing  well, 

Dispossessed, 

The  Land  of  Eternal  Hope. 


OF    AN    ORCHARD. 


Good  is  an  orchard,  the  saint  aaitn, 
To  meditate  on  life  and  death, 
With  a  cool  well,  a  hive  of  bees, 
A  hermit's  grot  below  the  trees. 

Good  is  an  orchard — very  good, 
Though  one  should  wear  no  monkish  hood, 
Right  good,  when  spring  takes  up  her  flute. 
And  good  in  yellowing  time  of  fruit. 

Very  good  in  grass  to  lie 

And  see  the  network  'gainst  fie  sky, 

A  living  lace  of  blue  and  green, 

And  boughs  that  let  the  gold  between. 

The  bees  are  types  of  souls  that  dwell 
With  honey  in  a  quiet  cell; 
The  ripe  fruit  figures  goldenly 
The  soul's  perfection  in  God's  eye. 

Prayer  and  praise  in  a  country  home, 
Honey  and  fruit;  a  man  might  come 
Fed  on  such  meats  to  walk  abroad, 
And  in  his  orchard  talk  with  God. 


TOGETHER.—  By  John  Leighton  Best. 


The  tide  of  time  seems  ebbing  here  apace, 
The  gracious  years  reveal  their  memories 
Like  silver  shells  spread  by  receding  seas, 

And  I  behold  you  standing  in  this  place 

Made  consecrate  for  us  by  love,  and  dear 
Forever  since  upon  this  spot  you  stood 
Welcoming  the  great  gift  of  womanhood 

And  looked  upon  the  future  without  fear. 

So  here  to-day  I  look  beyond  these  blue, 

Still  waters  toward  their  farthest,  unknown  shore, 

Assured  that  unto  me  forevermore 
Can  come  but  happiness,  since  'tis  with  you 

I  voyage,  and  whatever  storms  may  be 

Will  find  us  there,  together,  on  the  sea. 


BANK  OF  BhITISH  iliLUMBlA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up  $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets 
HEAD    nil  Hi:  60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  cauada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool — North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland — British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland:  Mexico — London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
Sooth  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1, 1894)     ...  ..  3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank:  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India — 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China    St.  Louis — Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

l>ra us  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston, " Chicago,  St.  Louis,  8alt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans.  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiauia,  Melbourne,  Syudey,  Aucklaud,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  aud  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.   June  30,  1894  $24,061,791   27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and  Surplus 1,627.062  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receive*  Deposits,  aud  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &.  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
Sarties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
ank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  mouey-  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICEE8. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  ....  President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directoks— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G,  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelau,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  <fc  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Bauks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 29,429,217  OS 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Pine  aud  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  ?6,OO0,000  I  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  [  Rpserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Sellgman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     j  „„„„„„„ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  {  Managers 

WELLS,  FARGO  &  GO-'S  BANK. 

ST.  E.  Corner  Sansoine  and  Sutler  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  aud  surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  8.  King.  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth    Cashier  [  F.  L.  Lipmau Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  I  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj.  P .  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


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B^osrics. 


H  tl/ELL."  be  remarked,  as  be  took  bis  seat  at  tbe  table,  >•  I 
YY  saw  a  woman  on  tbe  street  Ibis  afternoon  dressed  in  a 
■Oil  a!  LhOM  bloomsre.  If  that's  what  yon  women  call  dress  reform 
I  want  none  of  it  around  this  house.  Why.  they're  simply  disgrace- 
ful, that's  all  there  is  about  it.  I  heard  a 'dozen*  men  talking  about 
her  legs  after  she  had  passed.  They  seemed  to  he  the  only  feature  of 
her  appearance  that  attracted  attention.  Men,  too,  whom  I  always 
supposed  were  pure-minded.  And  that  woman  paraded  down  the 
street  with  an  air  of  perfect  unconcern,  with  her  hrown  stockings 
staring  everybody  in  the  face.  It's  outrageous."  "  Was  she  good- 
looking,  dea'r?  "  inquired  his  wife  with  interest  manifest  upon  her 
face.  "  Why— to  tell  the  truth— I  didn't  notice  particularly.  '  Then 
he  hurriedly  asked  for  another  cup  of  coffee. 

—Indianapoti*  Sentinel. 
Hi  blew  in  his  dollars,  he  blew  in  his  dimes. 
He  blew  in  his  credit,  yes,  hundreds  of  times ; 
He  blew  in  his  character,  blew  in  his  health, 
He  blew  in  the  most  of  his  relatives"  wealth, 
But  the  blowing  career  of  this  spendthrift  is  done — 
One  morning  quite  early  he  blew  in  his  gun. 

— Kansas  City  Journal. 
Wife— Why  did  you  stop  and  talk  so  long  with  that  Turkish  ped- 
dler. Hi'sband— I  was  trying  toconvert  him.  Wikf.— Hum!  Finemis- 
sionary  you  would  be.    What  did  you   tell  him?    Husband— I  told 
him  a  "Christian  was  not  obliged  to  have  more  than  one  wife. 

—  Topical  Times. 
"  D«>  vou  understand  bairdressing!"  asked  Her  Ladyship  of  the  can- 
didate for  the  maid  s  place.    "Yes'm.    I  could  guarantee  to  dress 
vours  in  ten  minutes."    "Then  you  won't   suit  metu  replied  the 
h aught v  one.    "  What  <>n  earth  should  I  do  all  the  rest  of  the  day?" 
"  —  Ex. 

Mamma  (to  Mabel  in  tbe  hammock)— My  dear,  have  you  plenty 
around  you  out  there?  Mabel— Oh,  yes,  mamma;  all  I  care  for. 
Haven't  I,  George,  dear?  George  (tightening  his  bold)— I  hope  so, 
love.  — Boston  Courier. 

Book  Agent— Here  is  that  book,  ma'am,  "How  to  Play  the  Piano." 
Lai>y  of  the  House— What  book?  I  didn't  order  any  book.  Book 
Agent— JSo'm  ;  but  the  neighbors  told  me  to  bring  it  to  you. 

—Harlem  Life. 

She  took  all  sorts  of  concoctions 

To  make  her  complexion  clear, 
Till  everybody  saw  through  her, 
Whereat  she  desisted,  poor  dear. 

—  Washington  Star. 
Young  Wife — Gracious,  look  here,  fellow,  your  dog  has  run  off 
with  a  whole  sponge  cake  I  left  outside  to  cool.    Tramp— Don't  fret, 
mum.    That  dog's  stronger  than  he  looks.    He  can  eat  anything. 

— Spare  Moments. 
A  six- yeas-old  was  seated  in  a  barber's  chair.     "Well,  my  little 
man,"  said  the  barber,  "  how  would  you  like  your  hair  cut?"    "Oh, 
like  papa's,  with  a  little  round  hole  at  the  top."  — Le  Petit  Journal. 

Suddenly  he  grew  desperate.  "An  abyss,"  he  cried,  "  yawns  be- 
tween us."  She  looked  eloquently  at  the  clock.  "  I  can't  blame  it," 
she  answered  severely.    The  hour  was  indeed  late. 

— Detroit  Tribune. 
Law  Clerk— We  are  going  to  move  down  to  the  twenty-first  floor 
next  month.    Insurance  Clerk — Don't  you  think  it  is  rather  damp 
away  down  there?  — New  York  World. 

1   My  people  so  theatric  are," 
Said  Rev.  Dr.  Gleanem, 
"  I  dare  not  read  the  Acts  for  fear 
They  might  go  out  between  'em." 

— Richmond  Dispatch. 
He — Ah,  I  knew  I  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  you  before.    Your 
name  is  Smith,  I  believe?    She  (sweetly)— Well,  it  used  to  be  Smith 
two  or  three  husbands  ago.  — Truth. 

"  Doctor  says  baby  has  scarlet  fever,  but  it's  light."  Mrs.  Numa 
—Dear  me.  why  couldn't  it  be  some  color  that  would  blend  with  the 
hue  of  his  little  room?  — Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

The  Five  Jolly  boys  gave  a  pink  tea  on  Monday  night.  Owing  to 
the  stupidity  of  the  grocer  they  were  obliged  to  serve  green  tea  in- 
stead of  pink.  — Buffalo  Express. 

Time  was  when  women  stayed  at  home, 
A-working  fancy  stitches, 
But  now  tbey  fly  about  the  streets 
In  blazers,  vests,  and  bicycle — bloomers. 
Little  Man  (golf  enthusiast)— Why  don't  you  play  golf?  JBig  Man 
(blase)— Why?    Because  I  object  to  chasing  a  quinine  pill  around  a 
cow  pasture.  —Vogue. 

Mrs.  Crimsonbeak— I  see  they  are  now  making  a  soap  that  will 
float.  Crimsonbeak— Can't  you  get  the  recipe  and  use  it  in  your  bis- 
cuits? —  Yonkers  Statesman. 

"  Were  you  ever  kissed  before?"  he  asked  as  he  looked  in  her 
glowing  face.    "  Never,"  she  murmured,  "  never — like  this." 

—Detroit  Free  Press. 

It  is  delightful  for  ladies  who  are  shopping,  or  who  want  a  delicious 
and  wholesome  change  from  home  cooking,  to  have  such  an  estab- 
lishment as  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  to  drop 
into  for  a  luncheon  prepared  by  the  most  expert  cooks.  The  service 
at  the  famous  family  restaurant  is  perfect— no  waiters  could  be  more 
attentive,  no  restaurant  cleaner. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

I>nl<l- up  Capital,  •1,000.000. 

i  MiKY    \m>  ( '  \i  1 1  mum  \  Streets,  San  Krancimo. 

J.    D.   FRY,  President  HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vlce-PreMdent 

J.  Dalzki.i,  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  com  pan  y  la  authorised  by  law  to  act  an  Executor,  Administrator 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Triihtec.  It  Is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  aud  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  ReAl  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  Income  and  profit*,  and  atteudlng  to  all  such  details  as  an  Individual 
lu  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  aud  Trausfcr  Agont  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  Interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Ser  cent  per  annum  on  dally  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
earing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  In  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
tbe  usual  rate-  of  luterest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFES*  Inside  Its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prlceB  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 

v.  W.  Corner  Saiuome  aud  Busk  Streets. 

Established  1870.  U.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  i Paid  Up) 91,500,000. 

SURPLUS       $800,000  I  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $75,196 

S.  G.  MURPBY      President! 

JAMES  MOFFITT  ..  .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

niRECTORS: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffltt, 

'I  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Bail  king  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  Jo  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  caTe  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital . . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up    .  .$2,450,000 
Reserve  $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115b  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manaeer,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FBIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— u  i  exel,  Morgan  &  Co     BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  ail  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital  .    $2  500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,0"  0. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited.  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs .  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue, 

SIG.  GREENBAUM,}  Mflna(rpr<, 
C.  ALT3CHUL  \  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL ....  $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WiLSON        ....  President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  Ht.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics'  Bank.  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  A  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Stretts. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA8.  F.  CROCKER,         |         E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN Vice  president 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashieb 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 


INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS. 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord  Jerome  Lincoln 

Wm.  Babcock  O.  D  Baldwin 

Adam  Grant  W.S.Jones 


LOANS  MADE. 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F, 

Incorporated  November  24, 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER  ....  President  I  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


iufr^ifm^-  JT/ 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS 'LETTER. 


Sept.  22,  1894. 


GLIMPSES    OF    FRENCH    LIFE. 


[Translated  for  the  News  Letter  from  Parisian 
newspapers.] 

A  TELEPHONE  message  from  Corbeil 
spreads  this  report  to  the  four  winds : 
"Announce  to  France  that  Clodoche  has 
brought  an  action  for  divorce  against  his 
wife." 

Paris  rubs  its  eyes,  opens  its  ears,  and 
tries  to  collect  its  senses.  Clodoche? 
What  can  Clodoche  possibly  mean?  Where 
does  Clodoche  hail  from?  Paris  has  for- 
gotten. 

No  wonder!  Clodoche's  reign  dates 
back  about  forty  years,  and  everybody 
knows  how  soon  celebrities  are  forgotten. 
In  forty  years  what  a  quantity  of  men 
and  things  change!  and  especially  Clo- 
doche, a  celebrity  of  the  bals  masqites,  like 
the  illustrious  Brididi;  he  was  doomed  to 
pass  like  a  flash  of  lightning  or  a  shadow. 
Under  Napoleon  III.,  at  the  beginning  of 
the  Second  Empire,  people  swore  by  Clo- 
doche, as  under  Louis  Philippe  they  bad 
sworn  by  Chicard. 

During  a  certain  winter  on  the  night  of 
Shrove  Tuesday,  in  tbe  great  hall  of  the 
Op£ra,  rue  Lepeletier,  one  of  the  masters 
suddenly  attracted  the  attention  of  all  the 
young  people  present,  and  held  everybody 
spellbound  by  the  way  he  danced  on  one 
foot.  Tbence  came  the  name  Clodoche,  one 
of  the  most  suitable  cognomens  ever  given 
to  a  Parisian.  Everyone  immediately  felt 
that  this  new  interpreter  of  French  gayety 
would  soon  become  one  of  the  celebrities 
of  the  time,  and  he  did. 

The  day  after  tbe  ball  the  five  hundred 
trumpets  of  Fame  echoed  through  the  four 
thousand  streets  of  Paris  the  famous  name, 
which  was  to  be  for  a  little  while  more 
thought  of  than  that  of  a  conquering  hero. 
Clodoche  did  not  confine  himself  to  danc- 
ing on  one  foot  only,  although  that  verit- 
able pas  sevl  was  the  first  indication  of  the 
originality  of  his  genius;  he  continued  to 
improvise,  and  became  a  ballet  master. 
Clodoche  had  said  to  himself,  striking  hip 
forehead  with  the  point  of  his  right  foot: 

"How  shall  you  electrify  Paris?" 

He  succeeded  admirably,  and,  truth  to 
tell,  the  Parisians  were  immensely  electri- 
fied. During  a  whole  winter  the  city  of 
cities  danced  the  Quadrille  des  Clodoches,  a 
terpsichorean  masterpiece.  This  quadrille, 
of  which  Clodoche  was  the  inventor,  con- 
sisted of: 

A  fireman  with  an  enormous  helmet,  an 
overshort  vest,  and  trowsera  that  were 
miles  too  big;  a  fishermaiden,  hiding  her 
masculinity  by  most  extraordinary  arti- 
fices; a  higblander,  disguised  with  an  im- 
mense nose,  monstrous  whiskers,  and  two 
large  false  teeth  covering  tbe  lower  lip. 
At  the  public  balls  eveiybody  crowded 
about  them,  and  from  the  very  beginning 
they  were  greeted  with  applause,  which 
reached  its  height,  however,  at  the  pas  seul 
danced  by  the  highlander.  The  high- 
lander,  of  course,  was  Clodoche  himself — 
Clodoche  in  propria  persona. 

The  Clodoches  made  their  debut  under 
the  box  of  the  Jockey  Club,  and  people 
went  wild  in  their  endeavor  to  hire  tbe 
fantastic  trio  to  perform  under  their 
boxes.  The  theatres,  as  to-day  in  the  case 
of  la  Coulue  and  Nini-Patte-en-1'Air, 
were  not  slow  in  wanting  to  turn  to  ac- 
count the  talent  of  these  droll  performers. 
They  were  offered  engagements  at  the 
Gaiety,  in  Paris  by  Night,  and  then  at  the 
Chatelet,  in  the  Magic  Lantern.  After- 
wards Clodoche  crossed  the  Channel,  and 
made  as  great  a  furore  in  London  as  he  had 
in  Paris.  All  sorts  of  stories  began  to  crop 
up  about  him.  Some  said  that  he  had 
gone  to  Crete  and  had  fallen  pierced  by  a 
Turkish  bullet;  others,  that  be  had  mar- 
ried a  rich  Athenian,  etc.  The  truth  Is  that 
he  had  remained  in  the  suburbs  and  been 
bothered  to  death  by  his  wife. 


"  Serves  you  right,  old  fellow,"  his 
ancient  comrade  had  said  to  him  (tbe  one 
who  had  personated  the  fishermaiden). 
"8erves  you  right;  when  one  is  a  great 
man  and  has  a  name  like  Clodoche,  one 
doesn't  get  married." 

Tbe  Directors  of  the  Saint-Paul  prison 
at  Lyons  have  kept  for  forty  years,  and 
with  the  greatest  care,  a  certain  quantity 
of  new  penholders  arranggd  on  a  special 
table  in  tbe  clerk's  office.  These  are 
the  penholders  with  which  tbe  differ- 
ent executioners  have  signed  on  the 
gaoler's  book  the  death-notices  of  the 
prisoners  whose  execution  had  been  en- 
trusted to  them.  These  penholders  are 
used  only  once;  great  care  is  taken  to 
leave  the  ink  upon  them,  which,  little  by 
little,  eats  away  the  pen  point.  The  rare 
visitors  admitted  to  the  prison  of  Lyons 
can  see,  still  fre-sb,  the  p^n  which  Diebler 
used  after  Bussenil's  execution,  and  now 
they  have  on  exhibition  the  one  which 
traced  the  acknowledgment  of  Caserio 
Santo's  death. 

The  gla^s  case  in  which  this  weird  col- 
lection is  kept  has  often  excited  the  covet- 
ousness  of  many  an  amateur,  and  large 
suras  of  money  have  been  frequently 
offered    to    the    prison    directors  for  these 


Lamp-troubles  are  mostly 
over. 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  for  "  Index  to 
Chimneys;"  and  get  of  your 
dealer  the  chimney  made  for 
your  burner  or  lamp. 

Pearl-glass  and  pearl-top 
chimneys  last  as  a  teacup 
lasts. 


A  SAMPLE  CAKE 

Of.  Wn- dburj'a  Facial  Suap  and  liO-p  ige  book 
on  Beamy  a»d  Dermatology .  Facial  Develop- 
ment, superfluous  Ha  r.  Wrinkles,  Pim- 
ples. Eczema  and  all  Skin  and  Scalp 
Impeffectlona  spot   sealed  to 
anv  a  idi-es-  for  lllcents. 


John  H.  Woodbury 
Dermatologica!  Institute, 

Established  *^70  I7SW.  4  2d  St.,  N.Y. 

penholders,  but  tbe  directors    have    never 
allowed  themselves  to  be  tempted. 

"You  don't  love  me  any  more,  and  we 
have  been  married  only  a  week." 

•*My  dear,  yon  are  unreasonable.  God 
himself  rested  on  the  seventh  day." 


There  are  men  of  convictions  whose 
very  faces  will  light  up  an  era,  and  tbere 
are  believing  women  in  wbose  eyes  yon 
may  almost  read  the  whole  plan  of  salva- 
tion—  Field. 

Be  assured  that  if  pain  could  have  pre- 
vented my  application  to  literary  labor  not 
a  page  of  «•  Ivanhoe  "  would  have  been 
written. — Scott. 

There  never  was  a  great  institution  or 
a  great  man  that  did  not,  sooner  or  later, 
receive  tne  reverence  of  mankind.  —  Theo- 
dore Parker. 

Little  vicious  minds  abound  with  anger 
and  revenge,  and  are  incapable  of  feeling 
t"<i6  pleasure  of  forgiving  their  enemies. — 
Chesterfield. 

The  pleasures  of  the  palate  deal  with  us 
like  the  Egyptian  thieves,  who  strangle 
those  whom  they  embrace.         — Seneca. 

A  FonL  can  no  more  see  his  folly  than 
be  can  see  his  ears.  — Thackeray. 

Nothing  is  more  noble,  nothing  more 
venerable  than  fidelity.  — Cicero. 


SURBRUG'S  GOLDEN  SCEPTRE. 


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If  Ynn  ctro  a  Pino  Rmnleor  we  want  Y0U  t0  tr5T  GOLDEN  SCEPTRE— 
II  IUU  die  a  ripe  ulllUrxm,  all  the  talk  in  the  world  will  not  convince  as 
quickly  as  a  trial  that  it  is  almost  perfection.  We  will  send  on  receipt  of  10  cents,  a 
sample  to  any  address.  Prices  GOLDEN  SCEPTRE,  1  lb.,  $1.30;  U  lb.,  40  c.  Postage 
paid.    Send  for  pamphlet. 

M.  BLASKOWER  &  CO., 

PACIFIC  COAST  AGENTS.  228  Montgomery  Street, 

SAX    FHAM'ISfB,  Cal. 


Bepl  22.  1894 


SiLN  FRANCISCO  NEWS   r.KTTKn 


A  LONDON  (nhion  writer  says:  ••  Purine  our  per«mbnlBi ■«»>■ 
round  the  Bund-street  shops  1  saw  some  lovely  bals  to  which 
I  (eel  it  very  diflicult  to  do  full  justice  in  n  description.  The  light' 
green  and  transparent  straws  had  a  very  light  and  pretty  eil'ect.  The 
Mowers  were  in  most  cases  placed  at  the  edge  of  the  brim,  the  center 
being  occupied  by  bows  of  ribbon  or  velvet.  An  Empire  hat  in  brown 
fancy  straw  had  sprays  of  hyacinths  shaded  from  pink  to  purple  lnid 
in  each  curve  of  the  brim.  Very  smart  was  a  large  hat  in  black  and 
white  straw,  trimmed  with  enormous  bows  of  tri-colored  shepherd's 
check,  with  a  spray  of  red  roses  on  one  side.  Pigeons  appeared  on 
many  of  the  hats,  and  in  one  instance  the  eutire  headgear  was  made 
from  one  of  these  birds,  with  a  little  heliotrope  velvet  tucked  under 
the  wings  at  each  side.  The  general  effect  of  fashions  in  hats  this 
autumn  is  of  brilliant  masses  of  flowers.  '  the  more  the  merrier,' 
and  one  need  not  be  afraid  of  appearing  too  gay,  for  half  the  women 
one  meets  are  wearing  small  flower  gardens  on  their  heads." 

A  lace  bertha  is  a  new  device  to  give  a  smart,  dressy  look  to  the 
top  part  of  the  gown.  The  lace  is  graduated  so  that  it  hangs  in  lull 
depth  of  nine  inches  or  so  over  the  sleeves,  while  in  the  center  of  the 
back  and  front  it  is  only  of  a  depth  of  four  to  rive  inches.  Piece  lace 
is  just  as  much  used  as  ever,  and  the  bodices  in  many  instances  cov- 
ered with  it.  A  smart  gown  was  noticed  one  day  lately  in  this  style. 
It  was  of  light  green  cloth,  the  bodice  of  black  silk,  and  the  lace  fit- 
ting perfectly  over  it,  of  a  coarse  make  of  guipure  of  the  shade  known 
as  string  color ;  the  sleeves  were  of  green  cloth,  and  abroad  sash  of 
black  moire,  which  encircled  the  waist,  and  fastening  behind,  reached 
nearly  to  the  hem  of  the  gown,  seemed  to  bring  the  whole  into  har- 
mony. 


With  a  black  gown  nothing  is  more  elegant  than  a  deep  cape  collar 
in  Italian  rose  point  braided  ecru  guipure,  or  Pointe  de  Flanders.  It 
imparts  an  air  of  rich  elegance  to  a  gown  that  is  quite  unattainable 
by  the  fussy  lace  and  silk  affairs  now  so  popular,  but  it  differs  from 
these,  inasmuch  as  it  does  not  become  every  woman,  its  first  requisite 
being  a  pretty  throat.  The  pointed  jabot  is  also  quite  effective,  if 
less  elegant,  and  attached  to  a  throatlet  made  of  folds  of  figured 
crepe  de  chine,  it  has  great  possibilities  in  the  transformation  line,  as 
its  broad  eipanse.of  delicately  tinted  silk,  frilled  with  lace,  hides 
even  the  waistcoat  of  a  tailor-made  gown. 

A  new  material  called  woollen  velvet  is  one  of  the  latest  novelties. 
and  it  is  likely  to  be  adopted  very  largely  this  autumn.  The  ground 
is  shot  woollen,  and  the  stripes  of  the  checks  are  either  plain  or 
ribbed.  It  does  not  readily  crush,  and  is  made  in  a  large  number  of 
different  shades  of  color.  A  rain-proof  dress  serge  has  also  been  pro- 
duced as  suitable  for  seaside  wear.  Should  we  have  the  infliction  of 
a  wet  autumn,  it  ought  to  be  in  considerable  demand. 

Ribbons  are  still  in  high  favor.  A  pretty  arrangement  worn  at  a 
seaside  function  the  other  day  began  with  two  loops  on  the  left  side 
of  the  body  just  below  the  shoulder,  then  crossing  the  breast  to  the 
waist,  again  formed  two  loops,  after  which  two  long  ends  reached 
more  than  half  way  down  the  skirt,  meeting  together  in  a  large  old- 
fashioned  double  bow  with  short  ends,  which  slightly  raised  an  upper 
skirt  of  beige  over  a  silk  petticoat. 


The  bustle  effect  is  the  latest  novelty  in  new  gowns.  The  back  is 
formed  by  four  box  plaits,  which  are  sewn  to  stiff  cap  Dieces. 
These  caps  are  of  the  material  lined  with  horsehair,  and  set  out 
straight  from  the  waist.  The  caps  are  finished  with  a  cord  and  the 
box-plait  hangs  from  the  outer  edge. 

The  very  newest  of  watches  are  of  gold  and  steel,  and  are  secured 
on  the  left  side  of  the  corsage  by  a  little  golden  rosette.  This  is  a 
very  pretty  fashion,  if  neither  convenient  nor  safe. 


Refined  and  dressy  costumes  are  made  of  silky-surface  cotton  crepes. 
The  crinkle  is  very  slight  in  the  choicest  of  these  goods  and  the  colors 
are  little  more  than  tintings. 

NOW  that  the  shooting  season  has  opened  it  is  well  for  sports- 
men to  remember  the  annoyances  and  loss  of  game  which 
they  have  always  suffered  from  the  smoke  of  the  old-fashioned 
powder.  Selby's  Electric  cartridges  for  shotguns,  made  with  the 
Sohultze  smokeless  powder  by  the  Selby  Smelting  Works,  is 
stronger  than  the  old  powder  and  leaves  the  air  perfectly  clear 
after  the  discharge,  thus  doing  away  with  a  serious  drawback. 
They  made  be  had  of  any  dealer  in  sporting  goods. 

F INLAY  McCOOK,  who  will  undoubtedly  be  a  nominee  of  the 
Democratic  party  for  the  office  of  Police  Judge  of  this  city,  is 
one  of  the  most  capable  young  men  at  the  bar.  He  is  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  California,  and  at  one  time  was  with  the 
prominent  firm  of  (larber,  Boalt  &  Bishop.  He  is  eminently  fitted 
for  the  position  to  which  be  will  certainly  be  elected,  as  he  is 
as  popular  as  he  is  talented. 


There's  no  Danger 

to  be  feared,  oven  if  you  do  use 
too  much  Pearline  in  the  wash- 
ing It  there's  any  danger  of 
damage  at  all.  it's  when  you 
use  too  little.  In  that  case, 
you'll  have  to  begin  that 
dreadful  rubbing  — and  car- 
loads of  Pearline  couldn't 
do  as  much  damage  to 
your  clothes  as  that  will.  Follow  the  directions 
on  the  package — that's  the  best  way  of  all.  But 
remember,  too  much  won't  hurt  anything.  It's 
only  a  waste  of  good  Pearline. 

Peddlers  and  some  unscrupulous  gro- 


Beware 


jrs  \\  ill  tell  you  "  this  is  as  good  as" 
"the   same   as    Pearline."      IT'S 
FALSE — Pearline  is  never  peddled  ;  if  your  grocer  sends  you  an  imi- 
tation, be  honest— send  it  back.  439    '        JAMES  PYLE,  New  York. 


ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Ophir  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— dan  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
lion  of  works— Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  Fifth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  63)  of  Twenty- 
five  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  Ninth  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  29th  day  of  October,  1894,  to  pay  the  de- 
linquent assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and    expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E    B.  HOLMES.  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 

Alta  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Twelfth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  47)  of  Ten  cents 

fer  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  Btock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
mmediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany,   at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  83,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Wednesday,  the  17th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  1b  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  7th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  33,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. <!al. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 


Belcher  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hceby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  Friday,  the  Fourteenth  day  of  September,  a.  d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
49)  of  Twenty-five  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  Build- 
ing, northeast  corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  tiii-  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  18th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be 
f  -re  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  8th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent^  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

C.  L.  PERKINS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  building,  northeart  cor.  Bush  and 
Montgomery  streets  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Golden  Eagle  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Devil's  Gaie  Mining  District,  Lyon  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  15th  day  of  Sep'embT,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of  Fifteen  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  16th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  Bold  on  MONDAY,  the  5th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  22,  1894. 


THE  thought  paramount  in  society  circles  at  present  is  what 
the  coming  season  ia  to  be  like— how  will  it  turn  out.  Cer- 
tainly it  is  opening  well  in  regard  to  dinners  and  dances  and  other 
small  gatherings,  but  it  does  not  always  follow  that  when  gaieties 
commence  thus  early  the  season  will  prove  as  brilliant  as  if  they  had 
been  more  tardy  at  the  beginning.  However,  the  wisdom  of  taking 
all  the  good  that  the  gods  send  one  and  be  thankful,  none  can  dis- 
pute, and  so  it  is  well  to  enjoy  the  present  and  hope  that  the  future 
also  may  have  pleasures  in  store.  There  have  been  weddings  and 
dinners  and  luncheons  this  week;  a  reception  at  Mrs.  A.  P.  Clarke^s 
in  honor  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilbur,  of  Chicago;  a  dance  at  Mrs.  A.  N. 
Drown's;  and  another  dance,  at  Mrs.  A.  M.  Burnes's,  last  evening 
was  one  of  the  closing  pleasures. 

Another  "informal"  dance,  which  almost  amounted  to  a  ball  in  all 
its  concomitants,  was  the  one  given  by  the  Misses  Hobart  as  a  good- 
bye to  their  brother,  who  returned  to  college  this  week,  to  the  in- 
tense regret  of  all  those  to  whom  he  has  given  so  much  pleasure  dur- 
ing his  visit.  It  was  a  most  enjoyable  affair  and  was  continued  until 
far  into  the  small  hours  of  the  morning.  Walter  Hobart  then  dis- 
tinguished himself  by  a  dinner  d' adieu  to  some  of  his  stag  friends, 
and  all  unite  in  the  hope  that  he  will  come  again  soon  and  often. 

Miss  Edith  McBean's  good-bye  luncheon  to  some  of  her  young 
friends  was  another  charming  gathering,  tinged  with  a  feeling  of  re- 
gret at  the  approaching  loss  of  the  pretty  hostess,  who  departed 
Eastward  on  Sunday  last.  The  guests  at  Mrs.  Downey  Harvey's 
pink  dinner  were  a  happy  mingling  of  buds  and  blossoms  and  beaux 
old  and  young,  and  it  was  a  pleasant  affair. 

Gay  doings  are  not  contined  to  San  Francisco,  by  any  means,  two 
very  pleasant  receptions  and  dances  having  taken  place  recently  at 
the  Navy  Yard ;  one  at  the  Commandant's  in  honor  of  Admiral 
Beardslee  and  staff  and  the  officers  of  the  Philadelphia,  Bennington, 
and  Thetis,  and  the  other  given  by  the  officers  of  the  Thetis  as  a  fare- 
well prior  to  departure.  Both  were  largely  attended,  many  going  up 
from  San  Francisco  to  take  part. 

Weddings  are  still  the  order  of  the  day  and  night,  and  the  final 
event  of  the  month  will  be  the  most  elaborate  of  these  ceremonials 
that  San  Francisco  has  seen  for  many  months,  at  which  Miss  Mae 
Dimond  and  Joe  Tobin  will  be  the  contracting  parties. 

First  on  the  list  of  this  week's  weddings  comes  the  most  important 
ceremony  which  has  taken  place  in  Jewish  circles  for  sometime, 
which  was  the  marriage  of  Miss  Rose  Frankel  and  Rabbi  Jacob 
Nieto,  solemnized  at  the  Sherith  Israel  Synagogue,  on  Post  street, 
last  Tuesday  afternoon,  the  fact  that  it  was  the  first  marriage  of  a 
Rabbi  in  California  adding  interest  to  the  occasion.  Long  before 
five  o'clock,  the  hour  named,  every  inch  of  room  in  the  building  was 
occupied,  the  guests  during  the  wait  admiring  the  decorations,  which 
in  the  body  of  the  church  consisted  of  La  France  and  Gloria  roses 
combined  with  foliage.  Upon  the  platform  at  the  east  end 
the  decorations  were  profuse  and  beautiful;  floral  stars  and  other 
designs,  the  monogram  of  the  bride  and  groom,  etc.,  were  wrought 
in  roses  and  sweet  pea  blossoms,  and  festoons  of  smilax  appeared 
everywhere.  The  chanting  of  the  Lohengnn  chorus  by  the  choir  was 
the  signal  for  the  entrance  of  the  bridal  cortege  promptly  upon  time, 
first  appearing  the  Reverend  Rabbi  Abraham  Nieto,  father  of  the 
groom,  escorted  by  two  of  the  church  trustees  and  Cantor  Davis; 
the  groom,  Rabbi  Jacob  Nietor,  and  his  best  man,  J.  H.  Morton, 
Louis  Brown  and  Mrs.  Philip  Aronson,  the  groom's  sponsors;  then 
came  Miss  Lottie  Saalburg  as  maid  of  honor,  the  handsome  bride, 
and  her  uncle.  Gabriel  Loeb,  the  mother  of  the  bride,  Mrs.  Julie 
Frankel,  and  Isaac  Loeb.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by  the  ven- 
erable Rabbi  Nieto,  assisted  by  Cantor  Dav^s,  according  to  the  old 
Jewish  marriage  service,  and  from  the  church  the  bridal  party  and 
nearly  one  hundred  of  their  friends  repaired  to  the  Maison  Ricbe, 
where  a  bounteous  marriage  feast  was  served.  The  bridal  robe  was 
of  the  heaviest  white  satin,  made  with  a  round  train  and  trimmed 
with  rich  lace.  A  voluminous  tulle  veil  enveloped  her  from  head  to 
foot,  and  the  bridal  bouquet  was  of  white  roses.  Miss  Saalburg  wore 
a  gown  of  figured  white  silk ;  Mrs.  Frankel  a  robe  of  black  brocade 
and  chantilly  lace,  with  diamond  ornaments;  Mrs.  Aronson  was  at- 
tired in  yellow  satin  and  black  lace.  The  gifts  were  numerous  and 
very  valuable.  Congress  Springs  is  the  place  of  the  honeymoon,  and 
upon  their  return  to  town  the  Rabbi  and  hts  bride  will  live  at  the 
corner  of  Pierce  and  Sutter  streets. 


Giant  ferns,  palms,  and  potted  plants  were  prettily  arranged  in  the 
chancel  of  St.  Luke's  Church  last  Wednesday  afternoon,  and  in  con- 
junction with  the  pink  flowers  which  adorned  the  altar  and  myriads 
of  gas  jetB,  they  produced  a  pretty  effect.  The  occasion  was  the  mar- 
riage of  Miss  Leila  Augusta  Brandon  and  Philip  T.  Taylor,  and  the 
church  was  well  tilled  with  guests,  when  the  wedding  party  arrived 

Fob  engagement,  wedding,  and  birthday  presents  do  not  fail  to  visit 
S.  &  G.  Gump's,  118  Geary  street. 


a  little  after  three  o'clock.  It  was  a  simple  one,  consisting  of  the 
maid  of  honor,  Miss  Emma  Eaton,  the  pretty  blonde  bride  and  her 
escort,  the  groom  and  his  best  man,  Dr.  Charles  R.  Blake,  meeting 
them  at  the  altar,  where  the  Reverend  Mr.  Moreland  performed  the 
ceremony  which  made  them  man  and  wife.  The  bride  looked  lovely 
in  a  gown  of  white  silk  made  walking  length,  trimmed  with  white 
chiffon,  a  cluster  of  white  rosebuds  in  her  hair  and  a  hand  bouquet 
of  the  same  flowers.  Miss  Eaton  wore  a  gown  of  iridescent  old 
gold  silk  and  a  charming  little  capote  made  of  pink  blossoms.  Only 
relatives  assembled  at  the  home  of  the  bride,  on  California  street, 
and  later  in  the  day  the  couple  departed  for  a  honeymoon  trip  up 
North.  

There  was  a  pretty  wedding  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  on  California 
street,  on  Wednesday  evening,  when  Miss  Elsie  Allen  and  John 
Ferard  Leicester  were  the  contracting  parties.  The  little  edifice  pre- 
sented a  most  attractive  appearance,  with  its  garniture  of  flowers  and 
foliage,  which  were  used  with  a  lavish  hand  and  placed  in  every 
available  spot.  Pink  was  the  dominating  color  of  the  chancel,  and 
the  altar  rails  were  completely  hidden  in  garlands  of  pink  roses  and 
smilax.  Every  seat  was  occupied  before  the  notes  of  the  Lohengrin 
chorus  gave  notice  at  half-past  eight  of  the  arrival  of  the  bridal  party, 
and  what  it  lacked  in  size  it  certainly  made  up  in  good  looks,  the 
brunette  beauty  of  the  maid  of  honor,  Miss  Meta  Fitzbugh,  and  the 
blonde  prettiness  of  the  petite  bride  forming  a  decided  contrast.  The 
groom  and  his  best  man,  his  brother,  awaited  their  coming  in  the 
chancel,  and  the  R,everend  Mr.  Mynard  performed  the  ceremony. 
The  bride  was  robed  in  white  brocaded  satin  made  en  traine;  her 
fleecy  vail  of  tulle,  held  in  place  on  her  head  by  a  crescent  of  dia- 
monds, fell  to  her  feet;  the  hand  bouquet  was  of  white  roses  and 
maiden-hair  ferns.  The  costume  of  the  maid  of  honor  was  pink 
mousseline  dc  soie  over  white  silk,  with  pink  roses  in  her  bouquet. 
Mrs.  Harrison  looked  magnificent  in  a  gown  of  pearl  gray  brocade, 
and  wore  many  diamonds.  Following  the  ceremony  came  a  recep- 
tion and  supper  at  the  Harrison  residence,  on  Webster  street,  at 
which  relatives  and  a  few  intimate  friends  only  were  present. 

The  particulars  have  just  reached  here  of  the  marriage,  in  Wash- 
ington City  last  week,  of  Miss  Gertrude  Wilson  and  Lester  O.  Peck, 
both  recently  members  of  San  Francisco's  swim.  It  took  place  at 
noon  on  the  11th  inst.  in  the  apartments  occupied  by  Major  and 
Mrs.  Wilson  at  the  Richmond,  which  were  most  beautifully  dressed 
for  the  occasion  with  a  profusion  of  palms,  ferns,  pond  lilies,  and 
white  flowers,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Sunderland  performing  the  ceremony  in 
the  presence  of  about  four  score  friends  and  relatives.  There  were  no 
bridesmaids.  Mr.  Charles  Wilson  supported  the  groom  as  best  man, 
and  Major  Wilson  gave  his  daughter  into  the  keeping  of  the  groom. 
The  bride  looked  extremely  handsome  in  a  gown  of  sage  green  cloth 
elaborately  trimmed  with  jet,  and  a  hat  to  correspond,  and  wore  dia- 
mond ornaments,  one  of  them,  a  sun-burst,  being  the  gift  of  her 
father.  The  bride's  mother,  Mrs.  C.  I.  Wilson,  was  elegantly  gowned  in 
blue  brocade  and  black  lace.  The  wedding  breakfast  which  followed 
the  ceremony  was  a  sumptuous  one,  and  later  the  newly  wedded 
couple  left  for  Indianapolis,  where  they  will  reside. 

And  now  it  would  seem  that  October  also  is  likely  to  be  a  wedding 
month  this  year,  and  among  the  earliest  to  take  place  therein  will  be 
the  nuptials  of  Mrs.  Belle  Donahue  and  R.  H.  Sprague,  whose  engage- 
ment, though  talked  of  for  a  year  or  more  and  an  open  secret  among 
friends  for  some  time  past,  has  only  just  been  formally  announced. 
Another  recently  announced  engagement  which  has  caused  more 
than  a  ripple  of  small  talk  in  society  circles  is  that  of  Harry  Howard, 
the  youngest  son  of  the  late  Mrs.  George  Howard,  afterwards  Mrs. 
H.  P.  Bowie,  who  had  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  chatelaine  in 
San  Mateo,  to  his  cousin,  Miss  Marion  Poett,  whose  father  was  a 
brother  of  Mrs.  Howard-Bowie,  and  who,  since  her  return  from 
school,  has  resided  with  her  grandmother,  Mrs.  Henry  B.  Williams, 
another  of  our  early  residents. 

The  picnic  season  is  so  nearly  at  an  end  that  the  recent  one  given 
by  Harry  Stetson  was  made  all  the  more  enjoyable  by  the  thought  of 
its  probably  being  the  last  this  year.  The  scene  of  the  festivity  was 
the  Redwoods  on  the  N.  P.  R.  R.,  whither  the  guests  were  carried  in 
two  private  cars,  and  a  glorious  time  was  spent. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


Baking 
Powder 


The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia ;  No  Alma 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40   years  the   Standard. 


::.  1894. 


san  J  RANI  ISCO  SEWS   LETTER. 


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There  is  pleasure  ahead  and  plenty  «>'  it.  owing  to  the  OOmtag  visit 
"(  Mr.  ami  Mr*.  Oetrlcba  and  Hla  Pair,  who  will  he  here  next  W6«k, 
-•■>-t  whose  Irienda  In  San  Frant-i*-o  ajwaji  seem  to  vie  with  one  an- 
other in  their  aflbrta  t"  k'ivr  them  .\  ROOd  tlBC  while  here.  They  will 
remain  in  this  rily  for  several  weeks,  and  it  is  safe  l«»  predict  that  thiv 
will  hare  very  few  unoccupied  hoars  daring  their  Stay, 

In  view  of  MK-itty  gathering  later  on.  it  is  as  well  that  cbaritahle 
affairs  should  be  carried  to  a  BUCOCSSful  conclusion  before  the  rush  be- 
gins, and  to  that  end  a  number  are  now  in  preparation.  The  recep- 
tion at  the  Maria  Kip  orphanage  last  Saturday  was  a  great  success, 
and  among  other-  in  the  future  there  will  be  a  musicale  at  Mrs.  John 
I.  Sabii  fornia  street,  next  Friday  evening,  in  aid  ol  Bt. 

Paul's  Episcopal  t'hurcli,  and  the  lady  directors  of  the  Infant  Shelter 
announce  a  tea  and  musicale.  with  society  buds  in  waiting  at  the 
tables,  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Will  K.  Kisher.  on  Sutter  street,  early 
next  month. 

Mr>.  Frank  Newlands  is  now  occupying  the  family  residence  at 
Eteno,  bat  may  possibly  come  down  and  pay  San  Francisco  a  visit 
while  her  husband  is  here.  General,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Uuger  will  spend 
some  time  at  the  Hotel  Vendome,  at  San  Jose,  before  becoming  do- 
mesticated at  the  Palace.  Mrs.  Detrick,  nee  Bowie,  has  been  receiv- 
ing the  congratulations  of  her  friends  over  the  arrival  of  her  infant 
BOD.  Lieutenant  Sam  Faison  has  been  at  Angel  Island  during  the 
past  week,  his  company  being  there  for  target  practice. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tim  Hopkins  are  among  those  who  will  spend  the 
coming  winter  the  other  side  of  the  continent.  Lieutenant  and  Mrs. 
James  Turner  will  pass  the  winter  at  San  Kafael.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Trux  Beale  will  pass  the  winter  at  Menlo  Park  and  thus  be  within 
easy  access  of  the  city  when  occasion  requires.  Mrs.  John  Coleman 
and  Miss  Jessie  will  be  at  the  Napa  Soda  Springs.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W. 
B.  Barnes  are  housed  for  the  winter  at  2442  Jackson  street. 


Misses  Mirriam  and  Frances  Moore  and  Miss  Ethel  Murphy  will  be 
the  next  of  our  pretty  maidens  to  bid  San  Francesco  adieu  for  several 
months,  but  to  compensate  for  their  loss  we  shall  have  Miss  Alice 
Simpkins  back  again  in  a  few  weeks,  after  an  absence  abroad  of  over 
a  year.  Miss  Ella  Morgan,  who  has  just  graduated  at  Miss  Porter's 
school,  in  Farmington,  will  be  here  in  November,  and  Miss  Hope 
Ellis  will  spend  the  winter  in  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  Frank  Carolan  is 
expected  back  from  her  visit  to  Chicago  the  last  of  October. 

Society's  stock  of  rich  widows  is  about  to  receive  an  addition  in  the 
person  of  Mrs.  James  Freeborue,  who  will  be  remembered  by  all  old 
timers  as  Miss  Nellie  Smith,  the  eldest  and  most  popular  of  the  favor- 
ite sisters  known  in  the  society  of  those  days  as  the  Smith  girls.  Mrs. 
Freebome  for  many  years  has  been  a  resident  of  Paris,  but  returns 
I o  her  native  San  Francisco  to  settle  up  her  late  husband's  large 
estate.    She  will  be  warmly  welcomed. 


Among  the  guests  at  the  Richelieu  this  winter  will  be  Mrs.  Boggs 
and  Miss  Alice,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Ellicott,  Mrs.  Lena  Blanding,  and  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Greenleaf,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Murphy  and  Miss  Ethel  are  there  at 
present.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mansfield  Lovell,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Lauton,  and 
Judge  McAllister  are  at  the  Pleasanton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  P.  Talbot 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ignatz  Steinhart  have  returned  from  San  Rafael. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Mayo  Newhall  will  leave  Redwood  City,  where  they 
have  passed  the  summer,  for  their  home  in  town  in  about  ten  days- 
Mrs.  Nat  Messer  has  arrived  from  Japan,  and  is  at  the  California 
Hotel.  Henry  Heyman  is  due  here  to-day  after  an  absence  of  several 
months  in  Europe. 

Mrs.  L.  L.  Boker  and  Miss  Kittie  Stone,  who  left  for  the  East  last 
Sunday,  will  be  away  most  of  the  winter.  Mrs.  Hartsuff  and  Misses 
Florence  and  Mabel  Hartsuff  were  passengers  by  the  same  train,  en 
route  to  Chicago. 

The  number  of  pretty  girls  who  will  make  their  debut  this  year  is 
quite  phenomenal — not  a  plain  one  among  them,  and  several  real 
beauties.  The  great  difficulty  will  lie  in  the  cry  of  hard  times  which 
the  paters  of  the  land  are  beginning  to  send  forth  with  loud  voice, 
thus  making  "entertaining"  a  thing  to  be  left  to  the  millionaires. 
As,  however,  our  swim  is  amply  provided  with  that  desirable  element, 
the  season  is  looked  forward  to  with  hope. 

Report  says  that  charming  Mrs.  Louis  Haggin  will  be  with  us  again 
this  winter — that  is,  on  this  side  of  the  Rockies;  for  if  gossip  speaks 
by  the  card,  this  accomplished  member  of  our  society  circles  will  not 
reside  in  the  city,  but  occupy  her  cottage  at  Burlingame.  The  club 
members  of  that  Tuxedo  of  the  Pacific  are  full  of  all  sorts  of  pleasura- 
ble intentions  towards  making  that  settlement  the  most  attractive 
point  on  the  Coast.  The  golf  club  practice  constantly ;  ditto  the  pony 
races;  while  the  driving  that  goes  on  during  the  moonlight  nights  is 
described  by  one  of  the  girls  who  recently  enjoyed  it,  as  "  too  utterly 
entrancing." 

A  debut  which  will  be  the  most  important  in  a  financial  sense  since 
the  coming  out  of  Miss  Birdie  Fair,  is  that  of  Miss  Edith  Newlands, 
the  eldest  grandchild  of  the  late  Senator  Sharon,  and  one  of  the  co- 
heiresses of  his  many  millions.  The  event  will  take  place  next  year, 
but  whether  in  Washington  City  or  the  young  lady's  native  San  Fran- 
cisco is  yet  to  be  determined. 


Rumor  nya  that  toe  Prod  Orate  residence,  loft  vacant  by 
th.*  departure  ol  Mrs.  A.  M.  KaMon  and  her  grandchildren  far  Eu- 
rope, will  in  all  probability   bo    ooOOpM    this  winter    by   that    lady'l 

nleoes,  th.  Mtaeea  MiiK  daughteri  oj  tho  laic  Sdgar  Mills. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


Sept,  22,  1894  . 


VI80R  «  MEN 

Easily,  Quickly,  Permanently  Restored. 

Weakness.  Nervousness, 
Debility,  and  all  the  train 
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i  later  excesses,  the  resultsof 
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etc.  Fullstrength,  devel- 
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aevery  organ  and  portion 
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J  ate   improvement   seen. 

Failure  impossible.    2,000  references.    Book, 
explanation  and  proofs  mailed  (sealed)  free. 

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SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANC/SCO: 


Leave  i 


From  Sep  t   17,  1894. 


I  ABR1VE 


7  00  a  Atlantic  ExpreHb,  Ogdeu  and  East    6 :45  a 

7-00  a  Benicia,  Va^aville,  Riimaey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7:30  a  Martinez,  Sau  Ramon,  Napa,  Oali»- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rot>a      6 :15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marybvllle,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville 4:15p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
(  or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Demiug,  El  Paso,  New 
Orleans  and  East 5:45p 

9  ;00  a .  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  EaBt... 10-45  a. 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton  ...     .  -  10:45  a 

*9:00  a  Peters  and   Milton  ..  '7:15  p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  8:<5  a 
♦1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamerb  "9:00  p 

4:00p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verauo,  and 
Sauta  Rosa 9:15a, 

4:00  p.  Benicia.  Vacaviile,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  LandiDg, 
MarybVille,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento ...  10:45a 

4:30  P.  Niles,  San  Jo«e,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno -       7:15  p 

5:00  p.  Los   Angeles    Express,   Fresno. 
Bakersfleld,  Santa     Barbara  and 
Los   Angeles. 10  (5  \ 

6:00  P  European  Mail,  Ogdeu  and  East  .      9:45a 

6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7--»'a. 

17:00  p.  Vallejo +7:45p. 

7:00  p.    Oregon    Exnress,    Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 
Puget  Sound  and  East.                     10:4'* 
Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
SantaCruz --■  18:05  p 

$:16a,  Newark.  Ceuterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations      ...  6:20  p. 

*2:45  P  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations     *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark,  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos 9:60a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  and  Townsend  Streets). 

*6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    *1:45p. 

(7:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions       18  :33p  . 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  Tree  Pinos, Santa  Crur, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 
Way  Stations 6:26  p. 

[9:47  a.  Palo  Alto  aud  Way  Stations 11:45  F. 

10:40  a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  ..      5:06  p. 

:i:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 

•2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
PaclflcGrove *10:40a. 

*S:80  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations.. *8:06a. 

5-J.Op.  San  JoBe  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6:S0p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations......    6:35a. 

fll:45p.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

BtatlonB +7:26p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSIK  FRABf]  SCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00   9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  a.  m.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  p.  m. 
From  OAKLAND— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  A.  M. 
112  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  M. 
a.  for  Morning.  p.  for  Afternoon. 
•Sundays  excepted.  tSaturdaye  only. 
tSundayeonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


Have  good  will  to  all  that  lives,  letting 
nnkindness  die,  and  greed  and  wrath;  so 
that  your  lives  be  made  like  soft  airs  pass- 
ing by. — Sir  Edwin  Arnold. 

Pblde,  like  the  magnet,  constantly  points 
to  one  object — self;  but  unlike  the  mag- 
net it  has  no  attractive  pole,  but  at  all 
points  repels. — Cotton. 

A  countryman  is  as  warm  in  fustian  as 
a  king  in  velvet,  and  a  truth  ia  as  com- 
fortable in  homely  language  as  In  fine 
speech. — Spurgeon. 

The  heart  grows  rich  in  giving  all  its 
wealth  in  living  gain;  aeeda  which  mildew 
in  the  garner — scatter,  filled  with  gold  the 
plain. —  Charles. 

While  the  world  lasts,  the  sun  will  gild 
the  mountain  tops  before  it  shines  upon 
the  plain.  — Bulwer. 

There  is  no  legitimacy  on  earth  but  in  a 
government  which  is  the  choice  of  the 
nation.  — Joseph  Bonaparte. 

Prejudice,  which  sees  what  it  pleases, 
cannot  see  what  is  plain. — Aubrey  de  Vere. 

Adversity  borrows  its  sharpest  sting 
from  our  impatience.  — Bp.  Home. 

If  you  would  marry  suitably,  marry 
your  equal  — Ovid. 

It  ia  better  to  fall  among  crows  than 
Batterers.  — Antisthenes. 

The  wavering  mind  is  but  a  base  pos- 
session. — Euripides. 

Faith  ia  not  reason's  labor,  but  repose. 
—  Young. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a,  m.,  Sept  7,22.  October 
7.  22      Nov.  6,  21      Dec.  6,  21. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
Sepfember  17,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landiug  Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, y  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Aneeles  aud  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  aud  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  Sau  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alteruHtelv  at  11  a.  m. 

For  En«enada,  Magdal^ua  Bay,  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mnzatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m  ,  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco 

OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 
Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 
Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN   STREETS,  at  3:    00  P.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and    HONGKONG,    connecting   at    Yokohama 
with  SteamerBfor  SHANGHAI: 
Oceanic  (via  Honolulu).  ..Tuesday,  Sept.  25, 1894 

Gaelic Tuesday,  Oct.  10.  1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)..  .Tuesday,  Dec  4,1894 
ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUOED  RATE8 
Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  Sau  Francisco. 

i     R.'+nOUMAN    aon.Pn.so    Apt. 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
$610.  Second  class, 
$350. 

^     O.  S.  3.  Companv's 
steamers  sail : 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and   SYDNEY,  8.  S. 
"MARIP08A," 
September  20. 2  P.  M. 
For     HONOLULU, 
8.  8.  -AUSTRALIA," 
Sept.  29,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  188  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELe  &  BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts. 


iS\&5L?., 


SfiVE* 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBUBON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK    DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M. ;  12:36,3:30, 

5:10,    6:30    p.    m.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11 :30  p.  m  .    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  and 

11:30  P.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,  6:00. 

6:20  P.M. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.   M. ;  12:45, 

3:40,5:10  p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  m. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  a.  M.;l:4f\  3:40,5-00, 

6:25  P.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS— Leave  Sau  Francisco  at  5:10  p.m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdaleat  8:45  p.m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Sau  Francisco  at  5:00  p.  m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p    m 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a  m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a.m. 

MONDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


LkavbS.F. 


7:40a.  m. 
3:30p.m. 
5:P)p  H. 


7;40a.M 
V30p   M 


|     Iu  Effect 
-lAp'l  15,1894. 


Sundays 


I  Desti  tion 


AbbivbinS.F. 


Sundays 


8:00  a.  m.  I  Novato, 
9:30  a.  m  Petalum*, 
5:00pm  I  Santa  Rosa 


10:40  a.  M 

6:05p.m 
7:30p.m 


Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 


8:00a.  m.  Gnerneville 


'i:\\j\.a.  s;iruA..Ti  I     Sonoma 
5:10  p.m.  5:00p.  m  I  Glen  Ellen. 


7:40a.  m  |  8:00a.m. I  Sebastopol. 
3:30  p.m  I  5:00  p.M  I 


Week 
Days. 


8:50a.  M 
10:30  am 
6:15p.m 


10  :30a  m 
6:15  pm 


10;40a.m.  18:50am. 
6:05p.m  |6:15pm. 


10:40a.h110:30a.m 
6  05p.m|  6:15p.M 


Stages  connect  at  Banta  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

S'ages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  Stewart's  Point,  Gualala  aud  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 
port,  Boonevllle,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport, 
Cahto,  Willitt6,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
John  Day's,  Lively  s,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris' 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesvilleand  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  O.  WHITTNG, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 
Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Thbodsh  Line  to  New  Yoek.  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 

S.  S.  "  Sau  Bias,"  September  28,  1894. 
S.S.  "San  Juau,"  October  8,  1994. 
S.  S.  "Colou,"  October  18,1894. 
S.  S.  "Sau  Jose,"  October  29,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 

4, 18y4,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.    8.    "City    of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25, 1894,  at  3  P.  M. 
S.  8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.   6,  1894,  at 

8.  8.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTEB, 
General  Agent 


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Vol.  XL  IX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER  29,  1894. 


Number  13. 


Printed  and  Published  Mxry  Saturday  by  the  Projtrietor.  Kr.cn 
Marriott.  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  Son  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Frnnr\<r„  Post-office  ax  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  Nets  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204  206  Broadway.  Room  1.  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

With  this  issue  the  NEWS  Lktter  /rresents  a  }X>rtrait  of  Jefferson  G. 
James,  Democratic  nominee  for  Mayor  of  San  JVancwco.  The  face  indi- 
cates the  possession  of  much  force  and  character,  an  unyielding  will,  and 
absolute  fearlessness.  The  attitude  (a  characteristic  one)  indicates  a 
rugged  determination  an<i  a  store  <if  energy,  whichare possessions  emi- 
nently valuable  t„  a  candidate. 


7 


WO  Alabama  women  fought  a  duel  to  the  death  on  account  of 
1  aman:  who,  in  com  mem  oration  of  his  escape,  will  contribute 
his  opinions  to  the  Examiner  upon  the  original  topic:  "  Is  borne 
life  woman's  sphere  ?  " 

ON  Jackson  street,  from  Steiner  to  Scott,  there  are  many  fine 
residences,  the  owners  of  which  could  well  afford  the  expense 
if  they  were  required  to  correct  the  present  disgraceful  condition 
of  the  street  and  put  the  thoroughfare  in  order. 


IT  is  encouraging  assurance  given  by  President  Jordan,  of  Stan- 
ford University,  that  all  tbe  embarrassments  and  complications 
ensuirg  upon  the  death  of  Leland  Stanford  have  been  cleared 
away  and  the  financial  integrity  of  tbe  institution  ensured  for  tbe 
future. 

IT  ia  to  be  observed  that  Major  McKinley,  who  is  putting  him- 
self forward  as  candidate  for  tbe  Presidency,  asserts  that  tbe 
Democrats  must  be  beaten  in  order  to  prevent  further  change*  in 
the  tariff.  Whether  this  tacit  support  of  the  Democratic  tariff  is 
a  genuine  recognition  of  its  merits  and  hence  a  repudiation  of  his 
own  tariff  measure,  or  is  intended  to  lull  the  country  into  a  fahe 
confidence  that  the  abominations  of  the  McKinley  tariff  will 
not  be  revived,  it  makes  no  difference  to  the  country,  which 
regards  with  dread  the  risk  of  a  return  to  McKinleyism. 


A  STRANGE  spectacle  was  that  presented  in  Judge  Ross:s  court 
at  Los  Angeles,  when  the  railroad  strikers  who  had  been  con- 
victed on  a  charge  of  obstructing  the  mails,  made  a  piteous  plea 
for  tbe  mercy  oi  a  Government  which  they  had  so  recently  defied. 
These  ignorant  and  passionate  men  are  not  half  ao  guilty  as  tbe 
Examiner,  which  denounced  the  President,  ridiculed  his  troops, 
branded  Attorney  General  Olney  as  a  scoundrel,  and  did  all  in  its 
power  to  stir  up  those  baser  and  more  dangerous  passions  which 
generally  lead,  as  in  this  case  they  led,  to  defiance  of  the  law  and 
assassination  of  its  defenders. 


THE  separate  confinement  of  incorrigible  criminals  is  to  be  tried 
in  tbe  Massachusetts  State  Prison.  "Separate"  means  simply 
"solitary,"  the  most  dreadful  engine  of  the  Russian  penal  sys- 
tem. No  array  of  arguments  can  overcome  its  terrors,  and  if 
mercy  is  its  inspiration  the  gallows  would  be  kinder.  The  whole 
modern  tendency  of  crime  punishment  is  sentimental,  as  witness 
tbe  foolish  electrical  dtath  method  of  New  York.  Whenever 
sentiment  interferes  with  justice  the  bones  of  tbe  great  law-giver 
of  Israel  tarn,  and  we  may  be  certain  that  when  the  shade  of 
Moses  grieves,  we  are  upon  lax  and  immoral  times. 

A  LITTLE  while  ago  the  Republicans  of  New  York  felt  that 
the  nomination  of  Levi  P.  Morton  made  their  ticket  invinci- 
ble. Now  the  Democrats  have  nominated  David  B.  Hill  with  a 
unanimity  and  an  enthusiasm  even  greater  than  that  of  the  Re- 
publicans. A  very  uncommon  and  interesting  situation  has  been 
thus  created.  Mr.  Hill  is  not  a  lovable  man,  but  he  is  able  in  a 
way,  and  if  be  were  less  of  a  politician  and  more  of  a  statesman 
he  would  be  a  great  power  in  national  politics.  In  retiring  from 
the  United  States  Senate  to  become  a  candidate  for  Governor  he 
shrinks  amazingly;  and  the  only  conclusion  is  that,  having  found 
an  opportunity  to  measure  swords  with  President  Cleveland  be- 
fore the  whole  country,  and  having  met  defeat,  he  falls  as  gently 
as  possible  into  the  pocket  of  a  Governorship  and  will  rest  perdu 
until  his  old  antagonist  chooses  to  step  out  of  the  way. 


IT  is  not  unlikely  that  Senator  Stewart's  shame  on  being  made  a 
co-respondent  in  Charles  Glasscock's  suit  for  divorce  was  tem- 
pered by  the  reflection  that  his  fascinations  were  still  potent  and 
that  as  the  "only  man"  in  the  case  he  was  enjoying  a  precious 
monopoly.  But  now  that  the  injured  husband  has  added  two 
more  co-respondents  to  his  complaint,  the  aged  Senator's  vanity 
is  stripped  as  naked  as  his  reputation.  It  is  only  the  poorest  men 
who  can  judge  rightly  of  the  estimate  in  which  women  hold 
them,  and  it  is  only  human  for  a  rich  man  to  falsify  his  accounts 
by  crediting  his  personality  with  tbe  charms  of  bis  cash. 


HITHERTO  it  has  been  tbe  practice  in  this  State  to  permit  a 
divorced  wife  to  resume  her  maiden  name,  this  being  a  part 
of  her  application  for  divorce.  Now  conies  a  Superior  Judge  at 
San  Jose  with  a  ruling  to  the  effect  that  there  is  no  law  authoriz- 
ing tbe  change  of  name  in  that  way,  and  that  proceedings  to  that 
end  must  be  instituted  as  a  distinct  matter,  under  the  statute  au  ■ 
thorizing  courts  to  grant  such  petitions.  If  this  ruling  is  correct 
it  is  astonishing  to  reflect  with  what  looseness  the  courts  have 
proceeded  in  tbe  past.  An  irregular  or  illegal  change  of  name  may 
affect  serious  interests,  which  it  is  the  duty  of  the  courts  to  pro- 
tect. 


GOOD  Mr.  Leeds,  fearing  that  be  might  lose  an  easy  job,  has  at 
last  been  delivered  of  a  scheme  to  construct  a  "competing 
railroad  "  up  the  San  Joaquin  Valley.  He  asks  for  only  $S50,000 
at  present,  and  will  call  later.  Had  the  Traffic  Association  not 
been  under  the  domination  of  this  shrewd  manipulator  it  might 
have  shown  a  high  regard  for  the  prosperity  of  California  by 
opening,  at  far  less  expense  than  a  railroad  would  cost,  the  nat- 
ural highway  which  the  San  Joaquin  River  and  its  sloughs  and 
tributaries  constitute.  In  that  way  tbe  cost  of  moving  freight 
would  have  been  comparatively  insignificant.  But  outside  of 
railroads  wily  Mr.  Leeds  is  lost,  and  he  must  keep  his  salary 
s  live. 

WITH  three  municipal  conventions  at  work  simultaneously, 
San  Francisco  this  week  has  been  in  a  delirious  whirl  of 
small  politics.  The  Democrats,  tbe  Republicans,  and  tbe  Non- 
Partisans  have  all  been  dawdling  through  the  week.  At  this 
writing  the  Democrats  have  not  completed  their  ticket,  and  dis- 
cussion of  it  must  be  postponed  a  week.  Some  of  tbe  nomina- 
tions evidently  were  made  to  be  sacrificed,  and  much  insincerity, 
humbugging,  and  bossism  have  characterized  the  work  of  the 
week.  The  Non-Partisan  movement  is  growing  steadily  and  be- 
coming the  absorbing  issue,  looking  much  like  a  revolt  of  the 
people  against  the  bosses.  But  it  is  too  early  now  to  give  an  in- 
telligent review  of  tbe  situation. 


THE  Martin  will  case  has  been  decided  against  the  proponent 
of  the  second  will,  the  jury  deciding  that  it  was  a  forgery. 
Mr.  Delmas  distinguished  himself  in  one  of  the  most  masterly 
arguments  ever  made  before  a  jury.  The  caBe  will  become  his- 
toric, and  belongs  in  tbe  category  in  which  the  Hill-Sharon  case 
was  so  conspicuous.  It  is  thought  that  if  that  last-named  cele- 
brated case  bad  been  entrusted  to  a  jury  it  would  have  met  in  the 
Superior  Court  a  fate  similar  to  that  of  the  Martin  case.  Tbe 
genius  of  common-sense  which  so  often  is  exercised  to  redeem 
and  justify  juries,  and  which  is  not  befogged  by  the  technicalities 
nor  swayed  by  the  private  ambitions  which  so  often  beset  judges, 
is  so  human  and  practical  as  to  be  generally  less  humorous  than 
useful. 


THERE  will  probably  be  little  trouble  in  raising  money  to  re- 
build St.  Mary's  College,  at  Oakland,  which  was  burned  the 
other  day.  Oakland  has  a  generosity  peculiarly  her  own.  Not 
many  years  ago  one  of  the  great  iron-works  establishments  of  Ban 
Francisco  proposed  to  the  residents  of  Oakland  that  if  they  would 
furnish  a  lot  the  concern  would  remove  thither.  A  suitable  lot 
was  found,  and  the  price  was  $10,000.  By  extraordinary  work  $1,- 
000  of  the  amount  was  secured  in  subscriptions,  and  there  the  ef- 
fort stopped.  The  iron-works  people,  disgusted,  abandoned  their 
intention.  Then  the  Catholics  asked  Oakland  to  help  them  build 
a  church  there,  and  Oakland  promptly  responded  with  $200,000, 
following  it  with  many  thousands  more  for  incidental  expenses. 
The  iron  works  would  have  added  four  or  five  hundred  families  to 
the  population.  Oh,  yes,  Oakland  is  generous — and  so  enterpris- 
ing!    St.  Mary's  will  be  rebuilt. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  29,  1894. 


EXPENSIVE    AND    USELESS    COMMISSIONS. 


SINCE  each  of  the  political  parties  is  now  troubled  with  a  vio- 
lent attack  of  economy  in  the  conduct  of  State  affairs,  the  duty 
of  the  press  is  to  point  out  the  objects  of  attack  and  show  where 
economy  can  be  made  practicable.  In  our  last  issue  attention 
was  called  to  the  abuse  of  the  public  funds  by  appropriations 
ostensibly  for  and  in  behalf  of  the  farmers  and  producers  in  sup- 
port of  district  agricultural  fairs,  when,  in  fact,  they  were  mnre 
in  the  interests  of  the  sporting  fraternity.  The  statutes  of  1893 
show  that  the  appropriations  for  forty-three  districts  amounted  to 
$16C,000  for  the  two  years.  Farmers  in  general  and  the  heaviest 
taxpayers  rarely  take  any  special  interest  in  these  fairs,  hence 
this  amount  of  money  had  better  remain  in  their  pockets.  This 
expense  is  all  independent  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society.  Of 
the  commissions  the  most  expensive  is  the  Railroad  Commission. 
It  costs  the  Treasury  every  four  years  $78,000,  and  gives  little  of 
value  in  return.  The  next  most  useless,  and  consequently  the 
most  extravagant,  appendage  that  has  fastened  itself  upon  the 
8tate  is  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics.  It  was  a  child  of  the  labor 
agitation,  and  is  a  commission  without  any  mission  other  than  to 
give  place  to  some  politician  out  of  a  job.  Not  one  in  a  hundred 
of  the  laboring  men  or  of  the  industrial  classes  is  aware  that  such 
a  commission  is  in  existence.  The  Federal  census  does  more  for 
them  than  this  bureau.  It  takes  from  the  Treasury  every  f--ur 
years  $25,000  to  sustain  it.  In  1889  the  Secretary  of  State  pro- 
posed to  furnish  an  assistant  secretary  for  the  State  Board  of 
Examiners  from  his  staff  of  clerks  without  expense  to  the  State, 
as  the  duties  were  very  light,  but  it  was  not  accepted,  as  there 
were  too  many  good  men  wanting  places.  The  position  of  assistant 
secretary  was  created  at  a  salary  of  $1800  a  year,  or  $7200  for  the 
term  of  four  years.  This  continued  until  1891,  when  Governor 
Markham  bad  a  protege"  on  his  hands,  and  in  order  to  give  him  a 
job,  the  position  of  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Examiners  was  created 
at  a  salary  of  $1600  a  year.  These  two  sinecure  positions  costs 
the  State  $13,600  every  term  of  four  years,  when  one  man  or 
woman  could  do  all  the  service  required  and  have  plenty  of  tune 
to  play  ball  or  practice  on  the  piano.  There  is  a  question  as  to 
the  utility  of  the  Fish  Commission  and  as  to  whether  the  expense 
it  incurs  is  in  the  line  of  economy.  The  rural  members  have 
charged  that  it  was  supported  for  the  purpose  of  providing  spurt 
for  city  people  during  the  outing  season,  and  that  the  hatcheries 
were  an  insult  to  California  waters,  which  abound  in  the  greatest 
variety  and  finest  quality  of  fish.  It  costs  the  State  $80,000  every 
four  years  under  the  present  management.  In  tbe  struggle  to 
economize  it  might  not  create  a  revolution  to  abolish  it  entirely. 
Those  who  make  the  laws  and  dispense  the  revenues  have  a 
fearful  responsibility,  but  treat  it  lightly.  They  have  but  liitle 
regard  for  economy  in  legislative  expenses.  At  each  ses  ion 
members  of  the  party  in  power  take  one  or  more  of  their  pohtcal 
proteges  to  the  capital.  When  the  committees  are  named  each 
chairman  has  the  choice  of  a  clerk,  and  some  of  them  two  Tbrre 
are  no  less  than  thirty-four  committees  in  the  Assembly  and  thirty 
in  the  Senate.  These  clerks  draw  on  an  average  $5  a  day,  includ- 
ing Sundays.  This  would  be  a  total  of  $19,200  for  one  session  of 
sixty  days.  Any  ten  men  could  do  all  the  work  necessary  in 
either  branch  of  the  Legislature  and  have  time  to  spare.  This  has 
been  tbe  judgment  of  many  honest  members  of  the  Senate  and 
the  Assembly,  but  it  was  unpopular  to  make  a  move  toward 
retrenchment.  The  contingent  expenses  of  the  Assembly  for  the 
session  of  1893  were  $43,000,  and  for  the  Senate  $32,000,  making 
in  all  $75,000.  Numerous  other  attaches,  aside  from  committee 
clerks,  were  unnecessary,  and  it  is  fair  to  say  that  at  least  one- 
half  this  amount  could  be  saved  if  the  business  of  the  Legislature 
were  conducted  ou  business  principles  and  not  with  a  view  of 
partisan  patronage.  It  would  not  only  be  economy,  but  it  would 
prevent  much  of  the  jobbery  and  trickery  that  obtain  in  legisla- 
tion. The  State  Agricultural  Society,  the  Horticultural,  Viticul- 
tural,  Geological,  and  Mining  Bureau  commissions  are  probably 
all  valuable,  considering  the  industries  wbich  they  promote,  but 
they  could  be  conducted  on  a  much  more  economic  basis  by  lop- 
ping off  the  retinue  of  secretaries,  assistants,  and  other  expensive 
appendages.  In  summing  up  these  expensive  luxuries,  run 
mostly  for  the  benefit  of  partisan  pensioners,  the  amounts  use- 
lessly expended  for  each  term  of  four  years  aggregate  the  snug 
little  sum  of  $663,700.  This  of  itself  would  make  quite  a  differ- 
ence in  the  tax  levy,  and  presents  an  opportunity  for  the  success- 
ful party  to  do  more  than  fulfill  its  pledge  of  reducing  the  State 
tax  to  45  cents  on  the  $100.  With  the  consolidation  of  the  State 
prisons,  as  suggested  by  the  Board  of  Prison  Directors,  the 
abandonment  of  the  Agnews  and  Ukiah  insane  asylums,  tbe  con- 
solidation of  the  Whittler  and  lone  Schools  of  Reform,  and  the 
abandonment  of  the  Chico  Normal  School — all  of  which  are 
superfluous — $3,000,000  a  year  could  be  saved  to  the  taxpayers,  and 
as  good,  if  not  better,  service  rendered  to  the  State.  It  must  be  re- 
membered that  we  are  not  living  in  the  golden  days  of  '49  and 
the  early  fifties,  when  it  was  the  boast  of  Californians  that  their 
public  servants  were  the  best  paid  in  all  the  States  in  the  Union. 
We  have  come  down  to  a  solid  basis  in  our  financial  and  indus- 
trial condition,  and  being  in  closer  relations  with  the  Atlantic 
States  and  in  sympathy  with  them,  it  is  necessary  to  be  more 
frugal  and  adopt  a  system  of  plain  business. 


EZETA    AND    HIS    COMPANIONS. 

THERE  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  State  Department  at  Wash- 
ington blundered  to  an  unpardonable  extent  in  instituting  tbe 
stupid  proceedings  it  did  against  General  Ezeta  and  his  com- 
panions. Tbe  subject  matter  of  granting  extradition  warrants 
for  political  refugees  is  one  in  regard  to  which  no  blunder  ought 
to  have  been  made  at  this  advanced  day  of  civilization.  It  has  been 
threshed  out  over  and  over  again  by  most  liberty-loving  nations, 
and  the  well-nigh  universal  result  has  been  reached  that  accused 
persons  will  never  be  given  up  for  acts  of  war  committed  whilst 
either  assailing  or  defending  the  government  of  their  country. 
General  Ezeta  was  the  lawfully  constituted  Vice  President  and 
acting  President  of  the  Republic  of  San  Salvador.  His  compan- 
ions were  bis  officers  acting  under  his  authority  as  Chief  Execu- 
tive. San  Salvador  was  on  terms  of  peace  and  amity  with  tbe 
United  States,  and  our  government  had  recognized  Ezeta  as  not 
only  the  de  facto  but  tbe  dejure  head  of  its  government.  Whilst 
this  condition  of  mutual  friendship  and  good  will  existed,  a  revo- 
lution was  inaugurated  by  a  military  leader  in  San  Salvado" 
against  the  authority  of  Ezeta,  and  it  proved  successful.  Being 
hard  pressed,  the  San  Salvadoran  President,  with  a  few  of  his 
followers,  made  their  way  to  the  Pacific  Coast  at  J -a  Libertad. 
Here  the  United  States  ship-of-war  Bennington  happened  to  be 
lying  at  anchor.  Ezeta  signaled  her  commander  a  request  for  an 
asylum  for  himself  and  his  comrades  on  board  until  they  conld 
take  the  passing  mail  steamer  San  Bias,  then  expected  within  two 
or  three  days.  After  due  consideration  Commander  Thomas 
granted  the  request  and  tbe  refugees  were  taken  on  board.  They 
therefore  came  into  our  possession  under  an  expressed  agreement 
which  in  honor,  if  not  in  law,  binds  our  Government  and  people, 
and  there  never  at  any  time  ought  to  have  been  doubt  or  hesita- 
tion about  giving  it  effect  in  all  good  faith.  Yet  by  orders  from 
Washington  Commander  Thomas  was  compelled  to  steam  away 
for  Sau  Francisco,  carrying  his  guests  with  him.  Outside  the 
Golden  Gate  he  was  met  by  a  United  States  officer,  who  con- 
veyed instructions  to  remain  outside  until  further  orders.  For 
ten  weary  days  the  Bennington  was  kept  at  sea  for  no  other  or 
higher  purpose  than  to  evade  United  Scales  laws.  The  writ  of 
habeas  corpus  was  in  effect  suspended  by  a  mere  ukase  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  State.  When,  in  due  time,  the  successful  revolutionists 
of  San  Salvador  had  been  heard  from,  and  their  application  for 
the  surrender  of  tbe  refugees  had  been  received,  Ezeta  and  his 
companions  were  handed  over  at  sea  to  a  United  States  Marshal 
for  delivery  to  tbe  newly  constituted  authorities  of  San  Salvador. 
Fortunately,  those  authorities  had  no  ship  at  hand,  or  our  nation's 
gnests,  as  they  undoubtedly  were,  would  have  been  taken  to 
their  death  at  once.  But  as  the  Marshal  had  to  bring  them  ashore 
at  this  port,  they  happily  got  within  tbe  jurisdiction  of  our  courts 
of  law,  which  promptly  set  at  naught  all  the  foolish  proceedings 
had  at  Washington.  Ezeta's  acts  were  declared  to  be  acts  of  war 
whilst  defending  his  government  against  rebellion,  and,  as  sucb, 
not  offenses  within  the  meaning  of  the  extradition  treaty.  Aftei 
a  punctilious  observance  of  all  the  forme,  Judge  Morrow  set 
Ezeta,  and  all  bis  companions,  but  one,  free.  It  will  be  the  duty 
of  President  Cleveland,  in  view  of  the  agreement  by  which  we 
became  possessed  of  him,  to  set  that  one  free  also.  All  this 
blundering  has  been  lamentable. 

A    RAILROAD    MOVE. 

AVERY  significant  act  is  that  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company 
in  equipping  the  Sunset  Route  {via  New  Orleans)  with  trains 
furnishing  every  modern  luxury  and  reducing  the  time  to  New 
Orleans  twenty  nine  hours  and  to  New  York  thirty-two  and  a 
half  hours,  thus  giving  as  quick  service  as  the  Central  Pacific. 
Taken  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  a  coast  line  between 
San  Francisco  and  Port  Los  Angeles  and  the  building  of  a  pier  at 
tbe  latter  place  costing  over  a  million  dollars,  it  seems  to  indies te 
that  the  company  is  preparing  to  surrender  tbe  Central  Pacific  to 
the  Government.  It  would  be  exceedingly  amusing  if  Mr.  Hurt 
ington  should  state  the  case  to  Secretary  Carlisle  in  a  fashion 
something  like  this:  "  Dear  Sir:  As  we  owe  the  Government  some 
$50,000,000  on  account  of  the  Central  Pacific,  we  yield  to  a  just 
popular  demand  and  hereby  tender  the  road  in  payment  of  tbe 
debt.  Of  course  you  will  have  to  extinguish  the  first-mortgage 
debt  of  about  $50,000,000  by  taking  that  amount  from  the  Treas- 
ury. That  will  make  the  road  cost  you  about  $100,000,000,  and 
it  is  easily  worth  $20,000,000.  Should  you  prefer,  however,  to 
sell  the  road  to  the  highest  bidder  under  foreclosure  of  the  Gov- 
ernment's mortgage  and  sue  the  stockholders  for  the  deficiency, 
thus  letting  the  road  pass  into  private  hands,  the  first  mortgage 
debt  will  have  to  be  extinguished  as  a  preliminary  step.  Say  that 
you  should  sell  the  road  for  $18,000,000;  this,  deducted  from  the 
first-mortgage  debt,  would  make  the  road  cost  you  about  $32,000,- 
000,  which  is  nearly  twice  its  value.  As  it  would  be  difficult  for 
the  purchaser  to  raise  the  $18,000  000,  you  would  probably  have 
to  sell  it  on  credit  and  take  chances  on  collecting.  You  will  ob- 
serve that  in  the  event  of  a  sale  at  auction  the  road  will  pass  into 
private  hands  and  there  will  be  no  ■  Governmental  control.'  Tbe 
matters  which  I  have  pointed  out  will  have  the  desired  effect,  how- 
ever, of  pleasing  a  small  but  noble  band  of  citizens  inspired  with 
anarchistic  ideas,  and  that  is  something  not  to  be  sneezed  at." 


.9,  1894. 


-\\    FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


THE    WAY    TO    UET     GOOD    GOVERNMENT. 

TH  K  way  to  secur*  a  good  municipal  ticket  is  to  nominal*  it, 
and  toe  way  to  fled  it  is  to  voir  fur  it.  Nothing  fan  he  sim- 
pler than  those  two  self  -evident  propositions.  They  are  as  easy 
of  execution  as  they  are  of  comprehension.  There  are  enough 
and  to  spare  of  tried  men  in  San  Francisco  to  run  its  local  gov- 
ernment economically,  honestly  and  well.  There  are  enough 
Independent  voters  to  give  a  ticket  made  op  of  such  men  a  sweep- 
ing majority.  Why.  then,  is  there  so  much  dread  being  fell  and 
expressed  at  what  the  bosses  are  attempting  to  do?  The  tax- 
payers of  this  great  and  wealthy  municipality  are  in  no  manner 
bound  op  with  tbe  fortunes  of  those  shady  characters.  That 
they  are  evils  is  admitted  on  all  bands,  but  it  Is  by  no  means 
conceded  that  they  are  necessary  evils.  Our  city  would  get  along 
quite  as  well,  and,  indeed,  a  good  deal  better,  if  they  were  in 
Timbuctoo  or  even  in  San  Quentin.  If  ibey  are  capable  of  serv- 
ing any  real  use  in  our  nv.d»t  it  is  to  serve  as  shocking  examples 
of  the  moral  depravity  of  the  average  politician  of  tbe  period. 
They  should  be  shunned  by  good  citizens  as  sane  people  would 
avoid  a  plague.  Anything  they  touch  is  contagious  of  evil  and 
should  be  let  severely  alone.  Indeed,  such  avoidance  should  be 
made  a  test  of  respectability  and  good  citizenship.  No  man  or 
Bet  of  men  can  seek  nominations  from  or  in  anywise  fraternize 
with  these  trading  corroptionists  and  not  be  defiled  thereby.  Nay 
more,  no  man  can  be  wiib  ihem  and  of  them  and  not  be  a  public 
enemy  intent  upon  Looting  the  city  treasury  and  making  mer- 
chandise of  every  executive,  legislative,  and  judicial  act  that  an 
official  can  perform.  That  is  wbat  these  bosses  are  in  politics  for, 
as  everybody  by  this  time  knows,  or  ongbt  to  know.  Buckley's 
suddenly  acquired  wealth  is  the  all-sufficient  evidence  of  the 
money  there  is  in  running  local  politics.  If  we  could  but  tell  of 
certain  of  the  sources  whence  that  money  came,  good  people 
would  stand  aghast.  Enough  has  been  made  notorious  to  inform 
every  man  who  desires  to  be  informed.  If  either  of  the  tickets 
put  up  by  these  worthies  wins  at  the  coming  election,  the  same 
old  game  of  addition,  division  and  silence  will  go  on,  things  will 
be  sold  for  coin  that  ought  to  be  priceless,  and  the  honest  admin- 
istration of  municipal  affairs  will  be  something  to  be  despaired 
of.  One  of  those  tickets  will  win  if  any  considerable  number  of 
voters  make  a  sort  of  fetish  worship  of  a  party  name  and  give  it 
a  preference  over  common  honesty.  That  is  what  too  many  of 
them  have  done  in  times  past,  to  the  great  loss  of  the  city  and 
to  tbe  disheartening  of  many  who  believed  that  popular  govern- 
ment could  be  made  clean  and  decent  and  kept  so. 

Can  the  government  of  San  Franci-co  be  made  and  kept  clean 
and  decent  ?  That  is  the  problem  that  now  confronts  our  citizens. 
Only  five  weeks  remain  in  which  to  solve  it,  bat  the  time  is  am- 
ple. Prompt  and  decisive  action  will  give  us  a  good  ticket  within 
two  weeKs,  and  the  remaining  three  will  suffice  to  make  its  merits 
known  in  every  household  throughout  the  city.  Thanks  to  the 
Australian  ballot  law,  there  is  now  no  necessity  to  print  and  dis- 
tribute tickets  in  order  to  give  citizens  an  opportunity  to  vote. 
That  now  comes  to  them  without  the  aid  of  any  machine.  They 
have  but  to  walk  to  the  polls  and  make  an  intelligent  use  of  tbe 
rubber  stamp  io  order  to  segregate  and  vote  for  the  candidates  of 
their  choice.  It  is  idle  to  complain  longer  of  the  result  of  the 
primaries  or  of  the  ways  of  the  machine.  Everything  is  now  done 
for  the  independent  voter  that  he  can  reasonably  ask  or  desire. 
He  and  tnose  who  think  with  him  have  an  opportunity,  as  good 
as  the  best,  to  have  their  candidates'  names  placed  on  the  official 
ballot,  and  in  peace,  quiet,  and  secrecy  he  can  perform  his  duty 
as  becomes  a  man  and  good  citizen.  What,  then,  now  stands  ia 
the  way  of  this  municipal  government  being  made  clean  and  de- 
cent ?  Simply  nothing  save  a  lack  of  clean  and  decent  votes.  All 
this  talk  about  the  power  of  the  bosses  has  become  so  much  idle 
prattle.  What,  in  the  name  of  common  sense,  can  they  do  to 
elect  their  tickets  if  tho  majority  of  the  voters  be  not  that  way 
minded  ?  If  the  majority  want  honest  officers  to  do  honest  work 
it  is  very  certain  that,  whatever  their  party  affiliations,  they  will 
not  vote  for  boss  candidates,  and  that  ought  to  be  the  end  of  the 
whole  matter.  But  is  it  as  certain  as  it  seems,  that  the  majority 
of  those  who  will  cast  ballots  earnestly  favor  that  class  of  men  to 
do  that  kind  of  work  ?  No  doubt,  as  an  abstract  proposition,  the 
majority  do  favor  cleanliness  and  common  honesty,  but  are  they 
that  way  inclined  when  their  personal  interests  are  concerned  ? 
There  are  a  great  many  men  in  this  city  directly  or  indirectly  in- 
terested in  cheating  its  government — very  many  more,  indeed, 
than  come  into  view  at  first  sight,  and  that  is  where  the  trouble 
comes  in.  The  men  and  institutions  that  want  to  do  the  cheating 
know  that  it  is  risky  business,  and  that  is  why  they  employ  ex- 
perts, whom  we  name  bosses.  It  does  not  do  to  engage  'prentice 
hands  when  the  turnkey  lurks  behind  and  the  State  prison  yawns 
before.  Buckley's  business  was  to  run  the  risks  and  take  the 
chances— for  a  consideration.  The  reason  that  he  is  still  a  power 
is  that  he  knows  too  much  to  be  driven  to  the  wall.  How  many 
men  there  are  yet  behind  him  it  would  be  interesting  to  know. 
But  they  will  not  stand  up  and  be  counted.  The  votes  cast  for 
the  boss  tickets  in  November  will  be  some  indication  of  theirnum- 
bers.  If  the  hue  and  cry  now  being  raised  against  bosses  does 
not  prove  effective  the  people  deserve  to  be  governed  by  boss 
rule. 


A    BRILLIANT    CAREER. 

ON  the  5lfa  ol  October  the  Hon.  W.  W.    Morrow  will  have  com- 
pleted the  third  year  of  his  judicial  career.     Though   the   lime 
[rom  bis  advent  to  the  bench  has  not  been    long,  yet   the   sea    of 

litigation  has  been  storming  on  with  even  more  than  its  usual 
vigor.  Important  cases  have  compelled  judicial  determination, 
and  the  records  of  the  court  show  that  Judge  Morrow  has  deliv- 
ered written  opinions  in  about  50  cases.  They  involve  questions 
of  admiralty,  crime,  habeas  corpus,  and  international  law.  Some 
of  these  cases  have  excited  general  interest  among  tbe  public. 
Among  these  might  be  mentioned  tbe  now  famous  Bensley  case, 
where  it  was  sought  to  defraud  many  creditors  out  of  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  dollars  through  tbe  cunning  and  bold  scheming 
and  artifice  of  Mrs.  M.  L.  M.  Bensley,  a  former  resident  of  this 
city  and  wife  of  John  M.  Bensley.  The  smuggling  case  against 
McLean,  Thomas,  Wichman,  Greenwald  and  others  also  aroused  a 
great  deal  of  curiosity  because  of  the  persons  involved  and  the 
reported  extent  of  their  depredations  upon  tbe  Government  rev- 
enue on  opium.  Thomas,  Wichman,  and  Greenwa'd  were  con- 
victed and  are  now  serving  out  their  sentences.  The  Howell 
case,  where  M.  D.  Howell  is  charged  with  passing  counterfeit 
money,  and  upon  which  accusation  be  has  been  twice  tried,  la 
another  interesting  and  important  case.  Among  the  civil  cases, 
admiralty  cases  figure  largely.  One  notable  case  disposed  of  Dot 
long  ago  is  that  of  the  sinking  in  a  collision  of  tbe  City  of  Chester 
by  the  Oceanic.  Suits  for  loss  of  relatives  were  brought  and  the 
Oceanic  held  liable.  Among  the  prominent  salvage  .cases  will  be 
remembered  the  British  vessel  Elmbank,  whose  cargo  of  sulphur 
was  on  fire.  Professor  Price  extinguished  the  fire  at  a  small  loss  to 
the  vessel  and  cargo,  and  was  awarded  $10,000,  as  salvage.  Last, 
but  not  least,  is  the  Ezeta  case,  which  excited  such  general  in- 
terest. Aside  from  the  curious  phases  of  the  plight  in  which  the 
refugees  found  themselves  and  the  thrilling  story  they  told  of  their 
escape  from  almost  the  jaws  of  death  of  the  enemy,  thecases  in- 
volved novel,  and  to  the  student  of  international  law,  peculiarly 
interesting  questions.  It  promises  to  furnish  a  precedent  for  like 
cases.  But  chief  of  all  tbe  Judge's  decisions,  entitled  to  the  first 
place  par  excellence,  was  the  graceful  and  dignified  tribute  paid 
by  Judge  Morrow  upon  his  accession  to  the  bench,  to  the  mem- 
ory of  the  late  Judge  Hoffman,  who  presided  over  the  Court 
which  Judge  Morrow  now  occupies  with  so  much  ability  and 
dignity.  We  hope  that  the  learned  Judge  will  grace  the  judicial 
position  for  a  long  time  to  come. 


POLITICS    AND    NOMINATIONS. 


THE  two  principal  offices  in  which  no  question  of  political  par- 
tisanship should  figure  are  those  of  School  Director  and  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  ;  and  yet  it  is  often  for  just 
such  offices  as  these  that  incompetent  and  unscrupulous  political 
hangers  on,  depending  on  party  prejudice  to  carry  them  through, 
make  a  successful  fight  and  put  the  community  to  shame.  The 
Australian  ballot  law  is  intended  to  overcome  that  evil,  and  it 
does  to  a  great  extent,  giving  worthy  candidates  an  opportunity 
which  before  its  adoption  they  were  unable  to  enjoy.  These 
observations  are  made  with  special  reference  to  the  nomination 
by  the  Republicans  of  A.  Chesebrough  for  the  State  Board  of 
Equalization  from  this  (the  First)  district.  The  recent  action  of 
the  Board  in  raising  the  assessment  of  San  Francisco  and  thus 
making  its  proportion  of  State  taxes  unjustly  heavy  brings  into 
prominent  view  the  wisdom  of  selecting  a  man  whose  intelli- 
gence, uprightness,  and  influence  will  be  a  weight  in  the  councils 
of  the  Board.  Mr.  Chesebrough  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Williams,  Dimond  &  Co.,  and  possesses  rare  qualifications  for  the 
office  to  which  he  aspires.  It  is  noteworthy  that  he  did  not  seek 
the  nomination  aod  that  it  was  only  the  day  before  the  conven- 
tion that  his  friends,  representing  the  best  interests  of  the  city, 
urged  it  upon  him.  It  is  not  rash  to  predict  that  he  will  be 
elected.     The  people  of  the  city  owe  that  much  to  themselves. 


DR.  DECK,  of  Colorado,  who,  in  the  pursuit  of  his  profession, 
poisoned  bis  wife  and  married  another  woman  a  month  after, 
has  been  found  guilty  of  "involuntary  manslaughter"  and  sen- 
tenced to  one  year's  imprisonment  in  jail.  To  the  common  lay- 
man, who  has  not  the  advantage  of  having  been  initiated  into 
tbe  Eleusinian  mysteries  of  the  law,  it  should  seem  that  a  man 
who  has  "involuntarily"  killed  another  cannot  be  guilty  of  man- 
slaughter, and  that  a  manslaughterer,  to  be  such,  must  have  done 
his  killing  voluntarily.  Not  so,  ignorant  and  erring  brethren, 
not  so.  For  if  you  happen  to  carry  a  law  dictionary  in  your  vest 
pocket,  you  will  learn  that  one  kind  of  manslaughter  is  the  un- 
lawful killing  of  another  without  malice,  "involuntarily,  but  in 
the  commission  of  some  unlawful  act."  So  that  Dr.  Deck,  invol- 
untarily, without  malice,  while  in  tbe  commission  of  an  unlaw- 
ful act,  unlawfully  poisoned  his  wife.  The  worthy  doctor's  con- 
duct, as  interpreted  by  tbe  law,  was  so  guileless,  so  reasonable, 
and  so  far  beyond  reproach  that  tbe  Judge  who  sentenced  him 
should  be  impeached  for  having  Inflicted  an  unusual  punish- 
ment. 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  L9, 1894. 


FREE  SILVER  COINAGE. 


What  it  Means  to  California. 


IT  has  long  been  a  maxim  among  the  leaders  of  the  Republican 
Darty  that  if  the  Democrats  were  allowed  to  follow  their  nat- 
ural instincts  for  blundering  they  could  always  be  eafely  relied 
upon  "  to  do  the  wrong  thing  at  the  right  lime  "  for  their  own 
political  undoing.  Bat  now  it  seems  the  latter  have  a  golden  op- 
portunity of  commending  this  poisoned  chalice  to  the  lips  of  their 
traditional  enemies.  It  has  been  said,  "  Whom  the  Gods  would 
destroy  they  first  make  mad,"  and  in  vindication  of  this  truth  it 
seems  that  the  Republican  party  of  California,  in  a  paroxysm  of 
political  delirium,  has  now  placed  itself  squarely  upon  record  as 
favoring  <<  free  and  unlimited  coinage  of  silver  at  the  ratio  of  1G 
to  1,"  and  the  payment  of  all  public  and  private  debts  in  a  coin 
worth  fifty  cents  on  the  dollar,  which  is  simply  a  legalized  process  of 
confiscating  private  property  and  defrauding  wage-workers  of 
their  honest  earnings. 

An  eminent  writer  npon  political  economy,  in  speaking  of  the 
principles  of  morality  involved  in  a  similar  proposition,  has 
caustically  observed: 

That  men  who  are  not  knaves  in  their  private  dealings  should  un- 
derstand what  the  word  depreciation  means  and  yet  support  it,  speaks 
but  ill  of  the  existing  state  of  morals  on  the  subject.  In  this  scheme 
there  is  no  knavery,  no  folly,  save  that  of  expecting  that  a  great  act 
of  national  knavery  sbouldbe  a  national  blessing.  To  deliberate  upon 
such  a  question  is  as  if  a  private  person  were  to  deliberate  "  whether 
he  should  pick  a  pocket." 

In  view  of  the  prevailing  ignorance  of  the  masses  concerning 
the  technical  nature  of  money  and  its  functions,  and  the  princi- 
ples of  economic  law  that  govt  rn  its  circulation,  it  is  not,  perhaps, 
surprising  that  such  economic  vagaries  should  find  some  foothold 
in  Western  and  Southern  States,  where  gold  is  almost  wholly  un- 
known as  a  circulating  medium  and  the  business  of  the  country  is 
carried  on  entirely  in  paper  currencies  and  subsidiary  coins.  But 
on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and,  above  all,  in  California,  which  has  pro- 
duced, in  amount,  one-third  of  all  the  gold  now  in  circulation  in 
the  world  as  money,  whose  business  and  credit  are  founded  upon 
that  metal,  and  whose  material  wealth  has  been  accumulated  from 
the  industrial  activities  which  its  production  has  created  and 
stimulated, — that  such  a  policy  should  be  for  one  moment  enter- 
tained "  paaseth  all  understanding." 

To  those  who  are  familiar  with  the  practical  results  of  modern 
experiments  in  bimetalism  and  who  remember  the  exciting  scenes 
in  the  early  sixties,  when  the  advocates  of  rag-money  inflation 
sought  to  force  us  to  abandon  the  solid  basis  of  our  credit,  by  all 
the  blandishments  and  insidious  appeals  to  the  instincts  of  cupid- 
ity that  fanatical  aggressiveness  could  suggest,  and,  failing  in 
that,  by  all  the  threatened  terrors  of  incivism;  and  how,  when 
the  day  of  reckoning  came,  our  credit  stood  unshaken  like  a  rock 
of  adamant  amid  the  surging  elements  of  financial  revulsion  that 
swept  over  the  Eastern  States,  leaving  nothing  but  desolation  and 
ruin  in  its  path,  only  to  be  followed  by  a  period  of  long  and  unex- 
ampled industrial  depression,  the  proposition  to  revive  those  scenes 
by  the  introduction  here  of  the  antagonizing  elements  of  conflict- 
ing standards  of  value  and  a  speculative  currency  overwhelms  all 
thinking  and  conservative  men  with  utter  amazement. 

The  country  has  been  passing,  for  nearly  twenty  years,  through 
what  has  been  termed  a  "  campaign  of  education  "  upon  this  silver 
problem,  but,  so  far  as  the  »  educational  "  outcome  is  concerned, 
the  result  seems  only  to  justify  the  memorable  dictum  of  Helve- 
tins,  that  all  of  our  boasted  knowledge  derived  from  study  and 
research  is  only  so  much  "acquired  ignorance."  For  we  are,  ap- 
parently, as  far  from  any  practical  solution  of  the  question  as 
ever.  It  is  not  my  present  purpose  to  enter  upon  any  discussion 
of  this  question  as  a  problem  of  economic  science,  but  simply 
to  ask:  "Bo  the  advocates  of  the  policy  proposed  understand 
what  the  "  free  and  unlimited  coinage  of  silver  "  means  to  Cali- 
fornia t 

Under  existing  conditions  it  can  mean  but  one  thing  and  can  lead 
to  but  one  result,  to  wit:  silver  mono-metalism  pure  and  simple, 
and  all  the  dire  disasters  to  this  Coast  and  its  material  interests  that 
auch  a  policy  implies.  It  means  that  the  moment  such  a  measure 
becomes  a  law,  gold  will  advance  to  a  premium  eqxtivalent  to  the  dis- 
count on  silver,  and  for  a  very  simple  reason,  which  every  one 
should  be  able  to  understand  who  is  not  afflicted  with  congenital 
idiocy  or  suffering  from  political  dementia.  At  65  cents  per  fine 
ounce  of  silver,  our  dollar  is  worth  50£  cents.  And  as  under  "  free 
coinage"  any  one  who  can  buy  371 J  grains  of  tine  silver  for  that 
sum  in  gold  can  take  it  to  the  Mint  and  have  it  coined  into  a  silver 
dollar  free  of  cost,  he  will  not  be  likely  to  accept  such  a  coin  from 
another  in  payment  for  one  hundred  cents  in  gold,  which  will 
then  be  worth  two  dollars  in  silver. 

What  then  follows  ?  By  the  semi-annual  report  of  the  Bank 
Commissioners  of  July  1,  1894,  it  appears  that  the  people  of  the 
State  owe  the  banks  $207,000,000,  to  say  nothing  of  private  loans, 


and  that  the  banks  owe  depositors  $197  000,000,  of  which  $125,- 
000,000  is  owing  by  savings  banks  and  $72,000,000  by  commercial 
banks;  while  they  have  jointly  but  $25,500,000,  money  on  hand 
with  which  to  pay  these  sums,  or  less  than  thirteen  cents  on  the 
dollar.  The  inevitable  result,  therefore,  will  be  that  the  moment 
it  becomes  apparent  that  "  free  coinage  "  will  become  alaw,  every 
loan  in  the  State,  not  made  payable  in  gold,  will  be  called  in  or  be  re- 
newed under  a  specific  contract  for  payment  in  that  metal  which  will 
have  to  be  pttrchased  at  a  highpiemium  when  the  loan  matures.  In  the 
meantime,  every  one  who  has  a  dollar  to  his  credit  in  bank  will 
withdraw  it  and  put  it  in  a  safe  deposit  vault  to  await  develop- 
ments; and  the  scenes  we  witnessed  but  little  over  a  year  ago 
will  be  re-enacted  upon  a  scale  that  will  paralyze  the  business  of 
the  entire  State,  and  it  will  be  impossible  under  such  conditions 
for  the  banks  to  realize  upon  their  assets,  ample  as  they  are. 

There  is  nothing  alarming  in  all  this  so  long  as  the  ordinary 
laws  of  the  banking  business  are  not  interfered  with  by  some 
such  insane  measure  as  this.  Every  intelligent  person  knows 
that  all  the  money  of  the  world  would  not  pay  ten  cents  on  the 
dollar  of  its  indebtedness  if  a  final  settlement  were  required.  And 
it  is  to  the  unlimited  representative  power  of  money  and  the 
elasticity  of  the  business  methods  of  handling  it  attained  by  com- 
mercial art,  that  we  must  look  for  the  security  of  the  dealings 
among  men.  No  banking  system  of  the  world  is  on  a  sounder 
basis  than  that  of  California,  and  the  only  danger  is  the  utter 
apathy  and  indifference  of  the  community  itself  to  the  heresies 
being  promulgated  in  our  midst,  the  dangers  of  which  they  do 
not  teem  to  comprehend  or  realize.  Within  a  year  past  we  have 
seen  in  this  city  masses  of  uninformed,  unthinking,  and  deluded 
men  holding  monster  meetings  and  demanding  free  and  unlimited 
coinage  of  silver  for  California,  and  yet  not  one  public  journal,  not 
one  banker,  mercuant,  or  representative  commercial  body  has 
raised  a  warning  voice  or  made  a  protest  against  such  proceedings, 
which,  if  successful,  would  involve  them,  in  common  with  the 
whole  State,  in  bewildering  embarrassment,  if  not  irretrievable 
ruin. 

The  savings  banks  might  gain  a  little  breathing  time  by  requir- 
ing time  notices.  But  it  would  be  but  temporary,  as  gold  would 
rapidly  disappear  under  tbe  high  premium  it  would  command  and 
the  floods  of  silver  tbat  would  pour  in  upon  us  from  Mexico  and 
adjacent  States.  And  before  they  could  foreclose  their  mort- 
gages— which  they  would  have  to  bid  in — the  business  of  the 
State  ivould  be  upon  a  si'ver  basis,  and  they  could  pay  their  deposit- 
ors only  in  tbat  depreciated  metal,  which  woidd  have  lost  fully  one- 
half  of  its  purchasing  power. 

The  effect  of  such  a  measure  upon  the  Pacific  States  would  be 
wholly  different  from  that  produced  in  the  Eastern  States,  where, 
as  already  observed,  the  business  of  tbe  country  is  carried  on  in 
paper  currencies.  As  tbe  gold  held  outside  of  tbe  National 
Treasury  is  owned  principally  by  the  banks,  the  change  would 
not  necessarily  create  any  immediate  disturbance  between  those 
institutions  and  their  patrons.  There  would  be,  of  course,  a  great 
rush  to  draw  every  dollar  of  the  gold  reserve  from  the  National 
Treasury  by  the  surrender  of  legal  tender  and  Treasury  notes, 
which  together  amount  to  some  $500  000,000.  It  would,  there- 
fore, be  soon  exhausted,  and  these  currencies,  as  well  as  National 
bank  notes,  could  be  redeemed  only  in  silver.  The  trouble  would 
be  further  aggravated  by  tbe  great  demand  for  gold  for  the  pay- 
ment of  investments  in  our  securities  held  abroad,  which  would 
all  be  sent  back  to  us  and  sold. 

According  to  official  estimates  there  is  something  approximating 
$600,000,000  of  gold  in  the  country.  There  would,  therefore,  be  a 
sharp  contraction  of  the  money  mass  by  its  sudden  withdrawal 
from  circulation,  to  be  followed  by  a  much  more  serious  one, 
which  would  result  from  the  depreciation  of  paper  issues  which 
could  be  redeemed  only  in  silver,  and  would  naturally  decline  in 
value  to  a  parity  with  that  metal. 

In  addition  to  other  numberless  complications  to  which  "  free 
coinage  "  would  lead,  one  of  the  first  results  would  be  a  further 
depression  of  prices  until  the  vacuum  thus  created  should  be  filled 
by  silver,  which  will  necessarily  require  more  or  less  time.  But, 
as  before  observed,  the  effect  of  such  a  change  upon  the  ordinary 
routine  of  business  should  not  produce  any  immediate  disturb- 
ance, as  it  would  be  simply  changing  from  one  form  of  fiat  money, 
already  consisting  largely  of  silver,  to  another.  There  would  be, 
therefore,  no  immediate  loss  of  intrinsic  value,  but  a  gradual 
shrinkage  in  purchasing  power  due  to  the  convertibility  of  these 
currencies  into  metallic  money  of  inferior  value. 

But,  as  heretofore  stated,  the  result  upon  this  coast  would  be 
essentially  different.  The  change  here  would  be  both  sudden  and 
radical,  and  would  also  involve  a  revolution  in  business  methods. 
We  should  at  once  pass  from  a  basis  of  intrinsic  values  and  sta- 
bility to  one  of  fluctuating  values  depending  upon  the  fluctuating 
premium  on  gold,  payable  under  specific  contracts.  Tbe  change, 
therefore,  would  be  bound  to  partake  more  or  less  of  the  nature 
of  a  panic,  and  for  the  reasons  stated,  would  precipitate  a  run 
upon  the  banks  under  conditions  which  would  make  it  impossible 
to  realize  upon  their  assets.  Every  merchant  would  want  to  pay 
his  Eastern  debts  by  a  direct  shipment  of  gold  in  order  to  get  the 
benefit  of  the  premium,  instead  of   buying   a  banker's   bill,   and 


20,  1894  . 


S.VX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


gold  would  rapidly  disappear.  Top  retail  would  be.  therefore.  •• 
11  wm  a  year  ago,  thai  the  farmers  would  nod  It  very  difficult,  it 
not  impossible,  to  obtain  money  from  the  banks  with  which  to 
move  their  crops,  and  universal  Migration  and  enormous  losses 
would  inevitably  ensue. 

According  to  the  report  of  the  Pireclor  of  the  mint,  California 
produced  last  year  over  $12,500,000  or  gold,  and  less  than  $367,000 
of  silver  .commercial  value),  or  34  to  1.  We  again  ask,  therefore, 
what  are  the  compensating  advantages  to  California  that  justify  a 
change  so  radical  in  all  its  business  methods,  and  so  pregnant 
with  evil  to  all  of  her  industrial  and  financial  interests? 

With  an  utter  disregard  of  the  fact  that  the  banks  of  the  coun- 
try bave  been  overflowing  with  unloanable  funds,  and  that  it  has 
nearly  double  the  amount  of  money  per  capita  that  it  ever  pos- 
sessed during  the  periods  of  its  greatest  prosperity  and  industrial 
activity;  as  well  as  of  the  further  fact  that  the  countries  having 
the  most  inflated  currencies  are  suffering  even  more  severely  from 
depressed  prices  and  stagnation  of  business,  and  in  contravention 
of  every  principle  of  economic  taw,  and  of  all  the  analogies  of  in- 
dustrial and  financial  phenomena  derived  from  past  experience 
and  observation,  we  are  told,  with  a  hardihood  that  disarms  ser- 
ious criticism,  that  the  cause  of  all  existing  economic  maladies  is 
a  contraction  of  the  currency  resulting  from  the  demonetization 
of  silver,  and  a  consequent  insufficiency  of  money.  We  are  told 
that  *■  the  free  and  unlimited  coinage  of  silver"  will  not  only  be 
a  remedy  for  this  evil,  but  will  restore  tbe  value  of  that  metal 
to  its  former  parity  with  gold,  will  stimulate  industry  by  causing 
a  rise  in  prices,  increase  wages,  and  inaugurate  a  period  of  gen- 
eral prosperity. 

The-  tnost  superficial  investigation  will  show  that  each  and  all 
of  these  allegations  are  wholly  unfounded  in  fact  and  devoid  of 
every  principle  of  economic  law.  A  nation  may  increase  its 
stock  of  "overvalued  "  or  fiat  money  to  any  extent  it  desires,  as 
it  is  not  a  factor  in  international  commerce,  which  alone  controls, 
through  the  rates  of  exchange,  tbe  value  of  the  precious  metals 
as  commodities,  and  determines  the  true  parity  of  value  between 
them.  But  nothing  is  better  understood  than  that,  with  moneys 
of  account,  tbe  quantity  of  money  which  any  nation  will  possess 
will  depend  entirely  upon  tbe  balances  of  its  trade  with  other 
countries  or  communities. 

Metallic  money  as  a  standard  measure  of  value  and  medium  of 
exchange  is  an  intrinsic  equivalent,  and  for  every  exchange 
effected,  displaces  or  transfers  an  equivalent  in  some  other  form. 
Tbe  amount  of  money,  therefore,  which  will  be  retained  in  circu- 
lation, as  in  the  case  of  an  individual,  will  simply  be  the  difference 
between  tbe  income  and  the  outgo.  If  gold  is  tbe  money  of  ac- 
count, that  difference  will  be  in  gold ;  if  silver,  it  will  be  in  silver; 
if  it  consists  of  both  metal*,  it  will  be  in  the  mixed  currencies; 
but  in  no  case  will  it  be  one  dollar  more  or  less.  This  fundamental 
principle  of  monetary  dynamics  has  often  been  enunciated.  It 
was  distinctly  asserted  in  the  famous  Bullion  Report  to  the  Brit- 
ish Parliament  in  1810,  but  perhaps  has  never  been  more  tersely 
or  forcibly  formulated  than  in  tbe  admirable  report  made  to  Con- 
gress in  1332  upon  the  state  of  the  finances: 

11  Every  nation  will  possess  its  equitable  and  useful  portion  of  the 
gold  and  silver  used  as  money  if  they  do  not  repulse  it  from  domestic 
circulation  by  substituting  a  different  medium  of  exchange." 

"  That  one  metal  may  be  selected  with  a  certain  assurance  of  find- 
ing in  the  metal  chosen  such  proportion  of  the  entire  amount  of  money 
of  commerce  as  their  exchangeable  commodities  bear  to  the  total  amount 
of  merchandise  produced." 

"  If  both  metals  are  preferred,  a  like  relative  proportion  of  the  aggre- 
gate amount  of  metallic  currency  will  be  possessed,  subject  to  frequent 
changes  from  gold  to  silver,  ana  vice  versa,  according  to  the  variations 
in  the  relative  value  of  these  metals." 

It  is  therefore  simply  a  delusion  and  a  snare  to  assert  that  the 
effect  of  »  free  and  unlimited  coinage  of  silver  "  will  be  to  "  in- 
crease "  the  volume  of  money  or  matte  it  "more  abundant" 
among  the  masses.  What  the  people  want  is  a  market  for  their 
products.  If  they  have  this  they  will  always  be  able  to  procure 
the  equivalents  of  those  products  in  money.  If  they  have  it  not, 
though  the  country  be  overflowing  with  money,  they  cannot  ob- 
tain it.  Let  the  Government  issue  a  thousand  millions  to-morrow, 
and  not  one  dollar  will  find  its  way  into  the  hands  of  the  people 
unless  they  have  an  equivalent  of  some  kind  to  exchange  for  it.  For 
reasons  stated,  the  first  effect  of  "free  coinage"  at  tbe  existing 
"overvaluation  "  of  silver,  would  be  to  cause  gold  to  advance  to 
a  premium  equal  to  the  discount  on  the  inferior  metal,  and  for 
every  dollar  put  in  circulation  a  dollar  of  gold  would  disappear 
until  it  was  entirely  driven  from  circulation.  Next  would  follow 
the  fall  in  value  of  the  various  forms  of  paper  money  to  a  parity 
with  silver.  At  present  rates  that  would  equal  a  depreciation 
upon  the  existing  volume  of  money,  say  $2  320  000  000,  of  over 
$1,160,000,000,  which  all  the  mints  in  the  United  States  could  not  re- 
place in  twenty  years. 

Equally  unfounded  are  all  the  other  allegations.  Free  coinage 
would  not  produce  the  slightest  effect  upon  the  value  of  silver  as 
a  commodity,  as  it  does  not  bring  the  metal  within  the  operation 
of  the  law  of  "  supply  and  demand,"  by  which  alone  is  its  value 
as  a  commodity  controlled.  It  simply  serves  the  purpose  of  authen- 


ticating the  trright  and  tincnrtr  o/  (Al  mt'n.  Mere  coinage,  therefore, 
does  not  »  consume  "  the  metal  In  tbe  economic  Bense  in 
which  it  la  applied  to  perishable  commodities,  and  which  im- 
plies the  necessity  of  new  supplies.  On  the  contrary,  being  in- 
destructible by  nature,  it  operates  at  a  hoarding  of  the  metal.  Fol- 
lowing this  depreciation  or  loss  In  the  purchasing  power  of 
monty  would  come  the  promised  rise  in  prices,  but,  following  all 
precedent,  they  would  rise  much  more  rapidly  and  much  higher 
than  uages,  and  the  effect  upon  the  laboring  classes,  for  whose 
special  benefit  It  is  intended,  would  be  far  more  disastrous  than 
upon  any  other  class  of  tbe  community. 

A  very  slight  investigation  will  make  this  apparent.  Accord- 
ing to  the  census  report  of  1880,  the  industrial  population  of  the 
United  States  aggregated  17.3!)J,000,  or  a  little  over  34  per  cent. 
Of  this  total  44  per  cent,  were  engaged  in  agriculture,  24  per  cent. 
in  professional  and  personal  service,  16  per  cent,  in  manufactures, 
10  per  cent,  in  trade  and  transportation,  and  6  percent,  in  mining 
and  mechanical  occupations.  The  only  returns  so  far  made  in 
detail  of  occupations  by  the  census  of  1890  is  of  the  manufactur- 
ing population,  which  is  stated  at  5,471,159,  including  "piece- 
work" for  the  United  States,  and  97.288  for  California.  They 
received,  respectively,  in  wages,  $2,583,431  844,  or  $472per  capita, 
and  $57  406,054,  or  $590  per  capita.  Assuming  tbe  average  of 
wages  in  all  other  occupations  to  be  equal  that  of  factory  opera- 
tives— at  the  ratio  of  industrial  population  to  total  population  in 
1880  (34  per  cent.) — we  should  have  as  the  t-^tal  wages  of  all  oc- 
cupations in  1890  over  $10,000,000,000  for  the  United  States  and 
$300,000,000  for  California,  which  we  will  reduce  one-third  and 
say  $200,000,000. 

Now,  comparing  wholesale  prices  of  forty  staple  articles — repre- 
senting fully  80  per  cent,  of  all  products— for  the  year  1861,  before 
gold  had  risen  to  a  premium,  with  the  currency  prices  of  1864, 
1867,  and  1870,  and  comparing  also  the  wages  of  factory  opera- 
tives in  1860  with  those  of  1870  as  shown  by  the  census,  it  will 
be  found  that  in  1864  currency  prices  bad  risen  143  per  cent.,  or 
40  per  cent,  higher  than  the  rise  in  gold;  in  1867,  111  per  ceDt., 
or  73  per  cent,  higher;  and  in  1870,  81  per  cent.,  or  66  per  cent, 
higher;  or,  in  other  words,  gold  fell  more  rapidly  than  currency 
prices  subsequent  to  1864.  Now,  the  wages  of  our  2,000,000 
operatives  in  1870  were  only  33  per  cent,  higher  in  currency  and 
15  per  cent,  in  gold  than  they  were  in  1860.  Prices,  therefore, 
bad  risen  48  per  cent,  in  currency  and  42  per  cent,  in  gold,  higher 
than  wages. 

But  as  previously  stated,  these  were  wholesale  prices,  and  it  is 
well  known  that  retail  prices,  which  "consumers"  had  to  pay, 
and  which  covered  the  retailers'  expenses  and  profits,  rose  rela- 
tively to  gold  much  higher  than  wholesale  prices.  It  may  there- 
fore be  safely  assumed  that  retail  prices  rose  from  80  to  100  per 
cent,  higher  than  wages  as  the  result  of  a  depreciation  of  the  cur- 
rency. This  phenomenon  is  in  entire  accordance  with  all  eco- 
nomic doctrine  and  the  practical  analogies  of  all  past  experience, 
and  has  been  repeatedly  pointed  out  by  writers  upon  industrial 
questions  as  an  inexorable  economic  law.  It  enables  us,  there- 
fore, to  forecast  with  approximate  accuracy  what  will  be  the 
effect  of  "free  silver  coinage"  upon  the  wage  workers  of  the 
country  should  it  become  a  law  under  existing  economic  con- 
ditions. 

According  to  the  report  of  the  Director  of  the  Mint  tbe  silver 
produce  of  the  country  showed  a  marked  decline  in  1893,  being 
less  than  $47,000,000,  commercial  value,  for  the  United  States,  and 
less  than  $367,000  for  California;  and  it  is  expected  to  be  much 
less  for  the  current  year.  If,  then,  the  contraction  of  the  cur- 
rency, or  loss  of  purchasing  power,  should  be  equal  to  the  dis- 
count on  silver,  which  is  the  logical  corrollary  of  its  substitution 
for  gold,  the  country  would  sustain  a  loss  of  over  $1,160  000,000 
in  the  purchasing  power  of  its  currency.  This  would  equal  its 
entire  produce  of  silver  for  nearly  thirty  years  at  $40,000  000  per 
annum,  which  it  is  not  at  all  like  to  average.  But  this  would  be 
of  minor  importance  as  compared  with  the  loss  upon  tbe  earnings 
of  wage-workers.  We  have  already  seen  that  these  amount  an- 
nually to  over  $10,000,000,000  for  the  United  States  and  $200,000,- 
000  for  California.  The  loss  of  purchasing  power,  in  excess  of  the 
increase  ofwag:s,  according  to  the  experience  of  greenback  days, 
would  be  in  a  single  year  over  $6,500,000,000  for  the  former  and 
$130,000,000  for  tbe  latter,  equivalent  to  the  entire  produce  of 
silver  for  162  years  in  tbe  first  case  and  354  years  in  the  latter, 
and  would  jointly  Dearly  equal  the  entire  s'ock  of  metallic  money 
in  the  world,  both  gold  and  silver. 

And  yet  we  are  told  this  is  the  "poor  man's  money"  and  what 
the  laboring  classes  need.  And  forthwith  Mr.  Sovereign,  Mr. 
Gompere,  Chief  Arthur,  and  other  labor  leaders  jiin  in  a  petition 
to  Congress  to  give  tbe  country  "free  and  unlimited  coinage  of 
silver  at  the  ratio  of  16  to  1,"  for  the  benefit  of  the  laboring  man. 
And  now  comes  the  Republican  party  of  California  and  endorses 
the  proposition,  while  Democratic  representatives  advocate  it  in 
Congress  and  the  party  repudiates  it  at  borne  and  then  renominate 
its  advocates.  Comment  seems  unnecessary.  They  will  some 
day  find  out,  perhaps,  that  those  who  sow  the  wind  are  bound 
to  reap  the  whirlwind.  Louis  A.  Oasnett, 

San  Francisco,  September  8,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept,  29,  1894. 


We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 


THE  "contemporaneous  Interest"  which  was  announced  as  a 
feature  of  In  Old  Kentucky ,  now  running  at  the  California,  is  of 
no  more  direct  or  palpitating  a  character  than  that  which  attaches 
to  all  melodrama;  and  as  the  melodrama  is  to  comedy-drama 
what  the  grand  opera  is  to  tragedy,  the  dear  old  traditions  are 
preserved,  with  all  the  tears,  heart-breakiugs,  thrilling  situations, 
hair-breadth  escapes,  and  happy  ending  appertaining  thereto. 
But  there  is  a  value  in  these  departures  from  the  probable;  and 
in  these  days  of  rigid  and  finely  drawn  realism  in  all  branches  of 
art,  whether  the  drama,  fiction,  or  painting,  it  is  pleasant  to  know 
that  the  hearts  of  the  people  still  cling  to  those  exaggerations  of 
sentiment  and  sitnation  which  constitute  the  soul  of  romantic 
art.  Of  course  the  judicious  must  grieve  to  see  an  elderly  Ken- 
tucky Colonel  who  is  a  queer  mixture  of  gentleman,  clown,  and 
blackleg,  and  cannot  approve  the  taste  of  an  innocent  rustic 
maiden  who  makes  a  vulgar  show  of  her  modesty  when,  at  a 
tremendous  sacrifice  and  under  great  excitement  and  devotion, 
she  changes  her  skirts  for  the  buckskin  tights  of  a  jockey.  One 
does  not  expect  fine  shadings  in  such  a  play,  although  it  is  diffi- 
cult to  understand  why  they  should  not  appear;  the  touch  of 
coarseness  is  inevitable,  and  there  we  must  rest.  The  plot  is 
rational  and  coherent,  and  although  it  contains  no  developments 
which  the  audience  cannot  foresee,  it  is  none  the  less  interesting 
for  that.  The  various  attempts  to  portray  realistic  scenes,  as,  for 
instance,  the  rescue  of  the  mare  from  the  burning  stable  and  the 
victorious  finish  of  the  race,  are  made  to  "go"  effectively  with 
the  aid  of  extraneous  noise  and  bustle,  though  not  bearing  analy- 
sis in  themselves. 

*  *  # 

The  strong  man  of  the  cast  is  Walter  Edwards,  who  as  Joe 
Lorey,  the  moonshiner,  emerges  with  striking  effect  from  a  con- 
dition of  murderous  vindictiveness  to  that  of  a  magnanimous, 
self-sacrificing  lover.  Besides,  he  has  a  manner  and  a  voice,  and 
knows  the  use  of  arms  and  legs  on  the  stage.  If  he  has  am- 
bition and  application  he  will  be  heard  from  in  higher  work  one 
of  these  days.  Even  as  it  is,  he  could  star  Joe  Lorey  if  he  would. 
Frank  Layson,  a  Kentucky  gentleman's  son,  taken  by  Fred  Ross, 
is  put  down  as  the  leadiDg  role,  which  is  impossible,  as  the  part 
is  almost  entirely  subsidiary  and  is  not  made  the  most  of  in  the 
acting.  In  clowning  the  role  of  Colonel  8andusky  Doolittle,  Burt 
G.  Clark  is  evidently  conscientious  in  doing  the  work  which  the 
author  has  given  him,  and  with  a  fine  presence,  a  good  voice,  and 
an  easy  bearing  be  accomplishes  as  much  to  redeem  the  part  as 
could  be  expected  from  a  good  actor.  Miss  Louise  Closser,  as 
Madge  Brierly,  the  wild  mountain  maiden,  is  a  familiar  type,  but 
she  is  so  hearty,  so  pleasant  a  mixture  of  ingenue  and  soubrette, 
and  always  so  feminine  even  as  a  tomboy,  that  she  easily  shares 
the  honors  with  Mr.  Edwards.  The  others  of  the  cast  played  up 
to  the  requirements  of  the  composition,  and  the  scenes  introduc- 
ing plantation  scenes,  songs,  and  dancing  were  admirably  staged 
and  were  among  the  most  popular  features  of  the  production. 

*  *  * 

The  popular  Irian-American  comedian,  Mr.  Daniel  Sully,  will 
be  the  next  attraction  to  follow  In  Old  Kentucky  at  the  California 
Theatre.  In  the  repertoire  of  plays  to  be  presented  here  is  The 
Millionaire,  which  is  said  to  be  replete  with  realism  and  to  be  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  most  powerful  of  melodramas,  and  in  it  Mr. 
Bully  impersonates  the  character  of  James  O'Brien,  a  railroad 
contractor,  with  the  rare  skill  that  always  marks  that  genial  and 
popular  actor's  work.  In  addition  to  the  play  a  series  of  new 
and  beautiful  living  pictures  will  be  shown.  The  sale  of  seats 
commences  on  Thursday  morning  next. 
■*■  *  * 

The  Orpheum  has  been  doing  a  deservedly  tremendous  business 
all  the  week,  the  house  being  nightly*  crowded.  The  new  at- 
tractions have  caught  the  public  fancy,  Beverus  Schaffer,  Armand 
and  Granville,  and  the  specialty  troop  being  great  favorites. 
Schaffer's  juggling  is  really  remarkable,  some  of  his  feats  being 
extremely  difficult  and  yet  performed  with  perfect  ease  and  grace. 
The  Burke  brothers,  rollicking  blades,  make  endless  fun  in  all 
sorts  of  grotesque  and  bizarre  ways.  So  great  has  been  the  suc- 
cess of  the  new  stars  that  they  will  be  retained  next  week. 

Again  all  the  week  has  the  Tivoli  been  crowded  to  the  doors. 
That  absurd  and  boundlessly  entertaining  crazy-quilt,  Don  Juan 
{ad  lib.),  has  proved  one  of  the  greatest  hits  that  the  wise  man- 
agement of  this  popular  resort  ever  made.  It  is  so  sparkling,  so 
light  and  airy,  so  filled  with  pleasing  melodies,  so  brisk  and  cap- 
tivating, that  it  is  entirely  sue  generis.  A  long  and  profitable  run 
is  inevitable. 

*  »  * 

Fritz  ScheePs  symphony  concerts  were  inaugurated  with  great 
success  on  Friday  evening,  September  21st,  at  the  new  Auditor- 
ium, before  a  large  and  critical  audience.  Should  the  generous 
patronage  of   the  opening  night  be  extended  throughout  the  in- 


tended series,  the  success  of  the  concerts  is  assured.  Mr.  ScheePs 
name  and  those  of  many  of  the  musicians  he  has  surrounded  him- 
self with  were  guarantee  enough  for  the  artistic  excellence  of  the 
performances;  the  only  thing  remaining  was  the  hearty  co- 
operation of  the  music-loving  public.  It  now  looks  as  though 
San  Francisco  is  to  have  an  organization  that  will  be  a  source  of 
delight  and  instruction  to  the  devotees  of  music  and  reflect  credit 
on  the  art  enterprise  of  our  city.  Mr.  Scheel  is  possessed  of  a 
magnetic,  impelling  personality.  His  men,  responsively  plastic 
under  the  spell  of  his  baton,  are  as  though  hypnotized,  while  he 
handles  them  like  the  keys  of  a  giant  organ.  The  scarcity  of  re- 
hearsals, enforced  by  the  short  time  for  preparation,  was  in  no 
way  evidenced  by  the  renditions.  The  Leonore  overture,  No  3, 
by  Beethoven,  was  capitally  done.  It  was  the  opening  number,  . 
preceding  the  event  of  the  evening,  Mendelssohn's  Scotch  sym- 
phony. This  was  performed  with  conscientiousness  and  delicate 
finish.  The  adagio,  which,  like  so  many  of  the  composer's  word- 
less songs,  seems  to  tell  a  plaintiff  story,  was  executed  with  poetic 
sympathy.  In  the  Tannhauser  overture  the  strings  were  scarcely 
adequate  to  the  brass.  The  violins  worked  hard,  but  were  too 
heavily  overbalanced  by  the  trombones.  Godard's  waltz,  which 
was  played  as  a  companion  piece  to  8chubert's  •  <  Evening  Song," 
was  heartily  received,  a  repetition  being  necessary  to  satisfy  the 
audience.  The  scherzo  from  the  "  Roma  "  suite  by  Bizet — a  charm- 
ing number — was  daintily  rendered.  Liszt's  «  Hungarian  Rhap- 
sodie,  No.  1,"  bravely  performed,  ended  one  of  the  greatest 
musical  events  San  Francisco  has  ever  witnessed. 

*  *  # 

The  first  of  the  Carr-Beel  popular  concerts  took  place  last  Sat- 
urday at  Golden  Gate  Hall.  A  new  trio  by  Smetana  was  played 
for  the  first  time  by  Mrs.  Carr  and  Messrs.  Beel  and  Heine,  and 
with  the  addition  of  Mr.  Jaulus,  Beethoven's  well-known  quar- 
tette, op.  16,  was  rendered.  The  Smetana  number  was  a  particu- 
larly happy  one  and  well  interpreted.  It  is  of  a  sensual,  Oriental 
character,  highly  colored.  The  presto  permitted  of  some  splendid 
effects,  none  of  which  were  missed.  Miss  Caroline  Shindler,  the 
vocalist,  sang  four  songs,  all  in  French.  Her  middle  register  is 
pleasing,  but  the  delivery  of  her  higher  tones  sounded  choked  and 
strained.  Mr.  Beel  played  three  of  Brahm's  "  Hungarian  Dances  " 
in  a  masterly  style,  responding  to  an  encore  with  an  effective  ar- 
rangement of  the  Lucia  sextette  for  the  violin  alone.  The  Bee- 
thoven .aartette — which  occupies  an  individual  position  in 
musical  literature,  being  the  only  quartette  for  piano  and  strings 
that  Beethoven  ever  wrote — was  very  creditably  performed.  Next 
Saturday  at  3:15  p.  m.  the  second  concert  of  this  series  will  be 
given.  Miss  Irma  Fitch  will  be  the  vocalist.  It  will  be  of  further 
interest  to  the  musical  public  to  learn  that  two  compositions  will 
be  given  here  for  the  first  time,  namely,  a  string  quartette  by 
Tschaikowsky  and  a  new  trio  by  Godard. 
»  #  * 

Ugo  Talbo,  assisted  by  a  host  of  clever  musical  people,  gave  a 
soiree  musicale  in  the  old  Castle  residence  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing. Mr.  Talbo's  voice  has  lost  that  rich  thrill  that  San  Fran- 
ciscans of  a  decade  ago  can  remember.  He  still  has  the  method 
of  an  artist,  but  be  has  reached  that  time  of  life  when  his  services 
are  more  useful  as  an  instructor  than  as  a  soloist.  Mr.  Frank 
Mitchell's  rendition  of  "The  Holy  City"  was  the  pleasantest  event 
of  the  evening.  This  song  has  been  hurled  at  the  public  by  all 
manner  of  singers  during  the  last  two  years,  but  Mr.  Mitchell's 
version,  demonstrated  with  a  clear  tenor  voice,  full  of  power  and 
feeling,  was  the  happiest  we  have  heard.  Dr.  Arthur  Regens- 
berger's  cello  was  beard  to  good  advantage  in  Poper's  "Autumn 
Flower."  Hermann  Brandt  played  two  violin  numbers,  Hauser's 
"  Hungarian  Rhapsodie "  being  particularly  well  done.  Mile. 
Touaillon  was  sparkling  and  chic  in  her  French  songs.  She 
plays  her  own  accompaniments  in  a  rather  gesticular  manner, 
which  added  to  the  humor  of  her  songs. 

*  *  * 

The  popularity  of  ScheePs  nightly  concerts  at  the  Auditorium 
continues  unabated.  Every  evening  the  house  is  filled  with  an 
audience  of  music-lovers.  While  the  music  is  not  of  such  a  serious 
sort  as  that  performed  at  the  Friday  night  "symphonies,"  it  is 
still  of  a  character  to  interest  the  most  musical  ones  of  the 
audience.  The  new  departure  of  the  management  in  reserving 
the  best  seats  and  making  an  additional  charge  for  them,  is 
hardly  in  keeping  with  the  Bohemiauism  intended  on  these 
nights. 

»  *  * 

The  latest  achievement  in  dramatic  literature,  entitled  Church 
and  Stage,  by  the  successful  young  author,  The1.  Kremer,  will 
receive  its  initial  production  at  Stockwell's  Theatre  October  8th, 
with  Miss  Jeffreys- Lewis  in  the  leading  character,  Albance.  The 
play  has  already  been  endorsed  by  numerous  prominent  clubs 
and  popular  society  people. 

The  Olympic  Club  announces  the  following  events:  Monday, 
October  1st  (Labor  Day),  Olympic  Club  Wheelmen's  race  meet  at 
Reliance  Park,  Alameda;  Tuesday  evening,  October  23d.  boxing 
matches;  Tuesday  evening,  November  20th  (ladies' night),  ath- 
letic exhibition;  Thursday  evening,  December  20th,  swimming 
i    tournament. 


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SAN  rCANVIsoo  NEWS  LETTER. 


LAWN     TKNNIS. 


THK  Annuit  titer  tins  of  tbe  California  l.iitn  Tennis  Club  will  be 
beld  to  day.     Tbe  following  ta»ve  been  nominated   for  Direct- 
ors:  I>ell  Undermac.  W.  H.  Tikjlor,  Jr.,  Joseph   B.   Tobln,    EL  J. 

Davis,  H.  N.  BUUon,  Joaapb  <<.  H.'..pPr.  and  a.  B.  Wl  I  bar  force. 
An  amendment  lo  Section  IS  of  the  by-laws  will  be  voted  on, 
which  re-dv  »  Members  on  tbe  permanent  absent  list  ."hall  pay 
|fl  a  jeirtliir«."  Tolls  are  open  from  'J  to  G  r.  m.  There  will  no 
donbt  be  a  large  attendance,  for  two  reasons — firstly,  as  there 
will  be  a  gentlemen's  class  singles  (with  free  puncbt,  and  secondly, 
to  tbe  fact  tbat  there  will  be.  we  understand,  an  opposition  ticket, 
and  the  gentlemen  getting  it  up  will  QSfl  their  best  endeavors  to 
make  tbeir  ticket  tbe  successful  one.  Some  of  last  year's  Direct- 
ore  do  not  seem  to  be  very  popular,  and  there  is  quite  a  feeling 
about  tbe  matter,  and  such  feeling  always  makes  tbe  voting  more 
lively.  It  is.  however,  pretty  well  understood  that  Hell  Linder- 
nian  shall  be  President,  and  the  Colonel  fs  to-day  tbe  most  popu- 
lar man  in  the  club,  and  be  well  deserves  to  be.  K.  J.  Davis,  too, 
comes  in  as  Secretary,  and  he  has  always  looked  after  the  inter- 
ests of  tbe  club  and  bas  a  good  deal  of  praise  coming  to  him,  but 
as  to  the  certainly  of  who  will  be  the  other  directors  do  one  at 
preseot  cares  to  speculate  on, 

There  has  been  a  good  deal  more  interest  shown  of  late  in  ten- 
nis affairs,  and  from  tbe  outlook  it  would  appear  tbat  we  are  to 
have  a  fine  fall  and  winter  season.  Tbe  California  Club  holds  a 
class  tournament  to-day  which,  as  the  entry  is  large,  will  be  con- 
tinued on  Monday.  The  list  of  en  fries  is  as  follows:  R.  J.  Davis. 
J.  G.  Hooper.  F.  S.  Mitchell,  Dell  Linderman,  A.  B.  Wilberforce, 
A.  S.  Keeler,  I.  Lundburg,  H.  N.  Stetson,  G.  E  Stoker,  C.  U.  Pot- 
ter, D.  E.  Allison,  Jr.,  G.  B.  de  Long,  J.  H.  Mee,  R.  N.  Whitney, 
W.  McGavin.  G.  D.  Bradsbaw.C.  U.  Soydam,  W.  Crowell,  Will 
English.  Walter  Magee,  and  Howard  Adams— a  better  list  than 
that  we  have  not  had  for  a  very  long  time  past,  and  there  ought 
to  be  sorue  fine  matches.  The  club  as  usual  extends  its  courtesy 
to  all  interested  in  the  game,  and  quite  a  large  attendance  is  ex- 
pected. 

Tbe  club  also  expects  to  hold  very  shortly  a  tournament  for 
mixed  doubles,  and  it  is  expected  that  Miss  Bee  Hooper,  Miss 
Ethel  Bates,  Miss  Martha  Alexandpr,  the  Misses  Clark,  and  Misa 
Ginbs,  will  be  on  band  with  partners,  and  such  an  array  of  tal- 
ent ought  to  be  interesting  to  interested  parties.  We  have  always 
advocated  having  more  mixed  doubles,  as  it  appears  to  us  that 
the  ladies  are  somewhat  neglected  and  we  would  like  to  see  a 
repetition  of  the  year  1889,  when  mixed  doubles  were  played  at 
the  same  time  of  the  gentlemen's  double  championship.  There 
is  some  talk  of  the  Association  holding  their  next  championship 
tournament  iD  San  Francisco,  instead  of  either  at  Monterey  or  San 
Rafael,  and  we  have  no  doubt  but  tbat  the  entry  would  be  larger 
aod  the  attendance  heavier.  So  many  would-be  contestants  can- 
not always  get  away  to  San  Rafael,  aod  then  there  are  no  late 
trains  to  return  by.  and  many  people  have  to  return  before  a 
matcb,  if  lengthy,  is  terminated,  all  which  tends  to  decrease  the 
interest  they  tile  in  the  game.  San  Francisco  itself  would  prove 
a  great  benefit  to  a  great  number,  and  we  hope  to  seethe  next  sin- 
gle championship  played  off  this  side  of  the  bay.  It  was  thought 
tbat  the  Hotel  del  Monte  could  put  in  grass  courts,  and  that  one 
tournament  a  year,  lasting  a  week,  could  be  beld  there,  but  prob- 
ably nobody  would  go,  as  very  few  tennis  players  can  atfjrd  to 
give  up  a  whole  week  to  tbe  pastime,  and  moreover  we  are  not 
in  the  East  or  Europe,  where  such  events  lasting  a  week  are 
all  tbe  go. 

The  people  in  San  Matso  are  at  last  waking  up,  and  the  Hotel 
Mateo  wants  to  hold  an  invitation  tournament  late  in  October. 
The  court  is  a  pretty  one,  but  ought  to  have  more  run-back  to  it. 
Perhaps  the  manager  will  consent  to  having  the  necessary  im- 
provements made,  and  then  no  doubt  there  would  be  a  very  pleas- 
ant tournament,  which  ought  to  draw  well. 

Advices  have  come  from  the  Ea&t  that  it  is  probable  that  Good- 
body  will  visit  the  West,  and  it  is  to  be  sincerely  hoped  that  he 
will  come,  as  his  advent  here  would  be  most  welcome.  His  play 
during  the  Newport  tournament  was  the  talk  of  the  enthusiasts 
here  and  every  one  is  anxious  to  see  what  Professor  Daly  would 
be  able  to  do  against  his  Irish  friend.  Thomas  Driscoll  has  been 
playing  some  tennis  in  Chicago,  and  surprised  us  oat  here  by  de- 
feating Sam  Neel.  We  do  not  think,  however,  he  would  have 
much  chance  with  Carr  Neel,  who  is  a  much  better  player,  given 
to  solid  work,  rather  than  to  gallery  shots,  for  which  8am  is  well 
renowned. 

The  Tulare  players  are  pushing  things  in  the  central  part  of  the 
State  and  are  thinking  of  forming  an  association  of  clubs  aod 
holding  regular  tournameots.  They  have  some  seventy-five 
players  and  it  is  more  than  likely  that  they  will  be  represented  at 
the  future  championship  meetings. 


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the  nomination. 

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Sept.  29, 1894. 


1~      the: 

»|00Km-0N. 


CABLE  dispatches  during  the  past  week  brought  us  news  of  the 
marriage  abroad  of  another  American  heiress  to  a  foreign 
nobleman.  This  time  the  bride  was  Miss  Whittier,  of  Boston,  the 
groom  Frince  Belloselsky,  of  Russia,  and  the  wedding  took  place 
in  Paris  on  the  20th  of  September.  Although  Miss  Whittier  was 
unknown  in  8an  Francisco,  her  father,  Charles  A.  Whittier,  was 
a  resident  here  for  several  years  away  back  in  the  sixties,  and 
there  are  many  in  Ban  Francisco  now  who  can  recall  his  first  ap- 
pearance in  this  city  about  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  ex- 
tremely fond  of  airing  his  title,  which  was  that  of  Brigadier- 
General  in  the  U.  S.  Army,  and,  being  very  youthful  id  appear- 
ance, his  clean-shaven  face  gave  him  a  boyish  look,  so  that  his 
sobriquet  soon  became  that  of  tbe  »  Infant  Brigadier."  General 
Whittier  may  have  been  a  brave  soldier,  bat  that  scarcely  war- 
ranted his  air  of  haughty  superiority  worn  at  all  times  and  in  all 
places,  and  especially  to  civilians  was  his  manner  overbearing  to 
a  degree.  WheD,  therefore,  through  the  partial  collapse  of  a  lodg- 
ing house  on  Summer  street  through  defective  shoriDg,  it  became 
known  that  one  of  the  sufferers  by  the  accident  was  a  brother  of 
this  redoubtable  hero,  great  was  the  rejoicing  of  those  revengeful 
ones,  who  resented  his  rudeness,  at  the  publicity  given  through 
the  press  that  "  General  Whittier's  brother,  a  clerk  in  a  paint 
store,  was  among  those  seriously  injured."  Another  paragraph 
a  day  later  stated  that  •■  ii  was  in  a  pork  shop  that  General  Whit- 
tier's brother  was  employed  as  clerk,  and  not  in  a  paint  house," 
and  the  changes  were  rung  on  this  item  for  several  days,  to  the 
manifest  annoyance  of  the  military  man.  General  Whittier  mar- 
ried a  Boston  lady  about  twenty  years  ago,  who  became  the  pet 
and  favorite  companion  of  a  weak  old  bachelor  named  Eben 
Wright,  and  to  such  an  extent  did  his  infatuation  go  that  he 
willed  her  all  of  his  large  estate.  This  she  took  possession  of  at 
bis  death,  but  his  relatives  raised  such  a  riot  about  ber  ears,  mak- 
ing so  many  charges  of  undue  influence,  etc.,  that  after  a  time 
she  surrendered  a  part  of  it  to  them,  retaining  enough,  however, 
to  make  her  daughter  a  prize  in  the  matrimonial  market,  and 
hence  her  recent  marriage  to  a  Russian  Prince. 

#  ■*  « 

Modern  woman  proves  every  day  that  she  is  emancipated  from 
the  primitive  feminine  functions  of  furbishing  the  family  tinware 
and  frying  her  husband's  meat.  She  takes  an  absorbing  interest 
in  politics,  public  charities,  science,  literature,  music  and  art — 
above  all,  here  in  San  Francisco,  she  has  developed  a  burning 
passion  for  art. 

"  My  dear,"  said  a  Western  Addition  gentleman  to  his  wife  a 
few  evenings  ago,  "  let  us  go  to  morrow  and  see  the  pictures  in 
the  Hopkins  Art  School." 

1 1  X  will,"  responded  the  lady,  with  an  interest  so  sodden  and 
keen  that  it  was  exhilarating.  "I've  been  wanting  to  seethe 
inside  of  that  house  for  ten  years." 

If  Mr.  Western  Addition  felt  the  least  bit  of  chagrin  at  this 
naive  and  charming  exhibition  of  genuine  woman,  he  found  conso- 
lation when  he  heard  Secretary  Martin  of  the  Art  Association 
expatiating  upon  the  pictures  to  two  grand  dames  with  critical 
lorgnettes  in  the  great  hall  of  tbe  Hopkins  house. 

"This,"  said  tbe  enthusiastic  Mr.  Martin,  "is  'ACa  ifornia  Poppy 
Field,' by  Arthur  Matthews.  Note  the  gorgeous  coloring.  And 
this  is  «A  Herd  of  Cattle  in  Kent,'  a  celebrated  piece  of  animal 
painting  just  presented  to  the  Association  by  Mr.  Searls.  It  is 
from  the  brush  of " 

»  But,"  asked  one  of  the  ladies  with  the  critical  lorgnettes, 
"which  was  Mrs.  Hopkins'  bedroom?" 

"  Western,"  commented  Mrs.  Addition  in  a  whisper,  bnt  se- 
verely, "  did  you  everl" 

*  #  * 

A  sad  instance  of  the  dangers  of  trifling  with  nature  for  the  in- 
dulgence of  female  vanity  was  a  scene  on  a  Pullman  car  at  tbe 
Oakland  mole  Tuesday  mnrning.  A  tall,  thin  spinster,  with  a 
vinegar  face  but  a  remarkable  bust  development,  shrieked  to  the 
conductor  on  the  arrival  of  the  train  that  she  bad  lost  her  purse 
containing  $175,  and  that  she  would  prosecute  the  company  worse 
than  tbe  strikers  unless  it  was  recovered. 

<«  Where  did  you  have  it,  Mum  ?  "  aBked  the  conductor. 

"Never  mind,"  sobbed  the  agitated  female,  "  I  lost  it  here  in 
this  car.     It  was — it  was  in  my — "  and  she  touched  her  bust. 

Porters  and  conductor  made  a  combined  search  and  the  purse 
was  found— and  oh,  that  it  should  be  so!  in  one  of  those  artificial 
aids  to  frontal  development,  cotton-made  and  artistically  molded. 

Amid  the  blare  of  a  thousand  trumpets  and  the  roar  of  a  hun- 
dred guns,  Aojtfdee  Joullin  has  gone  back   to  the  Bohemian  Club. 

The  very  latest  in  art  novelties,  and  pictures  are  constantly  being  re- 
ceived at  8.  &  Q.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


It  was  only  last  spring  that  a  wordy  battle  took  place  between 
the  soloists  of  Joe  Reading's  broom-handle  orchestra.  It  was  one 
of  those  battles  that  usually  take  place  between  two  babies  over 
a  stick  of  candy,  but  it  created  a  vast  amount  of  ill-feeling  in  tbe 
club,  just  the  same,  and  Mr.  Jou  Ilia's  dignity  was  pricked  to  such 
an  extent  that  he  sent  in  bis  resignation.  There  were  weeping 
and.  mourning  in  the  club,  and  Joullin's  favorite  seat  by  the  win- 
dow was  draped  in  black.  Then  some  verses  were  wrilten  by 
the  Town  Crier,  entitled  "Empiy  is  tbe  Window,  Joullin's  Gone," 
which  created  such  a  deep  impression  in  the  club  that  they  were 
put  in  a  heavy  gilded  frame  and  bung  beneath  Joullin's  celebrated 
canvas,  "In  the  Chinese  Joss  House."  His  black  eyes,  his  cheery 
voice,  his  low-cut  shirt,  and  his  genial  company  were  missed,  and 
there  seemed  to  be  a  bole  in  the  club  that  could  not  be  filled.  So 
a  committee  was  formed  consisting  of  Al  Gerberding,  Peter  Robert- 
son, Louis  81oss,  Jr.,  Theodore  Payne,  and  Ned  Hamilton,  who 
waited  on  Joullin  and  induced  him  to  go  back  to  Bohemia.  He 
agreed  to  do  so,  and  the  first  night  of  his  return  was  one  of  the 
wildest  nights  on  Post  street.  "I  never  knew  that  I  had  so  many 
friends  before,"  said  Joullin.  "Egad,  if  Cleveland  wants  to 
cbanee  places  with  me  now,  he  will  have  to  give  something  to 
boot!" 

#  *  * 

There  are  men  who  can  tell  you  "no"  and  at  the  same  time 
make  you  feel  that  they  are  doing  you  a  favor.  You  leave  them 
wiih  the  compliments  of  tbe  season,  the  assurance  of  your  dis- 
tinguished consideration,  and  an  overwhelming  sense  of  being 
under  personal  obligations  to  tbem  for  nothing.  This  sort  of 
savoirfaire  has  made  the  fortunes  of  many  men,  and  some  knack 
at  it  is  essential  to  any  one  who  would  get  on  in  the  world  unless 
he  is  a  born  humorist  like  Uncle  Jimmy  Fair.  The  Senator 
accomplishes  his  refusals  in  a  way  wholly  his  own.  His  reasons 
are  so  convincing  that  they  are  paralyzing.  They  leave  nothing 
to  be  said,  not  even  "good  morning;"  and  it  is  not  until  some 
time  later  that  his  victim  realizes  that  a  tale  out  c  f  Munchausen 
is  more  entertaining  than  tbe  necessity  of  paying  a  debt  one  does 
not  owe. 

John  Lord  Love  went  to  Senator  Fair  one  day,  commissioned 
to  offer  him  a  piece  of  real  estate  at  a  price  which  it  was  thought 
he  would  readily  pay.  But  the  Senator  was  not  buying  lots  that 
morning,  and  after  patiently  listening  to  the  expectant  Mr.  Love 
for  half  an  hour,  he  said: 

"Thirty  thousand  dollars  for  that  property  is  very  cheap,  my 
Bon,  very  cheap,  indeed.  It's  the  best  bargain  I've  beard  of  for 
many  a  day,  my  boy,  and  I  do  wish  now  that  1  could  buy  it;  but 
tbe  fact  is,  I  bought  some  property  yesterday  that  cost  me  over  a 
million,  and  I  shan't  have  any  more  money  for  two  weeks." 


Count  Beaaveare's  days  on  the  Chronicle  are  ended.  The 
Count's  efforts  to  startle  local  journalism  with  his  splendid  wit 
and  detective  ability  are  lying  like  shattered  idols  on  the  corner 
of  Geary  and  Kearny  streets,  and  City  Editor  Tom  Garrett  says 
that  be  can  run  his  local  room  without  foreign  noblemen.  Beau- 
veare's  visit  to  San  Francisco  has  hardly  been  successful.  He 
has  tried  his  aristocratic  hand  at  everything,  from  law  to  riding 
in  the  society  circus.  His  la^t  coup  was  in  the  local  room  of  the 
Chronicle,  where  he  went  to  give  the  staff  "dignity  and  repose,"  as 
he  called  it.  He  lasted  four  days,  and  was  diligently  "scooped"  by 
every  reporter  in  town.  On  his  last  detail  be  was  sent  to  inter- 
view a  coffee  planter  from  Guatemala  at  the  Occidental  Hotel. 
It  was  late  at  night,  and  Mr.  Garrett  wanted  the  interview  badly. 
He  told  the  Count  to  have  a  loDg  talk  with  the  planter  and  not 
to  harry,  and  was  more  than  surprised  to  find  him  back  at  the 
office  in  ten  minutes. 

"  Well,  Count,  did  you  get  a  good  interview?"  asked  Garrett, 
rushing  into  tbe  local  room. 

"No,  I  didn't  get  any,"  said  Beauveare. 

"  Why?"  thundered  tbe  city  editor. 

"  Well,  he  said  that  he'd  told  all  he  knew  to  the  Call  man." 


General  Graham,  who  has  the  command  of  tbe  troops  at  the 
Presidio,  has  always  congratulated  himself  on  having  an  eagle 
eye  that  could  easily  perceive  objects  miles  and  miles  away.  He 
likes  to  catch  people  violating  the  laws  which  he  has  laid  down 
and  the  ordinances  which  he  has  passed  to  govern  tbe  Govern- 
ment property.  On  Sunday  last  a  large  number  of  people  sought 
the  sides  of  the  Presidio  bills,  and  General  Graham  was  kept  busy 
watching  the  visitors.  Shortly  after  noon  he  told  his  orderly,  and 
the  orderly  told  the  officer  of  the  day,  who  told  the  Corporal  of 
tbe  Guard,  who  despatched  a  private  on  horseback  up  tbe  hill,  to 
tell  a  man  that  no  cameras  were  allowed  on  tbe  reservation.  The 
man  looked  at  the  private  for  a  moment,  unslcng  a  large  square 
basket  from  his  shoulder,  opened  it,  and  sent  a  bam  sandwich  to 
General  Graham  with  bis  compliments. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


Steedman's  Soothing  Powders  claim  to  be  preventive  as  well  as 
curative.    The  claim  has  been  recognized  for  over  lift}'  years. 


Sept.  89,  1394. 


s\\   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


BICYCLING    FOR    WOMEN. 

|Bt     Dl      VlBKOV.) 

CON8I  PEKA  BLK  attention  at  the  praseol  time  is  being  devoted 
to  tbe  subject  of  b  cycles.  What  with  our  local  agitation  con- 
cerning the  rights  ol  wheelmen  in  Ooldrn  »iate  Park,  and  the 
newspaper  discussion  of  (he  question.  **Ii  bicycling  for  women 
immodest  "  tbe  general  public  are  in  a  fair  way  of  being  enlight- 
ened upon  tbe  subject. 

It  seem«  to  me  that  those  who  find  immodesty  in  the  mere  fact 
that  a  woman  wishes  to  ride  a  ••wheel"  are  rather  stretching  a 
point,  and  are  victims  of  abnormal  sax-consciousness.  Al  tbe 
same  lime  they  are  perfectly  consistent  in  adhering  to  (be  same 
old  line  of  argument  that  nas  done  duly  in  opposing  every  ad- 
vauce  attempted  by  women  for  their  own  enfranchisement.  Taunt 
a  woman  witb  inrticiency,  and  then  call  her  immodest  when  she 
tries  to  decide  any  question  for  herself!  Time  was  when  no  decent 
woman  could  sit  at  the  table  with  men,  not  even  with  her  own 
liege  lord  aod  master,  when  he  brought  a  friend  home  to  dinner. 
No  modest  womau  would  wish  to  be  seen  of  men,  even  in  the 
sanctity  of  her  own  boaie  and  under  the  protection  of  her  own 
husband.     Such  was  the  culture  of  Greece  and  Rome. 

It  was  an  outrage  upon  decency  when  woman  asked  for  co- 
education, when  she  wished  to  study  medicine.  It  would  not  do 
at  this  day  to  repeat  the  absurd,  unreasonable,  and  even  obscene 
line  of  reasoning  which  the  opponents  of  women  physicians  used 
to  bring  to  the  front  upon  all  occasions.  The  same  peculiarity 
graced  their  arguments  then  as  now  grace  the  arguments  against 
bicycling  for  women.  "It  is  immodest,1'  "It  unsexes  a  woman," 
whatever  that  may  mean.  It  would  be  silly  to  waste  time  urging 
that  the  social  conscience  and  sense  of  propriety  that  can  endure, 
and  not  only  endure,  but  encourage,  the  bathing  costume  of  the 
fashionable  watering  place,  is  hypocritical  in  pronouncing  tbe 
anathema  mardoatba  against  oicycle  riding.  That  is  one  of  the 
eccentricities  of  the  fashionable  mind  and  must  be  permitted. 
But  the  opponents  of  bicycling  foi  women  in  this  age  of  women 
breadwinners,  tennis  champions,  and  archers  aud  sailors  find 
but  comparatively  little  encouragement  in  their  campaign  against 
bicycling  for  women.  It  is  a  healthful  exercise.  So  they  have 
introduced  tbe  question  of  costume  into  the  discussion,  and  shriek 
louder  than  ever.  "No  modest  woman  will  ride  a  bicycle  because 
she  must  wear  bloomers,"  striving  to  make  it  appear  that  to  ride 
a  bicycle  a  woman  must  don  the  bifurcated  costume.  One  caustic 
writer  says:  "No  woman  can  throw  a  stone  accurately,  her 
shoulder  blade  is  not  formed  properly;  neither  can  she  ride  a 
bicycle  gracefully.  With  a  woman  rider  the  skirts  maintain  a 
fixed,  unmoving  awkwardness — and  the  bloomers  are  worse  yet. 
No  modest  woman  will  boldh/  adopt  limb  exposing  bloomers."  I 
feai  the  man  who  wrote  that  had  his  mind's  eye  full  of  chewing- 
gum  girls'  pictures.  Another  authority  declares  for  a  pair  of 
loose  trowsers  of  dark  blue  serge,  gathered  below  the  knee,  a  neat 
round  jacket  of  the  same  material,  and  a  pair  of  brown  leggings. 
Liw  shoes  are  preferred  for  freedom  of  ankles. 

There  you  have  the  two  extremes.  For  my  own  part  I  do  not 
admire  the  looks  of  bloomers,  although  I  have  seen  some  that  at 
a  first  glance  looked  very  like  skirts  in  their  general  effect.  The 
Columbia  costume,  designed  by  Redfern,  consists  of  skirt  of  walk- 
ing length  and  a  stylish  jacket,  and  it  looks  equally  well  whether 
its  wearer  is  on  the  wheel  or  walking  by  its  side. 

As  for  the  graceful  appearance  of  a  bicyclist,  one  cannot  strike 
boudoir  or  drawing-room  po3es  on  the  wheel,  but  more  can  be 
said  in  favor  of  women  riders  than  of  men.  Women  take  a  better 
position  on  the  wheel  than  their  brothers.  "A  great  point  in  the 
hygiene  of  bicycle  riding  is  the  use  of  tbe  proper  position,"  says 
Dr.  Peckham  Murray,  a  prominent  woman  physician.  "Very 
few  men  take  it;  indeed,  tdeir  machines  are  often  pitched  at  an 
angle  whicn  causes  them  to  lean  forward  so  that  they  can  at  ain 
a  better  tpeed.  This,  of  course,  results  in  a  permanent  rounding 
of  the  shoulders,  with  a  corresponding  narrowness  of  the  chest, 
giving  rise  to  a  disease  recognized  among  physicians  as  'bicycle 
kyphosis.'  Women  when  they  ride  sit  upright  and  more  grace- 
fully, and  consequently  in  a  better  position  to  maintain  their 
health." 

One  of  the  enterprising  New  York  dailies  entered  with  zest  into 
the  bicycle  discussion,  and  as  a  fitting  conclusion  to  the  whole 
matter,  after  hundreds  of  letters  pro  and  con  had  been  received 
and  published,  invited  six  well-known  and  representative  women 
to  express  their  views.  The  ladies  thus  distinguished  were  Kate 
Field,  Mrs.  M.  E.  W.  Sherwood,  Frances  Willard,  Lady  Henry 
Somerset,  Dr.  Grace  Peckham-Murray,  and  Jeannette  L  Gilder. 
It  is  a  significant  fact  that,  representing,  as  they  do,  so  variedin- 
terests,  and  disagreeing  unreservedly  on  various  important  public 
questions,  these  women,  without  previous  consultation  and  un- 
known to  each  other,  returned  a  unanimous  verdict  that  bicycle 
riding  for  women  is  not  immodest.  It  is  another  noteworthy  fact 
that  not  one  of  this  high  court  of  appeal  gives  unqualified  ap- 
proval to  the  bloomers,  or  to  those  stilt  more  striking  costumes 
which  tbe  thoughtless  have  chosen  for  their  riding  habits.  With- 
out exaggeration  it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  majority  of  women 
bicyclists  will  agree  with  Miss  Gilder,  of  the  Century,  when  she 
says:  "I  cannot  see  why  it  should  be  immodest  for  a  woman  to 


ride  a  bicycle.  Hiding  a  bicycle  may  be  made  immodest,  and  so 
may  walking  down  the  itTMf,  or  anything  that  a  man  or  woman 
may  do  with  p.-rfect  propriety."  Walking  down  the  street,  ex- 
cept when  heavily  veiled, Is  Immodest  for  women  in  Mohammedan 
countries.  Walking  down  the  street  in  a  -pull  back"  or  a  scant 
skin  in  immodest  in  any  Country,  for  not  only  are  the  limbs  out- 
lined, but  the  rest  of  tbe  figure  Is  shown  to  a  great  disadvantage 
ami  in  violation  of  every  law  of  beauty. 

If  one  may  predict  anything  from  tbe  signs  of  the  times,  it 
would  seem  safe  to  eay  that  the  woman's  bicycle  has  come  to 
slay.  If  the  mi  hi  of  a  woman  on  a  wheel  shocks  conservatives, 
they  will  have  to  sequester  themselves  in  some  far-away  spot, 
where  their  sensitive  feelings  will  not  be  offended.  The  bicycle 
has  much  to  recommend  it  to  general  favor.  It  is  the  greatest 
boon  to  those  who  work  and  cannot  afford  to  drive  cr  ride.  It 
has  invigorated  the  typewriter  and  stenographer,  the  school-girl, 
and  tbe  teacher.  In  bicycling,  as  in  all  olber  athletic  sports, 
women  must  guard  against  their  one  great  danger— over-exertion. 

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Sej.t.29,1894. 


Corqstock  Business  has  at  last  commenced  to  pick  up  on 
Mining  Pine  street,  and  it  is  about  time  it  did.  (Jon.  Cal.Vir- 
Shares,  ginia  has  by  right  of  importance  taken  the  lead, 
which  it  is  safe  to  say  will  be  maintained,  notwithstanding  the 
predictions  about  Ophir  and  other  of  the  South-end  stocks  which 
are  beginning  to  loom  up  as  factors  in  the  market.  As  for  Ophir, 
there  is  no  doubt  that  the  prospects  in  the  mine  are  very  favor- 
able just  now,  and  the  development  of  a  new  ore  body  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  possibilities  of  the  near  future.  This  of  course 
enhances  the  speculative  value  of  the  shares  with  dealers,  but  it 
will  take  a  long  time  to  open  up  anything  like  the  amount  of  ore 
which  is  now  available  for  stoping  in  the  Con.  Virginia.  And 
yet  there  is  comparatively  little  difference  in  the  price  of  shares 
at  present  writing.  About  the  first  of  the  month  a  number  of 
new  men  will  be  put  on  at  the  South-end  mineB,  which  will  act 
as  a  stimulant  to  the  market.  Besides  some  of  the  mines  at  this 
end  are  looking  better  than  they  have  for  years  past,  tne  ore,  it 
is  pleasant  to  note,  running  high  in  gold,  which  is  now  the  chief 
essential  to  success  in  mining  on  the  Comstock.  The  Justice 
mine  is  milling  ore  which  if  it  does  not  serve  to  cover  the  entire 
expenses,  will  serve  to  reduce  them  materially  every  month. 
There  is  a  report  tbat  the  Alta  Company  will  now  run  in  for  the 
same  ledge  as  tbat  which  the  Justice  people  cut  in  their  western 
exploration,  in  the  hope  tbat  they  will  be  as  fortunate  as  their 
neighbors.  The  middle  shares  are  stiffly  held  on  account  of  an 
improvement  iu  Chollar.  if  the  strike  reported  in  this  mine  last 
week  holds  out,  it  will  change  the  complexion  of  affairs  in  this 
section  of  the  market  in  very  short  order.  There  were  no  further 
assessments  reported  for  the  week.  The  Carson  Hill  annual 
meeting  will  be  held  on  the  15th  prox. 


Czars  The  Osborn  Hill    management  has    had    to    submit 

of         to  the  stand-and-deliver   arguments  of   the    invading 

Labors  force  of  miners,  either  that  or  tie  up  a  valuable  mine 
upon  which  a  large  amount  of  money  has  been  expended.  This 
is  one  instance  on  record  where  the  czars  of  labor  were  in  a  posi- 
tion to  throttle  their  employers  in  a  speedy  and  efficacious  man- 
ner, without  any  back  talk.  An  explanation  of  the  riotous 
action  of  these  law-breakers  and  their  apologist  is  that  Grass  Val- 
ley has  its  laws  of  forty  years  standing,  and  it  is  proposed  to 
maintain  them  and  also  a  gold  basis.  Intending  investors  will 
be  pleased  to  hear  this  announced:  it  is  more  pleasant  to  have 
the  law  laid  down  for  their  benefit  before  they  place  money  in  a 
property  which  they  will  be  permitted  to  manage  if  they  behave 
themselves  and  knuckle  down  to  the  mandates  of  the  Miners' 
Union  of  Grass  Valley.  Of  course  their  superintendent  may  be 
ordered  out  of  town  for  the  good  of  his  health,  but  on  a  proper 
explanation  of  any  little  disagreement  with  his  men,  he  may  be 
allowed  back  again,  provided,  of  course,  that  the  company  is  not 
luo  fresh  in  its  manner  of  requesting  a  favor.  A  consideration  of 
i  hese  provisos  may,  however,  Uad  monied  men  to  determine  upon 
investing  in  other  quarters  where  United  States  law  runs,  un- 
hindered by  such  disgraceful  interruptions  as  that  at  Osborn 
Hill,  and  where  property  rights  are  assured  and  protected  from 
mob  violence.  If  they  don't  they  deserve  to  lose  it. 
$    $   $ 

With  all  the  home  demand  for  California  gold 
mines  in  this  State,  it  is  noticeable  tbat  the  foreign 
promoter  is  fighting  very  shy  of  any  offerings  from 
There  is  good  cause  for  this,  the  past  record  of 
operations  in  this  State  being  a  long  list  of  failures,  many  of 
which  would  be  properly  styled  robbery.  With  these  flagrant 
breaches  of  confidence  to  refer  to,  it  seems  possible  that  the  La 
Grange  operators  may  fail  to  secure  many  .victims  for  their  five 
million  dollar  job.  A  mine  which  cannot  pay  a  ten  per  cent  in- 
terest per  annum  upon  a  capital  of  $300,000,  cannot  surely  be  ex- 
pected to  prove  a  very  remunerative  investment  at  a  figure  up  in 
the  millions.  The  profits  in  this  case  will  go  to  the  seller.  He 
will  find  an  easier  pathway  to  fortune  by  turning  his  white  ele- 
phant over  to  the  dupes  who  may  be  gathered  into  his  net.  It  is 
to  be  hoped  in  the  interest  of  California  mining,  tbat  this  or  any 
other  scheme  of  the  kind  may  prove  a  signal  failure.  If  intend- 
ing buyers  ask  for  the  Browne  report  upon  the  La  Grange  mine, 
they  will  fall  into  the  snare  with  their  eyes  open  after  perusing 
the  contents  of  this  document. 

$  $  $ 


California 

Miqes 

tfbroad. 

this  quarter. 


WILLIAM  G.  LONG,  who  is  talked  about  for  Sheriff  of  this 
city  and  county,  is  an  old-time  mining  man  of  this  State. 
He  was  the  original  owner  of  the  Golden  Gate  mine  which  has 
been  involved  in  litigation  for  some  time  past,  a  partner  taken  in 
by  Long  for  the  sake  of  the  capital  at  his  command  having  be- 
come imbued  with  an  idea  that  his  interest  covered  the  entire 
property.  The  case  is  now  before  the  Supreme  Court,  a  decision 
being  expected  very  shortly. 


Sierra  William  Casserly,  Superintendent  of  the  Alaska  Min- 
Go/d      ing  and  Milling  Company  of  Sierra  county,  is  in  town. 

Njines.  He  reports  that  mine  looking  well,  and  a  marked 
revival  in  the  industry  all  over  the  county.  Old  mines  are  being 
reopened,  and  considerable  capital  is  coming  iu  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  new  and  promising  prospects.  8ierra  countv  is  one 
of  the  most  highly  favored  in  the  State  in  the  way  of  general  dis- 
tribution of  mineral  wealth.  Some  of  the  richest  mines  ever 
opened  up  in  California  are  located  within  the  county  lint-s,  and 
millions  in  gold  have  already  been  extracted.  The  best  of  it  is 
that  the  ledges  in  these  mines  can  be  depended  upon  to  go  dowD, 
while  the  ore  in  many  instances  is  rich  enough  to  be  classed  as 
specimen  rock. 

$  $  $ 

Latest  The  Los   Angeles  local  insurance  agents  met  last 

insurarjce  week,  and  after  considerable  discussion  carried  a 
Gossip,  resolution  in  favor  of  adopting  the  new  constitution 
and  by-laws  of  the  new  union,  both  of  which  are  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  of  the  Pacific  Insurance  Union.  In  consideration 
of  this  action  by  the  Los  Angeles  underwriters,  the  San  Fran- 
cisco managers  will  order  a  reduction  of  rates,  to  take  effect  in 
the  protected  district  of  the  city,  by  which  five  per  cent  will  be 
taken  off  in  business  portions  of  the  town,  and  the  San  Francisco 
tariff  will  govern  transactions  in  the  protected  districts.  *  *  * 
The  differences  between  the  Mm*  of  Hartford  and  the  New  York 
State  Association  have  been  settled,  and  it  is  now  anticipated 
tbat  the  .F.tna  will  renew  its  membership  in  the  association. 
*  *  *  The  Phcenix  of  London  has  returned  to  Georgia,  and 
Special  Agent  Warren  is  putting  down  agencies.  *  *  *  Tbe 
Commercial  Alliance  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York  has 
been  reported  to  the  State  Attorney-General  as  an  insolvent  cor- 
poration. *  *  *  Rates  on  lumber  have  been  raised  50  per 
cent  in  Chicago,  and  the  usual  raise  in  marine  rates  took  effect 
on  September  15th.  *  *  *  A  company  organized  in  Chicago 
as  the  Mutual  Fire  Association  of  Chicago  has  just  been  refused  a 
permit  to  carry  on  business  by  the  Commissioner  because  the 
name  chosen  was  similar  to  tbat  of  another  company  doing  busi- 
ness in  the  State.  The  promoters  are  now  trying  to  secure  ap- 
plications in  the  name  of  the  Reliance  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
OompaDyof  Chicago. 

*$  $ 

Mexican  The  affairs  of  the  Mutual  Guarantee  Company,  of 
Lottery      Mexico,  to  which   we  referred   last  week,   seem    to 

Scherne.  have  attracted  considerable  attention  all  over  tbe 
State.  The  Los  Angeles  Times,  in  an  editorial  headed  "Another 
Lottery  Scheme,"  has  this  to  say  about  the  company:  "This 
enterprise  is  a  lottery  scheme  pure  and  simple,  under  a  new  form, 
which  has  been  cunningly  devised  for  tbe  purpose  of  entrapping 
such  persons  as  would  not  think  of  purchasing  tickets  in  a  lot- 
tery. The  enterprise  was  thoroughly  exposed  some  time  ago  in 
Chicago,  where  it  was  at  that  time  lucated,  and  has  also  been  ex- 
posed in  San  Francisco.  The  United  States  Government  has  re- 
fused to  carry  its  matter  through  the  mails,  which  ought  to  be  a 
sufficient  indication  that  it  is  an  affair  with  which  sensible  people 
should  have  nothing  to  do."  In  face  of  all  this  newspaper  com- 
ment tbe  managers  of  this  company  have  the  hardihood  to  pursue 
their  endeavors  to  gain  a  business  foothold  In  this  State.  The 
insurance  commissioner  will  evidently  have  a  fight  on  his  hands 
to  stop  them.  It  is  a  pity,  however,  that  it  is  not  in  his  power  to 
deal  out  some  summary  punishment  which  might  have  the  salu- 
tary effect  of  deterring  others  from  trying  the  same  game. 

$  $  $ 
United        The  general  stock  of  money  on  hand  in  the  United 
States     States  on  August  1.  1894,  aggregated  $2,240,145,271,  an 
Coir\,      amount  $116,176,628  larger  than   that  reported  on  Aug- 
ust 1,  1893.     Of  this  increase  $52,702,022   is  represented  in  gold 
coin.     On  August  1,  1893,  the  amount  of  gold  bullion  held  by  the 
Government  was  $89,837,505,  whereas  on  the  same  date  this  year 
the  amount  was  only   $43,941,337.     This    difference    representing 
an  increased  coinage  for  the  present  year,  accounts  for  the  excess 
of  gold  coin  on  hand.     There  was  also  an  increase  of  $35,600,000 
in  currency  certificates  for  the  year,  nearly  $24,000,000  in  National 
bank  notes,  and  $6,000,000  in  silver  paper.     The  per  capita  of  all 
kinds  of  money  in  circulation  in  the  United  States  on  August  1st 
was    $24.19,    against    $24,02    in    1893,    representing    a    total    of 
$1,657,574,239. 

%  %  % 

Defaulted  The  financial  affairs  of  the  Consolidated  Electric 
on  Railway  Company,  of  Los  Angeles,  seem  to  be  reach- 

Interest,  ing  a  crisis.  It  defaulted  in  the  payment  of  its  in- 
terest coupons  of  $90,000  due  on  the  16th  inst.,  and  from  all  ap- 
pearances there  is  nothing  to  keep  the  company  out  of  the  hands 
of  a  receiver.  The  blame  is  laid  upon  the  present  management, 
and  it  is  considered  probable  that  the  complexion  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  will  be  altered  materially  before  long.  One  change  has 
already  taken  place,  Mr.  E.  B.  Pond,  of  this  city,  being  substi- 
tuted for  Mr.  W.  H.  Workman,  of  Los  Angeles,  who  retired.  It 
is  believed  tbat  a  skillful  administration  can  finance  the  com- 
pany into  still  waters  and  place  it  upon  a  paying  basis. 


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a  W   KR  VNCI8C0  NEWS  LETTER 


r. 


"He*r  the  Crier: '      "Whit  the  deTil  art  thou?' 
"One  that  will  olar  the  devil,  tfr,  with  you." 


MR.  UOO  TALBO  is  not  in  a  ho«pital  undergoing  the  repairs 
necessary  after  a  much  deserved  thrashing.  He  did  not  even 
receive  the  beating  that  he  Invited  by  his  brutally  insulting  con- 
duct towards  a  young  lady  who  attended  his  soin'rf  ruusicale 
Wednesday  evening.  The  young  lady  was  thoughtless  enough 
to  go  without  the  protection  of  a  robust  escort,  hence  Mr.  Talbo 
remains  nnthrashed.  Mi.  Taloo's  first  number  on  the  pro- 
gramme was  accompanied  by  an  unsteadiness  of  limb  and  a  wav- 
ering of  voice  that  bespoke  frequent  Bacchanalian  devotions, 
but  despite  the  cloud  that  hung  over  him  bis  only  offense  to  the 
audience  was  his  singing.  About  seven  drinks  later  his  second 
selection  came,  and  it  was  then  that  he  insulted  a  young  lady  in 
a  manner  so  shameful  that  he  iuiim  yet  be  marveling  at  the 
wholeness  of  bis  skin  and  the  soundness  of  his  bones.  Three 
yoncg  ladies  went  to  the  musicale,  and  were  given  seats  in  the 
front  row.  The  room  was  qn;te  warm,  and  one  of  the  trio  found 
it  comfortable  to  fan  herself  during  Mr.  Talbo's  second  number. 
He  espied  the  moving  fan,  and  perhaps  seeing  in  it  a  myriad  of 
serpentine  horrors,  roughly  wrested  it  from  her  hand.  At  the 
conclusion  of  his  song  he  strode  toward  her  again,  and  in  bellow- 
ing tones  ordered  her  to  leave  the  place.  »  1  don't  know  who  or 
what  you  are."  he  blustered,  "  but  you  don't  know  how  to  be- 
have; so  get  out  of  this  at  once."  The  Rev.  George  Walk  kindly 
assisted  the  now  sobbing  girl  from  the  room,  and  Talbo,  in  a 
storm  of  hisses,  went  out  to  find  harbor  near  the  brown  bottle. 

IT  now  behooves  the  blushing  brides  and  bridesmaids  to  lockup 
their  dresses  and  to  put  the  keys  beyond  the  reach  of  the  irre- 
pressible female  reporters,  who  are  broadening  in  the  horizon  of 
journalism  in  dangerous  quantities.  The  Examiner  seems  to  be 
the  leading  guerilla  of  the  lot,  and  by  prying  its  way  into  the 
secrecy  of  Miss  Mae  Dimond  last  8unday,  and  exposing  to  the 
world  the  charms  of  her  bridal  dress  and  the  daintiness  of  her 
trousseau,  it  did  a  piece  of  work  for  which  it  should  hide  its 
shameless  bead.  A  bride  generally  wishes  her  dress  to  be  a  sur- 
prise, and  by  describing  Miss  Dimond's  gown  a  week  before  the 
wedding,  the  Examiner  probably  thought  that  it  would  rob  the 
young  lady  of  her  pleasure,  but  she  has  proved  to  be  wiser  than 
the  paper,  and  has  ordered  an  entirely  new  dress.  The  daily 
murder,  the  bi-weekly  suicide,  the  warring  politicians,  and  the 
women  who  want  the  ballot  form  a  staple  field  for  all  kinds  of 
newspaper  sensationalism,  but  we  would  draw  the  line  at  using 
a  young  bride  to  satisfy  the  modern  journalistic  cravings  of  the 
hoi  polloi;  we  would  spare  the  feelings  of  the  modest  girl — we 
would,  at  least,  grant  her  the  pleasure  of  first  showing  her  bridal 
dress  to  her  friends.  But  the  Examiner  does  not  seem  to  lose  its 
idiotic  principles  either  by  time  or  teaching. 

THE  Populists  have  shown  their  true  colors  by  nominating  for 
Sheriff  of  Yolo  County  Harry  Knox,  a  man  who  is  morally,  if 
not  legally,  responsible  for  one  of  the  most  devilish  crimes  ever 
committed  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  Compared  with  the  men 
who  perpetrated  that  atrocity,  or  with  the  individuals  who 
secretly  approved  it,  Banco,  the  assassin,  was  a  full-Hedged  angel 
of  mercy. 

Knox  for  Sheriff  ?    This  the  guerdon 

Populists  award  the  lawless? 

What!     That  party  pure  and  flawless 

Give  to  breakers  of  the  law 

Power  to  execute  it!     Pshawl 

Is  there,  then,  no  prize  for  Wordeu ! 

IT  is  a  tradition  in  the  Examiner  office  that  whenever  its  amiable 
proprietor  decides  to  discharge  a  man  he  goes  to  New  York, 
telegraphs  the  dismissal,  stays  there  until  the  storm  has  passed, 
and  then  returns  contented  to  San  Francisco.  It  is  for  this  reason 
that  the  whole  staff  trembles  whenever  he  starts  for  New  York. 
His  course  with  regard  to  Arthur  McEwen,  recently  his  manag- 
ing editor,  was  different.  Mr.  McEwen  had  plunged  with  so  ex- 
traordinary vigor  into  things  that  Mr.  Hearst's  head  was  rapidly 
turning  gray.  So  he  fled  to  New  York  and  sent  a  peremptory 
telegram  ordering  that  the  policy  of  the  paper  be  changed.  Mr. 
McEwen  reflected  a  moment,  apparently  saw  more  in  the  tele- 
gram than  its  face  expressed,  and  then  took  the  forehanded 
course  of  telegraphing  his  resignation.  That  is  the  only  event  in 
local  war  circles  that  the  week  has  delivered. 

WHATEVER  foundation  there  may  be  for  the  rumor  that  the 
Examiner's  scurrilous,  malicious,  and  altogether  unjust  at- 
tack on  Judge  Levy  had  something  to  do  with  the  recent  creation 
of  vacancies  on  the  staff  of  that  paper,  it  is  certain  that  the  senti- 
ment of  the  community  rebelled  against  it  and  that  the  Examiner 
has  driven  another  nail  into  its  coffin.  From  flippancy  in  the  pre- 
sentation of  news  to  brutality  in  assaults  upon  worthy  citizens  is 
an  easy  step  for  the  kind  of  journalism  of  which  the  Examiner  is 
so  brilliant  an  exponent. 


RriNG  serenely  upon  the  privilege  which  the  law  bestows 
upon  an  American  oltluil,  Mr.  Max  Popper  declined  to 
answer  ihc  i.riunl  Jury's  question  M  lO  whcth«-r  he  had  employed 
money  to  corrupt  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  It  is  not  dlffloolt  to 
hnacine  Mr.  1'opper  making  such  a  speech  to  the  firand  Jury  as 
tins:  "I  regret  exceedincly,  gentlemen,  that  I  cannot  accommodate 
you.  but,  really,  the  difference  between  this  climate  and  that  of 
San  ijiientin  is  not  sufficient  to  induce  me  to  «eek  a  change  by 
answering  your  question.  I  am  very  sorry  for  you,  particularly 
as  you  seem  to  rest  content  with  the  Idea  that  I  am  the  only  ac- 
cessible source  of  information  on  this  subject.  Of  course  I  am 
not  presuming  to  suggest  that  you  might  learn  something  by  seek- 
ing further.  It  is  your  misfortune  that  you  have  not  adopted  the 
French  system,  under  which  a  suspected  criminal  is  subjected  to 
every  form  of  inquisition  to  learn  the  truth.  We  have  excellent 
laws  in  this  country,  gentlemen — most  excellent  laws.  If  you 
don't  think  so,  ask  my  partner,  Mr.  Buckley.  This  inquiry,  gen- 
tlemen, has  been  productive  of  at  least  one  good  result — it  has 
educated  the  public  on  the  subject  of  my  name,  which  is  Max, 
not  Maximilian.     Good-day,  gentlemen." 

IF  the  war  between  China  and  Japan  does  not  have  the  effect  of 
rousing  the  Celestial  Empire  from  its  long  slumber  and  stirring 
it  to  adopt  the  methods  which  have  made  advanced  nations 
strong;  and  if  as  the  result  of  this  she  does  not  become  first  a 
a  great  and  then  a  formidable  power;  and  if  then,  feeling  her 
strength,  which  if  modernized  and  trained  would  be  immeasur- 
able and  irresistible,  she  does  not  lay  about  her  to  get  more  room 
for  her  millions  of  people  and,  securing  it  by  tasting  blood,  reach 
further  in  conquest  and  plant  the  dragon  at  the  four  corners  of 
the  earth,  to  the  possible  extinction  of  the  civilization  and  relig- 
ions of  which  we  boast,  the  little  brown  man  will  not  be  true  to 
the  most  ancient  traditions  of  his  race,  and  history  will  have  been 
proved  to  be  merely  the  idle  gossip  of  an  hour. 

MISS  HATTIE  NATHAN,  a  young  woman  of  boundless  ambi- 
tion, gave  a  recital  in  the  Maple  Hall  of  the  Palace  Hotel 
Thursday  evening,  selecting  pieces  which  Mrs.  Waldo  Richards 
had  recited  so  artistically  here.  Miss  Nathan's  manager  bad  done 
his  work  so  well  that  the  event  was  something  like  a  society 
"function"  (whatever  that  may  be),  for  all  swaggerdom  was 
there.  She  wore  a  beautiful  gown,  but  whether  her  prodigious 
sleeves  were  meant  seriously  or  as  a  burlesque,  they  certainly 
needed  no  assistance  in  the  way  of  spoken  pieces  to  make  their 
wearer  humorous.  The  young  lady  failed  to  meet  any  of  the  bet- 
ter requirements  of  her  art,  and  a  badly  disappointed  audience 
went  sadly  homeward. 

THE  sealing  schooner  Triumph's  catch  for  the  season  amounts 
to  3400  skins.  Of  course  these  were  all  obtained  by  means 
of  the  spear,  and  there  was  no  raiding  of  rookeries.  In  his  noble 
regard  for  the  law  the  seal  catcher  is  not  to  be  surpassed,  even  by 
those  strict  observers  of  statutes  and  codes,  the  salmon  canners 
and  the  gentlemen-yachtsmen  who  amuse  their  leisure  hours  and 
turn  an  honest  peony  by  dealing  in  opium. 

THREE  Chinese  girls,  whose  morals  are  looked  upon  with  cold 
disfavor  by  the  authorities,  are  to  be  deported.  But  happily 
for  the  morals  of  our  Christian  civilization,  and  for  the  prosperity 
of  the  Police  Department  of  San  Francisco,  the  French,  Amer- 
ican, and  German  ladies  whose  favors  are  so  essential  to  the  wel- 
fare of  every  community,  will  still  be  permitted,  to  receive  gentle- 
men callers  at  the  old  staDd. 

THE  Democratic  Convention  evidently  did  not  think  it  would 
be  just  to  Mr.  Sutro  to  drag  him  into  the  fight  for  Mayor  away 
from  his  grand,  benevolent  work  of  filching  pennies  from  the 
pockets  of  the  people,  wherewith  to  improve  his  real  estate  and 
make  its  value  double.  Mr.  Sutro  as  a  philanthropist  ia  a  subject 
worthy  of  the  glowing  pen  of  Historian  Bancroft. 

IN  these  stirring  political  times,  when  no  party  can  afford  to  ig- 
nore the  methods  of  successful  politics,  our  friends,  the  Pro- 
hibitionists, might  learn  with  profit  that  a  glass  of  cream  taken 
before  breakfast  gives  so  effective  a  coating  to  the  stomach  that 
one  may  drink  whisky  all  day  and  not  be  affected. 

POSTMASTER  McCOPPIN  has  made  but  twenty-three  re- 
movals, although  he  had  the  power  to  make  twenty-nine.  In 
the  interest  of  the  civil  service,  as  interpreted  by  all  good  Repub- 
licans, it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  new  postmaster's  moderation  will 
not  hereafter  be  cited  as  a  precedent. 

IF  the  soldiers  at  the  Presidio  should  be  required  to  clear 
McDowell  avenue  of  the  loose  stones  which  at  present  make 
it  uncomfortable  they  would  be  performing  a  graceful  public  ser- 
vice. This  was  once  a  delightful  drive,  but  as  it  is  now  neglected 
it  is  falling  into  unpopularity  and  decay. 

JOE  CHOYNSKI'S  metacarpal  bones  are  splintered  by  a  bullet, 
But  in  the  ring  our  sturdy  fighter  yet  claims  recognition  ; 
For  his  extensive  malar  still  ia  tough  as  a  spring  pullet, 
And  his  maxillaries  both  are  in  the  very  best  condition. 

AND  so  little  Gracie  Plaisted  is  to  be  married — and  to  an  ex-As- 
semblyman !     The  influence  of  the  Portia  Law  Club  is  spread- 
ing with  deadly  effect. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Sept .  i9,  1894. 


HO  W  strange  it  is  that  eo  many  of  our  newagatherera  will  peraiBt 
in  endowing  every  Britiaher  who  comes  as  a  tourist  to  our 
coast  with  a  patent  of  nobility  in  a  handle  to  their  name-j!  Lord 
Heaketh  to  Sir  Thomas  was  bad  enough  (for  most  people  know 
a  baronet  is  not  a  lord),  but  when  it  comes  to  Lord  Talbot  Clifton! 
and  Lady  Yarde-Bullerl  the  thing  grows  too  absurd.  Those  who 
write  for  public  edification  ought  to  mind  what  they  are  about, 
and  not  make  themselves  and  their  papers  laughing  stocks. 

Society  folks,  not  alone  in  Oakland  but  in  this  city  as  well,  are 
awaiting  with  curiosity  the  developments  sure  to  ensue  if  the 
suit  brought  by  Mrs.  Yarde-Buller  against  her  relatives,  the  Kirk- 
ham  family,  results  in  a  fight  in  court,  as  each  side,  on  dit,  is  pre- 
pared to  illustrate  the  time-worn  saying,  "Pot  calling  the  kettle 
black."  Apart  trom  the  family  skeletons  to  be  dragged  forth  into 
the  light  of  day,  it  will  doubtless  be  interesting  to  have  a  few 
chapters  of  English  life  among  the  upper  classes  of  the  style 
shown  in  the  Murphy  will  case  letters  given  to  the  public. 

*  *  * 

Society  is  wondering  if  Miss  Maude  Burke  remained  purposely 
iD  Paris  to  be  among  the  wedding  guests  at  the  Poniatowaki- 
Sperry  nuptials,  or  had  she  already  started  to  explore  the  Nile. 
Apropos  of  which,  gosaip  aays  that  there  ia  more  in  the  Egyptian 
trip  than  appeara  on  the  surface.  Those  on  the  inside  declare 
that  it  is  one  of  the  charming  Maude's  fads  to  delight  in  widow- 
ers, and  both  D.  0.  Mills  and  Fred  Crocker  will  be  on  the  Nile 
this  winter.  To  a  sensible  American  a  Californian  millionaire  dis- 
counts a  Polish  Prince  any  day. 

»  #  * 

Ren  Smedburg  is  being  joked  by  his  friends  on  the  report  of  his 
capturing  an  heireas,  and  takes  the  joking  with  the  philosophic 
phlegm  so  characteristic  a  feature  of  the  Smedburg  family.  Every- 
one hopes  that  the  report  may  be  true,  for  Ren  is  a  right  good 
fellow. 

#  *  # 

(l  Now  that  Millie  Ashe  is  married  and  Belle  Donahue  is  going 
to  be,  it  will  be  high  time  for  the  third  in  the  celebrated  trio  of 
congenial  spirits  to  think  of  going  and  doing  likewise."  So  said 
one  of  the  avenue's  pretty  belles  at  the  Presidio  hop. 

*  #  * 

Rumor  ia  rife  in  the  swim  that  one  of  the  near  "announce- 
ments" will  contain  the  name  of  J.  D.  Phelan  as  the  happy  man. 
Who  the  lady  fair  is  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  say.  Those  on 
the  inside  can  likely  guess. 

If  gossip  be  true  the  supply  of  beaux  for  the  approaching  cotil- 
lions ia  not  very  encouraging,  and  it  may  be  that  to  ensure  quan- 
tity, quality  may  not  be  so  rigorously  exacted,  as  is  claimed  has 
hitherto  been  the  distinguishing  niarK  of  these  swagger  dances. 

#  *  * 

People  are  wondering  where  in  the  world  the  Dimond  family 
will  rest  their  weary  bones  after  the  weudtng  to-night.  AU  the 
bed  rooms  have  been  emptied  of  tbeir  furniture  to  make  way  for 
the  elaborate  preparations  for  supper  for  the  eight  hundred  guests 
invited  to  the  reception. 

#  *  # 

Our  dudes  are  anxiously  inquiring  if  "  that  fellow  Maesenet  " 
is  going  to  accompany  Abbey's  coming  opera  troupe,  which  num- 
bers among  its  song  birda  Miss  Sybil  Sanderson,  when  it  visits 
this  city. 

SITUATED  in  the  most  pleasant  and  convenient  part  of  the 
city,  and  at  the  same  time  removed  fr»m  the  noise  and  grime 
of  the  business  center,  the  Hotel  Pleasanton  presents  the  ideal 
location  for  a  family  hotel.  When  to  these  desiderata  are  added 
a  perfect  management,  unfailing  solicitude  for  the  comfort  and 
pleasure  of  the  guests,  a  perfect  table  and  elegantly  furnished 
rooms,  nothing  is  miasing  to  explain  why  it  ia  the  most  popular 
family  hotel  in  8an  Francisco. 


((  THE  War  in  Corea"  ia  the  subject  of  a  lecture  to  be  delivered 
1  under  the  auspicea  of  the  Geographical  Society  of  California 
at  Union  Square  Hall,  next  Tuesday  evening,  by  Eli  T.  Sheppard, 
recently  advisor  on  international  law  to  Japan  and  formerly  in 
the  United  States  consular  service  in  China. 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

Those  who  use  Crosse  &  Blackwell's  Lucca  Olive  Oil  know  of  its 
purity,  but  it  is  an  additional  assurance  to  have,  as  the  oil  has,  the 
guaranty  of  the  State  Analyst  that  it  is  absolutely  pure  olive  oil. 

Colds  are  frequently  caught  by  the  sudden  fall  of  temperature  at  sunset. 
Hence  the  need  of  caution  and  Ayer's  Cherry  Pectoral. 


/^»- 


The  Medical  Department 

OP  THE  UNITED  STATES  ARMY 

Awarded  their  last  contract  for  sherry  to 
Agents  of   MESSRS. 

DUFF.GOHDON&Co, 


IN    PREFERENCE     TO    ALL    OTHER 
COMPETITORS. 

^■tOE      VU&  g0LD  By  THE    LEADiNe  WINE 

Awarded  Medal  and  Diploma 
Columbian  Exposition,  Chicago,  \8'J3.     MERCHANTS  AND  GROWERS. 

CHARLES    MEINECKE    &   CO., 

Sole   Agents.  314  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 

/T\i55  /Hanson's    5ebool, 

1625  San  Jose  Avenue,  between  Grand 

■  and  Paru  Streets, 
/Mameda,   <?al. 

Boarding  and  Day  School  for    Young    Ladies  and 
Children.    Next  term  opens  August  6th . 


i^E/noi/pc. 


l/an   Jfess 
Seminary, 


1  223  Pine  street,  will  remove  ou  Octoher  first  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
Jackson  and  Gough  streets. 


B 
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_A_sliton.    B.     Stevens, 

STUDIO  :     26  Montgomery  Street,  Eoom  8. 

Pupils  prepared  for  Stage,  Concert  or  Drawing  Room,  A 
Special  Class  for  Teachers  who  wish  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


ZISKA  INSTITUTE, 


J60C  VAJJ  NESS  ATESI'E. 

SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS.    French.  German,  and  English  Day  and  Boarding 
School.    Eleeant  home.    Best  educational  advantages. 
Next  term  commences  August  1, 1S94. 

■HE.  B.  ZISKA,  A.M.,  Principal. 


REMOVAL. 


DELMAS  &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  their  law  offices  to  the 

CROCKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 


GARDEN  HOSE. 


Black.  Line  Spiral 

Cotton  Rnbver-Lined  Hose 

Will  Ftand  300  lbs.  pressure  to  the  square  inch  and  will  outlast 
the  best  rubber  hose  manufactured.    Try  a  length. 

BOSTON  WOVEN  HOSE  AND  RUBBER  CO., 

14-16  Fremont  St.,  S.  F.,  Cal. 


Bacon  Printing  Company, 

508  Clay  Street. 


Sept.  29.  1894. 


SAN  I-KW  BOO  NEWS  UOTER. 


15 


GOTHAM    <K>83IP. 


IWOSPEK  whether  it  is  ad  instinct  Inherent  in  Iht  hidtrionlc 
temperament,  or  a  thrifty  appreciation  of  the  Talue  of  adver- 
ti«ement.  that  prompts  our  M%Re  stirs  to  throw  a  glamour  over 
to  commonplace  a  intng  a?  marriage,  more  sensational  and  etfect- 
prodacing  tban  tbe  concentrated  glare  of  the  calcium  light  The 
latest  thing  of  this  sort  tbat  has  drawn  tbe  attention  of  the  public 
was  tbe  announcement  that  Mr.  Teddy  Hatch  tie,  so  long  Dan 
Frohman's  cherished  jeune  premier  and  tbe  conscious  and  con- 
tented cynosure  of  matinee  maidens' glances,  han  taken  unto  him- 
self a  wife  two  months  in  advance  of  bis  wedding  cards.  Why 
be  should  have  withheld  the  fact  of  bis  marriage  to  Miss  Alice  De 
Lacy  for  two  months  is  a  mystery,  unless  for  a  dramatic  purpose. 
His  name  has  been  so  intimately  associated  with  hers  for  the  past 
two  years  that  half  the  world  imagined  tbat  the  wedding  had 
taken  place  many  months  ago  and  had  been  kept  secret  only  in 
order  not  to  interfere  with  tbe  financial  success  of  the  Lyceum 
matinees  and  tbe  sale  of  Mr.  RatcIiuVs  photographs,  from  which 
it  is  universally  understood  that  he  has  received  very  pretty  com- 
missions. Miss  De  Lacy  is  tbe  daughter  of  »  Pete  "  (a  name  to 
conjure  with),  the  popular  and  potent  Prince  of  the  Pool  Room. 
If  any  selfish  motives  inspired  the  actor's  choice  it  must  have 
been  Miss  De  Lacy's  prospects  rather  tban  her  social  prominence, 
for  though  Pete  is  mighty  anione  tbe  millions,  he  has  noplace 
among  tbe  Four  Hundred.  Tbe  blissful  pair  have  taken  a  fash- 
ionable suite  in  tbe  Hotel  New  Amsterdam,  wbere  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  Mr.  Ratcliffe  will  continue  through  the  winter  the 
series  of  afternoon  teas  that,  next  to  himself,  were  the  chief  at- 
traction of  his  »  Mystic  "  quarters  last  season.  It  is  more  than 
likely  that  he  will  do  so,  since  he  now  so  completely  controls  the 
source  from  which  were  derived  most  of  tbe  choice  cigars  and 
liquid  joys  which  were  features  of  last  year's  "spreads." 

Apropos  of  theatrical  domesticity,  the  Kendals  are  with  us  once 
more.  What  conscientious  custodians  are  this  model  pair,  uf  that 
anticipated  purity  of  stage  life  which  it  is  the  aspiration  of  every 
debutante  to  realize  1  Mr.  Kendal's  solidity,  coupled  with  Mrs. 
Kendal's  bandeaux  and  absence  of  whalebones  (by  the  bye,  why 
should  the  absence  of  whalebones  be  deemed  moral  ?  ),  have  been 
heretofore  regarded  as  a  sufficient  stage  setting,  but  this  year  the 
properties  have  been  increased  by  the  addition  of  knitting  needles 
and  yarns.  All  interviews  with  reporters  have  now  the  numeri- 
cal accompaniment  of  "  one,  two,  three,  and  purl." 

Miss  Blanche  Edith  Verdenal,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T. 
Dominique  Verdenal,  will  be  married  late  in  November  to  Mr. 
Gray,  of  Fresno,  California.  His  father  and  mother  (Colonel  and 
Mrs.  Forsyth),  Mrs.  Gashwiler  and  her  daughters  will  come  from 
California  to  the  wedding. 

Hfss  Agnes  Burgin  has  rtturned  to  town  and  is  occupying  her 
former  apartment  in  Madison  avenue.  W.  B.  Brown,  Jr.  has  re- 
turned to  town  from  Nantucket.  He  will  leave  for  California  in 
December  to  pass  the  holidays. 

You  may  look  forward  to  a  great  treat  in  a  few  months  in  the 
arrival  in  California  of  Miss  Jennie  O'Neill  Potter,  tbe  famous 
monologue  artist.  Her  entertainments  are  unique  and  fascinat- 
ing. Miss  Potter  is  a  very  handsome  young  woman  of  charming 
personality,  vivacious  and  witty,  as  well  as  sympathetic.  IShe 
has  had  a  pronounced  success,  not  only  in  this  country  but  also 
in  London,  when  in  two  seasons  of  work  she  made  herself  a  great 
favorite.  Miss  Potter  is  a  relative  of  Mrs.  Bella  Thomas  Nichols, 
who  left  a  wide  regretful  circle  of  friends  behind  when  she  gave 
up  her  San  Francisco  home. 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Brown  has  been  spending  a  fortnight  with  Mrs. 
Stewart,  formerly  Miss  May  Fargo,  at  Blackwell's  Island.  Mrs. 
Stewart  is  adored  by  t*he  poor  patients  on  the  Island,  where  she 
takes  the  deepest  interest  in  the  hospital  and  asylum. 

Mrs.  Santiago  Sruilbers  arrived  from  California  a  few  days  ago 
and  is  at  her  former  home  in  Eighty-fifih  street.  Her  husband 
has  left  New  York  for  a  long  visit  to  Central  America.  Mrs. 
Richard  P.  Lounsbury  is  at  her  Tbirty-fiftb-street  home,  having 
closed  the  Westchester  house  last  week.  As  she  is  in  deep 
mourning  she  will  not  entertain  this  winter — a  fact  to  be  lamented 
by  her  friends,  for  she  is  one  of  the  most  charming  hostesses  in 
New  York  and  as  popular  as  she  was  in  San  Francisco. 

Mrs.  "Valentine  Snyder  is  looking  eagerly  forward  to  the  arrival 
of  her  mother  and  sister,  Mrs.  Torbert  and  Miss  Mollie  Torbert, 
who  are  expected  in  a  few  days.  They  will  spend  the  winter 
with  Mrs.  Snyder.  Mrs.  Brookes  (formerly  Miss  Holladay)  is 
still  at  Schwalbach,  where  her  health  is  improving  rapidly.  If 
she  recovers  sufficiently  she  will  go  to  Demerara  to  visit  her  sister 
this  winter,  as  she  had  intended  before  ill-health  took  her  to 
Schwalbach  for  the  baths.  Mr.  Andres  Martinez  writes  from 
Bilbao,  Spain,  that  he  means  to  visit  his  old  Californian  friends  in 
October.  Passe-  Partout. 

New  York,  September  20,  1994. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thn  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 

No  harmful  ingredients  are  contained  in  Ayer's  Sarsaparilla.  Physicians 
recommend  It. 


City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 


ATTYS  -AT-LAW 
PRANK    KENNEDY,  law  odlco,  M  Murphy  Bldg  .  1236  Market  8U 

CANDIES 
<  AXniBS  put  up  for  uhlrimont  at  ROBERTB',  Polk  and  Bush  streets, 

DENTISTS. 
R    CITMR,  «6  Geary  street. 


DOOR    CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  !>....,.  i  n  ml  Spring    F.  D.  Morrell,  698 Mission  St. 

DRUGGISTS. 

KEUVS  CORN  CUBE,  afle.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS1  FOl.NON  OAK  SPECIFIC*    Positive  cure     8old  by  all  drug- 
gists  

MILLINERY. 
THE  HIlNDtB  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  street. 

RESTAU  HANTS. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant- 521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 
SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  PONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  HENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  antomizallon  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


OCCIDENTAL    HOTEL, 

SAN  FRANCISCO. 

A  QUIET  HOME,  CENTRALLY  LOCATED 

FOE  THOSE  WHO  APPRECIATE  COMFORT  &  ATTENTION. 
WM.  B.  HOOPER.  Manager. 

ERNST    H.    LUDWIG  &  CO., 
The  Model  American  Caterer. 

1206  SUTTER  ST.,  S.   F.  Telephone  2388. 


P.&B, 


FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 

BUILDING  PAPERS. 

ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 

PARAFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

116  Battery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Curlipe  Baths. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 


Emptied  Euery  |tfi?l?t 


Filled  Direct 


Between  the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and 


From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath :  30  cts. 
single,  or  4  for  $1.     Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


D 


R.   D.   E.  DUNNE, 


Chiropodist. 


Now  at  I.l'RI.INE  BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Next  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

Ingrown  Nails  a  Specialty. 

HR.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


114,  GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


D 


R.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  DENTIST, 

1841  Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F. 


[Telephone  2606 


Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

HOURS— 9  a.  M.to  5r.  M. ,  8  to  9  p.  m.    Sundays,  9  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 


D 


R.    FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,   DENTIST, 

703  Market  Street,  Rooms  18, 19  and  20. 


16* 


SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  19,  1894. 


ANOTHER  evidence  of  the  fact  tbat  we  are  passing  through 
what  is  bDOwn  in  Europe  as  the  silly  season  is  to  be  found  in 
the  revival  by  the  press  correspondents  of  amusingly  solemn 
speculations  in  regard  to  the  stability  of  the  triple  alliance.  This 
is  one  of  the  reserve  subject?,  one  of  the  stock  topics  of  the  silly 
season.  When  Dews  is  scarce  and  statesmen  and  diplomats  are 
recuperating  at  country  seats,  mineral  springs,  and  seaside  re- 
Borts,  the  correspondents  begin  to  see  international  hobgoblins 
with  a  multiplicity  of  vision  which  resembles  the  expansive  but 
inaccurate  gaze  which  Sir  John  Falstaff  threw  upon  the  men  in 
buckram  who  despoiled  him.  There  is  no  evidence  of  any  weak- 
ening of  the  triple  alliance,  and  there  is  no  substantial  reason 
apparent  anywhere  for  believing  that  there  is  now  in  progress 
such  a  change  in  the  grouping  of  international  aims  and  interests 
as  will  logically  lead  to  a  new  alignment  of  diplomatic  sympa- 
thies. The  only  thing  of  that  kind  which  is  observable  is  a  slight 
softening  in  the  hitherto  somewhat  acute,  though  veiled  aDd 
courteous,  unfriendliness  which  has  existed  between  France  and 
Germany  since  the  armed  encoonter  of  1870.  But  that  is  more  a 
result  of  the  natural  obliteration  of  resentment  and  anger  which 
follows  the  lapse  of  time  than  of  any  other  cause.  The  new 
colonial  interests  of  several  of  thegreat  powers,  which  have  been 
inferentially  indicated  rather  than  openly  stated,  as  the  moving 
impulse  in  the  predicted  displacement  of  existing  diplomatic  in- 
fluences and  alignments,  are  and  always  will  be  secondary  con- 
siderations in  tbe  arrangement  of  European  policies.  Then,  too, 
the  reported  improvement  in  tbe  relations  between  the  Vatican 
and  the  Quirinal,  which  has  been  mentioned  in  this  connection, 
is  really  an  evidence  of  the  strengthening  of  the  dreibund — more 
especially  as  Germany  is  said  to  be  encouraging  that  improve- 
ment to  her  utmost  ability. 

The  renewal  this  week  of  the  sensational  rumors  which  have 
recently  been  put  into  circulation  in  regard  to  the  health  of  the 
Russian  Czar  and  the  leading  members  of  the  imperial  family  of 
Russia  will  not  lead  cautious  and  observant  people  to  place  con- 
fidence in  them.  The  intensely  spectacular  character  of  these 
rumors  in  itself  discredits  them ;  besides  that,  they  profess  to  give 
details  in  regard  to  matters  which,  in  the  very  nature  of  things, 
must  be  unobtainable  secrets  in  Russia.  This  indicates  a  recourse 
to  the  imagination ,  on  the  part  of  the  news  purveyors,  which  calls 
to  mind  the  story  of  the  three  black  crows  and  leads  to  the  in- 
ference that,  on  a  very  small  foundation  of  fact,  a  very  large 
superstructure  of  fancy  has  been  erected.  A  conservative  and 
rational  explanation  of  this  whole  matter  is  that  the  Czar  is  ail- 
ing, and  that,  having  failed  to  take  the  press  of  the  world  into  his 
confidence  in  regard  to  his  ailments,  the  press  correspondents 
have  availed  themselves  of  the  leisure  of  a  silly  season  in  order  to 
afflict  him  with  a  large  variety  of  mental  and  physical  diseases. 
These  rumors  may,  therefore,  be  said  to  be  a  reverberation  of  the 
imagination  caused  by  the  emptiness  of  the  silly  season.  At  any 
rate  there  are  no  reliable  facts  in  sight  to  support  them. 

The  Polish  question,  like  the  agrarian  agitation,  to  which  the 
Emperor  William  has  recently  directed  the  attention  of  Prussia, 
is  not  really  a  serious  matter.  Perhaps  the  principal  office  which 
both  questions  have  performed  has  been  to  bring  out  the  fact 
tbat  the  Kaiser's  reconciliation  with  Prince  Bismarck  is  full  and 
complete,  and  that  tbe  latter  is  giving  an  earnest  support  to  the 
present  imperial  policy.  It  is  quite  possible  that  he  inspired  that 
policy.  It  is  quite  within  bounds  of  possibility  that  there  is  now 
an  unseen  and  unsuspected  power  behind  the  Prussian  throne. 

The  elections  which  took  place  in  Bulgaria  on  last  Sunday  are 
reported  to  have  resulted  in  an  overwhelming  victory  for  the 
present  Mini&try,  and,  as  a  necessary  implication,  for  Prince 
Ferdinand,  who,  of  his  own  motion,  dismissed  Stambuloff  and  ap- 
pointed his  present  advisors.  But  this  expression  af  popular  con- 
fidence, while  it  is,  no  doubt,  highly  pleasing  to  Prince  Ferdi- 
nand, leaves  him  still  a  long  way  from  being  out  of  the  woods. 
Public  confidence  and  personal  popularity  do  not  seem  to  count 
for  much  in  Bulgaria  when  they  get  into  a  contest  with  skill  in 
intrigue  and  diplomacy.  Stambuloff  maintained  himself  in  power 
for  years,  though  be  never  was  popular  and  a  considerable  portion 
of  the  time  was  positively  detested.  On  the  other  hand  Prince 
Frederick,  of  Battenberg,  though  be  was  idolized  by  the  army  and 
loved  by  the  people,  was  forced  to  abandon  the  throne  and  retire 
from  the  country. 

The  news  from  the  seat  of  war  in  the  Orient  has  again  resumed 
its  old-time  vague  and  discursive  character.  Throughout  tbe 
week  we  have  been  treated  to  some  long-range  technical  criticisms 
of  the  naval  battle  at  Yalu,  bat  nothing  practical  seems  to  be 
known  in  regard  to  tbe  changes  in  the  military  and  diplomatic 
situation  which  that  encounter  and  the  battle  of  Yang  Ping  must 


have  produced.  The  rumors  which  have  been  bruited  in  regard 
to  armed  interference  on  the  part  of  Russia  and  a  projected  "dash 
on  Pekin"  by  the  Japanese  are  obviously  unreliable.  All  tbat 
can  be  said  at  the  present  time  is  tbat  the  Japanese  have  the  best 
of  the  conflict,  and  that  intelligent  human  judgment  leads  to  tbe 
belief  that  they  will  continue  to  maintain  that  advantage.  The 
Japanese  are  clearly  th«  more  powerful  nationality  from  a  mili- 
tary standpoint,  notwithstanding  their  inferiority  in  point  of 
population  and  extent  of  territory.  The  Chinese  are  not  inferior 
to  the  Japanese  either  in  intelligence  or  physical  courage,  but 
they  are  at  the  least  two  decades  behind  their  opponents  in 
modern  military  development  and  in  lhat  moral  and  mental  cour- 
age which  military  organization  carries  with  it  in  time  of  war. 
The  modern  ideas  which  Li  Hung  Chang  has  grafted  on  the 
Chinese  military  system  are  but  fragmentary  patches  upon  a 
comparatively  useless  whole.  In  China  there  is  no  central  mili- 
tary authority ;  no  army  and  navy  offices;  no  generals  who  un- 
derstand how  to  guide  troops  and  bring  them  into  action  at  proper 
times  and  in  effective  formation;  and  no  organized  authority  to 
gather  up  resources  and  forward  supplies  and  reinforcements  to 
the  places  they  are  wanted.  Besides  tbat  genuine  patriotism  is 
absent  and  corruption  rampant.  The  navy  is  a  little  better  off 
apparently  in  this  respect,  but  even  it  lacks  the  spirit  and  organ- 
ization of  that  of  the  Japanese.  The  latter  seem  to  have  a  fairly 
organized  central  military  authority,  a  capable  staff,  a  commis- 
sary, and  all  the  auxiliaries  of  modern  warfare. 

Tbe  Ameer  of  Afghanistan  is  to  pay  a  visit  to  Queen  Victoria 
this  autumn.  He  is  expected  to  arrive  in  London  in  tbe  first 
week  in  November  and  will  be  received  as  a  royal  guest.  The 
pretender  to  the  Afghan  throne.it  may  be  mentioned,  died  re- 
cently and  the  old  gentleman  now  feels  that  he  can  leave  his  own 
dominions  without  imperiling  his  position.  The  heir  apparent 
will  rule  as  regent  while  he  is  abroad. 


ANTOINETTE. 


These  preparations  for  BEAUTIFY- 
ING and  PRESERVING  the  COMPLEX- 
ION contain  maay  oE  the  old  French 
secrets,  combined  with  the  latest  chemi- 
cal discoveries,  and  are  indorsed  by 
many  of  our  most  eminent  physicians. 

PIMPLES  AND  ALL  FACIAL  BLI-: IIISMES 

A  SPECIALTY. 

SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  BEHOVED 


By  new  process. 
WARRANTED. 


No  bad  results. 
PRICE,  $1  50. 


ANTOINETTE 
GRAY     HAIR 
RESTORER 

FOR  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN. 
Gray  and  bleached  hair  restored— NOT 
DYED.  This  wonderful  preparation  acts 
on  the  secretions  and  supplies  the  na- 
tural coloring  to  the  hair,  making  it  soft 
and  glossy,  and  leaving  the    calp  white  and  In  a  healthy  condition. 
i>AM)KM-F  and  all  diseases  of  the  hair  skillfully  treated. 
NOTE.— No  poisons  used  in  any  of  my  preparations. 

MME.    MAROHAND,   "i™*"*'. 

Telephone  1349.  (laber's  Entrance). 

x-csrsxria^.DsrcE. 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY     (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHA8.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY   OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF    PHILAnELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL    FULLY    PAID $3,000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St.,S.  F. 
JAMES    P.   BAILEY,  General    Agent. 

SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE,  of  London.  'rounded A- D- m0- 

Cash  Assets,  $10,270,535-  Oldest  purely  fire  insurance  office  in  the  world. 

THE  LION  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO,  LTD,,  of  London- 

Established  A.  1).  1879.     Cash  Assets,  $1,108,C95. 

THE  IMPERIAL  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD..  of  London   [instituted ia». 

Cash  Assets,  $9,362,920.    40  years  in  business  on  tne  Pacific  Coast. 

VVJI.  .1    L1XDERS,  jlnaascr  for  tlie  Pacific  Coast.    20a  Sansoine  St.,  Sear  Pine. 


29,  1894. 


SAN    I  R  W  i>t  o  \i;\\s  i.ri  i  i  i; 


17 


ALCOHOLISM 


AIAD1  mo  lb*  only  hop«  for  •  cure  by  one  ■tH-ctrd  wiih 
alcoholism  wis  to  ••  find  nUgtoo.  get  a  chaiu***  of  neari 
el?e  die.  Tbe  latter  remedy  was  mucb  less  i Wended  by  relap-f?< 
While  the  dnokcr  who  swore  oft  under  the  anthastmsm  »>f  ;*  D«W- 
found  belief  and  associates  could  not  but  be  bettered  for  the  time  be- 
ing by  refining  and  exemplary  surroundings,  his  ktattnani 
more  the  martyrdom  of  a  >pli-inij-"»-^l  penance  than  a  cessation "of 
the  desire  for  drink.  The  duration  of  this  penftnoe  WW  brief;  the 
Ticlim  relapsed  until  another  C"iiver>ion  temporarily  checked  drink's 
ravages. 

Drunkenness,  instead  of  being  regarded  as  a  disease— a  dangerous, 
insidious  disease  that  was  a  constant  menace  to  both  high  and  low  in 
the  community,  was  looked  upon  as  a  monstrous  vice,  a  pernicious 
habit,  the  cure  of  which  lay  more  within  the  domain  of  a  policeman 
and  a  jailer  than  that  of  a  physician. 

It  i*  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  at  first  the  claims  of  those  who  be- 
lieved in  the  curability  of  drunkenness  by  medical  treatment  were 
ridiculed.  Xo  matter  how  the  century  advances  in  science  and  dis- 
coveries, there  is  a  feeling  of  resentment  against  innovations  upon  es- 
tablished beliefs  and  convictions.  The  Prohibitionist,  who  would  re- 
vise the  laws  and  social  system  of  man  to  purge  the  world  of  the  bot- 
tle, never  dreamed  of  revising  the  system  of  the  drinker  individually. 
He  regarded  not  the  malady,  the  uncontrollable  cravings  of  insatiable 
desire;  he  saw  but  tbe  effect,  and  argued  a  vicious,  sinful  intent.  He 
did  not  realize  the  presence  of  a  disease,  too  fatal  for  the  most  elo- 
quent preachings — an  affliction  on  mankind  to  be  met,  not  on  a  sen- 
timental basis,  but  scientifically,  with  its  only  antidote,  chemical  re- 
sistance applied  by  the  physician,  with  the  utmost  skill  and  delicacy 
of  his  craft. 

I  believe  that  in  the  majority  of  sufferers  from  alcoholic  inebriation 
the  cause  is  a  direct,  inherited  desire,  or  an  inherited  neurotic  condi- 
tion of  the  nervous  system  due  to  ancestral  alcoholic  poisoning, 
which  generally  develops  into  inebriety  and  sometimes  insanity. 

There  is  a  specific  remedy  for  every  phase  of  alcoholic  inebriety, 
but  no  one  formula  can  be  universally  used.  No  two  victims  are 
afflicted  exactly  alike,  hence  their  treatment  must  vary  to  meet  the 
individual  symtoms  of  each  case. 

San  Francisco,  September,  18&4. 

LITERARY    NOTICES. 

THE  announcements  of  new  books  for  the  fall  promise  many 
good  things.  Among  tbe  new  books  that  will  likely  be  widely 
read  and  discussed  is  Walter  Blackburn  Harte's  long  expected 
volume  of  essays.  It  is  entitled  "Meditations  in  Motley:  A 
Bundle  of  Papers  Imbued  with  the  Sobriety  of  Midnight,"  and  is 
made  up  almost  entirely  of  new  essays  of  a  socia'—  ^aracter,  writ- 
ten in  a  vein  of  fantastical  humor.  Some  of  the  ^est  of  Lhe  "  In 
A  Corner  at  Dodsley's  "  essays  are  to  reappear.  The  book  is  to 
come  from  tbe  press  of  the  Arena  Publishing  Company,  of  Boston, 
Mass. 

<•  An  Intra-Mural  View,"  a  very  artistic  brochure,  has  been 
received  from  The  Curtis  Publishing  Company,  Philadelphia,  pub- 
lishers of  The  Ladies'  Home  Journal.  As  tbe  title  indicates,  the 
booklet  gives  us  glimpses  of  the  interiors  of  the  Journal's  offices, 
and  some  idea  of  tbe  work  carried  on  there.  The  main  building, 
entirely  occupied  by  tbe  editorial  and  business  offices,  was  designed 
by  Mr.  Hardenbergh,  the  architect  of  the  Hotel  Waldorf,  New 
York,  and  was  completed  in  January,  1893.  The  exterior  is  at- 
tractive and  the  interior  elegantly  appointed  and  admirably 
planned.  The  numerous  illustrations,  showing  the  commodious 
and  well  fitted  offices,  and  the  accompanying  text,  giving  us  some 
insight  into  the  work  in  the  different  bureaus,  requiring  a  force 
approximating  four  hundred  employed,  indicate  the  wonderful 
success  which  The  Ladies1  Home  Journal  has  achieved  in  an  almost 
incredibly  short  time. 


Xi>fdJ  Htt-WUS,. 


Champagne. 

When  the  Prince  of  Wales  suddenly  decided,  several  years  ago, 
that  no  wine  was  suitable  for  the  royal  palate  but  Pommery  Sec,  all 
other  wines  were  banished  from  the  little  suppers  which  the  Prince 
gave  to  his  friends,  and  Pommery  became  the  proper  thing.  If  a 
nobleman  prepared  a  banquet,  Pommery  was  tbe  first  consideration. 
The  London  dealers  were  surprised  that,  until  they  communicated 
with  French  headquarters,  they  could  hardly  supply  the  demand.  It 
was  the  same  way  in  America.  New  York  society  was  seized  with 
the  craze,  and  in  every  fashionable  novel  of  the  season  Pommery  Sec 
figures  prominently.  Persons  who  intend  giving  select  entertain- 
ments should  be  particular  to  have  this  wine  on  the  table,  and  bear 
in  mind  the  Prince  of  Wales's  opinion:  "  There  is  no  headache  m 
Pommery  Sec."  —Exchange. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


K1KK.  MAU1NK   ASH  INLAND   I.S-I   KAMK. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  SAN   FKAriLlsCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.   $1000,000    I  ASSETS,   $3,000,000. 
IHANSAILANIIC    HHt    INSURANCt    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

V.  Carua  i>i  in;  <■  l<l    naiiueer  for  the  !■..<  uii  I'oaat  Bra  neb 

220  Suiuonie  St.,  S.  F. 

Capital    ....      . $1,500,000.00 

Invested  m  U.  S 654,433.31 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

AgentB  City  Department, 
333  California  St.,  S.  F..«  al. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS fORl  COSTA.  California. 

si»ru«t(uimcii),nio,iiuiiTmn.     Regular    Warenouoe  ior  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  tall  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  forcleanine 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat.  8 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ot  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-California  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL  {6,700,00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
Wo.  316  Calllornla  Street.  San  Francisco 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   $19,724,538.46. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVKNB.  |  Vlce-Pres. ,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEK 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 

Mills  Buildinq  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 

Established  1825. 
Capital,  S2,25O,00O.  Total  Assets,  $6,854,653  66 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

VOS8,  <  ONRAIi  A'  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

fEstablished  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  18S6.J 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

«EO.  F.  BRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YOKK. 

Capital  Paid  Up *     600,000 

Assets        8,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,626,167 

ROBERT     DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
api  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE- WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    (OJ1PAXV, 
(Incorporated  A.  D.,  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


Sept.  29,  1894 


MY     MIND     TO    ME    A    KINGDOM    IS.—  William  Byrd. 


M 


Y  mind  to  me  a  kiDgdom  ia, 

Sucb  perfect  joy  tbereio  I  find 
As  far  exceeds  all  earthly  bliss 

That  God  or  nature  hath  assigned; 
Though  much  I  want  that  most  would  have, 
Yet  still  my  mind  forbids  to  crave. 

Content  I  live,  this  is  my  stay  ; 

I  seek  no  more  than  may  suffice; 
I  press  to  bear  no  haughty  sway; 

Look!    What  I  lack,  my  mind  supplies. 
Lo!  thus  I  triumph  like  a  king, 
Content  with  what  my  mind  doth  bring. 

I  see  bow  plenty  surfeits  oft, 

And  hasty  climbers  soonest  fall; 

I  see  that  such  as  sit  aloft 

Mishaps  doth  threaten  most  of  all. 

These  get  with  toil  and  keep  with  fear; 

Such  cares  my  mind  could  never  bear. 

Some  have  too  much,  yet  still  they  crave; 

I  have  little;  yet  seek  no  more; 
They  are  but  poor,  though  much  they  have, 

And  1  am  rich  with  little  store. 
They  poor,  I  rich ;  they  beg,  I  give; 
They  lack,  I  lend;  they  pine,  I  live. 

I  laugh  not  at  another's  loss, 

I  grudge  not  at  another's  gain ; 

No  worldly  wave  my  mind  can  toss, 
I  brook  that  is  another's  bane; 

I  fear  no  foe,  nor  fawn  on  friend; 

I  loathe  not  life,  nor  dread  mine  end. 

1  wish  but  what  I  have  at  will, 

I  wander  not  to  seek  for  more; 

I  like  the  plam,  1  climb  no  hill, 

In  greatest  storms  I  sit  on  shore 

And  laugh  at  them  that  toil  in  vain 

To  get  what  must  be  lost  again. 

My  wealth  is  health  and  perfect  ease, 
My  conscience  clear  my  chief  defense; 

I  never  seek  by  bribes  to  please, 
Nor  by  desert  to  give  ofiense. 

Thus  do  I  live,  thus  will  I  die, 

Would  all  did  so  as  well  as  I. 


GOOD- BY. —Andrew  Lang. 


Kiss  me,  and  say  good-by; 

Good-by,  there  i&  no  word  to  say  but  this, 
Nor  any  lips  left  for  my  lips  to  kiss, 

Nor  any  tears  to  shed  when  these  tears  dry; 

Kiss  me  and  say  good-by. 

Farewell,  be  glad,  forget; 

There  is  no  need  to  say  "  forget,"  I  know, 
For  youth  is  youth,  and  time  will  have  it  so, 

And  though  your  lips  are  pale,  and  your  eyes  wet, 

Farewell,  you  must  forget. 

You  shall  bring  home  your  sheaves, 

Many,  and  heavy,  and  with  blossoms  twined 
Of  memories  that  go  not  out  ot  mind; 

Let  this  one  sheaf  be  twined  with  poppy  leaves 

When  you  bring  home  your  sheaves. 

In  garnered  loves  of  thine, 

The  ripe  good  fruit  of  many  hearts  and  years, 
Somewhere  let  this  lie,  gray  and  salt  with  tears; 

It  grew  too  near  the  sea-wind,  and  the  brine 

Of  life,  this  love  of  mine. 

This  sheaf  was  spoiled  in  spring, 

And  over-long  was  green,  and  early  sere, 
And  never  gathered  gold  in  the  late  year 

From  autumn  suns,  and  moons  of  harvesting, 

But  failed  in  frosts  of  spring. 

Yet  was  it  thine,  my  sweet, 

This  love,  though  weak  as  young  corn  withered, 
Whereof  no  man  may  gather  and  make  bread; 

Thine,  though  it  never  knew  the  summer  heat; 

Forget  not  quite,  my  sweet. 


zb_a.:t>t:k:s- 


CAPITAL  Paid   Up 

RESERVE    FUND. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

$3,000,000 

1,404,000 

Southeast  coruer  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD    oil  hi;  60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver, New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  trausacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rateB 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York — Merchants  Bauk  of  Canada;  Chicago — First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico — London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 


BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  .      . .  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  I,  1894) 3,247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS   BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

((Htiii:sroM)i;xfs : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sous;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bauk  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis— Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  AngeleB,  and  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-ou-Maiu,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syudey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVIN6S  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS    June  30.  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1.627.052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardmau,  J.  G.  Eastland ;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittauces  may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  Sau  Fraucisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commeuces  only  with  the  acual  receipt  of  toe  money  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day evenings,  6:30  to  S.  

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL.  S1.000.000. 
office  as. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  ..President 

JAMES  D.  PHKLAN,  S    G   MURPHY      Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G  Fair,  L  P  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelau,  James  Moffitt,  S  G  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  ana 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  <fc  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Bauks.     When  opening  accounts  t-eud  signature- 

THE  6ERMAN  SAVIN6S  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fond $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 29,439,217  09 

OFFICERS— President.  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmaun,  H  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer,    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

I*   £.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  I  Paid  up        $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— IS  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York — J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  Btreet. 
The  Bauk  trausacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART      I  ,ta„anay.„ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  l  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO  'S  BANK. 


Manager 
..Assistant  Cashier 


X  .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutler  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Sarplus     $6,250,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  8.  King. 

H.  Wadsworth    Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E ,  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj   P .  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  3.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,  Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


8ept.29,  1694. 


SAN  J  i:\M  [SI  0  NEWS  LBTTEB 


19 


SUNBEAMS 


H 


K  asked  the  maiden  tor  a  kiss — 

His  love  he  could  not  smother; 
Mh-  said  On  fuu):  "  should  you  take  one 

You'd  surely  want  another!  " 

He  shook  his  head  and  fir  jily  said : 

"  1  will  not  ask  for  two!  " 
With  sweet  surprise  she  murmured: 
■■All  the   other  fellows  do!" 

— Atlanta  Constitution. 
It  was  rather  startling  to  be  awakened  by  the  light  of  a  dark  lan- 
tern shining  in  one's  eyes,  but  Editba's  politeness  did  not  desert  her. 
"  Won't  you  sit  down. "Mr.  Burglar?"  she  said,  sweetly.  Inthiuk- 
ingly  he  obeyed  and  met  his  doom.  For  in  another  moment  he  was 
so  entangled*  in  the  tidies,  throws,  ribbons,  etc.,  with  which  the  little 
willow  rocker  was  covered  that  he  could  do  nothing  but  sit  still  and 
glare  at  her  as  she  stepped  over  to  the  telephone  and  called  the 
police.  — Indianapolis  Journal. 

"  Shall  I  have  to  get  married  when  1  grow  up'"'  asked  little  Flos- 
sie one  day  of  her  mother.  "Just  as  you  please,  dear,"  answered 
ber  mother  with  a  smile.  "Most  women  do,  however."  "  Yes,  I 
suppose  so."  continued  the  little  girl,  musingly,  "and  I  guess  I'd 
better  start  right  in  and  hustle  for  a  husband  now.  They  say  Aunt 
Jane  has  Veen  at  it  for  twentv  years  and  hasn't  caught  one  yet." 

—  Wechsler  *  ifcNulty's  Weekly. 

Litti  f.  Johnny— Tell  us  a  story,  uncle.  Uncle  Wayiiack  (from 
the  West)— All  right,  children.  Y'ou  want  a  true  story,  I  s'pose. 
Little  Johnny — So :  tell  us  one  of  those  fairy  stories  about  cyclones 
and  grasshoppers  and  things  you  were  telling  the  company  last  even- 
ing. — Good  News. 

Wike  (reading  newspaper)— According  to  the  statistics  I  see  that 
the  number  of  marriages  decreases,  while  the  number  of  suicides  is 
increasing.  Husband— That's  easily  explained.  Wife— How  so  ? 
Ht/sbakd — Men  are  beginning  to  prefer  the  less  painful  method  of 
getting  out  of  this  world.  —  Tcms  Sittings. 

He— What  a  shame  it  is  that  men  may  ask  women  to  marry  them, 
and  women  mayn't  ask  men!  She— Oh,  well,  you  know,  I  suppose 
they  can  always  give  a  sort  of  hint!  He— What  do  you  mean  by  a 
hint?    She— Well,  thev  can  always  say,  "Oh,  I  do  love  you  sol  " 

—Ex. 
Down  by  a  little  running  brook 

I  nr'st  met  Maggie  May; 
Her  father  was  a  dairyman, 
He  made  bis  pile  that  way. 

— Detroit  Free  Press. 

"  Where  is  my  wife.  Miss  Lowe?  "  he  asked  of  the  new  governess. 
"  She  has  just  gone  upstairs,  sir."  "  Well,  will  you  kindly  give  ber 
this  kiss  for  me?  I've  got  a  train  to  catch,  and  haven't  time  to  take 
it  to  her  myself."  — Spare  Moments. 

Mr.  Tinkle— My  dear,  can't  you  manage  to  cut  down  your  ex- 
penses in  some  way?  Mrs.  T.  (reflectively)— I  have  it,  yes;  I  can 
stop  putting  that  ten  cents  in  the  contribution  box  every  Sundav. 

—Ex. 

Jack — Look  here,  old  chappie,  just  introduce  me  to  your  pretty 
cousin.  Habby— All  right.  Ill  do  it.  But  mark  me,  if  ever  you 
marry  her,  don't  lay  the  blame  on  me.  —  Ex. 

Miss  Border— My  father  was  very  light  on  his  feet,  even  to  the  day 
of  his  death.  Miss  Slydhj — So  I  understood.  I  heard  that  on  the 
day  he  died  he  actually  danced  on  nothing.  — Ex. 

"  What  does  it  mean  when  a  Prince  gives  a  ballet  dancer  a  dia- 
mond necklace?"  'It  probably  means  that  he  has  married  an 
American  heiress."  —  Pick-Me-Vp. 

Poet— Can  you  make  anything  out  of  this  poem  ?  Editor— I  guess 
so.  John,  hit  her  a  lick  with  that  mucilage  and  see  how  she  works 
for  fly  paper.  — Atlanta  Constitution. 

Maky— So  vou  are  mad  at  your  husband.  Are  you  going  home  to 
your  mother?  Emily-— No.  I  shan't  do  anything  to  please  him  as 
long  as  1  live.  — Ex. 

George  (seriously)— Do  vou  think  your  father  would  object  to  my 
marrying  you?  Ada— I  don't  know;  if  he's  anything  like  me  he 
would.  —Tid  Bits. 

"  I  never  saw  a  man  more  thoughtful  of  his  wife's  happiness  than 
Migg=."  "Mercy!  I  thought  he  spent  a  good  deal  of  his  time  at 
home."  — Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Visitor— I  should  think  you  would  be  a'raid  to  give  your  children 
so  much  cake.    Hostess— I  am.   Those  are  my  next  neighbor's  boys. 

—  Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

"  Is  Dr.  Pellet  going  to  make  a  success  here,  do  you  think  ?"  "No; 
he  hasn't  the  least  idea  of  the  latest  styles  in  diseases." 

—  Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

"  Well,"  said  Jonah,  as  he  stood  on  the  shore  and  watched  the 
whale  swim  away,  "  for  once  I'm  glad  I'm  not  in  it!"  —  Ex. 

Jack— Isn't  your  bathing  suit  rather  too  loud?  Jess— I  don't  know 
but  it  is.    Only  yesterday  I  was  mistaken  for  a  bell  buoy. 

— St.  Louis  Post-Dispalch. 

Amy— How  can  1  induce  Charlie  to  propose?  Mabel— Get  some 
one  to  tell  him  you'd  be  sure  to  reject  him.  —Exchanqe. 

He— Why  do  you  think  they  are  married  ?  She— I  heard  her  ask 
him  for  a  kiss  last  night.  Life. 


BANKS. 


CALIFORNIA    SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST    CO. 

I'nlil    i>|'  Capital,  91.  OOO.OOO. 

Corner  HojrrooKKBi  mid  OAuronru  Streets, San  Francisco. 

J.  D.  FRY,  Preiideut HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice  President 

J   Dalzki.l  Brown  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  compauy  is  Authorized  by  law  to  act  tus  Executor,  AdminUtralor 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  am)  1'ruht 
Fund*.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profit*,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  a»  an  individual 
lu  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  A  treat  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Cor  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
earine  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon, 

KKMS  SAFEM  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  fft  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


S  G.  Murphy, 
James  Mofiltt, 
J.  D.  Harvey. 


V  W.  Corner  Sansome  and  ISush  Streets. 

Established  1870.  U.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  l'p)   $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS  $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $76,196 

S.  G  MURPHY     President  I 

JAMES  MOFFITT     ,  .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 
Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan, 

1  bomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper, 

A  General  Banking  Haziness  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $b  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital       $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up       $3,450,000 
Reserve  .       $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C. 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115b  Pacific  Ave 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  A^Istant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUS  TAV  FKIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— ixexel,  Morgan  &  Co     BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital  .    $2  3i>0,000  I  Paid  Up  Capital    $2,000,000 

Reserve  i'und,  $800,0<>0. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUM.j  „„„„„. 
C.  ALTSCHUL  )  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL ....  $1,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  Pan  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        ....  President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  A  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia—  Drexel  &  Co  f'hicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  ^t.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics'  Bank.  Kansas  Cicy—  First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  A  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  *^o. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,0C0. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA8.  F.  CROCKER,         |         E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER Prebident 

W.  E.  BROWN  Vice  ^  resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE .     Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVINSS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADE 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord  Jerome  Lincoln  H.  H.  Hewlett 


Wm   Babcock 
Adam  Brant 


O.  D   Baldwin 
W.  S.  Jones 


A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No,  18  Geary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated  November24,1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER  ..  President  I  ERNST  BRAND Secretary 


Has  Removed  fo  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


Sept.  29,  1894. 


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SAYS  a  London  writer:  "I  saw  a  charming  little  autumnal 
gown  at  a  leading  dressmaker's  this  week.  It  had  just  arrived 
from  Paris,  and  breathed  French  chic  and  daintiness  in  every 
fold.  It  consists  of  a  skirt  of  gray  cloth,  every  seam  of  which  is  over- 
laid with  a  bias  band  of  cloth  stitched  on  with  gray  silk.  The  skirt  is 
bordered  with  a  similar  band,  and  at  each  seam  two  other  bands 
spring  from  the  hem  at  each  side,  making  a  V  about  six  or  eight 
inches  long.  The  bodice  is  a  full  blouse  of  navy  blue  surah,  held  to 
the  waist  by  a  broad  belt  of  leather.  Over  this  is  worn  a  cape  of  cloth 
similar  to  the  skirt,  reaching  a  little  below  the  hips,  and  ornamented 
with  bias  bands  placed  like  those  on  the  skirt,  with  the  exception  that 
the  V-pieces  only  occur  at  each  corner  in  front.  Another  band  is  placed 
horizontally  round  the  cloak  just  below  the  shoulders,  simulating,  as 
it  were,  a  second  cape.  The  cloak  is  cut  so  as  to  form  a  standing 
collar  without  a  band,  and  it  is  edged  with  the  double-stitched  bias 
like  the  rest  of  the  cloak.  The  whole  garment  is  lined  with  black 
satin  merveilleux  brocaded  with  little  flowers  in  rose-color  and  green. 
A  cravat  of  white  silk  muslin  is  tied  round  the  neck  inside  the  cloak 
collar  and  fastened  in  a  big  bow  under  the  chin.  The  felt  hat— which 
is  en  suite— is  dark  blue  and  is  trimmed  with  leafless  crimson  peonies, 
black  satin  ribbon  and  a  black  aigrette." 

The  new  tones  in  brown  for  autumn  and  early  winter  wear  show  a 
decided  tendency  toward  red  reflections.  Burnt  flour,  auburn,  ma- 
hogany, rust  color,  and  autumn  leaf  are  the  names  by  which  some  of 
them  are  known;  autumn  leaf  being  hardly  more  than  dull  red  with 
bronze  shadows,  which  show  only  in  folds.  These  shades  are  all  more 
effective  if  made  up  in  plain  wools  touched  somewhere  with  velvet  in 
a  deeper  tone,  but  some  of  the  latest  materials  in  them  show  checks, 
plaids,  and  even  stripes  accented  with  a  thread  of  definite  red  or  gold. 
Along  with  the  red  browns  are  seen  the  familiar  dull  leaf  shades 
deepened  and  melting  into  indistinct  greens.  The  old-fashioned  snuff 
browns  so  becoming  to  fair,  high-colored  complexions  will  also  be 
much  worn;  and  for  this  shade  Persian  embroidery  or  black  Kussian 
fur  make  the  handsomest  trimming.  Bishop's  mantle,  a  deep,  rich 
violet  that  suggests  the  time-honored  royal  purple,  is  one  of  the  new 
tones  of  camel's  hair  and  lady's  cloth.  In  fantasie  stuffs,  wrigo,  a 
curious  eccentric  tint  touching  on  peacock  blue,  is  the  latest  novelty. 
Other  new  colors  for  either  silk  or  wool  are  petunia  gray,  which  has 
an  atmosphere  of  pink,  beef's  blood  red,  bottle  blue,  and  wallflower 
yellow,  that  looks  as  if  lightly  dusted  with  brown. 


Fans  to  match  the  gown  with  which  they  are  carried  are  among  the 
late  summer  novelties.  When  milady  buys  an  evening  gown  of  bro- 
cade she  purchases  a  bit  more  of  the  silk  than  her  modiste  needs,  and 
orders  it  made  into  a  fan.  Among  the  new  fans  made  to  order  is  one 
of  faint  green  brocade,  scattered  with  pale  pink  rose  leaves.  The  sticks 
of  the  fan  are  black  and  the  top  finished  with  a  soft  row  of  black 
marabout  feathers.  Quaint  fans  are  much  the  vogue,  and  the  old- 
fashioned  designs  or  figures  are  frequently  hand-painted.  An  ex- 
quisite fan  which  would  be  charming  with  a  biack  and  white  gown 
was  made  of  white  satin  over  which  tine  black  lace  butterflies  were 
flying.  The  sticks  were  of  black  enamel  studded  with  tiny  diamond 
stars.  Inexpensive  and  dainty  fans  are  made  of  Dresden  ribbons, 
with  a  finish  of  soft  feathers  corresponding  in  color  to  the  flower  upon 
the  ribbon. 

For  a  girl  just  off  from  Switzerland  a  tailor  has  built  an  admirable 
gown  of  brown  "  carmelite  "  cloth.  The  plain  full  skirt  is  ornamented 
with  stitched  bias  bands,  a  red  crimson  silk  shirt  just  visible  above 
and  below  a  very  short  tight-fitting  Eton  jacket,  double-breasted,  the 
place  of  the  revers  being  taken  by  the  bias  edging  aforesaid.  A  belt 
of  brown  leather,  a  brown  felt  hat  with  crimson  rosettes,  and  strong- 
soled  brown  leather  laced-up  boots  completed  a  most  serviceable  dress 
for  either  walking  or  traveling. 


The   Grand   Cafion  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  everv  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  fi50  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


There  is  certainly  nothing  wrong  in  tippling.  An  occasional  glass 
of  whisky  (providing  that  it  is  good  whisky)  strengthens  the  body 
and  stimulates  the  mind.  The  Argonaut  whisky,  sold  by  E.  Martin 
&  Co.,  408  Front  street  is  generally  admired  by  all  connoisseurs. 
Wherever  it  is  sold  it  grows  in  favor,  and  those  who  drink  it  once  do 
not  care  for  any  other  brand.  The  sales  of  Argonaut  whisky  show 
that  it  leads  all  others. 


There  are  plenty  of  stylish  men  in  San  Francisco,  but  they  are 
the  men  who  buy  their  furnishing  goods  at  John  W.  Carmany's,  25 
Kearny  street,  where  only  the  latest  styles  are  sold. 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

309  and  311  Sausome  St San  Francisco,  4'al 

CORRESPONDENTS  : 

FINDLAY,  DURHAM  &  BKODIB  43  and  46  Threadneedle  St..  London 

8IMPSON,  MACKIRDY  &  CO 29  South  Castle  St.,  Liverpool 

MACY  &  DUNHAM 66K  Pine  St.,  New  York 

PACIFIC  MINING  AGENCY  ~ 
AND  TRUST  COMPANY. 

Irwin  C.   Stump,  President.    Wm.  C.  Ralston,  Secretary,    The  Anglo- 

Californian  Bank,  Ld.,  Treasurer. 
DIRECTORS— Irwin  C.  Stump,  Irving  M.  Scott,   Jacob  H.  Neff,  W   F. 
Goad,  R.  C.  Chambers,  P.  N.  Lihentbal,  D.  M.  Burns. 

MILLS  BUILDING.  San  Franoisco. 

This  company  has  been  formed  to  sell  mining  and  ditch  properties  and 
water  rights  on  commission  only.  It  is  prepared  to  act  as  agent  and  broker 
for  the  sale  and  purchase  of  such  properties.  Mines  listed  at  its  offices 
will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  investors;  no  bond  is  required  until 
there  is  a  prospective  purchaser. 

l  he  company  will  look  after  the  interests  of  non-residents  or  obtain  in- 
formation for  them;  it  will  also  assist  mining  engineers,  superintendents, 
foremen,  assayers,  millmen  and  miners  to  obtain  employment. 

The  Company  is  prohibited  by  its  articles  of  incorporation  from  buying 
or  selling  mines  on  its  own  account,  and  except  as  agent  or  factor  for 
others. 

l/ieby  5pi"in<$s, 

MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  the  terminus  of  the  8.  F.  AN.  P.  Railway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms,  112  to  ?14  per  week 
Postoffice  and  telephone  at  springs. 

WM.  DUOLAN,  Proprietor. 


St.    lau/r^ee 

LIVERY  AND  SALES  STABLE. 
W.  E.  Bridge,  Proprietor. 

423  post  5t., 


Bet.  Powell  and  Mason 
Telephone  1323.  San  Francisco. 


TOMKINSON'S  LIVERY  STABLE, 


Established  1862. 


J.  T0MKIN80N,  PROPBIETOB, 


Nos.  57,  59  and  61  Minna  Street,  between  First  and  Second. 

Through  to  Natoma  street,  Nos.  64,  66  and  68.  One  block  from  the  Palace 
Hotel,  also  carriages  and  coupes  at  Pacific  Union  Club,  corner  Post  and 
Stocaton  streets,  San  Francisco.    Telephone  No.  153. 

Fine  turnouts  kept  especially  for  calling.  Also  rockaways,  buggies  and 
vehicles  of  every  description  at  reduced  rates. 

CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS. 

BE  CONSISTENT.  Ride  only  in  an  omniL  us,  never  in  an 
electric  ear,  so  long  as  you  make  your  horse  use  one  of  those 
old  style  Wad  Stuffed  Collars.    W.  DAVIS  &  SON  are  making 

the:  anti-wad  collars 

smooth  as  glasp,  elastic  and  strong;  the  only  firm  on  the 
Coast  up  to  date  In  collars.  The  "MODERN  WONDER,"  the 
Fogelsang  stuffer,  owned  by  them,  is  the  only  one  in  Cali- 
fornia. No  skill  ever  jet  devised  can  equal  it.  Whips, 
Harness,  Robes,  Saddles,  Leather.  Wholesale  aDd  retail. 
W,  »AV1S  &  SOX,  -Mo  Mark''     St. 

COLTON     DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market   street    I'll.  I  an  JUulldlng.) 

GaB  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Pure  NitrouB  Oxide  Gas  for  poie- 
tlvely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  haB  an  established;  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
in  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  performs 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 

DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 

RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  «.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.  Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100  pills,  J2:  of  200  pills, 
?iJ  50;  of  400  pills,  ?6 ;  Preparatory  Pills,  ?2.    Send  for  Circular. 


DR.   RICORDS 


D 


R.    R.     F.   VERRINDER.   ORAL   SURGEON 


Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists     Specialties;  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases  of  the  Mouth, 
JawB,  Gums  and    teeth      Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  Plates  and  Crown  and  bridge  Work. 
Office;    4«6   Kearny    Street,  Corner  Sutter. 


Bepl 


SAN  FBAKGI800  NEWS  LEI  n  R 


21 


UBTUARY 

LAST  Saturday.  At  the  hom*  Of  bi«  daughter,  Mr?.  J  a  dab  New 
man.  In  tbit  city,  there  died  the  Ia»t  and  ynuiiBct  of  fr.ur  re- 
markable brothers.  Martin  Heller  VU  -rvonty-thrre  yean  old,  ripe 
in  years  and  at  peace  with  all  men,  and  was  borne  to  the  grave  with  tin* 
respect  and  attention  ol  inoanierablefriends.  The  four  Saltan  were 
William.  «>m- of  the  founders  of  the  firm  of  1..  A  M.  BftOha,  and  he 
died  in  L8B0;  Uoaas,  who  was  always  n^s»K*iated  with  Martin  in  busi- 
ness, first  in  Montgomery,  Ala.,  and  then  in  San  Francisco,  and  he 
died  in  I"-'0';  Jonas,  the  New  York  partner,  who  died  in  1887,  and 
Martin.  Thus  it  i>  aeen  thai  death  did  not  long  separate  these  de- 
voted brother**.  Martin  was  born  at  Pretlfeld,  Bavaria,  came  to  the 
United  States  In  1844,  went  to  Montgomery  In  1847,  married  Miss 
Babette  Tucker,  of  New  York,  in  1852,  and  came  to  San  Francisco  in 
1866,  Here  he  founded  the  hrm  of  Heller  A  Brother,  now  Heller  & 
Bona,  Besides  accumulating  a  large  fortune  in  business  he  was  a 
public-spirited  citizen,  and  devoted  much  of  his  uncommon  abilities 
to  religious  and  benevolent  work.  He  was  a  leading  Odd  Fellow,  and 
accomplished  wonders  in  saving  the  wreck  Odd  Fellows'  Bank;  was 
President  of  the  Eureka  Benevolent  Society,  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Pacific  Hebrew  Orphan  Asylum  and  Home  Society,  was  one 
of  the  strongest  members  of  the  B'nai  B'rith,  President  of  the  Con- 
gregation Emanu-El.  one  of  the  efficient  promoters  of  the  Home  for 
the  Aged,  and  led  in  the  movement  fur  the  purchase  and  improve- 
ment of  the  beautiful  Home  of  Peace  Cemetery  in  .San  Mateo  County. 
His  private  benefactions  are  beyond  computation.  His  wife  died  in 
1889.  There  are  six  children— Emanul  M.,  Moses,  and  Sigmund,  the 
remaining  members  of  the  firm,  and  Mrs.  Judah  Newman,  Mrs.  Leo- 
pold Bachroan.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Ehriuan. 

It  is  sad  to  announce  the  death  on  Wednesday  of  Mtb.  E.  B. 
Haldan,  whose  husband  is  of  the  insurance  firm  of  Butler  &  Hat- 
dan.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Nicholas  Van  Bergin,  and  hence  a 
member  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  estimable  of  California  fam- 
ilies, and  prominent  in  society.  Mrs.  Hatdan  was  one  of  the 
brightest  of  tne  children,  and  a  devoted  wife,  mother,  and  daugh- 
ter. A  singularly  distressing  feature  of  her  death  is  that  she 
leaves  two  children,  one  twenty-two  months  old  and  the  other 
five  weeks.  It  is  not  possible  to  do  more  than  extend  to  her  be- 
reaved relations  the  sincerest  sympathy. 


THE    FAILURE    OF    ARBITRATION. 


THOSE  who  insist  on  the  creation  of  Courts  of  Compulsory  Ar- 
bitration in  the  settlement  of  differences  arising  between  em- 
ployers and  employees,  may  get  whatever  consolation  they  can 
from  the  experience  of  London.  If  ever  a  chamber  of  arbitration 
were  properly  equipped  to  prove  the  folly  of  litigation,  the 
chamber  founded  at  Guildhall  some  two  years  ago  was  surely  the 
one.  The  Corporation  of  the  City  of  London,  with  traditional 
generosity,  provided  it  with  fund?.  The  result,  howevtr,  is  quite 
unworthy  of  the  energy  that  was  expended  upon  the  enter- 
prise. A  smaller  mouse  has  seldom  emerged  from  so  large 
a  mountain.  Even  the  staunchest  supporter  of  the  Guild- 
hall Chamber  of  Arbitration  does  not  place  the  number 
of  its  cases  beyond  sixty.  All  kinds  of  reasons  are  given 
for  this  failure  except  the  right  one.  Solicitors,  we  are  told,  have 
been  hostile  to  the  Chamber  because  its  rules  do  not  distinctly 
provide  that  the  costs  of  preparing  cases  for  the  Chamber  may  be 
recovered  from  the  losing  side;  but  it  is  ridiculous  to  imagine 
that  solicitors,  actuated  by  such  a  consideration,  would  have 
been  powerful  enough  to  ruin  the  hopes  with  which  the  Cham- 
ber was  started,  If  its  founders  had  succeeded  in  impressing  com- 
mercial circles  with  the  wisdom  of  their  scheme.  It  would  seem 
that  the  Chamber  has  proved  a  failure,  not  because  the  legal  pro- 
fession has  been  opposed  to  it,  nor  because  its  proceedings  have 
not  been  reported  in  the  preBS,  but  because  mercantile  men  have 
greater  faith  in  judges,  with  their  long  training  in  the  manage- 
ment and  settlement  of  disputes,  than  in  merchants  who  bring 
no  such  qualifications  to  the  task. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinuer, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  it  faul. 
Now  here's  the  address— read   and  mark   it— 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage   pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs  the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  ataud. 
"  Californians  "  or  "  Easterns."  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these   bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ue'er  fiuds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  laud 
That  tempta  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 


You  don't  know  how  good 
a  lamp  you  have  g<  t,  unless 
you  use  the  right  chimney  on 
it.  Consult  the  "  Index  to 
Chimneys" — free. 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Pearl-glass  and  pearl-top 
chimneys  last  as  a  teacup 
lasts. 


ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Opbir  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— dan  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
lion  of  works—  Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  Fifth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  63)  of  Twenty- 
five  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  60,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  Ninth  Day  of  October,  1 894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  Bale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  he- 
fore,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  29th  day  of  October,  1894,  to  pay  the  de- 
linquent assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and    expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

B.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 


Alta  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  ou 
the  Twelfth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  47)  of  Ten  cents 

Fier  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
mmediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany,   at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  33,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Wednesday,  the  17th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  7th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  33,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Frau- 
clsco.  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Belcher  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  heieby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  Friday,  the  Fourteenth  day  of  September,  a.  d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
49)  of  Twenty-five  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  Build- 
ing, northeast  corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  18th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
f  -re  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  8th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent^  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

C.  L.  PERKINS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  building,  northeatt  cor.  Bush  aud 
Montgomery  streets,  SanFraucisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Golden  Eagle  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  work*— Devil's  Ga'e  Mining  District,  Lyon  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  15th  day  of  Sep' ember,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of  Fifteen  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  Slates  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  16th  Day  of  October,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  5th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale,    Bv  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Bodie   Consolidated.  Mining  Company. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  above  named  company, 
held  on  the  20th  day  of  September,  1894,  a  dividend  (No.  20)  of  twenty-five 
cents  (25c)  per  share  was  declared  on  the  capital  stock  of  the  com- 
pany, payable  Friday,  October  5, 1894,  at  the  office  of  Messrs.  Laidlow  & 
Co.,  New  York,  only  on  stock  issued  from  the  transfer  agency  in  that  city, 
and  at  the  San  Francisco  office  only  on  stock  issued  here.  Transfer  books 
will  close  on  Wednesday,  September  26, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

M.  E.  WILLIS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  62,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept.  29,  1M4. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


THE  crowning  event  of  the  month  of  September  in  the  fashiun- 
able  world  will  take  place  to-night,  and  most  elaborate  are  ibe 
preparations  made  for  the  ceremonial,  which  will  this  evening  trans- 
form Miss  Mae  Dimond  into  Airs.  Joe  Tobin.  TheDimond  residence, 
where  it  will  take  place,  has  been  in  the  hands  of  decorators  and 
caterers  during  the  past  week,  until  out  of  the  chaos  which  lias 
reigned  order  has  at  last  come,  and  a  charming  scene  will  greet  the 
eyes  of  the  hundreds  of  guests  who  are  bidden  to  the  reception  given 
by  General  Dimond  in  honor  of  both  his  daughters.  A  few  of  them 
only  will  be  present  at  the  ceremony,  which  will  be  performed  by 
Archbishop  Kiordan  under  a  bower  erected  in  the  south  drawing- 
room  and  formed  of  palms  and  ferns,  the  other  decorations  of  the 
rooms  en  suite  consisting  of  lilies  and  roses  intermingled  with  foliage. 
The  entire  house  has  been  thrown  open  to  accommodate  the  throng 
which  it  is  expected  will  put  in  an  appearance,  and  an  elaborate  sup- 
per will  be  served  in  the  rooms  on  the  second  floor.  The  young  ladies 
chosen  by  the  fair  bride  to  attend  her  on  this  momentous  occasion 
are  Miss  Anna  Irwin,  of  Chicago,  who  will  be  maid-of-honor,  and 
Misses  Celia  Tobin,  Helen  Smith,  Alice  Ames,  Beatrice  Tobin,  Laura 
McKinstry,  Marion  Poett,  Belle  McKenna,  and  Ella  Hobart  will 
form  a  bevy  of  pretty  bridesmaids.  The  groom  has  selected  Messrs. 
Sam  Knight,  John  Lawson,  Harry  Simpkins,  Will  Heath,  Clement 
Tobin,  Robert  Coleman,  Will  Taylor,  and  W.  McMurtry  to  act  as 
ushers;  his  brother,  Alfred,  will  be  his  best  man.  The  bridal  robe, 
which  is  said  to  be  a  dream  of  beauty,  is  of  white  Duchesse  satin, 
trimmed  with  chiffon  and  Valenciennes  lace.  The  attendant  maids 
are  to  be  robed  in  white,  the  maid-of-honor  in  satin,  the  eight  others 
in  white  satin  also,  covered  with  white  chiffon,  so  that  while  Miss 
Eleanor  Dimond's  wedding  was  termed  a  pink  one,  this  will  be  purely 
white.  Both  Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe  and  Mrs.  Edward  Dimond  will  wear 
their  wedding  gowns  on  this  occasion. 

The  wedding  of  most  interest  in  the  swim  which  has  already  taken 
place  this  week  was  that  of  Miss  Clara  Van  Wycke  and  Osgood  Put- 
nam, which  was  solemnized  at  Trinity  Church  on  Tuesday  after- 
noon, the  Rev.  Mr.  Walk,  rector  of  the  church,  officiating.  The 
decorations  were  confined  to  the  altar  and  chancel,  and  were  quite 
pretty  and  tasteful.  The  bride,  who  was  attended  by  her  sister  as 
maid-of-honor,  wore  a  handsome  costume  of  dark  cloth,  with  hat  to 
match. 

On  the  18th  inst.,  at  St.  Luke's  Church,  there  was  apretty  wedding, 
William  Murray,  Manager  of  the  Bank  of  British  Columbia,  at  Van- 
couver, B.  0.,  being  the  groom,  and  Miss  Harriet  Scott  Cunningham 
the  bride.  The  bride  was  attended  by  Miss  Flossie  Mansheld  and 
Master  Walter  Edwards.  After  the  wedding  came  a  breakfast  at  the 
Palace  Hotel.  Among  the  guests  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cunningham, 
parents  of  the  bride,  from  Glasgow,  and  a  few  near  friends. 

This  morning  is  the  time  set  for  the  nuptials  of  Miss  Maud  Tread- 
well  and  James  P.  Nolan ,  and  in  the  afternoon  they  sail  for  the  Sand- 
wich Islands,  where  they  will  spend  their  honeymoon. 

There  was  a  delightful  little  hop  at  the  Presidio  on  Thursday  even- 
ing of  last  week,  the  first  of  the  series  which  is  to  be  given  fortnightly 
during  the  ensuing  few  months,  much  to  the  delight  of  maidens  fair; 
"  button  dances"  are  always  such  charming  affairs.  However, 
dances  are  not  the  sole  means  which  the  dwellers  at  the  Presidio 
have  of  entertaining  their  friends,  for  a  charming  musicale  was  given 
by  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Blunt  at  their  quarters  on  Tuesday  evening 
last,  quite  a  number  of  guests  attending  from  the  city  as  well  as  a 
goodly  showing  from  the  post.  The  music,  both  vocal  and  ins  ru- 
men tal,  was  of  more  than  average  excellence;  the  fair  hostess  her- 
self and  her  sister  sang  delightfully,  Miss  Alice  Ames  contributed 
several  viorceaux  on  the  violin,  and  the  Presidio  quartette  was  one  of 
the  features  of  the  evening.  There  are  many  pleasant  people  now 
stationed  at  the  Presidio,  and  the  indications  are  for  many  pleasant 
gatherings  there  this  winter. 

There  have  been  several  small  dinners  and  luncheon  parties  this 
week,  and  theatre  parties  at  the  California  and  Tivoli  have  been  the 
rule  nearly  every  evening.  A  theatre  party  followed  by  supper  was 
the  form  of  entertainment  selected  by  Miss  Mae  Dimond  and  Mr. 
Joe  Tobin,  at  which  to  honor  the  members  of  their  bridal  party  to- 
night. The  California  was  the  place  and  Monday  evening  the  time, 
and  Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe  acted  as  matron  of  the  affair. 

The  rumor  which  has  reached  San  Francisco  of  the  death,  at  one 
of  the  South  Sea  islands,  of  the  Count  Festetics,  while  discredited  by 
his  wife's  relatives,  is  feared  by  them  to  apply  more  likely  to  the 
Countess  herself,  whose  delicate  condition  was  the  motive  for  their 
visit  to  Japau,  where  they  expected  to  arrive  late  next  month.  The 
friends  of  that  lively  little  lady  as  well  as  her  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Louis  Haggin,  most  sincerely  hope  that  there  may  not  be  any  truth 
whatever  in  the  story. 

For  the  most  artistic  and  latest  desigus  in  the  New  Empire  style  of 
frames,  go  to  9.  &  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


Baking 
Powder 


The  only  Pnr«  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alurrj 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe,  who  returned  from  their  honeymoon 
visit  to  Santa  Cruz  last  week,  will  reside  with  General  Dimond  this 
winter,  Mrs.  Jarboe  continuing  her  supervision  of  her  father's  house- 
hold, which  she  has  done  with  such  charming  grace  and  ability  since 
her  mother's  death.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Tobin  will  keep  house  on 
Broadway,  near  Devisadero  street,  after  their  return  from  their  wed- 
ding trip  East,  which  they  anticipate  will  be  about  the  first  of  De- 
cember. 

It  would  seem  as  though  the  country  would  possess  superior  at- 
tractions for  a  good  many  of  our  swim  during  the  coming  winter 
months,  such  a  number  are  deciding  to  remain  out  of  town.  In 
addition  to  those  hitherto  mentioned  in  this  column  are  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  E.  de  Iluyter,  who  will  spend  the  winter  at  their  Sausalito 
cottage;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Page  in  their  Belvedere  villa,  and 
even  the  Holbrooks  will  remain  at  Menlo  Park  as  late  as  possible, 
the  first  of  December  being  named  as  the  probable  date  for  their  re- 
turn to  the  city. 

Recent  returns  to  town  of  our  summer  absentees  include  the  Irving 
Scotts,  Miss  Jennie  Cheeseman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  E.  Raune,  Mrs. 
Cosmo  Morgan,  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Spencer  Buckbee,  Mrs.  Alfred  Hol- 
man,  Mrs.  H.  Alston  Williams,  Miss  Cora  Caduc,  and  others.  Mrs. 
(.•handler  Howard  is  coming  from  Japan  on  a  visit  to  her  relatives 
here,  and  is  looked  for  about  the  end  of  November. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  E.  Huntington  will  pass  the  winter  at  their  resi- 
dence on  Pacific  Heights,  and  not  at  the  Richelieu,  as  erroneously 
stated. 

Mrs.  B.  B.  Cutter  is  occupying  her  new  residence,  2611  California 
street,  near  Pierce,  having  found  her  old  home  on  Van  Ness  avenue 
too  far  down  town.  Mrs.  and  Miss  Irwin  will  be  at  the  Colonial  this 
winter.  Mrs.  Stanley  and  Miss  Garber  have  selected  the  Pleasanton 
as  their  abiding  place  for  the  season. 


Lieutenant  John  Stafford,  U.  S.  A.,  has  been  the  guest  this  week  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  V.  S.  Gibbs,  with  whom  Mrs.  Stafford  (their 
daughter)  has  been  spending  the  summer,  and  who  accompanies  her 
husband  to  his  post  of  military  duty. 

Colonel  Fred  Crocker  and  D.  O.  Mills  have  at  last  started  on  their 
trip  around  the  globe,  and  were  passengers  on  the  steamer  Oceanic, 
which  sailed  for  Japan  on  Tuesday  last. 

Captain  Carrington,  U.  S.  A.,  who  has  been  for  several  years 
stationed  at  Angel  Island,  has  been  ordered  to  San  Diego,  and  will 
leave  next  week  for  his  new  post. 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Pinney.  Mrs.  Van  H.  Higgins,  and  Miss  Jessie  Morse, 
who  went  abroad  last  Februarv,  arelocated  at  the  Hotel  Binda,  Paris. 
They  are  expected  to  sail  for  America  October  next. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Oo. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

213     California  Street. 


>.pt  .  29,  1894  . 


S\\  1  K\\.  rSCO  SEWS  LETTER 


23 


Madame  Ziska  ami  HlM  AJIo*  Ziska  par?  the  Ami  of  the  series  of 
rpcrptiono  which  they  will  hoi. I  daring  Ihr  winter  KM  Will  on  Tur»- 
•lay  evening  last,  at  their  rasld>t>Ot  on  Van  New  avenue.  V. 
day  evening  the  pretty  little  operatta  ol  HVriWt  Knritrheil  was  pro* 
dttoad  at  thefenlury  Club,  on  Mitter  itfaat,  and  afforded  much  pleas- 
ure to  a  large  attendance  of  gi  • 

rhis  afternoon  la  »4  apart  for  another  charity  assemblage,  when 
the  Nursery  for  Homelasa  i'hildren  will  give  a  housewar tning  at  their 
new -luarter*.  570  Harrison  street.  It  will  take  the  form  of  a  tea, 
and  all  tho  I  in  this  good  work  are  invited  t<<  attend. 

Mr-*.  Mager  has  given  up  her  meditated  Knropean  trip  till  towards 
spring — after  the  holidays  possibly.  In  the  meanwhile  the  hospitable 
•  iougb  Htreet  house  will  no  doubt  be  frequently  opened  for  entertain- 
ment. iUy*a  pretty  cousin  from  >t.  Louis  will  spend  the 
earlier  part  of  the  winter  season  with  ber. 

The  departure  of  Miss  Florence  Sartsoff  (the  lovely  blonde  who 

reigned  supreme  in  army  circles,  last  winter  tor  Chicago,  her  father's 
new  post,  has  been  much  regretted  by  the  military  and  civilian  beaux 
alike,  and  society  is  hoping  that  it  will  not  have  to  mourn  the  loss  of 

charming  Hiss  Roger  also. 

Pretty  Miss  Lillian  Miles  is  destined,  says  rumor,  to  be  one  of  the 
leading  belles  of  the  season.  Her  bright  face  and  winning  manners 
gain  her  hosts  of  admirers  on  every  side. 

It  is  announced  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  GUllg,  Mr.  Frank  I'nger, 
and  Mr.  Ponald  Graham  were  to  have  sailed  on  the  Teutonic  the  19th 
inst..  and  that  they  will  spend  the  winter  in  visiting  India,  Buriuah, 
and  Siam.  

Mr.  and  Mrs.  .lames  Lake,  formerly  of  this  city,  have  left  their 
summer  home  on  the  Hudson  River  and  returned  to  New  York. 

Mrs.  George  H.  Tay  has  issued  cards  for  Wednesday  evenings  in 
« 'ctober. 

A  PROMINENT  candidate  before  the  Republican  Municipal 
Convention  for  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools  is  Professor 
R.  H.  Webster.  His  technical  qualifications  are:  He  is  a  grad- 
uate (with  the  degree  of  A.  M.)  of  the  University  of  California, 
was  for  a  time  acting  Vice- Principal  of  Lincoln  G  ammar  School, 
two  years  Principal  of  the  South  End  School,  six  years  head  of 
the  English  department  in  the  Boys'  High  School,  and  eight 
year3  Vice-Principal  and  head  of  the  Mathematical  department 
in  the  Commercial  High  School  (now  Polytechnic  High  School). 
With  such  qualifications  added  to  native  ability  and  strong  execu- 
tive power,  he  appears  to  be  a  candidate  whom  the  Republicans 
should  deem  themselves  fortunate  to  secure. 


THE  California  Hotel,  as  the  headquarters  of  the  leading  Demo- 
cratic candidates,  has  presented  a  lively  scene  of  late,  the 
many  friends  of  Messrs.  Budd  and  Jeter  flocking  thicker  in  crowd- 
ing numbers.  Besides  these  the  beautiful  house  is  receiving  a 
generous  and  constantly  growing  share  of  military  patronage, 
which  is  quite  an  innovation  on  precedent  and  is  due  largely  to 
the  great  personal  popularity  of  Colonel  Warfield,  the  manager. 
Besides  being  the  most  modern  of  hotels,  the  California's  service 
is  so  carefully  conducted  that  the  moderate  prices  charged  seem 
disproportionately  small  when  compared  with  the  excellence  of 
the  accommodations. 


CIGAR  smokers  know  how  difficult  it  is  to  secure  a  good  cigar 
without  inquiring  for  the  imported  article.  The  Coronado 
cigar,  recently  put  upon  the  market,  is  made  from  Havana  leaf 
and  fills  all  the  requirements  of  an  imported  cigar.  In  short,  it  is 
the  best  "bit"  cigar  in  the  market,  as  lovers  of  the  weed  are 
quickly  learning.  Its  sudden  bound  into  popularity  is  sufficient 
evidence  of  its  excellence. 


Connoisseurs  in  flowers  are  peculiarly  sharp  and  discriminating 
in  San  Francisco,  where  flowers  are  so  beautiful  and  abundant. 
Hence  it  is  the  florist  who  is  most  careful  in  his  selections  and  who 
may  be  depended  on  to  keep  only  the  freshest  flowers,  that  enjoys  the 
cream  of  the  intelligent  patronage.  This  explains  the  great  popu- 
larity of  Leopold,  whose  artistic  flower  store,  on  Post  street,  between 
Kearny  and  Montgomery,  is  recognized  at  the  headquarters  for  the 
best  and  freshest  flowers  in  the  market. 

The  following  serenade  was  suggested  by  a  friend's  glowing  re- 
)rt  of  the  beauties  and  benefits  of  Vichy  Springs,  near  TJkiah : 


port 


The  quail  are  piping  from  the  brake,  the  thrush  singa  in  the  tree, 
Awake!  my  sleeping  love,  awake!  and  roam  the  hills  with  me. 
Among  the  pines  the  antlered  deer  is  calling  to  his  mate, 
Awake!  my  love,  my  heart  to  cheer,  ere  it  be  yet  too  late. 
In  maay  a  stream  the  speckled  trout  await  the  early  fly, 
Awake!  my  love— awake!  and  out— the  hour  of  dawn  is  nigh. 
I  know  the  Vichy  beds  are  soft— its  waters  woo  repose, 
Their  fruits  my  darling  I've  seen  oft  in  cheeks,  red  as  the  rose. 
But  wake!  my  darling,  let  us  climb  yon  hill  and  watch  the  sun, 
Rise  in  his  majesty  sublime,  his  daily  course  to  run. 
A  glass  of  Vichy,  sparkling  bright,  we'll  drink  before  we  start, 
So  wake!  Annette— my  soul's  delight— my  well-beloved  sweetheart. 
Her  lattice  opes— a  vision  fair  looks  down— it  is  my  love. 
"One  moment.  Jack,  and  I'll  be  down!  "  comes  trilling  from  above. 
How  sweet  the  breakfast  tasted  when  to  Doolan's  we  returned, 
For  both  of  us  felt  conscious  then  our  appetites  we'd  earned. 

Wm.  Lovel  Byre. 


A  pleasant  place  for  a  reet,  after  the  theatre  or  a  chopping  tour. 
li  tb.-  Oeylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  BM  Market  street,  Besld 
lnj(  most  artistically  Sited  up  and  inppllod  with  waiters  who  an-  the 
lion  of  politeness  and  attentlTancas,  it  bu  the  most  delicious 
tees  In  tha  city.  The  waiters,  dressed  In  their  national  costume,  are 
picturesque  and  noderstand  UieJi  business. 


Long 
Distance 


^is#    Telephone. 

Direct   communication    had    with  NAN  I.MS    oitisro  and  all  inter- 
mediate  stations. 

Latest    Extensions  : 

Three  Mile  Flat,  Kiug  City,  San  Lucas  Bradley, 

San  Miguel,  Paso  Rol.les,        Templeton,         Santa  Margarita, 

Han  Luis  Obispo 
Giving  unbroken  communication  between  these  towns  and  San 
Francisco.  The  lines  are  constructed  of  specially  prepared  extra  heavy, 
copper  wires,  are  equipped  with  the  latest  appliances  known  to  the  science 
of  "Telephony."  and  are  "Long  Distance  Lines  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.    The  Mail  is  quick,  the  Telegraph  U  quicker,  but  the 

LONG   DISTANCE  TELEPHONE 

Is  Instantaneous,  and  you  don't  have  to  wait  for  an  answer. 


I^iebfnond  I^aD<$es. 


Stoves  and   Ranges  from 
Wholesale  and  retail. 


$5    t0   $3°- 


$Gl?uster  Bros., 


306  5"tter  Street. 
Agents  Wanted  in  Every  City. 
Send  for  Catalogue. 


J.  D.  Spreckels  &  Bros.  Company, 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS. 

8ENEEAL  AGENTS 

OCEANIC     STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

IL.LINGHAM    CEMENT. 

327  Market  Street,  corner  Fremont. 

SAN    FRANOI30O. 

CUNNINGHAM,  CURTISS  &  WELCH, 

Wholesale  Stationers  and  Booksellers. 

327,  329,  331  SANSOME  STREET. 

{puis  l^oederer  <?r?a/rtpa<£r^ 

Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence: 

Qarte  Blaise,  a  men  wine. 

(jraijd  \J\T)  See,    A  Dry  Wine. 

Brut    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

Hi''  Highest  Grade  in  tbe  World. 

-Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 

be  nad  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

/T\a<;oDdray  Bros.  9  lo^ard, 


124  Sar)8ome  St. 


SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COA8T. 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Sept,  29  1894  . 


NO  FEAR  OF  PIMPLES 

OR    CUCKHEAD9 

If  you  use  Woodbury's  Facial 
Soap.  It  is  a  pure  antiseptic, 
medicinal  toiiet  soap  for  daily  use, 
prepared  by  a  specialist  who  has 
had  20  years' 
experience 
treating  the 
skin.  Drug- 
gists sell  it. 

Beware    of     lmlta- 
tious.  A  book  on  lJermnt'  Ingy  with  every  cake 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANC/SCO: 

Leave  |         From  Sept.  17,  1894.  I  Arrive 

7-00  a  Atlantic  ExpresB.Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7-00  a  Benicia,  Vanaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, ami  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7  30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *8anta  Rosa  -    6:15  p 

K-30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville 4;15p 

9-00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
(for  Yosemite),  Sauta  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,  El  Paso,  New 
Orleans  and  East -    5:45p 

9  00  a.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

for Mojave and  East 1045a. 

9:00  A  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45  a 

*j:f0A  Peters  and   Milton  ...  *7:15p 

12:?0  P  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore         8:*5  a 

*l:00p  Sacramento  River  steamerB  *9:00p 

4  :00p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verauo,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9  15*-- 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Espnrto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacrn- 
mento  ....  10:45a 

4:30  p.  NileB,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno ....     7:15  p 

6:00p.  Los   Angeles    Express,   Fresno. 
Bakersfleld,  Sauta     Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles -■■  10-J5*. 

fi:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogdeu  and  East         9:45a 

6-OOf.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7:4.  a. 

t7:00P.Vallejo ...+7:45  P. 

7:00p.    Oregon    ExnresB,    Sacramento, 
Marysville,    ftedding,    Portland, 
Puget Sound  and  East.     .-                10:45  a 
Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge); 

[7:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
SantaCruz ...  ......   18:05  p 

8:16a.  Newark.  Oenterville,  San  Jose. 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations      ...  6:20  p. 

"2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations    *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  SanJose.  Los  Gatos.. ... .  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  and  Townsend  Streets). 

•6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    *1:45p. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      I8:33p 

3:15  A.  San  Jose,  TreBPinos, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 
Wav  Stations 6 :26  p. 

[9:47  a.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations XVA5*. 

1U:40a.  San  Jobo,  and  Way  Stations. ..  5:0e  P. 

"1:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  P. 

*2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
Pacific  Grove *10:40a. 

•3:80  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions   9:47  a, 

•4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5 -.10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. *8:48a, 

6:30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35  a. 

(-11:45  p.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations +7:26  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSAK  FRAHCISC0— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M..  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  0AKUSTD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  A.  M. 
112  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  P.  M. 
a.  for  Morning.  p.  for  Afternoon. 
•SundayB  excepted.  +8aturdays  only. 
tSundayso  n  1  y^ 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


THOUGHTS-— Mary  Jones,  in  Harper's. 


HO  knows  the  Joy  a  flower  knows 
When  it  blows  sweetly  ? 


W 


Who  knows  the  joy  a  bird  knows 
When  it  goes  fleetly  ? 

Bird's  wing  and  flower  stem- 
Break  them,  who  would? 

Bird's  wing  and  flower  stem — 
Make  them,  who  could  ? 


The  virtue  of  prosperity  is  temperance, 
but  the  virtue  of  adversity  is  fortitude, 
and  the  last  is  the  more  sublime  attain- 
ment.— Bacon. 


Ah  me!  the  world  is  full  of  meetings 
such  as  this, — a  thrill,  a  voiceless  challenge 
and  reply,  and  sudden  partings  after. — 
N.  P.  Willis. 


Life  is  no  idle  dream,  but  a  solemn  real- 
ity, based  on  and  encompassed  by  eter- 
nity. Find  out  your  work  and  stand  to  it. 
—  Carlyle. 


One  should  not  quarrel  with  a  dog  with- 
out a  reason  sufficient  to  vindicate  one 
through  all  the  courts  of  morality. — Gold- 
smith. 


What  men  usually  ask  for  when  they 
pray  to  (rod  is  that  two  aDd  two  may  not 
make  four.  —  Russian  Proverb. 

People  seldom  improve  when  they  have 
no  other  model  than  themselves  to  copy 
after.  — Goldsmith. 


PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Sept  7, 22.  October 
7,  22      Nov.  6,  21      Dec.  6,  21. 

ForBritiBh  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
Sep'ember  17,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

Kor  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing' Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, y  a,  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alreroatelv  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Enseaada,  Magdaleua  Bay.  San  Jose  del 
Oabo,  Mdzatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m  ,  25th  of  each  month. 

Picket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOrALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco 

OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and   BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:   00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and    HONGKONG,    connecting   at    Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 
Oceanic  (via  Honolulu) .  ..Tuesday,  Sept.  25, 1894 

Gaelic  -.  Tuesday,  Oct.  16.  1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  .  .Tuesday,  Dec  4,  1894 
ROUND  TRIP  TIOKET8AT  REDUCED  RATES 
Cabin  Plane  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
T'.ckets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T    H    -40HDMAN.  Opn.PRHH.  *pt. 


OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

<  \1    bv  «  World  tours,  steamer 

4V"U.O,  „  and  rail.    First  class, 

$610.      Second    class, 
?350. 
^     O.   S.  S.  Company's 
steamers  sail: 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA.    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  8. 
"MAMPOSA," 
September  20,  2  p.  M. 
For     HONOLULU, 
8.  S.   -AUSTRALIA," 
Sept.  29,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  8treet. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELd  &BR08.  CO.,  General  Agts 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBUR0N  FERRY-Foot  ol  Market  Street. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M.;  12:35,3:80, 

5:10,   6:30   p.  m.    Thursdays— Extra  trip  at 

11 :30  p.  m  .   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  and 

11:30  p.  m. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:80,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,  5:00, 

6:20  p.  m. 
SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 

3:40,  5:10  p.m.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 

6:25  p.  K. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 

SATURDAYS— Leave  San  FranciBCO  at  5:10  P.M. ; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  P.M. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  8an  Francisco  at  5:00  p.m.; 
arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:38  p.  m. 

SUNDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a.  m.  ;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a.  m. 

MONDAYS-Leave  Cloverdale  at  5:00  a.  m.;  ar- 
rive at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m. 


LbaveS.F. 

Iu  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

AKEIVE 

IH8.F. 

m        w 

Days 

Sundays 

Dksti'tion 

SundayB 

Days. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m.|     Novato, 
9:30  a.m.   Petaluma, 
5:00p.m.  1  Santa  Rosa. 

10:40a. M 
6:05p.M 
7:30p.h 

8:50a.  m 
10:30am 
6:16p.m 

7:40a.M. 

8:00a.m. 

Fulton 



Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Uklah. 

7:S0p.  m. 

3:30  p.m. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00a.  m. 

Guerneville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30am 
6:15  PM 

7:40a.m. 
5:10  P.M. 

8:00a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a. m 
6:05p.m. 

8:50am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40A.  M 

3:30  p.  M 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  P.M. 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a. M 
6  05P.M 

10  :30a.  M 
6:15p.M 

SfiVE* 


Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyservflle  for  Skaggs 
Springs,  8tewart's  Point,  Gualala  and  Point 
Arena. 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyvllle,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  TJkiah  for  Vichy  Springe, 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lake- 

Sort,  Booneville,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs, 
tendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport, 
Cahto,  WillittB,  Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley, 
John  Day's,  Lively^,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris, 
Blocksburg,  Bridgeviile,  Hydesvilleand  Eureka. 
Saturday-to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  SundayB,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 
H.  0.  WHITING,  R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Manager.  Gen.  Passenger  Agent 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Link  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 

8.  8.  "San  Bias,"  September  28, 1894. 
S.  8.  "San  Juan,"  October  8,  1994. 
S.  8.  "Colon,"  October  18,1894. 
S.  S.  "SanJose,"  October  29,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

8.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct. 

4, 1894,  at  3  p.  M. 

8.  8.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25, 1894,  at  3  P.  M. 

8.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.   6,  1894,  at 
8  P.  M. 
8.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24, 1894,  at  3  P.  m. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office — 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


5.  F.  Nt»«  Letter,  October  ft.   1*04. 


THE   PRESIDENT   OF  WELLS,    FARGO   &   CO. 


Prio*    P«r  Copy.  IO   C  *nu 


Animal  Su*>«criplton,  $4  OO 


Vol.  XL  IX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  OCTOBER  6,1894. 


Number  14. 


Printed  and  Published  etrry  Saturday  6y  the  I*roprieU>r,  FhiD 
Makkiott.  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Lbttkr  in  Sew  York  City  is  at  the  ■•  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204  206  Broadway,  Room  1.  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

Our  cartoon  thii  week  repmenti  John  ./.  Valentine,  President  of  the 
Welte,  Faniu  <C  Company  Express  and  of  the  Welti,  Fargo  &  Company 
Bank.  The  artist,  m  producing  a  tnUd  caricature %  evidently  sought  to 
emphasise  the  intellectual  qualities  that  have  enabled  Mr.  Valentine  to 
build  up  and  manage  the  greatest  express  company  in  the  United  States, 
and  which  distinguish  him  as  the  acknowledged  leading  authority  of  the 
country  on  the  production,  use,  atul  distribution  of  gold  a?id  silver.  The 
drawing  nearly  excludes  a  side  that  is  not  all  brains,  business,  and  suc- 
cess— the  genial,  kindly  side,  which  his  intimate  frirnds  know  and  admire. 


A  FEW  enthusiastic  spirits  in  Poland  are  endeavoring  to  stir 
freedom  up  to  the  shrieking  point  once  more,  bat  that  placid 
dame,  grown  obese  from  long  years  of  inactivity,  views  the  patri- 
otic ebullition  with  phlegmatic  unconcern  and  positively  refuses 
to  become  interested,  bo  far  the  rebellion  has  been  confined  to 
the  egging  of  a  few  fierman  picnickers,  and  there  is  no  present 
likelihood  of  the  little  country  overwhelming  Germany,  Austria, 
and  Russia. 


IN  granting  railroad  companies  the  right  to  lay  cables  in  the 
streets  it  is  not  assumed  that  they  are  granted  the  privilege  of 
maintaining  a  nuisance.  They  should  be  required  so  to  adjust 
the  pulleys  over  which  the  cable  runs  as  to  make  them  as  noiseless 
as  possible.  Some  of  the  companies  have  accomplished  that  end, 
bnt  the  noise  made  by  the  pulleys  of  the  Post  street  line  of  ihe 
Omnibus  system  is  an  intolerable  nuisance  and  outrage,  and  the 
company  should  be  required  to  abate  it. 


STEEL,  bullets,  poison,  and  dynamite — all 
The  instruments  of  death  that  fiendish  man 
Hath  crimsoned  since  his  bloody  race  began, 
The  great  white  Czar  could  harm  not,  nor  appall : 
Now  two  small  kidneys  speak  his  awful  doom 
And  drag  bis  cowering  body  toward  the  tomb. 


THE  young  electrical  wizard,  Tesla.says  that  he  can  supply  the 
world  with  artificial  sunshine  as  soon  as  he  can  safely  care 
for  the  eight  million  volts  necessary  for  that  purpose.  Do  n"t 
laugh  at  him  or  compare  him  to  the  ancient  philosopher  who  said 
that  he  could  move  the  world  if  be  could  secure  a  lever  suffi- 
ciently long.  Nothing  seems  impossible  to  electricity,  and  some 
day  even  grim  Chicago,  dull  London,  and  foggy  San  Franci-co 
may  be  provided  with  the  best  sunshine,  guaranteed  to  mellow 
the  temper  and  consolidate  the  health,  by  electrical  contractors 
who  have  found  out  the  secret  of  iin  tiling  the  snn. 

THE  recommendation  of  Adjutant-Geueial  Allen,  of  the 
National  Guard,  that  the  body  of  citizen  soldiers  in  this  Stale 
be  organized  in  three  brigades,  similar  to  that  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  that  the  brigade  commanders  be  elected  by  the  men,  so  as  to 
take  the  whole  matter  out  of  the  hands  of  the  Governor,  aid 
consequently  ont  of  politics,  meets  with  general  approval.  His 
other  recommendation,  that  the  office  of  Major  General  be  abol- 
ished and  that  the  senior  Brigadier  be  in  general  command,  is  not 
so  acceptable,  for  this  would  place  the  active  general  command 
in  the  hands  of  the  Governor,  who,  if  he  happened  to  be  a  Mark- 
ham,  might  prove  more  serviceable  as  a  corporal  of  the  guard. 


THOSE  who  desire  an  honest  government  for  the  8tate  and  the 
city  will  not  overlook  the  fact  that  whatever  good  the  Exam 
iner  and  the  Call  may  accomplish  in  exposing  the  knavery  of  t  ie 
bosses  is  completely  nullified  by  their  vindictive  and  malicious 
attitude  toward  certain  corporations.  Knowing  that  they  m  y 
depend  upon  these  papers  to  manufacture  a  reasonless  popular 
sentiment  against  the  corporations,  the  political  rascals  are  in 
the  best  possible  position  for  adopting  a  policy  of  extortion  to- 
ward those  corporations.  This  makes  all  the  stronger  their 
efforts  to  secure  office.  In  other  words,  those  two  papers  are 
playing  far  more  effectively  into  the  hands  of  corrupt  politicians 
than  they  would  had  they  supported  the  rascals  outright. 


SENATOR  George  C.  Perkins  is  too  wise  a  man  to  be  ignorant 
of  the  fact  that  the  "regulation"  (by  which  he  Is  assumed  to 
mean  the  establishment)  of  railway  freight  and  passenger  charges 
by  the  Government  would  be  the  destruction  of  the  essential 
feature,  besides  actual  ownership,  that  makes  forwarding  com. 
pauies  private  property.  If  the  able  Senator  should  insist  i ha t 
the  Government  "regulate"  the  time  of  our  birth  and  death,  be 
might  be  pleading  for  a  cause  which  would  find  intelligent  sym- 
pathy. 

THE  offices  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  will  be  moved  on 
the  1st  of  November  from  Fourth  and  Townsend  streets  to 
the  Union  Trust  Company's  building  at  the  corner  of  Market  and 
Montgomery  streets.  The  offices  will  occupy  six  floors.  Certain 
departments  will  still  remain  at  Fourth  and  Townsend  streets, 
these  including  the  auditing  department,  the  Market-street  Kail- 
way  Company,  and  the  steamship  offices.  It  is  likely  that  the 
working  force  will  be  considerably  reduced. 


IT  has  been  already  announced  in  this  paper  that  arrangements 
have  been  made  for  putting  on  a  fast  train  service  between 
San  Francisco  and  New  Orleans,  and  it  is  necessary  now  only 
to  supply  the  details.  The  new  service  will  begin  November  1st. 
(Thursday),  and  the  fast  train,  named  the  "Sunset  Limited," 
will  run  every  Thursday  thereafter  until  further  notice.  It  will 
be  somewhat  of  a  novelty  in  transcontinental  traffic  to  have  a 
superbly  equipped  solid  vestibule  train,  consisting  of  Pullman 
Palace  double  drawing-room  sleeping  cars,  dining  cars,  and  com- 
posite cars,  with  buffet,  smoking-room,  bath-room  and  barber- 
shop, all  brilliantly  lighted  with  the  PintBch  gas,  all  the  way 
between  San  Francisco  and  New  Orleans.  This  is  equal  to  any 
luxuries  that  the  most  wealthy  persons  could  secure  at  home.  In 
addition  to  all  this,  the  time  between  San  Francisco  and  New 
York  via  New  Orleans  is  only  a  trifle  greater  than  by  any  other 
route,  and  at  the  same  time  the  traveler  has  the  opportunity  of 
seeing  some  of  the  strangest  and  most  interesting  parts  of  the 
United  States. 


THE  laying  of  the  new  railroad  in  Kearny  street  is  resulting  in 
an  excellent  block  pavement  laid  by  the  railroad  company 
between  the  rails  and  for  two  feet  on  either  side,  but  a  wide  mar- 
gin of  the  old  and  worn  paving  is  left  between  the  tracks  and  the 
curb,  leaving  the  streets  in  a  disgraceful  condition.  If  the  gas, 
water,  and  railroad  companies  cannot  repave  the  street  to  its 
full  width,  the  property-owners  ought  to  have  sufficient  enter- 
prise to  make  the  improvement.  A  movement  is  on  foot  among 
them  to  that  end,  looking  to  the  employment  of  bituminous  rock. 
This  pavement,  though  excellent  when  laid  on  a  proper  founda- 
tion of  concrete,  has  not  proved  satisfactory  in  streets  traversed 
by  railroads,  for  the  reason  that  when  laid  close  np  to  the  rails 
the  wheels  of  vehicles  cut  it  away  and  soon  ruin  it.  This  can  be 
obviated  by  laying  a  course  of  basalt  blocks  alongside  the  rails. 
If  anything  of  the  kind  is  to  be  done  it  should  be  done  promptly, 
as  it  would  bean  unnecessary  hardship  on  the  railroad  company 
tD  require  it  to  relay  that  part  of  the  pavement  which  the  law 
requires  it  to  lay,  and  which  it  has  already  put  in  place  for 
half  the  distance. 

MORE  stories  of  the  miraculous  cures  wrought  by  the  waters 
of  Lourdeu  are  coming  to  hand.  The  grain  of  truth  in  these 
and  all  similar  accounts  (and  they  are  innumerable)  is  that  men- 
tal ecstacy  often  overcomes  genuine  pain  and  that  faith  cures 
imaginary  ills.  The  cure  of  imaginary  ills  by  faith  need  not  be 
quarreUd  with,  although  it  often  amounts  merely  to  curing  one 
disease  by  contracting  another.  But  the  relief  which  ecstacy 
brings  to  real  ills  is  a  serious  matter,  and  the  highest  and  widest 
education  is  required  to  counteract  its  evils.  The  state  of  ecstacy 
which  can  produce  that  result  must  either  be  temporary  or  fatal. 
If  temporary,  its  effect  in  relieving  suffering  is  transient,  and  as 
it  is  exhausting  it  leaves  the  system  weaker  than  before  to  com- 
bat the  disease  upon  its  inevitable  recurrence;  if  it  persist,  it 
will  ordinarily  and  almost  necessarily  kill  more  quickly  than  tbe 
disease.  It  might  be  well  for  those  Christians  who  seek  Co 
strengthen  the  power  of  their  sect  by  encouraging  these  evils  to 
reflect  that  a  religion  which  depends  upon  superstition  is  out  of 
joint  with  tbe  spirit  of  the  age  and  an  enemy  to  the  enlighten- 
ment, prosperity,  and  happiness  of  the  race. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  6,  1894. 


OUR    INTEREST    IN    THE    ORIENTAL    WAR. 

OUGHT  the  people  of  this  coaDtry  to  sympathize  strongly  with 
either  of  the  belligerent  powers  in  the  East,  and,  if  so,  with 
which?  It  is,  we  think,  very  much  to  be  regretted  that  a  large 
proportion  of  our  newspapers  evince  a  marked  disposition  to  be- 
little the  Japs  and  to  wish  the  Chinese  success.  No  doubt  much 
of  this  comes  from  a  lack  of  knowledge  of  the  situation  at  the  begi  - 
ning.  At  the  outlet,  it  was  thought  that  the  God  of  Battles  would 
be  on  the  side  of  the  strongest  battalions,  and  as  the  popnlatinn 
of  China  outnumbers  that  of  Japan  by  ten  to  one,  there  did  not 
Beem  much  doubt  as  to  which  nation  could  put  the  larger  armies 
in  the  held.  Therefore,  it  was  argued,  China  must  inevitably 
come  out  the  victor  because  of  her  numerical  superiority,  and, 
without  further  knowing  why  or  wherefore,  they  were  for  China 
accordingly.  But  in  an  incredibly  Bhort  time  they  are  finding 
out,  in  the  light  of  the  well-nigh  overwhelming  results  achieved 
by  the  Japs,  what  a  terribly  false  quantity  there  was  somewhere 
iD  their  calculations.  That  came  in  when  they  failed  to  take 
account  of  toe  better  organization  and  advanced  education  of  the 
more  compact,  homogeneous,  and  patriotic  people.  Of  course,  if 
China  could  command  the  services  of  well  equipped,  drilled,  an  1 
disciplined  fighting  men,  imbued  with  a  true  love  of  country, 
proportioned  in  numbers  to  her  population  of  four  hundred 
millions,  tbere  could  be  no  doubt  as  to  her  ultimate  triumph  over 
a  foe  that  has  but  forty  millions  of  people  to  draw  from.  But 
armies  are  not  created  in  a  day  nor  by  mere  instinct.  There  has 
necessarily  got  to  be  vast  preparations  continued  over  a  consider- 
able space  of  time,  and  a  huge  expenditure  of  money  for  equip- 
ment, if  the  conditions  of  modern  warfare  are  to  be  successfully 
met.  In  these  respects  China  was  known  to  be  woefully  de- 
ficient, and  tbe  disastrous  results  of  the  war,  so  far,  are  abund- 
antly demonstrating  the  fact.  Mere  numbers  are  of  no  avail 
when  unaccompanied  by  organization,  discipline,  and  military 
skill.  Indeed,  density  of  population,  in  that  case,  becomes  a 
Bource  of  weakness  rather  than  of  strength.  It  supplies  a  con- 
quering enemy  with  objects  of  easy  attack  upon  which  it  is  pos- 
sible to  inflict  injuries  that  would  demoralize  the  whole  nation. 
It  is  becoming  very  obvious  that  Japan,  if  not  checked  by  a 
third  party  entering  the  contest,  has  it  in  her  power  to  over-ruo 
the  whole  of  China;  just  as  the  ever-to-be-remembered  "Chinese" 
Gordon  did  when,  with  a  small  but  highly-disciplined  army 
raised  for  tbe  purpose,  be  annihilated  the  wide-spread  Taeping 
rebellion.  In  short,  China  is  in  no  condition  to  fight.  She  is 
witbont  soldiers  worthy  of  the  name;  she  has  no  generals 
adequately  versed  in  military  tactics,  or  dnly  instructed  in  the 
use  of  modern  munitions  of  war;  her  people  have  no  heart  for 
the  contest,  whilst  a  large  proportion  of  them  hate  tbe  ruling 
dynasty  and  wish  for  nothing  better  than  an  opporunity  to  over- 
throw it.  Her  navy,  upon  which  she  placed  so  much  reliance, 
might  as  well  now  be  put  out  of  commission  for  all  the  further 
use  it  appears  tj  be;  her  army,  thoroughly  whipped  at  Ping 
Yang,  has  been  driven  out  of  Corea,  and  Peking  is  in  danger.  U 
looks  as  if  the  Court  recluse  who  figures  as  Emperor  may  at  la-t 
be  dragged  out  to  the  light  of  day,  and  may  even  be  made  to 
serve  as  a  curiosity  in  some  Japanese  show.  Whilst  all  this  is 
true,  Li  Hung  Chang,  China's  one  great  statesman,  is  discredited 
and  in  danger  of  losing  bis  head.  Plainly,  China  is  in  a  bad  way. 
What  of  all  this?  HaB  Western  civilization  any  reason  to  la- 
ment if  China's  old  wall  of  exclusion  is  at  last  to  be  effectually 
broken  down  7  Or  ha*  either  this  country  or  Europe  any  cause 
for  dissatisfaction  at  this  excellent  work  being  undertaken  and 
accomplished  by  the  Japanese  ?  It  is  impossible,  in  these  days 
of  steam  lines,  telegraphs,  and  almost  universal  commerce,  thai  a 
nation  comprising  one-third  of  the  population  of  the  entire  globe 
should  continue  a  shut  book,  which  not  all  the  enterprise  and  the 
energy  of  tbe  rest  of  mankind  may  venture  to  open.  It  has  got 
to  be  opened  sometime  and  by  somebody.  What  better  time  than 
the  present  and  who  more  entitled  to  do  it  than  the  ambitious, 
but  entirelv  safe,  people  who  have  already  half  accomplished  the 
task  ?  Existing  jealousies  forbid  any  nation  of  Europe  entering 
upon  it,  and  as  to  tbe  United  States,  it  is  not  in  tbe  line  of  our 
policy  to  entangle  ourselves  with  foreign  complications.  We  can, 
however,  afford  to  look  on  with  much  complacency  at  what  Japan 
is  now  doing.  These  Pacific  States,  in  particular,  have  very  much 
to  gain  and  absolutely  nothing  to  lose  by  Japan  pushing  her  con- 
quest  until  the  existing  Tartar  dynasty  is  overthrown  and  the 
heart  of  China  opened  to  our  trade  and  commerce.  In  that  di- 
rection lies  the  realization  of  the  dreams  of  not  a  few  of  our  most 
thoughtful  and  patriotic  citizens.  With  tbe  whole  of  China,  so 
easily  reached  from  this  Coast,  an  open  market,  the  grand  loca- 
tion of  San  Francisco  on  the  map  of  the  world  could  not  fail  to 
constitute  this  port  a  great  emporium  of  Oriental  trade.  With 
the  Japanese  we  are  now  and  long  have  been  on  terms  of  friend 
ship.  We  buy  largely  from  them  and  they  from  us.  No  let  or 
hindrance  need  be  feared  to  our  continuing  to  enjoy  equal  privi- 
leges with  the  most  favored  nation  in  all  Japanese  ports  or  in 
marts  of  trade  that  may  hereafter  be  controlled  by  that  people.  If 
Japan  could  do  us  a  better  service  than  in  opening  China  to  trade, 
we  confess  we  do  not  know  what  it  is.  Our  obvious  policy  at 
this  juncture  is  to  give  Europe  a  hint  to  keep  hands  off  this  safely 
proceeding  Oriental  fight. 


POWER    OF    RIDICULE    IN    POLITICS. 


THE  present  political  contest  in  this  State  is  assuming  a  feature 
which  has  many  parallels  in  the  history  of  campaigns,  both 
State  and  National.  There  is  no  question  but  that  ridicule  is  one 
of  tbe  most  effective  weapons  that  can  be  used  in  a  combat  before 
tbe  people  in  the  absence  of  a  live  issue.  Trifling  incidents  have 
had  the  effect  of  changing  the  current  of  popular  sentiment  on 
several  national  occasions,  none  of  which  is  more  conspicuous 
than  that  of  1840,  when  General  William  H.  Harrison  was  elected 
over  Martin  Van  Buren.  The  issues  were  a  re-charter  of  the 
National  Bank,  the  tariff,  and  internal  improvements.  The  at- 
tempt of  the  leaders  of  the  Democratic  party  to  belittle  Harrison 
because  he  lived  in  a  log  cabin,  made  cider,  and  traded  in  coon- 
skins  was  neatly  and  shrewdly  accepted  by  the  Whigs,  and  the 
whole  country  became  alive  with  enthusiastic  processions  in 
which  log-cabins  on  wheels  covered  with  coon-skins,  hard  cider 
on  tap,  and  grotesque  figures  of  the  most  absurd  make-up  became 
the  absorbing  features  of  the  campaign.  The  issues  of  the  day 
were  overshadowed  and  forgotten  by  the  people,  and  the  result 
was  a  victory  for  Harrison  such  as  was  never  before  known.  In 
the  contest  of  1852,  General  8cott,  who  was  popular  on  account 
of  his  Mexican  war  record,  made  a  speech  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in 
which  he  violated  custom  and  lowered  tbe  dignity  of  his  position, 
by  addressing  an  audience  composed  largely  of  Germans  and 
Irish  in  which  he  descended  to  flattery  by  stating  that  he  »  loved 
the  rich  Irish  brogue  and  tbe  sweet  German  accent."  A  shrewd 
Democratic  editor  caught  the  expression,  and  ridiculed  the  old 
hero  in  such  a  withering  manner  that  he  became  an  object  of  pub- 
lic derision  and  was  badly  defeated.  Tbe  alliteration  of  Parson 
Burcbard,  who  exhibited  more  zeal  than  knowledge,  on  the  eve 
of  the  election  in  1884,  in  charging  that  the  Democratic  party  rep 
resented  "  rum,  Romanism,  and  rebellion,"  cost  Blaine  his  election 
to  the  Presidency.  The  ill-advised  letter  of  John  F.  Swift,  in  reply 
to  one  addressed  to  him  by  Frank  Pixley,  caused  bis  defeat, 
while  his  running  mate  was  elected  by  several  thousand  majority 
These  incidents  are  suggestive  of  the  influence  that  absnrd  and 
trifling  charges  have  upon  the  masses  when  utilized  by  sharp 
politicians.  The  position  occupied  by  Mr.  Budd  in  1894  has  a 
similarity  to  that  of  General  Harrison  in  1840.  The  Republicans 
have  attempted  to  belittle  him  in  the  estimation  of  tbe  people  by 
referring  sneeringly  to  his  buckboard  campaign  of  1882,  when  he 
defeated  Horace  F.  Page  for  Congress  in  a  district  which  was  a 
Republican  stronghold.  There  is  no  intelligence  in  a  buckboard, 
but  from  the  manner  in  which  the  citizens  of  San  Diego  and  otber 
Southern  California  towna  and  localities  have  handled  them  in 
Itudd  processions,  they  can  awaken  a  spirit  of  enthusiasm  that 
will  provoke  applause  and  put  some  animation  into  the  campaign. 
There  iB  no  burning  issue  but  reform  in  tbe  State  government,  and 
tuat  will  be  overshadowed  by  the  rosebud  and  buckboard  humor 
which  has  already  attracted  attention  from  the  "  Estee  boom  " 
that  was  anticipated,  but  which  seems  to  have  stranded  on  tbe 
moss-covered  shoal  of  unpopularity. 


IGNORANCE    AND    MENDACITY    REBUKED. 


NO  doubt  the  Examiner,  whose  recent  policy  has  included  sup- 
port of  the  railroad  strike,  condemnation  of  the  President, 
ridicule  of  the  army  and  the  National  Guard  of  California,  black- 
guarding of  the  United  States  Attorney-General,  and  efforts  to 
shield  the  assassin  strikers  who  killed  six  men  at  the  Yolo  bridge, 
will  derive  great  comfort  from  the  following  declaration  of  Wade 
Hampton,  Commissioner  of  Railroads,  who  has  been  recently  in- 
specting railroad  affairs  in  California:  "  In  the  first  place,"  he 
said,  "  bonds  on  these  roads  are  not  due  until  1898,  and  the  Gov- 
ernment cannot  foreclose  until  tbat  time.  If  the  Government 
nbould  foreclose,  it,  having  only  the  second  mortgage,  would  be 
compelled  to  pay  the  first  mortgage,  amounting  to  many  millions. 
A  government  such  as  ours  cannot  operate  railroads.  In  auto- 
cratic governments  it  is  possible,  but  not  in  this.  The  demand 
for  the  foreclosure  of  the  Pacific  roads  does  not  come  from  tbe 
best-informed  people  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  although  it  has  got  to 
be  a  very  popular  movement  in  the  West."  As  all  this  is  exactly 
the  position  taken  by  tbe  News  Letter,  tbere  is  a  sufficient  ex- 
planation of  the  Examiner's  refusal  to  comply  with  our  demand 
to  publish  the  names  of  those  who  have  signed  its  "  mammoth 
petition." 

THE  Examiner i  which,  with  its  new  political  ally,  tbe  Call,  is 
straining  itself  to  induce  Californians  to  subscribe  to  stock  in 
the  proposed  San  Joaquin  "Valley  Railroad,  published  a  telegram 
from  Stockton  on  Wednesday  announcing  that  A.  J.  Hartzell  bad 
appealed  before  tbe  Stockton  City  Council  with  an  application 
of  a  right-of-way  for  that  railroad  through  the  town.  Mr.  Hari- 
zell,  according  to  the  telegram,  announced  that  the  road  "  had 
ample  backing  by  Eastern  capitalists  and  by  manufacturers  of  rail- 
road supplies  and  equipment,  and  that  he  was  prepared  to  pro 
ceed  with  work  within  ninety  days  from  the  granting  of  the  fran- 
chise." In  view  of  these  facts  it  is  the  sublimity  of  impudence 
for  tbe  newspapers  to  call  on  Californians  for  money  and  the 
height  of  folly  for  Californians  so  to  invest  it. 


Oi-tMwr  6,  1894. 


BAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


THE    INDEPENDENT    VOTER. 

THK  Independent  voter— U  he  ft  tbftmor  ft  reftltty.  which?  The 
■pproftcblog  election  dsr  irtll  determine  bis  9t«tu<i  In  our  city 
fti  never  before.  There  ftre  two  well-known  bote  tickets  in  the 
field.  It  goes  without  sftytng  that  those  who  vote  them  straight 
ere  not  Independent  voters  In  the  sense  o(  bftvlng  virtue  end  man- 
liness enongh  to  refuse  evil  when  good  1b  offered  them.  No  men 
with  intelligence  enongh  logo  indoors  when  it  ruins  can  pretend 
ignorance  of  the  birth,  origin,  and  ownership  of  the  tickets  that 
go  by  party  names.  Tnediily  press  has  for  once  made  that  per- 
fectly clear.  The  bosses  have  been  dragged  ont  into  the  open,  and 
their  relation  to  eveiy  nomination  made  known  to  all  men  who 
can  read.  Colonel  Burns,  by  the  aid  of  Buckley  and  bis  lambs, 
captured  the  so-called  Republican  primaries,  and  that,  of  course, 
carried  with  it  the  ownership  of  a  majority  of  the  convention 
that  nam  d  his  municipal  ticket  On  the  other  hand  Buckley, 
through  bis  partner,  Raioey,  had  no  difficulty  in  resuming  his 
grip  upon  the  Democratic  organization.  Ai  the  nominations 
proceeded,  the  effect  of  that  grip  was  very  thoroughly  demon- 
strated. The  result  of  these  combinations  is  two  municipal 
tickets,  one  tagged  "Republican."  the  otoer  "Democratic."  If 
either  of  them  "goes  through'*  in  its  entirely,  or  if  part  of  one 
and  part  of  the  other  be  elected,  the  copartnery  of  bosses  wins 
and  ibe  cause  of  clean  municipal  government  loses.  Of  course 
there  are  fair  names  on  both  tickets,  but  that  little  game  is  too 
well  understood  to  delude  any  one  who  does  not  want  to  be  de- 
laded.  Independent  voting  will  consist  in  stamping  an  intelli- 
gent cross  against  names  recognized  as  tried  ones,  and  in  leaving 
all  others  unstamped.  If  it  be  true,  as  it  probably  is,  that  there 
are  independent  voters  who  do  not  know  who  are  safe 
and  who  unsafe  men  to  vote  for,  the  electicism  necessary 
in  sue  i  cases  has  been  fairly  well  done  for  them  by  the  Non- 
partisan committee.  Men  who  know  who  is  who  and  what  is 
what  constituted  that  committee,  and  although  they  have  not 
altogether  escaped  error,  they  have  upon  the  whole  done  well, 
and  have  succeeded  in  naming  a  ticket  that  is  not  boss-owned, 
which  would  be  a  controlling  virtue  in  itself  even  if  it  had  no 
other  virtues.  That  is  the  view  the  independent  voter  must  neces- 
sarily take,  or  he  will  not  be  truly  independent.  Why  should 
not  nine-tenths  of  the  entire  electorate  be  independent  in  that 
sense?  Why  should  anybody,  outside  of  a  class  of  municipal 
thieves  which  is  known  to  exist,  vote  for  tickets  put  up  in  the 
interests  of  addition,  division,  and  silence?  Wnen  the  election  is 
over  and  we  learn  how  many  straight  party  tickets  were  voted 
for  municipal  offices,  we  shall  know  how  numerous  the  tagged 
and  owned  voters  are.  The  tickets  that  are  not  straight  will  in- 
dicate wheher  the  independent  voter  is  as  numerous  in  our  city 
as  he  ought  to  be. 


THE    STABILITY    OF    OUR    REPUBLIC. 

IT  would  be  difficult  to  convince  a  thoughtful  American  that 
there  is  anything  deep  and  abiding  in  the  spirit  of  our  people 
which  looks  far  into  the  future  or  desires  to  lay  the  foundations  of 
a  permanent  republic.  Not  only  the  founders  of  the  govern- 
ment, but  also  those  who  now  come  to  find  in  it  an  asylum,  were 
and  are  largely  protestants  against  existing  governments;  and  so 
dissatisfied  have  we  become  with  the  original  Constitution  that  we 
amend  it  constantly,  introduce  swiftly  passing  changes  in  legisla- 
tion as  it  affects  both  domestic  and  foreign  policies,  live  in  a  con- 
stant whirl  of  shifting  social  idtas,  ideals,  and  standards,  and 
breed  quadrennially  recurring  parties  bent  on  "reform."  With 
so  manifest  a  lack  of  present  stability,  how  could  we  be  expected 
to  go  deliberately  about  the  task  of  founding  a Btable government 
for  our  posterity?  In  the  light  of  this  knowledge  it  is  not  even  con- 
soling to  read  the  article  in  the  October  Forum  by  President  Elict 
of  Harvard,  in  which  he  arrays  a  number  of  reasons  for  hoping 
that  the  American  republic  will  enjoy  "long  life."  These  reasons, 
succinctly  stated,  are  as  follows:  First,  toleration  in  religion; 
second,  universal  education;  third,  strength  and  purity  of  the 
family,  and  laws  giving  widows  peculiar  power  over  property; 
fourth,  promotion  of  public  happiness  and  content  by  the  main- 
tenance of  public  parks,  playgrounds,  etc.;  fifth,  the  extreme 
publicity,  through  the  newspapers,  of  all  matters  concerning 
which  the  people  have  a  right  to  be  informed;  sixth,  the  influence 
of  corporations  over  working  masses  in  imposing  discipline  and  in- 
fusing harmony  of  action ;  seventh,  the  growth  of  dependence  one 
upon  all  others,  creating  unity;  eighth,  the  advancement  of 
knowledge  against  religious  superstitions,  particularly  the  down- 
fall of  the  doctrine  of  total  depravity;  the  retirement  of  Chris- 
tianity as  a  factor  of  government  and  its  confinement  to  its 
proper  function  of  moral  teaching.  If  these  forces  and  others 
that  go  with  them  are  sufficient  to  overcome  the  natural  tend- 
ency to  disintegration  which  is  observable  in  all  human  institu- 
tions not  founded  on  an  absolute  despotism,  President  Eliot  has 
failed  to  convince  us  of  the  fact  or  even  to  discuss  the  matter  at 
all.  In  the  absence  of  concentrated  authority,  permanency  is 
anomalous  and  impossible.  It  is  not  often  that  so  shrewd  an  ob- 
server as  Fret  Uent  Eliot  tarns  his  hand  to  the  kind  of  optim- 
ism which  he  has  here  displayed,  and  as  optimism  is  rarely  com- 
patible with  truth,  it  might  have  been  wiser  to  have  Ie  t  i;  alone 


BUDD    ON    LOCAL    ISSUES. 

THK  Democratic  nominee  for  Governor  Is  setting  an  example 
worthy  of  Imitation  in  making  State  issues  the  burden  of  hie 
campaign.  It  is  An  example  from  which  candidate  Estee  is  un- 
happily not  profiting.  What  a  Governor  of  California  has  to  do 
with  a  tariff,  or  a  tariff  with  him.  passetb  ordinary  understand- 
ing; yet  Mr.  Estee  persists  in  dlscuselng  ft  as  the  chief  topic 
of  his  speeches,  and  as  if  his  views  thereanent  constituted  his 
principal,  and,  indeed,  his  sole  qualification  for  the  performance 
of  Gubernatorial  duties.  There  Is  nothing  new  in  his  treatment 
of  the  subject  matter,  whilst  his  dealing  with  it  at  all  at  this  time 
is  tiresome,  inconsequential,  and  absurd.  The  tariff  qnestion  has, 
in  all  conscience,  been  berated  enough  during  the  past  six  years, 
and  is  now  a  dead  issue,  anyway,  (iive  it  and  us  a  rest.  Nobody 
cares  what  our  Governor  thinks  or  may  not  think  about  the 
tariff,  but  every  good  citizen  of  California  cares  a  great  deal  in  re- 
gard to  what  he  thinks  and  proposes  to  do  in  reference  to  reduced 
taxation  and  increased  efficiency  in  the  various  services  performed 
for  the  State.  Mr.  Budd,  on  the  other  hand,  is  confining  himself 
almost  exclusively  to  affairs  that  he  will  have  it  in  his  power  to 
deal  with  should  he  succeed  in  reaching  the  goal  of  his  ambition. 
It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  in  dealing  with  such  subjects  he  is 
exhibiting  a  fullness  of  information  and  a  forcefulness  of  expres- 
sion that  we  do  not  remember  to  have  been  equaled  in  a  State 
campaign.  The  truth  is  that  the  cost  of  running  the  Capitol  at 
Sacramento  has  never  been  sufficiently  ventilated  in  public,  and 
is  in  consequence  little  understood  by  our  people.  Nobody 
familiar  with  the  Jog  rolling,  jobbery,  and  robbery  that  have  pre- 
vailed at  our  Legislatures  needs  to  be  told  that  the  Capitol  from 
the  bottom  (the  hole  in  the  well)  to  the  top,  and  every  room  and 
corner  in  it,  have  at  one  time  or  another  been  the  scenes  of  cor- 
ruption unspeakable  and  almost  unthinkable  by  pure-minded 
people.  Barnacles,  as  one  of  the  consequences  of  all  this,  have 
fastened  themselves  upon  the  State  government  that  badly  need 
scraping  off.  Tnere  are  a  host  of  commissions  that  were  con- 
ceived in  corruption,  raised  in  iniquity,  and  that  are  becoming 
hoary-headed  in  dishonesty  which  ought  to  be  legislated  out  of 
existence  at  the  first  opportunity.  If  the  Legislature  will  not  re- 
lieve us  of  their  costly  uselessness,  the  Governor  could  get  rid  of 
most  of  the  commissioners  for  malfeasance  in  office  and  then  de- 
cline to  appoint  their  successors.  The  public  institutions  of  the 
State  are  for  the  most  part  local  jobs  created  for  the  express  pur- 
pose of  being  extravagant.  The  more  money  they  waste  the 
more  is  spent  in  the  locality.  They  as  a  rule  badly  need  to  have 
their  management  looked  into.  A  Governor  who  will  do  that 
thoroughly  and  well  is  the  desideratum  of  this  time  and  place. 
With  the  lopping  off  of  excrescences  and  the  exercise  of  due 
economy,  the  State  government  could  be  run  better  than  it  Is  for 
one-half  the  present  tax  rate.  Never,  probably,  in  the  history  of 
men  did  the  people  of  a  State  get  so  little  for  their  taxes  as  do  the 
citizens  of  California  to  day. 


THE    VALUE    OF    SILENCE. 


THERE  is  a  disposition  on  the  part  of  a  class  of  newspaper 
men  to  engage  in  the  sensational  by  attracting  attention  to 
the  existence  of  a  disturbing  element  in  politics  and  thus  keep  it 
alive  and  active  by  violent  agitation.  Human  nature  is  the  same 
the  world  over,  and  so  long  as  men  are  imbued  with  a  spirit  of 
curiosity  they  will  never  cease  to  be  attracted  where  there  are 
mysteries  to  explore.  While  such  agitation  attracts  those  who 
are  dissatisfied  and  restless,  it  is  a  nuisance  to  the  more  sedate 
and  to  men  of  business.  8o  long  as  the  newspapers  noticed 
Denis  Kearney  and  his  sandlot  agitation  he  had  the  power  to 
sway  the  multitudes,  and  his  influence  was  extraordinary.  When 
they  ceased  to  applaud  him  and  his  work,  he  dropped  into  ob- 
scurity. The  presence  of  a  secret  political  organization,  known 
as  the  A.  P.  A.,  has  provoked  the  most  intemperate  and  bitter 
attacks  from  many  quarters  on  account  of  its  alleged  opposition 
to  a  religious  sect.  It  seems  to  be  in  existence,  and  is  presumed 
to  have  grown  to  be  a  power.  The  violence  with  which  it  has 
been  attacked  has  not  weakened  its  energies.  Such  attention 
only  brings  it  into  prominence  and  invites  the  careless  and  curi- 
ous to  investigate  where  they  would  otherwise  pay  no  attention. 
This  incessant  newspaper  agitation  only  advertises  the  order  and 
swells  the  ranks  of  its  members.  If  it  has  grown  so  strong  and 
become  so  powerful  as  its  enemies  would  have  us  believe,  there 
is  no  occasion  to  inquire  as  to  the  meat  it  feeds  upon.  If  the 
public  press  will  cease  to  notice  it,  its  growth  will  certainly  be 
less  rapid,  its  aggressiveness  will  cease,  and  its  existence  will 
shortly  end. 

HOWEVER  distasteful  the  exclusion  law  may  be  to  the  Chi- 
nese in  this  country,  it  is  proving  a  bonanza  to  the  Celestial 
residents  of  Mexico.  When  one  of  them  desires  to  return  to 
China,  he  steps  over  into  Arizona,  permits  himself  to  be  arrested, 
and  Is  deported,  thus  saving  his  passage  money.  The  enforce- 
ment of  the  provision  that  permits  the  court  to  impose  a  sentence 
of  one  year's  imprisonment  might  prove  a  grievous  surprise  to 
the  wily  coolies,  but  it  would  effectually  block  their  little  game 
of  sponging  upon  Uncle  Sam. 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  6,1894. 


A    FETE    AT    CONCARNEAU. 


EVERY  summer  the  Bretons  have  fetes  and  dances,  each  town 
or  hamlet  having  its  special  day,  and  those  days  are  looked 
for  longingly  by  the  natives,  for  it  gives  them  a  chance  to  display 
all  their  finery  and  show  how  they  can  dance  when  they  want  to. 
Besides,  all  the  neighboring  villes  turn  out  in  full  to  see  what  their 
rivals  can  do;  so  quite  an  interesting  time  is  generally  had. 

Concarneau  had  its  day  yesterday,  or  rather  it  started  yesterday, 
for  the  fete  lasts  three  days.  Of  course  all  the  coiffs  and  big  collars 
of  the  women  were  all  fresh,  the  clothes  presses  were  relieved  of  their 
camphorous  contents,  and  sabots  were  all  cleaned  nicely  for  the  oc- 
casion, for  it  is  only  once  a  year  that  such  a  chance  is  had. 

As  early  as  nine  in  the  morning  the  town  be- 
gan to  fill  with  new  faces  and  queer-looking 
coiffs  and  costumes  {for  each  district  has  a  dis- 
tinctive coiff  of  its  own).  They  were  arriving 
from  the  Gare  and  in  carts  by  the  dozens.  It 
looks  pretty  to  see  a  small  cart  filled  with  eight 
or  ten  peasant  women,  each  in  her  quaint  head- 
dress and  pretty  apron,  while  one  of  the  men 
peasants,  with  bis  little  short  coat  up  to  his 
waist  and  hat  with  ribbons  dangling  down  the 
back,  drives  the  ass  or  mare.  All  the  fishermen 
were  out  in  their  best,  and  some  even  got  a 
shave,  for  no  boats  went  out  that  day.  Then  all 
the  six  hundred  fishing  boats  were  cleaned  up 
and  many  newly  painted. 

The  event  of  the  day  was  a  grand  regatta  in 
which  the  rival  fishing  boats  would  be  able  to 
prove  their  superior  sailing  qualities  and  settle 
long-atanding  disputes.  The  long  dyke,  or  break- 
water, was  arranged  with  seats  and  awnings, 
and  a  franc  admission  charged  for  entrance  fee. 
Here  were  assembled  all  the  cream  of  Breton  so- 
ciety— swell  peasant  girls,  some  "  worth,"  it 
was  wh.spered,  the  immense  fortune  of  50,000 
francs.  Some  were  d/essed  in  the  mosi  expen- 
sive laces  and  silks  and  looked  sweet,  and  were 
envied  by  the  sardine  factory  girls  and  sailors 
gathered  on  the  rocks  opposite.  Then  their 
fathers  and  brothers  were  swell,  too,  for  they  had  on  all  their  gilt 
braid  and  brass  or  gold-plated  buttons,  and  real  velvet  ribbons  on 
their  hats,  topped  off  with  a  nice  little  peacock  feather. 

Many  of  the  boats  were  coated  with  grease  and  sardine  oil  to  make 
them  go  faster,  and  others  were  provided  with  brand  new  sails  and 
masts— anything  to  beat  the  others.  At  given  signals  all  the  boats 
started  and  were  soon  speeding  away  for  the  "lies  des  Moutons," 
far  off  on  the  horizon. 

Then  came  the  great  Breton  dance,  the  Gavotte.  All  made  for  the 
Place  de  Nation,  opposite  the  old  fortified  Ville  Close,  where  the 
dance  was  to  be  held,  and  the  two  musicians'  secured  from  Quimper 
were  on  hand  with  their  bagpipes.  Two  big  barrels  were  fixed  up 
with  a  platform  and  chairs  for  them  under  one  of  the  trees  in  front 
of  the  big  market.  Around  the  place  were  shooting  galleries,  hitting 
machines,  roulette  wheels,  cheap  jewelry  shops,  and  the  like,  and 
above  all  a  big  merry-go-round,  with  an  organ  loud  enough  to  be 
heard  at  Beg  Miel.  The  musicians  started  up,  after  having  been 
liberally  filled  with  hard  cider,  and  the  tramping  of  the  sabots  com- 
menced, sounding  like  a  troop  of  3000  horses  on  a  plank  road.  The 
music  sounded  exactly  like  that  yon  hear  in  Chinatown. 

Of  course  all  we  Americans  crowded  around  to  learn  the  dance, 
which  seemed  quite  complicated  at  first,  but  in  fact  was  only  a  sort 
of  trot,  then  a  hop,  and  a  trot  again. 

The  spectators  formed  a  large  circle,  inside  of  which  were  the 
dancers.  The  old  sailors  danced  as  well  as  any  of  them.  The  dance 
requires  six  in  each  party.  Four  girls  clasp  hands  in  a  line,  at  each 
end  of  which  is  a  man.  The  one  in  front  leads,  as  in  "  cracking  the 
whip,"  only  they  don't  crack,  but  just  do  the  trot  and  hop.  Oh,  it's 
beautiful!  And  so  they  keep  going  round  for  about  a  half  hour  with- 
out stop,  which  is  rather  tiresome,  but  the  sardine  girls  can't  get 
enough  and  never  think  of  getting  tired,  and  only  five  minutes  rest 
between  each  dance.  But  then,  cider  was  plentiful  at  two  sous  a 
bowl. 

It  was  announced  that  the  Gavotte  d'Honeur  would  commence,  and 
all  necks  were  strained  to  see  the  dancers,  for  it  is  the  prize  dance.  One 
prize  is  given  for  the  best  and  most  graceful  dancer,  and  another  for 
the  one  who  can  dance  the  longest  without  rest.  As  soon  as  all  who 
thought  themselves  equal  to  the  honor  had  taken  their  positions,  the 
band  played  and  away  they  went  to  win  the  prize  for  the  most  grace- 
ful dancing.  How  they  did  dance,  and  the  grace  they  had — all  the 
grace  that  could  possibly  be  put  into  the  Gavotte  was  uLilized.  Some 
ideas  of  grace  were  quite  interesting,  too,  reminding  one  of  a  cake 
walk,  but  some  did  really  well,  considering  that  the  average  girl 
weighs  about  180  to  200  pounds  and  wears  sabots  of  solid  wood.  But 
the  men  sailed  around  with  their  long,  lanky  legs,  the  nice  little  rib- 
bons streaming  in  the  breeze.  The  judges  looked  wisely  on  from 
their  stand  and  took  notes.  At  the  finish  of  the  dance  all  crowded 
round  the  judges  and  received  the  decision. 
Then  came  the  dance  for  endurance.    This  time  all  gracefulness, 


etc. ,  was  forgotten,  and  the  easiest  way  was  the  vogue.  Round  and 
round  they  went,  the  dust  rising  to  the  tramp  of  the  heavy  sabots, 
the  crowd  cheering  and  yelling  and  clapping,  and  still  they  went. 
Half  an  hour  passed,  then  one  by  one  they  began  to  drop  out,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  hour  not  over  four  were  still  at  it,  and  they  looked 
mighty  weary.  Then  more  dropped  out  until  only  two  were  left,  and 
how  they  went  at  it,  and  how  the  crowd  did  yell  and  urge  them  on ! 
Finally  only  one  was  left.  He  took  the  prize  after  an  hour  and  a  half 
of  hard  dancing,  while  the  musicians  nearly  dropped  dead  from  loss 
of  breath. 

Then  came  climbing  greased  poles  and  duck  chasing  in  the  ba}', 
in  which  all  the  future  Concarneau  fishermen  joined. 

That  ended  the  fun  till  evening,  when  more  dancing  was  to  take 
place  in  the  big  stone  market.  We  had  all  learned  the  dance  by  this 
time,  and  resolved  to  show  the  Bretons  what  Americans  could  do. 
So,  after  supper  we  all  strolled  down  to  the  Halles,  from  which  issued 
a  deafening  roar  of  voices  and  thumping  of  wooden  sabots  on  the 
stone  floor,  mingled  with  the  delicious  strains  of  the  bagpipes.  The 
big  market  was  all  ablaze  with  gas  lights  and  filled  to  suffocating 
with  girls  and  young  men  going  round  the  old  hall  to  the  time  of  the 
pipes. 

We  immediately  solicited  partners,  but  none  of  the  girls  would  go 
with  us  for  some  reason ;  so  we  all  got  together  and  had  a  dance  of 
our  own.  You  ought  to  have  seen  the  people  stare  and  laugh  at  our 
attempts,  but  we  did  not  mind  that,  and  kept  right  on ,  introducing  a 
few  American  steps  also,  and  then  the  people  looked  serious  and  said, 
' '  Tres  bien !  "  "  Encore ! ' '  and  we  did  give  it  to  them .  We  soon  had 
three  Brittany  maidens  at  the  end  of  our  string,  and  the  girls  began 
to  desert  the  sailors  for  us.  So  finally  we  each  got  a  big  string  of 
maidens  of  our  own,  and  led  them  through  themazes  of  the  Brittany 
Gavotte,  to  the  envv  of  all  the  other  girls,  and  then  sailors  and  peas- 
ants began  to  hook  on  behind  until  we  each  had  a  row  of  a  dozen  or 
more,  and  owned  the  place.  It  was  the  most  laughable  thing  I  ever 
saw — a  lot  of  American  students  leading  the  native  dance  away  off  in 
Brittany!  Many  of  the  men  got  angry  at  us  for  taking  their  part- 
ners, and  hissed  as  we  passed,  'Salle  Anglaise! "  (they  always  call 
us  English),  and  "couchion!"  But  we  owned  the  place  and  didn't 
care.  The  girls  preferred  us,  as  we  were  much  cleaner  and  better 
dressed  than  their  sailor  friends.  It  was  rather  hot  work  for  us  to 
tow  a  load  of  Breton  girls  after  us  round  the  hall  and  dance  for  an 
hour  at  a  time,  and  I  had  on  a  big  pair  of  sabots  full  of  big  nails. 

There  were  several  American  girls  there,  too,  and  they  had  much 
sport  with  some  of  the  native  girls  doing  the  Gavotte.  Madame  Sarah 
Bernhardt  was  there,  leaning  against  one  of  the  stone  pillars  with  her 
son,  and  seemed  quite  amused  at  the  gayety.  She  came  over  especi- 
ally from  Beg  Mi;l  to  see  the  fe;e,  and  it's  a  wonder  she  didn't  take 
part  herself,  for  she  is  just  the  kind  for  such  fun.  At  midnight  all  the 
lights  went  suddenly  out,  ending  the  evening  and  leaving  all  in  total 
darkness,  and  much  Breton  squeezing,  etc.,  was  done. 

Since  that  night  we  have  been  the  acknowledged  leaders  of  the  co- 
tillion of  Concarneau,  and  the  sardine  girls  point  us  out  with  great 
pride  to  their  friends.    The  whole  town  knows  us  now. 

Concarneau,  France,  September  S,  1894.  Edouaed  Cucuel. 


Curiipe  Battys. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 


Emptied  Every  |tfigr?t 

Between  the  hours   of    10  and  12,  and 

pilled  Direct 

From  the  ocean  even'  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath:  30  cts. 
single,  or  4  for  $1.     Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


D 


R.  D.  E.   DUNNE, 

Chiropodist. 


Now  at  MEIJ>'E  BATHS,  3d  floor, 

Nest  to  Ladies'  Parlor. 
Late  of  DR.  LORYEAS  HAMMAM  BATHS. 

Ingrown  Nails  a  Specialty. 

HR.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


11  i   GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


D 


R.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  DENTIST, 

1841  Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F. 


[Telephone  2605 


Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

HOURS— 9  A.  M.  to  5  P.M.,  8  to  9  p.  M.    Sundays,  9  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 


D 


R.   FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,   Dentist, 

703  Market  Street,  Booms  18, 19  and  20. 


October  6,  IUW 


s\\  ii;.\\«  [»  0  m:u  9  LITTER. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

(Br    Dl     Viihor.I 

THK  thank?  of  the  community  are  due  James  Y.  t'olemtn  for 
bis  determined  stand  against  being  insulted  by  an  impudent 
ticket  seller.  It  is  only  when  some  person  of  note  makes  a  de- 
termined and  public  resistance  against  some  form  of  fraud  or 
abuse  tbat  tie  wrong  is  righted.  Generally  the  victims  of  petty 
frauds  are  women  who  naturally  are  averse  to  drawing  attention 
*  >  themselves  by  protesting  against  some  unjust  exaction  or  de- 
nouncing the  swindle.  Once  in  a  while  some  woman  arises  who 
is  brave  enough  not  only  to  contest  the  right  of  the  swindler  to 
victimize  ber.  but  what  requires  infinitely  more  courage,  to  run 
i~,e  risk  of  being  called  a  crank.  No  woman  likes  to  be  made  to 
appear  ridiculous,  and  calling  her  a  crank  where  others  may  bear 
Ibe  application  of  the  term,  and  engage  in  a  laugh  at  an  earnest 
woman's  expense,  is  the  weapon  of  those  caught  in  the  wrong. 
With  minds  a  grade  below  the  average,  from  the  low-down  class 
of  our  population  tbat  have  not  yet  mounted  a  foot  from  their 
original  and  natural  inferiority,  a  favorite  fling  is  the  denuncia- 
tion. "You're  no  lady,"  to  a  woman  who  protests  against  receiv- 
ing service  imperfectly  performed,  while  liberally  paid  for.  As  if 
that  bad  anything  to  do  with  the  morality  of  the  question  under 
discussion.  But  '-cranks"  ofien  do  good  service  in  the  cause  of 
humanity.  The  poultry  man  in  this  city  who  choked  his  chickens 
and  left  tnem  packed  crowded  in  a  small  crate,  no  doubt  deemed 
the  woman  a  crank  who  expostulated  with  him  in  behalf  of  the 
poor  fowls.  But  thanks  to  her  pluck  and  moral  courage,  bis  case 
was  brought  at  once  before  the  proper  officers,  and  he  is  to  have 
a  chance  to  explain  his  violation  of  the  laws  of  humanity  before 
a  judge  and  jury.  The  woman  who  begged  a  man  in  Sacra- 
mento to  have  mercy  on  his  horse,  whose  neck  bled  under  his 
ragged  collar,  was  doubtless  a  crank,  and  as  such  deserved  to  be 
reviled — from  the  man's  stindpoint.  But  when  she  reappeared 
on  the  scene  with  her  camera,  and  took  several  snap  shots  of  the 
horse  and  bis  sore  neck,  of  the  man  beating  the  wretched  animal, 
of  the  overloaded  wagon,  then  she  was  a  most  uncomfortable 
sort  of  crank,  for  the  man  was  convicted  of  inhumanity  upon  the 
evidence  furnished  by  one  woman's  energy. 

There  are  many  petty  frauds  practiced  upon  women.  One 
already  mentioned  in  this  column  is  the  practice  of  car  conductors 
of  palmiug  off  plugged  coin  on  passengers  as  the  piece  they  have 
just  received.  Another  is  their  habit,  annoyingly  prevalent,  of 
giving  change  for  bat  a  half  dollar  when  a  dollar  has  been  given 
them.  The  only  way  to  circumvent  this  swindle  is  to  prevent 
its  occurrence  by  saying  to  the  conductor  as  one  passes  up  the 
coin,  -'I  have  no  small  change;  here  is  a  dollar,"  or  a  half  dollar, 
whatever  the  coin  may  be.  Then  the  conductor  knows  that 
his  passenger  knows  just  how  much  money  was  given 
to  him.  At  the  World's  Fair  great  sums  of  moDey 
were  made  by  the  ticket  sellers  who  did  not  give  back 
the  right  change;  "raking  down,"  the  practice  was  called.  The 
same  was  charged  of  the  gate  keepers  at  oar  own  Midwinter  Ex- 
position. The  scenic  railway  was  the  place  where  one  conld  lay 
down  a  quarter  and  have  a  nickel  thrust  back  with  the  informa- 
tion tbat  a  ride  was  "ten  cents/'  I  saw  a  woman  stand  at  the 
ticket  window  and  Sght  it  out,  to  the  great  disgust  of  the  ticket 
seller  and  the  delight  of  the  crowd.  Another  petty  fraud  is  the 
practice  of  car  conductors  of  giving  transfers  to  branch  lines  that 
are  not  running  at  that  time,  having  had  a  break-down,  leaving 
the  uninformed  passenger  stranded  in  the  street. 

It  will  be  good  news  to  many  devotees  of  the  frozen  fluid  to 
learn  that  ice-creara  is  a  beneficent  diet  in  certain  forms  of  dys- 
pepsia. Bat  lest  their  joy  should  lead  them  into  making  a  grave 
error,  let  me  hasten  to  inform  them  tbat  it  means  an  exclusive 
diet  of  ice-cream,  and  not  a  plateful  eaten  late  at  night  after  a 
sapper  of  mixed  sweets,  nor  the  dessert  at  a  fashionable  hotel 
dinner,  when,  after  all  sorts  of  food  has  been  eaten,  a  saucerful 
of  ice-cream  is  devoured  to  reduce  the  temperature  of  the  stom- 
ach and  arrest  the  digestion  of  what  has  been  eaten,  until  the 
stomach  can  recover  its  normal  temperature. 

It  is  said  that  the  reason  women  grow  so  stout  in  California  is 
that  they  have  such  good  things  to  eat  and  take  an  insufficient 
amount  of  exercise.  Visitors  from  the  East  are  much  impressed 
with  the  general  use  of  our  street  cars.  "Why,  I  have  seen 
people  get  into  a  car,  pay  fare,  and  ride  only  three  blocks  I"  said 
a  Pniladelphian  to  me.  "At  home  we  would  not  think  anything 
of  walking  eight  or  ten  blocks.  Undoubtedly  our  women  do  not 
take  sufficient  exercise,  and  an  accession  of  flesh  is  the  result. 
Without  fear  of  contradiction  it  is  safe  lo  say  that  the  craze  for 
bicycle  riding  which  is  spreading  so  rapidly  among  our  girls  will 
do  much  to  counteract  the  tendency  to  take  on  flesh.  It  is  cer- 
tain to  reduce  the  waist  and  to  train  down  hips  that  have  become 
hams. 

It  is  a  curious  sensation,  that  of  being  mounted  upon  a  bicycle 
for  the  first  time,  and  it  is  also  a  curious  example  of  how  the 
mind  dominates  the  muscles  and  their  involuntary  action.  The 
most  natural  fear  in  the  world  is  that  the   novice  is  going  to  fall. 


I  mil  tbat  strange  but  reassuring  new  sense  of  equilibrium  comes 
to  her.  a  woman  feels  that  she  is  going  to  be  flung  to  the  ground, 
and  «.it  she  holds  on  to  the  handle  bar  with  a  determination 
worthy  of  grim  Death.  She  holds  on  so  hard  that  all  r*r  muscu- 
lar power  is  concentrated  In  her  arms;  so  much  so  that  she  has 
no  leg  power  and  can  scarcely  move  the  pedals.  How  her  arms 
and  shoulders  will  ache  the  next  day  will   be  a  revelation  to  her. 

Then,  the  art  of  sitting  upright  and  preserving  her  balance  is 
another  point  in  her  new  experience.  Bhe  knows  that  when  in 
walking  she  loses  her  balance,  she  regains  it  at  once  by  shifting 
her  weight  to  the  other  side;  a  shrug  of  the  shoulders,  the  raising 
of  an  arm.  the  sliding  motion  of  a  foot  is  generally  sufficient  to 
restore  one's  equilibrium.  But  not  so  on  a  bicycle.  The  body 
must  be  held  erect,  and— this  Is  what  at  first  so  puzzles  the  tyro— 
when  the  machine  seems  as  if  it  were  about  to  fall,  instead  of 
swinging  the  body  to  the  other  side  the  body  must  be  upright  and 
the  front  wheel  must  be  thrown  at  an  angle  to  the  second,  and  on 
the  side  which  seems  to  be  falling.  This  at.  once  places  the  line 
of  direction  within  a  new  base,  one  of  larger  area;  the  machine  is 
squared,  so  to  speak,  and  the  fall  is  averted.  Above  all  things  the 
novice  must  learn  "to  keep  on  going,"  as  the  bicycle  teacher 
says.  The  tendency  is  to  stop  working  the  pedals  when  one  feels 
a  little  afraid.  Fatal  mistake!  Almost  every  possible  disaster 
can  b^  averted  by  a  bicycle  rider  if  she  only  remembers  to  "  keep 
on  going."  to  sit  up  straight,  and  to  use  the  handle  bars  with 
calmness  and  discretion.  It  is  folly  to  attempt  to  ride  a  bicycle 
without  having  taken  a  few  lessons  from  a  caoable  teacher. 
Then  mounting  and  dismounting,  riding  aod  turning  are  easy, 
and  falls  will  not  occur. 


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been  a 
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Conducted  on  both  the 

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This  favorite  hotel  is  under  the  management  of  CHAS. 
MONTGOMERY,  and  is  as  good,  if  not  the  bust,  Family  and 
Business  Men's  Hotel  in  ban  Francisco. 

Home  comforts,  cuisine  unexcelled  first-class  fcerviceand 
the  highest  standard  of  respectability  guaranteed, 

Our  rooms  caunot  be  surpassed  for  neatness  and  comfort. 

BOARD  AND  ROOM,  per  day,  $1  25,  $1  f  0,  ?1  75  and  $2  00. 
"  "       "  per  week,  $7  00  to  $12  00. 

"  "        "  per  mouth,  $27  50  to  $4)  00. 

SINGLE  BOOMS,  51  cents  to  $1. 


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"£1  ffloote"  fiotel, 

Sausalito,   Cal. 

The  nearest  Popular  Seaside  Re- 
sort outside  of  San  Francisco. 

J.  I.  SliijKey, 

Proprietor. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October    ,  1894. 


IfyjdligVflTfD 


We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore, 


DANIEL  SULLY,  tde  Irish-American  comedian,  and  hia  special 
company  will  open  an  engagement  at  the  California  Theatre 
Monday  evening,  and  during  the  week  will  play  the  popular 
realistic  Millionaire,  with  its  railroad  construction  scene,  in  which 
gangB  of  Iiish  and  Italian  laborers  are  engaged  in  laying  rails  and 
ties.  Much  of  the  interest  of  the  story  of  The  Millionaire  hinges 
upon  this  scene,  for  it  is  here  that  the  golden  spike  is  driven  and 
the  road  to  Rock  Gorge  is  completed,  all  of  which  is  done  in  Bpite 
of  strikes,  injunctions,  and  other  legal  processes,  at  the  instiga- 
tion of  the  opposition  line.  The  living  pictures  will  be  resumed, 
and  in  them  Marcell  HanauDa,  one  of  the  Turkish  beauties  at  the 
Chicago  Fair,  will  appear  as  the  central  figure  of  Reiffte's  famous 
painting,  "A  Glimpse  of  the  Harem,"  which  created  so  great  a 
sensation  when  exhibited  in  this  city.  The  living  pictures  to  be 
given  are:  "The  Black  Djmino,"  by  L.  Bpiridon;  "The  Fairy  of 
the  Alps,"  by  K.  Dillitz;  "The  Nymph  of  the  8irearu."  by  Hen- 
rietta Eae;  "The  Storm,"  by  Marcellano;  "Love  is  Lightest,"  by 
Reid;  "Hagar  and  Isbmael,"  by  E.  K..  Lisba;  "The  Vacant 
Chair,"  by  Toby  E.  Rosenthal;  "Elaine,"  by  Toby  E.  Rosenthal; 
"The  Birth  of  Spring,"  by  Horowski;  "A  Glimpse  of  the  Harem," 

by  Reiflke. 

*  *  * 

The  Tivoli  has  been  packed  all  through  the  week  by  delighted 
audiences  assembled  to  see  Don  Juan  (ad  lib  ).  There  is  nothing 
new  to  record  in  the  premises  except  that  the  irrepressible 
comedians  produce  incessant  changes  of  witticisms  and  topical 
songs,  all  of  which  are  timely  and  excruciatingly  funny.  The 
catchy  music,  the  pretty  scenery,  the  delightful  choruses,  and  all 
the  other  accessories  afford  perennial  pleasure.  The  bright  little 
nonsensical  skit  is  having  one  of  the  most  successful  runs  ever 
seen  in  San  Francisco. 

*  *  * 

As  usual,  the  Orpheum  has  been  crowded  to  the  doors  every 
evening,  and  the  wonder  that  so  excellent  an  entertainment  can 
be  given  for  charges  so  small  is  unceasing.  All  classes  of  people 
find  delight  at  the  evening  performances,  and  the  Saturday  and 
8unday  matinees  are  particularly  welcome  to  thousands.  Next 
week,  pursuing  its  policy  to  give  its  patrons  the  very  best  that 
enterprise  and  money  can  secure,  the  Orpheum  will  present  some 
startling  new  attractions.  Tliese  will  include  Herr  Zeitung,  with 
his  famous  bullet-proof  coat;  Luciano  Tatali,  the  flying  serpent, 
from  the  Folies  Bergeres,  Paris;  Lillian  Mason,  descriptive  vocal- 
ist, from  Koster  &  Bial's;  Mons.  F.  J.  Bernier,  the  great  French 
prestidigitateur.  Severus  Schaffer,  the  wonderful  equilibrist,  will 
again  delight  the  audience,  as  also  will  the  Burke  Brothers,  the 
Sisters  Aleene,  Armand  &  Granville,  and  others. 

The  public  interest  in  Scheel's  concerts  continues  unabated. 
Nightly  is  the  Auditorium  crowded  by  the  city's  best  people.  Our 
resident  orchestral  talent  has  always  been  considered  of  the  high- 
est class.  Under  the  indefatigable  directing  of  Mr.  Scbeel,  an  or- 
chestra is  building  that  cannot  but  soon  attain  national  reputation. 
On  Friday  evening,  September  28th,  the  second  symphony  con- 
cert was  given.  Haydn's  11th  Symphony  (military)  was  per- 
formed in  a  style  that  makes  the  newness  of  this  organization  al- 
most unbelievable.  The  sad  breadth  of  tone  of  the  opening  largo 
hushed  the  house  into  reverential  silence  at  once.  The  allegretto 
with  its  subdued,  yet  cheerful,  movement,  clearly  shows  in  its 
martial  rhythm  whence  the  title  "  military  ,:  is  derived.  As  the 
theme  is  repeated,  and  the  drums  and  cymbals  re-inforce  the 
march  movement,  it  sounds  as  the  war-like  advance  of  an  army. 
The  minuet  has  a  graceful,  swinging  movement  and  is  played 
throughout  in  almosL  a  dancing  tempo.  The  finale  is  in  Haydn's 
happiest  vein  and  closes  the  symphony  in  a  way  that,  were  it  a 
book,  we  should  say  they  married  and  lived  happily  ever  after- 
ward. 

*  »  # 

Following  the  long-established  German  custom  of  giving  recitals 
of  song-cycles  by  eminent  composers,  Mr  H.  B.  Pasmore  will 
sing  Schubert's  "Die  Scbbne  Miillerin "  (The  Beautiful  Miller 
Maiden)  in  Oakland,  at  Kohler  &  Chase  Hall,  on  next  Wednes- 
day evening.  Mrs.  J.  J.  Nachtrieb  will  assist  as  reader  of  the 
narrative  (story  of  the  songs)  by  Mrs.  Frank  M.  Stone,  and  Miss 
Ella  C.  Stone  will  act  as  accompanist.  The  recital  was  successful 
in  this  city. 

*  *  * 

A  wet,  stormy  day  kept  many  people  indoors  who  would  have 
attended  H.  J.  Stewart's  opening  organ  recital  last  Saturday  at  the 
First  Unitarian  Church.  Notwithstanding  the  small  audience 
the  programme  was  conscientiously  rendered  in  every  detail. 
Mr.  Thomas  Rickard  was  the  vocalist.  He  sang  Gounod's  "Vul- 
can Song,"  from  Philemon  et  Baucis,  in  a  hearty,  manly  way,  and 
Tosti's  new  ballad,  "Could  I,"  with  taste  and  expression.     Mr. 


Stewart  has  done  a  good  thing  in  placing  under  each  number  on 
the  programme  a  brief  biographical  sketch  of  the  composer  and 
an  outline  of  the  principal  features  of  the  composition.  Mr. 
Stewart  was  in  splendid  form.  He  played  Guilmaut's  Cantilene 
Pastoral  op.  15  with  brilliancy.  The  duet  between  the  oboe  and 
flute  stops  was  particularly  pleasing.  The  Bourse  in  B  minor 
from  Bach's  second  violin  sonata,  arranged  for  organ  by  Best, 
was  another  taking  number.  Mr.  8tewart's  next  recital  takes 
place  on  Wednesday  evening,  October  10th.  He  will  be  assisted 
by  Mrs.  Birmingham,  vocalist. 

*  #  # 

It  is  pleasant  to  announce  that  the  thirty-eighth  Carr-Beel 
Saturday  "Pop"  concert  will  be  given  at  Golden  Gate  Hall, 
commencing  at  3:15  o'clock.  Special  features  of  the  perform- 
ance will  be  a  string  quartet,  Tschaikowsky's  op.  11,  for  the 
first  time,  by  the  Saturday  Popular  Quartette;  Delibe's  "Chant 
d' TAlmee,"  by  Miss  Irma  Fitch;  Bach's  sonata  in  B  minor  for 
piano  and  violin,  Mrs.  Carrand  Mr.  Beel;  songs  by  Mr.  Willis  E. 
Bacheller,  etc.  Reserved  seats  may  be  secured  at  Sherman,  Clay 
&  Co.'s. 

*  #  * 

The  mnsicale  given  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  John  I.  Sabin 
Friday  evening,  September  28tb,  for  the  benefit  of  St.  Paul's 
Episcopal  Church,  was  an  artistic  success  and  largely  attended. 
Miss  Sabin  sang  Shubert's  "  Impatience"  in  a  sweet  soprano 
voice.  Ashton  P.  Stevens  played  the  ever-popular  banjo  in  his 
usual  masterly  manner.  Frank  Mitchell  Bang  in  splendid  voice, 
and  was  enthusiastically  received.  Mr.  and  Miss  Katzenbach 
played  a  piano  duet,  and  Miss  Seely  performed  on  the  harp. 

*  *  * 

If  all  we  hear  is  correct,  M.  D.  Boruck  will  have  a  splendid  au- 
dience to  listen  to  his  lecture  on  the  »  Purity  of  the  Press,"  to  be 
delivered  at  Golden  Gate  Hall,  625  Sutter  street,  on  Thursday 
evening  next,  for  the  benefit  of  the  "Children's  Hospital,"  the 
entire  proceeds  to  be  devoted  to  that  worthy  charity.  It  goes 
without  saying  that  the  lecture  will  be  an  excellent  one  in  every 
particular.     It  has  been  copyrighted  by  Mr.  Boruck. 

*  *  » 

Alfred  A.  Farland,  the  banjo  virtuoso,  will  give  what  he 
terms  a  "Student  Recital"  on  Thursday  evening  at  Maple  Hall, 
in  the  Palace.  He  will  play  fourteen  such  numbers  as  Beetho- 
ven's 8th  Sonata,  Bach's  6tb  Sonata,  and  Mendelssohn's  concerto 
op.  61. 

A  performance  of  the  Barber  of  Seville ,  Rossini's  best  opera, 
will  be  given  at  the  Bush  Street  Theatre  to-morrow  (Sunday) 
evening.     Signors  Panizza  and    Martinez  are  directing  the  affair. 


Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  are  absolutely  headquarters  for  all  Artists' 
Supplies.  New  Studies,  Ornamental  Panels,  Fancy  Plaques,  and 
Celluloid  Novelties  to  paint  on  are  the  latest.    741  Ma'rket  St. 

As  an  emergency  medicine  in  croup,  bronchitis,  sore  throat,  and  kin- 
dred diseases,  Ayer's  Cherry  Pectoral  lb  unsurpassed- 

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UK.  DA  MEL  SULLV,  in  his  realistic  play, 

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dan  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  commencing  Monday,  October  6th.  A  Grand  New  Bill!  Attractions 
Extraordinary! 

HEBK  ZEITUJie,  with  his  famous  bullet  proof  coat. 

LUCIANO  TATALI,  the  flyini?  serpent,  from  the  Folies  Bergeres,  Paris. 

LILLIAN  M  \M>N,  descriptive  vocalist,  from  Koster  &  Bial's. 

*EVERUS    SCKAFFKK,  the  world's  greatest  juggler  and  equilibrist. 

MONS    F    J    BEKNIBK,  the  celebrated  French  prestidigitateur. 
THE  BURKE  BROS.,  SISTERS  ALEENE,  ARMAND  &  GRANVILLE,  etc. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

MATINEK  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRIOES— Keserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chairs  and  bos  seats,  50c. 

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er  6, 1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


LAWN     TENNIS. 


THK  manual  nieeiinp  of  ibe  California  Lawn  Tennis  ('tub  took 
place  last  Saturday,  and  owing  to  the  rain  the  attendance  was 
▼ery  slim.  There  were  two  tickets  in  the  field,  and  Messrs.  P. 
Llndirmtn.  R.J.  Davis,  \V.  H.  Taylor.  Jr..  J.  8.  Tobfn,  J.  0. 
Hooper,  and  A.  B.  Wilberforce  were  elect-d  Directors  from  the 
straight  ticket,  and  J.  S.  Mitchell  from  tbe  Progressive.  The 
tournament  which  was  to  have  been  held  that  day  was  put  off 
until  Monday,  when  it  was  played  off.  and  it  turned  out  to  be  a 
most  satisfactory  meeting.  There  were  twenty-two  entries,  a 
larger  quantity  than  usual,  and  were  divided  into  three  classes. 
There  was  a  good  attendance  throughout  tbe  day,  and  tbe  favor- 
ites, as  usual,  received  a  hearty  support  from  their  admirers.  In 
tbe  first  class  Mitchell  surprised  all  his  friends  as  well  as  bis  com- 
petitors, and  put  up  a  much  better  game  than  he  has  for  a  long 
time,  and  succeeded  in  defeating  both  English  and  Whitney.  His 
victory  over  the  latter  was  quite  unexpected,  and  he  really  won 
on  merit.  W.  Magee  played  only  one  match  and  got  into  tbe 
finals  witb  Mitchell,  and  their  match  was  by  far  the  best,  as  well 
as  being  hotly  contested  all  tbe  way  through.  Magee  took  tbe 
first  two  sets,  and  it  looked  as  though  be  might  have  things  all 
his  own  way,  but  Mitchell  in  tbe  third  wod  easily,  and  repeated 
the  same  tactics  in  the  fourth,  making  two  sets  in  all.  The  fifth 
and  final  set  was  replete  with  brilliant  rallies,  but  was  finally  won 
by  Magee,  who  gave  a  very  fine  exhibition  of  tennis,  and  thor- 
oughly deserved  winning  the  handsome  prizes  presented  by  the 
club. 

All  the  matches  in  tbe  second  class  were  well  contested,  but 
were  unfinished,  and  McGavin  and  Hooper  play  off  this  after- 
noon for  the  honors.  Irving  Lundborg  won  tbe  third  class  after 
considerable  work,  as  he  only  just  managed  to  defeat  Ohese- 
borough,  who,  by  the  way,  is  rapidly  improving.  The  club  is  to 
be  congratulated  on  this  meeting,  and  we  are  glad  to  learn  that 
more  tournaments  of  this  style  will  be  giveu  during  this  and 
coming  months.  The  next  on  tbe  tapis  will  be  the  ladies'  and 
gentlemen's  mixed  doubles,  which  are  likely  to  be  interesting, 
and  following  this  there  will  be  an  invitation  tournament  at  the 
Hotel  Mateo.  It  is  intended  that  tbe  meeting  shall  be  for  gen- 
tlemen's doubles  and  that  there  will  be  six  teams  invited;  they 
will  play  "al!  against  all,"  and  tbe  team  winning  the  greatest 
number  of  matches  will  be  entitled  to  the  trophies. 

The  Oakland  Club  intend  holding  a  meeting  before  long,  and 
high  time  it  is  that  they  should  do  so.  We  have  not  had  any 
tournaments  either  in  Oakland  or  Alameda  for  a  very  long  time 
past,  and  both  clubs  ought  to  exert  themselves  a  little  and  show 
they  are  still  alive. 

The  ball  question  is  still  unsettled,  but  a  movement  has  been 
put  on  foot  to  see  whether  or  not  we  can  have  balls  which  will 
stand  the  terrible  grinding  which  they  get  on  the  asphalt  courts. 
It  is  suggested  that  we  have  a  ball  of  regulation  size  and  weight, 
uncovered,  which,  if  practicable,  would  be  a  great  improvement, 
as  well  as  a  considerable  saving  in  money.  Covered  oalls  are  very 
expensive,  and,  as  a  rule,  are  worthless  after  an  afternoon's  play. 
This  was  demonstrated  last  Monday  at  the  California  Club's  tour- 
nament, as  after  a  few  sets  new  balls  had  to  be  put  out.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  that  something  may  be  found  to  lessen  the  expense  and 
to  let  players  have  a  decent  hall  which  will  last. 

M.  F.  Goodbody,  the  runner-up  at  Newport,  will  be  with  us 
soon,  en  route  to  Japan,  and  everyone,  no  doubt,  will  be  anxious 
to  see  him  play.  We  hope  that  an  exhibition  match  can  be  ar- 
ranged between  him  and  Sam  Hardy,  which  would  give  us  a  fair 
idea  of  how  we  rank  in  comparison  to  our  Eastern  friends.  The 
Professor  thinks  that  he  is  a  match  for  his  countryman,  but  in 
any  event  a  game  or  two  might  make  him  change  his  mind. 


BY  reason  of  a  bad  pavement  and  a  slight  hill,  the  intersection 
of  Taylor  and  Eddy  streets  is  made  exceedingly  dangerous  as 
a  crossing  for  buggy  drivers,  as  the  electric  cars  fly  past  that 
crossing  at  a  high  speed  and  fail  to  ring  the  gong  unless  they 
happen  to  be  meeting  another  car.  It  is  almost  a  daily  occur- 
rence that  a  driver,  going  southwardly,  encounters  an  electric  car 
running  at  full  speed  and  is  forced  to  rein  up  so  suddenly  as  to 
make  his  horse  slip  and  fall.  This  seems  to  be  a  fit  subject  for 
official  interference  in  tbe  absence  of  the  dangerous  carelessness 
of  the  railroad  company's  employees. 


The   Grand   Canon   Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  everv  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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favorite  lunching,  dining  and  catering  establishment,  and  seller  of  all 
sorts  of  edible  dainties  in  the  shape  of  sweetmeats  and  pastries,  as 
long  as  the  good  sense  of  the  people  of  San  Francisco  remains  at  its 
present  high  state  of  development.  Everybody  knows  what  a  delight- 
ful place  Swain's  always  is. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  6,1894. 


MRS.  JOHN  MARTIN  has  recovered  from  the  shock  that  she  re- 
ceived when  the  jury  decided  against  her,  and  she  is  preparing 
to  startle  the  town  in  a  manner  unknown  to  its  natives,  so  she 
says.  Since  her  public  life  she  has  met  many  men  and  women, 
and  has  made  a  close  study  of  their  moods  and  temperaments. 
Her  defeat  has  cast  her  upon  the  world,  and  believing  that  home 
life  is  not  woman's  limit,  she  has  decided  to  make  a  living  for 
herself.  Her  goal  is  journalism.  In  a  few  weeks  she  will  pub- 
lish a  paper  which  will  be  known  as  Mrs.  John  Martin's  Letter.  In 
style  and  appearance  it  will  be  similar  to  the  late  Arthur  McEwen's 
Letter.  Mrs.  Mania  will  be  the  sole  editor  and  proprietor,  and 
will  do  the  bulk  of  the  writing,  although  she  is  endeavoring  to 
engage  some  newspaper  man  to  act  as  manager.  She  seems  to 
have  taken  a  sudden  dislike  to  men,  and  promises  to  publish 
some  very  sensational  matter  concerning  a  number  of  prominent 
persons  arraigned  agaiDst  her  in  the  recent  trial,  and  the  ways 
and  means  of  the  entire  Martin  family,  which  she  knows  by 
heart.  One  of  Mrs.  Martin's  pet  victims  will  be  the  newspaper 
artist  who  has  made  her  appear  in  more  moods  than  one.  Mrs.  John 
Martin's  Letter  will  contain  a  department  entirely  devoted  to 
politics.  In  that  respect  Mrs.  Martin  says:  "I  believe  in  a  free 
vote  for  men  and  women  alike.  I  think  that  the  Judges  and 
juries  should  be  made  to  respect  the  worth  of  the  people  whom 
they  are  to  decide  for  or  against;  and  I  think  that  lawyers  are  a 
delusion  and  a  snare." 

The  advent  of  the  tiara  in  the  Eastern  cities  has  found  wealthy 
San  Franciscans  equally  alert  to  adopt  this  outward  and  visible 
sign  of  prosperity;  but  even  to  the  fortunate  ones  to  whom  such 
insignia  are  granted,  the  ordinary  choosing,  discussing,  and  decid- 
ing about  this  crowning  glory  of  the  jewel  box  is  a  matter  of  be- 
coming seriousness.  The  jewelers  receive  such  an  order  with 
reverence,  and  sometimes  take  months  to  select  suitable  stones, 
making  special  designs,  etc.  So  when  charming  Mrs.  Blank,  who 
unexpectedly  inherited  a  large  fortune,  the  other  day  walked  into 
a  jewelry  store,  saying  in  a  matter  of  fact  way  that  she  wanted  to 
buy  a  diamond  tiara,  and  asking  to  be  shown  some,  as  if  they 
were  the  ordinary  Btock  in  trade,  the  clerk  fairly  gasped.  One  of 
the  beads  of  the  bouse  was  sent  for,  and  he,  in  his  turn,  sum- 
moned another  of  his  confreres  for  consultation.  The  lady  was 
conducted  in  state  to  one  of  the  little  green  rooms ;  brooches,  rings, 
rivieres,  and  headpieces  were  brought  in  for  the  stones;  a  design 
was  chosen  from  the  portfolio  of  drawings,  and  then  and  there  the 
tiara  was  bought.  "  I  never  sold  a  very  important  piece  of  jew- 
elry in  such  an  off-hand  fashion  in  all  my  experience  before,"  ex- 
claimed the  jeweler,  as  he  returned  to  bis  office. 

Lady  Randolph  Churchill  wears  a  unique  bracelet,  in  the  shape 
of  a  snake  tattooed  on  her  arm.  When  returning  home  from 
India  with  Lord  Randolph,  she  saw  some  returned  British  soldiers 
and  watched  one  of  their  number  tattooing  a  deck  hand.  On  the 
P.  &  O.  liners  pas^enge^s  seize  any  trifle  to  help  dispel  the  ennui 
of  the  voyage,  and  Lady  Randolph,  from  her  deck  chair  on  the 
hurricane  deck,  became  an  interested  spectator.  The  soldier  artist 
was  finally  brought  before  her  ladyship  and  asked  for  some  de- 
signs. One  was  that  of  the  Talmudic  symbol  of  eternity — a  snake 
holding  his  tail  in  his  mouth.  The  fair  American  became  enrap- 
tured with  this  conception,  and  immediately  ordered  it  to  be  exe- 
cuted upon  her  arm.  Lord  Randolph  swore  and  protested  without 
avail;  the  haughty  beauty  would  have  her  own  way.  The  snake 
remains  on  her  arm  and  is  really  a  marvelously  well-excuted  piece 
of  work.  In  color  it  is  dark  blue,  with  gree/i  eyes  and  red  jaws. 
A  broad  gold  bracelet  hides  the  symbol  of  eternity  from  the  com- 
mon gaze,  but  in  her  boudoir  and  surrounded  by  sympathizing 
and  admiring  associates,  Lady  Randy  will  bare  her  arm  and  recite 
the  history  of  her  tattooing  adventure  on  the  P.  &  O.  steamer 
MassilUa. 

Captain  I.  T.  Smith,  of  the  Rio  Janeiro,  which  arrived  in  port 
from  the  Orient  on  Monday,  has  something  interesting  to  say 
about  the  war. 

«  I  believe  the  Chinese  will  ultimately  get  the  best  of  it,"  said 
the  Captain.  "  The  Japanese  soldiers  are  not  fitted  out  to  endure 
the  rigors  of  a  winter  campaign,  and,  if  the  war  runs  into  next 
season,  thousands  of  them  must  inevitably  perish  from  cold  and 
exposure.  The  corruption  in  the  Chinese  war  department  is  al- 
most universal.  There  was  one  General  who  yearly  drew  the  pay 
for  20,000  men,  when  his  command  was  actually  under  a  thousand 
soldiers." 

Miss  Lulu  Tabor,  the  young  lady  who  plays  the  leading  role  in 
In  Old  Kentucky,  has  been  ou  the  stage  only  six  months,  and  prob- 
ably never  would  have  adorned  it  had  it  not  been  for  a  very 
peculiar  circumstance.     She  is  a  native  of  this  8tate,  and  while  in 


Chicago  last  spring  met  an  old  friend  of  her's.  Miss  Edwards,  who 
was  playing  tne  leading  role  in  Hoyt's  A  Milk  White  Flag.  The 
young  ladies  went  together  a  great  deal,  and  so  intimate  did  they 
become  that  Miss  Tabor  could  always  be  found  in  Miss  Edwards's 
dressing-room  during  any  of  the  performances.  It  happened  one 
night  that  Miss  Edwards  was  taken  ill  suddenly — so  ill,  in  fact, 
she  could  not  go  on  the  stage.  Mr.  Hoyt  was  called  to  her  dress- 
room.  He  saw  that  she  could  not  possibly  act,  and  he  found  him- 
self in  a  terrible  dilemma,  ft>r  it  was  nearly  eight  o'clock,  and  no 
one  could  be  secured  to  take  her  place.  Finally  Miss  Tabor,  who 
had  seen  the  piece  a  number  of  times,  volunteered  her  services. 
Mr.  Hoyt  laughed  at  her,  but  she  persisted  and  said  that  if  she 
did  not  go  through  the  Erst  scene  correctly  she  would  not  appear 
again.  So  the  playwright  consented  and  went  into  the  front  of 
the  house  to  watch  her  make  her  unannounced  debut.  When  the 
time  for  her  entrance  came,  Mr.  Hoyt  began  to  tremble  and 
wished  that  he  had  not  given  bis  consent.  He  felt  that  the 
young  Ifldy  would  make  a  failure  of  herself  and  the  play,  so  he 
ran  behind  the  scenes  to  prevent  her  from  going  on.  But  he  ar- 
rived a  moment  too  late.  Miss  Tabor  had  made  her  entrance 
with  all  the  sang  froid  of  a  professional  actress,  and  made  such  a 
distinct  bit  that  night  that  Mr.  Boyt  engaged  her  for  one 
of  his  road  companies.  When  Mr.  Dazey  saw  her  he  thought 
that  she  would  be  just  the  girl  to  represent  his  Kentucky  maiden, 
and  he  finally  got  her  from  Mr.  Hoyt  after  considerable  difficulty. 
*  *  » 
"The  first  dinner  of  a  debutante  is  almost  as  much  of  an  ordeal 
as  her  first  ball,  and  a  much  greater  test  of  her  capabilities,"  re- 
marked a  woman  of  the  world  who  had  launched  several 
daughters  successfully.  »•  'Keep  on  talking,'  I  used  always  to 
tell  my  girls,  >even  if  you  talk  about  nothing.  Its  better  to  be 
thought  silly  than  stupid,  and  very  young  girls  are  bound  to  be 
either  the  one  or  the  other,  as  a  rule.  It  is  a  fatal  mistake  to  sit 
speechless  at  the  first  few  dinners.  Hostesses  resent  a  dull  look- 
ing guest  and  avoid  asking  dead  weights  a  second  time  if  they 
can  help  it.  It  really  does  not  matter  what  you  say.  Recite 
"Mother  Goose,"  if  you  like;  people  rarely  listen  10  you,  any- 
way, and  you  must  practice  on  somebody. 

••  Gradually  the  facon  de  parler  will  come  to  you,  and  you  can 
cheerfully  join  in  the  talk  of  the  day  without  difficulty ;  but  a 
habit  of  silence  once  acquired,  and  a  reputation  for  dullness  and 
stiffness  once  fastened  upon  a  girl,  and  society  votes  her  heavy 
and  uninteresting,  however  pretty,  accomplished  and  really  well 
informed  she  may  be.  All  that  may  be  utilized  later  on,  and  will 
come  admirably  into  play  after  she  has  acquired  the  art  of  talk- 
ing; but  in  the  beginning  anything  will  do.  A  well-known 
novelist  has  said  that  by  usage  only  can  you  attain  the  art  of 
society  talk.  Gradually,  if  you  practice  the  system  assiduously, 
you  will  be  able  to  walk  alone.  Your  unconscious  phrases  will 
become  exactly  like  those  of  your  neighbors.  You  will  then  only 
need  to  open  your  mouth,  stretch  the  vocal  chords,  and  supply 
the  necessary  breath,  and  admirably  constructed  inanities  will 
roll  out  without  effort.'  " 

*  »  * 

A  private  letter  gives  the  information  that  Freddie  Gebhard  and 
his  pretty  wife  will  come  to  California  to  live.  Gebhard  has  had 
a  tough  time  of  it  in  New  York,  and  is  said  to  be  tired  of  that 
city.  One  day  he  is  in  the  newspapers  as  having  resigned  from 
the  Long  Island  Pony  Racing  Association,  and  the  next  day  he  is 
exploited,  something  after  the  fashion  of  star  actresses,  as  the 
loser  of  a  valuable  jewel.  He  will  probably  get  his  jewel  back 
all  right,  but  as  to  the  Pony  Association,  Freddie  has  not  heard 
the  last  of  that.  He  raced  bis  filly  "  Violets"  against  one  of  Phil 
Daly's  nags,  and  was  beaten  in  a  way  that  he  thought  was  not 
fair.  Therefore,  he  lodged  a  complaint,  and,  tired  of  waiting  for 
a  decision,  resigned.  The  chappies  of  the  Pony  Association  did 
not  like  Mr.  Gebhard's  action,  not  because  he  resigned,  but  be- 
cause it  brought  forth  a  lot  of  newspaper  talk  and  the  association 
was  pretty  well  aired.  There  was  a  time  when  newspaper 
notoriety  was  Mr.  Gebhard's  most  staple  commodity,  but  now  he 
is  a  married  man  and  does  not  care  for  it.  He  has  a  large  stock 
farm  here,  in  Lake  County,  and  with  hie  other  interests  he  thinks 
that  be  can  find  California  an  ideal  place  to  live  in. 

RESIDENTS  of  San  Francisco  are  not  the  only  persons  who 
know  the  differences  between  the  comforts  of  a  family  hotel 
and  of  hotels  devoted  to  commercial  patronage.  A  place  where 
people  who  are  somebody  can  meet  and  enjoy  one  another's 
society,  whether  they  live  permanently  in  the  city  or  come  from 
the  interior  for  a  visit  of  a  few  days  or  weeks,  is  something  that 
those  who  care  for  personal  comfort  and  social  standing  are  sure 
to  regard  seriously.  The  Hotel  Pleasanton  has  justly  earned  its 
reputation  for  being  the  leading  family  hotel  of  San  Francisco, 
and  the  headquarters  not  only  of  the  best  local  families  wbo  pre- 
fer this  luxurious  mode  of  life,  but  also  of  those  residents  of  the 
interior  who  desire  the  best  accommodations  when  they  come  to 
San  Francisco. 

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 

Visiting  Cards,  Invitations,  and  fine  Writing  Papers  at  very  low 
prices.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  St. 


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SOFT  camel's  bair  cloths,  thai  are  m  thing  but  an  improved  re- 
vival of  the  material  favor. d  by  our  grandiuotoers  who,  how- 

•  ruinly  failed  to  build  this  fabric  ap  with  anything   llki 
lie  style,  is  I  •  r  ninny  o(  the  new  double  capes.     These  are 

generally  lined  with  bright  silk,  ur  are  somtttmea  en m posed  of  re- 

e material?,  showing,  for  ins-.  urlel  coloring  Inside. 

Our  especial  cape  Is  made  uf  fawn  camel's  hair  cloth,  wiih  braiding 
Of  the  same  tint,  the  lining  being  in  crimson  surah.  Until  our  j-leeves 
become  considerably  narrower,  we  shall  certainly  not  see  the  decline 
of  the  cape,  which,  moreover,  is  far  too  useful  to  be  readily  scratched 
from  Fashion's  list.  There  are  divisons  in  the  ramp  as  regards  the 
advantages  of  coats  cut  fuller  and  shorter  than  last  season's  gar- 
ments. Sonie  declare  that  brevity  spells  smartness,  whilst  others  as- 
sert that  abbreviated  jackets  take  off  some  inches  from  the  wearer's 
height.  Ninu  Perron*/  Some  dressmakers  working  on  up-to-date 
French  lines,  insert  breadths  of  horse-hair  under  the  full  "organ" 
pleats  at  the  back  of  our  skirt>. 

While  the  coal  scuttle  style  of  hat  is  making  rapid  advances  iu  the 
good  graces  of  the  Parisiennes,  the  English  are  taking  kindly  to  the 
*'  Toreador  "  shape,  which,  to  look  at  all  chic,  must  be  made  in  black 
or  some  other  dark-colored  velvet.  A  rather  high  crown  is  prefer- 
able to  the  ordinary  three-inch  construction,  as  the  correct  height 
clearly  designates  the  stylish  form.  Mink  tails  nestling  cosily  on  the 
brim,  or  pompons  arising  jauntily  from  the  side,  with  of  course  a 
bandeau  of  some  warmly  tinted  velours  resting  on  the  hair,  are  to  be 
the  favorite  trimmings  for  these  hais,  so  suggestive  of  the  Spanish 
bull-fight.  Closely-fitting  little  bonnets  have  been  found  far  too  be- 
coming to  be  withdrawn  from  the  toilette  of  nos  demoiselles.  Large 
shapes  are  all  very  well  for  carriage  wear  and  for  days  when  "  the 
wind  is  low.''  but  neat  capotes  are  far  more  sedate,  and  very  often  just 
the  kind  of  millinery  our  husbands,  fiances,  and  brothers  prefer. 

Despite  the  efforts  of  the  French  dressmakers,  overskirts  are  com- 
ing in  but  slowly,  and  very  few  women  will  consent  to  give  up  the 
comfortable  straight  skirt,  which  is  equally  becoming  to  fat  and  thin, 
tall  and  short,  for  the  heavy  drapery  that  seems  so  unnecessary. 
For  evening  and  house  dresses  overskirts  may  be  made  very  grace- 
ful and  effective,  but  for  walking  costumes  they  are  manifestly  inap- 
propriate. A  very  pretty  overskirt  for  an  evening  gown  is  cut  the 
same  length  in  front  and  back  as  the  under  petticoat,  and  consider- 
ably longer  on  the  sides,  the  fullness  being  caught  up  on  either  side 
with  a  ribbon  rosette.  In  diaphanous  material  this  simple  arrange- 
ment is  particularly  pretty.  All  sleeves  in  Paris  are  simply  enormous 
—no  other  word  meets  the  case. 


Plumes  are  to  be  worn  more  than  ever  this  winter,  and  certain  re- 
liable prophets  tell  us  that  women,  thanks  to  their  millinery,  will 
look  some  inches  taller  during  the  coming  season.  Up  to  the  pres- 
ent there  are  no  signs  of  strings  being  added  to  young  girls'  bonnets, 
although  of  course  the  confections  donned  by  those  of  maturer  years 
form  a  highly  respectable  exception.  Dainty  jeweled  pins  play  an 
important  part  in  the  securing  of  the  ribbons  tied  under  the  chin. 

The  beautiful,  picturesque  fashions  of  the  time  of  Vandyke's  por- 
traits furnish  a  new  motif  for  design.  We  have  the  same  plain 
skirts,  the  same  full  puffed  sleeves,  and  close  bodice,  wilh  its  flat 
sweep  of  rich  lace  turned  back  from  the  throat  and  neck,  seen  in  the 
portrait  of  the  Queen  of  Charles  I.  It  is  not  likely  that  any  one  style 
like  this  will  be  especially  or  minutely  copied,  for  the  tendency  of  all 
Parisian  dressmakers  is  to  modify  and  combine  the  old  designs. 

"  You  will  be  quite  correct,"  says  an  authority  on  dress,  "if  you 
have  your  new  autumn  costume  made  with  a  velvet  bodice,  and  skirt 
and  sleeves  of  heavy  crepon.  The  former  may  be  a  direct  contrast 
to  the  latter,  if  you  wish,  or  of  the  same  color  and  tint,  although  of 
such  diverse  material.  Velvet  bodices  will  undoubtedly  be  one  of  the 
features  of  the  coming  season,  and  will  be  made  without  sleeves,  the 
latter  almost  invariably  matching  the  skirt." 

There  will  certainly  be  a  stronger  attempt  later  to  introduce 
buffant  fashions— the  pannier  and  the  puff  especially,  in  evening 
dresses. 

Signal  Triumphs  "Won   by  Dr.  Price's  Cream    Baking  Powder. 

Two  signal  triumphs  have  been  achieved  by  Dr.  Price's  Cream 
Baking  Powder.  First  it  received  Highest  Award  and  Diploma  at  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposition  of  1893.  Next  it  secured  Highest 
Award  and  Gold  medal  at  the  California  Midwinter  Fair  of  1894.  At 
both  Fairs  it  surpassed  all  competitors  in  every  respect.  The  award 
in  each  instance  was  for  strongest  leavening  power,  perfect  purity, 
and  general  excellence.  It  was  sustained  by  the  unanimous  vote  of 
the  judges.  The  victory  at  Chicago  establishes  the  supremacy  of  Dr. 
Price's  as  "  The  Foremost  Baking  Powder  in  the  World."  The  tri- 
umph at  San  Francisco  confirms  and  emphasizes  it. 


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bAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK 


October  6,  1W4 


Comstock  The  miniDg  market  on  Tine  street  bas  been  in 
M'0'09  RO°d  condition  for  trading  during  the  past  week, 
Shares,  and  tbe  advance  in  prices  has  been  sufficient  to  en- 
able dealers  to  realize  a  handsome  profit.  While  the  North  End 
shares,  led  by  (Jon.  Cal.  Virginia,  have  been  prime  favorites,  the 
movement  in  ihe  South  End  has  been  very  active.  The  monthly 
return  of  the  milling  of  Con.  Virginia  ores  is  remarkably  satisfac- 
tory. Although  only  1586  tons  of  ore  were  worked  at  the  Mor- 
gan mill,  which  only  rau  for  fifteen  days,  the  amount  of  bullion 
produced  was  valued  at  $83,879.60,  of  which  $38,163.72  was  in 
gold  and  $45,715.88  in  silver.  The  assay  value  of  the  ore  per  ton, 
per  battery  samples,  was  $59.24.  The  assay  value  of  the  ore,  per 
railroad  car  samples,  was  $57.89.  Evidently  the  grade  of  ore,  in 
the  new  development  is  high,  judging  from  the  steady  range  of 
tbe  battery  assays  at  the  mill,  for  some  months  past.  It  is  un- 
fortunate that  the  scarcity  of  water  in  the  Carson  baB  delayed 
milling  operations  at  Crown  Point  and  Belcher.  Both  of  these 
mines  are  in  a  condition  to  turn  out  a  large  amount  of  money 
monthly,  which  would  materially  lessen  the  strain  upon  share- 
holders, in  the  way  of  operating  expenses.  This  difficulty  should 
soon  be  removed,  as  tbe  season  of  low  water  is  now  nearing  its 
close.  It  is  a  pity  that  something  cannot  be  done  to  stop  this  trouble 
recurring  yearly.  The  ranchers  could  be  a  little  more  liberal  in 
actions,  were  they  so  disposed  and  did  not  allow  their  animosity 
lo  tbe  mining  interest  to  get  the  better  of  them.  Higher  prices 
can  be  expected  in  these  stocks  before  the  end  of  the  month,  as 
politics  will  exert  a  more  or  less  beneficial  control  of  the  situa- 
tion. If  the  improvement  continues  in  Cbollar,  little  has  been 
said  of  it.  In  the  middle  group,  however,  Savage  is  again 
beginning  to  loom  up  as  a  bullion  producer,  and  the  latest  re- 
ported assays  are  of  a  good  grade.  During  the  week  an  improve- 
ment was  reported  in  the  stopes  above  the  1000  level.  There  bas 
been  a  marked  increase  in  board  transactions  of  late,  and  com- 
mission brokers  are  again  working  early  and  late.  The  volume 
of  stock  offering  is  light,  for  the  reason  that  shares  in  the  leading 
mines  are  rather  scarce  commodity,  and  holders  on  the  outside 
are  not  disposed  to  be  reckless  in  the  way  of  clearing  out  their 
wallets.  It  is  almost  impossible  to  borrow  stock  on  a  short 
account,  and  dealers  of  this  persuasion  are  finding  it  very  diffi- 
cult to  make  settlements.  Should  a  sudden  advance  take  place  in 
the  market,  it  will  test  the  financial  standing  of  not  a  few  bear  op- 
erators on  the  street  who  have  been  running  things  to  suit  them- 
selves for  a  long  time  back.  Only  two  assessments  were  levied 
during  the  week,  a  small  one  of  five  cents  on  Utah  and  one  of 
ten  cents  on  Navajo.  Bodie,  which  is  accredited  with  heavy 
cash  reserve,  paid  a  twenty-five  cent  dividend. 

Sale  of  a  An  important  mining  transaction  recently   noted 

Proniment     in  this  column    is    thus    referred  to  by    the    Trinity 
Mif.e.  Journal:  "A  very  extensive  placer  property  known 

as  tbe  Nash  mine,  situated  on  the  headquarters  of  Coffee  creek, 
togeib<-r  with  what  is  known  as  tbe  Blythe  property,  also  an  ex- 
tensive property,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Oarrville,  changed  hands 
last  week.  Messrs.  Wm.  Maitland  and  J.  G.  Mather  of  Ban 
Francisco,  the  purchasers,  are  the  representatives  of  an  English 
company.  The  opening  of  this  mine  will  add  materially  to  the 
wave  of  prosperity  tbat  has  struck  this  end  of  tbe  county."  Re- 
ports received  are  of  encouraging  import.  Both  the  gentlemen 
named  are  on  tbe  ground  energetically  pushing  the  work  of 
opening.  Both  are  eminently  fitted  for  the  task.  Mr.  Mather  is 
known  to  mining  men  throughout  the  State  as  a  civil  and  mining 
engineer  of  unusual  ability  and  practical  experience.  We  are 
assured  on  unquestionable  private  authority  that  the  English 
company,  which  represents  a  large  capital,  has  had  a  "  square 
deal"  at  the  hands  of  their  Californian  representatives,  and  can 
hardly  fail  to  find  the  property  a  big  paying  investment.  This 
fact — none  too  common  in  the  dealings  of  mining  "experts"  with 
foreign  capital— added  to  its  being  undoubtedly  one  of  the  largest 
iransactions  of  the  kind  ever  consummated  in  California,  invests 
this  enterprise  with  more  than  ordinary  interest.  We  shell  keep 
the  readers  of  the  News  Letter  apprised  of  tbe  progress  and  de- 
velopment of  a  work  which  promises  so  much,  not  only  to  its 
owners  but  to  the  standing  and  reputation  of  our  mines  as  invit- 
ing the  investment  of  foreign  capital. 


$  $  $ 


Local 
Stock 

Dividends. 


The  following  local  companies  have  paid  divi- 
dends during  the  week:  Pacific  Mining  Company, 
30  cents  per  share;  Geary  Street  Cable  Company, 
50  cents  per  share;  Olympic  Salt  Water  Company,  the  first  divi- 
dend of  5  cents.  The  Spring  Valley  Water  Company  has  declared 
a  dvidend  of  50  cents  per  share,  payable  on  the  10th.  The  Cali- 
fornia 8treet  Cable  Company  will  pay  a  dividend  of  50  cents  per 
8'iare  at  the  usual  time  of  this  month. 


California         Mining  continues    brisk    in  all    the  principal  dis- 
Gold  tricts  of  Northern  California.    In  Siskiyoa  aud  Trin- 

Miniqg.  ity  valleys  hydraulicking  is  carried  on  with  much 
success.  This  class  of  mines,  when  operated  on  a  small  scale, 
affords  much  attraction  for  active,  energetic  men  with  limited 
capital.  Tbe  openings  for  an  investment  of  this  character  are 
many.  The  owners  of  good-sized  tracts  of  auriferous  gravel  are 
always  ready  to  deal  on  very  liberal  terms  with  any  one  pos- 
sessed of  means  to  work  the  claims.  It  has  heretofore  been  very 
difficult  to  procure  capital  in  this  branch  of  mining,  but  not  so 
lately,  now  tbat  the  advantages  to  be  gained  are  more  fully  real- 
ized by  outside  investors.  The  bugbear  raised  by  tbe  friends  and 
sympathizers  of  the  Anti-Debris  Association  is  now  thoroughly 
dispelled,  and  people  of  tbe  State  at  large  now  appreciate  fully 
the  true  inwardness  of  tbe  antagonism  which  lasted  long  enough 
to  cOBt  this  community  pretty  nearly  $100,000,000  in  gold  coin. 
Quartz  mining  is  very  active  in  Calaveras,  Tuolumne,  and  Nevada 
Counties.  Besides  the  larger  mines  in  operatiun  producing  large 
amounts  of  bullion  monthly,  a  number  of  new  prospects  are  be- 
ing developed  which  promise  well. 
$  $  $ 

Will  It  would  seem  that  the  opposition  to  rebating,  so 

Fight  prevalent  among  tbe  managers  of  local  insurance 
Rebating,  companies,  is  meeting  with  favor  in  other  parts  of 
the  United  States.  In  Minneapolis  an  appeal  has  been  made  by 
a  member  of  the  compact  to  his  brother  agents,  asking  them  to 
refrain  in  the  future  from  dividing  commissions  with  tbe  assured. 
A  circular  is  signed  under  a  nom  de  plume,  but  those  familiar  with 
the  situation  there,  claim  that  the  writer  has  struck  a  keynote. 
This  circular  says  tbat  fire  insurance  companies  will  sanction  re- 
bating just  so  long  as  they  secure  desirable  business,  and  when 
the  point  is  reached  where  such  business  can  no  longer  be  secured 
in  sufficient  quantities,  the  agent  will  become  a  further  looser  by 
the  transaction,  as  he  has  been  all  along  by  rebating.  The  writer 
also  points  out  that,  from  a  moral  point  of  view,  tbe  agents  are 
pledged  to  uphold  rates  and  rules,  which  strictly  prohibit  the  per- 
nicious practice.  Minneapolis  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  re- 
bates for  years,  but  just  now  the  situation  is  said  to  be  worse 
than  ever  before. 

$  $  $ 

Insurance         British  insurance  companies  doing  fire  underwrit- 
in  ing  in  Canada  cannot  be  over  well  pleased  with  tbe 

Canada,  result  of  their  general  foreign  business.  Of  the 
twenty  companies  thus  interested  thirteen  expended  last  year  in 
losses,  commissions,  and  expenses  more  than  they  received ; 
while  the  remaining  seven  paid  out  from  89  6  to  99.6  of  their 
total  premium  receipts.  Out  of  total  premiums  exceeding  sixteen 
millions  sterling,  more  than  eleven  millions,  or  say  69. 78  per  cent., 
was  swallowed  up  by  losses  of  these  twenty  companies  all  over 
the  world.  It  is  true  tbat  there  is  a  margin  of  more  than  30  per 
cent,  left,  but  this  is  more  than  accounted  for  by  the  expenses  of 
management,  which  have  amounted  to  32.47  per  cent.  This  dif- 
ference means  that  they  have  lost  £1000  a  day,  or,  in  the  course 
of  the  year,  the  not  inconsiderable  sum  of  £365,000.  Evidently, 
higher  premium  rates  will  have  to  be  levied,  unsatisfactory 
accounts  closed,  or  expenses  reduced. 

Ffiuais  In  the  Association  of  Insurance  Brokers  aud  Agents, 
at        the  P.  I.  U.  has  an   opposition  which  is  more  or  less 

Work,  dangerous  in  accordance  with  the  degree  of  determina- 
tion with  which  the  policy  of  operations  outlined  is  pursued. 
The  strong  majority  which  carried  the  new  constitution  of  the 
Union  guarantees  its  support  by  the  managers  of  nearly  all  of  tbe 
most  powerful  companies  in  this  city.  If  they  stand  together  as 
a  unit  in  maintaining  its  provisions,  there  seems  little  less  for  the 
rebellious  spirits  in  this  business  to  do  but  to  wheel  into  line  and 
work  under  the  established  rules.  Of  course,  it  is  naturally  to  be 
expected  that  these  concessions  will  not  be  made  with  the  best 
grace,  but  if  they  are  to  be  made  at  all,  the  sooner  tbe  better,  as 
the  general  business  is  certainly  not  benefited  by  the  constant 
bickering  which  has  been  going  on  for  months. 

Sonje  James  A.  Brown,  auditor  of  the  New  York  Life,  is 

Insurance    dead.     Prior  to  going  with   the  New   York  Life  Mr. 

Gossip.       Brown    had    been   superintendent  of   the  Equitable 

Life  bond  and  mortgage  department.— —Charles  J.  Russell  &  Co., 

of  Chicago,  have  been  appointed  general  Western  agents  for  the 

Imperial  Fire  Lloyds  of  New  York. Mr.  E.  W.  S.  Van  81yke, 

of  San  Francisco,  general  agent  of  tbe  Pacific  Coast  department 
of  tbe   Mutual   Fire,  of   New    York,  has   just   paid  an  extended 

visit  to  tbe  East. Mr.  W.  J.  Littlejohn,    Western    manager  of 

tbe  North  British  and  Mercantile  Insurance  Company,  has  been 
elected  President  of  tbe  Fire  Underwriters'  Association  of  the 
North  we  it. 

$  $  $ 

THE  local  mint  coined,  during  the  first  quarter   of  1894   $5,187,- 
500,  consisting  of  $3,900,000  in  double  eagles,   $279,500  in  half 
eagles,  $760,000  standard  dollars,  $248,000  in  half  dollars. 


BAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  I.KTTER. 


13 


"  Hear  the  Crier'1      "What  the  deril  art  thou*" 
"One  that  will  pity  the  devil,  sir.  with  you.'' 


A  BRAZEN  Toing.  with  painted  cheeks  aglow, 
Stood  smirking  boldly  at  the  passing  show. 
Her  name?     Miss  Politics  ('twere  better  Coarlott?, 
For  taai  rhymes  beautifully  with — say  car-lot). 
WVll,  so  she  stood,  soliciting  this  wight, 
And  that,  and  more,  to  cloy  her  appetite. 
«'  Come  in,  good  gentlemen."  she  cried.     "Tbe  men 
Who  seek  ruy  favors  know  I'm  loose;  so,  then. 
As  you  know  Fm  inconstant,  can't  yon  see 
That  I  expect  from  you  but  perfidy? 
This  City  'keeps'  me;  you're  my  macquereaux, 
And  you  get  more'n  the  poor  old  cuckold  knows. 
Of  course  you're  rascals — some  of  you,  al  least — 
But  that's  the  kind  I  want  to  share  my  feast. 
There're  two  kinds  of  you — listen  while  I  speak, 
For  I  am  old  and  with  queer  wisdom  reek: 
First,  those  who  want  to  share  my  plunder  all; 
Next,  those  who  court  me  to  secure  my  fall. 
The  voters  I  enlist  to  serve  my  cause 
Are  not  the  men  who  love  me  more  than  laws, 
But  igoorant  men,  and  boss-led  partisans, 
And  those  who  hope  for  favors  at  my  hands. 
There're  other  voters,  with  a  wider  sense, 
Who're  backing  them  that  woo  me  in  pretense. 
Have  you  now  at  ihem !     They're  my  enemies. 
Stab  every  man  that  claims  me  not  as  his  I 
Long  have  I  fattened  on  my  wage  of  sin, 
Long  flaunted  my  disgrace  more  knaves  to  win. 
But,  lads,  I've  been  so  brazen  that  I  fear 
A  flea  has  crept  into  my  old  man's  ear! 
Stand  by  me,  lads,  this  one  last  time,  I  beg; 
Let's  make  another  chance  to  pull  his  leg." 

A  CHEERING  aspect  of  the  flood  of  inane  feminine  letters 
which  has  been  pouring  out  lately  through  the  Examiner 
anent  the  discussion  as  to  whether  home  life  is  woman's  sphere, 
is  the  clear  evidence  of  a  rebellion  against  masculine  domination 
which  is  apparent  throughout.  While  not  desiring  to  hint  that 
the  members  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Women's  Press  Association  have 
now  discovered  an  opportunity  to  see  their  writing  in  print,  it  is 
clear  that  the  spirit  of  that  organization  and  of  the  Portia  Law 
Club  is  over  all.  The  co-ordination  of  men  and  women  in  the 
material  affairs  of  life  is  inconceivable.  Mona  Caird,  the  brainiest 
of  all  the  women  fighters,  has  proved  to  our  satisfaction  not  only 
that  the  female  of  our  species  is  tbe  original  creation  of  the 
Almighty  and  that  the  male  is  merely  an  abortive  offshoot  of  that 
product,  but  that  in  ages  gone — in  Germany  particularly — the 
women  were  the  rulers  and  the  men  the  servers.  Every  good 
male  citizen  of  these  times  who  is  worrying  himself  to  death  to 
provide  for  his  wife  and  children,  will  speed  the  day  when  his 
wife  ia  the  provider  and  he  has  nothing  to  do  but  knit  tidies  and 
make  love  to  the  hired  girl. 

THE  football  season  has  opened  auspiciously  with  a  broken  leg, 
a  broken  collar-bone,  a  broken  nose,  and  an  internal  injury 
that  happily  promises  to  be  fatal.  Never  before  has  the  opening 
day  been  productive  of  so  much  genuine  sport.  The  surgeons  are 
gleefully  laying  in  an  extra  supply  of  splints  and  bandages,  and 
the  great  American  public  is  earnestly  studying  the  season's  sched- 
ules, so  as  nut  to  miss  a  single  day  of  slaughter.  Incidentally, 
at  the  universities,  while  the  regular  curriculum  is  being  ener- 
getically pursued  with  toe  and  elbow,  the  girls  and  a  few  effemin- 
ate youths  are  wasting  their  time  on  mathematics,  history,  and 
other  matters  similarly  unimportant.  This  is  to  be  regretted,  but 
at  every  university  there  will  always  be  found  a  few  students 
who  are  not  sufficiently  discriminative  to  recognize  the  essential 
from  the  non-essential,  or  the  useful  from  the  purely  ornamental, 
and  while  they  may  in  after  years  become  good  citizens  in  a  way, 
they  cannot  hope  ever  to  become  famous  or  wealthy  either  as 
coaches  or  kickers,  nor  to  command  that  respect  and  admiration 
which  the  present  intellectual  age  so  eagerly  pays  to  a  big  arm  or 
a  solid  leg. 

A  CHINAMAN  at  San  Jose  has  had  his  name  placed  on  the 
Great  Register  and  will  vote  at  the  coming  election.  He  has 
declared  himself  for  protection  and  Estee,  but  the  henchmen 
respectively  of  Prohibitionist  French  and  Populist  Webster  are 
hot  on  his  trail  and  hope  to  convert  him  before  he  gets  his  ballot 
in. 

FITZ3IMM0NS  will  not  fight  Jackson  because  of  his  color,  and 
Corbett  will  not  fight  Fitzsimmons  because  of  his  class.  There 
is  a  growing  conviction  that  Jackson  can  whip  either  of  them, 
although  he  suffers  from  the  signal  disadvantage  of  being  deficient 
in  the  mainstay  of  the  pugilist,  loquacity. 


A'-KNTLKM  AN  who  appears  lo  be  suffering  from  an  abnor- 
mal development  of  tbe  tall,  baa  been  interviewed  by  the 
it.  This  gentleman  claims  to  be  a  representative  of  every- 
thing great  and  good  In  Boston.  Among  other  things  he  has  a 
pedigree  reaching  back  to  the  time  of  Julius  CfBiar.  He  has  dec- 
orations and  diplomas  without  number,  but  he  strangely  enough 
names  only  one  of  the  "learned  and  honorable"  associations  which 
have  distinguished  him.  That  is  tbe  London  Society  of  Science, 
Letters,  and  Fine  Arts,  from  which  ihe  Boston  gentleman  has  re- 
ceived a  diploma  and  gold  medal.  ThiB  precious  "sociely  "  has 
been  exposed  time  and  agBin  by  Laboucherein  the  London  Truth. 
The  diploma  and  medal  of  tbe  "  society"  are  conferred  upon  any 
doervine  character  who  will  pay  the  fee  of  thirty  shillings 
i>7, 18).  The  medal  is  a  princely  affair,  cast  in  humble  bronze  and 
then  gildpd  for  tbe  benefit  of  tbe  gulls  who,  like  Mr.  Riley  and 
tbe  Examiner,  wish  to  pose  as  the  head  and  center  of  everything 
intellectual  and  social.  The  Boston  gentleman  also  airs  a  sus- 
piciously modern  escutcheon  in  the  precious  columns  of  the 
"  Monarch."  A  gentleman  whose  pedigree  runs  back  anterior  to 
Christ  ought  to  have  a  shield  as  full  of  quarterings  as  a  Hohen- 
zollern,  while  Mr.  Riley's  is  bare  and  naked  of  any  affiliations 
except  that  of  "Riley,"  which  is  strange.  We  wonder  if  tbe 
New  York  stationer  who  designed  tbe  Riley  armorial  bearings 
could  explain  this  anomaly. 

LAST  Saturday  there  was  a  violent  storm  of  wind,  rain,  and 
hail,  extending  from  the  north  to  Tebachapi.  The  prognosti- 
cation of  the  Weather  Bureau  was  that  there  would  be  light  rains 
in  the  extreme  northern  end  of  the  State  and  fair  weather  thence 
southward.  The  storm  which  came  Saturday  endangered  ship- 
ping and  injured  drying  fruit.  The  trouble  with  the  smart 
young  men  who  conduct  the  local  bureau  is  not  that  they  make 
mistakes,  but  that  they  claim  any  particular  value  for  their  ser- 
vice. They  lack  not  ability,  but  modesty.  We  know  that  the 
storm  centers  originate  far  oat  in  the  Northern  Pacific,  where  there 
are  no  facilities  for  announcing  their  presence  and  advance;  we 
know  that  tbe  inland  meteorological  conditions  of  tbe  coast  are 
extremely  complicated  by  the  most  complex  and  difficult  condi- 
tions. Hence  we  cannot  blame  these  brisk  young  gentlemen  for 
not  knowing  how  to  forecast  the  weather,  but  we  do  blame  them 
for  pretending  to  know,  when  we  know  that  they  know  that  we 
know  that  they  cannot  know  what  they  are  talking  about. 

LEST  the  impression  might  get  aboard  that  all  rich  Californians 
are  swells,  and  that  consequently  whatever  is  done  by  rich 
Californians  is  an  expression  of  fashionable  California's  tastes,  it 
is  right  to  explain  that  money  alone  is  not  sufficient  to  secure  en- 
trance to  the  inner  circle;  there  must  be  something  else — push, 
for  instance.  All  this  is  preliminary  to  the  remark  that  at  a  wed- 
ding in  a  very  rich  family  the  other  morning  the  "contracting 
parties  "  and  guests  became  gloriously  drunk,  and  after  doing 
divers  specialty  acts  of  inebriety  for  the  delectation  of  the  neigh- 
borhood, proceeded  to  the  dock  to  take  steamer  westward,  and 
there  made  ducks  and  drakes  of  all  imaginable  sorts  of  proprie- 
ties. This  is  uot  to  deny  that  rich  people  have  the  right  to  get 
drunk  when  they  marry,  or  at  any  other  time.  The  point  is  that 
if  they  indulge  to  that  extent  in  public  they  cannot  expect  to  be 
praised  in  the  ,(  swim  "  columns  of  the  society  papers. 

DR.  C.  C.  O'DONNELL  and  Mr.  Adolph  Sutro,  those  two  most 
conspicuous  friends  of  the  people,  are  both  candidates  for  the 
Mayoralty,  and  may  God  have  mercy  on  their  souls  1  The  pub- 
lic, up  to  Wednesday  evening,  had  confounded  these  two  worthies, 
thinking  each  was  t'other.  The  illusion  was  dispelled  when  it 
was  discovered  that  both  of  them  had  hired  separate  halls  at  the 
establishment  which  their  worthy  predecessor,  Dr.  Kalloch,  made 
famous,  and  that  their  "spielers"  and  clacquers  came  to  blows. 
This  is  valuable,  as  it  serves  to  establish  the  fact  that  they  are  not 
identical. 

GENERAL  EZETA'S  intended  revolution,  to  be  hatched  on 
Mexican  soil,  has  dwindled  down  to  a  small  coffee  plantation, 
and  newspapers  of  the  blood-and-thunder  order  have  lost  another 
prolific  source  of  sensational  headlines.  With  Ezeta  quiescent, 
Sutro  lost  in  the  obscurity  of  the  Populist  ranks,  and  the  "  big 
petition  "  unobtrusively  pigeon-holed,  the  Examiner  is  being  sub- 
jected to  a  great  strain  these  days  to  keep  its  columns  up  to  their 
usual  standard  of  mendacity. 

WALTER  Q.  J  UDGE,  the  theosophist,  declares  that  the  man  of 
the  sixth  race  (ours  being  the  fifth),  will  be  thirty-three  feet  in 
height,  semi-diaphanous,  self  luminous,  and  with  three  eyes. 
This  description  so  accurately  fits  Colonel  Daniel  M.  Burns  that 
there  is  a  suspicion  of  his  having  appointed  the  theosophisticuff 
lecturer  as  one  of  his  "lieutenants." 

MR.  CHARLIE  FAIR  no  doubt  enjoys  a  grim  satisfaction  in 
being  able  to  prevent  bis  sister,  Mrs.  Herman  Oelrichs,  from 
receiving  the  $1,500,000  due  her  under  the  terms  of  her  mother's 
will.  Charlie  cannot  forget  that  his  accomplished  wife,  formerly 
Miss  Maud  Nelson,  has  not  yet  been  invited  to  share  the  hospi- 
talities of  the  Pine-street  mansion. 

YOUNG  Nahl-  has  at  last  arranged  to  exhibit  himself  as  a  living 
statue  at  an  Alameda  hall,  and  it  is  doughnuts  to  goobers  that 
the  Reverend  Brer  Wilson's  modest  Sunday-school  lambs  will  all 
be  found  frisking  in  the  front  seats. 


14 


SAM  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


October  6,  1894. 


THE  army  men  at  toe  Presidio  ought  to  have  felt  flattered  acd 
very  much  elated  by  the  attendance  of  the  fair  sex  at  the  re- 
view on  Friday  last,  given  in  honor  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of 
War  and  party,  for  of  course  it  was  the  soldier  boys  who  drew 
the  girls.  It  was  decidedly  amusing  to  observe  the  different  ways 
in  which  the  military  beaux  were  regarded  by  their  pretty  friend?. 
Those  girls  who  have  become  accustomed  to  their  attention  took 
in  the  sight  with  complaisant  interest,  acknowledging  the  salute 
dow  and  then  given  in  passing  with  calm  sang  froid;  others  acted 
differently — notably  one  young  lady  of  excitable  temperament, 
who  became  highly  flustered,  and  in  her  attempts  to  attract  the 
attention  of  several  young  Lieutenants  made  herself  the  laughing 
stock  of  every  one  in  her  vicinity. 

*  *  # 

People  are  wondering  if  the  trip  across  the  Rockies  (which  is, 
they  say,  to  be  of  brief  duration)  of  Misses  Hobart  and  their 
duenoa  has  any  thing  to  do  with  getting  a  New  York  trousseau 
for  "Ren's"  wedding. 

"  What  a  fearfully  desolats  place  your  vaunted  Nob  Hill 
is!  "  was  the  remark  of  an  Eastern  visitor  of  late  as  a  party  of 
them  passed  along  California  street.  No  wonder,  for  a  more  in- 
hospitable, forbidding  set  of  "  big  houses "  it  aurely  would 
be  difficult  to  find.  Not  content  with  closed  shutters  and  drawn 
blinds,  boarded  up  doors  are  exhibited  by  these  "palatial"  abodes, 
a  spectacle  sure  to  strike  the  stranger  within  our  gates  as  a  de- 
pressing sight. 

*  *  » 

That  our  fresh  young  buds  are  allowed  too  much  freedom  can- 
not be  gainsayed,  and  if  there  is  one  medium  for  that  freedom 
doing  harm  it  is  the  Oakland  boat.  Girls  frequently  travel  to 
and  fro  unattended  by  matron  or  maid,  or  even  a  girl  compan- 
ion, and  therefore  are  easy  prey  to  the  "masher"  who  prowls 
around  in  endless  variety.  Flirtations  begin  and  acquaintances 
form  which  sometimes  ripen  into  dangerous  intimacy.  That  this 
statement  is  not  exaggerated  we  leave  it  to  any  one  who  crosses 
the  bay  to  decide. 

*  »•  » 

It  behooves  all  rich  old  ladies  who  are  on  the  point  of  shuffling 
off  this  mortal  coil  to  give  whatever  they  have  for  relatives  and 
friends  while  in  this  world,  for  truly  it  seems  as  though  no  will 
can  be  made  nowadays  which  cannot  be  successfully  "contested" 
if  only  a  lawyer  and  coin  can  be  found  to  undertake  the  suit. 

*  *  * 

To  those  who  read  between  the  lines  there  were  several  inter- 
esting passages  in  the  swim  at  the  brilliant  wedding  gathering  of 
last  wees.  It  was  amusing  to  witness  one  of  the  elder  brides- 
maids keeping  one  eye  upon  Mr.  Phelan,  and  another  on  an  usher 
in  the  bridal  party.  The  fair  violinist  had  more  than  two  bows 
to  her  string,  while  the  evident  uneasiness  of  young  Howard  with 
the  many  initials  at  seeing  his  pretty  fiancee  taken  np  wich  the 
man  she  was  told  off  with  was  patent  to  everybody. 

On  dit,  one  of  the  approaching  festivities  in  the  swim  will  be  a 
garden  party  at  the  residence  of  the  Commanding  general  at  Fort 
Mason.  The  beautiful  grounds  will  be  utilized  for  the  purpose  of 
promenading  during  the  performance  of  the  military  hand. 

The  girls  are  in  great  glee  over  the  rumor  which  gains  strength 
daily  in  society  that  "  teas  "  will  give  way  this  season  to  recep- 
tions, where  dancing  will  be  the  feature.  The  matrons,  how- 
ever, are  not  so  pleased,  as  the  high  tea  is  a  form  of  entertaining 
dear  to  the  hearts  of  the  dowagers.  The  men  are  mixed  in  their 
opinions.  Those  of  them  whose  financial*bility  to  procure  car- 
riages and  bouquets  for  evening  hops  is  of  a  limited  order, 
naturally  prefer  the  afternoon  "function,"  while  the  gilded 
youths  (who  for  the  most  part  are  so  very  youthful)  bail  with 
delight  the  idea  of  the  light  fantastic  holding  sway  once  more. 

*  *  * 

The  visit  of  our  pet  California  heiress,  Miss  Virginia  Fair,  is 
bringing  much  pleasurable  anticipation  to  beaux  and  belles  alike, 
for  "Birdie,"  as  she  is  best  known  here,  is  a  general  favorite 
with  both.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  one  of  our  native  sons  may 
capture  this  Fair  prize,  and  so  score  a  triumph  over  the  penniless 
Princelings  who  have  carried  off  so  many  of  our  American  girls, 
but  to  whom  Miss  Fair  has  turned  a  deaf  ear — so  far,  at  all  events, 
although  there  is  a  murmur  in  the  air  that  the  Italian  Count  who 
was  so  devoted  at  Newport  is  going  to  follow  the  pretty  million- 
airess to  the  Pacific  Coast.  Poseibly  he  fears  the  effect  of  the  old 
adage,  which  says,  "Out  of  sight,  out  of  mind." 

*  *  * 

Gossip  from  Paris  links  the  names  of  two  Californians  in  a  pos- 
sible nuptial  knot  as  soon  as  the  young  lady  finishes  her  educa- 
tion. Henry  Reddington  and  the  eldest  of  Louis  Parrott's  daugh- 
ters are  the  couple  under  discussion. 


We  have  enlarged  and  improved  our  Frame  and  Picture  Depart- 
ment. All  our  nice  frames  have  ornamented  corners,  and  our  framed 
pictures  are  selling  rapidly  at  the  new  prices.     Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co 
(41  Market  St. 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

Steedman's  Sooihing  Powders  claim   to   be  preventive  as  well  as 
curative.     The  claim  has  been  recognized  for  over  fifty  years. 


DEUTZ    &    GELDERMANN'S 

GOLD 
LACK. 

Without  Exception  the 
Finest  Wine  Import. d- 

CHARLES   MEINECKE  &  CO., 

314  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 

Sole  Agents. 

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1625  San  Jose  Avenue,  between  Grand 
and  Paru  Streets, 


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Children.    Next  term  opens  August  6th . 


l/ap    Jtess 
S^mi^ary, 


1232  Pine  street,  will  remove  ou  October  first  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
Jackson  and  Gough  streets. 


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Pupils  prepared  for  Stage,  Concert  or  Drawing  Room.  A 
Special  Class  for  Teachers  who  wish  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


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SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS.    French.  German,  and  English  Day  and  Boarding 
School.    Flegant  home.    3est  educational  advantages. 
Nest  term  commences  August  1, 1894. 

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DELMAS  &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  their  law  offices  to  the 

CROCKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 


GARDEN  HOSE. 


Black  Line  Spiral 

Cotton  Rnbber- Lined  Hose 

Will  t-tand  300  lbs.  pressure  to  the  square  inch  and  will  outlast 
the  best  rubber  hose  manufactured.     Try  a  length. 

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15 


GOTHAM    OOSS1P. 

THKKK  b»ve  b«o  two  theatric*!  events    this  wefk.     One  WM 
William  H    Oraoe'l  revival  of  tbfl  U  Wi  Ai- 

tfioogb  bis  intention  wil  lertoOl  Boougta  and  he  follows  tfictly 
tbe  lines  of  the  immortal  bard.  Mr.  Crane  has  succeeded  only  in 
giving  us  a  son  of  FalstatT  •  up  10  dale."  His  conception  ol  ibe 
manner  of  that  delightful  old  rounder  ti  more  often  the  melbods 
of  Da  Wulf  Hopper  and  tbe  acrobatic  school  rather  than  tho>e  of 
the  old  lime  legitimate  comedy.  Suit,  the  superb  mounting  and 
historic  dressing  of  the  piece  will  assure  u  a  ruu.  The  other  event 
was  a  new  play  by  Henry  Guy  Carleton.  at  the  Bijou  theatre, 
written  for  that  conscientious  but  unfortunately  narani  comedian, 
Mr.  Tim  Murphy.  Carleton  evidently  did  oot  find  his  hero  in- 
spiring, for  his  play  falls  far  below  his  usual  brilliant  standard. 
The  piece  is  entitled  Lem  A'clf/e,  a  budlic  drama  which  might 
have  resulted  from  a  cross  between  the  Old  Homestead  and  "Home, 
Sweet  Home."  The  hero  is  a  young  inventor  who  abandons  the 
farm  to  try  his  fortune  in  tbe  city.  In  spite  of  bunco  steerers 
and  designing  females  he  manages  to  achieve  success.  The  same 
may  not  be  said  of  the  play,  although  its  familiar  scenes  are 
heavily  timbered  with  well-seasoned,  standard  wit. 

It  seems  as  if  the  good  old  Daly  Company  were  forever  a  thiDg 
of  the  past.  Ada  Rehan  began  her  first  season  as  a  star  in  Bos- 
ton on  Monday.  She  is,  however,  still  directed  by  the  old  man- 
ager. In  the  cast  is  Mi=s  Lily  Post,  a  young  San  Franciscan  who 
until  now  has  confined  herself  to  the  lyric  stage  and  comic  opera. 
In  this  branch  she  certainly  displayed  a  great  deal  of  talent,  and 
it  is  to  be  hoped  that  she  will  maintain  her  reputation  in  the  new 
field  which  she  has  chosen- 

The  indefatigable  around-the-world  trotters,  the  Henry  M.  Gil- 
tigs,  started  on  Wednesday  last  for  one  of  their  long  journeys  and 
propose  to  continue  their  wanderings  until  tbe  first  of  next  June. 
They  are  a  musical  party  this  time,  for  not  only  is  the  ubiquitous 
Frank  Unger  in  their  train  but  they  boast  yet  another  singer  in 
Donald  de  V.  Graham.  Adding  Mr.  Gillie's  superb  voice  to  their 
lighter  ones,  there  is  no  doubt  that  Mrs.  Amy  will  have  her  fill 
of  music.  I  understand  that  Graham  has  quit  San  Francisco  for 
good  and  all,  and  that  on  his  return  to  American  shores  he  will 
make  Chicago  his  abiding  place— a  resolution  which  promises  a 
future  »3thetic  charm  for  the  Windy  City. 

Young  Richard  Ferrer  arrived  last  week  from  San  Francisco, 
and  after  a  few  days  spent  in  Washington  and  New  York  has 
gone  to  Philadelphia  to  visit  some  friends  whom  he  met  abroad. 
I  had  tbe  pleasure  of  hearing  him  play  while  he  was  in  New 
York,  and  was  astonished  at  his  extraordinary  breadth  of  tone. 
He  plays  with  a  largeness  quite  unusual  even  in  artists  of  ex- 
perience and  even  renown  who  have  left  their  student  days  far 
behind,  while  be  very  modestly  refers  to  his  three  years  more  of 
study. 

I  met  Mrs.  Jack  Tichenor  yesterday  in  the  avenue  as  bright 
and  vivacious  as  ever.  Her  daughter,  Miss  Maud  Burke,  did 
not  return  with  her,  as  some  of  the  report- 
ers have  stated,  by  the  way,  but  will  re- 
main in  and  about  Paris  for  several  months 
to  come.  I  have  heard,  apropos  of  Miss 
Burke,  many  highly  interesting  aB  well  as 
highly  colored  tales  of  the  Poniatuwaki- 
Crocker-Sperry  wedding,  which  is  to  be 
celebrated  next  month.  It  is  surely  well 
known  that  Miss  Burke's  mother  and  step- 
father came  back  to  America  last  spring 
for  the  sole  purpose  of  interrupting  the 
Poniatowski  wooing.  It  is,  therefore,  to 
say  the  least,  ill  advised  for  the  little 
prince's  friends  to  announce  that  the  rup- 
tures of  the  fiancailles  was  owing  to  tbe 
Polish  nobleman's  reluctance.  Almost  as 
absurd  is  the  story  going  the  rounds 
that  Will  Crocker  has  endowed  his  sibter- 
in-Iaw  with  a  magnificent  dot,  which  he 
has  given  not  to  her  hands,  but  has  placed 
in  the  name  of  her  intended  husband.  Mr. 
Crocker's  generosity  to  his  wife's  family 
is  too  well  known  to  make  one  question 
the  truth  of  the  first  part  of  the  story,  but 
his  judgment,  discretion,  and  shrewdness 
make  it  equally  incredible  that  he  has 
given  the  money  to  her  foreign  fianc6. 

From  Paris  news  arrives  of  the  arrival  of 
Mrs.  Michael  O'Connor  and  Miss  O'Con- 
nor. Jack  Folger,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leo  Lil- 
ienthal,  and  M.  Schloss  are  also  in  that 
fascinating  capital. 

Apropos  of  thai  very  same  city,  I  have 
just  heard  the  romantic  story  of  a  New 
York  man  who  married  a  fair  Parisian  a 
few  months  ago.  The  bridegroom  entered, 
I  am  told,  upon  tbe  joys  of  the  honey- 
moon clothed  in  pyjamas  and  bis  right 
mind,  and  rather  pleased  with  his  silken 
garments.     He  fondly   hoped  to  make  an 


impression  upon  his  life's  companion  by  the  daintiness,  to  say 
nothing  of  tbe  modesty  of  bis  raiment.  But  the  pyjamas  failed. 
There  arose  a  coldness  which  grew  from  day  to  day.  Remon- 
strances, tears,  and  sobs  ensued  before  an  explanation  was 
reached.  Let  us  not  intrude  upon  ils  sanctity.  Sufficient  it  is  to 
say  that  Freddy  now  wears  sheer  batiste  nightgowns  with  frills 
of  lace,  aud  furthermore  that  they  are  tied  with  ribbon  bows. 
AVtr  York,  September  26,   1894.  Passe  Partout. 


Wash  your  Hair 


ere  s  any 


with  Pearline,  and  see 
how  refreshing  and  com- 
forting it  is.  A  Pearline 
shampoo,  even  if  you 
don't  take  it  very  often, 
will  keep  the  scalp  beau- 
tifully clean  and  healthy. 
Don't  use  too  much, 
harm  in  it,  but  it'll  take 
to  wash  the  suds  off,  and  you  might 
grumble  about  that.  Use  your  Pearline  in  the 
bath.  You'll  feel  invigorated  after  it.  It's  very 
much  like  a  Turkish  or  a  Russian  bath — ex- 
cept that  it  costs  almost  nothing,  and  that  you 
take  it  at  home,  without  any  trouble  or  fuss. 

Beware  of  imitations.  441  JAMES  PYLE,  New  York. 

ERNST    H.    LUDWIG  &  CO., 
The  Model  American  Caterer. 


Not  that 
too  long 


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SAK  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  6, 1894. 


Rejuvenated 


Worn  Out  Faces  consultation 

at  Otiice 
or  by 
Letter. 

£0  years'  practical  experience 
remjvijg  wrirkles,  filling  out 
hollow  t-heeks.re-f  orrai  ng  noses, 
ears  and  mouths.  Allaklnblem- 
ishesa^d  deformities  and  their 
treatment  descrlbad  and  illus- 
tavdha  15'l-pane  book  Bent 
BLak'd  to  any  address  for  10  cts. 

John  H.  Woodbury 
Dermatological  Institute, 

Established  1870.         12SW.  42d  St.,  N.Y. 

Woodbury's  Facial  Soap  for  the  Skin, 
Scalp  and  Complexion.  3  cakes,  $1.00,  at 
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PACIFIC  MINING  AGENCY 
AND  TRUST  COMPANY. 

Irwin  C.  Stump,  President.    Wm.  C.  Ralston,  Secretary.    The  Anglo- 

Californian  Bank,  Ld.,  Treasurer. 
DIRECTORS— Irwin  C.   Stump,  Irving  M.  Scott,  Jacob  H.  Neff,  W.  F. 
Goad,  R.  C.  Chambers,  P.  N.  Lilienthal,  D.  M.  BurnB. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  San  Francisco. 

This  company  has  been  formed  to  sell  mining  and  ditch  properties  and 
water  rightB  on  commission  only.  It  is  prepared  to  act  as  agent  and  broker 
for  the  sale  and  purchase  of  such  properties.  Mines  listed  at  its  offices 
will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  investors;  no  bond  ia  required  until 
there  is  a  prospective  purchaser. 

The  company  will  look  after  the  interests  of  non-residents  or  obtain  in- 
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The  Company  is  prohibited  by  its  articles  of  incorporation  from  buying 
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APPEARANCES  PRESERVED. 


i  i   [VT  0  W,  Barker,  what  do  you  think,  about  the  horse?" 

ll  '■  Everything  ia  all  right,  sir,"  anawered  the  trainer, 
curtly,  with  true  English  impudence. 

Whereupon  M.  de  Loyaumont  looked  as  if  he  thought:  "For- 
tune knows  what  she  owes  rue." 

Still,  any  one  well  acquainted  with  him  would  see  that  he  waa 
nervous,  from  the  way  his  fingers  tortured  hia  eyeglass.  It  was 
the  day  before  the  Grand-Prix,  and  notwithstanding  Barker's  con- 
fidence, our  noble  sportsman  felt  anxious.  True,  Jaguar  was  a 
splendid  animal,  and  bad  shown  such  speed  at  Ghantilly  that  M. 
de  Loyaumont  was  justified  in  expecting  that  to-morrow  his 
horse  would  take  the  lead  from  the  start,  and  keep  it,  too.  Still* 
the  race-track  holds  so  unexpected  aurprises  that  he  could  not 
help  feeling  just  the  least  bit  uueasy.  His  aristocratic  eyebrows 
drew  themselves  nervously  together  as  he  heard  a  slight  knock 
at  the  door  of  the  smoking-room. 
"  What  is  it,  Firmin?" 

"  Madame  sends  word  to  Monsieur  le  Comte  that  M.  Berard 
waa  very  ill  last  night." 

M.  de  Loyaumont's  noble  eyebrows  contracted  entirely  as  he 
drawled: 

"I  muat  Bee  the  horse  first.  After  that  1  will  go  to  M.  B6rard 
before  breakfast.'' 

He  did  not  otter  another  word,  for  he  waa  too  much  put  out  to 
truat  himaelf.  When  he  had  married  M.  Be>ard's  niece  it  was  on 
condition  that  her  uncle  should  be  ignored;  and  now  this  trades- 
man, with  the  impertinence  of  a  millionaire,  dared  to  be  ill  iu  his 
house — whom,  very  impudently,  he  persiated  in  calling  "son-in- 
law."  Nothing  less  than  Jaguar's  excellent  condition  could  have 
put  M.  de  Loyaumont  in  good  humor  again. 

As  he  entered  the  dimly  lighted  stall  Jaguar  turned  bis  bead 
towards  the  door  and  stretched  out  hia  muzzled  nose,  as  though 
he  were  going  to  bite.  His  master  lovingly  passed  his  hand  over 
the  animal's  satiny  neck.  The  two  resembled  each  other.  Both 
unmistakably  showed  race  and  bigb-breeding  in  their  muscular 
slendeiness,  grace  of  motion,  and  delicate  firmness  of  limb.  M. 
de  Loyaumont  passed  the  remainder  of  the  morning  talking  to 
the  stablemen,  and  listening  to  the  gossip  of  the  jockeys  about 
the  rumors  which  Jaguar's  adversaries  were  spreading.  He  had 
ao  completely  forgotten  uncle  Board's  illness  that  he  was  fairly 
startled  when,  without  warning,  Firmin  said  to  him,  on  his  en- 
tering the  house: 

"M.  le  Comte,  it  is  a  stroke  of  apoplexy." 

Sure  enough,  when  the  Count  entered  the  sick  room,  he  found 
the  invalid  stretched  motionless  on  the  large  canopied  bed.  His 
silvery  hair,  cut  close  on  his  perfectly  round  head,  and  the  white- 
ness of  the  aheets,  made  the  naturally  red  face  look  purple.  Hia 
shirt  was  open  at  the  throat,  revealing  a  massive  neck.  The  fat 
body  raised  the  blankets  till  they  resembled  a  huge  eiderdown 
cushion,  while  the  sufferer'a  hands  lay  inert  on  the  satin  coun- 
terpane. The  dying  plebeian  business  man  seemed  sadly  out  of 
place  in  the  gorgeous  bed,  and  hia  agony  seemed  to  be  watched 
with  disgust  by  the  powdered,  wigged,  and  scarlet  coated  gentle- 
men whose  portraits  looked  down  from  the  high  walls  upon  the 
moribund  stranger.  Disgust,  also,  was  plainly  written  on  M.  de 
Loyaumont's  face  when  be  coldly  asked  the  physician: 
"Only  an  indigestion,  is  it  not?" 

But  the  doctor  shook  his  head.  None  of  his  remedies  had 
helped.  M.  BGrard's  case  was  hopeless.  M.  de  Loyaomont  seized 
the  physician'a  arm. 

'Impossible!  My  horse  runs  to-morrow,  and  I  can't  with- 
draw him." 

The  man  of  science  made  an  impatient  gesture.  But  M.  de  Loy- 
aumont was  not  in  a  mood  to  be  contradicted,  and  saying  de- 
cidedly, "  Your  patient  must  not  die,  doctor,"  he  went  to  find 
the  Countess.  She  was  in  consultation  with  her  dressmaker.  But 
the  Count  was  so  exasperated  that  he  took  no  notice  of  the  pres- 
ence of  a  stranger. 

"  Do  you  know  what  a  trick  your  uncle  is  trying  to  play  me?  " 
Mme.  de  Loyaumont  was  as  annoyed  as  her  husband,   and  re- 
plied sbarply : 

"  Am  I  not  as  vexed  as  you  about  it  ?  1  have  just  received  my 
dress  for  the  races — a  perfect  beauty!  " 

Her  selfishness,  which  surpassed  even  his  own,  increased  M.  de 
Loyaumont's  irritation.     He  said: 

"  I  believe  your  toilet  is  all  you  care  for." 
"  Well,  what  do  you  want  me  to  do  ?  " 

"  I  should  at  least  expect  you  to  evince  some  concern  at  your 
relative's  want  of  tact,"  and,  murmuring  something  about  "  low- 
bred vulgarians,"  be  went  out,  slamming  the  door. 

Poor  uncle  BSrard  died  alone  that  evening  at  six  o'clock,  with- 
out having  regained  consciousness.  The  heirs  felt  no  fear  about 
the  will.  The  good  roan  bad  adopted  his  niece  almost  from  her 
cradle,  had  had  her  educated  at  a  convent  with  the  daughters  of 
the  nobility,  and  all  his  life  had  worked  to  amass  an  immense  dot 
for  her.  He  had  hardly  suffered  from  her  ingratitude.  He  was 
content  to  be  the  lowest  step  in  the  monumental  staircase  up 
which  "  his  Helen  "  had  mounted  to  her  grand  social  position. 


October  6,  1894  . 


BAN    IK  W>  !>«  0   NEW8  LETTER. 


17 


Id  coming  home  to  dinner  and  finding  Barker  to  tue  mlr  routn. 
M.  de  l.ojrmmoD(  was  startled. 

■    Has  anything  happened  to  Jaguar  T  " 

••  No.  Monsieur  le  Comte.'' 

•    What  then?  " 
■  Madame's  uncle  has  died.'' 

Notwithstanding  bis  usual  self-possession.  M.  de  Loyaumont 
rushed  like  a  whirlwind  into  his  wife's  apartment. 

m  Well,"  said  be,  ••  be  has  done  it." 

Mruf.  de  Loyaumout  wiped  her  eyes  with  a  little  l*ce  raif. 

it  Do  not  let  that  prevent  your  borse  from  running. "  sntd  sh*-. 
■  Toole  fivrard  would  never  have  permitted  such  a  sacrifice. " 

Loyaumout  shrugged  bis  shoulders.  "I  do  not  care  for  hi" 
permission  and  I  have  never  asked  him  for  lessons  on  etiquette  " 
— be  came  near  saying,  <•  nor  you  either,"  but  a  remnant  of  good 
breeding  kept  him  silent. 

Mme.  de  Loyaumont  did  so  wish  to  find  a  way  out  of  the  diffi- 
culty. 

"  Look  here,"  said  she;  "  my  uncle  never  went  out — none  of 
our  friends  know  hiin.  Would  it  not  be  sufficient  if  you  and  I 
kept  away  from  the  race  course  8uuday?  " 

Loyaumont  sneered.  "A  nd  let  my  jockey  wear  crape  on  his 
cap  ?     I  dare  say  you  would  consider  that  good  form !  " 

And  as  the  lady  asserted  that  young  de  Teramont  went  to  the 
hunt  last  year  shortly  after  his  mother's  death,  her  husband  com- 
pletely lost  his  temper. 

"  Hunting  is  permissible  during  mourning,  and  those  are  cus- 
toms you  would  oblige  me  by  learning.  By  Jove  I  I  really 
thought  you  were  better  brought  up." 

•'  Well,  what  do  you  propose  doing?" 

Without  replying,  M.  de  Loyaumont  pressed  the  electric  bell 
and  said  to  the  butler  who  answered  it :  "Send  me  the  cook  at 
once." 

When  the  chef  appeared  M.  de  Loyaumont  asked:  "Uasituir, 
can  you  preserve  a  large  piece  of  game  on  ice  ?  " 

■•A  large  piece,  M.  le  Comte  ?  " 

"  Yes,  a  boor — a  bear!  " 

The  cook  hesitated.  »  Last  week,"  said  be,  "  I  lost  some  fine 
game.  True,  the  weather  is  cooler  now.  We  might  try,  M.  le 
Comte." 

The  master  gave  a  satisfied  nod,  and  explained: 

"  This  is  the  case:  M.  le  Comtesse's  uncle  has  suddenly  died. 
If  it  were  known  before  Sunday  night,  my  borte  could  not  run. 
Build  an  ice-chest  in  the  old  carriage  house,  and  try  to  preserve 
the  body.  You  understand?  And  now,  one  word  more.  You 
know  I  am  liberal.  I  count  upon  yoursilence  and  that  of  all  my 
employees." 

A  complacent  smile  passed  over  the  face  of  the  chef,  as  with 
becoming  deference  he  answered  : 

i'  M.  le  Conjte  may  fe&l  perfectly  easy.  Everybody  iu  the  house 
has  bet  on  the  horse." 

Jaguar  ran,  won  the  stakes,  and  appearances  were  preserved. 
—  Translated  for  the  News  Letter  from  the  French  of  Ungues  Leroux,  by 
Alice  Ziska. 


XJSr3TJR^^XCE. 


MULCAHY.  Townsend  <fc  Co.,  bankers  and  brokers,  suites  1 
and  2,  Fireman's  Fund  Insurance  Company's  building,  cor- 
ner of  California  and  Sansome  streets,  conduct  one  of  the  most 
substantial  institutions  in  the  city.  Tbey  receive  over  their  own 
wire,  every  fifteen  minutes,  from  all  tbe  principal  centers  of 
trade,  marKet  quotations  on  grain,  provisions,  cotiou,  petroleum, 
coffee,  railroad  and  industrial  stocks  and  bonds,  etc,  which 
commodities  they  buy  and  sell  on  commission  on  their  Chicago 
and  New  York  exchanges. 


MR.  JOHN  A.  McCALL,    President  of    the  New    York  Life  In- 
surance Company,  has  been  elected  a  director  of   the  Atchi- 
son, Topeka  aud  fcianta  Fe*  Railroad. 

As  invigorating  as  a  breath  from  old  ocean,  as  pure  as  the  milk  of 
human  kindness!  That  is  our  idea  of  the  John  F.  Cutter  Old  Bour- 
bon Whiskey,  and  that  is  the  idea  of  every  man  in  the  country  who 
has  tried  that  delightful  beverage.  Your  life  is  a  desert  waste  with- 
out your  daily  tipple.  It  drives  all  woes  and  cares  into  the  limbos  of 
the  past,  and  makes  you  love  your  worst  enemy's  pup.  E.  Martin 
&  Co.,  408  Front  street,  are  the  agents. 

The  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market  street,  has  caught 
the  popular  fancy.  The  fittings  are  in  excellent  taste.  Everything 
is  new  and  neat,  and  the  cuisine  is  unsurpassed.  Polite  native  wait- 
ers in  costume  are  in  attendance,  and  are  prompt  in  meeting  the 
wants  of  customers.  The  prices  are  in  accordance  with  the  times. 
Ladies  and  escorts  after  tbe  theatre  should  not  fail  to  visit  tbe  Garden. 


The  damp  weather  necessitates  the  wearing  of  just  such  comforta- 
ble underwear  as  is  sold  by  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
this  month. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  tbn  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 

A  dose  of  Ayer's  Sarsaparilla  taken  shortly  before  each  meal  helps 
digestion. 


FIRK.  MAK1NK  AND  INLANh  INM'KAKCK. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insurance  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.   $1,000,000.  |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000, 
TRANSATLANTIC   FIRE   INSURAMit   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 
\.  i  nru-  nr inii'Ni.  Manager  lor  the  r»< -ill.-  loum  Branca. 

X2U  Sn  n-.,,  iiu<  St.,  s.  F. 

Capital    .... $1,500,000.00 

Infested  in  U.  S ~     654,433.31 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
aB«  4  all.ornla  St..  S.F..4al. 

NEVADA  WAREHOUSE  AND  DOCK  COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS HORT COSTA.  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Touh.     Kegular    Warehouse  for  Sail 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat.  " 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  Flrst-Chus  companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rateB. 
Office  ot  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL _^ J6,700,00 

A.OBNTS: 

BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
No.  316  California  Street,  San  Franclico 


THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets    518,724,538.46. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  8TBVEN8.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEH 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montqomery  Street,  San  Francisco 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 

Established  1  Kir,. 

Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,854,653  65 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

VOSS,  <  OSBAD  «*  I  P.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMB/NED  CAPITAL ...        4,000,000  DOLLARS, 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco.  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  18S6.J 
Office — Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

HE©.  F.  UK  ANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YOHK. 

Capital  Paid  Up t     500,000 

ABBets  8,181,758 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,526,167 

ROBERT     DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
SUl  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PBOVlnEMl-tVASHISOTOS    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  6.  1894 


A    POET'S    PHILOSOPHY.— E.  C.  Stedman,  in  N.   Y.  Advertiser- 

THOU  shall  have  sun  and  shower  from  heaven  above, 
Thou  sbalt  have  flower  and  thorns  from  earth  below, 
Thine  shall  be  foe  to  hate  and  friend  to  love, 

Pleasures  that  others  gain,  the  ills  they  know— 
And  all  in  a  lifetime. 

Hast  thou  a  golden  day,  a  starlit  night, 

Mirth  and  music  and  love  without  alloy? 

Leave  no  drop  undrunken  of   thy  delight; 
Sorrow  and  shadow  follow  on  thy  joy. 
"lis  all  in  a  lifetime. 

What  if  the  battle  end  and   thou  has  lost  ? 

Others  have  lost  battles  thou  hast  won. 
Haste  thee,  bind  thy  wounds  nor  count  the  cost; 

Over  the  held  will  rise  to-morrow's  sun, 
'Tis  all  in  a  lifetime. 

Laugh  at  the  braggart  sneer,  the  open  scorn— 
'Ware  of  the  secret  stab,  the  slanderous  lie. 

For  seventy  years  of  turmoil  thou  wast  born; 
Bitter  and  sweet  are  thine  till  these  go  by. 
'Tis  all  in  a  lifetime. 

Reckon  thy  voyage  well  and  spread  sail; 

"Wind  and  calm  and  current  shall  warp  thy  way; 
Compass  shall  set  thee  false  and  chart  shall  fail; 

Ever  the  waves  will  use  thee  for  their  play. 
'Tis  all  in  a  lifetime. 

Thousands  of  years  agone  were  change  and  change; 

Thousands  of  agents  hence  the  same  shall  be, 
Naught  of  thy  joy  and  grief  is  new  or  strange; 

Gather  apace  the  good  that  falls  to  thee! 
'Tis  all  in  a  lifetime. 


MUSIC—  William  Strode. 


When  whispering  strains  with  creeping  wind 
Distill  soft  passions  through  the  heart; 
And  when  at  every  touch  we  find 
Our  pulses  beat  and  bear  a  part; 

When  threads  can  make 

A  heart-string  ache, 

Philosophy 

Can  scarce  deny 

Our  souls  are  made  of  harmony. 

When  unto  heavenly  joys  we  faine 
Whate'er  the  soul  affecteth  most, 
Which  only  thus  we  can  explain 
By  music  of  the  heavenly  host; 

Whose  lays  we  think 

Make  stars  to  wink, 

Philosophy 

Can  scarce  deny 

Our  souls  consist  of  harmony. 

Oh,  lull  me,  lull  me,  charming  air! 
My  senses  rock  with  wonder  sweet; 
Like  snow  on  wool  thy  fallings  are; 
Soft  like  a  spirit's  are  thy  feet! 

Orief  who  needs  fear 

That  hath  an  ear  ? 

Down  let  him  lie, 

And  slumbering  die, 

And  change  his  soul  for  harmony. 


SUMMER    IN     INDIA.— Rudyard  Kipling, 


Our  cattle  reel  beneath  the  yoke  they  bear— 
The  earth  is  iron  and  the  skies  are  brass— 

And  faint  with  fervor  of  the  flaming  air, 
The  languid  hours  pass. 

The  well  is  dry  beneath  the  village  tree— 

The  young  wheat  withers  ere  it  reach  a  span, 

And  the  belts  of  blinding  sand  show  cruelly 
Where  once  the  river  ran. 

Pray,  brother,  pray,  but  not  to  earthly  king — 

Lift  up  your  hands  above  the  blighted  grain, 
Look  westward— if  they  please,  the  gods  shall  bring 

Their  mercy  with  the  rain. 
Look  westward— bears   the  blue  no  brown  cloud  bank  ? 

Nay,  it  is  written— wherefore  should  we  fly? 
On  our  own  field  and  by  our  cattle's  flank 

Lie  down,  lie  down  to  die! 


B^ITSTKIS- 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1S62. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1.404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets 
HEAD   OFFICE  64>  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson;  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bauk  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  eood  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland — Bauk  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
sooth  America— London  Bauk  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bauk  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney,  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bauk. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ....  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1,  1894) 3,247,684  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bauk  of  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis— Boatmeus  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-ou-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRAKCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  autl  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSPS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627.062  43 

DIRECTORS  — Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland ;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
Eartles,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
ank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  tne  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  P.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  ....  ..President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
Jatnes  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McEIroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposi'smay  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  .la  ii  ii  ii  ry  3,  1894 89,439,317  OS 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Win.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfelluw. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized    $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      f  1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     >  «„„„„„ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  (  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 


N.  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,350,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine. President  I  Homer  8.  King. 

H.  Wadsworth Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman..   . 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  S.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Ben}   P.  Cheney.  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


Manager 
.Assistant  Cashier 


SAN    lKAV'lM  0   NEWS    1-1  -  I  I  IK 


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sunbeams® 


BAM-KS. 


CON LAN — Where   did    yei  gel    that    broken   nose  Bud  yer  eye 
blacked  T     1>olan—  Ii  was  from  meeting  O'Flannigan  wid  me 
girrul.    Com  m— Did  yez  li.-k  him  1     1  ••  >i  is— Wall,  tboi  was  a  mat- 
ier  ol  purzlenienl  to  me  iron)  thin  till  new.      Y<  .  960,  whin  1  kim  to 
i'lannigan  wus  gone,  an'  to  this  minnit  I  dotl'l  know 
whuh  wan  ot  DI  got  licked.  —Ex. 

Tin  efibrt  his  better  halt's  temper  to  try 

Piil  his  constant  attention  engage: 
He  indulged  him  the  hope  that  sometime  phe 
Might  perhaps  become  speechless  with  rage. 

—Detroit  Tribune. 

Mk.  Bicker  (to  colored  servant)— You  do  as  I  tell  you.  I'm  the 
master  of  this  house.  Mrs.  Bicker— And  I'm  the  mistress  of  it,  so 
vou'll  mind  me  before  any  one  else.  Rasto — Hut's  nil  very  well,  1 
doan  care  a  p.ca\  one  w'ich  is  de  mas'r  or  de  missus.  What  I  want'r 
know  is.  who's  de  b  MS  — Truth. 

"Ho,"  said  the  voung  woman,  haughtily,  in  response  to  his  request 
as  thev  sat  on  the' porch  in  the  twilight.  "  I  will  not  let  you  hold  my 
band.*  1  don't  believe  in  such  conduct  for  a  young  lady.  And  be- 
sides," she  added,  after  a  pause.  "  it  isn't  dark  enough  yet."    — Ex. 

"  Dip  Miss  Flvppe  receive  many  proposals  while  at  the  seashore  ?  " 
"Manv?  W'bv.  receiving  proposals  got  to  be  a  habit  with  her.  She 
gotsothat  she  couldn't  even  hear  a  soda-water  bottle  pop  without 
exclaiming:  'This  is  so  sudden."  "  — Ex. 

"  Thai  was  an  awful  accident  that  happened  to  Masher  at  the  tele- 
phone. He  was  nearly  knocked  down."  "  Did  a  storm  come  up  ?  " 
"  Well.  I  should  say  so.  He  was  talking  to  his  wife  and  thought  it 
was  his  stenographer."  —Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Two  women  star,  rude  gossip  says. 

On  dubious  records  back  of  them  ; 
Fair  Russell  on  her  marriages 

And  Pollard  on  her  lack  of  them. 

— Louisville  Times. 
Jack  Plinrek— Congratulate  me,  old  man;  I've  won  ber  love  at 
last.    Tom  Ticker— Has  sheaccepted  you  ?    Jack  Plunger— Just  as 
good;  we  had  a  terrible  quarrel  last  night  and  she  said  she'd  never 
speak  to  me  again.  —Judge. 

The  Shopper—  I'd  like  to  buy  that  lovely  lamp  shade,  but  1  can't 
afford  to  pay  $10  for  it.  The  Salesman— Well,  madame,  I'll  make 
the  price  $0  99.    The  Shopper— Oh,  how  good  of  you;  I'll  take  it. 

— Chicago  Record. 
"Darling,"  he  murmured  fondly.  "  you  are  the  only  girl  that  1 
have  ever  loved  !  "    •'  That's  all  right,"  she  responded,  thoughtfully ; 
"  but  am  1  the  only  girl  that  you  are  ever  going  to  love?  " 

— Somerville  Journal. 
"  Did  you  notice  that  impertinent  Mr.  Yardstick !      I  think  he  ex- 
pected me  to  speak."  Edith — Are  you  acquainted  with  him  ?  "Mercy, 
no.    We  were  meiely  engaged  during  the  summer. "      Jnler-Ocean. 

The  Candidate  (gloomily)— The  majority  of  voters  against  me  was 
enormous.  His  Friend  (consolingly)— Never  mind.  Just  think  what 
it  would  have  been  if  everybody  had  voted.  —Chicago  Record. 

The  Editor— Mr.  Bard,  how  do  you  distinguish  between  your  verse 
and  your  poetry  ?  Mr.  Bard— I  read  it  to  my  wife,  sir.  If  she  under- 
stands it,  it's  verse;  if  she  doesn't  it's  poetry.  —  Ex. 

Wife— The  doctor  tells  me  that  he  thinks  you  have  enlargement  of 
the  heart.  Husband— I  thought  he  must  imagine  I  had  something  of 
the  sort  by  the  size  of  the  bill  he  sent  in.  —Truth. 

"I'm  astonished  that  you  live  in  such  a  miserable,  dirty  garret  as 
this."  "Why?"  "  Well,  since  you  don't  pay  rent  in  any,  why  not 
get  something  better  1 "  —Dash  Buchfur  Alle. 

Mother — Why  don't  you  play  with  that  nice  little  boy  across  the 
street?  Small  Son— Us'boys  is  boycottin'  him.  "  Why,  what  for  ?  " 
"  He  doesn't  freckle."  —Good  Form. 

"  Why,  Miss  De  Belle,  how  costumes  alter  people !  I  hardly  knew 
you."  "  Do  I  look  s  ch  a  fright,  then?  "  '■  On  the  contrary,  you 
look  most  charming."  —  Ottawa  Free  Rress. 

Cesar  was  a  lucky  man.  He  could  go  around  where  he  pleased 
and  his  wife  never  asked  any  annoying  questions.  She  was  above 
suspicion.  — Boston  Transcript. 

She— Anything  I  detest  is  to  have  a  photograph  taken.  He— Yes, 
dear;  I  know  it  must  be  awful  hardship  for  you  to  try  and  look  pleas- 
ant. Yonkers  Statesman. 

Prison  Visitor— My  poor  man,  how  did  you  get  in  here  ?  Convict— 
Hard  luck.  I  didn't  manage  to  steal  enough  to  fee  a  first-class  lawyer ! 

— Truth. 

Clothes  Dealer  (to  gendarme  in  pursuit  of  a  shoplifter)— Shoot 
him  only  in  the  legs,  Mr.  Officer !  The  coat  and  waistcoat  belong  to 
me.  —  Wiener  Luft. 

"Where's  yer  daddy?"  "He's  plowin'."  "An'  Where's  yer 
mammy  ?  "    "  Makin'  him  plow !  "  —  Atlanta  Constitution. 

"  Does  she  love  music  ?  "  "  M—  yes.  But  not  enough  to  keep 
away  from  the  piano."  —  Washington  Star. 

"  Blykins  says  his  wife  is  one  in  ten."  "So  she  is.  She  is  the  one 
and  Blykins  is  the  cipher."  —  Washington  Star. 

She— Courtship  is  too  good  to  last.  He— Yes.  That's  why  people 
get  married.  —Scribner's  Magazine. 

Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Paris  Panels.  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  916 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


CALIFORNIA    SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST    CO, 

Paid- up  capital,  •  i  ,000,000. 

Corner  MoKTGOMKBl   tKD  California  Strkkth,  San  Francisco. 

J.   D.   FRY,  Prcsi.K'iii  HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice  President 

J.  Dalzkll  Brown   Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator. 
Assignee.  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  Is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trunt 
Funds  Will  take  entire  Charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  Income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  cheek  and  allows  Interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Eer  cent  per  auuum  on  daily  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
run  in-  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFE.N  iuside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 

V  w.  Comer  Saiwome  and  Buali  Streets- 
Established  1870.  TJ.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS       $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $76,196 

S.GM.JRPFY     President! 

JAMES  MOFFITT  ,.  .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelan,  JameB  Moflntt, 

'I  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D,  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.    Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  ca^e  of  wills.    Office  bours,  8  a..  M.to6p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital...  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up    ..$3,450,000 
Reserve  .    $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 124  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portlaud  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 315b  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,   ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— n-exel,  Morean  &  Co     BOSTON— Ihird  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital       $2  500,000  I   Paid  Up  <  apilal.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,0.' o. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street.  LoDdon. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited.  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere .  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUMJ  „„„„„„   . 
C.  ALTSCHUL  j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL       .  $1,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sathee  &.  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WiLSON        ....  President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  york— Drexel,  Morgan  <fc  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  ht.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank,  Kansas  City—  Firbt  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  A  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL St,000,0C0. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         |         K.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.   CROCKER Prfsidkht 

W.  E.   BROWN  Vice  .  rbsiuest 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 


222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  I'AHl  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADE 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord                   Jerome  Lincoln                    H  H.  Hewlett 
Wm  Babcock                O.  D   Baldwin                       A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
Adam  tyrant W.  s.  Jones J.  B.  Randol. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  1 8  tveary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated November24,1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBER  ..  President  I  ERNST  BRAND     ..  Secretary 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETT 


ER. 


October  6,  1894. 


THE  rumors  which  have  been  cabled  from  London  during  the 
past  week  in  relation  to  the  contemplated  retirement  of  Queen 
Victoria  are  obviously  based  on  the  vivid  imagination  of  the  cor- 
respondent rather  than  upon  known  facts.  In  the  first  place, 
such  a  thing  as  the  abdication  of  a  British  sovereign  is  unknown. 
If  it  was  true  that  the  somewhat  perfunctory  duties  of  the  position 
were  pressing  too  heavily  upon  the  advanced  years  and  physical 
resources  of  Queen  Victoria,  the  natural  remedy  for  the  situation 
would  be  the  appointment  of  a  regency,  with,  unquestionably, 
the  heir  to  the  throne  as  the  regent.  There  is  no  reason,  how- 
ever, to  believe  tbat  such  conditions  exist  as  are  likely  to  lead  to 
that  result.  Since  the  last  British  regency  existed  the  responsi- 
bilities and  practical  duties  of  the  British  sovereign  have  been 
very  much  reduced.  To-day  the  duties  of  the  crown  are,  as  Lord 
Koseberry  recently  expressed  it,  social  rather  tban  political,  and 
the  principal  portion  of  those  social  duties  have  for  the  past 
twenty  years  or  so  been  delegated  by  the  Queen  to  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  and  be,  in  bis  turn,  is  now  being  partially  relieved  by  his 
son  and  heir,  the  Duke  of  York.  The  theory  tbat  the  pressure  of 
the  work  of  the  position  is  liable  to  force  the  venerable  lady  who 
now  occupies  the  throne  to  retire  from  it  is,  therefore,  untenable. 
In  the  present  government  of  the  British  empire  the  throne  is 
merely  an  axis  around  which  the  machinery  of  politics  and  ad- 
ministration revolves.  The  real  duties  of  the  sovereign  are  per- 
formed by  the  ministry,  which  represents  and  is  controlled  by 
the  House  of  Commons. 

The  cablegram  to  the  effect  that  the  diplomatic  relations  be- 
tween France  and  EDgland  have  assumed  a  tension  that  is  critical 
in  its  acutenesa  seems  at  the  time  of  writing  to  be  sensational  and 
unreliable  on  its  face.  There  are  matters  of  grave  import  in  con- 
troversy between  the  two  governments,  but  the  general  under- 
standing has  been  that  they  would  all  yield  in  time  to  patient 
negotiations — particularly  as  neither  country  is  anxious  to  pro- 
voke a  rupture.  The  principal  bone  of  contention  has  been  in 
regard  to  the  occupation  of  Egypt,  and  that  is  a  very  old  affair. 
The  only  new  matter  that  is  known  ot  that  contains  within  it 
the  possible  germs  of  acute  diplomatic  dispute  is  the  aggressive 
policv  which  France  is  reported  to  have  assumed  in  the  African 
island  of  Madagascar.  England  and  Germany  have  both  recog- 
nized by  treaty  the  French  protectorate  over  tbat  island.  The 
new  French  policy,  however,  is  understood  to  be  a  step  or  two  in 
the  direction  of  absolute  annexation,  which  might  be  objected  to 
by  the  treaty  powers,  as  it  undoubtedly  will  be  by  the  Hovas.  It 
is  hardly  possible,  however,  that  any  difference  of  opinion  that 
might  arise  out  of  this  matter  would  take  a  serious  aspect,  unless 
the  French  Government  was  anxious  to  force  the  situation,  and 
in  the  present  alignment  of  European  influences  that  is  almost 
inconceivable. 

The  news  of  this  week  from  the  seat  of  war  in  the  Orient  is  por- 
tentious,  but  fact  and  fancy  are  so  glibly  interwoven  in  it  that  the 
most  cautious  leader  is  apt  to  be  led  astray.  The  restoration  of 
Prince  Kung  to  Imperial  favor  and  his  appointment  to  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Council  of  State  does  not  necessarily  imply  the  over- 
throw of  the  influence  of  Li  Hung  Chang  or  prognosticate  the  de- 
thronement of  the  present  Emperor  and  the  enthronement  in  his 
place  of  Prince  Kung's  son.  If  the  contemplation  of  any  such 
scheme  was  possible,  it  is  much  more  likely  that  the  Emperor 
would  order  the  beads  of  Prince  Kung  and  his  son  to  be  cut  off 
instead  of  restoring  the  father  to  a  position  of  influence  and 
power.  Any  objection  that  exists  among  theChineseto  the  pres- 
ent dynasty  is  directed  toward  it  as  a  dynasty  rather  than  against 
the  personality  of  its  ruling  representative.  A  revolt  against  the 
Manchu  dynasty  would  be  against  the  son  of  Prince  Kung  as  well 
as  against  the  present  Empi  ror.  The  true  reading  of  the  whole  mat- 
ter is  tbat  the  Chinese  bubble  has  been  pricked  and  that  the  Chin- 
ese government  is  in  a  state  of  panic.  Notwithstanding  the  vast- 
ness  of  the  Chinese  empire  in  territory,  population,  and  resources 
it  is  helpless  in  warfare,  and  those  who  were  predicting  but  a 
short  time  ago  that  Japan  would  be  crushed  by  sheer  weight  of 
numbers  have  now  an  opportunity  to  study  the  folly  of  their  pre- 
diction. The  Japanese  will  undoubtedly  dictate  terms  of  peace, 
and  out  of  the  humiliation  of  this  defeat  there  will  either  spring 
a  new  China  or  the  ancient  empire  will  disintegrate  and  fall  in 
pieces.  A  vast  empire  which  is  incapable  of  taking  care  of  itself 
cannot  continue  to  exist  in  these  grasping  days  when  might  is 
right.  In  the  brush  with  France  and  England  China's  impotency 
was  merely  suggested.  Now  it  is  demonstrated.  She  must  either 
reorganize  herself  or  disappear  as  a  great  nation. 

The  press  correspondents  continue  to  be  terribly  excited  over 
the  illness  of  the  Czar  of  Russia.  To  be  sure  they  do  not  know 
what  is  the  matter  with  the  man  or  whether  his  ailments  are 
serious  or  trivial.     That  is,  apparently,  the  very  reason  why  they 


are  excited.  In  the  absence  of  any  reliable  or  definite  informa- 
tion on  the  point,  they  have  felt  it  to  be  their  duty  to  afflict  him 
with  every  conceivable  combination  of  diseases  ranging  from 
catarrh  of  the  toe  to  rheumatism  of  the  brain.  They  are  looking 
afield,  too,  these  excited  correspondents,  and  with  glasses  which 
rival  the  power  of  the  Lick  telescope,  in  order  to  discern  the  re- 
sults of  the  Czar's  death.  But,  notwithstanding  the  power  of 
their  glasses,  they  see  things  with  the  dim,  vague  vision  of  a 
gypsy  fortune-teller.  At  first  they  discovered  that  the  Czar's  heir 
would  be  unable  to  succeed  him  because  be  is  a  lunatic  in  addi- 
tion to  being  a  walking  hospital  of  other  diseases;  subsequently 
they  fell  into  a  sea  of  trouble,  over  which  phantom  ships,  loaded 
with  diplomatic  complication?,  sailed,  because  they  could  not  tell 
what  policy  the  young  Czarewitch  would  pursue  in  tbe  event  of 
his  father's  death.  Read  between  the  lines  all  this  simply  means 
that  the  Czar  is  ill  and  that  there  is  a  prevailing  but  uncertain  be- 
lief that  his  illness  is  serious. 

There  has  recently  been  a  shake  up  in  the  Danish  Ministry. 
M.  Estrup,  who  has  occupied  the  position  of  Premier  since  1875, 
has  retired  and  his  place  has  been  taken  by  Baron  de  Reedtz- 
Thott,  who  will  hold  the  portfolio  of  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs 
in  the  new  Council  of  State.  M.  Liittichau  will  be  Minister  of 
Finance,  M.  Nellemann,  Minuter  of  Justice;  Vice-Admiral  Ravn, 
Minister  of  Marine;  General  Thomsen,  Minister  of  War;  M.  Bar- 
denfleth,  Minister  of  Public  Worship  and  Instruction;  M.  Hor- 
ring.  Minister  of  the  Interior,  and  M.  Ingerslev,  Minister  of  Pub- 
lic Works.  Of  these  Vice-Admiral  Ravn  and  MM.  Nellemann, 
Ingerslev,  and  Horriag  held  the  same  posts  in  the  old  Ministry. 
The  change  is  personal  rather  than  political  in  its  character.  In  fact 
Danish  politics  have  been  in  a  comparatively  moribund  condition 
since  the  acute  controversy  between  the  crown  and  parliament 
was  settled  some  years  ago. 


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Removes  all  Impurities  from  the  Water  before  Entering  the  Boiler. 
Heats  the  Water  to  212«.  Saves  from  25  to  50  per  cent.  In  the  Amount  of 
Water  Used. 

Illustrated  and  Descriptive  Pamphlet  Forwarded  on  Application  to 

Llewellyn    Steam    Condenser    Manufacturing    Co., 

880  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

St.    lau/r^nce 

LIVERY  AND  SALES  STABLE. 
W.  E.  Bridge,  Proprietor. 

423  post  St., 

Bet.  Powell  and  Mason 
Telephone  1323.  San  Francisco. 

TOMKINSON'S  LIVERY  STABLE,      >■«>«**««• 

J.  TOMKINSON,  PBOPEIETOE. 

Nos.  57,  59  and  61  Minna  Street,  between  First  aDd  Second. 

Through  to  Natoma  street,  Nos.  64,  66  and  68.  One  block  from  the  Palace 
Hotel,  also  carriages  and  coupes  at  Pacific  Union  Club,  corner  Post  and 
Stockton  streets,  San  Francisco.    Telephone  No.  153. 

Fine  turnouts  kept  especially  for  calling.  Also  rockaways,  buggies  and 
vehicles  of  every  description  at  reduced  rates. 

CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS. 

BE  CONSISTENT.  Ride  only  in  an  omniLus,  never  in  an 
electric  car,  so  long  as  you  make  your  horse  use  one  of  those 
old  style  Wad  Stuffed  Collars.    W.  DAVIS  <fc  SON  are  making 

THE  ANTI-WAD  COLLARS 
smooth  as  glass,  elastic  and  strong;  the  only  firm  on  the 
Coast  up  to  date  in  collars.  The  "MODERN  WONDER,"  the 
Fogelsang  Stuffer,  owned  by  them,  is  the  only  one  in  Cali- 
fornia. No  skill  ever  jet  devised  can  equal  it.  Whips, 
Harness,  Robes,  Saddles,  Leather.  Wholesale  and  retail. 
W.  DAVIS  &  SON,  41 0  Mark"     St. 


er  <*,,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LKTTKK. 


21 


SOME    MUNICIPAL    CANDIDATES. 

THK  failure  ol  th*»  Republican  Municipal  Convention  to  re- 
nominate John  I*.  Siebe  for  atMnoi  is  explainable  on  tbe 
ti tuple  ground  tbal  Mr.  tueoe  declined  to  be  *•  managed  '  or  to  in- 
dorse a  platform  which  every  one  knows  was  drafted  to  please 
tbe  ignorant  and  unthinking.  So  firm  was  his  conviction  that  the 
beat  citizens  approved  bis  course  that  he  decided  some  time  ago 
to  run  on  an  independent  ticket.  The  Non-Partisans,  aware  of  tbe 
failure  of  tbe  bosses  to  pot  a  collar  on  htm.  and  aware  also  of  th>> 
handsome  record  which  i.e  bad  made,  nominated  him  without 
opposition  and  without  his  solicitation,  and  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  he  will  be  elected.  The  care  and  intelligence  which  he  lias 
exercised  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  are  familiar  to  all.  !t  is- 
so  rare  a  happening  that  city  officers  have  kept  themselves  free 
from  temptation  that  when  one  bas  not  only  done  tbat  but  ha<> 
discharged  bis  duties  with  rare  intelligence  and  ability,  tbe  most 
intelligent  men  of  the  community  appreciate  his  worth  aud  are 
anxious  to  retain  him  in  office. 

PROBABLY  if  M.  C.  Haley,  the  present  County  Clerk,  had  not 
relied  so  fully  on  bis  record  he  would  have  made  a  strong 
fight  in  tbe  Democratic  Convention  for  re-nomination.  Being 
more  efficient  as  an  officer  than  as  a  politician,  be  rested  on  his 
laurels,  and  as  a  consequence  a  strong  opposition  in  tbe  interest 
of  an  opposing  candidate  developed  against  him.  Tbe  pressure 
of  his  prestige  won,  however,  and  he  received  tbe  nomination. 
On  the  heels  of  this  came  his  hearty  indorsement  by  the  Non- 
partisans, who  refused  to  believe  that  anything  could  be  urged 
against  him.  Thus  doubly  backed,  aud  supported  by  a  splendid 
official  record,  beseems  bound  to  win. 

THAT  both  tbe  Democratic  and  Non-Partisan  Municipal  Con- 
ventions should  have  nominated  A.  C.  Freese  for  re-election 
for  Public  Administrator  speaks  eloquently  for  his  record  and  for 
the  respect  and  confidence  he  bas  secured.  Experience  is  a  val- 
uable qualification  in  an  office  of  so  great  importance,  and  Mr. 
Freese  has  acquired  it  at  tbe  expense  of  time  which  he  might 
have  employed  to  his  private  advantage. 

THE  determined  efforts  to  browbeat  tbe  Democratic  Municipal 
Convention  into  defeating  Judge  Levy  for  the  re-nomination 
for  Superior  Judge  were  treated  with  the  contempt  which  they 
deeerved,  and  the  nomination  was  made.  It  was  to  have  been 
expected  that  a  Judge  of  tbe  aggressiveness  and  independence  of 
Judge  Levy  would  make  enemies  in  certain  quarters. 

THE  nomination  of  Judge  Joacbimson  for  re-election  as  Police 
Judge  has  been  made  by  ootb  tbe  Non-Partisan  and  Repub- 
lican Conventions  As  one  of  tbe  very  few  regular  party  nom- 
inees who  have  been  endorsed  by  the  Non-Partisaus,  Judge 
Joachimson  occupies  an  interesting  and  conspicuous  position, 
which  fidelity  and  intelligence  alone  could  have  secured. 

THE  re-nomination  of  H.  T.  Creswell  for  City  aDd  County  At- 
torney by  the  Democratic  Municipal  Convention  was  a  just 
recognition  of  merit.  None  can  deny  that  Mr.  Creswell  has 
acquitted  himself  handsomely  in  bis  position  in  the  past,  and  all 
will  agree  that  his  record  entitles  him  to  a  continuance  in  the 
office. 


LITERARY    NOTES. 


A  STRANGE  little  brochure  is  that  entitled  (with  apparent  ir- 
reverence) "The  Evolution  of  God  and  the  Apotheosis  of 
Man,"  by  Emma  R.  Endres.  Mrs.  Entires  is  an  accomplished 
newspaper  writer,  and  this  effort  shows  her  in  a  new  light.  The 
little  book  is  in  verse,  tbe  burden  of  tbe  argument  being  tbat  God 
is  evolved  from  man.  This  is  put  quite  elaborately  and  with  true 
poetic  fire,  and  is  in  reality  a  plea  for  that  righteousness  of  con- 
duct which  enables  all  tbal  is  divine  in  a  man  to  be  evolved  into 
a  controlling  force.  ^^^^ 

Current  Literature  for  October  is  so  filled  with  good  things  from 
cover  to  cover  that  even  a  summary  of  its  special  features  is  diffi- 
cult. Conspicuous  in  the  October  number  is:  "  The  Richest  Man 
in  the  Whole  World ;  "  "  The  Deemster's  Confession,"  a  dramatic 
court-room  scene  from  Hall  Caines'  new  novel,  "The  Manxman;" 
"  The  Dance  in  the  Moonlight,"  the  story  of  a  premiere  danseuse 
who  gives  a  skirt  dance  before  a  band  of  robbers;  "Captain 
Timar's  Ruse,"  by  Maurus  Jokai,  the  great  Hungarian  novelist; 
"An  Inheritance  of  Dishonor,"  a  sketch  from  a  novel  by  Joanna 
E.  Wood ,  a  new  Canadian  author  to  whom  Current  Literatut  e  gives 
most  enthusiastic  praise.  The  poetry,  always  of  the  highest  or- 
der, numbers  forty-four  poems  by  the  best  living  poets. 


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most  beautiful  woman  in  literature." 


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ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Opliir  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  prlucipal  place  of  business—  dan  Francisco,  California.  Loca 
Hon  of  works— Virginia  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  tbat  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  tbe  Fifth  day  of  September  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  G3)  of  Twenty- 
five  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  tbe 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
San  Francisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  Ninth  Day  ol  October.  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction:  and  unless  payment  Is  made  be- 
fore, will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  29th  day  of  October,  I8y4,  to  pay  the  de- 
linquent assessineut,  together  with  costs   of    advertising  aud    expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.   B.   HOLMES.  Secretary. 

Office—Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

.  ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 

Alta  Silver  Mining    Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Twelfth  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  47)  of  Ten  cents 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  33,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Wednesday,  the  17th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  WED.nESDAY,  the  7th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  33,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Belcher  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  tbe  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  Friday,  the  Fourteenth  day  of  September,  a.  d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
49)  of  Twenty-five  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  Build- 
ing, northeast  corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  18th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  Is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  Sth  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent,"  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors, 

C.  L.  PERKINS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  building,  northeast  cor.  Bush  and 
Montgomery  streets.  San  Fraocisco,  Cal. _____ 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Golden  Eagle  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  »>i  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Devil's  Ga'e  Mining  Dif-trict,  J  yon  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meetii  g  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  15th  day  of  Sep  em b  r.  1894.  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of  Fifteen  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upmi  tbe  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  Utiit«  d  Slates  gold  coin,  to  tbe  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  16  ft  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  tale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  5  h  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  witb  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    Bv  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.  E.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Utah  Consolidated.  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  'JSih  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  20)  of  Five 
(51  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation, 
payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  company,  room  58,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  streets,  San 
Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  First  Day  of  November,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  20th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pey 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together   with  the  costs  of  advertising  and 
expenses  of  sale,    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors . 

A.  W.  HAVEN,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  rs,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETT  Jilt 


October  6,  18*4. 


WHILE  there  has  not  been  anything  very  pronounced  in  the 
way  of  festivity  this  week,  there  has  been  enough  doing  in 
one  way  or  another  to  keep  people  pleasantly  occupied;  as,  for  in- 
stance, on  Monday  our  Jewish  residents  kept  open  house,  making  and 
receiving  calls  during  the  day  and  evening;  on  Tuesday  Mr.  and  Mrs  . 
Charles  Hadenfeldt  celebrated  their  silver  wedding  anniversary  by 
a  reception  in  the  afternoon  and  evening  at  their  residence  on  Fill- 
more street;  on  Wednesday  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Tay  held  the 
first  of  their  receptions,  which  are  to  be  given  every  Wednesday  dur- 
ing October,  at  their  home  on  Fulton  street;  on  Thursday  evening 
Dr.  Greenleaf,  U.  S.  A.,  gave  a  very  interesting  lecture  on  -'The  Red 
Cross"  at  the  rooms  of  the  Mercantile  Library  Association,  on  Van 
Ness  avenue;  this  afternoon  a  tea  will  be  given  by  Mrs.  F.  L.  "Whit- 
ney at  her  residence  on  the  corner  of  Laguna  and  Sacramento  street  s, 
in  aid  of  the  Nathaniel  Grey  Free  Kindergarten,  at  which  a  number 
of  our  society  buds  will  assist,  and  this  evening  there  will  be  a  dance 
at  the  San  Francisco  Yacht  Club  house  in  Sausalito. 

Although  there  are  some  who  seem  inclined  to  doubt  that  t'ie 
coming  season  is  to  be  a  gay  one  in  San  Francisco,  there  are  others, 
and  a  large  majority,  too,  who,  regarding  everything  as  rose-colored, 
say  that  it  will  be  one  of  the  pleasantest  known  for  several  years. 
The  tea  season  may  be  said  to  have  been  pleasantly  inaugurated  by 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Coleman,  who  chose  that  mode  of  entertaining  her  friends 
in  honor  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Jennings,  who  is  paying  her  a  visit  at 
present;  and  Mrs.  C.  V.  S.  Gibbs  will  give  a  tea  to-day  in  honor  of 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Stafford,  who  has  been  her  guest  for  several 
months,  and  who  is  on  the  eve  of  departure  with  her  husband, 
Lieutenant  Stafford,  for  the  military  post  at  which  he  is  now  sta- 
tioned. The  cotillion  season  promises  well;  the  Entre  Nous  Club 
has  announced  the  opening  dance  of  its  season,  which  will  take  place 
in  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel  on  the  evening  of  the  2Gih, 
and  the  Friday  Night  cotillion  dances  are  also  a  settled  fact,  and 
though  the  dates  are  not  yet  announced  there  are  to  be  five  of  these 
charming  re-unions.        

The  coming  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  was  taken  advantage 
of  by  the  military  to  do  a  little  entertaining  in  his  honor,  chief 
among  the  dinners  being  those  given  by  Colonel  Shafter,  and  by 
Colonel  J.  G.  C.  Lee  at  the  Pacific-Union  Club  on  Friday  evening,  at 
the  conclusion  of  which  the  Secretary's  party  left  by  special  train  for 
Monterey,  where  he  spent  Saturday  at  Del  Monte,  and  on  Sunday 
visited  Benicia.  The  ladies  at  the  Presidio  made  the  review  held  at 
that  post  on  Friday  the  occasion  for  entertaining  friends  from  town 
at  luncheons,  previous  to  witnessing  the  evolutions  of  the  troops  in 
the  field,  and  then  followed  a  reception  at  General  Graham's  quarters 
on  the  reservation. 

Weddings  were  the  rule  last  month,  but  it  is  not  often  that  a  month 
closes  with  two  like  events,  both  of  them  of  importance  in  the  social 
world,  happening  together,  so  to  speak.  The  wedding  of  Miss  Maud 
Treadwell  and  James  Nolan  was  solemnized  on  Saturday  morning 
at  the  Nolan  residence,  on  Golden  Gate  avenue,  Archbishop  Riordan 
tying  the  nuptial  knot.  The  house  was  charmingly  decorated  with 
liowers  and  foliage,  and  following  the  ceremony  a  handsome  break- 
fast was  partaken  of  by  the  assembled  guests,  and  later  in  the  day 
the  newly  wedded  pair  departed  on  a  honeymoon  trip  to  the  Sand- 
wich Islands.  The  bride  looked  remarkably  well  in  a  gown  of  white 
soie  de  chine,  brocaded  in  pink  rosebuds,  with  a  bodice  of  pale  green 
chiffon  trimmed  with  green  velvet,  and  wore  a  diamond  and  emerald 
pin  in  her  dark  hair.  Her  sister,  Miss  Thalia  Treadwell,  who  was 
maid  of  honor,  was  gowned  in  pale  yellow  brocade  trimmed  with  vio- 
let velvet  ribbons. 


In  the  evening  the  Dimond  residence  was  filled  with  a  throng  of 
guests,  who  were  bidden  to  the  reception  held  by  General  Dimond  in 
honor  of  both  his  daughters,  the  marriage  of  Miss  Mae  Dimond  and 
Joe  Tobin,  at  which  Archbishop  Riordan  officiated  also,  preceding 
it.  The  decorations  were  profuse  and  beautiful,  and  a  sumptuous 
supper  was  served  in  a  specially  built  room.  The  presents  were  very 
numerous  and  of  great  value,  including  almost  everything  imagina- 
ble in  silver,  glass,  china,  bric-a-brac,  etc.  On  Sunday  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Tobin  started  Eastward  on  a  honeymoon  trip,  from  which  they 
are  not  expected  to  return  for  two  months. 

A  wedding  of  the  near  future  of  interest  to  California  is  that  of  Miss 
Blanche  Verdenal,  whose  marriage  with  Mr.  Grey,  of  Fresno,  is  an- 
nounced to  take  place  in  New  York  city,  thepresent  home  of  the  Ver- 
denals,  about  the  last  week  in  November. 


The  marriage  of  Miss  Hope  Ellis  and  Robert  Sherwood,  which  was 
solemnized  at  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Marysville.  lastweek,  came  as 
a  complete  surprise  to  her  many  friends  in  San  Francisco,  who  were 
looking  forward  to  her  appearance  here  this  winter  as  one  of  the 
belles  of  the  season,  a  position  she  has  so  often  held  heretofore. 
Their  pleasure  is.  however,  very  great  at  the  prospect  of  having  her 
with  them  permanently  as  a  young  matron. 


Awarded  Highesl   Honors  World's  Fair. 

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Baking 
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Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40   years  the   Standard. 

The  chief  wedding  of  interest  this  we^k  took  place  at  the  Simpson 
Memorial  Church  at  noon  on  Wednesday  last,  when  Miss  Fanny 
Kennedy  and  Sewell  B.  Bogart  were  the  bride  and  groom.  The 
church  was  prettily  decorated  with  foliage  and  festoons  of  smilax, 
and  during  the  ceremony,  which  was  performed  by  the  Reverend 
Mr.  Gibson,  the  bridal  party  stood  beneath  a  wedding  bell  of  white 
marguerites  suspended  from  a  graceful  arch  composed  of  sniilax  and 
fern  leaves.  The  bride  wore  a  costume  of  gray  silk,  a  gray  hat  wi'h 
white  ostrich  plume?,  and  carried  a  bouquet  of  bridal  roses.  Miss 
Edith  Kennedy,  who  was  her  sister's  maid  cf  honor,  wore  a  gown  of 
blue  silk  trimmed  with  white  lace,  and  hat  to  correspond.  The 
groom's  brother,  Andrew,  supported  him  as  best  man.  Following 
the  church  ceremony  there  was  a  wedding  breakfast  at  the  Kennedy 
residence,  and  later  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bogart  left  home  for  Del  Monte  to 
spend  their  honeymoon. 

This  is  the  wedding  day  of  Miss  Beth  Sperry,  whose  marriage  to 
Prince  Poniatowski  will  take  place  at  the  Hotel  d'Abbe,  in  Paris,  at 
noon  in  the  presence  of  almost  as  large  a  family  gathering  as  if  it  had 
been  celebrated  in  California. 


Next  Wednesday  Mrs.  Belle  Donahue  and  R.  H.  Sprague  will  be 
united  at  the  residence  of  Judge  Wallace,  on  Van  Ness  avenue,  at 
which  ceremony  few  outside  the  family  will  "  assist."  owing  to  the 
recent  death  of  the  bride's  sister,  Miss  Marguerite  Wallace. 


From  Oakland  conies  the  announcement  of  Miss  Maud  Russell's 
engagement  to  Howard  E.  Robbins.  and  both  parties  are  quite  well- 
known  in  San  Francisco  society  circles.  Among  the  engagements 
made  known  on  this  side  of  the  bay  are  those  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Gill 
and  Dr.  Henry  Sanderson,  and  of  Miss  Florence  Reed  and  J.  H. 
Toler,  of  Cheshire,  England. 


The  most  interesting  announcement  of  the  week  is  that  of  the  en- 
gagement of  Miss  Lillian  Miles  to  Lieutenant  Kilbourne.  Miss  Miles, 
who  is  the  daughter  of  Inspector-General  Miles,  has  been  a  great  fav- 
orite in  our  social  world  for  the  past  year  and  is  the  most  popular  of 
the  "  army  belles  "  whose  fathers  are  now  stationed  in  this  vicinity; 
it  is  hoped  that  her  marriage  will  not  remove  her  from  San  Francisco. 


The  musicale  at  Mrs.  Sabin's,  in  aid  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church, 
last  Friday  evening  was  one  of  the  successes  of  the  season.  The  pro- 
gramme was  a  good  one,  well  carried  out,  and  the  attendance  was 
very  large.  Another  successful  charity  entertainment  took  place  the 
same  evening  at  the  California-Street  Methodist  Church,  where  "  The 
Flags  of  All  Nations  "  was  the  title  chosen  for  a  programme  of  musical 
selections  which  were  well-rendered  to  a  very  large  audience. 

Professor  Adelstein  arrived  in  Yokohama  on  September  loth,  and 
will  spend  some  time  in  Japan  before  proceeding  to  China. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY   CHAMPAGNE, 

Kor  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.   B.  CHAPMAN,  Bole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coaat, 

313     California  Street. 


•>r  6,  1894. 


SAN  ri;\\i  [SCO  NEWS  LETTEP 


23 


The  second  hop  of  the  sum  tun  season  took  place  at  the  Pmldtoon 
fucsdav  evening,  and  was  rather  larger  than  the  previous  one, 
aUboojrh  the  guests  were  chiefly  army  people,  with  quite  a  sprluk- 

ling  of  our  city  belles  from  nvilmn  circles.     U  w.i-  voted  a  charming 
affair. 


The  departure  of  the  Mines  Iluhart  on   Tuesday    last    for  a  trip  to 

New  York  isregar.i.  -ive  calamity  hy    onr  atmiseninil-l<>v- 

Ing  B8l  of  youtig  people,  aa  seldom  u  week  passed  without  a  gay  doing 
of  some  kind  being  undertaken  by  them  to  give  pleasure  to  their 
friends.  It  if  a  satisfaction  to  those  who  are  left  behind  to  know 
that  the  young  ladies  will  be  back  with  them  inside  of  three  months. 
and  that  there  are  gaieties  innumerable  In  store  for  them  at  the  big 
bouse  on  Van  Ness  avenue  during  the  Coming  winter  season. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oelrichs,  accompanied  by  Miss  Birdie  Fair,  arrived 

from  the  Kast  on  Tuesday  last, and  now  entertainments  in  their  honor 
are  in  order.  Several  are  said  to  be  already  arranged,  and  Miss 
.Jennie  111  air  is  to  have  the  honor  of  opening  the  ball.  Judging  the 
future  by  the  past,  what  a  surfeit  of  good  things  awaits  them  during 
their  visit,  which  will  last  several  weeks. 


The  very  unexpected  advent  of  the  rainy  season  last  Saturday  has 
somewhat  hastened  the  return  to  town  of  some  of  those  laggards 
who  are  among  the  last  to  leave  the  country  for  the  closer  quarters 
of  city  life.  Among  the  arrivals  in  town  this  week  are  the  Frank 
Sullivans,  from  Santa  Cruz,  and  I>r.  and  Mrs.  Barkan.from  Mill  Val- 
ley. Mrs.  and  Miss  Kuger  have  returned  from  the  Hotel  Vendome. 
at  San  Jose,  and  with  General  Iluger  are  at  the  Palace.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charlemagne  Toners,  of  Philadelphia,  have  been  guests  at  tho 
Palace  this  week.  General,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Dickenson  have  returned 
from  their  summer  quarters  atSausalito,  and  are  living  at  1012  Wash- 
ington street.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fisher  Ames  are  occupying  their  new 
home,  2232  Broadway.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Crooks  have  arrived  from 
Chicago,  and  are  at  the  Richelieu.  Mrs.  W.  T.  Coleman  and  her 
sons,  Carleton  and  Robert,  are  at  the  Occidental.  Mrs.  Fred  Low 
and  Miss  Flora  are  at  Del  Monte. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Percy  Moore  are  settled  in  their  new  quarters  on 
California  street,  near  Pierce;  so  also  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
Moore,  with  whom  Mrs.  Moore's  mother,  Mrs.  Barreda,  is  spending 
the  winter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Claus  Spreckels  and  Miss  Emma,  who  have  been 
abroad  for  several  mouths,  reached  New  York  on  their  return  last 
week,  and  will  soon  be  at  home  again  in  San  Francisco. 

The  charming  young  heiress,  Miss  Hal  Floyd,  who  always  passes 
the  summer  months  in  California,  returned  to  New  Orleans  last 
week,  where  she  will  remain  all  winter.  Her  cousin,  Miss  Matthews, 
accompanied  her.  That  most  untiring  wanderer,  Mrs.  Henley  Smith, 
has  departed  again,  this  time  for  Baltimore,  where  she  will  make 
quite  a  visit  to  her  family.  Her  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Bayard  Smith, 
accompanied  her  East  last  Saturday. 

A  most  delightful  social  event  was  a  reception  held  in  the  spacious 
Guild  Rooms  of  Trinity  Church  on  Thursday  afternoon,  the  occasion 
being  the  inauguration  of  St.  Felicia  Guild— a  new  charitable  associa- 
tion of  Trinity  Church— under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Deane. 
The.  artistically  decorated  table  was  as  beautifully  spread,  and 
both  the  arrangements  and  the  attendance  were  equally 
creditable  and  flattering  to  the  youthful  guild  and  its  leader. 
The  guild  is  composed  of  very  young  ladies,  its  special  object  being 
to  aid  the  Bishop  Armitage  Orphanage  for  Boys— one  of  the  best 
conducted  and  most  laudable  charitable  institutions  in  the  State. 
The  society  organized  with  twelve  charter  members,  and  any  young 
ladies  wishing  to  identify  themselves  with  the  good  work  will  be 
heartily  welcomed.  The  monthly  dues  have  been  made  hardly  more 
than  nominal,  the  main  contribution  consisting  in  actual  work  for 
the  orphan  boys. 

Berkshire  Typewriter  Papers  are  the  best.  Sample  books  furnished 

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large  consumers  on  application 
St..  sole  agents  for  California. 


Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man — saint  or  sinner — 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it— 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,   California  Market— 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage   pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the   boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
'  Californians  "  or  "Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 


THE  Episcopal  order  of  laymen,  recently  founded  in  New 
York,  may  possibly  flourish  In  the  effete  Kast,  but  it  certainty 
will  find  no  followers  among  the  young  men  of  California.  To 
become  a  member,  one  must  take  a  vow  of  poverty — that,  how- 
ever, is  not  an  insnperahle  obstacle— and  chastity. 


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SAX  FIUXCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  6,  18^4  . 


VI60R  of  MEN 

Easily,  Quickly,  Permanently  Restored. 

Weakness,  Nervousness, 
Debility,  and  all  tbe  train 

"  t  of  evils  from  early  errors  or 
later  excesses,  the  results  of 
overwork,  sickness,  worry, 
etc.  Fullstrengtn,devel- 
.    opment  and  tone  given  to 
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Vjate    improvement    seen. 
Failure  impossible.    2.00U  references.    Book, 
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SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO: 

Leave  i         From  Sep.'.  17,  1894.  I  Aebite 

7:00  a.  Atlantic  Express.  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 
7:00  a  Benicla,  Vs>caville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  P 
7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toea  and  *9anta  Rosa      6:15  p 

8:30  a  Niles.  San  Jose.  Stockton.  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 

andOroville  ...     4:15  p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
(  or  Yosemite).  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles.   Deming,   El  Paso.  New 

Orleans  and  East. 5:45  p 

9  0>a  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45  a. 

9:00  a  Marti  uez  and  Stockton  .....  10:45  a 

*9:f0A   Peters  and   Milton  ..  '7:15  P 

1*2:30  f  Niles,  San  fose  and  Livermore         8:45  a 
*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers  *9:00  p 

4:00  p  Martinez.  San  Ramon,  Val'ejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verauo,  and 

Santa  Rosa 9  15  a 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Laudiog, 
Marysville,  Oroville  aud  Sacra- 
mento   10:45a 

4:30  p.  Niles,  San  Jo«e.  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto.    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15  p 

&:00p.  Los  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa     Barbara  and 

Los  Angeles. ...     .  10-«*a 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 
6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose.-     ?-4-ca. 

t7:00P.  VallejO +7:45  P. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Exnress,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,  Redding,  Portland, 
Puget  Sound  and  East.  10:4  •  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose.  Los  Gatos,   Felton  and 

SantaCruz ...  1S:05  p 

3:15a.  Newark.  Uenterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek.  8anta 
Cruz  and  way  stations  6:20  p. 

•2:45  P  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose.  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and    principal   way 

stations    *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos.  9:50  a. 

"CoatrOivislon' Third  and  Townsend  Streets' 
•6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    "1:45  p. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPlnos, Santa  Cru«, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Way  Stations 6 :26  p. 

[9:47  a.  Palo  Alto  aud  Way  Stations 11:45  P 

1U:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  5:06p 

:i:45  a.   Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Crux,   Salinas,   Monterey, 

Pacific  Grove    .*10:40a. 

*3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5:10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6-30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35  a. 

1-11:45 p.   Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 
Stations .    t7:26p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SIS  FRAJCISCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *S  00  900*10  00  and  11  00  a.  m..  *12  30 
1100*200300*4  00500   and  *6  00  p.  m. 
From  OASUXD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

•6  00    *700    800*900  10  00  and  *11  00  a.  m. 

t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00   p.  M. 

a.  for  Morning.  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•Sundays  excepted.  tSaturdays  only. 

ISundaysonly. ____ 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER   COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


He  who  merely  knows  right  principles 
13  not  equal  to  him  who  loves  them. — Con- 
fucius, 

Such  as  our  motive  is  our  aim  must  be; 
if  this  be  servile,  that  can  ne'er  be  free. — 
Cow  per. 

Foe  of  the  soul  the  body  form  d  ith  take, 
for  sonl  is  form,  and  doth  the  body  make. 
— Spenser. 

Personal  liberty  is  the  right  to  act  with- 
out interference  witbin  the  limits  of  the 
law. — J.  Oerta. 

Much  learning  shows  how  little  mortals 
know;  much  wealth,  how  little  worldlings 
enjoy. — E.  Young. 

Force  roles  the  world — not  opinion;  but 
opinion  makes  use  of  force. — Pascal. 

A  man  of  integrity  will  never  listen  to 
any  plea  against  conscience Home 

Follow  light  and  do  the  right — for  man 
can  half  control  his  doom. — Tennyson. 

We  know  God  easily,  if  we  do  not  con- 
strain ourselves  to  define  him. — Joubert. 

The  commons.  fa:thful  to  their  system- 
remained  in  a  wise  and  ru^srerly  inacivitx  - 


nriDf  or  kII.lz   PRACTICAL 

PLATING  DYNAMO.ThemM- 

era  method,  osed  in  all  factories 

to  i-iue  new  goods.  Plates  gold. 

silv.  r,  nickel,  tie  ,  od  wictts. 

Ji-welrT,  table- wire,  bicycles  aud 

"■   metal  goods;  fine  oolfits  Tor 

nts;  different  sizes;  always 

■It;   no  battery:  nc   toy;  do 

perience;  no  limit  to  plating 

need-4;  a  great  mouer  tnakT 

W.  P.  HARRISON  &  CO.,  Clerk  No.  16,  Columbus.  Ohio. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m..  Sept  7,  22.  October 
7.   22      N«»V.  6,  21      Dec.  6,  21. 

For  British  Columbia  aud  Puget  Sound  ports 
September  17,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing  ■  Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley."  Wed- 
nesdays,, a  a.  m. 

For  Newpon,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports. 
evory  fourth  and  fifth  day.  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Fori  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Lot-  Angeles,  Eedondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav.  aUernntPlv  at  U.  A.  M. 

For  Eu*euada,  Magdalona  Bav  Bau  Jose  del 
Cabo^Mrtzatlau,  La  Hez  and  Gnaymas  (Mexico  , 
steamer  it    Paul,  10  a.  m  .  25th  of  each  mouth. 

Ticket  Ovpicb— Palace  Hotel.  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street 

GOOF  ALL.  PERKINS  A  CO..  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street.  San  Francisco 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOB  JAPAN   AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAJJ  STREETS,  at  3:  00  P.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Gaelic Tuesday,  Oct.  16.  1894 

Bklgic  ...  .  .Thursday,  Nov.  15.  1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)      Tuesday.   Dec   4,  1894 
Gaelic         .  .     .Monday,  December 24,  1894 

ROUND  TRIP   TICKETS  AT   REDUCED   RATES 

Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets.  San  Francisco 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  sau  Francisco. 

I     K.dUOUMAN.  Gen .  Pass.  Aet 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
9610.  Second  class, 
{350. 

<3     O.  S.  3.  Company's 
steamers  sail: 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  S. 
•  MARIPOSA," 
September  20, 2  p.  M. 
For      HONOLULU, 
8.  S.   "AUSTRALIA," 
Sept.  29,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  8treet. 
J.  D.  8PRECKELB  &  BROS.  CO.,    " 


f&>&* 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBUR0N  FERRY-Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK    DAYS-7:40.  9:20,  11:00  a.  k.;  1235  330 
5:10,    6:30    p.   m.    Thursdays— Extra   trip' at 
H™*-*'    s|Kurdays— Extra  trips  at  1  50  and 
11:30  p.  M. 

SUNDAYS-8:O0,  930. 11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3  30  5:00 
6:20  p.  if.  ' 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO 
WEEK  DAYS-6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11.10  a    i  -  12-45 

3:42,,5i0p'M-    s»'urdays— Extra  trips  at  1-55 
aud  6:30  p.  M. 

SUNDAY8-8:10,  9:40, 11:10  a.  m.:1:40,  340,  5:00 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park 
aame  schedule  as  above. 

Special  Saturday  to  Monday  Train  Service. 
SATURDAYS— Leave  San  Francisco  at  5T0  p  m  ■ 

arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  8:45  p.m. 
SUNDAYS — Leave  San  Francisco  at  5-00  p  at  ■ 

arrive  at  Cloverdale  at  S:38  p    x 
sCNDAYS— Leave  Cloverdale  at  6:45  a   m  ■  ar- 
„    nve  at  San  Francisco  at  10:40  a  m. 
MONDAYS-Leave  Cloverdale  at  5  00  a.  m  ■  ar- 
_  rive  at  San  Francisco  at  8:50  a.  m 


LbavbS.  F. 

Da'/?    Sundays,  ^.^ 


,    Iu  Effect 
•IAp'1  15, 1894. 


Aebivkin  8.  F. 


Sundays 


7:40a.  k. ,8:00a. x.  Novato 
3:30p.x.  9:30a.m  Petalums 
5:10p  ».|5:fKlp.n.    Santa  Rosa 


Kultou 
...    !    Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
8:O0a.x.  Geyserville.  7:30p.m 

Cloverdale      

I  Pieta,  Hop-     .     . 

land,  Ukiah. 


Week 
Days. 

10:40a.k,8:5Ca.  M 
e^p.MlO^OAM 
7-30p.v'6:15p.m 


7:40a.m 
3:30  p.  11 

7:40a. m.  8:uua.m 
>:10  P.H.  :5:00p.m 


10:30am 


6:15  pm 


:8:00a.  m.  Querneville  7:30p.m  JO^O** 
! J 6:lo  Pi 


Sonoma        1U:40a.m.  8:50am. 
Glen  Ellen.   6:05p.m   6:15pm. 


?S!i-M  I  8:0°A-"-j  Sebastopol.  10M0a.m;1O:3Oa  m 
3:30  p.m  I  5:00  p.m.!  ^       6j5pj^r5P.M 

Stages  connect  at  Santa  Rosa  for  Mark  West 

Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
springs.   Stewart's  Point,    Gualala  and    Point 

Stages  connect  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers 
irSi'S8i!.?,on,1lci  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs' 
Kelseyville,  Soda    Bay,  Lakeport  aud   Bartlett 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Sprinrs 
Saratoga  Springs,  Blue  Lakes,  Upper  like  Lake 
port,  Booneville,  Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  8prines 
Mendocino  City,  Fort  Bragg,  Usal  Wesrixm 
Cahto.  Willftt*    r.™n.    p?™„    STi  "„!??"■ 


Cahto,  Wimtt6/ca'p"e*lia,"po5m'o."p"rter  vXev 
r's,  Lively  s,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris 


John  Days,  ^u.c      s,   mmeuv 

Blocksburg,  Bridgeville,  Hvdesville  aud  Eureka 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Ticket"  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE- Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  O.  WHTTTNG, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X  RYAN. 
Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


General  Agte 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Thbouge  Link  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 

S.  S.  "Sau  Juau."  October  8,  1994 
S.  S.  "Colon,"  October  18, 1894. 
».  S.  "SauJo^e,"  October  29,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Acapulco,"  November  8,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Oct 

4, 1894.  at  3  P.  M. 

8.    B.    "City    of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25,  1894,  at  3  P.  M 
S.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.   6,  1894,  at 

s".  3.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reducea  rates. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


Plate  N».  7- 


5.  P.  News  Letter,  October  13,  1804. 


A   PROMOTER  OF  CALIFORNIA   INDUSTRIES. 


Pnc«   P«r  Copy,  to  Genu. 


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Vol.  XLIX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  OCTOBER  13,  IS 94. 


Number  15. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frkd 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Port-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  Tork  City  is  at  the  «<  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1.  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

Our  carUton  this  week  presents  Alvinza  Hay  ward  in  a  characteristic  atti- 
tude which  all  his  acquaintances  wilt  find  familiar.  This  remarkable 
man,  through  his  confi'lenre  in  the  gold  mines  of  California,  has  done 
more  than  any  other  individual  for  this  great  industry,  and  it  is  as  a  de- 
xeloyxr  if  mines  atid  a  fearless  Itacker  of  mining  enterprises  that  he  is  best 
known.  Bis  specialty  in  this  line  is  to  employ  his  great  wealth  in  putting 
struggling  mines  on  their  feet  and  enabling  them  to  yield  their  precious 
stores  to  thetr  full  capacity.  Hit  wonderful  achievement  in  the  Utiea 
mine  is  a  csrntpimous  instance,  but  only  one  of  many.  In  addition  he 
owns  several  large  buildings  in  San  Francisco,  is  tlte  principal  owner  of 
the  Oakland  Water  Works,  is  heavily  interested  hi  powder  manufacturing, 
is  one  of  the  largest  stockholders  and  bondholders  in  the  city,  and,  speak - 
ing  generally,  employs  all  his  remarkable  energy  and  great  wealth  in  de- 
veloping arid  advaiicitig  the  material  interests  of  the  community.  With  it 
all  he  has  those  qualities  of  character  which  bring  respect,  admiration,  and 
affection  to  strong  men. 

IF  the  Chronicle,  which  pretends  to  know  some  of  the  municipal 
candidates  whom  the  Liquor  Dealers'  Association  will  support, 
has  the  good  of  this  city  at  heart,  it  will  publish  the  list  of  candi- 
dates so  honored. 


MR8.  Charles  Russell  Lowell,  of  New  York,  evidently  never 
read  the  little  story  of  dame  Partington's  attempt  to  sweep 
back  the  Atlantic  ocean.  Mrs.  Lowell  seriously  proposes  to  re- 
form New  York  politics. 


WE  are  assured  the  McKinley  "has  been  nominated  for  Presi- 
dent in  every  State  through  which  he  has  passed."  It  ap- 
pears strange  that  whatever  nominated  him  did  not  at  the  same 
time  elect  him  and  have  done  with  it. 


SENATOR  HILL  declares  that  "a  duty  confronts"  him,  and 
that  be  «<  will  perform  it  as  God  gives  the  light  to  see  it." 
And  yet  Preacher  Parkhurst  would  have  the  pions  public  believe 
that  Hill  is  in  some  way  connected  wi;h  Tammany  and  the  devil 


WHILE  American  girls  are  paying  good,  bard  cash  for  the 
privilege  of  becoming  Ladies  and  Princesses,  a  Chicago  chap 
has  set  a  noble  example  to  his  young  compatriots  by  being  adopt- 
ed into  an  English  fortune  and  title.  Lord  Berry,  you  are  no 
goose.  Berry. 

IN  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  Salvation  Army  is  the  only  Christian 
organization  that  follows  the  Master's  teaching  and  example 
with  all  the  fidelity  of  which  human  nature  is  capable,  it  is  un- 
fortunate that  it  is  organized  under  a  name  which  stands  for  one 
of  the  things  most  repugnant  to  Christianity.  Of  course  its  use 
of  the  word  >•  army"  is  very  different  from  that  which  means  the 
contention  which  Jesus  decried  ;  but  that  does  not  justify  the  or- 
ganization in  giving  to  the  word  a  meaning  that  does  not  belong 
to  it  and  that  stands  for   murder  and  pillage. 


WHETHER  or  not  there  may  have  been  a  scheme  to  promote 
the  interests  of  any  contractor,  a  resolution  passed  by  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  prohibiting  basalt  pavements  in  level 
streets,  and  constructively  requiring  the  employment  of  bitumin- 
ous rock,  is  praiseworthy.  California  is  rich  in  this  superb  pav- 
ing material,  and  when  properly  laid  on  a  thick  base  of  concrete 
it  is  the  ideal  pavement.  It  is  not  asphalt,  which  has  to  be 
mixed  with  sand  or  pulverized  stone  before  it  can  be  used,  but  is 
sand  bound  with  bitumen,  and  probably  formed  in  past  ages  by 
the  infiltration  of  petroleum  through  sand  and  the  evaporation  of 
the  volatile  elements  of  the  oil,  leaving  a  residue  of  bitumen.  If 
very  heavily  compacted  when  laid,  by  rollers  vastly  heavier  tban 
any  that  8an  Francisco  possesses,  it  can  withstand  the  heaviest 
trucks,  and  the  reduction  which  it  makes  in  traction,  wear,  and 
noise  is  very  great. 


CONCURRENTLY  with  the  damning  disclosures  made  by  the 
Lexow  Committee  the  anti-Tammany  sentiment  of  New  York 
city  has  nominated  Colonel  M.  8.  Strong  for  Mayor.  He  is  an 
aggressive  and  popular  man,  and  under  the  circumstances  seems 
to  have  a  fair  chance  for  election. 


THE  farthest  reach  of  a  rich  American  girl's  ambition  would  be 
the  securing  of  a  scion  of  the  bouse  of  Battenberg  for  a  hus- 
band, as  it  is  said  that  Miss  Anna  Gould  is  trying  to  accomplish. 
It  is  no  wonder  t*iat  Queen  Victoria  is  panic-stricken  at  the  very 
thought  of  Prince  Francis  in  the  role  of  a  Poniatowski. 


THE  great  age  to  which  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  lived  illus- 
trates, as  it  does  in  many  other  conspicuous  cases — notably 
Gladstone  and  Bismarck — that  severe  and  constant  mental  work, 
even  when  accompanied  with  tremendous  responsibilities  and 
anxieties,  need  not  shorten  life  by  exhaustion  of  nervous  force. 
It  is  self-indulgence  that  kills. 

CONGRESSMAN  Wilson,  of  tariff  fame,  on  his  return  the  other 
day  from  a  short  visit  to  London,  dropped  this  memorable  re- 
mark: "Trusts,  as  we  know  them,  cannot  exist  in  Great  Britain. 
Where  the  world  is  free  to  compete,  no  trust  can  corner  the  mar- 
ket." As  a  protective  tariff  is  a  nursery  tor  trusts,  will  those 
distinguished  statesmen,  ex-Governor  McKinley  and  would-be 
Governor  Estee,  kindly  inform  us  whether  trusts  are  more  bene- 
ficial to  the  people  than  a  tariff  sufficiently  low  to  make  them  im- 
possible? 

A  FEW  days  ago  the  Examiner,  in  pursuit  of  its  usual  menda- 
cious and  sensational  course,  published  a  thrilling  piece  of 
news  concerning  the  withdrawal  of  Mrs.  Ellen  R.  Fife  as  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  Luning  Company,  and  reflecting  seriously 
upon  the  conduct  of  George  Whittell  as  the  cause  of  her  action. 
Immediately  upon  the  appearance  of  that  article,  both  Mrs.  Fife 
and  her  brother,  Oscar  Luning,  addressed  letters  to  the  Examiner 
denying  the  truth  of  its  charges,  but  of  course  that  journal  re- 
fused to  publish  them  and  thereby  confess  that  it  had  been 
grossly  in  error.  These  letters  appear  in  another  part  of  this  issue. 


A  COMMITTEE  composed  of  the  anti-Hill,  anti-Tammany 
Democrats  who  were  unseated  at  the  Saratoga  convention, 
has  nominated  Everett  P.  Wheeler  for  Governor  of  New  York 
and  indorsed  the  other  regular  nominations.  Wheeler  is  a  strong 
man  and  comes  from  the  old  County  Democracy.  Before  this 
cloud  had  burst  Hill  tardily  and  lugubriously  accepted  the  nom- 
ination. He  has  now  lost  bis  place  in  national  politics,  and  there 
appears  to  be  little  reason  for  his  hope  to  be  Governor.  All  of 
which  shows  that  Tammany  is  not  the  Democratic  party  of  New 
York  State,  and  that  no  Democrat  wboopposes  Cleveland  can  ex- 
pect anything  but  defeat  and  obscurity. 

A  REMARKABLE  case  is  reported  from  Chicago.  One  barber 
cut  another  in  the  arm  with  a  razor,  the  wounded  man  died 
of  a  hemorrhage,  and  the  slayer,  when  charged  with  murder, 
pleaded  guilty.  The  man's  apparent  willingness  to  be  hanged 
without  a  trial  was  so  singular  that  the  Judge,  after  examining 
into  the  case,  found  not  only  that  the  wounded  man's  life  might 
have  been  saved  if  he  had  been  properly  treated  at  the  hospital 
but  that  be  bad  made  threats  to  kill  bis  slayer.  He  accordingly 
discharged  the  prisoner.  The  only  apparent  explanation  of  the 
slayer's  conduct  is  remorse.  In  any  event,  the  case  is  extraordi- 
nary, and  should  receive  the  attention  of  a  playwright. 

JUDGE  SCOTT,  of  Omaha,  is  another  one  of  those  pompous- 
minded  occupants  of  the  bench,  unfortunately  too  numerous, 
who  affect  to  believe  that  judges,  like  popes,  are  infallible  and 
that  their  conduct  is  not  at  any  time  a  proper  subject  for  criti- 
cism. The  Scott  person,  assuming  an  authority  with  which  the 
law  has  nowhere  invested  him,  has  seen  fit  to  catechise  applicants 
for  citizenship  as  to  their  religious  beliefs;  and  the  editor  of  the 
Bee,  from  whom  Judge  Scott  might  profitably  take  a  few  lessons 
upon  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution,  has  been  haled  before 
his  Dishonor  for  contempt  in  having  objected  to  his  judicial 
methods.  It  is  always  to  be  observed  that  impeccable  jndges  are 
petty  and  malignant  tyrants.  There  should  be  no  room  in  this 
country  for  the  Scotts  of  the  bench.  They  should  all  be  deported 
to  China,  where,  as  heads  of  provinces,  they  could  persecute  at 
their  own  sweet  will. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  13,  1894. 


A    SHOCKINGLY    CORRUPT    POLICE. 


THE  revelations  of  police  corruption  being  made  before  the 
Lexow  committee  sitting  in  New  York  are  simply  appalling. 
They  betray  a  condition  of  things  that  has  no  parallel  in  history 
that  we  are  acquainted  with.  Partners  in  the  gaiDS  that  come 
from  the  vices  and  crimes  of  a  great  city,  the  police  of  New  York 
are  an  aid,  comfort,  and  protection  to  evil-doers  and  a  menace 
only  to  honest  men  with  courage  enough  to  denounce  publicly  an 
alliance  they  have  long  been  powerless  to  break:  up.  The  proofs 
have  at  last  been  produced — and  they  are  unanswerable  and  over- 
whelming— that  are  stirring  New  York  as  the  Empire  City  was 
never  before  stirred  in  its  whole  history.  Even  the  exposures  of 
the  gigantic  thefts  of  Tweed  and  his  gang,  exciting  as  they  were, 
did  not  rouse  the  righteous  indignation  of  good  citizens  to  the 
extent  that  is  now  being  felt  and  expressed  in  regard  to  the  terri- 
ble revelations  that  are  daily  being  mads  before  the  legislative 
committee  that  has  charge  of  the  New  York  police  investigation. 
It  Is  now  seen  that  the  department  is  unspeakably  corrupt  from 
bottom  to  top,  and  that  nothing  short  of  reforming  the  present 
organization  entirely  out  of  official  existence  will  meet  the  exig- 
ency of  the  case.  But  how  that  is  to  be  accomplished  is  the  diffi- 
culty. The  existing  police  commission  is  made  up  of  four  men  of 
fair  repute  in  the  community,  two  of  whom  are  required  by  law 
to  be  Democrats  and  two  Republicans.  This  »  bi-partisan  com- 
mission," as  it  is  called,  was  created  with  a  view  to  relax  Tam- 
many's grip  on  police  appointments  and  on  police  management 
generally.  But  it  has  not  worked  that  way.  in  point  of  fact,  it 
has  greatly  strengthened  the  power  of  the  Tammany  bosses  and 
of  their  allies  in  the  opposite  political  party.  Croke.r  "fixed 
things  "  with  Piatt,  and  they  together  named  the  whole  commis- 
sion, which  became  the  stronger  for  evil  because  of  its  having  the 
sanction  of  the  leaders  of  both  political  parties.  It  did  tbeir  bid- 
ding whatever  that  might  happen  to  be,  and,  it  appears,  did  not 
esteem  the  doing  of  it  incompatible  with  public  duty  or  private 
respectability.  It  happens  that  a  constitutional  convention  has 
been  sitting  in  the  State  that  has  adopted  amendments  which 
practically  inhibit  the  Legislature  interfering  in  any  manner  with 
what  is  called  "  Home  Rule  "  in  the  government  of  the  city. 
Those  amendments  are  likely  to  be  approved  at  the  polls  next 
month,  and,  in  that  case,  no  possible  way  remains  to  reform  the 
police  that  Tammany  and  the  bosses  do  not  approve  of;  unless, 
indeed,  the  non-partisan  movement  recently  organized  come  out 
ahead  at  the  forthcoming  election,  which  in  New  York  is  very 
unlikely  to  happen.  Thus  it  comeB  that  the  largest,  wealthiest, 
and  most  powerful  city  in  the  United  States  finds  itself  face  to 
face  with  a  very  grave  problem  for  which  there  is  no  apparent 
solution.  How  to  get  rid  of  an  orgauized  police  force  that,  by 
means  of  vile  and  wholesale  corruption,  is  sappiog  the  very  foun- 
dations of  decent  society,  is  a  difficulty  which,  strange  as  it  may 
seem,  nut  all  the  wealth  and  genius  of  the  greatest  of  our  cities 
are  able  at  this  moment  to  overcome. 

In  all  this  there  is  at  once  a  lesson  and  a  warning  for  our  own 
Queen  City  of  the  Pacific.  We,  too,  have  a  police  that  is  not  all 
it  ought  to  be.  Indeed,  there  are  pretty  shrewd  observers  who 
say  that  it  is  as  alike  the  New  York  force  as  are  two  peas.  The 
conditions  here  and  there  are  very  similar.  Both  forces  are  ap 
pointed  and  kept  in  office  by  commissions  that  are  beyond  the 
influence  and  reach  of  public  opinion.  Superintendent  Byrnes 
has  not  been  believed  to  be  a  corrupt  man,  but  the  evidence  id 
convincing  that,  if  he  did  not  participate  in  the  prevailing  wrong- 
doing, he  either  winked  at  it  or  was  the  blindest  man  in  New 
York;  in  either  of  which  cases  he  is  of  course  unfit  for  the  re- 
sponsible position  he  holds.  Pretty  much  the  same  thing  has 
often  been  said  of  our  own  Chief  of  Police.  When  the  investiga- 
tion has  proceeded  but  a  short  time  the  evidence  adduced  told 
only  against  the  captains,  sergeants,  and  men  of  the  ordinary 
force;  whereat  Byrnes  vaunted  of  his  detectives,  and  said  that 
whilst  he  could  not  be  sure  of  men  on  distant  beats,  he  was  very 
certain  of  his  detective  officers,  as  tbey  were  directly  under  his 
own  supervision.  He  boasted  too  soon.  The  very  next  day  the 
eminent  counsel  who  appears  before  the  Laxow  committee 
opened  his  batteries  upon  the  detective  branch  of  the  service  and 
fairly  discounted  all  his  previous  disclosures.  Among  other 
things,  it  was  proved  that  the  Chief's  right-hand  man,  whilst  in 
office,  accumulated  wealth  that  he  accounted  for  in  a  way  too 
thin  for  anything.  Here,  as  there,  we  are  in  danger  of  new 
legislation  likely  to  place  the  police  still  further  beyond  reach. 
We  are  to  have  a  new  charter,  and  a  cunningly  devised  scheme 
is  to  be  hidden  away  in  it  by  which  our  police  force  is  to  be  made 
even  worse  than  it  is  and  given  perpetuity  of  tenure.  It  is  either 
to  do  that,  or  be  defeated  and  the  present  status  maintained. 
The  way  to  avert  both  calamities,  we  are  persuaded,  is  to  elect 
the  Non-Partisan  Board  of  Freeholders.  We  know  whereof  we 
speak  when  we  say  that  the  joint  production  of  Rainey  and 
Burns  was  constructed  with  a  view  to  being  usable,  and  there- 
fore mischievous  from  the  standpoint  of  public  safety.  A  new 
charter  is  very  desirable,  but  it  must  be  one  that  does  not  shut 
the  door  against  police  reform.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind,  at 
the  same  time,  that  interests  equally  as  grave  as  those  which  af- 
fect the  police  department  are  at  stake,  and  that  those  who  may 
prove  good  citizens  in  one  direction  are  trustworthy  further. 


THE    MUNICIPAL    ELECTION. 

ALL  things  being  equal,  a  municipal  ticket  selected  by  earnest 
business  men,  who  are  disgusted  with  boss  rule  and  whose 
pockets  have  been  made  to  suffer  by  its  iniquities,  should  com- 
mand the  respect  and  support  of  all  good  citizens.  There  are  five 
distinct  and  regularly  nominated  tickets,  and  the  situation  is  so 
complicated  as  to  confuse  those  who  have  not  the  time  or  inclin- 
ation to  make  such  inquiries  as  will  enable  them  to  arrive  at  an 
intelligent  conclusion.  A  little  reflection  will  disclose  the  fact 
that  the  situation  is  not  so  complicated  after  all.  It  is  as  easy, 
for  instance,  to  pick  out  the  men  who  have  axes  to  grind  as  it  is 
to  identify  those  who  have  been  selected  by  the  bosses  and  who 
may  be  depended  on  to  continue  the  corrupt  practices  which 
have  disgraced  the  city  and  held  a  check  upon  Us  progress. 
There  can  be  no  doubt,  for  instance,  that  Adolph  Sntro,  the  Ex- 
aminer's candidate  for  Mayor,  has  formed  a  combination  with 
that  journal  to  gratify  a  vindictive  spite  and  further  distend  his 
already  bursting  pockets  by  using  the  people's  money  to  bring 
his  outlying  property  into  the  market.  Through  all  the  clamor 
of  the  campaign  there  stands  forth  the  good  old  rule  that  when  a 
man  has  been  tried  and  found  faithful  it  is  the  best  policy  to  relain 
him,  for  besides  having  proved  his  worth  he  has  acquired  a  most 
valuable  experience.  No  mistake  could  be  made,  for  instance,  in 
the  re-election  of  John  D.  Siebe  as  Assessor,  his  repudiation  by  the 
bosses  being  as  eloquent  a  recommendation  as  his  record  for  the  up- 
right and  intelligent  conduct  of  his  office.  W.  8.  Barnes,  candidate 
for  City  Attorney,  should  receive  generous  support  as  a  recognition 
of  the  ability  and  cleanness  with  which  he  has  filled  the  office  in 
the  past.  In  the  same  category  is  Henry  T.  Creswell,  re-nomi- 
nated for  City  and  County  Attorney.  The  great  legal  interests  of 
the  city  require  a  man  of  just  such  experience,  ability,  and  in- 
dustry as  Mr.  Creswell  possesses.  Judge  Walter  H.  Levy  is  an- 
other re-nominated  candidate  who  has  been  thoroughly  tested  on 
the  Superior  Court  bench  and  who  has  earned  re-election.  Police 
Judge  H.  L.  Joachimson  deserved  a  similar  reward  for  his  faith- 
ful services.  William  Broderick,  the  present  Auditor,  and  M.  C. 
Haley,  the  present  City  Clerk,  also  have  amply  demonstrated 
their  fitness  for  their  offices,  for  which  they  have  been  renominated. 
A.  C.  Freese  is  another  faithful  officer  who  deserves  re-election, 
as  in  the  office  of  Public  Administrator  he  has  acquitted  himself 
admirably  and  earned  general  confidence.  Among  the  candidates 
who  are  not  incumbents  are  Charles  8.  Tilton  for  Surveyor,  and 
he  has  already  acquired  experience  and  demonstrated  his  worth  in 
that  office.  Of  the  candidates  for  Supervisor  it  is  clear  that  A.  B. 
Spreckels  should  be  elected  from  the  Tenth  Ward,  and  in  view  of 
the  scandals  in  the  School  Department  a  man  of  Hugh  Tevis's 
high  standing  and  clean  character  is  badly  needed.  On  the  State 
ticket  we  have  A.  Chesebrough  as  candidate  for  the  State  Board 
of  Equalization  from  this  district,  and  there  can  be  no  question 
tnat  San  Francisco  needs  such  a  man  in  that  Board  to  represent 
and  protect  its  interests.  As  Mayor,  Jefferson  G.  James  might  be 
depended  on  to  guard  the  city's  interests  with  intelligence  and 
fidelity,  having  that  plain,  business  wisdom  so  essential  to  the 
office.  James  McNab,  who  is  running  for  Sheriff,  is  backed  by  all 
the  leading  merchants  of  the  city,  and  this  is  the  result  of  their 
long  acquaintance  with  him  and  of  their  personal  knowledge  that 
no  better  man  for  the  place  could  be  found. 


AN    UNWISE    RESISTANCE. 

THOSE  Catholics  of  San  Francisco  who  have  organized  a  for- 
midable political  party  named  the  American  Liberal  League, 
to  defeat  the  candidates  of  the  American  Protective  Association 
in  the  approaching  election,  have  surrendered  the  right  to  de- 
nounce the  Association  as  an  un-American  and  religious-persecu- 
tion organization,  for  they  have  placed  themselves  in  whatever 
category  the  Association  belongs.  In  this  tbey  have  been  led  by 
the  Monitor,  the  personal  organ  of  the  Archbishop,  edited  by  a 
close  personal  coadjutor  of  his,  Father  Yorke,  a  young  man  of  un- 
common ability  and  combativeness.  That  paper  is  making  a 
crusade  of  extraordinary  bitterness  against  the  Association.  But 
we  cannot  believe  that  the  body  of  intelligent  Catholics  of  this 
city  indorse  a  movement  so  manifestly  unwise,  and  it  is  due  to 
them  and  the  public  at  large  that  Archbishop  Riordan  declare 
himself  directly  over  his  signature.  He  might,  with  profit  to  the 
great  church  over  which  he  presides,  heed  the  words  of  Dr. 
McGlynn,  who  recently  declared  that  he  believed  Catholics  them- 
selves to  be  responsible  in  a  degree  for  the  existence  of  the  A.  P. 
A..,  "pointing  to  the  tendency  of  many  Catholic  priests,  particu- 
larly those  of  foreign  birth,  to  discuss  some  public  questions 
with  religious  prejudices,"  and  he  called  on  Catholics  to  give  no 
heed  to  the  movement. 


THE  following  from  a  London  paper  might  serve  as  a  valuable 
hint  to  tbe  Legislature  of  California:  "The  prisoners  did  not 
seem  to  mind  the  imprisonment,  but  the  sentence  of  the  cat  ter- 
rified them.  Their  bravado  disappeared  and  they  whimpered  and 
cried  like  the  cowards  they  are.  The  cat  has  been  falling  some- 
what into  disuse  of  late  in  England,  and  the  severe  sentences  are 
provoking  considerable  discussion.  Most  of  the  comment  is 
strongly  in  favor  of  the  drastic  use  of  this  mode  of  punishment." 


.  1894. 


-  \  \    KRANCISCO    \  KWs  LKTTER. 


RAILWAYS     AND     WATERWAYS. 


THK  inevitable  Leeds,  of  the  Tramc  Association,  Is  on  <t«ok 
a*ain  with  hi.1*  ■•  competing"  railroad,  backed  by  his  usual 
newspapers.  Tbat  railroad  is  a  son  of  campaign  document.  Two 
years  ago  it  was  agitated,  and  pledges  were  sent  out  to  all  candi- 
dates for  tbe  Senate  and  Assembly  demanding  certain  legislation 
In  opposition  to  the  Southern  Pacific  "monopoly"  and  its  methods. 
A  good  many  rode  on  the  Leeds  hobby-horse  into  office,  and  that 
was  the  extent  of  it.  Now  a  more  bold  and  aggressive  move- 
ment is  on  foot  for  Ibis  campaign  to  construct  what  is  known  as 
tbe  6id  Francisco.  Stockton,  and  Bakersfietd  Railroad,  to  traverse 
the  San  Joaqutn  Valley,  already  covered  by  two  main  trunk 
line^  and  three  or  four  feeders  as  far  up  tbe  valley  as  I'oso.  in 
Kern  County.  At  the  same  time  the  people  of  Fresno,  Tulare,  Kings, 
and  Kern  counties,  who  are  the  ones  most  directly  concerned, 
and  tbe  ones  looking  for  relief  in  tbe  matter  of  cheap  transporta- 
tion, are  demanding  tbe  construction  of  a  deep-water  canal,  hav- 
ing no  confidence  in  tbe  Leeds  scheme  whatever.  The  canal 
project  seems  to  be  the  most  natural,  as  well  as  tbe  most  prac- 
tical. It  would  command  tbe  freight  business  of  tbe  central  and 
southern  part*  of  tbat  immense  and  productive  valley,  with  a 
terminus  at  deep  water  at  some  point  above  tbe  Straits  of  Car- 
quint  z.  and  would  be  a  perpetual  competitor  for  the  products  of 
tbat  section.  It  would  not  cost  any  more  to  construct  a  canal 
than  a  railroad,  it  would  be  less  expensive  to  equip,  and  the  cost 
of  operating  would  be  comparatively  nominal.  The  matter  of 
passenger  traffic  cuts  no  figure  in  the  scheme,  as  that  feature  of 
the  carrying  trade  is  seldom  profitable.  If  kept  out  of  the 
clutches  of  a  private  corporation  it  would  command  the  key  to 
the  transportation  problem  of  that  section  so  remote  from  the 
market.  On  the  other  hand,  a  parallel  road  through  the  valley 
would  be  a  losing  enterprise,  for  tbe  corporation  now  in  posses- 
sion of  the  territory,  backed  by  its  millions  of  capital,  could 
afford  to  carry  freight  at  a  loss  for  years,  and  eventually  freeze 
out  any  competing  lioe  that  could  be  built  at  the  very  lowest 
coat.  They  have  fortified  themselves  with  branch  lines  and 
spurs  that  tap  every  valuable  nook  and  corner  in  the  valley,  and 
any  company  or  corporation  that  may  undertake  to  build  and 
maintain  an  opposition  railroad  will  be  placed  at  a  great  disad- 
vantage. 

To  tne  minds  of  the  most  astute  business  men  of  that  locality, 
the  waterway  would  be  the  most  certain  to  bring  them  the  de- 
sired relief.  It  would  be  clearly  the  most  practicable  in  the  end. 
The  engineers  who  have  examined  the  proposed  route  in  con- 
junction with  the  water  supply  have  reported  that  it  is  alto- 
gether feasible,  and  the  earnest  and  active  citizens  of  Fresno, 
Tulare,  and  Kern  have  beard  the  aong  of  the  <<  competing  rail- 
road" so  often  at  critical  periods,  that  they  have  become  callous* 
and  are  not  now  losing  any  flesh  working  for  it  nor  any  patience 
in  expectancy.  In  other  words,  they  have  set  it  down  in  the 
list  of  amusements.  One  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Fresno, 
reflecting  the  sentiments  of  tbe  people  of  that  community,  writes 
an  able  article  on  the  question  of  waterways  to  a  local  paper,  in 
which  he  says:  •«  Some  cheaper  methods  of  getting  our  products 
to  the  markets  of  the  world  must  be  devised,  as  there  is  no  hope 
of  railroad  competition.  At  present  it  costs  tbe  farmer  as  much 
to  send  a  ton  of  wheat  to  the  Golden  Gate — less  than  two  hun- 
dred miles  from  Fresno — as  it  does  to  send  the  same  ton  of  wheat 
from  the  Golden  Gate  to  Liverpool,  eleven  thousand  miles  away." 
His  plea  is  for  a  waterway  to  the  bay,  and  in  opposition  to  a 
competing  railroad,  which  always  falls  into  the  hands  of  those 
who  "pool  their  issues"  or  eventually  consolidate.  Here  is  an 
enterprise  in  which  the  Btate  could  consistently  become  a  part- 
ner by  lending  its  credit  in  the  same  manner  that  it  did  in  the 
$600,000  appropriation  to  build  tbe  depot  at  the  foot  of  Market 
street.  It  would  certainly  be  more  beneficial  and  less  extrava- 
gant that  the  millions  that  are  squandered  by  legislators  for  the 
purpose  of  creating  and  maintaining  useless  and  expensive  insti- 
tutions in  job  lots.  It  would  be  a  departure  from  established 
principles  in  favor  of  the  producers  and  builders  of  the  common- 
wealth which  might  be  pardoned  for  once.  The  farmers,  who 
pay  taxes  for  tbe  benefit  of  an  expensive  State  government, 
would  begin  to  feel  as  though  they  were  more  than  "hewers  of 
wood  and  drawers  of  water,"  and  that  the  government  had  some 
idea  of  being  just  before  it  was  extravagant.  It  would  be  a 
wholesome  sign  to  have  attention  drawn  from  a  system  of  politi- 
cal jubbery  to  one  of  compensation. 

THE  newspapers  which  are  making  so  bitter  a  flight  against 
electric  cars  display  more  animosity  for  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company  than  regard  for  the  improvement  of  the  city,  and 
make  all  possible  capital  out  of  electric-car  accidents.  If  these 
papers  were  at  all  honest  they  would  recall  the  fact  tbat  when 
the  cable-car  service  was  young  and  tbe  men  operating  them  in- 
experienced, there  were  many  more  fatal  accidents  than  can  be 
charged  to  the  necessarily  inexperienced  men  now  operating  tbe 
electric  cars. 


THE  Merchants's  Association  deserves  all   credit  for  laying  a 
bitumen  pavement  in  Kearny  street  between  California  and 
Market  streets. 


IN    REFERENCE    TO    JAPAN. 


TH  I",  Japan  of  to  day  is  a  revelation  to  most  people.  Her  de- 
velopment since  she  entered  upon  the  imitation  of  Western 
ways  has  been  more  marvelous  than  most  of  us  have  been  pre- 
pared to  believe.  8ince  California  became  a  8tate,  Japan  has  be- 
come a  nation  in  the  best  sense  of  that  term.  With  a  strong  and 
capable  government,  a  patriotic  and  homogenous  people,  and  a 
highly  cultivated  and  fertile  soil,  Japan  is  proving  that  she  is 
abundantly  able  to  take  care  of  herself  and  to  take  rank  among 
the  civilized  nations  of  the  earth.  If  left  alone  she  seems  very 
capable  of  becoming  to  tbe  four  hundred  millions  of  people  in 
China  what  England  is  to  the  two  hundred  and  forty  millions  in 
India.  If  England  can,  as  she  does,  force  her  plans  of  good  gov- 
ernment upon  so  distant  a  people,  why  may  not  Japan  be  equally 
successful  with  men  of  her  own  race  nearer  home  ?  There  is  no 
reason  to  suppose  tbat  she  has  any  such  ambition,  but  we  cannot 
help  thinking  that  it  would  be  better  for  China  and  better  for  the 
world  if  she  had.  Meanwhile,  everything  pertaining  to  a  better 
knowledge  of  her  advanced  and  advancing  people  is  of  interest  to 
the  world  at  large.  Like  other  civilized  nations  she  periodically 
publishes  what  may  be  called  a  blue  book.  Tbat  for  1892  has  re- 
cently appeared.  It  is  full  of  interesting  information,  and  ex- 
hibits most  gratifying  evidence  of  the  prosperity  of  the  country. 
The  total  population  of  the  islands  is  a  little  over  41,000,000.  The 
gain  since  1882  is  4,400,000.  There  are  111  towns,  having  from 
10,000  to  30,000  inhabitants;  thirty-six  which  have  over  30,000; 
six  which  have  over  100,000,  and  three— Tokio,  Osaka,  and  Kioto 
—which  have  over  300,000.  The  statistics  of  emigration  show 
that  the  largest  number  of  the  expatriated  go  to  tbe  Sandwich 
Islands,  and  the  next  largest  to  the  United  States.  But  the  out- 
goers  are  not  numerous — only  about  10,000  for  the  year  men- 
tioned, and  that  Is  the  highest  figure  on  record.  The  total  of  Jap- 
anese resident  abroad  is  less  than  40,000.  The  exports  increased 
three-fold  during  the  ten  years  preceding  1892,  in  which  year  they 
were  about  $100,000,000.  We  buy  more  from  Japan  than  any 
other  nation  does,  taking  upon  the  average  about  $40,000,000  an- 
nually, but  England  commands  the  bulk  of  her  import  trade,  a 
condition  that  will  surely  be  changed  from  our  own  Pacific  Coast 
ports  as  time  goes  on.  Under  its  new  treaty  with  England  the 
country  is  empowered  to  levy  duties  according  to  its  need  for 
revenue — a  right  strangely  denied  to  it  hitherto  by  Western 
powers.  With  this  injurious  condition  out  of  the  way,  and  with 
the  standing  menace  that  China  was  whilst  in  Corea  removed, 
there  is  every  reason  to  expect  that  Japan  is  about  to  euter  upon 
a  new  era  of  enlarged  prosperity.  If  her  success  should  impel  her 
inert  and  drowsy  neighbor  to  awake  to  a  spirit  of  liberality  and 
commercial  intercourse  with  other  nations,  the  world  will  be 
Japan's  debtor. 

THIS    OFF    YEAR    IN    POLITICS. 


IF  the  signs  are  not  exceedingly  misleading,  this  is  going  to  be 
an  bad  year  for  the  party  in  power.  It  seems  to  be  the  humor 
of  the  hour  to  hold  the  men  at  present  in  office  responsible  for 
the  monetary  depression  and  hard  times  through  which  the  coun- 
try has  been  passing.  The  evil  of  6uch  a  popular  verdict  will 
consist  in  its  being  the  outcome  of  a  spirit  of  unreason.  There  is 
no  sense  or  truth  in  declaring  that  Grover  Cleveland  is  in  any 
manner  responsible  for  the  periodical  money  scare  that  seized  this 
country  in  common  with  many  others.  Precisely  the  same  things 
would  have  happened  had  Benjamin  Harrison  been  elected,  or  if 
McKinley  and  Reed  had  been  the  controlling  powers  in  Congress. 
If  the  people  never  approve  of  their  government  until  they  are 
able  to  elect  one  tbat  can  successfully  insure  the  country  against 
a  return  of  those  senseless  panics  that  are  born  of  the  weakness 
and  unbelief  of  human  nature,  and  that  sooner  or  later  visit  all 
trading  nations  alike,  we  fear  the  millennium  will  have  arrived 
without  having  brought  with  it  a  government  of  which  the  peo- 
ple can  approve.  All  the  unfavorable  conditions  were  upon  us 
and  present  in  the  affairs  of  other  nations  when  the  inauguration 
of  our  new  administration  of  the  4th  of  March,  1893,  took  place. 
If  it  could  be  truly  argued  that  those  conditions  had  any  sort  of 
correlation  with  bad  measures  of  government,  it  would  necessa- 
rily follow  tbat  the  previous  and  not  tbe  present  administration 
was  responsible  for  them.  The  people,  however,  like  a  scape- 
goat, and  in  their  present  frame  of  mind  are  bound  to  have  one. 
In  this  they  are  not  unlike  the  Emperor  of  China,  who  punishes 
his  ministers  for  failures  not  their  own.  He  punishes  Li  Hung 
Chang  because  Chinese  valor  did  not  prove  equal  to  that  of  tbe 
Japanese.  It  is  said  that  he  pays  the  court  physician  only  so 
long  as  he  (tbe  Emperor)  can  be  kept  in  good  health.  If  be  falls 
seriously  ill  the  doctor  is  in  danger  of  being  beheaded.  The  result 
is,  that  when  tbe  Emperors  are  most  in  need  of  a  competent  phy- 
sician, they  experience  the  greatest  difficulty  in  procuring  one. 
Excuses  are  then  proffered  instead  of  services.  So  it  is  likely  to 
be  with  the  people  when  they  fail  to  discriminate  between  fail- 
ures that  are  inevitable  and  those  which  flow  from  preventable 
causes.  When  periods  of  commercial  depression  are  looming  up, 
and  wise  statesmanship  most  needed,  public  men  will  be  slow  to  as- 
sume the  responsibilities  of  high  office,  knowing  tbat  neither  honor 
nor  future  reward  can  come  from  serving  the  people  at  such  a  time. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  13,1894. 


AT  the  expiration  of  a  becoming  season  of  mourning  Mrs.  Leo- 
nora Gibson  began  to  discover  that  the  freedom  of  widowhood 
brings  its  compensations.  Young,  handsome,  rich,  fnll  of  that 
wholesome  spirit  of  adventure  which  a  perfectly  sound  body  lends,  she 
looked  about  for  means  of  rational  self-indulgence,  and  as,  like  most 
women,  she  had  a  passionate  fondness  for  horses,  she  determined  to 
procure  the  noblest  of  the  species.  No  sooner  was  the  fact  made 
known  than  a  hundred  traders  were  at  her  heels.  At  first  these  at- 
tentions bewildered,  tben  flattered  her,  then  made  her  independent 
and  lofty.  That  was  the  very  frame  of  mind  for  which  Mr.  James 
Kornly,  better  known  as  "  Shuffle-foot,"  had  been  so  patiently  wait- 
ing; for  he  was  as  full  of  tact  as  of  rascality,  and  was  noted  for  hav- 
ing swindled  a  greater  number  of  women  in  horse  trades — principally 
by  the  exercise  of  a  certain  crude  art  of  flattery — tban  any  other  man 
in  San  Francisco.  Tbe  particular  horse  which  he  finally  sold  to  Mrs. 
Gibson  fetched  him  fifteen  thousand  dollars  in  good  money,  which 
meant  a  profit  of  fourteen  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-five 
dollars.  For  certain  reasons— some  apparent  and  others  yet  to  be 
disclosed — the  worthy  man  left  the  city  that  very  day. 

But  how  could  Mrs.  Gibson  have  been  swindled  ?  The  beast  was  a 
magnificent  stallion,  black  and  brilliant  as  jet,  had  a  pedigree  that 
Mrs.  Gibson  verified,  was  the  rightful  property  of  his  seller,  was  the 
sire  of  some  of  the  most  famous  runners  on  the  continent,  was  nine 
years  old,  a  splendid  saddle  horse,  and  only  two  years  before  had 
been  sold  for  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  What  a  bargain  her's  was ! 
True,  Mr.  Kornly  had  paid  only  a  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars 
for  him  three  months  ago,  and  had  bought  him  honestly ;  but  Mrs. 
Gibson  knew  nothing  about  that  price  or  the  reasons  for  it,  or  a  very 
terrible  tragedy  might  have  been  avoided.  If  Mrs.  Gibson  only  had 
been  acquainted  with  a  few  of  the  men  about  town  she  might  have 
learned  a  strange  thing  about  the  horse ;  but,  having  been  subdued  as 
a  wife,  she  had  acquired  the  habits  of  a  recluse  and  had  not  yet 
learned  of  all  the  pleasant  things  that  widowhood  can  bring. 

She  was  delighted  with  her  purchase.  The  Black  Prince,  as  the 
stallion  was  called,  was  wonderfully  intelligent,  and  very  soon  he 
learned  her  and  became  attached  to  her.  This  was  partly  because 
she  would  permit  no  one  but  herself  to  attend  upon  her  precious 
charge.  She  fed,  curried,  saddled,  and  rode  him  all  without  assist- 
ance; petted  him,  called  him  endearing  names,  and  felt  her  heart 
swell  whenever,  as  she  would  approach  his  stall,  he  whinnied  to  her 
in  the  most  pleased  and  satisfied  manner ;  and  when  she  would  mount 
him  and  ride  abroad  he  would  arch  his  neck  so  proudly  and  carry 
himself  with  so  grand  and  stately  an  air,  as  if  to  say,  "  Although  I 
am  undoubtedly  the  handsomest  horse  in  the  world,  pray  observe  the 
incomparable  beauty  and  grace  of  my  mistress,"  that  it  is  no  wonder 
she  was  warmed  to  the  very  marrow.  And  what  a  superb  picture 
they  made,  and  how  people  would  stare  in  unrestrained  admiration 
as  they  dashed  by  at  a  fall  gallop  or  cantered  leisurely  through  the 
Park! 

It  came  to  the  pass  that  Mrs.  Gibson  cared  for  nothing  but  her 
Black  Prince.  Her  few  friends  were  neglected,  her  music  and  draw- 
ing cast  aside,  and  all  her  thoughts  and  affections  were  centred  in 
this  splendid  animal.  I  shall  make  no  pretense  of  ability  to  explain 
all  this.  There  are  too  many  strange  things  in  life  to  wonder  at  any. 
The  affection  that  we  have  for  animals  is  part  enjoyment  of  owner- 
ship and  mastery,  part  chivalrous  regard  for  the  weaker,  and  part  a 
perversion  of  the  instinct  of  fellowship.  But  this  case  must  have  had 
some  strange  element,  into  which  I  do  not#care  to  inquire.  I  bear  in 
mind  these  facts  only :  that  she  was  a  type  of  perfect  physical  woman 
and  the  horse  a  splendid  stallion. 

Up  to  the  time  of  the  final  catastrophe  there  was  only  one  thing  to 
alloy  her  happiness.  At  various  times  she  had  observed  men  to  stop 
suddenly  on  the  street  and  in  the  Park,  and  stare  at  her  horse  and 
then  at  her.  And  she  knew  that  it  was  a  look  of  surprise  and  alarm, 
and  not  of  admiration,  and  this  puzzled  and  annoyed  her.  Once  a 
man,  his  face  blanched  in  terror,  sprang  aside  and  cried: 

"  Great  God !    The  Black  Devil !  " 

Her  magnificent  Prince,  so  proud,  stately,  and  docile,  called  a 
Black  Devil !     But  she  slept  badly  that  night. 

After  some  months  the  stallion  needed  shoeing;  so  she  rode  him  to 
a  farrier's  shop.  When  she  had  arrived  at  the  door  the  stallion  sud- 
denly halted,  snorted  loudly,  and  reared  upon  his  haunches,  nearly 
throwing  her,  expert  horsewoman  though  she  was.  She  was  so  com- 
pletely surprised  and  shocked  that  for  a  moment  she  was  dazed  and 
helpless.  Her  control  being  thus  for  a  moment  removed,  the  stallion 
began  to  plunge  and  snort.  Quickly  she  recovered  command  of  her- 
self and  spoke  to  the  beast.  He  paused  to  listen.  She  spoke  again. 
He  ceased  plunging  and  stood  obedient  but  trembling.  Mrs.  Gibson 
was  amazed,  for  never  before  had  the  least  peculiar  thing  appeared  in 
the  stallion's  conduct.     Before  she  could  consider  it  the  farrier  ap- 


peared at  the  door,  and  that  made  the  stallion  tremble  all  the  more 
violently,  although  he  stood  still  and  obedient. 

The  farrier  was  a  short,  stocky  man  of  powerful  build,  a  Hercules  in 
strength.  His  massive  neck  was  set  squarely  on  his  wide  shoulders,  his 
deep  chest  gleamed  uncovered  through  his  open  shirt,  and  the  pro- 
digious muscles  of  his  grimy,  naked  arms  stood  out  like  those  of  At- 
las. The  moment  his  glance  rested  on  the  horse  his  face  paled  and 
instinctively  he  took  a  step  backward  in  alarm. 

"  The  Black  Devil !  "  he  exclaimed. 

"  Will  you  shoe  this  horse  ?  "  asked  the  owner. 

The  man  looked  at  her  steadily  a  moment  from  firm,  deep-set  gray 
eyes.    "  I  will,"  he  said  slowly—"  for  the  regular  price  for  him." 

"  Very  well.    How  much  is  it  ?  " 

"Five  hundred  dollars!  " 

"  Five  hundred  dollars— for  shoeing  a  horse  ?  " 

"  That's  the  regular  price  for  that  horse,  and  I  don't  care  for  it  at 
that." 

The  woman  was  speechless.    ' '  What  do  you  mean  ?  "  she  asked. 

The  man  regarded  her  suspiciously,  but  when  he  saw  the  innocent 
surprise  and  wonder  in  her  eyes  his  manner  softened  and  he  smiled 
pityingly. 

"  And  so  you  are  the  lady,"  he  said,  "that  '  Shufne-foot '  Kornly 
worked  him  off  on !     I  heard  about  it.     And  you  are  still  alive !  " 

"  I  don't  understand  you,"  she  rejoined  indignantly,  "  and  you  are 
not  respectful.     I  will  find  some  other  farrier." 

"  Beg  your  pardon,  madam.  I  meant  nothing  disrespectful.  But 
I  will  tell  you  honestly  that  I  am  the  only  man  in  this  town  that  you 
could  get  to  do  the  job.  I  have  shod  him  four  or  five  times,  and  I've 
got  five  hundred  dollars  for  it  every  time." 

"  Why  ?    I  don't  understand." 

"  Because  you  were  swindled  and  have  never  learned  the  animal's 
history."  And  then  he  told  her  that  the  horse,  formerly  docile,  had 
been  changed  to  a  fiend  b}T  the  cruelties  of  a  farrier,  who  had  beaten 
him  with  a  hammer,  and  that  since  that  time  he  had  killed  three  far- 
riers and  five  stable  boys,  that  consequently  his  value  had  fallen  al- 
most to  nothing,  and  that  he  was  known  far  and  wide  as  the  Black 
Devil  and  always  created  consternation  and  fear  wherever  he  went. 
No  farrier  but  this  one  would  shoe  him,  and  he  took  his  life  in  his 
hands  whenever  be  attempted  it. 

Mrs.  Gibson  now  remembered  some  things  that  already  had  come 
under  her  notice,  and  her  heart  was  made  sick  by  it  all;  she  was  not 
even  consoled  by  the  man's  complimentary  wonder  that  the  horse 
was  perfectly  tractable  in  her  hands.  She  ordered  the  shoeing  to  pro- 
ceed. 

Under  the  farrier's  direction  she  coaxed  the  stallion  into  the  shop, 
slipped  a  strong  halter  over  his  head,  removed  the  saddle,  and  tied  a 
cloth  firmly  over  his  eyes.  Then  the  farrier  requested  her  to  leave 
and  return  in  four  hours,  but  she  refused,  for  was  not  the  poor  brute 
trembling  in  every  nerve  and  breathing  with  painful  heaviness  ?  and 
could  she  bear  to  remain  away  and  permit  a  possible  repetition  of  the 
cruelties  that  had  ruined  him  ?  and.  then,  perhaps  her  voice  would 
reassure  him  and  keep  him  quiet. 

The  farrier  called  his  assistant,  closed  and  bolted  the  door,  and  with 
cautious  manipulation  they  proceeded  to  entagle  the  horse's  legs  with 
a  rope  and  so  trip  him.  Every  moment  a  reassuring  word  would 
come  from  his  mistress,  and  it  had  an  effect  that  made  the  farrier 
marvel. 

"  I  am  glad  you  stayed,"  he  said. 

All  things  being  ready  {the  woman  standing  aside  meanwhile  with 
an  aching  heart),  tne  men,  by  a  dexterous  handling  of  the  rope, 
tripped  the  stallion,  and  he  fell  heavily  upon  his  side.  For  a  moment 
he  lay  half-stunned  and  helpless.  His  four  legs  were  quickly  wound 
about  and  his  four  hoofs  brought  together. 

"  It  generally  takes  us  three  hours  to  get  him  down  like  this,"  re- 
marked the  man  gratefully.     "  It's  your  voice  that  did  it." 

Mrs.  Gibson  knelt  and  patted  the  stallion's  head  and  spoke 
soothingly  to  him,  while  her  heart  was  breaking  and  tears  were  pour- 
ing down  her  cheeks. 

"  My  poor  Prince!  "  she  sobbed;  " it  will  be  all  right.  They  shall 
not  hurt  you — 1  am  here,  my  Prince!  " 

It  kept  him  quiet  until  the  old  shoes  had  been  pulled  away,  the 
hoofs  trimmed,  and  the  first  of  the  new  shoes  had  been  heated  and 
hammered  on  the  anvil  to  tit;  but  when  the  red-hot  metal  was  pressed 
against  the  hoof  and  the  smoke  began  to  rise,  the  stallion  lost  all  self- 
control,  and  then  began  a  most  remarkable  and  terrible  struggle. 
With  a  sudden  toss  of  his  head  he  brought  his  skull  in  contact  with 
his  mistress's  chin  with  so  great  violence  that  she  was  thrown  back- 
ward to  the  floor,  where  she  lay  unconscious.  Her  voice  being  no 
longer  available  to  reassure  him,  all  the  fierce  evil  of  his  nature  came 
instantly  into  play.  The  problem  for  the  farrier  was  now  a  new  one. 
On  former  occasions  he  had  exhausted  the  animal  in  the  preliminary 
struggle,  all  the  danger  being  there;  but  now  the  maniacal  beast  was 
in  full  possession  of  all  his  strength,  which  was  uncommonly  great. 
His  struggles  were  so  effective  as  to  break  the  rope  here  and  there, 
leaving  him  still  partly  hobbled,  but  before  he  could  again  be  tied  up 
he  was  on  his  feet,  blindfolded,  mad  with  fright  and  anger,  and  more 
dangerous  than  a  hungry  lion.  Then  he  began  plunging  and  kicking 
violently,  destroying  everything  within  reach,  his  pain  from  the  in- 
juries which  he  thus  received  increasing  his  strength  and  fury. 

But  the  farrier  was  courageous  and  wily.     Two  things  had  to  be 


OctoW  18,  1894. 


S .\X  KRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


done  instantly— the  woman  muM  !><■  removed  out  of  danger  .md  the 
horse  secured  before  he  should  hurl  himself  Irreparably.  The  first 
task  he  assigned  to  his  assistant,  who  dragged  the  insensible  woman 
to  a  safe  place  behind  the  furnace;  the  other  he  assailed  directly. 
Watching  his  opportunity  daring  the  mad  plunges  of  the  borae,  he 
managed  to  slip  a  noose  over  one  hind  hoof;  then  be  drew  it  quickly, 
ami  deftly  tripped  the  stallion.  In  an  instant  he  had  pulled  the  other 
end  of  the  rope  through  a  ring  in  the  wall,  drawn  the  entangled  hoof 
as  high  as  he  could,  and  secured  the  rope.  Still  the  stallion,  though 
unable  to  rise,  struggled  furiously  ;  it  was  necessary  that  his  free  hind 
leg  be  similarly  secured. 

At  this  juncture  the  assistant  returned,  and  the  two  men  were 
watching  for  a  chance  to  slip  a  noose  over  the  free  hind  leg.  Then  an 
unexpected  thing  occurred.  The  stallion,  with  incredible  quickness, 
turned  upon  his  back  and  sent  his  free  hoof  squarely  and  with  terri6c 
force  into  the  assistant's  face.  The  man  was  driven  backward  and 
fell  heavily  to  the  floor,  every  feature  crushed  out  of  semblance  to  a 
human  face  and  his  skull  split  wide  open  at  the  back.  The  same  su- 
preme effort  of  the  stallion  snapped  the  rope,  the  scraping  of  his  head 
on  the  floor  freed  him  of  the  blind-folding  cloth,  and  he  leaped  to  his 
feet  free  and  a  hundred  times  more  formidable  than  before.  Seeing 
the  dead  man  lying  so  still  on  the  floor,  his  shapeless  face  bloody  and 
terrifying,  the  Black  Devil  free  and  seeing  and  in  the  act  of  leaping 
upon  him,  the  farrier's  instinct  moved  him  to  fly;  he  sprang  for  the 
door,  but  before  he  could  raise  the  bar  the  stallion  was  upon  hini ,  and 
it  was  only  the  quickest  dodge  aside  that  saved  his  life. 

It  was  now  no  longer  a  question  of  shoeing  the  stallion,  for  that 
was  as  impossible  as  escape ;  it  was  a  matter  now  of  life  and  death ,  of 
a  fight  to  the  end  between  a  desperate  man  and  an  infuriated  beast 
bent  on  killing. 

The  stallion  desisted  from  his  pursuit  a  minute  to  jump  up  and 
down  upon  the  dead  man,  crushing  every  bone  in  his  thorax.  In 
that  minute  the  farrier  looked  despairingly  around  for  a  weapon,  and 
seized  a  heavy  hammer.  At  the  same  time,  his  momentary  panic 
having  passed,  the  fighting  spirit  rose  within  him,  he  brought  his 
wits  under  command,  and,  feeling  secure  in  his  higher  intelligence 
and  greater  adroitness,  he  gathered  himself  together  for  the  supreme 
effort  of  his  life.  He  calculated  bow  and  where  a  disabling  blow 
might  be  struck,  aware  that  the  slightest  error  would  mean  his  death. 
For  he  knew  the  history  of  the  famous  Black  Devil — knew  of  the  al- 
most human  intelligence  and  malignity  with  which  some  of  his  mur- 
ders had  been  committed.  Inwardly  he  prayed  that  the  woman  ly- 
ing invisible  behind  the  furnace  might  recover  consciousness  aud 
with  a  word  calm  the  immeasurable  fury  of  the  beast. 

Suddenly  the  Black  Devil  leaped  over  the  anvil,  intending  his  fore- 
paws  to  strike  the  farrier's  breast:  but  the  farrier  sprang  aside  and 
again  placed  the  anvil  between  them .  Having  failed  once  in  making 
that  leap  effective,  the  stallion  ran  around  the  anvil,  pursuing  the 
farrier,  and  then  wheeled  suddenly,  threw  his  breast  violently  against 
the  anvil,  overturning  it  and  the  block  upon  which  it  rested,  and 
driving  the  farrier  before  him  into  a  corner.  The  man  regretted  that 
he  had  not  taken  the  opportunity,  while  it  existed,  to  leap  upon  the 
furnace  or  the  work  bench,  for  he  was  now  cut  off  from  them  and 
was  forced  to  make  a  standing  fight.  He  knew  that  the  stallion  would 
be  too  wary  to  give  a  chance  at  his  head,  with  its  white  teeth  gleam- 
ing so  murderously,  and  that  his  only  hope  was  to  cripple  a  fore-leg 
and  take  desperate  chances  with  the  other  as  it  descended. 

Sure  enough,  the  horse  reared  when  the  man  came  to  a  stand; 
but  the  farrier  awaited  with  his  hammer  upraised;  and  the  stal- 
lion, seeing  that  danger,  suddenly  wheeled  to  bring  his  hind-hoofs 
into  action,  and  no  hammer  could  have  withstood  them.  In  that  in- 
stant of  wheeling  the  farrier  sprang  aside  and  the  terrible  double- 
kick  was  spent.  At  the  same  moment  the  farrier  struck ;  but  the 
blow,  which  landed  on  the  side,  was  merely  a  glancing  one,  and  served 
only  to  increase  the  mad  fury  of  the  beast.  It  was  an  awkward  blow 
that  the  farrier  had  struck — one  delivered  rather  in  desperation  than 
with  judgment — and  its  ill  effect  came  with  the  loss  of  his  balance. 
In  recovering  it  he  was  not  sufficiently  quick  to  escape ;  the  gleaming 
white  teeth  closed  on  his  shoulder  and  a  generous  strip  of  his  flesh 
was  torn  away.  The  pain  was  excruciating;  it  both  maddened  and 
terrified  him,  and  made  his  ferocity  as  great  as  the  stallion's :  and  now 
he  plunged  into  the  fight  with  all  the  savage  fury  of  his  kind.  Hitherto 
he  had  retreated ;  now  he  advanced,  swinging  his  deadly  hammer 
with  the  strength  and  recklessness  of  a  madman.  This  made  the 
stallion  a  little  more  careful,  but  none  the  less  deadly.  In  his  turn 
he  backed,  snorted  loudly,  his  lips  drawn  away  from  his  teeth  like  a 
wolf's,  his  neck  writhing,  his  head  shaking  and  held  high  to  avoid  the 
hammer,  his  whole  frame  shivering  from  a  tremendous  blow  deliv- 
ered on  his  shoulder.  Again  he  reared  and  leaped  forward,  but  the 
farrier  stepped  aside  and  landed  a  heavy  blow  on  the  neck. 

For  an  instant  the  stallion  paused ;  but  the  farrier,  not  certain  that 
it  would  be  safe  to  attempt  a  blow  on  the  head,  seized  the  opportunity 
to  run  and  leap  upon  the  furnace.  As  he  did  so  he  was  confronted 
by  a  strange  spectacle.  The  woman  was  standing  between  the  fur- 
nace and  the  wall,  her  face  blanched,  and  her  wide-staring  eyes  glan- 
cing horror-stricken  from  the  hideously  mangled  body  on  the  floor  to 
the  frightful  battle  between  the  farrier  and  the  horse.  Then,  seeing 
the  ferocious  look  in  the  farrier's  face,  and  the  wound  in  his  shoulder, 
and  the  blood  that  covered  his  breast,  she  gave  forth  a  scream  so 
weird  and  terrifying  that  it  thrilled  him  to  the  core  and  for  a  moment 


deprived  him  of  strength.  His  self-command  returned  in  time  to 
save  him,  for  the  stallion  was  again  upon  bttn,  his  fore-feet  on  the 
furnace  and  ins  gleaming  teeth  ready  f->r  deadly  work.     The  farriei 

stepped  back  and  raised  his  hammer,  and  more  quickly  than  he  could 
comprehend,  the  woman  had  clambered  upon  the  furnace,  and,  un- 
mindful of  the  danger,  had  thmwn  herself  forward  and  closed  her 
arms  around  the  stallion's  neck.  But  ihe  heavy  hammer  already  had 
begun  its  descent,  and  her  embrace  was  a  fatal  encumbrance.  A  dull 
crash  sounded  close  to  her  head,  a  violent  rigor  swept  the  stallion's 
frame,  and  with  a  deep  groan  he  swayed  and  fell  to  the  floor,  drag- 
ging her  with  him.  There  were  loud  calls  from  without  and  a  thun- 
dering assault  upon  the  door.  The  men  who  forced  their  way  within 
found  an  insane  woman  gibbering  in  endearing  phrases  to  the  dead 
stallion,  whose  head  rested  in  her  lap. 


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October  13,  1894. 


"  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 

*'T"*HE  MILLIONAIRE,"  at  the  California,  presents  a  very 
1  sharp  contract  to  In  Old  Kentucky,  its  immediate  predecessor 
at  that  popular  playhouse.  In  Old  Kentucky  depended  on  its 
melodramatic  and  sensational  features,  its  sentiment  and  ro- 
mantic love  passages;  The  Millionaire  is  purely  legitimate  drama, 
quiet  and  smooth,  and  on  a  vastly  higher  plane  than  the  other. 
It  might  be  easy  to  quarrel  with  the  probabilities,  for  they  have 
been  stretched  and  distorted  to  an  amusing  extent;  the  efforts  of 
associated  railway  magnates  to  undermine  one  another  is  almost 
offensively  exaggerated,  but  that  phase  is  redeemed  by  the  in- 
genious presentation  of  the  relation  between  the  expiration  of  a 
charter  and  the  running  of  the  first  train  over  the  road  in  time  to 
save  the  legal  rights  of  the  grantee.  For  the  most  part  the  play 
is  intelligent,  though  crude,  and  it  contains  suggestions  for  one 
of  the  best  plays  of  the  decade;  but  the  people  of  the  cast  are  all 
so  clever,  and  wich  admirable  tact  so  effectively  tone  down  the 
exaggerations  of  the  playwright,  that  his  incongruities  may  welt 
be  overlooked.  Mr.  Daniel  Sully,  with  his  quiet,  easy,  natural, 
and  wholesome  delineation  of  the  bluff  Irishman,  is  an  inex- 
pressible relief  from  the  coarse,  ranting,  and  bellowing  order  that 
Dot  many  months  ago  afflicted  us.  Rarely  does  his  voice  rise 
above  the  pitch  of  ordinary  street  conversation,  its  perfect  clear- 
ness and  bis  absolute  distinctness  of  enunciation  falling  on  the 
ear  as  refreshingly  as  the.  distant  tinkling  of  sheep-bells  after  a 
roaring  railway  train  has  passed.  Only  one  "strong"  situation 
fell  to  him — his  appeal  to  the  workmen  not  to  bring  ruin  by 
striking;  but  though  his  voice  trembled  with  passionate  eager- 
ness, he  never  roared,  but  carried  the  scene  far  more  effectively 
with  that  evident  suppression  which  invariably  moves  the  heart. 
Louise  A.  Sully,  an  actress  of  conspicuous  beauty  and  grace,  car- 
ried even  further  than  he  that  quiet  bearing  which  denotes  intel- 
ligence and  taste,  and  the  other  members  of  the  caste  all  worked 
under  the  same  admirable  spirit  that  these  two  accomplished 
persons  displayed. 

*  »  * 

Mr.  Daniel  Sully,  whose  clever  portrayal  of  the  character  of 
James  O'Brien  at  the  California  Theatre  this  week  has  demon- 
strated that  in  his  respective  line  he  is  without  a  peer,  will  at  the 
same  theatre,  on  Monday  evening,  present  a  new  play,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  It  is  from  the  pen  of  Daniel  L.  Hart,  and  in  other 
cities  where  it  has  been  produced  the  critics  wrote  of  it  as  being 
the  most  novel  and  pleasing  drama  of  recent  years.  As  the  title 
indicates,  it  deals  with  life  at  the  Nation's  Capitol.  The  power  of 
political  influence,  the  business  principles  of  our  government,  the 
bohemianism  of  life  where  our  law-makers  meet — are  all  pleas- 
ingly illustrated  in  this  bright  play.  As  the  cast  is  much  larger 
than  The  Millionaire,  several  new  faces  will  be  seen  on  the  stage  of 
the  California  Theatre  next  week. 

*  *  * 

Don  Juan  (ad  lib.),  which  has  had  so  remarkable  a  run  at  the 
Tivoli,  is  to  yield  next  Monday  to  that  grand  old  favorite,  Fra 
Diavolo.  This  will  be  a  radical  change  from  the  brilliant  nonsen- 
sical skit  which  has  held  the  Tivoli  boards  so  long,  but  it  will  be 
heartily  welcomed  by  that  more  discriminating  taste  which  knows 
that  the  Tivoli's  versatility  enables  it  to  produce  the  highest  and 
the  lowest,  tbe  lightest  and  the  heaviest  operas  with  equal  facil- 
ity, and  that  Fra  Diavolo  will  be  given  with  the  old-time  artistic 
fidelity. 

#  *  # 

The  recent  production  in  London  and  Chicago  of  The  Second  Mm. 
Tanqueray  has  caused  much  discussion.  The  author,  Mr.  Pinero, 
by  his  masterly  conception  and  treatment  of  the  subject,  has 
made  a  play  the  construction  of  which  iff  a  wonderful  specimen 
of  dramatic  ingenuity.  Mr.  Pinero  has  for  years  held  a  high 
place  among  contemporaneous  dramatists,  and  his  wo  k  has  al- 
ways been  accorded  distinguished  consideration.  Mrs.  Kendal 
as  Paula,  who  becomes  the  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray,  has  oppor- 
tunities, it  is  said,  for  the  display  of  those  intricacies  of  her  art 
which  no  part  she  has  previously  appeared  in  afforded  her.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kendal  will  appear  at  the  Baldwin  theatre  commencing 
Monday,  October  22d. 

*  *  * 

This  evening  Stockwell's  Theatre  will  be  reopened  by  the 
Leonard  Grovers,  Senior  and  Junior,  with  a  picked  comedy  com- 
pany, which  will  present  a  delightful  double  bill,  including  The 
Private  Secretary  and  Joe's  Girls.  It  is  needless  to  add  that  a  royal 
feast  of  brisk  and  refined  humor  is  in  store  for  all.  The  very  low 
prices  which  are  to  be  charged  for  seats  is  in  line  with  the  eco- 
nomical tendencies  of  the  times.  The  first  matinee  will  be  given 
to-morrow  (Sunday)  afternoon. 

*  *  * 

It  would  be  superfluous  to  say  that  the  Orpbeum  has  been 
packed  every  night  during  the  week,  as  that  has  become  a  thing 
at  which  people  no  longer  wonder.     A  dazzling  new  bill  has  been 


arranged  for  tbe  week  beginning  next  Monday  evening,  includ- 
ing Josephine  Sabel,  the  famous  international  songstress  from 
Koster  &  Bial's;  the  Dore  Brothers,  accomplished  banjoists,  from 
the  Albambra,  London;  Max  Pettingill,  an  eccentric  comedian, 
with  bis  dog  of  human  intelligence,  from  Tony  Pastor's;  Herr 
Franz  Hell,  the  flnegelhorn  player,  who  created  such  a  sensation 
at  the  Midwinter  Fair;  and  Luciano  Tatali,  Lillian  Mason,  Herr 
Zeitung,  Armand  and  Granville,  and  other  favorites.  This  will 
be  the  last  week  of  the  great  Severus  Schaffer. 
*  *  * 
The  coming  production  of  tbe  latest  novelty  in  comedy  and 
society  drama,  Church  and  Stage,  at  the  Bnsh-street  Theatre  next 
Monday,  is  causing  no  little  talk  socially,  ecclesiastically,  and 
dramatically.  The  play  is  by  Theo.  Krerner,  a  brilliant  author 
and  also  excellent  young  actor,  whose  first  success  was  with  Mrs. 
Bernard  Burie  in  London.  In  the  part  of  Albana,  which  is  to  be 
portrayed  by  Miss  Jeffreys  Lewis,  it  is  said  that  she  will  out-do 
all  her  former  triumphs.  Much  discussion  has  been  caused  by 
the  title  of  the  play.  The  plot  was  suggested  by  the  words  of  the 
late  Cardinal  Manning:  "If  the  Church  and  Stage  worked  hand 
in  hand,  it  would  strengdten  the  one  and  purify  the  other." 


MUSIC. 

The  symphony  concerts  at  the  Auditorium  occurring  on  Friday 
evenings,  after  the  News  Letter  has  gone  to  press,  makes  it  im- 
possible to  review  them  until  the  following  week's  issue.  The 
best  house  of  the  season  greeted  Mr.  Scheel  and  bis  admirable 
body  of  fellow  musicians  on  Friday  evening,  October  6tb.  The 
Fleishman  overture  and  Otto  Bendix's  piano  number  made  two 
strong  local  attractions.  <<  Hero  and  Leander,"  as  Mr.  Fleishman 
has  entitled  his  overture  (though  it  would  sound  as  sweet  by  any 
oth  er  name),  is  based  on  Schiller's  poem  of  that  title.  It  has  some 
striking  measures  in  it  and  overflows  with  rich  harmony,  and 
Mr.  Fleishman  has  done  very  clever  orchestration  throughout. 
Otto  Bendix  scored  a  decided  snccess  in  his  rendition  of  the  Schn- 
man  concerto.  Seated  on  a  half  dozen  music  scores  hastily  bor- 
rowed from  the  orchestra  with  which  to  bolster  up  the  chair  to 
sufficient  height,  in  an  attitude  that  is  entirely  his  own,  Mr.  Ben- 
dix made  his  number  one  of  the  most  creditable  of  the  evening. 
His  playing  was  delightfully  even  and  clear,  tempered  with  deli- 
cate expression.  In  no  manner  did  it  savor  of  the  hysterical,  as 
is  indulged  in  by  so  many  piano  virtuosos.  The  symphony  was 
by  Herman  Goetz,  who,  having  died  in  his  thirty-sixth  year,  left 
this  his  sole  work  of  that  character.  The  opening  movement,  an 
allegro  moderato,  as  the  theme  advances  shows  splendid  structure. 
The  drums  make  some  wonderful  effects  in  the  orchestration  of 
this  movement.  The  intermezzo,  with  its  several  themes  so  mas- 
terfully bandied,  was  the  most  effective  part  of  the  symphony. 
It  aroused  the  audience  to  a  high  pitch  of  enthusiasm.  The 
adagio,  sad  and  mournful,  and  the  fiery  dash  of  the  finale  made  a 
superb  contrast.  Edward  Greig's  suite  for  strings,  "Aus  Hol- 
berg's  Zeit,"  was  performed  in  Mr.  Scheel's  happiest  vein.  A  false 
start  and  a  timely  pause  for  tuning,  then  Nicolai's  overture  to 
The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor  ended  the  evening's  feast  of  music. 

Mr.  H.  J.  Stewart's  second  organ  recital  at  the  First  Unitarian 
Church  took  place  Wednesday  evening.  Though  the  attendance 
was  much  larger  than  that  of  the  last  recital  it  was  hardly  the 
liberal  support  that  should  bt  given  such  an  exponent  of  the 
organ's  grandeur  as  Mr.  Stewart  has  proved  himself  to  be.  Mrs. 
J.  E.  Birmingham  sang  several  selections  in  a  strong  contralto 
voice,  which  was  now  and  then  a  trifle  masculine.  Mr.  Stewart's 
numbers  were  all  performed  with  a  conscientious  earnestness 
that  is  evident  in  all  his  undertakings.  The  Bach  Prelude  and 
Fugue  in  A  minor  was  splendidly  done.  The  communion  in  F, 
by  Grison,  was  repeated  after  insistent  applause.  Mr.  Stewart, 
assisted  by  Miss  Anna  Miller  Wood,  contralto,  will  give  another 
recital  Wednesday  evening. 

*  *  * 

The  young  artiBte,  known  in  San  Francisco  as  Ethel  Corlette, 
is  at  present  reaping  laurels  under  Italian  skies.  Her  success  has 
been  marked  as  an  "exquisite  singer  of  the  highest  school,  pos- 
sessing a  voice  of  silver  and  insuperable  agility."  So  says  tbe 
Italian  press.  She  has  been  engaged  to  sing  at  the  Theatre 
Royal,  Malta,  for  six  months,  being  the  only  American  in  a  com- 
pany of  fifty  people.  She  has  a  large  repertoire,  and  after  Malta 
expects  to  sing  in  London  and  New  York. 

#  *  * 

The  first  concert  of  the  Philharmonic  Society,  since  it  has  been 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Scheel,  drew  a  large  audience  to  Odd 
Fellows'  Hall  on  Monday  evening.  An  enjoyable  programme  of 
ten  numbers  was  performed,  in  which  the  orchestra  gave  evi- 
dence of  a  decided  improvement  in  style  and  attack.  Mrs. 
Breitschuck-Marquardt  played  several  solos  on  the  harp,  which 
were  well  received. 

#  *  * 

The  thirty-ninth  Carr-Beel  Saturday  popular  concert  takes 
place  October  20th  at  3:15  p.  m.  Miss  Regina  Neuman  will  be  the 
vocalist  and  Mr.  Louis  Heine  will  play  some  new  cello  solos. 
Dvorak's  beautiful  piano  qnartet  will  be  among  the  novelties  on 
the  programme. 


October  13.  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


LAWN     TENNIS. 


TBI  tournament  at  the  Hotel  Mateo  Is  now  fixed  for  October 
i.  and  17 lb,  and  from  all  appearances  will  be  most 
interesting.  There  wilt  be  gentlemen's  doubles  only,  played  off 
on  (be  American  plan  of  each  team  against  each  team,  therefore 
making  all  contests  even,  and  making  the  winning  team  play 
just  as  well  at  the  end  as  at  the  beginning.  This  is  the  first  time 
that  such  matches  have  been  so  arranged,  and  it  will  be  interest- 
ing to  see  bow  the  idea  will  pan  out.  The  invited  players  are, 
we  understand,  to  be  picked  from  the  following  players:  Sam 
Hardy,  8umner  Hardy,  Walter  Magee.  R.  N.  Whitney,  H.  N. 
8tetson,  O.  B.  de  Long,  A.  T.  Allen,  D.  E.  Allison,  Jr.,  C.  P. 
Hubbard,  and  C-  D.  Bates.  Gr,  E.  Stoker,  the  active  Secretary  of 
the  Association,  will  look  after  the  affair  and  will  have  a  Tourna- 
ment Committee  to  back  him,  and  we  hope  that  the  tournament 
will  prove  a  success,  as  it  certainly  ought  to  with  such  players. 
The  Hotel  Mateo  offers  handsome  and  valuable  prizes,  which  is 
also  an  inducement  to  work  hard  for  victory,  and  we  hope  that 
such  meetings  will  be  more  frequent  in  the  near  future. 

The  California  Club  intended  holding  a  mixed  double  tourna- 
ment at  the  end  of  the  month,  but  owing  to  this  invitation 
tournament  will  probably  postpone  it  until  the  first  week  of  No- 
vember. There  is  also  some  talk  of  having  a  monthly  class 
tournament,  owing  to  the  success  of  the  last  one,  which  would 
last  all  during  the  winter.  Hooper  and  McGavin  played  off  the 
finals  of  the  second  class  last  Saturday  and  gave  those  present  a 
very  fair  exhibition  of  tennis.  Hooper  is  rapidly  improving  and 
will  soon  be  in  the  first  class.  He  is  a  terrible  runner  and  never 
gives  up  until  the  last  point  is  gone.  He  seemed  to  have  things 
pretty  well  his  own  way  and  defeated  McGavin  three  sets  to  love 
with  score  of  6-1,  6-3,  7-5. 

There  is  a  local  sporting  paper  which  publishes  the  most  curious 
things  in  its  tennis  articles.  Written,  as  they  probably  are,  in 
good  faith,  they  generally  show  a  total  lack  of  knowledge  of 
things  which  they  refer  to,  and  these  blunders  are  simply  fa- 
tiguing. Among  the  many  bright  remarks,  the  writer  says  that  a 
certain  player  of  the  California  Club  was  dissatisfied  with  a  $4  50 
racquet  case  given  by  the  Olympic  Club  at  its  double  champion- 
ship, and  yet  that  self-same  player  was  instrumental  in  buying  a 
pair  of  suspenders  for  the  first  prize  of  the  third  class  at  the  Cali- 
fornia Club.  These  are  two  statements  both  absolutely  untrue 
and  without  foundation.  The  racquet  case,  which  can  be  had  at 
Clabrough,  Golcher  &  Co.,  costs  $4.00  retail  (and  the  club  gets 
a  discount  on  this),  and  moreover  Mr.  Davis,  who  buys  the  prizes 
for  the  California  Club,  is  not  a  member  of  the  Olympic,  and, 
though  he  bought  a  pair  of  "  silver-buckled  "  suspenders,  they 
cost  more  than  double  the  retail  price  of  the  racquet  case.  The 
writer  in  the  sporting  paper  makes  numerous  mistakes,  and  he 
really  ought  to  be  more  careful  in  his  remarks,  as  he  is  only 
making  himself  a  laughing  stock  of  those  who  know  his  state- 
ments to  be  false. 

The  Oakland  and  the  Alameda  players  have  been  assuring  us 
of  late  that  they  would  soon  hold  an  open  tournament,  but  at 
present  there  are  no  signs  of  any  activity.  It  seems  a  pity  that 
someone  will  not  take  the  reins  and  get  those  clubs  back  into 
proper  shape.  Tbey  have  good  players  over  there,  who,  if  prop- 
erly urged,  would  soon  make  their  clubs  famous  again. 

The  directors  of  the  California  Club  will  hold  a  meeting  to-day 
to  elect  their  officers  for  the  coming  year.  R.  J.  Davis  is  hard  at 
work,  as  usual,  and  is  really  doing  very  good  service,  so  much  so 
that  the  debt  has  been  reduced  a  good  deal  and  prospects  are 
much  brighter  than  they  were  a  short  while  ago.  The  High 
School  boys  have  had  their  courts  attached,  owing  to  non-pay- 
ment of  rent,  and  we  hope  that  the  directors  of  the  club  will  have 
the  ugly  wooden  partition  taken  down  and  make  the  grounds 
look  as  they  used  to  look.  The  High  School  Club  has  now 
amalgamated  with  the  Gravel  Court  Club  on  Larkin  street. 


THE  rivals  of  the  slaughtering  establishment  at  Baden  are  tak- 
ing rather  a  peculiar  course  to  advertise  their  own  weakness 
and  the  new  company's  strength.  Recently  a  band  of  cattle  was 
consigned  to  the  new  company  by  an  unsolicited  country  cus- 
tomer, and  an  examination  at  the  Jackson-street  wharf,  where 
they  were  landed,  disclosed  the  fact  that  they  were  diseased.  The 
cattle  were  then  condemned  and  sent  to  some  fertilizing  works. 
The  rivals  of  the  Baden  establishment  seized  upon  this  circum- 
stance to  warn  people,  through  the  published  letters  of  certain 
physicians,  against  diseased  meat,  intending  to  create  the  im- 
pression that  such  meats  were  slaughtered  at  Baden.  The  very 
opposite  is  the  course  taken,  according  to  the  statement  of  the 
Baden  establishment's  rivals,  for  by  that  account  the  diseased 
cattle  never  reached  Baden.  The  truth  seems  to  be  that  the 
superior  modern  methods  of  slaughtering  at  Baden,  together  with 
the  hitherto  unheard-of  cleanliness  in  vogue  there  and  the  modern 
scientific  plan  of  refrigerating  meats,  have  so  discouraged  the 
primitive  butchers  of  San  Francisco,  with  their  filthy  old  methods, 
that  they  are  reduced  to  desperate  straitB. 

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LILLIHIl  DLUUHfiU,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellis  St., 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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Al.  Hayman&  Co Lessees  |  8.  H.  Friedlander Manager, 

Week  October  15th.  Every  evening,  including  Sunday,  Matinees  Satur- 
day. MB.  DANIEL  MILL, V,  the  eminent  Irish-American  actor,  and  a 
great  company  in  the  most  successful  of  his  many  successes, 

WASHINGTON,    D.   C. 

By  Daniel  L.  Hart.  Social,  political,  and  military  life  at  the  nation's 
Capitol.  Novel  and  beautiful  electrical  effects.  "Keep  Off  the  Grass." 
An  entire  new  series  of  beautiful  LIVING  PIUTURES. 

October  22— KATIE  EWMETT. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Kreling  Proprietor  and  Manager 

Fifth  and  last  week.  Overwhelming  succets.  The  new  spectacular  bur- 
lesque, .DWN  .ll'AN  (Ad  Lib.)    Universally  Indorsed  by  press  and  public. 


Monday,  October  15th, 


FRA  DIAVOLO. 


PopolaePrices 


ORPHEUM. 


O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  of  Monday,  October  15th.    Another  Magnificent  New  Bill! 

JOSEPHINE  8  A  BEL,  chanteuse  international  from  Koster  &  Bial's. 

THE  DURE  BROS.,  banjo  kings  from  the  Alhambra,  London. 

MAX  PETTEWGILE,  eccentric  comedian,  with  his  performing  dog, 
Willie,  from  Tony  Pastor's. 

HERR  FRANZ  HELL,  the  eminent  fluegelhorn  virtuoso. 

LUCIANO  TATALI,  LILLIAN  MASON,  HERR  ZEITUNG,  ARMAND  & 
GRANVILLE,  and  last  week  of  SEVERUS  SCHAFFER. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

MATINEtt  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c. ;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chairs  and  box  seats,  50c. 

STOCKWELL'S  THEATRE. 

UKAM)  KE-«PEMSl«  Saturday  Evening,  Oct.  13th, 

First  matinee  Sunday,  Oct.  14th. 

THE    GROVERS. 
Leonard  Grover  Jr.  and  Leonard  Grover  Sr.  with  their  comedy  company 
in  a  gala  double  bill-PRIVATE  SECRETARY  and  JOE'S  GIRLS. 

A  wealth  of  hearty,  honest  laughter.  NOTE  PRICE8— 10, 15,  25,  35,  and  50c. 
Box  seats,  50c  Loge  seats,  50c.  Reserved  opera  chairs  in  family  circle , 
15c    Matinees,  10, 15,  and  25c.    Beats  now  on  sale  at  box  office. 

RUSH  STREET  THEATRE. 

Sam  C.  Mott  Manager. 

URAND  OPENING  !  One  week,  beginning  Monday  evening,  October 
15th,  the  gifted  emotional  actress, 

JEFFREYS-LEWIS, 
Supported  by  Theodore  Kremer  aod  a  strong  company  in  Mr.    Kremer's 
great  drama  of  modern  life  in  San  Francisco,  entitled 
ClIUIM'H    AM*   STAGE, 

NOTE— The  entire  clergy  of  this  city,  Oakland,  and  suburban  towns  are 
extended  a  special  invitation  to  attend  the  opening  performance  on  Mon- 
day,  October  15th.    Seats  now  on  sale. 


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the    New    California    Hotel. 
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KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliehes  Brauhaua, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  13, 1894. 


the: 

00KCR-ON. 


THE  actions  of  the  gentlemen  who  started  the  "  8ociety  for 
Arts  and  Crafts  "  has  caused  the  professional  men  of  San 
Francisco  to  feel  very  bitter  toward  them.  The  meeting  of  the 
society,  held  on  Saturday  last,  resulted  in  anything  but  a  pleas- 
ant affair,  and  when  it  was  "  called  off  "  there  were  not  a  few 
disgruntled  artists,  musicians,  and  literary  men  in  the  Latin  Quar- 
ter, where  the  cestbetic  leaders  of  the  club  had  decided  to  bold 
their  gatherings  in  order  to  give  the  society  a  Bohemian  flavor. 
After  a  number  of  explanations  had  been  offered  to  aspiring  musi- 
cal men  and  artists  why  they  could  not  be  allowed  membership 
cards,  the  convention  ended  somewhat  abruptly  by  Messrs.  Polk, 
Keith,  Porter,  and  Pissis  discovering  that  they  were  really  the 
only  representative  artists,  musicians,  architects,  and  journalists 
in  San  Francisco.  But  on  Monday  a  large  thud  was  heard  in  art 
circles.  John  Stanton  and  Am6d6e  Joullin  happened  to  meet 
over  a  dish  of  broiled  truffles  and  a  bottle  of  Cbianti  in  a  down- 
town restaurant,  and  they  came  to  the  conclusion  that  it  would 
be  best  to  organize  a  new  society  altogether  which  would  give 
every  professional  man  a  show.  The  idea  seemed  to  hit  them 
like  a  hot  brick,  and  they  ordered  another  bottle  of  Chianti  and 
drank  to  the  everlasting  success  of  the  new  scheme.  It  is  their 
earnest  desire  to  get  sufficient  support  from  professional  men  to 
Btart  a  club  whico  will  be  ultimately  a  credit  to  tbe  cicy,  and 
which  will  grow,  with  time,  until  it  is  able  to  buy  the  empty 
building  on  Mason  and  Sutter  streets. 

Colonel  James  Hamilton  Lewis,  of  Seattle,  who  achieved 
notoriety  six  months  ago  by  challenging  Fremont  Older,  city 
editor  of  the  Call,  to  a  duel,  has  been  in  tbe  city  for  a  week.  The 
threatened  affair  was  primarily  due  to  a  note  sent  to  Mr.  Older 
by  Colonel  Lewis,  stating  that  he  was  the  well-known  lawyer 
and  politician  of  the  State  of  Washington,  that  he  was  in  San 
Francisco,  and  that  he  would  be  at  home  to  an  interviewer  in  bis 
room  at  the  Palace.  To  the  reporter  Colonel  Lewis  confided  that 
he  belongs  to  a  First  Family  of  Virginia,  that  he  could  be  elected 
Governor  of  Washington  whenever  he  chose,  that  he  had  been 
tendered  the  Democratic  nomination  for  the  Vice-Presidency,  and 
that  he  is  exceedingly  popular  with  tbe  ladies.  The  unmerciful 
guying  to  which  he  was  subjected  for  his  pretensions  in  the  pub- 
lished interview  moved  Colonel  Lewis  to  challenge  the  editor. 
The  challenge  being  made  the  text  for  further  ridicule,  the  Seattle 
Admirable  Crichton  wrote  several  drastic  epistles  to  Mr.  Older, 
the  latter  replying  only  with  a  warning  to  Lewis  not  "to  irritate 
a  usually  good-natured  man."     With  that  tbe  episode  ended. 

Tbe  present  visit  of  Colonel  Lewis  was  signalized  by  the  fol- 
lowing naive  letter  addressed  to  an  Examiner  reporter : 
From  Jas.  Hamilton  Lewis. 

Palace  Hotel,  October  G,  1894. 
Dear  Blank: 

I  have  accepted  an  invitation  of  the  Democratic  State  Committee 
to  soeak  at  the  Metropolitan  Temple  to-night  on  the  occasion  of  the 
ratification.  Do  me  the  kindness,  old  fellow,  to  see  that  the  Asso- 
ciated Press,  which  sends  news  to  the  Seattle  Post- Intelligencer  and 
the  Telegraph,  shall  refer  to  the  fact  as  at  the  instance  of  the  State 
Committee  and  that  it  does  me  such  justice  as  possible.  You  recog- 
nize that  this  is  somewhat  of  an  honor  when  it  gets  up  north. 
Truly  yours, 

Lewis. 
Unfortunately   for   tbe    man    who   declined  gubernatorial  and 
Vice-Presidential  honors,  he  was  not  introduced  to  the  audience 
at  the  Democratic  mass  meeting,  nor  was  -his  name  even  on  the 
■  list  of  speakers.     The  honor  never  got  up  north. 
*  *  * 
Mr.  Jeter,  candidate   for   Lieutenant-Governor   on    the   Demo- 
cratic ticket,  is  a  very  superstitious  man.     When   he  was  leaving 
his  hotel  in  Fresno,  some   days   ago,  to  speak    with  Mr.  Budd,  a 
large   black   cat   jumped   out   before   him,  and  this  had  such  an 
effect  upon    Jeter's   nerves   that   he   absolutely  refused  to  speak 
that  night.     Mr.  Shotwell,  of  the   Board  of  Brokers,  has  a  similar 
idea  about  signs  and  omens,  and  will  never  buy  mining  securities 
if  by  any  chance  he  should  run  across  a  yellow  dog  before  the 
opening  of  the  session  of  tbe  Board. 

Lord  Talbot  Clifton  and  Mikado-eyed  Charley  Baldwin,  of 
Mountain  View,  will  ride  a  great  race  at  Builingame  to-day, 
which  promises  to  be  one  of  the  most  daring  feats  ever  seen  out- 
side of  a  circns  ring.  Both  gentlemen  will  mount  blooded  ponies 
and  will  dash  over  the  course  for  two  miles  for  a  prize  which  Dick 
Tobin  and  Dick  Hammond  will  present  to  them.  In  order  that 
the  ponies  shall  be  extraordinary  blooded,  they  were  put  into  the 
hands  of  trainers  with  orders  to  cob  them  briskly  twice  a  day, 
give  them  just  sufficient  exercise  for  digestive  purposes,  and  to 
add  a  small  amount  of  ginger  to  their  daily  supply  of  oats.     80  it 


is  expected  that  the  nags  will  be  in  pretty  good  fighting  trim  and 
equal  to  the  occasion.  Considerable  interest  is  attached  to  tbe 
affair,  as  Charley  Baldwin,  who  is  a  very  clever  whip,  has  never 
been  said  to  be  much  of  a  rider.  Lord  Clifton,  on  the  other  hand, 
is  an  expert  in  tbe  saddle,  and,  despite  bis  English  origin,  be  bas 
all  the  tendencies  of  tbe  most  daring  cowboy  of  the  wild  and 
woolly  plains.  Mr.  Baldwin  has  a  vast  array  of  bronchos  on  his 
ranch,  which  he  bas  used  for  practicing  purposes.  He  claims 
that  he  will  give  Lord  Clifton  a  good  rub  at  any  rate.  The  prize 
is  an  unknown  affair,  and  tbe  donors  will  not  reveal  its  qualities 
to  any  one. 

■*  *  * 

Apropos  of  Lord  Clifton,  his  dearest  friend  for  the  past  four 
months  has  been  "White-hat"  McCarty.  Wherever  the  elon- 
gated nobleman,  with  bis  British  swagger,  was  to  be  seen,  there, 
also,  as  an  unfitting  accompaniment,  was  tbe  short  form  of  the 
great  horseman,  with  its  quick  stride.  And  the  result  of  tbe 
friendship  is  that  McCarty  has  secured  about  $10,000  and  Lord 
Clifton  a  number  of  horses  from  the  former's  string.  These  run- 
ners are  housed  at  tbe  Bay  District  track,  and  will  be  intered  in 
the  coming  races,  in  the  affairs  of  which  Clifton  intends  to  play 
an  important  part.  It  may  be  that  he  will  come  out  a  heavy 
winner,  and  it  may  be  that  be  will  not,  but  Dan  has  made  a  good 
sale,  and  is  happy  in  the  belief  that  there  is  more  to  a  nobleman 
than  a  monocle  and  a  heavy  step.  When  Clifton  was  purchas- 
ing bis  horses  from  McCarty,  one  of  his  boys  brought  out  an 
equine  whose  good  qualities  had  been  long  ago  numbered  with 
the  memories  of  the  past.  It  was  Dan's  idea  to  play  a  little  joke 
on  the  Englishman,  but  tbe  latter  turned  the  tables  on  him. 

•'  What  will  you  give  me  for  that  horse?"  said  McCarty. 

"  Two  dollars  and  a  half." 

"Soldi" 

Lord  Clifton  paid  over  the  money  and  Dan  handed  over  the 
horse. 

"  You  will  have  to  take  him  to  the  stable,"  said  Clifton. 

"  I  wouldn't  lead  that  horse  to  a  stable  for  a  thousand  dollars," 
replied  McCarty.     "  Take  him  there  yourself." 

"  Never!" 

"  What  will  we  do  with  him?" 

Clifton  did  not  reply,  but  looking  at  the  small  crowd  around 
him,  called  for  a  bid  for  the  animal. 

"Twenty  dollar*  cash!"  yelled  a  bystander. 

"  Sold,"  said  Clifton,  as  Dan  pulled  his  big  white  hat  over  his 
eyes  and  turned  the  two-and-a-half  in  bis  pocket. 

In  a  hotel  lobby  the  other  evening  a  symposium  of  free  and  in- 
dependent citizens  of  this  glorious  land  began  a  discussion  on  the 
local  political  situation,  which  presently  broadened  until  State 
and  national  affairs  formed  the  ground  of  debate.  One  by  one 
the  tariff  issue,  the  silver  question,  and  other  matters  of  import 
were  taken  up  and  dissected,  and  the  discussion  was  growing 
lukewarm  for  lack  of  material,  when  the  man  who  had  not  been 
saying  much  remarked: 

"  Dere  iss  vone  ding  dot  gries  oud  vor  immediade  amendment, 
und  dot  iss  dose  foreign  immikrashun  laws.  Te  tarn  foreigners 
vos  gooniin'  in  waidout  no  restrigtions  vatefer.     Geeb  dem  oud!" 

"Thot's  roight,"  chipped  in  the  man  who  had  announced  him- 
self for  Budd.  "  Ut  do  be  a  croyin'  sbehm,  th'  way  dtbese  dom 
beggars  kape  a-crowdhin'  intuh  Ameriky.  You're  roight,  Oi 
seh;  soomthin'  shud  be  doon,  and  tbot  to  wanst." 

"Ai  teuk,"  slowly  chipped  in  tbe  tall  man  with  the  light  hair 
and  the  blue  eyes,  "Ai  bane  tenk  vara  often  pout  dat,  vai  noting 
bane  tone.  Dai  ahl  talg,  talg,  en  esk,  *  Vai  not  tees  immogration 
bane  stop  ?  '  en  dann  noting  alse.     Not  von  teng." 

There  was  a  meek  man  close  by  who  wanted  to  talk,  but  whose 
Anglo-Saxon  ancestors  came  to  America  only  a  couple  of  hundred 
years  ago,  so  he  said  not  a  word. 

Mrs.  John  Parrott's  kindness  of  heart  has  produced  a  very 
amusing  result.  There  are  standing  orders  from  her  that  no  one 
who  applies  for  food  at  her  San  Mateo  home  shall  be  turned 
away  hungry.  As  a  consequence,  San  Mateo  has  become  a 
haven  for  tramps,  somewhat  to  the  consternation  of  the  local 
authorities;  for  tramps  have  a  freemasonry  of  their  own,  as  is 
evident  from  the  fact  that  every  day  at  noon  there  may  be  seen 
about  fifty  of  these  industrious  gentlemen  reposing  in  various 
graceful  attitudes  upon  the  lawn  awaiting  dinner,  which  pres- 
ently is  served  to  them  on  a  long  table  in  a  dining-room  reserved 
for  their  exclusive  use. 

*  *  * 

W.  W.  Foote,  who  is  making  campaign  speeches  for  Mr.  Budd, 
had  a  singular  adventure  in  Modesto  last  week.  When  Mr. 
Foote  left  the  platform,  after  a  speech,  an  old,  gray-headed  man 
shook  bands  with  him  and  said: 

"The  last  time  I  saw  you,  Billy  Foote,  I  carried  you  in  my 
arms,  wounded  and  bleeding,  from  the  attack  on  Fort  Donaldson. 
I  was  a  private  in  the  same  regiment  as  yours  in  the  Confederate 
army."  Mr.  Foote  remembered  the  circumstance  and  had  a  long 
reminiscent  chat  with  his  old  companion  in  arms. 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


October  13,  1394. 


s.vN  ii;\m  isro  m:\vs  letter. 


11 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[Bt     D]      Vir>oh.| 
k>  A  KK  women  naturally  dishonrsi?"  is  a  question  that  crops  up 

Pi  now  and  th»-n  for  argument  but  never  for  settlement.  On 
one  side,  employers  say  that  women  du  not  default  as  do  trusted 
male  clerks,  tbat  tbey  are  steadier,  more  reliable,  and  more  trust- 
worthy tban  tbeir  brothers  Ou  the  otber  hand,  timekeepers  say 
tbat  women  have  no  idea  of  tbe  value  of  time  or  of  their  responsi- 
bility in  regard  to  being  punctual,  that  where  women  are  employ- 
ed a  time-keeper  is  an  absolute  necessity,  that  women  will  not  be 
honest  in  reporting  to  their  own  detriment.  In  regard  to  news- 
papers I  think  tbat  many  women  are  absolutely  without  moral 
sense.  Any  one  who  has  ever  lived  in  a  hotel  will  indorse  this 
somewhat  harsh  statement.  I  knew  a  woman,  one  who  came 
herefrom  tbe  East,  who  pretended  to  be  a  newspaper  woman, 
and  yet  she  lived  for  six  months  in  a  hotel  with  never  a  news- 
paper excepting  those  that  she  could  borrow  or  filch  from  her 
neighbors.  To  me  such  pauperism  is  absolutely  inexplicable,  al- 
though none  understands  so  well  as  a  book  lover  and  a  news- 
paper reader  how  strong  is  the  temptation  to  appropriate  any 
piece  of  print  that  lies  within  reach.  But  for  a  steady,  syslem- 
matic,  and  impertinent  appropriation  of  a  daily  paper,  with  never 
a  word  of  thanks  nor  hint  of  return,  but  a  calm  expectancy  of 
having  the  paper  handed  over  to  her  as  her  due,  as  a  tribute  to 
her  superiority — that  is  too  much  for  every  one  to  stand. 

Where  the  papers  of  regular  boarders  at  hotels  are  placed  in 
pigeon  holes  within  their  easy  reach,  it  is  no  uncommon  thing 
for  several  to  disappear  time  after  time.  No  one  knows  who  has 
taken  them,  no  one  has  seen  them  go,  but  gone  they  are.  Nothing 
exasperates  me  more  than  to  go  down  to  my  door  with  a  keen 
morning  appetite  for  news  to  find  my  paper  has  been  stolen. 

Because  the  cost  of  a  paper  is  so  trifling  and  because  the  paper 
itself  is  an  ephemeral  thing,  thrown  abide  as  soon  as  read,  many 
people  salve  their  consciences  with  tbe  thought  that  it  is  no  sin. 
It  is  a  sin  if  for  no  other  reason  than  tbe  murderous  thoughts  it 
generates  in  the  heart  of  the  one  whose  paper  is  stolen.  But  what 
shall  be  said  of  a  woman  who  deliberately  steals  novels  from  news 
stands  ?  I  heard  of  one  the  other  day  who  never  was  known  to 
purchase  more  than  one  novel  or  magazine  at  any  news  stand, 
and  yet  she  always  seemed  10  be  well  supplied  with  reading  mat- 
ter. One  day  the  keeper  of  the  hotel  news  stand  surprised  her 
infrequent  customer  in  the  very  act  of  covering  and  carrying  off 
a  magazine  with  a  paper  which  she  had  placed  upon  the  counter 
a  moment  earlier.  It  was  a  clever  scheme,  but  tried  once  too 
often  it  failed,  and  the  astute  news  dealer  promptly  presented  the 
society  thief  with  a  bill  for  all  the  papers,  books,  and  magazines 
which  had  been  missed  from  the  counter  during  the  season.  It 
was  paid  without  a  murmur. 

Some  weeks  ago  reference  was  made  in  this  column  to  tbe  bru- 
tal practical  joke  which  has  for  its  object  the  infliction  of  physi- 
cal injury  upon  its  victim.  On  the  very  day  that  that  article  was 
published  I  witnessed  a  practical  joke  that  came  near  costing  an 
elderly  lady  her  life.  A  party  of  people  at  a  summer  resort  had 
gone  into  the  ball-room,  and  gathered  on  the  platform  at  the  end 
of  the  room  were  enjoying  some  Instrumental  music  furnished  by 
ODe  of  their  number.  While  they  were  thus  engaged  the  door 
was  opened  by  two  half-grown  boys,  who  looked  in  and  then 
vanished.  In  the  twinkle  of  an  eye  the  hall  was  in  complete 
darkness.  The  little  wretches  bad  cut  off  the  electric  lights. 
Naturally  confusion  followed.  None  of  the  party  remembered  the 
exact  location  of  the  platform  stairs,  and  one  lady  slipped  and 
fell  sidewise  off  the  platform  upon  tbe  stairs,  which  fortunately 
broke  tbe  force  of  her  fall.  As  it  was,  she  was  painfully  bruised 
and  sprained  her  ankle.  Complaint  being  made  to  the  parents  of 
the  young  practical  jokers,  the  boys  seemed  to  swell  with  im- 
portance, while  the  parents  themselves  put  on  an  injured  air  and 
looked  as  if  the  people  who  had  been  victimized  had  gone  beyond 
the  bounds  of  propriety,  to  say  nothing  of  infringing  upon  "child- 
ren's right  to  be  children,"  by  complaining  of  such  deviltry.  Some 
women  seem  to  think  that  it  adds  to  their  dignity  and  sense  of 
importance  to  have  unruly  children  making  themselves  obnox- 
ious to  every  one  within  sight  and  sound  of  them.  It  would  not 
be  a  bad  idea  if  all  the  new  rich  and  mushroom  aristocracy  could 
go  to  a  parents'  kindergarten,  where  foolish  mothers  could  be 
taught  how  to  behave  with  their  children  in  public.  In  families 
where  the  ancestors  can  be  counted  by  more  than  one  hyphen, 
where  tbe  family  portraits  run  back  to  the  third  and  fourth  gen- 
eration, children  have  their  proper  place.  They  will  come  into 
their  kingdom  later  on,  and  be  all  the  better  for  having  been  well 
trained,  well  beloved  princes  of  the  blood  before  they  begin  to 
reign.  But  tbe  new  people  must  be  in  evidence  all  along  tbe 
line.  Even  their  children  must  add  their  quota  to  the  family's 
importance.  But  what  can  be  expected  in  a  family  where  there 
are  no  traditions  of  the  nursery? 

The  uprising  against  the  general  clang  and  clamor  of  a  fire 
alarm  is  endorsed  by  every  person  with  a  sense  of  hearing  or  a 
nerve  filament  in  his  body.  We  Americans  are  wearing  ourselves 
to  rags  and  tatters  in  our  wild  rush,  and  hurry,  and  worry,  we 
simply  can't  keep  still.     We  jar   our  spinal   column  in  walking 


and  riding,  heedless  of  the  warning  pain  at  the  bane  of  the  brain. 
We  ill  down  hard  on  womlen  car  seats,  we  rise  with  a  jerk,  and 
rush  along  a  stone  pavement,  striking  our  heels  on  the  hard,  un- 
yielding walk  at  every  step,  jarring  spine  and  brain,  and  then  we 
wonder  what  is  the  reason  tbat  we  have  nervous  prostration.  It 
would  be  belter  for  us  did  we  have  rubber  heels  to  give  some 
spring  to  our  step,  and  so  minimize  the  jolt  to  our  brains. 

And  the  nervous  annoyances  that  come  to  us  with  the  sense 
of  hearing.  The  sudden  lire  alarm,  the  noise  of  the  wagons  over 
the  stones,  the  peddler'*  pull  at  the  door-bell,  and,  most  Irritating 
of  all,  the  fare  gong  in  the  cable  cars  that  must  be  rung  every 
time  a  conductor  collects  a  fare.  It  is  an  outrage  upon  the  city's 
nerves  to  have  those  ear-rending  gongs  in  tbe  car.  Why  should 
the  company,  after  taking  my  fare,  compel  me  to  act  as  detective 
and  make  me  note  whether  or  not  the  conductor  registers  every 
fare  as  be  collects  it?  I  wish  all  the  gongs  would  get  a  "crick" 
in  their  sides,  and  instead  of  striking  the  fare,  strike  work. 

Ayer's  Hair  Vigor  is  justly  considered  the  best  and  most  economical 
hair  dressing  in  the  market. 


Curiae  Batb$. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  puroped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 


Emptied  Euery  |ViQljt 

Between  the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and 

pilled  Direct 

From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tuh 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath :  30  cts. 
single,  or  4  for  $1.    Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


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Dentist. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  13,  1894 


Y£® 


Corrjstock  Stocks  rose  to  a  high  point  daring  the  week,  oDly 
Miqing  to  tumble  back  at  a  rate  which  made  some  holders 
Shares.  fancy  the  shingles  were  coming  down  about  their 
ears.  The  street  is  much  to  blame  for  the  decline.  Dealers  have 
become  so  timid  lately  tbat  the  first  signs  of  depreciation  on  an 
advancing  market  sends  everybody  running  on  tbe  principle  "the 
devil  take  the  hindmost."  This  is  ruinous,  for  it  only  accentu- 
ates a  decline  which  might  have  otherwise  been  only  nominal. 
If  the  mines  had  been  permitted  to  cut  any  figure  in  the  market 
there  could  never  have  been  such  a  demoralizing  break  in  values. 
From  all  accounts  of  a  reliable  character,  Con. -Cal. -Virginia  con- 
tinues to  improve  as  depth  is  attained  in  the  winze  now  going 
down  below  the  1700  level.  The  bullion  extraction  is  a  long  way 
above  any  former  average  in  the  matter  of  grade  of  ores,  and  the 
cash  in  the  treasury  is  building  op  rapidly  all  the  time.  These 
facts  should  go  a  long  way  to  help  business  with  the  brokers 
were  it  not  for  the  manipulations  of  a  bear  clique  which  has  again 
got  control  of  the  market.  The  reports  from  the  South  End  are 
also  favorable.  The  working  force  at  Crown  Point  and  Belcher 
has  been  increased  considerably,  and  both  mines  are  in  a  condi- 
tion to  produce  a  large  amount  of  bullion  every  month.  Crown 
Point  is  now  making  regular  shipments  of  ore  to  the  Mexican 
mill  which  runs  high  in  gold,  and  everything  that  science  can 
suggest  is  being  done  to  reduce  the  milling  and  other  expenses  as 
much  as  possible.  This  should  enable  the  company  to  place  itself 
on  a  good  financial  basis  and  relieve  shareholders  of  a  heavy  pro- 
portion of  the  outlay  for  development  work.  The  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Con. -Cal. -Virginia  Company  will  be  held  on  Monday 
next,  and  the  report  of  Superintendent  Lyman  is  awaited  with 
much  interest  by  shareholders.  There  is  some  talk  about  a  divi- 
dent  being  declared,  and  this  is  not  unlikely,  as  the  company  is 
now  in  a  position  to  pay  one  if  the  Directors  deem  it  advisable. 
There  were  no  assessments  levied  during  the  week.  That  on 
Ophir  was  delinquent  in  office  and  Alta  on  the  Board. 

$  $  % 

tfarpeqdiqg  The  news  that  Asburry  Harpending  has  again 

in  a  entered  California  on  conquest  bent  can  be  re- 

Mining  Deaf,  garded  in  two  different  lights.  It  is  compli- 
mentary from  the  fact  that  it  is  well  known  that  he  has  over- 
hauled the  greater  part  of  creation  outside  of  the  State  bouudaries 
for  something  with  money  in  it.  and  is  forced  to  fall  back  upon 
our  gold  mines  as  the  only  possible  chance  for  a  successful  deal. 
On  the  other  hand,  it  is  questionable  whether  the  renewal  of  tbe 
connection  will  prove  a  blessing  in  disguise  in  view  of  past  ex- 
perience with  this  wily  manipulator  of  men  and  mines.  Tbe 
leopard  does  not  cbange  his  spots,  and  it  is  difficult  to  realize 
that  the  hero  of  the  exploits  with  which  Harpending  is  accred- 
ited in  the  past  can  have  altered  so  much  within  twenty  years  as 
to  inspire  the  fullest  confidence  in  his  beneficent  intentions  to- 
ward the  public.  His  selection  of  the  New  London  mine  does 
not  seem  a  very  bright  beginning.  There  are  few  better  or  more 
enterprising  mining  men  in  this  State  than  the  former  owners  of 
the  property,  Martin  and  Ballard.  They  spent  $300,000  in  an 
attempt  to  make  a  mine  out  of  this  property,  and  after  sinking 
to  a  depth  of  1200  feet  were  forced  to  give  it  up  as  a  hopeless 
case.  The  Hendy  mine  is  mentioned  as  another  purchase,  and 
the  Philadelphia,  a  mine  which,  if  we  are  correct,  is  owned  by 
Mr.  Crawford,  the  State  Mineralogist.  It  is  said  that  these 
properties  are  being  taken  up  for  promotion  in  London,  which  is 
s-upposed  to  be  rather  vulnerable  just  now,  tbat  investors  are 
rather  surfeited  with  all  the  good  things  from  Africa.  A  Cali- 
fornia scheme  or  two  might  act  as  an  alternative,  and  shrewd 
operators  are  now  turning  thitherward.  It  is  generally  under- 
stood tbat  the  Harpending  lines  are  now  being  laid  upon  an  elab- 
orate scale  of  magnificences,  and  the  ultimate  evolution,  when 
the  chrysalis  takes  shape  as  a  butterfly,  may  awaken  envy  in 
tbe  bosom  of  tbe  "Baron"  Grant,  and  make  him  pale  as  a  lumin- 
ary beside  bis  great  American  prototype  now  resident  at  Placer- 
ville. 

£  $  $ 
Th,e  Neuada  The   Nevada   Bank   annual    meeting    was 

Bank  held   on    Wednesday,  and   the  old  Board  of 

rfnnual  Meeting.  Directors  was  re-elected,  as  follows:  John 
W.  Mackay,  James  L.  Flood,  Lewis  Gerstle,  Isaias  W.  Hellman, 
Henry  F.  Allen,  C.  De  Guigne,  Robert  Watt,  Levi  Strauss,  D.  N. 
Walter,  H.  L.  Dodge  and  John  F.  Bigelow.  The  balance  sheet 
showed  assets  amounting  to  $11,876,584.32.  The  net  earnings  for 
the  year  were  $229,018.60.  During  the  year  the  bank  paid  6  per 
cent,  in  dividends,  aggregating  $18,000.  The  last  dividend  de- 
clared ot  1}  per  cent,  for  the  quarter  ending  September  30th,  is 
payable  on  the  15th  inst.  The  officers  chosen  for  the  ensuing 
year  were:  Isaias  W.  Hellman,  President ;  John  F.  Bigelow,  Vice- 
President:  D.  B.  Davidson,  Cashier,  and  George  Grant,  Assistant 
Cashier. 


The  Baqk         The  thirtieth    annual    meeting   of   the  Bank  of 
of  California  was  held  on  Tuesday  last.     The  follow- 

California.  ing  Board  of  Directors  was  elected  to  serve  for  the 
ensuing  year:  William  Alvord,  Charles  R.  Bishop,  James  M. 
Allen.  Antone  Borel.  Adam  Grant,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon,  H.  H.  Hew- 
lett, Meyer  Lewis,  Francis  G.  Newlands,  James  B.  Randol,  and 
George  Whittell.  Mr.  Whittell  was  elected  to  fill  a  vacancy 
caused  by  the  retirement  of  Charles  Mayne,  who  has  served  con- 
tinuously for  nineteen  years.  Tbe  average  cash  movement  of 
the  bank  was  $54,458,193  50,  a  total  for  twelve  months  of  $653,- 
498,322.02.  The  gross  earnings  for  tbe  year  were  $618,074.60,  and 
the  expenses  $159,666  11.  The  balance  of  credit  to  profit  and  loss 
account  was  $2  727,429  31.  The  total  cash  assets  shown  by  the 
financial  statement  were  $15,592,648.60.  Tbe  officers  elected  were: 
William  Alvord,  President;  Charles  R.  Bishop,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Brown,  Cashier;  S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Assistant  Cashier; 
Irving  M.  Moulton,  Second  Assistant  Cashier,  and  Allen  M. 
Clay,  Secretary. 

$  $  $ 

flqother  Underwriters  Craig  of  the    New  Zealand  Insur- 

tqsurance  ance  Company  and  Landers  of  tbe  Sun  have  been 
Battle,  pulled  up  before  the  P.  I.  U.  for  an  alleged  in- 
fringement of  the  new  rules.  They  are  charged  with  the 
employment  of  salaried  agents  at  Oakland,  and  with  pay- 
ing commissions  in  excess  of  those  authorized  nnder  tbe 
new  constitution.  Both  tbe  gentlemen  deny  the  allegations, 
and  the  matter  has  been  referred  to  the  committee  on  grievances. 
This  will  serve  as  a  test  case,  on  which  will  depend  much  of  the 
future  peaceful  disposition  of  the  association's  affairs.  It  seems 
impossible  to  legislate  so  as  to  suit  the  ideas  of  all  the  members, 
and  the  minority  vote  on  any  proposition  can  always  be  reck- 
oned as  an  opposition  upon  the  adoption  of  any  rule  in  dis- 
pute. Both  the  accused  in  the  present  cases  are  fighters,  and 
if  the  battle  goes  against  them  it  will  be  alter  a  hard  and  deter 
mined  struggle. 

A  Warqiqg  The  Investor,  our  bright  financial  contempor- 

to  ary   of   Los   Angelea,  does   not   appear   to   be 

Oil  Speculators,  quite  as  sanguine  about  the  merits  of  the 
alleged  oil  discovery  as  some  of  tbe  correspondents  are,  who  sup- 
ply the  effusive  reports  for  the  daily  press.  In  a  recent  issue  it 
says,  regarding  the  oil  boom:  "We  took  occasion  last  week  to 
caution  investors  against  being  led  into  the  excitement  which 
some  speculators  are  trying  to  work  up,  with  the  evident  inten- 
tion of  getting  rich  at  others'  expense,  whether  there  is  an  oil 
field  here  or  not.  To  further  their  designs,  the  wildest  and 
most  inaccurate  statements  are  being  circulated;  the  number,  the 
depth,  and  the  out-put  of  the  wells  are  grossly  exaggerated  and 
the  impression  sought  to  be  conveyed  is  tbat  the  experimental 
stage  has  been  passed  and  tbat  riches  are  assured  to  the  lucky 
people  who  succeed  in  getting  into  the  game  without  further  loss 
of  time." 

$  $  $ 

Califorqia  The  annual  report  of  the  State  Bank  Com- 
Bank  missioners  has  been  filed  for  the  term  ended 
Returns.  July  1,  1894.  The  examinations  cover  60  savings 
banks,  160  Stale  commercial  banks,  5  agencies  of  foreign  banks, 
making  a  total  of  283  banks  and  a  net  gain  of  1  since  the  previous 
report.  During  tbe  year  1  new  savings,  8  commercial  and  4  pri- 
vate banks  commenced  business.  In  the  same  period  2  national 
banks  were  retired.  The  amount  of  money  actually  on  hand  in 
the  248 State  and  private  banks  on  July  1,  1894,  was  $24,382,- 
836.34,  being  an  increase  of  .$4,804,357.74  for  the  year.  Including 
nationals,  there  was  $28,528,059  43  on  hand.  The  total  assets 
were  $297,352,958  94,  and  the  amount  due  depositors  was  4196,- 
980,864.45. 

Local  The  following  dividends  were   paid  by  local  cor- 

Stoek  porations  on  the  10th  inst:  Spring  Valley  Water 
Dividends.  Company,  50  cents  per  share;  Pacific  Gas  Improve- 
ment Company,  50  cents  per  share,  and  the  California  8treet  Ca- 
ble Company,  50  cents  per  share.  On  Monday  tbe  following  will 
be  payable;  Atlantic  Dynamite,  50  cents  per  share;  Oakland  Gas 
Company,  20  cents  per  share;  Bank  of  California,  $3  per  share, 
and  the  San  Francisco  Gaslight  Company,  35  cents  per  share. 
The  Pacific  Surety  Company  has  declared  a  quarterly  dividend 
of  2  per  cent  ,  payable  immediately. 


THE  twentieth  annual  convention  of  the  American  Association 
of  Bankers  is  now  in  session  at  Baltimore.  The  Association 
will  petition  Congress  to  adopt  an  amendment  to  the  National 
Banking  Act,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  safe  and  elastic 
national  currency. 

■$  $  $ 

THE  personal  estate  of  Mr.  T.  C.  Bandars,   tbe  late  chairman  of 
the  Mexican  Railway  Company,  has  been  proved  at  £35,489. 


-  13.  1894. 


BAN   KK  INCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


13 


■'Hear  tho  Trior What  the  -icvil  art  thou?" 

"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  air,  with  700." 

ki  1700  talk  of  your  pioneer,  but  I  tell  yon  it  is  a  good 
I  thing  that  bis  rule  in  California  is  nearly  over.  I  do  not 
say  tt  reproachfully,  for  it  was  the  inevitable  resnlt  of  the  condi- 
tions which  surrounded  them.  The  honor  that  bound  the  pio- 
neers together  in  the  discharge  of  their  early  functions  in  Califor- 
nia was  the  honor  that  binds  thieves  together  for  protection." — 
[A fr net  from  report  of feature  by  the  Rev.  Horatio  Slebbins  at  the  an- 
nual dinner  of  the    Unitarian  Club.\ 

Yon.  saintly  Stebbins,  with  a  pious  sneer, 
Deride  the  virtues  of  the  Pioneer, 
And.  snivelling  unctiously.  air  your  belief: 
"  His  honor  was  the  honor  of  a  thief." 

Honor — what  know  you  of  it?     Ere  the  day 

When  smirking  preachers  came  to  watch  and  prey, 

Persuading,  with  their  whining,  threatening  art, 

The  gold  from  plethoric  pockets  to  depart, 

That  their's  might  be  well  filled,  the  Pioneer 

Of  thieves  and  desperadoes  had  no  fear; 

Or.  if  thieves  came,  then  justice,  swift  to  strike, 

Protected  all,  the  rich  and  poor  alike. 

True,  honest,  generous,  he  nobly  stood 

By  all  the  ties  of  human  brotherhood. 

Thieves! — He  who  plays  on  mortals'  hopes  and  fears, 

Man's  ignorance,  superstitions,  sufferings,  tears, 

With  false  pretense — a  blessing,  or  a  curse — 

Luring  the  coveted  coin  from  his  purse, 

What  call  you  him?     What  is  this  crafty  creature? 

A  thief?     Not  that;  he  goes  by  name  of  Preacher. 

A  NOVEL  lawsuit  is  that  brought  by  an  aged  farmer  of  Sonoma 
Connty.  Ten  years  ago,  when  he  was  seventy  years  old,  he 
married  a  widow  under  forty,  in  consideration  whereof  he  sold, 
assigned,  and  transferred  to  her  all  and  singular  certain  property 
of  the  value  of  $15,000.  Two  years  ago  she  left  him  and  he  se- 
cored  a  divorce  for  desertion,  and  now  he  sues  for  the  recovery  of 
the  property,  alleging  that  the  consideration  was  fradulent  and 
non-existent — to  wit,  her  »  purity,"  whatever  that  may  be.  He 
probably  means  to  allege  that  he  thought  he  was  paying  $15,000 
for  a  chaste  woman!  Such  an  opinion  as  this  may  one  day  be 
found  in  the  court  records  of  Sonoma:  "  By  custom  the  barter  in 
human  beings — such,  for  instance,  as  the  purchase  of  poor  Euro- 
pean princes  by  rich  American  women  and  the  buying  of  poor 
young  women  by  wealthy  old  men — is  a  matter  from  which  con- 
siderations of  chastity  are  self-evidently  excluded,  as  being  a  con- 
tradiction of  terms,  for  the  transfer  itself  is  a  proclamation  of  un- 
chastity.  The  Court  is  moved  to  express  the  obiter  dictum  that  the 
defendent  herein  displayed  remarkable  business  tact  in  securing 
so  large  a  sum  for  herself.     Judgment  for  the  defendant." 

AN  evidence  of  the  progress  of  civilization  under  the  spur  of  in- 
telligence has  been  exhibited  In  the  case  of  Dr.  O.  B.  Adams, 
an  Oakland  physician,  who  died  the  other  day.  In  his  will  he 
provided  that  his  body  should  be  placed  in  a  coffin  to  cost  not 
more  than  $8,  and  thus  taken  to  the  crematory  and  reduced  to 
ashes.  Beiog  a  man  of  high  intelligence  and  considerable  wealth 
he  has  set  an  example  worthy  of  emulation.  It  is  commonly 
expected  of  wealth  that  it  will  vulgarize  its  possessors  in  spite  of 
whatever  education  and  refinement  they  may  happen  to  enjoy,  and 
that  even  living  they  look  forward  to  a  sumptuous  funeral  when 
dead.  Until  the  secret  and  other  benevolent  societies  shall  have 
dropped  their  expensive  pomp  and  brassbanding  at  funerals,  there 
will  be  a  serious  impediment  to  the  advancement  of  a  refined  and 
intelligent  civilization. 

CARDINAL  GIBBON8  has  stirred  up  the  woman  suffragists  by 
expressing  the  hope  that  the  day  will  never  come  when 
women  can  vote.  This  Cardinal,  who  has  a  predeliction  for 
homes  and  babies,  is  of  the  opinion  that  they  are  incompatible 
with  the  ballot.  On  the  other  hand,  Mrs.  Clara  Foltz,  whose  ap- 
proaching marriage  has  been  announced,  sees  nothing  inimical 
between  ballots  and  babies,  and  is  perfectly  willing  to  experiment 
coetaneously  with  both. 

CONGRESSMAN  Caminetti  feels  sure  of  re-eleclion,  because 
every  one  of  the  overwhelming  number  of  Italians  in  his  dis- 
trict will  vote  for  him.  That  they  do  not  draw  fine  distinctions 
is  shown  in  the  remark  made  by  one  of  them  recently.  Said  he: 
"Oh,  yes,  I  vota  for  Caminetti  effery  tirael  I  vota  for  'im  for 
Presidents,  las' time;  'e  maka  gooda  Presidenta;  I  vota  for 'im 
Presidenta  some  mo'." 

THOSE  husbands  who  are  tired  of  their  wives  ought  not  to  find 
great  difficulty  in  persuading  them  to  join  the  Koreshan  colony 
of  the  unspeakable  Teed,  where  celibacy  is  presumably  enforced. 
It  is  upon  women  principally  that  religious  charlatans  depend  for 
support  and  success. 


TM  K  Ep  worth  Leaguers  and  the  Chrlslain  Kudeavorers  are  at 
it,  tooth  Bin!  t  ten  all,  and  during  the  warfare,  which  is  being 
conducted  in  toe  characttTHtic  Christian  spirit  of  relentless  ani- 
mosity, it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  Devil  may  succeed  in  coming 
by  his  own.  The  Leaguer?,  who  are  Methodists  all  the  way  down 
to  their  coccyx,  are  jealous  of  the  growth  of  the  Endeavorers, 
whose  work  in  the  Lord's  vineyard  Is  coextensive  with  all  the 
churches  except  the  Unitarians  and  other  unevangelical  organ- 
izations, who  are  left  severely  alone  because  they  are  predestined 
t»  be  damned  and  are  outside  the  pale  of  redeeming  grace. 
Preachers,  editors  of  religious  journals,  and  members  of  the  rival 
societies,  urged  on  by  that  Christian  zeal  which  distinguishes  the 
lowly  disciple  from  a  bulldog,  are  fulminating,  recriminating,  and 
anathematizing  in  a  way  that  must  send  a  cold  shiver  of  dread 
through  the  dust  of  the  sainted  martyrs.  It  is  a  beautiful  ortho- 
dox row,  saturated  like  a  drenched  cat  with  cburchly  love  and 
charity,  and  bringing  to  the  combatants,  whose  souls  are  aglow 
with  holy  ardor,  a  peace  that  passeth  all  understanding.  Over 
at  Oakland  the  tight  has  almost  reached  a  stage  that  calls  for  the 
interposition  of  the  police,  and  the  city  of  churches  bids  fair  soon 
to  become  the  seat  of  an  inter-religious  war,  fought  without  quar- 
ter and  fraught  with  all  the  terrors  of  sanctified  tongue  and  pen. 
In  the  meanwhile  Beelzebub  looks  gaily  on,  and  the  world  and 
the  flesh  keeping  pace  with  the  blithe  step  of  His  Satanic 
Majesty,  proceed  harmoniously  and  cheerfully  down  the  broad 
broad  path  that  leads  to  destruction. 

THE  "co-eds,"  as  the  female  students  of  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia are  flippantly  called,  have  determined  to  abandon 
long  skirts  in  rainy  weather  and  thus  be  able  to  take  a  long  stride 
forward  in  the  disentbralldom  of  their  sex.  Next  thing  we  know 
these  alert  young  women  will  be  getting  rid  of  their  sex. 
"  O,  rainy  days,  come  hasten  thee  onl"  the  he-student  earnestly 

begs. 
"  When  the  torrent  comes   down   the  skirts  will  go  up,  and  the 
co-ed  will  show  her — feet." 

THE  Examiner  strove  strenuously  to  exalt  the  incident  of  the 
collision  of  an  Oakland  patrolman's  club  and  "  General" 
Kelley's  head  to  the  dignity  of  a  subject  for  a  lynching  bee,  but 
the  Oaklanders,  who  are  hopelessly  unimpressionable,  failed  in- 
gloriously  to  respond.  The  Examiner  for  months  past  has  been 
urgiDg  the  necessity  of  lynching  somebody,  and  in  the  interest 
of  the  public  good,  and  as  a  slight  evidence  of  its  enterprise,  that 
paper  should  not  hesitate  to  supply  a  timely  and  suitable  victim 
— its  own  editor. 

MR.  BUDD,  Democratic  candidate  for  Governor,  has  declared: 
"Whenever  you  come  to  Sacramento  after  next  January, 
you  needn't  send  in  your  card  to  the  Governor,  but  just  open  the 
door  and  say,  'Are  you  in,  Jim?'  "  Surely  Mr.  Budd  meant  to 
say  merely  that  he  would  be  elected,  and  did  not  wish  us  to  un- 
derstand that  if  elected  he  would  be  neither  a  gentleman  nor  a 
faithful  officer.  Of  course  if  elected  he  would  be  neither  recreant 
nor  a  clown,  and  that  means  to  say  what  we  think  of  political 
pledges. 

AS  Mrs.  Herman  Oelrichs  will  doubtless  learn  after  reading  this 
paragraph  that  her  gardener,  in  sprinkling  her  lawn,  keeps  a 
constant  pool  of  mud  and  water  at  the  corner  of  Pine  and  Jones 
streets,  through  which  patrons  of  the  street  cars  are  compelled  to 
wade,  her  warm  affection  for  the  people  of  this  city  will  doubt- 
less be  manifested  in  a  suppression  of  this  annoying  nuisance.  If 
not,  the  Superintendent  of  Streets,  who  is  something  of  a  lady's 
man,  might  presume  on  his  office  to  cultivate  her  acquaintance. 

THAT  "  purity  of  elections"  law  iB  causing  many  an  anxious 
candidate  to  wonder  where  he  will  get  off.  The  "piece"  clubs 
and  those  who  have  "influence"  are  looking  for  the  erstwhile 
boodle  to  put  them  in  motion.  It  requires  the  metalic  touch  to 
tap  their  patriotic  impulses,  and  the  anxious  candidate  fortifies 
his  sack  with  the  law  in  his  pocket,  and  mourns  because  he  can- 
not violate  its  iron-clad  provisions. 
IN  putting  up  his  forfeit  to  fight  Mr.  Fitzsimmons,  Mr.  Corbett, 
we  are  assured,  nonchalantly  pulled  from  his  pocket  a  neat 
little  roll  of  ten  one-thousand  dollar  bills — fully  as  nonchalantly, 
no  doubt,  as  Prince  Poniatowski  now  can  do. 

THE  Populists  of  California  are  about  to  inflict  Mrs.  Lease,  of 
Kansas,  and  Governor  Pennoyer,  of  Oregon,  upon  the  people 
of  this  State.  Why  pile  more  burdens  on?  Have  we  not  always 
Sutro  and  O'Donnell  with  us? 

PRINCE  PONIATOWSKI  may  now  be  pointed  to  for  the  bene- 
fit of  American  youth,  as  a  striking  example  of  the  essen- 
tiality of  perseverence  as  a  factor  in  the  attainment  of  financial 
success. 

MURDERER  VITAL  is  not  to  be  hanged,  because  he  is  insane. 
It  is  a  beautiful  system  that  drives   criminals   into   insanity 
by  keeping  the  gallows-rope  dangling  before  them  for  years. 

BEFORE  Arizona's  wish  to  be  admitted  as  a  State  is  gratified  it 
might  be  well  for  her  to  burn  some  of   her  Territorial  records 
— the  Omnibus  Divorce  bill,  for  instance. 

A  DISMAL  doom   apparently   hangs   over   Alameda— Oakland 
threatens  to  absorb  it  in  the  ambitious   scheme  to  constitute 
itself  a  city  and  county. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


October  13,  1894. 


AS  one  reads  the  glittering  account  of  the  wedding  of  onr  Cali- 
fornian  maiden,  handsome  Beth  Sperry,  and  the  Polish  Prince- 
ling of  the  Poniatowskis,  one  cannot  help  wondering  if  the  finale 
will  be  like  that  of  the  Colonna-  Mac  bay  union  (and  of  numberless 
others  of  Easiern  name  and  abode  who  do  not  touch  our  sympa- 
thies as  the  Californian  family  does).  Why  will  our  American 
girls  not  be  content  with  their  own  compatriots?  Sorely  the  title 
of  "  Native  8on"  is  worth  a  dozen  Princes  or  Dukes  whose 
brains,  hearts,  and  pockets  are  alike  in  an  empty  condition. 

It  is  a  pity  that  the  columns  of  space  used  by  the  Examiner  on 
its  threadbare  theme  of  "  Woman's  Sphere"  could  not  be  utilized 
by  it  with  the  candid  opinions  of  its  readers  as  to  the  proper 
sphere  of  the  ••  Monarch"  itself!  Where  would  the  majority  of 
public  opinion  consign  it?     Echo  answers,  Where? 

*  *  ■» 

We  may  confidently  expect  our  swim  to  take  frantically  to  the 
bicycle  craze,  now  that  Mrs.  Oelrichs  and  Miss  Fair  have  im- 
ported their  machines  from  New  York,  and  the  old  saying  of 
"  running  wid  de  machine"  will  no  doubt  be  practically  illus- 
trated by  the  beau  monde  as  it  has  not  been  since  the  good  old  '49 
days,  when  Miss  Lily  Hitchcock  was  the  idol  of  No.  5  Knicker- 
bocker Fire  Company,  and  used  to  go  out  with   them  regularly. 

It  would  seem  as  though  Mr.  McMnrtry  found  it  a  very  diffi- 
cult matter  to  make  up  his  mind,  or  in  the  words  of  Shakespeare, 
"  Screw  his  courage  to  the  sticking  place,"  and  stick. 

*  #  * 

Last  week  we  sounded  a  note  of  alarm  to  unsuspecting  mothers 
as  to  the  dangers  of  tbe  Oakland  boat  transit  without  a  chaperone 
for  their  girls,  and  this  week  we  peal  forth  another  on  tbe  fash- 
ionable baths  of  tbe  day.  Indiscriminate  mingling  of  bathers  is 
objectionable  enough  at  the  seaside,  but  in  the  tanks  of  a  city  es- 
tablishment liberty  frequently  becomes  license. 

West  California  street  is  bidding  fair  to  rival  the  Nob  Hill  end 
of  the  street,  as  some  of  the  creamiest  of  the  crZme  de  la  cremc  have 
recently  taken  residences  comprising  a  whole  row  of  new  houses 
in  that  locality. 

*  *  » 

It  may  be  within  tbe  power  of  Hymen  to  transplant  and  galli- 
cise  a  regally  splendid  bloom,  but  it  is  feared  that  the  character- 
istics of  the  cabbage  rose  will  persist  in  spite  of  all;  for  despite  a 
heavy  bedecking  of  pearls  and  diamonds,  she  insists,  in  boastiDg 
of  her  tiara  to  her  friends,  that  <<  You  must  see  my  ta-ra-ra!  " 

*  *  * 

Those  of  the  girls  who  have  been  slighted  by  two  youDg  officers 
of  the  army  for  tbe  superior  charms  of  two  heiresses  are  chuck- 
ling over  the  departure  Eastward  of  the  latter,  and  over  the  fact 
that  tbe  first  cotillion  of  tbe  winter  season  will  be  danced  minus 
the  soldier  boys'  guiding  stars. 

Apropos  of  the  cotillions,  it's  all  very  well  for  Shakespeare  to 
make  Juliet  say,  "  What's  in  a  name?"  but  we  venture  the  as- 
sertion that  the  festive  leader  of  those  swagger  gatherings  of  the 
swim  prefers  to  be  styled  by  any  form  of  his  patronymic  rather 
than  •■  Eddie,"  by  which  title  he  figured  in  a  recent  daily  social 
item. 

Ondit.  Mrs.  Marion  Wise-Wagner,   npon  her  retnrn   from    tbe 
wedding  trip  to  Earope,  will  inaugurate  musical  evenings  at  her 
city  home  during  the  winter  season. 
**• 

Of  all  the  gaieties  which  a  season  affords,  noDe  are  more  eagerly 
anticipated  and  more  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  our  pretty  belles 
than  the  hops  at  the  military  post  of  tbe  Presidio,  where  the 
army  plays  host,  and  the  soldier  boys  are  so  pre-eminently  fas- 
cinating to  the  girls  that  a  civilian  stands  no  chance  whatever. 
The  intelligence  that  Lieutenant  Noble  will  again  disport  in  onr 
swim  this  season  has  been  received  with  mnch  pleasure.  The 
gallant  soldier  will  be  at  Angel  Island  this  winter. 

*  »  » 

Rumor  has  been  very  busy  of  late  asserting  that  at  fast  a  wed- 
ding would  occur  in  the  Hebraic  end  of  the  Bowie  family,  and 
that  the  fair  bride  has  been  chosen  by  no  less  a  person  than  tbe 
English  magnate  of  Burlingame,  whose  fancy  has  strayed,  says 
gossip,  from  bovine  sports  to  Cupid's  wiles. 

"  How  long  EI  and  Jennie  are   in    making   up  their  minds!" 

said  a  young  lady  last  week  at  Mamie  Bnrling's  tea.     But  then, 
the  yonng  lady  was  not  one  of  those  on  the  inside. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum. 
will  find  it  admirable. 


You 


C.  MAREY  & 


Nuits  (Cote    d'Or), 


f  Clos  de  Vougeot, 
I    Chambertin, 
Beaune, 

->     POMMARD, 

Chablis  (White),  and 
I    Chablis  (White)  1878, 

^    In  Cases,  Quarts  and  Pints. 


Sold  by  the  Le:d'ng  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 


CHARLES    MEINECKE  &   CO., 

Sole  Agents  Pacific  Coast.  314  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 


BIDS 


WILL  BE 
BECEIVED 
FOR  a  LOT  OF 


Until  10  A.M.  Oct.  15,  1894. 


Second=Hand 
Machinery. 


At  the  old  Lake  Merced  pumps, 

situated    on    the  north    side  of 
Lake  Merced. 


For  particulars  apply  to 

C.  D.  HYLAND, 

Spring  Valley  Water  Works,  (At  the  lake). 

/TV55  /T)ar)Sor/5    5el?ool, 

1625  San  Jose  Avenue,  between  Grand 

and  Paru  Streets, 

/llameda,   <?al. 

Boarding  and  Day  School  for    Young    Ladies  and 
Children.    Kelt  term  opens  August  6th. 


I^E/T)0l//K. 


l/ar?    fiess 
S^mipary, 


1 222  Pine  street,  will  remove  on  October  first  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
Jackson  and  Gough  streets. 


'  .A-sK-tcia    ^.     Stevens, 


-A. 

X 

o 


STUDIO  :     26  Montgomery  Street,  Room  8. 

Pupils  prepared  for  Stage,  Concert  or  Drawing  Room.  A 
Special  Class  for  Teachers  who  wish  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


ZISKA  INSTITUTE, 


1606  VAX  JSESS  ATEXIE. 
8CH00L  FOR  GIRLS.    French.  German,  and  English  Day  and  Boarding 
School.    Klegant  home.    Best  educational  advantages. 
Kelt  term  commences  August  1, 1894. 

II ME.  B    ZISKA,  A.  M.,  Principal. 


REMOVAL. 


DELMAS  &  SHORTRIDGE 

Have  removed  their  law  offices  to  the 

CROCKER  BUILDING  (Third  Floor.) 


OctoUr  13.1894. 


SA.N  Jf'KANClSCO  NEWS  LETTElt. 


15 


CONCERNING    NEWSPAPER       ENTERPRISE. 


AN  entertaining  instance  of  the  evils  of  lying  was  furnished  by 
tbe  recent  publication  in  the  Chronicle  of  a  series  of  Corean 
•■war  articles"  poiuptd  from  the  tboucht  wells  of  an  ideal 
romancer  from  the  dreamy  Orient.  That  fair-haired  fabricator 
slew  Chinese  and  Japs  by  the  hundred,  wrecked  giant  warships 
without  an  effort,  burned  numerous  cruisers  to  tbe  water's  edge, 
and  sent  whole  fleets  bubbling  and  oscillating  to  tbe  bottom  of 
the  sea.  Tbe  yarns  were  a  rank  imposition  on  tbe  paper  in  the 
tower,  but  there  is  a  big  difference  between  deliberate  faking  and 
tbe  printing  of  allegtd  news  supplied  by  a  roving  advenuirer. 
Tbis  difference,  however,  the  Examiner  does  not  seem  able  to 
grasp,  judging  from  tbe  attitude  taken  toward  its  contemporary, 
esteemed  or  otherwise.  Tbe  high  moral  standard  from  which  the 
Chronicle  is  assailed  for  trilling  with  its  readers  is  amusing.  One 
would  think  that  the  Examiner  bad  never  published  an  untruth 
in  its  entire  sensational  career. 

For  several  days  Mr.  Hearst's  paper  ridiculed  tbe  war  stories 
and  the  journal  which  printed  them,  and  made  uncomplimentary 
allusions  to  the  "fakir"  who  manufactured  tbe  tales,  forgetting, 
meanwhile,  the  many  blood-curdling  romances  which  have  ap- 
peared in  its  own  columns.  Having  finished  its  fun,  the  Exam- 
iner grew  serious,  and  attempted  to  point  a  melancholy  moral  on 
its  editorial  page  Thursday  morning.  To  accomplish  this  admir- 
able end  and  further  encourage  lying,  tbe  Oriental  trutta-jugeler 
w°s  induced  to  make  a  statement  in  the  Examiner  to  the  effect 
that  he  bad  been  cruelly  misrepresented  and  outraged  by  the 
Chronicle.  Young  Mr.  Hornbrook  was  fearfully  exasperated  to 
learn  that  whole  pages  of  descriptive  matter  filled  with  glaring 
inaccuracies  bad  been  attributed  to  him,  when  he  never  said  a 
word.  His  business  prospects  and  bis  reputation  for  trutb  and 
veracity  bad  been  wrecked  as  completely  as  the  ironclads  which 
be  burned  and  sank  in  Corean  waters. 

When  the  unhappy  romancer  found  his  future  blighted  be  hied 
himself  to  the  Chronicle  and  begged  that  justice  be  done  in  the 
interest  of  himself  and  tbe  rising  generation  of  young  fictioniste. 
But  alas!  even  this  small  boon  was  denied  him,  and  the  out- 
raged Hornbrook  poured  bis  tale  of  woe  into  the  Examiner  at  the 
regular  rates.  With  that  communication,  whico  contains  less 
truth  than  the  original  war  stories,  as  a  basis,  the  Examiner 
proceeds  to  preach  a  "sermon  in  which  the  Chronicle  is  held  up  as 
a  horrible  example  of  the  effects  of  lying.  In  one  para- 
graph it  explains  that  the  stories  were  concocted  in  the  office  of 
its  contemporary  and  fathered  on  a  colonial  George  Washington. 
The  moral  concludes  with  a  warning  to  papers  which  pass  off 
fiction  bought  from  wandering  adventurers  at  so  much  a  column. 
Can  it  be  that  the  Examiner  has  forgotten  its  own  exploits  in  the 
Munchausen  line? 

It  is  but  a  few  short  months  since  that  truthful  chronicler  of 
actual  events  had  Farmer  Decker,  of  Siskiyou,  pursuing  a  career 
of  death  and  devastation  which  laid  low  many  a  wife,  and  babe, 
and  hired  man.  The  dripping  details  of  each  cruel  murder — and 
they  numbered  a  dozen — were  paid  for  at  column  rates  and  dished 
up  as  news.  A  correspondent  on  the  spot,  with  his  imagination 
stimulated  by  tbe  sharp  mountain  air,  dug  up  murder  after  mur- 
der, covering  a  period  of  forty  years,  until  the  yeomanry  round 
about  Yreka  rose  up  in  its  might  and  landed  the  innocent  old 
farmer  in  jail.  Still  the  raging  correspondent  pursued  bira,  and 
daily  the  Examiner  published  the  "  news."  So  filled  with  his 
theme  did  this  brilliant  young  fictionist  become  that  in  tbe  silent 
night  he  dreamed  of  ghosts  and  palmed  them  off  on  poor  old 
Decker.  Gaunt  spectres  of  victims  murdered  in  distant  States 
floated  into  the  jail  at  gruesome  midnight  and  pointed  their  bony 
fingers  at  tbe  miserable  rancher.  People  turned  sick  and  faint  as 
each  fresh  tale  of  human  slaughter  and  the  destruction  of  helpless 
babes  loomed  up,  and  in  time  the  correspondent  felt  justified  in 
labeling  Farmer  Decker  as  a  "fiend  incarnate."  And  thus  the 
stream  of  fiction  flowed  until  the  discovery  of  a  private  graveyard 
on  the  ranch,  or  tbe  hanging  of  the  rancher  would  have  been 
only  a  question  of  time.  Bound  helpless  in  a  chain  of  facts,  each 
link  forged  by  the  indomitable  correspondent,  the  wretched 
Decker  was  preparing  to  meet  his  Maker,  when  something  really 
depressing  happened.  The  first  victim  of  Decker's  in  the  whole- 
sale murder  business  on  this  coast  spoke  up  and  refused  to  admit 
that  she  was  dead.  Other  victims,  following  this  initiative,  came 
forward  and  denied  that  they  were  corpses  at  the  hand  of  Decker, 
and  great  was  the  consternation  of  tbe  correspondent  thereat. 
Bat  his  nerve  did  not  forsake  him  at  tbis  critical  juncture.  Tbe 
young  man  was  game.  With  a  delicacy  of  touch  and  a  marvel- 
ous exhibition  of  tact,  he  called  the  first  grand  annual  reunion  of 
slayer  and  slain  on  the  gore-streaked  bills  of  Siskiyou.  The  meet- 
ing was  affecting  in  the  extreme.  Decker  was  so  delighted  to 
learn  that  he  had  not  killed  tbe  people  whose  names  appeared  in  tbe 
Examiner's  mortuary  list  that  he  forgot  to  complain.  After  graphi- 
cally describing  the  scene  the  ensanguined  correspondent  grace- 
folly  withdrew,  and  the  Examiner's  great  Decker  murder  serial 
came  to  an  abrupt  and  inglorious  end  without   a  single  hanging. 

Some  fakes  in  civil  life  are  fully  as  amusing  as  war  stories  from 
the  lips  of  an  eye-witness,  and  the  Decker  case  is  bat  one  of  tbe 
many  frauds  perpetrated  by  the  paper  which  now  sets  itself  np 
as  a  censor  of  the  press. 


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Irwin  C.  Stump,  President.    Wm.  C.  Ralston,  Secretary.    Tbe  Anglo- 

Californian  Bank,  Ld.,  Treasurer. 
DIRECTORS— Irwin  C.  Stump,  Irving  M.  Scott,  Jacob  H.  Neff,  W.F. 
Goad,  R.  C.  Chambers,  P.  N.  Lilienthal,  D.  M.  Burns. 

MILLS  BUILDING,  San  Francisco. 

This  company  has  been  formed  to  sell  mining  and  ditch  properties  and 
water  rights  011  commission  only.  It  Is  prepared  to  act  as  agent  and  broker 
for  tbe  sale  and  purchase  of  such  properties.  Mines  liBted  at  its  offices 
will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  investors;  no  bond  is  required  until 
there  is  a  prospective  purchaser. 

ihe  company  will  look  after  tbe  interests  of  non-residents  or  obtain  in- 
formation for  them;  it  will  also  assist  mining  engineers,  superintendents, 
foremen,  assayers,  millmen  and  miners  to  obtain  employment. 

Tbe  Company  is  prohibited  by  its  articles  of  incorporation  from  buying 
or  selling  mines  on  its  own  account,  and  except  as  agent  or  factor  for 
others. 


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W.  E.  Bridge,  Proprietor. 
423    post  St., 

Bet.  Powell  and  Mason 
Telephone  1323.  San  Francisco. 


TOMKINSON'S  LIVERY  STABLE, 


Established  1862. 


J.  TOMKIN80N,  PEOPEIETOB, 


Nob.  57,  59  and  61  Minna  Street,  between  First  aDd  Second. 

Through  to  Natoma  street,  Nos.  64,  66  and  68.  One  block  from  the  Palace 
Hotel,  also  carriages  and  coupes  at  Pacific  Union  Club,  corner  Post  and 
Stocaton  streets,  San  Francisco.    Telephone  No.  153. 

Fine  turnouts  kept  especially  for  calling.  Also  rockaways,  buggies  and 
vehicles  of  every  description  at  reduced  rates. 

CRUELTY  TO  ANIMALS. 

BE  CON-ISTENT.  Ride  only  in  an  omnilus,  never  in  an 
electric  car.  so  long  as  you  make  your  horse  use  one  of  those 
old  style  Wad  Stuffed  Collar.-.   W.  DAVIS  &  SON  are  making 

THE  ANTI-WAD  COLLARS 
smooth  as  glass,  elastic  and  strong;  the  only  firm  on  the 
Coast  up  to  date  in  collars.  The  "  MODEKN  WONDER,"  the 
Fogelsang  btuffer,  owned  hy  them,  is  the  only  one  in  Cali- 
fornia. No  skill  ever  yet  devised  can  equal  it.  Whips, 
Harness,  Robes,  Saddles,  Leather.  Wholesale  and  retail. 
W.  MAVIS  &  SON,  410  Mark"    St. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

213    California  Street. 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  13,  1894. 


11  HOYAL  blue,"  says  a  London  fashion  writer,  »•  one  of  the 
IV  fashionable  tinis  of  the  season,  is  not  becoming  to  all,  but 
it  struck  me  as  being  just  the  color  for  our  blondes,  on  one  of  whom 
in  serge,  with  corsage  trimmed  with  ribbon,  which  formed  a  collar- 
ette and  zouave,  it  looked  the  grande  chic.  This  ribbon  arrangement 
was  very  novel,  and  the  loop  sash  at  the  back  gave  it  the  necessary 
finishing  touch.  We  have  had  butterfly  bows,  butterfly  sleeves,  and 
now  the  latest  fancy  is  a  butterfly  belt;  made  in  jet,  either  plain  or 
mixed  with  gold  and  steel,  tbey  are  effective,  but  unless  I  mistake 
not  will  soon  become  the  demode.  The  Paris  materials  are  perfectly 
fascinating,  and  you  cannot  do  better  than  have  your  cape  made  of 
one  of  the  pretty  plaids  which  are  being  shown  in  subdued  artistic 
shades;  some  are  plain  and  others  have  tufts  of  silk  or  red  hair  on 
the  surface  of  the  right  side  which  gives  them  an  astrachan  effect; 
they  are  very  modish  when  made  up.  The  tweed  capes  are  no  longer 
fashionable,  and  the  best  houses  are  selling  off  their  present  stock  and 
will  not  repeat.  The  'Quorn,'  a  full  single  circular  cape  in  box  or 
beaver  cloth  with  fur  collar,  and  the  'Coaching'  double  capes  are 
the  latest  models,  both  having  strapped  seams.  I  saw  a  lovely  even- 
ing one  in  orange  beaver  cloth  with  somewhat  pointed  ends  in  front, 
embroidered  with  black  and  bronze  braid,  and  trimmed  with  bronze 
nutria  fur. 

"  Myriads  of  capes,  coats,  and  dresses  are  embroidered  with  arab- 
esques, made  by  broad  cross  bands.  Much  variety  may  be  seen  in 
the  finish;  colored  tambour  work,  a  narrow,  gold,  black,  or  colored 
braid  making  effective  changes,  though  the  plain  applique  work  is 
the  best  style.  The  combinations  of  colors  are  certainly  somewhat 
crude,  green  and  brown  and  violet  and  blue,  but  though  you  may 
not  believe  it  the  latter  mixture  was  exceedingly  pretty  in  a  simple 
crepon  cloth  gown  made  a  la  Norfolk,  modified  with  necklet  and 
waist  band  of  violet  taffetas  silk.  Stripes  play  a  most  important 
part  in  the  fashions  of  to-day ;  in  velvets  and  satins  they  are  about 
an  inch  wide,  and  the  trimmings  are  so  arranged  as  to  have  a  striped 
effect,  while  the  newest  materials  carry  out  the  same  idea.  For  even- 
ing wear  my  attention  was  drawn  to  some  silk  crepe  for  dresses; 
black  with  tn-colored  stripes  graduated  in  size  running  through,  and 
the  tinsel  gauzes,  too,  are  much  be-striped." 

Judging  by  appearances  there  seems  every  probability  that  during 
the  coming  winter  medium-sized  hats  will  be  generally  worn.  With 
regard  to  those  highly-becoming  and  easily-manipulated  rosettes 
that  during  the  summer  months  have  been  seen  mostly  in  chiffon 
and  tulle,  they  undoubtedly  will  still  remain  de  mode,  velvet  and  satin, 
displaying  the  warmest  tones  of  crimson,  cerise,  and  dahlia,  being 
substituted  for  the  cold  season.  Pompons  perched  in  triplets  on  all 
styles  of  millinery,  evoked  souvenirs  of  some  four  years  ago,  are  to 
be  all  the  rage.  Fairy  ringers  are  issuing  thera  in  delicale  black 
coque's  feathers,  either  plain  or  sprinkled  with  jet  drops,  and  are  also 
making  them  of  shredded  colored  ostrich  plumes  and  spun  silk. 

The  new  Toreador  shape  of  hat,  according  to  the  opinion  of  Miss 
Lillian  Russell— an  authority  on  the  toilette — knocks  ten  years 
off  the  age  of  the  wearer.  A  simple  buckram-shape,  which,  like  the 
kicks  of  the  "  Ta-ra-ra-ra-boom-de-ay"  young  lady,  is  not  too  high 
and  not  too  low,  is  covered  with  lichen-green  velvet,  put  on  quite 
smoothly.  A  slightly-folded  band  of  the  same  encircles  the  crown, 
and  a  set  of  ostrich-feather  pompons  of  a  similar  shade,  with  finish 
in  the  shape  of  a  velours  rosette,  complete  this  essentially  useful  con- 
fection, which  also  displays  a  semi-bandeau  of  folded  cerise  velvet 
with  a  compact  little  bow  resting  on  the  hair.  This  shape  to  look 
well  (how  many  girls  spoil  the  effect  of  their  clothes  by  putting  them 
on  badly)  should  not  be  perched  too  much  in  front;  it  may  be  tilted 
slightly  on  one  side. 

Pretty  autumn  novelties  are  streaming  in  at  so  rapid  a  pace  that 
really  there  seems  an  embairas  de  choix.  To  all  appearances  three- 
quarter  length  coats  are  doomed.  Last  year  the  fashion  of  double- 
breasted  Eton  jackets  was  partially  adopted;  but,  like  many  other 
modes  that  require  some  months  to  blossom  forth  in  their  full  glory, 
they  will  not  be  generally  worn  until  this  winter.  Women  of  an  eco- 
nomical turn  of  mind  may  easily  utilize  their  passe  three-quarter 
seal-skin  coats  for  the  construction  of  a  new  "Eton"  jacket,  using 
the  best  and  spurning  the  worn  out  portions  of  the  fur. 


Corbett's  Hat. 
Some  of  Jim  Corbett's  friends  in  this  city  have  given  out  the  infor- 
mation that  the  champion  wears  Youman's  New  York  hats  exclus- 
ively. Groom  &  Nash,  the  hatters  at  942  Market  street,  under  the 
Baldwin  Hotel,  are  fortuuate  in  having  the  sole  agency  of  this  cele- 
brated line  of  hats. 


However  elegant  and  carefully  made  his  outer  garments,  good, 
well-fitting  underclothing,  such  as  that,  sold  by  John  W.  Carmany, 
25  Kearny  street,  is  essential  to  comfort. 

To  enrich  and  vitalize  the  blood,  no  medicine  can  be  compared  with 
Ayer's  Sarsaparilla 


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OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CEAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  XJ.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY   OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF    PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL   FULLY    PAID $3,000,000. OO 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St.,S.  F. 

JAMES    D.  BAILEY,  General    Acjent. 


r   13, 1804 


SAN    FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

"THE  melancholy  days  are  come,  tbe  saddest  of  the  year,"  is 
1  a  pretty  as  well  as  useful  quotation;  but  why  melancholy 
and  why  sadness  are  suggested  by  the  line  bracing  auiumn  air, 
clear  skies,  and  glowing  woods,  is  a  question  that  only  tbe  poet 
could  answer.  It  is  a  superb  season,  and  all  tbe  athletic  are  en- 
joying it  to  the  utmost.  Golf  is  the  reigning  fad,  of  course,  but 
polo  still  claims  its  devotees,  and  in  the  various  bunt  clubs  all 
over  the  country  the  cross-country  riders  are  revelling  in  what  to 
my  mind  is  the  finest  sport  in  existence.  Those,  however,  who 
fear  tbe  autnmn  chill  are  betaking  themselves  to  the  West  and 
South  with  due  dispatch. 

Rank  and  title,  represented  by  Prince  Lubecki  and  Baron 
Hadik,  may  soon  add  to  the  charm  of  yonr  Western  society, 
as  these  two  gentlemen,  who  have  spent  the  summer  at  New- 
port, are  about  leaving  for  California,  the  latter  on  his 
way  around  the  world.  Prince  Lubecki  has  been  not  only  widely 
entertained  at  Newport  but  has  been  as  welt  a  generous  enter- 
tainer. This  waa  more  or  less  of  a  surprise,  as  any  recognition  of 
the  honors  showered  upon  them  is  almost  unknown  amongst  the 
visiting  nobility,  who  usually  seem  to  find  it  more  blessed  to  re- 
ceive than  to  give. 

The  Newport  colony  has  had  an  addition  tbis  week  in  the  ar- 
rival from  abroad  of  Admiral  Baldwin's  widow,  accompanied  by 
Mrs.  Edward  Parker  Deacon.  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Richard  Savage 
are  also  among  the  recent  arrivals  from  abroad.  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Grattan  was  to  retarn  with  them,  but  decided  to  prolong  her  stay 
in  the  Old  World.  Mrs.  Bessie  Stewart,  the  Senator's  handsome 
daughter,  sailed  the  day  before  yesterday  for  Europe,  to  be  gone 
until  the  winter  with  its  gaieties  shall  be  upon  us. 

I  met  Austin  Tubbs  on  the  avenue  a  few  days  ago  looking  very 
fit  indeed,  and  more  at  borne  than  he  appears  in  San  Francisco. 
He  is  very  popular  with  his  college  class,  most  of  whom  live  in 
New  York  and  its  neighborhood. 

A  marriage  interesting  to  San  Franciscans  is  that  of  yonr  State 
Geologist,  Mr.  James  Ellison  Mills,  to  Miss  Dearborn,  of  Orange, 
New  Jersey.  A  romance  lies  back  of  this  wedding.  Mr.  Mills 
and  Miss  Dearborn  were  schoolmates  many  years  ago.  He  mar- 
ried, but  she  devoted  her  life  to  the  education  of  young  women 
and  founded  a  seminary  at  Orange,  which  has  prospered  and  has 
a  high  reputation.  Mr,  Mills'  wife  died  several  years  ago.  A 
correspondence,  brought  about  by  chance,  disclosed  Miss  Dear- 
born's whereabouts  and  her  single  state  to  her  old  friend,  who 
songht  her  out  and  tbis  is  the  happy  result.  Miss  Dearborn  has 
been  given  to  writing  essays,  and  the  cleverness  of  one  of  these 
so  impressed  Mr.  Mills  that  he  wrote  the  editor  of  the  paper  in 
which  it  appeared  and  asked  the  writer's  name  and  address.  He 
in  this  way,  with  astonishment  and  delight,  discovered  the  lady 
who  now  bears  his  name. 

Two  very  distinguished  novelists,  David  Christie  Murray  and 
Dr.  Conan  Doyle,  have  just  arrived  in  America  and  are  under- 
going the  tortures  of  the  interviewer  with  noble  stoicism.  Dr. 
Doyle's  visit  meanB  a  lecture  tour  and  a  search  for  a  climate  suit- 
able to  his  wife's  delicate  constitution.  He  mentions  Carson, 
Nevada,  as  a  possible  pilgrimage  next  year.  He  will  visit  the 
West  now  for  a  short  time,  but  means  to  make  a  long  stay  next 
year.  I  was  surprised  to  hear  the  other  day  from  the  manager 
of  one  of  the  large  syndicates  that  they  were  almost  a  year  try- 
ing to  place  the  first  of  the  sbort  stories  which  have  made  him  so 
celebrated.  They  bad  the  same  experience  with  the  early  Kip- 
ling tales,  and  only  after  months  of  effort  did  they  succeed,  I 
was  told,  in  placing  one  in  a  St.  Louis  paper.  Casual  acceptances 
followed  for  a  time,  and  then  suddenly  the  overwhelming  demand 
wbich  continues  to  the  present  hour.  Is  not  this  information  en- 
couraging to  the  faint-hearted,  who  lose  courage  on  receipt  of  the 
first  of  those  unpleasant  printed  slips  which  nearly  all  writers 
have  known  the  shock  of  opening? — "Regret  that  the  MSS.  is 
unavailable  and  kind  thanks  for  the  privilege  of  reading  it." 

The  Gayety  Girl  is  having  a  great  run  at  Daly's,  owing  to  the 
graceful  dancing  of  Cissy  Fitzgerald  and  the  clever  acting  of  Miss 
Maud  Hobson,  who  has  the  leading  role.  Miss  Hobson  will  be 
remembered  in  San  Francisco  as  Mrs.  Andrew  Burrell  Hayley,  the 
beautiful  wife  of  Captain  Hayley,  who  was  so  long  in  Honolulu, 
where,  by  the  way,  be  organized  Kalakaua's  mounted  police 
guard.  In  Honolulu  Mrs.  Hayley's  cleverness  in  amateur  theatri- 
cals awoke  great  praise,  and  she  now  verifies  the  former  prophe- 
cies of  professional  success. 

I  saw  little  Miss  Katberine  Grey  in  a  very  incoherent  but 
beautifully  acted  play,  New  Blood,  at  Palmer's  the  other  night. 
She  is  a  charming  artist,  another  gifted  daughter  for  San  Fran- 
cisco to  be  proud  of.  Miss  Maud  Adams  is  rapidly  becoming  a 
leading  light  in  her  profession.  Miss  Edna  Wallace  is  a  great 
favorite  and  a  winsome  little  actress.  So  with  these  three  play- 
ing in  New  York  you  are  more  than  creditably  represented 
dramatically.  Miss  Eleanore  Mayo  opened  on  Monday  night  in 
Philadelphia  in  the  Princess  Bonnie,  her  great  success  of  last  sea- 
son. She  ia  supported  by  Frank  Daniels,  of  Dr.  Cupid  renown, 
and  they  are  booked  for  a  long  run.  Passe- Pabtout. 

New  York,  October  1,  1894. 


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FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insurance  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.   $1,000,000.  |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000, 
TRANSATLANTIC   FIRE   INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

V.  tarns  Driffield,  Manager  for  Hie  Paclllc  coast  Branch. 

22o  sanxonie  St.,  s.  F. 

fiSSifirf'V-  ->i"b $7,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S 654,433.31 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City   Department, 
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NEVADA    WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA.  California. 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.      Regular    Warehouse  for  Su 
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These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnlshtd 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Gram, 
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Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses. 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calllornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

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AGENTS: 
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THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   $19,724,538.45  . 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  |  Vlee-Pres.,  ALFRED  D.  FOSTEK 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 

Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 
Capital,  82,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,854,653  65 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  CONRAD  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OP  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZUBICH. 

COMBINED  CAPiTAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HAKRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St. ,  Ban  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Boyal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.  J 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YOHK. 

Capital  Paid  Up $    500,000 

Assets      8.181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,525,167 

ROBERT     DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
5Q1  Montgomery  street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  13,  1894. 


THEY    ARE    DEAD.— Outlook. 

^HERE  was  a  man  who  never  told  a  lie — 

But  he's  dead; 
Never  said  it  was  wet  when  the  weather  was  dry — 

Never  said 
He'd  caught  a  fish  when  he  hadn't  caught  one, 
Never  said  he'd  done  something  that  he  hadn't  done, 
Never  scolded  his  wife,  and  never  got  mad, 
And  wouldn't  believe  that  the  world  was  so  bad. 
A  respecter  of  men,  a  defender  of  woman, 
Who  believed  the  divine,  and  in  that  which  was  human. 
Meek  as  Moses — he  never  was  understood 
And  the  poor  man  died  of  being  too  good — 

And  he's  dead. 
There  was  a  woman  who  never  had  gossiped  a  bit — 

She's  dead,  too; 
Who  hated  all  scandal,  nor  listened  to  it; 
She  believed  in  mankind,  took  care  of  her  cat, 
Always  turned  a  deaf  ear  to  this  story  and  that; 
Never  scolded  her  husband — she  never  had  one; 
No  sluggard  was  she,  but  rose  with  the  sun; 
Never  whispered  in  meeting,  didn't  care  for  a  bonnet, 
Or  all  of  the  feathers  that  one  could  put  on  it; 
Never  sat  with  the  choir  nor  sang  the  wrong  note; 
Expressed  no  desire  to  lecture  or  vote; 
For  the  poor  soul  was  deaf  as  a  post — also  dumb; 
You  might  have  called  forever  and  she  wouldn't  have  come. 

And  she's  dead. 


TWO    "  SONNETS,"— By  Lee  Hamilton. 

TO    OTHERS. 

Ye  who  can,  roam  where  thrills  the  tawny  corn, 

Or  wad,e  through  seeded  grass,  or  who  can  stray 
Across  the  meadows  as  they  make  the  hay, 

Or  where  the  dewdrop  sparkles  on  the  thorn— 

If  you  could  lose,  but  for  a  single  day, 

Your  use  of  limb,  you  powers  to  pluck  the  may 
In  rutty  lanes  where  thrushes  sing  all  day, 

I  wonder,  would  you  speak  of  life  with  scorn  ? 

God  knows  I  would  not  keep  you  pent  for  long 

In  that  close  cage  where  anguish  pecks  the  husk 

Of  Life's  spilt  millet,  upon  which  it  thrives ; 

But  long  enough  to  let  you  learn  the  song 

Which  captive  thrushes  sing  from  dawn  to  dusk ; 
An  hour  or  two  would  make  you  love  your  lives. 

C-ESAE'S   GHOST. 

In  that  sharp  war  where  Cseaar'a  slayers  died, 

There  was  a  moment  when  it  seemed  decreed, 
As  sank  the  sun  blood-red  in  clumbs  of  reed, 

That  victory  should  take  the  guilty  side; 

But  just  as  they  were  winning  far  and  wide, 
The  ghost  of  Caesar  on  a  phantom  steed 
Bore  down  on  Cassius  with  a  soundless  speed, 

And  with  a  sword  of  shadow  turned  the  tide. 

I  think  that  in  Life's  battle,  now  and  then, 

The  ghost  of  some  high  impulse  or  great  plan, 

Which  they  have  murdered,  may  appear  to  men, 

And,  like  the  shade  of  Cfesar,  check  the  van 
Of  their  success,  though  odds  be  one  to  ten, 

Aud  cow  their  soul,  as  only  phantoms  can. 

THE    SONG    OF    THE    SEA. 

That  the  sea  murmurs  by  the  lonely  strand, 
And  with  the  wailing  of  the  wind  iB  blown 
This  message  of  his  immemorial  moan 

To  all  sad  hearts  that,  hearing,  understand. 

Lo!  I  have  watched  the  little  lives  of  men; 
Trouble  they  have,  and  bitter  pain,  until 
My  waves  accept  them,  and  they  lie  quite  still, 

Lulled  by  my  murmuring,  not  to  wake  agaiD. 

Only  I  may  not  reach  this  boon  of  rest, 

Who  still  about  the  desolate  shores  must  cry 
Under  a  gray,  inexorable  sky — 

And  know  myself  eternally  unblest. 

For  me  the  years  are  empty.     *     *     *     Ah,  poor  men, 
Have  ye  not  strength  to  bear  yonr  lot  of  life? 
And  take  small  joys  for  guerdon  of  the  strife? 

For  ye  shall  sleep,  and  shall  not  wake  again. 

There  is  no  sorrow  which  the  gods  may  send 
That  shall  not  be  forgotten,  and  no  pain 
That  shall  not  sweeten  rest,  when  rest  ye  gain, 

Ah,  hash!  most  happy,  who  foresee  an  end. 


IB-A-HSTIr^S. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  aud  Sansome  streets 
HEAD    OFIK'E  6  O  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— "Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland — British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland:  Mexico — London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bauk  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney  Ld  ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (January  1,  1894) 3.247,584  02 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

S.  Prentiss  smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

10KKI-M'OM>KMS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bauk;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank;  Australia 
aud  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New  Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— 
Chartered  Bauk  nf  India,  Australia  and  China.  St.  Louis — Boatmens  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

l>ra\vs  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-ou-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRAKCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and   Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894 $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627.062  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G-  W.Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman.,1.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  SavingB 
Bank  commences  ouly  with  the  actual  receipt  of  trie  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 
officers. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  ...  President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY     Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fnnd $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  3,  1894 29,439,317  0» 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice  President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Mailer. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmaun,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Comer  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  I  Paid  up $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,<W  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bauk  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  Issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART      |  •ura„am„ 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  \  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  GO'S  BANK. 


Manager 
.Assistant  Cashier 


>  .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sntter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King. 

H.  Wadsworth    Cashier  I  F.  L.  Lipman..   . 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  "Valentine,  Benj   P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,  Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


October  13,  1894. 


SAJJ  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


5UNBEAM5B 


A  LITTLE  man  wilh  a  bald  head  and  an  inoffensive  blue  eye 
drifted  into  a  Main-street  saloon  and  threw  a  half  dollar  on 
the  bar.  "Gimme  a  schooner  of  beer,"  be  said.  The  schooner  was 
given  to  hi  in.  Just  as  he  was  about  to  drink  it  a  big  man  came  in  and 
said:  "  Hellow,  Bhorty,  who's  buying?"  "I  am,"  replied  Shorty, 
with  dignity.  "  You."  scoffed  the  big  man.  "  why,  you  never  bad  a 
cent  in  your  life.  Your  wife  gets  your  wages."  "That's  all  right," 
said  Shorty,  "mebbe  she  does,  but  I've  got  money  to-day."  "  Hbw'd 
you  get  it?"  "Well,"  replied  Shorty,  "  1  don't  know  as  I  mind 
teUin'.  I  had  a  couple  of  bad  teeth  and  she  gimme  enough  to  get 
'em  pulled."  "  Didn't  you  get 'em  pulled?"  "Sure,  but  I  worked 
her  for  fifty  cents  for  gas,  an'  this  is  the  fifty.    See?" 

— Buffalo  Express. 

They  were  talking  of  the  vanity  of  women,  and  one  of  the  few 
ladies  present  undertook  a  defense.  "Of  course,"  she  said,  "  I  ad- 
mit that  women  are  vain  and  men  are  not.  Why,"  she  added,  with 
a  glance  around,  '■  the  necktie  of  the  nandsomest  man  in  the  room  is 
even  now  up  the  back  of  his  collar."  And  then  she  smiled— for  every 
man  present  had  put  bis  hand  up  behind  his  neck ! 

— Drake's  Magazine. 

"Tins  parrot,  ma'am,"  said  the  dealer,  "  is  one  that  I  can  recom- 
mend. It  was  in  the  family  of  a  clergyman  for  many  years."  "Well, 
gents,  what'll  ye  have  ?  Name  your  drinks!  "  exclaimed  the  parrot, 
with  starling  emphasis.  "  He  w'as  obliged  to  part  with  it,  however," 
continued  the  dealer,  with  an  apologetic  cough,  "and  for  the  last 
year  or  two  it  has  belonged  to  the  alderman  of  our  ward."      — Ex. 

Mrs.  Gadders— I  have  so  much  trouble  keeping  a  cook.  I  can't 
get  one  that  will  stay  more  than  a  week.  Mrs.  Sauers  (loftily)— My 
family  is  just  the  same  size  as  yours,  and  I  have  no  trouble.  Mrs. 
Gadders — Yes;  I've  heard  that  your  cook  had  an  easy  time  of  it. 
She  told  my  chambermaid  that  she  had  hardly  anything  to  do  except 
when  company  came. 

She — The  cat  has  eaten  our  pet  bird ! 
He — The  wicked  beast  shall  die ! 

Then  he  resumed  his  quail  on  toast, 

And  she  ate  pigeon  pie.        — Boston  Transcript. 

"  What  a  well-mannered  girl  that  Miss  Luke  is.  It's  a  wonder 
she  can  endure  such  a  vulgar  and  noisy  maid."  "What  maid  is 
that?  "  "  Why,  the  big  freckled  creature  with  the  red  hair  and  the 
croaky  voice."  "  Bless  your  heart!  that's  Miss  Luke  herself.  The 
other  "is  the  maid."  — Texas  Siftings. 

Oculist  (after  examination  of  the  eye)— Yes,  it  is,  as  1  supposed,  a 
case  of  choroiditis  exsudativa,  accompanied  by  partial  micropsia, 
metamorphopsia  and  chromatopsic  scotomata,  of  singularly  regular 
forms.  Young  Lady — There!  And  ma  said  it  was  only  a  sty  com- 
ing. — B.  K.  &  Co.'s  Monthly. 

"  What  makes  you  think  Jack  Youngley  is  going  to  propose  to 
you?  "  "  Why,  we  were  dancing  the  other  night  and  I  compliment- 
ed him  upon  the  easy  way  in  which  he  held  me.  'Oh,  yes,'  he  said, 
'  it's  always  easy  for  me  to  hold  my  own.'  "  — Brooklyn  Life. 

"  Dolak  was  put  on  duty  in  citizens'  cloths  th'  other  noight,"  said 
a  member  of  the  force.  "  How'd  he  get  along."  "  Ter'ble.  Not 
wan  of  the  fruit-stand  dagoes  reco'nized  'im  widout  'is  uniform,  an' 
the  poor  mon  loike  to  starved  to  death."  —  Washington  Star. 

Mrs.  Youngma — And  so  my  darling  got  the  prize  at  the  baby  show? 
I  knew  he  would.  It  couldn't  have  been  otherwise.  Old  Bachelor 
(one  of  the  judges)-— Yes,  madame;  we  all  agreed  that  your  baby  was 
the  least  objectionable  of  the  lot.  — Truth. 

Lover— And  so  your  mother  does  not  believe  in  long  engagements? 
I  am  delighted.  Miss  De  Broker— Yes,  mamma  says  ever  so  many 
girls'  fathers  have  failed  during  long  engagements,  and  the  poor 
things  never  get  married  at  all.  — Ex. 

Freddie  Featherhead— My  dear,  won't  you  sew  on  this  button 
before  you  go  out?  His  New  Wife— The  cook  may  possibly  do  it  for 
you,  but  please  bear  in  mind  you  married  a  typewriter,  not  a  sewing 
machine.  — New  York  News. 

Visitor— You  are  not  looking  as  stout  as  when  I  saw  you  last. 
Miss  Birdie  McGinnis— Well,  you  see,  I've  fallen  off  a  great  deal  of 
late.    I  am  learning  to  ride  a  bicycle.  — Texas  Siftings. 

"  My  task  in  life,"  said  the  pastor  complacently,  "  consists  in  sav- 
ing young  men."  "Ah  !  "  replied  the  maiden,  with  a  soulful  longing; 
"  save  a  good  one  for  me,  won't  you?"  — Life. 

Elsie — I  always  knew  he  was  too  timid  to  propose.  Alice— But 
he  got  married  a  short  time  ago.  Elsie — Yes,  but  that's  nothing; 
he  only  married  a  widow.  — Ex. 

The  horrors  of  the  crisis  in  China  are  shown  by  the  fact  that  the 
Dowager  Empress  has  been  telling  the  public  her  exact  age. 

— New  York  World. 

The   Grand   Canon   Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


zb^ietks. 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  "River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book,  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Palcl-up  Capital,  •l.OOO.OOO. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.   D.   FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator. 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  1  rust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Eer  cent  per  aunum  on  daily  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
earing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  In  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rates  of  Interest  thereon. 

KENTS    SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kiuds  may  be  stored 
at  low  rates. 
WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  tho  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


]W.  W.  Corner  Sansome  and  Bush  Streets. 

Established  1870.  TJ.  S.  Depositary. 

Capita]  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

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Adam  «rant 


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W.  S.  Jones 


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20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


October  13,  1894. 


THE  oriental  war  has  aboot  reached  a  point  where  important 
developments  of  an  international  character  are  likely  to  pre- 
sent themselves  at  any  time.  Russia  is  reported  to  be  amassing 
troops  on  the  Corean  frontier;  she  has  also  some  unsettled  dis- 
putes with  China  in  regard  to  the  Pamirs  which  she  is  said  to  be 
arranging  to  look  after  in  certain  contingencies.  These  state- 
ments are,  of  course,  in  the  nature  of  rumors,  and  lack  precision 
and  verification,  but  there  is  sufficient  in  the  situation  to  give 
them  an  air  of  plausibility  and  possibility.  The  present  condition 
of  the  Czar  of  Russia's  health,  however,  is,  apparently,  such  as 
to  lead  to  a  presumption  that  his  government  will  be  slow  and 
cautious  and  conservative  in  any  action  it  may  take.  Any  move- 
ment on  Russia's  part  in  the  Pamirs  will  bring  the  British  Gov- 
ernment on  the  scene  as  a  party  in  interest,  and  any  action  in 
Corea  would,  doubtless,  briDg  all  the  great  powers  to  the  front. 
In  any  event  it  seems  to  be  improbable,  if  not  impossible,  ibat 
the  period  of  intervention,  by  moral  influence,  of  the  greatpowers 
can  be  much  longer  postponed. 

Unless  human  judgment  is  greatly  in  error  China  is  at  the  pres- 
ent moment  the  under  dog  in  the  fight  to  the  extent  of  being 
practically  defeated.  There  is  considerable  nncertaintv  as  to  the 
nature  and  exient  of  the  invading  force  which  the  Japanese  have 
dow  on  the  march  to  Pekin,  bat,  reasoning  from  the  character  of 
their  other  military  movements  in  this  war,  there  is  fair  ground 
for  assuming  tbat  it  is  equal  to  the  task  it  has  been  sent  to 
accomplish.  There  is,  also,  a  great  deal  of  haziness  extant  as  to 
whether  the  present  defenses  of  Pekin  are  formidable,  and  as  to 
whether  the  forces  which  are  behind  them  are  valuable  for  any 
other  than  show  purposes.  There  is  reason  to  believe  that  the 
inanimate  portion  of  the  Pekin  defenses  are  stronger  than  they 
were  in  1860,  but  there  are  still  greater  reasons  for  believing  that 
the  army  which  forms  the  animate  portion  of  those  defenses  is, 
for  the  purposes  of  practical  warfare,  a  myth.  There  is  every 
reason  to  believe  that  the  effective  portion  of  the  Chinese  army 
was  sent  to  Corea  at  the  commencement  of  the  present  difficulties. 
That  which  is  available  now  is  a  mob  which  relies  upon  its  num- 
bers rather  than  upon  its  fighting  capacity  to  defeat  the  enemy. 
As  the  days  of  that  kind  of  warfare  are  over,  it  would  seem,  at 
the  time  of  writing,  that  there  is  nothing  to  keep  the  Japanese 
out  of  Pekin.  Once  they  get  there,  it  is  almost  a  certainty  that 
there  will  be  an  international  movement  toward  re-establishing 
peace.  Other  interests  in  China  are  so  extensive  that  it  is  meas- 
urably certain  that  the  Japanese  will  not  be  allowed  to  dismem- 
ber the  empire  or  to  dictate  such  terms  of  peace  as  taey  may  see  fie. 
As  an  ultimate  result  of  this  war,  however,  there  will  be  a  reorgan- 
ization of  the  Chinese  empire  or  it  will  gradually  fall  into  pieces. 
The  Japanese  have  demonstrated  that  China  is  not  a  great  nation. 
She  must  become  one  or  cease  to  be  respected  as  one.  The  latter 
alternative  means  that  sbe  will  become  another  Africa,  India,  or 
ancient  Mexico. 

The  King  of  Servia  is  to  visit  Vienna  about  the  end  of  the 
present  month.  Subsequently  he  will  visit  Berlin,  where  he  will 
be  a  guest  of  the  Kaiser.  The  young  King  will  be  accompanied 
by  his  Prime  Minister  and  Minister  of  War.  This  indicates  that 
the  visits  are  not  dissociated  with  diplomacy  and  Balkan  politics. 

The  gabble  in  regard  to  the  health  of  the  Czar  continues  una- 
bated, but  it  discloses  nothing  that  is  interesting  or  important — 
except  its  own  contradictions.  The  old  saying  that  where  there 
is  smoke  there  is  sure  to  be  a  fire  is  applicable  in  this  case.  The 
statement  that  he  has  been  pronounced  by  the  doctors  sick  unto 
death  must,  however,  be  taken  cum  gro.no  salts.  As  late  as  Sep- 
tember 22J  it  was  announced  that  the  nefvousness  from  which 
he  suffered  had  been  much  benefited  by  his  stay  in  the  Bjelov- 
esch  Forest.  At  that  time  the  cause  of  his  sickness  was  sec  out 
by  on  apparently  well  informed  writer  in  the  London  Court  Jour- 
nal in  these  terms : 

Like  all  men  of  active  mind  and  indomitable  will,  the  Czar  is  in- 
clined to  set  his  doctors  at  defiance.  In  spite  of  their  warnings,  he 
continues  to  conduct  personally  those"  diplomatic  affairs  which 
other  monarchs  leave  to  competent  statesmen  and  officials.  It  is 
said  that  the  Czar's  habit  is  to  continue  writing  his  correspondence 
till  far  into  the  early  hours,  and  that  even  now  he  is  with  difficulty 
dissuaded  from  the  practice. 

It  is  reported  in  one  of  the  Loudon  papers  that  Spain  is  about 
to  attempt  to  float  a  loan  of  $150,000,000  at  4  per  cent.  Spanish 
finances  are,  and  have  been  for  some  years  past,  in  a  muddled 
and  unhealthy  condition;  almost  in  as  bad  a  condition,  indeed,  as 
the  finances  of  Italy.  The  government  expenditures  have  been 
greater  than  the  government  income,  and,  as  a  result,  the  deficit 
has  resolved  itself  into  a  large  floating  debt  which  was  year  by 
year  being  added  to  at  a  rate  which  threatened  to  swamp  the 
financial  responsibility  of  the  country.  This  situation  was  fur- 
ther complicated  by  a  depreciated    government  currency  and  a 


financial  system  which  enabled  the  banks  to  cinch  the  govern- 
ment at  almost  all  points.  Two  or  three  years  ago  the  Spaniards 
were  advised  by  experts  to  fund  their  floating  debt— which  as  a 
floating  debt  carried  an  extravagant  rate  of  interest — and  read- 
just their  financial  system  upon  a  solvent  basis.  This  could  have 
been  done  at  that  time,  as  what  financiers  regard  as  a  reasonable 
margin  of  taxation  was  not  exhausted,  and  there  was  also  wide 
opportunities  for  retrenchment  in  expenditures.  That  which  was 
possible  two  or  three  years  ago  may  not  be  possible  now,  how- 
ever, for  the  situation  has  gradually  grown  worse  and  the  coun- 
try's credit  is  not  as  good  as  it  was.  However,  if  the  report  of 
the  issuance  of  this  loan  is  correct,  it  is  evident  that  the  Span- 
iards are  now  attempting  to  do  that  which  they  should  have  ac- 
complished long  ago.  The  amount  mentioned  shows  that  there 
must  be  a  funding  or  a  refunding  project  behind  it. 

The  Ameer  of  Afghanistan  has  decided  to  postpone  his  visit  to 
London  until  next  spring.  On  the  other  hand,  the  Negus  of  Ab- 
yssinia is  to  visit  England  this  month  and  afterwards  make  a 
tour  of  the  European  capitals. 


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DOOR    CHECKS. 
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DRUGGISTS. 
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6A.N  11UM1SC0  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


LirtRAHY     NOTES. 

BO.  KI.OWIK.  tbe  editor  of  the  Arena,  writes  a  etroiiR  paper 
,  in  the  October  number,  nn  the  increase  of  tbe  military  spirit 
in  tbe  I'nitet)  Stales.  On  tbe  question  of  militarism  Mr.  Flower 
is  a  qaaker.  and  be  would  like  to  see  in  our  American  Democracy 
a  resort  to  arbitration  and  reason  foi  tbe  settlement  of  all  do- 
mestic and  foreign  troubles.  He  believes  witb  Hosea  Biglow, 
•■As  for  war.  I  call  it  murder:"  and  he  views  the  increase  of  mili- 
tarism in  our  schools,  and  the  multiplication  of  armories  in  our 
cities  as  a  discouraging  sign  that  there  still  lurk  depths  of  bar- 
barism beneath  the  drama  of  civilization  even  in  America,  and 
that,  as  St.  Beuve  pointed  out,  we  are  but  twenty-four  hours 
from  savagery  and  carnage.     It  is  an  interesting  paper. 


THE  city  directory  known  as  Langlcy's  Directory  baa  been  pub- 
lished by  Painter  A*  Co.  since  1878.  It  is  now  in  litigation  and 
in  Ihe  hands  of  a  receiver,  to  *photu  the  widow  of  J.  B.  Painter 
has  advanced  money  for  its  publication.  Meanwhile  the  sons  of 
J.  B.  Painter  have  organized  a  strong  company  for  the  publication 
of  an  entirely  new  and  greatly  improved  directory,  called  tbe  Sari 
Francisco  Direc'ory.  with  Edward  M.  Adams,  formerly  manager  of 
the  Langley  publication,  in  charge.  The  headquarters  are  at  the  old 
place,  518  Clay  street.  The  American  Bank  and  Trust  Company 
is  the  treasurer,  and  the  directors  are:  A.  Dalton  Harrison,  of 
Cation.  Bell  ft  Co.;  John  A.  Russell,  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, J.  P.  Le  Count,  of  Le  Count  Brothers,  Dr.  E.  A.  Younger, 
Edward  M.  Adams,  and  Edgar  and  Jerome  B.  Painter. 


THE    LUNING    COMPANY. 


THE  following  letters  are  In  ihe  possession  of  ibe  Examiner,  but 
have  never  been  published  as  requested: 

Oakland.  October  7, 1894. 
Editor  Examiner — Bear  Sir:  1  wish  to  correct  si  statement  in  your 
paper  of  the  5th  inst.,  concerning  the  Luuing  Co.  I  was  a  director 
in  that  company  for  two  years*,  and  sold  out  my  interest  on  terms 
satisfactory  10  myself.  1  have  never  known  the  directors  or  stock- 
holders to  "disagree  on  any  affair  of  the  company,  and  Mr.  George 
Whittell's  management  has  always  been  highly  approved  by  myself 
and  I  believe  by  all  concerned.  Please  publish  the  above  and 
oblige.    Yours  truly,  Oscar  Luning. 

San  Francisco,  October  5, 1894. 
Editor  Examiner— Dear  Sir:  I  beg  to  say  that  your  statement  in  to- 
day's Examiner  about  my  relations  with  the  Luning  Company  are  in- 
correct in  every  particular.  I  have  been  a  Director  in  the  Company 
from  the  beginning  and  am  familiar  with  all  its  business  and  have 
severed  my  interests  therein  for  reasons  best  known  to  myself.  It  is 
due  to  Mr.  Whit  tell  that  I  should  say  that  all  transactions  with  him 
and  with  the  Company  have  been  most  friendly,  and  perfectly  satis- 
factory to  myself  and  every  other  member  of  the  Company.  There 
have  been  no  dissensions  whatever  in  anything  regarding  its  business 
affairs.    By  publishing  the  above  you  will  oblige 

Yours  truly,       Ellen  A.  Fife. 


What  is  more  delicious  and  refreshing,  especially  to  ladies  shop- 
ping or  returning  home  from  the  theatre,  than  a  perfect  cup  of  tea  V 
It  takes  a  native  of  Ceylon  to  know  how  to  make  a  cup  of  tea  in  such 
a  way  as  to  retain  tbe  tine  aroma  of  the  Ceylon  product.  It  is  for 
these  reasons  that  the  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market 
street,  has  become  so  popular  with  those  of  discriminating  tastes. 
Patrons  are  served  by  the  politest  of  Ceylonese  in  native  dress,  and 
the  charges  are  most  reasonable. 

Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Paris  Panels.  Crayonp, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  91(i 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  it  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it— 

Where  the   choice  of  the  best  is  ai  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 

Moraghau's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the   reaso  l 

Why  the  patronage    pays   in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve   all  the  g-iod  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oy&ter 

Is  ever  in   greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghau's  Oyster  Stand. 
"  Californians  "  or  "  Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style. 
Ard  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these   bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  fiuds  an  oyster 

la  auy  Jay-out  in  the  laud 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  aud  royster 

Like  Moraghau's  oyster  stand. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


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ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Alta  Silver  Mining    Company. 

I-.no* tion  of  priuclpal  place  of  buslueas— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
caiionof  works— Gvild  Hill  Miuing  District,  Storey  t  ouuty,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  L»ireciur6,held  on 
the  'I  welfth  day  of  September,  18D4,  an  assebsmenl  (No.  47)  of  Ten  cents 
per  ->hare  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  33,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Fraucisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Wednesday,  the  17th  Day  of  October,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
aud  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction:  and  unless  payment  Is  made 
before,  willbesoldon  WEUaESDAY,  the  7th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay 
tbe  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  33,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Beleher  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  Friday,  the  Fourteenth  day  of  September,  a.  d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
49)  of  Twenty-five  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  Build- 
ing, northeast  corner  Bush  and  Montgomery  streets,  San  FranciBCo,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  18th  Day  of  October,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
aud  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  8th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent^  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

C.  L.  PERKINS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  37,  third  floor,  Mills  building,  northeast  cor.  Bush  and 
Montgomery  streets.  San  Francisco,  Cal. . 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Golden  Eagle  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Devil's  Gate  Mining  District,  Lyon  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  15th  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of  Fifteen  cents 
per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  Slates  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  16th  Day  of  October,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
aud  advertised  for  pale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  5  h  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  witb  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Utah  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
nf  works— Virginia,  Storey  couity,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  '28th  dav  of  j-eplember,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  20)  of  Five 
( >)  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation, 
oavable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
ottice  of  the  compauy,  room  5S,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  Btreets,  San 
Fraucisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday.  t*e  First  ua.  of  November,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  1b  made 
hemre,  will  be  sold  <>u  THUtt  DAY,  the  20th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay 
ilip  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the   coBts  of  advertising  and 
expanses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

A.  W.  HAVEN,  Secretary. 

O  Tice— Room  58,  Nevada  BIock,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ANNUAL  MEETIN6. 

Consolidated  California  &  Virginia  Mining  Company. 

The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Cons  lidated 
California  &  V.reiuia  Miuing  Company  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  com 
pauy,  room  53,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  St.,   San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 

Monday,  the  15th  Day  of  October.  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M., 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
vear,  and  the  iraosae  ion  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting.     Transfer  books  will  close  on  WEDNESDAY.  October  10,1894, 
at  3  p.m.  A.  W.  HAVENS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  58,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fraucisco 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEft. 


October  13,  IW4. 


ONE  would  Dardly  think  teas  were  going  out  of  favor,  to  jud^e 
Ifom  the  cumber  wbich  have  taken  place  during  the  pa&t  u  n 
days.  Saturday  last  seemed  to  be  quite  given  over  to  them,  for  be- 
sides Miss  May  Hoffman's  tea,  wbich  was  in  honor  of  the  Misses 
Hobart,  Miss  Mamie  Burling  invited  her  friends  to  meet  Mr-. 
Eustace  Barron,  and  Mrs.  and  Miss  Gibbs's  guests  were  asked  to 
meet  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Stafford.  Many  of  the  ladies  managed  to 
put  in  an  appearance  at  each  of  these,  and  some  also  accomplished 
the  charity  tea  at  Mrs.  F.  L.  Whitney's,  in  aid  of  the  Nathaniel  Grey 
Kindergarten.  Here,  in  addition  to  tea  and  light  refreshments, 
there  was  a  programme  of  vocal  and  instrumental  music,  and  several 
recitations  were  charmingly  given  by  Miss  Gilmore  and  Miss  Field. 
There  was  a  large  attendance  and  the  affair  was  a  great  success. 

Teas  were  not  confined  to  the  city  on  Saturday,  for  a  very  pleas- 
ant one  was  given  by  Mrs.  Charles  Webb  Howard  that  afternoon,  at 
her  residence  in  Oakland,  to  enab.e  her  daughter,  Miss  Maud,  to 
meet  her  friends  after  her  recent  absence  in  the  East.  And  the?  e 
was  another  one  at  Cedar  Croft,  in  East  Oakland,  where  Mrs.  J.  J. 
Valentine's  guests  were  bidden  to  meet  her  sister,  Mrs.  Blanchard, 
who  is  visiting  her  this  month  from  the  East. 

The  postponed  departure  of  the  Misses  Hobart,  who  finally  got 
away  on  Wednesday  last,  enabled  their  friends  to  give  them  a  pleas- 
ant send-off  in  the  way  of  dinners,  luncheons,  and  other  festive 
affairs,  which  were  of  almost  daily  occurrence  up  to  the  last  moment. 
Miss  Jennie  Blair's  luucheun  was  a  charming  gathering  of  about  two 
score  young  matrons  and  maiden* ,  who  thoroughly  enjoyed  the 
menu  placed  before  them  on  the  daintily  spread  table,  of  which  the 
prevailing  tint  was  pink.  The  dinner  given  by  Miss  Ella  Goad 
was  another  gastronomic  feast,  at  which  also  pink  was  the  chosen 
hue  in  the  table's  setting.  Miss  May  Hoffman's  pretty  tea  was  given 
especially  in  honor  of  the  young  ladies,  who  assisted  their  hostess  in 
her  duties  of  receiving,  and  Andrew  Martin's  circus  party  and  sup- 
per was  another  gathering  in  their  honor. 

Mrs.  Oelrichs  and  Miss  Fair  have  been  the  recipients  of  innumera- 
ble invitations  since  their  arrival  at  the  bands  of  their  San  Francisco 
friends.  They  arrived  just  in  time  for  Miss  Blair's  luncheon,  at 
which  Mrs.  Oelrichs  was  unfortunately  unable  to  be  present,  as  legal 
business  required  her  presence  elsewhere,  but  Miss  Birdie  was  the  cen- 
tre of  an  admiring  crowd.  Then  have  followed  among  others  the  Tivoli 
theatre  party  and  supper,  at  which  Mr.  Greenway  played  host;  the 
dinner  at  Mrs.  De  Young's  prior  to  her  Eastern  departure,  the  sev- 
eral teas  on  Saturday,  at  which  they  appeared;  a  concert  party  at 
Scheeis,  a  theatre  party  at  the  California,  with  supper  in  each  in- 
stance, etc.,  etc.  Another  lady,  whose  visits  to  San  Francisco  have 
always  been  productive  of  unlimited  entertaining  on  the  part  of  her 
friends,  is  Mrs.  Edith  Lounsberry,  who,  with  her  father,  Mr.  J.  B. 
Haggin,  arrived  from  the  East  last  week.  Unfortunately,  this  time 
Mrs.  Lounsberry  is  in  such  deep  mourning  for  her  mother  that  it 
precludes  the  probability  of  large  gatherings  to  do  her  honor,  but  her 
friends  hope  to  see  a  good  deal  of  her  in  a  quiet  way  while  she  is 
with  them  in  San  Francisco.  Her  cousin,  Miss  Pearl  Voorhies,  is 
one  of  the  party  from  the  East,  and  the  purpose  of  their  visit  is  to 
arrange  and  dispose  of  the  personal  property  left  by  Mrs.  Haggin 
according  to  that  lady's  expressed  wishes.  Mrs.  Lounsberry  will 
make  a  stay  of  several  weeks,  and  is  the  guest  of  her  father,  on  Tay- 
lor street. 


Dinners,  the  most  charming  of  all  entertainments  except  possibly 
to  the  very  young,  are  becoming  very  popular,  and  several  charming 
ones  have  been  recently  giveu.  Miss  Mamie  Thomas's  guests  were 
composed  entirely  of  young  people.  Mrs.  Horace  Hill's,  on  the  con- 
trary, were  chiefly  married  people.  Mrs.  Peter  Donahue's  dinner 
was  a  family  gathering  in  honor  of  the  bride  elect,  Mrs.  Belle  Don- 
ahue. 


The  Sorosis  Club  of  San  Francisco  turned  out  in  force  on  Tuesday 
last  to  do  honor  to  one  of  its  departing  members,  the  occasion  being 
a  reception  given  to  enable  them  to  bid  adieu  to  Mrs.  Irwin  C.  Stump, 
who  is  about  to  take  up  her  permanent  residence  in  Gotham.  The 
rooms  at  the  Palace  Hotel  in  which  it  was  held  were  prettily  decor- 
ated with  flowers  and  foliage,  and  more  than  comfortably  filled  with 
elegantly  attired  ladies,  some  in  evening  dress,  while  others  and  the 
majority  of  them  were  in  calling  costume.  A  stringed  orchestra 
furnished  a  pleasing  selection  of  airs  during  the  pauses  in  conversa- 
tion, and  light  refreshments  were  served  at  tele-a-tete  tables  in  the 
adjoining  suite  of  rooms.  So  enjoyable  was  the  affair  that  it  was 
prolonged  beyond  the  stated  limits,  and  adieus  were  said  with  much 
reluctance. 

The  Mizpah  Club  will  hold  a  reception  at  the  residence  of  Mrs. 
George  Straut,  2028  Scott  street,  near  California,  on  Saturday  even- 
ing, November  10th.  A  tine  musical  programme  will  be  offered,  fol- 
lowed by  an  operetta.  It  is  hoped  that  the  public  will  recognize  the 
efforts  of  this  club,  as  the  work  is  purely  one  of  charity. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

D*PRICE'S 

Baking 
Powder. 

The  only  Pur^  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alius 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 

The  cable  has  brought  us  news  that  the  wedding  of  Miss  Belli 
Sperry  and  Prince  Poniatowski  has  become  an  accomplished  fact 
after  a  triple  ceremony  in  Paris,  which  occupied  the  better  part  «.f 
two  days.  The  bride  is  described  as  looking  charming  in  an  elabor- 
ate costume  of  green  cloth  the  first  day,  and  a  magnificent  robe  of 
white  satin  on  the  second,  when  the  religious  cerem- nies  at  the 
American  Episcopal  and  Roman  Catholic  churches  were  performed. 
A  wedding  breakfast  was  served  at  the  Hotel  Bristol,  and  Holiai.d 
was  the  destination  for  which  the  newly  married  pair  left  to  sperd 
their  honeymoon.  

The  most  prominent  marriage  in  society  circles  this  week  was  the 
nuptials  of  Mrs.  Belle  Donahue  and  Richard  H.  Sprague,  which  whs 
very  quietly  solemnized  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  father.  Judge 
W.  T.  Wallace,  on  Van  Ness  avenue.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sprague  will 
pass  a  month  at  Burlingame,  after  wbich  two  more  months  will  be 
spentin  traveling  in  the  East  before  settling  down  to  home  life  in 
San  Francisco. 

Scarcely  a  da}'  passes  without  a  fresh  engagement  being  made 
known,  and  prominent  among  those  of  the  last  week  is  the  one  be- 
tween Miss  Cora  Caduc  and  Dr.  Henri  de  Marville.  with  the  wedding 
to  take  place  in  a  few  weeks.  The  wedding  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Gill  and 
Dr.  Henry  Sanderson  is  also  f-et  for  the  month  of  December,  and 
another  one  recently  announced  comes  from  Berkeley ;  the  bride  and 
groom  elect  in  that  case  are  Miss  Maud  Wilkinson  and  Oliver  Hen- 
shaw,  of  Boston.  One,  if  not  two,  more  announcements  are  con- 
fidently looked  for  before  the  close  of  October,  the  interested  parlies 
being  well  known  members  of  our  swim. 

It  is  as  well,  perhaps,  that  the  t>eaaori  should  open  with  teas,  which 
serve  as  a  sort  of  prelude  lo  the  allegro  of  dances  to  come  later  on. 
First  among  the  ball  givers  will  be  the  Cercle  Francaise,  which  always 
gives  delightful  entertainments,  and  now  proposes  to  open  the  season 
with  a  concert,  followed  by  a  ball,  at  their  club-rooms,  on  Post  street, 
on  the  evening  of  the  3rd  of  November. 

Oakland  society  is  rejoicing  in  the  fact  that  two  young  ladies  will 
make  their  social  entre  this  season,  and  as  each  of  them  has  parents 
who  own  large  houses  and  are  possessed  of  ample  means,  the  pros- 
pect of  much  entertaining  being  done  by  them  is  extremely  promis- 
ing. Miss  Mary  Snell  is  one  of  the  debutantes  and  Miss  Amy  Requa 
the  other.  Miss  Mary  Whitney  also  will  make  her  formal  d£but  in 
Oakland  this  season.  Miss  Dottie  Ames  is  among  the  young  ladies 
who  will  make  their  first  appearance  in  our  social  world  this  season, 
and  for  her  d£but  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Barclay  Henly,  will  give  a  tea  some 
time  next  month. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Mayo  Newhall  are  among  the  most  recent  arrivals 
in  town  from  their  summer  villa  at  Redwood.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M. 
Dougherty  and  Miss  Ada  are  at  the  Palace,  where  they  will  remain 
all  winter.  Quite  a  large  party  have  been  spending  the  past  ten  days 
or  so  at  Del  Monte,  including  Mrs.  A.  J.  Ralston,  Mrs.  T.  H.  Selby, 
Miss  Anna  Selby.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Donaboe,  and  others. 

I^ouis  I^oederer  <?r?a/"npa<£n<? 

TLree  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence: 

<$arte  Blaijelpe,  a  Rich  wine. 

(jraijd    \J\q   See,    A  Dry  Wine 

BrCtt    An  Exceedingly  Pry  Wine. 

I    e  HLliesl  Urarte  In  the  World. 

_  'Ui-ed  by  all  the  Leading  Clnb-,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 
be  had  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  aud  Wiue  j>  ercnauts 

/T)a<;oi?dray   Bros.   9  loqkard, 

SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 
124  Saosome  St. 


October  13,  1394  . 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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Charity  affair*  continue  on  the  carpet,  and  it  is  thought  that  Nov- 
ember will  be  quite  prolific  of  them.  Among  others  there  will  be  a 
fair  for  the  benefit  of  the  Nursery  for  Homeless  Children,  to  be  held 
at  BU  Sacramento  street,  on  Saturday.  November  3rd,  under  the 
charge  of  twelve  charming  young  maidens,  who  are  deeply  interested 
in  the  success  of  the  undertaking.  The  ladies  of  St.  Luke's  Church 
will  give  a  lea  in  their  tJuild  room  on  the  2Sad  of  November,  in  aid  of 
the  1'arochial  Fund.  To  day  there  will  he  a  reception  and  bazar  at 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Old  Ladies"  Home,  on  Golden  Gate  avenue, 
from  1  tiil  11  i*.  m..  at  which  a  large  attendance  is  expected. 


M  rs.  Hall  McAllister,  the  elder,  has  taken  the  house  2609  California 
street,  and  is  busily  engaged  getting  settled  before  the  return  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Henry  Wagner  from  their  wedding  trip  abroad,  as  the  re- 
cently made  bride  and  groom  will  reside  with  her  this  winter.  Mrs. 
Barreda  has  reconsidered  her  intention  of  spending  the  winter  with 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Moore,  and  has  taken  a  flat  on  Sacramento  street, 
within  a  short  distance  of  her  home  on  California  street. 


Trux  Beale,  having  accomplished  the  settlement  of  his  father's  es- 
tate in  California,  he  and  his  wife  will  probably  spend  the  winter  with 
Mrs.  E.  F.  Beale  in  Washington  City.  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Stafford 
left  for  their  post  in  Nebraska  yesterday.  Mr.  Eruil  Bruguiere  and 
his  eldest  son  were  among  the  departures  Eastward  last  week.  Among 
the  San  Franciscans  who  will  spend  the  coming  winter  at  the  East 
are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Belden,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Jarboe,  Mrs.  W.  B* 
Bancroft,  who  has  gone  for  an  indefinite  stay,  intending  to  devote 
her  time  to  writing  society  plays,  Mrs.  Llewellyn  Jones  (Miss  Grace 
having  returned  to  college  in  Philadelphia),  Misses  Mirriam  and  Fran- 
ces Moore,  who  are  at  present  in  Washington,  D.C.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M. 
H.  de  Young  left  on  Saturday  for  an  absence  of  two  months  or  more 
on  the  other  side  of  the  Rockies.  Mrs.  Hitchcock,  Mrs.  Lily  Coit. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  King,  the  Baron  and  Baroness  Von  Schroeder 
were  all  in  Paris  at  last  accounts.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  Payne  are 
not  looked  for  in  town  much  before  the  first  week  in  December. 


Alfred  A.  Farland,  the  banjoist,  gave  a  "students'  recital"  on 
Thursday  evening  at  Maple  Hall,  Palace  Hotel.  He  played  four- 
teen numbers  by  Beethoven,  Bach,  and  other  famous  composers. 
Farland's  execution  borders  on  the  marvelous.  He  has  a  more 
brilliant  technique  than  any  other  banjo  player  of  the  day. 


At  Armory  Hall,  Alameda,  this  evening,  a  hundred  children  will 
present  the  charming  operetta,  Little  Brovm  Elves  and  Fairies,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Woman's  Exchange  and  Relief  Society.  The  gist  of 
the  operetta  is  the  desire  of  the  Fairies  to  resist  the  encroachments 
of  the  Insects.  Hence  the  Fairies  call  upon  the  Elves  for  assistance, 
and  a  battle  royal  ensues.  Careful  preparations  have  been  made  for 
the  production. 

The  Army  girls  are  all  on  the  tiptoe  of  expectation  and  pleasurable 
anticipation  as  to  who  will  be  the  choice  of  fair  Miss  Lillian  Miles  for 
her  attending  bridesmaids  on  the  happy  occasion  of  her  forthcoming 
nuptials.  An  army  wedding  is  always  a  great  attraction  to  beaux 
and  belles  alike,  for  not  only  is  there  sure  to  be  a  brilliant  display  of 
gold  lace,  but  the  number  of  lovely  faces  to  be  found  in  the  military 
circles  of  our  swim  is  something  remarkable. 

The  Misses  Hobart  had  a  goodly  showing  of  friends  to  see  them  off 
on  their  overland  trip.  One  set  of  young  people  upon  the  return  to 
town  made  up  a  supper  party  at  a  down  town  cafi. 

On  Tuesday  evening  the  Misses  Dunn  gave  a  pleasant  "  at  home  " 
to  about  twenty  guests  at  their  home  on  Hyde  street,  music  and  a 
supper  being  the  principal  features  of  the  evening.  Wednesday  even- 
ing Mrs.  Charles  Tay  gave  an  "  at  home  "  to  a  considerable  number 
of  guests,  welcome  musical  selections  being  given  by  Miss  Wightman 
and  Miss  Ferrar,  followed  by  supper.  Mrs.  Tay  will  be  at  home  on 
the  Wednesdays  of  October. 

The  Entre  Nous  Cotillion  Ciuo  will  inaugurate  ils  fourth  annual  sea- 
son by  giving  a  german  Friday  evening,  the  26th  inst.,  at  the  Palace 
Hotel.  Six  cotillions  will  be  given  this  winter.  As  usual,  the  club 
will  be  closed  when  the  limited  membership  of  fifty  has  been  se- 
cured. 


Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe  has  issued  caraVfor  the  first  and  third  Wednes- 
days in  November.  i 

OF.  WILLEY,  who  is  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  Public  Ad- 
,  ministrator,  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  a  man  who  in 
his  business  relations  has  established  an  unassailable  reputation 
for  integrity. 

The  insidious  gentleness  of  San  Francisco's  winds  often  brings  dis- 
comfort, in  the  way  of  colds,  to  those  who  fail  to  take  proper  precau- 
tions. Preliminary  to  a  drive  or  a  cable  ride  in  the  daytime  or  a 
stroll  in  the  evening,  a  drink  of  Argonaut  whiskey  (which  is  the  pur- 
est and  most  wholesome  of  products)  is  a  sensible  precaution.  As 
everybody  calls  for  this  whisky,  the  knowledge  that  E.  Martin  &  Co., 
408  Front  street  street,  are  the  agents,  is  acceptable. 


"Pearl  glass"  and  "pearl 
top"  are  the  best  in  the  world, 
but  good  for  nothing  unless 
you  get  the  right  shape  and 
size  for  your  lamp.  You  want 
the  "  Index  to  Chimneys" — 
free. 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  maker  of 
tough  glass. 


Stcedman's  Soothing  Powders  relieve  feverishness  and  prevent 
fits  and  convulsions  during  the  teething  period. 


Long 

Distance 

Telephone. 

Direct  communication  had  with  SAN  LI  IS  OBISPO  and  all  inter- 
mediate  stations. 

Latest   Extensions  : 

Three  Mile  Flat,  King  City,  San  Lucas  Bradley, 

San  Miguel,  Paso  Robles.        Templeton,         Santa  Margarita, 

San  Luis  Obispo. 
Giving   unbroken    communication  between  these   towns    and    San 
Francisco.    The  lines  are  constructed  of  specially  prepared  extra  heavy, 


copper  wires,  are  equipped  with  the  latest  appliances  known  to  the  science 
of  "Telephony,"  and  are  "Long  Distance  '  Lines  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.    The  Mail  is  quick,  the  Telegraph  is  quicker,  but  the 


LONG   DISTANCE  TELEPHONE 

Is  Instantaneous,  and  you  don't  have  to  wait  for  an  answer. 

COLTON    DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  (1*  Jtelan  Building.) 

(£bb  specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  pols- 
Uvely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  Bafety 
la  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentistsand  physicians.  Also  performs 
&11  operations  In  dentistry. 
DB.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 

np  DIOOPrVQ  RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
L/r*.  ni^UnU  O  Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  G.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  FranciBCO.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  60  pills,  *1.26;  of  100  pills,  J2;  of  200  pills, 
liJ  60 ;  of  400  pills,  ?6 ;  Preparatory  Pills,  ?2.    Send  for  Circular. 


D 


R.    R.    F.   VERRINDER,   ORAL   SURGEON, 


Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists     Specialties:  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases  of  the  Mouth, 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  Plates  and  Crown  and  Bridge  Work. 
Office:    306  Kearny  Street,  Corner  Sutter. 

REMOVAL   NOTICE. 

THE  PACIFIC  COAST  SAVINGS  SOCIETY. 

Having  purchased  the  safe  deposit  vaults  and  fixtures 
of  the  PEOPLE'S  HOME  SAYIXUS  BANK,  and 

taken  a  long  lease  of  the  building,  805  Marke;  street, 
will  occupy  the  same  on 

OCTOBER   1st,  1894. 

We  will  have  increased  facilities  for  serving  our  cus- 
tomers aud  the  public  in  our  several  departments. 

THE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  VAULTS 

Will  be  in  charge  of  competent  attendants  day  and 
night,  the  charge  for  use  of  boxes,  moderate,  and  every 
care  and  attention  will  be  given  to  patrons. 

THE  PUBLIC  is  cordially  invited  to  call  and  inspect 
our  new  bank  and  safe  deposit  vaults. 

Wendell  Easton,  President. 
Wm.  C.  Murdoch,  Manager. 


Q.  W.  CLARK  &  CO., 

653  MARKET  ST., 

For  WALL  PAPER, 

WINDOW  SHADES, 

CORNICE  POLES. 


24 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  T.ETTF/R. 


October  13,  1894. 


A.Jff  ARTIFICIAL  MAIM'-N. 


It  is   Easy   Enough    to  bo  Beautiful  If 
You  Only  Know  How. 

Moles  and  Blemishes  on  the  Face,  Moustaches 
on  Women,  Pug  or  Crooked  Noses,  Large 
Mouths,  Outstanding  Ears— there  is  no  reason 
for  putting  up  with  such  disfigurements  now-a- 
days.  They,  and  lots  more,  are  all  easily  removed 
by  well-known  Surgical  and  Elec- 
trical processes.  For  years  the 
treatment  of  such  things  has  been 
asp.iialtyat  the  John  H.  Wood- 
bury Dermatological  Institute,  125 
West  43d  St.,  New  York.  Regular  fi 
Physicians  there  doing  nothing  fi 
else  all  the  time.  Their  150  Page 
Book,  telling  all  about  it,  will  be  mailed,  sealed, 
to  your  address  for  10c.  in  stamps  or  silver. 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO  : 


Lbavb  I         From  Sept.  17,  1894.         1  abbitk 

700  a  Atlantic  ExpresB.  Ogdeu  and  East    6:45  a 

7  00  a  Benicia,  Varaville,  Rumsey.  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7-30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 
toga  and  *Santa  Rosa    6:15  p 

8-30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville 4:15  p 

9  00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
( 'or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,  El  Paso,  New 
Orleans  and  East 5:45  P 

9  00  a  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45a. 

9-00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45  a 

*9-ro  a  Peters  and  Milton  ...  '7:15  p 

12-30  p  Niles,  San  Jobb  and  Livermore         8:45  a 
n  :00  p  Sacramento  River  Bteamers  *9 :00  p 

4  00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Valiejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verauo,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9.15a. 

4-00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento    10:45a 

4-30  p.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno 7:15  p 

6:00p.  Los   Angelea    Express,   FreBno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los   Angeles —  10:*5a 

600  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6-OOp.  Haywards, Niles  and  SanJose..     7:4rA. 

17:00  P.  VallejO +7:45  P. 

7-00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East.     -  ■ 10:4  >  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (N arrow  Gauge). 


17-45  A  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
Sau  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton   and 

SantaCruz 18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Uenterville,  San  Jobb, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations     —  6:20  p. 

*2:45  P  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and    principal    way 

stations    *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  Sail  Jose,  Los  Gatos.-  9:50a. 

Coast  Division  ( Third  aid  Town  send  Streets!. 
*6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations *1 :45  p. 

17:30  a.  Sau  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      J8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinoB, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove,  PaBO  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Way  Stations 6:2»p. 

[9:47  A.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations tl:45p. 

1U:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  .       5:06p. 
;i:45  a.   Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2;20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres   Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   8alinas,    Monterey, 

PaciflcGrove *10:40a. 

*8:80  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions    .   9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5-JOp.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6:80p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35a. 

tll:46p.   Palo  Alto   and    principal  Way 
Stations +7:26p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSAK  FBAKCISC0— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)- 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  0AKLASD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  a.  m. 

{12  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  "5  00  P.  M. 

a.  for  Morning .  p.  for  Afternoon, 

•Sundays  excepted.  fSaturdays  only. 

tSundaysonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TBAMSFEB  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


I  know  of  nothing  sublime  which  is  not 
some  modification  of  power.— Burke. 

Benevolence  is  allied  to  few  vices;  sel- 
fishness to  fewer  virtues Home. 

I  have  fire-proof  perennial  enjoyments, 
called  employments. — Richter. 

Ill  company  will  make  this  earth  a 
hell. —  Omar  Khayyam. 

Light  is  the  task  where  many  share  the 
toil. — Homer. 

Praise  undeserved  is  satire  in  disguise. 
— Broadhurst. 

Poverty  is  the  sixth  sense. — German 
Proverb. 

Let  the  end  try   the  man. — Shakespeare. 

The  liitle  Shakespeare  in  the  maiden's 
heart  makes  Romeo  of  a  plowboy  on  his 
cart. — Emerson. 

The  desires  and  loogiDgs  of  man  are 
vast  as  eternity,  and  they  point  him  to  it. 
—  Tryon  Edwards. 

The  arrogant  man  does  but  blast  the 
blessiDgs  of  life  and  swagger  away  his  own 
enjoyments. — Collier.  , 

Never  rail  at  the  world,  it  is  just  as  we 
make  it.  We  see  not  the  flower  if  we  sow 
not  the  seed. — Swain. 

Drunkenness  places  man  as  much  below 
the  level  or  the  brul.es  as  reason  elevates 
him  above  it. — Sinclair. 

There  is  a  consanguinity  between  be- 
nevolence and  humility.  They  are  virtues 
of  the  same  stock. — Burke. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  Sau  Francisco  for 
ports  iu  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Sept.  7, 22.  October 
7.  22.     Nov.  6,  21.     Dec.  6,  21. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
Sep'ember  17,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

Kor  Eureka,  Arcat\  and  Field's  Landing  Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays y  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Lis  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourtb  and  fifth   day,  alternately  at  S  a,  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alternately  at  11  A.  M. 

For  Eu«euada,  Magdal^ua  Bay,  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mtizatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
.steamer  St.  Pdiil,  10  a.  m.,  25th  of  each  month. 

Iiuket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  iNew 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO..  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Marketstreet,  San  Francisco 


OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOB  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIR9T  and  BRAN 
NAN  8TREET8,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Gaelic Tuesday,  Oct.  16,  1894 

Belgic       Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,  Dec.  4,  1894 
Gaelic    Monday,  December  24,  1894 

ROUND  TRIP   TIOKET8AT  REDUCED   RATES 

Cabin    Plans    on    exhibition   and    Passage 
Tickets    for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.   Fourth  and  Townsend 
i    streets,  Sau  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices   of   Pacific  Mail 
I    Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,    or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  H.GOODMAN. Gen. Pass. Aet. 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

..ti.bvrt  World  tours,  steamer 

» *  zX==^Jz-  .!•  and  rail.    First  class, 

$610.      Second    class, 
?350. 
\^q     O.  S.  S.  Company's 
i  steamers  sail: 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  8. 
"MARIP03.V," 
September  20, 2  P.  M. 
For     HONOLULU, 
8.  S.  -AUSTRALIA," 
Sept.  29,  1894. 


S£VEtf 


For  passage  apply  to  188  Montgomery  8treet. 
n—eet. 

General  Agts 


For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELu  &  BROS.  CO,     " 


O!  how  much  more  doth  beauty  beaute- 
ous seem,  by  that  sweet  ornament  which 
truth  doth  give. — Shakespeare. 

I  cannot  help  suspecting  that  those  who 
abuse  themselves  are  in  reality  angling  for 
approbation — Zimmerman. 

Those  who  would  make  us  feel  must 
feel  Ihemstlves Churchill. 


SAN  FRANC/SCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBUTON  FERRY-Footof  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK    DAYS-7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  at.;  12-36, 3-30, 

5:10,   6:30   p.  m.    Thursdays— Extra  trip   at 

II  :30  p.  m  .    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  -50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS-8:00,  9:30,11:00  a.m.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00 

6:20  p.m. 

„,„„?AN  KJ-FAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAY8-6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  m.;  12-45, 

3:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 

and  6:30  p.  m. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3-40,5-00 

6:25  p.  m. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park 
same  schedule  as  above. 


Leaves.  F. 


Week 
Days 


7:40A.M 
3:80p.M 
5:10  p.m. 


7:40a. m 
3:30p.  m 


7:4Ua.  . 
5:10  p.] 


7:40a.m 
3:30  p.m 


I    In  Effect 
-[Ap'l  15, 1894. 


Sundays 


8:00a.  m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 


Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Rosa. 


ABBIVEIN8.F. 


Sundays 


10:40  A.M 
6:05  P.M 
7:30p.m 


8:50a.  m 
10:30am 
6:15p.m 


I      Jfulton 

Windsor, 

Healdsburg, 

8:00a.m.  Geyserville, 

I  Cloverdale 

I  Pieta,  Hop- 

land,  Ukiah. 


8:00a.  M.lGuerneville 


7:30p.m. 


10:40a.„ 
6:05p.m 


Week 
Days. 


S:oua.m.|     Sonoma 

5:00p.m  I  Glen  Ellen.  „.  ,.,.,,, 

8  :00a. M.I  Sebastopol.  110:40a. m|10:30a.m 
5:00  P.M.I  |  6.05p.m|  6:15p.m 


10:30am 
6:15  PM 
8:50ah. 
6:15  pm. 


Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  8prings 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Spnng6. 

Slages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs 
Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville' 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City.' 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitts. 
Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley.  John  Day's  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Bloeksburg,  Bridge- 
ville,  Hydesvilleand  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 
H.  0.  WHITING,  R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Manager.  Gen.  Passenger  Agent 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Theouoh  Line  to  New  Yobk,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 

S.  S.  "Colon,"  October  18,1894. 
S.  8.  "San  Jose,"  October  29,  1894. 
S.  S.  "  Acapulco,"  November  8.  1894. 
8.8.  "Colima,"  November  19,  1894. 

Note. — When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

8.    S.    "City   of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 

25, 1894,  at  3  P.  M 

S.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.  6,  1894,  at 

S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24. 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 
13, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


Pule  Sa.  ». 


5.  F.  New*  Letter,  October  in,  iflo.4. 


THE   REPUBLICAN   MOSES. 


Pnc«  P«r  Copy.  lO  C«ou. 


Annual  Sub&cri ption,  $4  OO. 


N»Wsy|#rrrE: 


(Stt&if &xum  Jvvte  xtx  s  jer* 


Vol.  XLIX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  OCTOBER  20,  IS 94. 


Number  16. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  '<  Evening 
Post  "  Building.  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

Colonel  Daniel  M.  Burns  is  the  $ubjed  of  our  cartoon  this  week.  The 
earnest,  convincing  attitude  and  expression  are  eminently  characteristic  of 
the  now  famous  Republican  leader,  ft  would  he  difficult  to  find  a  more 
compter  and  interesting  character  than  this  politico!,  sphynx.  None  can 
resist  the  magnetic  charm  which  he  exer rises,  and  the  firm  but  gentle 
manliness  of  his  bearing  is  peculiarly  winning.  Taking  all  things  into 
account,  he  is  undoubtedly  the  ablest  political  manager  that  California  has 
ever  seen. 


ANOTHER  encroachment  of  woman  upon  the  domain  of  man 
is  reported  in  Berlin.  Regular  female  officers  are  upon  the 
police  force  in  that  city.  They  have  been  found  especially  useful 
in  shntting  up  houses  of  ill-fame. 


PREMIER  CRI8PI  has  lately  tried  everything  in  his  power  to 
patch  up  a  peace  between  the  Pope  and  the  Italian  Govern- 
ment. His  efforts  have  not  been  received  unkindly  by  the 
Vatican,  but  it  is  said  that  the  Pope  regards  all  such  attempts  as 
futile  so  long  as  the  worldly  power  of  the  Papacy  is  not  restored. 


li  1V[0  church,  no  game,' 

IN    ball    club  at    New  Swindon, 


seems  to  be  the  rule  of  a  certain  foot- 
Wiltshire,  where  the  young 
men  play  their  game  on  Sunday  afternoons;  "but  tbey  would  not 
allow  those  who  had  been  absent  from  church  in  the  morning  to 
join  in  the  games" — ao  said  the  vicar  at  a  church  union  meet- 
ing lately.  "  Parish  priests  ought  to  be  present  with  their  young 
people  in  their  amusements,  and  certainly  ought  not  to  let  it  be 
supposed  that  tbey  look  askanse  at  those  amusements."  There 
are  some  Canadian  parsons  who  would  look  very  much  "ask- 
anse" at  these  same  Sunday  afternoon  football  matches,  though 
they  may  seem  a  "nice  quiet  way"  of  spending  the  day,  amid 
Old  Country  traditions,  where  football  is  as  harmless  as  foot- 
walks. 

ONE  of  the  most  picturesque  of  the  mosaic  of  fairy-stories  with 
which  the  illness  of  the  Czar  has  beeu  surrounded  is  that  which 
came  from  Russia,  via  Minneapolis  and  an  unknown  German 
officer,  this  week.  To  add  to  its  picturesqueness  this  story  was 
written  in  invisible  ink  which  some  process  of  alchemy  or  occult 
science  made  visible  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  The  story  is  to 
the  effect  that  the  Czar's  ailments  are  not  the  result  of  disease, 
but  that  he  is  dying  of  slow  poison  administered  by  conspirators 
who,  while  they  are  not  Nihilists,  disapprove  of  the  present 
policy  of  the  government  and  desire  a  change  in  the  royal  person- 
ality in  order  to  bring  about  the  adoption  of  a  better  policy.  It 
is  to  be  said  on  behalf  of  this  story  that  it  probably  contains  as 
much  truth  as  most  of  the  alleged  information  which  has  been 
published  concerning  the  Russian  ruler  during  the  past  three  or 
four  weeks. 


NEWMAN  HALL,  in  an  article  published  in  The  United  Presby- 
terian, Pittsburg,  finds  nothiug  good  in  the  iheatre.  He  de- 
clares that  it  is  the  great  enemy  of  personal  religion,  because  of 
its  impurity.  We  quote  the  following:  "Dumas,  the  novelist,  in 
reply  to  one  who  criticized  a  play  of  his,  wrote:  ■  You  are  right 
not  to  take  your  daughter  to  see  my  play,  but  you  should  not 
take^ber  to  a  theatre,  which,  being  a  picture  of  satire  of  social 
manners,  mufet  ever  be  immoral,  the  social  manners  themselves 
being  immoral.'  1  remember  a  similar  reply  of  a  French  defender 
of  the  iheatre  to  one  who  said  bis  plays  were  not  proper  for 
young  people:  'Ceitiinly  not — we  have  to  represent  the  world  as 
it  is,  and  not  as  it  ought  to  be — and  the  world  as  it  is  is  fit  only 
for  men  and  women  to  witness,  and  not  for  children,  youths,  and 
maidens.'  How  certainly  injurious  must  be  the  habitual  repre- 
sentation of  immoral  scenes  and  characters  on  those  who  are 
habitually  familiarized  with  them  in  their  reproduction  and  ex- 
hibition." 


EX-SPEAKER  Reed  Ibis  week  addressed  the  students  of  the 
University  of  Michigan  on  the  theory  of  protection.  It  was 
unnecessary  for  bim  to  speak  to  them  on  the  practice  of  protec- 
tion, as  during  the  last  few  years  it  has  been  loudly  speaking  for 
itself. 


IT  is  reported  that  Dr.  Brigg?,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Connecticut 
Valley  Congregational  Club,  said :  "The  Protestants  could  well 
dispense  with  50,000  of  their  90,000  clergymen  in  this  country," 
and  that  there  is  $200  000  "more  than  is  necessary"  invested  in 
church  edifices.  We  assume  that  Dr.  Briggs  will  at  once  resign 
his  chair  at  Union,  and  advise  all  his  colleagues  to  seek  other  and 
more  useful  occupations  thaD  that  of  increasiug  the  preeent  over- 
supply  of  Protestant  ministers  and  bankrupting  the  Protestant 
churches. 


THE  National  Guard  of 
into  a  mob  of  leading 
a  criminal.  Several  of  th 
indignation,  were  killed 
citizens  should  maintain 
the  laws  and  preserve  tb 
law  and  get  their  viscera 
whom  they  maintain  for 
extraordinary  absurdities 
we  are  pleased  to  terra  th 


Ohio  has  distinguished  itself  by  firing 
citizens  who  were  determined  to  lynch 
e  citizens,  much   to  their  surprise  and 

and  a  large  number  wounded.  That 
in  armed  body  of  men  sworn  to  support 
8  peace,  and  then  themselves  break  the 
weighted  with  lead  by  the  very  servants 
the  enforcement  of  the  law,  is  one  of  the 
which  distinguish  mankind  from  what 
e  lower  animals. 


LABOR  has  been  struck  another  serious  blow.  Some  sneak- 
thief,  evidently  bribed  by  the  corporations,  recently  stole 
from  G.  W.  Howard,  Vice-President  of  the  American  Railway 
Union  and  Debs's  most  enthusiastic  coadjutor,  his  pocketbook, 
containing  a  large  number  of  railway  passes.  This  is  a  loss  that 
will  be  seriously  felt.  Mr.  Howard  will  be  compelled  either  to 
take  much  of  his  valuable  time,  which  is  consecrated  to  the 
cause  of  the  workingman,  in  making  application  for  new  passes, 
or  to  pay  his  fare  when  traveling  over  the  roads  whose  destruction 
it  is  his  noble  mission  to  eDCompass.  If  the  members  of  the  A. 
R.  U.  do  not  come  promptly  forward  at  this  deplorable  juncture 
with  resolutions  of  sympathy  for  their  co-worker  and  sufferer  in 
the  grand  cause,  they  will  be  guilty  of  ingratitude  baser  than  that 
of  the  historic  cat  that  was  so  unselfishly  permitted  by  the  mon- 
key to  draw  the  chestnuts  out  of  the  fire. 


THERE  seems  to  bs  considerable  hesitation  and  indecision  on  the 
part  of  the  French  government  as  to  what  course  it  will  pursue 
in  regard  to  Madagascar.  This  appears  to  be  one  of  the  cases 
where  jingo  government  officials  have  discovered,  after  they  have 
placed  their  country  in  an  embarrassing  position,  that  the  game 
they  were  hunting  is  not  worth  the  candle  they  have  used.  It 
seems  to  be  conceded  now  that  French  interests  in  Madagascar 
are  not  of  sufficient  value  to  warrant  Iheoutlay  which  will  be  in- 
volved in  the  overthrow  of  the  Hovas  government — a  step  which, 
even  when  it  is  accomplished,  is  sure  to  involve  France  in  a 
whole  lot  of  diplomatic  entanglements  and  complications.  On 
their  side  the  Hovas  are  preparing  for  a  stubborn  resistance,  and 
are  said  to  be  engaging  large  numbers  of  English  and  German 
officers  from  the  retired  army  lists.  This  is  a  phase  of  the  matter 
which  will  lead  to  considerable  international  friction  if  the  affair 
results  in  actual  hostilities. 


THE  putting  on  of  a  first-class  passenger  train  between  San 
Francisco  and  New  Orleans,  both  ways,  is  an  event  in  the  his- 
tory of  California.  These  traiDS  will  include  every  luxury  and 
convenience  known  to  modern  railway  science.  The  time  has 
been  so  much  shortened  that  the  time  between  San  Francisco  and 
New  York  via  New  Orleans  is  no  greater  than  that  by  the  most 
direct  route,  and  at  the  same  time  the  road  traverses  the  most 
interesting  parts  of  the  United  States.  It  covers  the  most  at- 
tractive part  of  California  and  introduces  the  traveler  to  the 
strange  Spanish-American  scenes  of  Arizona,  New  Mexico,  and 
Texas,  besides  the  picturesque  combination  of  French  aDd  Ameri- 
can civilization  to  be  found  in  New  Orleans.  The  trains  have 
dining  cars  and  all  other  comforts,  and  the  greatest  care  will  be 
taken  to  make  the  service  prompt.  The  Sunset  Route  has  thus 
become  the  great  overland  highway  between  the  Pacific  and  the 
Atlantic. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  20,  1894. 


NOTES    ON    POLITICAL    MATTERS. 

THE  politics  of  San  Francisco  is  in  such  a  mixed  condition  at  the 
present  time  that  the  average  voter,  who  is  interested  only  in 
pood  government,  is  placed  at  a  disadvantage.  The  list  of  candi- 
dates for  the  various  offices,  good,  bad,  and  indifferent,  is  simply 
appalling,  and  in  tbe  raidst  of  all  the  cry  is:  »  Still  they  come." 
Party  lines  have  not  the  strength  to  hold  the  unemployed  states- 
men who  have  been  overlooked  or  crowded  out  in  tbe  selections, 
and  tbey  have  determined  to  assert  their  individuality  in  defiance 
of  organizations.  The  boss  excrescences  seem  to  be  working  out 
a  problem  of  purity  in  politics  in  the  same  manner  that  a  sewer 
works  off  the  filth  of  an  aggregated  mass  of  humanity  in  a  center 
of  populatioo.  There  is  one  aim  in  the  niinds  of  all,  and  that  is 
the  public  crib,  which  is  the  most  imposing  lever  that  touches  tbe 
chords  of  human  ambition.  Honors  are  secondary,  as  there  are 
but  few  instances  in  which  men  have  achieved  distinction  in  offi- 
cial life  by  the  exercise  of  integrity.  In  the  long  list  of  names 
that  will  be  presented  on  the  ticket,  the  electors  may  be  able  to 
select  men  in  whom  they  have  confidence. 

Adolph  Sutro  told  his  colored  admirers  of  the  Afro-American 
League,  on  Monday  last,  that  he  accepted  the  nomination  for 
Mayor  "just  to  beat  the  octopus  on  Fourth  street."  He  has  not 
beaten  the  Southern  Pacific  yet.  We  may  yet  see  him  in  the 
clutches  and  at  the  mercy  of  the  powerful  antagonist  he  has 
chosen  to  assail  and  vilify.  He  also  informed  his  hearers  that  be 
was  "a  man  who  never  went  into  a  fight  and  got  licked."  Pride 
goes  before  a  fall.  Had  he  been  licked,  as  he  elegantly  expresses 
it,  he  would  probably  have  learned  wisdom  by  this  time,  and 
saved  himself  from  future  trouble.  When  the  mastiff  is  assailed 
by  a  cur  of  low  degree,  he    merely   resents    the   attack  by  raising 

his  leg but  the  result  is  very  unpleasant  to   the  cur.     Mr.  8utro 

professed  his  contempt  for  the  "stories"  circulated  about  him, 
and  confidently  appealed  to  his  life-record  in  this  State.  True, 
the  tricks  he  played  on  the  English  shareholders  of  the  Sutro 
Tunnel  Company  belong  to  ancient  history,  but  recollections  of 
that  swindle  have  been  revived  by  similar  sharp  practices  on  his 
part  in  later  years.  On  September  3,  1880,  we  find  in  the  records 
of  the  court,  Case  2153,  In  which  a  complaint  for  divorce  was 
filed  by  Leah  Sutro  against  Adolph  Sutro.  This  discreditable  case 
{the  sensational  particulars  of  which  were  made  public  at  the 
time)  extended  from  the  above  date  to  November,  1881.  when  the 
Court  ordered  the  papers  connected  with  it  to  be  sealed  up. 
Could  the  veil  of  secrecy  thus  imposed  be  withdrawn,  the  "phil- 
anthropist" would  be  revealed  in  his  true  colors.  He  is  not  satis 
puer  et  sans  reproche  by  any  means,  as  bis  record  clearly  shows. 
Let  ns  at  any  rate  have  a  clean  man  as  our  chief  magistrate  if  we 
can  get  him. 

The  position  which  San  Francisco  has  occupied  for  many  years 
before  the  people  of  the  State  in  the  matter  of  taxation  for  State 
purposes,  has  been  more  misunderstood  than  any  other  matter  of 
general  concern.  An  unfortunate  antagonism  has  arisen  between 
the  country  and  the  city,  and  in  a  contest  of  this  kind,  however 
deplorable  it  may  be,  San  Francisco  is  bound  to  be  the  loser.  It 
is  eminently  advisable,  therefore,  that  San  Francisco  be  repre- 
sented in  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  by  a  man  who  under- 
stands not  only  the  interests  of  tbe  8tate  at  large,  but  whose 
special  experience  as  a  leading  business  man  of  San  Francisco  has 
made  him  particularly  acquainted  with  the  needs  of  this  city.  As 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Williams,  Dimond  &  Co.,  Mr.  Chese- 
brough  has  special  qualifications  for  the  office,  having  become 
familiar  wilh  all  the  needs  of  the  city  and  with  all  the  means  for 
its  proper  representation,  and  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  as  a 
member  of  the  Slate  Board  of  Equalization  he  will  intelligently 
represent  and  fearlessly  defend  the  interests  of  San  Francisco. 

Judge  Joachimsen  is  one  of  those  kindly,  genial,  shrewd  men 
who  impress  themselves  upon  all.  He  has  been  a  Police  Judge 
in  San  Francisco  a  long  time,  and  as  he  has  been  nominated  for 
re-election,  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  he  will  be  Police 
Judge  for  a  long  time  to  come.  He  is  so  familiar  with  the  meth- 
ods and  personalities  of  criminals,  and  without  any  display  has 
made  himself  so  wholesome  a  terror  to  the  petty  knaves  of  Police 
courts,  that  the  dread  in  which  they  hold  him  is  not  remarkable. 
If  any  man  should  be  retained  in  office  it  is  he. 

If  Captain  Freese  is  not  re-elected  Public  Administrator  tbe 
faithful  and  intelligent  discharge  of  duty  counts  for  little.  He 
has  filled  the  office  ably  and  honestly,  and  as  it  sometimes  hap- 
pens that  very  valuable  estates  fall  to  him  for  administration,  it 
is  evident  that  his  good  qualities  are  valuable  considerations. 
Like  most  of  tbe  other  candidates  whom  we  endorse,  he  has  been 
tried  and  found  suitable,  and  that  ought  to  be  sufficient  for  any 
reasonable  man. 

Undoubtedly  tbe  strongest  nomination  made  by  the  Non- 
Partisans  was  that  of  James  McNab  for  Sheriff.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  large  draying  firm  of  McNab  &  Smith,  and  his  close  rela- 
tions with  the  business  men  of  the  city  have  enabled  them  to 
form  a  proper  estimate  of  his  intelligence  and  character,  and  their 


determination  to  support  him  is  based  on  that  knowledge.  As 
superintendent  of  the  grounds  of  tbe  Midwinter  Fair  he  displayed 
uncommon  executive  ability.  In  his  canvass  he  is  supported  by 
all  the  leading  merchants  of  San  Francisco  and  .a  host  of  friends 
without  reference  to  party  preferences.  One  thing  may  be  de- 
pended on — he  is  a  free  man,  in  no  sense  a  tool  of  bosses.  Mr. 
McNab  is  a  prominent  member  of  a  large  number  of  benevolent 
and  social  societies,  the  members  of  which  are  supporting  his 
candidacy  heartily. 

If  there  is  any  intelligent  citizen  who  can  present  valid  reasons 
for  not  attempting  to  re-elect  M.  C.  Haley  as  County  Clerk,  there 
are  a  great  many  good  people  who  would  be  glad  to  hear  them. 
It  is  encouraging  to  know  that  Mr.  Haley  has  conducted  his 
office  without  a  scandal,  without  even  a  suspicion  of  private 
crookedness  or  political  chicanery.  Having  learned  all  the  de- 
tails of  the  business  of  the  office,  and  having  conducted  himself 
with  so  much  tact  and  intelligence,  he  seems  to  be  the  candidate 
whom  tbe  wisdom  of  the  people  should  select. 

There  is  hardly  a  voter  among  the  best  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco who  is  not  glad  to  have  an  opportunity  to  vote  for  tbe  re- 
election of  John  D.  Sie be  as  Assessor.  It  is  the  more  intelligent 
citizens  who  above  all  others  know  the  wide  latitude  which  the 
Assessor  may  exercise,  and  it  is  tbey  who  know  that  Mr.  Siebe 
has  been  fair  in  tbe  past  and  has  been  guided  solely  by  an  intelli- 
gent conscience.  No  such  able  and  scientific  management  of  tbe 
Assessor's  office  as  Mr.  Siebe's  has  ever  been  seen  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  the  fact  that  he  has  not  conducted  it  as  an  asylum  for 
political  strikers  is  eminently  to  his  credit. 

The  aspiring  young  genius  of  William  8.  Barnes  has  soared 
successfully  through  tbe  lofty  duties  of  the  District  Attorney- 
ship. In  this  capacity  Mr.  Barnes  has  displayed  commendable 
ability  and  industry  in  bringing  important  criminals  to  justice. 
But  his  conduct  of  his  office  has  been  no  surprise  to  those  who 
were  acquainted  with  his  ability.  The  experience  which  he  has 
acquired,  to  say  nothing  of  the  natural  qualities  which  fit  him 
for  the  office,  will  be  a  recommendation  to  thoughtful  voters.  He 
ought  to  be  re-elected. 

It  is  net  surprising  that  there  should  be  a  popular  demand  from 
the  best  people  for  the  re-election  of  Judge  Levy  to  the  Superior 
Court  bench,  Dor  is  it  any  more  surprising  that  those  who  have 
encountered  failure  in  their  efforts  to  turn  him  aside  from  tbe 
straight  way  of  justice  are  moving  heaven  and  earth  to  defeat 
him.  There  are  certain  kinds  of  opposition  that  are  a  compliment 
to  the  men  at  whom  they  are  aimed.  Judge  Levy  has  acquired 
an  experience  on  the  bench  that  is  invaluable.  His  re-election 
would  be  no  experiment  and  it  should  be  accomplished. 

The  office  of  City  and  County  Surveyor  Is  not  one  that  the  gen- 
eral public  hears  much  about,  and  yet  it  is  very  important.  Upon 
the  ability  and  honesty  of  the  Surveyor  may  depend  far-reaching 
results,  affecting  not  only  private  interests  but  those  of  the  city 
as  well.  There  is  not  a  municipal  office  that  requires  so  exact 
skill  and  judgment  as  that  of  Surveyor,  and  as  Mr.  Tilton  fulfills 
all  the  requirements  and  has  had  ample  experience  it  is  evident 
that  he  should  be  elected. 

J.  H.  Mahoney  has  been  nominated  for  Senator  from  tbe 
Twenty-Fourth  Senatorial  District.  Mr.  Mahoney  has  been  in 
the  Senate  before,  and  that  is  something.  Besides  that,  he  is  a 
hearty,  bluff,  shrewd  man,  with  sufficient  tact  to  make  him  wise 
and  sufficient  aggressiveness  to  make  him  strong.  It  would  re- 
quire a  stretch  of  the  wildest  imagination  to  accuse  him  of 
"wearing  a  collar,"  for  if  there  is  one  thing  more  than  another 
that  distinguishes  him  it  is  independence.  There  is  no  apparent 
good  reasou  why  he  should  not  be  elected. 

As  City  and  County  Attorney  H.  T.  Cresswell  bas  displayed 
that  sturdy  and  reliable  sort  of  ability  which  commands  the  re- 
spect of  conservative  men.  In  the  task  of  guarding  the  city's 
legal  interests  and  in  advising  every  city  officer  who  applies  for 
information  the  City  and  County  Attorney  carries  a  burden  the 
weight  and  importance  of  which  few  men  can  appreciate.  Mr. 
Cresswell  has  at  his  finger  tips  the  whole  law  which  affects 
his  position,  and  as  he  has  been  so  safe  a  counsellor  in  the  past  it 
is  clear  that  he  should  be  re-elected. 

Ex-Senator  George  H.  Williams,  who  formerly  represented  the 
Twenty- Fourth  Senatorial  District  in  tbe  Legislature  of  this  State 
and  is  now  seeking  the  suffrages  of  the  electors  of  that  district  as 
an  independent  candidate  for  Senatorial  honors,  has  had  a  long 
and  varied  career  in  this  city,  albeit  it  is  rather  spotted,  like  the 
leopard's  skin.  Since  his  arrival  in  this  city  from  New  York  a 
great  many  years  ago,  up  to  the  time  of  his  appointment  as 
keeper  in  the  County  Jail  about  four  years  since,  the  immaculate 
Williams  has  been  a  creature  of  the  bosses.  For  years  he  was  the 
proprietor  of  one  of  the  most  notorious  dives  and  deadfalls,  where 


October  20,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


nightly  gathered  bedizened  and  painted  women,  on  Sacramento 
itreet.  tbe  resort  of  thieves  and  cutthroats.  Respectable  people 
wonder,  and  still  tbe  wonder  grows,  that  this  pare  and  immaculate 
legislator,  whose  feet  at  one  time  were  close  to  the  portals  of  Ban 
Queniin,  one  of  the  legislative  combine  sued  by  the  late  George 
Kay  lor  for  a  fair  division  of  tbe  "boodle,"  should  have  the  effront- 
ery to  seek  even  the  most  humble  political  position  at  the  bands 
of  bis  fellow  citizens.  It  was  most  fortunate  for  Williams  that  a 
complacent  Supreme  Court  set  aside  tbe  Wallace  Grand  Jury, 
otherwise  tbe  immaculate  Williams  would  now  be  sojourning  in 
durance  vile,  and  not  seeking  the  suffrages  of  the  voters  of  the 
Tweniy-Kourth  Senatorial  District.  The  attack  on  Senator  Ma- 
honey  is  the  result  of  a  combination  formed  by  part  of  Jeremiah 
Burke,  tbe  Democratic  nominee  for  Senator.  Williams  knows  he 
is  not  in  the  tight,  but  hopes  to  divert  attention  from  Jeremiah 
Burke  and  his  notorious  school  methods. 

Governor  Markbam  has  been  projected  by  the  Republicans 
into  tbe  campaign,  like  a  decayed  cabbage  across  the  footlights, 
where  his  presence  is  more  noticeable  to  tbe  nose  than  to  the 
eye.  Tbe  Governor,  it  is  to  be  presumed,  will  not  fail  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  this,  his  positively  last  appearance  in  Californian 
politic?,  again  to  deny  the  authorship  of  his  "Irish"  letter,  and 
once  more  to  explain  why  it  was  impossible  for  him  to  be  at  his 
place  of  duty  ai  the  only  time  during  his  administration  that  he 
was  needed  there. 

Betg'om's  new  law,  which  makes  voting  by  every  qualified 
elector  compulsory,  might  be  experimented  with  here  to  advan- 
tage. It  is  a  lamentable  fact  that  in  every  State  there  are  thous- 
ands of  citizens,  otherwise  intelligent,  who  do  not  look  upon  vot- 
ing either  as  a  privilege  or  a  duty.  Too  indifferent,  or  too  ab- 
stemious of  time,  to  go  to  tbe  polls  themselves,  they  are  usually 
prone  to  dwell  upon  the  corruption  of  the  ballot  and  the  evils  of 
politics.  8uch  people  should  be  compelled  to  vote,  or  pay  dearly 
for  their  refusal  to  comply  with  the  first  essential  of  good  govern- 
ment. 

It  is  a  reasonable  proposition  that  men  of  large  means  and  im- 
portant business  interests  are  tbe  ones  who,  if  they  are  disinter- 
ested and  competent,  should  be  selected  as  members  of  the  Board 
of  Supervisors.  If  there  should  be  elected  seven  such  men  as 
Adolph  B.  Spreckels  there  would  be  no  need  to  worry  about  the 
city's  finances,  as  there  would  be  every  assurance  that  they  would 
be  guarded  honestly  and  intelligently.  It  has  been  fortunate  for 
San  Francisco  that  Mr.  Spreckels  was  induced  to  accept  the  nomi- 
nation, and  it  will  be  a  credit  to  the  city  to  elect  him. 

The  smothered  business  of  that  part  of  the  San  Francisco 
School  Department  work  with  which  tbe  members  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  have  to  do  has  been  for  years  a  matter  over  which 
a  shrug  of  the  shoulders  has  expressed  a  prevalent  opinion.  It  is 
gratifying  to  know  that  some  men  have  been  nominated  who 
stand  so  far  above  tbe  suspicions  which  have  attached  to  so 
many  of  the  Directors  that  there  can  be  no  mistake  injthe  experi- 
ment of  electing  them.  Hugh  Tevis  is  manifestly  such  a  man.  Be- 
sides being  a  man  of  wealth,  he  has  the  confidence  of  the  best 
citizens,  and  no  better  recommendation  than  that  could  be  re- 
quired. 

The  judicious  use  of  the  check  which  the  City  Auditor  may 
and  should  hold  upon  the  expenditures  of  municipal  funds  is  a 
very  important  function  when  judiciously  exercised.  Further- 
more, it  cannot  be  expected  that  a  man  strange  to  the  intricate 
duties  of  the  office  should  display  the  same  ability  and  aptness 
in  discharging  tbem  one  who  has  acquired  experience  may  dis- 
play. Mr,  Broderick,  the  present  Auditor,  has  been  renominated, 
and  there  seems  to  be  every  reason  why  he  should  be  elected,  for 
he  has  shown  himself  to  be  both  competent  and  honest,  and 
those  are  valuable  qualities. 

Tbe  nomination  of  A.  Roman  for  Recorder  was  a  graceful 
recognition  of  his  intelligence,  his  sterling  manhood,  and  bis 
worth  as  a  citizen.  This  accomplished  man  has  lived  in  San 
Francisco  so  long  that  everybody  knows  him,  and  this  means  to 
say  that  everybody  respects  and  admires  him  and  has  unbounded 
confidence  in  his  integrity.  It  seems  to  be  an  assured  fact  that 
the  founder  of  the  Overland  will  be  elected. 

If  the  two  old  parties  are  so  busily  engaged  in  "stuffing"  the 
Great  Register,  the  candidates  must  hope  to  discover  some 
way  of  evading  the  Pnrity  of  the  Elections  law. 


IMPORTANT    ABOUT    THE    CHARTER. 


THE  Rev.  Dr.  Smith,  of  Indiana,  and  one  of  his  devout  deacons 
recently  traded  wives,  and  now  the  worthy  doctor  wonders 
why  he  was  dropped  from  the  ministry  with  such  a  dull  thud. 
Rev.  Smith  is  evidently  an  innocent  backwoods  soul,  all  unversed 
in  the  advanced  methods  of  the  metropolitan  pulpiteer,  who 
wonld  be  ashamed  of  going  at  so  simple  a  matter  in  so  bungling 
a  way. 


A  1.1-  signs  indicate  that  San  Francisco  will  get  a  new  charter 
this  time.  On  four  different  occasions  during  tbe  past  four- 
teen years  has  she  elected  a  little  local  parliament,  consisting  of 
fifteen  freeholders,  to  frame  a  new  organic  law  for  her  own  better 
government,  and  on  each  occasion  ft  has  appeared  that  she  has 
refused  to  adopt  the  handiwork  of  her  wisest  and  best  citizens. 
We  say  "appeared,"  because  on  the  last  occasion  we  know  that 
the  proposed  measure  was  in  truth  and  in  fact  ratified  by  a  major- 
ity of  the  votes  cast,  but  was  fraudulently  counted  out  by  crea- 
tures named  by  tbe  reigning  boss  for  that  express  purpose.  The 
Police  and  Fire  Departments,  although  it  proposed  to  do  more  for 
them  than  tbey  had  any  right  to  expect,  were  opposed  to  it,  and 
they  with  tbe  bosses  made  a  still  fight  to  defeat  it.  The  measure 
was  prepared  by  citizens  of  such  distinguished  character  and 
ability,  and  it  stood  the  fire  of  criticism  so  well,  that  tbe  tax- 
payers as  a  whole  concluded  that  it  would  be  approved  as  a  mat- 
ter of  course,  and,  in  consequence  of  this  confidence,  they  did  not 
go  to  the  polls  in  sufficient  numbers  to  put  its  adoption  beyond 
the  peradventure  of  a  doubt.  The  result,  to  the  surprise  of  rate- 
paying  citizens  newly  awakened  to  the  qnietbut  organized  fight 
that  bad  been  again&t  it,  was  unpleasantly  close,  but,  as  we  have 
said,  it  was  undoubtedly  approved  by  a  small  majority  whose 
ballots  were  dishonestly  counted.  That  was  an  episode  in  our 
city's  municipal  life  which  the  News  Letter  alone  explained 
and  described  at  the  time.  It  remains  an  undefended  but  a  sadly 
suggestive  event  to  this  day.  The  Board  of  Election  Commis- 
sioners was  Democratic,  with  E.  B.  Pond  as  its  ex-offlcio  chair- 
man. Buckley  submitted  to  him  a  list  of  persons  whom  he  de- 
sired appointed  election  officers.  They  were  for  the  most  part 
men  with  notorious  records.  Fit  for  strategy  and  spoils,  there 
were  among  them  as  pronounced  rascals  as  ever  cut  a  throat  or 
Bcuttled  a  ship.  The  marvel  was  as  to  how  such  a  crowd  could 
be  scared  up  in  even  the  slums  of  a  populous  and  wicked  city. 
Upon  having  the  list  presented  to  him,  Mayor  Pond  very  naturally 
and  properly  told  tbe  boss  that  he  could  not  think  of  favoring 
the  appointment  of  such  men.  The  law  required  him  to  inquire 
diligently  as  to  the  characters  of  proposed  election  officers  and 
appoint  only  men  of  known  probity.  "Ob,  very  well,"  exclaimed 
Buckley  in  high  dudgeon,  "I'm  glad  to  know  thus  early  who  my 
friends  are."  Pond  was  ambitions  to  become  Governor  of  the 
State,  and  Buckley  was  all-powerful.  Before  the  sun  had  set 
that  day,  Pond  had  compromised  with  his  duty  and  satisfied  the 
imperious  boss.  It  was  arranged  that  Auditor  Strother  should 
move  and  Pond  approve  that  the  appointments  (contrary  to  law) 
should  be  left  to  Registrar  Walsh;  which  was  pretty  much  tbe 
same  thing  as  leaving  them  to  Buckley  himself.  Deputy  Regis- 
trar Broderick,  now  candidate  for  re-election  as  Auditor,  who  was 
the  real  bead  of  the  office,  was  not  wanted  around  at  that  par- 
ticular time  and  was  allowed  to  go  out  and  "do  politics"  until  the 
election  was  over.  Buckley  in  person,  with  Jake  Rudolph  as  his 
confidential  aid,  took  possession  of  the  office  and  ran  it.  The  re- 
sult was  declared  to  be  that   the  charter,  was   defeated. 

The  instrument  then  defeated  was  a  better  one  than  that  will 
be,  which,  we  fear,  the  good  people  of  San  Francisco,  in  very 
weariness  of  charter  discussions  and  defeats,  are  likely  to  soon 
permit  to  pass  into  law.  The  one  then  got  rid  of  in  the  manner 
we  have  described  was  prepared  in  the  interests  of  tne  taxpayers 
and  of  good  government.  The  one  soon  to  be  voted  upon  stands 
more  than  an  even  chance  to  be  concocted  by  the  copartnery  of 
bosses  in  the  interests  of  plunder.  A  disreputable  little  game, 
that  ought  to  have  been  blocked  in  its  inception,  has  so  far  suc- 
ceeded by  which  a  Buckley-Burns  Board  of  Freeholders  appears 
on  both  the  Democratic  and  Republican  tickets.  This  was  ac- 
complished on  tbe  plea  that  partisanship  cuts  no  figure  in  tbe 
matter  of  a  new  organic  law.  That  is  true  in  tbe  sense  in  which 
the  word  partisanship  is  usually  employed.  As  between  the  two 
great  political  parties  no  question  of  advantage  appears  to  either 
in  the  framing  of  the  charter.  But  in  a  more  direct  and  home- 
coming sense,  there  may  be  stupendous  advantages  derivable 
by  certain  parties  from  such  governmental  machinery  as  may 
now  be  set  up.  There  always  have  been,  and  probably  always 
will  be  two  violently  antagonistic  parties  contending  for  the 
mastery  in  this  municipality.  The  one  is  made  up  of  the  tax- 
payers and  the  other  of  the  tax-eaters.  In  the  irrepressible  con- 
flict between  their  widely  diverging  interests,  a  safe  and  sound 
organic  law  may  do  much  to  protect  the  one  and  repress  tbe  other. 
Tbe  bosses,  whose  interests  in  this  matter  are  mutual,  are  keenly 
alive  to  that  fact.  We  have  seen  how  that  was  in  the  trouble 
Buckley  took  to  count  out  the  last  proposed  instrument.  He  has 
taken  care  that  he  and  Burns  shall  have  the  preparing  of  the 
next.  The  imperative  duty  of  the  hour  is  to  defeat  him  by  elect- 
ing the  Non-Partisan  Board  of  Freeholders.  They  have  been 
selected  by  taxpayers  for  taxpayers.  Tbe  others  have  been  chosen 
by  tbe  bosses  and  are  intended  in  some  way  to  serve  the  pro- 
foundly considered  schemes  of  those  who  trade  in  public  pelf, 
pay  and  plunder.  Of  course  the  bosses  have  selected  some  fair 
appearing  names  for  charter-making.  Of  course  they  have  1  That's 
always  the  way  they  put  up  the  game.  He  who  is  deluded 
thereby  has  failed  to  profit  by  the  many  object  lessons  the  past 
has  afforded. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  20, 1894 , 


WHAT    A    MAYOR    SHOULD    BE. 


PROBABLY  San  Francisco  has  bad  a  greater  variety  of  Mayors 
than  any  other  of  the  younger  cities  of  America.  There  has 
been  generally  an  amusingly  careless  and  often  half  humorous 
indifference  on  the  subject  in  the  past,  and  the  result  has 
been  far  more  serious  on  the  welfare  of  the  city  than  our  easy- 
going people  were  able  to  foresee.  The  Mayor  1b  not  a  figurehead, 
but  his  responsibilities  are  serious  and  his  work  far-reaching.  The 
history  of  the  city  has  been  most  remarkable,  and  the  men  who 
have  occupied  the  Mayor's  chair  have  reflected  all  the  vagaries 
and  whimsicalities  of  the  different  phases  which  she  has  assumed 
in  emerging  from  childhood  into  the  station  of  a  grown-up  city. 
There  has  been  the  concrete  idea  of  every  transient  political  folly 
that  has  afflicted  the  people.  But  now  that  every  sort  of  experi- 
ment has  been  made;  now  that  every  variety  of  political  whims 
has  been  tested;  now  that  through  a  disgracefully  lax  popular 
sentiment  every  kind  of  political  rascality  has  found  opportunity 
to  thrive  under  the  Mayor's  sanction  or  through  his  weakness  or 
indifference;  and  now  that  the  people  have  recovered  from  their 
delirium  and  realized  how  enormously  the  fair  name  and  busi- 
ness prosperity  of  the  city  have  suffered  as  the  result  of  the  op- 
portunity which  knavery  and  carelessness  found  in  the  indiffer- 
ence of  the  people,  we  are  at  last  awakened  to  the  serious  nature 
of  the  present  situation.  It  would  be  well  to  have  a  Mayor 
who  has  acquired  practical  experience  in  the  affairs  of  the 
city;  who  in  that  capacity  has  established  a  hard-earned 
reputation  for  ability  and  fidelity ;  and,  equally  as  important, 
has  a  private  business  history  on  which  there  is  not  the 
slightest  stain.  If  it  should  appear,  in  addition  to  all  this,  that 
in  spite  of  adverse  circumstances  he  has  been  so  remarkably  suc- 
cessful in  business  as  to  have  accumulated  a  large  fortune  with- 
out having  sacrificed  his  good  name,  but  on  the  contrary  has 
strengthened,  year  by  year,  a  reputation  for  fair  dealing  which 
makes  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact  feel  that  they  will 
neither  be  robbed  by  shrewd  scheming  nor  deceived  by  illusory 
promises,  we  have  a  safe  groundwork  upon  which  to  build  an 
estimate  both  of  ability  and  character.  There  are  five  candidates 
for  the  Mayoralty  in  the  approaching  election.  They  represent 
private  and  political  interests  of  singular  diversity.  The  old 
sporadic  spirit  of  transient  politics  is  apparent  in  most  of  the 
nominations;  in  others  there  is  a  blind  protest  against  conditions 
the  origin  of  which  is  misunderstood.  Never  before  has  it  hap- 
pened that  so  much  care  should  be  taken  to  cast  an  intelligent  vote. 

The  Democrats  have  nominated  Jefferson  G.  James  for  Mayor. 
It  is  notorious  that  both  the  "regular"  political  conventions 
(which  means  the  Democratic  and  the  Republican)  were  shrewd 
enough  to  put  on  their  tickets  the  names  of  a  few  good  men,  in 
the  hope  that  these  names  would  serve  as  a  guaranty  of  respect- 
ability for  the  whole  ticket,  and  in  the  further  hope  that  such 
names  might  drag  the  whole  ticket  to  success.  The  things  to 
consider,  in  regarding  any  particular  candidate,  are  those  which 
we  have  set  forth.  Whatever  his  ticket  affiliations  may  be,  be 
cannot  be  held  responsible  for  them.  The  matters  of  interest 
with  regard  to  the  candidacy  of  Mr.  James  are  simply  those 
which  concern  his  history  and  character.  It  is  valuable  to  know, 
for  instance,  that  through  his  long  service  as  chairman  of  the 
Finance  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  be  not  only  has 
acquired  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  most  important  branch  of 
the  municipal  service,  but  has  made  a  record  for  intelligent  econ- 
omy which  is  easily  distinguishable  from  meanness,  a  lack  of 
breadth,  and  a  mere  desire  to  make  a  record.  It  is  an  expression 
both  of  his  ability  and  his  character.  Mr.  Kennedy,  a  member  of 
that  committee,  in  speakiog  publicly  of  Mr.  James's  official  con- 
duct, has  made  the  following  assertions: 

"As  chairman  of  that  committee  Mr.  James  could  not  be  more 
rigid  in  scrutinizing  the  city's  bills  if  they  were  his  own.  The  Finance 
Committee,  with  a  revenue  of  $200,000  less  than  that  of  its  prede- 
cessors, kept  its  pledge  with  the  people,  living  within  the  $1  limit, 
paid  all  the  liabilities  incurred,  and  ended  the  fiscal  year  with  a  clear 
balance  sheet,  and  turned  into  the  city  treasury  $63,000.  If  the 
former  boards  had  practiced  like  economy,  instead  of  leaving  a 
legacy  of  $300  000  minus,  they  would  have  handed  over  to  the  city's 
coffers  the  magnificent  sum  "of  $500,000,  Mr.  James  as  a  financier 
has  displayed  administrative  ability  of  the  highest  order.  And  it  is 
needed,  too,  for  it  was  no  child's  play  to  keep  down  the  expenses  of 
the  departments.  If  every  department  had  its  way,"  concluded  Mr. 
Kennedy,  emphatically,  ''it  would  require  a  $2  limit." 

This  is  all  well  known  to  the  tax-paying  public;  and,  taken 
alone,  it  is  a  sufficient  recommendation.  When  it  is  known,  in 
addition,  that  in  his  early  days  Mr.  James  generously  surrendered 
to  his  brothers  and  sisters  a  fortune  that  had  fallen  to  him;  that 
he  came  poor  to  California  many  years  ago  and  has  amassed  a 
generous  fortune  by  intelligent  attention  to  business  and  without 
having  a  soul  to  charge  him  with  dishonesty  or  harsh  dealing — 
this  is  something  even  more  tangible  and  satisfactory,  for  it  goes 
further  to  the  root  of  his  character.  He  is  known  to  have  op- 
posed municipal  jobbery  of  every  kind,  and  that,  too,  ia  im- 
portant. It  was  Mr.  James  who  prevented  Mr.  Sutro  from  with- 
drawing the  $6010  which  Mr.  Sutro  had  deposited  with  his  bid 
for  a  street-railway  franchise.  It  might  be  wise  to  select  for 
Mayor  a  man  who  has  only  a  laudable  ambition,  backed  by 
ability  and  integrity,  instead  of  a  private  axe  to  grind. 


LAWN    TENNIS. 


THE  invitation  tournament,  which  will  take  place  at  the  Hotel 
Mateo  on  the  25th,  26th,  and  27th  inst.,  will  about  finish  up 
the  tournament  season,  and  during  the  winter  we  shall  find  those 
who  are  not  too  deeply  interested  in  football  entering  the  club 
matches  which,  we  understand ,  will  be  held  as  regularly  as  possible. 
It  would  be  a  good  idea  for  every  club,  during  this  winter  season, 
to  give  small  meetings,  which  would  tend  to  bring  the  players 
more  together,  and  would  teach  a  number  of  the  younger  mem- 
bers and  get  them  used  to  tournament  games,  so  that  when  we 
next  have  a  championship  we  ought  to  see  a  larger  entry,  com- 
posed of  players  who  would  be  aw  fait  with  the  etiquette  of  the 
game,  and  who  would  make  it  a  great  deal  more  interesting  both 
to  themselves  and  the  spectators  than  if  they  were  novices. 
While  the  California  Club  has  led  off  with  an  open  tournament 
which  proved  most  successful,  the  others  seem  to  lag,  and  really 
the  Oakland  and  Alameda  clubs  owe  something  to  tennis,  and  to 
prove  conclusively  that  they  are  not  dead,  they  might  stir  them- 
selves up  and  give  some  matches  open  to  all  the  other  clubs. 

Taking  all  things  together,  this  season  has  been  most  success- 
ful, and  both  the  championship  meetings  passed  without  a  single 
hitch.  It  was  a  season  of  great  worry  to  the  managers  of  the 
tournaments  this  season  to  get  together  sufficient  money  for  the 
prizes,  owing  to  the  hard  times,  but  people  were  liberal  and  every- 
thing turned  out  all  right. 

The  style  of  tennis  has  improved  this  year  and  will  probably 
improve  more  so  next  season.  It  would  have  done  the  players  a 
good  deal  of  good  to  have  Mr.  Coodbody  here  for  a  while  and 
watch  his  play,  for  many  new  strokes  can  be  learned  from  ob- 
serving a  player  who  is  so  much  better  than  the  best  here.  Dris- 
coll,  on  his  return,  will  bring  new  strokes,  as  Hubbard  did  when 
he  returned  from  the  East.  One  could  see  that  he  had  been  play- 
ing with  more  experienced  players,  as  he  put  more  vim  into  his 
shots  than  before  his  going  East.  It  is  wonderful  how  much 
more  confidence  a  player  gets  after  playing  with  some  "crack" 
who  is  abler  than  he,  and  bow  hard  he  tries  to  avoid  the  errors 
of  the  past.  If  we  were  not  so  far  away  from  the  Eastern 
players  we  might  improve  more  than  we  do. 

Another  pleasant  feature  of  this  season  was  the  playing  of  the 
ladies,  who  displayed  better  form  than  heretofore.  Miss  Bee 
Hooper  improved  her  game,  but  there  is  room  for  more  improve- 
ment yet,  and  doubtless  she  will  give  a  good  account  of  herself 
next  year.  Miss  Bates  might  get  better  if  she  trains  a  little  more, 
but  we  think  that  Miss  Martha  Alexander  is  the  coming  player 
of  the  Coast.  This  was  her  first  tournament,  and  she  surprised 
every  one  present  by  ber  strokes,  which  were  remarkably  good 
for  so  young  an  exponent  of  the  game.  We  look  for  a  very 
brilliant  ladies'  championship  next  season. 

The  mixed  doubles  at  the  California  Club  will  probably  be 
played  either  on  November  3d  or  10th,  and  soon  after  that  date 
the  club  will  start  a  monthly  tournament,  for  either  class  singles 
or  doubles.  Treasurer  Davis  intends  having  a  lively  time  during 
the  winter,  and  it  will  be  interesting  if  these  matches  can  come 
off. 


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SAN  1  ItAXCISCO  NEWS  LETTEH. 


A    CHAPTER    IN     RUSSIAN    HISTORY. 


TH  K  interest  in  tbe  condition  of  the  Cr.tr  and  his  country  is  so 
great  all  over  Karope  and  here  that  I  take  tbe  opportunity  to 
untie  a  little  package  wblcb  1  carrWd  a  long  way  from  tbe  land 
of  Jobann  the  Terrible  to  tbe  country  of  Washington,  Franklin, 
and  Lincoln.  The  contents,  what  little  there  are,  are  not  tbe 
product  of  the  imagination,  but  facts,  facts  of  life  and  reality.  The 
author  of  this  chapter  was  born,  bred,  and  educated  in  Russia, 
and  loved  bis  country  as  an  earnest  patriot;  but  still  he  is  not  a 
Nihilist  or  anything  else  of  that  sort,  and  consequently  has  do 
reason  to  disfigure  the  truth. 

After  the  war  in  Sebastopol  in  1856,  the  curtain  of  obscurity 
was  raised,  tbe  country  aroused  from  it?  long  apathetic  slumber, 
and  tbe  youthful  attempts  of  progress  were  so  rapid  and  success- 
ful that  if  not  stopped  by  a  retrogressive  power,  Kussia,  tu  say  the 
least,  would  have  stood  to-day  side  by  side  with  the  mostcivilized 
countries  on  the  globe.  It  was  at  this  time  of  transition  that 
Alexander  the  Second,  father  of  the  present  Czar,  inherited  the 
throne  and  at  once  took  tbe  reins  into  bis  bands.  Although  a 
pupil  of  the  old  school  of  sentimentalism  (with  an  egotistic  lin- 
ing), be  was  a  man  with  an  open  heart,  human  feelings,  and 
noble  character;  be  not  only  did  not  oppose  tbat  great  change  in 
nis  country,  but  during  all  his  life  he  was  busy  clearing  up  the 
ways  for  the  prosperity  and  civilization  of  his  people.  He  broke 
tbe  chains  nf  slavery  in  1863,  reformed  tbe  courts  of  justice  in 
1871.  proclaimed  the  military  ukase  in  1874  (ordering  all  male 
subjects  of  Russia,  regardless  of  rank  or  wealth,  subject  to  military 
duties),  founded  schools  and  universities  whenever  and  wherever 
he  thought  necessary.  Foreigners  from  all  parts  of  the  world  en- 
joyed hospitality  and  friendliness;  commerce  and  industry  were 
revived  and  greatly  improved,  the  odious  race  and  religious  preju- 
dice comparatively  dispelled — in  short,  the  country  was  progress- 
ing and  prospering. 

The  rapidity  with  which  progress  was  pushing  Russia  to  a  level 
with  other  civilized  countries  in  Europe  can  be  seen  more  plainly 
from  the  Russian  literature,  which  is  a  correct  thermometer  of  the 
people's  wishes,  thoughts,  and  principles.  The  literature  in  Rus- 
sia during  the  reign  of  Alexander  II.  went  through  four  principal 
periods,  and  each  period  was  represented  by  a  multitude  of  great 
authors,  known  almost  to  tbe  whole  civilized  world.  Here  I  will 
mention  only  tbe  leaders  of  each  of  those  periods:  Sentimental- 
ism, with  Shoukovsky,  the  teacher  of  Alexander  II.,  at  the  head; 
Romanticism,  with  Turgeneff  and  Pisemsky;  Realism,  with  Be- 
linsky,  Pisareff,  and  Dobroluboff,  and  Polity,  with  Chernishev- 
sky  as  tutor  and  propagandist. 

Alexander  II.  was  not  satisfied  with  all  tbe  good  be  bad  done 
for  his  people,  and  even  while  nihilism  was  epidemically  spread- 
ing all  over  the  country  he  did  not  cease  to  follow  his  programme, 
but,  like  Diogenes,  he  was  looking  for  an  able  man  to  assist  him 
in  his  greatest  undertaking — in  forming  a  Constitution.  He  finally 
found  the  man  in  tbe  person  of  Loris  Melikoff,  and  with  this 
noble  man  as  his  assistant  Alexander  II.  prepared  all  the  necessary 
ingredients  for  tbe  great  movement.  It  required  only  a  moment 
to  touch  the  button,  and  the  great  act  would  have  been  performed 
aDd  would  occupy  now  one  of  the  most  honorable  places  in  the 
annals  of  history.  But  a  nation,  as  an  individual,  is  bound  to 
make  mistakes  and  suffer  the  consequences.  Tbe  great  benefactor 
was  assassinated  by  hard  and  hot-headed  Utopists,  and  with  him 
was  killed  his  sacred  idea  of  forming  a  Constitution.  Lying  on 
his  death-bed  in  terrible  agony,  tbe  poor  sufferer  even  then  prayed 
for  his  people:  »  Pardon  them,  0  God,  they  know  not  what  they 
do!  "  What  a  bitter  truth!  Yes,  they  knew  not  what  a  great 
harm  they  were  doing  to  the  country  and  how  dearly  the  country 
would  have  to  pay  for  their  wandering  imagination! 

Soon  after  the  death  of  Alexander  II.  the  curtain  of  obscurity 
was  lowered  again,  and  with  the  power  of  Alexander  III.  the 
country  was  set  back  and  back,  far  away  to  tbe  ol«i  times  of  des- 
potism and  fanaticism.  Here,  under  the  irons  of  retrogression, 
loss  succeeded  loss,  misfortune  crowded  upon  misfortune,  and 
things  went  from  bad  to  worse.  Press,  speech,  even  thought, 
were  chained  and  shackled;  the  doors  of  civilization  were  closed 
for  people  without  means  and  titles;  foreigners,  before  useful  or- 
gans in  the  industrial  mechanism,  were  driven  out  of  the  country 
as  enemies ;  commerce,  if  not  ruined,  was  greatly  lessened  through 
the  persecution  of  Jews  and  Poles.  Innocent  children  were  taken 
away  from  schools  and  parents  and  sent  to  Siberia,  to  small  towns 
under  permanent  police  control,  or  to  jails,  without  trials  or  evi- 
dence, simply  on  suspicion  or  without  any  cause  whatever. 

«<  What  have  I  done,  what  have  I  done,  that  I  am  so  punished?" 
complains  the  Czar,  and  I  can  read  the  sarcastic  answer,  written 
with  blood  on  the  hearts  of  every  true  Russian:  «•  Really,  you 
have  done  nothing,  our  Lord,  but  you  have  changed  things  a  lit- 
tle and  not  for  the  complete  convenience  of  your  people." 

Packed  jails  instead  of  schools,  detectives  instead  of  teachers, 
oppression  instead  of  comparative  liberty,  fanaticism  instead  of 
freethinking,  pauperism  instead  of  prosperity,  oscurity  instead  of 
civilization,  and  cruelty  instead  of  justice.  For  what  other  crimes, 
then,  shall  a  man  be  punished  if  there  be  any  supernatural  power 
to  punish  such  great  men  as  Czars  ?  M.  Leites. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  20, 1894. 


"  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore, 

IT  ia  unfortunate  that  the  dramatic  critics  of  the  local  daily  press 
are  always  eager  to  condemn  a  local  dramatic  production  un- 
less there  be  a  strong  ««  pull  "  to  insure  favorable  notice.  Noth- 
ing more  shameful  has  occurred  in  many  a  day  than  the  sweeping 
condemnation  of  the  Examiner  {by  absolute  silence)  and  the 
Chronicle  and  the  Call  (by  open  assault)  upon  the  drama  which 
has  been  brought  out  this  week,  at  the  Bush-street  Theatre.  It 
was  written  by  a  local  author,  and  that  was  sufficient  to  damn  it. 
It  is  true  that  both  in  the  construction  and  presentation  of  the 
play  there  were  manifest  and  abundant  faults;  tbat  the  attempt 
to  show  a  relation  between  the  pulpit  and  the  stage  was  abortive; 
that  the  drama  contained  numerous  absurdities,  incongruities, 
and  touches  of  the  vulgar;  tbat  to  a  greater  or  less  extent  it  was 
a  combination  of  elements  which  have  entered  into  tbe  construc- 
tion of  other  and  better  plays;  but  while  there  is  much  in  Mr. 
Kremer's  production  to  offend,  there  is  also  much  to  commend. 
But  he  is  a  Californian,  and,  worse  than  that,  a  foreigner ;  and  that 
seems  sufficient  with  the  critics  of  the  daily  press  to  damn  him. 
Chicrch  and  Stage  has  an  intelligent  and  ingenious  plot,  and  it  is 
worked  out  with  no  more  exaggeration  and  absurdity  than  com- 
mon. Tbe  surprises  are  sharp  and  salient,  tbe  pictures  no  more 
unnatural  than  might  be  expected,  and  the  climax  strong.  It 
was  unfortunate  that  the  cast  was  so  weak,  still  more  unfortunate 
that  the  young  author,  who  cannot  speak  Eoglish,  should  have 
taken  an  important  part  in  it.  He  has  the  refined  features  of  a 
poet,  with  that  fore-and-aft  flattening  of  the  skull  which  belongs 
to  the  north  German  races.  The  whole  play  was  carried  by 
Jeffreys-Lewis,  who  displayed  all  her  old-time  vigor  and  diablerie. 
The  play  will  continue  next  week,  but  it  is  hoped  that  some  of 
its  vulgarities  will  be  eliminated. 

At  tbe  Baldwin  Theatre 
next  Monday  evening,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kendal  will  no 
doubt  be  greeted  by  a  large 
and  representative  audi- 
ence, tbe  occasion  being 
their  reappearance  bere  af- 
ter an  absence  of  four 
years.  Their  reception  will 
be  warm  and  cordial,  for 
they  have  many  admirers 
in  thiB  city  whose  kindly 
interest  in  them  has  re- 
mained steadfast  ever  since 
their  first  American  tour 
was  made,  five  years  ago. 
The  Kendals  have  brought 
over  with  them  for  this 
season's  engagement  a  num- 
ber of  new  plays  and  a  considerably  augmented  company. 
Of  the  plays  but  two  of  them  have  been  presenied  thus  far, 
the  more  prominent  of  which  is  The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray, 
the  one  in  which  they  will  appear  on  Monday  evening  and 
during  the  week.  This  play  was  written  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Pinero, 
a  playwright  of  eminence,  whose  previous  works  have  always 
commanded  consideration  and  almost  invariably  achieved 
success.  But  it  was  left  for  his  latest  effort  to  gain  fame, 
and  the  day  following  the  first  production  of  The  Second  Mrs. 
Tanqueray  in  London  found  his  name,  and  a  report  of  his  mar- 
velously  constructed  and  brilliantly  written  play  published  in 
all  the  principal  newspapers  of  the  world.  But  cleverly  as  tbe 
play  has  been  written  and  constructed,  a  presentation  of  it  to 
display  its  fine  qualities  to  best  advantage  was  tbe  one  important 
essential  to  secure  for  it  success,  and  tbe  superb  production  of  it 
which  the  Kendals  have  given  has  contributed  very  largely  to 
that  end. 

*  *  * 

Auber's  delightful  comic  opera  in  three  acts,  Fra  Diavolo,  will 
be  put  on  the  Tivoli  stage  next  Monday  evening,  with  the  follow- 
ing cast:  Fra  Diavolo,  a  brigand  disguised  as  the  Marquis  of  San 
Carlo,  Robert  Dunbar;  Lord  Allcash,  an  English  nobleman  trav- 
eling in  Italy,  John  J.  Rafael;  Lorenzo,  Captain  of  Carbineers,  in 
love  with  Zerlina,  Phil  Branson;  Matteo,  landlord  of  the  Inn  of 
Terracina,  George  Olmi;  Giacomo  and  Bebbo,  bandits,  followers 
of  Fra  Diavolo,  Thomas  C.  Leary  and  Ferris  Hartman;  Zerlina, 
daughter  of  Matteo,  Gracie  Plaisted;  Lady  Allcash,  Tillie  Salin- 
ger. The  bright  music  of  this  old  favorite,  the  sprightliness  of 
Gracie  Plaisted,  tbe  drolleries  of  Messrs.  Hartman  and  Leary,  and 
the  excellent  qualities  of  the  other  favorites  will  combine  to  in- 
sure a  profitable  run. 

7ob  the  newest  and  best  publications  in  Pictures,  and  the  latest  and 
most  artistic  styles  In  Frames,  3.  &  G.  Gump's  Art  Emporium  is  the  place. 
113  Geary  street. 


The  attraction  for  the  next  two  weeks  at  the  California  Theatre, 
beginning  Monday  evening,  will  be  the  charming  actress,  Katie 
Emmett,  in  her  new  Irish  play,  Killarney.  Miss  Emmett  is  one 
of  tbe  best  known  and  best  liked  comediennes  upon  tbe  stage. 
As  Willie  Rufus,  tbe  newsboy,  in  The  Waifs  of  New  York,  she 
made  an  enviable  reputation  in  this  city,  and  her  coming  in  a  new 
play  will  be  received  with  much  delight  by  theatre-goers.  In 
Killarney  she  will  be  seen  in  a  dual  role,  tbat  of  an  Irish  colleen 
and  a  stupid,  blundering  Irish  boy.  Miss  Emmett  bas  the  sup- 
port of  one  of  the  best  companies  traveling,  and  the  scenic  effects 
are  notably  fine,  embracing  correct  views  of  actual  scenes  at  Kil- 
larney, Ireland,  where  the  action  of  the  play  transpires.  The 
costuming  of  the  play  is  beautiful  and  historically  correct  of  the 
period  in  which  tbe  play  is  laid,  1783  to  1789,  just  after  tbe  close 
of  the  war  of  the  Revolution. 

The  third  series  of  "  Living  Pictures  "  at  the  Califo  nia  Theatre 
will  be  put  on  next  Monday  evening.  They  will  include  the  fol- 
lowing: "  Blissful  Moments,"  by  C.  Dotti;  "Cupid's  Awakening," 
by  Perault;  "  Home  Songs,"  by  Conrad  Keisel;  "  The  Diver,"  by 
Cooper;  *«The  First  Quarrel,"  by  Marcus  Stone;  "Tbe  Peace- 
maker," by  Marcus  Stone;  "The  Turkish  Bath,"  by  B.  Bucko- 
vac;  "The  Princess  in  tbe  Tower,"  by  G.  Moratti;  "Cupid  in 
Disgrace,"  by  E.  Daelen;  and  Toby  Rosenthal's  famous  painting, 
<<  Parting  from  Home."  These  "Living  Pictures"  have  awak- 
ened the  utmost  interest  and  approbation  among  the  patrons  of 
this  popular  house.  They  are  all  reproduced  from  famous  paint- 
ings and  statuary  and  have  been  much  talked  of,  but  of  a  truth, 
seen  from  the  auditorium,  in  the  abstract,  as  it  were,  they  are 
simply  admirable  living  adaptations  of  the  artists'  fancy. 

Robert  DowniDg,  the  em- 
inent tragedian,  will  play 
the  Gladiator  at  the  Califor- 
nia Theatre  next  month. 


As  usual,  the  Orpheum 
bas  been  entertainiog 
crowded  bouses  all  tbe 
week.  Miss  Josephine  Sa- 
bel,  the  international  song- 
stress, bas  made  a  great  bit, 
and  it  is  with  difficulty  that 
the  audience  permits  her  to 
abandon  the  stage.  The 
wonderful  banjo  playing  of 
the  Dare  Brothers  receives 
the  applause  which  it  so 
justly  deserves,  and  Max 
Pettingill  and  his  dog  never 
fail  to  receive  the  hearti- 
est appreciation.  Luciano 
Tatali,  the  "flying  human 
Berpent,"  is  so  queer  and 
original  a  genius  tbat  the 
attention  which  he  receives 
is  a  mixture  both  of  ad- 
Mrs.  Kendal.  miration    and    awe.       The 

flaegelhorn  playing  by  Herr  Franz  Hell  appeals  to  tbe  artistic 
tastes  of  the  audience.  On  Monday,  the  29th  inst.,  Haverly's 
Mastodon  Minstrels  are  announced  to  appear.  This  will  be  grati- 
fying news  to  the  many  who  know  and  can  appreciate  the  excel- 
lence of  this  combination. 

The  Grovers,  senior  and  junior,  have  made  a  hit  at  Stockwell's 
Theatre  with  their  delightful  double  bill,  The  Private  Secretary  and 
Joe*s  Qirls.  The  astonishing  low  prices  charged  for  admission  to 
this  pretty  theatre,  and  tbe  ingenious  plan  of  permitting  patrons 
to  present  ten  coupons  cut  from  the  house  programme  and  receive 
in  return  a  ticket  of  admission  to  any  part  of  the  house,  bas 
proved  eminently  successful.  This  is  altogether  apart,  however, 
from  the  delightful  work  done  by  the  Grovers  and  the  skillful 
company  supporting  them. 

MUSIC. 

Scheel's  concerts  have  now  become  an  established  fact.  Tbe 
inoculation  of  music  with  beer  and  cheap  admission  bas  made  the 
Auditorium  a  favorite  haunt  for  the  mere  amusement  seeker,  who 
has  a  few  hours  and  an  unslaked  thirst  to  annihilate,  as  well  as 
for  the  devotee  and  student  of  tbe  melodious  art,  whose  absorbent 
ear  drinks  in  volumes  of  sweet  musical  sound  and  whose  soul  is 
refreshed  without  the  aid  of  foaming  tankards.  Any  night  in  the 
week  will  find  the  Auditorium  comfortably  filled.  The  audience 
will  bear  close  inspection,  and  one  does  not  have  to   wander  by 

many  tables  before  running  across  an  acquaintance. The  fourth 

symphony  concert  drew  another  crowded  house.  Beethoven's 
Heroic  symphony  was  given  a  powerful  rendition.  There  is  much 
dispute  as  to  the  meaning  of  this  dramatic  work.  The  title  would 
lead  one  to  expect  martial  pictures,  white  a  bearing  presents  very 
different  ideas.  Wagner  believed  it  to  be  heroic  only  in  the  sense 
of  true  greatness — a  portrayal  of  the  life  of  *'  a  great  man."  The 
marcia  funebre  is  the  most  remarkable  of  the  movements.    There 


October  20,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


9 


Is  a  noble  pathos  about  this  grand  dirge  that  would  do  justice  to 
the  sorrow  of  the  <«ods.  The  schrrzo,  allegro  timer,  does  little  to 
dispel  the  sad  mournfnlness  of  the  preceding  movement.  It  has 
a  strangely  mystical  and  impassioned  effect  that  sounds  more  like 
the  jollification  of  ghosts  than  men.  The  brilliant  jinate  was 
splendidly  done,  the  first  violins  doing  some  skillful  passages.  I 
Beethoven  used  the  principal  theme  of  this  movement  in  his  ; 
••Prometheus."  Mr.  'irinauer's  'cello  solos  were  superbly  ren- 
dered.    San  Francisco  does  well  in  possessing  such   an  artist. ■ 

Monday  night  was  a  Strauss  anniversary  celebration.  Strauss  is 
undoubtedly  a  clever  composer,  but  an  entire  programme  of  his 
compositions  is  like  too  much  beer. 

Next  8unday  afternoon  Scheel's  orchestra  will  give  a  grand 
popular  concert  at  the  Sulro  Baths,  from  2  to  5  p.  m.  The  admis- 
sion fee  has  been  fixed  at  twenty-five  cents.  This  will  enable  the 
five  thousand  people  who  can  be  accommodated  to  enjoy  a  de- 
lightful treat.  It  will  be  a  benefit  for  Mr.  Scheel,  and  this  ought 
to  insure  a  large  attendaoce. 

•  •  * 

Home  life  may,  or  may  not  be,  woman's  sphere,  but  the  audi- 
ences that  attend  the  Carr-Beel  Pops  of  a  Saturday  afternoon — 
and  they  are  almost  entirely  feminine — if  taken  composilely, 
would  make  a  critic  that  would  cast  a  pallor  on  the  fame  of  Edgar 
Kelly,  or  even  Peter  Robertson.  Unquestionably  this  body  of 
listeners,  who  for  three  years  have  enabled  Mr.  Beel  to  give  con- 
certs that  are  a  credit  to  the  art  and  culture  of  our  city,  are  the 
most  accurately  critical  musical  audience  we  have.  The  vocalists 
that  have  appeared  at  the  last  two  concerts  have  met  with  but 
poor  success.  They  sing  elsewhere  and  are  well  received,  but 
Mrs.  Carr  and  Mr.  Beel  have  established  a  standard  of  excellence 
that  admits  of  nothing  but  strictly  high-class  numbers.  If  they 
could  secure  but  one  vocalist  who  is  artist  enough  to  satisfy  the 
patrons  of  these  concerts,  it  would  be  better  policy  to  have  the 
same  singer  throughout  the  season  than  make  experiments  that 
do  not  even  interest  the  audience. 

The  thirty-ninth  of  the  Carr-Beel  Saturday  popular  concerts 
will  be  given  at  Ciolden  Gate  Hall  this  afternoon,  commencing  at 
3:15  o'clock.  The  special  features  of  the  programme  include 
songs  by  Miss  Regina  Newman  and  Mr.  Willis  E.  Bachel'er,  cello 
selections  by  Mr.  Louis  Heine,  Shubert's  string  quartet  in  A 
minor,  op.  29,  and  a  trio  by  Tschaikowaky  for  piano  and  strings. 
Reserved  seats  may  be  secured  at  Sherman,  Clay  &  Co. 'a. 

*  *    * 

H.  J.  Stewart's  organ  recital  at  the  Unitarian  Church  was  given 
Wednesday  evening.  Mr.  Stewart  and  Miss  Anna  Miller  Wood 
rendered  an  attractive  programme.  The  next  recital  occurs  on 
Wednesday  evening. 

AN    OUTRAGEOUS    "WRONG. 

IT  is  deplorable  that  J.  J.  O'Brien  &  Co.,  who  for  so  many  years 
have  commanded  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  people  of 
San  Francisco,  should  be  compelled  now  to  publish  a  card  deny- 
ing statements  which  have  been  industriously  circulated  to  the 
effect  that  they  have  discharged  all  their  Protestant  employees 
and  are  employing  none  but  Catholics.  On  their  very  face  these 
statements  are  absurd,  for  apart  from  any  considerations  of  relig- 
ious tolerance,  it  is  clear  that  a  firm  depending  upon  the  whole 
community  and  upon  believers  in  every  kind  of  religion  for  the 
success  of  their  business  would  never  be  bo  shortsighted  as  to 
establish  religious  lines  in  the  conduct  of  their  establishment. 
Aside  from  this,  it  is  well  known  that  whatever  religion  the  pro- 
prietors may  profess,  no  one  can  charge  them  with  bigotry  and 
intolerance.  8uch  a  thing  would  be  impossible  with  men  who 
acted  with  so  conspicuous  generosity  toward  the  members  of  the 
National  Guard  who  were  in  their  employment  at  the  time  of  the 
great  railroad  strike.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Borne  merchants 
of  this  city  deducted  the  salaries  of  their  National  Guard  em- 
ployees during  their  absence,  and  that  others  discharged 
them.  This  was  indignantly  resented  by  those  good  citizens 
who  knew  that  the  members  of  the  National  Guard  on  that  oc- 
casion were  performing  a  noble  and  dangerous  duty,  suffering 
great  hardships  and  risking  their  lives  in  a  service  upon  the  in- 
telligent and  faithful  acquittal  of  which  depended  the  safety  of 
the  very  men  who  resented  their  enforced  absence.  O'Brien  & 
Co.  acted  very  differently.  They  had  among  their  clerks  six  offi- 
cers and  sixteen  men  of  the  National  Guard,  and  all  of  these  were 
in  the  field  during  the  whole  time  of  the  strike;  yet  instead  either 
of  deducting  from  their  wages  or  discharging  them,  O'Brien 
A  Co.  retained  them  all  and  paid  each  his  full  salary  for  the  time 
of  his  absence.  In  view  of  all  these  facts,  the  firm  is  perfectly 
justifiable  in  denouncing  as  outrageous  and  infamous  falsehoods 
the  calumnies  which  have  been  recently  circulated  concerning  it. 


A  well-dressed  man  is  proud  of  his  furnishing  goods,  and  every 
well-dressed  man  knows  that  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
keeps  the  finest  and  latest  line  in  the  city. 

A  bone-forming,  blood  making,  growth-promoting  compound  is  Ayer's 
Sarsaparilla. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

A i.  Ha yman  St  Co     ...  KoHsees  and  Managers . 

Next  week    Monday.  Ortolier  I'M      Limited  euga^emcut  of  Mr    and  Mrs. 

KENDAL, 
[Under  the  diicctioD  of  Daniel  Fmhrnnu),  and  their  Loudon  company, 
presenting  the  first  week  Pluero'a  tamcrae  play 

THE  SECOND  MKJi     TAKQUEHAY, 
To  be  followed  by  "A  White  Lie,"  "  The  Ironmaster,"  etc. 
Seats  now  on  sale. 


CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 


AlHaymsniCo Lessees  |  3.  H.  Friedlaader  Manager, 

Every  evening,  Including  Sunday;  matinee  Saturday.  An  elegant  Irish 
production.  A  success  from  Atlantic  to  Pacific!  Lakes  to  Gulf!  The  queen 
of  soubrettes,  sweet  Colleen,  KATIE  EMMET r,  In  her  masterly  creation, 
"  Eitty  Burke,"  in  her  ever-green  Irish  drama, 

KILLARNEY, 
The    best    Irish   drama  of  the   Century!    Magnificently    cast!    Scenically 
GorgeoUB!    Katie  Emmett's  LEAP  FOR  LIFE      Anew  series  of  LIVINtt 
PICTURES. 


TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 


Mas.  Ernestine  Kreling Proprietor  and  Manager 

Sixth  and  last  week.    Overwhelming  succe  s.    The  new  spectacular  bur- 
lesque, DUK  JUAN  (Ad  Lib.)    Universally  indorsed  by  press  and  public. 

Monday,  October  22d, 


FRA   DIAVOLO. 


PopularPrices 


RUSH  STREET  THEATRE. 

Sam  C.  Mott  Manager. 

GRAND  OPENING.    Every  evening.    The  gifted  emotional  actress, 

JEFFREYS-LEWIS, 

Supported  by  Theodore  Kremer  and  a  strong  company  in  Mr.    Kremer's 
great  drama  of  modern  life  in  San  Francisco,  entitled 

<1I11K<  H    ANJ»  STAGE, 


STOCKWELL'S  THEATRE. 


GRAND    HE-OPENING. 

Every  evening.    Matinee  Saturday  and  Sunday 

THE    GROVERS. 

Leonard  Grover  Jr.  and  Leonard  Grover  Sr.  with  their  comedy  company 
in  a  gala  double  bill— PRIVATE  SECRETARY  and  JOE'S  GIRLS. 

A  wealth  of  hearty,  honest  laughter.  NOTE  PRICES— 10, 15,  25,  35,  and  50c. 
Box  seats,  50c.  Loge  seats,  50c.  Reserved  opera  chairs  in  family  circle, 
15c.    Matinees,  10, 15,  and  25e.    Seats  now  on  sale  at  box  office. 

ORPHEUM- 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  commencing  Monday,  October  22d.  Unparalleled  vaudeville  at- 
tractions. 

JOSEPHINE  SABEL,  cbanteuse  international,  in  all  the  most  popular 
of  the  latest  Eastern  and  European  serio-comic  songs. 

THE  DURE  BROS.,  banjo  kings  from  the  Alhambra,  London. 

MAX  PETTINGIIX,  eccentric  comedian,  with  his  performing  dog, 
Willie,  from  Tnny  Pastor's. 

LUCIANO  TATAEI,  the  flying  human  serpent. 

HEKR  FRANZ  HEEL,  the  eminent  fluegelborn  virtuoso. 

And  a  great  specialty  company. 

CONING— Week  of  Monday,  October  29th— HAVE RLY'S  MASTODON 
MINSTRELS. 

Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

MATINEK  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c. ;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chairs  and  box  seats,  50c. 

SUTRO  BATHS. 

THE  SENSATION  OF  THE  WORLD. 
Inauguration  SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  October  31st. 
COURT    DIRECTOR   SCHEEL'S  BENEFIT. 
GRAND 
POPULAR 
CONCERT. 
Scheel's  Famous  Orchestra  of  60  pieces. 
From  2  to  5  p.  M.    Programme  of  Rare  Excellence. 
Admission 35  Cents. 

GOLDEN  GATE  HALL.-625  Sutter  St. 

The  39tll 

CARR-BEEL    SATURDAY    POPULAR    CONCERT 

Takesplace 

TO-DAY,  October  20th,  at  3:15  p.  M. 

MIS3  REGINA  NEWMAN,  Vocalist.  Admission,  60c. 

I  II  I  1AM  RFHRARn  Tne  English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
LILLIHIl  ULUUnlxUf  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellis  St., 
Sen  Francisco,  Cal.  


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  20, 1894. 


WHETHER  Edward  Morphy,  that  clever  and  eccentric  yoang 
journalist,  b  as  reached  the  seat  of  war  in  safety  or  has  stopped 
off  at  Honolulu  to  found  a  new  kingdom,  is  a  problem  which  his 
anxious  friends  are  unable  to  solve.  Morphy  ia  a  youth  of  rare 
talent,  and  can  handle  the  pathetic  and  humorous  equally  well. 
His  story  of  the  "  Three  McGintys,"  published  in  the  Examiner, 
brought  forth  the  sympathies  of  the  readers  of  that  journal  in  the 
substantial  shape  of  coin,  toys,  clothes,  and  whatnots  for  those 
three  deserving  youngsters. 

A  few  days  after  the  article  appeared  the  city  editor  informed 
Morphy  that  he  was  in  the  receipt  of  various  donations  for  tbe 
McGintys,  that  charitable  ladies  in  carriages  were  besieging  the 
editorial  rooms,  and  that  he  would  be  obliged  to  Mr.  Morphy  if 
he  would  produce  his  McGintys  as  soon  as  possible. 

Morphy  looked  aghast  at  this  request,  and  resorted  to  the 
Celt's  usual  habit  when  sorely  perplexed — scratched  his  head — as 
he  said : 

"  Well,  sor,  I  don't  know  that  I  can  get  them  for  you  to-day, 
but  I  will  look  them  up,  will  look  them  up." 

Two  days  afterward  he  appeared,  and  with  a  smile  of  triumph 
said:  "I  have  the  McGintys  in  the  hall,  sor." 

"Show  them  in,"  said  the  editor.  And  in  they  came.  Mor- 
phy bad  herded  three  urchins,  sure  enough,  one  red  haired,  the 
other  dark  as  an  Italian,  and  tbe  third  with  tbe  unmistakable 
mark  of  the  negro  race  on  hair  and  lip. 

"  Here  are  the  McGintys,"  said  the  enterprising  young  journal- 
ist with  a  grin.  And  all  three  declared  that  their  name  was  Mc- 
Ginty.  The  emoluments  those  urchins  received  astonished  them, 
but  whether  they  divided  the  coin  with  the  generous  creator  of 
their  names  and  story  will  never  be  known  until  he  returns  from 
Corea  or  Hindostau,  and  chooses  to  confess. 
#  *  * 

The  adventures  of  White  Hat  Macarty  and  his  chum,  Lord 
Talbot  Clifton,  would  make  a  volume  as  interesting  as  the  ex- 
periences of  Tom  and  Jerry  in  the  gay  city  of  London.  The  men 
of  the  Burlingame  Club  are  highly  amused  at  a  recent  incident  in 
the  career  of  those  two  distinguished  gentlemen.  Now,  for 
months  back  Macarty  (he  has  dropped  the  apostrophe  since  he 
met  Clifton)  has  been  unloading  his  horseflesh  on  Lord  Talbot, 
and  the  knowing  ones  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  Brit- 
isher was  being  taken  in.  Be  that  as  it  may,  one  can  never,  as 
Joe  Grant  says,  know  how  to  take  those  innocent  foreigners.  A 
recent  arrival  at  tbe  Palace  is  Mr.  Grant,  of  London.  Mr.  Grant, 
like  Clifton,  has  lots  of  money  and  a  most  inordinate  love  for 
horseflesh.  But  Grant  is  afraid  of  being  taken  in.  He  has  heard 
so  much  about  the  smartness  of  American  horsemen  that  when 
he  resolved  upon  setting  up  a  stable  here  the  only  man  he  would 
buy  from  was  his  friend  Clifton.  And  Lord  Talbot  has  been 
quietly  working  off  White  Hat  Macarty'B  animals  upon  his  friend 
Grant,  with  a  handsome  profit  upon  the  original  investment. 
Truly  one  never  knows  how  to  take  one's  new  chums. 

A  neglected  education  is  one  of  Mr.  Macarty'a  misfortunes,  and 
when  scanning  the  menu  of  a  restaurant  he  is  dependent  to  a 
great  extent  upon  the  scholarship  of  some  friend  or  companion. 
To  order  a  beefsteak  or  mutton  chop  is  a  simple  thing,  but  when 
a  man  ia  at  the  Del  Monte,  as  Dan  was  recently,  to  waste  a  fine 
appetite  on  such  simple  food,  when  surrounded  by  all  the  luxu- 
ries of  the  season,  would  be  madness.  8©  tbe  great  horseman, 
hungry  and  aad,  paces  up  and  down  before  the  dining  room  until 
some  kind  friend  haila  him,  and  then  Dan  sits  by  him  and  liatena 
to  the  temptations  in  French  and  English  read  in  a  clear  and  dis- 
tinct voice.  Otherwise  be  falls  back  on  the  everyday  steak  or 
chop,  with  an  occasional  fly  at  an  oyster. 

#  *  * 

It  ia  rumored  in  the  Bohemian  Clab  that  Donald  de  V.  Gra- 
ham, now  traveling  with  Harry  Gillig  and  party,  has  abandoned 
hia  original  intention  of  making  Chicago  his  permanent  home, 
and  will  return  to  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Gillig,  who  ia  largely  in- 
terested in  a  brewery  establishment  in  Sacramento,  has  found,  it 
ia  said,  a  place  which  Mr.  Graham  can  fill.  From  champagne  to 
beer  may  be  a  drop,  but  to  a  gentleman  of  Mr.  Graham's  versa- 
tile talents  it  is  nothing.  The  tastes  of  the  populace  are  modest, 
and  even  the  haughtiest  swell  who  has  to  work  for  a  living  must 
knuckle  down  to  the  exigencies  of  the  times. 

*  #  * 

Bound  a  table  in  a  restaurant  one  night  not  long  ago,  sat 
Thomas  Leary  and  Joseph  Holtz,  of  the  Tivoli,  Jimmy  Swinner- 
ton,  the  Examiner  artist,  and  a  Federal  office-holder.     Leary  and 

New  subjects  in  Marble  Statues  just  received  from  Italy  by  S.  AG.  Gump, 
113  Geary  street. 


Holtz  each  had  an  umbrella,  the  F.  O.  H.  and  Jimmy  none. 
Now  Holtz,  who  has  a  keen  eye  for  stray  umbrellas,  suddenly 
drew  the  attention  of  the  rest  to  a  large  fine  silk  one  hanging  on 
one  of  the  posts  about  ten  feet  away,  with  no  one  sufficiently 
near  to  justify  the  presumption  of  Mb  ownership.  The  crowd 
eyed  it  longingly.  The  F.  O.  H.,  who  ia  nothing  if  not  honest, 
proposed  that  they  shake  dice  to  see  who  should  walk  over  and 
boldly  appropriate  it. 

"  Nay,  nay,"  quoth  Leary;  "observe  me.  Fred!"  he  called  to 
a  waiter,  and  pointing  to  the  parachute,  »  just  bring  me  my  um- 
brella, will  you?  *'  at  the  same  time  carefully  concealing  hia  own. 
The  waiter  brought  the  umbrella.  As  he  did  ao,  a  gentleman  ait- 
ting  some  tables  away  looked  up  in  surprise  and  smiled  to  himself. 
The  F.  O.  H.  saw  all  this  and  smiled  too.  Then  he  suggested  that 
the  crowd  shake  dice  for  tbe  umbrella,  tbe  winner  to  treat. 

"All  right,"  said  Leary,  "  I've  lost  already;  so  what  will  you 
have?  " 

The  crowd  understood  Mr.  Leary's  pleasant  way  of  intimating 
that  there  was  no  necessity  of  shaking  any  dice  for  his  umbrella, 
and  they  thereupon  imbibed  at  his  expense.  Pretty  soon  a  gen- 
tleman came  up  and  touched  Mr.  Leary  on  tbe  shoulder  and  said: 
"  Mr.  Leary,  if  you  have  finished  shaking  for  my  umbrella,  I'd 
like  to  have  it." 

Leary  passed  it  over  without  a  word.  His  companions  felt 
glad  they  had  not  shaken.  "I  knew  it  was  hia  all  the  time," 
said  Leary.  Although  this  ending  ia  very  common  nowadays,  it 
is  proper  to  state  here  that  at  this  juncture  the  F.  O.  H.  smiled 
again. 

*  *  * 

Mr.  William  Berg,  the  great  German  traveler,  had  a  day  at  the 
quail  on  the  grounds  of  the  Country  Club  last  Saturday.  Now, 
Mr.  Berg,  while  quite  expert  with  the  rifle,  as  hi3  deer  record  this 
season  ahowed,  ia  by  no  meana  clever  with  the  shot-gun.  Con- 
sequently he  shot  rather  wild,  and  once  his  direction  was  so  pal- 
pably different  from  the  flight  of  the  bird  that  Mr.  Kittle,  himaelf 
an  excellent  8hot,  remonstrated  with  the  eccentric  sportsman. 

"Never  mind,  my  friend,"  said  the  traveler,  "  I  have  a  long- 
range  gun  and  I  hold  it  high.  If  I  don't  bag  a  quail  perhaps  I 
may  wing  an  angel." 

"  Which  ia  all  you  will  wing  at  the  rate  you  are  shooting,"  re- 
joined Mr.  Kittle,  as  he  dropped  a  brace  of  fat  birds,  one  to  each 
barrel. 

*  *  * 

Downey  Harvey  was  on  the  Sausalito  boat  last  Monday  with  a 
few  dozen  qoail  to  hia  bag.  Mr.  Harvey  relates  a  singular  and 
almost  incredible  story  about  Robert  Woodward,  Esq.,  his  shoot- 
ing companion.  Mr.  Harvey  declares  that  he  was  compelled  to 
depend  upon  Mr.  Woodward'a  dogs  tofind  and  retrieve  his  birda, 
that  when  on  the  western  slope  of  tbe  ranch  Mr.  Woodward's 
dogs  came  to  a  dead  point,  and  that  he,  with  gun  in  position, 
urged  them  on  to  flush  the  birds,  that  they  would  not  move,  and 
that  when  he  returned  after  killing  a  brace  with  his  left  and  right 
barrels,  he  found  them  both  pointing  a  bone  which  Alec  Hamil- 
ton himself  had  picked  the  day  before.  Tbe  only  apology  for 
this  defalcation  of  the  dog  waa  that  the  day  was  hot  and  the  bone 
was  high  and  must  have  smelt  like  game. 

*  *  * 

The  Press  Club  is  preparing  to  give  General  Lew  Wallace  a  big 
reception.  Tbia  evening  a  jinks  will  be  held  at  the  club-rooroa 
in  honor  of  Mr.  Jamea  V.  Coleman,  who  entertained  the  members 
of  the  club  laat  summer  at  his  beautiful  country  place  on  the 
Guadaloupe.  A  handsomely  bound  volume  containing  the  his- 
tory of  that  event  will  be  presented  to  Mr.  Coleman  this  evening. 

*  *  * 

Mr.  Herman  Oelrichs  has  the  latest  fad  in  walking  sticks.  It 
is  a  hollow  cane,  containing  on  one  side  a  lot  of  cigars,  and  on 
the  other,  which  ia  glass-lined,  brandy  and  whisky,  according  to 
the  choice  of  tbe  owner.  In  the  centre  is  a  small  receptacle  for 
matches,  and  on  the  whole  tbe  cane  is  a  most  ingenious  inven- 
tion. 

Dining  at  Delmonico's. 
A  writer  in  the  Brooklyn  Eagle  saya:  "  The  Delmonico  steward  is 
something  of  a  genius  in  the  way  of  running  up  the  cost  of  a  dinner 
without  endangering  the  life  of  the  diner,  but  even  he  is  aometimea 
at  the  end  of  hia  reaourcea  and  haa  to  be  helped  along  by  hia  guesta. 
Just  at  present  the  season  for  these  little  dinner  parties  has  reached 
its  height,  and  there  is  considerable  rivalry  between  Delmonico's, 
the  Hoffman  House,  and  the  Hotel  Brunswick  as  to  which  one 
shall  receive  the  cream  of  this  buainess.  For  very  large  dinners  the 
first-named  seems  to  be  preferred ;  but  for  dinners  of  less  than  a  hun- 
dred covers  the  other  houses  are  sharp  competitors.  For  10  cents  a 
plate  I  was  offered  the  following  dinner,  given  in  a  luxurious  private 
parlor  and  with  every  possible  elegance  of  service:  Oysters,  soup, 
patse,  salmon,  lamb,  vegetables  of  several  kinds,  roast-beef,  chops, 
French  peas,  water-ice  punch,  red-head  duck,  salads,  ices,  fruit, 
coffee,  and  the  following  wines  for  fourteen  persons:  Seven  bottles  of 
Sauterne,  two  bottles  of  sherry,  six  bottles  of  Bordeaux,  eight  bottles 
of  champagne— Pommery  Sec  has  the  call  at  Delmonico's— six  bottles 
of  mineral  water  and  liqueurs— in  all  thirty  bottles. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fadea  before  it. 


October  20,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[Bt    Di     ViRxnu.l 

TO  be  a  slave  to  prejudice  Is  to  stand  in  one's  own  light  and  to 
block  tbe  way  fur  other*.  Nowhere  does  this  hold  more 
clearly  than  tn  matters  relating  to  health  — to  tbe  prevention  of 
disease  as  well  as  to  its  cure.  There  are  people  who  let  their  own 
teeth  go  to  decay,  who  keep  their  children  ont  of  tbe  dentist's 
hands  as  long  as  they  can.  giving  as  their  reason  for  such  an 
Idiotic  proceeding  tbe  statement  tbat  it  is  a  dentist's  business  to 
6nd  boles  in  the  teeth,  that  tbe  man  who  makes  bis  living  at  tbat 
sort  of  work  must  make  boles,  if  tbey  do  not  exist,  so  as  to  earn 
bis  living  somehow.  The  same  class  of  people  believe  that  ocu- 
list? try  to  put  glasses  before  every  eye  tbat  comes  to  them  for 
treatment,  tbat  it  is  a  matter  of  business  with  all  who  sell  optical 
goods  to  dispose  of  their  stock  at  a  hnge  profit  as  rapidly  as  possi- 
ble, regardless  of  a  person's  non-need  of  glasses.  These  intelligent 
objectors  to  the  nse  of  glasses  are  usually  governed  by  two  con- 
siderations: first,  the  idea  of  appearance  comes  in — glasses  are 
popularly  supposed  to  add  to  tbe  apparent  age  of  a  subject;  sec- 
cond,  they  may  be  unbecoming,  and  so  should  not  be  worn.  These 
are  tbe  people  who  settle  all  such  questions  as  to  the  need  of 
glasses  with  the  dictum:  »« If  you  only  make  up  your  mind  to  do 
without  glasses,  you  can  fight  them  off  till  the  very  last 
moment."  Intelligent  method,  indeed,  to  continue  to  strain 
and  injure  an  eye  until  tbe  very  last  moment!  This  idea  is 
just  about  as  intelligent  in  its  way  as  the  desire  of  a  silly 
girl  to  wear  glasses  because  she  imagines  that  they  give  her 
what  she  is  pleased  to  call  "a  distinguished  air."  Ask  any  opti- 
cian about  the  fad  for  plain  glass  lorgnettes. 

But  science,  by  discovering  tbat  the  eyes  of  the  young  need 
optical  attention  more  often  than  those  of  the  old,  or  quite  as 
often,  has  removed  the  objection  to  glasses  on  account  of  the  in- 
creasing years  of  which  their  adoption  was  once  the  unmistakable 
sign.  When  a  young  girl  of  eighteen  has  to  wear  glasses  for  de- 
fective sight,  the  matron  of  forty  need  not  feel  that  her  adop- 
tion of  a  pair  is  a  tacit  confession  of  the  fact  tbat  she  is  growing 
old.  Thanks  to  the  scientific  investigations  concerning  the  human 
eye,  it  has  been  rendered  possible  by  measures  of  prevention  to 
save  many  people  from  the  total  loss  of  their  sight.  It  is  now  an 
accepted  fact  that  what  is  too  often  set  down  to  the  stupidity  or 
the  perversity  of  a  backward  pupil  is  due  simply  to  his  defective 
vision;  that  once  corrected  by  means  of  proper  glasses,  a  dull 
child  is  transformed  into  a  bright,  active,  and  growing  intelligence. 
For  with  the  inability  to  see,  to  distinguish  clearly,  comes  the 
parallel  case  of  inability  to  hear  distinctly.  It  may  seem  strange, 
but  many  an  instance  of  apparent  deafness  has  been  cured  by  cor- 
recting the  defective  vision  of  the  subject.  With  cases  of  far 
sight  and  of  near  sight  we  are  comparatively  familiar.  With  the 
all  too  prevalent  cases  of  astigmatism  we  are  not  so  well  informed. 
To  translate  technical  terms  into  colloquial  language,  it  is 
sufficient  to  say  that  astigmatism  is  a  defect  in  the  sight  caused 
by  the  curves  of  the  eye  which  interfere  with  the  proper  reflec- 
tion and  the  refraction  of  light,  with  tbe  result  tbat  the  muscles 
of  accommodation  are  constantly  strained  in  their  endeavor  to 
keep  the  crystalline  lens  at  the  proper  focus,  to  overcome  the 
fanlty  angle.  No  one  who  has  not  suffered  from  astigmatism  can 
know  what  its  victims  suffer.  The  trouble  varies  from  a  simple 
headache  to  inflammation  of  the  brain  and  extreme  irritability, 
starting  at  noises  however  slight,  sensitiveness  to  light,  and  in- 
creasing nervousness;  these  are  some  of  tbe  attendant  evils  of 
astigmatism.  Why  not  conquer  the  effects  by  removing  the 
canse  ?  Is  a  congenital  defect  in  the  curve  of  the  eye  to  be  reme- 
died by  a  mere  exercise  of  will  power  ?  Is  it  worth  while  to  suffer 
constant  headaches  for  the  mistaken  idea  of  personal  beauty? 
Hardly. 

It  is  generally  a  safe  rule  to  follow,  the  one  embodied  in  the  in- 
junction, "  Lend  neither  your  money  nor  your  name."  It  is  not 
only  unpleasant,  but  exasperating  as  well,  to  lend  one's  money 
and  not  have  it  returned.  There  are  women  with  no  moral  sense 
so  far  as  property  distinctions  are  concerned.  They  begin  as 
school  girls  to  borrow,  or  rather  to  appropriate,  each  other's  little 
possessions,  even  to  minor  articles  of  wearing  apparel.  They  get 
into  the  habit  of  taking  without  asking,  and  they  explain  why 
they  took  the  liberty  of  making  free  with  another's  property 
without  permission,  by  saying  in  an  easy  way,  "  Oh,  I  knew  you 
wouldn't  mind;  yon're  too  good-natured  to  care  about  a  little 
thing  like  tbatl  "  As  they  grow  older  they  retain  the  self-same 
propensity  for  appropriating  whatever  they  want,  and  rely  upon 
their  boldness  or  what  might  best  be  called  a  taking  way  to  help 
them  to  carry  off  the  whole  affair  with  no  unpleasantness  to  them- 
selves. How  the  other  party  may  feel  is  not  within  their  range 
of  thought  or  consideration.  I  have  known  cases  where  an  in- 
veterate borrower  had  come  to  regard  what  she  had  borrowed  as 
actually  having  passed  into  her  own  possession.  When  asked  if 
she  were  not  through  with  the  article  she  would  reply,  in  a  top- 
lofty tone:  "  Why,  did  you  expect  me  to  return  that  to  you?  I 
never  supposed  that  you  would  want  it  again."  It  may  be  only 
a  few  bat-pins,  or  postage  stamps,  or  magazines  that  have  been 
borrowed,  but  the  borrower  has  the  knack  of  making  the  rightful 


owner  f*el  that  she  is  guilty  of  all  sorts  of  contemptible  meanness 
in  wanting  her  own  again.  Not  infrequently  this  inability  to  dis- 
tinguish between  what  ii  hers  and  what  is  another's  will  extend 
to  money  matters.  This  may  take  different  forms.  It  may  be 
tbat  she  will  be  the  one  to  suggest  a  treat  of  candy  or  ice-cream 
soda,  and  then  deftly  manage  to  have  her  companion  do  the  pay- 
ing, or  she  will  borrow  money  and  forget  to  return  it,  or  she  will 
buy  on  shares  with  a  friend  and  never  pay  her  rightful  propor- 
tion.      As    I  once  heard  such  a  woman  say,  in  tones  meant  to  be 

accusatoryand  reproachful,  ••  When  I  used  to  go  out  with  C 

we  had  but  one  purse."  "  And  that  one  was  mine,"  was  the 
other  one's  witty  and  truthful  rejoinder.  It  is  not  always  bo 
funny  for  the  one  who  foots  the  bills. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEJt. 


October  20,  lbV4. 


Irnproued  Through  the  enterprise  of  Eastern  business  men, 

Investrneqt  whose  card  may  be  found  in  another  culumn,  it  is 
Facilities,  now  possible  to  deal  direct  from  Sao  Francisco  in 
commodities  on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  with  almost  the 
same  alacrity  as  in  New  York,  although  the  great  financial  me- 
tropolis of  America  is  a  loDg  way  from  California.  In  order  to 
keep  our  readers  posted  upon  the  movement  of  this  market,  we 
will  therefore  for  the  future  publish  a  weekly  resume  of  the  busi- 
ness transacted  in  active  stocks  which  have  offered  special  op- 
portunity for  money-making.  The  feature  of  the  past  week  has 
been  considerable  activity  in  the  Industrial  group,  Sugar  leading 
in  transactions.  On  selling  by  insiders  the  price  was  worked  off 
at  $80£.  At  this  price  good  buying  orders  appeared,  working  the 
price  up  to  $88,  a  very  profitable  turn  for  operators.  Chicago 
Gas  fluctuated  betweeen  $72  and  $76.  General  Electric  lost  two 
points  during  the  same  period.  Distillers  did  very  little,  hanging 
on  at  $9.  Pacific  Mail  gained  2.|  points  against  a  week  ago. 
American  Tobacco  dropped  3  points.  The  railway  list  has  been 
moderately  active.  There  was  considerable  weakness  shown 
early  in  the  week,  but  a  firmer  feeling  was  displayed  daring  the 
latter  part.  The  general  undertone  of  the  Eastern  market  has 
the  appearance  of  strength.  Undoubtedly  tbe  market  is  ready  to 
respond  quickly  to  any  favorable  condition.  Shipments  of  gold 
during  the  week  here  had  no  particular  influence  on  values.  Ship- 
ments made  were  for  special  purposes  among  a  few  bankers. 

Gomstock  The  annual  meeting  of  tbe  Con.  Cal. -Virginia  was 
Miqing  held  on  Monday  last,  and  the  report  of  Superintend- 
Styares,  ent  Lyman  was  one  of  the  best  which  has  been  re- 
ceived for  many  years  past,  in  respect  to  the  immediate  prospects 
for  bullion  production.  During  the  past  year  there  were  ex- 
tracted from  different  parts  of  the  mine  7100£  tons  of  ore,  all  of 
which  was  milltd  by  the  Comstock  Mill  and  Mining  Company, 
and  from  this  ore  was  produced  bullion  of  the  assay  value  of 
$362,793.66,  which  shows  an  average  yield  of  $51.09*- per  ton. 
This  bullion  carried  $150,269.90  in  gold  and  $212,523. 70~in  silver. 
The  coin  value  of  this  bullion  amounted  to  $252,193.33.  The  ore 
cut  on  the  1650  level  so  far  opened  down  to  the  1700  level  is  120 
feet  in  length,  varying  in  width  from  12  to  24  feet.  It  is  consid- 
ered likely  that  this  ore  will  be  found  to  extend  above  the  1650 
level,  and  in  regard  to  its  downward  extension  the  winze  now 
going  down  from  the  1700  level  is  in  ore  all  the  way.  A  report 
like  this  in  former  days  would  have  sent  the  stock  booming  to 
high  figures.  It  is  a  much  better  showing  than  was  made  the 
last  time  tne  stock  ran  up  to  $50,  and  infinitely  superior  to  many 
a  strike  which  sent  on  many  occasions  certain  Comstock  shares 
over  $100  per  share.  That  higher  prices  must  rule  eventually  is 
certain.  The  market  is  being  depressed  at  present  for  certain 
purposes  by  manipulators,  and  it  is  a  hard  struggle  to  keep  it 
down.  If  an  opward  movement  broke  out  at  some  other  point 
along  the  lode  backed  by  capital,  it  is  just  possible  that  the 
shares  of  Con.  Virginia  might  get  beyond  inside  control  tempora- 
rily and  take  the  whole  market  upward  with  it  on  the  jump. 
The  activity  in  the  middle  shares  is  predicated  upon  some  ore 
finds  in  Cuullar  and  Potosi.  Hale  &  Norcross  is  quitt.  At  the  South 
End  Crown  Point  shipped  a  large  amount  of  ore  for  the  week  to 
the  mill  of  a  g-ade  which  will  serve  to  cut  down  a  large  proportion 
of  the  operating  expenses  for  the  month.  This  company  has 
managed  to  get  along  without  an  assessment  fora  long  time  past. 
The  small  delinquent  lists  which  are  now  being  published  show 
that  tbe  stocks  of  the  different  companies  are  in  the  hands  of 
people  who  look  for  brighter  times  in  the  market  before  long. 
J  $  J 

rfnother  Case        The  purchase  of  a  large  interest  in  the  Mag- 
wqere  alia  mine  by  J.  B.  Haggin,  one  of  the  most  snc- 

Coiq  Talks.  cessful  and  conservative  mining  operators  in 
America,  suu-tantiates  the  favorable  statements  which  were 
made  about  this  properly  at  the  time  when  an  attempt  was  made 
to  float  it  by  public  subscription  in  this  city.  A  great  many  in- 
dividuals wriit  far  out  of  their  way  then  to  blacken  the  reputa- 
tion of  the  mine  and  the  men  connected  with  it,  after  the  manner 
customary,  when  any  home  enterprise  is  broached.  It  is  rather 
early  yet  to  discuss  the  value  of  the  mine,  further  than  in  the 
r>ast,  on  e-tuuates  of  its  yield  in  gold  under  former  owners.  The 
purchase  by  Mr.  Haggin  shows,  however,  that  he  has  confidence 
.n  the  ground  based  upon  the  very  same  figures,  which  the 
sapient  opponents  of  the  mine  saw  fit  to  contradict.  It  also 
ahows  that  while  street  talk  of  self-elected  expeits  may  go  down 
as  gosi  el  with  the  inexperienced  in  mining  matters,  it  carries 
little  weight  with  men  who  understand  the  business  in  all  its  de- 
t,nN.  and  are  able  to  form  their  own  opinions  on  a  property  pro 
or  con. 

$  $  $ 

THE  total  fire  loss  in  tbe  United  States  for  the  month  of  August 
amounted  to  $10,432,800. 


A  Promising        The  phenomenal  development  of  Colorado  dur- 
Mining  ing  the  past  few  years  is  due  entirely  to  the  en- 

Scherqe.  terprising  spirit  of  its  citizens.  They  are  of  the 
go-a-head  order,  not  content  to  sit  down  with  folded  hands  to 
await  some  special  dispensation  of  Providence  in  their  behalf. 
The  discovery  and  rapid  growth  of  innumerable  mining  districts 
throughout  the  State  form  a  striking  contrast  when  compared 
with  the  manner  in  which  life  is  wasted  in  other  sections  of  the 
West,  where  it  requires  the  exertions  of  years  to  drag  some  half- 
hearted capitalist  into  a  camp  which  thereafter  is  influenced  for 
better  or  worse,  subservient  to  his  will.  In  Colorado  the  people 
pull  together,  animated  by  the  sole  idea  to  make  their  respective 
districts  lead  tbe  van.  There  are  no  petty  jealousies  aroused  by 
the  petty  interference  of  outside  nobodies,  and  business  is  run  on 
a  broad  guage  basis  in  every  branch  of  trade.  All  mining  men 
will  admit  that  Cripple  Creek  is  to-day  the  most  active  and  pros- 
perous camp  in  America,  and  in  tbe  world,  for  that  matter,  out- 
side of  some  places  in  South  Africa.  Capital  is  rolling  in  there 
from  all  quarters  to  develop  new  locations,  and  the  output  of  gold 
annually  promises  to  be  unusually  large.  In  this  issue  of  the 
News  Lettek  appears  the  advertisement  of  a  new  concern  which, 
it  will  be  seen,  comes  well  recommended.  It  will  repay  invest- 
ors to  study  this  proposition  carefully,  as  it  offers  special  induce- 
ments for  money  making,  without  the  danger  of  being  assessed 
out  of  the  stock  for  working  capital. 

$  $  $ 

LOUIS  JANIN,  Jr.,  son  of  the  well-known  mining  engineer,  is 
in  the  city,  en  route  for  Australia  and  South  Africa  on  a  trip 
for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  which  has  been  badly  broken  up  by 
hard  work  at  the  desk.  Besides  being  a  mining  expert  and  en- 
gineer of  marked  ability,  Mr.  Janin  has  attained  considerable  ex- 
perience as  a  newspaper  man,  having  for  some  years  edited  the 
Mining  and  Engineering  Journal  of  New  York. 

%  %  % 

ft  J.  F.  Nesmith,  who   has  been  elected  Secretary  of 

Boom  in  the  California  Powder  Company,  filling  the  vacancy 
Powder,  caused  by  the  death  of  John  F.  Lohse,  was  for  many 
years  general  manager  of  tbe  works.  The  powder  business  is 
very  active  just  at  present,  and  au  immense  trade  is  being  tran- 
sacted with  all  the  mining  districts  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 
One  of  the  heaviest  consumers  is  the  Cripple  Creek  mining  district 
of  Colorado,  which  is  now  one  of  the  most  important  gold  pro- 
ducing camps  in  the  world.  It  is  noteworthy  that  the  powder 
business  is  always  the  first  to  be  affected  by  the  vicissitudes  of 
general  trade.  When  silver  mining  was  killed  some  years  ago 
powder  manufactories  began  to  suffer  immediately,  and  shortly 
afterwards  the  wave  of  depression  swept  over  the  whole  western 
community.  Now  they  are  beginning  to  feel  the  effects  of  the  re- 
vival in  mining,  which  will  undoubtedly  develop  later  in  other 
lines  of  trade.  From  what  the  leading  men  in  the  business  here 
say,  they  are  turning  ont  more  powder  than  they  ever  have  done 
in  the  history  of  the  State.  Gold  mining  in  California  has  again 
been  taken  up  in  earnest,  and  old  mines  abandoned  in  years  gone 
by  are  now  being  worked  to  good  advantage.  This  is  due  to  the 
improvements  made  in  thesystem  of  mining  and  the  introduction 
of  cheaper  and  more  effective  methods  of  ore  reduction.  Com- 
mercial interests  of  all  kinds  brighten  with  the  increased  produc- 
tion of  gold,  and  the  success  of  one  company  engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness brings  many  others  into  the  field.  The  greater  portion  of  the 
capital  now  being  used  for  development  purposes  is  now  readily 
obtainable  here  from  people  of  small  means,  the  wealthier  class 
meeting  with  few  applications  from  mine  owners,  in  view  of  the 
apathetic  and  intensely  selfish  position  they  have  at  all  times 
maintained  toward  tbe  industry. 

%  %  % 
Tqe  tyerced        The   suspension    of   the   Merced  Bank  was  an- 
Bank  nouuced  during  the  week,  but  the  failure  does  not 

Suspends.  involve  a  heavy  financial  interest,  nor  does  it 
jeopardize  the  money  of  depositors.  The  trouble  seems  to  have 
been  caused  by  transacting  a  larger  business  than  the  capital  of  the 
concern  warranted,  although  the  loans  as  a  rule  can  all  be  termed 
first-class  and  safe.  The  Secretary  of  the  Bank  Commission,  Mr. 
C.  H.  Dunsmoor,  has  just  closed  an  examination  of  the  bank's 
affairs,  having  left  for  Merced  immediately  upon  receipt  of  the 
notice  of  the  failure.  He  now  reports  the  assets  valued  at  $199,034, 
excluding  the  banking  bonse  and  fixtures,  with  liabilities  amount- 
ing to  $173,000.  The  shareholders  will  all  be  paid  in  full  and  the 
business  will  likely  be  wound  up. 

$    $   $ 

THE  local  stock  market  has  been  quiet  during  the  week,  with 
prices  steady  in  all  the  leading  securities.  The  Geary-street 
road  has  shown  some  activity  at  higher  prices,  but  this  has  been 
the  only  feature  of  the  market.  The  regular  monthly  dividends 
were  paid  on  Monday,  the  15th  inst. 

S  S  ¥ 

IT  is  reported  that  the  Alvarado   Water   Company    is    getting  a 
large  number  of  subscribers  in  Alameda  at  tbe  reduced  rates, 
which  is  about  one-half  that  now  charged  by  the  old  company. 


October  20,  1894. 


SAN  KRANCTSPO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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"  Hear  ihe  Crier* "      "  What  the  tlevll  art  thou? ' 
"One  thai  will  play  the  devil,  sir.  with  you." 


TH  E  baby  with  the  letter  •  M  "  brand  Is  undoubtedly  the  legiti- 
mate [tic)  snccessor  to  John  Martin.  Jr.,  in  so  far  as  notoriety 
is  concerned.  We  trust  sincerely  that  the  notoriety  shall  be  con- 
fined to  it  and  l>r.  Griffith,  as  they  are  probably  better  able  to  en- 
dure it  than  the  unfortunate  mother,  in  spite  of  the  Examiner's 
and  Sister  Julia's  officious  efforts  to  drag  her  into  the  cold  glare  of 
public  scrutiny.  We  would  sincerely  like  to  know  what  public 
good,  if  any.  can  be  subserved  by  the  exposure  of  ber  identity 
and  the  circumstances  attending  what  is  perhaps  her  only  mis- 
step. A  dispassionate  summing  up  of  the  facts  in  the  case  so  far 
will  lead  the  intelligent  reader  of  the  horrible  bash  now  foisted  on 
a  long-suffering  public  through  the  columns  of  the  daily  press  to 
the  conviction,  impossible  to  be  avoided,  that  far  from  being  a 
case  of  "  heartless  desertion."  the  sole  idea  of  the  mother,  in  au- 
thorizing the  action  of  Dr.  Griffith  was  to  avoid  the  possibility  of 
a  mistake  in  a  hoped-for  happier  future,  when  she  might  be  able 
again  to  claim  her  own.  Do  mothers,  as  a  rule,  go  to  the  trouble 
of  placing  an  identifying  mark  on  the  children  whom  they  wish 
to  desert  heartlessly?  The  time-honored  custom  is  that  so  insepa- 
rably connected  with  a  doorstep,  a  basket,  and  a  very  early  hour. 
If  Dr.  Griffith  will  preserve  the  amount  ot  backbone  for  which  we 
give  him  credit,  the  mother  will  never  be  known.  We  hope  that 
he  will.  Of  two  evils  choose  the  lesser.  An  illegitimate  birth  is 
a  deplorable  event,  but  the  exposure  of  this  unfortunate  mother 
would  offer  little  encouragement  to  women  about  to  be  similarly 
situated  to  follow  her  example  {as  preferred  to  murder),  with  its 
uncalled-for  consequences  staring  them  in  the  face,  and  cannot 
but  result  in  stimulating  the  already  thriving  abortion  industry 
and  its  host  of  attendant  greater  evils.  The  mistake  is  made,  the 
evil  is  done.     In  all  decency  and  charity  let  it  drop. 

IT  is  a  great  pity  that  the  managers  of  the  theatres  do  not  lock 
their  entrance  doors  about  ten  minutes  before  the  end  of  the 
last  act.  No  matter  how  fine  and  dramatic  the  climax  may  be 
it  is  spoiled  to  those  who  are  enthralled  by  the  ait  of  it,  because 
a  lot  of  thoughtless,  ill-bred  people  begin  folding  their  rustling 
programmes,  snapping  their  opera  glasses  together,  bustling  on 
their  wraps,  and  making  a  wild  plunge  for  the  door.  And  where- 
fore? The  cable  cars  run  every  five  minutes;  there  is  no  necessity 
for  ruining  what  is  perhaps  the  best  scene  of  the  play,  inter- 
fering with  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  others,  ruining  the  scene 
entirely,  and  thoroughly  discomforting  the  actors.  The  other 
night  at  the  Bush-street  theatre,  the  end  of  the  last  act  was  in- 
tensely dramatic.  There  was  a  decided  surprise  at  the  very  last 
moment.  Jeffreys-Lewis  was  grand,  and  the  opportunity  was 
there  for  a  highly  dramatic  climax.  But  the  ill-bred  Person  in 
great  numbers  was  there,  hustling,  bustling,  and  scurrying  to  the 
door  like  cattle  hurrying  out  of  a  pen.  Nor  is  it  alone  in  the 
theatre,  but  on  the  train,  on  the  ferry,  everywhere.  If  for  no 
other  reason  than  that  such  unseemly  haste  produces  brain  fog 
and  draw  unseemly  lines  in  one's  face,  it  should  be  stopped. 
With  all  of  our  boasted  culture  and  refinement  we  are  plenty  of  us 
simply  boors,  and  will  remain  such  until  the  end  of  time.  One 
cannot  escape  heredity. 

OUR  righteous  contemporary,  the  Presbyterian  Occident,  pub- 
lishes this  remarkable  paragraph:  "Through  great  tribula- 
tion the  Salvation  Army  has  pressed  its  way  to  such  recognition 
that  all  churches  have  come  to  gratefully  recognize  its  beneficent 
work  among  the  lower  classes.  It  is  a  hopeful  day  when  such 
out-of-the-way  methods  as  those  employed  by  the  Salvationists 
can  receive  recognition,  not  by  endorsement,  but  because  the 
gospel  finds  its  way  through  them  to  the  hearts  and  lives  of  sin- 
ful men."  That  is,  the  Salvation  Army  has  met  with  recogni- 
tion because  it  has  been  recognized,  and  for  the  reason  that  it 
brings  the  gospel  to  the  "lower  classes"  {whatever  that  may 
mean),  it  cannot  be  indorsed  by  Presbyterians.  If  any  other 
meaning  can  be  found  in  the  paragraph  we  take  chances  before- 
hand on  admit  ing  that  the  editor  of  the  Occident  is  a  gentleman 
and  a  Christian. 

CONVICT  No.  15,098,  of  San  Quentin,  has  lost  a  year's  credits 
because  he  made  a  fine  lot  of  burglars'  tools,  which  he  in- 
tended to  sell  on  the  outside.  For  so  grave  an  offense  the  pun- 
ishment is  light.  Were  State  prisoners  permitted  to  engage  in 
this  industry,  the  manufacturers  of  burglars'  tools  would  have 
just  ground  for  complaint,  as  their  product  would  be  brought 
into  direct  competition  with  that  of  convict  labor.  Let  convict 
No.  15,098  be  put  at  work  making  grain  bags. 

IF  the  peculiar  intelligence  exhibited  by  the  local  precinct  reg- 
istration board  in  refusing  to  register  a  Chinese  born  in  Cali- 
fornia is  common  to  all  the  boards,  Mr.  Estee  is  in  danger  of  de- 
feat. 


Tin:  Kohemlan  Club  is  at  present  distracted  by  a  discussion  re- 
garding the  merits  of  two  paintings  now  on  exhibition  in  the 
social  room.  One  is  the  ■  Midsummer  Jinks,"  by  Tom  Hill,  and 
is  painted  with  that  close  attention  to  detail  which  characterizes 
the  artistic  school  from  which  Hill  graduated.  It  really  is  a 
striking  picture,  presenting  a  strong  foreground  and  with  a  light 
hazy  effect  in  the  distance,  marking  out  the  most  prominent 
beauties  of  the  jinks,  the  gypsy  camp  on  the  hillside.  Now,  the 
school  to  which  Mr.  Hill  belongs  and  the  school  affected  by  Ihe 
modern  arlists  are  different  in  every  particular — as  widely  apart, 
in  fact,  in  regard  to  treatment  and  color  as  pole  from  pole.  Mr. 
John  Stanton,  who  is  the  apostle  of  the  new  impressionist 
school,  has  also  contributed  a  picture  to  the  club  tilled  with  those 
shadowy  effects  and  peculiar  intimations  which  mark  the  works 
of  Corot,  the  founder  of  this  singular  and  odd  style.  Hill  believes 
in  putting  on  canvas  the  scene  as  it  appears  to  him,  and  not  in 
taking  any  chances  with  the  imagination  of  those  who  endeavor 
to  trace  out  the  difference  between  the  real  and  the  ideal.  Stan- 
ton, on  the  other  hand,  though  undoubtedly  the  most  genre 
painter  in  California  if  not  in  America,  has  of  late  acquired  a 
vicious  leaning  toward  the  school  of  the  French  impressionist. 
To  a  layman  those  distinctions  do  not  carry  much  weight,  but  the 
wise  critics  of  the  Bohemian  Club  are  considering  deeply  before 
they  award  the  golden  apple. 

IT  seems  ungracious  to  make  any  complaint  in  reference  to  the 
Scheel  concerts,  for  the  benefits  which  they  give  far  outweigh 
any  disagreeable  incidents  which  accompany  them.  Neverthe- 
less, it  would  be  so  easy  to  correct  what  is  wrong  that  it  is  a  won- 
der nothing  has  been  done  to  remedy  the  disagreeable  features 
that  are  apparent.  It  was  a  mistake,  as  the  packed  houses  have 
demonstrated,  to  contract  the  floor  space  by  setting  false  parti- 
tions; a  greater  mistake  to  construct  a  sound  reflector  that  makes 
the  parquet  seats  untenable;  a  still  worse  error  to  bank  electric 
lights  behind  the  musicians  to  blind  and  discomfit  the  auditors. 
It  is  somewhat  startling  to  imagine  that  the  snare  drum  is  rat- 
tling under  one's  chair  or  in  the  air  over  one's  head,  and  dismay- 
ing to  have  to  dodge  castinets  that  seem  to  dangle  at  one's  nose. 
This,  besides  an  overpowering  crash  of  brass  in  fortissimo  parts, 
is  the  sad  work  of  the  concave  reflector,  which  is  altogether  out 
of  place  in  so  small  a  house;  a  flat  wooden  sounding-board  would 
be  more  than  sufficient.  As  for  lights,  they  would  better  be  over- 
head and  invisible  to  the  audience.  There  are  a  good  many  young 
people  who  would  rather  sit  in  total  darkness  than  face  those 
awful  lights. 

WHEN  the  railroad  strike  was  at  its  height  the  Examiner  ac- 
cepted Mr.  Sutro  as  a  welcome  ally  in  its  endeavors  to  urge 
the  strikers  to  the  accomplishment  of  desperate  mischief,  and 
boomed  him  for  Mayor.  When  he  failed  to  receive  the  Non-. 
Partisan  nomination  the  Examiner  deplored  the  fact,  scolded  the 
convention,  and  then  let  the  "philanthropist"  drop.  It  was  just 
about  this  time  that  Mr.  Arthur  McEwen  withdrew  from  the 
managing  editorship  of  the  Examiner  and  started  a  journalistic 
enterprise  of  his  own,  and  he  took  the  Sutro  boom  along  with 
him.  This  might  be  dull  reading  were  it  not  for  the  inference 
that  in  selecting  his  journalistic  support  the  shrewd  old  million- 
aire made  a  choice  which  likely  does  not  bring  an  abiding  conso- 
lation to  the  young,  handsome,  amiable,  and  rich  proprietor  of 
the  "Monarch." 

FOR  the  sake  of  confiding  mammas  and  doting  papas  whose  be- 
lief in  the  superiority  of  their  own  perceptions  might  not  so 
well  sustain  a  similar  shock,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  society 
belles  of  Oakland  will  not  emulate  the  example  of  one  of  their 
charming  members,  who  recently  presented  her  parents  with  a 
bouncing  granddaughter,  and,  with  a  consideration  that  was  not 
the  least  happy  feature  of  the  incident,  supplemented  the  gift 
with  a  marriage  contract  dated  a  year  back.  True,  this  sort  of 
thing  is  not  by  any  means  an  innovation,  even  in  chaste  and 
classic  Oakland;  yet,  as  a  custom,  if  custom  it  be,  it  is  one  that 
decidedly  would  be  more  honored  in  the  breach  tbau  the  observ- 
ance. 

THE  Rev.  John  Quincy  Adams  Henry  cut  a  sorry  figure  Sun- 
day, surrounded  by  a  body  guard  of  friends  and  police  who 
had  been  summoned  to  protect  him  from  an  imaginary  threatened 
assault.  As  Mr.  Henry  is  engaged  in  the  Christian  duty  of  stirr- 
ing up  Btrife,  it  is  not  surprising  that  he  should  be  looking  for- 
ward to  some  result  from  his  persistent  labors  in  that  direction. 
But  as  he  himself  is  the  only  person  who  places  any  importance 
upon  his  belligerent  endeavors,  it  is  surprising  that  the  police 
should  have  wasted  on  his  attendance  time  that  could  have  been 
more  profitably  employed  in  whistling  "Sweet  Marie"  on  the  street 
corners. 

OAKLAND  has  just  given  another  of  her  amusing  exhibitions. 
The  effort  to  elect  a  board  of  freeholders  to  frame  a  new  char- 
ter has  been  defeated,  much  to  the  surprise  of  a  large  number  of 
amug  citizens.  The  present  charter  is  only  two  years  old,  and  the 
advertising  of  it  cost  $16,000.  It  is  not  known  how  our  esteemed 
contemporaries  across  the  bay  are  going  to  tide  over  the  present 
hard  times. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB. 


October  20,  1894. 


AN  amusing  scene  took  place  last  Sunday,  when  two  young 
ladies  with  prayer  books  in  their  hands,  got  into  a  Batter- 
street  car  after  cbnrch  service  was  over,  and  began  talking 
earnestly  to  a  gentleman  wbo  took  a  seat  between  tbem.  An* 
other  gentleman  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  car  listened  with 
evident  interest,  no  doubt  hoping  to  catch  what  might  have  been 
the  points  of  an  excellent  sermon.  Wbat  was  his  amazement, 
then,  to  hear  the  rosy  lips  of  each  girl  in  tarn  attering  the  details 
of  a  game  of  poker  they  had  played  the  night  before ;  how  A  held 
three  kings  and  B  two  aces  and  "  filled  "  with  three  cards,  and 
they  bad  both  staked  all  they  had,  etc.,  and  left  nothing  for  the 
alms  basin  at  service! 

*  »  » 

Charming  Miss  Birdie  Fair,  having  imparted  to  her  girl  friends 
the  intelligence  that  »  two  lovely  fellows  with  titles"  are  coming 
oat  here,  they  are  on  tbe  qui  vive  for  the  said  chaps  to  arrive. 
However,  it  goes  without  saying  that  when  Miss  Beth  Sperry 
captured  a  prince,  oar  heiresses  in  their  own  right  will  look 
higher  than  a  baron  or  a  count.  A  French  Due,  now  would  be  a 
dack  indeed. 

*  #  » 

Popular  Jim  Phelan  is  showing  himself  rather  shy  in  certain 
circles  since  tbe  rumor  of  his  positive  engagement  has  been  going 
round.  Fossibly  he  wishes  to  show  the  young  lady  herself  that 
his  "  intentions  "  are  of  tbe  most  fraternal  kind. 

*  *  # 

What  a  blessing  Scheel's  concerts  have  proved  as  a  means  of 
paying  back  hospitality  by  those  not  blessed  with  mines  or  bank 
accounts?  And  the  Tivoli  has  loomed  quite  into  the  full  blaze  of 
fashionable  sunshine  since  Ed  Greenway  has  taken  it  as  the  place 
for  his  "opera  parties." 

*  #  * 

It  would  be  a  very  graceful  act  on  the  part  Mrs.  Oelrichs  and 
Miss  Fail  to  open  the  doors  of  the  Pine-street  mansion  to  their 
throng  of  friends  and  give  a  real  tip-top  ball.  They  have  the 
house,  the  money,  and  the  savoir  faire.     Will  they  take  the  hint  ? 

Now  that  the  Examiner  has  taken  to  dissecting  oar  pretty  belles 
and  offering  up  sections  of  their  anatomy  (illustrated)  for  its  Sun- 
day readers,  the  girls  are  threatening  to  boycott  the  paper.  Who 
could  blame  them  for  so  doing  ? 

Surely  Talbot  Clifton  was  born  under  an  unlucky  star,  so  far 
as  accidents  go.  Another  '-spill  "  has  laid  tbe  gallant  Britisher  on 
the  sick  list  again;  but  as  we  are  told  that  there  is  no  cloud  with- 
out a  silver  lining,  his  enforced  retirement  will  give  his  lady 
friends — who,  of  course,  are  legion — an  opportunity  to  pet,  nurse, 
and  sympathize  with  the  bruised  hero  of  the  Burlingame  settle- 
ment. 

*  *  * 

The  bicycling  fad  has  struck  Miss  Hager  and  Daisy  Van  Ness, 
wbo  wear  stylish  bloomers,  leggins,  and  small  bats.  Being  such 
large  girls  they  would  look  less  bulky,  certainly  more  graceful  if 
their  suits  were  not  made  so  full.  Wbo  was  tbe  handsome  man 
on  the  Kentucky  horse  who  went  to  the  rescue  of  Maud  O'Con- 
nor?   A  stranger,  evidently,  and  the  girls  are  wild  to  know. 

After  two  months  of  patient  suffering,  Fannie  Crocker  is  now 
enjoying  her  daily  drives.  After  all,  her  lot  was  not  bo  very  hard, 
surrounded  by  flowers  sent  by  adoring  admirers;  candy  galore, 
notes,  and  afternoon  calls.  "Ye  gods,  what  luck!"  so  say  the 
buds.  She  is  about  to  visit  her  sister,  Mrs.  Green,  the  wife  of 
Fred,  who,  by  the  way,  is  such  an  invalid  that  his  physician  has 
ordered  tbe  balmy  air  of  Sausalito  for  the  winter.  In  conse- 
quence, they  will  keep  "bachelor's  hall"  at  the  Hutch.  Will 
Terry  become  a  benedict,  after  all  ?  Who  knows  ?• 
j*  *  * 

What  a  shock  the  death  of  Fred  Otis  has  been.  His  remains 
are  interred  in  Guatemala,  while  his  poor  mother's  grief  is  incon- 
solable. By  his  death  the  hospitable  home  of  the  Lake's,  Otis's, 
and  Hall  McAllister's  will  be  closed. 

#  *  * 

Charming  Minnie  Houghton  will  be  in  the  city  this  winter, 
much  to  every  one's  delight.  Not  at  the  Palace,  as  the  Monarch 
of  the  Dailies  recently  stated, incorrectly  of  course.  Tbe  Geoeral 
has  taken  the  Otis  residence  on  Washington  street,  where  Minnie 
will  preside  as  hostess. 

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thr  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


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15 


GOTHAM    OOSSIP. 

UNTIL  Edison  perfects  bis  ktnetoscope.  the  kodak  fiends  may 
find  a  new  field  for  ibeir  energies  in  a  novel  form  of  enter- 
tainment called  tbe  -Picture  I'Jay."  which  was  brought  out  suc- 
cessfully last  evening  at  Mr.  James  L.  Breese's  studio,  before  a 
gathering  which  Included  William  Dean  Howells,  Edmund  Clar- 
ence titedman,  and  many  other  celebrities  In  tbe  arena  of  letters 
and  of  art. 

At  one  end  of  the  studio  a  white  sheet,  like  a  magic  lantern 
screen,  was  spread  against  tbe  wall  and  upon  it  was  thrown 
illustration  after  illustration,  and  these  were  tbe  scenes  of  a  ttory, 
■•Miss  Jerry."  read  aloud  by  tbe  author,  Mr.  Alexander  Black. 
Tbe  story,  which  is  admirably  suited  for  such  a  purpose,  tells 
bow  a  young  lady  who  imagines  that  her  father  i«  financially 
embarrassed,  secures  a  position  as  reporter  on  a  New  York  paper, 
the  Datt§  Dynamo,  and  fioally  marries  the  city  editor.  It  is  a 
story  full  of  interest,  incident,  and  humor.  The  pictures  follow 
the  tale  very  closely.  There  are  some  two  hundred  and  fifty  in 
all.  and  they  show  the  events  of  '-Miss  Jerry's"  daily  life  from 
her  interviews  with  celebrities  tober  courtship.  There  are  many 
New  York  scenes,  such  as  Madison  Square.  Washington  8quare, 
some  of  the  hotels,  and  tbe  great  bridge.  Perhaps  tbe  most  in- 
teresting series  of  all  is  tbe  interior  of  Mr.  Ubauncey  M.  Depew's 
private  otfice  in  the  Grand  Central  Depot,  a  number  of  views 
showing  that  magnate  in  the  agonies  or  the  joys  of  an  ••inter- 
view." All  tbe  scenes  are  from  photographs  taken  from  life  and 
are  reproduced  on  the  screen  by  a  stereopticon.  Appropriate 
music  on  the  piano  and  the  organ  made  a  graceful  accompani- 
ment to  the  reading.  The  whole  entertainment  in  its  charm  and 
refinement  shows  a  most  acceptable  reaction  from  skirt  dances 
and  living  pictures,  and  I  trust  it  will  become  a  fashion  through- 
out tbe  country  during  the  winter. 

The  fox-hunting  season  opens  this  autumn  with  an  exlat  which 
proves  tbe  justice  of  Paul  Bourguet's  observation  that  we  Amer- 
icans are  distinctly  an  athletic  and  sport-loving  people.  One  of 
the  most  popular  and  flourishing  clubs  holds  its  meets  in  the 
Genesee  Valley,  in  this  State.  One  of  the  most  active  and  en- 
thusiastic members  is  Mr.  "Billy"  Littauer,  who  is  so  fondly  re- 
membered in  San  Francisco.  He  has  a  large  string  of  fine 
hunters,  and  at  the  horse  show  and  steeple-chase  meeting,  held 
under  the  auspices  of  tbe  club  last  Saturday  afternoon,  he  secured 
both  first  and  second  prize  in  the  show  against  thirty-nine  en- 
tries. The  steeplechase,  which  was  run  for  a  cup  presented  by 
Mr.  Littauer,  was  won  by  "8am"  Howland,  the  lucky  husband  of 
the  pretty,  clever,  and  popular  Mrs.  Howland,  who  was  Miss 
Rika  Belmont,  a  daughter  of  the  great  banker. 

Mrs.  Christine  M.  Latbrop  Gunning,  the  late  Leland  Stanford's 
niece,  who  died  at  Saratoga  last  week,  left  her  will  in  trust  with 
her  attorney,  J.  D.  Bancus,  of  New  York.  She  bequeaths  her  en- 
tire estate,  which  includes  tbe  $100,000  left  to  her  by  her  uncle, 
to  her  two  children,  AitnSe  Lathrop  Gunning  and  Daniel  Shields 
Gunning.  The  will  is  to  be  offered  for 
probate  on  the  18th  of  this  month. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  Gillig,  Frank 
Unger,  and  Donald  de  V.  Graham  regis- 
tered in  Paris  a  few  days  ago.  They  will 
pass  the  autumn  in  Europe,  going  to  Cairo 
early  In  the  winter,  and  will  visit  India 
before  returning  to  San  Francisco  next 
spring.  They  will  probably  remain  in  8an 
Francisco  until  the  opening  of  the  Eastern 
yachting  season  summons  them  to  their 
Larch mont  home. 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  Richard  Henry  Savage 
have  abandoned  their  intention  of  return- 
ing to  this  conntry  this  winter,  although 
Mrs.  8avage  confesses  that  she  pines  for 
New  York.  They  will  remain  in  Munich 
for  several  months.  The  Colonel  writes 
that  be  has  several  new  works,  including 
a  volume  of  verse,  all  well  under  way, 
but  that  he  will  not  publish  anything  be- 
fore 1895. 

Mr.  Benjamin  F.  Hart,  of  your  city,  will 
shortly  marry  Miss  Martha  Sawyer, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Francis  W.  Sawyer,  a 
well-known  New  Yorker. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archibald  Claverirjg  Gun- 
ter  have  returned  from  Lenox  and  are  at 
the  Holland  House. 

Mr.  Marceau  and  his  wife  are  at  the 
Continental,  Paris. 

Count  and  Countess  de  la  Forest 
Divonne,  who  have  been  spending  the 
summer  at  Bryn-Mawr,  have  returned  to 
Washington  with  their  children,  and  will 
spend  a  few  months  there  before  sailing 
for  France.  The  Countess  was  Miss  Aud- 
enreid,  and  was  in  California  before  her 
marriage  as  a  guest  of  Mrs.  8.  W.  Sander- 
son.    It    will  be    remembered    that    Miss 


Jennie  Sanderson  came  to  Washington  with  her  to  act  as  maid-of- 
honor  at  the  wedding. 

Miss  Anna  Gould,  it  \b  said,  has  fled  from  Paris  to  escape  her 
numerous  suitors.  Tbe  Gould  campaign  against  or  upon  royalty 
last  summer  was  unquestionably  a  success.  Georgle  shook  hands 
with  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and  Anna  has  succeeded  in  agitating 
her  gracious  majesty,  who  feared  that  the  attentions  shown  Miss 
Gould  by  Prince  FranciB  of  Butenburg  would  end  seriously. 

Speaking  of  the  Goulds,  their  namesake,  if  not  relative,  the 
notorious  "Tom,"  of  dive  fame,  is  going  on  the  stage  for  the  usual 
purposes  of  "elevation." 

When  California  fancies  that  the  world  has  grown  a  trifle  weary 
of  hearing  of  her  "biggest"  trees,  "biggest"  pumpkins,  and  "big- 
gest" fortunes  on  earth,  she  never  fails  to  find  something  new 
to  emphasize  her  fecund  superiority.  A  Fourteenth-street  mu- 
seum advertizes  one  C.  H.  Holmes,  the  "  'Frisco  Wonder."  He 
is  distinguished  chiefly  in  having  the  biggest  feet  and  bands  on 
record.  Each  hand  is  over  eighteen  inches  long  and  each  foot 
twenty-three  inches.  When  be  stands  up  his  finger-tips  touch 
his  shoe  topB.  Passe-Partout. 

New  York,  October  12,  1894. 


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men who  think  that  because  Pearline 
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Could  Pearline  have  been  sold  and  used 
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original  washing  compound  which  has  been  thus 
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October  20,  1894. 


ONE  of  the  finest  pieces  of  recent  satire  appeared  in  a  late  iBsae 
of  the  American  Medico- Surgical  Bulletin  in  reference  to  some 
novels  which  have  been  recently  attracting  a  great  deal  of  attention. 
It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that  these  novels  are  written  in  most 
part  by  women,  and  that  in  general  they  deal  with  abnormal  patho- 
logic and  psychic  conditions,  in  which  sex-derangement  is  a  promi- 
nent element. 

"Among  physicians,"  remarks  this  scientific  critic,  "  The  Heavenly 
Twins  is  looked  upon,  not  as  a  literary  venture  to  be  judged  by  artistic 
standards,  but  as  a  readable  presentation  of  symptoms  which  sug- 
gest definite  pathological  conditions."  Having  thus  swept  it  out 
of  the  field  of  literary  criticism,  notwithstanding  the  absurdly  solemn 
attention  which  the  critics  of  the  daily  press  have  bestowed  upon 
this  book,  the  scientific  critic  thus  relentlessly  proceeds  to  use  his 
scalpel:  ''Ships  That  Pass  in  the  Night  is  admirable  as  a  pulmonary 
record,  and  The  Yellow  Astor  affords  an  insight  into  the  psychic  phe- 
nomena resulting  from  neglect  of  natural  instincts  and  desires, 
which,  surviving  the  appropriate  period  of  life,  subsequently  assert 
themselves  in  the  form  of  belated  maternal  love  and  ex  post  facto 
philoprogenitiveness."  Then  the  critic  shows  how  the  mother  of  the 
heroine,  having  reared  children  without  manifesting  affection  for 
them,  becomes  practically  insane  over  her  love  for  babies,  and  "dies 
of  a  plethora  of  pent-up  baby-talk  and  unexpended  maternal  affec- 
tion, but  is  happily  given  time  to  warn  her  daughter  against  a  simi- 
lar fate." 

"As  to  Miss  Harraden's  book,"  continues  the  medical  critic, 
"  while  we  find  it  useful  in  the  profession  for  its  glimpses  into  refined 
sick-room  conversation  and  pulmonary  persiflage,  we  regret,  from  a 
medical  point  of  view,  that  after  giving  such  a  careful  history  of  the 
heroine's  case,  the  author  permitted  her  to  be  killed  by  an  omnibus. 
It  is  humiliating,  after  following  attentively  the  course  of  the  disease 
and  the  method  of  treatment,  to  be  told  that  an  omnibus  was  the 
cause  of  death,  and  to  be  dismissed  without  hearing  the  result  of  the 
autopsy.  Moreover,  we  found  her  style  so  delightful  that  we  would 
have  gladly  followed  the  hero  to  his  last  hemorrhage;  but  that,  too, 
was  denied  us. 

"  Sarah  Grand's  cases  are  open  to  the  same  objection  of  incom- 
pleteness. She  starts  out  enticingly  with  such  a  character,  for  in- 
stance, as  Edith's  husband,  but  leaves  thelatter  and  more  interesting 
phases  of  his  pathological  history  untold.  Asa  general  rule,  how- 
ever, she  comes  up  to  the  requirements  of  modern  fiction:  the  cases 
of  most  of  her  characters  can  be  diagnosed;  and  with  a  little  more 
clinical  experience  we  have  no  doubt  that  her  future  novels  will  be 
above  reproach.  She  will  stand  unchallenged  as  the  novelist  of 
venereal  diseases,  just  as  Du  Maurier  is  first  in  the  field  of  hypnotic 
romance,  and  Beatrice  Harraden  in  the  department  of  laryngeal  and 
pulmonary  complaints." 

After  this  cold-blooded  dissection  the  critic  fires  this  cynical  advice 
at  inexperienced  authors:  "  There  is  danger  lest,  in  the  first  stages 
of  the  medical  movement  in  literature,  young  writers  will  attempt  to 
cover  too  wide  a  pathological  area  in  their  novels,  and  forget  the  in- 
exorable law  of  specialism  that  obtains  in  the  medical  profession  it- 
self. The  specialistic  tendency  in  medicine  must  prevail  in  medical 
fiction,  or  the  results  will  be  unreliable  and  superficial.  There  are 
neurotic  episodes  in  Mrs.  Grand's  otherwise  consistently  venereal 
work  which  we  cannot  condone.  To  introduce  a  paretic  or  ataxic 
patient  in  a  dermatological  novel  would  not  only  destroy  the  unity  of 
the  story  but  would  justly  expose  the  author  to  a  suspicion  of  a  want 
of  thoroughness.  If  the  writer  has  determined  upon  appendicitis  as 
his  plot,  he  should  not  waste  his  energies  upon  irrelevant  dis- 
eases in  his  minor  characters.  He  could  gain  variety  by  intro- 
ducing other  forms  of  enteric  disorders,  but  should  not  exceed  the 
limits  of  the  abdominal  region.  *  *  *  Th£re  will  be  time  enough 
for  the  combination  of  various  ailments  in  a  single  work  when  each 
of  the  departments  of  pathology  has  its  special  novel.  *  *  *  We 
have  no  novel  of  the  ear,  no  drama  of  the  digestive  organs,  no 
romance  of  the  kidneys,  no  pastels  of  the  intestines;  and  these  are 
only  a  few  of  the  countless  fields  of  literary  and  artistic  honors. 
*  *  *  Not  only  will  the  novel  of  the  future  contain  an  ever-increas- 
ing amount  of  medical  material,  but  there  are  signs  of  a  similar 
tendency  in  poetry.  Anatomical  verse  is  even  now  not  uncommon 
nor  is  it  without  serious  intent,  as  is  shown  by  the  following  stanza 
describing  the  mechanics  of  phonation : 

"  '  The  larynx  now  goes  up; 
The  pharynx,  with  a  slam, 
Ejects  the  note 
From  out  the  throat, 
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THE  light  shades  of  bine  which  all  the  summer  we  have  been 
pleased  to  call  periwinkle  blue,  form  many  of  the  autumn 
costumes  in  combination  with  sable,  fanciful  braiding  or  embroidery. 
The  braiding  threatens  to  t>e  particularly  elaborate,  and  it  should  be 
borne  in  mind  that  this  should  only  be  done  by  the  very  best  urtists. 
It  sounds  somewhat  Irish,  but  the  braiding  looks  best  when  done  in 
cord.  Bqi  to  wear  a  plain  cloth  bodice  tight-titting  and  braided  you 
need  to  possess  a  good  rigure,  that  is  to  say,  if  you  wish  to  wear  it 
with  becoming  elegance.  A  fashionable  combination  which  is  at- 
tractive the  while  is  a  brightly  hned  faced  cloth  hemmed  with  cara- 
cole and  outlined  with  glittering  jet.  Jet,  indeed,  promises  to  be  in 
favor  again,  and  one  of  the  most  attractive  trimmings  is  a  pine  pat- 
tern embroidery  with  the  design  traced  with  jet.  The  Indian  shades 
and  designs  in  silk  form  the  most  attractive  of  the  autumn  blouses ; 
and  the  blouse,  in  spite  of  its  many  critics,  still  continues  to  be  the 
idol  of  our  hour.  Black  satin,  too,  is  popular,  and  a  blouse  made  of 
this,  with  a  bos  pleat  down  the  center  of  the  front,  and  a  kilted  frill 
of  cream-colored  lace  either  side,  is  a  delightful  addition  to  any 
tweed  or  Melton  cloth  coat  and  skirt  upon  which  it  may  please  you 
to  bestow  your  patronage. 

The  fashionable  girl  is  investing  her  allowance  in  side  combs.  Her 
willful,  wavy  locks  have  made  them  a  necessity.  She  has  as  many 
sets  as  she  can  afford,  and  is  collecting  them  with  the  same  enthusi- 
asm she  displayed  during  the  souvenir-spoon  craze.  For  morning 
wear  there  are  side  combs  of  tortoise  shell,  made  plain  or  with  narrow 
rim  of  silver.  Those  showing  the  silver  line  look  very  pretty  in  dark 
hair.  Then  there  are  side  combs  finished  with  an  edge  of  enamel. 
These  are  new  and  are  generally  sold  with  a  high  comb  to  match. 
An  exquisite  set  displayed  in  a  fashionable  uptown  jeweler's  con- 
sisted of  two  tortoise  shell  side  combs,  headed  with  a  band  of  pale- 
blue  enamel.  The  high  comb  was  also  of  tortoise  shell  and  showed  a 
row  of  forget-me-nots  across  the  top.  Very  expensive  side  combs  are 
set  with  jewels.  An  odd  set  recently  seen  displayed  a  swarm  of  tiny 
golden  butterflies. 


There  is  a  positive  furore  in  London  and  elsewhere  for  a  caracule. 
Whole  costumes  are  made  of  it ;  Eton  coats  of  it  appear  by  the  dozen, 
and  caracule  jackets,  with  semi-fitting  fronts,  tight  backs  and  limited 
basques  may  be  met  by  the  score.  A  caracule  coat  looks  specially 
well  when  lined  with  cherry-colored  satin,  and  an  edging  of  chin- 
chilla is  an  immense  advantage  to  the  revers.  A  cheaper  substitute 
for  this,  however,  which  is  fairly  successful,  is  gray  astrakhan. 

Round  disc  pins  are  quite  the  thing  now  to  wear  in  the  center  of 
boas,  and  usually  come  in  pairs.  A  lady  who  has  had  several  pairs 
of  the  old-fashioned  round  sleeve  buttons  lying  useless  in  her  jewel 
box  for  years,  has  had  them  recently  made  into  brooches,  and  as  they 
were  all  handsome  after  their  kind  they  make  really  valuable  pins. 
Another  idea  for  utilizing  a  bygone  fashion  is  to  have  small  velvet 
pincushions  inserted  in  old  napkin  rings;  they  make  exceedingly 
pretty  toilet  cushions  for  scarfpins  and  the  like. 

MME.  WARNER,  late  of  New  York  and  Chicago,  opened  dress- 
making parlors  September  lotb  in  the  new  building,  231  Post 
street,  where  she  has  four  handsomely  furnished  rooms,  compris- 
ing an  office,  a  reception  room,  a  private  room  for  ladies,  and  a 
work  room,  tihe  has  bad  sixteen  years'  experiencp,  and  is  the 
San  FratiCi^co representative  of  Bourniche,  of  Paris,  Marie  Schild, 
of  London,  Arnold,  Constable  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  Marshall,  Field 
&  Co.,  of  Chicago,  and  Shillito  Bros.,  of  Cincinnati.  Hence  she  is 
id  possession  of  the  latest  styles  from  London,  Paris  and  New 
York,  and  caters  to  the  best  trade.  She  has  already  built  up  a 
large  business,  which  is  steadily  increasing. 


THE  patrons  of  the  Hotel  Rafael,  who  include  the  best  people 
of  San  Francisco,  were  so  charmed  with  the  wonderful  flowers 
which  grace  the  gardens  of  the  hotel,  that  in  obedience  to  an 
earnest  demand  the  manager  has  opened,  at  216  Post  street,  a 
headquarters  for  the  sale  of  cut  flowers  and  potted  plants  which 
have  made  the  hotel  gardens  famous.  The  display  of  chrysanthe- 
mums is  remarkable.  Flowers  for  interior  decoration  and  potted 
plants  for  ihe  adornment  of  lawns  are  famished  in  endleBS 
variety  and  at  the  most  reasonable  prices. 


Catering  at  house  parties  is  an  art.  The  most  artistic  catering  is 
done  by  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  at  213  Sutter  street.  Roman 
punch,  bon-bons,  ices,  cakes  and  salads  are  served  with  neatness  and 
dispatch.  The  service  used  for  tables  is  perfect.  Swain's  is  the  only 
place  in  the  city  where  breakfast,  luncheon  and  dinner  is  served  in  a 
home-like,  dainty  manner. 

The  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market  street,  has  caught 
the  popular  fancy.  The  fittings  are  in  excellent  taste.  Everything 
is  new  and  neat,  and  the  cuisine  is  unsurpassed.  Polite  native  wait- 
ers in  costume  are  in  attendance,  and  are  prompt  in  meeting  the 
wants  of  customers.  The  prices  are  in  accordance  with  the  times. 
Ladies  and  escorts  after  the  theatre  should  not  fail  to  visit  the  Garden. 


£  jst  a  Tj-  tc^  :n"c:b  . 


PIRK,  MAKINK  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insuranoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL,   $1  000,000    |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC    FIRt    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBIKO,  GERMANY. 

V.  Minis  Drill  .1,1    >i ji.r  lor  the  Pacific  loam  Branch. 

1190  Siinsome  St.,  s.  r. 

Capital  .........   $1 ,500,000,00 

Invested  in  U.  S. *   '654,433.31 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
333  <n morula  St..  S.  F..<'al. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA.  California. 

Storage  capacity,  JLOO.OOO  Tens.      Regular    Warehouse  for  Sam 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  forcleanine 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold. 
If  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-California  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL  «,700,00 

A.OHNTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  31 6  CalHornla  Street,  San  Francisco 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   $19,724,638.46. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  |  Vloe-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTEH 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 

Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 
Capital,  82,250,000.  Total  Assets,  86,854,653  66 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  (ONRAI)  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OP  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HAREY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

110  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

fEstablished  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Establishad  1836.J 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

OEO.  F.  SKA  NT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YOHK. 

Capital  Paid  Up t     500,000 

Assets  3,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,526,157 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
50 1  Montgomery  street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-  WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


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HEN  tbe  flatfy.  breezy  bloomers 

Are  the  universal  go, 
How  will  tailors  press  tbe  creases 
Into  them,  I'd  like  to  know? 

When  the  babv's  head  is  nodding, 

And  it  wants  to  take  a  nap. 
How  can  in  a  mm  a  lull  her  darling 

In  a  bifurcated  lap? 

When  the  chickens  go  a-grubbing 

In  the  garden  in  the  spring. 
How  can  Bridget  "  shoo  "  the  creatures 

With  no  skirts  to  flop  and  fling?— Exchange. 

The  Potato  Bug  and  his  wife  walked  for  a  time  in  silence.  "  My 
dear,"  she  remarked  at  last ,  taking  cognizance  of  his  air  of  abstraction, 
"  voq  seem  constrained  since  the  bureau  of  entomology  discovered 
that  we  belonged  to  that  distinguished  foreign  family  with  the  ancient 
name.  Are  you  not  glad  ?  "  The  eyes  of  the  Doryphora  Lineata 
swam  with  tears.  "  Noblesse  oblige,"  was  all  he  said,  and  turned 
awav.  — Detroit  Tribune. 

Old  Lady— There  is  one  thing  I  notice  particularly  about  that 
voting  man  who  calls  to  see  you.  He  seems  to  have  an  inborn  in- 
stinctive respect  for  woman  as  though  she  were  a  being  from  a  higher 
sphere,  to  be  approached  with  the  utmost  delicacy  and  deference. 
Granddaughter  (sweet  eighteen)— Yes,  he's  horribly  bashful. 

— Tit  bits. 

Agent— What  was  the  matter  with  your  last  place  ?  Domestic— 
The  couple  had  only  been  married  a  month,  and  I  couldn't  stand  the 
love-making.  Agent— Well,  here's  a  chance  in  a  house  where  the 
couple  have  been  married  ten  years.  -Domestic— That's  too  long;  I 
like  quiet  and  peace.  — Tit  Bits. 

Mrs.  Findesiecle— Without  mentioning  any  names,  I  would  not 
like  to  have  a  husband  that  simply  ruined  me  for  clothes.  Mrs. 
Ni/eka— Is  that  so?  Well,  without  wishing  to  be  personal,  I  shouldn't 
like  to  have  it  said  that  I  was  openly  allowing  my  husband  to  support 
me.  — New  York  World. 

"  Bill."  the  Esquimau  girl  who  came  here  on  the  Falcon,  being 
asked  through  an  interpreter  whether  she  liked  her  own  country  or 
this  better,  replied  that  she  could  tell  better  after  awhile.  Then  she 
devoted  her  attention  solely  to  the  fashion  plate  in  a  magazine. 

— Philadelphia  Ledger. 

Playwright— It  seems  to  me  that  if  I  had  a  better  title  for  my 
drama  it  would  have  more  success.  His  Friend— Call  it  "  Anti-Fat." 
Playwright— Why  so?  Friend— I  see  that  it  has  reduced  the  audi- 
ence more  than  one-half  in  less  than  an  hour. 

Jiggs — Did  you  hear  about  that  burglar  who  was  half  killed  by 
Mrs.  Mopfloor"?  Jaggs— Yes.  How  did  it  happen?  Jiggs— She  was 
sitting  up  waiting  for  her  husband,  and  she  met  the  burglar  in  a  dark 
hall,  walking  in  his  stocking  feet.  — New  York  World. 

Mrs.  Wabash— Don't  you  think  marriage  is  a  failure?  Seward — 
No  indeed.  Mrs.  Wabash— Why,  are  you  a  married  man  in  love 
with  your  wife  ?  Seward— I  should  say  not;  but  I'm  a  divorce  law- 
yer. —  Vogue. 

"It's  dreadfully  disagreeable,  this  red  nose  of  mine."  "  I  can't  see 
how."  "  Possibly  not.  But  bow  would  you  like  to  have  every  third 
man  you  meet  ask  you  if  you  have  a  corkscrew  about  you?  " 

— Fliegende  Blaetter. 

From  the  report  of  a  missionary  to  Africa:  "  My  congregation  re- 
fuse to  give  up  cannibalism,  but  I  have  succeeded  so  far  in  improving 
their  tastes  that  they  now  eat  with  knives  and  forks."       — Tit  Bits. 

"  Hinges  has  invented  a  trunk  that's  going  to  bring  him  a  fortune." 
"What  is  it?"  "The  lid  is  on  the  under  side,  so  that  everything 
that  is  packed  at  the  bottom  will  be  on  top."  — Answers. 

Peecival— Miss  Walker  does  not  seem  to  be  a  very  warm  friend  of 
yours,  Winifred.  Winifred— No;  I  believe  she  and  my  mother  had 
some  sort  of  a  quarrel  when  they  were  girls.  — Vogue. 

Daughter— 1  love  him.  He  is  the  light  of  my  life.  Father— Well, 
that's  all  right;  but  I  object  to  having  my  house  lit  up  by  him  after 
midnight.  — Pearson's  Weekly. 

Magistrate — And  did  they  ever  find  any  clew  to  that  murder  mys- 
tery ?  Officer— Yes,  sir;  they've  found  the  body  of  the  murdered 
man.  — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

"  He  wishes  to  be  a  candidate,  you  say?  Is  he  in  touch  with  the 
people  ?"    'I  can't  say  that  he  is;  but  he  is  rich  and  can  be  touched." 

— New  York  Press. 

A   Late    Breakfast 

is  often  caused  by  a  late  milkman.  No  cream  for  the  coffee  or  oat- 
meal has  delayed  many  a  morning  meal.  Keep  a  supply  of  Borden's 
Peerless  Brand  Evaporated  Cream  in  the  house,  and  avoid  such  an- 
noyances.   

There  is  only  one  thing  that  can  be  used  as  a  safe-guard  in  this 
climate,  which  is  likely  to  vary  wonderfully  in  the  course  of  a  single 
day,  as  strangers  sometimes  learn  to  their  cost  and  discomfort,  and 
that  is  a  glass  of  John  F.  Cutter  Whisky.  It  stimulates  the  mind 
and  keeps  the  body  warm  and  comfortable.  All  coiinoisseurs  use 
the  J.  F.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon,  and  recommend  it  to  all  who  wish 
for  a  high  grade  of  whisky.  E.  Martin  and  Co.,  408  Front  street,  are 
the  agents. 


CALIFORNIA   SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   GO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  *i, OOO.OOO. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.  D.  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Ma lzf.h.  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  Is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  Income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  Individual 
In  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  aud  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deports  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 

Eer  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
earing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon. 

REXTS    SAFES  inside  Us  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $6  per 
annum  upwardB,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 
at  low  rates. 
WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


N.  W.  Corner  Sansome  and  Basil  Streets, 

Established  1870.  TJ.  S.  Depositary. 

Capital  (Paid  Up) $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $75,196 

S.  G.  MURPHY President  I 

JAMES  MOFFITT  ..  .Vice-President  \  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  S  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  JameB  D.  Phelan,  JameB  Moffitt, 

'Ihomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D,  Harvey. 

A  General  Banking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  $5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter},  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Office  hours,  8  a..  M.to6p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital.   .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up  . .  $2,450,000 

Reserve    $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  CaliforniaSt.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115t>  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,   ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSrAV  PRIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— u-exel.  Morgan  &  Co     BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital... $2,500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital.  .$2,00  0,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cle, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUMJ  „„„„ 
C.  ALTSCHUL  j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL...  $1,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &.  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  P.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller.  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York—  Drexel,  Morgan  <fe  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics'  Bank.  Kansas  City— FirstNational Bank.  London--Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjefl  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         |         E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN Vice  .resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 


222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADE 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord  Jerome  Lincoln  H.  H.  Hewlett 

Wm  Babcock  O.  D.  Baldwin  A.  K.  P.  Harmon 

Adam  Grant  W.S.Jones  J.  B.  Randol. 


GARDEN  HOSE. 


Black  line  Spiral 

Cotton  Rubber-Lined  Hose 

Will  stand  300  lbs.  pressure  to  the  square  inch  and  will  outlast 
the  best  rubber  hose  manufactured.    Try  a  length. 

BOSTON  WOVEN  HOSE  AND  RUBBER  CO., 

14-16  Fremont  St.,  S.  F.,Cal. 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  20,  1894. 


THE  offer  of  a  prize  of  one  thousand  gaiDeas  by  the  London 
Statist,  for  the  best  scheme  of  a  customs  union  for  the  British 
empire,  directs  fresh  attention  to  a  problem  of  vast  importance, 
the  solution  of  which  has  baffled  statesmen  foi  ibe  past  decade. 
The  consolidation  of  the  British  colonies  and  possessions  into  a 
commercial  union  with  each  other  and  with  the  parent  country 
means  a  revolution  in  the  trade  of  the  world.  The  difficulty 
which  stands  in  the  way  of  its  accomplishment — and  it  seems 
almost  insurmountable — is  the  wide  variety  which  exists  in  the 
fiscal  systems  of  the  various  colonies.  That  is  a  difficulty  that 
could  be  overcome  in  regard  to  the  Crown  colonies;  but  the  most 
important  of  these  countries  enjoy  constitutional  and  representa- 
tive institutions  of  government  of  their  own  which  make  them 
practically  independent;  and,  generally  speaking,  these  fiscal  sys- 
tems are  founded  on  a  pronounced  public  sentiment  of  a  local 
character  which  is  not  disposed  to  forego  apparent  domestic  ad- 
vantages in  favor  of  the  wider  and  granderidea  of  imperial  feder- 
ation for  commercial  purposes.  Some  of  these  systems  are  based 
upon  the  protective  principle  and  ethers  on  the  principle  which 
seeks  to  free  commerce  and  industry  as  far  as  possible  from  gov- 
ernmental interference.  Upon  its  face  the  task  of  grafting  a 
customs  union  upon  this  variety  of  tariff  theories  would  seem  to 
be  impossible  without  a  political  union  which  will  establish  a 
central  authority  that  will  have  charge  of  the  fiscal  laws  of  the 
entire  empire — and  political  federation  of  the  empire  is  not  now, 
and  probably  never  will  be  in  the  category  of  practical  things. 
Years  have  been  spent  in  an  unsuccessful  effort  to  establish  the 
principle  of  local  autonomy  and  imperial  federation  in  the  parent 
country,  for  that  is  the  proposition  that  is  really  involved  in  the 
modern  agitation  for  home  rule.  The  amount  of  theprias  offered 
by  the  Statist  is  sufficient  to  set  the  brightest  intellects  uf  the  day 
at  work  on  the  problem,  and  the  result  of  their  labors  will  be 
looked  for  with  interest. 

The  news,  at  the  time  of  writing,  from  the  seat  of  war  in  Asia 
seems  to  indicate  that  what  may  be  termed  the  beginning  of  the 
end  is  at  hand.  All  this  talk  about  China's  resources  being  inex- 
hausted,  and  her  being  able  to  prolong  the  war  indefinitely,  is 
sheer  nonsense.  The  army  which  is  now  said  to  be  confronting 
the  Japanese  on  the  Yalu  river  is  probably  the  only  one  which 
China  possesses  that  is  capable  of  taking  the  field  II  it  suffers  a 
pronounced  defeat  and  Port  Arthur  is  captured,  the  backbone  of 
China's  milittry  and  naval  power  will  be  effectually  broken,  and 
there  would  seem  to  be  nothing  to  prevent  the  capture  of  Pekin. 
Should  this  prove  to  be  a  correct  view  of  the  situation,  the  next 
few  days  will  possibly  make  a  great  deal  of  Oriental  history.  A 
Japanese  reverse  means  a  prolongation  of  the  straggle  with  the 
probabilities  strongly  favoring  Japan's  ultimate  success;  a  Chi- 
nese reverse  can  scarcely  fail  to  produce  results  that  are  equiva- 
lent to  a  complete  national  defeat.  The  Chinese  government,  it 
must  be  recollected  in  this  connection,  has  more  than  tbe  Japan- 
ese enemy  to  contend  with.  It  has  to  keep  in  subjection  its  own 
unruly  people.  The  Chinese  people,  though  they  are  so  closely 
woven  together  and  so  full  of  racial  prejudice  toward  foreigners, 
are  a  turbulent  lot  and  utterly  wanting  in  intelligent  patriotism. 
To  them  the  government  is  at  all  times  an  instruaient  of  oppres- 
sion rather  than  a  source  of  national  pride,  and  its  physical  em- 
barrassments are  their  opportunity  for  an  exhibition  of  resent- 
ment. That  is  the  meaning  of  the  Hankow  revolt  and  the  other 
evidences  of  disloyalty  which  have  been  reported  in  various  parts 
of  China  since  the  war  began.  There  is  no  dynastic  sentiment 
involved  in  these  emeutes.  They  are  simply  rowdy  protests 
against  a  governmental  system  that  is  lacking  in  conscience  and 
which  rules  by  force  alone.  The  force  being  manacled  the  resent- 
ment asserts  itself.  This  is  what  makes  China,  with  all  her  vast 
population  aad  resources,  a  pigmy  in  war.  The  people  do  not 
yield  a  willing  obedience  to  the  national  authority.  They  are  really 
a  source  of  weakness  instead  of  strength  to  that  authority. 

For  the  present  the  projected  interference  of  the  great  powers 
in  the  Eastern  war  seems  to  be  held  in  abeyance,  but  it  may 
safely  be  said  that  two-thirds  of  the  rumors  which  have  been 
published  in  regard  to  this  pha-e  of  the  matter  have  bad  no  other 
basis  than  guess-work.  Some  of  these  rumors  were  grotesque  in 
their  character.  One  was  to  the  effect  that  a  8t.  Petersburg 
official  paper  had  outlined  a  scheme  under  which  England, 
Prance,  and  Russia  were  to  join  in  seizing  China;  another  was  to 
the  effect  that  joint  intervention  waa  impossible,  because  the 
German  Emperor,  out  of  a  chivalrous  regard  for  the  Czar's  present 
condition,  had  refused  to  join  the  movement.  These  statements 
are  palpable  fakes.  The  time  does  not  seem  to  be  .ripe  for  inter- 
vention, and  it  is  unlikely  that  anything  has  been  done,  looking 
toward  such  a  step,  further  than  to  get  an  understanding  of  the 
views  of  the  powers  in  regard  to  what  should  be  done  when  the 
time  for  action  arrives. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


21 


A     REMARKABLE    ROBBERY 


UP  to  tbe  lime  of  this  writing  the  daily  papers  have  overlooked 
some  very  important  lines  of  irquiry  concerning  the  train 
robbery  on  Thursday  night  of  Inst  week  near  Sacramento.  For 
instance,  they  have  made  no  intelligent  inquiry  into  a  singular 
coincidence  between  the  fact  of  the  robbery  and  the  shipment  of 
$50,000  in  one  sum  for  a  definite  purpose.  This  coincidence  is  atl 
the  more  valuable  from  tbe  fact  that  this  was  tbe  first  shipment 
of  a  large  sum  to  one  consignee  that  Wells,  Fargo  A  Co.  have 
made  for  a  long  time,  and  yet  this  particular  train  was  the  one 
that  was  robbed.  In  the  work  of  "elimination,"  of  which  we 
have  heard  90  much  recently,  we  have  been  led  by  the  daily 
papers  to  concentrate  our  attention  on  the  men  at  Sacramento 
who  were  recently  engaged  in  tbe  great  railroad  strike;  but  it  is 
more  than  likely  that  the  proper  piece  for  the  beginning  of  the 
process  of  "elimination"  is  San  Francisco.  Suppose  it  should  be  as- 
certained that  this  particular  sum  of  money  was  needed  for  tbe 
current  expenses  of  a  mine  in  a  town  where  there  is  no  bank, 
that  the  money  was  directed  to  be  sent  to  the  mine  by  a  San  Fran- 
cisco bank,  and  that  the  bank  forwarded  the  coin  through  Wells, 
Fargo  it  Co.  It  would  be  interesting  to  ascertain  who  in  the  bank 
knew  of  the  transaction,  who  carried  the  moDey  from  the  bank 
to  the  express  office,  and  who  accompanied  it  thence  across  tbe 
bay  to  the  mole,  and  what  telegrams  were  tent  from  San  Fran- 
cisco to  Sacramento  on  that  day.  It  would  be  interesting  further 
to  inquire  what  mine  the  money  was  seDt  to,  and  who  about  the 
mine  knew  that  it  had  been  ordered.  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  and 
banks  also,  are  extremely  cautious  in  forwarding  so  large  an 
amount  of  money,  and  very  few  persons  in  their  service  are  per- 
mitted to  have  knowledge  of  the  fact.  Thus,  at  the  express  office 
there  is  a  private  office  in  which  such  transactions  are  attended  to 
with  careful  secrecy,  so  that  the  number  of  persons  having  legiti- 
mate knowledge  of  the  matter  are  very  few  anu  are  known.  Tbe 
process  of  "  elimination  "  both  at  the  bank  and  tbe  express  office 
is  very  simple.  So  much  care  is  not  generally  exercised  at  the 
mines,  and  hence  the  process  of  "elimination"  as  beLween  the 
bank  and  the  express  office  on  one  hand  and  the  mine  ou  the 
other  need  not  be  difficult.  And  hence  tbe  telegraph  office  at  San 
Francisco  is  not  the  only  one  that  might  yield  a  clew. 

8uppose,  merely  as  a  theory,  that  no  mine  wanted  any  money 
for  current  expenses,  and  yet  that  money  for  that  purpose  had 
been  ordered ;  suppose  that  a  certain  number  of  men,  say  five,  had 
raised  $10,000  each  and  had  taken  it  to  a  bank  in  San  Francisco 
and  directed  that  the  money  be  sent  to  any  certain  person  at  any 
particular  place,  with  or  without  specifying  the  intended  use  of 
the  money.  Then  it  would  be  interesting  to  ascertain  who  de- 
posited tbe  money  for  transmission,  whether  an  exact  day  for  its 
forwarding  was  stipulated,  and  who  was  to  receive  it.  This  might 
result  in  the  "  elimination  "  of  all  bank,  express,  and  possibly 
mine  employees. 

The  coincidence  of  the  shipment  of  this  large  sum  and  tbe  fact 
of  the  robbery  is  too  conspicuous  to  be  overlooked;  it  indicates 
knowledge  of  the  shipment  and  an  intention  to  rob.  Equally  re- 
markable is  the  coincidence  between  the  presence  of  the  robbers 
and  that  of  the  track-walker  at  a  particular  and  essential  time 
and  place,  and  the  coincidence  of  their  presumably  not  having 
means  for  stopping  the  train,  and  the  track-walker's  supply  of 
the  necessary  articles — a  lantern  and  torpedoes.  But  a  lantern 
alone  would  have  sufficed,  and  they  may  have  had  one.  Still, 
'•.he  laying  of  the  torpedoes  in  such  a  manner  as  to  halt  the  train 
instead  of  cautioning  it  to  proceed  slowly  is  very  peculiar.  That 
circumstance,  however,  is  of  no  greater  value  in  indicating  the 
direct  handiwork  of  experienced  railroad  men  than  the  ability 
shown  by  the  robbers  to  run  the  engine;  for  to  start,  stop,  and 
reverse  the  engine  are  the  simplest  of  matters,  requiring  no  more 
information  than  that  which  most  men  possess  and  which  tbe 
robbers  could  have  acquired  in  the  short  run  with  the  engineer 
after  tbe  uncoupling  of  the  passenger  cars.  Now,  to  implicate 
any  Sacramento  strikers  in  the  robbery  seems  unavoidably  to  re- 
quire that  tbey  should  have  had  full  knowledge  of  the  shipment. 
How  could  they  have  received  it?  More  than  that,  the  robbers 
apparently  had  made  careful  preparations,  which  means  fore- 
knowledge extending  over  an  appreciable  time.  How  could  they 
have  acquired  it? 

Coincidences  are  of  value  in  proportion  only  to  the  rarity  of 
their  quality  and  the  frequency  of  their  occurrence.  The  coinci- 
dences in  this  case  are  not  only  numerous  but  of  an  unexpected 
character.  The  daily  papers  have  an  opportunity  to  do  some  in- 
telligent work  by  studying  them. 


GENERAL  Lew  Wallace's  new  book,  The  Prince  of  India, 
bears  tbe  unmistakable  stamp  of  the  author  of  Ben  Hur. 
Like  Ben  Hur,  it  abounds  in  dramatic  situations  and  incidents, 
which  are  set  forth  in  a  style  that  is  the  author's  own.  Tbe  book 
is  rich  in  wise  and  noble  sentiments,  set  fortb  in  vigorous  and 
beautiful  language.  General  Wallace  will  deliver  two  lectures 
here  on  Tuesday  evening,  October  30tb,  and  Friday  evening, 
November  2d,  at  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Hall.  His  subjects  will  be  "Turkey 
and  the  Turks,"  and  "How  I  came  to  write  Ben  Hur." 


GOLD. 
GOLD. 
GOLD. 


SUFFICIENT  FOR  ALL. 


It  is  folly  to  hesitate  in  grasping  the  opportunity 
of  a  life-time,  investigate  carefully  and  quickly.  Times 
are  fast  improving,  and  this  chance  to  acquire  a  part- 
nership in  a  genuine  Cripple  Creek  Gold  Mine  is  not 
offered  generally  or  indefinitely.  Delays  are  danger- 
ous. Equal  consideration  given  to  small  investors  as 
larger  ones.  Natural  advantages  for  economical  min- 
ing. Our  company  probably  possesses  the  direct  con- 
tinuation of  the  richest  "Gold"  vein  ever  discovered. 

THE  BROKEN  HILL 
GOLD  MINING  COMPANY 

Located  in  the  heart  of  the  "Cripple  Creek  Gold  Fields," 
El  Paso  County,  Colorado.  Capitalized  for  one  million 
shares,  fully  paid  and  forever  non-assessable,  one-half 
remaining  in  the  treasury,  one  hundred  thousand 
offered  at  10  cents  per  share,  proceeds  to  be  utilized  in 
systematic  development,  purchasing  additional  prop- 
erty, erecting  machinery,  buildings,  etc.  The  company 
owns  eight  acres  3000  feet  south  of  the  famous  Inde- 
pendence and  the  properties  of  the  Portland  Company, 
which  recently  paid  a  cash  dividend  of  ninety  thousand 
dollars.  This  is  the  same  locality  as  all  of  the  great 
South  Battle  Mountain  Mines,  undoubtedly  the  richest 
gold  territory  in  the  world.  We  have  an  enormous 
vein,  and  if  it  continues  to  improve,  all  shares  will  be 
shortly  withdrawn  from  the  market,  as  we  are  liable  to 
encounter  a  large  body  of  ore  at  any  time.  Every  share 
is  equal.no  preferred  stock,  all  dividends  declared  alike, 
mining  operations  steadily  progressing  under  intelli- 
gent direction. 

$   5  Purchases  50  Shares. 
25    "     250   " 


50 

II 

500 

500 

If 

5000 

1000 

if 

10,000 

Only  half  cash  required  on  blocks  of  5000  and  over. 
Funds  must  accompany  all  orders.  Telegraph  at  our 
expense.  The  labor  strike  is  positively  settled  for  all 
time;  everything  is  now  favorable  to  a  boom.  Tbe 
officers  are: 

JOHN  E.  PHILLIPS,  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  President. 
LICROY  MOORE,  Greenville,  Michigan,  Vice-President. 
FRANK  H.  PETT1NGKLL,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Secretary. 
A.  B.  NOXON,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Assistant  Secretary. 
LEWIS  A.  CIVILL.  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Treasurer. 
SAMUEL  H.  KINSLEY,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Attorney. 
GEORGE  S.  COWDERY,  Canon  City,  Colo.,  Manager. 
J.  S.  LUCRAFT,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo.,  Consulting  Engineer. 
J.  6.  PICKANDS,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Eastern  Eepresentative. 
All  orders  or  inquiries  ihould  be  addressed  to 

F.  H.    PETTINGELL, 

Official  Broker, 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.; 
U.S.  A.  Vice-Presidentof  the  Colorado  Mining  Stock  Exchange,  Den 
ver,  Colo.    Member  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Mining  Stock  Exchange' 

REFERENCES— 

Any  Bank  in  El  Paso  County. 

Dun's  Mercantile  Agency. 

Cable  Address  "Cripple."  ^end  for  Telegraphic  Ciphers. 

P.  O.  Drawer  27. 


Telephone  228. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


October  20,  1894. 


TRIFLES  make  up  the  sum  of  one's  existence,  and  trifles  may 
be  said  to  make  up  the  sum  of  society's  enjoyment  ai  the 
pre-ent  Lime.  Teas  are  siill  in  order,  and  will  no  doubt  continue 
to  be  given  in  spite  of  hopes  and  protests  to  the  contrary.  Miss 
Kmnia  Butler's  tea  d'adieu  for  Miss  Ethel  Murphy,  which  was  given 
at  the  Richelieu,  was  one  of  the  prettiest  of  the  autumn  season.  Miss 
Behlow's  tea  was  another  pretty  affair,  and  the  same  can  be  said  of 
Miss  Sallie  Maynard's  tea,  at  whicn  Miss  May  Belle  Gwin  appeared 
as  chief  guest.  Among  other  tea  hostesses  are  Mrs.  Sidney  Smith 
and  Mrs.  Jones;  and  Mrs.  Eustace  Barron  has  taken  quite  a  promi- 
nent part  m  recent  entertainments,  her  pink  tea  being  spoken  of  in 
very  complimentary  terms,  while  as  a  dinner  and  a  theatre-party 
hostess  she  has  also  shown  with  much  lustre.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barron 
have  also  beeu  the  chief  guests  at  several  gatherings,  notably  Miss 
Burling's  tea,  Colonel  Horace  Piatt's  luncheon  at  the  Bohemian  Club, 
and  the  dinner  given  by  Fred  Webster  at  the  Maison  Ricke,  at  which 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oelrichs  also  appeared  as  guests  of  honor. 

The  new  departure  of  the  Union  League  Club  in  giving  a  "  Ladies' 
Night  "  in  their  handsome  quarters  at  the  Palace  Hotel  proved  a 
genuine  success.  The  members  exerted  themselves  to  please  their 
fair  guests,  and  under  such  circumstances  were  they  ever  known  to 
fail  ?  Palms  and  sniilax,  roses,  crysanthemums,  and  other  blossoms 
were  mingled  artistically  in  the  decorations  of  the  apartments,  and 
after  the  vocal  part  of  the  entertainment— in  which  Mrs.  Paxton  and 
Messrs.  Coffin  and  Fleming  took  part— had  been  enjoyed,  dancing 
was  the  order  of  the  night,  interrupted  only  by  the  delicious  supper 
which  served  as  a  climax  to  the  pleasures  of  the  occasion. 

Mr.  Greenway  is  rivalling  all  past  records  as  host  of  theatre  and 
concert  parties,  and  the  little  suppers  which  invariably  follow  after, 
Scheel'sand  the  Tivoli  being  just  now  his  chosen  field  of  action. 
Last  Monday  night  was  a  great  one  for  theatre  parties,  every  house 
in  the  city  boasting  of  several;  but  the  largest  one  ever  given  in  San 
Francisco  was  present  that  night  at  Scheel's  Auditorium  where  a 
packed  audience  assembled  to  enjoy  Strauss's  music,  which  they  did 
most  thoroughly.  A  "long-felt  want"  seems  to  have  been  rilled  by 
the  opening  of  this  concert  hall;  and  as  it  is  the  correct  thing  at 
present  to  make  up  parties  to  that  abode  of  melody,  there  is  not  a 
night  in  the  week  that  society  cannot  be  counted  there  in  large  num- 
bers, and  parties  of  from  half  a  dozen  to  twenty  or  more  are  to  be 
seen  dotted  all  over  the  house.  On  Saturday  evening  Mrs.  E.  J. 
Coleman  gave  a  concert  party  for  her  niece,  Miss  May  Belle  Gwin, 
which  was  followed  by  supper  at  her  residence  on  Hyde  street,  and  a 
few  evenings  previously  Mrs.  Ellicott  was  chaperone  to  another  one 
got  up  by  Miss  Emma  Butler. 

Mrs.  Downey  Harvey.  Mrs.  Martin,  and  Mr.  Peter  Dean  are 
among  recent  dinner-givers,  and  two  of  those  entertainments  which 
were  remarkable  for  their  elegance  were  given  by  Mrs.  Sylvian 
Weill  and  by  Mrs.  Sig.  Stern,  both  of  them  being  in  compliment  to 
David  Weill,  of  Paris,  who  is  at  present  visiting  San  Francisco. 

The  young  people's  dance  given  by  Misses  Annie  and  Hazel  Mont- 
gomery at  the  home  of  their  mother,  on  Vallejo  street,  last  Saturday 
evening,  was  a  very  pleasant  affair.  The  guests  of  the  occasion  came 
from  the  Stanford  University,  and  in  compliment  to  them  red  was 
the  dominant  hue  in  the  decorations  of  the  rooms.  The  entire  lowtr 
floor  of  the  house  was  thrown  open,  and  both  the  dancing  and  the 
bounteous  supper  which  followed  were  very  thoroughly  enjoyed. 

The  navy  yard,  Mare  Island,  was  the  point  of  attraction  last  Tues- 
day, and  a  large  party  went  up  from  the  city  to  witness  the  naval 
drill  and  enjoy  the  numerous  little  luncheens  which  were  given  at 
the  homes  of  the  resident  officers.  Apropos  of  Mare  Island,  the  new 
Captain  of  the  Yard,  Captain  A.S.  Barker,  U.  S.  N.,  is  by  no  means  a 
stranger  in  San  Francisco,  for  as  long  ago  as  the  middle  sixties  he 
was  quite  a  beau  in  our  society  circles  of  that  day  during  the  frequent 
visits  to  this  port  of  the  flag-ship  Lancaster,  on  which  vessel  he  was 
Flag  Lieutenant  to  Admiral  Pierson.  He  finds  many  changes  here 
since  then,  but  has  been  fortunate  enough  to  find  a  number  still  re- 
maining of  his  old  friends  of  those  days,  with  whom  he  was  a  great 
favorite. 

An  entertainment  for  the  benefit  of  the  Fruit  and  Flower  Mission 
will  be  given  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  October  31st,  at  the  California 
Theatre.  The  programme  will  be  one  of  unusual  attractiveness;  the 
leading  talent  from  all  the  prominent  theatres  will  assist.  The  meri- 
torious work  accomplished  by  this  well-known  charity  is  sufficient 
proof  of  the  worthiness  of  the  undertaking.  Tickets,  including  re- 
served seats,  for  $1  may  be  purchased  from  the  officers  and  member-! 
of  the  association,  and  also  at  the  White  House,  corner  of  Post  and 
Kearny  streets.  The  entire  receipts  will  be  turned  over  for  this  bene- 
fit, arrangements  having  been  perfected  whereby  everything  from  the 
theatre  to  the  printing,  etc,  is  donated  without  any  cost. 

The  latest  novelties  ia  ArtaudOrnameats  from  Paris,  Berlin,  aod  Vieuua 
just  arrived  at  3.  A.  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  Btreet. 


Among  the  entertainments  this  week  are  the  luncheon  at  Mrs.  Mc- 
Michael's  and  the  tea  given  by  Mrs.  Emily  Hager  on  Wednesday 
last.  At  the  latter  the  fair  hostess  had  a  number  of  pretty  maidens 
to  assist  her  in  her  duties  to  her  guests,  who  were  all  young  people. 
The  floral  decorations  were  beautiful,  theorchestral  music  delightful . 
the  refreshments  delicious,  and  the  affair  altogether  charming. 


The  Nursery  for  Homeless  Children  wdl  be  the  beneficiary  of  an 
entertainment  which  is  to  be  given  in  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace 
Hotel  next  Tuesday  evening,  and  for  which  a  most  attractive  musical 
and  literary  programme  has  been  arranged.  To-day,  at  the  residence 
of  Mrs.  Will  Fisher,  on  Sutter  street,  the  lady  managers  of  the  Little 
Sisters'  Infant  Shelter  will  give  a  tea  and  musical  for  the  benefit  of 
thatcharity,  the  hours  being  from  2  o'clock  until  5,  and  from  8  till 

11  P.  M. 


There  will  be  a  gala  time  at  the  Press  Club  rooms  (his  evening, 
where  a  reception  and  jinks  will  be  held,  at  which  James  V.  Coleman 
will  be  chief  guest.  Among  the  good  things  promised  are  songs, 
stories,  recitations,  etc.,  to  say  nothing  of  refreshments  of  varied 
kinds  for  the  inner  man. 


For  the  moment  there  is  a  lull  in  both  weddings  and  engagement 
announcements,  though  there  is  not  a  total  absence  of  either.  An 
interesting  marriage  engagement  in  Jewish  circles  has  just  been 
made  known  between  Miss  Fanny  Sachs  and  Morris  Mitau.  of  the 
firm  of  Jules  Levy  &  Brother,  the  family  of  the  bride  elect  being 
among  San  Francisco's  earliest  residents.  Two  other  announce- 
ments are  those  of  Miss  Helen  Andros  and  Mr.  Hengsteller,  and  of 
Miss  Florence  Livingston  and  Henry  Morriss.  The  marriage  of  Miss 
Rose  Hart  and  Charles  Hymann,  which  was  celebrated  in  the  Maple 
R)om  of  the  Palace  Hotel  on  Thursday  evening,  was  one  of  the 
events  of  the  week.  Rumor  has  it  that  society  may  soon  expect 
an  announcement  of  Miss  Mollie  Torbert's  engagement  to  a  wealthy 
gentleman  whom  she  met  on  the  steamer  for  the  Orient,  which  is 
the  reason  why  she  and  Mrs.  Torbert  have  reconsidered  their  inten- 
tion of  spending  this  winter  with  Mrs.  Snyder  in  New  York. 


The  first  cotillion  of  the  Deux  Temps  Club,  which  was  led  by  Doug- 
lass Waterman  and  Miss  Belle  Mhoon;  and  the  luncheon  given  by 
Miss  Coxhead  in  honor  of  Miss  McGrew,  of  Honolulu,  are  among  the 
opening  gaieties  of  the  season  in  Oakland  last  week. 


There  are  several  pleasant  gatherings  on  the  tapis,  and  probably 
those  which  are  looked  forward  to  with  the  most  pleasurable  antici- 
pations are  the  receptions  for  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe  have 
seut  out  cards,  and  which  will  take  place  at  the  Dimond  residence  on 
the  first  and  second  Wednesdays  in  November.  A  welcome  addition 
to  the  hospitable  entertainers  of  our  swim  will  be  the  family  of  Gen- 
eral J.  F.  Houghton,  who,  having  taken  Mrs.  Otis's  residenceon 
Washington  street  for  the  winter  season,  will  no  doubt  maintain  the 
reputation  they  already  enjoy  in  that  line. 


San  Francisco  is  always  happy  to  welcome  agreeable  acquisitions 
to  its  local  society,  and  prominent  among  such  this  season  will  be 
Mrs.  Cohen,  of  Fruitvale,  who  has  decided  to  spend  the  winter  with 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Lansing,  on  Pacific  avenue,  instead  of  the  other 
side  of  the  bay,  as  usual.  Miss  Ethel  Cohen  is  already  as  well  known 
on  this  side  as  the  other,  and  will  be  warmly  greeted  as  a  resident 
member  by  our  young  society,  with  whom  her  lovely  face  and  bright 
vivacity  has  made  her  a  decided  favorite. 

Mrs.  Center,  who  is  quite  convalescent  after  her  recent  serious  ill- 
ness, is  at  home  on  Wednesdays  at  her  handsome  house  on  Fillmore 
and  Vallejo  streets.  Her  sister-in  law,  Miss  Center,  who  has  been 
visiting  her  for  several  weeks  past,  will  remain  as  her  guest  all 
winter.  Mrs.  Horace  Davis,  who  is  rapidly  recovering  from  the 
effects  of  her  accident,  is  now  at  home. again  at  her  residence  on 
Broadway,  having  returned  from  Castle  Crag  last  week.  Mrs.  W.  B. 
Collier  has  been  visiting  at  82G  Ellis  street  during  the  past  week. 
Miss  Hattie  Belle  Goad,  of  Colusa,  has  been  the  guest  of  her  cousin, 
Miss  Ella  Goad,  of  late. 


lwa-ded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


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The  OTily  Pur"  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40   years  the   Standard. 


October  30,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


23 


Thursday  evening  a  delightful  dinner  wa>  Riven  at  the  BohemUn 
Clab  to  .-Mr  Henry  Hevman  by  the  Knight>  ol  the  Round  Table,  a 
ol  twenty-two,  composed  Ol  members  of  the  clab.  The  mem- 
ber* present  were  J.  l>.  Redding,  John  Stanton.  Robert  Fletcher,  J, 
l-athrop.  B.  W.  Hamilton,  Mr.  Heyman, Oonoie von  Gericbton,  Dr. 
Swan,  'leorpe  Bromley,  Horace  Piatt,  lvter  Robertson-,  AhmIt 
Joulltn, George  Nagle.  Charles  »i.  Yale,  Charles  Graham,  Charles 
1'ictinan,  Jumes  Hamilton,  ami  Consul  (jeorge  Hall.  All  the  deco- 
rations were  in  red.  and  the  members  wore  red  robes.  A  conspicu- 
ous adornment  was  a  silhouette  in  red  of  the  owl  on  a  crescent. 
The  tablecloth  WU  red.  as  was  also  the  wine,  which  was  claret, 
although  it  was  called  red  ink.  Even  the  flowers  and  chandelier 
globes  were  red.  It  was  a  merry  supper,  made  particularly  bright 
with  -"iifcrs  and  speeches. 

The  Palace  Hotel,  which  in  former  years  enjoyed  the  distinction 
of  being  the  headquarters  of  many  of  our  most  fashionable  folk  dur- 
ing the  winter  months,  seems  to  have  regained  its  prestige  this  year, 
and  among  those  who  will  be  "at  home''  within  its  walls  for  the  next 
few  month?  are:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Moore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Carolan,  General,  Mrs.  and  Miss  linger,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Prury  Malone, 
Mrs.  Simpkins  and  Miss  Alice,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Eyre,  Miss  Mary 
Eyre.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  <  .  P.  Pougberty,  Miss  Ada  Pougherty,  Miss 
Blanch  Hoge.  Hiss  I  talaris  Hoge,  Mrs.  Berger,  Miss  Helene  Berger, 
etc.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tim  Hopkins  are  spending  the  month  of  October 
there. 

Mrs.  and  Hiss  McEarland  will  be  at  home  every  first  and  third  Fri- 
day at  2241  Jackson  street.  Mrs.  Mansfield  Lovell  and  her  sister, 
Miss  Hathawav,  will  receive  on  the  first  and  second  Mondays  at  the 
Pleasanton.  Mrs.  G.  W.  Grannis's  days  are  the  first  and  third 
Thursdays  of  the  month  at  1320  Leavenworth  street.  Mrs.  and  Miss 
Boggs  will  receive  on  Mondays  at  the  Richelieu.  Mrs.  George  H. 
Howard  will  pass  the  winter  season  with  her  mother,  Mrs. 
Schmieden,  at  that  lady's  residence  on  Post  street.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 
W.  Frink  are  at  the  Pleasanton  for  the  winter  months.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  H.  .Tewett  have  returned  from  their  visit  East. 


Society  is  anticipating  much  pleasure  this  winter  in  the  re-opening, 
so  to  speak,  of  the  famous  old-lime  hospitality  at  theGwin  mansion, 
presided  over  so  gracefully  by  Mrs.  E.  J.  Coleman  and  her  sister,  Miss 
Carrie  Gwin.  The  motif  for  their  entertaining  will  be  the  debut  into 
the  swim  of  their  lovely  niece,  Miss  May  Belle  Gwin. 

Mrs.  Frank  Newlands's  sweet  face,  with  its  soft,  sad  expression,  has 
been  a  welcome  sight  to  her  many  friends,  who  have  warmly  greeted 
her  return  from  Washington  I  he  past  week.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newiands 
will  not  remain  very  long  with  us,  however,  Congressional  duties  call- 
ing them  to  the  Nation's  capital  in  a  few  weeks. 

An  able  lecture  was  delivered  Wednesday  afternoon  before  the 
Laurel  Hall  Club  at  Golden  Gate  Hall  by  President  Jordan  of  Stan- 
ford University.  There  was  a  large  attendance,  and  Mrs.  Alexander 
Sharon  presided  with  her  customary  grace. 


THE  Hotel  Pleasanton,  corner  of  Sutter  and  Jones  streets,  com- 
bines every  comfort  of  a  family  hotel  and  every  convenience 
of  a  commercial  hotel.  This  is  so  rare  and  valuable  a  combination 
that  the  popularity  of  the  Pleasanton  is  not  a  matter  of  wonder. 
The  most  accomplished  chef  presides  in  the  kitchen,  the  waiters 
are  the  best  to  be  had,  and  the  calls  on  the  office  are  attended  to 
with  the  greatest  promptness.  For  out-of-town  residents  who 
wish  to  secure  comfort,  luxury,  and  security,  the  Pleasanton  is 
an  ideal  stopping  place.  The  elegance  of  tone  pervading  this 
popular  establishment  is  not  the  least  of  its  attractions. 


THE  quarterly  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Mercantile 
Library  Association  will  take  place  on  Thursday  evening, 
October  25th,  at  8  p.  m.,  in  the  Library  Building,  corner  of 
Golden  Gate  and  Van  NesB  avenues.  As  the  matters  to  be  con- 
sidered at  this  meeting  are  of  vital  importance,  all  members  of 
the  Library  Association  and  of  the  M,  L.  Auxiliary  are  urged  to 
be  present,  and  all  who  are  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the 
Library  are  cordially  invited.  There  will  be  an  address  by  General 
W.  H.  L.  Barnes,  and  other  prominent  speakers  are  expected  to 
be  present. 

A  TREAT  is  in  store  for  those  who  will  attend  the  lecture  on 
"Scottish  Traits,"  which  will  be  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Robert  Mackenzie  in  the  Association  Hall  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  building  next  Thurday  evening.  It  will  be 
for  the  benefit  of  "The  Doctor's  Daughters,"  an  association  com- 
posed of  forty  young  ladies  of  Dr.  Mackenzie's  church  who  look 
after  the  needs  of  the  poor  and  the  ill.  The  admission  fee  is  fifty 
cents. 


THE  candidacy  of  O.  F.  Willey  for  the  office  of  Public  Adminis- 
trator is  drawing  the  support  of  a  large  number  of  the  best 
citizens.  Mr.  Willey  has  fully  established  himself  as  an  able 
business  man  and  an  upright  and  public-spirited  citizen.  No  one 
could  doubt  for  a  moment  that  if  elected  he  would  fill  the  office 
with  the  dignity,  ability,  and  honesty  which  are  required  and 
expected. 


^  hat  i  himney  to  use  for 
your  burner  or  lamp? 

rhe  "  Index  to  Chimneys" 
tells. 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  for  it. 

No  burner  or  lamp  burns 
well  with  wrong-shape  chim- 
neys. 

Pearl  glass,  pearl  top,  tough 
glass. 


oyjo  jfotyit/Ws  ijis, 


Established  1879. 


411  Bush  Street.  Opposite 
the  New  California  Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 

oyster  ay*  cuyg?  pprcors. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEttR.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaus, 
Pilseu,  Bohemia;  Aciien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culrabach,  Bavaria. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 
•"pHERE'S  many  a  man— saiut  or  sinner— 
A    Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  eomme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it — 

Where  the   choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage    pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

Ajid  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

"  Oalifornians  "  or  "  Easterns."  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  ihe  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  laud 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

New   Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Placer  county,  California 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  11th  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  27)  of  Five  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  19th  Day  of  November,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  10th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 
F  F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

louis  I^oederer  ^tya/r^pa^ 

Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence: 

<5arte  Blanche,  a  wen  wine. 
(Jrar?d  l/ii?  See,  a  Dry  wine. 

B  fdl  t    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

Tie  Highest  Oracle  In  tbe  World. 

„_  -Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 
be Thad  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 


/na<;ondray   Bros.  0  toward, 

124  Sarjsome  St. 


SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 


24 

WpFMEfT 

Easily,  Quickly,  Permanently  Restored. 

Weakness,  Nervousness* 

Debility,  and  all  the  tram 
"  -  of  evils  from  early  errors  or 
later  excesses,  the  results  of 
overwork,  sickness,  worry, 
etc.  Fullstrength,  devel- 
opment and  tone  given  to 
aevery  organ  and  portion 
of  the  body.  Simple,nat- 
\  ural  methods.    Immedi- 
]  ate   improvement   seen, 
failure  impossible.    2,000  references.    Book, 
explanation  and  proofs  mailed  (sealed)  free. 

ERIE  MEDICAL  CO.,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

^6N  FRANCISCO:  

Leave  |         From  Sept.  17,  1894.         1  abbive 

7-00  A  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00a  Beuicia,  Vanaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7-30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  CaliB- 

toga  and  *3auta  Rosa  .....    6:15  p 

8-30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
andOroville 4:15p 

900  a  New  Orleans  Express,  Raymond 
('or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Aageles,  Deuiiug,  El  Paso,  New 
Orleans  and  East 5:45f 

9  00  a  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45  a. 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45  a 

•9-CO  a  Peters  and  Milton  .-  *7:15  p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore         8:45  a 

•100  p  Sacramento  River  steamers  *9;00  p 

4  00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Sauta  Rosa 9  15a 

400  P.  Beuicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysville,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento ■  10:45a 

4-30  p.  Niles,  San  Jo«e,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno ■     ■       ?:15P 

5'00p.  Los  Angeles    Express,  FreBno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles —  10-fft* 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East  .      9:45a 

600  p.  Saywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7--*  a. 

17:00  p.  Vallejo +7:45  P. 

700  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento. 
Marysvtlle,    Redding,    Portland, 

Pueet  Sound  and  East.   _J ^__1°_:4^ 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17-45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
Sauta  Cruz 18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Oenterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and   way  stations      ...  6:20  p. 

•2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations       *11:50a 

1:45  p.  Newark,  SanJose,  Los  Gatos..         9:50a. 
Coast  Division  Third  aid  Townsend  SlreetsV 

*6:45  a.  San  Jobo,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    *1:45p. 

17:30  a.  San  Jose,  Santa  Cruz,  Pacific 
Grove  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      t8:33p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose, TresPinos, Santa  Crui, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  LuiB  Obispo  and  principal 
Wav  Stations 6:26  p. 

[9:47  a.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations J1-.45  p. 

1u:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  .       5:06p. 

;i:45  a.    Palo   Alto   and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 

*2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
PaclflcGrove    *10:40a. 

*3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

•4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5-J.Op.  San  Jobo  and  Way  Stations *8:48a, 

6 :30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6 :35  a. 

rll:45P.    Palo  Alto   and    principal  Way 

Stations... j7:26p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SUB  FRAH018C0— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00   9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M..  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  OAKLAND— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *U  00  a.  m. 

t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  P.  M. 

a.  for  Morning.  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•Sundays  excepted.  +8aturdays  only, 

tSundaysonly. „___ 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  Information 


SAN  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


October  20,  1894  . 


A    THOUGHTFUL    SERVANT. 

AT  Mme.  de  T's: 
"  Catherinel  " 

"  Madame  ?  " 

"  BriDg  me  my  shoes,  and  be  quick,  for 
I  am  in  a  harry." 

"  Very  well,  Madame." 

A  minute  goes  by.  The  shoes  do  not  ap- 
pear.    Repeated  demand. 

"  Catherine!  " 

••  Madame?  " 

"  How  lone  are  you  going  to  keep  me 
waiting  for  those  shoes  ?  " 

"  I  am  coming  directly,  Madame.  You 
told  me  you  were  in  a  hurry,  and  so  as  in 
save  time  I  laced  them  up." — Translati d 
for  the  Neivs  Letter  from  the  French. 


Justice  travels  on  crutches,  but  she 
usually  catches  up  with  the  fleetest  guilty 
man. — Atchison  Globe. 

There  is  only  one  thing  that  can  be  said 
in  favor  of  the  climate  in  the  world  below, 
and  that  is  that  people  cao  get  up  picnics 
there  without  fearing  a  rain. — Atchison 
Globe. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for 
ports  in  Alaska,  u  a,  m.,  Sept  7, 22.  October 
7.  22      Nov.  6,  21      Dec.  6,  21. 

For  British  Columbia  and  Puget  Sound  ports 
Sep'ember  17,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

H\>r  Knreka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing  Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, y  a.  m 

for  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alteruately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Sauta  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles)  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  aitenoit-lv-  at  11  A.  M. 

For  Eusenada,  Magdal^ua  Bay.  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steam  ;r  rit    Pfiul,  10  a.  m  ,  i5th  of  each  mouth. 

ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
■Moat<omery  street. 

^OOPALL,  PERKINS  A  CO.,  Qen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  Yoek,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  aud  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 

S  S    "Colon,"  October  18,1894. 
S.  S.  "Sau  Jot>e,"  October  29,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Acaouk'j,"  November  8,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Col  ma,"  November  19,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.    S.    "City    of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 

25,  1894,  at  3  P.  m 

S.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.    6,  1894,  at 

s"  8.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 
13, 1894,  at  3  p.  M. 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.  Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 

General  Agent 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 

and  rail.    First  class, 

$610.      Second    class, 

$350. 

\fo     O.   3.  S.  Company's 

1      steamers  sail: 

For      HONOLULU 

APIA,    AUCKLAND 

and  SYDNEY,  8.  S. 

"MARIPOSA," 

September  20, 2  p.  M. 

For     HONOLULU, 

S.  S.   -AUSTRALIA," 

Sept.  29,  1894. 


«v^o. 


For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 

For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 

J.  D.  SPRECKELb  &  BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


A  Little  "Beauty"  Book 

150  pages  on  ekln  nnd  fcalp,  care  of  the  hair, 
preservation  of  the  complexion, removal  of 
moles,  wrinkles,    pimples,    superfluous 
hair,  eczema  and  all  skin  blemishes, 
In  short  the  result  of  20  years'  prac- 
tical experience  treating  the  skin. 
Price  ICC.  mailed. 


John  H.  Woodbury 

Dermatol  ogical  Institute, 
Established  1 870.         1 25  W.  42d  St.,  N.  Y. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBUR0N  FERRY— Foot  ol  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK  DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  M.:  12:35,  3:30, 
5:10,  6:30  p.  m.  Thursdays— Extra  trip  at 
11 :30  p.  m  .  Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  aud 
11:30  p.  m. 

SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  a.m.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 
6 :20  p.  H. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30, 11:10  a.  m.;  12:45, 
3:40,  5:10  P.M.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
aud  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 
6:26  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 


Leave  3.F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15,1894. 

DBSTI'TION 

AbrivkinS.F. 

Week 
Days 

Sundays 

Sundays 

Week 
Days. 

7:40a.  m. 
3:30  p.m. 

5'HP   M\ 

8:00  a.m. 
9:30  a.m. 
S  :00  p.m. 

Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40  a.  m 
6:05p.m 
7:30p.m 

8:50a.  m 
10:30  am 
6:15p.m 

8:66a.m. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

3:30  P.M. 

7:30p.m. 

6:15  pm 

7:40A.M. 
3:30  P.M. 

3:00  a.  m. 

Gnerneville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30a  m 
6:15  p  x 

7:40a. M. 
5:10  p.K. 

8:00a.m. 
5:0Op.m 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10  :40a.  m 
6:05  p.m. 

18  :50am. 
!6  :15  pm. 

7:40a. m  I  8:00a. M.j  Sebastopol.  110:40a. m|10:30a.m 
3:30  p.K  |  5:00  p.M.|  |  6  05p.m|  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs. 

StBges  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  LakeB,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville, 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitis, 
Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley.  John  Dav's,  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
viile,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyoud  Sau  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 

R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


H.  C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  C3. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  Bailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Gaelic  Tuesday,  Oct.  lfi,  1894 

Belgic         . Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)      Tuesday,  Dec.  4,  1894 
Gaelic Monday,  December  24,  1894 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKET8  AT  REDUCED  RATE8 

Cabin  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  8.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets.  San  Franoisco.  ,„„=.,„ 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.  E.GOODMAN, Gen. Pass. Agt. 


PUte  No.  o. 


5.  P.  News  Letter,  October  17,  1*94. 


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Vol.  XLIX 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  OCTOBER  27,  1894, 


Number  17. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Frkd 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204  206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

The  self  rtl'mnre  and  a  kindly  tori  of  determination  so  characteristic  of 
Joseph  G.  Batttand  woutdalone serve  ><•  identify  our  cartoon  this  week  as 
a  i>ortrait  of  '.hot  distinguished  citizen.  Mr.  Eastland  M  a  capitalist,  but, 
more  important  than  that,  a  public-spirited  citizen  as  well.  While  it  might 
besaidof  him  that  he  is  President  oj  (he  gas  row  panics  of  Oakland  and 
Stockton,  and  also  of  the  Tamalpais  Land  and  Water  Company ,  which 
owns  Mill  Valley  and  has  made  it  a  popular  resort  by  selling  it  out  in  lots, 
still  if  is  more  gratifying  to  know  that  he  ivas  one  of  the  most  energetic 
and  efficient  members  of  the  Non*  Partisan  Convention  in  this  city,  and 
that  his  able  effort*  to  wrest  the  city  government  from  the  hands  of  the 
bosses  have  increased  the,  respect  and  admiration  which  all  good  citizens 
entertain  for  him. 

IT  is  gratifying  to  learn  that  another  Eastern  heiress  has  eloped 
with  her  father's  coachman,  thus  evidencing  that  there  are 
still  a  few  girls  in  ibis  country  who  have  not  acquired  the  de- 
praved taste  for  titled  foreigners  with  which  so  many  of  the 
btlles  of  Yankeeland  are  afflicted. 


NOW  that  the  men  lately  engaged  in  railroad  striking  are  being 
arrested  on  warrants  issued  on  indictments  found  by  the 
United  States  Grand  .lury,  charging  them  with  obstructing  the 
mails,  the  Examiner  has  re-opened  its  guns  and  charges  that  the 
whole  thing  is  a  matter  of  persecution  by  the  Southern  Pacific. 
Hence  it  is  doing  all  it  can  to  discredit  the  prosecution  and  de- 
fend the  accused. 


UPON  the  advice  of  the  District  Attorney,  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors of  Santa  Clara  County  has  decided  not  to  submit  to  the 
voters  of  the  county  the  question,  "Shall  the  saloons  close  on 
Sunday?"  The  reason  for  this  refusal  is  that  the  law  authorizing 
the  submission  will  not  take  effect  till  January  1,  1895,  and  that 
even  then  a  petition  for  such  submission  must  be  signed  by  fifty 
per  cent,  of  the  voters.  This  practically  makes  the  Jaw  a  dead 
letter. 


THE  Post's  publication  of  an  unfounded  story  reflecting  upon 
Mr.  Budd's  conduct  in  some  old  case  might  be  excused  on  the 
groand  that  the  paper  had  been  imposed  upon,  but  the  Examiner's 
refutation  was  vastly  worse,  because  it  maliciously  charged  that 
Wm.  H.  Mills  is  virtually  editor  of  the  Post  and  that  he  inspired 
the  libel.  This  is  about  as  near  to  the  truth  as  the  Examiner's 
malignant  vindictiveness  will  permit  it  to  approach,  and  it  was 
entirely  unnecessary  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Mills  to  publish  a  denial. 


IT  is  asserted  that  should  President  Barrios,  of  Guatemala,  de- 
clare war  against  Mexico,  the  first  victim  of  hostilities  will  be 
Barrios  himself,  who  will  be  slain  by  one  of  his  own  countrymen. 
This  is  encouraging.  When  Czars,  Emperors,  Kingp,  and  auto- 
cratic Presidents  are  held  personally  responsible  forplunging  their 
peoples  into  the  horrors  of  inexcusable  wars,  mankind  will  have 
gained  a  vast  vantage  ground  upon  which  to  exercise  that  small 
quota  of  common  sense  with  which  Providence  has  grudgingly 
endowed  them. 


LOOK  out  for  the  liquor  dealers.  They  have  the  most  effective 
and  substantial  organization  of  all  the  parties  in  the  State, 
and  the  organization  exists  in  all  the  principal  cities  and  counties. 
They  have  selected  a  ticket,  composed  of  candidates  for  the  Sen- 
ate and  Assembly,  Boards  of  Supervisors,  and  Police  Judges. 
This  ticket  will  not  be  given  to  the  public,  but  will  be  attributed 
among  the  dealers  and  their  friends  on  election  day.  They  have 
disregarded  politics  and  parties  in  selecting  the  names,  supporting 
only  men  who  will  protect  their  business  interests.  The  candi- 
dates thus  selected  will  stand  a  pretty  fair  show  of  being  elected, 
and  there  has  been  much  uneasiness  and  anxiety  felt  among 
candidates  on  account  of  this  fact,  which  has  not  been  made 
public,  bat  is  id  the  keeping  of  the  California  Protective  Associa- 
tion, composed  of  the  wholesalers  and  brewers  of  San  Francisco. 


THE  conduct  of  the  good  women  of  London  in  trying  to  drive 
the  concert-hall  girls  out  of  business  without  providing  for 
employment  which  will  keep  them  out  of  houses  of  shame,  is  in 
singular  contrast  to  that  of  Dr.  Parkhurst,  of  New  York,  who,  in- 
stead of  trying  to  drive  women  into  deeper  infamy,  is  looking  to 
their  elevation.  And  what  mast  oar  Christian  sisters  think  to 
hear  Dr.  Parkhurst  dare  to  quote  against  them  the  famous  words 
of  the  Master:  "Verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  the  publicans  and 
the  harlots  go  into  the  kingdom  before  you"  ? 


RUMORS  of  an  engagement  between  the  Chinese  and  Japanese 
forces  which  are  now  confronting  each  other  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  Yalu  River  have  been  rife  for  two  days,  but,  up  to 
the  time  of  writing,  they  have  not  been  confirmed.  These  rumors 
came  from  Chinese  sources,  and  represented  that  the  engagement 
was  in  the  nature  of  an  attack  by  the  Japanese  forces  which  was 
repulsed,  but  without  any  advantage  to  the  Chinese  side.  This 
leaves  ground  for  the  inference  that  the  Japanese  have  made  a 
reconnaieance  in  force  of  the  Chinese  position,  in  order  to  develop 
its  military  strength  and  weakness,  and  that  a  decisive  battle 
may  be  expected  in  a  day  or  two. 


PRESIDENT  CLEVELAND  does  not  seem  to  be  comiDg  to  the 
support  of  Senator  Hill  with  that  alacrity  which  was  hoped 
for  by  the  enthusiastic  followers  of  Tammany.  This  is  indeed 
surprising,  considering  the  enormous  quantity  of  humble  pie  that 
Hill  has  swallowed  since  coming  under  conviction  of  his  numer- 
ous sins  against  the  Administration  and  the  national  party,  all  of 
which  have  served  only  for  his  own  undoing.  But  the  President 
is  blessed  with  a  serene  sense  of  justice;  possibly,  too,  he  has  ob- 
served that  while  the  Tammany  tomahawk  is  ostensibly  buried, 
the  helve  is  suspiciously  conspicuous  above  the  innocent  little 
mound  that  covers  the  gory  blade. 


MICHIGAN  is  excited  over  a  cow  that  can  trot  faster  than 
some  horses.  There  seems  to  be  no  good  reason  why  con- 
tests of  speed  for  the  purposes  of  gambling  are  limited  to  men 
and  horses.  In  these  days  of  advancement,  when  women  are 
striving  to  secure  the  ballot,  why  should  not  the  scope  of  useful- 
ness of  all  domestic  animals  be  enlarged?  It  is  true  that  the  most 
highly  civilized  individuals  in  a  community  do  not  care  for  prize- 
fights, football,  Edmund  Russells,  and  horse  races,  but  that  need 
not  hinder  the  march  of  progress.  There  was  once  a  wise  Persian 
whn,  when  chided  for  refusing  to  witness  a  horse  race,  rejoined : 
"What  profiteth  it  me  to  know  that  one  beast  can  run  faster  than 
another?"     But  that  was  a  long  time  ago. 


THE  Stockton  Mail  relates  an  interesting  story  of  a  pension  in 
which  James  H.  Budd  was  the  hero.  An  old  war  veteran 
named  John  A.  Tilden  had  been  drawing  a  pension  of  four  dollars 
a  month,  but  for  some  unexplained  reason  it  was  stopped.  Mr. 
Budd  was  in  Congress  then,  and  the  old  soldier,  being  a  Republi- 
can, had  worked  hard  to  defeat  him.  When,  however,  Judge 
Stevens  heard  about  the  pension  he  laid  the  matter  before  Mr. 
Budd,  and  that  gentleman  not  only  secured  a  renewal  of  the  pen- 
sion at  $13  a  month,  but  saw  that  the  old  man  received  that 
amount  for  the  five  years  during  which  no  ponsion  had  been  paid. 
With  this  money  the  broken-down  veteran  and  his  wife  bought  a 
farm  in  Fresno  and  lived  in  comfort  to  the  end  of  their  days.  As 
the  national  Administration  at  that  time  was  Republican  Mr. 
Budd's  victory  for  his  worthy  old  enemy  was  all  the  more  inter- 
esting. 

SOME  of  our  Republican  contemporaries  complain  bitterly  of 
the  "disfranchisement"  of  the  negroes  in  the  South,  particu- 
larly in  South  Carolina,  where,  although  there  are  130,000  negro 
voters  and  90,000  white  voters,  only  100,000  votes  in  all  are 
usually  cast.  An  amusing  explanation  given  by  our  Republican 
friends  is  that  every  voter  is  furnished  with  a  certificate,  which 
he  is  required  to  present  when  he  offers  his  vote,  aDd  that  the 
rascally  Democrats,  when  a  circus  comes  along,  arrange  with  the 
manager  to  accept  these  certificates  in  lieu  of  the  admission  fee. 
Thus  are  oar  colored  friends  "  disfranchised  "  and  robbed  of  their 
votes!  Even  our  usually  sensible  contemporary,  the  Chronicle, 
gravely  denounces  the  outrage,  apparently  not  stopping  to  reflect 
that  it  is  merely  proving  the  absence  of  any  man's  right  to  vote 
who  will  sell  to  a  circus  the  power  to  exercise  it.  It  is  the  funni- 
est of  all  possible  things. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


October  27,  1894. 


UNFAIR    TRIAL    BY    THE    PRESS. 

THE  bottom  facta  of  tbe  Blythe  case  will  probably  never  be  dis- 
closed until  a  bill  in  equity  is  filed,  and  heard  by  new  Judges. 
Tbe  Supreme  Court  has  decided  tbat  it  is  a  proceeding  in  probate, 
and  therefore,  as  tbe  record  nows  stands,  no  questions  of  fraud  or 
conspiracy  have  been  considered.  We  will  venture  the  assertion, 
however,  that  before  the  litigation  ends,  if  the  people  are  not  so 
apathetic  as  to  be  incapable  uf  a  new  emotion  they  will  be  startled. 
The  attitude  of  the  daily  press  towards  this  case  has  emphasized 
its  gradual  decline  in  power  and  influence  so  far  as  the  general 
public  is  concerned,  while  it  has  shown  how  silence  and  perver- 
sion can  aid  predetermined  results  in  the  administration  of  the 
law.  When  James  Gordon  Bennett  established  the  New  York 
Herald  he  was  bitterly  personal  in  his  editorial  columns,  but  his 
reports  were  accurate  and  reliable.  Here,  however,  daily  news- 
papers are  retained  for  money  or  for  contingent  interests  on  one 
side  or  the  other  of  important  cases,  and,  through  suppression  or 
perversion  or  both,  their  reports  convey  no  truthful  information 
of  what  actually  transpires  in  court.  This  phase  of  our  civiliza 
sion  has  been  notably  illustrated  in  the  Blythe  case.  From  toe 
beginning  of  that  controversy  to  the  present  moment  the  actual 
facts  of  the  case  on  both  sides  have  never  been  published  in  the 
dailies.  There  is  no  exception.  Tbe  special  exponents  of  reform, 
those  who  have  out-Heroded  Herod  in  their  attacks  even  upon 
the  judiciary  and  especially  in  relation  to  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company,  are  as  deeply  in  the  mud  as  their  less  pretentious  con- 
temporaries are  in  the  mire.  The  most  important  phases  of  the 
litigation  have  been  deliberately  suppressed  or  distorted  into  a 
romance,  and  whenever  some  temporary  stopping  point  was 
reached  in  the  programme  of  the  alien  claimant,  a  jubilant  chorus 
has  almost  split  the  ears  of  tbe  readers  of  newspaper  literature. 
For  instance,  on  Tuesday  last  tbe  Probate  Department  of  tbe 
Superior  Court  made  an  order  for  the  distribution  of  a  great  part 
of  the  Blythe  estate  to  Mrs.  Florence  Blythe  Hinckley.  This 
was  done  while  tbe  appeal  of  Alice  Edith  Blythe,  the  widow, 
from  tbe  order  refusing  her  a  new  trial,  which  covers  the  entire 
existing  controversy,  was  pending  and  submitted  in  the  Supreme 
Court  upon  full  briefs  and  arguments.  The  counsel  for  the  peti- 
tioner were  so  confident  of  a  favorable  decision  that  the  proposed 
finding  was  ready  when  it  was  announced.  Such  extreme  accuracy 
of  prediction  is  unusual  in  legal  proceedings,  which  are  proverbial 
for  their  uncertainty,  especially  when,  as  in  this  instance,  previous 
and  direct  rulings  of  tbe  8upreme  Court  apparently  blocked  the 
way.  That  tribunal  had  held  that  an  appeal  from  an  order  re- 
fusing a  new  trial,  which  necessarily  involved  the  judgment,  was 
as  effective  a  stay  as  an  appeal  from  tbe  judgment,  and  was 
operative  for  that  purpose,  even  though  such  an  appeal  had  ter- 
minated ia  affirmance.  Mr:!.  Blythe's  appeal  from  the  order  for 
tbe  first  time  presented  her  entire  claim,  both  against  Flurence 
and  on  her  own  behalf.  When  that  appeal,  therefore,  was  under 
consideration  by  the  Court,  it  was  obviously  and  grossly  improper 
that  before  its  decision  tbe  condition  of  the  estate  should  be 
changed,  and  the  very  fact  that  the  application  for  distribution 
was  made  and  pressed  in  advance  of  tbat  decision  proved  con- 
clusively the  certainty  with  which  a  final  affirmance  was  antici- 
pated. 

The  order  for  distribution  itself  is  for  the  time  ineffective,  be- 
cause its  operation  will  be  necessarily  stayed,  while  new  appeals 
are  pending;  but  it  is  worthy  of  consideration,  because  of  the 
conduct  of  the  daily  press  and  because  of  the  extraordinary  cir- 
cumstances surrounding  it.  All  the  direct  appeals  from  the 
judgment  and  all  the  appeals  from  orders  denying  new  trials,  ex- 
cept Mrs.  Blythe's,  were  advanced  for  hearing  by  the  Supreme 
Court  in  January  last,  although  hundred's  of  cases,  equally  im- 
portant to  the  interested  parties,  in  the  ordinary  course  of  busi- 
ness, should  have  had  precedence.  Those  appeals,  too,  were 
promptly  decided  within  the  ninety  days  allowed  by  the  State 
Constitution,  while  other  appeals  were  held  in  abeyance.  Mr;?. 
Blyibe's  appeal,  the  hardest  nut  of  afl,  alone  remained.  That, 
too,  was  advanced,  and,  although  the  transcript  was  filed  only 
June  11,  1894,  within  three  months,  all  the  briefs  were  in,  and  tbe 
cause  argued  and  submitted.  Intermediately,  and  during  tbe  vaca- 
tion of  tbe  Supreme  Court,  the  application  for  distribution  was 
presented  and  quickly  superseded  olher  matters.  The  quantity 
of  testimony  tat  en  was  very  large,  the  arguments  presented  very 
pointed,  but  tbe  only  notice  of  the  proceeding  taken  by  tbe  daily 
press  was  occasional  allusions  to  the  progress  which  Florence  was 
making,  and  the  chime  of  bells  when  the  order  was  signed. 
Without  usurpation,  too  glaring  to  be  expected,  tbe  property 
cannot  really  be  distributed  for  months  to  come;  but  what  a 
commentary  on  the  law  administration  in  this  State  do  these  few 
plain  facts  afford!  In  fie  very  nature  of  things,  there  could  be 
only  one  ground  for  this  premature  movement,  and  that  is  cer- 
tainty that  it  would  not  be  disturbed  by  the  undecided  appeal. 
We  have  already  observed,  in  former  issues,  that  bets  have  been 
freely  offered  on  the  result  of  this  appeal,  including  the  new  and 
unconsidered  claim  which  it  embraces.  But  with  all  the  power 
of  anticipation  possessed  by  those  immediately  surrounding 
Florence,  there  must  have  been  some  further  and  controlling 
necessity  to  account  for  the  stolid  indifference  with  which  the 
application  for  distribution  was  forced  along  with   the  regularity 


of  a  pendulum.  What  this  necessity  must  have  been  it  is  diffi- 
cult to  conjecture.  The  natural  solution  of  the  mystery  wonld 
be  the  want  of  money.  But  when  the  pecuniary  supplies  which 
have  reached  the  public  eye  have  been  considered,  even  exclud- 
ing tbe  enormous  allowances  to  attorney  for  tbe  estate,  it  would 
appear  that  money  had  flowed  like  water,  and  far  beyond  the 
exigencies  of  support  and  of  complicated  and  protracted  litiga- 
tion. The  revelations  in  connection  with  the  defunct  Pacific 
Bank,  the  estate  of  Alexander  Montgomery,  and  a  dozen  other 
incidents  of  like  character,  wonld  lead  to  tbe  conclusion  tbat 
there  bad  been  at  least  no  dearth  of  coin  on  tbe  side  of  the  insti- 
tuted daughter  of  Thomas  H.  Blythe.  As  Artemus  Ward  once 
did,  we  give  up  the  conundrum  and  can  say  only  that  the  admin- 
istration of  the  taw  in  this  State,  and  the  ambi-dexterity  of  tbe 
reform  press,  are  "trooly  pecooliar." 


THE    NEED    OF    A    STRONG    MAYOR. 

OF  the  six  candidates  for  Mayor  there  are  only  three  whose 
chances  for  election  need  be  considered.  These  are  L.  R. 
Ellert,  Adoloh  Sutro,  and  Jefferson  G.  James.  As  for  Mr.  Sutro,  he 
never  until  this  occasion  took  sufficient  interest  in  politics  even  to 
vote,  and  it  is  notorious  that  his  only  motives  now  are  a  desire  to  use 
the  office  in  securing  street-railway  franchises  for  himself  without 
paying  for  them,  in  booming  his  otherwise  useless  properties  on  the 
western  side  of  the  city,  and  in  gratifying  an  insatiable  private  malice 
by  punishing  enemies  whom  he  has  not  the  power  as  a  private  citi- 
zen to  injure.  These  are  notorious  and  unquestioned  facts.  In  addi- 
tion, he  is  the  nominee  and  representative  of  the  People's  party, 
which  represents  all  the  dangerous  revolutionary  insanities  that  the 
ignorance  and  discontent  of  the  ages  have  been  able  to  conceive. 
His  election  would  be  disgraceful  and  dangerous.  As  for  Mr.  Ellert, 
he  is  a  kind-hearted  man,  vastly  Mr.  Sutro's  superior,  well-meaning 
and  honest,  but  lacking  the  determination  and  strength  so  greatly 
needed  now  to  protect  the  city  against  the  shrewd  and  audacious 
political  knavery  that  has  made  it  a  stench  in  the  nostrils  of  tbe 
State.  This  leaves  Mr.  James  to  consider.  He  is  known  to  be  a  man 
of  very  strong  will  and  clear  judgment.  The  wealth  that  be  has 
acquired  by  the  use  of  his  uncommon  energy,  industry,  and  practical 
good  sense  has  not  the  slightest  taint  of  dishonesty  or  the  harsh 
treatment  of  his  fellow  men.  The  Chronicle,  in  attacking  him,  has 
never  been  able  to  bring  anything  against  him  except  a  little  undig- 
nified ridicule  of  his  grammar  (which  all  who  are  acquainted  with 
him  know  is  not  deserved),  and  we  may  be  certain  that  if  it  had  been 
possible  to  bring  serious  charges  the  Chronicle  would  have  produced 
them.  His  business  record  is  too  ample  to  permit  the  slightest  belief 
that  if  elected  he  would  be  under  any  influence  whatever  except  that 
of  a  good  conscience;  but  no  fair  and  intelligent  citizen  entertains 
any  fears  on  that  score.  He  is  not  a  vindictive  man,  but  on  the  con- 
trary, with  all  his  fearlessness,  aggressiveness,  and  independence,  is 
genial  and  generous.  He  is  the  ideal  man  for  the  present  grave 
emergency. 

THE    "  EXAMINER'S "    BOGUS    TICKET. 

THURSDAY  morning  the  Examiner  published  a  full-page  list 
of  candidates  and  entitled  it  "Party  Nominations  for  State, 
Municipal,  and  Legislative  Offices."  As  might  have  been  ex- 
pected, the  Examiner  could  not  be  truthful.  For  instance,  it 
prints  the  name  of  James  Denman  as  the  Democratic  nominee 
for  Congress  from  the  Fifth  District,  when  it  is  well  known  that 
Joseph  P.  Kelly  is  the  Democratic  nominee  for  tbat  office.  It 
will  be  remembered  tbat  after  Mr.  Kelly's  nomination  a  charge 
was  made  indirectly  against  him,  whicb,  if  true,  would  unfit  him 
for  any  office.  The  Examiner  vehemently  urged  these  charges, 
but  while  it  was  making  them  the  proper  Democratic  committee 
issued  the  certificate  of  nomination.  Then  the  Examiner  bullied 
tbe  committee  into  an  attempt  to  remove  Mr.  Kelly's  name  from 
the  ticket.  It  was  then  that  he  had  to  act  in  self-defense.  He 
went  refore  the  Grand  Jury  and  demanded  tbat  the  charges  be 
investigated.  This  was  done,  and  as  a  result  the  Grand  Jury 
exonerated  him.  Rather  than  make  a  manly  confession  of  its 
error,  the  Examiner  still  insisted  on  tbe  removal  of  tbe  name  from 
the  t  cket,  but  the  courts  denied  tbe  power  of  the  committee  to 
do  so,  and  as  a  result  it  remained.  Nothing  but  a  lust  for  lying 
and  a  spirit  of  vindlctiveness  can  explain  the  Examiner's  omission 
of  Mr.  Kelly's  name  from  the  ticket  and  the  substitution  of  the 
name  of  one  of  its  friends.  The  ticket  as  published  in  the  Exam- 
iner is  worthless.  Mr.  Kelly  has  too  good  a  record  in  this  com- 
munity to  be  damaged  by  the  Examiner's  malicious  persecution. 
If,  as  he  charges,  an  attsch€  of  the  Examiner  was  a  candidate 
for  tbe  nomination,  the  Examiner's  course  is  easily  understood. 


THE  rumor  which  was  circulated  a  few  days  ago  to  the  effect 
that  the  Mexican  and  Guatemalan  governments  were  both 
rushing  soldiers  to  the  frontier,  with  hostile  intentions,  seems  to 
have  been  a  falsehood  cut  out  of  whole  cloth.  There  is  a  frontier 
dispute  between  the  two  countries,  but  there  is  little  likelihood  of 
war  developing  out  of  it.  The  differences  in  the  resources  of  the 
two  countries  almost  precludes  tbe  idea  of  war  between  them. 


OrtnlMT  27.  1894. 


BAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS   LETTER. 


RESPECTABLE    MR.    ESTEE. 


MR.  B3TKB  we  do  verily  believe  lo  be  *  well-meaning  man,  al- 
beit ibe  com  piny  be  keeps  is  not  always  of  ihe  best.  He 
was  for  years  Ibe  closest  fiiend  and  adviser  of  tbe  late  W.  T.  Hig- 
Rins.  wbo  was  to  tbe  Republican  pany  what  Buckley  became  to 
tie  democratic.  Indeed,  Higgins  first  taugbt  Buckley  how  to 
run  a  political  machine  and  then  lent  him  to  tbe  Democrats.  It 
is  not  believed  that  he  improved  much  upon  (be  lessons  of  bis 
master,  wbo  was  an  adept  in  the  ways  that  are  dark  and  tricks 
that  ars  vain  of  politics.  They  together  controlled  tbe  machinery 
of  both  political  parties,  levied  largess  on  everything  there  was 
money  in,  and  made  a  mutually  satisfactory  division  of  the  spoils. 
Higgius  first  started  in  business  as  a  saloon-keeper,  with  Buckley, 
who  had  not  then  lost  his  siebt,  as  his  bartender.  Estee  gave 
Higgins  counsel  and  law,  and  for  years  they  were  political  asso- 
ciates. In  return  Higgins  was  always  trying  to  make  Estee  some- 
thing or  other,  and  that  was  about  tbe  only  thing  in  politics  that 
the  undoubtedly  astute  and  aiVe  boss  of  that  day  failed  in.  He 
could  win  with  men  whose  afliliations  were  not  so  well  known, 
but  could  not  pull  through  when  his  protege1,  Estee,  was  the 
nominee.  Kuomng  far  behind  his  ticket  in  1869  for  State  Senator 
and  again  in  1882  for  Governor,  Eitee  never  was  elected  by  his 
party  in  this  city  to  any  office.  His  only  success  was  in  1878, 
when  he  reached  tbe  constitutional  convention  by  the  aid  of 
Democratic  votes  on  a  non-partisan  ticket.  At  his  many  failures 
Mr.  E  tee  naturally  enough  became  disgusted  and  for  a  time  was 
badly  afflicted  with  the  political  disease  known  as  sorehead.  In 
that  condition  he  went  over  lo  the  Democrats  in  1872  and  sup- 
ported their  nominee  for  the  Presidency  against  General  Grant. 
Having  tbus  thrown  himself  out  of  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  his 
party,  he  wandered  about  for  some  time  without  a  political  home 
until  Higgins,  taking  compassion  upon  him,  soothed  his  troubled 
breast,  annointed  his  sorehead,  and  rnbbed  him  down  nicely  in 
preparation  for  the  Gubernatorial  race  of  1882.  Reliably  Repub- 
lican as  California  then  was  believed  lo  be,  it  was  thought  that 
even  Mr.  Estee,  if  given  the  regular  nomination,  could  carry  the 
State.  At  any  rate,  Higgins  forced  tbe  experiment  upon  his  party, 
but  only  to  go  down  with  his  candidate  to  disaster.  Estee  was 
beaten  by  a  phenomenal  majority  of  over  twenty-two  thousand, 
and  Higgins  lost  prestige  and  power  that  be  never  regained.  Once 
again  Estee  is  a  candidate  at  the  dictation  of  a  boss.  This  time 
it  is  Colonel  D.  M.  Burns  who  is  responsible  for  his  name  appear- 
ing at  the  head  of  the  party  ticket.  It  is  an  open  secret  that  the 
man  from  Napa  insisted  upon  being  placed  there,  because,  as  he 
said,  •>  this  was  a  year  in  which  a  yellow  dog,  if  a  Republican 
one,  could  be  elected."  That  may  be  true,  but  it  was  an  unfor- 
tunate and  blundering  remark  to  make,  all  the  same.  But  then 
poor  Mr.  Estee  is  so  given  to  that  sort  of  thing  that  he  could  not 
avoid  making  an  awkward  faux  pas,  even  if  he  were  to  try. 
George  A.  Knight  said  at  the  ratification  meeting  the  other  even- 
ing that  "  Mr.  Estee  had  won  a  national  reputation."  George  is  an 
ironical  speaker — sometimes.  He  meant  that  Estee  had  a  national 
reputation  for  the  little  epeech  he  made  in  officially  informing 
Benjamin  Harrison  of  his  nomination.  Said  the  California  man 
on  that  occasion:  ••  The  Convention  had  before  it  the  names  of 
statesmen,  orators,  and  men  of  genius,  yet  it  selected  you."  Quick 
as  the  wires  could  flash  them  those  words  gave  Estee  the  "  na- 
tional reputation  "  he  has.  Mr.  Harrison's  friends  shrieked  in 
agony  of  spirit  and  we  of  California  bowed  our  heads  in  humilia- 
tion. As  the  ex- President  said  out  here  afterwards:  "Estee 
meant  well,  but  it  was  awkward."  Such  awkwardness  would  be 
lamentably  out  of  place  in  the  Gubernatorial  chair  of  this  great 
State. 


THE    DANGERS    OF    A    LARGE    TICKET. 

UNLESS  the  voter  makes  c&reful  preparation  before  entering  the 
booth  on  election  day  he  will  find  himself  unable  to  vote  for 
anything  near  the  whole  number  of  candidates  entitled  to  his  vote. 
The  San  Francisco  ticket  will  represent  about  eighty-five  offices  to  be 
filled,  and  when  this  is  multiplied  by  the  number  of  candidates  for 
the  offices  it  is  seen  that  the  ticket  will  contain  about  four  hundred 
and  twenty-five  names.  As  the  length  of  time  which  the  voter  may 
consume  in  the  booth  is  limited  to  ten  minutes,  it  is  evident  that 
without  preparation  it  will  be  impossible  for  him  to  go  through  the 
entire  ticket  and  make  his  selection  then,  and  that  consequently 
only  the  candidates  near  the  head  of  the  ticket  can  be  voted  for. 
There  is  a  simple  remedy  for  this  difficulty.  A  sample  ballot  wilt  be 
mailed  to  each  voter's  address  prior  to  the  day  of  election.  Opposite 
each  name  will  be  a  distinctive  number.  From  this  ticket  a  list  of 
numbers  (not  names)  should  be  made  out,  and  this  list  should  be 
taken  into  the  booth  and  a  cross  stamped  opposite  the  corresponding 
numbers  on  the  voting  ballot,  no  attention  being  given  to  the  names. 
It  will  be  confusing  and  unnecessary  to  mark  a  sample  ballot  and 
take  it  into  the  booth  as  a  guide.  The  use  of  a  list  of  numbers  is  the 
only  possible  way  in  which  the  task  of  voting  the  whole  ticket  can  be 
accomplished. 

THE  session  of  the  French  Legislature  which  opened  so  quietly 
on  Tuesday  last,  is,  unless  the  signs  of  tbe  times  are  mislead- 
ing, likely  to  turn  out  one  of  the  most  important  and  exciting 
meetings  recorded  in  the  parliamentary  history  of  France. 


CONSTITUTIONAL    T£ST   OF    THE    IRRIGATION    LAW. 

A  CASE  is  now  pending  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  tbe  decision  in  regard  to  which  will  afTect  the  prosperity 
of  California  to  a  greater  extent  than  that  of  any  other  judicial 
decision  that  bas  ever  been  rendered  by  that  august  body.  It  in- 
volves the  constitutionality  of  the  State  irrigation  law,  known  as 
the  ii  Wright  Law,"  or  at  least  some  of  its  important  provisions. 
This  law  has  been  tested  on  every  technical  point  in  the  Supreme 
Court  of  this  State.  These  tests  have  been  made  in  the  interest  of 
capitalists,  who  are  so  tender  in  regard  to  tbe  validity  of  securi- 
ties in  which  they  are  called  upon  to  invest,  and  not  from  any 
desire  to  destroy  the  utility  or  practicability  of  the  law.  During 
the  past  six  years  extensive  enterprises  have  been  inaugurated 
and  carried  forward  in  several  localities  under  tbe  provisions  of 
this  law,  in  which  millions  of  dollars  are  involved,  and  important 
systems  have  been  undertaken,  some  of  which  have  been  finished, 
while  others  are  in  process  of  completion.  Although  the  case  now 
pending  in  the  highest  court  was  taken  upon  a  comparatively 
trivial  matter,  an  adverse  decision  as  lo  the  constitutionality  of  _ 
the  provisions  affected  would  destroy  the  validity  of  the  bonds 
issued  and  unsold,  as  well  as  those  already  disposed  of.  The 
tenacity  with  which  the  parties  have  fought  the  question  of  taxa- 
tion in  the  Modesto  district  has  bad  the  effect  to  injure  the  sale 
of  bonds,  which  are  based  upon  the  same  line  of  security  as  muni- 
cipal or  county  bonds,  and  bas  also  retarded  the  progress  of  the 
work  on  these  vast  enterprises  in  several  localities.  In  some  in- 
stances work  bas  been  suspended  entirely,  awaiting  a  final  de- 
cision in  the  case.  The  value  of  securities  depends  upon  it,  as 
well  as  the  prospects  California  has  had  in  view  under  a  practical 
system  of  irrigation.  While  the  Wright  Law  may  not  be  perfect 
in  detail,  it  has  served  to  demonstrate  the  possibilities  that  irriga- 
tion has  in  store  for  the  producers  of  the  State.  It  has  inaugu- 
rated extensive  enterprises  and  developed  the  fact  that  the  arid 
plains  can  be  placed  in  a  condition  by  the  application  of  water  to 
institute  a  system  of  diversified  farming  which  the  natural  condi- 
tion of  the  arid  plains  would  not  admit.  This  case  is  being  pre- 
sented and  argued  by  Hon.  C.  C.  Wright,  author  of  the  law,  in  its 
behalf,  and  Judge  T.  B.  Bond  for  the  recalcitrant  taxpayers  of 
Modesto  irrigation  district.  Both  of  these  gentleman  have  been 
engaged  in  tbis  litigation  since  its  inception,  and  ought  to  be  well 
posted  as  to  its  merits.  From  the  fact  that  the  State  Supreme 
Court  has  passed  upon  it  and  decided  unanimously  that  it  was  con- 
stitutional and  legal  on  every  point  submitted,  there  seems  to  be 
no  question  but  that  a  favorable  judgment  will  be  rendered  by 
the  couit  of  last  resort.  At  all  events  the  decision  will  be 
anxiously  looked  for  by  those  who  are  so  deeply  interested  in 
these  vast  enterprises. 

THE    PURCHASING    OF    VOTES. 

THE  Purity  of  Elections  law  prohibits  a  candidate  from  spend- 
ing more  than  ten  per  cent,  of  his  prospective  official  emolu- 
ments to  secure  his  election,  and  the  Criminal  Code  provides  for 
severe  penalties  for  the  offering  of  certain  inducements  to  Voters  for 
their  support.  In  addition  it  declares  that  "every  person  authorized 
by  law  to  hear  or  determine  any  question  or  controversy,  who  asks, 
receives,  or  agrees  to  receive  any  bribe,  upon  any  agreement  or  un- 
derstanding, that  his  vote,  opinion,  or  decision  upon  any  matter  or 
question  which  is  or  may  be  brought  before  him  for  decision,  shall  be 
influenced  thereby,  is  punishable  by  imprisonment  in  the  State  prison 
for  not  less  than  one  year  nor  more  than  ten  years."  Thus,  if  a  can- 
didate for  the  Superior  Bench,  for  instance,  should  agree  before  his 
election,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  votes,  to  decide  a  cause  in  a  cer- 
tain way,  it  is  clear  that  he  is  liable  to  criminal  prosecution  under 
the  law.  But  Judges  are  not  the  only  public  officers  authorized  by 
law  to  determine  questions.  The  Board  of  Supervisors  is  exactly  in 
the  same  position.  If,  then,  a  candidate  for  Supervisor  should  pledge 
himself,  manifestly  for  the  purpose  of  securing  votes,  to  pursue  a 
certain  course  which  could  be  rightly  determined  only  upon  hearing 
the  evidence,  it  seems  equally  clear  that  he  is  laying  himself  liable 
to  criminal  prosecution  under  the  law.  The  following  resolution,  on 
being  introduced  by  Mr.  Frank  J.  Sullivan  (a  lawyer),  was  unani- 
mously adopted  by  the  Non-Partisan  convention  lately  held  in  this 
city: 

Resolved,  That  all  nominees  of  the  Non-Partisan  party  for  Super- 
visors shall  pledge  themselves  to  reduce  all  present  water  rates  ten 
per  cent. 

Let  this  be  made  clear:  Say  that  A  (the  city)  has  a  certain  interest 
and  B  (the  water  company)  an  opposing  interest.  Asays  to  the  can- 
didate: "  In  consideration  of  your  pledge  so  to  vote,  when  elected, 
as  to  save  me  a  great  deal  of  money,  1  will  elect  you."  It  would  be 
just  the  same  as  though  B  (the  water  company)  should  make  a  simi- 
lar compact  with  the  candidate,  and  that  clearly  would  be  bribery. 
If  this  is  not  a  corrupt  bargain  between  the  Non-Partisans  and  the 
candidates  for  Supervisors  we  should  be  glad  to  be  informed  of  the 
fact.  The  candidates  have  sold  their  votes  in  advance  of  their  elec- 
tion, and  the  consideration  is  the  support  of  one  of  the  parties  in 
interest.    If  it  is  not  bribery,  what  is  it  ? 

THE  notice  of  appeal  in  the  Breckenridge-Pollard  case  has  been 
dismissed.    Colonel  Breckenridge  has  his  money,  Miss  Pollard 
her  *«  vindicated  honor,"  and  the  pnblic  a  much  needed  rest. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  27,  1894 . 


NOTES    ON    POLITICAL    MATTERS. 

WE  present  herewith  a  number  of  candidates,  principally  for 
municipal  offices.  It  will  be  observed  that  they  have  been 
selected  without  any  reference  to  their  politics,  and  that  generally 
they  are  candidates  for  re-election.  In  these  times,  when  the 
better  sentiment  of  the  community  is  making  so  strong  an  effort 
to  purge  the  city  government  of  official  rascality,  the  voter's  two 
guides  should  be,  first,  the  character  of  the  candidate  and  his 
freedom  from  corrupt  political  affiliations,  and  second  (in  case  he 
is  a  candidate  for  re-election),  the  manner  in  which  he  has  already 
acquitted  himself  in  office.  These  two  ideas  have  controlled  in 
the  selection  of  the  candidates  hereinafter  mentioned.  ■  If  there  is 
to  be  no  reward  by  re-election  (if  it  is  desired)  for  those  who 
proved  worthy,  a  strong  incentive  to  conscientious  conduct  is  re- 
moved. In  municipal  affairs  particularly  this  is  a  serious  considera- 
tion and  should  have  great  weight  with  those  who  earnestly  de- 
sire good  government. 

There  is  a  concensus  of  sentiment  prevailing  among  all  close 
observers  of  public  affairs  in  this  State  to  the  effect  that  the  At- 
torney-Generalship is  an  office  which  conscientious  citizens  should 
exercise  the  greatest  care  in  selecting  a  candidate  for,  and  to 
which  no  one  should  be  elected  who  does  not  embody  in  himself 
the  highest  degree  of  personal  integrity,  unquestionable  profes- 
sional fitness,  and  an  unimpeachable  record  in  regard  to  the  posi- 
tion he  has  assumed  upon  public  affairs.  The  Attorney-Generalship 
of  this  State  is  not  an  office  which  can  be  covered  by  the  declara- 
tions of  a  political  platform  or  the  traditions  and  principles  of  a 
political  party.  Earnest  citizens,  in  selecting  a  candidate  for  this 
office,  should  be  guided  principally  by  the  personality  of  the  man 
and  the  circumstances  which  surround  his  individual  candidacy 
rather  than  by  the  party  brand  he  bears.  Measured  by  these 
standards,  we  feel  justified  in  recommending  Mr.  A.  B.  Parris,  of 
San  Bernardino,  to  the  thoughtful  consideration  of  intelligent 
voters  throughout  the  State.  Mr.  Parris  is  the  Democratic  can- 
didate, but  that  is  not  the  reason  of  our  preference  for  him.  We 
approve  of  him  because  of  the  personal  and  professional  reputa- 
tion he  has  bnilt  up  during  his  thirty  yeara'  residence  in  this  State. 
He  is  a  keen,  energetic  lawyer,  who  occupies  a  front  place  at  the 
bar  of  Southern  California,  and  holds  to-day,  as  he  has  held 
throughout  bis  thirty  yeans'  residence  in  the  State,  the  respect  and 
good  will  of  his  neighbors.  That  is  clearly  the  kind  of  man  whom 
prudence  suggests  that  the  people  should  entrust  the  important, 
and  ia  many  respects  indefinite,  duties  of  the  Attorney-General- 
ship  to. 

When  it  is  reflected  that  Judge  Walter  H.  Levy  has  resided  in 
this  city  the  greater  part  of  his  life;  that  he  has  conducted  him- 
self so  well  as  to  have  been  twice  elected  to  the  office;  that  his 
decisions  have  been  invariably  sustained  by  the  Supreme  Court; 
that  before  ascending  to  the  bench  he  acquired  a  most  valuable 
experience  as  Assistant  District  Attorney,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  be  has  established  his  worth  and  that  the  best  citizens  will 
support  him  in  the  election.  He  is  courteous  to  the  attorneys 
and  impartial  in  his  rulings,  and  personally  is  one  of  the  most 
popular  men  in  town. 

The  old  publishing  and  bookselling  firm  of  A.  Roman  &  Co. 
was  for  many  years  one  of  the  institutions  of  San  Francisco.  Of 
late  years  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  has  been  a  real  estate 
and  loan  broker,  in  which  he  has  been  eminently  successful  and 
into  which  he  carried  those  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  character 
that  distinguished  him  in  the  days  when  he  helped  to  make  Bret 
Harte  famous.  His  candidacy  for  the  office  of  Recorder  has 
aroused  the  enthusiasm  of  the  old  guard,  and  it  must  be  gratify- 
ing to  him  to  know  that  the  best  men  in  the  community  have 
rallied  to  his  support.  A  more  efficient  Recorder  could  not  be 
imagined. 

It  cannot  be  too  strongly  insisted  upon  that  San  Francisco's 
representative  in  the  8tate  Board  of  Equalization  is  one  of  the 
most  important  considerations  in  the  approaching  election.  The 
recent  disaster  which  this  city  encountered  at  the  hands  of  the 
Board  is  too  fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  people  to  require  a  restate- 
ment of  it  here.  It  is  clear  that  our  representative  in  the  Board 
must  be  a  man  not  only  of  the  highest  character  and  strong  will, 
but  he  must  have  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  city  and  the 
State,  must  be  a  man  of  large  experience  and  broad  intelligence, 
and  must  be  able  to  impress  his  weight  upon  the  other  members 
of  the  Board.  A.  Chesebrough  undoubtedly  is  the  very  man  for 
the  office.  As  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Williams,  Dimond  &  Co. 
he  has  a  high  standing  and  the  respect  of  the  people  throughout 
the  State,  and  combines  all  good  qualifications  for  the  office. 

■  If  there  is  any  one  who  can  show  good  reasons  for  believing 
that  among  the  candidates  for  Sheriff  there  is  one  better  qualified 
for  the  office  than  James  McNab,  there  are  a  great  many  people 
who  would  like  to  hear  them.  The  good,  sound,  conservative 
sense  of  the  business  community,  concerning  an  office  of  this 
character  particularly,  is  eminently  worthy  of  attention.     If  Mr. 


McNab  had  not  so  large  an  acquaintance  among  business  men, 
and  had  they  not  so  intimate  a  knowledge  of  his  worth  and  capa- 
bilities, their  preference  for  him  might  be  explained  on  ordinary 
grounds.  Generally  a  nomination  by  a  party  convention  is  suffi- 
cient indorsement  for  the  ordinary  votdr  who  wishes  for  the  suc- 
cess of  that  party;  but  in  the  case  of  Mr.  McNab  the  situation  is 
altogether  different.  Whatever  may  be  his  own  political  prefer- 
ences or  those  of  the  solid  element  of  the  city,  they  are  entirely 
lost  sight  of  in  a  desire  to  see  this  particular  man  elected  to  this 
particular  office,  and  all  for  the  good  of  the  city. 

It  is  important  that  a  Police  Judge  should  have  a  wide 
acquaintance  with  the  law.  Probably  it  is  this,  coupled  with 
long  experience  and  a  shrewd  insight  into  human  nature,  that 
accounts  for  the  long  continuance  of  Jndge  Joachimsen  in  this 
and  kindred  offices.  He  is  a  native  of  New  York  and  first  began 
the  study  of  law  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  The  gold  excitement 
brought  him  to  California,  and  after  working  in  the  mines  he  re- 
sumed his  legal  studies  under  John  R.  McConnell  and  8enator 
William  Stewart.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1858,  went  to 
Carson  and  entered  the  law  office  of  Governor  Johnson  and  Judge 
Baldwin,  and  since  that  time  has  been  serving  constantly  as  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace,  most  of  the  time  in  San  Francisco. 

That  able  young  attorney,  William  8.  Barnes,  is  possessed  of  a 
wholesome  ambition  which,  when  backed  by  ability,  produces 
solid  men,  and  from  the  admirable  manner  in  which  he  has  filled 
the  office  of  District  Attorney  he  has  earned  the  right  to  expect 
appreciation  at  the  hands  of  the  public.  He  has  done  so  well 
and  acquired  so  intimate  a  knowledge  of  the  duties  of  the  office 
that  some  better  reason  than  mere  political  expediency  or  prefer- 
ence must  be  given  before  any  voter  can  claim  the  right  to  aban- 
don him.  It  is  not  expected  that  all  voters  should  be  wise  and 
just,  but  there  are  plenty  who  are  to  re-elect  this  candidate. 

Charles  8.  Tilton  has  heretofore,  as  County  Surveyor,  demon- 
strated his  ability  to  manage  the  office  properly,  and  hence  he 
does  not  come  before  the  people  as  an  untried  aspirant  for  an 
office  whose  duties  and  responsibilities  are  exceedingly  complex. 
There  are  many  peculiar  local  conditions  requiring  special  qualifi- 
cations and  aptitudes,  and  to  understand  them  is  fully  as  import- 
ant as  a  thorough  groundwork  education.  Mr.  Tilton  would  not 
enter  the  office  as  a  student  or  apprentice,  but  as  a  thoroughly 
equipped  engineer,  with  abundant  energy  and  perseverance  and 
with  an  unsullied  reputation. 

The  nomination  of  J.  H.  Mahoney  for  Senator  from  the  Twenty- 
fourth  Senatorial  District  was  an  excellent  selection.  He  is 
thoroughly  trained  in  legislative  duties,  having  served  creditably 
in  the  Senate  before.  If  his  harmless  ambition  were  not  backed 
by  sound  judgment  and  thorough  independence  it  would  not  be 
so  interesting  a  matter.  No  private  or  other  scandal  can  be 
brought  np  against  him,  for  he  is  one  of  those  straightforward, 
rugged  men  to  whom  small  meannesses  are  unknown  and  who 
maintain  a  high  ideal. 

The  City  and  County  Attorney  who  hopes  that  if  elected  he 
will  have  an  easy  time  and  a  comfortable  income  need  not  be  dis- 
appointed, for  he  can  make  it  as  easy  as  he  pleases — at  the  pub- 
lic expense.  H.  T.  Cresswell,  the  present  City  and  County  At- 
torney, has  made  the  office  a  great  deal  harder  than  most  men 
would,  for  the  amount  of  work  which  he  has  accomplished  is 
surprising.  If  he  should  not  be  re-elected  hia  successor,  in  order 
to  keep  the  office  up  to  it3  present  standard,  would  have  to  do 
Borne  extraordinarily  hard  work.  As  Mr.  Cresswell  is  again  a 
candidate  he  ought  by  all  means  to  be  re-elected. 

Adolph  B.  Spreckeb  is  one  of  the  best  known  of  the  brainy  and 
energetic  young  men  of  tbe  city.  It  was  a  fortunate  day  for  San 
Francisco  when  he  consented  to  run  for  Supervisor  from  the 
Tenth  Ward,  and  it  will  be  a  still  more  fortunate  day  when  he  is 
elected.  As  the  chief  promoter  of  the  scheme  for  bringing  salt 
water  into  the  city,  and  for  bis  courage  and  public  spirit  in  pro- 
moting other  enterprises  from  which  the  public  has  derived  com- 
fort and  pleasure,  he  is  known  as  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the 
city.  A  man  of  his  intelligence  and  high  character  would  be  in- 
valuable in  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  where  just  such  men  as  he 
is  are  most  needed  in  the  city  government. 

A  conscientious  man  in  the  office  of  Public  Administrator  is  al- 
ways acceptible.  This  is  an  office  with  which  the  general  public 
does  not  come  in  contact,  and  hence  it  does  not  receive  the  atten- 
tion that  it  should.  Captain  Freese  has  made  a  good  Public  Ad- 
ministrator, and  he  ought  certainly  to  be  re-elected.  No  man  can 
be  sure  either  that  his  own  estate  or  some  estate  in  which  he 
might  be  interested  will  not  have  to  pass  through  the  hands  of 
the  Public  Administrator,  and  therefore  care  should  be  taken  to 
see  that  the  man  is  honest  as  well  as  competent.  Captain  Freese 
has  shown  himself  to  be  both. 

One  of  the  current  rumors  is  that  M.  C.  Haley  is  to  be  defeated 
by  the  bosses  for  County  Clerk  by  counting  him  out  of  ten  votes 


October  27,  1894. 


SAN  IKANVISCO  NEWS  LKTTER 


In  web  of  the  precinct*.  Whether  or  not  to  daring  a  scheme  Is 
really  in  preparation  It  la  Impossible  to  say,  but  the  rumor  bas 
already  had  the  etTect  of  concentrating  a  btrong  fight  to  secure 
his  election.  There  Is  so  much  determination  in  the  movement 
to  elect  him  that  bis  defeat  teems  impossible.  A  prevailing  senti- 
ment ts  that  in  proportion  to  all  the  city  officers  elected  in  the  re- 
cent past  tboie  who  have  proved  able  and  trustworthy  are  so 
scarce  that  when  a  good  man  has  been  found  it  is  the  insanest  of 
policies  to  drop  him  for  the  sake  of  making  dangerous  political 
experiments.  Mr.  Haley  Is  one  of  the  few  who  have  been  tested 
and  found  worthy. 

Above  the  sea  of  candidates  there  stands  forth  8  conspicuous 
figure  here  and  there,  commanding  respect  and  inviting  searching 
investigation.  John  D,  Siebe  is  one  of  these.  As  Assessor  he  has 
impressed  his  individuality  upon  the  office  and  the  city  so 
strongly  that  his  weight  has  become  a  power.  And  we  may  be 
sure  that  if  he  had  ever  gone  far  wrong  eiiher  in  judgment  or  on 
tbe  score  of  honesty,  we  should  have  heard  a  clamorous  cackling 
over  it.  The  Assessor  has  a  tremendous  responsibility  and  is  sub- 
jected to  innumerable  and  various  strains.  Tnat  Mr.  Siebe  has 
come  scatoless  through  it  all  is  evidence  of  bis  uprightness  and 
intelligence  and  a  guarantee  of  continued  good  conduct  if  he 
should  be,  as  be  ought  to  be,  reelected. 

With  Hugh  Tevis  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  we 
may  be  sure  that  no  crookedness  or  unfairness  which  his  superior 
shrewdness  could  discover  would  ever  pass  through  the  Board 
without  suffering  discovery  and  exposure  at  his  hands.  The 
teachers  of  the  city  are  nsed  to  being  brow-beaten  and  to  seeing 
the  grossest  favoritism  practiced  that  they  especially  should  feel 
a  lively  interest  in  Mr.  Tevia's  candidacy,  and  should  do  all  in 
their  power  to  elect  him,  for  he  wonld  be  tbe  friend  of  every  hon- 
est and  capable  teacher  in  the  department.  It  is  a  pleasure  to 
recommend  him  for  election. 

William  Broderick  is  one  of  tbe  city  officers  who  have  acquitted 
themselves  so  well  as  to  deserve  re-election.  As  Auditor  he  bas 
brought  to  bear  not  only  the  uncommon  executive  ability  re- 
quired, but  has  exercised  fearlessly  that  independence  of  judg- 
ment with  which  the  law  has  invested  him.  In  doing  this  it  may 
be  taken  for  granted  that  he  bas  not  won  the  affection  of  those 
who  have  had  a  dishonest  eye  on  the  city's  funds,  but  he  has  se- 
cured the  confidence  of  the  belter  people,  and  that  practically 
amounts  to  a  re-election.  He  is  certainly  eminently  tit  for  the 
place. 

'•THE    SUNSET    LIMITED." 


THE  new  transcontinental  flyer  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany, between  San  Francisco  aDd  New  Orleans,  will  be  put 
on  November  1st,  and  will  run  every  Thursday  thereafter  until 
further  notice.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  Sunset  Route  avoids  all 
the  snow  and  cold  of  the  other  routes,  and  passes  through  the  most 
picturesque  part  of  the  United  Stales.  This  will  be  a  solid  vestibuled 
train,  consisting  of  Pullman  double  drawing-room  sleeping  cars,  din- 
ing cars  and  composite  cars,  with  buffet,  smoking  room,  bath  room, 
and  barber  shop,  the  whole  train  brilliantly  lighted  with  Pintsch  gas. 
This  will  be  the  finest  and  most  luxurious  train  that  ever  crossed  the 
continent.  At  New  Orleans  immediate  connection  will  be  made  with 
all  the  lines  centering  there,  and  also  the  fast  limited  trains  of  the 
Piedmont  Air  Line  for  all  Eastern  and  Northern  points.  This  train 
is  to  be  called  the  "  Sunset  Limited,"  and  as  it  will  make  the  trip  as 
quickly  as  the  trains  on  the  shorter  lines  no  time  will  be  lost  and  a 
great  deal  of  comfort  will  be  secured. 

ON  Wednesday  evening,  the  31st  inst.,  tbe  Hawthorne  Society 
will  give  its  one  hundred  and  twelfth  entertainment  at  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  auditorium,  corner  of  Mason  and  EUis  streets.  Dr. 
David  Starr  Jordan  will  deliver  a  lecture  on  "Evolution,"  and 
there  will  be  music  by  able  local  artists.  The  admission  fee  will 
be  twenty-five  cents,  and  tickets  may  be  secured  beforehand  at 
the  office  of  tbe  society,  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building,  between  two 
and  four  p.  m. 

Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Paris  Panels,  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  916 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER* 


October  27, 1894. 


"  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 

THE  re-opening  of  the  Baldwin  Theatre  Monday  evening  pre- 
sented, both  in  The  Second  Mrs,  Tanqueray  and  its  production 
od  one  band  and  the  quality  of  the  audience  on  the  other,  one  of 
the  most  refined  and  pleasing  pictures  that  San  Francisco  theatre- 
goers have  ever  beheld;  and  as  the  house  is  not  large,  the  pictur- 
esque beauty  of  the  scene  was  maintained  throughout  the  week. 
Pinero's  unique  drama  has  aroused  great  discussion,  not  because 
it  deals  frankly  with  a  peculiar  phase  of  the  "social  evil,"  but 
because  it  is  English,  not  French,  in  its  origin  and  setting,  and 
because  for  this  reason,  and  no  other,  It  offended  the  sensibilities 
of  the  eminently  proper  English  Young  Person.  Had  it  come 
from  France  it  would  have  quietly  fallen  into  its  proper  place  and 
been  regarded  as  a  clever  French  drama  much  inferior  to  Bardou's 
great  creations.  Nevertheless,  The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray  has  pe- 
culiar and  original  merits.  The  dominating  idea  is  the  uncom- 
mon magnanimity  of  a  man — so  uncommon  as  to  be  improbable, 
but  none  the  less  interesting  and  valuable  for  that.  Mr.  Tan- 
queray's  first  wife  had  been  one  of  those  saintly  nonentities  with 
which  English  upper  life  abounds,  and  her  daughter  has  inher- 
ited her  stupid  goodness.  After  some  years  of  widowhood  Mr. 
Tanqueray  meets  an  extraordinary  young  woman  with  a  shady 
history — such  a  woman  as  Daudet  or  Gautler  might  have  con- 
ceived, and  such  a  woman  as  Phillips's  heroine  in  As  in  a  Look- 
ing-Glass.  Although  be  has  been  reared  as  a  conformer  to  the 
hard  conventions  of  upper  society,  and  has  come  under  the  influ- 
ence of  all  the  narrow  prejudices  of  his  class,  which,  if  be  yielded 
to  their  pressure,  would  make  his  marriage  with  Paula  out  of 
the  question,  he  yet  observes  that  in  spite  of  all  she  has  a  large 
and  generous  character  and  in  many  ways  is  superior  to  the 
commonplace  "good"  women  of  his  own  class.  Loving  her,  he 
ignores  her  follies.  In  other  words,  his  native  manliness  and  in- 
dependence place  him  above  the  conventions  which  environ 
him,  and  he  determines  to  sacrifice  his  social  position  by  marry- 
ing her,  and  has  a  shadowy  hope  of  placing  her  among  the 
women  of  the  upper  class.  The  marriage  does  not  bring  happi- 
ness. The  gaucheries  which  she  develops  offend  his  fine  sensibil- 
ities, and  he  rebels  against  the  social  ostracism  which  he  had 
partly  foreseen.  Therein  is  given  a  fine  study  of  a  man's  weak- 
ness and  inconsistency,  but  these  are  redeemed  in  the  one  small 
surprise  which  the  play  develops.  This  comes  when  his  daughter 
engages  herself  to  marry  a  man  with  whom  Paula  had  formerly 
lived.  The  author,  curiously  enough,  assumes  that  this  mar- 
riage, under  the  circumstances,  would  be  incongruous  and  re- 
volting, and  this  may  be  regarded  as  an  inconsistency  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  central  idea.  Hence  Paula  determines  that  it 
shall  not  occur,  confesses  to  her  husband  her  own  sin  with  this 
man,  and  thereupon  be  prohibits  the  marriage.  Then  his  own 
old  magnanimity  reasserts  itself;  he  proposes  that  he  and  Paula 
go  to  some  obscure  part  of  the  world  and  begin  life  anew.  The 
sentiment  here  is  deep  and  touching.  But  her  own  generosity 
rises  superior  to  his,  and  she  clears  away  all  difficulties  by  killing 
herself.  The  author  has  greatly  weakened  her  noble  self-sacrifice 
by  making  it  the  easier  to  perform  through  a  realization  that  her 
beauty  is  fading,  but  he  is  to  be  congratulated  for  not  presenting 
the  agonizing  death  scene  on  the  stage.  Manifestly  the  central 
idea — a  husband's  magnanimity  and  his  loyalty  in  rising  superior 
to  uncharitable  but  sacred  traditions — is  something  new  in  the 
drama  and  is  strong  and  alluring  withal.  The  play  is  fine  and 
clean-cut,  all  the  better  because  it  is  purely  intellectual  and  not 
emotional,  has  no  straining  for  melodramatic  effects,  and  comes 
as  a  thing  new  and  refreshing.  Its  greatest  recommendation  is 
that  it  presents  problems  so  fine  and  elusive  that  none  but  the 
uncommonly  wise  can  grasp  and  appreciate  them. 

It  is  Bomewhat  amusing  to  see  Mrs.  Kendal,  the  exponent  of 
stage  respectability,  in  the  role  of  Paula.  8he  is  better  in  smoother 
parts  requiring  more  emotion  than  brains.  Her  Paula  iB  too 
jerky,  with  speech  too  broken,  indistinct,  and  explosive,  and  with 
a  manner  too  lacking  in  those  fascinating  graceB  of  abandon 
which  we  would  expect  to  find  in  such  a  character.  Mr.  Kendal 
is  perfect  in  his  role  of  Mr.  Tanqueray,  but  the  difliculties  of  it 
are  exceedingly  small  in  comparison  with  those  which  are  thrust 
upon  Mrs.  Kendal. 

At  the  Baldwin  the  Kendals  will  give  The  Ironmaster  on  Mon- 
day and  TneBday  evenings  and  Saturday  afternoon,  A  White  Lie 
on  Wednesday  and  Thursday  evenings,  and  All  for  Her  on  Friday 
and  Saturday  evenings. 

At  the  California  Theatre  Katie  Emmett's  play,  Killarney,  has 
been  holding  the  boards  to  rather  scant  houses.  The  play  is  not 
new  here,  and  is  so  much  like  a  composite  photograph  of  the 
other  plays  that  have  recently  been  produced  as  not  to  excite 
much  interest.  It  is  the  usual  Irish  drama;  there  is  a  poor  but 
beautiful  young  Irish  girl  whom  a  rich  man  and  his  daughter 
(ant  beautiful,  but  scornful)  have  been  trying  to  cheat  out  of  her 
rights.     As  is  usual  in  plays,  virtue  triumphs  and  the  machina- 


tions of  the  wicked  end  in  defeat.  Katie  Emmett  has  some  very 
pretty  Irish  songs  which  she  does  very  well,  and  one  or  two  neat 
little  dances.  Her  lover  also  sings  well,  and  a  demure  little 
maiden  who  ought  to  be  tucked  up  in  a  small  white  cot,  sings  a 
comic  song  with  considerable  verve.  The  young  lady  who  plays 
the  part  of  Judith  Kavanagh  might  do  a  little  wholesome  study- 
ing, for  hatred  and  malice  are  not  always  depicted  by  a  shrug  of 
the  shoulders  and  a  swish  of  the  skirts,  which  are  neither  grace- 
ful nor  becoming.  The  actresses  as  a  rule  display  an  extraordin- 
ary recklessness  of  extravagance  in  the  use  of  face-paint,  Miss 
Emmett  herself  setting  a  furious  pace  in  that  respect  for  the 
others.  For  the  rest,  the  Living  Pictures  were  very  well  put  on, 
and  while  some  of  them  seem  to  have  posed  for  "the  altogether" 
with  startling  effect,  the  old  maxim,  honi  soit,  etc.,  can  be  called 
into  play,  for  a  beautiful  picture  is  still  a  beautiful  picture,  be  it 
canvas  or  living,  palpitating  flesh. 

Katie  Emmett  will  continue  for  another  week  in  Killarney,  and 
an  entire  new  series  of  living  pictures  will  follow  each  perform- 
ance.    Little   Mabel   Taliafero,  Robert  Sheridan,  and  Miss  Katie 
Emmett  will  all  introduce  new  songs  and  dances. 
*  *  * 

Robert  Downing,  assisted  by  Eugenie  Blair  and  a  strong  com- 
pany, will  open  at  the  California  Theatre  in  The  Gladiator  Mon- 
day evening,  November  5th. 

Fra  Diavolo,  Auber's  dainty  little  opera,  has  held  the  Tivoli 
stage  all  the  week,  and  it  is  a  pity  that  it  is  not  to  have  a  longer 
run.  Coming  upon  the  heels  of  thin  and  nonsensical  Don  Juan, 
which  had  so  remarkable  a  ran,  it  has  served  by  its  shorter  rnn 
to  show  at  least  that  San  Francisco  prefers  nonsense  to  art.  For 
attendance  upon  the  Tivoli  performances  is  always  a  refreshingly 
frank  expression  of  local  taste.  The  Tivoli  is  too  old  and  familiar 
an  institution  for  its  productions  ever  to  be  taken  up  as  a  fad  by 
those  who  make  things  fashionable,  and  hence  these  opportuni- 
ties for  the  exhibition  of  a  culture  that  does  not  exist  are  placidly 
ignored.  And  then  Fra  Diavolo  is  old,  and  so  many  of  us  have 
already  seen  it,  egad!  That  ia  an  excuse  to  make  the  angels 
weep.  Of  course  the  Tivoli  people  have  taken  some  liberties  with 
this  exquisite  composition,  but  not  to  its  damage.  It  is  true  that 
Gracie  Plaisted  is  best  as  a  rantipole,  and  that  in  the  half-tender, 
half-romantic  role  of  Zerlina  she  is  hard  and  cannot  romp,  but 
when  has  Tillie  Salinger  been  bo  charming  and  fit  as  she  is  in  Lady 
AUcash's  clothes,  and  what  could  show  Ferris  Hartman's  sur- 
prising versatility  better  than  the  part  of  Beppo,  an  unspeakable, 
skulking  cutparse,  half  clown  and  half  bandit?  But  above  all 
these  is  Auber's  charming  music,  finer  than  which  no  light  opera 
ever  contained,  and  a  plot  that  is  romantic,  intelligent,  and  self- 
sufficient,  depending  not  at  all  upon  any  of  the  fun  with  which  it 
1b  sprinkled.     Fra  Diavolo  has  been  an  oasis. 

Jupiter,  or  The  Cobbler  and  the  King,  will  be  put  on  at  the  Tivoli 
next  Monday  evening.  It  is  an  operatic  extravaganza  in  two 
acts,  the  book  by  Harry  B.  Smith  and  the  music  by  Julian  Ed- 
wards. This  is  a  new  production,  and  its  performance  is  eagerly 
awaited.  As  its  title  indicates,  it  is  a  burlesque  on  the  stateliness 
and  splendor  of  ancient  Rome,  and  it  presents  a  grotesque  ad- 
mixture of  antique  gods  and  queer  flesh-and-blood  characters. 
Ferris  Hartman  is  to  take  the  dual  role  of  Jupiter,  King  of  Olym- 
pus, and  Spurius  Cassius,  a  cobbler;  Thomas  C.  Leary  is  to  be 
Octopus,  a  centurion;  Oracle  Plaisted  will  serve  as  Pandora,  cook 
to  Spurius  Cassius ;  Tillie  Salinger  will  shine  as  Sergius,  a  charioteer 
of  the  Circus  Maximus,  and  the  other  bright  people  of  the  com- 
pany are  equally  well  assigned. 

The  Orpheum  presents  a  radical  change  of  bill  for  next  week, 
when  Haverly's  Minstrels  will  hold  the  stage.  It  is  needless  to 
Bay  that  this  best  and  most  famous  of  minstrel  companies  will  be 
heartily  welcomed,  for  it  has  been  a  long  time  since  we  bad  a 
treat  of  high-class  minstrelsy.  In  the  list  of  stars  occur  the  names 
of  Burt  Sbepard,  Harry  Budworth,  Harry  Armstrong,  Alf.  Gib- 
son, E.  M.  Kayne,  Marion  and  Pearl,  Harry  Constantine,  Billy 
Lyons,  Kohl  and  Barney,  and  many  others. 

•  «  # 

The  public  will  not  soon  forget  Josephine  Sabel,  the  vivacious 
and  talented  songstress  who  has  just  closed  her  engagement  at 
the  Orpheum.  It  may  be  more  profitable  to  her  to  sing  in  vaude- 
ville entertainments,  but  she  baa  so  many  of  the  qualities  that 
made  such  women  as  Aim  re  and  Alice  Oati  famous  that  it  seems 
a  pity  she  is  not  in  comic  opera.  Mr.  Schaffer,  another  of  the  de- 
lightful stars  which  the  Orpheum  has  a  peculiar  knack  in  secur- 
ing, received  a  very  handsome  gift  recently  in  the  form  of  a  shield 
suspended  from  a  bar,  all  fioely  engraved,  and  presented  by  the 
admirers  of  his  wonderful  art. 

#  #  * 

The  new  idea  put  in  operation  by  the  Grovers  at  Stockwell's 
Theatre  of  giving  a  series  of  vaudeville  matinees  throughout  the 
week  and  their  dramas  in  the  evening,  has  worked  out  charm- 
ingly. These  matinees  were  given  on  Wednesday,  Thursday,  and 
Friday,  the  evening  bill  serving   for  the   matinee  to-day  and  to- 

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October  27,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


morrow.  The  vaudeville  matinees  dote  with  a  bright  little  farce. 
8ucb  clever  people  *«  Lena  Crew?,  chevalier  Kldo  Martini,  Flor- 
ence Thropp.  May  Cook.  Roberto  Satini,  Alice  Diamond,  the  Stan- 
leys. Cornelia  Makin.  William  de  Yaull.  and  Leonard  Grover,  Jr., 
always  shine  in  vaudeville  and  farce.  The  highest  matinee  charge 
is  only  twenly-6ve  cents.  Iff  5cm  iw-Jetl  has  been  the  evening 
bill  daring  the  week,  and  as  it  has  been  a  long  time  since  this 
clever  drama  was  seen  here  it  was  welcomed  by  large  audiences. 
Bmo  the  trovers  acquitted  themselves  well.  Miss  Cook's  entr'act 
cornet  playing  was  a  feature. 

My  MotherinLm  will  be  the  evening  bill  of  the  Orovers  at 
Stockwell's  daring  the  ensuing  week.  It  was  written  by  the 
senior  drover,  and  there  is  much  curiosity  to  see  if  he  .is  as  suc- 
cessful as  a  playwright  as  he  is  as  a  player.  The  pretty  girls  of 
the  company  are  announced  for  new  songs  and  olio.  The  vaude- 
ville matinees  will  be  continued  as  last  week. 

A  Fair  Rebel,  Harry  P.  Manson's  strong  military  drama,  will  be 
given  at  Morosco's  Grand  Opera  House  next  week,  with  the 
strongest  members  of  tbe  company  in  the  cast.  Over  a  hundred 
people  will  take  part  in  the  production. 

»  »  * 
The  Stanford  University  will  attend  the  performance  to  be 
given  by  Charles  Frohman's  company  of  The  New  Boy  at  the  Cali- 
fornia Theatre,  on  Thanksgiving  evening,  in  a  body.  — Eugenie 
Blair,  Robert  Downing'^  leading  lady,  has  been  selected  by  the 
Elks  of  San  Francisco  to  act  as  the  chairwoman  at  the  Ladies' 
Social  Session  to  be  given  at  the  California  Theatre  on  Sunday 
afternoon,  November  11th. The  Fruit  and  Flower  Mission  en- 
tertainment at  tbe  California  Theatre  on  Wednesday  afternoon 
next,  will  begin  promptly  at  1 :30  and  the  doors  will  be  opened  at 
one  o'clock.     An  immense  house  is  now  an  assured  fact  and  a 

large  sum  will  be  realized. McCormick,  the   famous   wrestler, 

comes  with  Robert  Downing  to  the  California  Theatre,  and  will 
challenge  the  city  to  wrestle  witb  him  in  the  arena  scene. 

MUSIC. 
Despite  stormy  weather  the  Carr-Beel  concert  drew  enough 
listeners  to  fill  comfortably  Golden  Gate  Hall  last  Saturday. 
Schubert's  A  minor  quartette  for  strings  was  given  a  careful  read- 
ing, the  third  movement,  minuetto,  being  exceptionally  well 
done.  Mies  Regina  Newman  sang  four  songs  in  a,  b,  c,  and  d 
order,  which  would  have  been  more  effective,  two  at  a  time,  on 
different  parts  of  the  programme.  Her  first  two  selections,  by 
Rubenstein  and  Jensen,  were  sung  in  German.  The  German  lan- 
guage was  evidently  constructed  for  damning  and  snoring  pur- 
poses— not  for  song:  There  is  a  humidity  about  the  Teutonic 
»  Ach  !  "  and  "  Ichl  "  that  unmistakably  savors  of  expectoration. 
Miss  Newman  was  an  improvement  on  the  singers  of  the  two 
previous  concerts.  Her  voice  (with  the  exception  of  a  few  low 
tones)  was  smooth  and  even  and  of  a  very  pleasing  quality.  Mr. 
Heine  made  his  usual  impression  with  his  'cello  solos.  His  first 
number,  an  adagio  by  Godard,  was  expressively  rendered;  only 
it  seems  that  a  too  frequent  use  of  slides  and  slurs  has  a  tendency 
to  belittle  the  majesty  of  this  noble  instrument.  Klengel's  scherzo 
gave  Mr.  Heine  an  opportunity  to  display  some  clever  technic. 
The  trio  for  piano  and  strings  by  Tscbaikowsky,  op.  50,  is  a  most 
melodious  and  agreeable  number.  Mrs.  Carr,  Mr.  Beel,  and  Mr. 
Heine  have  played  it  here  before,  but  never  in  such  a  happy, 
spirited  style.  Mrs.  Carr  has  a  few  piano  passages  in  this  trio 
that  she  makes  truly  delightful  to  the  listener.  Half  of  her  charm 
lies  in  the  artistic  manner  with  which  she  subdues  her  part,  sink- 
ing its  ideotity  in  the  combined  effort  of  the  ensemble.  When  ebe 
has  solo  passages  there  is  an  indescribable  modesty,  an  absence  of 
aggressiveness  about  her  work  that  is  as  enjoyable  as  it  is  rare. 
Next  Saturday's  programme  includes  quartettes  by  Beethoven 
and  Dvorak  and  songs  by  Mr.  Willis  Bacheller. 

Bcheel's  concerts  continue  to  draw  large  houses  nightly,  not- 
withstanding the  attractions  at  most  of  the  theatres.  The  only 
thing  needed  to  complete  the  comfort  of  those  attending  the 
Auditorium  is  to  have  a  part  of  the  house  partitioned  off  with 
padded  walls,  and  compel  the  conversational,  small-talk  fiends  to 
seat  themselves  there.  Not  a  night  passes  but  the  kettle-drums 
groan  in  anguish  at  their  inefficiency,  and  the  trombones  marvel 
at  the  kind  of  brass  that  by  comparison  makes  their  voices  sound 
so  meek.  Mr.  Scheel  thoughtfully  allows  a  long  intermission 
after  each  four  numbers,  which  should  be  sufficient  for  these 
destroyers  of  peace  to  exercise  their  vocal  nuisances  in. 

*  *  £ 

Miss  Eugenia  A.  Kelly  will  have  a  testimonial  concert  given  to 
her  on  Monday   evening   at   Byron  Mauzy  Hall.     Mme.   Waltz, 
Dr.  Arthur  Regensberger,  Miss  Tibbets,  Ashton  P.  Stevens,  and  a 
number  of  clever  people  have  volunteered. 
»  #  # 

Mr.  H.  J.  Stewart's  organ  recital  at  the  First  Unitarian  Church 
took  place  on  Wednesday  evening.  Mr.  Stewart  played  a  num- 
ber of  excellent  compositions  on  the  organ  and  Mrs.  Dick  man 
Bang  several  songs. 

Run  no  risk!  Be  sure  of  your  remedy  and  take  Ayer's  Sar*aparilla 
only. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

Al.lltYMtN.feCo. LUUSI  and  Managers. 

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KEN  DAL, 

(Under  tbe  direction  ot  Daniel  Frohman),  and  their  London  company. 
MiV." ',"  >"  "'"'  Tilf!.dBj-  cvt-lilriRH.  9a  nr.lnt  matinee,  THE    I  HON  (I  AM  Kit 

Wednesday  and  Thursday,  A  WIIITK  I.IK 

„„,,_„  Friday  and  dalnnlay.  AM,  FOR  llKIt 

PHI" ES-25C,  We,  60c.  760,  II.  |I  60,  h 

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CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al    Hayman  &  Co Lessees  |  8.  H.  Frledlauder  Manager, 

Every  eveulng,  including  Sunday:  matinee  Patnrdav.  Second  and  last 
week.    The  best  play  In  the  city      Charming  KATIE  1SMMETT  In 

KILLARNEY, 

Six  realistic  scenes  ol  Ireland.  Katie  Emme't's  new  songs.  Ever  bright 
audcatehy      The  leap  lor  life!    A  new  series  of  LIVING  PICTURES. 

Monday,  >.ovetnber  6th.— The  American  Tragedian,  KOBER  I  DOWNING, 
in  the  ULaDIATOR. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Keeling    Proprietor  and  Manager 

To-night  and  to-morrow  night,  Auber's  favorite  standard  opera, 

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Roy,"  "Tar  and  Tar-Tar,"  "The  Fencing  Master,"  "Robin  Hood." 
PofdiabPeicks 25and60o 

ORFHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  commencing  Monday,  October  29th. 

haverm's  original  mastodon  minstrels, 

The  world's  greatest  exponents  of  high  class  minstrelsy. 
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Wednesday,  Saturday,  and  Sunday. 
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children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
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GRAND    RE-OPENING. 

Every  evening.    Matinee  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

THE    GROVERS. 

Leonard  Grover  Jr.  and  Leonard  Grover  Sr.  with  their  comedy  company 
in  Leonard  Grover's  delightful  comedy,  MV  MOTHER-IN-LAW.  New 
Olio,  Songs,  Dances,  Pretty  Bathing  Dress  Berlina  by  all  the  pretty  girls. 

Vaudeville  matinees  every  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Thursday,  and  Friday. 
Dramatic  matinees  Saturday  and  Sunday. 

A  wealth  of  hearty,  honest  laughter.  NOTE  PRICES— 10, 15,  25,  35,  and  50c. 
Box  seats,  50c  Loge  seats,  50e.  Reserved  opera  chairs  in  family  circle, 
15c    Matioees,  10, 15,  and  25c.    Seats  now  on  sale  at  box  office. 

Y,  M-  C.  A.  HALL -Cor.  Ellis  and  Mason. 

Two  evenings  only! 

GENERAL    LEW     WALLACE. 

Author  of  "  Ben  Hur  "  "  Prince  of  India,"  etc   TUESDAY,  Oct.  30th, 

at  8:15  P.  m.— SUBJECT— "Turkey  and  the  Turks,"  (with  glimpses  of  the 
Harem).    *  RIDATT,  Nov.  3d,  at  8:15  P.  m.— SUBJECT— "  How  I  Came  to 
Write  Ben  Hur." 
Admission,  SOc.    Reserved  Seats,  75c.  and  $1. 

On  sale  at  Sherman,  clay  &  Co.'s,  commencing  Monday,  Oct.  29th  at  9  p.m. 
Carriages  at  9:30  p.  m. 

Established  1873. 

OJTO    JtfOip/WS   IJIS, 

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the    New   California    Hotel. 
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KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaus, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 


BETHESDA. 


AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 
"  I  don't  think  Bethesda  has  any  equal  as  a  pure,  agreeable,  and  whole- 
some table  water. — J.  B.  Foraker,  ex-Governor  of  Ohio. 

"  I  think  the  Bethesda  as  good  a  mineral  water  as  I  have  ever  tasted." 
— T.  N.  Palmer,  President  World's  Columbian  Commission. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  Agents, 

418  Sacramento  street,  S.  F. 


f    II  I  I  AM    RPHHARn     The  English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
LILLIMI1    DLVUrWiUf  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 

Searances   arranged.        SHAKESPEAREAN    ACADEMY,    1017  Ellis  St., 
an  Francisco,  Cal. 


Has  Removed  \to  824  Market  St,  Phelan  Building. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  27, 1894. 


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JUDGE  Van  Rensselaer  Paterson,  who  recently  resigned  from  an 
Associate  Justiceship  of  the  Supreme  Court  to  resume  private 
practice,  loves  a  good  story,  and  tells  one  in  illustration  of  the 
extraordinary  estimation  in  which  Mexicans  hold  longevity.  He 
says  that  old  age  is  their  greatest  vanity,  and  relates,  in  demon- 
stration, an  incident  which  occurred  several  years  ago.  Judge 
Paterson  was  one  of  the  attorneys  in  a  case  involving  the  owner- 
ship of  land  in  San  Diego  County.  The  claim  dated  back  to  the 
Spanish  occupation,  and  one  of  the  witnesses  for  Paterson  was  an 
aged  Mexican.  The  first  question  asked  was  a  query  as  to  the 
age  of  the  witness. 

"One  hundred  and  forty,"  was  the  unblushing  reply. 

<*  The  old  chap  was  probably  sixty-five,  and  his  answer  was  so 
palpably  absurd  that  the  attorney  realized  it  would  only  prejudice 
bis  case  to  attempt  to  prove  anything  by  a  witness  soplainly  un- 
truthful. So,  after  a  few  irrelevant  questions,  the  venerable  pre- 
varicator was  dismissed. 

Later  in  the  day  the  ancient  Mexican  returned  and  stated  that 
he  desired  to  correct  bis  testimony  regarding  his  age.  He  had  in- 
advertently stated  il  erroneously.  Judge  Paterson  was  jubilant, 
satisfied  that  be  could  now  use  the  witness  to  prove  his  point. 

"  How  old  are  you  now?  "   inquired  Paterson,  confidently. 

"  Two  hundred  and  forty,  8tiior,"    was  the  paralyzing   reply. 

The  old  fellow  had  met  another  pioneer  who  claimed  to  be  one 
hundred  and  fifty  years  old.  Not  to  be  outdone  he  triumphantly 
modified  bis  evidence,  to  the  chagrin  of  the  second  ancient.  Judge 
Paterson  lost  his  case. 

*  *  * 

In  society  circles  in  New  York  and  at  Newport,  Miss  Virginia 
Fair  is  deemed  an  artful  tittle  beauty,  with  a  decided  penchant 
for  flirting.  This  tendency  of  the  attractive  heiress  was  illustrated 
when  she  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hermann  Oelricbs  were  crossing  on 
the  Teutonic  last  July  after  their  trip  abroad.  The  best  looking 
man  on  board  was  Dr.  Kadmore,  the  ship's  surgeon,  a  handsome 
Englishman,  tall,  fair,  and  straight  of  limb.  Miss  Fair's  admira- 
tion of  the  stalwart  medico  was  increased  by  the  fact  that  the 
doctor  seemed  to  have  eyes  only  for  Miss  Mabel  Amber,  one  of 
Frohman's  leading  ladies,  who  was  also  a  passenger.  The  sur- 
geon was  very  devoted  to  the  actress,  and  after  several  efforts  of 
a  skirmishing  character  the  passengers  were  amused  to  observe 
that  the  petite  heiress  actually  entered  the  lists  against  the  theat- 
rical star.  Miss  Fair  had  notbiDg  but  smiles  for  the  handsome 
doctor,  who  was  soon  in  a  quandary  between  the  two  ladies. 
However,  Dr.  Radmore  compromised  the  matter  by  an  equal 
division  of  his  attentions,  which  were  regulated  by  the  clock  dur- 
ing the  remainder  of  tbe  trip  across.  In  the  morning  he  prom- 
enaded the  deck  with  Miss  Amber;  his  afternoons  were  devoted  to 
amusing  Miss  Fair.  Both  the  actress  and  the  heiress  seemed  sat- 
isfied with  this  arrangement,  so  far  as  the  surgeon  was  concerned, 
but  the  two  young  women  remained  at  daggers  drawn. 

#  *  * 

WheD  Clinton  Palmer  strolls  along  the  Clay-street  market  those 
who  happen  to  see  the  epicure  and  who  are  fond  of  good  living 
follow  in  his  wake,  and  if  possible  duplicate  his  orders.  Mr. 
Palmer,  with  the  able  assistance  of  his  brother,  Major  Ned,  keeps 
"tabs"  upon  all  tbe  delicacies  of  the  seasoD.  The  market  men 
know  them  and  put  away  their  choicest  for  tbe  Palmers.  One 
day  this  week  Mr.  Palmer's  basket  for  a  quiet  little  dinner  to  be 
given  in  a  down-town  restaurant  to  a  few<friends  of  his  contained 
the  following:  A  plump  pond  mullet,  sent  to  him  by  his  friend, 
Paul  Newman,  from  Honolulu;  some  ecrivisses  shipped  to  him 
from  the  Mission  San  Jose  by  John  L.  Beard,  a  sort  of  hereditary 
duke  of  that  locality;  a  bunch  of  rare  small  squash  with  the  yel- 
low blossoms  on,  which  Signor  Razzetto  cultivates  on  his  farm 
in  the  Santa  Clara  Valley;  half  a  dozen  English  snipe;  some 
oysters  from  Seattle,  which  closely  resembles  the  Ostend  oysters 
and  are  undoubtedly  the  best  on  the  coast;  a  can  of  snails  from 
the  COte  d'Or  district;  a  juicy  Oregon  pheasant,  and  a  tiny  saddle 
of  lamb.  Not  a  bad  feast  this  for  a  few  old  pals  to  sit  down  to  in 
a  cobwebbed  corner  in  the  Latin  Quarter. 
»  *  * 

Some  men  are  always  longing  to  have  their  credulity  tested  by 
those  human  sharks  who  lay  for  the  Petaloma  granger  and  de- 
vour his  financial  substance.  One  of  these  is  Mr.  H.  J.  Stewart, 
the  organist  and  composer,  whose  ambition  since  he  transferred 
his  allegiance  to  the  "United  8tates  has  been  to  be  interviewed  by 
a  bunco  sharp.  Mr.  Stewart's  accent  is  decidedly  British,  and  he 
has  always  hoped  that  this  would  help  him  along  in  his  great 
endeavor.  On  Monday  of  this  week  he  was  looking  into  a  picture 

For  the  newest  and  best  publications  in  Pictures,  and  the  latest  and 
most  artistic  styles  in  Frames,  S.  &  G.  Gump's  Art  Emporium  is  the  place. 
113  Geary  street. 


shop  on  Post  street  when  a  stranger  pushed  up  close  against  him. 

"  Fine  picture,  that,"  said  the  stranger. 

Mr.  Stewart  tbrilled  with  joy.  He  thought  that  the  long  ex- 
pected hour  had  come  and  that  he  was  at  last  mercifully  delivered 
into  the  hands  of  a  bunco-sharp. 

"  I  Bappose  it  is,"  said  Mr.  Stewart  with  his  most  innocent  air, 
"  but  I  don't  know  much  about  those  things,  and  besides,"  he 
added,  anxious  to  precipitate  matters,  "  I've  only  just  come  to 
town."  And  then  he  waited  for  the  invitation  to  step  around 
tbe  corner  and  see  tbe  stranger  draw  a  prize  in  the  lottery. 

"  It's  a  damp  day,"  said  the  suspicions  character.  "Won't 
you  Btep  around  and  have  something  to  drink?" 

"Why,  certainly,"  said  Mr.  Stewart;  but  although  the  bar- 
keeper was  some  time  filling  the  order,  there  was  nothing  said 
about  the  lottery. 

"  Where  is  the  Baldwin  Hotel?"  asked  Mr.  Stewart. 

"  Why,  on  Market  street,  of  course!"  replied  the  stranger,  with 
a  look  of  surprise.  And  then  they  drank,  and  as  the  musician 
was  confidently  expecting  to  be  led  around  the  corner,  his  enter- 
tainer remarked:  "  Well,  good  day,  Mr.  Stewart.  I  must  say  that 
I  enjoyed  your  organ  recital  very  much." 

"  When  I  reflected  what  this  man  must  have  thought  of  me," 
said  Mr.  Stewart,  "  you  might  have  knocked  me  down  with  a 
feather." 

*  •  * 

The  eminent  historian,  James  Anthony  Froude,  visited  San 
Francisco  a  few  years  ago,  and  during  tbe  afternoon  which  he 
spent  at  the  Bohemian  Club,  conversing  with  Colonel  Hawes, 
Judge  Boalt,  Frank  Pixley,  and  others  of  the  old  guard,  saw  two 
things  which  impressed  him  deeply.  The  first  was  in  the  lunch- 
room.    A  gentleman  seated  next  to  him  said: 

"  Would  you  mind,  Mr.  Froude,  telling  me  what  has  impressed 
you  particularly  during  your  visit  ?  " 

Mr.  Froude,  who  has  a  habit  of  keeping  his  eyes  down  in  a 
dreamy,  reflective  manner,  lifted  them,  and  with  a  smile  replied, 
nodding  at  a  dish  befo  e  him : 

"  Ice  on  the  butter  in  the  middle  of  January." 

The  other  incident  is  somewhat  difficult  to  describe  in  detail. 
Some  gentlemen  were  sitting  in  the  conversation  room,  and  the 
most  voluble  of  the  party  was  eloquently  dilating  upon  the  won- 
ders and  greatness  of  California.  In  the  middle  of  this  discourse, 
and  carried  away  possibly  by  his  enthusiasm  beyond  the  rules  of 
politeness,  he  expectorated  on  the  carpet.  Mr.  Froude  watched 
the  flight  of  this  dangerous  missile  nervously,  and  when  it  bad 
reached  its  final  home  on  the  Brussels  he  looked  with  a  puzzled 
air  at  the  unconscious  perpetrator  of  the  outrage.  We  venture 
to  say  that  this  was  one  of  his  unwritten  anecdotes  of  his  stay  in 
San  Francisco. 

9  *  • 

Mr.  Froude  was  puzzled  to  know  why  the  Bohemian  owl  had 
hut  one  eye.  Here  is  the  reason:  When  Marion  Wells,  the  sculp- 
tor, who  modeled  the  owl,  had  almost  finished  the  face,  he  dis- 
covered that  it  bore,  by  pure  accident  of  course,  a  most  striking 
resemblance  to  Mr.  Frank  Pixley.  To  make  the  presentment 
more  complete,  he  gave  the  big  owl  that  one-eyed  blink  which 
was  characteristic  of  Mr.  Pixley  in  his  facetious  moments.  It 
seems  a  pity  that  somebody  had  not  communicated  this  fact  to 
Mr.  Froude  before  he  departed  this  life  with  the  mystery  of  the 
single-eyed  Bohemian  owl  still  unsolved. 

The  Press  Club  gave  a  "Late  Watch"  last  Saturday  night  in 
honor  of  Mr.  James  V.  Coleman,  who  entertained  them  at  his 
country  home,  tbe  Rancho  de  Santa  Maria  de  Guadaloupe,  this 
summer.  The  literary  and  musical  bill  of  fare  was  a  generous 
and  varied  one.  Mr.  Coleman  was  eulogized  by  the  club  and 
presented  with  a  beautiful  album  containing  photographs  illus- 
trating the  club's  visit  on  its  summer  outiug.  The  guest  of  the 
evening  made  a  graceful  and  witty  response  to  Wells  Drury's 
presentation  speech,  and  then  followed  recitations  and  vocal  and 
instrumental  music  (including  a  horn  solo  from  Franz  Hell)  by 
amateur  and  professional  musicians.  Ross  Jackson,  Dan'l  Sully, 
Dan  O'Connell,  President  Norton,  George  T.  Bromley,  and  a  num- 
ber of  others  helped  to  keep  the  ball  rolling  until  the  roosters  in 
the  market  beneath  heralded  the  dawn.  It  was  altogether  one  of 
the  most  successful  affairs  ever  given  by  this  club  and  a  graceful 
return  for  Mr.  Coleman's  hospitality. 


THE  other  day  a  representative  of  the  News  Letter  called  on 
Dr.  Plouf,  the  inventor  of  Plouf's  rheumatic  cure,  which  has 
created  so  great  a  sensation.  From  visible  evidences  of  activity 
about  the  office,  room  24,  Phelan  building,  it  was  clear  that  there 
is  a  heavy  demand  for  this  specific.  "Yes,"  said  Dr.  Plouf,  in 
answer  to  a  question,  "the  demand  for  the  cure  is  very  heavy, 
and  we  are  kept  busy  filling  orders  for  it  from  all  parts  of  the 
United  States.  It  is  a  scientific  remedy  and  a  radical  departure 
from  the  old  methods  of  external  treatment.  Mine  is  an  internal 
remedy  and  strikes  directly  at  the  seat  of  the  disease  in  the 
system." 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


October  27,  1394. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


GOTHAM    OCSSIP. 

IT  will  greatly  interest  many  of  your  readers  to  learn  that  Mrs. 
Kate  Ponglae  Wiggins,  tbe  distinguished  and  cl  a*mirg  author 
who  spent  so  much  of  her  life  in  rahfornla,  is  soon  to  be  married 
to  Mr.  <«eorge  K'ggs,  of  New  York.  He  is  a  prominent  and  suc- 
cessful young  business  man.  who  represents  in  America  many  of 
the  oldest  and  wealthiest  linen  houses  in  (treat  Britain.  Owing 
to  the  fact  that  he  met  bis  fiar.o'e  in  Wales  last  summer  during  a 
coaching  trip  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  T.  Buckley,  it  has 
been  reported  that  be  is  an  Englishman.  Mr.  Kiggs  is  an  all- 
roand  athlete,  and  is  passionately  devoted  to  horses.  He  intends 
to  drive  a  tandem  through  Ireland  next  snmmer.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  (bat  matrimony  will  not  put  an  end  to  Mrs.  Wigging's  lit- 
erary work.  Sbe  is  now  engaged  on  a  series  of  sketches  of  New 
England  village  life,  several  of  which  have  been  published  in  the 
Atlantic  Monthly.  I  understand  that  they  will  be  reprinted  in 
book  form,  with  much  new  material,  during  the  spring. 

Mr.  Andres  Martinez,  who  has  been  spending  some  months  at 
his  old  home  in  Spain,  is  expected  in  New  York  on  the  20th  inet. 
Ue  will  proceed  to  San  Francisco  on  his  way  to  Central  America. 

Joe  Griamer  ran  over  from  Thiladelphia  last  week.  He  and  his 
wife  are  playing  in  that  colony  of  Quakers  very  successfully  in 
Clay  Greene's  clever  drama.  The  yew  South. 

Hard  times  are  seriously  affecting  the  theatrical  world.  One  of 
the  very  few  plays  that  are  doing  at  all  well  in  New  York  at  pres- 
ent is  The  Irish  Artist,  in  which  Chauncey  Olcott,  a  San  Francisco 
boy,  appears  as  the  star. 

Mr?.  Charles  Simpkins  and  her  daughter  Alice  are  in  town  for 
the  winter  at  the  Buckingham  Hotel. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Marshall,  of  Los  Angeles,  are  registered 
in  Paris,  as  also  is  Dr.  Orello,  of  your  city. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young  were  among  the  congregation  at 
St.  Leo's,  the  very  fashionable  Kooian  Catholic  Church  here,  last 
Sunday  morning.  Monsignor  Ducey,  the  priest  of  St.  Leo's,  is  a 
very  warm  friend  of  them  both,  and  they  never  lose  an  oppor- 
tunity of  hearing  him  whenever  they  are  in  New  York.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  de  Young  are  registered  at  the  Waldorff.  They  will  go  to 
Chicago  for  a  week,  and  upon  returning  to  New  York  will  remain 
several  days  before  leaving  for  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  de  Young 
looked  very  pretty  on  8unday  and  very  much  thinner  than  when 
I  last  saw  her. 

Admiral  Selfridge  and  Lieutenant  Russell  Selfridge  arrived  from 
the  West  a  few  days  ago,  and  are  at  the  old-fashioned  and  very 
exclusive  hotel,  the  Clarendon,  Union  Square. 

Mrs.  Bella  Thomas  Nichols  is  at  the  Mystic,  waiting  for  the 
completion  of  her  beautiful  studios  in  the  Carnegie  Music  Hall. 
She  has  the  promise  of  a  most  successful  winter.  Her  time  is  al- 
ready engaged  for  almost  the  entire  season.  The  illness  which 
prostrated  her  during  the  summer  has  left  no  traces  in  her  ap- 
pearance, for  she  has  never  been  handsomer  than  she  is  at  pres- 
ent. In  her  studio  I  met  pretty  Mrs.  Edna  Wallace  Hopper, 
De  Wolf  Hopper's  bride  of  a  year  ago.  She  is  studying  singing 
with  Mrs.  Nichols. 

Arthur  Martin  arrived  from  California  on  Thursday,  and  will 
spend  six  weeks  in  and  about  New  York  visiting  Boston,  Phila- 
delphia, and  Baltimore  before  returning  to  San  Francisco.  Lieu- 
tenant Fechteller  has  just  been  ordered  to  San  Francisco  to  take 
charge  of  the  Hydrographic  Bureau  in  place  of  Lieutenant  Bur- 
netie,  detached  on  sick  leave.  Mrs.  George  Pullman  and  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Harriot  Pullman  Carolan  (why  not  Mrs.  Frank 
Carolan?).  are  at  the  Windsor.  Miss  Mary  Corbett  is  in  town 
visiting  Miss  Agnes  Burgin.  Miss  Corbettleft  her  California  home 
a  year  or  more  ago  to  contest  her  brother's  will.  He  died  pos- 
sessed of  a  large  fortune,  and  Miss  Corbett,  not  being  satisfied 
with  the  disposal  of  it,  is  fighting  for  her  rights  and  with  strong 
hope  of  success. 

The  leading  Spanish  club  here,  the  Circulo  Colon  Cervantes, 
gave  a  ball  on  Friday  night  to  inaugurate  its  new  rooms  in  Lex- 
ington avenue.  All  of  the  leading  Spanish,  Mexican,  South 
American,  and  Cuban  colonists  are  members  of  this  distinguished 
organization,  and  the  entertainments  which  it  gives  its  friends 
are  always  most  delightful.  Among  former  Californians  who 
graced  the  ball  were  Mrs.  Smithers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Canalizo,  and 
Miss  Eugenie  Ferrer. 

A  very  amusing  affair — amusing  to  everybody  except  the 
Eugene  Kellys — attracted  the  attention  of  reporters  yesterday. 
In  tbe  still  watches  of  the  night  two  pedestrians  chanced  to  en- 
counter and  jostle  each  other.  There  were  recriminations,  indig- 
nant remonstrance,  and  finally  a  shattered  umbrella.  Both  men 
shouted  "Police!  "  and  when  the  valiant  emissary  of  the  law  ar- 
rived each  man  demanded  the  arrest  of  the  other  for  assault.  As 
this  was  confusing  the  officer  arrested  them  both,  and  they  lan- 
guished for  a  few  hours  in  durance  until  morning  brought  them 
before  the  justice,  who  discharged  them.  One  of  the  prisoners 
gave  his  name  as  Eugene  Kelly,  Jr.,  of  North  Washington  Square. 
The  horror  of  the  Kellys  (you  always  speak  of  them  in  San 
Francisco  as  the  "  Donohoe  Kellys  ")  may  be  easily  imagined. 
At  the  office  it  was  insisted  that  Eugene  Kelly,  Jr.,  was  still  in 
Mexico,  hut  it  is  known  that  he  returned  on  Monday.  As,  how- 
ever, there  is  plenty  of  evidence  that  Mr.  Kelly  did  not  leave  bis 
house  on  the  night  in  question  it  is  difficult   to  understand  how 


the  gossips  will  keep  up  credence  in  this  tale.  Young  Thomas 
Hugh  Kelly,  his  brother,  is,  by  the  way,  one  of  tbe  best  known 
men  about  town.  He  has  a  very  artistic  studio  in  hia  father's 
house  at  No.  33  West  Fifty-first  street,  where  he  gives  very 
charming  afternoon  teas  during  the  season.  He  is  a  very  clever 
amateur  actor,  his  specialty  being  female  impersonation  and 
skirt  dancing.  Passe  Partout. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Octoter  27.1M4. 


Gomstock  The  market  for  Comstock  shares  on  Pine  street 
Miqing  has  been  variable  during  the  week,  with  a  wider 
Scares.  range  of  fluctuations  in  some  of  the  leading  stocks. 
The  news  from  the  mines  continues  of  a  character  which  should 
warrant  the  prognostication  of  higher  values  under  normal  condi- 
tion on  tie  street.  Old-timers  are  unable  to  reconcile  the  com- 
paratively dull  action  of  the  market,  in  view  of  recent  ore  devel- 
opments, and  it  certainly  is  enough  to  set  people  thinking  about 
what  the  business  is  coming  to.  The  most  conservative  men  who 
are  competent  to  discuss  the  subject  are  of  the  unanimous  opin- 
ion that  the  shares  of  Con.  Virginia  now  selling  below  $5  per 
share,  are  worth  at  least  from  $15  to  $20  upon  intrinsic  merit  in 
the  mine.  Times  have  changed  considerably;  a  few  years  ago  an 
admission  of  this  kind  would  have  seen  a  speculative  value 
tagged  on  to  the  apparent  worth  of  the  stock,  the  price  of  which 
would  have  been  quoted  in  the  neighborhood  of  $100.  In  Chollar 
and  Potosi  there  is  also  a  showing  of  ore  which  should  influence 
the  stocks  favorably.  At  the  South-end  Crown  Point  continues 
to  extract  a  fair  grade  of  gold  rock,  cutting  down  expenses  ma- 
terially. At  other  points  along  the  lode  work  is  progressing  to 
better  advantage  than  ever  before,  and  yet  what  does  it  amount 
to  so  far  as  the  local  market  is  concerned.  The  lack  of  a  leader 
in  the  market  is  at  the  bottom  of  all  the  trouble.  Money  is 
plentiful  enough,  bat  the  difficulty  is  how  to  bring  it  into  active 
UBe.  The  majority  of  people  on  this  coast  are  born  gamblers.  On 
the  other  hand,  low  priced  stock  has  never  yet  proved  an  attrac- 
tion. It  is  safe  to  say  that  there  would  be  a  greater  demand  for 
Con.  Virginia  at  $50  than  there  might  be  at  $1  50.  No  amount  of 
reasoning  will  explain  satisfactorily  to  the  class  of  speculators 
which  exiBts  here  that  a  development  of  importance  exists, 
where  the  shares  of  a  mine  remain  passive.  While  the  morality 
of  the  proposition  may  be  questioned  by  some  people,  neverthe- 
less it  was  infinitely  better  for  the  market  and  any  one  concerned 
in  Its  welfare,  when  the  news  of  an  ore  strike  was  published  by 
the  stock  jumping  $20  or  $30  in  a  day.  The  principle  of  running 
a  mine  like  an  open  book  may  be  more  suitable,  to  advanced 
ideas  of  modern  Christianity,  but  it  evidently  has  a  dulling  effect 
upon  the  business.  A  continued  improvement  in  Opbir  has  a 
cheering  effect  just  now  upon  operators,  who  hope  that  perhaps 
a  movement  in  this  favorite  old  stock  may  be  the  signal  for  an 
active  spurt  in  prices  along  the  entire  lode. 

$  $  $ 

rfq  Inflated  The  arrival  of  two  experts  is  reported  from 
Mining         abroad    to   confirm    the   report   of   experts  on  the 

Enterprise.  Beaudry  group  of  mines  at  Weaverville,  in  Trinity 
County.  It  is  safe  to  presume  that  these  gentlemen  will  find 
everything  lovely.  Who  ever  heard  of  one  of  these  foreign 
scientists  ever  discovering  any  error  in  the  reports  which  they 
were  detailed  to  investigate,  and  who  ever  yet  has  known 
the  results  to  bear  out  their  testimony?  Within  the  pist  ten 
years,  upon  only  one  occasion  out  of  probably  twenty  cases,  do 
we  remember  a  negative  report  upon  a  property  by  an  imported 
expert.  This  individual  was  a  cheap  article,  salary  £100  a  year 
and  found,  with  traveling  expenses  paid  by  the  great  Eaglish 
house  which  charged  £1000  for  his  services  in  drafting  the  report 
to  which  they  subsequently  attached  their  names.-  This  starveling 
was  banted  down  to  Mexico  to  investigate  a  valuable  property. 
Upon  the  first  day  of  his  arrival  there,  he  gave  the  proprietors  a 
very  strong  hint  that  walking  was  baci  in  the  part  of  the  world 
where  he  came  from  and  potatoes  dear  at  that  season  of  the  year, 
and  was  sent  to  the  devil  for  his  pains.  The  property  suffered  in 
the  long  ran,  although  the  examination*  was  cursory  in  more 
ways  than  one.  It  was  made  in  about  the  same  manner  as 
another  of  these  "proxies"  admitted  in  a  suit  for  expenses  and 
fees  of  his  firm  for  work  doue  in  South  Africa,  by  climbing  a  hill 
and  prospecting  the  several  mines  and  agricultural  lands  with  a 
pair  of  fall-power  binoculars.  It  would  be  in  the  interests  of  the 
pockets  of  subscribers  in  France,  Canada,  and  London  to  employ 
one  of  the  half-dozen  really  competent  men  in  this  city  before 
closing  the  transaction.  We  believe,  and  venture  to  assert  that 
events  will  bear  us  out,  that  the  scheme  is  a  most  dangerous  one 
for  many  reasons,  and  that  the  price  asked  is  outrageously  in 
excess  of  what  has  been  paid  in  the  aggregate  for  the  several 
claims  included  in  the  incorporation  known  as  the  La  Grange 
Mining  Company.  No  interest  can  ever  be  expected  from  the 
annual  gold  product,  the  estimates  of  which  are  exaggerated 
beyond  all  reason.     Where  is  the  Browne  report? 

$  $  $ 

THE  Merrimac  mine,  of  Grass  Valley,  which  was  recently  pur- 
chased by  some  well-known  mining  men  of  this  city,  is  opening 
up  well,  it  is  said,  under  the  new  management.  The  mine  is  one  of 
the  old-time  famous  properties  of  this  well-known  district,  and  it 
has,  it  is  believed,  a  great  future  bsfore  it. 


Under  The  name  of  the  old  New  Lond  >n  mine,  recently 

a  bought   by    Harpeuding,  is    now   changed  to  the 

New  Name.  Lucille,  and  the  new  purchasers  are  erecting  new 
machinery  involving  a  heavy  outlay  of  money  in  material  and 
labor.  This  seems  a  rather  strange  proceeding  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  the  last  owners  not  long  ago  removed  a  very  expensive 
plant.  Can  it  be  possible  that  some  one  has  imposed  upon  Mr. 
Harpending,  who  is  very  generally  credited  with  possessing  an 
unusual  amount  of  acuteness?  Every  one  who  is  in  any  way 
well  posted  upon  mining  matters  in  California  knows  well  that 
the  New  London  mine  has  proved  itself  a  rank  failure,  although 
explorations  have  been  carried  to  as  great  a  depth  as  any  mine 
along  the  lode.  It  would  be  strange  indeed  should  it  tarn  oat  that 
Martin  and  Ballard  were  mistaken  and  had  simply  expended 
their  time  and  money  for  nothing. 

*  S  % 

ijarqrqoqd's        John   Hays  Hammond,    the  California  raining 
Work  engineer  who  has  been  actively  engaged  for  some 

in  Africa.  months  in  looking  after  the  interests  of  prominent 
English  capitalists  in  South  Africa,  will  arrive  in  London  next 
month  for  a  short  visit.  His  company  has  a  number  of  important 
enterprises  on  foot  in  some  new  territorial  possessions  of  the 
British  government,  and  he  simply  comes  to  London  for  con- 
sultation with  the  Directors.  When  the  campaign  of  the  future  is 
decided  upon,  Mr.  Hammond  will  return  direct  to  South  Africa 
for  a  longer  sojourn.  Mrs.  Hammond  and  family  will  accompany 
him.  During  bis  last  trip  into  the  interior  of  the  dark  continent, 
he  penetrated  a  region  where  a  white  man  never  set  foot  before. 
It  is  said  to  be  very  rich  in  ledges  of  high  grade  gold  ore. 

Aqotqer  On  the  eve  of  his  death  James  H.  Crossman  con- 
Mine  eluded  the  sale  of  the  Alabama  mine,  in  Tuolumne,  to 
Sold.  Philadelphia  capitalists.  He  received  the  dispatch  a 
couple  of  hoars  before  he  died,  so  that  in  view  of  a  commission 
coming  to  him,  his  act  can  scarcely  be  attributed  to  a  lack  of 
money.  It  is  pleasant  to  know,  however,  that  the  old  and  highly 
respected  miner  has  left  just  so  much  more  wealth  to  his  be- • 
reaved  family. 

$   $   $ 

Iqsuraqce  The  P.  I.  U.  is  again  discussing  the  proposition 

if  ere  to  abolish    the   sixty  day  payment   clause,   bat 

And  Abroad,  that  is  not  likely  to  happen,  as  the  arson  com- 
mittee is  handicapped  enough  as  it  is  at  present.  *  *  *  The 
Acturial  Society  of  America  was  recently  in  session  in  New  York. 
This  society  is  said  to  represent  life  insurance  companies,  with 
assets  aggregating  $1,087,950,000.  There  are  nearly  one  hundred 
members,  representing  companies  widely  scattered  in  this  and  the 
Old  World.  *  *  *  An  English  company  has  made  a  proposal 
to  form  a  concern  on  the  club  plan  in  vogue  in  that  country,  to 
insure  exclusively  steel  steamers.  The  idea  is  intended  to  lake 
effect  next  February  if  shipowners  support  the  scheme.  The 
average  loss  on  steel  steamers  is  very  light  in  comparison  with 
that  on  iron  ships.  *  *  *  The  Virginia  Farmers'  Insurance 
Company  has  thrown  up  the  sponge  and  quit.  Policies  have  been 
canceled  and  premiums  repaid.  *  *  *  A  receiver  will  probably 
be  appointed  for  the  Commercial  Alliance  Life  Company,  of  New 
York.  The  State  does  not  approve  of  its  bonds.  *  *  *  The 
Argus  Assurance  CompaDy,  of  London,  has  been  registered  with 
£500,000  capital.      It   is  proposed  to  do  a  non-tariff  fire  business. 

*  *  #  The  office  furniture  of  the  New  York  County  Co- 
operative Fire  Insurance  Company  has  been  sold  out  by  the 
Sheriff.  *  *  *  A  representative  ot  the  Aachen  and  Munich  Com- 
pany, of  Aix-la  Chappelle,  is  on  his  way  to  this  city. 


New  York  Daring  the  past  week  the  New  York  stock  mar- 
Stock  kec  has  shown  a  small  depreciation  in  values;  the 
Market'  Railway  list  doing  little  or  nothing  outside  of  a  few 
specialties.  Manhattan  lost  five  points,  but  regained  part  of  its 
loss.  Western  Pacific  Preferred  was  sold  heavily  by  Boston 
houses  on  the  failure  of  the  receivers  to  sell  $5,000,000  Receiver 
Certificates  authorized  by  the  court.  London  houses  bought  the 
stock  at  the  decline,  and  will  probably  make  arrangements  to 
take  care  of  the  certificates.  Pacific  Mail  advanced  to  $20.  This 
was  caused  by  favorable  reports  regarding  the  condition  of  its 
affairs.  Sugar  advanced  from  $82  to  $87.  General  Electric  de- 
clined three  points,  but  rallied  one  point.  The  market  as  a  whole 
has  been  dull  and  almost  lifeless.  Politics  is  absorbing  the  at- 
tention of  the  street.  Nothing  new  is  likely  to  transpire  in  the 
stock  market  until  after  the  elections,  when  it  is  thought  invest- 
ors will  again  take  hold,  and  a  better  market   may  be  looked  for. 

THE  Investor  says:  Mr.  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  has  been  elected 
acting  President  of  the  Farmers'  and  Merchants'  Bank  of  this 
city,  of  which  institution  he  has  been  acting  Vice-President  ever 
Bince  his  arrival  from  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Hellman's  promotion 
is  a  deserved  recognition  of  the  able  manner  in  which  be  has  di- 
rected the  affairs  of  the  oldest  and  largest  bank  in  Southern  Cali- 
fornia. 


October  27,  1894. 


BAN  KRANCISCO  NK\vs  LKTTEB 


13 


"Hear  the  Crier"      "  What  the  devil  art  thou?" 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir.  with  you." 


IK  (he  Olympic  Club  wishes  to  be  regarded  as  a  gentlemen's  club, 
where  gentlemanly  pports  may  be  witnessed,  it  will  have  to 
mak-  a  very  radical  departure  from  its  recent  coarse.  This  week 
there  have  been  two  ••boxing  matches"  at  the  clab.  both  of  which 
were  dfgracelul  in  themselves  and  destructive  of  the  fair  name 
of  the  c  ub.  In  tbe  first  of  these  "scientific  exhibitions'*  one  of 
the  bruisers  extended  bis  band  for  the  customary  hand-shake, 
bat  at  that  moment  tbe  gong  sounded,  and  the  other  bruiser,  in- 
stead of  taking  tbe  proffered  hand,  drove  his  fist  into  bis  oppon- 
ent's face,  knocked  him  down,  and  won  the  round.  The  referee, 
instead  of  punishing  this  disgraceful  act  by  stopping  the  fight, 
allowed  it  to  proceed,  and  thus  condoned  it.  Such  conduct  is  in- 
conceivable in  a  club  composed  of  gentlemen.  In  the  second 
event  a  skillful  boxer  was  matched  with  a  bruiser,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  contest  the  referee  awarded  the  victory  to  the  bruiser  sim- 
ply because  by  employing  tbe  tactics  of  a  bruiser  he  bad  weak- 
ened bis  opponent,  who  very  clearly  had  out-scored  him  in 
scientific  points.  Evidently,  then,  it  was  not  a  contest  for  scien- 
tific points,  but  for  slugging.  These  occurrences,  to  say  nothing 
of  such  cries  from  the  spectators  as  "Break  his  jaw!"  "Smash 
his  nose  I"  "Knock  him  out!"  clearly  betray  the  present  tone  of 
the  club;  and  as  the  gentlemanly  element  in  the  organization 
seems  powerless  to  suppress  the  evil,  it  is  time  that  the  police  in- 
terfered. Such  exhibitions  as  these  are  not  a  whit  more  decent 
than  tbe  prizefights  of  the  plug-uglies  south  of  Market  street, 
which  offended  the  whole  city  and  which  the  police  were  com- 
pelled to  suppress.  It  has  all  come  about  through  tbe  lowering 
of  the  initiation  fee  to  ten  dollars.  At  first  it  was  seventy-five 
dollars,  but  that  kept  people  away;  siuce  then  it  was  reduced  by 
stages  to  the  present  figure,  which  the  lower  element  of  the  sport- 
ing fraternity  regards  as  a  very  reasonable  fee  to  witness  such 
disgusting  exhibitions  as  have  been  given  recently.  At  this  figure 
names  for  membership  are  proposed  in  blocks,  and  as  only  a  very 
small  number  of  the  members  take  the  trouble  to  vote  or  even  to 
ascertain  the  standing  of  the  men  proposed,  the  roll  has  been  filled 
with  names  that  have  given  the  club  its  present  tone.  Unless 
these  evils  are  corrected  the  gentlemanly  sporting  element  of  the 
club  will  be  compelled  to  withdraw  and  organize  an  institution 
on  a  higher  plane. 

DON  Jesus  Villafuerte  may  well  feel  that  he  is  the  victim  of 
false  pretense.  Not  many  moons  ago  all  Californiawas  aglow 
with  the  hot  fever  of  the  fiesta,  and  at  Los  Angeles,  San  Jose,  and 
elsewhere  the  people  were  lured  by  means  of  flaming  posters  and 
enthusiastic  editorials  to  part  with  their  money  for  the  ecstatic 
joy  of  witnessing  a  bull-baiting  tournament  with  all  its  accom- 
panying splendors  of  banderilleros,  espadas,  picadores,  and  arras- 
tradores.  They  were  tame  affairs,  it  is  true,  but  they  sufficed  to 
show  that  the  taste  for  bloody  sport  is  not  confined  to  Mexico, 
and  so  Villafuerte  came  up  to  show  tbe  clumsy  gringos  what  a 
bull-fight  really  is.  But  lo!  the  public,  having  run  its  wild  carni- 
val of  fiesta,  fandangos,  and  belly  dances,  is  enjoying  a  season  of 
restful  morality,  and  the  worthy  Don  and  his  picturesque  troop 
will  be  compelled  to  sell  their  bulls  for  veal  or  re-convey  them  to 
their  native  heath,  future  victims  of  the  barbe,  the  rosette,  and 
the  sword.  Villafuerte  undoubtedly  has  a  real  grievance,  but  he 
should  have  bethought  him  that  even  Cahfornians  do  not  revel 
continuously,  and  that  never  is  the  public  conscience  in  this 
State  so  keenly  alive  as  during  the  few  weeks  preceding  election. 

A  LICENSE  for  a  saloon  next  door  to  the  First  Congregational 
Church  having  been  issued,  the  pastor  of  that  flock  has  sud- 
denly discovered  the  evils  of  drink  and  has  been  pouring  out  tor- 
rents of  wrath  upon  them.  But  his  hottest  eruption  was  this: 
"I  have  always  been  told,  and  have  always  cherished  the  hope, 
that  the  solution  of  the  liquor  evil  was  to  be  found  at  woman's 
hands,  and  that  it  might  be  looked  for  when  the  right  of  suffrage 
was  extended  to  her.  My  dream  has  been  dispelled.  Of  twelve 
signers  favoring  the  granting  of  that  license  eight  were  those  of 
women."  The  reverend  gentleman  does  women  an  injustice.  He 
ought  to  have  explained  that  if  these  particular  signers  had 
been  members  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  instead  of  some 
other  church  {as  we  are  willing  to  wager  they  are)  they  undoubt- 
edly would  have  withheld  their  signatures.  Query  for  tbe  Portia 
Law  Club:  Would  the  extension  of  the  franchise  to  include 
women,  thus  enabling  them  to  exercise  political  power  in  crush- 
ing churches  to  which  they  do  not  belong,  result  in  bloody  wars 
among  the  churches? 

THOSE  local  Anglo-maniacs  who  make  so  amusing  attempts  to 
acquire  the  habit  of  saying  "eyther"  and  "nyther,"  are  dis- 
mayed to  discover  that  the  swellest  and  most  correct  of  all  Eng- 
lish dramatic  companies,  now  playing  at  the  Baldwin,  say 
"e-ther"  and  "ne-ther.  ' 


THK  real  hardship  which  a  convicted  criminal  suffers  is  the  in- 
convenience of  imprisonment.  Had  he  a  moral  sense  which 
might  suffer  deeply  from  either  disgrace  or  remorse  be  would  not 
have  committed  deliberately  the  crime  of  which  his  imprisonment 
is  the  result.  Under  the  beautiful  system  which  prevails  here- 
about one  Tong  Lung  a  Chinese  who  is  supposed  to  have  teen  a 
robbery  committed  by  Chin  Be  Dong,  and  who,  it  is  amusingly 
assumed,  will  not  only  i-slify  against  Chin  Be  D.»ng  if  given  an 
opportunity,  but  will  give  such  testimony  as  will  likely  convict 
him,  has  been  held  in  jail  as  a  witness  for  a  year,  and  is  so  to  be 
held  indefinitely  longer,  because  he  is  too  poor  to  give  bail  for  his 
appearance  and  because  tbe  Court  assumes  that  he  will  ruu  away 
if  liberated  on  bis  own  recognizance,  while  the  suspected  man  has 
been  all  this  time  enjoying  freedom  under  bail.  The  delicious 
features  of  the  case  will  appear  clearer  thm  set  out:  First,  the 
witness,  unquestionably  innocent,  is  made  to  suffer  more  for  the 
act  of  a  criminal  than  the  criminal  himself;  second,  the  posses- 
sion of  financial  resources  is  recognized  by  the  courts  as  entitling 
a  criminal  to  the  enjoyment  of  conspicuous  advantages  over  an 
honest  man  who  is  poor;  third, it  h  better  tosacrifice  tbe  liberty, 
health,  happiness,  and  business  of  an  innocent  witness  on  the 
many  uncertain  chances  of  the  value  of  his  testimony  than  to  run 
the  risk  of  freeing  a  suspected  man  of  the  suspicions  which  en- 
compass him;  fourth,  it  is  assumed  that  a  witness  who  may  be 
trusted  to  give  truthful  testimony  is  yet  so  untrustworthy,  so 
thoroughly  a  rascal,  that  be  will — or  at  least  may— deliberately 
become  a  criminal  and  invite  severe  penalties  by  absenting  him- 
self when  called  upon  to  testify.  If  a  prettier  array  of  absurdities 
and  incongruities  can  be  presented  we  shall  give  an  opportunity 
to  Superior  Judge  Belcher,  who  is  a  gentleman  and  who  chiefly  is 
responsible  for  these,  to  set  them  forth  in  these  columns  in  de- 
fense of  his  conduct. 

THE  report  of  Mr.  Leeds  to  the  Traffic  Association  is  manifestly 
an  attack  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  rather  than  an 
expression  of  an  honest  desire  to  lower  transportation  rates  in 
the  interest  of  the  people.  It  is  not  greatly  to  the  credit  of  the 
Traffic  Association  that  it  permits  Mr.  Leeds  to  use  it  as  a  means 
for  securing  the  publication  of  his  splenetic  hatred.  Great  enter- 
prises cannot  be  conducted  on  lines  narrowed  by  malice.  Does 
this  explain  why  Mr.  Leeds's  wild  appeals  for  money  with  which 
to  construct  a  competing  line  in  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  are  not 
meeting  with  that  "generous  response'1  which  he  so  confidently 
predicted?  For  it  is  well  understood  that  the  valley  road  is  Mr. 
Leeds's  own  pet  scheme,  and  there  are  a  good  many  sensible  men 
who  are  unwilling  to  go  down  into  their  pockets  in  order  to  grat- 
ify Mr.  Leeds's  spite  and  at  the  same  time  secure  for  him  a  posi- 
tion as  manager  of  a  little  railroad,  when  it  is  evident  to  them 
that  the  dredging  of  the  San  Joaquin  River  at  the  State's  expense 
is  the  only  sensible  solution  of  the  valley  transportation  problem. 

AT  11:30  o'clock  last  Friday  evening  a  party  of  young  people 
returning  from  Alameda  to  Oakland  boarded  an  electric  car  of 
the  Alameda,  Oakland,  and  Piedmont  line.  Another  car,  which 
doubled  back  at  Park  street  to  make  tbe  run  to  Oakland  on  the 
parallel  track,  challenged  the  loaded  car  for  a  race,  and  the  two 
cars  started  with  all  possible  speed.  Wben  the  single  track  was 
reached  tbe  empty  car  took  tbe  rear  and  the  loaded  car  attempted 
to  run  away  from  it.  Of  course  the  loaded  car  was  stopped  to 
drop  a  passenger,  and  of  course  tbe  following  car  crashed  into  it, 
throwing  the  passengers  about  and  painfully  injuring  two  of  the 
young  ladies.  The  whole  affair  was  disgraceful,  and  if  the  in- 
jured young  people  desire  to  bring  an  action  against  the  company 
for  damages  the  News  Letter  will  cheerfully  produce  the  wit- 
nesses to  the  outrage  which  they  suffered.  The  company  should 
be  made  to  pay  the  penalty  for  employing  hare-brained  young 
scamps  to  run  its  cars.  It  is  said  that  dangerous  bursts  of  speed 
are  a  common  occurrence  on  that  line. 

THE  dismissal  of  the  charge  of  cruelty  to  children  which  was 
brought  against  Dr.  Griffith  has  completely  disconcerted  the 
Examiner,  which  tried  as  hard  to  get  him  lynched  as  it  did  to 
p:rove  that  Decker,  the  Shasta  innocent,  had  murdered  sixteen 
persons.  Tbe  facts  in  Griffith's  case  are  that  he  tattooed  an  E 
(not  an  M,  as  the  Examiner  had  it),  an  inch  long,  on  the  baby's 
leg  at  the  mother's  request,  so  that  she  might  be  able  to  identify 
and  claim  it  when  the  coast  was  clear.  In  spite  of  the  Examiner's 
bullying  and  harrying,  Griffith  refused  to  expose  and  disgrace  the 
mother.  Although  shown  up  by  that  paper  as  an  awful  fiend,  it 
is  clear  that  all  through  the  transaction  he  was  humane  and  a 
gentleman. 

GEORGE  H.  WILLIAMS,  who  has  succeeded  in  getting  a  place 
on  tbe  ticket  as  candidate  for  the  Senate  from  the  Twenty- 
fourth  District,  is  at  present  consorting  with  "Fatty"  Elliott  and 
"Skinny"  Gaffney,  the  "dope  fiend,"  and  appears  to  enjoy  their 
society. 

NOW  that  the  bicycle  craze  has  invaded  the  sacred  ranks  of  the 
swell  'uns,  it  is  painful  to  hear  pretty  lips  mangle  an  honest 
word  by  making  the  »y"  in  "bicycle"  long.  Better  say  "wheel," 
or  be  a  little  tougher  and  call  it  "bike." 

STEEPLE-CHASING  is   about  to   become   the  rage,  and  there 
will  shortly  be  a  wof  al  thinning  out  among  the  dashing  young 
men  of  the  Four  Hundred. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  27,  1894. 


ALL  the  local  world  of  fashion  knows  that  Claude  Terry  Hamil- 
ton has  long  cherished  a  deep  admiration  for  the  Clark  Crocker 
girls.  8o  it  would  surprise  no  one  if  the  temporary  occupancy  of 
"the  Hutch"  resulted  in  a  wedding. 

*  *  # 

Girls  who  bestride  the  bicycle  should  first  see  to  it  that  a  grace- 
ful seat  is  secured  before  they  venture  into  public  view.  A  case 
where  this  was  apparent  occurred  this  week  at  the  Park,  when  a 
young  lady  whose  name  appears  frequently  in  the  society  col- 
umns of  the  daily  press  made  a  decidedly  unattractive  appear- 
ance. 

*  *  # 

What  a  blessing  it  has  been  of  late  that  society  has  been  spared 
the  amateur  concerts  which  were  so  numerous  some  seasons 
back  !  But  it  is  feared  by  many  that  the  return  to  town  of  a  once 
foremost  vocalist  will  reopen  that  line  of  charity  (?)  this  winter. 

*    K   * 

"What  is  the  matter  with  Ed,"  asked  a  pretty  girl  at  the  Audi- 
torium the  early  part  of  the  week,  "that  be  has  been  given  the 
cold  shake  by  his  auburn-haired  admiration?  Walter  Newhall 
seems  to  have  kind  of  got  the  inside  track."  But  then  an  invi- 
tation to  a  lunch  party  to  one  and  none  to  the  other  does  not 
necessarily  mean  all  that. 

*  *  * 

Now  that  a  rival  to  Sandow  has  been  introduced  into  the  social 
swim  by  the  Ameses,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  our  boys  will  have  to 
harden  their  muscle  if  they  wish  to  compete  for  fair  ladies'  favor. 

*  ■*  # 

A  rumor  from  Paris  is  to  the  effect  that  our  distinguished 
townsman,  Henry  Redington,  has  made  so  deep  an  impression 
before  M.  Worth,  the  celebrated  dressmaker,  that  be  has  been 
offered  the  position  of  assistant  to  that  celebrity,  and  the  rumor 
further  goes  that  Henry  may  accept  the  offer. 

Can  a  stronger  proof  be  asked  of  the  "progressive"  ideas  of  our 
age  than  that  afforded  by  the  nightly  spectacle  during  the  past 
week  at  the  Baldwin,  of  rows  of  presumably  innocent  fresh  buds 
d  i  iking  in  the  story  of  a  woman's  past  life — said  past  being  of 
a  kind  which  our  maidens  are  supposed  to  be  in  total  ignorance 
of? 

*  *  « 

Already  the  teas  have  begun.  Usually  they  are  very  slow 
affairs.  Perhaps  music,  always  a  crush,  light  refreshments,  and 
plenty  of  empty  chit-chat.  The  strain  upon  the  intellectual 
faculties  necessitated  by  the  utterances  of  the  usual  bons  mots  and 
pungent  witticisms  is  sometimes  painful  in  the  extreme.  "I  am 
so  tired  trying  to  be  thought  bright,"  said  a  clever  girl.  "Making 
conversation  seems  as  useless  as  it  is  tiresome,  but  being  a  belle 
means  work — heavy  work  at  that." 

*  *  K 

Mrs.  Brooke,  nee  Holladay,  will  be  with  us  again  in  the  spring. 
With  her  bright  conversation  and  interesting  face,  will  she  again 
storm  the  hearts  of  our  army  men?  Speaking  of  our  "braves," 
how  indignant  Ella  Hobart  was  over  the  rumor  of  her  supposed 
engagement!  Certainly  the  Colonel's  family  worked  it  admirably. 
The  fair  Miss  Ella  says  there  is  too  much  fun  in  being  a  belle  to 
settle  down,  and  a  husband  can  be  purchased  any  day. 

It  is  said  that  the  Palace  Hotel  belle  is  engaged  to  Eugene  Lent. 
A  traveling  foreigner,  who  was  a  guest  of  that  hostelrie  at  tbe 
time  of  its  opening,  was  then  an  ardent  admirer  of  her's,  and 
what,  was  his  surprise  when,  on  returning  from  a  tour  of  India 
and  Japan  by  the  last  steamer,  to  learn  from  tbe  register  that  the 
prefix  Miss  still  adorned  her  name!  His  opinion  of  the  California 
youth,  whom  he  once  held  in  high  esteem,  has  now  gone  dowu 
below  par. 

*  #  * 

From  Paris  news  arrives  of  the  delightful  time  Mrs.  Louis  Par- 
rot and  party  are  having.  What  a  pity  such  a  charming  woman 
should  be  lott  to  California  for  a  time  simply  for  the  reason  that 
she  could  not  smile  down  the  neglect  of  her  husband  or  close  her 
eyes  any  longer  to  his  oft-time  condition,  and  must  seek  abroad 
that  peace  and  happiness  which  are  denied  her  here! 
*  *  » 

It  has  been  whispered  since  the  "  Living  Picture"  evening  that 
one  of  the  charming  participants  will  soon  announce  her  engage- 
ment to  a  "waiter"  of  that  occasion.  The  news  will  certainly 
be  a  bomb  in  camp.  Wait  until  the  whisper  has  become  a  breeze; 
then  watch  for  the  gale  to  follow. 

The  New  York  season  of  festivities  has  begun,  and  among  the  fine 
wines  mentioned  on  menus  appears  most  frequently  the  name  of 
Moet  &  Chandon. 

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


IAIN 


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Adapted,  for  family  Use  and' 
Medicinal    Purposes. 

For  sale  by  the  Leading 

Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 


Sole  Agents, 


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314  Sacramento  St.,.  S.  F. 


Curliije  Bat^. 


All  through  the  winter 
commencing  early  in 
November,  look  out  for  the 

ELECTRIC  CASCADES, 
CALCUTTA  DERBY, 
VENICE  RESTORED, 
ELAINE. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm, 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 

Emptied    Every  fllqtyt 

Between  the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and1 

pilled  Direct 

From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub- 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath:  30  cts. 
single,  or  -4  for  $1.    Bush  and  Larkin,  Sis-. 


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in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


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OctoSer  27 ,  1894. 


SAN  FRAKOISOO  NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


SNAP    SHUTS. 

[Bt    Dl      ViR>oie.l 

WHKN  the  soulful  Edmund  Russell  visited  San  Francisco 
•boat  two  years  ago  be  posed  as  a  sort  of  sublimated  Worth, 
giving  oar  portly  matrons,  our  fat  and  bulging  matron?,  many  a 
good  idea  as  to  bow  they  should  dress.  It  is  not  stated  that  he 
ever  presided  over  a  dressmaking  :*ince,  although  no  doubt  be 
would  have  done  so  for  a  con>iderauon,  since  for  the  modest  con- 
sultation fee  of  twenty-five  dollars  he  would  visit  the  parlors  of 
the  new  rich  and  tell  the  proud  but  indiscriminating  possessor  of  a 
lot  of  heterogenous  bric-a-brac  what  to  throw  away  and  what  to 
retain,  so  as  to  transform  the  »  parlors  "  into  ••  drawing-rooms," 
and  to  establish  some  sort  of  esthetic  harmony  among  the  evidences 
of  newly  acquired  wealth.  It  was  a  very  fine  scheme  for  Ed- 
maniJ — while  it  lasted.  But  our  iconoclastic  press  refused  to  see 
in  Russell  the  apostle  of  a  new  and  admirable  cult,  and  the  writers 
ridiculed  bim  and  his  patrons  so  unmercifully  that  he  shook  the 
nnappreciative  dust  of  our  city  from  off  his  aristocratic  feet  and 
hied  him  bence.  But  Russell  said  some  very  good  things.  One 
of  tbem  was  that  in  interior  decorations  the  wall  papers  and  the 
carpets  should  be  devoid  of  large  and  glaring  figures.  Any  old 
housekeeper  knows  how  much  better  a  room  will  furnish  where 
the  wall  paper  is  quiet  and  the  carpet  unaggressive.  It  is  never 
good  policy  to  have  the  frame  or  the  setting  more  obtrusive  than 
the  picture  itself.  Large  figures  on  wall  or  floor  have  the  effect  of 
dwarfing  the  apartment  to  half  its  actual  size  in  appearance,  while 
blank  surfaces  seem  to  cause  space  to  expand,  and  when  walla 
are  lost  in  mirrors  the  effect  is  grand.  But  it  was  not  alone  in 
regard  to  space  that  Russell  spoke  when  he  urged  the  plain  wall 
paper  and  one-colored  carpet.  Xo.  He  said  that  these  should  be 
the  frame  and  that  the  inmates  themselves  should  be  the  central 
figures  in  the  picture — that  the  ladies  in  their  elegant  gowns 
should  be  the  brilliant  blossoms  of  a  flower  bed.  Russell  was  an 
advocate  of  gorgeousness  of  dress,  controlled  by  a  refined  and 
educated  taste.  Now  he  should  feel  highly  gratified  by  the  present 
aspect  of  women's  fashions.  If  we  follow  them  we  shall  all  be 
full-blown  tulips,  and  perforce  need  a  plain  background  to  set  off 
oar  many-hued  gowns.  For  with  the  advent  of  leg-of-mutton 
sleeves,  which  have  steadily  grown  larger  and  larger,  contrasts  in 
color  have  crept  in  until  we  are  Bteadily  drifting  back  to  that 
happy  economical  period  where  one  new  dress  can  be  made  out 
of  a  judicious  combination  of  two  old  ones,  and  when  that  dress- 
making abomination  known  as  knife  pleating  comes  in  again,  a 
third  old  dress  will  doubtless  be  utilized  to  give  a  woman  the  as- 
pect of  a  fish  with  hcrrent  fios.  The  only  drawback  to  the  per- 
fect exercise  of  this  economical  function  is  that  the  entire  skirt  of 
one  dress  may  not  be  quite  large  enough  to  make  the  sleeves  for 
the  combination  suit ! 

The  rainy  day  experiment  of  the  co-eds  at  Berkeley  is  being 
watched  with  a  keen  interest  on  all  sides.  The  question  com- 
mands attention  if  for  no  other  reason  than  that  this  instance  of 
attempted  dress  reform  is  only  another  proof  of  the  fact  that  it  is 
man  and  not  woman  who  stands  in  the  way  of  the  adoption  of  a 
sensible,  comfortable,  and  hygienic  style  of  out-of-door  dreBS  for 
feminine  wear.  For  it  was  masculine  ridicule  and  the  fear  of  it 
that  the  co-eds  had  to  brave  in  their  determination  to  emancipate 
themselves  from  the  damp  and  clinging  and  slushy  thralldom  of 
dragging  skirts  in  rainy  weather.  In  this  case  it  marks  a  happy 
improvement  in  the  general  idea  of  what  is  "womanly"  that  the 
press,  generally  speaking,  have  upheld  the  movement;  and  that 
the  Berkeley  boys  were  more  polite  than  had  been  expected. 
But  that  there  should  have  been  any  doubt  as  to  their  reception  of 
the  innovation  is  not  exactly  to  their  credit.  Of  course  there 
were  certain  lewd  fellows  of  the  baser  Bort  who  could  not  forego 
the  animal  pleasure  of  a  hyena  hoot  and  a  coyote  howl,  but  for- 
tunately they  are  in  the  minority.  As  far  as  skirts  are  concerned, 
the  Arena  recently  contained  an  able  article  replete  with  histor- 
ical data  which  showed  that  originally  men  wore  skirts,  while 
the  bifurcated  garment  was  essentially  the  property  of  woman. 
Now  it  would  seem  as  if  women  were  taking  back  their  own. 
Among  the  snggestions  made  by  the  press  in  this  connection,  is 
that  all  women  who  earn  their  living  by  working  in  some 
capacity  which  regularly  calls  them  away  from  home  should 
adopt  the  co-eds'  dress  as  a  permanent  institution.  Doubtless 
this  is  sensible  advice,  but  will  it  be  followed?  I  am  afraid  not. 
Why?  Because  in  one  sense  it  would  be  the  adoption  of  a  badge, 
of  a  distinctive  mark,  a  livery  of  an  occupation.  Such  a  dress,  to 
become  universal,  must  first  be  adopted  by  leading  women  of 
society.  It  is  the  aim  of  the  working  girl  to  look  as  near  like  her 
social  superior  as  possible.  It  is  the  one  aim  of  many  a' self-sup- 
porting woman  to  conceal  the  fact  that  she  earns  her  own  living. 
Why,  I  have  witnessed  the  most  amusing  subterfuges  to  which 
proud  women  have  resorted  in  order  to  conceal  the  fact  that  tbey 
were  obliged  to  leave  home  every  day  to  work  I  One  of  such,  a 
school  teacher  boarding  in  a  large  family  hotel,  never  would  take 
her  breakfast  as  did  other  teachers.  She  would  not  even  bring 
her  hat  and  coat  or  her  book  down  stairs,  but  entered  the  dining- 

The  latest  novelties  in  ArtandOrnaments  from  Paris,  Berlin,  and  Vienna 
ust  arrived  at  S.  &  6.  Gump's,  113  Geary  Btreet. 


r  iom  like  a  lady  of  leisure,  ale  her  merl  leisurely,  then  sauntered 
out  into  the  ball,  and  then  fairly  rushed  up  five  flights  of  stairs 
(for  the  elevator  was  seldom  running  so  early  in  the  morning), 
donned  her  things,  and  sallied  forth  as  if  she  might  be  going 
shopping!  The  ruse  deceived  no  one  except  herself.  Was  It 
worth  while?  Now,  do  you  suppose  that  she  would  be  willing  to 
don  the  rainy-day  dress  of  the  working  woman?  Well,  if  you 
will  permit  me  the  expression,  "I  should  smile." 

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nts  and  convulsions  during  the  teething  period. 


Look  in  "  Life  "  or  any  of  the  illustrated 
magazines,  and  in  every  pretty  interior  you 
will  find  the  all  fashionable  Tabouret.  They 
are  good— they  are  good  to  sit  upon,  good 
to  put  the  tea  things  on,  good  to  put  a  potted 
plant  upon.  (Some  as  low  as  three  dollars.) 
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street. 


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COLTON     DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  market  Street  (Phelau  Building.) 

Gas  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  poie- 
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unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
In  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
aid  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  performs 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 
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r*D  DIOnDn'Q  RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
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ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  ForceB.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J.  G.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100  pills,  12;  of  200  pillB, 
$3  50 ;  of  400  pills,  $6;  Preparatory  Pills,  $2.    Send  for  Circular. 

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Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists.    Specialties:  Surgica1 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases  of  the  Mouth, 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
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16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


October  27,  1894. 


AWELL-turned-out-looking  woman  on  Fifth  aveoue  the  other 
day  wore  a  plaid  silk  bodice,  witn  plain  cloth  skirt  and  large 
sagging  cloth  sleeves,  the  folds  of  both  the  full  bodice  and  the  plaited 
sleeves  being  held  in  place  by  the  same  long  lace  points  coming  from 
the  collar.  The  skirt  was  made  without  lining,  and  worn  over  a  plaid 
silk  petticoat  to  match  the  bodice,  giving  a  very  good  effect  when  the 
former  was  slightly  raised  to  cross  the  street.  As  has  been  already 
remarked,  fashionable  women  in  America  have  not  the  courage  of 
their  convictions,  and  are  slow  to  adopt  any  decided  innovation. 
Thus  the  fluffy  arrangement  of  hair  at  the  sides  which  was  seldom,  if 
ever,  seen  on  a  woman  in  society  a  year  ago,  is  gradually  coming 
into  favor,  and  will  undoubtedly  this  winter  be  much  worn  by  all 
whose  faces  can  stand  it.  Jit  is  a  fact,  however,  that  a  loose  arrange- 
ment of  the  hair  is  always  more  becoming  to  the  face  than  to  have 
the  sides  severely  drawn  back.  Large  hats  lend  themselves  particu- 
larly well  to  this  method  of  arranging  the  hair,  and  should  be  worn 
well  back,  so  as  to  form  a  sort  of  frame  or  aureole  to  the  head. 


Black  chiffon-veiled  bodices  are  all  the  rage  at  this  demi-saison— a 
fashion,  by  the  way,  which  is  a  god-send  to  the  impecunious  ones,  as 
any  old  silk  waist  may  be  made  to  look  smart  if  covered  over  with 
the  filmy  material.  A  pretty  way  of  arranging  chiffon  is  to  pleat  it 
in  tiny  pleats  across  the  chest  with  a  narrow  heading,  leaving  the 
material  of  the  bodice  to  show  as  a  yoke;  the  back  is  arranged  in  the 
same  way  with  fewer  pleats,  while  under  the  arms  the  chiffon  is  cut 
to  fit,  and  hemmed  on  to  the  bodice  without  opening  the  seams. 
The  sleeves  have  the  upper  part  also  veiled  with  pleating  chiffon, 
leaving  the  fore-arm  either  bare  or  showing  the  close-fitting  sleeve  of 
silk.  The  neck  and  waist  are  finished  with  ribbon  collar  and  belt, 
fastened  with  four  rosettes,  two  on  either  side  of  the  neck  in  front, 
and  two  on  either  side  of  the  front  of  the  belt.  A  ribbon  and  rosette 
also  finish  the  chiffon  sleeve  at  the  elbow. 

A  black  velvet  "  visite"  is  quite  the  thing  for  afternoon  street  wear, 
and  cannot  be  equaled  by  any  other  garment  for  the  theatre,  unless 
it  is  the  conventional  opera  cloak,  which  is  decidedly  inappropriate 
if  the  wearer  patronize  the  street  cars.  One  of  last  year's  capes  can 
be  converted  into  one  of  these  mantels  by  lengthening  it  with  a  bias 
ruffle  of  velvet,  put  on  very  scant.  Where  this  joins  the  cape  a  band 
of  fur  can  be  arranged  and  above  this  a  deep  jet  garniture.  Stole 
ends  of  velvet  could  be  treated  to  both  fur  and  jet,  and  a  deep, 
pointed  shoulder  cape  carry  out  the  same  fancy.  A  bias  ruffle  of 
velvet  for  the  collar  would  harmonize  with  the  bottom  of  the  cape. 

The  open-front  jacket  bids  fair  to  become  enormously  popular  this 
season.  The  design  shows  an  exceedingly  effective  one,  the  loose 
parts  trimmed  with  large  jet  ornaments  opening  over  a  short,  tight 
vest.  This  is  treated  to  garniture  of  black  ostrich  feathers,  set  in  a 
pompadour  square,  outlined  with  jet  and  knots  of  black  satin  ribbon . 
A  collarette  of  feathers  finishes  the  neck.  The  sleeves  are  very  big, 
and  have  bands  of  feathers  around  the  hands.  Above  these  ostrich 
cuffs,  jet  passementerie  appears. 

A  smart-looking  dinner  dress  for  any  small  function  is  a  black  gros 
grain  skirt  with  huge  short  puff  sleeves  of  the  same  material,  the 
bodice  being  a  low-cut  "  baby  waist"  of  white  pleated  chiffon,  with 
broad  black  satin  ribbon  bretelles  meeting  at  the  waist  in  a  sharp 
point  front  and  back.  There  are  long,  rather  narrow  canary  yellow 
bows  on  the  sboulders  made  of  gros  grain  silk.  A  black  satin  sash 
with  a  bow  at  the  neck  encircles  the  waist. 


The   Grand   Cafion  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  "W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

A  pleasant  place  for  a  rest,  after  the  theatre  or  a  shopping  tour, 
is  the  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market  street.  Besides  be- 
ing most  artistically  fitted  up  and  supplied  with  waiters  who  are  the 
perfection  of  politeness  and  attentiveness,  it  has  the  moat  delicious 
teas  in  the  city.  The  waiters,  dressed  in  their  national  costume,  are 
picturesque  and  understand  their  business. 


All  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


REGENSBURGER,  attorney-at-law. 

Booms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal 


plooded  Basem<?r;t5. 


We  are  now  holding  a  GREAT  CLEARING 
OUT  SALE  of  the  immense  quantity  of 
goods  damaged  by  the  recent  flooding  of 
our  basement  storerooms  and  as  these 


Damaged  (Joods  /T)ust  b<? 
Disposed  of  Immediately, 


Even  though  the  DAMAGE  in  many  cases 
IS  BARELY  PERCEPTIBLE,  they  will  be 
offered  in  their  respective  departments 
during  the  coming  week  at 


f\  S/i?rVFI(;E    J0    F°R<?t    ,fl    SPEEDY 


Market,  Jones,  and  McAllister  Streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


I    / 


Your  latest  work  is  again 
a  financial  success,  so  our 
publisher  tells  me.  How 
do  you  manage  to  keep  iu 
touch,  etc.,  etc? 

Well,  I  keep  my  eyes 
open  and  subscribe  to 
Bomeike's. 

Whyl  I  also  am  one  of 
Komeike  s  subscribers. 

Of  course,  so  is  nearly 
everybody,  but  since  he 
started  his  Press  Cutting 
Bureau  in  1S81, 1  not  only 
get  criticisms  of  my  works 
but  also  facts  and  plots 
through  him. 


HO  Fifth    Ave. 
New  York. 


Henry  Romeike, 


Newspaper  Clippings  from  all  the  leading 
papers  in  the  world  on  any  subject. 


x  -Cststtir^ietcik:  . 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY     (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHA8.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF    PHlLiDELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL   FULLY    PAID $3 ,000, OOO .  OO 

Office  Pacific  Department;    412  California  St.,S.  F. 

JAMES    D.  BAILEY,  General   Agent. 


7,  1804 


BAN    FRANCIS*  <>  NEWS  LETTEB 


17 


**- 


OUR    CANDIDATE    FOR    SHERIFF. 

THAT  James  McNab.  if  elected,  would  bring  to  bear  in  tbe  con- 
duct of  tbe  Sheriff's  office  tho«e  superior  qualities  which  have 
contributed  to  his  business  success,  no  one  who  knows  bini  can 
doubt.  He  Is  a  member  of  thedraying  firm  of  McNab  A  Smith, 
which  has  grown  from   the  smallest  beginning  to  he  tbe  leading 

business  of  this  kind  in  the 
city.  His  parents  brought  him 
from  Scotland  when  be  was  a 
boy,  and  they  are  in  Mendocino 
County.  James  McNab  is  one 
of  tbe  most  genial  and  popular 
men  in  the  city,  and  there  is 
none  who  can  say  a  word 
I  — ,  against   his    honesty.      He  has 

t-  -  taken  the  32d  degree  in  Mason- 

ry, and  is  a  member  of  Mount 
jMfr,  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  44,  F.  &  A. 

_^^^Kts  M       He  is  ^a8t  President  of  St. 

jfl  Andrew's    Society,    and     is     a 

f;.v  rite    member    also    of     tbe 
\S^  Caledonian    and   Thistle  Clubs. 

He    is,   besides,    a    member   of 
Valley  Lodge,  A.  O.  U.  W.  Thus 
among    benevolent   and    social 
organizations,  as  well  as  among 
business  men  strictly  as  such,  he  enjoys  a   popularity   that  any 
citizen  might  envy.     We  may  be  sure   that  tbe  very   best  of  rea- 
sons exiet  for  this,  and  as  they  happen  to  be  also  just  the  reasons 
why  be  should  be  elected  Sheriff,  it  would  seem  that  every  voter 
has  a  sufficient  indication    of   bis   duty  in  the  premises.     It  is  a 
matter  of  perfect  ind.fference   what  parly  nominated  him.     San 
Francisco  needs  such  a  Sheriff — needs  just  such  officers,  who  are 
not  seeking  office  for  "all  there  is  in  it.''     No  corrupt  political  in- 
fluences of  any  kind  support  bis  candidacy,  a  fact  which  well-in- 
formed men,  who  know  how  bard  such  influences  are  working  to 
defeat  him.  are  perfectly  familiar  with. 


A    DREADED    TASK. 


THE  trouble  and  perplexity  which  every  woman  suffers  in  the 
selection  of  a  hat  or  bonnet  which  shall  be  both  seasonable 
and  suitable  as  well  as  becoming,  and  for  which  she  is  desirous 
of  paying  no  more  than  the  actual  value,  make  up  an  experience  that 
every  woman  dreads.  Millinery  is  so  distinct  an  art  that  it  is  only 
the  most  expert  specialists — those  who  make  a  constant  and  intelli- 
gent study  of  it  in  all  its  various  bearings— that  can  be  depended  on 
to  produce  a  satisfactory  result.  In  addition  to  this  expert  knowledge 
a  milliner  must  have  infinite  patience,  tact,  and  good  humor,  and  be- 
sides exercising  her  own  cultivated  taste  must  have  due  respect  for 
that  of  her  customers.  To  say  that  Maria  Stacom  combines  all  these 
qualities  is  merely  to  say  what  every  lady  in  town  knows.  It  i?  the 
explanation  of  the  popularity  and  success  which  she  has  always  en- 
joyed. To  study  and  keep  constantly  en  rapport  with  the  best  modes 
in  the  fashion  centers  of  Europe  and  the  United  States  is  no  small 
task,  and  to  select  from  them  judiciously  and  at  the  same  time  be 
ready  to  suit  any  taste  require  ability  of  no  common  order.  Miss 
Stacom's  establishment  at  531  Sutter  street  is  the  recognized  head- 
quarters for  fashionable  millinery  in  San  Francisco.  Her  hats  and 
bonnets  have  a  style  and  an  individuality  that  stamp  them  at  once 
with  the  cachet  of  style.  It  is  a  remarkable  thing  that  she  never  loses 
a  customer.  At  her  parlors  may  be  now  seen  all  the  latest  autumn 
styles.  Velvet  is  to  be  much  worn  this  winter,  and  she  has  on  hand 
some  dainty  confections  ordered  by  wealthy  customers.  Everything 
can  be  found  there,  and  one  must  indeed  be  critical  not  to  be  able  to 
make  a  choice  from  all  the  bright  array  of  toques,  hats,  and  bonnets 
that  cover  her  counters  in  bewildering  and  graceful  confusion. 

A  bottle  of  Ayer'g  Cherry  Pectoral— the  best  specific 
coughs— should  be  in  every  household. 


for  colds  and 


Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
lu  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  Jaut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it — 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 

Moraghau's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage  pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  ail  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghau's  Oyster  Stand. 

"  Californlans  "  or  "Easterns."  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style. 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  fluds  an  oyster 

In  auy  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghau's  Oyster  Stand. 


XliT3TJK,^.a5rCE3. 


FIRE.  MAKINE  AND  INLAND  INSIKANCR. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insuranoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.   $1,000,000    |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE   INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

V.  (irm  in  i:!:,  l.l.  Mannger  ror  I  he  !■«<  liu  loam  Brnneh. 

aso  Saimonie  «.,  S.  F. 

fnV&inu.  s.  ■■:■::..       _     .:::::::.*'•,«;?? 
GEO.    MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City   Department, 
. 23a  <  nlHorulH  St..  S.  F..<  al. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA,  California. 

Storage  capacity,  loo.ooo  Tons.     Regular    Warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  tall  Board. 

„£5e,le  ™?re,h.ouseB  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
Y  in, ^latest  improvements  for  tbe  raPld  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
foufaid  smuf&  WhPj£  '  6  b6St  an<J  n6We8t  machlMr*  &  cleaning 

m^naf,y„!d  »all?e5  ".'  }°wes!  rates  ?f  """est  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold 
If  desired,  at  current  rates.  .^.i  ouuiiuu, 

OIBce  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calilornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL -^ *6.700,00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
____ Wo.  316  California  Street.  San  Fnnclice 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   II9,7Z4,B38.46. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  |  Vioe-Pres.,  ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 

HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 

Established  182S. 
Capital,  82,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,864,663  65 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

VOSS,  CQNKAn  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLB.  OP  ST.  GALL.  OP  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1886.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up i     600,000 

Assets      8,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders l,52fi,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 

BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
501  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE- WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D„  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  IiETTEK. 


October  27,  1894. 


MEETING. 


-<0  take  my  hand,  and  let  all  lingering  cloud 
}  Be  chased  away. 

I  would  have  loved  you,  dear,  had  you  allowed, 
Nor  said  nie  nay; 

I  would  have  cherished  you  through  all  the  years- 
Have  stood  beside 

To  kiss  your  eyelids  when  they  welled  with  tears ; 
But  you  denied. 

I  would  have  given  my  life  to  save  a  pain, 
To  ease  a  pain — 

Have  brought  a  love  which  time  should  test  in  vain; 
But  you  said  no. 

Enough  of  idle  words  and  useless  blame! 

All  that  is  past. 
To  our  brief  dream  of  summer-tide  there  came 

A  biting  blast; 
And  one  bowed  to  the  eastward,  one  the  west; 

So,  torn  apart, 
We  lost  the  chance  to  bless  and  to  be  blest, 

Heart  driven  from  heart. 
You  thought  me  faithless,  and  I  thought  you  cold — 

Alas,  the  pain! 
All  is  forgotten,  darling,  now  I  hold 

Your  hand  again. 

"We  know  that  both  were  foolish,  one  was  wrong, 

And  both  were  true; 
We  know  that  both  have  sutiered  much  and  long, 

O  love,  we  knew 
That  all  must  yet  be  righted,  soon  or  late. 

Ere  we  should  die; 
And  so  we  were  content  to  pray  and  wait, 

Both  you  and  I — 
Content  if  but  one  pressure  of  the  hand, 

Before  the  night, 
Should  tell  us  all  that  we  could  understand, 

And  give  us  light; 
Content  if  doubt  and  pain  should  pass  away 

Into  the  glow 
Of  sunset's  perfect  peace.  O  darling,  say 

It  has  been  so! 

And  we  can  rest  untroubled  now,  and  see 

The  sun  descend; 
No  more  of  cloud  to  sever  you  and  me 

Until  the  end; 
No  more  of  selfish  doubt  or  mad  distrust 

And  troth  undone; 
But  we  shall  pass  beyond  the  "  dust  to  dust," 

Two  souls  in  one. 


THE    LITTLE    MEETING    LASS .— Mary  E.  Wilkins. 


ZB^HNTKIS. 


When  meeting  bells  began  to  toll 

And  pious  folks  began  to  pass, 
She  deftly  tied  her  bonnet  on, 

The  little  sober  meeting  lass, 
All  in  her  neat,  white-curtained  room,  before  her  tiny  looking-glass. 

So  nicely  round  her  lady-cheeks 

She  smoothed  her  bands  of  glossy  hair, 
And  innocently  wondered  if 

Her  bonnet  did  not  make  her  fair — 
Then  sternly  chid  her  foolish  heart  for  harboring  such  fancies  there. 

So  square  she  tied  the  satin  strings, 

And  set  the  bows  beneath  her  chin. 
Then  smiled  to  see  how  sweet  she  looked; 

Then  thought  her  vanity  a  sin, 
And  she  must  put  such  thoughts  away  before  the  sermon  should  be- 
gin. 

But,  sitting  'neath  the  preached  Word, 
Demurely  in  her  father's  pew, 

She  thought  about  her  bonnet  still- 
Yes,  all  the  parson's  sermon  through, 

About  its  pretty  bows  and  buds,  which  better  than  the  text  she 
knew. 

Yet  sitting  there,  with  peaceful  face, 

The  reflex  of  her  simple  soul, 
She  looked  to  be  a  very  saint — 

And  maybe  was  one  on  the  whole — 
Only  that  her  pretty  bonnet  kept  away  the  aureole. 


CAPITAL  Paid   Up 

RESERVE    FUND.. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA- 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

$3,000,000 

1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush.and  Sansome  streets. 

HEAD    OFFICE  60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vauces  made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rateB 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York — Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 


New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney  Ld.;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ...  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided   Profits  (October  1,   1894)  3.158,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R.  Bisho  *,  Vice-President         Allen  M  <  lay.  Seer  tary 
S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  <k  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs,  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago — Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  and  savings  Bank;  Australia  and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India- Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China   St.  Louis — Boatmen's  Bank 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-ou-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRAHCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and   Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30.  1894 $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627.062  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money-  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. __ 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

office  as. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR      President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  3,  1894 29,429,3*  7  09 

OFFICERS— President.  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfelluw. 

THE  ANGLO-GAUFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

>'   E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  I  Paid  up    $1,500,000 

Subscribed  3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— IS  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 


and  bullion. 


IGN.  8TEINHART      , 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  j  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  GO'S  BANK. 

N  .  E.  Comer  Sansome  and  Sutler  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,850,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.  ..  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth    ...Cashier  I  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  T.  City,  H.  B  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj   P .  Chenev,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E .  Gray,  John  J.    HcCook,  Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


— 


Oct-.Ur  27,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


19 


B5UNBCAMS« 


IMAl'K  a  vow  wh»D  Jennie  said  she'd  nave  roe— 
She.  young  snd  prelly ;  1.  so  old  and  gray- 
To  gratify  her  every  whim  and  fancy. 

And  always  keep  bei  feeling  bright  ami  gay. 
But  she  was  doomed  lo  utter  disappointment, 

cloud  1  won't  remove  from  Jennie's  life. 
Although  I  roll  in  wealth— for  I've  discovered 
She  want?  lo  be  my  widow— not  my  wife. 

— AVh-  York  Herald. 

Tuiy  sat  at  opposite  ends  of  the  sofa.  "  Ite  mine."  he  pleaded.  "I 
am  not  in  a  position  to  entertain  such  a  proposal."  she  answered, 
coldly.  He  was  not  the  sort  of  man  to  require  the  impact  of  a  taber- 
nacle falling  on  his  head  ere  he  would  tumble,  and  he  shortly  effected 
a  rearrangement  of  positions  mutually  satisfactory,  and  of  a  nature 
to  facilitate  the  matter  in  hand.  —Detroit  Tribune. 

Ol  kyerton— Now  that  you  are  living  in  the  country  I  suppose  you 
have  fresh  milk  everv  day.  Dash  A  WAT — We  didn't  this  morning. 
Ci.KVERToN— Why  not''  Dashaway— The  train  from  town  was  two 
hours  late.  —Life. 

Mr-.  Gadder— Doctor,  I  need  a  good,  strong  tonic,  I  think. 
Pec  or  — Feeling  run  down  and  nervous  ?  Mrs.  Gadder—  Not  exactly, 
but  there's  to  be  a  big  millinery  opening  and  a  special  cloak  sale  next 
week.  — Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

"Nkbdhau  is  writing  the  genealogy  of  his  family.  He  wants  to 
throw  the  Williamsons  in  the  shade."  "  They  begin  with  the  Nor- 
mans in  theirs."  "  Yes;  but  he  has  a  chapter  on  anthropoid  apes  in 
his."  —Puck. 

Primcs — Humph  !  Before  you  were  married  did  you  never  sit  in 
the  twilight  with  your  sweetheart  and  dream  of  future  ?  Secundus— 
No.    I  sat  with  her  some,  but  I  don't  remember  the  nightmares. 

— Truth. 

Wifey — My  dear,  why  do  you  always  wear  that  expression  of  in- 
tense weariness  on  your  face"?  Hubby— Because  I  can't  wear  it  any- 
where else  where  it' will  have  the  same  effect  on  you. — Town  Topics. 

Ralph— Suppose  a  fellow's  best  girl  gets  mad  when  be  asks  for  a 
kiss?  Cirtis— Take  it  without  asking.  "Suppose  she  gets  mad 
then?"    "  Then  he's  got  some  other  fellow's  girl."  —  Ex. 

Mrs.  Pan-pake  (suspiciously)—  Why  are  you  hanging  around  my 
back  window  so  long?  Tramp— Ma'am,  those  apple  pies  are  as  purty 
as  pictures  an'  I'd  like  to  be  the  frame  o'one  o'  them. 

— Harper's  Bazar. 

A  Friexd— What  ails  Mrs.  Akehardt,  doctor  ?  Physician— I  am 
unable  to  diagnose  definitely  at  this  time.  "  Why,  haven't  the  fall 
styles  in  diseases  been  announced  yet  ?  "  — Truth. 

American — Sultan,  I  understand  you  have  a  great  colleotion  of 
curiosities.  Sultan— Not  at  all.  When  I  marry  a  woman  I  break 
her  of  all  that  sort  of  thing.  —Truth. 

The  Wife— How  did  you  dare,  sir,  to  scold  me  before  Mrs.  Caller? 
The  Husband — Well,  you  know,  Maria,  I  daren't  scold  you  when  we 
are  by  ourselves.  •  —  Texas  Sif tings. 

Pearce — Why  is  Arthur  studying  French  and  German  so  dili- 
gently ?    Carson— He  is  ambitious  to  be  an  American  dramatist. 

—  Truth. 
Toots— Is  Miss  Florence  at  home  ?    Maid— Let  me  see — red  hair, 
turn-up  nose,  no  mustache  to  speak  of— yes,  sir;  come  right  in. 

— New  York  Sun. 
"  How  did  Blinkers  so  easily  win  Miss  Coldcash's  heart  ?  "      "  He 
sent  her  eighteen  roses  on  her  twenty-fifth  birthday." 

— Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Possible  Purchaser— Now,  is  this  mule  perfectly  gentle?  Uncle 
Mose— Well,  sah,  I  nebbah  knowed  him  to  bite  anybody  yit. 

— Cincinnati  Tribune. 
Mama — Yes,  my  child,  we  shall  know  each  other  in  heaven.    Fan- 
nie— But,  mama,  can  we  make  believe  we  are  out  when  they  call  ? 

— Texas  Siftings. 
Mrs.  Upperten  (to  conductor  of  the  band)— Oh,  Mr.  Kapellmeister, 
please  play  that  adagio  a  little  faster — the  soup  is  ready  to  be  served. 

— Fliegende  Blaetter. 
She — Speaking  of  brave  deeds,  I  once  prevented  a  man  from  com- 
mitting suicide.    He— How  ?    She— I  married  him.  —Harlem  Life. 

Certified  Milk. 
Every  dairv  supplying  our  condenseries  is  under  supervision.    Milk 
is  produced  under  rigid  hygenic  rules.    The  company's  reputation  is 
therefore  a  certificate  of  the  absolute  purity  of  the  Gail  Borden  Eagle 
Brand  Condensed  Milk. 

The  nervous  irritability  produced  by  the  exactions  of  business  re- 
quires attention.  Nothing  will  allay  that  trouble  so  easily  as  a 
drink  of  Argonaut  whisky,  which  would  make  a  man  forget  all  the 
troubles  of  his  existence.  It  is  a  wonderful  stimulant,  and  by  long 
odds  the  best  whisky  in  the  market  to-day.  All  admirers  of  good 
liquor  drink  Argonaut  whisky  in  preference  to  any  other.  "  E.  Mar- 
tin &  Co.,  agents,  408  Front  street. 

There  are  plenty  of  stylish  men  in  San  Francisco,  but  they  are 
the  men  who  buy  their  furnishing  goods  at  John  W.  Carmany's,  25 
Kearny  street,  where  only  the  latest  styles  are  sold. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  the.  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


BA.3STICS. 


CALIFORNIA    SAFE    DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST    CO. 

I'ni'i   up  <  apltal,  91,000,000, 

t'oiLMK  MoBTOOlUBI    \m>  OaUFOBHIA  Streets,  Bah  Franci6CO. 
J.   D.   FRY,  President HKNRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice  President 

J.  I>.\ i./.ki.i.  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  lo  act  as  Executor,  Administrator 
AssiRuce,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  '1  rust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Porsoual  Estates,  collecting 
the  Income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
iu  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  aud  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  IssueB  oertiflcateB  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rates  of  iuterest  thereon. 

KIMS    SAFES  Inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinda  may  be  stored 
at  low  rates. 
WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 


THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


X.  W.  Corner  Sansonie  and  Bush  streets. 

Established  1870.  TJ.  8.  Depositary. 

Capital  (.Paid  Up)  $1,500,000. 

SURPLUS $800,000  |  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS $76,196 

S.  G  MURPHY  President  I 

JAMES  MOFFITT  .. .Vice-President  |  JAMES  K.  LYNCH Cashier 

directors: 

Geo.  A.  Low,  George  C.  Perkins,  3  G.  Murphy, 

N.  Van  Bergen,  James  D.  Phelau,  JameB  Moffitt, 

1  nomas  Jennings,  John  A.  Hooper,  J.  D.  Harvey. 

A  General  Hanking  Business  Transacted. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    DEPARTMENT, 

JAMES  K.  LYNCH,  Manager, 

Safes  to  rent  from  S5  to  $100  per  annum  (under  the  exclusive  control  of 

the  renter),  for  the  care  of  all  valuables.     Trunks  and  Packages  taken  on 

storage     A  specialty  made  of  the  care  of  wills.    Offiee  hours,  8  a.,  m.  to  6  p.  m. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital  . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up. . .  $2,450,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115t>  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,  WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier.  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— Diexel,  Morgan  &  Co     BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  paidcitieB  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTEE. 

Subscribed  Capital  ...$2  500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

HeadOffice 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited.  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cle, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUM.I  „„„.„„„ 
C.  ALTSCHUL  j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sathbb  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON        President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F-  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City—  First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  A  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

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BAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


October  27,  1894. 


THE  reported  illness  of  the  Ameer  of  Afghanistan  has  given 
some  of  the  daily  papers  bd  opportunity  to  go  into  convul- 
sions over  the  prospect  of  a  dispute  in  regard  to  t:ie  succession  to 
the  sick  man's  throne  which  will  iovolve  the  British  government 
and  Russia  in  a  diplomatic  and  possibly  belligerant  controversy. 
There  is  little  foundation  for  all  these  prognostications  of  trouble, 
beyond  the  natural  hysteria  which  afflicts  daily  journalism  when 
it  is  called  upon  to  deal  with  matters  that  are  beyond  its  level. 
The  Ameer,  who  is  a  man  of  sixty-four  years  of  age,  took  steps 
about  one  year  ago  to  insure  his  dynasty  against  overthrow  in 
the  event  of  his  sudden  death.  At  that  time  be  proclaimed  his 
eldest  son,  Sidar  Habibullah  Khan,  to  be  his  heir,  and,  in  order  to 
prevent  the  throne  from  being  vacant  even  for  the  second  of  time 
which  lapses  between  saying  "  the  King  is  dead  "  and  "  God  save 
the  King,"  he  appointed  the  young  man  a  co-regent  with  him  in 
the  administration  of  the  government.  Sidar  Habibullah  Khan  is 
a  son  of  the  Ameer's  third  wife,  who  was  originally  a  slave  girl. 
He  is  said  to  be  an  amiable  and  just  man,  and  acted  as  his  father's 
regent  at  Cabul  during  t*ie  latter's  absence  and  before  his  formal 
proclamation  as  heir  and  permanent  regent.  There  is  no  more 
reason  to  expect  a  revolt  against  bis  rule,  in  the  event  of  his 
father's  death,  than  there  has  been  for  revolts  against  the  present 
Ameer. 

The  recent  election  in  Belgium  has  demonstrated  that,  under 
the  amended  franchise,  politicians  of  moderately  liberal  views  are 
no  longer  in  favor  in  tbat  country.  The  political  nomenclature 
of  Belgium  recognizes  three  paities— the  Clericals,  the  Liberals, 
and  the  Socialists.  Their  principles  are,  to  a  large  extent,  indi- 
cated by  their  names.  The  former  are  the  party  in  power,  but  it 
was  hoped  tbat  under  the  new  franchise  the  Liberals  would  have 
received  such  additions  to  their  strength  as  would  have  brought 
them  into  office.  The  result,  however,  has  been  just  the  opposite 
of  what  was  expected.  Men  of  radical  rather  than  moderate 
views  have  been  endorsed  by  the  constituencies,  and,  as  a  result, 
the  Clericals  will  hold  on  to  the  reins  of  power  while  their  old- 
time  opponents,  the  Liberals,  have  had  their  strength  very  much 
reduced  by  the  success  of  the  Socialists.  The  new  franchise  would 
seem  on  its  face  to  have  provided  a  plan  for  getting  a  calm  ex- 
pression of  the  best  and  most  conservative  sentiment  of  the  coun- 
try. Every  qualified  resident  of  twenty-five  years  of  age  was  al- 
lowed one  vote,  while  every  man  of  family  who  paid  a  certain 
amouut  of  taxes,  as  well  as  members  of  professions,  were  allowed 
three  votes.  It  was  expected  that  in  this  way  an  electoral  equi- 
poise would  be  reached  which  could  hardly  fail  to  redound  to  the 
benefit  of  moderate  liberalism.  But  this  is  another  instance  of 
the  silent  undercurrents  of  human  nature  disappointing  the  ex- 
perts. 

It  is  announced  tbat  the  Emperor  of  Germany  has  appointed  a 
commission  of  lawyers  who  are  to  visit  the  British  Isles  and  ex- 
amine into  their  judicial  system  and  the  methods  of  legal  proceed- 
ure,  both  civil  amj  criminal.  It  is  understood  tbat  this  examina- 
tion is  to  be  made  with  a  view  to  evolving  a  scheme  of  legal  re- 
form in  Germany ;  but  it  is  doubtful  if  the  principle  of  the  British 
judicial  system  will  ever  be  adopted  by  the  Kaiser,  for  that  in- 
volves, as  its  basis,  a  judiciary  that  is  perfectly  independent  of 
even  royal  control.  In  Germany  and  all  over  Europe  an  inde- 
pendent judiciary  is  an  unknown  thing.  Even  in  republican 
France  the  judges  are  little  more  than  subordinates  or  clerks  of 
the  politician  who  for  the  time  being  is  acting  as  Minister  of 
Justice.  Tbat  which  is  known  of  the  character  and  mental  babit 
of  the  German  ruler  rebuts  the  presumption  that  be  would  for  one 
moment  contemplate  setting  up  a  judge  who  would  be  independ- 
ent of  the  royal  authority — and  that  is  tfie  very  essence  and  foun- 
dation of  the  British  legal  system. 

The  news  which  has  come  to  hand  this  week  in  regard  to  the 
doings  of  the  royal  family  of  Russia  serves  to  confirm  the  views 
which  were  put  forth  in  this  column  from  the  hrst  in  regard  to 
the  sensation  that  the  newspapers  were  making  out  of  the  Czar's 
illness,  which  were  substantially  to  the  effect  that  the  sick  man's 
actual  condition  was  largely  a  matter  of  speculation  with  the 
newsmongers,  and  that  the  rumors  in  regard  to  a  proposed 
change  in  the  succession  from  his  eldest  to  bis  youngest  son 
were  apocryphal  on  their  face.  At  the  time  of  writing  the  indi- 
cations are  that  the  Czarewitch's  marriage  to  the  lady  who  was 
selected  for  his  wife  before  his  father's  illness  developed  itself 
will  take  place  immediately  and  will  be  an  accomplished  fact  be- 
fore this  paper  reaches  its  readers'  hands. 

The  war  in  the  Orient  does  not  seem  to  have  developed  any 
new  phase  in  regard  to  the  position  and  probable  action  of  those 
powers  who  are,  by  reason  of  commercial  and  political  interests, 
deeply  concerned  in  it  without  being  parties  to  it.  A  fair  inter- 
pretation of  the  indications  of  the  situation  leads  to  the  inference 


that  Russian  influence  will  prevent  Japan  from  assuming  a  pro- 
tectorate over  Corea,  and  tbat  the  joint  influences  of  Great  Brit- 
ain, France,  and  Germany  will  be  exerted  to  prevent  the  present 
dismemberment  of  China.  Still  the  ultimate  effect  of  defeat  must 
be  the  destruction  of  China  as  a  great  Asiatic  power  unless  a  vig- 
orous and  radical  effort  is  made  to  reform  her  civil  and  military 
systems  upon  the  basis  of  the  methods  of  modern  civilization, 
with  a  view  to  placing  the  empire  iu  a  condition  of  self-defense. 
A  great  nation  whose  military  power  is  incapable  of  protecting  its 
interests  cannot  continue  to  exist,  and  thorough  military  capacity 
cannot  be  developed  without  a  basis  of  civil  capacity.  There 
must  be  some  competent  authority  to  employ,  clothe,  feed,  and 
arm  the  soldier.  That  means,  as  regards  China,  the  development 
out  of  chaos  of  reasonably  efficient  institutions  of  civil  govern- 
ment. Is  it  possible  to  obtain  such  a  development  out  of  the 
social  system  and  conditions  of  the  Chinese  without  casting  their 
empire  down?  The  signs  of  the  times  are  misleading  if  that  is 
not  a  question  wLich  will  have  to  be  practically  answered  in  the 
near  future. 

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ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Utah.  Consolidated.  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works — Virginia,  Storey  couiity,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  28th  day  of  September,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  20)  of  Five 
(5)  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  ttock  of  the  corporation, 
payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  company,  room  58,  Nevada  block,  809  Montgomery  streets,  San 
Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  First  Day  of  November,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THUbt-DAY,  the  20th  day  of  November,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and 
expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

A.  W.  HAVEN,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  58,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

New   Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works — Placer  county,  Californ:a 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  11th  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  27)  of  Five  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  19th  Day  ot  November,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  10th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 


Bo-iie  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  above  named  company, 
held  on  the  20th  day  of  October,  1894,  a  dividend  (No.  21)  of  twenty-five 
cents  (25c)  per  share  was  declared  on  the  capital  stock  of  the  com- 
pany, payable  Monday,  November  5, 1894,  at  the  transfer  agency,  room  17, 
67  Broadway,  New  York,  only  on  stock  issued  from  the  transfer  agency  in 
that  city,  and  at  the  San  Francisco  office  only  on  stock  issued  here.  Trans- 
fer books  will  close  on  Wednesday  September  26, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

M.  E.  WILLIS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  62,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  Sin  Francisco. 


October  27,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  ^E^VS  LETTER. 


21 


LAWN     TKNNIS. 


CH  DC  RING  the  number  of  people  who  go  to  Ibe  football 
k-inifs  on  Saturdays,  tbe  court*  of  tbe  various  tennis  clubs 
bave  b««n  very  well  patromr.ctl  of  late,  and  on  Sundays  there  is 
even  a  larger  crowd  than  usual,  and  quite  a  number  of  Ibe  old 
facrs  have  been  seen.  Last  Sun. lay  at  tbe  California  Club  there 
was  a  good  attendance,  owing  to  tbe  Hotel  Mateo  Invitation 
Tournament,  which  began  Thursday,  and  among  others  C.  P. 
Hubbard  was  again  before  tbe  net,  getting  into  tournament  shape. 
Hr  and  I>e  Long  are  warm  favorites,  but  tbe  knowing  ones  say: 
-  Wait  until  yon  see  Whitney  and  Magee,  and  Mitchell  and  Al- 
lison." The  California  Club  is  evidently  on  tbe  rise  again,  and 
new  interest  seems  to  have  been  awakentd.  We  bear  that  tbe 
ladies  intend  to  get  in  and  work  soon,  and  Mrs.  H.  H.  Sherwood 
has  stated  her  intention  of  playing  once  more.  It  will  be  a  very 
pleasing  re-entry  into  tbe  tennis  world,  as  Mrs.  Sherwood  was  al- 
ways a  popular  player,  and  her  withdrawal  frum  the  game  was 
ranch  regretted.  Miss  <<ibbs  will  doubtless  start  in  again,  and  we 
hear  of  several  others  who,  when  tbe  ball  once  stBrts  rolling,  wiil 
help  to  keep  it  in  motion.  The  Alameda  Lawn  Teunis  Club, 
wbicb  is  an  incorporation,  ceases  to  exist  on  tbe  30th  of  Novem- 
ber, and  we  understand  that  it  wilt  reorganize  with  some  of  tbe 
objectionable  elements  left  out.  It  has  been  incorporated  for  five 
years,  and,  though  not  exactly  a  happy  family,  has  got  on  fairly 
well,  and  when  they  close  ihey  will  do  so  without  any  debts  out- 
standing, which  is  a  good  deal  t  >  say  for  a  tennis  club  of  tbe 
present  day.  We  understand  that  tbe  Oakland  Tennis  Club  is  in 
tbe  worst  fix  of  all  tbe  clubs,  as  its  debt  runs  into  the  thousands, 
and.  moreover,  we  believe  sums  of  money  are  owing  even  to 
private  persons.  Snch  a  state  of  affairs  is  a  disgrace  to  any  first- 
class  club  composed  of  gentlemen,  and  they  ought  to  do  some- 
thing to  remedy  it  and  that  pretty  soon.  The  Alameda  Club  offi- 
cials say  that  they  will  start  their  new  club  with  a  large  open 
tournament  for  singles,  with  probably  two  classes,  and  they  in- 
tend that  their  members  shall  make  things  lively  for  rival  club 
players  next  year  at  the  open  championship  meeting. 

The  tournament  at  the  Hotel  Mateo  opened  up  well  with  a  good 
attendance  on  Thursday.  The  matches  were  above  the  ordinary 
average,  and  the  spectators  were  treated  to  some  exceptionally 
good  tennis.  Messrs.  Allison  and  Mitchell  surprised  all  their 
friends  by  defeating  Whitney  and  Magee,  but  De  Long  and  Hub- 
bard had  but  little  to  do  in  defeating  the  Olympic  team,  repre- 
sented by  Crowell  and  Stoker.  These  latter  gentlemen  took  the 
ladies  by  storm  by  giving  them  an  exhibition  match.  The  Hotel 
Mateo  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  success  of  this  tournament, 
which  has  turned  out  to  be  one  of  the  mo*t  successful  ever  held 
in  this  State.  The  prizes  were  cosily  and  well  chosen,  and  Mr. 
Keene  has  shown  himself  worthy  of  being  the  first  manager 
to  give  an  invitation  tournament  and  see  that  it  is  run  on  the 
proper  basis.  In  our  opinion  Hubbard  and  De  Long  will  be  the 
winners,  but  they  will  have  to  fight  for  it,  as  Allison  and  Mitchell 
will  prove  to  be  very  formidable  opponents.  Tbe  country  was 
well  represented,  and  there  weredelegates  from  everywhere  within 
speaking  distance. 

LEVIN    BROS'.    NEW    STORE. 

THE  new  grocery  store  established  by  Levjn  Bros,  at  1324  and 
1326  Market  street,  opposite  tbe  Odd  Fellows'  building,  is 
heart  ly  welcomed  by  the  people  particularly  of  that  part  of  the 
city,  who  have  so  long  been  in  need  of  a  convenient  first-class  es- 
tablishment. It  is  one  of  the  largest,  handsomest,  and  most  com- 
pletely appointed  establishments  in  the  city,  containing  every- 
thing for  the  family  trade,  including  the  best  borne  and  imported 
goods,  California  and  foreign  wines,  and  American  and  imported 
cigars.  So  large  and  complete  is  the  establishment  that  it  is  pre- 
pared to  supply  the  city  and  country  trade,  (roods  are  delivered 
free  to  any  part  of  the  city.  In  short,  a  visit  to  the  new  store 
will  80.0W  how  complete  and  attractive  it  is,  bow  choice  the  goods 
are,  and  how  anxious  the  proprietors  are  to  maintain  their  repu- 
tation, long  ago  established  in  their  other  grocery  stores,  for  an  ac- 
commodating disposition,  good  judgment,  reasonable  charges,  and 
perfect  reliability.  That  the  public  appreciate  this  opportunity 
has  been  already  demonstrated. 


"TURKEY  and  the  Turks"  will  be  the  subject  which  General 
1  Lew  Wallace  will  lecture  upon  at  Y.  M.  U.  A.  Hall  on  Tues- 
day evening,  October  30th.  One  of  the  mistakes  of  the  rapid 
tourist  is  his  supposition  that  every  man  wearing  a  fez  is  a  Turk. 
True,  every  follower  of  tha  Prophet  wears  a  red  fez,  but  the  con- 
verse is  not  true  that  the  fez  is  an  undnbitable  badge  of  the  Tnrk. 
To  learn  the  true  character  of  the  Tnrk,  tbe  Sultan,  and  the 
harem  one  now  has  an  opportunity,  as  General  Wallace  lived 
among  them  for  four  years  as  Minister  to  Turkey  from  thiB 
country.  His  subject  on  Friday  evening,  November  2d,  will  be 
"How  I  came  to  write  Ben  Hut" 


THE  Bohemian  Club  and  the  University  Club  baseball  nines 
will  play  a  game  for  the  benefit  of  the  Woman's  Hospital  at 
an  early  date  in  November.  The  game  will  be  played  at  Central 
Park. 


GOLD. 
GOLD. 
GOLD. 

SUFFICIENT  FOR  ALL. 

It  is  folly  to  hesitate  in  grasping  the  opportunity 
of  a  life-time.  Investigate  carefully  and  quickly.  Times 
are  fast  improving,  and  this  chance  to  acquire  a  part- 
nership in  a  genuine  Cripple  Creek  Gold  Mine  is  not 
offered  generally  or  indefinitely.  Delays  are  danger- 
ous. Equal  consideration  given  to  small  investors  as 
larger  ones.  Natural  advantages  for  economical  min- 
ing. Our  company  probably  possesses  the  direct  con- 
tinuation of  the  richest  "Gold"  vein  ever  discovered. 

THE  BROKEN  HILL 
GOLD  MINING  COMPANY 

Located  in  the  heart  of  the  "Cripple  Creek  Gold  Fields," 
El  Paso  County,  Colorado.  Capitalized  for  one  million 
shares,  fully  paid  and  forever  non-assessable,  one-half 
remaining  in  the  treasury,  one  hundred  thousand 
offered  at  10  cents  per  share,  proceeds  to  be  utilized  in 
systematic  development,  purchasing  additional  prop- 
erty, erecting  machinery,  buildings,  etc.  The  company 
owns  eight  acres  3000  feet  south  of  the  famous  Inde- 
pendence and  the  properties  of  the  Portland  Company, 
which  recently  paid  a  cash  dividend  of  ninety  thousand 
dollars.  This  is  the  same  locality  as  all  of  the  great 
South  Battle  Mountain  Mines,  undoubtedly  the  richest 
gold  territory  in  the  world.  We  have  an  enormous 
vein,  and  if  it  continues  to  improve,  all  shares  will  be 
shortly  withdrawn  from  the  market,  as  we  are  liable  to 
encounter  a  large  body  of  ore  at  any  time.  Every  share 
is  eqnal,  no  preferred  stock,  all  dividends  declared  alike, 
mining  operations  steadily  progressing  under  intelli- 
gent direction. 

$       5  Purchases  50  Shares. 


25 

If 

250 

50 

II 

500 

500 

If 

5000 

1000 

II 

10,000 

Only  half  cash  required  on  blocks  of  5000  and  over. 
Funds  must  accompany  all  orders.  Telegraph  at  our 
expense.  The  labor  strike  is  positively  settled  for  all 
time;  everything  is  now  favorable  to  a  boom.  The 
officers  are : 

JOHN  E.  PHILLIPS,  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  President. 
I-EKOY  MOORE,  Greenville,  Michigan,  Vice-President. 
FRANK  H.  PETTINGELL,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Secretary. 
A.  B.  NOXON,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Assistant  Secretary. 
LEWIS  A.  CIVILL.  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Treasurer. 
SAMUEL  H.  KINSLEY,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Attorney. 
UEORGE  8.  COWDERY,  Canon  City,  Colo.,  Manager. 
.1.  S.  LUCRAFT,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo.,  Consulting  Engineer. 
J.  O.  PICK  ANDS,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Eastern  Representative. 
All  orders  or  inquiries  should  be  addressed  to 

F.  H.   PETTINGELL, 

Official  Broker, 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.' 
II.  S.  A.  Vice-Presidentof  the  Colorado  Mining  Stock  Exchange,  Den" 
ver,  Colo.    Member  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Mining  Stock  Exchange* 

REFERENCES— 

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Dun's  Mercantile  Agency. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


October  27,  18V4. 


THE  quid  mines  of  the  swim  say  that  the  prevailing  ep.demic  of 
"  teas  "  is  merely  to  serve  as  an  interlude,  as  it  were,  before 
the  rush  of  the  season  begins.  The  late  date  of  the  opening  dance 
of  tUe  Friday  Evening  Cotillion  Club  has  retarded  this,  and  we  are 
told  ihat  in  holiday  time  there  will  be  several  big  balls— notably  one 
at  the  Goads,  which  Miss  Ella  will  give  to  introduce  her  sister,  one  at 
the  Hobarts  (on  which  occasion  an  "  announcement  "  is  looked  for), 
and  one  which  Mrs.  Hager  talks  of  giving  at  a  down  town  hall.  So 
there  will  be  plenty  of  dancing  after  all. 

Novelty  is  certainly  the  main  idea  with  our  entertainers  at  present, 
and  any  one  who  can  suggest  something  "new"  is  welcomed  as  a 
public  benefactor  by  our  frolic-loving  society  folk.  Among  the  most 
successful  novelties  of  the  season  so  far  have  been  Mrs.  Blunt's  Beach 
party  and  Miss  Alice  Ames's  "  jinks."  The  company  which  enjoyed 
the  nrst  were  nearly  all  of  the  military  persuasion;  and  Miss  Eccles- 
toa,  for  whom  it  was  given,  will  no  doubt  carry  away  with  her  the 
in  inory  of  it  as  one  of  the  pleasures  of  her  sojourn  on  the  Pacific 
Coast.  

For  Miss  Ames's  party  the  long  drawing-room  on  the  north  side  of 
the  house  was  filled  with  little  tables,  round  each  of  which  were 
grouped  several  chairs,  and  upon  which  were  served  sandwiches, 
b^er,  and  cheese.  The  dining-room  was  the  scene  of  the  tableaux, 
and  the  picture  frame,  with  its  graceful  draperies  arranged  under  the 
skillful  supervision  of  Dr.  Tevis,  was  placed  at  the  end  of  this  room, 
facing  the  drawing-room,  across  which  it  runs.  The  pictures  were 
chosen  to  suit  all  tastes,  from  grave  to  gay,  from  sentiment  to  farce. 
Mias  May  Hoffman's  statuesque  figure  made  her  a  good  subject  to 
pose,  while  young  Mizner  in  his  burlesque  of  "  Sweet  Marie  "  was  by 
many  voted  the  triumph  of  the  evening.  Music,  vocal  and  instru- 
menial,  added  to  the  Prater-like  effect  of  the  whole,  and  at  the  con- 
clusion of  the  programme,  the  chairs  and  tables  having  been  re- 
moved, dancing  was  in  order. 

Besides  the  gathering  at  Miss  Ames's,  there  were  on  Monday  even- 
ii  g  innumerable  theatre  parties  at  the  Baldwin  and  Miss  Goad's  con- 
tart  party  at  Scheel's  Auditorium,  which  goes  to  prove  how  large  our 
society  circles  are  becoming  to  have  thus  enough  to  fill  all  of  them  so 
satisfactorily. 

There  has  really  been  a  multiplicity  of  good  things  this  week,  quite 
wonderful,  in  fact,  for  so  early  in  the  season.  For  those  who  love 
music  and  the  drama  there  have  been  parties  at  the  theatres  and  the 
Auditorium.  Charity  has  been  represented  by  the  benefit  of  the 
Nursery  for  Homeless  Children  in  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace; 
the  Catholic  Ladies'  Aid  Society  entertainment  at  the  Alcazar,  and 
tbe  lecture  given  by  Dr.  McKenzie  on  "Scottish  Traits"  for  the  benefit 
fund  of  the  Doctor's  Daughters.  Mrs.  Ziska  and  Miss  Alice  gave  an- 
other of  their  pleasant  "  at  homes,"  the  Tuesday  Night  Club  opened 
their  season  with  a  hop  at  Union  Square  Hall,  the  Entre  Nous  Club 
gave  their  first  cotillion  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  the  Camera  Club  held  a 
reception  on  Monday  evening  and  have  kept  open  doors  all  week,  af- 
fording the  opportunity  to  many  to  see  and  admire  their  work,  and 
last  evening  gave  one  of  their  excellent  illustrated  lectures  at  Metro- 
politan Hall,  when  Mrs.  Steele  told  what  Rome  of  the  present  day 
looks  like.  The  Harmonie  Club  jinks  takes  place  to-night  at  the  club 
rooms,  on  Post  street.  And  as  if  there  were  not  enough  to  amuse  the 
good  people  of  San  Francisco  on  their  own  side  of  the  bay,  the  Skull 
and  Keys  Society  of  the  University  gave  one  of  their  unique  perform- 
ances at  Berkeley  on  Thursday,  which  was  attended  largely  by  San 
Franciscans,  and  on  Friday  evening  the  hop  also  attracted  many. 

Dinners  have  taken  quite  a  foremost  place  in  the  pleasures  of  the 
past  week,  and  the  guests  of  honor  at  the*ruajority  of  them  were  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Oelrichs,  who  always  come  in  for  the  lion's  share  of  enter- 
tainment whenever  they  pay  San  Francisco  a  visit.  Mrs.  Donahue's 
dinner  begins  the  list  and  will  come  under  the  head  of  a  rose  and 
chrysanthemum  feast,  those  two  blossoms  being  the  sole  ones  used  in 
tbe  ornamentation  of  the  table  and  rooms.  Then  came  the  dinner 
given  by  Mrs.  Reiss  to  celebrate  the  coming  of  age  of  her  son,  at  which 
the  guests  were  mainly  that  young  gentleman's  bachelor  friends; 
and  the  pretty  Venetian  dinner  given  by  Mrs.  Alfred  Bouvier  to  a 
small  party  of  friends.  Other  charming  affairs  were  the  dinners 
given  by  Miss  Ella  Goad  and  Mrs.  Henry  Crocker,  which  were  mar- 
vels of  culinary  skill,  and  beautiful  to  tne  eye  with  the  exquisite 
Howers,  china,  and  napery  which  appeared  on  the  boards. 

Among  the  engagements  announced  this  week  are  those  of  Miss 
Hilda  McDonald,  one  of  last  season's  buds,  to  D.  F.  Baxter,  of  New 
York,  with  the  early  spring  named  as  the  probable  liuaefortbe 
splicing;  and  of  Miss  Hilda  Berwin  to  J.  Halfield  Morton,  with  this 
winter  set  for  their  nuptials.  The  marriage  of  Miss  Laura  Clarke 
and  Colonel  J.  B.  Wright  will  take  place  in  Sacramento  early  next 
month. 

New  subjects  in  Marble  Statues  just  received  from  Italy  byS.  &  G.  Gump, 
113  Geary  str  et.  . 


Tug  parties  are  usually  very  pleasant  affairs,  but  it  is  not  always 
safe  to  undertake  them  when  the  weather  is  so  uncertain  as  it  has 
been  of  late.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  D.  Spreckels  were  fortunate  enough  to 
have  tolerably  clear  skies  and  smooth  water  for  their  tug  parly  last 
week,  and  the  company  enjoyed  to  the  utmost  the  sail,  which  took 
in  Sausalito,  Belvedere,  and  that  part  of  the  bay  between  Angel 
Island  and  the  Brothers,  as  well  as  the  music  of  the  Hungarian  Or- 
chestra and  the  delicious  supper  provided  for  them.  Luckily  they 
escaped  the  drenching  which  they  would  surely  have  received  had 
tlif  trip  lasted  much  longer,  the  rain  holding  up  till  after  the  return 
lo  town.  All  this  week  prayers  have  been  ottered  up  by  our  fair  buds 
for  clear  skies  and  smooth  water  to-night,  when  the  tug  will  again  be 
the  scene  of  a  water  frolic,  got  up  by  Mrs.  W.  M.  Gwin  for 
the  pleasure  of  her  pretty  daughter,  Miss  May  Belle,  in  which  event 
it  is  safe  to  say  that  a  most  delightful  evening  will  be  spent.  Fred 
Webster's  Country  Club  party  has  been  oneof  the.pleasantest  out-of- 
town  frolics  that  the  Oelrichs  have  enjoyed  since  their  arrival, 
th  >ugb  the  one  at  Burlingame  is  a  close  second. 


Sunday  teas  promise  to  become  quite  a  fad  this  season.  They  have 
already  been  inaugurated  by  Miss  Jennie  Blair,  Miss  Fanny  Lough- 
borough, and  Miss  Emily  Hager,  and  from  what  is  said  the  probabili- 
ties are  that  some  of  our  young  hostesses  will  make  Sunday  teas  a 
specialty  during  the  ensuing  few  months.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eustace 
Barron,  who  have  departed  from  our  gaze  after  a  very  delightful 
visit  of  several  weeks  to  San  Francisco,  continued  to  be  the  guests  of 
honor  up  to  the  very  day  of  leaving,  their  latest  entertainers  being 
Mrs.  McCarthy  at  tea,  Mrs.  Horace  Hill  at  dinner,  and  Miss  Jennie 
Blair  at  an  afternoon  reception. 


Flowers  and  foliage  plants  were  used  in  the  greatest  profusion  in 
decorating  and  making  beautiful  the  Maple  rooms  at  the  Palace 
Hoiel,  wherein  was  celebrated,  last  Thursday  evening,  the  marriage 
of  Miss  Rose  Hart  and  Charles  Heymann.  The  most  noticeable 
feature  was  the  canopy  formed  of  white  and  yellow  chrysanthe- 
mums, which  was  placed  at  one  side  of  the  Maple  room,  and  beneath 
which  the  bridal  party  took  up  their  position  for  the  ceremony, 
which  was  performed  by  Rabbi  Voorsanger  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
party  of  friends  and  relatives.  The  bride,  escorted  by  her  father,  en- 
tered the  room  at  half-past  eight,  the  groom  following  with  Mrs. 
Hart,  the  bride's  mother,  and  attended  by  Benno  Hart  as  best  man. 
The  bridal  robe  was  of  heavy  white  satin,  made  with  a  court  train 
and  trimmed  with  point  lace  and  orange  blossoms,  a  cluster  of  those 
sweet-scented  blossoms  confining  her  long  tulle  veil  to  her  coiffure, 
and  in  her  hand  she  carried  a  bouquet  of  bridal  roses;  her  orna- 
ments were  diamonds,  the  necklace  a  gift  from  the  groom.  After  the 
ceremony  came  dancing  for  two  hours,  and  then  a  sumptuous  sup- 
per, and  it  was  a  late  hour  before  the  festivity  was  at  an  end.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Heymann  chose  Del  Monte  as  the  scene  for  their  honey- 
mo.  in,  and  will  next  mouth  leave  for  Europe,  intending  to  make 
Paris  their  future  home. 

The  Reaper  has  recently  gathered  in  two  well-known  members  of 
San  Francisco's  early  day  society,  Mrs.  Vandewater  and  Mrs.  Tal- 
lant.  though  their  positions  in  the  social  world  were  rather  reversed, 
as  Mrs.  Vandewater  was  prominent  in  society  life  and  a  constant  en- 
tertainer prior  to  the  eighties,  when  from  ill  health  she  was  obliged 
to  withdraw  from  all  active  participation  therein,  whereas  it  is  only 
since  that  decade  that  Mrs.  Tallant  has  shone  as  a  society  hostess. 
Mr-*.  Vandewater  was  noted  for  her  refined  elegance  and  gracious- 
ness  of  manner,  and  dispensed  most  charming  hospitality  at  her 
beautiful  home  on  Filbert  street.  She  leaves  many  warm,  devoted 
friends  to  mourn  her  loss. 


The  ladies  of  the  Mizpah  will  give  a  reception  at  the  residence  of 
Mrs.  George  Straut,  2028  Scott  street,  Saturday  evening,  November 
10th.  In  addition  to  tbe  main  object  of  the  club,  which  is  "  to  help 
those  who  are  willing,  but  for  the  moment  unable  to  help  themselves." 
tbe  Mizpah  devotes  an  afternoon  a  week  to  sewing  for  the  Child- 
ren's Hospital,  Infants'  Shelter,  Nursery  for  Homeless  Children,  and 
kind  red  institutions.  Music,  recitations,  refreshments,  and  an  operetta 
will  be  among  the  attractions  of  the  reception. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

^PRICE'S 

Baking 
Powder: 

The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alma 

Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


October 


1894. 


S.VX  FRANCISCO  NKWS  LETTER. 


23 


It  is  with  feelinjr*  of  mingtal  pleasure  and  regret  that  I he  an- 
nouncement ha*  been  heard  of  the  Loob  HaRgin  residence  on  Taylor 
Mreel  baring  been  taken  by  Mr.  ami  Mrs.  Tom  Van  Ness*  for  the 
winter  month*-  pleasure  that  they  and  pretty  ttin  Daisy  are  to  be 
'.  in  the  •  ily  and  part  and  parcel  of  the  swim,  regret  that 
thereby  the  fear  of  our  not  having  Mrs.  Ixmis  Haggin  with  us  has 
become  a  certainty— unless,  indeed,  as  has  been  rumored,  she  and 
Mr.  Haggin  take  possession  of  the. I.  B.  Haggin  bouse  on  Taylor 
which  for  several  years  past  has  been  closed,  for  though  nut  h 
proline  entertainer  while  here,  her  gatherings  are  so  enjoyable  that 
one  feels  inclined  to  cry  for  "more." 

Mrs.  Cabe!  and  her  lister,  Miss  Fabling,  of  Portland.  Oregon,  who 
have  been  visiting  Mr-.  MoMichaels  for  the  last  fortnight,  have  been 
the  recipients  of  many  hospitalities,  such  as  luncheons,  drives,  din- 
ners and  concert  parties,  l'erhaps  one  of  the  pleasantest  of  their 
"outings"  was  the  trip  to  Mare  Island  on  Wednesday  last,  which 
was  chaperoned  by  Mrs.  McMichaels,  and  where  the  party  was 
handsomely  entertained  and  shown  all  there  was  to  be  seen  of  inter- 
est at  the  Navy  Yard. 

We  may  soon  expect  to  see  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will  Crocker  in  San 
Francisco,  as  it  is  their  intention  to  leave  New  York  for  home  the 
end  of  next  week;  the  J.  Philip  Smiths  are  also  in  Gotham  en  route 
homewards  after  an  absence  of  a  year  or  more  in  Europe.  Mrs. 
Kalston,  who  has  been  here  most  of  the  summer  as  the  guest  of  her 
daughter.  Mrs  Arthur  Page,  at  Belvedere,  left  for  the  East  last 
Wednesday  evening;  her  other  daughter,  Miss  Bertha  Ralston,  ac- 
companied her. 

A  fair  for  the  benefit  of  the  Nursery  for  Homeless  Children,  570 
Harrison  street,  will  be  given  Saturday,  November  3rd,  afternoon  and 
evening,  at  2512  Sacramentostreet,  under  the  auspices  of  twelve  young 
ladies.  A  fine  musical  programme  is  promised  for  the  evening  and  a 
large  attendance  is  hoped  for.  It  is  unnecessary  to  call  attention  lu 
the  worth  and  needs  of  this  admirable  charity,  which  should  receive 
the  heartiest  support  of  the  public. 

Another  California  girl  will  soon  link  her  fortune  with  that  of  the 
stage — Miss  JolirTe,  a  sister  of  the  well-known  and  much-admired 
Nelly.  Not  only  is  she  as  beautiful  as  her  sister,  but  is  talented  as 
well.  This  winter  will  be  passed  in  New  York,  preparing  for  the 
spring,  when  she  will  then  join  the  Daly  Company.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  she  will  maintain  her  reputation  in  the  new  field  which  she  has 
chosen  as  creditably  as  she  did  her  scholarship  while  at  Vassar  College. 

Mrs.  Henry  Gibbons  has  sent  out  cards  for  the  first  and  second 
Mondays  in  November  for  the  formal  introduction  of  her  daughter, 
Miss  Ida  Gibbons,  to  San  Francisco  society. 

Miss  Lillian  K.  Slinkey,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Slinkey.of 
Sausalito,  left  last  Saturday  for  Milan,  Italy,  where  she  intends  to 
finish  her  musical  studies. 

On  Saturday,  November  3rd,  Rabbi  Voorsanger  will  deliver  alecture 
on  "  Portia  "  under  the  auspices  of  the  Portia  Law  Club,  at  the  par- 
lors of  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel.  The  price  of  admission  has  been  fixed 
at  one  dollar.  It  will  be  interesting  to  speculate  beforehand  on  the 
manner  in  which  the  eloquent  preacher  will  handle  the  subject  of  a 
woman  who  bore  down  so  heavily  upon  a  member  of  his  own  race. 


A  COURSE  of  "emergency  lectures,"  by  Dr.  Philip  King  Brown, 
will  be  given  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  D.  W.  Folger,  1916 
Franklin  street,  beginning  on  Thursday,  November  1st.  The.-e 
lectures  treat  of  the  care  and  assistance  to  be  given  to  the  sick 
and  injured  in  sudden  emergencies,  and  are  invaluable  in  their 
practical  directions  as  to  conduct  at  a  time  when  a  cool  head  and 
steady  nerves,  allied  to  a  little  correct  knowledge,  will  save 
much  suffering,  if  not  life  itself.  Dr.  Brown,  the  lecturer,  is  in- 
terested in  the  Boys'  Club,  and  the  proceeds  of  the  lectures  will 
be  divided  between  that  organization  and  the  Helping  Hand 
Kindergarten.  The  lectures,  three  in  number,  will  be  given  on 
the  first  three  Thursdays  in  November  at  4  o'clock.  The  price  is 
extremely  modest,  one  dollar  for  the  three  or  fifty  cents  a  single 
lecture.  Tickets  may  be  obtained  from  Mra.  George  Ashton,  1606 
Larkin  street;  Mrs.  D.  W.  Folger,  1916  Franklin  street;  Mr.  J.  F. 
Harrold  (President  Boys'  Club),  508  Batter  street;  Robertson's 
book  store,  126  Post  street,  and  Wakelee's  drug  store,  corner  of 
Polk  and  Sutter  streets. 


THREE    YEARS    OF    SUCCESS. 


THIS  is  the  record  which  the  now  well-known  remedies  for  the 
cure  of  dandruff,  hair  falling  out,  and  actual  baldness,  have 
made  for  the  name  of  the  Dr.  White's  New  Hair  Grower.  Many 
people  in  this  city  have  gained  the  desired  result,  and  the  names 
quoted  are  ones  no  one  could  use  wrongfully.  Without  advertis- 
ing other  than  the  recommendation  of  gratified  patrons  to  their 
friends,  the  business,  beginning  with  one  small  room,  has  in  three 
years  grown  to  require  branches  in  every  large  city  of  the  coun- 
try, and  occupying  here  the  entire  Market  street  front  of  the  first 
floor  of  the  Nucleus  building,  where  will  be  found  separate  apart- 
ments for  ladies  and  gentlemen  and  the  professional  services  of  a 
man  thoroughly  qualified  by  education  to  advise  upon  these  mat- 
ters. 


Invitations  have  been  Issued  by  Golden  (Jate  Commandery,  No.  n;. 
Knights  Templar,  to  an  entertainment  nt  the  a*ylmu  and  hail,  625 
Butter  street,  on  Monday  evening,  tbo29tb  Inst.  The.  occasion  will 
be  ihf  .« in  v,,  ration  of  banner*,  ami  Ihfrv  will  be  music  and  dancing. 


What's  the  use  of  having 
a  first-rate  lamp  if  you  put  a 
wrong  chimney  on  it? 

The  "Index  to  Chimneys" 
tells  what  chimney  belongs 
to  every  lamp  and  burner. 

Geo  A  Macbeth  Co,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa,  will  send  it  free. 

Pearl  glass,  pearl  top,  tough 
glass. 


ERNST    H.    LUDWIG  &  CO., 
The  Model  American  Caterer. 


1206  SUTTER  ST.,  S.    F. 


Telephone  2388. 


P.  &  B. 


FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 
BUILDING  PAPERS. 
ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 
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City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 


ATTYS  -AT-LAW. 
FRANK  KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg  ,  1236  Marfcet  St. 

CANDIES. 
CANPIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  aud  Bush  streets 

DENTISTS. 
R.  CUTI.AR,  416  Geary  street. 

DOOR    CHECKS. 
THE  NORTON  Door  « Iieck  and  Spring.  F.  D.  Morrell,  59SMissi6n'  St. 

DRUGGISTS. 

KlilXV'S  CORN  CURE,  23c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS' POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists.  ,      ■ ■   •■ 

MILLINERY.  '  "    ''       '    '.' 

THE  WONPER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAURANTS. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant-  521  Montgomery  St.     .  F.  Hitte. 
SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  PONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  RENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR    COMPRESSORS 
For  antomlzalion  porposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 

Ipuis  I^oederer  <?f?a/T)pa^n<? 

Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence:      .•_<-■■.  -, 

<5arte  Blanche,  a  Rich  wine. 

Qrand  l/jn  See,    A  Dry  Wine. 

Brut    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

The  Highest  Grade  In  the  World. 

'Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 

be  had.  of  all  First  Glass  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

/T\a<;oDdray  Bros.  9  IpcKard, 


124  Sarjsome  St. 


SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 


24 


SAN  PBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK 


October  27,  1894  . 


You  often  hear  of  other  extracts  which 
claim  ta  be  "just  as  good  "  as 

Liebig 

COMPANY'S 
Extract  of  Beef, 

but  these  claims  only  call  attention  to  the 
fact  that  the  Compare's  Extract  ib 

THE  STANDARD 

for  quality. 

SAH  FRANCISCO  AMD  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIEURON  FERRY-Foot  of  Market  Street. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 

WEEK  DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  a.  h.  :  12:35, 1:30, 
5:10,  fi  30  p.  K.  Thursdays— Extra  trip  at 
11 :30  p.  h  .  Saturdays — Extra  trips  at  1  50  aud 
11:30  P.  M. 

SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:80,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 
6:20  P.M. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:80,11:10  A    M.;  12:45, 
8:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40, 11:10  a.  M.;l:40,  3:40,  ■>:«>, 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzeu  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 


LxaveB.  F. 

Iu  Effect     j   AERIVBIN  -l.  F. 

Week 
Days 

Sundays 

8undayS|  ™f£ 

DE8TITION 

7:40  a.m 
8:80r.M 
5.10  P  it. 

8:00  A.M. 
9:30  a.  m 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petaiuma, 
Santa  Rona. 

10:40 A.M  8:60a.  m 
6:05  p.M  10:80am 
7:30p.mI6:15i".M 

7:40A.M. 

3:30  p.  M, 

8:66a.m. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
GeyserviUe, 
Cloverdale 
Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Uklah. 

7:30p.m. 

10:30am 
6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
8:30  p.  M 

8:00a.  m. 

Quernevllle 

7:30p.m. 

10:30a  m 
6:15  P  « 

7:40A.M. 
6:10  p.  M 

8:00a.m. 
5:00p.  m 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a. m 
6:05p.m 

8:5t  am. 
6:15  pm. 

7:40a. M 
3:30  p.M 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  p.M 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a.m|10:30a.m 
6  05p.m|  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  GeyserviUe  for  Skaggs 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pleta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Uklah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  BoonevUle, 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Canto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley,  John  Day's,  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
viile,  Hydosville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  TicketB  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  pointB 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rateB. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 

H.  0.  WHITING,  R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Manager.  Gen.  Passenger  Agent 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CI. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  at.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Gaelic Tuesday,  Oct.  16,  3894 

Belgic Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,  Dec  4,  1894 
Gaelic Monday,  December  24, 1894 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATES 

CabiD  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

T.H.GOODMAN,  Gen. Pass.  Agt. 


HEARING  a  faint  rustle  in  the  darkened 
hallway  below,  the  elder  sister,  sup- 
posing the  young  man  had  gone,  leaned 
over  the  balustrade  and  called  oat:  <<  Well, 
Bessie,  have  you  landed  him?  "  There 
was  a  deep,  sepulchral  silence  for  some 
moments.  It  was  broken  by  the  hesitating, 
constrained  voice  of  the  young  man:  "She 
has." 


FATHER  (angrily)— What  1  Our  Mary 
has  secretly  married  an  English  noble- 
man with  $400,000  worth  of  debts  ?  Why 
did  she  not  wait  until  she  got  my  consent? 
Mother — She  did  it  for  economy's  sake, 
dear.  She  married  him  as  soon  as  possible, 
as  he  was  piling  up  debts  at  the  rate  of 
$10,000  a  month.  —  Puck. 


AGENTS  $10  a  day  at  horn* 

Belling    LIGHTNIKG   PLATE* 

and  plating  . i  ■  ■  w ■  - 1 r v ,  Watches, 
Tableware,  Bicycle*,  etc.  Plates 
linest  jewelry  good  as  new,  and 
on  all  kiods  of  metal  with  gold, 
■liver or  nickel.  No  experience. 
Anyone  can  plat"  the  first  effort. 
OikkIs  need  plating  at  every 
hou-c.  Outfits  complPtc.  Differ- 
-ni  sizes,  all  warranted. Whole- 
rtale  to  ageDIs  $5  an.  Big  pro- 
lit*,  eooil  s-IIt.  Circulars  Tree. 

No.  6.  Columbus.  O. 


H.F.  Delno&Co.  OeDt. 


PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  ^an  Francisco  for. 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Nov.  6,  21     Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  U.  tud  Puget  duuu'»  uortF,  Oct  27. 
N>v.  1,  6.  11,  16,  21,  2>.  Dec  1,6,11,1,21,26,31, 
and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areat  ,  and  Pield'sLanding'Hum- 
boldt  Bay,  Steamer  ^  Willame:te  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesday*,, y  a.  a 

For  Newport,  Los  Augeles  aud  all  way  portB, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alteruately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  dan  Diego,  stopping  ouly  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Lo-  Angeles,  Redoudo,  (Los 
Angeles),  aud  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alteniHtelv  at  Li  a.  h. 

For  Eu^euada,  Magdal-na  Bay  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  M  .zatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  at.  Paul,  10  a.  m  ,  v5th  of  each  month. 

ricKBT  Office— Palace  Hotel,  >No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America, 

SAILINGS —At  noon. 

S.  S.  "  San  Jose,"  October  29,  1894. 
S.  S.  "  Acaoulcj,"  November  8,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Col  ma."  November  19,  1894. 
8.8.  "SauBlas,"  October  18,1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 
Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 
India,  etc. : 
SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 
8.    8.    "City    of  Peking,"  Thursday,  October 
25   1894  at  3  P   M 
S.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.   6,  1894,  at 

S.  s!  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 
13, 1894,  at  3  p.  M. 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.    Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 


SfiVE-S 


World  tours,  steamer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
(610.  Second  class, 
?350. 
^  O.  8.  S.  Company's 
steamers  sail: 
For  HONOLULU' 
8.  8.   -AUSTRALIA," 

Oct.  27,  1894 
For  HONOLULU 
APIA,  AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  8. 
"  ALAMEDA,"  Nov- 
ember 15th. 


For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
>ly  to  327  Marief  Street. 


For  freight  ai 
J.  D.  8PKEC 


ELb  &  BBOS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


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ready  to  go  away  to  school  as  it  is  In  get 
her  ready  to  be  married Atchison  Globe 

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Or  W'*.  dburj'it  Kacul   S  ap  and  150-page  book 

on  Beau.y  ti  d  Dermatology ,  Facial  Develop 

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Dermatological  Institute, 

Established  1870  <25W.  42d  St.,  N.V. 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  io  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO  : 

Leave  |         From  Oct  21,  1894.  I  Abbive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 
7:00  a  Benicia,  Varaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 
7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  CallB- 

toga  and  *Sauta  Rosa    6 :15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysvilie,  Red  Bluff 

and  Oroville 4  :15  P 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  ExpresB,  Raymond 
('or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles.  Doming,   El  Faso,  New 

Orleans  and  East 5:45  p 

9  00  a.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45a. 

9 :00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10 :45  a 

*9:C0a  Peters  and  Milton *7:15  p 

12:30  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  ..    8:15  a 

*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers *y:00  p 

4:00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Caiistoga,  El  Verano,  and 

Santa  Rosa 9  15i. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Esparto, 
Woodland,  Knight's  Landing, 
Marysvilie,  Oroville  and  Sacra- 
mento      10:45a 

4:30  p.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15  p 

5:00p.  Lob  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfield,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Los  Angeles 10-15* 

6 :00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East . .      9  .45a 
6:00  p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7 '4!  a, 

17 :00  p.  Vallejo. +7 :45  p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysvilie,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East 10-4  _a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

(7:45  A  Sunday  excursion   for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 

SantaCruz .   .  18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Ceuterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations      ...  6:20  p. 

*2:46  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 

—     stations    *11:50a 

4:15p.  Newark.  San  Jose,  Los  QatoB. 9  :50  a  . 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  Townsend  Streets  > 

6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations 1.45  p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinoB, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  Robles,  San 
San   Luis   Obispo  and   principal 

Way  Stations 7  05    . 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  5:06  p. 

:i:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
»2:20p.  San  Jose,    Gilroy,    Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   Salinas,  Monterey, 

Pacific  Grove    ...      *10:40a. 

•3:30  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a, 

*4 :25  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8 :06  a. 

6:10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6:30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  StatlonB 6:35  a. 

r  11:45  p.   Palo  Alto  and  principal  Way 

Stations +7  38  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SAB  FRANCISCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  *8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  OAKLAUD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  a.  M. 
t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  T5  00  P.  M. 
A. for  Morning.                      p.forAfternoun. 
♦Sundays  excepted.                   +Saturdays  only.. 
,     tSundaysonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

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Numbir  IS. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Feed 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Po<t  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  a?td  advertising  rates. 

IT  is  said  tbat  tbe  Chinese  are  astonished  at  their  constant  de- 
feats. They  may  be,  but  the  outside  world  is  not.  It  is  only 
an  illustration  of  the  advantage  that  civilization  has  over  an  un- 
progressive  dynasty  tbat  revels  in  the  worship  of  antiquity. 

MR.  and  Mrs.  William  K.  Vanderbilt,  apparently  convinced  by 
the  tremendous  sensation  which  their  recent  scandalous  sep- 
aration created  tbat  they  still  command  the  distinguished  consid- 
eration of  the  country,  appear  now  to  be  satisfied,  and  have  de- 
cided to  resume  their  former  inharmonious  relations. 


INOCULATION  for  diphtheria  is  the  latest  discovery  in  medical 
science.  It  has  been  practiced  in  France  with  remarkable  suc- 
cess, and  the  United  States  consul  at  Havre,  who  is  an  eminent 
physician  from  Baltimore,  has  recommended  its  introduction  into 
American  practice.  He  reports  that,  by  its  use,  not  more  than 
one  out  of  fonr  succumb,  while  under  other  methods  of  treatment 
the  fatality  is  twice  tbat  number. 


A  YOUNG  lady  in  Philadelphia,  who  had  been  persecuted  by  a 
young  man  who  insisted  on  inflicting  bis  presence  upon  her 
after  being  informed  that  his  company  was  distasteful,  assaulted 
him  with  a  handful  of  red  pepper,  which  lodged  in  bis  eyes.  He 
is  now  in  jail  and  be  will  be  blind.  This  is  a  case  in  which  self- 
defense  ought  to  be  a  legal  barrier  to  punishment,  as  such  per- 
sistence on  the  part  of  a  man  suggests  that  his  intentions  were 
not  honorable. 


LAST  week  San  Jose  alone  shipped  2  536,820  pounds  of  canned 
fruit  to  the  .East.  Thus  far  her  Eastern  shipments  of  green 
fruits  for  the  past  seasoD  have  been  1,205,470  and  of  dried  fruits  1,- 
940,445  pounds,  besides  2,100,300  to  San  Francisco,  making  a" to- 
gether about  8,000,000  pounds  of  fruit  which  the  Santa  Clara  Val- 
ley has  sent  away  thus  far  in  one  season,  with  plenty  still  left  to 
be  shipped.  The  people  of  that  garden  spot  of  California  know 
nothing  about  hard  times,  but  they  do  not  grow  wheat. 


THE  moral  phase  of  the  political  campaign  in  Alameda  County 
does  not  have  the  right  ring.  If  there  is  anything  other  than 
a  religious  issue  presented,  in  which  the  Church  is  seeking  to  con- 
trol the  State,  it  has  not  been  developed.  The  Young  Peoples' 
Society  of  Christian  Endeavor,  backed  by  the  ministers,  are  the 
aggressors  and  sole  agitators.  The  attempt  is  to  force  an  observ- 
ance of  Sunday  as  a  day  of  worship  on  those  who  do  not  enjoy 
the  same  religious  opinions.  If  that  is  not  an  attempt  to  subordi- 
nate the  Slate  to  the  Church,  what  is  it  ?  It  is  simply  an  outburst 
of  religious  fanaticism  that  a  free  people  will  not  tolerate.  The 
Probibtionists,  pure  and  simple,  present  a  much  more  honorable 
and  respectable  aspect. 


RESOLUTIONS  are  very  seldom  loaded.  They  are  as  harmless 
as  "  the  baselesB  fabric  of  a  vision  "  when  they  are  made  for 
self-laudation  or  for  the  denunciation  of  opponents.  Politicians 
plant  them  in  mellow  soil,  but  permit  ibom  to  die  for  lack  of 
moisture  and  cultivation.  The  vigorous  language  and  well-rounded 
periods  by  which  they  are  adorned  frequently  possess  a  charm 
and  create  temporary  enthusiasm,  aDd  they  are  always  acceptable 
to  the  fortunate  aspirant  for  political  honors.  The  late  Republi- 
can State  Convention  at  Sacramento  adopted  a  resolution  in  favor 
of  woman  suffrage,  and  the  President  of  the  Woman's  Suffrage 
Association  of  the  State  is  canvassing  for  the  Democratic  ticket. 
The  same  convention  also  passed  a  resolution  in  favor  of  the  free 
coinage  of  silver,  and  the  two  candidates  renominated,  who  voted 
in  Congress  for  the  complete  demonetization  of  silver,  are  standing 
on  that  platform  as  cheerfully  as  though'  they  were  treading  the 
golden-paved  streets  of  the  New  Jerusalem. 


NEVER  before  was  the  temperance  movement  in  England  and 
the  United  States  conducted  with  so  much  energy  and  intel- 
ligence. The  highest  officers  in  our  army  in  India,  says  The  Brit- 
ish Medical  Journal,  continue  to  bear  unmistakable  testimony  of 
the  marked  influence  for  good  which  the  work  of  the  Army 
Temperance  Association  baa  bad  upon  the  health  and  conduct  of 
our  soldiers.  General  Sir  H.  Collet  has  stated  that  in  an  army  to 
abstaioers  there  would  be  one-hundredth  part  of  the  present 
crime,  and  one-tenth  part  of  the  present  sickness. 

IT  would  be  interesting  to  see  the  affidavits  that  candidates  file 
after  the  election  in  reference  to  their  expenses,  as  provided  for 
and  imposed  by  the  Purity  of  EUctions  law.  That  affidavit  is  a 
scorcher,  reaching  out  into  every  avenue  that  can  possibly  be 
utilized  by  the  candidate,  his  friends,  or  his  party,  so  that  no 
guil  y  man  can  escape.  If  services  are  not  »•  dirt  cheap  "  under 
the  pressure  of  the  prevailing  financial  stringency,  some  of  these 
patriotic  aspirants  have  gone,  not  only  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
law,  but  beyond  the  uttermost  limits  of  common  sense  and  good 
judgment. 

AN  intermittent  geyser,  spouting  hot  sulphurous  water,  has 
broken  forth  in  the  San  Felipe  Valley,  a  narrow  canon  separ- 
ated from  tbe  Colorado  Desert  by  a  range  of  desolate  mountains. 
In  this  obscure  corner  of  tbe  State,  darkened  by  the  tragic  death 
of  prospectors  who  have  perished  for  water,  are  some  of  the 
strangest  phenomena.  Although  no  volcanic  rocks  exist  there- 
about, the  near  presence  of  tremendous  subterranean  activities 
are  abundant  in  tbe  shape  of  frequent  temblors  that  rend  the 
granite  mountains,  ami  now  this  new  outburst  of  hot  water  has 
come  to  remind  us  afresh  of  the  wonders  which  abound  in  that 
region. 

THE  opening  week  of  the  races  by  the  California  Jockey  Club 
at  the  Bay  District  has  been  exceedingly  interesting,  and 
thousands  of  spectators  have  been  in  daily  attendance.  The 
races  will  continue  through  the  winter  months  and  will  be  given 
every  day  in  the  week  except  Sunday,  regardless  of  weather  con- 
ditions. At  no  meeting  in  other  parts  of  the  United  States  have 
better  horses  been  secured,  tbe  famous  cracks  from  all  over  tbe 
Union  having  been  brought  out  for  tbe  season's  sport.  Liberal 
purses  are  offered,  and  the  managers  have  made  many  improve- 
ments for  the  comfort  of  visitors.  Everybody  of  consequence  is 
visiting  tbe  races,  as  they  are  an  event  in  tbe  history  of  the  city. 


THE  Lexow  Committee  is  continuing  its  investigations  of  police 
corruption  in  New  York,  and  hardly  a  day  passes  but  tbat 
discloses  amazing  rascality.  But  will  the  prosecution  be  pushed 
to  the  end,  so  tbat  not  only  shall  present  corruption  be  ade- 
quately punished  but  the  likelihood  of  rascality  in  the  future  be 
destroyed?  The  difficulty  with  all  these  purifying  movements  is 
that  tne  persons  prosecuting  them  grow  weary  in  time,  whereas 
rascality  never  sleeps.  There  is  no  reason  why  the  Bpirit  which 
animated  the  Wallace  Grand  Jury  in  San  Francisco  should  not 
have  persisted  in  spite  of  the  Supreme  Court  decision  declaring 
that  jury  illegally  constituted.  This  careless  indifference  to  the 
conduct  of  men  in  office  is  of  like  nature  with  the  idleness  of 
otherwise  good  citizens  at  the  time  when  corrupt  bosses  are  nam- 
ing candidates.  San  Francisco  has  never  had  a  worse  govern- 
ment than  it  deserved. 

IT  seems  quite  probable  now  that  tbe  Democrats  will  suffer 
heavy  losses  in  the  elections  which  are  to  be  held  next  Tues- 
day throughout  the  United  States.  If  they  do  not,  it  will  be  a 
misfortune  to  them,  for  great  success  now  may  cause  the  defeat 
of  their  Presidential  candidate  hereafter.  The  wonderful  vitality 
of  tbe  spirit  which  resides  in  that  party  is  always  stronger  in  de- 
feat than  in  victory,  and  it  is  more  formidable  in  a  rally  than  in 
the  flush  of  triumph.  The  present  danger  of  the  Democrats  is  the 
loss  of  an  easy  working  force  in  Congress,  but  as  the  wiser  and 
cooler  men  of  tbe  party  recognize  the  presence  and  force  of  that 
menace,  they  will  likely  concentrate  their  forces  on  the  Congres- 
sional candidates,  satisfied  to  abide  by  the  prospective  benfits 
which  losses  in  l<_cal  governments  will  confer  upon  them  in  tbe 
greater  Issue  ahead.  Meanwhile  no  friend  of  the  principles 
which  tbe  party  represents  will  attempt  to  obscure  the  dangers 
which  cool  and  observing  men  profess  to  see  in  the  present  con- 
dition of  politics. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  3,  1894. 


MR.    SUTRO'S    GREAT    VICTORY. 

THE  sensation  of  the  week  has  been  the  announcement  by  Mr. 
Herrin,  chief  counsellor  of  the  8outbern  Pacific  Company, 
that  the  consolidated  railways  of  the  city  wilt  make  a  five-cent 
rate  from  the  ferries  to  the  Cliff  House.  This  has  been  construed 
as  a  victory  for  Mr.  Sutro,  and,  as  a  consequence,  bis  candidacy 
for  the  Mayoralty  has>  had.  a  tremendous  boom.  The  situation  is 
so  complex  and  interesting,  and  Mr.  Sutro  has  taken  so  much 
pains  to  explain  the  extraordinary  occurrence,  that  a  calm  view  of 
it  has  become  most  timely.  It  will  be  remembered  that  for  years 
Mr.  Sutro  had  been  on  the  friendliest  terms  with  Messrs.  Hunt- 
ington and  Crocker,  and  that  the  rupture  of  their  cordial  relations 
occurred  when  Mr.  Sutro  had  nearly  finished  his  splendid  baths 
and  had  requested  the  consolidated  street  railway  lines,  in  which 
the  Southern  Pacific  people  are  believed  to  have  a  controlling  in- 
terest, to  reduce  the  rate  from  the  ferries  to  toe  Cliff  House  from 
ten  cents  to  five  cents.  Had  the  consolidated  lines  agreed,  it  is 
clear  that  Mr.  Sutro's  baths  and  Cliff  House,  both  money  making 
enterprises,  would  have  yielded  a  largely  increased  revenue,  and 
that  inducements  to  purchase  and  improve  his  thousands  of  va- 
cant lots  in  that  vicinity  would  have  been  made  stronger.  The 
consolidated  lines  agreed  to  make  the  reduction  at  once  provided 
Mr.  Sutro  would  deed  Sutro  Heights  to  the  city — a  generous  act 
which  for  years  he  had  been  threatening  to  commit.  He  refused 
to  do  so,  and  then  the  famous  battle  began.  First  he  allied  him- 
self with  the  Examiner  (on  what  terms  may  be  easily  guessed),  and 
then  when  the  great  railroad  strike  came  on  in  the  latter  part  of 
last  June  he  employed  bis  vast  wealth  in  encouraeing  tbestrikers, 
irreparably  injuring  the  commerce  and  fair  name  of  California, 
actively  participating  in  the  Exa miners  violent  attacks  on  the 
Government  and  its  efforts  to  suppress  the  riots,  and  morally  as- 
sisting in  the  culmioating  quintuple  murder  at, the  Yolo  trestle. 
All  this  meant  that  he  wanted  a  five-cent  fare  from  the  ferries  to 
the  Cliff  House.  He  was  trying  to  coerce  the  Sjuthern  Pacific 
into  granting  it,  because  it  would  make  bis  properties  thereabout 
far  more  profitable  than  under  a  ten-cent  fare.  There  was  no 
other  principle  involved  in  the  struggle.  To  associate  «  philan- 
thropy "  with  his  schemes  would  be  a  profanation  of  the  word. 
Failing  in  all  this,  Mr.  Sutro  threatened  to  build  a  competing 
line  from  the  ferries  to  the  Cliff  and  charge  five  cents.  He  found 
that  the  Supervisors  demanded  $6000  for  the  franchise.  He 
bravely  put  up  the  money  and  then  unsuccessfully  begged  that 
it  be  returned.  He  tried  to  float  shares  in  the  proposed  railroad, 
but  the  people,  remembering  his  famous  tunnel  history,  refused 
to  bite.  This  compelled  him  to  make  a  bluff  of  building  a  line 
out  of  his  private  resources.  Now,  in  the  beat  of  the  campaign, 
the  Southern  1  acific  announces  that  it  will  reduce  the  rate  to 
five  cents,  and  the  town  is  ringing  with  cries  of  Mr.  Sutro's  vic- 
tory. The  most  interesting  feature  of  the  situation  is  Mr.  Sutro's 
vehement  declaration  that  there  has  been  no  "understanding" 
between  him  and  the  Southern  Pacific,  and  yet  the  Southern  Pa- 
cific admitedly  has  done  the  one  thing  above  all  others  that 
would  Lend  to  acknowledge  bis  triumph  and  insure  the  support 
of  that  heedless  class  who  would  vote  for  a  yellow  dog  if  they 
could  believe  that  it  would  "worry  the  corporations."  Has  the 
Southern  Pacific  done  so  much  for  any  other  candidate?  It  is 
clear  that  the  Southern  Pacific,  by  this  act,  has  completely  ex- 
tinguished the  cause  of  tbe  fight  between  it  and  Mr.  Satro,  and 
that  the  issue  on  which  he  has  made  his  fight  before  the  public 
has  been  destroyed.  He  now  represents  no  principle  whatever. 
If  we  keep  in  view  his  exceptional  facilities  for  drawing  crowds 
to  the  beach,  and  the  Southern  Pacific's  exceptional  facilities  for 
transporting  these  crowds,  we  find  that  the  temptation  for  mak- 
ing an  "arrangement"  that  would  save  Mr.  Sutro  the  expense  uf 
building  a  line  which  would  have  to  compets  with  a  dozen  othfr 
lines  was  too  great  for  a  man  of  his  kind  and  history  to  resi"'. 
His  nomination  by  the  People's  party  would  have  been  pitiful 
had  it  not  been  so  ludicrous.  The  history  of  all  such  organizatioiis 
is  that  some  shrewd  and  unscrupulous  millionaire,  by  raising  an 
issue  to  play  upon  the  meauer  prejudices  of  their  members, 
secures  control  of  them  and  rides  them  for  his  own  avaricious 
ends.  Their  permission  of  such  men  so  to  use  them  is  not  only 
a  confession  of  their  inability  to  institute  reforms,  but  is  a  pitiful 
selling  out  to  the  enemy  whom  they  are  organized  to  combat. 
Millionaires  are  never  traitors  to  the  principle  of  a  moneyed  aris- 
tocracy, and  they  are  never  slow  to  employ  any  foolish  instru- 
mentality that  they  may  find  available.  It  is  rare,  however, 
that  they  find  so  glorious  an  opportunity  as  that  which  has  fallen 
to  Mr.  Sutro  to  invade  the  enemy's  camp  in  the  guise  of  a  traitor 
to  his  former  allegiance,  and  assume  direction  of  his  forces  for 
the  deliberate  purpose  of  betraying  him.  And  it  is  not  sur- 
prising that  a  man  so  lacking  in  conscience  as  to  hoodwink  this 
childish  and  guileless  body  of  men  should  shamelessly  sell  out 
tbe  principle  for  which  they  are  fighting  in  order  to  secure  for 
himself  the  financial  benefits  of  his  perfidy.  No  well-informed 
person  is  greatly  surprised  at  the  turn  which  affairs  have  taken; 
and  there  are  likely  as  many  who  will  marvel  at  Mr.  Sutro's 
shrewdness  in  so  managing  as  to  be  "taken  into  camp"  as  there 
are  those  who  will  congratulate  themselves  on  the  benefita  which 
they  will  incidentally  receive  from  his  splendidly  successful 
scheme  to  increase  his  own  fortune. 


THE    CANDIDATES    FOR    MAYOR. 


ONE  of  the  most  deplorable  weaknesses  of  human  nature  is  a 
tendency  to  accept  a  man  at  the  estimate  of  himself  which 
his  mouth,  rather  than  his  conduct,  proclaims.  In  declaring  him- 
self to  be  a  benefactor  Mr.  Sutro  can  show  only  that  he  has  per- 
mitted the  public  to  enjoy  without  charge  the  very  handsome 
garden  which  he  has  created  at  the  Cliff  Honse.  That  iB  abso- 
lutely all.  He  has  talked  much  about  presenting  the  city  with 
his  library,  but  has  never  done  so.  Mr.  Sutro  owns  the  Cliff 
Hou&e,  the  baths,  and  a  great  deal  of  unimproved  property  on 
the  western  side  of  the  peninsula.  The  creation  of  the 
handsome  flower  garden  can  be  regarded  only  as  a  business 
proposition,  as  it  brings  crowds  to  his  income-bearing  proper- 
ties in  that  vicinity  and  adds  greatly  to  the  value  of  his 
unimproved  lots.  There  is  not  the  least  suggestion  of  philan- 
thropy in  anything  that  he  has  done;  the  improvements  which 
he  has  made  are  those  which  shrewd  business  sense  and  a  desire 
to  make  more  money  would  have  suggested  to  an  energetic  and 
avaricious  millionaire.  Every  act  of  his  that  was  intended  to 
make  the  public  believe  in  his  goodness  has  been  inspired  by  a 
desire  to  increase  his  fortune.  It  is  largely  because  he  wants, 
without  cost,  a  franchise  for  a  street  railway  to  the  Cliff  House 
that  he  desires  to  be  Mayor.  Such  a  franchise  would  bring  him, 
directly  and  indirectly,  many  millions  of  dollars.  And  then, 
we  have  not  forgotten  his  connection  with  the  Sutro  Tunnel  of 
shady  history.  He  would  be  the  most  dangerous  man  that  San 
Francisco  could  place  in  the  Mayor's  seat.  Mr.  Ellert,  the  Non- 
partisan candidate,  was  renominated,  not  because  he  had  made 
an  ideal  Mayor,  but  because  he  had  proved  himself  not  to  be  cor- 
rupt. It  is  notorious,  however,  that  the  city  government  under 
his  direction  was  as  corrupt  as  ever,  that  contracts  and  franchises 
were  as  much  matters  of  barter  as  ever  they  bad  been,  and  tbat 
as  a  corrector  of  municipal  rottenness  he  has  been  a  failure.  This 
was  because  of  his  weaknesses,  of  his  lack  of  energy,  aggressive- 
ness, and  fearlessness.  His  value  has  been  purely  negative,  and  so 
long  as  be  is  Mayor  the  rascality  which  thrives  at  the  expense  of  tbe 
city  needs  only  to  be  cautious  to  succeed.  It  would  be  very  different 
if  Jefferson  G.  James  were  Mayor.  Like  Mr.  Sutro,  he  is  a  wealthy 
man,  but  he  has  no  axes  to  grind — no  enemies  to  punish,  no 
unimproved  properties  to  be  benefited,  even  if  it  were  conceivable 
that  he  would  use  the  office  for  purposes  so  mean  and  sordid. 
He  lacks  some  of  the  external  graces  of  Mr.  Ellert,  but  in  bis 
business  career  he  has  developed  qualities  which  are  strange  to 
Mr.  Ellen's  composition — a  ruggedness,  an  unflinching  courage, 
and  relentless  energy  and  determination.  His  entry  into  the 
ofhce  would  probably  produce  almost  spectacular  results,  and  the 
tremendous  efforts  of  the  corrupt  rings  to  defeat  him — singling 
him  out  of  the  three  chief  candidates  as  tbe  most  dangerous — is 
the  highest  possible  recommendation. 


THE    CONGRESSIONAL    FIGHT. 

THE  eloquent  speeches  which  Reel  B.  Terry  and  Joseph  P.  Kelly 
have  been  making  have  stamped  them  as  tbe  leading  orators 
of  tbe  campaign.  As  Mr.  Kelly  is  a  candidate  for  Congress  from 
the  Fifth  Congressional  District,  his  presence  and  utterances  on 
the  stump  have  received  very  close  attention,  and  it  is  an  inter- 
esting fact  that  wherever  be  has  spoken  the  Democratic  papers 
have  given  him  the  very  uncommon  distinction  of  publishing  his 
speeches  in  full.  From  a  reading  of  these  the  explanation  of  the 
strong  impression  that  be  has  created  is  easily  understood.  He 
has  shown  himself  to  be  a  man  of  conspicuous  force  and  intelli- 
gence, and  of  having  such  a  knowledge  of  California's  needs  as 
will  make  him  valuable  in  Congress.  The  principal  fight  in  the 
district  is  between  him  and  Congressman  Loud.  Tbat  Mr.  Loud 
has  proved  unworthy  of  re-election  by  breaking  his  pledges,  no 
reasonable  person  w  11  deny.  As  for  Mr.  J  Unman,  the  third  and 
spurious  candidate,  it  would  be  superfluous  to  discuss  his  unre- 
liability, and  his  exceedingly  bad  taste  in  pretending  to  be  the 
nominee  of  the  Democrats  when  the  courts  have  decided  tbat  Mr. 
Kelly  is  the  nominee,  and  that  his  name  must  remain  on  tbe 
official  ballot,  ought  to  have  been  sufficient  to  restrain  bis  eager- 
ness to  impair  another  candidate's  chances  without  helping  bis 
own.  Nothing  better  could  have  been  expected  of  the  Examiner 
than  its  publication  of  a  bogns  document  which  purported  to  be 
a  copy  of  tbe  official  ballot  and  which  fraudulently  substituted 
Mr.  Denman's  name  for  Mr.  Kelly's,  but  Mr.  Denman's  indorse- 
ment of  that  shameful  act  of  deception  is  another  and  more 
serious  matter.  Mr.  Kelly  would  be  above  such  meanness  as 
that.  His  reception  in  the  interior  has  not  been  of  an  ordinary 
political  character,  but  is  evidence  of  the  conviction  of  tbe  people 
whom  he  has  addressed.  The  Examiner's  sly  attempts  to  injure 
him  for  the  benefit  of  its  own  pet,  Mr.  Denman,  have  had  an 
effect  contrary  to  tbe  one  intended. 


THE  widow  of  the  late  Rev.  E.  B.  Walworth  has  given  to  tbe 
State  University  the  fine  library  of  2000  volumes  that  had 
been  carefully  selected  by  her  husband  during  his  lifetime.  About 
one-half  of  these  are  theological  works  of  tbe  various  denomina- 
tions, and  the  gift  will  be  valuable  to  the  already  large  collection 
of  tbat  institution. 


Nor.  3.  1894. 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS   LKTTKR. 


THE    DEATH    OF    THE    GREAT    WHITE    CZAR. 


TH  V  Cur  if  dead.  Just  what  effect  this  event  will  bare  on  the 
affaire  of  K'irope  i*  not  ea»ily  determined  by  the  most  intelh- 
Kt nt  j tt:e?men.  It  will  all  depend  upon  the  succesMun,  which 
may  be  stronger  in  the  corruption  of  obvious  evils  in  govern- 
ment, or  may  be  carried  to  excess  in  the  line  of  absolutism.  It 
baa  been  conceded  that  Alexander  HI.  bas  not  exhibited  tbe 
bigb  mental  grasp  and  noble  impulses  of  his  distinguished  pre- 
decessor, wbo  inaugurated  his  reign  by  emancipating  tbe  serfs 
and  instilniing  a  court  of  justice,  wbicb  were  tbe  first  steps 
toward  his  cherished  scheme  of  forming  a  constitutional  govern- 
ment. In  all  bis  actions  be  was  guided  by  a  strong  desire  to 
imitate  as  nearly  as  possible  and  as  closely  as  the  conditions 
would  permit,  tbe  fundamental  principles  of  tbe  government  of 
the  Cnited  States,  and  to  this  end  be  issued  his  celebrated  ukase 
of  1874,  making  alt  male  inhabitants  subject  to  military  duty,  re- 
gardless of  rank  or  wealth.  Although  every  act  indicated  an  ad- 
vance in  civilization  and  a  release  from  tbe  autocracy  of  tbe 
empire  that  bad  characterized  its  rulers  since  the  time  of  the 
Medo- Persian  Emperors,  tbe  anarchist  spirit  born  in  the  Polish 
breast  seemed  to  thrive  and  to  threaten  his  life,  until  he  became 
its  martyr.  Alexander  III.  became  Czar  at  a  time  when  great 
opportunities  presented  themselves  for  fame,  had  he  fully  com- 
prehended tbe  condition  of  public  affairs;  but  be  was  not 
equipped,  mentally,  to  carry  forward  the  reforms  that  had  been 
formulated.  He  was  swayed  too  much  by  tbe  nobility  who 
thronged  the  empire,  and  the  curtain  of  obscurity  was  again 
drawn  and  tbe  country  suffered  in  tbe  absence  of  a  strong  and 
liberal  band.  The  freedom  of  expression  was  again  chained  and 
progression  in  the  arts  and  industries  checked.  The  advance  in 
national  grandeur,  that  seemed  so  promising,  received  a  shock 
which  was  observed  by  other  nations  with  regret.  The  religions 
persecution  of  the  Jews  and  the  iron  hand  that  was  laid  on  tbe 
Poles  were  subjects  of  criticism  and  severe  condemnation  from 
all  civilized  nations  and  peoples.  There  was  no  asylum  for  the 
weak  and  dependent,  but  oppression  entered  into  every  scheme 
that  bad  tbe  appearance  of  a  desire  to  reconstruct  the  empire  on 
the  same  basis  that  had  made  tbe  Czar  Nicholas  so  prominent 
without  the  age  or  the  environment  to  form  its  base.  Under  the 
rnle  of  the  late  Czar  the  political  elements  of  Russian  absolutism 
became  divided  on  questions  of  governmental  reform.  Tbe  social 
democracy,  composed  of  the  industrial  classes,  were  unable  to 
concentrate  their  powers  and  arrive  at  logical  conclusions.  They 
hindered  their  own  cause  by  exerting  tbeir  efforts  in  a  policy  of 
terrorizing  and  assassination.  By  this  tbe  whole  movement, 
which  bad  been  well  organized  under  tbe  more  liberal  rule  of 
Alexander  II.,  became  demoralized,  and  the  red  flag  became  the 
enemy  of  tbeir  own  cause.  A  government  not  restrained  by  con- 
stitutional fictions  cannot  suppress  anarchy.  It  breeds  under  the 
pressure  of  imperial  domination  and  beneath  the  iron  band  of 
despotism. 

There  is,  however,  a  fair  side  to  bis  character,  as  has  been  con- 
ceded by  bis  boldest  critics.  While  be  bas  been  somewhat  of  a 
rfclnse  during  the  thirteen  years  of  bis  reign,  his  power  bas  been 
exerted  in  preserving  the  peace  of  Europe.  It  was  in  his  power 
at  one  time  to  precipitate  a  general  war,  and  tbe  influence  ex- 
erted by  the  Pan-81avist  party  at  8t.  Petersburg  almost  resulted 
in  directing  such  an  event.  To  bis  credit  be  resisted  this  power- 
ful pressure,  and  wisely  concluded  that  it  were  better  to  direct 
the  empire  in  the  work  of  internal  improvements  than  territorial 
expansion.  The  scheme  so  long  cherished  by  Russia  of  tbe  con- 
quest southward  to  the  Mediterranean  and  eastward  to  China 
and  Hindustan  may  not  have  been  atandoned,  but  the  time  is 
not  ripe  for  the  realization  of  such  a  hope.  The  world  Is  too 
much  at  peace,  and  tbe  nations  are  too  nearly  absorbed  in  pre- 
serving tbeir  autonomy,  for  any  disquietude  that  might  arise  in 
any  quarter  of  Europe.  The  Czar  has  had  the  good  judgment  to 
refrain  from  an  attempt  to  exhibit  an  aggressive  spirit,  and  in 
this  respect  his  political  ambitions  have  never  become  matters  of 
a  public  character.  In  fact,  the  period  of  his  reign  marks  a  polit- 
ical blank  in  history.  Coming  to  the  throne  under  the  dark 
shadow  of  the  |violent  assassination  of  his  father,  no  doubt  his 
mind  was  deeply  impressed  with  the  tragic  event,  and  instead  of 
being  stimulated  to  any  action  of  revenge,  he  was  reduced  to  a 
condition  of  meditative  passivity.  His  eldest  son  is  now  twenty- 
six  years  of  age,  and,  although  heir  to  tbe  Czarship,  be  is  said  to 
be  careless  and  indifferent  in  regard  to  tbe  exalted  position.  Tbe 
second  son  is  twenty-four,  and  his  character  scarcely  formed,  so 
that,  in  any  event,  there  is  some  speculation  as  to  what  tbe  fu- 
ture bas  in  store  for  Europe,  where  over  160,000,000  of  people 
are  subject  to  the  whims  of  a  ruler  who  has  only  to  touch  the 
button  and  point  the  way. 


THE  appointment  of  John  Vance  Cheney  as  Librarian  of  the 
Newberry  Library,  Chicago,  will  remove  a  valuable  factor  in 
the  success  of  the  Free  Public  Library  of  San  Francisco  and  create 
a  vacancy  in  the  already  greatly  thinned  ranks  of  local  litera- 
teurs  of  the  higher  order.  Mrs.  Cheney's  departure  will  be  an 
equally  serious  loss,  as  in  her  refined  and  gracious  personality  she 
combines  those  nobler  feminine  characteristics  which  have  made 
her  a  leader  among  the  good-doing  women  of  the  city. 


THE    TWENTY-FOURTH    SENATORIAL    DISTRICT. 

TH  K  olil  granny  Call,  instead  of  injuring  Senator  Mahoney,  as 
the  editor  of  that  sheet  contemplates,  has  helped  him.  In 
fact,  it  might  be  said  that  IbeCbU,  by  its  repeated  libelous  articles 
concerning  Mr.  Mnboney,  has  helped  the  Senator  in  bin  Bghl 
more  than  any  other  daily  paper.  He  should  be  the  next  Senator 
from  ibe  Twenty-fourth  District  Deacon  Fitch,  of  the  Call-Bul- 
letin,  says  that  he  is  "not  fighting  the  Senator  personally,"  but  is 
trying  to  defeat  the  Republican  party — exactly  what  might  be 
expected  of  Mr.  Fitch,  «  ho  bas  been  in  his  dotage  for  twenty 
years  past,  George  H.  Williams,  tbe  self  constituted,  inde- 
pendent nominee  lor  the  Eenatorship  in  the  Twenty-fourth  Dis- 
trict, is  now  posing  as  the  good  man  of  that  district.  We  do  not 
like  to  put  his  past  record  under  the  nostrils  of  the  decent  people 
of  tbe  district,  lest  they  be  tempted  to  fly  from  their  homes  as  if 
pursuid  by  an  enemy.  This  man,  after  Ihe  6lh  of  November, 
will  likely  creep  back  into  his  obscurity  and  his  faro  games,  and 
make  the  same  precarious  living  that  he  did  up  to  a  few  years 
ago  when  be  entered  the  political  field.  Such  audacity  is  raiely 
beard  of — that  a  man  of  his  unsavory  reputation  should  seek 
even  the  position  of  Pound-master.  Jerry  Burke's  record  in  the 
School  Board  has  made  the  people  very  chary  of  sending  him  to 
the  Senate;  they  know  that  be  is  not  to  be  depended  on. 
Elected  by  the  Democrats  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, bis  first  step  on  being  sworn  in  was  to  help  elect  delectable 
Mr.  Hyde  as  Chairman  of  the  Board.  From  that  time  until  Mr. 
Hyde  wsb  defeated  in  his  aspirations  for  a  re-Lomination,  Jerry 
Burke  was  the  tool  of  Mr.  Hyde.  Jerry  bad  no  mind  of  bis  own 
—  Mr.  Hyde  had  but  to  pull  the  strings  and  Jerry  danced.  Mr. 
Burke  is  one  of  those  vacillating  creatures  who  try  to  carry  water 
on  both  shoulders.  He  endeavors  to  catch  tbe  A.  P.  A.  vote  by 
telling  the  members  of  that  organization  that  he  is  not  a  Roman 
Catholic,  or  a  "Mick,"  as  he  terms  his  countrymen,  the  Irish. 
Yet  upon  the  same  day  that  he  makes  this  announcement  Jerry 
Burke  takes  bis  infant  child  to  Father  Larkin,  at  the  old  St. 
Mary's  Cathedral,  to  have  it  baptized.  Where  does  be  stand, 
and  wbo  is  he?  The  respectable  and  honest  electors  of  the 
Twenty-fourth  Senatorial  District  ought  to  cast  him  aside  at  the 
polls  on  November  6th. 


THE    RETIREMENT    OF    CAPRI VI. 


THE  retirement  of  General  von  Caprivi  from  the  Chancellorship 
of  the  German  empire  is  a  good  deal  like  the  coming  of  a  thun- 
derbolt from  an  unclouded  sky.  There  were  many  evidences  of 
occasional  and  incidental  friction  in  official  circles  in  Germany  for 
some  time  past,  but  this  friction  seemed  to  be  comparatively 
innocuous  in  its  character,  and  for  the  most  part  based  upon 
trivial  questions  of  detail  in  administration  rather  than  upon 
great  and  fundamental  questions  of  political  or  diplomatic  prin- 
ciple wbicb  would  be  liable  to  lead  to  tbe  retirement  of  the  prin- 
cipal officer  of  the  government.  The  situation  is  still  further  ob- 
scured and  confused  by  the  announcement  that  under  Prince 
Hohenbole,  tbe  new  Chancellor,  there  will  be  no  change  of  policy 
in  regard  to  any  administrative  or  diplomatic  concernment  of  the 
government.  Under  these  circumstances  it  would  seem  as  though 
tbe  change  was  what  would  be  termed  in  baseball  circles  a  grand- 
stand i  lay  on  the  part  of  tbe  young  Kaiser  by  which  he  intends  to 
further  impress  upon  bis  people  the  fact  that  be  is  both  in  prac- 
tice and  theory  the  intellectual  as  well  as  the  titular  head  of  tbeir 
government,  and  that  Bismarcks  and  von  Caprivis  are  alike  but 
instrumentalities  of  bis  authority.  Upon  the  question  which  bas 
been  asserted  as  the  cause  of  General  von  Caprivi's  disagreement 
with  Count  Eulenberg — the  adoption  of  more  severe  measures  in 
dealing  with  socialism  and  anarchy — It  may  be  said  that  Von 
Caprivi  was  right  in  desiring  to  deal  with  all  malefactors  by  the 
ordinary  process  of  the  criminal  law.  The  special  measures 
adopted  by  France  and  Italy  in  dealing  with  anarchy  have  done 
more  harm  than  good,  and  that  fact  will  be  even  more  fully 
demonstrated  by  their  remote  and  future  effects  than  they  have 
been  by  their  immediate  and  present  results.  In  general  it  may 
be  said  of  General  von  Caprivi  that,  notwithstanding  that  he  suf- 
fered tbe  disadvantage  of  succeeding  a  really  great  man  who  was 
made  popular  by  sentimental  and  historical  surroundings,  he  cut 
a  good  figure  while  in  office  and  retired  with  the  respect  of  his 
country  n  en  and  the  world. 


THE  immense  land  holdings  and  other  property  of  the  firm  of 
Miller  &  Lux,  the  California  cattle  kings,  have  been  ordered 
divided  by  a  decree  of  court,  and  commissioners  appointed  for 
that  purpose.  It  has  been  eight  years  since  Mr.  Lux  died,  and 
the  agreement  previously  entered  into  between  them  was  that 
the  property  should  remain  intact  for  seven  years  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  surviving  partner.  The  trust  in  the  bands  of  Mr. 
Miller  has  been  well  managed,  and  the  property  increased,  but 
the  son  of  Mr.  Lux  is  now  old  enough  and  perfectly  able  to  man- 
age his  interest,  and  at  his  instance  and  that  of  Mrs.  Lux,  a  par- 
tition was  asked  for,  and  a  large  pert  of  tbe  estate  will  be  di- 
vided by  the  commissioners  appointed  under  order  of  the  court. 
They  own  large  interests  in  several  counties  of  the  State,  tbe 
most  valuable  of  which  is  in  Kern  County  and  in  this  city. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  3,  1894. 


NOTES    ON    POLITICAL    MATTERS. 

THIS  will  be  the  last  issue  of  tbe  News  Letter  before  tbe  elec- 
tion, which  will  lake  place  next  Tuesday.  It  is  not  difficult 
for  voters  whose  political  prejudices  make  bosses  possible,  and 
voters  who  really  desire  to  see  the  best  meu  elected,  to  make  up 
such  tickets  as  will  properly  express  their  worth  as  citizens.  We 
present  herewith  some  candidates  who  we  believe  would  serve 
faithfully  and  intelligently.  The  wholeground  is  not  covered  for 
the  reason  that  it  seems  better  to  make  the  issue  on  certain  can- 
didates whose  conspicuous  personalities  make  them  serve  as  rep- 
resentatives of  the  leading  principles  involved  in  the  contest, 
leaving  it  to  the  intelligence  of  the  voter  to  decide  for  himself 
what  other  candidates  belong  in  these  categories.  The  task  is  not 
difficult.  The  campaign  has  developed  few  disagreeable  features, 
although  the  work  has  been  very  hard.  The  Democrats  and 
Non  Partisans  have  exhibited  a  praiseworthy  desire  to  Keep 
tbe  Great  Register  clean,  and  in  that  regard  set  an  example 
which  the  Republicans  might  have  followed  to  their  advantage. 
A  contemptible  effort  to  throw  mnd  on  Mr.  Budd,  Demo- 
cratic candidate  for  Governor,  has  fallen  Hat,  and  the  Re- 
publicans must  bear  the  burden  of  that  disgraceful  attack. 
It  seems,  at  this  outlook,  that  the  government  of  San  Fran- 
cisco will  pass  out  of  tbe  control  of  the  bosses.  One  risk  of 
error  that  the  respectable  voters  run  is  a  possible  assump- 
tion that  all  the  candidates  nominated  by  the  bosses  are  bad  and 
that  all  nominated  by  the  ami  boss  element  are  good.  Mistakes 
and  impositions  were  inevitable  in  the  latter  case,  and  the  nomi- 
nation of  some  good  men  by  the  bosses  was  made  for  an  evident 
purpose.  A  candidate's  private  history,  personal  qualifications, 
and  official  record  if  he  is  an  incumbent  being  known,  no  good 
citizen  has  an  excuse  for  making  a  mistake. 

The  Populists' demonstration  at  Oakland  Monday  evening  in- 
cluded a  procession  extending  over  fourteen  blocks.  It  was  com- 
posed entirely  of  voters  and  numbered  several  thousands.  In 
view  of  the  Republican  procession,  only  two  blocks  in  length, 
that  recently  turned  out  to  honor  Mr.  Estee's  triumphal  entry 
into  Oakland,  the  Chronicles  remark  that  the  Populists'  demon- 
stration was  "  very  good  for  the  Populists  "  was  naive  and  pictur- 
esque. 

In  the  dropping  ont  of  certain  obnoxious  persons  who  have 
been  trying  so  desperately  to  control  the  Board  of  Education  we 
have  a  welcome  sign  of  a  movement  to  correct  the  evils  which 
have  been  so  long  prevalent  there.  This  is  no  more  encouraging, 
however,  than  the  coming  forward  of  clean,  high-class  men  to 
take  charge  of  this,  one  of  the  most  important  yet  worst  abused 
branches  of  the  city  government.  One  of  these  men  is  Charles 
B.  Perkins,  the  well-known  Market-street  merchant,  who  ought 
to  be  elected  as  a  School  Director.  He  is  indorsed  by  all  good 
citizens. 

If  William  A.  Murison  should  be  elected  Supervisor  from  the 
Fifth  Ward  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  scandals  which  have 
attached  to  the  Board  for  so  many  years  would  cease  to  grieve 
and  humiliate  the  good  people  of  the  city.  Mr.  Murison  was  born 
at  New  Orleans  in  1849,  was  educated  at  Ghittenbam  College  and 
Oxford  University,  England,  and  has  lived  in  California  since 
1874.  where  be  has  become  one  of  the  most  respected  citizens  of 
San  Francisco.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  Loring  Club,  and  for  nine 
years  past  has  been  cashier  of  the  Occidental  Hotel.  He  would 
undoubtedly  make  an  intelligent,  faithful,  and  honest  Supervisor. 

The  re-appearance  of  Thomas  B.  Shannon  in  politics  is  one  of 
the  most  significant  of  recent  political  events.  Mr.  Shannon  de- 
sires to  be  returned  to  Congress,  where  some  years  ago  he  made 
so  excellent  a  record.  When  the  whole*  political  history  of  Cali- 
fornia shall  have  been  written  one  of  its  most  interesting  chapters 
will  be  found  in  the  explanation  of  his  long  retirement  from  politics. 
Evidently  be  and  his  many  friends  and  admirers  deem  this  the 
proper  time  for  re-entering  tbe  lists  against  the  bad  elements  which 
have  held  sway.  He  is  a  tried  man,  is  intelligent  and  fearless,  and 
would  ably  represent  California  at  Washington. 

The  office  of  Auditor  of  San  Francisco  is  one  of  those  peculiar 
positions  in  which  the  incumbent  is  separated  from  the  public 
by  legal  machinery,  the  working  of  which  is  little  understood.  It 
is  for  this  reason  that  the  good  services  of  the  incumbent,  not 
having  come  nnder  the  direct  notice  of  tbe  public,  might  not  be 
fully  appreciated.  William  Broderick,  as  all  the  city  officers 
know,  has  made  an  excellent  Auditor,  and  when  a  man  has  been 
tried  it  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  retain  him. 

As  might  have  been  expected,  the  nomination  of  a  A.  Chese- 
brough  for  the  office  of  Railroad  Commissioner  from  this  district 
has  encountered  the  strongest  opposition  of  those  discontented 
elements  which  prefer  for  office  political  hacks  and  loud-preach- 
ing candidates  instead  of  quiet,  dignified,  substantial  men  who 
are  above  trickery  and  buncombe  and  who  understand  the  graver 
needs  of  the  community.     One  of   the  most   valuable  lessons   of 


any  campaign  is  the  classifications  that  it  makes  among  voters; 
and  the  more  conspicuous,  able,  and  clean  a  candidate,  tbe  sharper 
are  the  lines  drawn  at  the  polls.  Mr.  Chesebrough's  candidacy 
has  produced  that  result,  to  the  gratification  of  all  good  citizens. 
His  membership  in  the  firm  of  Williams,  Dimond  &  Co.  has  given 
him  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  city  and  State  that  would 
have  been  difficult  to  acquire  otherwise.  There  is  not  a  single 
qualification  that  he  lacks,  and  one  of  the  most  valuable  is  a  de- 
termination that  absolute  justice,  instead  of  tricky  rulings  for 
political  effect,  shall  govern  him  in  the  immensely  important 
work  of  equalizing  the  taxes  of  tbe  State.  This  has  been  done  in 
so  slipshod  a  manner  In  the  past  that  it  is  time  such  men  as  Mr. 
Chesebroagh  were  elected.  It  may  be  added  as  an  immaterial 
fact  that  he  is  a  native  of  Maryland  and  that  he  has  been  here 
twenty-five  years. 

The  fight  of  the  bosses  against  M.  C.  Haley  for  re-election  as 
County  Clerk  is  assuming  formidable  shape,  and  the  crooked 
elements  in  local  politics  are  centering  their  strength  to  encom- 
pass his  defeat.  It  is  necessa  y  only  that  the  respectable  men  of 
tbe  city  should  be  informed  of  this  fact  in  order  to  rally  all  the 
stronger  to  his  support.  For  he  has  made  just  such  a  County 
Clerk  as  the  best  people  want — a  man  who  scorns  shady  political 
affiliations  and  who  prefers  to  stand  or  fall  by  his  record  as  a 
competent  and  honest  officer.  If  he  should  not  be  elected  it  will 
be  the  people,  not  he,  who  have  been  defeated:  and  their  loss 
will  be  incomparably  greater  than  his. 

Capt  iin  Freese  has  made  a  good  Public  Administrator,  and  that 
means  to  say  that  in  administering  on  the  estates  which  have 
fallen  to  his  office  he  has  incurred  none  of  those  unpleasant  scan- 
dals which  so  often  color  the  reputation  of  a  man  in  that  posi- 
tion. We  caD  judge  of  men  only  by  what  they  have  been.  In  that 
light  Captain  Free  Be  passes  muster  with  all  who  take  the  trouble 
to  ascertain  the  manner  in  which  a  public  officer  has  discharged 
a  trust.  Surely  there  are  sufficient  intelligent  and  unprejudiced 
voters  in  the  city  to  re-elect  him. 

It  seems  unnecessary  to  say  that  the  Board  of  Supervisors  is 
the  focus  of  all  the  official  rascality  of  the  municipal  government. 
In  the  making  up  of  committees  the  smartest  work  of  the  cor- 
ruptionist  is  usually  seen.  It  is  safely  assumed  that  should 
Adolph  B.  Spreckels,  who  desires  to  represent  the  Tenth  Ward  in 
the  Board,  should  be  elected  there  would  be  no  fear  of  rascality, 
for  he  is  bright,  shrewd,  and  agressive,  and  his  lepntation  alone 
would  be  a  safeguard  against  the  efforts  of  knaves  to  corrupt  the 
Board. 

The  best  ideas  of  the  needs  of  the  School  Department  may  be 
had  from  interviews  with  the  teachers  themselves.  Although 
kept  in  terror  by  the  mean  exercise  of  power  which  they  dare  not 
antagonize,  they  yet  know  who  are  the  good  men  in  the  Depart- 
ment and  who  onght  to  be  elected.  They  all  want  Hugh  Tevis 
elected,  knowing  that  if  be  should  be  the  petty  tyrannies  and 
glaring  injustice  and  favoritism  will  be  abolished  so  far  as  it  lies 
In  any  strong  and  intelligent  man's  power  to  discover  and  combat 
them. 

John  D.  8iebe  occupies  a  unique  position  in  the  municipal  cam- 
paign. It  had  been  assumed  that  he  would  be  so  anxious  for  a 
renomination  that  he  would  subscribe  to  any  platform  presented 
to  him.  It  was  discovered,  however,  that  the  very  qualities  of 
intelligence,  fearlessness,  and  independence  that  had  made  him 
so  good  an  Assessor  caused  him  to  rebel  against  an  absurd  plat- 
form, and  as  a  result  he  received  the  re-nomination  at  the  hands 
of  men  who  were  influenced  by  no  considerations  apart  from  a 
desire  for  a  clean  government.     He  ought  to  be  re-elected. 

Henry  T.  Cresswell  is  one  of  the  few  lawyers  fitted  to  fill  tbe 
office  of  City  and  County  Attorney.  He  not  only  has  the  neces- 
sary learning  and  natural  ability,  but  he  has  that  keenness,  that 
sharp  incisiveness,  which  is  equally  as  essential.  In  addition  to 
these  be  has  acquired  invaluable  experience  in  the  office,  and  has 
shown  himself  to  be  honest  and  industrious.  It  would  be  the 
height  of  business  folly  not  to  re-elect  him. 

J.  H.  Mahoney's  candidacy  for  the  Senate  from  the  Twenty- 
fourth  district  has  aroused  just  that  kind  of  opposition  which  is  a 
candidate's  highest  recommendation.  If  it  were  not  for  the  in- 
discretion of  shady  politicians  tbe  honest  public  would  have  a 
much  obscurer  guide  in  the  selection  of  worthy  candidates.  Mr. 
Mahoney's  ability  and  integrity  have  been  tried  at  Sacramento, 
and  that  is  a  sufficient  explanation  of  the  general  desire  of  the 
best  citizens  to  return  him. 

Judge  Walter  H.  Levy  must  have  trod  on  many  a  corn  daring 
his  long  occupancy  of  the  Superior  bench  under  successive  re- 
elections,  for  such  an  administration  of  this  office  as  looks  to  the 
dealing  out  of  justice  rather  than  the  manufacture  of  a  fictitious 
reputation  is  bound  to  hurt  and  rankle  here  and  there.  When 
his  brilliant  natural  endowments  and    his  unflagging   energy  are 


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3  ■.  \   Ki;  INCI8C0  NEWS  LETTER. 


considered,  there  is  do  wonder  that  his  great  popularity  and  suc- 
cess should  belong  to  a  comparatively  young  man.  He  is  one  of 
those  uncommon  geniuses  who  does  not  have  to  be  a  recluse  in 
order  to  grasp  the  important  problems  that  are  constantly  being 
submitted  to  him  tor  adjudication.  Oo  the  contrary,  he  is  a  genial 
and  sociable  friend,  full  of  life  and  energy,  and  by  keeping  him- 
self in  constant  contact  with  the  great  human  family  around  him, 
acquires  a  knowledge  and  understanding  that,  when  coupled  with 
the  learning  of  books,  make  an  ideal  Judge.  Tbere  is  no  other 
way  in  which  his  popularity  can  be  explained.  He  should  be  re- 
elected. 

The  efforts  of  those  who  see  in  the  action  of  unprejudiced  citi- 
zens a  determination  to  purge  the  City  Hall  of  rascals  have  been 
concentrated  to  defeat  James  MeNab,  one  of  the  strongest,  clean- 
est, and  best  of  San  Francisco's  citizens.  It  is  argned  by  the 
alarmed  tools  of  the  bosses  that  if  they  can  crush  a  man  of 
strength  so  great  and  of  manhood  so  conspicuously  worthy  as 
Mr.  McNab's,  they  will  have  throttled  all  efforts  of  the  best  citi- 
zens to  rid  themselves  of  an  evil.  Mr.  McNab's  friends  and  ad- 
mirers, at  the  head  of  whom  stand  in  solid  rank  the  merchants  of 
8an  Francisco,  foresaw  the  issue  and  placed  him  in  nomination  to 
precipitate  it.  Round  this  candidate,  therefore,  the  fight  is  hot 
and  furious,  and  the  lines  are  being  so  clearly  drawn  that  every 
citizen  may  establish  his  proper  place  in  the  community  by  an- 
nouncing himself  for  or  against  McNab.  His  election  would  mean 
the  victory  of  the  best  men  in  the  city,  and  would  bring  to  the 
office  of  Sheriff  one  of  the  staunchest  and  most  worthy  of  men. 

As  City  and  County  Surveyor,  Charles  S.  Tilton  some  time  ago 
amply  demonstrated  bis  capability  and  honesty.  No  scandals 
of  crooked  contract  work  ever  attached  to  his  administration, 
and  in  view  of  the  shameful  work  that  has  been  done  for  the 
city  at  other  times  this  is  a  sufficient  recommendation.  In  these 
days  of  a  general  movement  to  correct  abuses  and  place  honest 
and  capable  men  in  office  the  election  of  Mr.  Tilton  seems  to  be  a 
foregone  conclusion. 

The  enthusiasm  which  the  candidacy  of  William  S.  Barnes  for 
District  Attorney  has  aroused  among  all  classes  of  voters,  particu- 
larly the  young  men,  is  an  encouraging  evidence  of  a  general  de- 
sire to  secure  a  strong,  clean  government  for  the  city.  Mr.  Barnes 
has  that  clear,  safe,  painstaking  quality  of  mind  that  prohibits 
erratic  flights  and  that  pursues  duty  calmly,  judiciously,  and  for 
its  own  sake.  He  has  not  conducted  the  office  in  the  past  with 
a  view  to  make  votes,  but  to  protect  the  public.  The  criminal 
element  of  the  city  is  working  hard  to  defeat  him.  The  respect 
which  the  judges  have  for  bis  ability  and  fairness  is  some- 
thing that  any  attorney  might  well  be  proud  of. 

It  seems  superfluous  to  suggest  that  Judge  Joachimsen  should 
be  re-elected  Police  Judge,  as  everybody  takes  it  for  granted  that 
he  will  be  re-elected.  He  has  been  in  harness  so  long,  and  has 
so  excellent  a  record,  that  his  defeat  would  be  the  least  expected 
of  political  freaks  and  surprises.  Having  been  associated  in  the 
practice  of  the  law  with  some  of  the  ablest  lawyers  on  the  coast, 
he  is  splendidly  equipped  with  legal  knowledge,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  just-minded  of  men,  punishing  crime  relentlessly,  and  at  the 
same  time  making  sure  that  no  man  wrongfully  charged  shall  be 
convicted. 

If  there  is  any  doubt  concerning  the  election  of  A.  Roman  as 
Recorder  it  is  directed  not  against  his  ability  and  integrity  but 
against  the  Intelligence  of  the  city.  Not  being  a  professional 
politician,  Mr.  Roman  will  depend  on  nothing  except  his  worth 
and  the  understanding  of  the  voters.  In  electing  him  the  people 
would  be  doing  a  conspicuously  worthy  act. 


THE  swindling  lottery  clothing  scheme,  which  has  so  long 
thrived  in  this  city,  has  at  last  come  under  the  attention  of 
the  United  States  authorities,  as  Commissioner  Heacock  is  now  in- 
vestigating it.  That  it  is  a  lottery  pure  and  simple,  and  that  the 
United  States  mails  are  used  to  promote  it,  there  is  not  the  least 
doubt.  There  are  some  lotteries  which,  though  illegal,  are  reason- 
ably fair;  but  the  lottery  clothing  scheme  is  one  of  those  shameless 
swindles  operated  to  rob  the  unwary,  and  is  based  on  the  familiar 
knowledge  that  a  good  many  men  are  willing  to  take  chances  on  get- 
ting more  than  they  can  honestly  earn.  That  is  the  basis  of  such 
swindles  as  the  lottery  clothing  scheme,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the 
Government  will  put  a  stop  to  this  new  scheme  of  robbery. 

THE  Chautauqua  Literary  and  Scientific  Circle  is  extending  its 
field  of  usefulness  with  steady  activity,  and  has  come  to  be 
regarded  as  one  of  the  most  beneficent  of  the  popular  and  easily 
available  agencies  of  the  education  of  people  who  have  not  had  the 
benefits  of  a  university  education.  Its  democratic  spirit  and  the 
earnest  intelligence  with  which  it  endeavors  to  secure  the  spread  of 
education  are  remarkable  in  these  hard  and  selfish  times.  New  circles 
are  constantly  being  formed  and  new  interest  constantly  aroused. 
Europe  during  the  Nineteenth  Century  is  one  of  the  live  subjects 
which  will  go  to  make  up  the  course  of  study  this  year. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  3,  1894 


"  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 

IN  expressing  the  indignant  opinion  tbat  San  Francisco  cannot 
appreciate  high  art,  Mrs.  Kendal  is  indubitably  correct;  bat 
she  has  not  told  the  whole  story  of  her  and  her  husband's  failure 
to  pack  the  Baldwin  every  evening.  Still,  it  is  refreshing  to  see  her 
angry,  lor  anger  is  almost  as  good  as  wine  for  putting  a  truthful 
tongue  in  the  head.  We  had  wearied  of  the  Irvings,  the  Booths, 
and  others  who  had  flattered  our  foolish  people  so  unconscionably 
in  saying  that  we  have  a  marvelous  independence  of  judgment 
and  an  unearthly  discrimination  in  matters  artistic.  It  is  the 
people  whose  houses  we  fill  that  lie  like  this  tons;  it  is  those 
whom  we  neglect  that  become  angry  and  tell  the  truth.  Mrs. 
Kendal  might  have  made  her  case  much  stronger  against  us — 
might  have  said  that  we  are  a  people  of  fads  rather  than  culture, 
and,  most  interesting  of  all,  that  even  our  pretensions  to  culture 
in  making  fads  of  really  meritorious  performances  amuse,  with 
their  cap  and  bells,  the  few  judicious  ones  who  have  strayed 
hither  in  recent  years  from  the  civilized  centers  of  the  world. 
Further,  Mrs.  Kendal  might  have  cited  the  treatment  which  her 
great  play,  Tlie  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray,  received  at  the  hands  of 
the  daily  press  critics  as  an  evidence  of  general  lack  of  under- 
standing concerning  the  ethics  of  remarkable  dramas.  But  has 
Mrs.  Kendal  been  entirely  disingenuous?  It  is  true  that  our  rich 
girls  still  buy  titled  foreigners  for  husbands,  and  this  alone  shows 
what  we  are,  without  our  considering  many  other  things  which, 
like  that,  disclose  a  low  moral  tone,  the  absence  of  real  culture. 
Still,  the  brutal  frankness  of  our  rich  fashionables  has  various 
ways  of  manifesting  itself — it  is  not  every  imposture  that  can 
thrive  amongst  us.  There  are  some  actors  and  actresses  the  force 
of  whose  genius  is  overpowering  and  would  conquer  a  savage; 
them  we  recognize,  because  we  cannot  help  it,  and  in  their  case 
we  require  no  certificate  of  greatness  from  the  inhabitants  of  civi- 
lized communities.  It  is  only  in  the  more  elusive  arts  that  we 
hesitate  and  stumble,  and  invariably  make  ourselves  ridiculous 
either  by  ignoring  them  or  making  them  fashionable.  The  Ken- 
dais  do  not  happen  to  belong  In  either  class — they  are  neither 
overpoweringly  great  nor  artistically  elusive.  As  players  they 
and  their  company  are  clever  and  finished,  ranking,  say,  with  a 
Frohman  stock  company.  Yet  they  charge  Irving-Terry  prices  1 
Would  it  be  unjust  to  assume  that  the  Kendals,  presuming  npon 
our  lack  of  culture  and  our  abundance  of  money,  and  knowing 
that  we  buy  princes  for  oar  girls,  are  swindled  by  the  art  dealers 
of  the  four  continents,  and  spend  our  money  with  vulgar  osten- 
tation in  Europe,  have  sought  to  make  us  measure  their  artistic 
worth  by  the  price  which  they  are  charging  us  to  see  them?  The 
trouble  with  anger  is  that  it  is  never  self-accusatory.  When  Mrs. 
Kendal  is  less  angry  she  may  prove  more  conscientious. 

*  *  * 

The  Ironmaster  was  given  by  the  Kendals  Monday  and  Tuesday 
evenings.  It  is  a  good  old  play,  and  although  it  lacks  depth  and 
perspective,  and  has  a  purpose  of  extremely  limited  application, 
it  is  rational  and  strongly  human.  Mr.  Kendal  played  the  title- 
role  with  all  the  skill  of  a  finished  leading  man,  omitting  none  of 
the  poses,  inflections,  and  tear-choked  declamations  of  the  good 
old  school.  Mrs.  Kendal's  work  was  much  fuller  and  rounder 
than  that  which  she  gave  as  Mrs.  Tanqueray,  and  was  really 
fine;  and  that  she  does  not  discover  to  the  full  the  delicate 
unctiousness,  the  dainty  feminine  graces,  the  catlike  softness, 
and  the  appealing  winsomeness  of  the  greater  women  of  the  stage 
is  explainable  on  the  score  of  temperament  rather  than  lack  of 
honest  and  intelligent  effort.  The  work  of  the  entire  company  is 
artistic,  even  elegant. 

•  *  * 

Sydney  Grundy's  White  Lie  is  a  high-class  comedy,  with  glints 
here  and  there  of  tragedy.  A  foolish  woman  so  narrowly  risks 
her  life's  happiness,  her  reputation,  and  her  husband's  love  that 
the  thoughtful  person,  who  looks  deeper  than  the  mere  surface 
fun  of  the  play,  trembles  for  fear  of  the  outbreak.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kendal  are  at  their  best  in  this  play.  Mr.  Kendal  easily  carries 
off  the  honors.  He  plays  Jack  Molynenx  with  an  easy  non- 
chalance that  farther  on  develops  into  a  strong,  earnest  portrayal 
a  loving,  kind  husband,  who  is  no  fool  and  who  does  not  propose 
that  his  wife  shall  be  one  either.  He  is  very  strong  when  he 
shows  Captain  Tempest  that  he  is  no  longer  welcome  in  his 
home.  He  does  it  in  such  a  way  as  would  be  expected  from  a 
man  whose  apparent  sleepy  indifference  has  been  aroused.  Sir 
John  Molyneux  is  wide  awake  now,  and  he  acts  promptly  and 
with  dignity,  and  there  are  fine  lights  and  shades  in  his  acting 
with  which  the  audience  was  thoroughly  en  rapport,  Mrs.  Ken- 
dal gave  a  delightfnl  portrayal  of  Kate  Desmond,  the  sister-in-law 
of  foolish  Kitty  Molyneux,  who  was  bored  because  she  had  every- 
thing on  earth  that  she  wanted,  and  so  proceeded  to  play  with 
fire  because  it  was  forbidden.  Mrs.  Kendal's  lighter  vein  is  felicit- 
ous, though  there  is  a  tendency  sometimes  to  overdo — a  touch  of 
coarseness  which  mars  an  otherwise  beautiful  picture.  Mr.  H. 
Carper  Cliffe,  who  played  Captain  Tempest,  was  very  clever  and 


sings  a  charming  love  song  in  a  well-trained  baritone.  Marion 
Lea  was  good  as  Kitty  Molyneux;  she  has  displayed  a  marked 
versatility  in  her  different  roles.  She  was  such  a  demure  little 
ingenue  in  the  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray !  A  White  Lie  is  one  of  the 
best  of  the  repertoire  of  the  Kendals  so  far  given.  If  Mrs.  Kendal 
would  accept  a  small  hint  as  to  her  enunciation,  which  is  too 
hurried  at  times  and  a  trifle  indistinct  at  others,  it  would  add 
much  to  the  pleasure  of  those  who  hear  her.  It  is  not  pleasant 
to  sit  with  ears  at  strain  in  order  to  lose  none  of  the  finer  shades 
of  meaning.  If  the  management  had  not  put  the  price  up  so 
high  there  would  have  been  fewer  empty  seats.  For  when  all  is 
told,  the  Kendals  are  not  greater  than  scores,  perhaps,  of  others, 
who  have  played  to  the  usual  prices. 
#  *  * 
The  last  week  of  the  Kendals  will  be  devoted  to  Lady  Clancarty 
and  A  Scrap  of  Paper.  Lady  Clancarty  is  a  historical  drama  by 
Tom  Taylor,  and  the  Kendals  promise  us  a  magnificent  produc- 
tion of  the  piece.  A  Scrap  of  Paper  is  one  of  the  most  delightfnl 
comedies  of  the  Kendals'  repertoire. 
#  ■*  ♦ 

The  favorite  American 
tragedian,  Robert  Down- 
ing, will  begin  an  engage- 
ment of  one  week  at  the 
California  Theatre  on  Mon- 
day, November  5th,  open- 
ing in  a  new  production  of 
that  great  play,  The  Gladi- 
ator, which  has  won  him 
fame  and  fortune  through- 
out the  United  States.  Its 
arena  scene  has  furnished 
the  magnificent  figure 
which  has  long  been  Mr. 
Downing's  trade  mark. 
Mr.  Downing  has  new 
scenery  and  costuming  for 
the  play,  and  has  sur- 
rounded himself  with  an 
excellent  company,  at 
whose  head  is  Eugenie 
Blair,  a  beautiful  woman 
and  a  polished  actress. 

Robert  Downing  and  Eugenie  Blair 

in  the  Arena  Scene.  After  Robin  Rood  and  Tar 

and  Tartar  the  public  was  prepared  for  something  delicious  in 
Jupiter,  from  the  same  author,  Harry  B.  Smith,  but  hardly  any- 
thing so  delightful  as  Jupiter  has  proved  to  be,  and  the  Tivoli 
audiences  during  the  week  have  been  by  turns  convulsed  with 
laughter  and  charmed  by  the  dainty   music   of  Julian   Edwards. 

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SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


The  little  opera  Is  the  queerest  possible  mixture  of  grotesque 
dramatic  absurdities  and  charming  music.  To  make  a  clown  out 
of  tbe  great  Olympian  Jupiter,  even  though  for  but  a  short  scene 
in  ihe  opening  of  the  opera,  is  amusing  enough,  but  with  all  the 
possibilities  of  the  absurd  conceit  heightened  to  the  last  possible 
effect  by  Ferns  Hartman,  the  situation  is  excruciating.  In  his 
other  rule  of  tbe  loutish  cobbler  Mr.  Hartman  was  equally  funny, 
he  and  Gracie  Plaisted,  the  latter  as  the  hardest  of  shrews,  mak- 
ing most  of  tbe  merriment.  But  although  the  fun  of  the  lines 
and  situations  is  side-splitting  at  the  time,  it  is  forgotten  when 
the  curtain  falls,  white  the  memory  of  the  delightful  music  re- 
mains, and  the  desire  to  hear  it  evening  after  evening  is  irresist- 
ible. Tbe  effect  of  the  cobblers'  chorus  is  impaired  by  the  ab- 
sence of  tune  from  Mr.  Uartman's  throat,  but  the  chorus  of  the 
gods,  though  generously  clowned,  is  superb.  Two  trios,  the  first 
by  Mr.  Raffael  and  Misses  Plaisted  and  Neilson,  and  the  second 
by  Mr.  Olmi  and  Misses  Tillie  Salinger  and  Plaisted,  are  exceed- 
ingly pretty,  and  there  are  several  exquisite  aolos.  In  the  aspect 
of  its  music  atone  the  extravaganza  is  an  uncommonly  fine  treat, 
for  there  is  not  an  inartistic  note  in  the  production.  The  opera 
will  hold  the  boards  next  week. 

Judging  from  the  immense  audiences  which  have  packed  the 
Orpheum  this  week,  the  negro  minstrel  is  still  dear  to  the  hearts 
of  tbe  people.  Although  this  is  not  so  good  a  company  as  others 
which  Haverly  has  sent  to  San  Francisco,  there  is  a  good  voice 
here  and  there,  and  the  lack  in  artistic  merit  is  fairly  made  up  by 
broad  humor  of  the  lower  order,  hardly  less  funny  for  being 
rough.  There  is  no  touch  of  vulgarity  in  the  entire  performance. 
Many  of  the  jokes  and  comic  songs  display  their  antiquity  by 
their  associations  with  Coxey  and  the  Columbian  Exposition.  It 
would  be  wise  to  eliminate  them.  Two  uncommonly  clever  female 
impersonators,  Messrs.  Constantine  and  Lyons,  are  stars  in  their 
way,  the  ballet  dancing  by  Mr.  Constantine  being  particularly  re- 
markable. For  those  who  like  seeing  abnormal  accomplishments 
in  women  the  Sisters  Sansoni,  "female  Sandows,"  are  extraordi- 
nary. Neither  falls  far  behind  Sandow  in  strength,  and  both, 
exhibit  some  of  the  feats  which  have  made  him  famous.  Their 
size  and  muscular  development  are  prodigious.  The  larger  of  the 
two  easily  gives  Sandows  great  act  of  supporting  a  piano  on  the 
knees  and  abdomen,  and  in  none  of  their  wonderful  work,  is  there 
the  least  room  for  suspicion  of  fraud.  The  minstrels  will  hold  the 
Orpheum  stage  another  week. 

*  *  m 

At  Stockwell's  Theatre  the  Grovers  have  all  the  week  con- 
tinned  the  success  which  they  have  enjoyed  from  the  beginning 
of  their  season.  The  entertainment  which  they  present,  combin- 
ing comedy  with  a  delightful  olio,  and  alternating  evening 
drama  with  pleasing  vaudeville  matinees,  is  a  novelty  here,  and 
has  proved  a  winning  card.  The  modesty  of  the  company  is  as 
pleasing  as  their  cleverness. 

it  *  # 

David  Henderson's  latest  production,  Aladdin,  Jr.,  is  said  to  be 
a  wonderful  spectacle.  To  describe  the  splendors  of  Aladdin,  Jr. 
would  be  impossible.  Nothing  that  the  management  has  written 
of  it  is  overdrawn.  Henderson  always  does  more  than  he  Bays 
he  will.  The  scenery  without  question  is  the  most  gorgeous,  and 
tbe  costumes  the  richest  and  most  appropriate  that  he  has  yet 
shown  in  any  of  his  productions. 

*  *  * 

Mr.  Scheel  is  usually  very  careful  in  his  selection  of  numbers 
for  the  Friday  night  concerts,  but  in  choosing  the  two  Luccbesi 
compositions  he  made  a  decided  departure  from  tbe  high-class 
standard  which  tbe  symphony  patrons  expect.  There  are  other 
nights  when  tbe  absurdities  of  embryo  composition  are  not  taken 
so  seriously  and  are  in  much  better  form. 

*  *  # 

This  afternoon's  concert  at  Golden  Gate  Hall  will  close  this  sea- 
son of  the  Carr-Beel  Pops,  There  will  be  quartettes  by  Beethoven 
and  Dvorak,  and  Mr.  Willis  Bacheller  will  sing  four  songs.  The 
next  series  of  concerts  commence  in  January. 

*  «  * 

Mr.  Hayman  has  entered  into  an  agreement  with  Heinricb 
Conreid  whereby  the  entire  German  Company  now  playing  at  the 
Irving  Place  Theatre,  New  York,  will  visit  San  Francisco  every 
season  for  a  series  of  ten  Sunday  night  performances,  presenting 
all  the  novelties  that  have  been  given  in  New  York  during  the 
season  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Conreid.  Mr.  Hayman's  object 
in  effecting  this  deal  is  to  present  to  the  German  patrons  in  San 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov   3,  1894. 


OOKCR-ON. 


MR.  Ames,  of  the  Kendal  troupe,  and  his  friend  who  does  the 
light  parts  in  genteel  comedy,  went  for  a  bant  last  Sunday 
in  Marin  County,  and  got  off  at  Point  Reyes  station.  The  ap- 
pearance of  these  two  gifted  Thespians  would  have  done  credit  to 
any  fashion  plate  in  the  country.  They  are  both  Londoners,  and 
beyond  bobbing  for  barbel  in  the  Thames  and  riding  a  pony  at 
Hamstead  Heath  on  Easter  Monday,  knew  little  about  sport. 
Finding  themselves  amid  the  wild  hills  of  Marin,  they  were  in 
constant  expectation  of  encountering  a  bear.  But  as  they  un- 
knowingly wandered  into  the  preserves  of  the  Country  Club  noth- 
ing more  formidable  than  a  blue  jay  appeared  on  their  road. 
Presently  Mr.  Ames,  peering  over  the  edge  of  one  of  the  northern 
ponds,  dropped  on  the  ground  and  beckoned  to  bis  comrade 
to  approach,  putting  his  finger  to  his  lip  to  command  perfect 
silence.  The  other  Thespian,  with  every  nerve  quivering,  crawled 
snake-like  to  join  his  companion. 

"  Let's  give  'em  all  four  barrels  together,"  whispered  Ames. 

"Good  enough, "  murmured  the  other,  and  the  hills  echoed  the 
murderous  volley. 

"Why,  bless  my  heyes,"  said  Ames,  "we  'aven't  'it  'iml 
They're  a-swimming  around  just  as  if  nothing  'ad  'appened !  " 

"  What  in  blazes  do  you  fellows  mean  by  firing  into  my  de- 
coys ?  '  rang  the  indignant  voice  of  Downey  Harvey,  Esq.,  from 
the  other  side  of  the  pond. 

«'  I'll  be  'anged  if  they  ain't  wooden  ducks  1"  ejaculated  Mr. 
Ames,  as  he  briskly  shambled  off  with  his  companion  towards  the 
coast.  On  Monday  morning  the  two  actor  men  caught  the  Sausa- 
lito  boat,  proudly  packing  their  game  bag,  which  consisted  of 
three  divers,  and  which  some  country  wag  had  told  them  were 
gooseanders  and  very  good  to  eat. 
»  *  w 

An  odd  piece  of  comedy  which  smacks  of  the  two  Dromios  was 
the  result  of  the  blunder  of  a  restaurateur.  The  son  of  a  promi- 
nent lawyer  is  in  the  habit  of  frequenting  a  well-known  expen- 
sive French  restaurant.  And  so  is  his  papa.  One  day  this  week 
Pierre  made  out  the  accounts  of  both  father  and  son,  but  enclosed 
papa's  account  in  the  envelope  addressed  to  the  son,  and  vice 
versa.     Pa's  indignation  was  fearful.     Here  were  the  items: 

Oysters  for  two,  $1  50;  frogs  a  la  pouletle,  $2  50;  quart  Cbablis, 
$3;  chicken  liver  patties,  $1;  English  snipe,  $1;  quart  Pommery,  $5; 
Total,  $14. 

"What  do  you  mean,  sir,  by  this  fearful,  this  outrageous  ex- 
travagance ?  "  shrieked  the  indignant  parent. 

"  Well,  pa,"  said  the  unabashed  yoath,  "  I  don't  mean  anything 
to  all.  If  you  will  kindly  look  at  the  head  of  this  bill,"  and  he 
handed  him  an  account  of  a  supper  for  two  amounting  to  twenty- 
eight  dollars,  "  you  will  find  how  really  moderate  I  am  by  com- 
parison with  your  extreme  liberality."  And  then  father  and  son 
swapped  bills,  exchanged  winks,  and  the  matter  was  never  men- 
tioned in  the  home  circle. 

*  #  # 

Messrs.  John  Stanton,  James  Hamilton,  and  Amad6e  Joullin 
have  incurred  the  wrath  of  the  directory  of  the  Bohemian  Club, 
and  this  is  the  way  they  did  it:  Adjoining  the  lavatory  of  ths 
club  is  a  dance-hall,  frequented  by  the  youthful  chips  and  chip- 
pies from  the  refined  precincts  south  of  Market  street.  Having 
dined,  as  they  always  do,  luxuriously,  the  above-named  Bohe- 
mians repaired  to  the  lavatory  to  cool  off  their  beards  and  mous- 
taches. The  chippies,  moving  in  the  mazes  of  the  waltz,  excited 
the  wrath  of  Artist  Stanton,  and  he  promptly  flung  a  cake  of 
Boap  at  them,  and  with  an  aim  so  accurate  that  it  banged 
through  the  open  window  and  landed  on  the  floor.  Mr.  Hamil- 
ton followed  with  a  volley  of  Colgate  equally  well  directed,  nor 
was  Mr.  Hamilton's  marksmanship  below  the  standard.  The 
result  was  that  all  three  sinners  were  summoned  before  the  di- 
rectory, where  Mr.  Hamilton,  in  a  paroxysm  of  indignation,  " 
requested  that  imperious  body  to  accept  a  present  of  a  box  of 
the  best  toilet  soap.  But  the  end  is  not  yet,  and  these  gentle- 
men will  find  that  all  the  soap  in  the  city  will  not  wash  out  their 
sin. 

*  *  » 

The  Elks  will  give  their  annual  ball   at   the    Mechanics'  Pavil- 
ion Saturday   evening,  November   17th.     These  affairs   are  uni- 
formly successful,  and  are  attended  by  people  who  do  not  go  to 
masquerades  as  a  rule.     Mirth  and  jolity  reign, 
ft  *  * 

There  has  been  an  exhibition  of  prints  of  the  members  of  the 
California  Camera  Club,  at  their  clubroom,  in  the  Academy  of 
Sciences  building,  for  the  past  two  weeks,  and  it  will  terminate 
to-day.  The  work  shown  does  great  credit  to  its  members,  all 
being  amateurs  and  nearly  all  the  processes  are  shown,  the  most 
noticeable    being   the  carbon,    the  platina   bromide,    and  plain, 


silver  prints.  The  artistic  sense  displayed  in  the  select;on  of  sub- 
jects by  individual  members  is  most  praiseworthy.  The  carbon 
prints  of  Mr.  P.  8.  CarltoD,  of  two  game  pieces,  are  the  gems  of 
the  exhibition.  A  very  novel  idea,  exhibited  by  Mr.  W.  J. 
Street,  is  his  picture  and  frame  entitled  "Seven  Bells."  The  ar- 
tistic decoration  of  some  of  the  exhibits,  especially  that  of  Messrs. 
Cornack  and  Adams  and  Mr.  Maunder  is  noticeable.  There  are 
platina  prints  and  bromide  enlargements  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  G. 
McFarland,  H.  C.  Owens,  I.  S.  Foorman,  Miss  Floride  Green,  H. 
B.  Hosmer,  Miss  M.  E.  FancornprS,  C.  F.  Mead,  and  T.  Schwerin, 
whose  "Kids"  are  true  to  nature,  and  other  prints,  by  W.  S. 
Hochstader,  Captain  0.  J.  Humphrey,  Jesse  Poundstone,  E.  P. 
Gray,  E.  Prindle,  Carl  Eisen,  J.  F.  Tnrst,  T.  H.  d'Estrella,  Dr. 
Frink,  H.  E.  Poehlman,  P.  E.  Barker,  A.  A.  Martin,  Wm.  C. 
Mackintosh,  E.  Fulda,  A.  W.  Cornwall,  J.  E.  Thayer,  Conelly, 
Mott,  Dr.  Passavant,  E.  G.  Eisen,  and  Jay  T.  Nash.  The  club 
announces  that  its  annual  pay  exhibit  will  take  place  on  No- 
vember 16th,  the  subject  to  be  "The  Midwinter  Fair,"  all  the 
slides  being  made  by  members  of  the  club. 


This  story  has  been  told  before  on  some  prominent  man  in  the 
Eastern  States,  but  it  is  solemnly  averred  that  Judge  Belcher  is 
the  real  and  only  hero  thereof.     Thus: 

When  he  was  a  Colonel  on  the  Governor's  staff  some  years  ago 
and  lived  in  Marysville  he  was  rather  fond  of  a  good  cigar,  a  good 
brand  of  whisky,  and  a  good  time  generally,  all  of  which  cost 
money.  He  is  just  as  fond  of  them  as  ever,  we  understand,  and 
likewise  we  understand  too  well  that  they  still  cost  money.  But, 
however,  Colonel  Edward's  bills  were  paid  regularly  by  his 
brother  Bill,  now  of  the  law  firm  of  Belcher,  Mastick  &  Belcher, 
until  Bill  finally  grew  tired  of  it  and  in  self-defense  secured  him  a 
position  with  the  Railroad  Company,  at  the  same  time  telling  him 
why.     And  Edward  arose  in  his  wrath  and  spake: 

"  William  Belcher,  sir,  let  me  tell  you,  sir,  that  the  time  will 
come  when  you  will  be  known,  sir,  only  as  the  brother,  sir,  of 
Colonel  Edward  Belcher,  sir." 

The  ladies  of  the  Sorosis  Club  were  the  hostesses  on  Monday 
afternoon,  and  in  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel,  amid 
floral  surroundings  of  an  appropriate  character,  received  a  Jarge 
number  of  guests,  who  were  bidden  to  hear  Leo  Cooper  read  W. 
Greer  Harrison's  new  play,  Runnymede,  and  listen  to  the  musical 
part  of  the  production  under  the  direction  of  H.  J.  Stewart,  its 
composer,  which  consisted  of  the  principal  solos  sung  by  Thomas 
Rickard,  glees  and  choruses  rendered  by  Mesdames  Pierce,  Brune, 
Coney,  and  Dickman,  and  Messrs.  Coffin,  Somers,  Stadfeldt,  and 
Nielson.  It  was  an  occasion  of  much  enjoyment.  A  critical 
notice  of  the  play  is  reserved  for  the  future. 
»  *  » 

Over  at  San  Quentin,  a  few  days  ago,  after  the  last  train  from 
San  Rafael  came  in,  the  curious  spectator  saw  a  gayly  dressed 
woman  walk  jauntily  up  to  the  prison  gate.  As  the  heavy  portal 
swung  to  after  her  with  a  portentous  clang,  the  other  female  in- 
mates gathered  round  the  officer  and  inquired  breathlessly :  "How 
much  did  she  get?"  "All  of  it,"  was  the  nonchalant  answer, 
"all  of  it"  meaning,  in  prison  vernacular,  "life."  The  other 
women  sobbed  and  moaned  in  sympathy,  but  poor  Ada  Werner 
seemed  indifferent  to  her  fate. 


BY  order  of  court  Easton,  Eldridge  &Co.  will  sell  at  auction  the 
splendid  collection  of  the  late  Mrs.  Kate  Johnson,  including 
oil,  water  color,  and  pastel  pictures  by  such  artists  as  Munkacsy, 
Von  Thonen,  Bellange,  Van  Marcke,  Julien  Dupre,  Ed.  Moran, 
Hans  Markat,  Thomas  Hill,  Theodore  Wores,  William  Keith,  Ed- 
ward Deakin,  and  many  others;  fine  bronze  and  marble  statues, 
statuettes,  and  busts  by  the  best  European  sculptors;  splendid 
diamonds,  rubies,  opals,  sapphires,  and  other  gems  set  in  many 
ways;  clocks,  Venetian  ware,  handsomely  carved  furniture  and 
figures,  cutlery,  silverware,  ivory  carvings,  Bohemian  and  cut 
glass;  Persian,  Indian,  and  Turkish  rugs;  fine  laces,  and  a  great 
number  and  variety  of  objects  d'  art.  This  splendid  collection  cost 
$250,000.  The  auction  will  commence  on  Thursday,  the  8th  inst., 
and  will  continue  daily  until  and  including  the  15th,  opening  at 
2  p.  m.  and  7:30  p.  m.  A  free  public  exhibition  will  be  held  on 
Wednesday,  the  7th,  from  9  a.  m.  till  11  p.  m.,  at  the  place  of  sale, 
Golden  Gate  Hall. 

A  mail  who  can  serve  a  luncheon  or  supper  at  a  house  party  suc- 
cessfully has  reached  the  acme  of  art.  The  most  artistic  catering  is 
done  by  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street.  The  taole 
service  is  perfect,  and  the  ices,  bon-bons,  Roman  punch,  sandwiches, 
cakes,  salads,  and  other  delicacies  are  served  with  neatness  and  dis- 
patch. If  you  are  going  on  a  picnic  have  your  luncheon  put  up  at 
Swain's. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  tho  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


Nov.  3,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[Bt    Di     Vkbmok.1 

ORB  can  always  stop  (he  ose  of  one's  money  by  another  per- 
son, although  the  attempt  may  be  accompanied  by  more  or 
less  disagreeable  features.  One  bates  to  be  called  mean  and  to 
have  stories  circulated  as  to  one's  indebtedness  to  her  former 
friend.  For  I  have  always  noticed  that  the  borrower  and  the  ap- 
propriator  is  ever  ready  to  tell  people  how  much  this  one  or  that 
is  indebted  to  her  for  money,  for  business  influence,  and  for  social 
lifts.     It's  very  amusing,  very. 

It  is  a  different  matter  when  it  comes  to  the  use  of  one's  name. 
Of  course,  should  another  use  a  man's  name  and  attempt  to  draw 
money  upon  a  forged  check  or  agreement,  detection  and  punish- 
ment follow.  But  when  one's  name  is  borrowed  as  a  means  of 
social  advancement,  as  a  sign  or  seal  of  social  indorsement,  the 
evil  is  often  wrought,  and  the  victim  remains  unconscious  of  the 
wrong  she  has  suffered  until  toe  very  end.  For  instance,  there  is 
the  social  adventuress  who,  by  means  of  a  skimming  sojourn 
among  the  fashionable  summer  resorts  and  the  hotels,  manage  to 
pick  up  a  slight  acquaintance  among  many  people  of  wealth  or 
distinction.  As  sbe  flits  from  one  place  to  another  she  introduces 
herself  as  the  •>  friend  of  a  friend  of  yours,"  and  so  manages  to 
gain  a  foothold  which  she  maintains  for  a  time,  only  to  be  dis- 
lodged in  disgrace.  For  if  there  is  anything  that  one  woman  holds 
against  another,  it  is  the  attempt  to  foist  herself  upcm  people  as 
an  acquaintance  or  a  dear  "  friend  of  a  friend."  By  adopting  such 
a  course,  the  adventuress  is  sure  to  make  two  enemies  at  least — 
the  woman  upon  whom  she  has  forced  herself  and  the  woman 
whose  name  she  has  used  as  a  stepping  stone.  On  the  whole  the 
game  can  hardly  be  said  to  pay.  For  the  deceit  is  bound  to  be 
discovered  sooner  or  later,  probably  just  as  soon  as  the  two  ac- 
quaintances communicate  with  each  other,  and  begin  to  compare 
notes.  It  is  only  necessary  for  one  to  say  to  the  other:  <<  Oh,  by 
the  way,  I  met  that  friend  of  yours,  Mrs.  So-and-So,  recently." 
"  She  is  no  friend  of  mine,"  saya  the  other,  "we  had  barely  a 
bowing  acquaintance  at  the  Springs."  The  discovery  follows,  and 
both  of  the  women  are  down  upon  the  third  one.  Although  her 
deceit  may  have  begun  and  ended  with  her  false  claim  of  ac- 
quaintance, she  is  at  once  regarded  with  suspicion,  considered  an 
adventuress,  end  dropped.  It  is  one  thing  to  lend  a  name  will- 
ingly.    It  is  another  to  have  one's  name  appropriated. 

There  is  one  favor  I  should  like  to  ask  of  the  Merchants'  Pro- 
tective Association  in  behalf  of  those  women  of  San  Francisco 
who  are  none  too  sure  on  their  feet,  who  dread  the  rainy  weather, 
and  the  frosty  mornings,  and  the  slippery  sidewalks — to  whom 
every  step  is  fraught  with  danger  in  the  "  fall  "  season.  Will  our 
progressive  citizens  set  men  to  work  to  destroy  the  well-worn 
smoothness  of  our  sidewalk  pavements  upon  the  steep  hills  of  San 
Francisco  ?  Let  men  be  set  to  work  to  chip  ledges  in  the  smooth 
surface.  Some  people  have  a  perpetual  quarrel  with  the  law  of 
gravitation.  It  is  too  much  for  them,  and  obey  it  they  must  at 
whatever  cost  to  themselves.  When  sidewalks  are  wet  with 
rain  or  sticky  and  slippery  with  mud,  woe  betide  these  unfortu- 
nates who  can  not  keep  their  footing.  Sometimes,  by  extra 
agility,  they  are  able  to  recover  their  equilibrium  before  they 
touch  the  ground,  but  more  often,  especially  when  the  sufferer  is 
a  woman,  she  falls  huddled  in  a  heap  or  sprawled  in  an  unsightly 
starfish  pose,  or  else  she  makes  one  of  those  peculiar  and 
humiliating  gyrations  known  to  the  baseball  fraternity  as  "slid- 
ing for  first,"  in  which  the  palms  of  her  hands  scrape  up  mud  and 
dust,  her  gloves  are  split,  and  the  front  breadth  of  her  dress  utterly 
ruined.  Then  a  woman  always  feels  so  foolish  when  she  falls. 
Her  first  thought,  usually  her  own  care,  is  for  appearances.  "Did 
any  one  see  me  ?  "  **  How  did  I  look  ?  "  are  the  questions  that  flash 
across  her  mind  as  she  springs  to  her  feet  anxious  to  regain  her 
perpendicular  before  any  one  has  seen  her  in  the  horizontal  posi- 
tion. No  matter  how  badly  a  woman  may  have  been  hurt  by  her 
fall,  when  she  would  play  and  pose  for  sympathy  were  her  injury 
gained  in  any  other  way,  she  will  always  trip  off  lightly  as  if  falls 
were  nothing  at  all  to  her.  And  then  people  always  behave  so 
idiotically  from  the  victim's  point  of  view  when  any  one  falls 
down.  They  always  ask  the  same  old  question,  "  Did  you  hurt 
yourself?  " — as  if  any  woman  could  fall  and  not  hurt  herself,  and 
as  if  she  would  want  to  admit  it  if  she  had! 

Since  the  bicycle  craze  has  invaded  our  serene  ranks,  falls  have 
become  many  and  frequent,  and  the  worst  falls  of  all  come  to 
those  who  have  learned  to  ride  sufficiently  well  to  be  tempted  to 
exercise  the  gentle  art  of  showing  off.  Only  experienced  riders 
may  do  that  with  safety,  and  they  are  not  nearly  so  apt  to  do  so 
as  the  novice,  and  consequently  they  escape  many  a  fall. 

Sympathy  may  be  a  human  trait,  but  why  do  we  laugh  when 
we  witness  a  fall? 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  3,1894. 


SOME  of  our  rich  girls  (notably  two)  should  take  pattern  by 
Miss  Birdie  Fair's  simplicity  of  manner  and  utter  unconscious- 
ness of  wealth.  She  never  talks  of  "buying  a  fellow  when  she  gets 
ready,"  etc.,  but,  on  the  contrary,  is  gracious  and  charming  to  all, 
albeit  sweet  Birdie  does  dearly  love  a  title. 

Careful  mamas  should  look  to  it  that  the  teacher  of  the  last  fad 
does  not  repeat  the  riding  master's  act,  and  capture  one  of  his  pupils. 
A  scene  at  the  Park  recently  brought  this  reflection  vividly  to  mind. 

How  Win.  Jones  does  love  to  hover  round  a  bud !  It  was  decidedly 
amusing  on  the  Gwin  tug  party  to  see  the  consideration  shown  him 
by  some  of  the  young  girls  lest  a  draughty  seat  should  bring  on 
rheumatism.  Was  it  real  anxiety  for  the  old  beau's  health,  or  a  de- 
sire to  get  him  out  of  the  way  ?    Query. 

A  New  York  letter  asks  why  the  Examiner  does  not  pair  off  "  Lord" 
Talbot  Clifton  and  "  Lady  "  Yarde-Buller  and  havedone  with  it? 
*  #  * 

If  gossip  be  true  there  is  a  distinct  rivalry  going  on  between  two 
matron  friends  of  a  leading  beau.  One,  older  than  the  other,  has  al- 
ways looked  upon  the  gentleman  in  question  as  her  property  when  in 
the  city  for  the  winter ;  the  other,  younger  and  fresher,  seems  to  have 
what  politicians  call  "  a  pull  "  upon  his  attentions.  Al  Bowie  is  au 
example  to  him  and  to  all  men  of  real,  faithful,  devoted  friendship. 

#  *  * 

"  What  an  awfully  prolific  family  connection  Mrs.  Frank  Pixley 
must  possess!  "  exclaimed  the  clever  demoiselle  whose  sharp  tongue 
has  made  her  the  admiration  and  terror  of  the  swim  for  several 
seasons  back.  "  Every  season  or  so  a  fresh  niece  is  launched  from 
the  Pixley  homestead— but  stay;  a  ward  was  the  title  of  the  last  de- 
butante." 

#  «  # 

A  whisper  of  the  swim  gives  among  the  possibilities  of  the  future 
"  announcements  "  Mrs.  Edith  Blanding  Coleman  and  Horace  Piatt, 
and  Miss  Goad  and  Osgood  Hooker.  Opinion  is  evenly  divided  as  to 
the  pairing  of  this  quartette,  some  averring  that  they  should  be  trans- 
posed in  one  case.    Meanwhile  gossip  runs  along. 

Ad  enthusiastic  young  man  at  the  tableaux  on  the  hill  remarked: 
"By  Jove!  if  the  politicians  could  have  a  figure  of  the  Republic  be- 
fore them  like  that,  votes  would  be  easy  to  capture." 
»  *  * 

It  has  grown  to  be  quite  the  usual  thing  to  sneer  and  scoff  at  what 
one  reads  in  the  daily  papers  anent  the  doings  of  the  swim,  as  they 
are  generally  so  wide  of  the  mark.  But  can  one  wonder  that  they 
should  be  a  subject  of  derision  when  an  announcement  of  fashionable 
items  in  the  Examiner  contains  the  intelligence  that  two  of  this 
winter's  belles  "  will  receive  their  friends  during  the  month  of  Nov- 
ember on  the  first  and  second  Mondays  of  each  week  "? 

Scheel's  delightful  concerts  have  not  proved  an  unmixed  joy  to  all 
the  audience,  for  in  attendance  at  one  in  the  early  part  of  this  week 
was  a  gay  married  man  who  had  told  his  wife  that  he  was  going  to  a 
political  meeting,  and  she,  feeling  lonely  after  he  left  the  house,  slipped 
off  to  the  Auditorium  with  a  neighbor.  To  her  amazement  she  beheld 
her  liege  lord  in  attendance  upon  a  season's  bud  in  seats  near  her 
own,  and,  as  both  husband  and  wife  are  big  fish  in  the  swim,  the  af- 
fair created  some  comment ;  for  although  the  husband  is  acknowledged 
to  be  "  sporty,"  the  wife  has  never  before  discovered  his  white  lies. 

■*  «  » 
■  Why  is  it  that  girls  who  have  everything  to  make  them  charm- 
ing should  prefer  being  snobbish  and  disagreeable?  Amiability 
counts  for  so  much  if  they  only  knew  it.  The  case  of  the  Pacific 
avenue  matron  who  has  such  a  pretty  cottage  and  steam-launch 
at  Belvedere  is  an  illustration.  As  a  girl  she  was  admired  by 
men,  being  both  pretty  and  a  good  dresser,  but  was  so  much  dis- 
liked by  her  girl  associates  that  she  is  now  left  distinctly  alone. 
To  console  herself  she  departs  soon  for  the  East  to  lay  id  a  stock 
of  swell  gowns  and  rid  herself  of  ennui, 
ft  ft  ft 
Will  American  girls  ever  learn  from  their  unfortunate  sisterB 
that  international  marriages  are  nearly  always  a  failure  ?  It  is 
merely  a  question  of  time  when  most  of  them  give  the  struggle 
up.  A  new  engagement  is  about  to  be  announced  which  will 
cause  a  flutter.  Another  one  has  been  broken.  A  lovely  girl  in 
Ross  Valley  has  come  to  the  conclusion  that  it  will  be  better  to 
stop  now  than  go  on.  Happily  for  herself,  she  has  found  it  out 
in  time.  Her  face  is  once  more  a  sunbeam,  and  the  Baron  has 
departed  for  lands  unknown. 

Thinking  of  snobs  reminds  one  of  the  little  Southern  girl,  Bailie, 
the  youngest  of  the  sisters,   who,   at   the  time  of  her  debut,  was 


loved  for  her  delightfully  frank,  natural  manners;  but  now,  much 
to  the  disappointment  of  her  friends,  she  has  left  that  all  behind 
and  is  a  convert  to  snobism.  Sbe  certainly  should  have  kept 
up  the  reputation  of  her  delightful  family  and  remained  what  na- 
ture intended  her  to  be — womanly  and  sweet  to  Alf. 

The  finest  articles  for  Birthday,  Wedding,  and  Christmas  Presents  at 
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3.  1894. 


SAN  JKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

THERE  has  been  an  absolute  frenzy  of  marriages  lately,  and 
surely  a  lovelier  summer  season  could  not  be  found  for  tbat 
happy  ceremony  than  this  glowing  October.  One  of  tbis  month's 
brides  was  Miss  Mary  Temple  Emmet,  whose  father  was  for 
years  a  very  prominent  San  Francisco  lawyer.  His  widow  married 
Mr.  'ieorge  Hunter,  of  Livingston,  Long  Island,  and  it  was  sup- 
posed that  the  marriage  would  take  place  in  due  time  from  Mrs. 
Hunter's  home,  as  all  relatives  concerned  were  entirely  satisfied 
with  the  marriage,  but  everybody  concerned  maintains  that  there 
was  no  elopement.  The  fact  remains  that  Miss  Emmet  was  mar- 
ried in  Brooklyn  in  August.  As  the  engagement  was  not  an- 
nounced until  September,  it  may  readily  be  understood  that  the 
news  of  the  wedding  was  a  great  surprise.  The  happy  man  in 
tbis  case  is  Archibald  K.  Pea  body,  whose  father  is  a  well  known 
lawyer.  Mr.  Peabody  himself  is  studying  law  with  J.  Murray 
Mitchell.  Another  marriage  which  will  interest  both  the  old  Cali- 
fornians  and  up-to-date  denizens  of  your  city  will  unite  Miss 
Julia  M.  Kilpatrick  and  Lieutenant  William  C.  Rafferty,  of  the 
First  Artillery,  on  the  seventh  of  November.  It  will  be  an  after- 
noon wedding,  and  will  be  held  in  the  large  drawing-room  of  the 
Murray  Hill  Hotel.  His  Grace  Archbishop  Corrigan  will  perform 
the  ceremony,  and  the  bride  will  be  given  away  by  General  Wil- 
son, President  of  the  New  York  Genealogical  Society.  General 
Kilpatrick,  the  bride's  father,  was  for  a  long  time  Minister  to 
Chili.  Her  mother,  I  think,  is  a  South  American  and  connected 
with  several  distinguished  families  of  Spain.  Miss  Kilpatrick  is 
a  very  pretty  blonde,  with  dark  Spanish  eyes.  Her  fiance  will  be 
well  remembered  in  San  Francisco,  where  the  First  Artillery  was 
stationed  a  few  years  ago.  He  is  now  stationed  at  Governor's 
Island.  One  of  his  ushers  will  be  "Jack"  Chamberlin,  of  happy 
memory  in  California.  Still  another  marriage  is  announced.  This 
time  the  groom  is  an  Englishman,  J.  Hatfield  Morton,  who  will 
wed  Miss  Hilda  Berwin,  of  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Morton  was  a 
cousin  of  the  late  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  Sir  Henry  Isaacs.  His 
sister  is  Miss  Martha  Morton,  whose  plays,  Brother  John  (produced 
by  Mr.  Crane)  and  The  Merchant,  had  long  runs  here  last  winter. 
The  wedding  will  take  place  in  December. 

Mrs.  Jarboe  and  Miss  Kate  Jarboe  are  very  pleasantly  installed 
at  the  Chelsea,  in  West  Twenty-third  street.  They  have  taken 
an  apartment  for  a  year,  and  by  the  end  of  that  time  they  expect 
to  find  out  whether  New  York  is  a  more  agreeable  place  of  resi- 
dence than  San  Francisco.  Mrs.  J.  F.  Maddox  ia  at  the  Waldorf, 
accompanied  by  her  daughter.  They  will  leave  for  Washington 
early  next  week.  Mrs.  Samuel  Murphy,  with  her  two  daughters, 
is  also  in  New  York  at  the  Hotel  8avoy.  They  also  leave  shortly 
for  the  Capital.  Mr.  Andres  de  Martinez  arrived  from  Spain  on 
Saturday  last.  Mrs.  Santiago  Smithers  gave  a  charming  dinner 
in  his  honor  a  few  days  after  his  arrival.  Amongst  other  guests 
were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Canalizo,  formerly  of  San  Francisco.  Mrs. 
Harry  Emeric  and  her  sister,  Miss  Barbier,  are  at  the  Hotel 
Brunswick.  Mrs.  Simpkins  and  Miss  Simpkins  are  at  the  Hotel 
Savoy. 

A  very  interesting  ceremony  of  last  Saturday  afternoon  was 
the  unveiling  of  the  bronze  statue  of  the  late  Dr.  Marion  Sims, 
who  was  well  known  in  San  Francisco,  as  indeed  he  was  all  over 
the  world,  but  who  was  more  or  less  connected  with  your  city 
through  his  son's  long  residence  there.  The  statue  was  unveiled 
at  four  o'clock,  the  flag  which  shrouded  it  being  removed  by  six- 
year  old  Marion  Sims  Wyeth,  the  great  surgeon's  grandson  and 
son  of  Dr.  John  Wyeth,  himself  a  prominent  surgeon.  The  statue 
is  of  copper  bronze,  with  a  pedestal  of  red  granite,  and  was  mod- 
eled and  cast  by  Muller,  of  Munich,  after  a  competitive  test  of 
the  most  prominent  artists  in  this  country  and  in  Europe.  It  cost 
ten  thousand  dollars,  which  was  donated  by  associates,  friends, 
and  patients  of  the  deceased,  the  subscriptions  being  limited  to 
one  dollar  each.  1  have  no  doubt  that  there  would  manifest  itself 
an  eager  spirit  to  erect  in  San  Francisco  a  similar  memorial  to 
your  great  surgeon  whose  generosity  and  public  spirit  gave  the 
Medical  College  to  the  University  of  California — the  late  Dr.  Hugh 
Toland — should  one  or  two  of  the  many  who  hold  him  in  grateful 
memory  take  the  matter  in  band.  Passe-Partout. 

New  York.  October  24,  1894. 


CHRIS  JORGEN8EN,  the  well-known  local  artist,  formerly  art 
instructor  in  the  San  Francisco  Art  Association,  has  recently  ar- 
rived from  Europe,  where  he  has  pnt  in  two  years  studying  the 
masters  of  France,  Italy  and  Germany.  The  lovers  of  art  gener- 
ally, as  well  as  his  numerous  friends,  will  have  an  opportunity  to 
see  on  canvas  his  impressions  abroad  at  an  exhibition  of  his 
works  to  be  held  at  Vickery's  next  week. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  3, 1894, 


Gomatook  The  peculiar  action  of  the  Con.-Cal.  Virginia  shares 
Mining  bas  shaken  the  confidence  of  the  trading  public  in 
Shares-  the  reports  published  from  time  to  time  about  the 
recent  ore  development  In  that  mine.  They  very  naturally  argue 
that  if  the  showing  is  as  good  as  it  is  said,  the  shares  ought  to 
be  selling  much  higher  than  they  are.  This,  of  course,  is  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  peculiar  aversion  on  the  part  of  the  majority 
of  speculators  to  the  purchase  of  low-priced  stocks.  The  market 
must  advance  to  draw  them  in,  and  as  a  general  rule  it  matters 
little  whether  or  not  there  is  any  ore  in  the  mine,  provided  the 
shares  have  jumped  a  couple  of  hundred  per  cent.  In  view  of  the 
fact  that  the  official  reports,  so  far  as  they  have  been  made  about 
the  ore  development  on  the  1750  level  of  Con. -Virginia,  are  couched 
in  the  most  conservative  terms,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  shares  at 
present  prices  are  the  safest  kind  of  an  investment  which  could 
be  taken  up  based  on  the  beat  business  principles.  There  is  more 
ore  now  in  sight  than  the  selling  price  of  the  mine,  and  every  day 
the  quantity  is  being  increased  at  a  rate  which  is  calculated  to 
more  than  double  the  present  estimate  of  values  within  a  very 
few  weeks.  The  indications  are  now  considered  favorable  by  all 
mining  men  who  have  investigated  the  new  find,  for  the  exten- 
sion of  the  ore  body  to  a  considerable  depth  below  the  present 
workings,  and  as  for  the  quality  of  the  ore,  it  ia  said  by  reliable 
experts  who  know  what  they  are  talking  about  to  be  fully  equal 
on  an  average  to  any  extracted  from  the  mine  in  its  palmiest 
days.  A  few  years  ago  this  discovery  would  have  been  termed  a 
bonanza  and  the  street  would  have  been  wild  with  excitement. 
Now,  however,  the  good  news  falls  flat,  and  the  shares  lack  the 
buoyancy  which  might  be  expected  under  the  circumstances. 
There  are  some  other  mioes  looking  remarkably  well  along  the 
lode  just  at  present.  The  ore  in  Chollar  is  working  over  toward 
Norcross,  and  in  the  same  group.  Savage  has  a  fine  showing  of 
ore.  At  the  South  End  Crown  Point  and  Belcher  are  extracting 
a  good  quantity  of  ore,  and  Justice  is  milling  rock  which  gives  a 
handsome  return  in  bullion.  It  is  not  for  lack  of  money  in  town 
that  business  on  Pine  street  is  so  dull.  Finances  are  easy  with 
the  majority  of  people,  and  there  is  an  im  mense  amount  of  money 
available  for  use  in  the  money  market  if  it  could  only  be  brought 
out.  AH  that  is  required  to  start  the  ball  rolling  is  a  leader  or  two 
backed  by  sufficient  capital.  It  would  be  the  making  of  the  town 
to  have  another  good  rattle  on  Pine  street.  Nothing  serves  to 
stimulate  business  of  all  kinds  as  a  lively  mining  market.  Money 
then  begins  to  circulate  freely  among  the  merchants,  and  an  im- 
mediate revival  in  trade  would  follow.  A  few  assessments  were 
levied  during  the  week,  but  all  were  for  small  amounts.  Alpha 
was  assessed  ten  cents,  Challenge  five  cents,  and  Occidental  Con. 
five  cents.  At  the  Ophir  delinquent  sale  only  sixty-five  shares  in 
small  pieces  were  sold,  which  gives  a  fair  indication  of  how 
strongly  the  leading  stocks  are  held. 

$  $  $ 

THE  latest  dividend  announcements  include  the  following: 
Alaska-Mexican  Mining  Company  of  5  cents,  and  the  Pacific 
Lighting  Company  30  cents,  payable  on  the  5th  inst.;  and  the 
Spring  Valley  Water  Company  one  of  10  cents,  payable  on  the 
10th. 

$  ?  $ 

Representative  The   sales  of  California  gold  mines  reported 

Mirjing  during  the  week  show  a  rapidly  spreading  in- 

Sa/es,  teres t  in  the  industry  among  the  people  of  this 

State.  It  is  noteworthy  that  the  values  placed  upon  these  prop- 
erties are  small  in  comparison  with  the  extravagant  sums  which 
from  time  to  time  have  been  asked  from  foreign  investors.  The 
Alaska  mine  of  Sierra  County  is  a  good  case  in  point.  A  few 
years  ago  this  property,  in  almost  exactly  the  same  condition  as 
it  is  to-day,  was  floated  in  London  for  £660,000,  or  in  round  num- 
bers, $3,300,000.  The  local  syndicate,  including  Harbor  Com- 
missioner Cole,  Sunderhaus,  and  others,  pay  in  the  neighborhood 
of  $20, 0U0  for  the  mine,  including  machinery,  etc.,  against  $12,- 
500,  the  last  purchase  price  paid  at  Sheriff's  sale  by  previous 
owners.  When  a  scheme  is  put  up  to  milk  investors,  the  pro- 
moters find  it  necessary  to  go  abroad  to  find  victims,  who  are 
rather  scarce  at  home.  Take  the  La  Grange  scheme,  now  being 
worked  in  Trinity  county,  for  example.  How  many  people 
would  the  Beaudry  clique  find  in  this  city  or  State  to  take  any 
stock  in  it?  A  proposition  would  be  simply  laughed  at  by  those 
who  were  too  lazy  to  enter  into  a  discussion  of  the  scheme,  and 
those  back  of  it,  describing  it  in  its  proper  terms.  The  idea  of 
millions  being  asked  for  one  of  the  most  ordinary  locations  in  the 
county  is  preposterous  enough  to  kill  the  scheme  with  all  sensi- 
ble people.  The  articles  of  incorporation  of  the  Magalia  mine 
at  Oroville  were  filed  during  the  week.  The  capital  stock  is 
placed  at  a  million,  all  being  subscribed  by  the  directors,  among 
them  being  J.  B.  Haggin.  It  is  amusing  to  witness  the  efforts 
being  made  by  some   dally  contemporaries  to   crawfish  from  the 


position  they  took  some  months  ago,  when  the  question  of  pub- 
lishing a  favorable  notice  of  the  property  cropped  up.  Now  all 
information  regarding  the  property  is  in  demand,  and  space  is  as 
free  as  it  is  for  the  paid  advertisement  of  some  quack  doctor. 
Among  other  mines  sold  were  the  Osborn  mine  of  Plumas  County 
to  Hiram  Tubbs,  Joseph  Powning,  and  others,  and  the  Gover 
mine  of  Amador  County  to  an  English  syndicate.  The  last- 
named  property  has  been  a  conundrum  to  mining  men  for  some 
time  past,  and  the  fact  that  an  experienced  mining  man  like  Al- 
vinza  Hayward  did  not  want  it  probably  accounts  for  the  avid- 
ity with  which  it  is  snapped  up  by  the  foreign  tenderfoot,  who 
seems  predestined  to  bring  more  gold  into  the  State  than  they  ever 
take  out. 

$?* 

New  The  New  York  stock  market  during  the  past  week 

York  has  shown  more  activity  than  on  the  week  previous. 
Stocks.  Bear  raidB  were  made  on  the  coalers  which  resulted  in 
bringing  these  stocks  to  a  lower  level.  In  the  face  of  such  marked 
depression  in  other  securities,  the  coalers  have  been  too  high  and 
have  maintained  a  higher  range  than  their  earnings  would  justify; 
a  break  in  them  was  not  unlooked  for  by  the  street.  The  grangers 
shared  in  the  weakness  of  the  coalers,  but  have  again  regained 
their  losses.  The  industrial  stocks  have  be -mi  fairly  active, 
fluctuating  within  a  narrow  range.  There  ha-  been  some  slight 
Btrength  shown  in  the  specialties.  The  stock  market  at  this  time 
is  influenced  to  a  great  extent  by  politics.  Much  better  prices  are 
expected  after  election.  London  sold  American  securities  freely 
during  the  latter  part  of  last  week,  but  turned  buyers  on  Monday. 
Their  buying  of  Northern  Pacific  preferred  was  quite  marked.  It 
is  thought  the  $5,000,000  receiver's  certificates  issued  by  that  com- 
pany will  be  floated  abroad,  American  bankers  seeming  not  to 
care  for  them  at  this  time.  Pacific  Mail  has  shown  considerable 
strength  and  pointers  are  that  it  may  go  much  higher.  It  is  quite 
evident  from  the  tenor  of  the  stock  market  a  very  heavy  short  in- 
terests is  out  which  would  cause  a  sharp  advance  on  any  favora- 
ble signs  of  improvement  in  conditions. 

$   $   $ 

/?  Good  One  of  the  most  hopeful  indications  of  the  finan- 

Finaqcial  cial  conditions  in  this  city  is  the  gradual  monthly 
Showing,  increase  reported  of  late  in  the  bank  clearings,  all 
the  more  hopeful  for  the  reason  that  the  returns  from  this  quar- 
ter are  always  reliable.  In  September  the  total  showed  quite  an 
advance,  and  the  improvement  Is  even  more  marked  in  October, 
where  the  clearings  ran  up  to  $62,823,582  against  $57,469,133  for  the 
same  month  in  1893.  Taking  into  consideration  the  political  stir  in 
the  community,  which  always  interferes  more  or  less  with  busi- 
ness, this  showing  must  be  regarded  as  remarkably  favorable. 
Should  the  advance  for  the  next  two  months  be  as  great  it  will  go 
a  long  way  toward  pulling  the  total  for  the  year  well  up  to  that  of 
the  preceding  twelve  months.  Up  to  date  for  1894  the  clearings 
are  $544,833,145,  against  $590,915,844  for  the  corresponding  period 
in  1893. 

%   %   % 
Local  There  has  been  little  doing  in  local  stocks  during 

Stock  the  week.  The  total  dividends  for  the  month  were 
Diuideqds,  $563,633,  against  $531,066  for  same  month  last  year. 
Classified  the  individual  amounts  are  shown  as  follows:  Banks, 
$150,000;  Insurance  Companies,  $32,000;  Gas  Companies,  $75,333; 
Water  Companies,  $75,000;  Powder  Companies,  $16,500;  Street 
R.  R.  Companies,  $45,600;  Mining  Companies,  $145,500;  Miscel- 
laneous Companies,  $24,200. 

us 

ftrqong  Business  in  general  among  the  local  insurance 

r^e  fraternity   and  even  P.  I.    U.  is   free  from  the 

Underwriters-  alarms  of  war  which  were  not  an  uncommon 
occurrence  in  the  past  history  of  the  organization.  The  only  fea- 
ture of  interest  during  the  week  is  the  disruption  of  allied  inter- 
ests among  the  marine  men.  Now  everyone  is  working  inde- 
pendent, free  from  the  trammels  of  an  association  which  seems 
to  prove  irksome  in  all  branches  of  the  business  to  free  lances, 
brimming  full  with  enterprise  and  enthusiasm.  Insurance  Com- 
missioner Higgins  varies  the  dull  monotony  of  the  time  by  reach- 
ing into  the  camps  of  the  guerrillas  who  work  the  social  and  lot- 
tery rackets  for  their  personal  benefit.  Associations  of  schemers 
who  cannot  work  their  way  into  the  State  legitimately,  and  cast 
about  for  a  subterfuge  which  will  enable  them  to  work  havoc 
among  the  "innocents"  have  been  notified  that  the  law  will  be 
invoked  to  stop  their  games,  and  in  many  cases  the  intimation 
has  been  sufficient.  The  frequency,  however,  with  which  these 
schemes  turn  up  is  sufficient  to  urge  the  immediate  necessity  for 
legislation  which  will  bring  all  of  these  societies,  fraternal  or 
otherwise,  under  the  control  of  this  State.  Some  move  in  this 
direction  will  undoubtedly  be  made  at  the  coming  session  of  the 
Legislature. 

$  $  $ 

A  TEMPORARY  vacuum  has  been  created  in  the  pockets  of  a 
few  Northern  speculators,  who   have   been  induced    to  take 
shares  in  a  continuous  vacuum  as  applied  to  engines. 


Nov.  3,  1894. 


SAN    KRANCISCO  NEWS  LKTTKR. 


13 


■■Hear  the  Crier!"     "What  the  devil  art  thou?" 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  air.  with  you." 

BECAUSE  Judge  Coffey  recently  expressed  the  belief  that 
women  are  undesirable  as  clients,  the  Equal  Rights  League, 
composed  of  women,  has  decided  to  "knife"  him  iu  Tuesday's 
election.  If  th.s  crusty  old  bachelor  should  don  shiny  clothes, 
wear  long  hair,  and  declare  that  women  should  have  the  fran- 
chise, he  would  not  be  knifed  by  our  worthy  sisters.  If  we 
might  be  permitted  to  indulge  the  rash  assumption  that  their 
staodard  of  political  morality  may  be  inferred  from  their  actions, 
then  we  should  say  that  the  paramount  recommendation  of  a 
candidate  to  them  is  bis  acceptance  of  the  woman  suffrage  idea. 
Those  who  are  capable  of  seeing  the  humor  in  the  situation  are 
entitled  to  all  the  fun  they  can  extract  from  it.  Queries  for  the 
Portia  Law  Club:  As  women  appear  to  assume that|sex  is  merely 
a  matter  or  clothes  and  its  manifestation  merely  a  matter  of  op- 
portunity, what  iB  to  prevent  women  from  becoming  men  by 
wearing  men's  clothes  and  exercising  the  opportunities  apper- 
taining thereto?  As  women  are  more  numerous  than  men,  is 
man's  domination  explainable  on  the  same  ground  that  explained 
the  existence  of  many  more  slaves  than  masters  in  the  South? 
What  are  these  grounds,  and  what  is  the  Portia  Law  Club  for 
except  to  lead  us  out  of  the  wilderness  of  questions  that  doth 
hedge  ns  in? 

THE  public  having  refused  to  raise  the  $350,000  necessary  to  in- 
corporate the  San  Joaquin  Valley  Railroad,  Mr.  Leeds  explains 
that  the  people  are  too  busily  occupied  with  politics  to  think  of 
a  "  competing  "  line.  After  the  election  we  shall  probably  hear 
that  the  people  are  too  much  engrossed  with  preparations  for  the 
holidays  to  think  of  squandering  their  money  on  the  luxury  of  a 
railroad  for  Mr.  Leeds*  benefit.  After  the  holidays  stock-taking 
time  will  arrive,  then  preparations  for  the  summer  business,  and 
then  perhaps  excitement  over  a  threatened  invasion  by  Japan. 
Then  preserve-making  time  will  arrive.  Meanwhile,  the  famous 
Buit  which  may  grow  out  of  the  prosecution  of  Adolph  Sutro  for 
violating  the  Purity  of  Elections  law  will  keep  the  community  in 
a  state  of  distraction,  the  whole  State  will  be  thrown  into  delirium 
by  the  wrangle  arising  from  the  chasing  of  Mr.  de  Young's 
chickens  by  Mr.  Hearst's  dog,  and  the  Portia  Law  Club  will  have 
added  its  quota  to  the  general  din  by  getting  married  and  having 
a  baby.  The  fates,  present  and  prospective,  seem  to  be  against 
Mr.  Leeds. 

THE  Non-Partisan  gentlemen  who,  in  order  to  become  candi- 
dates for  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  pledged  themselves  to  re- 
duce the  water  rate  ten  per  cent.,  have  been  somewhat  discon- 
certed by  the  attention  which  the  News  Letter  called  to  their 
extraordinary  conduct  last  week.  The  law  requires  that  the 
Supervisors  shall  fix  the  rate  after  an  examination  of  the  water 
company's  accounts — to  decide  the  case  after  hearing  the  evi- 
dence. These  candidates,  by  signing  that  pledge,  have  fixed  the 
rates  without  having  seen  the  company's  accounts — have  decided 
the  case  before  hearing  the  evidence.  This  is  offensive  to  every 
sense  of  decency.  More  than  that,  it  is  selling  their  votes  in  the 
Board  for  the  votes  of  the  people  at  the  polls.  If  they  had  agreed 
with  the  water  company  to  raise  the  rate  ten  per  cent.,  in  con- 
sideration of  the  company's  support  in  the  campaign,  their  offense 
would  not  have  been  different  from  or  a  whit  worse  than  that 
which  they  have  committed.     What  have  they  to  say  to  that? 

THE  disgracefully  filthy  condition  of  the  streets  was  never  fully 
realized  until  Thursday,  when  the  Merchants'  Association 
put  a  large  force  of  hand-sweepers  at  work.  After  removing  the 
accumulations  of  the  ages  the  work  of  keeping  the  business  part 
of  the  city  clean  will  be  a  comparatively  light  task.  It  is  greatly 
feared  that  the  city  will  look  so  bright  and  clean  as  to  destroy  all 
semblance  to  that  long-cherished  condition  which  gaveit  so  com- 
fortable and  homelike  an  appearance  in  the  eyes  of  some  of  tbe 
oldest  and  most  respectable  residents,  the  danger  being  that  the 
new  condition  may  serve  to  drive  many  of  them  away. 

WE  are  willing  to  believe  that  women  wear  underclothing,  and 
that  it  is  proper  that  they  should.  But  we  object  to  receiv- 
ing information  of  the  custom  in  the  manner  employed  by  a 
Market-street  seller  of  women's  harness.  Standing  forth  con- 
spicuously in  the  show  window  is  the  figure  of  a  woman  allur- 
ingly moulded  and  looking  so  immodestly  life-like  as  to  be  start- 
ling. Thus  it  stands,  dressed  only  in  the  skin-tight  underclothes 
which  the  establishment  is  selling.  It  is  not  likely  that  such  an 
exhibition  would  be  tolerated  in  any  other  city  in  Christendom. 

IF  the  gentleman  who  stole  the  brass  weight   belonging  to  the 
mailing  scales  in  the   business  office  of  this  paper  will  kindly 
present  himself,  we  will  cheerfully  give  hini  the  scales. 

THE    subject   of   Prof.    Le  Conte's    lecture,    "  The   Motion    of 
Glaciers,"  was  probably  suggested  by  Mr.  Estee's  presence  in 
the  current  campaign. 


THE  police  and  the  Examiner  have  again  thrilled  the  public 
with  a  story  of  baby  cruelty  somewhat  similar  to  tbe  Griffith 
fiasco.  A  humane  doctor  named  Ford  was  called  to  attend  a  very 
poor  unmarried  woman  in  parturition.  At  her  request,  and  to 
shield  her  from  disgrace  and  the  child  from  suffering  or  possibly 
something  worse,  he  openly  took  the  infant  to  two  Christian  in- 
stitutions which  pretend  to  care  for  homeless  children,  but  was 
repulsed  by  both,  and  while  looking  for  a  third  was  arrested  "for 
attempting  to  abandon  a  child."  His  every  act  showed  that  in- 
stead of  having  any  idea  of  abandoning  the  child  he  was  trying 
to  find  a  good  home  for  it;  his  only  error  was  that  he  mistook 
the  nature  of  Christian  institutions  conducted  for  the  benefit  of 
the  poor  and  friendless.  He  was  getting  nothing  for  his  kind- 
ness, and  if  he  had  wanted  to  abandon  the  child  he  could  have 
left  it  on  any  doorstep.  It  is  a  curious  coincidence  that  this 
strangely  big-hearted  man  bad  on  that  very  morning  worked 
hard  and  voluntarily  to  relieve  the  sufferings  of  a  number  of  men 
who  had  been  hurt  in  a  quarry.  If  the  conduct  of  the  police,  the 
Examiner,  and  the  Christian  asylums  which  refused  to  harbor  the 
poor  little  waif  are  an  expression  of  the  moral  sentiment  of  this 
community,  Dr.  Ford  would  find  a  more  congenial  environment 
among  the  savages  of  the  Congo. 

DETECTIVE  C.  J.  Stillwell  is  said  to  have  secured  a  confession 
from  Worden,  now  on  trial  at  Woodland  for  train-wrecking. 
If  the  confession  is  genuine  it  places  Worden  in  the  worst  pos- 
sible light  and  makes  him  a  proper  candidate  for  the  gallows. 
The  peculiarity  of  this  case  is  apparent  when  it  is  known  that 
Detective  Stillwell  was  tbe  tool  of  the  Examiner  in  its  attack  upon 
Bruner  in  the  Assembly,  and  in  the  prosecution  of  Richard  Heath 
for  the  assassination  of  McWhirter  at  Fresno.  The  Examiner  has 
been  defending  Worden  in  this  charge  of  wrecking  the  train,  by 
which  five  lives  were  lost  near  Sacramento,  and  this  confession, 
if  true,  would  indicate  that  Stillwell  had  transferred  his  services, 
and  was  operating  in  another  direction.  Confidence  in  the  devious 
ways  of  private  detectives  has  been  bo  badly  shaken  that  the 
people  are  not  always  prepared  to  believe  all  they  hear  concern- 
ing their  shrewd  work.  In  this  instance,  however,  the  chain  of 
evidence  was  being  drawn  so  closely  about  Worden  that  he  may 
have  confessed,  and  in  doing  so  has  implicated  Knox  and  the 
other  prisoners  accused  as  guilty  parties.  Knox  is  the  nominee 
of  the  People's  party  for  Sheriff  of  Yolo  County,  and  if  guilty, 
this  will  give  that  party  another  set-back  in  its  march  to  reform. 

IT  is  bad  enough  to  have  to  wait  sometimes  ten  or  fifteen  minutes 
at  Powell  and  Sacramento  streets  for  a  car  going  to  the  ferry, 
without,  being  compelled  to  argue  with  some  officious  conductor 
as  to  the  validity  of  the  transfer  ticket  just  received  from  another 
branch  and  tendered  as  fare.  A  recent  fracas  concerning  this 
point  in  which  a  passenger  figured  was  directly  traceable  to  the 
length  of  time  elapsing  between  the  receipt  of  the  transfer  and  the 
opportunity  of  tender.  We  beg  to  suggest  to  the  powers  that  be 
connected  with  the  Ferries  and  Cliff  House  Railway,  that  the 
running  of  their  carB  on  the  Sacramento  street  system,  particu- 
larly those  ferry-bound,  seems  to  be  "regulated"  by  the  lordly 
convenience  of  the  conductors  and  gripmen,  and  a  mild  inquiry 
as  to  the  delay  by  some  good-naturedly  curious  passenger  is  sure 
to  meet  with  the  surliest  of  answers.  We  beg  to  suggest  also  that 
all  of  these  evils  be  remedied. 

A  MAN  has  been  found  with  the  name  of  John  Heenan  who, 
being  nominated  by  one  of  the  many  political  organizations, 
disclaims  any  knowledge  of  the  transaction  or  any  ambition  to 
see  his  name  on  tbe  ticket.  He  has  even  exhibited  his  lack  of 
patriotism  by  demanding  that  his  name  be  removed  from  the 
ticket,  filing  the  statutory  facts  in  making  the  demand.  He  was 
made  a  candidate  for  District  Attorney,  and  this  exhibition  of 
modesty  and  desire  to  be  let  alone  ought  to  be  placed  on  file  for 
future  consideration.  He  would  make  a  good  subject  as  a  curi- 
osity for  a  dime  museum. 

THE  very  direct  ana  Berious  charge  made  by  Postmaster  McCop- 
pin  that  the  Police  Department  of  the  city  is  being  used  in 
the  interest  of  the  Republican  bosses  has  brought  forth  from 
Chief  Crowley  a  denial.  What  else  could  the  Chief  do  ?  If  he  is 
ignorant  of  a  condition  of  affairs  which  is  as  notorious  as  the 
police  protection  of  faro  games  and  lotteries — so  notorious  that 
we  have  become  accustomed  to  them  and  deem  tbem  hardly 
worthy  of  discussion — then  he  confesses  that — that — that  he  does 
not  like  to  be  bored,  for  instance. 

THERE  is  a  rumor  that  Dr.  O'Donnell  has  secured  the  adhesion 
of  the  sporting  fraternity  by  pledging  himself  not  to  disturb 
faro  games  and  disreputable  resorts.  It  is  difficult  to  see  why, 
under  existing  conditions,  such  a  pledge  need  be  made  to  secure 
votes,  unless  it  was  feared  by  the  shady  gentry  that  any  change 
in  the  Mayoralty  might  make  things  unpleasant  both  for  them 
and  the  Police  Department. 

PRESIDENT  David  Starr  Jordan,  of  Stanford  University,  hav- 
ing announced  that  men  cannot  be  evolved  from  monkeys,  it 
is  consoling  to  reflect  that  in  encouraging  the  lusty  young  animals 
under  his  charge  to  develop  on  football  lines  he  is  not  creating 
the  danger  of  introducing  the  tendency  into  the  human  race  at 
some  remote  future  time  by  the  operation  of  hereditary  instinct. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  3,  1894. 


LO^ID  R08EBERRY  haa  given  to  most  of  oar  contemporaries 
an  opportunity  to  become  amusingly  interesting.  That  pas- 
sage in  bis  recent  speech,  in  which  he  intimated  that  the  contin- 
uance of  the  authority  of  the  House  of  Lords  to  exercise  a  veto 
power  over  legislation,  rather  than  the  political  justification  of 
any  particular  instance  of  the  use  of  that  power,  might  and  prob- 
ably would  be  the  basis  of  the  next  appeal  to  the  constituencies 
of  the  British  Isles,  has,  to  use  an  old  figure  of  speech  that  is  ex- 
pressive of  riotous  confusion,  set  these  quaint  gentlemen  of 
journalistic  letters  by  the  ears.  A  Stockton  paper  has  taken  its 
admiring  eyes  off  statesman  Budd  long  enough  to  inform  the 
world  that,  under  the  British  constitution,  "if  the  present  ministry 
takes  an  appeal  to  the  country  on  the  ground  that  the  cauBe  of 
good  government  requires  that  the  House  of  Lords  be  no  longer 
permitted  to  participate  in  legislation,  and  the  ministry  is  sup- 
ported in  that  position  by  the  electors,  the  House  of  Lords  will 
thereby  be  eliminated  as  a  branch  of  the  British  legislature  and 
an  integral  part  of  the  governmental  authority."  That  is  a  some- 
what novel  view  of  the  situation  and  is  entitled,  on  the  ground 
of  originality,  to  a  patent  as  a  remedy  for  a  political  complication 
that  is  likely  to  give  our  British  cousins  no  end  of  trouble  before 
it  is  settled.  As  a  matter  of  simple  fact,  it  is  a  good  deal  easier  to 
make  faces  at  the  House  of  Lords  than  it  is  either  to  end  or  mend 
that  survivor  of  feudal  institutions.  The  difficulty  which  must 
be  encountered  in  dealing  with  it  is  the  fact  that  in  its  present 
form  it  is  built  into  the  established  institutions  of  government, 
and  can  be  abolished  or  modified  only  with  its  own  consent.  To 
be  sure  there  is  a  method  by  which  that  consent  may  be  forced — 
that  of  creating  a  sufficient  number  of  new  peers  to  pass  the  bill 
which  embodies  abolition  or  modification;  but  that  is  a  method 
which  is  so  closely  akin  to  social  and  political  revolution  that  no 
British  ministry  will  dare  to  undertake  it  without  the  support  of 
a  vast  preponderance  of  public  sentiment;  and,  if  the  existence 
of  such  a  preponderance  of  sentiment  were  shown,  there  is 
no  doubt  but  that  the  peers  would  yield  their  political  privileges 
in  order  to  save  the  social  prestige  of  their  order  from  the  destruc- 
tion which  would  be  a  consequence  of  an  avalanche  of  new  crea- 
tions. At  the  present  moment,  however,  it  is  still  a  matter  of 
uncertainty  whether  the  general  policy  of  Lord  Roseberry's  min- 
istry would  be  sustained  at  a  general  election,  and,  while  there 
have  been  visible  manifestations  of  impatience,  in  Liberal  circles, 
at  the  recent  interferences  of  the  Hoose  of  Lords  with  popular 
legislation,  there  have,  so  far,  been  no  genuine  indications  of  an 
overwhelming  sentiment  on  the  subject. 

Viewed  as  an  abstraction,  there  is  no  doubt  but  that,  in  its 
present  form,  the  British  House  of  Lords,  as  an  effective  branch, 
of  the  legislative  authority  of  government,  Is  a  survival  of  class 
privileges  that  is  out  of  touch  with  the  general  political  system  of 
the  country  which,  while  it  maintains  the  outward  form  of  mon- 
archy, is  really  operated  by  the  broadest  instrumentality  of  pure 
republicanism — representative  institutions.  To  bring  this  legis- 
lative body  into  sympathy  with  its  surroundings  it  should  be 
made,  as  Professor  Goodwin  Smith  has  suggested,  representative. 
By  this  Btep  the  ancient  structural  form  of  the  political  institu- 
tions of  the  nation  would  be  blended  with  its  more  modern  senti- 
ments and  the  tout  ensemble  harmonized.  The  retention  by  the 
peers  of  their  class  privileges  as  a  basis  of  eligibility  to  the  re- 
formed body  would  be  a  harmless  concession  to  ancient  traditions 
and  the  establishment  of  an  electoral  control  over  them  would 
bring  them  into  touch  with  popular  Sentiments.  The  constitu- 
ency of  such  a  reformed  House  of  Lords  would,  if  the  funda- 
mental idea  of  the  reform  be  adhered  to,  be  the  general  body  of 
the  people  of  the  country,  divided  into  appropriate  districts,  and 
not,  as  some  critics  of  the  scheme  have  appeared  to  think,  the 
Lords  themselves.  An  assemblage  of  this  sort  would  be  a  House 
of  Lords  only  in  so  far  as  a  specified  minimum  grade  of  nobility 
would  be  a  prerequisite  of  eligibility  to  membership  in  it. 

The  war  in  the  Orient  continues  to  retain  its  original  character- 
istic, which  was  that  of  a  conflict  of  rumors.  Up  to  the  time  of 
writing  there  have  been  no  fresh  developments  of  an  important 
character,  either  military  or  diplomatic;  but  there  is  an  intangible 
something  in  the  air  which  indicates  that  big  events  are  impending. 

GOOD    NAMES. 

THE  endorsement  of  reputable  citizens  is  always  to  be  desired. 
The  names  of  those  San  Franciscans  who  say  they  have  used 
the  Dr.  White  remedies  for  the  hair  guarantee  to  those  who  have 
not  used  them  their  efficacy  to  accomplish  the  desired  result. 
Dandruff  permanently  cured;  tailing  out  of  the  hair  stopped  in 
from  one  to  three  months,  and  a  vigorous  growth  of  hair  restored 
to  bald  heads.  Genuine  references  to  well-known  residents  of 
this  city.  Separate  parlors  for  ladies.  Martinez  &  Co.,  659  Mar- 
ket streets,  rooms  1,  2,  3. 


REGULAR 
REPUBLICAN 
MUNICIPAL 
TICKET. 


No.  on 
Ballot. 

1— Mayor L.  K.  BLLERT 

12— Auditor F.  D.  WOKTH 

17— Assessor E.  B.  EEAD 

25-Sheriff WILLIAM  J.  RUDDICK 

31-Tax  Collector J.  J.  MOEAN 

39— Recorder JAMES  B.  ALLEN 

82— Superintendent  of  Streets E.  G.  PIERCE 

45— County  Clerk C.  F.  CURRY 

37— Treasurer J.  H.  WIDBER 

72— Public  Administrator O.  F.  "WILLEY 

89— Superintendent  Public  Instruction C.  S.  YOUNG 

51— District  Attorney W.  S.  BARNES 

59— City  and  County  Attorney CHAS.  H.  JACKSON 

76— City  and  County  Surveyor CHAS.  S.  TILTON 

65-Coroner DR.  W.  J.  HAWKINS 

93— Superior  Judge E.  A.  BELCHER 

92-Superior  Judge GEO.  H.  BAHRS 

102—  Superior  Judge F.  H.  MERZBACH 

101— Superior  J  udge DAVIS  LOUDERBACK 

119— Police  Judge JOHN  H.  ROBERTS 

116— Police  Judge CHAS.  A.  LOW 

111— Police  Judge H.  L.  OOACHIMSEN 

109— Police  Judge J.  A.  CAMPBELL 

131— Justice  of  tbe  Peace G.  C.  GROEZ1NGER 

133— Justice  of  the  Peace F.  H.  KERRIGAN 

135— Justice  of  the  Peace W.  M.  MADDEN 

126— Justice  of  the  Peace J.  E.  BARRY 

128— Justice  of  the  Peace G.  W.  F.  COOK 

150-Supervisor  First  Ward JOSEPH  KING 

156—  Supervisor  Second  Ward F.  L.  JONES 

161— Supervisor  Third  Ward C.  E.  BENJAMIN 

168-Supervisor  Fourth  Ward A.  M.  EBBETS 

178— Supervisor  Fifth  Ward K.  B.  SOOLE 

181— Supervisor  Sixth  Ward E.  C.  HUGHES 

187— Supervisor  Seventh  Ward C.  D  UNKER 

199— Supervisor  Eighth  Ward C.  L.  TAYLOR 

205— Supervisor  Ninth  Ward A.  W.  MORGENSTERN 

212— Supervisor  Tenth  Ward A.  B.  SPRECKELS 

216— Supervisor  Eleventh  Ward J.  K.  C.  HOBBS 

221— Supervisor  Twelfth  Ward G.  P.  AYERS 

244— School  Director H.  L.  DODGE 

230-School  Director E.  P.  BARRETT 

283-School  Director F.  I-  SYMMES 

267-School  Director ANDREW  McELROY 

257— School  Director C.  H.  HAWLEY 

277-School  Director H.  T.  SCOTT 

254— School  Director WILLIAM  HAAS 

246— School  Director GEORGE  E.  DOW 

282— School  Director G.  B.  STONE 

273— School  Director C  .A.  MURDOCK 

259— School  Director H.  C.  HENDERSON 

265-School  Director'. T.  V.  MAXWELL 

359-Unexpired  Terra WM.  G.  BRITTAN 

87— 28th  Assembly  District PHILI P  E.  KILEY 

85— 29th  Assembly  District JOHN  DAUGHNEY 

89-30th  Assembly  District CHAS.  F.  O'CONNOR 

86— 31st  Assembly  District J.  J.  WILKINSON 

89— 32d  Assembly  District HENRY  LUKE 

87— 33d  Assembly  District JEREMIAH  E.  ROACH 

91— 34th  Assembly  District D.  C.  SMITH 

87— 35th  Assembly  District JOHN  M.  HIGGINS 

91— 3Sth  Assembly  District JOSEPH  SCHEERER 

87— 37th  Assembly  District GEORGE  W.  DIXON 

88— 38th  Assembly  District MARCUS  LEWIS 

84— 39th  Assembly  District H.  G.  W.  DINKELSPIEL 

90— 40th  Assembly  District SEIGMUND  M.  BETTMAN 

91— 41st  Assembly  District FRANK  H.  POWERS 

90— 42d  Assembly  District ISAAC  M.  MERRILL 

89-43d  Assembly  District WM.  T.  BOOTHBY 

86— 14th  Assembly  District LOUIS  P.  ZOCCHI 

85— 45th  Assembly  District JAMES  DEV1TT 

84-lSth  Senatorial  District MICHAEL  W.  COFFEY 

85-20th  Senatorial  District EUGENE  F.  BERT 

87— 22d  Senatorial  District WILLIAM  S.  WOODS 

85— 24th  Senatorial  District J.  H.  MAHONE\ 


Nov.  8,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


*HE  candidacy  of  O.  F.  WJIlcy  for  the  office  of  Public  Adniinia- 
trator  mast  be  considered  Id  connection  with  his  high  reputa- 
tion in  business  circles  and  in 
private  life.  Aa  the  manager 
of  one  of  the  most  successful 
business  enterprises  in  the  city 
he  has  achieved  success  on 
merit  alone,  and  there  is  none 
to  say  an  evil  or  unkind  word 
concerning  him.  He  possesses 
all  the  acumen  and  energy  re- 
quired for  any  important  execu- 
tive office.  He  is  one  of  those 
affable,  gracious  men  whom  it 
is  a  pleasure  to  know  and 
whose  respect  is  a  guarantee  of 
worth.  In  any  capacity  in  pub- 
lic, private,  or  business  life  he 
can  be  trusted  and  must  be  ad- 
mired. 


THE  first  ot  a  course  of  emergency  lectures  by  Dr.  Philip  King 
Brown,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Helping  Hand  Society  (aux- 
iliary to  the  Golden  Gate  Kindergarten  Association)  and  the  San 
Francisco  Boys'  Club  Association,  was  delivered  Thursday  even- 
ing at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  D.  W.  Folger,  1916  Franklin  street, 
and  the  remaining  two  lectures  of  the  series  will  be  delivered  at 
the  same  place  on  the  Sth  and  15th  inst. 

GUIDE  TO  VOTERS— Cut  this  Out. 

DEMOCRATIC    STATE  TICKET. 

ELECTION,  Tuesday,  November  6,  1894. 


Voting  No. 
1 

8 


Governor. 

JAMES  H.  BUDD,  of  Stockton  

Lieutenant-Governor. 

WILLIAM  T.  JETER,  of  Santa  Cruz  

Secretary  of  State. 

BEX  M.  MADDOX,  of  Visalia  12 

Controller. 

MICHAEL  MEAGHER,  of  San  Francisco 19 

Treasurer. 

J.  C.  CASTRO,  of  San  Luis  Obispo 23 

Attorney-General. 

A.  B.  PARIS,  of  San  Bernardino  30 

Surveyor-General. 

D.  M.  ANGEIR,  of  Sacramento 32 

Clerk  of  Supreme  Court. 

PETER  W.  McGLADE,  of  San  Francisco 38 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

C.  S.  SMYTH,  of  San  Benito 45 

State  Printer. 

J.  J.  CURRY,  of  San  Francisco 47 

Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

J. E.  MURPHY,  ofDel  Norte 56 

JACKSON  TEMPLE,  of  Santa  Rosa 57 

E.  A.  BRIDGFORD,  of  Colusa  (short  term) 62 

Congressmen. 

J  AS.  G.  MAGUIRE Fourth  District    68 

JAMES  DENMAN Fifth  District    67 

Member  of  State  Board  of  Equalization.    * 

JAMES  C.  NEALON.of  San  Francisco ' 

Ballot  No.  in  4th  Congressional  District 75 

"  "         76 

Railroad  Commissioner. 

DR.  J.  I.  STANTON,  of  San  Francisco 

Ballot  No.  in  the  5th  Congressional  District 83 

"  "        83 

SENATORIAL  NOMINEES. 

18th  District HUGH  TONER  86 

20th  District P.  F.  WARD  87 

22d  District PERCY  L.  HENDERSON  86 

24th  District J.T.BURKE  84 

ASSEMBLY    NOMINEES. 

28th  District HENRY  HEALY  85 

29th  District JOHN  D.  COUGHL1N  84 

30th  District JOHN  O'DAY  90 

31st  District TIMOTHY  E.  TREACY  85 

32nd  District JOHN  F.  TWIGG  90 

33rd  District L.  J.  DWYER  84 

34th  District MARK  A.  DEVINE  89 

35th  District J .  M.  DONLON  85 

36th  District JOHN  MCCARTHY  90 

37th  District JOHN  P.  DALTON  86 

38th  District THOS.  F.  CLARK  86 

39thDistrict ALEXANDER  T.  VOGELSANG  86 

40th  District DANIEL  WEBSTER  SAYLOR  93 

41st  District JAMES  P.  SWEENEY  92 

42nd  District EDWARD  J.REYNOLDS  92 

43rd  District JOSEPH  M.  MARKS  91 

44th  District JAMES  J.  DEGAN  84 

45th  District JOHN  T.  CAREY  84 


AVOIDINU    THE    SNOW. 


% 


THE  radical  departure  made  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Company 
in  equipping  the  Sunset  Route  (via  Los  Angeles,  Yuma,  El 
Paso,  and  New  Orleans)  for  luxurious  travel  between  California  and 
New  York  was  altogether  unexpected,  and  yet  the  reasons  for  it  are 
clear.  The  prejudice  of  the  public  in  favor  of  the  shorter  line  has  no 
doubt  retarded  the  development  of  the  new  idea,  but  the  advantages 
of  the  southern  route  have  been  always  manifest  to  railroad  men,  the 
only  problem  which  they  had  to  solve  being  to  shorten  the  time  by 
the  southern  route  so  as  to  compensate  for  its  greater  distance. 
This,  as  the  result  of  great  care  and  expense  in  putting  the  road  in 
perfect  order  and  running  the  trains  with  comparatively  few  stops 
and  at  a  comfortable  speed,  has  been  accomplished,  so  that  the  time 
between  San  Francisco  and  New  York  via  the  Sunset  Route  is  now 
practically  as  short  as  any  other,  while  at  the  same  time  all  the  dis- 
comforts of  the  snow  and  cold  of  the  other  routes  are  avoided.  Besides 
that,  the  Sunset  route  passes  through  the  strangest  and  most  interest- 
ing part  of  America,  semi-tropical  in  character  and  foreign  in  aspect. 
The  first  of  these  trains  was  started  last  Thursday,  and  they  will  be 
run  every  Thursday  until  further  notice.  They  are  vestibuled  from 
end  to  end,  have  double  drawing-room  Pullman  cars,  dining  cars 
baths,  barber  shop,  and  every  other  modern  luxury.  At  New  Or- 
leans they  connect  closely  with  fast  trains  to  all  Eastern  points. 

Husbands,  brothers  and  bachelors  wishing  to  obtain  the  best 
entlemen's  furnishing  goods  and  latest  tailoring  should  go.  to  John. 
".  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street. 

DEMOCRATIC  MUNICIPAL  TICKET. 

Nominee.                                                  Office.  Voting  No. 

JEFFERSON  G.  JAMES  For  Mayor  2 

WILLI  AM  BRODERICK For  Auditor  8 

WILLIAM  J.  BRYAN For  Assessor  15 

RICHARD  I.  WHELAN For  Sheriff  26 

JAMES  N.  BLOCK For  Tax  Collector  28 

CHRISTIAN  REIS For  Treasurer  36 

THOMAS  J.  GLYNN For  Recorder  41 

M.C.HALEY For  County  Clerk  46 

JOHN  T.  GREANY District  Attorney  53 

H.  T.  CRES WELL For  Attorney  and  Counselor  58 

ALFRED  E.  BLAKE For  Coroner  62 

A.  C.  FREESE For  Public  Administrator  70 

WILLIAM  M.  FITZHUGH For  Surveyor  74 

THOS.  ASH  WORTH For  Superintendent  79 

of  Public  Streets,  Highways  and  Squares 

ANDREW  J.  MOQLDER.For  Supt.  of  Public  Schools  88 

J  AMES  V.  COFFEY For  Judge  of  Superior  Court  95 

W.  R.  D  AINGERFIELD .  For  Judge  of  Superior  Court  96 

FRANK  H.  DUNNE For  Judge  of  Superior  Court  98 

WALTER  H.  LEVY For  Judge  of  Superior  Court  100 

CHAS.  P.  CONLAN For  Judge  of  Police  Court  HO 

FINLAY  COOK For  Judge  of  Police  Court  111 

M.  M.  FOOTE For  Judge  of  Police  Court  112 

S.  H.  REGENSBURGER..For  Judge  of  Police  Court  118 

JOHN  A.  CARROLL For  Justice  of  the  Peace  127 

ALFRED  J.  FRITZ For  Justice  of  the  Peace  130 

JOHN  J.  KENNEDY For  Justice  of  the  Peace  132 

CHAS.  WESLEY  REED For  Justice  of  the  Peace  139 

KENNETH  WILLIAMS....  For  Justice  of  the  Peace  144 

JOHN  M.  KLEIN For  Supervisor  First  Ward  151 

PETER  A.  SCULLY ....  For  Supervisor  Second  Ward  1 59 

C.  W.  NEVIN For  Supervisor  Third  Ward  164 

ALPHONSE  HIRSCH.  .For  Supervisor  Fourth  Ward  170 

JOSEPH  I.  DIMOND For  Supervisor  Fifth  Ward  175 

FREDERICK  HESS For  Supervisor  Sixth  Ward  180 

MICHAEL  KANE Fdr  Supervisor  Seventh  Ward  189 

PATRICK  BOL AN  D . . .  For  Supervisor  Eighth  Ward  1 94 

HERMANN  B.  GOECKEN.For  Superv'r Ninth  Ward  201 

WM.  M.  HINTON For  Supervisor  Tenth  Ward  209 

FRANK  LESTER For  Supervisor  Eleventh  Ward  218 

EDW'D  L.  WAGNER.  .For  Supervisor  Twelfth  Ward  225 

WM.  F.  AMBROSE For  School  Director  227 

CHARLES  A.  BANTEL For  School  Director  229 

ROBERT  BRAGG For  School  Director  233 

THOMAS  R.  CAREW For  School  Director  236 

CHARLES  A.  CLINTON For  School  Director  239 

A.  COMTE,  Jr  For  School  Director  241 

JAMES  W.  D  UNCAN For  School  Director  247 

DAVID  S.  MORRIS For  School  Director  271 

T.  A.  ROTTANZI For  School  Director  276 

F.  H.  STAHLE For  School  Director  281 

HUGH  TEVIS For  School  Director  284 

AUGUST  TILLMAN For  School  Director  285 

COLIN  M.  BO  YD For  Freeholder  305 

I.  W.  HELLMAN For  Freeholder  317 

GEORGE  T.  MAYRE,  Jr For  Freeholder  324 

J.J.  O'BRIEN For  Freeholder  329 

JOSEPH  O'CONNOR For  Freeholder  330 

WM.  M.  PIERSON  For  Freeholder  331 

PATRICK  REDDY For  Freeholder  332 

ISAACN.  WALTER  For  Freeholder  342 

THOMAS  A.  McGOWAN....For  Judge  of  the  Super- 
ior Court,  Unexpired  Term  ending  Jan.  7, 1S95. . .  361 
Supervisor  Third  Ward,  Unexpired  Term  ending  Jan- 
uary 7, 1895 363 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov  .  3,  1894. 


THE  fashions  for  tbe  coming  months  promise  to  be  in  no  wise 
behind  their  predecessors  in  prettlness,  while  in  many  ways 
they  have  more  style  and  "  go  "  about  them.  I  was  fortunate 
enough  (says  an  English  fashion  writer)  to  secure  an  hour  or  two  of 
the  undivided  attention  of  an  artist  in  dress  who  has  brought  a  great 
English  house  to  the  front.  The  man  milliner  gave  it  as  his  opinion 
that  English  women  would  never  wear  the  hideous  wide  Parisian 
skirt,  and  that  for  his  part  he  would  not  show  one  of  them.  Trimming 
we  shall  have  for  evening  dresses  doubtless,  but  it  will  be  of  fur,  lace, 
embroidery,  and  such  things  as  can  be  arranged  flatly,  while  our  old 
friend,  the  perfectly  plain  skirt,  made  in  the  new,  generous,  but  ex- 
quisitely cut  way,  has  yet  a  further  lease  of  life,  and  will  figure 
triumphantly  among  the  new  fashions.  As  to  bodices  in  general,  I 
can  see  but  little  change.  The  prettiest  are  rather  full  in  front  for 
evening  wear,  with  soft  filmy  lace  and  chiffon,  caught  in  either  with 
ribbon  or  bands  of  the  material,  arranged  in  various  ways,  to  suit 
various  figures,  but  always  very  prettily.  As  to  sleeves,  they  continue 
to  be  the  most  important  portion  of  the  dress,  and  it  is  not  uncommon 
to  hear  a  whispered  comment,  "  What  a  perfect  sleeve,"  when  a  well- 
dressed  woman  enters  a  room,  as  if  that  portion  of  her  attire  were 
alone  and  distinct  from  the  rest  of  her  apparel. 

Crinoline  will  not  be  downed.  The  organ  fold  hair-cloth  skirt  has 
even  reached  the  bargain  counter,  and  that  means  everybody  will 
wear  it.  Then,  too,  dress  skirts  are  lined  and  interlined  until  they 
are  like  umbrellas.  The  newest  skirt  patterns  show  not  only  flaring 
seams  to  the  front  breadth,  but  even  extra  curves  on  the  seams  that 
form  folds,  beginning  ten  inches  or  a  trifle  less  below  the  waist.  Of 
course,  something  must  be  worn  to  hold  these  out,  and  crinoline  will 
produce  all  the  effect  of  a  hoop  skirt.  At  the  same  time  not  every 
dress  must  be  cut  on  this  style.  The  time  has  come  when  the  same 
latitude  is  to  be  allowed  us  on  skirts  as  is  given  in  bats.  Big,  little  or 
medium  will  be  worn,  depending  on  the  person's  physique,  and  the 
purpose  for  which  the  dress  is  to  be  worn. 

The  bodices  for  evening  wear  are  very  handsome.  One  intended 
for  a  young  girl  is  cut  low  and  gathered  equally  around  the  neck  and 
he  waist.  It  is  then  edged  at  the  neck  with  a  ribbon  of  the  same 
color  as  the  waist  belt.  A  band  of  the  same  ribbon  is  worn  around 
the  throat.  The  sleeves  are  composed  of  three  frills,  each  edged 
with  the  ribbon.  This  bodice  can  easily  be  transformed  into  a  high- 
necked  waist  by  wearing  it  with  a  chemisette  underneath. 

A  stylish  English  tuiban  has  its  crown  concealed  by  an  outspread 
black  parrot,  between  whose  wings  others  of  geranium  pink  velvet 
arise.  Its  head  reposes  on  a  crushed  "roulade"  of  the  pink  velvet 
encircling  the  hat,  and  which  is  caught  down  at  intervals  by  jet 
cabuchons. 


One  of  the  leading  tints  is  nasturtium — a  deep  red  with  a  touch  of 
yellow — which  can  be  worn  by  either  blonde  or  brunette,  although 
With  less  happy  effect  by  the  former,  if  her  coloring  is  brilliant.  To 
the  pale  blonde  with  "  mat"  complexion  it  is  eminently  becoming. 

A  new  material  called  woolen  velvet  is  one  of  the  latest  novelties, 
and  it  is  likely  to  be  adopted  very  largely  this  autumn.  The  ground 
is  shot  woollen  and  the  stripes  of  the  checks  are  either  plain  or  ribbed. 
It  does  not  readily  crush. 


A  new  kind  of  gauze,  interwoven  with  gilt  or  silver  threads,  is  fre- 
quently used  as  a  lining  for  net  or  lace  dresses.  This  is  rather  wiry 
of  texture,  but  it  is  very  firm,  though  semi-transparent,  affording  a 
very  satisfactory  foundation. 


THE  readiness  with  which  the  public  has  shown  its  apprecia- 
tion of  the  flowers  and  ornamental  plants  which  have  made 
the  gardens  of  the  Hotel  Rafael  famous  must  be  gratifying  to  the 
manager.  These  handsome  adornments  attracted  so  much  attention 
from  the  best  people  of  the  city,  and  the  manager  was  so  strongly 
urged  to  put  cut  flowers  and  lawn  and  potted  plants  on  sale  in  San 
Francisco,  that  the  opening  of  the  flower  and  plant  store  at  216  Post 
street  was  the  result.  The  business  from  the  start  was  enormous. 
Chrysanthemums  so  beautiful  and  gorgeous  are  always  sure  to  find 
purchasers,  and  all  the  other  flowers  are  equally  choice. 


The  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  831  Market  street,  has  caught 
the  popular  fancy.  The  fittings  are  in  excellent  taste.  Everything 
is  new  and  neat,  and  the  cuisine  is  unsurpassed.  Polite  native  wait- 
ers in  costume  are  in  attendance,  and  are  prompt  in  meeting  the 
wants  of  customers.  The  prices  are  in  accordance  with  the  times. 
Ladies  and  escorts  after  the  theatre  should  not  fail  to  visit  the  Garden. 


"  Melancholy  marked  him  for  his  own;' 
parilla  and  cheated  her. 


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Clyely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
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a  id  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  performs 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 

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SucceBBor  to  Brs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists.    Specialties:  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases  of  the  Mouth, 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth.    Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
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INSURANCE     COMPANY    (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  8.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE, 

SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE,  of  London.  [Founded a.  d.  mo. 

Cash  Assets,  $J 0,270,53 5.  Oldest  purely  fire  insurance  office  in  the  world. 

THE  LION  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD,,  of  London. 

Established  A.  D.  1879.    Cash  Assets,  $1 ,  708X95. 

THE  IMPERIAL  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD..  of  London    [instituted  isos. 

Cash  Assets,  $9,362,920,    40  years  in  business  on  tne  Pacific  Coast. 

\VM.  J.  LA.VDERS,  Maiiaper  Tor  tbe  Pacific  Coast.    205  S4&sorae  St.,  Sear  Pine. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U-  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY   OF    NORTH   AMERICA, 

OP    PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL  FULLY   PAID $3,000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St.,  S.  P. 

JAMES   D.  BAILEY,  General  Agent. 


Nov.  3,  1894 . 


SAN    FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


THE    COMING    HORSE    SHOW. 


WHEN  the  Horse  8how  is  mentioned,  the  general  wonder  is 
why  we  never  bad  such  an  event  before.  But  the  move- 
ment cow  is  speeding  along  with  promising  and  consistent  velo- 
city. The  rooms  of|  Mr.  Henry  8.  Crocker,  the  Tresident  of  the 
Association,  are  id  the  Mills  building.  The  Secretary  is  Mr.  Rob- 
ert A.  Irving,  and  the  Vice-Presidents  comprise  Borne  of  the 
wealthiest  and  best  known  men  in  the  State.  The  programme 
Includes  about  one  hundred  and  ten  separate  classes,  under  the 
various  beads  of  roadsters,  trotters,  thoroughbreds,  hackneys, 
coaching  stallions,  carriage  horses,  tandems,  four-in-hands,  ponies, 
hunters,  draught  horses,  etc.;  and  the  prizes  offered  by  the  Asso- 
ciation show  an  aggregate  cost  value  of  upwards  of  $7,000,  with  a 
large  number  of  very  valuable  special  prizes,  ranging  from  $600 
down  to  1 100,  chiefly  in  the  form  of  silver  cups,  given  by  various 
friends  of  the  Association,  so  that  altogether  the  value  of  the 
rewards  to  be  distributed  will  aggregate  $10,000. 

That  the  Horse  Show  is  going  to  be  a  grand  society  event  is  al- 
ready a  foregone  conclusion.  It  is  in  New  York  the  event  of  the 
winter  season,  and  now  the  ladies  are  already  so  pressing  in  their 
demands  upon  dressmakers,  ladies'  tailors,  and  milliners,  that 
those  honest  tradespeople  bless  the  brains  that  conceived  a  Horse 
Show  in  San  Francisco.  Society  has  come  nobly  to  the  front.  Al- 
ready, with  few  exceptions,  the  boxes  lining  the  entire  inner  cir- 
cle of  the  arena  at  the  Mechanics'  Pavilion  have  been  engaged. 
The  names  comprise  the  household  text  in  this  city  of  those  in 
the  swim.  The  Association  is  now  in  correspondence  with  the 
National  Horse  8how  Association  of  New  York,  with  the  view  of 
providing  our  people  on  this  side  with  competent  Judges  to  decide 
on  the  various  events.  A  large  number  of  private  rigs  will  be  ex- 
hibited. The  jumping  classes  are  likewise  well  represented  in  the 
entries,  and  horses  that  will  clear  hurdles  of  five  feet  and  over  will 
show  up  in  the  arena.  Hangarian  ponies,  not  much  larger  than 
a  Newfoundland  dog,  will  be  ranged  along  aide  some  of  the  Tevia 
Shetland  ponies,  boys'  tiny  driving  carts,  colossal  draught  horses, 
and  all  sorts  of  horseflesh  will  make  a  most  various  and  interest- 
ing contrast.  Among  the  great  carriage  stallions  will  be  "  Adonis," 
imported  by  Mr.  James  Sperry,  the  Mayor  of  Sausalito,  who 
seems,  oddly  enough,  to  be  the  only  member  of  the  Sperry  family 
interested  in  horseflesh.  His  brother,  Mr.  George  Sperry,  of 
Stockton,  would  rather  ride  in  a  cable  car  than  behind  the  fastest 
trotter  in  America,  and  the  odor  of  a  stable  makes  him  positively 
sick. 

The  "Society  fellows  "  are  spending  from  $4,000  to  $8,000  each 
in  getting  up  swell  four-in-hands.  George  Newhall,  Joe  Grant, 
Walter  Hobart,  M.  H.  De  Yoang,  E.  J.  Baldwin,  and  others  are 
going  in  for  all  they  are  worth  on  four  horses  and  exhibition  tan- 
dem teams. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  caterers  of  the  city  will  conduct  the 
cafe\  All  things  will  be  scaled  up  to  the  top  notch.  Horses  of 
such  world-wide  celebrity  as  "Salvator,"  then  the  sire  of  "  Flying 
Jib,"  the  fastest  pacer  in  the  world,  will  appear  in  the  arena. 
There  will  be  judging  of  horses  in  the  morning,  hurdle  jumping 
in  the  afternoon,  and  four-in-hand  driving — in  short,  all  things 
connected  with  the  fascinating  affairs  of  horseflesh. 

MIKE — Hello,   Bill,  are  you   still   following  the  horses    for   a 
living? 
Bill — No,  I've  been  out  of    a  job  ever  since  the  trolley  came  in- 
to general  use  on  the  car  lines. — Brooklyn  Eagle. 

Count  Leo  Tolstoi  has  written  an  opera  libretto  in  which  he 
gives  his  ideas  regarding  brandy-drinking.  It  bears  the  title, 
The  Brandy  Distiller.  A  woman  has  composed  the  music.  It  has 
already  been  produced  in  Russia,  but,  it  is  said,  has  had  no  effect 
on  the  peasants,  whom  the  Count  wished  to  influence. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  it  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it— 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage  pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself/ 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

"  Californlans  "  or  "Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  ihe  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand.  


AH  the  new  Books  at  COOPER'S. 


IKSUBAITCE. 


FIRE,  MARINE  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insuranoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.  $1,000,000.  |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000, 
TRANSATLANTIC   FIRE   INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

\.  Cams  Driffield,  Manager  for  the  Pacific  Coast  Branch. 

230  Sansome  St.,  S.  F. 

Capital......  ...... $1,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S 654,433.37 

GEO.  MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 

333  California  St.,  S.F.,Cal. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS POUT  COSTA,  California 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular  Warehouse  tor  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat.  * 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld,  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL $6,700,00 

AOBNTS: 

BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  SI  6  California  Street,  San  Francisco . 

THE  NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   $19,724,638.45. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vice-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 

Capital,  $2,250,000,  Total  Assets,  $6,854,653.96 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
YOSS,  COSBAD  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES     ~~ 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BA8LH.  OP  ST.  GALL.  OP  ZT/BICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HAKRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Soyal  Charter,  1720.] 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Establishod  1836.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NSW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up t    500, 000 

Assets 3,181,758 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,525,157 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
SOI  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE- WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  3,  J  894. 


WE    TWO.— Hamilton  Jay  in  Jacksonville  Times-Union, 


JUST  we  two,  love,  only  we  two, 
To  drink  the  honey  wine  of  life 
And  never  taste  the  rue. 
To  find  the  sunshine  ever  fair, 

The  sky  a  tender  blue. 
And  rich  with  joy  the  balmy  air, 
And  love  forever  true. 

Just  we  two,  love,  only  we  two, 
To  let  the  mad  world  swing  along 

As  it  is  wont  to  do. 
To  see  within  each  other's  eyes 

The  happy  thoughts  pursue, 
A  perfect  faith  our  paradise, 

Each  day  of  love  renew. 

Just  we  two,  love,  only  we  two 
To  make  of  life  a  summer  bright, 

Where  storms  can  never  brew. 
My  heart  to  be  in  all  the  years 

A  shelter  warm  for  you. 
And  May's  sun  drink  the  April  tears. 

While  yet  the  skies  are  blue. 

Just  we  two,  love,  only  we  two, 
No  matter  if  the  world  forgot 

Our  world  would  still  be  true. 
For  love  would  guard  the  holy  spot, 

The  oak  and  not  the  yew, 
Protect  the  sweet  forget-me-not, 

And  love  forever  woo. 

A    NIGHT'S    REBELLION.— Leonora  Beck. 


Strong  in  my  heart  old  memories  wake, 

To-night ! 

Live  on  my  lips  dead  kisses  burn; 

Hot  to  my  eyes  wept  tears  return ; 

Forgotten  throbs  my  pulses  shake, 

To-night. 

Love  is  avenged— my  buried  love — 
To-night. 
The  weakling  present  slips  away; 
The  giant  past  alone  has  sway — 
Potential  as  the  gods  above- 
To-night. 
And  let  him  reign !    I'll  hold  my  soul, 
To-night. 
In  glad  fief  to  this  mighty  past; 
My  false  allegiance  off  I  cast, 
Deny  the  present's  petty  toll, 
To-night. 

Take  royally,  great  past,  my  king, 
To-night. 
To-morrow's  sun  may  thee  unthrone; 
But  eyes,  lips,  heart— all  that  I  own 
Of  treasure— I  before  thee  fling 
To-night. 


THE    FIDDLER    OF    DOOttEY.— By  Yeats. 

When  I  play  on  my  fiddle  in  Dooney, 
Folks  dance  like  a  wave  of  the  sea. 

My  brother  is  priest  in  Kilvarnet. 
My  cousin  in  Kossnaree. 

I  passed  my  brother  and  cousin, 
They  read  in  a  book  of  prayer; 

I  read  in  a  book  of  songs 
I  bought  at  Sligo  Fair. 

When  we  come,  at  the  close  of  Time, 

To  Peter  sitting  in  state, 
He  will  smile  on  the  three  odd  spirits, 

But  call  me  first  through  the  gate. 
For  the  good  are  always  the  merry, 

Save  by  an  evil  chance. 
And  the  merry  love  the  fiddle, 

And  the  merry  love  to  dance. 
And  when  the  folk  there  spy  me, 

They  will  come  up  to  me, 
With  "  Here  is  the  fiddler  of  Dooneyl  " 

And  dance  like  a  wave  of  the  sea. 


ZBJ^ITiriKZS. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD   OFFICE       60  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloopa,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Cheek,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank ; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney,  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies) — Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA,  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ...     $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (Octoher  1,  1894) 3,168,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R-  Bishop,  Vice-President         Allen  M.  clay.  Secretary 
8.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs.  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons ;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres ;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago — Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank;  Australia  and  New  Zealand — Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China.  St.  Louis— Boatmen's  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS,  June  30,  1894 $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and  Surplus 1,627.052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6 :30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  Q.  FAIR  President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S.  G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Dire ctobs— James  G.  Fair,  L.  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S.  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  6ERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 39,439,217  OS 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B.  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

jV.  E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  1  Paid  up  $1,500,000 

Subscribed  3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &.  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     |  „._._„. 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  J  Managers 


WELLS,  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 


N .  E .  Corner  Sansome  and  Sntter  Streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine... President  I  Homer  S.  King Manager 

H.  Wadsworth ".  Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B,  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E,  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


B,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB 


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FIRST  CITIZKS— II  Is  uot  enough  that  bicycles  carry  bells;  the 
law  should  enforce  a  regular  system  of  signals  that  all  can 
understand.  8*coKD  Crrtnit— What  would  you  suggest?  Fnten 
s  -Well.  1  don't  know  exactly,  but  u  might  bo  something  like 
>ne  ring,  '•  stand  still;"  two  rings,  "dodge  to  the  right";  three 
rings,  "  d.ve  to  the  left ;"  four  rings,  -jump  straight  up  and  I'll  run 
under  tou;"  rive  rings,  "turn  a  back  handspring  and  land  behind 
me  "  and  so  on.  You  see,  us  folks  who  walk  are  always  glad  to  be 
accommodating,  but  the  trouble  is  to  find  out  what  the  fellow  behind 
wants  us  to  do.  —A'cw  York  Weekly. 

I  wish  I  could  kiss  her; 
I  think  that  I  might, 
Ami  she  not  upbraid  me; 
1  think  I  might  kiss  her; 
But  would  it  be  right  ? 

Why  does  he  not  kiss  me? 
He  surelv  must  know 
The  love  that  persuades  me; 
Whv  does  he  not  kiss  me? 

I  want  him  to  so.  —  Boston  Courier. 

The  flickering  of  the  open  fire  was  reflected  from  his  patent  leather 
shoes.  "  Bv  the  way,  he  blithely  observed.  "  Has  your  papa 
joined  the  club?  "  The  girl  who  had  been  looking  pleasant  just  about 
as  long  as  she  could  stand  it.  displayed  evidences  of  enthusiasm. 
"Oh,  yes,"  she  replied;  "  they  are  coming  along  the  hall  together 
now.''  In  the  light  of  her  words  there  was  that  about  the  sound 
of  approaching  footsteps  which  froze  his  blood.      —Detroit  Tribune. 

Romastic  Spixstee— Excuse  me,  sir,  but  is  not  this  the  spot  where 
the  beautiful  girl  fell  into  the  water  last  summer,  but  was  so  gallant- 
ly rescued  by  the  gentleman  who  afterward  married  her?  Practi- 
cal Bachelor  (giving  her  a  penetrating  glance)— Yes,  ma'am !  but  I 
can't  swim.  —Texas  Siftmgs. 

So  rare  the  joy  without  alloy,  on  this  great  mundane  sphere, 
Should  anything  perfection  bring  'twould  strike  us  all  as  queer, 
With  each  rose  fair  a  thorn  is  there,  as  any  can  confirm, 
And  worse  than  this,  to  spoil  our  bliss,  each  chestnut  has  its  worm. 

— Buffalo  Courier. 

He— Why  don't  you  take  your  hat  off  in  the  theatre?  She— Why, 
I  want  it  to  be  seen.  It  cost  me  $12.  He— Well,  I  know,  but  your 
hair  can  be  seen  better  with  vour  hat  off,  and  your  hair  must  have 
cost  you  a  great  deal  more  ttian  $12.  —  Yonkers  Statesman. 

Charley— So  Miss  Stone  told  you  she  could  only  be  a  sister  to  you? 
What  did  vou  say?  Tom— Well,  as  1  have  two  sisters  as  it  is,  I  told 
her  that  it'could  never  be.  I  hadn't  shirts,  neckties,  and  scarfpins 
enough  to  go  round.  — Puck. 

"  I  am  not  suah  whethah  she  loves  me  or  not,"  said  Willie  Wibbles. 
"  Have  you  had  any  encouragement?  "  "  Yes,  indeed.  I  am 
info'hmeH  that  she  wefers  to  me.as  '  it,'  just  as  she  does  to  her  pet 
dog."  — Washington  Star. 

Miss  Black— How  pretty  your  daughter  looks  to-night.  I  wonder 
where  she  got  all  her  good  looks?  Mrs.  White— She  must  have 
taken  them  from  her  mother.    Miss  Black— Ah,  yes;  too  bad. 

— Judge. 

Cora— Miss  Newrich  has  a  maid  that  is  a  great  deal  better  than  her 
old  one.  "  Did  she  tell  you?  "  "No,  but  the  last  note  I  had  from 
her  was  spelled,  every  word  of  it,  correctly."  —Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

First  Little  Girl— 1  heard  your  papa  is  a  Senator.  Is  that  so? 
Second  Little  Girl  (who  stutters)— Why,  ye-ye-yes.  First  Little 
Girl— Oh,  you  needn't  be  afraid  to  speak  up.    I  won't  tell. 

— Good  News. 

Charley— Do  you  always  send  flowers  without  your  card?  Dicky 
—Yes ;  deuced  good  scheme.  Then  all  the  girls  who  get  anonymous 
bouquets  think  they're  from  me. 

—Smith,  Gray  &  Co.'s  Illustrated  monthly. 

Mr.  Cavort— Good-bye,  love.  In  case  I  am  really  prevented  from 
commg  home  to  dinner  I  will  send  a  telegram.  Mrs.  C— You  need 
not  trouble  to  send  it ;  I  have  already  taken  it  out  of  your  pocket. 

He— You  saw  some  old  ruins  while  in  England,  I  presume.  She— 
Yes,  indeed !  and  one  of  them  wanted  to  marry  me. 

— Brooklyn  Life. 

"  Is  young  Jimkins  improving  in  his  violin  work?"    "I  dunno. 
;her  he's  imnrovin'.  or  we's  gittin'  used  to  it. 

—  Washington  Star. 


Either  he's  improvin',  or  we's  gittin' 


The  Value  of  Good  Bread 
is  appreciated  by  every  one,  but  so  few  are  able  to  secure  uniformly 
good  results.  This  is  often  due  to  the  fact  that  when  milk  is  used 
the  character  of  it  is  exceedingly  variable;  by  using  Borden's  Peer- 
less Brand  Evaporated  Cream  you  will  overcome  this  difficulty. 
Try  it. 

There  is  certainly  nothing  wrong  in  tippling.  An  occasional  glass 
of  whisky  (providing  that  it  be  good  whisky)  strengthens  the  body 
and  stimulates  the  mind.  The  J.  F.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon  is  generally 
admired  by  all  connoisseurs.  Wherever  it  is  sold  it  grows  in  favor, 
and  those  who  drink  it  once,  drink  it  always.  The  sales  of  the  J.  F. 
Cutter  Old  Bourbon  show  that  it  leads  all  others.  E.  Martin  &  Co., 
408  Front  street,  agents. 

Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Paris  Panels,  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  916 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


'^      You'll  Miss  It, 

J=  if  you  try  to  get  along  without  Pearl- 
ine.  The  work  of  washing  -will  be 
harder,  there'll  be  more  of  it,  and  it 
won't  be  as  well  done.  You'll  lose  money  in 
the  time  that's  wasted,  and  the  things  that  are 
worn  out  in  the  wretched  rub,  rub,  rub,  over 
the  washboard.  Easy  washing  with  Pearline 
doesn't  cost  any  more  than  hard  and  ruinous 
washing  without  it.  But  it  saves  a  good  deal, 
all  the  way  through. 

^PflH      Peddlers  and  some  unscrupulous  grocers  will  tell  you 

V_/VJ11U      "this  is  as  good  as"  or  "the  same  as  Pearline."     IT'S 

J*.    "D_  -.1  —    FALSE — Pearline  is  never  peddled,  and  if  your 

.DcLCJrC    grocer  sends  you  something  in  place  of  Pearline, 

be  honest — send  it  back.  876  JAMES  PVLE,  New  York. 

IB-A-IETICS. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  91,000,000. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.  D.  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rates  of  interest  thereon. 

BENTS  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OP  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited. 

Authorized  Capital. . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up. . .  $2,450,000 

Reserve $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  CaliforniaSt.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 1156  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDERICH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTEE. 

Subscribed  Capital  ..  $2,500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

Head  Office 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs .  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

8IG.  GREENBAUM, )  „„„„„„ 
C.  ALTSCHUL         j  Managers. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL SI  ,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co.  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City—  First  National  Bank.  London— Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

THE  CROCKER -WOOLWO RTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         |         E.  B,  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN Vice-President 

GEO.  W.  KLINE  Cashieb 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADE. 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord  Jerome  Lincoln  H.  H.  Hewlett 

Wm.  Babcock  O.  D.  Baldwin  A.  K.  P.  Harmon 

Adam  Grant  W.S.Jones  J.  B.  Randol. 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NKWS  LETTER. 


Nov .  3,  1894. 


A    SAD    DISCOVERY. 


TWO  young  ladies  of  Arizona  went  to  Los  Angeles  one  day  last 
month  and  became  charmed  with  a  picture  they  saw  in  Photo- 
grapher Wesner's  showcase,  of  twoBmiling  female  heads  showing 
through  a  hole  broken  in  a  newspaper.  Seized  with  a  desire  to 
have  themselves  photographed  in  just  that  fashion,  they  called 
on  the  artist  and  were  accommodated  with  just  what  they 
wanted.  The  pictures  were  excellent  and  they  were  delighted. 
They  distributed  them  liberally  among  their  gentlemen  friends, 
and  it  was  not  till  they  had  but  few  left  that  they  made  a  horri- 
fying discovery.  The  photographer  had  used  a  morning  daily  for 
framing  the  heads,  and  directly  underneath  where  the  two  laugh- 
ing faces  appeared  was  a  big  display  advertisement  of  a  Spring- 
street  clothing  house,  which  began  thus:  "  There  are  no  flies  on 
us.  Our  overalls  are  reinforced  in  the  seat." — Pacific  Coast  Photo- 
grapher. 


No  matter  what  burner  or 
lamp  you  use,  do  you  get  the 
right  chimney  for  it  ? 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  for  "Index  to 
Chimneys." 

Pearl  glass,  pearl  top,  tough 
glass. 


LAWN    TENNIS. 


THE  tournament  given  by  the  Hotel 
Mateo  last  Thursday,  Friday,  and  Sat- 
urday could  hardly  be  termed  a  brilliant 
success,  as  it  was  rather  too  late  in  the 
season  for  an  affair  of  that  kind,  but  still 
it  did  not  do  the  game  any  harm ,  although 
the  tennis  itself  was  far  from  champion- 
ship form.  Hardly  any  of  the  players 
seemed  able  to  make  any  reputation  for 
themselves,  except  two  who  were  very 
severely  scored  by  a  daily  paper,  only 
because  they  kept,  we  understand,  a  prude 
awake  for  a  few  hours.  It  seems  pretty 
hard  that  tennis  players  are  to  be  criticised 
in  such  manner  for  having  a  little  fun, 
when,  on  the  other  hand,  people  with  hair 
like  that  of  an  untamed  savage  go  yelling 
on  a  hotel  'bus  through  the  streets,  with- 
out being  criticised  even  on  their  return 
from  the  game.  There  is  no  harm  in  stay- 
ing up  late  to  celebrate  a  victory,  so  long 
as  behavior  is  gentlemanly,  and  we  cer- 
tainly cannot  indorse  the  daily's  remarks 
about  the  young  men.  It  certainly  looks 
as  if  one  of  the  crowd,  for  some  reason 
known  only  to  himself,  save  possibly 
spite,  had  the  article  written  because  he 
himself  that  night  had  retired  and  was  left 
out  of  the  fun.  Mr.  Keene  is  certainly  to 
be  congratulated  upon  the  way  he  managed 
the  game,  and  it  was  not  his  fault  that  a 
larger  crowd  did  not  materialize;  but  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  if  during  the  tennis  season 
of  1895  he  were  to  repeat  his  invitation 
tournament,  he  would  be  sure  to  have  a 
successful  meeting,  as  all  who  accepted  his 
hospitality  this  year  have  nothing  but 
praise  for  the  whole  affair.  The  scores  are 
all  well-known,  but  we  are  very  glad  that 
0.  P.  Hubbard  and  G.  B.  de  Long  were  the 
victors.  It  is  always  so  pleasing  to  find 
the  former  in  a  tournament  of  any  kind, 
and  he  and  his  partner  would  make  a  very 
hard  team  to  equal  in  any  respect.  They 
are  both  noted  for  their  gentlemanly  be- 
havior both  on  and  off  the  courts,  and  are 
always  conscientious  in  their  game. 

There  is  still  a  fair  amount  of  playing 
going  on  at  the  clubs,  and  we  have  seen 
Messrs.  W.  H.  Taylor,  H.  N.  Stetson,  and 
Hubbard  at  the  California  Club's  nets  dur- 
ing the  week,  while  on  Saturday  and  Sun- 
days there  is  always  a  good  crowd  out  for 
exercise. 

The  meeting  of  the  Directors  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Club  will  be  held  shortly,  to  elect 
officers  for  the  next  year  and  to  attend 
generally  to  the  business  of  the  day.  It 
depends  on  them  when  the  mixed  doubles 
shall  take  place,  and  we  hope  that  this 
soon  will  come  off,  as  it  is  sure  to  be  inter- 
esting. There  are  about  eight  ladies  who 
have  expressed  their  intention  of  playing, 
tinA  frhio  ought  to  make  a  very  interesting 


Half  the  women  seem  to  be  sick  half 
the  time.  It  must  be  that  most  of  their 
complaints  are  petty;  the  fact  is  notorious 
that  women  live  longer  than  men. 


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of  the  Excise  officers.  No  other  Government  in  the  world  provides  for  consumers  this  in- 
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HENRY  J'ASNIER,  THE  EXPERIENCED 
DIRECTS  UR,  AXD  THE  COMTESSE  DE 
FOLIGNAC.  IT  IS  OWING  TO  THE  CON- 
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REGARDLESS  OF  COST,  THAT  POMMERY  SEC  OCCUPIES  THE 
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SAN  FllAXCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


LBlTtARY. 

THK  sudden  and  unexpected  death  of  K.  O,  Waite,  Secretary  of 
tiiate.  whfch  occurred  ai  Alameda  on  Wednesday  last,  was 
rrcr-lvrd  by  the  public  with  sorrowful  regret.  His  long  and  hon- 
orable career  In  California  was  familiar  to  all  the  old  citizens  ami 
planter!  of  the  8late.  He  was  closing  a  term  of  olHce  in  which 
he  bad  exhibited  (he  greatest  efficiency,  and  having  been  set  aside 
by  his  own  party  for  a  rennmination,  he  had  announced  himself 
a*  an  independent  candidate  His  great  popularity  was  shown 
In  the  last  State  election,  at  which  lime  be  received  many  thou- 
sand* more  voles  than  any  other  man  on  the  successful  ticket. 
He  served  for  eight  years  as  Naval  Officer  under  'Jrant.  and  was 
nominated  by  President  Harrison  for  the  same  nftire,  but  bis  con- 
firmation by  the  Senate  was  defeated  through  the  interference  of 
Justice  Stephen  J.  Field.  His  rugged  and  stern  honesty  and  in- 
dependence of  character  were  his  attractive  peculiarities,  and  won 
for  him  the  esteem  of  all  honorable  men.  Tbe  Governor  bas  ap- 
pointed Albert  Hart  as  bis  successor  to  fill  out  tbe  term,  and  in 
doine  so  bas  surprised  bis  friends  by  making  a  wise  selection. 
Mr.  Hart  was  Governor  Booth's  Private  Secretary,  and  bas  filled 
many  positions  of  trust,  in  all  of  which  he  has  acquitted  himself 
in  the  most  creditable  manner. 

THE  death  of  Dr.  Robert  Mackintosh,  a  well-known  physician 
of  Ibis  city,  occurred  Sunday  at  his  residence,  112  Eleventh 
t-eit.  He  was  eighty  years  of  age,  and  was  the  son  of  tbe  great 
Dr.  Mackintosh  of  Edinburgh  University.  Tbe  late  Dr.  Mackintosh 
was  a  graduate  of  that  institution,  served  as  surgeon  in  the  British 
army  in  Australia,  and  came  to  California  forty  years  ago.  He  was 
a  skillful  physician  and  a  most  estimable  gentleman. 

LAST  Wednesday  occurred  the  death  of  Miss  Julia  Emanuel, 
daughter  of  Mr.  aDd  Mrs.  Lewis  Emanuel,  at  their  home,  1916 
Pacific  avenue.  The  funeral  was  on  Thursday  and  the  interment 
was  at  the  Home  of  Peace  Cemetery,  whither  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  her  friends  accompanied  the  remain*.  She  was  one  of  t*ie 
most  charming  and  accomplished  young  ladies  of  San  Francisco, 
and  her  death  bas  brought  sorrow  to  many  hearts. 

LOCOMOTION    REVOLUTIONIZED. 


THE  wonderful  bicycle  may  be  regarded  merely  as  the  forerun. 
ner  uf  still  more  wonderful  inventions  in  vehicular  locomo- 
tion. It  has  been  a  long  time  gaining  its  present  popularity,  but 
It  Is  so  rational,  so  convenient,  and  so  healthful  that  it  is  a  won- 
der it*  great  popularity  should  have  been  so  long  delayed.  It  is 
amazing  to  read  that  Chicago  has  50,000  "  wheelmen  "  and  New 
York  200,000  (of  whom  20,000  are  women).  A  remarkable  and 
altogether  unexpected  result  of  the  popularity  of  the  bicycle  is 
the  demand  for  better  roads,  and  this  pressure  is  becoming  so 
great  tutt  local  authorities  are  constructing  splendid  highways 
all  ovtr  tbe  country.  The  popularity  of  the  bicycle  is  an  ex- 
pression of  a  desire  to  improve  upon  and  abolish  Ihe 
horse,  which  is  the  most  dangerous  and  unreliable  of 
domestic  animals,  ranking  immeasurably  below  the  dog  and 
considerably  below  the  cow  in  brain  development.  Horses  an- 
nually kill  and  injure  many  times  more  persons  than  the  rail- 
roads. If  the  horse  can  be  dispensed  with  by  the  employment 
of  human  power,  as  in  the  ca*e  of  the  bicycle,  the  genius  of  the 
aye  ought  to  discover  some  form  of  stored  and  portable  power  for 
the  propulsion  of  vehicles  which  supply  ail  the  lacks  of  the  bi- 
cycle. Efforts  have  been  made  to  employ  naptba  and  benzine 
gas  (by  explosion  in  a  cylinder)  for  tbe  purpose,  but  they  have  not 
been  successful,  being  dangerous  and  requiring  skill  in  handling. 
Storage  bitteries  are  as  yet  too  heavy,  and  steam  aid  compreised 
air  are  out  of  the  question.  But  io  these  exhaust  the  resources 
of  ingenious  mechanics?  Are  there  no  other  forms  of  storing 
power  and  renewing  it  conveniently  when  exhausted?  Have 
spiral  springs,  wound  after  the  manner  of  those  in  clocks,  and 
set  in  a  series,  been  tested?  It  is  not  for  a  layman  to  suggest  de- 
tails; it  is  sufficient  for  him  to  show  that  one  of  the  greatest 
needs  of  the  age  is  a  light  vehicle  that  may  be  propelled  on  city 
streets  and  country  roads,  by  means  of  a  light  stored  power 
easily  controlled  and  conveniently  renewed,  and  that  the  man 
who  solves  the  problem  will  make  himself  a  benefactor  of  the  race. 

THE  chrysanthemum  show  of  tbe  California  State  B'loral Society 
opened  Thursday  evening  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building,  232  Sut- 
ter street,  and  will  close  this  evening.  The  attendance  has  been 
very  large  and  the  show  is  gorgeous  and  artistic.  Tbe  admis- 
sion fee  in  the  daytime  is  twenty-five  cents  and  in  the  evening 
fifty  cents. 

THE  New  Texas  Market,  at  85  Ninth  street,  is  enjoying  its  in- 
evitable reward  for  selling  only  tbe  freshest,  cleanest,  and 
best  meat  in  the  market.  Those  who  are  in  a  hurry  never  have 
to  wait. 


The  many  new  and  gorgeous  (lowers  that  are  constantly  coming 
into  the  market  may  always  be  found  in  season  at  Leopold's,  39  Post 
street.  His  reputation  for  skill  in  designing  and  constructing  Moral 
pieces  for  all  occasions  might  well  be  envied  by  the  many  whose  suc- 
cess has  not  been  as  great  as  his.  His  arrangements  with  all  the 
leading  flower  growers,  coupled  with  his  judgment  and  unfailing 
good  taste,  enable  him  to  select  the  best  flowers  and  to  conduct  such 
an  establishment  as  is  bound  to  receive  a  generous  patronage. 


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be  had  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

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SAN  FBAMCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov. 


884. 


LUNCHEONS,  teau,  aud  dinners  have  made  up  a  lengthy  pro- 
gramme of  late,  bat  while  the  first  and  last  form  of  entertain- 
ment ure  eminently  satisfactory  to  a  certain  proportion  of  the  guests, 
it  cannot  be  said  that  all  are  equally  pleased— the  young  dancers,  for 
instance,  who  would  willingly  exchange  half  a  dozen  "feeds"  for  one 
delightful  ball.  In  the  luncheon  line  Miss  Lizzie  Carroll,  Miss  Emily 
Hager,  Miss  Helen  Woolworth,  Miss  Carrie  Peterson,  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Mills,  and  Miss  Fanny  Loughborough  have  been  the  recent  hostesses. 
Mrs.  Wildeman,  Mrs.  Center,  Mrs.  Hopkins,  aud  Miss  Mamie 
Thomas  have  presided  charmingly  at  dinners,  and  (aside  from  the 
Sunday  gatherings)  the  most  noticeable  of  the  teas  were  the  two 
given  yesterday  by  Mrs.  David  Rixler,  and  by  Mrs.  Frank  Pixley  for 
the  debut  of  her  niece,  Miss  Edith  Nelson,  aud  Miss  Rosalinde  Bry- 
ant; and  that  which  will  take  place  to-day  at  Mrs.  G.  C.  Boardman's, 
wheu  her  niece,  Miss  Ethel  Tompkins,  will  make  her  formal  appear- 
ance as  a  bud.  

Exceedingly  fortunate  was  Miss  Carrie  Uwin,  who  had  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  days  of  the  season  for  her  water  frolic  last  Saturday. 
The  tug  Rockawny,  which  had  been  placed  at  her  service  by  Mr. 
Irving  Scott,  never  carried  a  party  of  guests  more  determined  upon 
enjoying  themselves  than  it  did  that  day,  and  all  were  charmed  wiih 
the  programme  arranged  for  their  gratification,  which  included  a 
visit  to  the  Union  Iron  Works  and  the  cruisers  Oregon  and  Olympics,, 
a  sail  round  the  bay,  music,  and  a  delicious  luncheon,  and  it  was 
with  sincere  regret  that  the  home  landing  was  made  as  the  sun  was 
setting. 

In  the  multiplicity  of  smaller  affairs  (mostly  gastronomic)  dancing 
has  not  been  entirely  neglected  this  week.  In  fact,  the  week  opened 
with  a  very  pleasant  one  given  by  the  Golden  Gate  Commandery  at 
their  Hall  on  Sutter  street,  which,  after  the  more  serious  business  of 
the  evening— the  flag  presentation  and  consequent  speeches  had  been 
accomplished,  was  heartily  enjoyed  for  several  hours.  Then  came 
the  hop  at  the  Presidio,  and  the  dance  this  afternoon  will  prove  a 
charming  finale  to  the  week's  pleasure. 

The  Entre  Nous  Club  opened  its  winter  season  last  Friday  evening 
in  the  most  delightful  manner.  The  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace  was 
the  place  chosen  for  the  gathering,  and  after  a  preliminary  dance  or 
two  the  cotillion  was  formed  under  the  leadership  of  Sanford  Lewald, 
who  had  for  his  partner  Miss  Neva  King.  There  were  three  figures 
danced,  the  Entre  Nous  Flag,  Grecian  Cross,  and  Developed  Circles, 
all  of  them  new  and  pretty.  After  them  came  more  general  dancing 
and  then  supper.  There  was  a  very  large  attendance,  nearly  all  the 
members  being  present,  and  the  costumes  of  the  ladies  were  becom- 
ing and  handsome.  The  second  of  the  series  of  the  club  dances  is  set 
for  the  30th  of  November. 


Tbeatre  parties  have  not  been  so  numerous  as  they  were  last  week, 
concert  parties  having  taken  their  place  to  a  great  degree;  in  fact, 
have  become  quite  the  correct  thing  to  do.  Miss  Helen  Sutro  had  a 
very  large  one  a  few  evenings  ago,  followed  by  supper  at  home.  Miss 
Ethel  Cohen's  party  included  some  of  the  prettiest  of  our  young 
belles,  as  will  the  matinee  party  at  the  Baldwin  this  afternoon.  Sev- 
eral very  large  parties  are  being  arranged  for  next  Monday  evening 
at  both  the  Baldwin  and  the  Auditorium. 


Next  week  will  be  decidedly  prolific  of  teas  aud  "at  homes."  On 
Monday  Mrs.  Henry  Gibbons  will  hold  the  first  of  her  two  l ecep- 
lions,  and  will  have  two  lovely  assistants  in  her  daughter  and  her 
nitce,  Miss  Ida  Gibbons  and  Miss  Ethel  Cohen.  On  Tuesday  Mrs. 
Paul  Jarboe's  first  wedding  reception  wilj  take  place,  when  a  bevy  of 
the  fair  hostess'  bridesmaids  will  be  in  attendance.  On  Thursday 
Mrs.  Horace  Hill  gives  a  tea  at  her  residence  on  Pacific  Heights; 
Friday's  tea  at  Mrs.  Marks'  on  Haight  street,  will  be  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Aid  Society  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  and  Saturday's  teas  will 
both  be  for  charity — one  at  Mrs.  Collins'  at  2512  Sacramento  street, 
where  the  beneficiary  will  be  the  Nursery  for  Homeless  Children, 
and  the  evening  will  he  devoted  to  vocal  and  instrumental  music; 
the  other  will  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  Woman's  Exchange,  which 
annual  affair  has  usually  taken  the  form  of  some  unique  and  delight- 
ful entertainment,  and,  with  the  Friday  Night  Cotillion,  has  gen- 
erally had  the  honor  of  opening  the  winter  '  season."  So  there  is 
little  wonder  that  they  are  always  looked  forward  to  with  curiosity 
and  impatience.  This  year  the  lady  managers  have  decided  to  fol- 
low the  lead  already  set,  and  will  give  a  tea  on  Saturday  afternoon, 
at  which  there  will  be  dancing  between  the  hours  of  four  and  seven 
p.  M.  at  the  National  Guard  Hall,  on  Ellis  street,  the  floor  of  which 
is  said  to  possess  superlative  merits  for  dancing. 

Among  the  dinners  of  next  week  will  be  one  at  Mrs.  W.  I.  Kip's, 
on  Wednesday  evening,  at  which  the  guests  will  all  be  young  people, 
friends  of  her  daughter,  Miss  Clementina,  who  will  be  the  hostess  of 
the  occasion. 

Fob  a  complete  and  choice  line  of  Dorfliager  Cut  Glass  in  the  very  latest 
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Living  pictures  bid  fair  to  become  a  craze  this  season.  They  have 
been  tried  with  great  success  at  the  theatres,  and  in  private  circles 
there  are  a  number  who  will  follow  Miss  Alice  Ames'  example  in  the 
near  future.  Oakland  has  already  opened  the  ball  on  that  side  of  the 
bay,  charity  being  the  motive  for  which  Mrs.  Brum  well  opened  the 
doors  uf  her  home  on  Madison  street  last  Friday  evening,  when  six 
"living  pictures, "  with  musical  accompaniment,  were  admired  by  a 
large  assemblage,  after  which  there  was  dancing. 

Mrs.  McBean  and  Miss  Edith  have  arrived  in  safety  on  the  other 
side  of  the  Atlantic,  and  will  spend  the  ensuing  four  months  in  for- 
eign travel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon  are  among  the  latest  intend- 
ing pilgrims  to  the  Nile,  as  it  is  their  present  purpose  to  spend  the 
winter  in  Egypt,  whither  so  many  Californians  are  now  en  route. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  Parrott  aud  family  have  arrived  in  town  for  the  winter, 
and  are  occupying  the  Parrott  mansion  on  Sutter  street. 


On  Saturday  evening,  the  10th  inst. ,  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  George 
Straut,  202S  Scott  street,  the  Mispah  Club  will  give  a  literary  and 
musical  entertainment  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor.  The  admission 
fpp,  including  refreshments,  is  fifty  cents. 

Miss  Emma  Butler  recently  gave  the  first  of  a  series  of  progressive 
euchre  parties,  and  entertained  sixteen  of  her  young  friends  at  the 
Richelieu. 


The  baseball  game  to  be  played  for  the  benefit  of  the  Woman's 
Hospital  on  the  17th  instant  will  no  doubt  draw  a  large  crowd  to 
Central  Park,  for  aside  from  the  worthiness  of  the  charity  there  will 
be  star  players  on  both  sides,  the  price  of  admission  will  be  only 
fifty  cents,  and  chief  of  all,  it  being  a  society  affair,  that  select  body 
wilt  turn  out  in  full  ranks  that  day. 

The  Hopkins  family  will  be  decidedly  in  the  minority  here  this 
winter.  Mrs.  Mark  departed  some  time  ago,  and  will  spend  the  win- 
ter abroad;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tim  left  us  last  week  with  the  intention  of 
making  Gotham  their  headquarters  for  several  months,  and  next 
month  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ed  Hopkins  will  follow  in  their  footsteps,  and 
will  not  return  until  early  in  the  new  year. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Kahn  have  taken  rooms  at  the  new  hotel, 
the  Baltimore,  for  the  winter  months.  Mrs.  John  Boges  and  Miss 
Alice  are  at  the  Kichelieu  for  the  season. 

WELCOME  HOME! 

On    His   Return    from    a 
Triump'ial    Tour  of  the    State,   to 

HON.   M.   M.    ESTEE, 

OUR     NEXT     GOVERNOR,  at 

WOODWARD'S  GARDEN  PAVILION, 

Valencia  Street,  between  Fourteenth  and  Itidley, 

SATURDAY   EVENING,  NOV.   3." 

SPEAKERS : 

HON.    M.    M.   ESTEE, 

Colonel  J.  P.   Jackson,  Hon.  S.  M.  Shortridge,  and  Lee  Fairchild. 
EX-U.  S.  SENATOR  A.  P.  WILLIAMS  presides. 

National  and  Campaign  Songs.  Music  by  the  Park  Band.  Seats 
Reserved  lor  Ladies  and  Their  Escorts. 

EVERYBODY    WELCOME. 

All  Republican  Organizations  are  Invited.  The  Valencia.  Mission, 
and  Market  street  cable  and  the  eleCLric  cars  go  near  the  hall. 

P.  B.  CORNWALL, 
Chairman  Republican  Stale  Central  Cummittee. 

D.  M.  BURNS,  Secretary. 


L  1894. 


s.\\   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


23 


OM Of  theprettiet:  waddings   that  have  taken  place  in  .lewi-li  rir. 
rie*  ibi«  sra*on  •»*  ■olemnlMd  at  thi  -  .lomon  Etatn, 

on  Post  stcv  v  evening,  the  contracting  parties  balllg  his 

dauprh  <\  Edward R.Oallaod.  Palms,  foliage, 

and  Sowan  were  osad  In  the  graataal  profusion  in  adorning  the 
rooms,  the  fea'ure  o(  the  drcornti-tn- hfiiip  the  tower  placed  in  (he 
i"«  window  of  the  front  room,  overwhfcfa  bang  a  mnrrinpe  bell 
formed  of  roses  and  ebryaanfhemnmSi  and  beneath  which  Rabbi 
Jacob  Voorsanger  performed  lite  nuptial  service.  The  brfdaJ  parly, 
which  entered  the  room  at  haH-paM  elghfi  wasted  by  four  pretty 
little  children.  Florence  Qalland,  and  Lillian.  Max.  and  LucelO 
K»>-.  each  of  whom  carried  a  basket  of  sweet  pea  blossoms.  The 
bride,  who  was  given  away  by  her  father,  wore  an  exquisite  gOwti  of 
ivory  satin  made  with  a  court  train  and  irimined  with  duchesse  luce. 
A  cluster  of  orange  blossoms  confined  her  fleecy  tulle  veil  to  her 
coiffure,  and  fhe  carried  a  bomjuet  of  bridal  roses.  Miss  Clemence 
Reiss  and  Miss  Wanda  Galland,  who  officiated  as  bridesmaids,  wore 
respectively  gowns  of  white  silk  trimmed  with  lace,  and  pale  yellow 
trimmed  with  violets.  Samuel  Levy  was  the  groom's  best  man. 
Mrs.  Ileiss,  mother  of  the  bride,  was  attired  in  an  elegant  gown  of 
lavender  satin  trimmed  with  point  lace,  and  wore  a  profusion  of 
diamonds.  After  the  ceremony,  congratulations  were  in  order,  and 
then  supper  was  served  in  the  rooms  on  the  lower  Moor,  which  was 
followed  by  dancing.  The  presents  were  exceedingly  handsome, 
comprising  almost  everything  iu  the  way  of  bric-a-brac,  silverware, 
cut  glass  and  jewels.  The  bride  and  groom  are  spending  the  honey- 
moon making  a  lour  of  the  southern  counties,  and  upon  their  re- 
turn will  reside  at  1500  Post  street. 


Several  new  marriage  engagements  have  been  lately  announctd, 
among  them  Miss  Lucille  Edwards  and  Robert  Augustus  Bray,  of 
Fruiivale.  whose  wedding  will  take  place  on  Wednesday,  November 
14th,  in  Alameda.  Another  one,  of  much  interest  in  Jewish  circks, 
is  between  Miss  Sadie  Lowentbal  and  Benno  Hart,  and  they  will  hold 
their  first  reception  at  Mrs.  Shainwald's  on  Baker  street,  next  Sun- 
day afternoon.  The  wedding  day  of  Miss  Hilda  Berwin  and  J.  Hat- 
tield  Morton  is  set  for  Tuesday,  November  20th,  and  will  be  solemn- 
ized very  quietly  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  on  Goldeu  Gate 
avenue. 


The  engagement  of  Miss  Selina  Dannenbaum  to  Samuel  Unler- 
meyer,  of  New  York,  is  announced,  the  wedding  to  occur  in  Hie 
spring.  There  is  not  a  sweeter  bud  whose  engagement  has  been  an- 
nounced than  that  of  Miss  Selina  Dannenbaum.  Her  many  friends 
will  be  delighted  to  know  they  are  not  to  lose  her  until  next  May, 
when  Mr.  Samuel  Untermeyerof  New  York  will  claim  her  for  his  own. 


The  wedding  cards  of  Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Binns  have  been  issued. 
They  will  receive  at  Angel  Island  on  Thursdays  in  November. 


Mr.  Oelrichs  is  atlast  coming  in  for  a  share  of  the  honors  so  lav- 
ishly bestowed  upon  his  wife  and  her  sister,  Miss  Fair,  since 
their  arrival,  he  having  been  the  guest  of  honor  at  the  banquet  given 
on  Tuesday  evening  by  Mr.  Pbelan  at  the  Pacific  Union  Club.  Mrs. 
Oelrichs  has  appeared  in  the  role  of  hostess  this  week,  and  albeit  her 
dinner  was  a  small  and  informal  one,  it  was  no  doubt  the  herald  of 
others  more  pretentious  to  follow  later  on. 


What  a  debt  of  gratitude  the  matrons  of  society — especially  those 
not  gifted  with  unlimited  means— owe  the  charming  Miss  Alice  Ames 
for  her  original  and  very  sensible  idea  in  giving  the  entertainment 
at  her  house,  where  a  sort  of  Vienna  Prater  on  a  small  scale  whs 
most  delightfully  inaugurated  1  For  it  is  safe  to  say  other  affairs  of 
like  nature  will  follow.  The  small  tables  for  beer  and  pretzels  was  a 
change  from  Ludwig's  fare,  and  change  is  the  fad  of  the  day.  Some 
of  the  beaux  thought  smoking  would  have  made  the  thine  perfect, 
but  the  room  was  not  large  enough  for  that.  The  talented  family  of 
the  fair  violinist  are  an  orchestra  in  themselves,  as  each  member  of 
it  plays  a  different  instrument. 

Teas  Hourish  apparently  in  defiance  of  a  spirit  of  mutiny,  but  the 
girls  are  cudgeling  their  brains  for  something  more  enlivening  as  a 
means  of  enjoyment  for  the  swim.  It  is  said  that  a  well  known 
beau  has  in  contemplation  an  invasion  of  Chinatown  as  his  offering 
at  the  shrine  of  novelty,  the  idea  being  a  slumming  party,  followed 
by  a  supper  at  one  of  the  principal  Chinese  restaurants.  Some  people 
think  that  any  one  having  stomach  for  the  one  can  digest  the  other. 
As  to  the  tableaux,  the  success  of  the  "  Living  Pictures"  proved  that 
society  is  ahead  of  professional  people  in  beauty  of  subject  and  pai- 
ticipants.  

On  the  17th  inst.  a  game  of  baseball  will  be  played  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Charity  Fund  of  the  California  Woman's  Hospital  (of  which 
Mr.*.  A.  N.  Towne  is  President),  between  the  Bohemian  Club  and 
University  nines.  The  price  of  tickets  will  be  one  dollar,  and  the 
game  will  be  calk-d  at  2:30  o'clock. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Win.  Frank,  Miss  Elsie,  and  Kudolph  Frank  have 
returned  to  Frankfurt  after  visiting  Milan  and  the  Italian  and  Swiss 
bike*.  Thev  will -pend  the  winter  in  Berlin  or  Montreux,  Switz>'i- 
LmcL 


MRS.    KATE  JOHNSON'S 
COLLECTION. 


By  order  (if  the  Executors  of  the  Estate  of  Mrs 
Kale  Johnson,  Deceased,  and  the  Directors  of 
the  Mary's  rJfelp  Hospital  and  bj'  order  of  the 
Probate  Court,  the  personal  property  of  said 
estate,  collected  at  a  cost  of  over 


$250,000, 


We  will  sell 


AT  AUCTION 

In  GOLDEN  GATE  HALL, 

Sutter  St.,  near  Jones, 
Commencing  on 

THURSDAY,  Nov.  8,  IB94, 

Continuing  daily  until  aud  including  (Sunday  excepted) 
THURSDAY,  Nov.  15,  1894. 

AUCTION  SALE  EVERY  DAY 

At  2  o'clock  afternoons  and  7:30  o'clock  evenings 

PUBLIC  FREE  EXHIBITION 

WEDNESDAY,  Nov.  7lh,  from  9  o'clock  a.  m. 
to  11  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  every  morning  during 
the  sale  from  9  a.  m.  to  1  p.  m. 
The  collection  comprises 

OIL,  WATER  COLOR,  and 
PASTEL  PAINTINGS. 

ARTISTS— M.  de  Munkacsy,  Von  Thonen,  Jas. 
L.  Hyppolite,  Bellange,  Jozef  Brandt,  T.  15. 
Huet,  W.  Cray,  Van  Marcke,  Julien  Dupre, 
Ed  Moran,  Hans  Markat,  H.  H.  Moore,  C.  Kah- 
Iar,  T.  Hill,  Theo.  Wores,  Wm.  Keith,  Edwin 
Deakin  and  many  others. 

Magnificent  Bronze  and    Marble  Statues, 

By  the  best  European  Sculptors. 
Magnificent  So  itaire  Dimonds 

The  exquisite  Empress  Eugenie,  17  diamonds  (square  cut)  necklace 

Ruby.  Opal,  Sapphire, 

And  other  valuable  stoues  iu  Pins  and  Rings  aud  other  high  cost  jewelry 

Superb  Mantel  Clocks- 
Venetian  High  Art 

Elaborately  Carved  *  ood  Furniture  and  Life  Sized  Figures. 
French  Bronze  and  Italian  Marble  Busts,  Statuettes,  Crnaments 
Magnificent  Cutlery  and  Silverware. 
Elegant  Ivory  Carvings 
Exquisite  Roy^l   Tapestries- 
Beautiful  Crystal  Cut  and  Bohemian  Glass  Ware. 
Magnificent  Fersian,  Ind  an,  and  Turkish  Rugs. 
Handsoms  French  and  other  Laces- 
Elaborate  Ivory  Wood  and  Antique  Silver  Crosses- 
Venetian  Porch   Lanterns- 

Kingsboroueh's  Mexic-n  Antiquities  —  9  Volumes  Very    Ex- 
pensive 
And  an  endless  number  of  Objects  d'Art. 


We  earnesily  request  all  intending  buyers  to  examine  these  choice 
articles  carefully,  as  hundreds  of  them— singly— reach  in  value  into 
ihe  thousands  of  dollars,  and  it  is  no  doubt  one  of  the  choicest  col- 
lections  on  the  JPai  itic  Coast. 

N.  B  — Every  article  in  this  sale  belongs  to  the  collection. 

EA5TON,  ELDR  DGE  &  CO., 

AUCTIONEERS 


24 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Nov.  3,  1894  . 


NO  FEAR  OF  PIMPLES 

OR    BLACKHEADS 

If  you  use  Woodbury's  Facial 
Soap.  It  is  a  pure  antiseptic, 
medicinal  toilet  soap  for  daiiy  use, 
prepared  by  a  specialist  who  has 
had  20  years' 
experience 
treating  the 
skin.  Drug- 
gists sell  it. 

Inev  wirh  every  cake 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  o!  Market  Street. 
8AN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  KAFAEL. 

WEEK  DA Y8— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  a.  m.  :  12:35.3:30, 
6:10,  6:30  p.  m.  Thursdays— Extra  trip  at 
11 :30  p.  M .  Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  50  aud 
11:30  p.  M. 

8UNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 
6:20  p.  M. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 
3:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.:  1:40,  3:40,5:00, 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  Sao  Francisco  and  Scbuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 


Leave S.F. 

la  Effect 
Ap'l  15,1894. 

ARBIVRIN  s.  F. 

Snnd^ysj  ]£«* 

Days 

Sundays 

Desti'tion 

7:40a.m. 

3:30  p.  m\ 
5:11  P  *. 

8:00  a.m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.M. 

Novato, 
Petalums, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40  A.  m 
6:05  p.m 
7-30P.M 

8:5Ca.  M 
10:30  am 
6:15cm 

7.40a.  M. 
3:30  P.M. 

8:00a.m. 


Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pleta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30  P.M. 

10:30  am 
6:15  pm 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.  M 

8:00  A.M. 

Guernoville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30  AM 
6:15  PM 

7:40a.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m. 

5:00p.m 

Sonoma 

Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m.|8:M>am. 
6:05p.m  |6:15pm. 

7:40a, M 
3:30  p.m 

S  :00a.m. 
5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a.  m|10:SOa.m 
6  05 P.M  1  6:lftp.M 

Stages  connect  at  Geyservllle  for  Skaggs 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pleta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes.  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville, 
Greenwood,  Orr'a  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley,  John  Day's,  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
Tiile,  HydeBVille  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.O.  WHITING, 

Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CI. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  m.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Belgic Thursday,  Nov.  15,  1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,  Dec  4,1894 

Gaelic Monday,  December  24,  1894 

Belgic  Thursday,  Jan.  24, 1895 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED   RATE8 

Oibio  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tlcxets  for  sale  at  8.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets.  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  San  Francisco. 

i.ii.  GOODMAN,  Gen. Pass.  Agt. 


YOUNG  women  have  many  accomplish- 
ments that  old  women  don't  have,  but 
they  can't  start  fires.  A  youog  woman 
with  paper,  kindling,  and  coal  oil  can't 
make  as  good  a  fire  as  an  old  woman  on 
with  a  few  pieces  of  rough  wood.  Men 
can't  touch  women  when  it  comes  to  mak. 
ing  fires. 

Theee  is  a  frightful  lot  of  love  wasted; 
people  are  extravagant  with  it  in  their 
youth,  and  suffer  for  the  lack  of  it  in  old 
age. 

After  a  young  man  has  called  on  a  girl 
three  times,  she  begins  to  see  reasons  wby 
be  would  not  be  a  very  bad  match,  after 
all. 

Who  will  chop  the  wood  in  the  future 
for  all  the  lawyers  and  physicians?  Wbo 
will  do  the  cooking  for  the  girls  who  play 
tbe  piano  and  paint  ? 

They  say  it  is  possible  for  a  man  to  tell 
a  lie  so  often  that  be  will  finally  believe  it 
himself. 

It  is  no  fun  to  see  a  man  make  a  fool  of 
himself;  it  is  too  suggestive  of  what  all  of 
us  are  liable  to. — Atchison  Globe. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for. 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Nov.  6,  21.    Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  C.  aud  Pugpt  duuiin  norts,  Oct  'it . 
Nov.  1,  6.  11,  J6f  2L.2Q.  Dec  3,  6,11,  1  ,  21,  26,31, 
and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing 'Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, a  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Augeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Pun  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles)  aud  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alieruHtflv  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Eu^euada,  Magdal  -ua  Bay  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mnzatlau,  La  Paz  aud  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  ;t.  Paul,  10  a.  m.,  i5th  of  each  mouth. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  A  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Marketstreet,  San  Francisco 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  Yoek,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 

8.  S.  "  Acapulo,"  November  8, 1894. 
S.  S.  "Col  ma."  November  19,  1894. 
S.  S.  "San  Bias,"  October  28,  1894. 
S.  8.  "Saa  Juau,"  December  S,  1894. 

Note.— When  the  sailing  day  falls  on  Sunday, 
steamers  will  be  despatched  the  following  Mon- 
day. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG. 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkoug  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  p.  m. 

S.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Nov.   6,  1894,  at 

S.  S.  "Peru."  Saturday,  Nov.  24, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 
13, 1894,  at  3  p.  M. 

8.  8.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  January 
3, 1896,  at  3  p.  m 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  cor- 
ner First  and  Brannan  streets.  Branch  office— 
202  Front  street.        ALEXANDER  CENTER, 

General  Agent 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tour6,  steamer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
$610.  Second  class, 
$350. 
\^5  O.  S.  S.  Company's 
steamers  sail: 
For  HONOLULU' 
S.  8.  •'  AORTBALIA," 

Oct.  27,  1894 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  S. 
"ALAMEDA,"  Nov- 
ember 15th. 
For  passage  apply  to  1S8  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  Sl-KECKELo  &  BEOS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


s£VETl 


VIGOR  »  MEN 

Easily,  Quickly,  Permanently  Restored. 

Weakness,  Nervousness* 
Debility,  and  all  the  train 
" ,  of  evils  from  early  errors  or 
later  excesses,  the  results  of 
overwork,  sickness,  worry, 
etc.  Full  strength,  devel- 
opment andtone given  to 
aevery  organ  and  portion 
...  of  the  body.  Simple,  nat- 
r^l  Hl\«  ural  rnethods.     Immedi- 
,1   P'll/j  ate    improvement    seen. 
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The  cartoon  in  this  issue  will  be  readily  recognised  as  the  portrait  of  W. 
W.  Slow,  in  most  uays  a  sphynx  and  in  all  ways  the  most  philosophic  and 
imperturbable  of  men.  lie  carries  his  seventy  years  as  easily  as  his  almost 
gigantic  stature.  Those  irho  have  never  got  very  close  to  this  quiet,  modest 
kindly  man,  and  hare  heard  of  him  only  as  a  mysterious  and  formidable 
political  manager,  can  hardly  form  a  conception  of  his  genial  character. 
Forty  years  ago  he  was  President  of  the  California  Assembly,  the  only 
Whig  thai  ever  filled  that  chair ;  and  besides  he  was  one  of  the  leading 
lawyers  of  the  State,  lie  is  best  known  to  the  public  of  to-day  as  one  of  the 
Park  Commissioners  and  as  having  made  the  beautifying  of  that  popular 
retreat  his  favorite  study  and  pastime.  For  these  services  the  people  have  a 
due  appreciation,  and  for  the  man  who  so  intelligently  performs  them  the 
admiration  due  his  genius. 


NEVADA   has   sustained    its    reputation    by   returning   Frank 
Newlands  to  Congress  on  a  silver  basis.     It  was  a  bonanza 
success. 


CIVILIZATION  is  making  Its  way  into  Kentucky  in  me  most 
surprising  manner.  Only  three  murders  have  been  reported 
as  occurring  on  the  day  of  the  election,  and  not  one  of  the  victims 
was  a  negro. 

A  CORRECT  analysis  of  the  vote  of  the  election  just  past,  judg- 
ing from  the  pluralities  received  by  the  foremost  Republican 
candidates,  will  show  that  Morris  M.  Estee's  defeat  is  about  as 
pronounced  as  that  of  1882. 


THERE  has  not  been  so  much  said  about  the  German  embargo 
on  American  cattle  as  there  was  on  the  American  hog.  There 
need  not  be,  as  the  number  exported  annually  to  that  country 
has  been  only  4000,  while  Great  Britain  has  called  for  392,941. 


THE  Rev.  Dr.  Parkhurst,  of  New  York  city,  is  the  man  who 
should  receive  the  credit  for  the  political  revolution  in  that 
State.  Here  is  one  preacher  who  has  performed  good  service, 
bnt  it  is  not  necessary  for  him  to  engage  as  a  "Star"  on  the  road 
to  be  rewarded. 


IT  is  said  that  the  only  obstacle  to  an  alliance  between  Russia 
and  France  is  a  financial  one.  That  is  the  prime  requisite. 
The  alliances  made  by  all  Europeans  with  Americans  have  been 
for  a  financial  consideration,  and  the  Americans  usually  pay 
dearly  for  their  whistles. 


ONE  of  the  questions  and  doubts  presented  to  women  who  are 
seeking  the  ballot  is:  "Are  they  sure  that  their  intrusion 
into  politics  will  not,  in  the  end,  serve  to  strengthen  the  very 
evils  they  seek  to  eradicate?"  The  probabilities  are  that  they 
have  never  stopped  to  think. 


SOME  humorist  started  the  report  that  ex-Senator  Fair  was 
about  to  promote  science  by  expending  $100,000  in  furnishing 
an  immense  telescope  for  the  Lick  University.  It  is  due  tbat 
gentleman  to  say  that  he  never  invests  in  any  instrument  that 
has  not  a  small  end  in  which  to  deposit  and  a  large  end  Iron 
which  to  gather  the  increase. 


OF  course  President  Cleveland  is  receiving  all  the  blame  for 
Hill's  defeat  in  New  York  because  he  refrained  from  meddling 
with  the  campaign.  The  President  is  a  weighty  individual,  but 
he  is  a  Democrat,  and  the  result  shows  that  any  man  connected 
with  the  organization  who  intruded  his  presence  into  this  little 
affair  only  aggravated  the  matter.  It  is  possible  that  Mr.  Cleve- 
land had  a  pretty  good  idea  of  the  temper  of  the  people,  and  did 
the  best  service  he  could  for  Mr.  Hill  by  keeping  quiet.  He  is 
credited  with  being  sagacious  in  political  matters. 


THE  departure  of  several  hundred  Chinamen  for  the  Flowery 
Kingdom,  where  they  go  to  Btay.  was  not  made  a  matter  of 
rejoicing  by  the  "Chinese  must  go"  element.  The  pressure  of 
hard  times  was  more  potent  than  the  pressure  of  sandlotters,  and 
the  Japanese  here,  as  at  home,  seem  to  defeat  them  in  every 
avenue,  chasing  them  from  their  fields  of  industry. 


THE  death  of  Miss  Fannie  Cohen  from  the  effects  of  carbolic 
acid  taken  by  mistake  in  place  of  a  catarrh  remedy,  last  Tues- 
day, was  a  sad  and  melancholy  affair.  She  was  a  very  bright  and 
amiable  young  lady,  and  had  suffered  from  catarrhal  affection  for 
years.  Such  accidents  onght  to  Impress  people  with  the  import- 
ance of  guarding  against  the  use  of  deadly  poisons. 


THE  trial  of  Worden  for  the  murder  of  Engineer  Clark,  now 
drawing  to  a  close  at  Woodland,  presents  some  peculiar 
features,  and  the  refusal  of  his  attorneys  to  place  him  on  the  wit- 
ness stand,  although  be  has  made  the  request,  suggests  that  all 
hope  of  securing  a  verdict  of  acquittal  has  vanished,  and  that  the 
last  resort  will  be  the  services  of  a  commission  of  lunacy.  His 
actions  all  through  have  not  been  very  sane,  to  say  the  least,  bat 
if  not  insane,  he  possesses  elements  of  mischief  that  should  not  be 
permitted  to  be  practiced  outside  of  the  penitentiary. 


AT  last  the  committee  that  was  entrusted  with  funds  provided 
for  the  erection  of  a  Grant  monument  in  Golden  Gate  Park 
have  concluded  to  act.  The  contract  has  been  let  to  the  sculptor, 
Rupert  Schmid,  who  modeled  General  Grant  from  life.  The  Grant 
Monument  Committee  has  been  in  existence  ever  since  his  death, 
but  the  amount  of  funds  desired  has  not  been  secured.  The 
monument  and  bust  will  be  as  nearly  a  copy  of  the  one  at  River- 
side Park,  on  the  Hudson,  as  possible. 


THE  struggle  between  San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  for  the 
trade  of  the  San  Joaquin  valley  north  of  Tehachapi  seems  to 
provide  a  large  field  for  speculation.  Los  Angeles  has  made 
some  lively  strides  during  the  past  year  in  the  way  of  buildings, 
and  she  is  also  encroaching  on  territory  heretofore  occupied  by 
the  merchants  of  this  city  in  her  strides  toward  rivalry  in  trade. 
The  cbarge  is  being  made  that  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  has 
operated  in  freight  charges  to  points  in  that  valley  in  a  way  to 
alienate  the  producers  and  throw  business  south.  If  such  things 
are  true,  the  matter  should  be  remedied  without  delay,  for  San 
Francisco  cannot  afford  to  lose  any  of  her  commercial  territory, 
and  particularly  so  important  a  field  as  the  great  San  Joaquin 
Valley. 

THE  days  of  "  blocks  of  voters  "  in  California  are  over,  as 
was  most  provokingly  demonstrated  last  Tuesday.  There 
were  attempts  to  consolidate  in  mutual  protective  associations  in 
various  forms,  and  organizations  formed  for  certain  purposes,  but 
the  vote  did  not  show  any  solidity  in  any  one.  Even  the  indus- 
trial elements  exercised  an  independence  that  was  surprising  to 
employers,  who  merely  suggested  a  course  that  would  be  mutually 
beneficial  to  all  concerned.  It  may  be  best,  but  it  is  nevertheless 
true,  that  the  man  of  affairs  who  knows  his  business  is  the  best 
fitted  to  give  counsel  and  advice  where  his  material  interests  may 
be  jeopardized  in  consequence  of  certain  results,  and  so  long  as 
he  does  not  make  any  arbitrary  demands,  and  can  give  a  reason 
not  in  conflict  with  a  freeman's  reasonable  views,  his  counsel 
should  be  taken  into  consideration. 


AS  was  p  edicted  in  the  News  Letter  a  few  weeks  ago,  the 
raisin  combine,  which  was  so  enthusiastically  organized 
through  the  energies  of  prominent  producers  in  Fresno,  has  struck 
the  customary  rock  and  been  wrecked.  This  is  bad  for  the  men 
engaged  in  that  industry,  but  it  is  only  a  repetition  of  the  disasters 
that  have  followed  in  the  history  of  all  the  attempts  of  farmers 
and  producers  to  unite  for  mutual  protection  in  this  State.  The 
Grangers'  Mutual  Association  of  several  years  ago  met  with  the 
same  fate  through  the  acts  of  weak  and  suspicions  members,  and 
the  Fruit  Union  was  betrayed  on  the  same  principle,  and  in  this 
instance  the  middle  men  played  upon  the  credulity  of  some  of  the 
members,  and  they  forgot  their  pledges.  These  crafty  middle  men 
are  agents  of  wealthy  shippers  who  assault  any  and  all  combina- 
tions. They  cannot  afford  to  lose  the  control  of  such  an  important 
industry,  and  hence  they  resort  to  any  means  to  create  dissention 
and  hold  their  grip. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10,  1894. 


OBSERVATIONS    ON    THE    ELECTIONS. 

THERE  is  one  of  the  most  stinging  rebukes  contained  in  the 
result  of  the  political  contest  just  closed  that  was  ever  ad- 
ministered to  a  party  claiming  any  degree  of  respectability.  The 
results  wbicb  have  been  reached  by  the  Republican  party  in  the 
East  provide  the  most  unmistakable  evidence  that  the  people 
desired  a  sweeping  change  in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of 
the  Government,  and  the  sentiment  was  almost  universally  in 
favor  of  a  Republican  victory.  The  conditions  were  such  that 
the  party  in  power  had  lost  the  confidence  of  the  masses,  and 
whether  the  Democratic  party  were  responsible  for  the  condition 
or  not,  a  change  was  demanded  on  the  same  principle  that  the 
drowning  man  will  catch  at  a  straw.  While  the  masses  are  honest 
and  Independent,  they  rarely  have  a  proper  understanding  of  the 
questions  that  affect  the  commercial  interests  of  the  country  at 
large.  Whatever  affects  the  centers  of  business  must  necessa- 
rily affect  them.  The  disturbance  in  finance  and  productive  in- 
dustries did  not  originate  from  any  action  of  the  Administration, 
either  Republican  or  Democratic,  but  was  thrust  upon  us  through 
the  disasters  that  overtook  speculators  in  Australia  and  Argen- 
tine, and  the  whole  civilized  world  suffered  in  consequence. 
Probably  we  were  not  so  well  prepared  for  the  emergency  as  we 
might  have  been.  There  had  been,  for  several  years,  an  utter 
disregard  for  the  principles  of  economy  in  private  as  well  as  in 
public  life,  and  in  common  with  others  we  have  suffered.  In 
politics  we  have  bad  teachers,  for  partisan  zeal  is  not  of  the 
most  honest  character,  when  men  strive  for  office.  Theorizing 
never  changes  a  condition  that  disorganized  commerce  presents, 
and  radical  carpenters  in  finance  are  not  safe  workmen.  Capital 
will  not  venture  where  communistic  ideas  prevail,  and  without, 
the  employment  of  capital  all  industrial  enterprises  cease.  It 
was  just  such  a  condition  that  visited  this  country  two  years 
ago,  and  the  Democratic  party,  being  in  power,  has  been  made 
the  packhorse  to  bear  the  burdens  of  the  distress,  and  the  result 
has  produced  a  monster  political  revolution  that  is  so  emphatic  that 
no  one  can  question  its  significance.  The  cnange  is  so  radical 
that  it  will  be  almost  impossible — in  fact  it  would  be  a  miracle — 
for  the  Democratic  party  to  gain  control  of  Congress  at  the  next 
Presidential  election. 

It  has  been  a  notable  fact  during  the  discussion  of  political 
questions  by  the  leaders  of  the  Republican  party,  the  most  prom- 
inent of  whom  are  Harrison,  McKinley,  and  Reed,  that  they  have 
not  threatened  a  repeal  of  the  law  known  as  the  Wilson  tariff 
law.  A  modification  of  some  of  its  features  has  been  suggested, 
but  a  re-enactment  of  what  is  known  as  the  McKinley  law  has 
never  been  discussed.  The  active  participation  of  these  three 
gentlemen  in  the  campaigns  had  but  one  interpretation.  They 
are  all  aspirants  for  the  Presidential  nomination  in  1896,  and 
they  form  an  impressive  triumvirate  in  the  Republican  galaxy. 
It  was  what  might  appropriately  be  termed  a  calamity  campiigo 
with  the  most  plausible  environment.  The  seemingly  crushing 
defeat  that  Democracy  has  sustained  will  only  have  the  effect  to 
cleanse  it  from  the  impurities  that  have  become  attached  to  it 
through  the  corrupting  influences  of  power.  That  party  repre- 
sents a  principle  that  can  never  be  extinguished  so  long  as  liberty 
and  freedom  exist.  It  was  placed  in  the  crucible  by  the  Civil 
War  and  was  shorn  of  power  for  thirty  years,  and  while  men 
were  condemned,  the  principles  taught  by  Jefferson  and  Jackson 
survived.  Individuals  do  Dot  always  represent  living  principles, 
but  the  principles  themselves  are  imperishable;  nor  does  such  an 
overwhelming  defeat  as  the  one  which  they  have  just  suffered 
mean  that  they  are  dead.  It  was  merely  a  childish  lack  of  un- 
derstanding on  the  part  of  the  people,  in  so  grossly  magnifying 
the  power  and  value  of  politics  and  partisan  office-holders  and 
holding  them  responsible  for  calamities  with  which  they  had  no 
connection,  that  has  caused  these  principles  to  be  buried  for  a 
time.  Meanwhile,  the  Democrats  have  lost  Congress;  they  have 
been  defeated  in  exactly  the  same  way  that  brought  them  into 
power — revolt  against  the  party  holding  the  reins  of  government. 
But  revolt  against  the  Republicans  then  was  different  from  the 
one  against  the  Democrats  last  Tuesday;  it  was  based  on  more 
clearly  defined  issues  of  public  policy,  unobscured  by  a  wide- 
spread industrial  depression.  The  loss  of  Congress  is  so  radical 
and  complete  that  the  Democrats  can  hardly  hope  to  recapture  it 
in  1896;  but  elections  will  come  after  that,  and  more  elections 
still;  and  the  old  spirit  of  the  party,  which  has  never  been  con- 
quered, will  rise  again  in  its  might. 

Coming  as  it  does  in  State  elections  it  has  a  local  bearing  very 
largely  in  many  of  the  Eastern  States,  as  has  been  the  case  in  New 
York,  where  a  revolt  against  Tammany's  corrupt  methods  was 
brought  to  the  surface  by  the  investigations  of  the  Lexow  Com- 
mittee. The  effect  in  the  city  was  such  that  the  people  changed 
the  political  status  over  100,000  votes,  giving  a  healthy  rebuke  to 
corruption.  This  can  in  no  wise  be  credited  to  the  acts  of  Con- 
gress or  the  National  .Administration.  In  all  the  large  cities  where 
political  rings  have  controlled,  the  same  result  has  obtained,  and 
the  Democratic  party  has  suffered  only  because  it  has  been  in 
power  under  such  obnoxious  conditions.  In  other  States  the  re- 
sult seems  to  bear   a  different   interpretation.     In  Pennsylvania 


and  West  Virginia  the  tariff  issue  cut  a  large  figure— not  so  much 
because  of  the  present  law  as  fears  for  one  more  radical  in  the  di- 
rection of  free  trade.  The  defeat  of  Mr.  Wilson,  the  author  of  the 
bill  that  was  first  introduced,  was  in  the  nature  of  a  protest.  He 
lives  in  a  district  where  manufacturing  is  the  rule,  and  there  can 
be  no  other  construction  put  upon  his  defeat.  His  visit  to  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  so  generously  welcomed  by  the  leading  men 
of  Great  Britain,  lost  him  many  votes,  for  American  citizens  do 
not  place  a  high  estimate  upon  British  hospitality  to  American 
statesmen. 

Althougn  California  is  somewhat  isolated  from  the  great  body 
of  States,  and  the  conditions  not  so  oppressive  because  of  her 
sparse  population,  the  same  sentiments  controlled  her  people  and 
the  same  arguments  were  advanced  by  the  leaders  of  the  Republi- 
can party  in  the  canvass  that  were  made  nse  of  in  the  Eastern 
States.  It  was  the  cry  of  "  protection"  as  the  sure  balm  for  all 
the  ills  with  which  we  are  afflicted  in  business,  and  they  advanced 
no  other  measure  of  relief.  Local  and  State  affairs  were  practi- 
cally ignored  by  the  Republican  leaders  in  their  arguments  before 
the  people.  The  convention  that  nominated  Estee  was  controlled 
by  one  man,  and  he  dictated  the  policy  that  was  to  be  pursued. 
Hundreds  of  delegates  in  that  convention  bit  their  lips  when  they 
were  called  upon  to  vote  for  the  programme  candidates  who  had 
been  slated  by  combinations  from  different  parts  of  the  State,  but 
they  registered  their  assent  to  the  disagreeable  proposition  with  a 
secret  protest  that  meant  loyalty  to  personal  convictions  rather 
than  to  a  boss.  Mr.  Estee  walked  out  of  that  convention  with 
the  secret  antagonism  of  many  good  men.  The  environment  bad 
fleeced  him  of  dignity  and  the  appearance  of  independence.  He 
went  forth  upon  his  tour  of  the  State  upholding  his  dignity  and 
high  moral  character,  but  round  and  about  him,  like  an  aveng- 
ing Nemesis,  was  clinging  the  phantom  of  the  boss,  and,  however 
unjustly  in  this  case,  the  suspicion  of  the  corruption  that  bossism 
suggests.  The  Democratic  party,  impressed  with  the  power  of 
the  prevailing  sentiment  that  suggested  defeat,  placed  before  the 
people  a  young  and  vigorous  candidate,  and  ran  him  upon  a  plat- 
form that  had  more  of  demagoguery  than  statesmanship  in  it, 
arousing  the  people  against  the  transportation  companies,  label- 
ing him  the  anti-monopolist — all  of  which  was  merely  for  effect — 
and  he  entered  the  campaign  as  a  candidate  for  a  State  office  with 
the  interests  of  the  State  as  the  paramount  issue.  Finding  that 
his  energy  and  magnetism  were  creating  enthusiasm,  the  mana- 
gers of  Mr.  Estee  became  desperate,  and  they  drew  from  the  silent 
grave  of  sixteen  years  putrifaction  a  scandal  in  which  Mr.  Budd 
had  been  assailed  by  a  disreputable  attorney  for  purposes  of 
b'ackmail,  and  threw  the  carcass  before  the  people.  It  was  a 
mout  filthy  piece  of  dirt,  and  had  they  not  been  terribly,  blindly 
desperate,  they  would  have  known  that  such  a  transaction  would 
rebound;  for  the  people  are  sufficiently  intelligent  to  distinguish 
between  the  fair  and  the  foul.  It  has  changed  victory  to  defeat 
for  those  who  planned  and  executed  the  filthy  play.  The  lesson 
is  one  which  can  be  learned  with  profit  by  school-boys,  and  the 
defeat  was  the  legitimate  result  of  bossism  in  its  dictatorial  sense, 
and  the  low  and  disreputable  means  adopted  in  employing  that 
objectionable  feature  in  politics  to  down  a  man  who  has  the  abil- 
ity to  secure  favor  and  create  enthusiasm  by  being  plain  and  get- 
ting close  to  the  people.  Keeping  in  view  the  overwhelming 
Republican  victory  in  other  States  as  well  as  this,  the  singling 
out  of  the  Republican  candidate  for  Governor  of  California  for 
defeat  is  one  of  the  most  conspicuous,  pitiful,  and  instructive  in- 
cidents in  the  political  history  of  the  country. 

The  Legislature  will  be  strongly  Republican.  The  present  in- 
dications are  that  they  will  have  over  fifty  on  joint  ballot.  A 
United  States  Senator  is  to  be  elected  to  fill  out  the  unexpired 
term  of  the  deceased  Senator  Stanford,  which  will  not  terminate 
until  1896.  The  Hon.  George  C.  Perkins  is  now  serving  by  ap- 
pointment, and  he  has  made  a  canvaBS  of  the  State  as  an  aspir- 
ant. The  party  owes  its  preponderance  in  the  Legislature  to  the 
successful  management  of  Mr.  Burns,  and  naturally  he  will  have 
some  influence  in  directing  its  actions  in  this  matter,  as  his 
party's  revolt  against  him  extended  only  to  his  choice  for  Gov- 
ernor. It  is  well  known  that  M.  H.  de  Young,  proprietor  of  the 
Chronicle,  has  a  Senatorial  ambition,  and  he  has  made  that  paper 
serve  the  party  well  during  the  campaign.  Just  what  personal 
considerations  are  involved  in  the  friendly  feeling  boat  has  existed 
between  these  two  gentlemen  is  not  known  to  the  public.  Mr. 
de  Young  is  one  of  the  most  energetic  men  in  the  State,  and  all 
his  proclivities  are  strictly  Californian.  His  management  of  the 
Midwinter  Fair  enterprise  was  a  success  which  challenged  the 
admiration  of  the  world,  and  he  exhibits  a  vitality  in  everything 
he  undertakes  which  presents  conclusive  evidence  that,  were  he 
to  be  selected  as  Senator,  the  State  would  not  suffer  for  want  of  a 
man  of  energy  and  ability  to  take  care  of  its  needs.  Between 
Mr.  Burns  and  Senator  Perkins  there  has  not  existed  the  most 
friendly  and  cordial  relations  for  several  years.  These  differ- 
ences, however,  may  not  enter  into  the  political  disposition  of 
the  Senatorship,  and  may  have  been  adjusted  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  parties.  It  has  been  intimated  that  Mr.  Burns  has  some 
ambition   in   that   line   himself,   but  there   has   been   no  official 


declaration  of  that  fact,  and  it  is  scarcely  worth  discussing.  In 
the  event  of  Mr.  Perkins  being  chosen  to  succeed  himself,  there 
Is  no  question  that  the  people  wilt  be  satisfied,  as  he  is  a  clean, 
honorable,  and  fairly  able  man. 

The  election  of  Mr.  Sutro  as  Mayor  of  San  Francisco  was  an  ex- 
pression of  two  Ideas  working  independently:  the  first  was  hos- 
tility to  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the  second  a  belief  in  bis  energy 
and  capability  mixed  with  a  vague  idea  that,  nnlike  many  San 
Francisco  millionaires,  he  is  a  progressive  and  public-spirited 
man.  spending  millions  on  private  speculative  enterprises  from 
which  the  people  derive  pleasure.  On  the  first  of  these  issues  we 
shall  have  something  to  say  later.  Although  nominated  by 
the  Populists,  Mr.  Sutro  was  not  elected  by  them,  nor  does  bis 
election  mean  the  triumph  of  any  political  principle.  Mr.  Ellert, 
hoping  to  turn  to  himself  the  anti-railroad  sentiment  which  was 
concentrated  in  Mr.  Sutro.  made  a  cheap  and  small  play  on  the 
eve  of  election  by  ordering  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  to  take 
np  its  spur  track  to  the  Park.  He  was  promptly  made  to  appear 
ridiculous  by  the  Park  Commissioners,  who  showed  that  the  spur 
was  staying  a  short  while  over  its  time  at  their  special  request, 
as  by  its  use  thty  were  saving  the  city  a  great  deal  of  money  by 
hauling  loam  into  the  Park  over  the  spur.  With  regard  to  Mr. 
Sutro,  it  made  no  difference  to  the  people  that  he  has  shown  him- 
self capable  of  as  bad  things  as  have  ever  been  charged  to  the 
Sombern  Pacific,  or  that  the  vindictiveness  and  malevolence 
which  he  had  exhibited  might  make  him  dangerous  as  a  Mayor, 
or  that,  having  already  violated  the  law  in  the  purchase  of  ma- 
terial for  his  street  railroad  from  Eastern  manufacturers,  and  hav- 
ing vast  financial  interests  at  ttake,  he  would  not  hesitate  to  em- 
ploy his  power  as  Mayor  to  override  the  law  and  work  the  office 
for  bis  private  gain.  It  all  means  that  the  majority  has  no  reason 
to  be  proud  either  of  its  victory  or  its  intelligence.  As  we  said  in 
last  week's  issue,  however,  •  >  millionaires  are  never  traitors  to  the 
principle  of  a  moneyed  aristocracy."  The  bond  which  unites 
them  is  one  that  personal  viodictlveness  cannot  long  keep  severed, 
especially  if  they  have  interests  so  manifestly  in  common  and  so 
mutually  dependant  as  those  of  Mr.  Sutro  and  the  railroad ;  and  if 
it  should  not  turn  out  that  he  has  already  been  »  taken  into  camp," 
we  know  too  much  of  the  ways  of  m.llionaires  to  expect  him  to 
pursue  any  course  which  might  work  the  smallest  damage  to  his 
private  interests,  as  bis  apparent  war  with  the  Southern  Pacific 
most  certainly  would. 

Another  element— the  fight  between  the  Catholics  and  the 
American  Protective  Association — appeared  in  this  fight  over  the 
Mayor,  and  to  a  certain  extent  it  cropped  ont  in  other  quarters. 
But  notwithstanding  all  the  noise,  blackguardism,  and  bitterness 
of  it,  it  was  insignificant,  after  all.  The  A.  P.  A.  indorsed  Mr. 
Sutro,  and  thereupon  the  Monitor  newspaper,  which  is  the  Catholic 
Archbishop's  personal  organ,  demanded  of  the  Catholics  that  they 
should  not  vote  for  Mr.  Sutro.  Although  the  Monitor  named  no 
candidate  of  its  own,  it  printed  a  conspicuous  card  of  Br.  O'Bon- 
nell,  and  it  is  a  fact  that  Catholics  voted  for  that  candidate.  That 
Br.  O'Bonnell  ran  next  to  Mr.  Sutro  does  not  mean  that  he 
showed  the  full  strength  of  the  Catholic  vote,  for  it  is  remembered 
that  in  the  last  election,  when  there  was  no  such  issue,  Dr.  O'Bon- 
nell was  "counted  ont"  of  more  than  700  votes  that  were  very  likely 
intended  for  him  but  that  were  improperly  marked.  Mr.  Ellert  thus 
winning  by  less  than  a  hundred.  Hence  it  is  clear  that  there 
were  very  large  defections  from  the  ranks  both  of  the  Catholics 
and  the  A.  P.  A.,  as  many  other  instances  than  that  of  the  May- 
oralty fight  might  be  brought  forward  to  show.  Neither  the  A. 
P.  A.  nor  the  Catholics  have  either  won  or  lost  a  candidate  on  a 
clear  issue,  and  hence  as  factors  in  determining  the  election  or 
defeat  of  candidates  they  were  insignificant.  What,  then,  is  the 
profit  of  all  the  bitterness  which  this  struggle,  largely  religious, 
has  engendered,  and  to  what  extent  has  it  advanced  the  cause  of 
Christianity? 

THE  presence  of  a  number  of  the  more  prominent  members  of 
the  Woman's  Equal  Rights  League  at  the  polling  places  on 
election  day  was  a  new  departure  in  California  politics.  They 
did  not  go  there  to  vote,  nor  to  demand  their  rights  in  that  line, 
but  they  were  there  merely  to  take  notes  and  become  acquainted 
with  the  mysteries  of  the  booths.  The  equal  rights  plank  in  the 
Republican  platform  has  presented  a  beautiful  rainbow  of  prom- 
ise, and  great  expectations  have  filled  them  with  an  ambitious 
desire  to  "catch  on."  They  were  treated  with  the  greatest  polite- 
ness by  the  gentlemanly  judges  and  clerks  at  every  point  visited, 
which  will  encourage  them  to  continue  the  fight  with  a  more  vio- 
lent persistence  in  the  future.  The  coming  Legislature  will  find 
them  at  the  capital  in  force  demanding  that  the  word  "male"  be 
wiped  ont  of  the  Constitution. 


THE    COYOTE    BOUNTY    LAW. 


AMONG  many  other  extravagance-breeding  laws  of  the  session 
of  the  Legislature  of  1891,  was  one  granting  a  bounty  of  five 
dollars  for  every  coyote  scalp  killed  wltbtn  the  limits  of  the  State. 
It  was  bitterly  opposed  by  members  wbo  lived  on  the  plains  and 
were  acquainted  with  the  peculiarities  and  inbtincts  of  the  animal 
proposed  to  be  outlawed.  Bnt  the  sporting  members  and  those 
who  had  not  studied  the  animal  in  all  his  habits,  deemed  it  an 
important  measure  and  it  became  a  law.  The  Controller  became 
weary  in  signing  warrants  after  a  year  or  two,  and  concluded 
that  the  Bafety  of  the  Treasury  demanded  a  vigorous  application 
of  stubbornness,  and  be  concluded  to  cease  issuing  the  warrants, 
believing  that  it  was  a  violation  of  the  Constitution  and  in  con- 
travention of  Article  IV.  of  that  instrument.  A  writ  of  mandate 
was  brought  to  bear  upon  bim,  and  he  submitted  the  question  to 
the  Supreme|  Court.  The  other  day  the  Court  decided  that  the 
Act  was  constitutional.  This  goes  to  prove  that  vicious  laws  can 
be  enacted  on  a  strictly  constitutional  basis,  but  had  the  case  been 
carried  upon  a  question  of  equity  a  different  conclusion  might 
have  been  reached.  This  law  is  in  line  with  some  others  of  a 
highway  robbery  character  in  its  attacks  upon  the  State  Treasury, 
and  its  repeal  can  be  accomplished  only  by  a  strict  and  vigorous 
compliance  with  its  provisions.  As  the  Court  says,  the  coyote  is 
a  pest  out  of  the  range  of  the  modern  policeman,  and  a  scourge  to 
sheepbreeders  and  chicken  ranchers;  which  is  true,  and  it  would 
be  well  enough  if  the  attempt  at  the  ultimate  extinction  of  this 
pestiferous  poacher  on  the  tender  lambs  and  chicken-houses  could 
be  confined  to  the  limits  of  our  own  State,  but  this  is  one  of  the 
things  that  cannot  be  done.  The  trouble  has  been  that  the  tax- 
payers of  this  State  have  been  paying  dearly  for  the  relief  that 
Nevada  and  Arizona  have  had  by  a  reduction  of  their  coyotes, 
and  it  has  been  said  by  those  who  ought  to  know  that  the  tribe 
has  increased  wonderfully  since  this  law  went  into  effect  in  1891. 
The  last  report  of  the  Controller  gives  the  amount  paid  ont  in 
bounties  under  this  law  as  a  little  over  $600,000,  which  indicates 
that  it  has  provided  an  industry  for  sportsmen  which  caused 
them  to  be  of  some  benefit  to  the  country.  The  only  protection 
in  the  presence  of  the  existing  law  that  California  can  demand  is 
for  the  next  Legislature  either  to  repeal  it  or  compel  the  citizens 
of  Nevada  and  Arizona  to  mark  their  coyotes  so  that  they  can  be 
distinguished  from  the  California  specie. 


THE  NEED  OF  APARTMENT  HOUSES. 


IT  is  probably  unfortunate  for  Mr.  Sutro  that  he  received  a 
large  part  of  bis  popularity  In  this  city  through  a  parade  of 
his  charities  and  beneficences.  These  commendable  virtues  are 
all  well  enongh  in  social  and  business  affairs,  but  when  dragged 
into  politics  they  become  offensive,  and  he  will  scarcely  be  able 
to  meet  the  expectations  of  his  supporters  on  a  basis  of  charity 
in  conducting  affairs  as  Mayor  of  the  city. 


GROUND  has  been  broken  for  a  large,  handsome,  and  costly 
apartment  house  at  the  corner  of  California  and  Jones  streets. 
Presumably  it  will  be  such  a  house  as  persons  with  an  income  far 
above  the  average  will  find  suitable.  Such  a  house  has  long  been 
needed.  In  building  large  houses  our  people  of  means  confine 
themselves  to  very  handsome  down-town  office  structures  or  very 
flimsy  family  hotels,  built  of  wood.  All  eeem  to  have  overlooked 
the  greatest  need  that  afflicts  ns  in  the  way  of  buildings — apart- 
ment houses  for  persons  of  moderate  incomes.  Every  Eastern 
city,  not  excepting  Boston,  is  liberally  provided  with  them.  The 
apartment  house  of  New  York  represents  the  extreme  advance- 
ment of  architectural  achievement  in  providing  every  conceivable 
device  for  home  comfort.  Such  institutions  are  practically  un- 
known in  8an  Francisco.  In  their  stead  we  have  dozens  of  mam- 
moth wooden  houses,  called  family  hotels,  where  women  spend 
their  days  in  idleness  and  gossip  and  where  the  sweet  and  whole- 
some domestic  spirit  of  the  home  has  no  abiding  place.  They  are 
charming,  economical,  perfectly  kept,  and  in  all  ways  (except  the 
most  vital)  attractive  and  comfortable.  As  a  rule,  married  men 
live  in  theBe  houses  under  protest,  but  it  is  the  best  they  can  do; 
they  cannot  afford  to  rent  fiats  or  houses,  for  that  means  generally 
a  rental  and  a  servant.  In  the  New  York  apartment  houses 
housekeeping  is  so  easy,  simple,  and  economical  that  the  people 
of  small  incomes — say  from  one  hundred  to  two  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  a  month — have  no  use  for  family  hotels.  Lights  and 
cooking  fnel  are  included  in  the  rental,  dumb-waiters  and  speak- 
ing tubes  to  the  basement  solve  the  difficulty  of  annoyance  with 
tradesmen  and  daily  suppliers  of  various  articles,  and  elevators 
abolish  stairs.  The  apartments  are  infinitely  more  convenient, 
compact,  and  comfortable  than  a  San  Francisco  fiat,  and  the 
charges  are  much  lower.  The  housing  of  a  great  many  families 
under  one  roof  enables  a  bnilder  to  provide  a  splendid  fireproof 
house  of  steel  and  stone  (or  brick)  for  a  less  rental  than  can  be 
charged  for  a  flat  in  a  flimsy  wooden  house.  A  steel  and  brick 
building  of  ten  or  twelve  stories  in  San  Francisco,  with  apart- 
ments consisting  of  from  three  to  six  rooms,  in  some  situation 
where  street-car  fare,  would  not  be  a  serious  item,  and  furnished 
with  all  the  conveniences  of  the  New  York  houses,  would  be  an 
inestimable  boon  to  the  city. 


THE  New  York  Voice  is  nothing  if  not  sensational  in  creating 
new  issues  in  politics.  It  gave  a  vigorous  alarm  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  election  to  «  look  out  for  your  pocket  books."  Such  an 
alarm  would  have  bad  no  effect  in  San  Francisco,  for  the  average 
voter  here  has  no  use  for  a  pocket  book.  The  issue  in  the  wake 
of  the  calamity  howlers  was  to  get  hold  of  the  article  that  makes 
a  pocket  book  useful. 


THE  POPULAR  AUTHOR  TALKS. 


By  W.  C.  Morrow. 

THE  visit  of  General  <<  Lew  "  Wallace  to  this  city  in  the  role  of 
a  lecturer  illustrates  one  of  the  most  deplorable  fads  of  the 
day.  Because  (as  might  have  been  expected)  he  was  dull  and 
uninteresting,  that  vast  army  of  people  whose  religious  business  it 
is  to  read  »  popular  "  books  and  so  be  able  to  "discuss"  them, 
were  grievously  disappointed  and  are  mouthing  vociferous  lamen- 
tations. He  must  have  been  extraordinarily  stupid  not  to  please 
the  crowd  who  rave  over  Ben  Hur.  It  is  doubtful  if  a  really  great 
genius  in  fiction  would  care  for  such  approval  of  bis  work  as  has 
been  given  to  Ben  Hur,  Looking  Backward,  Little  Lord  Fauntleroy, 
The  Heavenly  Twins,  Trilby,  and  things  like  them,  over  which  the 
swarming  middle  intelligence  of  the  country  has  raved.  We  can 
imagine  such  a  thing  on  the  part  of  a  James  Whitcomb  Riley,  a 
Bill  Nye,  a  Lew  Wallace,  or  a  George  W.  Cable,  et  id  genus  omne; 
but  who  could  conceive  of  a  George  Eliot,  a  Victor  Huge,  a  Tol- 
stoi, or  even  a  Hubert  Louis  Stevenson,  hiring  himself  out  to  a 
"  lecture  bureau"  and  being  trotted  about  and  exhibited  to  crowds 
admitted  at  fifty  cents  a  bead  1 

Has  the  question  of  honesty  ever  occurred  to  the  heedless 
crowds  who  flock  to  these  exhibitions  of  some  big  little  man  of 
the  pen?  They  cannot  claim  the  possession  of  more  sense  than 
they  show,  else  they  would  not  complain  of  disappointment. 
Still,  they  do  clearly  connive  with  the  big  little  man  in  the  fraudu- 
lent pretense  that  it  is  the  lecture  itself,  not  the  personality  of  the 
author,  that  is  the  excuse  for  the  exhibition.  If  the  author,  with- 
out attempting  a  speech,  should  parade  backward  and  forward 
on  the  platform,  open  and  close  his  eyes,  thrust  cat 
his  tongue,  show  bis  teeth  by  grinning,  open  and  close  his  bands, 
sit  down  and  get  up,  raise  and  lower  bis  arms,  show  how  he 
looks  in  the  throes  of  writing,  and  waggle  his  ears — that  would  be 
an  honest  exhibition  and  appropriate  withal;  but  if  he  attempts 
oratory,  or  juggles  with  knives,  cannon  balls,  and  feathers,  or  im- 
personates a  ballet  dancer  or  negro  minstrel,  or  assumes  to  be  an 
actor,  a  cook,  a  washerwoman,  a  priest,  a  poet,  a  painter,  or  a 
tigbt-rope  walker,  he  is  practicing  dishonesty  by  obtaining  money 
under  false  pretenses,  and  his  audience  connives  with  him  in  the 
fraud.  It  is  not  conceivable  that  a  really  great  artist  in  fiction — 
a  man  or  woman  who  (bald  avarice,  as  in  the  case  of  Dickens, 
being  left  out  of  account)  possesses  the  fine  and  highly  wrought 
temperament  and  delicate  sensibilities  which  constitute  an  essen- 
tial part  of  his  genius  and  whose  possession  explains  his  master- 
pieces, could  do  a  thing  at  once  so  dishonest  and  so  vulgar. 

Great  actors  and  orators,  whose  personal  exhibition  is  neces- 
sary to  a  manifestation  of  their  genius,  mutt,  as  well  as  great 
authors,  have  a  highly  wrought  temperament  and  delicate  sensi- 
bilities in  order  to  be  great.  But  they  have  also  oLher  qualities, 
which  are  necessary  to  them  but  which  would  be  a  weight  upon 
the  wings  of  a  writer's  Pegasus.  It  may  not  always  be  (though 
it  generally  is)  such  a  manifest  combination  of  physical  and  men- 
tal forces  as  impresses  weaker  persons  by  superiority;  it  may  be 
merely  that  strange  thing  which  some  of  us  vaguely  and  incor- 
rectly term  ^magnetism,"  whether  "personal"  or  "animal," 
whatever  that  may  mean;  really  it  is  a  physical,  tangible,  and 
visible  expression  of  that  inscrutable  thing  which  we  know  as 
the  "personal  equation."  In  the  cultivation  of  this  personal 
form  of  expression,  in  the  refinement  and  elevation  of  the  exter- 
nal graces  which  give  the  best  efficiency  to  internal  forces,  there 
is  a  vast  expenditure  of  time  and  vital  energy,  which  the  author 
cannot  afford  to  make. 

The  great  author,  in  giving  the  highest  expression  to  the  things 
within  him,  must  neglect,  even  though  he  should  accidentally 
possess,  the  graces  essential  to  an  orator  or  an  actor.  Often  be 
is  unconth  in  manner  and  negligent  in  dress,  and  generally  is 
physically  unattractive;  and  as  a  rule — quite  naturally,  too — his 
personal  unattractiveness  is  in  inverse  ratio  to  his  ability  as  a 
writer.  Great  writers  rarely  come  from  families  enjoying  the 
transmitted  instinct  of  fine  manners;  and  while  mental  attrition 
and  social  pleasures  of  a  restricted  range  are  both  beneficial  and 
smoothing,  the  genius  naturally  feels  himself  so  far  above  and 
beyond  the  conventions  which  are  the  very  breath  in  the  nostrils 
of  the  mentally  poor,  that  in  their  eyes  he  must  necessarily  ap- 
pear a  boor. 

It  is  only  in  rather  recent  times  that  writers  who  have  become 
famous  are  expected  to  show  themselves  in  public.  The  old- 
fashion>d  form  of  lionizing — gone  out  with  the  coming  in  of  an 
era  in  which  the  possession  of  money  and  the  faculty  for  making 
.  it  have  become  the  measure  of  all  values — was  confined  to  the 
assembling  in  private  bouses  of  such  choice  spirits  as  would  both 
enjoy  and  impart  a  refined  pleasure  in  the  meeting  of  a  great 
writer  and  his  admirers.  With  some  men  even  that  much  per- 
sonal show  was  out  of  the  question — as  with  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne and  fine  natures  of  that  kind.  The  present  popular 
eagerness  to  identify  a  certain  personality  with  a  certain  great 
work  of  art,  whether  a  novel,  a  painting,  a  musical  composition, 
or  a  piece  of  sculpture,  displays  a  crudeness  of  perception,  under- 
standing, and  taste  that  did  not  exist  a  hundred  years  ago.  It  is 
impossible  for  the  ordinary  mind  to  regard  art  as  a  thing  apart 
from  its  creator.  Is  it  the  newspaper  that  has  made  the  intel- 
lectual proletariat  think  that  he  has  refinement? 


MRS.    KATE  JOHNSON'S 
COLLECTION. 


By  order  of  the  Executors  of  the  Estate  of  Mrs. 
Kate  Johnson,  Deceased,  and  the  Directors  of 
the  Mary's  Help  Hospital  and  by  order  of  the 
Probate  Court,  the  personal  property  of  said 
estate,  collected  at  a  cost  of  over 


$250,000, 


We  will  sell 


AT  AUCTION 

In  GOLDEN  GATE  HALL, 

Sutter  St.,  near  Jones, 
Commencing  on 

THURSDAY,  Nov.  8,  1894, 

Continuing  daily  until  and  including  (Sunday  excepted) 
THURSDAY,  Nov.  15,  1894. 

AUCTION  SALE  EVERY  DAY 

At  2  o'clock  afternoons  and  7:30  o'clock  evenings 

PUBLIC  FREE  EXHIBITION 

WEDNESDAY,  Nov.  7th,  from  9  o'clock  a.  a. 
to  11  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  every  morning  during 
the  sale  from  9  A.  M.  to  1  p.  m. 
The  collection  comprises 

OIL,  WATER  COLOR,  and 
PASTEL  PAINTINGS. 

ARTISTS— M.  de  Munkacsy,  Von  Thonen,  Jas. 
L.  Hyppolite,  Bellange,  Jozef  Brandt,  T.  B. 
Huet,  W.  Cray,  Van  Marcke,  Julien  Dupre, 
Ed  Moran,  Hans  Markat,  H.  H.  Moore,  C.  Kah- 
lar,  T.  Hill.Theo.  Wores,  Wru.  Keith,  .Edwin 
Deakin  and  many  others. 

Magnificent  Bronze  and    Marble  Statues, 

By  the  best  European  Sculptors.-. 

Magnificent  Solitaire  Dimonds, 

The  exquisite  Empress  Eugenie,  17  diamonds  (square  cut)  necklace. 
Ruby,  Opal,  Sapphire, 

And  other  valuable  stones  in  Pins  and  Rings  and  other  high  cost  jewelry 
Superb  Mantel  Clocks. 
Venetian  High  Art. 

Elaborately  Carved  Wood  Furniture  and  Life  Sized  Figures. 
French  Bronze  and  Italian  Marble  Busts,  Statuettes,  Ornaments 
Magnificent  Cutlery  and  Silverware. 
Elegant  Ivory  Carvings. 
Exquisite  Royal  Tapestries- 
Beautiful  Crystal  Cut  and   Bohemian  Glass  Ware. 
Magnificent  Persian,   Indian,  and  Turkish  Rugs. 
Handsome  French  and  other  Laces. 
Elaborate  Ivory  Wood  and  Antique  Silver  Crosses- 
Venetian  Porch   Lanterns* 

Kingsboroueh's  Mexican  Antiquities  —  9  Volumes  Very    Ex- 
pensive. 

And  an  endless  number  of  Objects  d'Art. 


We  earnestly  request  all  intending  buyers  to  examine  these  choice 
articles  carefully,  as  hundreds  of  them — singly — reach  in  value  into 
the  thousands  of  dollars,  and  it  is  no  doubt  one  of  the  choicest  col- 
lections on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

N,  B.— Every  article  in  this  sale  belongs  to  the  collection, 

EASTON,  ELDRIDGE  &  CO., 

AUCTIONEERS 


N-.v   10,  1894. 


S\\  1  KANV1SC0  NEWS  LETTER 


IN    THE    SICK    ROOM. 

(Br    I':     Viinoh.I 

TMKKK  la  hardly  a  brnm-h  of  human  knowledge  that  is  not  be- 
ing disseminated  ai  the  present  day  by  means  of  the  popular 
ladies'  classes.  Men  of  eminence,  men  of  experience  are  invited 
to  address  the  ladies  of  the  Four  Hundred  upon  every  conceiv- 
able subject.  The  opportunity  to  gain  a  little  useful  and  prac- 
tical information  Is  also  made  an  occasion  for  the  performance  of 
a  social  function.  Society  ma  Tons  discharge  social  indebtedness 
by  holding  classes  in  their  drawing-rooms,  inviting  those  from 
whom  they  have  received  entertainment  or  those  upon  whom 
they  wish  to  bestow  a  favor,  and  turning  from  grave  to  gay  with 
a  soci*  ty  fling,  dismissing  the  serious  subjects  of  the  lecture  for 
the  attractions  of  an  afternoon  tea.  Or  the  classes  are  made  the 
means  whereby  the  nimble  dollar  is  enticed  into  the  coffers  of 
some  poor  but  deserving  charity. 

Of  late  our  maids  and  matrons  have  been  attending  some  social 
"Clinics"  on  how  to  act  in  emergencies,  and  have  doubtless  become 
each  one  an  authority  upon  what  to  do  in  case  of  accidents,  bow 
to  nse  linseed  oil  and  lime  water  in  case  of  a  burn,  to  make  a 
tourniquet,  and  to  make  it  on  the  proper  side  of  the  wound  in 
else  of  a  ruptured  anery,  what  antidotes  to  use  for  poisons,  and 
bow  to  treat  a  person  who  has  fainted,  and  what  to  do  in  case  of 
suspended  animation  caused  by  apparent  drowning.  But  bo.v 
far  these  facts  could  be  applied  with  practical  results  in  actual 
cases  is  always  a  matter  of  some  uncertainty.  Information 
gained  in  a  semi-social  way  is  seldom  acquired  with  that  earnest- 
ness of  spirit  and  that  singleness  of  purpose  that  would  cause  it 
to  stick,  to  remain,  to  be  retained  ready  for  instant  application. 
At  the  same  time  these  classes  have  the  advantage  of  bringing 
serious  subjects  of  practical  import  before  those  who  otherwise 
would  have  no  idea  of  them,  and  may  stimulate  them  to  more 
detailed  investigation. 

In  that  they  are  valuable.  But  there  is  another  branch  of  the 
same  subject  which  infortnnately  does  not  receive  a  proper 
amount  of  attention  from  those  who  are  training  our  young 
people.  It  is  how  to  act  in  the  sick  room,  the  preparation  of 
food  for  the  invalid,  and  the  moral  or  mental  atmosphere  tbat 
should  be  maintained  by  those  in  charge.  Of  course  every  reader 
of  newspapers  and  magazines  has  come  upon  such  suggestions  as 
the  necessity  for  keeping  the  sick  room  as  quiet  as  possible,  for 
excluding  noisy  talkers,  and  for  preparing  food  for  the  invalid  in 
a  manner  as  daintily  tempting  as  possible.  There  the  directions 
stop,  or  become  so  confusingly  prolix  that  no  amateur  can  follow 
them.  We  send  our  girls  to  dancing  school  in  order  that  they 
may  learn  how  to  enter  a  room  and  to  carry  themselves  with 
grace  and  dignity.  Of  late  jyears  cooking  schools  are  finding  a 
place  in  every  well-arranged  curriculum.  Would  it  n<  t  be  a  good 
plan  to  have  sick-room  rehearsals  once  in  a  while?  For  although 
our  girls  may  escape  the  drudgery  of  the  cook  stove  and  the 
kitchen,  any  one  of  them  may  be  called  upon  at  a  moment's 
notice  to  play  sick  nurse. 

Can  any  one  who  has  not  had  a  little  experience  in  a  sick  room 
imagine  what  a  psychic,  what  a  sensitive  the  patient  becomes, 
especially  if  she  be  a  woman?  To  the  customary  feminine  intui- 
tion she  adds  the  susceptibility  to  another's  personal  or  animal 
magnetism  superinduced  by  her  weak  state.  She  notices  every 
change  in  the  tone,  every  shade  of  difference  in  the  expression  of 
her  attendant.  What  to  a  well  person  is  only  a  cheerfnl  amount 
of  light,  to  the  sick  person  becomes  a  painful  glare.  Some  people 
by  their  untrained  strength,  tbeir  undisciplined  powers,  in  a  sick 
room  are  a  constant  source  of  apprehension  to  the  patient.  If 
asked  to  freshen  the  pillows  by  shaking  them  up,  they  pummel 
them  as  if  they  were  fighting  a  punch  bag,  with  never  a  thought 
of  how  they  must  jolt  and  jar  the  patient.  They  never  approach 
the  bed,  but  they  fall  over  something  or  kick  the  bedpost.  They 
rattle  newspapers,  jingle  glasses,  and  are  not  careful  to  place  the 
night-lamp  where  it  will  not  shine  into  the  patient's  eyes.  They 
have  each  of  them  much  to  learn  before  they  are  fit  for  a  «ick 
room  attendant.  Then  their  voices  are  so  loud,  and  their  laugh  bo 
boisterous    that  their  very  excess  of   spirits  exhausts  the  patient. 

When  they  attempt  to  prepare  the  tray  of  food  Tor  the  sick 
room,  their  inexperience  is  still  more  at  fault.  First  they  err  in 
overloading  the  tray;  a  little  Is  tempting,  too  much  is  nauseating. 
Greasy  food  is  abhorrent  to  the  sight  and  taste  of  an  invalid,  and 
will  frighten  away  what  little  appetite  has  been  coaxed,  flutter- 
ing into  existence,  by  the  use  of  tonics.  Toast  is  a  staple  article 
of  diet  in  the  sick  room,  yet  how  few  really  know  how  to  prepare  a 
dish  of  tempting  toastl  The  bread  should  be  stale,  and  the  crust 
of  each  sliee  should  be  trimmed  away  before  the  slice  is  placed  to 
the  fire.  Is  there  anything  more  provoking  than  toast  making? 
The  fire  must  sink  to  a  bed  of  hot  coals,  the  slices  must  be 
watched  or  they  will  flame  up  and  burn,  and  there  is  no  resur- 
rection for  a  piece  of  toast  burned  to  a  crisp.  You  may  scrape  it, 
and  trim  it,  and  butter  it,  but  it  is  only  a  charred  slice  after  all. 

Now  if  some  of  our  ladies  with  time  and  with  sick-room  knowl- 
edge would  form  some  classes  where  these  things  which  have 
been  barely  hinted  at  in  this  article  could  be  put  into  practical 
operation  it  would  be  a  great  thing.  We  have  our  nursing 
schools,  of  course,  but  every  woman  needs  to  know  a  little  about 
home  nursing,  and  now  is  a  good  time  to  take  up  the  study. 


PStfU 

^Mixture 

The 

Gentleman* 

Smoke 

Wherever  he 
..,'<  >-       rroy  be. 

We  are  satisfied 

if  you  try  it. 
you  will  be 
satisfied  if  you 


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ATTYS.-AT-LAW. 
FRANK  KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  B1dg„  1236  Market  8t. 

CANDIES. 
CANPIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets. 

DENTISTS. 
K.  CIITIAB,  416  Geary  street. 

DOOR    CHECKS. 
TIM  NORTON  noor  4  lieck  and  Spring,  E.  D.  Morrell,  593Mission  St. 

DRTJOG^STS. 

KELLY'S  CORN  CUKE,  25c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists^  

MILLINERY. 

THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store,  1024-1028  Market  Btreet. 

RESTAUKANTS. 

FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restanrant    521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hltte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIR1N4J  PONE  while  tqu  wait  at   POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 

JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Lapd  Scrip.    430KearnySt. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  automlzatlon  pnrposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FADCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 

WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN  SF&FSSSgiSggFh 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 
Btreet.  San  Francisco. ■ 

SH.  regensburger,  attorney-at-law. 
■  Rooms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal 


I  Comfort 
Couches. 


Perhaps  you  have  a  val- 
ued old  shawl,  or  rug, 
that  would  be  just  the 
thing  as  a    covering. 

We  make  couches  cov- 
ered simply  in  ticking 
or  Denim,  and  leave 
the  decorating  to  you. 
This  makes  them  in- 
expensive, too. 


CALIFORNIA    FURNITURE    COriPANY, 

(N.  P.  COLE  &  CO.)  ln-123  OEARY  ST. 

Our  new  earpet  department  is  on  the  third  Hoot. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10, 1894. 


todfegliM> 


1  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 


THE  great  excitement  attending  the  election  during  the  past 
week  did  not  interfere  materially  with  the  attendance  at  the 
theatres.  There  was  considerable  curiosity  to  see  Robert  Down- 
ing and  Eugenie  Blair  at  the  California  in  Sanmet's  The  Gladiator, 
for  there  are  still  many  who  like  plays  of  this  antiquated  order 
and  who  want  to  see  new  people  in  them.  The  play  is  of  the 
Virginius  and  Spartacus  type,  but  is  even  heavier  and  more  robust, 
and  lacks  the  tenderness  that  crops  out  through  the  roar  and 
fury  of  those  deafening  tragedies.  The  plot  is  more  or  less  in- 
coherent and  the  reasons  for  so  much  thunder  insufficient,  but 
evidently  everything  has  been  employed  to  produce  tableaux  and 
situations,  which,  taken  alone,  are  sufficient.  Mr.  Downing  is  a 
tremendously  heavy  man — in  physique  at  least — and  has  the 
bearing  of  an  ideal  slave  gladiator  of  ancient  Rome.  But  he  has 
the  fault  that  other  youDg  actorB  have  cherished  in  essaying  the 
role  of  a  gladiator,  and  that  is  a  forced  and  disagreeable  hoarse- 
ness intended  to  give  a  basso  profundo  effect  in  the  absence  of  a 
natural  deep  quality  of  voice  to  produce  it.  This  is  unnecessary 
on  Mr.  Downing's  part,  for  his  voice  is  sufficiently  heavy  with- 
out it.  There  are  some  who  would  not  hesitate  to  call  it  a  kind 
of  ranting.  Its  effect  is  heightened  all  the  more  by  contrast  with 
the  remarkable  sweetness,  softness,  gentleness,  and  dainty  finish 
of  Miss  Blair  in  the  role  of  Neodamia.  No  doubt  these  two 
talented  persons  aimed  to  make  this  contrast  as  sharp  as  possible; 
but  tbe  fact  remains  that  Miss  Blair  is  its  sole  beneficiary.  Mrs. 
F.  M.  Bates  played  the  part  of  Faustina,  the  empress,  with  all 
her  old-time  skill  and  effectiveness,  and  it  was  a  pleasure  to  see 
her  again.  A  young  man  who  displayed  unexpected  ability  and 
a  splendid  voice  is  EJraond  Hayes,  who,  if  he  be  careful,  will 
himself  head  a  play  bill  one  of  these  days.  Tbe  company  has  not 
a  weak  member  in  it,  and  all  are  thoroughly  conscientious  and 
admirably  trained.  The  wrestling  match  in  the  arena  scene  be- 
tween professional  wrestlers  of  fame  is  a  novel  spectacle  to  many 
San  Franciscans,  ladies  especially,  and  it  is  the  most  exciting  and 
affective  single  feature  of  the  performance,  as  it   is  scientific  and 

thoroughly  in  earnest. 

*  *  « 

The  Kendals  close  their  engagement  to-night  at  the  Baldwin, 
and  it  is  to  be  deplored  that  they  will  likely  leave  with  few  pleas- 
ant memories  of  us.  We  are  hardly  to  be  blamed  for  a  result 
which  was  explainable  solely  on  the  score  of  the  unusually  high 
prices  charged  us  by  the  Kendals  to  see  them.  For  we  are  too 
notoriously  easy-going  for  the  pretense  of  some  among  us  to  be 
shocked  at  The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray  to  have  been  a  sufficient 
explanation  of  our  apparent  indifference  in  the  eyes  of  persons  so 
intelligent  as  the  Kendals.  It  is  hoped  that  they  will  amend  their 
impression  of  us  and  that  they  will  come  again  to  give  us  so  fine 
a  treat  as  Mrs.  Kendal  has  given  as  Lady  Clancarty.  Whatever 
may  have  been  thought  and  said  of  her  work  in  other  roles,  in 
Tom  Taylor's  perfectly  artistic  creation  she  has  touched  greatness 
at  every  point.  All  through  the  bedchamber  scene,  when  Clan- 
carty, pursued  by  tbe  Boldiera  as  a  traitor,  invades  her  privacy  by 
way  of  the  window,  reveals  himself  as  her  husband  and  implores 
her  to  save  him,  down  to  tbe  time  when  he  is  dragged  away  to 
probable  death,  her  acting  is  tbe  acme  of  art,  covering  tbe  whole 
range  of  happy  surprise,  shame,  iudignation,  an  outraged  sense  of 
honor,  then  love,  tenderness,  pleading,  and  despair.  In  not  a 
single  instance  did  she  strike  a  harsh  note  or  give  the  slightest 
hint  of  straining  for  effect ;  on  the  contrary,  throughout  the  won- 
derful scene — one  of  the  most  remarkable  that  a  dramatist  ever 
conceived — she  exhibited  that  deeply  effective  reppression  of 
which  only  tbe  ablest  of  English  actresses  know  the  art.  Lady 
Clancarty  was  the  gem  of  tbe  repertory,  and  with  the  memories  of 
its  beautieB  and  of  the  perfect  form  of  its  presentation,  we  can 
think  of  the  Kendals  only  with  gratitude  for  having  given  us  so 
delightful  an  entertainment  during  their  visit. 

*  »  # 

The  Baldwin  will  close  for  two  weeks  and  will  re-open  with 
Alexander  Salvini,  the  favorite  romantic  actor,  who  will  be  seen 
in  a  series  of  his  greatest  impersonations.  One  of  the  features  of 
his  engagement  will  be  a  fine  production  of  Ruy  Bias.  He  has 
an  extensive  repertory  this  season,  which  includes  some  plays 
that  are  new  to  us.  He  is  sure  of  a  hearty  welcome,  for  he  Is  one 
of  this  city's  favorites.  Following  Salvini  at  the  Baldwin,  we 
shall  see  Aladdin,  Jr.,  by  the  American  Extravaganza  Company. 

*  *  * 

Cad,  the  Tomboy  has  been  making  fun  and  mischief  all  the  -n  eek 
to  crowded  houses  at  Stockwell's  Theatre.  This  charming  farce- 
comedy  will  never  lose  its  interest  for  mirth-loving  people, 
especially  when  the  impish  role  of  Cad  is  played  so  well  and  so 
heartily  as  it  is  played  by  Miss  Florence  Thropp.  Although 
rough  and  hoydeniBh  no  end,  there  is  no  approach  to  indelicacy 

For  a  complete  and  choice  line  of  Dorflinger  Cut  Glass  in  the  very  latest 
cuts  and  patterns,  call  on  8.  &  G.  Gump,  113  Geary  street. 


in  her  rollicking  work.  All  the  bright  members  of  the  company 
have  caught  tbe  spirit  of  the  play  and  seem  really  to  take  to 
heart  the  infinite  trouble  that  Cad  plunges  them  into.  Mr.  Grover 
gives  some  inimitable  imitations  of  well-known  actors,  and  tbe 
olio  performers  give  something  new  every  evening  and  at  the 
matinee  specialty  performances. 

#  *  # 

At  the  Orpheum  the  usual  crowds  have  packed  tbe  house  all 
the  week  to  see  the  clever  people  whom  Manager  Walter  knows 
so  well  how  to  gather  around  him.  Max  Pettingill  and  his  won- 
derful dancing  dog  shared  the  honora  with  the  strong  Sanson! 
Sisters,  and  popular  Josephine  Sabel  proves  a  favorite  of  whom 
the  public  does  not  tire.  Siegrist  and  Lee,  acrobatic  comedians, 
have  shown  to  what  a  high  art  the  speciality  which  they  present 
can  be  carried.  Tbe  new  attractions  for  next  week  are  the  fam- 
ous Big  Four,  who  had  been  unavoidably  detained  on  the  way 
from  the  East,  but  who  are  announced  positively  to  appear  next 
Monday;  tbe  three  Cornalla  Brothers,  who  are  great  acrobats;  the 
Lea  Mayos  Troupe,  who  present  a  pantomime  of  fancy  skating; 
and  Ernest  Young,  announced  as  an  "  electric  comedian." 

#  «  # 

ft  The  Tivoli  had  its  customary  large  audiences  all  the  week, 
when  that  sparkling  and  absurdly  humorous  production,  Jupiter, 
held  the  boards.  It  will  be  run  for  another  week,  its  success 
having  been  one  of  tbe  most  flattering  that  the  Tivoli  manage- 
ment baa  ever  scored. 

*  *  * 

Theodore  Kremer,  whose  play  of  Church  and  Stage  met  with  such 
a  whirlwind  of  denunciation  from  tbe  daily  press  of  tbis  city,  left 
this  week  for  Los  ADgeles  to  fill  a  starring  engagement  under  the 
management  of  E.  F.  Benson.  Mr.  Kremer  will  open  at  the 
Grand  Opera  House,  Los  Angeles,  on  the  12th  inst.  in  his  own 
drama  of  The  Nihilists,  a  play  which  is  in  a  totally  different  line 
from  that  of  Church  and  Stage.  The  Nihilists  produces  some  fine 
scenic  effects,  notably  a  realistic  prison  scene  in  St-  Petersburg. 
»  ■  # 

Sadie  Martinot  in  her  new  comedy,  Passports,  is  one  of  the  few 

great  successes  of  tbe  present  season. The  Knights  of  Pythias 

will  attend  the  California  Theatre  in  a  body,  out  of  compliment 
to  Robert  Downing,  a  prominent  Knight,  and  to  get  a  share  of 
the  proceeds  for  their  library  fund. —Shenandoah,  after  earning 
$100,000  for  its  author  five  years  ago  and  several  hundred  thous- 
and dollars  for  Manager  Charles  Frohman,  is  now  on  the  Academy 
of  Music  stage  in  spectacular  form,  and  is  more  than  repeating 
its  great  triumphs  of  the  past.  — -Lottie  Collins  and  tbe  Howard 
Specialty  Company    are   an   early  attraction  at    the    California 

Theatre. Heinrich    Uonreid'a    German   Company,  who    are  to 

give  a  series  of  performances   in    this   city,  includes  the  leading 

European  artists  from  Berlin,  Leipzig,  Vienna  and  Frankfort. 

The  New  Soy,  which  follows  Robert  Downing  at  the  California 
Theatre,  measured  by  tbe  usual  standards  of  crowded  houses, 
laughing  audiences,  etc.,  is  as  great  a  comedy  success  as  New 
York  ever  saw.  It  is  full  of  sprightly  fun,  and  its  comical  situa- 
tions follow  eacb  other  with  kinetoscopic  rapidity.  — The  Stan* 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al.  Hayman  &  Co Lessees  I  8.  H.  Friedlaoder  Manager, 

Every  evening,  including  Sunday;  Matinee  Saturday;  America's  young- 
tragedian, 

ROBERT     DOWNING, 
Accompanied  by  EUGENIE  BLAIR. 

Monday— INUIM1AR.  Tuesday  evening  aud  Saturday  matinee— BICH- 
AKI>    THE    UOX-HE4KTED.     Wednesday  and   Friday  evenings— 
FRENCH  H\Ultl  ■  l.l    and  DAVID  UABBIC'K.     Thursday  and  Sun- 
day evenings  -  THE  HI.  IIHITOR 
Monday,  Nov.  19th— THE  NE  W  BOY. 

tivolTopera  house. 

Mrs.  Ernestine  Keeling    ...  Proprietor  and  Manager 

To*night.  Second  week.  Roaring  success.  Production  par  excellence! 
The  operatic  extravaganza, 

JUPITER. 


By  Harry  T.   Smith,  author  of  "Rob  Roy," 
Fencing  Master,"  "Robin  Hood." 
Popular Pkices 


•Tar  and  Tar-Tar,"  "The 
25and500 


STOCKWELL'S  THEATRE. 

The  audience  wildly  enthusiastic.    Theatre  crowded  to  the  doors. 

THE    GROVERS. 
In  an  exceptional  presentation  of  Leonard  Grover'smost  popular  comedy 
drama, 

VAD  THE  TOMBOY. 

An  entrancing  story,  full  of  continuous  interest.     Rivers  of  real  water. 

Matinee  Saturday  and  Sunday.  NOTE  PRICES— 10, 15,  26,  35,  and  50c. 
Box  seats,  50c.  Loge  seats,  50c.  Reserved  opera  chairs  in  family  circle, 
15c     Matinees,  10, 15,  and  25c-    Beats  now  on  sale  at  box  office- 

MECHANICS'  PAVILION. 

BEST    PEOPLE   ON   EARTH! 

ANNUAL    ELKS'    CARNIVAL 

SATCBDAY  EVENING,  Nov.   17th.       Grand  concert  by  Cassasa's 

hand  at  8  p.  m.    Grand  prelude  at  8:80  p.  M.    Living  Pictures.    Amazon 
march.  Maids  ot  honor.  Kaleidoscopic  pageant.  Elegant  and  costly  prizes. 

Admission,  $1 . 


Nov.  10,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


ford  I'nirerslty's  '■!«  >nd  Mandolin  Clubs  expect  to  give  *  con- 
cert tt  Ibe  California  Theatre  in  •  few  weeks.  A  scene  from 
Romuo  and  Juliet,  a  leri'Sle  Impersonation,  and  several  other  nov- 
elties will  be  anions  the  features  by  ihe  students I'.t  (be  com- 
ing week  Mr.  Downing,  at  the  California,  will  present  a  remarka- 
ble reper'ory.  distributed  as  follows  Monday,  Innomar;  Tuesday. 
Richard.  The  /.ton- llrnrted:  Wednesday.  French  Marriage  and  David 
flajihl;  Tnursday.  The  Gladiator;  Friday  French  Marriane  and 
/<  it  r-f  Satriet;  Saturday.  The  Gladiator;  Saturday  matinee,  Richard, 
Tht  Lion- Hearted ;  Sunday.  The  Gladiator. 


Ml' SIC. 
Tbe  seventh  Symphony  Concert  drew  the  usual  large  Friday 
Digbt  audience  at  tbe  Auditorium.  Shubert's  unfinished  sym- 
phony In  B  minor  and  Mo'zkowsky's  suite  in  F  major  were  the 
principal  features  of  the  programme.  The  8chubert  symphony, 
of  which  only  two  movements  and  the  opening  measures  of  a 
third  is  left  to  the  musical  world,  is  one  of  this  composer's  sub- 
limes t  creations.  Why  he  should  have  abandoned  it  will  forever 
be  a  mystery.  Cnlike  most  of  bis  works,  its  character  is  sad  and 
pathetic.  Moszkowsky's  suite  was  given  in  a  delightfully  happy 
mood  and  with  even  a  more  faultless  rendition  than  the  sym- 
phony. The  Joachim  KafI  suite  for  the  violin  and  orchestra,  op. 
108.  gave  Concert  Master  Marquardl  an  opportunity  to  display 
much  clever  technic.  The  last  movement,  il  moto  perpetno.  was 
so  ably  executed  that  the  audience  insisted  on  a  repetition.  Mrs. 
MaTQwardt's  harp  solo  from  Lucia  was  also  encored.  Mr.  Scheel 
contemplates  a  trip  through  the  Southern  part  of  the  State  and 
Mexico  in  the  early  part  of  the  coming  year. 

•  *  * 

An  organ  recital  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Stewart,  assisted  by  Mr.  John 
Marquardt,  will  be  given  at  the  First  Unitarian  Church,  corner 
of  t-eary  and  Franklin  streets,  this  afternoon,  beginning  at  two 
o'clock.  The  recital  is  given  under  the  auspices  and  in  aid  of  the 
Society  for  Christian  Work  in  connection  with  the  First  Unita- 
rian Church.  The  organ  selections  were  selected  by  vote  of  tbe 
audience  at  the  recital  given  October  31st.  The  price  of  admis- 
sion is  fifty  cents. 

*  *  * 

On  Wednesday  evening,  the  28th  inst. ,  Miss  Caroline  Shindler 
will  give  a  concert  in  Golden  Gate  Hall.  Mrs.  Carr,  Mr.  Beel, 
and  Mr.  Alexander  Melvin  will  assist  Miss  Shindler. 

#  *  * 

Last  Saturday's   concert   closed  this  season's   Carr-Beel   Pops, 
much  to  the  regret  of  the  lovers   of   classic  chamber  music.     The 
new  series  will  commence  in  January. 
*  *  * 

The  only  original  "Blind  Tom"  is  with  us  again.  His  last  con- 
cert will  take  place  to-night  at  Metropolitan  Hall. 

A    BEAUTIFUL    ART. 

SAN  FRANCI8CO  is  enjoying  a  renaissance  of  an  art  of  very 
great  antiquity  and  exquisite  beauty — etching  on  wood  with 
heated  tools,  or  pyrogravure,  to  call  it  by  its  more  aristocratic 
name.  It  is  not  tbe  kind  of  etching  that  the  intense  Young  Per- 
son has  done  here  and  there  with  a  poker  heated  in  the  grate, 
but  a  fine,  graceful,  sympathetio  art,  an  altogether  unique  form 
of  [esthetic  expression.  The  effects  in  shading,  in  producing  even 
wash  and  other  brush  effects  with  a  red  hot  tool  passed  over  wood , 
are  astonishing  when  produced  by  one  who  understands  the  art. 
And  what  could  be  more  durable  except  stone?  This  soft  and 
graceful  art  is  pushing  its  way  into  the  high  places  of  the  city. 
Churches  are  receiving  handsome  panels  of  it,  and  people  are  or- 
dering friezes  and  over-mantels.  An  Oakland  church  has  ordered 
a  lectnrn  decorated  in  tbe  art,  and  altars  are  on  tbe  list.  Woods 
of  different  color  and  texture  are  employed  for  different  subjects 
and  purposes — for  all  kinds  of  furniture,  and  for  various  decora- 
tive purposes — and  the  richness  of  tone,  the  subdued  coloring, 
and  the  permanency  of  the  work  are  recommendations.  All  this 
work,  and  much  more,  is  done  at  the  Studio  of  Applied  Art,  at 
704  Sutter  street,  near  Taylor,  and  the  reception  rooms  are  store- 
houses of  beautiful  things.  Here  pyrogravure  is  applied  not  only 
to  wood  but  to  leather  as  well — leather  of  various  colors,  which, 
when  so  finished,  make  wonderfully  handsome  portieres,  book 
bindings,  music  rolls,  and  a  hundred  other  things;  and  besides 
that,  a  modified  form  of  the  same  art  is  employed  to  produce  a 
combination  of  color  and  repousse1  effects  on  leather  for  screens, 
decorative  hangings,  and  other  purposes.  In  addition  to  all  this, 
and  as  a  part  of  it,  particularly  in  the  making  of  screens,  is  done 
a  fine  kind  of  wood  carving,  far  more  artistic  than  the  conven- 
tional kind  commonly  seen,  and  producing  more  natural  results. 
So  charmed  was  Y.  Cbampier,  a  representative  of  France  at  the 
Columbian  Exposition,  with  tbe  work  of  this  San  Francisco  in- 
stitution as  shown  in  tbe  San  Francisco  room  of  the  California 
building,  that  he  requested  the  artists  to  send  a  panel  to  be 
placed  in  the  Palais  d  l'Industrie,  in  Paris,  and  that  was  an  honor 
to  be  proud  of.  The  three  talented  young  ladies  who  have  ac- 
complished so  much,  Misses  Yan  Yleck,  O'Hara,  and  Livermore, 
will  hold  receptions  at  the  studio  next  Wednesday  and  on  the 
20th  inst.,  when  the  products  of  their  skill  may  be  seen. 


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Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm, 
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Between  tbe  hours   of    10  and  12,  and 

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O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 

San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  commencing  Monday,  Nov.  12th.     Magnificent  New  Attractions! 

BIG— 4— BIG. 
Unavoidably  detained  on  the  way  from  tbe  East.    Will  positively  appear 
Monday  night.    The  greatest  comedy  and  acrobatic  team  in  the  business. 
THE  THREE  IOKNALL&  BROS,  Phenomenal  acrobats  and  head 
to  head  balancers. 
EES  MAYOS  TROUPE,  In  their  fancy  eccentric  skating  pantomime. 
ERNEST  YOUNG,  Electric  Comedian. 
And  a  great  vaudeville  company. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
10c, ;  opera  chairs  and  box  seats,  50c . 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10, 1894. 


the: 

00KCR-0N. 


THE  death  of  tbe  genial,  the  generoaa  Tibarcio  Parrot  t  recalls  an 
incident  which  led  to  the  first  artistic  success  of  a  now  famous 
Californian.  When  Toby  Rosenthal  returned  from  Munich  over 
twenty  years  ago,  Mr.  Parrott  was  then  a  very  wealthy  man,  a 
liberal  patron  of  art,  and  was  always  ready  to  encourage  talent 
among  the  artists  of  tbis  city  in  the  most  substantial  manner. 
He  called  on  young  Rosenthal  and  asked  hiui  to  paint  a  picture 
for  him. 

"What  shall  the  subject  be?"  asked  Rosenthal  (and  this  con- 
versation we  heard  from  Mr.  Parrott's  lips),  delighted  at  the 
prospect  of  a  profitable  commission. 

"This,"  said  Parrott,  producing  a  copy  of  Tennyson.  "I  was 
reading  Elaine  last  night,  and  I  was  much  struck  with  the  artistic 
suggestion  of  these  lines;"  and  he  read: 

"And  the  dead,  steered  by  the  dumb, 
Went  upward  with  the  flood." 

Furthermore,  Tiburcio  indicated  how  the  subject  should  be 
treated,  and  day  after  day  watched  with  delight  the  growth  of 
the  picture  under  tbe  brush  of  the  gifted  young  artist.  But  others 
had  seen  it,  too,  and  overbid  Parrott's  price,  which  was  dis- 
tinctly agreed  upon  before  an  inch  of  paint  was  laid  on. 

When  tbe  picture  was  finished  Rosenthal  suggested  the  "raise," 
but  Tiburcio  indignantly  refused  to  "see  it,"  and  Mrs.  Robert 
Johnson  became  the  possessor  of  tbe  now  celebrated  picture. 
Parrott,  chagrined  and  disgusted,  went  to  old  Tojetti  to  paint 
him  another  Elaine.  He  got  it,  and  paid  liberally  for  it,  but  it 
lacked  tbe  tender  feeling,  and  exquisite  pathos  of  Rosenthal's 
creation.  He  never  ceased  to  denounce  the  sordid  streak  in  the 
nature  of  the  gifted  Toby.  Parrott  was  in  every  respect  a  most 
loveable  man.  He  was  tbe  soul  of  honor,  refined,  well  read,  and 
generous,  brave  as  a  lion  and  tecder  as  a  woman. 
*  *  * 

Captain  Stulz,  of  the  Clay  street  market,  is  as  amiable  a  man 
as  ever  put  aside  the  sword  for  the  cleaver,  but  this  week  he  was 
properly  and  ju&tly  riled.  The  Captain  was  presented  by  a  sea- 
faring friend  of  his  with  an  English  mastiff  pup,  a  dog  of  un- 
bounded promise — in  every  respect  a  canine  jewel.  Tbis  precious 
beast  the  Captain  entrusted  to  an  employee  of  bis  in  Butchertown. 

"  And,"  laughingly  remarked  Stulz,  "  if  he  should  attempt  to 
run  after  and  worry  any  of  those  prize  game  chickens  of  yours, 
why,  hang  him  on  the  spot,  the  sassy  little  rascal,"  and  he  looked 
lovingly  at  the  dear  little  playful  pup. 

Some  days  ago  tbe  Captain  took  a  trip  Potrerowise  to  see  how 
the  dog  was  getting  along. 

"  Well,  how's  the  pup  ?  "  he  asked  the  dog  warden,  cheerily. 

"  Veil,  I  hev  done  vot  you  told  me,"  replied  the  other,  stolidly; 
"  he  runned  after  mine  vowls  und  I  hung  him  up.  Dere  he  is,' 
and  he  pointed  to  tbe  thunderstricken  and  furious  captain  tbe 
body  of  his  pet,  pendant  from  a  beam.  Stulz,  with  a  wild  yell, 
made  a  break  for  the  murderer,  who  shot  out  the  door,  and  may 
be  running  yet  for  all  the  Potrero  has  seen  of  him. 

Mr.  Sutro  Knows  a  smart  boy  when  he  meets  him.  He  was 
starting  for  town  from  bis  place  on  the  Heights  recently,  when  a 
little  urchin,  digging  with  his  spade  in  the  gravel  outside  the 
gates,  attracted  his  attention. 

"  What  are  you  doing  there,  my  little  Isd  ?  "  asked  the  capital- 
ist. 

"  I  am  digging  a  tunnel,"  replied  the  lad,  innocently.  "  Mamma 
and  pepa  told  me  always  to  dig  tunnels  w'hen  1  am  playing,  and 
when  I  grow  big  I  may  be  as  great  a  man  as  Mr.  Sutro,  the  next 
Mayor  of  San  Francisco.'' 

A  sweet  and  benevolent  smile  mantled  Mr.  Sntro's  cheek,  and 
he  dug  out  a  new  bright  half  dollar  for  the  ingenious  lad.  And 
when  Mr.  Sutro  stepped  into  his  carriage  that  pretly  boy  and 
two  of  his  dissolute  companions  spent  that  money  in  stick-jaw 
at  the  nearest  candy  stand. 

*  *  * 

Entries  for  tbe  Horse  Show  are  coming  briskly  in.  Joe  Grant, 
who  has  been  getting  a  drag  and  four-in-hand  in  good  shape  for 
the  affair,  was  unfortunate  enough  one  day  this  week  to  learn 
that  one  of  his  wheelers  had  done  herself  such  an  injury  by  kick- 
ing and  plunging  in  harness  that  he  will  have  to  pick  np  another 
at  this  late  date  to  make  up  what  stood  as  a  very  swell  outfit' 
The  mare,  a  fine  thoroughbred,  is  so  seriously  injured  that  it  is 
doubtfnl  if  she  will  ever  be  much  use  again. 

8ociety  has  a  new  fad — to  wit,  tbe  discovery  of  new  and  ob- 
scure foreign  restaurants,  and  dining  therein  with  much  abandon 
and  hilarity.  A  few  nights  ago  tbe  coatless  and  bare-armed  toilers 
of  the  sea,  Italian,  Greek,  and  Sicilian    fishermen   who   assemble 

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nightly  at  Lucchetti's,  on  Davia  street,  were  astonished  at  the  en- 
trance of  a  procession  led  by  two  prominent  society  ladies,  after 
whom  came  Judge  Eugene  Garber  and  Henry  Redington,  bearing 
flasks  of  Cbianti  to  embellish  the  feast.  Mariano,  the  boyish- 
looking  but  marvelous  cook,  poked  his  white-capped  bead  around 
the  confines  of  bis  kitchen  to  gaze  upon  and  admire  those  visitors 
from  the  uptown  world,  and  promptly  dived  back  to  prepare 
those  inimitable  plats  of  his  which  are  served  only  on  rare  occa- 
sions. 

There  are  odd  nooks  in  the  Latin  Quarter  also,  where  the  haut 
ton  go  to  be  regaled  with  dishes  which  owe  a  profound  allegiance 
to  the  kitchen  deity,  garlic,  strange  little  restaurants  in  odd  lanes, 
and  cuts  de  sac,  but  all  of  them  with  an  individuality  which  the 
swell  eating  places  fail  to  possess.  There  is  Gabriella,  blest  sor- 
ceress wafted  hither  from  Mexico,  who  can  make  a  Spanish  din- 
ner which  Cid  Roy,  the  Campeador  (peace  to  his  ashes  Ij,  would 
delight  in  were  that  great  Spaniard  still  in  the  flesh.  Few  know 
the  bumble  but  cleanly  and  picturesque  laboratory  in  that  blind 
alley  off  Broadway  where  Gabriella,  in  an  atmosphere  of  chili 
peppers,  garlic,  and  Parmesan  cheese,  perpetuates  the  memory 
and  adds  to  the  glory  of  her  Aztec  ancestors.  But  those  who  do, 
religiously  guard  the  secret,  to  the  financial  loss  of  Gabriella, 
fearing  the  matron  should  wax  proud  and  raise  prices. 

How  much  longer  do  the  honorable  gentlemen  who  constitute 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Mechanics'  Library  intend  to  make 
a  free  show  of  their  library  windows?  Now  that  the  new  room 
down  stairs  is  open,  it  brings  that  part  of  the  library  on  a  level 
with  the  street.  The  idle  passer-by  and  tbe  street  lounger  have 
therefore  a  fnll  view  of  the  interior  of  tbe  room  and  its  occupants. 
What  makes  the  matter  worse,  the  new  books  are  placed  on  a 
long  shelf  directly  in  the  window,  and  the  unfortunate  being  who 
wants  a  new  book  and  desires  tbe  privilege  of  a  selection,  makes 
of  himself  a  target  for  the  eyes  of  those  passing.  The  position  is 
distinctly  unpleasant,  being  by  far  too  public  and  conspicuous. 
A  light  curtain,  a  yard  in  depth  and  running  across  tbe  bottom 
of  tbe  windows,  would  give  the  desired  privacy  without  interfer- 
ing in  any  way  with  tbe  lighting  of  tbe  room.  The  trustees  say 
that  curtains  are  not  necessary.  It  is  suggested  tbat  they  sit  at 
that  window,  face  to  tbe  street,  for  fifteen  minutes,  and  see  how 
they  like  it.  They  may  be  able  to  stand  considerable  fire,  but  if 
they  do  not  squirm  under  the  constant  battery  of  eyes  leveled  at 
them  from  the  other  side  of  the  glass,  they  are  more  callous  than 
the  regulation  trustee  is  supposed  to  be. 

From  the  ashes  of  the  old  Walking  Club,  now  defunct  some 
five  years,  a  new  and  healthy  organization  has  sprung,  embrac- 
ing, with  few  exceptions,  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the  orig- 
inal organization.  They  meet  every  morning  just  at  dawn  at 
different  rendezvous,  alternating  with  the  convenience  of  the 
members.  Judge  Sullivan,  Coroner  Hughes,  J.  B.  Gill,  and  George 
Sanderson,  and  Roger  D.  Magee,  Founder  and  Pathfinder,  are  the 
leading  spirits  of  the  club.  The  walk  lasts  usually  two  hours, 
and  during  this  period  not  less  than  eight  miles  are  covered  by 
those  atbletfc  sprinters.  The  winding  roads  of  the  Presidio,  and 
occasionally  tbe  panhandle  of  the  Park,  are  their  favorite 
resorts.  Some  say  that  the  early  morning  milk  can  is 
not  spared  by  those  pedestrians,  nor  is  the  tepid  loaf  safe,  but 
this  is  frowned  upon  by  the  Walking  Clab  as  a  slanderous  fabri- 
cation of  lie-a-bed  citizens,  who  do  not  begin  to  do  their  chores 
until  long  after  the  sun  is  up. 

*  *  # 

Tbe  University  Club  talks  about  a  big  reception  for  ladies  in  the 
near  future — something  like  the  affairs  the  Cosmos  Clab  used  to 
indulge  in  years  agone.  Nothing  delights  the  sex  more  than  a 
glimpse  into  the  penetralia  of  the  male  resorts,  and  it  is  not  ego- 
tistical to  say  they  always  depart  humanized  and  with  a  good 
idea  of  the  pure  way  in  which  we  spend  our  leisure  hours. 

*  *  * 

Tbe  Bohemian  Club  is  preparing  for  a  series  of  Round  Table 
dinners  to  make  midwinter  merry.  The  Christmas  jinks  this  sea- 
son are  to  surpass  all  previous  holiday  celebrations.  President 
Horace  Piatt,  who,  by  the  way,  has  been  a  most  efficient  and  at- 
tentive officer,  lays  awake  o'  nights  pondering  upon  novelties. 

*  •*  # 

The  golf  links  at  the  Burlingame  Club  are  now  in  fine  order.  It 
is  one  of  the  best  in  America;,  the  hazards  are  all  well  arranged, 
and  the  view  commanded  includes  the  ocean.  Golf  is  sure  to  be- 
come a  most  popular  game,  and  to  the  Burlingames  belongs  the 
credit  of  introducing  it  to  California. 

*  #  # 

The  members  of  the  incinerated  Press  Club  have  accepted  the 
graceful  invitation  of  tbe  Bohemian  Club  to  make  themselves  at 
home  in  the  rooms  of  the  latter.  There  has  been  an  odd  indefin- 
able friction  between  those  clubs  which  this  friendly  overture 
must  completely  obliterate. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

Mothers  be  sure  and  use"Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 
children  while  teething. 


Nov.  1".  1394. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  m:\vs  letter. 


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THE    PRESS    CLUBS    CAT. 

la  :»ic  flr«  which  destroy.-d  the  qntrttn  of  thcStn  Francij-C"  Trcw  Club 

,.Uy,  p*rUhf.!  Tombstone,  :hc  club's  pel   cut.  with  «  co«t  ai  1>1moW 

u  ink.  but  wfih  ■  while,  kindly,  nu-1  rcnUI  soul  withal.    ReqtHes  Cat  In 

UP   Id    ibe  smoke  of   Ibe  rafters   went  the  spook  ot  tbe  Press 
Hob's  cit. 
And  tbe  sir  fur  *  moment  wis  heavy   with  the  odor  of  feline  fat. 

A  faithful  and  loving  pn*s  was  Tombstone,  who  held  witbin 
His  sleek  dark  for  coat  excuses  for  many  a  member's  sin. 

For  wben  on  Ibe  puncta-splasbed  table  a  broken  goblet  lay. 
In  those  hours  wben  Ibe  dark  is  swallowed  In  tbe  faint  gray  light 
of  day, 

Wben  tbe  steward,  appalled  at  Ihe  breakage,  cried  botly,  "Who 

done  that?" 
Came  ever  the  response  ready:  "Ob,  steward,  it  was  the  catl" 

Wben  the  passing    strangers    wondered    at   the   clamor  and  song 

witbin, 
And     inquired   at    the  wild  excitement,  the  terrible  discord  and 

din, 

Tbe  answer  was  always  ready  in  language  smooth  and  pat: 
"Not  the  press  men,  good  stranger,  are  guilty,  'twas  that   black, 
irrepressible  cat." 

For  all  mysterious  noises,  for  all  unaccountable  smash, 

For  books  found  with  pages  torn,  for  carpet  with  inky  splash, 

For  cuspidor  cracked  and  leaky,  for  stains  on  the  Turkish  mat, 
Only  one  bore  the  burden,  and  he  was  the  Press  Club's  cat. 

Long  will  his  name  be  cherished  by  those  who  that  cat  adored, 
Even  the  rats  admired  him,  for  their  revel*  be  never  disturbed. 

Alas!  for  that  worthy  feline;  alas!  for  his  cruel  doom; 
For  although  his  name  was  Tombstone,  be  never   may  rest  in  a 
lomb. 

A    PALATIAL    TRAIN. 


THIS  week  the  new  "  8unset  Limited,"  the  new  train  which 
the  Southern  Pacific  has  put  on  between  San  Francisco  and 
New  Orleans,  was  thrown  open  at  the  station,  Third  and  Town- 
send  streets,  for  tbe  inspection  of  tbe  public,  and  the  numerous 
distractions  which  have  been  disturbing  the  people  did  not  keep 
away  a  large  number  of  visitors.  All  were  amazed  at  the  beauty 
and  comfort  which  an  inspection  of  this  palatial  train  discovered. 
There  are  no  day  coaches,  tbe  whole  train  being  made  up  of  Pull- 
man double  drawing-room  cars,  dining  cars,  combination  cars 
with  bath,  barber  shop,  etc.,  all  vestibuled  from  end  to  end  of 
the  train,  all  new  and  luxuriously  upholstered  and  furnished, 
and  lighted  throughout  with  Pintsch  gas,  which  gives  a  strong, 
white,  and  absolutely  steady  light.  These  trains  will  run  every 
Thursday  until  further  notice,  and  as  they  run  at  high  speed  and 
atop  only  at  the  most  important  towns,  the  ride  from  California 
to  the  East,  via  New  Orleans,  will  be  a  luxury  new  to  the  ex- 
perience of  travelers  hereabout.  Only  the  ordinary  charge  on 
first-class  trains  will  be  made  for  tickets,  besides  the  ordinary 
Pullman  rate,  and  the  time  has  been  so  shortened  that  the  trip 
between  California  and  the  East  can  be  made  in  practically  the 
same  time  as  by  any  of  the  other  and  shorter  routes,  while  all 
tbe  discomforts  of  cold  are  avoided  and  a  singularly  picturesque 
region  is  traversed. 

IN  no  other  city  in  tbe  United  States  has  the  family  hotel  be- 
come so  complete  and  important  an  institution  as  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Where  rentB  and  servants'  wages  are  high  such  a  condition 
is  a  natural  thing.  At  the  Pleasanton,  corner  of  Sutter  and  Jones 
streets,  one  may  not  only  enjoy  far  greater  comforts  and  luxuries 
than  at  home  and  for  a  very  much  smaller  cost,  but  one  has  the 
advantage  of  pleasant  society  and  perfect  protection  against  burg- 
lars, fires,  and  peddlers.  Many  of  the  best  families  in  town  make 
their  permanent  borne  at  the  Pleasanton,  whose  convenience  of 
location  and  nearness  to  car  lines  to  all  parts  of  the  city  are  not 
the  least  of  its  attractions. 

THE  success  of  the  experiment  of  placing  on  sale  the  beautiful 
flowers  and  plants  that  have  made  the  Hotel  Rafael  gardens 
famous  has  been  remarkable.  Tbe  new  establishment  of  the 
Hotel  Rafael  Nursery,  at  216  Post  street,  seems  to  have  been  just 
what  connoisseurs  in  flowers  have  wanted.  The  designs  of  every 
kind  for  every  occasion  which  the  bouse  is  turning  out  are  ar- 
ranged in  perfect  taste  and  made  of  the  loveliest  flowers. 


THE  de'iciously   sweet   and  fresh  meats  sold  at  the  New  Texas 
Market,  85  Ninth  street,    are   sought   by  consumers  living  in 
every  part  of  the  city.  

However  elegant  and  carefully  made  his  outer  garments,  good, 
well-fitting  underclothing,  such  a's  that  sold  by  John  W.  Carmany, 
25  Kearny  street,  is  essential  to  comfort. 

'  T  would  be  money  in  your  pocket  to  enrich  your  blood  with  Ayer's 
Sarsaparilla. 


This  is  it. 

This  is  the  new  shortening  or 
cooking  fat  which  is  so  fast  taking 
the  place  of  lard.  It  is  an  entirely 
new  food  product  composed  of 
clarified  cotton  seed  oil  and  re- 
fined beef  suet.    You  can  see  that 


Is    clean,    delicate,  wholesome, 

appetizing,  andeconomical-asfar 

superior  to  lard  as  the  electric 

light  is  to  the  tallow  dip.    It  asks 

only  a  fair  trial,  and  a  fair  trial 

will  convince  you  of  its  value. 

Be  sure  and  get  the  genuine. 
6old  in  three  and  rive  pound 
palls  by  all  grocers.   Made  by 

THE 

N.  K.  FAIRBANK 

COMPANY, 

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f^,D    iTld.rK.CL    Jl.,  ALEXANDER  CENTER, 


San  Francisco,  Nov.  1,  1894 


General  Agent. 


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R.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


Ill   GEAEY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10,1894. 


Iqjurious  The  Mining  and   Scientific  Press  of    this  city  haa  a 

to  long  article  in  its  last  issueiu  which  it  reviews  the 

California,  bold  scheme  to  float  the  stock  of  the  La  Grange 
hydraulic  mines  of  Trinity  County  in  this  State,  in  France,  for 
the  outrageous  sum  of  25  000,000  francs,  or  $5,000,000.  It  says: 
"The  very  thought  of  such  a  scht  me  fairly  takes  away  the  breath 
of  the  honest  California  miner,  and  such  emphatic  expressions  of 
condemnation  areheaid  on  all  sidt-s  that  we  feel  justified  in  voic- 
ing the  sentiment  of  the  general  mining  public  here  in  denounc- 
ing this  enterprise  and  warning  investors  to  investigate  the  prop- 
erty of  the  company  before  gambling  on  such  a  reckless  proposi- 
tion. The  mine  is  wcrth  no  such  money,  and  never  was  or  will 
be.  and  those  who  expect  dividend*  on  such  a  basis  of  valuation 
will  be  greatly  disappointed." 

$  $  $ 

THE  exceptions  to  this  property  are  based  upon  the  same 
grounds  exactly  aB  our  own.  The  old  Ward  mine,  or  the 
Loverige  mine  aa  it  was  otherwise  known,  near  Weaverville,  was 
bonded  to  a  promoter  named  Beaudry,  of  Denver,  Col.,  and  he 
succeeded  in  forming  a  company  composed  of  himself,  his  wife. 
Baron  La  Grange  and  wife,  after  whom  the  mine  is  named,  and 
two  Denver  people  named  Bailey  and  Gelders.  This  company  is 
incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Colorado,  with  $5,000,000  capital 
stock,  or  5,000,000  6bares  of  $1  each,  and  this  is  what  they  are 
trying  to  sell  in  Paris.  The  article  then  goes  on  to  show  that  the 
mine  has  never  paid  its  expenses,  and  never  can  attempt  to  pay 
anything  in  the  shape  of  dividends,  especially  upon  &uch  an  out- 
rageous capitalization.  The  gravel  is  full  of  boulders,  which  are 
expensive  to  handle.  Gravel  mines  are  expected  to  yield  20  per 
cent,  on  the  purchase  price,  and  on  this  basis  this  property  should 
yield  $1,000,000  per  annum.  Results  in  the  past  show  that  it 
would  be  idle  to  expect  even  so  low  a  return  as  two  per  cent.,  or 
$100,000,  and  competent  mining  men  in  Trinity  County  calculate 
that  one-quarter  or  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  will  be  more  likely. 
As  our  contemporary  very  correctly  remarks,  the  price  asked  for 
this  mine  exceeds  that  of  the  value  of  any  other  gold  mine  in  Cali- 
fornia, except  the  Utica  mine  of  Calaveras  County.  The  Kennedy 
mine,  of  Amador  County,  could  probably  be  bought  for  two  and 
a  half  millions  of  dollars,  yet  it  pays  $40,000  in  dividends,  the 
total  in  1893  amounting  to  $480,000. 

?  $  $ 

THE  total  cost  of  this  property,  including  a  new  ditch,  was 
$360,000,  the  original  price,  less  commissions,  being  $250,000, 
the  ditch  referred  to  costing  in  the  neighborhood  of  $110,000. 
tacking  on  the  balance  of  $4,640,000  by  way  of  a  profit,  shows 
the  large  ideas  the  French  promoter  retains  of  his  own  import- 
ance, and  the  small  estimate  he  places  upon  the  common  sense  of 
his  compatriots.  To  say  that  the  enterprise  is  top-heavy  is  put- 
ting it  very  mildly,  from  an  unbiased  standpoint,  but  it  would  be 
interesting  to  bear  the  opinion  of  one  or  two  of  the  intended  vic- 
tims upon  the  subject,  especially  if  they  gave  rein  to  their  views 
in  the  provincial  patois.  Messrs.  Beaudry  and  La  Grange  might 
conceive  for  the  moment  that  they  were  in  a  saw  mill,  or  that 
one  hundred  stamps  were  dropping  in  their  immediate  vicinity. 
That  is,  of  course,  if  they  deemed  it  prudent  to  wait  to  close  the 
debate.  The  whole  affair  seems  so  ridiculous  to  people  living 
here,  that  they  will  scarcely  believe  that  there  are  people  in  the 
world  who  would  take  stock  in  it.  But  then  it  must  be  remem- 
bered that  It  is  not  likely  that  the  promoters  are  going  to  explain 
the  true  situation  to  their  dupes,  to  tell  them  that  they  are  sub- 
scribing $5,000,000  to  pay  for  a  property  which  only  cost  $360,000. 
Some  of  the  representative  French  residents  upon  this  coast 
should  interfere  and  stop  the  execution  of  such  a  nefarious  plan. 
It  will  be  advisable  to  waste  no  time  about  it  either.  To  put 
small  capitalists  on  their  guard,  it  should  only  be  necessary  to 
revive  the  memory  of  Quartz  Mountain  and  Sucker  Flat. 

$  $  $ 

California  The  annual  Mining   Convention,   which    meets 

Itfiners'  on  the  19  th  of  this  month  in  San  Francisco,  will 
Convention,  be  a  very  important  session.  The  principal  sub- 
ject to  be  discussed  is  the  revision  of  the  present  United  States 
mining  laws  as  applied  t  >  locations  of  claims  and  the  proving  up 
of  mineral  titles.  The  present  rulings  of  the  United  States  Land 
Department  are  working  great  hardships  upon  the  miners,  and 
Bhould  be  changed  or  modified.  Mining  in  California  has  once 
more  come  to  the  front,  and  occupies  again  the  position  that  it 
should  in  the  commercial  world.  It  is  hoped  that  the  county 
associations  will  elect  and  send  delegates  to  the  coming  conven- 
tion, and  in  case  any  of  the  delegates  elected  cannot  come,  that 
their  proxies  will  be  given  to  some  one  else  who  can  attend,  and 
who  will  vote  in  the  interests  of  the  industry.  The  importance 
of  action  at  this  time  cannot  be  over-estimated.  The  require- 
ments of  the  situation  are  grave,  and  now  that  the  political  com- 
plexion of  affairs  have   changed  at   the   legislative   balls  of  the 


national  capital,  it  is  imperative  that  everything  be  done  to  take 
advantage  of  any  opportunity  presented  for  the  protection  and 
advancement  of  an  industry  on  which  so  many  are  dependent  for 
a  livelihood. 

J$  $ 

CorriStock        The  mining  market  on  Pine   street  has    been  dull 
Mining       daring  the  week,  owing  to  the  political  excitement 
Shares-      which  has  prevailed  all  over  the  city.     The  prices  of 
all  the  leading  stocks  have,  however,    been  well  maintained,  and 
the  market  at  the  close  has  had  a  hardening  tendency.     The  feel- 
ing of  confidence  in  the    value  of    the  development  in   Con.  Vir- 
ginia cannot  readily  be  shaken,  and  an  upward  movement  in  the 
shares  would  bring  in  many  new  buyers.     The  Middle  mines  are 
now  looming  up  as  favorites  with  dealers  on   the  street,  and  the 
improvement  in  Chollar    towards    the   Norcross  lines   is    looked 
upon  with    more    than    ordinary    favor.     The   Sonth   Eud  shares 
have  been  quiet  and  steady.     Con.   Virginia    has  declared  a  divi- 
dend of  25  cents  per  share,  payable  on  the  14th  inst. 
$   $   $ 

A  Blow        It  would   seem    from    the   returns  obtainable  up  to 
at        date  of  the  vote  cast  at  the  recent  election,  that  the 

Capital,  law  providing  for  the  disposition  of  the  property  of 
aliens  in  this  State  has  been  approved  by  a  large  majority  of  the 
people.  It  would  scarcely  be  correct  to  say  that  this  results 
from  a  feeling  of  sympathy  with  the  principles  laid  down  by 
Communists  and  Socialists,  for  as  a  rule  the  citizens  of  California 
are  too  sensible  to  cater  to  such  virulent  humbug.  The  vote  was 
to  a  large  extent  inspired  by  a  misunderstanding  of  the  law, 
owing  to  the  careless  way  in  which  it  was  stated  on  tbe  ballots. 
While  nearly  every  one  will  oppose  the  purchase  of  large  tracts 
of  land  by  non-resident  aliens,  for  no  other  purpose  than  the  in- 
vestment of  idle  coin  in  an  idle  security,  there  are  few  who  will 
dispute  the  advantages  offered  by  the  introduction  of  foreign 
capital  for  the  development  of  industrial  enterprises.  It  is  a  pity 
that  a  check  has  been  placed  in  such  a  reckless  manner  upon  pro- 
curement of  money  in  a  quarter  where  advances  in  the  past  have 
been  on  a  most  liberal  scale.  It  is  impossible  to  find  any  large 
money  at  home,  especially  for  mining  enterprises,  and  the  with- 
drawal of  coin  which  may  naturally  be  expected  will  work  an  in- 
jury to  many.  The  law  as  it  reads  is  a  grievous  mistake,  and  its 
injurious  effect  will  be  far  reaching. 
$  $  $ 
Another  A  large  and  important  transaction  has  just  been 

Eqglisl]        closed  in  southeastern   Nevada  by  tbe   sale  of  the 

Iquestrnent,  old  Palmetto  group  of  mines  to  a  syndicate  of 
prominent  English  capitalists.  As  the  expert  sent  out  from  Lon- 
don did  not  continue  his  trip  westward  to  San  Francisco  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health,  tbe  news  of  tbe  sale  has  been  kept  pretty 
secret,  and  tbe  names  of  tbe  purchasers  are  still  unknown  to  a 
great  many  of  the  profession  who  pride  themselves  on  being  on 
the  "iDside  "  track  of  everything  connected  with  the  business. 
The  sum  paid  is  not  extravagant.  The  owners  are  well  known 
business  men  in  the  East,  who  invested  nearly  one-balf  a  million 
in  this  district  many  years  ago,  and  left  it  there  after  experiment- 
ing a  little  with  the  ores.  One  of  the  partners  drifted  out  West 
some  months  ago,  as  much  on  pleasure  as  on  business  bent,  and 
he  thought  him  of  looking  up  the  Nevada  investment.  He  found 
the  smokestack  left  as  a  monument  on  the  sight  of  a  magnificent 
plant,  and  it  was  in  a  condition  which  rendered  it  unfit  for  any 
earthly  use  in  that  part  of  the  world.  The  situation  amused  the 
old  capitalist,  and  it  has  served  ever  since  as  one  of  his  best 
jokes  when  retailing  bis  western  experiences  among  his  fellow 
clubmen.  The  property  has  a  very  promising  future,  and  if  every- 
thing goes  well,  by  January  next  tbe  English  company  will  be  in 
possession.  It  is  intended  to  put  up  a  very  fiue  set  of  reduction 
works,  which  tbe  development  in  the  mine  will  justify.  The 
ores  are  gold  of  a  paying  grade  and  free  milling.  If  the  present 
leaders  in  the  syndicate  conclude  to  stay  with  it,  Nevada  can  again 
be  congratulated  upon  tbe  acquisition  of  a  set  of  enterprising 
men,  backed  by  no  small  amount  of  capital. 
¥  $  I 
More  J.  D.  Maxwell,  who  for  years  past  has  been  the 

Insurarjce  city  agent  of  the  America  of  New  York,  British  Am- 
Changes,  erica  and  Western  Assurance  Co.,  has  returned  from 
those  companies,  which  have  passed  into  the  hands  of  Okell  & 
Donnell,  has  been  appointed  metropolitan  agent  for  the  Koyal  and 
Norwich  companies  of  England,  two  of  the  largest  concerns  in  the 
business  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Besides  these  companies  Mr.  Max- 
well will  continue  to  act  as  General  Agent  of  the  Fireman's  of 
New  York,  the  Milwaukee  Mechanics',  the  Continental  of  New 
York,  the  New  York  Glass  Insurance  Co.,  and  the  London  Guar- 
antee and  Accidental  Company.  Charles  F.  Gompertz  has  re- 
turned from  tbe  management  of  the  insurance  department  of 
Loaiza  &  Co.,  and  in  the  future  will  transact  business  upon  bis 
own  account.  Mr.  I.  D.  Koch  will  succeed  him  with  Loazia  & 
Co. The  Union  Insurance  Company  of  Philadelphia  have  with- 
drawn from  tbe  coast,  and  all  outstanding  policies  will  be  allowed 

to  lapse.     The  local  agents  were  Voss  &  Conrad. George  Nell 

has  been  appointed  agent  in  Oakland  for  the  Employers'  Liability 
Assurance  Corporation  by  Okell,  Donnell  &  Co.,  general  agents 
for  the  Pacific  Coast. 


Nov.  10,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NKWS  LETTER. 


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'•  Hear  the  Crier:        "  Wbii  the  devil  art  thou?' 
"One  that  will  pity  the  devil,  sir.  with  you." 


kt  UAMTY  of  vanities,  all  is  vanity,  saith  tbe  preacher  ";  and 
Y  l be  public  ex bihi i ion  of  Mrs.  Kate  Johnson's  personal  belong- 
ings is  the  occasion  that  points  the  moral.  Painting?,  statuary,  rugs, 
furniture,  and  tbe  like  have  do  element  of  personality ;  they  may 
go  from  tbe  possession  of  this  one  to  tbat,  publicly  or  privately, 
and  tbe  last  owner  simply  knows  tbat  be  has  added  to  bis  collec- 
tion, and  remembers  nothing  of  bis  predecessor  in  ownership. 
But  things  appertaining  to  the  individual  acquire  in  time  a  certain 
relation  1 1  tbe  one  of  whom,  in  fact,  they  are  a  part.  The  curious 
throng  which  commented  upon,  criticised,  and  coveted  the  be- 
wildering array  of  beautiful  things,  gazed  in  the  same  cold-blooded 
manner  from  the  pictores  and  rugs  to  the  lovely  laces  folded  by 
tbeir  owner's  fingers,  tbe  fans  she  bad  bandied,  and  the  jewels 
she  had  worn.  Personal  property  spread  out  for  public  view,  and 
to  be  sold  to  the  highest  bidder! — horrible  enongb  to  make  the 
dead  woman  rise  from  her  grave  and  reclaim  her  own.  And  the 
moral  of  it  all  is:  Make  a  will.  Strange  tbat  it  is  always  our 
brotber  who  will  die;  yet  we  ourselves  are  mortal.  Therefore 
make  your  will.  The  game  goes  on,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  and 
the  red  card  of  health  and  life  is  turned  up  by  Father  Time,  but 
some  day  he  calls  the  black,  and  tbe  place  thereof  shall  know 
you  no  more.  And  then,  unless  you  have  been  wise  in  your  day, 
your  dear  relations  will  quarrel  over  your  few  miserable  belong- 
ings; or,  being  rich,  your  lares  el  penates  will  be  scattered  to  the 
four  corners  of  the  globe,  in  order  that  the  »  estate  may  be  settled  " 
and  the  law  properly  administered.     Make  your  will. 

SOME  estimable  ladies  of  the  Equal  Rights  League  went  abroad 
on  election  day  in  a  carriage,  and  stumped  the  street  to  defeat 
Judge  Coffey,  who  was  a  candidate  for  re-election,  and  who,  sad 
to  relate,  was  re-elected.  Tbat  was  the  main  fight  made  by  our 
worthy  and  accomplished  sisters,  and  they  lost  it.  Their  only 
grievance  against  Judge  Coffey  was — what,  think:  you?  Was  it 
that  he  lacked  in  ability,  industry,  and  honesty,  and  tbat  there- 
fore he  was  not  to  be  trusted  in  so  high  an  office!  By  the  white 
hind  leg  of  the  Sacred  Cow — No!  He  was  just  a  nasty,  mean  old 
thing.  There!  He  said  that  our  little  girl  dolls  ongbt  not  to  be 
permitted  to  vote  with  his  little  boy  dolls  1  If  he  had  only  been  a 
Mother  he  would  never  have  said  so  awfully  dreadful  a  thing  as 
that!  Query  for  the  Portia  Law  Club:  What  ought  to  be  done 
about  that  plank  in  the  California  Republican  platform  pledging 
the  party  to  woman  suffrage  ? 

DEACON  FITCH,  of  the  Bulletin-Call,  may  be  termed  the  Nestor 
of  the  San  Francisco  press,  and  was  at  one  time  a  power  in 
politics,  but  the  late  campaign  gave  the  most  convincing  evidences 
of  the  fact  that  he  has  lost  bis  mental  grip  and  acumen.  He  un- 
doubtedly means  well,  but  he  is  unable  to  cope  with  the  new 
blood  that  has  been  infused  into  the  political  system.  He  has 
fallen  into  the  babit  of  irritation  when  things  do  not  go  to  suit 
him,  and  "Stop  thief  1"  is  a  common  expression  when  he  sees  de- 
feat coming  in  front  of  him.  No  doubt  be  imagines  the  whole 
Non-Partisan  ticket  was  elected  and  counted  out  by  the  rascally 
election  officers,  and  thinks  it  about  time  to  organize  a  vigilance 
committee  to  suppress  corruption  and  robbery.  Every  man  has 
his  day,  and  Mr.  Fitch  has  had  a  long  and  useful  one. 

AN  English  divine  once  wrote  to  a  brother  preacher  in  a  rural 
parish  suggesting  tbat  a  "  Quiet  Day  "  should  be  held  there. 
The  Teply  was:  "My  Lord,  in  this  parish  we  have  too  many 
quiet  days.  What  we  want  is  an  earthquake."  It  has  not  exactly 
been  earthquakes  that  have  been  felt  in  many  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco churches  of  late,  but  there  have  been  several  attempts  to 
inaugurate  a  small  cyclone  by  preachers  who  have  been 
taking  a  rest  from  preaching  Christ,  and  attacked  rival  denomina- 
tions and  men  engaged  in  private  business.  As  it  was  probably 
done  for  political  effect,  tbey  may  stop  trying  to  raise  the  wind, 
and  get  down  to  their  legitimate  business.  We  have  special  re- 
ference to  the  Reverends  C.  0.  Brown  and  J.  Q,  A.  Henry. 

A 8  there  undoubtedly  exists  a  strong  feeling  of  friendship  be- 
tween Colonel  Burns  and  Hon.  M.  M.  Estee,  possibly  in  the 
nature  of  favors  which  money  cannot  liquidate,  he  may  be  ten- 
dered the  Senatorial  honors,  since  he  has  met  with  such  a  crush- 
ingdefeat.  Mr.  Burns  will  certainly  have  a  large  influence  with 
the  members  of  the  Legislature,  and  such  an  act  would  be  grace- 
ful, if  not  just,  under  the  circumstances. 

LOVERS  of  the  drama  will  be  grieved  to  learn  that  Mr.  John  L. 
Sullivan  has  stocked  a  farm  near  Boston,  and  has  announced 
his  intention  to  rttire  from  tbe  stage  and  pass  bis  days  in  peace 
in  the  pleasant  society  of  his  Holstein  bulls.  But  our  own  Mr. 
James  J.  Corbett  is  still  extant,  and  in  tbat  fact  we  have  consola- 
tion. 


GOOD  and  philanthropic  Mr.  Sutro's  millions  do  not  prevent  bis 
exercise  of  thrill.  A  few  days  ago,  ou  a  Market  street  car,  he 
refused  to  pay  bis  fare,  and  rjugbly  asked  tbe  conductor  what 
he  was  going  to  do  about  it.  The  conductor,  not  wishing  to 
create  a  disturbance  which  might  end  in  a  row  and  block  the 
street,  let  the  philanthropic  millionaiie  ride  free.  Then  in  a  pub- 
lic political  speech  he  abused  the  railway  employees.  There  are 
various  gentlemanly  ways  of  fighting  the  "octopus,"  and  Mr. 
Sutro  understands  them  all.  Two  or  three  years  ago,  when  he 
was  the  President  or  something  of  the  Omnibus  cable  line,  we 
witnessed  this  incident :  He  was  on  an  Omnibus  car,  and  a  con- 
ductor who  did  not  know  him  asked  him  for  his  fare.  *'  Don't 
you  know  me  ?  "  thundered  tbe  millionaire.  »  No,  sir,  I  do  not," 
politely  answered  the  conductor.  "  I  am  Adolph  Sutro!  "  shouted 
the  great  philanthropist  For  a  moment  the  conductor  was  stag- 
gered, but  he  quickly  rallied,  and  said :  •>  You  may  be  Mr.  Sutro, 
sir;  I  don't  deny  that;  but  as  I  don't  know  Mr.  Sutro  by  sight, 
and  as  any  other  man  might  claim  to  be  Mr.  Sutro  and  demand 
to  ride  free,  I  can't  take  chances  on  you.  If  you  are  Mr.  Sutro 
you  won't  object  to  showing  your  pass,  and  if  you've  forgotten 
your  pass  you  can  afford  to  pay  fare."  Mr.  Sutro  sullenly  pro- 
duced his  pass. 

AVERY  important,  and  at  the  same  time  a  veiy  knotty,  ques- 
tion presented  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  by  them  re- 
ferred to  the  Police  aDd  Health  Committee,  is  that  of  regulating 
the  soliciting  of  prostitution  on  the  streets.  This  is  one  which 
appeals  to  the  moral  sense  of  the  community,  and  yet  it  Infringes 
upon  the  personal  liberties  of  a  class  who  have  been  driven  to  an 
extremity  in  the  absence  of  respectable  employment  in  the  legiti- 
mate fields  of  industry.  There  are  no  more  solicitors  of  the 
female  character  than  there  are  of  tbe  male,  for  tbe  same  condi- 
tions have  driven  thousands  to  the  streets,  and  their  appeals  are 
met  with  on  every  corner  and  at  all  hours  of  the  day  and  night 
for  something  to  eat.  The  proposed  ordinance  should  be  so  con- 
structed as  to  provide  for  all  classes  who  are  driven  to  such  ne- 
cessities. 

SEVEN  months  ago  the  Republican  party  of  California,  as 
gauged  by  public  sentiment,  held  four  aces.  When  the  boss 
issued  his  manifesto  that  he  proposed  to  nominate  M.  M.  Estee 
for  Governor,  the  party  discarded  one  ace  and  took  up  the  knave 
— not  because  Estee  is  not  an  able,  honest,  and  capable  gentle- 
man, but  because  of  the  autocratic  and  dictatorial  manner  of  bis 
nomination.  When  the  convention  met  in  Sacramento  and  the 
delegates  were  forced  to  ratify  the  nomination  which  he  had 
made,  the  party  discarded  another  ace  and  took  up  a  tray.  When 
tbe  boss  paid  $1000  for  the  publication  of  a  sixteen-year-old 
blackmailing  scandal  against  Mr.  Budd,  tbe  party  discarded 
another  ace  and  took  up  a  deuce,  which  it  played  with  the  usual 
result. 

THERE  was  something  sensible  in  the  sentiment  expressed  by 
one  of  O'Donnell's  street  preachers  the  evening  before  the 
election,  when  he  emptied  bis  vocabulary  into  a  squad  of  China- 
men who  were  discussing  tbe  chances  in  the  next  lottery  draw- 
ing: "Go  to  China  and  help  wipe  out  the  Japanese.  Don't  you 
know  that  your  countrymen  are  getting  licked  at  every  turn? 
Go  and  give  them  the  benefit  of  your  experience  in  this  land  of 
civilization,  and  may  the  good  Lord  have  mercy  on  your  souls — 
if  you  have  any."  It  was  the  most  ringing  appeal  tbat  has  been 
heard,  and  evoked  a  round  of  applause. 

P08TMA8TER  McCOPPIN  might  do  well  to  look  after  the 
special  delivery  department.  A  certain  letter  bearing  a  spec- 
ial delivery  stamp  was  dropped  in  the  Postoffice  at  1  p.  m.  last 
Sunday,  and  the  person  leaving  it  was  informed  by  the  clerk  in 
charge  that  the  Sunday  night  delivery  would  be  at  7  p.  m.  It  was 
10  p.  M.  when  the  letter  was  delivered,  and  tbe  hour  stamped  on 
the  envelope  was  8  p.  m.  The  variety  and  conspicuous  character 
of  the  errors  in  that  little  chain  of  happenings  is  hardly  ludicrous 
enough  to  make  us  condone  the  laxity  of  the  management. 

ABOUT  a  dozen  little  brown  boys,  who  are  "  native  sons  of  the 
golden  West,"  exercised  the  privileges  of  the  elective  fran- 
chise in  this  city  on  Tuesday  last.  It  created  considerable  curiosity 
at  the  polls,  and  the  manner  in  which  certain  candidates  solicited 
their  support  was  an  evidence  that  that  royal  piece  of  paper  had 
the  effect  to  command  respect  and  wipe  out  all  distinctions  as  to 
class,  color,  or  previous  condition.  Even  Dr.  O'Donnell  would 
have  been  pleased  to  have  their  support.  The  ballot  is  a  great 
power  about  election  times. 

STRANGE  and  immeasurably  pathetic  was  the  death  of  old 
Beaujardin  in  this  city  the  other  day.  He  was  ninety  years 
of  age,  and  he  and  his  old  wife  lived  in  wretched  poverty,  trying 
to  teach  music.  Yet  he  had  a  Stradivarius  violin  worth  $5000 
and  one  by  Seraphino  worth  $3500.  With  that  money  be  might 
have  warmed  his  aged  body  with  good  food  and  clothing.  But 
be  could  not  sell  his  treasures.  Let  us  hope  that  his  fine,  brave, 
and  patient  soul  may  yet  dance  in  heaven  to  their  merry  music 
on  earth. 

ELLO,  Jim  I    Are  you  in? 


W 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10.  1894. 


THE  winter  toilet  in  all  the  fullness  of  its  beauty  has  not  yet  made 
Its  appearance,  but  it  is  certain  that  the  variety  and  charm- 
ing mingling  of  colors  cannot  fail  to  evoke  the  admiration  of  the 
masculine  element,  who  in  the  matter  of  appreciation  of  grace 
and  beauty  in  feminine  apparel  are  quick  in  apprehension  and 
warm  in  approbation.  Later  in  the  season  we  may  be  permitted 
to  indulge  our  eyes  on  the  lovely  "creations"  the  Misses  Hobart 
and  Mrs.  (Jeorge  Pope  will  bring  from  New  York. 

It  is  most  amusing  to  watch  some  of  the  larger,  more  gener- 
ously proportioned  society  matrons  on  their  bicycles  quite  early 
io  the  morning,  putting  in  the  hardest  kind  of  work  for  a  redac- 
tion of  weight.  Not  only  do  the  foot-wheels  work,  but  also  the 
gum-chewing  wheels,  all  to  reduce  that  dreadful  avoirdupois. 
Suppose,  instead  of  making  martyrs  and  guys  of  themselves,  they 
would  knock  off  one  or  two  French  dinners  during  the  week. 
The  deprivation  would  be  more  worthy  of  the  cause  and  certainly 
more  artistic.  Late  suppers,  when  the  "small  cold  bottle"  is 
thrown  in,  are  likely  to  cause  an  increase  of  flesh.  It  is  seldom 
that  a  woman  decreases  her  flesh  without  adding  to  her  wrinkles. 

The  Burlingame  coterie  are  in  a  flutter  of  feverish  delight  over 
the  anticipated  visit  of  Sir  Thomas  Hesketh's  California  wife,  our 
own  "  Flo  "  Sharon,  who  they  fully  expect  will  show  them  the 
very  latest  thing  in  going  over  hurdles  aDd  fences.  For  the  little 
California  dame  is  quite  a  figure  in  the  hunting  field  of  her  adopted 
country,  and  no  end  good  at  cross  country  riding.  It  is  also  cur- 
rently whispered  that  a  sporty  crowd  will  accompany  her  Lady- 
ship, among  them  several  desirable  partis,  so  the  girls  are  looking 
forward  eagerly  to  their  arrival,  and  the  new  ten  dollar  club  is 
gaining  fresh  accessions  to  its  membership  daily. 
«  #  * 

Usually  the  buds  are  so  charming  that  the  girls  in  the  older  set 
have  to  stand  aside  and  let  these  pretty  ones  have  room  to  hold 
up  their  heads.  Could  any  bud  crush  out  the  j  jyousness  of  Miss 
McCutcheon,  or  the  ardent  enthusiasm  of  pretty  Alice  Ames? 
Another  lovely  girl  to  be  soon  launched  is  Miss  Alice  Hoffman. 
As  the  men  say,  "She  is  a  stunner,"  and  her  elder  sister,  with  the 
dawning  of  a  cynical  smile,  will  have  to  occupy  a  back  seat  soon 
or  take  the  fatal  plunge. 

•  *  * 

Why  is  it  that  the  fascinating  Southern  sisters  of  Oakland,  who 
figure  so  prominently  here  and  across  the  bay,  are  not  yet 
"billed"?  So  delightful,  gushing,  and  refreshingly  frank  in  man- 
ner, and  on  the  "go"  from  Monday  morning  until  Saturday 
night!  The  elder  sister  has  developed  a  remarkable  artistic  tal- 
ent abroad,  and  her  admirers  fear  that  she  might  be  induced  to 
remain  there  in  preference  to  returning. 

#  »  # 

One  really  wonders  after  reading  eternally  about  the  Oelrichses 
if  they  have  such  things  as  "  livers"  about  their  anatomy.  Ordi- 
narily elaborate  dinners  twice  a  week  succeed  in  wrecking  iron 
constitutions,  but  to  be  feasted  continually  once,"  and  more 
often  twice,  a  day  seems  beyond  human  comprehension.  Do 
they  not  tire,  not  alone  of  the  hot  dishes  and  sweets,  but  of  this 
everlasting  toadying?  Perhaps,  though,  they  find  it  as  tooth- 
some as  the  dishes. 

If  the  matron  who  aspires  to  be  a  social  leader  as  well  as  a 
good  bicyclist,  would  only  cultivate  her  manners  to  the  extent  of 
her  athletic  accomplishments,  she  would-be  voted  a  much  pleas- 
anter  woman— and  it  would  be  a  relief  to  her  many  friends  if  Bhe 
would  cease  booming  her  brother's  business,  and  take  an  interest 
in  things  that  interest  other  people. 

Another  soldier  beau,  popular  in  the  swim,  is  reported  en- 
gaged to  a  prominent  physician's  daughter,  who  made  her  d£but 
two  winters  ago  under  the  most  charming  auspices,  followed  by 
dinners,  teas,  and  theatre  parlies  given  in  her  honor. 

Bald  Facts  Baldly  Stated. 

ONE  cannot  help  being  impressed  with  the  idea  that  there  must 
be  merit  (sufficient  at  least  to  warrant  a  trial)  in  a  treatment 
which  offers  first  the  endorsement  of  well-known  San  Fran- 
ciscans who  have  successfully  used  it;  and  second,  an  abso- 
lute guaranty  in  writing  that  in  the  event  of  failure  no  charge  will 
be  made.  Thus  are  the  remedies  and  treatment  of  the  celebrated 
Dr.  White  offered  to  the  public  by  Martinez  &  Co.,  659  Market 
street.  Falling  out  of  the  hair,  dandruff,  and  even  the  dread  bald- 
ness positively  cured  or  no  pay,  say  Martinez  &  Co.,  and  we  can 
assure  the  reader  that  there  is  no  trick  about  this  contract,  and 
the  crowds  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  daily  thronging  these  parlors 
is  certainly  pretty  good  evidence  of  fair  dealing  and  successful  re- 
sults. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


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A.  de  Luze  &  Fils. 

Bordeaux. 


FINECLARETS. 

St.  Estephe 
Brown  Cantenac 
Pauillac 
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"l-Vai  E-  n  O,  £100;  or  on  lease,  a  well-furnished  modern  Moorish 
villa,  adap'edto  English  comfort;  six  bed  room",  five  servants'  rooms,  four 
reception  room«,  marble  court,  studio,  work  room,  commodious  offices, 
large  room  in  basement,  suitable  for  billiard  room,  stabling  for  seven 
horses,  large  coach-house  loft,  corn  rooms,  out-houses,  two  man  servants' 
rooms,  enclosed  (lower  garden;  or  for  sale  with  wooded  property  about 
forty  acres,  several  hundred  fruit  trees,  etc  .plentiful  supply  of  water  to 
house,  stables  and  garden 
Apply  to  H.  BLANKLEY.  ESQ.,  2  Aldermanbury,  Bradford,  Yorks. 
Or  to  MIS3  de  HOGHTON,  Idlessc,  El  Briar,  Algiers. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

123     California  Street. 


Nov.  10,  1894. 


SAN   1  IIANC1SCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


THE    GOLD-FLOWER    SHOW. 


THIS  luxurious  name  which  it  is  fashionable  for  us  to  express 
In  the  Latin- (ir««k  form  of  «'  chrysanthemum  ")  w*s  probably 
suggested  by  the  deep  yellow  hue  of  the  feverfew  blossom;  but 
in  those  days  the  wonderful  range  of  color  with  which  the  dazzling 
and  voluptuous  Oriental  sister  of  the  homely  European  spinster  be- 
decked herself  was  hardly  known  to  dry  and  virtuous  old  Linnaeus, 
and  hence  the  name  *'  chrysanthemum  "  has  become  a  misnomer, 
however  rolling  and  stately  it  be.  Undoubtedly  the  most  gorgeous 
chrysanthemums  in  the  world  are  produced  in  California — some  im- 
ported from  the  infinitely  patient  hybridizers  of  Japan,  and  others  of 
general  American  evolution,  and  others  still  the  original  product  of 
California.  But  it  is  the  climate  here  that  makes  the  home-grown 
blossom  so  surpassingly  gorgeous  and  of  so  wonderful  coloring. 
What  more  dazzling  an  exhibition  has  ever  been  seen  than  that  which 
closed  last  Saturday  night  at  the  old  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Hall,  on  Sutter 
street?  It  was  the  annual  chrysanthemum  show  of  the  State 
Floral  Society,  and  probably  the  most  remarkable  that  the  world  has 
ever  seen.  The  progress  which  has  been  made  in  the  development  of 
this  flower  within  the  last  five  years— even  within  the  last  year— has 
been  astonishing,  and  it  was  seen  in  its  highest  perfection  at  this  ex- 
hibition. The  Japanese  setting  was  a  particularly  artistic  touch.  The 
flowers  were  shown  both  in  loose  arrangement  and  conventional  de- 
signs, and  were  gorgeous  in  every  aspect.  Blossoms  of  prodigious 
size,  of  regular  form  or  rioting  in  every  manner  of  bizarre  distortion, 
and  ranging  in  color  from  pure  white  to  ivory,  pink,  red,  maroon, 
canary  yellow,  and  deepest  gold,  crowded  the  stands  in  bewildering 
variety,  composing  a  picture  of  splendid  coloring.  Each  exhibitor 
was  on  his  mettle  to  produce  something  both  artistic  and  striking. 
Among  them  were  the  following: 

A  beautiful  display  was  that  of  John  H.  Sievers,  of  25  Post  street. 
Of  course  chrysanthemums  were  the  pi>  cede  resistance,  but  there  were 
many  other  attractive  features  in  this  display.  Feathery  asparagus 
tenuis^imus,  dainty  maiden-hair  ferns,  and  tall,  graceful  bamboos 
peeped  out  here  and  there.  But  the  chrysanthemum  was  king,  and 
never  did  royalty  wear  more  gorgeous  robes.  Japanese  vases  held 
bouquets,  if  such  masses  of  such  huge  single  blossoms  could  be  called 
bouquets.  There  were  vivid  yellows,  that  looked  balls  of  gold,  and 
large  white  ones  like  enormous  snowballs,  while  down  below,  in  long, 
slim-necked  bottles,  were  rose  chrysanthemums  of  every  hue  and 
shape.  Some  delicate  pink  ones  were  new  this  year.  There  actually 
seemed  no  limit  to  the  variety.  Some  were  large  fluffy  balls,  of  yel- 
low, white,  or  pink,  and  quilled.  Some  of  the  petals  were  like  spikes 
and  some  like  ribbons;  all  were  large  and  beautiful.  The  Eugene 
Daibleouz,  a  magnificent  yellow,  won  the  first  prize  in  the  voting 
contest  and  had  been  entered  by  Sievers,  who  also  was  awarded  the 
Floral  Society's  premium  of  $20  for  the  best  general  collection  of 
chrysanthemums, 

W.  S.  Davis,  who  is  an  enthusiastic  amateur  grower  of  chrysan- 
themums, took  the  first  prize  for  twelve  cut  chrysanlhemums. 
His  exhibit  was  one  of  the  most  tasteful  in  the  hall.  His  table  was 
spread  with  a  crinkly  white  cloth,  with  adosselat  the  back,  on  which 
were  arranged  feathery  sprays  of  green.  The  chrysanthemums  were 
arranged  in  terra  cotta  vases,  and  white  satin  ribbons  bore  the  names 
of  the  flower.  The  IT.  A.  Palmer  was  a  huge  fluffy  ball  of  golden 
brown,  and  the  Golden  Gate  was  an  exquisite  yellow.  The  World,  an 
immense  ball  of  white,  towered  above  its  fellows,  as  though  saying, 
"  I  am  king."  The  A.  T.  Emery  was  a  delicate  pink,  as  was  also  the 
Waban.  This  exhibit  was  crowded  at  all  times,  and  was  admired  by 
all. 

Domoto  Bros.,  two  gentlemanly  Japanese,  had  a  novel  display  all 
their  own.  They  have  been  making  a  specialty  of  seedlings,  with  the 
most  satisfactory  results.  Their  display  was  entirely  of  seedlings. 
These  were  exhibited  singly,  and  made  a  brave  showing,  giving  evi- 
dence of  what  culture  and  care  will  do.  The  Japanese  love  the  chry- 
santhemum ;  it  is  their  national  flower,  and  they  bring  to  its  culture 
all  the  love  and  tender  care  that  a  parent  does  to  its  offspring.  Love 
generally  brings  its  own  reward,  and  the  Domoto  Bros,  have  reason 
to  be  proud  of  their  success.  Their  nursery  is  at  the  corner  of  Cen- 
tral avenue  and  East  Fourteenth  street,  East  Oakland. 

Nestled  away  in  a  modest  corner  was  the  attractive  display  of  Peli- 
ciani,  of  343  Kearny  street.  He  had  a  huge  fern  thereof  the  maiden- 
hair variety,  which  was  a  marvel  in  its  way.  It  was  most  luxuriant 
in  its  growth  and  coloring.  His  display  of  potted  plants  and  palms 
was  unique  and  varied.  In  addition  to  these  hot-house  pets  were 
beautiful  roses  and  immense  chrysanthemums.  There  was  one  on 
the  magenta  shade— at  least  it  was  one  of  the  new  and  fashionable 
colors — which  was  unlike  any  other  displayed  in  the  hall.  Of  course 
yellow  shades  predominated,  but  the  A.  H.  Lincoln  and  The  "World 
were  two  gorgeous  white  ones  that  challenged  competition  and  rose 
strong  in  their  purity  and  might,  claiming  admiration. 


There  is  certainly  nothing  wrong  in  tippling.  An  occasional  glass 
of  whisky  (providing  that  it  is  good  whisky)  strengthens  the  body 
and  stimulates  the  mind.  The  Argonaut  whisky,  sold  by  E.  Martin 
&  Co.,  408  Front  street  is  generally  admired  by  all  connoisseurs. 
Wherever  it  is  sold  it  grows  in  favor,  and  those  who  drink  it  once  do 
not  care  for  any  other  brand.  The  sales  of  Argonaut  whisky  show 
that  it  leads  all  others. 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 


SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and   Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

3O0  mill  311   Miii-oui.   St San  Francisco,  Cal 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

FINDLAY,  DURHAM  4  BRODIE  43  and  46  Threadneedle  St.,  London 

8IMP80N,  MACKIRDY  &  CO 29  South  Castle  St.,  Liverpool 

FCERST  BROS  &  CO 2  an d  4  Stone  St. ,  New  York 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 

Alpha  Consolidated  Mill  and  Mining   Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Thirtieth  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  137)  of  Ten  cents 
per  share  wbb  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  79,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Monday,  the  3rd  Day  of  December,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  Is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  FRIDAY,  the  21th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  block,  No.  S09  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran* 
Cisco.  Cal.  

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

New   Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Placer  county,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  11th  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  27)  of  Five  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  Btock  of  the  corporation,  payable  imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  19th  Day  of  November,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  10th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent   assessment,  together  with  coBtB   of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Justice  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  Friday,  the  Second  day  of  November,  a,  d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
57)  of  Five  (5)  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  309  Montgomery  street,  room  23, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  6th  Day  of  December,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale,    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.  E.  KELLY,  Secretary. 

Office— 309  Montgomery  street,  room  23,  San  Francisco,  <  al. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Challenge  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  workB— Gold  Hill,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  31st  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  17)  of  Five 
(51  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation, 
payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  company,  room  35,  third  floor.  Mills  building,  corner  Bush 
and  Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  Fourth  Day  of  December,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction ;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and 
expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors . 

C.  L.  McCOY,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  35,  third  floor,  Mills  building,  northeast  cor.  Bush  and 
Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Oeeidental  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Assessment No.  17 

Amount  per  Share 5  cents 

Levied November  1,  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office December  4, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock December  27, 1894 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


P,  f  B, 


FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 

BUILDING  PAPERS. 

ROOFING   AND    PAINTS. 

PARaFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

116  Battery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


Nov .  10,  1894. 


CAPOTE  toquea  are  rnncb  worn.  A  pretty  model  in  pearl  gray- 
felt  has  torsade  and  draped  crown  of  brown  velvet,  with  gray 
satin  ribbon  cbonx  in  front  in  which  are  Block  black  and  white 
wings.  The  Marie  Stuart  capote  is  still  a  favorite  and  is  decidedly 
pretty  developed  in  light  beige  felt  and  dark  blue  velvet.  A  pretty 
hat  for  a  young  girl  is  a  round  felt  with  rather  a  high  crown,  with 
the  brim  half  covered  with  cream  guipure.  The  crown  is  circled  with 
a  jet  band.  On  the  left  side  are  three  black  plumes  with  white  tips. 
Cabriolets  of  1830  order  are  occasionally  sold.  One  was  recently  noted 
in  pink  felt  with  four  ostrich  tips  on  the  front  of  brim  and  two  long 
feathers  following  the  brim  edge.  This  giddy  affair  was  fastened 
under  chin  with  a  wide  bow  of  pink  silk  muslin.  Bright  plaid  ribbons 
are  much  used  to  trim  felt  hats  for  girls  in  their  teens.  Another 
youthful  model  is  a  black  velvet  round  hat  with  the  brim  caught  up 
on  both  sides  with  large  choux  of  black  satin  ribbon.  On  the  left  side 
is  a  cluster  of  black  ostrich  tips. 

Last  winter's  decollete  evening  bodice  is  made  smart-looking  for 
this  season  by  a  crossed  fichu  of  pink  chiffon,  because  this  is  extremely 
suitable  to  the  demure  style  of  coiffure  which  she  has  recently 
adopted,  and,  after  all,  it  is  more  important  to  dress  the  hair  prettily 
than  to  wear  costly  waists.  So  she  parts  it  straight  and  even  and 
carries  it  back  in  a  long  sweep,  showing  the  fine  shapeliness  of  her 
head.  What  matter  that  the  ornament  thrust  through  it  is  not 
costly?  Evening  coiffures  continue  to  be  curious  arrangements. 
They  are  coquettish  and  fascinating  if  the  girl  happens  to  possess 
good  looks,  but  if  rather  homely  they  sometimes  accentuate  the  plain 
features.  (Love  curls  round  the  face  are  pretty  as  worn  with  some  of 
the  new  bonnets).  With  the  new  marquis  hat  caught  up  in  front  the 
fluffy  pompadour  is  often  attempted. 

Bodices  are  to  be  much  trimmed  this  winter.  The  newest  trimming 
is  the  long  lace  points,  which  are  sold  separately  and  put  on  in  various 
ways.  Arranged  from  the  waist  up,  they  have  the  effect  of  the  petals 
of  a  flower;  put  on  from  the  yoke  down,  they  give  a  slender  look  to 
the  figure,  while  from  the  collar  they  form  a  very  becoming  yoke. 
Thej'  may  be  used  singly  or  in  groups,  and  seem  equally  adaptable, 
however  they  may  be  disposed.  The  sleeves  are  slightly  different,  al- 
though quite  as  large,  if  not  larger ;  but  the  fullness  sags  down  below 
the  shoulder  and  reaches  to  a  very  deep  cuff,  the  redundant  material 
being  held  in  plaits  from  the  elbow  to  the  cuff. 

A  novelty  which  has  just  appeared  is  of  Lincoln  green  broadcloth. 
In  front  it  opens  to  show  a  vest  of  tan  cloth  resplendent  with  gilt 
buttons.  A  sable  collar,  which  has  the  effect  of  broad  epaulets,  falls 
over  the  shoulders.  It  is  finished  with  a  high  standing  collar  and 
caught  together  with  fine  gilt  chains.  The  coat  is  lined  with  a 
changeable  green  taffeta  silk.  Long  coats  of  cheviot  are  made  in  a 
variety  of  designs.  Some  affect  the  tailor-made  fashion  and  boast  of 
strapped  seams  and  big  buttons,  while  others  are  adorned  with  trim- 
mings galore. 

Collars  or  collarettes  seem  to  be  a  special  fad  of  the  moment.  One 
of  the  newest  articles  of  this  kind  is  a  collar-cape  of  accordion-pleated 
silk  muslin  reaching  to  the  elbow,  with  a  second  collar  of  guipure, 
somewhat  smaller  in  size,  placed  on  it.  This  is  worn  either  in  the 
house  or  as  an  extra  adornment  to  an  outdoor  cloak,  for  the  exaggera- 
tion which  is  the  keynote  of  dress  for  the  moment  ordains  the  multi- 
plication of  collars  and  capes,  lace  and  ribbons,  on  all  and  every  gar- 
ment the  brain  of  woman  can  conceive.  _ 


S.  &  G.  Gump,  113  Geary  street,  are  now  receiviog  their  full  line  of  holi- 
day goods,  consisting  of  art  novelties,  plclures,  French  Bric-a-Brac,  etc. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 
'"THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
•*■    Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinuer. 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it— 

Where  the   choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 
Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage    pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs  the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
"  Californlans  "  or  "Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
Ard  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these   bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 


(vI^vjl/   pall 

5tyles  apd  poverties. 


We  invite  an  inspection  of  our  magnificent 
and  unequaled  collection  of  RARE  STYLES  and 
EXCLUSIVE  NOVELTIES  in  new  Fall 


Dl^V  QOOD5  and    <?C0/^S 


which,  as  the  result  of  our  doubled  purchasing 
capacity,  reductions  in  tariff,  and  depression  of 
all  manufacturing  industries,  we  secured  for 
SPOT  CASH  at  discounts  that  enable  us  to 
quote 


ilppre^edeptedly  low  prices. 


SAN  FRANC/SCO  and  LOS  ANGELES. 


COLTON    DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  I  Plielan  Building.) 

Gas  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  oi  Pare  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  pola- 
tively  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
nnrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
In  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
a  id  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  performs 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 
BB.  CHABLE8  W.  DECKBB 

r\R  DinnDn'O  BESTOBATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
UT\.  niKj\JT\l->  O  Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  u.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MABKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere. 

PRICES  REDOCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  11.25;  of  100  pills,  J2;  of  200  pills, 
( iS  60 :  of  400  pills,  *6 ;  Preparatory  Pills,  12.    Send  for  Circular. 


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R.    R.     F.   VERRINDER,   ORAL   SURGEON, 

Successor  to  Drs.  Winter  &  Winter,  Dentists.    Specialties:  Surgical 
treatment  of  ulceration,  abscesses  and  other  diseases  of  the  Mouth, 
Jaws,  Gums  and  Teeth     Implantation  of  Natural  Teeth,  Continuous 
Gum  Plates  and  Crown  and  Bridge  Work. 
Office:    306  Kearny  Street,  Corner  Sutter. 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY    (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE,  of  London.  [Founded  a.  d.  mo. 

Cash  Assets,  $  J  0,270, 53  >■  Oldest  purely  fire  insurance  office  in  the  world. 

THE  LION  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD,,  of  London. 

Established  A.  1).  1879.    Cash  Assets,  $1,108,C9S. 

THE  IMPERIAL  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD..  of  London    unstated  uos. 

Cash  Assets,  $9,362,920.    40  years  in  business  on  tne  Pacific  Coast. 

WD.  J .  LAMM. lis.  Manager  far  the  Pacific  Coast.    205  Sansouie  St.,  Jfear  Fine. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U .  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY   OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OP    PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL   FULLY    PAID $3,000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St.,  S.  F. 

JAMES    D.   BAILEY,  General    Agent. 


Nov   in,  1804 


SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


17 


GOTHAM    OOS3IP. 

OSK  o(  Kneland'a  wittiest  and  ruosl  brilliant  in«n.  the  Ravarand 
Samuel  Hole,  Deao  of  Rochester,  a'rrlvi  «1  lirr^  a  few  dawi  ago, 
aod,  at  Is  readily  uaderatood.  bli  tin  is  m  ikfnit  a  illr  In  Imp  ay 
and  ecclesiastical  circles  in  New  York.  IV-an  U--le  aw  a  friend 
of  botb  Dickens  and  Thackeray,  ami  stood  in  nlma  relation  nlo 
witb  the  late  Lord  Tennyson.  He  is  one  of  the  c  >terie  of  writers 
wblcb  has  made  Punch  famous,  and  Is  always  present  at  the  din- 
ners given  by  the  staff  of  that  celebrated  weekly.  He  t*  the  Au- 
thor of  A  Tour  in  Ireland.  A  Bull  Among  Rout.  Hints  lo  Preachers, 
and  a  book  of  memoirs.  Dean  Hole  Is  a  msgaiOcant-looking  man, 
of  most  distinguished  bearing.  He  prop  ><es  lecturing  in  several 
of  the  largest  American  cities,  and  will  devolstbe  proceeds  of  the 
lectures  to  the  renovation  of  Rochester  Cathedral.  He  will  lecture 
upon  >Tbe  Church  of  England."  "Society  in  England,"  and 
•■  Literature  in  Art."  The  eminent  Dean  was  given  a  banquet  at 
tbe  Lotas  Clab  on  Monday  evening.  His  speech  at  the  close  was 
foil  of  wit  and  geniality,  and  be  deeply  touched  his  hearers  by 
the  tender  sentences  at  the  close,  lamenting  tbe  death  of  Oliver 
Wendell  Hitmes.  whom  be  had  long  anticipated  meeting.  I  give 
you  so  much  of  Dean  Hole  because  his  visit  is  a  real  event. 

St.  Paul's  Church.  While  Haven,  Pennsylvania,  is  the  scene 
to-day  of  a  wedding  of  interest  to  Californians,  for  it  will  trans- 
form Miss  Harriette  Willard  Fillmore  into  Mrs.  Seton  Heather 
Rich.  Miss  Fillmore  is  a  niece  of  J.  h.  Fillmore,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  her  grandfather  (who  is  also  of  yonr  city)  will  give  her 
away.  A  Californian,  Miss  Ella  (oodsall,  will  be  the  maid  of 
honor;  so  you  see  tbat  you  are  to  be  tborougly  represented.  Tbe 
groom  is  a  son  of  Mr.  Aquila  Rich,  of  New  Brighton,  Staten 
Island,  where  the  young  people  will  make  their  home.  Vener- 
able Archdeacon  George  1>.  Johnson,  of  Christ  Church,  New 
Brighton,  will  pronounce  the  benediction,  while  the  Rector  of 
8t.  Paul's,  White  Haven,  will  perform  the  ceremony.  The  bridal 
gown  is  of  white  satin,  draped  with  monsseline  de  soie  and 
dachess  lace. 

Miss  Blanche  Edith  Verdenals's  marriage  to  Mr.  Le  Gray  will 
be  celebrated  on  the  28th  inst.  at  her  home  in  West  Eighty-sixth 
street.  It  will  be  a  quiet  wedding,  the  bride  wearing  a  traveling 
dress.     Mrs   Gashwiler  and  ber  daughters  will  be  present. 

"  Jo  "  Donohoe  was  registered  at  the  Buckingham  this  week, 
and  at  tbe  Brunswick  Mrs.  Harrington  is  making  her  temporary 
home.  She  will  visit  Mrs.  Phelps  in  Washington  during  the  win- 
ter. Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Wayne  Belvin  have  just  returned 
from  Colorado,  and  are  installed  presumably  for  the  winter  at  the 
Hotel  Normandie,  bat  they  are  such  birds  of  passage  tbat  no  one 
knows  how  long  they  may  rest  their  wings.  I  saw  Henry 
McDowell  a  few  days  ago,  looking  robust  and  prosperous.  He  is 
making  a  fortune,  I  am  told,  from  the  advertising  business  which 
he  has  been  conducting  for  the  past  year. 

At  tbe  first  night  of  Rob  Roy,  De  Koven's  new  opera,  which  was 
produced  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre  on  Monday  night,  Leon- 
ard Chenery  aod  "  Ned"  Taylor  were  in  the  audience.  The  latter 
has  discarded  the  beard  which  gave  bim  such  a  serious  air  and 
appears  youthful  with  only  a  very  carefully  tended  mustache. 

While  indulging  yesterday  in  the  mild  dissipation  of  Vichy  I 
saw  •*  Billy  "  Mestayer,  who  used  to  be  one  of  tbe  popular  idols 
of  the  old  California  Theatre  days.  He  has  grown  more  portly 
and  of  graver  demeanor.  Frank  Mayo,  very  much  changed  by 
his  gray  hair,  mustache,  and  imperial,  bnt  still  very  handsome — 
in  fact,  handsomer  than  ever — was  talking  witb  him  about  the 
new  play,  a  dramatization  of  Mark  Twain's  Pudd'nhead  Wil- 
ton upon  which  Mr.  Mayo  has  been  working  for  many  months, 
and  which  will  be  bronght  ont  shortly  by  a  leading  New  York 
manager.  The  story  and  the  play  differ  in  several  points  where 
change  was  necessary  for  dramatic  expression  and  effect.  It  is 
said  to  be  wonderfully  clever  in  construction. 

Colonel  Langdon,  well  known  and  cordially  remembered  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  where  he  was  stationed  for  so  many  years,  was 
given  a  superb  banquet  tbe  other  night  on  the  occasion  of  his  re- 
tirement from  active  array  life.  Many  of  his  old  associates  were 
present,  and  some  of  tbe  speeches  of  farewell  were  most  touching. 

Bishop  Goodsell,  of  San  Francisco,  is  at  the  Murray  Hill  Hotel, 
and  at  the  Netherlands  Timothy  Hopkin's  antograph  adorns  the 
register. 

John  Vance  Cheney,  of  whose  residence  in  their  midst  San 
Franciscans  have  been  justifiably  proud,  has  just  been  appointed 
librarian  of  the  Newberry  Library,  in  Chicago,  as  a  successor  of 
the  late  Dr.  Poole.  Literary  San  Francisco  is  to  be  commisser- 
ated  with  upon  his  loss. 

I  understand  that  you  will  soon  again  have  Frank  Cnshing,  of 
Zuni  fame,  with  you,  as  he  means  to  pursue  certain  studies  in  the 
vicinity  of  hia  former  works,  and  will  visit  you  en  route. 

New  York,  Oct  31,  1894.  Passe  Partout. 

New  subjects  in  MarbleStatuesjustreceiyed  from  Italy  byS.  &<Z.  Gump, 
113  Geary  street. 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thn  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed.      

Steedman's  Soothing  Powders  are  termed  soothing  because  they 
correct,  mitigate,  and  remove,  disorders  of  the  system  while  teething. 


usraTjiaA.ia"OB).  

FIRE.  MARINE  AND  INLANH  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insuranoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 

CAPITAL.   $1,000,000   |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC   FIRE   INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG.  GERMANY. 
V.  <  arm  Driffield,  lianas?'  fat  Hi.  •■   rlilc  tonal  Hraucb. 

220   Shiisoiiic  »(,,  s.  V. 

Capital  ......... $1,500,000.00 

Invested  m  U.  S 6S4A33  31 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City   Department 
33*  i  alU'ornla  St..  S.  F..<  »l, 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORTCOSTA.  California 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Hesnlar    Warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  JExcnauee  Call  Board, 

_S%e  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  lurnished 
kSmM£8&A°223S  °Se£ffLf?£  "!e  raP'd  Codling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
fo5  and  smutt    WlP  t  newest  machinery  foroleanlng 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  In  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates.  ' 

OBce  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bask. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

°AMTAL .^^ 16,700,00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
No.  316  California  Street.  San  Francltea. 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assett   119,724,538.45. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent. 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,  GERMANY. 
Established  182S. 
Capital,  $2,260,000-  Total  Assets,  $6,864,663  66 
United  States  Department:   204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOS8.  COMRAP  A  CO..  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

8ALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

Or  BASLE.  OF  BT.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  w.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St..  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.  ] 
Office — Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

CUEO.  F.  UKA NT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up *    600,000 

Assets      8,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,626,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
. 5Q1  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
I-UOVIOEWE-  WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    tOMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10,  1894 


UNSEEN    GUESTS.— May  Riley  Smith. 


w 


E  have  come  back — the  absent  whom  you  tuisa — 

To  pledge  with  you  before  the  feast  is  done; 
You  do  not  feel  our  tender  clasp  and  kiss, 

Nor  hear  us  softly  enter  one  by  oue. 
Your  voices  drown  our  signals  faint  and  low, 
But  pledge  your  unseen  guest  before  you  go. 

We  waft  our  souls  to  you  as  thistle-blooms 
Launch  on  the  winds  their  airy  mariners— 

Oh  Hearts!     Spread  wide  for  us  your  pleasant  rooms, 
Nor  coldly  greet  the  eager  travelers ! 

From  your  fair  loving  cup  a  draught  bestow 

On  friends  of  "auld  lang  syne,"  before  you  go. 

Our  memory  spells  the  very  flowers  you  wear— 

The  roses  in  their  crystal  chalices! 
She  knows  the  tricks  of  speech,  of  eyes,  of  hair: 

Ah!  'tis  a  fanciful  tapestry  she  weaves! 
And  since  so  fair  and  true  her  colors  show, 

Then  till  to  Memory  before  you  go. 

And  who  can  tell?    Perhaps  they  too  are  here— 
Our  angels  whom  we  wrongly  name  our  dead ! 

Leaving  their  bliss  awhile  to  linger  near 

Some  heart  that  joy  hath  left  untenanted. 

Ah,  friends!    They  may  be  nearer  than  we  know, 
Then  pledge  them  tenderly  before  you  go ! 

"Why  do  we  call  them  dead  from  whose  hot  grasp 
God  kindly  takes  a  tear-embitiered  bowl, 

And  sets  instead  wilhin  the  longing  clasp 

His  perfect  cup  of  rapture?    Nay,  aad  soul! 

Name  not  God's  richest  gift  to  mortals  so, 
But  quaff  to  Life,  full  Life,  before  you  go. 

Love  is  the  pilot  of  our  silent  crew ; 

No  boat  so  stanch,  no  sails  so  trim  and  white. 
Full  well  he  knew  the  path  that  led  to  you 

Through  trackless  air,  and  sea,  and  moonless  night. 
Nor  aught  cares  he  how  wild  the  March  winds  blow ! 
.  Then  fill  a  glass  to  Love  before  you  go. 

Good-bye!     Good-bye!     though  Love  hath  many  ports 
"Where  winds  are  soft  and  ships  may  lie  at  rest, 

Home  is  the  sheltered  bay  he  tondliest  courts- 
Home  is  the  little  harbor  he  loves  best. 

Hither  we  sail  away— yo  ho !  yo  ho ! 

Then  drain  the  glass  to  Home  before  you  go. 


ETERNITY.— R.   W.  Gilder. 


Because  the  rose  must  fade, 
Shall  I  not  love  the  rose? 

Because  the  summer  shade 
Passes  when  winter  blows, 

Shall  I  not  rest  me  there 
In  the  cool  air  ? 

Because  the  sunset  sky 

Makes  music  in  my  soul, 

Only  to  fall  and  die, 

Shall  I  not  take  the  whole 

Of  beauty  that  it  gives 

While  yet  it  lives? 

Because  the  sweet  of  youth 
Doth  vanish  all  too  soon, 

Shall  1  forget,  forsooth, 

To  learn  its  lingering  tune — 

My  joy  to  memorize 

In  those  young  eyes  ? 

If  like  the  summer  flower 

That  blooms— a  fragrant  death- 
Keen  music  hath  no  power 

To  live  beyond  its  breath, 
Then  of  this  flood  of  song 
Let  me  drink  long! 

Ah,  yes,  because  the  rose 

Fades,  and  the  sunset  skies 

Darken,  and  winter  blows 

All  bare,  and  music  dies — 

Therefore,  now  is  to  me 
Eternity ! 


DB-A-ItsriKZS. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up  $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  coruer  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD    OFFICE  64>  Lombard  Strwt,  Loudon 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Naaaimo, 
aad  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bauk  transacts  a  General  Bankiug  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Cheek,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  ou  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  aud  Branches,  aud  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bauk  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  aud  South  Wales  Bauk;  Scotland— Britit-h  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico — London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America—  London  Bauk  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bauk  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  aud  Commercial  Banking  Company 
ofSyduey  Ld.;  Drmerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ...  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (Oc  ober  1,  1894) 3.158,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R    Bisho  ,  Vice-President  Allen  M  <  lay.  Seer  tary 

S.  Prentiss  smith,  Ass'i  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

<oKiu;sroM>i;MS: 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  ihe  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremout  Natioual  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago — Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  aud  t-aviugs  Bnuk;  Australia  and  New  Zealand — Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India- Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China   St.  Lou's— Boatmen's  Bank 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

i»raivs  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake', 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans.  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-ou-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

SAN  FRAKCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and  Surplus 1,627.052  43 

IHKECTOKS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  seut  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  toe  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  in-low  Kearny Mechanics*  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  ....  President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY      Vice-Presidents 

Directoks— James  G  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelau,  James  Moffitt,  S  Q.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McEiroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans' on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  seud  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  00 

Deposits  .lanimry  2,  1894 29,439,217  OV 

OFFICERS— Presideut,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers:  Cashier,  A.  H.  K.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECrORS-Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
maun,  F.  'Jillraanu,  H.  Hurstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORKIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N   E  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized     $6 ,000,0 '0  1  Paid  up     11,600,000 

Subscribed  3,ono,ooo  |  Rpserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— IS  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN.  STEINHART     t  _, 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  i  Managers 


WELLS.  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 


N .  E.  corner  Sansome  and  Softer  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cu.m1i  Capital  aud  Surplus  $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valeutine. President  I  Homer  S.  King.  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth  Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS.  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj   P .  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


Nov.  10,  1894. 


S.VN  KR.VNVISCO  NKWS  I.ETTKH 


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THKY  came  with  (ear  and  trembling.  ••  1'apa,"  (altereil  the 
girl,  ••  we  caunol  live  apart.  Forgive  ns;  (orgive  as."  ••  Bless 
you.  my  children."  rejoined  the  elderly  party  wuh  the  red  face,  who 
but  a  short  time  previous  had  forbidden  the  lover  to  enter  his  house. 
and  informed  bis  daughter  if  she  looked  at  tbe  young  sprig  again  he 
would  wring  her  neck.  "  For.'  he  mused,  when  they  had  left  him. 
■  there  is  nothing  like  hostilities  to  precipitate  an  engagement." 
Saying  which  he  winked  at  himself  in  the  Devel-edge  mirror  oppo- 
site. — Detroit  Tribune. 

Mr.  Lfnz  (photographer  —  1  have  not  for  a  long  time  had  so  good 
a  sitter  as  you  are.  The  expression  is  exactly  right.  How  do  you 
gain  such  control  over  the  facial  muscles'  Are  you  an  actor  ?  Mr. 
• -f.k—  No,  sir!  Mr.  Lenz— Well,  well!  Perhaps  you  are  a 
bicyclist?  Mr  Bhodsteb— Yes,  I  am.  Mr.  Lf.sz— Ah,  that  explains 
it.  It  comes  from  riding  the  machine  on  stone  pavements  and  trying 
to  look  as  it  you  enjoyed  it.  — A  towers. 

"  Yielding  to  repeated  solicitations  on  the  part  of  our  readers,  we 
herewith  permit  the  hero  of  our  romance  to  t:e  the  nuptial  knot  with 
his  charming  Lucie,  instead  of  letting  her  entering  a  convent  and 
letting  him  send  a  bullet  through  his  head,  as  was  the  author's  in- 
tention.— Tiif.  Eiiitor.  — Berliner  Borzen-Zeilung. 

Jones  — A  penny  for  your  thoughts,  my  dear.  Briue—  Please  don't 
disturb  me,  dear."  I  am  working  at  such  a  problem.  It  makes  my 
headache.  "At  least  tell  me  what  it  is  about."  "I  was  wondering 
how  we  could  spell  our  name  if  we  got  rich."     — New  York  Weekly. 

"  What  made  you  beat  him  up  so?"  asked  the  sergeant.  '"  For 
givin'  me  such  a  scare,"  said  Officer  Mctrobb.  "  Sure,  he  was  lyin' 
in  a  dark  hallway  wi i  his  red  necktie  shlipped  up  'bove  his  collar, 
an'  I  t'ought  at  hrst  he  had  his  t'roat  cut."      — Cincinnati  Tribune. 

Bartender— I  wouldn't  drink  any  more  if  I  were  you,  Mr.  Jagway. 
You've  had  too  much  already.  You  see  two  of  me,  don't  you?  Mr. 
Jaowav— Not  bv  lh-thunderin' shight!  I  shee 'xackly  one  of  you, 
sbir.     You're  jesh  half  a  man!  —Chicago  Tribune. 

Mr.  Prospect— My  uncle  is  very  low  to-day.  Mrs.  Prospect— I  do 
hope  he'll  drop  off  soon;  I've  had  my  eye  on  the  cutest  little  mourn- 
ing bonnet  down  town  for  ever  so  long,  and  I'm  just  crazy  to  see 
how  I'll  look  in  it. 

Miss  Vandekwh.uk— Why  do  you  go  about  with  Dicky  Doolittle 
so  much,  Teddy?  Teiuiie  Thoughtless— I — er— have  to  help  him 
out,  doncherknow.  If  it  wasn't  for  me— aw— he'd  be  the  biggest  fool 
in  town.  — Town  Topics. 

Agitated  Youhg  Bridegroom  (immediately  after  the  ceremony) — 
Serena— shall— shall  1— shall  we— shall  we  kiss?  Self-possessed 
Bride  (her  third  experience)— It  is  my  usual  custom,  William. 

— Free  Land. 
Clerk— I  should  like  to  have  the  afternoon  off,  sir,  to  attend  the 
funeral  of  rav  grandmother.    Boss— All  right;  but  say,  take  this  $50 
and  put  $25  each  way  on  Taral's  mount  in  the  third  race  for  me. 

— Brooklyn  Eagle. 
Bes.nie  FivEYEAR-bay,  pa,  if  you  was  a  boy  again  what  would 
you  do?    Pa— I  would  ask  all  the  questions  I  could.    Benie  F.  (after 
a  pause)— Say,  pa,  why  would  you  ask  all  the  questions  you  could? 

— Boston  Courier. 
Practical  Father— If  he  says  he  loves  you  I  suppose  he  does,  but 
can  he  support  you?      Daughter— Why,  papa!      You   must  know 
that  it  wasn't  his  fault  that  the  chair  broke.       — New  York  Herald. 

"  Were  those  relatives  of  Jingle's  that  he  went  to  the  station  to 
meet?"  "Yes."  "  Well,  he  acted  mighty  queer  then."  "  What  did 
he  do?"    "  He  seemed  delighted  to  see  them."      —Chicago  Record. 

"  My  lord,"  said  an  overworked  parson  to  his  bishop,  "  I  have  not 
had  a  holiday  for  five  years."  "  I  am  very  sorry  for  your  congrega- 
tion," replied  his  lordship,  with  a  smile.  — Tid-Bils. 

Maude— I  never  allow  Charley  to  kiss  when  he  calls  until  he  gets 
up  to  go.  Clara — I  have  heard  that  Charlie  is  a  very  active  fellow — 
on  the  go  all  the  time,  1  suppose?  —Boston  Transcript. 

McSwattee?— is  Clanghorn  a  finished  author?  McSwitters— Yes. 
You  see  he  called  on  Woolly,  of  the  Howler,  and  called  him  a  liar; 
and— well,  you  know  Woolly.  '  —Syracuse  Post. 

"  Their  marriage  was  a  very  quiet  affair,  I  believe."  "No,  it 
wasn't.    The  minister  tried  to  make  her  promise  to  obey  him." 

— Town  Topics. 
Lawyer  (joyfully)— Your  divorce  is  granted,  madam.  Fair  Client 
(agitatedly)— Thiscompletely  unmans  me.  — Detroit  Tribune. 

Arthur— What  a  cold  you've  got,  Horace !  Horace— Yes.  Left 
off  my  chrysanthemum.  —Boston  Transcript. 

"  So  kind  and  thoughtful  of  you  to  send  me  this  little  puppy !  So 
like  you!"  •■ —Sketch. 

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DIRECTORS: 
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Wm.  Baboock  O.  D.  Baldwin  A.  K.  P.  Harmon 

Adam  Grant  W.S.Jones  J.  B.  Randol. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov .  10,  1894. 


THE  oews  from  the  seat  of  war  in  Asia  continues  to  be  a  little 
vague  and  decidedly  unreliable  io  its  details.  It*  general  tenor, 
however,  is  unquestionable.  The  Japanese  armies  are  meeting 
with  a  steady  succession  of  victories.  No  military  opposition  of 
any  moment  seems  to  have  been  offered  to  them.  In  fact  the 
Chinese  bubble  appears  to  have  been  thoroughly  pricked.  There 
is  no  Chinese  army  and  notwithstanding  all  the  loose  talk  about 
China's  resources  there  is  no  possibility  of  creating  an  army  at 
present.  Before  it  is  possible  to  create  an  army  there  must  be  a 
substantially  organized  civil  government.  At  present  there  is  no 
organized  government  iu  China,  though  there  is  a  plethora  of 
disorganized  governmental  authority  of  an  autocratic  character. 
It  ia  possible  to  weld  these  fragments  into  a  systematic  whole — 
but  that  tabes  time;  it  would  also  be  possible  for  a  eovernment 
so  organized  to  raise,  arm,  equip,  and  provide  for  the  sustenance 
of  a  formidable  military  force— but  that  takes  time,  and,  mean- 
while, the  Japanese  are  on  the  road  to  Pekin  and  are  capturing 
every  intervening  point  of  vantage  as  soon  as  they  reach  it  and 
without  difficulty.  Under  the  circumstances  the  announcement 
that  China  has  asked  for  the  mediation  of  the  powers  is  probably 
correct.  It  is  unlikely,  however,  that  there  will  be  any  interven- 
tion before  the  Japanese  reach  Pekin. 

The  question  of  reforming  the  government  of  the  city  of  Lon- 
don is  one  whicb,  for  many  years  past,  has  been  held  in  a 
condition  of  suspended  animation.  It  is  one  on  which  party  lines 
are  not  sharply  drawn.  Conservative  opinion  generally  is  in- 
clined iu  this,  as  in  all  other  affairj,  to  support  the  established 
order  of  things,  and  to  deprecate  violent  changes,  but  nevertheless 
there  are  very  many  individual  Conservatives  who  recognize  the 
propriety,  if  not  the  imperative  necessity,  of  securing  unification  in 
the  administration  of  local  government  throughout  the  great  muni- 
cipal patchwork  which  comprises  the  modern  city  of  London.  It  is 
safe  to  affirm  that  two-thirds  of  the  Liberal-Unionists  are  in  favor 
of  a  reform  of  this  nature.  The  Liberal  party,  as  a  party,  is  in 
favor  of  this  reform,  t  lough  some  of  its  members  who  are  con- 
nected, with  or  under  the  influence  of  tbe  guilds  and  other  great 
interests  involved,  do  not  stand  with  their  party  on  this  issue. 
Lord  Roseberry,  personally,  has  been  an  especially  active  friend 
of  this  reform  for  a  long  time  past.  So  far,  however,  there  seems 
to  have  been  no  effort  made  in  any  direction  to  outline  a  full  and 
complete  remedy  for  the  evils  that  are  in  sight,  though  royal 
commissions  have  investigated  and  reported  upon  the  matter 
several  times.  The  last  report  of  this  nature  has  just  been  pub- 
lished, and  has  given  rise  to  a  vigorous  discussion  in  the  press. 
Its  recommendations  have  been  described  as  being  of  "a  most 
drastic  character  "  They  contemplate  the  practical  elimination 
of  the  corporation  of  the  old  city  of  London,  or  rather  its  subordi- 
nation to  a  new  governmental  power  which  is  to  dominate  over 
the  whole  of  the  one  hundred  and  eighteen  miles  over  which  tbe 
present  city  of  London  is  spread.  Tbe  guilds  and  companies  are 
to  retain  their  private  estates,  but  the  liverymen  will  lose  many 
of  their  privileges,  and  most  of  the  property  and  institutions  of 
the  old  corporation  passes  over  1 3  the  new  corporation — though 
for  the  present,  at  any  rate,  "  the  old  city  "  is  to  be  allowed  to 
retain  a  linrted  corporate  organization  of  its  own.  There  is  much 
besides  sentiment  involved  in  this  matter,  and  it  is  likely  that  tie 
friends  of  the  existing  system  will  make 
a  stout  resistance  to  tbe  proposed 
change.  In  the  present  acute  condition 
of  national  pirty  politics  it  would  almost 
seem  impossible  for  tie  friends  of  reform 
to  get  together  on  this  matter,  whereas 
tbe  opponents  of  reform  are  struggling  for 
valuable  privileges  and  the  retention  of 
control  over  valuable  properties,  and  are 
naturally  drawn  and  held  together  by 
the  cohesive  power  of  those  things. 
The  chances,  therefore,  would  seem  to  be 
against  tbe  success  of  this  reform  just  at 
tbe  present  time.  But  nevertheless  it  is 
safe  to  affirm  that,  though  tbe  days  of 
"  the  old  city  "  may  not  be  numbered,  its 
years  are.  A  great  deal  of  rascality  and 
wrong  is  hidden  behind  its  quaint  tradi- 
tions and  venerable  institutions. 


have  to  be  added  a  large  sum  for  the  expedition  to  Madagascar, 
if  it  is  undertaken.  Some  of  tbe  French  statesmen  and  papers, 
too,  are  calling  for  a  still  further  increase  in  tbe  army  and  navy. 
All  this  means  increased  taxation. 


The  Coffee  Habit 
is  difficult  to  throw  of,  especially  if  one's  epicurean  taste  leads  to  the 
use  of  the  Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk  in  this  popular 
beverage.    Its  superiority  to  cream  is  admitted.    Rich  flavor  and 
uniform  consistency. 

What  is  more  delicious  and  refreshing,  especially  to  ladies  shop- 

?ing  or  returning  home  from  the  theatre,  than  a  perfect  cup  of  tea  ? 
t  takes  a  native  of  Ceylon  to  know  how  to  make  a  cup  of  tea  in  such 
a  way  as  to  retain  the  fine  aroma  of  the  Ceylon  product.  It  is  for 
these  reasons  that  the  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market 
street,  has  become  so  popular  with  those  of  discriminating  tastes. 
Patrons  are  served  by  the  politest  of  Ceylonese  in  native  dress,  and 
the  charges  are  most  reasonable. 

Worn  Out  races  *«■**■*■■ 
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The  revenues  of  the  French  Government 
for  the  month  of  September  fell  $1  900,000 
below  tbe  estimates,  and  the  early  part  of 
October  did  not  show  an  upward  tendency. 
It  is  probable,  therefore,  that  notwith- 
standing the  saving  effected  by  the  con- 
version ot  a  considerable  portion  of  the 
public  debt  there  will  be  a  deficit  at  the 
end  of  the  fiscal  year.    To  this  there   will 


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The  age  and  genuineness  of  this  whisky  are  guaranteed  by  the  Excise  Department 
of  the  Canadian  Government  by  certificate  over  the  capsule  of  every  bottle.  From  the 
moment  of  manufacture  until  this  certificate  is  affixed,  the  whisky  never  leaves  the  custody 
of  the  Excise  officers.  No  other  Government  in  the  world  provides  for  consumers  this  in- 
dependent and  absolute  guarantee  of  purity  and  ripeness.  "  CANADIAN  CLUB  "  whisky 
is  particularly  adapted  for  medicinal  use. 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Grocers,  Druggists,  and  Dealers.    SELLING  AGENTS: 

William  Wolff  &  Co.      -    -     San  Francisco,  Cal. 


1".  1894 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


THE    EVOLUTION    OF    ART. 


TEH  lime  when  aspirin*  young  ladies  sought  to  make  their 
homes  beautiful  by  executing  weird  •  designs*'  on  innocent  and 
helpless  white  china  \to  the  unspeakable  delight  of  kiln  on  nen] 
has  passed,  for  china  painting  ha*  come  to  be  regarded  by  the  wise 
aa  an  art — a  serious  art,  approaching  nearer  and  nearer  to  the 
gravity  of  those  other  arts  which  have  the  sanction  of  ancient 
usage.  When  we  are  told,  for  instance,  that,  in  order  to  produce 
decorated  china  which  shall  not  offend  cultured  persons,  (he 
artist  must  be  really  an  artist— must  have  had  a  gruuuded  train- 
ing in  sketching  from  natnre.  in  drawing,  perspective,  color,  and 
and  mast  have  acquired  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  objects  to 
be  represented  on  china — one  begins  to  realize  that  we  are  ad- 
vancing. Miss  Neilson  is  largely  responsible  for  this  in  San 
Francisco.  It  is  evident  that  before  she  had  touched  a  china 
plate,  or  possibly  had  ever  thought  of  painting  one,  she  studied 
to  be  an  artist;  and  those  who  have  gone  through  the  mill  know 
what  a  grind  it  is,  and  what  one  can  do  who  has  been  ground 
like  that.  She  is  holding  a  reception  to-day  at  ber  studio,  room 
230,  Crocker  building,  from  two  to  five  in  the  afternoon,  and 
from  eight  to  ten  in  the  evening,  and  tbe  tables  which  hold  the 
products  of  her  skill  carry  a  precious  lot  of  dainty  frangibles. 
On  the  walls  of  her  studio  are  strong  water-color  flower  pieces,  in 
the  corners  of  which  her  signature  may  be  found.  It  is  one  thing 
for  an  educated  artist  to  work  with  open  eyes  and  fixed  pigments 
on  a  water-color  picture,  and  quite  another  thing  to  produce  the 
same  result  with  both  eyes  practically  shut;  that  is,  tbe  colors  of  a 
china  painting  undergo  so  radical  changes  in  the  firing  process  that 
a  very  uncommon  skill  is  required  to  know  what  will  be  the  kiln 
result  of  any  color  laid  on  cold.  Assuming  that  this  skill  may  be 
acquired  by  infinite  painstaking,  the  production  of  a  finished  re- 
sult which  shall  have  the  effect  of  the  daintiest  water-color  pieces 
done  with  open  eyes  as  to  color  becomes  an  important  task.  (In 
roses  particularly  Miss  Neilson  has  the  reputation  among  artists 
of  being  an  arti&t  of  uncommon  skill).  If  to  all  this  we  add  the 
information  that  the  drawing  (which  is  not  the  old-fashioned, 
hard,  conventional,  copying  kind)  is  made  directly  from  the 
natural  objects — mostly  flowers — the  extent  of  the  demands  upon 
the  artist's  skill  becomes  apparent.  That  the  cultured  people 
who  are  visiting  Miss  Neilson's  studio  are  aware  of  this  fact  it 
does  not  require  a  close  observer  to  see. 


LITERARY    NOTES. 


"THE  Political  Career  and  Character  of  David  B.  Hill,"  in  the 
1  Forum  for  November,  possesses  a  peculiar  interest  at  present. 
In  the  same  issue  8enator  George  F.  Edmunds  has  a  thoughtful  and 
instructive  article  on  tbe  election  of  United  8tates  Senators  by 
the  people,  John  W.  Chadwick  discusses  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes, 
••The  Impotence  of  the  Church  in  Manufacturing  Towns"  is  a 
telling  contribution  by  the  Rev.  W.  B.  Hale,  Colonel  T.  A.  Dodge 
makes  a  military  study  of  the  Oriental  war,  E.  R.  h.  Gould  dis- 
cusses the  temperance  problem,  Henry  L.  Nelson  analyzes  the 
philosophy  of  William  L.  Wilson,  the  tariff  leader,  and  there  are 
other  papers  by  able  writers. 

A  Light  through  the  Storm  is  the  title  of  a  very  pretty  and  accepta- 
ble volume  of  poetry.  Through  its  medium  Charles  A.  Keeler, 
the  author,  evidently  a  San  Franciscan,  has  apparently  put  forth 
some  of  his  best  thoughts,  for  the  verses  compare  very  favorably 
indeed  with  most  of  the  works  of  a  similar  nature  produced  lately. 
For  the  most  part  they  are  harmoniously  and  gracefully  worded, 
and  very  readable,  barring  a  tendency,  in  a  few  instances,  to  un- 
due mixing  of  metaphor  and  straining  of  rhyme.  The  poem 
((  Footprints  by  the  Sea  "  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  book  for  swing 
and  style,  and  one  on  reading  it  is  irresistibly  reminded  of  both 
«  The  Bells  "  and  Poe's  »  Raven."  C.  A.  Murdock  &  Co.,  of  this 
city,  are  responsible  for  the  press  work,  which  is  excellent  both 
as  to  text  and  illustrations,  which  are  many  and  varied,  and  uni- 
formly good.  Published  by  Doxey  and  for  sale  by  him  and  lead- 
ing booksellers. 

The  New  Science  Review,  published  by  the  Transatlantic  Pub- 
lishing Company,  63  Fifth  avenue,  New  York,  and  conducted  by 
J.  M.  Stoddart,  is  one  of  the  ablest  of  the  magazines  which  have 
been  started  within  the  laBt  decade.  It  is  unique  in  character, 
being  popular  and  educating,  and  occupying  a  high  plane  in  pop- 
ular science  literature.  It  is  published  quarterly  at  two  dollars 
per  annum. 

A  Man  Named  Micawber 
was  always  waiting  for  "  something  to  turn  up."    There  are  people 
holding  back  for  things  to  get  cheap.    Things  are  cheap;  furniture 
and  carpets  never  will  be  cheaper  anywhere  than  now  at  the  Chicago 
Clock  Company,  1622  Market  street. 

Neither  calomel  nor  any  other  deleterious  drug  enters,  into  the  com- 
position of  Ayer's  Pills.     A  safe  family  medicine. 

The   English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 

,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 

SHAKESFEAREAN     ACADEMY,     1017  Ellis  St., 


LILLIAN  BEDDARD, 

pearancea  arranged. 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


GOLD. 
GOLD. 
GOLD. 

SUFFICIENT  FOR  ALL. 


It  is  folly  to  hesitate  in  grasping  the  opportunity 
of  a  life-time.  Investigate  carefully  and  quickly.  Times 
are  fast  improving,  and  this  chance  to  acquire  a  part- 
nership in  a  genuine  Cripple  Creek  Gold  Mine  is  not 
offered  generally  or  indefinitely.  Delays  are  danger- 
ous. Equal  consideration  given  to  small  investors  as 
larger  ones.  Natural  advantages  for  economical  min- 
ing. Our  company  probably  possesses  the  direct  con- 
tinuation of  the  richest  "Gold"  vein  ever  discovered. 

THE  BROKEN  HILL 
GOLD  MINING  COMPANY 

Locatedin  the  heart  of  the  "Cripple  Creek  Gold  Fields  " 
El  Paso  County,  Colorado.  Capitalized  for  one  million 
shares,  fully  paid  and  forever  non-assessable,  one-half 
remaining  in  the  treasury,  one  hundred  thousand 
offered  at  10  cents  per  share,  proceeds  to  be  utilized  in 
systematic  development,  purchasing  additional  prop- 
erty, erecting  machinery,  buildings,  etc.  The  company 
owns  eight  acres  3000  feet  south  of  the  famous  Inde- 
pendence and  the  properties  of  the  Portland  Company 
which  recently  paid  a  cash  dividend  of  ninety  thousand 
dollars.  This  is  the  same  locality  as  all  of  the  great 
South  Battle  Mountain  Mines,  undoubtedly  the  richest 
gold  territory  in  the  world.  We  have  an  enormous 
vein,  and  if  it  continues  to  improve,  all  snares  will  be 
shortly  withdrawn  from  the  market,  as  we  are  liable  to 
encounter  a  large  body  of  ore  at  any  time.  Every  share 
is  equal,  no  preferred  stock,  all  dividends  declared  alike 
mining  operations  steadily  progressing  under  intelli- 
gent direction. 

$        5  Purchases  50  Shares. 


25 

It 

250 

50 

If 

500 

500 

If 

5000 

1000 

If 

10,000 

Only  half  cash  required  on  blocks  of  5000  and  oyer. 
Funds  must  acoompany  all  orders.  Telegraph  at  our 
expense.  The  labor  strike  is  positively  settled  for  all 
time;  everything  is  now  favorable  to  a  boom.  The 
officers  are : 

JOHN  E.  PHILLIPS,  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  President. 
LEROY  MOORE,  Greenville,  Michigan,  Vice-President. 
FRANK  H.  PETTINGELL,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Secretary. 
A.  B.  NOXON,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Assistant  Secretary. 
LEWIS  A.  CIVILL,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Treasurer. 
SAMUEL  H.  KINSLEY,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Attorney. 
GEORGE  S.  C0WDERY,  Canon  City,  Colo.,  Manager. 
J.  S.  LUCRAFT,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo.,  Consulting  Engineer. 
J.  O.  PICKANDS,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Eastern  Representative. 
All  orders  or  inquiries  should  be  addressed  to 

F.  H.  PETTINGELL, 

Official  Broker, 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.. 
U,  S.  A.  Vice-President  of  the  Colorado  Mining  Stock  Exchange,  Den- 
ver, Colo.    Member  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Mining  Stock  Exchange- 

REFERENCES— 

Any  Bank  in  El  Paso  County- 
Dun's  Mercantile  Agency- 


Cable  Address  "Cripple." 
P.  O.  Drawer  27. 


Send  for  Telegraphic  Ciphers. 
Telephone  228. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10,  1894. 


SOCLE  1Y  may  be  said  to  be  lu  a  wild  whirl  at  present,  fur  fu  1 
almost  to  repletion  has  this  week  been  of  small  entertainments, 
mostly  of  a  kind  which  ladies  can  attend  by  themselves.  The 
political  excitement  of  the  times  has  somewhat  interfered  with  the 
nienkind,  or  at  any  rate  given  them  a  good  excuse  for  absenting 
themselves  from  teas  which  few  of  them  care  to  bore  themselves  by 
attending.  Mrs.  C.  P.  Robinson  chose  Sunday  for  her  tea,  which 
served  to  introduce  her  daughter  into  fashionable  life;  and  among 
other  affairs  this  week  were  on  Monday  the  Gibbons  tea,  the  dinner 
at  Mrs.  Saruuel  Blair's  in  compliment  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oelrichs,  and 
the  theatre  parties  of  Mi-s  May  Belle  Gwin,  Miss  Lizzie  Carroll,  and 
Miss  Martha  Shainwald,  all  of  which  were  followed  by  suppers.  On 
Tuesday  Miss  Alice  Hager's  lunch  and  Miss  Laura  McKinstry's  tea 
were  among  the  afternoon  parties,  while  ihe  invitation  reception  at 
Golden  Gate  Hall  to  view  the  art  treasures  of  the  late  Mrs.  Kate  John- 
son was  quite  a  society  assemblage.  Wednesday's  affairs  included 
the  tea  at  Mrs.  Alexander  Center's,  the  reception  at  Mrs.  Paul  Jar- 
boe's,  and  the  dinner  at  Mrs.  W.  I.  Kip's.  Thursday's  gatherings 
were  the  tea  at  Mrs.  Horace  Hill's  in  honor  of  her  niece,  Miss  Lida 
Hill,  and  the  anniversary  dinner  at  Mrs.  A.  N.  Towne's,  at  most  of 
which  entertainments  yellow  was  the  dominating  color  and  chrysan- 
themums the  chief  flower  used  in  ornamentation.  Last  evening  there 
was  a  hop  at  Mare  Island,  at  which  the  officers  of  the  Yorktown  were 

the  hosts. 

Mrs.  Pixley  and  Mrs.  Boardman  were  both  fortunate  to  have  most 
beautiful  weather  for  their  respective  teas  last  Friday  and  Saturday. 
Mrs.  Pixley's  rooms  were  profusely  decorated  with  ferns  intermingled 
with  roses  and  chrysanthemums.  Mrs.  Boardman  chose  yellow 
chrysanthemums  as  the  chief  flower  in  the  adornment  of  her  rooms, 
and  both  ladies  were  efficiently  aided  in  their  duties  by  a  large  number 
of  assistants.  Other  entertainments  last  week  not  hitherto  noted  in 
these  columns  were  the  tea  given  by  Miss  Belle  McKenna;  Miss 
Helen  Woolwortb's  second  luncheon,  as  well  as  those  given  by  Mrs. 
Prank  Sullivan,  Miss  Breeze,  and  Mrs.  James  Keeney;  Mr.  Charles 
Fearing's  breakfast  party  at  the  Maison  Riche.  and  the  concert  parlies 
of  Miss  Jennie  Blair  and"  Mrs.  Fred  Green. 


Extensive  preparations  have  been  made  for  the  matinee  dansan'e 
which  the  lady  managers  of  the  Woman's  Exchange  will  give  at  the 
National  Guard  Armory  this  afternoon,  and  everything  will  be  done 
to  render  the  affair  a  success.  A  very  large  number  of  tickets  has 
been  sold,  and  even  if  the  attendance  is  not  so  large  as  anticipated, 
there  is  no  doubt  the  financial  result  will  be  a  good  one.  Mrs.  Willie 
Ashe  has  actually  had  the  temerity  to  announce  a  tea  for  this  after- 
noon in  rivalry  to  the  Woman's  Exchange.  However,  there  is  no 
reason  in  the  world  why  they  should  conflict,  for  the  hours  being  the 
same,  doubtless  a  good  many  will  attend  the  Ashe  tea  first  and  fin- 
ish up  at  the  Armory,  where  of  course  the  seven  o'clock  limit  w  ill 
not  be  very  strictly  observed,  but  the  dance  be  prolonged  till  much 
later  in  the  evening.  Miss  Mary  Bates,  also,  will  give  a  reception 
this  afternoon  at  the  residence  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Theo.  Smith,  at 
which  the  workers  of  the  Fruit  and  Flower  Mission  will  be  well  r*  p- 
resented.  ________^^_^ 

Another  charity,  also,  has  chosen  this  date  for  an  entertainment, 
which  the  Mizpah  Club  will  hold  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  George 
Straut,  2028  Scott  street,  this  evening.  There  is  to  be  an  operetta 
performed,  recitations,  vocal  and  instrumental  selections  of  mu-ic 
and,  last  and  best,  excellent  refreshments  will  be  served,  so  those 
who  attend  may  be  sure  of  getting  their  money's  worth. 

The  Cercle  Francaia  gave  one  of  their  delightful  entertainments  on 
Saturday  evening  to  inaugurate  tbe  opening  of  their  winter  season. 
This  consisted  of  a  concert  of  vocal  and  instrumental  music,  com- 
mencing at  9  o'clock,  then  supper,  and  finally  dancing,  which  was 
prolonged  until  nearly  daylight.  The  rooms  were  beautifully  dtc- 
orated  with  draperies,  Mowers,  and  foliage,  and  more  than  comforin- 
bly  filled  with  guests,  the  costumes  of  the  ladies  being  exceptionally 
beautiful  and  in  exquisite  taste. 

Tbe  prospects  for  next  week  are  quite  good  in  social  life.  First  in 
importance,  being  a  dance,  conies  the  first  meeting  of  the  Monday 
evening  "dancing  class"  at  Lunt's  Hall.  A  number  of  our  promi- 
nent society  matrons  are  the  chaperones  of  these  gatherings,  and  ihe 
hours  are  sensibly  early,  being  from  eight  till  twelve.  Then  other 
pleasant  gatherings  include  the  second  tea  at  Mrs.  GibbonsV  on 
Monday,  the  second  of  Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe's  receptionson  Wednesday, 
and,  best  of  all,  the  first  of  the  winter  weddings.  The  ceremony 
which  will  unite  Miss  Laura  Clarke  and  Colonel  J.  B.  Wright  of 
Sacramento,  will  be  solemnized  at  Trinity  Church  ouWednesdiy 
evening,  followed  by  a  reception  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A. 
S.  Baldwin,  on  Washington  street.  Miss  Julia  Crocker  will  be  niaUj 
of  honor,  and  Joe  Grant  will  officiate  as  best  man. 

For  the  newest  and  best  publications  in  Pictures,  and  the  latest  and 
most  artistic  styles  In  Frames,  3.  &  G    Gump's  Art  Emporium,  113  Geary  st 


Our  fashionables  are  to  have  a  new  sensation  in  the  charity  line, 
which  will  take  the  form  of  a  "  Society  Market."  The  ladies  of  the 
Helping  Hand  Society,  casting  about  for  something  novel  to  aid 
them  in  collecting  the  nimble  dimes  that  are  so  much  in  demand  for 
charity  just  now,  were  told  of  the  j-uccess  of  a  similar  affair  held  in 
New  York  some  months  ago,  and  ever  since  they  have  been  ener- 
getically but  quietly  working  to  get  their  market  into  order.  It  is 
now  an  assured  fact,  and  will  without  doubt  be  an  assured  success. 
It  is  to  be  held  in  a  vacant  store  on  Market  street,  which  will  be  ar- 
ranged with  stalls  for  thesale  of  everything  necessary  for  a  sumptu- 
ous Thanksgiving  dinner,  and  theclirnax  of  its  attractiveness  will  be 
reached  in  having  a  number  of  our  lovely  society  maidens  to  act  as 
saleswomen.  Who  would  not  enjoy  a  dinner  purchased  from  such 
fair  hands,  and  doubly  so  aThanksgiving  feast!  It  will  be  opened 
for  business  on  the  27th.  continuing  on  the28th,  and  a  liberal  patron- 
age is  hoped  for  and  confidently  expected. 


The  arrival  of  Lieutenant  Jephson,  Miss  Head's  fiance",  indicates 
that  there  will  be  another  society  wedding  before  long,  resulting  in 
the  loss  to  our  social  world  of  the  charming  young  lady  who  will  be 
tbe  chief  figure  in  the  ceremonial,  and  who  during  her  brief  resi- 
dence in  San  Francisco  has  been  quite  a  favorite.  It  was  while 
Miss  Head  was  living  in  London  last  year  that  her  engagement  to 
Mr.  Jephson  was  announced.  Among  recently  made  known  en- 
gagements is  that  of  Miss  Mamie  Demming,  of  Sacramento,  niece  of 
the  late  Mrs.  Charles  Crocker,  and  during  her  lifetime  a  constant 
visitor  in  San  Francisco.  The  groom-elect,  a  gentleman  named 
Schwan,  is  a  New  Yorker,  which  means  that  still  another  California 
girl  will  be  lost  to  the  Pacific  Coast  by  marriage. 

Our  absentees  are  returning  to  us.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Homer  King 
have  arrived  from  their  Eastern  trip;  Mrs.  Simpkins  and  Miss  Alice 
reached  here  last  week  and  are  at  the  Palace  for  the  winter.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Will  Crocker,  rather  unwillingly.it  is  said,  on  the  lady's 
part,  are  due  to-day.  Miss  Bettie  Ashe  is  coming,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joe  A.  Donahoe  and  Mrs.  Frank  Carolan  are  among  other  returns. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Tobin  are  looked  for  next  week.  Mrs.  Low  and 
Miss  Flora  are  back  at  home  from  their  visit  to  Monterey.  Society 
will  be  glad  to  hear  that  Mrs.  Clara  Catherwood  and  her  daughter, 
Miss  Jennie,  will  be  among  our  winter  visitors,  as  where  they  are 
gaiety  is  sure  to  follow.  They  are  expected  to  arrive  about  the  New 
Year  and  will  remain  some  time. 


Captain  and  Mrs.  Collier  are  now  occupying  the  residence  of  the 
late  E.  G.  Lyons,  2022  Bush  street,  which  they  have  taken  for  the 
winter  months.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  F.  Preston  have  leased  the  Delmas 
residence,  on  Taylor  street,  and  are  already  "at  home"  therein.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Perry  Eyre  will  spend  the  winter  at  1513  Washington 
street.  Colonel  and  Mrs.  E.  E.  Eyre  and  Miss  Eyre  are  domiciled  at 
the  Palace  Hotel  for  the  season.  Mrs.  Henry  Highton,  who  spent 
the  summer  in  Shasta  County,  is  now  occupying  her  old  rooms  at 
tie  Baldwin  Hotel,  which  is  always  her  winter  home,  and  where  she 
will  receive  her  friends  on  Mondays. 


San  Mateo  County  has  been  well  represented  at  Paso  Robles,  where 
Mrs.  Flood  and  Miss  Jennie,  Mrs.  William  Kohl,  Miss  Mamie  Kohl, 
and  Mrs.  George  Loomis  have  been  spending  the  month  of  October 
and  so  far  of  November.  Apropos  of  San  Mateo  County,  it  was  the 
scene  of  a  sad  ceremonial  on  Wednesday  last,  when  the  mortal  re- 
mains of  Tiburcio  Parrott  were  laid  to  rest,  universally  and  most  de- 
servedly regretted  by  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  knowing  him.  San 
Mateo  will  soon  be  the  gainer  of  San  Francisco's  loss,  as  Bishop 
Nichols  and  family  will  take  up  their  residence  there  in  the  course  of 
a  few  weeks,  in  a  cottage  now  being  built  to  receive  them. 

The  fourth  annual  pay  exhibition  by  the  California  Camera  Club 
will  be  given  at  Metropolitan  Hall  next  Friday  evening,  the  16th 
inst.,  the  subject  being  the  Midwinter  Fair.  The  pictures  were  all 
taken  by  amateur  photographers,  and  are  exquisite  and  instructive. 
As  the  club  has  given  so  many  free  entertainments  it  is  but  right 
that  this  one  should  be  generously  attended. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  Raas  are  located  for  the  season  at  the  Mon- 
trose, on  Van  Ness  avenue. 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


U^JiPowder. 

The  only  Pur'1  Cream  of  tartar  P'wHer.— No  ammonia;  No  Alma 
Used  in  Millions   of   Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


Nov.  10,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  T.KTTKR. 


23 


IN     PRIVATE    ELEGANCE. 

BKl.IKYIN'.  in  the  wiidoni  of  tbe  custom  which  prevails  In 
Loodoo  and  Paris,  where  the  roost  artistic  caterers  to  the 
wants  of  tbe  best  people  are  bonsed  in  dainty  apartment;)  up- 
stairs, away  from  the  bustle  and  publicity  of  the  street,  P.  K. 
McNulty  has  fitted  np  parlors  on  the  first  floor  of  the  l.iebes  build- 
ing:, 139  Post  street.  Oai  own  beM  people  are  becoming  educated 
np  to  this  idea,  for  besides  knowing  Mr.  McNulty  tbey  have  trav- 
eled. Tbe  art  of  fine  shoemaking  is  a  very  rare  thing  in  this 
part  of  tbe  world,  even  many  people  of  means  and  culture  being 
content  to  buy  ready-made  shoes.  Not  so  those  whose  names 
grace  McNulty's  order-book,  for  there  real  swelldom  has  written 
itself  down  for  shoes.  Just  now  tbe  gentlemen  coachmen  who 
are  to  drive  in  the  grand  parade  of  the  Horse  Show  are  having 
their  coachmen's  boots  made  there,  and  wonderfnl  works  of 
art  tbey  are,  finished  as  artistically  as  a  piano.  The  Hobarts 
have  ordered  three  pairs,  and  Messrs.  Crocker,  Farrott,  and 
others  are  on  their  list.  And  then  tbe  polo  boots,  men's  ami 
ladies'  bunting  boots,  ladies'  fine  foot-gear,  from  walking  shoes 
to  the  daintiest  satin  slippers,  are  there  waiting  to  be  called  for 
by  their  aristocratic  owners.  Mr.  McNulty's  trade  is  evenly 
divided  between  men  and  women,  and  as  it  is  only  tbe  beat  class 
of  costoru  that  be  caters  to  we  may  be  sure  that  be  employs  tbe 
most  capable  workmen,  takes  infinite  pains  in  making  a  last  to 
fit,  and  is  carefnl  to  see  that  the  fine  materials  which  he  imports 
are  the  best  that  can  be  produced;  and  not  a  machine-made 
stitch  can  be  found  in  bis  work. 


A    REMEDY    FOR    AN    EVIL. 

AN  unfortunate  feature  of  this  climate  is  that  it  often  induces 
rheumatism.  It  is  a  complaint  that  seems  to  become  more 
and  more  prevalent  all  over  the  country,  and  the  methods  of  treat- 
ment which  have  heretofore  prevailed  have  not  proved  efficacious. 
These  methods  often  afford  temporary  relief,  but  it  is  evident  that  an 
internal  remedy  which  reaches  the  seat  of  the  disease  and  drives  the 
germs  from  the  system  is  the  most  philosophical  and  effective. 
Every  rheumatic  sufferer  in  the  whole  country  should  be  made  aware 
of  the  fact  that  this  great  problem  has  been  solved,  and  that  the 
remedy  may  be  had  in  San  Francisco.  It  is  the  discovery  of  Dr. 
Plouf,  whose  offices  are  at  rooms  24  and  3K,  Phelan  Building.  Before 
offering  his  remedy  to  the  public  Dr.  Plouf  gave  it  the  severest  trial, 
and  when  he  found  that  rheumatism  of  every  kind  could  be  cured  by 
it  under  all  circumstances  and  conditions  be  placed  it  on  the  market. 
Since  that  time  its  success  has  been  unparalleled,  and  each  sufferer 
who  has  received  relief  is  sure  to  tell  others  of  his  good  fortune.  To 
a  representative  of  this  paper  who  called  on  him  Mr.  Plouf  said,  in 
answer  to  a  question :  "No;  it  is  not  at  all  necessary  that  a  patient 
should  come  to  my  office;  be  can  treat  himself  as  well  as  I  or  any 
one  else  could.  I  have  patients  all  over  the  United  States  to  whom  1 
send  the  remedy  by  express,  and  they  do  just  as  well  as  though  I 
had  seen  them.  All  that  they  have  to  do  is  to  follow  the  directions 
which  I  send  them.  The  only  charge  I  make  is  for  the  medicine  it- 
self, and  I  send  it  to  all  addresses  on  receipt  of  the  price.  1  give 
three  bottles  for  five  dollars  and  six  bottles  for  ten  dollars." 

DEATH    OF    TIBURCIO    PARROTT. 


TIBURCIO  PARROTT,  the  patron  of  art  and  the  generous- 
hearted  descendant  of  a  long  line  of  fine  gentlemen,  died 
at  his  home  near  St.  Helena,  in  the  Napa  Valley,  on  Monday  last  of 
cancer  of  the  stomach.  He  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1844,  and 
spent  a  few  years  of  his  younger  life  in  New  York,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  branch  house  of  W.  T.  Coleman  &  Co.  He  came  to 
California  in  1S63,  and  took  a  position  in  his  father's  banking  house, 
known  as  Parrott  &  Co.  The  firm  changed  hands  and  took  the  name 
of  Alsop  &  Co.,  and  young  Parrott  remained  as  one  of  the  firm  until 
1880,  when  he  purchased  a  beautiful  place  in  Napa  Valley,  where  he 
has  resided  ever  since.  He  was  a  great  lover  of  the  fine  arts,  and  was 
liberal  to  a  fault  in  sustaining  struggling  artists  in  their  efforts.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  life  members  of  the  Art  Association,  and  was 
liberal  to  the  society  and  its  members.  He  was  dignified  and  princely 
in  his  entertainments,  and  having  had  years  of  association  with  the 
prominent  business  men  of  San  Francisco,  he  was  a  well  known 
figure  on  the  street  and  on  'Change.  At  his  country  house  at  St. 
Helena  he  extended  boundless  hospitality,  and  entertained  one  of 
the  Rothschilds  who  visited  this  coast  a  few  years  ago.  He  will  be  lost 
to  none  more  keenly  than  the  artists  of  this  coast,  for  whom  he 
cherished  the  most  kindly  feelings,  and  yet  he  was  generous  to  all, 
and  did  not  hesitate  to  extend  his  bounty  wherever  it  could  be 
worthily  bestowed. 

THE  current  week's  races,  under  tbe  auspices  of  the  California 
Jockey  Club,  have  been  remarkably  successful.  The  best 
horses  ever  assembled  on  a  track  in  California  have  participated 
in  tbe  racing  events,  and  the  attendance  has  been  larger  than 
ever  before  seen  in  the  State.  Thomas  H.  Williams,  Jr.,  deserves 
credit  for  the  ability  and  energy  which  he  has  shown  in  bringing 
these  cracks  to  San  Francisco,  and  for  the  great  improvements 
which  he  has  made  in  the  track  and  for  the  accommodation  of 
the  spectators. 


NEW 
WRINKLE 


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v  the  beauty  you're  trying  to  enhance  withers— if  you 

use  cosmetics  containing  fata,  Inferior  oils  and  poisons     Our  preparations 
have  the  guarantee  ol  a  rcbpouBfble  firm  for  purity  and  harmfessnesB. 

MEDICATED    CERATE 

Soften  >  ami  beautifies  the  skin;  prevents  wrinkles 
and  freckles;  cures  pimples  and  eruptions.  A  per- 
fect application  before  using  powder;  Indorsed  by 
prominent  physicians.     SO  rents  and  $1. 

roi  ikiti:  I>E  JESSAMINF,  a  medicated  powder,  pink,  white,  and  bru- 
nette.    SO  Out*. 

FRECKLE    i,<n  io\   A>I>    FACE    iti  I,  V<  II :    removes  all   decolora- 
tions aud  blemifheb.    $i. 

Samples  of  "Cerate"'  and  "Poudre"  free  for6c.  postage. 

CARMEL   COSMETIC    CO.,  (Incorporated)., 

MRS.  M.  J.  BUTLKR,  Manager.  131  Post  Street,  S.  F. 

Hair  Dressing,  Manicuring  and  Complexions  permanently  beautified. 


ANTOINETTE. 


These  preparations  for  BEAUTIFY- 
ING and  PRESERVING  the  COMPLEX- 
ION contain  many  of  the  old  French 
secrets,  combined  with  the  latest  chemi- 
cal discoveries,  and  are  indorsed  by 
many  of  our  most  eminent  physicians. 

PIMPLES  AND  ALL  FACIAL  BLEMISHES 

A  SPECIALTY. 

SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  REMOVED 


By  new  process. 
WARRANTED. 


No  bad   results. 
PRICE,  $1  SO. 


ANTOINETTE 
GRAY     HAIR 
RESTORER 

FOR  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN. 
Gray  and  bleached  bair  restored— NOT 
DYED.  This  wonderful  preparation  acts 
on  the  secretions  and  supplies  the  na- 
tural coloring  to  the  hair,  making  it  soft 
and  glossy,  and  leaving  the    calp  white  and  in  a  healthy  condition. 

DANDRUFF  and  all  diseases  of  tbe  hair  skillfully  treated. 

NOTE.— No  poisons  used  in  any  of  my  preparations. 

MME. 

Telephone  1S49. 


MARCHAND,    "ioTKISV 


GUNS 


(1'aber's  Entrance). 
FOR 
EVERYBODY 


Send  Stamps 
1=|   For  catalogue 


CHEAP 


GEO.  W.  SHREVE, 


739  Market  St.,  S.  F. 


LOUIS  ROERDERER  CHAMPAGNF, 

Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence : 

Carte  Blanche,  a  Rich  wine. 
Grand  Vin  Sec,   a  Dry  wine. 

Brut,    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

The  Highest  Grade  in  tbe  World. 

£V^Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  aud  Restaurants,  and  may 
be Thad  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

MAOONDRAY    BROS.  &  LOCKARD, 

SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 
124  Sansome  St. 


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Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


24 


SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  10.  1894 . 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  ol  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  H.;  12:35,3:30. 


6:10,   6:30   p.  h.    Thursdays— Extra  trip 
'   satl:60f 


11:30  p.  M.   Saturdays — Extra  trips  at  1:50  and 
11:30  P.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 
6:20  p.  M. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 
3:40,  5:10  P.M.  Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  m. 

SUKDAY8— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  Sau  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 

same  schedule  as  above. 


Leave  8.  F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15,1894. 

Abkivein  8.  F. 

w     fa- 

OTaaV 

Day  e 

Sundays 

Dksti'tion 

SundayB 

Days. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 
5:10  p.u. 

8:00  A.M. 

9:30  A.M. 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 

Pet  alum  a, 
Santa  Rosa. 

10:40  a.  m 
6:05  p.  M 
7:30p.m 

8:50a.  m 
10:30am 
6:15p.M 

8:00a, M. 

Fulton 
Windsor, 
Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 
Cloverdale 
Pleta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30p.m. 

3:80  p.m. 

6 :15  pm 

7:40a,  m. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00  a.  m. 

Guernevllle 

™°-»«2 

7:40a.m. 
&:10  p.m. 

8:00a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.  M. 18:50am. 
6:05p.M  |6:15pm. 

7:40a.  m 
3:30  p.  m 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a.M 
6  05p.M 

10:30  A.  M 
6:15P.M 

Stapes  connect  at  Geyserville  for  8kaggs 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs. 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes.  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Bonneville, 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  TJsal,  Westport,  Canto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley,  John  Day's,  Live- 
ly's.  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
viile,  Hvdesvilleand  Eureka. 

Saturday  to- Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rate*. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  poiDts 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TirKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C.  WHITING, 

Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Belgic .     ...  .Thursday,  Nov.  15, 1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,   Dec.  4,  1894 

Gaelic    Monday,  December  24,  1894 

Belgic    Thursday,  Jan.  24, 18y5 

ROUND  TRIP  TIOKET8  AT  REDUCED  RATE8 

CablD  Plans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S.  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets,  San  FranclBCO. 

For  freight  apply  at  offices  of  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  Company,  at  wharf,  or  at  No.  202 
Front  street,  Sau  Francisco. 

i.  tL. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass. Agt. 


OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
$610.  Second  class, 
$350. 

\^>     O.   S.  S.  Company's 
x  -,  steamers  sail: 

For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and   SYDNEY,  8.  S. 
"  aT.amfda,"  Nov- 
ember I6th 
For     HONOLULU' 
8.  8.    -AUSTRALIA," 
Nov.  24,  1894. 
For  parage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  Freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J    D.  SPRKCKELo  &  BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


S£VE*  ^ 


UNSPOKEN.— Jessie  F.  O'Donnell,  in  Trav- 
eler's Record. 

If  to  my  long-sealed  lips  thy  name  should 

spring, 

That  in  my  soul,  a  signet  gem,  I  wear. 

Would  not  the  world  in  wonder  mock 

and  stare 

To  learn  that  I  remembered  ?     Who  would 

bring 
Me  anght  of  pity,  aught  of  comforting  ? 
Alas!  so  long  unuttered,  who  would  care 
To  hear  thy  name  fall  strangely  on  the 
air? 
Who  pause  to  greet  its  unfamiliar  ring  ? 

0  sacred  name  I      Too  dear  for  common 

speech, 
Unspoken,  unforgotten,  shrined  apart 
Where  wordly  jeers   or  coldness  shall  not 

reach, 
Within  the  holy  stillness  of  my  heart; 

1  will  not  break  that  silence,  tender,  deep, 
Lest  jar  and  discord    mar    thy  dreamless 

sleep! 

NEWSPAPER    ENGLISH. 

AND  why  not  drop  a  tear  for  the  man 
who  was  fatally  stabbed  in  the  rotunda 
and  for  him  who  was  kicked  on  the  high- 
way ? — Medical  Age. 

We  feel  compelled  to  refer  to  the  poor 
woman  who  was  shot  in  the  oil  regions. — 
Medical  World. 

We  thought  «hp  sat  down  upon  her  dis- 
appearance.—  Tefferson  Souvenir. 

A  Chicago  footpad  was  shot  in  the  tun- 
nel—  Western  Medical  Reporter. 

He  kicked  the  tramp  up  in  his  setting 
down. — American  Pharmacist. 

How  about  the  woman  who  was  hurt  in 
the  fracas  ? — Railway  Age. 

She  whipped  him  upon  bis  return. — 
Burlington  Hawkey  e. 

She  *eated  herself  upon  his  entering. — 
Albia  Democrat. 

She  fainted  upon  his  departure. — Lynn 
Union. 


He  kissed    her  back. 
tion. 


-Atlanta  Constitu- 


They  say  it  is  possible  for  a  man  to  tell 
a  lie  so  often  that  he  will  finally  believe  it 
himself. 


AGENTS 


LADIES  OR  fiEMS 
$75  A  WEEK, 

ling  tiruy 
Pinter,  or  collecting  goods  Tor  us 
to  pliitc.  Wu  tlo  all  kiuda  of  plal- 
tnu  at  our  works,  manufacture  the 
materials  and  outfits,  and  tench 
tin  wirt.  We  sell  the  only  complulu 
■  ■I!  ■  ■!  ■ .  including  laitie  wheel  a,  too  Is 
»oil  materials  rorpoltaliinft.prepar- 
tag,  plfiumr  and  Hulshing  evry- 
thine.  Ciroulnra  and  prices  rrt»o 
Gray  A  Co..  PlntlnB  Works 
Dep't  -4,  Oolumbuts  Ohio. 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  Yobk,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 
From  company's  wharf.  First  and  Braunau  Sts. 

8.  S.  "Acapulco,"  November  10, 1894. 
S.S.  "Collma."  November  19,  1894. 
S.S.   "San  Bias,"  October  28, 1894. 
S.S.  "Sau  Juan,"  December  8,  1894. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc.: 

SAILINGS  AT  3  p.  M. 

S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 

13, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.    S.    "City  of    Peking,"  Thursday,  January 
3, 1896,  at  3  p   m 
S  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Jau.    15,  183 -i,  at 

3  P.  M. 

Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rate* 
For  freight  or  pasnaee  apoly  at  the  «  onipanv'a 
office,  No    425  Market  street.     Branch  t.fflce— 
202  Front  street.         ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC     COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trams  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN   'RANCISCO: 

Leave  i  From  N^v    3,7894.  I  Arrive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 
7:00  a  Beuicia,  Va^aville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Keddine,  via  Davis    7:15  p 
7:30  a  Martiuez,  Sau  Kamou,  Napa,  Calls- 
toga  aud  *Sauta  Ru*>a    6:15  p 

8:30  a  Nile^,  rian  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
rtacameuto,  M  irysville,  Red  Bluff 

andoroville      4:15  p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  *Raymond 
(  or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara.  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,   El  Paso,  New 

Orleans  and  East 5 :45  p 

9:00  a  Martiuez  aud  Stockton 10:45a 

*9:O0a  Peters  and   Milton  '7:15  p 

\U0:30a  "Suuset   Limited,"    Vestibuled 

Train  through  to  New  Orleans. . .  111:45  a 

1:0j  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore *8:45  a 

. .     ..  Niles,  Sau  Jose  aud  Livermore. ..  J 11:45  a 

♦1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers *9-.ou  p 

4:00p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 

Santa  Rosa ,    9 :15  a  . 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacavllle,  Woodland, 
Knight's    Landing,     Marvsville, 

Oroville    aud  Sacramento 10:45a 

4:30  p.  NlleB.  san  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15p 

5:00p.  Los  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Los   Angeles 10:45a. 

5 :00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East... 10:45a. 

6 :00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East . .      9  :45a 
6:00  p.  Hay  wards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7:46a 

17:00  p.  Vallejo +7:45  p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marvsville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East.      .        ..      10-4*  * 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday    excurhion   for  Newark, 

San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 

SantaCruz 18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Oenterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,    Boulder      Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and   way  stations    6:20  f. 

*2 :45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and    principal   way 

stations       *11:50a 

4:45  p.  Newark.  SanJose,  Los  Gatos..  ^ft*  ■ 

Coast  Division  (third  a  lrt'Iownsenn  Streets). 
6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almadeuand  Way 

Stations    1:45  p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose, Tree Pinoa, Santa  Crue, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  Robles,  San 
San   Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

WayStations 7.05'. 

10:40  a.  San  Jose,  and  WayStations...  5:06  p. 

11:45  a.    Palo    Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
*2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tree   Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   Salinas,   Monterey, 

PacificGrove *10:40  *. 

*3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions..      9:47  a. 

•4:25  P.  Palo  Alto  and  WayStations "8:06  a. 

5-.10p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations....  ...  *8:4Sa. 

6 :30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35  a. 

rll:45p.    Palo  Alto   and    principal  Way 

Stations... +7:38  p. 

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Number  20. 


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Although  our  cnrtixni  prttenU  Mr.  Lloyd  T&VU  with  an  uncommonly 
targe  head,  his  real  cranial  dimensions  are  to  he  measured  by  his  achieve- 
went*  rather  than  by  a  tape-line  *<r  even  by  his  own  estimate o J  himself.  To 
the  public  at  large  he  is  known  as  a  capitali.it,  mine  owner,  land  owner, 
former  President  of  the  Wells-Forgo  Bank,  and  the  like,  besides  a  man  of 
great  public  spirit  and  force  of  character,  and  the  quiet  friend  and  advisor 
of  many  a  poor  beginner  in  life;  but  to  the  few  who  understand  the  further 
and  more  silent  reaches  of  his  potter  he  is  known  as  a  genius  in  harmim- 
■>  articling  financial  interests.  Let  a  ruinous  antagonism  arise  between 
two  great  interests  following  similar  lines,  and  Mr.  Tevis  is  called  upon  to 
exercitt  his  tad,  wisdom,  and  coolness  in  bringing  about  harmony  and  gen- 
erally consolidation.  This  is  a  remarkable  trait,  and  it  makes  him  pecu- 
liarly valuable  and  conspicuous  among  the  leading  financiers  of  California 


COMPRESSED  air  seems  to  have  solved  the  problem  of  preserv- 
ing fresh  frnits  in  the  process  of  shipping.  The  experiments 
that  have  been  made  insnre  safe  transportation  to  Europe,  which 
will  provide  a  good  market  for  the  California  product. 


AND  now  it  is  alleged  that  Jerry  8impson  is  about  to  remove 
from  Kansas  to  Indiana  in  order  to  be  able  to  accept  the 
Populist  nomination  for  Governor  of  the  latter  State  in  1896 
Governor  Waite,  of  Colorado,  is  said  to  have  Bimilar  designs  on 
Illinois.  It  is  evident  that  if  the  people  of  the  lake  States  do  not 
reform  and  lead  better  lives,  there  is  no  knowing  what  visitation 
of  an  offended  Providence  they  may  not  expect. 


LIKE  a  feminine  dwarf  in  the  dime  museum  of  humanity,  little 
Hawaii  is  willing  to  be  annexed  to  the  American  giant  of  the 
collection  of  human  curiosities.  It  sometimes  happens,  how- 
ever, that  a  small  spouse  is  as  expensive  a  luxury  as  one  who 
tends  more  to  equalize  the  bed-springs,  and,  as  a  consequence, 
the  giant  may  not  find  it  to  his  interest  to  take  so  diminutive  a 
partner.  Her  voice  has  been  heard  in  affirmation  of  willingness; 
it  remains  to  be  seen  whether  he  will  be  wooed. 


THERE  are  rumors  in  the  air  of  discontent  in  several  quarters. 
The  managers  of  Mr.  Estee's  fight  for  Governor  are  carefully 
noting  exceptions  as  the  canvass  proceeds,  with  the  avowed  in- 
tention of  presenting  his  claims  for  a  recount  to  the  Legislature, 
which  is  the  only  body  competent  to  correct  the  matter,  and 
there  has  been  only  one  precedent  in  the  history  of  the  State 
where  legislative  action  was  taken.  That  was  the  contest  be- 
tween Wiggington  and  Pacheco  for  a  seat  in  Congress  from  thp 
southern  district.  The  proposed  recount  in  the  contest  for  Sheriff 
of  San  Francisco  is  based  upon  the  popular  belief  that  McNab 
was  counted  out  in  a  wholesale  manner  in  several  of  the  districts 
south  of  Market  street.  His  friends  have  volunteered  to  furnish 
the  money,  and  the  sentiment  is  so  strong  tha1;  they  will  not  be 
satisfied  until  the  ballots  are  shown  np. 


THE  developments  of  this  week  have  not  added  anything  new 
to  the  position  of  affairs  in  the  war  which  is  now  waged  be- 
tween China  and  Japan.  The  Japanese  are  now  masters  of  the 
military  situation;  but  they  have  been  practically  so  for  the  past 
two  months.  It  was  demonstrated  early  in  the  conflict  that 
China  was,  from  a  military  point  of  view,  thoroughly  impotent 
and  incapable  of  either  offense  or  defense.  The  Japanese  advance 
on  Pekin  has,  therefore,  been  in  the  nature  of  a  parade  in  which 
physical  difficulties,  rather  than  military  opposition,  seem  to  have 
been  the  only  obstacles  which  it  was  necessary  to  overcome.  The 
question  of  patching  up  a  peace  seems  to  be  the  only  problem 
now  left  for  consideration  in  connection  with  this  war.  At  the 
time  of  writing  a  reasonable  reading  of  the  rumors  which  are 
afloat  in  regard  to  this  phase  of  the  matter,  leads  to  the  inference 
that  a  preliminary  feeling  of  pulses  in  regard  to  diplomatic  inter- 
vention is  going  on,  and  that  our  own  government  is  taking  some 
part  in  these  negotiations. 


THE  California  Winemakers'  Association  is  moving  in  the  right 
direction.  It  can  systematize  the  preparation  of  the  products 
for  the  market  in  such  a  manner  as  to  place  them  in  a  more  favor- 
able condition  by  proper  inspection  and  classification,  and  in  so 
doiDg  will  overcome  the  objections  that  have  made  them  a  third- 
rate  article  in  the  markets  of  the  world.  It  is  noted  that  the  dry 
wine  producers  are  more  favorable  to  the  organization,  which  is 
rather  surprising,  since  California  sweet  wines  have  always  been 
deeu  ed  the  best  as  compared  with  the  foreign  product. 


IT  has  been  announced  by  the  Italian  Government  that  the 
twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  redemption  of  Rome  (which 
will  occur  next  year)  is  to  be  celebrated  with  extensive  festivi- 
ties. What  the  Italian  Government  designates  the  redemption  of 
Rome  is  simply  what  other  people  know  as  the  destruction  of 
the  temporal  power  of  the  Pope,  and,  as  the  feeling  between  the 
Qnirmal  and  the  Vatican  has  been  growing  more  cordial  within 
the  past  year,  the  proposed  celebration  will  be  bad  policy  if  not 
in  bad  taste.  There  is  an  old  adage  about  the  propriety  of  letting 
sleeping  dogs  lie. 

THE  grave  wisdom  of  the  bat  and  the  astute  insight  of  the  mole 
were  never  so  conspicuously  combined  as  in  those  Republican 
editors  who  are  now  crying  out  against  the  folly  and  injustice  of 
the  attempt  by  German  agrarians  and  bimetallists  to  secure  an  in- 
crease in.  duties  on  American  grain  and  cattle  and  to  establish  a 
silver  currency  standard.  If  the  idiots  who  during  the  campaign 
have  been  depicting  in  lurid  lines  the  glories  of  a  high  tariff  can 
see  farther  than  the  points  of  their  pencils,  can  they  not  perceive 
that  if  protection  in  America  is  good  for  Americans,  protection  in 
Germany  must  be  good  for  Germans  ?  But  what  your  sensible, 
consistent  Republican  political  economist  blubbers  for,  and  what 
be  must  have,  is  protection  for  his  own  products  and  a  free  and 
full  swing  in  the  markets  of  every  other  country  in  the  world. 
Yet  he  has  right  at  hand  a  daily  recurring  illustration  of  the  bene- 
fits of  free  trade:  this  country  has  placed  no  tariff  on  the  kind  of 
brains  that  are  required  for  writing  protective  editorials,  but  see 
how  abundant  and  cheap  brains  of  that  kind  arel 


THE  short  session  of  Congress,  ending  on  the  4th  of  March,  is 
one  which  could  be  dispensed  with  and  save  the  country  a 
large  expense  and  the  people  still  greater  anxiety.  This  is  more 
particularly  the  case  where  there  is  such  a  radical  change  in  the 
political  complexion  of  that  body  as  has  been  indicated  by  the 
iate  election.  Measures  that  are  advocated  by  one  party  are  often 
directly  opposite  to  those  advocated  by  the  other,  and  the  busi- 
ness of  the  country  is  always  more  or  less  disturbed  by  conflict- 
ing policies,  such  as  the  tariff  and  the  financial  system,  thatbave 
so  many  phases.  What  the  people  want,  and  what  the  country 
needs  most,  is  a  rest  from  the  agitation  produced  by  these  bien- 
nial changes  of  legislation  which  have  been  taking  place  for  the 
past  twenty  years-  Either  absolute  free  trade  or  a  high  protective 
tariff  as  an  established  principle  would  be  preferable  to  these  car- 
penterings  that  are  going  on  in  quick  succession.  It  would  be 
infinitely  preferable  if  the  last  session  of  each  Congress 
ended  just  prior  to  the  biennial  elections  for  members  of  that 
body.  It  would  save  a  great  amount  in  mileage  as  well  as  in 
anxiety  in  business. 

BY  the  body  of  that  once  imperial  autocrat  who  lies  with  folded 
hands  in  the  city  of  St.  Petersburg,  the  American  press  has 
paused  to  pay  the  tribute  of  a  tear.  A  great  man;  a  noble  ruler; 
a  beneficent  monarch — these  and  other  phrases  have  tinkled  their 
meaningless  way  through  our  papers.  It  might  have  been  sup- 
posed that  he  who  has  responded  to  the  mandate  of  a  Greater 
White  Czar  than  he  was  the  visible  type  and  representative  of 
the  democratic  idea.  On  the  contrary,  he  was  the  exact  antithesis 
of  this  idea.  He  was  a  despot  ruling  a  land  which  stands  in  the 
very  rear  of  that  procession  that  marches  toward  the  higher  civi- 
lization. Behind  his  scepter  crouched  dark  Siberia,  where  hope 
dies,  and  at  a  nod  of  that  bead  which  nods  no  more  exiled  races 
passed  forever  from  the  homes  they  had  known.  If  the  ruler  of 
all  the  Russias  is  a  subject  for  admiration,  republican  institutions 
by  necessary  inference  must  be  condemned.  America  and  Russia 
stand  at  opposite  political  poles.  If  the  methods  of  the  one  are 
right,  those  of  the  other  are  wrong,  and  here  again,  as  of  old  and 
forever,  both  God  and  Mammon  cannot  be  served.  American 
tears  drip  hyprocritically  by  the  dead  man's  bier. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  17,  1894. 


SACRAMENTO    RIVER    NAVIGATION. 


THERE  still  exists  in  the  economy  of  things  in  this  8tate  the 
unsettled  question  of  removing  the  slickens  that  have  be- 
come embedded  on  the  bottom  and  so  nearly  destroyed  the  navi- 
gation of  the  Sacramento  River.  This  concrete  bed  has  become 
so  solid  that  it  resists  the  floods,  and  no  ordinary  dredging  ma- 
chine can  remove  it.  Some  scientific  process  will  have  to  be  re- 
sorted to  in  order  to  restore  the  bed  of  that  stream  to  its  normal 
condition.  When  hydraulic  mining  was  uninterrupted,  the  flow 
of  slickens  was  tremendous,  and  in  connection  with  the  debris 
that  washed  from  the  cultivated  lands  at  each  annual  overflow, 
it  formed  a  hard-pan  that  rebelled  against  the  currents  and  be- 
came solidified,  filling  np  the  bed  of  the  river  until  flow  is  ob- 
structed and  the  waters  wash  over  the  banks  to  And  an  outlet  to 
the  bay.  The  alarm  was  not  given  nntil  the  mischief  bad  been 
done,  and  now  a  problem  is  presented  that  requires  the  applica- 
tion of  genius  and  the  expenditure  of  millions  of  money  to  restore 
that  stream  to  its  usefulness  and  meet  the  demands  of  commerce. 
It  is  a  work  now  for  the  government  to  attend  to,  and  the  pau- 
city of  appropriations  that  have  been  made  has  only  had  the 
effect  to  aggravate  the  condition.  This  must  be  changed  or  the 
stream  will  be  lost  to  navigation.  The  Sacramento  is  the  largest 
and  most  valuable  stream  in  California,  and  it  should  be  made  to 
serve  the  producers  more  liberally.  The  Government  could  do  no 
better  service  than  to  appropriate  at  least  one  million  dollars  for 
the  purpose  of  removing  this  rebellious  obstruction,  which  has 
raised  the  bed  of  the  river  at  and  below  the  city  of  Sacramento 
from  ten  *o  twenty  feet  above  its  natural  bottom.  In  further- 
ance of  this  work  of  improvement,  the  State  should  lend  its  aid 
iu  the  construction  of  a  deep-water  canal,  tapping  the  Sacramento 
at  some  point  above  Colasa  and  running  close  to  the  foothills  of 
the  Coast  Range  of  mountains  to  Suisun  Bay.  Such  a  canal 
would  serve  to  allay  the  fears  of  an  overflow  at  Sacramento, 
which  has  been  so  destructive  to  property  for  the  past  twenty- 
five  years,  washing  away  the  grain  of  the  farmers  iu  some  of  the 
most  productive  sections  of  that  locality  bordering  the  river.  At 
the  same  time  it  would  serve  to  give  the  government  an  opportu- 
nity to  remove  the  debris  from  the  bed  of  the  river. 
In  1871-72  the  floods  destroyed  over  $3,000,000  worth  of 
property,  including  the  destruction  of  over  thirty  miles  of  rail- 
road, and  every  year  the  farmers  are  injured  to  the  extent  of  mil- 
lions of  dollars,  more  or  less.  The  month  of  the  Sacramento  has 
been  clogged  to  such  an  extent  that  the  fall  of  the  river  below 
Colusa  is  only  three  feet  to  the  mile  on  the  average,  and  the 
Feather  and  Yuba  Rivers  cause  the  waters  to  back  up,  overflow- 
ing the  most  productive  lands  on  eitaer  side.  Vast  levees  have 
been  built  to  keep  the  waters  in  the  channel,  and  in  many  places 
the  water  rises  ten  feet  abjve  the  level  of  the  adjoiniog  land. 
These  levees  are  liable  to  break  when  the  pressure  becomeB  too 
great,  and  when  they  do,  destruction  and  desolation  follow.  En- 
gineers have  wasted  money  in  trying  to  determine  the  best  course 
to  pursue  in  order  to  bring  the  necessary  relief,  but  up  to  the 
present  time  it  has  all  been  expended  in  useless  experiments 
and   the    funds    have  been  wasted. 

When  the  slickens  question  was  creating  such  an  exctement 
among  the  people  of  the  8icramento  Valley  and  propositions  were 
being  made  to  build  brush  dams  to  stop  the  debris,  Colonel  L.  F 
Moulton,  of  Colusa,  who  is  a  conscientious,  honest,  liberal,  atd 
enterprising  citizen,  iovited  the  great  engineer,  James  D.  Eads, 
to  visit  California  and  try  his  hand  at  the  business.  He  defrayed 
all  his  expenses  and  presented  him  to  the  commissioners  in  charge. 
They  had  engaged  the  services  of  Colonel  Mendel,  of  tbe  Uuued 
States  engineers,  who  favored  the  brush  dams,  and  they  refused 
the  services  of  Mr.  Eads,  who  smiled  at  the  brush  dam  theory  in 
face  of  the  monstrous  obstruction,  «haracterizing  it  as  cbild'a 
play.  Mr.  Eads  gave  it  as  his  opinion  that  nothing  would  benefit 
the  condition  short  of  a  removal  of  the  slickens  from  the  bed  of 
the  river  and  the  best  system  of  dams  for  impounding  hydraulic 
debris,  and  that  the  work  would  involve  the  expenditure  of  many 
millions  of  dollars.  This  difficulty,  in  the  ruin  of  the  8acramento 
River,  was  encroaching  on  the  usefulness  of  the  bay,  and  threat- 
ened the  outlet  at  the  Golden  Gate.  It  created  considerable 
anxiety  for  a  numcer  of  years,  and  had  hydraulic  business  con- 
tinued as  at  one  time,  serious  damage  might  have  resulted  to 
shipping.  It  needs  a  prompt  and  vigorous  remedy  now,  and 
there  is  no  interest  in  the  way  of  riveT  improvements  in  the 
United  States  that  demands  more  liberal  and  earnest  attention 
than  the  Sacramento  River.  The  members  of  Congress  from  this 
State  should  be  diligent  in  this  matter,  and  make  it  their  special 
duty  to  demand  and  secure  an  appropriation  of  at  least  one  mil- 
lion dollars  for  this  particular  purpose,  in  order  to  protect  the 
navigation  of  that  stream  and  make  it  possible  for  the  gold 
miners  to  continue  their  profitable  business.  The  harbors  are  in 
a  safe  condition,  and  improvements  in  that  line  could  be  post- 
poned for  a  time.  It  is  not  so  much  the  navigation  of  the  rivei 
that  is  demanded  as  the  preservation  of  the  productive  interests 
of  the  people  who  are  subject  to  the  ravages  of  the  floods.  If  the 
farmers  and  producers  of  the  State  are  not  protected  the  wealth 
of  the  State  suffers. 


A    QUESTION    OF    LEAKAGE. 

THERE  is  a  great  misapprehension  in  the  public  mind  about  the 
present  condition  of  the  Blythe  case.  It  has  been  caused  by 
t  ie  constant  misrepresentations  of  a  part  of  tbe  local  press. 
Whenever  any  little  point  is  decided  in  favor  of  Mrs.  Florence 
Blythe  Hinckley,  the  decision  is  immediately  paraded  either  as  a 
dual  determination  in  ber  favor  or  as  being  so  close  to  that  result 
that  tbe  few  remaining  questions  will  be  brushed  aside  and  tbe 
actual  distribution  effected  within  a  few  weeks.  These  assertions 
imply  knowledge  of  subsequent  action  by  the  Supreme  Court, 
which  is  unjust  to  that  tribunal,  discreditable  to  those  who  pre- 
tend to  possess  it,  and  grossly  misleading.  Undoubtedly  Judge 
Coffey  rendered  judgment  in  favor  of  Mrs.  Hinckley,  and,  as 
against  all  the  other  individuals  and  syndicates  in  the  case,  the 
judgment  was  affirmed  by  the  Supreme  Court,  It  is  probably 
correct  to  say  that  the  defendants  and  claimants,  other  than  Mrs. 
Alice  Edith  Blythe,  are  out  of  tbe  litigation,  so  far  as  the  State 
courts  are  concerned.  But  it  is  either  palpably  false  or  reveals  a 
most  deplorable  condition  of  justice  in  our  midst  to  extend  this 
situation  to  the  widow's  case.  When  the  appeals  from  tbe  judg- 
ment and  the  other  appeals  from  orders  refusing  new  trials  were 
decided,  no  part  of  that  case  had  ever  been  before  the  8upreme 
Court.  It  seems  preposterous  to  believe  that  the  Justices  have 
formed  or  even  intimated  an  opinion  upon  a  claim  they  have 
never  investigated,  which,  until  now,  has  never  been  before 
ihem,  and  which  is  essentially  distinct  from  every  other  part  of 
the  controversy. 

Against  Mrs.  Hinckley,  Mrs.  Blythe  did  not  contest  either 
adoption  or  institution,  which  were  tbe  law  matters  upon  which 
tbe  other  appellants  relied,  but  solely  the  fact  of  Blythe's  pater- 
nity. On  her  own  behalf  sbe  proved  a  form  of  marriage  contract 
between  herself  and  Blythe,  followed  up  by  at  least  five  years' 
residence  With  him  in  a  refined  and  orderly  household,  repeated 
acknowledgments  by  Blythe  that  she  was  his  wife,  and  many  in- 
troductions, associations,  accounts,  and  other  matters  tending  to 
establish  matrimonial  relations.  Her  appeal,  which  presented 
those  contentions,  was  not  perfected  until  February  last.  There 
was  a  time  when,  for  want  of  means,  it  seemed  doubtfnl  whether 
she  would  be  able  to  file  her  transcript,  but  E.  J.  Baldwin  and 
another  prominent  citizen  became  interested  in  her  claim,  and 
this  difficulty  was  surmounted.  On  June  11th  of  this  year  her 
transcript  was  filed,  and  it  contained  all  the  testimony,  to  tbe 
number  of  1827  pages.  Her  opening  points  and  authorities,  cov- 
ering 440  pages,  were  filed  on  July  26th.  The  points  and  authori- 
ties for  the  respondent,  Mrs.  Hinckley,  were  riled  August  24tb, 
and  tbe  reply  brief  for  Mrs.  Blythe,  135  pages  in  volume,  was 
filed  September  5Lh.  This  great  appeal,  presenting  new  phases 
of  Mrs.  Hinckley's  case,  and  for  the  first  lime  the  entire  claim  of 
Mrs.  Blythe,  was  argued  and  submitted  on  the  11th  of  the  same 
month,  and  there  are  many  appeals  wbieh,  in  their  regular  order, 
would  be  first  considered.  Tbe  oral  arguments  on  both  sides  have 
been  since  printed  and  filed.  These  briefs  and  arguments  have  been 
extensively  circulated  and  read,  not  only  in  this  State,  but  at 
the  East,  and  the  general  impression  of  leading  members  of 
tbe  bar  is  that  Mrs.  Blythe  has  made  a  very  weighty  show- 
ing. Especially  is  it  considered  impossible  to  understand — with 
the  presumption  of  the  law  against  paternity  and  in  favor  of 
marriage,  and  with  one  witness  to  prove  the  paternity  of  Flor- 
ence Blythe  Hinckley,  who  was  reared  in  England  and  never 
saw  her  alleged  father  in  life,  and  seventy  witnesses  or  more  to 
prove  the  actual  marriage  of  Mrs.  Blythe,  who  was  born  and  has 
always  lived  in  this  State — how  legal  consistency  can  be  main- 
tained and  a  decision  for  Mrs.  Hinckley  and  against  Mrs.  Blythe 
logically  justified.  The  greatest  apprehension  expressed  for 
the  widow,  and  that  probably  unnecessarily,  was  that  ber  record 
might  not  be  thoroughly  studied.  The  whole  argument  for  Mrs. 
Hinckley  was  limited  to  the  point  of  supposed  substantial  con- 
flict in  the  evidence.  This  position,  however,  is  powerfully  con- 
troverted for  Mrs.  Blythe,  with  apt  references  to  decisions  in  this 
State  and  to  tbe  evidence.  It  is  true  tbat,  in  July  last,  during  tbe 
Court  vacation,  in  the  matter  of  Blythe's  estate,  an  application 
was  made  for  distribution  to  Mrs.  Hinckley,  and,  notwithstand- 
ing the  pendency  of  Mrs.  Blythe's  appeal,  an  order  of  distribu- 
tion was  recently  made.  But,  in  tbe  first  place,  tbat  order  is 
necessarily  subject  to  the  appeal;  and,  in  the  second  place,  new 
appeals  have  been  taken  by  Mrs.  Blythe  and  others,  and  motions 
for  new  trial  made,  which  cannot  be  reached  for  months. 

These  are  tbe  plain  facts  of  this  cause  celebre  as  they  actually 
exist,  and,  whatever  may  be  thought  of  the  merits,  it  is  certainly 
premature  and  indecorous  for  the  decision  of  the  highest  Court  in 
the  State  on  a  new  record,  the  intelligent  examination  of  which 
requires  great  and  protracted  labor,  to  be  anticipated  and  pre- 
dicted whenever  some  trifling  proceeding  justifies  a  reference  to 
the  Blythe  case. 

GOVERNOR  FISHBACK,  of  Arkansas,  resents  the  impudence 
of  the  English  Anti- Lynching  League  in  introducing  itself  into 
tbe  affairs  of  this  country.  He  pertinently  inquires  since  when 
England  has  shown  a  higher  regard  for  human  rights  than  has  the 
United  States.  The  ignorance  of  the  League,  or  its  hypocrisy,  is 
pitiable;  its  presumption  is  unendurable. 


1894. 


.    FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER, 


MR      BUDD'S    POSITION     DEFINED 


TBI  Nm?  Lnr»  t»  grieved  to  observe  tbit  Mr.  Hudil,  wboni 
it  supported  (or  tbe  Governorship,  deem*  it  becoming  as 
'♦o*ernur-flrci  to  continue  tbe  utterance  of  remarks  which  be 
UoobileM  (bought  useful  in  tbe  campaign.  Since  bis  election  be 
bas  published  a  letter,  to  which  be  says,  referring  to  the  subsidized 
railroads: 

"  The  best  wav  that  I  can  see  out  of  it  is  for  the  Government  to 
lake  possession  of  the  mortgaged  road*.  the  Central  and  I  nion  Pacific, 
and  operate  them  in  the  Interests  of  California  and  the  other  State? 
ol  the  Pacific.  I  have  not  at  band  the  figure?  of  the  Indebtedness  of 
these  roads  lo  tbe  Government,  bat  from  memory  I  should  say  that 
it  is  about  three  times  what  tbe  roads  are  worth,  or  what  they  could 
be  reproduced  for  to-day.  This  "  [i.  --.,  operating  the  roads  in  the  in- 
■■;'  the  Pacific  State*]  "  would  be  opon  the  basis  of  the  bare  cost 
ice,"  which  "  would  be  about  one-third  of  the  present  charges. 
With  a  trunk  line  of  railroad  operated  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  at 
the  cost  ol  the  service,  nootber  line  or  combination  of  lines,  north  or 
south,  could  put  up  rat.  - 

Potting  Mr.  Budd's  ideas  more  exactly,  in  our  own  language, 
tbey  read  thus: 

'The  Central  and  I 'nion  Pacific  owe  the  Federal  Government  a 
certain  amount,  secured  by  second  mortgage,  the  first  mortgage,  of 
equal  amount  with  the  second,  being  held  by  private  persons.  From 
meuiorv  I  should  sav  that  the  debt  to  the  Government  is  three  times 
as  large  as  the  amount  that  would  be  required  to  reproduce  those 
roads  to-day.  This  debt,  added  to  the  first-mortgage  debt,  makes  the 
whole  indebtedness  about  six  times  the  amount  that  would  be  re- 
quired to  reproduce  tbe  roads  to  day.  Being  a  lawyer,  I  know  that  a 
second  mortgage  cannot  be  foreclosed  until  tbe  first  mortgage  has 
been  satisfied,  and  that  the  only  way  that  it  can  be  legally  satisfied  in 
this  case  is  bv  the  payment  of  the  amount  in  money  out  of  the 
National  Treasury.  Then  the  Government  may  proceed  to  recover 
on  its  second  mortgage.  Being  a  lawver,  I  know  that  under  the  Fed- 
eral Constitution  no  person  may  be  deprived  of  life,  liberty,  or  prop- 
erty without  due  process  of  law,  and  hence  I  know  that  the  only  legal 
way  in  which  tbe  Government  may  recover  the  amount  due  it  is  by 
regular  proceedings  in  foreclosure,  in  a  court  of  justice,  which  shall 
hear  the  evidence,  determine  first  the  fact  and  then  tbe  amount  of 
the  debt,  and  if  it  finds  in  favor  of  the  Government,  then  order  that 
the  property  be  sold  to  tbe  highest  bidder.  If  the  amount  thus  re- 
ceived should  not  satisfy  the  debt,  the  remainder  would  stand  as  a 
charge  against  other  properties  of  the  defendants,  and  might  be  col- 
lected, perhaps,  by  due  process  of  law.  But  it  h  advisable  that  the 
Government  take  the  road-'.  As  a  lawyer  I  know  that  the  only  way  in 
which  it  can  do  this  is  to  bid  for  them  at  the  foreclosure  sale.  The 
owners,  seeing  the  Government  determined  to  take  tbe  roads,  will 
most  likelv  run  up  the  price  in  the  bidding  to  an  amount  sufficient  to 
cover  their  debt.  In  this  wav  the  Government,  having  already  ex- 
tinguished the  first-mortgage  debt  with  money  taken  from  the  Treas- 
ury, will  be  made  to  pay  five  or  six  times  as  much  as  would  be  re- 
quired to  reproduce  the  roads  to-day,  and  would  be  relinguishing 
about  three-fourths  of  a  debt— amounting  to  many  millions  of  dollars— 
which  it  might  recover  if  it  should  pursue  some  course  other  than 
that  which  I  have  indicated.  For  this  sacrifice,  however,  the  Govern- 
ment would  secure  coutrol  of  transportation  to  and  from  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  would  operate  the  roads  for  tbe  benefit  of  the  people  here, 
without  reference  to  the  interests,  wishes,  or  welfare  of  the  people  in 
the  Eastern  States.  The  important  point  if  that  the  Government 
would  charge  rates  of  transportation  just  sufficient  to  cover  the  cost 
of  the  service.  In  this  way  it  would  effectually  prevent  combinations 
of  lines  to  the  north  and  south  to  put  up  rates.  Those  lines  of  course 
would  have  to  charge  rates  just  sufficient  to  cover  the  cost  of  their 
service,  or  they  would  get  no  business  at  all,  and  the  cost  of  their 
service  must  be  kept  as  low  as  the  Government's  cost  of  service. 
Manifestly,  then,  those  private  lines  could  not  make  sufficient  where- 
withal to  pay  any  dividends,  and,  further,  could  not  pay  tbe  interest 
on  their  indebtedness.  Hence  tbe  policy  which  I  propose  would 
bankrupt  them  ;  the  roads  could  not  be  operated  and  could  not  find 
purchasers,  and  therefore  they  would  be  abandoned,  and  most  of  the 
value  which  they  represent  would  be  destroyed.  Of  course  the  Gov- 
ernment could  accomplish  these  ends  by  building  its  own  line  out- 
right instead  of  taking  the  Central  and  Union  Pacific,  and  could  thus 
save  the  cash  expenditure  required  to  extinguish  the  first-mortgage 
debt,  and  besides  might  recover  the  large  second-mortgage  debt.  And 
of  course  even  the  cash  required  to  extinguish  the  first-mortgage  debt 
would  be  much  more  than  sufficient  to  construct  and  equip  the  new 
Government  road.  But  as  that  phase  of  the  matter  is  not  suited  to 
my  purpose,  I  do  not  care  to  discuss  it." 

If  in  this  statement  of  Mr.  Budd's  position  we  have  done  him 
the  smallest  injustice  we  should  be  pleased  to  correct  the  error  as 
soon  as  it  has  been  pointed  oat  to  as. 


THE  Fresno  Republican  says:  "Now  that  the  Traffic  Association 
is  through  with  its  campaign  work,  it  is  reasonable  to  expect 
that  it  will  tarn  its  attention  to  the  more  important  undertaking 
of  building  the  competing  railroad  through  the  San  Joaqain  Val- 
ley." This  is  cold-blooded  sarcasm,  for  the  Republican  is  fully 
aware  of  tbe  fact  that  that  enterprise  was  not,  and  never  has 
been,  anything  but  a  campaign  proposition,  always  bobbing  up 
on  the  eve  of  an  election. 


SENATOR  Jones  appears  to  have  planted  his  Populist  potatoes 
at  tbe  wrong  time  of  tbe  moon.  Had  he  thoroughly  consulted 
his  political  almanac,  he  wonld  have  found  that  the  signs  were 
unpropitious. 


THE    SUGGESTION    OF    A    NOBLE    ENTERPRISE. 

GBORQS  PEABODY  left  behind  him  a  name  that  all  men  and 
all  mankind  respect.  His  large  benefactions  were  as  surprising 
in  tbe  line  in  which  they  were  directed  as  they  were  munificent, 
and  this  made  him  the  more  conspicuous  as  a  true  philanthropist. 
It  was  directed  principally  toward  tbe  education  of  the  poorer 
classes,  in  which  tbe  newly  liberated  slaves  received  a  large  por- 
tion of  tbe  fund.  Men  of  large  fortunes  have  liberally  endowed 
wealthy  institutions  of  learning  whose  influence  could  be  exerted 
in  making  known  to  ibe  world  the  extent  of  their  liberality,  bnt 
none  of  it  has  been  directed  in  a  way  that  wonld  ameliorate  the 
conditions  of  the  needy.  There  is  now  on  foot  a  proposition 
which,  if  carried  to  its  ultimate  conclusion,  may  have  the  effect 
to  change  the  current  of  behests  in  a  channel  that  will  do  some 
practical  good  In  the  world.  The  enterprise  is  to  call  a  conven- 
tion of  prominent  men  of  the  country  for  the  purpose  of  formu- 
lating some  plan  of  caring  for  those  whom  nobody  seems  to  care 
for  particularly.  Tbe  suggestion  has  a  spark  of  the  divine  in  it 
that  humanity  seems  tn  have  neglected  in  the  distribution  of  an 
over-accumulation  of  this  world's  goods.  The  proposed  conven- 
tion is  to  be  held  in  St.  Louis  sometime  before  tbe  meet- 
ing of  tbe  Legislatures  of  the  several  States  next  January, 
to  prepare  a  law,  uniform  in  its  provisions,  to  be  enacted 
bythe  thirty-four  States,  adopting  tome  plan  to  care  for  the 
homeless  and  indigent  children  ft  und  in  tbe  cities  of 
the  United  States,  and  to  secure  State  aid  to  accomplish  the 
humane  enterprise.  The  inauguration  of  such  a  plan  would  cer- 
tainly lighten  tbe  burdens  of  many  who  have  been  ushered  into 
the  world  without  their  knowledge  or  consent  and  under  the 
most  adverse  circumstances,  and  who  are  here  as  the  result  of 
liaisons  that  cast  upon  tbem  tbe  curse  of  illegitimacy  for  which 
tbey  are  not  responsible;  but,  as  society  is  organized,  tbey  have 
to  wear  tbe  brand.  An  institution,  or  institutions,  of  this  char- 
acter might  also  have  tbe  effect  to  lesson  the  crimes  that  are  the 
legitimate  results  of  snch  liaisons,  while,  at  tbe  same  time,  they 
may  have  the  effect  to  increase  the  results  of  criminal  intimacy 
between  tbe  sexes.  Aside  from  this  view  of  tbe  matter,  there  is 
something  noble  in  tbe  suggestion,  for  as  was  said  centuries  ago: 
"The  poor  ye  have  with  you  alwayB,"  and  while  man  is  largely 
human  in  bis  actions,  be  has  also  a  spark  of  tbe  divine  which 
can  be  touched  only  by  a  feeling  of  tbe  infirmities  that  all  are 
subject  to  in  this  world,  where  misfortunes  may  enter  tbe  door  of 
tbe  palace  at  any  time  and  drive  the  occupant  from  his  sumptu- 
ous home  to  a  hovel.  May  not  State  enterprise  in  snch  a  benev- 
olent work  be  largely  supplemented  by  rich  benefactions  from 
philanthropists? 

THE    VICTORY    OF    THE    SALOON. 


NO  ma' ter  how  obnoxious  it  may  appear  to  any  class  of  citi- 
zens of  this  republic,  it  is  a  fact  that  tbe  liquor  element, 
combined  with  the  brewers,  is  the  most  potent  factor  in  Amer- 
ican politics  of  all  single  interests.  The  men  who  are  actually 
engaged  in  the  traffic  are  not  so  numerous  in  themselves,  bnt 
they  control  an  army  who  have  no  decided  views  of  their  own 
and  are  ever  ready  and  willing  to  exchange  favors.  It  is  one  of 
the  factors  that  reaches  oat  and  handles  men  as  tbe  expert  cbess 
player  handles  his  pawns.  The  aspiring  politician  becomes  im- 
bued with  an  ambition  to  succeed  that  hesitates  at  no  scheme  to 
accomplish  his  purpose,  and  be  will  enter  into  any  league  that 
will  place  him  in  position  where  he  will  have  an  advantage  over 
his  opponent.  There  are  .over  twelve  thousand  saloons  in  tbe 
State  of  California,  and  it  is  fair  to  suppose  that  there  are  two 
attendants  at  each  bar.  This  would  make  a  commanding  force 
of  twenty-fonr  tbonsand,  with  a  corresponding  force  in  the 
friends  whom  they  control.  Here  is  a  tquad  of  about  fifty  thous- 
and, which,  when  well  organized,  can  control  any  State  election. 
As  will  be  seeD,  in  San  Francisco,  where  they  were  well 
organized  and  united,  they  succeeded  in  electing  ten  out  of  the 
twelve  members  of  tbe  Board  of  Supervisors  whom  they  indorsed, 
and  sixteen  out  of  tbe  eighteen  members  of  the  Assembly,  and 
three  out  of  tbe  four  Senators.  Tbey  claim  that  this  was  not  done 
for  tbe  purpose  of  securing  any  aggressive  legislation,  but  merely 
to  protect  their  business  from  any  radical  laws  that  might  be  at- 
tempted by  adverse  parties.  How  the  matter  stands  in  the  in- 
terior has  not  developed,  but  tbey  claim  tbe  same  result  in  all  tbe 
large  cities  and  towns,  for  the  organization  was  most  complete. 
It  stands  to-day  fully  three  times  as  strong  in  the  State  as  the 
Prohibition  party  and  acts  with  more  concentration.  In  their 
action  in  this  matter  tbe  liquor  sellers  claim  that  tbey  have  been 
simply  driven  to  it  by  tbe  intemperate  and  irritating  movements 
of  tbe  Prohibitionists,  and  that  their  object  was  to  pat  an  end  to 
the  expensive  strife  which  has  resulted  from  interminable  med- 
dling with  their  business. 


SENATOR  John  Sherman  is  sufficiently  acute  to  recognize  the 
fact  that  the  result  of  the  recent  election  was  anything  bat  a 
clamorous  demand  for  a  return  to  McKinleyisra.  The  Republicans 
learned  their  lesson  in  1892,  and  will  not  be  likely  again  to  endorse 
an  excessive  tariff. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  17,  1894 


TOURING     THROUGH     BRITTANY     IN     SEVEN     DAYS 
ON    FIFTY    FRANCS. 

WE  left  Concarneau  on  a  Monday  afternoon  bound  on  our  tour 
of  Brittany,  and  were  accompanied  as  far  as  Quimper  by  our 
dear  old  landlady  and  her  beautiful  daughter,  whom  she  was  taking 
to  the  normal  school  there.  We  left  Concarneau  with  the  intention 
of  seeing  all  of  northern  Brittany  as  far  as  St.  Malo,  just  as  inexpen- 
sively as  we  possibly  could,  and  all  in  a  week's  time.  I  had  just 
sixty-five  francs  in  my  pocket,  and  as  my  companion  had  but  little 
more  it  was  a  case  of  "  get  through  anyway."  So  all  our  traps  and 
sketching  material  we  sent  to  Paris  by  slow  freight,  and  we  had  noth- 
ing to  bother  us  whatever  in  the  way  of  luggage. 

So  we  bunked  in  a  troisemme  classe  voiture,  or,  in  everyday  words, 
third-class  cattle  car,  and  were  soon  tearing  off  on  our  journey. 

The  ride  to  Quimper  was  delightful,  for  I  had  the  daughter  all  to 
myself,  and  sprang  all  the  French  at  her  that  I  knew,  while  my 
companion  kept  the  old  lady  interested.  Quimper  was  reached  at 
dark,  and  the  old  lady  kindly  showed  us  to  a  nice  little  jtension  de 


it  was  just  rive  minutes  past  six,  but  the  train  was  still  there,  and  we 
found  out  that  it  didn't  leave  till  half-past.  Well,  we  were  soon 
speeding  on  to  Douarnenez,  and  then  discovered  that  we  had  forgot- 
ten a  silver  pocket  flask  in  our  rush.  So  far  it  cost  me:  railroad  fare, 
rive  francs,  and  two  francs  hotel. 

It  was  near  mid-day  when  we  reached  Douarnenez,  and  as  each 
hotel  asked  three  francs  for  a  meal,  we  laid  in  a  supply  of  sardines. 
You  know  as  sardines  are  put  up  here,  a  box  that  you  pay  thirty 
cents  for  in  San  Francisco  we  got  for  six  cents,  and  with  two  sous  of 
bread  and  four  sous  of  good  old  Brittany  cheese  and  a  litre  de  hon  vin 
at  ten  sous,  we  made  a  respectable  meal  on  the  cliffs  of  the  beautiful 
old  place,  at  eleven  cents  each. 

Far  down  below  lay  the  steamer  Glnneuse  on  the  mud  bottom  of 
the  river,  for  the  tide  was  out ;  she  had  steam  up  and  was  all  freighted 
for  her  voyage  to  Brest.  We  managed  to  secure  passage  on  her  for 
three  francs  each,  and  as  we  had  to  wait  till  high  tide  we  saw  all  that 
was  to  be  seen  of  beautiful  Douarnenez  and  the  sardine  girls  before 
sailing.  The  trip  to  Brest  was  simply  delightful.  The  ocean  was 
rather  rough,  and  we  had  to  sit  on  a  hatchway  on  deck  all  the  way 


THIRD-CLASS     COMPARTMENT     OF     A    TRAIN     IN     BRITTANY.     FRANCE. 


famille,  where  we  had  a  good  supper.  Then  she  and  her  beauty  of  a 
fille  bade  us  adieu.  It  was  probably  a  good-bye  forever,  as  I  may 
never  see  them  again. 

We  took  in  the  town  that  night,  and  retired  after  bidding  the  bonne 
to  wake  us  sharp  at  rive  next  morning.  Gad!  but  the  beds  were 
soft,  though— just  a  nest  of  feathers.  It  was  cold  out,  but  we  were 
dead  to  it  all.  I  was  rudely  awakened  by  my  companion  yelling  in 
my  ear  and  throwing  off  the  bed  clothes.  "  Holy  smoke!  Get  up!  " 
he  cried;  "  its  ten  minutes  to  six  and  the  train  leaves  at  six."  How 
we  knocked  thing  around,  getting  dressed  and  hunting  for  a  stray 
shoe  in  the  dim  light,  while  the  air  was  thick  with  real  French  ex- 
pressions! Then  we  chased  down  the  narrow  corridors  to  the  front 
door  and  found  it  locked.  More  real  French  and  lots  of  pounding 
and  kicking  finally  brought  out  the  landlady  in  her  night  dress, 
frightened  out  of  her  wits.  We  finally  made  her  understand,  and 
settled  our  bill  and  made  for  the  railroad,  a  mile  oft'.  But  you  ought 
to  have  seen  us  run  to  catch  a  train!  We  simply  flew  along,  Harry's 
camera  banging  against  his  back.    After  a  hot  run  we  got  there,  and 


over,  but  the  views  we  had  were  great.  The  big  headlands  sheering 
right  down  straight  into  the  sea  and  the  immense  rocks  and  crags 
were  graud. 

We  arrived  in  Brest  about  eight  o'clock  that  night.  The  bay  was 
bristling  with  immense  ironclads  and  forts  galore.  We  got  a  dock 
rat  for  two  sous  to  show  us  to  an  address  we  had.  but  we  went  to  four 
different  hotels  before  we  could  find  a  room;  then  we  got  a  pretty 
tough  one  at  that,  next  door  to  two  Russian  sailors,  who  were  show- 
ing the  friendliness  of  Russia  to  France  by  entertaining  some  French 
friends.  We  met  several  Englishmen  here  also,  who  were  employed 
by  the  cable  company  between  Brest  and  Southampton. 

We  got  up  early  next  morning  and  took  in  the  town  and  sights. 
There  seemed  to  be  nothing  but  sailors  and  man-of-war's  men  in  the 
place,  and  everywhere  we  went  we  were  regarded  with  suspicion,  for 
we  really  did  look  rather  hard.  We  had  on  our  oldest  clothes  we 
could  rig  up,  and  our  whiskers  were  in  that  stage  of  development 
when  one  has  not  had  a  shave  for  a  week  or  two.  Then  I  bad  vay 
English  cap.    That  did  the  work  more  than  anything  else.    We  were 


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spotted  out  for  BngUtb  "pie-*  immediately.  Here  we  Struck  a  little 
wine  »hop  near  the  bi*  market,  and  with  a  cup  of  tad  OOffM  And  SM- 
dines  and  |>om  we  made  our  •'  luncheon  "  (■>:  ten  Mntfl  each.  The 
*t  us  three  francs  each  for  the  ni^hi  and  rapper. 
We  bought  tickets  third  class  for  Morlaix.  and  left  at  two  that 
afternoon,  but  we  didn't  go  third  ClaSS.  It  wns  only  a  second  and 
tint  class  train,  so  we  cot  into  tin-  second  olua  Compartment.  Oh, 
how  good  it  felt  to  sit  on  soft  seats!  There  were  four  naval  officers 
in  the  same  compartment,  and  when  I  began  to  make  sketches  they 
frowned  at  me  and  consulted  each  other  in  low  tones  and  looked 
uneasy.  What  could  these  two  Anglaite  be  making  notes  fm  Bo 
not  wishing  to  cause  any  annoyance,  I  pnl  my  book  away,  to  their 
relief,  but  they  watched  us  the  whole  trip. 

We  arrived  at  Morlaix  at  half-past  five,  and  after  going  round  to 
all  the  hotels  to  compare  prices  we  settled  at  the  Hotel  du  Commerce 
at  Ave  francs  a  day.  We  staid  here  two  days,  as  there  was  much  to 
see.  and  we  wanted  to  meet  some  people  we  had  known  in  Concar* 
neau.  They  were  the  family  of  the  head  magistrate  of  the  town,  and 
they  treated  us  like  princes.  The  notary  took  us  all  about  and  intro- 
duced us  to  all  his  friends,  and  seemed  quite  proud  of  us.  People  all 
wondered  what  those  two  tramps  were  doing  with  their  leading  citi- 
zen in  his  Prince  Albert  and  plug  hat. 

.V  rather  comical  incident  occurred  at  one  hotel.  I  was  performing 
my  toilet  next  morning,  and  accidentally  knocked  the  big  porcelain 
wash  bowl  on  the  floor,  smashing  it  all  to  pieces.  Here  was  a  fix! 
If  they  found  it  out  I  would  have  to  pay  for  it,  and  I  didn't  have 
much  money  left.  I  heard  the  lodger  next  door  leave,  and  an  idea 
struck  me.  He  left  the  key  in  the  door,  and  I  entered  his  room,  took 
his  bowl,  which  was  the  same  as  mine,  and  placed  it  where  mine  had 
been;  then  I  placed  the  broken  pieces  in  his  fire  place  and  covered 
them  over  carefully.  That  night  there  was  a  row.  The  landlady  had 
found  the  pieces  and  asked  bim  to  pay  for  the  bowl.  This  he  refused 
to  do.  swearing  thar  he  had  never  broken  it.  But  there  were  the 
pieces  in  evidence!    I  don't  know  how  it  ended. 

We  left  next  day  for  Lamballe,  where  we  had  another  sardine 
lunch,  and  then  made  for  Dinan  and  Dinard.  We  rode  all  this  second 
class  on  th'rd-class  tickets  by  running  the  risk  of  being  caught. 
Dinard  was  simply  indescribable.  I  never  should  want  to  see  a  pret- 
tier place.  It  is  full  of  rich,  cozy  villas  and  grand  beaches  and  rocks. 
All  was  deserted,  however,  the  season  being  over.  Across  the  bay 
lay  St.  Malo.  surrounded  by  its  big  walls.  We  crossed  over  in  a  little 
tub  of  a  steamer  for  three  sous,  and  found  a  good  cheap  place  to  stay 
at — the  Hotel  de  Provence,  five  francs  a  day.  We  saw  Dinard,  St. 
Malo,  and  St.  Servan  opposite,  all  in  that  day.  How  we  did  fly 
around !    We  even  went  over  on  the  rolling  bridge  twice,  too. 

Next  morning  we  caught  the  five  o'clock  train  for  Dol  and  Ponter- 
son,  and  took  team  to  Mont  St.  Michael.  Oh,  what  a  beautiful  place 
it  is— a  great  big  rock  with  the  village  clustered  all  over  it.  We  had 
lunch  at  Madame  Pollard's  and  had  one  of  her  world-famed  omelettes. 
Here  we  met  a  young  fellow  whom  we  had  been  with  in  Morlaix,  and 
he  had  two  first-class  tickets  to  Paris,  but  as  he  had  to  return  home 
to  Morlaix  he  begged  us  to  accept  them,  which  we  of  course  did  with 
great  joy. 

First-class  to  Paris !  Gracious !  Did  we  go  ?  Well,  you  ought  to 
have  seen  us  in  our  dusty  clothes,  soiled  shirts,  and  muddy  boots, 
riding  first-class !  At  Rennes  two  well-dressed  men  entered  the  car- 
riage and  nearly  fainted  when  they  saw  whom  they  had  to  travel 
with.  They  kept  as  close  to  their  side  as  possible,  and  wondered  how 
we  could  do  it.  Then  the  conductor,  when  he  saw  us,  jumped  up  and 
demanded  to  see  our  tickets  immediately,  and  looked  at  them  sus- 
piciously. But  we  got  back  to  Paris  all  right  at  four  next  morning. 
I  had  just  fifteen  francs  left  in  my  pocket,  and  saw  all  of  Brittany  on 
about  fifty  francs  in  just  seven  days,  the  trip  costing  me  only  $4  more 
than  if  I  had  come  back  directly.  Edouakd  Cucuel. 

Paris,  October  28,  1894. 

ONE  finds  an  embarrassment  of  riches  in  the  pretty  and  artistic 
articles  displayed  in  the  O'Hara,  Van  Vleck,  and  Livermore 
Studio  at  704  8utter  street.  Under  the  skilled  fingers  of  the  young 
ladles,  wood,  iron,  leather,  and  brass  have  assumed  forms  equally 
beautiful  and  unique.  Something  new  in  the  way  of  decorative 
lanterns  and  grill  work  has  been  fashioned  out  of  smooth  cedar, 
carved  to  resemble  gnarled  wood  and  treated  with  a  Japanese  ef- 
fect. Charming  designs  of  cranes,  brackets,  candle-sticks,  and 
the  like  are  worked  from  wrought  iron.  A  group  of  Cupids  in  old 
ivory  coloring,  swinging  joyously  on  the  edge  of  a  shelf,  and  busts 
and  figures  of  the  same  material  stand  here  and  there.  The  open- 
ing began  on  Wednesday  and  will  continue  till  the  20th. 

NEWSBOY — 8ay,  d'ye  remember  them  old  papers  you  had 
printed  fer  the  Washington  Centennial?  Cleek — Do  you 
mean  the  facsimiles  of  a  paper  of  100  years  ago?  " That's  it. 
Funny  little  paper  with  queer  letters."  "Yes.  Well?"  "I 
want  one."  «'  What  for?"  "A  sick  lady  at  the  hotel  acrost  tbe 
street  wants  a  newspaper  wid  no  accounts  of  riots  and  murders 
and  robberies  in  it."  — Street  &  Smith's  Good  News, 

Carson  City,  the  most  beautiful  town  in  Nevada,  only  14  miles 
from  Lake  Tahoe,  is  the  place  to  take  thn  Keeley  cure.  No  graduate 
from  this  institute  has  relapsed. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use 
children  while  teething. 


'Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 


TAKE 

AYER'S 

the  Only 

Sarsaparilla 

AT  THE  WORLD'S  FAIR. 

IT  LEADS 

ALL  OTHER 

BLOOD 

Purifiers. 


"Over  tlje  Jea  <5ups." 

"  The  Autocrat  "  in  his  finest  flights  of 
fancy  never  conceived  of  such  exquisite  Jfc 
adjuncts  to  the  fascinating  "  Five- 
o'clock  "  as  are  the  modern  tea  tables. 
There  is  a  suggestion  of  the  charm  of  one 
pattern  in  this  pretty  sketch.  See  the 
little  second  shelf  with  its  brass  rail,  in- 
tended just  to  hold  the  cups?  That's  a 
novelty.  This  is  the  time  for  teas;  then 
it  is  the  time  for  tea  tables,  too. 

CARPtTS,  RUGS,  and  MATTINGS. 
(sjaliforijia  purijittire  <$ompar;y, 

117  Geary  St. 

City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 

ATTYS.-AT-LAW. 
FRANK  KEMMEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg.,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES. 
CANPIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTB',  Polk  and  Bush  streets. 

DENTISTS. 
II    CTJTXAR,  416  Geary  street. 

DRUGGISTS. 
KEIXY'S  COBS  CUKE,  x&c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS' POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 

gists. , ■ 

MILLINERY. 
THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store.  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAURANTS. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant  -  621  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 
SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING!  PONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SUHVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR    COMPRESSORS 
For  automlzatlon  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 

WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN  ^rM^iS^ 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 
street.  San  Francisco. 


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STUDIO  :     26  Montgomery  Street,  Room  8. 

Pupils  prepared  for  Stage,  Concert  or  Drawing  Room.  A 
Special  Class  for  Teachers  who  wish  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  17, 1894. 


"  We    Obey    no    Wand     but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 

THEATRE-fiOERrf  have  found  time  daring  the  week  to  get 
their  breath  and  to  pick  up  leisurely  the  stitches  which  the 
recent  rush  of  events  caused  them  to  drop.  Jupiter,  at  the  Tivoli, 
has  at  last  been  seen  by  everybody,  and  a  fine  treat  it  was.  Rob- 
ert Downing  and  Eugenie  Blair,  at  the  California,  close  their  en- 
gagement to-morrow.  They  have  done  well  and  leave  a  good  im- 
pression. Cad,  the  Tomboy  has  been  making  fun  and  mischief  all 
the  week  at  Stockwell's,  the  acting  being  exceptionally  spirited 
and  the  realistic  effects  striking.  The  Orpheum  has  bad  crowded 
audiences  to  see  the  wonderful  people  who  perform  there. 

The  play  of  plays,  the  play  that  is  natural  and  indescribably 
funny,   is    coming    to    this  city.     It  will   be   at   the   California 

Theatre  on  Monday  even- 
ing next.  In  London, 
New  York,  and  other 
great  cities,  it  is  running 
to  enormous  bouses.  In 
far  away  Australia  it  is 
the  charming  sensation  of 
the  year.  I  Lis  all  about 
a  schoolboy  and  his  ad- 
ventures. He  is  hazed 
and  forced  to  do  the 
drudgery  of  the  school. 
The  Professor  snubs  him 
and  makes  love  to  the 
tall,  handsome  matron. 
But  what  a  sensation 
when  it  is  discovered  that 
this  boy  is  the  husband 
of  the  charming  young 
matron  I  The  applause 
shakes  the  building.  The 
villain  of  the  play  is  also 
foiled  by  the  boy.  His 
daughter,  who  has  been  hugging  and  kissing  the  little  chap,  is 
paralyzed.  The  boy  walks  off  with  185  pounds  of  lovely  woman, 
his  head  just  reaching  her  shoulder.  But  be  is  the  smartest  boy 
one  ever  saw.  The  flirtation  in  this  play  has  not  been  patented, 
but  it  ought  to  be.  There  will  be  a  special  matinee  on  Thanks- 
giving afternoon. 

»  *  * 

John  J.  Burke,  the  new  comedian  of  the  American  Extrava- 
ganza Company,  is  said  to  be  irresistibly  funny  in  the  character 
of  Crambo  in  the  great  production  of  Aladdin,  Jr.,  which  we  shall 
see  at  the  Baldwin  during  the  holidays.  Another  addition  to  the 
company  is  Miss  Anna  Boyd,  who  appears  in  the  title-role  and 
plays  it  with  much  success.  Besides  Fraulein  Irmler,  the  com- 
pany has  this  season  another  premiere  in  the  charming danseuse, 

Mile.  Bartho. 

■*  *  * 

Alexander  Salvini,  the  favorite  romantic  actor,  opens  a  three 
weeks'  engagement  at  the  Baldwin  on  Monday,  the  26tb  inst. 
For  the  first  week  be  will  be  seen  in  his  grand  impersonation  of 
D'Artagnan  in  The  Three  Guardsmen,  and  also  in  a  magnificent 
production  of  Victor  Hugo's  great  play,  Ruy  Bias. 

*  *  * 

Lecocq's  beautiful  comic  opera,  Ma,nola,  is  the  bill  for  next 
week  at  the  Tivoli.  Tbe  cast  is  as  follows:  Prince  Picrates  de 
Calabazas,  Ferris  Hartman;  Don  Braseiro,  John  J.  Raffael; 
Miguel,  Phil  Branson;  Don  De  Gomez,  Thos.  C.  Leary;  Cristoval, 
Fred  Kavanagh;  Manola,  GraciePlaisted;  Beatrix,  Tlllie  Salinger; 
Sauchette,  Mary  P.  Thompson;  Pepita,  Alice  Neilson.  The  plot 
is  exceedingly  complicated  and  lively,  and  is  full  of  the  most 
amusing  and  absurd  situations.  It  is  unnecessary  to  say  that  the 
music  is  exquisite. 

*  *  * 

Haverly's  Mastodon  Minstrels  will  appear  at  the  Alcazar  The- 
atre for  a  short  minstrel  season,  commencing  Saturday,  the  24th 
inst.  Colonel  J.  H.  Haverly,  the  veteran  minstrel  manager,  will 
give  the  performance  his  personal  direction,  and  will  not  only 
give  a  first-class  minstrel  performance  but  will  introduce  many 
new  features.  The  prices  are  to  be  only  50  cents  for  the  whole 
lower  floor  and  25  cents  in  the  balcony. 

*  #  * 

The  Orpheum  will  offer  an  interesting  novelty  next  week  in 
the  person  of  Herr  Heinbaus,  the  lightning  calculator,  whom 
Europe  has  been  raving  over,  and  who  has  come  directly  from 
Berlin  for  this  engagement.  He  can  solve  the  most  difficult 
problems  at  a  glance. 

The  Wonderland  Amusement  Company  will  to-day  open  in  the 


building  on  Market  street,  opposite  tbe  Examiner  office,  one  of  those 
delightful  and  refined  amusement  novelties  which  have  proved  so 
successful  in  the  East.  "Wonderland"  is  the  name  of  this  resort, 
and  it  is  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  A.  F.  Tarpin,  manager,  and  Mr. 
Frank  R.  Clifton,  business  manager.  Four  stories  will  be  em- 
ployed, and  the  performances  will  be  continuous  throughout  the 
day  and  evening,  combining  vaudeville,  a  curio  hall,  an  electric 
scenic  theatorium,  and  illusive,  supernatural,  and  scientific 
effects.  The  price  of  admission  is  ten  cents,  and  the  intention  is 
to  make  this  a  favorite  family  resort. 

*  *  » 

Robert  Downing's  repertory  for  next  week  at  the  Macdonough 
Theatre,  Oakland,  is  as  follows:  Monday  and  Wednesday  even- 
ings, The  Gladiator;  Tuesday,  David  Garrick  and  A  French  Mar- 
riage; Wednesday  matinee,  Ingomar. 

*  *  * 

When  Thomas  Keeoe  comes  to  the  California  Theatre  he  will 
present  among  other  plays,  Richard  III.,  Merchant  of  Venice,  Louis 
XI.,  Othello,  Hamlet,  and  Richelieu.——  The  holiday  attraction  at 
tbe  California  Theatre  will  be  Miss  8adie  Martinot  and  Mr.  Max 
Figman  in  their   lates-t   and    great  success,  a   charming  comedy 

called  The  Passport. Herrmann,  the  magician,  is  turning  people 

away  at  every  performance  that  be  has  given  since   be  left  New 

York    City. The    costumes    that    Miss    Lottie     Collins     will 

wear  in  Devilbird  are  tbe  handsomest  that  this  queen  of  dresses 
has  ever  worn,  and  are  the  result  of  long  summer  consultations 
with  the  leading  Parisian  modistes.— ^Conried's  German  Com- 
pany will  present  a  repertoire  of  German  plays  here,  including  all 
of  the  latest  European  successes. The  New  Boy  Company  in- 
cludes some  of  the  best  known  people  on  the  stage  in  comedy 
lines,  among  them  Fred  Lotto,  C.  E.  Truesdale,  O.  E.  Hallam, 
Bert  Cnote,  Charles  Stoddart,    J.  Edwin    Brown,  Annie  Alliston, 

Grace  George,  and  Julia  Kingsley. The  Stanford  University's 

Glee  and  Mandolin  Clubs  will,  in  addition  to  the  regular  perform- 
ance of  The  New  Boy  at  the  California  Theatre  on  Thanksgiving 
night,  give  an  interesting  musical  programme  of  their  own.— 
Everybody  will  be  glad  to  learn  that  Tillie  Salinger  is  to  have  a 

benefit  at  the  Tivoli.     It  will  take  place  on  tbe  30th  inst. The 

Mascot  will  be  put  on  at  the  Tivoli  Monday,  the  26th  inst. 


MUSIC. 
There  are  two  decidedly  bad  features  about  the  programme  that 
is  handed  one  on  entering  the  Auditorium.     The  least  of  these  is 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al.  Hayman  &  Co Lessees  |  8.  H.  Frledlander  Manager, 

Weeks  of  November  19th  and  26th.  Every  evening,  including  Sunday; 
Matinee  Saturday;   Special  matinee  on  Thanksgiving  afternoon.     Howls 

THE     NEW     BOY? 
Well,  every  one  who  has  seen  this  side-splitting  comedy  will  answer  with 
one  accord,  ''GREAT."    It  is  the  biggest  mirth  provoker  since  "Charlie's 
Aunt."    Now  runnine  at  the  Standard  Theatre,  New  York,  ihe  Vaudeville 
Theatre,  London,  and  the  Lyceum  Theatre.  Sydney,  Australia. 

It  must  be  a  wonder,  and  it  is!  The  flu  de  sieele  comedy  which  is  send- 
ing  a  laugh  around  the  world. 

ORPHEUM- 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
Sau  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  commencing  Monday,  Nov.  19th.     A  great  vaudeville  bill. 

Ill  KIC    IMIMHIS 

The  celebrated  European  lightning  calculator,  imported  direct  from  Ber- 
lin for  the  Orpheum     He  can  solve  the  most  difficult  problems  at  a  glance. 

SADI  ALFaRABI,  Russo  eqnilibrisMc  marvel;  THE  BIG  FOUR,  COR- 
NALLA  BROS.,  LES  MAYuS  TROUPE,  ERNEST  YOUNG,  and  a  magnifi- 
cent company. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chaira  and  box  seats,  50c.    Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Keeling Proprietor  and  Manager 

last  nights.  Third  and  la  t  week.  Roaring  success.  Production  par 
excellence!    The  operatic' extravaganza, 

JUPITER. 

By  Harry  T.   Smith,  author  of  "Rob  Roy,"   "Tar  and  Tar-Tar,"   "The 
Fencing  Master,"  "Robin  Hood." 
Monday,  November  19th— MANOLA . 
PopulajiPrices  26and60c 


STOCKWELL'S  THEATRE. 


The  audience  wildly  enthusiastic    Theatre  crowded  to  the  doors. 

THE    GROVERS. 
In  an  exceptional  presentation  of  Leonard  Grover'smost  popular  comedy 
drama, 

HAD  THE  TOMBOY. 

An  entrancing  story,  full  of  continuous  interest.     Rivers  of  real  water. 

Matinee  Saturday  and  Sunday.  NOTE  PRICES— 10, 15,  25,  35,  and  50c 
Box  seats,  50c  Loge  seats,  50c.  Reserved  opera  chairs  in  family  circle, 
15c      Matinees,  10, 15,  and  25c     Seats  now  on  sale  at  box  office. 


MECHANICS'  PAVILION. 


BEST    PEOPLE    OV    EARTH  • 

ANNUAL    ELKS'    CARNIVAL. 
SATURDAY  EVENING,  Nov.  17th.       Grand  concert  by  Cassasa's 
band  at  8  r.  m.    Grand  prelude  at  8:30  p.  m.    Living  Pictures.    Amazon 
march.  Maids  ol  honor.  Kaleidoscopic  pageant.  Elegant  and  costly  prizes. 

Admission,  $1. 


17,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


the  startling  Kneiish  in  which  sorue  of  the  selections  are  an- 
nounced. Mr.  Bcheel's  power*  are  indeed  great  when  he  can 
soothe  snch  discords  as  '«  If  I  Was  a  King."  Bal  worse  still  are 
tbe  columns  of  bold  tjpe  advertising  matter  that  have  to  be 
searched  through  to  Hod  what  the  next  number  is  to  be. 
Twelve  large  pages  to  bide  tbe  small  print  of  the  programme  in ! 
Tbe  turning  of  leaves  is  accompanied  by  a  noisy  rustling  that 
spoils  tbe  effect  of  many  soft  passages. 
a  a  a 

Tbe  local  composers  are  unusually  active  at  present.  Emile 
Mcr.srt  Bruguiere  has  finished  another  catchy  composition,  the 
■•  I'niversity  March."  dedicated  to  the  wearers  of  the  blue  and 
gold  at  Berkeley.  Valentine  Huber  has  published  a  pretty  little 
waltz  song  entitled  "Say  Not  Ho." 
•  •  • 

The  Swedish  Ladies'  Quartet  is  giving  some  unique  concerts  at 
the  new  auditorium  of  tbe  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 
Tbere  will  be  a  matinee  this  afternoon,  and  it  will  be  tbe  closing 
concert  this  evening. 

Miss  <<ertrude  Auld  will  give  a  concert  in  Golden  Gate  Hall  on 
Tuesday  evening,  the  27th  inst.  A  number  of  local  celebrities 
will  participate. 


Kneizel   String   Quartet,  of    Boston,    composed    of   Franz 
Kneizel  (violin),  Otto  Roth  (second  violin),    L.  Svecenski  (viola), 
and  Alwin  Scbroeder  ('cello),   will  visit  this  city  in  May. 
•  «  * 
A  grand  concert  will    be  given    by    Miss   Caroline   Shindler  at 
Golden  Gate  Hall  on  Tuesday  evening,  December  4th. 

CHRIS    JORQENSEN'S    PAINTINGS. 

UPON  entering  Vickery's  gallery,  where  Chris  Jorgensen's  lat- 
est paintings  are  on  exhibition,  one's  attention  is  immediately 
attracted  by  five  heads  grouped  on  an  oblong  canvas.  They  are 
typical  heads  of  the  fishermen  of  Italy,  and  before  leaving  tbe 
room  one  feels  on  intimate  terms  with  each  and  every  one  of  the 
sturdy,  toil-worn  sailors.  Each  face  tells  its  own  story  so  vividly 
tbat  life  itself  beams  from  the  speaking  eyes.  The  painting  is  a 
masterpiece  and  challenges  comparison  with  the  work  of  any 
artist,  foreign  or  American.  It  is  too  good  for  a  private  gallery, 
to  be  viewed  on  occasions  only,  but  should  grace  the  walls  of  one 
of  the  large  clubs  of  tbe  city,  where  it  would  be  a  daily  pleasure. 
»  Chris,"  as  he  is  familiarly  known,  has  made  vast  strides  in  his 
art  during  faia  two  years  abroad.  He  has  at  last  had  time  and 
opportunity  to  put  his  own  artistic  feeling  into  his  work,  and  the 
result  speaks  for  itself.  There  is  no  trickery,  no  clap-trap  in  any 
of  these  productions  of  nature's  sunshine,  trees,  and  skies.  It  is 
genuine,  honest  work,  inviting  criticism  and  bearing  close 
scrutiny.  Tbe  majority  of  the  subjects  are  scenes  of  Italian  land- 
scapes, the  artist  having  speDt  most  of  his  time  in  that  land  of 
soft  skies  and  sunny  days;  but  four  canvases  have  come  from  his 
easel  since  his  return,  and  they  are  truly  Californian  in  their  color- 
ing and  atmosphere.  No.  21  is  a  small  canvas  of  quiet  trees,  a 
shaded,  dimpling  stream,  and  a  burst  of  sunshine,  tbe  whole  so 
full  of  rest  and  brightness  that  to  look  at  it  is  to  feel  cheered.  "  A 
Cloudy  Day  "  is  a  little  gem,  full  of  inspiration  and  poetic  feeling. 
In  Nos.  19  and  20  he  has  depicted  nature  as  we  have  all  seen  her, 
under  April  showers  and  on  a  bit  of  wooded,  sandy  road.  Truly 
the  artist  must  love  and  know  the  secrets  of  tbe  sky,  the  trees, 
and  the  flowers  to  reproduce  them  so  well.  No.  9  is  a  dainty  piece 
of  coloring  in  softest  grays  and  greens  and  delicate  tracery  of 
foliage.  Two  views  of  "  An  Old  Mill  at  Rapallo  "  are  charming 
in  color  and  composition.  A  large  canvas,  No.  5,  is  a  clever  treat- 
ment of  afternoon  sunshine  and  rain,  but  the  subject  is  not 
specially  interestine,  "  Washing  Day  at  Rapallo."  No.  31,  "  II 
Prete  Boero,"  is  a  fine  piece  of  work.  It  is  the  head  of  an  old 
priest  eighty-four  years  of  age.  He  has  never  before  been  painted, 
and  consented  to  sit  for  tbe  artist  out  of  pure  good  will  alone.  The 
wrinkled  visage  of  old  age  is  reproduced  with  faithful  accuracy, 
and  the  kind  old  eyes  gaze  upon  the  visitor  with  a  benediction  in 
their  dim  depths,  San  Francisco  has  always  been  chary  of  her 
favors  to  the  well-deserving  in  her  midst.  More  than  one  talented 
and  ambitious  spirit  has  been  obliged  to  look  elsewhere  for  the 
encouragement  and  praise  that  should  have  been  found  here.  But 
we  are  a  peculiar  people  and  apparently  prefer  to  secure  our 
treasures  (?)  in  a  second-hand  way,  even  at  the  risk  of  being|wofully 
deceived  into  buying  copies  for  originals.  Mr.  Jorgensen  is  now 
in  Oakland,  where  he  has  established  a  studio  on  the  corner  of 
Twelfth  and  Washington  streets.  After  the  holidays  he  will  be 
on  this  side  of  the  bay. 

A  Man  Named  Micawtaer 
was  always  waiting  for  "  something  to  turn  up."    There  are  people 
holding  back  for  things  to  get  cheap.    Things  are  cheap;  furniture 
and  carpets  never  will  be  cheaper  anywhere  than  now  at  the  Chicago 
Clock  Company,  1622  Market  street. 

Pottery  Panels  and  Placques  for  decoration,  in  artists'  material 
department.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 

The  first    gray  hair  should  be  a  warning   that  tbe  scalp  needs  the 
strengthening  applications  of  Ayer's  Hair  Vigor.    Don't  delay. 


J^orse  Styou;. 
J-lorse  Styou;. 


Mechanics' 
Pavilion. 


|Vou.  281:1?,  29^,  3otlj,  ar>d  Dee.  i,  1894. 

A  grand  exhibition  of  the  best  horses 
on  the  coast.  Among  the  noted 
horses  will  be:  The  great  SALVA- 
TOR,  JENNY,  SIR  MOD  RED, 
and  ISLINGTON  --full  brother  to 
Islington,  the  greatest  horse  to-day 
in  all  England--the  champion  trotting 
stallion  DIRECTUM,  FLYING  JIB, 
and  many  other  notable  celebrities 
of  the  American  turf. 

/In  Entin?  ^an??  of  program/^  Daily. 

An  Exhibition  of  Driving,    Four-in- 

Hands,    Tandems,    etc.      Riding  and 

Jumping.      Fine  draught  horse  and 

pony  exhibits. 

Cassassa's    Band    will   play    special 

selections.      Morning  and  afternoon 

will   be  favorable    times   for   seeing 

the  great  display. 

Reserved   Seats  will  be  on  sale  at 

H.  S.  CROCKER  CO.'S  new  store, 

Post  Street. 

Jlorse  Sbou/  ^ssogatioo, 

30  Mills  Building,  S.  F. 


Curline  Batbj. 


All  through  the  winter 
commencing  early  in 
November,  look  out  for  the 

ELECTRIC  CASCADES, 
CALCUTTA  DERBY, 
VENICE  RESTORED, 
ELAINE. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 

Emptied    Every  |\fi$r;t 

Between  the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and 

Filled  Direct 

Prom  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath :  30  cts. 
single,  or  4  for  $1.    Bush  and  Larkih  Sts. 


OJJO   }IOFf/u./WS  \fl%, 


Established  1879. 


411  Bush  Street.      Opposite 
the    New   California    Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 
OYSTER  and   CU|Vg?  p/lRCORS. 

Tri!5FS2ii3}ains"room  for  ladies-  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Braubaus, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 


I1   II  I   IAN    RFRHARn     The  English  actress,  coacheB  ladies  and 
-1™-.!"   _-.___4.ri  ■      ««.!-.£e_.]9fi*?!?._t  for  the  dramatic  profession 


Searances  arranged, 
en  Francisco,  Cal. 


SHAKESPEAREAN    ACADEMY, 


ap- 

1017  Ellis  St., 


Has  Removed  tto  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  17, 1894. 


*£&^\ 


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OOKCR-ON. 


THE  discussion  in  art  circles  reached  its  culminating  point  at  the 
Johnson  pale.  When  copies  were  sold  for  originals,  and  some 
of  them  indifferent  copies  at  that,  the  artists  raised  their  voices  in 
clamorous  chorus  and  said:  "  Why  don't  those  people  believe  in 
artists  and  call  in  the  opinion  of  artists  before  they  buy  their 
pictures?  "  Mr.  Grant  got  a  small  24x18  copy  of  Mackart,  an  artist 
who  never  painted  a  small  picture  in  bis  life,  whose  works  adorn 
the  walls  of  the  MuDich  gallery,  and  who  would  no  doubt  be 
mightily  pleased  and  astonished  at  the  good  faith  with  which  a 
clever  copy  was  accepted  as  the  work  of  his  brush.  The  lessons 
that  this,  possibly  the  greatest  private  art  sale  in  California,  has 
taught  are  numerous  and  impressive.  Tbe  art  dealers  of  the  art 
cities  of  Europe  are,  as  a  class,  spiders  weaving  webs  for  the 
wealthy  and  unwary  American.  They  have  got  the  art  patter  on 
their  tongues'  end  and  they  take  tbe  green  nouveau  ricke  into  their 
confidence  with  the  same  alacrity  that  a  wolf  invites  a  lamb  into 
his  lair.  The  Johnson  Bale  has  done  much  to  convince  many  of 
our  people  that  art  is  a  study  and  not  a  pastime. 

Talking  about  art,  Joe  Harrington  has  just  put  the  finishing 
touches  on  a  picture  of  rare  merit.  The  motif  is  from  The  Talis- 
man, and  shows  Sir  Kenneth,  the  Crusader,  on  tbe  sands  of  tbe 
Dead  Sea  doing  battle  with  Saladin,  the  chief  of  the  Saracen  hosts. 
Sir  Kenneth  is  mounted  on  a  noble  Norman  charger,  while  Saladin 
bestrides  a  little  Arab  barb  and  circles  round  his  huge  adversary 
discharging  arrows  at  bis  armor,  while  Sir  Kenneth,  calm  and 
fierce  on  bis  Norman  horse,  awaits  his  assault.  Tbe  picture  is  a 
spirited  one  and  the  drawing  and  color  of  the  two  warriors  strong 
to  a  degree,  while  the  gray  characteristic  atmosphere  of  the  desert 
is  wonderfully  well  expressed.  Tbe  sequel  of  the  story  lends  an 
interest  to  the  picture,  where  the  cbivalric  Arab  and  tbe  intrepid 
crusader  become  firm  friends. 

With  the  sale  of  tbe  Johnson  effects  come  many  anecdotes  of 
the  eccentric  lady  who  wsb  so  devoted  to  the  collection  of  art 
treasures.  On  Fillmore  street,  near  Sacramento,  resides  a  lady, 
Mrs.  Kellogg,  whose  fad  has  been  the  breeding  of  Persian  and 
Angora  cats.  The  adjoining  house  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Fred 
Croudace,  a  printer  and  publisher,  whose  efforts  to  obtain  posses- 
sion of  Mrs.  Kellogg's  Kittens  have  caused  that  lady  much  annoy- 
ance, though,  to  Mr.  Croudace's  credit  be  it  spoken,  those  at- 
tempts have  been  made  more  in  a  jocular  spirit  than  with  any 
desire  to  rake  in  tbe  tiny  pussies  without  the  knowledge  of  their 
owner.  Now  it  has  sometimes  happened  that  the  litters  have  not 
always  been  pure  Angora  and  Persian  for  the  neighborhood 
abounds  in  Lothario  Toms  of  a  gay  and  roving  disposition.  In 
those  cases  the  kittens  have  been  drowned.  One  day  Mrs.  Kate 
Johnson  called  to  look  at  some  cats.  It  was  execution  day,  and 
Mrs.  Kellogg  was  preparing  to  end  the  earthly  career  of  a  bnnch 
of  illegitimate  kittens.  And  because  of  her  excessive  humanity 
she  drowned  them  in  tepid  water,  and  because  tbe  eccentric  Mrs. 
Johnson  saw  and  approved  of  this  tenderness,  she  left  the  for- 
tunate Mrs.  Kellogg  seven  thousand  dollars  in  her  will. 

George  Nagle  that  old  and  estimable  Bohemian,  bas  discov- 
ered a  new  dish,  and  great  is  the  joy  thereof  among  the  old 
guard.  In  a  moment,  a  temporary  moment,  of  weakness,  Mr. 
NagJe  has  given  away  the  great  secret  of  bis  remarkable  compo- 
sition : 

First — The  combs,  livers,  and  claws  of  a  dozen  roosters,  the 
same  to  be  spoken  a  few  days  before  in  the  market. 

Second — Two  Spanish  onions,  large,  white,  and  juicy. 

Third — A  few  green  Chili  peppers,  a  clove  of  garlic,  and  a  bunch 
of  sweet  marjory. 

Fourth — A  cup  full  of  oil,  the  juice  of  half  a  lime,  quarter  of  a 
bottle  of  old  sherry,  and  a  sprinkle  of  desiccated  crackers. 

This  mixture,  thoroughly  cooked  and  spread  on  buttered  toast, 
has  an  efficacy  beyond  the  mere  gratification  of   the   palate,  and 
is  now  known  as  the  "Great  Nagle  Cyclone." 
*  *  # 

Mr.  James  Sperry,  Mayor  of  8ausalito  and  custodian  of  archives 
of  that  historic  town,  had  a  singular  adventure  the  other  day  on 
the  shooting  preserves  of  the  Tamalpais  Sporting  Club.  Mr. 
Sperry,  mounted  on  bis  famous  horse  "  Delay,"  was  riding  through 
Bear  Valley,  when  a  tall,  athletic  female  appeared  on  the  trail, 
costumed  like  a  Diana  and  carrying  in  her  hand  a  light  shotgun. 

"  I  beg  your  pardon,"  she  said,  accosting  Mr.  Sperry  courte- 
ously, "  but  have  you  seen  any  quail  up  this  way  ?  " 

"  Not  as  many  as  I  could  wish,"  replied  the  Mayor,  graciously, 

S.  &G.  Gump,  113  Geary  street,  are  now  receiving  their  full  line  of  holi- 
day goods,  consisting  of  art  novelties,  pictures,  French  Bric-a-Brac,  etc. 


"  but  I  think  that  if  you  follow  up  yonder  canon   you   will   get 
some  sport." 

Then  Mr.  Sperry,  who  had  already  made  a  very  fair  bag,  dis- 
mounted, tied  his  horse  to  a  tree,  leaving  his  saddle  bags  with  the 
birds  already  shot  on  the  ground.  An  hour's  shooting  yielded  a 
few  more  birds,  and  when  he  returned  he  found  his  tlask  empty, 
his  birds  gone,  and  the  following  note: 

Dear  Sir:  I  have  found  the  shooting  just  as  bad  as  you  described  it, 
and,  knowing  your  reputation  as  a  skillful  hunter,  have  presumed  to 
add  to  my  small  bag  from  yours.  I  was  so  thoroughly  fatigued  when 
I  reached  your  horse  that  I  could  not  resist  the  inducement,  to  refresh 
myself,  that  your  flask  presented.  I  hope  when  we  meet  again,  if  we 
ever  do,  that  I  shall  be  able  to  return  those  courtesies. 

Very  sincerely  yours,  Incognita. 

And  now  Mr.  Sperry  would  give  about  half  his  salary  as  Mayor 
of  Sausalito  to  find  out  who  this  fair  dame  was. 

How  awful  it  seems, 
Like  some  horrible  dreams, 

That  at  midnight  will  pass  through  one's  head 
That  sweet  Jeffreys  was  caught 
In  a  moment  distraught, 

And  wrapped  up  in  a  mean  folding  bed! 

Now  'twould  seem  very  meet 
If  Miss  Lewis  so  sweet 

In  masculine  arms  were  entrapped; 
But  it  reads  awful  tough 
And  shockingly  rough 

That  a  bed  on  this  "beaut"  should  have  snapped. 

Was  there  nobody  near 
In  that  moment  of  fear 

When  life  was  a  mere  touch  and  go, 
To  the  rescue  to  rush 
And  stop  the  fell  crush? 

Alasl  she  was  saved  by  her  toe! 
Oh,  beautiful  toe! 
You  are  envied,  I  know. 

By  young  and  by  old  and  by  those 
Who  wish,  when  they  hear 
This  tale  full  of  fear, 

They  were  one  of  fair  Jeffreys'  toes. 

*  »  » 

Mrs.  John  Martin  is  collaborating  with  a  dramatist  in  the  writ- 
ing of  a  play  which  shall  embrace  all  the  sensational  features  of 
tbe  great  will  case.  Those  who  have  seen  the  MSS.  so  far  as  it  is 
written  say  that  the  matter  is  exceptionally  good  and  the  situ- 
ations strong  and  dramatic,  and  that  under  proper  conditions  tbe 
play  should  be  successful.  Mrs.  Martin  herself  will,  in  all  prob- 
ability, take  the  leading  role.  She  is  by  no  means  a  novice  in 
dramatic  work.  She  bas  a  fine  stage  presence,  reads  well,  and 
with  some  training  should  succeed.  The  local  interest  which 
attaches  to  that  strange  and  sensational  case  will  certainly  make 
it  a  good  draw  at  the  city  theatre  that  presents  it. 

*  *  » 

Lieutenant  Jephson  certainly  has  no  reason  to  be  dissatisfied 
with  the  clubs.  He  bas  been  made  much  of  in  the  Pacific-Union, 
and  the  Bohemian  Club,  because  of  his  authorship,  has  invited 
him  under  the  regis  of  the  owl.  Mr.  Jephson  is  a  remarkable 
character.  He  is  a  good  specimen  of  that  indomitable  pluck 
which  often  characterizes  the  dilettante  Englishman.  And  in 
conversation  he  is  most  modest  about  adventures  which  were  of 
tbe  most  startling  and  perilous  nature.  In  dress,  though  not  a 
dude,  be  is  as  scrupulously  correct,  as  if  Regent,  ard  not  Market, 
street,  were  his  daily  promenade. 
»  *  * 

There  is  nothing  timid  about  tbe  fair  sex  coming  forward  and 
making  its  bets  at  tbe  races.  Tbe  female  cranks,  those  who 
honestly  believe  that  a  fortune  lies  in  tbe  pool-box,  have  been  in- 
creased a  hundred  fold  this  season.  They  bet  them  every  way, 
and  strange  to  say,  they  generally  win.  But  if  some  of  the  hard- 
working husbands  knew  where  the  pin-money  goes,  there  would 
be  war  in  the  domestic  camp. 

Willis  Polk,  the  aesthetic  architect,  has  decided  to  shift  his 
quarters  from  the  Mills  Building  to  the  Latin  quarter,  where  the 
surroundings  are  more  harmonious.  There  is  a  cold,  stern,  prac- 
ticability about  that  square,  mathematical  maison  which  does 
not  accord  with  Mr.  Polk's  artistic  tastes.  Meanwhile,  "Arts 
and  Crafts"  is  working  against  a  heavy  sea  of  disunion,  and  be- 
ginning to  wonder  about  its  why  and  wherefore. 

As  invigorating  as  a  breath  from  old  ocean,  as  pure  as  the  milk  of 
human  kindness !  That  is  our  idea  of  the  John  F.  Cutter  Old  Bour- 
bon Whiskey ,  and  that  is  the  idea  of  every  man  in  the  country  who 
has  tried  that  delightful  beverage.  Your  life  is  a  desert  waste  with- 
out your  daily  tipple.  It  drives  all  woes  and  cares  into  the  limbos  of 
the  past,  and  makes  you  love  your  worst  enemy's  pup.  E.  Martin 
<fc  Co.,  408  Front  street,  are  the  agents. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum. 
will  find  it  admirable. 


You 


Nov.  17,  1394. 


SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LKTTER. 


11 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

(Bt    Oi     Viivov.1 

EVEKY  DDOt  in  a  while  lb*  comic  piper*  present  »n  Irresistibly 
funny  pige  tlluslrating  (he  rloUaltodM  of  those  who  alrep  in 
folding  beds,  and  there  ts  *  mirth-provoking  poem  which  re- 
counts the  experiences  of  a  born  inventor  who,  shut  np  in  a 
spring  folding  bed  of  his  own  contrivance,  hsd  plenty  of  time  to 
invent  a  way  to  get  out.  But  these  funny  Mories,  on  account  of 
their  being  located  at  a  distance,  have  always  an  air  that  is 
somewhat  apocbryphal.  This  view  of  the  matter  is  sedulously 
fostered  by  those  who  have  folding-beds  for  sale. 

It  is  almost  incredible.  Ibe  number  of  devices  for  miking  things 
appear  to  be  what  they  are  net.  The  folding  bed,  the  folding 
wash  stand,  the  bed  lounge,  the  rocking  cbair  that  can  be  sprung 
back  into  a  couch— all  tbese  are  the  tributes  that  the  Yankee  in- 
ventor has  paid  to  the  American  desire  to  put  the  best  foot  for- 
ward, to  live  in  lodgings,  to  have  the  bedroom  look  like  the  front 
parlor.  Of  course  all  these  devices  are  warranted  to  be  perfectly 
sa'e.  and  generally  are  recommended  with  the  somewhat  mis- 
leading statement  that  -*a  child  can  operate  them." 

The  recent  mishap  of  Jeffreys-Lewi?,  where,  instead  of  winning 
by  a  neck,  she  was  saved  by  a  foot,  paused  on  the  very  tbresh- 
bold  of  a  tragedy.  1'eatb  by  suffocation  is  not  to  be  courted. 
This  reminds  me  of  what  a  commercial  traveler  once  told  me  was 
bfs  invariable  custom.  "I  carry,"  said  he,  "in  my  valise  a  small 
linked  bat  strong  dog  chain,  to  one  end  of  wbicb  is  fastened  a 
strong  screw-eye.  Whenever,  in  the  course  of  my  travels,  I  have 
to  sleep  in  a  folding  bed.  I  take  no  chances  of  defective  self-lock- 
ing springs.  Out  comes  the  dog  chain,  the  screw-eye  is  screwed 
into  the  floor  at  the  fout  of  the  bed,  the  chain  is  passed  through 
the  opening  and  over  the  foot  board  and  clasped  to  itself  with  the 
snap  caich.  Then,  come  what  may,  the  bed  cannot  shut  up 
uniil  the  chain  is  removed."  This  is  not  a  bad  idea,  and  is 
worthy  of  adoption  in  hotels  and  boarding-hoases  where  the 
folding  bed  doth  obtain. 

Speaking  of  what  devices  travelers  carry  in  their  grip  sacks 
reminds  me  of  a  lady  I  met  at  the  World's  Fair.  She  had  a  paper 
of  tacks  for  fastening  up  newspapers  across  the  door  transoms, 
having  a  fondness  for  sleeping  in  the  dark,  and  not  liking  the 
light  that  streamed  in  from  the  ball.  She  used  her  boot  heel  for 
a  hammer.  She  bad  a  number  of  small  screw  hooks  for  increas- 
ing the  closet  accommodations,  preferring  to  hang  her  clothes 
each  upon  a  separate  nail  rather  than  one  over  the  other.  She 
also  carried  an  assortment  of  small  cheap  gimlets.  These,  as  she 
explained  to  me,  were  invaluable  as  bolts  and  bars  on  doors  with 
unruly  locks,  and  as  clntcb.es  for  windows  that  would  not  stay 
open.  With  a  gimlet  screwed  iuto  the  door  casing,  across  the 
door,  she  had  most  effectually  barred  the  entrance  from  without, 
and  by  a  gimlet  properly  placed,  she  could  prevent  an  outsider 
from  raising  her  window  with  felonious  intent.  The  scheme  was 
a  clever  one,  aud  was  worthy  the  braiD  of  a  clever  woman. 

The  bicycle  has  come  to  San  Francisco  to  stay.  It  has  come 
with  a  rush,  and  it  has  come  accompanied  with  bloomers.  With- 
out exaggeration  it  is  safe  to  say  that  a  lady  in  skirts  mounted 
on  a  wheel  in  Golden  Gate  Park  mutt  feel  conspicuous  by  her 
singularity  of  costume.  For  tbe  bloomers  have  captured  the 
corps  of  women  bicyclers.  There  are  neat  aud  trim  bloomers, 
with  tight  tilting  leggings,  there  are  big  and  baggy  bloomers,  with 
black  silk  stockings  and  fascinating  low-cut  shoes.  There  are 
bloomers  shrouded  with  short  skirts,  and  bloomers  overcoated 
with  small  coats,  or  topped  with  jaunty  waists.  There  are 
bloomers  worn  by  trig  little  shapes  and  bloomers  worn  by  fat 
figures  with  wobbly  hips.  The  bloomers  are  everywhere.  As 
some  one  has  pertinently  remarked,  the  question,  "Is  bicycling 
for  women  improper?"  is  inspired  more  by  a  financial  motive 
than  by  thoughts  of  conventionality.  For  those  who  cannot  buy 
a  bicycle,  and  who  have  not  tbe  money  to  rent  one,  are  very  apt 
to  enact  the  fable  of  the  fox  and  the  grapes,  and  not  want  what 
they  cannot  have. 

If  our  Park  Commissioners  want  to  earn  the  undying  gratitude 
of  every  woman  who  rides  a  bicycle,  they  will  at  once  increase 
the  number  of  benches  in  the  panhandle  of  the  Park.  There  are 
only  a  few  there  now,  and  those  are  always  thronged  by  nurse 
girls  and  their  charges,  who  sit  there  to  admire  the  bicycles,  and 
tbe  monocycles,  if  I  may  so  use  the  term.  In  other  words,  the 
nurse  girls  sit  where  they  can  watch  the  riders,  and  flirt  with 
the  drivers  of  those  interesting  vehicles,  the  wheel-barrows,  as 
the  Park  gardeners  are  at  work.  Now  uphill  pedaling  is  never 
easy.  For  a  woman  it  is  worse  than  fatiguing;  it  is  dangerous, 
and  no  woman  ought  to  attempt  to  ride  out  to  the  Park  from  aDy 
point  in  the  city  without  dismounting  and  walking  up  the  bills. 
When  she  reaches  the  panhandle  the  grade  is  steady,  though 
slightly  uphill,  and  a  wise  woman  will  take  more  than  one  brief 
respite  from  work  along  the  road.  But  where  may  she  rest? 
There  are  too  few  benches  as  it  is,  and  those  are  always  occupied 
by  the  ladies  who  live  out.  The  other  day  1  read  a  delightfully 
written  article  on  tbe  probability  of  our  girls  posing  in  charming 
groups,  resting,   seated   on    their    bicycles,  under   ihe   spreading 


branches  of  our  Park  trees.  But  it  does  not  strike  me  thai  many 
ladles  are  as  yet  so  proficient  in  the  art  of  "wheeling"  that  they 
ran  remain  seated  upon  a  stationary  bicycle.  So  give  ua  some 
more  benches,  good  Commissioners. 

Speaking  of  fashions,  our  sleeves  are  growing  larger  and  larger, 
and  the  hairdressers  tell  us  that  tbe  bair  must  be  dressed  to  be  as 
fluffy  as  possible  in  what  may  best  be  described  as  tbe  wig  and 
mug  style,  so  as  to  moke  tbe  bend  wider — to  balance  the  shoulders 
aud  sleeves.  I'pon  this  line  of  reajoning  ladies  with  very  large 
hips  should  be  encouraged,  because  their  breadth  of  beam  will 
help  to  balance  their  bulk  of  sleeves.  Fashions  in  bair  change  to 
very  strange  results,  and  we  are  told  that  the  hideous  old  style 
which  is  associated  in  the  minds  of  tuose  who  have  old  family 
portraits  with  the  broad  embroidered  collar  and  the  pearl-encircled 
brooch,  the  style  that  was  made  popular  by  Jennie  Lind,  tbe  style 
that  gave  rise  to  the  statement  that  she  had  either  no  ears  at  all 
or  else  they  were  deformed,  because  her  bair,  parted  in  the  centre, 
was  brought  down  in  broad,  smooth,  sleek  bands,  making  the 
forehead  look  like  a  peaked  roof,  or  a  V  tent,  and  completely 
concealing  the  ears.  Let  us  pray  to  be  delivered  from  the  revival 
of  a  fashion  like  tbat. 


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Tf\B  State         It  is  pleasant  to  note  the  deep  interest  which  is 
M'0'09  being  taken  in  this  city    and   all  over  the  State  in 

Convention'  the  approaching  mining  convention.  The  attend- 
ance promises  to  be  unusually  large,  and  it  is  possible  that  the 
invitations  which  have  been  sent  out  to  the  mining  men  of  the 
Pacific  States  and  Territories  will  bring  in  quite  an  influential 
and  representative  delegation  of  our  neighbors.  It  was  a  happy 
thought  upon  the  part  of  the  convening  committee  of  the  State 
Association  to  invite  these  people.  They  are  deeply  interested 
in  many  of  the  important  measures  which  will  be  brought  op  be- 
fore the  Convention,  and  it  is  only  proper  that  they  should  be 
afforded  an  opportunity  to  express  themselves  thereon.  In  re- 
gard to  the  subjects  which  bear  most  directly  upon  the  welfare 
of  this  industry  in  California,  may  be  mentioned  the  proposition 
to  simplify  the  methods  of  obtaining  title  to  mining  land.  Under 
the  old  system,  the  operation  of  the  law  is  both  tedious  and  ex- 
pensive. Its  requirements  are  based  on  an  elaborate  display  of 
red  tape,  and  never-ending  distribution  of  fees  among  represent- 
atives of  every  branch  of  the  legal  fraternity  which  can  be  drawn 
iu  to  share  in  the  profits.  If  this  convention  can  do  anything  to 
ease  this  weighty  burden  upon  the  mining  community  it  will  do 
valuable  service  in  this  respect  alone.  Another  good  work  which 
has  been  outlined  is  tbe  procurement  of  the  influence  of  this  con- 
vention with  Congress  that  it  may  in  tarn  procure  Federal  aid  on 
behalf  of  tbe  poorer  class  of  mine-owners  to  place  them  in  a  posi- 
tion to  benefit  by  tbe  Caminetti  Act.  Under  this  Act  it  is  nec- 
essary, in  order  to  carry  on  hydraulic  mining,  that  dams  be  con- 
structed to  retain  the  debris.  This  costs  money.  The  wealthy 
corporations  in  the  business  can  afford  to  comply  with  the  pro- 
viso; the  poorer  owners  of  a  claim  cannot.  To  aid  him,  it  is 
hoped  that  the  Federal  Government  will  arraDge  to  construct  a 
system  of  dams  at  the  headwaters  of  the  navigable  rivers.  It 
will  be  shown  satisfactorily  where  the  Government  will  be  bene- 
fited by  the  outlay  of  the  sum  required  for  this  work,  and  on 
business  principles  alone,  the  proposition  should  recommend 
itself.  Tbe  good  results  attained  by  these  mining  conventions  in 
the  past  have  given  rise  to  a  confidence  that  the  work  now  out- 
lined will  be  carried  to  a  successful  issue,  and  to  the  advance- 
ment of  an  industry  the  importance  of  which  is  again  fully  recog- 
nized by  a  vast  majority  of  the  people  of  California.  Gold  once 
more  is  king. 

S  $  $ 

Rictj  There   are   very   few    better  known  miners  on  tbe 

Oregoq  Pacific  Coast  than  Mr.  Toppy  Johnson,  a  pioneer  who 
ftfirjes,  has  attained  a  practical  experience  in  all  the  mining 
regions  on  this  side  of  the  Rockies,  which  few  men  in  the  busi- 
ness can  boast  of.  It  might  be  said  also  that  there  are  few  men 
more  popular  than  he  is.  For  this  reason  there  are  many  people 
who  will  be  pleased  to  hear  that  he  has  struck  it  rich  in  a  north- 
ern camp,  which  promises  to  be  one  of  the  bonanza  districts  of 
the  West.  He  is  now  located  at  Baker  City,  in  Eastern  Oregon, 
where  he  has  just  succeeded  in  disposing  of  a  valuable  property 
to  Eastern  capitalists,  making  a  handsome  som  in  the  form  of  a 
commission.  This  property  is  known  as  the  Columbian.  It  was 
discovered  nearly  twenty-three  years  ago  by  a  surveyor,  who 
found  quartz  float  showing  gold  in  the  gulch  two  and  a  half  miles 
northeast  of  where  is  now  operating  the  well-known  Virtue 
mine,  owned  by  George  W.  Grayson,  of  this  city.  The  original 
locators  sank  a  shaft  about  seventy  feet,  and  extracted  ore  for  a 
few  months.  The  grade  not  being  high  enough  to  suit  the  ideas 
which  prevailed  in  those  days,  whea  nothing  short  of  $100  a  ton 
was  deemed  worth  bothering  about,  work  was  stopped.  Since 
then  the  property  has  remained  idle  until  Johnson  took  hold  of 
it  and  opened  it  up  sufficiently  to  prove  its  immense  value.  The 
ore  samples  taken  from  across  the  ledge,  which  is  fully  six  feet 
between  walls,  will  average,  it  is  said,  about  fifty  dollars  a  ton. 
Toppy's  luck  changed  from  the  day  that  he  got  mixed  up  in  a 
railroad  accident  up  North,  a  few  months  ago,  when  he  was  about 
the  only  one  out  of  twenty-six  who  came  out  of  it  with  whole 
bones  or  his  life. 

$   $   $ 

Want  The  grand  ideas  of  the  La  Grange  Gravel  Mine  pro- 
tfye  moters  are  simply  overpowering,  and  the  figures  pre- 
Eartf).  sented  in  last  week's  Netcs  Letter  have  served  to  at- 
tract attention  in  a  quarter  where  there  is  sufficient  influence  to 
put  a  stop  to  the  game.  To  seek  a  profit  of  something  like  $4,600,- 
000  on  a  $360,000  proposition  is  just  unreasonable  enough  in  pro- 
portion to  put  investors  upon  their  guard,  leaving  the  worthless- 
Bess  of  the  property  out  of  the  question  altogether.  The  pro- 
moters in  this  instance  have  overdone  matters  to  an  extent  which 
will  serve  to  kill  the  scheme  without  urging  any  other  argument 
against  it.  They  must  have  calculated  upon  the  probability  of 
raking  up  a  nice  batch  of  wealthy  simpletons. 


Chicago  Porkopolis    was  at  one  time  in  high  favor  with 

in  mining   promotors  in   search  of  capital  for  the  de- 

Disrepute.  velopment  of  Western  mines.  A  change  has  taken 
place  of  late,  and  it  does  not  tend  to  further  negotiations  with 
mine  owners  if  the  promotors  happen  to  hail  from  Chicago.  Tbe 
complaint  is  made  that  mines  are  hawked  about  there,  to  their 
disadvantage,  and  that  promises  are  more  plentiful  than  money. 
An  instance  is  quoted  where  a  certain  property  of  tbe  very  high- 
est class,  and  which  to-day  is  producing  a  net  return  to  the 
owner  of  $12,000  a  month  and  sometimes  more,  was  treated  in  a 
very  shabby  manner  in  an  attempt  to  dispose  of  it  in  Chicago. 
A  bond  was  granted  a  promotor  as  a  matter  of  friendship,  after 
many  months  of  urgent  pleading  with  the  owner,  who  at  no  time 
has  personally  desired  to  dispose  of  his  property.  After  consid- 
erable delay,  without  any  satisfactory  response  to  his  letters, 
he  instituted  an  inquiry  through  some  correspondents  in  Chicago, 
and  found  to  his  disgust  that  the  stock  of  the  alleged  purchasing 
company  had  been  peddled  in  small  share  lots  in  Baloons  and 
among  small  store-keepers  all  over  the  city.  It  is-needless  to  say 
that  a  short  stop  was  put  to  the  negotiations,  and  the  next  man 
wbo  proposes  to  buy  this  property  will  not  get  a  very  cordial  re- 
ception if  bis  financial  backers  hail  from  Chicago.  This  is  not  the 
only  case  of  the  kind  which  has  been  heard  of  lately,  and  trading 
with  this  quarter  is  not  nearly  so  popular  as  it  was  once  upon  a 
time.  New  York  now  maintains  a  higher  reputation  as  a  ma-ket 
for  Western  miues. 

$  $  S 

To  Work         John  E.  Phillips  and   Frank  H.  Pettingell,  Presi- 
oq  dent  and  Secretary  of  the  Broken  Hill  Gold  Mining 

Royalties.  Company,  are  at  tbe  mine  making  arrangements  to 
bond  and  lease  a  part  of  the  property.  The  company  are  offered 
$15,000,  payable  in  oDa  year  in  the  shape  of  a  bond  and  lease 
with  graded  royalties.  If  this  proposition  is  accepted  it  would 
give  them  considerable  funds  to  work  other  localities;  besides,  it 
the  bond  were  taken  up  at  maturity,  nearly  two  cents  a  share 
would  be  paid  in  dividends.  If  it  is  abandoned  at  any  time  dur- 
ing the  year  the  property  would  be  more  thoroughly  developed 
than  otherwise,  with  no  expense  to  the  company,  as  the  terms 
of  the  lease  are  such  as  would  necessitate  constant  operations, 
subject  to  the  President's  and  Secretary's  approval.  It  should  be 
remembered  that  this  company's  properties  are  located  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  some  of  Cripple  Creek's  greatest  producers, 
and  there  is  no  apparent  reason  why  the  Broken  Hill  should  not 
share  at  least  a  part  of  the  good  fortune  now  enjoyed  by  its 
neighbors,  as  the  management  is  beyond  reproach  as  regards  both 
ability  and  integrity,  as  those  in  authority  are  composed  of  some 
of  the  most  influential  mining  operators  in  the  State  of  Colorado, 
who  are  invariably  successful  in  all  of  their  undertakings,  and  it 
cannot  be  denied  that  good  luck  is  an  important  feature  in  gold 
mining. 

US 

Cornstock  The  tone  of  the  Comstock  market  is  firm,  with  a 
Mir/irjg       light  movement  for  the  time  being  in  business.   The 

Shares.  reports  from  tbe  mines  are,  as  usual  of  late,  very 
satisfactory.  Con.  Virginia  is  generally  acknowledged  to  be  in  a 
condition,  as  regards  to  ore,  to  guarantee  a  run  of  dividends  for 
some  time  to  come.  The  showing  in  Ophir  is  also  considered 
favorable  for  another  ore  development  of  more  than  ordinary  im- 
portance, and  the  stock  has  improved  considerably  in  value  since 
the  last  report  of  tbe  superintendent.  The  Middle  mines,  from 
Savage  to  Norcross,  are  prime  favorites  with  speculators,  or  at 
least  would  be  were  the  stocks  active  enough  to  warrant  an  in- 
vestment for  speculation,  with  a  possible  chance  for  a  turn  at  a 
profit.  At  the  South-end  both  Crown  Point  and  Belcher  are  turn- 
ing out  bullion,  the  former  in  sufficient  quantity  to  reduce  materi- 
ally tbe  burden  of  expense  on  the  shareholders.  An  improve- 
ment in  Alta  on  the  825-Ievel  has  advanced  the  price  of  the 
stock,  and  buying  orders  have  been  on  a  much  more  liberal  scale. 
If  the  new  find  develops  into  anything  like  an  ore  body,  some 
sharp  fluctuations  may  be  looked  for  in  this  stock.  Con.  Cal.- 
Virginia  paid  a  dividend  of  twenty-five  cents  on  Wednesday  last. 
5  $  $ 

Neuj  York  The  New  York  stock  market  has  shown  marked 
Stocks.  activity  during  the  paBt  week.  Particularly  was 
this  true  with  the  granger  list.  The  coalers  rrcaived  fair  attention. 
They  were  disposed  to  seek  a  lower  level.  Notwithstanding  this 
a  very  good  advance  was  given  them  early  in  the  week,  but  it 
did  not  prove  lasting.  Tbe  industries  absorbed  a  great  deal  of  tbe 
interest  in  the  security  market.  8ugar  advanced  early  in  the  week 
to  $95J,  but  sold  down  later  to  $87.  American  tobacco  sold  up 
to  $10iU  and  dropped  back  to  $99.  Distillers  firmed  up  to  $10£. 
The  specialty  list  seems  firm.  Pacific  Road  securities  seem  in- 
active. All  in  all,  the  conditions  of  tbe  market  would  indicate  a 
higher  range  of  prices  in  the  near  future. 

Another  The  only  feature  of  interest  in  insurance  circles  to 
insurance  report  during  the  past  week  is  tbe  return  of  Mr. 
Chaqge.       Garness  from  the   management  of   the  Fidelity  and 

Casualty  Company  of  New  York,  to  take  effect  on  December  1st. 

He  will  be  succeeded  by  Mr.  8.  C.  Pardee. 


17.  1894. 


SAN   I'K  INCTSCO  NEWS  LETTEB 


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"  Hear  the  Crier'"       "  ffhn  the  devil  art  thou" ' 
"One  that  will  dIst  the  devil,  ilr.  with  you.'1 


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S  L Y  lefts  were  broken  by  ibe  fall  of  the  boatbouse  steps  at  the 
baptlstu  in  this  city  last  Sunday.—  /tat'/y  Paper*. 

And  worse!     (Oar  pencil  pardon  begs). 
Those  broken  limbs  were  women's  legs, 
Whose  cUinty  ankles  well  might  seem 
Like  some  bad  Cupid's  shattered  dream  : 
With  silken  hose  that  all  men  love — 
Jet  black  below  and  ligbt  above. 
Oh,  crnel  Providence,  we  say. 
To  smile  tby  daughters  in  such  way! 

For  they  were  there  in  herds  to  see 
The  Lord's  salvation  offered  free 
To  watered  sinners,  who  would  leave 
The  paths  ol  sin  that  vex  and  grieve. 
And  then  there  came  that  cruel  fall, 
Which  mixed  tneir  lingerie  and  all. 
Ob,  plain  it  is  as  "  eggs  is  eggs," 
The  Lord's  opposed  to  woman's  legs! 

IN  trying  to  convince  the  people  that  they  ought  to  provide  him 
with  means  whereby  he  might  retain  the  fat  on  bis  ribs,  good 
Mr.  Leeds,  with  that  wisdom  which  distinguishes  men  of  bis 
genius,  has  failed  to  call  attention  lo  the  fact  that  be  proposes  to 
bnild  and  equip  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  Railroad  for  about  half 
the  amount  for  which  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  is  assessed 
for  its  road  through  that  region.  Probably  this  interesting  fact 
will  make  no  difference  to  those  citizens  who  not  only  charge 
that  the  Southern  Pacific  is  not  assessed  properly,  but  who  also 
want  to  see  Mr.  Leeds  taken  care  of.  By  the  way,  one  of  the 
funniest  of  all  the  amasiug  statements  which  be  has  made  lately 
is  the  one  in  which  he  declared  that  although  the  line  of  steamers 
which  the  merchants  of  San  Francisco  started  in  opposition  to 
the  Pacific  Mail  lost  $300,000  and  had  to  be  abandoned  for  that 
reason,  it  saved  $10,000,000  to  the  people  of  California.  It  seems 
just  a  trifle  singular  that  the  new  company  did  not  make  a  scale 
of  charges  that  would  have  taken  $300,000  from  the  $10,000,000 
which  it  saved  to  the  State  and  added  it  to  the  transportation 
acconnt,  thus  saving  the  company  from  ruin  and  still  leaving 
$9,700,000  saved  lo  the  State.  By  making  that  statement  Mr. 
Leeds  showed  either  that  the  men  who  backed  the  company  were 
very  foolish  and  lacking  in  rudimentary  business  sense  or  that  he 
himself  has  a  righteous  aversion  for  veracity.  Taken  in  connec- 
tion with  the  fact  that  during  the  time  of  tbe  rival  company's 
existence  tbe  Pacific  Mail  made  larger  profits  than  it  did  before 
and  after,  the  ludicrous  aspect  of  Mr.  Leeds'  tongue  achievements 
becomes  excruciating. 

IN  the  "  wreck  of  matter  and  the  crash  of  worlds  "  that  resulted 
in  the  overthrow  of  the  Democracy  at  the  late  election,  Cali- 
fornia saved  a  few  stray  pieces,  among  which  was  tbe  Governor, 
to  the  disgust  of  some  of  tbe  Republican  leaders.  One  of  the 
most  boisterous  of  the  gang,  who  has  always  boasted  largely  of 
the  intelligence  of  that  party  over  that  of  the  Democracy,  sting- 
ing over  the  defeat  of  Eatee,  made  a  fearful  "break"  a  day  or 
two  ago  while  discussing — or  rather  cussing — the  situation  with  a 

friend  in  tbe  committee  rooms.      "Jim,"  said  he,  "d d  if  1 

don't  begin  to  think  the  people  are  too  much    educated.     I  have 
always  advocated  a  liberal  education  of  the  masses,  but   I'm  agin 

it  now.     They  are  getting    too  d d  smart."    This,    of  course, 

comes  from  the  fact  that  the  favorite  ox  was  gored,  and  will  soon 
effervesce.     Mr.  Borack  will  be  all  right  in  a  few  days. 

IN  these  "hard  times,"  when  Poverty  stands  at  many  a  door- 
way and  gaunt  Hunger  gnaws  unceasingly  at  thousands  of 
stomachs,  it  is  a  blessed  thought  that  on  account  of  providential 
interference  In  tbe  shape  of  the  Johnson  auction  our  local  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty  will  not  be  compelled  to  do  without  their  daily 
Venetian  furniture.  Hundreds  of  people  walk  homeless  beneath 
starlit  skies — the  Venetian  bedstead  is  occupied.  Workless  men 
pawn  their  last  fragments  of  pine  furniture  that  their  families 
may  live — the  Lord  sees  to  it  that  bis  favored  children  have  their 
Venetian  furniture.  Men  pace  the  streets  in  quest  of  work — tbe 
Venetian  furniture  is  all  right.  It  is  a  gladdening  thought,  men 
and  brethren,  that  behind  a  frowning  Providence  He  hides 
Venetian  furniture — for  those  who  can  get  it. 

THE  mirage  which  is  said  to  have  been  seen  on  the  ocean  from 
the  Cliff  House  last  Tuesday  afternoon  was  probably  nothing 
less  or  more  than  the  plans  and  specifications  of  Adolph  Sutro's 
projected  street  railway  published  on  the  sky.  It  was  merely 
the  Almighty's  method  of  showing  His  approval  of  the  good  Mr. 
Sutro's  newspaper  project — nothing  less  should  have  been  ex- 
pected. 


TM  I"  jrhool  teachers  of  this  city  have  organized  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  legislation  providing  for  tbe  payment  of  pensions 
to  teachers  who  have  taught  twenty  or  more  years  In  pnblfc 
schools.  What  they  may  obtain  from  a  California  Legislature  no- 
body could  surmise:  what  they  should  obtain  is  more  clear,  i.  <\, 
nothing.  That  the  pAyment  of  pensions  to  any  class  of  citizens 
is  inherently  wrong  should  not  be  doubled  by  any  intelligent  citi- 
zen. Such  a  course  must  inevitably  tend  to  make  a  parasite  of 
any  person.  To  be  an  almoner  under  what  guise  soever  surely 
causes  a  loss  of  self-respect.  Teachers  as  a  class  are  well-paid. 
They  do  iheir  work,  and  are  paid  for  it.  What  is  their  claim  for 
special  pension  recognition  7  Is  it  said  that  they  assist  children 
to  a  high  citizenship?  On  precisely  Ibe  same  ground,  if  it  is  al- 
lowed, every  good  father  and  mother  in  the  land  should  be  pen- 
sioned. Do  they  benefit  humanity  ?  So  does  the  farmer  who  tills 
tbe  soil,  the  carpenter  who  constructs  a  dwelling,  and  the  miller 
who  grinds  wheat  into  flour.  Shall  we  therefore  pension  farmers, 
carpenters,  and  millers  ?  As  a  matter  of  fact,  there  is  not  a  tenable 
argument  in  favor  of  pensioning  teachers,  nor  is  it  to  be  believed 
that  the  self-respecting  among  tbem — those  who  hold  their  work 
in  highest  esteem — desire  such  legislation.  Such  a  measure  would 
be  as  vicious  in  principle  as  unjust  in  practice. 

THE  Sacramento  Bee  criticises  the  San  Francisco  Press  Club  for 
accepting  courtesies  at  the  hands  of  either  Mr.  Sutro  or  the 
managers  of  the  theatres.  It  has  a  poor  opinion  of  the  members 
of  tbe  press  who  will  place  themselves  under  obligations,  intimat- 
ing that  the  newspapers  will  not  feel  it  convenient  to  criticise 
any  bad  act  that  Mayor  8utro  may  be  guilty  of,  or  any  poor  actor 
who  may  disgust  an  audience  with  his  inferiority  on  tbe  stage. 
The  Bee  has  been  rather  presumptuous  in  its  manner  of  crit- 
icising everybody  and  everything  since  its  "thank  God"  edition, 
but  it  has  a  very  poor  conception  of  the  manner  and  style  of  the 
metropolitan  press  and  the  staff  of  writers  employed.  They  ac- 
cept anything  that  is  offered  and  write  incognito. 

IS  it  not  a  little  disgraceful  to  the  city  and  a  rebuke  to  the  civi- 
lization of  the  age,  that  such  scoundrels  or  incompetents  are 
permitted  to  toy  with  the  sacred  rights  of  the  people?  The  pre- 
cinct Election  Boards  are  supposed  to  be  appointed  by  the  Elec- 
tion Commissioners  from  the  honorable  classes  of  citizens,  and 
representatives  of  the  two  contending  parties;  but  evidently  this 
is  not  the  case.  Tbe  political  managers  nominate  and  tbe  Com- 
missioners confirm.  In  some  instances  the  most  expert  rascals 
and  manipulators  are  appointed,  not  only  to  disfranchise  the 
voter  but  to  make  his  ballot  the  instrument  to  defeat  bis  purpose. 
Tbe  law  makes  this  a  felony,  and  it  should  be  enforced  to  its 
uttermost  limit. 

ON  Monday  evening  last  Mrs.  Clara  Foltz  delivered  a  lecture 
before  the  Portia  Club  on  "How  Laws  Are  Made.'*  There  is 
some  little  difference  between  how  laws  are  made  and  how  they 
ought  to  be  made.  In  most  instances  tbey  are  made  by  first  be- 
ing submitted  to  a  boss,  and  if  he  likes  them  be  recommends 
them  to  his  friends  and  they  are  passed.  His  friends  are  com- 
posed of  a  cabal  of  prominent  members  who  are  strong  enough  to 
control  legislation.  The  Senate  is  designated  aa  tbe  "forty 
thieves,"  and  tbe  Assembly  as  tbe  "eighty  buccaneers."  Mrs. 
Foltz  is  a  lawyer,  and  should  know  all  about  it. 

H,  Estee!  in  thine  hour  of  woe 

Accept  these  tears, 
Which  at  thy  grief  untrammeled  flow, 

Like  scboonered  beers. 
Although  this  door  refused  to  ope, 

And  spoiled  thy  plan, 
While  there  are  offices  there's  hope. 

Cheer  up,  old  mant 

THE  air  is  burdened  with  the  cry  of  fraud  as  a  result  of  the  late 
election.  The  Australian  ballot  is  all  right  when  wielded  by 
an  intelligent  citizen,  and  while  the  ballot  cannot  be  changed,  the 
Election  Board  can  handle  the  ticket  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
change  tbe  votes  from  one  candidate  to  another,  and  when  the 
tally  list  is  completed,  signed  and  sealed,  nothing  but  an  expen- 
sive contest  before  a  judicial  tribunal  has  any  right  to  change  the 
result.  The  Board  of  Election  Commissioners  cannot  go  behind 
the  returns,  and  tbe  defrauded  elector  and  the  defeated  aspirant 
have  but  one  recourse. 

AT  a  fashionable  shoe  store  on  Kearny  street  they  sell  leggings 
for  women  bicycle  riders,  and  the  clerks  insist  on  fitting  them 
to  the  dainty  calves  which  are  in  need  of  tbem.  Most  ladies, 
rather  than  appear  prudish,  submit  to  the  buttoning,  which  ex- 
tends to  that  hinged  articulation  the  common  name  for  which 
has  slipped  our  memory.  The  punishment  which  that  house  is 
receiving  for  not  providing  saleswomen  for  this  service  is  of  a 
two-fold  and  picturesque  kind;  modest  women  go  somewhere 
else,  and  the  other  kind  do  not. 

A  SACRAMENTO  youth— the  twentieth  for  the  season — at- 
tempted Sunday  the  feat  of  dragging  a  loaded  gun  from  a 
wagon  by  grasping  the  weapon  by  the  muzzle.  He  succeeded,  and 
tbe  subsequent  surgical  operation  which  he  underwent  is  said  to 
have  been  the  most  interesting  ever  performed  at  Sacramento. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


Nov.  17,  1894. 


IT  is  not  all  a  bed  of  roses  to  be  a  society  leader  either  for  man 
or  woman,  as  many  such  a  one  will  confess.  It  is  all  very- 
well  to  have  a  plethora  of  fine  dinners,  bat  the  very  frequency 
of  the  feast  spoils  half  its  pleasures.  To  be  sure,  it  saves  the 
pocket  of  the  bachelor  who  "rooms"  merely,  and  that  is  no  in- 
considerable item;  but  when  a  charitable  affair,  which  is  also  a 
society  one,  becomes  a  social  obligation,  the  balance  sheet  foots 
up  the  other  way.  So  evidently  thought  a  prominent  society 
man  at  the  Woman's  Exchange  "tea."  as  be  was  in  turn  besieged 
by  pretty  "buds"  from  the  candy,  flower,  and  fancy  work  booths. 
One  veteran  at  the  refreshment  table  created  a  good  deal  of  mer- 
riment by  her  audible  advice  to  the  buds,  "Let  him  otf  easy  girls, 
if  you  hope  for  a  dance  at  the  cotillions." 

*  *  * 

A  society  girl  who  has  had  a  vast  amount  of  experience,  was 
uttering  some  sound  sense  at  a  gathering  one  afternoon  lately. 
One  of  ber  remarks  was  on  what  she  called  the  absurdity  of  giv- 
ing heavy  formal  dinner  parties  to  a  "lot  of  kids"  who  actually 
did  not  know  the  difference  between  a  fine  plat  or  a  beefsteak, 
and  askiDg  old  men  and  women  to  a  "tea."  We  take  an  excep- 
tion to  the  last  idea,  however,  for  where,  oh  1  where  are  the  old 
men?  The  girls  who  "debut"  in  1900  will  no  doubt  have  men  to 
dance  with,  unless  our  youth  suffer  an  early  death  from  too  early 
participation  in  the  whirl  of  the  swim. 

*  *  » 

If  the  young  ladies  who  attend  a  school  on  Post  street  were 
aware  of  the  remarks  that  their  behavior  occasioned  Wednesday 
morning  about  12  o'clock,  they  would  perhaps  spend  their  time 
in  some  better  and  more  wholesome  pursuit  than  flirting  with 
men  on  the  pavement.  A  curious  crowd  star  gazed  to  see  whom 
the  men  in  question  were  nodding  and  beckoning  to,  and  were 
amazed  to  see  that  these  young  girls  were  in  the  school;  from 
their  actions  one  might  have  inferred  that  the  house  was  of  a  dif- 
ferent character.  Those  girls  probably  meant  no  harm,  but  had 
they  heard  the  remarks  of  the  passers-by  their  cheeks  would  have 
tingled. 

What  a  lot  of  people  Mrs.  Tessie  Oelrichs  will  have  to  entertain 
when  they  pay  a  visit  to  New  York,  in  retarn  for  the  innumer- 
able "feeds"  she  has  been  the  recipient  of  here! 

Gossip  has  been  extremely  lively  of  late  over  the  domestic  un- 
pleasantnesses in  the  family  circle  of  a  prominent  Western  Addi- 
tioner.  It  is  said  that  forbearance  has  ceased  to  be  a  virtue,  and 
that  another  case  in  the  divorce  court  is  more  than  likely  to  be 
added  to  the  list  of  marital  infelicities. 

*  *  * 

"What  a  delightful  thing  it  is  for  a  'flirtatiously'  inclined 
woman  to  have  a  complaisant  husband  !"  This  from  a  well-known 
young  lady  of  the  swim,  with  a  vicious  snap  of  the  jaws,  as  she 
looked  towards  a  couple  at  the  Monday  Evening  Dancing  Class. 
Names  are  unnecessary  to  the  people  who  were  there,  and  they 
all  read  the  News  Letter. 

*  *  * 

One  of  the  funniest  sights  of  the  period  is  the  woman  on  the 
bicycle.  Two  young  women  (singularly  enough  both  living  on 
opposite  corners  of  Gough  street)  are  of  such  ample  proportions 
they  spread  over  and  beyond  the  narrow  limits  of  the  "saddle." 
Two  others,  equally  well  known,  show  a  length  of  limb  that  in  a 
side  view  is  absolutely  startling.  The  craze  will  no  doubt  die  out 
with  the  departure  of  the  Oelrichs  party  for  their  New  York 
home. 

Rumor  says  that  another  wedding  at  Burlingame  will  soon  fol- 
low the  Poett-Howard  one,  in  which  one  of  the  principals  in  the 
happy  affair  will  be  the  horsey  Britisher. 
■*  *  * 

Reflections  induced  by  a  glance  at  "Society  as  I  have  found  it" 
(vide  McAllister):  How  much  nicer  it  is  to  be  the  big  frog,  etc., 
than  to  be  tolerated  for  your  great  wealth  by  your  husband's  re- 
lations!  How  many  sleepless  nights  pater  familias  goes  through 

after  the  bills  begin  to  come  in   for   a  daughter's  debut! How 

the  still  young-looking  matron  pines  in  secret  over  the  impossi- 
bility of  having  all  the  fioe  clothes  and  good  times  she  bad  befoie 
said  daughter's  d6but! How  the  brother  of  the  girl  enjoys  him- 
self, to  do  the  duty  act  as  escort  to  the  bud  of  the  family,  when 
his  desires  go  in  the  direction  of  "some  other  fellow's  sister!" 

*  *  * 

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SAN   KHANC1SC0  NEWS  LETTER. 


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THE    END    OF    IT    ALL- JMfitffi  Millrr. 

rHK  proad  mm.  fat  with  tbe  fat  of  the  land. 
Poxed  back  in  bis  iHkan  cbafr: 

t  wines  of  the  world,  black  men  to  command, 
Kare  curios,  rich  and  - 
Tall  knights  in  armor  on  either  hand  — 
Yet  trouble  was  in  the  air. 

The  proud  man  dreamed  of  hla  young  days,  when 
He  boiled  light-hearted  and  -ang  all  day. 

He  dreamed  again  of  his  gold,  and  of  men 

•i  old  in  bia  service  and  hungry  and  pray. 

Then  his  two  hand?  tightened  a  time,  and  then 
They  tightened,  and  tightened  to  stay! 

Ah  me:  this  drunkenness,  worse  than  wine! 

This  grasping  with  greedy  hold! 
Why.  the  poorest  man  upon  earth.  I  opine. 

Is  that  man  who  has  nothing  bnt  gold. 
How  better  the  love  ot  man  divine, 

With  God's  love,  manifold! 

They  came  to  the  dead  man  back  in  his  chair. 

Dusk-liveried  servants  that  come  with  the  light; 
His  eyes  stood  open  with  a  frightened  stare, 

But  his  hands  still  tightened,  as  a  vise  is  tight. 
They  opened  his  hands— nothing  was  there, 

Nothing  but  bits  of  night. 


THE  large  crowds  which  may  be  seen  at  the  new  Texas  Market, 
85  Ninth  street,  are  there  for  the  simple  reason  that  they  get 
the  best,  fattest  and  freshest  meats  at  the  lowest  prices.  Whatever 
a  customer's  former  affiliations  in  the  butcher  line  may  have  been, 
all  old  allegiances  are  quickly  dropped  when  the  advantages  to  be 
secured  at  the  new  Texas  Market  are  learned.  Besides  the 
superior  quality  of  the  meat  and  the  low  prices  charged,  the  most 
skillful  workmen  are  employed,  with  the  result  that  customers 
are  served  with  just  wbat  they  want  and  are  served  ao  Bpeedily 
that  they  are  never  kept  waiting.  This  market  is  the  talk  of  the 
Mission.  The  manager  spares  no  expense  to  get  the  best  and 
fattest  meats,  taking  the  wise  view  that  tbe  only  way  to  enjoy  a 
large  business  is  to  give  tbe  very  best  service  possible. 


MRS.  HICKS — What  wera   you  saying   to  that   rough-lookiDg 
man  at  the  gate?   Hick^ — I  told  him  that  if  your  dog  should 
ever  happen  to  get  lost  I  would  do  the  fair  thing  by  him. 

— Town  Topics. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 


New    Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Placer  couoty,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  11th  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  27)  of  Five  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  19th  Day  of  November,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  MONDAY,  the  10th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs   of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 


Occidental  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Assessment  No.  17 

Amount  per  Share 5  centB 

Levied November  1,  1894 

Delinquent  in  Office . . December  4, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock. December  27, 1894 

A.  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Occidental  Consolidated  Mining   Company. 

The  regular  annual  meeting  of  tbe  stockholders  of  the  Occidental  Con- 
solidated Mining  Company  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room 
fi9,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  St.,   San  Francisco,  Cal,,  on 

Monday,  the  19th  Day  of  November.  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M„ 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting.    Transfer  books  will  close  on  FRIDAY.  November  16,  1894,  at 
3p.m.  ALFRED  K.    DURBROW,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  3"9  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 


DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 


Consolidated  California  and  Virginia  Mining  Company. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  above  named  company, 
held  on  tbe  Stb  day  of  November,  1894,  a  dividend  (No.  S7)  of  twenty-five 
(25)  cents  per  share  was  declared  on  the  capital  ttock  of  the  company,  pay- 
able 

Wednesday.  November  14,  1894. 

Transfer  books  close  on  Thursday,  November  8  at  3  r  m. 

A.W.  HAVENS,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  56,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


The  Only  One 

that's  imitated,  among  all  wash- 
ing compounds,  is  Pearline.  That 
is  because  it  is  the  original,  the 
most  popular,  and  the  best.  Ped- 
dlers and  some  grocers  will 
tell  you  that  this  thing  or 
that  thing  is  "the  same  as" 
or  "as  good  as"  Pearline 
— what  better  recommenda- 
tion do  you  want  for  Pearl- 
ine ?  They  tell  you  this  be- 
cause it  pays  them  better  to  sell  these  "  same 
as"  stuffs.  But  how  "will  it  pay  you  to  use  them? 
Any  saving  that  they  can  offer  you,  in  prizes 
or  prices,  can  be  only  nominal.  The  loss  in 
ruined  linens,  flannels,  muslins, etc.,  can  be  large. 

PEARLINE  is  manufactured  only  by        868    JAMES  PYLE,  N.  Y. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE, 

Alpha  Consolidated  Mill  and  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Lo- 
cation of  works— Gold  Hill  Mining  District,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  Thirtieth  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  137)  of  Ten  cents 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  said  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  79,  Nevada  block,  309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Monday,  the  3rd  Day  of  December,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  FRIDAY,  the  21th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,.  San  Fran- 
clsco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Challenge  Consolidated  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Gold  Hill,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  31st  day  of  October,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  17)  of  Five 
(5)  Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation, 
payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  company,  room  35,  third  floor.  Mills  building,  corner  Bush 
and  Montgomery  streets,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  Fourth  Day  of  December,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  1b  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together   with  the  costs  of  advertising  and 
expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors . 

C.  L.  McCOY,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  35,  third  floor.  Mills  building,  norihea&t  cor.  Bush  and 
Montgomery  streets,  SanFraocisco,  Cal. 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Justice  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works-Gold  Hill,  Storey  county,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  Friday,  the  Second  day  of  November,  a.  d,  1894,  an  assessment  (No. 
57)  of  Five  (6)  cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock 
of  the  corporation,  payable  immediately  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the 
Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  company,  309  Montgomery  street,  room  23, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Thursday,  the  6th  Day  of  December,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  27th  day  of  December,  1894,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  wi'h  costs  of  advertiting  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

R.  E.  KELLY,  Secretary. 

Office— 309  Montgomery  street,  room  23,  San  Francisco,  *  al. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Best  &  Belcher  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location 
of  works— Virginia  (iity,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
on  the  12th  day  of  November,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  57)  of  Twenty-five 
cents  per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  pay- 
able immediately  in  United  Slates  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office 
of  the  company,  room  33,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
Tuesday,  the  18th  Day  of  December.  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  tbe  8*h  day  of  January,  1895,  to  pay  the 
delinquent  assessment,  together  witb  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of 
sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

M.  JAFFE,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  33,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


16 


SAN  .FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  17,1894. 


EVENING  mantles  (says  a  London  fashion  writer)  have  been 
engrossing  my  thoughts  this  week,  as  I  have  seen  some  ex- 
quisite ones  in  several  new  materials,  as  well  as  in  bengaline  and 
brocade.  A  silver-gray  opera  cloak,  of  satin  cloth,  lined  with  pink 
and  white  striped  silk,  has  a  double  cape,  the  upper  one  with  deep 
point  at  the  back,  reaching  to  within  two  inches  of  the  lower  one,  dis- 
playing exquisite  coral  passementerie  edged  with  smoked  fox;  points, 
somewhat  modified,  are  visible  on  the  shoulders,  but  the  lower  cape 
is  quite  plain,  with  a  broader  band  of  fur.  Very  useful  are  the  cun- 
ning little  inside  pockets  at  the  left  side,  one  long  enough  to  take  a 
fan,  the  other  for  the  handkerchief.  A  three-quarter  cloak  in  per- 
venche  violets,  the  new  blue,  was  lined  with  ermine  and  trimmed  with 
finest  fox  fur,  and  a  white  brocade,  with  minute  rose  design,  was  re- 
splendent with  trimmings  of  white  fur,  and  hand-embroidered 
pointed  floral  design  in  gold,  blue,  and  pink  silk  round  the  shoulders 
and  skirt.  The  opera  paletots,  too,  are  finding  favor,  and  in  this 
style  the  most  beautiful  I  have  seen  was  in  sapphire  velvet  with  huge 
sleeves,  terminating  at  the  wrist  with  a  frill  which  showed  rich  yel- 
low brocade,  the  sumptuous  lining  for  the  whole  garment.  The 
storm  collar  was  cut  rather  low,  and  when  turned  down  revealed  the 
dainty  jeweled  neck;  at  both  back  and  front  a  handsome  irides- 
cent garniture  hung  from  the  neckband. 


The  princess  costume  has  returned  to  favor.  Young  women  with 
good  figures  wear  these  and  find  them  very  becoming.  They  are 
p  retty  in  soft  cashmeres,  trimmed  with  velvet  ribbons  and  rosettes, 
the  ribbons  being  quaintly  crossed  on  bodice,  and  they  are  pretty  in 
light  weight  cloths,  trimmed  with  fur.  In  the  princess  costume  the 
big  full  sleeve  puffs  add  greatly  to  the  general  effect,  as  do  the  smart 
ribbon  bows,  each  standing  out  at  the  correct  angle. 

Fancy  waists  to  wear  with  moire  or  satin  skirts  are  more  popular 
everyday.  The  yoke  and  corselet  design  is  especially  pretty.  In 
this  model  the  yoke  and  belt  may  be  of  velvet  or  silk,  trimmed  with 
the  pretty  single  appliques  of  lace  which  come  by  the  yard  strung 
together.  The  rest  of  the  bodice  may  be  of  silk  or  soft  wool.  The 
shape  is  useful  and  may  be  made  with  or  without  circular  basque 
skirt. 

Forthcoming  wedding  trousseaux  reveal  that  our  coats  and  dresses 
must  be  richly  endowed  with  buttons  large  in  size  and  many  in 
number.  On  a  black  cloth  coat  some  exquisite  steel  buttons  were  as 
large  as  five  shilling  pieces,  and  on  a  pretty  green  tweed,  the  bottom 
of  the  skirt  had  as  a  trimming  crown  and  shilling-size  buttons,  cov- 
ered with  the  material,  placed  in  Vandyke  design. 

The  fashionable  walking  glove  is  a  heavy,  reddish  tan  kid,  sac 
shape,  with  an  elastic  shirr  under  the  wrist.  Black  gloves  may  be 
worn  at  the  theatres  and  receptions.  Very  dressy,  long  wristed  ones 
are  edged  with  a  fall  of  black  lace  and  a  ruche  of  narrow  ribbon 
loops  to  correspond  with  stock  collar  of  theatre  waist. 

The   Grand   Canon   Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Aug.  16th  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Thursday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleepers  are 
run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illustrated 
book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650  Market 
street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Visiting  Cards  and  Invitations,  printed  and  engraved,  in  station- 
ery department.     Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 

Steedman's  Soothing  Powders  are  iermed  soothing  because  they 
correct,  mitigate,  and  remove,  disorders  of  the  system  while  teething. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 
•"THERE'S  many  a  man — saint  or  sinner — 
■*•    Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read   and  mark  it — 

Where  the   choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 
Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage    pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself  I 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

"  Californians  "  or  "  Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these   bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  ovster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  laud 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 


4 

Specials 
in  (Jloves 
and  gibbons. 


fit  65c.  Ladies'  5-hook  Foster  Kid  Gloves,  in 
brown,  tan,  red,  and  green  colors, 
also  black,  regular  price  $/,  will  be 
placed  on  sale  at  65c.  per  pair. 

fit  $1.00  Ladies'  4-button  genuine  French  kid 
gloves,  in  red,  green,  navy,  slate, 
mode,  tan,  and  brown  colors,  also 
black;  regular  price,  $1.50,  will  be 
placed  on  sale  at  $1  a  pair. 

fit  10G.  No.  12  2-inch  all  silk,  satin,  and  gros 
grain  ribbons,  assorted  colors,  will  be 
offered  at  10c. 

fit  15c  No.  22  3-inch  all  silk,  satin  and  gros 
grain  ribbons,  assorted  colors,  will  be 
offered  at  15c. 


SAN  FRANC/SCO  and  LOS  ANGELES. 


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The  Model  American  Caterer. 

1206  SUTTER  ST.,  S.   F.  Telephone  2388. 


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R.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


Ill   GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


D 


R.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  DENTIST, 

1841  Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F. 


[Telephone  2605 


Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

HOURS — 9  a.  M.  to  5  p.  M. ,  8  to  9  p.  M.     Sundays,  9  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 


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R.   FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,   Dentist, 

703  Market  Street,  Rooms  18,  19  and  20. 


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TBI  «uddeo  dttth  of  Mr.  ■ .  ?nr«e  \V.  Tind»l.  the  well-Known 
merchant  and  slock  broker  of  lhh  city,  which  took  place  on 
b  tost.,  was  a  severe  shock  lo  a  large  circle  of  friend*  and 
acquaintances.  The  deceased  gentleman  was  htgbly  popular 
among  bis  business  associates,  by  whom  he  aru  Bale* mad  as  n 
(did  of  sterling  worth  and  unquestioned  probt  y  Bacoatafal  to 
an  extraordinary  degree  In  commercial  life,  be  bad  always  a  help- 
ing hand  for  those  who  were  less  fortunate,  and  his  charitable 
deeds  will  survive  him  tn  the  heart*  of  many  ben-ficiaries.  As  a 
D  he  was  one  of  the  few  whom  we  can  ill  atTord  to  lose.  His 
funeral  was  largely  attended  by  all  classes  of  tbecommunlty,  and 
delegations  were  present  from  the  Stock  Exchange,  the  St.  An- 
drew's Society,  and  the  Masons.  He  was  born  in  Brechin,  Scot- 
land, forty-seven  years  ago.     A  widow  and  one  son  survive  him. 


THK  lady  managers  of  the  Nathaniel  <iray  Free  Kindergarten, 
connected  with  Dr.  Mackenzie's  Church,  have  in  preparation 
for  the  first  part  of  December  a  charming  and  unique  entertain- 
ment. The  welt-known  story  of  Ben  Hut  will  be  illustrated  by  a 
aeries  of  tableaux  vivant,  showing  the  principal  characters  and 
scenes  in  the  book.  A  dramatic  reading  of  the  scene  illustrated 
will  accompany  each  picture,  thus  giving  that  intensely  interest- 
ing story  in  a  delightful  and  interesting  manner.  The  pretty  au- 
ditorium of  the  new  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building  bas  been  selected  for 
the  entertainment,  and  as  the  ladies  are  working  bard  and  giving 
every  attention  to  detail,  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  affair  will  be 
a  great  success. 

IN  response  to  a  request  signed  by  the  Presidents  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  Board  of  Trade,  Produce  Exchange,  Manu- 
facturers' and  Employers'  Association,  and  Merchants'  Club,  M. 
D.  Boruck  has  consented  to  repeat  the  lecture  on  the  "Purity  of 
the  Press,''  which  be  delivered  recently  at  Golden  Gate  Hall.  The 
reason  for  the  request  is  the  small  attendance  which  the  lecture 
had  at  its  former  delivery,  the  campaign  having  interfered,  and 
the  lecture  being  one  that  everybody  should  hear.  Mr.  Boruck 
bas  set  the  21st  inst.  for  the  repetition,  and  no  admission  fee  will 
be  charged. 

IN  view  of  the  present  craze  about  Napolean  the  lecture  which  will 
be  delivered  by  Mr.  John  Boaoer  at  Golden  Gate  Hall  next  Mon- 
day evening  is  timely.  It  will  disclose  the  intimate  and  domestic 
side  of  the  great  soldier's  life,  comparatively  little  attention  being 
given  to  his  battles  and  political  schemes,  which  are  much  better 
known. 


The  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  will  remain  the 
favorite  lunching,  dining  and  catering  establishment,  and  seller  of  all 
sorts  of  edible  dainties  in  the  shape  of  sweetmeats  and  pastries,  as 
long  as  the  good  sense  of  the  people  of  San  Francisco  remains  at  its 
present  high  state  of  development.  Everybody  knows  what  a  delight- 
ful place  Swain's  always  is. 

Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Paris  Panels.  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  !>16 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


£100;  or  ou  lease,  a  well-furnished  modern  Moorish 
villa,  adap!ed  to  English  comfort:  six  bed  rooms  five  servants'  rooms,  four 
reception  room?,  marble  court,  studio,  work  room,  commodious  offices, 
large  room  in  basement,  suitable  for  billiard  room,  stabling  for  seven 
horses,  large  coach-house  loft,  corn  rooms.  out-houseB,  two  man  servants' 
rooms,  enclosed  flower  garden;  or  for  sale  with  wooded  property  about 
forty  acres,  several  hundred  fruit  trees,  etc.,  plentiful  supply  of  water  to 
house,  stables  and  garden 
Apply  to  H.  MLA.NKLEY.  Esq.,  2  Aldermanbury,  Bradford,  Yorks. 
Or  to  MIS3  de  HOGHTON,  Idlesse,  El  Briar,  Algiers. 


THE 


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PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY     (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHA8.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  8.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE,  of  London.  (poundea A  D- 1710 

Cash  Assets,  $10,270,53:>-  Oldest  purely  fire  insurance  office  in  the  world. 

THE  LION  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD,,  of  London. 

Established  A.  D.  1879.    Cash  Assets,  $1,108,(95. 

THE  IMPERIAL  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD..  of  London    ^stunted  un. 

CashAssets,  $9,362,920.    40years  in  business  on  tne  Pacific  Coast. 

W)I.  J.  LANDERS,  Manager  for  the  Pucinc  Coast.    205  Sansorae  St.,  Hear  Fine. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA.,    PA. 

CAPITAL  FULLY    PAID $3,000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St., S.  F. 

JAMES   D.  BAILEY,  General  Agent. 


FIRE,  MAKIKE  AND  IN1.AN1.  1NS1KANCK. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insuranoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.   $1.000.000.  |  ASSETS,  $3,000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC   FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

\.  Carua  Driffield,  manager  for  the  Pacific  Coast  Branch. 

220  SanHome  St.,  S.  F. 

a&vu:i::::::::.:::::::=:::z:;::::::::;.*''Sffi? 
GEO.  MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
_ 33a  California  St.,  S.F.,€al. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  A/ilD  DOCKS PORT  COSTA.  California 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.      Regular    Warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

^Se,8v?a^?re.h<ouses  are  tbe  larKest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 

a  BS belatest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  ol  Grain. 

tSlSSSSSSf  lBSf  WIth  'he  beSt  ttQd  «*"«*>«"T forcleaning 

T„S?™!£5a«?1iSe2  a!  ,lowe8t  rat«s  ol  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 

,?a.i£$e.*^Vr^ 

Pico  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calllornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

0APITAI' -^_ 16,700,00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 
No.  316  California  Street.  San  Francisco . 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   SI 9,724,638.45. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY   K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 

Mills  Buildinq  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco, 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 
Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  65 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  IONHAI)  .t  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OP  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZUBICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SY2,  General  Agent, 
410  California  St.,  San  Franetsco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON, 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  18S6.J 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up $     500,000 

Assets  8,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,625,167 

ROBERT     DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 

BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
5Q1  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  17,1894. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

MR.  OLIVER  SUMNER  TEAL  Lis  responsible  for  much  of  inter- 
eat  that  tabes  place  on  Manhattan  Island.  Whatever  else 
he  may  be  he  is  surely  a  hustler,  and  never  permits  monotony  to 
travel  in  his  company.  At  least  three  weeks  having  passed  since 
he  bad  been  beard  from,  he  manifested  himself  last  week  in  the 
announcement  of  his  successful  organization  of  a  dinner  club 
called  the  All  Nations  Club,  an  imitation  of  which  it  seems  to  me 
could  not  fail  to  prove  very  delightful  in  your  exceedingly  cos- 
mopolitan city.  The  All  Nations  Club  is  full  of  innovations. 
There  will  be  nothing  of  the  stereotyped  and  commonplace  about 
it.  Primarily  it  will  take  its  members  into  strange  new  quarters 
of  the  city,  and  will  initiate  them  into  the  mysteries  of  many 
strange  dishes  and  equally  strange  customs.  It  proposes  to  make 
a  radical  change  at  each  meal.  The  only  qualifications  for  mem- 
bership are  cleverness  and  bonhommie,  and  the  only  limitation  that 
no  one  nation  shall  have  moretban  five  representatives.  Among 
its  charter  members  are  Mr.  Teall,  who  is  the  organizer,  as  I  have 
said;  Tieschi  Yama,  of  Japan,  Vice-President;  Nikola  Tesla,  rep- 
resenting Servia;  Frederick  Ktansbury,  Hawaii;  Wong  Chin  Foo 
(the  World  reporter),  China;  Arnold  Fueridi,  Hungary,  and  numer- 
ous scions  of  better  known  foreign  climes.  The  club  means  to 
give  fortDightly  dinners,  a  new  committee  taking  charge  of  each 
dinner  and  making  it  strictly  national  in  character.  The  only  re- 
striction is  in  the  matter  of  price,  which  must  not  exceed  a  dollar 
and  a  half  a  plate,  while  everything  must  be  of  tae  best.  The 
servitors  must  wear  national  costume.  The  club  proposes  to  in- 
vite prominent  foreigners  to  the  dinners,  and  intends  having 
leading  actors,  actresses,  musicians,  and  dancers  to  entertain  the 
gueBts.  At  the  end  of  each  dinner  a  short  balf  hour  will  be  de- 
voted to  a  geographical  and  historical  sketch  of  the  country  rep- 
resented. At  the  end  of  tbis  interval  the  President  will  wave  a 
rose  to  show  that  what  follows  is  in  confidence.  Thenceforth 
what  happens  must  never  be  disclosed.  The  first  dinner  was 
Hungarian.  It  was  held  last  Sunday  night  in  tbe  very  heart  of 
Little  Hungary  in  Houston  street.  Only  Hungarian  wines  were 
served.  Tbe  banquet  hall  was  reached  through  a  low  basement 
restaurant  and  by  a  long  fligbt  of  stairs  into  a  back  building, 
where  patriotic  Hungarian-Americans  have  been  wont  to  hold 
their  somewhat  excited  meetings.  A  week  from  Sunday,  Mr. 
Tieschi  Yama  will  preside  at  the  Japanese  dinner,  and  with  a 
European  repast  between  times,  a  dinner  is  looked  forward  to, 
when  Wong  Chin  Foo  will  lead  the  revelers  to  the  most  exclusive 
rotisserie  of  Chinatown.     Mr.  Teall  is  certainly  a  genius. 

The  two  sons  of  John  Mackay  have  just  arrived  on  the  Cam- 
pania, and  will  visit  their  father  here,  while  Mrs.  Mackay  goes  to 
Naples  to  join  her  daughter,  tne  unhappy  Princess  Colonna.  This 
lady  is  fighting  her  busband  on  his  own  ground,  and  although 
she  cannot  as  a  good  Catholic  seek  a  divorce  she  can  no  doubt 
secure  a  separation,  as  I  understand  she  has  the  power  of  offering 
a  large  money  settlement  to  her  ill-conditioned  spouse.  In  Paris 
the  engagement  has  been  announced  of  Miss  Nellie  Dupont  Le 
Roy  and  Mr.  Johnston  Bradford,  of  California.  Miss  Le  Roy  is  a 
daughter  of  tbe  late  Colonel  George  LeRoy,  and  bas  been  for  two 
years  living  in  Paris  with  her  mother,  formerly  Miss  Jerome,  of 
New  York.  Having  safely  launched  their  sister  into  matrimony, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will  Crocker  are  again  in  New  York,  and  are,  as 
usual,  stopping  at  the  Waldorf.  They  are  looking  very  fit  and 
wearing  respectively  exceedingly  smart  London  and  Paris  clothes. 
The  children  are  victims  just  now  of  an  influenza,  which  at  this 
moment  is  prevalent  amongst  little  people  in  New  York.  "Jo  " 
Redding,  the  man  of  versatile  talents,  is  with  us  once  more,  flit- 
ting diligently  back  and  forth  between  New  York  and  Washing- 
ton. His  headquarters  are  at  the  Gilsey  House,  and  he  will  lin- 
ger in  our  atmospherically  frigid  but  ethically  warm  city  for  three 
or  four  weeks.  The  Waldorf  shelters,  besides  the  Crockers  and 
de  Youngs,  Btill  another  Californian,  Will  Byrne,  who  arrived  a 
few  days  ago,  and  who  may,  thanks  *to  bis  pretty  cousin,  Mrs. 
Robinson,  have  a  very  gay  winter  here.  "  Dan  "  Gilletti  is  just 
back  from  Mexico,  and  is  unable  to  talk  of  anything  but  bull 
fights.  Edwin  Stevens  I  meet  frequently,  especially  when  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  Lambs' Club,  where  he  spends  a  serious  hour  or 
two  over  chess  every  two  or  three  days.  The  opening  gambol 
of  this  interesting  club  was  held  on  Sunday  night,  and  as  usual 
there  were  mirth,  and  iollity,  and  wit  beyond  criticism. 

On  Tuesday  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Griffen  and  Miss  Elsie  Griff  en, 
who  have  just  given  up  their  country  house  at  Pittsfield,  leave 
for  California,  where  they  will  spend  the  winter.  A  marriage 
which  will  make  a  Californian  matron  of  an  Eastern  maiden  will 
early  in  December  unite  Miss  Mary  Jones  Cutter  to  Mr.  Ar- 
thur Vroome.  Mr.  Vroorae  arrived  from  abroad  the  other  day, 
and  started  at  once  to  California,  whence  he  will  shortly  return 
attended  by  bis  brother,  who  will  be  his  best  man. 

Miss  Augusta  Brown,  Mrs.  Willie  Brown's  charming  daughter, 
has  gone  to  St.  Paul  to  visit  some  of  her  former  classmates  at 
Ogouty,  where  she  was  recently  graduated.  At  a  recent  im- 
promptu musicale  at  Mrs.  Brown's,  <<  Ned  "  Renling  made  a  sen- 
sation with  his  delightful  singing.  His  voice  improves  with 
years.  He  is  one  of  the  prominent  members  of  the  Liederkranz, 
and  a  frequent  soloist  in  their  artistic  musical  evemnga. 

New  York,  November  7,  1894.  Passe P-aktout. 


b^istiecs. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Eoyal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD   OFFICE       CO  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank ; 
Liverpool— North  aud  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Liuen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
Sooth  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA,  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (Oclober  1,   1894) 3.158,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R    Bisho.,  Vice-President  Allen  M  *  lay.  Secretary 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier.     . 

tOKK)-:NPOM)i:\l> : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  'the  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  &. 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  and  savings  Bank;  Australia  and  New  Zealand — Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China   St.  Louis — Boatmen's  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

inaws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Franktort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Cbristiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  iu  Italy. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVIN6S  UNION. 


Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and  Surplus 1,627,052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  iu  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  the  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours — 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearuy Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICEBS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Dresler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.    When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1,610,000  OO 

Deposits  January  3,  1894 29,439,317  O* 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Conker  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  1  Paid  up    $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund  700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 

andbUl"°a- ff&SSgggkl  managers 

WELLS.  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 

N .  E  Corner  Sansome  and  Softer  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  aud  Surplus $6,250,000  OO 

John  J,  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King Manager 

H.  Wadsworth  Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 


N     .  IT,  1894. 


san  FRANi  is<  <>  NK\\s  i.i:i  i  ii; 


19 


REMARKS    BY    A    SOCIETY    MAN 

1AM  io  the  iwitu.  1  *m  getting  along  »wtruiuingly.  too,  as  it 
were.  It  if  a  mistaken  Idea  that  one  must  possess  great  wealth 
and  incandescent  genius  to  gain  admission  to  the  -elect  fold.  I 
owe  my  social  advancement  to  a  friend  who  has  whispered  some- 
thing into  the  ear  of  the  Four  Hundred,  the  import  of  which  I 
know  not.  Although  I  possess  as  much  presence  of  mind  as  the 
average  individual.  I  am  sometime*  nni  able  to  conceal  my  aston- 
ishment when  a  bewitching  young  lady  protruding  rogueisbly 
from  a  costly  dieoUtU  gown.  a?ks  me  abruptly  if  I  do  not  pine  for 
the  comforts  and  enjoyment  of  my  old  English  manor.  It  always 
startles  me  0  m-uderably.  but  I  manage  to  pull  myself  together 
and  say,  "Which  one?  '  And  s  »  trie  impression  is  gaining  ground 
that  I  am  possessed  of  a  whole  dock  of  English  manors,  what- 
ever they  are.  I  suspect  that  my  friend  is  at  the  bottom  of  all 
Ibis. 

My  popularity  on  carpet  is  increasing  at  a  rate  that  is  really 
bewildering,  and  I  am  commencing  to  feel  sorry  for  Mr.  fireen- 
way  and  Mr.  Cnambliss.  I  have  nothing  against  them  and  am 
perfectly  willing  that  they  should  continue  as  society's  leaders 
while  I  skirmish  around  on  the  outer  edge. 

I  am  willing  t  >  acknowledge  to  you,  Mr.  Eiitor,  in  confidence, 
that  I  am  not  familiar  with  the  ways  of  our  best  society,  but,  as 
1  said  before,  I  am  getting  along  swimmingly,  and  all  through 
keeping  a  close  watch  on  others  who  know  the  secret.  I  have 
schooled  myself  to  talk  all  through  one  of  Mr.  Scheel's  enjoyable 
concerts,  just  as  though  I  had  been  in  society  all  my  life.  I  had 
much  rather  linten  t  j  the  delightful  music  than  converse,  but  then 
I  entered  society  prepared  to  make  sacrifices,  and  this  is  one  of 
them,  I  suppose.  A  young  lady  whose  name  occasionally  ap- 
pears in  your  society  column  said  to  me  that  phe  enjoyed  Mr. 
Scheel's  concerts  ever  so  much.  The  musicians,  she  said,  played 
such  a  fine  accompaniment  to  social  conversation.  There  was 
the  absence  of  that  double  forte  expression  wbicb  is  so  annoying 
when  one  is  endeavoring  to  tell  what  Mrs.  Soandso  wore  at  Mrs. 
Pinestreet's  five  o'clock  basket-fired  Oolong. 

This  particular  young  lady  is  a  shining  light  in  social  circles, 
and  well  she  might  be.  From  childhood  she  has  made  a  careful 
study  of  "  nothiLg,"  and  she  can  speak  eloquently  on  that  sub- 
ject for  hours  without  stopping  to  loosen  a  button.  The  discus- 
sion of  tois  important  subject  is  a  hobby  with  her,  and  she  has 
converted  quite  a  large  following  to  her  way  of  thinking.  Al- 
though she  is  quite  young,  she  has  pissed  through  enough  trouble 
to  make  a  brunette's  hair  turn  blonde.  She  was  engaged  to  a 
most  estimable  young  man  who  holds  a  desk  in  a  down-town 
Insurance  office.  One  day  he  assisted  in  moving  a  safe  from  one 
corner  of  the  room  to  the  other,  and  the  exertion  caused  him  to 
perspire.  In  some  manner  it  reached  the  young  lady's  ears,  and 
she  sent  for  him.  He  confessed  all  and  pleaded  for  forgiveness, 
but  her  love  had  turned  to  hate,  and  she  sensibly  broke  off  the 
engagement.  Standing  before  her  confessedly  guilty  of  perspira- 
tion in  the  first  degree,  how  could  she  do  otherwise  ? 

The  young  lady's  mother,  by  tbe  way,  is  no  less  popular  with 
our  set  than  the  daughter.  She  is  of  pronounced  German  extrac- 
tion, which  is  not  a  ma'ter  to  be  ashamed  of,  I  am  sure,  and  I 
mention  it  only  to  account  for  her  taste.  At  tbe  flower  show  she 
insisted  upon  her  husband  buying  a  wagon-load  of  assorted  chry- 
santhemums. 8he  said  they  could  be  made  up  into  variegated 
sauerkraut  that  would  "look  pootiful  over  it  didn't  schmell  yoost 
rigbdt."  Her  husband  made  ois  money  which  bought  them  a 
place  in  our  set  by  herding  comminuted  meat  into  dainty,  trans- 
parent membranous  jackets,  and  he  iB  not  one  of  tbe  kind  likely 
to  hazard  any  great  amount  of  money  on  sauerkraut  experiments 
in  the  interests  of  science  or  society.  Hence  the  chrysanthemum 
purchase  was  not  made. 

But  returning  to  Mr.  Sheet's  concerts.  They  are  quite  a  fad 
with  us  society  people,  you  know.  The  other  evening  I  attended 
one,  along  with  several  others  of  our  set.  During  a  lull  in  the 
conversation  the  orchestra  played  a  piece  by  some  eminent  com- 
poser, which  musicians  would  have  pronounced  grand,  sublime. 
We  didn't  care  much  for  it,  but  we  applauded,  more  to  let  the 
audience  know  that  we  were  there.  For  an  encore  the  "Wash- 
ington Post  March"  was  given,  and  at  its  conclusion  we  juBt 
wbooped  it  up.  We  know  music  when  we  hear  ft,  and  have  a 
way  of  making  known  what  suits  our  taste.  Patti  might  come 
out  here  and  bamboozle  the  average  audience  with  her  selections 
from  II  Trovatore  and  such  things,  but  if  she  wants  our  dollars 
and  applause  she  must  give  us  such  vocal  gems  as  "Mary  Green" 
and  "  Down  Went  McGinty."  So  many  people  seem  to  labor 
tinder  the  impression  that  tbe  Four  Hundred  are  made  up  of 
people  who  have  just  sense  enough  to  walk  into  a  drawing  room 
and  then  back  out  without  falling  over  a  divan  or  upsetting  a 
long  legged  piano  lamp.     That  is  where  they  make  a  mistake. 

A  swallow-tail  coat  and  a  ten-cent  book  on  etiquette  do  not 
make  a  society  man  by  any  means.  One  must  have  other  quali- 
fications— noble  lineage,  for  instance.  I  am  of  royal  descent  my- 
self, but  outside  of  social  circles  I  am  not  addicted  to  bragging  of 
my  ancestors  and  the  rich,  high-proof  blood  that  coursed  through 
their  veins.  My  ancestors  are  not  the  ones  I  would  choose,  now 
that  I  know  more  about  such  things,  but  they  will  have  to  answer. 
I  was  quite  young  when  I  made  the  selection,   and,   to  tell   the 


truth,  did  not  know  much  about  It.  My  family  tree  Is  a  large  one. 
It  has  limbs  enough  on  it  to  hang  comfortably  all  of  us  who  have 
thus  far  escaped  hanging.  By  tracing  back  my  ancestry,  I  find 
that  the  youngest  son  of  my  grandfather's  sister's  aunt'B  daughter 
bake>!  olhcial  dog  bhooit  for  i^u»en  Victoria's  Royal  Kennel  of 
cold-nosed,  corrugated-backed  Italian  bloodhounds.  Still,  I  do 
not  turn  up  mv  nose  at  those  wbo  have  not  had  the  advantages 
of  birth  that  I  have.      I  simply  pity  them. 


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SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov .  17,  1894. 


THE  stories  which  have  been  telegraphed  from  Germany,  to  the 
effect  that  there  is  a  feeling  of  disaffection  for  the  young 
Kaiser  prevalent  which  threatens  the  stability  and  integrity  of 
the  empire,  are  not  absolute  fakes,  bat,  nevertheless,  they  embody 
so  much  gross  misrepresentation  of  the  truth  that  they  portray 
a  condition  of  affairs  which  does  not  exist.  The  present  Emperor 
is  not  really  more  of  an  autocrat  than  his  grandfather  was,  though 
perhaps  he  is  more  given  to  verbal  assertions  of  bis  divine  right 
than  the  founder  of  the  present  empire  was.  Practically  the  dif- 
ference between  the  two  is  found  in  the  fact  that  the  first  William 
assumed  and  acted  upon  a  theory  which  the  second  William  has 
acquired  a  somewhat  vainglorious  habit  of  asserting  in  speech.  In 
none  of  his  official  acts,  however,  does  the  younger  man  seem  to 
have  transcended  the  conceded  limits  of  bis  kingly  authority  in 
Prussia  or  his  imperial  authority  in  Germany,  and  the  insinuation 
that  the  course  he  is  pursuing  has  bred  a  feeling  of  unrest  and  dis- 
loyalty in  Southern  Germany  toward  the  empire  is  manifestly 
unreliable  and  sensational.  That  there  are  in  Germany  those 
who  dislike  and  disapprove  of  the  present  imperial  policy  in  re- 
gard to  a  great  many  questions  relating  to  the  administration  of 
public  affairs  is  undoubtedly  true,  but  this  dislike  and  disapproval 
are  in  no  sense  a  menace  tothe  imperial  unity  or  the  dynasty  by 
which  it  is  dominated.  The  tendency  of  the  age  in  Europe  is 
toward  the  concentration  of  political  power  by  kindred  people, 
and  nothing  is  more  unlikely  than  thai  the  Germans,  who  are  a 
staid,  serious-minded  people,  should,  in  the  face  of  the  situation 
which  surrounds  them,  harbor  political  ideas  which,  even  as  a 
dernier  ressort,  leads  toward  disintegration. 

The  fact  of  the  matter  is  that  very  little  dependence  can  be 
placed  upon  any  of  the  news  which  has  been  sent  from  Germany 
to  this  country  of  late.  It  is  apparently  a  compilation  of  idle 
gabble  thrown  together  by  people  who  cannot  see  very  far  afield 
and  who  do  not  seem  to  understood  the  matters  with  which  tbey 

deal.      As   an  instance  of  what  tnis  leads     

to  one  may  point  to  the  announcement 
(which  was  made  contemporaneously  with 
the  appointment  of  Prince  Hohenlohe) 
that  the  change  in  the  imperial  chancellor- 
ship implied  no  change  in  policy,  while 
now  we  are  told  that,  owing  to  Prince 
Hohenlobe's  insistence  that  the  entire 
roster  of  ministers  of  State  shall  be  in 
sympathy  with  his  views,  many  changes 
are  imminent  and  there  is  a  "  feeling  of 
apprehension  respecting  the  stability  of 
the  home  policy  of  Germany." 


the  new  President  is  continuously  subject  to  covert  revilement 
and  lampoon  by  the  socialists  and  radicals — and,  in  a  country 
where  personality  cuts  so  much  of  a  figure  in  politics  as  it  does 
in  France,  tbat  is  in  itself  a  very  seriouB  matter  because  it  under- 
mines popular  confidence  in  the  stability  of  the  ruling  authority. 
In  addition,  there  is  said  to  be  so  much  friction  between  the 
present  Ministry  and  the  President,  as  well  as  between  the  Min- 
istry and  the  Chamber  of  Deputies,  that  the  former  is  only  main- 
tained in  power  for  fear  of  aggravating  the  general  situation. 
That,  ot  course,  is  a  very  unsatisfactory  and  even  dangerous  con- 
dition under  which  to  conduct  the  public  affairs  of  a  great  nation, 
and  particularly  a  nation  which,  like  France,  is  continuously  en- 
gaged in  diplomatic  intrigues  and  grave  international  aggressions. 
There  does  not  seem  to  be  any  likelihood  of  any  of  the  old 
dynasties  coming  to  life  again,  but  still  no  confidence  can  be 
placed  in  the  ability  of  the  present  regime  to  maintain  itself  in 
the  face  of  the  opposition  it  is  confronted  with.  In  this  instance, 
as  in  many  other  crises  which  have  occurred  since  the  war  of 
1870,  the  republic  has  been  saved  by  the  weakness  of  its  enemies 
lather  than  by  its  own  inherent  strength. 


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The  rumor  that  there  are  dissensions  in 
the  British  Ministry  in  regard  to  the  policy 
to  be  pursued  in  relation  to  the  war  in 
the  Orient  is  probably  based  upon  a  suffi- 
cient foundation  of  truth  to  make  it  re- 
semble the  old  story  of  the  three  black 
crows,  Lord  Roseberry,  though  a  Liberal 
of  decidedly  radical  proclivities  in  regard 
to  the  domestic  affairs  of  the  British  Em- 
pire, is  sufficiently  imbued  with  the  spirit 
of  jingoism  in  regard  to  foreign  affairs  to 
be  somewhat  in  advance  of,  though  not 
altogether  out  of  touch  with,  Liberal 
diplomacy  and  sentiment.  At  the  time  of 
writiDg  there  is  no  information  before  us 
which  could  lead  any  person  who  is 
familiar  with  the  British  political  system 
to  anticipate  a  break  in  the  Cabinet  over 
any  question  which  may  arise  out  of  this 
war;  bnt  that  does  not  imply  tbat  thp 
Ministers  are  all  of  one  mind  in  regard  to 
details.  Since  the  troubles  between  Japan 
and  China  first  broke  out  the  British  have 
pursued  the  shrewd  commercial  policy  of 
running  with  the  hare  and  staying  with 
the  bounds,  and  there  is  hardly  room  in  a 
British  Ministry  for  a  dispute  in  regard  to 
the  propriety  of  that  policy. 

The  present  situation  of  political  affairs 
in  France  appears  to  be  anything  but  re- 
assuring. President  Casimir-Perrier,  wbo 
was  elected  by  the  conservative  elements, 
is  an  aristocrat  of  strong  and  uncompro- 
mising views  and  class  prejudices  and  sym- 
pathies have  become  a  very  strong  factor 
in  political  affairs  in  France.     As  a  result 


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21 


THE    SUPREME    LXH'KT     IN     DANGER. 

THE  present  t«pect  of  the  Myth*  c»»*  it  totnteresting  that  some 
illations  to  it.  beyond  Ibote  made  in  another  Article,  Are 
needid.  Tbe  pri  bibilny  bj  that  our  comments  nifty  do  no  good, 
on  ftccooot  of  ibe  atony  indifference  wnb  *hich  all  tbe  peculiar 
aspects  of  (bis  ca&e  beloie  tbe  public  are  regarded  in  some  quar- 
ters, and  because  of  tbe  obvious  bin-  and  interest  of  tbe  daily 
press.  Bat  at  least  a  record,  showing  the  truth,  will  exist,  and 
tbe  day  may  soon  come  when  it  will  be  remembered.  In  tbe 
usual  course  of  appellate  business,  the  appeals  In  tbe  Wythe  ca&e 
that  bare  been  already  and  so  rapidly  decided,  would  not  bave 
been  reached  in  tbe  Supreme  Court  before  next  January,  and  in 
order  that  those  apptals  might  he  advanced  and  disposed  of, 
other  litigants  were  not  only  unduly  delayed  but  subjtcied  to 
irreparable  loss.  The  appeal  of  Mrs.  Ulyihe.  in  the  regular  order, 
would  hardly  have  been  on  tbe  calendar  before  July  of  next  year, 
and  yet  that  appeal  was  forced  on.  and  has  been  under  submis- 
sion for  more  than  sixty  days.  Tbe  Chief  Justice  having  been  dis- 
qualified by  tbe  Bet  of  the  attorney  for  Florence  Blythe  Hinckley, 
and  Associate  Justice  Harrison  having  been  of  counsel  on  the 
trial  before  Judge  Ccffey,  it  must  be  presumed  that  the  five  re- 
maining Associate  Justices  discerntd  some  overpowering  reason, 
affecting  tbe  public  interests,  which  compelled  them  to  disarrange 
other  business  and  to  inflict  injury  upon  otber  suitors,  in  order 
that  the  Biytbe  ca&e  should  bave  what  otherwise  would  bave 
been  an  inexplicable  advantage.  But  w  bat  of  the  purpose  of  such 
of  tbe|repre&tntatives  of  Mrs.  Hinckley  as  not  only  forced  the  ap- 
peals, but  pressed  distribution  while  Mrs.  Blytbe's  appeal  was 
pending  and  undetermined,  and  contrary  to  settled  legal  prece- 
dents in  tbis  State  ?  At  least  they  must  have  considered  it  indis- 
pensable that  tbe  main  issues  iu  ibe  controversy,  in  the  form  in 
which  it  now  exists,  should  be  settled  by  the  Supreme  Court  in 
Bank,  as  constituted  for  tbe  purposes  of  Mrs.  Blythe's  appeal, 
before  January  1,  1895,  and  before  tbe  infusion  of  any  new  blood 
into  that  tribunal.  If  undecided  at  that  time,  her  appeal  wonld 
be  investigated  by  Associate  Justices  Temple  and  Hensbaw,  and 
rot  by  Associate  Justices  Fitzgerald  and  De  Haven,  unless  the 
rumor  of  tbe  projected  resignation  of  Associate  Justice  Harrison 
and  tbe  appointment  by  'wvernor  Markbam  of  Associate  Justice 
De  Haven  in  his  stead,  should  prove  to  be  correct.  This  condi- 
tion of  affairs  leads  to  much  criticism  and  conjecture,  which, 
however,  is  nut  likely  to  affect  tbe  disposition  of  the  great  estate 
of  Biytbe  as  now  contemplated.  Subsequent  developments  may 
have  more  influence.  Tbe  transcripts,  briefs,  and  arguments  on 
the  appeal  of  Mrs.  Blythe  are  in  several  of  tbe  principal  law 
libraries  in  the  Eastern  and  Southern  Stales,  and  have  excited 
uuubual  attention.  The  Ticbborne  case,  tbe  liae  Hamilton  case, 
tbe  Jess  up  case,  the  McDonald  case,  the  Martin  case,  and  numer- 
ous other  controversaries  are  remembered,  and  the  remarkable 
development  of  claims  to  large  estates  on  behalf  of  illegitimate 
persons  and  for  tbe  benefit,  not  so  much  of  them  as  of  syndicates 
and  combinations,  bas  produced  apprehension,  and  even  dismay. 
The  intimate  association  of  large  and  complicated  interests, 
which  bring  an  unnatural  and  determined  pressure  to  bear  in 
favor  of  one  side  or  tbe  other  of  conflicting  pretensions,  and 
against  simple  and  straightforward  justice,  is  clearly  recognized, 
and  in  many  quarters,  some  of  them  professional,  it  is  believed 
tbat  tbe  Bar,  and  even  the  Bench,  has  suffered  rxanifest  deteri- 
oration and  demoralization.  It  is  observed  that  even  reformers, 
both  professed  and  real,  are  venal  in  some  directions.  And  the 
extraordinary  spectacle  of  the  premature  success  of  an  assertion 
of  paternity  by  one  woman,  tbe  interested  and  discredited  mother, 
and  tbe  repudiation  of  a  woman  who,  to  all  intents  and  purposes, 
was  Blythe's  wife  for  at  least  five  years,  and  wbose  claim  was 
supported  by  sixty  or  seventy  unimpeached  witnesses,  is  induc- 
ing many  questions  throughout  the  country  as  to  tbe  condi- 
tion of  our  State  law  and  its  administration.  The  silence 
and  perversions  of  our  local  presB,  and  its  astonish- 
ing pssans  for  the  alleged  daughter  of  Blythe,  have  long 
dammed  up  the  truth,  but  it  is  slowly  oozing  out  and  reaching 
those  by  whom  solid  reputations  are  made  and  unmade.  Mrs. 
Blythe  has  uniformly  held  the  honorable  position  of  asking  for 
nothing  but  what  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  her  couniry  and 
of  the  State  in  which  she  was  born  profess  to  secure  to  her, 
namely,  an  honest  and  thorough  investigation  of  the  merits  of 
her  claim,  and  the  only  doubt  she  has  ever  intimated  ib  whether 
the  specious  but  false  plea  of  a  substantial  conflict  in  the  evidence 
may  not  become  the  basis  of  a  determination,  in  which  the  pre- 
sumptions of  the  law  and  tbe  facts  shown  by  the  record  would 
necessarily  be  ignored.  The  political  and  juridical  condition  of 
the  State  tends,  perhaps  unjustly,  to  fill  the  mind  with  suspicions 
and  to  destroy  all  faith  in  our  institutions,  but  it  is  premature  to 
anticipate  results,  which  the  next  few  daysor  weeks  must  revea'. 

A  pleasant  place  for  a  rest,  after  tbe  theatre  or  a  shopping  tour, 
is  the  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market  street.  Besides  be- 
ing most  artistically  fitted  up  and  supplied  with  waiters  who  are  the 
perfection  of  politeness  and  attentiveness,  it  has  tbe  most  delicious 
teas  in  the  city.  The  waiters,  dressed  in  their  national  costume,  are 
picturesque  and  understand  their  business. 

Tissue  Paper.  All  colors  in  stock.  Stationery  Department.  San- 
born, "Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 


GOLD. 
GOLD. 
GOLD. 


SUFFICIENT  FOR  ALL. 


It  is  folly  to  hesitate  in  grasping  the  opportunity 
of  a  life-time.  Investigate  carefully  and  quickly.  Times 
are  faM  improving,  and  this  chance  to  acquire  a  part- 
nership in  a  genuine  ('ripple  Creek  (J old  Mine  is  not 
offered  generally  or  indefinitely.  Delays  are  danger- 
ous. Equal  consideration  given  to  small  investors  as 
larger  ones.  Natural  advantages  for  economical  min- 
ing. Our  company  probably  possesses  the  direct  con- 
tinuation of  the  richest  "Gold"  vein  ever  discovered. 

THE  BROKEN  HILL 
GOLD  MINING  COMPANY 

Located  in  the  heart  of  the  "Cripple  Creek  Gold  Fields," 
El  Paso  County,  Colorado.  Capitalized  for  one  million 
shares,  fully  paid  and  forever  non-assessable,  one-half 
remaining  in  the  treasury,  one  hundred  thousand 
offered  at  10  cents  per  share,  proceeds  to  be  utilized  in 
systematic  development,  purchasing  additional  prop- 
erty, erecting  machinery,  buildings,  etc.  The  company 
owns  eight  acres  3000  feet  south  of  the  famous  Inde- 
pendence and  the  properties  of  the  Portland  Company, 
which  recently  paid  a  cash  dividend  of  ninety  thousand 
dollars.  This  is  the  same,  locality  as  all  of  the  great 
South  Battle  Mountain  Mines,  undoubtedly  the  richest 
gold  territory  in  the  world.  We  have  an  enormous 
vein,  and  if  it  continues  to  improve,  all  shares  will'  be 
shortly  withdrawn  from  the  market,  as  we  are  liable  to 
encounter  a  large  body  of  ore  at  any  time.  Every  share 
is  equal,  no  preferred  stock,  all  dividends  declared  alike, 
mining  operations  steadily  progressing  under  intelli- 
gent direction. 

$        5  Purchases  50  Shares. 

25  "  250 

50  "  500 

500  "        5000 

1000  "      10,000 

Only  half  cash  required  on  blocks  of  5000  and  over. 
Funds  must  accompany  all  orders.  Telegraph  at  our 
expense.  The  labor  strike  is  positively  settled  for  all 
time;  everything  is  now  favorable  to  a  boom.  The 
officers  are: 

JOHN  E.  PHILLIPS,  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  President. 
LEROY  MOORE,  Greenville,  Michigan,  Vice-President. 
FRANK  H.  PETTINGELL,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Secretary. 
A.  B.  NOXON.  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Assistant  Secretary. 
LEWIS  A.  C1VILL,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Treasurer. 
SAMUEL  H.  KINSLEY,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  Attorney. 
GEORGE  S.  COWDERY,  Canon  City,  Colo.,  Manager. 
J.  S.  LUCRAFT,  Cripple  Creek,  Colo.,  Consulting  Engineer. 
J.  0.  PICKANDS,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Eastern  Representative. 
All  orders  or  inquiries  should  be  addressed  to 

F.  H.    PETTINGELL, 

Official   Broker, 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo., 
U.S.  A.  Vice-President  of  the  Colorado  Mining  Stock  Exchange,  Den- 
ver, Colo.    Member  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Mining  Stock  Exchange- 

REFERENCES— 

Any  Bank  in  El  Paso  Coun  y. 
Dun's  Mercantile  Agency. 


Cable  Address  "Cripple." 
P.  O.  Drawer  27. 


Send  for  Telegraphic  Ciphers. 
Telephone  228. 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  17,  18»4. 


TEA8,  teaa,  hardly  anything  but  teaa,  until  it  seema  almost  im- 
possible to  keep  the  run  of  them,  so  rapidly  do  they  increase 
in  number,  and  they  are  likely  to  be  continued  ad  infinitum.  Chrv_ 
anthenium  teas  were  the  fad  last  week,  including  the  very  pretty  one 
at  which  Miss  Grace  Martin  made  a  dainty  little  hostess.  Miss  Kate 
May  Dillon  called  hers  a  Japanese  tea,  but  it  was  the  sole  break  in 
the  list.  Beautiful  weather  has  been  the  rule  of  late,  and  it  has  been 
much  appreciated  by  tea  givers  and  their  guests.  This  week  opened 
charmingly  with  a  tea  given  at  Mrs.  Henry  Gibbons's  on  Monday — the 
second  and  last  of  her  receptions— at  which  several  of  the  ladies  who 
assisted  her  and  Miss  Ida  last  week  were  again  on  duty,  reinforced 
by  a  number  of  others,  among  them  Miss  Clementina  Kip,  Miss  Ma- 
mie Burling,  and  the  Misses  Breeze;  and  the  rooms  were  crowded 
all  afternoon.  In  the  evening  Lunt's  Hall  was  the  great  objective 
point,  the  first  real  dance  of  the  season  taking  place  there,  and  the 
dancing  class  of  the  Monday  Evening  Club  most  successfully  inaugu- 
rated their  season.  The  hours  are  from  eight  till  twelve,  but  it  was 
after  nine  before  the  dancing  began,  though  it  ceased  promptly  on 
time,  after  which  refreshments  were  served,  and  then  the  first  dance 
of  the  season  was  at  an  end.  The  teas  of  this  week  include  the  young 
people's  gathering  at  Miss  Cora  Smedburg's,  on  Wednesday,  the 
"bud"  tea  at  Miss  McKinstry's  on  Thursday,  when  she  entertained 
all  the  debutantes  of  the  present  season,  and  the  Club  tea  yesterday 
at  Mrs.  Lowenburg's,  when  the  hostess  had  the  assistance  of  Mrs. 
Henry  Gibbons,  Mrs.  Irving  Scott,  and  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Cooper.  Mrs. 
Paul  Jarboe  held  the  second  of  her  wedding  receptions  on  Wednes- 
day; there  was  a  musicale  at  Mrs.  Younger's  on  Thursday  after- 
noon, and  that  lady  will  give  a  luncheon  to-day. 

The  clerk  of  the  weather  certainly  merits  a  vote  of  thanks  from  the 
ladies  of  the  Woman's  Exchange  for  having  given  them  such  a  beau- 
tiful day  for  their  matinee  dansante  last  Saturday,  making  ample 
amends  for  the  terrible  fiasco  of  last  year's  garden  party  at  Fort  Ma- 
son. This  year,  possibly  fearing  a  repetition  of  fog  and  wind,  the 
National  Guard  armory  was  chosen  for  their  gathering,  which  was 
a  goodly  sized  one,  the  gentler  sex  largely  predominating,  and  the 
sheckels  were  taken  in  in  a  manner  to  delight  the  managers.  There 
were  tea,  candy,  flowers,  fancy  work,  punch,  refreshments,  music, 
and  dancing,  and  the  costumes  of  the  ladies  were  worth  the  price  of 
admission  alone  to  gaze  upon,  to  say  nothing  of  the  wearers.  Taken 
altogether,  it  was  regarded  as  a  success,  and  now  the  season  may 
safely  be  said  to  be  officially  opened. 

Among  the  society  gatherings  of  the  week  which  were  neither  teas 
nor  dances  were  the  Loring  Club  concert  on  Thursday  evening,  which 
completely  filled  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  and  the  Camera  Club  lecture 
last  night,  when  Metropolitan  Hall  was  a  jam.  Much  interest  is  being 
taken  in  the  approaching  lecture  to  be  delivered  by  Lieutenant  Jeph- 
son  before  the  Geographical  Society,  and  that  the  hall  will  be  crowded 
goes  without  saying.  Music  continues  to  be  a  powerful  magnet- 
Mrs,  de  Kuyter's  party  at  the  Tivoli,  and  those  "  matronized  "  by 
Mrs.  Hager  and  Mrs.  Gibbons  at  the  Auditorium  were  among  the 
most  noticeable  of  the  parties  last  Saturday.  This  week  the  concert 
parties  have  been  almost  as  numerous  as  there  have  been  evenings  to 
give  them,  sometimes  two  and  three  happening  the  same  evening. 

A  charity  entertainment  anticipated  with  much  pleasure  is  the  one 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Pioneer  Kindergarten  Society,  fur  which  Mrs. 
Louis  Monteagle  will  give  the  use  of  her  home  on  Jackson  street,  and 
wherein  will  be  presented  the  operetta  of  Widows  Bewitched,  on  the 
evening  of  December  8th.  The  afternoon  hours  will  be  devoted  to  tea 
and  a  concert.  For  to-day  there  will  be  the  baseball  match  at  the 
Haight  street  grounds  (instead  of  Central  Park),  when  the  Bohemian 
Club  and  the  University  Club  will  conbsst  for  supremacy  at  that 
game  for  the  benefit  of  the  Woman's  Hospital:  and  should  the 
weather  prove  auspicious,  a  large  crowd  will,  no  doubt,  be  in  attend- 
ance. 

Society  has  had  of  late  an  endless  succession  of  chrysanthemum 
luncheons,  and  on  Wednesday  evening  it  had  what  might  be  called 
a  chrysanthemum  wedding,  as  those  blossoms  were  the  only  ones 
used  on  that  occasion  in  decoration.  The  first  winter  wedding  in 
the  swim  took  place  at  Trinity  Church  that  evening,  the  ceremony, 
which  was  performed  by  Rev.  Mr.  Walk,  uniting  in  wedlock  Miss 
Laura  Clarke  and  Colonel  Jack  Wright,  of  Sacramento.  The  church 
is  too  handsome  to  require  much  decoration,  and  what  there  was 
that  night  was  confined  to  the  chancel,  and  consisted  of  palms  and 
giant  ferns  artistically  grouped  in  combination  with  large  clusters  of 
chrysanthemums.  The  building  was  full  to  overflowing  when  the 
bridal  party  arrived  at  half-past  eight,  and  entered  to  the  strains  of 
the  Lohengrin  chorus.  Messrs.  Harry  Holbrook,  Harry  Houghton, 
Samuel  Knight,  Charles  H.  Crocker,  Fred  Bergin.and  Lansing  Miz- 
nerv  wearing  white  chrysanthemums  as  wedding  favors,  led  the 
march,  followed  by  two  young  nieces  of  the  bride,  Gladys  Buchanan 
and  Laura  Baldwin,  carrying  baskets  of  flowers.  Then  came  Misses 
J ulia Crocker,  Marian  HofT,  Ti. lie  Feldman,  and  Harriet  Hall,  who 
officiated  as  bridesmaids;  Miss  Etta  Birdsall  as  maid  of  honor,  and 
finally  the  bride  and  her  father,  who  gave  her  into  the  keeping  of 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

D*PRIC 


Powder. 


The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 

the  groom,  who,  with  his  best  man,  Joe  Grant,  met  them  at  the 
chancel.  The  bridal  robe  was  of  white  satin,  made  en  traine,  and 
handsomely  trimmed  with  point  lace;  the  long  tulle  veil  which  en- 
veloped her  figure  was  held  in  place  by  a  cluster  of  orange  blossoms 
and  a  diamond  star,  and  she  carried  a  bouquet  of  bridal  roses.  The 
bridesmaids  were  all  attired  in  white  silk  gowns  trimmed  with  Val- 
enceinnes  lace;  they  wore  aigrettes  of  white  ribbon  in  their  hair, and 
each  of  them  had  a  hand  bouquet  of  chrysanthemums.  Following 
the  church  ceremony,  a  large  reception  was  held  at  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Baldwin,  on  Washington  street.  Here 
also  chrysanthemums  were  used  in  greatest  profusion  in  adornment 
throughout  the  house,  which  was  entirely  thrown  open  to  the  guests. 
A  handsome  supper  was  one  of  the  features  of  the  evening,  and  the 
presents,  which  were  displayed  in  one  of  the  upper  rooms,  comprised 
almost  every  known  article  appropriate  to  such  an  occasion,  and 
were  both  beautiful  and  very  valuable.  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Wright 
are  now  en  route  East,  where  they  will  spend  their  honeymoon,  and 
upon  their  return  to  the  Coast  will  reside  in  Sacramento. 

Wednesday  appears  to  be  growing  in  favor  for  weddings.  This 
week  there  were  the  Clarke-Wright  nuptials  at  Trinity  Church,  and 
the  marriage  of  Miss  Lucille  Edwards  to  R.  A.  Bray,  which  was  sol- 
emnized at  Fruitvale  in  the  presence  of  a  limited  number  of  guests, 
chiefly  relatives  of  the  contracting  parties.  For  next  Wednesday 
there  is  to  be  the  afternoon  wedding  of  Miss  Marian  Poett  and 
Henry  P.  Howard,  and  in  the  evening  ihe  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace 
will  be  the  scene  of  the  marriage  (and  consequent  festivities)  of  Miss 
Flora  Levy  and  Henry  Caben,  both  well  known  members  of  San 
Francisco's  Jewish  circles.  The  bridal  cortege  at  the  Poeit-Howard 
ceremony,  which  will  take  place  at  the  bride's  grandmother's,  at 
Oak  (Jrove,  near  San  Mateo,  will  be  quite  a  family  party.  The  bride's 
sister,  Miss  Mabel  Poett,  will  be  maid  of  honor,  her  brother  Harry 
best  man,  and  her  cousins.  Misses  Julia  and  Sarah  Redington,  will 
be  bridesmaids.  Other  assistants  are  to  be  Miss  Florence  Mills  and 
Messrs.  Dick  Tobin,  Harry  Simpkins,  Talbot  Clifton,  John  Lanson, 
and  Jack  Redington,  and  Archbishop  Riordon  will  tie  the  nuptial 
knot.  ______ 

The  wedding  of  Miss  Hilda  Berwin  and  J.Hatfield  Morton  will 
take  place  next  Tuesday  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  on  Golden 
Gate  avenue.  Among  other  weddings  of  the  near  future  is  that  of 
Miss  Anna  Head  and  Lieutenant  Jephson,  which  will  be  one  of  the 
society  events  of  the  season ;  and  another  pretty  military  ceremonial 
will  occur  when  Miss  Young  and  Lieutenant  Crofton  will  play  the 
leading  roles.  Apropos  of  weddings,  the  golden  anniversary  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  John  C.  Hobbs's  wedding  day  will  be  celebrated  by  them 
at  their  home  on  Liberty  street  to-night. 


NEW 
WRINKLE 

Ji^iT<_oWu~ 

■//ta.Stl.y-  GcW-O/v:  Comes  while  you're  trying  to  make  another  go— or 
the  beauty  you're  trying  to  enhance  withers— if  you 
use  cosmetics  "outaiutng  fats,  inferior  oils  and  poisons  Our  preparations 
have  the  guarantee  of  a  responsible  firm  for  purity  and  oarmlessness. 

MEDICATED    CERATE 

Softens  and  beautifies  the  skin;  prevents  wrinkles 
and  frei  kles;  cures  pimples  and  eruptions.    A  per- 
fect applicbtion  before  using  powder;  Indorsed  by 
promineut  physicians.     SO  rents  anil  $1. 
POUDRE  PE  JESSAMIN*:,  a  medicated  powder,  pink,  white,  and  bru- 
nette.    SO  Ceilt<4. 
FRECKLE    LOTION  AND    FACE    BLEACH;    removes  all  discolora- 
tions  and  blemithes.    $i. 
CARMEL   COSMETIC    CO.,  (Incorporated)., 
MRS.  M.  J.  BUTLER,  Manager.  131  Post  Street,  S    P. 

Hair  Dressing,  Manicuring  and  Complexions  permanently  beautified. 
ELFCTKOf/VSIS    BY    EXPERT    OPERATOR. 


1".  1894. 


BAN  n:\\«  i^<  0  NEWS  LETTER 


23 


TboMoCoor  mrietr  Hghi*  who  *  «hort  Hm«  ago  were  all  Imps- 
ticace  to  b*  off  East  »o  &»  to  be  in  tirur  to  ukr  in  ihc  EforM  show  In 
liotham.  and  hmrr  •■e-ded  in  Batting  away,  may  pooibly 

take  *nnir  little  oomforl  in  thr  knowledge  that  >an  Francisco  has  do- 
f  behind  the  limes,  and  will  hare  a  horse  show  of  it* 
own.  Th*  n [Wiling  bu  bsea  scl  ror  the  >th.  and  Boctat;  having  de- 
termined that  I"  visit  tt  will  lw  the  correct  thing  to  do,  all  the  boxe*< 
are  already  pmie  and  seals  are  in  demand,  with  the  prospect  that  hut 
few  will  be  left  when  the  Opening  day  arrives.  Box  partu-  haveUeen 
made  np  and  are  being  arranged  to  giv  -^<i(  to  the  inauguration  of 
the  show,  and  they  will  be  of  nightly  ...  entrance  while  it  lasts,  with 
the  usual  addenda  of  nippers,  etc. 

There  are  several  <baiu-  ••■<  -t-I    this    week.     For 

insUnce,  Mr.  and  Mr*.  II.  II.  A.  Miller  are  to  spend  the  winter  at 
the  Baltimore,  while  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  P.  >rhwerin  are  orcupying  the 
Miller  house,  on  Tine  street.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  H.  Hallidie  are  set- 
tied  in  the  Bee  residence.  1083  Pine  street,  where  Mrs.  Hallidie  will 
he  at  home  on  the  last  three  Thursdays  of  each  month;  Mr.  and 
ICrs.  George  A ndenreSd  are  domiciled  at  2428  Jackson  street.  Mrs. 
and  Mi-«- Tripler,  who  have  recently  returned  from  their  visit  East. 
will  receive  on  the  tir^t  and  second  Tuesdays  at  their  home  on  Wash- 
ington street.  ICtSfl  Alice  Tripler's  wedding  will  take  place  about 
April  next. 

liise  Gertie  Hughes,  daughter  of  Fred  S.  Hughes,  left  on  the 
.Southern  overland  train  Thursday  fur  New  Mexico,  where  she  will 
be  married  to  Mr.  •  Esmond  M.  Jackson,  son  of  the  President  of  the 
Mexican  Central  II.  R.  Her  family  and  a  number  of  friends  accom- 
panied the  happy  young  lady  across  the  bay. 

A  new  clob,  to  be  called  "  The  Cotillion  Club  of  One  Hundred,"  is 
being  organized,  the  purpose  being  to  give  monthly  parties  at  the 
Maple  Room  ot  the  Palace  Hotel.  Information  concerning  it  is  fur- 
nished by  Dr.  J.  F.  Twist.  Academy  of  Sciences  Building. 

Among  the  belles  at  Mrs.  Henry  Gibbons's  tea  was  Miss  Clemen- 
tina Kip,  one  of  this  season's  most  charming  debutantes,  and  Miss 
Julia  Tompkins,  niece  of  Mrs.  George  Boardman,  who  is  a  noted 
beauty. 

The  Assembly  Club  will  hold  its  first  reception  of  the  present 
season  at  Ctolden  Gate  Hall  on  Thursday  evening,  the  22nd. 

LAST  Monday,  at  502  Sutter  street,  near  Powell,  lovers  of  that 
exquisite  needlework  which  is  associated  with  the  old  days 
of  Spanish  home  life  in  Mexico  and  California,  had  an  op- 
portunity to  inspect  and  select  from  the  large  collection  which 
Miss  Jennie  S.  Ryerson  exhibited.  The  exhibition  will  con- 
tinue till  January  1st.  The  Spanish,  Mexican,  and  Indian 
women's  drawn  linen  work  that  was  awarded  a  medal  at  the 
Colombian  Exposition  is  included  in  the  collection,  as  is  also  the 
Columbian  banquet  cloth  which  was  exhibited  at  the  Southern 
California  building,  Midwinter  Fair.  Miss  Ryeraon  is  now  work- 
ing on  a  collection  of  stitches  for  the  coming  Paris  Exposition. 
She  will  also  exhibit  at  the  next  Mechanics'  Fair.  By  reason  of 
her  ill  health  she  will  also  place  on  sale  her  entire  private  collec- 
tion of  rare  curios  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

HAMILTON  S.  GORDON,  139  Fifth  avenue,  New  York,  has 
published  three  songs  composed  by  Emma  Marcy  Raymond, 
which  ooght  to  become  very  popular.  One  is  "The  Early  Owl," 
the  words  of  which  were  taken  from  the  News  Letter — a  quaint 
conceit,  set  to  a  stately  air.  Another  is  "First  Love,"  words  by 
Elizabeth  Cherry  Haire,  and  the  third  is  "  Suppose,"  to  words  by 
Eugene  Field.  These  songs  show  uncommonly  fine  sympathy 
and  taste,  and  undoubtedly  will  become  popular  among  lovers  of 
the  better  class  of  music. 


THROUGH  an  inadvertence  last  week,  mention  was  not  made 
of  the  fact  that  at  the  California  State  Floral  Society's  chrys- 
anthemum show,  the  first  prize  for  the  best  floral  design  was 
awarded  to  Pelicano  &  Co.,  of  343  Kearny  street.  This  was  an 
exquisite  design  made  of  roses  and  chrysanthemums. 

THE  fourth  semi-annual  exhibition  of  the  Sketch  Club  will  be 
given  on  Thursday,  Friday,  and  Saturday  of  next  week  at  the 
club's  headquarters,  room  29,  508  Montgomery  street.  Prepara- 
tions have  been  made  for  the  beBt  exhibition  that  the  club  has 
ever  given. 

Leopold,  the  artistic  florist  at  39  Post  street,  has  been  having  a 
tremendous  sale  of  gorgeous  chrysanthemums  lately,  and  it  seems  a 
mystery  where  he  secured  so  many  handsome  varieties.  His  other 
flowers  are  equally  as  fine,  and  his'popularity  as  a  tasteful  decorator 
is  constantly  growing.  He  has  deserved  all  the  generous  success 
which  be  so  modestly  enjoys.  His  potted  plants  are  of  a  very  wide 
range,  to  serve  every  purpose  to  which  such  articles  of  decoration 
may  be  employed,  and  his  structural  floral  pieces  are  beautiful. 

Foe  enlargement  of  the  liver,  and  other  liver  affections,  Ayer's  Sarsa- 
parllla  is  the  best. 

UNIVERSITY  Of 

•      CALIFORNIA. 

The  Graduating  Exercises  will  take  place  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  Tuesday 
evening,  November  20th,  at  8  o'clock.    The  public  Is  cordially  Invited. 
R.  A.  JHcLEAN,  Dean  of  the  Faculty. 


Medical  Department, 


Wit 

Cottolene— tlie  new  shortening  —  U'O 
only  pure  nn.l  lirnHlihil  nmi  perfectly 
digestible  frying  and  shortening  mate- 
rial in  the  market— is  now  to  be  had  at 
all  first-class  grocers  throughout  tin 
United  States  and  Canada. 

In.  usiug  Cottolene  for  shortening, 
it  is  of  the  greatest  importance  to  use 
only  about  oue-half  or  two-thirds  as 
much  as  would  be  used  of  lard.  This 
is  essential  to  success  in  the  cooking, 
as  well  as  an  important  feature  for 
one's  pocket  book. 


Cottolene,  like  all  othergood  things, 
has  found  several  imitators,  all  of  very 
inferior  quality,  and  sure  to  cause  dis- 
satisfaction. To  be  sure  of  getting  tlia 
genuine  Cottolene,  the  best  way  to 
buy  it  is  in  the  tin  pails  bearing  tlia 
name  and  Trade-Mark. 


Made  only  by 

THE 

N.  K.  FAIRBANK 

COMPANY, 

ST    LOUIS  and 

Chicngo,  New  York,  Boston. 


COLTON    DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  (Plielan  Building.) 

Gas  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  posi- 
tively extracting  teeth  without  pain.  '  'Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
aurivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  Its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
In  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1868.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  performs 
ill  operations  in  dentistry. 

DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKEB 

r\D  DIPnDn'Q  RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
L/r\.  nlUUnU  O  Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  ForceB.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine. Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J.  G.  STEELE  A  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.  Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  lOGpillB,  $2;  of  200  pills, 
$d  50 ;  of  400  pills,  ?6 ;  Preparatory  Pills,  ?2.    Send  for  Circular. 

LOUIS  ROERDERER  CHAMPAGNF, 

Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence: 

Carte  Blanche,  a  Rich  wine. 
Grand  Vin  Sec,   a  Dry  wine. 

BrUt,    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

The  Highest  Grade  In  the  World. 

uba,  Hotels,  and  Res 

be~Ead  of  all  First-Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 


-Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 
'•  Firs'  ~ 

MAOONDRAY    BROS.  &.  LOCKARD, 

SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 
124  Sansome  St. 


24 


SAN  FRANCISCO  \E-\YS  LETTER 


Nov.  17, 1894 . 


VlfiOR  of  MEN 

Easily,  Quickly,  Permanently  Restored. 

Weakness,  Nervousness^ 
Debility,  and  all  the  train 
i  of  evils  from  early  errors  or 
later  excesses,  the  results  of 
overwork,  sickness,  worry, 
etc.  Fullstrength,  devel- 
opment andtoDe  given  to 
aevery  organ  and  portion 
of  the  body.  Simple,  nat- 
\  ural  methods.     Immedi- 
j  ate   improvement   seen, 
failure  impossible.    2,000  references.    Book, 
explanation  and  proofs  mailed  (sealed)  free. 

ERIE  MEDICAL  CO.,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK   DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  i.  M.:  12:35,3:30, 

5:10,    6:30    p.   M.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11 :30  p.  m  .  Saturdays — Extra  trips  at  1 :50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS— 8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  M. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  a.  m.;  12:45, 
8:40,  5:10  p.m.  Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  m. 

BUNDAY8— 8:10,  9:40,  11:10  a.  J£.;l:40,  3:40,  5:00, 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  8an  Francisco  aud  Schuetzen  Park, 

same  schedule  as  above. 


THAT  NARROW    WALK  - 

Lance. 


-Chelsea  Free 


Leave  8.  F. 

In  Effect 
Ap'l  15,1894. 

ArbiveinS.F. 

w      V 

Snndaysl  *£* 

Days 

Sundays 

Desti'tion 

7:40a.k. 
3:30p.M. 
5:10p.M. 

8  :00a.M. 
9:30  a.m. 

5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petalnma, 
Santa  Boss. 

10:40  A.  M 
6:05  P.M 
7:30  P.M 

8:50a.  m 

10:30am 
6:15p.m 

10:30am 

8:00a.m. 

Healdsburg, 
Geyserville, 

7:30p.  M. 

........ 

3:30p.M. 

Pleta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiab. 

6:15  PM 

7:40  A.M. 
3:30  P.M. 

8:00  a.  m. 

Guernevllle 

7:30p.M. 

10:S0am 
6:15  PM 

7:40  a.m. 
5:10  p.m. 

8:00a. h. 
5:00p.m. 

Sonoma      !  10:40a.m.  |8:50am  . 
Glen  Ellen.]  6:05f.h  [6:15pm. 

7:40a. M 
3:30  p.m 

8:00a.M. 
5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a.m 
6  05P.M 

10:30a.  m 
6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyvllle,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville, 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley,  John  Day's,  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
yixle,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday-to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  m.  for  YOKOHAMA 
and  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Belgic Thursday,  Nov.  15,  1894. 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,  Dec.  4,  1894 

Gaelic   Monday,  December  24, 1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Jan.  24, 1895 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATES 

Cabin  Flans  on  exhibition  and  Passage 
Tickets  for  sale  at  S,  P.  Company's  General 
Offices,  Room  74,  Cor.  Fourth  and  Townsend 
streets.  San  Francisco. 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  Company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street,  corner  First. 

D.  D.  STUBB3,  Secretary. 


Just  wide  enough  for  two  to  walk, 
Just  close  enough  for  two  to  talk  ; 

And  never  room  for  three. 
Two  narrow  boards  a  foot  apart — 
The  cause  of  many  a  fluttering  heart, 

As  any  one  might  see. 
Ah,  wicked  walk  !     Ah,  tricksy  walk! 
Just  close  enough  for  two  to  talk. 


AS  her  eyes  rested  upon  the  patient  figure 
of  her  husband   her   heart   smote  her. 
"  Dearest." 

He  started  timidly,  seemingly  discon- 
certed by  her  unwonted  manner. 

"Dearest,"  she  repeated  tenderly,  "those 
biscuits  were  better  than  mother  used  to 
make." 

He  was  silent,  but,  as  he  finished  wash- 
ing the  dishes  and  proceeded  to  sew  a  but- 
ton on  her  bloomers,  a  glad  smile  irradiated 
his  countenance. 

A  kindly  word  had  lifted  his    burden. 
— Detroit  Tribune. 

SOUR-^FAOED   Woman— You  get  out  of 
here,  or  I'll  call  my  husband. 
Tramp — Yer  husband  ain't  at  home. 
Sour  faced  Woman  — How  do  you  kno;v 
he  ain't  ? 

Tramp — I've  allers  noticed,  mum,  that 
when  a  man  is  married  to  a  woman  wot 
looks  like  you  be  never  is  at  home  except 
at  meal  times  — Exchange. 

SHE — Papa's   chief   objection   to  you  is 
that  you  have  no  occupation. 
He — No  occupation  ?      Good  Gwacious! 
Djesn't    be    know  that    I  am    waising    a 
mustache? — New  York  Weekly. 

A  PROVINCIAL  shoemaker  has  a  card 
in  his  window  reading:  "Any  Re- 
spectable Man,  Woman,  or  Child  Can 
Have  ft  F  t  In  This  Shop."—  Tid-Bits. 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  New  York,  via  Panama. 

Oalling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  NOON. 
From  company's,  wharf.  First  aud   Brauunu  Sts. 

S.S.  "Colima."  November  19,  1894. 
S.  8.   "  Sau  Bias,"  October  28,  1894. 
S.  S.  "  Saa  Juan,"  December  S,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Colon,"  December  IS,  1894. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24,  1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 

13, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.    8.    "City  of    Peking,"  Thursday,  Jauuarv 
3, 1895,  at  3  P.  m 

8.8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Jau.   15,  1895,  at 
3  p.  m. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street. 

ALEXANDER  CENTER, 

General  Aeent 


OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP   COMPANY, 


World  tours,  steamer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
$610.  Second  class, 
$350. 

%     O.  8.  S.  Company's 
steamers  sail: 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA,    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  S. 
"ALAMEDA,"  Nov- 
ember 15th. 
For     HONOLULU' 
S.  8.  •■AUSTRALIA," 
Nov .  24,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  8treet. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELo  &  BROS.  CO..  Oeneral  Agts 


SfiVETJ 


A-  BUSWELL, 


Book-Binder,  Paper-Baler,  Printer  and  Blank  Boek  flanafac- 

orer, 
543  clay  Street,  Near  Montgomery 

San  Fbancibco. 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trams  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANC/SCO  : 

Lbavb  I         From  Nov.  3,  7894.  I  Arrive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 
7:00  a  Benicia,  Vaoaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 
7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 
toga  and  *Santa  Rosa  6 :15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
Sacramento,  MaryBVille,  Red  Bluff 

andOroville 4:15  P 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  *Raymond 
( 'or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Demiug,  El  Paso,  New 

Orleans  and  East- 5:45  p 

9:00  A  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45  a 

*9:00a  Peters  and   Milton  ...  .  '7:15  f 

$10:S0a  "  Simset    Limited,"    Vestibuled 

Train  through  to  New  Orleans. ..  fll:45  A 

1:0 J  p  NileB.San  Jose  and  Livermore *8:45  a 

..     ..  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore. ..  $11:45  a 

•1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers *9:00  p 

4:00p  Martinez.  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 

Santa  Rosa 9:15a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Woodland, 
Knight's    Landing,     Murysville, 

Oroville   and  Sacramento 10:45a 

4:30  p.  Niles.  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15p 

5:00p.  Log  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Los  Angeles 10:45a. 

5 :00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East..., 10:45a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .  9:45a 
6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7:45a. 

J7 :00  P.  Vallejo +7:45  P. 

7:00p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

PugetSound  and  Bast 10:45a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

[7:45  a  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,   Felton  and 

Santa  Cruz J8 :05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Centervllle,  San  JoBe, 
Felton,    Boulder     Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations 6 :20  p. 

*2:45  P  Newark,  Centervllle,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and   principal    way 

stations *11:60a 

4 :45  P.  Newark.  San  Jose ,  Los  GatoB 9:50a. 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  Townsend  Streets). 
6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations 1 :45  p. 

8:15  a.  San  Job6,  TreBPinos, Santa  Crui, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Rohles,  San 
San   Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

WayStations 7.05P. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  WayStations...  5:06  p. 

11:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
•2:20p.  San  Jose,    Gilroy,    Tres  Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,  Salinas,   Monterey, 

Pacific  Grove    .  ...*10:40a. 

*3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47a. 

•4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations "8:06a. 

5:10p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6:30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35  a. 

t11:45p.   Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations +7:38  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSSK  FBAH  CISCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
U  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00  and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  fliKUXD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  "11  00  a.  m. 
t!2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  "5  00  p.  M. 

a.  for  Morning.  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•Sundays  excepted.  +8aturdays  only. 

^Thursdays  only. tSundavsonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for. 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Nov.  6,  21.    Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  C.  and  Puget  Sound  ports,  Oct.  27 
Nov.  1,  6.  11,  16,  21.  26.  Dec.  1,  6, 11,  15,  21,  26,  31. 
and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing  (Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, 9  A.  M. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  alternately  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Eusenada,  Magdalena  Bay,  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m.,  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOrAXL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'lAgeBta, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco. 


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tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  ft  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204  206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  sxtbscription  and  advertising  rates. 

If  Mr.  Henry  J.  Crocker  should  happen  to  see  himself  in  a  mirror  some 
u  hen  fir  is  leaning  against  a  railing  with  a  cigar  in  one  hand  and 
a  programme  of  th>-  Born  Show  in  the  other,  he  could  hardly  identify  the 
picture  with  the  stiff  portraits  of  him  which  have  been  illuminating  the 
daily  papers  ofiote.  Our  cartoon  artist  this  week  conoid  him  when  he  was 
not  dreaming  of  posing  for  a  picturetandt  as  a  consequence,  ice  are  enabled 
to  give  our  readers  an  uncommonly  life-like  portrait  of  him.  It  is  un- 
necessary to  speak  of  his  high  business  connection  in  this  city,  or  his  social 
and  personal  popularity.  77ie  leading  distinction  which  he  enjoys  at 
present  and  in  which  the  public  is  most  interested  it  his  promotion  of  the 
Horse  Show— a  task  of  heavy  responsibilities,  requiring  the  exercise  of  great 
tact  and  intelligence.  His  management  of  the  enterprise  was  such  an  en- 
dorsement as  swelldom  required,  and  as  there  is  no  longer  any  room  for 
doubt  concerning  the  success  of  the  undertaking ,  it  is  not  too  early  to  ex- 
tend congratulations  to  him. 


THERE  is  some  activity  among  the  people  of  Fresno  now. 
since  the  election  is  over,  in  the  matter  of  the  construction  of 
the  canal.  It  is  their  only  hope,  and  just  now  it  can  be  done 
more  cheaply  than  at  any  other  time,  and  give  hundreds  of  the 
unemployed  an  opportunity  to  work  and  earn  a  living. 


THIS  seems  to  be  the  proper  time  of  year  for  seismic  disturb- 
ances in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Earthquakes  in  Japan  and 
Sicily  are  keeping  up  a  lively  racket,  and  now  Tacoma  has  been 
visited,  while  Mt.  Ranier  is  in  volcanic  eruption.  This  mountain 
is  situated  in  toe  southern  part  of  Washington,  and  the  smoke 
from  the  summit  was  discovered  immediately  following  the 
shocks  of  the  earthquake  at  Tacoma.  The  report  is  that  a  change 
has  already  taken  place  in  the  formation  of  the  mountain  top. 


THE  merciless  massacre  of  ten  thousand  Armenians  by  the 
Turks  and  Kurds  carries  one  back  tothegood  old  times  when 
Moses  and  the  children  of  God  "  utterly  destroyed  the  men,  and 
the  women,  and  the  little  one,  of  every  city,  and  left  not  one  to 
remain,"  and  of  those  later  and  more  enlightened  days,  when  the 
faithful  at  Rome  cut  each  other's  throat  over  the  vexed  question 
of  the  exact  nature  of  the  Trinity  and  the  Incarnation.  SeeiDg 
the  fiendish  cruelty  of  the  Kurdish  tribes,  it  is  difficult  to  realize 
that  they  are  mere  barbarians. 

THE  Government's  action  in  compromising  the  land  fraud  cases 
against  Surveyor  Benson  is  no  more  of  a  surprise  than  the 
derelict,  halfhearted  way  in  which  they  were  prosecuted.  There 
is  no  reaEonable  doobt  that  the  most  gigantic  frauds  were  perpe- 
trated, yet  the  cases  were  permitted  to  drag  year  after  year 
through  both  Republican  and  Democratic  administrations,  and 
now  they  are  to  be  dropped.  Back  of  it  all,  there  has  been  not 
only  a  "  pull,"  but  several  "pulls,"  the  nature  of  which  is  ap- 
parent to  any  one  who  is  capable  of  distinguishing  between  a 
hawk  and  a  hand-saw. 

THE  annual  meetiug  of  the  fruit-growers  of  California  took 
place  in  8acramento  this  week.  The  reports  did  not  show  a 
profitable  outcome  in  the  disposal  of  the  crop  for  the  past  season, 
but  the  interest  displayed  in  improvements  in  every  department 
of  horticulture  seems  to  have  been  satisfactory.  This  is  one 
branch  of  industry  which,  to  a  large  extent,  is  peculiarly  Cali- 
fornian.  A  large  proportion  of  the  fruits  produced  here  cannot 
he  produced  in  any  other  8tate  in  the  Union.  There  seems  to  be 
no  lack  of  confidence  in  the  final  outcome  in  this  line,  for  the  ex 
periments  that  are  being  constantly  made  in  the  mode  of  ship- 
ping green  fruits  provide  a  wide  field  of  promise  for  the  future. 
The  PerkinB  invention  of  packing  by  compressed  air  seems  to 
have  proved  a  success,  and  if  bandied  properly  and  packed  with 
care,  shipments  can  be  made  to  Europe  in  as  good  condition  as 
they  can  be  made  from  any  point  in  the  State  to  San  Francisco. 
This  problem  once  solved  the  demand  will  be  sufficient  for  all  the 
State  can  produce  at  good  prices. 


THE  People's  party  have  captured  a  Superior  Judge  in  Fresno 
County  aDd  a  Sheriff  in  Alameda.  Up  to  the  present  time 
there  is  no  news  of  their  having  elected  a  single  member  of  the 
Legislature  in  either  branch  by  fusion  or  otherwise,  aod  yet  they 
have  more  than  doubled  their  vote  in  the  State  since  two  years 
ago. 


THE  proposition  of  the  Republican  managers  to  demand  a  re- 
count of  the  votes  for  Governor  has  met  with  a  strong  pro- 
test from  some  of  the  leading  Republican  newspapers  of  the  State, 
led  by  the  Fresno  Republican.  They  are  clearly  in  the  right,  for 
if  tbe  politics  of  San  Francisco,  where  all  the  trouble  originates, 
cannot  be  conducted  without  fraud  and  criminal  conduct,  the 
rest  of  the  State  should  not  be  inflicted  with  the  expense  of  cloth- 
ing the  rascals  in  stripes. 

DOES  Populism  cause  insanity,  or  is  it  only  the  insane  who  be- 
come Populists  ?  The  Populist  Governors  have  each  a  crazy 
streak  in  them,  and  now  Kolbe,  tbe  defeated  candidate  of  that  ilk 
for  Governor  of  Alabama,  not  to  be  outdone  in  the  freak  line,  pro- 
poses to  be  seated  vi  et  armis.  He  would  better  follow  tbe 
example  of  Wake — take  to  the  platform  and  exhibit  himself  as  a 
terrible  example  of  the  effects  of  imbibing  the  brain-deranging 
ideas  of  Populism. 

THE  Stockton  Mail  is  unduly  exercised  over  the  rumor  that  the 
Republican  managers  are  going  to  steal  the  Governorship  from 
Mr.  Budd.  While  they  may  have  held  out  the  threat  for  awhile 
during  the  early  part  of  the  count,  when  the  reports  were  vary- 
ing, they  will  never  assault  a  plurality  of  twelve  hundred  or  more 
that  appears  on  the  face  of  the  returns.  The  experiment  of  steal- 
ing important  offices  commenced  and  ended  in  1876,  and  the  peo- 
ple will  take  a  hand  at  any  attempt  of  that  kind  hereafter.  Tbe 
official  count  will  end  the  contest,  and  Stockton  will  be  happy. 

PROFESSOR  SWIFT,  of  the  Mount  Lowe  Observatory,  near 
Pasadena,  has  discovered  a  comet  in  the  constellation  of 
Aquarius  which  be  thinks  will  soon  be  visible  to  the  naked  eye. 
His  observations  find  it  in  a  nebulous  state,  and  heading  toward 
the  earth.  This  is  a  triumph  for  the  new  observatory,  and  if  tbe 
Professor  is  a  good  calculator,  his  erratic  stranger  may  create 
quite  a  sensation  and  cause  the  prophetic-delineators tto  study  the 
ancient  records  and  see  if  the  time  has  not  come  for  this  earthly 
scroll  to  be  rolled  up  and  "melt  with  fervent  heat." 

IN  refusing  to  accept  mediation,  Japan  undoubtedly  made  a  mis- 
take. It  has  become  almost  a  universal  policy  to  settle  all  in- 
ternational difficulties  by  arbitration,  on  the  understanding  that 
war  is  a  relic  of  barbarism.  The  success  that  tbe  little  Japan  na- 
tion has  had  in  the  contest  with  the  Chinese  Empire  has  com- 
manded tbe  admiration  of  the  civilized  woild,  but  when  the  civil- 
ized world  demands  a  cessation  of  hostilities  and  takes  steps  to 
Intervene  by  honorable  arbitration,  and  she  refuses,  there  is  fear 
that  a  change  in  sentiment  that  will  not  be  favorable  to  tbe  little 
bantam  that  has  the  dragon  to  wince  under  his  policy  of  exclu- 
sion, will  follow.  The  Japanese  have  secured  all  the  honors,  so 
far,  and  she  should  remember  the  adage:  "Pride  goes  before  a 
fall."  

COLONEL  INGERSOLL  is  out  with  a  new  lecture  on  the  Bible, 
and  tbe  Methodist  ministers  of  Cincinnati  have  resolved  to 
take  steps  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  blasphemy.  The  most 
vexatious  religious  problem  of  the  day  is  how  to  reach  and  prop- 
erly punish  such  men  as  Ingersoll — mendacious  scoffers,  who  not 
only  refuse  to  believe  what  the  preachers  would  have  them  be- 
lieve, but  have  the  temerity  to  give  reasons  for  their  own  unbe- 
lief. So  low  has  public  opinion  sunk  in  these  degenerate  days 
concerning  all  subjects  that  no  one  except  God's  chosen  ministers 
knows  anything  about,  that  the  use  of  the  iron  boot  and  like  in- 
struments of  conversion,  once  so  useful  agents  in  the  spreading  of 
the  Gospel  of  Peace  and  Love,  is  absolutely  forbidden.  Even 
chains  and  dungeons  for  the  unbeliever  are  frowned  upon,  to  the 
great  detriment  of  the  cause  of  Faith  and  to  the  lessening  of  the 
emoluments  of  the  Lord's  anointed.  It  is  even  doubtful  if  the 
Cincinnati  ministers  will  receive  the  small  satisfaction  of  securing 
Ingersoll's  conviction  for  blasphemy.  That  irreverent  monster 
to  his  other  offenses  adds  that  of  being  a  lawyer,  and  he  will 
doubtless  successfully  contend  that  as  blasphemy  is  "an  act  of 
indignity  against  God,"  no  court  in  Cincinnati  has  legal  jurisdic- 
tion. 


SAX  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


Nov.  24,  1894. 


A  REVIEW  OF  THE  WEEK. 


THE  various  industries  that  have  been  established  in  California 
by  a  succession  of  practical  experiments  in  soil  productions 
during  the  past  thirty  years  have  had  the  effect  to  overshadow 
the  interest  once  bad  in  the  most  valuable  of  all.  The  grain 
field,  orchards,  and  vineyards  are  the  attractions  that  have  been 
presented  to  induce  immigration,  to  the  almost  utter  exclusion  of 
tbe  gold  mines.  There  was  a  profligacy  among  the  early  pio- 
neers which  left  a  majority  of  them  stranded  on  the  beach  of 
poverty,  and  the  golden  glow  of  the  land  of  Ophir  which  brought 
them  here  faded  in  the  distress  that  followed.  This  had  the  in- 
fluence to  impress  the  world  that  the  mines  were  not  a  source  of 
wealth  except  to  those  who  had  "struck  it  rich."  The  rock  on 
which  the  many  stranded  was  the  destructive  confidence  tbey  had 
in  the  never-ceasing  flow  of  wealth  that  lay  almost  uncovered  in  the 
rich  placers.  The  accumulation  of  gold  inculcated  a  rec&lessnesB 
that  led  them  to  the  fatal  brick,  as  success  often  carries  the  vic- 
tim over  the  precipice  to  the  abyss  below.  The  convention  of 
mi d era  which  assembled  in  this  city  during  the  present  week 
very  naturally  attracted  attention.  It  was  a  representative  body 
of  practical  men  engaged  in  the  industry,  bringing  with  them  ex- 
perience. They  had  met  under  more  favorable  auspices  than  for 
the  past  twenty  years,  for  the  past  ten  of  which  there  has  been 
a  revival  which  has  infused  into  their  spirits  a  hope  for  a  more 
prosperous  future  for  them  and  tbe  State.  The  remarks  of  Gov- 
ernor Markham  were  but  a  reiteration  of  tbe  sentiments  ex- 
pressed in  his  inaugural  address  four  years  ago,  concerning  an 
early  adjustment  of  the  difficulties  that  bad  existed  between  tbe 
miners  and  the  farmers,  whicb,  to  a  large  extent,  have  been  ami- 
cably settled.  The  pledges  of  Congressmen  present  to  use  their 
influence  to  secure  more  liberal  aid  and  attention  from  the  gen- 
eral Government  ill  behalf  of  the  industry  than  had  characterized 
it  in  tbe  past,  was  important;  considering  tbe  assistance  which 
the  Government  has  had  from  the  gold  mines  of  California  in  its 
hour  of  extreme  peril,  it  could  well  afford  to  encourage  the  in- 
dustry by  the  appropriation  of  millions  of  money  if  necessary, 
and  supplying  scientific  aid  in  order  to  place  it  in  condition  more 
thoroughly  to  develop  the  mines,  for  there  ia  no  queation  but 
that  there  is  more  gold  in  the  hills  of  California,  as  was  stated, 
than  has  ever  been  taken  out.  As  tbe  financial  policy  has  been 
changed  and  the  country  placed  practically  on  a  single  eold  stan- 
dard of  money,  there  is  a  greater  necessity  for  removing  every  bar- 
rier that  exists  to  prevent  the  thorough  development  of  the 
gLld  resources,  and  there  should  be  no  one  more  interested 
in  this  than  the  Government.  It  may  result  in  the  same  action 
that  was  taken  by  the  great  financial  centres  of  the  world  in  1853, 
when  the  extensive  output  of  tbe  California  mines  disturbed 
them  and  almost  led  to  the  demonetization  or  gold  in  England 
and  Germany. 

The  intimation  of  one  of  the  speakers  that  there  was  a  neces- 
sity for  educating  the  people  of  the  Eastern  States  up  to  the 
fact  that  there  were  millions  of  dollars  locked  up  in  tbe  moun- 
tains of  this  State,  is  true,  but  may  not  tbe  same  be  said  of  a 
majority  of  the  citizeus  of  California?  Those  who  have  atudied 
the  recent  literature  of  the  State  may  be  said  to  be  ignorant  of 
this  fact.  That  the  rich  placers  have  yielded  their  great  wealth 
is  true,  but  these  placers  were  only  indexes  to  beds  of  gold  im- 
bedded somewhere  in  the  adjacent  hills.  There  is  something 
rather  peculiar  about  tbe  gold  deposits  of  the  Pacific  Coast.  The 
discoveries  in  Alaska  have  developed  a  new  theory.  The  mar- 
velous richness  of  the  mines  there,  and  the  immense  deposits, 
suggest  that  region  as  the  source  of  all  other  deposits  on  the  West- 
ern slope.  In  the  eruptions  that  have  taken  place  in  changing 
the  face  of  nature  from  an  ocean  bed  or  immense  plain  to  a  vast 
cordon  of  mountains,  there  seems  to  have  been  a  wide-spread 
quantities  all  the  way  from  Alaska'to  Mexico.  In  the  Siskiyou 
distiibation  of  this  wealth.  Traces  of  it  are  found  in  more  or  less 
range  the  lava  beds  and  other  evidences  of  volcanic  eruptions  are 
found  in  various  formations,  as  though  tbe  seismic  disturbance 
was  of  but  yesterday.  In  this  range  are  also  found  many  rich 
beds  of  gold  in  quartz,  and  tbe  largest  deposits  in  the  track  of  the 
convulsion  are  fuund  in  California  soil  on  the  western  verge  of 
tbe  Sierra  Nevada  range.  There  are  deposits  found  in  Arizona 
and  New  Mexico  that  are  valuable,  but  there  silver  predominates, 
as  it  does  in  the  high  Sierra,  in  tbe  Rocky  range,  and  on  the  east- 
ern slope  in  Colorado,  Wyoming,  Idaho,  and  Montana.  Tbese 
mineral  deposits  are  apparently  inexhaustible,  and  form  the  nu- 
cleus for  a  rich  and  populous  empire  in  the  future,  that  will  rival 
tbe  splendors  of  the  Montezumas  in  story,  where  gold  glittered  in 
toe  palace  and  throne  and  pagan  victims  were  offered  up  on 
golden  altars.  Tbisdawning  of  tbe  new  era  in  tbe  mining  indus- 
try of  California  has  received  an  impetus  through  the  financial 
stringency  and  the  debasing  of  silver  as  money,  and  will  lead  to  a 
general  revival  of  tbe  first  great  attraction,  but  tbe  citizens  of  this 
country  should  be  careful  in  the  management,  and  not  permit  it 
to  drift  into  alien  bands  and  be  controlled  by  foreign  syndicates, 
which  seema  to  be  the  tendency  as  well  as  the  danger. 

While  the   miners   were  in  session   devising  ways   and  means 


whereby  their  work  could  be  carried  on  to  the  best  advan- 
tage, there  was  a  general  feeling  of  unrest  among  the  farmers  of 
the  counties  on  the  Sacramento  River,  and  the  Anti-debris  Com- 
mission convened  in  Sacramento  and  formulated  an  address  to 
the  people  of  the  State,  opposing,  in  the  strongest  language,  a 
return  to  hydraulic  mining  and  the  appropriation  of  public  money 
for  building  dams.  A.  H.  Rose,  State  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works,  had  suggested  the  construction  of  canals  to  carry  off  the 
debris,  which  gave  the  alarm,  as  it  indicated  a  reopening  of  the 
old  troubles  which  have  been  settled  by  the  courts.  The  experi- 
ences of  the  past  should  not  be  repeated,  and  nothing  but  a  sys- 
tem that  would  prevent  the  flow  of  slickens,  by  floods  or  other- 
wise, should  be  permitted.  The  mining  interest  is  a  valuable  one, 
but  when  it  cannot  be  carried  on  without  ruining  farms  and 
homes  and  threatening  tbe  free  navigation  of  the  Sacramento 
River,  the  cost  is  too  great.  The  farms,  the  orchards,  and  the 
factories  depending  upon  the  population  they  employ,  are  all  in 
jeopardy.  The  address  truly  says  that  an  attempt  to  overthrow 
the  decrees  of  tbe  courts,  and  remove  restrictions  the  courts  have 
imposed,  is  to  plunge  the  valley  and  mountain  into  endless  con- 
troversy. Until  some  plan  is  devised  and  tested  without  fault, 
the  present  situation  should  be  allowed  to  remain.  The  farmers 
are  partly  in  error,  however,  in  assuming  tbat  the  proposed  ap- 
propriation by  Congreas  for  impounding  works  is  to  be  a  gift  to 
tbe  mining  industry,  for  as  a  matter  of  fact  it  ia  proposed  tbat 
the  miners  shall  reimburse  the  Government  in  form  of  tolls  for 
the  use  of  the  impounding  facilities.  It  is  well,  at  all  events,  for 
botb  the  miners  and  tbe  farmers  to  proceed  upon  a  clear  under- 
standing and  without  tbe  shadow  of  a  conflict,  else  all  tbe  efforts 
either  to  develop  mining  or  to  protect  the  farms  will  go  for 
nothing;  and  surely  tbe  clear  sense  of  the  wise  men  interested  is 
sufficient  to  keep  them  out  of  a  wrangle,  which,  however  small, 
and  however  the  victory  goes  temporarily  one  way  or  another, 
will  prove  ruinous  in  the  end. 

THAT  the  war  in  the  Orient  has  a  grave  bearing  upon  the  stabil- 
ity of  Russia  there  is  good  reason  to  believe.  Siberia  is  settled  by 
tbe  Cossacks,  who  are  as  restive  under  the  Russian  yoke  as  are 
tbe  Chinese  under  the  Tartar,  and  besides  compriaing  some  of  the 
finest  minds  of  tbe  empire,  are  implacable  hatera  and  terrible 
fighters.  Such  a  people  cannot  forever  be  kept  in  aubjection. 
For  five  hundred  years  Spain  held  her  neck  in  the  yoke  of 
the  Moors,  but  tbe  superior  race  made  a  successful  break 
at  last  for  liberty.  The  war  between  China  and  Japan  gives  the 
dtaaack  his  opportunity,  and  that  opportunity  is  greatly  in- 
creased in  value  by  a  number  of  peculiar  circumstances.  One 
of  these  is  tbe  presence  of  an  army  of  one  hundred  thousand 
Caimucka  within  striking  distance  of  the  seat  of  war.  These 
Crtlmucks  are  terrible  fighters,  and  if  they  should  happen  to  give 
effect  to  their  sympathy  for  the  Cossacks,  and  turn  their  arms  on 
the  Czar's  forces  instead  of  on  Japan,  the  geographers  might  have 
tu  make  radical  changes  in  tbe  map  of  Europe.  Another  circum- 
stance is  the  drubbing  which  Nicholas  received  three  years  ago  at 
Tokio,  when,  having  a  lark  incognito,  he  ran  afoul  of  some 
•  turdy  Japanese  who  objected  to  his  conduct  toward  their 
.vomen.  It  is  believed  that  Nicholas  so  deeply  resents  tbat  vio- 
lence to  bis  sacred  person  tbat  as  soon  as  possible  after  his  wed- 
ding he  will  come  to  the  aid  of  China  by  precipitating  the  Cai- 
mucka on  tbe  victorious  Japanese  host3,  and  that  the  Calmncks 
will  seize  this  opportunity  to  turn  their  guns  upon  their  own 
sovereign  and  fight  under  the  inspiration  of  the  slogan,  "Freedom 
for  the  Cossack!"  That  would  mean  the  insurrection  of  Siberia, 
the  opening  of  the  Nihilist  prisons,  the  uprising  of  the  revolu- 
tionary (which  means  to  say  the  constituiional)  party  through- 
out all  Russia,  and  a  desperate  menace  to  the  safety  of  the  Ro- 
manoffs. 

Who  are  these  imperial  Romanoffs,  these  G-rnian  aliens  who 
since  the  time  of  Paul  have  kept  an  iron  band  on  the  throat  of 
Russia?  Back  in  the  foothills  of  Alameda  County  lives  a  strange 
old  man,  all  nerves  and  energy,  whom  we  all  have  beard  of  as 
Atrapius  Honcharenko — a  Cossack,  educated  for  the  priesthood,  a 
revolutionist,  with  "a  price  on  his  head."  When  he  is  not  boe- 
ing  his  beans  he  is  printing  revolutionary  pamphlets  and  smug- 
gling them  into  the  heart  of  Russia  to  keep  alive  the  revolution- 
ary spirit  and  the  popular  hatred  of  the  Romanoffs.  This  nerv- 
ous, wiry  old  man  is  kept  informed  of  all  that  happens  in  Rus- 
sia, though  he  has  been  in  California  for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  knows  how  the  house  of  tbe  Romanoffs  was  founded.  He 
will  say,  if  questioned,  that  although  tbe  Empress  Elizabeth  was 
a  virgin  she  gave  birth  to  three  children  by  tbe  leader  of  the  Cos- 
sacks, her  lover,  Rasoumouski;  that  when  it  became  evident 
tbat  tbe  throne  of  Russia  would  be  left  without  a  successor,  she 
ordered  Catherine  II.  to  produce  an  heir,  and  tbat  Catherine 
obediently  employed  her  lover,  Saltikoff,  to  that  end:  tbat  tbe 
child  was  still-born,  and  that  Elizabeth,  angered  by  tbe  mishap, 
found  in  the  village  of  Kotllee  a  German  woman  who  had  just 
given  birth  to  a  son,  and  tbat  Elizabeth  took  this  child  and  sub- 
stituted it  in  Catherine's  bed  for  Catherine's  dead  infant,  and  that 
this  boy  was  christened  and  crowned  Paul  I.,  Emperor  of  Russia, 
and  so  became  father  of  Nicholas  the  Great,  grandfather  of  Alex- 
ander III.,  and  great-grandfather  of  tbe  reigning  Czar.     And  thus, 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTKR. 


Mr.  Hoochsreoko  wtll  say    oarna    in*    Imperial    hnnw  of    Russia 

Inl  •  »n»unrf.  Wb«i.  to  ran  th«>  deeply  religious  sentiment  of 
*  thin*  of  ihe  fact  that  N  cholas  II  .  head  of  the  g-est 
OlWfc  I'harrb  ft.  to  the  eye*  of  God  and  all  morality,  a  bigamist? 
Td»  itm»  hat  pa<*n1  when  nmrtanatic  rut  Triages  cea*e  to  <  (Tend, 
and  the  ilnje  ha*  r-m*  when  even  kings  may  not  wan'only  make 
a  contra*  t  witb  (t.>d  which  ih»y  break  with  men.  The  modern 
an  aenilment.  even  *n  Ratals,  deems  a  morganatic  marriage 

•  •  nerad  a*  any  •<(he'.  an  I  Nich-  las  has  a  nv  rgat  at  c  wife.  The 
Christian  sentln-ent  of  BOMlft.  therefore,  can  but  regard  Nicholas 
at  a  bifr.anil-1.  bit  marriage  with  AHi  at   a  sham,  and  their  issue 

•  «  bastard  •;  and  all  this  buns  the  tirone  at  bomeand  Is  a  stench 
In  the  nostrils  nl  the  world.  Meanwhile  there  reposes  in  the 
archive*  of  the  Hriti*b  If  HMD  m  an  ancient  manuscript  —  un- 
earthed by  Honcharenko— which  tell*  a  pitiful  story  of  a  new- 
born babe  that  was  torn  fr  <m  itl  peasant  "iarman  mother's  arms 
to  be  made  "Csar  of  all  the  Rustlas."  There  may  be  something 
in  it.  too.  about  tbe  exiling  of  this  stricken  family,  together  with 
the  priest  who  baptised  litt'e  Paul,  to  the  penal  colony  of  Kam- 
chatka, there  to  die  and  rot  with  their  great  secret  untold  bad 
not  England  thrmt  her  inquiring  nose  into  that  desolate  hole  and 
precipitated  the  removal  of  tbe  colony  elsewhither.  Tbe  German 
family  and  the  prte-t  died  and  rotted  certaiuly  enough,  but  they 
left  the  s'o*y  behind  them;  and  perhaps  young  Nicholas  is  wise 
beyond  bis  years  in  placing  tbe  Prince  of  Wales  at  his  right  hand 
in  the  recent  ceren  oniats — England  can  keep  a  secret  if  she  is 
generously  paid  for  it.  Then,  too.  Russia  is  so  hemmed  in — by 
the  fror.en  ocean  on  the  east,  by  the  adverse  occupancy  of  tbe 
Baltic,  by  tbe  bitter  Slav  hatred  of  tbe  Black  See.  and  by  tbe 
wilderness  of  Tent-al  Asia — that  she  needs  Cor0a;  and  she  dare 
not  lay  a  band  on  it  without  tbe  consent  of  England. 

EVEN"  protectionists  — that  is,  those  of  the  broader  type,  who 
are  honest  whatever  tbey  may  lack  in  understanding — have 
been  praising  the  speech  made  by  President  Cleveland  at  the  re- 
cent launching  of  tbe  new  steamship  of  the  American  Line.  That 
speech  was  a  bold  attack  upon  our  navigation  laws,  which,  with 
their  numberless  foolish  restrictions  on  shipbuilding,  force  into 
tbe  yards  of  foreign  builders  and  under  the  protection  of  foreign 
fligs  tbe  capital  that  Americans  wish  to  invest  in  ocean  tra Hie. 
The  following  extract  from  the  President's  address  mutt  com- 
mand the  respect  of  every  true  American  and  warn  oar  Congress 
of  the  ills  that  beset  ns: 

"I  am  not  aide  to  see  why  Americans  owning  ships,  navigated  by 
Americans  and  carrying  American  cargoes,  should  in  any  case  be 
driven  to  the  protection  of  a  foreign  flag;  and  it  seems  to  me  that 
tbe  stars  and  stripes  entering  a  port  of  the  United  States  and  spread 
over  Americans  and  American  property,  should  never  be  frowned 
upon  and  repelled  by  American  officials  acting  under  the  mandate 
or  our  navigation  laws.  In  the  interest  of  a  revival  of  American 
commerce,  so  much  needed,  and  for  the  honor  of  our  flag,  so  dear  to 
us  all,  I  am  willing  that  the  defense  of  our  Government  and  flag 
shall  be  accorded  to  all  ships  of  American  ownership,  wherever 
built.  Make  our  flag  a  more  familiar  sight  in  the  ocean-carrying 
trade,  and  thus  remind  our  citizens  that  a  large  share  of  the  carry- 
ing trade  of  the  world  is  due  them,  and  we  need  have  no  fear  that 
oar  shipbuilders,  under  laws  giving  them  a  fair  chance,  will  suffer 
from  foreign  competition.  ' 

This  is  but  another  evidence  of  tbe  intense  Americanism  of  this 
peculiar  man,  and  it  is  well  that  we  should  keep  the  fact  in  mind 
in  view  of  the  recent  tremendous  defeat  of  the  party  which  he 
leads.  That  defeat,  we  may  wisely  reflect,  was  not  aimed  at  bim, 
although  it  most  has  likely  reached  him  and  overwhelmed  him  in 
the  general  ruin.  It  is  true  that  personally  he  stood  as  the  chief 
opponent  of  that  species  of  protection  which  fosters  monopolies 
and  high  prices  for  manufactured  prod  nets  without  bringing  a 
corresponding  benefit  to  consumers,  and  it  is  true  that  an  inci- 
dent of  his  attitude  was  benefit  to  English  manufacturers.  But  it 
is  significant  that  his  most  virulent  enemies  have  never  charged 
bim  with  caring  more  f<  r  England  than  America;  and  that  is  a 
vastly  better  repatation  than  that  for  »  jingoism  "  under  wbi<  h 
tbe  lamented  Mr.  Blaine  was  made  to  surfer.  It  is  a  mutter  of  no 
concern  to  Cleveland  that  England  or  any  other  foreign  country 
might  be  hurt  or  benefited  by  any  policy  which  America  might 
adopt.  It  is  the  welfare  of  his  own  people,  first,  lai-t,  and  always, 
that  he  regards.  In  this  mnii-r  he  has  never  made  tbe  least  ex- 
hibition of  spite  or  passion;  and  if  the  fearless  exercise  of  an  in- 
dependent judgment,  in  the  face  of  every  possible  form  of  assault 
and  danger  of  defeat,  and  qualified  by  so  clear  a  desire  to  serve 
bis  own  people  well,  is  a  test  of  patriotism,  there  is  nothing  left 
in  this  man's  conduct  to  desire.  These  observations  are  particu- 
larly timely  now,  when  Mr.  Cleveland  is  handicapped  not  only 
by  the  defeat  of  bis  party  in  a  general  State  election  but  also  by 
the  fact  that  the  sentiment  of  the  country  is  somewhat  illogically 
opposed  to  a  Pres:dential  third  term.  Mr.  Stevenson  undoubtedly 
would  make  a  good  President,  but  would  he  make  a  better  than 
Mr.  Cleveland  ?  Party  expediency  is  often  a  necessity  and  is  al- 
ways deplorable,  and  tbe  many  and  long-lasting  defeats  of  the 
Democracy  are  explainable  on  a  failure  to  resort  to  it  at  critical 
times.  Whether  political  defeat  in  defense  of  a  principal  is  better 
than  success  at  its  sacrifice  is  a  matter  of  large  proportions,  which 
cannot  be  discussed  in  a  sentence.      In  comparing  the  benefits  of 


strategy  In  war  with  the  slow  and  cosily  triumph  of  principles 
pursued  on  strictly  ethical  lines  we  find  a  generous  margin  for 
speculation.  If  Mr.  t  Uveland  fs  politically  dead.  It  is  clear  that 
he  la  not  worried  over  the  fact,  ami  that  patriotism  as  he  nnder- 
stands  it  burns  as  warmly  within  him  as  ever.  He  Is  the  most  re- 
markable man  in  every  uncommon  aspect  that  ever  stood  forth 
prominent  in  the  political  history  of  Ihe  country. 

THE  question  of  tbe  government  entering  upon  a  system  of  In- 
ternal improvements  will  be  presented  to  Congress  during  the 
coming  session,  backed  by  tbe  strongest  approval  of  tbe  people  of 
the  Western  States  and  advocated  by  able  and  earnest  representa- 
tives. This  appeal  will  be  made  upon  tbe  same  basis  of  equity 
that  caused  tbe  Government  to  make  a  distribution  of  tbe  surplus 
revenue  among  tbe  people  of  tbe  inland  States  from  1H32  to  1840, 
and  it  ceased  only  when  President  Tyler  vetoed  the  bill  in  accord- 
ance with  his  couslracMon  of  the  Constitution  on  the  question  of 
State  Rights.  There  is  a  shadow  of  common  sense  in  the  proposi- 
tion that  wilt  be  submitted  by  the  leading  members  of  the  Trans- 
roissippi  Congress,  which  meets  in  St.  Lnuis  on  Monday  next. 
The  States  bordering  on  the  seaboards  are  favored  with  large  ap- 
propriations for  river  and  harbor  improvements  arjd  coast  de- 
fenses, while  the  inland  States  are  deprived  of  any  of  the  revenues 
of  the  (JoverLment  whatever,  and  they  believe  that  they  are  en- 
titled to  some  recognition  in  tbe  disposition  of  tbe  pnblic  funds. 
There  are  improvements  in  the  way  of  irrigation  and  reclamation 
of  lands  too  extensive  for  individual  enterprise,  which  would 
largely  benefit  the  people  and  assist  in  developing  the  latent  re- 
sources of  tbe  country,  and  the  Government  would  be  materially 
benefited  in  the  work.  The  aid  extended  in  tbe  way  of  subsidies 
to  railroads  was  not  a  common  benefit,  as  it  was  absorbed  by  in- 
dividuals and  corporations,  and  became  strictly  private.  The  irri- 
gation problem  is  a  vast  one  which  the  Government  alone  can 
solve,  and  while  the  system  in  vogue  in  this  State  may  be  a  cor- 
rect one,  it  is  a  proposition  too  expensive  to  be  carried  forward 
without  bankrupting  tbe  producers  before  the  good  results  can  be 
obtained.  A  general  system  organized  by  the  Government  on 
scientific  principles  and  the  construction  of  main  canals  at  public 
expense  would  serve  to  offset  the  expenditures  on  harbor  im- 
provements and  coast  defenses,  and  an  equitable  distribution 
would  be  obtained.  Of  course  there  is  no  surplus  revenue  to  dis- 
turb the  Administration  now,  such  as  there  was  in  tbe  era  when 
honesty  and  economy  among  statesmen  was  the  rule,  bat  in  the 
profligate  distribution  of  the  public  funds  there  should  be  no  in- 
vidious distinctions  made  between  the  States. 


BAD  habits  are  not  always  inherited,  but  come  as  a  matter  of 
education.  The  live  Yankee,  when  in  foreign  lands,  never 
ceases  in  praise  of  his  own  country,  and  will  discount  any  won- 
derful story  which  a  f<  reigner  may  invent  by  one  more  prodigious 
in  favor  of  America.  When  at  borne  be  is  different.  Everything 
that  has  a  crooked  look  in  tbe  management  of  affairs,  and  par- 
ticularly in  official  matters,  is  exaggerated  and  made  to  sting. 
This  habit  was  disclosed  to  the  fullest  extent  during  tbe  sandlot 
excitement,  and  no  newspaper  did  more  to  enliven  the  habit  than 
tbe  Call.  It  was  Kearney's  organ.  The  present  condition  is  some- 
what akin  to  it.  Every  intimation  of  fraud  is  magnified,  and  its 
effort  is  to  create  real  flesb-and-blood  rascals  out  of  phantoms. 
All  it  wants  is  the  outline,  and  it  will  supply  the  stuffing.  Tbe 
rule  of  civicism  is  neglected  or  forgotten.  Probably  this  may 
arise  from  a  selfish  motive,  for  selfishness  is  a  powerful  lever  in 
launching  thougnt.  In  the  process  of  decline  a  once  powerful 
newspaper  will  get  out  of  joint,  but  it  does  not  always  forget. 
When  it  says :  "  It  is  a  habit  to  exaggerate  the  defects  of  our  own 
city  governments,  and  correspondingly  exaggerate  the  good 
points  of  the  governments  of  foreign  cities,"  it  is  at  the  turning 
point  of  repentance,  and  should  cease  the  effort  to  dress  up  the 
official  as  a  picturesque  rascal  at  bis  desk  in  felon's  clothes  by 
an  abnse  of  editorial  license.  Yes,  the  habit  is  a  bad  one  all 
around,  and  many  an  honest  man  has  been  the  victim  of  it. 


MANY  press  dispatches  are  remarkable  on  account  of  their 
evident  disregard  of  probabilities,  and  even  at  times  of  possi- 
bilities. Take  a  recent  one  concerning  Japan,  for  instance.  The 
dispatch  says  that  that  country  intends  to  seize  the  Hawaiian 
Islands.  Nothing  conld  be  more  improbable,  and  scarcely  any- 
thing more  absurd.  Japan,  long  fettered  by  that  Oriental  ener- 
vation which  circled  her  about,  and  not  in  touch  with  the  higher 
modern  life,  has  at  last  Been  across  her  great  Eastern  ocean  that 
spirit  of  progress  which  beckons  man  upward  and  onward,  and 
sne  has  responded  to  its  beck.  She  is  tbe  last  nation  to  respond 
to  tbe  summons  of  Civilization's  trumpet  and  her  feet  climb  up- 
ward on  tbe  mountain  of  life.  To  presume  that  she  thinks  of 
seizing  Hawaii  is  to  suppose  that  the  marvelous  little  nation  has 
lost  the  knowledge  and  discernment  which  have  characterized 
her  through  all  recent  years;  it  is  to  suppose  that  she  does  not 
know  that  tbe  world's  powers  would  not  permit  such  a  thing, 
and  this  is  unsupposable.  The  report  is  of  a  kind  that  is  too 
common  in  modern  dispatchee — a  thing  to  occupy  space  in  a 
newspaper's  columns. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  24,  1894. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

THE  chrysanthemum  show  at  the  Eden  Musee  last  week  at- 
tracted great  attention,  and  was  presided  over  socially  by  the 
Cxoulds  and  the  Van  Renselaaer  Cragers,  who  devote  themselves 
very  much  to  floraculiure  and  especially  to  the  cultivation  of  the 
sacred  flower  of  Japan.  It  ie  a  curious  fact  that  the  chrysanthe- 
mum, which  attains  such  superb  development,  degenerates  rap- 
idly to  its  original  modest  proportions  unless  most  carefully 
tended  and  bred.  The  gorgeous  yellow  blossoms  which,  seen 
everywhere  last  year,  made  every  dingy  street  and  dingier 
atmospheres  sunshiny  and  gay,  have  been  discarded  from  fashion 
this  season,  and  only  virgin  while  is  worn  by  the  people  "in  the 
know."  The  chrysanthemum  show  is  always  a  preparatory 
plunge  for  the  actual  swim  of  the  winler  The  Horse  Show 
follows  it  immediately,  and  the  Horse  Sbow  means  the  re- 
assembling of  the  haul  month  It  is  always  such  a  brilliant  and 
successful  affair  that  it  seems  idle  to  go  into  annual  descriptions 
of  its  charms;  but  it  is  nevertheless  a  reporter's  god-send,  and 
columns  are  daily  devoted  to  its  doings.  There  is  always  the 
same  number  of  smartly  dressed — indeed,  usually  grotesquely 
overdressed — women,  horsey  men,  other  men  who  wish  they 
were  horsey,  and  still  others  who  try  in  their  talk  to  imply  that 
they  are  horsey;  there  are  fine,  clear-skinned  and  clear-eyed  men 
whose  very  glance  at  the  catalogue  shows  that  they  know  all 
about  every  entry  ;  tailor-made,  square  shouldered  young  women, 
good  whips  many  of  them ;  many  more  well  known  in  the  hunt- 
ing field,  grooms,  ioclteys  in  ruufii;  shrieking  small  boys,  and 
not  least  because  I  am  writing  them  last,  Father  Ducy  and  Br. 
Parkhurst.  The  exhibits  this  year  are  unusually  fine.  The  jump- 
ing which  takes  place  at  the  end  of  each  afternoon  and  evening 
is  the  bonne  boitche  for  most  of  the  spectators.  During  the  display 
and  judging  of  carriage  or  coach  horses,  hackneys,  saddle  mares, 
few  of  the  audience,  aside  from  loose  who  have  a  personal  infer- 
est,  have  a  glance  for  the  ring,  but  give  themselves  up  to  the  joy" 
of  the  promenade,  which  certainly  repays  one  for  a  burst  of  en- 
thusiasm now  and  then.  Numbers  of  out-of-town  and  neighbor- 
ing cities  come  in  for  the  Horse  8how ,  and  the  hotels  are  crowded. 
The  dinner  hour  in  the  Waldorf,  Brunswick,  and  Delmonico's 
shows  a  brilliant  throng,  for  few  up-town  residents  think  of  going 
home  between  the  afternoon  and  evening  performances.  It  is 
here  that  one  gets  the  full  benefit  of  the  gorgeous  toilettes,  half 
hidden  in  the  boxes  at  the  garden  or  in  the  crowd  walking  about. 
Mrs.  George  Gould  at  the  Waldorf,  on  the  opening  night,  wore  a 
gown  of  superb  brocade  with  immense  sleeves  of  rainbow  chiffon, 
in  which  green  predominated,  held  down  by  bands  of  sequins; 
Mrs.  Charles  Alexander  wore  a  black  silk  gown  dotted  regularly 
with  rhinestones — a  dazzling  costume  truly.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  de 
Young  were  amongst  the  Waldorf  diners,  and  at  the  Brunswick 
San  .Francisco  was  represented  by  Mrs.  Harry  Emeric  and  her 
sister. 

At  the  St.  Marc,  in  Fifth  avenue,  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack  Tiche- 
nor  and  their  daughter,  Miss  Maud  Smith,  who  has  just  returned 
from  abroad,  having  changed  her  mind  about  spend  ng  the  win- 
ter in  Egypt.  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Morton  are  at  the  same  hotel.  At 
the  Holland  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  "  Dan  "  Murphy  and  Mrs.  A.  J. 
Pope.  Mrs.  Hearst  was  at  the  same  hostelry,  but  has  gone  to  the 
8avoy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Pasquale,  of  your  city,  register  in 
Paris  this  week.  Your  talented  little  San  Francisco  actress,  Edna 
Wallace,  and  her  husband,  De  Wolf  Hopper,  have  taken  apart- 
ments at  the  Waldorf  for  the  winter.  This  fine  hotel,  built  upon 
the  Bite  of  the  old  John  Jacob  Astor  house,  is,  by  the  way,  to  have 
an  extension,  the  building  of  which  will  necessitate  the  demolition 
of  the  William  Astor  residence,  which  occupies  one-half  of  the 
block  which  the  Waldorf  shares.  This  building  will  be  a  bachelor 
apartment  house,  managed  and  directed  by  Mr.  Boldt,  of  the 
Waldorf,  who  directs  as  well  the  Stratford  and  the  Bellevue,  in 
Philadelphia.  The  number  of  idle  and  wealthy  bachelors  is  in- 
creasing when  a  seven  or  eight  story  apartment  house  for  their 
accommodation  suggests  itself  as  a  necessity. 

Mrs.  Martin  Schultz,  the  popular  soprano  of  St.  Luke's  and  the 
Church  of  the  Advent,  in  San  Francisco,  has  just  accepted  a  very 
fine  position  in  a  New  York  choir — one  of  the  most  desirable,  in 
fact,  in  New  York.  Her  mother  and  sister  will  join  her  in  a  few 
months  and  her  husband  is  daily  expected. 

Miss  Kuhne  Beveridge,  since  her  unfortunate  marital  experi- 
ence, has  apparently  abandoned  the  stage,  for  she  has  returned 
to  sculpture  with  almost  feverish  enthusiasm.  Her  bust,  "The 
Devil's  Victim,"  has  been  highly  commended,  and  she  is  following 
it  up  by  a  work,  '•  The  Devil's  Wife,"  for  which  the  face  came 
to  her,  she  says,  after  days  of  unsatisfactory  effort,  through 
the  medium  of  a  dream. 

A  very  sad  event  of  yesterday  sends  into  mourning  a  former 
San  Francisco  belle,  Mrs.  Edward  Robinson  (Miss  Aileen  Ivers). 
Mr.  Robinson's  stepfather,  Mr.  J.  Huod  Wright,  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Drexel.  Morgan  &  Co.,  died  very  suddenly  in  the  waiting 
room  of  the  Ninth  avenue  Elevated,  at  Rector  street.  Mr.  Wright 
had  suffered  during  the  summer  from  the  consequences  of  grippe, 
but  had  of  late  been  unusually  cheerful  and  hearty.  He  leaves  a 
very  large  fortune  to  his  family.  The  stepson  is  also  a  member 
of  Drexel,  Morgan  «&  Co. 

Colonel  and  Mrs.  Henry  Savage  are  in  Berlin,  and  were  guest: 


at  a  birthday  dinner  recently  given  by  Mrs.  Jackson,  the  wife  of 
the  Secretary  of  Legation,  to  her  husband.  Madame  Nordica  and 
her  fiancO,  Yoltan  DotnC,  were  among  the  party. 

In  Berlin  a  few  days  later,  at  St.  George's  Episcopal  Church, 
Miss  Frances  Hart,  of  Oakland,  was  married  to  Dr.  John  Breasted 
of  Chicago.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Breasted  will  go  to  the  Nile  on  their 
wedding  journey,  and.  returning  to  America  next  Spring,  will 
make  their  home  in  Chicago,  where  Dr.  Breasted  has  been  ap- 
pointed Professor  of  Egyptology  in  the  University  of  New  York. 

New  York,  November  14,  1894.  Passe  Partotjt. 

AUCTION    SALE 

of  THOROUGHBRED    YEARLINGS, 
TWO-YEAR-OLDS,   etc. 


Bred  at  RAM  HO  1>EL  PASO, 
Property  of   MK.  J.   15.   1I\   .*.l\ 


At  11  a.  M.  at 
BAY  DISTRICT  TRACK 
MONDAY,  November  «6, 189-4. 

This  sale  will  comprise  3(»  YearliDgs  a~d  3  Two-year- 
olds  by  Alexarder  (brother  to  Poshall),  Fresno,  St. 
Carlo,  Imo  Midlothian,  Milner,  Imp.  Darebiu,  Imp. 
Kyrle  Dalv,  Ben  Aii,  Tyrant  L-ugfleld,  Fiizjames, 
Torso,  Salvator  aDd  Imp.  Sir  Modred,  out  of  mates  by 
WildiiHe.  Lei  lister,  f-azaar,  Jim  Brown,  Wanderer,  Imp. 
ill-used,  Warwick  Joe  Hooker,  Virgil,  Wheatley,  High- 
lander Imp.  Kyrle  r>a'y.  War  Dance,  Hidalgo,  Long- 
field,  Imp  Hurrah,  Imp.  Friar  Tuck  Luke  Blackburn, 
bt.  Martin,  Imp.  King  Ban.  .-peudthrift,  Imp.  Mid- 
lothian, etc.  Th's  grand  collection  of  thoroughbreds 
will  be  ou  exhibit  on  +JKIDAY,  Nov.  23. 
#j^-Seud  fori'atal  gue  at  once  to 
KII.L1P  A  CO..  Livestock  Auctioneers,  30  Montgomery  St. 

AT  AUCTION. 

CLOSING  OUT  SALE  of  DIAMONDS,  WATCHES, 
JEWELRY,  CLOCKS,  and  SILVERWARE,  to  the 
highest  bidder  for  THREE  DAYS  ONLY. 
Monday  and  Tuesday  Special  Diamonds  Sale. 
Store  is  rented  and  we  must  vacate  before  the  end 
of  the  month.  Buy  your  Christmas  presents  new 
at  yov.r  own  price. 

BARRETT  &  SHERWOOD, 

140  Montgomery  St. 

Cash  Discbunt  Sale. 

20  PER  CENT.  ON  ENTIRE  STOCK. 

CHRISTMAS  NOVELTIES. 

DRAPERIES. 

STAMPED  AND  EMBROIDERED  GOODS. 

Also,  JAPANESE  BRIC-A-BRAC. 


32«>    POST   STREET. 


CHARLES  E. 


NAYLOR. 


Sells  best 

TYPEWRITERS   AN1>   SUPPLIES 


19  MONTGOMERY  ST. 


D 


R.ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURCiER, 


Dentist. 


Ill   GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRA|NCISCO. 


D 


R.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  Dentist, 

1811    Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F. 


-T 


[Telephone  2605 


Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  special  ty- 

HOURS— 9  a.  m.  to  5  P.M.,  8  to  9  P.  M.    Sundays,  9  )\-  «•  to  2  p.  M. 


D 


R.   FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,   Dentist, 

703  Market  Street,  Ko'  onis  18, 19  and  20. 


Nov.  24,  1894 


BAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LKTTKK. 


LAWN     TENNIS 


THK  DtTMtOTI  o!  the  California  I.iwq  Tennis  Club  held  *  matt- 
ing l«t  Sunday  (or  the  purpose  of  circling  cfflcers  for  the  en* 
suing  year,  and  to  transact  any  bottom  ■  »(  importance  that  might 
be  on  tbe  >ia(e.  The  officers  elected  are  Dell  I.tnderman,  Presi- 
dent:  Joseph  8.  Tobin.  ViCt-PrtaldftDt :  K.J.  Davli,  Treasurer; 
I.  Hooper.  8ecreiary.  and  \V.  H  Taylor.  Jr..  K.  8.  Mitchell,  and 
A.  B.  Wilberforce.  Pirecto  s.  The  election  committee  is  com- 
pos* d  of  Walter  McGavto-  H.  B.  Havens,  and  A.  8.  Keeler.  who 
work  in  conjunction  with  the  directors,  and  tbe  tournament  com- 
mittee are  A.  B.  Wilberforce,  Chairman,  R.  N.  Whitney,  and 
P.  E.  Allison.  Jr. 

Tbe  Mixed  Doubles  tournament,  which  has  been  so  long  bopt-d 
(or.  is  at  last  settled  upon,  and  will  be  held  at  tbe  courts  of  tbe 
club  en  Saturday.  P.-cember  15:b.  Ki. tries  close  on  tbe  1 -':b,  and 
must  be  sent  to  I.  Hooper,  Secretary,  on  or  before  that  date.  It 
is  ezpectid  that  Miss  Bee  Hooper  and  H.  H.  8teUoo,  Miss  Etbel 
Bates  and  C.  D.  Bates.  Jr..  Miss  A.  A.  Clark  and  O.  B.  de  Long, 
Miss  Martha  Alexander  and  A.  B.  Wilberforce  will  play,  and  we 
understand  Mrs.  H.  H.  Sberwuod.  Miss  Martha  P.  <iibbs,  and  Miss 
Dillon,  and  perhaps  some  others,  will  enter  with  their  partners. 
This  tournament  will  be  quite  a  start  for  tbe  winter  season  and 
we  expect  it  will  be  a  success,  as  such  tournaments  generally 
draw  well,  and,  being  the  first  of  its  kind  this  year  at  tbe  Cali- 
fornia club,  we  expect  and  hope  it  will  prove  a  success.  Not  being 
entirely  a  club  affair,  we  hope  to  see  some  of  tbe  unattached 
ladies  among  the  names  of  the  contestants,  and  we  tbiuk  that  all 
interested  in  tennis  should  do  all  they  can  to  further  such  affairs, 
which,  though  not  at  present,  should  be  very  popular  in  our  com- 
munity. 

There  were  mar  y  suggestions  brought  up  at  the  meeting  of  the 
directors,  and  one  which  deserves  special  mention  is  the  idea  of 
starting  a  junior  class  at  the  club.  All  flourishing  clubs  have  bad 
junior  classes,  where  tbe  younger  element  have  trained  them- 
selves up  to  a  certain  standard  which,  when  properly  developed, 
shows  a  decided  improvement  on  tbe  older  mode  of  play.  Young 
players  have  throughout  the  wurld  suddenly  sprang  into  notoriety, 
owing  solely,  we  believe,  to  tbe  training  they  received  at  tbe 
clubs  they  were  juniors  of  and  bad  a  chance  of  watching  the  style 
of  the  older  members  and  improving  on  this  style.  It  is  only  a 
few  years  ago  that  the  present  champions  of  England,  the  Messrs. 
Baddeley.  were  unknown,  they  having  been  kept  back  as  Juniors, 
and  the  same  might  be  applied  to  the  Htrdy  lm  thers,  who  very 
suddenly  came  to  the  front,  having  acquired  their  knowledge  of 
the  game  from  the  younger  element.  We  would,  therefore, 
strongly  advise  tbe  adoption  of  a  junior  class,  and  hope  the  di- 
rectors will  soon  see  their  way  to  form  this  annex. 

The  High  School  boys  having  vacated  tbe  two  courts  set  aside 
for  tbem,  it  is  quite  possible  that  Miss  Lake's  School  wilt  take 
them  for  two  days  or  more  during  tbe  week.  The  presence  of  tbe 
young  ladies  would  throw  more  life  into  the  present  slackness  of 
things,  and  might  start  tbe  boom  and  make  tennis  what  it  was 
three  years  ago. 

There  will-be  a  theatrical  performance  given  in  January  next 
for  the  benefit  of  the  California  Club,  and  things  are  being  ar- 
ranged by  Mr.  Richard  Hotaling,  under  whose  able  guidance  the 
performance  ought  to  net  quite  a  goodly  snm.  It  is  proposed  to 
have  three  short  pieces  similar  to  those  played  by  the  late  Rosina 
Yokes,  which  would  be  more  acceptable  than  a  heavy  drama. 

The  Alameda  Cub  has  wound  up  its  affairs,  as  its  incorpora- 
tion time  was  up.  The  club  will  re-incorporate  immediately, 
with  the  objectionable  element  left  out,  and  Mr.  Landsburger  as- 
sures as  that  everything  will  be  done  by  them  to  try  and  add  new 
life  to  the  game.  They  intend  holding  an  open  tournament  very 
shortly. 

George  E  Stoker,  tbe  Secretary  of  the  P.  8.  L.  T.  Association, 
has  left  us  for  bis  borne  in  Kansas,  and  it  is  uncertain  at  present 
as  to  whether  he  will  return.  The  Association  will  lose  in  him  an 
officer  it  can  little  afford  to  lose,  as  Mr.  Stoker  has,  during  his 
short  term,  done  a  great  deal  of  work  and  put  things  on  a  proper 
basis,  and  we  will  be  very  sorry  if  he  cannot  resume  his  labors 
with  us  before  long. 

LOVE. — George  Augustin  in  New  Orleans  Picayune. 

TWO  beings  met,  their  cheeks  suffused 
Like  tints  of  morn; 
Their  hands  are  clasped,  their  looks  confused — 
And  Love  is  born. 

Two  broken  hearts  the  angels  bear 

With  silent  tread 
To  heaven's  throne,  supremely  fair — 

For  love  is  dead. 

She  had  $18 
And  bought  therewith  an  elegant  china  closet  at  the  Chicago  Clock 
Company.    They're  selling  folding  beds  for  $12,  and  writing  desks,  in 
oak  or  mahogany,  for  only  $8.     1622  Market  street. 

That  time-honored  preparation,  Ayer'B  Cherry  Pectoral,  is  still  the  medi- 
cine most  In  demand  for  colds  ana  coughs- 


The  Best 

Remedy  for 

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Bowel  Complaints 
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Received 

Highest  Awards 

AT  THE 

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_A_sj=.t=:n.     ~E>.     Stevens, 

STUDIO  :     26  Montgomery  Street,  Room  8. 

Pupils  prepared  fur  Stage,  Concert  or  Drawing  Room.  A 
Special  Class  for  Teachers  who  wish  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


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Btreet,  San  Francisco. 


reat  Mexican   Remedy; 
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PUSH  IT 
UNDER 
THE   BED. 

Push  tbe  foot  under  a  conch  or 
lounge.  Tbe  top  can  be  lowered 
to  tweniy-eigbt  inches  from  the 
floor  or  raued  as  high  as  forty- 
three  inches.  It's  a  generous 
sized  top.  too,  3f!x20  inches,  ample 
room  for  a  good  sized  tray.  Then 
there's  no  mechanism  to  get  out 
of  order— that's  a  great  advantage 
and  so  is  the  price— only  Eight 
Dollars.  Besides,  it's  not  only 
for  invalids,  this  admirable  table, 
but  for  any  one  who  loves  ease 
and  comfort  and  restfulness. 

Did  you  know  our  third  floor 
was  devoted  to  Carpets.  Draper- 
ies, and  Hangings  now  ? 

California  Furniture  Company, 
117  Geary  Street. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

123    California  Street. 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  24,  1894. 


?&\SdflgWflT<D 


Salviniin  "The  Three 
Guardsmen." 


We    Obey    no    "Wand    but     Pleasure's."—  Tom  Moore. 

THERE  eh  perhaps  few  names  wbicb  mean  so  mnch  to  the 
th  atricbl  world  as  that  of  Salvini,  and  though  it  is  known  to 
fame  chiefly  as  representing  the  greatest 
achievements  in  the  field  of  tragedy  in 
modern  times,  it  is  also  well  represented 
on  the  contemporary  stage  in  that  of 
romance.  Alexander  Salvini  was  imbned 
with  sufficient  modesty  and  with  respect 
for  his  illustrious  father  to  leave  the  great 
roles  with  which  he  was  identified  until 
experience  and  public  opinion  should  jus- 
tify him  in  taking  them  up.  Bat  it  is 
conceded  by  many  able  critics  that  his 
greatest  successes  await  him  in  tbe  reper- 
toire of  Tomasso  Salvini.  Tbe  Salvini  en- 
gagement at  tbe  Baldwin  will  be  inaugur- 
ated on  Monday  night  with  Dumas'  ex- 
citing play  of  romance  and  intrigue.  The 
Three  Guardsmen,  which  will  be  repeated 
on  Wednesday,  Thursday  and  Saturday 
nights.  But  the  principal  feature  of  bis 
first  week  will  be  Hugo's  tragic  romance, 
Ruy  Bias.  This  play  will  be  given  on 
Tuet-day  and  Friday  evenings  and  at  the 
Saturday  matinee.  To  the  younger  gen- 
eration of  theatre-goers  Ruy  Bias  will  be 
almost  a  novelty.  The  fame  of  Charles 
Fechter  retted  largely  on  bis  portrayal  of 
this  masterly  conception;  Edwin  Booth  and 
Davenport  also  drew  tears  of  sympathy 
from  their  audience  for  the  ill-starred  fate  of 
poor  Ruy  Bias.  The  role  presents  grand  op- 
portunities for  an  able  actor,  and  if  the  ver- 
dict elsewhere  on  Salvini's  interpretation 
may  be  relied  upon,  the  Baldwin  patronB  will 
have  a  treat  in  store.  A  special  matinee  will 
be  given  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  when  he 
will  appear  as  Don  Csesar  de  Bazan.  The 
organization,  which  is  under  tbe  direction  of 
Mr.  W.  M.  Wilkison,  comprises  thirty  peo- 
ple in  all,  the  more  prominent  of  whom  are 
William  Redmund,  William  Harris*,  John  A. 
Lane,  Eleanor  Moretti,  Maud  Dixon,  and 
Augusta  de  Forrest. 

*  *  * 

The  California  Theatre  has  been  drawing 
large  houses  all  through  the  week,  with  tbe 
play  by  Arthur  Law.  It  is  a  farce-comedy 
called  The  New  Boy,  and  made  a  bit  both  in 
London  and  New  York.  It  ia  a  broad  farce 
on  the  order  of  Puck,  Charlie's  Aunt,  and  tbe  like,  and  abounds  in 
ludicrous  situations.  It  is  clean,  and  Bert  Coote  does  some  very 
clever  character  work.  It  requires  skill  for  a  man  of  thirty  years 
of  age  to  go  back,  half  his  age  and  personate  an  impish  boy.  His 
trials  were  severe  ones,  as  he  is  forced  to  go  to  school,  and  the 
other  boys  subject  him  to  a  lot  of  hazing,  wbicb  leaves  him  in  a 
sorry  state.  Annie  Alltston,  who  was  a  decided  contrast  in  size 
to  her  boy  husband,  took  the  part  of  Martha  R^nnick.  She  was 
ample  in  size  but  rather  apathttx  in  acting.  The  disagreeable 
speculator  was  taken  by  Fred  Lotto,  and  as  he  made  himself 
thorongbly  detestable  it  is  to  be  presumed  that  he  did  good  act- 
ing. Grace  George  made  a  pretty,  flirtatious  little  school-girl,  and 
Julia  Kingsley  did  the  little  she  had  to  do  as  a  maid  very  well, 
dancing  very  daintily  with  "the  new  boy."  'The  disagreeable 
fat  boy,"  as  "the  new  boy"  called  Bullock,  major,  was  well  done 
by  Fred  Stoddart,  and  how  he  contrived  to  look  the  part  of  a  big, 
fat  schoolboy  so  well  is  a  mystery.  Tbe  farce  is  fall  of  fun  and 
the  audience  carries  away  a  distinctly  agreeable  impression. 
»  *  * 

Lecccq's  comic  opera  Manola  has  been  drawing  well  this  week 
at  tbe  Ttvoli.  Though  the  general  plot  and  characters  remain  the 
same,  many  changes  have  been  made  in  tbe  incidental  conver- 
sation; happy  changes,  for  the  most  part,  that  give  the  perform- 
ance a  lively  swing  and  keeps  the  interest  of  the  audience.  Tbe 
music  is  ligbt  and  melodious,  and  in  Lecucq's  happiest  vein.  The 
Tivoli  people  do  their  usual  amount  of  clever  and  conscientious 
work.  A  well-drilled  chorus  and  an  admirable  orchestra  are  by 
no  means  the  least  of  the  features.  Manola  makes  a  good  im- 
pression after  Jupiter,  and  seems  to  suit  tbe  Tivoli  patrons,  who 
are  the  first  to  know  a  good  thing  wben  they  see  and  hear  it. 
*  »  # 

It  is  always  superfluous  to  say  that  tbe  Orphenm  was  crowded 
rlu'ing  the  week,  and  it  is  as  plain  as  possible  that  it  would  net 
be  crowded  week  after  week  and   year  after  year  unless  the  per- 


Salvini  as  il'AHafftian. 


formances  were  excellent.  Such  has  been  the  case  during  the 
past  week.  For  the  ensuing  week  there  are  some  strong  new  at- 
tractions, including  Caicedo,  who  does  wonderful  things  on  the 
wire.  We  shall  also  have  the  Morellos  with  their  dog  of  human 
intelligence;  tbe  Big  Four,  who  guy  everybody  in  town  that  is 
worth  knowing,  and  Beveral  others  who  have  carried  the  city  on 
their  backs  and  tongues  recently.  The  Saturday  and  Sunday 
matinees  are  special  features  of  the  Orpbeuni. 

#  »  * 

At  Stockweirs  Theatre  the  Grovers  and  their  accomplished  com- 
pany have  been  making  merry  all  the  week  to  large  audiences. 
This  evening  Mr.  Leonard  Grover's  delightful  comedy,  Our  Board- 
ing House,  wbich  has  already  endeared  itself  to  many  theatre- 
goers, will  be  presented.  The  Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees 
draw  targe  crowds,  and  a  special  matinee  will  be  given  on  Thanks- 
giving day. 

*  *  * 

It  will  be  a  pleasant  announcement  to  tbe  many  who  know 
what  a  pretty  resort  the  Alcazar  Theatre  is,  to  learn  that  Haver- 
ley's  Mastodon  Minstrels  will  re-open  the  theatre  this  evening, 
under  tbe  personal  direction  of  Colonel  Haverley  himself.  Tbe  first 
grand  matinee  will  be  given  to-morrow,  when  an  excruciatingly 
funny  burlesque  of  11  Trovatore  will  be  presented.  A  specially 
rich  programme  will  be  given  for  the  Thanksgiving  matinee. 


Tom  Keene'B  repertoire  at  the  California  Theatre  will  include 
Othello,  Hamlet,  Richard  III.,  Louis  XI.,  Romeo  and  Juliet,  and 
Richelieu.—- Thos.  W.  Keene  has  been  very  successful  this  season, 
particularly  in  his  great   production   of   Richard  111.,    in    which 

character  he  is  said  to  be  tbe  best  now  on  the  stage. America's 

favorite  comedienne,  Sadie  Martinot,  supported  by  Max  Figroan 
and  a  star  cast,  wilt  be  the  holiday  attraction  at  the  California 
Theatre,  in  the  new  and  successful  comedy  by  Yardley,  the  noted 

English  dramatist,  entitled  The  Passport. Lottie  Collin's  Trouba- 

dors  are  among  tbe  early  attractions  at  tbe  California  Theatre. 
Tbe  first  part  of  the  entertainment  will  be  given  to  vaudeville,  to 
be  followed  by  a  new  and  musical  comedy  entitled  The  Devil  Bird, 

which  has  made  a  decided   hit. The  Stanford    Mandolin    and 

Glee  Clubs  wilt  give  a  concert  at   the   California   Theatre   next 

month. Hermann,  tbe  magician's,  new  sensational  illusion   is 

not  only  mystifying  the  public,  but  it  has  bailed  tbe  other  magi- 
cians.  Emily  Rigl  comes  to  the  California  Theaire,  January, 

1395,  in  Mr.  Barnes  of  New  York. Among    the   new  attractions 

booked  at  the  California  Theatre  are:  The  Old  Homestead,  Nellie 
McHenry,    Wm.    Barry,    Emily  Banker   in    Our  Flat,    and  J.  K. 

Ewmett,  Jr. Tbe  Grand  Opera  House  in  Los  Angeles  found  a 

strong  drawing  card  in  Theodore  Kremer'a  Russian  drama,  The 
Nihilists,  which  was  played  there  all  of  last  week.  The  piece  was 
remarkably  well-staged,  no  expense  having  been  spared  by  tbe 
management  in  its  production.  According  to  tbe  Los  Angeles 
Timef,  Herald,  and  Express,    Mr.   Kremer  has  displayed  more  than 

ordinary   ability    in    nis    jart   of    the  young  C  mnt  Alexis. A 

special  matinee  will  be  given  at  the  California  Theatre  on  Thurs- 
day next.     TJie  New  Boy  will  be  tbe  bill. 


MUSIC. 
The  Auditorium  never  seemed  so  warm  and  cosy  as  it  has  for 
tbe  last  few  evenings.  It  absolutely  makes  a  better  man  of  one  to 
drop  in  there  of  a  chilly  night,  find  a  comfortible  seat  and  lazily 
puff  a  cigar  while  Scheel  and  his  musicians  dreamily  drive  away 
tbe  sterner  thoughts  of  tbe  morrow  and  its  cares.  There  is  some- 
thing so  gentle  and  kindly  in  the  way  that  Mr.  Scheel  directs  his 
men;  a  subtle,  artistic  influence  wbich  seems  to  cast  its  spelt 
over  the  listener  as  well  as  the  musician.  It  is  this  remarkable 
magnetic  power  that  gives  such  identity  and  personality  to  the 
orchestra.  We  have  forgotten  that  it  is  only  nine  or  ten  weeks 
since  these  musicians  were  banded;  we  show  our  praise  by  ac- 
cepting them  nightly,  and  like  our  sunshine,  our  flowers,  and  our 
fruit,  we  enjoy  it  with  Caltfornian  nonchalance  and  save  our 
demonstration  with  wiiicb  to  mangle  the  first  bogus  attraction 
that  exports  itself  hither  to  fleece  the  woolly  Westerner.  We 
like  Scheel  and  we  have  taken  him  to  our  hearts  and  elected  him 
a  Native  Son.  That  is  our  modest  Californian  way  of  showing 
him  what  a  big  man  he  is,  and  soon  he  wilt  be  less  frequent  with 
the  foamy  Strauss  on  popular  nights,  and  play  to  us  the  soothing 
strains  of  Bruguiere  and  Lucchessi.  In  the  meantime  a  few  se- 
lections from  the  Italian  operas  would  be  received  with  acclama- 
tions of  joy,  even  with  an  occasional  dash  of  our  own  little  De 
Koven.  Tuesday  night  was  a  happy  one  for  the  Wagoeriies.  Mr. 
Scbeel  had  re-enforced  his  orchestra  so  that  the  Auditorium  fairly 
trembled  with  tbe  vibrations.  Nine  selections  from  Wagner's  works 
were  given  with  stirring  effect.  Tbe  Rienzi  overture  and  the  song 
of  the  Rheinlceohter  from  Gotterdammerung  received  deserved  ova- 
tions. 

*  *  * 

A  movement  that  has  been  at  last  started  gives  evidence  of  the 
local  appreciation  of  Miss  Emma  Frances  Dawson's  uncommon 

S.  &  G  Gump,  113  Geary  street,  are  now  receiving  their  full  line  of  holi- 
day goods,  consisting  of  art  novelties,  pictures,  French  Bric-a  Brae,  etc. 


Nov.  24. 


BAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LKTTER. 


:t 


K«mui.  8bt  bas  bad  more  than  toe  ordinary  share  of  those  hard- 
ship*  which  the  lack  of  means  mikf«  pOMtblVi  and  hence  the  en- 
tertainment which  «mne  of  her  admirers  have  arranged  lobe 
jttren  for  bei  benefit  at  <*olden  Gala  Hall  next  Monday  evening 
will  bare  a  doubly  gracious  a«pect.  Tnose  who  are  announced 
to  take  part  are  Mlat  Int  D.  Ooolbrltb,  Bfra.  Nellie  Holbrnok 
Winn.  Mrs.  Ollaa  K*ed  I'll  tnlrir.  Miss  Marlon  Powell.  Miss 
Tibbey.  Miss  Kuth  White.  Uln  Irene  Hardy.  Miss  Con- 
stance Jordan.  Joaquin  Miller,  Charles  Edwin  Markham.  M.  11. 
Anderson  |  Vrofosorof  English  Literature  at  Stanford  r Diversity), 
Holbrook  Blinn.  Andrew  Bogart.  Frank  Coffin,  A.  1\  Black,  A. 
A.  Solomon,  and  A.  A.  Balkiu. 

•  •  • 

Miss  i-ii-trude  Auld.  the  Sacramento  girl,  who  went  to  Taris 
three  years  ago  1 1  study  under  Madame  Marcbesi,  the  most  cele- 
brated of  modern  teachers,  has  returned,  and  will  spend  a  few 
months  among  her  friends  in  this  city.  Miss  Auld,  who  is  a 
gifted  vocalist  with  a  "bird-like  voice,"  as  the  French  critics  put 
it.  was  lucky  in  attracting  (he  attention  of  Lord  and  Lady 
I'ufTerin  and  otaer  eminent  English  people,  who  take  a  great 
interest  in  ber  advancement  and  welfare.  Miss  Auld,  before  re- 
turning to  Paris  after  the  holidays  to  complete  her  musical  edu- 
cation, will  give  a  concert  at  fiolden  fiate  Hall  on  Tuesday  even- 
ing. November  27tb,  assisted  by  Miss  Anna  Miller-Wood,  Mr. 
Louis  Heine,  and  Mies  Aida  Wetgel,  accompanist. 

*  •  * 

At  Golden  Gate  Hall  on  Tuesday  evening,  December  4th,  Miss 
Caroline  Shindler  will  give  a  grand  concert,  assisted  by  Mrs.  Carr, 
Mr.  Beel,  Mr.  Melvio,  and  Miss  Morse,  accompanist.  Miss 
Shindler  has  a  charming  presence  and  a  sweet,  young  soprano 
voice.  Most  of  her  songs  are  in  French,  a  language  which  she 
handles  exceedingly  well.  Her  production  and  method  are  also 
very  French. 

THE    DYING    CHILD.— %  Sam  Christian  Anderson. 

"   lWf  OTHER,  I  am  tired,  I  long  to  sleep  sol 
1Y1     Let  thy  bosom  be  my  resting  place, 
'  Inly  promise  me  thou  wilt  not  weep  so, 

For  thy  tears  fall  burning  on  my  face. 
Here  'tis  cold,  and  there  the  clouds  are  fleeting; 

But  in  dreamland  there  are  sunny  skies, 
And  the  angel  children  give  me  greeting, 
Soon  as  I  have  closed  my  wearied  eyes. 

"  Dost  thou  see  that  angel  coming,  mother? 

Dost  thou  hear  the  music  of  his  wings? 
\Vhite  they  are !  they  shine  on  one  another ; 

Beautiful  from  God  the  light  he  brings; 
Rosy  wing-*  are  coming,  too,  from  heaven; 

Angel  children  wave  them  as  they  fly — 
Mother,  shall  I  live  till  mine  are  given  ? 

Or,  before  I  get  them,  must  I  die  ? 

"  Mother,  wherefore  dost  thou  look  so  earnest  ? 

Wherefore  dost  thou  press  thy  cheek  to  mine  ? 
Wet  it  feels,  and  yet  like  fire  thou  burnest — 

Surely,  mother,  I  shall  still  be  thine  ? 
Thou  hast  promised  me  thou  would'st  not  weep  sol 

If  thou  sobbest,  I  shall  sob  with  thee ! 
Oh,  I  am  so  tired,  1  long  to  sleep  so! 

Mother,  look!    The  angel  kisses  me." 

—  Translated  by  S.  Ward. 

THE  difficulties  in  the  way  of  smooth  house-keeping  in  San 
Francieco  have  given  rise  to  an  institution  which  flourishes 
here  to  a  greater  extent  than  anywhere  else  in  the  world.  This  is  the 
famiiy  hotel,  as  distinguished  from  the  commercial  hotel  known 
everywhere.  The  family  hotel  is  a  hive  of  homes,  with  all  the  cares 
of  housekeeping  abolished  and  yet  with  all  the  pleasant  features  of 
home  life  retained,  with  an  addition  of  comfort,  protection,  and  social 
features  which  ordinary  housekeeping  cannot  bring  to  so  high  a  state. 
The  Pleasanton  Hotel,  situated  at  the  corner  of  Jones  and  Sutter 
streets,  away  from  the  bustle  of  the  business  streets  and  yet  only  a 
short  distance  from  "  down  town,"  is  an  institution  of  this  city  that 
is  known  from  one  end  of  the  country  to  the  other. 

THE  Don  Pablos,  who  reside  in  the  country,  went  out  for  a 
walk.  In  tb'ir  absence  a  thief  entered  their  dwelling  and 
made  off  with  about  a  dozen  forks  and  spoons.  On  making  the 
discovery  the  husband  was  harrying  away  to  inform  the  police 
when  he  was  stopped  by  his  wife,  who  said:  "Don't  go;  you 
would  have  to  admit  in  court  that  the  spoons  were  electro-plate, 
and  whatever  would  people  think  of  us?" 

— La  Sormiga  de  Oro. 


The  Ceylon  Tea  Garden  and  Court,  834  Market  street,  has  caught 
the  popular  fancy.  The  fittings  are  in  excellent  taste.  Everything 
is  new  and  neat,  and  the  cuisine  is  unsurpassed.  Polite  native  wait- 
ers in  costume  are  in  attendance,  and  are  prompt  in  meeting  the 
wants  of  customers.  The  prices  are  in  accordance  with  the  times. 
Ladies  and  escorts  after  the  theatre  should  not  fail  to  visit  the  Garden . 


BALDWIN  THEATRE.-Special. 

Al  Mavmin  i  Co  Its s  an. I  Hunger,. 

BaflnnlDi  Monday,  Novamboi  2«ih     Engagement ol  alewnuki: 

SALV1NI. 
Kt-iM  rtotro  flrM  week— 
Monday,    Wcdnetday,    Thursday,    itn.l    Saturday    evenings- THItKK 
i.nmisiiv 

lay  an. I  Friday  nlglHn  nn.l  Snliirdnv  inallnee— KI'V  lll.AS 
Special  mallnec  Thanksgiving  lliu     PitS  <    1MB  I>E  KAZAN, 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE-  (Only.) 

Al.  Hay  man  &  Co Lessees  I  8     H.  Frledlander  Manager, 

Sccmid  and  last  week  Kvery  evening,  Including  Sunday:  Matinee 
Saturdav;  Special  matinee  ou  Thanksgiving  afieruoou.  The  comedy  sen- 
sation of  the  year      Yon  must  BC6 

THE     NEW     BOY? 

He  is  a  wonder  and  a  terror.    "What's  the  good  of  anything'.'—  Nothing!  " 
Played  by  Frohmau's  diM-ugniehed  company. 
December  3d— THOS.  W.  KEBNE 


TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mrs.  Ernestine  Kreuno    Proprietor  and  Manager 

To  night  and  to-morrow  night.    Lecoci's  supeilt  opera, 

MANOLA. 
Monday.  Nov.  2Gth—  MAS«OT. 
Friday,  Nov.  3(th— Benefltof  TILLIE  SALINGER. 
Popplab  Prices  25and  50c 

STOCKWELL'S  THEATRE. 

To-night  Still  ano:her  Iremendous  success.  Theatre  crowded.  Audience 
delighted. 

THE    GROVERS. 
In  Leonard  Grover's  celebrated  enmedv. 

Ol  K    BO  V  ItlUM.   HOUSE. 
An  American  comedy  that  has  achieved  the  dignity  of  a  recognized  classic. 

Holiday  Matinee  THANKSGIVING  DAY. 

Matinee  Saturday  and  Sunday.  NOTE  PRICES— 10, 15,  25,  35,  and  60c. 
Boxseats,  50c  Loge  seats.  50c.  Reserved  opera  chairs  in  family  circle, 
15c.     Matinees.  10, 15,  and  25c      Peats  now  on  sale  at  box  office. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE. 

J.  P.  Howe Manager. 

Grand  opening  night.  Saturday,  November  24th.  For  an  indefinite  period, 
HATfKtlf'S    IIAVHoooNH: 

operatic:  minstrels, 

Under  the  personal  direction  of  J.  II.  Haverly.    Weekly  change  of  fonga 

and  specialties.    First  grand  matinee  Sundav,  Nov.  25,  Burlesque  opera  of 

IE  TKOVATOKE 

The  greatest  minstrel  organization  of  the  age.  Grand  Thanksgiving 
matinee.     Regular  matinees  Saturday  and  Sunday.    Box  office  now  open. 

ORPHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 

San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  commencing  Monday,  Nov  2fth.     A  grand  array  of  talent. 

C  A  ICE  DO, 

Th«  king  of  the  wire;  he  turns  somersaults  and  twisters  on  a  tight  wire; 

the  greatest  artist  in  hiw  line  in  the  world. 

THE  MORELI.OS,  with  their  trick  dog  Willie. 
THE  BIG  FOUR,  3  UORN ALLA  BROS. ,  4  LES  MAYOS  TROUPE,  ERNEST 
YOUNG,  etc 

MATINEK  PRICES— Pa rqii et,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Keserved  Beats,  25c;  balcony 
10c,;  operachaira  and  box  seats,  50c.    Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 


Curline  Bat.75. 


All  through  the  winter 
commencing  early  in 
November,  look  out  for  the 

ELECTRIC  CASCADES, 
CALCUTTA  DERBY, 
VENICE  RESTORED, 
ELAINE. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 

Emptied    Every  l^igr/t 

Between  the  hours   of    10  and  12,  and 

Filled  Direct 

From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath :  30  cts. 
single,  ,or  i  for  $1.    Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


ojxo  fiotyn/W's  'I**' 


Established  1879. 


411  Bush  Street.      Opposite 
the    New    California    Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 
OYSTF.R  ai?d   CUffg?  p/^CORS. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BE  BR.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaus, 
Pilaen,  Bohemia;  Aclien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 

I  II  I  IAN    RrnnARH     The   English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
LILLIHIl    ULL/L/n  FiL/,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 

SearanceB   arranged.        SHAKESPEAREAN    ACADEMY,    1017  Ellis  St.. 
an  Francisco,  Cal. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  24,  1894. 


TriC 

00KCR-0N. 


AT  the  races,  at  the  races,  when  the  betting  bell  is  tolled, 
How  they  throng  into  the  betting  ring,  the  youthful  and  the 
old  I 
How  they  crash   and    how  they  jostle,  and  tread  on  gouty  toes! 
No  friendship  in  the  betting  ring;  politeoess  "  never  goes." 
The  gentlemen  their  elbows  use  just  like  the  common  clods, 
In  the  struggle  for  supremacy  to  get  the  longest  odds. 

In  the  club  house,  Dan  McCarty,  who  had  shed  his  old  white  hat, 

Confers  with  Talbot  Clifton,  and   •'  Londoner  "  and  "  Pat," 

Oblivious  of  the  ancient  feud  and  Erin's  cruel  woes, 

That  the  Sassenach  and  Irishman  forever  must  be  foes, 

Nod  pleasantly  while  raising  the  goblet  to  their  lips, 

And  then  retire  with  serious  air  to  a  conference  on  •■  tips." 

Aesthetic  Johnny  Farley,  with  rare  and  manly  grace, 
Fills  the  role  of  mere  spectator.     (John  seldom  bets  a  "place.") 
Ormond's  owner,  Will  McDonougb,  very  quiet,  very  keen, 
Nearly  always  backs  the  favorite   with   a  "long   shot"   wedged 

between. 
White  Tom  Meagher,  the  Celtic  patriot,  well  up  in  racing  lore, 
Hits  the  field  all  round  a  mighty  welt,  and  hungers  still  for  more. 

And  p:  cing  up  and  pacing  dc  wn  before  the  judges'  stand, 
A  smile  upon  his  handsome  face,  a  record  in  his  hand, 
The  man  from  fair  Kentucky,  the  daunilesa  Colonel  Cbinn, 
Is  seen,  because  the  Colonel,  "sah,"  has  colts  that  ever  win ; 
So  he's  always  in  good  humor,  with  a  merry  jest  to  crack, 
And  stable  men,  and  jocks,  and  all  are  stuck  on  Colonel  Jack. 

Colonel  Finnegan  now  whispers  in  the  ear  of  Captain  Lees, 

And  the  boys,  who  always  hunt  a  chance  good-naturedJFin  to 

tease, 
Say:  "  Boys,  observe  the  Captain;  he's  listening  to  •  Fin  '; 
Let's  bet  him  even  that  he's  lost  another  diamond  pin." 
And  the  ladies,  bless  their  little  hearts  1  they  bet  'em  every  way, 
And  protest  they'll  win  to-morrow,  though  they  may  lose  to-day. 

They  jump  upon  the  benches  at  the  sounding  of  the  gong, 

And  clap  their  hands,  and   yell,  and  cbeer  as  tbe  runners  come 

along; 
"  Polaski  winsl  No,  Pasha!  Sir  Patrick  has  the  race! 
Miss  Buckley,  Sister  Mary;  /  btt  her  for  a  place!" 
And  when  the  race  is  over,  some  pretty  lips  are  white, 
Some  faces  dark  and  brooding,  some  glowing  with  delight; 
Some  cards  are  roughly  torn,  some  carried  down  below, 
For  some  must  win,  and  some  must  lose,  'tis  thus  the  races  go. 

*  »  * 

U.  S.  Surveyor-General  Green  got  reminiscent  the  other  day, 
and  told  of  how  he  and  a  friend  were  once  walking  on  the  Colusa 
levee,  when  they  were  startled  by  a  succession  of  soul-harrowing 
yells,  and  on  turning  were  considerably  alarmed  at  the  sight  of 
two  Chinese  bearing  down  upon  them  covered  with  blood  from 
head  to  foot.  It  was  evidently  a  case  of  pursuer  and  pursued,  for 
the  rear  Chinaman  bore  with  him  a  large  and  commodious  speci- 
men of  the  cutler's  art,  and  tbe  first  one  shot  them  an  appealing 
glance  for  protection  as  he  flew  along.  Now  General  Green  is  a 
Democrat  and  a  free  trader,  and  he  could  not  see  it  in  that  light, 
so  be  turned  to  his  companion  and  asked: 

"Ray,  have  we  lost  any  highbinders  lately?" 

Ray  answered,  '-No." 

"Then,"  continatd  the  General,  "suppose  we  give  them  the 
right  of  way,  so  to  epeak." 

And  the  next  day  the  society  column  of  the  Colusa  Sun  con- 
tained the  announcement: 

"General  Green  and  friend  enjoyed   the  view  from  the  levee  mud 
flats  for  a  considerable  time  yesterday  afternoon." 
*  *  * 

Idlers  on  Montgomery  street  were  gratified  with  a  rare  and 
moving  spectacle  on  Wednesday.  Arm  in  arm,  slowly  and  de- 
liberately, waddled  John  P.  Irish  and  Joaquin  Miller,  orator  and 
poet  spurning  the  base  earth,  their  eyes  upon  the  cerulean  dome. 
Joaquin  was  in  full  uniform,  his  trousers  were  in  his  boots,  his 
hair  flowed  over  his  shoulders,  and  his  sombrero  had  grown  a  full 
inch  in  the  brim  since  he  was  last  seen  in  town.  Colonel  Irish 
wore  his  trousers  a  la  mode,  but  he  was  destitute  of  a  necktie, 
and  his  massive  brain  was  covered  by  a  hat  no  bigger  than  a  pie 
plate.  It  was  a  beautiful  sight,  and  strong  men  who  gazed  upon 
the  gifted  pair  were  moved  to  tears. 

#  »  * 

The  Mechanics'  Pavilion  presents  an  animated  scene  this  week. 
There  are  over  three  hundred  men  now  engaged  in  the  big  build- 
ing— electrical  men  putting  in  apparatus;  men  arranging  the 
arena  with  sand,  clay,  and  tan  bark;  sailors  putting  up  canvas, 
decorators  hanging   flags;    hostlers,    carpenters,   restaurant  men, 


etc.  Those  horses  winning  the  first  prize  will  be  distinguished 
by  a  blue  rosette;  second  prize,  red;  third  prize,  white,  and  the 
yellow  rosttte  for  the  "highly  commended."  Blue,  red.  and 
white  combined  mean  the  championship. 

The  programme  for  the  openiDg  day,  Wednesday,  the  28th 
inst.,  will  be  exercising  horses  in  harness  (not  driven),  exercis- 
ing horses  in  harness,  driven,  parade  of  all  draught  horses,  parade 
of  coaching  stallions,  parade  of  tandems,  parade  of  all  pony 
classes,  and  other  interesting  exhibitions. 

The  swell  young  men  will  show  up  in  the  most  correct  regula- 
tion and  awfully  stunning  horsey  costumes  Cords  and  tops, 
bunting  crop?,  driving  coats,  and  tbe  like  will  give  the  Pavilion 
the  correct  atmosphere.  An  evidence  of  how  well  the  enterprise 
has  taken  is  that  the  entries  are  now  almost  as  large  as  those  of 
the  .New  York  Horse  Show.  President  Henry  Crocker  is  the 
most  active  man  in  town  to-day,  and  will  deserve  the  praise  that 
must  crown  his  efforts. 

*  *  * 

A  young  Englishman,  recently  returned  to  this  his  adopted 
country  after  a  flying  visit  home,  was  talking  the  other  day,  and 
in  speaking  of  the  changes  that  have  taken  place  in  his  native 
town  since  his  first  leaving,  some  years  ago,  told  the  following: 
"On  the  main  street  there  was  a  fellow  who  kept  a  shoe  store. 
He  had  been  a  college  man  and  was  well  educated.  There  was 
another  shoe  store  across  the  street,  run  by  a  very  illiterate  fel- 
low, and  you  can  depend  on  it  they  were  not  very  friendly. 
Well,  when  I  was  over  there  this  time  the  college  man,  probably 
to  gratify  a  whim  or  to  remind  him  of  olden  days,  had  a  sign 
painted,  reading: 

"  'Mens  sibi  conscia  recti.' 

"That's  from  Virgil,  you  know,  and  means,  'A  mind  conscious 
in  itself  of  right.'  And,  by  Jove!  don't  you  know,  the  other  fel- 
low, not  to  be  outdone,  came  out  with  a  sign  twice  as  big  the  next 
day: 

"  <  Men's,  Women's,  and  Children's  sibi  Conscia  recti.'  " 

#  *  » 

There  was  an  amateur  production  of  The  Merchant  of  Venice  in 
the  Western  Addition  some  nights  ago,  in  which  Dick  Hotaling 
was  cast  for  Shylock  and  Mrs.  Edgerton  for  Portia.  Now  Mrs. 
Edgerton  is  tali  and  handsome,  and  six  lustres  have  passed  over 
her  head,  while  Dick  is  young  and  slim,  and  passing  fair.  Tbe 
performance  was  immense.  When  the  towering  Portia  demanded 
of  the  Duke: 

"Which  is  the  merchant  here,  and  which  the  Jew?" 
and  the  Duke  commanded: 

"Shylock,  stand  forth," 
things  looked  as  if  all  that  was  necessary  for  Portia  to  win  her 
case  was  to  simply  fall  on  Shylock  and  crush  him  as  flat  as  a 
griddle  cake.  However,  as  matters  went,  Shylock  did  not  de- 
mand the  mercy  of  the  court,  and  the  affair  went  on  as  amicably 
as  if  Asa  Fisk  were  the  plaintiff  and  flesh  was  down  to  two  and 
a  half  cents  per  pound. 

Tbe  buds,  belles,  and  matrons  of  the  Four  Hundred  are  beam- 
ing with  satisfaction  over  a  recent  acquisition  expressly  intended 
for  their  comfort.  Women  are  like  cats;  when  pleased  they  make 
it  known — not,  it  is  true,  by  a  purr,  but  by  telling  every  other 
woman  of  the  particular  thing  that  she  has  found  which  adds  to 
her  conifoit,  so  that  the  other  woman  may  go  and  enjoy  it  like- 
wise. There  has  always  been  a  plaint  among  the  ladies,  that 
there  was  no  really  comfortable  place  down  town  where,  when 
going  on  that  tour  dear  to  the  feminine  heart,  and  known  as 
"shopping,"  they  could  meet  the  dear  friend  whose  company  was 
desired  on  the  occasion.  Now  they  are  smiling  and  saying, 
"Isn't  it  nice?"  or  "Have  you  been  there?"  "Where?"  "Why, 
to  this  charming  little  room,  with  its  delicate  coloring  of  cream 
and  gold,  its  Colonial  furnishings,  and  above  all  its  delightful  air 
of  withdrawal!"  And  this  is  not  all  its  charm,  for  here,  at  a  per- 
fectly appointed  escritoire,  one  may  write  the  forgotten  note, 
have  the  benefit  of  a  telephone  behind  closed  doors,  and  last,  but 
not  least,  have  a  chance  to  replace  refractory  locks.  And  all  this 
is  an  adjunct  to  a  large  and  airy  apartment  &o  full  of  pretty 
things,  and  so  inviting  in  itself,  with  its  oak  finish  and  Colonial 
columns  and  scrolls,  that  the  feet  loiter  involuntarily  as  the  eye 
is  attracted  to  right  or  left.  Such  delicate  and  dainty  card-cases 
in  pink,  blue,  and  cream,  with  Dresden  and  jeweled  corners, 
and  enamelled  clasps  in  Russian  colors,  a  choice  would  be  diffi- 
cult. Here  are  wedding  books,  bound  in  white,  with  the  Russian 
clasps,  which  seem  to  be  the  latest  fad,  and  containing  the  wed- 
ding service,  and  blank  pages  for  witnesses  and  guests,  all  so 
pretty  that  one  would  be  a  bride  for  the  sake  of  the  books. 
Papeteries  in  light  leather  and  white,  with  rococo  corners,  are 
filled  with  dainty  stationery;  in  fact,  dainty  and  charming  de- 
vices are  to  be  seen  everywhere.  Up-stairs  one  finds  that  sine 
qua  rum,  without  which  cards,  invitations,  and  the  like  would  be 
but  blank  spaces — the  copper-plate  department,  which  is  the 
feature  of  H.  S.  Crocker  Co.'s  new  store,  at  227  Post  street,  be- 
tween Grant  avenue  and  Stockton  street. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


N  1804. 


S.VN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


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A    FEW    HUMBLE    HINTS    TO    CAR    CONDUCTORS. 

[Bt    im     Vbbmoi.1 

OP  course  it  is  great  prttwnpUon  on  the  part  of  the  traveling 
public  to  make  any  criticisms  or  conioit-Dts  upon  the  mtlbodl 
and  aianners  of  the  street  car  conductors.  We  know  that  tbey 
have  a  very  contemptuous  upimon  of  those  whose  fare  they  col- 
lect. Still,  while  conscious  of  the  disability  uuder  which  I  labor, 
I  have  ventured  to  otter  a  few  bumble  bints  toour  masters  of  the 
bell  punch  and  the  recording  gong,  ferhng  bore  that  if  they  be 
followed  the  efficiency  of  the  service  will  thereby  be  greatly  In- 
creased. With  their  gracious  permission  I  will  address  myself 
directly  to  the  lofty  lord  of  tbe  rear  platform. 

itood  sir.  when  you  come  to  a  corner  look  up  at  the  sky.  into 
tbe  car,  down  into  the  slot,  anywhere  but  at  lue  people  standicg 
at  the  crossing.  This  will  mi  k  ■  tht  m  mad.  Of  course  you  un- 
derstand that  next  to  collecting  farts  a  conductor's  duty  and 
privilege  is  to  make  people  road.  If  by  any  chance  your  eye 
should  fall  upon  a  wailing  would  be  passenger  stop  tbe  car  on  the 
other  corner  and  beckon  bim  to  cross  over,  ringing  tbe  bell  tbe 
while  wiih  an  impatient  clang,  especially  if  the  one  desirous  of 
taking  tbe  car  be  some  fat  old  party  wbo  oas  run  until  all  out  of 
breath.  If  you  can  manage  to  say  something  snappy,  such  as, 
**  We  can't  keep  the  car  walling  all  day  for  you,"  by  all  means 
embrace  the  opportunity,  (or  the  person,  being  out  of  breath,  can 
not  answer  you  back. 

Never  let  slip  a  chance  to  say,  »  Take  the  next  car  "  when  the 
people  on  the  corner  seem  very  anxious  to  get  aboard.  This  may 
be  varied  by  pretending  to  stop  the  car,  raising  tbe  band  to  tbe 
bell  rope  and  ihen  sailing  by.  It  will  afford  you  great  satisfac- 
tion to  see  their  varied  expressions,  and  perhaps  yon  may  over- 
hear some  remarks  of  a  personal  nature.  When  giving  out  trans- 
fers contrive  to  ignore  some  extended  hands.  When  asked  for 
a  transfer  on  the  platform  yon  can  easily  say  something  insult- 
ing, such  as,  *■  Wnere  were  your  ears  when  I  was  yelling  niy 
lungs  out  at  you?  "  If  any  one  dares  to  reply  "That's  what 
you're  paid  for,"  take  bactt  tbe  transfer  and  remark,  '-I've  given 
you  one  already,"  and  ring  off  tbe  car. 

Never  make  transfer  connections  if  you  can  help  it;  contrive 
jnst  to  miss  the  connecting  car.  Then  as  you  leave  an  impatient 
group  waiting  for  tbe  next  car  to  come  along,  you  can  stand  on 
the  back  platform  and  laugh  at  their  annoyance.  This  will  be 
sure  to  make  them  mad,  and  you  will  know  that  tbey  are  think- 
ing what  a  nice  man  you  are,  and  how  good  it  is  for  you  that  the 
car  has  carried  you  out  of  their  reach. 

In  giving  out  transfers  remember  to  punch  a  bole  at  the  time 
nearly  expired,  in  tbe  happy  consciousness  that  when  the  paste- 
board is  tendered  by  its  recipient  in  the  next  car  it  will  be  refused 
because  of  "expiration  of  time  punched  in  tbe  margin."  When  re- 
ceiving such  transfers  be  sure  to  make  a  row — put  a  child  or  a 
working  woman  witn  a  big  bundle  off  the  car.  This  will  inspire 
people  with  a  respect  for  your  authority. 

If  one  of  the  transfer  cunnections  break  down,  give  out  trans- 
fers as  usual.  Do  not  tell  passengers  that  the  line  is  not  running. 
You  will  thus  have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  tbey  are 
wildly  exasperated,  that  some  of  them,  being  without  money  for 
extra  car  fare,  have  bad  to  walk,  and  that  others  have  bad  to  en- 
rich the  coffers  of  your  company  by  a  few  more  nickels.  This  is 
a  great  scheme  when  properly  worked. 

In  regard  to  your  conduct  within  your  car,  you  have  a  wide 
field.  Never  look  in  your  car  as  you  approach  a  street  corner — 
some  one  might  wish  to  get  off.  If  any  passenger  so  far  presumes 
as  to  touch  the  bell  strap,  say  something  that  sounds  like  a  bad 
word  and  ring  tbe  bell  sharply  as  a  signal  for  the  gripman  to  go 
ahead.  In  this  way  you  can  often  carry  passengers  blocks  out 
of  their  way. 

Be  sure  to  shove  people  as  they  enter  tbe  car.  You  can  some- 
times Bend  a  fat  old  woman  sprawling,  to  your  own  delight  and  to 
the  amusement  of  the  other  passengers.  Manage  to  step  on 
people's  feet  in  passing  up  and  down  the  aisle.  For  this  exercise 
you  must  select  freshly  polished  shoes  and  patent  leather  tips  to 
be  thoroughly  appreciated.  Contrive  to  catch  in  people's  caneB 
and  parasols.  By  practice  you  can  become  so  expert  as  to  hit 
their  owners  and  their  neighbors  a  good  whack,  and  even  to  break 
a  stick  occasionally.  This  is  great  sport,  both  for  you  and  for 
those  whose  parasols  or  canes  have  not  been  broken. 

Bang  down  bundles,  ring  fares  up  in  as  noisy  and  ostentatious 
a  manner  as  possible.  Take  coins  deftly  and  give  back  a  short 
amount  of  change — such  as  chaoge  for  a  half  instead  of  for  a  dol- 
lar. If  any  fuss  is  made,  say,  "  I  am  a  poor  man,  but  rather  than 
be  accused  of  cheating  I  will  make  you  a  present  of  the  money." 
Then  all  tbe  other  people  will  look  at  yonr  victim  as  if  she  bad 
been  detected  in  a  crime.  If  any  one  threatens  to  take  your 
number,  laugh  all  you  like  unless  he  whips  out  pencil  and  ncte 
book.  Then  you  had  better  back  down  as  gracefully  as  possible. 
You  might  wake  up  the  wrong  passenger.  There  is  always  that 
chance,  you  know. 


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Nov.  24,  1:91. 


tfoney  iq         It  is  worth  noting  by  rich  men  in  this    city,  who, 
Gold        while  ready  to  pose  as  miners  at  the  Mining  Conven- 

Miqing.  tion  and  in  high  places  at  the  annual  "feed,"  but 
who  could  not  be  persuaded  on  any  account  to  put  a  dollar  into 
a  mine  to  help  develop  it,  that  there  ia  money  to  be  made  in  the 
industry — much  more  money  than  they  can  ever  expect  to  make 
in  selling  pots  and  pans,  until  tne  millenium  comes  for  San  Fran- 
riscans,  inaugurated  by  the  opening  of  the  Nicaragua  Canal,  the 
driving  of  the  golden  spike  in  the  last  tie  of  the  San  Joaquin 
"competing"  railroad,  aud  tbe  fulfillment  of  one  of  Sutro's  ante- 
election  promises.  No  one  has  persistently  stayed  with  le- 
gitimate mining  enterprises  without  becoming  wealthy.  There 
are  fifty  men  in  this  city,  whose  names  never  find  their  way  into 
print,  who  could,  if  they  so  desired,  boast  of  a  larger  income  than 
that  which  attaches  to  the  Presidency  of  tbe  United  States.  Take 
the  case  of  the  Virtne  mine,  referred  to  in  a  paragraph  last  week. 
This  lit'.le  property  is  at  present  paying  Mr.  George  W.  Grayson 
on  an  average  $12,000  per  month  clear  of  all  expenses.  Then 
there  is  the  Rawhide  mine  of  Tuolumne,  which  is  adding  mate- 
rially to  the  wealth  of  Messrs.  Martin,  Ballard  and  W.  A.  Nev- 
ills  every  month.  Many  other  cases  of  tbe  same  kind  could  be 
named,  ranging  in  importance  from  tbe  famous  Utica  mine  of 
Calaveras  down  to  the  Pioneer  of  El  Dorado  County,  with  an 
an  average  bullion  output  of  $5000  per  month.  All  successes  in 
mining  have  resulted  from  the  determined  prosecution  of  work  on 
a  claim.  There  is  no  room  for  laggards  at  tbe  bead  and  front  of 
the  profession,  and  the  miserly  man  aDd  niggard  will  find  more 
congenial  work  in  bleeding  unfortunate  debtors,  or  in  patting  np 
jobs  to  rob  the  widow  or  orphans.  Legitimate  mining  is  essen- 
tially an  honest  man's  business,  and  in  cases  of  failure  an  inves- 
tigation will  show  that  roguery  of  some  sort  was  at  the  bottom  of 
the  trouble.  All  successful  mines  of  this  character  are  honestly 
and  economically  managed.  It  is  absolutely  necessary  that  they 
should  be. 

S  $  $ 
The  annual  convention  of  the  California  Miners' 
Association  took  place  during  the  week,  and 
everything  passed  off  very  smoothly.  The  law- 
yers as  usual  held  their  own  bravely,  and  while  it  must  be  ad- 
mitted that  tbe  gentlemen  were  heart  and  soul  interested  in  tbe 
welfare  of  the  miners,  tbey  might  in  many  cases  have  put  their 
propositions  more  briefly.  It  is  hardly  fair  to  criticise  on  occa- 
sions of  the  kind,  especially  where  some  zealous  ally  of  the  min- 
ing classes  has  devoted  hours  of  labor  in  an  effort  to  demonstrate 
how  to  legislate  bad  laws  out  of  existence  and  new  ones  in.  But 
listening  is  dry  work  for  the  non-professional  mind,  which  can 
better  stand  the  arguments  pared  down  to  the  dimensions  of  a 
nutshell.  But  for  all  that  a  great  many  useful  hints  were  picked 
up  at  the  convention,  and  it  is  hoped  that  its  influence  will  be 
borne  out  by  an  impression  on  Congress  which  will  Berve  to  gain 
some  of  the  legislation  bo  badly  needed  in  regard  to  the  issuance 
of  patents,  the  survey  ol  mineral  lands,  and  other  matters. 


Miners 

in 

Convention- 


SENATOR  C.  W.  CROSS  touched  upon  a  subject  which  should 
have  been  more  largely  debated  by  the  convention,  when  he 
pointed  out  in  an  able  address  tbe  profiis  to  be  gained  from  ao  in- 
vestment in  gold  mining.  There  were  a  good  many  persons 
present  who  listened  to  this  speaker  who  may  have  got  a  mo- 
mentary insight  into  what  should  have  been  the  main  branch  of 
discussion  in  tbe  convention  :  How  to  interest  capital  in  the  de- 
velopment of  California  gold  mines?  This  suhjecl,  if  enlarged 
upon,  would  pin  an  audience  of  miners  to  their  seats  when  they 
could  not  be  bribed  to  sit  out  a  lengttjy  dissertation  on  mining 
law.  The  suggestion  made  by  Mr,  Cross,  that 'systematic  and 
persistent  efforts  should  be  made  to  impress  the  capitalists  of 
California  with  the  fact  that  our  gold  deposits  present  an  excel- 
lent field  for  legitimate  investment,"  is  worthy  of  being  carried  out. 
"Why  should  the  poor  mine  owner  and  prospector  in  this  State  be 
forced  to  starve  or  look  elsewhere  for  capital  to  carry  on  his 
work,  with  the  city  of  San  Francisco  full  of  millionaires  of  high 
and  low  degree?  If  tbe  convention  would  only  aim  at  reversing 
this  unseemly  situation,  and  put  the  stamp  of  its  disapproval  on 
Buch  schemes  as  the  attempt  to  float  an  absolutely  worthless 
property  like  the  New  London  on  unsuspecting  strangers,  or  the 
La  Grange  venture  in  PariB,  where  commissions  of  $4,600,000 
have  been  tacked  on  to  a  $250,000  purchase  of  a  very  inferior 
mining  claim,  then  the  State  and  the  mining  community  iu  par- 
ticular would  derive  a  great  benefit. 

$  $  $ 

THE  bankers  and  capitalists  of  the  Pacific  Coast  have  been 
afforded  slim  grace  in  the  matter  of  time  for  subscription  to 
the  new  $50,000,000  loan.  The  list  opened  on  the  13th  and  will 
close  on  the  24th  inst.  Again  we  are  reminded  that  existence 
of  United  States  territory  west  of  the  Rockies  is  barely  recog- 
nized at  Washington. 


Colorado  Frank  H.  Pettengell,  writing  from  Colorado  Springs, 
Mining  says:  "  The  speculative  condition  governing  the  local 
Sqares  mining  stock  market  has  never  been  more  flattering 
than  at  present.  The  Exchange  sales  for  this  week  far  surpass 
anything  before  in  its  history,  aggregating  432  638  shares,  repre- 
senting many  thousands  of  dollars.  This  amount  exceeds  that  of 
any  preceding  week  in  the  life  of  this  institution.  The  indica- 
tions from  every  standpoint  are  that  the  value  of  transactions 
will  steadily  increase  almost  indefinitely.  It  is  practically  cer- 
tain that  we  will  not  experience  a  reaction  similar  to  tbat  which 
has  recently  taken  place  in  the  industrials  on  East-rn  exchange*. 
Those  closely  interested  are  daily  in  receipt  of  numerous  outbide 
buying  instructions,  accompanied  by  various  inquiries  from  every 
part  of  the  country.  This,  assisted  by  the  local  dealings,  is  hav- 
ing a  favorable  ttfect  upon  everything.  The  present  prosperous 
state  of  affairs  was  generally  anticipated,  and  many  were  await- 
ing the  result  of  the  recent  election  for  an  opportunity  to  realize 
advantageously  upon  their  holdings  ;  none  are  disappointed  in 
their  hopes.  In  my  opinion  the  present  activity  is  in  its  infancy, 
and  it  is  a  distinctly  bull  market  growiog  in  strength,  and  bids 
fair  to  eclipse  anything  in  the  mining  market  for  many 
months.  Regardless  of  tbe  bullish  outlook  apparent  through- 
out tbe  entire  list,  Portland  has  steadily  declined  in  face  of  every 
other  remarkable  advance.  This  is  purely  exceptional,  and  I  am 
indirectly  informed  that  the  property  does  not  warrant  this  de- 
cline, as  it  is  undoubtedly  producing  as  well  as  could  be  expected 
under  the  circumstances.  There  are  numerous  buying  orders  in 
face  of  the  many  offerings.  What  the  outcome  will  be  of  what  cir- 
cumstances would  indicate,  a  factional  misunderstanding,  is 
anxiously  awaited  with  keen  interest." 
$   $   $ 

A  Very  No  person  would  credit  a  statement  that  the  wool 

Strange  had  been  successfully  pulled  over  the  eyes  of  that 
Undertakiqg,  venerable  Bcheme  promotor,  Harpending,  any 
more  than  they  would  believe  a  report  that  this  astute  individual 
had  suddenly  taken  leave  of  his  senses.  It  is  for  this  very  reason 
ali  the  more  difficult  to  explain  his  peculiar  purchase  of  the  New 
London  mine,  which  has  just  been  launched  upon  old  London, 
under  an  alias  as  the  Lucille.  As  the  New  London  the  mine  was 
a  horrible  failure.  It  nearly  bankrupted  Martin  and  Ballard,  who 
spent  over  $800,000  before  they  threw  up  the  sponge  in  disgust, 
and  moved  off  the  valuable  plant  they  had  erected  to  another 
mine,  the  Rawhide,  in  the  working  of  which  they  have  since  re- 
trieved all  their  losses.  These  men  have  run  miles  of  drifts,  and 
honeycombed  this  mine  from  the  surface  to  a  depth  of  800  feet, 
and  never  found  ore  which  wou.d  pay  to  work.  What  Harpending 
intends  to  do  with  this  scooped  out  deadfall,  no  one  here  can  un- 
derstand, unless  he  is  catering  to  some  wnolesale  delivery  from 
the  lunatic  asylums  of  Greut  Britain.  It  would  be  in  conformity 
with  tbe  custom  prevailing  in  London,  however,  if  this  scheme 
panned  out  and  the  shares  of  the  Martin  &  Ballard  cast  off  were 
floated  at  a  premium.  It  would  ba  another  historical  exemplifica- 
tion of  the  irony  of  fate.  Some  years  ago  Londoners  refused  the 
Rawhide  mine  for  $150,000,  just  previous  to  its  purchase  by  Mar- 
tin and  Ballard.  It  is  now  valued  in  the  millions.  Mr.  Harpend- 
iDg  paid  something  like  a  million  for  the  New  London,  or  rather 
the  '-Lucille,"  as  he  calls  it,  which  could  not  be  sold  here  to  any 
sane  person  for  $20,  if  they  had  to  pay  the  taxes. 

%  %  % 

Comstook  The  mining  market  on  Pine  street  is  dull  and 
Mining  weak  just  at  present,  with  no  earthly  reason  to  as- 
Shares.  &igo  for  this  condition.  The  mines  are  looking  well, 
producing  money  freely  in  many  cases,  and  yet  the  information 
only  serves  to  lower  the  value  of  the  shares.  It  is  a  deplorable 
state  of  affairs,  but  there  seems  to  be  nothing  else  to  do  hut  to 
wait  until  some  change  for  the  better  comes  along.  With  prices 
in  this  position  of  fixed  repose,  it  is  impossible  for  traders  to 
make  money  on  either  side  of  the  market.  The  following  assess- 
ments were  levied  during  the  week  :  Mono  15  cents,  Silver  Hill 
5  cents,  and  Union  20  cents. 

$  $  $ 
Eastern  The  New  York  Stock  Market  has  been  quite  active 

Stock        during  the  past  week.     Prices  have  softened  consid- 

Markets,  erably  as  compared  with  those  of  last  week.  The 
most  activity  has  been  in  the  Grangers  and  Industrials.  In  tbe 
former  fluctuations  were  wide,  C.  B.  and  Q  absorbing  the  greater 
attention  on  account  of  rumors  set  afloat  to  the  effect  that  the 
quarterly  dividend  due  this  week  would  show  a  reduction. 
Brokers  were  very  nervous,  and  had  the  regular  dividend  of  14; 
per  cent  been  declared,  the  bull  crowd  stood  ready  to  boom  the 
price,  while  on  any  reduction  the  bears  were  loaded.  The  Btreet 
was  badly  whipsawed  recently  on  account  of  some  one  sending 
out  news  with  ticker  from  Boston  tbat  the  directors  had  declared 
the  regular  dividend.  This  gave  the  stock  a  qnick  advance  of  1 J 
per  cent.  This  report  was  soon  denied  and  the  truth  given  out 
that  instead  of  declaring  the  regular  1^-per  cent,  dividend,  one 
per  cent,  was  declared.  This  set  the  Stock  Exchange  ardor  on 
tire,  and  a  break  in  Burlington  of  four  per  cent,  was  soon  made, 
not,  however,  until  every  one  was  long  on  Burlington.  Someone 
had  played  the  brokers  on  a  long  shot  and  won  by  a  nose. 


N        24.  18M. 


BAN   F I t  A  \  i '  I  SCO  X  K  \VS  I .  ETT  ER. 


13 


"Hear  the  Crier"      "  What  the  devil  art  thou?' 
"Oue  that  till  pIit  the  devil,  sir.  with  you." 


SOME  time  ago  we  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  con- 
ductors and  gripmen  on  a  certain  cable  line  were  not  as  polite 
as  they  might  be,  and  also  that  they  appeared  lo  run  the  cars  on 
a  schedule  formed  by  tbero  to  suit  tbell  own  convenience.  We 
also  suggested  that  measures  be  taken  to  remedy  this  state  of 
affairs.  We  now  beg  to  suggest,  further  (this  time  in  tbe  interest 
of  the  conductor  and  the  gtipman  .  that  perhaps  tbe  most  feasible 
raetbod  of  accomplishing  Ibe  desirtd  end.  not  only  on  ibat  road, 
but  on  others,  is  to  make  the  lives  of  these  men  a  little  more  bear- 
able by  not  compelling  them  to  be  on  their  feet  twelve  or  fourteen 
hours  out  of  tbe  twenty  four.  We  presume  that  this  suggestion 
will  be  met  by  tbe  old  areument  that  it  does  not  look  well  to  per- 
mit the  conductor  and  gripuian  to  gratily  any  foolish  whims 
about  resting  their  aching  legs  and  feet,  aud  particularly  tbat  it 
is  imperatively  necessary  for  the  gripman  to  maintain  for  honrs 
(be  pose  of  a  marble  statue  in  order  to  avert  danger  to  life  and 
limb.  Several  of  our  worthy  citizens  and  their  families  live  on 
Sutter  and  t'nion  streets,  and  they  believe  life  and  limb  to  be 
worth  as  mucb  as  on  any  other  street  traversed  by  a  cable  line, 
yet  on  those  particular  lines  the  gripmen  are  allowed  to  use,  for 
the  purpose  of  a  seat,  a  broad  leatoer  strap  permanently  attached 
to  one  side  of  the  dummy,  and  easily  fastened  to  the  other  as 
occasion  requires.  Gentle  managers,  owners,  and  stockholders  of 
the  cable  companies,  practice  standing  on  your  feet  for  twelve  or 
fourteen  hours  a  day  and  see  how  you  like  it.  We  prophesy  that 
you  will  yearn  (or  a  change. 

MR.  LEEDS  is  a  man  of  incomparable  resources  and  grotesque 
ideas.  The  spectacle  of  a  mule  freight  train  traversing  the 
San  Joaquin  Valley  and  climbing  the  hills  from  Fresno  to  San 
Francisco  as  a  competing  line  of  transportation  is  one  way  of 
aaising  tbe  wind,  and  has  more  of  practicability  about  it  than  any 
of  his  efforts  heretofore.  In  the  "eternal  fitness  of  things"  this 
caravan  is  incomplete  without  the  Manager  of  the  Traffic  Asso- 
ciation on  the  box,  with  lines  and  whip  in  hand,  driving  the 
mules.  Heretofore  be  has  not  made  his  mark  as  a  man  of  rapidity, 
and  a  mule  team  is  about  his  size.  It  beats  tbe  "competing  line" 
of  railroad  all  to  smash,  because  it  has  the  virtue  of  "getting 
there"  somehow  and  sometime.  This  is  probably  one  of  the  inci- 
dents in  the  programme  of  that  expert  moulder  of  public  opinion 
in  opposition  to  the  Southern  Pacific  monopoly,  which  has  been 
charged  with  exacting  such  a  heavy  toll  from  the  producers  of 
Fresno,  Tulare,  and  Kern  counties. 

IT  is  quite  unnecessary  to  become  lachrymose  with  sympathy 
for  Ethel  Farley,  the  girl  who  was  suspended  from  school,  ran 
away,  scared  her  parents,  startled  tbe  town,  and  generally  created 
a  heart-of-a-dlme-novel  sensation.  The  best  evidence  introduced 
in  the  case  leads  to  the  conclusion  that  the  girl  was  justly  sus- 
pended, and  that  the  wrong  done  to  her  was  first  committed  some 
years  ago  when  she  began  to  fill  herself  with  literature  of  a  red 
and  lurid  kind.  There  is  a  melodramatic  air  about  the  whole  affair 
which  irresistibly  suggests  the  class  of  books  that  groan  under 
such  titles  as  Rebecca's  Red  Revenge,  or  the  Relentless  Rover's  Rheumatic 
Remorse,  or  something  of  that  sort.  It  i«  too  late  to  spank  Ethel, 
and  she  would  probably  blow  out  the  gas  if  it  were  done;  but  for 
her  own  good  some  drastic  measure  should  be  adopted  to  keep 
her  out  of    the  literary  field  in  which  she  has  heretofore  browsed. 

MORRI8  GOLDBERG  is  to  be  congratulated.  He  is  dead,  and 
has  thus  escaped  the  more  terrible  fate  of  being  confronted 
with  his  physician's  bill  for  assisting  nature  to  shuffle  off  his 
mortal  coil.  That  ordeal  is  left  for  his  executors.  Within  the 
space  of  five  weeks  the  industrious  doctor  managed  to  place  his 
patient  under  financial  obligations  to  him,  for  services  rendered, 
to  the  amount  of  $9,200.  But  tbe  ghost  of  tbe  deceased  capitalist 
will  have  sweet  revenge.  The  doctor,  with  a  blind  fatuity,  has 
sued  to  recover  the  money,  and  every  dollar  of  it  will  eventually 
find  its  way  into  the  pockets  of  the  lawyers. 

ONE  of  the  most  deplorable  revelations  in  connection  with  the 
election  is  that  there  was  cheating  done  in  several  of  the  San 
Francisco  precincts,  and  Colonel  Daniel  M.  Burns  did  not  bear  of 
it  until  tbe  next  day.  Oh  I  the  rottenness  of  the  Democratic 
party!  While  Colonel  Burns  cannot  expect  lo  seat  Mr.  Estee,  he 
at  least  should  make  every  effort  compatible  with  outraged  honor 
and  insulted  patriotism  to  ascertain  how  it  was  tbat  tbe  Demo- 
crats succeeded  in  running  in  blocks  of  votes  that  he  himself  had 
honestly  bargained  for. 

GOVERNOR  MARKHAM  made  one  of  his  usual  felicitious 
speeches  before  tue  Miners' Convention,  and  was  greeted  with 
'•rounds  of  applause."  .He  was  a  miner  himself  at  one  time,  and 
bad  a  partner  to  whom  he  wrote  letters,  one  of  which  cost  the 
Republican  State  Central  Committee  $1000.  It  is  remarkable, 
however,  tbat  be  was  so  gnarded  in  his  speech  that  he  failed  to 
express  his  disgust  of  the  "damirish." 


ADKPBATED  candidate  on  the  Stale  ticket,  who  bad  just  tiled 
bis  expense  account  on  Tuesday  morning,  happencJ  to  see 
the  amount  which  bis  successful  rival  had  given  in.  He  was  not 
a  little  astonished  at  the  modest  outlay  that  the  figures  repre- 
sented, and  drawing  from  his  pocket  a  small  book,  lie  cast  up 
some  figures  which  he  had  jotted  down  as  the  result  of  a  liitte  de- 
tective work  he  bad  done  for  personal  gratification,  and  alter 
drawing  a  long  breath,  in  the  nature  of  a  sigh,  he  remarked . ■ 
*■  Here  is  $460  that,  in  the  language  of  Rip  Van  Winkle,  don't 
count,  and  here  is  $100  for  champagne  to  work  the  saloons  of  this 
city,  that  don't  count.  The  $57ti  recorded  must  have  been  for  in- 
cidentals. It  takes  the  cake  for  either  rank  perjury  or  shifting 
responsibility.  I  have  made  up  my  mind  that  if  ever  I  run  for 
Office  again  with  that  law  in  front  of  me,  I  will  take  to  the  road." 
The  trouble  is,  he  acted  on  the  presumption  that  tbe  law  was  in- 
tended to  be  observed,  and  he  was  defeated. 

THE  woman  who  shot  her  husband  on  Tuesday  last  has  been 
desenbed  as  one  wbo  was  always  neatly  dressed,  and  who 
had  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  best  of  cooks  and  house- 
keepers. The  man  had  been  twice  married  before,  and  bad  the 
reputation  of  abusing  his  former  wives.  He  had  practiced  the 
same  tactics  on  her.  She  is  said  to  have  fallen  into  tbe  habit  of 
getting  drunk  occasionally,  which  would  be  but  natural  from 
such  association  as  the  brute  would  provide,  as  nothing  but  a 
brute  will  lift  his  hand  against  a  woman,  much  less  his  wife. 
These  reports,  if  corroborated  by  evidence,  should  give  that 
woman  her  freedom  and  a  banquet,  for  self-defense  is  the  first 
law  of  nature,  and  a  woman,  whether  wife  or  stranger,  has  the 
same  right  to  take  advantage  of  tbe  law  of  self-defense  as  a  man 
when  driven  to  the  wa.'I  and  to  disperaiion,  as  she  no  doubt  was. 

WE  are  getting  along  nicely  in  the  way  of  placing  citizens  of 
the  United  States  upon  an  equal  footing  by  the  construction 
of  statutes.  A  few  days  ago  a  case  of  selling  liquor  to  Indians 
who  have  the  right  to  vote  was  tried  before  Judge  Edgerton,  of  the 
United  States  Court  at  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  and  the  defendant  was 
discharged.  The  court  held  that  the  act  of  selling  liquor  to  them 
was  no  more  a  violation  of  the  United  States  statutes  than  the 
act  of  selling  liquor  to  a  white  citizen  would  be.  This  is  good 
logic,  but  it  is  rather  odd  that  the  right  to  drink  whisky  depends 
upon  the  right  to  vote.  If  the  right  tu  drink  whisky  conferred 
the  right  to  vote  there  would  be  no  need  of  strikirjg  tbe  word 
"male"  from  the  Constitution.  The  women  would  be  strictly  in 
the  Bwirn,  for  they  have  that  right. 

THE  Wheatland  Four  Corners  is  dumbfounded,  amazed,  bewild- 
ered at  the  defeat  of  Morris  M.  Estee,  who,  it  says,  repre- 
sented tbe  culture  and  intelligence  of  the  communities  in  all 
parts  of  the  State.  That  editor  has  not  been  very  far  away  from 
home,  or  else  he  has  been  awfully  lonesome  in  the  crowds  in 
which  he  has  mingled.  It  is  painful  to  imagine,  at  this  day  and 
age,  a  man  performing  even  the  smallest  part  in  moulding  public 
opinion,  thinking  that  "culture  and  intelligence  "  cut  any  figure 
in  the  election  of  men  to  office.  There  seema  to  be  a  joint  loose 
in  his  distillery  of  ideas  tbat  needs  repairing,  and  yet  his  sen- 
tences are  well  rounded,  his  diction  is  beautiful,  his  expression  is 
earnest,  but  what  is  all  this  worth  in  the  absence  of  sound  logic  ? 

NEXT  to  sickness,  a  crushing  political  defeat  ages  an  old  man 
most,  while  it  gives  the  younger  a  temporary  Bet-back  by 
taking  tbe  conceit  out  of  tbem.  By  a  crushing  defeat  we  mean 
such  a  one  as  visited  Hon.  M.  M.  Estee,  who  was  singled  out  as 
a  victim  among  all  his  associates  except  one  on  the  State  ticket. 
It  was  not  a  protest  against  bis  ability,  bis  honesty  as  a  man,  or 
his  integrity.  No  one  can  impugn  his  possession  of  these  virtues. 
It  goes  hard  with  the  old  man  of  many  battles,  and  to  an  ob- 
server he  seems  weary,  his  face  honest  as  an  affidavit,  and  his 
words  as  carefully  spoken  as  though  he  were  presenting  an  appli- 
cation for  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 

(t]WMNAGER"  Leeds— he  of  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  Railroad 
JLYJL  on  Paper — is  eyeing  that  ten-mule  team  from  Fresno  with 
exultant  interest.  In  lieu  of  anything  better,  it  offers  a  future 
field  for  the  exercise  of  his  peculiar  abilities.  If  he  cannot  run  a 
railroad,  be  at  least  can  run  a  prairie  schooner,  and  as  a  mule- 
driver  he  would  still  have  the  satisfaction  of  being  engaged  in 
thoroughly  congenial  employment. 

NOW  if  the  court  will  give  Fitzsimmons  a  star  engagement  at 
the  New  York  State  Prison,  the  public  will  endeavor  to  sup- 
press Us  grief  for  the  loss  of  Con  Kiordan.  Fitzsimmons,  bow- 
ever,  is  entitled  to  credit  for  having  set  a  worthy  example.  The 
trouble  with  bruising  matches  heretofore  has  been  that  the  bruis- 
ers did  not  hit  hard  enough. 

THE  fire  which  destroyed  the  lares  et  penates  of  the  Press  Club 
(including  the  bar  checks  of  the  members)  has  probably  bad 
tbe  effect  of  wiping  out  many  old  scores,  as  the  pass-word  among 
the  members  at  present  is,  "Well,  will  you  matriculate?"  That, 
as  all  college  men  understand,  means  a  start  de  novo. 

MISS  MARION  V.  NOLAN,  the  young  woman  who  is  so  gifted 
as  to  bust  and  legs  tbat  she  was  chosen  as  the  model  in  the 
California  Venus  contest,  is  about  to  go  on  the  stage.  A  bright 
future  seems  assured  to  a  woman  whose  physical  genius  leaves 
nothing  to  be  desired  by  the  public  and  her  tights. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  24,  1894. 


IT  ib  a  subject  of  com  moo  remark  among  oa-lookers  of  the  swim, 
the  spirit,  of  unconventionality  which  pervades  the  manners  (?) 
of  the  young  men  who  pose  as  the  beaux  of  the  period.  Any  one 
who  witnessed  the  following  scene  will  confess  that  the  remarks 
are  not  uncalled  for.  It  was  at  a  fashionable  "function  "  that  a 
pretty  bud  having  expressed  a  desire  for  the  acquaintance  of  a 
well  known  young  man,  he  was  brought  up  and  introduced.  The 
young  man,  who  bad  bis  hands  in  his  pockets,  glanced  from  un- 
der bis  bang  and  eaid :  "I'll  dance  a  waltz  with  you  presently 
when  I'm  disengaged,"  and  walked  off. 

*  #  * 

Certainly  the  times  warrant  a  new  society  organization  to  be 
styled  "for  the  prevention  of  wall  flowtrs,"  the  members  of  which 
should  pledge  themselves  to  see  to  it  that  each  one  furnish  one  or 
more  available  men  for  the  bops  and  teas  so  prevalent  this  year, 
and  which  are  so  deplorably  lacking  in  male  material.  Surely  it 
entuls  sad  reflections  to  see  young  women  ranging  from  twenty- 
four  to  thirty-four  years  of  age,  many  of  them  possessing  the  ex- 
perience gained  by  several  seasons  in  society,  forced  to  play  the 
agreeable  to  youths  of  from  eighteen  to  twenty-two.  And  what 
a  sight  it  is  to  behold  the  complaisant  air  of  these  beardless  boys 
as  they  lean  against  doorpost  or  wall,  receiving  the  homage  the 
girls  and  women  offer  them! 

*  «   » 

Oakland  is  fast  coming  to  the  front  as  the  banner  city  for  social 
scandal.  A  recent  case  develops  the  fact  that  late  marriages  are 
deemed  as  honorable  as  those  celebrated  before  the  duties  of  fam- 
ily life  commence. 

■*  *  * 

The   prettiest  girl    at    the   Clarke- Wright   wedding    was    Miss 
Upson,  of  8acramento,  who  in  her  school    days  in  SaD  Francisco 
was  looked  upon  as  the  belle  of  the  Lake  school. 
■#  ■#  * 

Our  pretty  belles  are  in  a  flutter  of  excitement  over  the  intelli- 
gence that  General  Ruger's  successor,  General  Forsytbe,  is  a  wid- 
ower, and  therefore  eligible  for  conquest.  They  will  no  doubt 
prepare  to  be  especially  captivating  to  the  gallant  son  of  Mars,  for 
the  conquest  of  a  real  man  is  not  an  every  day  possibility  in  the 
swim  these  times,  and  a  beau  of  distinction,  good  looks,  and  years 
is  a  novel  addition  to  society's  ranks. 

*  *  * 

Claude  Terry  Hamilton  was  so  devoted  to  the  charming  Miss 
Fanny  at  the  baseball  game  that  gossip  has  burst  out  anew,  and 
surely  it  would  be  a  most  delightful  match,  say  the  numerous 
friends  of  both  parties. 

A  question  propounded  by  a  season's  bud  at  Miss  Cora  Smed- 
burg's  tea  was:  "  When  girls  of  many  seasons'  experience  are 
•  getting  on,'  why  do  they  drop  the  diminutive  Nellie  and  adopt 
the    more   formidable   Eleanor?     Kitty    becomes  Catherine  and 

Betty  becomes  Elizabeth." 

*  *  » 

A  hint  to  bicycle  riders  may  not  be  amiss,  and  is  certainly  not 
uncalled  for.  It  is  for  a  lady  to  see  to  it  that  her  undergarments 
are  scrupulously  neat  before  mountiag  the  wheel.  Buttons  off 
boots  or  pins  in  skirts  are  sure  to  appear  in  evidence,  and  may 
turn  the  scale  of  a  man's  wavering  purpose  in  the  momentous 
question. 

Miss  Ida  Gibbons,  Miss  Belle  McKenna,  and  Miss  May  Belle 
Gwin  aeem  destined  to  be  the  beauties  of  the  winter  season.  Each 
is  lovely  in  a  different  style.  The  classic  features,  exquisite  skin, 
and  soft  manners  of  Miss  Gibbons  are  her  distinguishing  traits. 
Miss  McKenna's  clear-cut,  intellectual  face  beams  with  the  bright 
intelligence  within;  while  the  petite,  dark-eyed  beauty,  Miss 
Gwin,  exerts  a  fascination  all  her  own. 

An  Eastern  letter  says  that  one  of  the  most  fetching  figures  for 
the  winter's  cotillion  in  the  swagger  set  is  a  man  seated  on  a  chair, 
with  a  background  of  belles  who  chant  the  old-time  refrain  of  a 
Scotch  song,  "  Oh,  whistle,  an'  I'll  come  to  ye,  my  lad!  "  The 
man  whistles;  a  wild  rush  of  girls  ensues;  he  cbooses  one  and 
whirls  off  in  a  waltz;  the  rejected  maidens  choose  partners  from 
the  sides  and  also  dance.  Any  one  familiar  with  society  will  at 
once  see  the  peculiar  fitness  of  this  figure  to  the  style  of  the  day, 
and  not  be  astonished  at  its  great  success. 

It  is  curious  to  observe  that  the  effect  which  our  immensely 
wealthy  members  of  the  swim  have  upon  other  members  of  the 
same  charmed  circle  who  are  not  so  rich  is  not  unlike  that  pro- 
duced years  ago  by  the  sind  lot  on  capital,  t.  e.,  it  is  encouraging 

For  engagement,  wedding,  and  birthday  presents  do  not  fail  to  visit 
8.  A  G.  Gump's,  113  Geary  street. 


an  Eastern  hegira.  Should  rumor  speak  by  the  eard  it  is  among 
the  possibilities  of  the  future  that  we  are  to  lose  the  hospitable 
widow  of  an  ex-judge  whose  wealth  was  sufficient  to  place  ber  at 
the  apex  of  our  moneyed  aristocracy  a  decade  or  so  ago.  But  the 
appearance  in  society  of  the  millionaire  heiresses  of  a  mining 
man,  and  the  frequent  cases  of  great  wealth  on  all  sides  of  the 
swim,  have  had  a  rather  dampening  result  upon  the  brilliancy  of 
the  jurist's  family.  So  we  are  told  they  will  hie  them  to  their 
native  heath,  and  leave  scores  of  lamenting  friends  behind. 

Horace  Piatt  seems  'o  be  giving  the  youthful  widower  a  close 
shave  in  the  run  for  the  Colusa  man's  daughter.  Although  Hugh 
held  a  winning  hand  (metaphorically,  of  course)  at  the  ball  game 
some  weeks  ago,  Horace  was  in  tbe  lead  at  last  week's  match 
game  and  the  charming  young  lady  was  all  smiles. 

It  is  said  that  one  of  the  most  effective  features  of  the  coming 
Horse  Show  will  be  a  squad  of  mounted  beauties — in  other  words, 
a  bevy  of  pretty  girls  on  horseback.  Talbot  Clifton  was  asked  to 
teach  the  girls  how  to  sit  square  in  the  saddle  and  have  a  firm,  yet 
light,  band;  but  it  is  said  that  he  replied  that  California  women 
understood  the  art  of  sitting  better  than  any  of  his  experience. 
Can  it  be  that  the  magnificent  Clifton  has  been  the  victim  and  been 
sat  upon  severely? 

One  of  the  on  dits  of  the  day  couples  tbe  names  of  Harry  Hol- 
brooke and  tbe  genial  dentist's  eldest  daughter  in  a  matrimonial 
engagement  announcement  for  the  near  future. 

(t  YOUNGman,"  said  the  prosperous  old  gentleman  who  had 
I  sold  pork,  "  you  say  you  hain't  had  a  square  meal  for  a 
week?  "  "  I  have  not,  sir."  "And  you  have  seen  better  days?  " 
((  I  have."  "  Used  to  move  in  good  society?  "  "Yes,  sir." 
"  Then  come  along  with  me  to  a  first  clas^  eatin1  house  and  I'll 
pay  fur  some  quail  on  toast.  I  want  to  learn  tbe  correct  way  to 
eat  the  blamed  fish."  —Chicago  Tribune. 

Johann  Strauss,  who  has  just  celebrated  his  Jubilee  in  Vienna,  at 
the  age  of  seventy,  has  a  remarKable  physique.  He  is  up  at  half-past 
five  every  morning,  and,  after  a  pint  of  Mint  &  Chandon  Champagne 
and  a  dash  of  Bitters,  he  walks  for  an  hour  before  taking  breakfast. — 
N.  Y.  Herald. 


Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

Fob  nearly  fifty  yea-s  Ayer's  Sartaparilla  has  led  the  van  of  blood  medi- 
cines. 

BOKER'S  BITTERS 


Contain  Valu  ble  Medicinal  Properties 
in  all  c:ses  of  Affection  of  the  Digestive 
Organs,  prevent  Cholera,  and  have  in- 
variably proved  a  Sure  Specific  against 

Dyspepsia,    Ma'arial    Fevers,    Summer 

These  bitters  have  been    Complaints,  elc. 

renowned  since  182S,  aud  r  

no     family    should     be 

without  them.  M    _         _        ..   ,  PJ.  ^    ,  . 

A  fine  Cordial  if  taken  pure,  unequal- 

ed  for  mixing  w'.th  other  Cordials,  etc 


CHARLES  MEINEGKE  &  CO., 

AGENTS,  314  Sacramento  St. 

ZISKA  INSTITUTE, 

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SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS.    French.  German,  and  English  Day  and  Boarding 
School.    Rleganthome.    Sest  educational  advantages. 
Next  term  commences  August  1, 1894. 

nn,:.  B    ZISKA,  A.M.,  Principal. 

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Boarding  and  Day  School  for    Young   Ladies  and 
Children.    Next  term  opens  August  6th . 


N   .        1,1894. 


S  \\    FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


15 


OK  the  many  publication?  which  come  to  us  there  is  none  which 
merits  more  commendation,  for  its  excellent  typographical 
appearance,  bich-class  illustrations  and  interesting  reading,  than 
Campbett't  Illustrated  Monthly.  This  magazine  tills  a  vacancy  in 
Chicago,  as  heretofore  that  city  has  not  furnished  us  a  publication 
derottd  to  a  high  class  form  of  illustrations.  The  current  number 
is  a  galaxy  of  rich  illustrations.  There  is  a  frontispiece  of  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes,  and  a  portrait  of  the  late  Prof.  Swing,  with 
sketches  of  both  these  men.  Many  of  the  most  gorgeous  paint- 
ings of  Europe,  worth  fabulous  amounts,  are  reproduced  in  the 
finest  copperplate  engravings,  among  them  being  "Autumn," 
<•  Winter,"  ■•  Waiting  for  His  Sbaie,"  •«  Perfectly  at  Home," 
••  Evening  Hours,"  ■•  Cupid  Leading  the  Choir,"  "  A  Reading 
from  Homer,"  "The  Favored  Swain,"  "The  Prize  Jerseys," 
••Ready  For  the  Hunt."  "My  Mother-in-Law  ";  also  leadiDg 
articles  on  the  Chicago  University,  all  the  buildings  and  grounds 
being  illustrated,  together  with  a  description  and  group  of  illus- 
trations of  the  ■*  House  of  Pansa  at  Pompeii."  Many  more  rich 
illustrations  are  to  be  found  in  the  Home  Department,  Agriculture 
Department,  Art  Department,  etc.  This  is  beyond  question  one 
of  the  richest  illustrated  magazines  published,  and,  as  an  educator 
in  the  higher  realms  of  art,  science,  and  literature,  it  should  be 
found  on  every  family  table. 

Walter  Blackburn  Harte's  volume  of  social  and  literary 
papers,  Meditations  in  Motley:  A  Bundle  of  Papers  Imbued 
with  the  Sobriety  of  Midnight,  is  one  of  the  season's  books  which 
literary  folks  are  discussing.  Its  dedication  is  fantastic  and  curious. 
It  runs:  "  I  commend  this  little  book  to  the  Devil  and  Dame  Chance, 
the  two  most  potent  deities  in  literary  fortunes,  as  in  all  other  sub- 
lunary dispensations."  The  book  is  published  by  the  Arena  Publish- 
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The  current  number  of  The  Forum  Library  contains  twelve  in- 
structive autobiographical  articles  by  W.  E.  H.  Lecky,  the  his- 
torian, Frederic  Harrison,  Archdeacon  Farrar,  Prof.  John  Tyn- 
dall,  Edward  A.  Freeman,  Georg  Ebers,  Edward  Everett  Hale, 
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Prof.  B.  L.  Gildersleeve,  and  President  Timothy  Dwight  (25  cents 
a  copy). 


The  Student  is  the  title  of  a  handsomely  printed  monthly  maga- 
zine which  Miss  Alice  Friedlander  has  just  started  in  this  city.  It 
is  educatk  nal,  not  in  ihe  technical  sense,  but  in  the  popular 
one,  being  interesting  to  general  readers  as  well  as  to  students  of 
students.  Its  accomplished  editor  is  amply  able  to  sustain  the 
high  character  of  the  initial  number. 

W.  R.  Gray,  of  Lombard  Court,  London,  has  issued  a  pros- 
pectus announcing  a  reply  to  Dr.  Garner's  Speech  of  Monkeys.  It 
will  be  an  attempt  to  refute  the  Darwinian  theory  that  human 
language  ascended  from  animal  sounds  or  was  developed  by  the 
evolution  of  man  from  a  lower  form  of  life.  The  name  of  the 
author  is  not  announced. 

For  the  first  time  in  his  literary  career  Jerome  K.  Jerome  is 
about  to  write  directly  for  an  American  audience.  This  work 
consists  of  a  series  of  papers  similar  in  vein  to  his  "Idle  Thoughts 
of  an  Idle  Fellow,"  but  addressed  to  American  girls  and  women. 
The  articles  will  begin  shortly  in  The  Ladies'  Borne  Journal, 
which  periodical  will  print  the  entire  series. 

The  Arena  Publishing  Company,  New  York,  announces  that  on 
December  1st  it  will  issue  a  book  by  Adeline  Knapp,  a  talented 
writer  of  this  city,  entitled  One  Thousand  Dollars  a  Day .  It  is  to 
be  a  collection  of  short  stories  touching  upon  various  economic 
problems  of  to  day. 

"The  Death  of  the  Czar  and  the  Peace  of  Europe"  is  the  title  of 
a  very  striking  review,  which  will  appear  in  the  December  Forum, 
of  the  whole  military  situation  in  the  Old  World  by  Col.  Theodore 
A.  Dodge,  onr  foremost  military  writer,  who  is  now  in  Europe. 

When  his  present  American  visit  is  concluded,  Conan  Doyle 
will  write  an  article  for  The  Ladies'  Home  Journal  on  American 
women,  telling  "How  Your  Women  Impressed  Me." 

Bret  Harte  is  writing  a  story  of  American  life  and  incident  for 
The  Ladies'  Home  Journal. 


Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.  are  agent3  for  Windsor  &  Newton,  London, 
makers  of  the  best  artists'  materials  in  the  world.  Our  new  panels 
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A  grand  exhibition  of  the  best  horses 
on  the  coast.  Among  the  noted 
horses  will  be:  The  great  SALVA- 
TOR,  TEN  NY.  SIR  MOD  RED, 
and  ISLINGTON  --full  brother  to 
Islington,  the  greatest  horse  to-day 
in  all  England--the  champion  trotting 
stallion  DIRECTUM,  FLYING  JIB, 
and  many  other  notable  celebrities 
of  the  American  turf. 

f\t)  Entir?  CJpang?  of  proijrann?  Daily. 

An  Exhibition  of  Driving,   Four-in- 

Hands,    Tandems,    etc.      Riding  and 

Jumping.      Fine  draught  horse  and 

pony  exhibits, 

Cassassa's    Band    will   play    special 

selections.      Morning  and  afternoon 

will   be  favorable    times   for   seeing 

the  great  display. 

Reserved   Seats  will  be  on  sale  at 

H.  S.  CROCKER  CO.'S  new  store, 

Post  Street. 

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SUGGESTIONS 
ON   GOVERNMENT, 

BY  S.  E.  MOFFETT. 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Nov.  24, 1894 . 


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SKIRTS  are  cut  more  on  the  bias,  that  is,  they  are  so  wide 
around  the  bottom  and  so  clinging  around  the  hips  that  if  ^ou 
lay  them  out  on  the  floor  you  would  have  an  immense  circle,  whose 
circumference  is  the  edge  of  the  skirt,  and  whose  center  is  the  part 
that  spans  the  hips.  Some  dressmakers  join  the  back  widths  on  the 
bias,  and  with  them  make  three  flat  pleats  which  give  extra  width  to 
the  skirt,  and  line  almost  the  whole  skirt  with  sackcloth,  which  is 
nearly  as  stiff  as  buckram.  It  is  then  impossible  to  lift  one's  skirt  in 
the  street.  Still,  skirts  must  be  sustained  and  look  wide  in  propor- 
tion to  the  present  voluminousness  of  the  bodice.  All  of  the  skirts 
made  in  America  have  the  defect  of  being  too  short,  too  skimpy,  and 
too  limp.  It  is  a  great  mistake  to  appear  top  heavy  in  a  dress,  and 
with  the  tremendous  sleeves  now  worn,  unless  there  is  ample  mater- 
ial in  the  skirt,  and  the  skirt  touches  the  ground  on  all  sides,  the 
ligure  becomes  disproportioned  and  the  ensemble  ridiculous. 

Mulls  are  fancier  and  smaller  than  they  were  last  winter,  and,  like 
other  articles  of  dress,  are  made  of  all  sorts  and  kinds  of  materials — 
velvet,  fur,  lace,  feathers,  and  flowers.  One  is  made  half  of  fur  and 
half  of  velvet,  with  the  inevitable  bow  at  the  top.  In  the  fur  muif  a 
boa  has  been  turned  to  account,  both  the  head  and  tail  of  the  animal 
being  en  evidence.  A  border  of  Thibet  fur  trims  a  satin  lined  black 
velvet  muff,  with  a  butterfly  bow  on  top.  The  last  is  intended  for 
dressy  occasions.  The  band  in  the  centre  is  fastened  with  a  Rhine- 
stone buckle.  Feather  aigrettes  appear  on  the  left  side,  while  on  the 
right  the  velvet  bow  forms  a  cushion,  as  it  were,  for  a  bouquet  of 
flowers.  It  is  becoming  more  and  more  the  fashion  for  women  to 
use  natural  blooms  on  their  muffs. 

Sleeves  are  now  all  out  of  proportion ;  there  is  no  longer  any  limit  to 
their  voluminousness.  At  one  of  the  celebrated  Parisian  couturiers  a 
correspondent  measured  the  widih  of  one  upper  sleeve  and  found  it 
about  two  yards  and  a  quarter  wide.  The  width  stands  out  from  the 
shoulder,  fortunately,  for  if  it  stood  upward  on  the  shoulder,  as  it 
used  to,  it  would  surpass  the  head  in- height.  By  way  of  contrast  the 
lower  sleeve  is  made  very  tight  fitting  and  some  patterns  have  the 
sleeve  extend  rounded  over  the  hand.  This  gives  it  an  apropos 
medieval  appearance.  Oftentimes  the  width  of  the  sleeve  is  sent  to 
extend  more  out  of  the  shoulders  with  a  rosette  or  some  other  trim- 
ming nestling  in  the  pufl  about  midway  from  the  elbow  to  the  shoul- 
der. The  tailor  made  sleeves  are  less  exaggerated  in  size  and  with 
them  there  is  still  a  possibility,  with  much  folding  and  tucking  in,  to 
slip  them  into  the  armhole  of  a  jacket. 

But  it  is  the  pelerines  which  occupy  the  minds  of  the  couturier.-s 
who  make  a  specialty,  and  when  we  look  at  the  size  of  the  sleeve  we 
conclude  that  no  other  garment  can  cover  them.  Collars  and  shorter 
capes  are  still  worn,  but  they  are  passing  out  of  style,  fortunately  for 
the  appearance  of  the  woman,  for  they  added  much  to  her  width 
across  her  shoulders.  Pelerines  are  now  made  much  longer,  to  ex- 
tend one-third  or  one-half  the  length  of  the  skirt.  In  fact,  it  is  the 
revival  of  the  talma  which,  during  the  first  empire,  was  brought  into 
fashion  by  the  celebrated  tragedian 

Undoubtedly  this  is  the  year  of  extremes.  Fashion  rushes  from 
one  end  of  Lhe  garment  of  dress  to  the  other,  paying  little  attention 
to  the  intervals.  It  combines  the  flimsiest  with  the  heaviest  of  stuffs, 
chiffon  with  fur,  lace  with  jet.  Nut  only  in  materials  does  this 
capricious  dame  seek  opposites,  but  in  styles  as  well.  Her  skirts  are 
elaborately  trimmed  or  not  trimmed  at  all.  Her  sleeves  are  either 
widely  built  out  at  the  eibow  or  piled  high  on  the  shoulders.  This 
height  and  breath  inclination  is  shown  in  the  gowns,  an  evening  dress 
exhibiting  sleeves  as  high  as  the  wearef's  ears,  while  a  street  frock 
has  arm  cloths  of  melancholy  droop  variety. 

fcomewhere  to  Dine. 
T~HERE'8  many  a  m-m— saint  or  sinner— 
J    Who  knows  not  the   right  place  to  go 
la  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  faut. 
Now   here's  the  address— read  and  mark  "it — 

Where  the  cboic-  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 
Moragbau's  Oyster  Stand. 

There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage    pays  in  the  pelf. 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  thing*  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself/ 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  deraaad 
In  that  pleasant,   convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

"  Californians  "  or  "Easterns."  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style. 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

lu  sampling  these   bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  fiuds  au  oyster 

la  any  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 


4 

Specials 
in  (Jloves 
and  gibbons. 


fit  65c  Ladies'  5-hook  Foster  Kid  Gloves,  in 
brown,  tan,  red,  and  green  colors, 
also  black,  regular  price  $1,  will  be 
placed  on  sale  at  65c,  per  pair, 

fit  $1.00  Ladies'  4-button  genuine  French  kid 
gloves,  in  red,  green,  navy,  slate, 
mode,  tan,  and  brown  colors,  also 
black;  regular  price,  $1,50,  will  be 
placed  on  sale  at  $  I  a  pair. 

fit  loe.  No,  12  2-inch  all  silk,  satin,  and  gros 
grain  ribbons,  assorted  colors,  will  be 
offered  at  10c, 

fit  15c  No.  22  3-inch  all  silk,  satin  and  gros 
grain  ribbons,  assorted  colors,  will  be 
offered  at  15c, 


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R         24,  1894. 


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TOU    LATE-  .V n  /Vn> 

HAT  silences  we  kiep  yc»r  after  v-**- 
Wiih  ibo«  wh"  ar*  mu«|  near  lo  oi  and  dear' 
\\.  ::■.-.■  bad  i,  each  other  day  by  daw 
And  speak  of  myriad  thinp-.  hut  Mldom  My 
The  full,  sweet  word  that  lies  just  In  our  reaca 
Beneath  the  commonplace  of  oomm  in  speecti. 
Then  oot  of  sight  and  out  of  rea^h  they  po— 
Ttae^e  close,  familiar  friends,  who  loved  us  so; 
And  silting  in  the  shadow  they  have  left. 
Alone  with  loneliness,  and  sore  bereft, 
We  think  with  vain  regret  of  some  fond  word 
That  once  we  might  have  said  and  they  have  heard. 
For  weak  and  poor  the  love  that  we  expressed 
Now  seems  beside  the  vast,  sweet,  unexpressed; 
And  slight  the  deeds  we  did,  to  those  undone; 
And  smalt  the  service  spent,  to  treasure  one; 
And  undeserved  the  praise  for  word  and  deed 
That  should  have  overflowed  the  simple  need. 

This  is  the  cruel  cross  of  life— to  be 

Full-visioned  only  when  the  ministry 

Of  death  has  been  fulfilled,  and  in  the  place 

Of  some  dear  presence  is  but  empty  space. 

What  recollected  services  can  then 

Give  consolation  for  the  "  might  have  been  ?  " 

KEEPING    US    ON    EXHIBITION. 

EDITOR  News  Letter — Sir:  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  sug- 
gestion to  the  Trustees  of  the  Mechanics'  Library  in  your 
issue  of  tbe  10th  inst.  has  been  so  far  unheeded,  and  that  they 
apparently  fail  to  perceive  the  necessity  of  securing  to  the  mem- 
bers more  privacy  by  simply  running  a  screen  or  curtain  across 
the  lower  part  of  the  library  window,  as  recommended  by  you. 
Members  are  prevented  from  examining  or  consulting  the  new 
books,  as  few  care  to  expose  themselves  to  be  stared  at  by  every 
passer-by.  The  attention  of  the  trustees  has  been  frequently 
called  to  this  matter,  but  for  some  reason  they  decline  to  comply 
with  the  wishes  of  the  members,  seemingly  preferring  to  continue 
the  show  business  for  the  benefit  of  a  few  who  daily  place  them- 
selves on  exhibition  for  the  inspection  of  the  public. 

Nov  20,  1894.  Member  of  the  Mechanics'  Librahy. 

THE  board  of  managers  of  the  San  Francisco  Nursery  for  Home- 
less Children  makes  an  appeal  to  the  public  on  behalf  of  the 
sixty-three  children  under  their  care.  As  Thanksgiving  is  near  at 
hand  it  is  hoped  that  those  who  are  kindly  disposed  will  help  to  make 
it  a  genuine  Thanksgiving  for  the  little  ones.  Any  donations  toward 
their  Thanksgiving  dinner  will  be  very  gratefully  received  at  the 
Nursery,  570  Harrison  street. 

i£  \X/HAT  were  you  about  to  remark?"  '■  Nothing  at  all,  I 
VV  assure  you,"  replied  Oholly.  "But  you  look  as  if  you 
had  something  to  say."  "  Ya-as;  I'm  vtwy  deceptive  that  way. 
I've  often  thought,  myself,  that  I  had  something  to  say,  and  dis- 
covahed  aftah  I  said  it  that  I  hadn't."  — Answers. 


The  insidious  gentleness  of  San  Francisco's  winds  often  brings  dis- 
comfort, in  the  way  of  colds,  to  those  who  fail  to  take  proper  precau- 
tions. Preliminary  to  a  drive  or  a  cable  ride  in  the  daytime  or  a 
stroll  in  the  evening,  a  drink  of  Argonaut  whiskey  (which  is  the  pur- 
est and  most  wholesome  of  products)  is  a  sensible  precaution.  As 
everybody  calls  for  this  whisky,  the  knowledge  that  E.  Martin  &  Co., 
408  Front  street  street,  are  the  agents,  is  acceptable. 

j:  j5TSTTTe.JA.i5rcE . 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY    (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  3. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OP   PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL  FULLY   PAID $3, 000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  Ca  Ifornia  St.,  S.  F. 

JAMES    D.  BAILEY,  General  Aflent._ 

SUN  INSURANCE  OFFICE,  of  London.  rF°UQded  A  D  1710 

Cash  A  spet«,  $10, 270, 53  *■  Oldest  purely  fire  insurance  office  in  the  world. 

THE  LION  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD,,  of  London. 

Established  A.  D.  1879.    Cash  Assets,  $1 ,  108,095. 

THE  IMPERIAL  INSURANCE  CO.  LTD..  of  London   imputed  isos. 

Cash  Assets,  $9,362  920.    40  years  in  business  on  tne  Pacific  Coast. 

W  fl.  J  ■  LANDERS,  Manetrer  for  tbe  Pacific  Coast.    205  S  insoine  St,  Near  Pine. 


xnsrau  ^.AiisrciEi. 


FIRE,  MARINE  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insuranoe  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA 

CAPITAL.   $1,000,000.  |  ASSETS,  $3.000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE   INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG.  GERMANY. 
V.  I'arus  Driffield,  Maiiuirej  ror  Hit-  H ..elite  .  oaM  Branch. 

a«U  Mm-. .in.   st„  s.  r, 

i2E[3LiJ.Yi-6 $1,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S 654,433  31 


GEO.  MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City   Department, 

Z3*  *  uJHorulH  St.,  S.  *'..«  al. 


NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   ANO   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS HORT  COSTA.  California 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular    Himu t  lor.Sm 

Francisco  Produce  lixi ha. mi  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  Improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
iota  i and"  mutt    S*!"1  witn  the  be8t  aad  n8we"  machinery  for  cleaning 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
insurance  effected  at  lowest  rales  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

OAPITAL .  *6,700,00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  31 6  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets    119,724,638.46. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENB.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,  GERMANY. 
Established   1835. 
Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,864,653  66 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  < ONRAD  «&  <  p.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OP  BASLE.  OF  8T.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  Jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

110  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.] 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 
SEP.  F.  BRANT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up f     500,000 

Assets  3,181,768 

Surplusto  Policy  Holders 1,525,157 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
5Q1  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE- WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


18 


SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  24    1394. 


B^.3nTIC3. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 


Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up       $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND. 1,404,000 

Southeast  comer  Bush  and  Sansome  streets 
HEAI>    OFFICE  60  Lombard  Slreet,  London 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows; 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Cauada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland:  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
Sooth  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  ludia,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies) — Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (Ocoberl,  1894) 3.168,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS   BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R    Bisho  .Vice-President  Allen  M   •  l*.y.  Seer  tary 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

4'<IICKI>I'(»M>FMS: 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  'I  he  Baak  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tre mo ut  National  Bauk;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sous;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  and  r-aviugs  Bdiik;  Australia  and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India- Chartered  Baiik  of  India,  Australia 
and  China   St.  Louis — Boatmeu's  Bank 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfirt-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiama,  Melbourne,  Syudey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy.  

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Instlinte  Hull  ding 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  51,000.000. 
OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR  President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY ...   Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G  Fair,  L  P  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  pa. d  on  Term  aud  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  openine  accounts  send  signature  

THE  GERMAN  SAVIN6S  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

tinaranteetl  Capital  aud  Reserve  Fund  $1,610,000  00 

IVposliN  January  2,  1894 29,429,317  O^ 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmauu;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  MuUer. 

BOA.RD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmanu,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Igu.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

IS'    E.  Corner  Pine  aud  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  I  Paid  up      11,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 1R  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Selieman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  trausacts  a  general  hanking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.  IGN    8TEINHART     1  __     w 

P.N    LILIFNTHAL.i  Managers 

WELLS.  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 

N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO.-CAL. 
Cash.  Capital  and  S  urplus    ...  $6,250,000  OO 

John  J.  Valentine.   President  I  Homer  S.  King Manager 

H.  Wadsworth  Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E   DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj   P .  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,  Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  anil  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA.8.  F.  CROCKER,         I        E.  B.  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER Pbebiden-i 

W.  E.  BROWN  Vies  -RESIDENT 

GEO.  W.  KLINE ..    .. Cashier 

SECURITY  SAVIN6S  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PA  in  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  MADI 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord  Jerome  Lincoln  H.  H.  Hewlett 

Wm.  Babcock  O   D  Baldwin  A.  K.  P   Harmon 

Adam  Grant  W.S.Jones  J.  B.  Randol. 


THE  BLACK  PEARL. 


HEN  Parisians  about  the  eDd  of  August,  talk  of  the  "  in- 
sufficiency of  water  in  the  capital,"  they  amuse  me.  At 
Aden,  on  the  Red  Sea,  a  city  of  sixly  tnousand  inhabi- 
tants, built  on  a  promontory  of  lava,  you  could  not,  for 
all  the  gold  of  the  Indies,  find  a  blade  of  grass,  a  salad 
leaf,  or  a  drop  of  water. 

"  But  what  becomes  of  tbe  water  that  falls  when  it  rains  ?  "  I 
asked  my  friend  Pujol,  tbe  French  consul,  who  did  tbe  honors 
one  day  when  I  passed  through  Aden  on  my  way  from  China. 
*•  When  it  rains  toe  public  citterns  fill  themselves.  But  it  is  five 
years  already  since  the  natives  have  seen  even  a  cloud  in  tbe  sky." 

"  Then  whue  did  the  water  at  our  breakfast  table  this  morning 
come  from  ?  " 

•'Ob,  that  came  from  tbe  factory  !  Tbe  English  distil  the  sea  and 
sell  to  us,  for  its  weight  in  gild,  an  absolutely  pure  article  imitited 
from  nature  The  only  objection  to  the  artificial  article  is  its 
ruinous  cost.  My  water  bill  amounts  to  over  a  hundred  francs  a 
month;  this  of  course  includes  my  wife's  baths,  for  she  abhors 
salt  water." 

•■(iracious!  How  then  do  the  poor  Arabs  get  along  ?  They 
don't  seem  to  bave  sixty  louis  a  year  to  spend  on  their  drink." 

"  They  are  satisfied  with  tbe  water  that  the  camels  bring  every 
diy  from  the  hills  yonder,  twenty-eight  kilormters  Irom  here. 
The  liquid,  however,  is  tainted  with  a  strong  taste  of  leather  from 
the  bags  in  w  Inch  it  is  brought,  and  naturally  we  do  not  find  it 
palatable.  But  what  are  tbey  to  do  ?  The  manufactured  water 
is  too  costly,  and.  besides,  the  law  forbids  its  sale  to  the  natives. 
It  is  reserved  for  Europeans,  tbe  English  garrison,  and  the  ships 
wnich  stop  here  to  replenish  their  water  supply." 

I  jotted  these  facts  down  in  my  note  book,  and  we  returned  to 
the  consulate,  where  we  were  awaited  by  Mine,  Pujjl,  a  pretty 
Marseillaise,  whom  I  had  met  for  the  first  time  tbat  morning. 
My  friend  bad  only  lately  married,  and  his  wife  was  not  in  love 
with  Aden. 

We  talked  of  tbe  country  and  its  social  resources.  Mme.  Pujol 
told  me  with  a  sigh  that  her  visiting  list  contained  but  two 
names — an  old  English  woman,  who  could  not  speak  two  words 
of  French,  and  the  proprietress  of  the  Hotel  de  V  Univers,  a  strap- 
ping Frenchwoman,  more  accustomed  to  haggle  with  Arabian 
merchants  than  to  talk  to  a  refined  compatriot. 

As  I  was  pitying  her  dreary  existence.  Pujol  exclaimed : 

"  Now,  my  dear,  don't  dissimulate!  Why  do  yon  hide  the  fact 
that  you  have  an  admirer  in  tbe  Arabian  quarter  ?  " 

The  lady  looked  annoyed  and  shrugged  her  sborlders  :  "  An  ad- 
mirer as  black  as  your  bat!  "  she  exclaimed. 

"  Very  black,  but  very  handsome,"  insisted  Pujol — «  Nigra  sum 
sed  formosa  '  And  immensely  rich — the  wealthiest  coffee  merchant 
in  Aden!  That  means  the  principal  merchant  of  mocha  coffee.  I 
will  take  you  to  see  him  to-morrow.  You  will  be  astonished  at 
his  luxurious  way  of  living.  He  revels  in  costly  carpets  and  orna- 
ments. His  house  is  a  veritable  bazar.  My  wife  spends  hours 
there,  and,  if  I  didn't  object,  this  excellent  Mouloud  would  offer 
her  all  tbe  treasures  of  his  home,  under  pretext  that  its  ornaments 
please  ■  lady.'  " 

"How  you  exaggerate!"  said  Mme.  Pujol,  more  and  more 
vexed.  "  Don't  believe  tbat  I  make  an  intimate  companion  of 
this  negro.     Certainly  I  haven't  been  there  for  a  fortnight." 

"  My  wife  is  a  little  out  of  sorts,"  apologetically  said  the  Consul, 
"  because  this  morning  she  lost  a  valuable  jewel." 

"Indeed,  I  am  inconsolable,"  sbe  added.  "  I  have  vainly 
sought  all  day  for  a  black  pearl  out  of  my  earring  tbat  my  hus- 
band bought  for  me  at  Ceylon.  By  examining  its  mate  you  can 
judge  of  their  beauty  and  value." 

Closely  looking  at  the  earring,  I  noticed  Mme.  Pujol's  well- 
shaped  ear  and  the  delicate  perfume  that  emanated  from  her  per- 
son. 

Soon  after  1  went  for  a  siesta  on  the  roof  of  the  house,  according 
to  the  custom  of  the  country. 

The  next  day  my  friend  and  I  went  to  the  native  quarters  to 
visit  "  Mme.  Pujol's  admirer."  Mouloud  ben  Said  is  an  Arab,  as 
bis  name  indicates.  He  is  also  a  multi-millionaire  coffee  merchant, 
than  whose  mocha  I  have  found  none  better  except  in  Paris.  We 
were  accompanied  on  our  visit  by  a  co-passenger  and  compatriot 
whose  name  I  have  forgotten,  but  who  was  just  finishing  bis 
tonr  round  tbe  world.  He  was  what  you  call  a  savant,  always 
taking  notes,  copying  inscriptions,  and  addressing  articles  to  tbe 
Academy,  whose  correspondent  he  claimed  to  be.  In  traveling  I 
bave  always  thought  best  to  steer  clear  of  so-called  correspondents 
of  the  Academy. 

Mouloud,  who  speaks  English  like  a  city  merchant  and  who  is 
a  superb  specimen  of  the  Arab  race,  received  us  splendidly.  Not 
only  did  he  do  the  honors  of  his  shop,  but  what  was  still  more  in- 
teresting to  us,  of  bis  home  as  well.  Toward  the  end  of  our  visit 
we  were  served  with  coffee — that  is  to  say,  an  odorous  beverage 
resembling  our  product  about  as  much  as  champagne  does  ginger 
ale,  and  which  was  accompanied  by  the  inevitable  chibouk  and 
the  pitcher  of  fresh  water.     Water  which  has  come  seven  leagues 


Nov.  24,  18!M. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


19 


od  ft  camel's  back  in  leather  bottles  is  not  tempting,  but  I  was 
parched  with  thirst,  and  besides.  I  had  tasted  worse  things  in  the 
rice  plantations  of  Lower  China. 

Strange',  this  wMer  bad  do  taste  of  leather.  Far  from  it!  It 
was  nni  perfectly  limpid,  but  its  taste  was  decidedly  agreeable. 
It  smelt — yes.  il  did  smell  of  violets.  Violets  in  the  heart  of 
Abyssinia!  How  strange!  The  MtttfU  had  made  the  same  dis- 
covery as  I  bad,  for  after  having  swelled,  tasted,  and  swallowed, 
be  asked  we  in  an  academic  tone: 

•■  Do  yon  not  notice  a  peculiar  tlavor  about  this  water?" 

■•  Yes,"  I  answered  ;   »« that  uf  violets." 

■'  Exactly.  Well,  my  dear  sir,  let  we  tell  you  that  amid  some 
of  the  coal  strata  in  the  earth  there  are  certain  products  whose 
odor  is  analogous  to  that  of  the  Howerin  question.  Perfumers  even 
use  it  to  adulterate  their  extracts.  I  conclude  that  tbts  water  has 
come  in  contact  with  just  such  strata.  A  coal-wine  at  Aden,  sir! 
Think  of  it!  Can  you  imagine  such  a  strobe  of  lock  ?  The  small- 
est bit  of  coal  burned  here  comes  from  England  !  '' 

Hereupon  the  savant  deluged  our  host  with  questions  as  to  the 
exact  location  of  the  spring  whence  the  camels  brought  their  daily 
load.  He  would  have  gone  there  immediately,  notwithstanding 
the  distauce,  but  his  steamer  was  to  sail  that  night.  He  wanted 
at  lea^t  to  bottle  a  sample  of  this  fragrant  water  to  have  it 
analyzed  at  the  Mining  School. 

What  astonished  me  most  was  to  see  the  visible  embarrassment 
that  our  discovery  caused   Mouloud  ben  Ba'id. 

Just  before  leaving  I  poured  myself  another  tumbler  of  water, 
when  I  beard  in  my  glass  the  click  of  a  hard  substance,  and  tj 
my  surprise  found  this  to  be  a  black  pearl,  the  mate  cf  the  one 
which  Mme-  Puj  j!  bad  shown  roe  the  day  before,  and,  now  that 
I  came  to  think  uf  it,  I  recognized  the  perfume;  it  was  the  same 
that  I  had  inhaled,  not  without  an  agreeable  sensation,  in  exam- 
ing  her  ear ! 

How  ridiculous  this  savant  with  his  coal  theory  appeared  to  me. 

And  my  poor  friend  Pujol!  I  remembered  what  he  had  told 
me:  "The  climate  of  Aden  possesses  the  property  of  enervating 
men  whilst  energizing  women."  No  doubt,  in  the  bouse  of  this 
rich,  young,  handsome,  luxurious  Arab,  thepearlhad  fallen  from 
Mme.  Pujol's  ear,  aud  the  traces  of  her  favorite  perfume  clearly 
pointed  10  her  guest. 

What  cuuld  I  do  ?  The  superb  Mouloud  was  watching  me  in  a 
way  I  did  not  half  fancy,  and  the  presence  of  the  husband,  the 
principally  interested  party,  hampered  me  considerably  in  my  in- 
vestigation. I  sadly  thought  that  consular  inviolability,  though 
written  in  the  laws  of  men,  was  evidently  unknown  to  Arabs  at 
Aden. 

Whilst  the  savant  was  corking  his  bottle,  I,  under  pretext  of 
pouring  some  water  on  my  hands,  succeeded  without  detection  in 
obtaining  possession  of  the  pearl.  X  was  determined  to  save 
something  for  Pujol.  As  we  left  the  Arab's  house,  the  mineralo- 
gist went  immediately  to  the  dock.  I  necessarily  had  to  go  to 
the  consulate  to  restore  the  pearl  to  Madame.  Luckily,  Pujol  let 
me  return  alone,  as  business  with  the  captain  called  him  on  board 
the  steamer. 

(t  Before  making  my  adieu,  Madame,"  I  said  in  rather  severe, 
yet  calm  tones,  <■  permit  me  to  restore  to  you  this  pearl." 

She  gave  a  little  cry  of  joy.  "  My  pearl!  How  lucky;  where 
did  you  find  it?  " 

"  At  Mouloud  ben  Said's,"  I  answered,  emphasizing  each  sylla- 
ble. **  I  found  it  there  a  short  time  ago.  Thank  God,  Pujol  ig- 
nores my  discovery." 

And  as  sbe  looked  at  me  with  wide-open,  astonished  eyes—"  I 
know  nothing  more,"  1  continued  with  dignity,  "  and  I  want  to 
know  nothing.  Useless  to  add,  I  shall  act  like  a  gentleman,  and 
will  speak  to  no  one  of  this  sad  affair.   Good-bye,  Madame!  " 

I  left  the  room  almost  without  touching  her  hand,  but  showing 
all  my  indignation  in  a  last  look.  I  wanted  her  to  know  that  at 
least  she  bad  not  deceived  me.  I  found  my  friend  on  board  and 
embraced  him  with  an  effusion  that  astonished  him.  Poor  Pujol! 
An  hour  later  I  carried  ray  secret  far  from  Aden. 

The  other  day  1  met  Pujol  and  his  wife  on  the  boulevard.  They 
seemed  more  tenderly  attached  than  ever;  the  two  black  pearls 
again  adorned  the  young  woman's  ears.  We  all  dined  together, 
and  naturally  talked  about  Aden. 

"  By  the  way,"  said  the  Consul,  "  you  taxed  our  imaginations 
for  a  week  by  your  lucky  find  at  Mouloud'd.  Weren't  you  rather 
puzzled  yourself?" 

Just  then  I  was  more  embarrassed  than  puzzled,  and  I  mut- 
tered an  answer  that  had  neither  rhyme  nor  reason. 

"  We  found  out,  a  week  after  your  departure,"  explained 
Pujol,  '*  that  my  servant  had  invented  a  singular  plan  to  increase 
his  perquisites.  He  re-sold  to  the  Arabs  the  water  which  my  wife 
used  for  her  baths.  We  think  the  pearl  must  have  fallen  into  the 
bath-tub  and  thus  was  taken  to  Mouloud  ben  Said's.  How  did 
you  find  it?" 

"  Parbleul  1  came  near  swallowing  it!  "  I  exclaimed,  glancing 
at  the  blushing  Mme.  Pujol. 

That  did  not  prevent  our  savant's  full  account  of  the  undiscov- 
ered coal  pits  of  Aden  from  being  read  at  the  Academy  of  Sciences! 
— Translated  for  the  News  Letter  from  the  French  of  Leon  de  Tinseau, 
by  Alice  Ziska. 


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SAN  KHANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Nov.  24,1894. 


THE  stories  which  have  been  published  during  the  past  week 
in  regard  to  the  commission  of  horrible  outrages  by  Turkish 
soldiers  and  officials  upon  Christian  Armenians  have  all  the  ear- 
marks of  being  sensational  exaggerations  based  upon  a  founda- 
tion uf  fact.  The  Armenian  Christian",  it  should  be  borne  in 
mind,  are  not  such  a  quiet,  patient,  and  altogether  oppressed 
people  that  these  stories  imply.  On  the  contrary,  like  the  Bul- 
garians, they  have  within  them  elemeLt-i  of  turbulence  and  fac- 
tions that  are  at  times  disposed  to  ride  rough-shod  over  the  rights 
of  their  neighbors,  and  to  resent  and  defy  all  governmental  super- 
vision. Their  religion  is  the  rough  and  fanatical  bigotry  of  intol- 
erant ignorance  and  superstition  ratber  than  the  genile  sentiment 
of  a  regenerated  and  refined  nature  that  finds  its  inspiration  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  religious  instincts  and  the  worship  of  the 
deity.  When  a  rough  people  of  tais  kind  are  mixed  with  an 
equally  rough  and  bigoted  Mussulman  popu.auon,  and  subject  to 
an  imperfect  and  autocratic  governmental  supervision  which  is 
in  fie  hands  of  Mohammedan  officials,  it  is  natural  that  friction 
must  arise  (  cca^ionally,  and  Ihnt,  where  this  friction  develops 
into  a  physical  conflict,  a  considerable  eument  of  brutality  will 
manifest  itself.  It  would  be  the  same,  if  not  worse,  if  the  gov- 
ernmental authority  was  in  the  hands  of  Christians.  The  religious 
element  may,  therefore,  be  left  out  of  the  consideration  of  tbis 
subject  by  those  who  wish  to  form  an  unpr»-judiced  judgment 
between  the  parties.  That  being  so,  the  one  fact  whico  remains 
is  that  bad  government  exists  in  Armenia,  and  that,  as  a  conse- 
quence of  that  bad  government,  there  has  been  a  more  or  less 
brutal  use  of  force.  In  tbis  connection  it  may  be  said  that,  from 
our  standpoint,  bad  government  exists  all  over  Turkey,  and  that 
wherever  the  Turkish  people  of  the  Mohammedan  religion  i  ffer 
opposition  to  that  bad  government  they  are  put  down  by  the 
same  summary  methods  employed  against  the  Christian  Armen- 
ians. There  is  bad  government  in  existence  to-day  in  Servia  and 
in  Bulgaria,  and  when  that  bad  government  provokes  emeutes — 
as  it  does  sometimes — they  are  put  down  by  the  same  rigorous 
use  of  force  that  was  employed  in  similar  cases  when  those  coun- 
tries were  under  Turkish  dominion.  NothiDg  is  heard  of  these 
incidents  now,  however,  because  the  religious  question  cuts  no 
figure  in  tbem  and  "the  missionaries"  have  no  provocation  to 
add  the  products  of  their  imagination  to  a  situation  that  is  in 
itself  sufficiently  revolting. 

The  scene  of  disorder  which  occorred  in  the  French  Chamber  of 
Deputies  last  Tuesday,  when  one  of  the  Socialist  members  made 
a  coarse  allusion  to  the  late  Czar  of  Russia,  is  characteristic  of  the 
confused  conditions  which  prevail  all  through  the  French  political 
sy.-tem  at  the  present  time.  There  appears  to  be  an  absolute  lack  of 
unity  of  purpose  among  those  who  are  prominent  in  public  lif  . 
Political  sentiment  seems  to  be  divided  into  factions  by  person- 
alities, rather  than  into  parties  by  great  fundamental  principles, 
to  an  extent  never  surpassed  and  hardly  ever  equallrd  before — 
although  it  was  thought  when  the  present  Chamber  was  elected 
that  there  was  a  bright  prospect  of  the  groups  consolidating  into 
two  or  three  well  d- fined  parties.  This  prospect  proved  to  be 
illusory,  and  to  day  in  the  face  of  the  gravest  complications  the 
Chamber  is  given  over  to  wrangling,  the  Ministry  is  uncertain  of 
its  tenure  of  office  for  a  week  at  a  time,  and  the  President  is  a 
continuous  object  of  slander,  as  well  as  of  criticism,  who  pssses 
his  life  under  the  protection  and  snrveillame  of  an  army  of  de- 
tectives.    That  is  not  a  wholesome  condition  of  affairs. 

The  English  papers  of  Tory  proclivities  which  are  now  coming 
to  hand  contain  discussions  of  the  questions  whicb  Lord  Rose- 
berry  raised  in  his  Bradford  speech,  in  regard  to  the  HouBe  i  f 
Lords,  that  are  amusing  rather  than  convincing.  These  Tory  gen- 
tlemen of  journalistic  letters  allege  that  Lord  Roseberry's  pr-  p  »sal 
is  -'an  attack  on  the  Constitution'"  and  tbeiefore  »  in  its  essence 
revolutionary."  That  seems  in  their  minds  to  be  a  complete  and 
sufficient  answer  to  the  proposal.  The  British  Constitution  is. 
according  to  this  argument,  a  sacred  thing  which  mn;t  never  be 
changed,  and  which  it  is  an  admixture  of  rank  sacrilege  and  t-es- 
son  to  suggest  a  change  in.  Tbis  argument  will  hardly  hold  good 
among  intelligent  men;  indeed  it  sounds  like  childish  gibberish. 
The  very  foundation  of  the  British  Constitution — the  Magna  Ciana 
— was  laid  in  revolution,  and  since  that  day  the  seat  of  political 
power  in  the  islands,  whicb  iswbatis  otherwise  known  as  the  Con- 
stitution, has  been  continuously  modified,  and  to-day  bears  no 
more  resemblance  to  the  system  which  prevailed  in  King  John's 
time  than  our  Constitution  does  to  that  of  Japan.  If  the  hysterical 
argument  now  put  forth  as  conclusive  by  the  Tories  had  been 
recognized  in  the  days  of  Palmerston,  and  Rossell,  and  Gladstone, 
the  reform  bills  which  shifted  the  centre  of  political  power  from 
the  hands  of  the  classes  to  the  bands  of  the  masses  could  cot 
have  been  passed,  and  instead  of  leading  the  van  of  government 
by  representative  institutions,  the  British  people  would  still  be 
subject  to  the  almost  absolute  monarchical  system  of  two  cen- 


turies ago.  Practically  this  is  no  answer  to  Lord  Roseberrv's  pro- 
posal at  all.  As  raised  by  Lord  Roseberry,  the  question  in  issue 
in  regard  to  the  House  of  Lords  is  as  to  whether  it  exercises  a 
power  which  is  out  of  touch  with  the  spirit  of  the  times,  and  an- 
tagonistic to  the  representative  theory  opon  whicb  the  British 
political  system  now  rests.  Reduced  to  a  more  condensed  form 
that  question  may  be  thus  stated :  By  what  right  do  the  peers  of 
the  British  Islands  undertake  to  dictate  to  the  representatives  of 
the  people  of  the  British  Islands  as  to  what  legislation  they  shall 
place  upon  the  statute  books  of  the  country?  If  that  question 
cannot  be  satisfactorily  answered  the  British  people  will  sorely 
deprive  the  peers  of  a  right  which  they  cannot  defend  the  ex- 
istence of. 

The  war  in  the  Orient  still  drags  and  the  reported  capture  of 
Port  Arthur  proves  to  have  been  premature-  The  place  is  not 
merely  strong,  but  with  a  proper  garrison  should  be  almost  im- 
pregnable. It  is  inconceivable,  however,  that  the  present  Chinese 
forces  will  be  able  to  bold  it  for  any  length  of  time,  and  its  fall 
will  bring  the  war  almost  if  not  quite  to  its  climax.  The  real  in- 
terest in  tbis  matter  will  come  after  peace  has  been  arranged  for. 
What  will  China  do?  Will  she  reorganize  or  will  she  attempt  to 
pursue  her  o  d  road,  which  leads  to  disintegration?  How  wiilthe 
powers  treat  her  now  that  her  military  weakness  has  been 
demonstrated?     Will  she  be  a  continuous  object  of  spoil&tion? 

A  powerful  agitation  in  favor  of  universal  suffrage  is  now  in 
progress  in  Austria.  Its  proportions  are  reluctantly  admitted  by 
the  governing  classes  to  be  very  extensive  and  to  have  all  the 
appearance  of  permanence  and  growth. 


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net'e.     50  Onti. 

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tions  and  b'.emi.-het.    $1. 

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MRS    M-  J.  BUTIER.  Manager.  13i   Post  Strtei,  S    F. 

Hair  Dressing,  Manicuring  and  Complexions  permanently  beautified. 

lIJGCrKOLYSIS    BY    EXPERT    OPERATOR. 


BAS  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


21 


TO    SIBYL 


WITH    HER     VIOLIN      ttthn   Chase   in    7VotWfr'* 


J  II  K  lifts  ibp  old  Cremona  high. 
J       And  unriernenth  her  dimpled  chin 
•vinniy  its  corvoa  -lie  rests; 
Am)  like  :i  :  it    stirred. 

It  wake-  and  answers  her  behests. 

And  In.  'tis  jocund,  blithesome  spring  I 

Though  snow  drifts  softly  pass  the  hills— 
Within  the  charmed,  enchanted  apai 

Where  Sibyl  bides,  the  soft  air  thrills 
With  thrashes1  songs;  and  :it  our  feet. 

In  heavenly  blue  the  columbine 
Awakes  a?  front  some  fair,  sweet  dream 

In  mazy  lines,  a  budding  vine 
Glides  ever  through  the  fragrant  air, 

Obeying  every  curve  and  wile 
The  graceful  bow  adrift  doth  set. 

And  e'en  the  brooklet  must  beguile 
Into  the  same  sweet,  rhythmic  flow 

Of  sound,  and  heavenly  speech,  till  all 
<  >ur  being  thrills  with  fullest  joy. 

Thus  yield  we  to  fair  Sibyl's  thrall. 

She  lays  the  old  Cremona  down — 
And  swiftly  wakes  the  wintry  wind. 

On  all  the  land  descends  the  snow, 
The  spring  has  vanished  with  the  thrall 

That  Sibyl  wrought  with  string  and  bow  ! 


THE  benefit  to  the  Press  Club  at  the  Sutro  Baths  on  Sunday  last 
was  an  immense  success.  The  immense  structure  was 
crowded  with  the  best  people  of  town,  with  a  large  contingent  of 
friends  froo3  the  other  side  of  the  bay.  A  large  sum  of  money 
was  taken  in  at  the  gates,  and  with  the  tickets  sold  on  the  out- 
side, the  receipts  are  swelled  to  something  in  the  neighborhood  of 
$5000.  The  club  is  very  popular,  and  the  membership  is  increas- 
ing very  rapidly.  New  quarters  have  been  secured  in  the  Thur- 
low  Block,  and  extensive  alterations  are  being  made  which  will 
soon  provide  an  elegant  and  comfortable  home  for  the  members. 
At  present  the  courtesies  of  the  Bohemian  Club  are  being  extended 
in  a  very  pleasant  manner,  which  is  highly  appreciated  by  the 
houseless  wanderers  of  the  Press. 


THE  reception  given  to  the  lady  friends  of  the  Olympic  Club 
Tuesday  evening  was  a  great  success,  but  the  crowd  was 
greater  than  could  be  accommodated.  The  entertainment  was  ex 
cellent,  but  it  was  impossible  for  many  to  enjoy  it.  Every  isle 
was  packed,  and  people  were  permitted  to  block  all  the  available 
thorougbfares.  Many  who  wanted  to  see  the  athletic  exercises 
conld  not,  by  reason  of  the  jam.  It  would  have  been  better  if  a 
sufficient  number  to  see  and  enjoy  the  entertainment  had  been 
admitted  and  the  others  kept  out. 

THE  triumph  of  Miss  M.  E.  Morrisnn  in  securing  first  honors 
in  the  graduating  class  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
University  of  California  is  one  which  will  be  "  hailed  with  de- 
light "  by  every  woman  in  the  State,  as  well  as  by  all  men.  In 
this  department  of  the  professions  women  are  eminently  fitted  10 
do  the  best  of  service,  and  as  Miss  Morrison  das  had  experience 
with  the  various  phases  of  human  nature  as  a  school  teacher,  be- 
ing bright  and  intelligent,  she  will  no  doubt  be  a  valuable  addi- 
tion to  the  ranks  of  the  medical  fraternity. 

THE  reappointment  by  Governor  Markham  of  ."John  F.  Lyons 
as  Notary  Public  will  be  welcome  news  to  the  numerous 
friends  of  this  popular  man  in  San  Francisco,  to  whom  such  a 
recognition  of  merit  is  most  gratifying.  Mr.  Lyons  accordingly 
has  resumed  business  at  the  old  stand,  607  Montgomery  street, 
where  in  the  future,  as  in  the  past,  be  will  conduct  all  the  busi- 
ness appertaining  to  his  office,  giving  it  that  intelligent  and  con- 
scientious care  which  means  so  much  to  men  who  appreciate  re- 
liability. 

THE  Geographical   Society  of  California  announces  a  lecture  at 
the  Academy  of  Sciences  building  on  Tuesday  evening,  Decem- 
ber 4th,  by  A.  J.  Mounteney  Jephson  on   "  Our  March  Through  the 
.  African  Forest."    The  admission  fee  is  one  dollar,  and   the  receipts 
are  to  be  applied  to  the  library  fund  of  the  Soeiety. 

It  is  delightful  for  ladies  who  are  shopping,  or  who  want  a  delicious 
and  wholesome  change  from  home  cooking,  to  have  such  an  estab- 
lishment as  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  to  drop 
into  for  a  luncheon  prepared  by  the  most  expert  cooks.  The  service 
at  the  famous  family  restaurant  is  perfect — no  waiters  could  be  more 
attentive,  no  restaurant  cleaner. 

A  "well-dressed  man  is  proud  of  his  furnishing  goods,  and  every 
well-dressed  man  knows  that  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
keeps  the  finest  and  latest  line  in  the  city. 

Steedman's  Soothing  Powders  are  termed  soothing  because  they 
correct,  mitigate,  and  remove,  disorders  of  the  system  while  teething. 


If  you  must 
draw  the  line 
at 


and  have,  like  thousands  of 
other  people,  to  avoid  all 
food  prepared  with  it,  this 
is  to  remind  you  that  there 
is  a  cleau,  delicate  and 
healthful  vegetable  short- 
ening, which  can  be  used 
in  its  place.     If  you  will 

USE 

COTTOLENE 

instead  of  lard,  you  can  eat 
pie,  pastry  and  the  other 
"good  things"  which  other 
folks  enjoy,  without  fear  of 
dyspeptic  consequences.  De- 
liverance from  lard  has  come. 
Buy  a  pail,  try  it  in  your 
own  kitchen,  and  be  convinc- 
ed. Beware  of  imitations. 
The  genuine  is  sold  in  3  and 
5  pound  pails  by  all  grocers. 

Made  only  by 

,  The  N.  K.  Fairbank 
Company, 

ST.  LOUIS  and 
Chlcago,New  York, 

Boston. 


/  olTON   dental  association, 

^  806  Market  street  (Phelau  Building.) 

jas  Specialists,  originated,  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  pols- 
tlrely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
aurlvaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
lu  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
a  ..d  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentiBts  and  physicians.  Also  perform* 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 
DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECREE 


DR.   RICORD'S 


KESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  G.  ST£EJL£  A  €<».,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  8an  Francisco.    Seat  by  mail  or  express  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100  pills,  $2;  of  200  pills, 
6.;  50 ;  of  400  pills.  $6 :  Preparatory  Pills,  $2.    Send  for  Circular. 


I^iebrr\ond  I^ar^es. 


Stoves  and  Ranges  from 
Wholesale  and  retail. 


$5    ^   $3°- 


^ebuster  Bros. 


306  $utter  Street. 

Agents    Wanted  in  Every  City. 
Send  for  Catalogue. 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  EETTEli. 


Nov.  24,  1894. 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS  are  still  in  the  lead  for  decorative  pur- 
poses. The  red  and  the  yellow  varieties  were  largely  in  evi- 
dence at  the  baseball  match  on  Saturday,  which  was  won  by  the 
University  lads,  the  beaut.y  of  the  weather  ensuring  a  crowd  of  spec- 
tators to  witness  it,  with  correspondingly  gratifying  results  to  the 
beneficiary — the  Woman's  Hospital.  Chrysanthemums  were  also 
chosen  by  Mrs.  Bixler  for  the  adornment  of  her  rooms  on  Monday 
evening,  when  she  gave  a  dance  at  her  pleasant  old  home  on  Union 
street,  and  in  conjunction  with  holly  berries,  marguerites,  and 
foliage  the  effect  was  very  pleasing.  The  assemblage  of  guests  was 
quite  large,  many  of  the  season's  buds  attending  in  a  body  under  the 
same  chaperonage.  Possibly  they  were  rather  taTdy  in  their  com- 
ing, but  once  arrived,  the  merry  dance  went  on,  interrupted  only  by 
a  delicious  supper,  after  which  the  light  fantastic  again  held  sway 
till  a  late  hour.  The  Misses  Hyde  assisted  their  aunt  in  her  duties 
to  her  guests,  and  the  evening  was  a  pleasant  one  to  all. 

Sunday  will  soon  become  the  most  popular  day  in  the  week  for 
teas,  judging  by  the  choice  made  by  so  many  young  ladies  of  that 
day  this  week.  Miss  Nellie  .lolliffe's  tea  had  Mrs.  Oelrichs  for  the 
bright  particular  star  of  the  affair,  and  its  enjoyment  was  only 
marred  by  the  painful  accident  which  befell  Mrs.  W.  E.  Dean.  The 
Misses  Grant  were  the  hostesses  of  another,  and  Miss  Marie  Voorhies 
also  had  a  tea  that  afternoon. 

Dinners  have  been  taking  a  prominent  place  in  the  entertaining 
line  of  late.  Mrs.  Oeliichs  made  a  second  attempt  last  week  to  clear 
off  some  of  her  social  indebtedness  to  her  San  Francisco  friends.  A 
very  elaborate  dinner  was  enjoyed  by  sixteen  guests,  all  of  whom 
were  young  people,  Huber's  orchestra  providing  a  pretty  selection  of 
airs  during  the  progress  of  the  feast;  yellow  chrysanthemums  were 
the  chosen  flower  and  yellow  the  prevailing  tint  of  the  table  acces- 
sories. A  handsome  dinner  was  given  by  Mrs.  Claus  Spreckels  on 
Saturday  evening,  whose  guests  were  invited  to  meet  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Oelrichs.  Mrs.  W.  Hinckley  Taylor  played  the  chaperone  to  a  party 
uf  young  people  dined  by  Dr.  George  Richardson  at  the  University 
Club;  Mrs.  Henry  Crocker's  dinner  was  for  her  married  friends,  five 
couples  partaking  of  her  good  cheer;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  McMonagle's  din- 
ner was  a  pleasant  gathering  of  congenial  spirits,  and  the  Ojeda 
dinner  of  sixteen  was  in  compliment  to  Consul  and  Mme.  de  Lalande. 

In  the  luncheon  line  Mrs.  Oelrichs  was  the  guest  of  honor  at  the 
one  given  by  Mrs.  Wakefield  Baker;  Miss  Ruger  tilled  a  similar  role 
at  Miss  Eleanor  Wood's  violet  luncheon ;  Mrs.  Downey  Harvey's  old 
ladies'  luncheon  proved  that  the  buds  are  not  having  it  entirely  their 
own  way  gastronomically ;  Miss  Helen  Woolworth  chose  violet  also 
for  the  third  of  her  series  of  luncheons,  at  which  Miss  Hoff,  of  New 
York,  was  chief  guest;  Miss  May  Hoffman's  luncheon  guests  were 
young  people  only,  and  Miss  Fanny  Crocker's  yellow  chrysanthemum 
luncheon  at  the  University  Club  was  for  Miss  Birdsall,  of  Sacra- 
mento, to  meet  whom  a  number  of  young  ladies  were  bidden. 

Last  Tuesday's  attractions  were  of  a  very  diversified  character. 
There  was  a  meeting  at  Mrs.  Pixley's  in  the  afternoon,  held  by  the 
ladies  of  the  Needlework  Guild,  which  was  very  largely  attended. 
One  luncheon  and  two  dinners  filled  the  feasting  line  acceptably. 
Ladies'  Night  at  the  Olympic  Club  was  a  jam.  Concert  parties  were 
seen  by  the  score  at  the  Auditorium  to  hear  Wagner's  music  inter- 
preted by  Scheel  and  his  orchestra.  There  were  a  couple  of  theatre 
parties  at  the  California  Theatre,  and  there  were  several  weddings. 
On  Wednesday  Mrs.  J.  C.  Tucker  and  her  daughters  entertained 
their  friends  at  the  Hotel  Oliver,  Mrs.  Loughborough  gave  a  tea,  and 
the  Loyal  Legion  gave  a  banquet  at  the  Occidental  Hotel.  On  Thurs- 
day Mrs.  J.  G.  Clarke  threw  open  the  doors^of  her  quaint  old  home 
on  Leavenworth  street  and  held  therein  a  tea,  which,  owing  to  the 
fire  at  St.  Luke's  Church,  the  ladies  of  that  congregation  were  unable 
to  hold  in  their  Guild  room.  Yesterday  Mrs.  A.  B.  Moulder  held  the 
first  of  her  receptions  (of  which  she  will  give  two)  at  her  residence  on 
l'acific  avenue. 

Teas  are  to  be  again  the  rule  to-day.  There  will  be  one  at  Mrs.  W. 
H.  Mills's,  on  Octa via  street ;  Mrs.  E.  F.  Preston  gives  another  at  the 
Delmas  House,  on  Taylor  street,  at  whi  h  her  daughter  will  make 
her  social  di'but  in  San  Francisco;  a  third  will  be  at  the  Richelieu, 
with  Mrs.  and  Miss  Butler  as  the  hostesses;  and  at  Miss  Lake's 
School  the  young  ladies  of  Trinity  Church  have  arranged  to  give  a 
tea,  the  proceeds  to  go  towards  the  Rectory  Fund  of  that  parish.  To- 
night the  Concordia  Club  give  the  first  ball  of  the  present  season, 
which  promises  to  be  quite  a  grand  affair. 


Speed  the  going,  hail  the  coming  guest!  General,  Mrs.,  and  Miss 
linger,  and  Lieutenant  Lyman  left  San  Francisco  on  Tuesday  last 
for  i  heir  new  quarters  in  Chicago,  and  the  new  commanding  General, 
F.irsythe,  is  now  in  control  of  this  department.  Society  is  delighted 
in  hear  that  he  is  partial  to  that  body  as  a  whole,  and  is  esteemed  a 
desirable  acquisition  to  it  wherever  he  has  been  stationed.  The 
H.  E.  Huntingtons  were  among  the  East-bound  passengers  early  in 
the  week,  and  we  shall  not  see  them  again  until  after  the  New  Year. 


■       There  were  two  weddings  on  Tuesday  evening.    Miss  Hilda  Berwin 
I    and  J.  Hatfield  Morton  were  the  contracting  parties  at  one  which 
J    took  place  at  the  Berwin  residence,  on  Golden  Gate  avenue.  The  cere- 
mony, which  was  performed  by  Rabbi  Nieto,  took  place  in  a  bower 
i    placed  at  the  south  end  of  the  suite  of  three  rooms,  composed  of  foli- 
|    age,  flowering  shrubs,  roses,  and  chrysanthemums,  and  underneath 
a  wedding  bell  of  roses,  from  which  was  suspended  a  white  dove.  The 
1    decorations  of  the  rooms  was  of  a  most  profuse  description,  charming 
J    to  the  eye  and  delicious  in  perfume,  and,  soon  after  the  hour  of  six, 
Misses  Bertha  and  Rosa  Berwin  led  the  bridal  party  as  it  entered  to 
the  strains  of  the  Lohengrin  chorus;  the  bride,  escorted  by  her  father 
and  attended  by  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Lightner,  lollowed;  the  groom   and 
his  best  man,  Webster  Jones,  awaited  them  at  the  bower,  where  also 
stood  his  sponsor,  Mrs.  Nieto.      After  ihe  nuptial  service  came  con- 
gratulations from  the  large  company  assembled,  then  an  elaborate 
dinner,  after  which  dancing  was  indulged  in.  The  bride  wore  a  beau- 
tiful robe  of  white  satin  made  with  a  court  train  and  trimmed  with 
point  lace  and  garlands  of  orange  blossoms;  orange  blossoms  were 
worn  also  in  the  hair,  holding  in  place  the  vail  of  soft  white  tulle. 
Miss  Bertha  Berwin  was  costumed  in  pale  blue  satin  brocaded  in  pink; 
Miss  Rose  Berwin  was  attired  in  pink  crepe.    The  presents  were 
numerous  and  valuable.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morton  are  now  en  mule  East, 
where  they  will  spend  a  few  weeks,  and  will  make  their  future  home 
in  San  Francisco. 

The  other  wedding  was  solemnized  at  the  residence  of  Daniel  Meyer, 
on  California  street,  where  his  ward,  Miss  Louisa  Brod,  and  his 
nephew,  Solomon  Scheeline,  were  the  bride  and  groom.  Here,  also, 
the  parlors  were  beautifully  dressed  with  smilax  and  chrysanthe- 
mums in  endless  variety,  the  canopy  underneath  which  Rabbi  Voor- 
sunger  tied  the  nuptial  Knot  being  composed  of  smilax.  There  were 
neiiher  bridesmaids  nor  groomsmen,  and  the  assemblage  of  guests 
was  confined  to  intimate  friends  and  relatives.  The  banquet  which 
followed  the  ceremony  was  of  the  most  elaborate  description. 

To  make  a  country  gathering  a  success,  fine  weather  is  a  sine  qua  nun. 
and  therefore  were  Miss  Marian  Poett  and  Harry  Howard  to  be  con- 
gratulated, as  hardiy  anything  more  beautiful  in  that  line  could 
have  been  desired  than  was  vouchsafed  them  for  their  wedding  last 
Wednesday.  The  ceremony  took  place  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
grandmother,  Mrs.  Williams,  at  Oak  Grove,  near  Burlingame,  whither 
the  guests  were  conveyed  by  special  car  attached  to  the  morning 
train  from  town;  residents  of  the  surrounding  country  came  in 
their  own  carriages,  the  total  number  of  those  present  numbering  in- 
side of  one  hundred.  The  entire  bouse  was  elaborately  dressed  with 
foliage  and  flowers,  chrysanthemums  predominating;  the  dining- 
room,  which  was  used  for  the  marriage  service,  performed  by  Aich- 
bishop  Riordan,  was  especially  ornate  in  us  decoration,  ihe  bridal 
robe  was  of  white  satin  en  traine,  with  festoons  of  applique  lace 
draped  on  the  front  of  the  skirt  and  on  the  bodice,  and  the  vail  was 
of  tulle.  Pale  yellow  mulleover  white  silk,  with  white  satin  sashes 
was  the  costume  of  the  attendant  maids,  Misses  Poett,  Mary  Cook  of 
Chicago,  Florence  Mills  and  Julia  and  Sarah  Reddington,  who  wore 
pearl  pins,  gifts  of  the  bride.  Harry  Poett  was  best  man,  and  Messrs. 
Dick  Tobin,  Talbot  Clifton,  John  Lawson,  and  Harry  Simpkins  per- 
formed the  duty  of  ushers.  Breakfast  was  served  at  tete-a-tete  tables 
distributed  through  the  rooms  and  on  the  verandas,  and  later  in  the 
day  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  drove  up  to  town  in  their  own  carriage, 
leaving  on  Thursday  for  a  honeymoon  trip  East.  Their  future  resi- 
dence will  be  the  old  Howard  homestead,  at  San  Mateo,  this  mar- 
riage of  cousins  consolidating  adjoining  properties. 

On  Wednesday  evening  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel  was 
the  scene  of  the  wedding  of  Miss  Flora  Levy  and  Henry  Cohen, 
which  was  quite  an  event  in  French-Jewish  circles. 

In  the  engagement  line,  the  most  recent  announcements  are  those 
of  Miss  Bertha  Welch  and  James  Russell,  of  the  Bank  of  British  ( 'ol- 
umbia,  and  of  Miss  Julie  Connor  and  Robert  Howard  Bennett. 

One  of  the  sweetest  young  girls  of  this  winter's  first  experience  of 
society  is  Miss  Alice  Boggs,  who  is  not  only  pretty  but  highly  accom- 
plished as  well,  having  been  graduated  with  high  honors  from  one  of 
the  leading  s-chools  of  Boston  during  the  past  summer. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

D*PRICE'S 

Baking 
Powder 


The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia ;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


Nov.  24,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


23 


to  the  Wnch  have  been  .)ui:e  a  favorite  diversion 
with  <>nr  fashionables,  and  when  fallowed  by  a  dainty  Utile  Slipper 
have  been  ruurh  enjoyeii.  the  fee*i  niakinp  amends  for  whatever 
" -pUN"  have  happened  en  route.    The  Auditorium  holds  its  own, 

r,  no  matter  what  other  form  of  "party"  may  spring  up,  and 
when  the  delightful  muMe  one  hears  there  is  taken  into  considera- 
tion, all  wonder  at  the  popularity  of  the  place  ceases.  Mrs.  Paul 
Jarboe's  Auditorium  party  was  followed  by  a  charming  little  supper 
at  her  residence  on  Washington  Street  ;  90  also  were  those  given  by 
Mr-.  Auzerais  and  Mrs.  Hager;  and  by  Mrs.  Gwin  at  the  California 
Theatre,  a-  well  a-  the  one  given  by  Mr.  and  Miss  Tobin  in  honor  of 
fcUsa  Birdie  Fair.  Apropos  of  mo  sic,  Allan  St.  John  Bowie  has 
shown  his  appreciation  of  it  by  making  his  initial  appearance  as  a 
except  at  dinner?  in  giving  a  musical  gathering,  and  now  that 
he  has  broken  the  ice  so  charmingly,  it  is  hoped  he  will  try  it  again 

ere  long. 

There  will  be  two  novelties  for  our  fashionables  next  week;  first, 
the  Society  Market,  which  will  open  for  business  on  Tuesday  next  in 
the  large  vacant  store  in  the  new  Parrott  building,  on  Post  and  Pow- 
ell streets,  with  every  indication  of  its  being  a  great  success;  second, 
the  Horse  Show,  which  will  be  held  in  the  Pavilion,  which  is  now  be- 
ing placed  in  readiness.  In  this  connection  the  great  topic  with  the 
ladies  is  dress,  and  from  what  is  said,  there  being  such  a  diversity  of 
opinion  on  the  subject  as  to  what  is  the  correct  thing  to  wear,  no 
doubt  there  will  be  as  much  diversity  in  the  attire  seen,  from  full  ball 
dress  to  the  simplest  street  costume. 

General  and  Mrs.  Houghton  and  Miss  Minnie  are  expected  to 
arrive  in  town  for  the  season  next  week,  and  will  occupy  the  Otis 
residence  on  Washington  street  this  winter.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Philip 
Smith  are  among  recent  arrivals  after  a  long  absence  in  Europe.  The 
George  Crockers  have  also  returned  from  their  European  sojourn, 
and  are  at  present  in  New  York. 

Society  will  no  doubt  be  delighted  to  welcome  back  to  its  fold  Mrs. 
Willie  Howard,  who  is  expected  to  arrive  from  Paris  in  about  ten 
days.  Mrs.  Howard  is  such  a  charming  and  prolific  entertainer  her 
loss  was  sorely  felt  when  she  left  California.  Mrs.  Percy  Selby  has 
come  to  town  for  the  season,  and  has  taken  a  flat  on  Pierce  street, 
near  Mrs.  Barreda.  One  of  society's  losses  this  winter  will  be  Miss 
Fanny  Friedlander,  who  leaves  for  Washington  some  time  next 
month,  where  she  will  spend  several  weeks  as  the  guest  of  Mrs. 
Henley  Smith.  

Theatre  parties  for  the  first  night  of  Salvini  at  the  Baldwin  next 
Monday  evening  are  now  being  arranged.  One  of  them  will  be  given 
by  Allan  St.  John  Bowie,  and  Mrs.  Mollie  Latham  will  be  the 
chaperon. 

The  California  Theatre  was  given  over  to  theatre  parties  on  Mon- 
day night.  Seldom  has  so  much  swell  dressing  been  seen  there  of  late. 
Miss  Celia  Tobin  gave  a  theatre  party  Monday  evening  in  honor  of 
Miss  Virginia  Fair,  with  a  supper  afterward  at  the  Tobin  residence, 
on  California  street.  A  party  of  four  entered  quite  late,  the  ladies  ah 
in  evening  gowns,  with  opera  wraps.  The  ladies  created  quite  a  sen- 
sation by  wearing  old-fashioned  "  waterfalls." 

The  great  Horse  Show  at  New  York  is  at  an  end.  It  was  financially 
and  socially  a  great  success.  The  Goulds,  Vanderbilts,  and  Astors 
occupied  their  boxes  and  were  ablaze  with  diamonds.  Some  Califor- 
nians  were  among  the  audience,  including  Mr.  D.  Murphy  and  wife, 
Mrs.  Robert  Bunker  and  daughter.  Dr.  LuellaCool,  M.  H.  de  Young, 
Mr.  Arthur  Thompson  Oak,  Mrs.  Charles  Morrell. 

Mrs.  Will  V.  Bryan  has  issued  invitations  to  a  number  of  her  young 
friends  for  an  afternoon  tea  from  three  to  seven  p.  m.,  at  her  residence, 
1822  Pine  street. 

Miss  Leila  Owen  Ellis,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ellis,  the  dramatic  teacher 
and  reader,  who  is  spending  the  winter  in  New  York,  recited  in  the 
drawing  room  of  Mrs.  Harnman  at  an  afternoon  tea  last  week.  She 
scored  an  unquestionable  success,  which  does  not  surprise  those 
who  heard  her  before  she  left  us. 

The  polo  pony  races  to-day  will  be  another  plume  in  the 
escutcheon  of  the  Burlingame  Club.  That  admirable  animal,  the 
mustang,  the  Arabian  of  California,  was  becoming  extinct  nntil 
the  Burlingames  took  him  up,  and  can  now  produce  ponies  that 
can  take  their  hurdles  with  the  best  steeple-chasers  in  the 
country.  

It  is  said  that  Miss  Jessie  Newlands  will  return  with  Lady  Hesketh 
when  she  goes  back  to  her  English  home  after  her  approaching  visit 
to  the  Coast  has  terminated,  and  that  Mrs.  and  Miss  McAllister 
(mother  and  sister  of  Mrs.  Frank  Newlands)  are  waiting  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  Blythe  fee,  to  betake  themselves  to  France,  where  Mrs. 
McAllister  hopes  to  reside  permanently  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Henry 
Palmer. 

The  Lurline  Baths  have  recently  introduced  some  novel  attractions 
in  the  way  of  electric  light  effects  and  artistic  concerts,  which  have 
proved  exceedingly  popular.  The  passing  of  the  summer  season, 
which  in  the  ordinary  mind  is  associated  with  bathing,  has  had  no 
diminishing  effect  on  the  attendance. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Donnell  have  taken  up  their  residence  at  the 
California  for  the  season. 


THE  openine  of  a  store  at  216  Post  street  by  the  Hotel  Rafael 
Nursery,  t<»  sell  the  plants  and  cut  Mowers  that  have  made  the 
gardens  ol  the  Hotel  Rafael  so  beautiful,  has  been  gratefully  accepted 
by  the  public  as  an  invitation  to  gratify  their  taste  for  the  beautiful. 
In  Moral  designs  and  ornamental  plants  for  decorative  purposes  the 
new  establishment  has  a  complete  line  and  the  most  capable  work- 
men. The  best  people  of  the  city  are  availing  themselves  of  an  oppor- 
tunity to  secure  good  service  at  reasonable  expense.  A  visit  to  the 
establishment  will  show  the  excellence  of  its  appointments. 


Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Pari-  Panels.  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  Moor,  Columbian  building,  91G 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 


A.TTYS  -AT- LAW. 
FKANK  KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg, ,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES. 
CANPIE8  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTB1,  Polk  and  Bush  streets 

DENTISTS. 
B.  I  IIIT.AK,  416  Geary  street. 

DRUGGISTS. 
KELLY'S  CORN  (IKE,  35c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists. 

MILLINERY. 

THE  WONHEB  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  atore,  1024-1028  Market  street. 

RESTAURANTS. 

FRANCO- AMERICAN  Restaurant- 521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIRING  DONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  2"2  P  .well  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.   KKNSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  automization  pnrposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 

CUNNINGHAM,  CURTI8S  k  WELCH, 

Wholesale  Stationers  and  Booksellers. 

327,  329,  331  SANSOME  STREET. 


ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Silver  Hill  Mining  Company, 

Assessment No.  34. 

Amount  per  Share 5  cents 

Levied November  19  1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office December  26, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock January  16, 1895 

D.   C.  BATES,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  81,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Bodie  Consolidated   Mining  Company. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  above  named  company, 
held  on  the  20th  day  of  November,  1894,  a  dividend  (No.  22)  of  twenty-five 
cents  (25c)  per  share  was  declared  on  the  capital  stock  of  the  com- 
pany, payable  Wednesday,  December  5, 1894,  at  the  transfer  agency,  room  17, 
o7  Broadway,  New  York,  only  on  stock  issued  from  the  transfer  agency  in 
that  city,  and  at  the  San  Francisco  office  only  on  stuck  issued  here.  Trans- 
fer books  will  close  on  Monday,  November  26,  1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

M.  E.  WILLIS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  62,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

Luuiu   IIUL1IU LIILII  uiinnii  num.) 

Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence: 


Carte  Blanche, 


A  Rich  Wine. 


Grand  Vin  Sec,   a  Dry  wine. 

E3  r  U  t,     An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

The  Highest  Oracle  In  the  World. 

. r  "Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 

be  had  of  all  First-Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

MACONDRAY    BROS.  &.  LOCKARD, 

SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 
124  Sansome  St- 


24 

SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO  : 

Lkave  I  From  Nov.  3.  1894.  I  Abbive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express.  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 
7:00  a  Benicla,  Vacaville,  Rumeey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 
7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa 6 :15  P 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 

and  Oroville 4 :15  p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  *Raymond 
(for  Yosemite).  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,  El  Paso,  New 

OrleanB  and  East 5:45  p 

9:00  a  Martinez  aud  Stockton 10:45  a 

*9:00  a  Peters  and   Milton  ...  '7:15  p 

§10:30a  "  Sunset   Limited,"    Vestibuled 

Train  through  to  New  Orleans. ..  111:15  a 
1:00  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  ...  *S:*h  a 
. .     . .  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore   .     HI  :45  a 

*1 :00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers *9  :ou  p 

4 :00  f  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  CaliBtoga,  El  Verauo,  and 

SantaRosa 9:15a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Woodland, 
Knight's    Landing,    Marysville. 

Oroville    and  Sacramemo 10:45a 

4:30  v.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,    Merced  and 

Fresno 7:15  p 

5:00p.  Los  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Los   Angeles 10  :45  a 

5 :00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East... 10:45  a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East..  9:45a 
6:00p.  Hay  wards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7:45a 

(7 :00  p.  Vallejo \7 .45  p. 

7:00p.  Oregon  ExDress,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East.      .        ..      10:4->  * 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

17:45  a  Sunday    excursion   for  Newark, 

San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  aad 

SantaCruz 18:05  p 

8:15a.  Newark.  Uenterville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,    Boulder      Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations     6:20  p. 

*2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa   Cruz,  and   principal    way 

stations      ..*11:50a 

i  :45  P.  Newark.  San  Jose.  Los  Gatos.        _  *  Sl  *■ 
Coast  Division  (Third  a  «i  iowns*-a<i  streets!. 

6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    1:45  p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinos, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Roblea,  San 
San  LuiB  Obispo  and  principal 
Way  Stations 7  05  p. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  5:06  p. 

11:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 

*'2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
Pacific  Grove    *10:40a. 

*3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      ..     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5:10p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations....  .  *8:48a. 
6 :30  p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6  :S5  a. 

rll:45p.   Palo  Alto  and  principal  Way 

Stations +7:38  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SAB  FRASCI8C0— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)- 
*7  00  8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00  and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  OAKLAND— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  "11  00  A.  M. 
112  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  «5  00  p.  M. 

a.  for  Morning.  p.forAfternoon. 

•SnndavF  excepted.  +Saturdays  rmly. 

^Thursdays  only.  tSuuriavonlv. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for. 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a,  m.,  Nov.  6,  21.    Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  C.  and  Puget  Sound  ports,  Oct.  27. 
Nov.  1,  6.  11,  16,  21,  26.  Dec.  1,  6, 11,  1j,  21,  26,  31, 
and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field'sLandiugfHum- 
boldt  Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, 9  A.  M. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a,  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Lbs  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  alternate! v  at  11  A.  M. 

For  Ensenada,  Magdalena  Bay,  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m.,  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  Btreet. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco, 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LE'I  [E.R 


Nov.  24,  1S94. 


MUSIC—  William  Strode. 

When   whispering   strains   with   creeping 

wind 
Distill  soft  passions  through  the  heart; 
And  when  at  every  touch  we  find 
Oar  pulses  beat  and  bear  a  part; 

When  threads  can  make 

A  heart-string  ache, 

Philosophy 

Can  scarce  deny 

Our  souls  are  made  of  harmony. 

When  unto  heavenly  joys  we  faine 
Whate'er  the  soul  affecteth  most, 
Which  only  thus  we  can  explain 
By  music  of  the  heavenly  host; 

Whose  lays  we  think 

Make  stars  to  wink, 

Philosophy 

Can  scarce  deny 

Our  souls  consist  of  harmony. 

Ob,  lull  me,  lull  me,  charming  air! 
My  senses  rock  with  wonder  sweet; 
Like  snow  on  wool  thy  fallings  are ; 
Soft  like  a  spirit's  are  thy  feet! 

Grief  who  needs  fear 

That  bath  an  ear? 

Down  let  him  lie, 

And  slumbering  die, 

And  change  his  soul  for  harmony. 

Every  one  occasionally  maps  out  a 
course  for  himself,  which  be  proceeds  to 
travel  straight  away  from  when  the  oppor- 
tunity arrives. 

If  you  never  had  a  good  time  be  glad  of 
it;  one  good  time  makes  a  man  spend  the 
rest  of  his  life  in  useless  longing  for  an- 
other. 

A  man  never  wants  to  be  a  woman  ex- 
cept when  a  woman  abuses  him;  then  be 
would  like  to  be  a  woman,  to  talk  back. 

A  woman  is  always  funny,  but  she  is 
particularly  funny  when  she  appears  on 
the  streets  carrying  a  carpet  satchel. 

When  anyone  sings,  and  you  do  not  like 
it,  is  it  wrong  to  say  that  you  do?  The 
best  people  we  ever  knew  do  it. 

A  woman  is  enthusiastic  over  being  mar- 
ried, not  over  the  man  she  is  to  marry. 

A  man  is  a  good  deal  like  a  boy;  when 
be  gets  a  whistle,  he  plays  with  it  too 
much. — Atchison  Globe. 

£Si"i,°£S!  Agents.  $75 

*  week.  Exclusive  u-rrilorv.  The 
lUplii  Dish  Washer.  Was  Ij  edlll  I  itic 
di-lK'i  for  a  family  iuoue  minute. 
Washes,  rinses  and  dries  ibcm 
without  welting  ih<-'  bauds.  Yuii 
push  the  button,  the  machine doea 
the  wat.  Bright,  polished  dishes, 
and  cheerful  wives.  No  scalded 
fingers, nosoilt:  J  haudaor  clothing. 
'No  broKeu  dishes, nu muss.  Cheap. 
durable.warraoted.Circular=rree 
W.  P.  HARRISON  A  CO..  Clerk  No.  IS,  Columbus,  O. 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Theodoh  Link  to  New  Yoek.  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  aud  Central 
America. 

SAILINGS— At  noon. 
From  company's  wharf.  First  aud   Brauuan  Sts. 

S.S    "Sau  Bias,"  October  2S,  1894. 
S.  S.  "SauJuau,"  l-ecember  8,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Colon,"  Dei  ember  18.  1894. 
S.  S.  "Saa  Jo-e,"  December  28,  1894. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 

AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 
Shanghai,  ani  at  Hongkong  for 
India,  etc.: 
SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 
S.  S.  "Peru,"  Saturday,  Nov.  24,  1894,  at  3  p.  m. 
S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 
13, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

8.  8.  "City  of  Peking,"  Thursday,  January 
3, 1895,  at  3  P.  M 

S.S.  "China,"   via  Honolulu,  Jan.    15,  1895,  at 
3  p.  M. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight "nr  passage  apply  at  the  company's 
office,  No.   425  Market  street. 

ALEXANDER  CENTER, 

General  Agent 


SAM  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

T1BUR0N  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEIC    DAYS-7:40,  9:21,  11:00  a.  «.;  12:35,3:30, 

5:1),   6.30    p.   u.    Thursdays— Extra    trip    at 

II :3l)  p.  si     Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  and 

11:3)  p.  M. 
SUNDAY8-S;00,  9:30,11:03  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  M. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

WEEK  DAYS— 5:25,  7:55.  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 
3:40,  5:10  p.m.  Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
aud  6:3l)  p.  m. 

SUNDAYS— 3:10,  9:40,  11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  Sau  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 

same  schedule  as  above. 


Lkavb S.F. 

In  Effect    j  AsbiveinS.F. 

Week 
Days 

Sandays 

Desti'tion 

Sundays 

10:40  a. M 
6:05  p.  m 
7:30p.m 

Week 
Days. 

7:40a.  ft. 
3:20  p.  V. 
5:11  P  * 

8:00a.m. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00  p.m. 

Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Sauta  Roia. 

8:50a.  m 
10:30am 
6:15p.M 

8:00a.m. 

Fulton 

Wiudsor, 

Healdsburg, 

G^yserville, 

Cloverdale 

B:3f>»H  v 

7:30  p.m. 

6-15p* 

7:40  a  m. 

S:0U  a.  M. 

Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30p.m 

6:15  P.M. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  P.  M. 

8:00  a.  m. 

Guerneville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30am 

6:15  f  m 

7:40a.  m.|8:O0a.m.|  Sonoma  110:40a. m.|8:50a&. 
5:10  p.m.|5:00p.M.|  Glen  Ellen.]  6:05p.m,|6:15pm. 
7:40a.m  I ~8 :00a.m. I  Sebastopol.  |10:40a.m|10:30a.m 
3:30  P.M  f  5:00  p.m. I  |  6  05p.mI  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Springs. 

Stages  counect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
KelBeyvllle,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville, 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  "Westport,  Canto,  Willittb, 
Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley,  Johu  Day's,  Li ve- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
viile,  HydesviUeand Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 

Ou  Suudays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  pointy 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
aud  Market  streets,  undsr  Palace  Hotel. 

R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


H.C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


OCOIOEMTAL   AND  OMENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FDR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leive  wharf  at  FIR3T  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
aud  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday.  Dee  4,1894 
Gaklic  . .  Monday,  December  24, 1894 
Bklgic    Thursday,  Jan.  24, 1895 

ROUND  TRIP   TICKETS  AT   REDUCED   RATES 

(.'uli in  plaus  ou  exhibition  and  passage  tickets 
for  sale  at  O  &  0  S  S.  Compuuy's  General 
Offices.  425  Market  street,  Sau  Francisco 

For  freight  aud  passage  apply  at  Company's 
office.  No.  425  Market  street,  orner  First. 

P.  D.  STUBB3.  Secretarv 

0CEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

World  tours,  steamer 

and  rail.    First  class, 

$610.       Second    class, 

f350. 

\fn     O.  S.  S.  Company's 

*      steamers  sail: 

For     HONOLULU. 
S.  S.    -AUSTRALIA," 

Nov.  24,  1894 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA.    AUCKLAND 
aud  SYDNEY,  S.  8. 

"MARIPOSA," 
December  13th. 


*>y  o 


•SfiVE-S 


For  passage  apply  to  13S  Montgomery  Street. 

For  Freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 

J.  D.  SPRECKELo  &BROS.  CO.,  General  Agts 


A.  BUSWELL, 


Hook. -Burner,  Paper-Ruler,  Printer  and  Blank  Boek  Manofac- 

urer, 
543  Clay  Street,        -       Near  Montgomery 

San  Feancibco. 


Plate  V".   i.\ 


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Those  ladies  who  can  afford  to  indulge  in  seal  skins  know  little  of  the 
>t filial  and  enormous  activities  employed  to  secure  them.  Our 
■  '.  enables  them  to  study,  in  a  somewhat  exaggerated 
form,  the  facial  characteristics  of  the  man  to  whose  capital,  intelligence, 
and  industry  they, Owe  so  much.  Published  pictures  of  Louis  Slow  are 
very  tare,  for  he  shrinks  from  personal  observation.  As  President  of  the 
Alaska  Commercial  Company,  and  as  capitalist,  public-spirited  citizen, 
and  warm-hearted  gentleman,  he  is  per  force  as  conspicuous  as  a  man  of 
his  power  and  modesty  usually  cares  to  be. 


IT  is  delicious  to  learn  tbat  the  injunction  suit  against  Eugene 
V.  Debs  and  others,  to  restrain  them  from  interfering  with  the 
transpuitation  of  the  mails,  has  been  issued  by  Judge  Ross,  at 
Los  Angeles,  and  made  perpetual.  The  cheering  feature  of  the 
news  is  that  the  courts  at  last  seem  to  have  heard  that  there  was 
a  railroad  strike  last  July. 


IT  is  said  that  the  National  Bureau  of  Immigration  is  becoming 
seriously  alarmed  at  the  constant  influx  of  Japanese  coolies. 
The  northwestern  border  seems  to  be  the  gateway  by  which  they 
enter,  and  they  are  coming  in  such  numbers  that  they  will  even- 
tually become  a  menace  to  white  labor  as  dangerous  as  the  Chi- 
nese. There  is  not  much  danger  of  this,  however,  for  the  Jap- 
anese have  always  created  a  different  impression. 

A  CONFERENCE,  which  bad  for  its  object  the  unification  of  the 
Latin  and  Oriental  branches  of  the  Catholic  Church,  was  recent- 
ly held  under  tbe  presidency  of  the  Pope  at  Rome.  It  is  said  to 
have  led  to  a  complete  understanding  between  the  patriarchs  and 
bishops  of  the  two  rites;  but  the  phrase  >«  complete  understand- 
ing," as  used  in  this  connection,  is  decidedly  vague.  A  real  uni- 
fication of  these  two  branches  of  the  Catholic  Church  would  be 
an  important  event  in  a  political  as  well  as  an  ecclesiastical  way. 


BARON  HIRSCH,  of  the  Jewish  Colonization  Society,  says  that 
he  is  far  from  favoring  immigration  to  the  United  Slates;  that 
for  the  past  few  years  he  has  endeavored  to  turn  it  to  the  Argen- 
tine Republic,  where  the  Association  has  already  established 
many  colonies  and  is  establishing  others.  The  prospects  there 
are  much  better  in  the  way  of  establishing  homes  and  new  in- 
dustries. The  Baron  may  be  doing  the  United  States  a  good 
turn. 

IN  many  of  the  Congressional  districts,  and  more  particularly  in 
the  Southern  States,  men  were  elected  where  there  was  no 
hope  or  promise  of  success.  In  such  cases  politicians  would  not 
accept,  and  the  nominees  were  placed  upon  the  tickets  merely  to 
fill  up  and  sustain  the  organization.  Those  who  were  surprised 
with  success  may  not  be  experienced  in  legislative  proceedings, 
but  they  are  more  apt  to  be  honest  and  conscientious  than  old 
party  hacks,  and  many  of  them  will  develop  into  able  and  valuable 
statesmen.  The'country  will  not  be  any  the  worse  off,  at  any 
rate. 


ONE  of  the  most  important  questions  suggested  for  dis- 
cussion by  the  Trans-Mississippi  Congress,  in  session  in 
Bt.  Louis,  is  that  of  a  Tarff  Commissiion.  There  is  no 
question  that  such  a  body,  possessing  plenary  powers, 
could  adjust  such  matters  in  a  more  satisfactory  man- 
ner than  can  ever  be  accomplished  by  Congressional  action. 
The  mutations  of  party  disturb  the  equilibrium  in  busi- 
ness, and  so  long  as  this  question  is  handled  by  politicians,  issues 
of  more  vital  consequence  to  tbe  productive  industries  of  the 
country  are  lost  sight  of.  The  time  is  past  when  the  fact  that 
the  tariff  is  a  question  of  local  significance  is  a  subject  of  ridicule, 
and  a  commission,  representing  all  sections,  would  be  more  capa- 
ble of  framing  a  uniform  system  than  agitators  who  are  jealous  of 
the  rights  of  their  constituents.  It  has  become  the  vexed  ques- 
tion of  the  times,  and  the  one  which  produces  changes  in  govern- 
mental policies  that  interfere  with  commerce. 


COXEY'S  campaign  for  Congress  in  Ohio  is  said  to  have  cost 
him  .$10,000,  which  was  about  two  dollars  for  each  vote  he  re- 
ceived. Character  and  reputation  are  two  widely  different  things. 
He  undertook  to  secure  votes  on  reputation  witnout  character, 
and  lost.  The  picturesque  would  not  draw  well  in  that  portion 
of  the  world,  and  he  can  now  pass  into  obscurity  as  the  Don 
Quixote  of  American  politics. 

IT  is  hard  to  distinguish  the  difference  in  disloyalty  between  the 
man  who  fires  upon  the  flag  and  the  one  who  rapes  the  ballot- 
box.  One  is  open  treason  and  the  other  treason  of  a  more  dan- 
gerous character.  If  the  act  of  levying  war  against  the  Govern- 
ment constitutes  a  capital  offense,  the  other  should  be  none  the 
less  heinous.  A  law  to  tbat  effect  would  be  in  order,  and  it 
would  be  hailed  with  joy  by  all  honest  and  patriotic  people. 


SOME  of  the  critical  newspapers  were  pleased  to  say,  in  a  satiri- 
cal way,  that  the  "  Japs  did  not  capture  Port  Arthur  with  a 
rush."  Grant  did  not  capture  Vicksburg  with  a  rush.  He  got  it, 
all  the  same,  and  saved  many  valuable  lives.  The  most  important 
results  are  always  obtained  through  patience  and  perseverance, 
and  the  Japanese  worked  upon  that  plau.  While  their  desire  no 
doubt  is  for  a  cessation  of  hostilities  and  a  return  to  peace,  they 
know  that  the  best  and  most  substantial  way  to  accomplish  it  is 
to  conquer  it.  They  have  studied  the  arts  of  war  and  the  science 
of  diplomacy,  while  the  Chinese  have  been  ridiculing  the  strides 
of  civilization. 


CHASING  after  election  frauds  is  an  irritating  occupation.  That 
they  are  there  in  large  or  small  quantities  is  apparent  to  even 
the  disinterested  patriot,  but  to  bag  them  is  a  more  difficult  thing. 
They  are  the  little  jokers  that  now  you  see  and  now  you  don't 
see,  and  the  judicial  drag-net  is  not  constructed  on  the  "get 
there  "  plan.  It  is  well  enough  to  investigate  just  to  satisfy  peo- 
ple of  a  suspicious  nature,  but  if  it  does  not  do  more  harm  than 
good  by  a  failure  to  succeed,  demonstrating  that  frauds  can  be 
committed  with  impunity,  it  is  something  strange.  The  only  way 
to  prevent  election  frauds  is  to  prevent  rascals  from  handling  the 
poll  lists,  and  challenging  those  who  are  not  legal  voters. 

THE  School  Board  has  finally  succeeded  in  removing  Professor 
Edwards  from  the  Crocker  Primary  school  and  placing  him  in 
charge  of  the  Washington  school.  This  action  was  taken  in  op- 
position to  his  own  wishes  and  that  of  his  many  friends.  It  was 
acknowledged  that  he  had  done  excellent  work  in  placing  tbe 
Crock*  r  school  on  a  high  standard  by  his  excellent  management, 
and  those  who  favored  the  transfer  believed  that  he  could  bring 
another  school  up  to  the  same  high  standard.  This  sort  of  mis- 
sionary work  was  not  what  Professor  Edwards  wanted,  and  his 
friends  thought  there  was  more  spite  work  in  it  than  any  large 
amount  of  generosity,  but  the  resolution  was  adopted  by  the 
Board,  and  some  favorite  will  take  his  place  in  the  Crocker  school. 

THERE  is  a  fellow  running  a  paper  down  in  Santa  Barbara 
who  has  not  taken  down  his  Democratic  flag  nor  jumped  off 
his  perch  because  of  the  little  political  frost  tbat  nipped  his  party 
a  few  weeks  ago.  In  speaking  of  the  old  stand-bys — Holman, 
Springer,  and  Bland — having  retired  from  business  at  the  old 
stand,  he  reminds  the  Republicans  tbat,  while  the  fairest  flowers 
have  fallen,  the  root  of  the  evil  Btill  exists,  and  adds:  "When 
poor  Job  sat  upon  the  manure  pile  bemoaning  his  afflictions,  the 
Lord  kindly  (?)  reminded  him  that  Mrs.  Job  still  waved.  'And 
tnat  is  the  very  worst  of  all  the  evils,'  said  the  chastised  man. 
The  Democrats  still  have  a  President,  good  for  two  long  years 
yet,  and  may  he  revolutionize."  That  editor  has  good  stuff  in 
in  him,  and  is  not  likely  to  swap  horses  while  crossing  a   stream. 

THE  project  of  organizing  a  wine  association  through  the 
co-operation  of  the  heavy  wine-makers  of  the  State  is  moving 
forward  very  successfully.  Santa  Clara  County  was  asked  to 
pledge  3,000,000  gallons,  and  on  Saturday  of  last  week  1,600,000 
gallons  were  subscribed  by  producers  of  that  county.  The  com- 
bination expects  to  control  the  output  of  the  State  in  such  a  way 
as  to  increase  the  price  of  wines  to  double  what  they  are  now. 
This  will  be  done  by  a  system  of  inspection  and  grading,  and  by 
putting  an  end  to  the  ruinous  competition  that  has  been  so  disas- 
trous in  the  past.  The  intention  at  first  was  to  handle  nothing 
but  dry  wines,  but  the  producers  of  sweet  wines  have  applied  to 
become  members  of  the  association,  and  the  indications  are  that 
the  total  product  will  be  represented. 


SAN  FttANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK 


December  1,  1894. 


A  REVIEW  OF  THE  WEEK. 


OF  our  numerous  contemporaries  wbicb  have  discussed  our  in- 
terpretation of  Governor-elect  Budd's  opinion  that  the  <Jnv- 
ernment  should  "take"  the  Union  and  Central  Pacific  roado  for 
their  debts  and  operate  them  "at  the  cost  of  the  service"  -'for  the 
benefit  of  the  people  of  the  Pacific  8tates,"  our  able  friend,  the 
Stockton  Mail,  seems  to  have  gooe  furthest  afield  in  trying  to  ex- 
plain the  logic  of  Mr.  Budd's  position.  Our  construction  of  Mr. 
Budd's  opinion,  in  brief,  was  that  in  "taking"  the  railroads  for 
the  debt  the  right  of  a  hearing  and  foreclosure  are  denied;  thai 
the  first  mortgage  debt,  in  any  event,  would  first  have  to  be 
lifted  by  the  payment  of  the  money  out  of  the  United  States 
Treasury;  that  thus  the  Government  would  be  paying  five  or  six 
times  as  much  for  the  property  as  would  be  required  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  new  line;  that  by  "tasing"  the  railroads  for  the 
debts  the  Government  would  be  losing  the  difference  between  that 
debt  (added  to  the  first  mortgage  debt)  and  the  cost  of  building  a 
new  line;  that  in  going  to  this  enormous  expense  and  operating 
the  roads  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  of  this  coast,  the  Govern- 
ment is  asked  to  ignore  the  wishes  and  interests  of  all  the  people 
east  of  the  Missouri  River;  and  that  in  operating  the  roads  at  the 
bare  cost  of  the  service  the  other  transcontinental  roads  would 
be  forced  into  bankruptcy  and  their  property  destroyed.  The 
last  is  the  only  poiDt  that  the  Mail  is  inclined  to  discuss,  and  on 
that  point  it  defends  Mr.  Badd  by  saying  that  the  first  cost  of 
the  roads  to  the  Government  under  the  "  taking"  process 
would  be  an  element  of  the  cost  of  service,  which  would 
thus  be  brought  up  to  a  point  which  wonld  permit  the 
existence  of  the  other  transcontinental  roads.  We  regret 
that  the  Mail  has  not  discussed  the  other  and  more  vital 
points  which  Mr.  Budd  has  raised,  for  our  able  Governor-elect 
has  placed  himself  in  so  extraordinary  a  position  that  a  great  deal 
of  explanation  is  needed.  With  regard  to  the  defense  which  our 
contemporary  has  made,  will  it  kindly  inform  us  and  its  numerous 
other  readers  why  the  Government  should  not  build  an  inde- 
pendent line  instead  of  doing  as  Mr.  Budd  proposes?  That 
would   in  nowise  hinder  the  collection  of  the  debt. 

EVEN  in  politics  there  is  nothing  so  refreshing  and  beautiful  as 
courtesy  between  individuals.  It  helps  to  smooth  the  ragged 
edge  of  a  campaign  war,  and  looks  as  though,  after  all,  "the 
whole  world  is  kin."  The  two  principal  gladiators  in  the  contest 
for  the  office  of  Governor  in  the  recent  conflict  seem  to  have 
united  in  a  mutual  desire  to  allay  any  suspicion  that  may  exist 
in  order  that  the  victor  may  have  his  title  clear  and  the  result 
purged  of  the  disagreeable  and  obnoxious  odor  of  fraud.  There 
should  be  no  taint  of  corruption  or  trickery  attached  to  the  cer- 
tificate of  election,  and  no  doubt  rest  upon  the  official  skirts  of  the 
Governor  of  the  State.  Mr.  Estee,  who  has  nothing  to  lose  and 
all  to  gain,  has  expressed  his  objection  to  a  personal  contest  on 
the  supposition  of  fraud  as  outlined  by  the  Republican  State  Cen- 
tral Committee,  and  Mr.  Bndri,  who  has  all  to  lose  and  nothing 
to.gain,  has  declared  an  unwillingness  to  takethe  office  while  any 
clond  hangs  over  his  title  to  the  same,  believiDg  that  the  result  of 
an  investigation  will  more  than  justify  the  official  count  as  re- 
corded. 

As  there  is  an  implied  belief  on  both  sides  that  irregularities 
exist,  and  as  a  strong  suspicion  prevails  among  the  people  that 
an  honest  count  has  not  been  had,  in  order  to  avoid  delay  and 
prevent  a  still  worse  suspicion  that  would  naturally  result  from 
an  investigation  by  a  strongly  partisan  Legislature,  Mr.  Estee 
has  suggested  that  an  agreed  case  be  made  and  a  recount  of  the 
San  Francisco  vote  be  had  before  Chief  Justice  Beatty,  a  Repub- 
lican, and  Justice  Jackson  Temple,  a  Democrat,  honorable  and 
trustworthy  :1  members  of  the  Supreme^Bench,  and  that  the  two 
contestants  abide  by  the  decision.  As  the  returns  from  all  other 
parts  of  the  State  are  not  in  dispute,  those  of  bad  San  Francis-co 
alone  would  be  counted,  and  the  work  could  be  done  in  a  few 
days,  insofar  as  these  two  are  concerned.  It  is  not  a  matter  of 
mere  conjecture  that  there  were  gross  irregularities  and  criminal 
negligence  in  the  conduct  of  many  of  the  election  boards  in  this 
city,  and  that  either  a  lack  of  qualification  or  downright  fraud 
characterized  the  service.  The  perpetrators  of  this  dishonest 
work,  if  it  be  made  apparent,  should  be  punished  to  the  full  ex- 
tent of  the  law. 

It  is  not  often  that  a  man  is  found  willing,  let  alone  anxious,  to 
go  over  the  ground  a  second  time  to  ferret  out  fraud  when  he  has 
an  apparently  safe  majority  over  his  opponent,  and  whatever 
may  have  been  said  derogatory  to  the  character  of  Mr.  Budd,  he 
has  certainly  disarmed  criticism  by  the  cheerfulness  of  his  course. 
The  election  machinery  was  all  against  him  in  a  partisan  sense, 
and  he  feels  confident  that  the  truth  will  not  hurt  him;  but  above 
and  beyond  all  that  he  has  shown,  for  whatever  that  showing 
means,  that  he  does  not  want  the  office  in  the  face  of  a  doubt.  As 
it  is  only  a  suggestion,  not  yet  fully  determined  upon  by  the  par- 
ties, it  is  a  fair  and  wise  one,  and  no  outside  influence  of  a  parti- 
san character  should  interfere  with  the  programme  as  outlined  by 


Mr.  Estee,  who  has  shown  that  he  is  better  than  his  party  man- 
agers. He  feels  the  pangs  of  defeat,  while  they  are  merely  urging 
an  unsatisfactory  course  with  a  hope  of  feeding  from  the  crumbs 
that  would  fall  from  his  official  table.  In  the  meantime  the  fact 
should  not  be  lost  sight  of  that  a  good  many  Republicans  are  Bin- 
cere  in  their  belief  that  Mr.  Estee  was  counted  out,  and  that  in 
not  demanding  a  recount  he  perhaps  has  lost  a  singular  oppor- 
tunity. 

THE  Gold  Run  hydraulic  mine,  situated  on  the  north  fork  of 
the  American  River,  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  pieces  of 
property  in  the  State.  It  is  unfortunate  that  it  is  situated  bo  un- 
favorably for  successful  operation  in  view  of  the  dangers  that 
arise  from  the  flow  of  debris  to  the  valleys  below.  When  it  was 
discovered  that  the  slickens  was  threatening  the  navigation  of 
the  Sacramento  River  and  damaging  the  farms  and  orchards,  this 
mine,  with  others  less  important,  was  closed  down  by  a  decree  of 
the  courts  secured  by  the  Anti-Debris  Association.  The  company 
owning  this  mine  resisted  the  process  of  the  courts  for  a  time, 
which  created  considerable  bad  blood.  The  war  was  quite  excit- 
ing for  several  years,  but  finally  the  decrees  were  enforced  and 
the  company  reluctantly  yielded.  Under  what  is  known  as  the 
"Caminetti"  law,  passed  by  the  last  Congress,  a  commission  was 
created  for  the  purpose  of  granting  privileges  to  the  miners  to 
construct  dams  for  the  impounding  of  debris  with  proper  restric- 
tions, so  that  hydraulic  mining  conld  be  prosecuted  without  dam- 
age  to  the  farmers,  and  a  large  number  of  them  have  been  granted. 
This  commis&ion  was  in  session  at  Sacramento  during  the  present 
week,  and  the  Gold  Run  Company  made  application  for  a  permit 
to  build  a  dam.  This  created  a  feeling  of  unrest  among  the 
farmers,  and  Attorney  Devlin,  of  the  Anti-Debris  Association, 
made  a  bitter  protest  against  the  application,  and  all  petitions 
contemplating  a  revival  of  hydraulic  mining  on  torrential  streams. 
He  was  particularly  severe  in  his  denunciation  of  the  Gold  Run 
Company  because  of  their  refusal  to  submit  peaceably  to  the  pro 
cesses  of  the  courts,  stating  that  they  could  not  be  trusted. 

The  American  River  is  particularly  destructive  during  the  flood 
season,  and  the  construction  of  a  safe  dam  would  require  a  vast 
amount  of  money  and  rare  engineering  skill.  So  much  bo,  in- 
deed, that  the  Debris  Commission  decided  not  to  grant  the  permit. 
There  should  be  some  plan  devised  to  give  this  company  an 
opportunity  to  take  the  rich  mineral  from  these  hills,  as  well  as 
all  others  located  on  torrential  streams.  The  objections  to  gulch 
hydraulic  mining  have  been  withdrawn,  and  the  industry  is  now 
in  an  active  state.  The  Hon.  A.  H.  Rose,  Commissioner  of  Pub- 
lic Works,  has  suggested  the  construction  of  canals  to  carry 
debris  away  from  the  streams,  through  which  canals  the  water 
could  carry  off"  and  deposit  sediment  into  reservoirs  before  empty- 
ing into  the  channel.  This  may  be  speculative,  but  it  has  a 
plausible  appearance  and  may  solve  the  question.  It  is  too 
valuable  property  to  remain  idle  long,  and  every  obstacle  should 
be  removed  to  permit  those  interested  an  opportunity  to  carry  on 
the  business.  While  all  other  industries  are  languishing  under 
the  pressure  of  the  financial  strain  with  a  corresponding  decrease 
in  values,  the  mining  industry  is  reviving.  Although  this  one 
piece  of  property  may  present  ugly  features,  there  is  nothing  too 
intricate  for  the  engineering  genius  of  the  present  age  to  over- 
come, and  if  dams  are  not  sufficient,  some  other  scheme  will  be 
devised  to  extract  the  precious  metal  from  the  earth. 

THE  people  are  beginning  to  realize  the  palpable  injustice  that 
is  being  practiced  oy  bakers.  The  price  of  wheat  and  floor 
has  dropped  almost  one-half  during  the  past  three  years,  but  the 
size  uf  loaves  of  bread  has  not  been  changed.  The  hard  times 
which  have  driven  men  of  wealth  and  property  to  look  out  for 
the  nickels  has  finally  reached  the  loaf  of  bread,  and  in  the  East- 
ern cities  there  has  been  a  change  of  late.  The  bread-makers  re- 
sisted the  reduction  for  a  long  time,  believing  that  the  consumers 
would  not  heed  so  trifling  a  matter  as  a  loaf  of  bread,  but  they 
were  mistaken  in  their  calculations.  Necessity  drives  people  to 
economize  in  all  directions,  and  usually  the  small  things  attract 
the  first  attention.  In  the  large  cities  of  the  East  bakers  have 
cut  prices  in  two,  and  are  selling  loaves  at  one-half  the  former 
rates.  The  scaling  in  prices  has  not  reached  this  coast  yet.  but 
it  will  have  to  come  if  the  price  of  floor  continues  low  and  tbe 
stringency  in  the  money  market  is  not  relieved.  It  is  not  the 
worthless  tramp  who  promenades  the  streets  who  demands  this 
reduction,  but  tbe  industrious  laborers  with  families,  who  are  out 
of  employment  in  the  absence  of  industrial  enterprises,  and  aside 
from  tbe  idea  of  honesty  and  equity  involved  in  tbe  matter,  ne- 
cessity demands  a  fair  and  reasonable  reduction  which  will  not 
interfere  with  a  profit  to  the  baker.  There  is  one  good  thing  that 
has  been  accomplished:  many  people  have  been  driven  to  bake 
their  own  bread  who  had  almost  forgotten  tbe  art,  and  that  is 
something. 

THE  expected  falling-out  between  "Traffic  Manager  Leeds" 
and  the  Traffic  Association  has  occnrred,  and  it  is  all  because 
Mr.  Leeds  demands  that  his  salary  of  $10,000  a  year  be  main- 
tained, the  Association   taking  the  view  that  his  salary  ought  to 


Deoember  I,  1* 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


b*  cummeoionie  wiib  bis  MtvlOM.  It  was  Mr.  Leeds  who,  hav- 
ing failed  to  find  any  railroad  company  willing  to  appreciate  his 
eminent  services.  Dint  to  California  and  began  to  organize  an 
anti-railroad  sentiment.  If  be  could  not  secure  employment  from 
the  railroads  be  at  least  could  worry  them— perhaps  make  them 
change  their  opinion  of  bis  greal  ability  as  an  inspirer  of  traffic. 
The  Traffic  Association  was  organized,  and  it  employed  Mr. 
Leeds  aa  "Traffic  Manager"  at  a  salary  of  $10,000  a  year.  The 
only  traffic  be  has  managed  in  that  lofty  capacity  was  that  for  the 
line  of  steamers  put  on  by  the  Traffic  Association  between  San 
Francisco  and  New  York  in  opposition  to  the  Pacific  Mail  Com- 
pany and  remotely  the  Southern  Tacific  Company.  Under  his 
able  management  the  new  transportation  line  lost  $300,000,  and  was 
tben  abandoned.  Thereupon,  no  immediate  excuse  for  drawing 
bis  salary  presenting  itself,  and  fearing  discharge  before  some 
railroad  company  should  be  impressed  with  the  idea  of  securing 
bim,  he  became  a  violent  anti-Southern  Pacific  agitator,  and  set 
about  the  scheme,  just  before  the  last  election,  to  raise  money  for 
constructing  a  railroad  from  Stockton  to  Bakersfield.  It  was  to 
cost  almost  nothing — about  half  the  sum  for  which  the  Southern 
Pacific  is  assessed  in  the  valley  counties.  The  8an  Francisco  news- 
papers recently  engaged  in  promoting  the  great  railroad  strike 
and  its  ensuing  murders  and  business  wrecks,  came  to  his  assist- 
ance. For  all  the  noise  that  Mr.  Leeds  has  made  in  utilizing  the 
anti-railroad  sentiment  to  his  personal  advantage,  the  $350,- 
000  needed  to  start  the  little  railroad  was  not  forthcoming,  and 
yet  we  have  right  here  an  enthusiastic,  whole-souled,  enterpris- 
ing, determined  anti-railroad  millionaire,  who  spends  a  half  mil- 
lion dollars  on  a  bath  house!  It  looks  as  though  the  Traffic  As- 
sociation is  becoming  tired  of  being  "worked"  by  Mr.  Leeds,  and 
that  it  iB  tryiDg  to  find  some  amiable  way  to  be  rid  of  him.  Surely 
they  are  not  so  stingy  as  to  argue  that  the  General  Manager  of  a 
great  imaginary  railroad,  nearly  two  hundred  miles  in  length, 
should  not  be  paid  ?10,O0C  a  year! 

IT  having  been  ordered  by  Judge  McKenna  that  the  Call  and 
Bulletin  be  sold  on  petition  of  Mr.  Fitch,  it  is  interesting  to 
speculate  on  the  probable  purchaser.  Mr.  Fitch  frankly  confessed 
in  court  that  he  wants  to  arrange  for  the  purchase  of  the  prop- 
erties by  certain  of  his  friends,  and  by  that  he  probably  meant 
persons  to  represent  himself,  as  that  would  be  an  easy  way  of 
disposing  of  the  Pickering  and  Simonton  interests.  This  might 
prove  a  slight  damper  to  Adolpb  Sutro's  aspirations,  as  be  clearly 
will  need  an  "organ"  to  support  the  peculiar  policy  which  we 
may  expect  him  to  pursue  as  Mayor,  and  which  be  may  not  feel 
sure  that  the  erratic  Examiner  would  uphold.  The  most  important 
opportunity  which  the  situation  presents  is  the  founding  of  a 
Democratic  newspaper,  which  the  party  sorely  needs.  James  D. 
Pbelan  has  been  for  some  time  mentioned  in  that  connection. 
Every  conceivable  needful  thing  would  be  in  his  favor,  including 
the  absence  and  need  of  a  metropolitan  Democratic  daily,  and 
Mr.  Pbelan's  wealth,  cleanness  of  private  and  public  life,  high 
intelligence,  firmness  of  character  and  purpose,  sufficient  indus- 
try and  tenacity,  freedom  from  shady  influences  and  alliances, 
and  the  perfect  confidence  of  the  public  and  party  in  his  ability 
and  integrity.  The  coming  sale  of  these  old  and  valuable  prop- 
erties, therefore,  is  one  of  the  most  important  matters  of  the  day. 
They  are  worth  probably  more  than  a  million  dollars.  If  Mr. 
Fitch  buys  them  in  it  must  probably  be  with  the  financial  assist- 
ance of  some  one,  and  we  may  be  sure  that  such  assistance  will 
not  be  given  for  amusement.  Of  course  the  name  of  such  a 
backer  with  a  motive  would  not  appear  jn  the  transaction,  but 
that  would  not  mean  that  both  Adolph  Sutro  and  Colonel  Daniel 
M.  Burns  are  to  be  left  out  of  consideration. 

THE  Trans-MissiBSippi  Congress,  composed  of  two  hundred  and 
ninety-one  delegates  from  the  States  west  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  have  passed  a  resolution  favoring  the  free  coinage  of  silver 
at  a  ratio  of  16  to  1.  There  were  314*  to  67^,  in  favor  of  the  reso- 
lution, which  declares  that  the  industrial  interests  of  the  country 
demand  thaf.  Congress  take  this  action  "  without  waiting  for  the 
aid  or  consent  of  any  other  nation  on  earth."  There  was  no  sen- 
timent expressed  in  favor  of  a  gold  standard  and  the  demonetiza- 
tion of  silver,  the  opinions  of  the  dissenters  to  a  free  and  unlimited  - 
coinage  advising  a  less  radical  system  for  Ihe  use  of  silver  in  the 
way  of  fractional  currency.  lTbis  question  is  one  which  will  pro- 
bably be  bandied  by  Congress  during  the  coming  session,  and  it 
will  tben  be  seen  whether  the  combined  wisdom  of  the  nation 
will  undertake  to  disturb  the  present  status  of  financial  affairs  by 
so  radical  a  departure  from  long-established  principles.  There  is 
no  question  but  that  the  United  States  could  survive  tbe  troubles 
that  would  follow,  but  it  would  require  many  years  to  adjust  the 
difficulties  that  would  be  encountered  in  her  commercial  relations 
with  foreign  nations. 

JOHN  SHERMAN,  in  his  reported  interview,  in  which  he  was 
made  to  say  that  the  McKinley  tariff  law  had  nothing  to  do 
with  the  Republican  victory,  is  not  much  different  from  John 
Sherman's  letter  denying  the  facts  contained  in  that  interview. 
His  letter  states  that  he  supported  the  McKinley  bill  and  voted 
for  it,  but  that  there  were  many  things  in  it   that  prevented  it 


from  being  anything  like  perfect,  and  because  of  these  things  it 
failed  to  secure  tbe  necessary  tariff  to  meet  the  expenses  of  tbe 
Government.  He  could  not  refrain  from  saying  in  his  letter  that 
"it  is  prohAhle  that  if  Cleveland  had  not  been  elected  the  defi- 
ciency would  not  have  occurred."  This  reflection  was  altogether 
voluntary,  as  there  has  been  no  evidence  to  show  that  Mr.  Cleve- 
land bad  anything  to  do  with  bringing  about  a  deficiency.  It 
existed  already,  and  the  tffort  to  avert  it  could  not  be  made  suc- 
cessful in  the  face  of  the  financial  depression  then  prevailing  in 
Europe  and  moving  toward  this  country.  There  is  one  thing  ap- 
parent in  all  the  intelligence  that  comes  from  different  sources, 
and  that  is  that  there  will  be  no  radical  changes  made  in  tbe 
present  tariff  law  for  some  time,  and  no  attempt  will  be  made  to 
re-enact  tbe  McKinley  law.  It  is  possible,  and  it  may  be  profit- 
able, to  repeal  the  incomes  tax  provision  of  the  Wilson  Jaw,  as 
that  part  of  it  is  not  American,  and  should  not  be  resorted  to 
only  in  the  event  of  war  when  extraordinary  expenditures  are  a 
forced  necessity.  John  Sherman's  term  will  expire  in  1896,  and 
the  country  will  know  by  that  time  what  his  convictions  really 
are. 

A  MERCHANT  of  this  city,  possessed  of  such  business  intelli- 
gence as  brings  success  without  a  forfeiture  of  confidence, 
was  recently  induced  by  some  sharpers  to  enter  into  an  alleged 
smuggling  scheme  which  was  to  be  conducted  on  a  gigantic  scale 
and  which  numbered  among  its  backers  some  of  the  leading  cus- 
toms officers,  business  men,  bankers,  and  capitalists  of  the  city. 
Of  course  no  such  conbination  was  in  existence,  and  the  merchant 
w*s  swindled  out  of  $17,000  by  the  rogues,  who  had  deceived  him 
and  who  had  convinced  bim  that  the  money  was  needed  in  the 
enterprise.  The  case  is  very  different  from  those  ordinary  ones, 
like  gold  brick,  lottery,  and  other  swindles  in  which  the  victim's 
individual  avarice  and  his  absence  of  a  moral  sense  are  the  ele- 
ments. This  San  Francisco  merchant  not  only  exposed  his  own 
rascality,  but  fully  believed  tbe  leading  men  of  the  city  to  be  as 
rascally  as  he.  He  was  so  confident  of  this  that  be  did  not  take 
the  pains  to  ascertain  the  truth.  The  case  reaches  very  much 
further  tban  its  surface  would  indicate.  It  would  be  manifestly 
unfair  to  assume  that  because  this  merchant  entertained  such  an 
opinion  of  our  leading  citizens  all  other  men  do;  but  we  must  re- 
flect that  behind  his  own  knavery  lay  a  clear  intelligence  and  a 
shrewd  business  sense,  and  that  his  mental  operation  included 
his  assumption  of  official  dishonesty,  the  corruptness  of  the  com- 
munity, and  the  power  of  money  and  influence  to  swindle  the 
community  without  fear  of  exposure  and  punishment.  In  short, 
this  is  one  intelligent  man's  opinion  of  the  morals  of  the  com- 
munity. It  is  clear  that  however  honest  the  leading  men  of  the 
community  may  be  in  their  own  dealings,  they  have  other  re- 
sponsibilities, which,  if  properly  regarded,  would  have  made  this 
rascal's  estimate  of  the  community  impossible.  The  greatest  of 
these  is  the  bringing  to  bear  upon  the  court  and  other  public 
functionaries  such  a  pressure  as  would  prohibit  any  one's  belief 
in  official  and  community  corruption.  We  need  a  Dr.  Parkbnrst 
and  a  Lexow  Committee  in  San  Francisco. 

IN  the  elevation  of  the  horse  to  tbe  central  position  of  what  so- 
ciety reporters  grotesquely  call  a  "  social  function,"  the  fash- 
ionable world  has  given  parade  and  expression  to  one  of  the  most 
amusing  of  the  harmless  fallacies  that  we  cherish.  While  the 
horse  undeniably  is  the  handsomest  and  most  useful  of  quad- 
rupeds, it  is  at  the  same  time  one  of  tbe  least  intelligent,  and  is 
almost  wholly  lacking  in  affection ;  and  yet  upon  the  popular  as- 
sumption that  it  is  really  superior  in  those  respects  (when  in 
reality  it  is  only  a  grade  above  the  marsupials)  rests  much  of  the 
adoration  thai  it  receives.  Thus  we  have  a  further  illustration 
of  the  fact  that  with  tbe  unthinking  masses,  in  whatever  station 
of  life,  the  externals  of  a  thing  govern  tbe  estimate  of  its  charac- 
ter. Modern  inventive  genius  is  driving  tbe  horse  from  utilitarian 
occupations  and  will  in  time  make  it  an  article  of  luxury  and 
show,  and  fashionable  folk  seem  to  have  an  intuition  of  that  com- 
ing state  of  things.  So,  there  seems  to  be  no  good  reason  why 
they  and  horses  should  not  go  properly  together,  reviving  tbe  old 
days  when  the  ownership  of  a  horse  made  a  man  a  cavalier  and 
a  cavalier  a  gentleman. 

ON  the  question  of  reforming  the  local  government  of  London  by 
the  establishment  of  a  large  corporation  on  the  lines  proposed 
by  the  Unification  Commission,  Lord  Salisbury  has  taken  a  posi- 
tion which  aligns  the  Conservative  party  in  opposition  to  the 
scheme,  though  there  will  no  doubt  be  many  members  of  that 
party,  particularly  among  its  Liberal-Union  wing,  who  will  not 
follow  their  leader.  On  the  other  band,  it  is  more  than  probable 
that  there  are  many  Liberals  among  what  may  be  termed  "tl  e 
city  men"  who  will  not  support  the  scheme.  It  is  not  on  the 
programme  of  the  Liberal  leaders  as  a  party  measure  for  the  com- 
ing session,  and  in  the  hurly-burly  of  an  expected  dissolution  it 
is  hardly  likely  that  the  scheme  will  fructify  Into  such  legislation 
as  will  even  pass  tbe  Commons.  Lord  Salisbury  has  promised 
that  if  it  does,  he  will  defeat  it  in  tbe  Lords.  That  is  a  promise 
which  he  will  probably  be  able  to  redeem  until  such  times  as  tbe 
Lords  themselves  are  reformed. 


SAN  FBANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1894. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 


f B  T      Dl       V  KR  NON.l 

SOME  people  do  not  know  bow  to  comport  themselves  with 
common  courtesy.  We  have  of  late  been  treated  to  a  disser- 
tation on  the  behavior  of  crowds,  and  been  informed  that  the 
French  people  are  mucin  more  polite  than  we  Americans.  Un- 
fortunately this  is  true.  But  at  the  same  time  it  has  been  said 
with  equal  truth  that  an  American  crowd  is  the  best  natured  in 
the  world.  Foreigners  visiting  our  Columbian  Exposition  were 
impressed  with  the  prevailing  quiet  and  order,  although  they 
also  remarked  upon  tbe  air  of  seriousness — one  almost  might  say 
solemnity — which  pervaded  the  crowds  that  passed  through  the 
turnstiles  at  Jackson  Park.  To  one  accustomed  to  the  joyous- 
nesa  of  a  European  fete  day,  the  lack  of  mirth  and  the  serious 
appearance  of  the  people  must  indeed  have  seemed  strange. 

But  while  our  people  who  are  on  pleasure  bent  for  a  day  do  not 
bubble  over  with  jollity,  tbey  are  indisputably  good-natured.  If 
this  were  not  so,  tbey  would  not  suffer  in  such  patience  and  with 
so  little  complaint  tbejannojances,  and  exactions,  and  impositions 
to  which  every  American  crowd  is  subjected  at  some  time  or 
another.  It  is  very  seldom  that  a  "fake  show"  is  wrecked  by 
those  who  have  been  swindled.  Robbed  of  their  money,  the  vic- 
tims pass  out,  exclaiming,  "Wasn't  that  a  sell!"  and  there  the 
matter  stops.  Tbe  American  public  puts  up  with  poor  accom- 
modations in  many  ways,  and  pays  its  money  over  and  over 
again  without  getting  its  wortb.  But  when  it  comes  to  the  be- 
havior of  an  American  crowd,  when  the  question  of  "getting 
there"  is  involved,  then  those  who  do  not  like  to  be  caught  in  a 
crush  had  better  drop  out  of  the  procession  for  fear  of  getting 
hurt. 

When  a  gate  is  opened,  when  a  door  is  slid  back,  the  great 
American  crowd,  as  one  man,  rise  in  the  determination  to  pass 
through  tbe  opening.  The  narrower  the  opening  tbe  greater  the 
force  exerted.  The  pressure  from  the  sides  is  something  fearful. 
There  is  nothing  quite  like  the  sensation  of  being  crushed  in  a 
crowd.  At  first  everybody  is  good-natured  and  laughing,  and 
some  big  men  who  tower  head  and  shoulders  above  tbe  rest  smile 
down  npon  their  lesser  fellows  and  sometimes  make  jokes.  From 
the  rear  come  cries  of  "Open  that  door,"  and  then  tbe  crush  be- 
gins iu  dead  earnest.  Some  one  yells,  "Don't  crush  the  women  I" 
and  the  mass  surges  this  way  and  that,  and  the  certain  proportion 
of  hoodlums  to  be  found  in  every  crowd  will  add  to  the  feeling  of 
panic  by  shouting  and  calling  to  each  other.  Unhappy  the 
wretch  who  has  allowed  himself  to  be  caught  against  the  wall. 
Better  be  crushed  and  jammed  against  a  human  mass,  because 
that  will  give  some,  but  the  wall  never.  It  is  sad  to  have  to  ad- 
mit that  in  a  crowd  women  are  not  quite  as  well  mannered  as 
they  should  be;  tbey  have  a  very  effective,  albeit  very  disagree- 
able, way  of  using  their  elbows,  which  gets  them  through,  very 
often  at  tbe  cost  of  a  part  of  their  garments.  At  shows  where  the 
tickets  are  by  invitation,  the  greatest  crushes  occur,  and  the  de- 
sire to  be  first  to  get  there  must  explain  the  crushing  and.  the 
crowding.  But  the  same  thing  happens  when  no  such  reason 
exists  for  being  in  a  hurry.  It  must  be  set  down  to  tbe  great 
American  habit  of  rush. 

It  is  said  that  our  California  girls,  while  bright  and  possibly 
brilliant,  do  not  know  how  to  converse,  that  they  never  will 
until  they  attain  to  the  art  of  being  good  listeners — not  that  all 
women  must  stop  talking  altogether  and  simply  hear  what  others 
have  to  say.  No;  but  in  order  to  converse  e*ne  should  stop  the 
flow  of  speech  sufficiently  long  to  hear  what  tbe  other  person 
has  to  Bay,  and  then  to  make  a  reply  with  some  bearing  on  tbe 
subject  under  discussion.  That  seems  a  condition  simple  enough, 
but  it  is  one  very  seldom  followed,  as  many  a  sufferer  from  a 
California  girl's  unintentional  rudeness  will  tell  you. 

Ab  one  of  these  once  plaintively  conrplained  in  my  hearing, 
"You  Californians  are  altogether  too  quick  for  me.  At  home  I 
was  deemed  rather  bright  myself,  but  here  I  cannot  get  a  word  in 
edgewise.  My  best  stories  are  spoilt  because  I  never  am  allowed 
to  finish  them.  1  am  cut  off  in  the  midst  of  a  sentence,  and  the 
worst  of  it  is  no  one  appears  to  care  or  even  to  observe  that  I  am 
left,  like  Mahomet's  coffin,  hanging  in  the  air.  I  must  say  that 
it  is  very  rude.     Can  you  explain  it?" 

It  was  very  rude,  but  not  quite  so  rude  as  if  it  had  been  inten- 
tional. I  hastened  to  defend  the  honor  of  my  State.  Said  I :  "In 
the  first  place,  since  you  have  asked  me,  and  if  you  will  excuse 
my  frankness,  you  are  rather  slow  in  speech.  You  begin  long 
stories,  which,  while  they  may  be  dramatic  at  tbe  close,  are 
rather  prosy  at  the  start.  Your  voice  is  at  times  monoton- 
ous, and  you  do  not  always  choose  your  opportunity  with  good 
judgment.  You  seem  to  think,  'Here  are  the  people;  now  is  my 
time,'  and  you  start  in  without  any  sense  of  the  fitness  of  things. 
Besides,  you  are  somewhat  given  to  moralizing,  which  we  Cali- 
fornians are  not." 

"Do  you  defend  their  fashion  of  interrupting  a  speaker?"  de- 
manded tbe  Eastern  lady  with  tbe  grievance. 

"Certainly  not.  It  is  something  to  be  deprecated,  the  way  our 
girls  all  talk  at  once,  and  interrupt  each  other,  and  fly  from  one 
subject  to  another.     By  the  way,  I  know  of   nothing  more  exas- 


perating to  a  true  conversationalist  than  the  habit  possessed  by 
some  shallow  people  of  swinging  the  conversation  away  from  a 
topic,  just  as  soon  as  it  seems  to  be  drawing  attention  to  some 
one  in  the  party,  by  reason  of  his  or  her  understanding  of  the 
subject,  or  becomes  too  deep  for  them  to  dive  into  with  their  little 
platitudes.  It  bas  always  seemed  to  me  that  this  rudeness  in 
conversation  is  tbe  natural  outcome  of  the  way  that  so  many 
fond  parents  have  of  allowing  their  offspring  to  break  in  at  all 
times,  places,  and  occasions  upon  the  conversation  of  their  elders. 
Never  corrected  for  their  habit  of  thrusting  a  childish  treble  be- 
tween tbe  basses  and  contraltos  of  their  elders,  they  never  learn 
the  fact  that  there  are  times  when  oue  must  efface  one's  self. 
Never  told  to  be  quiet  when  chattering  like  magpies,  they  come 
to  regard  whatever  they  wish  to  say  as  a  matter  of  sufficient  im- 
portance to  bear  down  all  others'  voice  and  conversation.  It  is  a 
pity,  but  why  our  girls  do  not  realize  how  they  offend  in  this 
respect  is  not  so  bard  to  understand,  when  you  go  back  to  the 
universal  violation  of  the  old  adage,  'Children  are  to  be  seen,  not 
beard.'  " 

Among  other  ways  in  which  our  girls  offend  a  cultured  taste  rs 
in  the  matter  of  their  laughter.  Some  of  them  have  soft,  melod- 
ious voices  and  their  laughter  is  like  the  tinkling  of  silver  bells. 
But  so  many  have  a  laugh  so  shrill,  so  piercing,  that  it  goes 
through  one's  sensibilities  like  a  keen  edged  knife.  Between  the 
girl  whose  wildest  burst  of  merriment  is  a  semi  gutteral  grunt, 
and  the  one  whose  laughter  is  an  ear-splitting  soprano  shriek,  the 
first  is  infinitely  more  endurable,  although  at  times  somewhat 
exasperating.  Another  form  of  mirth,  or  rather  its  ghastly  re- 
semblance, is  the  reefing  back  of  the  upper  Up,  disclosing  the 
teeth  in  a  manner  more  suggestive  of  a  dog's  snarl  than  a  human 
being's  mirth.  Beware  of  the  man  who  laughs  noiselessly;  of 
the  woman  who  elevates  her  eyebrows  and  shows  her  upper  teeth 
when  she  laughs. 

Remarkable    Preservation 
is  a  characteristic  of  Borden's   Peerless  Brand  Evaporated   Cream. 
Always  the  same;  is  perfectly  pure;  entirely  wholesome;  free  from 
substances  foreign  to  pure  milk.     A  perfect  product  accomplished 
by  a  scientific  process. 


Holiday   Gifts. 


Gump's 
Art  Store. 


Inspect  the  magnificent  display  of  fresh  European 
Goods  just  arrived.  Everybody  welcome.  Tariff 
lower;  prices  lower.  Bronze  and  Marble  Statuary 
and  Pedestals,  French  Cabinets,  Tables,  Desks, 
etc.;  Clocks,  Lamps,  Vases,  Ornaments  and  Art 
Novelties  in  endless  variety;  fine  Table  China, 
Sevres,  Limoges,  Carlsbad,  Dresden,  etc.;  Bac- 
carat and  Bohemian  Glassware.  Framed  pictures 
a  specialty,  from  the  high-priced  oil  painting  to  the 
cheapest  picture.  Any  purse  suited.  Thousands 
of  articles  at  cost.      Bargain  tables. 


113  Geary  Street. 


Cash   Discount  Sale. 

20  PER  CENT.  ON  ENTIRE  STOCK. 

CHRISTMAS  NOVELTIES. 

DRAPERIES. 

STAMPED  AND  EMBROIDERED  GOODS. 

Also,  JAPANESE  BRIC-A-BRAC. 


3  2«   POST   STREET. 


DecemWr  1,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

THE  close  of  the  Horse  8how  means  the  opening  of  the  opera 
season,  and  Monday  night  sin-  the  nsual  brilliantly  arrayed 
throne  of  Astors,  Kernochaus.  Burdens.  Vanderbilts,  Clewses, 
Living-ton?,  Wilsons,  and  the  rest  of  Gotham  nobility  in  their  boxes 
and  stalls,  ready  to  rejoice  in  conversation  over  the  winter  plans  and 
incidentally  to  listen  to  liounod's  ravishing  Koffwo  and  .Juliet  music 
interpreted  by  Melba.  the  two  de  lle.-.kes,  and  I'lancon,  the  most 
superbly  artistic  combination  one  could  hope  to  bear,  and  who  might 
readily  make  us  doubt  the  superiority  of  celestial  choirs). 

The  management  of  the  opera  seems  to  be  holding  back  Miss  San- 
derson for  the  feature  of  the  later  season,  as  she  will  not  sail  for  this 
country  until  January.  With  her  rare  voice  and  her  finished,  ex- 
quisite acting  she  cannot  but  be  a  success. 

In  her  box  was  Mrs.  Phobe  Hearst  and  in  the  stalls  were  John 
Mackay's  two  fine-looking  sons,  who  arrived  only  a  few  days  ago  on 
the  Campania.  In  the  Vaudeville  Club  box  were  Leonard  Chenery  and 
his  boon  companion,  Ned  Taylor,  still  beardless,  by  the  way,  and 
looking  blooming  and  youthful  with  his  trim  mustache.  Edward 
Renting  was  also  among  the  audience.  Needless  to  say  there  were 
diamonds  galore.  A  box  which  attracted  great  attention  was  occupied 
by  Governor-elect  Levi  P.  Morton  with  his  wife  and  their  three  charm- 
ing daughters. 

Mr.  WUlard  Barton  and  his  Fidus  Achates,  Northrope  Cowles.  have 
run  over  from  Philadelphia  during  the  week.  Their  home  has  been 
in  the  Quaker  City  for  several  months,  and  will  leave  for  San  Fran- 
cisco in  time  to  spend  the  holidays  amongst  their  own  people.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  de  Young  and  Mr.  Redding  have  also  been  amongst  the 
week's  departures,  after  an  unusually  short  Eastern  visit.  On  Sunday 
last  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clay  Greene  gave  a  very  charming  dinner  at  their 
country  place  on  Long  Island  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Greene's  birthday. 
There  were  about  a  dozen  guests,  among  them  Mr.  Redding,  Mr. 
Joseph  Holland,  and  Mr.  Hugo  Toland. 

On  Friday  Mrs.  Willie  Brown  gave  an  informal  musicale.  preceded 
by  a  luncheon.  Mrs.  Gove,  formerly  Miss  Webster,  of  San  Francisco. 
Mrs.  Lake,  and  Mrs.  Stewart  (Miss  May  Fargo)  were  among  the 
guests. 

It  is  evident  that  the  Princess  Hatzfeldt  means  to  remain  amongst 
us.  Mr.  Huntington  is  building  for  her  a  superb  house  in  East 
Thirty-ninth  street,  which  it  is  said  will  be  the  most  magnificently 
appointed  house  in  New  York. 

Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Carl  Jungen,  who  went  to  Newport  a  few 
months  ago,  where  Mr.  Jungen  is  on  shore  duty,  have  been  making 
a  round  of  country  house  visits  in  and  about  the  Berkshire  Hills. 
Mrs.  Jungen  seems  charmed  with  her  New  England  home.  Will 
Byrne,  who  has  been  at  the  Waldorf  for  the  last  two  or  three  months, 
will  leave  for  home  about  the  17th  of  December. 

Theodore  Wores  has  announced  his  intention  to  open  his  exhibition 
of  paintings  in  January  in  the  Sherwood  Studio  Building,  in  West 
Fifty-seventh  street. 

I  must  write  you  of  the  glory  which  an  ex-resident  of  California, 
Mr.  William  Littauer,  attained  at  the  Horse  Show.  In  the  heavy- 
weight jumping  his  hunter,  under  Mr.  Littauer's  skilled  hand,  ac- 
quitted himself  so  admirably  that  he  carried  off  the  first  prize. 

The  transfer  of  Monroe  Salisbury's  Alix  to  Mr.  H.  A.  Havemeyer  is 
exciting  great  interest  here.  The  sale  at  thirty  thousand  dollars  is 
considered  as  good  as  consummated,  although  the  details  of  the  sale 
are  still  shrouded  in  mystery. 

The  second  of  the  All  Nations  Club's  dinners  was  given  on  Sunday 
under  the  direction  of  a  prominent  Japanese  member.  The  decora- 
tions were  very  beautiful  and  effective.  There  were  very  many  strange 
dishes,  and  most  of  the  guests  found  chopsticks  difficult  of  manipu- 
lation. After  the  feasting  was  done,  a  Japanese  entertainment,  which 
only  the  club  men  know  anything  about,  diverted  them  until  the 
small  hours.  It  is  a  state  secret,  as  are  all  the  mysterious  things  that 
occur  after  the  waving  of  the  rose,  which  is  the  signal  for  the  abandon- 
ment of  formality  and  seriousness. 

A  dinner  was  given  on  Monday  to  Mis.  George  Folsom,  of  San 
Francisco,  by  Mrs.  M.  E.  Seaton,  of  the  Nevada  apartment  house. 
The  table  decorations  were  all  in  white,  with  large  bunches  of  white 
chrysanthemums  for  the  ladies  and  boutonnieres  of  the  same  flower 
for  the  gentlemen.  A  progressive  euchre  party  beguiled  the  evening 
hours.  Passe-Partout. 

New  Turk,  November  21,  1894. 


The  Grand   Cafion  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Nov.  4th  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Wednesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Through  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleep- 
ers are  run  to  Chicago  every  dav.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illus- 
trated book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell.  G.  P.  A.,  650 
Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Husbands,  brothers  and  bachelors  wishing  to  obtain  the  best 
gentlemen's  furnishing  goods  and  latest  tailoring  should  go  to  John 
W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street. 


World's  Fair 

MEDAL 

And  Diploma 

Awarded 


AVER'S 

CHERRY   PECTORAL 


FOR 


THROAT 


and 


LUNC 

COMPLAINTS 


Somi?  pretty 
Inflections. 

No  woman's  boudoir  is  complete  without  a 
Cheval  Mirror.  It  is  a  positive  luxury,  this 
looking  glass  that  reflects  every  portion  of  My 
Lady's  toilette  from  tip  to  toe.  We  show  Che- 
val Mirrors  in  a  variety  of  shapes  and  patterns# 
Come  in  and  see  yourself  in  dainty  reflection. 
Our  holiday  display  this  season  will  be  of  ex- 
ceptional range  and  attractiveness. 


CARPETS,  RUGS,  AND  MATTINGS. 
California  purrjiture  <$o., 


(N.  P.  Cole  &  Co.) 


117-121  (jeary  Sbreet. 


Onyx  Tables,  banquet  lamps,  silver  easels,  and  framed  pictures  are 
nice  presents  and  good  to  keep.    Sanborn.  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  St. 


MENDOCINO  COUNTY. 

Three  miles  from  Ukiah,  the  terminus  of  the  S.  F.  &N.  P.  Railway. 
Only  known  natural  electric  water.  Warm  "champagne"  baths.  Situa- 
tion, location,  and  scenery  not  surpassed.  Terms,  $12  to  ?14  per  week. 
Postofficeand  telephone  at  springs. 

WM,  DOOLAN,  Proprietor. 

CUNNINGHAMTcURTISS  k  WELCH, 

Wholesale  Stationers  and  Booksellers. 

327,  329,  331  SANSOME  STREET. 

WEAK  MEIUND  W0MElT^u^"&AJ^t.]ISS?1{ 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 


nR.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


114  GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


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R.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  DENTIST, 

1841  Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  P.  [Telephone  2605 

Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

HOURS— 9  A.  M.to  5  p.m.,  8  to  9  p.  m.    Sundays,  9  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 

R.   FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,    DENTIST, 

703  Market  Street,  Rooms  18, 19  and  20. 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


SAJST  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1:94. 


"We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's.'*—  Tom  Moore, 

THE  Baldwin  Theatre  Monday  evening  presented  as  fine  a  pic- 
ture as  one  would  care  to  see,  and  the  billows  of  fluttering 
laces  and  ligbt-hued  gowns  contrasted  sharply  with  the  sombre 
colors  of  the  second  and  succeeding  nights  of  the  week.  Perhaps 
it  was  curiosity  as  much  as  anything  else 
that  drew  the  crowded  houses  of  the  open- 
ing nights,  for  the  younger  8alvini  had  not 
previously  established  himself  here  as  an 
actor  of  the  highest  rank.  Since  his  former 
visit  to  us  he  bas  emerged  from  the  atti- 
tude of  an  earnest  and  intelligent  student 
to  that  of  a  master,  so  that  now  he  con- 
trols the  situation  through  merit  alone. 
Monday  evening  be  appeared  as  d'Artag- 
nan  in  The  Three  Guardsmen,  and  after  that 
in  the  title  role  of  Ruy  Bias,  alternating 
these  throughout  the  week.  It  was  a  very 
ingenous  arrangement,  as  two  characters 
could  hardly  be  more  different  than  these, 
or  better  suited,  each  in  its  way.  to  display 
the  full  strength  of  the  star.  D'Artagnan 
ia  a  rollicking,  drinking,  gambling,  love- 
making,  fighting  young  Gascon,  reckless 
and  courageous  to  the  last  degree,  and 
chivalrous  to  the  verge  of  bravado;  Ruy 
Bias  is  a  fine,  sensitive,  timid,  and  senti- 
mental poet,  living  in  the  clouds,  suffering 
"  Friend  Fritz."  excruciatingly  in  the  throes  of  love,  ahame, 

humiliation,  and  despair,  and  finally  killing  himself  for  a  thing 
that  d'Artagnan  would  have  thrust  aside  with  his  sword.  The 
two  plays,  though  the  star's  r6les  were  so  different,  had  a  feature 
in  common  that  delights  the  sensibilities  of  those  who  have  be- 
come nauseated  with  the  morbose  dramatic  and  other  literature 
of  recent  years.  This  means  to  say  that  they  are  both  romantic; 
and  while  romance  is  the  most  unfashionable  of  present  things, 
it  is  very  evident  that  it  really  holds  its  old  place  in  the  human 
heart  and  that  the  works  of  such  great  romance  masters  aa 
Dumas  and  Hugo  will  live  as  long  aa  there  are  health  and  a  love 
of  beautiful  and  noble  thingB  amongst  the  people.  The  more  in- 
telligent members  of  the  community  therefore  have  to  thank  this 
accomplished  young  actor  not  alone  for  the  understanding  and 
sympathy  which  enable  him  to  interpret  the  romantic  drama  so 
ably,  but  also  for  showing  his  truly  artistic  contempt  for  the 
diseased  dramatic  literature  that  it  ia  the  fashion  to  cultivate. 
After  The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray,  which  is  the  bard  and  logical 
conclusion  of  plays  of  the  Camillc  type,  Salvini's  repertory  comes 
with  a  fine  odor  of  sweetness  and  light. 
#  *  * 
In  his  acting  Salvini  is  a  delightful  surprise.  Unlike  the  older 
romantic  actors,  he  cultivates  no  tricks  of  manner;  there  is  no 
particular  quality  of  his  work  to  which  we  can  apply  the  ad- 
jective "  Salvini.''  Therein  are  the  continental  actora  generally 
superior  to  the  Engliah  and  American,  the  elder  Salvini  being  a 
conspicuous  example  of  the  fact.  This  sink- 
ing of  self  in  an  effort  to  produce  a  work  of 
art  which  shall  be  finished  to  its  last  detail 
ia  the  highest  expression  of  an  artistic  con- 
science— a  thing  impossible  with  either 
Irving  or  Booth.  In  the  younger  Salvini's 
case  this  can  hardly  be  attributed  to  his 
abundance  of  youthful  warm  blood,  and  we 
do  not  expect  him  ever  to  develop  any  of- 
fensively conspicuous  mannerisms.  Mans- 
field is  the  worst  of  all  sinners  in  that  re- 
gard; with  him,  as  with  most  others  who 
exhibit  that  fault,  mannerisms  are  the  sub- 
stantial evidence  of  an  unbounded  conceit. 
Not  so  with  Alexander  Salvini;  his  person- 
ality is  completely  sunk  in  bi3  role,  and 
next  to  the  finish  of  his  art,  that  is  the  moat 
delightful  thing  about  him.  As  a  rule,  high- 
class  comedians  display  that  admirable  pe- 
culiarity so  rare  among  English-speaking 
tragedians,  and  undoubtedly,  when  he  ap-" 
pears  in  a  comedy  role,  Salvini  will  be  in- 
comparably charming. 

It  is  very  much  to  Salvini's  credit,  and  a  Salvini  as  "  Zamar.'1 
further  evidence  of  his  artistic  conscience,  that  be  has  brought 
an  uncommonly  clever  company  with  him,  and  a  great  quantity 
of  excellent  scenery.  Often  he  gives  another  person  the  stage 
when  he  might  easily  hold  it  himself,  as  moBt  other  stars  would 
do.  In  thus  subordinating  himself  at  proper  times  he  atrengthena 
the  scenea  and  permits  another  actor  to  show  his  power.  Hia 
leading  support,  William  Redmund,  is  a  remarkably  versatile 
man,  bnt  he  ia  hardly  better  than  Ben  Johnson,  Eleanor  Moretti, 


and  Augusta  de  Forrest.     There  ia  a  long  list  of  othera,  all  suffi- 
ciently  good. 

Ruy  Bias  will  be  the  matinee  bill  to-day  and  Ths  Three  Guards- 
men this  evening.  On  Monday,  Thursday,  and  Saturday  evenings 
of  next  week  Zamar,  Paul  Keater's  new  romantic  drama,  will  be 
given  for  the  firat  time  in  this  city;  a  double  bill,  consisting  of 
Friend  Fritz  and  Rustic  Chivalry,  is  announced  for  Tuesday  even- 
ing and  Saturday  matinee,  and  on  Wednesday  and  Friday  even- 
ings we  are  to  have  Bon  Caesar  de  Bazan.  Zamar  is  said  to  be  an 
extremely  interesting  play,  in  which  Salvini  will  figure  as  a 
Gypsy  chief. 

*  »  # 

Next  week  at  the  California 
Theatre  promises  to  be  one  of  the 
moat  important,  from  a  dramatic 
point  of  view,  in  the  hiatory  of  that 
Thespian  temple.  Mr.  Keene,  who 
standa  at  the  head  of  his  profession 
as  an  exponent  of  the  tragic  drama, 
will  appear  in  a  repertory  of  plays. 
The  choicest  gems  have  been  culled 
from  the  worka  of  Shakespeare  and 
Bullwer  Lytton  for  the  occaaion. 
During  the  week  Mr.  Keene  and  hia 
company  will  be  seen  in  Richard  III., 
which  will  be  presented  on  Monday, 
the  opening  night,  and  Sunday ; 
Louis  XI,  on  Tuesday  and  Saturday 
nights;  Othello,  Wednesday;  Hamlet, 
Thursday;  Richelieu  Friday  nigbt, 
and  Saturday  matinee,  The  Merchant 
of  Venice.  Mr.  Keene's  Richard  III. 
is  deemed  by  critics  to  be  the  best 
delineation  of  the  character. 


The  Mascot  bas  been  crowding  the 
Tivoli  all  the  week,  and  although 
Audran's  delicious  little  conceit  ia 
familiar  to  all,  the  clever  people  of 
the  Tivoli  throw  so  much  spirit  and 
rollicking  fnn  into  everything  they 
touch  that  even  The  Mascot  baa 
seemed  new.  As  the  King,  Ferns 
Hartman  bas  had  a  number  of  new 
and  amnaing  absurdities,  Gracie 
Plaiated  bas  been  a  realistic  shrew, 
Mr.  John  J.  Kaffael   has  sung   and  Kme  as     Shylock- 

acted  in  hia  beat  vein,  and  all  the  others  have  been  good.  Last 
evening  Miss  Salinger's  benefit  took  place,  too  late  for  notice  in 
thia  iasue  of  the  Netys  Letter.  The  bill  for  next  week  is  The 
Mikado,  which  unmistakably  ia  the  beat  comic  opera  that  has 
been  produced  in  recent  years.  The  caat  is  as  follows:  The 
Mikado  of  Japan,  Geo.  Ohm;  Nanki-Poo  (his  aon,  disguised  aa  a 
minstrel  and  in  love  with  Yum-Yum),  Phil  Branson;  Ko  Ko, 
Lord  High  Executioner  of  Titipu,  Ferris  Hartman;  Pooh-Bah, 
Lord  High  Everything  Else,  John  J.  Raffael;  Pish  Tush,  a  Noble 
Lord,  Geo.  Coombs;  Yum-Yum,  Belle  Thorne;  Pitti-Sing,  Gracie 
Plaisted;  Peep-Boo,  Alice  Neilson;  Katisha,  an  elderly  lady  in 
love  with  Ko-Ko,  Alice  GailJard.  It  is  thus  seen  that  Misaea 
Thorne  and  Gaillard  have  returned,  which  will  be  welcome  news. 

*  *■  * 

The  clever  specialists  at  the  Orpheum  have  been  delighting 
large  audiences  all  the  week.  Caicedo,  the  king  of  the  wire,  haa 
been  giving  bis  daring  and  thrilling  performances,  and  will  be  an 
attraction  during  tbe  coming  week.  The  Big  Four  have  scored  a 
great  success  and  wilt  present  new  specialties  next  week.  Several 
other  novelties  are  promised,  and  undoubtedly  the  performance 
will  be  aa  good  as  haa  been  thia  week. 

*  ■*  # 

Our  Boarding  House  has  been  having  a  most  successful  week  at 
8tockwell'a.  This  favorite  old  comedy  needs  no  comment  on  its 
own  account,  but  it  is  a  pleasant  duty  to  speak  of  tbe  excellent 
and  conscientious  presentation  of  it  by  the  Grovers  and  their  ad- 
mirable company. 

*  »  * 

Not  aince  the  daya  of  the  old  Standard  Theatre  has  negro  min- 
strelsy enjoyed  more  than  a  sporadic  popularity  here.  For  a 
long  time  after  those  cheery  old  days  rainsirelay  lay  in  desuetude, 
and  a  good  many  wiae  ones  argued  that  we  bad  •<  outlived  the 
folly."  But  the  time  will  not  come  for  many  generations  yet 
when  the  love  of  fun,  music,  and  burlesque  will  have  diaap- 
peared.  In  giving  minstrelsy  a  breathing  spell  we  have  been 
merely  diverting  ouraelvea  with  the  elements  of  its  entertaining 
features  presented  in  other  forms.  Like  the  circus,  negro  min- 
strelsy canDot  perish,  and  no  better  evidence  of  tbe  fact  that  we 
have  been  really  hungering  for  something  good  in  that  line  could 
be  found  than  the  immense  audiences  which  have  packed  the 
Alcazar  Theatre  during  the  week.  And  then,  many  were  glad  to 
have  a  chance  to  see  tbe  inside  of  this  pretty  theatre  again.  When 
it  was  announced  that  the  redoubtable  Colonel  Jack  Haverly,  the 


mber  1,  1894. 


I  W   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


father  of  modern  minstrelsy,  had  brought  hifhera  company  under 
hi*  personal  supervision,  wttb  which  to  reopen  the  Alcazar,  the 
public  knew  that  the  old-lime  treat  was  ahead,  and  the  great  size 
and  enthusiasm  of  tie  audiences  during  the  past  week  are  evi- 
dence that  there  has  been  no  disappointment.  The  show  is  a 
clever  one.  'orae of  the  singers  and  dancers  being  uncommonly 
good.  BUI  IrOMforti  put  on  as  an  afterpiece,  is  an  excruciating 
burlesque  of  the  tine  old  opera.  Many  new  features  are  prom- 
ised for  next  week. 

•  •  • 

Thomas  Keene's  company  this  season  is  one  of  the  largest  on 
the  road.  It  coojpri&es  Messrs.  Esgleson,  Ahrendt,  Lowell, 
Arden.  Baker,  Buckler,  Ganh.  Kavauagb,  Milton,  Henley,  Craw- 
ford, Roberts,  Penny,  Josephs.  Walpole,  Stone,  Raymond,  Lyn- 
dale,  Masterson,  Sands,  and    Misses  Braman,  LawreDce,  Hennig, 

Downs,  and  Black,  and  Mrs.   S.  A.  Baker. Sadie  Martinot,  as 

the  fascinating  widow  in  the  comedy,  Passport,  is  creating  a  furore 

in  the  East.     She  comes  to  California  for   the  holidays. Lottie 

Collins  produces  two  new  specialties  when  she  comes  to  the  Cali- 
fornia Theatre  with  the  Howard   Specialty   Company.     One,  The 

Devil  Bird,  is  a  great  sensation Herrman,  the   magician,  will 

introduce  all  his  latest  wonders  when    he  comes  to  the  California 

Theatre  in  January There  is  no   truth   in  the  report  that  the 

California  Theatre  prices  will  be  advanced  during  Mr.  Keene's  en- 
gagement.    They   will   remain,    as   ever,   twenty-five,  fifty,  and 

seventy-five  cents,  and  one  dollar,  and  no  higher. The  I.  O.  of 

Red  Men  are  arranging  for  a  benefit  at  the  California  Theatre 
during  Sadie  Martinot's  engagement.  It  is  to  continue  for  three 
nights.— The  Elks  will  attend  Mr.  Keene's  opening  performance 

at  the  California  Theatre  on   Monday  night  in  a  body. Con- 

ried's  great  company  (German)  will  produce  Marie  Stuart  in  their 
Sunday  night  repertory  at  the  California  Theatre  when  they  come 

to  San  Francisco. Emily  Rigl,  of  the  Mr.   Barnes  of  Nero   York 

company,  is  one    of    the   handsomest   women    on    the  American 

stage,  and  is  a  perfect  type  of  a  brunette The  original  New 

York  Company,  now  playing  The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me  in  the 
East,  one  of  the  strongest  organizations  ever  put  together,  is 
booked  for  the  California  Theatre. Mr.  Harry  Mann  is  book- 
ing many  strong  attractions  for  both  of  the  houses  here,  the  Bald- 
win and  the  California  Theatres. Aladdin,  Jr.,  which  we  will 

see  at  the  Baldwin  after  Salvini,  is  said  to  be  the  greatest  effort  of 

the    now    famoas    American    Extravaganza    Company. The 

Marie  Tavary  Grand  English  Opera  Company  is  one  of  the  com- 
ing attractions  at  the  Baldwin  Theatre.  This  company  will  pres- 
sent  a  round  of  attractive  operas. 


MUSIC. 
We  have  beard  a  great  deal  about  the  success  a  Californian 
singer,  Miss  Gertrude  Auld,  has  had  in  Paris.  On  Tuesday  even- 
ing Miss  Auld  gave  a  concert  at  Golden  Gate  Hall,  and  musical 
San  Francisco  turned  out  in  goodly  numbers  to  hear  what  Euro- 
pean training  had  done  for  a  voice  that  showed  such  promise  a 
few  years  ago.  Miss  Anld  proved  herself  an  artist,  and  is  a  credit 
to  her  famous  instructor,  Mme.  Marcnesi.  While  her  voice  is  not 
what  would  be  termed  a  large  one,  it  is  cultured  to  a  state  of  lim- 
pid purity  where  art  evidences  itself  by  its  seeming  absence.  She 
is  happily  free  from  affectation  and  mannerism,  and  sings  with  a 
clearness  of  tone  and  articulation  that  defies  the  harshest  critic 
of  the  French  school  in  bis  search  for  the  objectionable  nasal 
tone.  If  any  fault  may  be  found  with  Miss  Auld's  selections  it 
was  in  not  having  on  the  programme  a  number  in  which  she 
could  display  the  full  power  of  her  voice.  Her  exquisite  pianis- 
simos  were  as  delicate  as  the  softest  breathings  of  a  bird,  but  we 
longed  for  one  burst  of  song  that  would  show  whether  or  no  Miss 
Auld  is  fitted  for  work  requiring  real  dramatic  strength.  The 
Loring  Quartet  sang  several  selections  in  a  very  agreeable  man- 
ner. Mr.  Louis  Heine  played  the  'cello  with  a  negligence  that 
was  appalling.  His  rendition  of  the  Andante  by  Golterman  was 
a  continuous  scramble  for  notes  that  always  evaded  him.  Mr. 
Heine  has  done  splendid  playing  here  in  the  past,  which  makes 
careless  work  doubly  apparent.  Miss  Anna  Miller  Wood  mars 
her  songs  by  mistaking  a  dragging  tempo  for  expression. 

*  *  * 

The  Pianists'  Club  is  a  society  recently  formed  by  a  number  of 
talen  ed  and  ambiticus  amateur  pianists  with  the  object,  as 
announced  in  their  prospectus,  of  "making  a  systematic  study  of 
the  best  musical  works,"  and  of  ''perfecting  themselves,  not  only 
in  ensemble  work,  but  as  soloists. "  The  club  meets  for  frequent 
practice  at  the  music  studio  of  Miss  Katherine  White,  president, 
and  the  enthusiasm  of  the  members  promises  the  best  results. 
Three  concerts  will  be  given  during  the  coming  season,  at  Maple 
Hall,  Palace  Hotel,  the  first  to  take  place  Monday  evening,  the 
10th  inst.  The  programme  is  an  attractive  one  to  music-lovers 
generally,  while  of  especial  interest  to  piano  students.  Fifty 
cents  will  be  charged  for  single  tickets,  one  dollar  for  the  series 
of  three  concerts;  tickets  to  be  had  of  club  members  or  at  the 
hall  on  the  evening  of  the  concert. 

*  4t   # 

George  Osbourne  is  in  town  organizing  a  company  for  a  tour  of 
the  coast.  Among  those  already  secured  is  John  L.  Stevens,  who 
has  been  a  student  under  Mr.  Osbourne,  and  promises  to  have  a 
brilliant  histrionic  future. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

ai.h.ivmax &  Co.  (Incorporated)  Managers. 

MOXI  week,  Mouday,  Dec.  3d-3ccoud  week  of  ALKXANDEK 

SALVINI. 
Accompanied  by  Win.  Redmund  and  a  company  of  players  under  tbe  direc- 
tion ol  W     .M    v>  ilkisou 
Mouday.  Thursday,  au.l  Saturday  evenings- Paul  Kcster's  new  romantic 
ai«ak.    First  production  In  Ban  Francisco. 


drama. 


»S»S2H'£I?.lJi??  au'1   Saturday  matinee-A  double   bill  consisting  of 
I  ill!  M>  I  Itl  rz  and   RUSTIC  CHIVALRY. 

,•  jSiS  R'"}  ,flid"y  eveuiugt-D'KuucryV  delightful  romance,  BON 


CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

A.1.  Hayman&Co Lessees  |  S.  II.  Friedlander  Manager, 

Commencing  Mouday,  December  3d.  Every  evening,  including  Sunday. 
Matinee  Saturday.    Engagement  of  the  greatest  American  tragedian, 

MR.     THOMAS    W.     KEENE, 
In  Classic  and  -hakespearean  plays 

Monday  and   Sunday  nigbts-EICIIARD   III        Tuesday  and  Saturday 
nTiiiSlYi?1  J5    ?L      Wednesday    night— HAMLET       Thursday    night— 
"i1,11;^,,    Friday  mght-KICHELItU.     Saturday  matinee-THE  MER- 
CHANT OF  VENICE.     No  advance  in  prices 
Next  att  ractiou— SADIEJl  A  RTI  NOT, 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Kreling  Proprietor  and  Manager 

To-night  and  to-morrow  night,  Audran's  favorite  opera,  THE  MASCOT 
Monday,  Dec.  3d,  Gilbert  &  Sullivan's  comic  opera  in  two  acts, 
THE    MIKADO, 

Or,  THE  TOWN  OF  TITIPtJ. 
PqfOlabPbices  25  and  50c 

T  D  n  ALCAZAR  THEATRE. 

J.  P.  Howe  Manager. 

A  Grand  Success. 

HATEBLl'8   MASTOOOMC 
OPERATIC  MINSTRELS, 
Under  the  personal  direction  of  J.  II.  Haverly.  The  best  minstrel  perform- 
ance seen  in  San  Francisco  in  years.    Everyhody  delighted.    Matinees 
Saturday  and  Sunday.    Read  the  prices. 
Parquet  and  Dress  Circle,  SOc.    Balcony,  26c. 
Crowded  houses  every  night.    Secure  your  seats  in  advance. 

ORPHEUM. 

O'Parrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  commencing  Monday,  Dec.  3d.     Dazzling  Stellar  Attractions! 
CAICEDO, 
King  of  the  Air,  in  marvelous  equiiibristic  feats.    The  most  sensational 
wire  act  seen  in  the  present  century. 
THE  BIO  FOUR   in  an  entirely  new  act. 

3  00RNALLABR03.,  4  LES  MAYoS  TROUPE,  and  a  magnificent  new 
company. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Par qnet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c. ;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chaira  and  bos  seats,  50c.    Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 


STOCKWELL'S  THEATRE. 


To-night.  Still  another  tremendous  success.  Theatre  crowded.  Audience 
delighted. 

THE    GROVERS. 
In  Leonard  Grover's  celebrated  comedy. 

Ol  K  BOAKItlKG  HOUSE. 
An  American  comedy  tfrat  has  achieved  the  dignity  of  a  recognized  classic 

Holiday  Matinee  THANKt  GIVING  DAY. 

Matinee  Saturday  and  Sunday.  NOTE  PRICES— 10, 15,  25,  35,  and  SOc. 
Boxseats,  50c.  Loge  seats,  50c.  Reserved  opera  chairs  in  family  circle, 
15c     MatiDees,  10, 15,  and  25c.     Peats  now  on  sale  at  box  office. 


Curline  Bat.75. 


All  through  the  winter 
commencing  early  in 
November,  look  out  for  the 

ELECTRIC  CASCADES, 
CALCUTTA  DERBY, 
VENICE  RESTORED, 
ELAINE. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 

Emptied    Every  |%l?t 

Between  the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and 

Filled  Din?et 

From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath :  30  cts. 
single,  or  4  for  $1.    Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


ojjo  jioip/ws  ijis, 


Estahlished  1879. 


411  Bush   street.     Opposite 
the    New   California    Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 
OYSTER  apd  OlflfCJ?  P/JRCORS. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHL1TZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaua, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 

I  II  I  IAN  RPHHAPn  The  English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
LlLLlHll  U\-UUn\\Uf  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellis  St.. 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1894. 


^~      the:  ' 

I00KCR-0N 


A  PONY,  fresh  from  Burlingame,  was  atandiag  in  the  Show, 
And  watching  with  a  curious  eye  the  passers  to  and  fro. 
He  gazed  upon  the  brilliant  throng,  the  giddy,  laugbing  crowd, 
And  looked  about  to  read  the  sign,  "Flirtations  Not  Allowed," 
And  then  be  sighed  quite  heavily,  and  scratched  the  pungent  tan, 
For  this  pony  had  gray  matter,  as  much  as  any  man. 

To  a  pal  from  the  same  stable,  a  wheeler  of  Grant's  brake, 
Whose  horse  sense  he  respected,  'twas  thus  thtt  pony  spaka: 
"  Now,  can  you  tell  me,  Kitty  (and  you  are  wise,  1  know), 
Why  have  those  people  brought  us  here,  and  what  means  all  this 

show? 
The  grass  is  green  in  Burlingame.  and  pleasant  are  the  trees, 
I  like  to  lounge  beneath  their  shade,  I  like  the  ocean  breeze. 
I  love  to  gallop  o'er  the  hills,  the  vale  beneath  to  scan, 
And  I  hate  the  music  and  the  lights,  and  this  loud-smelling  tan! 
I  prithee  tell  me,  Kitty,  what  all  this  business  means. 
You're  so  much  older,  dear,  than  I,  away  up  in  your  teens?" 

The  wheel-horse  to  the  pony  in  accents  low  did  spake: 

"  Within  an  hour  I  shall  be  hitched  to  Joe  Grant's  New  York 

brake, 
To  trot  before  this  gaping  crowd,  and  all  my  paces  show, 
And  pull;  those  leaders  lazy  are,  alas!  this  truth  I  know; 
But  my  mind  is  not  quite  settled  if  I  shall  let  Joe  win, 
Or  loose  my  hind  legs  with  a  will  and  kick  the  blamed  thing  in. 
You  ask  me,  Pony,  why  we're  here?  Because,  my  lad,  'tis  swell. 
Some  hither  come  to  cut  a  dash,  and  not  a  few  to  sell, 
To  let  the  ladies  see  for  once  how  Charley  Baldwin  drives, 
How  Simpkin  and  Dick  Tobin,  sir,  can  risk  their  precious  lives; 
How  Talbot  Clifton  on  the  box  can  curl  his  haughty  lip, 
And  catch  with  skill  professional  the  right  loop  on  his  whip — 
Indeed,  the  whole  thing  simmered  down,  and  I  shall  not  be  coarse, 
When  I  say  the  town  is  running  most  rapidly  to  borse." 

The  little  pony  pondered,  and  shook  his  well-groomed  head. 

«<  What,  good  will  all  this  do  us?"  at  last  the  Pony  said. 

"What  good?"    the   wheeler   echoed,     "what  a   mustang   you 

must  be! 
Why,  the  big  holes  in  the  ladder  you'd  surely  fail  to  see! 
The  girls  will  all  pet  us,  for  'tis  the  darlings'  creed 
To  follow,  follow,  follow  where  e'er  man  gives  the  lead. 
The  language  of  the  stable  they'll  study  night  and  day, 
From  banjo  and  from  mandolin  you'll  see  them  stray  away; 
They'll  call  the  fences  hurdles,  the  tar  weed  shall  be  furze; 
The  music  stool  they'll  sit  astride,  and  sleep  at  night  in  spurs; 
And  with  the  young   men   they'll  unite,  and   watch,  and  work, 

and  pray, 
That  when  it  comes  to  horse-flesh  this  town  shall  not  be  'jay.'  " 

Just  here  a  slim  groom  came  along  the  chatty  mare  to  take, 
And  slap  the  harness  on  her  to  hitch  to  Joe  Grant's  brake. 


Young  Dr.  Simpson  is  a  man  for  an  emergency.  The  doctor  is 
popular,  and  after  office  hours  enjoys  nothing  better  than  the  so- 
ciety of  a  few  friends  in  his  flat,  corner  of  Polk  and  Sutter  streets. 
Some  of  those  gentlemen  have  the  pervading  fad  of  the  age,  the 
banjo,  and  they  love  to  practice  in  the  doctor's  rooms  those  plan- 
tation symphonies  so  dear  to  the  heart-of  the  banjoist.J  Now,  the 
people  above  Dr.  Simpson  combined  with  the  people  below  to  in- 
form the  doctor  that  he  was  a  disagreeable  sandwich,  as  it  were, 
and  that  they,  the  upper  crust  and  the  lower  crust,  objected  to 
the  meaty  performance  of  the  Simpsonian  octettes.  To  their 
pleading  the  doctor  turned  a  deaf  ear  and  the  orchestra  went  on. 
Still  they  complained,  and  then,  by  way  of  education,  Dr.  Simp- 
son actually  hired  three  brass  instruments,  the  fragments  of  a 
"  busted  "  band,  and  gave  them  such  a  concert  that  a  delegation 
from  each  flat  called  upon  him,  confessed  and  asked  pardon  for 
their  petulant  intolerance,  and  begged  him  to  dismiss  the  band 
and  return  to  the  banjo,  the  music  of  which  by  comparison  was 
as  the  cooing  of  an  oriole  to  the  braying  of  a  mule.  Dr.  Simpson's 
concerts  now  go  on  without  protest. 


A  young  commission  merchant,  whose  wedding  bells  rang  mer- 
rily only  a  year  ago,  has  taken  some  serious  lessons  in  life.  He 
is  fond  of  society,  and  his  wife  is  not.  For  a  Jong  time  he  fumed 
and  fretted  at  having  to  remain  bound  to  the  domestic  hearth, 
when  the  rest  of  the  boys  were  doing  the  »  social  function  "  act. 
He  could  not  get  out  without  his  wife's  knowledge,  for  the  indis- 
pensable evening  suit  bung  in  the  common  dressing  room.  At 
last  a  friend  gave  him  the  straight  tip.  He  bought  another  dress 
suit,  which  he  kept  down  town,  and  once  more  got  into  commis- 


sion, and  waltzed  and  flirted  as  briskly  as  the  youngest  bachelor 
in  the  rooms.     When  Madam  would  remark: 

"  Why,  Charley,  here  is  your  name  in  the  list  of  Mrs.  Golightly's 
guestsl  "  the  rogue  would  reply: 

"  An  absurd  mistake,  my  dear.  You  surely  do  not  suppose  that 
I  would  go  to  a  party  in  a  business  suit,  and  you  know  I  did  not 
put  on  my  evening  dress.  No,  love;  I  was  fixing  up  my  books 
for  the  end  of  the  year." 

This  beautiful  plan  came  to  a  most  d'sastrous  end.  The  lady  at 
whose  house  Charley  kept  his  spare  suit  suddenly  moved  her 
quarters,  and  quite  innocently  sent  Charley's  dresB  suit  to  the 
family  mansion.  Mrs.  Charles  was  at  home  to  receive  it,  and 
of  course  made  a  thorough  investigation  of  the  pockets.  Dancing 
programmes  with  ladies'  names  inscribed  thereon  met  her  horrified 
eyes;  likewise,  german  favors  and  lots  of  other  evidence  to  prove 
that  her  husband  was  a  mendacious  traitor.  When  the  unfortu- 
nate trickster,  with  a  coming  function  in  his  mind,  gayly  tripped 
up  the  steps  that  evening,  he  was  led  by  a  stern  young  matron 
into  the  dressing  room,  the  door  was  banged  after  bim,  and  when 
he  emerged  bis  usually  florid  face  was  as  white  as  a  celluloid  col- 
lar. What  took  place  in  that  awful  interview  none  but  the  par- 
ties interested  may  ever  know.  One  thing  is  certain:  that  the 
double  dress  suit  racket  is  dead  for  ever. 

The  Art  Association  is  in  the  throes  of  a  controversy.  That 
eminent  lecturer  and  caricaturist,  Solly  Walter,  has  applied  to  the 
Directors  of  the  association  for  the  professorship  of  "  Pen  and 
Ink  Drawing."  Now,  John  Stanton  and.  Edward  Bosqui  say  that 
there  is  no  such  professorship  in  any  school  of  art  in  the  world, 
but  Mr.  Walter's  friends  declare  that,  if  there  is  not,  it  is  time  it 
were  made.  In  this  connection  it  may  be  stated  that  Mr.  Charles 
Josselyn  is  studying  art  under  Mr.  Walter,  and  may  have  a  picture 
ready  for  the  next  exhibition.  Mr.  Josselyn's  style  is  bold  and 
sketchy,  smacking  somewhat  of  the  Renaissance,  and  as  pre- 
Kaphaelitish  as  his  best  friends  could  wish. 

*  *  « 

The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Bohemian  Club  this  week  was  an 
important  one.  The  main  question  was  whether  the  club  would 
renew  its  lease  with  Mr.  Lent  or  bide  its  time  and  move  to  new 
quarters.  The  Directory  was  in  favor  of  the  Club  remaining,  but 
a  strong  faction  was  arrayed  on  the  other  side.  The  conservative 
members  were  with  the  Directors.  Tbe  dire  experience  with 
Simon  Wenban,  and  its  effect  upon  the  finances  of  the  Club,  had 
made  them  cautious.  The  latest  attempt  of  tbe  Owl  to  do  the 
Bedouin  business  and  soar  higher  was  so  disastrous  that  they 
counselled  quiet,  content,  and  a  home-like  feeling.  There  were 
several  speeches  pro  and  con  made  at  the  meeting.  A  vote  was 
then  taken  and  the  Directory  was  sustained  by  an  overwhelming 
majority.  And  so  for  the  next  few  years,  unless  something  an- 
foreteen  should  occur,  the  bird  of  Minerva  will  be  at  home  in  its 
ancient  nest,  at  Post  street  and  Grant  avenue. 

*  *  » 

The  artist  members  of  tbe  Bohemian  Club  are  preparing  for  an 
exhibition  of  their  paintings,  to  be  held  in  the  rooms  of  tbe  club 
and  opening  December  12th.  This  will  be  quite  a  social  affair, 
and  the  idea  is  to  be  highly  commended,  for  there  are  many  good 
things  in  the  studios  of  the  local  artists  which  will  now  see  the 
light. 

*  *  # 

Tbe  Press  Club  gave  a  reception  to  its  lady  friends  Wednesday 
afternoon  at  the  rooms  of  the  Bohemian  Club,  and  tbe  Bohemians 
stood  in  nobly  to  entertain  the  fair  guests.  A  promenade  concert 
was  the  feature  of  the  afternoon,  interspersed  with  songs  and  re- 
citations. The  ladies  were  Introduced  to  the  owl  with  atl  solemnity, 
and  the  pictorial  archives  of  Bohemia  were  thrown  open  for  their 
inspection.  The  Chamber  of  Horrors,  however,  was  kept  closed, 
and  its  portals  guarded,  watch  and  watch,  by  the  attendant 
priests.  The  gigantic  punch  bowl  of  the  club,  which  has  never 
yet  been  fathomed,  was  brought  from  its  dungeon  keep,  and  it 
made  a  right  royal  dl-splay  in  the  center  of  the  long  dining  table. 

*  #  * 

The  Burlingame  Club  is  making  preparations  to  "coach"  the 
road  between  this  city  and  Burlingame.  and  the  initial  trip  will  be 
made  early  in  spring.  The  fine  drag  (Holland  &  Holland),  pre- 
sented by  Talbot  Clifton  to  the  Burlingames,  will  be  put  into 
commission.  The  Fourteen  Mile  House  will  probably  be  selected 
as  tbe  place  for  changing  horses.  The  Burlingames  are  develop- 
ing the  taste  for  wholesome  outdoor  sports  among  the  young  men 
of  this  generation  in  a  laudable  degree. 


WHEN  you   go  duck  hunting  get  a  good  shot  to  go  with  you. 
A  really  good  shot  will  give  you  half  the  ducks  he  kills  and 
never  tell  any  one  that  he  killed  them. — Atchison  Globe. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel,  carries  the  finest  Jap- 
anese vases,  bric-a-brac,  and  other  decorations  for  indoor  effects. 


Don't  let  your  child  strangle  with  whooping  cough,  when  a  bottle  of 
Ayer's  Cherry  Pectoral  can  be  had  for  a  dollar. 


December  1,  1804. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


THE     CONQUEROR       Bttti*  I  'haniilfr  in  Scribnn'*. 


PO  hi?  dead  heart  alone  I  will  surrender; 

He  whom  death  conquered,  now  has  conquered  me 
I   held  my  fort  like  a  brave  defender — 

Now  il  Mauds  open  for  the  world  to  see. 

There  was  a  rastlc  once,  in  am  ient  Btory, 

Besieged  by  one  so  noble  in  his  fame 
That  when  he  died  the  people  thought  it  glory 

To  yield  him  what  no  living  knight  could  claim. 

So,  as  he  lay.  in  dented  armor  sleeping— 

A   hero,  after  wearing  strife  at  ease — 
They  gathered  near,  and  gave  unto  his  keeping, 

Safe  in  bis  mailed  hand,  their  castle  keys. 

So  do  I  yield  to-day  to  you,  my  lover— 

Who  died  before  my  hard  heart's  frowning  wall, 

And  never  knew  it's  harshness  did  but  cover 
Only  a  longing  to  surrender  all. 

Here  are  the  keys,  the  last  reserve  is  broken — 
What  does  it  matter  now,  since  all  is  past? 

Let  all  men  hear,  and  know  that  by  this  token 
I  loved  you  only,  loved  you  first  and  last. 


THE    HORSE    SHOW. 


FROM  "  post  to  finish  "  the  Horse  Show  was  a  success.  As  a 
social  event  it  was  the  occurrence  of  the  season,  but  its  mis- 
sion went  far  beyond  the  attraction  of  richly  dressed  women  and 
dandy  young  men  to  a  big  enclosure  where  they  might  nod, 
promenade,  gossip,  and  criticise.  It  was  an  education  to  this  pro- 
vincial town  on  the  methods  and  ambitions  of  the  people  across 
the  great  desert  in  the  matter  of  horseflesh.  To  the  characteristic 
Californian  a  horse  is  simply  a  horse,  an  animal  to  be  ridden  and 
driven  and  tn  pull  and  carry  burdens.  To  the  New  Yorker  the 
horse  is  llie  center  uf  a  sucial  feature  10  be  looked  up  to,  cherisihtd, 
improved  upon,  and  dressed  for.  The  horse  over  there  demands 
that  votaries  do  not  receive  him  on  State  occasions  in  the  toilette 
assumed  in  other  social  "  functions."  The  rules  have  been  laid 
down  by  competent  authority  that  such  and  such  garments  shall 
be  worn  when  the  horse  is  receiving,  and  those  who  fail  to  com- 
ply with  those  exactions  find  themselves  in  "  bad  form,"  that  pit 
inferno  of  fashion. 

All  this  and  much  more  was  new  to  us  before  the  Horse  Show, 
Now  we  have  taken  our  primary  lesson,  and  must  keep  on  study- 
ing between  shows  if  we  wish  really  to  be  perfect.  The  number 
of  buttons  on  the  riding  breeches,  the  manner  and  number  of  folds 
in  a  horse  cloth,  the  exact  position  of  coaching  lamps,  and  dozens 
of  minor  details  must  be  committed  to  memory,  else  we're  "  not 
in  it,"  and  the  pilgrimage  of  Mr.  Reeves  and  Mr.  Carmen,  of  New 
York,  has  been  in  vain.  Thus  apparently  trifling  things  assume 
an  importance  of  weight  when  they  relate  to  the  stable  and  its  be- 
longings. 

The  jumping  was  the  poorest  part  of  the  show.  Of  course  it 
must  be  considered  that  the  horses  were  unused  to  the  glare  and 
glitter  of  the  ring,  and  in  many  instances  were  so  nervous  that 
they  lost  their  heads,  and  the  best  riding  could  not  force  them 
over  the  fences.  Again,  this  is  an  altogether  new  branch  in  the 
education  of  the  California  horse.  At  the  next  show  those  same 
horses,  if  Providence  should  spare  them  to  their  owners,  should 
be  able  to  take  a  jump  eighteen  inches  higher  without  barking  a 
shin.     The  Barlingame   steeplechase   riders    will   attend  to  that. 

The  four-in-hand  display  promises  well  for  the  future.  A  city 
of  this  size  and  its  advantages  without  a  four-in-hand  club  is  an 
anomaly  in  the  annals  of  medern  sport.  Nothing  more  conduces 
to  the  appellation  of  a  '-jay  town,"  a  slur  which  has  been  trou- 
bling us  much  of  late,  than  the  neglect  tfbich  has  marked  us  in 
this.  We  have  good  whips  among  our  young  men,  and  a  host  of 
pretty  girls  and  merry  matrons  who  dote  on  coaching.  Then 
what  a  place  for  a  drive  the  Golden  Gate  Park,  the  long  beach 
road,  and  the  Presidio  slope!  Let  one  of  the  early  fruits  of  the 
Horse  Show  be  a  coaching  club.  The  difference  between  the  old 
stage  coach  driving  and  the  gentleman  driver  was  apparent  when 
Lucky  BaldwiD  was  on  the  box  of  his  drag.  Mr,  Baldwin  looked 
the  typical  stage-diiver,  and  handled  the  lines  in  the  pioneer 
fashion.  Theodore  Kearney,  Charley  Baldwin,  Dick  Tobin,  and 
Joe  Grant  tooled  along  in  the  Piccadilly  fashion.  And  the  enthu- 
siasm of  the  ladies  was  great  and  unbounded. 

That  the  Horse  Show  will  instill  the  spirit  of  competition,  not 
alone  in  the  exhibition  of  horses,  but  in  the  fineness  and  correct- 
ness of  equipages  and  their  belongings,  there  can  be  no  doubt. 
In  a  year  or  so  we  shall  not  be  behind  New  York  in  crack  car- 
riage horses,  hackneys,  and  cobs,  and  even  now,  as  far  as  mere 
horseflesh  is  concerned,  we  can  show  a  better  lot  of  thorough- 
breds all  round.  We  have  made  a  worthy  start,  and  there  can 
be  no  question  of  the  future. 

A  pleasant  feature  of  the  show  was  an  invitation  luncbeon 
given  at  the  caie  of  the  Horse  Show  on  Wednesday  afternoon. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1894. 


A  Disgrace        It  seems  strange  that  money  can  always  be  found 
to  ia    London    for   some    wretched    scheme    like   the 

California,  Lucille  Gold  Mine,  but  never  a  dollar  for  any  decent 
enterprise  involving  the  development  of  a  promising  prospect. 
The  Lucille,  which,  by  the  way,  is  a  Kentucky  corporation,  baa 
raised  enuugh  money  oat  of  its  $1,000,000  capital  to  build  a  new 
mill  on  the  site  of  the  one  lately  moved  off  by  the  former  own- 
ers of  the  property  (which  was  then  known  as  the  New  London), 
who  could  find  no  use  for  it  after  spending  $800,000  in  running 
miles  of  drifts  through  the  ground  to  the  depth  of  nearlv  1S00  feet. 
Probably,  however,  Mr.  Harpendiog  knows  more  than  reputable 
mining  men  like  Messrs.  Martin  and  Ballard.  The  Londoners 
evidently  believe  he  does,  seeing  that  tbey  have  put  up  their 
money  on  his  word  against  the  experience  which  the  California 
miners  paid  so  dearly  to  attain.  One  thing  is  positive,  that  with 
$1,000,000  spent  on  this  ground  as  the  Lucille,  and  nearly  as  much 
more  before  when  it  figured  as  the  New  London,  it  will  be  an  ex- 
ceedingly valuable  proposition  on  paper  before  all  is  said  and 
done.  The  English  could  afford  to  sneer  at  the  Rawhide,  which 
has  recently  developed  into  a  property  valued  at  over  $2,000,000, 
on  a  basis  of  monthly  bullion  production;  the  Cook  properties  at 
Mariposa,  now  quoted  at  a  market  value  of  $1,750,000  in  Bos- 
ton, and  some  other  equally  valuable  properties  from 
California,  but  they  could  afford  to  throw  away  over  $500,000  on 
such  swindles  as  the  Union  Gold,  alias  Cordova,  the  Ilex,  Jose- 
phine of  Fiesno,  the  Amador,  Esmeralda,  and  many  others  we 
could  name  of  major  or  minor  importance.  In  every  case  some 
outsider  has  managed  to  plack  the  foreign  geese,  assisted  by  alien 
mountebanks  masquerading  as  mining  engineers.  This  shows 
bad  judgment  as  well  as  bad  taste  in  the  matter  of  selection.  Now 
comes  the  New  London,  alias  Lucille,  with  Harpending  at  the 
head  of  it,  scoring  a  success  in  view  probably  of  his  past  reputa- 
tion as  the  Napoleon  of  the  Arizona  diamond  affair,  which  clouded 
the  character  of  much  more  prominent  men,  who  long  since  have 
passed  to  their  final  account.  It  may  interest  some  people  to 
know  who  the  English  directors  of  the  company  are.  The  first 
selected  are  as  follows:  J.  E.  Lees,  Romilly,  Stockport;  F.  W. 
French,  Depperbaugh,  Bcole,  Norfolk;  C.  G.  Jackson,  Anderton 
Hall,  Chorley,  Lancashire;  J.  H.  Lees-Milne,  Crampton  Hall, 
Shaw,  Oldham;  and  E.  Schofield,  Birchio  Cottage,  Hollinwood. 
These  gentlemen,  who  are  to  direct  the  operation  of  a  property 
exploited  to  utter  worthlessness,  will  be  paid  $250  per  annum  for 
keeping  the  mill  in  an  eternal  readiness  to  start  up  for  an  exhil- 
arating inOuence  on  shareholders  who  are  backward  in  their  pay- 
ments, and  for  a  skillfulness  in  disseminating  cablegrams  from 
"  the  company's  manager  at  the  mine,"  full  of  glittering  possi- 
bilities. It  may  serve  to  tone  down  any  haughtiness  of  feeling 
upon  the  part  of  these  officials  to  urge  their  attention  to  the  fact 
that  the  Lucille  mine  would  be  considered  dear  in  this  part  of  the 
world  at  a  tenth  of  their  individual  miserable  little  annual  salar- 
ies, and  furthermore,  that  the  decent  part  of  the  mining  com- 
munity in  California  are  not  disposed  to  view  either  themselves 
or  their  actions  in  the  most  friendly  light.  Such  schemes  tend  to 
disgrace  the  State. 

*  $  $ 

Some  Information  comes  from  an  authentic  source  to  the 

Miqiqg  effect  that  the  sale  of  toe  Alabama  mine,  near  James- 
Squibs-  town,  Tuolumne  County,  has  not  been  consummated, 
as  reported  recently.  Through  some  hitch  in  the  proceedings  the 
negotiations  were  terminated  abruptly.  The  enterprise  was  ham- 
pered through  litigation,  and  operations  were  stopped  at  the  mine. 
— —The  protracted  litigation  between  the  American  owners 
and  the  British  promoters  of  the  Amador  (*old  Mine  has  ended  in 
a  decision  unfavorable  to  the  former.  If  this  is  sustained,  the 
foreign  claimants  will  get  the  mine  for  nothixg,  as  it  is  generally 
understood   that    they  have  so   far   failed    to   meet  any  of  their 

pecuniary     obligations. The    carpet-bag    interlopers    in    the 

mining  business  are  again  swamping  the  town,  dashing  into 
schemes  with  their  usual  brazen  effrontery.  One  or  two  have  al- 
ready packed  their  satchels  with  "  going  concerns,"  en  route  for 
London,  There  is  one  consolation :  their  reputation  accompanies 
them,  if  it  does  not  arrive  in  advance. 

Comstock  The  course  of  the  market  on  Pine  street  has  not 
Miqiqg  favored  money  making  for  weeks  past.  It  has  been 
Sqares.  both  dull  and  weak  for  several  days.  Now  and  then 
some  stock  makes  a  lifeless  attempt  to  advance  above  its  neigh- 
bors, but  this  generally  results  in  a  subsequent  decline.  It  is  use- 
leas  to  reiterate  that  the  causes  for  this  sorry  state  of  affairs  are 
purely  local.  The  mines,  as  a  rule,  are  in  magnificent  condition 
to  back  up  a  sharp  advance  in  values,  but  there  is  no  one  to  lead. 
All  that  is  left  for  shareholders  to  do  is  to  patiently  await  some 
turn  for  the  better  which  must  come  eventually.  The  only  assess- 
ments so  far  levied  during  the  week  were  those  of  ten  cents  on 
Alta,  and  twenty-five  cents  on  Hale  &  Norcross. 


Hawaiian 
Commercial 
Company. 


New  York  Wall-street  securities  have  continued  their  down- 
Stock  ward  course  during  the  past  week.  It  was  thought 
frfarket.  the  Governmentsale  of  bonds  might  give  the  market 
some  help.  This  could  hardly  be  expected,  from  the  fact  that 
railway  properties  are  showing  decreased  earnings.  In  fact  some 
of  the  larger  properties  have  found  it  necessary  to  reduce  their 
dividends,  which  does  not  make  investment  buying  very  desir- 
able. Another  factor,  the  end  of  the  year  is  close  at  hand,  and 
investment  buyers  are  reluctant  about  going  into  new  invest- 
ments at  such  times.  There  really  is  nothing  in  present  Condi- 
tions to  warrant  much  higher  prices  for  the  time  being.  Railways 
are  suffering  from  the  financial  depression  more  than  any  other 
class  of  business.  London  has  sold  American  securities  liberally 
of  late,  which  is  not  at  all  a  favorable  sign.  Reorganization  of 
properties  now  in  the  hands  of  receivers  is  not  being  carried  on  as 
favorably  as  shareholders  would  like.  Many  properties  will  find 
it  necessary  to  levy  assessments  upon  its  shareholders  before 
such  loads  can  be  again  returned  to  their  original  owners.  Pres- 
ent conditions  do  not  argue  that  prices  are  going  to  pieces, 
merely  that  there  is  little  hope  for  much  appreciation  in  values. 
For  the  present  we  are  confronted  with  the  fact  that  too  many 
railroads  have  been  built  through  territory  which  cannot  possibly 
afford  a  sufficient  earning  power  to  meet  obligations  for  years  to 
come.  Such  extensions  eat  up  the  profits  of  their  established  lines. 
We  are  approaching  a  period  in  railway  history  which  promises 
to  give  the  railways  of  the  United  States  a  general  overhauling. 
Watered  stock  must  go.  It  is  hard  for  those  who  have  purchased 
such  securities  in  good  faith  to  find  their  holdings  worthless.  Yet 
it  is  the  only  salvation  to  the  railway  problem  to-day.  There  is 
nothing  gained  in  reorganizing  railway  properties  by  borrowing 
more  money,  or  issuing  a  new  series  of  bonds  when  present  obli- 
gations cannot  be  met.  It  merely  gives  a  new  lease  of  life,  ex- 
pecting the  future  to  help  out,  which  in  many  cases  seems  most 
disastrous. 

$  $  $ 
Investors  in  the  Hawaiian  Commercial  and 
Sugar  Company's  stock  resident  in  the  Hawaiian 
Islands  are  both  annoyed  and  perplexed  by  rumors 
of  bear  attacks  in  this  city.  A  correspondent  of  the  News  Lettek 
in  Honolulu,  in  speaking  about  the  prospects  for  the  company, 
says  that  the  success  of  the  new  management  seems  now  to  be 
an  assured  fact.  "Something,"  he  says,  "in  the  nature  of  a  ttraw 
for  the  many  who  are  guessing  as  to  the  outcome  of  the  many 
changes  which  have  lately  taken  place,  is  the  statement  just  made 
by  Sam  Sing,  a  wealthy  contractor,  and  manager  of  toe  Quong 
Fung  Company.  Sam  Sing,  since  its  beginning,  has  supplied 
Spreckelsville  with  its  quota  of  Chinese,  and  has  planted  thous- 
ands of  acres  of  cane,  No  detail  of  the  practical  workings  of  the 
company  for  the  past  fourteen  years  has  escaped  his  observations 
— if  it  has  his  comment — for  he  is  possessed  of  the  usual  reserve 
of  the  Celestial.  <  I  think  now,'  said  he,  '  business  go  all  right. 
Before,  if  the  plantation  make  fifteen  thousand  tons  sugar  they 
don't  pay  expense.  Now,  if  plantation  make  six  thousand  they 
make  money.'  From  my  personal  observation,"  our  correspond- 
ent continues,  "  I  know  that  the  output  will  be  10,000  tons  and 
over.  I  further  know  that  the  running  expenses  have  been  de- 
creased by  $150,000  per  year,  and  a  great  many  heavy  financial 
leaks  have  been  stopped." 

%  $  $ 

Along  I.  W.  Hellman,  Jr.,  who  has  for  the  past  six  months 

tfje        proved  an  able  and  efficient   manager  of  the  Farmers' 

Street      and  Merchants'  Bank  of  Los  Angeles,  will*  be  cashier 

of  the  new  Union  Trust  Bank   when  it  opens  for  business. 

The  semi-monthly  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Bank 

of  California  was  held  on  Tuesday  last. J.  H.  Reynolds,  Pacific 

Coast  manager  of  the  Westchester  Insurance  Company,  of  New 
York,  has  resigned.  He  will  be  succeeded  by  Mr.  E.  D.  Spencer, 
at  present  agent  for  the  company  at  Seattle. The  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Giant  Powder  Company  was  held  during  the  week. 
The  old  Board  of  Directors  was  re-elected  without  any  opposition. 
The  company  has  transacted  a  very  thriving  business  during  the 

past  year. Local  stocks    have  been  more  active  recently,  and 

some  large  transactions  have  been  reported  in  both  the  railroad 
and  Indnstrial  shares.  This  is  a  good  sign  in  conjunction  with  a 
marked  increase  in  bank  clearances,  showing  that  money  is  freer, 

and    business   generally    more    prosperous. A    Chicago    jory 

brought  in  an  interesting  decision  last  week.  It  appears  that  the 
owner  of  a  grain  elevator  instructed  a  firm  of  insurance  brokers 
to  place  $30,000  in  policies  upon  it.  They  only  covered  it  to  the 
extent  of  $5000,  and  in  the  meaotime  the  building  was  destroyed 
by  fire.  The  owner  sued  the  brokers  for  $25,000,  and  the  jury,  after 
a  seven  days'  trial,  allowed  him  this  sum  and  $500  extra  for  costs. 

$    $   $ 

ftqother  The  Grand-Victor  mines,  eight  miles  from  Placer- 
Miqiqg  vilie,  have  been  sold  to  an  Indiana  syndicate  just  in 
Sale.  time  to  spoil  a  sale  to  some  local  capitalists.  The  price 
said  to  have  been  paid  is  $150  000.  The  new  company  has 
already  put  up  a  twenty  stamp  mill,  and  arrangements  are  now 
being  completed  to  pot  up  an  additional  thirty  stamps,  making 
fifty  in  all.    The  property  is  considered  valuable  by  local  experts. 


D  bcr  1,  1894. 


SAN   FRANCISCO   NKWS  LETTER. 


13 


"H«r  the  Crier!  *       "  What  the  >levl|  art  thou? 
"Cue  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir,  with  you." 

HO,  all  ye  bad  tobacco  men  who  smoke,  and  smoke,  and  smoke; 
Ho,  all  ye  boys   with   cigarettes,  who   buy  them  till  you're 
broke. 
You'd  better  all  beware,  beware;  you'd  better  pause  and  quail, 
For  the  Alameda  women  they  are  camping  on  your  trail; 
And  over  there 
They  bang  their  hair 
In  classic  style,  as  I  can  swear, 
And  trousers  they. 
Each  rainy  day. 
Wear  as  their  papas  showed  the  way ; 
And  in  the  schools  they've  books  to  prove  that  smoking  is  not 

well, 
Because  tobacco  now  is  used  to  light  the  fires  of  bell, 
And  brimstone's  relegated  to  a  past  that's  growing  pale 
Since  the  Alameda  women  have  been  camping  on  your  trail. 

Ho,  all  ye  men  who  children  love,  in  pity  drop  a  tear 

For  the  doom   of   these   the   babies  whom   you   hold  so  fond  and 

dear. 
For  they're  feeding  them,  they  tell  me,  in  the  Alameda  schools 
On  McDonald's  Lurid  Leaflets  {pious  bitters  for  the  fools), 
Till  all  the  boys, 
The  bad,  bad  boys, 
Grow  pale  and  drop  their  sports  and  toySj 
And  e'en  the  girls. 
The  good,  good  girls, 
Forget  to  do  their  hair  in  curls. 
There's    sighing   in    the    upper    schools;    there's    weeping   down 

below; 
There's  grief  on  little  faces,  and  there's  evidence  of  woe, 
But  the  heart  of  King  Tobacco  in  his  bosom  ought  to  quail, 
Since  the  Alameda  women  have  been  camping  on  his  trail. 

MELVILLE  B.  ANDERSON,  a  professor  at  Stanford  University, 
has  been  publicly  describing  San  Francisco  as  "of  American 
cities  at  once  the  most  Occidental  and  Oriental,  the  shabbiest  and 
most  picturesque,  the  vulgarest  and  the  most  romantic,"  and 
what  he  called  "the  strange  medley  of  San  Francisco  society," 
he  declared  was:  "The  crush  of  monopolies,  the  hard  commercial- 
ism, the  public  jobbery  and  robbery,  the  faint  religiosity,  the 
parody  of  social  elegance,  the  make-believe  literature  and  art." 
And  because  this  man  has  the  discernment  to  see  the  truth  and 
the  courage  to  express  it,  there  has  gone  np  a  mighty  roar. 
Probably  Mr.  Anderson  had  heard  the  following  story,  which  has 
been  many  a  time  told  under  the  breath  among  the  wise:  "Once 
upon  a  time  the  swellest,  richest,  most  pretentious,  most  aristo- 
cratic, and  most  intellectual  of  the  petticoated  clubs  of  San  Fran- 
cisco bad  one  of  their  number  bring  to  the  meeting  a  San  Francisco 
woman  who  by  the  force  of  extraordinary  talents  had  achieved 
remarkable  things,  but  who  wbb  exceedingly  poor,  and,  as  might 
have  been  surmised,  very  proud  and  excessively  sensitive.  They 
had  an  opportunity  to  show  her  at  least  human  sympathy,  in  the 
absence  of  any  ability  to  comprehend  her  genius.  Her  poor  gown 
was  in  unhappy  contrast  to  their  rustling  silks.  Did  they  cluster 
around  her  in  generous  welcome?  Did  they  praise  her  work  and 
give  her  the  consolation  of  respect  to  her  abilities?  Hardly  that! 
After  she  bad  been  shamefully  patronized  till  her  heart  was  burst- 
ing and  her  cheeks  were  aflame,  a  group  of  handsomely  gowned 
leading  women,  sitting  aristocratically  in  a  corner,  sent  someone 
to  summon  her  to  theml  She  went,  and  instead  of  rising  to  re- 
ceive her  gracionsly,  they  nodded,  remained  seated,  and  did  not 
even  offer  her  a  chair!  And  not  one  of  them  was  worthy  to  kiss 
the  hem  of  her  garment.  That  is  San  Francisco  culture,  and 
Melville  B.  Anderson  has  discovered  it." 

OUR  admirable  contemporary,  the  Repott,  owlishly  observes: 
"The  fact  that  the  Federal  Grand  Jury  indicted  strikers  but 
indicted  no  railroad  managers  has  excited  considerable  public 
comment.  *  *  *  The  jurors  admit  that  though  they  called 
and  heard  numerous  witnesses  against  the  strikers,  they  called 
□one  against  the  railroad.  This  shows  that  they  understood 
what  they  were  to  do."  Our  contemporary  is  aware  that  the  duty 
of  the  Grand  Jury  was  to  discover  the  persons  who  had  inter- 
fered with  the  transportation  of  the  United  States  mails. 
The  persons  engaged  in  that  noble  enterprise,  with  the  incidental 
reviling  and  ridiculing  of  the  soldiers,  the  egging  on  of  ignorant 
and  passionate  men  to  the  commission  of  crime  and  the  defiance 
of  law,  and  the  murdering  of  certain  men  who  were  doing  their 
duty,  were  (besides  Mr.  Adolpb  Sutro)  really  the  publishers  of  cer- 
tain newspapers  in  San  Francisco,  to  wit,  our  admirable  con- 
temporaries, the  Report,  the  Call,  and  the  Examiner.  Had  the  Grand 
Jury  done  its  whole  duty  it  might  have  indicted  those  estimable 
gentlemen  not  only  for  obstructing  the  mails  but  for  murder 
as  well.  It  is  really  a  pity  that  so  few  Grand  Juries  do  their 
duty. 


11  VOl'  are  a  coward,  moral,  and  physical,  and,  like  all  cowards, 
I  when  intrusted  with  temporary  authority,  you  become  a 
bully  and  a  tyrant.''  These  are  harsh  words,  indeed,  whether 
applied  to  bit  the  spot  or  not,  but  W.  S.  Goodfellow,  E;q..  uses 
them  as  he  would  ordinary  legal  phrases  in  reference  to  Judge 
W.  E.  Greene,  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Alameda.  Judge  Greene 
is  an  old  campaigner  on  the  bench,  and  has  quiie  a  reputation, 
and  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  he  has  become  arrogant  under  the 
burden  of  that  praise  which  was  once  his.  Latterly  there  have 
been  complaints  made  with  reference  to  his  austerity,  which 
would  indicate  that  he  had  forgotten  to  cultivate  that  courtesy 
which  costs  nothing  and  so  richly  endows  a  gentleman.  The 
correspondence  between  the  two  gentlemen  does  not  seeni  to  have 
provided  the  jury  with  any  other  facts  than  would  lead  them  to 
return  a  verdict  of  guilty  against  his  honor  on  the  first  ballot. 
Mr.  Goodfellow  may  have  gone  a  little  too  far  in  closing  the  valve 
that  might  eventually  lead  to  a  reconciliation,  by  threatening  the 
Judge  with  temporary  paralysis  if  he  should  ever  attempt  to  ad- 
dress him  "on  the  streets  or  elsewhere."  That  was  naughty,  and 
might  have  been  dispensed  with.  The  world  is  large  enough  for 
both  of  them  when  the  crater  cools  off. 

IF  aDy  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  should  happen  to  stray 
into  the  vicinity  of  Clay  or  "Washington  street  below  Mont- 
gomery, he  would  think  that  his  olfactories  had  been  sec  upon 
by  the  most  reckless  outlaws  among  the  banditti  of  evil  smells. 
The  Fish  Market,  which  supplies  so  many  of  the  restaurants  with 
fish,  is  recklessly,  swaggeriugly  filthy;  and  as  fish  so  readily  ab- 
sorb horrid  effluvia,  it  is  a  hardy  man  that  would  want  to  be  so 
good  a  Catholic  on  Fridays  as  to  distend  his  in'ards  with  invisible 
things  which  the  generous  mongers  throw  in  with  their  wares. 
The  stench,  if  the  wind  happen  to  make  a  westward  swirl,  is  sent, 
clattering  into  Montgomery  street,  where  it  goes  careering  mer- 
rily; as  to  the  people  cast  of  this  Filth  Market,  they  have  all  had 
their  noses  cut  off. 

WHEN  the  competing  railroad  is  built  to  Fresno  the  caravan 
industry  will  be  totally  wrecked,  and  the  enterprising  men 
who  inaugurated  it  will  be  thrown  out  of  employment.  It  is  just 
such  rash  and  ruthless  acts  that  fill  the  world  with  tramps  and 
breed  Coxey  armies.  It  began  to  bring  a  glimmer  of  hope  and 
look  as  though  we  were  about  to  have  a  "survival  of  the  fittest" 
when  the  citizens  of  Fresno,  always  alive  with  a  spirit  of  pro- 
gression, started  the  ball  rolling,  but  the  inevitable  and  super- 
abundant Leeds  must  throw  obstructions  in  the  way  by  competi- 
tion. He  has  never  failed  to  make  a  success  of  that  Valley  Road. 
It  has  been  a  success  for  the  past  five  years. 

AN  enthusiastic  Democrat,  who  has  no  friends  to  reward  and 
no  enemies  to  punish,  nor  the  means  to  do  it  with  if  he  had, 
is  elated  over  the  prospects  of  a  legislative  recount  of  the  vote  for 
Governor.  "Of  course,"  said  he,  »  the  Republicans  will  Beat 
Estee,  right  or  wrong,  and  whether  right  or  wrong  it  will  be  a 
boomerang  which  will  give  the  Democratic  party  a  victory  in 
1896  that  will  settle  the  question  of  fraud  forever.  The  recount 
would  be  bo  manifestly  partisan  that  it  will  make  all  honest 
Republicans  so  sick  that  they  will  not  be  able  to  recover  for  ten 
years."  Jacob  is  about  right  in  his  diagnosis  of  the  case,  for  that 
would  be  just  about  the  size  of  it. 

ANEW  novel  entitltd  The  Heroine  of  '49  is  having  a  great  sale 
just  now.  An  imperial  blonde,  accompanied  by  her  "  mama," 
is  getting  rid  of  them  with  electrical  speed,  and  she  has  her  part 
well  committed.  "  Only  two  dollars  each,  sir,"  and  the  blue  eyes 
cause  the  young  men  to  investigate  their  pocket  books.  »  It's  a 
splendid  book,  and  very  cheap  at  that  price."  The  transfer  is  made, 
and  the  title  is  read.  It  is  a  charming  title,  bnt  such  trash  1  Were 
she  not  such  a  dainty  blonde,  with  a  "  mama  "  accompaniment, 
she  would  have  been  arrested  long  since  for  obtaining  money 
under  false  pretenses.  The  author  is  most  to  blame.  He  ought 
to  be  shot. 

ANY  person  who  does  not  feel  satisfied  that  Adolph  Sutro  has 
an  eye  to  business  and  does  not  know  how  to  catch  a  penny, 
has  only  to  visit  the  Cliff  on  a  Sunday  afternoon  and  see  the  way 
things  are  done  on  the  grounds.  A  ten-cent  concert  to  the  bath 
pavilion,  and  on  every  corner  and  at  every  turn  of  the  road  are 
peanut,  chestnut,  and  candy  vendors — all  of  whom,  no  doubt, 
pay  a  handsome  sum  for  the  concession,  and  since  the  five-cent 
fare  rate  was  established  the  crowds  are  simply  immense.  It  is 
almost  equal  to  the  Midwinter  Fair  as  an  attraction.  The  old 
schemer  has  certainly  got  a  bonanza  in  the  enterprise. 

THE  ready  pen  and  educated  hand  of  Mrs.  John  Martin  have  be- 
come so  familiar  to  Judge  Murphy  that  they  do  not  seem  to 
cause  him  a  moment's  hesitation  in  making  up  his  decisions  in 
cases  where  they  are  offered  in  evidence.  The  little  receipt,  pur- 
porting to  he  sufficient  to  cancel  all  obligations  to  her  coachman, 
when  presented  in  evidence,  was  of  sufficient  importance  to  be 
ignored  and  a  judgment  in  favor  of  the  coachman  for  the  fall 
amount  of  his  claim  against  her  substituted.  There  was  no  back 
talk  and  no  scene  in  court.  The  receipt  was  as  worthless  as  a 
Confederate  note. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1894  . 


it 


BOORDS'  EXTRA  DRY," 


The  Finest  Dry 
Unsweetened  OLD  TOfl 
Gin  Imported  From 


Boord  &  Son,  London,  Eng. 

Also  Shippers   of 

Old  Tom  Gin, 
Orange  Bitters, 
Boord's  <  Irish  Malt  Whisky, 
Scotch  Whisky,  and 
Pale  Sherry. 

Charles    Meinecke  &    Co., 

SOLE  AGENTS,  314  Sacramento  St.,  S.  F. 


In  Lead  Packets. 
Frsgrant.    Delicious 
Two  Qualities, 

Tfellow  Label 

Oreen  Label 

THIS  TEA  IS  ABSOLUTELY  PUBE 

And  has  an  enormous  sale  throughout  England  and  Europe.  A  pure  mix- 
ture of  ASSAM  (India)  and  CEYLON  TKaS,  the  finest  Mend  imported. 
An  economical  and  delicious  brew.  Having  ouce  used  ihis  tea  you  will 
use  no  other.    Put  up  In  lead  packages  of  one  half  or  one  lb.    For  sale  by 

II    HAHKIN,  506  Battery  St ,  S  F. 


ZISKA  INSTITUTE, 


REN  Srnedburg's  lack  in  coming  in  ahead  at  the  Polo  race  will 
be  a  big  thing  for  him  in  the  good  graces  of  the  heiress  whose 
favor  he  so  earnestly  seeks,  as  she  dearly  loves  success.  Apropos 
of  rich  girls,  the  Hobart  girls  are  entering  into  the  gayeties  of 
Gotham  with  a  vim,  and  a  whisper  has  reached  their  friends  here 
that  one  of  the  New  York  beaux  has  made  considerable  of  an  im- 
pression on  one  of  the  sisters. 

#  #  # 

Rumor  is  pretty  busy  at  present  with  the  soldier  boys,  who 
constitute  such  a  large  part  of  society's  favorite  beaux.  Lieuten- 
ant Sum  merall  is,  as  every  one  believes,  one  of  the  handsomest  of 
them  ail,  but,  alas  for  the  girls!  his  heart  is  said  to  be  miles 
away.  One  of  Colonel  Young's  pretty  daughters,  it  is  reported, 
will  soon  don  a  bridal  vail,  and  another  fair  belle  of  the  Presidio 
is  also  accused  of  like  intentions.  The  new  addition  to  the  cav- 
alry is  deemed  quite  an  acquisition,  and  society  in  town  is  re- 
joicing over  the  return  of  the  popular  Adjutant  Galbraith.  A 
rumor  declares  the  blonde  violinist  has  a  bow  of  different  calibre 
from  catgut;  and  so  it  goes. 

#  #  * 

One  of  the  conundrums  of  the  day  is:  "  What  gives  broad-faced 
Ad.  Mizner  his  "  go  "  with  the  girls  ?  Some  venture  the  opinion 
that  indifference  is  what  does  it;  others  maintain  that  it  is  his  re- 
semblance to  an  old  painting;  others  again  assert  that  he  is 
"  awfully  good  form."  But  the  clever  girl  from  the  Western  Addi- 
tion struck  it  when  she  said:  "  It's  because  of  the  lack  of  male 
material  in  the  drawing  room." 

#  *  # 

The  titled  foreigner  who  got  the  mitten  from  the  pretty  Ross 
Yalleyite  apparently  has  recovered  his  equilibrium,  and  is  enjoy- 
ing himself  as  if  no  sentimental  episode  had  ever  checquered  his 
career. 

By  all  odds  the  prettiest  girl  at  the  Butler  tea  was  Miss  McKenna, 
whilst  Miss  Kip  and  Miss  Gwin  followed  closely.  When  one 
considers  the  real  toil  whicb  «<  assisting  "  at  a  tea  entails  in  pro- 
viding old  ladies  with  refreshments  and  supplying  the  chitchat  of 
such  occasions  to  the  stray  youths  who  may  put  in  an  appear- 
ance, it  can  easily  be  seen  that  the  position  is  not  one  of  unmixed 
delight.  Yet  these  girls  never  lost  their  sweet  smiles  and  pretty 
offers  of  "  getting  something  for  you  "  all  the  afternoon,  and  were 
as  fresh  as  daisies  at  its  close. 

From  a  Paris  letter  received  by  one  of  our  residents  it  would 
seem  that  the  gay  capital  has  narrowly  escaped  having  a  decided 
scandal  in  the  "  Colony,"  which  was  only  averted  by  the  abrupt 
departure  of  some  of  the  parties  concerned.  A  well  known  holder 
of  the  ribbons  of  a  four-in-hand  team,  and  a  frisky  matron  whose 
seat  on  the  box  had  become  a  thing  of  frequent  occurrence,  are 
the  principles  in  the  affair,  and  one  of  them  is  well-known  on 
the  Coast. 

What  a  versatile  fancy  the  handsome  young  doctor  of  the  Tevis       jlji55     /I\3IJS0I}  5       SGOOOi, 
family  loust  possessl  According  to  his  fashionable  acquaintances,    '  ^ 

he  has  been  epris  of  the  Washington  street  capitalist's  eldest 
daughter  (in  whose  favor,  by  the  bye,  the  swim  now  asserts  his 
brother  to  have  the  lead);  then  her  young  sister;  next  his  brother- 
in-law's  slender  sister;  and  then  his  blonde  neighbor,  whose  skill 
as  a  member  of  the  Saturday  Morning  Orchestra  has  gained  her 
front  rank  therein.  Each  in  succeesiou  have  been  declared  his 
bright  particular  star  for  the  time.  But  the  most  recent  gossip 
says  that  the  little  brunette  divorcee  has  the  innings,  and,  as  the 
family  would  be  agreeable,  it  may  be  that  the  Bible  axiom  will 
be  illustrated  in  this  instance,  and  the  last  shall  be  first. 

See  what  a  difference  there  is  between  the  way  of  looking  at 
things  which  exists  in  Europe  and  California!  There  even  a 
Princess  is  dubbed  crazy  who  smiles  and  ogles  men  in  the  streets, 
whose  glance  of  invitation  to  speak  is  bestowed  ad  lib.  Here  such 
actions  are  called — well,  "  larky,"  and  not  especially  frowned 
upon,  eilher,  particularly  by  married  men.  A  few  club  men  can 
so  testify. 

Unchanging  is  our  love,  undying  our  affection  for  the  name 
Cutter— not  that  we  know  the  name  other  than  by  the  J.  F.  Cutter 
Whisky,  but  we  are  sure  that  no  man  with  a  hard  heart,  no  man  who 
is  not  endowed  with  the  malt  of  human  kindness,  could  have  pro- 
duced such  a  tipple  as  did  Cutter  of  Kentucky.  Does  not  that  sound 
like  the  gentle  gurgling  of  the  much-prized  spirit  down  the  parched 
throat,  and  make  one  hasten  to  imbibe  some  ?  Order  a  dozen  bottles 
from  the  agents,  E.  Martin  &  Co.,  408  Front  street,  and  keep  it  on 
hand. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


160G  VAN  NESS  AVENIE. 

SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS.    French,  GermaD,  and  English  Day  and  Boarding 
School.    F.legant  home.    Best  educational  advantages. 
Next  term  commences  August  l,  1894. 

BMK.  B.  ZISKA,  A.M.,  Principal. 


-a. 

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o 


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STUDIO  :     26  Montgomery  Street,  Room  8. 

Pupils  prepared  for  Stagey  Concert  or  Drawing  Room.  A 
Special  Class  for  Teachers  who  wish  to  perfect  themselves 
in  the  Banjo's  harmony  and  technic. 


/625  San  Jose  Avenue,  between  Grand 
and  Paru  Streets, 

Boarding  and  Day  School  for    Young    Ladies  and 
Children.    Next  term  opens  Aogust  6th . 


/Ma/neda,   $al. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  "Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

123     California  Street. 


Detember  1,  1894  . 


SAN    FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


Tiis  "R<6EMi 


TO    AN     ADVANCED    WuMAN.- TV /-//-.. 


DIYINK3T    woman,  shall  1  dare  in  humble  rhymes  to  praise 
tbee, 
tan  words  depict  thy  modern  charm  of  manful  coat  and  hat? 
Thy  muscle  and  thy  intellect!  the  ardors  that  upraise  thee; 

The  newness  day  by  day  !  thy  mission  !  but  I  may  not  speak  of 
that. 

Reformer  lion-hearted. 
With  fashion  hast  thou  parted. 
Thy  unkempt  iocks  lie  simply  on  thy  clear  and  classic  head; 
in  hygienic  clothing, 
A  waist  and  heels  deep  loathing, 
Thy  unstayed  figure  freely  flounders  knickerbockered. 

With  journalistic  intellect  and  mind  inquiring,  fearless 

Of  man  or  devil,  heav'n  or  hell,  or  even  Mrs.  Grundy; 
To  church  thou  dost  but  seldom  go,  nor  lov'st  the  Abbey  peerless ; 
Soul  anchored  at  the  Ethical  i  see  thee  oft  on  Sunday, 

Or  in  occult  meditation, 

Deep  in  lore  of  Eastern  nation. 
Thou  followest  the  astral  track  of  a  Besant  or  a  Stead; 

intellectual  gyrations, 

Mazes  of  reincarnations 
Close  wreathe  their  mystic  spells  around  thy  unbewildered  head. 

In  fiction,  though  we  seek  thee  not,  full  many  a  time  we've  found 
thee, 
With  chapters  of  opinions,  but  a  saving  love  of  dress, 
Thy  heart  is  all  platonic,  though  thy  suiters  flock  around  thee, 
And  the  grave  and  simple-minded  is  made  graver  by  thy  "  Yes." 
But — if  man  finds  it  well-o 
To  wed  an  Astor  yellow, 
Or  dream  superfluous  woman  is  to  wealth  and  title  blind; 
Should  he  fancy  a  Marcella, 
With  her  views  and  lands  at  Mellor  ? 
I  would  trust  he  may  be  happy — I  would   pray   she  may  be  kind. 

Oh,  woman  of  the  period,  thy  accomplishments  are  legion! 

To  lecture  or  to  skirt  dance,  to  frivol  or  to  fight, 
To  pioneer,  to  educate,  to  nurse  the  leprous  region — 

These  thy  pastimes— but  a  graver,  sweeter  task  is  thy  delight; 

To  proclaim  to  man  salvation, 

Through  woman's  mediation; 
To  show  earth's  highest  progress  through  the  woman-soul  is  found; 

Man  as  intellect  material, 

Thou  as  spirit  all  ethereal! 
Ah!  'tis  woman — woman— woman— that  makes  the  world  go  round. 


CHRYSANTHEMUMS.-^.  Matheson  in  Chambers'  Journal. 


H 


E  lured  me  from  the  firelit  room 

Adown  the  garden  path,  to  see 
The  white  chrysanthemums  in  bloom 

Beneath  the  cherry  tree. 
And  while  the  autumn  twilight  fell 

In  tender  shadows  at  our  feet, 
He  told  me  that  he  loved  me  well, 

In  accents  silver  sweet. 

I  heeded  not  the  faded  leaves ; 

I  never  heard  the  wailing  wind 
Which  mourned  amid  the  silent  eaves 

For  summer  left  behind. 
The  golden  hours  might  all  depart; 

I  knew  not  that  the  day  had  flown; 
My  sunshine  lay  within  the  heart 

That  beat  so  near  my  own. 

Now  spring  has  come  with  flower  and  bird; 

And  softly  o'er  the  garden  walls, 
By  warm  south  breezes  flushed  and  stirred, 

The  perfumed  blossom  falls. 
New  buds  are  on  the  hedgeside  spray; 

New  grasses  fringe  the  country  lane; 
But  never  in  the  old  sweet  way 

Shall  we  two  stand  again. 

My  mother  clasps  my  listless  hand, 

And  tells  me  that  the  roses  blow, 
While  all  about  the  happy  land 

Drifts  fragrant  hawthorn  snow. 
But  looking  from  my  lonely  room 

Adown  the  path,  I  only  see 
Some  white  chrysanthemums  in  bloom 

Beneath  a  cherry  tree! 


j-lorse  Styovu. 
jforse  Styouy. 


Mechanics' 
Pavilion. 


\iov.  28d?,  291:17,  3otfc>,  ai>d  Dee.  i,  1894. 

A  grand  exhibition  of  the  best  horses 
on  the  coast.  Among  the  noted 
horses  will  be:  The  great  SALVA- 
TOR,  TEN  MY,  SIR  MOORED, 
and  ISLINGTON -full  brother  to 
Islington,  the  greatest  horse  to-day 
in  all  England--the  champion  trotting 
stallion  DIRECTUM,  FLYING  JIB, 
and  many  other  notable  celebrities 
of  the  American  turf. 

fir)  Ei?tir<?  CJ?ai?(5(?  of  programs?  Daily. 

An  Exhibition  of  Driving,   Four-in- 

Hands,    Tandems,    etc.      Riding  and 

Jumping.      Fine  draught  horse  and 

pony  exhibits. 

Cassassa's    Band    will   play    special 

selections.      Morning  and  afternoon 

will   be  favorable    times   for   seeing 

the  great  display, 

Reserved   Seats  will  be  on  sale  at 

H.  S.  CROCKER  CO.  'S  new  store, 

Post  Street. 

Jlorse  Sbou/  Association, 

30  Mills  Building,  S.  F 


ANTOINETTE. 


These  preparations  for  BEAUTIFY- 
ING and  PRESERVING  the  COMPLEX- 
ION contain  many  of  the  old  French 
secrets,  combined  with  the  latest  chemi- 
cal discoveries,  and  are  indorsed  by 
many  of  our  most  eminent  physicians. 

PIMPLES  AND  ALL  FACIAL  BLEMISHES 

A  SPECIALTY. 

SUPERFLUOUS  HAIR  REMOVED 


Ry  new  process. 
WARRANTED. 


No  bad  results. 
PRICE,  $1  50. 


ANTOINETTE 
GRAY     HAIR 
RESTORER 

FOR  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN. 
Gray  and  bleached  bair  restored— NOT 
DYED.  This  wonderful  preparation  acts 
on  the  secretions  and  supplies  the  na- 
tural coloring  to  the  hair,  making  it  soft 
and  glossy,  and  leaving  the    calp  white  and  in  a  healthy  condition. 

»AMHtMF  and  all  diseases  of  the  hair  skillfully  treated. 

NOTE.— No  poisons  used  in  any  of  my  preparations. 

121  POST  ST., 

Rooms  34  to  36. 

(Taber's  Entrance) . 


MME. 

Telephone  1349. 


MAROHAND, 


BETHESDA. 

AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 

"  I  regard  Bethesda  as  a  delightful  water,  refreshing  and  invigorating, 
with  medicinal  properties  of  much  value." 

—Hon.  Charles  Foster,  ex-Secretary  of  Treasury. 

"  I  have  used  Bethesda  for  many  years,  and  deem  it  the  best  in  the  coun- 
try." —Hon.  Joseph  W.  Fifer,  ex-Governor  of  Illinois. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  AGENTS, 

418  Sacramento  street,  S.  F. 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK 


December  1,  1894 . 


SOME  of  the  new  evening  brocades  which,  it  is  said,  are  soon 
to  take  the  place  of  the  more  matronly  moires,  are  enchant- 
ing revelations.  In  texture  they  seem  created  to  endure  longer  than 
life  itself;  and,  together  with  new  and  novel  designs,  are  seen  many 
of  the  dainty  patterns  of  the  long  ago.  One,  with  a  cold  white  back- 
ground, is  strewn  with  wreaths  or  majenta  pink  roses,  tied  with 
ribbons  of  the  same  shade.  Another  is  shown  with  little  foolish  rose- 
buds, red,  with  stiff  stems  and  green  leaves,  like  the  decorations  on 
old  Dresden  china  powder  boxes.  Still  another  has  a  tea-white  back- 
ground, that  tender  and  adorable  shade  of  pink-white  only  made  by 
pouring  milk  into  the  most  perfect  of  teas.  This  was  scattered  with 
loose  bouquets  of  cosmos  flowers;  which  mysterious  blossoms,  in 
velvet  and  rich  wall-flower  tints,  garlanded  the  low,  square,  tea-white 
gauze  waist.  The  short  sleeves  of  this  bodice,  than  which  nothing 
seemed  more  elaborate  or  more  becoming,  were  of  accordion  plaiting 
gauze,  mounted  over  satin  in  full  puffs,  and  which  had  the  downward 
and  outward  droop  that  now  distinguishes  all  sleeves.  Below  the 
left  bust  line  was  a  striking  and  somber  note  in  all  this  truly  gaiety ; 
three  large  cosmos  blossoms  in  sooty  black  satin,  trailing  heavily 
from  the  colored  corsage  bouquet. 

They  were  there,  however,  with  motive  intent.  Black,  it  seems,  in 
bold,  brief  touches  in  unexpected  quarters,  is  a  winter  punctuation 
for  some  of  fashion's  most  delicate  compositions.  The  slight  droop- 
ing of  a  narrow  belt  in  front  will  increase  an  effect  of  waist  slightness. 
A  bodice,  too,  with  a  round,  half-high  neck,  is  a  kindly  aid  to  too 
generous  proportions.  A  slight  figure,  on  the  contrary,  a  girl  divinely 
tall,  and  of  course  diviueljr  fair,  may  wear  her  corsage  literally 
tumbling  from  thin  shoulders.  Bones,  if  sufficiently  weil  hung  and 
endowed  with  that  youthfulness  beloved  of  painters,  can  never  offend ; 
but  flesh  is  a  thing  to  he  handled  with  discretion,  and  a  round,  baby 
bodice  is  a  young  and  becoming  bridging  of  some  of  its  difficulties. 
To  be  worn  with  the  brocade  skirts  described,  as  well  as  those  of 
quite  as  splendid  ilk,  come  diaphanous  textiles  of  every  color  and  de- 
scription, to  be  fashioned  into  the  upper  garment.  The  stiff  rustling 
silk  or  satin  of  the  pompadour  petticoat  never  repeats  itself  in  the 
bodice,  this  being  made  exclusively  in  chiffon,  ruousseline  de  soie, 
crepe,  and  even  tulie,  either  plain,  jeweled  or  spangled.  Chiffon 
waists  for  plain  skirts,  however,  are  sometimes  brocaded  quite  as 
gorgeously  as  some  of  the  new  silks.  Indeed,  chiffons  were  never 
seen  before  in  such  vast  profusion  and  variety ;  but  a  proper  founda- 
tion is  certainly  one  of  the  most  important  points  in  their  making  up. 

Distinctcontrasts  in  color,  between  the  cloud-like  drapers  and  silk 
or  satin  foundations,  are  much  in  favor,  and  wonderful  opaline 
effects,  as  elusive  as  moonbeams  themselves,  are  made  by  mounting 
one  co.or  over  another  to  the  number  of  three  and  four,  and  even 
six.  But  along  with  these  dashing  novelties  in  brocade  and  gauze, 
there  are  entire  evening  gowns  in  velvet  and  satin,  and  occasionally 
one  of  silk,  such  as  was  spoken  of  in  mother's  day  as  "  standing 
alone."  The  skirts  of  many  of  these  are  made  after  the  French  cir- 
cular model,  which  hangs  very  full  about  the  feet.  A  few  have  a  sus- 
picion of  a  train. 

According  to  the  laws  of  social  etiquette  the  calling  season  in  town 
does  not  begin  until  this  month.  One  markedly  handsome  toilette 
is  prepared  for  formal  calling,  the  chief  features  of  which  are  a  pretty 
bonnet  and  a  rich  wrap.  Very  often  this  suit  in  particular  is  an  im- 
ported one.  A  Paris  calling  costume  has  the  skirt  made  of  a  rich 
fabric,  in  which  silk  and  velvet  are  interwoven  with  a  faille  ground 
of  red  gleaming  through  the  black.  The  wais>  is  a  happy  combina- 
tion of  the  material,  red  ruousseline  de  soie  and  black  satin  ribbons. 
The  cape  is  of  black  velours  du  nord,  with  a  shorter  shoulder  cape 
jetted  all  over  and  edged  with  black  ostrich  tips.  The  Medici's  flar- 
ing collar  is  composed  entirely  of  small  tips,  and  is,  of  course,  left 
slightly  open  to  show  the  becoming  red  velvet  stock  beneath. 

These  costly  capes,  or  collets,  as  the  French  call  them,  seem  to  be 
the  accepted  garment  for  calling  trips.  They  are  jaunty,  fancy,  and 
convenient.  Thpy  do  not  crush  like  a  coat  the  elaborate  waist  under- 
neath. The  calling  cape  shown  is  of  black  velvet  with  a  fancy  collar 
and  ruffle  of  plaited  chiffon  and  Vandyke  point  trimmings.  Small 
capotes  or  bonnets  are  selected  to  accompany  calling  costumes.  The 
gloves  worn  are  pearl  glace  kid.  Muffs  and  "boas  are  often  worn  to 
complete  such  toilets- 
Ostrich  tips  promise  to  be  more  popular  this  winter  than  flower 
sprays  for  evening  corsage  garnitures.  In  case  of  a  pink  silk  muslin 
decollete  waist  a  cluster  of  fine  pink  tips  ornamented  each  shoulder 
with  a  larger  cluster  in  front  of  corsage.  Fur  is  also  used  to  outline 
low  necks. 

Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Paris  Panels.  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  916 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


J-ioliday 
Qoods. 


Having  bought  immense  quantities  of  SPECIAL 
HIGH-CLASS  HOLIDAY  GOODS  for  our  two 
mammoth  stores  we  are  in  position  to  supply  all 
in  search  of  ELEGANT,  USEFUL,  AND  SER- 
VICEABLE HOLIDAY  GIFTS  with  the  choicest 
productions  of  the  world's  greatest  manufactur- 
ers of  DRY  GOODS,  CLOAKS,  AND  FANCY 
GOODS  at 


prices 
Jbat  are 
£Jnmat<;babl<^ 


SAN  FRANCISCO  and  LOS  ANGELES. 


ERNST    H.    LUDWIG  &  CO., 
The  Model  American  Caterer. 

1206  SUTTER  ST.,  S.   F.  Telephone  2388. 


GUNS 


EVERYBODY 

CHEAP 

GEO.  W.  SHREVE, 


739  Market  si.,  s   F 


SH.  regensburger,  attorney-at-law. 
>  Rooms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San 


i  Francisco,  Gal 


City    Index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 

ATTYS.  -AT- LAW. 
FRANK   KEMEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bids;.,  1236  Market  Bt. 

CANDIES. 
CANPIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets. 

DENTISTS. 
K    (ITIAB,  416  Geary  street. 

DRUGGISTS. 
KELLY'S  CORN  IT  RE,  js5c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 

EVANS'  POISON  OAK  SPECIFIC.    Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 
gists.  

MILLINERY. 
THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store.  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAURANTS. 
FRANCO- AMERICAN  Restaurant    521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

REPAIRING  PONE  while  you  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  RENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  Bt. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  automizalion  purposes 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


December  1.  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Vi 


5UNBCAM5 


THREE  gentlemen  stood  about  the  bar-room  of  the  Fifth  avenue 
botel  talking  politics  and  indulging  in  occasional  drinks.  Two 
of  them  drank  whisky,  the  third  stuck  to  vtchy  and  milk.  After 
the  third  round  the  laiter  begged  to  be  excused.  <•  0,  have  another 
of  the  same  kind,"  suggested  one  of  the  parly.  •'  No,  indeed," 
was  the  reply;  "  when  I'm  drinking  vichy  and  milk  I  know  when 
I've  got  enough." — Pittsburgh  Dispatch. 

"  T\T0,  my  dear,"  said  Mrs.  Parvey  New  to  her  caller,  "  I  shall 
IN  not  serve  wafers  at  my  tea  this  season."  "  Indeed  ?  "  "I 
couldn't  think  of  it.  If  I  served  anything  smaller  than  biscuit, 
iU-natnred  people  would  be  certain  to  say  Mr.  New  bad  felt  the 
hard  times." — Washmgtori  Star. 

AL<<Y — Aw — can  you  spare  me  a  few  hundred  to  wun  ovah  to 
Lnnnon  ?      Fatkeb— What's  the  object  ?     "  Golf."     «<  Good! 

If  you  learn  bow  to  play  golf,   it  may "      "  Oh,    but   I  don't 

want  to  play  it.      I  want  to  learn  how  to  pwonownce  it." — New 
York   Weekly. 

LIVES  there  a  man  who  doth  not  feel 
A  pleasant  feeling  o'er  him  steal 
When  in  cold  type,  clear-cut  and  dry, 
His  advertisement  meets  his  eye? — Printer's  Ink. 

EASTERNER— How  long  have  you  lived  in  the  West  ?  West- 
erner— Twenty  years.  "Isn't  it  dangerous  out  there?" 
"  Well,  I  reckon  if  some  of  them  I've  had  to  do  with  was  livin' 
now  they  might  say  it  was." — Detroit  Free  Press. 

MAUD — I  understand  that  Jack  proposed  to  you  last  night  and 
you  refused  him  ?  Marie — Yes,  although,  poor  fellow,  I  am 
afraid  that  if  he  had  not  left  me  so  hurriedly  I  might  have  relented 
and  accepted  him.     Maud — So  he  told  me. —  Washington  Star* 

MAGISTRATE  (severely)— Five  witnesses  testify  that  you  tied 
a  tin  kettle  to  a  poor  dog's  tail.  Bad  Boy — Please,  sir,  that 
was  only  to  ballast  'im  so  if  he  failed  off  anythink  he  wouldn't 
land  on  his  head. — Street  &  Smith's  Good  News. 

FRANK — Why  does  Miss  Morton  wear  such  enormous  sleeves? 
Large  sleeves  are  fashionable,  I  know,  but  tier's  are  simply 
hugt:.  Miss  Spite — Oh,  nothing,  only  they  say  she  has  a  habit  of 
laughing  in  her  sleeve. — Truth. 

CONDUCTOR— Madame,  bow  old  is  that  boy?  Elderly 
Matron  {with  freezing  dignity) — This  young  lady,  sir,  has  no 
wish  to  ride  free.  Here  is  her  ticket.  Her  bicycle  is  in  the  bag- 
gage car. — Chicago  Record. 

MISS  Dashaway — How  many  proposals  did  you  have  this  sum- 
mer, Jessie,  dear?  Miss  Flyhigh — Sixteen,  dear.  Miss 
Dashaway — What  a  terribly  persistent  fellow  that  Tommy  Noodles 
must  be! — Town  Topics. 

AFTER  a  man  has  nibbled  it  often  requires  a  shrewd  girl  to  land 
him.      The  trouble  seems  to  be  that  the  girls  let  them  nibble 
too  long.     They  should  be  landed  high  and  dry  at  the  first  bite. 

— Atchison  Globe. 

COUNTRY  Visitor— Aunty,   what   is    Mrs.   Be  Blacque-Smith 
jumping  about  so  horribly  for  ?      Aumt  Sarah — Laws,   she's 
dancin'  a  majerky! — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 

YOUNG  Lady — What   is    the   price   of   that   bicycle   costume? 
Dealer — That  is  not  a  bicycle  costume,  miBs;    it's   a  suit  of 
sanitary  underwear. — New  York  Weekly. 

FIRST    Housewife    (South  Sea  islands)— The   new   missionary 
looks  dreadfully  sour.     Secomd  Housewife — "Well,  he'll  do  for 
canning,  anyway. — Detroit  Tribune. 

WALKER  LONG— 8ay,  brother,  where'll  we  spend  the  winter? 
Ragsin  Tatters— Le's  be  economical   and  don't  spend  it  at 
all. — Detroit  Free  Press. 

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THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY     (Limited) 

OP  MANCHESTEE,  ENGLAND. 

CHA8.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street,  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA.,    PA. 

CAPITAL  FULLY   PAID S3, 000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    418  California  St.,  s.  F. 

JAMES   D.  BAILEY,  General   Agent. 


X2ST3-gB,A.3SrC!E. 

FIRE,  MARINE  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insurance  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL,   $1,000,000    |  ASSETS,   $3,000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC   FIRE   INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 
V.  earns  Driffield,  Manager  tor  Hie  Paclnc  coast  Bra  neb. 

220  Sansome  St.,  s.  F. 

Capital...;. .....  $1,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S 654.433. 31 

GEO.  MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
__ 232  California  St.,  S.  F.,  Cal. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA,  California 

Storaee  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.      Regular    warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

TheBe  Warehouses  are  the  largest  oa  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  ol  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ol  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calllornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL «,700,00 

AGENTS: 

BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

Wo.  316  California  Street.  Sin  Francisco . 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   119,724,638.45. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  |  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montqomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 

Established   1820. 
Capital.  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,864,663  66 

United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

VOSS,  «  OSBAD  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZUEICH. 

COMBINED  CAPiTAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  Jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  8YZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St. ,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

fEstablished  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.] 
Office — NorthweBt  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

BE«.  F.  GRANT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up i     500,000 

Assets  8,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,526,157 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 

501  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE- WASHINGTON     INSURANCE    IOHPASI, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


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SAN  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1394. 


ZB-A-HSTICB. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA- 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up $3,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD    OFFICE  CO  Lombard  Street,  Loudon 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank ; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico — London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
Sodth  America— Loudon  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney,  Ld. ;  Debierara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ..     $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (October  1.   1894) 3.158,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R.  Bishop,  Vice-President         Allen  M  <  lay.  Secr-tary 
S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I,  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  'J  he  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  aud  savings  Bank;  Australia  and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China.  St.  Louis — Boatmen's  Bank 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans.  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfnrt-ou-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Aucklaud,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  51,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR       President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Pnelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  Q.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  A  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY^ 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  anil  Reserve  Fond $1,610,000  00 

Deposits  January  2,  1894 29,439,317  OV 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;   Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 

BOARD*  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmaun,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Flue  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized $6,000,000  1  Paid  up     11,500.000 

Subscribed  3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loaus  money,  buys  aud  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.                                                 IGN.  8TEINHART     (  „ 
P.  N.  LILIFNTHAL,  \  Managers 

WELLS.  FARGO  &  CQ.'S  BANK. 

N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  gutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
4Jash  Capital  aud  Surplus      $6,250,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine . President  |  Homer  S.  King Manager 

H.  WadBWorth   Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj   P .  Cheney.  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,   Charles  F.   Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA8.  F.  CROCKER,         |        E.  B.  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER .  President 

W.  E.  BROWN Vice  .resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK. 


222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,   MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAIR  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOANS  NADI 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm-  Alvord  Jerome  Lincoln  H.  H.  Hewlett 

A.  K.  P.  Harmon 


Wm.  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


O.  D   Baldwin 
W.  S.Jones 


J.  B.  Randol. 


GILBERT'S    NEW    LIBRETTO. 

WS.  GILBERT'S  latest  production,  His  Excellency,  which  has 
,  just  been  produced  in  London,  is  in  his  familiar  old  satiri- 
cal vein.  The  opening  scene  is  the  market  place  of  Elsinore,  where 
ErlingSykke,  a  young  sculptor,  is  being  borne  aloft  crowned  with 
laurels.  He  and  his  young  friend,  Dr.  Fortenssen,  seek  the  hands  of 
the  Governor's  daughters,  Nanna  and  Thora.  The  honors  which  the 
Governor  has  bestowed  upon  the  two  young  men  are  hoaxes,  in 
which  his  daughters  participate.  The  Governor  carries  his  pleasantry 
to  the  length  of  making  the  young  men  dance  as  ballet  girls.  They 
are  indignant,  and  proceed  to  lay  their  grievance  before  the  Prince 
Regent.  The  Governor  disguises  Nils  Egilsson,  a  strolling  actor,  as 
the  Prince  Regent,  and  he  solemnly  hears  their  complaint  and  awards 
them  the  hands  of  Nanna  and  Thora  in  marriage,  and  deposes  the 
Governor.  The  marriage  festivities  are  put  under  way,  the  Governor 
and  his  daughters  enjoying  the  joke  hugely.  Then  comes  the  sur- 
prising denouement:  Nils  turns  out  to  be  the  Prince  Regent  himself, 
who  had  come  disguised  as  a  strolling  actor.  All  his  decrees  there- 
fore stand  good. 

Miss  Nancy  Mcintosh,  the  American,  takes  the  role  of  Christina,  a 
street  singer.     She  was  brought  out  by  Gilbert  in  Utopia.     When  she 
comes  on  and  falls  in  love  with  the  statue  of  the  Prince  Regent  she 
sings  a  ballad,  the  second  stanza  of  which  runs  thus: 
Why  look  at  the  men  we've  known— 
Their  mouths  will  open  and  close— 
They've  ears  likewise, 
And  a  couple  of  eyes, 
And  ihe  usual  nubbly  nose; 
Each  has  a  head  of  his  own, 

They've  bodies,  and  legs,  and  feet— 
I'm  bound  to  admit 

That  in  every  whit 
The  catalogue's  quite  complete — 
But  where  is  the  godlike  grace 

That  lights  that  marvelous  face? 
Where  is  the  brow  serene  ? 
Where  is  the  lordly  mien? 
Ah,  dullards  and  dolts  are  all  I've  known, 
Compared  with  that  marvelous,  matchless  stone! 
This  is  deliciously  Gilbertian.    The  next  noteworthy  bit  is  a  part  of 
the  song  which  Erling  sings  after  urging  his  friend,   Dr.  Fortenssen, 
to  fall  in  love  with  Nanna,  whom  he  himself  adores.    It  is  a  really 
<  lilbertian  idea : 

When  I  bestow  my  bosom's  store, 
No  room  for  doubt, 

Must  I  deccry ; 
All  men  must  love  whom  I  adore, 
Or  we  fall  out, 

All  men  and  I. 
Though  poor  their  chance  and  slight  their  hope 
Who  with  my  suit  presume  to  cope, 
Yet  must  all  men  to  gain  her  try, 
Or  we  fall  out,  all  men  and  I. 

When  I  am  wed  I'll  hold  them  cheap 
Who  sing  and  shout 

With  joyous  cry. 
At  such  a  time  all  men  must  weep 
Or  we  fall  out, 

All  men  and  I. 
As  all  men  must  my  iivals  be, 
When  Nanna  gives  her  hand  to  me 
All  men  must,  broken-hearted,  sigh, 
Or  we  fall  out,  all  men  and  I. 
When  the  ballet  dancers  come  on  Gilbert  gives  them  these  peppery 
lines  to  sing: 

Here  are  the  warriors  all  ablaze, 

Sabre  and  epaulettes,  ha!  ha! 
All  of  them  ordered  to  spend  their  days 

Practicing  minuets,  ha!  ha! 
Never  was  seen  such  tawdry  trickery, 
Soldiers,  tough  as  oak  or  hickory, 
Turning* to  votaries  of  Terpsichore, 
Mincing  marionettes,  ha!  ha! 
Never  was  seen  in  soldier's  training 
Spectacle  half  so  entertaining! 
Never  was  seen  such  tuppenny  trickery- 
Soldiers,  tough  as  the  oak  or  hickory, 
Turned  to  votaries  of  Terpsichore, 
Mincing  marionettes,  ha!  ha! 
A  very  funny  song  is  that  by  the  Prince  Regent,  who  sings  of  some 
of  the  drawbacks  of  a  Prince's  career.     "  It's  not  to  be  envied,  take 
my  word  for  it,"  he  says  by  way  of  preface.     "  Why,  the  very  fact 
that  he  can't  show  his   nose  out  of  doors   without  an  everlasting 
accompaniment  of  national  anthem  is  enough  to  make  him  turn 
revolutionist,  and  cry  aloud  for  his  own  downfall!  "    Then  he  sings 
two  verses  about  the  national  anthem,  of  which  the  last  is  the  best: 
It  serves  a  good  purpose,  I  own; 

Its  strains  are  devout  and  impressive — 
Its  heartstirring  notes  raise  a  lump  in  our  throats 

As  we  burn  with  devotion  excessive; 
But  the  King,  who's  been  bored  by  that  song 
From  his  cradle — each  day— all  day  long— 
Who's  heard  it  loud  shouted 

By  throats  operatic, 
And  loyally  spouted 


December  1,  1804. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


19 


By  courtier>  emphatic— 
Bj  BOldler,  by  sailor,  by  drum  and  by  life- 
Small  blame  if  he  thinks  it  the  i>lapi'e  of  his  life! 
While  his  subjects  sing  loadly  and  long. 

Their  King— who  would  willingly  ban  them— 
Sits,  worry  .h-guisimr.  anathematizing 
That  Bogie,  the  National  Anthem  ! 

A  song  that  must  be  of  exceptional  worth,  according  to  the  unani- 
mous applause  which  the  critics  have  awarded  it,  is  one  which  Chris- 
tina sings  as  she  accompanies  herself  on  a  guitar.  Here  is  a  part  of  it: 
A  hive  of  bees,  as  I've  heard  say. 
Said  to  their  i^ueen  one  sultrv  day  : 

"l'lease,  your  Majesty's  high  position, 

The  hive  is  full  and  the  weather  is  warm. 
We  rather  think,  with  a  due  submission, 

The  time  has  come  when  we  ought  to  swarm!" 
Bnzz.  buzz,  buzz,  buzz. 

Vpspake  their  Queen,  and  then  spake  she — 
"  This  is  a  matter  that  rests  with  me. 
Who  dares  opinions  thus  to  form  ? 
I'll  tell  you  when  it  is  time  to  swarm  !  " 

Buzz,  buzz,  buzz,  buzz. 
Her  Majesty  wore  an  angry  frown, 
In  fact,  her  Majesty's  foot  was  down— 
Her  Majesty  sulked— declined  to  sup — 
In  short,  her  Majesty's  back  was  up. 

Buzz,  bnzz,  buzz,  buzz. 
Her  foot  was  down  and  her  back  was  up. 

That  hive  contained  one  obstinate  bee 
(His  name  was  Peter),  and  thus  spake  he— 
"  Though  every  bee  has  sbown  white  feather, 
To  bow  to  fashion  I  am  not  prone — 
Why  should  a  hive  swarm  all  together? 
Surely  a  bee  can  swarm  alone?  " 

Buzz,  buzz,  buzz,  buzz. 
Upside  down  and  inside  out. 
Backward,  forward,  round  about, 
Twirling  here  and  twisting  there, 
Topsy  turvily  everywhere — 
Buzz,  buzz,  buzz,  buzz. 
Pitiful  sight  it  was  to  see 
Respectable,  elderly,  high-class  bee, 
Who  kicked  the  beam  at  sixteen  stone, 
Trying  his  best  to  swarm  alone! 

Buzz,  buzz,  buzz,  buzz. 
Trying  his  best  to  swarm  alone! 


THE  duke's  manner  was  visibly  constrained  in  the  presence  of 
his  affianced.  <>  I  cannot  marry  into  a  family,"  he  was  say- 
ing, as  gently  as  possible,  "whose  wealth  was  accumulated  in 
trade."  She  trembled  in  spite  of  her  efforts  to  appear  calm.  "Do 
you  lay  that  imputation  upon  my  house,  your  Grace?"  she  asked. 
He  bowed,  sadly.  "'Tis  false!"  she  shrieked.  "  The  money  that 
came  over  the  bar  only  paid  expenses.  The  profit  was  all  in  the 
nickel-in-the-slot  machine."  "  Darling,  can  you  ever  forgive  me?" 
he  exclaimed,  sinking  upon  one  knee.     "  Edward!"        — Puck. 


THE  Christmas  number  of  Current  Literature  appears  in  a  deli- 
cate cover  of  white  and  green.  It  is  beautifully  illustrated 
with  fine  cats  from  the  holiday  books,  and  contains  special  holi- 
day articles  of  interest  to  book-lover*.  Among  these  are  "The 
Year's  Crop  of  Fiction,"  by  Prof.  H.  H.  Boyesen;  "The  Art  of 
Extra-Illustrating,"  and  an  entertaining  interview  on  "The  Art 
of  Bookmaking  Up  to  Date." 

MRS.  NEWED— I  am  in  an  awful  fix,  mamma.  Mm.  Eagle- 
beak —  What  is  the  matter,  dear?  Mrs.  Newed — I  went 
through  George's  pockets  last  nigbt  to  hunt  for  change,  as  yon 
advised  me  to,  and  I  found  some  letters  I  gave  him  to  post  last 
week;  and  now  I  daren't  scold  about  the  letters  for  fear  he'll 
scold  about  my  going  through  his  pockets.  — Puck. 


(<  /^HIC  "  is  the  name  of  a  new  and  bright  illustrated  monthly 
\j  which  has  appeared  in  San  Francisco,  with  Robert  H. 
Davis  as  editor,  Charles  Thorn,  Jr.,  as  business  manager,  and  F. 
A.  Nankivell,  whose  clever  caricatures  have  appeared  in  the  News 
Letter,  as  illustrator. 

FEMALE  FRIEND  (examining  picture  critically,  to  girl  artist 
who  is  an  "  impressionist") — And  what  is  the  subject?  The 
Artist— Cows  in  a  meadow.  Feiemd— Nothing  like  cows.  The 
Artist  (severely)— This  is  not   photography;  this  is  art. 

—  Tid-Bits. 


HIGBEE — Euper  is  always  doing  something  to  make  his  wife 
angry.    Beady — Why  ?    Higbee— Because  then  she's  speech- 
less.—  Truth. 


MRS.  PROFESSOR  (jealously)— What's  thia  IoDg  hair  on  your 
coat,  sir?     Professor — Oh,  that  is — er — oh,  1  have  just  been 
coaching  a  foot-ball  eleven,  my  dear. — Truth. 


NOTHING  seems  very  terrible  to  a  woman  if  it  is  committed  in 
the  name  of  love. — Atchison  Globe, 


Arc  They  Dangerous 
— tin-  imitations  of  Pearline  ? 
Mow  arc  you  going  to  find 
out?  A  few  washings 
1W&  with  them  won't  show 
any  damage.  It's  only 
\\  after  some  months,  when 
//  your  clothes  p;o  to  pieces 
L>^  suddenly,  that  the  danger 
:an  be  seen  and  proved. 
Are  you  \.  lling  to  risk 
your  own  clothes  in  the  experiment?  Use  the 
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Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1894. 


THE  rumor  to  the  effect  that  the  Sublime  Porte  baa  prohibited 
the  circulation  of  American  newspapers  in  Armenia,  if  not 
throughout  Turkey  generally,  is,  if  true,  a  picturesque  rather  than 
an  important  incident.  The  circulation  of  American  papers  in 
Armenia,  or  throughout  Turkey  generally,  has  not  heretofore 
been  very  large  and  it  is  not  thinkable  that  tbey  could  exercise 
any  very  great  influence  on  the  public  mind  of  those  communi- 
ties. At  home  here,  where  the  language  in  which  these  some- 
what remarkable  prodm  tions  of  journalistic  letters  are  published, 
is  vernacular,  their  influence  is  not  overshadowing.  Indeed,  a 
study  of  the  recent  election  returns  in  this  city  leads  some  people 
to  aver  that  it  is  entirely  a  mythical  quantity,  so  that  it  would 
seem,  if  thid  rumor  be  true,  as  though  the  Sublime  Porte  had 
made  itself  sublimely  ridiculous  by  becoming  scared  at  a  shadow. 
It  is  to  be  said,  however,  that,  in  thinking  our  daily  newt-paper 
press  unfit  for  circulation,  the  Turkish  Ministry  agrees  with  the 
reputable  w  manhood  of  California,  who  about  this  time  one  year 
ago  declared  the  same  thing. 

The  marriage  of  the  yonng  Czar  to  the  Princess  Alix  took  place 
on  last  Monday,  and  now  the  governmental  affairs  of  Russia  will 
gradually  settle  down  to  their  normal  level  under  the  new  ruler. 
Notwithstanding  the  sensational  prognostications  of  the  news- 
paper correspondents,  it  does  not  seem  as  though  there  will  be 
any  very  violent  change  In  either  the  diplomatic  alignment  or 
domestic  policy  of  Russia.  The  new  Czar  is  a  young  man  with  a 
comparatively  unformed  character.  For  the  present  it  seems  clear 
that  he  will  be  conservative  and  follow  the  established  and  tradi- 
tional order  of  things.  He  has  said  that  he  will  do  so,  and  he  has 
backed  his  words  up  by  retaining  around  him  the  priucipal  influ- 
ences and  instrumentalities  which  his  father  employed.  That 
there  will  be  changes  in  administration  and  modifications  in 
policy  there  is  no  room  to  donbt,  but  it  is  equally  certain  that 
they  will  be  the  gradual  result  of  the  contact  of  the  new  auto- 
cratic personality  with  the  problems  of  government  as  they  arise 
around  him  rather  than  the  aggressive,  fundamental,  and  abrupt 
alterations  of  a  man  whose  head  is  full  of  set  ideas  which  be  is 
desirous  of  puttiDg  into  operation.  It  has  been  said,  or  rather  in- 
sinuated, that  the  personal  and  social  predilections  of  the  new 
Czar,  as  well  as  his  family  environments,  will  necessarily  work  a 
change  in  the  diplomatic  position  of  Russia,  but  that  is  all  fudge. 
Alexander  III.  was  a  cousin  of  the  present  Kaiser,  a  broiher-in- 
law  of  Queen  Victoria's  second  son,  and  the  husband  of  tbe  Prin- 
cess of  Wales' sister;  that,  however,  did  not  keep  him  out  of 
sharp  antagonisms  with  the  British  and  German  governments  or 
prevent  him  establishing  what  tbe  diplomats  designate  an  entente 
cordiale  with  France  as  against  the  rest  of  the  world.  Neither  will 
the  fact  that  the  new  Czar  has  married  a  German  princess  and  h 
a  first-cousin  to  the  heir-presumptive  of  tbe  British  crown  neces- 
sarily, or  even  naturally,  make  any  difference  in  the  future  inter- 
national policy  of  Russia.  What  will,  however,  make  a  differ- 
ence in  that  policy  is  the  fact  that  the  new  Czar  is  a  man  of 
broader  mind  than  his  predecessor,  and  is  not  influenced  by  cer- 
tain acute  racial  antipathies  which  controlled  the  latter.  How 
great  a  change  that  will  make  cannot  yet  be  told,  and  alt  this 
talk  about  an  Anglo-Russian  rapprochement,  and  its  results,  in 
mere  reckless  speculation.  Those  who  wish  to  keep  their  heads 
clear  in  this  matter  will  do  well  to  bear  in  mind  that  young 
Nicholas  is  as  much  a  Russian  as  his  father  was,  and  that  he  will 
be  environed  by  Russian  influences  and  ministers. 

An  outline  of  tbe  speech  with  which  Emperor  William  is  to 
open  the  German  Reichstag  has  come  to*  us  by  cable.  Obviously 
it  is  an  outline  of  what  the  requirements  of  German  policy  require 
that  he  should  say  rather  than  an  abs  tract 
of  what  he  really  will  say.  According  to 
this  outline  there  is  to  be  a  considerable 
increase  in  the  public  expenditures — 
principally  in  the  direction  of  an  enlarge- 
ment of  the  naval  resources  of  the  empire. 
Of  course  this  contemplated  increase  in 
expenditures  necessitates  an  equal  in- 
crease in  the  revenues,  and  so  an  addi- 
tional screw  is  to  be  given  to  the  tax- 
gathering  machinery.  Additional  imposts 
are  to  be  placed  on  tobacco,  on  exchange 
transactions,  and  upon  the  brewing  indus- 
try. These  are  the  very  taxes  which  pro- 
voked such  a  great  controversy  in  regard 
to  the  last  bndget,  not  merely  in  tbe 
Reichstag,  but  throughout  the  country. 
The  prospects,  therefore,  for  a  very  lively 
time  in  tbe  domestic  politics  of  Germany 
would  seem  to  be  good.  It  is  almost  a 
certainty  that  the  budget  in  which  this 
increase  in   taxation   is  embodied  will  be 


violently  opposed,  particularly  as  it  is  admitted  that  the  foreign 
relations  of  the  empire  are  excellent  and  that  there  is  no  pressing 
need  for  any  enlargement  of  the  national  armaments. 

There  is  no  room  to  doubt  that  the  last  report  of  the  capture  of 
Port  Arthur  is  authentic.  It  has  been  officially  confirmed.  All 
competent  observers  have  knowu  for  a  long  time  past  that  tbe 
place  was  bound  to  be  captured  by  the  Japanese,  because  the 
first  two  or  three  engagements  of  the  war  confirmed  tbe  suspicion 
that  tbe  military  resources  of  tbe  Chinese  government  were  good 
for  nothing.  Tbe  news  gatherers,  relying  upon  this  certainty, 
seem  to  have  anticipated  the  event  a  little.  There  are  no  facts 
at  hand,  however,  to  enable  one  to  conjecture  with  any  reason- 
able accuracy  what  the  next  step  will  be  in  this  international 
drama.  In  a  military  sense  tbe  Chinese  are  beaten,  and  have 
been  beaten  for  some  time  past.  Prince  Knng  admitted  that  much 
to  the  representatives  of  tbe  powers  on  the  3rd  of  tbisnmnth, 
and  things  have  not  improved  with  his  people  since  then.  Under 
these  circumstances  it  would  seem  as  though  China  ought  to  sub- 
mit proposals  for  peace  to  the  Japanese.  Any  ordinary  nation 
would  do  so.  But  China,  it  appears,  is  not  an  ordinary  nation. 
She  is  too  proud  to  admit  tiiat  she  is  beaten  by  the  "Woj  n,"  and 
as  the  "Wojen"  do  not  propose  to  stop  until  their  adversary 
yells  'hold,  enough!''  in  good  loud  tones,  it  appears  as  though 
the  farce  of  this  war  may  be  kept  up  for  a  week  or  two  longer. 
It  is  over  now  so  far  as  resistance  is  concerned. 


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dispatch.     Tbe  service  used  for  tables  is  perfect.    Swain's  is  the  only 

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JUST    ONE    OF     THEM. 

9CKNA     Sfrwl  Car.    Enter*  Mfn   Qadd  trith  Imndtrs  and  bright  untie, 
:ni:e.*  n  friend  Mated  nrar  thr  door. 

VV  Ud'I  it  terrible  walking.'  I  declare.  I'm  just  cover,  d 
with  mud.  Do  you  mind  holding  these  bundles  while  I  get  my 
pocket  book  !     Thank  you,  so  much." 

{To  conductor.)  "A  penny?  Why,  so  it  is.  These  small  coins 
are  such  a  nuisance." 

{Continuing  to  Mrs.  Smith.)  "  Well,  how  hare  you  been  I  Baby 
had  tbe  whooping  cough?  You  don't  say  sol  Why,  I'm  so  sorry  ! 
Ureal  deal  of  it  around,  just  now.  I  bear  Fannie  Fumble's  got  it. 
I  just  met  her  mother  at  Karnold's.  Ob,  they've  got  the  love'iest 
fall  goods  you  ever  saw.  I've  been  there  two  mortal  hours  trying 
to  match  brown  cloth.  You  know  that  suit  I  had  last  winter? 
Yes.  Well,  I'm  having  it  made  over,  you  know,  but  it's  a  dreadful 
bother.  These  dressmakers  who  go  out  by  the  day  are  socb 
pokes.  And  to  think  they  are  getting  three  dollars,  tool  Isn't  it 
dreadful? 

{To  conductor.)  "Ob,  please  stop  here.  Eh?  Thirty-fourih 
street?  Oh.  well,  never  mind;  I  thought  it  was  Forty-eighth ; 
that's  where  I  wan't  to  get  out." 

{Resuming  to  Mrs.  Smith)  "These  conductors  are  so  stupid, 
aren't  Ihey  ?  Well,  what  was  I  saying?  Oh,  yes,  about  that 
brown  suit  of  mine.  You  see  the  skirt  was  so  dreadfully  scant 
and  skimpy,  I  thought  I'd  put  another  width  iD,  but  would  yuu 
believe  it,  when  I  wanted  more  did  you  ever  see  such  a  bat  as  tbe 
one  that  woman  has  on  over  there?  there  wasn't  so  much  as  a 
scrap  of  the  material  left  and — what,  do  you  get  out  here?  So 
sorry!  <rood-bye;  remember  me  to  all  at  home,  good-bye;  ob, 
yes,  I  wilt;  good-bye,  so  glad  we  met.  Oh,  Mrs.  Smith,  cue 
minute,  did  you  know  Bessie  Floss  is  engaged?  Yes;  to  Turn 
Toddler;  splendid  match;  good-bye,  good-bye,  good-byel" 

"And  it  is  the  likes  of  them,"  said  tbe  conductor,  as  he  pulled 
the  bell-strap  with  a  vicious  jerk,  <<  that  makes  me  behind  time 
every  trip."  — Truth. 

THE  death  of  Dr.  Ezra  Carr  removes  one  of  the  most  notable 
characters  of  California.  He  was  connected  with  the  early 
movements  in  building  up  the  State  University,  and  took  a  lead- 
ing part  in  all  the  educational  interests  thai  led  to  one  of  the  best 
school  systems  in  the  United  States.  He  was  elected  and  served 
one  term  as  8tate  Superintendent  of  Public  Instructions,  but  the 
most  important  work  he  has  done  was  in  the  encouragement  be 
gave  to  horticulture  and  floriculture  in  Southern  California,  in 
which  he  was  assisted  by  his  estimable  wife,  who  is  a  bright  and 
intelligent  woman.  For  the  past  twelve  years  they  have  lived  in 
quietude  in  a  beautiful  home  near  Pasadena,  where  the  Doctor 
passed  away  last  MoDday.  His  body  was  cremated  in  Los  Angeles 
on  Wednesday  of  this  week. 


AN  event  of  considerable  literary  interest  will  be  the  dramatic 
recital  to  be  given  by  Leo  Cooper  before  the  faculty  and 
students  of  the  Stanford  University  next  Monday  evening  A 
carefully  arranged  programme  has  been  prepared,  acd  the  auditors 
may  look  forward  to  an  intellectual  treat. 


FOND  MOTHER— Do  you  think,  professor,  that  my  daughter 
will  become  a  fine  pianist?  Professok  Von  Thump — I  am 
afraid  not,  madame.  But  after  another  year's  practice  her  fingers 
will  be  limbered  up  so  dot  she  can  make  a  prilliant  success  mit 
a  typewriter.  — Answers. 

Beautiful  Mahogany  Ladies' 

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Mahogany  writing  desks,  $8.  Elegant  Music  Cabinets,. $9;  make  splen- 
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Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup' 
children  while  teething. 


Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner, 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  11  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it — 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,   California  Market— 
Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage    pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  iu  seasou, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
"  Californians  "  or  "  Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style. 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these    bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  laud 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  aud  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 


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Location  of  principal  place  of   business— San  Francisco,  Cal.    Location 
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NOTICE— There  are  delinquent  upon  the  following  described  s'ock,  on 
account  of  assessment  (No.  —),  levied  on  the  11th  day  of  October.  1894  the 
i  lie  several  amounts  se.  opposite  the  names  of  the  respective  shareholders, 
a*  follows; 

Names.  No.  Certifi 'ate.         No.  Shares.         Amount. 

Koto  House     140  1000  $50 

And  in  accordance  with  law,  and  au  ord°r  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  made 
n:i  thi  llth  day  of  October,  1894,  so  many  shttres  of  each  parcel  of  such 
-Mm  k  as  may  be  necessary  will  be  told  at  public  auction  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  5*5  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  t  tt  ifornia,  on 

Monday,  the  10th  Day  of  December,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  12  o'clock  M. 
of  ^aid  day,  to  pay  said  delinquent  assessment  thereon,  together  with  costs 
of  advertising  and  expeuses  of  sale.    -  F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


POSTPONEMENT. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  ot  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
New  .Basil  Consolidated  Gravel  Mining  Company  the  day  of  tale  of  the 
above  delinquent  stock  was  postponed  to  MONDAY,  the  17th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1894,  at  the  same  hour  aud  place. 

F.  X.  SIMON,  Secretary. 

Office— 525  Commercial  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Hale  &  Noreross  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  California.  Loca- 
tion of  works— Virginia  Minin?  District.  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

N  -tice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held 
ou  Lhe  Twenty-third  day  of  iNovember,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  106)  of  25 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation 
payable  immediately,  iu  [Tnited  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the 
office  of  the  Company,  Room  26,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  Street, 
3au  h'rancisco,  Cal., 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 

Saturday,  the  Twenty-ninth  Day  of  December,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  .idvertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made  be- 
fore, .vill  be  sold  on  WEDNESDAY,  the  23d  day  of  January,  1895,  to  pay  the 
deli  iquent  assessment,  together  with  eo.sts  of  advertising  and  expenses 
of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 

A    B    THOMPSON,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  26,  Nevada  Block,  No.  3  9  Montgomery  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 


Union  Consolidated  Silver  Mining  Company, 

Location  of  principal  place  ot  business  -San  Francisco,  California.  Li  - 
cation  of  works— Virginia  City,  Storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  22d  day  of  November,  1894,  an  assessment,  No.  50,  of  Twenty  (20) 
cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  pay- 
able immediately,  iu  Uuitea  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  of- 
fice of  the  company,  room  4,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
Twenty-seven  h  Day  of  December,  18S4.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  WE  uNESDAY,  the  16th  day  of  January.  1895,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.     By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHAS.  C.  HARVEY,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  4.  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Silver  Hill  Mining  Company. 

Assessment  -. No.  34. 

Amount  per  share  — 5  ceuts 

Levied November  19  1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office  December  26, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock — January  16, 1895 

D.  C.  BATES,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  81,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Bodie  Consolidated   Mining  Company. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  above  named  company, 
held  on  the  20th  day  of  November,  1894,  a  dividend  (No.  22)  of  tweuty-five 
cents  (25c)  per  share  was  declared  on  the  capital  stock  of  the  com- 
pany, payable  Wednesday,  Decembers,  1894,  at  the  transfer  ageucy,  room  17, 
57  Broadway.  New  York,  only  on  stock  issued  from  the  transfer  agency  in 
that  city,  and  at  the  San  Francisco  office  only  on  stock  issued  here.  Trans- 
fer books  will  close  on  Monday,  November  26, 1894,  at  8  p.  m. 

M.  E.  WILLIS,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  62,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 


22 


SAS  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1*^4. 


OUR  tea-givers  have  been  wise  in  taking  advantage  uf  the  smil- 
ing hours  which  have  been  so  plentiful  during  the  nasi  lour 
weeks,  and  given  their  pntertainments  while  the  skies  were  clear. 
For  however  tempting  the  inside  of  a  house  may  appear  when  the 
weather  is  inclement,  it  is  not  so  pleasant  for  visitors  to  make  their 
way  to  them  beneath  the  falling  raindrops.  However,  the  Horse 
Show,  and  not  the  promised  rainstorms,  has  been  responsible  for  the 
falhng-off  of  teas  this  week,  for  what  hostess  in  her  senses  would 
have  dared  to  compete  with  that  great  rendezvous  of  the  swim,  where- 
at has  congregated  all  the  best  known  in  our  world  of  wealth  and 
fashion?  There  have  been  box  parties  both  day  and  evening,  lunch- 
eons, dinners,  and  suppers  within  the  buildi;.g;  lovely  women,  gor- 
geous costumes,  beautiful  horses,  handsome  equipages,  beaux  and 
belles,  society  matrons,  staid  business  men— in  short,  society  has 
been  there,  and  the  display  in  the  "ring"  of  live  stock  and  vehicles— 
and  their  owners— would  have  done  credit  to  any  place  on  the  con- 
tinent. 

Entertaining  is  the  watchword  of  the  hour,  and  so  far  from  the 
season  being  a  dull  one,  as  was  so  freely  predicted  a  few  weeks 
ago,  it  has  thus  far  been  the  most  prolific  of  gaieties  that  San  Fran- 
cisco has  known  for  several  years.  To  be  sure,  the  gatherings  have 
in  the  main  been  composed  of  teas,  luncheons,  theatre  parties,  and 
small  dances,  but  that  has  not  hindered  society  from  very  thor- 
oughly enjoying  itself  thereat,  for  it  is  not  always  the  grandest  affairs 
that  are  the  most  pleasant.  Mr?.  H.  M.  A.  Miller's  tea  opened  this 
week  very  pleasantly.  Much  curiosity  was  felt  to  see  the  inside  of 
the  new  boarding-house  on  Van  Ness  avenue,  and  it  is  a  question  if 
the  Baltimore  could  have  been  viewed  under  pleasanter  conditions. 
Mrs.  Miller's  suite  of  rooms  were  prettily  decorated  with  roses  and 
chrysanthemums  (yellow  being  the  dominating  tint),  and  were  filled 
with  guests  during  the  afternoon  hours;  there  were  music  and  re- 
freshments, and  a  bevy  of  maidens  in  attendance,  several  married 
ladies  assisting  the  hostess  in  her  duties  of  making  the  guests  wel- 
come. 


Mrs.  Dick  Carroll's  tea  on  Tuesday  was  another  pleasant  gather- 
ing, and  the  Christmas  berry  made  its  first  appearance  as  a  season- 
able decoration.  Fortunately  the  rain  of  the  morning  cleared  most 
beautifully,  and  there  was  a  large  attendance  to  do  honor  to  Miss 
Carroll's  debut.  A  tea  was  also  given  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Samuel 
Theller,  on  Pacific  avenue,  by  the  Altar  Society  of  the  Church  of  St. 
Mary  the  Virgin,  for  the  benefit  of  the  fund,  which  proved  a  suc- 
cess. Tuesday  evening  was  largely  given  over  to  dances.  The  largest 
of  these  had  Mrs.  Louis  Gerstle  as  the  hostess,  at  her  mansion  on 
Van  Ness  avenue.  Mrs.  "Woods  and  her  daughter  were  the  givers  of 
another  dance,  at  their  home  on  California  street;  and  Madame 
Ziska  and  Miss  Alice  held  one  of  their  pleasant  Tuesday  evening  re- 
ceptions, at  which  dancing  was  also  in  order  aDd  a  Minuet  de  la  Coeur 
the  chief  feature.  Wednesday  evening  the  Concordia  Club  gave  its 
opening  ball  of  the  season  of  18&1-5.  Thursday's  football  game  drew 
a  large  attendance  of  its  admirers.  Mrs.  W.  F.  Bryant  will  give  a 
tea  this  afternoon,  at  her  residence  on  Pine  street,  from  three  till 
seven  o'clock. 

Mrs.  Dutton's  luncheon  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Howison,  of  the  Navy 
Yard,  was  an  extremely  handsome  affair;  yellow  and  green  were 
the  prevailing  tints  and  the  menu  was  perfect.  Another  enjoyable 
luncheon  was  the  one  given  by  Mrs.  M.  P.  Jones  to  a  number  of  her 
married  friends;  and  at  Miss  Julia  Crocker's  luncheon  the  same 
afternoon,  which  took  place  at  the  Crocker  residence,  on  Sutter 
street,  there  were  eighteen  of  her  young  lady  friends  seated  at  the 
beautifully  decorated  table.  Miss  May  Belle  Gwin's  informal  tea 
was  one  of  the  pleasantest  little  gatherings  of  the  month,  and  other 
recent  teas  and  "at  homes"  included  one  at  Mrs.  Monteagle's  in 
honor  of  Miss  Upson,  of  Sacramento,  another  at  Mrs.  Horace  Hill's, 
the  first  of  Mrs.  A.  B.  Moulder's  receptions,  and  Miss  Julia  Man's 
card  party  must  not  be  omitted,  nor  yet  the  dance  given  by  the 
officers  of  the  Ranger  at  Mare  Island  last  Friday. 


Saturday's  teas  were  all  well  attended.  Miss  Emma  Butler's  was 
a  parting  compliment  to  Miss  Ethel  Cohen,  and  she  had  some  of  the 
prettiest  buds  of  the  season  to  assist  her  to  do  the  honors.  It  was 
also  noticeable  for  the  number  of  young  men  who  were  there,  some- 
thing very  uncommon.  Saturday  evening  the  Pacific  Yacht  Club 
gave  a  dinner  at  their  quarters  in  Sausalito,  which  was  followed  by 
dancing.  Saturday  evening  was  chosen  by  the  members  of  San 
Francisco  Verein  for  the  opening  of  their  handsome  new  club  house, 
on  Post  street,  and  from  an  early  hour  until  nearly  midnight  the 
rooms  were  crowded  with  their  friends,  who  were  enthusiastic  in 
praise  of  all  they  saw.  Later  on  it  is  the  intention  of  the  club  to  give 
a  series  of  entertainments,  and  the  reputation  of  the  members  as 
hosts  is  so  well  known  that  the  gatherings  undoubtedly  will  be 
brilliant  and  enjoyable. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


Baking 
Powder 


The  only  Pur-  Cream  of  tartar  Pawtfpr.— No  ammonia;  No  Alnm 
Used  in  Millions  of   Homes — 40   years  the   Standard. 

All  the  evenings  this  week  have  been  well  filled  with  gay  events. 
Theatre  parties  were  the  rule  on  Monday  evening,  the  Baldwin  get- 
ting the  lion's  share  of  them.  Among  the  most  prominent  at  this 
house  was  one  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Tobin,  whose  guests  after- 
wards supped  at  the  Tobins'  new  domicile,  on  Gough  and  Broadway 
streets.  Allan  St.  John  Bowie's  party  of  ten  had  Miss  Emily  Hager 
as  guest  of  honor,  and  was  followed  by  supper  at  the  host's  residence, 
on  Jackson  street.  On  Tuesday  evening  rmisic  held  sway,  and  at 
Miss  Auld's  concert  society  was  well  represented  On  Wednesday 
evening  all  the  world  was  at  the  Horse  Show,  and  on  Thursday  din- 
ners were,  of  course,  the  rule.  Last  evening's  gatherings  included 
the  second  dance  of  the  Entre  Nous  Club,  in  the  Maple  Room  of  the 
Palace;  the  young  ladies  of  the  Van  Ness  Seminary  held  a  house- 
warming  reception  at  their  new  quarters,  1849  Jackson  street,  and 
Lieutenant  Wadhams,of  the  Navy,  gave  a  most  interesting  illustrated 
lecture  on  Corea  before  the  Camera  Club,  at  Metropolitan  Hall. 

Next  week  dancing  will  take  the  foremost  place.  First  comes  the 
second  of  the  Monday  evening  dancing  class  meetings,  at  Lunt's 
Hall.  Mrs.  Leon  Sloss  will  give  a  ball  on  Thursday  evening;  the 
younger  Friday  Night  Club  will  have  its  first  meeting  in  the  Maple 
Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel ;  and,  chief  of  all,  the  opening  dance  of  the 
Friday  Night  Cotillion  Club  takes  place  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  and 
the  season  promises  to  open  with  "  full  ranks."  It  will  bean  Assem- 
bly. The  Presidio  is  looming  up  well  with  the  soldier  boys'  "  circus," 
and  the  annual  bazar  which  Mrs.  Graham  will  hold  in  the  General's 
quarters,  on  the  reservation,  about  the  middle  of  December. 

Will  Ralston  will  soon  be  off  for  England,  on  mine-selling  intent; 
A.  H.  Small  has  gone  fora  trip  to  the  Sandwich  Islands;  Miss  Ethel 
Cohen,  who  leaves  for  the  East  to-morrow,  will  be  a  decided  loss  to 
our  young  societv,  as  she  will  not  return  this  winter.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Oelrichs  and  Miss  Fair  are  again  in  their  New  York  home,  and  San 
Francisco  will  have  to  seek  some  other  guests  of  honor  for  the 
luncheons,  teas,  and  dinners  which  were  so  numerous  during  their 
visit  to  this  city. 

The  splendid  rooms  of  the  Concordia  Club,  on  Van  Ness  avenue, 
presented  a  dazzling  scene  Wednesday  evening,  when  this  flourishing 
club  gave  its  first  dance  of  the  season.  The  superb  decorations  were 
elaborate  and  varied,  combining  smilax  festoons  with  baskets  of  chry- 
santhemums, while  the  platform,  occupied  by  Ballenberg's  band, 
was  a  wilderness  of  tropical  plants  and  massed  blossoms.  The  beau- 
tiful girls  for  which  the  club  is  famous  were  all  present,  arrayed  with 
a  splendor  and  taste  that  reflected  credit  on  them.  It  was  ten  o'clock 
when  the  grand  march  was  sounded.  A  sumptuous  supper  was 
served  in  the  grand  dining  hall,  upstairs,  and  dancing  was  resumed, 
continuing  till  three  o'clock.  All  things  considered,  it  was  the  most 
brilliant  club  party  that  the  city  has  witnessed,  and  was  perfectly 
managed. 

TOUIS  RQEDERER  CHAMPAGNF, 


Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence : 


Carte  Blanche, 


A  Rich  Wiuc. 


Grand  Vin  Sec,    ADrywme. 

Brut,     An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

The  Hliliosi  Urmle  In  tlie  Wort*!. 

.__  "Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs.  Hotels,  and   Restaurants,  and   may 
be Thad  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Bo  ercbauts 

MACONDRAY    BROS.  &  LOCKARD, 


124  Sansome  St. 


SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 


December  lt  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LKTTER. 


23 


There  is  quite  a  flutter  in  Jewish  circles  oyer  the  latesl  announced 

engagement,  and  when  the  nuptials  tak<*  place  tiny  will,  it  i>  untin- 
be  among  the  event*  ol  the  mason.  The  bride-elect.  Miss 
Julia  Newman,  is  not  only  ;i  handsome  woman,  but .  besides  being  a 
H  of  abed  pianist,  i-  the  \"^-v-*<->t  ol  an  excellent  voice,  which  has  fre- 
quentiy  been  heard  in  the  cause  of  charity  and  has  always  aroused 
enthusiastic  admiration.  Mr.  Robert  B.  rTocbstadter  is  well  and 
favorably  known  amoug  our  basiness  men.  I-;  also  a  musician  of  no 
menu  capacity,  handling  the  bow  with  great  facility,  and,  both  being 
well  endowed  with  this  w. -rid'-  goods,  they  will  commence  life  to- 
gether under  the  fairest  auspi.es.  Another  engagement  in  Jewish 
circles  is  between  Miss  Stella  Meyerstein  and  Ed.  S.  Rothschild,  and 
their  first  betrothal  reception  was  held  at  the  Meyerstein  residence, 
on  Van  Ness  avenue,  on  Sunday  last. 

The  wedding  of  most  interest  this  week  was  the  ceremony  which 
united  in  marriage  Miss  Blanche  Verdenal  and  Lee  Grey,  of  Fresno, 
and  which  toot  place  in  New  York  City  on  Wednesday  last. 

Oakland  had  a  pretty  evening  wedding  last  week,  when  Miss  Jes- 
sie Dayton  and  George  Phinny,  of  Sacramento,  were  the  bride  and 
groom.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by  Rev.  Dr.  Mc Lane  at  the 
home  of  the  bride,  on  Harrison  street,  which  was  tastefully  decorated 
with  sniilax,  La  France  roses,  and  white  chrysanthemums,  mingled 
with  ferns,  after  which  there  was  a  reception  and  then  supper.  The 
bridal  robe  was  of  brocaded  white  satin  trimmed  with  duchesae  lace, 
and  was  most  becoming  to  the  brunette  beauty  of  the  wearer.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Phinny  are  spending  their  honeymoon  at  Coronado. 

Arrivals  in  town  have  been  numerous  of  late.  First  and  foremost 
are  the  Misses  Hobart,  fresh  from  Gotham  gaieties  and  Gotham  con- 
quests, just  in  time  to  exhibit  some  new  costumes  at  the  Horse 
Show;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will  Crocker  arrived  on  Monday  from  their  so- 
journ in  Europe,  with  a  new  titled  foreigner  in  charge,  their  trip 
home  being  a  leisurely  one;  Mrs.  Frank  Carolau  has  come  from  her 
four  months'  visit  to  Chicago,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferd  Peterson  from  Bel- 
vedere, Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Pinckard  from  San  Rafael,  Mrs.  and 
Miss  Fillmore  from  their  trip  East,  and  Mrs.  Robert  Morrison  is  with 
again.  Among  those  who  are  looked  for  next  week  are  Miss  Louise 
Dutton  and  Miss  Ella  Morgan,  from  the  other  side  of  the  continent; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Boyd  from  San  Rafael,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Al- 
fred Moore,  from  Belvedere.  Mrs.  Morgan  Bnlkeley  will  also  soon 
be  here  from  New  Haven,  and  will  spend  the  winter  with  her  parents, 
General  and  Mrs.  Houghton,  at  the  Otis  house  on  Washington  street. 
Society  is  delighted  that  the  H.  E.  Huntingtons  have  reconsidered 
their  departure  Eastward,  and  will  be  in  San  Francisco  all  winter. 
Mrs.  Huntington  is  a  charming  hostess,  and  would  be  greatly 
missed.  ^______^___ 

Mrs.  George  H.  Perry,  a  pupil  of  Mr.  Hugo  Mansfeldt  and  a  charm- 
ing pianiste,  made  her  first  bow  to  a  San  Francisco  audience  last 
evening  at  Mr.  William  Russell  Hervey's  choral  concert,  at  the  Cali- 
fornia-street M.  E.  Church.  Mrs.  Perry  lives  in  Alameda,  but  is 
well  known  in  this  city  and  in  Sacramento  which  was  for  many 
years  her  home.  _ 

The  Auditorium  continues  to  do  a  good  business  nightly.  On 
Wednesday  evening  another  Wagner  concert  was  given,  with 
admission  reduced  to  a  more  reasonable  amount.  Jt  seems  hardly 
fair  to  advertise  nightly  concerts  at  twenty-five  cents  admission 
and  have  more  than  one  raise  on  that  during  the  week. 


The  Hawthorne  Society  gave  a  concert  Wednesday  evening  at 
the  new  hall  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building.  Miss  Lottie  Siegel, 
Miss  Evelyn  Henry,  Dr.  Arthur  Regensberger,  Frank  Coffin,  and 
Mr.  A.  A.  Solomon  were  among  the  participants. 

Miss  Etta  Bayly  will  give  a  song  recital  at  Kohler  &  Chase's 
Hall  next  Wednesday  evening.  She  will  be  assisted  by  Mrs.  H. 
J.  Stewart  and  her  teacher,  J.  H.  Rosewald.  Selections  from  the 
classical  composers  will  be  given. 

THURSDAY  witnessed  the  defeat  of  the  Berkeley  football  team 
by  the  Stanford  lade,  the  score  being  six  to  four,  and  the 
record  thus:  1891,  Stanford  won;  1892  and  1893,  ties;  1894,  Stan- 
ford twice.  The  8tate  University  thus  has  not  won  a  game  from 
the  Stanford  University.  Berkeley  was  handicapped  Thursday 
by  having  lighter  men  and  some  of  its  cracks  laid  up,  but  Stan- 
ford had  sufficient  merit  to  deserve  its  victory.  There  was  an 
enormous  crowd  in  attendance  at  the  Haight  street  grounds,  and 
the  weather  was  perfect. 

'  *  TJAVE  you  trouble  with  your  eyes?"  asked  she  of  the  masher 

.Li  with  the  single  eyeglass.     ,l  No,"  he  replied;  '«  why?"  "  I 

see  you  always  wear  an  eyeglass."     "Oh,  yes;  you  see  1  get  very 

sleepy  at  timeB,  and  that  monocle  keeps  one  eye  open,  anyhow." 

— Answers. 

The  most  artistic  and  beautiful  productions  of  Japanese  artisans 
comprise  the  stock  of  George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel. 

Cataeeh  and  rheumatism  are  blood  diseases,  for  which  Ayer's  Sarsapa- 
rllla  (£  the  best  remedy. 


The  ntw  vegetable  shortening  is 
the  most  popular  food  product  of 
the  day.  Its  use  means  good  food, 
good  health  and  a  goodly  saving 
in  the  end.  Since  the  introduc- 
tion of  Cottolene,  lard  has  no 
longer  place  in  food  or  kitclien. 


serves  every  purpose  of  lard,  and 
serves  it  without  grease,  odor  or 
indigestion.  Those  who  have 
given  Cottolene  a  fair  trial  never 
go  back  to  lard.  Be  sure  and  got 
the  genuine.  Don't  let  any  dealer 
palm  off  any  of  the  many  worth- 
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all  grocers. 

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SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO  : 

Lbave  I         From  Nov.  24,  7894.         I  Abeive 

7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *Santa  Rosa 6:15  P 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
and*Oroville -.  4:15p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  *Raymond 
(for  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,  El  Paso.  New 
Orleans  and  East 5 :45  P 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton     ......     .     10:45  a 

"9;00  a  Peters  and  Milton  ...  *7:15p 

§10:30a  "Sunset   Limited,"    Vestibuled 

Irain  through  to  New  Orleans.   .  tll-45  a 

1:03  p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore         *i:*5  a 
.     ..  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore     .  lll:'45  4 

*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers  . .  *9;uu  p 

i  :00p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  VaUejo, 
Napa,  Callstoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9:15  a. 

1:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Woodland, 
Knight's  Landing,  Marysville, 
Oroville    and  Sacramento.   10 :45a 

1:30  p.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno ...       7:15  p 

5:00  p.  Los   Angeles    Express,   Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Loa   Angeles 10:15a. 

5;00p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  East 10:45  a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East..      9:45a 

6:00  p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..     7:45a. 

[7:00  P.  Vallejo *7:45  P. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  EaBt.     . .        1: 10:4^  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

[7:45  A  Sunday  excursion  for  Newark, 
San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  Felton  and 
SantaCruz 18:05  p 

8:16a.  Newark.  Oentervllle,  San  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  stations    6:20  p. 

*2:45  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations       *11:50a 

1 .45  p.  Newark,  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos...        9:50a. 
Coast  Division  f Third  aid  Townsend  Streets). 

6 :45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations 1:45  p. 

3:15  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinos, Santa  Cru«, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 
Way  Stations 7  05  p. 

10  :40  a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations ...  5 :06  P. 

:i:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 

*2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
Pacific  Grove *10:40a. 

*3:80  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations.. *8:06a. 

&;10  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8-48a. 

6:30p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35a. 

f-ll:45p.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations +7:38p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSM  FEA5CISC0— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M„  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00  and  *6  00  P.  m 
From  OiKlAJD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  A.  M. 
112  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  m. 

A.  for  Morning .  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•Snndays  excepted.  +8aturdays  only. 

{Thursdays  only- tSundavhooly. 

The    PACIFIC    TKANSFKK  COHPAIfcY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  limcU  rtini 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  1  ime 
CardB  and  other  information 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  1,  1894. 


WHAT    A    SONGBIRD    EATS. 

PATTI'S  system  of  eatiog  may  be  inter- 
esting to  would-be  prima  donnas.  Va- 
rious descriptions  of  Patti's  diet,  ranging 
from  not  much  uf  anything  to  all  sorts  uf 
eccentricities,  have  been  given.  On  a  day 
that  is  a  sample,  promptly  at  10:30  she  ate 
her  breakfast,  which  consisted  of  chicken 
broth  with  rice,  three  eggs  boiled  three 
and  a  half  minutes,  and  some  toast.  Her 
next  meal  was  served  at  3:30  p.  m.,  in 
courses,  as   follows: 

Roast  saddle  of  lamb,  rare. 

Plain  boiled  potatoes. 

Itoast  spring  chicken. 

Vegetables. 

Chicken  broth — Tapacoa. 

Plain  baked  apples;  no  sugar  or  butter. 

The  madame's  third  meal  will  be  eaten 
after  the  concert,  and  will  consist  of 
chicken  broth  and  tapacoa,  roast  chicken 
and  vegetables.  It  will  be  seen  that  Patti 
is  especially  fond  of  chicken,  as  it  appears 
on  her  menu,  as  a  rule,  three  times  duriDg 
the  day  on  which  she  sings.  The  bill  of 
Ure  for  Patti  is  arranged  by  her  secretary, 
(-eorge  H.  Bowen. 

THE    LAW    AND   ENGAGEMENT 
RINGS. 

AN  important  decision  has  just  been  pro- 
nounced in  Vermont  as  to  engagement 
rings.  A  young  man  sued  to  recover  one 
that  he  had  given  to  a  young  woman, 
wbo,  after  accepting  the  ring,  repudiated 
the  engagement.  The  Judge  decided  that 
it  must  be  returned,  or  else  that  the  recip- 
ient must  fulfill  the  conditions  under  which 
it  was  presented.  The  Knelish  courts  some 
years  ago  decided  that  an  engagement  ring 
is  not  recoverable  under  auy  circum- 
stances. 

If  some  girls  attempted  to  run  they 
would  fall  to  pieces. 

Dost  long  for  the  turn ;  it  may  prove  to 
be  a  road  that  is  worse. 

A  pretty  girl  thinks  an  ugly  woman 
has  no  rieht  to  live. 


PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Theough  Line  to  New  Yobk,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 
3A.ILTNGS— At  NOON 
From  company's  wharf,  First  aad   Braiinau  Sts. 
S.  S.  "SaiJuau,"  December  &,  1894. 
S.  S.  "CjIou,"  Dwember  18,  1894 
S.  8.  "Sa  i  Jose."  December  28,  1S94. 
S.  S.  "Acapulco,"  Jauua-y  8,  IStib. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 

13, 1894,  at  3  p.  M. 

d.    8.    "City  of    Peking,"  Thursday,  January 
3,  1895,  at  S  p.  M 
S.S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Jan.    15,  1895,  at 

s'.  S.'"Peru,"  February  2, 1895,  at  3  p.  m. 
Round  Trio  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  nr  passage  apply  at  the  Company's 
office,  No    425   Market  street. 

ALEXANDER  CENTER, 

General  Agent 


OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP   COMPANY, 

,  by  0 


World  tours,  steamer 

and  rail.    First  class, 

?610.       Second    class, 

J350. 

^     O.  8.  8.  Company's 

-  steamers  sail: 

For      HONOLULU 

APIA,    AUCKLAND 

and  SYDNEY,  8.  S. 

"MARIPOSA," 
December  13th. 
For     HONOLULU, 
8.  8.  •■  AUSTRALIA," 
Dec.  22,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELo  A  BKO-J.  CO.,  Qeneral  Agta 


««VE-8  V 


St N  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY-Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK.    DAYS-7:4U,  9:20,  ll:0u  t..  x. ;  12:35,3:30, 

5:10,   6  30    p.   M.    Thursdays— Extra    trip    at 

ll:30p.  m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS—  3:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  H. 

8AN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

WEEK  DAYS— S:25,  7:55.  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 
3:40,  5:10  p.m.  Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  m. 

SUNDAYS— 3:10,  9:40,  11:10  a.  m.;1:40,  3:40,5:00, 
6:25  p.  K. 
Between  8au  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 

same  schedule  as  above. 

LEAVES. F.      I    In  Effect    j  AebivkinS.F. 

|Ap'l  15,1894. 

|8undays|  *«* 


\a.y  i  j.u,  loss 


7:40a.k. 
3:30  p.  a. 
5:10  P.M. 


8:00  A.M. 
9:30  a.m. 
5:00p.m. 


Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Ro*a. 


10:40 A. M  8:50a.  m 
6:05p.m  10:30am 
7:30p.m  6:15p.h 


Fulton      : I 

Windsor, 10:30am 

Healdsburg.i 

Geyserville,  7:30p.  m.    

Clnverdale  I  [  fi-lftPM 


7:40  a  m. 

8:00  A.M. 

Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30  p.  51 

6:15p.M. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 

8:00a.  M.JGuemeville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30  a  m 
6:15  PM 

7:40a.m. 
5:10  P.M. 

8:00  a.m.  1     Sonoma      |10:40a.m.|8:50am. 
5:00p.m  1  Glen  Ellen.l  6:05p.m  16:15 pm. 

7:40  A.  m 
3:30  p.M 

8:00a.m. 
5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10:10a,  m 
6  05P.M 

10:30a.m 
6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  SkaggB 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyvllle,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  ijakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville, 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley,  John  Day's,  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
vide,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE- Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN   AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  oj  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 
NAN  STREETS,  at  3:  GO  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 
aud  HONGKONG,  connecting  at  Yokohama 
with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,  Dec.  4,  1894 

Gaelic    Monday,  December  24,  1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Jan.  24, 1895 

ROUND  TRIP   TICKET8  AT  REDUCED  RATE8 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  Company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street,  corner  First. 

II.  D.  STUBBS,  Secretary  - 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for. 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Nov.  6,  21.    Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  C.  and  Puget  Sound  norts,  Oct.  27. 
Nov.  I,  6. 11,  16,  21,  26.  Dec.  1,  6, 11,  li,  21,  26,  31, 
and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field'sLandingfHum- 
boldt  Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, y  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day.  alternately  at  11  A.  M. 

For  Ensenada,  Magdalena  Bay.  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlan,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m,  25th  of  each  month. 

fiuKET  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street.  San  Francisco 


A.  BUSWELL, 


biok-Binder,  Paper-Buler,  Printer  and  Blank  Boek  Iinnfac- 

nrer, 
543  Ul*f  Street.  Near  Moots  ornery 

Ban  Francisco, 


Price    Par  Copy,  XO  Canu. 


Annual  Subscription,  $4,00. 


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■S/lff  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  DECEMBER  8,  1894. 


Number  23. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Lettee  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

BRECKEXRIDGE'S  desk  in  the  Senate  was  buried  Monday  with 
a  mass  of  Mareohal  Niel  roses.  Tbis  chaste  offering  repre- 
sented, of  coarse,  the  sweet  inconsistency  of  some  woman.  The 
hand  that  sent  them  is  of  the  kind  that  carries  bonquets  and  deli- 
cacies to  the  wife-mnrderer  in  his  cell. 


THE  Hungarian  Ministry  has  been  defeated,  but,  as  the  sub- 
ject of  the  defeat  was  comparatively  unimportant  it  seems  prob- 
able that  the  incideDt  will  not  be  followed  by  either  the  resig- 
nation or  reorganization  of  the  Goverment. 

THE  announcement  that  Mr.  Spreckels  has  added  another 
steamer  to  the  already  splendidly  equipped  Oceanic  line  has 
been  received  with  delight  by  the  local  public.  In  securing,  de- 
veloping, and  retaining  the  Australian  traffic  for  California  he  has 
been  one  of  the  most  important  of  the  factors  which  have  con- 
tributed to  the  development  of  our  commerce. 

' '  /GOVERNOR  "  Kolb,  of  Alabama,  is  fora  brief  space  enjoying 
Vj  that  notoriety  which  is  as  the  breath  of  life  in  the  nostrils 
of  every  true  Populist.  In  the  olden  time  even  the  king's  jester 
was  not  entirely  a  useless  person,  and  the  People's  party,  with  its 
cap  and  bells,  serves  a  pleasing  purpose  by  affording  a  relaxing 
diversion  to  the  two  political  parties  that  are  seriously  engaged  in 
the  perplexing  task  of  solving  the  grave  problems  of  popular  gov- 
ernment.   

THE  discovery  of  natural  gas  at  Monterey  near  the  ocean 
beach  is  only  another  surprise  that  is  met  with  in  California 
development.  If  in  sufficient  quantities  it  will  serve  a  good  pur- 
pose in  new  fields  of  industry  as  well  as  in  lighting  towns  and 
cities.  Natural  gas  has  been  the  means  of  building  up  large 
cities  and  establishing  mannfactories,  and  Stockton  is  now  enjoy- 
ing the  benefits  of  the  discovery  in  that  locality. 

THE  delegates  representing  the  American  Pomological  Society 
are  to  meet  in  Sacramento  in  January.  Almost  all  the  States, 
including  Canada,  will  be  represented,  and  they  will  have  an  op- 
portunity to  see  horticulture  "  as  she  is"  in  this  State,  and  may 
be  able  to  present  some  practical  ideas  as  to  "  how  she  ought  to 
be"  that  our  people  have  not  learned.  One  thing  they  will 
discover,  if  they  care  to  take  the  trouble,  and  that  is,  that  this  is 
the  home  of  horticulture,  where  it  can  be  brought  to  the  greatest 
perfection.  

THE  Fresno  people  are  moving  along  in  a  quiet  but  substantial 
way  working  out  their  destiny.  The  right  of  way  for  the 
canal  has  been  secured  almost  the  eDtire  length,  and  the  farmers 
have  agreed  to  excavate  and  build  the  canal,  taking  script  for 
their  work,  to  be  paid  in  freightage  after  the  work  is  finished. 
The  people  of  Tulare  and  Kern  are  moving  in  the  same  direction, 
and  active  work  will  begin  in  the  early  spring.  Evidently  they 
have  become  tired  fooling  with  the  "competing  railroad,"  which, 
if  built,  might  prove  troublesome  to  them.  The  reserve  force  of 
that  valley  has  finally  got  a  head  to  it  in  the  person  of  Wick  B. 
Parsons. 

IT  is  sincerely  to  be  regretted  that  the  Merchants'  Association 
has  been  bitten  in  the  first  contract  which  it  took  for  street 
paving,  but  as  the  Association  is  determined  to  do  good  work 
this  misfortune  at  the  beginning  of  its  efforts  to  put  the  city  in 
perfect  order  will  prove  most  valuable  in  the  end.  According  to 
the  report  of  Price  &  Son,  chemists,  who  examined  tbe  bitumi- 
nous rock  pavement  which  tbe  California  Construction  Company, 
under  contract  with  the  Merchants'  Association,  laid  in  Third 
street  from  Market  to  Howard,  the  material  used  is  worthless, 
containing  bitumen  so  small  in  quantity  aDd  so  poor  in  quality 
as  to  lack  the  necessary  cohesiveness,  being  brittle  instead  of 
plastic  under  pressure.  The  chemists  regard  it  as  an  artificial 
compound,  very  different  from  the  excellent  natural  bituminous 
rock  which  exists  in  so  great  abundance  in  the  State. 


IT  is  somewhat  odd  that  B'rance,  the  heir  of  the  anti-royal  revolu- 
tion of  1789,  should  be  fraternizing  sentimentally  with  Russia, 
tbe  most  despotic  of  governments.  But  national,  like  individual, 
friendships,  are  not  always  based  upon  mutual  interests  or  simi- 
lar sympathies,  and  are  often  unexplainable.  For  instance,  not- 
withstanding tbe  fact  that  tbe  press  and  the  people  of  this  coun- 
try miss  no  opportunity  for  denouncing  and  exaggerating  Russian 
atrocities,  there  exists  and  has  always  existed  a  warm  feeling  of 
friendship  between  the  United  States  Government  and  that  of  the 
Czar. 


THE  declaration  by  Dr.  Hanneman,  of  Berlin,  that  Prof.  Bea- 
ring's diphtheria  serum  not  only  fails  to  immunize  the  human 
system  but  is  absolutely  dangerous  to  life,  while  it  may  have  been 
inspired  by  professional  jealousy,  will  yet  have  the  effect  of 
creating  a  feeling  of  apprehension  in  the  public  mind.  It  will 
rscall  the  failure  and  disappointment  that  have  so  closely  followed 
the  discovery  of  numerous  so-called  preventives  and  specifics,  but 
will  do  some  good  by  preventing  the  acceptance  of  the  remarka- 
ble claims  made  for  the  serum  until  such  time  as  its  merits,  if  such 
exist,  shall  have  been  more  fully  established. 

JUDGE  M.  K.  Harris,  of  Fresno,  who  has  presided  as  Supe- 
rior Judge  for  the  past  Bix  years,  and  who  became  mixed  up 
in  tbe  assassination  of  McWhirter,  was  badly  defeated  fora  re- 
election, at  the  last  election.  His  term  expires  in  January  next, 
and  in  a  way  to  get  even  he  has  presented  a  bill  before  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  claiming  $50  a  month  for  stationery.  The  bill 
amounts  to  $950,  and  is  based  upon  the  law  of  1887,  which  has 
been  declared  unconstitutional.  He  took  the  case  before  the 
Superior  Court  and  the  Judge  has  taken  the  matter  under  advise- 
ment. 


THE  8tate  meeting  of  the  Farmers'  Alliance,  which  has  been 
in  session  iu  Oakland  during  the  present  week,  was  made  in- 
teresting by  tbe  discussion  of  a  plan  of  cooperative  insurance. 
There  had  been  some  legal  difficulties  in  the  way,  and  suits  had 
been  instituted  to  determine  the  question  by  the  Attorney-Gen- 
eral. The  suit  was  to  enjoin  tbe  Alliance  from  issuing  certifi- 
cates, and  the  decision  in  the  lower  court  was  in  favor  of  tbe  Al- 
liance. In  order  to  set  at  rest  tbe  constitutionality  of  the  matter, 
an  appeal  was  taken  and  briefs  filed,  and  tbe  case  is  now  pend- 
ing in  the  Supreme  Court. 

THE  introduction  of  a  bill  in  Congress  by  Senator  Power,  pro- 
viding for  the  free  coinage  of  silver  dollars  at  4121  grains  of 
standard  fineness,  and  to  be  a  legal  tender  for  all  debts  public  and 
private,  is  an  indication  of  the  struggle  that  will  be  made  during 
the  coming  session.  There  is  fear  that  the  Democrats  will  con- 
strue the  result  of  the  late  election  as  due  to  the  popular  demand 
for  free  coinage  of  silver,  and  they  may  make  the  mistake  by 
going  a  little  too  far  in  their  attempts  to  retrieve  their  los-t  power. 
Power  is  a  free  silver  Republicau  from  the  State  of  Montana, 
and,  while  he  is  in  earnest,  the  handling  of  the  silver  question 
should  be  done  with  a  great  deal  of  care. 

ON  account  of  the  bad  faith  of  Skelly  and  Griffin,  who  have  be- 
trayed the  members  of  the  Raisin  Growers'  Association  of 
California,  the  price  of  raisins  has  dropped  to  less  than  last  year's 
prices,  and  many  of  the  growers  of  the  upper  San  Joaquin  Valley 
will  be  badly  crippled.  Skelly  and  Griffin  are  large  shippers,  and 
have  had  the  confidence  of  the  people  engaged  in  the  raisin  busi- 
ness at  Riverside  and  Fresno.  Toey  belonged  to  the  Associa- 
tion, and  have  been  entrusted  with  large  interests.  Thia  beiravel 
of  confidence  will  do  much  toward  destroying  the  good  effects 
the  combination  was  having  in  sustaining  prices. 

ANUMBERofgeDtlemen  who  made  the  fight  at  the  late  elec- 
tion and  won  at  the  bailot-box,  thinking  that  was  the  end  of 
all  activity  in  the  matter,  are  about  to  lose  their  reward.  Tbe 
successful  candidate  for  District  Attorney  of  Santa  Barbara 
County  failed  to  file  his  official  bond  in  the  lawful  time,  and  he 
has  forfeited  the  office.  All  the  constables  and  justices  of  the 
peace  in  Sacramento  Couoty,  outside  the  city,  have  failed  to  file 
statemeuts  of  their  election  expenses,  and  the  Connty  Clerk  re- 
fuses to  gives  them  certificates.  The  law  is  very  distinct  on  tbat 
point,  and  they  have  no  recourse.  The  first  act  of  the  Legisla- 
ture should  be  to  amend  that  law  and  abolish  its  obnoxious  fea- 
tures, of  which  there  are  many.  The  object  and  intent  of  tbe 
law  is  all  very  well,  but  some  of  tbe  restiictions   are  abominable. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8,  1894. 


A  REVIEW  OF  THE  WEEK. 


PRE81DENT  CLEVELAND  has  presented  a  very  mild  and  con- 
servative paper,  in  the  form  of  a  message  to  Congress,  in 
which  be  presents,  in  a  succinct  manner,  the  condition  of  affairs 
existing  between  this  country  and  all  foreign  nations  wilh  which 
he  has  had  diplomatic  intercourse.  With  all,  except  the  little 
turbulent  island  of  Samoa,  the  relations  are  of  the  most  friendly 
character,  and  the  negotiations  now  pending  look  to  an  early  ad- 
justment of  matters  on  that  island.  His  reference  to  Hawaii  and 
the  peaceful  establishment  of  a  republic  by  the  American  colo- 
nists has  no  comment  whatever  upon  the  revolutionary  acts  that 
brought  about  the  change  in  the  government,  permitting  the  re- 
ports arid  official  correspondence  already  submitted  to  Congress  to 
explain  the  actions  taken  by  this  Government  in  its  honest  efforts 
to  adjust  the  difficulty  on  a  basis  of  justice  and  equity.  The 
present  status  of  affairs  appears  to  be  most  gratifying.  In  refer- 
ring to  Japan  the  President  urges  an  extension  of  the  scope  of  dip- 
lomatic relations  with  that  nation,  which  he  deems  worthy  of  a 
place  in  the  list  of  the  most  favored,  as  its  people  have  exhibited 
enlightened  energy  in  their  ttrides  to  a  better  civilization. 
In  his  review  of  our  domestic  rela  ions,  which  more  nearly  inter- 
est our  people,  the  President  is  earnest,  and  although  he  does  not 
Beek  to  enforce  bis  views  by  any  imperative  demands,  he  wisely 
suggests  a  more  equitable  system  of  tariff  reform  in  addition  to 
that  already  enacted,  which  he  deems  imperfect.  He  refused  to 
approve  the  bill  passed  by  Congress,  because  it  failed  to  redeem 
the  pledges  made  by  the  party  platform  upon  which  he  was 
elected,  and  his  demand  for  free  raw  materials  is  repeated  in  the 
suggestion  that  iron  and  coal  be  placed  upon  the  free  list.  In 
this  connection  he  gives  the  sugar  trust  a  thrust  by  recommend- 
ing that  the  provision  in  the  law  imposing  a  differential  duty  on 
refined  sugar  be  repealed.  These  changes,  be  asserts,  are  neces- 
sary in  order  to  make  the  execution  of  the  law  effective  and  pro- 
duce desired  results.  These  amendments  can  be  made  without- 
impairing  the  duties  imposed,  and  will  add  to  the  receipts  of  rev- 
enue. The  political  opponents  of  the  President  are  not  a  little 
surprised  at  his  cool  manner  in  handling  the  tariff  question,  in 
view  of  the  late  political  disaster  that  swept  the  party  from  power 
in  Congress.  The  reversal  of  the  power  which  that  event  brought 
about,  probably  had  something  to  do  with  the  meagre  manner 
in  which  he  handles  the  question,  as  he  knows  that  a  Congress 
antagonistic  to  him  and  his  views  on  this  question  of  reform 
would  pay  no  attention  to  his  suggestions,  but  he  evidently  has 
not  changed  in  his  personal  views. 

His  vigorous  language  in  regard  to  the  American  merchant 
marine  is  worthy  of  the  most  intelligent  consideration.  The 
law,  which  he  terms  as  "ancient,"  and  which  places  an  embargo 
on  American  shipping,  is  designated  as  a  "relic  of  barbarism," 
and  all  true  citizens  should  applaud  the  pungent  remark.  The 
United  States  pay  an  euormous  tribute  to  Eagland  and  other  for- 
eign countries  for  carrying  the  products  to  market,  and  will  con- 
tinue to  do  so  until  the  law  forbidding  the  registry  of  vessels 
built  abroad,  and  owned  and  manned  by  American  sailors, 
is  repealed.  If  it  is  intended  to  awaken  an  interest  in  home  ship- 
building, wnile  the  tariff  on  raw  material  to  construct  them 
amounts  almost  to  prohibition,  the  law  is  certainly  illogical.  The 
suggestions  that  have  been  made  and  the  arguments  adduced  in 
favor  of  American  shipping  in  American  bottoms,  have  never 
been  met  by  legislation  necessary  to  relieve  the  situation,  and  as 
a  consequence  our  merchant  marine  is  but  a  small  factor  in  the 
commerce  of  nations.  The  American  statesman  is  a  pirate 
on  the  progress  of  his  country  on  the  road  to  independence  in 
national  affairs. 

The  adjustment  of  financial  affairs  is  a  Bubject  that  comes  home 
to  the  citizens  of  this  country  with  greater  force  at  this  particular 
time  than  any  other  subj-ct.  We  are  drifting  on  the  sea  of  ex- 
periments in  finances.  The  views  of  the  President  carry  us  back 
to  the  Jacksonian  period  in  the  matter  of  national  banking.  He 
deprecates  the  idea  of  the  Government  acting  as  a  banker,  and 
recommends  an  absolute  divorce.  His  views  on  the  issue  of 
Gove-nment  bonds  are  given  in  such  a  plain  and  comprehensive 
manner  that  the  average  citizen  cannot  fail  to  appreciate  the  fact 
that  he  deprecates  the  condition  that  makes  such  a  resort  neces- 
sary in  order  to  prevent  the  Government  from  suspending  specie 
payment  and  going  into  liquidation  in  times  of  financial  strin- 
gency. As  a  mere  subterfuge,  it  does  no  better  than  take  from 
one  end  of  the  enmr^eocy  and  add  to  the  other,  every  addition 
lengthening  the  string  of  obligations.  In  a  reorganization  of  the 
financial  system,  which  is  the  most  vexatious  of  all  the  appli- 
ances of  the  Government  machinery,  he  accepts  the  plan  sub- 
mitted by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  without  adopting  it  as 
bis  own.  Before  concurring  in  H  he  makes  the  plain  declaration 
that  he  is  opposed  to  the  present  system  of  national  banks.  This 
plan  of  a  change  in  the  system  proposed  by  Secretary  Carlisle 
shifts  the  responsibility  upon  the  States,  but  makes  the  Gov- 
ernment responsible  to  a  certain  exteot  by  placing  it  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Secretary  cf  tbe   Treasury  and    the  Controller 


of  the  Currency.  In  lieu  of  the  bonds  now  required  to  be  depos- 
ited with  the  Government  as  security,  he  proposes  that  the 
bankers  deposit  legal  tender  notes  and  the  silver  certificates  of 
1890  to  the  amount  of  30  per  cent,  of  their  circulation,  and  tbe 
banks  to  issue  notes  to  within  75  per  cent,  of  their  unimpaired 
capital,  subject  to  a  tax  of  one-half  of  one  per  cent,  per  annum 
until  such  tax  shall  aggregate  five  per  cent,  of  tbe  amount  issued, 
the  fund  thus  produced  to  be  a  sinking  fond  and  nsed  to  meet 
the  notes  of  any  bank  that  has  failed.  To  make  this  plan  effect- 
ive and  give  larger  liberty  to  the  banker,  the  law  requiring  a  ten 
per  cent,  tax  on  State  bank  issues  must  be  repealed,  and  the 
State  banks  be  permitted  to  issue  circulating  notes  under  proper 
restrictions.  Tbe  experience  of  tbe  past  may  not  give  this  plan  a 
friendly  reception,  as  it  may  lead  to  the  wildcat  system  of  bank- 
ing that  has  proved  so  disastrous  in  times  past,  before  tbe  tax 
was  imposed.  One  wise  and  proper  restriction  is  provided  for  in 
the  outline  of  this  plan  which  may  commend  it  to  the  people,  and 
that  is,  that  no  notes  shall  be  issned  of  a  less  denomination  than 
ten  dollars,  which  gives  a  good  margin  for  the  use  of  silver.  In 
providing  for  a  financial  system  and  a  reorganization  of  the  cur- 
rency, the  bankers'  plan  adopted  at  Baltimore,  aud  favored  by 
Mr.  Eckles,  Controller  of  tbe  Currency,  was  substantially  ig- 
nored. This  was  proper,  as  tbe  people  are  jealous  of  the  inter- 
ference of  bankers  in  tbe  management  of  national  affairs.  Tbe 
power  which  they  wield  is  feared,  and  is  not  popular,  as  self- 
interest  is  tbe  most  prominent  feature  of  their  apparent  anxiety 
to  aid  the  Government  in  adopting  a  financial  policy. 

THE  journal  which  best  serves  the  people  is  the  one  which  moat 
persistently  and  courageously  exposes  fraud.  It  is  a  hard  and 
thankless  task,  for  not  only  is  successful  fraud  necessarily  pow- 
erful, resentful,  and  revengeful,  but  as  a  rule  the  people  are  easily 
fooled,  do  not  care  to  be  undeceived,  and  resent  being  told  that 
they  have  been  deluded.  Tbe  better  part  of  good-doing  is  tbe 
prevention  of  wrong-doing;  that  is  the  principal  function  of  alt 
governments  and  laws.  Praise  of  what  is  good  is  folly  if  it  is  not 
accompanied  with  condemnation  of  what  is  bad.  The  News  Let- 
ter has  always  been  the  "  whip  and  mentor  of  the  town" — tbe 
one  paper  in  San  Francisco  that  bas  dared  throughout  its  whole 
career  to  attack  sham  and  evil  wherever  found,  and  to  uphold 
decency,  authority,  and  tbe  law.  For  adhering  to  this  policy  it 
was  once  pitched  out  tbe  window  by  a  mob,  and  clubs  and  pistols 
have  been  carried  by  many  a  rogue  for  use  upon  its  publishers 
and  editors.  But  still  it  flourishes,  and  to-day  takea  pleasure, 
after  tbe  rancors  of  the  recent  campaign  have  somewhat  healed, 
to  hark  back  to  its  warnings  before  the  election  and  connect  them 
with  the  results  of  that  bitter  contest.  Into  that  campaign  came 
trooping  as  pretty  a  lot  of  demagogues  aa  ever  learned  the  gentle 
art  of  blackmail  and  extortion,  and  tbe  News  Letter  pointed  them 
out.  Their  advent  was  made  poaaibte  by  that  journalistic  dema- 
gogoery  which  raised  the  old  monopoly  cry — the  one  tocsin  which 
rascality  can  always  depend  upon  to  "  rouse  the  masses."  It  is 
an  instructive  coincidence  that  the  rag-tag  and  bobtail  elements 
of  the  community,  journalistic  and  political,  whose  business  it  is 
to  manipulate  the  masses,  can  always  enjoy  perfect  harmony  of 
action  and  purpose  in  the  "anti-monopoly"  camp.  Tbe  founda- 
tion of  the  fight  in  the  recent  election  was  the  railroad  strike  of 
last  summer.  That  strike  was  conducted  in  open  violation  of 
law  and  authority,  in  obstruction  of  the  mails  and  defiance  of  the 
National  Government,  and  in  tbe  paralysis  of  business  and 
recourse  to  violence  and  murder.  Such  was  the  foundation  of 
the  "  principles  "  involved  in  our  last  election.  Tbe  poor  fools 
whose  hands  were  guided  in  that  strike  by  the  journalistic  and 
political  demagogues  of  San  Francisco  are  now  being  convicted  of 
murder  and  other  crimes,  while  some  of  the  demagogues  sit  in 
high  places  and  others  have  been  punished  by  that  abiding  sense 
of  decency  of  which  all  the  people  cannot  be  stripped  at  once. 

Mayor  Ellert,  Mayor  of  San  Francisco,  was  one  of  these 
demagogues  who  met  defeat.  It  is  not  pleasant  to  say  any- 
thing against  a  man  otherwise  so  clean  and  worthy  as  he, 
and  he  might  well  be  spared  if  he  were  not  so  valuable  as  an  ex- 
ample. It  can  hardly  be  consoling  to  him  to  reflect  that  after  all 
his  valiantooslaugbt  on  tbe  corporations,  he  received  fewer  votes 
man  a  quack  who  ran  against  him.  He  is  even  now  making  a 
pitiful  ■*  anti-monopoly"  showing  by  opposing  the  unanimous 
wish  of  the  Kearny  street  merchants  and  property-owners  that 
an  electric  road  be  established  in  that  thoroughfare.  It  ia  true 
ibat  Mr.  Sutro  waa  elected  on  the  very  issue  that  defeated  Mr. 
Ellert,  but  it  cannot  be  expected  that  the  public  will  have  suffi- 
cient intelligence  and  dignity  at  any  one  time  to  whip  all  tbe 
demagogues  and  "cinchers"  who  offer  their  backs  to  the  rod. 
Mr.  Ellert  has  so  much  company  in  his  downfall  that  he  need  not 
feel  lonesome.  The  public  is  getting  to  understand  men  of  that 
kind,  and  the  punishment  of  all  of  them  will  come  sooner  or  later. 
The  man  who  thrusts  himself  forward  for  a  seat  in  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  by  denouncing  the  corporations  and  resorting  to  sim- 
ilar demagogic  means  to  secure  election  is  generally  known  now 
t )  have  no  pure  motive,  and  mean  hypocrisy  of  that  order  can  no 
lunger  successfully  wear  a  mask.  When  Mr.  Pond  was  Mayor 
he  tried  to  secure  the  Governor's  seat  thron^h    that  sort  of  hum- 


December.  8,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


buggery,  and  be  (ailed;  tben  Mr.  Eliert  might  have  taken  warn- 
ing through  that  example.  Tben  there  was  Mr.  Penman,  loud- 
est of  the  demagogues  in  bis  denunciation  of  the  corporations, 
but  defeated  by  Mr.  Loud  for  Congress,  and  not  even  receiving  as 
many  votes  as  Mr.  Kelly,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  Examiner, 
Ibe  headquarters  and  inspiration  of  demagoguery  in  that  election, 
denounced  Mr.  Kelly  and  resorted  to  all  sorts  of  trickery  to  elect 
Mr.  Penman.  The  defeat  of  Mr.  Hinton,  a  violent  anti-corpora- 
tion screamer,  for  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  by  Mr.  Spreckels, 
whom  the  demagogues  were  determined  to  defeat  because  he  is 
wealthy  and  an  honest  and  decent  man.  is  another  case  in  point. 
Other  instances  of  like  character  might  be  cited,  but  these  are 
sufficient  to  indicate  that  dignity,  intelligence,  and  self-respect 
are  often  beard  in  the  elections,  and  that  the  last  election  demon- 
strated sufficient  to  show  that  the  days  of  the  demagogue  are 
past.  It  is  one  thing  and  proper  to  bring  all  things,  whether  cor- 
porations or  not,  under  the  authority  of  the  law;  it  is  quite 
another  thing  to  turn  over  the  making  and  administration  of  the 
law  to  demagogues  whose  sole  intention  is  to  pot  fat  on  their  ribs 
at  the  expense  of  decency,  honesty,  and  good  government. 

THERE  may  be  more  meaning  in  the  resolution  adopted  by  tbe 
Trans-MiSBissippi  Congress  in  regard  to  the  solidity  of  the 
States  and  Territories  west  of  the  Mississippi  River  than  may  be 
seen  at  first  glance.  There  is  a  strong  mutual  sentiment  existing 
between  tbe  great  West  and  the  Southwest,  if  not  tbe  entire 
Southern  States,  and  while  there  is  no  idea  of  separation  or  dis- 
loyalty to  the  Government,  there  is  a  general  opinion  that  the 
Atlantic  States,  where  the  great  financial  centres  exist,  are  seek- 
ing to  dominate  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  financial  and 
commercial  interest  of  the  Nation.  This  spirit  is  beginning  to 
assume  an  arrogant  attitude,  backed  by  the  wealth  concentrated 
in  New  York,  Boston,  and  Philadelphia,  and  does  not  prophesy 
the  best  for  the  future  of  the  country.  This  great  power  in  the 
East  has  created  a  feeling  of  unrest  and  has  awakened  a  senti- 
ment of  resistance  that  can  be  overcome  only  by  a  resort  to  the 
potential  power  that  can  be  wielded  through  a  united  effort  in 
politics  and  legislation.  The  only  way  to  check  this  tendency 
to  dominate  on  the  part  of  the  Eastern  States  is  to  make  this 
power  felt  in  no  nnmistakable  manner.  The  West  and  South 
know  they  possess  the  power  in  numbers  if  they  can  only  hold 
their  forces  well  in  hand,  and  this  resolution  was  no  doubt  in- 
tended as  a  warning,  as  well  as  a  suggestion,  that  the  interests  of 
the  two  sections  were  too  closely  allied  to  be  frittered  away  by 
jealousies  or  dissensions.  It  was  like  serving  a  notice  of  inten- 
tion for  a  change  of  venae. 

This  Congress,  in  the  exercise  of  its  initiative  functions,  seems 
to  have  had  a  knowledge  of  the  controversy  that  has  become 
qnite  lively  in  regard  to  the  location  of  a  harbor  for  Los  Angeles. 
In  matter  of  distance  the  two  points  under  consideration  are 
almost  equal  from  the  southern  metropolis,  Santa  Monica  having 
the  advantage  of  two  miles.  San  Pedro  has  been  favored  by  the 
Government  In  appropriations,  large  and  small,  for  tbe  past 
twenty  years,  beginning  with  what  was  known  as  the  Wilming- 
ton harbor.  It  was  found  ont  to  be  a  real  estate  speculation,  and 
when  tbe  Southern  Pacific  built  a  branch  line  of  road  to  San  Pe- 
dro Wilmington  was  abandoned,  and  the  appropriations  given  to 
San  Pedro.  Between  the  Government  and  the  railroad  company 
many  millions  of  dollars  have  been  expended  to  make  it  a  safe 
harbor,  but  tbe  effort  has  proved  unsuccessful.  In  the  meantime 
the  Southern  Pacific  Company  has  latterly  expended  over  a  mil- 
lion dollars  in  the  construction  of  an  immense  iron  wharf  at  Santa 
Monica,  extending  out  to  deep  water,  and  since  then  that  com- 
pany has  favored  the  Government  appropriation  for  a  break- 
water at  that  point.  They  are  both  open  roadsteads,  but  this 
wharf  does  away  with  tbe  use  of  lighters  to  unload  vessels,  and 
there  are  no  breakers  to  disturb  shipping.  If  local  interests  had 
anything  to  do  with  the  location  of  a  harbor,  that  company  would 
certainly  favor  San  Pedro,  but  Santa  Monica  provides  the  best 
shipping  accommodations,  and  hence  they  favor  it.  Evidently 
this  Congress  has  been  swayed  by  the  influence  of  a  San  Pedro 
man,  or  a  strong  anti-monopolist.  Certainly  Los  Angeles  can 
have  no  objection  to  either  location,  unless  it  may  come  from 
some  real  estate  men  who  are  interested. 

The  question  of  a  Hawaiian  cable  was  another  matter  that 
seemed  to  be  of  special  importance  to  the  Congress  of  the 
Trans-Mississippi  States.  This  scheme  is  one  which  will  mature 
in  due  time,  and  without  the  propelling  force  of  resolutions  by 
ex  parte  bodies.  That  little  republic  must  be  brought  into  closer 
commercial  relations  A'ith  tbe  mother  republic,  and  the  exigen- 
cies of  the  times  will  eventually  force  the  enterprise  of  its  own 
volition.  Tbe  solidity  of  that  isolated  island  republic  mast  be 
firmly  established  before  the  magnetic  arm  is  extended,  as  there 
might  be  some  danger  of  an  electric  shock.  There  are  always 
reports  of  revolution  and  anarchy  clinging  about  an  empty  throne 
for  a  time,  as  royalty  is  tenacious  in  its  last  gasp  for  existence, 
but  when  all  is  quiet,  capital  will  go  to  the  front  and  tbe  cable 
will  be  laid.  It  is  unnecessary  to  comment  on  tbe  action  taken 
by  that  body  in  favor  of   the  Nicaragua  Canal.     If  resolutions    | 


could  build  it,  it  would  have  been  built  many  years  ago,  but  it 
requires  money,  and  plenty  of  it.  It  is  probable  that  money  is 
not  all  that  will  be  required  to  make  a  success  of  it.  There  seems 
to  be  an  international  question  to  be  settled  before  tbe  United 
States  move  forward  in  the  project.  If  the  Clayton-Bulwer 
treaty  is  not  sufficient,  complications  may  jag  ap  with  their  ugly 
edges  and  cause  some  trouble.  It  is  an  immense  project,  and  one 
of  so  much  importance  that  other  nations  are  watching  it.  They 
will  have  to  stand  aside  in  the  end,  for  it  is  an  absolute  neces- 
sity. 

THE  exhibition  of  ruffianism  and  drunkenness  made  by  the 
students  of  our  two  leading  "educational  institutions"  on 
Thanksgiving  night,  after  the  great  intercollegiate  football  game, 
was  not  at  all  surprising  to  thoughtful  persons.  As  an  outcome 
of  the  game  the  drunken  students  wrecked  one  or  more  saloons, 
practically  defied  the  police,  made  the  night  hideous  with  shouts 
and  ribald  songs,  and  incidentally  inspired  a  disgraceful  saloon 
encounter,  in  which  two  young  men  were  shot.  The  students 
themselves  are  the  ones  least  responsible  for  being  ruffians.  Oar 
two  great  universities,  supported  by  a  popular  sentiment  which 
fosters  every  human  trait  that  Christ  condemned,  excuse  and 
countenance  football  on  the  ground  that  it  develops  in  young 
men  the  qualities  most  necessary  to  success  in  the  serious  affairs 
of  life.  Although  care  is  taken  by  these  institutions  not  to 
specify  these  qualities  with  perfect  candor,  a  student  of  the  "ele- 
ments of  success"  understands  them  to  be  such  things  as  push- 
ing, scrambling,  wrangling,  fighting,  insistence  on  "rights,"  and, 
if  need  be,  crushing  and  maiming — with  the  inevitable  result  of 
robbing  and  killing,  if  need  be.  In  other  words,  the  two  leading 
"educational  institutions"  of  California  announce,  by  their  en- 
couragement of  this  rough  sport,  two  propositions:  First,  that 
"success"  is  the  one  thing  in  life  that  is  desirable  at  whatever 
cost,  and  that  in  order  to  achieve  it  young  men  must  be  taught 
to  scramble,  fight,  be  strong,  and  incidentally  to  be  roughs;  sec- 
ond, that  the  finer  things,  such  as  Jesus  taught,  including  meek- 
ness, charity,  the  turning  of  one  cheek  after  the  other  has  been 
struck,  the  cultivation  of  all  those  gentle  graces  on  which  is 
founded  every  high  conception  of  right,  justice,  .estbet.cism,  art, 
charity,  benevolence — everything,  in  fact,  that  represents  the 
finest  and  highest  type  of  manhood — should  form  no  part  in  the 
making  of  a  young  man's  character.  There  is  not  a  good  citizen 
whose  cheeks  do  not  crimson  at  this  realization;  there  is  not 
a  fine  soul  in  the  community  but  that  grieves  to  see  the  educa- 
tion of  the  young  conducted  on  so  base  lines.  The  lads  are  not  to 
be  blamed  for  being  roughs  when  it  is  desired  by  their  educators, 
parents,  and  social  environment  that  they  should  be;  for  tbe 
police  to  neglect  to  handcuff  the  young  ruffians  and  so  keep  tbe 
peace  in  a  decent  community  is  another  matter,  involving  a 
respect  for  decency  and  the  law  which  we  cannot  hope  to  expect 
from  the  two  leading  "educational  institutions"  of  California. 

FROM  present  appearances  Governor-elect  Budd  is  going  to  1  a 
hampered  with  cranks  seeking  office  from  a  cranky  stand- 
point. Already  the  intrusive  force  of  Congressman  Maguire  has 
been  brought  to  bear  in  favor  of  Jas.  S.  Reynolds  for  tbe  position 
of  Labor  Commissioner,  Budd  has  no  strings  on  him  in  the  way 
of  bosses,  and  he  will  probably  exercise  good  judgment  in  select- 
ing men  to  assist  him  in  his  administration.  Reynolds  is  Presi- 
dent of  tbe  Single-Tax  Society,  which  is  composed  of  a  few  men 
forming  a  mutual  admiration  coterie.  Aside  from  this  Associa- 
tion he  has  no  special  qualification,  other  than  a  diploma  from 
tbe  sandlot  agitation  of  the  Kearney  regime.  This  society  grinds 
ont  ideas  in  conformity  with  the  teachings  of  Henry  George,  and 
while  Mr.  Budd  may  be  under  some  obligations  to  Mr.  Maguire 
for  political  services  in  the  campaign,  be  cannot  afford  to  pay 
such  a  fearful  price  as  that  would  be,  considering  tbe  strained 
conditions  of  tbe  party  to  which  he  belongs  and  the  narrow  es- 
cape be  had  from  being  overwhelmed  in  the  landslide.  He  has 
an  opportunity  to  build  up  and  reconstruct,  and  he  should  not 
neglect  the  opportunity  by  appointing  brothers-in-law  to  office 
when  there  are  so  many  worthy  full  brothers  willing  and  ready 
to  serve. 

THE  German  Ambassador  to  Paris  has  been  "snubbed"  by  a 
representative  of  the  French  Government,  and  yet  there  is  no 
blood  on  the  face  of  the  moon.  That  is  to  say,  those  ever-amus- 
ing gentlemen,  the  correspondents  of  tbe  daily  papers,  allege 
that  Count  Munster  was  "snubbed"  by  the  French  Secretary 
o'  War,  but  then  they  add  the  details  of  the  incident  which  con. 
s'Uute  the  "snub,"  and  they,  of  course,  show  that  no  "snnb"  or 
insult  was  either  offered  or  received.  That  is  the  reason  why 
the  face  of  the  moon  remains  bloodless.  Tbe  details  of  tbe  inci- 
dent ran  thus:  The  Ambassador  called  upon  the  Minister  to  pro. 
te<t  against  the  action  of  a  number  of  French  papers  in  desig- 
nating German  army  officers  "spies."  The  Minister  received 
the  Ambassador  courteously,  deplored  the  incident  of  which 
he  complained,  and  explained  that  under  tbe  press  laws  of  the 
country  the  Government  was  powerless  in  the  premises.  "Thus 
snubbed,"  remarks  the  dispatch,  "  the  Minister  retired."  Truly 
it  was  a  curious  sort  of  "snub." 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8,  1894. 


MINISTERIAL    INACCURACIES. 

[By    Di     Vernon. 1 

WITHIN  the  last  year,  on  three  separate,  distinct,  and  unre- 
lated occasions,  ministers  of  the  gospel  have  gone  out  of  their 
way  to  attack  the  Pioneers  of  California,  to  vilify  their  memory, 
and  to  belittle  their  work.  In  regard  to  the  first  clergyman, 
when  be  was  called  to  account  for  his  extravagant  statements  he 
pleaded  the  baby  act,  and  declared  that  he  had  been  incorrectly 
reported,  that  he  had  been  made  to  utter  words  in  print  that  had 
never  been  used  by  him.  As  for  the  others,  they  form  with  the 
first  a  mendacious  trio  whose  misrepresentations  have  passed 
into  a  general  circulation  that  must  be  injurious  to  the  fair  fame 
and  prosperity  of  our  State. 

A  more  masterly,  comprehensive,  and  conclusive  contradiction 
of  their  wild  and  inconsidered  statements  could  not  have  been 
made  than  the  facts  arrayed  by  Willard  B.  Farwell  in  his  grand 
oration  as  President  of  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers,  at  the 
unveiling  of  the  Lick  monument  on  Thanksgiving  Day.  The 
address  is  to  be  issued  by  the  society  in  pamphlet  form  for  gen- 
eral distribution,  and  I,  as  a  descendant  of  a  pioneer,  would  sug- 
gest that  among  the  first  to  receive  the  pamphlet  should  be  the 
clergy  of  San  Francisco,  in  order  that  they  may  familiarize  them- 
selves with,  the  facts,  and  thereby  save  themselves  from  making 
any  further  errors. 

Why  do  clergymen  arrogate  to  themselves  the  right  to  make 
statements,  criticisms,  and  suggestions  on  all  subjects  under  the 
sun,  with  the  voice  of  authority?  In  the  first  place,  a  clergyman 
is  a  leader;  he  is  supreme  in  his  own  field.  Sunday  after 8unday 
he  stands  up  in  his  pulpit,  and  says  whatever  be  likes,  so  long  as 
he  keeps  within  doctrinal  bounds,  with  no  fear  of  contradiction 
or  argument.  He  stands  in  no  fear  of  the  editorial  blue  pencil. 
His  congregation  is  composed  largely  of  women,  half  of  whom  go 
to  church  because  it  is  the  proper,  respectable  thing  to  do,  and 
the  others  because  to  their  minds  the  very  act  of  sitting  in  a  pew 
and  listening  to  a  sermon  is  part  of  their  idea  of  worship.  As  for 
thinking  ab)ut  what  is  said,  of  analyzing  or  questioning,  the 
first  set  do  not  care  to,  and  the  second  do  not  dare  to.  To  the 
pious  minds  of  the  latter  a  doubt  is  damnation. 

As  for  the  men,  well,  are  there  many  men  at  church  nowadays 
who,  if  they  gave  free  expression  to  their  thoughts,  would  agree 
unreservedly  with  the  minister?  But  for  obvious  reasons  ihey 
are  silent,  and  the  clergyman  becomes  more  and  more  entrenched 
in  the  conviction  that  his  own  views  are  correct — simply  for  lack 
of  contradiction!  If  the  press  of  the  city  in  which  a  clergyman 
holds  forth  should  presume  to  call  him  to  make  good  some  of  his 
statements,  if  any  body  or  class  of  men  should  resent  his  un- 
founded attacks  and  ask  for  proof  of  the  statements  that  have 
been  made  about  them,  what  does  the  clergyman  do?  Bring 
proofs?  Oh,  not  There  is  only  one  Parkburst  in  the  world. 
The  majority  evade  the  responsibility  of  proof,  become  more  sen- 
sational than  ever,  and  the  trustees  increase  the  seating  capacity 
oi  the  church,  and  rub  their  hands  with  satisfaction  over  the  en- 
larged collections — while  the  minister  becomes  more  sensational 
than  ever. 

Has  Sau  Francisco  forgotten  the  south  of  Market  street  divine 
wjo  painted  the  town  red  with  his  "Scarlet  Lives  of  a  Great 
City?"  "Where  is  he  now?  After  disgusting  even  his  own  con- 
gregation with  his  theatrical  grand-stand  plays,  his  ambition 
knew  no  bounds  and  he  thought  to  become  the  apostle  of  a  new 
di-p-nsation,  and  lead  his  flock  into  a  People's  Church  which 
was  to  be  a  religious  crazy-quilt  that  would  throw  Joseph's  coat 
of  many  colors  into  a  sort  of  prismatic  shade.  He  was  known 
among  the  reporters  of  this  city  {and  of  this  I  speak  of  my  own 
knowledge  and  experience)  as  a  man  vain,  tricky,  unreliable,  and 
in  several  cases  positively  and  deliberately  untruthful.  Anyone 
who  strives  continually  after  sensationalism  must  depart  from 
strict  adherence  to  the  truth.  Ministers  by  their  training  are  apt 
t~>  develop  a  one-sided  way  of  considering  all  questions.  From 
the  start,  they  decide  to  what  branch  of  belief  they  will  attach 
themselves,  and  then  they  study  and  read  and  think  themselves 
into  a  position  best  expressed  by  their  own  phrase,  where  their 
"faith  cannot  be  shaken."  As  to  reading  or  hearing  anything 
that  might  shake  their  faith,  that  is  taboo.  Many  of  them  seem 
to  think  that  the  way  to  hell  is  paved  with  the  bituminous  rock 
of  other  people's  opinions.  Such  men  protest  against  all  criticism 
for  this  narrowness  of  mind,  by  quoting  the  familiar  text  about 
the  impossibility  of  touching  pitch  and  remaining  undefiled.  It 
is  a  noteworthy  fact  that  in  nearly  every  case  where  a  clergyman 
does  do  a  little  independent  thinking,  he  is  apt  to  find  himself 
outside  the  pale  of  his  own  denomination.  In  some  minds  it  is  a 
self-evident  fact  that  on  religious  subjects,  thought  means  mo- 
tion; it  is  impossible  for  a  reasoning,  thinking  mind  to  remain 
1  >ng  at  rest  in  any  one  of  the  different  forms  of  religious  belief. 
That  there  are  so  many  who  do  remain  stationary  in  their  belief 
is  that  they  do  not  think  at  all. 

la  no  other  of  the  learned  professions  do  the  advocates  start  in 
with  a  preconceived  idea  of  what  their  belief  must  and  shall  be. 
Tuey  are  trained  to  investigate,  to  weigh,  to  consider,  and  to 
draw  conclusions.  Progress  is  their  motto.  Witness,  for  instance, 
the  development   of   medical   science,  and   compare  it   with  the 


rigidity  of  creeds,  which,  with  all  their  Gibraltar  like  impregna- 
bility, have  had  to  yield  somewhat  to  the  modifying,  liberalizing 
spirit  of  the  times. 

But  the  individual  minister  is  often  far  behind  his  congregation 
in  unexpressed  thought.  Accustomed  to  preach  what  and  how 
he  likes,  he  often  falls  into  the  error  of  not  making  sure  of  what 
he  gives  forth  as  facts.  Take  the  demand  for  what  is  sensatioual 
and  dramatic;  remember  that  every  clergyman  has  a  ready-made 
opportunity  to  be  an  orator,  and  consider  that  the  spirit  of  the 
age  will  have  none  of  the  old-fashioned  hell,  over  which  our 
former  Bible-bangers  delighted  to  hold  their  parishioners  until  one 
could  hear  them  sizzle  in  the  heat,  and  upon  whose  garments  the 
smell  of  sulphur  and  brimstone  was  plainly  discernible,  and  what 
have  you?  A  man  who  must  say  something,  and  who  naturally 
seizes  upon  the  taaterial  nearest  at  hand,  the  wickedness  of  some 
modern  Babylon  upon  which  to  whet  his  tongue  as  a  sharp 
sword  with  which  to  run  through  and  through  these  sons  of 
Belial.     They  must  find  a  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  in  every  town. 

San  Francisco  has  already  enjoyed  the  distinction  of  being  pub- 
lished to  the  world  by  unsuccessful  Thespians  as  a  "  jay  town ;" 
our  local  preachers  at  one  time  or  another  have  conferred  upon  it 
the  honor  of  being  the  wickedest  city  in  Christendom.  It  is  a 
fact  worthy  of  note  that  many  of  these  men  seem  to  prefer  to 
stay  here  even  if  it  be  so  wicked,  not  that  they  are  embracing  the 
opportunity  to  do  more  than  talk  in  a  cheap  and  blatant  way. 
And  some'  of  them,  after  they  have  left  us,  try  to  get  back, 
to  creep,  and  to  crawl  back  to  their  former  position  with  a  per- 
fidy that  would  shame  a  Punic  statesman,  and  manipulating 
schemes  that  would  disgrace  a  ward  politician.  San  Francisco 
will  come  out  all  right,  though,  in  the  end. 

A  CONNOISSEUR  in  tea  is  not  so  great  a  rarity  now  as  for 
merly,  and  this  explains  the  popularity  of  the  teas  which 
have  become  so  popular  under  the  brand  of  Jos.  Telty  &  Co. 
They  are  sold  by  M.  HankiD,  506  Battery  street,  in  lead  pack- 
ages of  pound  and  half  pound  weights.  These  blends  of  Assam 
and  Ceylon  teas  fully  deserve  the  popularity  which  they  enjoy. 

At  the  establishment  of  George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel, 
all  that  is  best  in  artistic  Japanese  bric-a-brac,  vases,  etc.,  is  on 
hand  for  holiday  purchasers. 

Christmas  Cards,  Booklets,  and  Calendars  now  ready.  Sanborn, 
Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 

ToRK-eaters  are  usually  scrofulas  ani  need  Ayer's  Sarsaparilla  to 
cleause  the  blood. 

Useful  and  Handsome 

Christmas  Gifts 

FOS  THE 

HOLIDAY    TRADE. 


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AND 

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In  addition  lo  a  unique  selection  of 


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Desks, 

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Cabinets, 

Fancy  Tables, 

Chairs, 

Rockers, 

Cheval   Glasses, 

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All   of  which 

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December  8.  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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ITS  importance  as  a  work  of  art,  and 
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ation about  California,  may  be  judged 
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graver's art. 

This  will  give  the  best  possible  idea  of  the  versatility  of  artistic 
talent  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  will  show  that  we  have  among  us  as 
grand  portrayers  of  Nature  on  canvas  as  can  be  found  in  any  part 
of  the  world.    Here  are  a  few  of  their  names,  with  titles  of 

Illustrations : 

"  Chrysanthemums,"  (Inside  title  page.)  by  Wm.  H.  Crane. 

"On  the  San  Lorenzo,"  by  William  Keith. 

"  The  Last  of  the  Yosemites."  by  Thomas  Hill. 

"  In  the  Redwoods,"  by  L.  P.  Latimer. 

"  Sketch  of  Sword  Fighter  (Street  of  Cairo,)"  by  Amedee  Joullin. 

"  Beach  at  Granville,"  bv  John  A.  Stanton. 

"  An  Indian  Study,"  bv  Henry  Raschen. 

"Christmas  Tidings,"  by  Miss  Eva  Withrow. 

"  S.  Rocco.  Venice,"  by  Otto  Emerson. 

"  In  the  Santa  Cruz  Mountains."  by  Chris  Jorgensen. 

"  A  Morning  at  Boulder  Creek."  by  Hugo  Fisher. 

"  Under  the  Oaks,  Berkeley."  by  Miss  Maren  Froelich. 

"  Dutch  Milkmaid,"  by  J.  M.  Gamble. 

"  Moonlight  on  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco,"  by  W.  A.  Coulter. 

'•  At  the  Edge  of  the  Orchard,"  by  M.  Isabelle  Morrison. 

"  Oriental  Lady,"  by  Miss  Jennie  McElroy. 

"  Scene  in  Holland,    Otto  Emerson. 

"  Puget  Sound,  Washington,"  bv  Louise  Carpenter. 

"  A  Little  Student,"  by  Lou.  E.  Wall. 

"San  Luis  Rey  Mission,"  C.  D.  Robinson. 

"  Every  Beginning  is  Difficult,"  Oscar  Kunath. 


5tories : 

"The  Loquacious  Pudding,"  bv  Daniel  O'Connell. 
"  My  Best  Friend's  Wife."  by  W.  C.  Morrow. 
"  One  of  the  Otber  Half."  by  Lillian  Plunkett  Ferguson. 
"  La  Vendetta  "  by  Beatrice  de'  Luna. 
And  other  stories  by  leading  authors. 

Poems : 

"The  Legend  of  the  Hazel,"  by  Daniel  O'Connell. 
"  Christmas  Pictures,"  by  Kate  Waters. 
"  Winter  Violets,"  by  Ella  M.  Sexton. 
"  Jus'  a  Little  City  Girl,"  by  A.  J.  Waterhouse. 
And  other  poems. 


<TIEK    of 

There  will  be  a  number  of  valuable  contribu- 
|^r\UJI\l|Ntip)V^.  tions  writtan  by  men  of  prominence  in  our 
financial  and  commercial  world. 


Miscellaneous  ' 

"  The  Peculiar  Industries  of  California,"  by  A.  E.  "Wagstaff. 
"  American  and  British  English,"  by  Arthur  Inkersley. 
"  Grandeur  of  King's  River  Canyon." 
"  The  San  Francisco  Girl,"  by  Alice  Ziska. 
"  An  Englishman's  View  of  Us." 

"  A  Frenchman's  Criticism  of  An  Englishman's  View  of  Us." 
11  A  Chapter  on  Whiskers,"  (as  worn  by  prominent  San  Fran- 
ciscans.) 
"  The  Dawning  of  a  Renaissance." 
"  Nothing." 

"  Tennis  in  California,"  by  Alex  Wilberforce. 
"  The  Work  of  San  Francisco  Women,"  by  Ermentine  Poole. 
"  Hazing  at  the  Beaux  Arts,"  by  Edouard  Cucuel. 
"  Redistributing  Humanity,"  by  A.  S.  Lowndes. 
"Sunday  Strolls,"  by  E.  P. 

"Our  Dilettante  Banjo  Players,"  by  Ashton  P.  Stevens. 
Other  articles  by  eminent  writers. 


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December  8,  1894. 


THE  Anglo-Russian  rapprochement  continues  to  disturb  those  re- 
markable gentlemen  who  furnish  the  daily  papers  with  their 
European  "news."  To  be  sure,  there  is  no  such  thing  as  an 
Anglo-Russian  rapprochement  in  the  sense  in  which  these  gentle- 
men use  the  term,  and  the  situation  that  they  use  it  to  cover  does 
not.  in  point  of  fact,  exist;  but  that  makes  it,  as  an  item  of 
"news,"  all  the  more  elastic  and  interesting.  The  latest  develop- 
ments in  regard  to  this  matter  sent  the  young  Kaiser  flying  to 
his  mother,  the  Dowager  Empress,  with  a  complaint  to  the  effect 
that  her  mother's  (Queen  Victoria)  cabinet  was  pursuing  a  policy 
"calculated,  if  not  intended,  to  isolate  Germany."  According  to 
this  remarkable  narrative  the  Dowager  Empress  opened  her  mind 
to  her  royal  mamma  and  thereupon  the  British  Ambassador  to 
Berlin,  who  had  just  left  his  post  on  a  long  leave  of  absence,  was 
hustled  back  again  in  order  to  explain  to  the  Kaiser  that  he  had 
misinterpreted  the  signs  of  tbe  times.  The  autnor  of  this  pictur- 
esque "story"  has  evidently  mistaken  bis  vocation.  He  should 
be  writing  extravaganzas  instead  of  constructing  press  dispatches. 
He  is  qualified  to  amuse  rather  than  to  instruct.  But  it  may  be 
said  that  in  these  modern  times  neither  the  foreign  nor  tbe 
domestic  policies  of  the  British  Government  are  arranged  by  the 
sovereign,  and,  when  arranged,  tbey  are  not  subject  to  modifica- 
tions through  the  family  jars  of  the  reigning  house  and  its  con- 
nections. It  is  also  to  be  observed  that  it  passes  human  compre- 
hension how  tbe  creatiou  of  a  better  diplomatic  feeling  between 
London  and  8t.  Petersburg  could  possibly  tend  toward  isolating 
Germany.  Russia  has  never  been  an  ally  of  Gertnaoy,  and  the 
two  countries  have  not  for  years  past  been  on  very  good  terms. 
Tbe  late  Czar,  though  he  was  a  nephewof  tbeold  Kaiser  William, 
and  a  second-cousin  of  the  present  Kaiser,  was  possessed  of  a  per- 
sonal and  racial  prejudice  toward  Germany  and  everything  Ger- 
man— even  the  language.  In  addition  to  that  tbe  international 
alignments  of  Europe  forced  him  into  somewhat  close  diplomatic 
relations  with  France,  a  fact  which  the  press  correspondents  have 
in  the  pa9t  distorted  into  an  incident  that  carried  with  it  impli- 
cations that  were  very  wide  of  the  truth. 

The  truth  in  regard  to  tbia  whole  matter  is  that  tbe  press  cor- 
respondents are  not  merely  discounting  the  future,  but  are  exag- 
gerating and  distorting  its  possibilities.  The  relations  between 
the  Russian  and  the  British  Governments  have  really  been  grow- 
ing better  for  the  past  two  years,  and,  under  the  new  Czar,  there 
are  good  reasons  for  hoping  that  the  two  countries  will  come  to 
such  an  amicable  understanding  in  regard  to  their  general  policy 
in  Asia  and  elsewhere  as  will  wipe  away  that  jealousy  and  dis- 
trust which  have  kept  them  in  an  attitude  of  intermittent  antag- 
onism for  the  past  half  century.  80  far  it  is  physically  impossible 
that  such  an  understanding  could  have  been  reached  since  the 
advent  of  tne  new  Czar.  There  is  no  ground  for  expecting  any 
other  marked  change  in  tbe  diplomatic  attitude  of  Russia.  Her 
relations  with  France  will  remain  friendly;  they  have  never  been 
more  than  that.  Her  relations  with  Germany  are  likely  to  im- 
prove rather  than  grow  worse,  but  it  can  be  set  down  as  a  cer- 
tainty that  Russia  is  not  going  to  be  made  a  cat's-paw  of  by  Ger- 
many, or  France,  or  Great  Britain,  or  any  other  country.  The 
Russian  Government  is  old  enough  even  though  the  new  Czar  ia 
young. 

The  war  in  the  Orient  is  gradually  nearing  its  most  interesting 
phase,  and  that  is  the  making  of  peace.  Tbe  Cninese  Govern- 
ment is  even  more  completely  prostrated  than  was  supposed.  Its 
power  to  preserve  order  among  its  own  people  in  its  own  capital 
cannot  be  relied  upon,  if  recent  dispatches  contain  any  germ  of 
truth  at  all.  Nevertheless  it  is  incomprehensible  that  American 
marines  have  been  ordered  to  Pekin.  If  a  small  body  of  Amer- 
ican marine  soldiery  can  be  relied  upon  to  reach  that  city,  sorely 
the  large  force  of  Japanese  which  is  at  hand  sbould  be  able  to  do 
the  same  thing.  Nor  can  the  anomaly  be  explained  away  on  the 
ground  that  the  one  body  would  come  as  friends  and  would  be 
unopposed,  whereas  the  others  would  come  as  foes  and  would  be 
opposed.  If  the  Chinese  Government  has  still  at  its  command 
sufficient  physical  force  to  oppose  and  resist  the  march  of  a  large 
invading  army,  then  it  is  in  a  position  to  maintain  order  in  its 
own  capital. 

It  is  reasonably  clear  that  we  are  on  the  eve  of  great  changes 
in  tbe  Orient.  Tbe  consequences  of  this  war  will  reach  much 
further  tban  most  people  imagine.  How  far  they  will  reach  even 
the  closest  and  most  careful  observers  cannot  at  this  time  pre- 
dict. The  Japan  which  will  emerge  out  of  this  war  will  be,  as 
was  predicted  in  this  column  on  the  outbreak  of  hostilities,  a  new 
Japan,  and  will  have  to  be  dealt  witn  more  carefully.  The  old 
balance  of  power  has  been  knocked  away  and  the  weights  will 
have  to  be  readjusted.  Tne  character  of  the  readjustment  will 
depend  upon  China.  That  government  is  to-day  broken  in  pieces, 


and  one  of  tbe  problems  of  the  immediate  future  is:  Can  it  be  re- 
organized on  a  basis  of  permanence  and  strength?  A  Chinese 
official,  in  a  recent  number  of  the  Asiatic  Quarterly  Review,  has 
this  to  say: 

The  ideal  of  China  is  philosophic  calm;  that  of  Japan  enterprise. 
The  former  prefers  to  lessen  her  responsibilities,  the  latter  to  in- 
crease them.  Japan  would  like  to  forestall  the  future;  China  is  sat- 
isfied with  the  past. 

Upon  the  basis  of  tbe  spirit  of  that  quotation  there  can  be  no 
reorganization  of  China  that  will  be  permanent.  The  Chinese 
bubble  has  been  pricked,  and,  if  there  is  to  be  a  national  future 
for  these  people,  they  must  turn  their  faces  toward  it  and  away 
from  the  "philosophic  calm"  of  the  past. 

Go  to  Morse's  for  the  best  photos— Cabinets,  Paris  Panels.  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  tbe  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  916 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 


Mrs.  E.  N.  Taylor,  of  413  River  street,  Manistee,  Mich.,  testified 
to  her  belief  in  Stecdmao's  Soothing  Powders  by  writing  all  the  way 
to  England  for  a  packet. 


Holiday  Gifts. 


Gump's 
Art  Store. 


Inspect  the  magnificent  display  of  fresh  European 
Goods  just  arrived.  Everybody  welcome.  Tariff 
lower;  prices  lower.  Bronze  and  Marble  Statuary 
and  Pedesfals,  French  Cabinets,  Tables,  Desks, 
etc, 1  Clocks,  Lamps,  Vases,  Ornaments  and  Art 
Novelties  in  endless  variety;  fine  Table  China, 
Sevres,  Limoges,  Carlsbad,  Dresden,  etc.;  Bac- 
carat and  Bohemian  Glassware.  Framed  pictures 
a  specialty,  from  the  high-priced  oil  painting  to  the 
cheapest  picture.  Any  purse  suited.  Thousands 
of  articles  at  cost.      Bargain  tables. 


113  Geary  Street. 


Cash   Discount  Sale. 

20  PER  CENT.  ON  ENTIRE  STOCK. 

CHRISTMAS  NOVELTIES. 

DRAPERIES. 

STAMPED  AND  EMBROIDERED  GOODS. 

Also,  JAPANESE  BRIC-A-BRAC. 


320    POST  STREET. 


Decor&ffv? 


PACIFIC    TOWEL    COMP JiJJST^S: 

9     LICK    PLACE, 
Famishes  Clean  Towels  at  the  following  low  rates: 

Clean  Hand  Towels  each  week,  $1.00  per  month;  12  Clean  Hand  Towels 
each  week,  $1.60  per  mnnt.h ;  4  Clean  Koller  Towels  each  week.  $1.00 
6  month;  6  Clean  RoUer  Towels  each  week,  $1.25  per  month. 


D 


R.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


Ill  GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


D 


R.  H.  G    YOUNG,  DENTIST. 

1S41  Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F. 


[Telephone  2605 


Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

HOURS— 9  a.  m.  to  5  p.m.,  8  to  9  p.  M.    Sundays,  9  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m. 


D 


R.   FRANKLIN    PANCOAST,   Dentist, 

703  Market  Street,  Rooms  18, 19  and  20. 


December  8,  1894 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


GOTHAM    GOSSIP. 

THE  theatres  are  doing  a  rushing  business  just  now.  The 
dramatic  profession  is  supreme.  New  plays  and  new  com- 
panies are  exciting  interest  and  comment  in  all  the  play-houses 
along  Broadway.  At  Daly's  his  own  company  is  appearing  after 
weeks  of  The  Gaiety  Girl.  At  the  American  Theatre  Wilson  Bar- 
rett is  producing  a  dramatization  of  Uall  Caiue's  The  Mamxman. 
At  the  Fifth  Avenue  Jacinto,  a  comic  opera,  the  scene  laid  in 
Mexico,  has  made  a  hit;  Louise  Beaudet,  Jennie  Reiffarth, 
Charles  Brown,  and  Edwin  Stevens  are  the  Californians  who  have 
made  it  a  success.  Mr.  Palmer  will  put  on  a  new  play,  The  Dis- 
trict Attorney,  during  the  next  fortnight  and  will  send  oat  a  com- 
pany with  it  immediately.  The  New  Woman  Is  another  of  the  suc- 
cesses of  the  present  season,  and  at  the  Lyceum  a  play  with  the 
remarkable  title,  A  Woman's  Silence,  is  holding  the  boards.  Miss 
Cayvan,  by  the  way,  has  left  the  company  for  the  present  on 
account  of  ill-health.  She  will  rest  for  several  months  and  star 
next  spring  under  Mr.  Krohman. 

00  Tuesday  night  a  farewell  dinner  was  given  at  the  Lambs' 
Club  to  -'Moos."  Marias,  who  sailed  on  the  Paris  on  Wednesday. 
Mr.  Marius  goes  at  once  to  the  Eagadine  in  the  hope  of  regaining 
bid  health,  which  is  at  present  seriously  impaired.  Clay  Greene 
presided  over  the  dinner,  and  Hugo  Toland  and  Rudolph  Neu- 
mann were  among  the  guests.  Marias  has  been  most  popular  in 
this  country,  both  socially  and  professionally,  and  is  a  brilliant 
as  well  as  very  charming  man. 

Rudolph  Nenmann,  of  Alaska,  arrived  from  San  Francisco  on 
Sunday  and  sailed  to-day  on  the  Paris,  intending  to  spend  Christ- 
mas with  bis  mother  in  Berlin.  He  gave  a  luncheon  on  Tuesday 
at  the  Waldorf  to  Mr.  Toland,  Mr.  Holland,  Lieutenant-Com- 
mander Chenery,  and  the  Honorable  W.  F.  Cody.  Will  Byrne 
leaves  on  Sanday  for  California.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Crocker 
are  still  at  the  Waldorf.  Mr.  Crocker  is  recovering  from  an  ill- 
ness and  looks  less  robust  than  usual.  Mrs.  8.  Young  and  Mr. 
aDd  Mrs.  Henry  T.  Scott  are  at  the  Holland  House,  Mrs.  Hearst 
at  the  New  Netherlands.  Mrs.  Dr.  Henry  Wagner  has  registered 
during  the  week  at  the  Hotel  Brunswick.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
Gillig  and  party,  including  Donald  de  V.  Graham,  have  arrived  at 
Bermada,  where  they  will  spend  the  winter.  Mrs.  Crocker  has 
leased  her  large  cottage  at  Larchmout  for  next  season. 

Miss  Blanche  Verdeual  was  married  quietly  to-day;  the  Rever- 
end Father  Taylor,  of  the  Church  of  the  Blessed  Sacrament,  offi 
ciated.  The  wedding  was  a  home  one  and  was  exceedingly 
pretty,  the  chief  decorations  being  roses. 

Two  nieces  of  Adolph  Sutro  surprised  music-lovers  here  the 
other  night  by  their  wundurfally  artistic  and  intellectual  piano 
playing.  They  gave  a  concert  at  Carnegie  Hall  for  the  benefit  of 
the  German  Hospital.  The  critics  who  went  prepared  to  be  bored 
were  given  a  delightful  surprise,  as  the  yoUDg  women  were  not  in 
the  least  amateurish.  Their  exceeding  modesty  and  girlishness 
won  the  sympathy  of  their  audience  immediately.  Mr.  Theodore 
Sutro,  whose  wife  is  one  of  the  cleverest  women  in  New  York 
society,  is  another  uncte  of  these  gifted  girls. 

Mr.  Oliver  H.  P.  Noyes,  the  representative  of  Jardine,  Matthie- 
son  and  Company,  will  visit  San  Francisco  in  December,  on  his 
way  to  New  York,  where  every  year  he  spends  the  holidays  with 
his  sisters.  Colonel  Alexander  Decker,  one  of  the  wealthiest  New 
York  lawyers,  will  go  to  California  in  a  few  weeks  to  spend  the 
winter  in  your  equable  climate.  Colonel  Decker  is  a  model  for 
men  of  affluent  circumstances.  During  the  last  two  years  alone 
he  has  given  over  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  to  the  church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitelaw  Reid  are  in  Tangiers.  Mr.  Keid  is  very 
ranch  improved  in  health.  He  and  Mrs.  Reid,  as  well  as  Mrs. 
Mills,  have  been  the  recipients  of  marked  and  distinguished  cour- 
tesy wherever  they  have  lingered  on  their  African  journey. 

1  have  beard  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Humphrey  Moore  at  a  recent  ball 
in  Paris,  given  by  the  Baroness  Vanderselcken  at  the  Grand 
Hotel.  Mrs.  Moore  is,  I  am  told,  as  beautiful  and  charming  as 
ever. 

Miss  Eugenie  Ferrer  has  been  making  a  decided  impression  re- 
cently in  private  musicales  by  her  playing  and  singing  of  Spanish 
music.  She  renders  it  with  a  dash  and  verve  that  are  most  fetch- 
ing, and  I  fancy  she  will  be  a  feature  of  many  entertainments 
during  the  winter. 

Mrs.  D.  C.  Nichols  has  been  threatened  with  pneumonia,  but, 
to  the  intense  satisfaction  of  her  host  of  friends,  she  is  recuper- 
ating rapidly.  Colonel  Wheeler,  of  Los  Angeles,  is  visiting  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Clay  Greene,  at  Bayswater,  Long  Island.  Mr. 
Grismer,  who  has  been  traveling  with  Mr.  Greene's  play,  The  New 
South,  has  left  off  acting  for  the  present  and  will  shortly  go  to 
England  on  a  pilgrimage  in  search  of  a  play.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William  Wayne  Belvin  are  still  at  the  Hotel  Noruiandie,  but  will 
probably  go  to  Richmond  for  the  holidays.  Lieutenant  Nieblack, 
who  was  one  of  the  most  popular  officers  at  Mare  Island  six  or 
seven  years  ago,  and  who  is  now  attached  to  the  New  York  at  the 
Brooklyn  Navy  Yard,  gave  a  lecture  a  few  nights  ago  before  the 
students  of  the  Technical  School  on  the  subject  of  oar  naval  de- 
fenses. Lieutenant  Poundstone  and  John  Parker  are  also  on  the 
New  York.  Passe-Partout. 

New  York,  November  28,  1894. 


Cures 

OTHERS, 


WILL 


Cure  You. 
AYER'S 

Sarsaparilla 


MAKES 

THE 

WEAK 

STRONG. 


Pretty  is  no  name  for  them 
this  year,  Such  dainty,  novel, 
and  altogether  delightful 
pieces  for  this  Christmas. 
Not  heavy,  cumbersome, 
high-priced  pieces,  but  ex- 
quisite bits  at  moderate 
cost.  Come  and  look  at  them 
now,  and  buy  later  on. 

Qalifor^ia 

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gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 

street.  Ran  Francisco. 


ANTOINETTE. 


Gray  ha:r  restored.  Not  dyed.  Dan- 
druff cured  Superfluous  hair  re- 
in .ved  by  new  process— uo  bad  re- 
sults, hrice  *1  50  per  bottle. 
For  wrinkles  use  Wrinkleine  Paste 
and  Cream.  The  neck  a  specialty. 
Young  ladies  use  Antoinette  Lotion 
and  Balm,  which  give  the  complex- 
ion thitclear  velvety  loos  so  much 
sought  after.  Note:  No  p  )ison  used 
in  auy  of  my  cosmetics  These 
preparations  for  beautifying  and 
preserving  the  complexion  are  old 
French  secrets  combined  with  the 
latest  chemical  discoveries.  They 
are  endorsed  aod  recommended  by 
the  medical  profession  Every  pa- 
tient does  iot  receive  the  s^me 
treatment.  For  instance— the  young 
ladies  complexion  should  be  pro- 
s'rved,  while  that  of  her  mother's 
restored :  then  the  prematurely  aged 
1-erson  -equires  a  d  fferent  treat- 
meut  Each  patient  is  treated  as 
her  special  case  requires.  I  have 
no  fads.  My  system  for  treating  the  complexion  is  scientific  yet  common 
sense  and  simple.  My  success  is  phenomenal.  Two  and  a  half  years  ago 
I  opened  an  office.  126  Kearny  street,  room  5'J.  and  now  I  have  the  largest 
establishment  here  notwithatandiug  two  years  of  business  depression. 

MME.    MARCHAND,   IBMSt?0""3"0* 

Office  Hoobs— 12  to  2.      OPEN  EVENINGS. 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8, 1£94. 


IfhSdKSVwD 


We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."—  Tom  Moore. 

THE  presence  of  Thomas  Keene  at  the  California  Theatre  in  a 
line  of  clasaic  tragedies  recalls  more  than  the  memory  of  his 
personality  or  the  intrinsic  merits  of  his  plays.  He  is  one  of 
those  actors  who  has  always  fallen  just  short  of  greatness — just 
short  of  a  superior  individuality  that  enables  an  actor  to  strike  a 
new  way  for  the  stalking  of  his  genius.  There  is  much  in  bis 
temperament,  apart  from  a  question  of  ability,  to  explain  this; 
with  him  it  is  not  a  matter  of  taste  and  discernment,  but  of  self- 
reliance  and  boldness.  Perhaps  this  is  but  another  way  of  saying 
that  he  lacks  originality;  if  so,  it  is  that  much  less  to  bis  credit. 
But  leaving  all  this  out  of  consideration,  it  is  clear  that  be  is  too 
artificial  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  modern  standard  of 
dramatic  ait.  He  is  to  the  drama  what  dear  old  Jane  Porter  was 
to  fiction.  How  many  of  us  are  there  now  who  can  read  the  im- 
passioned, high-struDg  agonies  of  Thaddeus  of  Warsaw  with- 
out a  smile?  This  seems  sufficient  to  explain  why  Mr.  Keene's 
Louis  XL,  for  instance,  impressed  the  audience  at  the  California 
more  by  its  surface  presentation  of  undignified  cowardice  and 
meanness  than  by  the  tragic  things  that  lay  behind.  Hence  it 
was  that  in  some  of  bis  strongest  efforts  the  audience  laughed — 
not  in  derision  of  Mr.  Keene,  but  from  sheer  amusement  at  the 
old  King's  weaknesses.  Of  course  an  audience,  nine  times  in  ten, 
will  laugh  when  laughter  means  merely  a  lack  of  perception  and 
understanding,  and  this  is  one  of  the  things  that  tries  an  actor's 
soul;  but  a  very  strong  actor  may  lend  so  much  depth  and  terror 
to  an  undignified  scene  that  even  tbe  average  audience,  doll  as 
it  is,  cannot  but  be  impressed  and  held  from  laughter.  It  seems 
clear  that  Mr.  Keene  could  accomplish  tbat  difficult  result  if 
there  were  more  blood  and  heartiness  in  his  work — if,  in  short, 
there  were  less  artificiality.  He  is  one  of  the  last  of  the  old  school 
who  live  upon  tbe  traditions  of  the  past,  and  whose  gradual  dis- 
appearance is  concurrent  with  the  disappearance  of 
those  who  had  learned  to  regard  that  school  as  legitimate. 
Mr.  Keene  has  sufficient  intelligence  to  reflect,  with 
profit  to  himself,  that  tbe  modern  standard  of  taste  is  less  a  flout- 
ing than  an  education.  In  many  directions  art  has  degenerated 
within  tbe  last  thirty  years,  but  distinctly  the  art  of  acting  has 
advanced.  This  is  all  tbe  more  interesting  from  tbe  fact  that 
play-writing  has  retrograded  and  that  great  actors  are  rarer  than 
formerly.  The  qualities  that  we  demand  now  in  acting  are  fine 
intelligence,  perfect  finish,  and  a  certain  approach — still  too  dis- 
tant yet — to  naturalness.  This  last  element  is  growing  more  and 
more  as  the  people  are  becoming  better  educated;  and  in  thas 
developing,  tbe  modern  standard  is  leaving  actors  of  Mr.  Keene's 
school  further  and  further  behind.  To  a  Btudent  Mr.  Keene  is 
interesting,  as  he  belongs  to  a  past  generation.  And  yet  he  is  in 
hiB  prime,  and  those  of  us  who  know  bow  really  good  an  intelli- 
gence be  has  and  how  high  is  bis  regard 
for  his  art,  would  be  glad  to  see  him  em- 
ploy his  talents  to  the  best  advantage. 
*  #  * 

Mr.  Tbomas  Keene  was  welcomed  by 
large  and  fashionable  audiences  at  every 
performance  during  the  past  week,  and 
proved  himself  to  be  one  of  the  strongest 
living  tragedians.  His  support  is  excep- 
tionally excellent,  and  all  of  his  plays  are 
mounted  in  magnificent  style.  The  reper- 
tory for  tbe  coming  week  will  be  as  fol- 
lows: Monday,  Hamlet;  Tuesday,  Richard 
III.;  Wednesday,  The  Merchant  of  Venice; 
Thursday,  Hamlet;  Friday,  Othello;  Satur- 
day matinee,  Riehelieu;  Saturday  evening, 
Richard  III.;  Sunday  evening,  Lou  it  XI. 
«  #  * 
The  ultimate  type  of  tbe  modern  actor 
is  Alexander  Salvini.  This  does  not 
mean  to  say  that  the  modern  actor  has  as 
yet  arrived  at  the  goal  of  finished  perfec- 
tion in  bis  art.  He  is  still  held  in  re- 
straint by  commercial  considerations,  for 
bo  must  sacrifice  himself  and  the  feelings 
-g*  of  the  judicious  few  for  the  many.  The 
&  actor  is  the  one  artist  who  has  not  yet 
irought  himself  to  prefer  the  praise  of 
;  the  judicious  few  to  that  of  the  heedless 
nany,  for  tne  reason  that  commercial 
'  considerations  are  most  powerful  with 
him.  Thus,  Salvini  has  the  intelligence 
to  know  that  he  often  carries  the  major- 
ity cf  his  audiences  more  with  a  kind  of  slap-dash  bravado  than 
with  ihe  finer  efforts  of  his  art.  In  doing  this  beat  times  throws 
into  hie  action  a  vigor  to  which  his  volume  of  voice  fails  to  re- 
spond; and  that  makes  the  situation  weak.     It  is  to  his  credit 


that  he  never  bellows — perhaps  be  could  not  if  he  would.  But  it 
would  be  advisable  if  be  would  modify  his  physical  exuberance 
at  times,  and  make  a  scene  here  and  there  stronger  by  imparting 
to  it  an  element  of  deliberation.  In  none  of  bis  exceedingly 
clever  work  has  he  given  evidence  of  understanding  the  tremen- 
dous force  of  deliberation  and  suspense.  Tbat  is  a  common  fail- 
ing with  actors  of  the  Latin  races;  English  actors  long  ago  de- 
veloped it  into  its  highest  form.  All  tbe  deeper  (which  does  not 
mean  to  say  the  stronger)  emotions  naturally  go  with  slowness 
and  suspense.  For  all  of  Mansfield's  tricks  and  manners,  he 
knows  perfectly  how  to  make  the  presentation  of  such  emo- 
tions intensely  impressive.  Salvini  does  not,  and  therein  is  the 
one  fault  in  his  work;  and  as  tbat  is  racial,  it  is  a  fault  or  not, 
as  one  occupies  this  or  tbat  point  of  view.  As  an  illusuation,  in 
Zamar  (which  is  not  a  play  of  a  high  order),  in  the  scene  where 
his  identity  is  discovered  nnder  tbe  clown's  disguise,  be  allows 
not  tbe  fraction  of  a  second  to  elapse  before  throwing  off  his  cap 
and  defiantly  confessing.  There  was  an  opportunity  for  a  splen- 
did scene  which  he  could  have  produced  by  merely  waiting  a  few 
seconds  for  the  audience  to  grasp  the  situation  and  be  held  in  a 
moment  of  wondering  suspense  as  to  bis  next  movement.  But 
be  never  permits  the  audience  to  wonder;  he  anticipates  even  its 
comprehension  of  tbe  situation  in  many  scenes,  and  that  is  a 
fault. 

As  we  predicted,  he  was  a  delightful  comedian  in  Friend  Fritz. 
He  had  been  seen  in  tbat  play  here,  but  be  is  much  better  now. 
It  is  a  pity  that  he  does  not  cultivate  comedy  roles  more.  He 
has  just  tbe  tact  and  intelligence  never  to  be  a  clown,  and  be  can 
give  to  high-class  comedy  that  fine  touch  which  is  so  different 
from  burlesque  or  buffoonery.  Indeed,  comedy  is  one  of  the  moBt 
exacting  of  things,  and  outside  of  France  we  do  not  look  for  fin- 
ished artists  in  that  line.  Salvini  lacks  nothing  to  make  him 
equal  to  the  best  that  France  has  produced. 

*  *  » 

On  Monday  evening  Salvini  will  open  tbe  third  and  last  week  of 
his  engagement  at  the  Baldwin  with  the  first  presentation  in  the 
English  language  of  the  new  romantic  comedy  entitled  The  Stu- 
dent of  Salamanca.  This  play,  which  was  adapted  from  tbe  French 
by  Paul  Kestor  and  Alexander  Salvini,  is  a  romantic  comedy  of 
the  highest  order.  Tbe  story  concerns  tbe  amusing  and  generally 
Quixotic  adventures  of  a  student  who  goes  to  Madrid  to  pay  court 
to  a  lady  for  whom  he  has  done  a  heroic  service.  He  is  dismayed 
to  find  her  a  member  of  the  royal  household.  Mystery  and  end- 
less complications  ensue,  but  the  young  hero  triumphs  and  there 
is  a  happy  denouement.  It  is  expected  tbat  Salvini  will  appear 
at  his  very  best  in  this  play.  Manager  Wilson  announces  the 
rest  of  the  week's  repertory  as  follows:  Tuesday  and  Saturday, 
The  Three  Guardsmen;  Wednesday  and  Friday,  Ruy  Bias;  Thurs- 
day, The  Student  of  Salamanca;  Saturday  matinee,  Don  Caesar  de 
Bazan. 

*  *  # 

Aladdin  Jr.,  the  great  spectacular  success  of  the  American  Ex- 
travaganza Company,  will  be  seen  at  tbe  Baldwin  Theatre  fol- 
lowing the  engagement  of  Alexander  Salvini.  Aladdin  Jr.  is  said 
to  outdo  all  former  efforts  in  the  spectacular  heretofore  attempted 
by  Manager  Henderson.  The  scenery  is  exceptionally  beautiful, 
one  of  the  most  notable  scenes  being  the  palace  of  am- 
ber and  gold.  The  costumes,  designed  by  Mr.  Howell  Rus- 
sell, of  London,  England,  and  made  by  C.  Alias  &  Co.,  are 
simply  gorgeous.  Tbe  company  this  year  is  stronger  than  it  has 
ever  been.  The  new  comedian  of  tbe  company,  Mr.  John  J. 
Burke,  is  one  of  the  cleverest  in  the  business.  The  title  role  is 
played  by  Miss  Anna  Boyd,  who  is  a  very  popular  actress.  Ada 
Deaves  once  more  will  be  seen  in  one  of  those  odd  characters 
that  she  has  appeared  in  before.  As  the  Widow  Bohea  bhe  is  as 
comical  as  ever.  Henry  Norman  has  a  good  part  in  the  charac- 
ter of  Abanazar,  a  magician. 

*  *  * 

Gilbert  and  Sullivan's  most  successful  opera,  The  Mikado,  has 
been  drawing  good  bouses  to  tbe  Tivoli  during  the  week.  Belle 
Thorne  and  Alice  Oaillard  have  received  ovations  of  welcome 
nightly.  Miss  Thome  makes  a  stunning  Yum-Yum,  and  has 
added  a  graceful  presence  to  her  always  handsome  personality. 
Miss  Gaillard,  as  Katisha,  does  her  part  admirably.  Hartman  is  as 
comical  and  noisily  explosive  as  ever  in  tbe  character  of  Ko  Ko. 
Olmi  does  good  work  in  the  title-role,  and  tbe  rest  of  the  Tivoli 
people  are  all  that  could  be  desired.  The  Mikado  is  billed  only  for 
this  week  ;  a  splendid  production  of  Gasperone  takes  the  stage  next 
week. 

*  *  * 

R.  Beers  Loos,  a  talented  journalist,  actor,  and  theatrical 
manager,  has  signed  a  contract  as  advance  agent  for  Charles  Froh- 
man's  Charley's  Aunt  company,  and  has  entered  upon  his  duties. 
Mr.  Frohman  is  to  be  congratulated  on  securing  the  services  of  so 
capable,  gentlemanly,  and  versatile  a  representative. 

*  »  * 

Alice  Raymond,  whom  all  well-informed  persons  know  to  be 
the  greatest  of  female  cornetists,  will  delight  the  public  at  the  Or- 
pbeum  next  week.  This  accomplished  lady  has  been  recently 
playing  at  the  Toronto  and  Richmond  Expositions,  attracting 
enthusiastic   attention.      In  securing  her  the  management  of  the 


December  8,  1804, 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Orphearo  has  accomplished  another  of  Its  triumphs  of  enterprise, 
and  all  the  music-lovers  of  ihe  city  will  welcome  this  opportunity 
to  bear  the  famous  musician  play.  Miss  Raymond  will  by  do 
means  be  the  only  attraction  at  the  Orpbeum  during  the  coming 
week.  Thomas  and  Welsh,  the  amusing  soDg-and-dauce  come- 
dians, will  give  their  eccentric  genius  full  play;  McCarthy  and 
Reynolds,  tbe  Irish  sketch  artists,  will  create  roars  of  langhter 
with  their  excruciating  drolleries;  Nahl  and  Bradley's  living 
bronze  statues— an  entirely  unique  and  artistic  feature — will  please 
everybody,  and  many  of  those  who  have  proved  so  strong  draw- 
ing cards  in  tbe  last  week  will  be  on  hand  in  response  to  a  popu- 
lar demand  for  their  retention. 

•  *  • 
A  very  remarkable  entertainment  has  been  the  tournament 
given  during  tbe  week  {closing  this  evening)  at  the  Mechanics' 
Pavilion  by  California  damson,  No.  101,  Regular  Army  and  Navy 
Union.  This  is  a  benevolent  organization  composed  of  tbe  hon- 
orably discharged  soldiers,  sailors,  and  marines  of  the  United 
States  service,  and  the  entertainment  was  furnished  by  the  regu- 
lar soldiers  stationed  here.  -The  ridiog  done  by  tbe  men  was 
wonderful,  but  the  most  interesliog  features  were  the  revelation 
of  fighting  drill  which  soldiers  are  required  to  undergo,  their 
wonderful  control  of  their  horses,  and  their  own  splendid 
physiques.  No  circus  has  ever  equaled  this  entertainment  for 
splendid  horsemanship  and  highly-trained  animals.  Tbe  public 
was  Dot  at  all  prepared  for  so  excellent  an  entertainment,  and 
although  the  attendance  has  been  steadily  increasing  and  has 
been  large,  the  affair  has  been  somewhat  overshadowed  by  the 
Horse  Show,  an  altogether  different  entertainment  and  in  all  but 
social  features  and  a  display  of  fine  stock,  immeasurably  inferior. 


MUSIC. 
Rabenstein  realized  the  establishment  of  unquestioned  fame  as 
a  virtuoso;  as  a  composer  his  works  will  be  allotted  by  his  sur- 
viving critics  to  a  modest  position  in  musical  literature,  unin- 
fluenced by  the  personality  of  this  wonderful  performer.  Mr. 
Scheel's  programme  for  tbe  Rubenstein  memorial  concert  was 
well  chosen;  the  heaviness  of  tbe  symphony  was  atoned  for  by 
the  "  Dmitri  Douski  "  overture  preceding  it  and  the  "  Bal  cos- 
tume "  suit  No.  2  following.  The  audience  wore  a  frosty  reserve 
that  seldom  thawed.  They  evidently  came  because  it  was 
their  custom  on  Friday  nignts — not  to  do  reverence  to  the  de- 
ceased musician.  Apropos  of  Rabenstein,  we  take  tbe  following 
from  the  advance  sheet  of  William  Steinway's  reminiscences  of 
the  great  pianist  in  the  current  number  of  Freund's  Musical  Weekly: 
•'The  value  of  any  great  master's  compositions  may  be  a  matter 
of  taste,  but  there  can  be  no  dissenting  voice  when  I  assert  that, 
as  an  executant  artist,  be  bas  never  been  excelled,  and  in  tbat  re- 
spect, both  as  composer  and  executant  artist,  he  stands  almost 
unrivaled.  His  personal  magnetism  was  almost  indescribable. 
Though  somewhat  serious  in  his  intercourse  with  people,  he 
made  friends  of  all  whom  be  met.  Add  to  that  bis  sterling  in- 
tegrity as  a  man,  bis  purity  of  character,  his  never-failing  en- 
thusiasm for  his  art,  and  the  fact  that  he  never  broke  his  word — 
all  these  things  render  his  death,  at  the  comparatively  early  age 
of  sixty  four,  a  calamity  to  the  world  of  music  and  art." 

*  *  * 

Miss  Caroline  Sbindler  gave  a  concert  on  Tuesday  evening  at 
Golden  Gate  Hall  to  a  very  small  audience.  Miss  Sbindler  shows 
no  improvement  since  her  last  appearance  here  at  the  opening  of 
the  Carr-Beel  Pops.  There  are  parts  of  her  voice  which  might  be 
pleasing,  were  it  not  for  a  continuous  suspicion  of  tremolo  and  a 
habit  of  swallowing  many  of  her  notes  before  they  can  get  to  the 
surface.  Mr.  Beel  played  with  his  usual  artistic  finish.  As  a  vio- 
linist be  is  without  a  parallel  in  tbe  city,  and  were  the  Audito- 
rium people  wise,  they  would  secure  him  for  their  solos  on  spe- 
cial nights.  Mr.  Henry  Melvin's  cello-like  voice  was  well  dis- 
played in  two  songs.  Mrs.  Carr's  piano  numbers  were  rendered 
with  dainty  delicacy.     She  is  heard  too  seldom  as  a  soloist. 

*  *  * 

Tbe  Trilby  concert,  under  tbe  auspices  of  the  Mercantile  Library 
Auxiliary,  was  hardly  the  gigantic  success  that  its  promoters  had 
wished  for.  Wednesday  night  was  a  rainy  one,  and  Metropolitan 
Hall  looked  vast  in  proportion  to  the  audience.  Miss  Ada  Weigel 
gave  a  conscientious  reading  of  the  'Rosamonde"  of  Schubert, 
and  played  Chopin's  '*  Impromptu  "in  A  flat  with  grace  and 
spirit.  Mr.  McBride's  soog,  "The  Mighty  Deep,"  was  creditably 
rendered  and  received  a  hearty  encore.  Mile.  Jouaillon  made  tbe 
bit  of  the  evening  with  her  dainty  French  songs.  As  usual,  she 
played  her  own  accompaniments  and  indulged  in  the  many  little 
poses  and  gestured  tbat  so  captivate  her  audience.  Mrs.  £.  M. 
Taylor  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Noble  each  contributed  vocal  numbers. 


Not  A  Miracle  After  All 


But  just  the  result  of  careful  buying  and  financiering,  that  enables 
the  Chicago  Clock  Co.  to  sell  high  class  furniture  and  carpets  at  sucb 
low  prices.    1622  Market  street. 

'  1)1  I  IAN  RPHHARn  Tbe  -Bn&Ush  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
LILLIHI1  DCUL/MriU,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellis  St., 
Sen  Francisco,  Cal. 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

3U9  and  311   Sausome  St San  Francisco,  Cal 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

FINDLAY,  DURHAM  &  BKODIE  48  and  46  Tbreadneedle  St.,  London 

SIMPSON,  M  ACKIRDY  &  CO 29  South  CaBtle  St.,  Liverpool 

PDERST  BROS  &  CO 2  and  4  Stone  St.,  New  York 

BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

Al  Hayman  &,  Co.  (Incorporated) Proprietors. 

Next  week,  Monday,  Dec.  10th— Third  and  last  week  of  ALEXANDER 
SALVINI. 
Accompanied  by  Wm.  Redmund  and  a  company  of  players  under  the  direc- 
tion of  W    M.  Wilkison. 

Monday  and  Thur?day  nights— First  presentation  on  the  English  stage  of 
a  romantic  comedy  entitled,   THE   S  i  lltKM    ()-    saiaiiama 

Tuesday  and  Saturday  evenings— THK  THREE  UIIAKDMHEX 

Wednesday  and  Friday  evenings— BUY  i:l.  vs. 

Saturday  ma  iuee—D'.N  CKSAR  DE  KAZAN. 

Monday,  December  17th  — The  American  Estravagauza  Company  in 
'■ALADDIN  J*." 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al.  Hayman  &  Co. Lessees  |  8.  H.  Friedlander  Manager, 

Second  and  last  week.  Every  evening,  including  Sunday.  Matinee  Sat- 
urday.    America's  greatest  tragedian, 

MR.    THOMAS    W.    KEENE, 

REPFRTOIRE— Monday  and  Thursday— HAMLET;  Tuesday  and  Satur- 
day, RICHARD  III.;  Wednesday— MERCHANT  OF  VENICE;  Friday- 
OTBE.LO;  Saturday  matinee— I- ICHELIEU;  Sunday— LOUIS  XI. 

December  17th— SADIE  »IABTIX»f 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Kreling Proprietor  and  Manager 

To-night  and  to-morrow  night,  Gilbert  &  Sullivan's  ever  popular  opera, 

THE    MIKADO. 

Re-appearance  of  Belle  Thorne  and  Alice  Gaillard. 

Monda?,  Dec.  lOth-GASPEROWE. 

Popular  Prices  ..  25  and  50c 


ORPHEUM. 


O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  commencing  Monday,  Dec  10th. 

Ai.H  t:  RAYfflOKD. 
The  world's  greatest  lady  cornetist,  fresh  from  triumphs  at  the  Toronto 
and  Richmond  Expositions,  and  oneof  the  star  features  of  Gilmore's  band. 
THOHAs  a  WEIXH.  Singing  and  Dancing  comedians. 
McCAhTHY  A  KEVX(HJ)\  Irish  Sketch  Ariists. 
NAHL  A  BKADLFV'S  Living  Bronze  Statuary. 
I'AICEDO,  O.   K.  SATO,  MORIiLLOS,  CORNALLAS,  etc. 
MATINKK   PRICES— Parqnet,  any  part,  -25c;    balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c. ;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chairs  and  box  seats,  50c.    Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE. 


J.  P,  Howe Manager. 

A  Grand  Success. 

HAIERIY'S   MAST»l»OM<; 
OPERATIC  MINSTRELS, 

Under  the  personal  direction  of  J.  II  Haverly.  The  best  minstrel  perform- 
ance seen  in  San  Francisco  in  years.  Everybody  delighted.  Matinees 
Saurday  and  Suuday.    Read  the  prices. 

Parquet  and  Dress  Circle,  SOc.    Pulcony,  25c. 

Crowded  houses  every  night.    Secure  your  seats  in  advance. 


Curline  Batbj. 


All  through  the  winter 
commencing  early  in 
November,  look  out  for  the 

ELECTRIC  CASCADES, 
CALCUTTA  DERBY, 
VENICE  RESTORED, 
ELAINE. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 

Emptied    Every  |tfi§!?t 

Between  the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and 

Filled  Din?et 

From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath :  30  cts. 
single,  or  4  for  |1.    Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


ojyo  jiofyiyws  ij,<$, 


Established  1879. 


411  Bush   street.     Opposite 
the    New    California    Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 
OYSTETJ  and   CUJfg?  p/^COFJS. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS-  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buereerlichea  Brauhans, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


December  8,  1894. 


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THE  season  may  be  said  now  to  be  fairly  opened,  and  the  buds 
are  fnll  of  pleasurable  anticipations  of  a  joyoas  winter.  This  is 
but  natural  to  the  fresh  ingenue  that  a  bud  is  supposed  to  be,  but 
the  girl  of  the  period  is  not  all  sentimental  gush — quite  the  con- 
trary, in  the  great  majority  of  instances,  to  use  one  of  her  own 
pet  phrases,  her  head  is  level,  and  she  does  not  waste  a  real 
emotion  upon  any  of  the  youth  who  surround  her — unless  he  has 
a  solid  backing.  Dancing  and  flirting  are  delightful  pastimes, 
but  when  it  comes  to  a  settlement  for  life,  that  is  a  different  mat- 
ter. Now,  in  point  of  fact,  bow  many  of  our  society  beaux  are 
in  a  position  to  marry.?  They  are  for  the  most  part  extremely 
young,  inexperienced,  undisciplined  fellows,  whose  conversa- 
tional powers  are  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  chalter  of  a  "tea," 
and  whose  idea  of  pleasing  a  girl  is  to  tell  her  that  she  is  beauti- 
ful and  that  he  loves  her,  etc.  This  avowal  does  for  each  girl  in 
turn,  and  is  accepted  by  tbem  for  what  it  is  worth,  unless  (and 
here  comes  in  a  big  unless)  he  may  be  gilded  like  Walter  Hobart, 
the  Tcbins,  Newballs,  and  Baldwins,  or  backed  by  a  rich  father, 
like  Harry  Tevis,  Walter  Dean,  and  Harry  Houghton.  But  these 
young  men  don't  make  such  avowals  (north  of  Market  street).  That 
sort  of  thing  is  left  to  chaps  with  chrysanthemum  locks  and  foot- 
ball tendencies.  What  wonder  is  it,  then,  that  the  matrimonial 
market  is  declared  by  the  heads  of  families  in  the  swim  lo  be  in 
a  most  unsatisfactory  condition  ?  The  possible  "  announcements" 
are  those  of  rich  girls  who  can  afford  to  buy  their  husbands,  and 
whose  fancy  is  caught  by  the  glitter  of  brass  buttons.  It  is  said 
that  among  this  type  a  very  important  one  may  be  looked  for, 
possibly  during  the  holidays— important  on  account  of  the  promi- 
nent position  held  by  both  families  in  society,  and  the  great 
wealth  of  one. 

»  *  » 

Harry  Gillig,  in  h's  wanderings,  always  remembers  the  Bohe- 
mian Club,  and  shows  his  attachment  in  many  graceful  ways. 
There  is  now  in  the  Customs  House,  consigned  to  the  Bohemians, 
a  great  earthenware  punch  bowl,  designed  and  made  by  Martin 
&  Martin,  of  London.  They  are  undoubtedly  the  most  artistic 
fashioners  of  earthenware  in  the  world.  Their  shop  is  In  a  dingy 
street  in  High  Holborn,  and  they  are  the  most  independent  artists 
on  the  face  of  the  globe.  There  is  not,  they  boast,  money  enough 
in  the  Bank  of  England  to  induce  them  to  make  a  replica  of  any 
of  their  work.  They  have  never  reproduced  the  most  insignificant 
creation  of  their  skill,  and  the  possessor  of  a  piece  from  Martin  & 
Martin  may  rest  assured  that  he  possesses  the  only  and  original. 
Everything  is  executed  by  the  brothers  themselves.  They  employ 
no  workmen  and  do  no  advertising,  nor  will  they  sell  to  every- 
body. In  other  words,  they  are  most  disagreeably  and  uncom- 
mercially  conservative. 

Another  Christmas  present  from  Mr.  Gillig  is  a  curiously  chased 
brass  urn,  filled  with  the  eacred  waters  of  the  Ganges.  This  is  a 
gem  of  East  Indian  workmanship,  and  of  great  value  in  an  artistic 
sense.  With  it  are  four  brass  candle  sticks,  fashioned  to  give  a 
marvelously  realistic  production  of  the  cobra,  and  the  copy  of  an 

old  manuscript,    made  by  Frank    Unger,    who  is   ex- 

ceptionslly  clever  at  this  sort  of  work.  Donald  de  V. 
Graham  is  still  with  the  Gilligs  in  Calcutta,  and  is  mak- 
ing a  study  of  Hindoostanee  melodies  with  which  to 
surprise  the  London  drawing  rooms  when  he  returns  to 
his  people. 


lady  beside  him  recognized  him,  and  Mr.  Hall  nodded  again.  Two 
members  of  the  University  Club  attracted  his  attention,  and  the 
ConBul  nodded  twice.  And  then,  seeing  nothing  that  he  particu- 
larly fancied,  he  roBe  lo  go. 

"  What  is  your  name,  sir  ?  "  called  the  auctioneer  to  him. 

"  Hall;  George  Hall,"  replied  the  Consul,  in  astonishment  and 
with  some  annoyance  and  embarrassment,  as  the  people  stared  at 
him. 

"  Where  do  yon  want  this  baby  carriage  sent,  Mr.  Hall  ?  "  con- 
tinued the  auctioneer. 

"  This  what  ?  "  cried  the  Consul,  purple  with  confusion. 

"  This  carriage  I  just  knocked  down  to  you,"  said  the  auctioneer. 
"  You  got  it  at  $13.75,  and  it's  a  bargain,  too,  I  can  tell  yon  !  " 

It  took  Mr.  Hall  more  than  five  minutes  to  explain  that  his 
nods  were  simply  of  a  social  and  not  of  a  financial  character,  and 
that  be  did  not  expect  to  have  any  use  for  a  baby  carriage  for 
some  years  to  come. 

#  *  * 

Society  of  late  years  has  grown  as  skittish  as  a  maiden  in  her 
teens.  And  it  takes  those  young  men  who  are  in  the  swim  a 
deuce  of  a  lot  of  hard  work  and  anxiety  to  keep  pace  with  the 
new  fads.  For  example,  there  is  that  worthy  citizen  and  indis- 
pensable impressario,  Mr.  Ned  Greenway,  who  has  aged  most 
shockingly  in  the  last  eighteen  months.  When  society  decided 
that  skating  was  the  correct  thing,  he  strapped  on  his  skates  and 
ventured  boldly  on  the  slippery  floor.  But  alas  1  Many  moons 
had  shown  and  waned  since  Mr.  Greenway  as  a  lad  glided  over 
the  frozen  ponds  of  the  suburbs  of  Baltimore,  his  native  city,  and 
therefore  he  came  to  much  grief  through  his  inexperience.  Just 
as  he  had  mastered  the  business,  society  dropped  skating  and 
now  has  taken  heart  and  soul  to  the  bicycle.  Therefore  doth  Mr. 
Greenway  repair  every  morning  to  the  Park  and  straddle  the 
wheel,  with  a  gloomy  brow  and  a  despondent  air.  The  bicycle 
is  not  kind  to  him.  Some  mornings  it  rolls  along  pleasantly  for 
a  few  yards,  and  then  without  any  perceptible  provocation  it 
becomes  unruly.  The  result  is  that  he  is  one  "  mask  "  of  bruises 
from  bis  head  to  bis  beels.  Nor  is  he  at  all  consoled  by  the  mel- 
ancholy possibility  that  as  soon  as  he  has  got  the  bicycle  "  letter 
perfect,"  society  may  switch  off  to  something  else. 

*  *  * 

Golf  has  taken  a  firm  grip  at  Burlingame.  Mr.  Jack  Farrott 
and  Mr.  Douglas  Dick  are  the  crack  players,  and  under  their 
advice  and  instruction  some  tyros  are  coming  creditablv  to  the 
front.  There  is  some  talk  about  getting  up  a  golf  club  in  the  city 
to  give  the  Burlingame  fellows  a  brush.  Mr.  McLaren,  the  head 
gardener  at  the  Park,  is  an  enthusiastic  and  expert  golf  player. 
Then  the  hills  to  the  southward  afford  fine  possibilities  for  a  few 
links  with  plenty  of  risks. 

*  »  * 

'•White  Hat  "McCarty  had  an  experience  at  the  Horse  Show 
which  has  made  a  deep  impression  upon  that  sagacious 
individual.  It  is  thus  he  relates  bis  adventures  to  his  cronies  of 
the  Grill  Room : 

" On  the  opening  night,"  relates  Mr.  McCarty,  "every  one 
knew  me,  for  1  wore  my  white  bat.  Beautiful  ladies  touched  me 
on  the  shoulder,  and  asked  me  what  I  thought  of  the  outfit.  It 
was,  •  Now,  Mr.  McCarty,  do  tell  me  the  difference  between  a  drag 
and  a  brake,  and  please,  Mr.  McCarty,  I'm  going  to  the  races  to- 
morrow, and  I'd  be  awfully  obliged  to  you  if  you'd  give  me  a  tip  '; 


The  accident  to  Miss  Jeffreys-Lewis,  whereby  she 
was  neatly  suffocated  by  the  closiog  of  a  folding  bed, 
brings  to  light  the  fact  that  this  is  the  second  narrow 
escape  from  death  which  she  has  had  within  a  few 
weeks.  A  short  time  ago,  while  under  engagement  at 
one  of  the  Stockton  theatres,  she  went  with  a  party  of 
friends  to  the  swimming  baths.  Miss  Lewis  is  counted 
an  excellent  swimmer,  but  on  the  occasion  in  question 
on  attempting  to  "touch  bottom"  she  found  herself 
beyond  her  depth,  became  frightened,  and  sank.  As 
seems  to  be  usual  on  such  occasions,  a  stranger  afforded 
assistance.  None  of  her  friends  had  missed  her  when 
she  was  brought  to  the  surface  by  her  gallant  rescuer, 
whose  name  is  unknown  to  her.  Miss  Lewis  said, 
when  interviewed  recently,  that  she  felt  somewhat 
superstitious  over  the  anticipation  of  a  third  catastrophe. 


George  Hall,  the  Turkish  Consul,  is  a  lover  of  bric-a- 
brac  and  a  connoisseur  in  articles  of  vertn.  Mr.  Hall 
never  misses  an  auction  when  there  is  a  chance  of  pick- 
ing up  a  curio.  One  day  this  week  he  sauntered  into  an 
auction  of  Japanese  things  on  Montgomery  street,  and 
took  a  seat.   He  saw  an  acquaintance,  and  nodded.     A 


Christmas. 

T 


>HE  H.  S.  Crocker  Company  desire  to  an- 
nounce that  they  are  now  prepared  to 
show  a  larger,  more  complete,  and  unu- 
sual stock  of  Christmas  Gifts  than  at  any 
previous  time. 

In  every  department  most  careful  attention 
has  been  paid  to  originality  of  design  which,  with 
the  best  workmanship,  gives  their  present  display 
a  character  and  desirability  peculiarly  its  own. 

H.  S.  Crocker  Company, 

Stationers, 

227,  229  Post  Street.  215,  217,  219  Bush  Street. 


December  S    1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


and  so  on.  Little  I  thought  then  that  I  was  indebted  to  my  white 
hat  for  all  this  pltasaut  notoriety,  As  I  was  moving  around  the 
riDg  I  met  Talb-u  Clifton. 

"  •  Why,  Mac,*  says  he,  *  what  do  you  mean  by  coming  here  in 
this  harness  ?  ' 

■«  «  What's  the  matter  with  the  harness  ? '  says  I. 

"  '  Don't  yon  know  that  this  is  a  big  social  function  ?  '  says  be, 
1  and  is  this  the  result  of  the  English  ways  I  have  taught  you  ? 
<io  home,  man;  you  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  yourself;  go  home 
and  put  on  a  dress  coat  and  rig  yourself  out  like  a  dude  and  a 
gentleman.' 

•*  I  went  home  feeling  real  had,"  said  Mr.  McCarty,  "  for  Clifton 
has  been  a  friend  of  mine  in  giving  me  all  the  tips  on  the  aristo- 
cracy, and  on  Thanksgiving  night  I  showed  np  in  a  real  fine  suit 
and  a  silk  hat.  Way,  nobody  knew  me!  Nobody  touched  me 
on  the  shoulder  and  smiled  at  me.  And  so,"  concludes  Mr.  Mc- 
Carty, »  the  next  time  yon  see  Dan  in  society  without  bis  white 
hat  you  can  call  him  down  just  as  quick  as  possible." 


There  is  a  little  story  about  Ellen  Terry  which  has  not  found 
its  way  into  print  this  side  of  the  Channel.  Miss  Terry,  as  every 
one  knows,  at  one  time  owed  allegiance  to  a  noted  London  artist. 
It  was  the  height  of  the  season.  One  morning  the  subject  of  a 
dinner  party  was  broached.  Milord  signified  his  intention  of 
giving  a  "  stag  party."  The  fair  Ellen  rebelled  at  this  arrange- 
ment, desiring  to  be  present  at  the  fettivities,  but  the  head  of  the 
bouse  (for  once)  carried  his  point,  and  the  invitations  were  sent 
out.  The  evening  arrived,  and  so  did  the  guests.  Everything 
was  in  the  most  approved  form — the  menu  faultless,  the  service 
irreproachable,  and  the  choicest  spirits  of  Bohemia  were  gath- 
ered around  the  board.  Suddenly  a  door  swung  open,  something 
flashed  into  the  room — or  did  it  float  in  through  the  open  door- 
way? None  could  say,  but  in  their  midst  stood  Ellen  Terry,  a 
Winged  Cupid  in  the  flesh.  "Only  this,  and  nothing  more."  A 
startling  tale,  but  true. 


BRONZE    AND    CUT-GLASS. 

THE  year  has  rolled  around,  and  once  more  the  holiday  season 
is  at  hand.  The  streets  are  filled  with  shoppers,  eacb  intent 
on  finding  some  one  particular  article  which  will  "just  suit"  the 
future  recipient.  Up  on  the  third  floor  of  the  big  white  building  on 
Kearny  street  the  scene  is  a  busy  one,  and  the  elevator  boy  has  hardly 
time  to  breath,  for  running  his  department  at  such  a  rate  of  speed. 
The  Art  Department  of  the  White  House  is  a  boon  to  those  unfor- 
tunate beings  who  have  no  minds  of  their  own  and  never  know  what 
they  want.  For  here  is  such  an  inexhaustible  array  of  beautiful  ob- 
jects of  all  kinds  that  the  most  exigent  of  shoppers  mnst  be  satis- 
fied. The  bronzes  are  unusually  fine,  several  having  recently  ar- 
rived from  the  Luxembourg  salon.  One,  Pro  Patria,  a  finely  modeled 
recumbent  figure,  is  a  copy  of  a  life-sized  statue  exhibited  in  the 
salon,  and  received  the  Medaille  D  'Or.  Another,  "  Dans  la  Boia,"  is 
a  splendid  illustration  of  repressed  energy,  the  figures  of  man  and 
dog  being  instinct  with  life.  A  dazzling,  glittering,  sparkling  mass 
of  cut  glass,  scintillates  with  an  attractiveness  all  its  own.  Huge 
bowls,  jars,  vases,  small  dishes,  in  turn  flash  the  light  from  their 
stars  and  prisms.  Less  showy,  but  none  the  less  alluring,  are  the 
beautiful  plates  in  the  exquisite  Sevres  porcelain.  Each  plate,  with 
its  beautiful  painting  and  gold  and  enameled  border,  is  a  work  of  art. 
To  supplement  these  are  fragile  cups  and  saucers  in  the  lovely  and 
well-known  Limoges,  Crown  Derby,  and  dainty  Dresden.  A  distant 
table  glows  with  the  harmonious  yellows  and  browns  of  the  Rook- 
wood  pottery.  A  gift  for  a  lover  of  the  national  German  beverage, 
is  a  tankard  and  mugs  of  Rookwood,  quaint  in  design  and  beautifully 
ornamented  with  child  heads.  There  are  tall,  slim,  and  graceful 
Vernis-Martin  cabinets,  filled  with  choice  bits  of  porcelain,  coalport 
bonbonnieres,  and  wonderful  effects  of  enameled  copper,  in  vases, 
powder  jars,  and  lamp  screens.  Dresden,  onyx,  and  metal  lamps 
stand  here  and  there,  adorned  with  shadesof  the  most  delicate  colors, 
and  fairy-like  enough  to  be  a  ballet-dancer's  skirts.  There  are  some 
lovely  jars  in  the  beautiful  Danish  ware,  with  its  soft  coloring  of 
misty  blues  and  grays,  by  many  considered  the  most  artistic  pottery 
ever  produced.  A  handsome  "  Grandfather's  Clock,"  in  Vernis- 
Martin,  stands  in  one  corner,  its  painted  panels  and  graceful  gilt  or- 
namentation suggesting  the  boudoir  of  some  high-born  Marquise.  A 
most  unique  and  charming  idea  is  shown  in  a  newel  post  light.  A 
graceful  nymph  stands  among  tall  lilies,  one  of  which  rises  behind 
her,  and  the  dainty  white  bell  drooping  over  her  head  is  the  ground 
glass  of  an  incandescant  bulb.  But  one  may  spend  half  a  day  among 
these  objects  d'art,  and  then  not  see  all.  Eastern  visitors  pay  San 
Francisco  the  compliment  of  saying  they  find  more  beautiful  things 
in  this  room  than  in  those  of  their  own  cities. 


There  are  plenty  of  stylish  men  in  San  Francisco,  but  they  are 
the  men  who  buy  their  furnishing  eoods  at  John  W.  Carmany's,  25 
Kearny  street,  where  only  the  latest  styles  are  sold. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8,  1894. 


Comstock  Without  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  conditions 
Mining  which  are  liable  to  prevail  in  the  speculative  min- 
Shares.  iog  market,  it  would  be  difficult  to  reconcile  exist- 
ing appearances  on  Pine  street  with  the  reported  situation  at  the 
mines.  So  many  different  issues  have  a  bearing  on  the  manipu- 
lation of  shares  that  the  value  of  the  property  is  at  times  lost 
aight  of  in  an  effort  to  effect  some  particular  result  necessary  for 
a  combination  of  ruling  interests.  This  must  De  taken  into  con- 
sideration by  outside  operators,  and  for  this  reason  it  is  always 
extremely  hazardous  for  people  of  small  means  to  carry  more 
stock  than  they  can  afford  to  protect  In  case  of  a  crisis.  It  seems 
useless  to  advise  some  people  on  tbis  point.  They  will  load  up 
with  stock  on  the  slimmest  possible  margin,  and  then  when  they 
get  wiped  out  on  a  depression  through  inability  to  respond  to  the 
demand  for  more  money  from  the  broker,  they  fall  back  upon 
the  broken  gambler's  privilege  to  curse  the  mines  and  their  ma- 
nipulators. As  a  matter  of  fact,  their  losses  can  only  be  attrib- 
uted to  a  sel6sh  cupidity  which  induces  them  to  run  extreme 
risks.  They  have  no  one  to  blame  but  themselves.  There  is 
another  class,  too,  which  goes  still  further,  not  scrupling  even  to 
involve  the  family  homestead  in  the  mad  craze  for  wealth.  The 
proper  place  for  these  people  is  a  jail  or  an  insane  asylum.  As  long 
as  stock  speculation  exists  here  or  elsewhere,  and  it  will  be  run- 
ning at  doomsday,  reckless  investment  will  lead  to  losses,  while 
judicious  operation  will  with  a  certainty  give  results  such  as  can- 
not be  obtained  in  any  other  class  of  business.  The  Comstock 
market  will  revive  in  turn  and  have  its  period  of  activity  as  it  is 
now  dull.  It  is  supersensitive,  and  as  we  said  before,  subject  to 
many  peculiar  influences.  Dealers  who  are  prepared  to  stand  the 
pressure  of  declining  values  and  carry  their  stocks  through  are  cer- 
tain to  pull  out  ahead,  unless  they  have  got  entangled  at  top  prices 
so  as  to  make  an  extraordinary  high  average.  The  news  from 
the  Comstock  mines  is  very  favorable  just  now.  Con.  Virginia 
turned  out  enough  bullion  last  month  to  pay  all  expenses  and 
carry  over  a  dividend,  and  in  addition  a  surplus  of  $30,000.  The 
other  mines  make  a  very  flattering  financial  showing,  and  when 
affairs  on  the  street  turn  for  the  better,  the  bullion  yield  on  the 
lode  will  be  such  as  to  assist  in  putting  prices  on  a  higher  plane, 
of  values  where  they  belong.  Mexican  was  assessed  25  cents  and 
Savage  20  cents  during  the  week.  Occidental,  Challenge,  and 
Justice  were  delinquent.  Bodie  paid  a  dividend  of  25  cents, 
and  Standard  Con.  has  declared  one  of  10  cents. 
$  $  $ 
Amoqg  There  is  considerable  anxiety  among  the  creditors 
tfye  at  Grass  Valley  of  a  mining   operator    named    W.  C. 

Missing.  Bennett,  and  a  deserted  wife  is  pining  away  at  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  over  a  letter  which  she  is  said  to  have  received  from 
the  missing  man,  in  which  he  is  accredited  with  saying  that  she 
would  never  see  or  hear  of  him  again.  Bennett  at  one  time,  ac- 
cording to  all  accounts,  was  a  prominent  real  e3iate  dealer  in  St. 
Paul,  where  he  was  well  connected.  He  married  a  Miss  More- 
house, the  daughter  of  a  prominent  citizen,  and  was  regarded  as 
one  of  the  most  promising  young  men  in  tbe  community.  By 
some  means  he  managed  to  get  head  over  heels  in  debt,  and,  rather 
than  face  bis  creditors,  be  fled,  leaving  a  communication  of  a 
vague  character,  from  which  no  one  could  tell  whether  he  meant 
suicide  or  flight.  The  latest  news  from  him  was  as  a  mining 
operator  at  Grass  Valley,  where  he  tried  to  bond  several  well- 
known  mines,  but,  as  be  was  not  able  to  substantiate  his  state- 
ments about  capital,  their  owners  fought  shy  of  him.  He  did  suc- 
ceed, however,  in  obtaining  bonds  on  some  smaller  properties, 
and  miners  were  put  to  work  on  them.  Their  pay  is  yet  to  come, 
and  the  employer's  whereabouts  is  as  much  a  mystery  to  the 
anxious  men  as  it  is  to  his  relatives  in  Sf.  Paul.  As  tbere  is  noth- 
ing charged  against  Bennett  in  the  way  of  extravagance  and  high 
living,  it  is  only  fair  to  presume  that  his  is  another  case  of  hard 
luck,  where  the  man  has  been  "  turned  down  "  so  often  that  his 
grit  has  pegged  out  and  the  sponge  thrown  up  eventually  in  sheer 
disgust.  Adverse  fate  plays  tbe  mischief  with  as  many  men  with 
decent  inclinations  as  wine,  women,  and  song  do  with  tbe 
riotously  inclined  scamp  who  cares  little  whether  school  keeps  or 
not  so  long  as  he  can  handle  a  dollar  obtained  by  fair  or  foul  play, 
as  opportunity  offers. 

$  $  $ 
European         The  gain  of    the  great   European    banks  in  gold 
Gold  and   silver  specie  during   the   past   year   has  been 

Balances,  something  remarkable,  and  at  the  same  time 
unsatisfactory  when  it  is  considered  that  the  increase 
has  been  in  a  great  measure  at  our  expense,  owing  to  a  wide- 
spread feeling  of  distrust  abroad  at  the  financial  policy  of  this 
Government.  8even  of  these  national  banks  show  a  gain  of  $200,- 
000,000  in  specie  for  the  year  as  compared  with  last  year. 
%  %  % 

AN  extension  of  tbe  Champion,  one  of  the  ontside  mines  in  the 
Cook  property  recently  purchased  in  Mariposa  County,  has 
been  sold  to  some  Salt  Lake  capitalists. 


California  The  demand  for  California  gold  mines  continues; 
Gold  the  difficulty  is  to  find  something  which  will  war- 
tfines,  rant  tbe  investment  of  tbe  amount  of  capital  which 
is  required  to  operate  the  property.  Of  course  a  set  of  unscrupu- 
lous fakirs  with  no  reputation  to  lose  are  willing  to  offer  anything 
to  make  a  little  money  out  of  the  transaction.  The  people  they 
deal  with  are  deceived  in  tbis  case  by  both  men  and  mines.  Too 
much  care  cannot  be  exercised  in  making  an  investigation  of 
properties  before  investing,  and  the  record  of  the  men  presenting 
them  should  be  ran  down  in  every  case.  Tbis  can  easily  be  done 
by  applying  for  the  necessary  information  from  reputable  people 
in  this  city,  when  tbe  property  is  locaied  in  Califo  ma.  A  timely 
hint  about  some  plausible  rascal's  career  obtained  from  a  reliable 
source,  may  be  the  saving  of  many  thousands  of  dollars.  While 
there  are  many  good  prospects  in  this  State  which  can  be  taken 
up  with  safety,  the  mine  wiih  a  reputation  dating  back  to  '49 
should  be  rejected  in  all  cases  where  a  large  amount  of  money  U 
asked  on  possibilities.  Honest  men,  when  they  intend  to  act 
fairly  with  strangers  on  propositions  of  this  kind,  are  content, 
with  working  capital  for  new  development  work,  to  prove 
whether  ancient  history  is  to  be  repeated  at  this  late  date.  To 
pay  a  large  sum  down  for  the  privilege  of  proving  this  at  one's 
own  expense,  can  be  best  compared  to  "buying  a  pig  in  a  poke." 

$  $  S 

feckless  The  prominence  which  was  given  the  drawing  of 
Financial  a  check  for  a  million  and  a  half  in  gold  by  Mr. 
Criticism.  Spreckels,  who  could  treble  tbe  amount  without 
depleting  his  ordinary  reserve  in  ready  money,  shows  how  times 
have  changed  in  San  Francisco.  A  few  years  ago  nothing  was 
thought  of  carting  a  wagon  load  of  coin  from  one  bank  to 
another  in  settlement  of  some  business  transaction;  now  it  is 
deemed  worthy  of  more  space  than  a  masterpiece  in  art  or 
sculpture  frotu  the  hands  of  some  local  celebrity,  the  fame  of 
which  might  reflect  credit  upon  the  city.  Checks  for  a  much 
larger  amount  are  drawn  regularly  every  year  by  our  millionaires 
about  tbe  time  the  visit  of  the  tax  collector  is  expected  on  bis 
annual  rounds,  but  nothing  is  ever  heard  of  these  in  public 
prints,  calling  attention  to  tbe  heavy  transfers  of  coin  by  means  of 
State  or  Treasury  certificates.  The  worst  of  it  is  that  in  pursuing 
a  transaction  involving  tbe  draft  of  money  on  private  account, 
little  care  is  exercised  in  the  matter  of  suggestions  offered  to  select 
from,  and  the  banker  drawn  upon  is  subjected  to  reflections 
which  are  not  calculated  to  strengthen  his  credit.  Such  state- 
ments, while  harmless  in  well-informed  quarters,  might  prove 
dangerous  among  the  class  who  accept  everything  they  see  in 
print  as  gospel.  They  might  start  a  run  upon  a  bank  and  pre- 
cipitate a  financial  catastrophe  and  involve  many  in  ruin.  The 
reputation  of  a  bank  cannot  be  handled  with  too  much  care,  and 
the  least  cloud  of  suspicion  is  apt  to  have  a  most  dangerous  and 
far-reaching  effect.  The  more  the  peculiar  danger  in  this  respect 
is  appreciated,  the  less  a  person  is  inclined  to  comment  upon 
their  financial  doings  in  an  idle  and  reckless  manner,  and  with- 
out some  exact  and  definite  knowledge  of  the  particulars.  The 
same  applies  to  other  institutions  where  the  small  savings  of 
hard-working  people  are  invested  for  security  and  profit;  build- 
ing associations,  for  example.  To  attack  one  in  an  unwarrant- 
able manner  might  wreck  all  the  others,  and  then  who  can  foretell 
where  tbe  trouble  might  end? 

$    $    $ 
Local  The  Bum  of  $360,783  was  disbursed   in  November 

Stock  among  the  stock  and  shareholders  of  local  incor- 
Diuideqds-  porations,  against  $303  566  for  tbe  same  month  last 
year.  Of  this  amount  gas  companies  paid  $95,333;  water  com- 
panies, $70,500;  powder  companies,  $16,500;  street  railroad  com- 
panies, $10,000,  mining  companies,  $134,000,  and  miscellaneous 
companies,  $24,450.  The  mining  dividends  include  the  first  pay- 
ment by  the  Alaska-Mexican  Mining  Company,  of  Douglass 
Island,  Alaska,  and  the  first  of  a  new  series  of  dividends  from 
Con.  Cal.- Virginia.  The  last  dividend  paid  by  the  company  was 
in  August,  1891.  The  dividend  accredited  to  the  Central  Gas 
Company  of  one  per  cent,  per  share,  is  for  the  quarter. 

$  $  $ 

Neuj  The  stock  market  during  the  past  week  has  held  its 

York  own  comparatively  well.  The  most  interest  has  been 
Stocks,  shown  in  the  Industrial  group,  8ugar  leading.  Fluctua- 
tions have  as  a  rule  been  wide,  various  rumors  causing  a  decline 
or  an  advance  as  tbe  clique  saw  fit.  American  Tobacco  has  been 
very  active,  prices  jumping  up  one  or  two  points  at  a  time  and 
declining  likewise.  The  specialty  list  was  fairly  active,  with 
prices  showing  some  improvements.  The  Grangers,  while  trading 
in  them  has  been  fairly  good,  show  little  or  no  change  as  com- 
pared with  last  week's  prices.  The  market  seems  to  have  a  fair 
undertone.  If  adverse  legislation  by  Congress  is  not  undertaken, 
it  looks  as  if  prices  have  about  touched  bottom  for  the  present. 
$  $  S 

MR.  W.  C.  RALSTON,  Secretary  of  the  Miners'  Association  of 
California,  left  during    the   week   for  a  trip  to  Europe.     He 
will  be  gone  about  four  months,  during  which  time  he  will  visit  tbe 
continent  after  passing  a  few  weeks  in  London. 


December  B,  1894. 


BAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


13 


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"Hear  the  Crier!"     "  What  the  devil  art  thou? 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir,  with  you." 


THE  Horse  Show  now  is  over,  and  society,  perplexed, 
Demands  in  all  anxiety  :  >'  What  next,  great  Jove,  what  next? 
We're  weary  quite  of  weddings,  with  kettledrums  we're  gray; 
There's  little  fun,  we  have  found  out,  in  shopping  every  day. 
Once  skating  was  respectable,  but  now  'tis  quite  a  bore — 
The  proper  man  is  never  near  when  one  falls  on  the  floor; 
And  raciDg  once  was  quite  a  fad,  but  now  'tis  out  of  style, 
To  *ped'  is  tKture  when  one's  boots  pinch  on  a  single  mile. 
The  bicycle  is  swagger,  but  at  a  lively  gait 
'Tis  really  all  impossible  to  keep  one's  bonnet  straight. 
When  slamming  was  the  fashion  some  merry  nights  we  led; 
'Twas  larks  to  gad  about  in  lanes  when  others  were  in  bed; 
But  slumming,  too,  is  out  of  date,  to  prowl  now  no  one  cares; 
Then  let's  go  in  for  charity,"  society  declares. 
Behold  the  pretty  winsome  things,  the  matron  and  the  maid, 
In  journalistic  panoply  most  feichiogly  arrayed! 
Ooe  balances  the  scissors,  one  peeps  into  the  paste, 
One  lifts  that  basket  awful  which  bears  the  name  of  "waste" — 
That  yawning  tomb,  the  horror  of  the  poetic  herd, 
Where  reams  of  inspiration  are  every  hour  interred. 
Another  shakes  the  ink  bottle,  and  falls  back  with  a  shriek — 
The  amorous  spray  has  leaped  to  kiss  the  powder  from  her  cheek. 
And  then  they  sit  and  chatter  till  far  into  the  night, 
And  discuss  the  weighty  topics  on  which  each  one  shall  write: 
The  pulpit  and  the  public  schools,  the  bar,  the  jail,  the  stage, 
The  gown  that  is  in  fashion,  the  bat  that  is  the  rage, 
The  struggle  in  the  Orient,  the  progress  of  the  horse, 
The  latest  social  scandal,  latest  swell  divorce, 
What  the  Home  Rulers  are  doing  and  what  the  naughty  tales 
About  those  fellows  who  make  up  the  set  of  wicked  Wales, 
And  all  the  things  innumerable — the  daily  ebb  and  flow 
Of  sorrow,  vice,  sensation,  the  journalist  must  know. 

Quoth  a  dainty  little  matron,  the  prettiest  of  wives: 

"Dear  girls,  let  us  all  combine  and  write  our  husbands'  lives — 

How  the  wicked  men   put  in    their   time  (those   base,  deceiving 

hubs!) 
When  they  jnmp  up  from  the  table  and  scatter  to  the  clubs; 
What  they  whisper  to  their  typewriters  with  lips  close  down  to 

ear; 
And  perhaps  the  wretches  kiss  them  when  nobody  is  near! 
Come,  let  us  write  them  up,  dears,"  with  a  portentious  frown. 
The  President  the  motion  put;  'twas  promptly  voted  down! 
Rejoice,  ye  giddy,  giddy  men!     But,  Lord  I  how  it  would  sell, 
If  ladies  of  their  husbands  wrote  and  told  what  they  could  tell! 

THERE  should  be  nothing  sensational  in  the  story  of  Mrs. 
George  Fraser.  It  was  merely  a  freak  that  deserves  a  more 
vigorous  treatment  than  the  law  grants.  It  is  entirely  unneces- 
sary for  the  deluded  woman  to  go  into  the  goblin  business  to  re- 
lieve herself  of  the  disagreeable  incubus.  The  culprit  is  serving 
out  a  term  in  the  -Napa  jail  for  a  misdemeanor.  When  through 
with  that  he  will  be  harassed  by  numerous  attachments  for  his 
person  to  answer  for  other  and  more  heinous  crimes,  which  will, 
it  is  hoped,  land  him  in  the  State  Prison.  He  was  one  of  the  few 
adventurers  from  England  who  placed  too  high  a  value  on  his 
abilities  as  an  operator  upon  the  credulity  of  the  American  people. 
He  disclosed  bis  rascalities  too  quickly,  and  proved  a  failure. 
The  lady  whom  he  imposed  upon  was  bo  far  above  him  that  he 
was  overwhelmed  with  the  prospect  of  enjoying  the  life  of  a  buc- 
caneer spending  her  money. 

THE  novel  spectacle  of  a  policeman  attending  church  was  wit- 
nessed at  Ban  Jose  last  Sunday.  It  would  seem  almost 
superfluous  to  state  that  he  was  not  there  as  a  worshipper;  his 
unusual  and  unwilling  presence  in  the  house  of  God  was  merely 
for  the  purpose  of  preventing  two  antagonistic  preachers  and 
their  respective  followers  from  thumping  each  other  with  Bibles, 
fists,  and  hymn  books.  One  faction,  after  a  forcible  but  vain 
attempt  to  plump  their  preacher  into  the  pulpit,  withdrew  in 
anger  and  disgust,  omitting  the  formal  singing  of  the  Doxology; 
and  the  triumphant  disciple  of  Jesus,  calming  his  tumultuous 
passion,  proceeded  to  preach  eloquently  of  the  beauty  of  peace, 
and  love,  and  charity.  The  collection  at  the  end  of  the  service 
for  the  heathen  of  Hindostan,  who  are  groping  in  spiritual  dark- 
ness and  yearning  for  the  revelation  of  heavenly  grace,  was  ex- 
ceptionally large. 

A  JEWISH  Rabbi  preaching  before  a  Presbyterian  Ministerial 
Union  upon  the  subject  of  the  Messiah,  is  an  anomalism 
that  well  might  cause  the  bones  of  Calvin  to  rattle  a  ghastly  re- 
proof from  the  grave.  But  that  is  what  occurred  in  this  city 
Monday,  and  thus  far  no  steps  have  been  taken  to  bring  before 
the  bar  of  Presbyterian  justice  the  ministers  who  were  present. 
Verily,  the  world  moves;  a  fact  which  even  the  believers  in  in- 
fant damnation  cannot  utterly  ignore. 


THE  tailoring  firm  of  Davis  &  Donahue,  of  Sacramento,  have 
been  conducting  a  >*  suit  club  "  in  that  city,  and  Andrew  Wal- 
dron,  the  actor,  concluded  to  try  bis  luck  a  few  days  ago.  He 
purchased  tickets  on  several  occasions,  but  never  struck  a  lucky 
number,  which  he  deemed  rather  strange,  as  he  had  always  been 
lucky.  He  finally  concluded  to  attend  a  drawing  and  watch  the 
process.  A  ticket  was  drawn  by  one  of  the  employees,  and,  hold- 
ing it  up,  the  fellow  announced  that  a  man  named  Murphy  had 
drawn  the  prize.  Waldron  demanded  to  see  the  ticket,  but  was 
refused.  A  scuttle  ensued,  in  which  he  succeeded  in  getting  the 
ticket,  which  was  not  for  Murphy,  but  for  another  man.  Wal- 
dron denounced  it  as  a  fraud,  and  says  he  intends  to  figbt  the 
matter  to  a  finish.  And  still  people  are  beiog  swindled  every  day 
in  San  Francisco  by  these  "  suit  club  ''  frauds. 

IT  is  not  known  generally  whether  Fresno  enjoys  the  notoriety 
it  has  had  since  Mr.  Leeds  commenced  building  the  competing 
railroad  some  four  years  ago,  but,  in  connection  with  that  agita- 
tion, the  canal  has  been  projected  and  the  wagon  freight  train  has 
made  its  mark  in  the  line  of  sensations.  These  things  could  all 
have  been  born  with  the  application  of  Christian  fortitude,  but 
now — Mrs-  Lease!  Here  is  a  new  affliction  that  has  been  brought 
to  this  beautiful  little  metropolis  of  the  raisin  center.  She  has 
concluded  to  live  there,  and  has  purchased  a  ranch  to  be  cultivated 
in  fruit  trees.  This  leader  of  the  Kansas  Populists  is  about  to  re- 
tire to  private  life,  and  she  will  add  another  attraction  to  Fresno. 
Of  course  it  is  all  on  account  of  Mr.  Leeds,  and  it  is  too  bad. 
Brethren,  give  Fresno  a  rest. 

I  SEIZE  my  lyre  in  tuneful  glee, 
To  sing  of  Claude  C.  Campbell,  he 
Who  cast  a  look  of  coquetry 
On  Stanford  TJniversitee. 
And  though  the  men  of  Berkeley,  Gal., 
Poured  paint  upon  him  (f.  gal.)., 
Why,  time  and  tide  remove  them  shall, 
And  really  nothing  worse  I  see. 

But,  oh,  ye  men  of  classic  shade, 
Who  such  a  funny  game  have  played, 
Now  are  you,  cove  you  not  afraid 

Paint's  not  reformatory,  ah? 
Can  you  reform  a  brain  or  head 
By  painting  an  abdomen  red? 
Goto!     Come  off !     Best  try  instead — 

But  that's  another  story,  ah  ! 

Oh,,  men  of  Berkeley,  don't  you  see 
The  best  laid  plans  may  gang  aglee, 
And  red-paint  arguments  may  be 

A  sort  of  misfit  symphony?' 
And  though  you  paint  till  paint  runs  out, 
The  vexed  beholder  still  may  doubt 
If  thus  your  foemen  you  will  rout 

At  Stanford  University. 

THE  Rev.  Mr.  Worden,  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  is  attempting: 
to  secure  the  pardon  of  his  brother,  Worden,  the  train  wrecker. 
Of  course  fraternal  ties  are  more  sacred  than  those  of  humanity, 
and  the  Divine  justice  which  sends  a  sinner  to  hell  should  not  be 
even  so  far  imitated  by  earthly  justice  as  to  send  a  red-handed 
murderer  to  the  gallows,  if  he  happen  to  have  a  respectable  blood 
relation  whose  feelings  would  be  wounded  by  the  act.  The  Rev. 
Mr.  Worden  is  evidently  one  of  those  saintly  gentlemen,  not  in- 
frequently met  with,  who  would  have  cheerfully  condoned  the 
treachery  of  Judas  Iscariot,  had  it  happened  that  they  and  he 
were  whelped  in  the  same  litter. 

MARY  ELLEN  LEASE,  of  Kansas,  now  in  California,  has  de- 
termined to  remove  to  this  State  and  settle  down   at  Fresno. 
Welcome,  Mary  Ellen  Lease, 
To  our  Democratic  State! 
Though  you  make  us  not  elate, 
Though  your  presence  gives  us  pain^ 
Graciously  we  yield  to  fate, 
From  reproaches  we  refrain, 
For  our  loss  is  Kansas'  gain; 
Bleeding  Kansas  (sweet  release), 
Freed  at  last,  will  rest  in  peace. 
Welcome,  Mary  Ellen  Lease! 

IT  is  a  long  gamut  of  woe  which  lies  between  a  good  place  in. 
society  and  a  violent  death  in  a  bog  rancher's  miserable  cabin, 
yet  down  this  long  and  sad  descending  scale  ran  the  life  of  Mary 
McCanu,  who  was  murdered  the  other  day  in  the  filthy  hovel  of 
Hugh  Riley,  her  paramour.  The  daughter  of  considerable 
wealth,  it  was  an  insatiable  appetite  for  alcoholic  drinks  that 
proved  to  be  her  downfall  and  ultimate  destruction.  In  brief, 
hers  was  but  another  form  of  an  old,  old  story  which  the  world 
often  reads,  and  generally  fails  to  heed  its  moral.  When  John 
Barleycorn  goes  gunning  for  a  victim  he  usually  hits  his  mark. 

SACRAMENTO  does  not  propose  to  narbor  the  Kelly  tramps 
from  Oakland,  and  will  not  permit  them  to  camp  within  the 
city.  It  is  a  pity  that  these  able-bodied  gentry  are  compelled  to 
beg  for  a  living,  when  there  is  such  a  vast  quantity  of  rock  at 
Folsom  that  needs  breaking. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8,  1894. 


IT  is  somewhbt  curious  to  the  observant  mind  to  watch  the 
social  evolution  that  is  going  on  in  "  our  bett  society  "  every 
day.  In  these  times  of  enormous  wealth  it  becomes  a  natural  se- 
quence that  the  millionaire  who  has  traveled  and  witnessed  the  do- 
ings of  foreign  aristocracy  should  desire  not  alone  position— that,  in 
the  majority  of  cases  his  wealth  gives  him — but  the  stamp  of  aristo- 
cracy, the  seal  of  ton  which  is  found  in  the  cream  of  society  in  Eu- 
rope. To  obtain  this  the  nouveau  ricke  must  establish  a  lineage;  but 
how  ?  Inter-marriage  with  foreign  nobility  or  scions  of  old  families 
in  our  own  land  gives  prestige  for  the  sons  and  daughters  who  con- 
tract them,  but  the  right  to  emblazon  crests  on  carriage  panels  and 
note  paper  is  the  craving  of  the  paters  and  maters  of  the  swim.  It  is 
related  that  a  clever  Californian,  now  in  the  East,  has  been  getting 
up  a  book  of  heraldry  with  devices  and  mottos  of  several  of  our  mil- 
lionaires, and  has  hit  it  off  wonderfully  well  in  some  instances.  It 
will  not  be  necessary  to  portray  the  homes  of  our  ancestors,  or 
Tessie  Rooney 's  boarding  house  would  be  called  upon  as  a  figure-head 
for  one  of  our  native  millionaires;  while  the  gin  mill  and  the  wash 
tub,  with  "  win  gold  and  wear  it,"  as  mottos  would  serve  for  others, 
recalling  forcibly  the  story  told  of  Dean  Swift,  who  was  asked  to 
furnish  a  motto  for  a  carriage  crest  to  be  used  by  a  rich  tobacconist, 
and  immediately  gave  quid  rides  to  the  delighted  applicant,  the  Latin 
pronunciation  veiling  the  sarcasm. 

It  seems  almost  a  pity  that  young  ladies  whose  ambition  it  ought 
to  be  to  show  an  elevating  example  to  society  in  reverence  for  "God's 
day,"  should  find  that  the  whole  week  is  not  enough  to  rill  with  gaye- 
ties  without  taking  Sunday  as  a  day  for  entertainment  and  fashiona- 
ble "  teas."  How  can  we  marvel  at  the  lack  of  courtesy  and  polish 
in  the  tone  of  the  swim  when  respect— so  large  an  element  in  their 
production— is  not  cultivated  by  our  best  circles  of  social  life  ?  Surely 
one  day  exempt  from  the  butterfly  round  of  excitement  and  given  to 
serious, thought— if  not  of  a  religious  character  at  least  leading  to  a 
high  standard  of  moral  worth— would  ennoble  the  mind. 

The  "  Society  Charity  edition"  of  a  Christmas  paper  will  be  a 
feature  in  one  sense  if  ia  no  other.  Many  of  the  fair  scribblers  therein 
will  do  openly — for  charity's  sweet  sake  (and  for  Fashion's) — what 
they  have  frequently  done  on  the  quiet  for  their  own.  It  is  said  that 
the  lady  who  heads  the  social  items  department  promises  that  her 
girls  will  bring  in  more  "stuff"  than  any  dozen  professional  news 
gatherers  in  town.  This  is  not  a  remarkable  statement  when  one  re- 
flects that  the  ladies  depend  greatly  upon  hearsay  for  their  social 
news,  and  in  this  last  freak  of  fashion  the  society  business  will  be 
done,  as  is  that  of  the  News  Letter,  by  those  who  circulate  in  the 
swim  themselves,  and  not  by  those  on  the  outside. 

The  girls  all  say  that  a  sight  greater  than  all  the  parade  of  stock  at 
the  Horse  Show  is  that  of  a  masculine  society  leader  ou  his  bicycle. 
In  every  sense  of  the  word  it  is  "immense,"  and  one  maiden  said  she 
would  rather  see  him  than  all  the  beauties  of  the  turf. 

A  New  Yorker  who  has  been  visiting  our  Coast  and  who  has  been 
extensively  entertained  by  our  best  society,  has  given  it  as  his  dictum 
that  our  swagger  set  is  decidedly  up  to  date  and  the  equal  of  Gotham's 
gayest.  Not  only  have  we  skirt  dancing  and  tippling  among  our 
women,  but  smoking  has  now  come  to  stay,  and  the  dainty  boudoirs 
of  our  American  women  are  redolent  of  the  fragrant  cigarette. 

#  »  » 

As  a  proof  that  our  women  are  ahead,  an  Eastern  woman  was  dis- 
tinctly shocked  the  other  day  by  hearing  a  pretty  bud  announce  the 
awfully  good  time  she  and  her  sister  blossom's  of  the  season  had  had 
at  a  recent  entertainment,  "  filling  up  "  a  young  man  by  passing  him 
their  glasses  of  champagne,  and  as  rapidly  as  these  were  emptied  they 
would  give  him  more,  until  actually  he  couldn't  stand  and  had  to  lean 
on  one  of  the  girls !  Naturally  the  Bostonian  asked :  "  What  kind  of 
mothers  do  you  have?     Who  trains  your  girls  ? 

#  »  * 

The  Loughborough  episode  will  possibly  have  the  effect  of  cooling 
down  the  ardor  and  thirst  of  some  of  our  society  beaux.  So  that  al- 
though society  deeply  sympathized  with  the  young  man's  family,  it 
realized  the  force  of  the  old  adage:  "  It  is  an  ill  wind  that  blows  no- 
body good." 

One  of  the  American  Colony  in  Paris,  who  admires  Casimer- 
Perrier,  imported  a  lot  of  American  Pompano  the  other  day  and 
sent  it  to  the  President's  chef  with  directions  to  have  them  cooked  in 
Crosse  &,  Blackwell's  Lucca  Oil.  en  papillote.  The  little  fish  made  a 
great  hit  with  the  President.—  Truth. 

After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.  You 
will  find  it  admirable. 

The  holiday  exhibit  is  complete.  Open  evenings.  All  welcome 
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Awarded  their  last  contract  for  sherry  to 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


15 


LAWN    TENNIS. 

THE  California  Lawn  Tennis  Club  has 
issued  a  circular  announcing  lie  elec- 
tion of  directors  for  tbe  corutDfc  year, 
which  list  has  already  appeared  in  a  for- 
mer issue.  The  circular  announces  that  for 
good  and  sufficient  reasons  Joseph  Daily, 
coart  keeper,  was  dismissed  from  the  ser- 
vice of  the  club. 

The  announcement  of  the  mixed  donbles 
tournament  is  also  made,  to  take  place  at 
the  club  grounds  on  Saturday,  the  15th 
inst.,  game  to  commence  promptly  at  one 
o'clock;  entrance  fee.  two  dollars  a  team, 
which  will  close  on  December  1 4 tb . 

Tbis  mixed  doubles  has  long  been 
thought  of,  as  it  will  be  tbe  first  tourna- 
ment of  the  winter  season  to  be  held  tbis 
side  of  the  bay,  but  thedirectors  baveseen 
fit  not  to  have  bad  it  any  earlier,  as  tbe 
football  season  was  in  full  swing  and  it  is 
unwise  to  let  these  two  pastimes  clash 
with  each  other;  football  is  about  over 
now ;  so  we  hope  that  there  will  be  a  large 
entry  at  tbis  tournament,  as  it  is  open  to 
all  members  of  the  recognized  clubs,  and 
really  will  be  a  "feeler"  to  see  wbttber  or 
not  other  tournaments  will  be  given  dur- 
ing the  winter.  It  is  certainly  the  duty 
of  everyone  interested  in  the  game  to  do 
all  he  can  to  make  this  first  match  a  suc- 
cess, and  so  encourage  the  directors  of  the 
various  clubs  to  give  more  tournamentB, 
so  that  when  the  championship  season 
comes  on  we  may  have  a  large  entry  from 
every  club. 

Tbe  Alameda  Club  have  published  the 
following  circular,  which  already,  we  un- 
derstand, has  bad  effect  on  many  mem- 
bers across  the  bay: 

"  We  beg  to  announce  to  our  members  and 
their  friends  that  November  30th  will  termi- 
nate the  fifth  year  of  the  club's  existence. 
Interest  in  tennis  has,  of  late,  not  increased 
at  the  rate  which  might  naturally  be  expected 
of  a  pastime  which,  while  so  intensely  fas- 
cinating, at  the  same  time  affords  a  means 
of  sustaining  and  improving  the  health 
equaled  by  no  other  sport.  This  can  be 
largely  attributed  to  the  general  business  de- 
pression and  prevailing  hard  times  which  the 
country  has  experienced,  and  in  consequence 
of  which  many  have  not  been  pecuniarily 
able  to  continue  their  accustomed  pleasures 
and  amusements.  Our  club  has  gone  through 
the  crisis,  and  we  are  glad  to  say,  has  come  out 
in  a  condition  as  sound  financially  as  when 
organized  five  years  ago.  It  has  su  Jered  a 
slight  falling  off  in  membership,  which,  how- 
ever, by  good  and  energetic  management  we 
hope  soon  to  restore  to  its  former  number, 
and  we  appeal  to  the  members  of  the  club  in- 
dividually to  assist  us  in  our  efforts  to  ac- 
complish this  end.  It  wilt  be  the  policy  of 
the  newly  elected  Board  of  Directors  to  pro- 
vide constantly  such  entertainment  for  the 
members  and  their  friends  as  will  serve  to 
keep  alive  their  interest  in  the  game  and  be 
an  inducement  for  npw  members  to  join  the 
club.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  club  to  hold 
an  invitation  '  class  singles  '  tournament  in 
the  near  future,  due  notice  of  which  will  ap- 
pear." 

Tbe  Alameda  Club  started  tbe  ball  rolling 
on  their  side  on  Thanksgiving  day  by  giv- 
ing in  the  morning  a  double  tournament, 
and  in  the  afternoon  a  mixed  doubles 
event.  Considering  how  many  went  to 
tbe  football  game  that  day,  the  club  deemed 
themselves  lucky  when  they  had  nine  en- 
tries for  both  events.  There  was  also  quite 
a  good  attendance  of  spectators.  Messrs. 
Harrison  and  Younger  won  tbe  doubles, 
and  Miss  McKerron  and  E.  M.  Shaw  were 
the  fortunate  ones  in  the  afternoon.  The 
tournament  was  a  thorough  success,  and 
the  officers  of  the  club  are  to  be  highly 
congratulated. 

The  Olympic  Annex  is  also  holding  a 
tournament,  but  the  wet  weather  has  kept 
tbe  players  from  the  courts,  which  are 
earth  courts  and  probably  will  take  some 
time  to  dry. 


S\n  Pbaxci  ro's  municipal  ticket  ballot 
at  (be  late  election  was  a  foot  and  a  half 
wide  and  only  two  inches  short  of  a  yard 
long. 

Glasgow  has  an  underground  railway  in 
operation  and  two  more  under  construc- 
tion. 


The  war  ministry  of  To*  key  has  promul- 
gated an  order  that  hereafter  army  officers 
must  always  wear  clean  uniforms  in  pub- 
lic. 

Folice  authorities  of  Munich  order  all 
persons  to  close  the  windows  when  play- 
ine  on  pianos. 


For  Twenty  Years 

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whole  world.  There  is  no  secret  about  its  ingredients. 
Physicians  prescribe 

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erties it  contains.  They  know  it  is  what  it  is  represented 
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asmus, Loss  of  Plesh,  General  Debility,  and  all  conditions  of  Wasting. 
The  only  genuine  Scott's  Emuleion  is  put  in  salmon- 
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SAN  FKAKCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


December  8.  1894  . 


THE  muff  is  a  decided  f* ature  of  all  winter  costumes.  It  may- 
be a  gaudy  Parisian  affair  of  velvet,  lace,  and  nodding  posies, 
or  it  may  be  a  real  serviceable  article  of  fur,  or  again  a  combina- 
tion of  velvet  and  fur.  An  ingenious  girl,  tired  of  her  fur  boa,  has 
utilized  it  in  trimming  a  velvet  muff,  which  is  really  a  very  natty  ad- 
junct to  her  toilet.  Ermine  is  combined  with  bright  velvets  in  the 
dressy  muff,  which  has  the  draped  velvet  caught  at  the  top  with  a 
changeable  satin  bow,  while  a  pink  silk  petaled  rose  looks  to  be  care- 
fully tucked  in  at  the  side.  A  muff,  half  sealskin  and  half  tan  velvet, 
trimmed  with  a  cluster  of  violets,  is  a  charming  model.  These  gay 
little  muffs  are  exceedingly  attractive,  but  plain  fur  ones  are  also 
popular.  The  girl  learns  to  handle  her  muff  wilh  a  good  deal  of 
grace.  If  inclined  to  study  effects  she  soon  discovers  the  most  be- 
coming attitude.  A  favorable  position  with  one  is  to  hold  the  muff 
caressingly  to  the  face,  the  slender  wrist  and  well-fitting  glove  being 
thus  shown  to  advantage.  More  girls  have  a  chic  way  of  resting  the 
muff  on  one  hip.  Seldom,  if  ever,  is  the  muff  used  for  its  ostensible 
purpose,  that  of  warmth. 

A  Paris  correspondent  writes:  "The  passion  for  buttons  is  growing 
apace.  They  trim  street  gowns  extravagantly  and  senselessly,  their 
proper  vise  being  quite  lost  sight  of.  Indeed,  a  gown  actually  fastened 
by  buttons  is  rare,  although  it  may  appear  to  do  so.  They  have  even 
appeared  upon  dainty  evening  frocks  of  mousseline  de  soie,  though 
there  they  are  fashioned  of  pearls  in  gold  rims,  or  entirely  of  gold 
filigree. 


A  dancing  frock  of  rose  mull  over  a  gold-colored  satin  petticoat  is 
trimmed  with  these  filigree  buttons.  The  mull  is  pulled  up  in  a  little 
pouf  all  about  the  hips,  fastened  by  a  continuous  row  of  buttons. 
This  is  repeated  at  the  hem  of  the  skirt.  The  mull  of  the  bodice  is 
drawn  tightly  up  to  the  bust,  where  a  row  of  buttons  encircles  the 
figure.  The  mull  falls  in  a  little  pouf  over  this,  making  a  fluffy  finish 
to  the  round  decolletage.  The  unlined  sleeves  of  rose  mull  are  built 
in  a  series  of  graduated  poufs,  reaching  to  the  thumbs  of  the  bare 
hands,  each  pouf  headed  by  a  row  of  buttons.  About  the  waist  is  a 
sash  of  narrow  ribbon  of  stiff,  black  biocaded  satin,  tied  in  the  back 
with  two  short,  stiffloops,  and  very  long  ends. 

The  brilliant  eyes  of  the  peacock  feathers  made  a  stunning  trim- 
ming on  an  evening  toilet  of  white  moire  silk.  The  plain,  sweeping 
skirt  was  edged  about  the  hem  with  the  feather  trimming,  and  had 
the  front  breadth  trim  med  with  half  bows  of  white  moire  ribbon,  each 
natural  wave  of  which  was  outlined  with  iridescent  beads  in  dull 
olives,  blues,  and  bronzes,  to  carry  out  the  scheme  of  color  in  the 
peacock  feathers.  Across  the  top  of  the  decollete  corsage  was  a  wide 
band  of  satin,  covered  with  the  plumage.  From  this  a  blouse  of  white 
mousseline  de  soire  fell  over  the  ribbon  belt,  fastened  with  half 
swallow-tail  bows  of  ribbon.  The  large  elbow  puffs  were  of  natural 
silk,  covered  with  the  iridescent  embroidery.  Many  gowns  are  painted 
in  great  splashes  of  color,  with  the  work  outlined  with  silk  em- 
broidery, similar  to  the  Kensington  stitch." 

The   Grand   CaHon   Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Nov.  4th  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Wednesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Through  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleep- 
ers are  run  to  Chicago  every  dav.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illus- 
trated book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell.  G.  P.  A.,  (550 
Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

The  nervous  irritability  produced  by  the  exactions  of  business  re- 
quires attention.  Nothing  will  allay  that  trouble  so  easily  as  a 
drink  of  Argonaut  whisky,  which  would  rflake  a  man  forget  all  the 
troubles  of  his  existence.  It  is  a  wonderful  stimulant,  and  by  long 
odds  the  best  whisky  in  the  market  to-day.  All  admirers  of  good 
liquor  drink  Argonaut  whisky  in  preference  to  any  other.  E.  Mar- 
tin &  Co.,  agents,  408  Front  street. 

All  our  nice  Frames  have  Ornamented  Corners.  Best  styles  and 
prices.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 


"Coked  my  cough  like  magic  "  is  the  frequent  expression  of  those  who 
testify  t  ■  the  merits  of  Ayer's  Cherry  Pectoral. 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL 
STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

REMOVAL    OF    OFFICE. 

On  and  after  MONDAY,  Nov.  19th.  the  General  and 
Agency  Offices  of  this  company  will  be  located  at 

425   Market  St.,  Cor.   First. 

1>    D.  Tl  UltS    Secretary. 
San  Francisco,  Nov.  13. 1894. 


holiday 
Qoods. 


Having  bought  immense  quantities  of  SPECIAL 
HIGH-CLASS  HOLIDAY  GOODS  for  our  two 
mammoth  stores  we  are  in  position  to  supply  all 
in  search  of  ELEGANT,  USEFUL,  AND  SER- 
VICEABLE HOLIDAY  GIFTS  with  the  choicest 
productions  of  the  world's  greatest  manufactur- 
ers of  DRY  GOODS,  CLOAKS,  AND  FANCY 
GOODS  at 


prices 
Jbat  are 
Upmatc;babl^, 


SAN  FRANCISCO  and  LOS  ANGELES. 


ERNST    H.    LUDWIG  &  CO., 
The  Model  American  Caterer. 

1206  SUTTER  ST.,  S.   F.  Telephone  2388. 


GUNS 


FOB 

EVERYBODY 
Send  Stamps  , 
For  catalogue  ' 

GEO.  W.  SHREVE, 


XHEAP 


739  Market  St.,S  F. 


SH.  regensburger,  attorney-at-law. 
«  Rooms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

City    index    and    Purchaser's    Guide. 

ATTYS  -AT- LAW. 
FRANK  KENNEDY,  law  office,  66  Murphy  Bldg  ,  1236  Market  St. 

CANDIES 
CANDIES  put  up  for  shipment  at  ROBERTS',  Polk  and  Bush  streets  - 


DENTISTS. 
R    CCTLAR,  416  Geary  street. 


DRUGGISTS. 
KEI.l.Y  S  CORN  CURE,  25c.    Drugs  at  wholesale,  102  Eddy  street. 
EVAXS'  POISON  oak  SPEt  IFIt     Positive  cure.    Sold  by  all  drug- 

gista- 

MILLINERY. 
THE  WONDER  Hat,  Flower  and  Feather  Store.  1024-1028  Market  street. 
RESTAURANTS. 
FRANCO-AMERICAN  Restaurant -521  Montgomery  St.       F.  Hitte. 
SHOEMAKERS. 
REPAIRING  PONE  while  yon  wait  at  POLLOCK'S,  202  Powell  street. 

SURVEYORS. 
JOHN  A.  BENSON,  Engineer.     Dealer  in  Land  Scrip.    430  Kearny  St. 

HYGIENIC     AIR     COMPRESSORS 
For  autoniization  purposes. 

THE  CLEVELAND  FAUCET  CO.,  208  Ellis  street 


December  8,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


17 


SUNBEAMS 


ENGAGED  Yoang  Lady  (at  bird  shop) — Has  tins  parrm  any 
accomplishments?  Proprietor—  He  can  «peak  a  hnle,  but 
he's  too  old  to  learn  anything  new.  Engaged  Yodhg  Lady  (hesitat- 
ingly)—  Would  he  imitate  any  sound  he  might  hear,  such  as  a  sneeze, 
or  a  cough,  or  anything  of  that  kind?  Proprietor —  No.  The  girls 
were  trying  the  other  dav  to  teach  him  to  imitate  the  sound  of  a  kiss, 
but  he  wouldn't  do  iU     Engaged  Young  Lady— I'll  take  him. 

— Chelsea  Free  Lance, 
In  1915. — "  You  needn't  tell  me  that  Mary  Parsay  is  not  more  than 
twenty-three  years  old.  She  is  uearer  forty-three,  and  I  can  prove 
it."  '*  But  how?  "  "  Just  you  watch  her"  when  she  goes  to  cross  a 
muddy  street.  J  ust  notice  how  she  grabs  at  her  trousers  to  hold  them 
out  of  the  mud — the  way  women  did  twenty  years  ago  when  ttiey 
wore  skirts."  — Indianapolis  Journal. 

Among  the  defeated  candidates, 

The  saddest  of  the  train 
Is  he  who  realizes  that 

His  leg  was  pulled  in  vain. 

—  Washington  Star. 
Hospital  Physician— This  man  seems  to  be  half  dead,  and  yet  I 

cannot  find  anything  the  matter  with  him.  Where  is  he  from?  Am- 
bulance Driver— 1  got  him  at  the  door  of  the  St.  Fashion  Assembly 
Hall.  There  is  a  ball  going  on  there.  Physician— Ah,  I  seel  He 
probably  stepped  on  a  lady's  dress  and  she  said,  "  Sir!  " 

— New  York  Weekly. 

Gobwiggee — The  material  for  this  quilt  must  have  cost  a  pretty 
figure.  Mrs.  Cobwigger— How  can  you  say  such  a  thing?  Any  one 
but  a  man  would  know  that  it  is  made  of  pieces  that  were  left  over. 
Why,  ever  since  we  were  married,  whenever  I  bought  a  new  dress  I 
got  an  extra  yard  or  so  for  this  very  purpose.  — Chelsea  Free  Lance. 

"  John,"  said  the  rural  parent,  whose  son  had  come  home  from 
college,  "  what  on  airth  is  the  matter  with  yer  hair?  "  "  Why, 
father,  that's  football  hair."  "  Thank  heaven?  I  thort  fur  a  minute 
that  ye'd  gone  and  hired  out  ez  a  Circassian  boy  in  a  circus." 

—  Washington  Star. 
There  isn't  as  much  reason  for  being  neighborly  as  there  used  to 

be.  People  these  times  can  rent  dishes  of  a  crockery  store  when 
they  give  a  party,  and  undertakers  furnish  the  chairs  for  a  funeral. 
There  isn't  much  left  to  borrow  except  spoons  and  trouble. 

— Atchison  Globe. 
Old  Grimes  is  dead,  that  good  old  man, 

We'll  ne'er  see  him  more; 
He  paid  for  his  paper  ca-h  in  advance, 

And  always  shut  the  door.  — Detroit  Tribune. 

Beiggs — That  Mrs.  Penstook  is  very  sensitive,  isn't  she?  She 
won't  speak  to  me  any  more.  Miss  Griggs— What  have  you  been 
saying  to  her  now  ?  Briggs— Why,  I  merely  remarked  that  1  could 
tell  by  her  face  she  was  an  artist.  —Judge. 

Watts— Mrs.  Potts  just  looked  stunning  in  her  new  outfit  this 
afternoon.  Mrs.  Watts— How  was  she  dressed?  Watts— I  can't 
exactly  describe  the  rig,  except  that  it  had  these  pneumatic  sleeves. 

— Cincinnati  Tribune. 
Miss  Fosdick— I  think  that  Sue  is  carrying  her  mannishness  en- 
tirely too  far.    Miss  Gaskett— What  is  she  doing?    Miss  Fosdick — 
She  never  asks  whether  or  not  her  hat  is  on  straight. — Town  Topics. 

Jimson— Is  Jackson  making  money?  Bill-son— I  guess  so.  He  has 
begun  calling  his  customers  his  clientele.  —New  York  Weekly. 

Ill  Tempered  Babies 
are  not  desirable  in  any  home.     Insufficient  nourishment  produces 
ill  temper.    Guard  against  fretful  children  by  feeding  nutritious  and 
digestible  food.  The  Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk  is  the 
most  successful  of  all  infant  foods. 

The  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  will  remain  the 
favorite  lunching,  dining  and  catering  establishment,  and  seller  of  all 
sorts  of  edible  dainties  in  the  shape  of  sweetmeats  and  pastries,  as 
Long  as  the  good  sense  of  the  people  of  San  Francisco  remains  at  its 
present  high  state  of  development.  Everybody  knows  what  a  delight- 
ful place  Swain's  always  is. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup' 
children  while  teething. 


for  your 


X  J5TSTJia-A-lsrOE  . 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY     (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHAS.  A.  LATON,  Manager.  439  California  Street.  S.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 

Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

CAPITAL  FULLY   PAID $3,000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  Ca'lfornta  St., S.  F. 

JAMES  D.  BAILEY,  General  Agent. 


XIT3TJE,A-IsrCSl. 

FIKK.  MARINE  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insurance  Company, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL,   $1,000,000    I  ASSETS,   $3,000,000. 
TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE   INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG,  GERMANY. 

V.  tarns  Driffield,  Manager  for  the  Pacific  coast  Branca. 

220  Sansoiue  St.,  S.  F. 

Capital  ......... $1,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U,  S 654.433.81 

GEO.  MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
333  California  St.,  S.  F., Cal. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA.  California 

Storage  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular    warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  lor  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  foroleaninjr 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat.  " 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  Bold. 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  of  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calllornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL W.700,00 

AGENTS: 

BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

Wo. 316  Cilllornla Street, San  Francisco. 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets  119,724,638.46. 

President,  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  FOSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 

Mills  Building  Montgomery  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY.   • 
Established   1825. 
Capital,  $2,250,000-  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  66 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  CONRAP  «t  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

r  COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF   BA8LE.  OF  ST.  GALL,  OF  ZUBICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

TheBe  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Gal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.] 
Office— North  west  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

«JEO.  F.  BRANT,  Manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up t    600,000 

Assets  3,181,758 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,526,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
SOI  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIJ>ENCE-WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  BALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


18 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8, 1894. 


IB-A-IsTICS. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up       13,000,000 

RESERVE    FUND 1,404,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets 
HEAD   OFFICE  ©o  Lombard  Street,  Loudon 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nauaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  aud  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York — Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago — First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  aud 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  aud  China;  Australia  aud 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  aud  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Dbmerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA,  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  .S3.C00.000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (Oc  ober  1.  1894) 3.158.129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R    Bisho  .Vice-President  Allen  M  «  lay   Seer  tary 

8.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I,  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

(okkis  i><>  m>  rvrs : 

New  York — Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  'Ihe  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tre mo nt  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago — Union  National  Bank,  and  liliuois 
Trust  and  savings  Bank;  Australia  and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  aud  India- Chartered  Bauk  of  India,  Australia 
and  China   St.  Louis— Boatmen's  Bank 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Bait  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans.  Portland,  or.,  Los  AngeleB,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremeu,  Hamburg,  Fraukfirt-ou-Maiu.Copeuhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syudey,  Auckland,  Hungkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL.  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY  Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G-  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  ou  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  seut  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     Whpn  opening  accounts  seud  signature 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY^ 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  8.  F. 
Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1 ,6 1 0,000  0 1 

D   posits  Jaiun  r>   3,  1894 29,429,31  7  OB 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  II.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Mu'ler. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Plue  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  l  Paid  up      $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  I  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligmau  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  hanking  business,  Bells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.                                                 IGN    STEINHART     |  __ 
P.  N.  LILIENTHAL.  \  Managers 

WELLS.  FARGO  &  CO-'S  BANK. 

N  .  E.  Comer  Sansome  and  Sntter  streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus $6,350,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  8.  King.  Manager 

H.  Wadsworth    Cashier  I  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  T.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier,  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E  DOOLY.  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J .  Valentine,  Benj  P .  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,   Charles  P.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  aud  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL S1.000.000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA8.  F.  CROCKER,         |        E.  B.  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER President 

W.  E.  BROWN  Vice  .resident 

GEO.  W.  KLINE Cashteb 

SECURITY  SAVIN6S  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.        LOAMS  MADI 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord 
Wm  Babcock 
Adam  Grant 


Jerome  Lincoln 
O.  D   Baldwin 
W.  S.Jones 


H.  H.  Hewlett 
A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
J.  B.  Randol. 


A  MODERN  MIRACLE. 

By  Lillian  Beddard. 
(l  J  PRE  you  are,  sir!     There's  room   for  one   more  In  thia  car- 
Hi  riage." 

»■  But,  Purter,  this  is  a  smoking  compartment." 

«•  Werry  sorry,  sir,  but  it  can't  be  'elped.  Full  load  to-night, 
sir,  on  account  of  the  'olidays." 

•*  Damn  the  holidays!  " 

"Yes.  sir.  Better 'urry  up,  sir,  if  you're  a-goin',  sir.  Now, 
gentlemen,  sit  up  a  bit  closer,  please.  Six  on  a  side,  the  regular 
number,  remember.  Mean  hold  buffer!"  the  porter  muttered,  as 
he  slammed  the  door;  "  not  so  much  as  a  bloomin'  brown  for 
getting  'mi  a  seat.  Ugh!  these  bloated  capitalists  ain't  got  no 
'tart." 

The  occupants  glared  at  the  unwelcome  intruder  as  he  edged 
his  way  towards  the  only  vacant  seat  in  the  crowded  carriage. 
The  old  gentleman  carefully  unwound  a  huge  white  comforter 
from  his  neck,  preparatory  to  sitting  down,  and  returned  the 
glare  of  his  fellow  passengers  with  interest. 

"It's  disgraceful!"  he  mumbled.  "The  railway  company 
ought  to  be  indicted  for  crowding  their  trains  in  thia  manner. 
They " 

A  shrill,  ear  piercing  whistle,  followed  by  a  sudden  jolt  which 
precipitated  the  old  gentleman  violently  into  his  seat,  abruptly 
silenced  the  tirade  of  abuse  which  he  wag  about  to  bestow  on 
railway  mouopolies  in  general  and  the  Great  Northwestern  in 
particular,  and  the  heavily-laden  train  moved  slowly  out  of  the 
station  into  the  darkness  and  snow  of  the  winter  night. 

"  Yuu  don't  like  smoking,  sir?  "  The  question  was  asked  in  a 
polite  interrogative  tone,  but  the  speaker's  eyes  twinkled  with 
merriment. 

"  I  do  not,  sir.     I  consider  it  a  filthy,  disgusting " 

"  I'm  sorry  for  that." 

"  Why,  sir?" 

"  Why,  tbat  you  object  to  tobacco.  We  don't  stop  between 
here  and  Dudley,  so  yuu  will  have  to  put  up  with  the  odor  of  the 
noxious  weed  for  the  next  hoar."  The  speaker  placidly  lighted 
his  pipe.     "Got  any  weeds,  Jack?  " 

"  Yes.  thanks,  old  mau.     I'll  trouble  you  for  a  light,  though." 

The  old  gentleman  bestowed  a  look  npon  his  two  tormentors 
of  the  most  ferocious  description,  but  realizing  that  argument 
was  useless,  he  pulled  his  traveling  cap  over  his  eyes  with  a 
vicious  jerk,  and  in  a  few  moments  was  to  all  appearances  fast 
asleep.  ><  I  wonder  if  I  shall  be  as  grumpy  an  individual  when 
I  get  into  the  sear  yellow?  "  muttered  the  first  speaker  to  him- 
self. "  1  sincerely  hope  not.  Jack,  I  wish  you'd  keep  those  long 
legs  of  your's  over  on  your  own  side." 

*«  What  do  you  say  to  a  game  of  threepenny  'Nap.,'  Jack?"  he 
resumed,  laying  aside  his  papers  after  vainly  endeavoring  to  find 
anything  of  interest  in  their  pages. 

«  Got  any  cards  ?  " 

"Of  course.     I  never  travel  without  a  pack." 

"  Two  people  can't  very  well  play  *  Nap.,'  objected   hie  friend. 

"Ob,  somebody  else  will  take  a  hand.     Will  you  join  in,  sir?  ' 

The  gentleman  addressed  readily  assented,  and  in  a  few  minutes 
another  player  had  volunteered.  <•  Four  will  do,"  the  promoter 
of  the  game  said,  cheerily,  producing  as  he  spoke  a  pack  of  cards 
from  his  valise.  "  Nothing  like  a  game  of  ■  Nap.'  to  kill  time  on 
a  railroad  journey." 

"  How  are  we  going  to  sit?  " 

"  We  will  have  to  ask  the  old  boy  to  take  the  corner.  Beg  par- 
don," he  continued,  nudging  the  gentleman  to  restore  him  to 
consciousness  as  he  spoke,  <<  but  will  you  be  good  enough  to  ex- 
change seats,  unless  you  care  to  take  a  hand  yourself?  " 

The  old  gentleman  rose  slowly  and  made  the  desired  change. 
"  I  never  play  cards,"  he  said  with  malicious  emphasis — "with 
strangers!'1 

"Quite  right,  sir.  Jack,  your  deal.  Pull  the  rug  more  over 
your  side.  'Kitty'  up,  gentlemen.  We  must  not  forget  the  fair, 
fascinating  •  kitty.'  Quite  right,  sir,"  he  continued  as  he  picked 
up  his  cards.  "  It  is  not  safe  to  gamble  with  strangers,  especially 
on  a  railway  journey.  Pass.  Did  you  say  three?  Well,  get 
them.  Ah!  Well,  I  should  say  you  would  go  three,  with  four 
trumps  in  your  nand!  " 

»  You  seem  to  speak  very  feelingly  on  the  subject,"  said  Jack, 
as  he  sbufiied  the  cards. 

"Feelingly?  Well,  I  should  think  I  did!  Three  months  ago, 
on  tbis  very  line,  I  had  an  experience  which  taught  me  a  very 
salutory  lesson." 

"  Indeed !  " 

"  Yea.  I  was  done  out  of  fifteen  golden  impressions  of  Her 
Most  Gracious  Majesty  upon  tbat  occasion.  I  am  thankful  it 
wasn't  more.  Nap.,  gentlemen.  If  any  one  has  the  ace  of  hearts 
I'm  beaten.  Of  course!  I  thought  so;  just  my  luck.  My  deal, 
ia  it  not?" 

"  But  you  must  have  been  playing  a  higher  game,"  inquired 
one  of  the  playera. 

"  No;  the  same  stakes  as  now." 

"And  you  lost  fifteen  pounds  at  threepenny  'Nap.'  in  an  hour?" 

"Oh,  no!  Pardon  me;  as  far  as  the  game  was  concerned  I 
came  out  a  winner." 


December  S,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


19 


••  Tben  your  pocket  was  picked?'* 

*•  Id  one  sense,  yes;  but  in  the  accepted  meaning  of  the  term, 
do.  It  was  in  this  way:  I  won  five  pounds  from  three  fellows 
who  were  total  straogers  to  me.  All  the  indebtedness  was  placed 
upon  oDe  man.  who  tendered  me  a  twenty  pound  note  in  pay- 
ment. I  gave  him  fifteen  golden  sovereigns  and  received  in  ex- 
change a  counterfeit  Bank  of  England  note." 

<•  Didn't  you  examine  it  in  the  first  instance?  " 

"  Not  very  closely.  The  forgery  was  decidedly  a  clever  one. 
Luckily  for  me.  the  landlord  of  the  hotel  to  whom  i  presented  it 
10  payment  of  my  bill  two  days  later,  knew  me,  or  I  might  have 
had  some  difficulty  io  convincing  the  country  folk  that  I  was  not 
a  forger  in  disguise." 

He  laughed  lightly  as  be  dealt  the  cards.  The  old  gentleman 
coughed  significantly,  as  if  be  bad  very  grave  suspicions  on  the 
subject  even  now. 

■*  What  is  the  matter  ?  Smoke  getting  down  your  throat,  eh? 
Carriage  is  a  little  cloudy;  suppose  we  have  one  of  the  windows 
open?  Jack,  let  down  your  side  and  we'll  have  a  current  of  air 
that  will  clear  the  atmosphere  in  no  time." 

As  his  suggestion  was  being  acted  upon  he  opened  his  pocket 
book  and  pulled  out  what  appeared  to  be  a  crisp  Bank  of  England 
note. 

"  Here  is  the  article.  I  have  kept  it  as  a  curiosity.  Wonder- 
ful imitation,  isn't  it?  The  figure  of  Britannia  is  very  roughly  en- 
graved, however,  if  you  look,  at  it  closely.  Take  care  of  the 
cards;  this  wind,  though  pleasant,  is  a  little  too  strong.1' 

The  note  had  meanwhile  been  passed  to  Jack,  who  held  it  up 
between  him  and  the  light  in  order  to  see  the  watermark  {if  any) 
in  the  paper.  At  that  instant  a  frolicsome  gust  of  wind  tore  the 
note  out  of  bis  grasp  and  swept  it  out  of  ;he  open  window  at  bis 
side. 

"Oh,  Stanford,  old  chap,  I'm  so  sorry!  " 

"  Not  a  bit  of  it.  Don't  be  sorry,  Jack;  I'm  not.  It  was  a 
dangerous  thing  to  carry  about,  anyway.  There  is  no  knowing 
what  trouble  it  might  have  got  me  into.  Now  it's  gone  where  it 
cannot  do  anybody  any  injury.  Close  the  windows  and  let  us  go 
on  with  the  game.  As  I  live,  a  certain  *Nap.'  hand,  gentlemen. 
One!  two!  threel  four!  five!  The  'kitty,'  small  as  she  is,  is 
mine.  That  infernal  no'e  mutt  have  been  my  Jonah,  and  now 
it's  thrown  overboard  my  luck  returns.     Give  me  a   cigar,  Jack; 

my  pipe  is  stopped  up." 

#  *  »  *  * 

»  It's  no  use,  John ;  I — I — cannot  go  any  further." 

"  Bear  up,  my  lass.  Don't  give  way  now,  within  sight  of  suc- 
cor; another  mile  and  we  will  reach  Dudley.  Once  there  the 
authorities  must  give  help  to  a  starving  woman  and  her  child." 

"And  you,  John?" 

11  Never  mind  about  me,  lass.  I'm  a  man,  and  can  stand  it  bet- 
ter. Here;  let  me  clear  the  snow  away  from  under  the  hedge, 
and  rest  awhile.     Oh,  my  poor  lass,  my  poor  lass !  " 

^  Why,  you  are  crying,  John  I  Ob,  don't  do  that— don't  do 
that.  Remember,  dear,"  she  continued  in  a  tearful  whisper, 
nestling  closer  into  his  emaciated  arms — "  remember  that  you  and 
I  and  baby" — her  voice  broke  in  a  dull  sob — it  are — are— in  God's 
hand,  and  He  in  all  his  mercy  will  not  desert  us  in  our  hour  of 
need." 

For  an  instant  her  pinched,  worn,  haggard  face  looked  almost 
young  again. 

Not  so  with  the  man,  however. 

"God?  "  he  cried,  fiercely,  starting  to  his  feet.  'God?  Bah! 
there  is  no  mercy  \     There  is  no  God!  " 

•  iJohu,"  wailed  the  woman  piteously,  "don't!  Don't  speak 
like  thatl " 

"If  there  were  a  God,"  the  man  went  on  in  bitter  denunciatory 
tones  born  of  frenzy  and  despair,  "  would  He  allow  a  helpless 
woman  and  her  baby  to  die  of  cold  and  hunger  on  the  wayside? 
Would  he  not  put  pity  into  the  hearts  of  those  inhuman  wretches 
who  drove  me  from  their  doors  and  set  the  dogs  upon  me  when 
I  pleaded  to  them  for  food  and  shelter  for  my  wife  and  child? 
Would  he  not  make  them  give  me  work,  which  they  now  refuse? 
No,  lass,  we  might  as  welt  cry  for  succor  to  the  hundreds  of 
wealthy  folk  in  yonder  train  as  it  rushes  along  in  the  darkness. 
They  might  help  us  if  they  only  knew  of  our  misery,  but  they 
can't  hear  our  cries,  lass,  and  no  more  ken  He;  heaven  is  too  far 
off,  lass."     The  man  leant  against  the  hedge  with  a  choking  sob. 

A  plaintive  cry  from  the  baby  at  her  breast  caused  the  mother 
to  rally  from  the  feeling  of  lethargy  that  had  been  slowly  stealing 
over  htr  as  the  man  was  speaking. 

"John,"  she  whispered  hoarsely,  "can  you  listen  to  the  voice 
of  your  child  and  yet  doubt  the  existence  of  a  God?  His  ways 
may  appear  hard,  but  His  will  is  best — His  will  is  best." 

"  Best  that  you  and  the  little  one  should  die — die  in  the  snow 
of  want  in  a  land  of  plenty?  Is  this  God's  mercy  t  "  The  man 
started  once  more  to  his  feet.  "  If  there  be  in  truth  a  God,"  he 
went  on  passionately,  "let  him  send  help — help  to  a  dying 
woman  and  her  poor  little  innocent  babe." 

In  his  excitement  he  raised  his  arm  in  invocation  to  the  sky; 
as  he  did  so'a  piece  of  paper,  blown  by  the  wind,  fastened  itself 
across  the  palm  of  his  open  hand.  His  fingers  instinctively  closed 
upon  it.  The  next  instant  a  cry  of  mingled  fear,  surpri-e,  and 
joy  aroused  the  woman  to  the  realities  of  her  surroundings. 


"  What  is  it,  John?     What  is  the  matter?  " 

The  man  did  not  answer  until  be  had  struck  with  trembling 
fingers  a  match;  then,  as  the  flickering  light  felt  for  au  instant 
upon  the  paper  be  held,  he  sank  down  upon  his  knees  beside 
her. 

"  There's  no  mistake.  It's  a  note,  lass,  a  bank  of  England  note 
for  twenty  pounds!  It  means  warmth  and  life  for  thee  and  the 
little  one.  You  are  saved,  lass,  and  Heaven  has  performed  a 
modem  miracle." 

*  *  #  *  # 

[Extract  from  the  Staffordshire  Jndependant  of  Dec.  28,  18—.] 

"  CLEVER  CAPTURE  OF   A   NOTORIOUS  CRIMINAL. 

Late  last  night  a  man  was  arrested  in  Dudley  for  attempting  to 
pass  a  counterfeit  Bank  of  England  note  for  £20.  Wnen  taken  into 
custody  the  fellow  cried  bitterly  and  told  an  incoherant  story  about 
a  destitute  wife  and  child  whom  he  had  left  dying  in  the  fields  a  mile 
or  so  out  of  town.  No  attention  was  paid  to  this,  however,  as  the 
authorities  are  certain  that  he  is  the  notorious  criminal  for  whose 
arrest  a  iarge  reward  has  been  offered  by  the  London  police.  Infor- 
mation has  been  sent  to  Scotland  Yard,  and  a  detective  is  expected 
to-day  to  identify  the  prisoner.  Great  praise  is  dne  to  the  authori- 
ties," etc.,  etc.  

[Extract  from  the  Staffordshire  Independent  of  Dec.  29,  18—.] 

"A    SAD   DISCOVERY. 

Farmer  Oakley,  while  crossing  his  ten  acre  field  last  evening,  was 
horrified  to  discover  beneath  the  hedge  and  half  buried  in  snow,  the 
dead  bodies  of  a  woman  and  a  baby.  It  is  supposed  that  death  was 
the  result  of  starvation  and  exposure.  An  inquest  wilt  be  held  at 
two  o'clock  to-day." 

ZB-A-JSTIECS. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT   AND  TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  91,000,000. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Stkeets,  San  Francisco. 

J.  D.  PKY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J .  Dalzell  Brown  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trubtee.  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  depot-its  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearing  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate-  of  interest  thereon. 

KEVIN    SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 
at  low  rates. 
WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

SAN  FRAKGISCO  SAVINGS  UNION, 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus. 1,627.062  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  bj  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  tbe  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited. 

Authorized  Capital. . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up. . .  .$3,450,000 
Reserve    $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office — 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115f-  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,  WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS    Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Slock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— u.exel.  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  t>aid  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SAN80ME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital  ..  $2,500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital. $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,000. 

Head  Office      58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— Nsw  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

SIG.  GREENBAUM.I  „„„.„„„ 
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THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  &  Co..  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

lilrectors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  E..  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  Tork— Drexel,  Morgan  A  Co.  Boston— Downer  4  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City— FlrstNationalBank.  London—Brown, 
Shipley  4  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


December  8,  1894 


THE    SINGLE    LADY.— By  Nicholas  Michael. 

IN  sioglenesa  I  walk  tbe  vale  of  life, 
GatberiDg  some  sweet  lipp'd  flowers  upon  my  way 
Though  love  at  times  may  wake  its  tender  strife, 

Heart,  once  a  tyrant,  must  reign  its  sway. 
What  though  for  me  no  husband  smiles  at  morn, 

Showing  the  path  my  duteous  feet  should  tread? 
My  lot  is  freedom,  on  whose  wings  I'm  borne, 
Uncheck'd  and  happy  as  tbe  lark  o'erhead. 

What  though  no  children  nestle  on  my  breast, 

Or  sport  around  me  'mong  the  garden  flowers, 
Making,  by  nature's  law,  the  heart  most  blest, 

And  sandaling  with  gold  the  tripping  hours? 
Methinks  I  may  escape  full  many  a  tear; 

Those  we  love  best  and  cherish  oftest  die, 
Sad,  too,  to  leave  on  earth  the  prized  and  dear; 

Then  for  a  mother's  joys  I  will  not  sigh. 
Fancies,  sweet  fancies  shall  my  children  be, 

And  birds  and  flowers,  and  all  bright  things  around— 
No  discord  reigns  in  nature's  family, 

Pleasure  in  each  fair  scene  and  soothing  sound. 

But  think  not,  though  I  journey  all  alone, 

Unraated  in  the  crowded  human  mart, 
That  my  calm  breast  has  frozen  into  stone, 

Or  that  no  tire  lies  dormant  in  my  heart. 

Yes,  there  is  that  within  me  which  might  love 

With  strong  enthralling  passion ;  resting  snow 

Hides  the  volcano's  peak  all  cool  above; 
The  lava,  close  conceal'd,  lies  hot  below. 

If  I  have  lov'd,  or  vainly  love  this  hour, 

It  matters  not — the  dream  will  soon  be  o'er; 

Man  can  pray,  urge;  poor  woman  hath  no  power 
Hiding  her  sorrow  in  her  bosom's  core. 

Such  is  the  law  for  woman  kind ;  we  gaze, 

We  sigh ,  we  love,  then  feign  to  feel  no  smart : 

The  loved  love  not;  and  so  we  pass  our  days, 
And  cannot  to  some  other  yield  our  heart. 

Yes,  other  eyes  may  smile,  but  naught  to  me 
The  smile  I  do  not  prize ;  flow  on,  ye  years, 

Untroubled  singleness  my  lot  will  be, 

I  heal  my  wound,  I  dash  away  my  tears. 

I  need  no  pity,  that  my  heart  would  scorn ; 

Strong— independent,  I  can  walk  alone, 
Sorrows,  if  sorrows  come,  in  patience  borne, 

Pleasures,  with  cares  unmingled,  all  my  own. 

Call  not  my  life  a  cold  and  barren  waste, 

Which  naught  but  weeds  of  selfishness  can  bear; 

Nay,  with  the  flowers  of  feeling  it  is  graced, 

And  love  for  human  kind  flows  rill-like  there. 

Books,  Nature,  Art,  unfold  for  me  their  store, 

Music  and  song  to  time  give  silver  wings, 
Bee  like,  life's  varied  sweets  I  wander  o'er, 

And  in  my  breast  content  forever  springs. 
Then  lone,  unraated,  let  me  onward  go-, 

A  faint-rayed  star  that  singly  still  must  shine, 
A  humble  flower  that  by  itself  must  blow; 

Some  sweets  I  miss,  but  countless  joys  are  mine. 


THE    ARGUMENT. 


Selfish  and  heartless !     Do  you  think  so,  dear? 
Who  will  may  speak,  your  voice  alone  I  hear. 
No  answer.    You  believe  it  then,  indeed. 
Before  you  censure,  hear  the  cause  I  plead. 
Selfish  ?    I  am,  but  that  you  should  forgive. 
You  are  myself,  for  you  I  breathe  and  live. 
Heartless  ?    Can  that  be  when  my  heart's  the  shrine 
Of  all  the  memories  that  link  your  life  to  mine? 
Do  you  forget  these  when  your  lips  you  seat? 
Only  your  silence  answers  my  appeal. 
Heartless,  maybe,  because  no  heart  I  own. 
While  life  endures  mine  beats  for  you  alone. 

Your  heart  I  have  not,  else  you  would  better  know 
How  blame  like  this  from  you  can  grieve  me  so. 
Selfish  and  heartless,  yes,  I  both  must  be, 
Yes,  'tis  because  I've  loved  you  faithfully. 


©Pimorv 


to  suppose  that  an  imitation  offers 
the  customer  any  guarantee  like 
the  original  does.  Take  Cottolene 
for  example.  The  Fairbank  Co. 
discovered  it,  perfected  it,  and 
spent  thousands  in  making  its 
merits  known.  It  is  plainly  to 
their  interest  to  make  and  keep  it 
what  it  is  to-day — the  most  popu- 
lar shortening  in  the  world. 
But  when  you  come 

To  accept  *ny 

<8ttelene 

these  guarantees  all  disappear, 
and  the  housekeeper  is  at  the 
mercy  of  an  imitator  who  deals 
on  others'  reputation  and  who 
profits  only  by  others'  loss. 

To  ensure  having  good  cook- 
ing and  healthful  food  stick 
right  to  Cottolene  and  let  all 
imitations  severely  alone. 

Sold  In  3  and  5  pound  paUa, 

Made  only  by 

The  N.  K.  FairbanK 
Company, 

ST.  LOUIS  and 

Coicago,  New  York,  Boston. 


COLTON     DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  (Pbelan  Building.) 

Gas  Specialists,  originated  the  use  of  Pure  Nitrous  Oxide  Gas  for  pols- 
tlvely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Colton  Gas"  has  an  established  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
in  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  perform  e 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 

DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 


DR.   RIOORD'S 


RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Waited  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  G.  STEELE  &  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  expresB  anywhere, 

PRICES  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  $1.25;  of  100  pills,  *2;  of  200  pills, 
$ci  60:  of  400  pills.  $6;  Preparatory  Pills,  $2.    Send  for  Circular. 


I^iel7fr\or;d  I^ar^es. 


Stoves  and  Ranges  from 
Wholesale  and  retail. 


$5    t0    $3°- 


5el?uster  Bros., 


306  Jitter  street. 

Agents    Wanted  in  Every  City. 
Send  for  Catalogue. 


December  8,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


21 


OBITUARY. 

JACOB  GUNDLACH  died  at  his  Sonoma  County  home  on  Tues- 
day, the  -i'.n  iust.  Mr.  '-umliaeh  came  to  California  in  1849, 
and  after  spending  a  short  time  he  came  to  San  Francisco  and  es- 
tablished the  Bavaria  Brewery,  which  be  conducted  successfully 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  manu- 
facture of  wines,  aid  planted  a  vineyard  in  Sonoma  County, 
which  became  his  country  home,  and  which  he  called  the  Rhine 
Farm  Vineyard.  He  has  none  but  the  choicest  wine  grapes,  and 
has  done  mocb  toward  creating  a  market  for  California  wines  in 
England,  Germany,  and  France.  He  was  the  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  J.  Gandlacb  &  Co.,  of  this  city.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  generous-hearted  men,  and  has  aided  largely  in  mauy  enter- 
prises leading  to  the  development  of  the  productive  interests  of 
the  State,  and  bis  success  as  a  business  man  was  the  result  of  in- 
dustry and  prndence  in  the  management  of  his  business  affairs. 
He  leaves  a  fortune  valued  at  $300,000,  to  be  divided  among  his 
children,  of  whom  he  has  two  sons  and  five  daughters. 

The  death  of  John  C.  Meussdorffer  removes  one  of  the  prom- 
inent pioneer  business  men  of  San  Francisco.  He  was  born  in 
1823,  and  was  consequently  seventy-one  years  old.  He  came 
overland  to  California  in  1849,  arriving  in  San  Francisco  in  the 
month  of  September,  bat,  with  many  others,  he  sought  the  gold 
fields,  working  in  the  mines  for  two  or  three  years.  He  settled 
in  8an  Francisco  in  1852,  and  opened  the  first  hat  store  on  the 
corner  of  Sacramento  and  Kearny  streets.  He  inherited  the  busi- 
ness from  his  ancestors,  and  prices  being  exceedingly  high,  he 
realized  largely  in  bis  enterprise.  The  business  enlarged  rapidly, 
and  in  1877  the  firm  became  J.  C.  Meussdorffer  &  Sons,  and 
branches  were  established  at  Sacramento,  Maryaville,  and  Fort- 
land.  Mr.  Meussdorffer  was  an  active  member  of  the  Vigilance 
Committee  of  1856,  and  has  always  been  a  strong  advocate  of 
municipal  reform.  He  has  taken  a  lively  interest  in  all  the  im- 
provements of  the  city,  but  would  never  submit  to  the  blandish- 
ments of  political  office.  He  was  President  of  the  German  Benev- 
olent Association  for  a  long  time,  and  being  a  man  of  independent 
fortune,  his  generosity  was  one  of  the  lovable  features  of  his 
character.  He  leaves  six  sons,  all  natives  of  California,  to  con- 
tinue the  good  work  he  inaugurated  and  carried  on  so  honorably 
and  successfully. 

Alexander  Badlam,  Sr,,  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  San 
Francisco  and  a  pioneer  of  California,  died  this  week.  He  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  and  came  to  this  State  in  1849  by  way 
of  Panama,  in  company  with  three  hundred  other  pioneers.  He 
lived  in  Sacramento  for  a  number  of  years,  where  he  owned  con- 
siderable property  during  the  speculative  period.  In  1850  he  sold 
his  property  and  returned  to  his  old  home  for  the  purpose  of 
bringing  his  family  to  California.  His  natural  genius  led  him  to 
inventions,  and  he  originated  many  mechanical  appliances  for 
machinery,  and  from  these  inventions  he  derived  a  comfortable 
income.  He  was  also  a  great  student  and  made  a  special  study 
of  the  Bible  and  the  Apocropha,  and  was  regarded  an  authority 
on  sacred  history.  The  results  of  these  many  years  of  study  and 
research  has  been  left  in  manuscript  to  his  children.  Mr.  Badlam 
came  of  a  family  of  remarkable  longevity,  his  father  and  mother 
having  lived  to  be  over  eighty  years  of  age.  His  sister  is  still 
living  in  New  Hampshire  at  the  age  of  seventy-six.  His  wife 
died  in  this  city  at  the  age  of  eighty-five.  He  has  three  children, 
who  survive  him,  Alexander  Badlam,  Jr.,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Carpenter, 
and  Mrs.  Joseph  W.  Winans. 

The  old  pioneers  are  going  one  by  one,  and  we  are  called  upon 
to  chronicle  the  death  of  Mary  Antoinette  Main,  wife  of  Charles 
Main,  the  wealthy  harness-maker,  which  occurred  at  the  Palace 
Hotel  on  Tuesday  last.  Mrs.  Main  was  a  native  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  came  to  California  with  her  husband  in  early  days, 
when  the  gold  fever  was  at  its  highest.  She  has  resided  at  the 
Palace  Hotel  ever  since  it  opened,  and  her  death  was  occasioned 
by  an  accident  in  which  she  suffered  a  severe  sprain  of  the  ankle. 
The  close  confinement  and  want  of  exercise  had  such  a  debilitat- 
ing effect  upon  her  system  that  she  became  stricken  with  the  ill- 
ness that  proved  fatal.  She  leaves  a  daughter,  the  wife  of 
Charles  F.  McDermott,  of  Oakland,  and  a  large  circle  of  friends 
to  mourn  her  absence. 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Mono  Gold  Mining   Company, 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Franciaco,  Cal.   Location  of 

works— Bodie,  Mono  county,  California. 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  held  on 

the  19th  day  of  November,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  84)  of  F.Iteen  cents 

fier  shar«i  was  levied  on  the  capital  stock  of  the   corporation,  payable 
mmediaiely,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  t2,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  27th  Day  of  December,  1894.  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and,  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be   sold    on    MONDAY,    the  21st   day  of  January,  1895,   to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of    advertising  and 
expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

M,  E-  WILLIS.  Secretary. 
Office— Room  62,  Nevadabloek,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


"  Index  to  Chimneys  "  t<  lis 
what  chimney  is  made  for 
your  burner  or  lamp  ;  and 
your  dealer  probably  has  it. 

Geo  A  Macbeth  Co,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa,  wants  to  send  you 
the  Index — write  for  it. 

Pearl  glass,  pearl  top,  tough 
sflass. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Mexican  Gold  and  Silver   Mininq  Companv, 

1  ocation  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location  of' 
w   rk  — Virgiuia,  Storey  County,  ^evada. 

Notice  is  hereby  giveu  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  4th  day  of  December,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  51)  of  25  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  Btock  of  the  corporation,  payable  imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the 
company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  s'reet,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  8th  Day  of  January,  1895,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  29th  day  of  January,  1895,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs   of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHARLES  E.  EILIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California.  _____^ 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Alta  Silver  Mining  Company. 
Location  of  principal  plaoe  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.   Location  of 
works—  G->ld  Hill,  storey  County,  Nevada. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  28th  day  of  November,  1894,  an  assessment,  No    48,  of  Ten  (10) 
Cents     per    share    was    levied  upon    the    capital  stock    of    the  cor- 
poration,  payable  immediately,  in  United  States  Gold  coin,  to  the  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company.  Room  33,  Nevada  Block,  309  Mont- 
gomery St.,  San  Francisco,  California. 
Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  3d  Day  o"  January,  1895,  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and  unless  payment  1b  made  be- 
fore,   will    be  sold  on  THURSDAY,  the  24th  day  of  January,  1895,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS,  Secretary.    ' 
Office— Room  33,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Silver  Hill  Mining  Company. 
Assessment No.  84. 

Amouut  per  share  6  cents 

Levied  November  19  1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office December  26, 1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock January  16, 1895 

D.  C.  BATES,  Secretary. 
Office—Room  81,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Gould  &  Curry  Mining  Company. 

The  regular  annunl  meetiug  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Gould  &  Curry 
Mining  company  will  ue  held  *l  the  office  of  the  company,  room 69,  Nevada 
Bluck,  3u9  Moutgomery  St.,   San  Fraucit-co,  Cal.,  on, 

Monday,  the  17th  Day  of  Decmber.  1894.  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M„ 
for  the  purpobe  uf  eiectiug  a  Board  of    iru  lees  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  the  rausac  iuu  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting     Transfer  books  will  close  on  FR  Di>,  December  14,  1894,  at 
3  p.m.  aLFkUD  K.    DORbhOW,  Secretary. 

office— Room  69.  Sevan's  Plnck.  3  w  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco 

AKKUAL  MEETING. 

Gould  &  Curry  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  auuual  mettn  p  oi  ihe  sio>  kholders  of  the  Gould  &  Curry 
Miuiug  Company,   wi  1  be   held  at  the  offine  of  the  c  mpany,  room  69, 
Nevada  block,  3  9  Montgomery  stieet,  i-au  trancuco,  Cal ,  on 

Monday,  the  Seventeenth  Day  *  f  December,  1  £94   at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  the  elertiou  of  a  Board  of 'Irustees  for  the  ensuing  year  and  for  the 
tran^actiou  of  such  oti.er  buiness  as  may  come  bef  re  the  meeting. 
Transfer  books  will  close  on  i-riday,  D«  cember  14,  1894,  ato  o'clock  p.  m. 

aLFi  ED  K.  DURBROW,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  S   F.  Cal. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Andes  Silver  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  auuual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Andes  Silver 
Miuin?  Compauy  will    be    heln    at    the  office  of  the   company,  rooms 
20-21-22  Nevada  block,  S09  Mou  gomery  s'reet,  San  Francisco.  Cal.,  on 

Tuesday,  the  1 8tb  Day  of  December,  1 894.  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M ., 

For  the  purpose  of  e»ccti^g  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 

year  aud  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 

meetiug. 

Transfer  books  will  close  on  Saturday,  December  8th,  at  12  o'clock  m. 

JOHN  W.  TWIGGS,  Sec  etary 
Office— Rooms  20-21-22  Nevada  Block,  S09  Montgomery  street,  Ban  rran 
Cisco,  Cal. 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8,  1894. 


TUE  Horse  Show,  wbicb  continued  with  unabated  success  until 
tbe  end,  closed  in  a  blaze  of  glory  on  Saturday  nigbt,  and  haa 
been  succeeded  at  tbe  pavilion  by  tbe  entertainment  provided  by 
the  soldier  boys,  in  aid  of  their  monument  fund,  which  opened  there 
on  Monday  evening.  Though  society  did  not  materialize  to  any 
great  extent  that  night,  having  other  previous  engagements  on  hand, 
it  has  made  amends  during  the  week  and  witnessed  a  really  clever 
and  very  enjoyable  performance  in  the  arena ,  and  the  general  attend- 
ance has  been  very  large  indeed. 


There  were  several  theatre  parties  at  the  California  on  Monday 
evening  to  welcome  Keene,  nor  were  the  other  theatres  neglected  on 
the  first  evening  of  tbe  week;  but  it  was  at  Lunt's  Hall  that  ihe  buds 
were  present  in  full  ranks  at  the  second  of  the  meetings  of  the  Mon- 
day evening  dancing  class.  The  hall  was  tastefully  decorated,  and 
dancing  was  kept  up  with  spirit  from  nine  o'clock  until  midnight, 
the  limit  of  time  at  which  it  ceases. 


Mrs.  Leon  Sloss  gave  a  charming  ball  on  Thursday  evening,  at 
which  Miss  Gruenwald  made  her  San  Francisco  debut;  and  last 
night  the  Assembly  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall  delightfully  inaugurated 
the  season  of  the  Friday  Night  Cotillion  Club,  of  which  fuller  men- 
tion will  be  made  next  week. 


But  while  dancing  has  taken  the  most  prominent  part  in  the  gaie- 
ties of  the  present  week,  there  have  been  numerous  other  affairs  of 
most  interesting  character  to  fill  in  the  hours  not  devoted  to  Terpsi- 
chore, at  which  society  has  assisted  in  Large  numbers.  For  example, 
Lieutenant  Jephson's  lecture  before  the  Geographical  Society,  which 
filled  Union  Square  Hall;  the  Trilby  concert  at  Metropolitan  Hall, 
arranged  by  the  Auxiliary  of  the  Mercantile  Library  in  aid  of  its 
fund;  the  concert  at  the  Christian  Association  rooms,  where  Mrs. 
Martin  Schultz's  sweet  voice  was  heard  for  the  first  time  since  her 
return  from  the  East;  and  Wednesday  and  Thursday  afternoon  and 
evenings  were  chosen  by  the  ladies  of  the  Keramic  Club  for  tbe  exhi- 
bition of  their  work,  which  took  place  in  the  Maple  Kooni  of  the  Pal- 
ace Hotel,  and  some  very  pretty  articles  were  on  view. 


Christmas  is  near  at  hand,  and  matrons  are  busily  engaged  in  pre- 
paring for  tbe  holidays  and  their  gift-making,  and  therefore  have  not 
had  so  much  time  to  bestow  upon  teas,  dinners,  and  the  like,  with 
the  result  that  but  few  are  on  tbe  tapis  at,  present.  Yellow  was  the 
culor  chosen  by  Miss  Celia  Tobin  as  the  prevailing  tint  of  the  dinner 
which  took  place  at  the  Tobin  residence  on  Tuesday  evening  in  honor 
of  Miss  Beatrice  Tobin,  one  of  this  season's  buds.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Tobin,  all  the  guests  were  unmarried  peo- 
ple, and  after  the  delicious  menu  had  been  discussed,  a  carpet  dance 
brought  the  evening  to  a  delightful  conclusion. 


Charity  has  this  week  taken  a  leading  place  in  society's  gatherings. 
At  the  old  rooms  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  on  Sut- 
ter street,  Ben  Hur,  with  illustrations,  was  read  and  recited  for  the 
beuetit  of  the  Nathaniel  Grey  kindergarten.  At  Mrs.  Cheesbrough's, 
on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  a  bazaar  was  held  in  aid  of  the  Child- 
ren's Home.  The  parlors  were  appropriately  decorated  for  the  occa- 
sion by  Miss  Mary  Bates  as  her  contribution,  and  therein  multitudes 
of  pretty  articles  were  attractively  displayed  for  sale  by  lovely  sales- 
women; tea,  punch,  refreshments,  and  music  were  among  the  other 
items  which  made  the  affair  one  of  the  most  charming  and  success- 
ful of  the  season's  charity  gatherings.  Besides  these  a  number  of 
the  churches  seemed  with  one  accord  to  choose  this  week  for  their 
annual  appeals  to  the  pockets  of  the  charitable  in  the  way  of  bazaars 
and  other  entertainments.  Tuesday  saw  the  inauguration  of  the 
Fancy  Fair  at  the  Methodist  Church,  on  California  street;  on  Tues- 
day, Wednesday,  and  Thursday  the  ladies  of  Trinity  Presbyterian 
Church  held  a  fair  in  the  church  parlors,  a  pretty  feature  being 
booths  representing  the  days  of  the  week;  Wednesday,  Thursday, 
and  Friday  were  chosen  by  tbe  ladies  of  Plymouth  Church  for  the 
"Anglo-Saxon  Arcade,"  which  they  held  for  the  benefit  of  the 
church,  with  concerts  each  evening;  the  same  days  the  ladies  of  the 
Simpson  Memorial  Church  held  a  bazaar  for  charity,  and  there  will 
be  a  musical  reception  this  afternoon  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Mont- 
eagle,  1830  Jackson  street,  the  evening  entertainment  taking  the  form 
of  the  operetta  of  the  Widows  Beiv itched,  to  be  followed  by  a  sale  of 
sofa  cushions  and  fancy  table  linen,  all  for  the  benefit  of  the  Pioneer 
Kindergarten. 

Charity  will  still  be  on  the  cards  next  week.  The  annual  bazaar 
which  the  ladies  at  tbe  Presidio,  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs. 
Graham,  hold  in  aid  of  the  Golden  Circle  of  Kings  Daughters  will 
take  place  in  the  hop  room  on  Saturday  next,  and  will  conclude  with 
dancing  in  the  evening  to  the  music  of  the  military  band.  On  Satur- 
day next,  also,  the  Misses  French  will  have  a  charity  paper  fair  at 
their  residence,  2313  California  street,  from  two  until  six  o'clock. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

^PRICE'S 

Baking 
Powder 

The  only  Pnro  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alum 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40   years  the   Standard. 

Last  Saturday's  gatherings  included  a  tea  given  by  Mrs.  W.  F. 
Bryant  at  her  residence  on  Pine  street,  at  which  she  had  the  assist- 
ance of  Mesdames  Danforth  and  Rudolph,  Misses  Cluness,  Maud 
Smith,  Taylor,  Mills,  Blanchard.  Whitelow,  and  Sturdivant;  the 
Louise  Humphrey  Smith  Readers'  Club  meeting  took  place  in  the 
parlors  of  tbe  First  Unitarian  Church,  where  a  varied  programme 
was  successfully  gone  through  and  much  enjoyed ;  and  in  the  even- 
ing there  was  a  musicale  at  Ihe  residence  of  Mrs.  Fleissner-Lewis, 
which  was  largely  attended.  The  army  will  furnish  a  goodly  pro- 
portion of  the  dancing  beaux  this  winter.  There  are  a  good  many 
already  stationed  at  the  different  posts  in  and  around  the  city,  and 
others  are  coming.  Their  old  friends  in  town  will  be  glad  to  welcome 
the  return  of  Lieutenant  Noble  to  Angel  Island  from  his  three  years' 
absence  at  Annapolis,  wbere  he  was  on  duty;  and  Lieutenant 
Srrother  from  his  visit  up  North.  Lieutenant  McKenna  will  be  here 
next  week,  and  will  remain  over  the  Christmas  holidays,  visiting  his 
parents,  Judge  and  Mrs.  McKenna.  Among  army  losses  are  Lieu- 
tenant and  Mrs.  Mclvor  (popular  Nellie  Smedburg),  who  left  last 
Friday  for  Fort  Logan,  their  future  station. 

Two  ceramic  exhibitions  of  conspicuous  merit  delighted  the  hearts 
of  society  people  this  week.  One  was  that  given  Monday  aud  Tuesday 
by  Mrs.  T.  H.  Judd,  at  1929  California  street,  and  the  other  was  the 
California  Keramic  Club's  annual  reception  at  the  Maple  Room  of 
the  Palace  Hotel  on  Tuesday.  Among  the  exhibitors'  work,  that  of 
Miss  Nettie  Sinnott,  Miss  Minnie  C.  Taylor,  Mrs.  D.  W.  Perley, 
Mrs.  S.  F.  Dutton,  Miss  Cathella  Adams,  Miss  Gertrude  Soule,  Mrs. 
Adolph  Unger,  Miss  F.  Bell,  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Shurtleff  was  exceed- 
ingly artistic. 

The  wedding  of  W.  M.  Neilson,  the  distinguished  journalist,  and 
Miss  Nan  McFarland,  daughter  of  a  prominent  iron  manufacturer  of 
Pennsylvania,  occurred  in  the  early  part  of  the  week.  Mr.  Neilson 
has  established  an  ideal  country  home  and  orchard  in  the  mountains 
near  Vacaville,  but  this  does  not  prevent  the  brilliant  products  of  bis 
pen  from  appearing  at  intervals  in  the  columns  of  tbe  News  Letter. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Monte  "Wilson  and  William  and  Harry  Babcock  are 
among  the  Californians  who  sail  from  New  York  to-day ,  bound  for 
Europe. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Trux  Beale  are  spending  the  winter  with  his  mother 
Mrs.  E.  F.  Beale,  at  the  family  residence,  on  Lafayette  Square,  in 
Washington  City. 

THE  WHITE   HOUSE, 

N.  W.  Cor.  Post  and  Kearny  Sts. 

VISIT  OUR  ART  ROOMS 
and  you  will  see  the  grandest  display  of 
Holiday  Goods  ever  shown  in  this  city, 
AND  AT  PRICES  NEVER  BEFORE 
HEARD  OF.  Fine  Bronzes,  Terra 
Cottas,  Sevres  Wares,  Lamps,  Royal 
Worcester  and  Doulton  Porcelains,  Cut 
Glass,  Artistic  Furniture,  and  in  fact 
our  entire  stock  of  Art  Goods  ottered 
at  less  than  Eastern  prices. 
SEE  OUR  PRICES  AND  BE  CON- 
VINCED. Sole  agents  for  the  cele- 
brated Rookwood  Pottery. 

Raphael  Weill  &  Co. 


December  8,  1894 . 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


23 


^T^AGOTS"  is  the  title  of  an  exceedingly  dainty  volume  of 
r  verse  from  tbe  pen  of  Hester  A.  Benedict,  of  Alameda.  Tbe 
compilation  shows  onasual  skill  and  taste  In  the  purely  mechan- 
ical features  of  versification,  and  a  broad  glimmer  of  poetic  light 
illumines  tbe  volume.  The  verses  are  generally  simple,  and  are 
all  tbe  better  (or  that,  the  author  never  attempting  Sights  beyond 
the  strength  of  her  pinions.  For  sale  at  the  bookstores.  Louise 
Carnahao,  of  this  city,  is  tbe  author  and  publisher  of  a  veiy 
handsomely  printed  and  bound  volume,  entitled  Pollf/'s  Lion;  A 
California  Story  for  Children.  This  is  Miss  Camahan's  first  essay 
in  story  writing,  and  it  is  pleasant  to  add  that  she  has  discovered 
an  uncommonly  good  talent.  There  is  no  wearisome  attempt  to 
make  the  book  one  of  "easy  words;"  on  the  contrary,  good  tasle 
is  not  sacrificed  in  any  particular,  and  the  story  is  so  interesting 
that  even  the  dullest  child  must  not  only  read  it  but  must  under- 
stand it  without  difficulty.  It  is  eminently  suitable  for  a  Christ- 
mas present.     For  sale  at  tbe  Golden  Rule  Bazaar. 

THE  recent  Hor?e  Show  was  one  of  the  best  educators  that  oar 
people  ever  had  in  tbe  matter  of  the  "correct  thing"  in 
horses,  harness,  vehicles,  and  all  tbe  other  details  that  contribute 
to  tbe  perfection  of  a  correct  turnout.  It  is  as  easy  to  be  right 
as  wrong,  and  as  easy  to  purchase  from  those  who  know  what 
tbe  correct  thing  is  as  from  those  who  do  not.  The  great  carriage 
bouse  af  Studebaker  was  represented  in  the  Horse  Show  to  the 
extent  of  the  famous  World's  Fair  premium  tally  ho  coach,  cost- 
ing ?3500;  a  World's  Fair  premium  break,  worth  $2250;  a  Win- 
dermere tandem,  cart  and  four-wheel  traps,  a  four-seated  park 
trap,  a  foDr-seated  Middleton  trap,  a  park  phaeton,  a  Due  phaeton 
with  rumble,  a  track  wagon  weighing  only  a  hundred  pounds,  a 
rubber-tired  road  wagon,  and  many  of  the  other  swell  traps  ex- 
hibited. 


THE  fame  of  tbe  Hotel  Pleasanton  is  as  extensive  throughout 
California  as  that  of  San  Francisco  itself.  Among  tbe  best 
people  of  the  interior  cities  and  towns  it  is  regarded  with  as  high 
favor  as  among  the  best  families  of  San  Francisco.  During  tbe 
week  or  two  preceding  the  holidays  it  is  always  thronged  with 
people  from  the  interior  who  have  come  to  the  city  to  do  their 
shopping.  These  are  always  sure  to  find  at  the  Pleasanton  many 
of  their  city  friends,  so  that  their  visit  is  made  doubly  pleasant. 
The  fact  that  many  of  the  leading  families  of  this  city  make  their 
permanent  home  at  the  Pleasanton,  preferring  its  comforts  and 
luxuries  to  all  the  annoying  and  deceptive  allurements  of  private 
housekeeping,  is  sufficient  to  indicate  the  high  character  and  per- 
fect management  of  the  house. 

THE  great  perfection  to  which  the  art  of  making  and  keeping 
women  pretty  has  been  brought  has  caused  an  invasion  of  all 
sorts  of  impostures,  many  of  which  are  positively  injurious.  It 
is  every  woman's  duty  to  look  as  young  and  pretty  as  possible, 
and  in  these  days  there  is  hardly  an  excuse  for  a  woman  to  look 
otherwise.  Mme.  Marcband,  the  hair  and  complexion  special- 
ist, 121  Post  street,  rooms  32  to  36,  has  been  a  boon  to  many  a 
woman,  as  she  has  learned  the  scientific  secret  of  a  most  useful 
art.  Wrinkles  and  superfluous  hair  disappear  under  her  skillful 
treatment,  which  is  adapted  to  all  ages,  causes  and  conditions. 


A  Prominent  Firm. 
As  Importers  and  Manufacturers  the  big  Carpet,  Upholstery,  and 
Furniture  firm,  of  W.  &  J.  Sloane  &  Co.,  641-643-645-647  Market 
street,  San  Francisco,  have  attained  a  very  conspicuous  position,  a 
result  due  to  their  enterprising  and  wide  awake  business  methods. 
Their  goods  are  notable  for  style,  price,  and  quality,  the  three  things 
most  essential  for  success.  They  always  have  on  view  a  big  assort- 
ment of  novelties  and  specialties  at  moderate  prices.  For  the  -present 
they  are  making  some  very  attractive  offerings  preparatory  to  their 
stock  taking. 

George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel,  has  the  largest  and 
best  assortment  of  Japanese  vases,  bric-a-brac,  etc.,  that  can  be 
found  in  the  West. 


DOXEY, 


631     MARKET    STREET, 


BOOKS. 


OPEN    EVENINGS. 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


C 


URI05ITY 


May  impel  you  to  read 
this  -ad."  REASON 
will  compel  you  to  heed 
it.  FUR  CAPES  that 
combine  warmth,  sen- 
sibility, and  elegance. 
We  sell  in  the  best  qual- 
ities for  what  you  would 
pay  for  inferior  articles 
elsewhere.  We  have  them  in  Japanese 
Seal,  Wool  Seal,  Electric  Seal,  Astra- 
kan  Kimmer,  Mink  and  Persian.  Does  it 
occur  to  you  that  they  are  useful  Xmas* 
gifts  ?  Fratinger  &  Co., 

105  Kearny   St 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 

THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner. 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  It — 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 
Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage   pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

"  Californians  "  or  "  Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  xhe  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempts  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

LOUIS  ROEDERER  CHAMPAGNF, 

Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence: 

Carte  Blanche,  a  Rich  wine. 
Grand  Vin  Sec,   ADrywme. 

B  Put,    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

Tiie  Highest  Grade  In  the  World. 

__  "Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs.  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 
be~bad  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

MAOONDRAY    BROS.  &  LOOKARD, 


124  Sansome  St' 


SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 


24 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8,  i894. 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trams  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 
SAN  FRANCISCO:  


Leave  | 


From  Dec    1,  1894. 


I  ARKIVE 


7-00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogdeu  and  East    6:45  A 

7-00  a  Benicia,  Vaf-aville,  Rumsey.  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7:30  a  Martinez,  8au  Ramon,  Napa,  Calis- 

toga  and  *3anta  Rosa    6:15  p 

8-30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone. 
Sacramento,  Mdrysville,  Red  Bluff 
and*OrovUle 4=15p 

9-00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  ^Raymond 
( 'or  Yosemite).  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles.  Deming,  El  Paso,  New 
OrleanB  and  East 5:45  p 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10.45  a 

*9:C0  a  Peters  and   Milton  ...  -.  '7:15  p 

$10-30a  "  Sunset    Limited."    Vestibuled 

Traiu  through  to  New  Orleans. ..  111:45  a 

I.OJf  Niles,  San  Joae  and  Livermnre  ...  *d:*5  a 

..  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore.    .  JL1:45  a 

•1-OOp  Sacramento  River  steamers *9:Uup 

4-00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
SantaRosa 9:15a. 

4-00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Woodland, 
Knight's  Landing,  M  .rysville, 
Oroville   and  Sacramento.. 10:45a 

4-30  p.  Niles,  San  Joae,  Livormore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno 7:15p 

6:O0p.  Los  Angeles   Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles 10:45a. 

5  00p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic ExpresB, 

forMojave  and  East 10:45a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6-OOp.  Hay  wards,  Niles  and  San  Job6..     7:45a. 

J7:00  p.  Vallejo f7:45  p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  ExDress,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

PugetSoundand  East.    ..      —    10 .45  a 

Santa  Cruz  Olvlslon  (Narrow  Gauge). 

8:15a.  Newarx.  Center /llle,  dan  Jose, 
Felton,  Boulder  Creek,  Santa 
Cruz  and  way  statious     5  5)  P. 

*2:15  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 

Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Greek, 

*  Santa  Cruz,  and  principal   way 

stations ..Ml  :20a 

4:15p.  Newark.  San  Jose.  Lor  Gatos..  y:50A. 

+11:45 p.  Hunters' train  for  Newark,  Al- 
viso,  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  and 

way  stations ....  -   -  18:05  P 

Coast  Division  (Third  aid  Townspnd  Streets). 

6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Btations 1:45  p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose,  Tree  PInos, Santa  Cms, 
Pacific  Grove.  Paso  Robles,  8an 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 
Way  Stations 7  05  p. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations  ..  5:06  p. 

11:45  a.    Palo   Alto   and    Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 

*2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
PaciflcGrove ..M0:40a, 

*3:30  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions      9:47  a. 

*4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5-.10p.  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6:30p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35a. 

+11:45p.   Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations :     .    +7:38p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSASFKANnscO-Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
•7  00  8  00  9  00  MO  00  and  11  00  A.  M„  M2  30 
11  CO  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00  and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  0AKIAXD—  Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  a.  m. 
112  00  M2  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00   P.,M. 


a.  for  Morning. 

•SnnrtavF  Rxcepted. 

^Thursdays  only 


p.  for  Afternoon. 
+Saturdays  only. 
TSunrtav^only. 


The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  1  n formation 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  FranclBco  for. 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  A.  M.,  Nov.  6,  21     Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  C.  and  Puget  Sound  ports,  Dec  11, 
16,  21,  26,  31,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Lauding 'Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, 9  A.  M. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  S  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Saflta  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  a.lternatelv  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Enseuada,  Magdalena  Bay.  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m,  25th  of  each  mouth. 

Ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOODALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Marketstreet,  SanFrancUco 


A     WOMAN'S     LAST     WORD—  Sarah 
Piatt  in  London  New3. 

"QROMISE  me  nothing.  Men  are  mortal.  I 

Loose  from  your  heart  my  hand. 
(The  grave  is  deeper  than  the  heavens  are 
high). 
My  house — of  love — was  builded  on  the 
sand. 
Promise  me  nothing.     Thai  the  heart  will 
rain 
On  eyes  whose  tears  are  done, 
And  lip3  that  will  not  kiss  you  back  again 

For  ever  any  more,  I  know,  for  one. 
Promise  me  nothing.     You  but  said  "  Till 
death," 
Even  with  my  wedding  ring. 
Promise    me    nothing,    lest    with    my  last 
breath 
I  make  yon  promise — only  everything. 
Promise  me  nothing.     One  day  you  will 
buy 
Another  riDg,  you  know. 
Then,  if  the  dead  walk  in  their  sleep,  must  I 
Come  shivering  back  to  say :  "I  told  you 
so!  " 

PROF.  WADGHAM,  of  Rio  del  Rey  Uni- 
versity, Abilene,  N.  M.,  has  a  tame 
raveD  which  has  been  tangbt  to  flash  and 
retrieve.  It  flies  slowly  ov3r  the  fields, 
and  when  it  discovers  a  bevy  of  quail  or 
partridges  it  poises  on  the  wing  and  re- 
mains perfectly  motionless,  spreading  its 
tail  out  fan  shape.  After  the  game  is 
flushed  the  raven  drops  to  the  earth  like  a 
plummet  and  rolls  itself  up  into  a  little 
round  ball,  remaining  in  that  position  until 
called. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Dunnally,  of  Evergreen, 
Ohio,  died  from  the  effects  of  rain  water 
which  she  drank.  The  water  was  caught 
from  a  roof  that  had  recently  been  painted 
with  white  lead. 


Dr.  Isaac  Miluer,  Dean  of  Carlisle  and 
Master  of  Queen's  College,  Cambridge,  was 
a  weaver. 

Hunter,  the  anatomist,  was  a  cabinet- 
maker. 

Henry  Kirke  White,  the  poet,  was  a 
butcher  boy. 

Hogarth,  the  great  painter,  was  an  en- 
graver. 

Inigo  Jones,  the  great  architect,  was  a 
joiner. 

Falconer  the  poet,  was  a  sailor  boy. 

ElECTEiC  TELEPHONE 

Sold  outright,  no  rent,  no  royalty.    Adapted 
•o  ('iiv.Vilhn.-f  or  Country.    Needed  in  every 
dome  Bho!>.Ktoreiand.office.   (_i  rent  eat  conven- 
ience Hud  Iihkt  seller  on  enrtli. 
'   tiit-iii*  m:ili«-  fi-ouiSSIo&'SOpcrdar. 
One  in  u  residence  means  a  sale  to  all  ihe 
jit'hbnra.    Fine  instruments,  no  toys,  woikt 
ivwliere,  any  distance.    Complete,  ready  for 
*e  when  Bhi|>]  ed     Can  be  put  up  by  nny  <  no, 
never  out  of  order,  no  renntrinir,  laM*  a  life 
I  time.   Wjirrmi'ed.    A  money  in  >' er.    Write 
y  W.  P.  Harrison  &  Co.,  Clerk  10,  Coin. .i!- us.  0, 


OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP   COMPANY, 


World  tours,  steflmer 
and  rail.  First  class, 
?610.  Second  class, 
$350. 

<£     O.  S.  S.  Company's 

steamers  sail: 

Tor      HONOLULU 

APIA,    AUCKLAND 

and   SYDNEY,  S.  8. 

"MAKIPOSA," 
December  13th. 
For      HONOLULU, 
S.  S.   ■•  AUSTRALIA," 
Dec.  22,  1894. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J  I)    8PREOKEL»  A  <RO<.  CO..   General    AetR 


SEVES 


A-  BUSWELL, 


Biiuk-Binaer,  Papur-anler,  Printer  and  Blank  Book  Mauofac- 

orer, 
543  t'lay  Street,        -       Near  Montgomery 

San  Feancisco. 


SAM  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO 

TIBU10N  FERRY—  Fool  ol  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK.    UAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  a.  m.  .  12:35,3:30, 

5:L'\    6  30    P.   M.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11:30  p.  m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  50  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
SUNDAYS—  ::00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:30,5:00, 

6:20  p.  H. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

WEEK  DAY3-8:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A  M.;  12:45, 
3:40,  5:10  p.m.  Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  M. 

SUNDAYS— 5:10,  9:40,  11:10  A.  M.;  1:40,  3:40,  5:00, 
6:25  p.  M. 
Between  9au  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 

same  schedule  as  above. 

LkateS.F.      I    In  Effect    i  AebiveinS.F. 
-|Ap'l  15,1894.1 


Week 
Diys 

3  on  lays 

DESTI'TION 

Sundays 

Week 
Days. 

7:40  a.m. 
3:30  p.m. 
5:13  p.h. 

8:00  a.m. 
9:30a.m 
5:00p.m. 

Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Ro-^a. 

10:40 A. M  8:50a.  M 
6:05p.m  10:80am 
7:30p.m  G:15p.M 

8:00a.m. 

Pultou 

Windsor, 

Healdsburg, 

Geyserville, 

Clnverdale 

3-S0't»"v". 

7:30  p.m. 

fi-lftPM 

7.40A  St. 

8:C0a.  m. 

Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30  p.m 

6:15  p.m. 

7:40a.M. 
1:30  p.  m 

8:00  a.  m. 

Guerneville 

7:30  p.m. 

10:30a  M 
6:15  PM 

7:4UA.M. 
5. 10  p.m. 

8:UUA.M. 
5:00p.m 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m. |8:d0am. 
6:05p.m  |6:15pm. 

7:40a.  M  |  8:00a.m. 
3:30  p.M  |  5:00  p.m. 

Sebastopol. 

10:40a.  m 
6  05 P.M 

10  :30a.  m 
6:15P.M 

Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skaggs 
Spriugs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  TJkiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville, 
Greeuwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Canto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley,  John  Day's,  Li ve- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
viUe,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Geu.  Passenger  Agent 


OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOB  JAPAN   AND   CHINA 

Note  change  in  hour  0/  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and   BRAN 

NAN  STREETS,  at  3:   00  p.  M.  for  YOKOHAMA 

and    HONGKONG,    connecting   at    Yokohama 

with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic  {via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,  Dec   4,  1894 

Gaelic Monday.  December 24, 1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Jan.  24,  1895 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED   RATES 

For  freight  aud  passage  apply  at  Company's 
office.  No.  425  Market  street,  corner  First. 
D   D.  STUBBa.  Secretary 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  to  Nbw  York,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  aud  Central 
America. 
SAILINGS— At  noon. 
From  company's  wharf.  First  aud   Brauuau  Sts. 
S.  S.  "SauJuaa,"  Decembers,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Cjlon,"  December  18,  1894 
S.  S.  "Sa-i  Jose."  December  28,  1894. 
S.  3.  "  Acapulco,"  Jauua--y  8, 181-5. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

8.9.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 

13, 1894,  at  3  p.  M. 

8.    8.    "City  of    Peking,"  Thursday,  January 
3, 1895,  at  3  p.  M 

8.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Jau.    15,  1895,  at 
3  p.  h. 
8.  S.  "Peru,"  February  2,  1895,  at  &  p.  M. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  Company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street. 

ALEXANDER  CENTER, 

General  Agent 


Plata   No.    14. 


S.  F.  Nc*«  Letter,  December  15,  1894. 


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Number  24. 


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In  our  cartoon  of  '*  our  dry  goods  king,'1  in  this  issue,  the  well-informed 
reader  will  at  once  recognize  the  genial,  benevolent,  and  intelligent  face  of 
Adam  Grant,  member  of  the  firm  of  Murphy,  Grant  &  Co.  It  is  knownto 
all  thnt  as  a  member  of  this  firm  Mr  Grant  represents  the  wholesale  dry 
goods  business  of  the  coast  in  its  highest  form.  He  has  not  only  grown 
and  developed  with  the  State,  but  has  led  it  in  every  movement  in  which 
wise  enterprise  and  public  spirit  were  demanded,  and.  to-day  he  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  strongest  of  the  quiet  and  unassuming  factors  in  the  pros- 
perity of  California.  Many  are  the  retail  dry  goods  houses  which  have 
been  enabled  by  his  thoughtful  consideration  to  tide  over  a  perilous  lime, 
and  in  private  benefactions  and  the  influence  of  a  kind,  wholesome,  and 
generous  personality  his  influence  for  good  has  been  equally  great. 

THE  recommendation  of  the  Grand  Jury  for  an  appropriation 
to  defray  the  expense  of  autopsies  is  one  that  should  nut  be 
overlooked  by  the  new  Board  of  Supervisors.  Carelessly  made 
autopsies,  which  are  now  the  rule  in  this  city,  furnish  avenues  of 
escape  for  murderers  defended  by  clever  counsel. 

AVERY  curious  phase  of  finance  was  the  placing  of  a  large 
quantity  of  bogus  American  school  bonds  in  England  and  Ire- 
land. The  story  seems  incredible,  but  to  the  Yankee  ingenuity 
that  evolved  the  wooden  nutmeg  a  scheme  of  that  kind  would  be 
tboroughly  practicable,  and  the  monied  Britisher,  in  spite  of  his 
natural  reserve  and  caution,  is  the  easiest  victim  in  the  world  to 
the  promoter  of  financial  "  fakes." 

AT  Saginaw,  Mich.,  the  other  day,  a  Congregational  preacher 
decided  that  games  at  which  no  more  than  five  cents  were 
risked  could  not  be  called  gambling.  Does  this  absolve  news- 
boys from  the  sin  of  pitching  nickels?  Great  oaks  from  little 
acorns  grow.  Even  so  have  good  sized  ((  kitties  "  been  fathered 
by  nickel  antes.  Upon  the  whole  this  is  a  decision  ratber  in 
favor  of  poor  men  and  bad  morals  and  against  rich  men  and  in- 
dustry. 

THE  rains  have  fallen  pretty  generally  and  generously  through- 
out the  State  up  to  date,  which  is  a  source  of  rejoicing  among 
the  producers,  but  it  is  not  the  early  rains  that  insure  crops.  The 
practical  farmer  does  not  deem  bis  crops  safe  until  tbe  close  of 
the  April  showers.  Already  we  see  editors  of  newspapers  an- 
nouncing the  fact  that  there  will  be  plenty  of  water  to  mature 
crops.  The  expression  is  stale,  but  it  is  Californian  to  predict 
that  nothing  is  impossible  with  such  a  climate. 

THE  immense  power  wielded  by  the  workingmen  in  England, 
and  which  has  resulted  in  a  better  understanding  between 
labor  and  capital,  may  be  understood  from  the  fact  that  of  the 
four  hundred  delegates  that  attended  the  Congress  of  Federated 
Trades  lately  held  in  London,  one  hundred  were  either  members 
of  Parliament,  Justices,  or  municipal  officers.  Tbe  great  trouble 
with  the  trades  organizations  in  the  United  States  is  that  the 
laborers  do  not  affiliate  with  their  own  members  who  become  en- 
trusted with  power  in  official  capacities. 

EDITOR  LEAKE,  of  the  Woodland  Democrat,  evidently  does  not 
want  to  be  a  candidate  for  office  before  the  people  again.  He 
was  defeated  at  the  late  election  as  a  candidate  for  State  Senator 
by  a  young  man  named  Aram,  and  a  ram  butted  all  tbe  dignity 
and  scrupulous  propriety  out  of  him.  In  summing  up  the  con- 
dition that  seemed  to  exist,  he  makes  the  unguarded  statement 
that  "the  Republicans  seemed  to  have  relied  upon  the  stupidity 
of  the  people,  and  were  not  disappointed."  When  be  bobs  up  for 
an  office  at  any  time  in  the  future,  the  people  will  be  sure  to 
lapse  into  a  state  of  temporary  stupidity.  A  Congressman  in 
Iowa,  who  had  a  big  majority  in  his  favor  to  go  on,  and  wiio  was 
otherwise  popular,  made  the  injudicious  remark  at  a  banquet  in 
his  honor  that  the  intelligence  of  the  people  was  a  humbug,  was 
assured  of  the  fact  when  he  was  defeated  by  an  overwhelming 
majority. 


THE  proposition  enterlained  by  Governor-elect  Budd,  to  ap- 
point at  least  one  female  representative  on  each  board  of  di- 
rectors of  the  principle  hospitals  and  reformatory  institutions  of 
the  State,  is  one  which  will  be  universally  approved  by  the 
people.  There  are  positions  in  the  public  service  which  women 
can  fill  appropriately  and  to  much  better  advantage  than  men, 
and  in  all  cases  where  females  are  charges  on  tbe  public,  women 
should  be  placed  in  charge.  It  will  be  a  wholesome  departure 
from  established  custom,  and  prejudice  against  the  sex  has  been 
broken  down  by  their  persistent  energy  and  abilities. 

MISS  FRANCES  E.  WILLARD,  the  noted  leader  of  the 
W.  C.  T.  U.,  has  lately  expressed  tbe  opinion  that  the  Gov- 
ernment should  take  control  and  conduct  the  newspapers  of  the 
country.  Miss  Willard  has  just  leturned  from  a  trip  to  Europe, 
and  while  there  she  must  have  been  impressed  by  the  snobbery 
which  prevails  among  the  upperclasses.  The  safety  of  this  Gov- 
ernment is  in  the  freedom  and  independence  of  the  press,  and  its 
right  to  criticise  the  acts  of  the  officials.  When  the  Government 
passes  from  the  people  into  the  hands  of  corrupt  officials,  if  it 
ever  does,  there  will  be  no  room  for  a  free  press,  and  Misa  Wil- 
lard can  have  her  ideas  illustrated. 

IT  is  an  ancient  belief  that  history  moves  in  cycles,  and  there 
are  not  lacking  modern  phenomena  that  seem  to  prove  tbe 
theory.  No  less  a  scholastic  authority  than  William  Cleaver 
Wilkinson  has  recently  declared  that  literary  tidings  from  modern 
Greece  seem  to  foretoken  close  at  hand  "  a  signal  renascence  of 
Greek  literature  among  tbe  proudest  monuments  of  its  ancient 
glory  and  on  the  very  spot  of  its  origin."  And  now  comes  the 
Baron  Pierre  de  Coubertin  with  well-matured  plans  for  an  inter- 
national revival  in  1896  of  the  Pan-Hellenic  sports  on  the  very 
soil  where  twenty  centuries  ago  the  Athenians  gathered  for  the 
Olympian  games. 

FOR  the  hundredth  time  the  report  goes  out  that  the  Old  City 
Hall  is  about  to  be  abandoned.  That  classic  structure  is  un- 
safe. It  has  been  unsafe  for  tbe  past  twenty  years,  but  still  it 
has  done  good  service  all  these  years.  A  large  and  interesting 
book  could  be  written  of  its  history,  and  the  history  of  those  who 
have  become  acquainted  with  its  inner  sanctuaries.  Criminals 
of  all  classes,  from  the  red-handed  murderer  to  the  petty  disturber 
of  the  peace,  have  found  an  asylum  there,  and  men  of  character 
as  Judges  took  their  first  lessons  from  the  bench  within  its  walls. 
It  is  the  bastile  that  has  too  many  memories  connected  with  it  to 
be  abandoned  and  ruthlessly  torn  down,  and  it  should  be  pre- 
served as  a  "relic  of  barbarism." 

A  STOCKTON  paper,  in  referring  to  Governor  Marbham  as  a 
possible  candidate  for  United  States  Senator,  states  that  his 
administration  has  been  conspicuous  for  an  ability  based  more  on 
what  he  has  not  done  than  on  what  he  has  done  or  is  competent 
to  do.  This  style  of  patting  it  reflects  a  credit  on  Mr.  Markbam 
which  he  is  not  entitled  to.  Conceding  that  his  administration 
has  been  successful  is  granting  that  he  has  ability,  and  it  is  some- 
times tbe  highest  order  of  ability  that  is  shrewd  enough  to  know 
what  not  to  do.  There  has  been  nothing  brilliant  abont  his  ad- 
ministration, unless  it  was  tbe  dexterity  of  his  movements  in 
rushing  from  his  borne  in  Pasadena  to  the  Capital  to  aid  in  pat- 
ting down  the  incipient  insurrection  of  the  A.  R.  U.  last  July. 
Among  the  things  he  did  not  do,  this  is  the  most  conspicuous. 


THE  proposition  of  A.  H.  Rose,  State  Commissioner  of  Public 
Worts,  to  convey  the  debris  from  hydraulic  mines  by  canals, 
and  dump  it  into  the  American  basin,  was  submitted  to  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  State  Miners  Association  at  their  meeting  in 
this  city  on  Tuesday  last,  and  bis  plan  seemed  to  them  the  most 
feasible  of  all  that  have  yet  been  considered.  In  presenting  the 
scheme  he  gave  a  detailed  statement  of  the  work  contemplated, 
and  suggested  that  the  Legislature  be  urged  to  take  action  this 
winter  in  connection  with  the  representatives  in  Congress  to  se- 
cure a  Government  appropriation  to  prosecute  the  work.  He  es- 
timated that  it  would  not  involve  an  expense  exceeding  $1  500,- 
000,  and  that  the  basin,  which  lies  between  the  Yuba  and  Bear 
rivers,  would  hold  1,600,000,000  cubic  yards  of  debris.  Should  this 
scheme  be  successful,  as  is  now  believed,  there  is  not  a  hydraulic 
mine  now  restrained  by  the  order  of  the  courts,  that  conld  not  be 
operated  to  its  fullest  capacity.  Such  a  result  will  arouse  an 
activity  in  mining  in  this  State  that  has  not  been  witnessed  for 
thirty  years. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  15,  1894. 


OPINIONS  ON  RECENT  EVENTS. 


HJ.  COCHRAN,  manager  of  the  San  Joaquin  River  Naviga- 
.  tion  Company,  of  Stockton,  has  contributed  an  exhaustive 
article  to  the  Stockton  Mail  on  the  subject  of  a  competing  railroad 
from  that  city  to  Bakersfield,  without  favoring  the  prosecution  of 
any  particular  scheme.  His  experience  in  transportation  affairs 
and  bis  prominence  as  a  business  man  entitle  his  views  to  more 
than  a  passing  notice,  and  more  particularly  from  the  fact  that  be 
advances  some  arguments,  or  makes  some  statements,  that  upset 
all  established  theories.  Without  considering  the  interest  on  the 
investment  or  wear  and  tear  of  the  roadbed  and  rolling  stock,  he 
asserts  that  "it  would  cost  less  to  operate  a  freight  train  each 
way,  or  four  trains  in  all,  between  Stockton  and  Bakersfield  (a 
distance  of  two  hundred  and  forty  miles)  than  it  costs  to  operate 
the  two  steamers  between  Stockton  and  San  Francisco,  less  than 
half  the  distance,"  and  that  "  there  is  not  a  water  course  in  Cali- 
fornia, bordered  by  a  railroad,  where  the  railroad  could  not  carry 
freight  profitably  at  prices  at  which  no  carrier  on  the  water  could 
live.1'  According  to  this  statement,  all  past  theories  based  upon 
experience  will  have  to  be  revised,  for  in  all  cases  where  railroads 
have  bad  to  compete  with  water  transportation  they  have  never  ; 
been  able  to  meet  the  rates  established  by  the  water  carrier. 
Rapid  transportation  is  the  only  thing  that  has  operated  in  their 
favor.  One  of  the  wildest  and  most  unreliable  assertions  made  by 
Mr.  Cochran  is  in  regard  to  the  freight  policy  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company  and  the  influence  it  has  had  in  the  upper  San  j 
Joaquin  Valley.  He  says:  »  Not  only  has  their  policy  prevented  i 
the  development  and  settlement  of  the  country,  but  it  has  driven 
scores  of  small  producers  away."  Before  the  railroad  was  built  j 
from  Latbrnp  to  Bakersfield  the  whole  of  that  territory  was  a  bar-  | 
ren  waste,  fit  only  for  and  used  as  sbeep  and  cattle  ranges,  and  it 
would  be  so  to-day  had  not  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  pio- 
neered the  way  and  assisted  in  the  development  of  the  vast,  rich 
region.  An  industrious  population  followed  in  its  wake,  and 
where  there  was  nothing  but  tents  and  Bhanties  for  sheep  herders, 
there  are  now  beautiful  homes,  flourishing  towns,  and  a  city 
rivaling  Stockton  in  inland  metropolitan  pretentions.  This  paper 
is  no  apologist  for  any  freight  policy  of  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company  that  may  be  complained  of,  but  it  believes  in  dealing 
out  justice.  The  present  prosperous  condition  of  the  upper  San 
Joaquin  Valley  is  due  to  the  presence  of  the  railroad  through  that 
valley. 

The  question  of  transportation  charges  and  the  manage- 
ment of  the  transportation  lines  is  one  on  which  the  public 
has  the  least  understanding.  In  the  first  place,  transportation 
can  never  be  a  matter  of  co-operation  between  the  producer 
and  carrier,  and  hence  a  successful  producer  cannot  be  a  suc- 
cessful carrier  in  competition  with  a  successful  carrier,  whose 
entire  energies  are  devoted  to  bis  business — the  specialization  of 
occupations  renders  that  impossible.  Mr.  Cochran  makes  the 
familiar  point  that  the  Southern  Pacific  charges  to  its  non-com- 
petitive traffic  the  losses  that  it  sustains  in  operating  its  ex- 
pensive and  thinly  settled  lines.  In  point  of  fact,  the  local  rates  on 
its  mountain  divisions  are  much  higher  than  its  local  rate  in  the 
San  Joaquin  Valley.  Mr.  Cochran  leaves  out  of  consideration 
the  fact,  known  to  every  heavy  carrier  in  the  world,  that  paral- 
lel competition  is  never  a  permanent  factor  of  rates,  and  that 
competition  is  a  factor  at  meeting  points  only.  These  meeting 
points  are  necessarily  far  apart,  8an  Francisco  and  Salt  Lake  b  - 
ing  instances.  They  thus  enjoy  an  advantage  which  has  no  arti- 
ficial features,  and  which  U  is  the  geographical  misfortune  of 
other  points  not  to  enjoy.  This  is  and  always  will  be  inevitable. 
Parallel  competition  often  does  effect  a  temporary,  but  never  a 
permanent,  reduction,  and  it  always  and  inevitably  ends  in  c  »n 
solidation,  agreement  or  destruction  of  "at  least  one  of  the  lines. 
If  it  comes  to  a  fight  between  the  Southern  Pacific  and  promoters 
of  a  railroad  in  the  San  Joaquin,  he  is  a  child  indeed  who  cannot 
foresee  the  result,  which  must  inevitably  be  disastrous  to  the 
promoters  and  backers.  We  can  imagine  the  construction  of  a 
competing  line,  a  war  of  rates,  the  rapid  rise  in  land  values,  the 
over-stimalatioo  of  settlement,  and  then  the  disappearance  of  the 
competition  and  the  terrible  losses  and  hardships  that  will  follow. 
The  Southern  Pacific  baa  steadily  reduced  rates  everywhere  as 
rapidly  as  the  increase  of  its  business  would  permit.  It  under- 
stands the  science  of  transportation,  and  green  hands  and  ambi- 
tious and  unscrupulous  promoters  cannot  compete  with  it.  Its 
manifest  policy  is  to  induce  settlement  along  its  lines;  to  charge 
that  it  is  deliberately  injuring  its  business  by  trying  to  retard  set- 
tlement is  the  silliest  of  all  childish  nonsense.  The  San  Joaquin 
Valley  ought  to  be  sure  that  it  is  not  charging  the  Southern 
Pacific  with  some  delinquencies  that  belong  nearer  home.  In  any 
event,  this  is  the  time  for  sound  sense  and  calm  reflection,  and 
not  for  wild  schemes,  antagonisms,  and  manipulations  by  un- 
scrupulous promoters  who  are  out  of  a  job. 

THE  city  dailies   condescended  to    notice  the  convention  of  the 
State  Editorial  Association  held  at  Sacramento  this  week,  and 
to  mention  the  titles  of  some  of   the  addresses    made  there.     The 


interior  papers  are  no  doubt  duly  grateful.  It  is  a  fact,  however, 
that  in  seeking  real  ability,  intelligence,  and  devotion  to  high 
principle  among  the  editors  of  California,  one  must  leave  the 
dailies  of  San  Francisco  out  of  view  and  look  to  a  few  of  the 
metropolitan  weeklies  and  the  great  body  of  the  interior  press. 
Not  the  leaBt  of  the  evidences  of  inferiority  on  the  part  of  the 
San  Francisco  dailies  is  the  insulting  coolness  with  which  they 
practically  ignore  the  tremendous  force  which  the  State  organiza- 
tion of  interior  papers  represents.  By  means  of  this  organization 
the  publishers  and  editors  of  tbe  interior  decide  the  conree  of 
some  of  the  vital  interests  that  affect  the  State,  and  their  harmony 
of  action  is  all  tbe  more  remarkable  from  tbe  fact  that  there  mnst 
naturally  be  a  very  wide  divergence  of  opinion  among  them.  Of 
course  tnere  are  some  matters  on  which  they  wisely  make  no 
attempt  to  agree,  for  in  ordinary  political  and  a  few  other  con- 
cerns, agreement  would  partake  of  the  character  of  conspiracy; 
but  in  decrying  sectional  jealousies,  in  working  for  the  good  of 
the  whole  State,  in  securing  and  disseminating  the  best  informa- 
tion of  the  ways  in  which  the  wonderful  resources  of  tbe  State 
may  be  developed,  in  giving  instrnction  and  encouragement  In 
'he  prosecution  of  industries  both  new  and  old,  in  inducing  im- 
migration, in  inspiring  all  Californians  to  be  industrious,  pains- 
taking, thoughtful,  enterprising,  and  patriotic,  in  inducing  those 
having  means  to  employ  their  resources  for  the  general  good, 
and  in  many  other  ways  they  formulate  and  adhere  to  plans  that 
display  tbe  highest  intelligence  and  tbe  truest  patriotism.  The  good 
which  they  thus  accomplish  is  immeasurably  greater  than  that 
secured  by  any  other  single  or  organized  force  in  California;  and 
it  is  all  the  more  powerful  because  of  its  harmonions  purpose  and 
its  silence  and  persistency.  The  daily  papers  of  San  Francisco, 
on  tbe  other  hand,  which  exhibit  so  much  disdain  for  the  interior 
press,  are  unorganized,  inspired  by  mutual  jealousies  and  welt- 
founded  distrust,  and  can  agree  on  no  policy  that  does  not  con- 
cern their  advertising  space;  and  then  they  become  freebooters 
of  the  most  valiant  type.  Let  an  individual  or  a  corporation  ap- 
pear above  the  "dead  level  of  incompetency"  which  afflicts  the 
state,  and  they  at  once  proceed  to  sound  the  depths  of  bis 
pocket,  damning  him  if  be  refuse  to  be  blackmailed.  They  are  a 
menace  to  every  man  who  dares  to  show  a  spirit  of  enterprise, 
and  because  of  their  meanness  and  greed  are  the  one  potent  in- 
fluence against  the  progress  of  the  State.  In  all  good  ways  tbeir 
course  is  exactly  opposite  to  that  of  tbe  interior  publishers.  It 
is  probably  a  consciousness  of  their  inferiority  that  causes  the 
publishers  and  editors  of  the  city  dailies  to  withhold  even  tbe 
civilities  of  gentlemanly  intercourse  from  the  editors  of  the  inte- 
rior who  visit  the  city. 

THE  Republican  State  Central  Committee,  through  its  Chairman, 
P.  B.  Cornwall,  has  filed  an  application  for  a  writ  of  mandate  in 
the  Supreme  Court  to  prevent  tbe  Election  Commissioners  from 
counting  and  announcing  tbe  vote  of  certain  precincts  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, on  account  of  frauds  and  irregularities  on  the  part  of  tbe 
action  of  the  Boards  of  Election.  Should  such  a  writ  be  granted 
and  tbe  several  precincts  be  thrown  out,  the  result  will  be,  as  the 
object  is,  to  seat  M.  M.  Estee  as  Governor,  in  place  of  James  H. 
Budd,  who  was  elected.  In  so  far  as  these  two  gentlemen  are 
concerned  it  does  not  matter  so  much,  but  a  result  will  be  reached 
which  will  disfranchise  about  three  thousand  citizens  who  trusted 
their  elective  privileges  to  the  care  of  a  lot  of  men  who  violated 
tbeir  oaths  of  office  and  became  perjurors  and  scoundrels  at  tbe 
instance  of  corrupt  politicians.  In  such  an  emergency,  to  protect 
innocent  voters  in  their  rights  under  the  Constitution  and  laws, 
the  members  of  the  Supreme  Court  should  be  careful  and  see  that 
no  iniquities  concocted  by  political  manipulators  be  permitted  to 
defraud  the  voters  and  disfranchise  tbe  citizens.  The  voters  them- 
selves should  demand  this.  Mr.  Estee,  in  whose  interest  this 
action  is  being  taken,  should  demand  that  this  proceeding  stop 
before  he  becomes  the  object  of  ridicule  and  derision  from  one  end 
of  tbe  State  to  the  other  and  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  Let 
the  Supreme  Court,  if  within  its  province,  order  that  the  votes  of 
these  precincts  be  counted  and  tbe  will  of  tbe  people  be  made 
known.  If  the  corrupt  Boards  of  Election  failed  to  do  their 
duty,  with  fraudulent  intent,  let  the  law  step  in  and  a  tri- 
bunal of  justice  protect  the  citizens  in  their  rights  to  a  free  bal- 
lot and  a  fair  count.  Tbe  Supreme  Court  is  Republican  in  political 
sentiment.  Can  it  afford  to  be  partisan  and  have  the  ermine 
blackened  with  any  stain  or  suspicion  of  corruption  or  political 
intrigue  ?  God  forbid!  The  cost  will  be  too  great.  It  is  not  Estee 
that  has  tbe  right  to  complain,  and  those  who  have  gambled  on 
tbe  prospect  of  bis  success,  and  lost,  have  forfeited  tbeir  rights. 
They  all  know  that  an  honest  count  wonld  not  elect  him.  They 
do  not  demand  an  honest  count  but  a  disfranchisement  of  the  in- 
nocent voters  who  would  be  defrauded  ont  of  their  rights  and 
privileges  as  American  citizens  by  nulifying  the  election  in  these 
precincts.  They  have  been  defrauded,  and  have  no  recourse 
under  tbe  law.  It  is  a  crime,  and  one  which  should  not  be  per- 
mitted to  remain  unchallenged  or  allowed  10  be  frittered  away  by 
tbe  process  suggested  by  this  committee.  It  wonld  only  be  a  cul- 
mination of  the  desperate  crime  intended.  The  Constitution  desig- 
nates but  two  crimes  as  capital  offenses,  but  it  should  be  changed 
to  include  this  offense,    and   make  it  punishable  by  death  or  im- 


December.  15,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


prisontnent  (or  life.  Tbe  liberties  of  the  people  are  as  sacred  as 
their  lives,  and  they  are  uot  safe  in  tbe  presence  of  sucb  acts. 
Anarchy  and  treason  can  be  coojbatted,  but  tbe  man  who  de- 
bauches tbe  ballot  is  a  secret  and  dangtrous  foe.  and  is  at  present 
shielded  by  tbe  law.  Tbe  petition  for  an  imperative  mandate  was 
denied  by  .lodge  Beatty,  and  tbe  first  move  toward  an  attempt  to 
steal  tbe  office  was  property  blocked  by  an  upright  and  impartial 
Judge,  but  it  Is  not  likely  tbat  tbis  is  tbe  end  of  it. 

SAN  FRA>*C1SC0  has  an  interest  in  the  development  of  the  in- 
terior towns  as  well  as  the  country.  The  more  factories  and 
manufacturing  establishments  that  can  be  started,  and  the  more 
industries  that  are  inaugurated  in  tbe  great  valleys,  the  better  it 
will  be  for  the  metropolis.  It  has  been  the  effort  of  tbe 
transportation  companies,  both  water  and  railroad,  to  encourage 
immigration  and  promote  such  industries  as  are  necessary  to  de- 
velop tbe  great  resources  of  the  State,  and  their  efforts  have  been 
practically  successful.  These  cities  and  towns  have  been  in- 
creased to  sucb  an  extent  tbat  the  facilities  for  further  progress 
have  been  enlarged.  There  have  been  great  activities  in  various 
channels  that  have  aided  these  towns  in  tbeir  building  up,  and 
now,  to  sustain  tbem  and  invite  larger  population,  new  enter- 
prises are  projected  which  will  add  to  the  prosperity,  not  only  of 
the  neighborhoods  surrounding  tbem,  but  the  State  at  large.  Tbe 
city  of  Sacramento,  which  received  such  a  shaking  up  by  one  of 
its  local  papers  four  years  ago,  has  conceived  the  project  of  bring- 
ing electricity  from  tbe  Folsom  dam  to  be  used  in  running  her 
street  cars,  serving  as  motive  power  for  manufacturing  machin- 
ery, lighting  her  streets,  and  for  heating.  The  great  Tuolumne 
irrigation  dam,  which  is  the  largest  overflow  dam  in  the  world,  is 
capable  of  generating  enough  electricity  to  turn  all  the  wheels  in 
Stockton,  Modesto,  and  Merced,  as  well  as  other  small  towns, 
fnrnishing  light  and  heat.  The  San  Joaquin  River,  at  the  point 
where  it  debouches  from  the  mountains,  will  furnish  enough 
power  to  serve  Fresno,  Madera,  and  other  small  towns.  The 
beauty  of  electricity  is,  that  tbe  supply  is  never  exhausted.  After 
tbe  demand  is  fully  met  there  is  just  as  much  left  to  draw  from 
as  before  it  was  tapped,  and  all  other  material  is  left  untouched. 
It  is  the  cheapest  of  all  power.  It  is  infinite  in  capacity,  if  not 
infinity  itself,  and  the  handmaid  of  progress.  San  Francisco  is 
behind  all  other  large  cities  in  its  use,  and  must  wake  up  to  tbe 
importance  of  securing  its  service.  The  most  important  consider- 
ation of  all  is  that  there  is  no  ice  in  tbe  streams  of  California  to 
interfere  with  the  working  of  electrical  machinery.  It  is  ice  tbat 
has  almost  done  away  with  the  projects  in  tbe  Eastern  States  for 
the  long-distance  transmission  of  electric  power.  With  tbis 
enormous  and  altogether  peculiar  advantage  which  is  attributable 
to  a  mild  climate,  added  to  tbe  inexhaustible  stores  of  water  in 
the  mountains,  California  is  in  a  position  to  solve  the  present 
problem  of  too  expensive  fuel  for  manufacturing  purposes,  and  to 
become  the  greatest  manufacturing,  as  it  is  the  greatest  produc- 
ing, State  of  the  Union. 

IT  requires  the  patience  of  art  and  the  genius  of  the  age  to  work 
out  the  destiny  of  sucb  a  State  as  California.  Her  resources  are 
infinite,  and  tbe  men  who  ordinarily  elbow  themselves  through 
the  world  and  jostle  each  other  through  the  by-ways  to  fortune, 
have  no  conception  of  the  wealth  tbat  requires  intelligent  study 
and  scientific  research  to  determine  and  develop.  Some  special 
attention  to  the  small  things  that  exist,  and  which  nature  haB  pro- 
vided in  her  prodigality,  might  be  utilized,  and  it  requires  only 
observation  from  the  proper  source  to  apprise  capital  of  the  pro- 
jects where  investments  may  be  made  with  profit.  Show  capital 
the  way  and  it  will  not  be  slow  to  make  the  venture,  for  there  is 
plenty  of  it  waiting  a  safe  opportunity  to  back  enterprises  and  es- 
tablish useful  industries.  There  is,  lying  scattered  on  the  beach 
from  the  month  of  the  Columbia  River  to  the  Gulf  of  California, 
material  for  an  industry  which  can  be  made  profitable  by  the 
proper  appliance  of  tbe  peculiar  mechanical  skill,  and,  althongh 
it  may  seem  unimportant  to  the  ordinary  person  who  deals  in  the 
products  of  the  mines  and  the  soil,  tbe  sea  shells  can  be  made  an 
important  factor  in  the  commerce  of  tbe  State.  They  are  to  be 
found  at  every  point  on  the  shore,  but  more  particularly  on  tbe 
southern  coast,  in  quantity  and  quality  both  rare  and  beautiful. 
It  would  be  necessary,  in  order  to  make  such  an  industry  profita- 
ble, to  draw  from  the  workshops  of  Italy  and  Spain  for  teachers 
in  the  art  to  educate  our  youths  and  give  them  lessons  in  fash- 
ioning, mounting,  and  carving  shell-jewelry  for  tbe  market. 
These  matters  have  all  been  overlooked  in  the  industrial  activities 
that  have  marked  the  progress  of  California.  A  few  individuals, 
in  a  crude  manner,  have  ventured  to  lead  the  way,  f»nd  tbeir  work 
has  only  made  manifest  tbe  real  wealth  tbat  exp- r  encrd  and  in- 
ventive genius  can  develop.  In  this  matter  tbe  State  might  tike 
some  interest  in  connection  with  the  Labor  Bureau,  and,  through 
its  influence,  an  extensive  workshop  could  be  inaugurated.  It 
would  require  only  special  recognition  to  give  confidence  and  in- 
duce capital,  after  which  the  work  would  yield  sufficient  revenue 
to  sustain  it,  for  these  shells  can  he  fashioned  into  a  thousand 
shapes  and  carved  into  the  most  exquisite  ornaments,  jewels,  and 
bric-a-brac.  In  the  formation  of  these  shells  the  fine  touch  of 
nature,  in  the  laboratory  of  the  great  deep,  has  fashioned  the 
most  exquisite  shades  of  coloring,   and  decorated   them  with  all 


tbe  hues  that  sparkle  in  tbe  ocean  spray.  The  green,  the  blue, 
the  pink,  tbe  azure,  and  the  pearl  are  artistically  blended,  and  it 
seems  as  though  the  rainbow,  in  its  ambition,  had  failed  to  photo- 
graph the  delicate  shades  and  splendors  of  these  ocean  geniB.  As 
they  lie  cast  upon  the  beach  they  are  worthless,  but  it  would  re- 
quire but  little  capital  to  put  such  an  industry  in  motion  where 
the  bum  of  wheels  would  be  heard.  It  would  employ  thousands 
of  people  in  gathering  the  material,  and  every  department  would 
be  a  scene  of  activity.  This  industry  would  be  strictly  Californian, 
as  no  such  dainty  and  valuable  seaebells  are  found  on  tbe  Atlantic 
sea-board,  and  here  the  material  is  so  plentiful  that  there  would 
be  no  lack  of  supply  for  a  century  to  come. 

THE  principal  feature  of  the  work  now  before  Congress  is  a  re- 
form in  the  currency  of  the  country.  It  is  the  problem  hardest 
to  solve,  on  account  of  the  diversity  of  opinion  tbat  exists  among 
the  members.  Bills  have  been  submitted  to  tbe  Committee  on  Bank- 
ing and  Currency — one  incorporating  tbe  ideas  proposed  by  the  Nt- 
tionat  Bankers'  Association,  at  Baltimore,  and  one  formulated  by 
Secretary  Carlisle  and  recommended  by  the  President  in  his  annual 
message.  While  some  reform  or  change  in  tbe  currency  system 
is  demanded,  it  is  unfortunate  at  this  time,  when  the  country  is 
slowly  emerging  from  a  financial  crisis,  tbat  any  action  tbat  may 
disturb  the  business  of  the  country  should  be  deemed  necessary. 
There  is  a  strong  free  silver  coinage  sentiment  in  the  lower  House 
of  Congress,  and,  aa  is  well  known,  the  Senate  is  favorable  to  tbe 
enactment  of  some  law  friendly  to  silver.  Senators  Voorhies, 
Reed,  and  Cameron  are  all  new  converts  to  the  scheme,  the  former 
being  the  chairman  of  the  Senate  committee  on  Banking  and  Cur- 
rency. The  suggestion  of  Carlisle,  in  so  far  as  his  bill  relates  to 
the  issue  of  bank  notes  of  no  less  denomination  than  ten  dollars, 
provides  the  best  remedy  for  the  use  of  silver,  and  was  intended, 
no  doubt,  to  meet  tbe  demands  of  tbe  more  conservative  element, 
but  his  currency  proposition  would  bear  pruning  down  to  satisfy 
tbe  bankers.  The  opinion  has  been  expressed  by  several  of  the 
leading  members  of  both  bouses  that  tbis  session  of  Congress  will 
fail  to  enact  any  law  governing  tbe  regulation  of  tbe  currency, 
and  as  there  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  President  Cleveland  will 
convene  an  extra  session,  the  country  will  have  a  year's  rest  from 
the  vexatious  tinkering  with  measures  that  so  vitally  affect  the 
business  and  commerce  of  the  country.  The  Nicaragua  Canal 
Bill  is  now  before  the  Senate,  and  will  be  considered  before  the 
holiday  vacation,  unless  the  supplemental  tariff  bills,  already 
passed  by  the  House,  are  pushed  for  consideration  by  tbe  friends 
of  the  President,  who  has  exhibited  an  anxiety  to  have  iron  and 
coal  placed  upon  the  free  list.  Without  any  further  legislation  on 
the  question,  this  much  is  demanded  as  a  partial  redemption  of 
the  party  pledges,  and  the  effort  will  be  made. 

A  WRITER  in  tbe  London  Echo  paints  an  imaginary  picture  of 
America  in  1900,  which  has  a  blood-curdling  significance.  It 
has  all  tbe  dips,  angles,  and  spurs  of  a  night-mare  after  a  season 
of  debauch  tapered  off  with  a  heavy  dose  of  rich  fruit-cake.  After 
talking  about  revolution,  blood,  and  tears,  he  says: 

"  Politics  is  so  rotten  that  it  stinks.  Everybody  knows  it  and  no- 
body cares.  It  is  no  longer  a  republic;  it  is  a  plutocracy.  The  poor 
whine  about  their  poverty  and  gnaw  their  crusts  of  bread,  but  can  be 
relied  upon  to  vote  for  the  rich,  and  nine-tenths  of  them  would 
shoulder  their  muskets  and  lay  down  their  lives  in  defense  of  tbe 
rights  of  the  rich  to  rob  them.  Soldiers  and  police  shoot  down  labor- 
ing people  and  are  cheered  on  in  their  bloody  work  by  the  monopo- 
lists and  the  clergy.  Piety  in  the  White  House  enjoying  the  fruits 
of  bribery ;  infidelity  in  the  tenement-house  enduring  the  punishment 
of  uprightness.  But  the  day  will  soon  come  when  there  will  be  a  hor- 
rible dance  to  death,  lighted  up  by  burning  houses  and  the  music  of 
cries  and  groans  and  dynamite  and  bombs.  These  are  the  signs  of 
the  times  in  America  lo-day  that  point  to  calamity  too  dreadful  to 
imagine,  but  which  nothing  can  avert." 

That  editor  has  forgotten  the  fact  that  the  United  States,  as  a 
government,  reserve  the  right  to  exist  by  peaceful  revolution  if 
necessary.  One  of  the  most  important  documents  tbat  ever  con- 
fronted England  contained  a  sentence  pregnant  with  elasticity, 
which  declared  that  when  a  government  becomes  destructive  of 
tbe  rights  of  tbe  people  to  life,  liberty,  and  the  pursuit  of  happi- 
ness, it  was  their  duty  and  their  privilege  to  alter  or  abolish  it. 
While  the  citizens  of  this  country  may  do  many  things  that  do 
not  seem  reasonable  in  tbe  exercise  of  the  elective  franchise,  they 
have  a  reserve  power  which  will  be  exercised  at  any  time  should 
monarchy  show  its  head  or  anarchy  display  the  red  flag.  They 
believe  in  law  and  ordpr  and  the  execution  of  law,  and  when 
plutocracy  bee  ioea  arrogant  they  put  the  seal  of  condemnation 
upon  h  hy  tie  ballot.  Although  politics  is  rotten,  tbis  republic 
has  within  it  -elf  the  eerm  of  self-preservation.  Absolutism  and 
anarchy  are  the  two  extremes,  and  they  will  never  meet  in  this 
Government  while  the  people  are  educated  sovereigns.  Tbe 
political  revolution  that  has  just  taken  place  was  an  exhibition 
of  the  reserve  power  possessed  by  the  people. 

AN  excellent  order  issued  by  the  Market-street  railway   system 
instructs  conductors,  in  case   of  a   break-down  on    any  par- 
ticular line,  t j  issue  transfers  to  a  parallel  line. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  15,  1894. 


SNAP    SHOTS. 

[By    Di     Vebnon.1 

GENERAL  BOOTH  is  coming,  acd  our  dailies  are  prepared  to 
give  bim  and  the  Salvation  Army,  of  which  he  is  tde  founder, 
orgnnizer,  and  commander,  the  full  measure  <>f  journalistic  honor. 
Very  different  indeed  is  the  spirit  in  which  he  is  to  be  welcomed  from 
the  one  in  which  Maud  B.  Booth,  wife  of  his  sou,  Balliugton  Booth, 
was  received  some  years  ago  on  the  occasion  of  her  first  visit  to  this 
coast.  General  Booth  is  to  be  introduced  at  one  of  his  meetings  by 
W.  H.  L.  Barnes,  and  addressed  by  Mayor-elect  Sutro  at  the  City  Hall 
on  Saturday  night,  the  night  of  the  grand  procession.  When  Mrs. 
Booth  was  expected,  on  her  former  visit,  a  young  woman  who  did 
special  work  fur  one  of  our  local  papers  asked  permission  of  the  city 
editor  to  interview  her.  He  readily  gave  her  the  assignment,  at  the 
same  time  saying:  "  You  ought  to  get  an  awfully  good  story  out  of 
that;  you  can  guy  her  and  the  Army  all  you  like,  you  know."  The 
young  woman  went  her  way,  determined  not  to  use  her  position  to 
cause  pain  to  a  woman  evidently  sincere.  Mrs.  Booth  was  so  charm- 
ing and  lovable,  and  so  full  of  that  divine  compassion  for  the  souls 
that  are  ready  to  perish,  that  the  woman  reporter  was  not  only  con- 
firmed in  her  determination  uot  to  guy  her,  but  was  eager  to  become 
her  advocate  and  the  defender  of  the  cause  which  Maud  B.  Booth 
had  so  nobly  championed.  When  she  returned  to  the  office  that  night 
with  the  photographs  aud  the  copy  she  said:  "  I  have  good  stuff  here, 
but  £  cannot  let  you  have  it  unless  you  will  promise  not  to  put  fool 
heads  on  my  copy,  or  in  any  way  alter  or  change  what  I  have  written 
so  as  to  bring  ridicule  upon  a  noble  woman,  or  to  hurt  her  if  she  were 
to  see  the  article."  The  editor,  impressed  by  the  young  reporter's 
earnestness,  gave  the  required  promise  and  he  kept  his  word,  making 
a  special  feature  of  the  interview  and  running  it  the  day  after  the  first 
appearance  of  Mrs.  Booth.  On  the  same  date  all  the  other  papers 
came  out  with  reports  more  or  less  ribald  or  ridiculous,  poking  fun 
at  the  Salvation  Army  and  Mrs.  Booth  and  her  meetings.  But  the 
moral  influence  of  the  other  paper,  with  its  kindly,  appreciative,  and 
interesting  article,  was  sufficient  to  turn  the  tide,  and  Mrs.  Booth,  the 
Salvation  Army,  and  its  work  ever  since  have  received  fair  and  ap- 
preciative recognition  from  the  press  of  San  Francisco.  Those  in 
charge  of  this  division  confidently  expect  that  the  results  of  the  Gen- 
eral's visit  and  the  meetings  held  during  his  stay  will  make  "  Salva 
tion  "  week  a  historical  one  in  the  religious  history  of  California. 


If  it  were  better  to  be  born  lucky  than  handsome,  as  the  old  adage 
declares,  it  certainly  is  better  to  be  born  with  tact  than  with  wealth. 
There  are  innumerable  occasions  upon  which  tact  is  the  one  thing 
needful,  and  chief  among  them  is  the  time  wheu,  by  a  quick  rush  to 
the  rescue,  a  well-meaning  but  clainsy  person  on  the  point  of  floun- 
dering into  a  bay,  of  tumbling  headlong  into  the  mire  of  mistake,  is 
brought  up  with  a  round  turn.  It,  is  ever  so.much  better  to  prevent 
one's  ox  from  falling  into  the  pit  than  to  rig  a  block  and  tackle  to  pull 
him  out,  even  wheu  one  is  allowed  to  do  so  on  the  Sabbath  day.  For 
iustance,  in  the  mixed  companies,  when  all  parties  are  not  equally 
well-known  to  each  other,  but  where  some  know  more  of  their  neigh- 
bors' history  than  the  others  know,  it  is  very  likely  that  some  one. of 
the  talkers  may  trench  upon  a  subject  that  is  not  agreeable  to  all  of 
the  company.  And  what  more  want  of  tact  than  for  the  one  who 
knows  what  a  mess  is  going  to  be  made  to  allow  the  bungler  to  go  on 
making  it!  Why  not,  by  some  quick  interruption,  either  turn  the 
subject  and  explain  afterwards  about  the  seeming  rudeness,  instead 
of  allowing  the  speaker  to  aiake  a  remark  that  may  wound  a  friend 
or  create  an  enemy? 

Or  if  the  subject  will  not  be  changed  without  a  hitch,  would  it  not 
be  better  to  say  frankly :  "  You'd  better  not  discuss  that  here  because 
we  are  not  alluf  the  same  mind ;"  or,  "You  must  not  speak  so  strongly 
against  such  a  sect:  I'm  one  of  ihem,  though  you  didn't  know  it."  At 
this  stage  perfect  good  humor  can  preserve  perfect  harmony.  But  let 
others  sit  by  apprehensive  of  a  conversational  catastrophy,  which 
they  are  too  supine  to  avert,  and  much  mortification  and  remorse 
are  sure  to  follow.  For  instance,  a  lady  in  San  Francisco  gave  a 
luncheon  party  in  honor  of  an  Eastern  lady.  There  were  twelve  ladies 
at  the  table,  and  all  went  as  merrily  as  such  affairs  usually  do. 
where  the  guests  are  congenial  and  the  menu  tempting.  But  one 
of  the  San  Franciscans  asked  the  guest  what  she  thought  of  our  city 
and  what  had  most  impressed  her.  Imagine  the  consternation  when 
the  Eastern  woman  delivered  herself  of  a  homily  upon  divorce  and 
its  shocking  prevalence  in  San  Francisco,  for  "eight  of  the  twelve 
ladies  around  tnat  festive  board,  including  the  hostess  herself,  had 
been  divorced !  And  there  they  sat  staring  stock  still  at  one  another 
while  the  Eastern  visitor  elaborated  her  views.  Some  might  ask: 
•'  What  was  there  to  be  done?  Who  could  tell  her  that  her  hostess 
was  a  divorcee?  "  At  the  first  note  on  the  subject,  would  it  not  have 
been  better  for  some  one  of  the  company  to  aay:  "Ah,  yes.  That 
does  impress  a  stranger— one  from  a  more  conservative  communiiy ; 
but  we  do  not  regard  it  in  any  way  as  a  social  drawback ;  in  fact,  we 
never  discuss  it,  since  in  every  company  there  may  be  at  least  one 
woman  who  has  had  the  moral  courage  to  get  a  divorce  rather  than 
continue  a  relationship  that  was  abhorrent  to  her.  Some  of  us  here 
hflvp  been  divorced."  That  would  have  prevented  any  further  and 
unpleasant  talk.     But  in  actual  (aci  these  ladies  allowed  the  guest  to 


run  on  at  such  a  rate  tnat  later,  when  she  learned  the  truth,  she  was 
sick  with  a  nervous  fever  at  the  thought  of  what  she  had  said  and  to 
whom  she  had  said  it. 

One  time  some  people  were  discussing  names,  and  laughing  at  the 
way  fond  mothers  who  seek  "alliteration's  artful  aid"  to  rescue  a 
child  from  the  oblivion  of  some  surname  of  a  deadly  commonplace 
character  by  having  each  child  christened  a  very  fanciful  or  senti- 
mental name.  Imagine  the  chagrin  of  the  one  who  had  instanced 
the  most  ludicrous  examples  of  the  "plebeian  name"  and  its  high 
sounding  advance  guard,  to  learn  that  a  gentleman  whom  she  had 
met  for  the  first  time  on  thatoccasion  bore  the  despised  patronymic! 
"  Why,"  she  demanded,  and  with  reason,  "did  not  the  man  who  in- 
troduced bim  cut  short  the  conversation  with  a  laugh  and  the  warn- 
ing. 'That's  my  friend's  name— don't  make  fun  of  it?'  I  shouldn't 
feel  half  so  cheap  as  I  do  now."  Some  people  have  a  perfect  talent 
for  getting  into  this  sort  of  a  situation.  Every  one  had  a  stock  story 
—at  least  every  one  who  is  fond  of  talking.  Mine  was  of  a  pet  cat 
who  had  two  eyes,  and  could  see  out  of  one  only,  and  the  way  that 
his  blindness  of  one  eye  was  discovered  was  because  one  eye  only 
shone  in  the  dark.  There  were  several  very  funny  features  connected 
with  this  story,  and  it  always  brought  down  the  house,  that  is  to  say, 
almost  always,  for  the  last  time— I  hope  it  may  contiuue  to  be  the 
last  time— I  told  it,  I  noticed  that  it  seemed  to  fall  flat.  But  one 
alone  of  the  people  had  ever  heard  it  before,  and  still  the  air  was  chill 
with  the  coming  of  a  cold  dead  frost.  I  looked  up  and  around  in  a 
foreboding  apprehension— my  host,  like  the  cat,  was  blind  of  one  eye ! 
I  wanted  to  fall  under  the  table;  then  my  next  impulse  was  to  "fall 
upon  the  one  person  who  knew  the  tale,  and  annihilate  her  for 
calmly  allowing  me  to  make  such  a  scene.  "Why  didn't  you  kick 
me  under  the  table?    Why  didn't  you  say  right  out,  ■  Don't  tell  that 

old  cat  story  at  this  table!     Anything '  "     But  some  people  have 

no  tact! 

Jt  is  an  understood  thing  that  the  large  furniture,  carpet  and  up- 
holstery firm  of  W.  &  J.  Sloane  &  Co.,  641-647  Market  street,  of  this 
city,  has  on  show  in  its  immense  warerooms  the  most  artistic,  com- 
pleie,  and  appropriate  selection  of  dainty  pieces  of  furniture  suitable 
for  holiday  presents  that  has  ever  been  exhibited  in  this  market.  No 
person  visiting  this  store  will  wonder  at  the  vast  amount  of  business 
done  by  this  firm,  as  one  is  readily  convinced  that  the  selections 
styles,  and  prices  submitted  cannot  be  excelled. 

The  second  floor  (take  elevator)  at  Sanborn,  Vail  <fc  Co.'ais  loaded 
with  framed  pictures,  mirrors,  easels,  screens,  onyx  tables  and  ban- 
quet lamps.     All  welcome. 

YULE=TIDE    HINTS! 

Suggested  at 
SLOANE'S. 

We  have  just  received  hun- 
dreds of  pretty  and  uohby 
pieces  of  furn  tnre  that 
make  appropriate  Christmas 
gifts.  They  aie  at  ouce 
handsome,  useful,  aud  dur 
abb*.  Constantly  yiebiiug 
comfort  aud  eojoyment  to 
the  owner,  they  force  upon 
her  (or  html  a  cou&taut  and 
kind  remembrance  of  the 
donor. 

'I  here  are  quaint  ideas  of 
art,  daiu  y  creations  of  fash- 
ion aud  fancy  in 
TEA  TABLES. 

ESCRITOIRES. 

Bl'  KCASES, 

reception  chairs. 
fancy  table*, 
chev  l  glasses, 
parlor  a«d  music 

Cabinets, 
tabourets, 

fanc/  chairs, 
ladies'  dr-«sers, 
ladies' writing  desks. 

They  nped  not  ru  teh  auy- 
thiup.  Let  them bt- different 
—odd— a  sort  of  foil  or  relief 
to  the  other  fumi-hings. 

We  invite  inspection  of 
goi  ds  and  comparison  of 
prices. 

w.  &  J.  sioiiE  &  co 

FPRNITURE, 

CA-PET-, 

UHHOLSTERY 


647  Market  rtat 


_  Out  of  town  orders 
promptly  and  carefully  at- 
tended to 


L^ 


DAIMV  WRITING  DESKS 

la  Great  Variety. 


December  15,  1S94. 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEK. 


CHRISTMAS    NEWS    LETTER. 


Ready  Next  Thursday,  December  20th. 

THE  Christmas  Nnmber  of  tbe  S.  F.  News  Letter  will  by  ready 
next  Thursday.  Its  importance  as  a  work  of  art,  ana  its 
value  as  a  bright  literary  production  and  disseminator  of  infor- 
mation about  California,  may  be   judged  from  what  follows: 

Twenty  of  the  most  renowned  local  Artists  have  been  commis- 
sioned to  paint  pictures  specially  for  this  number;  each  picture 
will  be  characteristic  of  the  artist,  and  each  will  occupy  a  full  page, 
reproduced  in  the  highest  style  of  tbe  engraver's  art. 

This  will  give  the  best  possible  idea  of  the  versatility  of  artistic 
talent  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  will  show  that  we  have  among  us  as 
grand  portrayers  of  Nature  on  canvas  as  can  be  found  in  any  part 
of  the  world. 

ILLUSTRATIONS— "Chrysanthemums,"  (Inside    title  page,)    by 
Wm.  H.  Crane. 
11  On  the  San  Lorenzo,"  by  William  Keith. 
"  Tbe  Last  of  the  Yoseruites."  by  Thomas  Hill. 
'•  In  the  Redwoods,"  by  L.  P.  Latimer. 

"  Sketch  of  Sword  Fighter  (Street  of  Cairo,)"  by  Amedee  Joullin. 
"  Beach  at  Granville,"  by  John  A.  Stanton. 
"  An  Indian  Study,"  by  Henry  Rascben. 
11  Christmas  Tidings,"  by  Miss  Eva  Withrow. 
"  S.  Rocco  Venice,"  by  Otto  Emerson. 
"  In  the  Santa  Cruz  Mountains."  by  Chris  Jorgensen. 
"  A  Morning  at  Boulder  Creek,"  by  Hugo  Fisber. 
"  Under  the  Oaks,  Berkeley,"  by  Miss  Maren  Froelich. 
"  Dutch  Milkmaid,"  by  J.  M.  Gamble. 

"  Moonlight  on  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco,"  by  W.  A.  Coulter. 
"  At  the  Edge  of  the  Orchard,"  by  M.  Isabelle  Morrison. 
"  Oriental  Lady,"  by  Miss  .fennie  McEIroy. 
"  Scene  in  Holland,"  Otto  Emerson. 
"  Puget  Sound,  Washington,"  bv  Louise  Carpenter. 
"  A  Little  Student,"  by  Lou.  E  'Wall. 
"  San  Luis  Rey  Mission."  C.  D.  Robinson. 
"  Every  Beginning  is  Difficult,"  Oscar  Kunath. 

VIEWS  in  Golden  Gate  Park—"  Huntington  Falls." 

"  New  Boat   House." 

"  Island  in  Lake,  Strawberry   Hill." 
STORIES— "The  Loquacious  Pudding,"  by  Daniel  O'Connell. 

"  My  Best  Friend's  Wife,"  by  W.  C.  Morrow. 

"  One  of  the  Other  Half,"  by  Lillian  Plunkett  Ferguson. 

"  La  Vendetta,"  by  Beatrice  de'  Luna. 

"  Thompson's  Two  Bets,"  by  the  author  of  "Aristocracy." 
And  other  stories  by  leading  authors. 

POEMS— "The  Legend  of  the  Hazel,"  by  Daniel  O'Connell. 

"  Christmas  Pictures,"  by  Kate  Waters. 

"  Winter  Violets,"  by  Ella  M.  Sexton. 

"  Jus'  a  Little  City  Girl,"  by  A.  J.  Waterhouse. 
And  other  poems. 

"  The  Peculiar  Industries  of  California,"  by  A.  E.  Wagstaff. 

"  American  and  British  English,"  by  Arthur  Inkersley. 

"  Grandeur  of  King's  River  Canyon." 

"  The  San  Francisco  Girl,"  by  Alice  Ziska. 

"  An  Englishman's  View  of  Us." 

"  A  Frenchman's  Criticism  of  An  Englishman's  View  of  Us." 

"  A  Chapter  on  Whiskers,"  (as  worn  by  prominent  San  Fran- 
ciscans.) 
,"  The  Dawning  of  a  Renaissance." 

"  Nothing." 

"  Tennis  in  California,"  by  Alex  Wilberforce. 

"  The  Work  of  San  Francisco  Women,"  by  Ermentine  Poole. 

"  Hazing  at  the  Beaux  Arts,"  by  Edouard  Cucuel. 

"  Redistributing  Humanity,"  by  A.  S.  Lowndes. 

"  Sunday  Strolls,"  by  E.  P. 

"  Our  Dilettante  Banjo  Players."  by  Ashton  P.  Stevens. 

"  City  Real  Estate."  by  Wendell  Easton. 

"  Country   Lands,"  by  A.  S.  Baldwin. 

"  The  Hostesses  of  Our  Swim." 

"  Where  Our  Swim  Disport  Themselves." 
Other  articles  bv  eminent  writers. 
MUSIC— "The  S.  F.  News  Letter  March,"  by  Ashton  P.  Stevens. 

For  the  Banjo. 
THE  COVERS,  designed    by  Edouard    Cucuel,  printed  in  seven 

colors,  and  the  edition  50  000. 
25  Cents  per  'copy     Order  copies  now. 

NEXT  Friday  evening,  at  Metropolitan  Hall,  the  California 
Camera  Club  will  give  an  exhibition  for  tbe  benefit  of  the 
Examiner's  "  Little  Jim  "  fund,  for  the  establishment  of  a  ward 
for  incurables  at  the  Children's  Hospital.  This  is  an  opportunity 
not  only  for  enjoying  an  excellent  entertainment  but  for  assisting 
in  a  most  worthy  cause  as  well. 


The  Grand  Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  ! 


Commencing  Nov.  4th  the  "  Santa  Fe  Route  "  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Wednesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Through  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleep- 
ers are  run  to  Chicago  every  dav.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illus- 
trated book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650 
Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup  "  for  your 
children  while  teething. 


DOANE  &  HENSHELWOOD. 


HOLIDAY     ATTRACTIONS. 


Great 
Sale  of 
Eider 
Down 

Quilts  and 
Cushions. 
Foster  Kid 
Gloves, 
Fans,  etc. 


3<M>  Wool  Dress  Patterns  at  Half  Price. 
Mik  Umbrellas  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  all  grades 
Handkerchiefs  for  Ladies,  Gentlemen,  and  Child- 
ren, all  kinds. 
Kid  Uloves,  Real  Foster  &  Fowler  Hook  Gloves; 

Suede  Gloves,  Bia.ritz  Gloves,  Walking  Gloves, 

Gloves,  etc. 
Fans,  German  and  French  fans,  plain  and  painted. 
Lace  Scurfs,  at  all  price,  from  $2  50  to  ?25  each. 
Silk  Handkerchiefs,    in  Plain   and   Initials,  all 

grades. 
Italian  Silk  Blankets,  $2  2d  each. 
Traveling   Hags,  for  Gentlemen   and  Ladies,  all 

sizes- 
Card  (hnci  and  Purses,  silver  mounted  and  p'ain. 
Silk  Skirts.  Woolen  Sblrts,  Alpaca  skirts,  all 

prices. 
Ageuts  I)  -.  Jaeger's  Woolen  Under w ear— recom- 

meuded  by  ail  tbe  leading  physicians. 
Umbrellas  re-covered  while  you  wait. 


Goods  delivered  free  in  suburban  towns. 

132    KEARNY  ST.,   COR.  SUTTER. 

THE  WHITE   HOUSE, 

N.  W.  Cor.  Post  and  Kearny  Sts. 

VISIT  OUR  ART  ROOMS 
and  you  will  see  the  grandest  display  of 
Holiday  Goods  ever  shown  in  this  city, 
AND  AT  PRICES  NEVER  BEFORE 
HEARD  OF.  Fine  Bronzes,  Terra 
Cottas,  Sevres  Wares,  Lamps,  Royal 
Worcester  and  Doulton  Porcelains,  Cut 
Glass,  Artistic  Furniture,  and  in  fact 
our  entire  stock  of  Art  Goods  ottered 
at  less  than  Eastern  prices. 
SEE  OUR  PRICES  AND  BE  CON- 
VINCED. Sole  agents  for  the  cele- 
brated Rookwood  Pottery. 

Raphael  Weill  &  Co. 


REDUCED    LONG    DISTANCE    TARIFF. 


Tariff  bet.  San  Francisco 

and  any  oifice  in 
Colnsa  Connty 

>m  it- r  County  ( 

Yuba  County  | 

Placer  County  J 

Bntte  County  ) 

Olenai  County  V 

Nevada  County  ) 

Fresno  County  \ 

Tulare  <  ouniy 

Kings  County  ) 

Ventura  County  } 
Sauta  Barbara  County  \ 

Los  Angebs  County  *» 

Orange  County  1 

Klvers  de  County  f 
San  Bernardino  Con  ntyj 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  8,  1894. 


THOSE  remarkable  men,  tbe  press  correspondents,  have  dis- 
covered that  the  Prince  of  Wales  "never  had  any  mission," 
bat  that  "the  mission  idea  has  taken  root  deeply  in  Europe  with 
unpleasant  results,  personally,  for  the  Prince."  In  these  quaint 
terms  we  are  informed  that  tbe  Prince  of  Wales's  recent  attend- 
ance at  tbe  funeral  of  his  wife's  brother-in-law  was  not  in  reality 
a  diplomatic  mission  in  disguise,  but  that  a  great  many  people  in 
Europe — among  them  Kaiser  William  and  "French  politicians" — 
think  that  it  was.  This  is  on  a  par  with  the  statement  that  the 
German  Emperor  was  alarmed  and  angry  because  tbe  British 
Government  was  seeking  to  isulaie  him  by  cultivating  a  better 
understanding  with  a  power  which  has  been  Great  Britain's  rival 
in  Asia  for  many  years.  Stuff  of  that  sort  is  not  "news;"  it  is 
simply  nonteuse.  The  Prince  of  Wales,  of  course,  had  no  diplo- 
matic mission  to  St.  Petersburg  when  be  attended  bis  relative's 
funeral,  and  do  one  in  Europe  thought  he  had.  The  German 
Emperor  and  the  "French  politicians''  are  not  sucb  complete  fools 
as  the  press  correspondents  would  have  us  believe  that  they  are. 
They,  in  common  with  all  reasonably  well  informed  people, 
know  that  tbe  heir  to  tbe  British  throne,  like  tbe  occupant  of  tbe 
British  throne,  performs,  as  Lord  Roseberry  put  it,  social  rather 
than  political  functions;  to  say  nothing  of  tbe  fact  that  be  is  a 
gentleman  and  therefore  incapable  of  making  his  attendance  at  a 
relative's  funeral  tbe  occasion  for  an  attempt  to  trade  with  that 
relative's  heir. 

In  good  truth  it  may  be  broadly  stated,  as  it  has  already  been 
implied  in  this  column,  that  two-thirds  of  that  which  has  been 
published  in  our  daily  papers,  in  regard  to  changes  that  are  to 
follow  the  assumption  of  power  by  tbe  new  Czar,  bas  been  pure 
speculation  predicated  upon  an  ignorant  conception  of  tbe  situa- 
tion. This  stuff  bas  been  specially  prepared  for  the  American 
market,  for  no  European  paper  would  dare  to  insult  its  readers 
with  sucb  absurd  and  palpably  false  theories.  All  that  is  abso- 
lutely known,  even  down  to  tbe  present  moment,  in  regard  to 
tbe  course  of  the  new  Czar  is  that  be  is  a  broader-minded  man 
than  his  predecessor  was,  and  in  tbe  nature  of  things  should  be  a 
more  liberal  ruler.  If  this  is  a  correct  anticipation — and  bis  action 
in  regard  to  the  Catholics  of  Poland,  the  abolition  of  tbe  secret 
police  force,  and  other  small  incidents  indicates  that  it  is — then  it 
will  follow  tbat  there  will  be  a  natural  and  gradual  relaxation  of 
governmental  policy  in  many  directions.  As  yet  there  have  been 
but  few  and  unimportant  changes  in  this  direction.  The  diplo- 
matic relations  between  Kussia  and  tbe  British  Government  are 
not  as  yet  in  any  essential  respect  different  from  what  they  were 
during  the  last  year  of  the  dead  Czar's  reign. 

The  refusal  of  tbe  Socialist  members  of  tbe  German  Reichstag 
to  arise  with  tbe  other  members  and  cheer  for  the  Emperor  was 
a  trivial  and  unimportant  incident  in  itself,  if  left  alone.  It  did 
not  imply  any  real  disloyalty  toward  either  the  reigning  dynasty 
or  tbe  existing  institutions  of  government,  but  was  simply  a 
negative  expression  of  sentiment  by  men  who  hold  advanced 
views  in  regard  to  industrial  and  social  organization.  These  men 
are  not  outlaws  or  criminals.  The  term  socialist  conveys  to  many 
minds  the  idea  of  turbulent  opposition  to  all  governmental 
restraint  and  all  orderly  organization  of  human  affairs;  it  is  re- 
garded as  a  synonym  of  the  coarser  phases  of  communism,  nihil- 
ism and  anarchy.  But  this  is  a  mistake.  The  doctrine  of  social- 
ism, as  represented  in  tbe  Gorman  Reichstag,  is  a  many  sided 
one,  bat,  in  its  basic  principle,  its  aim  is  to  improve  the  existing 
institutions  of  social  organization  and  government,  not  to  destroy 
them.  Its  theories  may  be  wrongand  impracticable,  but,  if  they 
are,  no  danger  is  to  be  apprehended  from  allowing  them  to  live 
out  in  the  open  among  a  free  and  intelligent  people.  At  worst 
they  are  erroneous  political  opinions  and  entitled  to  the  standing 
of  political  opinions  so  long  as  they  do  not  take  tbe  form  of 
criminal  overt  acts.  A  failure  to  cheej  for  the  reigning  Prince  is 
certainly  not  a  criminal  overt  act,  aDd  any  attempt  to  make  it 
one,  as  is  proposed  in  Berlin,  is  a  ridiculous  infringement  upon 
individual  liberty  which  partakes  of  the  spirit  of  the  fifteenth 
rather  than  the  latter  end  of  tbe  nineteenth  century.  The  same 
character  of  objection,  too,  may  be  raised  to  tbe  new  anti  Socialist 
law  which  has  been  introduced  into  tbe  Reichstag.  To  such  an 
extent  does  this  proposed  measure  intrude  into  the  domain  of 
private  conscience  tbat  its  terms  are  said  to  bear  a  legal  construc- 
tion which  will  interfere  with  tbe  exercise  of  individual  judgment 
in  matters  of  religious  opinion.  A  measure  of  that  kind  is  ob- 
viously a  bad  one. 


Tbe  new  treaty  which  has  just  been  negotiated  between  tbe 
United  States  Government  and  tbat  of  Japan  follows  the  general 
lines  of  tbat  which  was  concluded  some  little  time  ago  between 
Great  Britain  and  Japan.  It  habilitates  Japan  with  all  tbe  stand- 
ing of  a  civilized  power  and  fully  submits  the  person  and  prop-  ,  >  /-* 
erty  of  American  residents  in  Japan  to  Japanese  justice,  as  well    [    1  lo    (JCSTy    OtrCCt 


as  liberates  the  Japanese  Government  from  leading  strings  in  tbe 
matter  of  establishing  her  own  tariff.  It  is  more  liberal  than  the 
British  convention  in  that,  if  ratified,  it  will  go  fully  into  opera- 
tion on  the  17th  of  next  July  while  tbe  British  treaty  will  not  be 
completely  in  operation  until  tbe  end  of  five  years.  There  does 
not  seem  to  be  any  reason  to  apprehend  but  that  the  other  great 
powers  will  extend  a  similar  recognition  to  Japan's  new  inter- 
national standing. 


f\  Qenerous  Jlpou^t 

How  hard  it  is  to  rind  something 
to  give  to  that  friend  or  member  of 
the  family  who  is  ill  or  invalided  ; 
and  yet  you  want  especially  to  be 
kindly  and  generous  toward  that 
one.  Here  is  a  happy  suggestion: 
Give  one  of  these  new  Invalid  Tables 
of  ours — they  cost  but  $8,  and  mean 
months  and  months  of  comfort  to 
the  invalid. 


Push  the  foot  under  the  hei;  raise  or 
lower  to  required  height. 


^aliforrjia  puncture  <5o. 

(N.  P.  Cole  &  Co) 
117-121  Qeary  Street 


Holiday  Gifts. 


Gump's 
Art  Store. 


Inspect  the  magnificent  display  of  fresh  European 
Goods  just  arrived.  Everybody  welcome.  Tariff 
lower:  prices  lower.  Bronze  and  Marble  Statuary 
and  Pedestals,  French  Cabinets,  Tables,  Desks, 
etc.;  Clocks,  Lamps,  Vases,  Ornaments  and  Art 
Novelties  in  endless  variety;  fine  Table  China, 
Sevres,  Limoges,  Carlsbad,  Dresden,  etc.;  Bac- 
carat and  Bohemian  Glassware,  Dorflinger's  CUT 
GLASS  WARE.  Framed  pictures  a  specialty  from 
the  high-priced  oil  painting  to  the  cheapest  picture. 
Any  purse  suited.  Thousands  of  articles  at  oost. 
Bargain  tables. 


Open  Evenings. 


December  15,  1S94 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


GOTHAM    OOSSIP. 

P'll  a  month  past  only  one  subject  has  engaged  public  atten- 
tion—  football.  It  bas  eclipsed  Chinese  wars  and  Presidential 
messages  with  a  vigor  worthy  of  its  reputation.  The  game  at 
Springfield  between  those  eternal  rivals,  Harvard  and  Yale, 
wbicrj  was  fougbt  like  a  battle,  has  brought  forth  a  storm  of  the 
usual  denunciatory  criticism,  and  the  good  old  game  seems  to  be 
in  danger.  Several  of  ibe  daily  papers,  probably  for  want  of 
items,  have  opened  their  columns  to  the  public,  and  everybody  is 
given  a  chance  to  air  his  views.  As  a  result,  every  loug-haired 
grind,  who  ever  got  through  a  University  by  dint  of  sticking 
close  to  his  books  and  religiously  avoiding  anything  that  looked 
like  a  dumb-bell  or  a  cbest  weight,  is  telling  the  world  all  about 
athletics,  and  is  condemning  aDy  fellow  mortal  whose  natural 
vigor  and  manhood  put  bis  own  sandless  spirit  to  shame.  Foot- 
ball is  a  rough  game  unquestionably.  The  men  who  play  it  go  in 
to  win,  not  in  a  malicious  mood,  but  with  the  vim  and  dash  and 
sublime  indifference  to  the  moment's  pain  that  have  made  the 
Anglo-Saxon  race  supreme  since  it  first  trod  the  earth.  The  qual- 
ities that  go  to  make  up  a  football  player  are  the  same  that  made 
Thermopoa*  immortal.  It  ia  absurd  to  compare  the  game  with 
the  gladiatorial  combats  of  old.  K  «me  declined  as  the  Coliseum 
flourished,  and  why?  Because  the  Romans  bad  so  deteriorated 
that  they  no  longer  had  the  manhood  to  participate  in  their  own 
sports,  but  had  to  hire  experts  of  alien  blood  to  make  their 
amusements  for  them.  The  rapid  increase  of  wealth  in  this 
country  and  the  spread  of  the  spirit  of  indulgence  and  luxury 
offer  a  menace  to  our  civilization.  Football,  sparring,  and  similar 
sports  prove  that  the  race  is  still  too  vigorous  to  succumb  to  such 
influences.  To  decry  them  is  to  foster  effeminacy,  weakness,  and 
dependence  upon  others.  The  gladiatorial  shows  were  brutal  be- 
cause human  beings  were  compelled  to  sacrifice  themselves  like 
wild  beasts,  but  in  football  there  is  no  such  compulsion;  men  go 
into  it  for  the  glory  of  the  t-truggle  and  from  the  conscionsness  of 
strength  and  physical  superiority.  That  some  of  them  are  occa- 
sionally hurt  is  to  be  lamented,  perhaps,  but  the  broken  bones  of 
the  few  are  amply  compensated  for  in  the  hardened  courage  of 
the  many.  The  world  is  too  far  from  the  millenium  for  us  to 
worry  over  trifles.  Captain  Hinkey,  of  the  Yale  team,  may  be  a 
bard  player,  but  he  bas  at  the  same  time  shown  himself  to  be 
possessed  of  qualities  that  still  have  more  than  a  passing  value 
nowadays. 

The  departure  of  the  de  Youngs,  "Joe"  Redding,  and  a  num- 
ber of  others  has  rather  thinned  out  the  transient  Californian 
colony.  It  may  not  be  known  to  many  of  your  readers  that  Mr. 
de  Young's  Eastern  visit  meant  much  for  San  Francisco.  In 
addition  to  his  private  interests  be  bad  mncb  to  occupy  him  as 
the  representative  of  the  Midwinter  Fair  Museum,  and  he  man- 
aged to  secure  a  number  of  valuable  and  interesting  collections, 
among  them  an  extensive  set  of  Napoleonic  relics,  which,  in 
view  of  the  revival  of  the  Bonaparte  craze,  should  attract  a 
great  deal  of  attention. 

Mr.  H.  Scbainwald  is  now  at  the  Imperial.  He  has  just  rushed 
on  for  a  few  days'  visit.  He  has  bo  many  schemes  in  hand  that 
it  is  hard  to  say  which  one  is  of  the  greatest  importance.  San 
Francisco  real  estate,  however,  is  always  to  the  fore  witb  him. 

The  prince  of  good  fellows,  Dan  Gillette,  who  still  cherishes  the 
memory  of  the  bappy  days  he  spent  in  your  city,  met  witb  a 
painful  accident  recently.  While  carrying  from  his  room  a  paper 
basket  that  had  caught  fire,  be  burned  bis  band  so  severely  that 
it  will  be  some  weeks,  if  not  months,  before  he  can   use  it  again. 

Billy  Barton  still  lingers  in  spite  of  my  prediction  and  his  own 
announcements.  I  decline  to  herald  his  erratic  movements 
further  than  to  say  that  you  will  surely  see  him  this  winter. 

General  McKeever's  daugnter,  Mrs.  Purdy,  has  decided  to  spend 
the  coming  season  in  France. 

Miss  "Gussie"  Brown,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Willie  Brown,  bas 
started  on  a  Western  tour  with  some  school  friends. 

Miss  Carrie  Hamilton  bas  made  one  of  the  theatrical  hits  of  the 
season  since  her  appearance  with  the  Bostonians  in  Prince 
Ananias. 

You  will  regret  to  learn  that  the  clever  playwright,  Mr.  Clay 
Greene,  bas  been  ill  for  some  time. 

Henry  Dixey  has  surprised  the  public  more  than  his  intimate 
friends  by  the  success  of  his  new  departure.  Since  he  juined 
Daly's  company  he  has  displayed  resources  and  talents  such  as 
were  never  seen  in  Adonis.  His  work,  I  am  glad  to  say,  is  fully 
appreciated  by  the  theatre-going  world.  Passe-Partout. 

New  York,  December  6,  1894. 


Impaired  Digestion. 
The  patient  is  required  to  diet.    In  building  up  and  maintaining 
good  health,  milk  is  recognized  as  a  valuable  factor,  but  it  is  import- 
ant that  it  be  absolutely  pure  and  sterilized.  Borden's  Peerless  Brand 
Evaporated  Cream  meets  all  requirements.    Entirely  wholesome. 

A  well-dressed  man  is  proud  of  bis  furnishing  goods,  and  every 
well-dressed  man  knows  that  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
keeps  the  finest  and  latest  line  in  the  city. 

There  is  no  exquisite  Japanese  art  product  for  decorative  pur- 
poses that  is  not  kept  by  George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel. 


er's 


Ay 

CHERRY 

Pectoral 

For  Colds  and  Coughs 

RECEIVED 

MEDAL  and  DIPLOMA 


AT  THE 


World's 


Cash   Discount  Sale. 

20  PER  CENT.  ON  ENTIRE  STOCK. 

CHRISTMAS  NOVELTIES. 

DRAPERIES. 

STAMPED  AND  EMBROIDERED  GOODS 

Also,  JAPANESE  BRIC-A-BRAC. 


22<l   POST  STREET. 


C«reJ2&iK 

D^cor&fn/i? 

7rrir~ 


P.&B, 


FRUIT     DRYING    PAPERS. 

BUILDING  PAPERS. 

ROOFING    AND    PAINTS. 

PARaFFINE  PAINT  CO., 

116  Battery  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN 


Should  use  DAMIANA  BITTERS, 
the   great  Mexican  Remedy;    it 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.    Depot  at  323  Market 

Street,  San  Francisco. 


ANTOINETTE. 


Gray  hair  restored.  Not  dyed.  Dan- 
druff cured.  Superfluous  hair  re- 
moved by  new  process — uo  bad  re- 
sults, trice  *1  50  per  bottle. 
For  wrinkles  use  Wrinkleine  Paste 
aud  Cream.  The  neck  a  specialty. 
Young  ladies  use  Antoinette  Lotion 
and  Balm,  which  give  the  complex- 
ion that  clear  velvety  loot  so  much 
sought  after.  Note:  No  poison  used 
in  any  of  my  cosmetics.  These 
preparations  for  beautifying  and 
preserving  the  complexiou  are  old 
French  secrets 'combined  with  the 
latest  chemical  discoveries.  They 
are  endorsed  and  recommended  by 
the  medical  profession  Every  pa- 
tient does  not  receive  the  s-me 
treatment.  For  instance— the  young 
ladies  complexion  should  be  pro- 
s' rved,  while  that  of  her  mother's 
restored:  then  the  prematurely  aged 
person  requires  a  d  fferent  treat- 
meut.  Each  patient  is  treated  as 
lier  special  case  requires.  I  have 
no  fads.  My  system  for  treating  the  complexion  is  scieiitifie  yet  common 
sense  and  simple.  My  success  is  phenomenal.  Two  and  a  half  year*  ago 
I  opened  an  office,  126  Kearny  street,  room  5a.  and  now  I  have  the  largest 
establishment  here  notwithstanding  two  years  of  business  depression. 

MARCHAND,  shpaeiJiaaStC0MPLEXI0K 

Office  Hours— 12  to 2.     OPEN  EVENINGS. 
121  POSTST., Rooms  S2to36.    (Taber's  Entrance).    Telephone  1S49. 


MME. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  15, 1894 


"  We    Obey    no    Wand    but     Pleasure's."— Tom  Moore. 

SALVINI  opened  the  last  week  Monday  night  at  the  Baldwin 
in  an  English  adaptation  of  an  old  comedy,  The  Student  of 
Salamanca.  It  is  an  old  Italian  comedy  which  8alvini  pere  ad- 
vised young  Salvini  to  add  to  his  repertory.  The  story  is  inter- 
esting and  highly  amusing.  It  is  a  play  in  which  high  comedy 
is  mingled  with  satireand  keen  wit.  Salvini  was  assisted  by  Paul 
Kester  in  bis  adaptation,  and  it  suits  the  English  stage  excellently 
well.  Salvini  is  the  student,  of  course,  and  he  shows  in  it  the 
same  skill  and  force  that  he  does  in  The  Three  Guardsmen.  There 
is  perhaps  a  tendency  to  exuberance  in  some  of  his  scenes, 
noticeably  the  drunken  scene,  but  that  is  likely  due  to  bis  race, 
and  not  to  any  fault  in  his  art.  He  is  so  winsome  and  forcible 
that  he  carries  his  audience  with  him,  and  one  can  forgive  a 
slight  overdoing  of  a  part  so  replete  with  virility  and  power. 
Ben  Johnson,  as  the  Cardinal,  did  good  work.  Maude  Dixon 
made  a  charming  Donna  Inez,  dressing  tbe  part  beautifully,  and 
her  acting  was  full  of  spirit  and  mischief.  Redmund  bad  too 
little  to  do,  but  h°.  showed  what  be  could  do  if  the  adapter  had 
given  him  a  chance.  Mr.  Lane,  as  Domingo,  and  Sarah  Stevens, 
as  his  wife,  were  good  in  their  characters  of  the  inn-keeper  and 
his  wife.  Salvini  was  called  before  the  curtain  after  each  act, 
and  received  an  ovation  each  time.  This  is  bis  last  week.  His 
other  plays  have  all  been  mentioned. 

In  bidding  adieu  to  this  accomplished  young  Italian  we  take 
occasion  to  summarize  bis  peculiarities,  always  insisting  that  in- 
dividuality, such  as  be  manifests,  is  a  distinctive  mark  of  talent. 
He   is   new,  fresh,  and  re-  *\ 

moved   from   tbe  common-  ,=»^s=w  J^fei 

place.  In  bis  romantic  roles 
he  crowds  the  action,  but 
youth  and  vivacity  are  in- 
variably charming  if  they 
be  not  vulgar,  and  Salvini 
is  never  that.  It  is  particu- 
larly gratifying  to  note  that 
not  only  does  be  eschew 
tragic  roles,  but  that  even 
in  the  ones  which  he  essays 
he  is  distinctively  original 
If  the  term  fin  de  siecle  had 
not  become  bo  offensive,  it 
might  be  said  i hat  as  a  rep- 
resentative of  certain  lines 
of  tbe  actor's  art  at  the  end 
of  this  century  he  repre- 
sents a  tremendous  advance 
on  the  methods  of  bis  pre- 
decessors. There  is  yet  a 
vast  amount  of  gallery- 
aimed  and  claptrap  acting, 
but  that  is  merely  because 
he  knows  that  all  of  the 
gods  do  not  sit  in  tbe  upper  tiers 


1  Danse 


We  do  not  expect  him  to  be- 
come appreciably  greater  than  he  is;  he  appears  to  have  reached 
his  limit  less  through  an  arthtic  than  a  commercial  sense.  Sat 
if  he  serve  as  the  avant  courier  of  another  and  better  he  will  have 
taken  a  place  in  the  history  of  the  stage. 

The  latest  and  most  brilliant  production  of  the  American  Ex- 
travaganza Company,  Aladdin,  Jr.,  whicb  ran  all  last  summer  at 
the  Chicago  Opera  House,  comes  to  the  Baldwin  Theatre  Monday 
night.  David  Henderson  will  bring  his  entire  organization  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  people  intact,  and  will  present  this  spectacular 
extravaganza  exactly  as  it  was  given  at  the  home  theatre.  The 
story  of  Aladdin,  Jr.,  is  the  same  as  that  found  in  the  nursery 
books,  although  it  has  been  amplified  to  fit  the  uses  of  burlesque. 
It  will  be  told  with  spectacular  detail  and  elaborate  scenic  effects 
in  four  acts  and  a  transformation  tableau.  The  first  shows  the 
grand  square  at  Pekin,  with  the  exterior  of  the  royal  baths.  Tbe 
second  changes  to  t,be  exterior  of  the  mystic  cave,  and  finally  to 
the  interior,  in  which  the  grand  amber  ballet  will  be  seen.  Then 
will  come  the  interior  of  the  Widow  Bobea's  laundry  and  the  gar- 
dens of  the  imperial  palace  as  the  material  for  Act  III.  The 
fourth  act  is  distinctively  Oriental,  showing  the  palace  of  ebony 
and  gold  on  the  banks  of  the  Nile.  The  Bubject  of  the  transform- 
ation scene  will  be  "The  Origin  of  the  Harp."  The  Aladdin,  Jr., 
company  includes  such  well-known  people  as  Anna  Boyd,  the 
pleasantly  remembered  widow  of  A  Trip  Through  Chinatown,  and 
one  of  tbe  best  comediennes,  dancers,  and  singers  on  the  stage  to- 
day. She  plays  the  title-role  of  Aladdin,  Jr.  Miss  Frankie  Ray- 
mond, as  roguish  and  handsome  as  ever,  is  still  a  member  of  the 
company.  She  plays  Aladdin's  sister,  and  her  rendition  of  the 
"Alabama  Coon"  is  one  of  the  happiest  hits  in  the  entire  produc- 
tion. Miss  Allene  Crater  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  of  the 
new-comers  in  the  company  this  season.     Her  beauty  and  charm 


of  manner,  as  well  as  her  singing  and  acting,  made  her  one  of  the 
bits  of  the  first  performance,  and  she  was  tne  idol  of  the  Chicago 
dudes  all  summer.  Handsome  and  statuesque  Irene  Verona  is 
stilt  with  the  company,  as  are  also  Nellie  Lynch  and  Bessie  Pope. 
That  superb  singer  and  excellent  actor,  Mr.  Henry  Norman,  re- 
mains tbe  leading  male  figure  in  this  company.  He  plays  the 
magician,  and  it  is  said  that  he  never  had  a  role  whicb  gave  him 
so  excellent  opportunities.  John  J.  Burke  is  tbe  low  comedian 
who  has  made  himself  even  more  popular  than  Eddie  Foy.  He 
is  said  to  have  all  of  Foy's  buffoonery  without  bis  vulgarity. 
Albert  Froom,  John  E.  Cain,  and  Messrs.  Murphy  and  Turner  are 
prominent  roles  of  Aladdin,  Jr. 

*  *  ■» 
Tbe  feature  at  tbe  Orpheum,  in  spite  of  an  exceptionally  good 
programme,  is  indisputably  tbe  Bronze  Statuary  representations 
by  Messrs.  Nabl  and  Bradley.  Notwithstanding  tbe  heights  of 
art  and  realism  to  which  the  "  Living  Pictures  "  may  have  soared 
in  New  York,  in  San  Francisco  they  never  attained  a  sufficient 
degree  of  excellence  to  warrant  their  being  classed  as  more  than 
mediocre,  and  we  prophecy  that  the  Bronze  Statuary  pictures  (if 
we  may  term  tbem  such  by  way  of  parallel)  are  destined  to  give 
them  a  long  close  run  in  tbe  race  for  popular  favor,  not  only  here 
but  wherever  the  Living  Pictures  have  obtained.  At  tbe  Orpheum 
we  see  perfect  living  copies  of  such  famous  single  bronzes  as 
-  Apollo,"  "  The  Discus  Thrower,"  and  "  The  Tired  Boxer,"  tbe 
original  of  which  stands  in  the  entrance  hall  of  the  Olympic  Club'; 
and  also  such  superb  groups  as  "The  Wrestlers"  and  "The 
Gladiator."  The  »  statues,"  we  are  pleased  to  state,  are  men  of 
magnificent  physique;  Apollo,  for  instance,  is  really  Apollo;  not 
a  burly,  heavy-limbed  and  beefy-necked  prize-fighter,  but  a  most 
graceful  young  man  of  symmetrical  proportions  and  admirable 
outlines,  and  the  other  selections  are  equally  artistic  and  fitting. 
It   may  be  interesting  to  add  that  this  is  the  first  production  of 

bronze  statuary  ever  at- 
tempted on  tbe  professional 
stage,  the  application  of 
bronze  to  the  skin  having 
heretofore  been  attended 
with  fatal  results  on  ac- 
count of  the  deadly  effect  of 
the  ingredients  of  gold 
.,  bronze.  Apparently  Messrs. 
V(  Nabl  and  Bradley  have  dis- 
covered an  antidote. 

One  of  the  most  notable 
productions  of  the  season 
at  tbe  California  Theatre 
will  take  place  on  Monday 
evening,  December  24th. 
Sadie  Martinot,  tbe  famous 
actress,  and  Max  Fig  man, 
the  clever  character  comed- 
ian, will  appear  then  aDd 
there  as  co-stars  in  one  of 
the  beat  plays  of  two  emi- 
nent English  playwrights, 
B.  J.  Stephenson  and  Wm. 
Yardley.  One  of  whom  is 
the  author  of  Impulse  and  co-author  of  the  Fatal  Card,  now  Id 
course  of  production,  and  tbe  other  well  known  in  America  as 
the  author  of  The  Nominee.  While  in  London  last  summer,  for 
the  purpose  of  looking  over  the  London  play  market,  in  order  to 
select  the  best  piece  that  judgment  and  money  could  give  her. 
Miss  Martinot  came  upon  the  manuscript  of  The  Passport,  in 
which  she  is  to  be  seen  here.  The  American  rights  to  it  were 
then  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Daniel  Frohmau,  who  purposed 
using  it  in  his  stock  company  repertory.  Mr.  Frobman  was  in- 
duced to  make  special  arrangement  by  which  Miss  Martinot  will 
be  seen  in  the  play.  It  is  a  farce-comedy,  made  up  of  novel  and 
hilarious  scenes  of  misunderstanding,  and  it  is  said  that  its  plot 
is  one  most  complex  and  interesting.  The  play  is  produced  under 
the  direction  of  Mr.  Eugene  Presby,  stage  manager  of  A.M. 
Palmer's  Theatre,  and  Mr.  Max  Fig  man.  The  supporting  com- 
pany includes  such  admirable  talent  as:  Mr.  Sam  Edwards,  Mr. 
Joseph  Brian,  Mr.  Charles  Thropp,  Mr.  Emmett  C.  King,  Mr. 
Lauren  Rees,  Mr.  Geo.  S.  Stevens,  Mr.  Albert  Amberg,  Mrs.  8ol. 
Smith,  Miss  Marguerite  Van  Zindt,  Miss  Rose  Figman,  and  Miss 
Emmie  Dixon.  Special  matinees  will  be  given  on  Christmas  and 
New  Year's  Day. 


Thomas  Keene  plays  Richeliett  at  tbe  matinee  to-day,  Richard 
III.  this  evening,  and  Louis  XI.  to-morrow  evening  at  the  Cali- 
fornia Theatre.  This  will  close  bis  engagement  in  San  Francisco. 
We  have  already  spoken  of  this  talented  man's  acting  somewhat 
extensively,  and  have  nothing  to  add  on  that  score.  He  bas  done 
an  excellent  business  and  has  done  faithfully  to  deserve  it.  Tbe 
impression  that  he  leaves  is  in  nowise  different  from  that  which 
he  has  made  on  the  occasion  of  former  visits,  and  he  will  always 
remain  a  favorite  witn  those  who  like  the  school  which  he  rep- 
resents. 


from    Aladdin 


December  15.  1S94, 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Miss  Lillian  Beddard's  venture  at  tbe  Bnsh-street  Theatre, 
which  she  embarks  upon  on  Saturday,  tbe  22nd  intt.,  promises 
to  be  a  brilliant  success.  Miss  Beddard  is  not  only  an  accomplished 
actress,  but  ao  author  of  short  stories  of  no  mean  order,  which 
our  readers  have  had  occasion  to  judge  during  tbe  past  twelve 
months.  The  piece  which  she  has  selected  to  open  with  is  The 
White  Woman,  a  strong  adaprauon  of  Wilkie  Colllns's  great  novel, 
The  Woman  in  White,  In  it  Miss  Beddard  impersonates  the  dual 
role  of  Anne  Cutherick,  the  demented  white  woman,  and  Laura 
Faiolio,  the  young  and  beautiful  heiress  to  a  large  English  estate. 
Tbe  characters  are  totally  dissimilar  and  give  the  actress  a  chance 
of  showing  her  versatility.  Her  support  is  excellent,  numbering 
among  many  the  names  of  Miss  Kate  Eckert,  Misa  Edith  Lons- 
dale, Miss  Agnes  Rankin,  Mr.  Hereward  Hoyte,  Mr.  Charles 
Edmonds,  Mr.  William  Brewen,  and  many  other  clever  people. 
The  prices  are  ridiculously  low  for  the  kind  of  entertainment 
furnished,  seats  being  reserved  all  over  tbe  house  and  ranging 
in  price  from  ten  to  fifty  cents.  There  promises  to  be  a  very 
large  attendance,  as  Miss  Beddard  is  an  accomplished  actress  and 
able  manager,  and  deserves  eminent  success. 

The  popularity  of  Haverly's  Minstrels  is  steadily  increasing, 
and  no  wonder,  for  when  such  old-time  minstrels  as  Larry  Dooley, 
Burt  Shepard,  Harry  Armstrong,  and  a  host  of  others  equally 
well-known  come  to  the  front,  it  goes  without  saying  that  they 
will  create  enough  amusement  to  satisfy  the  most  exacting.  On 
Monday  night  an  entire  new  bill  was  put  on,  with  new  songs  and 
specialties.  "  Telephonic  Rapid  Transit,"  an  amusing  finale  to 
the  first  part  of  the  programme,  was  played  by  Burt  Shepard, 
E.  M.  Kayne,  and  Alf.  Gibson.  Some  remarkably  clever  buck 
and  wing  dancing  was  done  by  Montgomery,  Bulla  &  Little  Jim, 
while  Harry  Armstrong  created  considerable  diversion  by  his 
impersonation  of  tbe  dancers  on  the  Midway.  The  performance 
concluded  with  a  roaring  operatic  burlesque,  The  Black  Mikado, 
a  travesty  on  Gilbert  &  Sullivan's  opera.  Some  of  the  members 
of  the  company  have  exceptionally  fine  voices,  and  this  amusing 
skit  gives  tbem  an  opportunity  to  use  them  to  the  best  advantage. 
Quite  a  novel  feature  of  the  burlesque  is  the  introduction  of  a 
female  chorus. 

*  *  * 

Gasparone,  one  of  Millocker's  most  charming  comic  operas,  has 
been  drawing  the  customary  large  audience  at  the  Tivoli  this 
week.  As  the  Podcsta  of  Syracuse,  Ferris  Hartman  has  apart 
that  gives  ample  play  to  bis  hilarious  comicalities.  Belle  Thorne 
makes  a  handsome,  dashing  Carlolta,  and  more  than  makes  up 
for  any  lack  of  acting  by  her  good  looks  and  splendid  figure. 
Count  Erminio,  impersonated  by  John  Raffael,  is  elegant  and 
courtly.  Phil  Branson,  ever  staccato  and  exclamatory,  and  the 
rest  of  the  Tivoli  company,  make  the  opera  move  smoothly. 
There  is  a  chorus  of  conspiring  smugglers  in  the  first  act  that 
is  unintentionally  funny  enough  to  draw  tears  of  mirth  from  the 
hardened  eyeB  of  the  double  bass  player  in  the  orchestra.  Tbe 
long  looked  for  holiday  spectacle.  Lalla  Rookh,  is  billed  for  next 
week.  The  Tivoli  people  claim  it  will  be  the  greatest  production 
ever  given  in  that  house. 

MUSIC. 

Tbe  concert  given  by  the  Pianists'  Club  last  Monday  evening 
at  Maple  Hall,  Palace  Hotel,  was  an  unusually  enjoyable  affair. 
The  executants  of  the  evening  were  Mrs.  P.  G>.  Beatty,  of  Berke- 
ley, Mrs.  James  Edwards,  Mrs.  A.  8.  Lavenson,  Mrs.  H.  Ehrman, 
Mrs.  Wdj.  A.  Deane,  Miss  Adelaide  McColgan,  Miss  Rebecca 
Phillips,  Miss  Edith  Bien,  Miss  Ida  Cohen,  Miss  Ceil  Prager,  Miss 
Amy  Cellarius,  Miss  Wbelan,  Miss  Ottilie  Schucking,  and  Miss 
Katharine  White.  Miss  Coben  and  Miss  White  were  tbe  soloists, 
both  acquitting  themselves  admirably.  The  ensemble  work  re- 
flected as  much  credit  on  the  participants  and  their  leader,  Mr. 
Robert  Tolmi.  The  audience  was  large  and  appreciative  and  tbe 
well-chosen  and  well-rendered  programme  was  listened  to  with 
flattering  attention  from  the  first  note  to  the  last. 

Miss  Sadie  F.  Tibbey,  a  young  lady  whose  whistling  would 
shame  tbe  happiest  mocking-bird  that  ever  opened  its  throat,  gave 
a  most  successful  concert  at  Maple  Hall  on  Tuesday  evening. 
With  Miss  Tibbey  in  our  midst  we  need  no  visits  from  Alice 
Shaw  to  demonstrate  what  delightful,  bird-like  music  can  be  pro- 
duced from  a  girl's  rosy  lips.  Miss  Tibbey  whistles  a  tone  of 
liquid  purity,  and  strikes  every  note  with  a  truthfulness  and 
accuracy  that  are  remarkable. 

*  *  * 

Wednesday  night's  symphony  concert  was  a  repetition  of  the 
programme  of  tbe  week  previous.  Despite  fair  weather  there 
was  but  a  light  attendance.  It  makes  one  sad  to  watch  these 
audiences  grow  smaller  and  smaller  each  week,  while  tbe  orches- 
tra is  attaining  an  excellence  that  has  never  been  dreamt  of  in 
this  city  before.  Unless  a  more  liberal  patronage  is  extended 
Mr.  Scbeel,  the  Auditorium  will  soon  be  a  glorv  of  the  past;  and 
all  this  seems  to  be  a  genuine  test  of  tbe  culture  of  San  Francisco. 
Next  week's  programme  will  be  a  departure  from  its  predecessors 
in  having  two  vocal  numbers.  Miss  Mabel  Love,  one  of  San 
Francisco's  many  sweet-voiced  society  girls,  will  be  the  singer. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

Al  Hayman  &  Co.  (Incorporated) 


.Proprietors. 


Happy  times  for  old  aud  young.    *'  Siubad,"  "Crystal  Slipper,"  and  "All 
Baba     outdone.     David  Henderson's  American  Extravaganza  Company's 


crowniug  triumph, 


ALADDIN    JR. 


A  thousand  entrancing  features  in  one  great  entertainment. 
Trausplendeut  scenery.    Magnificent  costumes.    Gorgeous  ballets. 
Secure  your  seats  early. 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al.  Hayman  &  Co Lessees  |  8.  H.  Frledlander  Manager, 

Last  nights.    America's  greatest  tragedian, 

MR.    THOMAS    W.     KEENE, 

Saturday  matinee—  RICHELIEU;   Saturday  evening,   KIOHARD  HI.; 
Sunday  evening— LOUIS  XI. 

The  fascinating  SADIE  M  41l'n.\o X  during  the  holiday  weeks. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Kreling Proprietor  and  Manager 

To-night.    Grand  musical  treat.    Millocker's  masterpiece, 

GASPARONE. 
Monday,  December  24th— 

LALLA    ROOKH. 

The  great  holiday  spectacle. 

Popular  Prices  26  and  50c 


ORPHEUM. 


O'Farrell  St.,  between  Stockton  and  Powell  Sts. 

San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  commencing  Monday,  Dec.  17— A  world-famed  company  of  artists. 

C.  A.  UIOVANNI, 

King  of  bird  trainers,  with  his  remarkable  flight  of  Australian  cockatoos. 

ALICE  RAYMOND,   THOMAS  &WKLCH,    McCARTiiY    &   REYNOLDS, 

the  MORELLOS,  CAIOEDO,  and  other  noted  artists. 

The  greatest  show  in  the  city. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balconv,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES— Reserved  seats,  25c;  balcony 
10c, ;  opera  chaira  and  box  seats,  50c.    Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

BUSH  STREET  THEATRE. 

Opening  night,  Saturday,  December  22d.  Matinees  Saturday  and  Sunday. 
Firtit  matinee  Sunday,  December  23d.    special  matinee  Chribtmas  day. 
MISS   LILLIAN  BEDDARD   and   HEREWARD  HO\T 

and  a  strong  company  in 

THE     WHITE     WOMAN. 
Prices,  10c,  15c,  25c,  35c  and  50c     Matinee  Prices— 10c  ,  15c,  and  25c. 
All  seats  reserved. 
Box  office  opens  Wednesday,  December  19th,  a1,  9  a.  m. 


ALCAZAR  THEATRE. 


J.  P.  Howe Manager. 

A  Grand  Success. 

hatfrly's  jhastodonic 
operatic;  minstrels, 

Under  the  personal  direction  of  J.  H  Haverly.  The  best  minstrel  perform- 
ance seen  in  Saa  Franeibo  in  years.  Everybody  delighted.  Matinees 
Saturday  and  Sunday.    Read  the  prices. 

Parquet  and  Dress  Circle,  fiOc.    BaJeony,  25c. 

Crowded  houses  every  night.    Secure  your  seats  in  advance. 


Curline  Batl?5. 


All  through  the  winter 
commencing  early  in 
November,  look  out  for  the 

ELECTRIC  CASCADES, 
CALCUTTA  DERBY, 

VENICE  RESTORED, 
ELAINE. 


Half  a  million  gallons  of  pure  warm 
salt  water  pumped  into  the  tank  every 
day.    The  tank  is 

Emptied    Every  \t\$\)t 

Between  the  hours    of    10  and  12,  and 

pill?d  Dir^et 

From  the  ocean  every  morning.  Tub 
Baths  cost  same  as  Plunge  Bath:  30  cts 
single,  or  4  for  $1.    Bush  and  Larkin  Sts. 


OJJO  jto^nws  ifs. 


Established  1879. 


411  Bush  street.  Opposite 
the  New  California  Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 

oyster  ai?d  ojwg?  p/^CORS. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaus, 
Pllsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 


nR.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 


Dentist. 


Ill   GEARY  STREET. 


SAN  FRANCISCO. 


!  II  I  IAN  RFnnARH  The  EngUsh  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
L  ILL  I  nil  ULUUntiU  f  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellis  St., 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


10 


SAJS  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


December  15,  1894. 


TriC 

00KCR-0N. 


THE  exhibition  of  paintings  at  the  Bohemian  Club  by  the  art- 
ist members  thereof  has  been  a  most  agreeable  success.  The 
walls  of  the  conversation  room  are  covered  with  paintings,  all  of 
which  are  of  merit,  and  there  are  not  a  few  gems  among  them. 
Ladies  accompanied  by  members  of  the  club  will  be  admitted  to 
the  exhibition  Saturday.  Several  of  the  pictures  have  already 
been  sold,  and  this  has  suggested  to  the  artists  the  necessity  of 
some  room  or  hall  leased  in  common  by  them,  where  they  could 
display  their  pictures.  They  have  long  ceased  to  regard  the  Art 
Association  as  a  mart  for  paintings.  The  days  are  no  more  when 
the  people  desirous  of  pictures  and  ambitious  to  be  the  foremost 
in  encouraging  the  progress  of  art  on  the  Pacific  Coast  used  to 
make  the  rouud  of  the  studios  and  buy  the  pictures  from  the 
easel  or  give  the  painter  an  order  from  some  fancy  of  their  own. 
The  decline  of  this  worthy  custom  led  to  the  incubation  of  *•  pot- 
boilers," and  some  men  whocould  paint  a  good  landscape  enlisted 
under  the  "pot-boiler"  banner,  and  help  to-day  to  fill  the  auction 
rooms  with  these  gaudy,  meretricious  daubs  which  attract  the 
eyes  of  those  who  have  bare  walls  to  cover.  Among  the  victims 
gathered  in  by  the  side  of  the  pot-boiler  auctioneer  is  Holdredge. 
Some  of  the  landscapes  painted  in  the  ante-pot-boiler  days  by  this 
artist  show  undoubted  marks  of  genius.  Even  now,  like  the  cul- 
tured woman  who,  having  fallen  from  grace,  still  retains  some  of 
the  refinement  of  by-gone  times,  the  Holdredge  pot-boiler  displays 
here  and  there  an  expression  of  true  art  which  all  the  hurry-me- 
quick  nature  of  his  profession  has  failed  to  destroy. 

Major  Ned  Palmer,  who  is  the  guide,  philosopher,  and  friend 
of  the  gourmets  of  the  clubs,  was  seen  in  the  market  this  week 
pondering  deeply  upon  the  good  things  set  forth  therein. 

"I  see,"  remarked  the  Major,  gravely,  "that  the  soft-shell 
crabs  are  fat  and  numerous  this  month.  What  would  I  advise 
you  to  buy  for  dinner,  eh?  Just  look  at  those  striped  bass!  You 
can't  get  anything  nicer  than  a  bass  properly  baked  snd  gar- 
nished, and  those  terrapin  are  plump  to  a  degree.  Well,  now, 
if  you  begin  with  soft-shell  crab,  terrapin,  and  bass,  and  then 
hop  on  to  those  English  snipe  for  an  entree,  you  will  be  on  the 
right  road.  There  is  nothing  very  wrong,  either,"  added  the 
Major,  "about  those  Oregon  grouse.  You  needn't  look  at  those 
wild  geese  so  contemptuously.  The  breast  of  a  fat  goose  deviled 
and  broiled,  is  not  to  be  despised.  Then  look  on  this  side — wid- 
geon, teal,  and  mallard,  just  come  in.  And  here  are  some  can- 
vasback  also,  the  firet  and  best  I've  seen  since  the  storm.  No, 
no,"  said  the  Major,  pursing  his  lips  and  shaking  his  head,  "  I 
really  can't  see  how  anyone  can  complain  of  a  lack  of  material 
for  a  good  game  and  fish  dinner  in  San  Francisco  during  this  holi- 
day season." 

»  *  * 

After  lying  stagnant  for  nearly  five  years,  that  most  fascinating 
of  long  games,  archery,  is  experiencing  a  revival.  The  ladies  of 
the  Pacific  Archery  Club,  who  used  to  shoot  in  their  old 
range,  on  Sutter  street,  between  Webster  and  Fillmore 
Btreets,  are  again  taking  up  the  bow  and  practicing  with 
the  view  of  challenging  the  ladies  of  the  Bow  Club,  on  Ver- 
non Heights,  to  a  contest.  Mrs.  Nelson  B.  Eddy,  who 
used  to  be  the  champion  lady  shot  of  the  Merry  Foresters, 
is  here  on  a  visit  from  Los  Angeles,  where  she  vainly  tried 
to  introduce  the  pastime.  Mrs.  Eddy  has  made  some  of  the 
best  scores  on  the  coast  at  the  Foresrers'  range  on  Adan  a' 
Point,  and  won  the  gold  arrow  in  three  successive  club  con- 
tests at  the  ladies'  round.  There  are  in  Sacramento  some 
expert  shots,  and  if  Mrs.  Frank  Haven,  who  is  the  cham- 
pion archer  of  the  coast,  and  has  a  genius  for  organization, 
will  only  take  a  band,  an  interesting  union  of  archers  may 
be  looked  for  this  spring. 


calling  one  of  his  assistants  to  him,  whispered  hoarsely: 

'  For  Heaven's  sake,  drive  that  fellow  off  the  block  or  he  will 
ruin  me!" 

Then  the  regular  auctioneer  took  the  vacant  place,  but  the 
public  would  not  buy.  The  amateur  had  established  a  standard 
of  values,  and  they  would  not  go  any  higher.  But  the  journal- 
ist never  got  his  fifty  dollars. 

The  complimentary  dinner  to  General  Forsytbe,  Commander  of 
the  Division  of  the  Pacific,  by  the  Bohemian  Club  Saturday  even- 
ing, was  a  graceful  compliment  to  that  gallant  officer.  Over  a 
hundred  sat  down  to  table,  and  the  General  professed  himself  de- 
lighted with  his  warm  reception  at  the  talons  of  the  owl.  General 
Forsyth  is  certainly  one  of  the  handsomest  men  in  the  service,  and 
is  genial  and  polished,  with  none  of  that  air  that  marks  authority 
about  him.  The  Bohemian  Club  has  a  greater  proportion  of 
army  and  navy  officers  than  any  similar  organization  in  this 
city,  though  at  one  time  that  staid  old  anglo-American,  the  Cos- 
mos, was  the  resort  of  the  defenders  of  the  nation.  The  Cosmos 
has  of  late  become  so  thoroughly  somnolent  and  conservative 
that  it  is  proposed  to  make  one  of  the  qualifications  for  member- 
ship the  proof  of  tbe  possession  of  actual  gout,  or  at  least  the  her- 
editary taint  of  that  fine  old  port  and  Bright's  disease. 


Coroner  Hughes  found  tbe  business  of  an  inquest  suspended  on 
Wednesday  by  the  absence  of  a  single  juror. 

"  Where  is  Solomon  Cohen,"  demanded  the  Coroner. 

«<  Mr.  Cohen  is  sick  and  he  has  gone  home,"  replied  a  gentle- 
man in  the  crowd. 

"Never  mind;  you  will  do  as  well,"  said  the  Coroner.  "You 
must  serve.     What  is  your  name?" 

"Cohen,"  replied  the  impressed  juror  with  a  crestfallen  air; 
"Solomon  Cohen." 

"Strange,"  said  the  Coroner,  musingly,  "that  one  Solomon 
Cohen  should  explain  the  absence  of  another  Solomon  Cohen  1 
Frank,  call  the  first  witness." 


Mr.  Frank  McCoppin  is  a  gentleman  of  ready  and  pungent  wit. 
Mr.  Murphy,  of  the  First  National  Bank,  since  his  experience 
with  Mrs.  Colton,  is  regarded  as  a  keen  and  high-priced  finan- 
cier. Mr.  McCoppin  was  seated  on  the  edge  of  a  table  in  the  Pa- 
cific-Union Club,  one  day  this  week,  when    Mr.  Murphy  entered. 

"  What  will  you  take  for  your  seat,  McCoppin?"  inquired  Mr. 
Murphy,  jocosely. 

"Eighty-five  hundred  dollars,"  replied  Mr.  McCoppin,  quick  as  a 
flash,  and  then  the  crowd  laughed  uproariously,  because  they 
think  the  joke  was  on  Murphy. 

*  #  * 

It  is  said  that  oar  men  of  society  and  club  life  are  at  fever  beat 
in  their  anxiety  lest  tbe  department  of  «  crime  "  for  the  "  ladies' 
edition"  should  ring  them  in  somehow,  as  women  have  such  a 
way  of  considering  harmless  things  criminal,  and  if  the  young 
ladies  are  detailed  to  shadow  them  and  their  doings,  Great  Csesar! 
where  is  a  fellow  safe  ?  It  is  also  affirmed  that  Miss  Hager  was 
instructed  to  get  points  from  Jerome  Hart,  but  it  is  not  stated  on 
what  or  which  particular  line.  The  gifted  young  belle  who  is  to 
do  tbe  illustrations  of  the  relics  of  ancient  days   is  said  to  be  in 


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BOTH 

227,  229  Post  St. 


STORES : 

—  215=219  Bush  St. 


Mr.  Hazeltine,  of  Philadelphia,  who  expressed  the  most 
contenjpt'ious  opinion  of  the  artists  of  tbe  Pacific  Coast  in 
his  corumnmcation  to  Mr.  Joseph  Grant  in  connection  with 
the  Mackart  picture,  had  a  rough  experience  in  this  city 
at  one  of  his  auctions.  By  the  promise  of  a  fee  of  fifty  dol- 
lars he  induced  a  local  journalist  to  mount  the  block  and 
auction  off  a  sheaf  or  two  of  old  masters. 

"  Keep  your  eye  on  me,"  enjoined  Mr.  Hczeltlne,  •<and 
when  you  get  a  bid  do  not  knock  the  picture  down  unless 
I  nod  twice." 

Tbe  paintings  were  put  up  and  the  bidding,  which  was 
painfully  slow,  began.  The  depressing  condilion  of  affairs 
drove  tbe  amateur  auctioneer  to  desperation,  and  he  fired 
off  the  two  first  pictures  at  an  alarming  rate,  without  tak- 
ing his  cue  from  the  nodding  Joe  Hazeltine.  When  the 
third   came  under  the  hammer  Hazeltine   got  a   fit,  and, 


THE    LATEST 


Christmas... 

...Novelties 

SEE   OUR 

"BROWNIE"  LEATHER  GOODS. 

H.  S.  Crocker  Company. 


December  15.  1804. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


11 


despair  over  the  difficulty  in  catching  Win  Jones's  expression. 
He  will  persist  so  in  ••  beaming  "  on  her.  and  the  glas.-y  stare 
ibua  resulting  is  a  snag  for  her  pencil  to  encounter.  The  musical 
critic  has  mortally  offended  a  clubman  of  known  musical  pro- 
clivities by  writing  to  ask  him  the  definition  of  a  lyre  as  practiced 
by  him ;  only  she  forgot  to  spHl  it  with  a  *■  y  "  instead  of  an  "i," 
and  then  put  an  »  a,"  and  left  off  the  final  "  e."  Such  are  a  few 
of  the  perplexities  of  the  charming  compilers  of  the  charity  paper. 

Kow  sound    the  loud  and   awfu!  trump;  this  thing  has  gone  too 

far, 
And  soon  mustl  r-reenway-Cbamblias  meet  on  the  red  field  of  war; 
For  patience  has  its  limit?,  endurance  cannot  last, 
When  deeds  of  rank  discourtesy  accumulate  too  fast. 
Great  Jove!  is  man  a  breathing  thing,  or  an  insensate  log, 
To  be  called  in  to  testify  about  a  worthless  dog — 
To  be  removed  in  business  hours,  without  one's  own  accord, 
To  swear  before  a  Justice  anent  a  pug  dog's  board? 
No,  no!  the  fates  forbid  it.     The  glove  shall  be  thrown  down, 
And   Author  Chamblias    must   prepare    to  "scrap"  or   leave  the 

towo. 

Where  Bhould  those  doughty  warriors  meet?  On  some  broad  tilt- 
ing ground, 

Where  maidens  in  spriDg  bonnets  were  seated  all  around? 

How  should  those  knights  be  mounted?  Who'd  undertake  the 
job? 

Bhould  each  bestride  a  hackney,  or  cross  a  dumpy  cob? 

Jack    Parrott    would   provide  tne   mount,  on  steeds    with  cluse- 

«-jt docked  tails; 

No  better  horse-flesh  fills  the  stalls  of  genial  Edward  Wales — 

Of  Wales,  who  tells  us  what  to  wear,  and  how  each  fashion 
moves; 

A  sage  is  he  on  colored  shirts,  infallible  on  gloves. 

That  great,  good  man  who  gives  us  tips  when  we  dress  fast  and 
loose, 

His  scepter  is  the  scissors,  his  throne  of  state  the  goose. 

Now  that  oar  knights  are  mounted,  their  weapons  in  their  fists, 

What  able  man  will  volunteer  to  boss  the  martial  lists? 

Will  lofty  Talbot  Clifton  his  polo  nag  bestride, 

And  start  the  champions  to  fight  io  all  their  hanghty  pride? 

Methinks  they  leave  their  corners,  clash  in    the  great  ring's  hub, 

Ned  all  bedecked  with  favors  From  the  Cotillion  Club, 

While  Chamblias  on  his  bosom  wears  a  bnnch  of  roses  sweet, 

A  bunch  which  erst  was  deftly  bound  in  Clementina  street; 

The  perfume  of  the  ruby  lips  that  Kissed  them  lingers  still, 

As  crimson  as  the  Greenway  gore  her  knight  rides  forth  to  spill. 

Now  does  the  combat  wax  and  wane.     What,  hoi  did  Chambliss 

fall? 
No,  no  I  he's  up,  and  wields  aloft  the  keen  fringe  of  a  shawl! 
A  german  favor  bold  Ned  swings  above  the  champion's  head, 
Ah,  should  that  mighty  thrust  strike  home,  the  Author  will  be 

dead! 
Bat  as  the  wrathy  stroke  descends,  with  impulse  strong  and  true, 
The  Author  swerves,  and  stops  the  blow  with  a  gilt-edged  menu, 
And  hurls  a  well-filled  programme  full  in  the  Greenway  face. 
Ned  turns  it  with  a  bon-bon,  true  to  his  noble  race; 
And  circling  like  a  matador  the  startled  Chambliss  round, 
Seizes  the  tissue  paper,  and.  fells  him  to  the  ground! 


Gloved  hands  are  clapping  madly,  careless  of  hats  and  curls. 
Like  fleet  fawns  leap  into  the  ring  the  fair  cotillion  girls, 
And  Pull  Ned  down  from  Parrott's  cob,  his  shining  pate  caress, 
The  while  the  Author,  candy  smote,  presents  an  awful  mess. 
Long  will  the  tale  of  this  brave  joust  in  minstrel's  song  be   told — 
How  social  guides  can  fight  as  well  as  the  stout  knignts  of  old. 

Mrs.  Lease,  who  is  being  so  handsomely  entertained  in  this  city, 
had  an  adventure  with  Colonel  Breckinridge,  that  antique  Lotha- 
rio, a  few  weeks  ago.  The  Colonel  happened  to  encounter  and 
accidentally  jostle  Mrs.  Lease  on  the  steps  of  the  Capitol  at 
Washington.  The  Colonel  bowed  apologetically,  and  murmured: 
"  After  you,  madam,"  with  a  courtly  wave  of  the  hand. 

11  What,  after  me,  too,  you  nasty  old  profligate  I"  cried  the  in- 
dignant lady,  as  she  swept  her  skirts  aside  from  the  ex-states- 
man's polluting  contact. 

There  is  more  satisfaction  in  one  glass  of  good  whisky  than  in  a 
dozen  glasses  of  any  other  beverage  on  earth.  Good  whisky  helps  the 
stomach  and  stimulates  the  mind.  Such  a  whisky  is  the  J.  F.  Cutter 
Old  Bourbon,  of  which  E.  Martin  &  Co,,  408  Front  street,  are  the 
agents.  It  is  the  onlv  safeguard  in  these  damp  days,  when  the 
weather  prophet  doesn't  know  whether  it  is  going  to  rain  or  not. 

It  is  delightful  for  ladies  who  are  shopping,  or  who  want  a  delicious 
and.  wholesome  change  from  home  cooking,  to  have  such  an  estab- 
lishment as  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  to  drop 
into  for  a  luncheon  prepared  by  the  most  expert  cooks.  The  service 
at  the  famous  family  restaurant  is  perfect — no  waiters  could  be  more 
attentive,  no  restaurant  cleaner. 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


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This  new  and  luxuriously  furnished"  hotel  combines  the  attractions 
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all  places  of  amuseme  it  ani  the  buiiness  centers  is  an  alv*nta;e. 
It  is  surrounded  by  newly  and  wmojfchly  paved  streets,  and  giie3ts 
are  not  a--oued  nor  disturbed  by  pa»sing  vehicles  nor  clausing 
streetcar  bells.  '*  The  California"  offers  .othe  mm  of  family  a 
quiet  home  at  a  moderate  nost.  Transient  or  permanent  guests  flni 
it  an  attractive  stopping  place.  The  new  American  plan  dinin? 
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December  15,  1894. 


Some  ffints         When  appruacbed  by  any  one   witb  a  mine  for 
to  sale  it  is  well  in  tbe  first  place   to   ascertain   tbe 

inuestors-  character  of  tbe  vendor  from  some  reliable  source. 
If  in  toe  past  be  bas  been  conntcted  with  a  shady  operation,  it 
would  be  wiae  to  drop  man  and  proposition  at  once.  Again,  it  is 
just  as  well  to  remember  that  nine  men  out  of  ten  could  not  tell 
tbe  truth  about  a  mine  to  save  their  souls  from  perdition,  and 
about  tbe  same  percentage  of  alleged  experts  know  a  mine  when 
tbey  see  it.  Tinkers,  tailors,  and  candlestick-makers,  together 
with  cast-offs  of  all  trades  and  professions,  have  graduated  in 
their  mind's  eye  as  full-fledged  mining  experts  in  the  far  West, 
and  a  smattering  of  technical  terms  picked  np  from  association 
with  tbe  Simon-pure  article,  enables  them  to  deceive  people  at  a 
distance  witb  their  plausible  stories.  Tbey  invariably  take  bold  of 
some  worked-out  mine  with  a  history,  and  offer  it  at  a  high  figure 
on  the  possibilities  of  finding  ore  in  the  future.  Before  this  ex- 
pectation is  realized  (which  is  seldom  in  (heir  case),  the  green- 
horns are  bled  to  build  a  mill,  and  the  promotor  reaps  another 
golden  harvest  from  the  machinery  makers.  The  only  way  to 
rout  these  plunderers  is  to  insist  upon  tbem  paying  for  an  exam- 
ination by  some  reliable  expert  of  good  repute  for  honesty.  These 
are  scarce,  and  in  this  city  the  active  men  of  the  profession  whose 
reports  are  worthy  of  dependence  can  be  counted  upon  the  fingers 
of  one  hand,  Each  man  bas  bis  own  specialty,  and  an  authority 
on  quartz  veins  is  not  always  expert  on  gravels,  and  vice  versa. 
Upon  a  report  from  one  of  these  men  an  investor  is  safe  to  act, 
and  the  advice  given  is  always  well  worth  a  liberal  fee.  Cheap 
men  are  expensive  in  the  long  run,  particularly  in  tbe  mining 
business,  and  volunteer  reports,  signed  with  the  inevitable  home 
made  "  M.  E.,"  are  never  trustworthy.  If  intending  mine  pur- 
chasers will  only  follow  this  advice,  tbey  need  not  fear  a  serious 
loss,  for  the  more  reliable  the  man  selected,  tbe  more  cautious  he 
will  be  found  in  his  statements.  No  one  knows  better  than  the 
true  expert  tbe  vicissitudes  of  mining  operations,  and  he  seldom 
ventures  into  the  realms  of  prophesy.  It  is  his  place  to  deal  with 
facts  as  tbey  are  presented  to  his  eye,  and  ibe  possibilities,  while 
always  limited  in  their  scope,  will  be  framed  on  a  sound  basis. 

$  $  $ 

A  Vast  The  Boston  Company,  which  has  taken  up  tbe 

Mining        old    Cook    mines,    at    Conlterville,    in    Mariposa 

Enterprise.  County,  has  set  tbe  psce  for  some  of  our  California 
operators,  who  would  feel  insulted  if  the  thoroughly  descriptive 
terra  of  "slow  coaches"  were  applied  to  tbem.  Probably  tbe  in- 
heritors of  the  Cook  estate  will  discover  in  time  the  true  value  of 
tbe  vast  property  which  they  let  slip  out  of  their  bands  for  $100,- 
000  for  the  reason  that  although  possessed  of  sufficient  means 
they  lacked  the  enierprise  to  work  it.  The  bulk  of  the  Cook 
brothers'  wealth  was  made  by  rigging  tbe  stock  market,  and  legit- 
imate mining  development  was  not  in  their  line,  which  accounts 
for  the  long  time  these  mines  lay  idle  before  the  Eastern  people 
took  hold  of  them.  The  purchasers,  who  have  incorpo- 
rated under  the  title  of  tbe  Merced  Gold  Mining  Company, 
have  already  cut  their  eye  teeth  in  the  management  and  opera- 
tion of  mines,  so  that  they  cannot  be  termed  "tenderfeet"  by  any 
means.  In  (act,  from  the  success  of  their  operations  in  the  past, 
it  is  not  likely  that  they  can  be  given  any  pointers  by  our  peo- 
ple. They  have  certainly  started  in  a  very  business-like  manner, 
and  if  they  can  work  a  very  low  grade  of  ore  at  a  profit,  as  tbey 
say  they  can,  there  is  big  money  in  their  latest  investment.  At 
present  a  large  electric  plant  is  being  installed  on  the  Merced 
River  tor  tbe  purpose  of  generating  power  to  run  the  mills,  rail- 
roads, and  all  the  machinery  employed.  A  prominent  authority 
says  that  there  is  no  doubtof  tbe  value  of  these  mines.  There  are 
two  great  fissures  in  tbe  property.  The  east  fissure  in,  it  is 
claimed,  on  the  "mother  lode,"  which  is  reaaily  distinguished 
by  its  distinctive  features.  Tbe  formation  is  the  same  as  that  of 
the  RawbiJe  mine,  which  bas  developed  into  a  veritable  bonanza. 
The  bullion  output  of  this  celebrated  Tuolumne  mine,  which  has 
been  at  the  rate  of  $50,000  to  $60,000  for  months  past,  is  said  to 
have  run  up  over  $70,000  last  month.  A  great  deal  of  money  has 
also  been  takeo  out  of  the  Mary  Harrison,  Louisa,  and  Daliah 
mines,  on  the  Cook  estate,  and  it  is  believed  that  they  will  de- 
velop into  very  wealthy  mines  as  depth  is  attained. 
$  $  $ 
Eastern  New  York  stocks  have  shown  renewed  strength 

Iquestmeqt     during  the  past  week.      More  favorable  earnings  of 

Securities,  the  Grangers  started  London  buying  again.  St. 
Paul,  Rock  Island,  Burlington  and  Northwest  show  gains  of  from 
$2  to  $4  per  share,  as  compared  with  a  week  ago.  The  Industrials 
have  had  a  busy  week,  sugar  advancing  from  $10  to  $13  per 
share.  A  dividend  of  $3  per  share  was  declared  on  sugar,  com- 
mon, which  wa«  paid  on  Wednesday.  American  Tobacco  shows 
an  advance  of  $5  per  share  during  tbe  same  time.  While  the 
market  bas  the  appearance  of  strength,  yet  its  future  depends  en- 
tirely upon  which  side  London  will  stay.  There  is  no  special 
feature  to  warrant  any  material  advance  at  least  for  the  present. 


lr\  Hot  The  withdrawal  of  Manager  Magill  from  tbe  Pacific 
Water  Insurance  Union  has  caused  no  end  of  a  stir  among 
Again,  the  leading  underwriters  on  California  street.  It  is 
hoped  that  the  popular  member,  who  for  so  long  presided  over 
the  deliberations' of  that  body,  will  reconsider  his  intentions,  bat 
this  is  deemed  extremely  doubtful.  His  action  has  a  serious 
bearing  on  the  future  of  the  Union  which  cannot  be  underesti- 
mated. In  fact,  it  is  the  most  serious  proposition  which  tbe 
members  have  ever  had  to  face.  At  the  bottom  of  the  trouble  is 
tbe  difficulty  experienced  in  maintaining  the  dignity  of  tbe  organ- 
ization by  tbe  enforcement  of  tbe  penalties  for  breaches  of  the 
by-laws.  In  this  particular  case  fines  had  been  imposed,  pay- 
ment of  which  was  refused,  and  there  the  matter  ended.  The 
position  of  Messrs.  Craig  and  Landers,  the  delinquents,  in  declin- 
ing to  meet  these  fines  seems  tenable,  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
they  did  not  sign  the  contracts.  Yet,  on  the  other  hand,  were 
they  desirous  of  promoting  peace  they  would  take  a  different 
position,  and  conform  to  the  rules  instead  of  persistently  break- 
ing tbem.  To  enforce  the  penalty  would  very  likely  result  in  the 
ejectment  of  both  the  refractory  members,  which  would  precip- 
itate a  war  with  the  companies  which  they  represent,  and  cause 
a  still  further  defection  in  the  ranks  of  the  underwriters.  To 
keep  things  running  smoothly  in  an  association  of  this  kind 
seems  almost  impossible,  with  tbe  sharp  competition  which  exists 
for  business.  Even  if  Mr.  Magill  does  return,  it  is  only  a  matter 
of  time  until  some  similar  trouble  arises  over  the  vexing  question 
of  rebates  and  commissions.  When  peace  does  reign  under  con- 
ditions which  will  assure  its  continuance  for  any  length  of  time, 
the  lion  and  the  lamb  will  be  dining  together  out  of  the  same 
soup  kettle. 

%   $   $ 

fining  The  mining  community  of  the  State  can  be  congrat- 

Raiders  ulated  upon  the  fact  that  two  attempts  to  damage  the 
Foiled,  reputation  of  California  have  been  stopped.  If  the 
owners  of  the  La  Grange  gravel  mines,  near  Weaverville,  intend 
to  continue  operations,  they  will  do  so  on  a  more  moderate  scale 
than  they  proposed  when  tbey  started  out  to  raid  Paris  and  cap- 
ture a  commission  of  $4  600.000  or  thereabouts  on  a  $360,000  in- 
vestment. Tbe  deal  has  been  stopped  (here,  and  tbe  eyes  of  the 
French  capitalists  have  been  opened  wide  witb  astonishment  at 
the  pit  so  cleverly  dug  for  tbem.  They  will  doubtless  appreciate 
the  fraternal  feeling  of  their  co-patriuts  who  were  so  eager  to 
pocket  a  share  of  their  wealth  on  such  an  unequal  basis  of  ex- 
change. The  same  can  be  said  of  tbe  New  London,  masquerad- 
ing as  the  Lucille.  It  is  a  dead  cock  in  tbe  pit  in  London,  and 
the  only  money  raised  so  far  has  come  out  of  the  pockets  of  a 
syndicate  which  hoped  to  be  re-imbursed  from  tbe  sale  of  large 
blocks  of  stock  which  bas  been  heavily  underwritten.  The 
record  of  the  properly,  condemned  as  worthless  by  prominent 
mining  men  of  this  SLate  after  tbe  expenditure  of  nearly  a  million 
dollars,  is  too  well  known  now,  and  tbe  facts  leaking  out  have 
spoiled  the  deal.  London  is  a  poor  place  jus-t  now  for  any  propo- 
sition from  this  State.  It  has  been  milked  too  heavily.  The 
latest  reports  from  there  do  not  augur  very  favorably  for  tbe 
English  syndicate  which  is  said  to  have  landed  the  Gover,  nor 
for  a  number  of  other  propositions  which  are  in  the  process  of 
incubation  for  promotion  in  that  mart. 

%%% 

Comstock  There  has  been  cause  for  complaint  among  mining 
Mining  operators  on  Pine  street  at  the  action  of  the  market 
Stjares.  for  the  week.  Business  until  within  the  past  day 
or  so  has  been  absolutely  stagnant,  without  a  chance  for  a  profit 
on  one  fide  or  the  other.  The  shorta  look  as  glum  as  their 
hereditary  antagonists,  the  longs.  In  fact  they  are  in,  if  any- 
thing, a  worse  position,  for  it  would  be  absolutely  unsafe  to  sell 
stocks  at  these  figures.  The  strong  financial  position  of  Con. 
Virginia  has  had  a  steadying  effect  upon  the  market,  together 
with  the  development  in  Ophir  and  the  favorable  situation  of 
affairs  in  Savage,  Norcross,  Crown  Point,  Justice,  and  other  of 
the  smaller  mines.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  tbe  mines  for  years  past 
have  not  looked  so  well  as  tbey  do  just  now,  and  tbe  shares  have 
sold  at  a  heavy  advance  on  a  far  less  favorable  showing.  It  is 
impossible  that  values  can  drag  much  longer.  A  reaction  must  take 
place  and  a  slight  advance  in  prices  will  bring  buyers  back  to  the 
market.  The  purchases  by  operators  who  sold  out  on  the  rise 
have  not  yet  begun,  and  these  will  have  a  powerful  effect  in 
building  business  up  again.  Con.  Virginia  will  pay  another 
twenty-five  cent  dividend  on  tbe  17th  inst.  A  number  of  new 
assessments  were  levied  during  the  week. 

$  $  $ 

COLONEL  Wm.  J.  Sutherland,  tbe  prominent  mining  operator, 
and  President  of  tbe  Holmes  Mining  Company  of  Candelaria, 
Nev.,  arrived  in  town  from  London  during  the  week.  During 
his  prolonged  absence  abroad,  he  bas  closed  some  very  important 
negotiations  in  South  Africa  and  elsewhere  on  the  other  aide  of 
the  Atlantic.  He  is  inclined  to  take  a  very  favorable  view  of  the 
mining  market  here,  which  he  considers  low  in  comparison  with 
the  actual  condition  of  the  Comstock  mines. 


December  15, 1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


13 


"Hear  the  Crier!"     "  What  the  devil  art  thou? ' 
"One  that  will  play  the  devil,  sir,  with  you." 


DUET  at  long  range.      Captain  Lees — 
Over  the  sea,  Bra  rider,  to  me, 
Come,  man  of  millions,  come,  man  of  sin, 
Napoleon  of  boodlers,  who  failed  to  make  win 
Those  seventeen  millions  of  other  men's  tin. 
George  Brander — 

O,  Captain,  dear,  see  here,  see  berel 
I  once  came  back  to  hit  that  sack, 
To  hit  the  sack  another  whack; 
It's  easy  once  you  get  the  knack. 
Chorus  {half  seas  over)  — 

Ob,  whack  the  jolly  sack 
When  once  you  get  the   knack  ; 
It's  a  broad  and  beaten  track, 
Ri  whack  falla  falladity. 
Captain  Lees — 
Alas!  alack!  and  well-a-day !  enough  to  make  a  peeler  pray ! 
Jerusalem!     Gewbilikens!     Jehosaphat!  and  Gosh! 
The  Penal  Code  I  swear  is  simple  bosh — 
Brings  a  thief  out  white  and  shining  from  the  wash. 
George  Brander — 

For  'tis  a  sin  to  steal  a  pin, 
But  Dot  to  crack  a  mighty  wad. 
The  petty  thief  may  kias  the  rod, 
The  big  thief  never  goes  to  quod. 
Chorus. — 

THERE  are  always  sensations  in  nonsense,  and  the  more  arrant 
the  nonsense  the  greater  the  sensation.  Oakland  is  never 
without  some  attraction  outside  of  business.  She  has  been  for 
several  days  in  the  throes  of  a  religious  ciusade  against  tbe 
saloons  as  a  general  proposition,  but  that  movement  is  jast  now 
suffering  an  eclipse  in  tbe  realm  of  spooks.  They  have  found 
their  way  into  the  temple  of  justice,  and  tbe  mystic  shriners  have 
become  so  intoxicated  with  tbe  ethereal  spirits  that  they  bave 
been  seeing  Btars.  It  being  on  the  Christmas  tide,  the  Star  of 
Bethlehem  has  been  sighted  with  deliri.ous  joy.  But,  oh !  shades 
of  Christian  Andersen,  it  is  no  star  at  all!  It  is  a  spook.  Now, 
right  here  we  draw  the  line.  No  monkey  and  parrot  business 
can  be  admitted  to  destroy  nursery  rhymes  or  sponge  from 
the  tablets  of  memory  the  hoary  visions  of  Santa  Claus.  Let 
Judge  Innes  dispense  with  such  proceedings  in  tbe  cause  of  civili- 
zation and  sweet  charity,  which  bends  the  elbow  of  the  miser  and 
unlocks  the  vaults  of  tbe  mercenery  in  obedience  to  that  "  Peace 
on  earth,  good  will  to  men  "  that  cheered  the  hearts  of  the  shep- 
herds on  the  plains  of  Galilee. 

MOLFINO  was  a  gentleman  of  honor.  He  has  proved  his  title 
to  this,  since  he  is  no  more.  His  integrity  cannot  be  suc- 
cessfully impeached.  He  was  burdened  with  a  wife  who  refused 
to  be  a  target  for  bis  passionate  outbursts  of  athletic  activities 
and  obstinately  and  persistently  declined  to  be  systematically 
abused,  even  if  it  produced  domestic  infelicity.  Having  measured 
the  periods  of  his  inclinations,  she  bad  on  several  and  various 
occasions  removed  her  body  to  some  isolated  place  where  his  arm 
could  not  reach  her.  This  fired  his  Italian  heart,  and  made  him 
fnrious  to  such  a  degree  that  he  vowed  that  murder  or  suicide 
must  settle  tbe  difficulty,  and  he  proceeded  to  carry  out  bis  in- 
tentions. There  was  something  magnanimous  about  Mrs.  Mol- 
fino,  for  she  so  arranged  herself  that  her  Molfino  could  not  be 
held  responsible  for  such  a  dreadful  crime  as  murder,  and  to  keep 
his  word  and  preserve  his  honor  be  did  the  other  thing.  He  went 
to  beautiful  Sausalito,  and  after  putting  himself  in  good  shape  he 
took  to  water  and  upheld  his  reputation  for  a  man  of  veracity. 
In  doing  so  he  saved  bis  reputation  and  numerous  friends,  includ- 
ing bis  wife. 

ALL  local  Crazydom  is  awry  with  hysterical  anticipations  of 
joy  over  the  visit,  during  Christmas  week,  of  the  football 
team  from  the  Chicago  University,  to  fight  the  victorious  Stan- 
fords  on  their  own  dunghill.  It  is  cheering  to  know  that  Yale 
has  furnished  tbe  master-mind  trainers  for  both  organizations — 
which,  by  tbe  peculiar  irony  of  fate,  are  called  «  teams."  The 
game  will  be  a  wonderful  exposition  of  the  latest  and  highest 
achievements  of  two  great  universities  in  making  fighting,  swear- 
ing bullies  and  ruffians  of  tbeir  students — and  Yale  gets  the  credit 
of  the  instruction! 

THE  Farmers'  Alliance  has  solemnly  resolved  that  the  time  has 
not  yet  arrived  for  the  State  to  build  a  railroad.  That  is  a 
sensible  resolution,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  State 
hasn't  tbe  slightest  intention  of  building  a  railroad.  But  what's 
tbe  matter  with  Sut.ro  building  one  ?  He's  a  real  good  Farmers' 
Alliance  man,  and  what  Mr.  Leeds  doesn't  know  about  railroads, 
he  does. 


A  DULL  Thud,  so  long  dead  that  it  bad  almost  forgotten  its 
existence,  felt  a  thrust  in  tbe  ribs,  so  violent  that  its  long  dis- 
articulated bones  immediately  flew  into  tbeir  proper  sockets,  and 
its  mandibles,  remembering  tbeir  ancient  babit,  began  to  champ. 
"Wb — wh — who's  that?"  it  shrieked  huskily.  "Don't  be  alarmed, 
my  friend,"  replied  tbe  intruder;  "remember  that  you  cut  a  wide 
swatb  before  you  died,  and  believe  me  when  I  say  that  I  am  cut- 
ting a  wider.  Still,  knowing  that  I  am  even  far  more  absurd  than 

you "  "Why?  how  is  that  possible?"  '<  Because  I  am  used  by 

society  reporters."  •  Ob,  well,  goon  with  your  etory."  "As  I 
was  saying,  knowing  that  I  in  time  shall  come  to  look  as  ridicu- 
lous as  you  looked,  and,  worse  than  that,  realizing  that  the  per- 
sdns  who  use  me  bave  not  the  least  conception  of  my  meaning, 
I  am  doomed  to  an  earlier  death  than  you  by  the  sarcasm  of  the 
wits.  Say,  old  chappie!"  "Well,  what  is  it?"  asked  the  Dull 
Thud  with  a  yawn.  "Can't  you  make  room  for  me  beside  you?" 
"Why?"  "  'Cause  I'd  rather  commit  suicide  than  be  murdered." 
The  Dull  Thu3,  now  vacantly  interested,  drew  its  ranged  blankets 
closer,  and  shuddered.  "I  have  my  preferences,"  it  gasped.  If 
you've  been  in  society  I'll  bave  to  draw  the  line  on  you  as  a 
bedfellow.  What's  your  name?"  "I'm  a  Social  Function," 
pleaded  tbe  stranger;  whereupon  the  bones  of  the  Dull  Thud  fell 
instantly  asunder,  and  silence  reigned. 

THE  men  of  the  life  saving  station  did  good  work  in  rescuing 
the  crew  of  the  wrecked  schooner  VF.  L.  Beebe  Monday  morn- 
ing, but  it  was  illustrated  on  that  occasion,  as  it  had  been  several 
times  before,  that  the  life-boats,  at  least  as  managed  by  the  Fort 
Point,  Golden  Gate,  and  Southside  stations,  are  of  no  use  whatever 
outside  of  a  duck  pond.  A  life-boat  that  cannot  be  launched  in  a  surf 
is  about  as  valuable  a  life-saving  contrivance  as  a  plummet  of  lead. 
Ships  do  not  go  to  pieces  on  a  smooth  sea,  and  if  they  did  they  could 
use  their  own  boats.  It  is  possible,  of  course,  that  the  boats  are 
serviceable  enough,  and  that  tbe  station  crews  have  an  aversion 
for  wet  water.  But  that  is  a  view  of  the  matter  that  the  public 
will  hesitate  to  accept. 

The  life  boat!     The  life-boat!     It's  ob,  for  a  gale 
And  a  pounding  surf  on  tbe  beach, 
And  tbe  cries  of  the  mariners,  draggled  and  pale, 
Giving  lone  to  the  wild  tempest's  screech; 
And  it's  cheerily,  cheerily,  ship  there,  ahoy! 
The  life-boat's  almost  within  reach; 
Hold  fast!     Can't  ye  see  it  ?     'Tis  plain  as  a  buoy- 
High  and  dry  there,  stuck  fast  on  the  beach! 

T— HERE  is  a  splendid  opportunity  for  the  unemployed  who  bave 
been  drilling  in  Kelly's  army  to  find  something  to  do,  if  they 
have  as  much  courage  for  a  lively  racket  in  actual  war  as  they 
have  to  forage  on  the  fruits  of  the  industry  of  others.  General 
Antonio  Ezeta  is  contemplating  a  revolution  in  Salvador,  and  he 
will  bave  need  of  all  tbe  brave  men  well  drilled  that  can  rally 
round  his  standard.  Now,  lads,  go!  The  Americans  have  be- 
come favorites  in  the  military  service  of  foreign  nations,  and 
epaulettes  grow  on  their  shoulders  like  bunions  on  a  squeezed 
foot.  If  you  neglect  this  opportunity  you  may  find  it  mighty 
close  picking  in  this  locality  before  the  winter  is  over.  Times  are 
hard,  you  know,  and  there  is  every  prospect  of  a  long  and  dreary 
spell  of  weather. 

THE  Rev.  Dr.  Hemphill  does  not  seem  to  think  that  evolution 
has  a  sphere  in  religion,  and  is  surprised  to  find  that  tbe  creed 
of  the  old  Presbyterian  Church  has  worn  out  and  become  obso- 
lete. It  is  no  argument  against  tbe  Scriptures,  for  creeds  are 
simply  human.  We  wonder  if  be  ever  stopped  to  think  that  tbe 
mind  that  ceases  to  advance  is  in  daDger  of  paralysis.  Tbere  was 
not  liberality  enough  in  Galvanism.  It  was  too  narrow  for  the 
plodding  intellect  that  is  not  satisfied  with  worn-out  platitudes 
and  antiquated  ceremonies.  Electricity,  the  bicycle,  and  football 
"have  come  to  stay,"  and  they  are  only  the  advance  guard  of 
other  and  more  accelerating  innovations  that  attract  people  from 
the  humdrum  of  the  religious  creeds  that  require  a  whole  lot  of 
man  with  a  vague  promise  to  pay  after  tbe  curtain  drops. 

A  FEW  sensible  and  conservative  men  have  concluded  that  San 
Francisco  needs  a  club  to  promote  good  government,  and 
they  have  proceeded  to  organize  one  on  the  jawbone  plan.  While 
the  idea  is  a  good  one  its  execution  has  not  been  in  the  right 
direction.  There  is  no  virtue  in  jawbones  in  tbe  inauguration  of 
reforms,  unless  they  are  of  the  character  used  by  the  giant  of 
Israel  when  he  started  on  his  mission  to  reform  the  Pbillistines 
who  bad  interfered  with  his  domestic  relations.  It  would  require 
an  army  of  Samsons  and  thousands  of  asses  to  produce  he  re- 
quired result  if  tbe  charges  and  counter  charges  that  have  been 
made  are  true  concerning  those  who  have  been  intrusted  with 
the  machinery  of  government. 

THE  fact  that  many  prominent  ladies  of  New  York:s  Four 
Hundred  have  been  smuggling  coBtly  frocks  from  Paris  will 
tend  to  cheer  tbe  consciences  of  those  wealthy  and  respected  citi- 
zens of  this  coast  who  made  their  fortunes  by  smuggling  opium. 
That  which  society  women  deem  not  wrong  it  is  certainly  proper 
for  mere  business  men  to  do.  Smuggling  is  not  the  only  form  of 
swindling  that  is  all  right  so  long  as  one  is  not  caught  at  it. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  15t  1894. 


SOME  weeks  ago  it  was  recorded  in  t d is  column  that  there  was 
nothing  left  for  our  fashionable  set  of  society  women  to  under- 
take in  the  way  of  novelty  either  to  amuse  or  startle  the  swim. 
But  it  seems  the  assertion  was  premature,  for  there  is  being  dis- 
cussed by  the  ladies  who  constitute  that  upper  crust,  so  styled,  a 
project  which  certainly  tops  all  that  has  gone  before.  As  usual, 
"charity" — which  the  Good  Book  tells  us  covers  a  multitude*  of 
sins — will  throw  its  mantle  over  this  scheme  (though  not  over 
the  participants  therein),  and  our  buds  and  blossoms  will  appear 
in  a  series  of  ■«  living  pictures."  One  cf  the  principal  leaders  in 
the  movement  says  it  will  be  sure  to  draw.  No  doubt  it  will,  al- 
though, a6"  a  blase  young  cub  remarked  the  other  evening,  "one 
sees  such  a  lot,  donicberknow,  of  lovely  women,  and  all  that  sort 
of  thing— in  sections,  as  it  were;  first  at  a  ball  in  decollei<"  attire; 
then  in  the  tanks  at  a  swimming  bath ;  and  again  on  tbe  bicycle, 
with  an  occasional  skirt  dance  thrown  in — that,  by  Jove!  there 
isn't  much  left  to  show  that's  not  old  already."  A  remark  of  this 
kind  more  fully  illustrates  tbe  tone  of  society  that  could  for  a 
moment  entertain  the  idea  of  "  living  pictures  "  for  a  public  ex- 
hibition, than  a  volume  of  comment  by  an  earnest  thinker. 
•  #  * 

It  seems  a  pity  that  those  delightful  concerts  of  Scheel's  should 
cease  to  be  purely  orchestral  by  the  introduction  of  vocalists  of 
local  claims  to  concertizing  into  his  programmes.  We  fondly 
hoped  that  the  amateur  song-bird  had  been  relegated  to  home  cir- 
cles, but  if  the  craze  for  public  applause  breaks  out  again,  and  so 
great  a  leader  as  Scbeel  takes  the  ambitious  songstress-es  in 
charge,  well — Heaven  help  the  listeners! 
»  *  * 

That  Humbug  is  King  is  often  heard  nowadays,  but  one  of  the 
most  vivid  illustrations  of  the  fact  has  recently  come  to  light — not 
in  quack  cancer  cures;  not  in  rheumatic  miracles  and  catarrh 
erasures,  but  here  in  Ban  Francisco  a  case  of  a  teacher  of  tbe  vocal 
art  who  "  goes  to  Europe  every  two  years  to  get  the  new  styles!  " 
Shade  of  the  great  and  immortal  Garcial  does  the  art  of  singing 
vary  as  do  the  fashions  of  one's  clothes  ? 

*  *  * 

It  should  be  rather  a  matter  of  chagrin  to  those  of  our  society 
lights  who  wined,  dined,  and  tea-ed  tbe  Oelricbs-Fair  party  so 
extensively  during  their  latest  visit  to  the  Coast  to  learn  that,  in  a 
recent  letter  from  New  York,  received  by  a  member  of  the  fash- 
ionable world  here,  the  ladies  of  said  party  are  spoken  of  as  ex- 
pressing unalloyed  satisfaction  at  being  iu  «  civilized  "  quarters 
once  more.     Alas,  for  the  fallacy  of  faith  in  our  best  society! 

*  *  » 

»  How  lucky  girls  are  who  have  no  sisters  pushing  them  up- 
ward and  onward  and  eventually  backward!  "  observed,  iu  a  feel- 
ing tone,  a  prominent  social  belle  of  several  seasons,  lately.  "Just 
look  at  me,  May  Hoffman,  Nellie  Joliffe,  and  Emily  Hager,  each 
of  us  with  a  sister  impatient  to  get  us  out  of  her  way,  and  this 
winter  claiming  her  right  as  bud  of  the  season  to  all  tbe  fresh 
gowns,  etc.;  while  there's  Laura  McKinstry,  Mamie  Burling,  and 
Lillie  Lawlor;  see  how  they  keep  going.  As  Alexander  Selkirk 
once  remarked,  «  their  right  there  is  none  to  dispute,'  in  the  family 
circle  at  all  events!  "  The  piaintiive  wail  was  occasioned  by  the 
fact  of  a  gentleman  caller  sending  up  his  card  for  the  younger 
sister  Bessie,  to  tbe  ignoring  of  the  elder  completely.  But  then 
she  has  had  her  ><  good  time." 

*  *  * 

Gossip  says  that  the  somewhat  pass£e  blonde  of  the  Hotel  Riche- 
lieu, who  belongs  to  the  highly  exclusive  old  set,  has  at  last  aban- 
doned all  hope  of  winning  the  family  doctor,*and  will,  in  all  proba- 
bility, mate  with  the  relative  of  her  matronly  friend  with  sil- 
vered locks  and  charming  manners,  who  is  resident  in  the  same 
house. 

*  »  * 

It  is  doubtful  if  people  are  aware  of  tbe  amount  of  tippling  in- 
dulged in  by  our  maids  and  matrons  at  the  different,  causeries  they 
hold  of  a  morning  at  their  respective  homes  or  tbe  club  rooms.  It 
is  a  common  practice  for  a  girl  to  take  just  a  nip,  an  appetizer,  a 
bracer,  or  a  soother;  each  and  all  find  place  iu  their  vocabulary 
and  daily  routine.  What  the  women  call  an  eye-opener  comes 
first  in  the  morning;  a  nip  finds  place  at  noon;  a  tonic,  before  an 
afternoou  "  function ;  "  a  sip,  at  the  reception  to  make  one's  ideas 
Sow;  a  refresher,  after  tbe  "tea"  is  over;  an  appetizer,  before 
dinner;  a  bracer,  before  the  hop;  sustainers,  ad  lib  during  the 
dance,  and  a  night-cap  before  retiring.  It  is  not  an  overdrawn 
statement  of  what  goes  on  around  us  daily. 


A  goblet  of  Keystone  Monogram  whiskey  is  said  to  have  saved 
the  President's  life  when  he  caught  his  violent  chill  in  the  recent 
duck  hunt  iu  Maryland. — Detroit  Free  Press. 


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TEAS. 


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ture of  ASSAM  iludia)  and  CEYLON  TEAS,  the  finest  hlend  imported. 
An  economical  aud  delicious  brew.  Having  once  used  ihis  tea  you  will 
use  no  other.  Put  up  in  lead  packages  of  one  half  or  one  lb.  For  sale  by 
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BAN   FRAWTSCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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LAWN    TENNIS. 

THE  mixed  doubles  tournament  at  the 
California  Club  commences  today  at 
one  o 'cluck  sharp,  and  this  will  open  the 
winter  campaign  in  the  city,  rttboogh  the 
Olympic  Annex  started  a  tournament  some 
little  time  ago,  which,  however,  was  open 
only  to  members  of  the  club.  We  must 
admit  that  open  tournaments  are  more 
greatly  to  be  desired  now,  especially  as  the 
membership  in  all  the  clubs  has  decreased 
to  a  certain  extent,  as  when  one  bas  to  rely 
solely  on  one's  members  to  get  up  a  tour- 
nament, it  seems  that  so  few  enter  that  it 
is  hardly  worth  the  trouble  to  get  any  up. 
Without  tournaments  a  club  would  soon 
cease  to  exist,  as  such  affairs  usually  draw 
a  goodly  number  of  young  people,  and  tend 
to  put  new  life  into  the  game,  as  well  as 
enthuse  those  who  are  playing,  who  strive 
to  gain  the  plaudits  of  their  friends  vho 
are  present.  Although  the  entries  at  most 
of  the  principal  matches  have  been  small, 
the  same  cannot  be  said  of  the  audiences, 
and  we  hope  there  will  be  enough  interest 
shown  in  today's  matches  to  bring  a  good 
crowd  ont  to  the  club.  The  tournament  is 
in  the  hands  <f  A.  B.  Wilberforce,  R.  N. 
Whitney,  and  D.  E.  Allison,  Jr.,  and  the 
entries,  so  far  as  one  can  judge,  will  be 
Misses  Clark,  A.  A.  Clark,  Martha  Alexan- 
der, Mrs.  H.  H.  Sherwood,  Miss  McKer- 
row,  and  perhaps  Miss  Bates  and  Miss 
Hooper.  Among  the  gentlemen  will  be  G. 
B.  de  Long  D.  E.  Allison,  Jr.,  A.  B.  Wil- 
berforce, R.  N.  Whitney,  W.  McKerrow, 
and  C.  P.  Hubbard.  The  club  has  furnished 
elegant  prizes,  and  we  anticipate  a  very 
successful  meeting. 

We  understand  that  there  is  soon  to  be 
"  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth  "  in  the 
Oakland  Club,  as  owing  to  the  non-attend- 
ance and  non-payment  of  dues,  etc.,  the 
club  bas  fallen  from  grace  into  debt,  and 
the  directors  have  been  figuring  bow  to 
meet  the  deficiency.  It  has  been  whispered 
to  us  that  a  twenty-dollar  assessment  will 
be  put  upon  the  members,  and  many  are 
the  threats  of  what  some  are  going  to  do  if 
such  is  the  case.  We  understand,  more- 
over, that,  although  the  club  has  never 
been  incorporated,  the  directors  hold  that 
the  members  are  partners  of  the  club,  and, 
like  all  partners  in  any  concern,  are  liable 
for  their  share  of  the  debt.  It  is  also  said 
that  if  the  members  refuse  to  "  pony  up  " 
that  twenty,  legal  proceedings  will  be 
taken ;  so,  unless  something  happens  soon 
to  brighten  up  the  affairs  of  the  club,  we 
are  likely  to  have  an  amusing  time  hearing 
tbeevidence,  and  perhaps  getting  the  Judge 
and  jury  mixed  up  with  the  different  terms 
used  in  the  game. 

The  officers  of  the  Alameda  Club  are  well 
satisfied  with  the  outcome  of  their  first 
tournament,  and  say  that  interest  is  pick- 
ing up  again  with  them,  which  is  good 
news  for  a  beginning.  They  intend  soon 
holding  a  class  singles,  open  to  all  mem- 
bers of  recognized  clubs  in  the  State,  and 
expect  to  have  a  large  entry  when  the 
time  comes.  At  present  no  one  bas  sug- 
gested a  tournament  for  Christmas.  It 
seems  to  us  it  would  be  a  good  way  of  pre- 
paring for  Christmas  dinner. 

The  wet  weather  rather  interfered  with 
the  playing  at  the  Olympic  Annex  tourna- 
ment, which  is  still  unfinished.  The  win- 
ner will  hold  the  Hammersmith  &  Field 
trophy,  which  is  still  in  the  market,  not 
having  as  yet  been  won  three  times  in  suc- 
cession. Flay  has  also  been  suspended  at 
the  Larkin-street  court,  where  the  High 
School  boys  now  make  their  headquarters, 
but  appearances  are  in  favor  of  a  pretty 
brisk  time  if  the  weather  during  the  win- 
ter will  permit. 


FIRST  SrORF— And  how  did  the  football 
come  nni? 
Seconh  tort  -The  Ru  ihVrs  lost  the  game 
on  a  foul. 

*•  How's  that  ?  " 

•■  One  of  their  men  kicked  the  ball  in- 
stead or  kicking  one  of  the  fellows  on  the 
other  side."  — Boston  Transcript. 


SMYTHE— Too    bad    Miss   Bwown's  so 
awfully  near-sighted,  isn't  it,  ChawleB? 
Ciiimlky — Y-a-as,  me  boy. 
Smythe — Why,  d'ye  know,  I've  been  told 
she  weahs  her  glasses  to  bed. 

Chumlev— How's  that  Haw-wy  ? 
Smythe— So  she  can  wecognize  the  peo- 
ple she  meets  in  her  dweams.         —Life. 


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)     He  (gallantly)— You  snake  charmer  1 

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SAJSf  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTliK 


December  15,  1894 . 


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A  LONDON  fashion  writer  tbaa  describes  a  dinner  dress  of  the 
softest,  creamiest  patterned  silk,  worn  by  Mrs.  Patrick  Camp- 
bell, of  Mr.  Beerbohm  Trees  Jobn-a-Dreatus  Company :  '-The  skirt  is 
made  very  simply,  and  is  neither  voluminous  nor  scanty.  At  the 
foot  is  a  narrow  flounce  of  the  lace,  headed  by  a  line  of  metallic  look- 
ing sequin  trimming.  Tbe  upper  part  of  the  bodice  is  entirely  of 
white  guipure  lace,  which  veils  without  hiding  the  neck  and  anus. 
At  the  throat,  and  just  above  the  elbows,  the  folos  of  tbe  lace  are 
caught  by  round  diamond  pins,  that  gleam  most  effectively  in  the 
moonlight.  Around  the  waist  is  worn  a  deep  belt  or  corselet  of  some 
green  fabric  glimmering  with  paillettes,  this  arrangement  having  a 
serpent-like  weirdness  of  effect  that  is  as  original  as  it  is  indescrib- 
ably peculiar.  Toprotoct  her  from  tbe  sea  breezes,  Mrs.  Campbell 
shrouds  this  mystic  attiie  in  a  long,  shapeless  cloak  of  thick  luster- 
less  white  silk,  lined  with  sea  green.  A  glimmering  edge  of  gold  out- 
lines the  hem,  and  a  soft  fall  of  lace  accentuates  the  shoulders.  Mrs. 
Campbell  wears  her  dark  hair  in  the  same  massed  bunches,  low  on 
her  neck,  that  became  famous  with  her  Mrs.  Tanqueray. 

"  In  the  third  act  Miss  Steer  is  again  seen  to  great  advantage  in  a 
delightful  afternoon  gown.  Tbe  skirt  is  an  enormously  full,  well- 
huug  and  absolutely  untrimmed  arrangement  of  coral  pink  cloth. 
With  this  is  worn  a  sort  of  blouse  bodice  of  creamy  brocade,  closely 
patterned  with  small  baskets  overrunning  with  roses  and  finely 
traced  plants.  That  tbe  sleeves  are  huge,  of  course,  goes  without 
saying,  while  an  excellent  note  is  struck  by  the  very  deep,  almost 
terra  cotta  shade  of  the  high  velvet  collar  encircling  the  throat.  With 
this  uncommonly  smart  frock,  Miss  Steer  wears  a  large  hat  of  white 
chip,  trimmed  with  tall  dog's  eared  bows  of  deep  pink  velvet,  white 
lace  and  a  couple  of  dashing  black  plumes.  Just  under  the  crumpled 
brim,  in  front  and  on  the  side,  nestle  a  couple  of  dainty  white  and 
pink  roses  with  their  fresh  green  leaves.  As  an  extra  touch  of  smart- 
ness Miss  Steer  throws  over  her  shoulders  a  triple  cape  of  pink  vel- 
vet, cut  in  an  original  and  entirely  indescribable  fashion.  Miss  Steer 
does  not  appear  again  on  the  scene  after  tbe  third  act,  while  Mrs. 
Campbell  wears  the  same  dress  and  cloak  which  she  is  last  seen  in  at 
the  rectory." 

A  very  new  collarette  has  a  throat-band  of  emerald  green  velvet 
passing  through  a  jet  buckle  in  front,  with  choux  of  jetted  black  lace 
on  each  side.  Inside  this  is  a  lining  of  the  very  tiniest  black  tips, 
curling  in  a  most  bt  coming  fashion  about  the  chin.  Radiating  from 
the  collar  and  lying  flat  upon  the  shoulders  are  Jong  black  ostrich 
feathers.  Each  one  is  tightly  curled,  and  laid  with  the  inside  on  the 
top,  so  that  the  ends  curl  up,  forming  a  border  all  about  the  edge. 
Below  this  is  a  few  inches  of  the  emerald  velvet  under  collar,  heavily 
jetted,  and  edged  with  a  flat  band  of  jetted  black  lace.  Geranium 
rose  velvet  is  the  material  for  another,  which  just  covers  the  sleeve 
tops.  It  is  embroidered  in  fine  jet;  out  in  square  tab3,  edged  with 
black  fur,  and  is  lined  with  ermine.  The  collar  is  a  high  turnover 
directoire,  showing  a  high  jabot,  hanging  almost  to  the  waist,  of 
black  and  white  mousseline  de  soie. 

Mufls  are  to  be  bigger,  softer,  cosier,  and  prettier  than  ever  this 
winter.  Fur  seems  the  most  natural  sort  of  material  to  put  outside 
one  of  these  hand-warmers,  but  I  notice  that  most  of  the  smart  cos- 
tume makers  are  supplying  muffs  en  suite  with  their  daintiest  gowns. 
One  of  the  prettiest  "made"  muffs  I  have  seen  was  of  green  and 
deep  gold  accordion-pleated  satin,  made  in  a  wide  double  frill  on 
each  side,  and  having  a  band  of  sable  twisted  cunningly  round  its 
folds.  This  was  lined  delightfully  inside  with  sable,  and  was  intended 
to  be  slung  from  the  neck  by  a  slender  gold  chain  with  small  emer- 
alds at  intervals. 

Somewhere  to  Dine. 

•"THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
A    Who  knows  not  the   right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner. 

Not  too  dear,  but  yet  served  comme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it— 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalls  68  and  70,  California  Market— 
Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronRge   pays   ia  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 
"  Cahfornians  "  or  "Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style. 
And  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these   bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

Iu  any  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  temptb  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like  Moraghan's  OyBter  Stand. 


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DENTISTS. 
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DRUGGISTS. 
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SHOEMAKERS. 
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December  15,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  T,F,TTEB. 


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sunbeams 


NOTICE,  1910.  The  bride  looked  very  well  in  a  irav.  ling  dr^e, 
bat  all  eyes  were  ceDtered  on  the  groom.  He  w.-re  a  dark 
suit  that  perfectly  tilted  his  manly  form  ;  a  large  bouquet  aeconm-d 
his  coat,  and  in  his  daintily  gloved  hand  he  carried  a  bouquet  ufh.ies 
roses,  and  maidenhair  fern.  His  hair  was  cut  close,  and  a  delk-aie 
odor  of  barber's  oil  floated  down  the  aisles  as  he  passed.  The  young 
people  will  miss  him  now  that  he  is  married.  He  is  loved  by  all  lor 
his  many  accomplishments,  his  tender  graces,  and  his  winning  ways. 
The  bnue  commands  a  good  salary  as  a  typewriter,  and  the  groom 
will  not  miss  any  of  the  luxuries  to  which  he  has  been  accustomed. 
A  crowd  of  pretty  young  men  saw  him  oft' at  the  railway  station. 

—Truth. 

"  Yes,"  said  he,  "  life  is  so  lonely."  "  It  is  lonely  sometimes,"  she 
answered.  "  Would  it  be  sweet  to  have  a  little  cottage  covered,  with, 
ivy  and  honeysuckle  and  roses  ?  "  "  O,  wouldn't  itl  "  "  And  when 
a  fellow  comes  home  tired  from  business,  to  have  a  nice  little  wife  to 
meet  him  at  the  door  with  a  kiss."  "  Y-e-e-s-."  "  And  then  the 
summer  nights ;  the  windows  open,  the  sunset  just  giving  light  enough 
in  the  cosy  parlor,  and — you — I  mean  a  wife  at  the  piano,  singing  in 
the  gloaming.  It  would  be  lovely."  "  I— think— it—  would—  be — nice." 
"And  then—"  At  this  point  a  careworn  woman  came  round  the 
corner  with  a  pair  of  twins  in  a  perambulator.  A  dead  silence  fell 
upon  the  air  for  a  little  time.    Then  they  changed  the  subject. 

— Answers. 

"It's  no  use,"  she  said  dejectedly.  "  I've  simply  got  to  autt'er." 
"  What's  the  matter  ?  "  "  Youug  Mr.  Slogo  called  last  night.  I  en- 
dured his  society  patiently  until  in  self-defense  I  was  forced  to  remark 
'  Really,  Mr.  Slogo,  I'm  very  much  afraid  it  is  getting  late.'  "  "  And 
what  did  he  do  then?  "  "He  simply  smiled  and  said  that  women 
are  naturally  timid. "  —  Washington  Star. 

When  lovely  woman  puts  on  knicker- 

Bockers  for  to  take  a  ride. 
It's  rude  in  man  at  her  to  snicker — 
But  how  can  he  his  feelings  hide  ? 

— Indianapolis  Journal. 

Misteess— Did  any  one  call  while  I  was  out?  New  Girl — Yes, 
mum;  Mrs.  Wayupp  called.  Did  she  seem  disappointed  when  you 
said  I  was  not  at  home  ?  Well,  she  did  look  a  little  queer,  but  I  told 
her  she  needn't  get  mad  about  it,  'cause  it  was  really  true  this  time. 

— New  York  Weekly. 

"  Well,  sir,"  said  the  vivacious  lady  to  the  artist  who  was  painting 
her  portrait,  "  you  haven't  iinished  already,  have  you?  Or  has  the 
hour  expired  ?  "  "  Neither,  madam,"  replied  the  artist.  "  1  am  wait- 
ing for  an  opportunity  of  seeing  how  your  chin  looks  when  in  repose." 

— Chicago  Tribune. 

"  Hear  me  out,"  he  implored.  "  Certainly,"  she  answered.  In  the 
struggle  that  ensued  between  the  youth  and  her  old  man  she  did  not 
forget  her  promise.  She  listened  until  she  distinctly  heard  her  suitor 
strike  the  sidewalk.    Then  she  knew  he  was  out. — Detroit  Tribune. 

Dr.  Blews— Grumley  is  a  queer  genius— always  trying  to  outdo 
somebody.  Hopps — Yes;  he  is  riding  a  bicycle  now.  De  Blews — He 
is  ?  Well,  I'll  say  this  for  Grumley :  He'll  never  be  satisfied  with  one 
hump;  if  he  can't  be  a  camel  he'll  give  up  cycling.  — Answers. 

He — Mademoiselle,  you  are  the  star  of  the  evening !  Young  Lady — 
You  are  the  first  to  tell  me  so.  He— Then  allow  me  to  claim  my  re- 
ward as  an  astronomer.  Yotjkg  Lady — What  do  you  mean  ?  He — 
That  is  to  give  my  name  to  the  discovered  star.  — Le  Baillage. 

Banks — I  cannot  encourage  attentions  to  my  daughter  from  a 
young  man  who  drinks.  Young  Toots— But  I  will  stop  diinking. 
Banks— Of  course,  but  I  don't  want  my  toddy  cut  off  to  keep  you  out 
of  danger.  — New  York  World. 

"  Great  Scott,  what  are  you  writing  your  name  iD  indelible  ink  on 
the  cat.  for  ?  "  "  Going  to  send  her  to  the  laundry,  and  1  want  to  be 
sure  she  won't  come  back."  — Chicago  Inter-Ocean. 

Higp.ee— By  Jove,  old  man,  you  are  looking  extremely  well.  Been 
taking  a  vacation  ?    Bradford— No ;  my  wife  has.  — Truth. 

She— Doesn't  football  make  demons  of  men?  He— No;  it  fre- 
quently makes  angels  of  them,  though.  — Yonkers  Statesman. 

Mrs.  E.  N.  Taylor,  of  413  River  street,  Manistee,  Mich.,  testified 
to  her  belief  in  Steedraan's  Soothing  Powders  by  writing  all  the  way 
to  England  for  a  packet. 

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SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  15, 1894. 


zB-A-nsrics. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  tOLUMBlA- 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charier,  18ti2. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up  $3,000,000 

RESERVE  FUND  AND  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS...  1,410,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets 
HEAD   OFFICE  ©O  Lombard  Street,  Loudon 

Branches— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nauaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  beattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  eood  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago — First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  rfouth  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— Brltich  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
Sooth  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  ...  $3,P0n,000  P0 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (Ocoberl,  1894) 3.158,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R    Bisho  .Vice-President  Allen  M   «  LvY   Seer  tary 

8.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I,  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

correspondent  S: 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  1  he  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  and  savings  Bank;  Australia  and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India- Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China  St.  Louis— Boatmen's  Bank 

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Loudon,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

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33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  SI, 000.000. 

officers. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY  Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S  G-  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  Bent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature.  

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY- 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 

Guaranteed  Capital  ami  Reserve  Fund ...$1,010,000  00 

Dcpn<tlts  JanUHry  2,  1894 29,429,217  0» 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  K.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Win.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muiler. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  O.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmaun,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simou,  Igu.  Steiu- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfellow. 

THE  ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N   E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Capital  Authorized  $6,000,000  I  Paid  up     $1,500,000 

Subscribed 3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund 700,000 

Head  Office— 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York— J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bank  transacts  a  general  bauking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchanee 
and  bullion.  IGN    STEINHART     )  „ 

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W.  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sntter  Streets, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  and  Surplus      ...  $0,250,000  00 

John  J.  Valentine President  I  Homer  S.  King.  . .  Manager 

H.  WadBWorth     Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  Cashier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E .  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj   P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge.  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.    McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 

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Corner  Market,  Montgomery  and  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $1,000,000. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHA9.  F.  CROCKER,         I         E.  B.  POND. 

WM.  H.  CROCKER Prebidect 

W.  E.  BROWN  Vice  .  resident 

QEO.  W.  KLINE Cashier 


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222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,   MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAID  ON  DEPOSITS.         LOANS  1HADI 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord  Jerome  Lincoln  H.  H.  Hewlett 

Wm   Babeock  O.  D.  Baldwin  A.  K.  P.  Harmon 


Adam  Grant 


W.  S.  Jones 


J.  B.  Randol. 


THE  KNIFE  WITH  THE  DEATH'S-HEAD  HANDLE 


By  Feed  L.  Foster. 


"  TTOLA,  amigol 
JT1  your  koife. 


il  I  was  looking  for  yon;  I  want  to  borrow 
your  koife.  My  own  I  have  lost,  and  to-night  I  lay  for 
the  o.g  buck  up  at  the  spring.  Without  a  knife,  how  shall  I  cat 
bis  throat,  eb?  " 

Marston  carelessly  drew  his  knife  from  its  sheath  and  handed 
it  to  tbe  speaker.  "S»,  con  gusto,  Vicente,"  he  said,  and  he  re- 
sumed bis  pipe. 

Vicenie  Mariano  grasped  the  weapon,  almost  eagerly.  Had 
Marstou  not  been  absorbed  in  serious  thought  he  would  have 
obs'  rved  beneath  the  friendly  smile  on  the  Mexican's  face  an  ex- 
pression uf  satisfaction  hardly  called  for  by  so  simple  an  act  of 
geqerosity  as  tbe  lending  of  a  knife. 

*  Gracias,  senor;  the  liver  shall  be  yours  for  breakfast;"  and 
turning  Ironi  the  light  of  the  log  fire,  Mariano,  with  his  rifle  over 
bis  Bhoulder  and  Marston's  knife  in  his  belt,  disappeared  in  the 
darkness. 

.Mar-ton  continned  bis  ruminations  by  the  fire.  It  was  early 
yet,  but  the  little  Indian  village  bad  quieted  down,  and  save  an 
occasional  form  stalking  along  tbe  single  straggling  street,  he  was 
aloue.  He  bad  scarcely  noticed  tbe  coming  or  tbe  departure  of 
tbe  Mcx  can,  and  had  passed  the  knife  to  him  almost  mechani- 
cally. Now,  however,  as  his  thoughts  recurred  to  the  incident,  a 
fruwo  settled  upon  bis  brow.  Then  be  whistled  quietly,  and 
finally  laughed,  but  it  was  a  laugh  devoid  of  merriment.  "  Fudge  I" 

he  ejaculated;  «•  there's  nothing  in   it;  still "     And  his    mind 

ran  back  over  the  s  range  story  that  bad  been  told  him  by  his 
friend,  the  gunsmith,  in  tbe  little  shop  down  at  Frescott  the  day 
he  was  first  attracted  by  tbe  long,  keen  blade  of  tbe  weapon,  its 
artistically-fashioned  buck-horn  handle,  and  above  all  by  tbe 
carved  death's-head  that  decorated  it.  "A  grim  fancy,  that,"  he 
bad  remarked  to  the  gunsmith. 

"  That  is  what  1  thought,"  was  tbe  reply,  "  when  I  saw  the 
devilish  thing  pat  on  there.  This  knife  was  brought  into  my 
shop  ten  years  ago  by  a  handsome,  dare-devil  Spaniard,  who  had 
as  a  wife  one  of  the  most  attractive  women  in  town.  He  was  a 
bright  cbep.  and  placing  tbe  knife  upon  tbe  counter,  he  carved 
wiih  his  penknife  this  death's-head  upon  tbe  handle.  •  My  wife 
shall  see  it,'  he  said,  with  a  smile  thai  I  did  not  like,  aDd  gaily 
wavine  his  hand  he  walked  out.  Tbe  next  day  his  wife  was 
found  in  her  bed  stabbed  to  deatn,  and  be  had  disappeared." 

"  And  how  did  you  become  possessed  of  the  knife  again  ?  " 

>«  Ah,  that's  too  long  a  story!  The  day  after  Francisco  Vargas 
tied,  his  wife's  lover — a  Mexican,  Mariano,  I  think,  was  his 
name — also  left  town.  Three  months  later,  at  a  fandango  hall 
down  at  Tucson,  while  a  Spaniard  was  engaged  in  the  dance,  a 
Mexican,  wbo  bad  entered  unperceived,  stole  behind  him, 
snatched  bis  knife  from  its  sheath,  and  plunged  it  into  bis  breast. 
As  be  fell,  tbe  victim  of  his  own  weapon,  those  near  him  heard 
him  exclaim  :  "Her  curse! — she  swore  I,  ton, — should  die — by  it — 
Ah,  Mariano!' — and  then  his  life  went  out  Vargas  had  a  daughter 
seven  or  eight  years  of  age— some  people  said  Mariano  was  really 
her  father — but  what  became  of  her  nobody  seems  to  know. 

"That  knife — well,  there  isn't  a  vacquero,  hunter,  miner,  or 
gambler  in  all  Arizona  that  would  wear  it  at  his  waist  for  all  the 
gold  in  the  country.  It  has  had  a  queer,  a  diabolical,  history; 
but  whether  the  fatality  that  accompanies  it  is  the  result  of  a 
frenzied  and  dying  woman's  curse — some  fearful  potency  that  in- 
heres in  that  leering  symbol  of  death,  projected  there  by  the  devil 
that  livtd  in  the  heart  of  Francisco  Vargas,  or  merely  a  curious 
combination  of  cirenmstances,  such  as  often  makes  the  truth 
more  wonderful  than  the  wildest  fiction,  I  shall  not  endeavor  to 
say.  After  Vargas's  death,  a  gambler  got  possession  of  tbe  knife, 
and,  in  an  ailray  one  night,  as  he  reached  with  it  in  his  band  to 
strike  his  antagonist,  he  slipped  and  fell  and  thrust  the  blade  into 
bis  own  heart.  It  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  miner;  be  was  found 
one  morning  in  bis  cabin  dead,  with  a  huge  gash  in  his  breast. 
His  partner,  his  gold,  and  his  knife  had  disappeared.  Months 
later  the  partner,  while  resisting  arrest  for  another  crime,  over  in 
Idaho,  having  emptied  bis  revolver  and  being  wounded  and  des- 
perately pressed,  avoided  the  gallows  by  thrusting  the  knife's 
keen  blade  between  his  own  ribs.  Since  then  it  has  bad  a  half 
dozen  or  more  owners,  and  every  one  has  come  to  his  death  in 
some  strange  way  through  its  instrumentality.  The  last  one  to 
handle  it  was  the  coroner  here,  into  whose  hands  it  came  after 
holding  an  inquest  upon  the  body  of  its  last  victim  two  years 
ago.  He  would  not  keep  it,  it  couldn't  be  given  away,  and  he 
finally  forced  it  back  on  me.  But  I  don't  own  it,  you  mind,  any 
more  than  he  did.  It  belongs  to  nobody.  I  am  not  superstitious 
and  I  have  no  fears,  still  I  sometimes  dread  the  infernal  thing;  it 
does  seem  as  if  within  that  grinning  skull  there  lurked  a  relent- 
less and  implacable  demon." 

"Good!"  said  Marston;  "your  story  is  interesting.  Let's  see 
the  belt." 

Taking  it,  he  buckled  it  on,  and  placed  tbe  knife  in  the  well- 
worn  sheath.  "  I  am  about  to  start  on  one  of  my  periodical  hunt- 
ing and  prospecting  trips.  I  shall  go  alone,  as  1  always  do.  I 
came  in  here  to  purchase  a  knife  and  to  say  adios.      This  is   just 


December  15,  1804. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


19 


the  Ihiog."  And  before  the  tittle  gunsmith  coald  remonstrate — 
before  with  pate  face  and  ha  ml  that  trembled  be  could  reach 
across  the  counter  in  earnest  protest,  Marston  had  thrown  down 
a  ten-dollar  piece  and  was  gone. 

Jast  why  Marston  had  wandered  off  up  into  the  Suppai  coun- 
try, he  could  not  tell;  but  be  did  know  that  he  had  already  been 
there  a  few  weeks  too  long.  He  bad  gone  from  Prescott  by  the 
A.  C.  road  to  Ash  Fork,  from  which  point  he  set  out  with  his  sad- 
dle pony  and  burro,  striking  north.  After  several  weeks  of 
leisurely  roughing  it  be  found  himself  one  day  on  Cataract  Creek, 
among  the  small  tribe  of  Suppai  Indians  who  occapy  that  almost 
inaccessible  section.  They  tjok  to  him  kindly,  for  Marston  was 
one  of  those  strong,  strapping,  broad-shouldered  and  Droad- 
natured  men,  a  thorough  Califormao,  wbosestrengtb,  cheerfulness 
and  kindliness  appeal  magnetically  to  all  classes  of  men. 

And  to  all  classes  of  women.  Marston  smoked  and  meditated. 
Day  after  day  he  had  mentally  sworo  that  he  would  get  out  of 
there,  and  at  once.  And  day  after  day — and  night  after  night — 
be  had  remained. 

But  the  next  morning  he  would  "strike  out" — bright  and  early 
too.  There  were  unfriendly  signs  in  the  air;  at  least  he  imagined 
be  saw  them.  He  seemed,  somehow,  to  be  an  object  of  suspicion 
of  late.  A  few  of  the  young  bucks  kept  away  from  him;  their 
demeanor  was  sullen  and  threatening. 

He  arose,  kicked  the  remaining  brands  together,  and  walked 
toward  the  small  brash  shanty  that  served  him  as  a  sleeping 
place,  some  distance  back  of  the  village.  The  night  air  was  sweet 
with  the  odors  of  tree,  and  shrnb,  and  herb,  and  throwing  back 
bis  shoulders  he  filled  bis  lungs  with  it  and  rejoiced.  Life — life 
beneath  the  open  sky,  companioned  by  mountain,  and  forest,  and 
stream — life,  with  the  large  liberty  and  continuous  delights  tbat 
one  finds  in  perfection  only  in  the  wide  and  sunny  West — bow 
good,  be  thought,  it  all  was;  with  his  health,  his  strength,  bis 
freedom,  his  love  for  all  things,  he  felt  like  a  god,  whose  subjects 
were  the  rocks,  and  the  trees,  and  the  running  waters,  and  all 
wild  creatures  of  the  wood  and  of  the  air.  He  paused  before  the 
shanty.  "And  yet,"  he  reflected,  "  what  would  it  all  be  worth, 
but  for  some  sort  of  human  companionship  I  "  Putting  aside  the 
blanket  tbat  served  to  cover  the  doorway,  he  entered,  and  dropped 
it  behind  him. 

***** 
There  was  a  commotion  in  the  village  the  following  morning, 
and  as  the  sun  rose  steadily  higher  the  hubbub  correspondingly 
increased.  Maria,  the  belie  of  the  Suppai,  whose  perfect  Spanish 
features  distinguished  her  from  the  other  girls  of  the  reservation, 
was  missing — La  Coqueta,  Vicente  Mariano  had  called  her,  cast- 
ing a  furtive  glance  at  Marston  to  see  the  effect  of  his  words. 
Marston  had  not  changed  countenance.  "  She  Is  a  beauty, 
Vicente;  who  was  her  mother,  and  how  did  she  come  here?  " 

Mariano  shrugged  bis  shoulder.  "  Quien  sabe!"  he  said,  and 
with  bis  habitual  imperturbable  smile  be  walked  away. 

Marston  did  not  appear  that  morning,  either;  and  finally  a 
group  of  bucks,  some  silent  and  stolid,  and  some  with  ugly  and 
menacing  looks  and  gestures,  turned  as  if  by  a  common  impulse 
toward  his  sbanty.  At  the  door  tbey  called.  There  was  no  reply. 
Thrusting  back  the  blanket  they  gazed  within.  Soon  the  shanty 
was  filled  with  and  surrounded  by  a  mass  of  pushing,  struggling 
bucks  and  squaws,  and  the  canyon  resounded  with  commingled 
cries  of  astonishment,  rage,  and  sorrow.  In  the  bunk,  side  by 
aide,  completely  uncovered,  lay  Marston  and  Maria;  in  the  ex- 
posed bosom  of  the  girl,  thrust  to  the  hilt,  was  a  black-bandied 
knife  such  as  Vicente  Mariano  always  wore  at  his  belt;  from  the 
bare  and  bloody  breast  of  Marston  stood  up  a  buck-horn  handle, 
on  which  a  death's-head  grinned  ominously  at  the  young  buck 
whose  hand  pulled  the  weapon  from  its  sheath  of  fiesb.  But  in 
all  tbat  surging,  ravening  crowd  nowhere  was  seen  the  smiling 
face  of  Vicente  Mariano. 
San  Jose,  December,  1894. 


A  good  appetite  and  periect  digestion  soon  follow  the  use  of  Ayer's  Sar- 
saparilla. 

H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

308  nuil  311   Sausome  St San  Francisco,  C'al 

CORRESPONDENTS  : 

PINDLAY,  DURHAM  &  BRODIE 43  and  16  Threadaeedle  St.,  London 

SIMPSON,  MACK1RDY  &  CO 29  South  Castle  St.,  Liverpool 

FOERST  BROS  &  CO 2  and  4  Stone  St.,  New  York 


Has  Removed  to  824  Market  St.,  Phelan  Building. 


Time  Flies 
So  does  dirt,  wher- 
ever found,  when 
Pearline  is  used. 
Nothing  else  starts  it 
so  easily  or  so  quick- 
ly. It  washes  all 
things  without  harm 
— it  gives  long  life  to 
everything  that  is 
,  washed  with  it.  Use 
Pearline  in  the  laun- 
dry, the  kitchen  and  everywhere  in  the  house. 
With  it  there  is  little  work — without  it  there  is 
little  done.  Millions  use  Pearline. 

~ry  of  imitations  which  are  being  peddled  from  door 

J3^  WclTC  to  door.     First  quality  goods  do  not  require  such 
desperate  methods  to  sell  them.    PEARLINE  sells 
on  its  merits,  and  is  manufactured  only  by 

207  JAMES  PYLE,  New  York. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT   AND  TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  #1 ,000,000. 

Cobweb  Montgomeby  and  California  Stbeets,  San  Fbancisco. 

J.  D.  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-PreBident 

J.  Dalzell  Brown  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
Funds.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearine  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate>>  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS.  June  30,  1894 $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and  Surplus 1,627,052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  tnis  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  tbe  money.  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur- 
day  evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital. . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up. . .  $2,450,000 

Reserve    $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  CaliforniaSt.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C. 
Portland  Branch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115   Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDERICH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— mexel.  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  Loudon  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  t>aid cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited, 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital  ...  $2  500,000  I  Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,00  0,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,0<>0. 

Head  Office      —  58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited.  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  onthe  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

THE  SATHER  BANKIN6  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL 11,250,000. 

Successor  to  Sather  <&  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  JameB  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Drexel,  Morgan  A  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago — Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City—  First  National  Bank.  London—Brown, 
Shipley  &  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 


20 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  15,  1894 


BLIND    PLYPHEMXJS.— By  Robert  Cameron  Rogers. 

k  LL  day  upon  a  grassy  slope  I  Btretch 
\      My  vast  uncertain  limbs.     About  me  stray 
The  sheep  I  used  to  watch,  whom  still  I  tarn 
My  darkened  eyes  upon,  and  I  can  hear 
The  patter  of  their  feet,  stray  near,  stray  far. 
I  hear  as  others  see,  and  still  my  voice 
Has  worship  with  his  sheep,  they  eunie  at  call. 
Sometimes  1  He  so  still  the  new  weaned  lambs 
Huddle  against  me  when  the  wind  blows  cold. 
Sometimes  they  leap  upon  me  in  their  play. 
They  fear  me  not,  my  sheep  have  never  feared. 
My  hand  was  only  harsh  against  my  kind, 
And  those  fell  creatures  whom  the  gods  gave  souls 
To  vex  the  Mother  with  their  restless  lives. 
Aye,  such  as  he,  the  wily  Ithacan. 

For  one  long  year  I  saw  him,  day  by  day, 

Against  the  scar-seamed  curtain  of  mine  eye — 

His  quick,  frank  smile,  his  eye  that  read  one's  mind 

Yet  never  gave  me  glimmer  of  his  own — 

His  lean,  strong  arms,  and  broad,  brown  knotted  back 

And  his  gaunt  followers  all  like  to  him 

As  little  foxes  to  their  keen-eyed  sire. 

And  each  day,  for  a  year,  I  felt  my  way 

Down  to  the  beach,  and  washed  the  healing  wound, 

And  laid  my  head  upon  the  cool  wet  sand, 

And  cried  to  Father  Sea  to  pay  my  score, 

Tenfold  redoubled,  on  the  crafty  one; 

To  drive  him  rudderless  on  outer  seas, 

To  drift  him  wide  of  port,  to  suck  his  men 

Deep  into  eddying  water  pits— to  death; 

And  then  when,  day  by  day,  his  blurring  eyes 

Had  strained,  to  heart-break,  for  a  sight  of  port. 

To  show  him  land,  and  then — to  strike  him  blind. 

But  peace  has  come  at  last.    My  brothers  deem 
Because  I  rage  no  more  that  I  am  mad; 
Because  my  sight  is  turned  upon  myself 
And  I  see  dimly  where  the  brute  has  lain 
That  made  my  heart  his  lair,  and  find  it  foul, 
I  cannot  drive  my  past  into  the  past; 
My  memory  holds,  but  I  shall  curse  no  more. 

And  often  I  forget— when  at  my  side 

The  old  ram  crouches,  legs  beneath  him  bent, 

And  round  his  wrinkled  horns  I  grasp  my  hands 

And  pillow  soft  my  face  upon  his  flank. 

Sleep  comes— the  blind  may  sleep  as  sweet  and  deep 

As  those  whose  eyes  are  weary  of  the  day— 

And  at  my  side  the  ram  sleeps  quietly; 

He  guards  me  now,  for  once  I  guarded  him. 

And  Zeus  grants  one  delight— when  day  is  gone, 

And  I  can  see,  as  last  I  saw,  the  day — 

The  great  blue  breathing  deep— the  black-ribbed  slag 

That  Titans  flung  from  -Etna's  forge  to  cool 

Amid  the  breakers,  and  away,  beyond, 

The  coast  of  Italy. — Again  1  see 

The  hazy  hills  where  graze  my  brothers'  sheep, 

The  olive  trees  that  bow  themselves  and  peer 

Down  grassy  gullies,  and  the  timid  joy 

Of  almond  trees  in  bloom. 

When  morning  comes 
The  ewes  unbidden  crowd  about  my  knees, 
And  with  blind  hands  grown  gentler  than  of  old 
I  milk  them  one  by  one;  then  pasturewards 
I  follow  them  who  one  time  followed  me. 


HIS    IDEAL.    Philadelphia  Times. 

Amongst  the  sheaves,  when  I  beheld  thee  first, 

That  happy  harvest  mom  a  year  ago, 

A  thought  crept  through  my  heart  with  sudden  glow, 

That  never  sunny  mountain  top  had  nurst 

A  fresher,  fairer  flower;  the  very  air 

Kissed  thy  dear  face  and  seemed  to  feel  it  fair, 

And  the  serene,  deep  summer  heaven  above 

Leaned  down  to  gaze  on  thee  with  looks  of  love. 

O,  child-like  woman,  that  has  kept  thine  heart 

So  pearled  with  morning  dew.     My  Flower!  My  Flower! 

How  passing  dull  my  thought  was  in  that  hour, 

Owning  thy  beauty,  yet  devoid  of  art 

And  insight  to  discern  that  by  God's  grace, 

My  life's  best  angel  met  me  face  to  face. 


There's  n<Mni 

Stt&lene 

The  new  vegetable  shortening. 
Wherever  introduced,  it  drive3 
lard  from  the  kitchen,  and  indi- 
gestion from  the  household. 
It  has  been  tried  by  every  test, 
and  has  met  every  requirement. 
It  is  as  much  superior  to  lard  as  the 
electric  light  is  to  the  tallow-dip. 
The  only  question  now  is,  will 
you  give  your  fiinily  the  benefits 
which  its  use  bestows? 


KSiSN 


In  composition,  in  healthfulness, 

in  flavor,  or  in  economy. 

Its  success  has  called  out  a  lot  of 

imitations  and  counterfeits  made 

for  the  sole  purpose  of  selling 

in  the  place  and  on  the  merits  of 

Cottolene. 

Avoid  them  all.     They  are  made 

to  sell  and  they  are  a  sell. 

Get  the  genuine  Cottolene. 

Sold  In  3  and  5  pound  pnlla. 
Wade  only  by 

The  N.  K.  Fair-bank 
Company, 

ST.  LOUIS  and 

Chicago,  New  York,  Boston. 


COLTON    DENTAL    ASSOCIATION, 
806  Market  Street  (Pbelan  Bnllding.) 

Gas  Specialists.  Originated  the  use  of  Fare  Nitrous  Oxide  Gae  for  pois- 
clvely  extracting  teeth  without  pain.  "Coltou  Gas"  has  an  L-&tablished  and 
unrivaled  world-wide  reputation  for  its  purity,  efficacy  and  perfect  safety 
in  all  eases.  Thirty-five  thousand  references.  Established  1863.  Indorsed 
and  recommended  by  all  reputable  dentists  and  physicians.  Also  perform 6 
all  operations  in  dentistry. 

DR.  CHARLES  W.  DECKER 


DR.   RICORD'S 


RESTORATIVE  PILLS.— Buy  none  but  the 
Genuine— A  Specific  for  Exhausted  Vital- 
ity, Physical  Debility,  Wasted  Forces.  Approved  by  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine. Paris,  and  the  Medical  celebrities.  Agents  for  California  and  the 
Pacific  States,  J  G.  STEELE  «fc  CO.,  635  MARKET  STREET  (Palace 
Hotel),  San  Francisco.    Sent  by  mail  or  express  anywhere. 

PRICKS  REDUCED.    Box  of  50  pills,  fl.26;  of  100 pills,  12;  of  200  pills, 
U  50.  of  100  pills.  $6;  Preparatory  PIIIb,  %2.    Send  for  Circular. 


r^iebrnopd  i^ai^es. 


Stoves  and  Ranges  from 
Wholesale  and  retail. 


$5    t0    $3°- 
5ebuster  Bros.,  3o6  Sutter  street. 


Agents    Wanted  in  Every  City. 
Send  for  Catalogue. 


December  15,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE 


21 


THE  firm  of  K.  L.  0.  8teele  &  Co.  secured  by  succession  the  prop- 
erty in  a  trade  mark  known  as  "  Diamond  L,"  which  had 
been  patented  In  1871  by  C.  Adolph  Low  &  Co.  Under  that 
brand  and  trade  mark  E.  L  G.  8teele  &  Co.  had  sold  a  tea  which 
bad  become  known  far  and  wide  Tor  its  excellence  and  in  which 
they  had  built  up  a  heavy  trade.  In  1888  the  sales  of  the  tea 
had  fallen  off  so  heavily  that  the  firm  set  an  inquiry  afoot,  and 
discovered  that  Lievre,  Frick  &  Co.  were  selling  a  spurious  tea 
under  that  brand.  E.  L.  O.  Steele  it  Co.  compelled  them  to  con- 
fess and  to  promise  not  to  repeat  the  offense.  They  appear  not 
to  have  kept  their  agreement,  however,  as  this  week  E.  L.  G. 
Steele  &  Co.  brought  an  action  against  the  same  firm,  alleging  in- 
fringement and  demanding  $50,000  damages.  All  honest  dealers 
who  have  built  up  a  business  on  fair  dealing  will  lend  their  moral 
support  to  the  punishment  of  all  such  rascality  as  this.  Men 
who  confess  their  own  lack  of  ability  by  endeavoring  dishonestly 
to  prosper  at  the  expense  of  more  worthy  and  successful  men, 
and  at  the  same  time  defraud  the  community,  are  enemies  of  the 
community  and  of  all  honest  merchants.  E.  L.  G.  Steele  &  Co. 
have  alwayB  been  one  of  the  sound  and  trustworthy  institutions 
of  the  city,  and  so  long  as  they  had  a  fair  field  they  could  not  do 
otherwise  than  prosper.  A  stab  in  the  back,  however,  is  a  form 
of  competition  in  which  their  integ'ity  does  not  permit  them  to  em- 
bark, and  their  only  recourse  is  expensive  and  annoying  litiga- 
tion to  protect  themselves. 

OBITUARY. 


ir  is  an  unpleasant  duty  to  announce  the  death  of  so  useful  and 
worthy  a  man  as  George  H.  Roe,  which  occurred  at  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  this  week.  He  was  President  of  the  Edison  Light 
and  Power  Company  and  Secretary  of  the  California  Light  Com- 
pany, both  of  this  city,  and  had  been  the  vital  factor  in  the  success 
of  those  institutions.  He  was  stricken  with  Bright's  disease  re- 
cently, and  went  to  Buffalo  for  special  treatment.  He  was  a 
native  of  Canada  and  about  forty  years  old.  He  came  to  California 
in  1876,  and  in  1879,  while  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Roe  &  Plum- 
mer,  he  acquired  possession  of  a  dynamo,  which  accident  led  to 
his  becoming  the  chief  promoter  and  leading  spirit  of  the  electric- 
light  business  of  the  city.  He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  young 
children,  a  mother,  brother,  and  sister.  His  remains  will  be 
brought  to  this  city  for  interment. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Kentuek  Consolidated   Mining  Company. 
The  regular  annual  meetiDg  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Kentuek  Con- 
solidated Mining  Compauy,  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company, 
room  23,  Nevada  Block,  3u9  Montgomery  street,  ban  Francisco,  Cal.,  on 
Wednesday,  the  Nineteenth  Day  of  December,  1894.  at  1  o'clock  P.  M. 
for  the  election  of  a  Board  of  Directors  for  the  ensuing  year  and  for  the 
transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the  meeting. 
Trausfer  books  will  close  on  Saturday,  December  15, 1894,  at  12  o'clock  m. 

AUG.   WATERMAN,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  23,  Nevada  Block,  309  Momgnmery  street,  3   F,  Cal. 

ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Gould  &  Curry  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Gould  &.  Curry 
Mining  Company  will  be  held  at  the  office  of  the  company,  room 69,  Nevada 
Block,  3u9  Montgomery  St.,  San  FrancibCO,  Cal.,  on 

Monday,  the  17th  Day' of  December,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M., 

for  the  purpose  of  electing  a  Board  of  Jru  tees  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting.  Transfer  books  will  close  on  FRiDtY.  December  14,  1894,  at 
3  p.m.  ALFRED  K.   DURBKOW,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  69,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  FraucibCO 

ANNUAL  MEETING- 

Andes  Silver  Mining  Company. 
,  The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Andes  Silver 
Mining  Compauy  will    be    held    at    the   office  of  the   company,  rooms 
2U-21-22  Nevada  Block,  309  Mon'gomery  street,  San  Francisco.  Cal.,  on 

Tuesday,  the  18tb  Day  of  December,  1894,  at  the  hour  of  1  o'clock  P.  M., 
For  the  purpose  of  e^ceti^g  a  Board  of  Directors  to  serve  for  the  ensuing 
year  and  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  come  before  the 
meeting. 
Transfer  books  will  close  on  Saturday,  December  8th,  at  12  o'clock  m. 

JOHN  W.  TWIGGS,  Secietary. 
Office— Rooms  20-^1-22  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  *ran- 
c isco.  Cal. ' 

ANNUAL  MEETIN3. 

Ophir  Silver  Mining  Company. 
The  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Ophir  Silver 
Mining  Compauy  will   be  held  at  the   office  of  the   company,  room  50, 
Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  in 

Wednesday,  the  Nineteenth  Day  of  December,  1894,  at  1  o'clock  P.M., 
Transfer  books  will  close  on,  Saturday,  the  loth  day  of  I  ecember,  1894, 
at  the  hour  of  12  o'clock  m.  E.  B.  HOLMES,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  50,  JSevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  St  ,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Dividend  notice. 

Consolidated  California  and  Virginia  Mining  Company. 

AC  a  meet-ma;  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  above  named  company, 
helj  on  the  KHhday  of  December,  1894,  a  dividend  tNo.  SS)  of  tweiity-fi^e 
(.5)  cents  per  share  was  declared  on  the  capital btock  of  the  company,  pay- 
able 

Monday,  Deoember  17,  1894. 

Transfer  books  close  on  Monday,  December  10.  at  8  p.  m. 

A.  w.  H  WENS,  Secretary. 

O'flce— Room  68,  Nevada  Block,  809  Montgomery  street,  Ban  Francisco, 
California. 


"What  makes  my  lamp 
smell  so!"  Wrong  chimney, 
probably.  "Index  to  Chim- 
neys" will  tell  you. 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa,  for  it — free. 

Pearl  glass,  pearl  top,  tough 
glass. 


NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT. 

Mexican  Gold  and  Silver  Mining-Companv 
location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location  of 
work — Virginia,  storey  County,  Nevada- 
Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  4th  day  of  December,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  51)  of  ?5  cents  per 
share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  Imme- 
diately in  United  States  gold  coin  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of;  the 
company,  room  79,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  s'reet,  San  Francisco* 
California.  ,  - 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  the 
The  8th  Day  of  January,  1896,  will  'be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment" is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  29th  day  of  January.  1896,  to  pay 
the  delinquent    assessment,  together   with  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 
„_        „  CHARLES  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office -Room  79,  Nevada  Block,  809  Montgomery  street,  San  Francitco, 
California. ,    .  . ,' 

NOTICE  OF  ASSESSMENT.     :?; 

Alta  Silver  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  plane  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location  of 
worse— G  Id  Hill,  Storey  County,  Nevada-. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held 
on  the  28th  day  of  November,  1894,  an  assessment,  No  48,  of  Ten- 0,0} 
Cents  per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  cor- 
poration, payable  immediately,  in  United  States  Gold  coin,  to  .the:  Sec- 
retary, at  the  office  of  the  company.  Room  33,  Nevada  Block,  309  Mont- 
gomery St.,  San  Francisco,  California. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on 
The  3d  Day  of  January,  1895,  will  be  delinquent. 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction ;  and  unless. payment  is  made  he- 
fore,    will    be   sold   on   THURSDAY,   the   24th   day  of  January,  1895,  to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of  advertising  and' ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

J.  E.  JACOBUS,. Secretary,  . 

Office— Room  33,  Nevada  Block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 

ASSESSMENT  NOTICE. 

Potosi  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business—San  Francisco,  California:  Lo- 
cation of  works— Virginia,  Storey  County,  Nevada.  ',.,  ,.„ 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  held  on 
the  lith  day  of  December,  1894,  an  assessment  <No.  43)  of  Twenty-five  cents 
per  share  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
immediately  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Bald  com- 
pany, at  the  office  of  the  Company,  room  79,  Nevada  block,  "309  Mont- 
gomery street,  San  Francisco,  Cal,  •  • 
.   Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on  :   * ■-.: :.: 

The  14th  Day  of  January,  1896,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction:  and  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be  sold  on  TUESDAY,  the  5th  day  of  February,  1895,  to  pay 
the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  the  costs  of  advertising  and  ex- 
penses of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

CHA8.  E.  ELLIOT,  Secretary. 

Office— Room  79,  Nevada  block,  No.  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Cal- ' '; 

ASSESSMENT   NOTICE. 

Mono  Gold  Mining  Company. 

Location  of  principal  place  of  business— San  Francisco,  Cal.  Location  of 
works— Bodte,  Mono  county,  California. 

Notice  is  here  by  given  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  held  on 
the  19th  day  of  November,  1894,  an  assessment  (No.  34)  of  F  lteen  cents 

f>er  shar<»  was  levied  on  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable 
mmediaAely,  in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of 
the  company,  room  l2,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 

Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment  shall  remain  unpaid  on      ■ .- 

The  27th  Day  of  December,  1894,  will  be  delinquent, 
and  advertised  for  sale  at  public  auction;  and,  unless  payment  is  made 
before,  will  be   sold    on    MONDAY,    the  21st  day  of  January,  1895,   to 
pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together  with  costs  of    advertising   and 
expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

ME.  WILLIS,  Secretary. 
Office— Room  62,  Nevada  block,  309  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

ASSESSMENTTOTICE. 

Silver  Hill  Mining  Company. 

Assessment .  —  No.  8*4, 

Amount  per  Share Scents 

Levied November  19  1894. 

Delinquent  in  Office December^,  1894 

Day  of  Sale  of  Delinquent  Stock .-.    Jncu-ry  16, 1S95 

DC.  BATES.  8«oretary.  : 
Office— Room  81,  Nev»da  Block,  809  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco, 
California. 


22 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  15,  1894. 


IT  is  seldom  more  than  once  in  a  decade  that  San  Francisco  is 
visited  by  such  a  storm  of  thunder,  lightning,  and  bail  as  came 
upon  it  iast  Friday  evening,  and  yet,  in  spite  of  it  all,  there  was 
scarcely  a  member  missing  of  the  Friday  Night  Club  at  the  opening 
dance  of  their  season  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall.  The  hall  presented  a 
most  attractive  appearance  with  its  white  and  green  draperies,  flags, 
and  Japanese  lanterns,  and  the  clusters  of  j  ellow  chrysanthemums, 
wbich  with  ferns  adorned  the  stage,  whereon  were  placed  the  Hun- 
garian orchestra;  srailax  and  ferns  were  used  for  decorating  the 
hupper-room.  Most  of  the  season's  buds  wore  pure  white,  others  btd 
some  color  in  combination  with  the  white;  all  looked  their  loveliest 
and  all  seemed  to  feel  duly  the  importance  of  this  their  first  boh 
Miss  Ethel  Cohen  made  her  last  appearance  in  our  society  for  this 
winter,  as  she  left  for  New  Haven  on  Sunday  evening,  where  it  is  her 
present  intention  to  remain  until  after  Easter. 

Teas,  which  were  so  great  a  feature  of  November's  gatherings,  have 
not  been  so  plentiful  since  December  entered  upon  the  scene,  but  the 
lack  of  them  has  been  the  gain  of  dinners,  which  have  been  more  fre- 
quent during  the  last  ten  days  than  for  a  month  previously.  A  number 
were  given  on  Friday  evening,  the  guests  going  from  them  to  the  As- 
sembly at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  and  among  other  hostesses  have  been 
Mrs.  McNutt,  Mrs.  Donahue,  Mrs.  Hager,  Mrs.  de  Young.  Mrs.  W. 
B.  Wiltshire,  Mrs.  Luke  Robinson,  Mrs.  Phil  Lilienthal,  and  others. 
Club  dinners  also  have  been  numerous.  General  Forsythe  being  the 
guest  of  honor  at  a  banquet  at  the  Pacific-Union  Club  on  Thursday 
night  and  at  another  very  elaborate  one  at  the  Bohemian  Club  on 
Saturday  night,  while  Jack  Parrott  was  the  host  of  a  third  club  dinner, 
at  which  Henry  J .  Crocker,  K.  W.  Rives,  and  R.  F.  Carmen,  the  Presi 
dent  and  Judges  of  the  late  Horse  Show,  were  chief  guests,  and  horse 
was  discussed  in  every  shape  and  form,  excepting  in  the  menu.  Mrs. 
Henry  Wetherbee  gave  a  farewell  dinner  last  week  at  her  pretty 
Fruitvale  home,  previous  to  her  departure  for  Honolulu,  which  was 
followed  by  a  musical  in  the  evening,  in  which  most  of  her  guests 
took  part.  

Another  club  affair  was  the  entertainment  given  by  the  members 
of  the  Deutscher  Verein  Club,  to  open  their  new  quarters  in  the  Par- 
rott block,  on  Poet  street,  last  Saturday  evening.  The  rooms  were 
tastefully  dressed  with  Hags,  foliage,  and  flowers,  and  in  Beethoven 
Hall  the  members  and  their  guests  assembled  to  witness  a  play  called 
Dedication,  after  which  the  guardian  acgtl  of  the  club,  wilh  the  at- 
tendant spirits  of  cards,  billiards,  and  song,  were  invoked  by  the 
President,  Dr.  Barkan,  and  appeared  amid  much  applause.  There 
were  music,  recitations,  and  finally  dancing,  which  in  turn  was  fol- 
lowed by  an  elaborate  supper,  and  the  inauguration  of  the  new  club 
rooms  was  pronounced  to  be  a  great  success. 

Saturday  teas  are  quite  the  fad  at  present.  Last  Saturday  one  of 
the  prettiest  of  the  season  was  the  tea  given  by  Mrs.  0.  D.  Baldwin, 
at  which  Miss  Blanch  Baldwin  made  her  debut.  The  floral  adornments 
were  tasteful  in  the  extreme,  the  gowns  of  the  ladies  remarkable  fur 
their  elegance,  the  refreshments  delicious,  and  the  whole  affair  most 
enjoyable.  Another  of  last  Saturday's  successes  was  the  tea  given 
by  Misses  Wall.and  Froelich  and  Am€dee  Joullin  in  their  studios  and 
the  rooms  of  the  Young  Ladies' Art  Club,  on  Sacramento  street, 
which  were  prettily  and  artistically  adorned,  the  light  from  J  apanese 
lanterns  producing  the  most  pleasing  effect.  The  givers  of  the  enttr- 
tainment  were  assisted  in  receiving  their  guests  by  a  number  of  so- 
ciety maidens,  and  what  with  music,  both  vocal  »nd  instrumental, 
inspection  of  a  number  of  canvasses,  and  the  discussion  of  light  re. 
freshments,  the  afternoon  hours  were  passed  most  delightfully.  This 
i  the  first  artists'  tea  which  has  been  given  in  San  Francisco,  and 
while  a  novelty  here,  such  receptions  are  oi  frequent  occurrence  in 
Eastern  cities  and  in  Europe,  and  invitations  to  them  are  eageily 
sought.  To-day  there  will  be  teas  at  Mrs.  W.  P.  Morgan's  on  Frank- 
lin street,  given  as  a  welcome  to  Miss  Ella  Morgan,  who  returned 
last  week  from  her  Eastern  visit;  and  at  Mrs.  Hooper's  on  Clay 
street. 

The  luncheon  presided  over  t»y  Miss  Rosa  Sachs  as  hostess  may 
easily  take  the  palm  as  being  the  largest,  most  elaborate,  and  hand- 
somest given  this  season.  Her  guests  numbered  thirty-five,  and 
everything  pertaining  to  the  affair  was  as  perfect  as  it  was  possible 
to  make  it.  Another  pretty  luncheon  was  the  one  given  by  Miss 
Jennie  Blair  in  honor  of  the  bride-elect,  Miss  Mamie  Deaiming,  of 
Sacramento.  The  party  was  a  comparatively  small  one,  consisting 
of  ten  young  ladies,  including  the  young  hostess,  and  the  prevailing 
lint  of  the  table  decorations  wa«  paio  vpII^w. 

The  tournament  given  by  the  soldiers  of  the  regular  army  and 
navy  closed  last  Saturday  after  giving  the  public  one  of  the  grandest 
exhibitions  of  horsemanship  ever  presented  before  in  San  Francisco. 
Among  those  specially  worthy  of  mention  are  Lieutenant  Smedberg. 
Corporals  Austin  and  Shawl,  and  Sergeant  Crowley.  The  military 
rivals  who  competed  for  a  fair  maiden's  hand  were  Lieutenant  J.  L. 
Waller  and  Farrier  W.  Foley,  of  the  First  Troop  Cavalry,  which  was 
won  by  Lieutenant  Waller,  after  showing  some  of  his  skillful  riding 


The  present  week  has  been  rather  a  quiet  one— theatre  and  concert 
parties,  especially  the  latter,  have  taken  place;  the  recital  of  Miss 
Hobart's  in  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel  was  well  attended. 
Yesterday  Mrs.  Bixler  gave  the  first  of  her  Friday  receptions  for  her 
nieces,  the  Misses  Hyde,  who  are  her  guests,  and  last  evening  the 
Occidental  Hotel  was  the  scene  of  a  very  pretty  cotillion  which  Miss 
Hooper  gave  to  the  younger  set  of  girls,  with  a  few  of  the  season's 
buds  also  as  her  guests.  Card  parties  are  again  becoming  a  feature 
of  the  winter  evening  gatherings,  six-handed  and  progressive  euchre 
being  the  favorite  games.  A  very  large  party  of  the  former  type  took 
place  in  Mrs.  Hort's  rooms,  at  the  Richelieu,  on  Thursday,  and  at 
the  Presidio  Mrs.  Captain  Gale's  progressive  euchre  party  of  forty 
guests  was  for  the  purpose  of  welcoming  Lieutenant  Carson,  who,  it 
is  said,  has  already  proved  a  decided  acquisition  tothepost.  Another 
recent  arrival  is  Lieutenant  Bell,  Aid  to  General  Forsythe,  who  will 
no  doubt  prove  a  great  addition  to  society. 

Sunshine  and  rain  struggled  for  supremacy  on  Tuesday,  sunshine 
gaining  the  victory  during  the  hours  named  by  the  Misses  Graham 
for  the  tea  which  they  gave  that  afternoon  in  honor  of  their  sister, 
Mrs.  Burridge,  the  recent  bride.  General  Graham's  quarters  at  the 
Presidio  are  among  the  largest  at  that  reservation,  and  they  were 
elaborately  decked  with  foliage,  rid  berries,  and  chrysanthemums. 
and  filled  with  young  people,  of  whom  the  guests  principally  con- 
sisted. The  bazaar  which  will  be  held  under  the  auspices  of  Mrs. 
Graham  this  afternoon  and  evening  is  the  great  subject  of  interest  at 
that  post,  and  that  it  will  be  a  most  charming  affair  is  a  foregone 
conclusion,  especiallj'  the  dance  to-night,  with  which  it  will  termin- 
ate. Living  pictures,  or  in  other  words  tableaux,  were  the  chief  form 
of  entertainment  at  the  recent  reception  given  by  the  Misses  Moulder 
and  if  all  that  is  said  can  be  relied  upon,  they  will  be  the  feature  at 
several  other  entertainments  to  take  place  at  an  early  date.  A  large 
musicale  is  on  the  tapis  and  will  probably  be  one  of  the  gatherings 
of  the  holiday  week,  or  at  all  events  very  early  in  the  new  year,  and 
quite  a  unique  affair  is  under  discussion,  which  will,  beyond  a  doubl , 
materialize  within  the  next  four  weeks.  Cards,  it  is  said,  will  be 
issued  by  both  the  Goads  and  the  Hobarts  for  entertainments  in  the 
very  near  future,  and  others  will  not  be  far  behind. 

"Mrs.  F.  Grosvenor,  of  the  Chelsea,  is  devoting  most  of  her  time  to 
illustration.  She  has  just  completed  three  children's  books,  which 
she  has  illustrated  herself.  Mrs.  Grosvenor's  keen  sense  o*  humor 
has  brought  her  much  work  from  the  comic  papers.  She  illustrates 
and  originates  many  jokes  and  occupies  one  of  the  prettiest  studios 
in  the  city. "—.Recorder. 

The  above  is  a  cutting  from  the  New  York  Recorder,  and  refers  to 
Mrs.  Fredrika  Grosvenor,  whose  quaintly  pretty  studio  at  the  Berk- 
shire was  recently  the  training  school  and  rendezvous  for  so  many  of 
our  leading  society  young  ladies.  These  ladies  will  rejoice  to  hear  of 
the  success  of  their  former  teacher  and  associate.  Many  of  Mrs. 
Grosvenor's  original  and  delicately  executed  sketches  bave  appeared 
in  Truth  and  other  New  York  illustrated  weeklies,  but  we  are  in- 
formed  that  she  has  mounted  a  step  higher  on  the  ladder  of  art  and 
fame  by  being  admitted  to  the  Society  of  Lithographers.  Mrs. 
Grosvenor  only  once  competed  for  our  annual  prize  for  the  best  title 
page  to  our  Christmas  number,  and  she  won  it. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Tubbs  are  among  the  most  recent  arrivals  in 
town,  and  will  remain  for  a  part  of  the  season.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will 
Tevis  are  occupying  their  house  on  Pacific  Heights  after  their  return 
from  their  summer  home  at  Bakersfield.  Mrs.  J.  W.  Gashwiler 
and  her  daughters,  who  are  domiciled  at  the  California  Hotel  for  the 
season,  will  receive  on  Mondays.  J.  W.  Byrne  is  back  from  his 
Eastern  trip.  General  Breckenridge  is  looked  for  every  day  on  one 
of  his  tours  of  inspection,  and  may  remain  some  time  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. Miss  Miriam  Moore,  who  is  spending  the  winter  with  Mrs. 
Knurfinan  in  Washington  City,  is  enjoying  her  visit  to  the  utmost. 
Mrs.  Me  Bean  and  Miss  Edith  are  enjoying  the  gaieties  of  the  French 
capital.  ^ 

The  Children's  Hospital  management  announces  their  annual 
Donation  Days  as  falling  this  year  upon  December  20ih.  21st  and 
22nd.  All  contributions  will  be  received  at  Thos.  Day  &  Go's.,  222 
Sutter  street. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 

^PRICE'S 

Baking 
Powder. 

The  o:iI t  Pnr-  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alma 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


December  1 5,  1894  . 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


23 


There  will  be  two  large  dances  nexl  week.  On  Wednesday  evening 
the  ball  to  be  given  by  .Mrs.  Hager  for  the  debut  of  her  daughter, 
Miss  Alice,  will,  as  announced  in  the  News  Letter  several  weeks 
ago,  take  place  at  Armory  Hall.  This  is  a  most  sensible  decision  of 
Mrs.  Hager's.  than  whom  there  are  few,  one  might  say  none,  among 
our^society  leaders  who  more  thoroughly  understand  the  art  of 
making  young  people  happy  and  at  the  same  time  comfortable.  Her 
selection  of  a  public  hall  for  this  ball  ensures  plenty  of  room  for  the 
dancers,  and  the  display  of  pretty  toilettes  can  be  more  advantag- 
eously made  than  in  the  crush  which  a  ball  at  most  private  houses  is 
sure  to  be,  and  it  is  devoutly  to  be  wished  that  more  of  our  enter- 
tainers may  follow  in  her  lead  in  this  respect.  The  second  large 
dance  will  be  the  first  cotillion  of  the  Friday  Night  Ulub,  which  will 
be  danced  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall  on  Friday  evening. 

Falms,  smiiax,  hydrangia  blossoms,  and  chrysanthemums  were 
used  with  artistic  effect  in  decorating  the  Central  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church  for  the  marriage  of  Miss  Susie  Burton  and  William  0. 
Diecbo,  which  was  solemnized  therein  last  week,  the  Reverend  Dr. 
E.  R.  Dille  officiating.  The  church  was  well  filled  with  guests  when  the 
bridal  party  arrived  and  were  received  at  the  church  door,  by  twelve 
young  ladies,  members  of  the  King's  Daughters,  who  acted  as  escort 
to  the  bride  on  her  way  to  the  altar;  her  sister,  Miss  Stella  Burton, 
attended  her  as  maid  of  honor,  and  Thomas  Hodge  supported  the 
groom  as  best  man.  Following  the  ceremony  in  church,  a  large  re- 
ception was  held  at  the  Barton  residence,  on  Page  street,  which  was 
very  largely  attended;  and  Del  Monte  was  the  place  where  the  young 
couple  passed  their  honeymoon. 

The  First  Unitarian  Church  was  well  filled  with  guests  on  Wednes- 
day evening  to  witness  the  marriage  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Gill  and  Dr. 
Henry  Sanderson,  and  appeared  in  a  most  attractive  guise.  The 
decorations  were  simple  yet  very  effective,  consisting  of  palms,  giant 
ferns,  and  white  blossoms,  which  were  grouped  together  in  front  of 
the  reading  desk  and  around  the  organ  loft.  Mr.  Stewart,  who  perr 
formed  a  selection  of  airs  on  the  organ  during  the  assembling  of 
those  present,  finally  gave  notice  by  the  means  of  the  Lohengrin 
chorus  that  the  bridal  party  had  arrived,  and  soon  after  it  entered 
the  church  doors  of  the  centre  aisle,  the  four  ushers,  Messrs.  Den- 
man,  Weaver,  Cutler  Paige,  and  Dr.  Woodward  leading;  then  the 
lovely  maid-of-honor,  Miss  Julia  Bowen,  followed  by  Misses  Percy 
and  Sanderson,  two  golden-haired  little  maidens  gowned  in  white 
tulle,  who  acted  as  flower  bearers,  and  then  the  petite  blonde  bride 
and  her  brother,  who  gave  her  away.  The  groom  and  his  best  man, 
Warren  Holden,  met  the  party  in  front  of  the  platform,  where  Dr. 
Stebbins  tied  the  nuptial  knot.  The  bride  wore  a  handsome  robe  of 
heavy  white  corded  silk  trimmed  with  lace,  her  long  tulle  vail  being 
confined  to  the  coiffure  by  a  cluster  of  orange  blossoms.  Miss  Bowen 
was  gowned  in  Nile  green  silk  and  carried  a  bouquet  of  white 
hyacinths.  After  the  ceremony  a  small  reception  was  held  at  the 
home  of  the  bride,  and  the  honeymoon  is  being  passed  in  the  South- 
ern counties. 

Among  the  Eastern  departures  are  Mrs.  E,  J.  McCutcheon  for  a 
flying  trip  to  New  York.  Robert  Coleman  has  also  gone  East  on  a 
business  visit.  To-day  Colonel  and  Mrs.  J.  G.  C.  Lee  leave  for  a 
Christmas  visit  to  Captain  and  Mrs.  Mills  at  Fort  Niobara,  expect- 
ing to  return  about  New  Year's.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hopkins  will 
also  be  among  the  East-bound  passengers  to-day,  where  they  will 
spend  the  holidays  with  their  young  daughters  in  New  York  city. 
Mrs.  Henry  Wetherbee  has  gone  for  a  trip  to  the  Sandwich  Islands, 
choosing  a  sailing  vessel  as  the  means  of  reaching  them.  Mr.  and 
Miss  Henshaw,  of  Boston,  who  have  been  visiting  here  for  some  time 
past,  bore  her  company  on  the  sea  voyage,  and  the  party  expect  to 
be  absent  several  weeks.     

The  old  building  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  on 
Sutter  street,  will  be  given  over  during  January  to  an  art  loan  exhi- 
bition for  the  benefit  of  the  permanent  building  fund  of  the  Maria 
Kip  Orphanage.  Liberal  contributions  of  paintings  from  the  best 
private  collections  in  the  city  will  be  made,  and  the  price  of  admis- 
sion will  be  twenty-five  cents.  The  Board  of  Managers  recently 
bought  and  paid  for  a  large  lot  near  the  Marine  Hospital,  on  which 
it  is  proposed  to  establish  a  permanent  home  for  the  Orphanage. 
This  worthy  charity  appeals  to  the  best  sentiment  of  the  community 
for  aid  in  carrying  out  that  intention.  The  exhibition  will  undoubt- 
edly be  the  best  ever  seen  in  this  city. 


The  Assembly  will  hold 
Golden  Gate  Hall. 


a  reception  next  Thursday  evening  at 


THE  special  holiday  attractions  offered  by  Doane  &  Henshel- 
wood,  132  Kearny  street,  include  a  very  wide  range  of  the 
most  attractive  articles  suitable  as  presents  for  both  sexes.  Their 
eider  down  quilts,  comforts,  and  cushions  are  particularly  attrac- 
tive, but  they  are  only  a  small  item  in  a  remarkably  compre- 
hensive list. 


George  T.  Marsh,  under  the   Palace  Hotel,  has  the  finest  and 
largest  selection  of  Japanese  objets  d'art  to  be  found  in  the  city. 

Aybr's  Pills,  taken  in  doses  of  one,  daily,  after  dlnuer,  admirably  regu- 
late the  digtstive  and  assimilative  organs.    Buy  them,  and  try  them. 


Sanborn.  Vail  &  Co.  sell  Christmas  cards,  booklets,  and  calendars 
bv  the  thousands.    Everybody  welcome. 


A   ROYAL  GIFT. 

VELOUR    DU    NORD 

in  a  design  of  the  most  ex- 
quisite conception.  These 
CAPES  are  suited  to  old  and 
young.  They  are  rich  and 
beautiful,  yet  the  price  is  not 
exorbitant.  They  are  trimmed 
in  the  best  qualities  of  FOX, 
MARTIN,  and  OSTRICH 
FEATHERS. 

When  other  fads  have  ceased  to 
flourish,  they  will  still  be  fin  de 
siecle  by  reason  of  their  superior 
texture.  If  you  have  a  mother, 
a  sweetheart,  wife,  or  sister, 
make  her  heart  glad  with  this 
superb  Xmas  gift.  You  can't 
make  a  mistake.  It  is  bound  to 
please  her, ! 


Fratinger 
&Co., 

105  Kearny  St 


Safe. 


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g3ES3JEHaS5ES 


DOXEY, 


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BOOKS, 


OPEN    EVENINGS. 


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I 


Three  kinds,  all  of  eo.ua!  excellence: 

Carte  Blanche  a  Etch  wine. 
Grand  Vin  Sec,   a  Dry  wine. 

Brut,    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

Trie  Highest  Grade  In  tbe  World. 

X3fl^*nsed  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 
be  had  of  all  First  Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

MACONDRAY    BROS.  &  LOCKARD, 


124  Sansome  St. 


SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 


•24 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


December  15,  1894 


SAN  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY-Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCol'O  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEHK.    UAYs— 7:4U,  a  20,  ]1:00  A.  M. ;  12-35  S-SO 

5:1",    6  30    p.   m.    Thursdays— Extra   trip' at 

11:30  p.  M.    Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  60  and 

11:30  p.  M. 
8UNDAYS-i:00.  9:30,11:00  a.m.;  1:3",  3-30.500 

6:20  p.  m.  " 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FKANCISCO 
WEEK  DAY3-6:25,  7:55.  9:30,11:10  A    M.;  12-45, 
3:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
and  6:30  p.  m 
8UNDAY8-8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00, 
6:25  p.  K. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Scbuetzen  Park 
same  schedule  as  above. 


VIGOR  *  MEN 

Easily,  Quickly,  Permanently  Restored. 

Weakness.  Nervousness, 

Debility,  and  all  the  train 
,  of  evils  from  early  errors  or 
'  later  excesses,  the  results  of 
overwork,  BickneBB,  worry, 
etc.  Full  strength,  devel- 
opment and  tone  given  to 
aevery  organ  and  portion 
,  of  the  body.  Simple,  nat- 
1  ural  methods.    Immedi- 
J  ate   improvement   seen. 
.    ..    „  impossible.  3,000  references.    Book, 
explanation  and  proofs  mailed  (sealed)  free. 

ERIE  MEDICAL  CO.,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 

SOUTHERN  PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trams  Leave-and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 
SAN  FRANCISCO: 

Lbavb  I  From  Dec.  1,  1894.  I  Arrive 

7-:00  a  Atlantic  Express.  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Bedding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 
toga  and  *Santa  Rosa  —    6 :15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
and*Oroville .    4:15p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  ExpresB,  *Raymond 
((or  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Demiug,  El  Paso,  New 
Orleans  and  East 5:45p 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:45  a 

*9:00a  Peters  and  Milton '7:15  P 

$10:80a  "  Sunset   Limited,"    Vestibuled 

Train  through  to  New  Orleans. . .  111:45  a 

1:00*p  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore  . . .  *8:45  a 

..     ..  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore. . .  111:45  a 
*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers.     ....  *9:ou  p 

4:00  p  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
SantaRosa 9:15a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Woodland, 
Knight's  Landing,  Mirysville, 
Oroville   and  Sacramento 10:45a 

4:30  P.  Niles,  San  Jose,  Livermore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno 7 :15  P 

5:00p.  Lob  Angeles   Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles 10:45a. 

5:00  p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

for  Mojave  and  East 10:45  A. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6:00p.  Haywards,  Niles  and  San  Jose..    7:45a. 

17:00 p.  Vallejo +7:45  p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Express,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East 10:45  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

8:15a.  Newark.  .Center ville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,    Boulder     Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations     5  5)  p. 

*2-,15  p  Newark,  Centerville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa- Cruz,  and  principal  way 
stations   *11:20a 

4:15  p.  Newark,  San  Jose,  Lor  Gatos 9:50a. 

+11:45 p.  Hunters' tram  for  Newark,  Al- 
viso,  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  and 

way  stations 18:05  p 

Coatt  Dlvltlon  (Third  am  Townst-no  StreetsT 

6:45  i.  dan  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

-  Stations 1 :45  p. 

8:15  A.  San  Jose, TresPinoB, Santa  Crue, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 
Way  Stations 7  05  p. 

10:40a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...         5:06  p. 

11:45  a.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  Stations..  3:30  P. 

*2:20p.  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Tres  Pinos, 
Santa  Cruz,  Salinas,  Monterey, 
PacificGrove  .....   ......       .   . . .  :.*10:40a. 

'8:80  p.  San  Joae  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  A. 

•4:25  p.  Palo  Altoand  Way  StationB *8:06  a. 

5a0p.  San  JbBe  and  Way  Stations *8:48a. 

6:80p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:S5a. 

+11:45p.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations. . ; ....... .   +7:38  p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSAS  FRASUSCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  81— 
*700  800  900*10  00  and  11  00  A.  M„  *12  30 
II  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  p.  M. 

From  OAKLAND— Foot  of  Broadway. 

\  -  ,*6<00  *7  00  -8  00  *9  0010  00  and  11  00  a.  M. 
(12  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  00  p.  M. 


*    a.  for  Morning. 
•Sundays  excepted. 
$Thugsdays-only.    . 


p.forAIternoon. 
+8aturdayp  only. 
tSundayyonly.  • 


The  pacific;  transfer  company 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 


NOW  that  the  torto:ae-shell  comb  'e  so 
much  in  vogue  it  is  convenient  to  kimw 
of  a  polish  that  will  restore  its  ln*t''*>. 
Nothing  is  better  for  this  purpose  tban  a 
preparation  of  powdered  rotten-stone  and 
oil.  The  rotten-stone  t-bould  be  carefully 
s.fted  through  the  finest  muslin,  then 
mixed  with  the  oil  and  rubbed  over  the 
tortoise-shell.  After  this  rub  with  a  piece 
of  soft  leather,  and  the  shell  will  be  re- 
stored to  its  original    condition. — Recorder. 

FRIEND— I  wonder,  Ethel,  that  you  al- 
lowed that  Frenchman  to  kiaa  you  in 
the  conservatory  ? 

Ethel— I  couldn't  help  it. 
Friend— Why  couldn't  yon  ? 
Ethel— Because  i  can't  speak  French. 
— Pearson's  Weekly. 

HE  (pleadingly) — Why  can't  we  be  mar- 
ried right  away  ? 
She  (coyly)— Oh,    I  can't   bear  to  leave 
father  alone  just  yet. 

He  (earnestly) — But,  mydarling,  he  has 
had  you  sach  a  long,  long  time. 
She  (f  reezingly) — Sir !  1 1 — Brooklyn  Life. 

e  T7"EEP  that  physician   in   attendance 
IV    on  our  family  I  "   exclaimed    Mrs. 
Parvie  New.     "  Never." 
"  Has  he  killed  auybody  ?  " 
<■  No.      But  he  bad  the  impertinence  to 
say     that     Mr.    New's     blood     was     im- 
poverished." —  Washington  Star. 


it  TTOW  is  it  that  you  always  take  your 

Jtj.  intended  to  the  railway  station  ?  " 

<<  Becanse  we  can  there  kiss  undisturbed, 

as  folks  think  we  are  merely  saying  good- 

by."  — Bunte's  Allerlei. 


Am  authority  on  hypnotism  says  that 
hysterical  persons  are  very  difficult  to  in- 
fluence. 

The  lower  classes  of  Mexico  have  relig- 
ious scruples  against  trying  to  cure  small- 
pox. 

There  is  an  old  saying  to  the  effect  that 
no  woman  can  keep  a  girl  and  clothespins 
too. 

Robbers  are  convicted  by  a  vote  of  the 
cnmitnmtv  in  some  pa^t^  of  Japan. 


D 


ETECTIVEi 


"Wo  wu.ru  email  in  every  local- 
liy  io  act  a.3  prtviiw  Detuctive 
under  instructions.  Experience  uno^cea^ary.  Send  for  par- 
ticulars.   National  Detective  Bureau,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

DiBpatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for. 
ports  in  Alaska,  9  A.  M.,  Nov.  6,  21.    Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  C.  and  Puget  Sound  ports,  Dec.  11, 
16,  21,  26,  31,  and  every  5tb  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing  (Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, 9  A.  H. 

For  Newport,  Lob  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  Btopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  alternately  at  11  a.  m. 

For  Ensenada,  Magdalena  Bay,  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul, 10  a.  m,  25th  of  each  month. 

Ticket  Offics— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Marketwtreet.  flan  Francisco 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

,  o.bvn  Coolgardiegnld  fields, 

•«VU=S5y.)0  (Fremantle)  Australia; 

"  -,j>      1220    first   class,    $110 

-       steerage    Lowest  rates 

^  to  Capetown,  S,  Africa 

O.   S.  8.  Company's 

steamers  sail: 

For     HONOLULU, 

S.  S.  -  AUSTRALIA," 

Dec.  22,  1894. 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA.    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  8.  8. 
S£VES  v  "  ARAWA."  Jan  10,  '95 

Cook  parties  to  Honolulu,  Jan.  19,  Feb  16,  Apr. 
4;  reduced  excursion  rates. 


For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 

For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 

J.J).  SPRECKEEo  &BR03.  CO..  General  Agts 


Leaves.  F.     I    In  Effect 
Ap'l  15, 1894. 

Days      Saniftys   dbsti'tion 


7:40  a.m. 

3:30p.M. 
5:10  p.m. 


S  :00  a.m. 
9:30  A.  M. 
5:00p.m 


7:40  a.m. 


Arrive  ins.  F. 
Sundays!  W»J> 


Novato, 
Petaluma, 
Santa  Rosa 


Fulton 

Windsor, 

Healdsburg, 

Geyserville, 

CloveMale 


10:40a. m  S:5<j\  m 
6:05p.m  10:31  AM 
7:30p.m  6:15  •  » 


7:30p.M. 


7 :40  A  I 


7:10a.  if 
3:30  p. M 


7:40a.m. 
5:10  p.m. 


■no  4  m    Pieta,  Hop- 
■00i'M'  land.Ukiah. 


8:00  a.  m.  Guernevllle 


8:uoa.m.|     Sonoma 
5:0Op.m.|  Glen  Ellen 


7:40a.m    8:00a.m.|  Sebastopol.  10:40a.m|10-30a.m 
3:30  p.m    5:00  p.M  I  6  05p.m|  6:15p.m 


10:30a  m 
6:15  pm 


10:40a.m.  |8:50am. 
6-.05P.M  |6:15 pm. 


Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  lor  Skaggs 
Springs.  " 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  lor  Highland  Springs, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes.  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City,' 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley.  John  Day's,  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blocksburg,  Bridge- 
ville,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  hall  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  0.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  oj  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharl  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 

NAN  STREETS,  at  3:   00  p.  M.  tor  YOKOHAMA 

and    HONGKONG,    connecting  at    Yokohama 

with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  ..Tuesday,  Dec.  4,  1894 

Gaelic Monday.  December  24, 1894 

Beloic Thursday,  Jan.  24.  1895 

ROUND  TRIP  TIOK6T8  AT  REDUCED  RATE8 
For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  Company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street,  corner  First. 
_^ D  D.  STUBB3,  Secretary 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Through  Line  toNbw  York,  via  Panama. 

Galling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 
SAILINGS— At  NOON. 
From  company's  wharf .  First  and  Braunau  Sis. 
S.  8.  "Colon,"  December  18, 1894. 
8.  S.  "San  Jo'e,"  December  28,  1894. 
S.  S.  "  Acapulco,"  Jauua'-y  8, 1895. 
S.  S.  "Colima,"  January  18,  1895. 
JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR  YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

8.8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 

13, 1894,  at  3  P.  M. 

8.    S.    "City  of    Peking,"  Thursday,  January 
3, 1895,  at  3  p.  m 
8.  S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Jan.   15,  1895,  at 

8.  9.  "Peru,"  February  2, 1895,  at  3  p.  m. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  Company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street. 

ALEXANDER  CENTER, 

General  Agent- 


Price    Per  Copy,  10   Cants. 


Annual  Subscription,  $4.00. 


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Vol.  ILIX 


CHRISTMAS  NUMBER,   IS 94. 


Number  25. 


Printed  and  Published  every  Saturday  by  the  Proprietor,  Fred 
Mabbiott,  606-609-613  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letteb  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204-206  Broadway,  Room  1,  where  information 
may  be  obtained  regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

SO  it  appears  that,  when  all  St.  Petersburg  is  in  mourning  for 
the  death  of  a  member  of  the  royal  family,  and  all  the  thea- 
tres and  operas  in  the  city  are  closed,  the  Czar  and  his  family  and 
the  Grand  Dukes  and  Duchesses  may  sit  in  an  otherwise  unoccu- 
pied theatre  and  applaud  the  presentation  of  a  comic  opera.  Miss 
Sybil  Sanderson  brings  the  information  of  this  phase  of  the  Rus- 
sian's appreciation  of  the  eternal  fitness  of  things  with  her  to 
America.     Truly  it  means  much  to  be  of  royal  Russian  blood. 


JDST  at  this  time  the  selection  of  a  man  to  represent  California 
in  the  United  States  Senate  is  of  the  greatest  importance. 
There  are  grave  questions  affecting  the  material  interests  of  the 
State  that  should  be  handled  with  energy  and  ability,  and — a 
commanding  presence  is  one  of  the  requisites  to  inspire  confi- 
dence and  invite  attention.  The  Nicaragua  Canal,  the  railroad 
question,  the  harbor  improvements,  and  the  erection  of  the  new 
postotfice  in  Sau  Francisco  are  of  vital  importance  to  this  State, 
and  the  latter  should  not  be  longer  delayed. 


IT  is  really  singular  that  Hawaii  refuses  to  receive  with  open 
arms  the  cast-off  lepers  of  San  Francisco.    These  individuals 

I  are  of  no  earthly  use  to  this  city,  while  over  there  they  would  add 
to  the  sparse  population  of  the  young  "republic."  Besides,  San 
Francisco  cannot  afford  to  supply  them  with  suitable  shelter  and 
food,  while  over  there  the  native  hospitality  and  attentiveness  to 
the  sick  and  the  desolate  are  known  the  wide  world  over.    Is  it 

I  possible  that  barbarian  Hawaii,  as  she  cares  for  her  own  lepers, 

.  is  so  inconsistent  as  to  imagine  that  civilized  San  Francisco  should 

-  look  after  hers? 


1 


AS  though  resurrected  from  the  dead,  the  name  of  Sarah  Althea 
Terry  again  appears  before  the  public  through  the  courts. 
T.  H.  Williams,  Jr.,  has  been  appointed  guardian  and  trustee  of 
her  person  and  effects,  in  place  of  Porter  Ashe,  who  is  represented 
as  having  been  unfaithful  to  his  trust.  At  the  mention  of  that 
name  there  come  visions  of  a  drama  in  California's  history  which 
ended  in  a  tragedy  that  has  never  been  explained  to  the  satis- 
faction of  those  who  do  justice  and  love  mercy.  All  that  is  left 
of  it  is  a  mind  wrecked  by  contention  in  the  struggle  and  a  Judge 
shielded  by  the  ermine  from  investigation. 


CONTROLLER  COLGAN,  in  his  annual  report,  recommends  the 
repeal  of  the  coyote  bounty  law,  which,  he  says,  has  already 
taken  $500,000  from  the  State  Treasury,  and  there  has  been  no 
apparent  cessation  in  the  demand,  which  indicates  that  the  coyote 
family  is  industrious  in  maintaining  its  population.  The  indus- 
try established  by  the  law  was  a  profitable  one  to  the  experts 
with  the  trap  and  the  gun,  but  the  Controller  says  that  it  was  un- 
doubtedly worked  to  a  limit  beyond  State  lines.  He  also  recom- 
mends that  the  State  be  relieved  from  the  care  of  the  aged  indi- 
gents, and  that  the  counties  assume  the  responsibility;  and  that 
seems  wise,  for  the  Btate    is  heavily  overburdened. 


THE  proposed  attempt  of  the  fruit  dealers  of  New  York  and 
Chicago  to  control  the  market  by  a  combination  is  a  menace 
to  the  California  grower,  who  has  to  contend  against  high  freights 
and  a  strong  Eastern  competition.  It  will  not  tend  to  cheapen 
the  cost  of  fruit  for  their  tables,  and  concerns  the  pockets  of  con- 
sumers. Such  combinations  always  have  for  their  object  the  "cinch- 
ing" of  both  consumers  and  producers.  In  short,  it  is  a  propo- 
sition for  the  middlemen  to  seize  all  the  profits  of  the  fruit  busi- 
ness. The  manner  in  which  California  fruits  have  been  disposed 
of  in  the  Eastern  markets  for  the  past  few  years  has  not  been  en- 
couraging, and  until  a  reliable  agency  is  established  in  the  East- 
ern centres  of  distribution,  with  sufficient  State  pride  to  guard 
the  interests  of  California,  the  growers  will  have  no  means  of  de- 
fending themselves  against  poachers  on  their  industry. 


DEVELOPMENTS  in  the  Oriental  war  appear  to  be  very  slow 
just  at  present.  Peace  negotiations,  if  they  are  in  progress 
at  all,  are  not  reported,  and  the  general  trend  of  events  seems  to 
indicate  that  the  Japanese  are  preparing  for  a  careful  and 
methodical  advance  on  Pekin.  They  do  not  appear  to  be  taking 
any  chances  or  relying  upon  the  conspicuous  inefficiency  of  the 
Chinese  in  battle. 


MELVIN  HATCH,  who  was  tried  and  acquitted  by  a  jury  in 
the  Superior  Court  at  Woodland  on  a  charge  of  train-wreck- 
ing, is  unfortunate  in  his  friends.  Since  his  escape  from  that 
charge,  some  of  those  who  were  active  in  his  defense  have 
made  certain  disclosures  that  led  the  detectives  to  investigate, 
and  they  claim  to  have  obtained  sufficient  evidence  of  a  damag- 
ing character  to  warrant  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  murder.  One 
of  the  soldiers  who  met  death  at  the  train  wreck  will  be  made  the 
cause  of  the  prosecution. 


AT  the  beginning  of  the  last  session  of  the  British  Parliament 
a  vote  was  taken  upon  the  question  of  payment  of  members, 
and  the  affirmative  of  the  proposition  prevailed.  That  fixes  the 
position  of  the  Liberal  party  in  regard  to  the  question,  but  yet  it 
does  not  seem  as  though  any  positive  action  was  likely  to  be  had 
upon  the  matter  for  some  time  to  come.  A  deputation  which 
waited  upon  Lord  Roseberry  recently  to  urge  the  Ministry  to 
press  the  proposition  at  the  coming  session  got  little  satisfaction 
from  him.  He  did  not  absolutely  decline  to  take  the  question  up, 
but  pointed  out  the  fact  that  the  government  programme  for  the 
coming  session  was  already  loaded  with  more  measures  than  can 
be  dealt  with. 


THE  difficulties  now  being  encountered  with  at   the  San  Fran- 
cisco bar  are  undoubtedly  occasioned  by   a  wash    of   mining 
debris  from  the  bed  of  the  Sacramento  River.     No  such  obstacles  i 
could  form  from  the  surging  of  the  ocean  and  drifting  of  sands.  ' 
The  obstructions  are  of  such  a  character  as  are  formed  by  slickens  I 
creating  solid  rock.     This  mining  debris  has  been  drifting  down- 
ward for  thirty  years,  and  the  most   conclusive   evidence  is  that 
|for  the  past  five  years  the  bed  of  the  river  below  Sacramento  has  ■ 
been  sloughing  off  and  the  channel  deepening.     Tbis  obstruction 
has  gone  somewhere,  and  the  Golden  Gate  being  the  outlet,  there 
'can  be  no  other  conclusion  than  that  it  has  lodged  in  the  approach 
|to  the  bay. 

FROM  the  pulpit  to  the  stage  is  not  such  a  long  step  as  may  be 
imagined  by  some  people,  and  the  only  question  is  as  to 
which  will  suffer  the  most.  After  all,  it  is  only  a  matter  of  salary 
when  reduced  to  a  business  proposition.  Rev.  H.  W.  Harris,  an 
Episcopal  minister  of  Oakland,  has  made  a  proposition  to  join 
the  Salvini  company  with  a  hope  of  some  day  shining  as  a  bright 
star  in  the  dramatic  world.  The  manager  says  that  "  there  is  no 
reason  why  a  minister  should  not  make  a  good  actor,"  and  there 
is  none,  provided  he  has  a  good  reputation  to  begin  with.  He 
has  the  education  and  training  requisite,  and  Episcopal  ministers  - 
are  usually  men  of  dramatic  voice.  Society,  of  course,  would  be 
shocked,  but  tbe  Rev.  Mr.  Harris  has  been  doing  some  shocking 
business  himself  in  his  struggles  to  continue  on  earth,  and  society 
has  no  rights  that  he  is  bound  to  respect  in  the  disposition  of  his 
services  in  the  world's  broad  field  of  battle. 


THE  closing  months  of  the  present  year  marked  tbe  death  of 
two  of  the  most  conspicuous  figures  in  history,  each  of  whom 
have  had  a  world-wide  reputation — one  an  absolute  sovereign 
over  80  000,000  people,  the  other  a  civilian,  bedecked  with  honors 
won  through  heroic  achievements  in  the  field  of  science  and  me- 
cnanics.  Of  the  two  the  civilian  has  won  tbe  greater  and  more 
lasting  fame.  Czar  Alexander  bad  greatness  thrust  upon  him; 
Count  de  Lesseps  won  greatness  by  the  exercise  of  genius.  He 
leaves  a  monument  to  his  name  in  the  Suez  Canal.  .Alexander 
leaves  a  crown  that  was  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  ancestors. 
Although  de  Lesseps  went  down  under  the  shadow  of  disgrace, 
the  triumphs  of  his  earlier  manhood  are  not  blurred  by  a  contact 
with  scandal.  He  was  a  great  man,  but,  like  the  great  Napo- 
leon, his  ambition  to  achieve  greater  renown  led  to  his  downfall. 
He  was  overwhelmed  in  tbe  vortex  of  scandals  that  entered  into 
the  construction  of  the  Panama  Canal. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


OPINIONS  ON    RECENT    EVENTS. 

The  Sentence  It  may  be  deemed  by  certain  classes,  as  has  been 
Imposed  said  by  one  of  a  class,  that  the  sentence  of  Eugene 
on  Debs.  Debs,  the  A.  R.  U.  leader,  to  six  months' imprison- 
ment was  not  in  accordance  with  the  principles  of 
justice.  In  the  United  States  there  should  be  no  privileged  classes 
recognized  under  the  law.  Because  Mr.  Debs  was  a  man  possessed 
of  ability,  and  commanding  a  prominence  over  the  councils  of  cer- 
tain organized  elements,  gave  him  no  license  to  institute  a  proceed- 
ing which  terminated  in  a  revolt  against  the  constituted  authorities 
of  the  Government  in  the  exercise  of  its  functions.  One  of  the  most 
prominent,  as  well  as  one  of  the  most  enlightened,  men  who  has 
criticised  the  decree  of  the  court,  has  said  that  he  thought  "the 
methods  of  the  people  in  power  were  tending  toward  revolution."  It 
does  not  look  as  much  like  revolution  on  the  part  of  the  powers  tha  t 
be  when  exhibiting  a  zeal  for  good  government  by  enforcing  the  laws 
against  violators  who  invite  and  incite  disorder  and  violence  in  their 
efforts  to  revolutionize  existing  conditions.  As  Judge  Woods,  the 
Chicago  jurist,  said  in  summing  up  the  case  before  passing  sentence 
on  Debs:  ''It  was  not  an  ordinary  strike."  It  differed  from  other 
strikes  in  the  fact  that  it  contemplated  more  than  a  cessation  from 
work  and  preventing  others  by  peaceable  means  from  taking  their 
places.  It  came  under  the  same  character  of  provocations  that 
arise  through  a  disturbance  on  the  high  seas  or  waterways  that  inter- 
feres with  commerce.  "They  expected  their  strike  to  differ  from 
others  only  in  the  magnitude  of  detign  and  boldness  of  execution, 
and  that  the  accustomed  accessories  of  intimidation  and  violence,  so 
far  at  least  as  found  essential,  would  not  be  omitted."  In  the  light 
of  the  report  of  the  commission  appointed  by  the  President  to  in- 
vestigate the  matter,  the  friends  of  the  strikers  consider  the  action 
of  the  court  as  rather  severe,  and  have  already  expressed  the  opinion 
that  corporation  influence  was  behind  it;  but  m  the  light  of  the 
facts,  as  demonstrated  by  theconductof  the  strikers  in  their  attempts 
to  carry  their  point,  no  matter  what  the  consequences  might  be,  the 
sentence  should  be  construed  as  very  mild,  and  extending  mercy  as  a 
concession  to  the  classes  he  represents  and  not  to  the  individual.  It 
might  be  well,  as  has  been  suggested,  that  the  case  be  taken  up  to 
the  highest  court,  where  it  would  be  determined  forever.  It  would 
have  a  tendency  to  settle  the  question  as  to  how  far  responsibility 
goes  where  an  individual  has  such  powers  placed  in  his  hands,  and 
to  define  the  obligations  that  exist  between  capital  and  labor. 

The  Evils       The  ease  with  which  Debs  and  his  co-conspirators 
of  talk  all  around  the  subject  of  the  strike  without 

Presumption,  touching  it  directly  at  a  single  point,  demonstrates 
the  possession  of  peculiar  talents  that  would  have 
been  much  more  advantageously  exerted  in  the  profession  of  the 
law  than  in  the  practice  of  derailing  trains  and  mauling  recalcitrant 
firemen.  These  gentry,  ignoring  the  fact  that  they  were  instrumental 
in  the  malicious  destruction  of  life  and  property,  and  in  the  tempor- 
ary paralysis  of  the  business  and  commerce  of  half  the  country,  in- 
nocently inquire  what  a  labor  organization  is  good  for  if  it  is  not  to 
be  allowed  to  compel  its  members  to  quit  work?  This  is  admirable; 
it  is  really  charming.  It  is  in  line  with  the  logic  that  is  used  by  law- 
yers in  defense  of  criminals  and  by  criminals  in  behalf  of  themselves. 
But  unfortunately  for  Debs,  Judge  "Woods'  premise,  failing  to  tally 
with  his,  led  to  an  entirely  different  sequitur,  to  wit,  to  the  jailing  of 
Debs.  The  Federal  Court  having  reasoned  itself  to  this  conclusion, 
it  follows  of  course  that  it  must  now  and  henceforth  hear  (as  best  it 
may)  the  odium  of  being  an  arch-conspirator  against  that  sacred 
thing,  "organized  labor." 

Caminetti's  Caminetti  has  introduced  a  bill  in  Congress  provid- 
Eailroad  ingfor  the  Government  to  take  charge  of  the  Pacific 
Scheme.  railroads  that  may  become  delinquent  in  the  pay- 
ment of  their  dues  to  the  United  States,  and  secure 
an  extension  from  bondholders  and  those  holding  prior  liens  for 
twenty-five  years,  after  which  the  Government  shall  take  possession 
of  the  roads  and  conduct  the  business.  The  specific  declaration  that 
it  is  not  the  intention  of  the  Government  to  go  into  the  business  of 
railroading  and  transportauon  provides  a  large  margin  for  specula- 
tion as  to  what  the  proposed  law  contemplates  shall  be  done  with 
the  roads.  It  is  not  at  all  improbable,  however,  that  the  scheme  is 
well  planned,  as  no  one  can  doubt  the  ability  of  Congressman  Cam- 
inetti to  settle  all  the  intricacies  that  may  exist  between  the  railroads 
and  the  Government,  and  have  a  large  margin  left  for  any  other 
proposition  that  may  be  beneficial  to  the  people  of  the  country  at 
large. 

Congress     No  matter  what  other  important  questions  may  come 
and  the       before  Congress  during  the  short  session  affecting  the 
Currency,     interests  of  the  country,  that  of  a  reform  in  the  cur- 
rency will  engage  the  attention  of  the  people  almost 
entirely  until  it  is  disposed  of  in  some  way.    The  exigences  of  the 
times  are  such  that  the  producers,  the  manufacturers,  and  the  in- 
dustrial classes  are  absorbed  in   this  one  question,  and  all  else  is 
secondary.     It  is  unnecessary  to  say  that  the  people  are  jealous  of 
the  bankers  and   bondholders,  and  any  plan   they  may  suggest  is 
looked  upon  with  suspicion  and  distrust.    The  intimation  by  the 


President  in  his  message  that  the  Government  should  cease  to  be  a 
banker,  while  in  harmony  with  the  popular  policy  of  Presi- 
dent Jackson,  has  been  met  by  the  most  determined  of  the  two 
classes  the  most  diametrically  opposed  to  each  other  in  their  theories 
of  monetary  affairs.  The  bankers  wish  to  retain  the  system,  and 
the  Populists,  who  advocate  paternalism,  believe  that  the  Govern- 
ment alone  should  issue  money,  based  upon  the  credit  of  the  people 
and  the  material  resources  of  the  country.  Out  of  respect  to  the 
Administration  the  bill  presented  by  Secretary  Carlisle,  which  is  re- 
garded as  the  Administration  measure,  will  be  first  considered  by 
the  committee.  It  has  been  severely  criticised  by  those  who  oppose 
the  repeal  of  the  tax  on  State  bank  issues,  and  the  bankers'  plan, 
while  conservative  in  its  provisions,  looking  to  a  greater  elasticity  of 
the  currency  than  at  present,  is  opposed,  because  it  makes  no  pro- 
vision for  the  use  of  the  white  metal,  and  the  fiat  money  advocates 
look  upon  all  bonded  propositions  as  favoring  a  privileged  class. 
Baukiog  is  a  business,  and  those  who  are  educated  to  it  and  engaged 
in  it  are  not  supposed  to  formulate  any  system  inimical  to  their 
interests.  It  is  notable  that  in  all  plans  suggested,  and  in  all  that 
have  been  established,  provisions  are  made  for  the  redemption  of 
the  circulation  of  banks,  but  no  provision  to  protect  depositors  who 
have  been  induced  to  place  their  capital  and  earnings  in  their  hands, 
based  upon  the  indemnity  offered.  Without  the  patronage  of  de- 
positors bankers  could  not  exist. 

Scheming       The  friends  of  the  Hon.  M.  M.  Estee  are  making 
for  the  themselves  conspicuously  absurd  in  the  manage- 

Governorship.  nient  of  his  defeat.  No  such  actions  outside  of 
Alabama  have  ever  taken  place  in  any  State  in 
the  Union,  and  the  tenacity  with  which  they  hang  on  is  worthy  of  a 
better  cause.  It  was  hoped  that  the  controversy  would  have  been 
ended  in  a  friendly  and  mutual  way  by  a  recount  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco vote  under  special  agreement,  but  it  seems  that  the  Republican 
managers  were  not  satisfied  with  such  an  arrangement,  which  is  evi- 
dence that  they  did  not  believe  that  the  frauds  committed  were 
against  their  candidate.  They  appealed  to  the  Supreme  Court  to 
prevent  the  result  of  the  recount  being  announced  in  order  to  de- 
prive Mr.  Budd  of  his  certificate,  and  that  body  decided  unanimously 
that  they  had  no  standing  in  court.  This  should  have  been  signifi- 
cant enough,  seeing  that  the  court  was  a  Republican  body  in  senti- 
ment, but  with  only  one  dissenting  voice,  the  State  Central  Com- 
mittee have  determined  to  appeal  to  the  Legislature  in  their  desper- 
ate effort  to  have  Mr.  Estee  seated  as  Governor.  In  the  meantime 
Mr.  Budd  will  be  inaugurated,  and  the  people  of  the  State,  without 
regard  to  party,  are  making  a  strong  protest  against  any  legislative 
proceedings,  which  they  know  will  be  condemned,  and  Mr.  Estee 
himself  has  made  it  known  that  he  will  not  accept  the  office  should 
the  Legislature  declare  him  Governor,  without  a  recount  of  the  vote. 

Shameful  The  facts  that  are  being  brought  out  by  the  Lexow 
Things  in  Committee  in  relation  to  the  wholesale  bribery, 
New  York,  blackmail,  and  corruption  that  characterize  the  New 
York  police  force  are  refreshing  and  edifying.  To 
the  American  citizen  who  is  not  fatuously  infatuated  with  the  Amer- 
ican system  of  government  merely  because  he  had  the  fortune,  good 
or  ill,  to  be  born  under  it,  it  is  instructive,  possibly  amusing,  to  ob- 
serve with  what  universal  certainty  that  system,  as  applied  to  the 
government  of  municipalities  especially,  leads  to  official  jobbery,  de- 
pravity, and  criminality.  For  New  York,  it  should  be  noted,  is  not 
exceptional,  only  in  so  far  as  it  is  the  most  prominent;  a  similar 
condition  of  affairs,  proportionate  to  the  population,  exists  in  every 
city  in  the  Union.  There  are  bribes  and  bribes;  and  ready  cash  in 
hand  is  not  always  bribery's  most  potential  form  of  manifestation. 
Not  less  instructive  is  the  hysterical  exhibition  of  public  sympathy 
in  behalf  of  the  police  officer  who,  after  thirty  years'  service  "with 
honor  and  distinction"  in  the  Department,  is  compelled  by  an  inex- 
orable committee  of  honest  men  to  confess  that  he  paid  $15,000  for 
his  captaincy.  In  the  face  of  this  expression  of  sympathy  and  good 
will  for  a  man  who  has  committed  bribery  from  the  basest  of  motives 
—that  of  self-emolument  and  advancement— what  hope  can  Senator 
Lexow,  or  Preacher  Parkhurst,  or  any  other  New  York  purifier,  en- 
tertain for  the  permanency  of  any  reform  that  can  be  inaugurated  in 
that  city?  The  present  regime  of  rascality  will  undoubtedly  be 
brought  to  an  abrupt  end ;  but  it  will  be  speedily  followed  by  another, 
equally  venal  and  corrupt. 

France      Two  weeks  ago  the  daily  papers  contained  an  absurd 
and         cablegram  which  represented  that  one  of  the  French 
Germany.    Ministers  had  "snubbed"  the  German  Ambassador  by 
telling  him  that  the  control  of  the  French  Government 
over  the  French  press  was  limited.     Later  news  intimates  that  there 
really  has  been  a  very  serious  interview  between    Count  Munster 
and  the  French  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs  in  regard  to  the  spy  busi- 
ness, but  neither  the  character  nor  outcome  of  that  interview  were 
correctly  described.    If  the  later  news  is  correct,  and  it  bears  the 
earmarks  of  truth,  Count  Munster  has  notified  the  French  Govern- 
ment that  if,  at  the  trial  of  Captain  Dreyfus  for  selling  military 
secrets  to  Germany,  certain  documents,  which  were  stolen  from  the 
desk  of  the  German  military  attache"  at  Paris,  are  produced  in  evi- 
dence, the  German  Government  will  regard  France  as  being,  in  a 


CHRISTMAS    XIMKKR 


national  sense,  in  league  with  the  thief,  and  wilt  thereupon  suspend 
all  diplomatic  relations  with  her.  This  places  the  French  Ministry 
between  the  devil  and  the  deep  sea,  lor  without  these  documents 
Dreyfus  cannot  be  convicted,  and  on  the  other  hand,  the  Ministry 
under  which  he  escapes  from  conviction  is  bound  to  be  summarily 
thrown  out  of  office.  Unless  France  is  hunting  for  war— and  the  in- 
ternational and  other  surroundings  are  not  such  as  to  invite  the  pre 
cipitation  of  another  conflict— the  Ministry  should  suppress  this  evi- 
dence and  take  the  chances  with  the  Chamber.  Its  lease  of  power  is 
a  very  shifting  aud  uncertain  one  at  best.  Besides,  there  is  no  doubt 
that  the  attitude  assumed  by  the  German  Government  in  this  mai- 
ler is  correct,  A  foreign  Ambassador,  with  his  suite,  is  a  guest  o 
the  Government  to  which  he  is  accredited,  and  that  Governmert 
cannot  accept  documents  or  other  property  which  have  been  stolen 
from  its  guests  without  placing  itself  in  the  position  of  being  a  pait- 
ner  with  the  actual  thief.  If  a  guest  misuses  the  hospitality  ex- 
tended to  him,  and  seefes  to  corrupt  his  host's  servants,  he  is,  of 
course,  guilty  of  blackguardism;  but  the  host  must  not  assume  that 
his  guest  is  guilty,  and  authorize  a  thief  to  break  open  his  desk  and 
steal  evidence  of  his  guilt.  If  the  French  Government  produce  doc: 
uments  incriminating  Dreyfus  and  the  German  military  attache, 
they  will  be  in  the  last  mentioned  position. 

General  There  is  not  a  single  individual  who  stands  out  more 
Booth's  conspicuously  in  the  civilized  world  than  "William  Booth, 
Arrival,  the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Salvation  Army,  and  ihe 
original  organizer  of  that  band  of  Christian  workers 
For  over  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  has  devoted  his  time  and  ener- 
gies in  organizing  and  conducting  this  grand  army,  which  numbers 
over  one  million  men  and  women  who  are  constantly  and  industri- 
ously waging  war  against  the  evils  of  the  world.  It  is  a  peculiar  re- 
ligion, based  upon  no  creed  and  sustaining  no  church  organization. 
Like  the  Beduoins  of  the  desert,  they  lodge  in  tents  and  barracks,  and 
day  and  night  they  go  into  the  highways  and  byways,  mingling  with 
all  classesand  conditions,  and  more  particularly  with  the  unfortunat-  , 
and  those  who  have  fallen  into  sin  by  the  way.  This  appeal  to  the 
lowly  is  the  power  which  they  possess,  and  has  a  genuineness  about 
it  which  commands  both  sympathy  and  respect;  and  as  the  lowly 
and  poor  are  a  majority  in  this  world,  the  Salvation  Army  may  now 
be  solving  all  the  social  problems  of  the  ages.  General  Booth,  the 
patriarchical  hero  of  bloodless  battles,  is  now  on  this  coast  inspecting 
his  "troops,"  who  obey  him  as  obediently  as  and  with  more  grace 
than  the  soldiers  of  the  Czar.  They  have  greeted  him  with  affecti-  n- 
ale  regard,  as  he  is  greeted  by  the  people  of  the  civilized  world. 

An        The  Pacific  Wine  and  Spirit  Review,  ordinarily  a  painstak- 

Unjust     ing  paper,  has  published  an  attack  on  ihe  Hotel  del  Monte 

Charge,    which  is  not  easily  understood.    It  charges  that  the  Del 

Monte  does  not  give  a   fair  opportunity  to  California 

wine-makers,  and  hints  that  because  the  manager,  George  Schone- 

wald,  owns  a  vineyard,  no  wines  except  the  product  of  his  vineyard 

can  find  a  place  on  the  Del  Monte  table. 

All  this  shows  a  most  unfortunate  lack  of  knowledge  concerning 
the  management  of  the  Del  Monte.  Among  the  many  things  for  which 
that  institution  is  famous  are  the  excellent  quality  and  low  price 
of  the  California  wines  that  are  served  to  its  customers.  Our  cor - 
temporary  justly  remarks  that  "Mr.  Huntington  is  known  as  a 
liberal  patron  of  California  wines  when  he  visits  the  Coast,"  and 
that  "he  has  them  served  at  all  his  public  functions."  That  is 
true,  because  both  Mr.  Huntington  and  the  Pacific  Improvement 
Company    (which  owns  the   Del  Mont*1)   know  what  good  wine  is 


nd  how  excellent  the  wines  of  California  are.  and  they  are  per- 
forming a  service  of  incalculable  value  to  the  State  in  advertising 
the  fact  in  the  most  patriotic  and  intelligent  manner. 

So  far  as  Mr.  Schonewald  and  his  vineyard  are  concerned.it  is 
a  fact  that  he  owns  a  vineyard  in  the  Napa  Valley.  The  most  of 
the  wine  from  it  is  manufactured  into  brandy,  and  that  brandy  is 
not  on  the  wine  list  of  the  Hotel  del  Monte,  and  it  is  not  likely  that 
a  single  drop  of  his  wine  (if  he  sells  any)  was  ever  served  to  a 
guest  of  that  hotel.  Our  contemporary  declares  that  "the  Cali- 
fornia wine  on  the  Del  Monte  tables  goes  on  as  '  Del  Monte 
Riesling'  and  'Del  Monte  Claret,'"  and  asks,  "Where  is  the  Del 
Monte  vineyard,  pray?"  The  insinuation  is  utterly  unworthy  of 
its  source.  Every  first-class  wine-maker  in  the  State  knows  how  the 
Del  Monte  management  prepares  its  wine  list. 

The  course  pursued  is  this:  The  management,  purchasing  its 
wines  from  such  men  as  Mr.  Schram,  Gundlach  &  Co.,  John 
T.  Doyle,  and  other  gentlemen  standing  at  the  head  of  the  wine- 
making  industry  of  the  State,  makes  a  very  careful  selection  of  its 
wines  from  them,  and  employs  an  expert  to  blend  them  in  the  most 
scientific  manner,  the  result  being  wines  that  represent  a  perfect 
blending,  in  the  proper  proportions,  of  all  the  various  good  quali- 
ties which  constitute  wine.  It  is  well  known  that  wines  produced  in 
different  localities  vary  surprisingly  from  one  another  in  the  essen- 
tial qualities,  and  that  the  expert  and  painstaking  blending  to  which 
the  wines  served  on  the  Del  Monte  table  are  subjected  produce  a 
wine  that  has  the  best  qualities  properly  represented.  This  is  served 
to  the  guests  under  the  hotel  label.  There  never  has  been  a  pre- 
tense that  there  is  a  vineyard  in  connection  with  the  establishment. 
The  hotel  thus  makes  itself,  and  no  one  else,  responsible  for  the 
quality  of  the  wines  which  it  serves,  and  in  assuming  such  responsi- 
bility, and  in  advertising  the  wines  as  the  product  of  California,  it  is 
doing  a  valuable  service  to  every  wine-maker  in  the  State,  and  is 
not  injuring  ninety-nine  makers  in  a  hundred  by  selecting  the 
private  brand  of  one.  If  any  plan  could  be  more  fair,  generous,  and 
beneficial,  we  are  unable  to  conceive  it. 

Dangers     The  wisdom  of   ex-Chancellor  Von  Caprivi's  policy, 
in  in  regard  to  the  treatment  of  the  Socialist  faction  in 

Germany.  Germany,  is  beginning  to  become  apparent.  Had 
that  policy  been  followed  it  is  probable,  if  not  certain, 
that  the  negative  demonstration  embodied  in  the  refusal  of  the 
Socialist  members  of  the  Reichstag  to  rise  and  cheer  for  the  Emperor 
would  not  have  taken  place ;  had  the  spirit  of  prudence  and  toleration 
which  suggested  that  policy  been  followed  there  would  have  been  no 
suggestion  of  making  that  negative  expression  of  sentiment  the  basis 
of  a  governmental  prosecution  which  would  practically  invade  all 
liberty  of  thought  and  conscience  among  men  who  are,  as  representa- 
tives of  the  people,  supposed  to  be  members  of  a  national  council  of 
a  deliberative  character.  The  resolution  authorizing  the  prosecution 
of  the  Socialist  members  was,  therefore,  a  grave  error  of  political 
judgment,  and  its  defeat  by  an  overwhelming  majority  was  a  humila- 
ting  expression  of  disapproval  such  as  German  Chancellors  seldom 
meet  with.  If  the  parliamentary  branch  of  the  German  government 
were  anything  more  than  a  shadowy  form,  a  defeat  of  that  kind 
would  imply  such  a  lack  of  confidence  in  the  Ministry  as  would  in- 
volve its  resignation.  Under  the  peculiar  system  which  obtains  in 
Germany,  however,  Chancellor  Hohenlobe  will  proceed  with  the  pub- 
lic business  just  as  though  he  had  not  been  branded  as  an  incapable 
adviser  of  the  Crown.  The  system  is  obviously  a  bad  one.  It  would 
be  better  for  the  empire  to  be  without  a  parliament  than  to  have  one 
whose  voice  in  the  public  affairs  is  so  ineffective. 


A    CHRISTMAS    IIOTTO.-By  Hiss  He/en  Hyde. 


SA.N  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


Prospering, 


Mining        The  year  now  drawing  to  a  close,  while  a  disas- 
/s  trous  ODe  in  all  the  leadiDg   trades  aDd  industries! 

has  witnessed  a  marked  revival  in  the  gold  mining 
industry  of  California.  It  would  seem  that  finan- 
cial misfortune  has  turned  the  attention  of  all  to  the  true  source 
of  wealth,  which  has  been  overlooked  to  a  great  extent  for  along 
time  past.  The  mines  of  the  State  had  little  attraction  for  any 
one  so  long  as  wheat  and  fruit  raising  remained  profitable,  and 
the  mercantile  classes  were  at  all  times  inclined  to  sneer  at  the 
mining  community.  With  them  to  know  that  a  man  was  inter- 
ested in  a  mine  was  sufficient  to  class  him  as  a  risk,  and  small 
credit  and  short  time  were  the  rule.  The  agitators  who  managed 
to  close  up  hydraulic  mining  received  the  moral  support  of  the 
community  at  large,  while  the  merchants  overlooked  the  fact 
that  tbeir  business  was  dropping  off  rapidly  in  the  interior  in 
their  desire  to  accommc  date  the  desires  of  the  honest  but  short- 
sighted grangers.  The  sentiment  has  changed  wonderfully  for  the 
belter  within  the  past  twelve  months,  and  a  demand  has  been 
created  for  mines  which  promises  to  attain  much  greater  propor- 
tions in  1895.  Mining  is  active  in  nearly  all  tbe  old-time  mining 
camps,  and  a  great  deal  of  money  is  now  available  for  develop- 
ment purposes  in  quarters  where  it  would  have  been  impossible 
to  raise  a  dollar  before.  Tbe  best  of  it  is  that  the  bulk  of  the 
capital  is  now  being  obtained  at  home,  and  the  proportion  com- 
ing in  from  the  East  and  abroad  is  smalt. 

sn 

THERE  have  been  Borne  valuable  properties  opened  up  dnring 
this  short  period,  and  the  production  of  others  has  been  vastly 
Increased.  More  than  one  mine  has  exceeded  the  limit  of  an  out- 
put of  $50,000  per  month,  and  in  one  instance  the  profits  have 
run  as  high  as  $100,000  per  month  clear  of  all  expenses.  This  is 
in  quartz  alone,  and  in  the  meantime  hydranlic  and  drift  mines 
continue  to  swell  the  private  fortunes  of  their  owners.  Many 
thousands  of  dollars  are  received  in  this  city  every  month  which 
no  one  ever  hears  anything  about,  and  it  is  not  the  mines  most 
talked  about  that  are  in  all  cases  the  best  paying  propositions. 
Speculative  mining  naturally  suffered  during  the  same  time  with 
the  tightening  of  money  among  tbe  public.  The  year  has  been 
one  of  continual  reverses  and  losses  among  dealers  in  shares  of 
alt  descriptions,  as  well  as  those  in  mines.  So  in  this  respect  the 
prevailing  stagnation  in  tbe  latter  has  not  been  singular — if  that 
is  any  consolation  to  operators,  on  tbe  ground  that  misery  likes 
company.  Everything  indicates,  however,  that  the  worst  has 
been  passed  in  the  local  stock  market,  and  prices  have  steadied 
at  a  low  range  of  values,  which,  in  many  instances,  are  as  close 
to  bed  rock  as  they  can  very  well  get.  The  resumption  of  divi- 
dends by  the  Con. -Virginia  Mining  Co ;  pany  is  another  feature  of 
the  year's  mining  operations,  and,  judging  from  the  reports  from 
the  mine,  the  new  series  of  disbursements  will  have  a  long  run. 
This  will  have  a  steadying  effect  upon  tbe  market,  which  may 
bring  about  revival  in  the  other  shares.  There  is  a  prospect  also 
of  more  liberal  legislation  upon  the  part  of  Congress  in  favor  of 
the  miner.  Tbe  concessions  already  granted  have  helped  the  mat- 
ter considerably,  but  more  are  wanted,  such-  as  an  appropriation 
fordam-building  for  the  impounding  of  tbe  debris  and  the  adoption 
of  a  simpler  form  of  making  good  the  title  to  mineral  land. 


Cornstock  There  has  been  little  more  movement  in  the  Pine 
Mining  street  mining  market  during  the  week,  and  business 
Shares.  ia  inordinately  dull.  Tbe  South  End  stocks  have 
had  tbe  call  with  speculators,  Crown  Point  taking 
the  lead  and  starting  the  ball  rolling.  This  spirit  of  activity  has 
cheered  tbe  commission  brokers  up  considerably,  and  created  a 
little  more  confidence  among  dealers.  If  theadvance  were  suffi- 
cient to  induce  short  selling,  it  would  be  a  good  thing.  It  is  diffi- 
cult to  make  a  market  without  a  good  line  of  shorts,  and  this  can 
not  be  expected  until  values  gain  a  point  where  tbere  is  a  chance 
for  a  profit.  At  present  it  is  risky  business  selling  for  future  de- 
livery, and  only  the  weaker  class  of  operators  care  to  chip  on  a 
five  or  ten  cent  range  in  fluctuations,  which  is  all  that  could  be 
expected.  There  is  very  little  stock  now  held  on  margin  by  the 
brokers  and  is  well  protected.  The  majority  of  stock  held  by  out- 
siders is  stowed  away  in  private  depositaries,  and  any  assessments 
called  are  paid  at  a  rate  which  leaves  very  little  delinquent  stock 
in  the  bands  of  tbe  companies.  The  news  from  tbe  mines,  which 
is  very  favorable,  is  probably  accountable  fur  this  condition  of 
affairs.  Con.  Vireinia,  for  one,  is  in  a  very  strong  financial  posi- 
tion, witb  over  $160,000  in  the  treasury  after  paying  tbe  25  cent 
dividend  on  Monday  last  and  all  tbe  expenses.  Savage  is  again 
turning  out  bullion,  and  Crown  Point,  Justice,  and  other  South 
End  mines  are  producing  eDoogh  to  reduce  expenses  considera- 
bly. The  reports  show  that  in  nearly  every  case  the  returns  in 
gold  are  much  higher  than  in  silver.  A  reaction  is  looked  for  be- 
fore long  which  will  raise  the  share  values  toa  point  more  in  pro- 
-  portion  with  the  prospects  in  the  mines. 


Prornising  The  weekly  reports  from  the  Evening  Star  mine, 
Gold  of  Grass  Valley,  have  changed  very  much  for  the 
tytnes.  better  lately.  Tbe  Dew  shaft  has  cut  the  ledge,  and 
the  ore  is  of  that  high  grade  in  gold  which  made  the  property  famous 
in  early  days,  when  it  was  known  as  the  Seven-Thirty.  The  assess- 
ment just  collected,  it  is  thought,  may  be  the  last  for  some  time  to 
come,  should  the  vein  hold  out  for  any  distance  as  rich  as  it  is  just 
now,  unless  the  management  considers  it  safer  to  clean  up  all  out- 
standing indebtedness  at  once.  It  is  believed  that  in  any  event  an- 
other levy  will  put  everything  in  shape  for  -bullion  extraction  on  a 
scale  which  will  be  more  than  sufficient  to  meet  the  running  expenses 
of  the  property.  Another  mine  which  is  beginning  to  loom  up  as  a 
coming  bonanza  is  the  Merrimac.  This  valuable  location  was  re- 
cently taken  up  by  some  wealthy  mining  men  of  this  city,  who  pro- 
pose to  develop  it  on  a  large  scale.  All  the  capital  necessary  has 
been  subscribed,  and  work  is  being  pushed  at  a  rate  which  shows 
that  the  new  owners  mean  business. 

$  $  $ 

Australia's     The  record  of  the  Mount    Morgan  Gold    Mine,    of 
Big  Queensland,  and  that  of  the  Broken  Hill  Proprie- 

Boqaqzas.  tary  Mine  is  a  source  of  great  pride  to  our  Aus- 
tralian neighbors.  Since  1886  the  Mount  Morgan 
mine  has  returned  to  its  stockholders  three-and-a-half  millions  in 
dividends,  equal  to  £3  10$.  per  share.  Tbe  total  working  expenses 
for  the  period  named  were  one-and-a-half  millions.  The  Broken 
Hill  Mine,  tbe  biggest  silver  mine  property  in  tbe  Colonies,  as 
the  Mount  Morgan  is  the  greatest  gold  producer,  has  paid  since 
1886  nearly  five  millions  in  dividends  and  over  £600,000  in 
bonuses;  while  the  working  expenses  have  totalled  over  six-and- 
a-half  millions  of  money.  This  means  that  two  mines  alone  in 
Australia  have  paid  £8  500,000  in  dividends  during  eight  years. 
The  shares  of  the  Broken  Hill  are  now  quoted  in  London  at  £2  7s, 
$  $  $ 

Marnmond's      Mr.  John  Hays    Hammond  was  to  have  arrived 
African         in  London  in  the  early  part  of  the  month,  but  he 
txplorations.    has  not  got  that  length  yet.    He  is  still  at  Johan- 
nesburg.    From  a  letter  just  received  from  him  it 
appears  that  on  bis  return  from  the  recent  trip  to   the  interior  he 
found  a  lot  of  work  cut  out  for  him  which  bad   to  be  attended  to 
personally,  and  until  that  is  finished  he  cannot  get  away.     The 
report  of  his  trip  has  not  yet  been  issued,  and    any  of  the  state- 
ments already  made  in  print  regarding   it   have  not  been  author- 
ized by  him.     This  report  is  awaited  with  much  interest.     It  will 
be  very  valuable  as  a  guide  to   future  operations  in    what    has 
hitherto  been  unexplored  territory. 

$  $  %  :..-,) 

fl  Nouel      The  English  have  a  very  practical  way  of  carrying 
Insurance      things  through  at  times.     A   novel  insurance  risk 
)  ,   Schenje,       reported   in  one  of   the  London   financial   papers 
will    illustrate    this.    A    concert    was   recently  or- 
ganized   on    behalf    of    a    very     deserving    charity,     and    the 
managers,    desiring    to    be    perfectly    safe,     proposed     to     in- 
sure that  the  leceipts  should  be  not  less  than  £100.     The  risk  was 
.submitted  in  the  underwriting  room  of   Lloyd's,  and   after  close 
inquiries  had  been  made,  was   accepted   at   a   premium  of  £5  5s. 
No  claim  arose  ,upon  the  policy.     Another    novelty  was  the  pro- 
posal to  insure  an  artist  on  an   American  tour  against  illness,  a 
fixed  sum  being  allowed  for  every  nigbt  of  non-appearance.    Un- 
derwriters, however,  received  the  risk    with  coolness,  and  event- 
ually it- was  declined,  under  an  apprehension  that  it  might  be  en- 
couraging indisposition  on  the  part  of  professional  persons. 
$  $  $ 
Possible      TJie  London  papers  report  that  the   Phceoix  Insur- 
Iqsurance      ance  office  is  about   to  modernize  its  methods.     If 
Changes,      the    rumors    afloat    have    any   basis   of  fact,    the 
directors    are    contemplating   a   thorough    change. 
The  present  unlimited  company  is  to  become  limited,  and  tbe  cap- 
itnl  reconstructed,  so  that  the  £50  shares,  now  marketable  at  about 
£270  each,  will  be  reduced  to  more  manageable  proportions.     '  If 
this  Information  should  be  confirmed,"  a  contemporary  remarks, 
"the  new  Pbceoix  of  1895  will    arise   out   of   the  ashes  of  the  old 
bird  of  1782."     Although    these   rumors   are  persistent,  the  head 
office  maintains  to  tbe  last  moment  the  air  of  mystery  by  which 
it  has  been  enshrouded,  and  declines  to  answer  questions  on  the 
subject,  one  way  or  the  other. 

$  $  $ 

Local         The  brokers  of  tbe  local  Stock  and  Bond  Exchange 
Investment     are  doing  a  better  business  of  late.     Tbey  report  a 
Securities'     steadily   growing   Inquiry  for   the  better  class   of 
shares.      Monej  is  plentiful  with   investors,  and 
large   sums    are    finding   their  way   into  this   market.     Private 
lenders  are  doing  a  good  business  in  call  loans  at  rates  as  low  as  four 
per  cent.    The  savings  banks  are  ready  to  declare  their  semi-annual 
dividend,  and  no  change  will  likely  be  made  in  the  way  of  any  re- 
duction in  the  rale  which  has  ruled  for  some  years  past.     Doubtless 
some  of  them  would  like  (o  do  so  in  view  of  the  enormous  amount 
of  money  in  reserve,  but  unless  all  fall  in  line  it  is  not  likely  that  any 
particular  bank  will  care  to  take  the  initiative  in  the  matter. 


CHRISTMAS   NUMBER. 


"Hear  the  Crlerl"     "What  the  devil  art  thouY ' 
"One  that  will  plav  the  devil,  sir.  with  vou," 


EMBEZZLEMENT  has  become  so  common  that  an  ordinary 
episode  in  that  line  is  hard  to  work  op  to  the  dignity  of  a  sen- 
sation in  journalism.  Thomas  Croke,  a  trusted  clerk  in  the  Street 
Department,  has  been  found  out  after  many  years  of  experience. 
The  causes  usually  attributed  to  such  irregularities  indulged  in 
by  men  of  the  period  who  have  speed  aDd  know  how  to  manage 
it  are  given — "  wine  and  women."  The  trusty  individual,  who 
becomes  an  expert  in  business,  and  whose  services  cannot  bo  dis- 
pensed with,  is  always  the  one  who  is  rounded  up  on  a  short 
torn  in  some  petty  cffense.  Mr.  Croke,  after  having  speculated 
on  deposits  for  years,  and  after  having  been  caught  on  several 
occasions  and  let  go  on  account  of  bis  efficiency,  has  been  finally 
detected  in  appropriation  of  $40,  after  having  dealt  in  mat- 
ters of  thousands.  This  is  too  bad  for  the  young  man. 
The  officials  who  had  caught  him  on  previous  occasions 
and  kept  quiet  on  account  of  his  being  such  an  honest 
and  efficient  clerk,  should  suffer  for  providing  him  with 
the  opportunity  to  practice  bis  profession.  «  Wine  and  women" 
has  been  made  a  substitute  for  innate  cussedness  on  almost  every 
like  occasion,  and  thus  the  fair  sex  have  been  made  particeps 
eriminis.  It  was  probably  faro  and  poker  that  caught  the  drift 
of  currency,  as  they  furnish  the  strongest  incentive  to  increase 
a  small  salary  in  order  so  keep  up  with  the  bloods. 

MAYOR-elect  butro  was  present  at  two  important  "functions" 
recently.  Id  one  case  he  presided  over  the  great  meeting 
which  welcomed  William  Booth,  the  father  of  the  Salvation 
Army,  and  in  the  other  he  sat  alongside  of  Mr.  Ellen  in  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  in  order  to  learn  how  to  be  Mayor.  At  the  first 
meeting  he  levanted  as  soon  as  he  had  delivered  his  speech,  and 
that  brought  out  a  sarcastic  apology  to  the  audience  from  General 
Booth.  At  the  second  meeting  he  pronounced  the  Supervisors  a 
bore  and  left  with  a  yawn.  But  for  all  that,  our  good  Mr.  Sutro 
is  not  indolent.  He  is  busy  advancing  the  cause  of  peace  and 
righteousness  by  girdling  Golden  Gate  Park  with  a  chain  of  sa- 
loons, which  on  Sundays  empty  their  reeling  ruffians  upon  that 
orderly  pleasure  ground;  and  on  the  south  side  of  the  Park  be  is 
displaying  his  devotion  to  the  city  by  trying  to  force  an  outlet 
into  the  Park  for  a  village  of  drinking  saloons  which  he  is  open- 
ing there.  It  ia  so  much  cheaper  for  him  to  use  the  Parkas  a 
thoroughfare  for  his  teams  than  to  construct  an  outlet  through 
his  own  property,  and  as  Mayor,  think  how  great  his  influence 
will  be  in  using  the  city's  property  for  his  private  gain  I  And  the 
Salvation  Army  selected  him,  even  above  Mayor  Ellert,  to  repre- 
sent the  intelligence,  morality,  and  patriotism  of  San  Francisco  in 
the  greeting  to  its  illustrious  chief  1 

MRS.  RUSSELL  has  been  held  to  answer  to  the  charge  of  murder 
in  the  second  degree.  The  Judge  remarked,  in  making  the 
order,  that  if  Bhe  could  prove  the  statements  she  made  by  compe- 
tent witnesses  before  a  jary,  she  would  certainly  be  acquitted. 
Developments  have  since  been  made  which  tend  to  prove  that 
her  husband  was  not  the  kind  of  man  that  good  husbands  are 
made  of.  His  last  will  and  testament  cuts  her  off  with  $10,  and 
says  she  shall  have  no  more,  "as  she  has  been  the  ruin  of  my 
life."  That  is  jnst  what  she  says  of  him,  and  now  she  proposes 
to  try  her  will  in  breaking  his,  in  order  to  get  money  to  dtfend 
herself  against  the  charge  of  murder  in  killing  him.  A  declara- 
tion, carrying  with  it  such  a  spirit  of  bitterness  against  a  wife, 
conveys  enough  evidence  to  set  aside  any  will,  and  that  instru- 
ment will  serve  as  a  strong  witness  to  prove  that  he  was  not  a 
friend,  much  less  a  husband. 

IN  the  list  of  members  of  the  Legislature  polled  as  to  their  choice 
for  United  States  Senator,  tbe  names  of  the  San  Francisco  dele- 
gation stand  blank.  It  would  be  an  anomaly  to  find  a  San 
Francisco  member  pledged  to  any  such  proposition.  There  would 
be  nothing  in  it,  and  if  there  iB  anything  wbich  a  city  member 
does  want  to  know,  it  is  what  he  is  tbere  for.  A  pre-election 
pledge  would  be  of  no  value  to  the  member,  and  of  but  little 
value  to  the  person  to  whom  the  pledge  was  made.  Conditions 
are  constantly  changing.  Tbe  man  who  runs  for  an  office  is  not 
certain  of  success.  That  is  one  condition.  Under  such  circum- 
stances he  is  willing  to  pledge  himself.  If  elected,  the  condition 
changes  from  an  uncertainty  to  a  certainty,  and  a  new  deal  is  an 
object  that  cannot  be  overlooked.  The  ordinary  San  Francisco 
statesman  cannot  afford  to  pledge  himself  when  a  Senator  is  to  be 
elected,  even  for  a  short  term.     There  would  be  nothing  in  it. 

IT  appears  that  the  sudden  death  of  Sir  John  Thompson,  the 
Canadian  Premier,  was  due  to  his  standing  an  hour  and  a  half 
in  a  respectful  altitude  before  the  Queen.  Tbe  dispatches  neglect 
to  state,  however,  whether  it  is  thought  that  he  would  have  sur- 
vived had  his  attitude  been  not  respectful. 


EDWARD  A.  BARRON'S  penchant  for  housekeepers  who  were 
pleasing  in  person  and  obliging  in  disposition  was  well- 
known,  and  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  in  one  instance  he  so  far 
discredited  bis  usual  correct  judgment  and  discriminating  taste 
in  such  matters  as  to  engage  a  "colored"  woman,  deficient  in 
bodily  charms,  but  well  supplied,  as  it  subsequently  appeared, 
with  gray  matter  in  ber  brain.  The  result  of  her  short  reign  over 
the  millionaire's  demesne,  near  Mayfield,  was  a  bonncing  boy 
and  an  uncertain  but  surely  large  amount  of  cash,  wbich  she 
wrested  from  Mr.  Barron  at  various  intervals  after  the  termina- 
tion of  her  housekeeping  engagement.  Now  that  boy  is  after  a 
big  slice  of  the  $2  000,000  estate  left  by  the  man  of  many  house- 
keepers. His  guardian  naively  informs  the  court  that  the  boy 
was  "unintentionally  overlooked"  when  Mr.  Barron  made  bis 
will,  and  he  asks  tbat  tbe  oversight  be  remedied.  The  widow  is 
already  engaged  in  defending  a  contest  of  the  will  by  a  son  of  the 
millionaire's  first  wife,  and  the  unexpected  appearance  of  a  sec- 
ond claimant  will  st.ll  further  complicate  the  proceedings. 

THE  Rev.  Dr.  Hemphill  continues  his  fight  against  progression 
and  evolution.  He  imagines  tbat  any  condition  that  obtains 
in  society  or  busioess  tbat  does  not  conform  to  tbe  antiquated 
creed  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  is  fraud  and  corruption,  and 
should  be  investigated.  The  Doctor  erects  San  Francisco  on  a 
frightful  pedestal  of  crime,  arguing  from  a  standpoint  of  a  lack  of 
interest  in  bis  church  affairs.  Its  decay  bas  been  marked,  and  he 
fails  to  recognize  the  fact  tbat  to  stand  still  is  to  go  backward  in 
this  age  and  generation.  The  idea  tbat  Christianity  is  non-pro- 
gressive, and  that  any  departure  from  established  creeds  is  blas- 
phemy, has  long  since  become  obsolete.  Tbe  good  old  man,  who 
is  no  doubt  honest  in  his  convictions,  should  remember  tbat  his 
own  church  was  the  result  of  evolution  and  reform,  and  that  its 
departure  from  established  religious  laws  was  denounced  as  hetero- 
dox. If  the  Doctor  desires  to  provoke  a  revolt  against  progres- 
sion and  evolution,  he  will  have  to  combat  elements  as  powerful 
as  those  wbich  constructed  the  everlasting  hills. 

ASSISTANT  Bishop  Gimyo  Adachi,  Buddhist  priest,  who  re- 
cently arrived  in  this  city  for  the  purpose  of  converting  the 
Christians,  says  that  he  will  also  see  that  the  Japanese  in  Amer- 
ica do  not  take  up  with  any  of  the  strange  faiths  that  are  com- 
mon here.  He  is  pained  to  learn  that  some  of  tbem  are  drifting 
into  Christianity,  "which,"  he  remarks,  "is  not  an  honor." 
True;  some  of  them  have  become  Methodists.  It  is  fitting  that 
while  the  soldiers  of  Japan  are  civilizing  the  East,  her  priests 
should  be  planning  to  supersede  the  crude  and  upstart  religions 
of  the  West  witb  one  that  is  venerable  and  tbat  is  professed  by  a 
greater  number  of  persons  than  any  other  religion  in  the  world. 
Bishop  Gimyo  proposes  to  erect  a  temple  in  San  Francisco,  and 
in  time  be  may  have  the  gratification  of  seeing  it  filled  with  wor- 
shipers as  devout  as  those  of  whose  spiritual  welfare  he  was  in 
charge  when  rector  of  Sosen-ji,  Itahasbicho,  Ketateshima-gnn, 
Tokio. 

JERSEY  lightning  bas  bad  Its  day,  but  it  was  tame  and  unin- 
teresting when  compared  with  the  scientific  decoction  tbat  a 
San  Francisco  saloon-keeper  furnishes.  On  Monday  last  a  man 
went  into  his  saloon,  took  two  small  drinks,  and  when  he  walked 
out  on  the  street  he  found  himself  in  Sacramento.  The  name  of 
the  saloonkeeper  is  not  given,  nor  the  location  of  the  saloon, 
further  than  that  it  was  on  Market  street,  not  far  from  the  New 
City  Hall,  where  the  roan  had  just  paid  his  taxes  before  indulging 
in  tbe  electric  fluid.  There  is  a  fortune  in  store  for  the  liquor 
dealer  if  he  will  only  grasp  tbe  opportunity.  Such  rapid  trans- 
portation in  a  somnabulistic  state  is  invaluable.  There's  millions 
in  it. 

ROBERT  Louis  Stevenson,  so  well  remembered  here,  could  not 
bo  commonplace  even  in  the  manner  of  his  death.  Years  ago 
he  was  dying  of  consumption  in  San  Francisco.  He  went  to  Samoa, 
snapped  his  fingers  at  consumption ,  did  incredible  literary  work,  and, 
lean  and  cadaverous  though  he  was,  and  the  last  man  under  the  sun 
to  die  of  overpressure  of  blood  (which  he  never  had  in  his  veins),  he 
dropped  off  with  apoplexy  I  There  is  a  touch  of  the  grimly  humor- 
ous in  this  final  freak  of  his  genius. 
IT  has  been  dicided  by  the  Administration  that  the  United  8tates 
is  to  take  no  part  in  the  investigation  in  the  Armenian  out- 
rages. This  is  strictly  in  keeping  with  the  policy  of  the  Monroe 
doctrine.  Perhaps  it  is,  also,  diplomatically,  an  eminently  proper 
and  dignified  course.  But  are  not  toe  ties  of  a  common  human- 
ity, the  spectacle  of  ten  thousand  cruel  murders,  of  more  pressing 
importance  than  even  the  dignity  of  a  nation? 

THE  dispatches  say  that  a  firm  of  Chicago  undertakers  bave 
been  digging  up  coffins  and  using  tbem  again  in  their  busi- 
ness. The  firm's  operatives  did  not  forget  to  remove  jewelry  or 
other  valuables  from  the  rightful  owners  of  tbe  coffins.  Chicago 
is  great  in  many  ways. 

GIMYO  ADECHI,  the  Buddhist  priest  who  has  come  hither  to 
convert  us  to  the  true  religion,  naively  observes  tbat  he 
wants  to  learn  something  about  Christianity,  and  that  to  this  end 
he  will  interview  some  of  our  ministers.     The  sly  old   humorittl 

QUESTION:  If  a  police  captaincy  in   New  York  costs  $15,000, 
what  are  tbe  emoluments  of   a  Chinatown  patrolman  in  San 
Francisco?     Send  all  answers  to  the  Conundrum  Editor. 


SA.\  FRAXC1SC0  NE\TS  IiETTER. 


OOKCR-ON. 


THE  law,  when  practiced  in  office  and  court,  is  a  profitable  and 
highly  honorable  profession.  Street  opinions,  when  rendered 
to  friends,  are  supposed  in  law,  as  well  as  in  medicine,  to  go  to  the 
profit  and  loss  account.  An  odd  example  of  departure  from  this  un- 
written rule  occurred  a  few  days  ago.  A  young  lawyer  was  among  a 
group  of  laymen.  A  dispute  arose  regarding  the  legal  right  or  wrong 
of  a  certain  proposition.  A  gentleman  consulted  the  lawyer — in  fact, 
referred  the  matter  to  him,  aud  the  young  advocate  told  him  that  he 
would  look  into  it  and  give  him  a  written  answer  in  the  morning; 
which  he  did.  But  with  the  answer  came  a  bill  for  one  hundred  dol- 
lars. The  merchant  looked  at  it  in  amazement,  sighed  deeply,  and 
payed  the  bill.  And  the  chances  are  that  if  Mr.  Coit  should  ever  be 
forced  into  litigation,  he  will  not  consult  Mr.  Campbell. 

*  *  » 

George  Hall,  Turkish  and  Persian  Consul,  among  his  other  accom- 
plishments is  a  good  Latin  scholar.  Mr.  Hall  goes  largely  into  so- 
ciety, where,  it  is  not  necessary  to  say,  he  is  much  appreciated.  One 
evening  this  week  he  went  to  dine  with  some  friends,  and  was  a  trifle 
late.  To  the  Consul  was  assigned  a  wail  flower— a  highly  intellectual, 
but  extremely  attenuated  old-young  lady.  Mr.  Hall,  turning  to  a 
classical  friend  of  his,  murmured  in  good  Latin  the  old  proverb:  "The 
late  comer  must  be  content  with  the  bones."  Swift  as  the  descent  of 
a  meteor,  the  ancient  maiden  turned  upon  him.  and  retaliated  in  the 
language  of  Cicero:  "Bones  are  good  enough  for  the  dogs."  To  say 
that  the  elegant  George  was  utterly  and  completely  dumbfounded  is 
but  feebly  to  describe  the  condition  of  that  eminent  diplomat. 

*  *  * 

Joaquin  Miller's  latest  outburst,  Aloah  Hawaii,  must  not  be  taken 
as  a  personal  salutation  of  t  he  author  to  the  Isles  which  he  will  shortly 
visit.  Mr.  Miller  goes  to  Hawaii  strictly  incog.  "  I  am  going  to  live 
like  a  native,"  he  says,  "  and  eschew  all  social  formalities."  This  is 
his  modest  way  of  declaring  that  he  will  not  be  lionized  at  Honolulu, 
but  whether  he  will  or  not  remains  to  be  seen.  One  thing  is  sure.  If 
be  lives  like  a  native  there  will  be  no  asceticism  in  his  conduct  while 
he  remains  at  the  Islands.  "  I  mean  to  live  in  a  grass  hut,"  he  says, 
having  in  his  mind's  eye  the  one  exhibited  at  the  Midwinter  Fair.  As 
that  one  has  gone  back  to  the  Islands,  where  it  is  still  used  for  ex- 
hibition purposes,  Mr.  Miller  may  be  able,  at  a  considerable  expense, 
to  gratify  his  heart's  desire  in  this  respect;  but  even  this  is  doubtful. 
His  real  errand  to  the  Islands  is  to  write  a  history  of  them  for  a 
Chicago  publishing  house  that  is  banking  upon  a  Republican  Adminis- 
tration at  Washington  annexing  the  Islands,  and  thus  winding  up 
their  history  as  a  separate  nation.  Mr.  Miller  leaves  for  Honolulu 
some  time  in  January.  He  declares  that  he  will  not  go  to  the  hotel  at 
Honolulu  and  will  not  inhabit  a  civilized  residence.  His  hermit-like 
experiences  on  the  Heights  seem  to  have  changed  his  point  of  view 
coui.t!erab:y  since  the  old  days  in  London. 

*  *  * 

The  death  of  the  well-beloved  Robart  Liuis  Stevenson  calls  to 
mind  some  negotiations  that  were  had  on  his  behalf  between 
Charles  G.  Yale  and  the  late  Dr.  Merritt,  the  Oakland  millionaire. 
Mr.  Yale,  who  is  an  "  elderly  naval  man,"  with  a  gift  for  making 
good  sound  prose  and  variously  accomplished  otherwise,  was  selected 
to  treat  with  Dr.  Merritt  for  the  hire— is  that  the  nautical  word  ?— of 
the  yacht  Casco,  the  only  boat  of  the  kind  on  this  coast  that  was  tit  to 
make  a  voyage  to  the  South  Seas.  The  doctor  hemmed  and  hawed 
for  awhile  aud  then  applied  his  final  measure  of  value  for  men  and 
things. 

"  Who  is  this  Stevenson  ?    Has  he  got  any  nidney  ?  " 
*  «-  * 

Sigmund  Beel  had  turned  off  one  of  those  things  on  his  violin  that 
musical  people  describe  as  "inspiring."  A  lady  in  the  audieuce 
turned  to  her  husband,  saying: 

"  After  hearing  that  I  feel  as  if  1  wanted  to  be  a  better  woman. " 

"Yes,  dear,"  said  the  patient  man,  "but  the  influence  doesn't 
work  beyond  the  sound  of  the  fiddle." 
»  *  * 

It  was  recently  announced  that  Mrs.  John  Martin  would  soon  ap- 
pear iu  the  theatrical  firmament  as  a  star  of  exceptional  brilliancy  in 
her  play  entitled  Bluod  Relations.  And  this  is  where  the  trouble 
comes  in.  Theo.  Kretuer  has  just  finished  a  romantic  drama  on 
which  he  has  been  working  for  the  past  five  months,  and  which  he 
has  given  the  title  of  Blood  Relations.  Some  little  time  ago  Mrs.  John 
Martin  sought  the  aspiring  author  of  Church  and  Stage,  entertained 
him  royally,  and  requested  him  to  write  a  play  for  her.  The  young 
author's  head  became  quite  dizzy  with  expectant  glory.  In  a  burst 
of  youthful  ardor  he  confided  the  plot  and  title  of  bis  latest  work, 
Blood  Relations,  and  suggested  that  the  title  would  not  be  a  bad  one 
for  Mrs.  John  Martin's  own  proposed  play,  offering  to  rob  his  piece 
of  its  pet  name  in  consideration  of  being  chosen  to  write  a  drama 
of  the  celebrated  Martin  will  case.    Mrs.  John   Martin  talked,  and 


talked,  and  talked  most  eloquently.  Mr.  Kremer  thirsted  for  new 
literary  honors.  And  then  came  the  fatal  question  of  terms.  The 
worldly-wise  Mr.  Kremer  insisted  upon  being  paid  in  advance.  The 
coming  tragedienne  sweetly  but  firmly  refused.  The  terms  being 
"no  cash,  no  play,"  they  parted,  Mr.  Kremer  going  to  Los  Angeles 
and  Mrs.  John  Martin  to  seek  another  dramatic  scribe.  When  the 
ambitious  author  returned  from  Los  Angeles  he  was  surprised  to 
find  that  Mrs.  John  Martin's  forthcoming  play  had  been  given  the 
title  of  Blood  Relations.  He  asserts  that  he  intends  to  keep  his  own 
title  for  his  own  play,  but  still  proposes  to  gratify  his  aspirations 
by  writing  a  play  on  the  Martin  will  case,  which  will  contain  nothing 
but  plain  facts,  and  in  which  Mrs.  Henry  Martin  will  be  por- 
trayed as  the  suffering  and  triumphant  heroine.  An  interesting 
phase  of  the  case  is  a  letter  to  Mr.  Kremer  from  Salvini,  in  which  the 
latter  says:  "I  have  already  written  Mrs.  Isabella  Martin  to  send 
your  play,  Blood  Relations'" — from  which  it  is  apparent  that  the  enter 
prising  lady  has  allowed  no  grass  to  grow  lately. 

ELEGANT    APARTMENTS. 


WITHIN  the  last  few  years  there  have  been  erected  in  San  Fran- 
cisco some  of  the  handsomest  office  buildings  in  the  United 
S  ates,  but  of  greater  importance  to  housekeepers  is  the  fact  that  we 
have  one  building  that  is  unique— the  Strathmore.  This  is  an  ele- 
gant apartment  house,  situated  on  Larkin  street,  opposite  the  New 
City  Hall,  and  thus  in  immediate  touch  with  the  main  cable  and 
electric  street-car  lines  of  the  city.  It  seems  an  extraordinary  thing 
tbat  the  Strathmore  should  be  the  only  house  of  its  class  in  the  city, 
but  it  shows  merely  that  the  superior  advantages  and  comforts  which 
a  high-class  apartment  house  insures  are  not  generally  known.  This 
method  of  housekeeping  has  become  so  popular  in  New  York  and 
Bostou  that  the  "flat,"  as  we  have  itin  San  Francisco,  is  regarded  as 
a  last  resort. 

The  Strathmore  is  a  large,  handsome,  elegant  iron,  stone,  and 
brick  structure,  and  on  each  of  its  several  floors  are  housekeeping 
apartments  of  various  sizes,  and  rented  at  correspondingly  varying 
prices.  Each  is  perfectly  private  and  separate  from  the  others. 
Dumb  waiters,  electric  calls,  and  speaking  tubes  run  from  each  apart- 
ment to  the  basement,  so  that  supplies  may  be  ordered  and  received 
without  the  annoyance  of  interminable  calls  at  the  front  door  by 
dealers  and  hucksters.  And  then,  an  elevator,  running  day  and 
n'ght,  is  an  incalculable  luxury.  Besides  this,  a  janitor  takes  care 
of  the  corridors  and  stairs,  and  a  watchman  is  in  constant  surveil 
lance  day  and  night,  thus  abolishing  the  danger  of  fires  and  bur- 
glaries. In  addition  to  all  this,  there  is  a  feeling  of  security  in  the 
knowledge  that  other  families,  though  they  may  never  be  seen  ex- 
cept in  the  elevator,  are  within  call  if  any  emergency  should  arise. 
Housekeeping  under  these  conditions  is  light,  pleasant,  and  safe,  and 
cannot  be  compared  with  that  of  living  in  flats,  with  its  constant 
annoyances  and  inconveniences. 

THE  Supreme  Court  of  Connecticut  has  taken  upon  itself  the 
i  authority  to  reverse  established  law  by  deciding  that  a  man 
once  in  jeopardy  and  acquitted  on  a  criminal  charge,  can  be  re- 
arr.s.ed  and  tried  on  the  same  charge,  if  sufficient  new  evidence 
is  obtained  to  insure  conviction.  Should  the  court  of  last  resort 
sustain  such  a  ruliDg,  there  may  be  less  bribery  and  perjury  in 
the  future,  but  it  will  require  a  new  construction  of  the  Constitu- 
tion to  make  the  ruliDg  effective. 


Arditi,  the  great  musical  conductor,  is  intensely  fond  of  American 
Whiskey.  When  his  San  Franciaco  Jriend,  Henry  Heyman.  visited 
him  in  London  last  summer,  he  took  with  him  a  case  of  Keystone 
Monogram  as  a  gift  to  the  great  Maestro. 

Open  Evenings^^ 

BOTH    STORES: 

227,  229  Post  St. 215-219  Bush  St 

THE    LATEST 

Christmas... 

...Novelties 

SEE   OUR 

'BROWNIE"  LEATHER  GOODS. 

H.  S.  Crocker  Company. 


CHRISTMAS   NUMBER. 


THE    PRIDE    UF    THE    CITY. 


UPON  returning  from  bis  vi9it  to  the  great  public  parks  and 
gardens  of  Europe  and  the  Eastern  States,  Jobn  McLaren, 
Superintendent  of  Golden  Gate  Park,  standing  one  autumn  day  near 
the  Haight-streei  entrance  of  the  park,  made  a  sweeping  gesture  to- 
ward the  sea  of  dahlias  and  roses  which  stretched  away  before  him, 
and  remarked :  "  In  all  Central  Park  there  are  never  as  many  flowers 
as  you  see  now  in  this  corner  of  Golden  Gate  Park."  W.  W.  Stow, 
President  of  the  Golden  Gate  Park  Commissioners,  will,  if  asked  his 
opinion  of  the  future  of  the  park,  say:  "In  twenty-five  years  from 
now  it  will  be  the  greatest  park  in  the  world."  By  this  it  is  assumed 
that  he  will  mean  to  say  although,  by  reason  of  a  unique  climate, 
there  is  a  blaze  of  blossoms  every  day  in  the  year,  the  park  yet  lacks 
in  that  aspect  of  massive  foliage  which  ancient  oaks  lend  to  the  parks 
of  Europe.  But  this  difficulty  is  being  overcome,  and  in  that  daring 
way  which  is  peculiarly  Western— the  Commissioners  are  arranging 
to  plant  fifty  great  California  white  oaks— than  which  no  handsomer 
trees  are  to  be  found— on  that  shoulder  of  Strawberry  Hill  which  holds 
up  the  eastern  extremity  of  the  lake.  It  was  through  the  generosity 
of  Mrs.  Hearst  that  this  departure  from  the  beautiful  but  squat  scrub 
oaks  which  fill  the  park  was  made  possible. 

That  part  of  the  park  lying  east  of  Strawberry  Hill  will  be  developed 
on  its  present  lines,  but  west  of  the  hill  there  is  to  be  a  wonderful 
forest  stretching  the  whole  way  to  the  ocean  beach  and  containing 
every  kind  of  tree  that  can  grow  in  a  semi-tropical  climate. 

Wealthy  San  Franciscans  may  not  be  proud  of  all  things  in  and 
about  the  city,  but  they  are  of  Golden  Gate  Park.  Perhaps  the  per- 
suasiveness and  devotion  of  the  Commissioners  have  something  to  do 
with  that,  but  they  are  too  modest  to  admit  it,  and  declare  that  it  is 
the  pride  of  the  people  alone  that  accounts  for  the  generous  donations 
which  have  been  made  to  beautify  the  park.  Such  was  certainly  the 
case  with  Mr.  Sweeney,  who  built  the  observatory  on  the  top  of  Straw- 
berry Hill.  And  all  that  was  needed  to  secure  $25,000  from  C.  P. 
Huntington  for  the  beautiful  cascade  and  waterfall  which  tumble 
noisily  down  the  hill  was  an  explanation  of  the  plan.  He  doubted 
that  a  permanent  waterfall  rushing  over  an  artificial  course  could  be 
made  in  the  sand,  but  there  he  reckoned  without  knowledge  of  the 
uncommon  engineering  skill  of  Superintendent  McLaren,  who  in- 
herited from  his  father  in  Scotland  a  genius  for  landscape  gardening, 
and  who  has  accomplished  wonderful  things  for  Golden  Gate  Park. 

Strawberry  Hill,  the  Sweeney  Observatory,  Stow  Lake,  and  the 
Huntington  Cascade  are  to-day  the  conspicuous  features  of  the  park, 
the  lake  and  the  cascade  being  the  most  difficult  and  picturesque  of 
all.  Mr.  McLaren  had  to  sink  concrete  nine  feet  in  the  sand  for  the 
cascade,  and  throw  out  bracing  concrete  wings  at  intervals,  to  insure 
permanency.  These  wings  made  pockets  in  the  hillside,  and  these 
pockets  he  tilled  with  the  richest  loam,  and  therein  was  planted  that 
wonderful  jungle  of  tropical  plants  that  delights  the  visitor  to-day. 
It  is  impossible  to  realize  that  this  stupendous  work  is  but  a  matter 
of  yesterday. 

In  Mr.  Stow's  office  are  plans  and  elevations  of  a  great  clock  tower 
which  show  an  imposing  structure  and  which  await  only  the  magic 
touch  of  some  wealthy  and  public-spirited  hand  to  make  them  a  sub- 
substantial  reality.  With  such  men  as  W.  W.  Stow,  Irving  M.  Scott, 
and  Joseph  Austin  composing  the  Commission  and  John  McLaren  as 
Superintendent,  all  under  State  law  and  removed  from  the  pressure 
of  the  shady  politics  of  the  city,  there  is  every  encouragement  for  pa- 
triotic citizens  of  means  to  contribute  generously  to  the  work  of  mak- 
ing this,  as  Mr.  Stow  says  it  will  be  in  twenty-five  years  and  as  some 
persons  think  it  is  to-day,  the  greatest  park  in  the  world. 

The  public  has  little  conception  of  the  work  done  without  compen- 
sation by  the  Commissioners.  It  required  the  strongest  kind  of  in 
fluence  to  induce  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  to  permit  its  spur 
track  into  the  park  to  remain  awhile  after  the  close  of  the  Midwinter 
Fair,  but  no  persuasion  was  required  to  induce  C.  P.  Huntington  to 
haul  loam  over  the  spur  into  the  park  from  the  vicinity  of  Baden  at 
a  charge  of  four  dollars  a  carload,  which  is  the  actual  cost  of  the  ser- 
vice. 

The  Commissioners  have  recently  arranged  for  a  further  supply  of 
rich  loam  from  the  big  Italian  vegetable  gardens  near  the  Marine 
Hospital.  Some  of  the  best  work  done  by  the  board  is  not  visible. 
There  are  fifty  miles  of  iron  pipe  under  the  ground,  and  a  great 
deal  which  runs  from  some  wells  at  the  Almshouse  to  the  reservoir 
on  Strawberry  Hill,  more  than  supplying  the  loss  by  evaporation 
there  and  entailing  no  charge  for  maintenance.  Very  expensive,  too, 
and  tedious  beyond  all  knowledge,  was  the  construction  of  the  new 
water  works  which  are  now  being  completed.  The  old  works  delivered 
300,000  gallons  in  twenty-four  hours,  but  the  new  works,  furnished 
by  the  Union  Iron  Works  for  less  than  cost,  delivers  four  or  five  mil- 
lion gallons  a  day,  although  Mr.  Scott,  President  of  the  Union  Iron 
Works,  guaranteed  only  1,500,000  gallons. 

The  report  made  by  the  Commissioners  last  year  has  been  the 
source  from  which  this  meagre  outline  of  work  done  at  the  park  was 
taken.  It  is  understood  to  have  been  written  by  President  Stow,  and 
it  is  the  ablest  and  clearest  exposition  of  the  present  condition  of  and 
future  plans  for  the  park  that  has  ever  been  made.  It  is  a  pity  that 
it  should  not  be  read  by  every  resident  of  the  city  who  is  financially 
able  to  assist  in  adding  to  the  beauties  of  the  park. 


BROWN    MEETS    AN    OLD    FRIEND. 

TWO  chums,  one  with  an  Eastern  air  about  bim  and  the  other 
atypical  Californian,  both  of  middle  age  and  sound  and  bealthy 
appearance,  sat  down  to  a  table  in  San  Francisco  and  were  rejoiced 
to  see  each  other  after  the  long  absence  of  one  of  them  in  the  East. 
They  talked  about  old  times  over  a  caraffe  of  o.d  American  whisky, 
and,  like  all  genuine  Californians,  weie  jovial  and  hearty.  The  rain 
was  pouring  down  outside.  Brown,  taking  up  his  glass  and  admiring 
the  rich  amber  color  of  its  contents,  said  to  hia  returned  friend: 

"  Jones,  my  boy,  is  there,  after  all,  any  better  steady  drink  than 
fine  old  American  whisky  ?  " 

"  That  depends,"  replied  Jones.  "  There's  a  good  deal  of  '  fine  old 
American  whisky  '  on  this  market,  as  I  have  found  on  my  return, 
that  is  mere  slop " 

"Tut,  tut!  "  interrupted  Brown.  "By  tine  old  American  whisky  I 
do  not  mean  the  fraudulent  stuff  advertised  as  fine,  but  one  that  has 
stood  the  test  of  nearly  forty  years  on  this  coast." 

"Ah  1"  said  Jones,  taking  a  generous  sip  from  his  glass  and  smack- 
ing his  lips  with  a  relish.  "I  remember  this  whisky  I  Bless  me  if  it 
isn't  the  J.  H.  Cutter  1  It  carries  its  own  certificate  of  character  to 
the  palate,  the  stomach,  the  head,  and  even  the  memory.  I  used  it 
here  in  the  old  days  aDd  recognized  it  at  once!" 

Brown  expressed  a  gratified  surprise  at  this,  and  explained  that 
Hotaling  &  Co. ,  in  fighting  counterfeiters,  had  exposed  the  fraud  and 
thus  warned  the  public.  "Hotaling  deserves  his  success,"  he  added. 
"His  J.  H.  Cutter  is  prescribed  by  physicians  and  all  the  old  con- 
noisseurs use  it." 

With  a  parting  bumper  the  friends  parted. 


EAGLESON  &  OO.'S 


348  and  750  Market  St.,  and 
15  4»  Montgomery  St. 


FINE  DRESS 

SHIRTS, 
Underwear, 
Gloves,   etc. 


Christmas  Gifts 


THE 

BICYCLE 

BAZAAR. 

Cor.  I'mmmt  ;mil  Market  Sts. 

High-grade  bicycles  for  young  people.  Pneumatic  Tires,  Wood 
or  Steel  Rims,  Light  Weights,  etc.    Prices  that  will  suit  everybody. 

Standard  bicycles  for  boys.  High-class  wheels  of  the  period, 
$20  to  $30. 

GEO.    WEBB    ALEXANDER, 


OSBORN 


SUCCCfaSO'   (o 

&    ALEXANDER, 


401  Market  St. 


DOXEY, 


631     MARKET    STREET, 


BOOKS. 


OPEN    EVENINGS. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


<^F(IS]Y  9  VI/1SE, 


)\|.  B. 


U/ool  aijd  Commission  /I\erel?ants,  212  5ai?som,e  St.,  5-  F- 

Bags,  Twine,  Haywards  famous  Paste  and  Liquid  Sheep  Dips,   etc. 
Sole  Agents  for  the  following  famous  brands  : 

VICTOR  TOUT  &  CO.;  celebrated  IMPERIAL  Extra  Dry  Champagne, 
Reims,  France.  Equal  in  quality,  flavor,  and  Dryness,  to  the  best 
known  brands  in  the  market. 

OLD  BUMG-A.RDNER  RYE  WHISKY;  the  oldest  distillery  in  America, 
Staunton,   Va. 

ROXBURY  RYE,  Roxbury,  Md  ;    the  cleanest,  purest,  the  best. 

HAZEL  GAP  and  GREYSTONE  BOURBONS,  and  the  well-known  C. 
&  W.  BLENDS,    from   the   distilleries   of   Paris;   Allen  &  Co.     Also  the 

Celebrated  YELLOWSTONE  BOURBON  WHISKY;  Louisville,  Ky. 

Owirg  to    our   exceptional   facilities    we    are    able    to    meet    all 
the    requirements   of    the    trade    at   the   lowest   prices. 


Jfoliday 
(Joods. 


Having  bought  immense  quantities  of  SPECIAL 
HIGH-CLASS  HOLIDAY  GOODS  for  our  two 
mammoth  stores  we  are  in  position  to  supply  all 
in  search  of  ELEGANT,  USEFUL,  AND  SER- 
VICEABLE HOLIDAY  GIFTS  with  the  choicest 
productions  of  the  world's  greatest  manufactur- 
ers of  DRY  GOODS,  CLOAKS,  AND  FANCY 
GOODS  at 


prices 
That  are 
Unmatqbabl^, 


SAN  FRANCISCO  and  LOS  ANGELES. 


YULE=TIDE    HINTS! 

Suggested  at 
SLOANE'S. 

We  have  just  received  hun- 
dreds of  pretty  and  nobby 
pieces  of  furn  ture  that 
mate  appropriateChristmas 
gifts.  They  aTe  at  once 
handsome,  useful,  and  dur- 
able. Constantly  yielding 
comfort  and  enjoyment  to 
the  owner,  they  force  upon 
her  (or  him)  aconistant  and 
kind  remembrance  of  the 
donor. 

1  here  are  quaint  ideas  of 
art,  dain  y  creations  of  fash- 
ion and  fancy  in 
TEA  TABLES, 

EsCRITO'RES. 


BOOKCASES, 
RECEPTION  CHAIRS. 

FANCY  TABLE*. 

CHEVAL  GLASSES, 
PARLOR  A    0  MUSIC 

CABINETS, 
TABOURETS, 

FANCY  CHAIRS, 

LADIES'  DRESSERS, 
LADIES' WRITING  DESKS. 
They  n*  eri  not  mctch  any- 
thing. Let  them  be  different 
—odd— a  sort  of  foil  or  relief 
to  1  lie  other  furni  hn  gs. 

We  invite  inspection  of 
goods  and  comparison  of 
prices. 

W,  &  J,  SLOANE I  CO 

FURNITDJRE, 
CA    PET-, 
UHHOLSTERY. 

Ml,  M3  645,  M7  Market  rtat, 

Out  of  town    orders 
pily  and  carefully    at- 


^jgg^^Ui^gjs*-.;  j  iwten?-' , 


BAIMTY     WRITING    DESKS 

In  Great  Variety. 


8.    P.    N«w»   L*«*r. 


ChrlBtm.s    Number. 


«*** 


w  '^%^^S?<.::Jjim^j^ 


AT    THE    EDQE    OF    THE    ORCHARD.-By  M.  I.  Morrison. 


■-f£ti  J%!>§)lcM 


UNDER    THE    OAKS     BERKELEY. -By  Miss  Froellch. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


m 


places. 


HE  constant  change  in  things  around  as,  which  is  such  a 
marked  feature  of  our  Dation  and  our  people,  is  nowhere 
more  marked  and  visible  than  in  our  society  and  its  leaders. 
Seasons  come  and  seasons  go,  and  time  rolls  on,  bringing  to 
the  surface  those  who  in  turn  pass  on,  and  others  take  their 
Not  alone  is  this  so  in  regard  to  the  leaders  of  society  them- 
selves, but  we  find  that  change  is  noticeable  in  the  style  and  mode  of 
entertainment  as  each  season  successively  claims  recognition,  then 
becomes  a  thing  of  the  past. 

Our  mothers  tell  us  of  the  varied  forms  of  hospitality  enjoyed  by 
and  dispensed  by  their  mothers  before  them,  and  it  would  seem  as 
though  many  of  them  so  spoken  of  were  redivivus  among  us  again  in 
this  year  of  our  Lord  1894-and-o.  We  are  told  that  history  repeats 
itself,  and  so  surely  does  many  a  "social  function."  Take,  for  in- 
stance, the  "ladies'  lunch  party ;"  it  was  a  favorite  form  of  hospital- 
ity with  the  ladies  who  made  society  on  the  Pacific  Coast  the  refined, 
cultured  body  it  was  in  the  good  old  days  of  our  parents  from  1854 
to  1875,  and  the  lunches  of  that  period  were,  while  equally  elaborate 
in  one  sense,  much  more  friendlv  than  the  formal  affair  designated 
"ladies' luncheons"  of  to-day.  The  dishes  were  as  numerous,  dtli- 
cious  in  taste  and  well  served,  but  of  a  more  homely  cuisine,  broiled 
chicken,  fried  oysters,  terrapin,  waffles,  and  Virginia  biscuits  being  a 
menu  as  heartily  enjoyed  then  as  the  intricate  plats  of  a  French  cor- 
don bleu  can  furnish  now  amid  decorations  of  the  table  of  an  elab- 
orate style. 

As  enormous  wealth  grew  upon  us,  our  people  traveled  and  brought 
back  to  their  Pacific  homes  the  style  and  customs  of  the  Atlantic. 
which  in  turn  had  been  imported  from  Europe.  So  sprang  into  1  e- 
ing  the  "afternoon  tea,"  the  formal  dinner  party,  and  the  magnifi- 
cent ball,  which  latter,  though,  like  angels'  visits,  few  and  far  be- 
tween, are,  when  they  do  take  place,  a  credit  to  any  community  and 
the  boast  of  our  society,  for  the  splendor  and  unstinted  expenditure 
which  characterizes  them.  In  the  present  day  the  duty  of  hostess  at 
that  class  of  entertainment  has  fallen  into  the  hands  of  the  few  who 
possess  large  ballrooms  and  whose  position  as  owners  of  enormous 
wealth  enable  them  to  offer  elaborate  functions  to  society. 

The  position  of  a  successful  hostess  in  the  beau  monde  is  a  difficult 
one  to  fill,  requiring,  as  it  does,  so  many  imperative  qualifications. 
Given  wealth  and  an  assured  place  in  the  fashionable  world,  any 
woman  gifted  with  even  but  average  intelligence  can  fill  the  positirn 
acceptably,  but  it  is  the  woman  of  tact  that  scores  the  social  triumph . 
Beauty  and  wealth  are  powerful  factors  in  the  world  of  fashion,  but 
tact  outweighs  them  both.  A  hostess  of  tact  knows  just  who  are  the 
desirable  people  to  invite,  just  how  to  place  her  guests  at  the  dii  ner 
table,  what  to  say  at  the  proper  time,  what  to  do  at  the  proper  mo- 
menta— in  fact,  to  use  an  old  saying,  slightly  altered  for  the  occasion 
"of  whom  to  speak,  with  whom  to  speak,  and  bow,  and  when,  and 
where."  She  is  invariably  amiable,  even  to  those  whom  she  detests 
(no  such  bad  form  as  rudeness  enters  her  manners),  and  the  great 
secret  of  her  popularity  among  the  men  is  ttiateach  one  feels  that  he 
is  the  honored  guest. 

In  the  great  world's  centres,  of  course  there  are  scores  of  brilliant 
women  whose  gifts  of  beauty  and  intellect  have  been  enhanced  by 
breeding  and  culture  who  adorn  society,  but  even  in  remote  San 
Francisco  to-day,  far  away  as  we  are  from  that  great  world,  and  in 
a  measure  self-dependent,  we  can  boast  of  many  ladies  who  as  social 
hostesses  would  achieve  distinction  anywhere. 

As  types  of  different  styles,  let  us  take,  for  example,  the  hostess  of 
enormous  wealth,  cultivated  tastes,  and  hospitable  inclination,  Mrs. 
C.  P.  Huntington  certainly  stands  at  the  head  of  such  in  our  society. 
Mrs.  Leland  Stanford  has  in  former  days  filled  the  position  admir- 
ably, her  dinners  and  large  receptions,  given  chieflyin  honor  of  some 
distinguished  tourist,  being  notable  affairs  of  their  kind.  Mrs.  Stan- 
ford has.  of  course,  been  away  from  San  Francisco  to  a  great  extent 
during  the  life  of  her  husband  when  his  Senatorial  duties  called  him 
to  the  Nation's  Capital,  but  she  has  always  been  claimed  by  our 
society  as  a  most  popular  hostess. 

Whenever  elaborate  menus  are  in  order,  Mrs.  Lloyd  Tevis  excels 
as  a  hostess,  and  her  ball  suppers  are  superb.  As  an  early-day  en- 
tertainer Mrs.  Tevis's  tastes  inclined  her  chiefly  to  ladies'  luncheons 
and  small  dinners,  aud  in  her  later  years  she  has  returned  to  that 


form  of  hospitality  to  a  great  extent,  as,  owing  to  the  marriage  of  all 
her  children,  and  more  recent  family  affliction,  several  years  have 
elapsed  since  her  house  on  Taylor  street  has  been  thrown  open  for 
either  an  evening  reception  or  dance.  Society  confidently  looks  for- 
ward, however,  to  a  renewal  of  elaborate  festivities  at  the  Tevis's 
when  the  granddaughter  of  the  bouse,  Miss  Florence  Breckinridge, 
the  only  daughter  of  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon,  will  make  her  debut  under 
the  old  roof  tree. 

Mrs.  Louis  Haggin— the  only  one  of  that  name  left  to  represent  in 
San  Francisco  society  a  name  for  years  famous  for  hospitality  therein 
—is  a  lady  of  esthetic  taste  and  much  literary  ability,  haviug  edited 
several  books  of  poetry  (translations  from  old  French  authors).  She 
prefers  social  functions  of  a  selectcharacter.  dinner  parties  especially 
being  a  favorite  form  of  hospitality  in  her  handsome  home  on  Tay- 
lor street,  adjoining  that  of  her  husband's  aunt,  Mrs.  Lloyd  Tevis, 
the  house,  although  charmingly  appointed,  not  being  commodious 
enough  for  larger  gatherings. 

Mrs.  D.  M.  Delmas,  a  neighbor  of  Mrs.  Haggin,  on  Taylor  street, 
is,  on  the  contrary,  very  much  given  to  general  entertaining,  and 
her  rooms,  being  large,  are  well  adapted  for  the  dances  and  constant 
gatherings  of  young  people,  whom  she  is  so  fond  of  opening  her  doors 
to.  It  would  be  a  difficult  matter  to  say  which  is  Mrs.  Delmas's 
favorite  form  of  entertainment,  she  being  equally  good  at  all,  whether 
it  be  a  dance,  dinner,  theatre  party  with  its  after-supper  at  the  resi- 
dence in  town,  or  a  merry  party  of  youngfolks  at  the  ranch  at  Moun- 
tain View,  in  Santa  Clara  County,  in  the  summer| season.  Mrs.  Del- 
mas is  an  ideal  hostes  partout. 

Mrs.  Peter  Donohue,  the  widow  of  the  well-known  Irish  capitalist, 
is  a  hostess  of  untiring  hospitality,  in  which  she  is  heartily  jointd 
by  her  sister,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Martin,  who  resides  with  her.  Her 
luncheons,  dinners,  and  teas  have  been  features  of  the  season. 

Mrs.  J.  D.  Fry  is  known  socially  as  the  hostess  of  delightful  din- 
ners, and  her  beautiful  residence  on  Jackson  street  is  often  looked  at 
with  wistful  eyes  by  the  dancing  portion  of  the  swim,  as  it  is  pecu- 
liarly well  adapted  for  balls.  A  very  successful  "tea"  in  aid  of  a 
fashionable  charity  was  held  there  last  winter,  Mrs.  Fry  having  gen- 
erously placed  her  handsome  house  at  the  disposal  of  the  lady  man- 
agers for  the  purpose. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  Parrott  has  always  ranked  among  the  most  exclusive 
of  society's  hostesses.  Not  only  is  she  a  leading  member  of  the  "old 
set,"  but  in  the  new  as  well.  She  is  noted  for  the  conservatism  of  her 
visiting  list,  and  consequently  her  entertaiuments.  A  great  deal  of 
Mrs.  Parrott's  duties  as  a  hostess  lies  at  her  San  Mateo  home,  a 
beautiful  rural  abode,  where,  during  the  summer  months,  she  enter- 
tertains  a  round  of  guests  after  the  English  custom,  butsheis  usually 
to  be  relied  upon  for  at  least  one  large  ball  during  the  winter  season  in 
town,  with  numerous  small  dinners  and  musical  receptions. 

A  hostess  who  delights  to  honor  art  in  all  its  various  branches,  and 
is  ever  ready  to  extend  cordial  greeting  and  warm  hospitality  to  its 
exponents,  is  Mrs.  M.  H.  de  Young.  A  lady  of  cultivated  tastes  and 
great  breadth  of  mind  (both  iucreased  by  foreign  travel),  Mrs.  de 
Young  entertains  in  every  form,  as  in  the  tnus  cale  in  honor  of  Patti, 
the  dinner  for  Irving  and  Terry,  teas,  and  other  functions  for  society 
at  large.  She  is  not  only  prominent  as  a  society  hostess,  but  as  the 
p_itron  of  several  leading  charities  as  well  she  has  gained  great  dis- 
tinction, and  in  the  summer  time  has  frequently  placed  herlovelv 
country  home,  "Meadowlands,"  near  San  Rafael,  at  the  disposition 
of  the  managers  of  such  affairs. 

Mrs.  Pelham  Ames  is  fond  of  quiet  entertainment,  her  house  on 
Taylor  street  not  being  large  enough  to  permit  of  elaborate  hospi- 
tality. Teas  and  afternoon  rnusicales  are  what  she  generally  gives 
her  friends.  Miss  Alice  Ames,  her  youngest  daughter,  is  always  a 
bright  light  at  the  latter,  being  a  promising  member  of  the  Saturday 
Morning  Orchestra,  and  is  regarded  as  the  best  amateur  violinist  in 
society. 

A  hostess  of  strongly  artistic  leanings,  whom  a  dash  of  Bohemia 
does  not  affright,  but  on  the  contrary  attracts,  is  Mrs.  Will  Crocker. 
She  is  a  woman  of  bright  presence  and  striking  originality,  and  even 
ventures  on  disdaining  les  convenances  now  and  then.  Having  a  young 
husband  who  adores  her,  a  beautiful  home  on  "  Nob  Hill,"  and  a 
large  fortune,  as  well  as  youth  and  beauty,  Mrs.  Crocker  can  afford 
to  do  her  own  sweet  will  in  regard  to  her  entertainments.  So  far  they 
have  been  restricted  to  small  dances  for  the  young  people,  or  fornml 
dinners,  with  an  occasional  "breakfast"  or  luncheon  party,  but  it  is  'a'r 
to  suppose  the  latter  end  of  the  season  will  witness  several  notable 
functions  at  the  Crocker  mansion  on  the  hill. 

Mrs.  Clark  Crocker  has  always  been  most  untiring  in  her  hospi- 
tality since  the  debut  of  her  daughters  into  society,  and  as  this  winter 
she  has  two  charming  young  daughters  to  aid  her  in  Miss  Fanny  and 
Miss  Julia,  who  are  both  extremely  popular  in  the  swim,  the  Clark 


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Crocker  house  may  be  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  favorite  centres  of 
fashion  tbi*  season. 

Mr>.  William  Alvord  can  scarcely  be  ranked  among  the  notable 
-es  of  society,  although  her  large  house  on  Broadway  and  her 
husband's  ample  means  would  enable  her  so  to  be,  but  both  she  and 
Mr.  Alvord  are  partial  to  small  friendly  dinners,  which  form  of  hos- 
pitality Is  most  frequent  with  them  ;  but  once  during  the  season  Mrs. 
Alvord  usually  gives  nn  afternoon  lea  to  embrace  society  general!}. 
A  young  lady  who  has  shown  marked  ability  as  a  society  hostess  is 
Miss  KLIa  Goad,  daughter  of  ihe  well-known  capitalist,  W.  F.  Goad. 
tiaving  been  called,  by  the  death  of  her  mother,  to  preside  over  her 
father's  spacious  establishment  on  Washington  street  at  an  early 
age.  Miss  Ella  has  tilled  the  arduous  position  with  grace  and  dignity, 
and  at  the  head  of  the  elaborate  dinners  which  are  so  frequent  a  form 
of  hospitality  at  the  Goads',  she  has  shown  much  brilliancy  and  tact, 
inherited  no  doubt  from  her  mother,  who  was  herself  a  noted  enter- 
tainer. This  season  Miss  Goad  will  have  the  assistance  in  her  social 
duties  of  her  sister,  Miss  Aileen,  who  is  one  of  the  debutantes  of  the 
winter.  Miss  Ella  Goad  is  very  talented  in  the  theatrical  line,  and 
has  already  created  a  decided  impression  in  society  circles  by  her 
clever  acting  in  several  plays  got  up  for  sweet  Charity's  sake. 

A  new  hostess  in  the  swim  is  Mrs.  Henry  Crocker,  whose  new 
bouse  on  Washington  street  will  doubtless  be  frequently  opened  to 
her  friends  this  winter.  Society  has  yet  to  determine  in  what  direc- 
tion Mrs.  Henry  Crocker's  tastes  lie,  as  so  far  her  entertainments 
have  not  been  of  sufficient  number  to  decide ;  but  as  she  has  wealth, 
youth,  and  good  looks— three  powerful  adjuncts  to  position— some 
brilliant  gatherings  may  be  confidently  expected  in  the  new  resi- 
dence. 

Among  this  winter's  hostesses  the  charming  young  sisters, 
Misses  Alice  and  Ella  Hobart,  may  be  ranked,  and  very  popular  ones 
as  well.  Although  bereft  of  both  parents,  these  young  ladies  have 
shown  themselves  equal  to  the  task  of  presiding  over  an  elegant 
mansion  and  dispensing  a  graceful  hospitality  therein.  The  sister-. 
are  both  young,  endowed  by  nature  with  many  charms  as  well  a« 
those  bestowed  by  Dame  Fortune  in  golden  shower,  fond  of  gay 
doings  and  of  hospitable  inclinations.  So  their  entertainments 
(which  are  generally  devoted  to  young  people  exclusively)  are  sure  to 
be  successful. 

Mrs.  Joseph  A.  Donohoe  is  exclusively  a  hostess  of  dinners,  her  de- 
sire being  to  entertain  a  few. 

Mrs.  E.  J.  McCutchen  made  her  entree  into  society  some  season" 
back  in  a  combination  tea  given  by  her  and  Mrs.  Pelham  Ames 
when  they  each  launched  a  daughter  into  the  fashionable  whirl  of 
the  swim,  and  since  that  time  Mrs.  McCutchen  has  been  a  hostess  of 
several  dinners  and  theatre  parties,  which  form  of  entertaining  seems 
to  be  her  favorite. 

Mrs.  W.  R.  Smedberg's  preference  in  entertaining  is  given  to  after- 
noon tea  receptions ;  but  as  Miss  Cora,  the  last  daughter  to  make  her 
entree  into  society,  is  fond  of  dancing,  it  is  hoped  by  her  young 
friends  that  before  the  season  closes  she  may  prevail  upon  her 
mother  to  adopt  that  form  of  function,  even  though  it  be  as  they  say 
"just  for  once." 

Mrs.  B.  J.  Coleman  represents  the  G  win  family  in  the  role  of  society 
hostess,  in  which  she  is  ably  assisted  by  her  sister.  Miss  Carrie  Gwin. 
During  the  winter  the  large  parlors  of  their  house,  on  the  corner  of 
Hyde  and  Sacramento  streets,  are  frequently  thrown  open  to  their 
friends  on  the  occasion  of  delightful  receptions  or  afternoon  "teas," 
and  in  the  evening  for  informal  card  parties,  both  styles  of  social 
pleasure  being  noted  at  the  Gwins',  whose  name  for  thorough  hospi- 
tality is  as  old  as  the  State  itself. 

Mrs.  McNutt  holds  afternoon  teas  as  her  favorite  form  of  enter- 
tainment, and  has  presided  over  several  in  her  California  street 
home,  where  she  and  her  charming  daughter  welcome  their  friends 
most  gracefully  every  season. 

Mrs.  Fred  Sharon  sometimes  elects  to  leave  the  charms  of  Gotham 
and  spend  a  season  on  her  native  Californian  heath,  and  as  she  in 
known  to  be  fond  of  entertaining  she  may  be  safely  placed  amongour 
society  hostesses.  Mrs.  Sharon  has  no  desire  for  the  burden  and  care 
of  San  Francisco  housekeeping  when  she  can  have  a  suite  of  a  dozen 
rooms  at  the  Palace  Hotel  with  the  perfectly  appointed  service  which 
her  position  as  the  wife  of  its  owner  ensures  her.  Mrs.  Fred's  tastes 
incline  her  to  petit  diners,  followed  by  musical  evenings  or  theatre 
parties.  At  the  former  she  excels,  being  herself  a  pianist  of  remark- 
able ability. 

A  little  lady  whose  triumphs  in  her  seasons  in  society  as  a  leading 
belle  are  assuredly  being  repeated  in  her  role  of  young  matron,  is 
Mrs.  George  Pope,  who  took  her  place  as  such  last  season.  The 
handsome  residence  recently  purchased  by  Mr.  Pope  on  Pacific 
avenue  is  admirably  suited  to  elaborate  entertaining,  and  Mrs.  Pope 
has  an  additional  motive  for  hospitality  in  the  fact  that  her  sister, 
Miss  Carrie  Taylor,  is  one  of  the  buds  of  the  winter,  and  will  be 
"right  bower,"  so  to  speak,  to  her  in  her  social  duties. 

Mrs.  McKenna,  wife  of  the  well-known  jurist,  is  a  charming 
chatelaine,  whose  fair  daughter,  Miss  Belle,  has  been  the  motif  for 
many  delightful  functions.  Mrs.  McKenna  does  not  confine  her  hos- 
pitality to  herdaughter's  young  friends, however,  as  her  more  formal 
dinners  and  afternoon  receptions  are  notable  functions. 

Mrs.  Irving  Scott  devotes  her  beautiful  home  on  Harrison  street  to 
entertainments  of  a  literary  order  generally,  although  this  winter 


she  has  a  lovely  bud  to  assist  her  in  her  social  duties,  and  may  there- 
fore yield  to  Miss  Alice's  love  for  dancing  and  give  a  cotillion  later 
on. 

Mrs.  Adam  Grant  stands  prominent  among  the  dinner  givers  of 
society,  her  spacious  dining-room  in  the  elegant  dwelling  on  Bush 
street  being  the  scene  of  constant  affairs  of  that  order.  Mrs.  Grant 
is  also  noted  as  a  "tea"  hostess,  no  one  ever  refusing  an  invitation 
when  issued  by  this  popular  lady. 

Mrs.  Herman  Oelrichs,  like  Mrs.  Fred  Sharon,  though,  as  Shake- 
speare puts  it,  "Native  here  and  to  the  manner  born,"  has  lived  away 
from  us  in  recent  years  and  hied  her  to  the  charms  of  New  York 
City,  and  only  semi-occasionally  gives  San  Francisco  a  glimpse  or 
her  handsome  presence.  When  she  does  visit  the  coast,  however, 
societ}'  is  sure  to  be  entertained  frequently  during  her  stay  at  the 
Fair  mansion,  on  Pine  street,  a  house  made  famous  for  its  brilliant 
hospitalities  during  the  residence  there  and  sway  in  society  of  Mrs. 
Oelrichs's  lamented  mother,  Mrs.  Theresa  Fair. 

Mrs.  Alexander  Loughborough  may  be  ranked  as  a  hostess  of  the 
swim,  as  she  has  already  opened  the  doors  of  her  handsome  resi- 
dence, on  the  corner  of  O'Farrell  and  Franklin  streets,  for  several 
charming  receptions.  It  is  said  to  be  her  intention  to  entertain 
largely  this  winter  in  honor  of  her  young  daughter,  Miss  Fanny,  and 
her  lovely  niece,  Miss  Marie  Zane. 

A  hostess  whose  brilliant  receptions  are  always  eagerly  looked  for 
whenever  she  comes  among  us,  is  Mrs.  Clara  Catherwood,  who,  since 
her  daughter's  marriage  to  Mr.  La  Montaigne,  of  New  York,  divides 
her  time  between  the  East  and  the  West,  so  that  San  Francisco  sees 
her  only  at  intervals;  but  whenever  in  our  city  Mrs.  Catherwood  is 
strongly  "in  evidence,"  as  she  is  indefatigable  in  providing  entertain- 
ment for  her  numerous  friends,  and  is  a  most  untiring  hostess. 

Mrs.  Samuel  Blair  and  her  pretty  daughter,  Miss  Jennie,  have  for 
several  seasons  been  known  as  delightful  hostesses  at  dinner,  lunch- 
eon, or  tea;  for,  like  the  majority  of  our  present-day  chatelaines, 
they  eschew  the  dancing  party  at  home,  and  incline  to  afternoon  re- 
ceptions or  affairs  of  a  limited  number. 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Huntington  having  purchased  a  fine  house,  society  con- 
fidently hoped  for  large  and  elaborate  functions  therein,  but  so  far 
the  entertaining  of  Mrs.  H.  E.  Huntington  has  been  in  the  form  of 
card  parties  and  informal  luncheons. 

Mrs.  W.  1.  Kip  is  essentially  a  "tea"  and  "dinner"  hostess,  in  which 
form  of  reception  both  Mrs.  Kip  and  her  charming  daughter,  Miss 
Clementina,  excel. 

Mrs.  Horace  Davis  is  one  of  the  literary  set,  belonging  to  the  Cen- 
tury Club,  and  her  numerous  luncheon  parties  are  usually  feasts  of  rea- 
son as  well  as  of  the  body,  the  prevailing  tint  being  "blue." 

Luncheons  and  family  dinners  are  the  type  of  entertainment 
chosen  by  Mrs.  Gordon  Blanding,  as,  like  her  mother,  Mrs.  Lloyd 
Tevis.  Mrs.  Blanding  believes  strongly  in  good  dishes  and  friendly 
guests,  rather  than  the  larger  gatherings  of  a  fashionable  function. 

Of  course  this  list  does  not  embrace  all  the  entertainers  of  the 
swim,  but  it  is  a  sketch  of  those  hostess'  favorite  form  of  entertain- 
ment who  are  leading  lights  in  the  charmed  circle  of  society  and 
best  known  for  constant  hospitality  therein. 

Our  sister  city,  Oakland,  shares  with  San  Francisco  in  offering 
fashionable  entertainment  to  the  beau  monde, but  her  hostesses  areso 
many  that  they  merit  special  mention  as  those  of  the  other  side  of 
the  bay ;  although  Mrs.  A.  A.  Cohen,  at  her  beautiful  home,  "Fern- 
side,"  in  Alameda,  entertains  the  swim  of  San  Francisco  more  ex- 
clusively than  that  of  the  Athens  of  the  Pacific. 

THE  influence  whiou  me  epirus  of  the  departed  exercise  over 
the  will-making  propensity  of  wealthy  women  is  receiving  a 
conspicuous  airing  in  the  Oakland  courts.  The  Portia  Law  Club,  in 
instructing  women  as  to  their  legal  rights,  has  an  equally  grave  cog- 
nate duty  in  reforming  the  morals  of  the  dead.  And  then,  there  is 
the  ministerial  Union — surely  in  the  scramble  for  the  money  of  con- 
fiding women  the  preachers  will  n^tndmit.  the  superior  skill  of  ghosts! 

Don't  fail  to  chew  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum  after 
meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 

Ayer's  Cherry  Pec'oral,  if  used  According  to  directions,  lsa  speedy  enre 
for  colds-     Ask  you*  <ir"ger'  t  r0-  Ay  r'H  Mmana". 

Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


D*PRICE'S 


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Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


CITY    REAL    ESTATE. 

IN  point  of  sales  the  real  estate  market  for  the  past  year  does  not 
present  a  very  favorable  showing.  The  demand  has  been  confined 
almost  exclusively,  as  has  been  the  case  for  several  years  past,  to  re- 
tail business  properties  and  to  high  class  residence  buUdings.  A 
number  of  sales  made  in  these  districts  show  that  values  have  been 
well  sustained.  I  note  the  sale  recently  of  the  property,  49^x93^. 
on  the  west  line  of  Powell  street,  44  feet  north  of  Ellis,  at  $65,000. 
This  property  was  purchased  in  the  fall  of  1886  for  $25,000.  It  has 
been  renting  upon  a  basis  that  has  yielded  six  per  cent,  on  that 
valuation,  and  has  resulted  in  a  profit  to  the  owner  of  $40,000  over 
and  above  the  interest  on  the  original  investment.  It  may  be  gen- 
erally considered  that  this  is  a  rare  exception.  I  am,  however,  of 
the  opinion  that  a  large  amount  of  property  could  be  sold  to-day  at 
a  heavy  advance  above  the  prices  ruling  six  or  seven  years  ago.  It  is 
true  that  there  has  been  a  depreciation  during  the  past  four  years, 
but  the  average  decline  throughout  the  entire  city  has  not  been  as 
great  as  may  be  supposed.  The  sale  recently  of  the  property  26x60 
on  the  west 'line  of  Kearny  street,  north  of  Sutter,  with  a  four-story 
brick  building,  at  $81,000,  is  another  instance  of  the  good  demand  for 
retail  business  property.  Claus  Spreckels  has  shown  his  faith  in  reel 
estate  investments,  and  has  made  additional  purchases  during  the 
past  year.  Among  tbem  1  will  recall  the  sale  to  him  by  Mrs.  Don- 
obue,  of  the  lot  137^x170,  on  the  southeast  line  of  Market  street,  275 
feet  northeast  of  Sixth,  at  $500,000.  Thete  is  a  two-story  brick  build- 
ing covering  the  entire  property,  and  producing  a  monthly  rental  of 
about  $2500.  For  some  reason  Mrs.  Donohue  was  not  satisfied  with 
this  investment,  and  it  is  reported  that  she  sold  at  a  loss,  having  paid 
$570,000  for  it  about  four  years  ago.  Another  sale  on  Market  street , 
at  an  extremely  good  figure,  was  that  of  the  property  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  Sixth  and  Market  streets,  fronting  50  feet  on  Market 
street  with  a  depth  of  85  feet  on  Sixth,  together  with  the  lot  25x75 
immediately  in  the  rear,  making  an"L."  This  property  was  sold 
by  Adolph  Sutro  to  E.  F.  Delger,  of  Oakland,  for  $250,000.  The  im- 
provements are  of  no  value.  Still  another  sale  on  the  same  street 
was  that  of  the  lot  75x100,  north  line  of  Market  street,  between  City 
Hall  avenue  and  McAllister  street,  together  with  the  lot  50x100  im- 
mediately in  the  rear  and  fronting  on  Park  avenue.  The  improve- 
ments on  this  property  are  worth  about  $30,000.  It  was  sold  to  a 
Guatemala  capitalist  at  $200,000.  Mr.  Spreckels  made  another  pur- 
chase, consisting  of  the  Fashion  Stable  property,  with  50-vara  lot,  on 
the  south  line  of  Ellis  street,  between  Mason  and  Taylor,  at  $101,- 
500.  Mrs.^Gertrude^Bowers  invested  $291,000  in  the  Insurance  Block 
with  lot  89x103,  southwest  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets. 
There  is  a  substantial  four-story  brick  building  on  this  property,  pro- 
ducing a  net  rental  of  about  $17,500  per  annum.  Other  sales  worthy 
of  notice  are  the  lot  75xll2J^,  southwest  corner  of  Taylor  and  O'Far- 
rell  streets,  with  old  improvements,  at  $57,500.  Also,  the  four-story 
brick  building  near  the  junction  of  California  and  Drumm  streets, 
with  lot  45.10x137.6,  at  $100,000.  Also,  the  three-story  brick  building, 
with  lot  50x59.6,  southeast  corner  of  Clay  and,  Montgomery  streets, 
at  $75,000.  This  property  rents  for  about  $550  per  month.  Also,  the 
four-story  frame  building  known  as  the  "Ellsmere  House,"  with  lot 
52.3x137.6,  on  the  north  line  of  Sutter  street,  55  feet  east  of  Powell, 
renting  for  $350  per  month,  which  was  sold  for  $55,000.  The  old 
Montgomery  Block,  with  lot  122.6x137.6,  southeast  corner  of  Wash- 
ington and  Montgomery  streets,  was  sold  through  the  Probate  Court 
at  $121,750.  The  rentals  from  this  property  are  reported  to  be  about 
$1200  per  month.  It  is,  however,  situated  in  a  portion  of  the  city 
which  has  been  growing  less  popular  yearly,  and  bids  fair  to  be  oc- 
cupied almost  exclusively  by  the  Italian  population. 

In  the  residence  section,  1  mention  the  sale  of  the  property  68.9x 
137.6,  northeast  corner  of  Broadway  and  Fillmore  streets,  at  $40,000. 
This  figure  may  be  said  to  represent  almost  exclusively  the  value  of 
the  ground,  as  the  owner  contemplates  tearing  down  the  present 
residence  and  constructing  a  new  one.  Another  sale  in  the  same 
section  of  the  city,  at  $30,000,  was  that  of  the  property  45x137.6, 
northwest  corner  of  Buchanan  street  and  Broadway,  with  a  com- 
fortable residence,  probably  worth  about  $10,000.  The  residence, 
northeast  corner  Buchanan  and  Washington  streets,  which  is  a  mod- 
ern house,  costing  about  $20,000,  was  sold,  with  lot  57.6x107,  for  $40,- 
000.  Still  another  sale  was  the  vacant  lot  northwest  corner  of  Cali- 
fornia and  Franklin  streets,  fronting  77.6  feet  on  California  street  and 
137.6  feet  on  Franklin  street,  at  a  price  reported  to  be  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  $40,000.  This  may  be  said  to  be  the  highest  price  paid  for 
residence  property  during  the  past  year,  the  only  exception  being  the 
purchase  by  Claus  Spreckels  of  a  lot  on  Van  Ness  avenue  to  give 
greater  frontage  to  his  new  purchase  at  the  corner  of  that  avenue  and 
Clay  street,  for  which  he  is  reported  to  have  paid  at  the  rate  of 
$1000  per  front  foot. 

Property  in  the  Mission  and  in  the  outlying  districts  has  not  as  yet 
shown  any  great  activity.  The  number  of  railroad  extensions  has 
had  a  tendency  to  bring  into  the  market  so  much  of  this  class  of 
property  that  little  increase  in  values  has  taken  place  because  of  the 
great  amount  of  property  thus  brought  into  the  market. 

For  the  coming  year  I  am  disposed  to  think  the  prospects  are 
somewhat  brighter  than  they  were  a  year  ago.  It  is  encouraging  to 
note  that  property-owners  and  the  public  in  general  are  taking  a 
greater  interest  in  matters  that  have  a  tendency  to  improve  the  ap. 


pearance  of  the  city,  and  this  is  particularly  instanced  in  the  sup- 
port that  the  Merchants' Association  has  received  in  the  efforts  it  is 
making  in  the  way  of  municipal  reforms  and  especially  in  the  mat- 
ter of  street  sweeping.  The  Traffic  Association  is  also  doing  good 
work,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  its  efforts  in  securing  a  competing 
road  through  tne  San  Joaquin  Valley  will  meet  with  success.  San 
Franciscans  are  peculiar  people  in  some  respects,  though,  and  I  am 
inclined  to  think  the  Traffic  Association  could  have  secured  a  bonvs 
much  easier  than  a  subscription  upon  the  basis  it  is  now  working  on. 
When  the  generosity  of  our  people  is  appealed  to  they  respond  liber- 
ally. Tbe  present  proposition,  as  submitted  by  the  Traffic  Associa 
tion,  is,  however,  a  purely  business  one,  and  does  not,  apparently, 
appeal  either  to  the  pride  or  business  instinct  of  the  people. 

The  improvements  being  made  in  the  street  railway  system  will 
have  a  tendency  to  improve  real  estate  along  the  different  lines.  I 
refer  especially  to  the  new  electric  roads.  I  am  one  of  those  who  do 
not  believe  that  the  Kearny-street  electric  line  will  injure  property 
along  that  street;  on  the  contrary,  I  have  favored  the  trolly  system, 
and  I  venture  to  predict  that  there  will  be  fewer  accidents  along  this 
road  than  any  of  the  others.  I  think  the  very  fact  that  it  runs 
through  a  crowded  thoroughfare  will  cause  tbe  Railroad  Company 
to  be  especially  cautious,  and  that  extraordinary  care  will  be  ob- 
served. I  do  not  see  any  objection  to  the  overhead  wires,  and  1  ven- 
ture to  say  that  the  few  people  who  opposed  the  trolly  system  have 
come  to  realize  that  the  overhead  wires  are  not  as  objectionable  as 
they  imagined  them  to  be.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  more  active  agita- 
tion in  favor  of  better  streets  will  be  inaugurated  in  the  near  future. 
We  are  sadly  in  need  of  a  good  driveway  to  the  Park,  and  the  ques- 
tion of  widening  Fulton  street,  which  I  consider  the  most  available 
thoroughfare,  is  one  that  is  worth  consideration.  The  bitumizing  of 
Van  Ness  avenue  to  Lombard  street  could  be  undertaken,  and  prop- 
erty owners  along  the  line  of  that  street  could  be  appealed  to  again 
upon  this  subject.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  freeholders  elected  at 
the  last  election  will  frame  a  charter  in  accordance  with  the  wishes  of 
the  people  and  that  its  adoption  may  follow.  The  Consolidation  Act, 
under  which  we  are  now  working,  is  an  impediment  in  the  way  of 
many  reforms.  A.  8.  Baldwin. 

An  Ounce  of  Prevention 
is  cheaper  than  any  quantity  of  cure.     Don't  give  children  narcotics 
or  sedatives.     They  are  unnecessary  when  the  infant  is  properly 
nourished,  as  it  will* be  if  brought  up  on  the  Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand 
Condensed  Milk. 

The  shirts  to  be  had  at  J.  W.  Carmany's,  25  Kearny  street,  are  a 
delight  to  men  who  want  the  best  and  most  comfortable  goods. 

JHotel  pieasaptor;. 

Cor.    SUTTER  AND  JONES  STS  , 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  I'AL. 


0.  flV  Brer/r/ap,  proprietor. 


Formerly  Manager  Arlington  Hotel, 
Santa  Barbara,  and  for  tbe  past  tbree 
years  Manager;Hotel  Rafael,  San  Rafael . 


Jer/Tis  r\easorjabl^. 

C^uisir^  Unsurpassed. 

The  Leading  Family  and  Tourist 
Hotel  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 


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Old  (".erman  cine  to  the  lattice  house  in  the  vineyard  with  my  mas- 
ter. He  was  in  a  towering  passion  and  talking  at  the  top  of  his  voice. 

"  '  1  met  her."  he  shouted,  '  lying,  robbing  minx,  coming  from 
Fresno  in  a  buggy  with  a  young  man  by  her  side,  and  when  I  asked 
her  what  she  was  doing  with  him  and  who  he  was,  she  burst  out 
laughing  and  said  :  '  I  want  to  introduce  to  you  my  old  mother  from 
Germany. '  'Why,  they  had  been  married  that  morning  in  Fresno  I 
1  won't  stand  it.  I  tell  you.  I  wont  stand  it!  I'll  have  them  both 
arrested  and  sent  to  jail.* 

"  When  my  master  laughed  at  this  the  old  man  got  angry  with 
him  and  went  away  and  never  came  near  our  place  again.  But 
Anna  and  her  husband  remained  on  the  ranch  and  were  quite  happy 
up  to  the  time  I  was  picked  and  dried." 

"  Served  the  old  fool  quite  right,"  said  the  Brandy.  "I  am  glad 
Anna  made  a  fool  of  him." 

11  Now,  let's  hear  from  you,  Brandy,"  said  the  Flour.  "  You  must 
have  had  some  exciting  experiences  in  your  life." 

THE     BRANPY's     STORY. 

"Of  course  you  all  know  I'm  French  by  my  accent,"  said  the 
Brandy,  "  and  if  I  were  to  be  mistaken  for  my  Californian  brother  it 
would  break  my  heart.  I  don't  remember ^uuch  about  my  boyhood, 
and  in  fact  did  not  do  much  thinking  until  I  found  myself  in  a  cask 
immured  in  a  great  vaulted  dungeon  with  hundreds  of  others.  After 
many  j'ears  had  passed  1  was  put  into  a  handsome  bottle,  then  in  a 
case,  and  upon  my  second  release  from  confinement  I  found  myself 
standing  on  a  buffet  in  an  artist's  studio.  He  was  an  industrious 
and  clever  painter,  was  this  Rudolph,  and  I  understood  that  his  por- 
traits brought  him  in  a  great  deal  of  money.  He  had  a  friend— Artois 
by  name— who  used  to  visit  him  every  day  and  spend  hours  in  his 
stndio.  One  afternoon  a  fine-looking  old  Frenchman,  with  his 
daughter,  Beatrice,  called  at  the  studio  to  have  the  girl's  portrait 
painted.  It  struck  me  when  I  first  saw  her  that  she  must  be  the 
most  beautiful  thing  in  the  world,  and  I  think  she  made  the  same 
impression  upon  Rudolph  and  Artois.  She  sat  for  an  hour,  and  she 
came  next  day  without  her  father,  but  an  old  governess  was  with  her. 
This  lady  brought  a  novel  with  her,  and  used  to  seat  herself  in  a  far 
corner  of  the  studio  and  fall  asleep  over  it.  I  knew  at  once  that  both 
young  men  had  fallen  in  love  with  Beatrice,  that  she  was  aware  of 
the  fact,  and  that  her  preference  was  for  Artois,  but  that  she  was  suffi- 
cient of  a  coquette  to  induce  Rudolph  to  believe  that  she  was  as  fond 
of  him  as  of  the  other.  Once,  while  Rudolph  was  cleaning  his  palette, 
I  saw  Artois  put  his  arm  around  Beatrice's  waist,  and  she  laid  her 
head  on  his  shoulder,  and  then  I  knew  that  my  poor  master  had  no 
chance.  Though  they  never  discussed  the  matter,  they  felt  that  they 
were  rivals,  and  a  coldness  grew  up  between  them.  Rudolph  hinted 
several  times  that  Artois  might  find  something  more  profitable  to  do 
than  hang  about  his  studio.  To  this  the  other  made  no  reply,  but 
continued  to  come  as  usual. 

•'The  day  before  the  portrait  was  finished  I  saw  by  the  expression 
on  Rudolph's  face  that  something  decisive  had  occurred.  He  was 
pale  as  the  marble  slab  I  rested  on,  his  eyes  were  glassy,  his  lips  com- 
pressed, and  he  looked  half  crazed. 

"  '  So,'  he  muttered,  '  she  has  at  last  told  me  the  truth.  She's  en- 
gaged to  Artois,  and  she  never  cared  for  me.  Well,  life  is  of  no  value 
now,  but  how  can  I  kill  myself  and  know  that  they  will  be  happy  and, 
perhaps,  laugh  at  my  folly  when  I  am  dead? ' 

"  Just  then  Artois  entered,  happy  and  smiling  as  usual.  '  You're 
overworking  yourself,  my  poor  Rudolph,'  he  said ;  'you  look  worried.' 

"  '  Oh,  it  is  nothing! '  said  Rudolph.  '  I  feel  a  little  stale,  that's  all. 
What  do  you  say  to  a  bout  at  the  foils  before  M'lle.  Beatrice  comes  V 
.    "  *  Alas  I    I  am  sorry  her  portrait  will  be  finished  so  soon.' 

"  I  think  that  but  for  the  half  pitying  smile  on  the  face  of  Artois, 
what  I  am  about  to  relate  would  not  have  occurred.  They  engaged, 
and  being  both  good  swordsmen,  played  skillfully  and  well.  By  a 
sharp  baltlment  Artois'  foil  fell  from  his  hand,  and,  as  he  stooped  to 
pick  it  up,  I  saw,  to  my  horror,  the  artist  break  the  metal  button  off 
his  weapon,  leaving  the  point  as  sharp  as  that  of  a  rapier.  This  Artois 
did  not  perceive,  and  laughingly  crossed  blades  again. 

"  Why,  Rudolph,  there  is  no  button '  he  was  beginning,  when 

my  master,  with  a  swift  disengagement  from  carte  to  tierce,  lunged 
over  his  wrist  and  drove  the  sharp  blade  through  the  poor  young  fel- 
low's lungs,  clear  to  the  hilt.  Artois  fell  to  the  floor,  and  his  last 
words  were:    '  I  know.    I  forgive  you,  Rudolph.' 

'<  At  this  moment  the  door  of  the  studio  opened  and  Beatrice  came 
in.  She  saw  at  once  what  had  occurred ,  and  fell  with  a  shriek  on  her 
knees  by  the  side  of  her  dying  lover.  His  eyes  turned  sadly  towards 
her,  and  with  a  smile  and  a  faint  pressure  of  the  hand  that  held  his 
he  expired. 

"  The  next  morning  the  body  of  Rudolph  Ambral  was  found  in  the 
Seine.  His  effects  were  sold,  and  1  was  again  cased  up,  and  when  I 
next  saw  the  light  it  was  in  San  Francisco." 

"  If  your  master  had  taken  a  drink  of  you  when  he  felt  so  murder- 
ously inclined  it  might  have  improved  his  temper,"  suggested  the 
Flour. 

"  I  have  no  doubt  that  it  would,"  said  the  Brandy,  gravely. 

The  Currants  was  beginning  in  a  chirping  voice  to  relate  its  adven- 
tures, when  the  cloth  was  taken  off  the  pudding  dish  and  the  work  of 
amalgamation  for  the  Christmas  dinner  brought  the  symposium  to 
an  abrupt  close. 


REDISTRIBUTING    HUMANITY.-A  Soliloquy. 

By  A.  S.  Lowndbs. 

'n~~7  HI"  energetic  people  who  give  this  country  such  a  distinctive 
\__  _J  flavor  of  its  own  by  interfering,  on  the  strength  of  one  sham 
science  and  another,  with  social  arrangements,  are  really, 
__  „_  for  all  their  airs,  scarcely  touching  the  fringe  of  their  subject. 
For  such  little  things  as  the  rearrangement  or  abolition  of 
property,  the  abolition  of  marriage,  the  legislative  prohibition  of  in- 
stinct, restriction  of  the  franchise  to  women,  though  doubtless  needful 
reforms  enough,  are,  after  all,  the  merest  elementary  nibblings  at 
the  problem  of  human  sorrow.  Something  yet  more  drastic  is  re- 
quired if  we  are  to  get  at  the  root  of  the  evil.  To  a  thoughtful  man 
sitting  expansively  before  the  fire,  his  slippered  feet  on  the  mantel 
shelf  and  bis  brain  cleared  by  tobacco,  relatively  cool  and  working 
easy  and  pleasantly,  it  shapes  itself  after  the  fashion  set  forth  here, 
a  general  shuffling  and  redealing  of  mortal  lots,  an  entire  taking  up, 
replanning,  and  relaying  of  the  mosaic  of  life.  For  your  meditative 
man  is  an  optimist.  He  sees  a  world  that  might  be  absolutely 
happy— only  for  a  little  readjustment  such  as  he  suggests. 

The  true  reason  of  human  unhappiness  and  discontent  was  discov- 
ered, as  may  be  remembered,  by  Aristophanes.  It  is  not  drink ;  neither 
—as  Schopenhauer  has  wrongly  asserted— is  it  "will."  It  is  the  present 
higgledy-piggledy  arrangement  of  all  human  atoms.  Originally  every 
soul  had  its  congenial  soul  in  the  closest  proximity,  and  nobody 
yearned,  or  pined,  or  did  any  of  these  wearing  things,  until  the  en- 
virons or  too  facetious  gods  interfered.  They  behaved  on  that  mo- 
mentous occasion  like  Olympian  "  hoodlums."  On  a  sudden,  they 
cleft  asunder  all  the  happy  groups  of  mankind,  and  swiftly  stirred 
them  up,  as  it  were,  into  the  wildest,  hopeless,  and  most  sorrowful  con- 
fusion and  thence  even  unto  this  day  have  men  been  groping,  whim- 
pering after  the  happiness  of  which  that  divine  frolic  robbed  them. 

All  the  noble  army  of  novelists  testify  unconsciously  that  this  is 
true.  Disregarding  neuralgia  and  the  gout,  does  not  all  human  mis- 
ery spring  from  men  and  women  being  wrongly  grouped,  and  so  of 
affections  running  to  waste?  The  standard  novel  reiterates:  A  loves 
B,  but  B  loves  C,  who  loves  D,  who  pines  evermore  for  A.  That  is 
the  way  it  goes.  Indeed,  it  is  the  story  of  every  novel  that  was  ever 
written — the  leakage  of  an  affection  and  how  it  ended.  In  a  medita- 
tive man  with  an  economical  turn  of  mind  this  perpetual  waste  is 
terribly  irritating.  One  must  ask:  Are  we  indeed  mixed  up  forever? 
Cannot  something  be  done? 

People  with  a  taste  for  sociology  might  very  well  give  their  atten- 
tion to  this  matter  of  the  unhappy  distribution  of  humanity.  What 
is  wanted  is  something  after  the  fashion  of  a  periodical  readjust- 
ment, a  resetting  of  the  gutters  and  gargoyles  which  gather,  pass  on, 
and  distribute  affection,  so  that  here  we  are  not  overflowing  while 
there  we  are  stagnant  and  dry. 

Perhaps  even  more  urgent  than  the  redistribution  of  affection  is 
that  of  adipose  tissue.  And  here  the  meditative  man,  nolens  volen$t 
must  give  way  to  his  feelings.  You  have  your  lungs  weak,  let  us 
say,  and  the  doctor  assures  you  that  you  lose  weight  at  your  eminent 
peril — you  are  constantly  weighing,  always  eating,  always  dosing 
yourself  with  hypophosphites  and  cod-liver  oil  in  abject  terror  of 
leanness.  A  fall  of  two  ounces  makes  you  repent  of  all  your  sins— a 
wretched  waste  of  penitence ;  a  rise  of  one  is  as  the  lost  talent.  When 
one  sees  a  great  big  250-pound  whale  of  a  man  walking  along  half 
molten,  how  can  one  help  feeling  unspeakably  indignant?  It  is  these 
fat  people  that  upset  the  average  and  keep  adiposity  which  should 
be  ours.  There  is  a  certain  mean  weight  upon  which  the  doctors  in- 
sist. Clearly,  while  that  remains  the  same,  any  man  who  goes  above 
it  necessitates  that  some  one  should  go  below  it. 

However,  it  does  not  do  to  let  one's  mind  run  on  such  wrongs  as 
this.  Nevertheless,  it  would  appear  that  the  one  mortal  sorrow  is 
the  inequality  of  fate.  To  the  meditative  man  inspired  with  his  idea, 
the  sorrows  of  the  world  stand  explained.  Human  society  is  nothing 
but  poor  mortals  hampering  each  other;  the  wrong  people  together, 
the  right  apart;  Tommy  with  Willie's  jacket  cutting  him  cruelly 
under  the  armpits,  and  Willie  tumbling  over  the  skirts  of  Tommy's 
coat. 

The  meditative  man  blinks  at  the  smoke  of  his  pipe,  and  smiles 
sweetly.  He  is  beholding  visions  of  the  great  redistribution  coming 
about;  the  impedimenta  and  old  inertia  abolished  in  that  easy,  unac- 
countable way  that  happens  in  dreams.  Only  elective  affinity  remains. 
People  stop  on  the  street:  "So  I  have  you  at  last,"  and  go  on  to- 
gether. Couples  meet.  "My  adiposity,  I  believe.  Thank  you." 
Persons  trotting  along  together  stop  suddenly  and  stare  strangely  at 
one  another.  How  silly  of  us!  Of  course  as  the  old  song  runs,  we 
are  "  strangers  yet."  "Pardon  the  intrusion;"  and  so  they  part. 
We  walk  into  the  houses  we  have  coveted,  we  live  in  the  strange  sur- 
roundings, and  strangers  more  familiar  than  the  oldest  friends  are 
by  the  side  of  us.  It  has  all  come  right,  like  a  good  novel,  for  the 
friction  of  life  has  vanished.  It  is  very  nice  for  everybody,  and  the 
meditative  man's  heart  glows  with  benevolent  pride. 


There  is  a  horrible  rumor  that  the  word  "obey"  is  to  be  put 

in  the  man's  part  of  the  marriage  ceremony.    The  women    must 
really  not  go  too  far.    The  men  are  hard  to  land  as  it  is. 


SAN  EKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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By  A.E.WAGSTArr  | 

with  the  same  energy  and  ambition,  California  is,  in  all  the  essential 
elements  of  material  wealth,  a  separate  and  distinct  portion  of  the 
United  States.  Visitors  from  all  the  States  and  from  all  countries 
are  charmed  with  the  conditions  that  exist,  and  never  weary  in  their 
praises.  Their  language  is  inadequate  to  express  their  enthusiasm, 
seemingly  as  though  they  were  so  enchanted  with  the  climate  and 
gorgeous  scenery  which  nature  has  on  display  in  various  localities, 
that  they  would  be  miserable  after  leaving.  The  greatest  efforts  have 
been  made  by  the  various  transportation  companies,  in  which  mill- 
ions of  money  have  been  expended,  to  induce  immigration.  They 
have  opened  up  the  country  and  developed  its  resources,  reaching 
out  in  every  direction  where  industrial  enterprises  were  possible  and 
industries  inaugurated.  The  versatile  real  estate  speculator  and  the 
enthusiastic  producer  have  both  utilized  their  energies.  The  fruits 
of  the  soil,  the  products  of  the  orchards  and  vines,  the  wealth  of  the 
mines,  and  the  results  of  genius  in  art  and  in  mechanical  skill,  were 
all  displayed  at  the  Columbian  Exposition,  and  still  more  bountifully 
at  the  Midwinter  Fair,  where  thousands  of  strangers  gazed  upon  them 
with  wonder  and  admiration.  Yet  all  these  physical  and  substantial 
demonstrations  of  natural  profligacy  and  material  wealth  have  failed 
to  induce  the  population  that  the  State  is  capable  of  sustaining.  Itis 
evident  that  there  is  something  wrong,  and  that  it  is  not  in  the  lack  of 
prodigality  in  nature  in  providing  material  with  which  to  build.  There 
was  a  decade  in  which  there  was  a  marvelous  increase  in  population 
following  the  completion  of  the  Southern  Pacific  and  the  Atchison 
and  Topeka  railroads  eastward  from  Los  Angeles.  It  added  over 
300.000  to  the  population  of  the  State,  when  a  season  of  industrial 
activity  followed,  and  it  is  remarkable  that  all  the  developments  were 
characteristic  of  California  soil  and  climate,  which  emphasizes  the 
fact  that  she  possesses  distinctive  features,  separate  and  apart  from 
those  of  the  Eastern  States,  or  any  other  part  of  the  American  conti- 
nent. Until  the  people  realize  this  fact  her  real  wealth  will  never  be 
discovered.  It  is  being  uttered  in  the  slow  process  of  development 
that  the  possibilities  of  the  future  have  been  only  touched  by  the 
hand  of  enterprise,  and  await  the  application  of  science  and  skill  to 
plant  in  this  favored  locality  the  laboratories  of  the  most  valuable 
enterprises  of  the  world.  Nature  makes  no  mistake  in  resources 
where  the  seal  of  liberality  is  so  bountifully  displayed  in  soil  and 
climate.  There  is  no  country  in  the  world  where  a  greater  variety  of 
possibilities  is  presented,  and  wherever  there  is  a  possibility  there  is 
an  opportunity.  If  these  possibilities  invite  a  high  order  of  intelli- 
gence and  skill,  they  are  sure  to  come  and  work  out  the  destiny  of 
the  State. 

Naturally,  in  the  process  of  development  in  a  new  country,  the  field 
of  discoveries  must  be  fully  explored  and  the  evidence  all  in  before  peo- 
plesettle  down  to  business.  In  almost  every  instance  in  the  line  of  re- 
search in  California  it  has  been  "Eureka17  since  the  find  of  Marshall 
in  the  mill-race  at  Coloma,  and,  as  though  it  were  a  new  creation  for 
some  special  purpose,  Providence  has  made  a  new  departure  in  the 
preparation  of  the  raw  material  in  this  isolated  territory  hemmed  in 
by  mountains  and  washed  by  the  radiant  Pacific.  He  has  indexed  it 
with  all  the  natural  wonders  that  attract  and  create  admiration,  but 
with  all  he  has  planted  a  soil  energy  that  gives  it  a  wealth 
which  invites  industry  and  capital.  It  is  useless  for  this  people  to 
battle  against  Eastern  manufacturing  enterprises.  Those  already 
established  and  struggling  for  existence  are  fully  competent  to  sup- 
ply the  local  demand  in  their  lines.  The  farmer  has  lost  his  profit- 
able grain  market  by  being  confronted  with  a  competition  that  can- 
not be  kept  down  and  that  is  aggressive,  and  when  he  ceases  to  worry 
over  large  crops  and  low  prices  that  have  become  vexatious  he  will 
settle  down  to  a  systematic  pursuit  of  such  industrial  activities  as  the 
State  is  naturally  prepared  to  promote,  which  will  not  be  ruined 
by  outside  competition,  and  which  the  markets  of  the  world  will  be 
open  to  receive.  The  crude  axiom  that  has  been  recognized  as  wise, 
that  "competition  is  the  life  of  trade,"  will  not  stand  the  test  of  ex- 
perience.   It  is  the  death  of  trade. 

The  first  important  step  taken  in  the  way  of  a  departure  from  es- 
tablished precedents,  and  which  is  peculiarly  Californian,  was  the 
manufacture  of  beet  sugar.  It  was  first  introduced  at  Alvarado,  in 
Alameda  County,  and  was  intended  merely  as  an  experiment.  It 
was  induced  by  the  prodigious  growth  of  the  sugar  beet,  which  is  not 
confined  to  any  particular  locality,  but  flourishes  in  the  soil  of  all  the 
rich  valleys  of  the  State.  From  that  little  plant  sprang  the  immense 
factory  at  Chino,  in  San  Bernardino  County,  and  the  large  Spreckels 
plant  at  Watsonville,  Santa  Cruz  County.  The  output  of  these  three 
plants  for  1892  was  over  21,000.000  pounds,  or  two-thirds  of  the  total 
product  of  beet  sugar  in  the  United  States.  It  is  not  alone  the  owners 
of  these  plants  that  profit  by  the  enterprises.    It  is  an  industry  that 


/TVALIFOKNI A  has  been  passing  through  the  various  stages  of 
/  W  development  on  her  way  to  empire  for  forty  years,  beginning 
I  C\  with  the  most  attractive  of  all  industries,  and  the  one  which 
Vy  made  it  famous  as  the  Golden  State.  There  is  nothing  that 
has  such  a  magnetic  attraction  as  gold.  The  history  of  that 
period,  wherein  men  became  reckless  in  their  zeal  and  ambition  to 
accumulate  wealth  at  the  expense  of  comfort,  and  even  at  the  ex- 
pense of  life,  has  been  written.  They  were  the  adventurous  pioneers 
of  what  has  become  a  splendid  commonwealth  that  has  been  most 
surprising  in  every  phase  of  development  of  any  portion  of  the  North 
American  continent,  in  this  higera  these  hardy  pioneers  builded 
better  than  they  knew,  for  the  discovery  of  gold  was  but  the  opening 
of  the  door  to  a  future  of  the  most  extraordinary  richness  in  all  the 
elements  of  production.  The  civilization  that  followed  in  the  wake 
of  the  gold-seekers  brought  with  it  men  of  practical  genius  and  thrift, 
and  the  soil  and  climate  were  analyzed  and  made  to  serve  as  incen- 
tives to  induce  population  and  substantial  growth.  There  came 
with  all  this  an  ambition  to  expand  by  a  system  of  experiments  in 
opening  up  productive  fields  of  industry,  and  in  the  prosecution  of 
these  experiments,  there  has  been  nothing  but  a  succession  of  sur- 
prises since  the  rich  placers  were  exhausted,  and  men  began  to  exer- 
cise their  talents  and  ingenuity  in  testing  the  virtues  of  the  soil, 
which  was  only  awaiting  the  touch  of  intelligent  husbandry.  As  the 
gold  fever  abated  homes  were  planted,  and  the  vigorous  growth  of 
cereals,  fruits,  and  vegetation,  under  proper  cultivation,  was  a  new 
revelation.  This,  in  connection  with  the  genial  climate,  began  to 
awaken  the  wildest  dreams  of  future  grandeur  in  the  minds  of  those 
who  had  been  mere  adventurers  imbued  with  the  single  thought  of 
amassing  instantaneous  wealth.  The  great  valleys  were  barren 
plains,  as  arid  and  spiritless  in  vegetation  as  a  desert,  and  the  eye 
wearied  with  the  monotony  of  a  treeless  waste,  shorn  of  all  vegetable 
life  in  the  absence  of  summer  moisture.  For  a  time  the  centres  of 
population  clustered  near  the  waterways  that  afforded  transporta- 
tion to  the  bay  of  San  Francisco,  which  was  the  natural  and  only 
outlet  for  surplus  products,  and  in  these  centres  manutacturing  in- 
dustries were  established  to  supply  the  demands  of  the  farmers,  who 
had  entered  largely  into  the  production  of  grain.  Other  industries 
were  opened  up  and  prospered  as  the  demand  became  enlarged. 

The  civil  war  may  be  said  to  have  been  the  opening  of  the  second 
•period  in  the  growth  of  California.  It  was  the  incentive  that  led  to 
the  building  of  railroads,  which  are  the  great  pioneers  in  develop- 
ment. They  provided  opportunities  for  those  who  had  the  energy 
and  foresight  to  take  advantage  of  them.  With  rapid  transportation 
came  population  and  live  capital  in  the  hands  of  enterprising  people, 
for  none  but  those  possessed  of  vital  energy  ever  become  pioneers. 
The  capitalist,  the  farmer,  the  mechanic,  the  artisan,  and  the  specu- 
lator—all came  to  take  part  in  the  new  California,  and  manufactur- 
ing was  a  necessity  in  supplying  the  implements  of  husbandry,  for  at 
that  time  there  was  nothing  so  valuable  in  the  line  of  soil  production 
as  grain.  There  has  always  been  a  tremendous  energy  displayed  in 
California  growth,  as  well  as  in  California  men,  but  that  displayed 
by  W.  C.  Ralston  is  witnessed  only  once  in  a  generation.  He  dis- 
counted his  abilities  in  the  magnitude  of  his  conceptions,  but  failed  in 
his  ambition  to  inspire  others  with  the  same  spirit  of  enterprise  which 
he  himself  possessed.  It  was  his  misfortune  to  attempt  to  inaugurate 
and  promote  industries  that  suffered  for  the  want  of  a  demand  for 
the  manufactured  articles,  and  the  millions  which  he  expended  were 
sacrificed,  simply  because  they  were  not  directed  in  a  California 
channel.  He  was  a  patron  of  art,  and  failejl  only  because  he  could 
not  grasp  the  possibilities  that  the  State  had  in  store  for  the  future. 
His  vigorous  spirit  of  progression  was  untimely. 

To  realize  the  importance  of  manufacturing  industries  in  the 
stability  of  cities  and  towns,  it  is  necessary  only  to  look  back  to  the 
early  fifties,  where  Sonora,  Downieville,  Placerville,  and  La  Grange 
were  cities  of  from  ten  to  twenty  thousand  souls.  Most  of  those  that 
flourished  in  placer  days  are  known  merely  as  post  stations  to-day, 
and  almost  entirely  deserted.  Outside  of  San  Francisco,  always 
secure  on  account  of  its  commanding  position  as  the  point  to  which 
all  roads  must  lead  to  the  Golden  Gate,  Sacramento  and  Stockton 
alone  have  advanced  in  population  and  material  wealth  of  all  the 
towns  that  sprang  up  in  the  era  of  gold  mining.  They  occupy  term- 
inal positions  for  water  transportation  to  the  interior,  but  their 
growth  and  solidity  are  based  upon  their  manufacturing  industries. 
The  despotism  of  fate  that  wrecked  the  pioneers  in  the  exhaustion  of 
the  rich  placers  has  wiped  out  the  towns  that  were  not  built  upon  the 
rock  of  stable  industries.  Factories  are  the  bulwarks  of  prosperity, 
not  only  to  cities  and  towns,  but  to  the  whole  country. 

Although  united  by  threads  of  iron  and  steel  with  the  Eastern 
States,  and  populated  by  the  same  race  and  classes  of  people,  charged 


UIIMSTMAS    MMUKK. 


bus  given  employment  tothousno  Lsol  people, and  taxed  the  energies 

of  tin*  producers  to  supply  the  demands  for  the  raw  material.  They 
have  employed  (be  sod  where  the  conditions  were  favorable  in  pro- 
duclng  the  soger  beet  where  grain  has  failed  to  pay  for  cultivation. 
The  success  o!  these  plants  Inspired  others  to  plan  for  the  erection  of 
large  plants— one  at  Anaheim,  in  Los  Angeles  County,  and  one  at 
Merced,  on  the  lands  of  tin-  Crocker  estate.  The  industry  is  one  that 
pays  both  the  producer  of  the  raw  material  and  the  manufacturer, 
and  adds  to  the  population  and  wealth  of  the  State.  The  improve- 
ments that  have  been  made  in  the  process  of  refining  have  so  per- 
fected the  article  that  it  requires  an  expert  to  distinguish  it  from 
that  produced  from  the  sugar  cane. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  speak  of  the  raisin  industry.  It  is  purely  Cali- 
fornian  30  far  as  the  United  States  are  concerned,  and  its  home  is  in 
the  great  San  Joaquin  Valley.  It  has  become  one  of  the  leading  in- 
dustries of  the  State,  involving  millions  of  dollars  in  its  production. 
One  of  the  most  beautiful  cities  in  the  interior  has  been  built  as  the 
result  of  the  success  of  the  enterprising  men  who  engaged  in  this 
branch  of  the  industries  which  the  State  is  naturally  calculated  to 
promote.  It  is  said  by  one  who  has  bad  an  intelligent  insight  into 
the  condition  of  the  markets  that  not  one  out  of  every  thousand  peo- 
ple in  the  Eastern  States  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  California  pro- 
duces raisins,  and  that  it  is  the  only  raisin-producing  State  on  the 
continent.  Our  own  people  are  iargely  to  blame  for  this.  They  take 
special  pride  in  labeling  their  choicest  product  as  "London  Layers," 
when,  in  fact,  London  never  produced  a  raisin.  This  Spanish  idea 
has  been  followed,  and  they  are  all  rated  as  the  Spanish  product. 
The  Lucerne  Vineyard  Company,  of  Kings  County,  proposes  a  new 
departure  which  may  result  in  some  benefit  to  the  raisin  growers  of 
the  State.  They  have  determined  to  market  their  product  as 
"Lucerne  Layers,"  and  they  can  well  afford  to  doso.  Itis  the  largest 
raisin  vineyard  in  the  State,  if  not  in  the  world,  and  they  produces 
the  choicest  raisins.  The  manner  of  marketing  both  raisins  and 
green  fruits  in  order  to  reach  the  people  of  the  Eastern  States  has  not 
been  in  such  a  way  as  to  produce  the  best  results.  The  centres  of 
population  have  but  one  distributing  system,  and  it  is  so  limited  that 
the  people  are  not  reached.  It  would  pay  the  California  producers 
to  employ  distributing  agents  to  place  their  fruits  in  isolated  dis- 
tricts for  a  time  until  they  would  become  popularized  among  the  in- 
dustrial and  producing  classes,  and  this  would  cause  an  increasing 
demand  for  early  fruits  and  for  raisins. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  way  of  fruits  outside  of  the  tropics  that  is 
not  grown  to  perfection  in  this  State,  and  from  these  fruits  hundreds 
of  industries  can  be  established  in  producing  the  most  delicate  and 
healthful  foods.  The  fruits  of  the  vines  of  California  have  opened  up 
a  vast  field  for  manufactured  articles  that  find  their  way  into  the 
channels  of  commerce.  The  wines  and  brandies  have  been  so  im- 
proved by  the  introduction  of  the  most  favored  varieties  of  grapes 
that  they  compare  favorably  with  the  best  brands  of  France;  and 
these  grapes  can  be  grown  nowhere  else  in  the  United  States.  The 
improvement  constantly  introduced  will  eventually  place  them  where 
they  properly  belong.  But  the  mission  of  the  grape  is  being  ex- 
tended to  a  more  profitable  and  less  objectionable  use  in  supplying 
the  domestic  wants  of  the  people.  For  several  years  of  late  experi- 
ments have  been  made  by  viticulturists  to  produce  a  domestic  syrup 
which  will  take  rank  as  first  in  the  list  of  syrups,  and  so  far  they 
have  been  exceedingly  successful.  There  is  a  peculiarity  about  this 
syrup  which  will  commend  it  to  the  people  for  general  use.  Litte  the 
fig,  its  properties  are  laxative,  but  very  mild,  and  the  effort  now  is 
to  extract  as  much  of  the  natural  acid  from  the  grape  as  will  preserve 
the  product  from  fermentation,  and  this  seems  to  have  been  accom- 
plished by  the  use  of  the  vacuum  process.  At  the  present  time  there 
are  seven  large  plants  in  the  State  producing  the  article  in  large 
quantities,  but  the  industry  may  be  still  regarded  as  in  its  infancy, 
and  in  an  experimental  stage,  subject  to  improvements  by  the  appli- 
cation of  science.  There  are  two  of  these  large  plants  in  Sonoma 
County,  one  of  which  has  opened  up  an  extensive  market  for  the 
product  in  some  Eistern  cities.  Baron  von  Schilling,  who  is  inter- 
ested in  the  American  Concentrated  Must  Company,  at  Geyserville, 
Sonoma  County,  is  putting  in  a  new  apparatus  that  will  produce  the 
amber  syrup  by  the  vacuum  process  that  he  thinks  will  meet  the  de- 
mands of  the  commercial  world.  The  managers  of  the  Stanford 
vineyard  at  Vina  are  erecting  an  immense  plant,  and  they  propose 
to  employ  scientific  experiments  until  they  produce  a  syrup  fully 
equal  to  the  celebrated  maple  syrup  of  Canada.  Owing  to  the  ex- 
pensive process  of  manufacturing  as  at  present  in  vogue,  an  excel- 
lent quality  of  grape  syrup  must  necessarily  take  the  place  of  fancy 
syrups,  and,  to  a  large  extent,  the  market  for  any  considerable  out- 
put must  be  found  in  the  Eastern  States  and  in  Europe.  This  indus- 
try will  not  come  in  contact  with  any  serious  competition  on  this 
continent,  from  the  fact  that  the  quality  of  grapes  consumed  in  its 
manufacture  is  not  found  elsewhere. 

Some  years  ago  the  State  lent  its  aid  in  an  attempt  to  promote  seri- 
culture, and  a  commission  was  organized  for  that  purpose.  The 
usual  application  of  politics  blasted  it  by  the  appointment  of  officers 
who  were  incompetent  to  perform  any  other  duties  than  draw  their 
salaries.  Those  who  took  an  interest  in  the  industry  continued 
operations  and  were  successful  in  a  small  way.  The  slow  process 
wearied  the  "quick  sates  and  large  profits"  element,  and  the  Legis- 
lature refused  to  appropriate  the  money  necessary  to  continue  the 


commission,  and  it  died.  But  the  spirit  which  it  had  invoked  re- 
fused to  die.  There  are  many  who  are  still  experimenting,  and  they 
have  produced  some  of  the  most  exquisite  fabrics.  It  may  be  confi- 
dently set  down  in  the  California  industrial  vocabulary  that  silk 
looms  will  one  day  play  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  field  of  industries 
In  this  State. 

In  connection  with  this  the  ramie  will  have  a  place.  The  fibre  of 
the  ramie  has  been  found  to  yield  the  most  delicate  threads,  and  the 
beautiful  articles  that  have  been  manufactured  from  this  useful 
plant  '■ival  silk  in  appearance  and  texture.  If  experiments  continue 
in  the  road  to  perfection  apparent  at  present,  the  bridal  dress  of 
ramie  will  be  the  correct  thing  in  the  near  future.  Some  beautiful 
specimens  were  on  exhibition  at  the  rooms  of  the  State  Board  of 
Trade  at  the  opening  of  the  Midwinter  Fair,  which  attracted  the  at- 
tention and  admiration  of  visitors.  They  were  manufactured  from 
the  fibre  of  the  plant  grown  in  this  State. 

Cotton  can  be  grown  in  California,  as  has  been  demonstrated,  but 
the  field  of  competition  is  too  great  to  admit  of  success,  and  after  a 
few  experiments  it  was  abandoned  as  an  industry.  A  cotton  factory 
in  Alameda  was  established  as  a  result  of  the  attempt  to  introduce 
the  plant,  but  its  operations  have  been  indifferent,  from  the  fact  that 
the  industry  in  production  ceased  in  the  experimental  stage.  The 
same  may  be  said  of  the  culture  of  the  tobacco  plant,  wh.ch  the 
soil  of  California  is  especially  adapted  to  promote.  The  sea-coast 
counties  might  be  made  one  extensive  tobacco  field,  and  the  experi- 
ment made  by  some  enterprising  men  near  Gilroy,  a  few  years  ago, 
demonstrated  the  fact  that  the  flavor  of  the  Havana  was  not  entirely 
lost  by  transplanting  the  seed  in  California  soil. 

The  plains  of  California  normally  suggest  a  field  for  an  industrial 
enterprise  that  has  been  only  touched  upon  by  way  of  experiment, 
and  that  which  nature  has  not  provided  in  its  wealth  and  energy  has 
been  supplied  by  experienced  cultivation.  There  is  a  field  of  flowers 
cultivated  in  the  valley  of  the  Var,  in  France,  containing  three 
thousand  acres,  from  which  most  of  the  perfumes  in  use  throughout 
the  world  are  manufactured.  It  is  a  favored  locality,  but  no  more  so 
than  one-third  of  the  State  of  California  for  a  like  purpose.  This 
State,  owing  to  its  favorable  climatic  conditions,  has  more  of  the 
essential  elements  of  wealth  in  the  accumulation  of  balsams  in 
flowers  than  the  valley  of  the  Var,  which  borders  the  northern  verge 
of  the  Mediterranean.  The  ordinary  perfumes  of  commerce  are  but 
the  extracts  compounded  in  the  laboratories  of  chemists,  and  receive 
their  valuable  properties  from  the  animal  kingdom.  The  art  of  ex- 
tracting oils  from  odoriferous  flowers  is  one  which  requires  the  appli- 
cation of  science,  and  the  botanist  has  only  to  apply  his  knowledge 
in  that  line  to  accomplish  the  result.  The  floral  display  in  California 
suggests  that  the  odoriferous  flowers,  now  used  principally  for  bou- 
quets and  decorations,  may  serve  as  material  for  the  inauguration  of 
one  of  the  most  valuable  industries.  Botanists  say  that  the  flowers 
in  this  State  are  burdened  with  more  oil  and  a  more  powerful  per- 
fume than  in  any  other  part  of  the  world  outside  of  the  tropics,  and 
particularly  those  that  flourish  in  the  valleys  and  on  the  mesas 
adjacent  to  the  ocean.  The  cultivated  flowers  are  not  the  only  ones 
that  are  precious  in  their  odors.  The  mountains  and  valleys  of  the 
interior  are  bedecked  with  varieties  that  fill  the  air  with  delicious 
perfume.  In  the  process  of  extraction  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that 
there  is  not  a  flower  that  blooms  that  produces  an  oil  that  is  not 
liable  to  lose  its  odor,  unless  compounded  with  animal  oils,  of  which 
the  musk  is  most  generally  used  on  account  of  its  enduring  proper- 
ties. The  ambergris,  civit,  and  beaver  are  also  tenacious.  In  com- 
pounding all  delicate  perfumes  one  of  these  oils  is  invariably  used, 
and  they  contain  95  per  cent  of  absolute  alcohol  in  the  preparation. 

The  tedious  process  of  extracting  these  fastidious  oils  from  the  cells 
of  flowers  does  not  commend  itself  to  the  energetic  and  active  Amer- 
ican, but  the  people  of  the  Old  World  do  not  possess  that  restless 
spirit  which  obtains  in  this  country,  and  they  work:  out  valuable 
problems  by  patient  investigation.  The  processes  mostly  employed 
are  by  enfleurage  and  maceration,  and  both  depend  upon  the  remark- 
able properties  which  fats  and  oils  possess  of  absorbing  odors.  Mac- 
eration consists  in  soaking  the  flowers  in  heated  fat.  They  are  then 
drawn  off  and  fresh  flowers  replaced,  and  the  necessary  meltings  of 
the  perfumed  greases  are  effected  by  means  of  water  baths  to  pre- 
vent the  temperature  from  rising  too  high.  It  requires  the  most 
careful  attention  in  all  the  processes  to  secure  the  delicate  perfumes. 
The  inauguration  of  this  industry  in  this  State  is  one  of  the  possibil- 
ities, and  it  will  add  to  its  reputation  and  wealth.  There  is  now  a 
botanist  in  San  Francisco  who  has  established  a  remunerative  busi- 
ness, and  with  its  wealth  of  flowers  and  the  enterprise  of  its  people 
in  these  peculiar  branches  of  industry,  it  is  strange  that  Southern 
California  has  not  developed  in  this  exquisiteand  profitable  industry. 

All  this  is  merely  to  indicate  that  by  reason  of  a  peculiar  climate 
California  can  produce  costly  and  profitable  articles  of  general  con- 
sumption that  can  be  grown  nowhere  else  in  the  United  States  and 
that  have  to  be  imported  from  foreign  countries  under  heavy  cus- 
toms charges,  and  that  the  development  of  the  State  must  lie  on 
those  lines.  The  only  trouble  is  that  the  people  of  the  United  States 
do  not  know  what  California  can  produce  nor  how  to  use  the  won- 
derful resources  of  the  State ;  but  there  is  no  reason  why  they  should 
not  employ  the  skill  of  Europe  to  supply  the  lack  and  reap  the 
profit. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEE. 


BEFORE  entering  upon  a  recital  of  the  strange  causes  which 
gradually  led  up  to  a  dramatic  happening  in  the  lives  of  my 
two  best  friends,  I  must  explain  my  intimacy  with  them.  It 
came  about  through  Macomb's  singular  unselfishness.  I  was 
an  invalid,  desperately  poor,  and  physically  unable  to  earn 
sufficient  wherewith  to  support  myself;  but  in  my  very  darkest  ex- 
tremity Heaven  sent  me  this  angel  in  human  form.  It  was  not  an 
accident.  He  had  heard  of  me  and  my  distress,  had  visited  me,  had 
won  my  gratitude  and  affection  with  many  tactful  acts  of  kindness, 
and  finally  had  taken  me  to  his  poor  rooms  and  shared  his  earnings 
with  me.  I  was  told  by  a  physician  that  I  should  be  well  some  day ; 
so,  although  it  was  with  shame  that  I  had  accepted  the  aid  which 
Macomb  could  so  little  afford  to  give,  I  knew  that  when  I  should  be 
strong  again  I  would  repay  him  many  times,  and  perhaps  assist  him 
into  a  field  of  wider  opportunities. 

The  outlook  was  very  dreary  for  both  my  friends.  Both  led  the 
hard,  wearing  life  of  a  teacher;  and  although  Macomb  was  a  man  of 
lofty  character  and  rare  ability,  he  had  always  been  too  modest  to 
push  himself  forward  into  some  position  suited  to  his  capabilities; 
he  had  bravely  borne  the  hardships  and  poverty  which  a  very  small 
private  class  of  dull  young  men  brought  him.  As  for  Miss  Fletcher, 
I  believe  that  pity  first  of  all  drew  my  friend  toward  her;  for  she 
had  a  harder  life  still  m  teaching  the  youngest  pupils  of  the  public 
schools  to  sing. 

Before  my  dream  of  repaying  Macomb's  kindness  to  me  could  be 
realized  he  suddenly,  by  the  death  of  a  miserly  relative  in  Scotland, 
was  lifted  out  of  poverty  into  wealth  so  generous  that  it  bewildered 
him.  What  was  his  was  mine — this  declaration  to  me  was  hearty 
and  immediate.  We  removed  to  comfortable— it  seemed  luxurious 
— quarters,  and  entered  upon  an  era  of  rest,  leisure,  and  dreams. 
The  man's  nature  now  expanded  with  vigorous  readiness,  and  the 
change  was  astonishing;  but  not  the  least  taint  came  to  his  sweetness 
of  heart,  his  purity  of  mind,  or  his  generosity  of  soul.  It  was  after 
he  had  thus  emerged  into  ripe  and  rounded  manhood  that  he  looked 
about  for  a  wife,  and  selected  his  old  friend,  Miss  Fletcher.  Whether 
it  was  her  tuanifest  suffering  and  unhappiness  that  had  first  awak- 
ened the  chivalry  of  my  friend,  I  do  not  know;  it  is  true  that  he 
asked  her  to  marry  him,  and  that  she  accepted  him  gladly,  amazed 
that  a  blessing  so  great  had  fallen  upon  her.  There  seemed  to  be 
nothing  unwholesome  in  the  fact  that  he  was  more  than  twenty 
years  older  than  she;  for  he  had  lived  a  careful,  frugal,  abstemious 
life,  and  was  now  blessed  with  health  and  buoyancy  far  younger 
than  his  years;  while,  on  the  other  hand,  Miss  Fletcher's  hard  life 
had  worn  upon  her  youth  with  cruel  severity,  and  she  looked  much 
older  than  she  was.  So  it  never  occurred  to  any  of  us  that  there 
might  be  anything  unnatural  or  dangerous  in  the  match. 

Miss  Fletcher  was  not  pretty.  She  had  beautiful  blonde  hair,  but 
it  was  disregarded  and  ineffective.  She  was  rather  tall,  very  slight 
and  angular,  and  had  never  had  the  spirit  to'cultivate  grace  either  of 
.  voice,  pose,  or  movement.  Her  complexion  was  sallow,  her  lips 
colorless,  her  features  sharp,  and  the  expression  of  her  face  hard  and 
almost  repellant.  Nevertheless,  Macomb  knew  that  she  had  a  fine, 
clear  spirit,  a  bright,  incisive  intellect,  and  an  honest,  earnest,  help- 
ful character. 

And  thus  they  were  married,  and  I  served  as  best  man  at  the  wed- 
ding. It  was  good  to  see  Macomb's  manly  tenderness  with  her  after 
they  were  settled,  and  her  bewilderment  as  she  luxuriated  in  idleness 
and  comfort.  It  all  seemed  like  a  fairy  dream  to  her— a  husband  so 
gentle,  and  manly,  and  learned,  and  respected;  large,  pretty  rooms 
in  a  private  hotel,  with  flowers  every  day  and  servants  in  obsequious 
attendance  upon  her ;  handsome  gowns  made  by  a  fashionable  tailor, 
giving  her  angular  form  a  certain  grace  which  she  had  never  dreamed 
could  be  developed ;  modest  gems,  whose  glittering  light  made  her 
smile  with  the  delight  of  a  child ;  then  flying  trips  to  strange  cities 
and  dream-like  scenes— it  was  an  inexpressibly  beautiful  world  in 
those  sweet  days,  and  her  soul  drank  its  glories  to  the  full.  And  it 
did  her  good  to  give  money  to  the  poor,  and  see  their  hungry  eyes 
dance ;  and  I  have  seen  her  ashamed  for  shedding  tears  on  the  street 
when  some  beggar  would  say, ' '  God  bless  you,  sweet  lady  I"  To  be 
called  a  sweet  lady ;  to  bring  warmth  and  comfort  to  aching  bodies 
and  empty  hearts,  and  withal  to  be  so  comfortable  and  happy— to 


BY 


MORROW. 


have  no  hard  worfe.no  grinding,  wearing  cares.no  dark  days.no 
dreary  treadmill  to  till  the  tottering  body  with  pains  and  the  aching 
heart  with  iron, — what  could  she  have  done  that  a  merciful  God  had 
opened  the  very  widest  window  of  Heaven  upon  her  ? 

It  was  all  strange  and  confusing,  and,  unlike  Macomb,  she  fell  very 
slowly  into  the  spirit  of  the  time.  People  of  consequence  called  upon 
her,  and  were  gracious  and  complimentary.  They  made  her  sing 
for  them,  and  from  them  she  first  learned  that  there  was  music  in 
her  voice.  She  went  to  stately  houses,  and  wondered  at  her  courage. 
Great  ladies  of  fashion  welcomed  her  to  their  drawing-rooms,  and 
astonished  and  dismayed  her  with  their  elegant  manners,  their  flow 
of  finished  talk,  their  dazzling  knowledge  of  operas,  and  actors,  and 
statesmen,  artists,  and  writers.  If  they  patronized  her  she  did  not 
know  it,  so  completely  did  all  things  da/zle  her.  Her  husband,  of 
whose  ease,  repose,  and  ready  adaptability  she  was  so  proud,  stood 
forth  among  other  men  as  one  of  conspicuous  character;  and,  while 
she  often  trembled  at  what  she  mistook  to  be  boldness  in  him  toward 
others,  and  wondered  so  greatly  that  he  never  made  a  mistake  and 
was  so  sure  of  his  ground  and  so  fearless  of  the  world  and  all  its  glit- 
tering pageantry,  she  realized  in  a  crude  way  that  he  towered  far 
above  most  men  in  all  those  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  that  constitute 
the  standard  of  perfect  manhood.  He  could  tell  her  many  more  things 
than  the  grand  ladies  knew.  He  could  correct  their  errors  of  im- 
pression, and  with  his  finely  rounded  intellect  and  his  shrewd  insight 
into  character  direct  her  thoughts,  tastes,  and  aspirations  away  from 
alluring  fallacies. 

And  what  a  handsome  man  be  was!  I  have  seen  her  sit  many  a 
time  at  receptions  and  watch  him  as  he  went  among  the  people.  He 
■  was  a  tall,  dark  man,  with  a  well-filled  frame  and  iron-gray  hair  and 
mustache,  and  there  was  that  in  his  whole  bearing  which  indicated 
strength  and  self-reliance.  1  believe  that  her  affection  for  him  was 
of  a  peculiar  kind.  I  cannot  call  it  love— it  may  have  been  better 
than  that;  and  yet — and  yet — but  this  matter  of  love  is  inscrutable, 
and  I  have  not  the  wisdom  intelligently  to  discuss  it. 

I  can  but  merely  scan  the  progress  of  their  home-building.  I  had 
been  a  long  time  aware  that  Macomb  cared  nothing  at  all  for  the 
more  frivolous  pleasures  to  which  he  introduced  his  wife.  I  knew 
that  with  a  man  of  his  refinement  and  development  of  intellect, 
those  pastimes  which  constitute  the  soul  of  fashionable  society  must 
have  been  wearisome  and  unsatisfying.  His  wife,  seeing  him  so 
much  at  ease,  and  shining  with  so  clear  a  light  above  the  other  men 
whom  he  encountered  in  these  fashionable  circles,  recognized  only 
the  fact  of  bis  superiority,  and  never  asked  herself  a  question. 

During  the  passage  of  all  these  months  of  dreams  and  happiness, 
the  comfort  and  superior  medical  skill  which,  by  means  of  Macomb's 
bounty,  I  was  enabled  to  enjoy,  brought  me  out  of  the  condition  of 
an  invalid,  and  set  me  fairly  on  a  level  with  the  world.  I  am  ready 
to  confess  that  my  friend's  wife  had  more  to  do  with  this  than  any 
one  else.  I  was  a  present  and  immediate  object  of  her  care;  I  was  a 
sufferer;  the  world  had  been  hard  and  dark  for  me.  Following  my 
friend  and  his  wealth  out  of  all  this  gloom  came  this  bewildered 
woman.  Upon  me  did  she  find  opportunity  to  lavish  the  abundance 
of  her  gratitude  to  Fortune. 

So,  I  recovered  my  health,  and  went  heartily  into  my  profession  of 
surgery— fortunately  with  so  good  success  that — but  is  this  boasting  ? 
I  was  soon  independent  of  my  good  friend's  help;  and  not  only 
that,  but  in  certain  ways  I  was  glad  to  do  things  which  added  to  his 
fortune.  Then  it  became  necessary  that  I  prosecute  my  studies 
abroad;  and  so  I  took  leave  of  my  two  precious  friends,  and  passed 
four  years  in  Europe. 

It  may  be  surmised  that  I  heard  now  and  then  from  Macomb  and 
his  wife;  but  the  letters  were  rare  and  unsatisfactory.  At  last,  just 
as  I  was  ready  to  return  to  America,  they  wrote  me  that  they  were 
going  to  California,  and  would  be  delighted  to  have  me  visit  them  at 
Santa  Barbara  in  the  winter.  After  passing  the  autumn  and  early 
winter  in  Boston  and  New  York,  I  went  to  San  Francisco,  and  thence 
to  see  my  friends  at  Santa  Barbara. 

They  had  taken  a  private  house.  It  was  dark  when  my  train  left 
me  at  the  station,  and  as  I  had  not  announced  the  exact  day  of  my 
coming,  I  called  a  cab  and  was  driven  directly  to  the  house.  It  was 
at  once  apparent  that  a  reception  was  afoot ;  the  grounds  were  lighted 
with  Chinese  lanterns,  and  all  the  windows  were  aglow.  I  was  in 
traveling  dress,  and  hesitated  to  announce  myself ;  but,  presuming  on 
my  old  and  intimate  acquaintance,  and  knowing  that  a  room  was  at 
my  disposal,  in  which  I  might  prepare  for  the  occasion,  1  requested 
to  be  driven  to  a  private  doorway.  I  alighted  and  sent  my  card  to 
Macomb.  The  servant  meanwhile  had  asked  me  to  wait  in  the  side 
passage,  which,  in  this  large  house,  was  somewhat  removed  from  the 
fashionable  crowd  in  attendance.  The  passage  was  brilliantly  lighted, 


CHRISTMAS   M'MBER. 


and  I  felt  awkward  standing  there;  but   presently  I  was  relieved  by 
an  extraordinary  visita'. 

My  card  had  fallen  Into  Mr.-.  Macomb's  bunds,  and  with  the  true 
fidelity  of  her  nature  she  had  hurried  to  greet  me.  But  who  was  this 
strange  woman  that  came  and  almost  threw  herself  npon  my  neck  ? 
I  had  seen  many  women  in  my  Hie— dainty  girls,  all  cream  and  roses, 
but  self-conscious;  ripe  matrons,  full  of  repose  and  warmth;  unmar- 
ried women  past  early  youth,  undeveloped  iu  those  precious  graces 
which  announce  the  presence  of  perfect  womanhood.  But  I  had 
never  seen  anything  like  this,  whi.-h  the  brilliant  light  of  the  rear 
passage  revealed. 

^be  was  indeed  Mrs.  Macomb,  but  not  she  as  1  had  known  her  of  old. 
Comfort,  luxury,  happiness,  and  time  had  worked  a  marvelous 
change.  Her  form  had  rounded  into  lines  of  inexpressible  grace,  and 
the  finest  skill  of  all  those  unique  artisans  who  devote  their  talents  to 
the  finishing  and  adornment  of  women  had  been  received  and  adapted 
with  perfect  assimilation.  She  was  dressed  in  a  simple  gown  of  pale 
blue,  liecolleli  aid  sleeveless,  with  La  France  roses  in  the  corsage. 
Her  beautiful  blonde  hair,  dressed  more  becomingly  than  I  had  ever 
imagined  it  could  be,  was  fastened  with  a  comb  bearing  a  few  large 
diamonds. 

She  was  indeed  my  friend's  wife.  I  recognized  her  tardily,  and 
then  instantly  I  was  astonished  that  I  had  at  all.  All  the  rich,  luxuri- 
ous, and  fascinatiug  charms  of  young  matronhood  sat  upon  her,  and 
were  adorned  by  their  wearer.  YoutD,  health,  and  buoyancy,  glad 
to  be  liberated  from  the  thralldom  of  the  old  days,  had  burst  into  lull 
bloom,  anJ  now  stood  complete  and  fascinating  before  me,  pressing 
my  hands  and  calling  me  •'  dearest  friend  "  in  the  most  musical  and 
caressing  of  voices.  I  felt  embarrassed  that  this  queen  of  feminine 
loveliness  should  give  me  a  genuine  and  wholesome  warmlh  of  affec- 
tion that  half  the  world  would  have  felt  honored  to  receive.  I  fol- 
lowed her  to  the  room  which  had  been  prepared  for  me  by  her  own 
hands.  Here  were  countless  touches  that  only  a  woman  of  taste  could 
have  made.  She  tried  in  every  graceful  and  friendly  way  to  put  me 
at  ease ;  but  it  all  was  strange  and  bewildering. 

When,  after  dressing,  1  emerged  from  the  room,  I  found  my  old 
friend  Macomb  awaiting  me  in  the  passage.  His  greeting  was  the 
same  as  of  old,  but  I  saw  something  in  his  face  that  puzzled  and 
troubled  me.  Manifestly,  he  was  rapidly  growing  old.  His  hair  had 
whitened  perceptibly— too  quickly  by  far.  The  healthy  color  had  left 
his  cheeks,  and  his  eyes  had  lost  much  of  the  steady  light  that  had 
helped  to  make  him  a  handsome  man.  But  there  was  not  time  to 
study  out  this  strange  problem.  There  was  something  unsound  and 
incongruous  here,  and  it  should  be  looked  into  in  good  season.  So 
we  went  to  join  the  merry  party  downstairs. 

The  first  persons  whom  we  encountered  were  Mrs.  Macomb  and  a 
singularly  handsome  man  having  a  cosy  tete-a-tete  in  the  main  hall  at 
a  table  on  which  the  punch-bowl  rested.  There  appeared  to  be  an 
excellent  understanding  between  them.  As  soon  as  she  saw  us  she 
came  forward  to  renew  her  welcome  to  me,  and  she  brought  up  the 
stranger  and  introduced  him.  His  name  was  Don  Miguel  de Salvador, 
and  she  pronounced  it  slowly  and  distinctly,  as  though  to  impress 
me  with  its  aristocratic  force.  I  imagined  that  he  regarded  me  a  lit- 
tle suspiciously  and  quizzically,  and  it  is  well  to  say  here  that  he 
avoided  me  as  much  as  possible  during  the  remainder  of  the  evening. 
He  was  strikingly  handsome;  tall,  slender,  dark,  with  the  thin  nose 
and  highly  arched  brows  of  fine  Spanish  blood.  Afterward  I  learned 
that  he  was  the  last  member  of  one  of  the  wealthy  old  aristocratic 
families  which  first  gave  to  California,  early  in  the  century,  that  color 
of  romance  which  lends  so  rare  a  charm  to  its  history.  His  eyes  were 
a  very  dark  hazel,  and  though  their  glance  was  firm  and  steady,  it 
was  the  firmness  of  courage,  scorn,  and  bravado ;  for  openness  and 
sincerity  it  lacked,  and  my  alarmed  watchfulness  was  quick  to  catch 
the  cold  and  sinister  quality  which  lingered  there. 

But  I  could  not  but  admire  the  singular  beauty  of  this  pair  as  they 
stood  before  us  in  the  hall — he  so  tall,  and  lithe,  and  dark,  and  satur- 
nine, she  so  fair,  and  radiant,  and  happy.  In  all  my  life  I  had  never 
seen  so  nearly  perfect  or  so  beautiful  a  match,  so  fine  a  combination 
of  harmonies  and  contrasts.  It  seemed  as  though  nature  might  have 
intended  them  each  for  the  other,  and  that  through  the  silent  work- 
ing of  her  inscrutable  laws  each  had  found  the  other  in  this  remote 
corner  of  the  world.  If  Macomb  himself  had  any  such  idea,  he  gave 
no  hint  of  it;  he  was  the  same  calm,  polite,  self  contained  gentleman 
as  of  old. 

I  found  opportunity  for  a  quiet  chat  with  my  dear  old  friend  ;  and 
though  our  talk  was  general,  every  word  and  movement  of  his  was  a 
loose-tongued  gossip  to  my  watchful  understanding.  But  I  saw  that 
matters  were  much  better  with  him  than  I  had  feared  they  were.  He 
was  happy  with  his  wife,  and  proud  of  her  beauty  and  of  the  adora- 
tion which  it  evoked.  Loyalty  and  love  were  luminous  in  him,  but 
there  was  something  after  all,  for  his  face  had  yellowed,  his  hair  had 
whitened,  and  his  manner  betrayed  a  weariness  which  all  his  art  was 
inefficient  to  conceal.  So  when  I  had  solved  this  problem  I  surmised 
it  to  be  a  deep  and  wearing  disappointment  that  his  wife  had  not  de- 
veloped on  other  lines.  .It  was  clear  that  as  she  had  grown  and 
emerged  into  radiant  womanhood  her  tastes  had  drifted  insensibly 
into  the  current  of  those  time-destroying  and  character-weakening 
frivolities  which  make  up  the  round  of  fashionable  life.  Her  spirit 
had  not  fallen  into  the  way  of  those  higher  and  finer  graces  which  en- 


able their  possessor  to  enjoy  these  frivolities  as  a  bright  and  diverting 
incident  in  the  growth  of  character  and  the  expansion  of  mind.  Mrs. 
Uacomb  had  found  perfect  content  in  fashionable  life  alone;  into  its 
cauldron  bad  she  Hung  all  her  native  force  of  character,  all  the 
strength  of  an  uncommonly  fine  intellect,  and  all  the  wealth  of  emo- 
tions which  by  their  richness  and  variety  should  have  set  her  apart 
from  and  above  the  average  of  womankind.  Richly  equipped  for  a 
fashionable  life  she  certainly  was;  but  she  could  have  accomplished 
more  than  that — she  could  have  been  a  companion  to  her  husband. 

Was  not  Macomb  to  blame  for  this  ?  I  am  tempted  to  think  he 
was,  but  I  am  not  here  to  pass  judgment  upon  either  him  or  her.  The 
mischief  had  been  done,  but  was  it  irremediable  ?  Meanwhile,  the 
noblest  and  most  unselfish  of  men  had  found  life  a  disappointment 
and  a  bore.  There  was  nothing  in  his  home  that  harmonized  with 
his  tastes.  The  irksomeness  of  his  social  duties,  the  breaks  in  his 
comfort  and  ease  of  mind,  and  the  emptiness  and  hollowness  which 
had  fallen  into  the  place  of  his  longings,  were  wearing  him  out,  and 
he  did  not  know  it.  But  in  the  loyalty  and  affection  of  his  wife  he 
had  unbounded  confidence,  and  without  his  knowing  it  this  brought 
a  comfort  to  his  days,  which,  were  it  removed,  would  clearly  wreck 
him  completely  and  at  once. 

I  have  no  blame  for  Mrs.  Macomb  that  she  did  not  understand  her 
husband,  that  she  was  unconscious  of  the  fact  that  she  was  taking  all 
the  light  out  of  his  life.  She  was  much  younger  than  he,  and  her 
knowledge  of  the  world  was  vastly  less.  A  man  may  be  too  indulgent 
to  his  wife;  that  is  all  the  judgment  I  will  pass. 

After  supper  most  of  the  guests  went  home,  leaving  a  few  of  the 
more  intimate  friends  of  the  hostess.  Wine  had  been  abundantly 
served.  Don  Miguel  of  course  was  one  of  those  who  remained.  This 
dwindled  party,  which  included  Macomb  and  me,  carried  things  mer- 
rily after  midnight,  and  it  was  the  most  delightful  evening  I  had  ever 
passed.  Mrs.  Macomb  was  in  brilliant  spirits.  She  sang  delightfully; 
the  witchery  of  her  charm  pervaded  everything,  and  her  eyes  danced 
with  a  happiness  that  inspired  us  all. 

The  night  was  now  far  advanced,  and  weariness  of  it  all  was  begin- 
ning to  tell  heavily  upon  Macomb;  yet  he  was  so  gracious  and  gen- 
tlemanly, and  entered  into  the  spirit  of  the  occasion  with  so  much 
apparent  heartiness,  that  none,  except  me,  knew  that  he  suffered ; 
and  I  alone  knew  this  because  I  alone  knew  the  man.  At  last,  in  a 
burst  of  glee,  Mrs.  Macomb  proposed  that  we  finish  the  night  in  a 
certain  French  restaurant  that  she  knew,  where  the  finest  of  oysters 
were  to  be  found.  All  at  once  agreed  to  the  proposition  except  Ma- 
comb and  me.  It  was  pretty  to  see  how  his  wife  pouted  when  he 
begged  to  be  excused.  They  all  went  away  in  tine  spirits,  leav- 
ing Macomb  and  me  alone.  Seeing  that  he  was  weary,  I  urged  him 
to  retire;  and  so  we  went  to  our  rooms. 

I  undressed  and  went  to  bed,  but  found  sleep  impossible;  and  the 
longer  I  lay  thinking  over  all  the  strange  and  painful  discoveries  I 
had  made,  the  more  restless  I  became.  My  heart  beat  tumultuously, 
and  within  me  was  an  unwonted  and  rebellious  excitement  that 
racked  and  tortured  me  with  a  thousand  pains.  After  a  time  I  arose, 
donned  a  street  dress,  and  slipped  out  for  a  walk.  This  was  my  first 
visit  to  Santa  Barbara,  and  when  I  had  emerged  into  the  sweet  night 
air  the  ineffable  spirit  that  hovers  over  the  place  fell  unctiously  upon 
me,  filling  me  with  a  delicious  sense  of  rest  and  comfort.  I  walked 
far,  and  presently  I  found  myself  away  down  on  the  beach.  The 
moon  shed  a  pale,  weird  light  on  the  yellow  sand,  and  there  was  music 
in  the  gently  rippling  waves  that  washed  the  shore.  The  dark  head- 
land to  the  north  crouched  like  a  great  monster  gazing  out  dreamily 
to  sea,  and  the  soft  wind  which  swung  across  the  Channel  brought 
faint,  sweet  odors  from  the  southern  seas.  From  this  dream  of  veiled 
beauty  and  soft  repose  I  turned  toward  the  town,  for  I  was  now  more 
than  a  mile  from  the  house  of  myfriend.  State  street  was  deserted  as  I 
passed  quickly  on.  The  moon  had  set,  and  electric  lights  were  blaz- 
ing at  intervals. 

A  sharp  surprise  overtook  me  when  I  discovered,  in  passing,  a 
woman  crouched  under  the  shadow  of  one  of  the  broad  awnings 
which  cover  the  sidewalks.  She  was  leaning  against  a  doorway,  and 
I  would  have  passed  on  had  I  not  seen  at  a  glance  that  she  was  dressed 
in  full  evening  costume,  her  long  fur-trimmed  cape  having  slipped 
heedlessly  from  one  bare  shoulder.  The  woman's  attitude  indicated 
distress.  My  first  thought  was  that  she  was  a  lady,  for  there  was 
something  indefinable  about  her  which  indicated  that.  Without  a 
moment's  hesitation  I  went  close  to  her  and  politely  asked  if  I  could 
be  of  any  assistance  to  her. 

To  my  inexpressible  amazement  Mrs.  Macomb  stood  before  me. 
The  light  was  dim  in  the  shadow,  and  she  made  no  response  to  my 
proffer;  but  I  could  see  from  the  deathlike  staring  of  her  eyes  and 
the  rigidity  of  her  features  that  some  dreadful  catastrophe  had  over- 
taken her. 

"  Why,  my  friend!  "  I  said  aghast;  "  is  this  you— and  what  is  the 
matter?     Where  are  your  friends  ?     Why  are  you  standing  here  ?  " 

She  looked  at  me  with  an  expression  so  pitiful  and  helpless  that  it 
was  like  a  knife  in  my  body.  The  deepest  humiliation,  shame,  and 
despair  were  written  on  her  face.  She  regarded  me  but  a  moment, 
and  then  her  face  sank  into  her  hands ,  and  she  crouched  back  further 
into  the  shadow.  Who  can  imagine  my  anguish  and  alarm  ?  I  took 
both,  her  hands  in  mine,  and  drew  her  close  to  me,  and  made  her 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


look  at  me.  All  my  sympathies  were  stirred  into  instant  activity, 
aad  all  that  life  held  for  me  was  at  her  command. 

"  My  friend,"  said  I,  "  some  serious  trouble  has  befallen  you. 
Whatever  it  is,  take  to  your  heart  what  I  am  going  to  say.  Do  you 
understand  ?" 

"  Yes,"  she  faintly  said. 

"  Then,  believe  that  no  matter  what  has  happened,  or  whatever 
trouble  under  the  sun  could  possibly  overtake  you,  at  any  time  in 
your  life,  and  wherever  you  may  be,  you  have  now  and  will  always 
have  a  friend  in  me— one  to  depend  upon  for  discretion;  one  whose 
knowledge  of  the  world  may  prove  of  assistance;  one  whose  fidelity 
to  you  and  readiness  to  serve  you  nothing  under  the  sun  can  shake." 

I  put  it  thus  somewhat  melodramatically  in  order  the  stronger  to 
impress  it  upon  her  bruised  and  benumbed  comprehension.  She  did 
understand  me,  and  she  smiled  with  a  faint  gratitude;  and  the  next 
moment  she  began  to  sob.  1  knew  then  that  I  had  touched  her  heart 
and  opened  it.  I  spoke  soothingly  to  her,  and  she  sobbed  all  the 
more;  and  then  she  drew  forth  a  note,  and  without  a  word,  keeping 
her  face  covered  from  my  sight,  she  handed  it  to  me.  I  stepped 
near  to  a  light  at  the  corner  and  read  it.  It  had  evidently  been  writ- 
ten under  very  great  excitement,  but  I  saw  at  a  glance  that  it  was 
from  Macomb.     It  ran  thus: 

Dear  Madam  :  As  I  was  too  nervous  to  sleep  after  you  and  your 
friends  left  this  evening,  I  went  to  the  restaurant,  afier  more  than 
an  hour  had  passed,  to  join  you  and  to  escort  you  home  when  you 
should  be  ready  to  go.  Ac  the  restaurant  I  learned  that  all  of  the 
party  had  gjne  except  you  and  one  oiher,  and  that  you  were  with 
this  friend  in  one  of  the  private  stalls  of  the  house.  1  am  ashamed 
to  confess  that  I  did  an  unpardonable  thing,  but  believe  me,  it  was 
pure  heedlessness:  instead  of  rapping  upon  the  door  of  the  stall  in 
which  you  were,  I  turned  the  knob  to  enter  unannounced.  I  found 
the  door  locked,  and  I  returned  home. 

In  thus  choosing  your  course  I  presume  you  have  acted  with  de- 
liberation—your  friend  is  certainly  tar  more  attractive  than  I,  and  he 
has  abundant  means.  In  case  ne  might  not  have  ready  money,  I 
enclose  herewith  a  check  to  your  order;  it  is  drawn  upon  a  bank  in 
San  Francisco,  to  which  city  I  respectfully  suggest  that  you  go  imme- 
diately. 

My  servants  have  orders  not  to  admit  any  woman  to  my  house  to- 
night, no  matter  what  name  she  may  use  to  gain  an  entrance.  I 
shall  be  absent  to-morrow,  in  order  that  you  may  come  to  the  house 
and  make  a  selection  of  such  of  its  belongings  as  "you  may  be  pleased 
to  take  with  you. 

Believe  me  when  I  say  that  if  trouble  of  any  kind  should  ever  assail 
you,  or  if  ever  you  should  be  in  need  of  money  or  a  friend,  my  means 
and  personal  services  are  at  your  command.     Very  truly  yours, 

J.  D.  Macomb. 

I  believed  I  felt  almost  as  much  crushed  and  dismayed  as  the  poor 
sobbing  woman  before  me.  What  could  be  done  ?  My  despair  sharp- 
ened my  usually  slow  wits  to  an  uncommon  degree,  and  with  all  the 
courage  of  my  soul  I  faced  this  terrible  disaster.  I  felt  so  helpless 
and  puny!  It  was  too  late  to  regret  what  might  have  been  done. 
Action  must  be  taken  now,  quick,  bold,  and  desperate.  ■  ■  ■  And 
that  contemptible  cur  of  the  handsome  face  and  sinister  eyes  had 
shamelessly  abandoned  her,  as  all  such  curs  do  when  danger  comes 
So  he  too  had  read  the  note,  and  had  slunk  away  and  left  her  alone 
with  her  despair.    •    ■    * 

Out  of  my  confusion  came  an  ordered  plan.  I  roused  her  and  laid 
it  before  her.  At  first  she  could  not  comprehend  it.  I  repeated  it 
over  and  over,  and  drilled  her  in  ils  details.  She  grasped  it  finally, 
and,  frightened  by  its  dauger  and  audacity,  would  have  shrunk  from 
its  employment;  but  I  gave  ber  no  time  for  that.  I  dragged  her  to 
her  home,  and  on  the  way  I  kindly  but  firmly  stripped  her  life  of  its 
glamour.  I  enlarged  upon  the  nobility  of  her  husband's  character, 
and  upon  that  matchless  unselfishness  on  his  part  which  had  enabled 
her  to  fill  his  life  with  suffering,  emptiness,  and  disappointment. 
She  made  no  defense,  but  sobbed  bitterly  all  the  way.  We  arrived  at 
her  home,  and  with  the  latch-key  which  had  been  given  me  1  let  us 
in  at  the  side  entrance  and  seated  her,  almost  fainting  with  fright,  in 
the  passage.    Then  I  went  straight  to  my  friend's  room. 

The  spectacle  which  I  then  beheld  shocked  me  fully  as  much  as 
the  other.  I  found  Macomb  sitting  staring  at  the  wall ;  and  he  looked 
so  old  and  feeble  that  I  could  hardly  recognize  him.  To  see  this 
strong  man  suddenly  dashed  to  the  ground;  to  see  this  fine,  proud 
spirit  scorched  and  shriveled;  to  see  this  bright  intellect  shat- 
tered by  a  cruel  and  unexpected  blow ;  to  see  a  noble,  gentle,  and  un- 
selfish life  stripped  of  all  its  treasures,— this  was  pitiful  beyond  all 
understanding.  He  looked  up  at  me  in  a  bewildered  fashion,  and  it 
was  with  an  evident  effort  that  he  recalled  me  to  his  memory.  There 
was  something  aggressive  and  defiant  in  my  manner  and  that  at- 
tracted his  attention. 

"  Well,  sir,"  said  1,  angrily  and  sternly,  "  what  do  you  think  of 
your  conduct  to-night  ?  It  does  not  seem  to  have  agreed  with  your 
conscience." 

"  I  don't  understand  you,"  he  said  weakly,  but  with  some  curi- 
osity. 

"  You  have  been  my  friend,"  said  I,  "  but  you  are  no  longer  that. 
For  all  that  you  have  done  in  kindness  for  me  I  have  an  abiding 
gratitude;  but  if  the  whole  world,  for  what  you  have  done  to-night, 
should  shake  the  finger  of  scorn  in  your  face,  I  would  not  raise  my 
hand  to  defend  you." 

This  stirred  him  deeply,  and  he  turned  his  chair  around  to  face 
me,  and  looked  at  me,  wondering. 


"  This  is  all  very  strange,"  he  said.  "  You  went  to  bed  long  ago; 
and  yet  I  see  that  you  have  had  the  enterprise  to  go  around  at  night 
and  learn  something  of  my  affairs— of  my  private  affairs,  if  you 
please;  and  not  only  that,  but  I  infer  that  you  have  come  to  defend 
some  one  who  has  been  accused.    It  is  very  strange." 

He  was  now  alert  and  puzzled,  and  thatwas  what  I  wanted. 

"  Before,"  said  I,  "  we  proceed  further  in  whatappearsto  be  a  very 
serious  personal  matter  between  you  and  me,  and  in  order  that  there 
may  be  no  false  step.no  misunderstanding,  no  fatal  mistake  that 
might  have  been  avoided  by  explanation,  1  desire  to  know  if  you  are 
the  author  of  this  letter  ?"  and  I  showed  him  the  one  he  had  sent  by 
messenger  to  his  wife.    He  glanced  at  it  more  puzzled  than  ever. 

•'  Yes;  I  wrote  it,"  he  said,  looking  straightat  me. 

"  Very  well.  Now  may  I  ask  what  there  is  in  your  knowledge  of 
my  character  that  would  induce  you  to  suspect  me  of  the  inconceiv- 
ably mean,  cowardly,  and  contemptible  conduct  which  is  charged 
against  me  by  intimation  in  this  note  ?  " 

He  waited  a  long  time  before  replying,  and  all  this  time  his  look 
was  fixed  upon  me  with  a  cold  and  penetrating  steadiness  that  tried 
every  nerve  in  my  body.  Finally  he  said,  with  the  utmost  deliber- 
ation: 

"  I  don't  understand  you;  but  I  will  go  so  far  as  to  say  that  at 
present  you  appear  to  be  carrying  in  your  head  the  tongue  either  of 
a  knave  or  a  fool." 

This  was  the  language  of  an  angry  man,  and  I  could  hardly  sup- 
press some  manifestation  of  my  delight. 

"  There  will  be  time,"  said  1,  "  to  discuss  hereafter  these  additional 
insults  which  some  unaccountable  perversity  impels  you  to  heap 
upon  me." 

"  Say  what  you  have  to  say,  man,  and  be  done  with  it  I"  he  cried, 
rUing  from  his  chair  and  facing  me  angrily. 

"  You  shall  have  it,  sir,"  I  replied  with  equal  fervor.  "  It  is  I,  as 
well  as  the  best  and  noblest  of  women,  who  am  insulted  and  out- 
raged by  this  contemptible  note.  3t  was  1  who  was  locked  in  that 
stall  with  your  wife,  and  I  have  come  to  demand  an  explanation  of 
your  conduct." 

The  situation  was  almost  tragic.  He  started  and  gasped,  and 
gazed  at  me  in  silence. 

"  She  did  not  know  that  the  door  was  locked,"  I  resumed.  "  I 
quietly  slipped  the  bolt  because  we  wanted  to  talk  over  old  times, 
for  we  bad  been  disturbed  by  impertinent  roysterers  who  opened 
the  door.  We  mistook  you  for  one  of  them.  If  the  manliness  in 
you  had  found  proper  exercise,  you  would  have  been  surer  of  your 
ground  before  taking  this  most  extraordinary  and  inexcusable  step." 

"  But  I  thought  you  had  gone  to  bed,"  he  stammered  helplessly. 

"  So  I  had ;  but,  being  unable  to  sleep.  I  went  to  take  a  walk,  and 
by  accident  alighted  upon  the  party  at  the  restaurant,  to  which  I 
had  gone  for  a  cup  of  coffee." 

"  But  the  waiter  told  me  it  was  Don  Miguel !"  he  answered  feebly. 

"  He  had  been  in  the  room,  but  so  bad  all  the  others;  and  they  all 
left  soon  after  1  arrived,  knowing  that  I  would  escort  your  wife 
home.  The  Don  went  with  them.  But  what  if  it  had  been  he  ? 
Could  you  not  have  trusted  this  purest  and  noblest  of  women  under 
any  circumstances  ?" 

He  began  to  move  eagerly  and  nervously  about,  making  ready  to 
go  out.  "  Why  did  you  not  come  and  tell  me  this  at  once  ?"'  he  de- 
manded impatiently. 

"  Because  when  she  received  your  brutal  note  she  fell  unconscious, 
and  I  was  so  alarmed  for  her  life,  and  so  greatly  needed,  that  I  could 
not  leave  her,  and  so  grossly  outraged  and  insulted  in  the  belief  that 
you  knew  I  was  in  the  room  and  that  this  note  implicated  me  inten- 
tionally, that  it  is  probably  better  I  did  not  see  you  at  all  in  those 
first  angry  minutes." 

He  tried  to  speak,  still  walking  helplessly  about,  not  knowing  what 
he  was  doing;  but  his  voice  refused  its  offices. 

•'  Do  you  want  to  see  your  wife  ?  "  I  asked,  with  a  softened  man- 
ner. 

He  nodded,  still  unable  to  speak. 

"  She  is  here  in  the  house,  sitting  crushed  and  ill." 

"  Where  ?    Take  me  to  her,"  he  said  with  thick  speech. 

"  No;  the  servants  may  be  about.  Stay  where  you  are  and  I  will 
bring  her  to  you." 

He  shot  a  quick  look  of  gratitude  at  me,  and  straightway  came 
and  took  my  baud,  and  pressed  it  warmly;  and  the  noblest  tears  I 
ever  saw  a  man  shed  streamed  down  his  cheeks.  Without  another 
word  I  went  to  fetch  his  wife.  The  happiness  of  the  moment  filled 
my  heart  with  light;  and  these  luminous  rays,  stretching  from  the 
present  into  the  future,  showed  me  two  noble  lives,  tried  by  error 
and  suffering,  mended  and  made  whole,  walking  hand  in  hand  down 
the  highway  of  life,  each  all  to  the  other  that  human  love  and  sym- 
pathy could  make  him.    ■    •    • 

The  poor  woman  looked  up  at  me  with  an  anxious  and  haggard 
face. 

"  Come  with  me  to  him,"  said  I,  smiling. 

A  beautiful  light  then  shone  from  her  eyes;  and,  leaning  on  my 
arm,  she  went  with  me  to  her  husband.  He  drew  the  poor  sufferer 
toward  bim,  and  then  I  closed  the  door  and  went  away. 


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"OUR  true  raconteur  is  always  sure  of  bis  audience,  for  his 
stories  have  usually  a  flavor  of  personality,  which  gives  to 
the  recital  an  element  of  truth  and  reality  that  fixes  the  at- 
tention of  his  hearer.  And  when  the  story  relates  to  what 
has  been,  in  the  long  ago,  when  "then"  and  "now"  are  the 
adverbs  of  time  used  by  those  who  speak,  tbe  interest  grows  apace. 
The  mining  days  of  California  have  furnished  many  a  motive  and 
plot  for  thrilling  story  and  graphic  verse ;  and  the  early  history  of 
the  little  town,  with  its  Spanish  name  of  its  patron  saint,  San  Fran- 
cisco, has  a  freshness  and  variety  that  can  never  grow  old.  Personal 
reminiscences  have  an  interest  peculiar  to  themselves,  and  those 
who  have  weathered  the  storms  and  struggles  that  are  inseparable 
from  "pioneering,"  and  have  watched  the  growth  of  tbe  small  settle- 
ment into  a  city  of  stately  proportions,  never  tire  of  recounting  the 
incidents  of  "early  days." 

The  Matron  and  the  two  Captains,  three  old-time  friends,  had  bepn 
skillfully  led  by  the  yonng  generation  present  into  a  vein  of  "That 
reminds  me,"  and  "Don't  you  remember?"  It  was  Sunday,  and 
they  had  been  discussing  the  sermon.  "Do  you  know,"  said  the 
matron,  "the  very  first  time  I  went  to  church  in  this  town  was  in  a 
carpenter  shop.  The  men  were  building  some  houses,  and  they  put 
up  this  shed  to  live  in  while  they  were  at  work.  We  got  there  too 
early,  for  they  were  eating  breakfast  at  a  long  pine  table  in  the 
middle  of  the  room,  and  they  had  pie.  I  had  heard  of  pie  for  break- 
fast before  I  left  New  York,  but  that  was  the  first  time  I'd  ever  seen 
it.  We  waited  outside  until  they  had  cleaned  up.  The  place  was 
clean  and  nice;  the  bunks  were  around  the  sides  of  the  room, and  we 
had  boxes  and  benches  to  sit  on.  That  shed  was  on  the  corner  of 
Jane  and  Natoma  streets,  and  when  we  got  the  money  we  built  a 
little  church  there." 

"The  first  time  I  ever  heard  the  old  Monumental  Fire  Company's 
bell  ring  was  on  Sunday,"  said  one  Captain.  "I  had  comedown 
from  the  mines  a  day  or  two  before.  I  was  in  a  kind  of  lodging- 
house  and  music  hall.  There  were  a  lot  of  men  sitting  around, 
smoking  and  talking,  and  the  streets  were  quiet,  for  everybody  had 
gone  to  church.  What?  Oh !  it  was  in  '50.  All  of  a  sudden  there 
was  one  single  tap  of  a  bell.  Every  man  stopped  talking,  got  up, 
and  walked  out,  and  they  didn't  say  a  word.  I  didn't  know  what  it. 
was  all  about,  but  I  followed  the  crowd.  They  went  down  to  a  ware- 
house on  the  corner  of  Battery  and  Commercial  streets;  the  big 
doors  were  shut.  Two  ropes  hung  from  a  couple  of  beams  up  above, 
and  the  ends  of  the  ropes  went  in  over  the  doors.  In  a  minute  or 
two  those  doors  were  thrown  open  and  two  men  came  swinging  out 
on  the  ends  of  the  ropes.  They  didn't  have  caps  on.  either— didn't 
have  time  for  that,"  said  the  Captain  grimly.  "  The  next  time  I 
heard  it  tap  was  in  '51,  for  the  same  reason,  and  it  struck  again 
in  '56." 

"Yes,  and  I  tied  the  knots  in  the  ropes  that  time."  broke  in  tbe 
other  Captain.  "1  tell  you,  when  that  tocsin  sounded  everybody 
dropped  everything  and  went  to  the  spot.  The  draymen  left  their 
loaded  wagons  in  the  street,  for  that  sound  meant  business.  That's 
a  historic  bell.  Of  course  it  was  kept;  it's  in  the  Pioneer  Hall  now, 
and  the  engine  house  was  where  the  Exempt  is  now.  opposite  the  old 
City  Hall  plaza,  in  Brenham  Place.  Horses?  Not  muchl  They 
pulled  the  machine  by  a  rope,  and  we  were  all  firemen." 

Then  the  young  generation  broke  in  and  declared  that  such  stories 
were  horrid,  and  didn't  they  have  any  fun  in  those  days? 

"Fun  1"  exclaimed  the  matron;  "well,  I  should  think  we  did!  You 
girls  don't  know  what  fun  is.  We  were  angels  then,  and  the  men 
thought  they  were  lucky  to  get  a  look  at  us.  Many  a  time  I've 
walked  over  from  Happy  Valley  with  your  aunt,  to  do  some  shop- 
ping in  the  town,  and  found  a  dozen  or  more  men  waiting  around 
the  store  for  us  to  come  out.  Speak  to  us?  No,  indeed  1  There 
never  was  a  place  in  the  world  where  women  were  treated  with  more 
respect.  It  wouldn't  have  been  safe  for  a  man  to  be  disrespectful  to 
a  woman  on  the  street." 

"Indeed  it  wouldn't  1"  said  one  Captain;  "they'd  have  strung  him 
up  to  the  nearest  post." 

"Why,"  continued  the  matron,  "I've  had  as  many  as  twelve  invita- 
tions to  one  party,  and  the  girls  always  had  plenty  of  bouquets,  and 
the  smallest  kind  of  one  cost  five  dollars.  I  remember  the  first 
time  I  ever  danced  the  mazourka.    It  was  in  a  hall,  where  all  the 


parties  were  given  ;  there  was  one  man  who  could  dance  it,  and  he 
and  I  danced  together,  and  the  rest  of  the  folks  formed  a  circle  and 
watched  us.  Happy  Valley?  That's  where  we  lived  first,  over  on 
the  other  side  of  Mission  street;  it  was  a  pretty  place,  with  trees  and 
flowers.  Market  and  Mission  streets  were  two  sleep  sand  hills,  that 
you  couldn't  drive  a  horse  over,  and  we  had  to  climb  those  or  walk 
away  down  around  the  end  into  Montgomery  street." 

"  Do  you  remember  where  I  first  met  you?"  asked  the  other 
Captain. 

"  Remember?  I'll  never  forget  it.  It  was  at  that  wedding  in  the 
little  carpenter  shop.  The  groom  asked  me  to  stand  up  with  them 
and  1  wouldn't,  somotherdid.  When  the  minister  asked  him  if  he'd 
'take  this  woman,'  and  the  rest  of  it,  he  said,  •  You  bet  I  will,  and  be 

d d  glad  to  get  her.'    Oh,  wasn't  mother  shocked,  and  how  we 

laughed  at  her!" 

"What  kind  of  clothes  did  you  wear  to  the  parties?"  was  the  ques- 
tion. 

"We  had  party  dresses,  of  course,"  said  the  matron,  rather 
shortly.  "Most  of  us  wore  tarleton,  double  skirts,  flounced,  and  all 
made  by  hand,  and  three  starched  petticoats  under,  to  keep  them  out, 
aud  we  wore  our  hair  a  good  deal  the  way  you  wear  yours  now, 
parted  and  with  side  combs.  We  wore  ribbon  belts  and  buckles. 
I've  worn  the  one  I  gave  you  to  many  a  dance  here  in  early  days. 
About  the  men?    Ask  your  father." 

"We  didn't  have  any  of  your  dude  get-ups,"  growled  the  other 
Captain.  "A  man  didn't  need  a  dress  suit  to  be  a  gentleman.  But 
we  wore  decent  enough  clothes,  and  always  put  on  a  'boiled'  shirt  for 
anything  swell.  Yes,  a  white  shirt  was  a  rarity,  because  of  the  very 
reason  that  gave  them  the  name.  They  had  to  be  boiled,  and  getting 
jour  clothes  washed  was  a  serious  thing.  Why?  Well,  laundries 
were  scarce,  and  principally  because  all  the  water  was  brought  over 
from  Sausalito.  They  brought  it  over  in  a  little  schooner,  that  had 
her  hull  cleaned  out  for  the  purpose.  They'd  run  her  full  of  water 
over  there,  and  then  pump  it  out  into  barrels  over  here,  and  then  it 
was  carted  through  the  streets,  'sixteen  buckets  for  a  dollar.'  And 
by  the  way,  speaking  of  water,  a  man  named  Ensign  found  a  little 
valley  with  a  fine  spring  of  water  in  it,  up  somewhere  back  of  the 
corner  of  Powell  and  California  streets.  He  called  the  place  Spring 
Valley,  and  that  was  the  beginning  of  the  big  Spring  Valley  Water 
Works." 

And  so  the  talk  went  on,  of  the  fifty  dollar  "slugs,"  octagonal  gold 
pieces  much  larger  than  a  silver  dollar;  of  apples  that  were  cheap  at 
a  dollar  apiece,  and  strawberries  worth  their  weight  in  gold;  of  the 
old  ship  that  was  anchored  fast  in  the  mud  at  the  corner  of  Clay  and 
Sansome  streets,  her  hold  converted  into  a  place  of  storage,  and  a 
story  built  over  for  a  lodging.  The  approach  was  on  a  plank  walk, 
built  on  piers  fifteen  feet  high.  The  sign  read,  "Rest  for  the 
weary,  and  storage  for  trunks;  Put  up  your  dust  and  go  into  your 
bunks."  Of  the  excitement  and  festivities  in  connection  with  the 
arrival  and  departures  of  the  monthly  steamers,  with  their  heavy 
passenger  list,  the  mails,  and  the  precious  gold  dust.  One  story  sug- 
gested another  half-forgotten  incident,  until  the  present  was  for- 
gotten entirely  in  the  fast-coming  memories  of  the  past,  and  the 
matron  and  both  Captains  lived  again  in  the  days  of  '49. 

SOME    FAMOUS    CLOWNS. 


AMONG  other  clowns  who  arrived  at  a  great  degree  of  pro- 
ficiency in  their  art,  none  were  more  famous  than  Dominico. 
Originally  from  Italy,  he  found  his  way  to  Paris,  and  soon  became  a 
great  favorite  with  Louis  XIV.  While  calling  on  that  monarch  at 
supper  on  one  occasion,  he  fixed  his  eyes  so  intently  on  a  dish  of 
partridges  that  Louis,  who  was  very  fond  of  his  acting,  said  to  one  of 
the  servants,  "Give  that  dish  to  Dominico." 

"And  the  partridges,  too,  sire?"  was  the  shrewd  inquiry  of  the 
harlequin.  Louis,  penetrating  his  art,  said,  "And  the  partridges, 
too."    The  dish  was  of  gold. 

The  most  celebrated  clown  of  Addison's  time  was  Delphini,  also  an 
Italian,  who  for  two  seasons  had  all  London  laughing. 

Almost  every  boy  has  read  of  the  clown  at  Athens  who  imitated 
the  squealiug  of  a  pig.  When  he  was  through,  a  countryman  stepped 
forward  and  volunteered  to  do  it  better. 

After  he  had  given  a  few  lusty  squeals  the  audience  declared  his 
performance  inferior  to  the  clown's.  Upon  this  the  countryman 
produced  from  his  bosom  a  young  pig  which  was  responsible  for  the 
last  noises. 

But  the  audience,  unwilling  to  go  back  on  the  clown  and  their  own 
judgment,  hissed  the  countryman  off  the  stage. 

<—  Jeremy  Taylor,  who  brought  the  richest  and  quaintest  fancy 
to  the  illustration  of  scripture  truth,  was  of  humble  origin. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


THE  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts  opened  its  portals  to  the  multitude 
of  students  on  tbe  15th  of  October,  and  now  every  atelier  is 
jammed  to  its  fullest  capacity.  Once  more  has  the  annual  strife  for 
art  commenced.  All  the  "ancients"  were  on  deck,  as  well  as  the 
usual  gathering  of  nouveaux.  Nine  Americans,  including  myself, 
were  among  the  latter,  bound  for  Gerome's  atelier;  besides  us  were 
five  French  nouveaux,  making  fourteen  in  all.  We  presented  a  com- 
ical spectacle  as  we  riled  in,  each  loaded  down  with  two  big,  heavy 
stools,  an  easel,  and  big  portfolio,  for  the  regulations  of  the  Ecole 
require  these  of  each  student. 

We  Americans  had  heard  of  the  hazing  and  pranks  which  nouveaux 
were  put  to,  and  so  decided  to  stand  together  and  resist  any  too  far- 
fetched pranks,  but  arranged  to  give  them  a  little  performance  in- 
stead. Two  of  the  boys  had  been  cowboys  in  the  wild  West,  and 
they  had  brought  over  their  costumes;  so  we  had  them  bring  them 
to  the  school  wrapped  up  so  that  no  detection  of  them  was  possible. 
Besides  the  costumes  each  had  a  big  sis-shooter  tilled  with  blank 
cartridges,  and  one  had  a  lariat  of  horsehair  over  thirty  feet  long. 
The  rest  of  us  were  to  support  them  in  the  show. 

Nouveaux!  How  that  word  thrilled  the  "ancients"  (as  the  older 
students  are  called);  it  meant  that  the  whole  studio  was  to  be  taken 
to  the  Cafe"  du  Deux  Magots  and  treated,  and  then  treated  to  a  circus 
at  the  atelier;  for  every  nouveau  must  either  sing,  dance,  or  strip 
nude,  and  those  who  should  do  either  would  be  sorry  for  it. 

I  had  no  sooner  entered  the  atelier  than  one  of  the  students  seized 
my  easel  from  me  and  made  kindling  of  it,  while  some  one  else  got 
off  with  my  two  stools.  I  didn't  care,  as  I  .had  brought  them,  and 
that  is  all  that  is  required,  for  you  can  use  any  other  you  lay  your 
hands  on.  Olher  students  seized  therestof  the  brand  new  easels  and 
stools  and  administered  liberal  supplies  of  paint  to  them.  This  was 
done  to  aggravate  the  new-comers  so  that  they  would  fight  and  then 
be  set  upon  by  tbe  crowd. 

They  all  took  it  good-naturedly,  however;  but  none  of  the  French 
nouveaux  would  sing  or  dance,  so  the  crowd  surrounded  them  and 
soon  had  them  all  stripped,  though  they  resisted  the  best  they  could. 
Being  divested  of  every  stitch  they  had  on,  they  were  now  compelled 
to  march  round  the  room  amid  jeers  and  compliments  as  to  the 
merits  of  their  respective  shapes.  Then  they  allowed  them  to  dress. 
But  two  of  the  strongest  were  picked  out  and  stripped  to  the  waist, 
and  each  was  handed  a  paint  brush  about  three  feet  long,  one  filled 
with  Prussian  blue  and  the  other  with  bright  red  paint.  Then  they 
had  to  fight.  They  had  long  aprons  on  to  protect  their  trowsers. 
The  fellow  with  tbe  red  brush  made  a  jab  and  caught  the  blue  man 
in  the  stomach,  leaving  a  nice  big  red  dab;  but  he  no  sooner  did  it 
than  he  got  a  swipe  of  blue  in  the  face.  Then  they  got  mad  and  were 
swiping  huge  daubs  of  color  on  each  other's  anatomy  until  each  was 
respectively  a  symphony  of  color.  How  the  crowd  did  yell  from 
their  perches  on  top  of  stools,  easels,  etc!  The  poor  devils  kept  at  it 
till  there  was  no  more  color  left  on  their  brushes.  They  were  an 
awful  sight,  but  a  few  gallons  of  turpentine  sufficed  to  scour  the  paint 
off  their  bodies. 

Now  came  "  le  brush."  Another  of  the  luckless  nouveaux  was 
seized,  and  after  a  desperate  resistance  on  h*s  part,  his  hands  were 
•  tied  in  front  of  his  knees,  and  a  long  pole  run  through  so  as  to  pinion 
his  arms  and  legs.  In  this  way  he  was  borne  around  the  room  to  the 
tune  of  the  mut-ic  of  the  dause  du  venire,  and  was  finally  hoisted  up  on 
a  ladder  to  a  big  shelf  that  runs  along  the  room  fully  twelve  feet 
above  the  floor.  They  took  the  ladder  down  and  left  him  up  there  for 
nearly  a  half  hour.  He  was  perfectly  helpless  and  dared  not  move 
lest  he  should  fall  and  crack  his  cranium.  They  made  him  sing  in 
that  posture  by  threatening  to  throw  stools  at  him,  and  had  the  wits 
scared  out  of  him.  I  never  saw  such  a  comical  sight  as  he  presented 
up  there  on  the  shelf.  Some  one  now  suggested  that  they  put  a  nou- 
veau  in  a  barrel  full  of  holes  and  squirt  water  all  over  him,  as  was 
done  several  years  before,  but  it  was  deemed  too  brutal. 

So  far  they  had  not  bothered  any  of  the  Americans,  but  they  now 
turned  their  attention  to  us.  We  were  all  gathered  in  a  bunch.  We 
were  ready  for  them ;  during  the  hazing  of  the  other  nouveaux  the 
two  cowboys  had  donned  their  costumes,  having  their  "guns"  in 
their  belts  and  also  a  real  knife.  They  were  both  behind  the  big  par- 
tition that  divides  the  room  and  were  unnoticed  as  yet.  So  when  the 
Frenchmen  began  to  make  for  us,  the  one  with  the  lariat  stepped 
oat,  and,  singling  out  the  loudest-mouthed  fellow  of  the  hazing  con- 


tingent, had  his  rope  over  him  before  the  man  knew  what  happened 
We  all  grasped  it  and  gave  it  an  awful  yank,  which  sent  the  fellow 
sprawling  on  the  floor.  It  was  all  done  so  quickly  that  the  rest  of 
the  crowd  stood  still,  astounded ;  they  didn't  know  what  to  make  of 
the  two  cowboys  and  the  rope.  We  quickly  released  the  roped  man 
and  had  another  fellow  on  the  string,  giving  him  a  little  floor  exer 
cise.  Then  many  applauded  the  cleverness  of  the  act, .which  they 
had  never  seen  before. 

Seeing  that  they  now  respected  us,  we  told  them  we  would  enter- 
tain them  a  little.  So  they  cleared  the  whole  room  by  flinging  all 
the  easels,  chairs,  paiut  boxes,  etc.,  in  a  heap  that  nearly  reached  the 
ceiling.  Then  the  men  from  the  West  showed  them  some  fancy  rope 
tricks,  which  delighted  them  immensely.  The  leaders  of  the  crowd 
kept  well  in  the  background,  completely  subdued.  I  struck  up 
"Chippy,  Get  Your  Hair  Cut"  on  a  harmonica,  to  which  all  our 
crowd  got  in  and  danced  a  regular  hoe-down.  This  took  the  atelier; 
the  hazers  yelled  and  were  crazy  with  delight,  and  no  wonder.  None 
of  them  bad  ever  seen  a  harmonica  hoe-down  before. 
:  Now  we  arranged  for  a  grand  finale.  All  of  us  got  around  the 
model  stand  in  a  circle  and  started  an  Indian  war  dance,  the  two 
cowboys  leading.  At  a  given  signal  we  all  let  out  a  terrible  war 
whoop  that  could  be  heard  up  in  Montmatre,  and  the  two  men  from 
the  West  yanked  out  their  six-shooters  and  emptied  them  in  the  air, 
at  the  same  time  brandishing  their  knives.  It  was  a  terrible  roarand 
sounded  like  a  real  Wild  West  massacre.  To  see  the  Frenchmen 
make  for  the  door  was  a  caution,  knocking  each  other  down  (the  door 
wasn't  large  enough  to  accommodate  them  all  at  once).  We  soon 
had  the  place  all  to  ourselves.  Then  the  guardians  came  flying  in, 
expecting  to  find  dead  men  galore  and  a  wrecked  room,  but  all  was 
quiet.  Blue  smoke  and  dust  were  all  there  was  to  show  for  it.  The 
two  cowboys  got  behind  the  partition,  out  of  sight,  while  we  all 
looked  innocent.  No  damage  being  done,  nothing  was  done  to  us( 
and  one  by  one  the  students  came  back,  got  their  hats  or  coats,  and 
left,  or  went  to  work.  They  have  never  opened  their  heads  or  both- 
ered us  since,  and  you  would  never  kDow  anything  about  it  from 
them.  I  doubt  if  ever  such  a  reception  was  given  in  the  Ecole  des 
Beaux  Arts  before,  and  no  doubt  Americans  will  be  left  alone— at 
least  in  Ge"rome's  atelier. 

The  poor  French  nouveaux  are  always  called  upon  to  run  errands, 
get  clean  towels,  black  soap,  turpentine,  buy  cigarettes  for  the  boys, 
and  do  every th;ng  that  is  wanted,  like  servants;  but  no  one  ever 
bothers  us.  Down  stairs,  in  the  ateliers  of  the  sculptors,  the  nou- 
veaux  are  required  to  go  after  the  clay  in  a  harnessed  cart,  mix  the 
clay  every  day,  sweep  the  atelier  regularly,  and  get  coal,  towels,  etc., 
for  six  months.  If  there  are  several  they  divide  the  work  up  among 
them. 

No  matter  how  well  off  one  may  be,  or  how  one  may  detest  such 
work,  one  has  to  do  it  or  get  out.  There  are  several  married  men 
who  do  this  without  any  grumbling,  but  I  doubt  if  they  would  do  it 
at  home.  It  is  the  same  in  the  architects'  department.  The  nouveaux 
have  to  construct  all  the  big  wooden  frames,  carry  them  to  the  gal- 
lery during  exhibition  time,  and,  in  fact,  do  nothing  but  the  work  of 
hired  men  for  nearly  a  year.  The  painters  have  the  easiest  time  of 
the  lot,  you  see;  but  such  are  the  drawbacks  when  studying  in  a 
government  school  for  the  first  time. 

Paris,  December  1,  1894. 


STRANGE    TITHES    FOR    VICARS. 


IN  some  parts  of  England  tithes  are  frequently  paid  in  articles 
instead  of  money.  This  is  especially  the  case  in  some  County 
parishes  in  the  north,  where  the  people  are  mostly  all  peasant 
farmers. 

A  vicar  of  the  writer's  acquaintance  is  usually  paid  his  tithes  in 
the  form  of  sacks  of  apples,  potatoes,  and  Swede  turnips,  butter, 
poultry,  etc.  In  one  case  a  peasant  farmer  offered  to  pay  off  the 
tithes  by  working  in  the  rector's  garden  in  the  evenings,  and  his 
wife  undertook  to  bake  all  the  bread  for  every  week's  supply,  and 
do  all  the  cleaning  and  scrubbing  required. 

Some  very  queer  tithes  have  sometimes  been  sent.  A  yard  dog 
with  a  kennel,  an  old  chaff-cutting  machine,  and  half  a  score  of  eggs 
came  to  one  vicar,  with  a  request  for  a  receipt. 

This  last,  after  lying  in  a  garret  for  five  years  longer,  was  sent  to 
a  picture  shop  to  be  framed.  The  dealer,  in  cleaning  it  up,  discov- 
ered the  name  of  Gainsboro  upon  it  and  offered  $500  for  the  paint- 
ing. 

The  money  was  at  once  accepted  and  sent  to  the  farmer,  who,  in 
his  surprise  and  delight  at  receiving  it,  quite  forgot  to  return  to 
the  vicar,  as  he  might  have  done,  the  amount  of  the  unpaid  tithes. 
— Tid-Biis. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


-^m/s 


ZO  -  CO  -00  20-0O-  OO 


|Fa  straw  shows  how  the  wind  blows,  how  much  more  doth  the 

trim  of  a  man's  beard  reflect   the  workings  of  the  human  soul 

within !    There  is  character  in  whiskers.    They  are  the  outward 

_L     expression  of  the  strange,  odd  fancies  that  people  the  brain  of 

the  owner.    The  glory  of  a  woman  is  her  hair,  the  pride  of  a 

man  is  his  whiskers. 

The  strange  yearning  of  the  mind  to  cultivate  those  hirsute  adorn- 
ments of  the  face  begins  to  develop  at  a  very  early  age.  The  first 
roughness  of  the  cheek  is  heralded  as  the  approach  of  that  Doble  dis- 
tinction of  the  male  sex.  the  whisker,  and  the  youth  looks  eagerly  in 
the  mirror  to  hail  the  first  sprout.  Such  is  his  enthusiasm  that  even 
a  pimple  is  often  mistaken  for  the  true  business,  and  treated  with  an 
honor  and  consideration  it  would  not  otherwise  receive. 

This  city  rejoices  in  a  large  number  of  whiskers,  using  the  word 
generally  and  including  all  forms  of  hair  on  the  face. 

Dr.  George  Chismore  wears  a  medical  beard,  a  chin  attachment 
which  is  trimmed  artfully,  or  rather  with  that  disregard,  to  art  which 
would  indicate  the  mind  absorbed  in  its  true  studies.  The  casual 
observer,  gazing  upon  the  doctor,  would  say,  "There  is  a  man 
wrapped  up  in  science;  look  at  his  beard." 

Now,  Dr.  McNutt's  beard,  on  the  other  hand,  is  a  calm,  undemon- 
strative beard,  a  sick-room  beard,  a  beard  which  would  light  the  eyes 
of  the  patient  with  a  sense  of  gratification  and  thankfulness  that 
such  a  balm-bestowing,  healing  looking  beard  came  to  the  bedside. 

Dr.  Rosenstern's  beard  is  altogether  of  the  philosophic  character. 
It  might  be  worn  by  a  Persian  savant;  it  is  Oriental  to  a  degree,  and 
has  a  midway  ripple  which  makes  it  particularly  impressive. 

Philip  Lilienthal  is  a  man  dissatisfied  with  his  beard.  Mr.  Lilien- 
thal  wears  it  one  month  ala  Vandyke,  then  it  displeases  him,  and  he 
allows  the  corners  to  thicken  until  the  beard  shows  up  as  square  as  a 
swashbucker's  in  the  days  of  Xing  James.  Just  now  that  beard  is 
very  slim ,  doing  penance  for  its  past  luxuriance,  as  it  were. 

Harry  Mann  is  one  of  the  faitbtul  few  who,  through  all  the  vicissi- 
tudes of  beards,  has  adhered  to  the  gracious  old  fashion  of  side  pend- 
ants, or  "Piccadilly  weepers,"  as  they  are  known  in  the  great  book 
of  classification.  They  are  really  a  beautiful  pair,  so  much  alike  that 
it  would  be  impossible  to  tell  them  apart  unless  a  bit  of  red  ribbon  or 
some  such  distinguishing  mark  were  used.  Mr.  Maun  takes  great 
care  of  his  whiskers,  and  is  particular  at  certain  periods  of  the  day  in 
removing  burrs,  and  dust,  and  such  foreign  matter  as  may  become 
entangled  in  their  meshes. 

Colonel  Alexander  G.  Hawes  is  partial  to  the  old  military  style  of 
whiskers.  The  Colonel's  grizzled  mustache,  beneath  which  has 
passed  many  a  bumper  of  rare  burgundy,  though  changing  in  color, 
has  lost  nothing  of  its  primeval  richness.  There  are  as  many  hairs 
in  it  now  as  when  he  led  his  gallant  Illinois  regiment  at  the  battles  of 
the  "Wilderness  and  Lost  Mountain.  The  Colonel's  pointed  beanl  is 
his  trusted  counsellor.  Just  before  the  draw,  when  the  grave  ques- 
tion arises  whether  to  stand  pat  or  bob  to  a  flush,  the  Colonel  strokes 
that  keen  sagacious  pointed  beard  and  awaits  its  answer.  The  beard 
does  not  tap,  exactly,  but  it  vibrates,  and  its  ovyier,  skilled  in  their 
occult  signs,  acts  accordingly,  and  almost  invariably  scoops  in  the 
pot. 

Major  Ned  Palmer  has  a  great  deal  of  confidence  in  his  heavy  mus- 
tache. When  the  Major  is  making  the  grand  rounds  of  the  market, 
and  the  condition  of  bird,  fish,  or  joint  is  submitted  to  his  unim- 
peachable authority,  he  relies  more  upon  his  mustache  than  on 
his  nose.  If  that  "can"  has  been  too  long  shot,  or  that  bass  has  been 
too  long  out  of  the  water,  the  mustache  will  bristle  with  indignation 
when  brought  in  close  contact  with  those  obnoxious  carcasses.  On 
the  other  hand,  if  the  material  to  be  passed  upon  is  everything  that 
an  epicure  can  desire,  the  Major's  mustache  composes  itself  into  a 
graceful  and  beneficent  wave,  as  if  assuring  the  keen  Palmer  nostrils 
that  it  is  all  right,  and  poulterer  and  fish  monger  are  acting  in  good 
faith. 

John  L.  Beard,  of  the  Mission  San  Jose,  wears  a  beard  which  is  a 
compromise  between  the  California  agriculturist,  profound  in  pota- 
toes, and  the  European  wine-grower  of  the  South  of  Prance.  The 
mustache  section  is  trimmed  to  the  California  standard,  but  the 
pointed  beard  is  French  to  a  marked  degree. 
James  Sperry,  Mayor  of  Sausalito,  cherishes  a  small  mustache, 


which  it  is  his  ambition  should  be  the  standard  type  of  California 
millers.  It  is  light  and  fleecy  or  floury,  and  there  is  a  small  margin 
left  at  the  ends  for  curling,  not  big  enough  to  take  the  regular  wax 
treatment,  but  still  ample  for  a  slight  twist. 

Arthur  Scrivener's  beard  is  uncommon.  It  is  not  cut  in  either  the 
English  or  French  fashion,  and  is  so  light  that  the  gale  can  blow 
through  it  without  difficulty.  Its  pose  would  suggest  a  certain 
amount  of  artistic  indifference. 

Carey  Friedlander  has  a  sui  g'neris  mustache.  It  is  well  nour- 
ished, and  its  beam  is  beyoDd  the  average.  There  is  a  semi-wave 
about 'midships,  in  Carey's  mustache,  which  indicates  a  mirthful 
disposition. 

Ned  Hopkins'  beard  and  mustache  are  strangely  suggestive  of  the 
renaissance.  There  is  a  delicate  shade  of  gray  in  them  by  no  means 
unbecoming,  and  the  droop  at  the  corners  of  the  mustache  hinting  at 
a  reflective  disposition.  Since  Mr.  Hopkins  built  and  cruised  in  El 
Primero  his  beard  has  taken  on  a  Sir  Francis  Drake  suggestiveness, 
such  is  the  influence  of  the  mighty  and  swift  rolling  Sacramento 
the  human  countenance. 

Albert  Gerberding  wears  his  jet  black  beard  and  mustache  after 
the  fashion  of  pirates  of  the  Spanish  main,  the  gentlemen  adven- 
turers who 

Fettered  wrist  to  bar,  all  for  red  iniquity, 

Glory  in  their  chains  for  the  sorrow  that  was  Spain's, 

And  who,  for  many,  many  years  were  the  masters  and  terror  of  the 
sea.  When  Mr.  Gerberding  puts  on  a  fez  and  scowls,  one  looks  in- 
voluntarily for  the  wide  belt  garnished  with  brass-mounted  pistols 
and  the  murderous  cutlass  which  were  the  tools  of  the  sanguinary 
trade  of  those  buccaneers.  Nothing  is  more  strikingly  realistic  than 
the  figure  of  Mr.  Gtrberding  in  any  costume  that  has  a  piratical  flavor 
about  it. 

Consul  George  Hall  has  a  nice  little  blonde  mustache,  which  nes- 
tles like  a  bird  on  Mr.  Hall's  plump  upper  lip.  It  is  not  a  far-reach- 
ing, ambitious  mustache,  leaving  only  corner  enough  to  curl,  and 
very  little  to  spare  at  that.  But  Mr.  Hall  curls  it  all  the  same.  How- 
ever, it  is  a  mustache  whose  consumption  of  cosmetic  is  extremely 
economical. 

Roger  D.  Magee  has  a  peculiar  mustache,  which  by  its  bristles  re- 
flects the  energetic  nature  of  the  wearer.  Its  color  might  be  called 
foxy,  a  delicate  compromise  between  Bismarck  and  brick  red.  The 
hair  pendant  from  the  dead  center  of  Mr.  Magee'a  chin  has  a  gray 
streak  in  it.  It  is  not  an  imperial,  lacking  the  fullness  and  accuracy 
of  termination  of  the  French  article  of  that  name,  but  is  emphatic- 
ally a  "goatee,"  the  replica  of  the  appendage  of  this  much  esteemed 
domestic  animal.  Mr.  Magee's  handsome  face  is  much  relieved  by 
this  goatee.  Without  it  its  good-natured  rotundity  would  be  too 
marked  for  the  genuine  Apollo  standard  to  which  Mr.  Magee  justly 
and  legitimately  aspires. 

Amfed^e  Joullin  declares  his  artistic  nature  in  his  mustache.  There 
is  chiaro  osctiro  in  every  hair  of  it,  and  the  middle  distance  is  exquis- 
itely relieved  by  the  background  of  alabaster  skin. 

Downey  Harvey  has  a  neat  little  bifurcated  beard,  which  only  a 
youth  of  Mr.  Harvey's  iocund  disposition  could  wear  with  propriety. 
It  is  a  symphony  in  red,  and  is  possibly  the  most  delicately  nurtured 
and  carefully  trimmed  beard  in  town.  Some  men  of  the  Pacific 
Union  Club  have  endeavored  to  rival  Mr.  Harvey's  beard,  but  their 
efforts  have  always  resulted  in  dismal  failure. 

Colonel  Harry  Brady,  of  the  Bohemian  Club,  has  as  daisy  a  beard 
and  mustache  as  any  man  in  town.  It  is  soft  and  silky,  and  those 
fortunate  ladies  who  have  been  permitted  to  stroke  the  Colonel's 
beard  protest  that  it  is  as  full  of  electricity  as  the  fur  of  a  cat.  It  is 
always  delicately  perfumed,  and  slightly  parted  in  the  centre  so  that 
the  dimples  on  the  Colonel's  chin  may  not  be  altogether  veiled.  It 
is  a  fierce  beard,  withal,  and  when  combed  the  wrong  way  has  a  sort 
of  Crusader  way  about  it.  When  pondering  on  the  next  new  work  to 
purchase  for  the  Bohemian  Club  library,  Colonel  Brady  caresses  it 
gently.  He  is  perfectly  impartial  in  his  treatment  of  it,  giving  the 
gray  hairs  as  much  attention  as  those  which,  through  a  long  course 
of  high  livine,  have  preserved  their  original  color. 

Dr.  Voorsanger  wears  a  fine  sample  of  the  clerical  beard.     It  is 
dark,  glossy,  and  orthodox  to  a  degree.    When  the  Doctor  is  ex- 
pounding the  Talmud,  the  beard  quivers  sympathetically,  and  keeps 
"  the  audience  up  to  the  strict  attention  mark. 

Beards  have  their  pleasures  as  well  as  their  owners.  Plague  upon 
the  man  who  will  selfishly  drain  his  chalice  of  wine  to  the  dregs  and 
not  spare  a  few  drops  for  his  beard ! 


John  Opie,  who  liked  painting  better  than  bread  and  meat, 

was  a  sawyer. 


CHRISTMAS    NTMBKR. 


Unbeliever 


mHERE  could  be  no  better  occasion  than  Christmas  for  the  call- 
ing of  attention  to  a  strange,  beautiful,  and  anomalous 
thing  that  is  going  on  unheeded  beneath  our  eyes,  for  it  is 
nothing  more  nor  less  than  a  renaissance  of  sentiment,  com- 
ing from  a  most  unexpected  quarter  and  in  an  uncouth  garb. 
The  great  body  of  the  people  has  not  yet  felt  the  pressure  of  it; 
money  is  still  king,  avarice  is  yet  the  mainspring  of  human  activity, 
and  the  frivolities  and  artificialities  of  life  are  none  the  less  absorptive 
of  much  that  is  good  in  the  race;  and  still  those  associations  which 
we  know  as  Christian  churches  thrive  among  us,  not  yet  affected  for 
good  by  the  Christian  reformation  that  is  beginning  to  hammer 
feebly  at  their  doors,  and  that  apparently  sooner  or  later  will  either 
transform  them  into  Christian  bodies  or  drive  them  forever  from  the 
field. 

For  if  a  thoughtful  person  may  trust  the  evidence  of  his  senses  we 
are  in  the  throes  of  a  rejuvenescence  of  Christianity.  Not  being  a 
believer  in  the  supernatural  features  of  that  religion,  I  yet  venerate 
its  founder  above  all  other  men  whom  the  world  has  produced,  the 
great  Buddha  not  excepted;  and  while  I  regard  the  theology  of 
Christianity  with  a  particular  averson,  I  know  that  it,  like  all  other 
religions  based  on  charity  and  self-restraint,  can  produce  a  senti- 
ment which  develops  and  elevates  the  race.  But  it  has  been  many  a 
century  since  we  have  had  anything  like  Christianity,  and  as  a  con- 
sequence we  have  been  growing  harder  and  harder,  chained  more 
and  more  firmly  to  the  world,  the  flesh,  and  the  devil,  obscuring 
charity  and  becoming  selfish  more  and  more,  until  at  last,  in  the 
mad  and  grinding  pace  at  which  we  have  been  running,  we  have  had 
to  admit  the  fearful  truth  that  even  among  us,  who  have  hearts, 
minds,  and  understandings,  the  struggle  for  existence  has  fallen  into 
the  lines  of  a  survival  of  the  fittest !  And  this  means  to  say  that  the 
finest,  most  delicate,  most  sensitive,  most  tender  and  Christ-like 
natures  must  go  to  the  wall,  pushed  thither  by  those  who  have  the 
most  ability  to  struggle,  and  scramble,  and  rob,  and  fight,  and  kill ! 

But  the  dawning  of  a  renaissance  of  sentiment  is  upon  us,  if  I  read 
the  signs  aright;  and  if  it  do  no  more  than  show  us  what  Christianity 
ought  to  be  it  will  have  wrought  us  a  mighty  service.  For  the 
Christian  faith  is  a  sentiment  pure  and  simple— an  exceedingly 
beautiful  and  tender  sentiment;,  and  all  the  more  so  for  its  simplicity 
and  humility,  its  suppression  of  avarice,  its  cultivation  of  charity 
and  benevolence,  its  inculcation  of  hope,  its  aspiration  for  things 
higher  and  better  than  this  life,  with  its  aches  and  sorrows,  can 
afford;  and  with  such  a  sentiment  as  that  must  come  other  things, 
which  the  demands  of  a  refined  taste  and  a  chastened  spirit  will 
bring  into  existence.  It  is  in  these  incidents  of  a  rejuvenescence  of 
Christianity  that  a  renaissance  of  all  fine  things  will  come— in  art, 
literature,  and  music.  Science  has  possibly  gone  as  far  as  it  may  in 
educating  a  man  out  of  his  temperament.  It  has  done  all  the  harm 
it  can  to  superstition.  Having  overthrown  indubitably  the  miracu- 
lous foundation  of  Christianity,  it  has  run  its  head  against  the  im- 
pregnable wall  of  a  human  longing  still  to  believe  in  the  inconceiv- 
able; and  though  it  should  accomplish  the  impossible  task  of  con- 
vincing every  man  and  woman  in  the  world  that  miraculous  Chris- 
tianity is  absurd,  there  would  remain  the  infinite  comfort  of  esoteric 
Christianity  and  the  incomparable  sweetness  of  charity,  self-denial, 
and  compassion.  Strip  Christianity  of  all  but  that,  and  it  has  suffi- 
cient remaining  to  make  it  everlasting,  and  it  is  all  the  wholesomer 
for  the  stripping.  Then  science  and  Christianity  will  be  co-workers 
in  the  elevation  of  the  race,  one  upon  material  and  the  other  upon 
aesthetic  lines. 

And  what,  think  you,  is  to-day  the  most  powerful  force  in  the 
bringing  about  of  that  result?  "Who  are  these  strange  persons  that  have 
tapped  at  the  door  of  the  Master  and  had  it  opened  unto  them? 
What  is  this  dawning  of  a  renaissance  of  Christianity,  sentiment, 
and  sestheticism? 

The  Salvation  Array— a  thing  so  humble,  so  "vulgar,"  so  unfash- 
ionable, so  despised  as  thatl 

There  are  few  among  us  who  will  take  time  to  ponder  and  under- 
stand the  significance  of  this  movement.  Unbelievers  scoff  at  it  as 
fanaticism,  and  fashionable  Christianity  draws  its  skirts  aside  and 
passes  on  with  a  smile  of  pity.  But  have  not  all  great  revolutions 
had  their  beginning  in  some  form  of  fanaticism  ?  and  is  not  fanaticism , 
if  one  choose  to  use  that  term,  the  logical  conclusion  of  all  religious 


faiths?  Let  us  bear  in  mind  that  the  jc3theticism  of  Christianity  can 
be  in  nowise  held  responsible  for  the  religious  wars  and  persecutions 
that  have  soaked  the  sod  of  Christendom  with  blood.  Let  us  reflect 
that  although  intolerance  of  belief  is  essential  to  faith,  intolerance  of 
behavior  is  another  matter  wholly;  that  although  the  master  grieved 
that  some  were  too  blind  to  see  the  light,  he  would  not  have  let  sun- 
shine into  their  souls  with  a  sword;  and  that  persecution  or  cruelty 
of  any  kind  whatsoever  is  impossible  to  one  in  whom  the  spirit  of 
Jesus  abides.  There  is  no  danger  in  the  fanaticism  of  true  Chris- 
tianity; and  if  the  spirit  which  now  animates  the  Salvation  Army 
shall  persist  unpolluted  until  the  civilized  world  is  conquered  and  re- 
formed, no  bones  will  crack  and  no  dungeon  doors  will  close  on  the 
righteous. 

There  are  things  conspiring  to  aid  in  the  dawning  of  this  renais- 
sance. The  spirit  of  unrest  which  now  pervades  the  Christian  world 
sprang  into  life  when  science  ran  miraculous  Christianity  through 
the  body.  Suddenly  we  have  discovered  that  we  have  perception  and 
understanding,  and,  seeing  innumerable  ills  besetting  us  on  every 
side  as  a  result  of  the  appalling  ignorance  under  which  we  have 
groveled  during  the  centuries,  we  are  setting  about  to  cure  them  in 
every  strange  and  fantastic  fashion.  However  absurd  the  mani- 
festation of  this  spirit  in  many  directions,  it  is  timely  for  the  Salva- 
tion Army  thatit  exists.  And  let  us  not  be  appalled  by  the  optimism 
of  that  valiant  band,  nor  grieve  because  we  know  that  pessimism  is 
ihe  true  philosophy  of  knowledge  and  understanding.  For  optimism 
is  a  confession  of  ignorance,  and  is  a  pernicious  thing.  But  this  pos- 
session of  optimism  by  the  Salvation  Army  means  merely  an  exuber- 
ance of  faith,  hope,  and  charity,  which  are  very  beautiful  things;  and 
even  though  the  components  of  the  Army  are  generally  uneducated 
persons,  and  even  though  ignorance  in  combination  with  fanaticism 
may  be  the  most  dangerous  thing  in  the  world,  yet  so  long  as  com- 
passion burns  as  warmly  in  their  souls  as  it  does  to-day,  and  so  long 
as  there  is  nothing  in  the  better  part  of  the  Army  to  do  aught  but 
invite  the  co-operation  of  broadly  educated  minds,  its  optimism  and 
fanaticism  will  never  be  a  menace  to  the  peace  of  mankind. 

All  things  human  go  in  cycles — there  are  no  open  orbits  of  human 
cometary  revolutions.  The  sentiment  of  all  Chrisdendom  is  now  at 
its  lowest  ebb,  and  not  many  things  in  life  are  uncontaminated  with 
sordidness.  The  Salvation  Army  has  risen  up,  a  flaming  torch  out- 
held  by  the  Genius  of  the  Ages,  and  the  spirit  of  the  Master  is  in  the 
light  that  it  sheds.  It  is  almost  ludicrously— certainly  most  piti- 
fully— out  of  joint  with  the  spirit  of  the  time;  and  so,  for  that  mat- 
ter, was  Jesus  the  Nazarene.  And  the  lambent  light  which  it  sheds 
is  shining  with  a  soft  and  gracious  radiance  from  the  faces  of  the 
sturdy  men  and  homespun  women  who  beat  the  big  drum  and  twid- 
dle the  tambourine  in  the  name  of  Christ  and  wretched  humanity. 

A    LATIN    QUARTER    INCIDENT. 


THERE  is  a  little  girl  whom  I  have  occasionally  mtt  in  my 
rambles  about  the  Latin  Quarter;  a  little  girl  with  great,  dark 
eyes  and  tangled,  curly  hair  which  evidently  lacks  a  mother's  loving 
touches.  Always  when  I  meet  her  she  is  alone,  and  always  I  have 
been  strangely  attracted  by  the  wistful,  pathetic  look  in  the  dark 
eyes.  I  am  sure  that  she  is  often  hungry,  and  I  sometimes  wonder 
if  she  is  not  homeless.  Did  I  say  she  was  alone?  She  is  not  quite. 
By  her  side,  in  fair  weather  or  foul,  through  sunshine  or  drifting  fog, 
limps  her  constant  companion— a  little,  lame,  yellow  dog  of  a  breed 
which  no  man  knoweth,  and  a  dumb  but  faithful  soul  which  looks 
out  through  his  liquid  brown  eyes.  Homely  beyond  belief  is  he— she 
calls  him  "Mogg" — but  in  the  heart  of  him  is  a  loyalty  which  is  all 
beautiful.  If  cold  comes  to  his  little  mistress,  he,  too,  will  freeze;  if 
she  knows  hunger,  he  will  uncomplainingly  starve.  I  finally  struck 
up  an  acquaintance  with  this  little  Latin  Quarter  maiden,  and  I 
learned  something  of  her  life.  Like  Topsy,  she  had  ''just  growed." 
She  had  heard  in  a  general  way  that  she  bad  a  soul,  but  as  it  was 
neither  bread  nor  bed  she  was  not  much  interested  in  it.  Her  constant 
condition  was  one  of  wonderment  where  and  how  the  next  should 
eat.    I  offered  her  a  meal  one  day.    You  should  have  seen  her  eyes 

sparkle  at  the  suggestion.    Then  came  a  questioning  look,  and 

"If  you  please,  sir,  if  you'd  just  as  soon  feed  Mogg  instead.  I'm  not 
so  awful  hungry."  God  bless  her!  Both  she  and  the  yellow  dog 
were  fed  that  day,  and  both  ate  as  if  they  1  new  not  when  another 
chance  would  come;  and  when  they  were  done  she  said:  "There! 
I'm  glad  Mogg  isn't  hungry  now."  So,  "out  of  the  mouths  of  babes 
and  sucklings"  does  He  teach  the  lesson  of  faith  and  loyalty,  even  in 
the  Latin  Quarter.  Why  have  1  told  this  story?  Who  knows? 
Perhaps  I  wanted  to  show  somebody  how  love  must  find  its  object,  if 
it  be  but  a  yellow  dog.  Perhaps  I  wished  to  raise  a  sentiment  of  pity 
for  those  who  suffer  in  the  breasts  of  those  to  whom  life  gives  its 
comforts.    Perhaps— but  never  mind;  the  story  is  true.  w. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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r  I  '/HE  factors  that  promote  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  a  com- 
LJ  mercial  city,  its  geographical  position  being  favorable  rela- 
tive to  great  consuming  markets,  are  diverse  in  their  char- 
1  acter.  Among  the  most  important  is  a  large  and  fertile  area 
of  well-populated  country  tributary  to  such  a  city,  producing 
freely  and  at  a  profit  agricultural  products  in  demand  in  other  States 
and  countries.  The  inhabitants  of  such  a  section  support  the  trade 
of  the  city  through  which  their  commerce  is  carried  on  by  supplying 
its  exports  and  taking  imports  in  return,  both  imports  and  ex- 
ports paying  toll,  as  it  were,  to  the  merchants  by  whom  they 
are  handled.  Where  such  conditions  do  not  obtain  a  commercial 
city  should  have  an  abundance  of  raw  material,  and  cheap  fuel  and 
labor  for  the  manufacture  of  commodities  for  domestic  and  foreign 
exportation.  The  progress  of  such  a  place  depends  further  upon  the 
character  of  its  citizens,  whether  progressive  or  slow,  economical  or 
improvident  and  reckless,  and  also  upon  the  security  of  its  laws  as 
affecting  persons  or  property.  As  regards  the  situation  of  San  Fran- 
cisco relative  to  domestic  and  foreign  trade  beyond  that  which  she 
commands  by  contiguity,  it  cannot  be  truthfully  said  that  her  posi- 
tion is  favorable  as  compared  with  the  cities  on  the  Atlantic  sea- 
board. This  is  especially  the  case  as  regards  European  countries, 
that  now  take  some  75  per  cent,  of  her  foreign  exports.  As  regards 
our  customers  in  the  East,  the  situation,  though  more  favorable,  is 
yet  not  by  any  means  what  could  be  wished.  Our  commodities  before 
they  reach  Eastern  consumers  must  either  be  conveyed  across  almost 
half  a  continent  or  be  carried  a  long  distance  by  sea  and  perhaps 
again  transported  a  considerable  distance  by  rail  before  reaching 
their  ultimate  point  of  distribution.  In  short,  we  are  in  compara- 
tively close  touch  with  foreign  buyers  of  the  West  coast  of  the  Pacific, 
of  the  Pacific  Islands,  and  of  the  Orient,  the  desires  and  means  of 
most -of  which  are  limited,  while  those  who  have  the  ability  and  in- 
clination to  deal  with  us  are  remote. 

Trade  It  is  said  that  during  the  past  five  years  San  Fran- 

Statistics.  Cisco  has  lost  commercial  prestige  and  trade;  in  fact, 
some  of  her  pessimistic  merchants  do  not  hesitate  to  assert  that  her 
business  prospects  in  the  immediate  future,  at  least,  are  discourag- 
ing. The  present,  as  is  well  known,  is  a  period  of  financial  and  com- 
mercial depression  not  only  in  this  country  but  throughout  the  civi- 
lized world.  This  of  itself  would  seem  to  account  for  the  stale  of 
things  that  exist  here,  but  there  are  those  who  believe  that  the  de- 
pression noted  is  more  acute  in  San  Francisco  than  elsewhere;  that 
even  should  a  revival  occur  in  industry  and  trade  in  other  large 
cities  there  are  special  causes  which  will  not  only  prevent  a  revival  in 
business  in  San  Francisco,  but  will  operate  to  check,  for  a  time  at 
least,  the  expansion  of  her  trade  from  what  it  now  is.  If  it  can  be 
shown  by  figures,  such  as  statistics  of  the  foreign  trade  at  this  and 
other  ports,  and  Clearing  House  exchanges,  in»the  leading  mercan- 
tile cities  for  the  past  two  years,  that  in  respect  to  these  this  city  has 
held  its  own  fairly  well,  it  will  tend  to  show,  I  think,  that  the  first 
part  of  this  contention,  at  least,  is  ill  founded.  One  of  the  best  indi- 
cations of  the  conditions  and  volume  of  the  trade  are  the  clearings  at 
the  Clearing  Houses  in  the  leading  cities  of  the  country.  These, 
as  reported  by  "Bradstreet"  for  the  nine  months  ended  with  Septem- 
ber last,  as  compared  with  a  similar  period  in  1S92,  during  which 
commercial  and  financial  affairs  were  in  their  normal  condition, 
show  the  following  decrease:  San  Francisco  19  per  cent.,  Boston  17 
per  cent.,  New  York  35  per  cent.,  Philadelphia  20  per  cent.,  Chicago 
15  per  cent.,  St.  Louis  814  per  cent.,  Baltimore  13J^  per  cent.  The 
average  decline  in  these  transactions  was  IS  2-7  per  cent.,  or  a  small 
percentage  below  that  of  this  city  taken  by  itself. 

When  we  turn  to  statistics  of  the  foreign  commerce  of  the  country 
for  the  fiscal  year  ended  with  June  last,  as  compared  with  the  twelve 
months  preceding  our  showing,  is  not  so  good.  The  aggregate  value 
of  exports  from  the  United  States  for  the  period  first  named  showed 
an  increase  of  ±%  per  cent.,  as  compared  with  the  years  previous,  the 
total  value  of  imports  declined  2i%  percent.  Taking  the  principal 
commercial  ports,  the  foreign  trade  of  the  country  for  the  last  fiscal 
year,  compared  in  value  with  that  ended  June  30,  1893,  as  follows: 
Exports— San  Francisco,  decline,  20  per  cent. ;  Boston,  decline  1%  per 
cent.;  New  York,  increase  G>£  per  cent.;  Philadelphia,  decline  18}£ 


per  cent.;  Baltimore,  increase  10  per  cent.;  New  Orleans,  increase 
i}4  per  cent.  Imports— San  Francisco,  decline  16  per  cent. ;  Boston, 
decline  37>£  per  cent. ;  New  York,  decline  20  per  cent. ;  Philadelphia, 
decline  19  per  cent. ;  Baltimore,  decline  25^  per  cent. ;  New  Orleans, 
decline  17K  per  cent.  While  there  was  a  marked  decline  in  the 
prices  of  all  articles  of  export  from  the  country  for  the  fiscal  year 
ended  with  June  last,  as  compared  with  those  current  during  a  good 
portion  of  the  twelve  months  previous,  in  considering  the  value  of 
exports  from  San  Francisco  it  should  be  remembered  that  the  depre- 
ciation in  value  of  wheat  and  flour,  which  form  the  bulk  of  exports 
from  this  port,  and  in  canned  fruit,  an  important  article  of  shipment 
probably  exceeded  that  in  any  other  commodities.  So  that  in  quan- 
tity, therefore*  the  exports  from  this  port  did  not  greatly  fall  off'. 
A  nother  point  of  great  importance  is  that  shipments  by  rail  of  fruits 
and  other  products  to  the  East  from  the  northern  and  central  por- 
tions of  the  State  for  the  year  about  closing  were  the  heaviest  on  the 
record.  As  a  good  deal  of  this  business  is  transacted  through  San 
Francisco  merchants  and  bankers,  it  may  properly  be  credited  to 
the  account  of  this  city. 

Tfye  It  being  established,  therefore,  that  San  Francisco  has 

Outlook'  not  suffered  unduly  in  comparison  with  other  business 
cities  from  the  prevailing  depression,  it  is  pertinent  to  inquire'  as  to 
whether,  when  finance  and  trade  in  general  are  restored  to  their 
normal  state,  the  conditions  in  this  city  are  likely  to  be  favorable 
and  such  as  always  have  followed  periods  of  liquidation  such  as  those 
subsequent  to  1837, 1857,  and  1873  in  Eastern  cities. 

It  must  be  conceded  that  since  1880  the  wholesale  trade  of  San 
Francisco  has  greatly  changed  its  nature,  particularly  that  of  a  do- 
mestic character.  While  this  and  the  foreign  export  business  in- 
creased somewhat  in  volume  for  the  decade  ending  with  1890,  they 
did  not  keep  pace  with  the  growth  in  population  nor  with  the  devel- 
opment experienced  in  these  branches  of  business  from  1870  to  1880. 
Before  the  era  of  railroad  development  in  Washington  and  Oregon, 
in  Southern  California,  and  in  the  Territories  of  Arizona  and  New 
Mexico,  our  jobbing  merchants  virtually  controlled  the  business  of 
these  sections,  and  previous  to  the  construction  of  the  Canadian  Pacific 
British  Columbia  sought  this  market  for  many  commodities.  The 
population  of  these  sections  was,  to  be  sure,  more  sparse  then  than 
now,  but  the  aggregate  of  trade  was  large.  Some  of  this  business  re- 
mains, but  it  seems  to  be  steadily  declining,  and  unless  economic 
changes  occur,  some  of  which  are  referred  to  elsewhere,  it  is  not 
likely  that  this  trade  will  ever  be  restored  to  San  Francisco.  Not 
only  has  San  Francisco  suffered  the  loss  of  business  in  the  sections 
named,  but  the  decline  of  mining  in  Nevada,  with  its  resulting 
heavy  diminution  in  population,  has  deprived  our  merchants  of  a 
once  large  and  lucrative  business.  The  same  is  true  to  a  lesser  ex- 
tent of  what  were  once  flourishing  mining  sections  in  Northern  Cali- 
fornia, but  there  are  prospects  that  this  prosperity  may  in  a  measure 
be  restored  by  the  resumption  of  mining  operations. 

New  The  merchants  of  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  and  Minne' 

Railroads,  apolis  have  not  been  slow  to  take  advantage  of  the  de- 
velopment of  railroads  at  the  North  and  South,  and  in  this  they  have 
been  aided  by  the  operations  of  the  Inter-State  Commerce  Act, 
which  has  probably  worked  more  injury  to  this  city  than  to  any 
other  in  the  country. 

In  1892,  the  year  previous  to  the  panic,  the  total  value  of  foreign 
exports  from  San  Francisco  fell  off  8  per  cent,  as  compared  with  that 
of  1888,  five  years  previous,  and  the  imports  in  the  former  year  were 
0  per  cent  less  in  the  aggregate  than  in  the  latter.  In  1892,  as  com- 
pared with  1882,  taking  the  sixteen  principal  countries  to  which  we 
export,  eleven  showed  a  decrease  in  total  value  of  takings  for  the 
period  ranging  from  90  per  cent,  in  the  case  of  France,  to  5  per  cent, 
in  that  of  Asiatic  Russia.  The  showing  in  regard  to  value  of  imports 
is  a  little  better,  but  on  the  whole  it  cannot  be  said  that  the  State  or 
our  foreign  business  is  satisfactory.  It,  in  common  with  the  domestic 
business,  has  suffered  by  the  building  of  the  overland  railroads  at  the 
North,  and  the  lines  of  steamships  connecting  therewith  to  the 
Orient. 

There  is  reason  to  believe  that  in  the  direction  of  increasing  our 
foreign  export  trade,  the  Nicaragua  Canal  will  be  of  the  most  benefit 
to  San  Francisco,  which  holds  good  also  as  to  the  shipment  of  our 
products  to  the  Eastern  States.  In  both  directions,  with  the  in- 
creased production  of  our  fruits,  nuts,  wines,  and  other  products, 
there  is  likely  to  be  a  great  expansion  in  trade.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  hope  that  is  entertained  that  the  canal  will  greatly  promote  the 
distribution  of  American  or  foreign  imported  commodities  to  points 
not  now  reached  by  our  merchants  seems  not  likely  to  be  fully  real- 
ized. The  enterprise  that  has  created  lines  of  steamers  from  North- 
ern ports  to  China  and  Japan  is  not  likely  to  let  slip  any  opportunity 
to  take  advantage  of  the  Nicaragua  Canal  for  the  benefit  of  the  trade 


CHRISTMAS    Nl-MBEK. 


of  the  enterprising  and  progressive  sections  where  they  are  located. 
The  Nicaragua  Canal  is  also  likely  to  be  of  benefit  to  the  State  and 
consequently  to  the  trade  of  San  Francisco,  by  encouraging  the  im- 
migration of  thrifty  and  industrious  Europeans— that  is.  if  the  sense- 
less outcry  against  the  addition  of  this  class  of  immigrants  to  our 
population  does  not  make  such  headway  as  to  prevent  it. 

Our  In     one    direction,     that    of      manufactures, 

Manufactures,  there  is  a  possibility  of  greatly  increasing  the 
trade  of  San  Francisco,  but  there  exist  obstacles  which  must  be 
overcome  before  this  branch  of  industry  can  bd  much  increased. 
Before  the  anti-Chinese  agitation  reached  its  acute  stage  manufac- 
tures of  this  city,  in  some  leading  departments,  were  in  a  flourishing 
and  healthy  condition.  The  Colorado  miners  wore  California  made 
boots  and  clothing,  the  New  England  granger  wrapped  himself  in  a 
California  blauket,  and  the  New  York  drayman  smoked  a  cigar 
manufactured  in  California.  With  the  advent  of  the  agitator,  whose 
name  Mr.  Bryce  has  handed  down  to  posterity  together  with  our 
unique  Constitution,  similar  articles  of  Eastern  make  were  substi- 
tuted and  our  manufacturers  found  their  occupation  gone,  as  well  as 
many  white  persons  to  whom  they  gave  employment. 

As  far  as  climatic  conditions  are  concerned,  San  Francisco  is  most 
favorably  situated  for  many  branches  of  manufacture,  but  fuel  is 
dear  and  wages  high,  skilled  labor  conimanding  better  pay,  when 
employed,  than  in  any  other  city  of  the  country.  It  is  obvious  that 
while  this  state  of  things  exists,  except  in  some  special  kinds  of  in- 
dustry, the  outlook  for  any  marked  growth  of  manufactures  here  is 
not  promising. 

Tariff  As  San  Francisco  is  not  a  large  manufacturing 

Considerations,  city  as  compared  with  other  cities  in  the  United 
States,  and  seems  not  likely  to  attain  that  position,  at  least  for  many 
years,  it  would  seem  that  a  national  policy  approximating  free  trade 
as  far  as  possible  would  be  much  to  her  advantage.  Under  such  a 
policy  vessels  coming  here  from  Europe,  which  now  frequently  se- 
cure inward  cargoes  with  difficulty,  sometimes  even  coming  in  bal- 
last, thus  compelling  the  wheat  or  merchandise  cargo  outward  to 
carry  the  cost  of  the  round  trip,  could  bring  mixed  cargoes  of  mer- 
chandise to  be  distributed  by  local  merchants  to  the  trade  now  trib- 
utary to  this  market.  As  goods  would  be  imported  in  large  quanti- 
ties it  might  also  be  possible  to  extend  this  trade  to  points  at  the 
North  and  at  the  South,  which,  like  ourselves,  now  use  largely  of 
manufactured  commodities  brought  from  the  Eastern  States. 

I  know  that  such  a  liberal  policy  will  not  commend  itself  to  persons 
who  have  not  outgrown  the  "balance  of  trade"  myth  and  who,  like  the 
terphiscorian  political  economist  in  Dombey  &  Son,  shocked  at  the 
prospect  of  "Russia  coming  in  with  her  tallow,"  but  despite  this  the 
probabilities  all  favor  a  great  development  of  the  wholesale  trade  of 
S^n  Francisco  should  there  occur  a  relaxation  of  the  commercial  re- 
strictions which  now  hamper  our  foreign  business.  Great  Britain 
now  takes  about  60  per  cent,  of  our  exports  by  sea,  including  the  bulk 
of  our  surplus  wheat  crop,  large  quantities  of  flour,  a  good  propor- 
tion of  the  annual  salmon  pack,  and  an  increasing  quantity  of 
canned  fruits.  There  may  be  a  sentimental  reason  why  we  should 
not  take  in  exchange  Sheffield  cutlery,  Manchester  woollens,  Staf- 
fordshire pottery,  and  the  like,  but  to  those  who  believe  with  the 
writer  that  all  sound  and  healthy  trade  is  reciprocal,  sentimental 
considerations  in  such  matters  are  quite  out  of  place.  If,  for  in- 
stance, it  could  be  brought  home  to  the  San  Joaquin  granger  that 
the  Sheffield  cutler  stands  ready  to  sell  him  a  pocket-knife,  where- 
with to  cut  his  tobacco,  for  one-half  the  money  he  now  pays  for  a 
tool  made  in  Connecticut,  and  if  the  fruit  grower  who  sells  his  pro- 
duct to  be  canned  for  the  London  market  could  understand  that  a 
good  "vest"  and  "pants"  of  stout  Yorkshire  cloth  could  be  got  under 
a  liberal  system  of  commercial  intercourse  for  one-half  the  sum  he 
now  pays  for  garments  of  shoddy  Eastern  cloth,  it  might  dawn  upon 
those  stalwart  producers  that  a  give-and-take  policy  in  trade  is  the 
best  after  all.  The  adoption  of  this  policy  by  the  United  States  may 
be  nearer  at  hand  than  now  seems  probable.  It  wi.l  be  remembered 
that  Adam  Smith,  in  discussing  the  advantages  of  freedom  of  com- 
mercial intercourse,  which  has  since  made  Great  Britain  the  leading 
commercial  nation  of  the  earth,  thought  the  probability  of  its  favor- 
able consideration  by  the  government  so  reiuoLe  as  to  render  the 
question  one  of  mere  speculative  interest. 

Plans  If  it  be  conceded  that  San  Francisco  is  not  likely, 

Suggested,  within  a  term  of  years  at  least,  to  be  a  large  place  of 
manufacture  and  that  the  present  obstacles  to  an  increase  of  foreign 
trade  are  to  continue,  the  inquiry  is  pertinent  as  to  what  measures 
should  be  taken  to  enlarge  its  business,  pending  the  construction  of 
the  Nicaragua  Canal,  which  event,  as  I  have  attempted  to  show,  will 
tend  to  effect  that  result.  There  are  three  methods,  it  seems  to  me, 
the  adoption  of  one  at  least  of  which  appears  quite  practicable, 
which  would  undoubtedly  promote  a  growth  of  trade.  I  shall  men- 
tion these  in  the  order  of  their  importance. 

The  area  of  territory  the  trade  of  which  is  controlled  and  will  con- 
tinue to  be  controlled  by  San  Francisco  is  large.  This  section  now 
supplies  the  bulk  of  our  exports,  wheat,  flour,  fruits,  dried  and 
canned,  wine,  nuts,  etc.  Any  increase  in  the  foreign  and  domestic 
trade  of  this  port,  in  the  near  future  at  least,  must  come  from  an  in- 


creased production  of  the  commodities  named,  or  such  of  these  and 
other  agricultural  products  as  can  be  grown  most  advantageously. 
The  territory  named,  though  containing  many  thrifty  and  pro- 
gressive agricultural  communities  devoted  to  fruit  growing,  despite 
its  fertile  soil,  for  the  most  part,  save  for  its  almost  boundless  grain 
fields  and  squalid  ranch  buildings,  is  as  desolate  as  in  the  days  of 
Mexican  occupation.  This  part  of  California,  north  of  Tehachapi,  is 
capable  of  supporting  in  comfort  a  population  more  than  five  times 
that  of  the  entire  State  at  present. 

Such  an  increase  in  population,  under  normal  conditions  of  pros- 
perity which  have  existed  in  the  United  States  in  the  past,  and  may 
be  expected  in  the  future,  would  add  correspondingly  to  the  trade  of 
San  Francisco.  It  would  be  of  a  class  such  as  has  converted  the 
Santa  Clara  Valley  from  a  land  of  dreary  cattle  and  grain  ranches 
into  a  section  of  small  fruit  farms  and  thrifty  progressive  people. 
This  transformation  is  slowly  taking  place  in  other  sections  of  the 
State,  but  I  believe  that  the  movement  could  be  greatly  accelerated 
if  the  merchants  of  San  Francisco  would  adopt  and  carry  on  a  com- 
prehensive and  intelligent  policy  for  the  promotion  of  immigration 
to  California.  Such  an  undertaking  would  involve  the  expenditure 
of  capital,  time,  and  energy,  and  would  necessitate  the  active  en- 
couragement of  irrigation  and  other  euterprises  for  the  development 
of  the  State.  Praiseworthy  as  have  been  the  efforts  to  cheapen 
transportation  to  other  points  within  and  without  the  State  by  the 
business  men  of  this  city,  it  would  seem  that  better  results  might 
have  been  accomplished  had  greater  efforts  been  made  to  increase 
the  number  of  buyers  seeking  this  market  rather  than  to  depend  for 
relief  upon  plans  for  affording  customers  who  are  already  trading 
here  the  advantage  of  lower  freights. 

Cities  I  know  comparisons  are  odious,  and  particularly 

Compared,  those  made  between  one  city  or  section  and  another, 
which  in  a  sense  may  be  considered  to  be  rivals,  but  I  will  take  the 
risk  of  offending  San  Franciscans  who  yet  believe  that  Southern  Cali- 
fornia is  a  land  of  cacti  and  aand,  and  that  Los  Angeles  is  a  decaying 
boom  town,  by  contrasting  the  state  of  things  now;  existing  in  that 
city  and  in  our  own,  and  that  the  causes  that  have  in  a  period  of  a 
little  over  ten  years  transformed  that  place  from  a  slow  and  unin- 
viting town  of  dust  and  adobes  into  a  progressive  American  city  of 
75,000  people. 

No  San  Franciscan  will  admit  that  Los  Angeles  or  its  surrounding 
country  has  natural  advantages  superior  to  those  existing  here,  but 
the  fact  remains,  nevertheless,  that  while  the  growth  of  this  city  and 
the  northern  and  central  parts  of  California  of  late  have  been  slow, 
Southern  California  and  the  metropolis  have  progressed  by  leaps 
and  bounds.  Our  people,  many  of  them,  have  become  so  persuaded 
that  commercial  salvation  depends  on  more  railroads,  that  if  they 
credit  this  story  as  to  the  growth  of  Southern  California  they  will 
doubtless  attribute  it  to  the  fact  that  the  Atchison,  Topekaand  Santa 
Fe  road  extends  into  that  portiou  of  the  State.  In  some  degree,  no 
doubt,  this  railway  has  contributed  to  the  prosperity  of  the  section 
through  which  it  runs,  but  this  corporation  has  been  only  one  of  the  fac- 
tors that  have  led  to  the  development  of  Southern  California.  This  has 
come  about  in  the  first  instance  by  the  enterprise  and  public  spirit  of 
the  new-comers  from  the  East  who  have  made  their  homes  in  Los 
Angeles  and  vicinity.  Having  faith  in  themselves  and  in  the  country 
where  they  have  located,  they  have  lavished  of  their  energy  and  cap- 
ital to  develop  and  improve  it  and  to  induce  their  Eastern  friends  to 
come  out  and  do  likewise.  In  this  they  have  succeeded  and  are  suc- 
ceeding, in  proof  of  which  one  has  only  to  look  upon  the  palatial 
office  buildings,  commodious  stores,  the  handsome  dwelling-houses 
now  being  erected  in  Los  Angeles,  and  those  that  have  been  built 
there  in  recent  years.  Here  we  have  Chicago  in  little,  and  in  Pasa- 
dena, near  by,  with  its  railway  to  the  clouds,  its  first-class  modern 
hotels  and  its  churches,  we  have  not  only  the  most  attractive  and 
beaut  ful  residence  town  in  California,  but  one  hardly  excelled  for 
the  wealth  and  culture  of  its  inhabitants  by  any  place  of  its  size  in 
the  United  States. 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  Eastern  folk  who  have  built  up  this  south- 
ern country  have  no  monopoly  of  capital  and  enterprise,  and  that  we 
of  the  north  who  have  been  waiting  for  the  moving  of  the  waters  that 
should  bring  us  prosperity,  and  gazing  upon  our  magnificent  bay — 
"the  finest  harbor  in  the  world,  sir,"  as  we  occasionally  intimate  to 
the  stranger  within  our  gates— should  bestir  themselves  and  en- 
deavor to  use  to  better  advantage  the  latent  forces  of  energy  and 
wealth  that  exist  here  in  abundant  measure. 

Old  Next  to  more  population,  as  tending  to  increase  the 

Follies,  business  of  this  city,  I  should  reckon  a  change  in  the 
spirit  and  methods  of  business  men  and  financiers,  particularly  the 
latter,  in  the  direction  of  wider  conformity  to  those  customs  that  ex- 
ist in  the  more  progressive  cities  of  the  country.  In  a  community 
which  for  so  many  years  was  isolated  from  the  commercial  world,  it 
is  not  surprising  that  trade  habits  and  ways  of  investing  capital  of  a 
peculiar  character  should  have  been  developed.  Doubtless  these 
were  useful  and  served  the  purpose  of  their  day  and  generation,  but 
to  those  who  keep  in  touch  with  the  world's  current  of  business  and 
affairs,  some  of  these  customs  are  almost  as  curious,  and,  it  may  be 
added,  as  quite  useless  as  some  that  survive  in  the  trade  guilds  of 
England.    Our  system  of  specie  currency,  for  instance,  which  is,  I 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


believe,  peculiar  to  this  city  and  State,  has  been  outgrown  by  all 
other  American  communities.  The  old-iime  prejudice  against  paper 
money  which  finds  expression  in  the  clause  in  our  State  Constitution 
virtually  prohibiting  the  establishment  of  banks  of  issue,  has,  I  am 
convinced,  since  the  war  at  least,  been  an  obstacle  to  progress.  No 
better  system  of  currency  was  ever  devised  than  that  furnished  un- 
der oursystem  of  national  banks,  and  yet  so  great  is  the  dislike  of 
paper  money  here  that  many  intelligent  people  who  take  their  notes 
in  the  course  of  trade  exchange  them  for  specie  at  the  first  opportu- 
nity, while  the  ordinary  tradesmen  are  so  unfamiliar  with 
the  paper  currency  of  this  country  that  he  occasionally  parts  with 
his  gold  for  a  Confederate  note  to  oblige  some  insinuating 
rogue  with  a  wider  knowldge  of  finance.  It  .  is  to  be  re- 
gretted that  the  wisdom  that  abolished  usury  laws  in  Cali- 
fornia did  not  extend  to  the  adoption  of  a  policy  favoring  a  sound 
system  of  paper  currency.  That  a  community  able  to  appreciate  the 
freedom  of  contract  in  dealing  in  money  should  be  so  shortsighted  as 
to  restrict  the  inflow  of  capital  by  taxing  mortgages,  hampering  cor- 
porations desiring  to  erect  buildings  other  than  those  needed  for  the 
transaction  of  their  business,  and  pass  by  a  great  majority,  as  at  the 
recent  election,  a  Constitutional  amendment  which  in  effectprovides 
for  the  confiscation  of  the  property  of  aliens. 

Tirrj id  Another  obstacle  to  the  commercial  progress  of 

Capitalists.  San  Francisco  is  the  practice  which  obtains  here 
among  most  of  our  savings  banks  of  accepting  large  deposits  from 
individual  capitalists.  During  the  panic  of  1893  the  disadvantage  of 
this  system  was  so  clearly  manifest  that  some  institutions  have  iu 
part  discontinued  it.  If  it  were  wholly  abolished  and  deposits,  as  in 
the  Hibernia  Bank,  restricted  to  a  moderate  sum  to  each  individual 
depositor,  men  of  means  would  be  compelled  to  seek  forms  of  invest- 
ment more  likely  to  promote  industry  and  trade. 

The  returns  of  our  local  savings  banks  heretofore  have  shown  an 
extraordinary  amount  of  deposits  per  capita.  This  has  been  quoted 
as  showing  the  wide  prevalence  of  frugality  and  saving  habits  in  the 
community.  While  this  may  be  true  to  some  extent  to  a  greater  de- 
gree it  shows,  I  think,  that  many  of  our  rich  men  have  preferred 
the  sweet  simplicity  of  four  per  cent,  on  capital  thus  invested  rather 
than  taking  the  chances  of  better  returns  in  enterprises  that  would 
tend  to  buildup  San  Francisco.  On  this  point  the  State  Bank  Com- 
missioners, in  their  interesting  annual  report  for  1890,  wisely  re- 
marked: "  An  increase  in  'due  depositors' naturally  indicates  pros- 
perity, increase  in  population  or  in  the  producing  and  accumulating 
power  of  the  masses;  but  on  the  other  hand.it  may  be  largely  the 
result  of  the  want  of  enterprise,  and  a  miserly  spirit  prevailing  the 
community.  Funds  may  be  placed  on  deposit  where  safety  is  as- 
sured and  the  depositor  relieved  of  all  care,  to  earn  small  returns; 
whereas  they  might,  by  investments  requiring  foresight,  public  spirit, 
and  enterprise,  yield  larger  incomes  and  develop  the  commonwealth , 
though  requiring  from  the  owners  attention,  labor,  and  greater  risk. 

In  July,  1892,  the  deposits  in  the  savings  banks  of  this  city  aver- 
aged S750  per  depositor,  or  a  sum  almost  double  that  reported  in  any 
other  city  in  tne  United  States.  In  the  same  year  the  deposits  in 
savings  banks  of  Vermont  and  Connecticut,  which  certainly  stand 
foremost  among  all  others  in  the  Onion  for  the  thrift  and  frugality 
of  their  inhabitants,  averaged  per  depositor  $398  and  $395  respect- 
ively. The  deposits  in  the  savings  banks  in  Chicago  in  1892  were 
$15,700,000;  those  of  the  entire  State  of  New  Jersey,  with  its  thou- 
sands of  factories,  $36,800,000,  and  of  the  flourishing  State  of  Iowa, 
$20,822,000.  These  totals  are  small  as  compared  with  those  of  San 
Francisco,  which,  standing  at  $79,000,000  on  January  1.1890,  despite 
the  withdrawals  due  to  hard  times,  aggregated  $110,564,000  on  July 
1,  1894. 

I  find  on  reference  to  the  report  of  the  Bank  Commissioners  for  the 
year  ended  January  1,  1894,  that  the  six  savings  banks  in  this  city 
reporting  depositors'  averages.  524  depositors  have  sums  exceeding 
$5,000,  842  had  between  $2000  and  $5000,  and  992  had  over  $1000.  The 
average  per  depositor  for  the  four  other  banks,  which  have  the 
heaviestdeposits,  is  over  $1000. 

It  is  probable  that  among  these  depositors  are  to  be  found  repre- 
sentatives of  a  class  which  does  little  or  nothing  to  forward  the  pros- 
perity of  San  Francisco,  and  whose  elimination  by  death  or  emigra- 
tion would  be  of  direct  public  advantage.  Of  course  there  is  no 
speedy  way  to  do  this ;  it  must  be  left  to  time  and  the  growth  of  lib- 
eral ideas.  At  present  there  are,  I  believe,  more  of  these  hole  and 
corner  millionaires  in  San  Francisco,  in  proportion  to  its  population, 
than  in  any  other  city  in  the  Union.  If  they  are  merchants,  or  so- 
called  merchants,  they  do  nothesitate  to  say  that  profits  disappeared 
when  the  railroad  was  opened  to  the  Eastern  States,  and  that  if  the 
rails  were  torn  up,  the  old  days  of  prosperity  would  return,  with  their 
3  per  cent,  per  month  on  gilt-edged  loans,  and  the  corners  in  hams 
and  candles.  Should  they  be  on  the  retired  list,  they  devote  their 
attention  to  devising  schemes  to  cheat  the  tax-gatherer  while  they 
live,  and  making  plans  by  which  their  heirs  may  conceal  the  amount 
of  property  which  they  inherit.  These  are  they  who  turn  a  deaf  ear 
to  appeals  for  subscriptions  to  enterprises  to  promote  the  welfare  of 
the  city  where  they  have  made  their  accumulations,  and  whooppose 
all  schemes  for  public  improvement  that  involve  increased  taxation. 
To  such  civic  virtue  is  unknown,  and  political  abuses,  which  retard 
-prosperity  and  permit  public  office  to  be  made  a  channel  of  private 
gain,  never  give  them  annoyance. 


Public  Had  this  class  the  influence  in  proportion  to  its 

Irriprouerqents,  wealth,  our  beautiful  Golden  Gate  Park  would 
still  be  only  an  aggregation  of  sand  dunes  and  our  State  University 
would  never  have  existed.  These  have  both  contributed  to  the 
growth  of  San  Francisco,  and  it  would  be  well  if  the  fact  could  be 
more  generally  understood  that  institutions  of  learning,  well-kept 
streets  and  parks,  large  public  halls  for  concerts  and  the  like,  statues 
commending  local  worthies,  all  directly  contribute  to  a  city's  pros- 
perity. These  make  a  city  more  attractive  as  a  place  of  residence  and 
by  increasing  its  population  increase  its  trade. 

We  have  an  example  of  this  in  our  National  Capital,  which,  since 
it  has  been  transformed  from  a  city  of  mud  and  magnificent  dis- 
tances into  a  beautiful  modern  metropolis,  has  become  the  favorite 
residence  of  cultured  and  wealthy  people.  Paris  is  another  city  that 
owes  its  prosperity  to  its  artificial  attractions  perhaps  more  than  to 
its  commerce  and  manufactures.  San  Francisco  has  been  termed 
the  Paris  of  America,  but  beyond  the  fact  that  we  have  a  large  French 
population,  that  our  women  somewhat  affect  Frence  fashions,  and 
we  have  always  had  some  good  French  restaurants,  there  seems  little 
foundation  for  the  appellation. 

In  this  genial  climate,  however,  it  needs  only  the  expenditure  of 
money  and  the  exercise  of  taste  to  transform  our  Brumagem  Paris 
into  a  city  in  elegance  and  beauty  approximating,  so  far  as  our  polit- 
ical conditions  will  permit,  the  great  original. 

Our  Park,  which  from  its  inception  has  been  managed  in  a  busi- 
ness-like, sensible  way,  is  a  good  start  in  this  direction;  we  have 
some  of  our  streets  decently  paved,  and  beside  all  this  we  have  of 
late  what  is  most  encouraging,  the  spectacle  of  our  level-headed 
merchants  taking  hold  of  the  business  of  street-cleaning  in  a  busi- 
ness-like way,  and  making,  as  was  to  be  expected,  a  success  of  the 
job.  We  hear  a  good  deal  of  censure  in  the  press  of  the  Front-street 
and  other  merchants  of  San  Francisco,  but  it  is  to  the  enterprise 
and  generosity  of  this  class  that  our  city  enjoys  whatever  measure  of 
prosperity  that  it  had,  or  is  likely  to  have  in  time  to  come.  It  is  the 
merchant  who  is  appealed  to  on  all  sorts  of  pretexts  and  on  all  occa- 
sions to  give  money  for  purposes  ranging  from  the  building  of  a  com- 
peting railway  to  putting  up  a  purse  for  a  horse  race.  That  he  has 
not  impoverished  himself  by  so  doing  is  not  owing  to  the  cooperation 
of  the  class  facetiously  denominated  capitalists  in  the  directory,  but 
is  due  to  the  fact  that  he  has  promoted  the  business  of  the  town  in  a 
legitimate  way,  and  managed  at  the  same  time  to  put  by  a  little 
money. 


ORIENTAL    STUDY.-By  Jennie  R.   flcElroy. 


-^Captain  Von  Pluskow,  of  the  German  army,  is  six  feet  six  inches 
in  height.  He  looks  down  on  several  of  his  brother  officers,  particu- 
larly on  Prince  Eitel,  who  is  onlv  an  inch  over  four  feet  high,  or 
rather,  low. 

— —  William  Jay,  the  famous  preacher  of  Bath,  was  originally  a 
bricklayer. 

Dr.  Adam  Clark,  a  most  learned  man,  was  placed  under  the 

care  of  a  linen  manufacturer. 


S.    P.    .*>'•»■«    t.cltcr. 

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Christmas  Number. 


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u-  vVaIL 


THE  LITTLE  .STUDENT.— By  Miss  Lou  Wall. 


S.    P.   INews   Lettar. 


Christmas   Number. 


A.JN^I':1* 


A  SWORD  F|GI1T|ER  |  Streets  of  Cairo  ).-By  Amadee  Joullin. 


COUNTRY 


HOMES 


MADE  MORE  ATTRACTIVE. 


Gas  manufactured  by  a  new  process  is  being 
introduced  into  all  country  residences  and 
suburban  villas.  It  is  brilliant  in  quality, 
economical,  safe;  its  use  does  not  raise  insur- 
ance rates,  and  so  simply  made  that  a  child 
can  attend  to  the  apparatus.  It  is  cheaper 
than  coal  oil  light.  The  gas  will  cost  less 
than  one  dollar  a  thousand.  Address  for 
circular  and  catalogue 


PEERLES3  GAS  MACHINE  CO., 


£13  Market  St.,  S.  F. 


Organized  1870.        II.  S   Depositary. 


Jtye  pirst  flatiopal  Bar^, 

OF  SAN    FRANCISCO. 

<$r.  Busl?  zr)d  Jarjsome  5t.,  5-  F- 

Capital,  11,500,000.    Surplus,  ?96O,O00. 

OFFICERS— S.  G.  MtTRPHY,  President. 

J  AS.  MQFFITT.  Vice  President. 

JAS.  K  LYNCH,  Cashier. 

JAd.  K.  MOFFITT,  Assistant  Casbier. 

DIRECTORS— S.  G.  Murphy,  James  MoBtt, 
George  A.  Low,  George  C. 
Perkins,  Jas.  D.  Phelan,  Tbos. 
Jennings,  N.  Van  Bergen, 
J.  D  -wney  Harvey,  Jjhn  A. 
Hooper.  , 


Holiday  Gifts. 


Gump's 
Art  Store. 


Inspect  the  magnificent  display  of  fresh  European 
Goods  just  arrived.  Everybody  welcome.  Tariff 
lower;  prices  lower.  Bronze  and  Marble  Statuary 
and  Pedestals,  French  Cabinets,  Tables,  Desks, 
etc.;  Clocks,  Lamps,  Vases,  Ornaments  and  Art 
Novelties  in  endless  variety;  fine  Table  China, 
Sevres,  Limoges,  Carlsbad,  Dresden,  etc.;  Bac- 
carat and  Bohemian  Glassware,  Dorflinger's  CUT 
GLASS  WARE,  Framed  pictures  a  specialty  from 
the  high-priced  oil  painting  to  the  cheapest  picture. 
Any  purse  suited.  Thousands  of  articles  at  cost. 
Bargain  tables. 

Open  Evenings. 


113  Geary  Street. 

R»»  B 


ROS. 

Leading  Clothiers 
and  Furnishers. 


27  to  37  Kearny  St. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


/~v  ALlFORNIANSabroad,  and  even  in  visiting  the  Eastern  States, 
(Of      are  often  asked,  ''What  kind  of  houses  do  your  Four  Hundred 

I  C\     live  in?"    The  idea  has  somehow  grown  that   the  section 
V_y     known  as  "  Nob  Hill"  comprises  the  residence  part,    exclu- 
sively, of  our  elite.    A  glance  at  several  of  our  best,  or  rather 

II  swellest,"  houses  of  the  beau  monde  will  show  that  they  are  not  con- 
fined to  any  particular  locality,  but  are  scattered  all  over  the  city, 
and  while  "Nob  Hill"  can  claim  the  bonanza  and  railroad  set,  Pacific 
avenue  and  the  Western  Addition  contain  the  larger  and  handsomer 
residences  of  our  wealthiest  people — apart,  of  course,  from  the  four 
palaces  of  the  bonanza  and  railroad  kings. 

Possibly  the  most  classically  beautiful  home  in  San  Francisco,  is  on 
California  street,  corner  of  Taylor  (Nob  Hill),  and  is  the  California 
abode  of  the  railroad  magnate,  C.  P.  Huntington.  It  was  originally 
built  and  for  years  occupied  by  the  late  D.  D.  Colton.  The  color  is 
white  and  it  looks  like  a  marble  palace  with  porticoed  entrance.  The 
entrance  hall  is  finished  in  dark  wood  with  frescoed  ceiling,  and  runs 
through  to  the  north  end  of  thehouse,  where  a  portecochere  gives  egress 
when  occasion  requires.  On  the  right  of  the  hall  is  a  small 
room  used  as  a  reception  room,  trom  which  one  passes  to  the  library, 
a  luxurious  apartment  fitted  with  bookcases  filled  with  the  best 
works  of  noted  authors.  Large  easy  chairs,  writing  tables,  and  soft 
lounges  are  distributed  around,  and  the  "dim  religious  light"  from 
the  shaded  windows  make  it  an  ideal  spot  for  quiet  reading  or  repose. 
From  the  library  the  dining-room  opens,  with  a  door  into  the  hall  as 
well ;  the  deep  square  bay  window  at  the  side  of  this  room  faces  Cush- 
man  street.  It  is  a  room  of  noble  dimensions  and  possesses  a  mantel- 
piece of  rare  beauty. 

On  the  left  of  the  entrance  ball  lies  the  drawing-room,  which  opens 
into  the  long  billiard-room,  from  which,  by  means  of  long  glass 
doors,  the  music  and  ball-room  is  reached  from  this  side,  so  that  in 
the  event  of  a  magnificent  entertainment  the  whole  lower  floor  suite 
can  be  thrown  into  a  continuous  vista,  as  it  were.  It  is  the  ball- 
room, however  (which  is  also  used  as  a  picture-gallery),  that  is  the 
feature  of  the  house.  It  runs  along  the  end  of  the  house  and  is  mod- 
eled after  the  famous  music-room  at  Belmont  (poor  Ralston's  pride) 
— a  long  room  paneled  with  mirrors  framed  in  polished  native  woods ; 
the  inlaid  floor  is  also  done  in  the  variegated  woods  of  our  State.  The 
roof  is  dome-shaped  and  finely  frescoed,  with  a  sky-light  to  throw 
the  proper  light  upon  the  pictures.  Notwithstanding  its  being  such 
a  splendid  home,  the  house  has  never  been  utilized  by  its  different 
owners  as  the  scene  of  a  brilliant  ball.  Only  once  during  the  Colton 
regime  was  it  opened  for  a  really  formal  evening  reception,  and  even 
"  matinees"— as  teas  were  then  styled— were  of  infrequent  occur- 
rence. Society  looks  forward  with  pleasurable  anticipation  to  the 
Huntington  occupancy  for  a  sight  of  the  beautiful  ball-room  in  full 
swing. 

On  the  block  below  this  residence  stands  the  imposing-looking 
house  of  brown  stone  built  by  the  late  bonanza  king,  J.  C.  Flood.  It 
is  a  massive  square  front  with  flat  surface,  not  a  bow  window  or 
curve  to  be  seen.  Within  the  mansion  all  that  money  could  do  has 
been  done  to  render  it  a  fitting  abode  for  millions— spacious  drawing- 
rooms,  fine  library,  handsome  dining,  and  billiard-room,  breakfast, 
parlor,  smoking-room,  and  reception-rooms,  ad-lib.,  all  finished  and 
furnished  in  luxurious  style;  but  since  the  death  of  Mr.  Flood  the 
hall -doors  have  remained  boarded  over  except  during  the  rare  inter- 
vals when  the  family  are  "in  residence"  for  a  month  or  so  in  the 
winter.  Society,  however,  even  then  has  never  yet  crossed  the 
threshold,  as  (saving  a  dinner  to  an  intimate  few)  no  entertaining 
whatever  has  ever  been  given  in  this  magnificent  dwelling. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  California  street,  corner  of  Powell,  is  the 
residence  of  the  late  Senator  Stanford,  occupied  by  his  widow,  a  lady 
whose  elaborate  hospitality  in  honor  of  distinguished  tourists  has 
always  been  a  thing  to  be  relied  upon;  the  splendid  reception  given 
here  to  President  and  Mrs.  Harrison  will  long  be  remembered  in  our 
social  world.  The  residence  is  a  truly  palatial  one,  from  the  size  of 
its  apartments,  richness  of  its  finish,  and  splendor  of  its  appoint- 
ments. The  grand  entrance  hall  is  especially  imposing,  being  eighty 
feet  long  and  twenty  wide;  in  the  centre  a  broad  octagonal  rotunda, 
in  the  corners  of  which  immense  mirrors  are  placed,  as  well  as  on 
each  side  of  the  door ;  the  ceiling  and  walls  are  richly  frescoed.    The 


large  doors  opening  into  the  library  on  one  side  and  the  music- 
room  and  art  gallery  on  the  other  are  paneled  with  mirrors  set  in 
mahogany  and  ebony.  The  first  apartment  to  the  left  on  entering 
the  house  is  the  Indian  room,  fitted  up  in  Oriental  style  and  used  as 
a  rpception-room ;  the  woodwork  is  ivory  and  cherry. 

Back  of  this  room  is  the  library,  a  spacious  apartment,  the  doors 
solid  slabs  of  mahogany;  an  immense  mantel-piece  is  a  feature  of  the 
room.  Connecting  with  the  library  by  means  of  large  sliding  doors 
is  the  billiard-room,  finished  in  laurel  and  rosewood.  In  the  south- 
east corner  of  the  house  the  family  sitting-room  is  situated;  in  the 
southwest  corner  the  dining-room,  with  two  large  bow  windows  over- 
looking the  southern  portion  of  the  city.  The  woodwork  in  this 
room  is  of  French  walnut;  the  buffet  is  a  magnificent  combination  of 
mirrors  and  marble.  In  the  west  window  is  a  recess  with  a  glass 
fountain  and  paved  with  variegated  tiles.  To  the  north  of  the  din- 
ing-room, and  opening  west  from  the  rotunda,  lies  the  art  gallery 
and  music-room;  both  apartments  are  marvels  of  rich  coloring  in 
decoration,  the  art  gallery  paneled  with  the  portraits  of  the  old  mas- 
ters ;  the  walls  of  the  music-room  have  the  heads  of  celebrated  art- 
ists. The  state  apartment  is  called  the  Pompeian  room,  finished  in 
ivory  and  exquisitely  frescoed,  as  well  as  hung  with  priceless  tapes- 
try. On  the  lower  floor  is  the  supper-room  and  family  breakfast- 
room.  The  feature  of  this  magnificent  house  is  the  countless  mir- 
rors to  be  seen  on  every  side,  reflecting  the  valuable  art  curios,  stat- 
uary, etc.  No  wonder  that  Eastern  visitors  have  raved  over  our  Cal- 
ifornian  hospitality  when  enjoyed  in  such  surroundings. 

On  the  lower  part  of  the  hill,  on  California  street,  below  Polk, 
stands  the  residence  of  M.  H.  de  Young.  The  house  is  above  the 
grade  of  the  street  by  many  feet,  so  a  flight  of  steps  and  then  a  slop- 
ing pathway  lead  to  the  front  door.  It  is  a  double  two-storied  dor- 
mer windowed  dwelling,  with  two  drawing-rooms  on  the  right  of  the 
hall  door,  and  library  and  billiard-room  on  the  left,  while 
at  the  south  end  of  the  hall  is  the  dining-room.  All  the  rooms  are 
rich  with  color,  frescoed  ceilings,  and  paneled  walls,  as  well  as  inlaid 
floors.  On  the  upper  floor  Mrs.  de  Young  has  arranged  a  quaint 
place  called  the  Chinese  room,  the  floor  of  which  is  covered  with 
matting;  the  doors  are  carved  in  Chinese  woods  and  heavily  gilded. 
The  room  is  filled  with  draperies,  panels,  rugs,  and  curios  of  every 
description,  even  to  a  large  idol,  which  sits  in  an  alcove  with  folded 
arms  and  adds  to  the  illusion  of  the  scene.  Chinese  lanterns  hang 
from  the  ceiling,  and  all  sorts  of  warlike  emblems  and  arms  are 
grouped  on  the  walls,  interspersed  with  birds  of  gay  plumage.  The 
tables  and  chairs  are  of  Chinese  carving.  This  room  has  an  especial 
charm  for  la  Diva  Patti. 

One  of  the  oldest  residences  of  any  note  in  the  social  world  among 
us  is  that  of  Lloyd  Tevis,  on  the  corner  of  Taylor  and  Jackson  streets. 
It  was  built  by  Mr.  Tevis  in  the  early  sixties,  and  has  been  occupied 
by  the  Tevis  family  continuously  ever  since.  The  house  is  some- 
what old-fashioned  in  appearance  outwardly,  and  decidedly  so  in  its 
interior,  as  contrasted  with  those  of  later  date.  The  long,  narrow, 
dark  drawing-room  on  the  left  of  the  small  square  entrance  hall 
occupies  the  entire  northern  side  of  the  house,  and  connects  by 
means  of  large  doorways  with  the  billiard-room,  and  can,  when  oc- 
casion requires,  be  used  en  suite  witn  the  library  and  hall,  as  they 
all  open  one  into  the  other. 

The  billiard-room  is  the  one  usually  made  the  ball-room  when  a 
dance  is  given  at  the  Tevis  mansion,  and  opening  from  it  is  the  din- 
ing-room, which  apartment  is  the  modern  one  of  the  house,  being 
situated  in  a  wing  which  was  added  in  later  years  to  the  original 
dwelling,  and  therefore  boasts  the  high  ceiling  and  lofty  air  of  recent 
residences.  A  glass-enclosed  balcony,  like  an  enclosed  veranda,  runs 
along  the  back  end  of  the  entire  house,  and  can  be  entered  from  din- 
ing and  billiard-room  alike. 

The  residence  of  J.  B.  Haggin  stands  on  the  southeast  corner  of 
Taylor  and  Washington  streets,  just  one  block  away  from  Mr.  Tevis's 
abode,  and  is  one  of  the  most  imposing-looking  houses  in  the  local- 
ity. It  stands  in  the  centre  of  grounds  occupying  the  entire  block 
running  from  Washington  to  Clay  streets  'on  Taylor.  The  house  is 
two  stories  in  height,  with  a  high  tower  in  the  centre ;  at  the  back  it 
is  three  stories  high,  being  built  on  the  slope  of  the  hill.  The  plan 
of  the  house  is  somewhat  like  the  Tevis  residence,  although  more 
modern  in  finish,  and  also,  like  it,  admirably  adapted  for  the  pur- 
pose of  entertaining.  The  drawing-room  lies  at  the  left  of  the  en- 
trance hall  and  is  the  length  of  the  house;  on  the  right  is  a  charm- 
ing library,  and  the  dining-room  runs  across  the  back  end.  The  bil- 
liard-room and  breakfast-parlor  are  in  the  lower  floor  basement.  On 
the  occasions  of  the  Haggin  balls  it  has  always  been  the  custom  to 
utilize  these  rooms  for  the  supper. 

The  residence  of  D.  M.  Delmas  is  on  the  opposite  corner  from  the 
Saggins',  on  Taylor  and  Washington  streets,  and  is  an  "early  day" 


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i tided  10  and  modernised  from  time  to  time.  It  was  origin- 
ally the  town  residence  ol  the  litte  William  T.  Coleman,  but  Upon 
that  gentleman's  failure  in  business  became  the  property  of  Mr.  Del- 
mas.  The  house  stands  upon  high  ground,  not  having  been  lowered 
to  the  grade  of  the  street,  as  were  the  houses  of  Haggin  and  Tevis. 
and  is  surrounded  by  handsome  grounds,  through  which  the  visitor 
goes  to  reach  the  long  flight  of  Mops  and  balcony  leading  to  the  hall 
door.  The  hall  is  tiled  in  black  and  white  and  the  ceiling  frescoed. 
On  the  right  of  the  entrance  is  tht>  library,  finished  in  oak  and  wal- 
nut, opening  into  the  dining-room,  off  which  is  a  small  breakfast  - 
room.  On  the  left  is  the  long  drawing-room,  finished  in  white,  and 
opening  into  the  music-room.  Across  (he  rear  end  of  the  hall  is  the 
billiard-room  and  smoking  snuggery,  so  that  the  hospitable  family 
of  Mr.  Delmas  have  no  lack  ot  room  wherein  to  entertain  society. 
A  pleasing  feature  of  the  drawing-room  is  the  charming  conservatory 
on  the  south  side  and  the  vestibule  of  colored  tiles  outside  the  main 
hall,  which  was  one  of  the  latest  additions  to  this  roomy,  straggling. 
comfortable  old  home. 

Turning  from  Taylor  into  California  street,  on  the  right-hand  cor- 
ner, stands  the  house  built  by  the  late  Charles  Crocker.  It  is  one 
of  the  most  pretentious  of  the  Nob  Hill  palaces,  and  has  been  the 
scene  of  most  brilliant  hospitality.  The  house  is  a  large,  two-storied, 
bow-windowed  double  one,  with  dormer-windowed  roof;  it  is 
approached  b}*  massive  granite  steps.  It  stands  on  an  elevation  with 
grassy  lawns  on  each  side.  Upon  entering  the  large  broad  hall, 
the  visitor  discovers  that  the  first  room  to  the  right  is  the  library,  a 
room  of  noble  proportions  and  delightful  arrangement,  off  which  is 
a  charming  boudoir,  opening  in  turn  into  what  was  Mr.  OrockerV 
bed-room,  a  gem  of  an  apartment,  the  walls  of  which  are  draped 
with  tufted  silK  of  cerulean  hue,  the  ceiling  frescoed  in  the  daintiest 
tints;  over  the  bed  a  lovely  hand  is  painted  on  the  ceiling  draw- 
ing aside  filmy  lace  curtains.  On  the  left  of  the  hall  door  is  the  draw- 
ing-room, an  exquisite  apartment  finished  in  ivory  and  ebony,  and, 
like  all  the  rooms,  beautifully  frescoed.  The  picture  gallery,  a  lofty 
octagonal  room ,  opens  from  the  drawing-room ;  it  is  lighted  from  the 
roof  and  is  filled  with  a  rare  collection  of  valuable  paintings  and 
statuary.  In  the  library  is  the  famous  onyx  mantel-piece  which  took 
the  prize  at  the  Centennial.  At  the  back  of  the  house,  across  a  hall, 
are  the  dining  and  billiard-rooms,  contiguous  to  each  other.  The 
wood  carving  and  sideboard  in  the  former  are  marvels  of  the  carver's 
art.  Great  panels  of  game  line  the  walls,  and  the  chandeliers  over 
the  dining  table  are  decorated  in  fruit  and  flowers.  It  is  the  earnest 
hope  of  society  that  the  doors  of  this  erstwhile  hospitable  abode  may 
swing  open  to  them  again  ere  long,  when  George  Crocker  returns 
with  his  bride. 

The  residence  of  Will  Crocker,  youngest  son  of  the  railroad  king, 
occupies  the  other  half  of  the  block  on  which  the  paternal  dwelling 
stands.  The  house  is  built  in  the  Queen  Anne  style  of  architecture, 
of  red  brick  with  rough  stone  trimmings.  Like  the  adjoining  house. 
it  stands  on  high  ground  and  is  reached  by  a  flight  of  double  ston^ 
steps.  On  entering  the  house  one  is  struck  by  the  beauty  of  the  hall 
which  is  of  ample  dimensions.  At  the  rear  is  a  wide  stone  fireplace 
with  carved  mantel  corresponding  with  the  wainscotting  of  oak.  The 
floor  is  of  polished  wood  and  covered  with  a  Persian  rug.  To  the 
right  of  the  hall  door  is  the  library,  opening  into  a  large  music-room. 
The  walls  of  the  library  are  paneled  in  dark  Vandyke  leather;  the 
floor  is  of  inlaid  woods.  It  is  an  ideal  room  of  luxurious  quiet,  and 
the  numberless  books  which  line  the  shelves,  and  the  many  inviting 
easy  chairs,  appeal  to  the  lounger  and  student. 

The  music-room  is  fitted  with  music-racks  on  the  wall,  and  at  the 
end,  in  one  corner,  stands  a  grand  piano.  Here,  too,  the  floor  is  of 
polished  woods,  with  rugs  spread  at  intervals.  The  fireplace  is  oi 
wood  and  carved  brass. 

On  the  left  of  the  entrance  hall  is  the  small  room  filled  with  Jap- 
anese articles  and  fitted  in  Japanese  style,  used  as  a  reception-room 
by  Mrs.  Will  Crocker.  The  walls  are  paneled  with  mat  filling,  and  at 
intervals  a  large  bronze  panel  of  Japanese  landscape  is  placed.  From 
this  ante-room  one  enters  the  queerly  shaped  drawing-room,  made 
so  from  the  curve  necessary  for  the  tower,  which  runs  up  at  one  cor  - 
ner.  The  decorations  are  in  white  and  gold,  the  walls  being  hung  in 
delicate-hued  silk.  The  mantelpiece  is  in  variegated  marble.  Slid- 
ing doors  open  from  this  room  into  the  dining-room,  which  isa  study 
in  wood  carving;  even  the  ceiling  is  of  paneled  mahogany.  The  side- 
board at  the  north  end  is  a  feature,  and  the  large  open  fireplace  is 
of  red  stone,  on  either  side  of  which  are  stained  glass  windows, 
throwing  light  on  the  beveled  mirror  between. 

On  Van  Ness  avenue  stands  one  of  the  largest  and  handsomest 
residences  in  the  city,  and  one  devoted  to  the  gaieties  of  the  swim.  1 1 
is  on  the  corner  of  Washington  street,  and  is  now  owned  and  presided 
over  by  the  Misses  Alice  and  Ella  Hobart,  daughters  of  the  late  mil- 
lionaire mine-owner,  W.  S.  Hobart.  The  house  was  built  by  Mrs. 
E.  B.  Crocker  for  a  bridal  gift  to  her  daughter  Amy,  when  her  mar- 
riage with  Porter  Ashe  was  an  acknowledged  fact,  but  upon  that 
lady's  divorce  from  Mr.  Ashe,  it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Hobart,  and 
is  now  one  of  the  centres  of  the  fashionable  world  in  our  midst. 

It  is  an  imposing-looking  house,  spread  over  a  large  space,  with 
green  lawn  on  the  south  side  and  many  immense  bow  windows  in 
its  two  stories.  Like  the  majority  of  California  houses  which  are  the 
abodes  of  wealth  and  modern  construction,  it  is  a  double  house.  The 


h  ill  i-  a  marked  feature  of  the  residence,    being  fully   seventy-five 
feet  long,  with  a  varying  width  of  from  fourteen  to  thirty  feet,  being 
divided  into  middle,  front,  and  rear,  but  all  connecting  by  carved 
wooden  arches.    On   the   right  of  the  entrance  hall,  opening  off  it 
with  sliding  doors,  is  the  reception-room,  finished  in  while  and  gold, 
with  two  deep  bow  windows,  one  on  Van  Ness  avenue,    the  other 
on  Washington,  and  opposite  to  the  door.    In  this  recess  is  the  man- 
j    telpiece  of  onyx  bought  by  Porter  Ashe  in  Mexico.    Wide  sliding 
doors  connect  this  apartment  with  the  drawing-room,  which  has  a 
'    projecting  L,  where  most  of  the  young  people  congregate  on  the 
■    occasion  of  a  dance.    Another  sliding  door  opens  from  this  room  into 
I    the  long  billiard-room,  with  its  attendant  smoking-room.  On  the  left 
side  of  the  hall  doorlies  the  library,  fitted  up  with  black  walnut  book- 
j    shelves,  off  which  is  the  dining-room,  the  wails  wainscotted  and  the 
ceiling  paneled  with  red  mahogany,  with  a  painted  frieze  of  fruit  and 
j    flowers.    A  favorite  spot  in   this  room  of  a  cold  day  is  the  fireside 
at  the  end  of  the  room,  the  fireplace  being  so  deep  and  wide  that  two 
settees  are  placed  with  ease  within  its  embrasure.    This  charming 
room    has   a   semi-circular   conservatory    running  along  its  entire 
width,  which  is  reached  by  two  archways,  one  on  either  side  of  the 
mantel-piece.    No  wonder  the  Hobart  house  is  regarded  with  espe- 
cial favor  by  the  beau  monde. 

But  the  room  which  is  the  delight  of  all  others  with  Miss  Hobart's 
young  friends  is  the  cosy  breakfast-room,  built  into  the  angle  formed 
by  the  projection  of  the  dining-room  and  conservatory.  It  is  a  one- 
story  octagonal  apartment,  finished  in  light  wood,  and  the  most 
cheerful  of  spots  on  a  dark  day.  As  all  the  rooms  on  the  ground 
floor  connect  and  open  on  the  main  hall,  it  can  readily  be  imagined 
what  a  perfect  house  for  elaborate  balls  the  residence  is. 

The  residence  of  W.  F.  Goad,  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Washing- 
ton and  Gough  streets,  is  a  broad  two-storied  double  house,  with  the 
inevitable  bow  windows  which  are  so  distinguishing  a  feature  of  Cal- 
ifornia homes.  On  entering  the  house  one  is  struck  with  the  size  of 
the  hall,  which  is  an  ideal  of  space  and  comfort  combined.  It  is 
nearly  square,  and  as  all  the  rooms  on  the  lower  floor,  or  rather  this 
floor,  open  from  it,  can  be  easily  used  in  connection  therewith.  A 
broad  fireplace  lies  at  the  end  facing  the  hall  door,  and  here  of  a 
chilly  afternoon  the  girls  are  wont  to  assemble  for  a  chat  and  cup  of 
tea.  To  the  right  of  the  entrance  hall  is  the  large  deep  drawing-room , 
off  which  is  the  music  room,  with  its  quaint  embrasure  of  a  little 
room-like  corner  formed  by  the  bow  window  at  the  south  end,  of  un- 
usual size.  From  the  music-room  the  dining-room  is  entered;  it 
runs  along  the  south  end  of  the  house,  with  a  smoking-room  adjoin- 
ing. The  dining-room  opens  into  the  hall  from  the  south  side  oppo- 
site the  spacious  bow  window,  which  commands  a  magnificent  view 
of  the  entire  bay.  On  the  left  of  the  hall  door  is  the  library,  a  most 
luxurious  room,  finished  in  black  walnut  with  tiled  chimney-piece. 
The  floor  of  the  hall  and  drawing-room  suite  are  all  inlaid  woods 
highly-polished,  so  that  the  rooms  of  this  floor  can  he  used  for  danc- 
ing for  a  very  large  gathering.  The  billiard-room  lies  in  the  basement. 
In  this  vicinity  is  the  residence  of  the  wealthy  widow,  Mrs.  L.  L. 
Baker,  on  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Franklin  streets.  It  has 
been  the  scene  of  "teas,"  luncheons,  and  dinners,  rather  than  enter- 
tainments where  dancing  was  the  chief  attraction.  The  hall  is  a 
very  fine  one,  with  inlaid  floor  and  elaborate  chimney-piece.  On  the 
left,  by  sliding  doors,  the  library  is  entered— quite  a  large  room,  done 
in  black  walnut,  with  a  square  bay  window  fitted  with  seats.  The 
dining-room ,  which  opens  from  it,  is  also  finished  in  black  walnut,  giv- 
ing the  house  rather  a  sombre  tint.  At  the  right  of  the  halldoor  is  the 
music-room  (a  favorite  resort  of  Mrs.  Baker),  and  divided  from  it  by 
a  hall  and  stairway  is  the  billiard-room.  A  feature  of  this  house  is 
the  grand  main  staircase,  which  is  most  elaborately  carved  mahog- 
any and  black  walnut. 

The  Horace  Davis  residence  is  also  in  this  neighborhood— a  broad 
double  house,  with  library  so  luxuriously  arranged  that  one  can  see 
at  a  glance  it  is  the  apartment  of  the  house,  and  as  both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Davis  incline  to  literary  pleasures  rather  than  any  form  of  en- 
tertainment, the  house  can  scarcely  be  ranked  as  among  those  where 
the  swim  disport  themselves.  Mrs.  Horace  Davis  is  one  of  the  Cen- 
tury Club  set. 

Pacific  avenue,  the  rival  of  Van  Ness,  is  the  home  of  many  of  our 
prominent  party-givers.  At  the  far  end,  near  Baker  street,  stands 
the  large,  handsome  dwelling  built  by  the  late  Austin  Moore,  whose 
creditors,  upon  his  failure  in  business,  sold  it  to  George  Pope,  and 
here  he  and  his  charming  young  wife  hold  sway.  It  is  a  double 
house,  with  a  fine  hall,  from  which  on  either  side  open  magnificently 
appointed  salon,  reception-room,  library,  dining-room,  and  billiard- 
room.  The  feature  of  this  beautiful  residence  is  the  elaborate  wood 
carving  and  finishing,  fine  frescoes  and  tinted  walls,  all  done  in  per- 
fect taste  and  regardless  of  expense.  No  doubt  society  will  enjoy 
varied  hospitality  therein  after  the  formal  opening  ball. 

The  residence  of  J.  D.  Fry,  on  Jackson  and  Franklin  streets,  is  a 
spacious  and  at  the  same  time  showy  and  comfortable  home,  occu- 
pying half  the  block  on  Jackson  and  running  to  Pacific  avenue  at 
the  back.  It  is  surrounded  by  ornamental  grounds  on  both  sides, 
thereby  having  an  advantage  over  the  majority  of  the  palatial  abodes 
of  our  millionaires.  The  entrance  hall  is  a  feature  of  the  house,  be- 
ing broad  and  long,  with  polished  inlaid  floor.  To  the  right  of  the 
hall  door  is  the  long,  lofty  drawing-room,  running  the  entire  length 


SAJN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


of  the  east  side  of  the  house,  and  opening  into  the  billiard-room, 
which  runs  across  the  end.  From  the  billiard-room  opens  the  din- 
ing-room, and  again  from  thence  into  the  hall.  On  the  left  is  the 
library,  a  charming  apartment,  with  large  conservatory  attached. 
Every  spot  in  Colonel  Fry's  beautiful  home  is  tilled  with  objets  d'art 
culled  from  various  countries  during  his  many  trips  abroad. 

On  Pine  street,  just  back  of  Nob  Hill,  stands  tbe  home  of  the  Fair 
family.  When  in  San  Francisco  Mrs.  Oelrichs  of  New  York  (nee  Fair), 
and  Miss  Virginia  Fair,  her  sister,  occupy  it  in  their  brief  visits  to  the 
city  once  a  year.  It  is  peculiarly  well  adapted  for  social  pleasures,  being 
large  and  roomy,  and  during  the  lifetime  of  the  late  Mrs.  Fair  was  a 
noted  centre  of  fashionable  entertainment.  The  house  is  somewhat 
old-fashioned  in  style,  built  of  wood,  two  stories  high,  and  standing  on 
the  top  of  a  hilly  slope,  never  having  been  cut  to  the  grade  of  the  street 
below.  A  carriage-way  winds  up  to  the  door  from  Jones  street  at  the 
corner.  Although  the  house  faces  on  Pine  street,  the  usual  mode  of 
entrance  is  at  the  side  door  therefore.  On  the  right  of  the  Pine-street 
entrance  hall,  opening  off  a  highly  frescoed  hall,  is  the  long  drawing- 
room,  arched  in  the  centre  and  with  fluted  columns  supporting  the 
arch.  The  ceiling  in  the  front  and  back  part  of  the  room  is  done  in 
different  styles,  that  in  the  front  being  "Cupid's  Reception,"  where 
blonde  and  a  brunette  beauty,  life  size,  are  extending  welcome  with 
outstretched  hands.  In  the  centre  of  the  bow  window  ceiling  are 
painted  the  portraits  of  the  Misses  Fair  as  they  appeared  in  girlhood. 
Large  mirrors  are  placed  at  the  end  of  the  room,  and  the  walls  are 
done  to  represent  light-colored  damask.  On  the  right  of  the  hall 
door  is  the  reception-room,  done  in  pink  and  blue,  with  elaborately 
frescoed  ceiling.  The  furniture  is  white  and  gold  wood  upholstered 
in  blue  and  pink,  bright  coloring  prevailing  everywhere.  Then  comes 
the  dining-room  and  conservatory.  Back  of  the  drawing-room  is  tbe 
billiard-room,  tbe  tint  here  being  green,  the  ceiling  even  being  done 
in  that  hue,  as  it  represents  a  billiard-cloth  in  fresco,  with  red  and 
white  balls  and  crossed  cues,  wbile  the  border  is  filled  in  with  em- 
blems of  all  sorts  of  games — chess  men,  dice,  etc.  The  picture-gal- 
lery is  on  the  second  floor,  but  is  not  notable  as  a  collection. 

An  abode  of  wealth  and  fashion  is  the  residence  of  Mrs.  A.  M.  Par- 
rott,  on  Sutter  street— a  house  made  famous  in  the  annals  of  San 
Francisco  entertainment  as  the  place  of  several  immense  balls  given  j 
by  the  late  William  Sbaron  during  the  occupancy  of  the  house  by 
his  family.  It  was  originally  built  by  the  late  W.  F.  Sharp.  Mr. 
Sharon  purchased  and  added  to  it,  building  the  large  modern  wing 
of  tour  enormous  rooms  on  each  floor  of  the  three  floors,  so  that  on  j 
entering  what  is  comparatively  a  small  hall  (which  remains  from  the  j 
old  part  of  the  house)  and  turning  to  the  left,  passing  through  the 
orgtnal  drawing-room,  now  used  as  a  reception  or  ante-room,  one  is 
amazed  to  find  one's  self  in  a  magnificent  suite  of  parlors  separated 
by  fluted  pillars  hung  with  heavy  draperies,  the  size  of  the  rooms  be- 
fitting a  more  spacious  entrance.  This  suite  of  four  rooms  is  the 
modern  part  of  the  house.  Underneath  them,  on  the  ground  floor, 
lie  the  dining-room,  breakfast-parlor,  billiard-room,  and  smoking- 
room.  On  the  drawing-room  floor  the  old  part  of  the  house  is  used 
as  a  family  sitting-room,  music-room,  and  library. 

It  is  reserved  for  the  name  of  Spreckels  to  be  identified  with  what 
will  be  par  excellunce  the  palatial  home  of  our  city,  as  Mr.  Clans 
Spreckels  is  now  erecting  on  Van  Ness  avenue  and  Clay  street  a 
house  that  will  vie  with  any  private  residence  in  the  world. 

Mr.  J.  D.  Spreckels's  house,  on  Howard  and  Twenty-first  streets,  is 
a  very  fine  one,  and  enjoys  the  advantage  of  having  beautifully  laid- 
out  grounds.  The  first  room  on  tbe  left  of  the  entrance  hall  is  the 
reception-room,  off  which  is  the  library,  which  in  turn  opens  into  the 
billiard-room.  On  the  left  of  the  hall  door  is  the  music-room,  a  lofty 
apartment  done  in  white  and  gold,  with  a  magnificent  onyx  mantel- 


piece. Beyond  it  are  the  dining-room  and  smaller  breakfast- room. 
All  the  rooms  open  into  each  other  and  again  into  the  hall.  They 
are  highly  frescoed  and  ornamented,  and  the  residence  is  one  of  the 
most  charmingly  appointed  as  well  as  hospitable  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  city. 

In  this  locality  (the  southern  end)  lie  also  the  home  of  Irving  M. 
Scott  and  Mrs.  Peter  Donahue.  The  former  is  on  Harrison  street, 
near  First,  an  old-fashioned,  early-day  house,  which  the  present 
owner  has  added  to  and  improved  since  it  became  his  property.  To 
the  right  of  the  entrance  is  the  art  gallery,  a  long,  narrow  room,  run- 
ning the  entire  depth  of  the  lot  and  tilled  with  a  choice  collection  of 
paintings,  which  are  among  the  most  noted  and  valuable  in  San 
Francisco.  The  floor  is  of  inlaid  wood,  and  the  gallery  has  upon  oc- 
casions been  used  as  a  music-room  and  a  ball-room.  The  drawing- 
rooms  are  to  the  left  of  the  square  entrance  hall,  and  in  turn  open 
into  tbe  dining-room,  and  upon  the  walls  of  all  these  rooms  are  hung 
pictures  of  rare  value,  for  which  space  could  not  be  found  in  the  gal- 
lery proper. 

The  residence  of  Mrs.  Peter  Donahue  is  on  Bryant,  near  Second,  a 
two-storied  double  house,  which  has  been  built  for  many  years.  It  is 
surrounded  by  extensive  grounds,  and  stands  high  from  the  entrance 
path,  being  reached  by  a  long  Might  of  steps.  In  the  middle  of  the 
house  is  the  large,  wide  hall,  off  which,  on  the  right  side,  is  the  long 
drawing-room,  and  on  the  left  the  library  and  dining-room,  a  cosy 
boudoir  being  utilized  as  a  card-room  on  occasions. 

A    FRAGRANT    COMMODITY. 

IN  these  days  when  the  closest  competition  and  the  highest  intelli- 
gence are  factors  in  the  success  of  the  cigar  industry,  such  success 
as  that  which  has  been  achieved  by  Lane  &  Connelly,  of  this  city, 
means  a  great  deal  more  than  appears  on  the  surface.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  these  enterprising  men,  John  M.  Lane  and  Frank  J. 
Connelly,  established  their  business  in  1884  in  a  modest  way,  at  105 
Sansome  street.  Within  a  single  year  their  trade  as  manufacturers 
and  jobbers  in  eigars  had  so  much  increased  that  they  removed  to 
their  present  large  and  central  location,  204  and  206  Market  street. 
Their  enterprise  did  not  halt  there.  Four  years  ago  they  established 
a  branch  at  Seattle,  which  is  conducted  under  the  personal  super- 
vision of  Mr.  J.  M.  Lane,  and  which  supplies  Oregon,  Washington, 
Montana,  and  Idaho.  The  office  and  factory  in  San  Francisco  are 
under  the  personal  supervision  of  Mr.  Frank  J.  Connelly,  an  old  and 
experienced  cigar  and  tobacco  man.  The  establishment  here  sup- 
plies California,  Nevada,  Arizona,  New  Mexico,  and  Texas.  Apart 
from  the  general  success  which  has  accrued  to  the  firm  by  reason  of 
its  fair  dealing  and  the  personal  popularity  of  its  members,  who  do 
most  of  the  traveling  for  the  house,  and  whose  genial  personalities 
are  known  and  welcomed  in  every  town  on  the  coast,  the  firm  has 
secured  a  special  fame  from  its  leading  brand  of  cigar,  called  the '  -  Lane 
&  Connelly."  This  famous  cigar  has  received  the  gold  medal  (the 
highest  award)  from  the  California  State  Fair  for  four  successive 
years,  and  the  firm  is  daily  in  receipt  of  telegraphic  and  mail  orders 
for  it  from  all  sections  of  the  country.  It  is  a  favorite  at  all  the  finest 
saloons  and  leading  hotels  on  the  coast.  This  cigar  has  attained  such 
popularity  that  several  Eastern  houses  are  endeavoring  to  secure  the 
handling  of  it  for  the  Eastern  trade.  Smokers  from  this  coast  visit- 
ing in  the  East  can  find  it  on  sale  in  the  principal  cities,  and  before 
long  it  will  probably  be  on  sale  everywhere.  Besides  this  noted 
cigar  (which  is  made  in  four  shapes  and  sizes)  the  firm  manufactures 
other  brands,  which  have  a  popularity  of  their  own,  and  which  in- 
clude the  following:  Bouquet  de  Habana,  Charmer,  Centenarian, 
Re<1  Cap,  El  Premio  de  Cuba,  and  Great  Hit. 


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SCENE    IN    HOLLAND.— By  Otto  Emerson. 


CHRISTMAS    Nl'MltEH. 


INTERESTING    TO    LADIES. 


New  Testimony  Pertaining  to  an  Old  Favorite. 

MOST  ladies  are  familiar  with  tbe  relative  merits  of  the  Indla- 
penslble  and,  to  tbe  masculine  mind,  mysterious  adjunct*  tn 
the  toilet  which  appear  to  find  an  ever  welcome  place  in  their  esteem. 
And  a  lady,  once  giving  allegiance  to  a  preparation  in  which  she  has 
implicit  confidence,  becomes  its  active  champion  and  delights  in  new 
and  convincing  evidence  concerning  the  accuracy  of  her  judgment. 
Multitudes  of  ladies  are  firm  in  the  belief  that  Camelline  is,  par  ex- 
cellence, the  t^ueen  of  Complexion  beautifiers.  and  are  familiar  with 
the  fact  that  Ellen  Terry,  Mrs.  Kendal,  Adelina  Patti,  Jane  Hading, 
and  hundreds  of  distinguished  ladies  unreservedly  speak  of  it  in  the 
highest  terms,  that  eminent  chemists  like  Professors  Thomas  Price, 
analytical  chemist,  and  A.  W.  Perry,  late  of  the  Medical  Department 
of  tbe  University  of  California,  attest  its  absolute  freedom  from  in- 
jurious substances,  and  that  this  opinion  is  confirmed  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  the  prominent  physicians  of  San  Francisco.  The  many  friends 
of  Camelline  who  were  gratified  upon  learning  it  had  been  awarded 
highest  honors,  over  all  competitors,  at  the  Midwinter  Exposition 
and  at  the  recent  Northwestern  Inter-State  Exposition  at  Tacoraa, 
will  be  pleased  to  know  that  it  has  been  examined  by  Dr.  A,  B. 
Griffiths,  F.  C.  8.,  Lecturer  upon  Chemistry,  member  of  the  Chemical 
Societies  of  Edinburg,  Paris,  and  St.  Petersburg,  author  of  "Re- 
searches on  Micro-Organism,"  "A  Manual  of  Bacteriology,"  and 
other  standard  works,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  authorities  in 
England.  Dr.  Griffiths  says:  "  £  find  that  Camelline  does  not  con- 
tain metcury,  lead,  or  other  poisons.  It  is  entirely  free  from  injur- 
ious substances,  and  is  not  only  absolutely  harmless,  but  produces  a 
beneficial  action  upon  the  skin.  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that 
Camelline  is  an  excellent  preparation  for  softening  and  beautifying 
the  complexion."  Evidence  of  this 'character  must  be  very  gratify- 
ing to  Messrs.  Wakelee  &  Co.,  the  pioneer  druggists  of  this  city,  who 
originated  Camelline  about  eighteen  years  since,  and  to  the  many 
ladies  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land  who  have  used 
it  with  unfailing  success  and  satisfaction. 

THE    BEST    PIANOS. 

THE  great  popularity  and  success  enjoyed  by  the  establishment  of 
Charles  S.  Eaton,  735  Market  street,  is  due  largely  to  the  excel- 
lence of  the  pianos  which  it  handles,  the  Hazelton  and  the  Brown  & 
Simpson  pianos.  There  are  peculiar  climatic  conditions  in  California 
which  try  even  the  best  pianos,  provided  they  lack  the  suitable  qual- 
ities. Mr.  Eaton,  having  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business, 
selected  these  pianos  as  exactly  fitting  the  conditions,  and  as  a  result 
the  instruments  which  he  sells  do  not  deteriorate,  but  always  retain 
that  fine  and  sensitive  delicacy  of  touch  for  which  they  are  noted, 
and  are  wonderfully  durable.  Such  qualities  as  these  soon  become 
known,  especially  to  the  best  singers  and  instrumental  players.  The 
Brown  &  Simpson  is  a  lower-priced  instrument  than  the  Hazelton, 
and  always  proves  satisfactory  to  those  who  cannot  afford  a  higher- 
priced  instrument.  Mr.  Eaton  is  noted  also  for  his  liberal  treatment 
of  his  patrons,  leaving  nothing  undone  to  please  them. 

THE    OLDEST    FIRM    IN    THE    CITY. 


EARLY  in  1848  Mr.  C.  V.  Gillespie  established  the  business  of 
"  Searcher  of  Records,"  and  prepared  tbe  first  Index  of 
the  Records  of  this  city,  which  Index  has  been  continuously  kept  up 
daily  to  the  present  time.  In  August,  1882,  Messrs.  Simpson  & 
Millar,  who  had  for  many  years  previous  been  connected  with  Mr. 
Gillespie,  succeeded  to  the  business,  and  still  conduct  the  Examina- 
tion of  Titles  at  their  office,  535  California  street,  with  a  branch  office 
in  the  Supreme  Court  building,  corner  of  McAllister  and  Larkin 
streets.  It  will  be  seen  by  this  that  no  other  firm  in  the  city  (in  any 
business)  can  show  such  a  lengthy  continuity  of  existence— and  well 
it  deserves  it  I 

THE  Owl  Stationery  Company,  406  Montgomery  street,  near 
California,  has  become  famous  as  the  great  cut-rate  stationery 
establishment  of  the  city.  Thomas  J.  Stephens,  the  manager,  is  one 
of  the  most  enterprising  business  men  of  the  city.  The  company  are 
manufacturing  stationers  and  printers,  and  carry  a  full  line  of 
blank  books,  office  supplies,  and  legal  blanks,  and  do  engraving 
besides.  The  low  prices  at  which  these  goods  are  sold  are  a  grateful 
novelty  to  San  Franciscans,  who  show  their  appreciation  by  liberal 
patronage. 

Ladies  shopping  know  how  delightful  and  restful  it  is  to  enter  a 
clean,  sweet,  well  appointed,  and  perfectly  conducted  restaurant  for 
luncheon.  The  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  213  Sutter  street,  is  the 
popular  place  of  this  kind,  but  the  reputation  of  the  establishment  as 
a  caterer  for  all  sorts  of  public  and  private  gatherings  is  equally  as 
high.  The  dainty  sweetmeats  and  pastries  always  to  be  found  there 
are  the  best  obtainable. 

The  furnishing  goods  kept  by  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street, 
are  so  excellent  that  the  best  dressed  men  in  town  wear  them. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 


Ayer* 

PILLS 


Received 

Highest  Awards 


AT  THE 


World's  Fair 


AS 

THE   BEST 

Family 

PHYSIC 


f\   l^oyal   (Jift. 


l/elours  du  fiord 


In  a  design  of  the  most  exquisite  con- 
ception. These  CAPES  are  suited  to 
old  and  young.  They  are  rich  and 
beautiful,  yet  the  price  is  not  exorbi- 
tant. They  are  trimmed  in  the  best 
qualities  of  FOX.  MARTIN,  and 
OSTRICH  FEATHERS. 


When  other  fads  have  ceased 
to  flourish,  they  will  still  be 
fin  de  siecle  by  reason  of  their 
superior  texture.  If  you  have 
a  moiher,  a  sweetheart,  wife, 
or  sister,  make  her  heart  glad 
with  this  superb  Xmas  gift. 
You  can't  make  a  mistake. 
It  is  bound  to  please  her. 


pratii^er 
0  <;o. 

105  ryearrjy  St. 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Co. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Bole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

133     California  Street. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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BANJO  playing  is  no  raore  a  fad  than  any  other  of  the  musical 
arts.  Hardly  a  day  passes  but  that  some  one  aaka:  "Is  the 
banjo  as  much  of  a  fad  as  ever?"  or,  "  Do  people  still  con- 
sider it  the  proper  thing  to  play  the  banjo?"  It  keeps  one 
busy  explaining  that  the  popularity  of  this  instrument  is  not 
intermittingly  epidemical;  that  it  is  the  natural  result  of  time  and 
choice.  IE  the  thousands  of  banjos  jingling  all  over  this  country, 
England,  and  many  others  have  sprung  up  rapidly  and  recently,  it 
is  because  only  in  the  last  few  years  has  the  banjo  been  placed  be- 
fore the  public  by  its  proper  exponents— performers  and  teachers 
possessing  musical  education.  There  is  a  banjo  of  some  kind  in 
about  every  fourth  home  in  America.  "What  greater  tribute  can  a 
people  pay  a  musical  instrument? 

Here  in  San  Francisco  we  have  as  many  followers  of  the  banjo  as 
any  city  of  the  same  size,  if  not  more.  They  are  in  various  stages  of 
proficiency,  from  the  small  boy  with  five  thumbs  to  a  hand,  who 
struggles  painfully  to  destroy  our  reverence  for  "  Home,  Sweet 
Home,"  to  the  bachelor  maid  serenely  fin  de  sieclet  wbose  lithe  fin- 
gers dance  out  the  strains  of  some  dainty  morceau  of  arditis.  Then 
there  is  the  well-groomed,  dreamy-eyed,  debonair  young  man,  with 
a  voice  rich  and  round  and  a  penchant  for  cushiony  divans,  where, 
to  the  soft  harmonies  of  the  banjo,  he  pours  forth  the  soulful  senti- 
ment of  a  Tosti  ballad. 

In  the  banjo's  infancy,  when  it  was  considered  to  be  exclusively 
a  masculine  accomplishment,  the  lady  of  "equal  rights  and  clamor- 
ous suffrage"  was  the  first  of  her  sex  to  adopt  the  new  instrument. 
As  its  increasing  popularity  infected  her  softer-willed  sisters  and 
the  banjo  became  more  epicene,  she  abandoned  it  for  a  windier  glory 
on  the  cornet  or  trombone. 

The  Salvation  Army  lads  and  lassies  have  of  late  added  the  banjo 
to  the  fury  of  the  drum  and  tambourine.  As  a  soul-saving  apparatus 
the  banjo  has  not  reached  its  zenith  yet;  a  most  inspiring  halo  can 
be  reflected  from  the  bright  metal  rim. 

And  the  gentleman  from  the  tropical  side  of  Market  street,  we 
must  not  overlook  him.  It  is  he  who  abducts  a  banjo  and  steals 
away  on  an  early  boat,  armed  with  his  trusty  "thimble,"  to  add  a 
little  zest  and  liveliness  to  the  Sabbath  services  at  El  Carapo.  It  is 
also  he  who  in  the  stilly  night  passes  beneath  our  window  and  punc- 
tuates the  silence  with  his  merry  plunk  and  song;  and  even  when 
his  gentle  footsteps  have  died  away  in  the  distance,  we  still  hear  the 
urn  I  plunk!  plunk  1  of  the  banjo  and  the  never-tiring  voice  suppli- 
cating, "  Come  to  me  sweet  Marie."  But  she  never  comes,  and  we 
turn  on  our  fevered  pillow  and  try  to  take  up  our  dream  where  it 
left  off.  It  may  have  been  a  very  bad  dream,  but  we  give  it  the  pre- 
ference. 

These  are  a  few  of  the  many  types  of  banjoists.  A  limited  space 
precludes  any  but  a  casual  mentioning  of  some  of  our  local  players. 

George  Vernon  Gray  is  an  enthusiastic  devotte  of  the  banjo,  parti- 
cularly partial  to  Sousa's  marches  and  music  with  marked  time.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Harvard  Banjo  Club  while  at  col- 
lege. 

Frances  Bruguiere  is  one  of  the  best  amateur  performers  we  have- 
As  with  his  brother  Emile,  music  was  nature's  gift.  He  has  a  bril- 
liant dash  about  his  playing,  which,  when  time  and  application  have 
added  the  repose  and  finish  necessary,  will  make  him  a  remarkable 
player. 

A3  the  innate  genius  of  Blind  Tom  forced  our  wonder  and  admira- 
tion, so  does  Dan  Polk  astound  us  with  his  inimitable  imitations  and 
creations.  Without  a  knowledge  of  the  banjo's  notation,  he  performs 
most  effective  and  original  selections.  Mr.  Polk  has  a  style  that 
would  be  hard  to  classify ;  he  plays  as  his  moods  seize  him,  and  they 
are  always  happy  ones.  In  San  Francisco  he  has  only  appeared  in 
an  amateur  capacity,  but  throughout  the  East  he  was  a  favorite  at- 
traction on  the  variety  and  concert  hall  boards. 

Eddie  Lewis,  like  Polk,  has  an  ear  that  almost  does  away  with 
notes.  He  is  without  a  peer  in  the  jolly  style  of  negro  melodies.  He 
is  so  full  of  the  real  old  "essence"  that  one's  feet  are  hard  to  restrain 
when  he  plays  a  reel  or  jig. 

There  are  a  lot  of  good  players  in  the  Bohemian  Club.  Frank  Owen 
ranks  first.  He  played  banjeaurine  in  the  college  club  when  at  Yale. 
Mr.  Owen  has  a  smooth,  easy  manner  of  playing  music  that  does  not 


look  either  smooth  or  easy.  He  prefers  an  allegro  to  an  andante  every 
time. 

Charlie  Leonard  delighted  Bohemia  for  years  with  his  sweet  voice 
and  harmonious  banjo  accompaniments. 

Frank  Unger  and  Harry  Gillig  have  also  found  the  banjo 
preferable  to  other  instruments  to  sing  by.  Frank  Unger's 
brother,  Cress,  is  ever  on  the  alert  to  fashion  some  new  style 
of  banjo  for  these  birds  of  passage.  His  latest  effort  is  what 
he  terms  a  "banjo-lute."  The  body  is  constructed  of  aluminum  and 
shaped  somewhat  like  a  mandolin.  It  is  strung  the  same  as  a  six- 
string  banjo.  During  an  Unger-Gillig  duo  on  these  instruments, 
Bohemia's  owl  has  been  known  to  close  the  other  eye.  The  crowned 
beads  of  Europe  have  perceptibly  expanded  after  an  evening  with 
these  artists. 

If  any  man  ever  discovers  the  lost  chord  it  will  be  Southard  HoiF- 
man.  "Teddy,"  as  his  intimates  call  him,  can  get  more  fun  out  of 
an  augmented  sixth  or  a  diminished  triad  than  any  man  in  town. 

William  R.  Hearst  rinds  time  to  touch  the  banjo's  tuneful  strings. 
He  first  essayed  the  instrument  when  at  Harvard. 

Fred  Marriott,  Jr. ,  is  another  journalist  who  has  learned  how  much 
solace  lies  in  a  banjo. 

Alec  Loughborough— "Landlord,"  as  his  uncle's  tenants  rever- 
entially address  him— plays  on  a  six-string  banjo.  Its  deep  bass 
makes  a  good  background  for  his  rich  tenor  voice. 

It  is  a  pity  that  over  in  Berkeley  the  University  boys  have  not  the 
spirit  to  organize  a  banjo  club  such  as  all  the  Eastern  colleges  can 
boast  of.  They  have  plenty  of  good  material;  George  Louderback 
and  Irwin  Sadler  would  make  excellent  leads. 

A.  H.  Ricketts  counteracts  the  ravages  of  mining  law  with  the 
soothing  effects  of  banjo  music. 

Andrew  Carrigan  delves  into  the  harmonies  of  a  six-stringed 
banjo. 

When  Governor  Daggett  is  not  engaged  in  minting  the  almighty 
dollar,  he  is  digging  out  some  old-time  banjo  tune.  Mr.  Daggett  is 
a  friend  of  Frank  Converse,  the  veteran  ban  joist  of  New  York.  Con- 
verse has  written  a  number  of  compositions  dedicated  tP  Mr.  Dag- 
gett. 

Dr.  Arthur  Regensberger  plays  the  banjo,  but  his  'cello  playing  is 
so  famous  that  one  seldom  hears  of  him  in  that  capacity. 

Harry  Wadsworth  and  Ed  Vinzent  are  the  Farlands  of  the  Athe- 
nian Club  in  Oakland. 

The  ladies  who  play?  There  are  so  many  good  players  that  to  do 
them  justice  will  necessitate  a  special  article. 

THE    PACIFIC   MUTUAL   LIFE   INSURANCE   COMPANY 
OF    CALIFORNIA. 


THIS  popular  and  thriving  corporation,  now  in  the  twenty- 
sixth  year  of  its  existence,  owns  and  occupies  the  beautiful 
seven  story  and  basement  building  situated  on  the  northeast  corner 
of  Montgomery  and  Sacramento  streets,  in  this  city.  It  is  the  only 
company  of  its  kind  organized  upon  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  the  only 
one  loaning  money  to  our  people.  It  transacts  both  a  life  and  an 
accident  insurance  business,  and  has  agencies  in  no  less  than  thirty 
different  States  and  Territories  of  the  Union.  Its  policy  contracts 
are  remarkably  free  from  technicalities,  and  accord  every  advantage 
to  the  insured  that  is  consistent  with  good  underwriting.  The  citi- 
zens of  the  Coast,  since  the  commencement  of  the  present  business 
depression,  have  had  occasion  to  forcibly  realize  the  advantages 
afforded  by  the  existence  of  this  well  managed  and  progressive  home 
company;  for  several  months,  when  the  financial  stringency  was 
greatest,  it  was  the  only  moneyed  institution  in  the  State  that  con- 
tinued making  mortgage  loans,  and  thus  at  the  very  time  when 
such  assistance  was  most  needed,  and  most  difficult  to  obtain,  it 
materially  aided  in  relieving  tbe  pecuniary  embarrassments  of  the 
times.  As  the  years  come  and  go,  tbe  company  must  steadily  in- 
crease in  business  and  assets,  and  as  all  its  funds  are  loaned  upon 
this  coast  instead  of  being  sent  away  to  enrich  other  communities, 
our  citizens  will  consult  their  own  interests  by  conferring  patronage 
upon  an  organization  whose  prosperity  must  of  necessity  expedite 
their  own.  The  General  Agents  of  the  Life  Department  of  the  com- 
pany for  the  State  of  California  are  Kilgarif  &  Beaver;  the  Pacific 
Coast  General  Agent  of  the  Accident  Department  is  F.  W.  Voogt. 


Comfortable  and  durable  hosiery  for  men  is  to  be  had  at  John  W. 
Carmany's,  25  Kearny  street.    They  are  the  latest. 

Mothers  be  sure  and  use  "Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup  "   for  your 
children  while  teething. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  IJUTXKH 


THE    COLLECTING    OF    STAMPS. 

TIME  was,  and  not  so  many  years  ago,  when  the  collection  of 
postage  stamps  held  no  respect  in  general  public  estimation. 
To-day,  however,  its  allurements  exert  their  sway  over  so  many  and 
so  varied  a  class  that  the  individual,  who  a  few  years  ago  was  ex- 
tremely diffident  of  having  his  predilection  for  the  accumulation  of 
postal  labels  known,  is  proud  of  having  his  name  associated  with  the 
shining  lights  in  society,  the  professions,  commercial,  and  banking 
circles,  aye,  even  with  royalty.  For  was  not  the  late  Czar  of  Russia 
a  collector,  and  is  not  one  of  his  sons  a  collector  and  a  member  of 
the  Philatelic  Society  of  London?  And  to  this  list  can  be  added  the 
names  of  a  score  or  more  of  the  peers  of  Great  Britain  and  titled  per- 
sonages of  other  countries. 

Indeed,  to  such  dignity  has  this  peculiar  hobby  attained  that  it  is 
almost  entirely  referred  to  now  as  "philately."'  Its  wonderful  growth 
into  general  popularity  has  been  steady  and  of  increasing  momentum 
from  year  to  year,  despite  the  frequent  outcries  of  the  uninitiated 
and  pessimistic  that  it  was  Jbut  a  passing  fancy  and  would  die  out 
with  the  current  season.  This  view  of  the  pursuit,  it  may  be  stated, 
has  been  expressed  ever  since  the  collecting  of  stamps  first  attracted 
attention,  shortly  after  they  were  first  issued  by  Great  Britain  in 
1810.  In  this  country  it  is  estimated  that  there  are  no  less  than 
250  000  collectors,  while  in  England  and  in  the  countries  of  the  conti- 
nent the  proportion  of  collectors  is  far  larger. 

Nearly  every  civilized  country  on  the  globe  now  has  its  philatelic 
society,  and  such  bodies  exist  also  in  those  which  are  classed  as  half- 
civilized,  such  as  Japan,  China,  India,  etc.,  and  natives  frequently 
are  members  of  them.  Their  objects  are  to  afford  opportunities  for 
•collectors  .'to  become  better  acquainted  with  one  another,  and  to 
furnish  facilities  for  ;the  ^exchange,  sale,  and  purchase  of  stamps. 
Some  of  them  are  local,  some  confine  membership  to  a  State,  others 
are  national,  and  a  few  are  international  in  their  scope.  These 
societies,  however,  afford  but  a  very  meagre  source  of  supply  for 
most  collectors.  Their  greatest  demands  are  made  on  the  stamp 
dealers,  many  of  whom  carry  stocks  worth  tens  of  thousands  of 
dollars,  and  in  a  few  instances  hundreds  of  thousands.  One  firm  in 
London  is  reputed  to  have  within  its  premises  a  stock  of  stamps 
valued  at  half  a  million  dollars,  while  New  York  and  St.  Louis  each 
•boast  of  a  stamp  dealing  firm  whose  stock  isworth  more  than  $100,000. 

M  odern  philately  is  ably  and  numerously  represented  by  journals 
devoted  exclusively  to  its  interests;  they  comprise  monthlies,  semi- 
monthlies, and  weeklies,  most  of  them  being  printed  in  English, 
■German  being  a  good  second,  while  there  is  a  fair  proportion  in 
French,  Spanish,  and  Italian.  The  United  States  have  the  distinction 
of  publishing  the  only  three  weeklies. 

To  those  who  take  no  interest  in  stamps  it  is  a  matter  of  consider- 
able surprise  to  learn  that  a  label  that  has  received  the  attention  of 
the  cancellation  instrument  is  worth,  perhaps,  several  dollars  or  even 
hundreds  of  dollars.  A  frequent  question  asked  is,  "What  is  the 
highest  priced  stamp?"  This  it  is  impossible  to  answer, for  thegreat 
rarities  have  no  fixed  prices.  Their  value  is  determined  solely  by 
the  amount  that  a  collector  is  willing  to  pay  for  them,  and  there  is 
always  a  good  market  for  rarities,  and  seldom  does  one  change  hands 
at  a  less  figure  than  was  paid  for  it-  The  largest  amount  ever  paid 
for  a  single  stamp  was  $1700  for  specimens  of  the  first  issue  of  Mauri- 
tius, one  each  of  the  one  penny  and  two-pence.  These  two  stamps 
were  bought  by  a  London  firm  of  dealers  for  $3400,  and  almost  im- 
mediately sold  at  an  advance  on  that  amount,  exactly  how  much  is 
not  known. 

If  single  stamps  are  so  valuable,  the  query  naturally  arises,  "What 
is  a  complete  collection  worth?"  To  begin  with,  there  is  no  complete 
collection  in  existence,  that  is,  one  that  contains  every  stamp  issued 
for  postal  purposes.  This  may  appear  to  be  a  sweeping  assertion 
when  it  is  known  that  there  are  about  25,000  distinct  varieties,  and 
that  there  are  a  few  collections  that  contain  even  more  than  this 
number.  But  collectors  now  go  in  so  generally  for  minor  varieties  of 
color,  paper,  perforation,  etc.,  that  the  number  of  collectible  stamps 
has  been  thus  at  least  doubled.  The  most  valuable  collection  known 
is  that  of  Count  de  Ferarri,  which  is  worth  not  less  than  half  a 
million  dollars. 

The  acknowledged  centre  of  philately  is  London,  where,  outside  of 
the  immense  business  done  annually  through  the  regular  channels, 
there  are  sold  at  auction  more  than  $100  000  worth  of  stamps  each 
year.  In  nearly  all  the  capitals  of  Europe  there  is  great  interest 
taken  in  stamps,  and  it  has  now  .become  a  regular  custom  for  the 
most  prominent  dealers  on  this  side  of  the  water  to  make  trips  to 
Europe  each  year  to  replenish  their  stock.  In  this  country  the 
greatest  philatelic  activity  prevails  in  New  York,  next  in  importance 
in  this  respect  is  St.  Louis.  Philadelphia  and  Boston  are  also  well  to 
the  front,  and  San  Francisco  comes  next,  away  ahead  of  that  great 
centre,  Chicago.  In  this  city  there  are  six  firms  which  deal  exclu- 
sively in  stamps  for  collections,  each  carrying  a  stock  that  will  in- 
ventory well  above  $10,000,  and  three  of  these  will  reach  nearer 
$20,000. 

Quite  a  number  of  valuable  collections  are  also  owned  in  this  city, 
those  of  H.  J.  Crocker,  E.  Gesvret,  W.  Sellschopp.  and  W.  A.  Cooper 
being  among  the  most  noteworthy.  It  is  estimated  that  there  are 
about  one  thousand  collectors  in  this  city,  there  are  three  philatelic 
societies,  and  two  excellent  philatelic  monthlies  are  published  here. 


All  kinds  of 


I    WANT    TO    BUY 

UNITED  STATES  STAMPS. 

(Including  postage  and  revenue  and  present  Columbian  Issue.) 

prom  $5  to  $100  Eaer;  paid  for  Some  Uarieti^s. 

Hunt  up  jour  old  love  letters.     Ton  .Hay  linn1  a  fortune  in  your  old  trunk. 

Don't  tear  the  stamps  from  the  envelope,  as  some  stamps 
are  much  more  valuable  on  the  original  envelope. 

Let  me  know  the  result  of  your  find,  or  send  same  to  me  by 
registered  mail,  and  I  will  make  you  an  offer  or  remit  cash 
value  by  return, 

I  also  want  to  buy  all  kinds  of  foreign  stamps  singly  or  in 

quantity. 

11/    H     unrn^       IMPORTER  OF  AND  DEALER  IN 

W.  p.    riVJl_L.IS,  FOREIGN  AND  UNITED  STATES  STAMPS. 

105  O'FARRELL  ST.,  S.   F.,  Cat. 

Stamp  <?olleetip§. 

Shortly  after  the  first  postage  stamps  were 
issued  collectors  began  to  appear.  To-day 
there  is  not  a  country  in  the  world  but  what 
has  its  thousands  of  ardent  collectors.  Stamp 
collecting  is  not  only  amusing,  but  it  is  also 
profitable.  Your  spare  cash,  if  judiciously 
invested  in  a  collection  of  postage  stamps, 
no  doubt  will  amply  repay  you.  Try  it. 
Selections  of  stamps  neatly  mounted  on 
sheets,  with  prices  annexed,  sent  on  applica- 
tion. Reference  required. 
I  carry  a  big  line  of  old  coins,  medals,  Con- 
federate, Colonial,  and  Fractional  currency, 
Indian  relics,  etc.  64  page  catalogue,  10c. 
Correspondents  wanted  in  every  quarter  of 
the  globe.      What  have  you  in  my  line  ? 

U/.  F.  Greanv,    827  BrawaI?  street, 

(        N  '/ '  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

BUSINESS   BV    MAIL 

IWI  A  If  IMC     B      OO  606  Market  Et,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

IVIArvllNO    C5t    \J\J.f  1818  Market  St.,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Bought,  Sold   and   Exchanged. 

Good    collections    wanted    for 

spot  cash.  Full  line  of  stamp 
STA M  PS       albums  on  hand. 

Agents  wanted  for  our  approv- 
liepot  1'or  oriental  Issue**.  al  sheets.     Good   commission. 

STAMPS    WANTED. 

I  am  williaj  at  all  times  to  pay  '■.he  bsst  mirket  price  for 
rare  or  common  stamos.  It  will  pay  you  to  look  up  your 
old  letters,  or  your  grand  father's,  or  uny  o'.hers  that  have 
stamps  o  .  -hip  tbem  to  me  and  I  will  send  the  cash  All 
st&mos  except  3c.  prior  to  1870  I  will  pay  from  lc.  each  to 
$10  00  each;  it  all  depend*  nu  scarcity  and  value.  Old 
Locals,  Revenues,  Confederate,  aud  in  fact  all  stamps  I 
buy.     Send  2c.  stamp  lor  price  list. 

B.  S.   ROSS,    509  Wieland  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

FOREIGN  AND  U.  S.  POSTAGE  STAMPS. 

U.  8.  Co  umbian  uoused  lc  to  50c,  ?2  00;  $1  00  to  $5  00, 
f-'3,  or  $25  for  the  entire  complete  set.  Complete  set  of 
U.  S  Columbian  envelopes,  '22  varittes,  $2.75.  Agents 
wiDted  to  se'l  stamps  off  my  approval  sheets.  References 
required  tie  d  s  amp  for  new  Calif  rnii  Philatelist  for 
January,  1895.    Busiuess  transacted  by  mail  only. 

E.  F.  GAMBS,  Coin  and  Stamp  Dealer, 

P.  O.  Box  2631.  Est.blish.d  22  yea.s.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  Cal. 


CHRISTHA8   NUMBER. 


THE  POSTAL  TELEGRAPH   AND   COMMERCIAL   CABLE 
COMPANY. 


Puck—  "111  put  a  girdle  round  the  earth  Id  forty  minute---" 

—  SlitUvmmer  Sight's  Drfam, 

HERBERT  SPENCER  calls  the  telegraph  the  nervous  system 
of  the  social  organism;  and  it  requires  no  great  research  to 
disclose  the  parallelism  between  what  is  known  of  the  genesis  ami 
evolution  of  nervous  systems,  and  the  initiation  and  growth  and 
specialization  of  the  functions  of  a  telegraph  system. 

Whether  we  loot  upon  it  as  the  medium  by  which  the  circulation 
along  the  great  arteries  of  trade  is  directly  regulated,  or  as  a  means  of 
communication  between  the  great  trade  centres,  as  well  as  the  tracts 
along  which  are  daily  sent  back  and  forth  the  impulses  that  cause 
the  vast  and  myriad  activities  of  production  and  exchange,  its  resem- 
blance to  a  nervous  system  is  seen  to  hold  down  to  minute  details. 

Now  a  very  significant  suggestion  is  thrust  upon  us  when  we  re- 
member that  quantity  of  animal  life  is  directly  proportional  to  the 


Older  company ;  but  by  the  completion  of  the  new  double  short  line 
from  New  York  to  San  Francisco,  via  Chicago,  Kansas  City  and  the 
A.  A  P.  Railroad. The  Postal  Telegraph  Company  are  equipped  to 
transmit  telegrams  and  cable  messages  at  a  speed  hitherto  consid- 
ered Impracticable. 

All  this  has  been  accomplished  in  the  fuce  of  obstacles  that  would 
have  deterred  any  ordinary  man  or  set  of  men. 

The  ruling  spirit  of  the  Postal  Telegraph  and  Commercial  Cable 
Companies  is  Mr.  John  \V.  Mackay.  "  He  had,"  says  Telegraphers  of 
Tc-iin;/,  "long  been  impressed  with  the  wonderful  progress  of  the 
telegraph,  and  the  vast  influence  it  exercised  in  the  development  of 
commerce  and  of  civilization.  The  laying  of  the  Commercial  cables 
was  followed  by  control  of  the  Postal  Telegraph,  as  it  was  found 
necessary  to  the  complete  success  of  the  cable  service  to  establish 
land  line  connections,  particularly  with  the  centers  of  trade  and 
commerce  throughout  the  country.  His  desire  to  accomplish  this 
result  quickly,  made  him  the  more  ready  to  listen  to  persons  who 
were  seeking  to  control  certain  of  the  fragmentary  systems  of  tele- 
graph that  were  in  operation    in   1884.     Instead,  however,  of  these 


Interior  View  of  Main  Office. 


size  of  the  nervous  system  :  the  country  having  the  largest  telegraph 
system  should  be  the  one  having  the  greatest  quantity  of  social  life. 
As  to  the  growth  of  the  telegraph  in  the  United  States,  it  has  been 
rapid,  but  not  so  rapid  as  it  would  have  been  if  the  natural  principles 
of  competition  had  been  permitted  to  operate  freely.  This  they  have 
not  been  permitted  to  do,  for  the  older  telegraph  organization  has 
always  used  every  means  in  its  power  to  kill  competing  telegraph 
companies,  erecting  barriers  that  were  insuperable,  until  one  after 
another,  its  earlier  competitors  fell  before  its  mighty  arm,  and  were 
quietly  devoured  by  the  victor. 

But  this  Goliath  of  the  Telegraph  met  its  David  at  last  in  the  Postal 
Telegraph  and  Commercial  Cable  Companies,  with  John  W.  Mackay 
at'their  head.  With  a  rapidity  that  is  astonishing,  when  everything 
is  considered,  the  lines  of  the  older  company  have  been  paralleled  by 
those  of  the  new ;  first  throughout  the  East,  then  throughout  the 
West,  North  and  South.  In  the  beginning  the  Pacific  group  of  offices 
was  connected  with  the  Atlantic  group  by  a  bond  that  was  weaker 
than  that  which  bound  together  the  corresponding  groups  of  the 


alliances  facilitating  and  expediting  the  growth  of  the  telegraph  sys- 
tem, which  he  desired  to  construct,  they  proved  a  source  of  serious 
trouble,  litigation,  disappointment  and  loss.  But  this  did  not  pre- 
vent his  going  forward  with  the  work  to  which  he  had  put  his  hand, 
and  the  new  lines  and  splendid  equipments  of  the  Postal  Telegraph 
Cable  Company,  which  now  comprises  a  system  several  times 
greater,  and  many  times  better  in  character  of  construction  than  any 
competing  telegraph  system  ever  previously  existing,  are  the  result 
of  his  faith  and  eflorts." 

The  Pacific  Postal  Company,  although  heretofore  working  under 
great  disadvantages,  has  given  good  service,  often  unprecedented^ 
good;  and  when  we  recall  the  nature  and  extent  of  telegraph  facili- 
ties provided  for  the  accommodation  of  Pacific  Coast  business  prior 
to  the  inauguration  of  competition,  it  must  be  admitted  that  the 
Postal  Company  is  entitled  to  the  credit  for  any  improved  facilities 
that  may  be  furnished. 

The  accompanying  cuts  will  give  our  readers  an  idea  of  the  form 
and  dimensions  of  the  Receiving  Department  of  the  Postal  Company 
in  the  Hobart  Building,  534  and  536  Market  street,  San  Francisco. 


Christmas  Number 


s     f.  News  Letter. 


BURLINOAnE,  SAJS  WATPO  CO.,  CAL.    (Photographed  Dec.  I,  1804.)    Cottages  for  Sale  or  Rent.     Bungalow,  Cottage,  and  Vll'a  Sites  for  Sale. 

BALDWIN  *  HAnMOND,   Agents,  10  riontgomery  Street. 


CHRISTMAS    NUMBER. 


THE    MINING    LAW. 


1HK  American  Mining  Law  is  largely  composed  of  the  decisions  ol 
various  courts  »bich  are  not  al* ays  harmonious  and  often  Irr*- 
concilable,  and  therefore  conducive  to  litigation  and  ihe  contusion  "i 
the  mine-owner  and  locator.  The  Mining  Act  provides  forsubsidiary 
legislation  by  the  States  as  well  as  by  the  miners  of  the  diflerent 
mining  districts,  and  these  auxiliary  laws  often  differ  with  the  local- 
ities in  which  I  hey  are  effective.  The  necessity  for  Congressional 
codification  of  the  mining  law,  or  at  least  its  statutory  amplification, 
will  become  more  apparent  by  a  few  illustrative  cases.  For  instance. 
the  Federal  law  provides  that  the  location  of  a  mining  claim  must  be 
distinctly  marked  on  the  ground,  so  that  its  boundaries  can  be  read- 
ily traced.  Upon  the  question  as  to  whether  the  claim  has  been  so 
marked,  one  court  has  held  that  one  monument  with  a  notice  thereon 
giving  the  length  of  the  location  upon  the  lode  claimed  is  a  sufficient 
compliance  with  the  statute.  Yet  another  court  has  held  at  one  time 
that  seven  monuments  are  insufficient  and  in  another  that  two  mon- 
uments constitute  a  sufficient  marking.  Some  courts  have  held  that 
a  locator  should  be  allowed  a  reasonable  time  in  which  to  perfect  his 
location — say  sixty  days ;  others  that  no  time  is  to  be  allowed  him  for 
that  purpose,  and  the  claim  first  monumented,  even  with  knowledge 
by  its  claimants  of  the  prior  right,  is  the  valid  one. 

By  its  provisions  the  Federal  law  seems  to  contemplate  that  all 
locations  may  be  so  laid  as  to  form  a  parallelogram  with  the  lode  run- 
ning through  the  claim  and  equidistant  from  its  side  lines.  This  is 
a  feat  more  easily  accomplished  on  paper  than  on  the  ground.  Yet. 
if  adverse  rights  intervene,  the  courts  hold  that  the  locator  should  be 
strictly  held  to  his  surface  boundaries,  so  that  a  divergence  in  the 
end  lines  or  a  mistake  as  to  ihe  strike  of  the  vein  when  the  claim' is 
laid  out  on  the  surface,  seriously  afl'ects  the  extra  lateral  rights  of  the 
locator  and  his  grantees— this,  although  the  conformation  of  the 
ground  may  be  such  that  it  is  impossible  to  see  more  than  one  mon- 
ument at  a  time,  or  the  sinuosities  of  the  lode  cause  a  location  to  be 
made  in  the  shape  of  a  horseshoe,  or  that  the  course  of  the  ledge  is 
such  that  the  sidelines  have  become  the  end  lines.  Whether  a  min- 
ing claim  is  so  marked  that  its  boundaries  can  be  readily  traced  must 
always  be  a  question  of  fact,  but  it  would  seem  that  the  placing  of  a 
given  number  of  monuments  upon  the  claim  should  constitute  prima 
facie  evidence  of  a  compliance  with  the  statute.  The  law  guarantees 
to  the  owner  of  the  apex  the  right  to  follow  his  vein  into  adjoining 
territory  upon  its  dip,  although  it  enters  ground  covered  by  a  senior 
mineral  patent,  but  at  least  one  court  has  held  that  he  is  prevented 
from  invading  ground  held  under  a  senior  agricultural  patent. 
The  statute  having  failed  to  define  a  "lode,"  the  courts  have  done 
80_generally,  it  is  true,  accepting  the  miners'  meaning  in  preference 
to  the  geologists' definition,  but  sometimes  widely  differing  in  their 
views  in  particular  cases  as  to  whether  a  zone  exists  or  not  in  the 
ground  in  controversy.  A  lode,  under  the  decisions,  may  be  very 
thin  or  hundreds  of  feet  in  width,  and  although  the  terms  "vein" 
and  lode  are  used  interchangeably  in  the  statute,  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States  holds  that  "a  lode  may  and  often  does  contain 
more  than  one  vein." 

Let  these  cases  suffice  our  present  purpose.  The  mining  law  of 
1872  was  a  marked  departure  from  precedent  in  several  particulars, 
and  is  in  some  instances  broader  and  in  some  more  limited  in  its 
scope  than  the  mining  laws  of  Spain  and  Mexico,  and  it  must  be  con- 
fessed more  conducive  to  litigation  than  either.  Under  the  system 
now  in  vogue  in  the  latter  country  a  mine-owner's  troubles  practi- 
cally end  with  his  "denunciation;"  here  it  begins  with  his  "loca- 
tion." The  incompleteness  of  the  present  statute  law  of  this  coun- 
try has  forced  upon  its  courts  an  arduous  labor,  which  separately 
they  have  well  performed.  The  decisions  of  the  several  Supreme 
Courts  in  the  various  mining  States  are  regarded  with  respect  by 
each  other,  but  they  have  no  extra-territorial  authority.  Hence  re- 
sults the  complexity  in  the  situation.  The  decisions  of  the  courts 
have  pointed  out  many  of  the  deficiencies  in  the  law,  and  the  last 
Miners'  Convention  has  suggested  amendments  to  the  existing  law 
which  if  incorporated  therein  are  well  calculated  to  advance  its  prac- 
tical workings. 


CUAe^C  /A*sUcC 7^/fceZZ? 


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Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Wednesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Through  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleep- 
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Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


The  newest  and  most  comfortable  improvements  in  men's  under- 
wear are  to  be  found  at  the  establishment  of  John  W.  Carmany,  25 
Kearny  street. 

A  bonanza  for  agents.  Something  new.  Burglar  alarm  door  bell. 
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Stephens,  406  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 


Broken  Promises. 


Promises  are  of  no  value.  But  Acts  are  Eternal. 
Let  us  make  our  New  Year  resolves  tr.is  time 
in  a  practical  way  by  tt  king  at  once 


The  Fittz  Cure 


and  part  company  forever  with  Drink,  the 
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The  Fit  z  Cure  is  a  Safe  and  Positive  Cure.  It  can  be 
taken  at  home,  without  publicity,  and  the 
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PRICE  $25.    CURE  GUARANTEED. 
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Address  or  call  upon 


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General  Agents  for  Pacific  Coast. 


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Crosse  &  Blackwelx's  English  Groceries. 
Colman's  Mustard.    Epp's  Cocoa. 
Burke's  Porter  (Guinness  Stout). 
Burke's  Bass  Ale;  Burke's  Three  Star  Irish  and  Garnkirk 

Scotch  Whiskies. 
Ross's  Belfast  Ginger  Ale;  Club  Soda. 
Schlitz  Milwaukee  Beer. 
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Meats,  Vegetables. 
Durkee's  Salad  Dressing,  Pure  Spices. 
Fry's  Cocoa  and  Chocolate.    Day  and  Martins  Blacking. 
Chalmers  Transparent  Gelatine. 
Evans  India  Pale  Ale  in  wood  and  glass. 
Joule's  Stone  Ale  in  wood. 
Keystone  Monogram  Whiskey. 
Robin  Hood  Whiskey;  Old  Saratoga. 
Holland  Gin  tti  wood  and  glass.    Carlisle  Whiskey. 
Heublein  Club  Cocktails. 
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SAN  Jb'KA.NClSUO  NEWS  LETTER 


As  sweet  and  clear  the  Christmas  chime 

In  music  breaks  and  swells, 
(Voice  of  a  far-off  day  and  clime) 

Memory's  long-silent  wells 
Stir  to  the  rhythm  and  the  rhyme 

Of  chiming  bells. 

Swift  fancy  spans  the  length'ning  miles 

Back  to  a  gray  old  porch, 
Whose  carven  portals  guard  the  aisles 

Within  an  ancient  church — 
Heavy  with  incense-breath  from  piles 

Of  pine  and  birch. 

I  hear  the  hiss  of  drifting  snow, 

The  wind's  wild  organ-roar, 
The  wintry  tides  that  ebb  and  flow 

On  wild  Atlantic's  shore; 
The  Christmas  spell  of  long  ago 

I  feel  once  more. 


The  dream  is  changed— an  older  land 

'Neath  sullen  skies  and  gray; 
Vassal  and  lord  and  priestly  band 

Keep  England's  Christmas  Day  ! 
The  "merry  waits"  awake  the  morn, 
(One  merry  day  of  year  forlorn) 
With  "  Christ  the  Lord  to  us  is  born !" 

From  lips  half-numb  with  cold ; 
Joined  foot  to  foot  and  hand  to  hand 
In  mimic  fray,  all  stoutly  stand 

The  yeomen  bold ; 
Red  glows  the  yule-log's  monster  brand 
By  straining  ox  and  tugging  hand 

Prom  forest  rolled; 
While  from  each  board  on  English  ground 
Huge  wassail-bowls  with  holly  crowned, 
Where  fruity  argosies  lie  drowned, 
Mingle  their  spicy  odors  fine 
With  tribute  of  the  slaughtered  kine— 
The  mighty  round  and  lordly  chine; 
And  England's  isle,  from  strand  to  strand, 
With  beaded  ale  and  brave  old  wine, 

Runs  ruddy  gold. 

in. 
Lost  in  these  latter  days, 
The  olden  world  and  ways, 

Faith's  morning  prime 
Comes  back  when  Christmas-tide 


Wakens  the  echoes  wide 

With  bells'  sweet  chime. 

Yet  ah  I  how  few  are  they 
As  breaks  the  first  red  ray 

On  Christmas  morn, 
E'er  think  of  Him  who  lay 
Low  cradled  'mid  the  hay, 
In  Bethlehem  far  away — 

God-man  new  born. 

No  revelry  was  there, 

Nor  wine  nor  wassail  flowed; 
Only  a  mother  fair 

With  reverent  head  low-bowed 
O'er  him  who  slumbered  there 
The  Babe  so  wondrous  fair 

And  golden-browed. 


No  censers  swing  and  sway 
Before  the  manger-shrine, 

But  scent  of  perfumed  hay 
And  sweet  breath  of  the  kine 

Rose  'round  Him  where  He  lay — 
An  incense  pure  and  fine. 

Cleaving  the  blue  depths,  like  a  ray 
From  Heaven's  immeasurable  day, 

Angels  the  song  began 
Which,  greeting  first  that  wondrous  birth. 

Has  rung  from  span  to  span 
Of  all  the  years— Christ's  "peace  on  earth, 
Good  will  to  man!" 


Yet,  though  our  feet  have  strayed, 

Perchance  have  never  trod 
The  paths  which  martyrs  loved  to  tread, 

And  sprinkled  with  their  blood, 
Their  spirit  yet  may  live, 

Though  all  unvoiced,  unheard, 
In  every  offering  love  may  give, 

In  every  kindly  word — 
Word  that  from  those  who  grieve 

May  lift  the  cross  they  bear; 
Prayer  voiced  in  deeds  may  well  receive 

The  benison  of  prayer  1 

If  "prayeth  best  who  best 

Loves  man  and  bird  and  beast," 
Calling  His  chosen,  'mong  the  rest 

God  may  not  count  him  least 
Who  opes  the  generous  hand 

Some  orphan  heart  to  cheer, 
To  closer  draw  love's  shining  band, 

Or  stay  one  mourner's  tear. 

It  may  be  that  to  do 

Is  well  as  to  believe; 
That  they  whose  deeds  ring  true 

The  blessing  may  receive 
With  those  who  kneel  to  pray 

In  consecrated  fane. 
Though  each  in  differing  way 
Gifts  on  His  altars  lay, 
God's  eye,  heart-searching,  may 

Count  none  as  vain  1 


Ring,  Christmas  bells,  ring  out  I 

Still  gifts  and  greetings  bring; 
Still  let  the  merry  laugh  and  shout 

From  happy  childhood  ring! 
Let  red  wine  flow  as  free 

As  wassail-cup  of  eld, 
Feasting  and  revelry 

Hold  sway  as  once  they  held. 
Let  hearts  keep  holiday 

Owning  the  cheery  charm, 
Roll  the  year's  care  away 
Just  for  one  short,  short  day, 

Nor  deem  it  harm. 
Yet,  midst  the  joy  and  mirth. 

Keep  sacred,  all  who  can, 
God's  Christmas  gift — His  "peace  on  earth 
Good  will  to  man!"         Kate  Waters. 


CHRISTMAS    NUMBER. 


THE    UNSEEN    PALACE. 

Til  K  countless  thousand*  of  persons  who  have  seen  the  Palace  Ho- 
tel have  marveled  at  Ita  magnificence  and  enormous  site,  aid 
perhaps  have  wondered  vaguely  over  the  hidden  resources  by  meant* 
of  which  its  vast  and  intricate  business  is  conducted.  For  this  is 
not  an  ordinary  hotel ;  it  belongs  in  a  class  apart,  as  different  from 
other  hotels  as  a  great  railway  system  is  from  a  street-car  line. 
While  one  may  admire  the  massive  building,  the  great  court,  the 
bewildering  corridors,  the  splendid  parlors,  and  the  vaulted  reflec- 
tion rooms,  by  far  the  most  interesting  part  of  the  establishment  is 
tbat  which  the  public  never  sees — the  Underground  Palace,  where 
the  tremendous  energy  of  an  organized  army  of  human  intelligences 
are  silently  and  invisibly  at  work  with  a  common  purpose  to  produce 
the  visible  result.  The  housekeeping,  laundry,  and  machinery  de- 
partments are  matters  concerning  which  there  is  a  certain  general 
knowledge ;  but  the  work  of  the  food  supply  and  service  is  far  more 
intricate  and  elaborate  than  even  the  best  informed  persons  can  im- 
agine, and  as  the  reputation  of  a  house  depends  so  largely  upon  the 
skill  and  honesty  with  which  that  department  is  conducted,  there 
exists  an  additional  reason  for  making  an  exploration  of  that  won- 
derful feature  of  the  Palace  Hotel. 
It  is  interesting  to  know  that  the  business  system  and  discipline 


t>f  the  YoMmlte In  another,  And  the  immaculate  cleanness,  neat- 
ness, and  order  of  this  whole  unseen  establishment  are  wonderful. 
A  lady  in  a  ball  gown  would  be  as  safe  from  unpleasant  contact  there 
ns  in  the  glistening  Maple  Hoom  itself,  and  not  the  least  suggestion 
of  those  unpleasant  odors  which  we  are  accustomed  to  associate  with 
such  a  department  is  encountered.  The  forms  of  industrious  men 
flit  silently  on  all  sides,  and  no  loud  calls  or  commands  are  ever 
heard. 

The  storerooms  are  the  beginning  of  the  food  service.  The  officer 
in  charge  here  has  two  principal  establishments — the  wineroom  and 
the  storeroom  proper.  In  the  first  is  kept  a  stock  of  wines,  liquors, 
and  lighter  beverages,  averaging  in  cost  from  ?50  000  to  $75,000,  and 
the  grocery  room  is  larger  than  most  of  the  city  retail  establishments. 
In  the  wine  room  are  large  refrigerators  and  cold-storage  vaults, 
where  the  temperature  of  wines  is  reduced  to  the  exact  degree  re- 
quired. 

The  cold-storage  system  is  extensively  used  throughout  the 
steward's  department.  This,  of  course,  is  different  from  the  refrig- 
erator system,  which  also  has  its  special  uses  there.  In  the  botcher's 
department,  where  the  head  butcher  and  his  active  assistants  are 
working,  there  are  vast  cold-storage  vaults  filled  with  more  fresh 
meats,  game,  fowls,  and  fish  than  would  be  required  to  stock  an  ordi- 
nary market;  and  the  skill,  precision,  and  neatness  with  which  these 


Vitw  of  Sixth  Floor, 

here  are  exact,  and  that  the  heads  of  the  many  departments  are  the 
most  skillful  specialists,  and  command  high  salaries.  Of  course  the 
Btewardis  the  officer  in  general  charge,  but  at  the  head  of  each  sub- 
division is  a  master  with  his  own  small  army  in  train— the  chef,  the 
baker,  the  confectioner,  the  storekeeper,  the  butcher,  and  many 
others.  Even  in  the  subdivision  of  table  service  alone  there  are  ;v 
skillful  accountant  keeping  track  of  every  piece  of  service,  without 
seeing  it;  ahead  of  the  silverware  department,  who  has  these  costly 
wares  in  his  personal  charge  and  at  every  moment  must  know  where 
every  piece  is  in  any  part  of  the  house;  an  expert  silverware  re- 
pairer, with  a  large  room  filled  with  costly  machinery  for  keeping 
the  ware  in  order.  When  it  is  reflected  that  the  value  of  the  silver- 
ware at  present  on  hand  is  $85,000.  the  skill,  intelligence,  and  fidelity 
required  to  preserve  it  cannot  be  of  the  ordinary  kind. 

The  Underground  Palace  might  more  properly  be  called  the  Un- 
seen Palace,  for  much  of  it  is  necessarily  on  the  same  floor  with  the 
office  and  dining-rooms.  When  one  attempts  to  thread  the  laby- 
rinths of  the  cooking  department  one  traverses  cellars  and  corridors, 
follows  winding  stairs  hither  and  thither,  looks  into  dozens  of  store- 
rooms, and  is  soon  so  completely  lost  that  one  never  knows  whether 
one  is  on  the  main  floor  or  beneath  or  above  it.  The  establishment 
of  a  tourist  route  through  this  maze  of  activity,  with  competent 
guides  and  lecturers,  would  be  as  interesting  in  its  way  as  is  the  one 


Showing  Conservatory. 

articles  are  prepared,  and  their  tine  quality,  are  equally  as  interest- 
ing as  their  vast  quantity  and  variety. 

It  is  impossible  to  go  into  the  details  of  the  baker's  and  confec- 
tioner's departments— the  different  kinds  of  ovens,  the  mysterious 
ingenuity  of  mechanical  devices  for  every  conceivable  purpose,  and 
the  elaborate  steam  propelled  machinery  for  making  hundreds  of 
different  kinds  of  ice  creams.  Nor  can  that  central  artery  of  all  these 
activities — the  great  kitchen— with  the  imposing  chef  in  charge  of  his 
army  of  expert  specialists  with  their  elaborate  cooking  devices,  be 
described.  Even  in  the  matter  of  feeding  the  servants  alone  there 
are  special  and  separate  arrangements  on  a  most  elaborate  scale, 
with  experts  in  charge. 

The  grill  room  of  the  Palace  is  one  of  the  famous  institutions  of  the 
city,  but  the  sweetness,  cleanness,  and  perfect  service  there  are  not 
better  than  in  the  two  main  dining-rooms,  one  in  white  and  gold, 
with  imposing  grained  arches,  and  the  other  with  stately  pilastered 
walls  and  paneled  ceiling.  A  great  feature  of  the  Palace  is  its  special 
banquets  given  to  order.  An  instance  of  its  unique  ability  to  furnish 
an  elaborate  banquet  to  a  large  number  was  seen  recently,  when  on 
ten  hours'  notice  a  splendid  banquet  was  served  to  three  hundred  and 
fifty  persons.  The  smaller  private  dinner  parties  held  in  the  Tapestry 
Room  and  in  other  special  apartments  is  another  feature,  and  the 
beautiful  Maple  Room,  with  its  adjoining  banquet  room  and  parlor, 
is  familiar  to  upper  San  Francisco. 


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THERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner. 

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Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style. 
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In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  finds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  iu  the  land 
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all  places  of  amustmeat  and  the  business  centers  is  an  a i vantage, 
it  is  surrounded  by  newly  and  smoothly  paved  streets,  and  guests 
are  not  arou-ed  nor  disturbed  by  passing  vehicles  nor  clanging 
streetcar  bells.  "The  California"  offers  colhe  man  of  family  a 
quiet  home  at  a  moderate  cost,  Transient  or  permanent  guests  find 
it  an  attractive  slopping  place.  The  new  American  plan  dining 
room  is  on  the  top  fluor.  The  Cafe  and  Banquet  Hall  is  on  the  first 
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Christmas    Number. 


nORNlNQ   AT    BOULDER  CREEK.— By  Hugo  Fisher. 


CHRISTMAS   NUMBER. 


BY   Al.EC.    B.    WlLnKRFORCK. 

We  have  come  to  the  end  of 
another  tennis  season,  which, 
taking  every  thing  into  consider- 
ation, has  been  fairly  satisfac- 
tory, though  we  have  lost  quite  a 
number  of  the  men  whose  names 
and  whose  style  of  play  were 
familiar  to  those  interested  in  the 
sport.  This  year  has  been  a 
harder  one,  financially  speaking, 
than  the  one  before,  and  this  de- 
pression has  also  been  felt  in  ten- 
nis circles,  as  quite  a  number  have  been  forced  to  resign  from  the 
various  clubs  or  remain  in  that  club's  debt.  This  latter  way  has 
been  adopted  by  a  great  number  and  tolerated  by  the  directors,  who 
have  shown  a  great  deal  of  kindness  in  permitting  such  things  to 
happen,  but  the  result  is  hardly  satisfactory.  To-day,  owing  to  the 
non-payment  of  dues,  etc.,  the  Oakland  Club  is  about  as  bad  a  wreck 
financially  as  it  could  be,  while  other  clubs  have  found  it  difficult  to 
get  along  on  about  half  the  customary  revenue.  This  state  of  affairs 
cannot  last,  and  why  people  should  take  itinto  their  heads  that  they 
can  run  into  debt  at  a  tennis  club  just  because  they  want  that  money 
to  spend  either  at  some  seaside  resort  or  on  something  connected 
with  society,  is  more  than  I  can  understand.  Have  these  men  no 
shame,  that  they  will  wantonly  spend  money  on  theatres  or  dances 
just  to  have  their  names  in  print  as  being  there,  and  do  they  not 
think  that  their  names  could  be  posted  and  put  into  print  also  as  be- 
ing behind  to  the  tune  of  many  dollars  for  tennis  dues?  And  if  this 
were  done,  how  would  they  feel?  Members  of  social  clubs  cannot 
take  this  liberty  with  impunity,  and  in  my  mind  it  is  a  pity  that  the 
directors  of  the  various  clubs  allow  anyone  to  run  behind  at  all.  If 
a  man  wants  to  stay,  let  him  pay,  and  if  he  does  not  pay,  the  best 
course  would  be  to  drop  him  out  before  his  indebtedness  reaches 
too  large  a  figure.  A  tennis  club  with  hundreds  of  dollars  in  out- 
standing accounts  cannot  succeed,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  the  clubs 
should  follow  the  example  of  the  Alameda  Club,  which  is  an  incorpo- 
ration, and  which  I  am  told  winds  up  its  old  incorporation  without 
owing  a  dollar.  Under  the  presidency  of  Mr.  Landsberger  it  will 
renew  itsjincorporation,  and  they  say  they  expect  to  have  a  better 
club  and  more  successful  a  season  next  year. 

To  come  to  the  players,  we  shall  find  pretty  nearly  the  same  crowd 
of  men  that  we  had  the  year  before,  but  the  entries  to  nearly  all  the 
principal  events  this  year  were  sadly  small,  considering  to  what 
trouble  the  officers  of  the  association  went  in  giving  good  prizes.  W. 
H.  Taylor,  Jr.,  A.  J.  Treat,  and  H.  N.  Stetson  worked  hard  for  the 
Fourth  of  July  tournament,  and  I  am  glad  to  say  that  it  was  through 
their  efforts,  and  later  on  through  Wilberforce  and  G.  E.  Stoker,  at 
the  time  of  the  doubles,  that  the  affairs  of  the  association  are  in  better 
shape  than  they  have  been  for  some  time  past.  It  was  very  hard  to 
get  any  money  for  the  tournaments,  but  it  was  all  subscribed,  and 
we  have  now  two  challenge  prizes  which  have  to  be  won  three  times 
but  not  necessarily  in  succession.  I  hope  some  one  will  take  suffi- 
cient interest  in  the  game  to  offer  a  challenge  cup  for  next  Fourth  of 
July,  and  byjdoing  so,  show  that  some  one  has  enough  public  spirit, 
which  is  sadly  lacking  here,  not  alone  in  tennis,  but  in  business  ven- 
tures also. 

The  ladies  also  shall  come  in  for  their  share  of  the  blame  for  not 
doing  as  much  as  they  ought  to  have  done  during  the  past  season. 
Some  while  ago  they  were  very  brave,  and  we  had  some  excellent 
players  in  this  State,  and  others  who  promised  well  and  then  sud- 
denly disappeared^from  the  horizon.  It  was  a  case  of  how  quickly 
bright  things  come  to  confusion,  and  apparently  without  cause,  as 
the  bicycle  craze  had  not  struck  them,  and  they  could  not  well  play 
football;  but,  all  the  same,  they  suddenly  disappeared  and  have  been 
seen  no  more. 

I  firmly  believe  we  have  experienced  the  worst,  and  that  we  shall 
soon  have  a  revival.  For  my  own  part,  I  have  seen  tennis  come  up 
and  suddenly  lull  before  this,  but  it  is  a  game  without  a  peer  for  both 
sexes,  as  it  is  beautifully  harmless  and  combines  all  the  advantages 
of  the  rougher  games,  as  it  is  good  for  one's  health,  without  being 
dangerous,  and  I  hope  that  all  who  have  been  interested  informer 
seasons  and  have  allowed  themselves  to  drop  away  will  come  back 
into  the  fold  and  make  1895  the  star  year  in  the  history  of  tennis  in 
California. 

Michael  Farraday,  England's  most  eminent  chemist,  worked 

at  the  craft  of  a  bookbinder  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age. 


THE    WORK    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO    WOMEN. 

A 8TI  RATION  is  limitless,  and  it  would  seem  as  if  the  American 
woman  had  taken  that  sentiment  as  her  motto,  and  was  in- 
dustriously engaged  in  finding  as  many  aspirations  as  possible. 
Never  have  women  taken  so  prominent  a  position  in  the  eyes  of  the 
world,  and  never  have  they  displayed  so  eager  a  desire  for  knowledge 
and  wisdom  of  all  kinds.  The  movement  is  wide-spread  and  has 
stirred  the  women  of  San  Francisco  as  well  as  those  of  the  larger  and 
older  cities.  The  assertion  is  ventured  that  not  a  woman  of  this  city 
who.  having  the  leisure,  has  not  several  hours  of  each  week  devoted 
to  classes,  lectures,  or  clubs,  in  which  the  principal  object  is  advance- 
ment in  some  branch  of  the  arts  or  useful  sciences. 

The  three  large  women's  clubs  of  San  Francisco— the  Century, 
having  its  own  club-house,  and  a  membership  of  two  hundred;  the 
Laurel  Hall,  a  club  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  members,  and  the 
Sorosis'  the  most  recent  of  the  three— have  avowedly  the  purpose  of 
literary  advancement  and  intellectual  culture;  whose  members  must 
have  certain  mental  qualifications  to  do  the  work  required  of  them. 
But  aside  from  these  there  are  numerous  smaller  organizations,  each 
one  doing  its  share  to  satisfy  this  wide-spread  thirst  for  knowledge. 
A  class  of  thirty  earnest  workers,  with  Mrs.  Ramon  Wilson  as  its 
leader,  meets  weekly  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  George  Roe,  2618  Pacific 
avenue,  to  read  and  discuss  the  literature  of  the  day  and  the  life  and 
custom  of  the  writers  thereof.  The  Lansing  History  Club,  organized 
by  Mrs.  Mary  Lansing,  has  a  growth  of  ten  years,  meets  weekly,  and 
is  expert  in  all  the  histories  of  the  nations. 

The  Channing  Auxiliary,  connected  with  the  First  Unitarian 
Church  of  this  city,  is  a  large  and  active  society.  Each  winter  a 
course  of  lectures  on  different  subjects  is  arranged,  to  be  carried 
through  three  months.  The  speakers  are  carefully  selected,  and  the 
lectures  are  always  largely  attended.  The  work  is  carried  on  entirely 
by  women.  At  Christmas  a  dainty  booklet  of  verse  or  quotations,  or 
an  artistic  calendar  is  published  by  the  Auxiliary,  for  which  there  is 
always  a  great  demand,  the  work  being  of  the  very  best.  Miss 
Sarah  D.  Hamlin  is  one  of  the  best-known  women  in  San  Francisco. 
She  has  an  immense  fund  of  information  and  the  power  of  imparting 
it  in  a  graphic  and  incisive  manner.  During  the  autumn  and  winter 
months  her  time  is  entirely  occupied  in  lecturing  to  classes  of  society 
women,  who  take  an  hour  or  two  from  their  social  duties  to  study 
Browning,  architecture,  philosophy,  and  other  deep  subjects. 

One  of  the  most  commendable  societies  is  that  of  the  "  Home 
Study,"  a  branch  of  the  large  organization  which  originated  in  Bos- 
ton, several  years  since.  This  is  different  from  the  majority  of 
clubs,  inasmuch  as  each  member  joining  does  so  with  the  purpose  of 
aiding  someone  else,  and  thereby  benefiting  herself.  The  object  is  to 
bring  knowledge  into  the  lives  of  women  who  are  eager  for  it,  but  so 
far  removed  from  the  source  of  supplies  that  they  know  but  little 
save  the  dreary  routine  of  daily  drudgery.  Each  member  joining  be- 
comes a  "correspondent"  and  has  assigned  to  her  a  "student,"  and 
the  work  is  carried  on  between  the  two  by  letter.  The  student  re- 
ceives certain  books  in  the  line  she  wishes  to  study,  and  with  the  as- 
sistance of  her  correspondent  acquires  the  knowledge  which  broadens 
her  narrow  horizon  and  lifts  her  above  her  petty  trials  and  tasks. 
There  is  a  flourishing  branch  of  the  Home  Study  in  San  Francisco, 
and  Mrs.  Isidore  Burns,  404  Van  Ness  avenue,  is  the  head  of  the 
Pacific  Coast  Division. 

But  it  is  not  entirely  literary  work,  to  the  exclusion  of  the  finer 
arts  and  cultivation  of  the  body,  which  occupies  the  minds  of  the 
women  here.  Music  and  art  receive  their  full  share  of  attention,  and 
the  carriage  and  walk  of  San  Francisco  women  indicate  their  desire 
to  leave  nothing  undone  in  the  way  of  perfection,  physically  as  well 
as  mentally.  Classes  in  athletics  and  fencing  are  numerous,  and  a 
club  of  fifty  young  women  receive  instructions  from  a  little  lady  in 
the  art  of  managing  the  body,  and  in  right  living. 

The  Saturday  Morning  Orchestra  is  a  club  of  society  girls,  number- 
ing about  fifty,  who  have  on  more  than  one  occasion  given  delightful 
instrumental  concerts,  of  full  orchestral  music,  for  charitable  pur- 
poses. The  membership  is  strictly  feminine,  the  director  being  the 
only  man  admitted. 

In  matters  of  art,  the  School  of  Design  has  always  a  large  attend- 
ance. The  Art  League  is  a  club  of  earnest  workers  who  have  but  one 
object  in  life,  to  achieve  d'stinction  in  their  chosen  profession.  Miss 
Clara  McChesney,  who  has  acquired  such  honors  in  New  York  from 
the  art  circles  there,  is  spoken  of  with  pride  as  having  been  "a 
League  girl."  The  Sketch  Club  is  of  more  recent  formation,  but  is 
destined  to  become  one  of  the  fixed  institutions  of  the  city  if  honesty 
of  purpose  and  perseverance  have  anything  to  do  with  such  a  result. 
The  club  has  a  membership  of  forty,  is  established  in  a  large  studio 
at  508  Montgomery  street,  and  bids  fair  to  become  the  art  center  of 
the  city. 

With  the  mention  of  these  large  clubs  and  societies  the  half  has  not 
been  told.  It  is  the  exception  to  meet  a  woman  who  is  not  interested 
in  some  scheme  for  self-advancement  or  benevolence.  But  the  latter 
is  a  subject  requiring  its  own  space.  The  women  of  San  Francisco 
are  noted  for  their  philanthropical  energy.  What  this  spirit  of  mental 
activity,  this  acquirement  of  knowledge  will  lead  to,  who  shall  say? 
But  it  means,  for  the  present,  a  broader  view  of  life,  and  an  ability  to 
think  and  act  for  herself  which  materially  affects  the  position  of 
woman  in  her  public  and  private  relations  with  the  world. 


SAN  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


\jV   AM  "  U  feV- 


"  ELL,  what  do  you  think  of  California?  How  do  you  like 
San  Francisco?  By  Jove!  How  many  more  times  am  I 
to  have  this  asked  me? 

The  train  had  hardly  brought  me  across  the  borders  of 
California,  seen  only  flying  past  the  car  windows,  that  al- 
ready these  questions  1  was  to  hear  so  oft  repeated  since  was 
thrown  in  my  face  between  ac'hew  and  a  spit.  Ic  has  been  ringing 
in  my  ears  continuously  since  that  first  time  it  was  leveled  at  my 
devoted  head  by  a  chewing,  be-goateed,  and  confiding  farmer, 
owner  of  one  wife  weighing  132  pounds  and  suffering  from  toothache, 
two  boys  at  school,  twenty  horses,  three  colts,  seven  acres  of  fruit 
land,  and  numerous  et  ceteras,  which  he  managed  to  enumerate  dur- 
ing the  first  three  minutes  of  the  many  hours  1  had  the  honor  in  the 
sleeper  of  sharing  my  seat  with  his  dirty  feet.  My  next  interlocutor 
was  an  Irish  gardener  on  the  ferry,  who,  disgusted  at  my  lack  of  in- 
formation about  the  country  which  I  did  not  yet  know,  kept  the 
conversational  ball  rolling  by  informing  me  that:  "California's  a 
foine  counthry,  sorr— no  bether  ounder  God's  sun  1  If  a  man'll  kape 
sober  and  woorrk  stiddy  he  can  live  loike  a  gintleman,  sorr,  an'  droive 
his  own  buggy!  This  is  God's  own  counthry,  sorr  and  California's 
the  garden  ot  it  all.  Why,  we've  sich  flowers,  and  women,  and  fruit, 
and  sunshine,  as  yez  niver  sit  yiz  eyes  upon !  Why,  ye've  got  nothink 
loike  it  in  the  ould  counthry  I"  And  he  was  still  singing  enthusi- 
astically those  praises  of  his  adopted  land  when  the  ferry  stopped  at 
the  San  Francisco  wharf. 

The  first  sight  of  the  city  was  a  disappointment  to  me.  So  much 
had  I  heard  and  read  about  the  Golden  City  of  the  West  that  my 
imagination  had  pictured  it  very  different  from  what  I  now  saw  of  it. 
San  Francisco,  I  had  imagined,  was  something  like  a  large  edition 
of  the  pleasure  resorts  of  the  South  of  France;  a  city  showing  every- 
where the  lavish  display  of  the  untold  fortunes  that  had  sprung  from 
its  hidden  veins ;  a  city  of  palaces  and  monumental  residences,  tri- 
umphal ex-votoes,  embellished  with  the  products  of  the  golden 
streams  running  through  the  soil  of  their  very  foundations.  Alas, 
alas,  for  all  my  old-world  poetic  imaginations !  Never  had  I  thought 
or  heard  San  Francisco  spoken  of  in  Europe  otherwise  than  as  the 
city  of  luxury  and  abundance,  "  the  Golden  Paradise  of  America." 
11  It  possesses  more  wealth  and  millionaires  for  its  population  than 
any  other  city  in  the  world.  Fortunes  were  made  therein  a  day  and 
spent  as  easily  as  made,"  etc..  etc.  All  the  Californians  one  sees  in 
Europe  are  considered  millionaire  mine-owners  ipso  facto,  and  the 
idea  of  a  squalid  struggle  for  the  double-barred  S  in  commerce  or  in- 
dustry by  the  Golden  Gates  had  never  entered  my  head  for  a  second, 
so  Utile  do  we  realize  the  true  condition  of  things  here,  presented  as 
they  are  to  us  in  England  clothed  in  the  golden  raiments  of  legend 
and  romance. 

Imagine,  then,  the  abrupt  flight  of  my  illusions  on  approaching 
wharves  and  piers  bustling  with  commercial  life  and  activity,  and  in 
that  respect  as  much  like  the  venerable  docks  of  Liverpool,  or  the 
historical  docks  of  the  Tower  of  London,  as  one  disturbed  ant-hill  is 
like  another.  The  size,  build,  and  material  may  be  different,  but  the 
ants  swarm  and  hurry  to  the  same  end.  Of  course  1  bad  expected 
piers  and  warehouses,  but  far  ditferent  from  the  wooden  wharves  I 
now  beheld,  extending  snake-like  along  the  water  front,  wriggling  in 
and  out  like  a  procession  of  huge  centipedes,  staring  darkly  from 
the  doors  of  the  long,  low  sheds  running  along  their  backs  like  a  car- 
apace. I  had  imagined  stately  stone  embankments  topped  with 
broad  boulevards;  wealth  and  fashion  rolling  in  brilliant  equipage, 
inhaling  the  balmy  sea-breeze  laden  with  the  perfumes  of  California's 
flora,  and  watching  the  bird-like  flight  of  white-winged  yachts  sail- 
ing on  the  bosom  of  the  unrivaled  bay.  Surely,  in  this,  the  land 
where  millions  were  picked  up  for  the  stooping,  they  could  not  fight 
and  rush  for  cents  and  dollars,  as  the  money-grabbing  Eastern  Yan- 
kee !  Alas,  again  alas,  for  my  illusions !  All  my  preconceived  ideas 
seemed  doomed  to  disappointment. 

I  expected  also  to  find  everywhere  in  this  infant  city  the  signs  of 
newness  and  instability,  and  the  "keep  off  the  fresh  paint"  look  1 
had  been  accustomed  to  see  in  new  Eastern  towns.  But  here,  on  the 
contrary,  one  is  struck  with  the  antique  appearance,  especially  of  the 
business  part  of  the  city,  gray  and  dark  as  with  the  patina  of  old  age. 
This  appearance  of  age  is  specially  emphasized  by  the  irregular  cob- 
ble-stone paving  of  the  streets,  seen  elsewhere  only  in  ancient  Eu- 
ropean towns.  The  lower  part  of  Market  and  adjoining  streets,  with 
their  substantial  dark-begrimed  business  houses,  gave  me  easily  the 
illusion  of  some  shipping  city  on  the  English  Coast;  butbigh  up 
Market  street  the  Chronicle  Building  and  the  Palace  Hotel,  with  the 
cable-cars  in  endless  file  and  the  network  of  wires  overhead,  soon 
made  me  realize  how  far  it  is  from  the  "tight  little  Isle,"  and  that 


Piccadilly  or  the  Strand  cannot  be  reached  in  a  two-hours'  run 
by  the  London,  Brighton,  and  South  Coast  Railway. 

Many  other  things  also  bring  this  to  mind,  especially  before  one 
has  become  accustomed  to  the  surroundings.  A  trivial  thing,  but 
most  striking  at  first  on  the  streets,  is  the  extraordinary  diversity  of 
men's  head-gear.  In  England  all  men  seem  to  dress  very  much  on 
the  same  pattern,  and  when  the  style  of  clothing  or  hats  changes 
with  the  season,  it  seems  to  be  general  in  a  day  or  two,  at  most;  but 
here  it  is  not  so.  Bowler  hats  of  all  conceivable  variety  of  color  and 
shape  pass  in  the  hurrying  crowd,  mingling  with  straw  hats  of  every 
description,  and  silk  tiles  of  every  succeeding  fashion  since  George 
III.;  the  rest  of  the  crowd  are  covered  with  those  soft  felt  hats, 
battered, crushed  or  dented,  which  might  truly  be  called  the  typical 
American  head-covering.  This  soft  felt,  worn  in  every  shape  by  all 
classes  of  the  nation,  is  really  the  only  part  of  his  appearance  in 
which  the  American  shows  externally  anything  of  his  personality  or 
individuality.  His  clothes,  it  is  true,  are  also  of  every  description 
of  material,  shade,  and  cut,  but  they  are  worn  in  such  a  loose,  care- 
less way,  that  one  does  not  imagine  that  this  diversity  comes  from 
individual  taste,  but  gives  the  impression  that  they  were  chosen  at 
hap-hazard  and  out  of  a  lot  of  ready-made  garments,  because  the 
wearer  did  not  have  the  time  to  devote  to  the  choosing  and  ordering 
from  a  tailor.  I  have  heard  Americans  say  that  young  Englishmen 
looked  like  walking  engravings  from  the  same  tailor's  plate.  It  is 
true  that  there  is  a  great  sameness  about  us  in  every  way,  men  and 
women;  but  on  the  whole  it  is  a  neat,  clean,  tidy  sameness,  and  is 
very  expressive  of  the  great  innate  horror  we  have  as  a  nation  of  all 
that  does  not  conform  to  our  adopted  ideas  of  what  is  the  right  thing 
and  what  is  good  form. 

The  young  Englishman,  when  he  buys  clothes,  takes  much  pains 
about  the  choosing  and  fitting,  and  until  they  are  entirely  worn  out 
will  keep  them  as  clean  and  tidy  as  the  day  when  he  first  put  them 
on;  they  will  never  be  spotted  or  creased,  or  look  shabby.  The 
American  I  do  not  imagine  folding  and  brushing  his  things  carefully 
every  night  and  even  laying  them  between  his  mattresses  to  press 
them,  as  I  have  seen  our  English  schoolboys  do.  Of  course  I  am  not 
speaking  of  the  dress  worn  by  men  here  at  social  functions,  although 
even  then  they  have  often  an  uncomfortable  and  "  tight  at  the  arm- 
hole  look,"  and  appear  often  ill  at  ease,  as  if  unaccustomed  to  their 
"Sunday-go-to-meeting"  garments,  often,  also,  of  a  cut  and  style  of 
an  exaggerated  European  fashion.  In  England  the  business  man 
takes  as  much  care  of  his  appearance  at  his  office  in  the  city  as  when 
calling  in  society,  but  here  it  is  not  so,  and  the  contrast  is  all  the 
more  striking.  The  Englishman  is  also  as  correct  in  the  turmoil  of 
business  as  in  his  own  drawing-room,  and  the  abrupt  manner  of  the 
American,  hardly  glancing  up  from  his  desk  to  say, "Well!  what  is 
it?"  without  even  removing  his  cigar  from  the  corner  of  his  mouth  or 
removing  his  hat,  jars  very  much  on  our  sense  of  propriety.  I  do 
not  mean  to  say  that  the  American  business  man  is  incapable  of  po- 
liteness or  always  utterly  devoid  of  good  manners;  no,  certainly 
not;  but  it  seems  that  he  takes  occasion  to  be  polite  only  when  he  is 
"on  his  manners,"  or  "  on  show,"  if  I  may  express  myself  so.  He 
will  address  a  lady  gruffly  in  his  office  without  putting  aside  his  hat 
and  cigar,  yet  he  will  always  put  them  aside  in  an  elevator  or  give 
her  his  place  in  a  car.  These  are  anomalies  difficult  to  explain,  yet 
they  are  general. 

Another  galling  thingto  the  foreigner  visiting  here  is  the  familiar- 
ity and  lack  of  courtesy  of  servants  and  attendants.  I  suppose  it 
comes  from  the  great  hobby  of  equality  so  strong  amongst  all  Amer- 
ican classes.  The  saying,  "Jack  is  as  good  as  his  master,"  does  not 
even  hold  here,  for  the  simple  reason  that  there  being  no  servants, 
only  "hired  help,"  there  can  be  no  master.  The  employee  seems  to 
say,  by  his  manner,  "Do  not  think  this  is  my  ordinary  occupation, 
or  ordinary  sphere  of  life.  I  do  this  only,  en  passant,  to  oblige  and 
between  times."  And  really  one  wonders  if  this  waiter,  barber,  por- 
ter, or  store  employee  may  not  be  met  again  shortly  in  the  role  of  an 
influential  capitalist  or  even  as  a  millionaire.  One  feels  obliged  to 
be  grateful  that  this  gentleman  condescends  to  attend  to  you  at  all. 
Even  in  the  best  restaurants  and  hotels  of  the  city  the  servants  all 
have  the  same  familiar  and  condescending  manners,  and  really  I 
think  that  the  only  good  attendance  here  is  to  be  found  in  the  three 
or  four  best  clubs,  and  in  a  very  few  even  of  the  swellest  private 
houses.  Speakiug  of  clubs  and  restaurants,  it  must  be  conceded  that 
here  they  are  really  of  the  best. 

The  imported  wines  are  excellent,  probably  because  it  would  not 

pay  to  import  inferior  qualities,  but  amongst  the  Californian  wines 

only  two  or  three  brands  are  really  first-class.  The  native  wines  nearly 


all  hare  that  oanstfa  unnin  tMtfl  found  alto  in  the  wines  of  Southern 
Russia  and  Algiers,  bat  Mended  with  other  vintage  would.  I  think, 
make  most  excellent  table  wines.  The  cuisine,  ftlmoel  entirely 
French,  is  aho  of  Ihebeel  «iualiiy.hut  perhaps  generally  too  elabo- 
rate for  the  Englishman'*  taste,  and  lacking  in  those  plain  disbefl  W« 
so  dearly  love.  A  good  plain  rump  steak  or  an  underdone  cut  of 
roast  beef  with  BogUafa  mustard  and  pickles,  boiled  vegetables,  and 
Bass's  ale.  with  Cheese,  fruit,  and  coffee,  is  an  ample  sufficiency  for 
the  average  Englishman,  but  the  waiters  always  opened  astonished 
eyes  when  I  told  them  that  was  all  I  desired.  Only  in  one  club  here 
could  Iohtain  this  simple  fare  to  my  entire  satisfaction;  elsewhere, 
resigning  myself  to  "do  in  Home  as  the  Uomaus  do."  French  cook- 
ing being  the  only  accepted  kind  in  San  FrsnciSOO,  I  resigned  myself 
to  the  ckcfi  tender  mercies,  with  an  uncomfortable  apprehension  of 
gouty  retaliation  in  the  future. 

Club  life  here  is  vastly  different  from  what  it  is  with  us.  Here  the 
men  only  drop  into  their  clubs  in  a  hurry,  for  their  meals,  for  mail, 
or  to  look  at  the  newspapers,  but  they  do  not  make  it  a  sanctum  of 
sociability,  as  we  understand  it.  On  the  whole,  the  Californian  man 
is  not  of  the  gregarious  kind,  intercourse  between  men  is  always 
brief,  and  the  subjects  of  conversation  very  few  outside  of  business 
discussions  or  politics.  Men  here  are  not  chatty  among  themselves, 
and  do  not  ever  become  confidential  or  talkative  in  one  another's 
society.  Even  over  the  "festive  bowl"  they  do  not  become  expansive 
or  exchange  confidences,  and  discuss  general  topics  of  the  outside 
world.  It  is  even  very  remarkable  that  society,  women,  or  scandal 
are  subjects  hardly  ever  heard  mentioned  in  a  San  Francisco  club.  In 
England,  when  iwo  or  more  men  meet,  glass  in  hand,  it  is  to  "talk 
over  their  drink."  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  drink  there  is  a  pretext  for  a 
chat,  and  whether  it  be  the  cabman  and  the  navvy  who  join  in  a 
glass  of  "  'alf-and-'alf"  at  the  corner  '  pub"  or  the  gentleman  sitting 
in  his  club  to  his  brandy  and  soda  or  old  port,  they  sip  their  drinks 
only  between  times,  as  an  excuse  for  conversation. 

Not  so  with  the  American.  You  meet  him  on  the  street  or  in  the 
club  hall;  he  walks  two  steps  with  you,  talking  of  the  depression  of 
business,  etc.,  and  without  interrupting  his  conversation  for  a  sec- 
ond, by  an  almost  imperceptible  "lack,"  makes  you  oblique  through 
a  door,  and  quite  naturally  come  to  a  stop  in  front  of  the  bar. 
"What  is  yours?"  *  *  *  "Two  cocktails!"  *  *  *  Dzing! 
goes  his  silver  dollar  on  the  counter.  *  *  *  "  Here's  luck  I"  The 
glasses  are  empty  at  a  gulp,  and  his  uninterrupted  sentence  is  hardly 
finished  when  you  find  yourself  outside  again,  nodding  aurevoir  to 
your  departing  friend.  And  so  it  is  all  along  with  most  men  one 
meets  here. 

Even  when  bent  on  pleasure  the  San  Franciscan  takes  it  soberly 
and  does  not  show  outwardly  his  appreciation  of  it.  I  have  re- 
marked during  whole  evenings  at  the  theatre  or  at  dances  the  ab- 
sence of  even  a  half  dozen  male  faces  on  which  one  could  discern  a 
look  of  real  enjoyment.  In  fact,  nearly  all  the  men  looked  some- 
what out  of  their  element,  and  as  if  they  deemed  their  presence  a 
duty  owed  but  not  enjoyed.  On  the  whole,  I  think  there  is  a  kind  of 
feeling  of  shyness  of  society  amongst  San  Francisco  men— not,  per- 
haps, actual  personal  awkwardness  or  shyness,  but  there  is  still  prev- 
alent that  latent  disdain  of  the  old  pioneers  for  all  that  savored  of 
"dudeism"  or  "drawing-room  Johnnyism."  I  think  that  is  the 
reason  why  men  here  keep  so  entirely  aloof  from  women's  society. 

The  blood  of  the  hardy  pioneers  has  not  lost  its  strength,  and  still 
courses  strong  as  of  yore  in  the  veins  of  the  first  native-born  genera- 
tion. It  has  not  had  time  to  thin  by  decadence  or  degenerescence, 
and  although  the  young  people  are  now  born  in  the  enjoyment  of 
the  luxury,  fruit  of  the  toil  of  their  fathers,  the  remembrance  of  its 
origin  is  not  distant  enough  for  them  to  forget  it,  and  if  they  use  of 
it  freely,  they  do  not  yet  abuse  it  recklessly.  It  is  sometimes  said 
that  the  "Native  Sons  and  Daughters"  of  California  have  not  yet 
learned  the  right  way  of  spending  their  money;  in  some  ways  it  is 
true.  But  be  it  so ;  for  in  my  opinion ,  as  I  know  them,  it  is  only  to 
their  praise.  If  they  have  not  created  unto  themselves  all  those 
false  wants  the  gratifying  of  which  is  the  worldly  aim  of  wealthy 
Eastern  life,  it  proves  that  their  natures  are  less  contaminated  by 
scourge  of  this  century — "the  rivalry  of  artificial  desires  in  useless 
luxury." 

I  do  not  mean  to  imply  that  they  are  not  educated  up  to  the 
spending  of  their  money ;  no;  but  I  admire  them  because  they  dis- 
dain to  squander  ' '  for  show , "  as  is  done  in  the  East  by  the  scions  of 
rich  families  of  older  standing  wealth.  I  think  they  are  simply 
more  healthy  and  natural  and  truer  to  themselves  in  their  lives  and 
tastes.  Many  of  them  have  been  educated  abroad  and  in  the  East, 
and  have  had  ample  occasion  to  see  and  judge  social  life  there;  yet 
they  come  back  to  San  Francisco  to  an  unassuming  life  of  business, 
and  it  isa  remarkable  fact  that  inthiscity,  where  are  found  so  many 
large  fortunes,  there  are  very  few  examples  of  young  men  proving 
unworthy  of  the  wealth  left  them  by  their  fathers.  Fortunes  squan- 
dered by  spendthrift  sons,  such  a  daily  occurrence  in  the  East,  is 
rare  here.  On  the  contrary,  one  sees  the  sons  of  millionaire  fathers 
working  unremittingly  to  further  the  interests  of  the  estate  left  in 
their  care.  It  is  this  steadiness  which  I  admire  as  compared  to  the 
flashy  life  and  reckless  expenditure  of  the  Eastern  "parvenu."  Men 
here  have  retained  much  of  the  "  toughness"  of  their  fathers,  and 
this  is  also  easily  explained  when  compared  with  the  causes  of  the 


degenerescence  so  often  noticed  in  Eastern  families.  It  simply 
comes  from  the  fact  that  here  they  sprang  from  hardier  stock.  The 
difficulties  and  dangers  which  had  to  he  faced  by  men  of  all  classes 
who  crossed  the  plains  in  the  early  dnys,  created  a  sort  of  natural 
selection,  leaving  only  those  who  had  suthcient  courage  and  moral 
stamina  to  launch  forth  in  the  unknown,  braving  the  perils 
and  privations,  and  ending  in  the  success  and  survival  of  the  fittest. 
True,  many  fortunes  were  made  by  the  lucky  fall  of  the  pick  on  the 
hidden  gold,  but  that  does  not  alter  the  fact  that  to  arrive  at  the 
country  containing  these  golden  streams  it  took  a  man  of  exceptional 
will  to  face  the  unknown  but  expected  dangers,  and  an  extraordi- 
nary amount  of  iron  determination  to  surmount  them  when  encoun- 
tered. 

Is  it  not,  then,  easily  comprehensible  that  the  sons  of  such  men 
should  disdain  to  emulate  the  Eastern  "  Chollie"  or  "Johnnie" 
with  bis  accompaniment  of  exaggerated  collars,  cuffs,  coats,  and 
cigarettes,  and  his  undeniable,  if  fashionable,  "empty-headedness?" 
Men  here  do  not  care  for  society,  teas,  dinners,  or  social  functions. 
Well,  what  of  it?  Perhaps,  also,  are  they  rather  primitive  in  their 
ideas  of  art,  literature,  etc!  Well,  let  them  live  their  straightway; 
the  next  generation  will  have  ample  time  to  catch  up  with  the  crook- 
edness and  trickiness  of  their  Eastern  brothers.  They  are,  as  a  class, 
straight,  honorable,  and  loyal,  and  that  is  enough  for  the  most  diffi- 
cult. 

The  same  strength  of  character  and  purpose  also  shows  in  the  Cal- 
ifornia women,  but  with  them  it  has  produced  different  results.  It 
is  a  recognized  fact  that  races  are  greatly  influenced  by  climatic  in- 
fluences, and  this  is  clearly  proved  in  the  California  women.  The 
same  causes  of  natural  selection  which  have  given  the  men  their  gen- 
eral mental  characteristics  have  also  naturally  told  on  their  sisters, 
but  in  the  latter  have  also  shown  very  markedly  in  their  per- 
fect physical  development.  The  average  American  man,  wrapped 
up  continually  in  business,  even  before  complete  manhood,  has  not 
time  really  to  become  a  fully  developed  specimen  of  his  species.  He 
is  stunted  in  a  way  by  the  too  great  activity  of  his  energy  and  nerv- 
ous centres.  His  sister,  on  the  contrary,  left  to  the  free  develop- 
ment of  her  being,  untrammeled  by  the  fetters  of  worries  and  busi- 
ness, is  really  the  typical  representative  of  the  race.  The  physical 
development  of  men  has  been  thwarted  for  these  reasons,  and  in 
this  they  are  inferiors  to  their  fathers;  but  in  the  women,  on  the 
contrary,  is  shown  the  legacy  of  health  and  physique,  further  devel- 
oped by  this  sunny  clime.  It  is  absolutely  impossible  to  compare  the 
San  Francisco  woman  with  any  known  or  recognized  type,  for  she  is 
a  type  by  herself,  but  really  having  in  her  make-up  the  best  points  of 
several  nations.  As  to  physical  appearance,  I  cannot  conceive  of 
any  likeness  more  suited  to  portray  the  typical  San  Franciscan  girl 
than  the  sketches  of  Trilby  and  the  Duchess  of  Towers  in  Da  Mau- 
rier's  well-known  books. 

The  perfect  walk  of  the  San  Francisco  girls  is  very  typical  of  their 
general  characteristics,  and  strikes  the  eye  immediately  by  its  great 
superiority  to  that  of  the  Eastern  girl.  The  New  York  girl,  perched 
on  her  high  French  heels,  seems  continually  on  the  point  of  losing 
her  balance  forward ;  her  foot  is  so  raised-up  behind  that  the  centre 
of  gravity  is  thrown  far  forward.  Hence  the  bending  in  of  the  bust, 
the  shoulders  thrown  forward,  and  the  elbows  moving  as  if  ready  to 
catch  for  support,  fearful  of  a  fall  at  each  step.  The  Boston  girl,  on 
the  contrary,  does  not  approve  of  high  heels.  In  her  eyes,  they  savor 
of  French  wickedness,  and  she  will  quote  readily  the  names  of  all 
the  worst  female  characters  in  history,  and  prove  beyond  dispute 
that  their  moral  elevation  was  in  inverse  proportion  to  that  of  their 
heels.  The  Boston  woman,  being  infallible,  we  must  take  her  word 
forit.  The  Boston  girl,  like  the  Chicago  girl,  believes  in  flat,  square- 
toed  shoes,  but  even  among  themselves  there  are  two  clans.  One 
clan,  the  Anglomaniac,  believes  in  heavy  English  walking  boots, 
such  as  our  girls  wear  in  the  heavy  winter  roads  of  the  midland  coun- 
ties. This  class  of  girl  is  easily  recognized  by  ber  "mannish"  walk 
and  manner.  She  has  heard  it  said  that  English  girls  ride  anddrive 
all  day,  and,  in  fact,  always  join  in  their  brothers'  sports,  so  as  she 
considers  everything  English  "quite  good  form,  don't  you  know," 
she  must  necessarily  exaggerate,  and  in  her  Anglo-copying  craze 
dress,  walk,  talk  and  act  continually  in  a  way  seen  only  as  an  excep- 
tion amongst  our  girls  at  home.  It  is  true  our  girls  wear  heavy 
boots  sometimes  when  they  happen  to  be  in  a  muddy  country  in  wet 
winter  weather;  but  very  few.  of  them  walk  through  the  rain  and 
mud  all  day  and  every  day,  as  I  have  known  girls  here  to  tell  me 
they  always  did — "since  we  came  back  from  England,  don't  you 
know !"  It  is  true  our  girls  ride,  swim,  play  golf  and  tennis,  and  are 
generally  rather  athletic,  but  they  do  not  pass  their  entire  lives 
solely  taken  up  by  these  occupations !  Yet  that  is  what  the  Anglo- 
mad-American  girl  does  when  she  has  that  craze. 

The  other  type  of  girl  I  referred  to  as  disputing  the  sway  of  the 
Anglomaniac  in  Philadelphia,  Boston,  Chicago,  and  is  to  be  found  in 
greater  numbers  in  the  lattercity.  This  is  the  "learned  girl."  This 
type  always  reminds  me  painfully  of  the  governess  I  had  up  to  my 
eighth  birthday.  She  was  the  living  incarnation  of  the  typical  old 
maid  so  well  described  in  American  caricatures  and  humorous  illus- 
trated papers,  and  generally  called  "Aunt  Tabitha."  This  feminine 
type  is  really  the  exaggeration  of  the  old  puritanical  type  of  our  fore- 
fathers.   She  always  crosses  her  long,  lean  hands  in  front  of  her,  and 


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this  pose,  bringing  the  forearm  to  the  waist,  makes  the  pointed 
elbow  protrude  behind  the  line  of  the  back  in  penguin-like  fashion. 
This  sharp  angle  catches  the  eye  all  the  more  that  it  is  the  only  ex- 
ception to  the  otherwise  severe  straight-up-and-down  lines  of  the 
whole  figure.  This,  I  am  glad  to  say,  is  an  unknown  specimen  of 
beautiful  woman  in  San  Francisco. 

After  reviewing  the  imperfections  of  the  Eastern  types,  one  is  de- 
lighted to  watch  the  San  Francisco  girl  with  her  perfect  poise  and 
walk.  Many  causes  have  joined  to  give  her  this  easy,  graceful  bear- 
ing. First  of  all,  as  1  have  already  said,  she  inherits  from  the  pio- 
neers her  health,  strength,  and  perfect  development;  and  the  climate 
where  she  lives,  breathing  the  pure  air  all  day  long  and  every  day 
since  her  birth,  has  necessarily  developed  her  more  perfectly  than 
the  Eastern  girl,  cooped  up  indoors  by  the  inclement  weather  nine- 
tenths  of  the  year.  The  hills  here  are  perhaps  also  another  reason 
for  her  easy,  swinging  walk  and  deep  chest  development.  Mountain 
races  are  noted  for  these  characteristics,  and  here  they  may  be  gen  - 
erally  found  amongst  all  the  native-born  women. 

This  easy  walk  and  carriage  naturally  give  the  girls  here  an  ap- 
pearance of  ease  and  self-possession  very  remarkable,  and  further 
emphasized  by  the  perfect  poise  and  development  of  their  figures.  The 
San  Francisco  girl  always  gives  one  the  desire  to  see  her  draped  in 
long,  clinging  Grecian  gowns.  One  never  hears  here  the  "swishing" 
of  skirts,  nor  does  one  see  the  alternate  kick-up  of  the  bottom  of 
the  dress  as  one  sees  in  the  Eastern  cities  already  quoted.  Here 
women  move  easily,  and,  as  I  have  said,  the  garments  in  their  fall 
assume  the  semblance  of  clinging  classical  draperies.  On  the  whole, 
the  tall,  classic-Grecian  type  of  figure  is  the  prevalent  one  here,  but 
the  features  are  very  modern.  As  I  have  said  before,  I  could  not 
picture  a  better  likeness  of  the  average  San  Francisco  girl  than  by 
comparing  her  to  Du  Maurier's  female  figures. 

She  is  not.  as  a  rule,  madly  devoted  to  sports  or  athletics,  and 
really,  to  tell  the  truth,  she  is  very  little  in  need  of  them,  either  as 
stimulants  or  as  physical  developers.  3he  indulges  frequently  in  a  short 
craze  for  a  new  sport  or  exercise,  but  does  not  become  a  life-long  de- 
votee  to  any.  What  she  does  at  the  time  she  does  heartily  and  well , 
and  is  never  "lackadaisical"  in  her  manner  or  occupations.  Per- 
haps her  fad  does  not  last  long  but  why  should  it,  if  she  has  enjoyed 
it  to  her  heart's  content  till  another  pleasure  captured  her  fancy. 
No,  she  does  not  try  to  do  too  much  just  because  it  is  considered 
"the  thing"  to  do  this  or  that.  She  is  markedly  sincere  and  uncon- 
ventional in  her  ways,  manners,  and  tastes,  and  one  finds  much 
more  individuality  amongst  the  gentler  sex  here  than  in  the  sterner 
male. 

The  woman  here  has  followed  her  own  bent  and  desires,  and  has 
developed  into  a  superb  specimen  of  truly  personal,  individual 
womanhood,  1  emphasize  those  words,  personal,  individual  tvoman- 
hood,  because  they  are  the  great  characteristics  so  noticeable 
here.  I  omit  the  word  girlhood,  because,  as  we  understand  it  in 
England  it  is  unknown  here.  With  us,  childhood  and  womanhood 
are  separated  by  girlhood,  which  is  encased  in  barriers  so  sharply 
defined  that  there  is  no  possibility  of  stumbling  inside  the  fence  una- 
wares. An  Englishman  cannot  and  does  not  talk  in  the  same  way 
to  a  young  girl  as  to  a  married  woman.  There  are  subjects  approach- 
able to  the  latter  but  entirely  tabbooed  lo  the  former.  Here,  if 
at  introduction  the  name  were  not  prefixed  by  Miss  or  Mrs.,  it  would 
be  absolutely  impossible  to  make  a  correct  guess.  If  an  Englishman 
were  ever  in  this  predicament,  judging  with  his  English  ideas,  he 
would  certainly  imagine  there  were  no  girls  in  society  here.  Not  only 
do  the  girls  dress,  act,  talk  and  look  like  the  married  women,  but  their 
freeness  of  speech,  and  even  their  fully  developed  beauty  lends  to  the 
illusion.  Another  reason  is  also  that  the  husbands  a*e  never  or 
rarely  seen,  and  hardly  ever  mentioned  as  existing.  This  separation 
of  the  sexes  is  very  striking  here,  being  so  very  far  removed  from  the 
absolutely  equal  footing  of  the  sexes  in  the  East.  There  everything 
seems  to  tend  to  efface  all  distinction  between  the  sexes,  brought  up, 
educated  and  living  the  same  life,  and  hardly  realizing  the  difference 
of  sex.  Here,  on  the  contrary,  they  have  nothing  in  common.  Even 
after  marriage  mental  intimacy  is  rare.  I  remember  reading  lately 
that  an  American  author,  I  think,  said  that  a  typical  picture  of  Eng- 
land could  be  represented  by  painting  an  English  girl  on  a  thorough- 
bred hunter,  standing  under  the  shade  of  a  giant  oak  and  watching, 
on  the  rolling  sward,  the  approach  of  a  royal  stag,  unaware  of  her 
presence  or  of  that  of  a  hound  lying  at  her  feet.  The  comparison  is 
very  good.  I,  in  my  turn,  suggest  another,  representative  in  my 
mind,  of  a  San  Francisco  married  example:  A  pair  of  fast- moving 
trotters,  hitched  by  the  simplest  of  harness  to  the  lightest  of  buggies, 
trotting  on  the  road  but  each  in  a  different  rut,  one  treading  in  a  hole 
when  the  other  is  on  a  ridge,  and  always  separated  by  the  pole  be- 
tween them. 

The  man  here  is  entirely  a  business  man,  and  as  such  a  man 
of  one  idea.  The  man  who  gives  his  whole  attention  to  busi- 
ness naturally  has  all  his  faculties  concentrated  in  that  channel,  and 
the  business  instinct  thus  cultivated  exclusively  is  rarely  found  in 
combination  with  high  intellectual  gifts  or  tastes.  The  woman,  on 
the  contrary,  who  is  not  obliged  to  keep  in  the  rut  of  business,  em- 
ploys her  energy  in  diversified  intellectual  pursuits,  and  thus  grows 
farther  and  farther  apart  from  the  man  whose  ideas  she  does  not 
share.    A  foreigner,  used  by  associations  and  education   to  take  an 


active  interest  in  the  higher  intellectual  spheres  of  art,  litera- 
ture, etc  ,  will  be  astonished  to  find  the  women  here  charming  and 
well-informed  conversationalists  on  all  these  subjects,  but  the  men 
nearly  entirely  strangers  to  them.  Women  here  even  tell  you,  "I 
thought  men  never  spoke  of  those  things,"  and  they  seem  quite  sur- 
prised to  learn  that  these  are  our  general  topics  of  conversation  in 
Europe.  Some  few  men  occasionally  are  found  here  who  have  been 
to  Europe  and  have  brought  back  a  liking  for  intellectual  subjects, 
but  they  are  few  and  far  between,  and  even  they  do  not  venture  to 
air  their  thoughts  and  ideas. 

This  mental  separation  is  really  the  reason  why  women  associate 
together  so  much  here,  in  lunches,  teas,  dinners,  and  excursions. 
It  is  not  that  those  gatherings—"  hen-parties,"  or  rather  "dove-par- 
ties," as  I  heard  them  called  by  a  bright  girl  the  other  day— are  at 
hours  when  men  are  at  their  offices.  No;  the  teas,  for  instance,  las* 
till  seven,  but  it  is  simply  because  the  men  do  not  wish  to  come.  The 
few  who  do  occasionally  venture  are  rather  looked  upon  as  be- 
nighted travelers,  to  be  pitied  and  succored,  and,  reversing  our  Eng- 
lish custom,  a  bevy  of  charming  girls  bring  tea  and  cake,  ices  and 
punch  to  the  men,  instead  of  being  waited  on  by  the  stronger  sex  as 
it  is  with  us.  How  the  Californians  can  stay  away  from  these  glori- 
ous types  of  perfect  womanhood  is  a  puzzle  to  all' foreigners. 

San  Francisco  is  so  far  from  other  cities  that  the  Californian  can- 
not readily  compare  his  women  to  those  of  other  centres,  amongst 
whom  she  passes  occasionally  like  a  shining  meteor,  eclipsing  all  by 
her  brilliancy.  Could  he  see  and  appreciate,  as  the  foreigner  does, 
her  qualities  and  glorious  beauty,  he  would  leave  all  to  worship  at 
the  throne  of  California  womanhood,  for  all  must  pay  homage  to  her 
who  is,  of  the  New  World,  the  glorious  womanly  Queen. 

JUS'    A     LITTLE    CITY    GIRL. 


f  US'  a  little  city  girl, 
}        Sweet  as  girls  is  bound  to  be; 
Eyes  o'  hazel,  hair  a  curl; 

But  it  always  seems  to  me 
That  there  lingers  in  those  eyes 

Somethin*  wistful,  somethin'  sad, 
'Cause  she's  missed  the  dearest  prize 

That  her  young  life  might  o'  had ; 
Missed  the  country,  don't  you  know, 

Missed  the  autumn  leaves  awhirl, 
Missed  the  cowslips  where  they  grow — 

Jus'  a  little  city  girl. 

She  don't  know  the  places  where 

All  the  songbirds  love  to  sing, 
Sort  o'  fillin'  up  the  air 

With  their  liquid  notes  that  ring 
Down  the  alleys  'twixt  the  trees, 

Where  the  sunbeams  love  to  stray 
An'  thp  breeze,  the  wooing  breeze, 

Whispers  to  your  heart  to  stay 
An'  not  wander  any  more. 

Where  the  waters  are  a-pearl, 
There's  no  path  her  footsteps  wore —  „ 

Jus'  a  little  city  girl. 

Seems  to  me  I  read  it  all 

In  her  eyes,  those  wistful  eyes; 
Seems  to  me  the  songsters  call 

Straight  to  her  from  country  skies; 
An'  I'd  like  to  take  her  now 

('Jus' a  baby;  that  is  all) 
Over  past  the  mountain  brow. 

Where  the  silver  waters  fall; 
Show  her  where  the  brown  quail  start 

An'  the  squirrels  whisk  and  skirl- 
Bless  her  patient  baby  heart, 

Jua'  a  little  city  girl.  A.  J.  Waterhotjse. 


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Alexander  Wilson,  the  ornithologist,  was  first  a  weaver  and 

then  a  peddler,  and,  with  a  pack  on  his  back,  wandered  among  the 
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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


ONE  of  the  most  characteristic  poetns  written  by  the  French 
poet,  the  late  M.  Lecomte  de  Lisle,  was  his  single  verse 
headed  "Nothing."  Although  the  cynical  may  say  that  the  majority 
of  poems  and  no  insignificant  amount  of  prose  well  deserve  such  a 
title,  it  is  well  known  that  several  writers  besides  the  modern  French 
poet  have  deliberately  chosen  this  somewhat  depreciatory  name  for 
certain  of  their  performances. 

The  late  Henry  Morley,  on  his  curious  life  of  Cornelius  Agrippa, 
mentions  that  Charles  de  Bouelles  or  Bovil,  who  wrote  early  in  the 
sixteenth  century  on  the  quadrature  of  the  circle  and  the  cubication 
of  the  sphere,  also  composed  a  book  on  the  similar  subject  of 
"Nothing."  Dr.  Johnson  mentions  a  Latin  poem  with  the  same 
title,  written  by  some  old  Frenchman.  It  would  not  appear  to  be  a 
very  brilliant  performance,  being  only  a  string  of  commonplaces, 
such  as : 

'"Nothing  is  richer  than  gold." 
"Nothing  is  purer  than  water." 
"Nothing  is  higher  than  the  heavens." 
There  is  rather  a  flavor  of  monotony  about  this,  and  one  is  re- 
minded of  the  famous  logical  fallacy  which  is  considered  amusing 
and  instructive  to  youthful  minds. 

"Nothing  is  better  than  virtue ; 
A  loaf  of  bread  is  better  than  nothing, 
Therefore  a  loaf  of  bread  is  better  than  virtue." 
Perhaps  the  most  famous  of  all  the  metrical  attempts  to  handle 
this  important  subject  is  that  by  the  brilliant  and  dissolute  Lord 
Rochester,  who,  after  a  wild  career,  "at  last  in  the  odor  of  sanctity 
died,"  and  was  fortunate  enough  to  get  his  confessions  attended  to 
by  a  real  Bishop.    Horace  Walpole,  in  his  "Catalogue  of  Royal  and 
Noble  Authors,"  describes  the  famous  poem  thus:  "On  Nothing;  a 
poem.    Printed  on  one  side  of  a  sheet  of  paper  in  two  columns." 
The  apostrophe  to  "Nothing"  has  been  often  quoted  with  admir- 
ation, and  it  certainly  contains  something  of  the  eloquence  and  force 
of  a  once  celebrated  school  of  verse. 

"  Nothing — thou  elder  brother  even  to  Shade— 
Thou  hadst  a  being  ere  the  world  was  made, 
And  well-fixed  art  alone  of  ending  not  afraid. 
Great  Negative,  how  vainly  would  the  wise 
Enquire,  define,  distinguish,  teach,  devise? 
Didst  Thou  not  stand  to  print  their  dull  philosophies?" 
It  is  somewhat  surprising  that  the  subject  has  not  been  still  more 
popular  with  the  sweet  singers  of  the  world.    It  certainly  would  be  a 
welcome  change  from  that  perennial  subject,  Love,  which,  after  all, 
it  might  be  said,  is  perhaps  synonymous.     Tennyson  makes  a  great 
use  of  the  word  "nothing"  in  one  of  those  dreamy  verses  which 
haunt  the  memory  with  their  melodious  music: 

"  A  thing  of  nothing,  nothing  worth 
From  the  first  nothing  ere  his  birth 
To  that  last  nothing  under  earth," 
says  one  of  the  "Two  Voices."    This  idea  is  naturally  popular  with 
those  who  preach  on  the  good  old  theme  of  the  vanity  of  human 
wishes. 

Carlyle  is  inclined  to  be  monotonous  on  this  fascinating  topic. 
"Pshaw!  what  is  this  paltry  little  dog-cage  of  an  earth!"  he  makes 
the  philosopher  Teufelsdrbch  say :  "what  art  thou  that  sittest  whin- 
ing there?  Thou  art  still  Nothing,  Nobody."  True;  but  who,  then, 
is  Something,  Somebody?  a  question  which  still  remains  unsolved. 
After  all  the  attempts  of  philosophers  and  metaphysicians  it  is  still  a 
puzzle,  and  all  that  we  know  is  summed  up  in  the  words  of  a  modern 
popular  song,  "What  is  everything?  Why,  nothing!"  The  old 
,  comic  song  again  says:  "From  nothing  we  came  and  nothing's  our 
station,  to  nothing  we  owe  any  great  obligation."  Shakespeare  uses 
the  same  word  in  that  wonderful  passage  where  he  defines  human 
life  as  a  "Tale  told  by  an  idiot,  signifying  nothing."  His  definition, 
too,  of  "nothing"  is,  it  is  safe  to  say,  the  best  and  wittiest  ever  made: 
"A  tone  played  by  the  picture  of  nobody."  It  may  be  classed  with 
the  story  of  the  French  preacher  who  was  directed  by  the  great  Louis 
Quatorze  to  preach  before  him.  On  asking  what  text  he  should 
choose,  he  was  told  he  would  find  his  text  on  a  piece  of  paper  in  the 
Bible  when  he  got  into  the  pulpit.  He  was  surprised  to  find  it  was 
blank,  but  with  great  readiness  and  wit  he  held  it  up  and  said, 
"There  is  nothing  on  one  side,  there  is  nothing  on  the  other,  and 
that,  my  friends,  is  an  illustration  of  how  out  of  nothing  we  came 
and  into  nothing  we  go,"  and  upon  that  important  and  suggestive 
theme  he  preached  an  excellent  sermon.  It  is  indeed  a  capital  sub- 
ject for  a  sermon,  and  in  the  hands  of  a  fair  preacher  would  quickly 
arrest,  for  once,  the  somnolent  tendencies  of  the  average  congrega- 
tion. 

Charles  Lamb  tells  a  story  of  a  journalist  who,  when  he  was  hard 
up  for  an  idea,  always  supplied  his  editor  with  a  paper  on  the  origin 


of  the  three  brass  balls  over  the  pawnbroker's  door.  The  subject  of 
"Nothing"  on  such  occasions  we  rather  think  would  have  been  more 
apropos. 

While  writing  on  this  subject  of  "  Nothing,"  a  tale  we  remember 
hearing  related  by  some  lecturer,  on  this  topic,  is  worth  the  repeat- 
ing. There  was  once  a  case  in  which  a  gentleman  was  alarmed  at 
night  by  hearing  noises  which  he  thought  indicated  the  approach  of 
burglars  to  his  house.  He  was  a  very  quiet  and  nervous  person  and 
hud  never  fired  a  gun  in  his  life,  but  kept  one  loaded  for  the  protec- 
tion of  his  house.  He  went  down  stairs  and  opened  the  door,  and, 
hearing  a  noise,  he  thought  he  would  give  the  alarm.  He  fired  the 
gun  at  random,  and,  not  hearing  any  further  noise,  thought  all  was 
right  and  returned  to  bed.  In  the  morning  it  turned  out  that  a  per- 
son who  had  come  into  his  grounds  for  a  perfectly  innocent  purpose 
had  been  shot,  and  was  lying  dead.  The  unfortunate  man  who  had 
fired  the  gun  was  brought  up  for  trial,  and  his  explanation  was  that 
he  really  did  not  know  there  was  anybody  there.  He  did  not  aim  at 
anyone,  he  merely  tired  for  the  sake  of  alarm,  but  had  been  unlucky 
enough  to  hit  some  one.  All  of  which  counsel  summed  up  very 
pithily  by  saying:  "Your  Honor,  the  truth  is  this— this  gentleman 
shot  at  nothing  and  he  missed  it."  PossiMy  the  writer  of  this  essay 
may  have  done  the  same. 

Dr.  John  Pye  Smith,  a  learned  theologian,  an  eminentcollege 

professor,  a  distinguished  Christian  and  philanthropist,  at  sixteen 
years  of  age  was  bound  apprentice  to  his  father,  a  bookseller,  at  Shef- 
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SHE  was  a  waitress  in  a  San  Francisco  dive.  Even  that  is  not 
the  worst  of  her  history,  but  it  was  at  that  pitiful  time  in  her 
existence,  ami  my  mind  frequently  reverts  to  the  occasion  of 
our  first  meeting.  Some  charitable  and  philanthropic  friends 
of  mine  had  been  slumminc.  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  facts 
about  the  city's  lower  levels.  The  "dive  ordinance"  was  the  current 
) heme  of  interest,  and  th^se  zealous  souls  were  unwilling  to  let  the 
excitement  die  a  natural  death— the  seemingly  inevitable  fate  of  all 
moral  epidemics  that  preiodicaliy  agitate  the  public  pulse  to  fever 
heat. 

I  was  passing  aiong  Kearny  street  early  one  evening,  on  my  way 
to  a  Clay  street  printing  office,  when  I  met  a  well-known  church- 
woman,  and  in  tbechat  that  followed  she  related  some  of  her  obser- 
vations of  underground  wickedness,  having  made  a  tour  of  several 
resorts  a  few  nights  previously,  under  the  kindly  guidance  of  some 
Salvation  Army  people.  As  we  conversed,  sounds  of  discordant 
music  came  noisily  through  an  adjacent  cellar-way,  and  a  suggestive 
odor  of  liquor  made  itself  manifest  in  the  neighborhood.  My  friend 
shuddered  asa  voice,  unmistakably  a  woman's,  rose  in  a  shrill  solo 
above  the  clinking  of  glasses  and  babel  of  tongues. 

"Itis  horrible,"  said  she,  "the  life  that  the  poor  women  in  those 
places  lead,  and  the  worst  of  it  is,  they  don't  seem  to  want  anything 
better.  Just  then  a  car  came  along  and  she  signaled  it.  "1  must 
hurry  home,"  she  said  ;  "come  and  see  me  and  I'll  tell  you  all  about 
it." 

Turning  again  toward  Clay  street,  I  saw  a  young  woman  ascend- 
ing the  steps  of  the  dive,  and  as  she  emerged  upon  the  sidewalk  1 
caught  a  glimpse  of  her  face.  Something  in  her  appearance  impressed 
me  as  being  familiar.  Her  plain  black  dress,  her  hat  and  cloak  of 
several  seasons'  wear,  looked  very  unlike  the  cheap  finery  and  air  of 
coarseness  that  usually  mark  her  class.  Yielding  to  an  impulse 
which  even  now  I  cannot  account  for,  I  stepped  forward  and  touched 
her  on  the  arm. 

"1  beg  your  pardon,"  I  said  gently ;  "have  I  not  met  you  some- 
where before?    Your  face  seems  quite  familiar  to  me." 

There  was  silence  for  a  few  seconds,  during  which  she  looked  me 
steadily  over;  and  then  the  unexpected  happened,  as  it  always  does. 
She  swore— and  at  me.  A  lifetime  will  never  efface  from  my  memory 
the  recollection  of  that  moment.  To  hear  an  oath  from  a  woman's 
lips  was  bad  enough,  but  to  have  one's  well-meant  overtures  met 
with  contempt  seemed  even  worse.  I  stood  for  a  moment  stunned, 
heartsick,  indignant;  the  next,  I  had  overtaken  her. 

"I  think  you.  do  not  understand  why  I  spoke  to  you,"  I  said. 
"You  resemble  a  schoolmate  of  mine.  And  you  are  earning  your 
own  living,  are  you  not?  Well.  I  am  earning  mine,  and  it  seems  to 
me  that  women  who  work  for  their  bread  ougbtnot  to  speak  unkindly 
to  each  other." 

She  looked  at  me  incredulously,  and  again  her  gaze  wandered  from 
my  face  to  my  attire. 

"What  kind  of  a  place  have  you  got?"  she  asked  bluntly. 

"I  am  a  bookkeeper,"  1  answered. 

"Well,"  said  she  slowly,  "I  might  have  been  one,  too — if  things  had 
gone  right  with  me.  But  they  didn't,"  she  added  bitterly,  "and  now 
I  hate  everybody  who  is  better  off  than  I  am.  And  I'll  tell  you  right 
here  that  if  you're  one  of  those  religious  meddlers  that  are  trying  to 
shut  us  off  from  the  only  kind  of  work  we  can  get  to  do,  you'd  better 
not  waste  breath  on  me— I  hate  preaching." 

"I  don't  want  to  preach  to  you,"  I  replied,  "I  only  want  to  talk  to 
you  about  yourself,  and  about  how  you  came  to  take  such  a — "  I  hes- 
itated—"such  a  position." 

"Is  it  any  of  your  business?"  she  retorted,  half  savagely.  "You're 
like  the  other  fine  ladies  that  visited  the  place  where  I  work.  They 
stood  off  as  if  I  had  the  smallpox  and  asked  me  questions — only,  you 
don't  seem  afraid  to  touch  me,"  she  added,  and  with  that  last  re- 
mark all  rudeness  left  her  manner. 

"It  may  not  be  my  business,"  I  replied,  "and  you  needn't  answer 
me  if  you  don't  want  to,  but  I  feel  a  great  interest  in  girls  who  sup- 
port themselves.    I  should  like  to  have  you  tell   me  about  3rourself. " 

And  she  told  me.  That  night,  and  afterward,  bit  by  bit,  the  story 
of  her  life  was  unfolded  to  me.  We  walked  slowly  on,  past  the  old 
City  Hall  and  out  Montgomery  avenue.  The  soft  evening  air  was 
filled  with  jarring  and  incongruous  attempts  at  melody,  in  saloons 
so  frequent  in  number  as  almost  to  monopolize  each  block.  A  group 
of  half-intoxicated  sailors  passed,  and  called  to  us  familiarly.  The 
curious,  ignorant,  reckless  characteristics  of  the  foreign  quarter  after 
nightfall  were  strange  enough  to  me,  but  produced  no  effect  upon 
my  companion.  I  learned  that  she  was  the  only  sister  of  a  former 
classmate  of  mine  in  Southern  California;  had  run  away  from  home 
when  but  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  was  dragging  out  a  wretched 


existence  under  another  name,  her  identity  lost— a  creature  of  the 
depths.  The  remainder  of  what  she  told  me  need  not  be  recounted 
here. 

***** 

The  matron  at  the  Orphan  Asylum  answered  all  my  questions 
with  kindly  exactness.  She  had  the  biography  of  each  little  waif  at 
her  tongue's  end.  "The  baby  girl  who  was  left  on  the  doorsteps  a 
year  ago  the  19th  of  this  month?"  she  repeated.  "Why,  of  course 
you  may  see  her;  she's  the  sweetest  tot  in  the  whole  place.  No, 
there  isn't  the  slightest  clue  about  her  parents.  You  must  know 
something  about  it,  though,"  she  added,  quickly,  "else  how  would 
you  have  known  the  date?" 

"I  believe  such  things  are  mentioned  in  the  daily  papers,"  I  re- 
plied, having  anticipated  the  question. 

"Oh,  always!"  was  the  response,  and  a  few  moments  later  the  little 
girl  whose  parentage  was  without  a  clue  nestled  confidingly  in  my 
arms,  looking  up  at  me  with  eyes  wonderfully  like  those  I  had  seen 
on  Kearny  street  weeks  before,  only  hers  were  the  lovely  blue  eyes 
of  innocent  babyhood.  I  studied  every  feature  of  the  flower-like 
face,  that  I  might  picture  it  in  words  to  that  other,  whose  mother- 
love  lived  like  an  oasis  in  the  desert  of  her  nature,  and  whose  secret 
was  safe  in  my  keeping. 

*  *  *  *  * 

The  morning  paper  contained  a  few  lines  that  I  had  almost  over- 
looked in  my  hurried  reading.  It  was  a  most  unimportant  item  com- 
pared with  the  display  heads  thatannounced  a  prize-fighter's  victory, 
a  political  scandal,  and  more  than  the  customary  quota  of  tragedies. 

"The  patrol  wagon  yesterday  took  Nellie  — — ,  a  dive  waitress,  who 
was  seized  on  the  street  with  heart  failure,  to  the  City  and  County 
Hospital." 

It  was  with  no  difficulty  whatever  that  I  gained  permission  to  see 
her.  She  had  been  asking  for  me,  they  said.  I  took  her  hand,  and 
she  smiled  at  me  with  the  eyes  that  were  so  like  those  other  baby 
ones. 

"When  did  you  see  her  last?"  she  whispered. 

"Day  before  yesterday,"  I  answered.  "She  is  well,  and  growing 
prettier  all  the  time.  And  I  have  good  news  for  you— some  friends 
of  mine  are  going  to  adopt  her." 

She  smiled  again,  but  her  face  was  very  white. 

"I  don't  think  I'll  last  long,"  she  said.  "Promise  me  once  more 
that  you  will  never  tell  my  Teal  name." 

I  promised.  She  lay  still  for  some  minutes,  then  made  a  sudden 
movement  as  if  in  pain,  and  beckoned  me  to  lean  nearer.  The  blue 
eyes  were  eager,  and  wide  with  a  sudden  hope. 

"I  wonder  if  God  will  forgive  me?"  she  said. 

And  writing  this  beside  her  unknown,  unmarked  grave,  I  feel  sure 
that  He  has. 

A    CLAIMANT     FOR    A    CROWN. 

THE  new  pretender  to  the  French  crown,  Prince  Francois-Ma- 
rie de  Bourbon,  is  known  as  the  Duke  of  Aryon,  whose  gene- 
alogy is  given  here  below :  The  old  Parisian  boulevardier  has  not  for- 
gotten that  extraordinary  man,  Henri  de  Bourbon,  grandee  of  Spain, 
Duke  de  Seville,  first  cousin  to  Queen  Isabella  and  brother  of  Francis 
d'Assisi. 

Vice-Admiral  of  the- Spanish  fleet,  he  was,  on  account  of  his  ad- 
vanced political  ideas,  deprived  of  his  grade  in  1767.  Poor  at  Paris, 
he  led  a  rather  precarious  existence.  After  the  revolution  of  1868, 
his  manifesto  to  the  Montpensieristes  led  to  an  encounter  between  him 
and  the  Duke  de  Montpensier,  whom  he  accused  of  contributing  to 
the  downfall  of  Isabella,  and  conspiring  for  the  possession  of  the 
Spanish  throne.  They  met  March  12,  1870,  near  Paris.  The  In- 
fante Henri  was  killed  by  a  bullet  piercing  his  brain. 

He  had  married  Morganatically  HGlene,  nee  de  Castellvi  y  Shelly 
Fernandez  de  Cordova.    From  this  union  sprang  four  children. 

The  oldest,  Henri  de  Bourbon  et  Castellvi,  Duke  de  Seville,  was 
born  at  Toulouse  October  3, 1840. 

The  second  (who  is  the  present  pretender),  Francois  Marie,  also 
born  at  Toulou=e  in  1853,  was  brigadier-general  in  the  Spanish  army, 
and  twice  married.  His  first  wife,  whom  hemarriedat  New  York  in 
1877,  was  a  member  of  a  rich  Cuban-Spanish  family.  Four  years 
ago,  in  Madrid,  he  married  again,  the  bride  this  time  being  Felisa  de 
Leone  de  Balboa,  with  whom  he  now  lives  at  St.  Sebastien,  and  from 
where  his  manifesto  is  dated,  in  which  he  declares  himself  legitimate 
heir  to  the  crown  of  France. —  2'ranslated  for  the  "A'ews  Letter"  from  a 
Parisian  paper.  

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


TTT7  S  THERE  were  three  main,  and  several  minor,  dialects  of  the 
/  \  Greek  tongue,  so  the  English  language  by  transplantation 
Cji       to  the  United  States,  to  Canada,  Australia,  and  India,  has 

i L     undergone  certain  changes.     And  though  these  changes  are 

probably  slighter  than  those  undergone  by  any  other  lan- 
guage which  has  been  similarly  transplanted,  yet  the  language 
spoken  in  each  of  the  great  countries  to  which  the  Anglo-Celtic  race 
has  migrated  is  not  quite  the  same  as  that  spoken  by  ihe  people  of 
the  mother  country.  Sometimes  the  same  thing  is  called  by  a  dif- 
ferent name,  or  a  new  thing  arises  and  gives  birth  to  a  new  name ;  or 
when  neither  of  these  things  happens,  the  same  word  is  accented  or 
pronounced  differently.  The  subject  is  a  wide  and  interesting  one, 
but  it  is  proposed  here  to  deal,  not  with  differences  of  nomenclature, 
or  with  new  words  added  to  the  common  tongue,  but  only  with  va- 
riations of  pronunciation  or  enunciation;  and  to  confine  our  re- 
marks to  the  speech  of  people  who  may  fairly  be  considered  edu- 
cated. 

The  substantial  difference  between  the  English  of  the  American 
and  that  of  the  Briton  appears  to  be  this :  The  American  speaker  is 
forever  haunted  by  the  fear  of  dropping  out  a  letter  or  a  syllable,  of 
not  giving  it  its  full  force  and  effect;  what  Mr.  Brander  Matthews 
calls  "  ultra-precision  "  is  his  characteristic;  he  is  afraid  to  abate 
one  jot  or  tittle  of  the  full  tale  of  letters.  He  does  not  treat  the 
language  as  if  it  were  really  his  own,  to  do  as  he  likes  with  :  he  han- 
dles it  somewhat  delicately  and  gingerly ;  and  deals  with  it  in  a  spirit 
rather  like  that  in  which  one  deals  witth  a  stranger,  that  is,  more 
punctiliously  than  with  an  intimate,  and  yet  with  less  ease  and 
friendliness.  Hence  result  such  pronunciations  as  War-wick,  Wor- 
cester,  West-minister  (sic),  exception,  reception,  and  so  on. 

The  Briton,  on  the  other  hand,  treats  the  language  much  more 
familiarly;  he  uses  it  boldly,  and  even  abuses  it.  Of  course  the  lan- 
guage suffers  somewhat  from  his  rough  handling  and  easy  familiar- 
ity; words  are  clipped  and  slurred,  whole  syllables  disappear.  But 
the  result  is  forceful  and  idiomatic;  the  idea  of  power  is  presented 
far  more  certainly  than  by  a  precise  niggling  about  every  compon- 
ent letter  and  syllable.  And  the  educated  Briton,  despite  his  slurr- 
ing and  his  cheery  familiarity,  has  the  sincerest  love  and  admiration 
for  his  native  tongue,  which,  next  to  the  Greek,  he  believes  to  be  the 
fullest,  most  efficient  instrument  of  expression  that  man  has  ever 
had.  And,  though  he  disregards  some  letters  and  syllables  entirely, 
he  enunciates  those  that  he  does  keep  more  purely  than  the 
Southerner  and  Westerner  in  the  United  States. 

After  all,  it  is  purity  of  enunciation,  and  not  correctness  of  pro- 
nunciation, that  is  the  true  test  of  culture.  A  child  brought  up  by 
old-fashioned  cultivated  parents  in  a  remote  place  offering  few  social 
facilities,  might  grow  up  with  many  curious  pronunciations,  and  yet 
have  a  pure  and  graceful  enunciation.  And  in  enunciation  it  is,  of 
course,  the  vowels  that  play  the  really  important  part;  if  these  are 
purely,  crisply  uttered,  many  a  slip  of  pPonunciation  may  be  par- 
doned. Yet  one  may  not  seldom  hear  a  sentence  in  which  scarcely 
a  single  vowel  receives  its  native  sound;  nothing  becomes  nut  htm, 
very  is  called  vurry ,  American  is  Amurrican,  and  so  on.  The  people 
who  fancy  that,  if  they  pronounce  correctly,  their  speech  is  equal  to 
that  of  the  best,  are  laboring  under  a  fatal  delusion.  Grace  and 
dignity  of  utterance  are  not  to  be  acquired  from  all  the  text-books 
and  dictionaries  in  the  world.  A  man  may  be  an  accurate 
grammarian,  an  exact  student,  and  a  distinguished  philologist,  and 
miss  them;  he  may  have  never  owned  an  English  dictionary,  and 
speak  with  elegance  and  dignity. 

Pronunciation  is  so  variable  a  matter  that  too  much  stress  must 
not  belaid  upon  it.  In  educated  British  society  the  pronunciation 
of  all  words  commonly  employed  in  conversation  is  so  absolutely 
fixed  by  convention  that  any  deviation  from  the  received  standard 
proves  conclusively  that  the  man  making  it  has  not.  for  any  con- 
siderable period  of  his  life,  consorted  with  the  cultivated  class  of  his 
own  country.  But  the  marks  of  cultivation,  and  of  an  early  ac- 
quaintance with  the  conventions  of  good  speakers,  go  deeper  than 
this.  A  man  may  depart  half-a-dozen  times  in  an  evening's  conver- 
sation from  the  accepted  pronunciation  of  certain  words,  and  yet 
leave  a  clear  and  distinct  impression  upon  a  competent  listener  that 
he  is  a  person  of  cultivation.  Thus,  every  man  who  has  been  an 
undergraduate  of  the  University  of  Cambridge,  or  who  has  had  rela- 


tives or  friends  at  that  University,  necessarily  knows  that  Gonville 
and  Caius  College  is  "Keys,"  St.  Peter's  College  "  Peterhou^e," 
Magdalene  College  "Maudlin,"  and  Trinity  Hall  "  the  Hall."  A 
mistake  with  regard  to  these  words  would  effectually  prove  to  a 
Cantab  that  the  person  so  misbehaving  was  neither  a  public-school 
boy  nor  a  university  man,  and,  if  a  Briton,  not  a  man  of  culture.  >et 
he  would  not,  or  should  not,  condemn  an  Australian,  who  should  go 
wrong  on  these  details.  And  though  a  "House  man"  would  be 
shocked  to  hear  the  dean  of  Christ  Church  called  LiddeUl,  and  would 
know  at  once  that  the  man  using  this  accentuation  was  not  an  edu- 
cated Briton,  he  would  not  consider  the  error  unpardonable  in  a  man 
of  another  nation.  The  unexpectedness  of  the  pronunciation  of 
many  English  words  is  a  source  of  delight  to  the  educated  Briton, 
as  affording  a  ready  means  of  gauging  the  social  antecedents  of  his 
fellow  countrymen.  One  mispronunciation  of  a  crucial  word  causes 
doubt;  two  errors  raise  doubt  to  high  probability,  and  three  produce 
certainty  of  the  absence  of  desirable  social  qualities. 

Another  characteristic  of  the  speech  of  the  United  States  is  the 
apparent  inability  or  unwillingness  to  roll  several  successive  short 
syllables  off  the  tongue.  This  produces  such  pronunciations  as 
"  ordinarily,"  "  temporarily,"  "  exquisite,"  "  superfluous,""  capital- 
ist," and  so  on.  In  the  Western  States  one  often  hears  a  careless 
and  slovenly  utterance.  This  is  traceable  to  the  general  lack  of  re- 
straint and  go-as-you-please  manner  of  life  common  in  all  new  com- 
munities. Children  are  not  checked  when  their  utterance  is  slovenly, 
and  made  to  repeat  the  word  carefully;  their  enunciation,  accent, 
and  intonation  receive  little  or  no  training.  Correction  from  friends, 
relatives,  or  elders  is  not  taken  in  very  good  part;  children  do  not 
feel  quite  sure  of  the  authority  of  their  parents  in  such  matters.  The 
ears  of  teachers  and  parents  are  so  little  alive  to  purity  of  speech, 
and  so  little  jarred  by  impurity,  that  the  Western  child  is  in  danger 
of  growing  up  like  Topsy— a  highly  curious  and  interesting  product 
of  nature,  doubtless,  but  to  ears  trained  to  high  (perhaps  hyper)  sen- 
sitiveness, a  terror  and  an  abomination. 

In  contrast  to  this  reckless  handling  of  the  most  delicate  tools  of 
expression,  we  have  the  pronunciation  and  enunciation  of  the  man 
willing  to  devote  some  care  and  attention  to  these  matters.  So  de- 
termined is  he  to  avoid  the  Scylla  of  impure  and  indistinct  enuncia- 
tion that  he  falls  into  the  Charybdis  of  "ultra-precision."  He  gives 
every  letter  and  syllable  its  full  value,  omitting  nothing,  leaving 
nothing  out.  Whenever  he  is  in  doubt  as  to  the  pronunciation  of  a 
word,  he  refers  to  a  dictionary,  and  believes  its  verdict  to  be  final. 
Here  we  have  an  interesting  point  of  contrast.  To  an  educated 
Briton  the  American's  trust  in  dictionaries  seems  almost  pathetic, 
and  is  by  no  means  shared  by  one  who  often  possesses  no  dictionary 
and  fails  to  see  the  particular  uses  of  one.  The  educated  Briton  con- 
siders that  he  and  his  peers  are  the  law-makers,  the  sovereign  author- 
ity in  these  matters,  yielding  allegiance  to  no  dictionaries,  and  in 
deed  entertaining  a  vague  suspicion  of  people  who  refer  much  to  their 
accumulated  piles  of  information.  The  Briton  believes  that  he  speaks 
his  own  language,  handed  down  by  his  forefathers;  he  is  not  over- 
curious  about  it,  and  he  entertains  no  doubt  that  his  way  is  ihe  right 
way.  If  asked  what  is  the  pronunciation  of  such  and  such  a  word, 
he  utters  it ;  he  assumes  the  pronunciation  thus  arrived  at  to  be  the 
correct  one.  The  Briton's  pronunciation  grows  up  with  him;  he 
uses  the  words  he  has  heard  round  him  from  childhood;  he  speaks 
as  his  parents,  broihers,  sisters,  and  friends  speak,  and  never  doubts- 
that  this  is  the  correct  way. 

The  American's  attitude  of  mind  seems  to  be  different.  The  citizen 
of  the  United  States  is  much  more  self-conscious;  he  has  a  certain 
feeling  of  insecurity.  This  seems  true  even  of  educated  Americans. 
They  are  ever  ready  to  avail  themselves  of  any  aid,  real  or  imaginary, 
that  offers  itself;  either  that  of  an  acquaintance  casually  met,  or  of  a 
book  setting  itself  up  to  give  "  the  correct  pronunciation  of  several 
thousands  of  words  in  common  use,  but  frequently  mispronounced." 
X  suppose  that  educated  people  in  the  United  States  do  not  form  a 
sufficiently  united  and  compact  body  to  feel  their  own  strength.  The 
educated  people  of  Great  Britain  feel  that  what  they  say  is  right, 
even — if  a  Hibernicism  may  be  pardoned — if  it  is  wrong;  that  is,  even 
if  the  spelling,  origin,  and  history  of  the  word  suggest  a  different  pro- 
nunciation. Pronunciation  for  the  educated  Briton  is,  in  fact,  not  an 
affair  of  reason  or  admitting  of  argument;  it  is  wholly  a  matter  of 
usage,  and  the  usage,  too,  of  a  comparatively  small  body  of  persons. 
Against  the  consensus  of  that  body  the  usage  of  all  the  remaining  in- 
habitants of  the  Islands  counts  for  nothing.  If  the  tens  of  millions 
are  so  unfortunate  as  to  disagree  with  the  thousands,  they  are  wrong, 
and  had  better  conform  as  quickly  as  possible.  I  may  be  in  error, 
but  I  think  that  no  authority  approaching  this  in  absoluteness  resides 
in  any  body  of  persons  in  the  United  States. 

There  is  one  class  of  words  with  regard  to  which  the  usage  of  others 


CHRISTMAS    Nl  MBER. 


out-id.-  the  rhirmr.l  cirri*  counts  (or  something  in  the  Briton's 
mind.  and  that  is  the  clas;>  of  local  an.i  geographical  names.  Every 
sensible  Briton,  bearing  a  river  which  be  has  hitherto  called  Potomac 
pronounced  Potomac,  at  once  adopts  the  new  pronunciation,  and 
congratulates  himself  on  baring  learned  something.  On  I  tie  same 
principle  he  expects  his  own  pronunciation  of  purely  British  names 
to  be  received  without  qni 

The  somewhat  hap  hazard  manner  in  which  the  American  picks  up 
his  pronunciation,  and  the  lack  ol  any  universally  received  usage— 
the  latter  due  very  much  to  the  vast  size  of  the  country— result  in  an 
absence  of  certainty.  The  American  thinks  that  pronunciation  is  a 
matter  about  which  one  man  holds  one  opinion  and  another  another, 
quite  variant  but  just  as  much  entitled  toiespect ;  be  appears  to  have 
no  conception  of  a  harmonious  usage,  authoritative  and  conclusive. 
Further,  owing  to  the  higher  stratification  of  society  in  Great  Britain. 
the  pronunciation  of  the  educated  class  there  is  much  less  liable  to 
corruption  and  impurity  from  contact  with  uncultivated  people  tbau 
is  the  case  in  the  United  States,  where  even  in  the  most  select  circles 
people  of  rough  antecedents,  very  unfavorable  to  delicacy  in  matters 
of  language,  are  to  be  met  with. 

To  the  British  ear  one  of  the  most  noticeable  details  of  American 
pronunciation  is  the  drawled  "  a  "  in  sucb  words  as  pass,  glass,  class, 
etc.  This  is  certainly  unpleasant  to  ears  accustomed  to  the  broad 
"  a  "  characteristic  of  the  best  British  speakers. 

The  general  tendency  in  British  pronunciation  to  throw  back  the 
accent  as  far  frcm  the  end  of  the  word  as  possible,  has  in  some  re- 
spects gone  farther  in  the  United  States  thau  in  Great  Britain.  Thus 
11  inquiry  "  and  "  opponent  "  are  never  heard  in  Great  Britain,  though 
very  common  in  the  United  States.  The  unwillingness  to  leave  a 
letter  unsounded  receives  a  curious  illustration  in  the  word  viscount, 
which  I  once  heard  a  law  student,  now  a  successful  practitioner,  call 
vis-count.  Often  when  the  American  and  British  pronunciations  of  a 
word  cannot  be  said  to  vary,  the  intonation  is  different.  Thus  it  is 
usual  in  California,  at  any  rate,  to  say  Saint  Paul,  Santa  Cruz.  In 
California,  too,  where  some  knowledge  of  Soanish,  or  at  least  of 
Mexican,  is  not  uncommon,  it  is  usual  to  pronounce  Don  Quixote  Don 
Qc'ho-te,  and  Don  Juan  Don  Wan,  Once  I  ventured  to  remark  that 
the  titles  of  Cervantes'  masterpiece  and  of  Byron's  poem  had  been  as 
completely  Anglicized  as  Paris  or  Lyons,  and  to  ask  my  companion 
whether  she  was  prepared  to  go  on  and  pronounce  Quixotic  Qe-ho-tic. 
On  her  replying  boldly  that  she  was,  all  that  was  left  for  me  to  do  was 
suggest  the  propriety  of  saying  New  Mdy-hi-eo,  and  May-hi-can. 


WINTER    VIOLETS. 


D 


By  Ella  M.  Sexton. 
EAR  violet,  a  passing  guest 
With  Lenten  gown  of  purple  dressed 

In  colder  clime, 
Sweet  saint,  uplifting  tender  eyes 
To  April's  pale  and  changing  skies — 
As  brief  your  prime. 

But  constant  to  our  sunshine,  here 

We  rind  you,  love  you  through  the  year 

A  friend  and  more; 
Fast  drive  the  wind-swept  rains,  and  too 
The  frost  smites  frailer  bloom,  while  you 

Smile  as  before. 

No  passionate  rose  are  you,  sweetheart, 
With  red  lips  curved  to  all,  apart 

In  shyest  grace 
You  nestle— yet  the  garden's  pride 
Of  bloom  and  beauty  wanes  beside 

Your  dainty  face. 

In  sheltering  leaves  you  hide,  demure, 
From  careless  glance  or  touch  secure, 

But  lovers  true, 
Led  by  your  perfume  faintly  sweet — 
A  breath  of  heaven,  perchance— we  greet 

Your  heavenly  blue. 

Ah,  little  love,  your  calm  content 
Shames  restless  souls  with  striving  spent. 

Would  we  might  find 
Nepenthe  in  the  sunshine;  cease 
To  war  with  Fate,  and  smile,  in  peace, 

To  life  resigned ! 

It  is  said  that  Ouida  never  shakes  hands.    She  declares  it  to  be 

the  most  vulgar  form  of  salutation.  As  soon  as  she  enters  a  room 
she  makes  for  a  seat.  Once  seated,  she  will  noc  budge  until  she 
takes  her  leave.  Any  one  who  wishes  to  meet  her  must  play  Mo- 
hammed to  her  mountain.  No  matter  who  he  be,  she  never  rises 
or  changes  her  position. 

—Miss  Susan  B.  Anthony's  next  birthday  (her  seventy-fifth,  and 
she  doesn't  care  who  knows  it),  falls  on  February  15th  next,  and 
already  the  Political  Equality  Club  of  New  York  is  arranging  to  ob- 
serve it. 


GRANDEUR    OF    THE    KINGS    RIVER    CANYONS. 

IN  the  mountains  of  California  is  a  wild,  weird,  and  wonderful 
seciionofthe  high  Sierra  that  has  natural  features  rivaling 
Yoseruite  in  grandeur,  and  the  many  scenes  of  bewildering  beauty 
that  have  been  discovered  seem  to  lie  in  partial  obscurity  in  that 
mountain-locked  panorama  of  nature.  A  few  of  the  more  curious 
and  venturesome  of  a  party  recently  proposed  an  excursion  up  the 
nonh  fork  of  Kings  River,  southeast* from  Pine  Ridge,  which  is  ihe 
usual  camping  ground.  After  picking  their  way  with  sure-footed  bron  ■ 
chos  for  a  day  through  the  rugged  canyons  and  over  rough  hills,  they 
came  to  the  foot  of  a  mountain  that  towered  some  eight  thousand 
feet  above  sea  level,  which  seemed  to  present  a  splendid  opportunity 
for  observation,  and  they  concluded  to  scale  its  heights.  The  ascent 
of  this  rather  peculiarly  formed  mountain  was  begun  early  in  the 
morning,  and  at  ten  o'clock  the  party  reached  a  ^beautiful  plateau  of 
table  land,  through  which  streams  of  water  were  running,  emptying 
into  a  lake  below,  whose  waters  were  clear  as  crystal.  This  lake  is 
about  one  acre  in  extent  of  surface,  and  its  waters  from  ten  to  fifteen 
feet  in  depth.  The  white  pebbles  on  the  bottom  were  as  plainly  visi- 
ble as  though  lying  on  the  surface,  and  the  water  cold  almost  as  ice. 
On  the  plateau  grass  was  growing  thick  and  tall,  and  along  the  edge 
of  the  little  streams  the  most  exquisite  flowers  were  blooming  as 
variegated  in  colors  as  the  rainbow.  The  small  mountain  birds  were 
singing  and  twittering  on  all  sides,  and  yet  there  were  but  a  few 
dwarf  oaks  and  alders  growing  on  the  table  land  of  two  or  three 
acres.  The  most  remarkable  feature  of  this  peculiar  mountain  was 
the  granite  peak  lhat  stood  up  almost  in  the  centre  of  this  plateau, 
reaching  some  five  or  six  hundred  feet,  in  the  form  of  a  monument, 
and  so  abrupt  that  it  was  impossible  to  climb  up  from  any  side.  This 
peak  gave  it  the  name  of  "Tombstone  Mountain."  This  plateau  is 
almost  eight  thousand  feet  above  sea  level,  and  presented  one  of  the 
most  picturesque  scenes  of  the  world.  Far  to  the  southeast  stood 
Mount  Whitney,  which  presented  a  peak  resembling  the  cap  of  lib- 
erty, while  near  by  were  the  peaks  of  Mounts  Inyo  and  Breckinridge. 
In  the  intervening  space  there  was  a  perfect  wilderness  of  peaks, 
many  of  which  were  covered  with  snow- 

From  this  point  of  observation  there  were  myriads  of  small  lakes, 
their  waters  glittering  in  the  sunlight.  They  were  nestled  beneath 
the  snowy  summits  on  the  sides  of  the  mountains,  from  which 
streams  were  flowing  and  cascades  dashing  down  the  mountains. 
The  rarefied  mountain  atmosphere  furnishes  the  most  pleasing  and 
satisfying  view  by  the  naked  eye  for  miles  and  miles.  From  every 
side  the  green  verdure  beneath  the  snow  belt  lent  a  soft  glow  to  the 
vision.  To  the  eastward,  up  the  deep  canyon  that  wound  its  way 
among  the  everlasting  hills,  a  smoky,  brown  range  extended  along 
the  valley  until  it  was  lost  behind  the  towering  crags.  Looking  down 
the  abyss,  there  appeared  a  beautiful  little  valley  clothed  in  emerald 
verdure,  through  which  a  stream  of  water,  like  a  silver  thread,  mean- 
dered until  it  emptied  into  the  larger  stream  that  wound  its  way 
round  the  base  of  the  mountain.  This  meadow  appeared  to  be 
two  miles  long  and  half  a  mile  wide,  and  must  be  a  productive  spot 
in  the  bosom  of  such  wild  and  picturesque  scenes.  The  Indian  guide 
called  it  the  highland  heather,  and  how  he  "  caught  on  "  to  such  a 
name  was  more  than  could  be  learned. 

But  the  grandest  of  all  was  yet  to  come.  It  appeared  that  nature 
had  made  special  provisions  for  a  gorgeous  and  awe-inspiring  enter- 
tainment. It  was  about  3  o'clock  p.  m.  ,  and  the  party  was  about 
ready  to  descend  the  mountain,  when  dark  clouds  began  to  gather 
about  the  lofty  crest  of  the  peak,  and  it  seemed  as  though  they  were 
enshrouded  in  its  misty  vail.  It  was  the  approach  of  a  storm, 
and  the  flashes  of  lightning  and  peals  of  thunder  announced  the 
"  music  of  the  spheres."  A  thunder  storm  in  the  mountains  is  al- 
ways sublime,  but  in  this  location  there  were  the  most  favorable  ad? 
vantages  presented  for  a  display  of  the  beauties  of  nature's  artillery. 
A  crash  of  thunder  would  reverberate  through  the  hills,  peak  would 
answer  peak  with  echoes,  and  after  having  died  out  among  the  neigh- 
boring cliffs  an  echo  would  come  back  from  some  distant  peak  with 
all  the  energy  of  the  first  peal  from  the  lightning's  flash.  Then 
nature  would  again  commence  the  cannonade.  The  scenes  of  Mount 
Sinai  were  reproduced,  but  the  same  business  was  not  transacted. 
It  was  the  most  soul-stirring  and  awe-inspiring  hour  that  ever  en- 
gaged the  attention  of  that  group  of  men,  and  when  the  play  was 
ended  and  the  curtain  let  down,  they  voted  it  the  most  magnificent- 
spectacle  they  had  ever  beheld— and  thanked  God  that  it  was  over. 
While  they  were  glad  they  bad  witnessed  it,  they  were  not  anxious 
for  an  encore,  for  they  bad  been  "  strictly  in  it."  The  descent  of  the 
mountain  was  made  more  difficult,  as  the  heavy  dash  of  rain  bad 
washed  the  trail  in  many  places,  but  at  nightfall  they  were  in  the 
valley  below,  where  they  camped  for  the  night.  After  the  excitement 
had  passed  away  and  the  nerves  steadied  they  felt  doubly  rewarded 
for  the  trouble  and  trials  of  the  journey,  and  those  of  the  party  who 
had  visited  Yosemite  expressed  the  sentiment  that,  while  it  presented 
a  majesty  in  its  grand  waterfalls  and  a  marvelous  beauty  in  architec- 
ture, it  was  so  circumscribed  in  its  wonders  that  it  could  not  com- 
pare with  the  wild  and  magnificent  scenes  and  the  natural  splendors 
that  exist  in  the  mountains  and  canyons  of  the  headwaters  of  the 
Kings  River.  The  convulsions  of  nature  in  past  ages  have  done  some 
grand  work  in  furnishing  the  material  for  a  panorama  that  no  artist 
could  imitate,  although  possessed  of  the  most  sublime  conception. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


<T  T  WAS  late,  or  rather  early— for  the  big  clock  showed  that 
the  first  two  hours  of  morning  had  already  slipped  by. 
It  had  been  a  beastly  night— March  weather,  cold  and 
__  drizzly— and  we  had  sat  round  the  little  table  at  Martin's 
since  midnight,  dreading  to  leave  the  comfortable  room  for  the 
cold  dampness  of  the  early  morning.  There  were  four  of  us— Rey- 
nolds, an  artist  of  the  delightfully  vague  impressionist  school;  Les- 
ter, an  actor  of  some  fame;  the  Senor  Lopez  Ybarra,  a  Cuban 
planter  whom  I  had  met  some  few  weeks  previously;  and  last, 
myself,  journalist,  collector  of  antiquities,  and  writer  of  short  stories 
— all  good  friends  and  Bohemians. 

We  had  been  discussing  our  experiences,  over  the  last  bottle,  and 
it  was  then  that  Ybarra  offered  to  tell  us  a  story,  "  Which,"  he  said, 
"  is  stranger  than  fiction.  To  Reynolds  it  will  be  food  for  number- 
less sketches,  to  Lester  perhaps  a  fortune  in  a  dramatic  way,  and  to 
you,  Brown,  a  gem  in  the  rough  which  your  skillful  pen  can  polish 
into  glowing  life."  We  eagerly  assented,  and,  calling  for  another 
bottle,  we  lighted  our  cigars  and  settled  down  for  a  comfortable 
hour,  Lester  unconsciously  falling  into  one  of  his  graceful  poses, 
while  I  sat  with  my  eyes  fastened  on  the  dark  face  of  the  speaker — 
a  face  which  interested  me  to  such  an  extent  that  it  haunted  even 
my  dreams;  melancholy,  proud,  and  stamped  with  the  impress  of 
an  indomitable  will  and  an  ever-present  sorrow.  His  hair  and  beard 
were  white  as  snow,  yet  that  was  the  only  sign  of  age,  and  served  but 
to  give  him  an  air  of  dignity  and  command.  The  stern  realities  of 
life  had  looked  him  in  the  face,  and  his  bearing  showed  it.  Usually 
taciturn,  a  listener  rather  than  a  speaker,  he  began  his  tale,  and  his 
voice  trembled  slightly,  but  soon  recovered  its  wonted  strength  and 
sweetness. 

"You  have  all  heard,"  he  said,  slowly  twisting  his  wine-glass 
round  in  his  fingers,  "  of  the  vendetta.  It  is  generally  believed  to 
have  become  obsolete,  and  to  a  certain  extent  it  has,  for  men  no 
longer  give  free  rein  to  their  passions,  yet  such  is  the  subject  of  my 
story ;  a  vendetta  as  relentless  in  its  pursuance  and  as  terrible  in  its 
termination  as  the  secret  workings  of  the  Iniquisition,  and  which 
came  to  an  end  only  a  few  days  ago,  in  this  cold  age  of  civilization 
and  reason ;  more  than  that,  in  the  heart  of  this  enlightened  city  of 
New  York  itself;  a  vendetta  more  cruel  than  any  Old  World  story, 
and  to  which  was  sacrificed  the  whole  life  and  ambition  of  a  man  as 
well  born  and  as  cultured,  gentlemen,  as  any  one  of  you." 

A  strange  excitement  had  taken  hold  of  him,  and  his  sad  eyes 
glowed  with  all  the  tire  of  his  race,  but  he  went  on  calmly  enough. 

'•  Persons  passing  along  the  lower  end  of  Third  avenue,  which  you 
know  more  familiarly  as  the  Bowery,  last  Saturday  evening,  between 
the  hours  of  12:30  and  1  A,  m.,  would  have  noticed  a  shabbily  dressed 
man,  with  a  violin  case  under  bis  arm,  hurrying  along,  apparently 
to  his  home  in  some  cheap  lodging  house.  Had  those  meeting  him 
have  given  him  a  second  glance,  which  is  doubtful,  they  would  have 
surmised,  and  correctly,  that  he  was  a  musician  in  the  orchestra  of 
some  theatre  or  concert  hall,  and  would  4iave  forgotten  him  as  he 
vanished  through  the  doorway  that  led  to  apartments  over  a  money- 
lender's shop.  Certainly  no  one  would  have  dreamed  that  he  was 
Antonio— Marcias,  we  will  call  him  (his  name  does  not  matter),  at 
one  time  one  of  the  wealthiest  planters  in  Cuba,  and  in  whose  veins 
flowed  the  purest  blood  of  Old  and  New  Spain.  Yet  such  was  the 
case,  hard  as  it  is  to  reconcile  the  facts.  The  story  at  best  is  a  strange 
one. 

"  For  years  back  the  two  families  of  Marcias  and— Gonzales,  we 
will  call  the  other,  had  been  friends  and  allies,  and  when  Guido  Mar- 
cias, then  a  young  man  of  twenty,  decided  to  make  Cuba  his  home, 
nothing  was  more  natural  than  that  Juan  Gonzales  should  accom- 
pany him.  They  went,  and  both  became  wealthy  and  respected. 
Their  estates  joined,  and  both  married  at  the  same  time ;  so  when  at 
last  Marcias  died,  his  farewell  words  were  whispered  into  the  ear  of 
his  friend,  in  whose  arms  he  breathed  his  last,  and  who  promised  to 
be  a  father  to  his  children  and  a  brother  to  his  widow. 

"  Two  sons  were  left,  one  a  young  man  of  twenty-six,  the  other  a 
boy  of  fifteen,  the  age  of  Gonzales's  only  child,  adaughter.  Antonio, 
the  eldest,  went  on  with  his  father's  affairs,  and  was  more  like  a 
father  than  a  brother  to  Adrian,  whom  he  worshipped  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  there  seemed  no  room  in  his  heart  for  the  love  of  woman. 
He  never  married,  thougb  many  a  Cuban  beauty  would  have  proudly 
claimed  his  love.    The  same  friendly  relations  continued  between 


Antonio  and  the  Senor  Gonzales  as  had  been  before  Marcias's  death, 
and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  older  man  thought  of  the  younger  the 
same  as  if  he  had  been  the  son  so  ardently  yet  vainly  longed  for. 

"  But  this  happy  arrangement  was  fated  to  be  of  short  duration. 
At  lasc  came  one  of  those  revolutions  which  are  always  tearing  out 
the  life  of  that  unhappy  island,  and,  let  me  say,  not  without  just 
cause.  Antonio  entered  heart  and  soul  into  the  spirit  of  the  natives' 
cause,  while  Gonzales,  who  held  a  government  position,  remained 
true  to  the  land  of  his  birth.  A  short  but  bloody  war  followed,  end- 
ing in  the  suppression  of  the  revolt,  and  bringing  to  those  who  had 
endeavored  to  right  a  wrong  too  soon  nothing  but  misery  and  loss. 
Among  those  taken  prisoner  and  sentenced  to  death  was  Adrian 
Marcias. 

'•  Great  as  was  the  agony  of  Antonio,  that  of  Gonzales,  who  had 
the  young  man  in  charge,  was  greater.  For  he  was  forced  to  endure, 
besides  the  pleadings  of  his  own  heart  and  the  heroic  resignation  of 
the  young  man,  the  tears  of  his  daughter  Alicia  and  the  prayers  of 
the  almost  frenzied  Antonio  and  his  mother.  Yet  had  the  unfortun- 
ate Adrian  been  his  own  son,  it  could  have  been  no  different.  For- 
tune, position,  his  own  life,  even  that  of  his  only  child,  he  would 
have  gladly  given  to  save  the  son  of  his  dead  friend,  but  honor  and  a 
soldier's  duty  could  not  be  evaded,  and  in  spite  of  ah,  Adrian,  by  the 
order  of  the  Spanish  government,  was  executed  as  a  spy. 

"Gentlemen,  his  mother  died  of  grief,  while  Antonio,  over  the 
dead  body  of  the  young  man,  declared,  with  binding  oaths,  the  ven- 
detta against  his  father's  friend. 

'*  The  war  over,  affairs  on  the  island  settled  once  more  to  the  usual 
routine,  but  Antonio,  who  had  lost  all  that  he  possessed,  left  for  this 
city  to  spend  his  days  in  planning  revenge  with  which  to  overwhelm 
the  man  who  was  the  unwilling  instrument  in  taking  from  him  all 
that  he  held  dear.  I  offer  no  words  of  extenuation  on  either  side. 
Antonio's  loss  was  great,  and  perhaps  Gonzales  was  cruel  to  hold  bis 
honor  first;  yet  had  Marcias  himself  been  placed  in  his  position,  I 
doubt  not  the  result  would  have  been  the  same. 

"  Antonio,  who  was  a  finished  violinist,  found  no  trouble  in  ob- 
taining a  good  position  here  as  first  violin  in  one  of  the  leading 
orchestras.  On  the  salary  which  he  received  he  could  have  lived  in 
comfort,  especially  as  he  was  well  paid  for  articles  contributed  to  the 
journals,  and  for  lessons  in  the  Spanish  language.  But  he  preferred 
a  dark  little  room  in  the  Bowery,  where  he  barely  existed,  hoarding 
every  cent,  devoting  every  energy  to  the  fiendish  purpose  of  his  life. 
His  companions  in  the  orchestra  often  wondered  what  lay  behind 
the  dark,  impassive  face,  but  he  was  nobody's  friend,  and  they  soon 
ceased  to  trouble  him  with  questions,  and  so  for  three  years  he 
worked  and  saved.  Then  one  day  his  soul  was  filled  with  a  fierce  ex- 
ultation, for  he  knew  that  the  time  was  at  hand  and  his  revenge 
almost  within  his  grasp. 

'*  For  six  months  New  York  saw  him  no  more.  The  few  people 
who  had  noticed  him  speculated  idly  on  his  absence,  but  not  one  of 
them  came  near  the  truth.  For  who  would  imagine  that  he  had 
gone  back  to  Cuba  and  there  under  an  assumed  name  (for  his  appear- 
ance was  greatly  changed)  had  succeeded  in  winning  the  love  of 
Alicia  Gonzales?  Yet,  such  was  the  case.  He  induced  her  to  fly  with 
him,  painting  in  glowing  colors  the  life  they  would  lead,  and  brought 
her  to  this  city,  assuring  her  tnat  when  they  arrived  she  could  write 
to  her  father  and  all  would  be  forgiven.  The  girl  had  no  mother,  for 
the  Senora  Gonzales  had  died  many  years  ago,  and  so  she  trusted 
her  lover  before  the  world. 

"  For  a  month  they  lived  a  life  of  ideal  happiness.  He  was  so 
kind,  so  gentle,  denying  her  nothing.  She  wrote  to  her  father  and 
told  him  how  much  her  .husband  loved  her,  and  was  made  still  more 
happy  by  receiviug  from  him  a  letter  of  forgiveness;  for  mind  you, 
she  was  the  idol  of  his  heart,  and  be  sent  her  a  promise  to  come  and 
visit  her.  Antonio  seemed  as  pleased  as  bis  wife,  at  this,  and  as  the 
time  drew  near  for  Gonzales  to  come,  he  proposed  that  they  take 
other  apartments  so  as  to  have  more  room.  So  when  one  day  he 
told  her  that  he  had  found  a  suitable  place,  she  gladly  agreed  to  his 
suggestion  that  they  take  a  look  at  it  together. 

'■  To  her  surprise  Alicia  noticed  that  he  was  taking  her  to  a  part  of 
the  city  which  she  had  never  seen  before,  and  clung  frightened  to  his 
arm  as  they  passed  through  narrow  alleys  and  streets  filled  with 
dirty  children  and  leering  women.  At  last  they  turned  in  at  a  door- 
way and  climbed  a  flight  of  steep,  uncarpeted  stairs.  Too  much  sur- 
prised to  speak,  Alicia  followed  her  husband  into  a  dingy  little  room, 
the  door  of  which  he  locked  after  him.  It  was  the  place  where  he 
had  lived  so  long,  dreaming  of  the  hour  which  now  had  come. 

*' He  turned  slowly  toward  the  girl,  who  shrank  back  before  his 
altered  look,  and  told  her  in  mocking  tones  who  he  was;  told  her 
that  the  marriage  ceremony  which  they  had  gone  through  with  was 
but  a  farce  and  that  she  was  no  wife ;  and  so  to  the  end  of  his  devil- 
ish story.  She  implored  him  to  tell  her  that  he  loved  her,  that  his 
passion  at  least  was  real ;  but  even  that  was  refused,  and  as  the  hor- 


CHKIMM  \-    M   MliKi;. 


rorol  her  situation  dawned  upon  hrr she  sank  at  his  (ret  in  a  swoon, 
only  to  w»ko  lo  a  lite  the  misery  ol  which  is  beyond  com 
prehension.  She  could  not  leave  the  man  who  hail  bcirny<  I  her,  [ol 
there  was  nowhere  to  go.  .-he  ooold  not  understand  a  word  ol  Kng- 
lish.  And  therein  that  low  place,  ami.l  the  vile  odors,  the  Jangling 
of  the  horse-car  bells,  and  the  tunes  of  the  organ  grinders,  dwell 
Alicia  Marctaa,  the  belle  aud  beauty  of  Havana.  As  sue  lay  at  night 
and  listened  to  the  pulling  ol  the  elevated  cars,  the  foul  language, 
and  the  cries  that  drifted  up  from  the  street,  alone,  forsaken  lor 
Antonio  had  gone  back  to  his  duties),  whnt  wonder  that  her  once 
proud  spirit  broke  beneath  the  strain? 

••  In  the  meantime  Gonzales  had  come  to  New  York  in  search  of 
his  daughter.  Not  finding  her  at  the  place  mentioned  in  her  letters, 
he  became  alarmed  and  finally  notified  the  police.  Able  detectives 
were  employed,  but  wiihout  avail.  To  all  appearances  she  bad  van- 
ished completely.  Yet  the  search  was  continued,  the  father  hoping 
that  at  last  something  might  come  to  light.    And  it  did. 

"One  night,  as  he  sat  before  the  fire  wondering  if  his  daughter  had 
shelter  from  the  cold  and  rain  (for  it  was  a  wretched  night  like  this), 
a  messenger  brought  him  a  note  and  he  tore  it  open  with  a  feeling 
that  here  at  last  was  news.  It  read  asfullows:  'If  you  would  see 
your  daughter,  follow  bearer.'  Without  hesitation  he  seized  his  bat 
and  went  with  the  boy  into  the  night.  They  left  behind  them  the 
life  of  Broadway  and  Fifth  avenue,  the  cab  he  had  hired  winding 
through  tortuous  streets  and  avenues  gaudy  with  the  flaring  torches 
of  the  peanut  vendors  and  the  tawdry  signs  of  cheap  places  of  resort. 
They  passed  a  detachment  of  the  Salvation  Army,  and  leaving  them 
behind,  drew  near  the  river,  stopping  at  last  before  a  dark  building. 
Gonzales,  with  a  premonition  of  evil,  alighted,  and  bidding  the  boy 
remain  where  he  was,  entered  alone.  An  officer  stopped  him  at  the 
door,  asking,  'Are  you  the  gentleman  sent  for  to  see  the  girl?'  but 
upon  hearing  his  answer  stood  aside  and  pointed  to  a  door  which 
Gonzales  opened  and  closed  behind  him. 

"  The  room  was  dark,  save  for  a  dim  light  burning  over  a  marble 
slab  which  stood  in  the  center,  and  upon  that  marble  Senor  Gonzales 
at  last  saw  his  daughter.  Dripping  from  the  water  of  the  river  from 
which  they  had  taken  her,  wasted  and  worn  with  suffering,  the  only 
thing  about  her  speaking  of  the  Alicia  of  old  was  the  luxuriant  black 
hair  which  rolled  in  tangled  masses  to  the  floor.  A  man  knelt  by 
her  side,  his  face  laid  against  one  of  the  small,  cold  hands.  As  Gon- 
zales approached  he  lifted  his  head,  then  rose  to  his  leet.  It  was 
Antonio. 

"  '  Look  at  me,  Senor  Juan  Felipe  Gonzales,'  he  said,  slowly,  'and 
see  the  son  of  your  friend.  Remember  what  I  was,  remember  the 
face  of  the  boy  whom  you  hurried  to  disgrace  and  death,  remember 
the  mother's  heart  which  your  cruelty  broke,  remember  the  vendetta! 
Are  these  memories  sweet?  Read  the  answer  there ! '  And  he  laughed 
mockingly  as  he  pointed  to  the  silent  figure  before  them. 

"  His  blood  frozen  with  horror  and  amazement,  Gonzales  stood  as 
as  if  turned  to  stone,  and  Antonio  went  on:  "She  fled  from  me  to 
the  river  to  hide  her  shame,  preferring  that  cold  death  to  dishonor. 
She  could  not  bear  my  cruelties,  poor  dove,  for  I  denied  her  love, 
comfort,  and  kindness.  Think,  Senor,  of  what  young  Adrian  was. 
Think  of  Alicia,  in  the  flower  of  her  youth  and  beauty.  A  life  for  a 
life!  Look  where  her  proud  head  is  lying  now.'  Again  that  mock- 
ing laugh  echoed  through  the  gruesome  place.  Unable  to  bear  it 
longer,  Gonzales  sprang  forward  and  seized  the  other's  throat. 

" 'Ah,[kill  me! '  Antonio  panted.  "Death  would  be  sweet,  for  I 
loved  her,  although  she  never  knew  it.  She  will  not  hear  me  now, 
and  I  can  say  it.  I  sacrificed  her,  poor  tender  one,  for  1  had  sworn 
to  make  you  suffer  to  the  last  dregs  what  you  made  me— to  see  you 
stand  where  I  stood  beside  the  body  of  one  who  was  dearer  than  life 
—to  bring  shame  and  disgrace  upon  your  name  as  you  did  on  mine. 
All  this  I  have  done,  yet  I  am  forever  haunted  by  the  pleading  eyes 
of  my  silent  love,  who  died  of  cruelty  and  shame.'  " 

***** 
Ybarra  ceased.    There  was  silence  for  a  moment,  for  all  knew  in- 
stinctively that  he  was  Gonzales  himself.    Then  Lester  spoke: 

"  Well,"  he  asked  impatiently,  "  how  did  it  end?  Did  you  kill  the 
brute?  " 

"  No,"  said  Ybarra,  calmly,  yet  with  a  cruel  gleam  in  his  dark  eyes. 
"  You  can  see  him  any  night  in  the  theatre.  1  let  him  live  because 
life  to  him  is  hell,  and  always  will  be !  " 


SUNDAY    STROLLS. 


THE    TRAVELING    GUILLOTINE. 


THE   old    Prison    La    Roqnette    is    about  to  disappear  and  the 
Prison  de  la  San  6  is  to  be  rebuilt;  so  in  future  the  exicutioi.8 
will  take  place  before  that  building. 

Since  the  guillotine  was  first  used  in  Paris,  this  will  be  its  sev- 
enth removal.  Successively  the  following  spots  have  had  the  lugu- 
brious honor  of  sheltering  the  terrible  machine  and  witnessing  its 

bloody  work. 

During  the  Revolution,  the  Place  de  la  Greve,  the  Place  du  Car- 
rousel, the  Place  de  la  Revolution,  and  the  Place  du  Trone  were 
used  one  after  another ;  under  the  First  Empire  and  the  Rertoration.de 
Place  de  la  Greve— under  Louis  Philippe,  the  St.  Jacques  barrier,  and 
finally,  since  1851,  the  Place  de  la  Roquette  has  seen  the  guillotine's 
operations,  which  are  more  humane  than  even  the  "electrocution" 
machines.— Translated  for  the  "News  Letter"  from  a  Parisian  paper. 


SO.MK  wise  man  has  said:  "  To  see  nature  properly,  one  must 
travel  afoot."  And  he  who  travels  that  way,  having  clear 
vision  lor  whatever  may  come  in  his  path,  finds  a  keen  pleasure 
in  his  walks  abroad  that  never  comes  to  the  man  who  depends  on 
powers  of  locomotion  other  than  his  own.  One  may  live  in  a  city  for 
years  and  know  it  only  in  the  beaten  tracks  of  every-day  routine. 
Many  a  dweller  in  this  peculiar  city  of  the  Golden  Gate  knows  only 
the  thoroughfares  through  which  his  daily  life  takes  him,  and  is  ut- 
terly unaware  of  the  beautiful  country,  close  at  hand,  and  his  for  the 
seeking. 

San  Francisco  is  peculiarly  well  situated  for  the  obtaining  of  that 
result  so  desired  by  all  walkers — a  view.  More  blessed  with  her  hills 
than  that  imperial  city  so  proud  of  her  seven,  she  shows  from  every 
height  a  landscape  of  sky,  earth,  and  water  which  repays  the  effort 
made  in  the  climb,  aud  if  the  breath  is  too  scant  for  hills,  there 
are  level  stretches  skirting  the  bay  where  one  may  watch  the  sand- 
pipers run  along  the  beach  and  listen  to  the  soft  swish  of  the  little 
waves  that  lap  the  sands.  Why  take  a  wearisome  journey  by  boat 
and  railway  when  a  short  quarter  hour  car  ride  will  carry  one  to  a 
point  from  which  one  may  walk  straight  into  the  country,  leaving 
behind  the  roar,  bustle,  and  grime  of  the  city. 

Passing  on  beyond  the  Presidio,  with  its  trim  gardens  and  well- 
kept  roads,  one  wanders  down  to  a  marsh  land,  covered  thick  with 
bright  green  cresses  and  gay  yellow  marsh  flowers.  The  path  skirts 
the  edge  of  the  marsh  and  runs  along  in  the  shadow  of  a  bank,  where 
blackberry  vines  run  riot  in  a  tangle  of  scarlet  and  green  leaves,  with 
here  and  there  a  sturdy  clump  of  woodwardia  holding  its  own  against 
the  luxurious  vine.  Groups  of  firs  stand  out  against  the  sky  and 
make  a  pleasant  shade  in  the  hot  sunshine.  Have  you  a  steady  head 
and  firm  foot,  and  a  mind  for  a  more  adventurous  ramble  ?  Mount 
the  flume  which  creeps  along  the  side  of  the  hill  and  follow  it  through 
the  tunnel  and  out  again  and  along  the  rocks  beyond  the  old  fort, 
while  the  white  breakers  dash  at  your  feet  in  a  vain  endeavor  to 
reach  your  airy  perch.  All  this  for  the  rambler  who  does  not  aspire 
to  mountain  tops. 

But  now  leave  the  haunts  of  men,  with  that  charming  lady  who 
holds  the  torch  on  Olympus  as  your  objective  point.  You  may  reach 
her  from  a  northern  approach,  leaving  the  pan-handle  of  the  Park 
behind  you.  But  follow  the  turn  of  the  cars  and  walk  towards  where 
she  ought  to  be,  for  a  good-sized  hill  looms  up  and  shuts  her  from 
view  from  the  south,  and  there  in  a  small  hollow  lies  a  pretty  valley, 
green  and  fair  as  any  garden  spot,  and  dotted  with  small  homes.  An 
old  cemetery  is  to  the  left,  a  silent  monument  to  the  vanities  of  this 
life;  quaint  inscriptions  and  queer  epitaphs  can  be  traced  on  the 
half-buried  stones,  covered  with  a  tangle  of  vines  and  weeds. 

Having  gained  Olympus,  one  aspires  to  the  height  above,  and  then 
one  may  gaze  one's  fill  upon  a  panorama  that  yields  to  no  other  in 
beauty  and  grandeur.  In  the  distance  the  Coast  Range  stands  like  a 
rampart  of  strength,  the  blue  waters  of  the  bay  sparkle  and  dance, 
steamers  flash  their  path  on  its  bosom,  and  tiny  white  specks  scud  in 
the  breeze;  below  is  the  city,  its  houses  small  and  closed  in  on  each 
other  like  the  toy  villages  in  the  children's  Christmas  boxes.  The 
slopes  around  are  green  with  fresh  grass,  while  hereand  there  groves 
of  eucalyntus  and  pines  cover  the  mountain  sides.  The  ocean  is  hid- 
den by  a  still  higher  peak,  which  rises  directly  to  the  west  and  is 
separated  from  our  point  of  view  by  a  deep  valley,  whose  sides  are 
thickly  wooded.  Down  in  that  bosky  glade  one  hears  the  tinkle  of 
cow-bells,  and,  following  a  path,  comes  suddenly  upon  an  old  farm- 
house. In  the  very  heart  of  the  valley  is  a  garden  of  budding  shrubs 
and  young  trees,  destined  later  to  grace  a  more  public  spot.  Here, 
under  green  trees,  shut  in  by  lofty  heights,  one  can  easily  forget  the 
busy  city  on  the  other  side,  and  know  only  the  delicious  quiet  which 
nature  alone  can  give.  Walking  along  the  summit  of  the  ridge,  a 
point  beyond  Twin  Peaks  is  reached,  and  from  there  the  sweep  of 
horizon  is  unbroken,  ocean,  mountains,  bay,  all  lying  before  one.  - 

The  rambler  who  loves,  not  nature  the  less,  but  man  the  more, 
cannot  fail  to  find  a  more  entertaining  walk  than  a  stroll  along  lhe 
city  front.  A  Sunday  quiet  pervades  the  usual  noisy  district.  Many 
men  of  many  climes  lounge  along  the  wharves,  and  the  wise  one  who 
knows  the  open  sesame  to  a  sailor's  heart  can  hear  many  a  tale  of 
thrilling  adventure  from  these  foreign  mariners.  Scale  Telegraph 
Hill,  and  down  on  the  hillside,  with  your  eyes  looking  out  toward 
the  Golden  Gate,  let  your  brain  weave  pictures  of  the  days  of  old. 
when  ships  from  sea  were  eagerly  watched  for  from  the  hill  on  which 
you  rest,  and  "steamer  day"  found  the  small  community  alert  for 
the  signals  from  Telegraph  Hill. 

For  those  irresponsible  beings  who  never  know  where  they  want 
to  go,  the  "penny"  walk  solves  the  difficulty.  On  startingout  toss  a 
coin  for  the  direction  to  be  taken,  heads  to  the  right,  tails  to  the  left. 
At  every  corner  let  your  turning  be  directed  by  chance,  and  the  coin 
will  lead  you  a  merry  dance.  Before  the  last  toss  you  may  find  your- 
self in  your  own  block  again.  Itis  an  experiment  that  always  brings 
amusement,  and  worth  trying  once  in  a  while.  The  gregarious  being 
seeks  the  parks  and  ferries,  where  he  finds  the  crowd  that  he  enjoys. 
But  for  the  stroller  who  would  share  his  thoughts  with  but  one  con- 
genial soul,  there  are  quiet  rambles  over  hills  and  through  valleys, 
where  nature  smiles  and  life  and  its  burdens  are  forgotten  while  un- 
der her  kindly  influence.  E.  P. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


/-"^yTRANGERS  visiting  San  Francisco  never  fail  to  be  impressed 
\j  with  the  type  of  woman  indigenous  to  the  city.  Her  buoyant 
\  (y\  steps,  glowing  cheek,  fine  figure,  regal  carriage,  the  sparkle  of 
K^y  her  eyes  attract  attention  wherever  she  goes,  and  create 
around  her  that  magnetic  atmosphere  which  is  born  only  of 
perfect  health.  She  comes  nearer  to  the  classic  ideal  of  Venus  than 
any  other  type  of  American  womanhood— not,  indeed,  to  the  Venus 
de  Medici,  whose  delicate  perfection  forms  the  most  precious  gem  in 
the  Pitti  Palace  "i'ribuna,"  but  rather  the  ample  charms  of  that 
magnificent  marble  woman  at  the  Louvre  Gallery,  the  Venus  de 
Milo,  whose  stone  beauty  was  the  delight  of  Heine,  the  German  poet, 
who,  when  already  so  near  the  shadow  of  death  that  he  could  no 
longer  enjoy  anything  of  life,  begged  to  be  carried  before  the  Goddess 
of  Beauty,  there  to  spend  hours  in  admiration  and  worship. 

Much  has  been  said  for  and  against  the  local  maid's  brilliant  com- 
plexion, and  by  her  pale-faced  New  York  sisters  she  is  sometimes 
accused  of  using  cosmetics,  when  her  glowing  cheek  is  really  quite 
innocent  of  rouge.  Ninon  de  L'Enclos,  who  still  inspired  a  grand 
passion  at  the  age  of  eighty,  owed  her  wonderful  baby-like  complex- 
ion to  bathing  her  face  with  dew,  which  was  gathered  and  preserved 
in  bottles  for  her  daily  use.  The  tradition  of  her  flirtatious  successes 
has  lived  through  centuries,  and  although  no  other  professional 
beauty  has  since  placed  herself  on  record  as  a  bather  in  morning 
dew,  the  ladies  of  Europe  still  believe  in  its  efficacy,  and  rise  before 
the  sun,  the  first  three  days  of  May,  to  transfer  with  their  own  deli- 
cate hands  the  dewy  moisture  from  the  young  plants  to  their  aristo- 
cratic faces,  happy  in  the  belief  that  they  thus  insure  the  one  charm 
without  which  no  woman  is  deemed  beautiful. 

The  San  Francisco  girl  is  not  an  early  riser,  neither  does  she  imi- 
tate the  coquettes  of  ancient  Rome,  whose  morning  ablutions  con- 
sisted in  a  bath  of  asses'  milk ;  she  is  also  ignorant  of  the  beautify- 
ing power  of  the  strawberry,  baskets  of  which  fragrant  fruit  are  used 
by  the  wise  Parisienne  to  obtain  what  the  San  Francisco  girl  is 
abundantly  given,  with  many  other  blessines,  by  Mother  Nature,  for 
does  not  the  blessed  fog  roll  in  through  our  Golden  Gate  in  thick 
gray  waves  and  caress  her  damask  cheek  until  it  rests  upon  it  as  the 
dewdrop  on  the  rose?  In  the  East,  the  haute  voUe  of  the  large  cities 
have  to  seek  such  spots  as  Newport,  which  is  celebrated  for  the  ten- 
der complexions  of  the  women.  Here  generous  Nature  bathes  our 
girls'  faces  in  the  dun-colored  clouds  with  which  she  envelops  our 
city  from  time  to  time.  True,  they  are  death  to  curled  bangs,  but 
the  effect  upon  the  skin  makes  ample  atonement  for  that. 

The  strength,  vitality,  and  animal  spirits  of  the  San  Francisco  girl 
are  so  great  that  she  perhaps  lacks  a  little  of  the  elegant  repose  pecu- 
liar, for  instance,  to  the  women  of  the  South,  but  there  is  a  fascina- 
tion in  her  fulness  of  life  which  disarms  criticism  and  turns  the  critic 
into  an  admirer.  Physically  she  is  well-nigh  perfect,  as  nearly  per- 
fect as  a  childhood  full  of  sunshine  and  bracing  fogs,  nourishing 
food,  and  unlimited  outdoor  exercise  can  make  her.  Grown  to  girl- 
hood, she  fulfills  her  early  promise.  From  her  personality  fairly 
radiates  the  independent  spirit  within  her. 

With  the  rest  of  American  womanhood  she  has  shaken  off  her 
natural  indolence,  born  of  the  very  ease  of  her  existence,  and  has 
taken  up  sport  in  all  its  fads.  Bicycling  has  rounded  her  limbs.  No 
craze  has  ever  spread  so  rapidly  in  San  Francisco  as  cycling.  Our 
streets  are  crowded  with  scores  of  wheels,  and  the  Park  has  really 
become  unsafe  from  the  superabundance  of  "safeties."  Ever3'body 
rides;  maidens  of  high  degree  or  low  degree,  school-girls  bound  for 
school,  business  women  on  their  way  to  the  office,  thus  economize 
time  and  money. 

Swimming,  by  developing  her  chest,  has  done  its  part  as  a  factor 
in  beauty  culture.  Formerly  relegated  to  the  summer  months,  the 
opening  of  our  splendid  baths  has  made  aquatic  sport  a  daily  habit. 
Almost  every  morning  our  girls  take  a  dip  in  the  tanks,  dive  in  the 
most  picturesque  ways,  or  daringly  leap  from  dizzy  heights. 

Riding  also  has  contributed  to  the  grace  of  her  figure,  although 
Amazons  are  less  frequently  seen  in  our  city  than  in  New  York,  and 
one  misses  the  gay  cavalcades  of  Rotten  Row,  London,  where  women 
excel  in  horsemanship.  True,  riding  classes  have  been  occasionally 
formed,  but  somehow  they  do  not  flourish  here. 

Rowing,  however,  is  doing  its  work  in  beautifying  our  girls'  arms. 


Since  Strawberry  Hill  has  its  artificial  lake,  many  have  become 
adepts  in  this  art,  and  on  pleasant  days  the  dainty  skiffs  glide  along 
the  smooth  water,  ably  propelled  by  strong,  girlish  arms,  whose 
owner  pulls  away  regardless  of  the  sun  which  burns  the  tip  of  her 
little  nose. 

If  the  San  Francisco  girl  has  not  imitated  her  English  cousins  in 
the  matter  of  walking,  we  may  probably  find  the  reason  for  this  in 
the  fact  that  our  perfect  cable-car  system  is  an  incentive  to  laziness,  or 
perhaps  the  steep  hills  make  a  brisk  constitutional  less  desirable;  not 
to  speak  of  our  fair  city  in  pleasant  promenades.  To  be  sure,  we  have 
our  Park,  than  which  there  are  few  more  beautiful,  but  such  a  weary 
stretch  of  badly  paved,  unswept  streets  lies  between  the  city  and  that 
green  oasis,  that  the  dainty,  well-shod  feet  of  our  girls  shrink  from 
the  contact.  And  here  let  it  be  said  that,  as  regards  feet,  our  girls 
hold  their  own  even  when  compared  with  the  Frenchwomen,  who  in 
this  respect  have  a  national  reputation  to  sustain.  The  San  Fran- 
cisco girl  is  the  fortunate  possessor  of  a  rather  long,  slender  foot, 
with  high-arched  instep,  and  well-turned  ankle,  very  different,  for 
instance,  from  that  of  the  dull  Portland  maiden,  who  thinks  nothing 
of  a  tramp  in  the  rain.  Perhaps  we  might  become  better  pedestrians 
had  we  more  places  to  walk  in.  Our  philanthropists  have  estab- 
lished playgrounds  for  the  little  ones,  drinking  fountains  for  the 
thirsty,  and  free  baths  for  the  unwashed,  but  why  has  no  one  ever 
thought  of  leaving  money  for  the  purpose  of  making  boulevards  of 
some  of  our  avenues,  setting  aside  a  fund  to  maintain  a  band  of 
music,  and  thus  giving  us  the  one  beauteous  feature  that  San  Fran- 
cisco lacks— a  fashionable  promenade? 

Let  it  be  understood  that  the  San  Francisco  girl  is  a  type  apart 
from  her  California  sisters.  Perhaps  the  Oakland  girl  resembles  her 
most  closely  ;  she  possesses  the  same  restless,  untiring  activity  and 
love  of  fun. 

Los  Angeles  and  Santa  Barbara's  production  is  of  a  more  tropical 
nature,  with  coloring  less  vivid.  Perhaps  the  hot  sun-kisses  of  those 
counties  have  greedily  stolen  the  roses  from  the  velvet  cheeks,  and 
given  the  Southern  maiden  that  rare  complexion  which  the  French 
call  "teint  mat."  The  Santa  Barbara  girls  excel  in  sweetness  of  man- 
ner, and  have  often  proved  themselves  formidable  rivals  in  winning 
the  hearts  of  the  Eastern  and  English  tourists. 

Up  North,  near  the  mountains,  the  girls  are  hardier,  may  I  say  a 
trifle  rougher?  The  wild  scenery  and  untrammeled  life  are  perhaps 
responsible  for  this. 

It  was  not  long  ago  that  our  Native  Sons  and  Daughters  convened 
at  San  Jose.  Has  anybody  who  was  there  forgotten  with  what  ease 
the  San  Francisco  girl  carried  off  the  palm  for  physical  superiority 
and  tasteful  dressing?  To  judge  from  the  narrow-chested  daughters 
of  some  of  the  interior  counties,  their  sallow  cheeks  and  stooping 
shoulders,  there  must  be  something  wrong  in  the  lives  of  the  people 
of  those  districts,  for  such  things  should  not  be.  Outdoor  life  seems 
to  belong  to  smaller  towns,  and  the  bracing  mountain  air  should  fill 
the  poor  cramped  lungs  until  they  expand  the  chest  and  give  vigor 
to  the  whole  frame. 

Our  own  atmosphere,  with  its  superabundance  of  ozone,  which 
quickens  the  blood  and  sends  it  racing  through  the  veins,  has  largely 
contributed  to  produce  our  own  type  of  girlhood. 

With  all  her  physical  advantages,  the  San  Francisco  woman  has 
a  distinct  mentality.  Given  a  healthy  body  (sickly  children  are  far 
less  frequent  here  than  anywhere  else),  the  little  girl  bears  the  strain 
of  school-life  well,  and  brings  to  her  maturity  a  bright,  keen,  and 
fairly  well-stored  mind.  To  be  sure,  it  is  rather  like  a  piece  of  mosaic, 
made  up  of  bits  of  all  sorts  of  things,  but  so  skillfully  put  together 
that,  as  in  the  case  of  the  pictures  at  St.  Peter's,  in  Rome,  only  a 
connoisseur  can  tell  that  it  is  not  the  work  of  the  artist,  but  of  the 
artisan. 

The  San  Francisco  girl  does  not,  like  the  fair  Bostonian,  continue 
her  serious  intellectual  works  through  the  extent  of  her  natural  life, 
but  she  is  ever  ready  to  take  up  any  new  fad  that  appears  on  the 
horizon.  If  a  walking-class  is  formea  she  joins  it  for  a  season,  at 
least,  to  drop  it  in  favor  of  fencing  or  a  Browning  Club.  She  will 
even  take  lessons  in  cooking,  provided  the  Four  Hundred  think  this 
the  correct  thing,  and  her  naturally  generous  nature  leads  her  to 
works  of  charity.  She  carries  flowers  and  fruit  to  prison  and  hos- 
pital, sings  hymns  for  the  bedridden  inmates  of  the  Almshouse,  or 
poses  in  living  pictures  for  the  benefit  of  abandoned  infants. 

Our  climatic  conditions  so  closely  resemble  those  of  Italy  that  vis- 
ionaries prophesy  for  us,  in  the  distant  future,  the  position  of  an 
artistic  centre  akin  to  that  held  by  Rome  or  Florence.  Our  girls  work 
away  bravely  at  music,  painting,  and  the  other  arts,  unconsciously 
paving  the  way  for  a  third  Renaissance.  If  they  are  less  thorough  in 
their  accomplishments,  they  possess,  perhaps,  greater  versatility,  for 


i  IIKISTM  IS    M  MMK.lt. 


surely  tennis  and  football  playing  are  DO  mean  adjunoil  to  «li"ir 

natural  fascinations. 

TIh- San  Kranri«co  girl  bas  been  well  lapiaaanlod  [n  the  literary 
and  dramatic  world  "ihir  Sibyl'  don  her  State  proud  as  a  mtuicaj 
ligbt.and  Rosa  Itonheur  bas  an  ambitious  follower  in  one  of  OftU- 
fornia'.-  native  daughters. 

The  typical  California  woman  fears  nothing.  She  makes  light  of 
traveling  alone.  f.»r  she  is  accustomed  to  be  held  in  high  esteem  by 
men.  The  tradition  of  early  days,  when  she  was  a  rare  and  radiant 
thing,  has  not  yet  died  out,  and  she  shows  consciousness  of  it  in  her 
independent  bearing,  her  proudly  poised  head,  and  her  general  devil- 
may-care  air,  which  sometimes  leads  her  to  be  misjudged  by 
strangers. 

She  has  a  fair  amount  of  the  spirit  of  fun.  and  has  occasionally 
gone  to  the  verge  of  the  ritaut  for  the  mere  sake  of  deviltry— taking 
care,  however,  not  to  overstep  the  boundary  line,  for  she  has  a  keen 
appreciation  of  her  own  high  value. 

Like  other  modern  women,  she  no  longer  regards  marriage  as  the 
end  and  aim  of  her  life.  She  has  pursuits,  until  she  meets  the  man 
of  her  choice.  Then  she  does  not  exactly  take  the  oath  of  allegiance, 
but  consents  to  share  the  scepter  with  him.  or  become  the  power  be- 
hind the  throne.  She  is  then  his  earnest  co-worker.  Our  homes  are 
evidence  of  her  capabilities  as  head  of  the  house.  Her  children  have 
in  her  a  devoted  companion,  and  still  she  finds  time  for  active  inter- 
est in  some  of  the  many  clubs  that  attest  the  strength  of  woman's 
work  in  our  city. 

There  is  no  place  in  the  world  where  women  grow  old  more  grace- 
fully than  here.  There  are  no  extremes  of  season  to  play  havoc  with 
their  complexions  after  the  first  flush  of  youth  is  passed  ;  the  com- 
parative luxury  of  life  prevents  the  pretty  curves  from  disappearing 
too  early— indeed,  the  tendency  of  the  San  Francisco  woman  rather 
leans  towards  increased  outlines  in  middle  life,  and  if  nowhere  we 
find  a  greater  number  of  pretty  girls,  there  is  also  no  place  that  can 
boast  of  more  sweet-faced,  fine-looking,  white-haired  women. 


THE    BUQLE    CALL.— Mary  Stewart  Culling. 


HAVE  you  heard  the  troops  a-marching, 
Marching,  marching  ? 

0  my  soul,  to  hear  the  bugle  and  the   long   roll  of  the  drum  ! 
Up  the  hill  and  down  the  valley,  I  can  hear  his  step  among  them. 

Before  you  see  his  scarlet  coat,  I'll  know  my  love  has  come. 

'■  I  can  see  the  troops  a-marching, 
Slowly,  slowly, 
As  they  near,  the  pale  leaves  tremble  at  the  coming  of  that  band ; 
There  is  neither  sound  nor  footfall,  neither  bugle-blast  nor  drum- 
call, 
A  silent  host  they  pass  from  sight  into  a  silent  land." 

Nay,  I  hear  the  bugle  calling, 

Calling,  calling! 
O,  the  footsteps  of  my  soldier,   I  can  count  them  as  they  fall; 
As  I  time  mine  to  the  echo,   over  hill  and  over  valley, 

1  am  marching,  marching  ever,  to  that  unseen  bugle's  call ! 

Richard  Davis,  a  resident  of  New  York,  was  the  inventor  of 

the  compound  known  as  "English  breakfast  tea."  It  was  composed 
of  three  kinds  of  tea— congou,  pekoe,  ond  powchong.  He  made  a 
fortune  by  its  sale.    It  was  first  put  on  themarket  in  1843. 

The  Duchess  d'  Uses,  the  wealthiest  woman  in  France,  every 

Friday  assumes  the  ordinary  dress  of  a  nurse,  and,  placing  herself 
entirely  under  the  orders  of  the  superintendent,  spends  the  day  as 
one  of  the  regular  attendants  in  a  cancer  hospital. 


UsTSTJU^LlSrCE. 


A  bicycle  operated  by  steam  has  been  invented  by  a  Glasgow 

engineer.  Steam  is  generated  by  a  little  petroleum  engine.  The  en- 
tire machine  weighs  eighty  pounds,  and  will  run  three  hours  with 
one  supply  of  fuel. 

Miss  Hall  Caine,  daughter  of  the  English  novelist,  is  an  actress 

of  considerable  merit,  and  is  now  touring  in  The  Masqueraders. 


X  JSTSTTIR-AuDSr  CE  . 


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»torase  Capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular    WareboDse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  .Exchange  Call  Board. 


These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  CoaBt,  and  are  furalBhed 
with  the  latest  Improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Xuburance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-Class  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
If  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  ot  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Callfornla  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

OaPITAL  16,700,00 

AGENTS: 
BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  316  California  Street.  San  Francisco 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets   119,724,638.45. 

President.  BENJAMIN  P.  STEVENS.  I  Vice-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  POSTER 
HENRY  K.  FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Building  Montqomerv  Street,  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,  GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 

Capital,  $2,250,000.  Total  Assets,  $6,854,663  66 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  CONRAP  «s  CO.,  general  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLE.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZUBICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4.000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  be  BUBtained. 

HARRY  W.  8YZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  8an  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.  J 
Office— Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

Capital  Paid  Up *    500,000 

Assets  3,181,768 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,525,167 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  Street. 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
SOI  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  CO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIOENOE- WASHINGTON    INSURANCE    tOMPANT, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,  1799.) 

BUTLER  &  EALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER* 

DRIFTING    AWAY.— Barton  Grey. 

IB^IsriKIS- 

"TvRlFIING  away  from  each  other, 
\j       Silently  driftiDg  apart; 

Nothing  between  but  the  world's  cold  screen, 
Nothing  to  lose,  but  a  heart. 

Only  two  lives  dividing 

More  and  more  day  by  day ; 
Only  one  soul  from  another  soul 

Steadily  drifting  away. 
Only  a  man's  heart  striving 

Bitterly  hard  with  its  doom; 
Only  a  hand  tender  and  bland 

Slipping  away  in  the  gloom. 
Nothing  of  doubt  or  wrong; 

Nothing  that  either  can  cure; 
Nothing  to  shame;  nothing  to  blame; 

Nothing  to  do,  but  endure. 

The  world  cannot  stand  still, 

Tides  ebb,  and  women  change; 

Nothing  here  that  is  worth  a  tear, 
One  love  less,  nothing  strange. 

Drifting  away  from  each  other, 

Steadily  drifting  apart; 
No  wrong  to  each  that  the  world  can  reach, 

Nothing  lost — but  a  heart! 

BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  1862. 
CAPITAL  Paid  Up $3,000,000 

Southeast  corner  Bush  and  Sansome  streets. 
HEAD   OFFICE       60  Lombard  SIreet,  London 

Branches — Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kamloops,  Nanaimo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  sub- 
ject to  Check,  and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

New  York— Merchants  Bank  of  Canada;  Chicago — First  National  Bank ; 
Liverpool — North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland — British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney.  Ld. ;  Demeraba  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL     ...    .$3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (Oc.oberl,  1894) 3.168,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.                  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 
Charles  R    Bisho  .Vice-President          Allen  M  <  lay.  Seer-  tary 
S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,             I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 
«miklsim»ih:ms; 

New  York— Messrs    Laidlaw  <fc  Co;  'Ihe  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  California;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  aud  s-aviogs  Bank;   Australia  and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,   Japan  and  India- Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China   St.  Louis— Boatmen's  Bank 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.   Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,   Portland,  Or.,  Los  AngeleB,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fraukfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

■BJ^isrisis. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT  ;ND  TRUST   CO. 

Paid-up  Capital,  $1,000,000. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J    D    FRY,  President HENRY- WILLIAMS,  Vice-Presideu  1 

J.  Dalzell  Brown.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee.    It  is  a  legal  depositary  forCourt  and  Trust 
FundB.    Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

ActB  aB  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.    Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearine  fixed  rates  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwards,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate->  of  interest  thereon. 
*          KEXTS    SA FEN  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwardB,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

W°LLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVIN6S  UNION. 

Corner  California  and  Webb  Streets. 

MUTOAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G   MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G.  Fair,  L  P.Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffitt,  S    G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  pa.d  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits.     Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities.                                                               GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVIN6S  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  8.  F. 

Deposits  Jan u«ry  2,  1894 S9.429.21  7  0* 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS— Edward  Kruse,  George  H.  Eggers,  0.  Schoe- 
mann,  F.  Tillmann,  H.  Horstmann,  B.  A.  Becker,  H.  L.  Simon,  Ign.  Stein- 
hart,  Daniel  Meyer.    Attorney,  W.  S.  Goodfelluw. 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.   B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,   G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,   Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loaus  only  on  real  estate  security.    Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  this  Savings 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  tbe  money.    The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.    No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.    Office  hours— 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.    Satur- 
day evenings,  6:30  to  8. 

THE  ANGL0-CAL1F0RNIAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  E.  Corner  Pine  and  Sansome  Streets. 

Subscribed  3,000,000  |  Reserve  Fund  700,000 

Head  Office — 18  Austin  Friars,  London,  E.  C. 
Agents  at  New  York — J.  &  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
The  Bunk  transacts  a  general  banking  business,  sells  drafts,  makes  tele- 
graphic transfers,  and  issues  letters  of  credit  available  throughout  the 
world.     Sends  bills  for  collection,  loans  money,  buys  and  sells  exchange 
and  bullion.                                                 IGN.  STEINHART     )  Wo„aM. 

P.  N.  LILIENTHAL,  ,  Managers 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK,  Limited. 

Authorized  Capital  . .  $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  tJp     .  $2,450,000 

Reserve    ...            $500,000 

San  Francisco  Office— 424  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portland  Brauch— Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 115b  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager.  ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,   WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FRIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— i/iexel,  Morgan  &  Co.    BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

ThiB  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  haid  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

WELLS.  FARGO  &  CO  'S  BANK. 

N .  E.  Corner  Sansome  and  Sutter  Streets. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
Cash  Capital  aud  Surplus $6,350.000  00 

John  J.  Valentine President  1  Homer  S.  King Manager 

H.  WadB worth Cashier  |  F.  L.  Lipman Assistant  CaBhier 

BRANCHES. 
N.  Y.  City,  H.  B.  PARSONS,  Cashier.  |  Salt  Lake  City,  J.  E.  DOOLY,  Cashier 

DIRECTORS . 
John  J.  Valentine,  Benj.  P.  Cheney,  Oliver  Eldridge,  Henry  E.  Hunting- 
ton, Homer  S.  King,  Geo.  E.  Gray,  John  J.   McCook,  Charles  F.  Crocker, 
Dudley  Evans. 

THE  CROCKER-WOOLWORTH  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Corner  Market,  Montgomery  aud  Post  Streets. 

PAID-UP  CAPITAL $I,000,OCO. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  BANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTEK. 

Subscribed  Capital       $3,500,000  I  Paid  Up  Capital.  $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fuud,  $800,0(0. 

Head  Office      58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.      Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie. 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  on  the  principal  cities  of  the  world 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

BIG.  GREENBADM.I  «._._-„ 
C.  ALTSCHUL          j  Managers. 

DIRECTORS: 
CHAS.  F.  CROCKER,         |        E.  B.  POND. 
WM.  H.  CROCKER Peesidbnt 

GEO.  W.  KLINE .   ..'.               Cashieb 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,260,000. 

Successor  to  Sathbr  &  Co.,  Established  1851,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.                     L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 
Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York— Dreiel,  Morgan  A  Co.     Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co      Chicago— Atlas  National  Bank.     St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank.  London— Brown 
Shipley  4  Co,    Paris— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

SECORITY  SAVINGS  BANK- 

222  MONTGOMERY  ST.,  MILLS  BUILDING. 
INTEREST  PAW  ON  DEPOSITS.       LOANS  HADI 

DIRECTORS: 
Wm.  Alvord                   Jerome  Lincoln                   H.  H.  Hewlett 
Wm   Babcock                 O.  D   Baldwin                        A.  K.  P.  Harmon 
Adam  Grant                   W .  8.  Jones                           J.  B.  Randol. 

S.   P.   Nm  Lrttw. 


Chriitmu  Nombcr. 


CHRISTMAS  TIDINQS.-  By  Eva  Withrow. 


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Wendell  Easton 


Geo.  Easton. 


121  South  Brradway, 
Los  Angeles, 


638   MARKET  ST. 


OPPOSITE 
PALACE    HOTEL 


San  Francisco, 


JOS.   TETLEY   &  CO.'S 


In  Lead  Packets. 
Frtgrant.    Delicious. 
Two  Qualities, 


TEAS. 


Yellow  Label S  5c. 

Green  Label 60c. 


THIS  TEA  IS  ABSOLUTELY  PUSE 


And  has  an  enormous  sale  throughout  England  and  Europe.  A  pure  nur- 
ture of  ASSAM  ilndia)  and  CEVLOJi  TEAS,  the  fine,t  blend  imported. 
An  economical  and  delicious  brew.  Having  ouce  used  ihis  tea  you  will 
use  no  other.  Put  up  in  lead  packages  of  one  half  or  oue  lb.  For  sale  by 
M.  HANK  IX,  506  Battery  SI ,  S  F. 


Established  IS?). 


ojjo  Hoi^/n/ws  )$%> 

411  Bush   street.     Opposite 
the    New   California    Hotel. 
Best   Equipped 
0Y5RR  ai?<*  CU|K&  P^RtORS. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCH1.ITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerliches  Brauhaus. 
Hlsen,  Bohemia:  Aden  Beer  from  Rizzi  Oulmbach,  Bavaria. 

SOFT-FINISHED  UNDRESSED    WORSTEDS 

Are  the  correct  thing  in  WOOLENS  this  season. 

H.   S.   BRIDGE   &   CO.,   MERCHANT  TAILORS. 

622  Market  St.Jopp^aiact'Hotei.  !3an  Francisco 

Many  Novelties  in  Imported  Wear.    Shirts  to  order  a  Specialty. 

BETHESDA. 

AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 

"  I  regard  Bethesda  as  a  delightful  water,  refreshing  and  invigorating, 
with  medicinal  properties  of  much  value." 

"  —Hon.  Charles  Foster,  ex-Secretary  oj  Treasury . 

"  I  have  used  Bethesda  for  many  years,  and  deem  it  the  best  in  the  coun- 
~  ..  —Hon.  Joseph  W.  Filer,  ex-Qovernor  of  Illinois. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  AGENTS. 

418  Sacramento  street,  8.  F. 


try 


JOSEPH  GILLOTT'S  STEEL  PENS. 

Sold  Medals,  Parts  1878— 1889. 

■WThese  penB  are  "the  best  in  the  world."    Sole  agent  for  the 
ifSffrt  itosV  MR.  BY.  HOE.  91  JOHN  St..  N.  Y.    Sold  by  all  Stationers 


For  the  Best  Value  in        H  ATS 


ooio    C.  HERRMANN  &  CO., 

The  Hatters. 

328  Kearny  St ,  near  Pine,  S    F. 

J.  D.  Spreckels  &  Bros.  Company, 
SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS. 

GENERAL   AGENTS 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

GILLINGHAM    CEMENT 

327  Market  Street,  corner  Fremont. 
8AN    FRANOIBOO 

KIMBALL'S  FRAGRANT  VANITY  FAIR  AHU 

SATIN  STRAIGHT-CUT  CIGARETTES. 

Unsurpassed  in  quality ;  nsed  by  people  of  refined  taste. 
10  First  Prize  Medals.   Our  vanity  Fair  and  Various 
Smoking  Mixtures  are  the  finest  for  the  pipe. 
Wm.  8.  KEHBALL  dt  «*>„ 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 


St.    lau/r^ce 


LIVERY  AND  SALES  STABLE. 
W.  E.  Bridge,  Proprietor. 

423  post  5t., 

Bet.  Powell  and  Mason 
Telephone  1333.  San  Francisco. 


COAL. 


J.  C.  WILSON  &  CO. 


WHOLESALE   AND  RETAIL 

Principal  Office— 900  BATTERY  ST.,  Corner  VallejoSt., 
lelephone  No.  1864. 


S.  F. 


Family  Trade 
a  Specialty. 


Branch  Offlce-1058  BROADWAY.     Yard— FIFTH  ASD  WEBSTER  STS  ,  Oakland.      Telephone  No.  S4. 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER-. 


GENERAL    THOMAS    J.    CLUNIE. 

GENERAL  CLUNIE  enjoys  tbe  unique  distinction  of  having 
been  declared,  by  special  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  California, 
twenty-one  years  old  when  he  was  only  eighteen — the  only  Act 
of  the  bind  ever  passed  by  our  Legislature.  He  had  been  reared 
in  California  and  had  been  graduated  in  the  same  law  class  that 
turned  out  Judge  Wiggin,  one  of  the  editorial  writers  of  the 
Chronicle,  and  as  be  was  under  age  at  the  time  of  his  graduation 
the  Act  was  passed  to  enable  him  to  practice.  The  promise  of  a 
brilliant  future  upon  which  that  extraordinary  Legislative  Act 
was  based  has  not  failed  of  fruition.  Mr.  Clunie  at  once  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  the  law,  which  he  prosecated  with  so  emi- 
nent success  that  in  1888,  having  attracted  wide  attention,  he 
was  elected  to  Congress.  He  then  turned  over  his  business  to  his 
brother,  Andrew  J.  Clunie,  and  gave  his  entire  attention  to  pub- 
lic matters. 

His  first  venture  in  politics  was  in  Sacramento,  when  he  was 
elected  to  the  Legislature  as  a  Democrat.  Although  representing 
Sacramento  City,  the  home  of  the  builders  of  the  C.  P.  R.  R.  Co., 
against  all  their  influence  be  voted  for  tbe  Archer  bill,  to  reduce 
freights  and  fares,  and  incurred  the  enmity  of  the  railroad  mag- 
nates, which  has  continued  ever  since.  Although  but  a  boy  at 
that  time,  he  introduced  several  measures  to  reform  abuses  and 
reduce  taxes.  He  took  up 
his  residence  in  San  Francisco 
in  1881,  where  he  continued 
the  practice  of  bis  profession. 
In  1884  he  was  sent  as  a  dele- 
gate at  large  from  California 
to  the  Democratic  National 
Convention,  and  represented 
our  State  in  drafting  the  plat- 
form upon  which  Grover 
Cleveland  was  elected  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States.  In 
1886  he  was  elected  to  the 
State  Senate  from  San  Fran- 
cisco. In  that  Legislature  he 
was  the  ardent  friend  of  the 
late  United  8tates  Senator 
George  Hearst,  and  supported 
him  with  all  his  might  to  rep- 
resent California  in  tbe  Senate 
of  the  United  States.  He 
made  the  nominating  speech 
for  Senator  Hearst.  The  Leg- 
islature was  Democratic,  and 
although  Senator  Hearst's  was 
the  only  name  before  the  peo- 
ple as  a  candidate  for  Senator, 
when  it  became  known  that 
tbe  Democrats  had  carried  the 
Legislature  several  gentlemen 
became  candidates,  but  under 
tbe  management  of  General 
Clunie  the  Hearst  forces  were 
held  together  and  he  was 
elected  to  the  Senate.  Tbe 
closest  friendship  existed  be- 
tween Senator  Hearst  and 
General  Clunie  up  lo  the  time 
of  the  Senator's  death,  Mr. 
Hearst  often  stating  in  public 
that  he  hoped  to  live  to  see 
the  day  when  his  young  friend 
Clunie  would  be  a  member  of 
tbe  United  States  Senate.  Thomas  J. 

General  Clunie  introduced  and  pressed*  to  final  passage,  during 
his  term  in  the  Senate,  bills  to  shorten  the  hours  of  labor  of  street- 
car men,  to  make  manufacturers  put  their  own  stamp  on  their 
goods,  and  urged  the  passage  of  bills  to  provide  permanent 
means  for  our  State  University  and  Golden  Gate  Part,  and  to 
finish  our  City  Hall.  At  the  request  of  Mayor-elect  Adolph 
Sutro,  he  introduced  and  caused  to  be  placed  on  the  Statute  books 
the  law  under  which  Mr.  Sutro  will  give  his  elegant  library  to  the 
city. 

After  his  term  in  the  Senate  had  expired  Mr.  Clunie  was 
elected  to  Congress.  His  services  to  the  State  while  there  are 
well  known.  He  was  placed  on  the  Committee  on  Public  Build- 
ings and  Grounds  for  the  purpose  of  getting  some  public  build- 
ings in  California.  He  got  the  committee  to  make  a  unanimous 
report  in  favor  of  Congressman,  now  Judge,  Morrow's  bill  for  ten 
millions  of  dollars  for  a  post-office  site  in  San  Francisco,  and  to 
start  the  work  thereon  Mr.  Clunie  and  the  Judge  finally  agreed  to 
take  one  and  a  quarter  millions  for  a  starter,  and  this  was  appro- 
priated. He  secured  $200,000  for  San  Jose,  increased  the  Sacra- 
mento appropriation  to  $300,000,  obtained  $75,000  as  a  starter  for 
Stockton,  secured  favorable  reports  from  his  committee  for  an  in- 
crease in  the  Los  Angeles  appropriation,  $300,000  for  San  Diego,  I 
$300,000  for  Oakland,  and  $50,000    for   Eureka.     He  dog  up  the 


old  war  claims  that  California  had  against  the  United  States,  and 
got  the  bill  favorably  reported  for  over  three  millions  of  dollars. 
In  connection  with  Congressman  Morrow  he  prepared  and  had 
favorably  reported  a  Chinese  Exclusion  Act,  bat  as  the  previous 
Act  did  not  expire  until  1892  the  passage  of  the  law  was  deferred 
until  the  next  session.  He  secared  an  amendment  to  the  law 
authorizing  tbe  building  of  two  national  penitentiaries  east  of  the 
Rockies,  and  had  inserted  a  third,  which  should  be  built  on  the 
Pacific  Coast.  He  advocated  liberal  appropriations  for  the  Sacra- 
mento, 8an  Joaquin,  Yuba,  and  Feather  Rivers,  and  secured 
appropriations  for  a  breakwater  at  Santa  Cruz  and  the  survey  of 
Alviso  Creek.  The  last  two  projects  were  reported  against  by  the 
engineers.  He  was  tbe  consistent  foe  of  trusts  and  monopolies, 
and  voted  to  restore  to  the  public  over  forty-seven  million  acres 
of  land  now  claimed  by  railroad  corporations. 

8ince  his  retirement  from  Congress  his  services  to  the  State 
have  been  greatly  missed.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee 
on  Platform  and  Resolutions  of  the  last  Democratic  State  Con- 
vention, and  canvassed  the  State  for  the  election  of  the  Hon. 
James  H.  Budd. 

His  military  title  comes  from  his  connection  with  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State,  having  risen  from  a  private  in  tbe  ranks  to 
Brigadier  General.  He  always  takes  an  interest  in  politics,  and 
speaks  for  his  party.     He  has  resumed  the  practice  of  law  with 

his  brother,  A.  J.  Clunie,  their 
offices  being  at  202  Sansome 
street,  over  the  Anglo-Cali- 
fornia Bank.  General  Clunie's 
genial  personality  is  not  the 
Jeast  of  his  charms. 


A  SPARKLING  DELIGHT. 

i£  IWTCMM'S  Extra  Dry"  is 
1V1  as  familiar  a  phrase  as 
the  civilized  world  knows.  A 
champagne  that  has  made  bo 
sweeping  a  conquest  must 
have  permanent  merit,  and  it 
is  not  possible  to  imagine  a 
decadence  of  its  fame.  An 
evidence  of  its  popularity  is 
found  in  tbe  Custom  House 
statistics  for  the  eleven 
months  ending  December  1, 
1891,  which  show  that  the  im- 
portations of  Mumm  during 
that  period  were  sixty  per 
cent,  larger  than  those  of  the 
next  highest  champagne  on 
the  list,  being  73,283  cases, 
which  is  6,682  cases  more  than 
were  imported  of  this  wine  for 
the  whole  of  1893.  Connois- 
seurs will  be  delighted  to  learn 
that  the  vintage  of  1889  is 
now  about  ready  for  delivery, 
and  that  this  wine,  which  has 
created  a  furore  in  Europe,  is 
pronounced  the  finest  that  G. 
H.  Mumm  &  Co.  ever  pro- 
duced. Chemical  analysis  hax 
established  the  absolute  purity 
of  all  of  Mumm's  vintage*. 
The  Pacific  Coast  representa- 
tive of  tbe  makers  is  W.  A. 
Games,  306  Pine  street. 


George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel,  carries  the  finest  Jap- 
anese vases,  bric-a-brac,  and  other  decorations  for  indoor  effects. 

Christmas  Cards,  Calenders,  Booklets,  and  Brownies  for  every- 
body.   Open  evenings.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co. 


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A.    H.    RICKETTS. 

ELSEWHERE  in  (his  issue  is  an  able  article  on  ihe  mining 
laws,  wbicb  will  interest  all  who  are  connected  with  that 
great  industry.  It  was  written  by 
A.  H.  Ricketts,  who  indicates  cer- 
tain changes  that  are  needed  in 
the  mining  law,  and  as  he  1s  a 
leading  authority  on  this  subject  his 
opinions  are  highly  valued.  As  a 
mining  lawyer  he  ranks  among  the 
highest.  He  is  the  author  of  "A 
Desserlation  upon  the  American 
Mining  Law,"  which  was  published 
by  the  State  about  a  year  ago 
for  gratuitous  distribution,  and 
wbicb  was  so  well  received  that  the 
edition  of  ten  thousand  copies  is  al- 
ready nearly  exhausted. 

Mr.  Ricketts  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  California  Miners'  Asso- 
ciation, and  among  the  members  of 
'■  that  body  in  particular  his  high  abil- 
|  ities  are  recognized.  At  the  last  con- 
vention be  read  a  caustic  paper  on 
the  ruliDgs  of  the  Department  of  the 
Interior,  for  which  be  received  a 
special  vote  of  thanks  from  the  con- 
vention. Thousands  of  copies  of 
the  address  have  been  printed  in 
pamphlet  form  for  distribution 
throughout  the  United  States  and 
among  the  members  of  Congress  at 
Washington.  He  is  a  memberofatl 
the  important  committees  of  the 
Miners'  Association,  and  chairman 
of  the  Committee  for  the  Protection 
of  Mineral  Lands,  and  has  a  large 
experience  in  mining  litigation  and 
in  the  Land  Department  of  the 
United  States,  in  both  of  which  he 
has  met  with  much  success.  The 
ownership  and  mansgementof  mines 
require  a  peculiar  order  of  abilities 
and  qualifications,  and  in  these 
times,  when  everything  runs  to  spe- 
cialities, a  mining  lawyer  is  a  distinct 
institution.  The  law  is  intricate  and 
confused,  and  such  expert  knowl- 
edge as  Mr.  Ricketts  possesses  is  often  required  to  secure  a  man 
in  the  possession  of  valuable  property. 


A    BOOK    ON    SOCIETY. 


N°, 


CHARLES    F.    HANLON. 


MR.  HANLON  was  born  in  New  York,  but  was  brought  to 
ifornia  at  so  early  an  age  that  he  is  essentially  a  Californ 
hie  was  edncated  at  St.  Ignatius 
College  in  this  city.  For  a  man  of 
bis  education,  industry,  and  stu- 
dious habits,  the  profession  of  the 
law  offered  the  strongest  induce- 
ments, aDd  his  success  in  that  un- 
dertaking has  been  remarkable.  Al- 
though having  a  general  practice, 
he  early  developed  so  uncommon 
skill  in  the  handling  of  intricate 
will  cases  that  it  is  in  probate  prac- 
tice especially  that  he  has  achieved 
his  highest  fame,  ranking  with  the 
leading  probate  lawyers  of  the 
world.  The  Hinkle  will  case,  which 
he  handled  with  so  perfect  success, 
belongs  to  the  history  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, but  it  is  not  less  famous  than 
the  case  of  Zeehandelaar,  the  re- 
porter who  was  imprisoned  for  con- 
tempt in  refusing  to  divulge  news- 
paper secrets,  and  whose  cause  Mr. 
Hanlon  finally  won  in  the  Supreme 
Court.  His  ability  displayed  in  un- 
earthing the  crooked  practices  by 
which  the  owners  of  the  Donald 
Gold  and  Silver  Mining  Company 
were  being  mulcted,  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  whole  country. 
These  are  but  a  few  of  the  noted 
cases  upon  which  his  fame  rests, 
and  it  is  a  familiar  fact  that  his  prac- 
tice is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  lucrative  in  the  West. 


Cal- 
tan. 


subject  has  crealed  more  interest  and  speculation  in  society 
Ircles  during  the  past  few  months  than  the  book  by  W.  H. 
Cbambllss,  entitled  Chambliss'  Diary, 
or  Society  as  It  Really  Is.  This 
talented  writer  has  kept  a  diary  for 
twelve  years,  during  which  time  be 
has  traveled  extensively  and  been 
an  intelligent  observer.  From  ad- 
vance sheets  of  the  work  it  is  evi- 
dent that  the  author,  though  caustic 
and  fearless  in  holding  up  the  pre- 
tenses and  absurdities  of  Ihe  new 
rich  as  a  warning  to  others,  has 
nevertheless  a  dignified  purpose  and 
a  certain  kindliness  of  treatment 
that  can  offend  only  those  whose 
errors  he  may  have  discovered.  The 
style  of  the  work  is  simple  and 
straightforward,  and  none  can  doubt 
the  author's  sincerity.  As  a  scion 
of  one  of  the  best  old  families  in  the 
country,  it  would  be  impossible  for 
him  to  sink  to  the  vulgar  level  of  a 
babbler;  and  while  he  is  often  severe, 
his  severity  is  that  of  a  philosopher 
and  betrays  no  element  of  malice. 
It  is  a  book  for  all  classes,  its  shrewd 
insight  into  the  characters  of  those 
composing  the  upper  ten  being  par- 
ticularly instructive  and  entertain- 
ing. His  opportunities  have  been 
exceptionally  good  tor  an  intelligent 
discharge  of  the  duty  which  he  as- 
sumed. In  the  dedication  Mr. 
Chambliss  gives  the  key  to  the 
character  of  the  contents  of  the  book. 
It  is  dedicated  to  bis  mother  and  all 
other  good  mothers,  and  declares 
that  as  the  chief  object  of  the  lives 
of  mothers  is  the  improvement  of 
society,  concentration  of  attention 
upon  the  evils  which  prevail  must 
result  in  the  general  improvement  of 
mankind. 


COL.    ISAAC    TRTJMBO. 


WHENEVER  the  name  of  this  brainy,  warm-hearted  man  is 
mentioned,  the  Teader  at  once  associates  it  with  one  of  the 
most  interesting  occurrences  in  the  history  of  the  Union — 
the  admission  of  Utah  as  a  State. 
The  overcoming  of  the  tremendous 
difficulties  which  operated  against 
that  achievement  would  be  a  basis 
upon  which  any  man  might  be 
proud  to  rest  his  fame,  but  that  is 
largely  a  national  affair,  while  here 
in  California  this  distinguished 
man  is  known  as  one  of  the  ablest 
and  safest  financiers  of  tbe  coast. 
He  was  born  in  Nevada,  but  lived 
afterward  in  Utah,  where  he  be- 
came familiar  with  the  great  re- 
sources and  the  hopes  and  aspira- 
tions of  the  people.  Then  he  came 
to  California,  where  tbe  opportuni- 
ties for  tbe  exeicTse  of  his  financial 
genius  were  larger  and  where  he 
took  a  front  place  among  the  strong 
men  of  the  State.  When  finally 
Utah  cried  aloud  for  admission,  all 
the  eyes  of  the  Territory  were 
turned  upon  him,  and  he  promptly 
responded.  The  history  of  that 
great  struggle,  which  he  headed 
and  out  of  which  he  aud  the  peo- 
ple of  Utah  emerged  victorious,  is 
lamiliar  to  all..  The  event  was 
almost  spectacular  in  its  character, 
and  bas  indelibly  impressed  his 
name  on  the  history  of  the  nation. 


Men  who  are  careful  about  their  neckwear  have  learned  that  they 
can  get  the  best  and  latest  from  John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street. 


Silver   Candlesticks,    Trays,  Ink  Stands,    and  other  Novelties. 
Prettiest  and  cheapest  presents  made.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co. 

The  only  chance  of  recovery  from  scrofulous  consumption  is  in  using 
Ayer's  Sarsaparilla. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


PROSPECTS    FOR    REAL    ESTATE. 

THE  year  1894  opened  with  a  very  marked  apathy  on  the  part  of 
sellera  as  well  as  buyers,  and  matters  seemed  to  be  in  a  resting 
condition,  with  a  strong  disposition  on  the  part  of  holders  of  prop- 
erty to  await  the  turn  of  the  tide,  when  the  quiet  feeling  of  the  latter 
part  of  1893  should  disappear  and  a  more  active  market  was  prom- 
ising. As  the  year  progressed  it  was  very  evident  that  this  condi- 
tion of  affairs  was  bringing  about  an  accumulation  of  coin,  and  the 
semi-annual  statement  of  our  local  savings  banks,  as  well  as  our  com- 
mercial banks,  showed  that  small  savings,  as  well  as  larger  blocks  of 
capital  were  lying  idle  waiting  for  an  awakening. 

During  the  latter  part  of  1894  a  very  material  improvement  has 
beeu  shown  in  the  condition  of  the  market,  brought  about,  in  the  first 
place,  by  the  inclination  of  strong  capital  to  secure  good  investments 
on  the  main  thorougnfares,  and  as  a  result  the  aggregate  amount  of 
sales  in  1894  is  certainly  much  beyond  expectations. 

Following  the  inclination  of  the  larger  investors,  smaller  invest- 
ment propertie3,  improved  corners,  and  improved  real  estate,  show- 
ing a  fair  earning,  are  in  fair  demand,  and  can  be  sold  very  close  up 
to  the  full  market  prices. 

The  strong  disposition  to  improve  important  corners  and  the  better 
pieces  of  property  seeking  for  income  on  the  part  of  the  investor, 
have  brought  about  a  fair  demand  for  the  better  class  of  vacant  prop- 
erties, including  corners  on  improved  streets  and  main  thorough- 
lares,  and,  sympathizing  with  this  inclination,  which  is  growing,  for 
important  corners,  inside  property  on  main  streets  is  beginning  to  be 
sought  for,  and  transactions  are  being  brought  about  much  easier 
than  a  few  months  ago. 

The  practical  work  being  done  by  the  Merchants'  Association  is 
producing  an  immediate  result  down  town  in  the  way  of  im- 
proved appearances  of  our  streets,  which  is  stimulating  local  im- 
provements, with  which  no  doubt  the  community  is  inclined  toco- 
operate. 

The  large  amount  of  work  being  done  by  the  consolidated  system 
of  street  railways  is  certainly  producing  a  great  deal  of  good,  and  the 
improvement  already  completed  on  Third  street,  Kearny  street,  and 
Mission  street,  is  a  cause  of  congratulation  to  owners  of  adjacent 
property. 

The  large  amount  of  work  outlined  in  the  Western  Addition,  much 
of  which  is  now  in  progress,  is  already  producing  direct  results,  and 
reaching  out  into  the  lines  lying  to  the  west  of  Central  avenue,  both 
north  and  south  of  the  Park,  there  is  considerable  business  be- 
ing done.  The  active  field  at  the  moment,  west  of  Devisadero  street, 
is  in  Richmond,  where  quite  an  amount  of  property  is  changing 
hands  and  many  local  improvements  are  being  outlined.  With  the 
increased  facilities  that  are  now  being  promised  by  the  consolidated 
system  and  the  expected  construction  of  the  Sutro  railroad,  local 
attention  is  being  drawn  in  that  direction. 

To  the  south  of  the  Park  the  proposed  construction  of  the  electric 
road  to  displace  the  present  steam  motor  line  on  H  street,  and  south 
along  the  boulevard,  connecting  with  the  Mission  street  line,  is  a 
cause  of  congratulation  to  property-holders  on  the  south  side,  and  is 
holding  values  up  fairly  well  in  this  part  of  the  city. 

The  outlook  for  the  year  1895  is  certainly  more  promising  than  the 
beginning  of '94,  and  no  doubt  the  important  factor  in  this  promise 
is  the  fact  that  the  owners  of  property  generally  are  inclined  to  co- 
operate with  the  general  tide  of  improvements  which  seem  to  be  in 
the  air,  as  it  has  been  demonstrated  very  directly  in  the  city  of  San 
Francisco  that  where  property-holders  are  prepared  to  improve  their 
streets  and  put  their  property  in  order,  a  market  can  be  created,  as 
the  property  in  this  way  becomes  available  for  improvement  which 
leads  finally  to  an  income,  and  no  doubt  tne  strong  improvements  in 
the  way  of  general  building  which  is  now  going  on  in  the  city  is  the 
result  of  the  inclination  which  is  firmly  developing  in  the  minds  of 
property-holders  generally  that  everyone  should  keep  his  house  in 
order  and  have  set  aside  a  regular  income. 


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WE  desire  to  call  particular  attention  to  the  illustrations  which 
appear  in  so  generous  abundance  in  this  issue.  The  half- 
tone and  pen-and-ink  reproductions  are  superbly  done.  It  gives 
us  pleasure  to  say  that  the  work  was  all  done  by  the  Globe-Mac- 
Cabe  Photo-Engraving  Company  of  this  city. 


Mrs.  E.  N.  Taylor,  of  413  River  street,  Manistee,  Mich.,  testified 
to  her  belief  in  Steedraan's  Soothing  Powders  by  writing  all  the  way 
to  England  for  a  packet. 

John  W.  Carmany,  25  Kearny  street,  has  gentlemen's  gloves  of 
the  best,  most  stylish,  and  most  comfortable  manufacture. 


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DRUOGISTS. 
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CHRISTMAS   NUV1BKR. 


MAIN    OFFICE    POSTAL    TFLEORAPH    COMPANY,    flARKET  ST. 


AN    ELEGANT    DRINKING    PARLOR. 

IT  will  please  the  innumerable  friends  of  Joseph" H.  Hetherington 
to  learn  that  he  is  fitting  up  and  is  about  ready  to  open  an  elegant 
drinking  parlor,  at  22  Montgomery  street,  to  be  called  "The  Hether- 
ington." Everybody  knows  that  for  five  years  past  Mr.  Hethering- 
ton  has  been  manager  of  the  Palace  Hotel  bar,  and  that  under 
his  management  it  enjoyed  the  reputation  of  being  the  highest  of 
bigh-class  resorts.  His  new  place  is  finished  elegantly  in  mahogany, 
with  a  separate  private  entrance  to  the  private  rooms  in  the  rear. 
In  the  front  are  a  first-class  cigar  store  on  one  side  and  the  Erie  Rail- 
road office  on  the  other.  The  interior  shows  a  blending  of  soft 
colors,  the  mahogany  counter  and  partitions  harmonizing  ar- 
tistically with  the  tiled  floor  and  decorated  ceiling, 
paintings  of  great  value  adorn  the  main  room,  including  the 
great  picture,  "  After  the  Ball,"  by  Gustav  Charpentier,  the 
famous  French  artist,  and  the  other,  "Circe,"  by  Marius  Vasse- 
lon.  Both  are  studies  of  the  nude,  and  have  been  seen  by  a  few 
favored  visitors  to  Gump's  Art  Gallery.  Charpentier's  creation, 
especially,  is  a  splendid  conception.  In  the  rear  of  the  main  room 
are  private  rooms.  On  one  side  are  two  that  can  be  thrown  into 
one,  with  private  lavatory  and  closet  for  select  parties.  In  this  part 
of  the  saloon  two  other  famous  pictures  will  be  hung.  They  were 
painted  by  Mrs.  Addie  Ballou,  and  a  few  years  ago  tbey  attracted  a 
great  deal  attention  from  the  public,  and  were  discussed  at  length  in 
the  newspapers.  One  of  them  is  entitled  "Morning"  and  theolher 
"Night,"  and  both  are  studies  in  the  nude.  "Morning"  was  exhib- 
ited for  two  seasons  in  the  art  gallery  of  the  Mechanics'  Fair,  and  its 
great  success  induced  Mrs.  Ballou  to  paint  "Night."  This  was  sent 
to  the  art  exhibit  of  the  State  Fair,  at  Sacramento,  the  intention  be- 
ing to  decide  there  whether  to  send  it  to  the  World's  Fair;  but  by 
reason  of  the  jealousy  of  certain  artists,  it  was  thrown  out,  and  was 
then  placed  on  exhibition  down  town,  where  it  was  visited  by  thous- 
ands. This  picture  is  a  wonderfully  artistic  figure  of  a  woman,  thinly 
veiled,  floating  in  darkness,  "Morning"  being  a  representation  of 
a  girl  poised  on  one  foot,  her  arms  aloft. 

An  elegant  business  lunch  will  be  served  from  11:30  to  2:30  o'clock, 
prepared  in  the  basement,  where  the  finest  range  and  other  conve- 
niences have  been  provided.  There  is  a  fine  skylight  for  the  rear 
rooms,  and  the  sanitary  plumbing  throughout  is  of  the  latest  and 
best.    The  fitting  up  of  this  elegant  place  has  cost  a  small  fortune. 


THE  PROJECTED  HAWAIIAN  AND  AUSTRALIAN  CABLE 

ON  this  page  will  be  found  a  map  of  the  Commercial  Cable 
Company's  lines  and  their  immediate  connections  in  America 
and  Europe,  as  displayed  in  their  main  office  at  San  Francisco. 
There  will  also  be  seen  the  projected  route  of  the  Pacific  cable  from 
Vancouver,  B.  C,  to  Hawaii  and  Australia.  Heretofore  all  tele- 
grams to  or  from  America  and  Great  Britain,  and  Australia  or  the 
Orient,  have  had  to  go  via  Europe,  Asia,  and  India.  The  proposed 
route  from  Vancouver  would  give  an  alternate  system  via  the 
Canadian  Pacific  Telegraph  from  Vancouver,  B.  C,  to  Hawaii,  and 
from  there  to  Australasia.  From  Great  Britain  to  Vancouver.  Brit- 
ish Columbia,  via  the  Commercial  Cables  and  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Telegraph  system  is  almost  an  air  line,  and  from  Vancouver  to  Ha- 
waii and  Australia  is  the  most  direct  route  yet  projected.  It  is  well 
understood  by  those  who  use  the  telegraph  that  the  fewer  the  repeti- 
tions their  messages  are  subjected  to,  the  quicker  and  more  correct 
the  service  must  be,  and  for  this  reason  itis  a  matter  of  great  interest 
to  all  concerned  that  the  proposed  cable  from  Vancouver  to  Aus- 
tralia be  realized  in  the  near  future.  The  Pacific  Coast  is  vitally  in- 
terested in  the  projected  cable  to  the  far  East,  and  looks  with  an 
eager  eye  to  the  consummation  of  a  quicker  and  more  economic  con- 
nection with  the  antipodes.  In  another  part  of  this  issue  appears  a 
picture,  showing  a  fine  interiar  view  of  the  company's  main  offices, 
in  the  Prstal  Telegraph  building,  on  Market  street,  just  below  Mont- 
gomery. Accompanying  it  is  an  interesting  article  on  cable  tele- 
graphy and  the  struggles  of  John  W.  Macfcay  and  his  associates  in 
establishing  land  connections  after  their  great  submarine  achieve- 
ments. 


Goto  Morse's  for  the  best  photos — Cabinets,  Paris  Panels.  Crayons, 
etc.  Prices  to  suit  the  times.  Top  floor,  Columbian  building,  916 
Market  street.    Take  elevator. 

1  II  I  1AM  RFnnARH  The  English  actress,  coaches  ladies  and 
LILLIHM  DLUUnlXUf  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  8HAKKSPEAKEAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellis  St., 
88n  Francisco,  Cal. 

WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN  S"S^rAReSs?i 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.  Depot  at  323  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


JTT7  LL  the  readers  of  this  issue  of  the  News  Letter  will  agree  that 

/  \      one  of  the  most  attractive  features  of  the  number  is  the  pic- 

JtTa  tures  which  have  been  furnished  by  leading  artists  of  San 
L  -L  Francisco.  These  pictures  represent  a  wide  range  of  subjects 
and  treatment,  and  are  very  attractive  on  that  account,  apart 
from  their  evident  individual  worth .  Nothing  could  show  better  the  cos- 
mopolitan character  of  even  the  highly  cultured  residents  of  the  city. 
Each  picture  has  its  own  strong  individualitv,  each  expresses  the  de- 
lightful freedom  and  self-reliance  of  its  creator,  and,  taken  together, 
they  show  able  representatives  of  all  the  art  schools  of  America  and 
Europe.  Of  course  in  pictures  printed  in  black  and  white  the  artists' 
skill  in  coloring  cannot  be  presented,  but  sufficient  is  here  shown  to 
indicate  the  high  talents  of  the  artist.  As  an  exponent  of  all  that  is 
best  among  the  cultured  people  of  this  city  the  News  Letter  feels 
a  proud  satisfaction  in  presenting  these  pictures  and  their  makers  to 
the  public.  Many  of  these  have  a  world-wide  fame,  others  are  but 
just  taking  the  first  steps  on  the  ladder. 

The  illuminated  cover,  by  Edouard  Cucuel,  is  a  graceful  work.  Mr. 
Cucuel is  a  native  Californian  and  is  only  nineteen  years  old;  it  is 
clear  that  he  is  one  of  the  most  talented  young  men  that  California 
has  produced.  He  is  now  studying  at  the  Beaux  Arts,  Paris,  having 
entered  that  great  institution  after  taking  the  full  course  at  Julian's 
Academy.  This  instruction  will  equip  him  for  a  leading  place  among 
the  artists  of  the  world.  His  present  intention  is  to  be  an  illustrator. 
Before  going  to  Paris  he  worked  as  a  mere  lad  in  the  art  departments 
of  the  Call  and  the  Examiner,  of  this  city,  showing  so  much  ability 
that  he  was  encouraged  to  take  a  thorough  education  at  Paris. 
Readers  of  the  News  Letter  have  enjoyed  his  bright  letters  from 
Paris  which  have  appeared  in  these  columns  during  the  past  year. 
Their  naievete  and  freshness  and  the  strange  and  original  scenes 
which  they  described  gave  them  an  uncommon  charm  which  a  hack 
writer  can  rarely  exercise.  His  father,  Mr.  Emile  Cucuel,  of  this  city, 
will  probably  republish  these  letters  in  book  form,  with  original  illus- 
trations by  his  son.  In  another  part  of  this  issue  the  young  man 
gives  a  breezy  account  of  hazing  at  the  Beaux  Arts,  detailing  the  ex- 
periences of  himself  and  some  of  his  young  associates  from  the  West. 

The  "Indian  Head,"  by  Henry  Raschen,  is  a  very  strong  study. 
The  original  was  Old  Solomon,  whom  Mr.  Baschen  found  in  the  wild- 
est part  of  Sonoma  County,  near  Fort  Ross.  Old  Solomon  died 
lately.  He  was  a  great  man  among  his  own  people,  a  branch  of  the 
Digger  tribe.  Mr.  Raschen's  portrait  is  a  remarkably  vigorous  piece 
of  work. 

Mr.  Raschen  studied  art  at  Munich,  and  is  principally  a  portrait 
painter,  ranking  among  the  oldest  who  make  that  a  specialty.  He 
has  done  much  other  work,  his  studies  of  Indians  being  strikingly 
good. 

The  "  Oriental  Study,"  by  Miss  Jennie  McElroy,  shows  much  spirit 
and  it  is  one  of  the  most  modest  of  her  efforts.  She  studied  art  at  the 
Mark  Hopkins  Institute.  At  the  Columbian  Exposition  she  exhibited  a 
fruit  piece,  a  pineapple  study,  and  a  music  study,  and  these  were  ex- 
hibited also  at  the  California  Midwinter  Fair.  Her  work  received  hon- 
orable mention  at  the  Art  School  Exhibit  of  1894. 

Miss  Louise  M.  Carpenter  is  a  native  daughter  of  California,  and 
received  her  art  education  in  our  Art  Association's  School  of  Design, 
now  the  Hopkin's  Institute.  She  completed  the  course  in  1892,  re- 
ceiving the  Avery  gold  medal  for  excellence  in  oil  painting.  Miss 
Carpenter  exhibited  two  paintings  in  the  California  building  at  the 
World's  Fair  in  Chicago— one  a  study  of  Still  life  and  the  other  a  fruit 
piece.  She  also  exhibited  a  striking  composition  of  chrysanthemums 
in  the  ArtGallery  of  the  Midwinter  Fair  at  San  Francisco.  Her  sketch 
in  this  issue  is  a  reminiscence  of  summers  spent  on  Puget 
Sound,  where  this  artist's  pencil  finds  its  favorite  material. 

From  Tke  History  of  San  Francisco  the  following  is  taken:  "Ani£d£e 
Joullin  is  a  Native  Son  of  the  Golden  West,  his  parents  being  early 
settlers  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  was  reared  and  educated  here, 
early  developed  a  taste  for  art,  and  commenced  his  studies  in  the 
Art  School,  then  under  the  late  Julius  Tavernier,  eminent  in  the 
profession.  He  subsequently  went  abroad  and  stud  ed  under  Boug- 
erean  and  Robert  Flemy,  most  eminent  art  teachers. 

An  idea  of  Mr.  Joullin's  originality  and  force  may  be  gathered 
from  the  strong  picture  "A  Sword  Fighter,"  in  this  issue  of  the 
News  Letter.  It  does  not  require  a  connoisseur  to  observe  the 
spirit  and  accurate  drawing  which  this  piece  of  work  discloses.  The 
expression  of  half  indolent  alertness  and  that  peculiar  self-compla- 
cency possessed  by  most  of  the  Semitic  races  are  admirably  por- 
trayed, even  to  the  lax  grip  on  the  sword-handle,  which  can  so 
quickly  be  changed  into  one  of  the  fi  rmest  and  most  formidable  kind. 

The  picture  of  "A  Dutch  Milkmaid,"  by  J.  M.  Gamble,  in  this 
issue  of  the  News  Letter  shows  one  of  our  best  local  artists  in  one  of 


his  best  moods.  The  quiet  and  peaceful  face  of  the  girl,  together 
with  a  certain  soft  beauty  which  belongs  to  the  women  of  Holland,  is 
in  sharp  contrast  to  the  poverty  of  her  attire,  and  the  soft  gray  effect 
of  the  whole  scene  heightens  the   pathos  of  the  central  figure. 

John  Marshal  Gamble  was  born  November 25,  1863,"atMorristown, 
New  Jersey.  He  came  to  San  Francisco  in  the  autumn  of  1883,  and 
entered  the  San  Francisco  School  of  Design,  under  Virgil 
Williams  in  1885,  where  he  studied  five  years  under  Erail 
Carlssen,  Anie"d6e  Joullin,  and  Arthur  Matthews.  He  en- 
tered the  atelier  of  Jean  Paul  Laurens  and  Benjamin  Constant 
at  the  Academie  Julian,  in  Paris,  in  the  summer  of  1891.  While 
abroad  he  sketched  in  water  colors  in  different  parts  of  France,  Italy, 
and  Holland.  He  spent  several  months  in  Italy,  studying  the  works 
of  the  old  masters.  He  succeeds  admirably  in  one  regard  particularly 
where  so  many  artists  fail— atmospheric  effects,  especially  sunlight. 
Among  his  principal  works  are  "The  Milkmaid,"  a  wood  interior 
called  "  The  Home  of  the  Gray  Squirrel,"  "Interior  of  San  Marco," 
'■  Venice,"  and  numerous  water  colors. 

A  talented  local  artist  represented  in  this  issue  is  Miss  Lou  E. 
Wall.  Her  artistic  education  was  secured  in  Berlin  and  Paris  under 
Skarhina,  Courtois.and  Bixen,  who  developed  her  natural  talent  for 
portrait  painting.  There  she  had  agreeable  recognition,  her  first  ex- 
hibition piece  being  a  large  pastel,  "On  the  Way  to  Mass."  which  was 
hung  on  the  line  at  the  International  Art  Exhibition  of  '91  in  Berlin, 
and  was  commended  by  the  critics  as  being  full  of  promise  and  sym- 
pathy. She  brought  back  with  her  a  large  number  of  sketches  which 
she  had  made  in  Europe.  In  developing  her  talent  for  portrait  woik 
she  has  shown  an  uncommon  facility  for  catching  the  characteristics 
as  well  as  the  features  of  her  subjects.  The  picturesqueness  of  the 
Chinese  quarter  of  San  Francisco  has  inspired  her  brush  with  fine 
effect,  the  naive  Celestials  having  furnished  her  material  for  some 
highly  artistic  productions.  Her  easel  has  recently  turned  out  an  ex- 
quisite study  of  a  demure  Mongolian  maiden,  whose  olive  skin  and 
immobile  features  are  shown  with  unusual  fidelity  to  the  type.  It  is 
not  more  successful  than  her  "Chinese  Student,"  which  was  exhib- 
ited at  the  Midwinter  Fair.  With  her  industry  and  talent  Miss 
Wall  is  bound  to  do  even  greater  work  in  the  future. 

One  of  the  gems  of  the  drawings  contributed  by  leading  local 
artists  is  a  scene  in  the  redwoods,  by  L.  P.  Latimer.  As  all  art- 
ists who  have  made  the  experiment  are  aware,  the  difficulty  in 
presenting  a  redwoods  picture  that  will  not  look  Hat  and  choked  is 
extremely  great,  as  the  noble  trees  themselves  are  overpowering  in 
their  majesty  and  stand  thickly  compacted.  In  order  to  avoid  this 
difficulty  Mr.  Latimer,  who  has  made  a  long  and  devoted  study  of 
redwood  forests,  has  selected  a  road,  which,  besides  enabling  him 
to  give  perspective  to  his  picture,  shows  one  of  those  strangely  beau- 
tiful road  scenes,  weird  and  sombre,  that  one  often  encounters  in 
threading  the  depths  of  those  wonderful  woods.  The  mysterious 
atmospheric  effects  are  clearly  shown  by  this  master  hand. 

Mr.  Latimer  was  born  at  Gold  Hill.  Placer  county,  California, 
October  22,  1857.  He  entered  the  San  Francisco  Art  School  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years,  and  studied  under  Virgil  Williams.  His  best 
pictures  were  those  exhibited  at  the  Midwinter  Fair— his  "  Red- 
woods," in  oil,  for  which  he  was  awarded  a  gold  medal,  and  "  A 
Mountain  Brook,"  for  which  also  he  received  a  gold  medal, 

"At  theEJge  of  the  Orchard"  is  Miss  M.  IsabelleMorrison'scontri- 
bution.  It  is  unnecessary  to  point  out  the  life-like  effect  of  her 
modest  effort,  but  its  graceful  suggestion  is  a  quality  of  even  greater 
interest  to  a  connoisseur,  and  in  that  lies  the  evidence  of  that  true 
sympathy  and  tenderness  which  constitute  the  finest  characteristics 
of  all  her  work. 

San  Franciscans  are  proud  to  announce  that  Miss  Morrison  was 
born  and  educated  here.  Since  a  child  she  has  been  a  devoted  stu- 
dent of  art.  She  began  serious  study  at  the  Art  Students'  League, 
and  now  has  a  studio  of  her  own.  She  has  taught  drawing  in  sev- 
eral of  the  schools  of  Oakland  and  San  Francisco.  She  has  done  con- 
siderable illustrating  and  designing,  her  latest  works  in  that  line  be- 
ing Ninette,  a  Redwoods  Idyl,  by  John  Vance  Cheney,  and  Sketches,  by 
Benj.  Marshall. 

Miss  Froelich  is  one  of  our  local  artists  who  take  a  serious  and  con- 
scientious view  of  their  vocation.  She  studied  in  the  California 
School  of  Design  with  Carlssen  and  Joullin  and  received  the  Alvord 
and  Avery  gold  medals.  Since  opening  her  studio  she  has  been  a 
regular  contributor  to  the  Spring  Exhibition  and  the  State  Fair,  and 
several  canvases  from  her  easel  were  well  hung  last  year  in  the  Cali- 
fornia and  Woman's  buildings  at  the  Columbian  Exposition,  while 
atourown  Midwinter  Fair  her  "La  France  Roses"  was  awarded  a 
silver  medal.  During  the  past  year  she  has  given  more  attention  to 
landscape,  and  in  her  studio  are  a  number  of  spring  and  summer 


CHRISTMAS   NUMBER. 


studies.  ' -Under  the  Oaks,  Berkeley.'  i«  OM  ol  her  bttl  efforts  In 
out-of-door  work  and  show*  a  successful  bundling  of  sunlight  effect, 
as  well  as  a  great  deal  of  atmosphere  ami  ohannlDg  color. 

The  subject  of  the  reproduced  drawing  from  Tfaomu  Hill'- point- 
ing. "The  Last  of  the  Yosemites,"  shown  elsewhere  in  this  unne, 
represents  a  grand  pow-wow  in  honor  of  a  deceased  member  ul  the 
Yosemite  tribe  of  Indians.  By  special  permission  the  artist  was  per- 
mitted to  witness  the  mysterious  ceremony,  which  took  place  at 
midnight  on  the  bank  of  the  8omh  Fork  of  the  Heroed  Kiver,  now 
known  as  Wawona.  The  various  tribes  of  Indians  known  as  Diggers 
are  rapidly  dying  out ;  in  some  instances  so  few  remain  that  their 
identity  is  almost  lost.  This  is  the  case  with  the  Tosemltea,  a  bold 
and  fearless  band  that  made  their  homes  among  the  mighty  cliffs  or 
this  far-famed  valley,  which  takes  its  name  from  this  tribe.  Thesa 
warlike  Indians  were  a  terror  to  the  pioneers  who  first  ventured  int  1 
their  stronghold.  The  tales  of  these  bloody  encounters  are  Mill  told 
to  the  tourist.  Mr.  Hill  is  one  of  the  few  painters  who  can  ade- 
quately depict  the  wonders  of  the  Yosemite.  and  in  this  weird  scene 
he  has  introduced  a  departure  that  shows  the  versatility  and  vigor  of 
his  brush. 

Mr.  Hill  was  born  in  Birmingham.  England,  September  11,  1829. 
aud  came  to  Massachusetts  in  1840.  He  painted  in  Boston,  and  first 
attracted  general  attention  in  1853,  when  he  was  living  in  Phila- 
delphia. He  took  the  first  medal  at  the  Maryland  Institute,  Balti- 
more, in  1853.  By  reason  of  poor  health  he  came  to  California  in 
1861  and  painted  portraits,  with  now  and  then  a  figure-piece,  notably 
"Trial  Scene"  in  The  Merchant  of  Venice,  which  was  awarded  the 
first  prize  in  the  Art  Union  of  San  Francisco  in  1865.  In  1866  he  studied 
in  Paris  under  Paul  Meyerheim,  who  encouraged  him  to  pursue 
landscape  painting.  His  first  exhibition  picture  of  this  kind  was 
"The  Yosemite  Valley,"  painted  in  Boston  in  1867  and  purchased  by 
Charles  Crocker.  His  fame  being  assured  by  this  and  other  paint- 
ings he  returned  to  California  and  painted  another  Yosemite  picture 
and  'Donner  Lake,"  both  of  which  were  bought  by  Leland  Stanford. 
He  was  awarded  the  first  medal  for  landscape  painting.  Since  that 
time  many  of  his  famous  pictures  have  been  painted,  including  "The 
Driving  of  the  Last  Spike,""The  Yellowstone  Canyon,"  and  many 
others. 

The  drawing  by  William  H.  Crane,  showing  the  exquisitely  dainty, 
mischievous,  independent,  elusive,  and  somewhat  mysterious  young 
woman  with  the  chrysanthemums,  is  one  of  the  best  of  the  odd  and 
thoroughly  artistic  conceptions  upon  which  this  distinguished  artist 
has  based  his  reputation.  Mr.  Crane  is  properly  a  New  Yorker,  being 
one  of  Harper's  chief  illustrators,  but  now  in  San  Francisco  for  the 
winter. 

John  A.Stanton's  contribution  to  this  issue  is  "The  Beach  at  Gran- 
ville." It  is  apparent  that  in  this  fine  work  he  has  given  one  of  the 
best  illustrations  of  the  French  school,  with  all  its  openness,  airiDess, 
breadth,  and  grace.  This  picture  combines  so  many  charms  that  a 
very  careful  and  intelligent  study  is  required  to  grasp  them  all.  The 
faces  of  the  two  seated  figures  on  the  beach  are  perfect  in  contour  and 
appropriateness  of  expression,  and  the  repose  of  the  figures  is  in  ad- 
mirable contrast  to  the  activity  of  those  in  the  surf. 

Mr.  Stanton  is  so  well-known  in  San  Francisco  that  he  needs  no 
personal  introduction.  Few  have  done  so  much  as  he  in  the  way  of 
teaching  and  of  inspiring  bis  pupils  with  the  true  spirit  which  ani- 
mates his  own  brush. 

A  bold  and  rugged  conception  is  that  of  Hugo  Fisher.  It  is  a 
scene  in  the  redwoods  of  California,  and  the  artist  has  accomplished 
an  extremely  difficult  task  in  lending  transparency  to  the  ordinarily 
impenetrable  vista  of  a  redwoods  forest.  To  have  found  conditions 
permitting  of  this  rare  occurrence  must  have  required  uncommon 
patience  aud  intelligence.  The  effect  is  impressive,  not  alone  for  the 
weird  transparency  of  the  distance,  but  for  the  solemn  stateliness 
and  silence  of  the  trees,  the  whole  effect  being  heightened  by  the 
gently  flowing  water  in  the  foreground.  If  it  is  a  composition  purely, 
it  is  a  masterpiece  of  that  order;  if  not.it  is  still  a  splendid  repre- 
sentation of  one  of   California's  wonders. 

W.  A.  Coulter  is  one  of  the  few  great  marine  painters  of  the  day. 
His  picture, '"Burning  the  Blue  Light,"  exhibited  in  San  Francisco 
this  year,  is  well  remembered  by  lovers  of  art  hereabout.  For  this 
number  of  the  News  Letter  he  has  furnished  "Moonlight  on  San 
Francisco  Bay."  It  will  bear  the  closest  study.  Every  artist  knows 
how  difficult  the  subject  is  and  how  shifting  and  bewildering  its 
variety.  The  clouds  of  San  Francisco  are  in  themselves  peculiar  and 
perplexing,  having  a  vagueness  unknown  to  the  artists  of  Europe. 
The  effect  of  a  full  moon  shining  through  them  is  weird  and  peculiar 
in  the  extreme,  but  these  strange  difficulties  have  disappeared  under 
Mr.  Coulter's  intelligent  touch.  The  ship  moored  to  the  wharves  at 
the  right,  the  ghostly  outline  of  Goat  Island  on  the  left,  the  distant 
hills  of  Contra  Costa  looming  up  in  the  black  shadow  of  the  cloud*, 
and  the  soft,  silvery  light  on  the  water  are  all  treated  with  the  hand 
of  a  master. 

William  Keith  is  a  master  among  those  landscape  artists  who  can 
achieve  the  greatest  triumphs  in  the  treatment  of  quiet  subjects. 
Under  his  hand  the  commonplace  becomes  filled  wilh  a  new  and  fine 
interest,  and  the  exquisite  rinish  of  bis  paintings  furnish  many  an 
hour  for  study.  Instead  of  startling  he  woes,  instead  of  compelling 
he  wins.  Take  a  photograph,  with  all  its  intricate  fidelity,  and  im- 
bue it  with  the  spirit  and  sympathy  of  a  broadly  artistic  spirit,  and 


one  has  the  malt  which  explains  this  man's  enviable  fame,  lie 
ia  In  ibis  unrav  ■  poena  on  the  Ben  Lorenzo  River,  that  winsome 
Mreuin  in  the  Santa  OrOI  mountains  that  so  many  of  Da  visit  in  the 
Minimer  to  find  rot.  comfort,  and  beauty.  He  has  handled  it  with 
that  exquisite  skill  which  is  a  part  of  all  his  work.  There  are  many 
young  artists  who.  when  they  attain  to  greatness,  will  have  Mr. 
Keith  to  thank  for  strengthening  and  consoling  advice,  instruction, 
and  encouragement.  There  are  few  young  artists  in  California  who 
do  not  owe  him  much  and  none  who  do  not  admire  him  and  respect 
bis  genius,  lie  is  a  bulwark  of  art  and  a  safe  and  conscientious 
0  'iin-ellor. 

The  ancient  convent  contributed  by  Otto  Emerson  to  this  issue  is 
one  of  the  noblest  pieces  of  work  that  ever  came  from  the  hand  of 
this  accomplished  artist.  "A  Scene  in  Holland"  is  another  of  his 
contributions.  It  is  one  of  those  simple,  suggestive,  broadly  located 
themes  that  admirers  of  his  talents  have  learned  to  expect  from  his 
brush.  The  same  scene  done  in  colors,  with  the  leaden  sky,  the 
heavy  atmosphere,  the  dull  chill  of  the  water  expanse,  and  the  shiv- 
ering of  the  reeds,  makes  an  altogether  different  picture,  but  a  black- 
and-white  reproduction  can  show  little  more  than  drawing  and  rela- 
tive color  effects,  and  Mr.  Emerson's  talent  is  distinctly  exhibited  in 
them. 

The  sketch  in  this  issue  by  Helen  Hyde  is  a  graceful  conceit  which 
will  appeal  to  the  connoisseur.  This  accomplished  artist  was  a  pupil 
of  the  Art  School  here,  and  then  studied  for  a  year  in  Berlin,  under 
Franz  Skarbina.  She  then  studied  in  Paris  for  some  time  and  made 
a  specialty  of  illustrations,  studying  under  the  French  illustrator, 
Ke,'amey,  and  the  American,  Albert  Sterner.  The  rest  of  the  time 
she  was  a  pupil  of  Raphael  Collin,  In  Paris.  Her  little  sketch  in  this 
issue  gives  a  fair  idea  of  her  skill  in  drawing  and  the  freedom  and 
good  taste  of  her  ideas. 

Oscar  Kunath's  picture,  "Every  Beginning  is  Difficult,"  gives  an 
excellent  idea  of  this  artist's  remarkable  power  in  that  higher  form 
of  realism  which  the  ancient  sculptors  so  well  understood.  This  pic- 
ture has  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention,  and  although  it  is  one  of 
Mr.  Kunath's  ablest  productions,  and  adequately  shows  his  breadth, 
force,  and  honesty,  it  gives  no  idea  of  the  wide  versatility  of  his 
genius.  His  education  was  conducted  by  the  best  masters,  as  the 
ex  iuisite  finish  of  his  production  shows;  but  behind  that  lie  the  un- 
derstanding and  perception  that  make  an  education  available.  Mr. 
Kunath's  reputation  is  not  confined  to  California,  for  in  every  exhi- 
bition to  which  he  has  contributed  he  has  received  flattering  recog- 
nition. 

Miss  Eva  Withrow  is  one  of  the  younger  artists  who  have  made  a 
distinctplace  for  themselves.  Her  "Christmas  Tidings/'  in  this  issue, 
will  serve  as  a  surprise  to  many  of  her  admirers  who  were  not  aware 
of  her  versatility.  She  has  done  so  many  exquisite  pieces  of  work, 
particularly  in  flowers,  and  has  received  so  much  praise  for  them  in 
the  public  exhibitions  that  have  been  held,  that  the  purely  ideal 
cenception  of  this  picture  seems  a  bold  and  somewhat  hazardous  de- 
parture. But  that  her  confidence  in  herself  has  been  justified  in  the 
result  none  will  deny.  The  drawing,  besides  being  accurate,  is  full 
of  grace,  and,  best  of  all,  is  particularly  appropriate. 

Among  the  many  pictures  in  this  issue  which  are  devoted  to  Cali- 
fornia scenes,  that  of  Chris.  Jorgensen,  "A  scene  in  the  Santa  Cruz 
Mountains,"  is  one  of  the  most  delightful.  Mr.  Jorgensen  has  taken 
for  his  study  a  quiet  scene  among  the  shrubs  and  oaks,  removed  from 
the  more  weird  and  rugged  haunts  of  the  canyons  and  redwoods.  It 
is  pastoral,  and  one  of  the  gentlest  and  most  sympathetic  studies 
which  that  idea  suggests.  There  is  an  exceedingly  fine  effect  in  light 
and  shade  and  in  the  silhouette  expression  of  the  battered  fence. 
The  suggestion  of  depth  and  repose  is  strong  and  salient,  and  the  de- 
tails are  worked  out  with  the  most  conscientious  skill. 

When  the  name  of  C.  D.  Robinson  is  mentioned,  one  naturally  thinks 
of  the  Yosemite,  the  fame  of  which  he  has  done  so  much  to  estab- 
lish. But  with  all  the  grand  and  imposing  studies  of  the  more  stu- 
pendous wonders  of  California,  it  is  not  likely  that  he  has  ever 
achieved  a  more  distinctly  artistic  result  than  in  his  picture  of  the 
San  Luis  Rey  Mission,  in  this  issue  of  the  News  Letter.  The  mis- 
sions of  California  have  been  painted  by  many  artists,  of  all  degrees, 
but  we  do  not  remember  to  have  seen  one  so  impressive  as  this.  The 
point  of  view  is  an  exceedingly  happy  one.  The  two  agaves  in  the 
foreground — one  just  shooting  up  its  wonderful  flower  stalk  and  the 
other  dead  and  limp— are  fitting  and  suggestive  companions  to  the 
stern,  bold,  half-ruin  in  the  distance.  The  cold  gray  walls,  upreared 
against  a  flat  sky  and  standing  forth  upon  the  dreary  plain  like  a  mir- 
age, are  admirably  depicted. 


JOHN  A.   WALL, 

ATTORN  EY-AT-LAW. 


331  Montgomery  St. 


San  Francisco. 


Take  elevator  at  511  California  St. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


EUGENE    F.    BERT. 


"'HE  election  of  Eugene  F.  Bert  to  the  Senate  from  the  Twentieth 
Senatorial  District  (Sao  Francisco)  was  a  deserved  recognition 
of  bis  faithful  services  in  the  As- 
sembly of  the  last  Legislature.  Mr. 
Bert  won  against  heavy  natural 
odds,  but  that  was  no  surprise  to 
those  who  had  learned  his  worth. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  Uni- 
versity and  of  the  Hastings  College 
of  the  Law,  and  in  both  institutions 
was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
brilliant  young  men  tbey  bad 
turned  out.  As  a  lawyer  be  has 
achieved  uncommon  success,  which 
has  been  in  nowise  impaired  by  his 
success  in  politics.  At  the  base  of 
bis  success  in  both  directions  lies  a 
high  sense  of  honor,  without  which 
no  quality  of  brains  could  have 
brought  bim  so  strongly  to  the  front. 
As  a  member  of  the  '-Legislature  of 
a  Thousand  Scandals"  be  was  one 
of  the  few  who  came  out  of  it  with 
an  unsullied  name,  and  in  that  body 
such  an  achievement  was  sufficient 
to  distinguish  a  man.  To  bis  other 
good  qualities  Mr.  Bert  adds  that  of 
a  pleasant,  genial,  and  confidence- 
inspiring  personally,  which  en- 
dears him  as  a  close  friend  to  all  his 
acquaintances. 

CHRISTMAS    SHOPPING. 

CAN  there  be  any  more  delightful  employment  on  earth  than 
buying  Christmas  gifts,  especially  if  one's  purse  is  comfortably 
filled  with  coin,  and  one's  heart  with  loving  kindness,  prompting 
the  purchase  and  bestowal  of  presents  to  dear  friend?  and  rela- 
tives? All  in  honor  of  the  most  joyous  festival  of  the  whole  year. 
This  year,  despite  the  unceasing  cry  of  "bard  times,"  the  spirit 
of  Santa  Glaus  is  abroad,  and  to  obtain  a  realization  of  this  fact, 
it  is  only  necessary  to  cake  a  trip  along  Market  street  into 
Kearny,  up  Post  and  along  Grant  avenue,  up  even  to  Chinatown, 

Start  far  up  Market  street — say  at  J.  J.  O'Brien's  store,  on  the 
corner  of  Jones,  and  there  you  will  be  certain  to  see  a  score  of 
fashionable  women.  Suppose  we  come  along  now?  Just  as  we 
expected,  here  we  see  Mrs.  Judge  McKinstry  and  her  daughter 
looking  at  the  endless  variety  of  beautiful  silks  spread  out  for 
their  approval,  Miss  Laura  deliberating  over  the  merits  of  corded 
white  or  pale  blue.  Miss  Lillie  Lawlor  passes  with  a  nod,  but 
Miss  Nellie  Jolliffe  stops  for  a  chat.  She  wears  one  of  the  new 
garments  styled  Collet,  a  sort  of  shoulder  cape,  of  black  velvet 
embroidered  in  silk  and  jet  like  the  fashion  ot  a  decade  ago.  Miss 
Nellie  is  beginning  to  have  a  weary  droop  to  her  pretty  lips,  as  if 
she  feels  like  asking  the  question,  "What  is  there  in  it  all?  ' 
Looking  at  the  pile  of  children's  books  and  games  on  the  long 
table  near  the  door  are  tbe  widowed  sisters,  Mesdames  Donahue 
and  Martin,  and  judging  from  the  benevolent  expression  on  their 
faces,  some  of  their  young  friends  will  be  made  happy  by  gifts 
from  this  counter.  But  we  must  not  linger  too  loDg,  so  leave  tbe 
store  and  pass  on  down  tbe  street  to  that  truly  wonderful  place, 
<*the  Wonder." 

Here  we  find  lovely  Miss  Mary  Belle  Gwin  looking  unusually 
so  as  she  tries  on  a  new  shaped  bat,  and  before  her  in  an  admir- 
ing group  are  beautiful  Miss  Ida  Gibbons,  stylish  Miss  Belle 
McKeDna,  and  Miss  Mamie  Thomas.  The  girls  evidently  are 
unanimous  in  pronouncing  the  hat  <-a  dear,"  for  it  is  purchased 
and  they  pass  on  out  of  tbe  store  just  ahead  of  us. 

Up  Kearny  to  the  White  House-*-that  fascinating  store — we  go, 
and  are  just  in  time  to  see  dainty  little  Mrs.  George  Pope  and  her 
sister,  Miss  Taylor,  inspecting  the  art  treasures  on  the  top  floor. 
Going  up  in  tbe  elevator  we  hear  a  Pac;fic  Avenue  belle — who 
shall  be  nameless — tell  a  friend  that  Talbot  Clifton  is  going  to  as- 
tonish us  this  spring  by  the  way  he  will  jump  ever  obstacles  with 
his  four-in  hand  team  between  the  city  and  Burlingame.  Stand- 
ing before  tbe  long  counter  of  exquisite  chinaware  is  charming 
Miss  Lillian  Miles  and  her  sweet-faced,  youthful-looking  mother. 
As  we  go  down  to  tbe  ground  floor  we  encounter  Mrs.  Henry 
Gibbons,  whose  blonde  beauty  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
sights  we  have  met  to-day.  She  is  intent  upon  a  purchase  of 
delicate  chiffon,  no  doubt  for  her  lovely  daughter's  adornment. 
She  says  shopping  at  the  White  Huuse  is  a  delight,  and  so  appar- 
ently think  a  great  many  of  the  beau  monde,  for  the  store  is  full 
of  fashionable  people. 

Thinking  it  a  good  idea  to  have  a  peep  at  Gump's  magnificent 
collection  of  art  treasures  on  Geary  street,  we  stroll  up  there  and 
find  the  Goad  sisters,  attended  by  Dr.  Harry  Tevis — lucky  fellow 
to  have  the  time  to  devote  to  such  pleasure.  Miss  Ella  is  waver- 
ing between  a  Bohemian  glass  punch  set  and  a  highly  orna- 
mented shaving  mirror,  so  it  is  on  the  cards  that  paterfamillias 
will  have  a  merry  Xmas  gift. 


Campbell, 

Magnetic 
Wonder, 

Treats  success'ully  the  following  diseases  by  his  marvelouB  power  of 

Nerve 
Force : 

Neurasthena  (or  nervous  exhaustion),  Neuralgia,  Sciatica,  Facial  Paraly- 
sis. St.  Vit'in  Pance,  Hysteria,  Sick  Headache,  Vertigo,  Asthma,  Rheu- 
mat:sm,  and  Gout. 


Neuralgia  of  the  Heart, 

Chronic  Alcoholism, 

"  Nervousness," 

Some  forms  of  Adult  Paralysis, 

Nervous  Dyspepsia, 

Insomnia, 


Epilepsy, 

Palpitation  of  the  Heart, 

Spinal   Irritability, 

Paralysis  of  Children, 

"  Paralysis  of  the  Vocal  Cords," 

Difficulty  in  Breathing  (nervous) 

Deafness. 


Instantaneous    Relief  of   Pain. 


The  following  are  a  few  of  the  many  wonderful  cures  performed 
by  Campbell  : 

MISS  CYNTHIA  CALMES, 
N.  E.  corner  of  Fourlet>nth  and  Grove  streets,  Oakland  (former'y  of  Colusa 
C  lUDty),  says:  For  five  years  I  had  been  unable  to  walk  a  step  or  to  stand 
on  ray  fret  without  helpi.suffe-ed  excriicintiug  and  inces  aat  patn.  After 
three  treatments  by  Campbell  I  discarded  my  w  eeliug  chair.  I  am  now 
ou  my  feet,  able  to  take  care  of  myself,  and  suffer  no  pain  whatever.  I 
bear  this  grateful  tribute  to  Campbell's  most  wonderful  power. 

MR.  H.  H.  WORLEY, 
Capitalist,  res'ding  at  813  Fourteenth  street,  Oakland,  says:  Miss  Ca^mes  is 
my  niece.    The  foregoing  statements  by  her  are  true  to  the  letter     Eacn  of 
the  eleven  treatments  which  resulted  so  happily  were  given  in  my  pres- 
ence.   Campbell  is  truly  a  phenomenon. 

C.  H.  SWAIN, 

Mining  Engineer,  room  63,  530  California  street,  S.  F.,eays:  I  was  a  sufferer 
from  rheumatsm  in  its  severest  form  in  my  feet  and  auklrs.  For  weeks  I 
could  get  no  relief.  A  friend  t  ok  me  to  see  Campbell  last  Monday,  In  "ne 
treatment  I  was  greatly  relieved;  improved  wonderfully  after  ihe  stcond 
and  to  day,  Thursday,  after  tfe  third  treatment,  am  like  a  new  man,  aud 
shall  put  on  my  boots  for  the  first  time  in  many  weeks. 

More  wonderful  still,  in  the  course  of  tne  treatment  for  my  feet,  Camp- 
bell asked  me  how  Jou*  I  had  tieen  desf  a  d  gave  me  a  treatment  for  five 
minutes,  after  which  I  could  distinctly  hear  my  watch  tick  in  both  ears  for 
tbe  firs   time  in  fifteen  years. 

I  can  now  follow  ordinary  conversation,  which  I  have  not  been  able  to 
do  for  tweuty  years.  I  had  deemed  this  affl  ction  incurable  Campbell's 
powers  are  nothing  short  of  m  raculous. 

OFFICES:  6  O'Farrell  St,  Junction  Market  St.  and  Grant  Ave. 

Hours— 9:30  a.  m.  to  4:30  p.  m. 

Polite  attendants  In  waiting,  incl  tiding;  a  reliable  matron. 

NEW   WHATCOM, 

WASHINGTON, 

Is  at  the  h*>ad  of  Belllngham  Bay,  ou  Puget  Sound.  It  is  tbe 
Northwest  Cit*  of  ihe  State  of  W*shin°t  n;  population  a^out 
10,000.  It  is  ihe  third  city  in  siz  and  wealth  in  West.rn  \V<u>h- 
iiigto  '.    All  Its  Judustrles  are  thr.ving. 

IT  IB  as  \l>v\\i  A<>i:s  pos  essed  by  no  other  point  in  the 
Stflte  uf  Was' ington;  the  i  o  uiry  is  ri  h  in  coal  iron,  a  d  other 
minerals:  it  is  rich  n  ai'iculiural  aud  timber  laud;  the  city  is 
lighttd  by  eltctncity;  it  has  tw  i  eleiiric  street  car  Hues;  t^e 
y>  ater  si  pply  s  from  a  la  pe  mouutaiu  lake  316  feet  abovo  the 
ci  y  Ironi;  ihe  qua  jtiiy  of  watt-r  is  unlimited,  and  is  u>e1  to 
drive  machi lit r.  for  manufacturing  purposes.  Fjr  domestic 
u-e  it  it>  uoequ  1  d. 

NEW  Wiitiiotl  is  Ihe  home  of  tbe  Bellinghflm  Ba-  and 
Briti  h  Columbia  railroad,  and  .  f  the  BelUngtou  Bay  and  East- 
ern Railroad;  it  Is  the  American  terminus  of  the  Canadian. 
Pac  fie  Ka  lway,  and  ttie  Pacific  Coast  terminus  of  the  Gr  tit 
Northern  Railroad;  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  is  making 
prepaia  ions  t-j  enter  t  e  city;  its  harbnr  is  one  of  the  best  in. 
the  wor.d;  the  steam- hipb  oE  the  Pacific  Coast  S.  8.  C  mnauy 
for  the  Norh  all  go  ihfre;  steamers  airive  at  and  depart  daily 
from  New  Whaicom  for  all  ports  on  Puget  Sound. 

IT    IS    THE    COMING    GREAT    CITY, 


J.  A.  W.  LUNDBORG,  Dentist 

219  Geary  Street,  -        -         Opp.  Union  Square, 

(Telephone  3,375),  San  Francisco. 


SAN  n:\NVISCO  NEWS  LKTTKR. 


THE    HOTEL    DEL    HONTE. 


Bird's-eye  View  of  Del  Munte. 


IT  is  a  fact  worthy  of  consideration  that  all  of  the  more  intelli- 
gent strangers  who  visit  California  invariably  include  the  Hotel 
del  Monte  in  their  itinerary,  deeming  this  fully  as  essential  as  a 
visit  to  the  Yosemite.  Indeed,  daring  the  winter  month,  when 
access  to  the  Yosemite  is  impossible,  the  Bel  Monte  is  in  the 
height  of  its  glory,  its  unrivaled  gardens  In  bloom  with  flowers 
from  every  quarter  of  the  globe,  and  the  luxuries  of  a  semi-tropi- 
cal climate  inviting  to  comfortable  repose.  The  fact  that  the  hotel 
is  only  a  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles  from  San  Francisco 
(which  no  visitor  to  California  fails  to  see),  and  that  there  is  a 
splendid  train  service  between  the  points,  and  that  the  railroad 
passes  through  one  of  the  most  interesting  sections  of  Califor- 
nia, makes  the  hotel  easy  of  access  and  the  trip  delightful.  It 
is  situated  in  a  great  forest  of  giant  oaks  and  pines,  on  the  bay 
of  Monterey,  and  within  a  mile  of  the  picturesque  and  historic 
town  of  Monterey,  where  the  Government  of  the  State  was 
planted  in  1850,  and  which  to  day  is  the  most  romantic  of  all 
the  old  Spanish  towns  of  California.  The  hotel  itself  is  a  beau- 
tiful and  airy  Gothic  structure,  and  is  maintained  with  perfect 
cleanliness  and  the  most  painstaking  management.  Its  flower 
garden  and  park  rank  among  the  finest  in  the  world,  and  its 
charming  lake,  Laguna  del  Rey,  is  a  gem  of  its  kind.  One  of 
the  greatest  attractions  which  it  offers  is  the  famous  seventeen- 
mile  drive.  This  is  a  macadamized  and  sprinkled  road,  main- 
tained by  the  management.  It  skirts  the  whole  circumference 
of  tbe  peninsula  of  Monterey,  passing  the  beautiful  Carmel 
Bay,  Cypress  Point,  Seal  Rock  swarming  with  sea  lions,  and 
mahy.-otber  strange  and  beautiful  things.  Of  course  it  is  the 
climate  that  accounts  for  so  much  of  the  beauty  and  luxury  of 
Del  Monte.  It  is  difficult  for  a  stranger  to  understand  that  surf 
bathing  is  delightful  at  all  times  of  the  year,  but  this  is  no  less 
interesting  than  tbe  fact  that  roses,  callas,  heliotrope,  and 
thousands  of  other  flowers  are  in  bloom  in  the  open  grounds 
during  the  winter  months,  and  that  strawberries  grown  in  the 
hotel  gardens  are  served  at  the  same  time.  It  is  during  these 
months  that  those  who  live  in  the  less  favored  climate  of  Europe 
and  the  Eastern  8tates  visit  tbe  Del  Monte  to  secure  that  com- 
fort and  health  which  are  impossible  with  them  at  home.  At 
the  Del  Monte  one  may  stroll  or  drive  over  sunny  highways 
bordered  with  flowers  and  lively  with  the  songs  of  birds,  while 
in  the  Atlantic  States  the  activities  of  nature  are  all  bound  in 
bands  of  ice,  and  the  struggle  for  physical  comfort  is  a  serious 
occupation.  The  Del  Monte  Is  not  alone  a  winter  resort;  it  is 
unique  in  being  a  place  which  all  the  year  round  is  lively  with 
the  laughter  of  many  guests.  It  exhibits  tbe  acme  of  refined 
luxury,  and  partly  by  reason  of  tbe  fact  that  it  is  maintained  all 
the  year,  the  charges  are  lower  than  at  aDy  other  of  the  great 
watering  places  of  the  world. 

The  Hotel  del  Monte  is  an  institution  of  which  every  patriotic 
Californian  is  proud.  It  is  the  best  known  and  best  advertised 
institution  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  and  wherever  it  is  advertised 
the  attractions  of  California  are  made  known.  On  its  table  arekept 
the  choicest  fruits  and  wines  produced  In  the  State,  and  much  of 
the  estimate  which  strangers  form  of  the  wonderful  things  which 
the  climate  of  California  can  produce  is  based  on  the  careful  and 
intelligent  selection  of  these  articles  by  the  hotel  management. 

Among  tbe  lmpoitant  adjuncts  of  tbe  establishment  is  the 
bathing  pavilion,  where  water  from  the  ocean  is  pumped  into 
large  swimming  tanks  and  brought  to  different  temperatures. 
In  connection  with  them  are  private  salt  and  fresh  water  baths. 


Tbe  hotel  stables  are  equipped  with  tbe  best  equipages,  as  driving 
and  riding  are  favorite  pastimes  with  the  guests,  ocean,  bay, 
forests,  and  mountains  combining  to  make  a  remarkable  variety 
of  scenery. 

Tbe  permanent  benefit  to  health  which  even  a  short  stay  at 
the  D  1  Monte  brings  is  sure  to  serve  as  an  inducement  to  return, 
many  of  the  guests  re-appearing  season  after  season  and  always 
with  a  strengthened  affection  for  the  spot. 


Club  Souse,  Hotel  Del  Monte. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


"  We    Obey    no    "Wand    but     Pleasure's."—  Tom  Moore. 

AS  the  successor  of  the  Kiralfys  in  the  spectacular  field,  David 
Henderson  has  come  so  strongly  to  the  front  as  to  have  tiken 
complete  possession  of  the  vacancy ;  and,  although  many  of  his  ideas 
are  different  from  Kiralfy's,  they  are  none  the  less  worse.  Hender- 
son's great  spectacle,  Aladdin,  Jr.,  has  had  a  remarkably  successful 
run  in  the  East,  and  it  has  everywhere  received  only  the  highest 
praise.  The  reasons  for  this  have  been  made  evident  here.  The 
Baldwin  Theatre  Monday  night,  when  this  spectacle  began  its  run 
fur  the  holiday  season,  was  packed  to  the  last  inch  of  its  capacity,  in- 
cluding all  the  available  standing  room.  None  were  disappointed. 
Mr.  Henderson's  plan  of  suboidinating  everything  to  the  scenic 
splendors  of  the  performance  is  somewhat  a  novel  one,  but  it  13 
clearly  the  wiser  plan  to  have  some  conspicuous  feature  of  an  enter- 
tainment perfect.  Thus,  while  there  are  few  strong  persons  in  the 
cast,  few  fine  dancers,  and  a  ballet  not  overburdened  with  size,  the 
scenes  are  dazzling  in  their  magnificence  and  charming  in  their 
freshness,  and  the  marches  and  ensembles  are  excellent.  In 
its  scenic  effects  it  is  probably  the  best  spectacle  that  has  ever 
visited  San  Francisco,  and  that  is  saying  a  great  deal.  There  is  no 
patched,  dingy,  or  frowsy  scenery,  no  soiled  or  creased  costumes, 
and  no  girls  who  have  not  been  selected  with  an  artistic  appreciation 
of  the  value  of  trimness  and  neatness.  Miss  Anna  Boyd  is  a  faiily 
good  scamp  of  an  Aladdin,  and  Mr.  Burke  and  Mr.  Norman  are  very 
good  comedians  of  the  rougher  type.  The  whole  thing  is  so  big  and 
splendid  and  the  palaces  and  dressing  so  gorgeous  that  any  approach  to 
mediocrity  on  the  part  of  the  members  of  the  cast  be  easily  over- 
looked. There  is  no  tricky  and  mystifying  machinery,  but  these 
mechanical  substitutes  for  the  supernatural  are  not  missed.  The 
performance  is  one  not  only  for  children,  who  rave  over  it,  but  for 
those  numerous  adults  who  can  appreciate  splendid  scenes  put  on 
with  a  truly  artistic  appreciation  of  the  harmonies.  The  spectacle 
will  continue  next  week.  The  patrons  of  the  Baldwin  who  have  teen 
accustomed  to  the  raising  of  the  curtain  at  any  convenient  time  after 
eight  are  sure  to  miss  something  if  they  are  on  hand  a  minute  afier 
that  hour. 


The  second  week  of  Gasperone  at  the  Tivoli  has  witnessed  a  gener- 
erous  attendance,  despite  the  bad  weather  that  prevailed  most  of  the 
time.  Nothing  is  to  be  added  to  our  remarks  concerning  it  in  the 
last  issue.  Beginning  next  Monday  evening,  the  24th  inst.,  the  pretty 
spectacle,  Lalta  Rookh,  will  be  put  on  for  the  holiday  week.  While  in 
its  general  features  it  is  familiar  to  many,  it  is  always  delightful  and 
some  new  features  are  to  be  introduced. 


That  comical  absurdity,  The  Black  Mikado,  has  continued  to  be  the 
leading  feature  of  Colonel  Haverly's  Minstrels  at  the  Alcazar  Thea- 
tre during  the  week.  It  is  full  of  fun,  wit,  satire,  and  burlesque,  and  the 
burnt-cork  artists  enter  into  its  performance  with  the  warmest  zest. 
Dooly  and  Sheppard  have  scored  a  great  triumph  during  the  week 
with  their  singing  and  dancing,  the  spirit  of  rollicking  burlesque  in 
them  being  irrepressible.  There  are  so  many  oiher  good  features  of 
the  performance  that  to  name  them  all  would  require  more  space 
than  we  have  at  command.  Several  important  changes  will  be  made 
in  next  week's  bill. 


The  Orpheum  bill  during  this  week  ha?  not  shown  many  radical 
changes  from  that  of  last  week,  the  management  apparently  having 
reserved  its  energies  for  an  exceptionally  strong  bill  during  the  holi- 
day week,  beginning  Monday  evening,  the  24th  inst.  A  leading  fea- 
ture of  the  holiday  attractions  will  be  Lydia  Yeamans-Titus,  the  star 
of  burlesque  and  character  singers.  The  fame  of  this  accomplished 
young  lady  extends  over  Christendom,  and  she  is  sure  to  be  a  draw- 
ing card.  Alice  Raymond  will  continue  her  brilliant  cornet  per- 
formances. Thomas  and  Welch,  McCarthy  and  Reynolds  and  other 
stars  will  lend  the  charm  of  their  talents  to  the  entertainment.  A 
Christmas  matinee  will  be  given  in  addition  to  the  regular  Saturday 
and  Sunday  matinees. 


On  Saturday  night  Miss  Lillian  Beddard  and  her  strong  stcck 
company  make  their  initial  bow  at  the  BuBb-street  Theatre.  The 
house  has  been  entirely  renovated.  Everything  will  be  fret-h  and 
bright  to  receive  the  Christmas  guests,  and  t.he  prices  for  reserved 
seats,  ranging  from  ten  cents  to  fidy  cents,  are  such  as  to  attract 
a  large  house  on  the  opening  nigbt,  aside  from  the  superior  class 
of  performance  offered.  The  White  Woman  is  a  strong  melodrama 
and  tbe  company  an  excellent  one. 

*  *  * 
At  the  California  Theatre  on  Monday  evening,  the  24th  inst.,  Sadie 
Martinot  will  lead  a  strong  company  in   The  Passport,  a  strong  play 
with  an  excellent  company  to  handle  it. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

Al  Hayman  &  Co.  (Incorporated) .Proprietors. 

HAPPY  TIMES   FOE    OLD    AND    YODNG. 

"Sinbad,"  "Crystal  Slipper,"  "Ali  Baba,"  outdone. 
Commencing  Monday  night,  December  17th, 
Three  weeks  only.    Matinee  Saturday  only. 
Special  matinees  Xrnas  and  New  Year. 

david  henderson's 

American   Extravaganza  Company's 

Crowning  triumph, 

ALADDIN  JR. 

A  Tale  of  a  Wonderful  Lamp. 

TRANSPLENDENT    SCENERY. 
MAGNIFICENT    COSTDMES. 
FIN-DE-SIECLE  BALLETS. 
UP-TO-DATE  FUN. 

An  incomparable  Scenic  Spectacle 
Produced  at  a  cost  of  $30,000. 

Secure  your  seats  early. 


BUSH  STREET  THEATRE. 

Opening  night,  Saturday,  December  22d .  Matinees  Saturday  and  Sunday. 
Firi-t  matinee  Sunday,  December  "23d.    special  matinee  Christmas  day. 

MISS   LILLIAN    BEDDARD   and    HERE  WARD  IIOVT 

and  a  strong  company  In 

THE     WHITE     WOMAN. 

Prices,  10c,  15c.  25c,  S5c.  and  50c      Matinee  Prices— 10c  ,  15c,  and  25c 

All  Feats  reserved. 

Box  office  opens  Wednesday,  December  19th,  at  9  a.  m. 

ALCAZAR  THEATRE. 

J.  P.  Howe  Manager. 

The  most  popular  show  In  the  city. 

HAVERLY'S  1HASTODONC 
OPERATIC  MINSTRELS, 

Under  the  direction  of  J.  H.  Haverly.     See  DOOIY  and  SHEPPARD,  the 
great  burlesque  singers,  ►  ctors.  and  dancers;  also  the  great  hit, 

1  HE  BLtIK  MI  Kliw.    Twenty  young  ladies  In  black  faces. 

All  seats  on  first  floor,  fiOc.    Bale*  ny,  except  first  two  rows.  25c. 

Matinees  Saturdays,  Sundays,  and  hoi, days. 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOOSE. 

Mbb.  Ernestine  Keeling Proprietor  and  Manager 

To-night.    Second  week-    Grand  musical  treat.  Millocker's  masterpiece, 
UASI'AltONE 

Monday,  December  24th— 

LALLA     ROOKH. 
The  great  holiday  spectacle. 
Populab  Prices 26 and  5 0e 

CALIFORNIA  THEATRE- 

Al.  Hayman  &  Co Lessees  |  S-  H.  Friedlander Manager, 

Two  weeks,  commencing  Monday,  December  24th.  Kvery  evening,  in- 
cluding-unday.  Matiueesoo  Saturday.  Special  matinees  on  Christmas 
Day,  Dtcember  25th,  and  New  Year's  Day,  January  1, 1S95. 

SALIE    MARTINOT, 
America's  favor'te  comed'enne, supported  by  Wax  Figmanand  acompany 
of  unmual  txcellt-nce,  in  B   C    Stephenson  and  Wm.  Yardley's  moot  suc- 
cessful comedv,  THE  PAS»FOBT. 
Received  everywhere  wi  n  shr  «kB  of  laughter. 

ORPHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St.,  between  8tockton  and  Powell  Sts. 

San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 

Week  commencing  Monday.  Dec.  24th— A  stupendous  holiday  bill! 

1,1  DIA     VOIIWS-IITIS, 

The  peerless  lyric  artiste  and  travesty  queen,  the  most  brilliant  character 

voca'ist  on  the  American  stage;  the  reigning  favorite  of  two  continents, 

cire'-t  fr"m  b*illiaut  »ucces-es  in  the  East. 

Al  ICE  RAYMOND,  THOMAS  &  W  tt  i.CH,  MCCARTHY  <fc  REYNOLDS. 
CAlCKDo,  O.  K.  SATO,  LAN'*  &  SHARP,  and  a  picked  compauy  of  tars, 
Graud  special  Christmas  matinee  and  the  usual  Saturday  aud  Sunday 
ma'inees. 

MVTINEE  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  26c;  balcony,  any  part.  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES—  -ceserved  seats,  25c. ;  balcony 
10c,;  npera  chairs  aud  box  seats,  SOc.    SAturlay  aud  Suuday  matinees. 


*^fc^B3|li*J^ — ; 


You  Can  Remove  , 
SUPERFLUOUS 
HAIR 


From  Face,  Neck,  and  Arms  in  five 
miuuien  with  NUliENE,  without  pain 
or  injury  to  the  skin.  Send  for  circu- 
lar Agents  wanted.  NUHENE  MANU- 
FACTURING COMPANY,  216  Front 
Street,  San  Francisco. 


(   1IKISTM  \S    X|   M1U-.K. 


A    VERY    POPULAR    HOTEL. 

THK  Brooklyn  Hotel,  on  Bnsb  street,  near  fan  some,  ander  the 
niinigfrnenl  of  Mr.  Charles  Montgomery,  ha>  btcome  a  gnai 
favorite  with  both  lbere>;  uad  the  traveling  pllh- 

lic.  There  are  few  hotels,  if  any,  on  ihiSOOUl  m  muged  with  iheski  1 
and  ability  u  displayed  in  the  'Brooklyn,"  and  the  moll  is  ■  lur^e 
patronage  and  a  great  satisfaction  among  all  its  patrons.  One  cm..*e 
for  the  popularity  of  the  hotel  is  that  Mr.  Montgomery  works  wuh 
onceasing  real  lo  keep  the  Brooklyn  Hotel  abreast  of  the  times,  1 1  B 
recent  improvements  that  have  been  mude  has  added  greatly  to  ilie 
comfort  and  convenience  of  its  guests.  The  rooms  are  now  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvement  of  electric  return  call  bells,  extensive  dec- 
ora-tions,  electric  lights,  most  elegant  designs  of  carpet,  new  furni- 
tare,  and  new  curled  hairtop-mattrasses.  Thegreatest  wonder  of  all  is 
bow  so  many  luxuries  and  comforts  can  be  furnished  for  so  little 
money.  The  following  are  the  advertised  rates  charged  at  the  Brook- 
lyn :  Board  and  room  by  the  day,  $1.25.  $  1.50.  $1.75  and  ?2,  or  by  the 
week,$»i  to  $12;  board  with  nice  suite  of  rooms  for  husband  and  wife, 
$00  to  $80  per  month,  or  in  one  fine  large  room,  $50  to  $00.  Rooms 
on  European  plan  (without  board),  50  cents,  75  cents,  and  $1  per 
night,  or  from  $2  to  $7  per  week.  Table  board  per  month,  $22.50;  for 
breakfast  only,  $10  per  month;  for  dinner  only,  $10  per  month; 
or  for  breakfast  and  dinner,  $18  per  month;  lunch.  $5  per 
month.  The  mercantile  lunch  at  this  hotel  for  busines-s 
men  and  ladies  is  very  popular;  single  lunch  25  cents,  or  live  lunch 
tickets  for$l;  breakfast  or  dinner  50  cents,  or  three  tickets,  good  for 
either  breakfast  or  dinner,  for  $1.  The  "Brooklyn"  is  one  of  only 
four  hotels  in  San  Francisco  that  have  bills  of  fare  printed  for  every 
meal. 

Mr.  Montgomery  recently  received  a  very  gratifying  letter  from  a 
recent  guest  named  Wm.  G.  McCullough,  Esq.,  of  Victoria,  Aus- 
tralia, from  which  the  following  extract  is  taken:  "I  bad  the  pleasure 
of  stopping  at  your  Brooklyn  Hotel  on  my  return  trip  from  Chicago 
Exhibition.  *  *  *  Having  been  round  the  world  twice,  the  only 
hotel  that  I  ever  met  with  which  approached  yours  was  in  Barce- 
lona, but  not  equal  to  the  Brooklyn." 

This  is  only  one  of  the  many  letters  of  praise  for  this  most  popular 
hotel,  and  the  many  friends  of  Mr.  Montgomery  all  over  the  world 
take  considerable  pride  in  recommending  his  justly  famous  first-class 
ho  lei. 


A    NEW    REMEDY. 


DISEASES  of  the  blood  are  almost  invariably  malignant  and 
tenacious.  Eczema,  scrofula,  and  tbe  worst  forms  of  blood- 
poisoning,  which  are  of  years'  standing,  may  now,  it  seems,  really  be 
cared.  Many  conscientious  medical  men  believe  that  severe  cases  of 
his  class  of  diseases  are  incurable,  because  mercury  is  invariably 
used  to  excess  in  their  treatment,  and  that,  remaining  in  the  system, 
often  produces  worse  results  than  the  original  disease.  But  the  in- 
troduction of  a  process  of  treatment  by  remedial  agents  which  con- 
tains not  a  particle  of  mercury  is  destined  to  revolutionize  the  older 
ideas.  The  World's  Salvation  Remedy  Company,  in  room  26,  Phelan 
Building,  are  now  introducing  it  on  this  coast.  It  is  guaranteed  to 
care  permanently  all  cases  of  scrofula,  eczema,  and  the  diseases 
that  produce  them  (which  are  so  easy  to  contract  and  hard  to  cure). 
No  matter  of  how  long  standing,  this  medicine  will  effect  a  cure,  and 
its  representatives  are  anxiously  seeking  all  cases  that  have  been 
given  up  by  physiciaus  and  treated  by  hot  sulphur  and  other 
medicated  baths  without  avail.  They  have  the  utmost  confidence  in 
the  success  of  their  remedy,  for  wherever  it  has  been  tried  it  has 
acted  like  magic.  In  Central  America  the  cures  it  has  made  are 
legion,  and  it  not  only  cures  the  original  disease,  but  perfectly 
restores  to  health  all  who  suffer  from  mercurial  poisoning.  Not 
more  than  ninety  days  are  required  for  the  perfect  cure  of  the  worst 
cases,  and  these  people  give  the  best  guarantee  in  the  world — no 
charge  unless  a  cure  is  effected.    All  queries  by  mail  answered. 

A    CORNER    OF    THE    MAEKET. 


TH  E  California  Market  is  one  of  the  sights  of  San  Francisco,  for 
here  are  gathered  together  tbe  best  and  finest  of  the  wonder- 
ful edible  products  which  have  made  the  fame  of  California.  No 
stranger  nvisi ting  the  city  should  fail  to  visit  it.  One  of  its  most 
attractive  and  delightful  corners  is  Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand,  stalls 
68  and  70,  about  half  way  between  Pine  and  California  streets. 
Moraghan  has  been  famous  for  years  for  the  excellence  of  his  oysters, 
from  the  largest  and  most  luscious  "Eastern"  oyster  to  the  small 
but  dainty  little  fproduct  of  California  waters.  These  oysters  are 
served  in  the  most  artistic  manner  and  in  all  styles  in  the  cozy  lunch 
rooms  attached,  or  are  sold  for  home  consumption.  All  San  Fran- 
ciscans have  learned  that  Moraghan's  oysters  are  always  reliable, 
fresh,  sweet,  and  plump.  Besides  oysters,  he  keeps  on  hand  a  full 
line  of  chops,  steaks,  and  other  meats  and  edibles,  which  are  served 
in  his  lunch  room  to  thousands  of  persons  who  know  what  the  best  is 
and  where  it  can  be  found. 


George  T.  Mar>h.  under  the  Palace  Hotel,  has  the  largest  and 
besc  assortment  of  Japanese  vases,  bric-a-brac,  etc.,  that  can  be 
found  in  the  West. 


A    KIlOWOOD8    PARADISE. 

THE  appreciation  of  the  public  has  never  been  shown  more 
promptly  Ifaen  In  Ihe  readiness  with  which  an  opportunity  to 
Eecure  a  I  ome  in  the  'edwoods  within  fifty  minutes  of  San  Francisco, 
tia»  been  accepted.  The  charm  of  Mill  Valley,  in  Marin  county,  is 
n  >t  known  lo  some,  and  that  is  their  misfortune.  It  is  in  the  heart 
of  the  laruest  and  noblest  redwoods  forest  in  California,  and  is  en- 
vir  med  by  lofty  mountains,  which  are  cut  in  all  directions  by  ro- 
mantic streams  and  picturesque  canyons.  There  are  no  fogs  and  no 
Qtiremefl  "f  'emp  r  iiure  or  humidity.  A  home  in  such  a  place,  with 
ih  ■  soft  und  hea'ih-giv  ng  odor  of  the  redwoods  everywhere,  with 
water  of  the  purest,  would  give  that  buoyancy  of  body  and  mind 
which  nsures  happiness  and  health.  A  great  deal  of  money  has 
been  expended  to  make  the  town  of  Eastland  an  ideal  abiding  place. 
There  is  u  splendid  water  sy-uem  which  supplies  the  town  wilh  the 
purest  and  coldest  mountain  water.  No  cold  winds  are  there  to 
wrack  the  shivering  frame,  and  the  climate  of  winter  is  as  delight- 
ful as  that  of  summer.  There  are  beauitful  drives  and  walks 
through  the  forest  and  mountains,  and  thirty  miles  of  road  are  kept 
sprinkled  in  the  summer.  The  sewerage  system  of  the  town  is  per- 
fect, and  already  a  large  permanent  population  has  established  itself 
there.  Thirteen  trains  run  daily  between  San  Francisco  and  East- 
land, arriving  and  leaving  hourly,  so  that  access  to  the  city  is  easy. 
No  more  beautiful  or  healthful  spot  could  be  imagined.  Detailed 
information  can  be  secured  from  Beverly  Letcher,  at  the  San  Fran- 
cisco Savings  Union,  or  from  the  Tamalpais  Land  and  Water  Com- 
pany's agent  at  Eastland. 


What  could  be  such  a 
thoroughly  satisfactory 
present  as  a  beautiful 
Bric-a-brac  Cabinet?  A 
safe  place  for  the  pretty 
exposure  of  the  house- 
hold's choicest  bits  of 
5  ceramics,  and  doubtless 
I  there'll  be  several  added 
pieces  this  year,  too. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 
Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANC/SCO: 


Leave  I 


From  Dec   1,  1894. 


I  ABBIVE 


7:00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6:45  a 

7:00  a  Benicla,  Vaoaville,  Rumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Bedding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 

7:30  a  Martinez,  San  Ramon,  Napa,  Calls- 
toga  and  *8anta  Rosa 6 :15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red  Bluff 
and*Oroville 4:15p 

9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  *Raymond 
( lor  Yosemite),  Santa  Barbara,  Los 
Angeles,  Deming,  El  Paso,  New 
Orleans  and  East 5:45p 

9:00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton 10:46  a 

*9:(H)a  Peters  and   Milton  ...  .  *7:15p 

510:30a  "  Sunset    Limited,"    Vestibuled 

Train  through  to  New  Orleans. ..  Jll-43  a 

1:03  p  Niles,  Ban  Jose  and  biveruiure  ...  *i:*i  a 

.     ..  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore. . .  $11:45  i 

*1:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers *9:uup 

4:00  f  Martinez,  Sau  Ramon,  Vallejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 
Santa  Rosa 9:15a. 

4:00  p.  Benicla,  Vacaville,  Woodland, 
Knight's  Landing,  Marysville, 
Oroville   and  Sacramento.. 10:45a 

4:30  P.  Niles,  Sau  Jo-^e,  uvormore, 
Stockton,  Modesto,  Merced  and 
Fresno 7:15p 

5:0Op.  Los  Angeles    Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfleld,  Santa    Barbara  and 
Los  Angeles 10:45a. 

5:00p.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojaveand  EaBt 10:45  a. 

6:00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East. .      9:45a 

6:00  p,  Hay wardB,  Niles  and  San  Jose. .     7:45a. 

J7:00  p.  Vallejo +7:45p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  EiDress,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Paget  Sound  and  East.      .         .      10:4"'  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 


8 :15a.  Newark.  Centerville,  San  Jose, 
Felton,    Boulder      Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations    5  5)  p. 

•2:15  P  Newark,  Ceuterville,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek, 
Santa  Cruz,  and  principal  way 

stations    *11:20a 

4:15p.  Npwark.SanTose,  Loh  GatOB 9:60a. 

+11:45 p.  Huuters' train  for  New  irk,  Al- 
viso,  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  and 

way  stations . . ..  18:05  p 

CoasTDIvlsion (Third  aid  Townsend  Streets). 
6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations    '. '..      1:45  p. 

8:15  a.  San  Jose, TresPinos, Santa  Cruz, 
Pacific  Grove,  PaBO  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Way  Stations 7  05  p. 

10:40  a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations. ..  5:06  p. 

11:45  A.    Palo   Alto  and    Way  StationB..  3:30  p. 
*22Qp.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres   Piuos, 
Santa    Cruz,   SalinaB,  Monterey, 

Pacific  Grove    *10:40a. 

•8:80  P.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

•4:25p.  Palo  Altoand  WayStatious *8:06a.< 

5*a0  p.  San  Jose  and  Way  StationB *8:48a... 

6:30p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:35  a.' 

tll:45p.    Palo  Alto   and   principal  Way 

Stations +7:38p. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

FromSASFRiSriSCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
•7  00  8  OO  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  a.  m.,  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00   and  *6  00  P.  M. 
From  MKLaKD— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  *11  00  A.  M. 
tl2  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  '5  00  p.  M. 


A,  for  Morning. 

•SnnrtRVP  excepted. 

^Thursdays  only 


p.forAfterno»n. 
+8aturdays  only. 
tSunday^only. 


The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Euquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Carils  and  other  Information 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamerB  from  San  Francisco  for, 
ports  In  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Nov.  6,  21     Dec.  6,  21 

For  B.  <:.  and  Puget  Souud  ports,  Dec  11 
16,  21,  26,  31,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

For  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing 'Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed 
nesdays,  y  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  tlarford, 
Santa  Barbara,  Port  Los  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Lob 
Angeles),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
dav,  alternated  at  u  a.  m. 

For,  En^euada,  Magdale-ua  Bay  Sau  Jose  del 
Cabo,M«zatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  tit.  Paul,  10  a.  m.,  H5th  of  each  mouth. 

pickkt  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOODALL,  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Gen'l  Agents, 
No.  10  Market  street,  San  Francisco, 


WINTER     TENNIS     TOURNAMENT. 

THE  first  winter  tournament  given  by 
the  California  Club  was  a  success  as 
far  an  tbe  audience  and  applause  went, 
bat  the  tennis  was  far  from  what  it  ougbt 
to  bave  been.  Ladies'  and  gentlemen's 
mixed  doubles  at  best  are  not  criterions  of 
championship  form,  as  the  weaker  sex, 
although  they  may  play  a  good  game, 
cannot  well  cope  against  the  stronger  ele- 
ment, and  these  matches  generally  are,  as 
they  were  in  this  instance,  a  single  match 
between  each  gentleman  and  each  lady. 
The  gentlemen  played  every  shot  they 
could  to  their  lady  opponents,  keeping  the 
other  man  on  the  run  the  whole  time,  and 
this  mode  of  playing,  though  highly  amus- 
ing to  the  spectators,  is  not  what  one 
would  call  high-class  tennis.  Again,  tbe 
man  often  attempts  too  much,  at  the 
same  time  underestimating  his  partner's 
qualities,  and  several  times  the  game  de- 
veloped into  a  farce,  as,  although  the 
ladies  could  have  returned  toe  balls  all 
right  and  perhaps  have  scored,  they  were 
not  allowed  to,  and  the  consequence  was, 
in  qu:te  a  number  of  instances,  most  dis- 
astrous. 

Miss  Grace  Clark  and  G.  B.  de  L?ng 
were  by  .far  tbe  best  team  in  the  held,  and 
although  the  score  was  quite  close  in  some 
instances,  we  think  no  team  entered  should 
have  beaten  them.  Of  course  de  Long  did 
most  of  the  running  about,  but  his  part- 
ner helped  him  considerably  and  served 
well  all  during  tbe  afternoon.  Miss  A.  A. 
Clark  and  D.  E.  Allison,  Jr.,  made  a  good 
showing  and  did  a  great  deal  better  than 
anyone  expected,  especially  as  Miss  Clark 
was  not  at  all  well  and  entered  only  to 
make  up  a  fourth  team.  Some  of  her 
back-hand  shots  called  fortb  much  ap- 
plause, which  was  welt  merited.  Allison 
played  well,  but  is  not  as-  cunning  as  de 
Long,  and  has  not  the  head  which  is 
essential  in  such  cases. 

Miss  Martha  Alexander  and  A.  B.  Wil- 
berforce  were  disappointing  to  their 
friends,  as  better  results  were  expected, 
but  somehow  or  other  Miss  Alexander  did 
not  shine  as  she  did  at  8an  Rafael;  in 
fact,  she  seemed  to  be  nervous  and  not 
sure  in  any  of  her  strokes.  She  at- 
tempted to  volley  at  the  net  like  Miss 
Bates,  hut  at  present  we  wonld  advise 
her  to  keep  at  the  back  of  the  court.  Wil- 
berforce  at  times  played  well,  but  was 
evidently  out  of  practice. 

It  was  quite  a  treat  to  see  Mrs.  H.  H. 
Sherwood  before  the  nets  again,  and  al- 
though she  did  not  have  very  mnch 
chance  to  do  anything,  she  showed  that 
she  still  retained  quite  a  good  knowledge 
of  the  game.  Her  partner,  R.  N.  Whit- 
ney, at  times  attempted  rather  too  much, 
but  be  was  handicapped  with  a  bad  wrist, 
which  added  to  the  discomforts  of  defeat. 


Barm    Door    is    one   of    the  peculiarly 
named  Pennsylvania  towns. 


ETECTIVE  B! 


in  Id  every  local' 
jrlvaw  DeieotlTC 

under  lu^trucrlonB.  Experience  uoorceasarv.  Send  for  par- 
tdoularu.    National  Dewctive  Buruau,  Indianapolis,  Iud. 


OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COVPINY. 


>>y  o 


Coolgardiefrolti  field*, 

«$.  (Fretnuutle)  Australia; 

"^       $220    first    class,     $1IU 

-      stteraze    Lowest  rates 

<£  to  Capetown,  8,  Africa 

O.   8.  8.  tlompauv's 

steamers  sail : 

For     HONOLULU, 

8.  8.   -  AUSTRALIA," 

Dec.2i,  1S94 
For      HONOLULU 
APIA.    AUCKLAND 
and  SYDNEY,  S.  8. 
•SfiVE'S  V  "  AKAWA."  Jan  10,  '95 

Cook  parties  to  Honolulu,  Jan    19,  Feb   16,  Apr. 
4;  reduced  excursion  rates. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPKECKELa  &  dROS.  CO.,  Qeneral  Agts 


SAH  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBU80N  FERRY—  Foot  ol  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK    DAYS— 7:4U,  9:20,  11:00  a.m.;  12:35,8:30, 

6:10,    6:30    p.    a.    Thursdays— Extra   trip    at 

11 :3u  p.  m  .   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1  50  and 

ll:3'j  p.  m. 
8UNDAY8-8:00,  9:30,11:00  A.M.;  1:30,  3:80,5:00, 

6:20  p.  m. 

SAN  KAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS— 6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A    M.;  12:46, 
3:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:65 
and  6:30  p.  m. 
8UNDAYb-8:10,  9:40,11:10  A.  M.;l:40,  3:40,5:00. 
6:25  p.  m. 
Between  San  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

I    In  Effect    j  Arrive  in  8.  F. 
|Ap'l  15, 1894. — 


LeavbS.  F. 


DaTs*    8™^« 


7:40  a. a, 
3:30  p.  a. 
5:11  p. w. 


3:00  A.M. 
9:30  a.  m 
5:00p.  m. 


7:40a.m. 
3 -an',  v' 


.   '""J   '"   Da6;,,* 


Novato, 
Potaluma, 
Santa  Ro.a. 


Fuito- 

Windsor, 

He&ldsburg, 

Geyserville, 

Gloverdalf 


10:40  A.  H 
6:05p.m 
7:30p.m 


7:4  J  a  M 


7:40a. M 
3:30  p.  m 


7:4Ua.  Jt. 
5 :10  p.  K. 


■V.UUA.M 

5:00p.m 


Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 


Guerneville 


douonia 
Glen  Ellen. 


7:4ua.m    8:00a.m.   Sebastopol.  10:40a.m|10:30a.m 
3:30  p.m    5:00  p.m.  6  05p.m|  6:15p.m 


S:50a.  m 

10:30am 
6:15  P.M 


6:15  p.m. 


10:30a  m 
6:15  PM 


10:40a.m.  8:60am, 
6:05p.m    6:15pm. 


Stages  connect  at  Geyserville  for  Skates 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  SprlngB, 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lakeport  and  Bartlett 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  TJklah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  ijakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Boonevllle 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City, 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Porno,  Potter  Valley.  John  Day's.  Live- 
ly'*, Gravelly  Valley,  Harris.  Blocksbure,  Bridee- 
viile,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday  to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

On  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE— Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 

H.  C.  WHITING,  R.  X.  RYAN. 

Gen.  Manager. Gen.  Passenger  Agent 

OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN  AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  of  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and  BRAN 

NAN  STREETS,  at  3:   00  p.m.  for  YOKOHAMA 

and    HONGKONG,    connecting  at    Yokohama 

with  Steamers  for  SHANGHAI: 

Gaelic Monday,  December  24, 1894 

Bklgic    ..  Thursday,  Jan.  24. 1895 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu)  .Tuesday,  Feb.  12, 1895 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATES 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  Company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street,  corner  First. 

D   D.  STUBBS,  Secretary. 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Thbough  Link  to  New  Yoek,  via  Panama, 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 
SAILINGS— At  noon. 
From  company's  wharf.  First  a^d  Branuau  Sts. 
S.  S.  "  C jlou,"  Dei  ember  18. 1894. 
H.S.  "Sau  Jo-e."  December  28,  1894. 
S.  S.  "Acapulco,"  Jauua-y  8, 18y5. 
S.  S.  "Coiima,"  Jauuaiy  18,  18y5. 

JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR   YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG. 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.S.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Thursday,  Dec. 

13, 1894,  at  3  p.  m. 

d.    8.     'City  of    Peking,"  Thursday,  January 
3,  1SS5,  at  3  P.  M 
S.  8.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Jan.   15,  1895,  at 

S.  S.  "Peru,"  February  2, 1895,  at3  p.  m. 
Round  Trip  Ticfieiu  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  nr  pas«aee  apply  at  the  Company's 
office,  No.   425  Market  street. 

ALEXANDER  CENTER. 

General  Agent 


»-     P      Mrw*    I  rltrr. 


Christmas    Number. 


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SAN  LUIS  REY  MISSION. -By  C.  D.  Robinson. 


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S.   P.  New*  Letter.  December  30,  1894. 


THE    HENRY    CLAY    OF    THE    PACIFIC    COAST. 


Pnca   Par  Copy.  lO  Coma. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO,  SATURDAY,  DECEMBER  29,1894. 


Number  26. 


Printed  and  Published  (Wry  Saturday  6y  <&e  Proprietor,  Fred 
Marriott,  606-609-613  JfercAanf  Street,  San  Francisco.  En- 
tered at  San  Francisco  Post-office  as  Second  Class  Hatter. 


The  office  of  the  News  Letter  in  New  York  City  is  at  the  "  Evening 
Post  "  Building,  204  206  Broadway,  Room  1.  where  information 
may  be  obtained   regarding  subscription  and  advertising  rates. 

No  one  ran  mistake  our  cartoon  this  week  for  any  other  than  that  of 
Samuel  M.  Shortridge  whose  uncommon  facial  peculiarities  and  skull 
conformation  have  induced  us  to  name  him  "the  Henry  Clay  of  Hie  Pacific 
Osast."  For  not  a  man  of  recent  times  has  borne  so  clone  a  resemblance 
t<>  Cloy.  It  should  be  encouraging  to  oil  young  men  to  know  that  this 
brilliant  young  man  has  fought  his  own  uwtt  to  the  very  front  rank  in  the 
legal  profession  of  California,  awl  left  no. ■'tain  on  his  record.  As  thelow 
partner  of  D.  31.  Del  mas  he  has  a  share  in  one  of  the  heaviest  practices  of 
the  Coast,  and,  better  than  that,  he  not  only  possesses  the  confidence  of  lead- 
ing men,  but  deserves  it  ns  mil.  It  is  a  pity  that  with  his  wonderful  voice 
and  rare  natural  gifts  as  an  actor  and  orator,  he  did  not  make  of  himself 
what  he  might  have  become — n  great  tragedian.  But  the  bar  has  gained  a 
star  that  the  stage  might  have  had. 

IT  is  evident  that  China,  with    a  consistency  that  is  admirable, 
does  not  propose  to  mar  her  splendid  record  of   successive  de- 
feats by  a  single  victory. 


THE  quarrel  between  Boss  Croker  and  Bourke  CochraD,  com- 
ing with  the  discovery  of  amazing  rottenness  in  the  Police 
Department  of  New  York,  seems  to  be  the  weaving  of  Tam- 
many's winding  sheet.  Had  not  the  power  of  Tammany  waned, 
tbe  Lexow  Committee  would  have  been  impossible,  and  Park- 
hurst  would  have  remained  a  crank. 


SOUND  common  sense  is  evinced  in  the  fact  that  M.  D.  Boruck 
will  be  chosen  for  Secretary  of  the  Senate.  No  better  man 
could  be  secured  for  the  office,  as  it  goes  without  saying  that  it 
tarries  with  it  thorough  and  intelligent  attention  to  business  and 
a  rapid  disposal  of  legislation.  The  most  able  and  competent 
men  should  be  chosen  for  such  positions,  and  under  that  head 
Mr.  Boruck  is  in  the  lead.  The  Senate,  under  such  circumstances, 
should  be  sincerely  congratulated. 


ACCORDING  to  our  South-hating  contemporares,  a  "  race  war  " 
broke  out  in  Georgia  the  other  day.  Some  negroes  murdered 
white  men,  the  surviving  white  men  killed  some  negroes  who  had 
aided  the  murderers  in  escaping,  then  came  a  call  to  arms — and 
there  it  ended.  These  terrible  "  wars  "  strew  the  editorial  columns 
of  our  fierce  contemporaries  with  the  bones  of  unrealized  hopes 
that  all  the  white  men  in  tbe  South  should  be  killed,  and  choke 
the  brains  of  the  dismal  editors  with  blood.  Political  editors  are 
terrible  creatures  when  fully  roused. 


IT  turns  out,  after  all,  that  Mt.  Kanier  has  not  been  in  eruption, 
but  that  the  changes  in  its  upper  contour  were  caused  by  giant 
avalanches.  While  there  is  no  likelihood  that  any  of  the  chain 
of  dead  volcanoes  reaching  from  Lassen's  Peak  in  California  to 
Mt.  St.  Elias  in  Alaska  will  ever  burst  forth  again,  most  of  tbem 
nevertheless  were  active  in  recent  geological  times.  Although  it  is 
improbable  it  is  by  no  means  impossible  that  any  one  of  them, 
especially  those  in  California,  should  resume  operations  at  any 
moment;  the  occurence  of  earthquakes  is  pretty  good  evidence 
that  tremendous  subterranean  struggles  are  going   on  hereabout. 

POOR  old  Lyman  Trumbull,  dead  these  twenty-five  years  after 
writing  the  Thirteenth  Amendment  to  the  Federal  Constitu- 
tion, has  risen  from  the  grave  and  drafted  a  platform  for  the  Pop- 
ulists which  should  make  the  marrow  in  their  bones  seethe 
rapturously.  He  wants  the  Government  to  control  monopolies 
and  their  employees  to  be  under  civil  service  rules;  demands  that 
the  power  of  the  President  to  call  out  troops  to  aid  "monopolies 
in  the  oppression  of  their  employees"  be  abolished;  advocales 
laws  limiting  the  amount  of  property  acquired  by  devise  or  in- 
inheritance;  calls  (of  course)  for  the  free  coinage  of  silver  at  a 
ratio  of  sixteen  to  one,  and  denounces  the  Government  issue  of 
interest-bearing  bonds  in  time  of  peace.  Tbe  platform  has  only 
one  defect— it  does  not  demand  the  full  extension  of  the  franchise 
to  women. 


PORTLAND  merchants  seem  to  be  awake  to  the  importance  of 
trade  with  tbe  Orient.  A  plan  is  now  on  foot  to  hold  an 
Oriental  Exposition  there  next  year  in  which  China,  Japan,  Siam, 
Corea,  Hawaii,  and  Australia  are  to  be  invited  to  participate. 
By  right  of  geographical  situation  8an  Francisco  should  continue 
to  monopolize  the  greater  part  of  trade  with  these  countries.  But 
it  has  come  to  pass  in  this  year  of  our  Lord  that  something  more 
than  geographical  advantage  is  needed  to  bold  a  valuable  com- 
merce. There  is  food  for  much  thought  on  the  part  of  San  Fran- 
cisco merchants  in  this  Portland  Oriental  fair  project. 


THE  world  had  forgotten  Francis  II.,  one  time  king  of  Naples, 
until  he  died  last  Thursday.  It  was  Garibaldi  the  Liberator 
who  drove  bim  from  his  throne  in  1860,  after  the  poor  little  king, 
finding  his  power  threatened  by  an  insurrection  of  his  own  peo- 
ple by  reason  of  his  petty  persecutions,  bad  offered  them  amnesty 
and  a  constitution.  With  the  true  Latin  spirit,  they  preferred 
freedom  at  the  hands  of  a  great  rebel  to  exactly  similar  freedom 
from  a  pusillanimous  king.  By  that  act  they  lost  their  country, 
which  was  absorbed  by  Italy,  and  yet  they  reverence  the  name 
of  Garibaldi  1 


AND  now  comes  a  woman  all  the  way  from  France  to  discover 
America.  Of  course  she  is  a  newspaper  writer,  and  her  name 
is  Mme.  Leon  Grandin.  It  has  been  often  remarked  that  the 
globe-trotters  of  the  United  States  have  been  confused  by  foreign- 
ers when  questioned  concerning  the  most  wonderful  objects  of 
their  own  country,  and  have  had  either  to  acknowledge  their 
ignorance  or  quote  from  descriptive  writers.  Not  one  in  ten  who 
make  these  pilgrimages  to  Europe  have  ever  seen  the  Yosemite 
or  the  Yellowstone  Park,  and  many  have  never  seen  Niagara, 
bnt  to  think  of  this  woman  discovering  herds  of  buffalo  near  New 
York  city  is  a  delightful  revelation. 


IT  is  not  only  in  the  United  States  that  women  are  taking  an 
earnest  part  in  politics.  In  England  the  Marchioness  of  Salis- 
bury and  the  Duchess  of  Devonshire  are  rivaling  each  other  in 
their  efforts  in  behalf  of  their  respective  husbands,  and  Miss  Bal- 
four is  making  a  hot  campaign  in  behalf  of  her  brother.  Tbe 
Mrs.  Leases  should  not  fail  to  take  note,  however,  that  whereas 
they  are  striving  to  get  offices  for  themselves  the  women  in  Eng- 
land are  unselfishly  working  for  the  advancement  of  their  lords 
and  masters  and  other  masculine  favorites.  And  that  is  why  the 
English  woman  wields  an  influence  in  politics  such  as  the  Ameri- 
can woman  cannot  hope  to  command. 


THE  elopement  of  the  Rev.  Conrad  Haney,  who  was  abont  to 
receive  a  "  call "  to  Prof.  Swing's  church  at  Chicago,  with  a 
handsome  young  matron  of  his  congregation  with  whom  he  was 
caught  in  flagrante  delicto  by  her  husband,  has  dampened  the 
spirits  of  the  faithful  of  the  Old  Central  Church  and  cansed  them 
to  query  if,  after  all,  saving  grace  is  what  it  is  cracked  np  to  be. 
The  divine's  offense,  however,  was  tempered  by  a  letter  in  which 
he  asked  for  the  prayers  of  the  righteous;  who,  if  their  hearts  be 
not  softened  by  that  ingenuous  and  flattering  appeal,  are  no  true 
inheritors  of  the  heavenly  kingdom.  They  are  now  casting  about 
for  a  shepherd  who  will  be  satisfied  with  praying  for  his  flock 
without  preying  on  them — a  spotless  man  of  God,  who  with  pure 
spirituality  shall  combine  that  other  essential  of  a  successful  pul- 
piteer: tbe  graceful  tact  to  refrain  from  making  a  public  mess  of 
his  private  pleasures. 


THE  liquor  dealers  of  this  State  have  become  alarmed  at  the 
agitation  now  going  on  in  several  of  the  larger  cities  through- 
out the  State,  and  have  organized  a  State  Protective  Association. 
This  new  organization  will  inclnde  both  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers,  and  as  there  are  abont  12,000  dealers  in  the  State,  the  or- 
ganization will  be  a  powerful  one.  The  initiation  fees  range  from 
$100  for  wholesalers  in  tbe  city  to  $6  for  retailers  throughout  tbe 
State.  This  annual  income  for  members  will  place  the  organiza- 
tion on  a  strong  basis  for  work,  and  being  simply  on  tbe  defen- 
sive, they  will  be  able  to  defeat  any  radical  legislation  or  political 
action  that  may  be  inaugurated  in  opposition  to  their  business. 
The  matter  of  most  importance  herein  lies  in  this  question :  As 
the  moral  sentiment  at  large  is  incompetent  even  to  deter  an  open 
movement  of  this  kind,  may  not  the  power  of  the  liquor  element 
be  reasonably  taken  as  an  expression  of  tbe  sort  of  morality 
that  prevails  among  us? 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1894. 


OPINIONS  ON  RECENT  EVENTS. 


A  Cable  The  announcement  in  the  Christmas  number  of  the 
to  the  News  Letter  that  the  Commercial  Cable  Company 
Antipodes,  had  decided  to  span  the  Pacific  Ocean  with  a  cable 
has  aroused  great  interest.  This  means  that  John  W. 
Mackay,  the  leading  spirit  of  the  Commercial  Company,  is  deter- 
mined to  continue  his  Titanic  combat  with  his  formidable  antagon- 
ist, the  Western  Union,  which  he  has  already  defeated  in  every 
struggle.  It  need  not  be  at  all  disappointing  to  San  Franciscans  that 
the  western  terminus  of  the  cable  will  be  Vancouver  instead  of  this 
city,  for  the  benefits  which  they  will  enjoy  will  be  none  the  less 
tangible.  Mr.  Mackay  undoubtedly  has  good  reasons  for  selecting 
Vancouver,  for  it  is  announced  that  the  gap  between  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  cables  of  the  Commercial  Company  will  be  filled  by  the 
transcontinental  line  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Telegraph  system. 
This  affords  almost  a  straight  line  between  England  and  Vancouver, 
with  only  one  necessary  point  of  transmission— Newfoundland;  and 
we  all  know  that  the  fewer  the  transmissions  the  better  and  cheaper 
the  service.  The  communication  between  Vancouver  and  San  Fran- 
cisco is  very  close.  There  is  at  present  a  large  traffic  between  the 
Pacific  Coast  on  one  side  and  Hawaii,  Japan,  China,  and  the  Aus- 
tralian colonies  on  the  other.  The  steamship  service  is  of  the  highest 
order.  But  all  this  business— all  business.il  may  be  said,  between 
the  United  States  and  the  Orient — has  been  seriously  hampered  by 
the  great  expense,  uncertainty,  and  delay  of  telegraphing  three- 
fourths  of  the  way  round  the  world,  via  China,  India,  Europe,  and 
the  Atlantic  Ocean,  the  uncabled  Pacific  remaining  a  formidable 
barrier.  The  leading  spirits  of  America  know  what  a  serious  diffi- 
culty this  has  proved  to  be,  and  they  have  always  looked  to  the 
Western  Union  Company,  with  its  enormous  wealth,  for  relief.  It 
has  remained  for  John  W.  Mackay  to  solve  the  problem  with  another 
of  those  heroic  blows  which  mark  his  history.  There  is  nothing 
"conservative"  about  him ;  instead  of  waiting  for  business  he  creates 
it.  The  News  Letter  has  often  discussed  a  transpacific  cable,  has 
time  and  again  pointed  out  the  enormous  advantages  to  California 
and  the  United  States  as  a  whole  from  its  construction.  This  cable 
will  be  the  most  serious  blow  that  the  commerce  of  England  ever  re- 
ceived, and  what  England  will  lose  the  United  States  will  gain.  The 
tapping  of  the  Hawaiian  Islands  will  be  a  tremendous  advantage, 
but  that  will  be  small  in  comparison  with  the  vast  benefits  which 
will  accrue  from  reaching  the  whole  system  of  Oriental  wires  at  Aus- 
tralia, bringing  China  and  Japan  to  our  very  doors. 

A  Peculiar  Unless  the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company  amend 
Kind  of       its  method  of  securing  business  it  cannot  hope  lor 

Insurance,  prolonged  prosperity  based  on  the  confidence  of  the 
public.  Here  is  a  case  in  point:  Fifteen  years  ago  a 
gentleman  of  this  city  was  induced  by  a  solicitor  for  the  company  to 
take  out  a  tontine  policy  for  a  certain  amount.  It  was  to  mature  in 
fifteen  years.  Briefly  stated,  a  tontine  policy  is  one  in  which  tne  in- 
sured agrees  to  pay  so  much  a  year,  for  a  certain  number  of  years, 
on  each  one  thousand  dollars  of  the  policy  ;  these  payments  secure 
an  insurance  on  his  life,  during  the  period,  for  the  face  of  the  policy ; 
at  the  end  of  the  period,  if  he  be  still  living,  he  is  repaid 
a  certain  sum,  being  his  share  in  the  earnings  of  the  money  in  the 
tontine  fund  as  handled  by  the  company.  In  this  particular  case  it 
was  represented  to  the  policy  holder  that  he  would  receive  at  least 
the  amount  which  he  had  paid  in.  When  the  policy  matured  recently 
and  the  holder  demanded  a  settlement  he  was  paid  an  amount  much 
smaller  than  that  which  he  had  paid  in.  Upon  his  request  for  an  ex- 
planation of  this  discrepancy  between  promise  and  performance  he 
was  blandly  informed  that  the  promise  was  made  on  the  basis  of 
earnings  for  the  preceding  fifteen  years,  but  as  the  earnings  for  the 
succeeding  fifteen  years  had  been  smaller  the  proportion  due  him 
was  smaller.  This  may  all  be  true,  but  in  every  aspect  it  is  unfortun- 
ate for  the  company.  It  shows  that  ft  permits  its  agents  to  make 
absolute  promises,  without  explaining  the  possibility  of  contingen- 
cies, and  that  it  has  failed  to  handle  its  funds  as  profitably  during 
the  last  fifteen  years  as  it  did  during  the  preceding  fifteen.  This  is 
not  calculated  to  increase  the  public  confidence  either  in  the  com- 
pany's method  of  securing  business  or  its  care  in  handling  its  money. 
Insurance  is  a  wise  precaution  and  a  legitimate  business,  and  there 
are  numerous  reliable  companies  in  the  ,ield. 

A  Danger  In  the  financial  department  of  this  issue  is  the  an- 
to  nouncement  that  the  Insurance  Union  is  in  danger  of 

Insurance,  disruption,  and  some  of  the  evils  resulting  from  so 
deplorable  a  happening  are  indicated.  This  union 
was  formed  to  prevent  the  disastrous  rate  cutiing  which  Was  form- 
erly in  vogue,  and  its  principal  benefit  was  to  the  smaller  local  com- 
panies. The  stock  in  these  companies  is  held  by  residents  of  this 
coast,  and  the  interests  of  this  section  are  bound  up  to  a  large 
extent  in  those  of  the  local  companies.  If  they  suffer  the  entire 
community  will  suffer,  and  they  surely  would  be  crippled  if  a  rate 
war  should  be  precipitated,  for  in  such  a  struggle  how  could  they 
compete  with  the  foreign  companies?  Cheap  insurance  is  the  most 
dangerous  of  financial  delusions.  For  this  reason  there  is  a  public 
sentiment  favoring  generous  profits  on  the  part  of  insurance  compa- 
nies.   Under  the  policy  which  the  union  has  pursued,  the  rates  were 


of  a  kind  to  secure  financial  stability  without  exorbitant  charges.  A 
particularly  valuable  feature  of  the  compact  was  the  concerted  avoid- 
ance of  wildcat  risks  and  the  discouragement  of  arson.  During  the 
existence  of  the  union  the  number  of  suspicious  fires  has  been  ex- 
ceedingly small,  and  that  means  the  greater  security  of  innocent 
householders  against  the  arsenous  propensities  of  their  neighbors. 
In  short,  rate-cutting  in  tire  insurance  is  dangerous  in  so  mam- 
ways,  both  to  the  public  and  the  underwriters,  that  not  only  should 
the  companies  strain  every  nerve  to  maintain  their  organization, 
but  the  public,  in  sheer  self-defense,  should  set  their  faces  firmly 
against  it  in  the  event  of  its  arrival.  It  is  evident  that  such  a  war 
would  cause  a  shrinkage  of  the  value  of  shares,  which  would  mean  a 
direct  loss  to  the  shareholders,  a  weakening  of  the  financial  resources 
of  the  companies,  and  a  lessening  of  the  value  of  insurance.  For 
these  reasons  it  is  difficult  to  understand  why  the  companies  should 
permit  themselves  even  to  consider  disruption  for  a  moment.  It 
is  true  that  the  cause  of  it  is  the  small  business  which  they  have 
been  doing  during  the  hard  times;  but  that  alone  is  the  strongest 
reason  why,  with  so  little  business  in  sight,  the  competing  companies 
would  resort  to  rate-cutting.  Disbandment  would  only  make  the 
situation  vastly  worse  than  it  is, and  there  is  nothing  in  the  nature 
of  bankruptcy  thai  threatens  while  the  compact  lasts. 

Lord  Randolph  Lord  Randolph  Churchill  has  returned  to  Eng- 
Draws  Near  land,  and  is  drooling  out  the  last  miserable  days 
The  End.  of  his  life.  When  he  was  here,  a  few  months 
ago,  and  his  aristocratic  American  wife,  sup- 
ported by  her  equally  aristocratic  American  friends,  majestically 
denounced  the  newspapers  for  hinting  that  his  Lordship  was  failing 
she  and  they  knew  best  of  all  that  the  newspapers  nappened  for  once 
to  be  telling  the  truth.  The  News  Letter  made  no  mincing  of  it; 
the  Examiner  alone,  in  order  to  "  scoop  "  its  contemporaries,  lent  its 
columns  to  slabbering  praise  of  his  Lordship's  physical  and  mental 
prowess  by  one  of  his  friends.  Is  failing  health  so  shameful  a  thing 
that  it  must  be  concealed?— or  does  sometimes  the  nature  of  it  bring 
a  lie  to  the  mouth  in  simple  shame?  Lord  Eandolph  has  lived  his 
life,  a  short  but  merry  one.  Paresis  is  the  most  dreadful  herald  that 
Death  sends  forth,  and  yet  it  sometimes  treads  on  the  heels  of  a 
short  life  and  a  merry  one.  He  was  an  able  man.  gifted  far  beyond 
the  common,  and  had  he  been  born  the  son  of  a  poor  commoner,  he 
might  have  impressed  his  name  more  deeply  on  English  history.  He 
was  a  strange  anomaly.  Although  born  of  one  of  the  most  aristo- 
cratic families  of  England,  he  was  always  a  friend  of  the  people,  and 
as  leader  of  the  Ultra-Liberal  party  he  was  a  power  in  Parliament. 
The  people  idolized  him.  And  yet  this  broad,  generous  man  was 
absorbed  in  his  pleasures,  and  calmly  married  an  American  fortune 
in  order  that  he  might  pursue  them.  Another  aspect  of  the  matter 
(though  one  of  minor  force)  is  the  position  of  the  rich  young  Amer- 
ican woman  who  became  a  partner  to  his  lordship's  scheme  of  in- 
dulgence. Even  when  she  married  him  he  was  broken  down  under 
his  excesses.  That  mattered  nothing  to  her,  and  likely  she  has  not 
repented;  for  even  though  the  last  few  years  must  have  been  un- 
speakably revolting  to  her,  she  has  the  glorious  satisfaction  of  know- 
ing that  money  can  buy  title  and  social  position,  and  that  she  paid 
honest  coin  for  all  that  she  got. 

The  Pope  The  Pope  has  issued  acircular  commanding  the 

Fights  Catholics  of  America  not  to  join  certain  secret 

Secret  Societies,  societies,  specifying  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  Sons 
of  Temperance,  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  warning  Catholic  members  of  those  societies  that  the  sacramen 
will  be  withheld  from  them.  There  are  many  other  secret  societies  iu 
America,  but  these  three  are  selected  for  the  ban.  Masonry  has  been 
covered  by  a  similar  ban  for  many  years.  The  Catholic  Church  is 
shrewd  enough,  however,  to  know  that  there  is  something  in  the 
average  man  which  hungers  for  the  peculiar  sort  of  fellowship  which 
secret  socities  provide,  and  to  meet  that  demand  it  has,  within  recent 
times,  created  secret  societies  of  its  own,  the  Young  Men's  Institute 
being  the  leading  one.  The  opposition  of  the  Church  to  other  secret 
societies  is  due  to  its  jealousy  of  any  moral  influence  which  the 
Church  itseif  does  not  exercise.  It  is  a  matter  of  discipline;  and  as 
the  great  strength  of  the  church  lies  in  that  principle,  its  enforce- 
ment is  consistent  and  wise.  The  church  does  not  fear  any  secrets 
that  members  of  secret  societies  are  pledged  to  keep,  for  it  is  aware 
that  none  worth  knowing  are  cherished.  Nor  can  it  object  to  secret 
socities  on  the  score  that  they  are  dangerous  to  good  morals  or  that 
they  usurp  the  social,  charitable,  and  benevolent  functions  of  the 
church,  for  the  church,  by  creating  them  within  itself,  has  acknowl- 
edged their  value  in  those  respects.  For  a  similar  reason  the  church 
cannot  object  to  them  on  the  ground  that  they  gratify  an  idle  taste 
for  pomp,  and  mummery,  and  harmless  mystery.  The  objection  is 
a  matter  of  discipline  solely;  and  when  that  is  understood  non- 
Catholics  will  feel  less  resentful  and  Catholics  more  obedient. 

Some  Respect    If  all  the  innumerable  schemes  for  easing  the  suf- 
fer ferings  of  the  poor  were  confined  to  America,  we 
Poverty.         should  say  that  they   were  merely  evidence  of 
proneness  for  fads  that  distinguishes  Americans 
above  all  other  races.     But  really  the  movement  began  in  England, 
that  most  conservative  and  undemonstrative  of  all  countries.    Its 
soul  was  given  a  body  by  William  Booth ,  but  long  before  him  Labou- 


December  23,  18!H. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


cherr  had  been  hammering  at  the  hearts  of  the  rich  and  defending 
poverty  from  the  mean  aggress  inns  of  wealth.  Booth  took  a  vastly 
broader  view.  Labouehere  employed  a  rapier;  Booth's  weapon  was 
compassion.  One  clamored  for  justice,  the  other  for  sympathy  ;  one 
was  a  judge,  the  other  a  physician,  Othtt  great  hearts  were  concur* 
rently  working.  Rich  London  opened  its  eyes  in  wonder  when  it 
discovered  the  incredible  thing*  which  the  fad  of  "slumming**  re- 
vealed, and  not  till  then  was  the  noble  work  of  Florence  Nightingale 
understood.  The  fad  of  "slumming"  spread  to  the  American  cities, 
as  do  all  other  English  fads,  and  the  heart  of  rich  America  was 
touched  in  turn.  At  this  time  there  is  sweeping  over  civilization  a 
tremendous  wave  of  sympathy  for  the  suffering  poor,  and  out  of  it  a 
growing  knowledge  that  much  of  this  suffering  is  due  to  ignorance  of 
the  great  art  of  living.  Except  in  so  far  as  the  work  of  the  Salvation 
Army  is  concerned,  there  is  nothing  as  yet  democratic  in  this  move- 
ment. With  a  few  exceptions  (and  they  are  mostly  women)  rich  per- 
sons stiU  think  that  they  have  a  right  to  all  that  they  have; 
that  it  is  not  duty,  but  a  condescending  compassion,  that  leads 
them  to  give,  and  that  there  is  nothing  wrong  in  their 
efforts  to  increase  their  wealth.  They  still  regard  money  as  the 
measure  of  all  the  higher  values  and  its  possession  as  entitling  them 
to  the  exercise  of  all  power.  When  Mr.  Fullnian  reduced  the  wages 
of  his  car-makers  it  was  because,  competition  having  become  sharp, 
he  desired  to  maintain  bis  old  enormous  profits  without  reference  to 
the  comfort  of  his  employees;  and  yet  in  acts  of  benevolence  he  and 
Mr.  Carnegie  are  very  generous  men.  But  in  spite  of  all  appear- 
ances, this  universal  movement  upon  the  wolf  at  the  door  of  the  poor 
is  essentially  democratic,  or  at  least  will  surely  drift  into  that  chan- 
nel. This  does  not  mean  that  the  rights  of  the  rich  are  threatened, 
but  only  that  with  the  elevation  of  the  poor  and  the  growth  of  intel- 
ligence among  them  will  come  a  broader  tolerance  and  a  more  gen- 
erous understanding  of  thrift  and  its  material  reward.  All  of  these 
matters,  however,  are  speculative  and  of  little  importance  now.  It 
is  comforting  to  look  at  the  movement  in  its  present  form,  and  to 
know  that  beneath  all  the  sordidness  of  the  race  there  slumbers  a 
genuine  compassion,  and  that  although  it  often  assumes  the  silliest 
phases,  it  is  none  the  less  genuine  for  that.  In  this  work  the  rich  are 
educating  themselves  as  well  as  the  poor.  They  are  learning  that 
the  self  indulgences  which  they  practice  are  ruinous  to  the  masses 
who  would  ape  thera.  Correct  living,  an  understanding  of  the  art  of 
getting  the  most  out  of  life ,  and  of  accom  plishing  this  by  self-restrainti 
industry,  and  helpfulness  toward  mankind,  is  the  wonderful  lesson 
that  is  being  learned  by  both  rich  and  poor.  Political  results  which  fol- 
low from  such  an  education  cannot  be  disastrous ;  the  rich  are  in  no 
danger  of  being  devoured  by  the  starving  lion  whom  they  are  nour- 
ishing. A  pleasing  phase  of  the  movement  is  a  determination  to 
suppress  idleness,  particularly  of  that  deplorable  kind  represented 
by  tramps.  At  times  the  benevolence  of  the  community  is  infused 
into  the  administration  of  the  law.  This  should  be  done  as  little  as 
possible,  and  we  have  already  enough  of  it  in  the  public  maintenance 
of  the  poor  who  are  mentally  and  physically  incapable.  The  benev- 
olent movement  of  to-day  is,  in  the  main,  conducted  on  the  wisest 
plan,  and  at  the  bottom  of  it  is  the  principle  of  teaching  men  and 
women  how  to  live. 

Problems  There  seems  to  be  something  serious  in  the  State  divis- 
That  are  ion  movement  lately  resuscitated  in  Los  Angeles.  The 
Mixed.  never-ending  agitation  of  the  competing  line  of  railroad 
down  the  San  Joaquin  Valley  is  cutting  quite  a  figure  in 
the  matter  at  the  present  time.  The  southern  counties  are  anxious  for 
a  separation,  and  allow  no  stone  to  be  unturned  to  accomplish  their 
object.  In  drawing  the  line  they  are  anxious  to  secure  as  much  ter- 
ritory as  possible,  and  finding  the  people  of  Fresno  complaining  of 
their  comparative  isolation,  and  of  what  they  deem  unjust  treatment 
by  the  railroad  company,  overtures  have  been  made  to  construct  a 
line  from  Los  Angeles  to  that  inland  city.  The  promises  that  have 
been  made  by  the  Traffic  Association  and  other  organizations  to  re- 
lieve them  by  a  competing  line  have  been  so  fruitless  and  frivolous 
that  patience  has  ceased  to  be  a  virtue,  and  it  is  said  that  the  treaty 
of  commerce  between  the  two  points  means  that,  in  consideration  of 
Los  Angeles  building  the  road,  with  what  little  aid  they  can  extend, 
Fresno  County  will  join  the  southern  counties  in  the  division  scheme. 
There  has  been  a  contest  going  on  between  San  Francisco  merchants 
and  those  of  Los  Angeles  for  the  trade  of  the  San  Joaquin  Valley 
north  of  the  Tehachapi,  and  there  will  be  a  continuation  of  the  strug- 
gle until  something  is  done  to  remove  the  cause  of  complaint.  San 
Francisco  cannot  well  afford  to  yield  her  hold  upon  that  part  of  the 
State,  and,  aside  from  this,  there  is  no  room  for  another  California 
on  this  Coast  from  Del  Norte  to  San  Diego.  There  can  be  but  one 
California  in  the  galaxy  of  States.  Its  fame  can  never  be  dissevered 
by  petty  contentions,  nor  by  ambitious  statesmen. 


The  Outlook,    The  record  of  the  year  closes  with  the  present  num- 
Past  and        ber  of  the  News  Lettee.     It  has  been  an  eventful 
Present.        one  in  many  ways,  but  more  particularly  in  the  in- 
dustrial and  political  fields  of  action.  The  conditions 
have  been  such  that  a  spirit  of  unrest  has  pervaded  the  entire  coun- 
try, and  the  demand  for  a  change,   which  always  accompanies  such 
conditions,  seemed  to  be  universal.     With  those  who  are  the  more 


sorely  oppressed,  this  demand  becomes  radical,  and  the  industrial 
classes,  when  aroused,  move  to  a  point  of  violence  in  their  attempt  to 
change  existing  conditions.  OnOOl  the  most  extensive  revolts  against 
organized  capital  and  vested  rights  has  occurred,  demanding  the 
strong  arm  of  the  Government  to  subdue  It.  It  left  the  usual  train  of 
evils,  more  intensified,  behind  it  as  a  consequence  of  misguided 
activity  and  intemperate  zeal  on  the  part  of  those  who  sought  to 
change  the  condition.  The  political  revolution  that  swept  over  the 
whole  country  was  nothing  but  a  protest  against  existing  conditions, 
and  no  party  has  any  right  to  claim  a  victory  in  behalf  of  the  princi- 
ples it  advocated.  Every  eye  is  open  to  witness  the  dawn  of  an 
awakening  in  the  business  and  commercial  world.  Industries  are 
lagging  and  enterprises  are  at  a  standstill.  Values  have  declined, 
and  the  products  of  the  soil  have  touched  bottom.  Markets  are  de- 
moralized in  all  departments  of  trade,  and  yet  capital  does  not  grasp 
the  opportunities  which  these  conditions  present. 

The  emasculation  of  the  Carlisle  Bill  in  Congress,  looking  to  a  re- 
form in  the  currency,  was  anticipated.  It  was  too  radical  for  the 
bankers,  and  not  sufficiently  radical  for  the  advocates  of  the  other 
extreme.  The  conservative  element  is  not  in  power,  nor  is  it  ably  or 
diligently  represented  in  that  body.  In  fact,  dignified  and  safe  con- 
servatism has  almost  perished  in  the  extremity  to  which  the  country 
has  been  brought  by  the  financial  distress.  The  country  has  been 
drifting  on  the  wild  billows  of  fevered  expectation  so  long  that  a 
change  seems  to  be  the  only  thing  tbat  will  inspire  confidence  and 
create  a  renewal  of  business  and  enterprises.  The  demand  for  some- 
thing radical  comes  more  directly  from  the  producers  and  industrial 
classes.  The  volume  of  currency  in  circulation  is  very  small  in  com- 
parison with  the  demand,  while  the  banks  are  enjoying  a  plethora  of 
coin.  The  average  citizen  knows  this  is  not  a  healthy  condition.  In- 
vestors are  timid  and  enterprises  are  at  a  standstill.  Money  in  hid- 
ing has  no  energy  or  vitality,  and  the  pulse  of  development  ceases  to 
beat. 

There  has  never  been  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  State  when  there 
was  so  much  sterility  in  material  development.  The  people  have 
been  looking  for  a  change  that  would  arouse  the  latent  forces  and 
bring  them  into  activity.  Like  Micawber,  they  have  been  waiting  for 
something  to  turn  up.  The  miners  alone  have  pushed  to  the  front  in 
uncovering  hidden  treasures,  and  in  this  branch  of  industry  Califor- 
nia seems  to  have  returned  with  a  new  and  intense  vigor. 

The  present  outlook  is  favorable  for  a  return  of  activity  in  the  line 
of  soil  production.  The  season  has  opened  with  an  excessive  supply 
of  rain,  and  it  has  extended  throughout  the  great  productive  valleys. 
It  has  laid  the  foundation  for  good  crops  and  abundant  fruits.  The 
storm  has  been  the  most  severe  of  any  for  years,  and  did  not  spend 
its  force  until  much  damage  had  been  done  to  shipping.  Although 
not  prophesying  good  crops  from  what  has  fallen,  it  is  enough  if  the 
latter  part  of  the  season,  when  maturing  time  comes,  will  only  give 
us  generous  showers. 

The  Uses       The  lawyers  have  achieved  another  notable  triumph 
of  over  justice  and  common  sense,  and  henceforth 

Hypnotism  hypnotism  will  hold  even  a  more  exalted  position 
in  the  long  category  of  defenses  than  temporary  in- 
sanity. This  result,  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  state,  was  not  attained 
without  the  assistance  of  a  highly  respectable  American  jury— what 
the  cunning  of  lawyers  conceive,  the  stupidity  of  jurors  may  usually 
be  depended  upon  to  put  into  effect.  It  was  a  Kansas  jury  that  had 
the  distinguished  honor  of  establishing  an  important  precedent,  by 
acquitting  a  man  who  had  been  engaged  to  commit  a  murder,  upon 
the  ground  that  when  he  did  the  act  he  was  under  the  hypnotic  in- 
fluence of  his  employer.  The  profession  of  hired  assassin  having 
thus  become  legitimated  and  made  almost  as  respectful  as  that  of 
the  law,  and  as  completely  exempt  from  danger,  it  will  soon  be  as 
easy  to  hire  a  thug  to  put  one's  enemy  out  of  the  way  as  it  is  now  to 
hire  a  lawyer  after  one  has  done  the  murder  himself,  and  much 
cheaper.  Soon  one  may  confidently  look  every  morning  in  the 
"want"  columns  of  the  press  for  notices  similar  to  this:  "Wanted — 
An  assassin  who  understands  his  business;  must  be  well  recom- 
mended by  his  former  clients;  hypnotic  influence  guaranteed.  Ad- 
dress, Q.  Z.,  Box  3579,  Slaminer  office." 


Congress  Although  strongly  Democratic  as  to  party  principles, 
and  the  the  present  Congress,  now  rounding  up  its  two  years 
President,  of  dominance,  has  been  so  inharmonious,  owing  to 
conflicting  ideas  on  leading  questions,  that  it  has 
failed  to  produce  the  leading  reforms  that  brought  it  into  existence. 
Sectional  differences  have  been  strongly  expressed  in  their  actions, 
and  a  lack  of  harmony  in  sentiment  has  prevented  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  results  anticipated.  The  President  is  the  embodiment 
of  radical  reforms,  and  he  has  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  be- 
lieving that  there  was  honor  in  redeeming  pledges.  There  are  many 
grave  questions  to  determine,  or  that  should  be  determined,  before 
this  Congress  adjourns,  not  the  least  of  which  is  the  admission  of 
New  Mexico  and  Arizona  as  States,  and  legislation  favoring  the  con- 
struction of  the  Nicaragua  Canal  under  the  control  of  the  United 
States  Government.  The  repeal  of  the  income  tax  provision  of  the 
tariff  law  would  also  go  a  long  way  toward  enlisting  popular  favor. 


SAN  FEANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEB. 


December  29,  1894. 


(: 


Cf__  WOULDN'T  marry  an  English  lord  if  he  asked  me!  "ex- 
claimed Carrie  Willis,  with  a  defiant  toss  of  her  brown  head. 
"  /  would,  if  he  asked  me,"  replied  Fanny  Wheeler,  adding 
covert  emphases  to  her  words  in   the  veiled  glitter  of  her 
half-closed  Irish  eyes. 
"Perhaps  both  of  you  girls  had  better  wait  till  vou  are  asked,"  said 
Fred  Hastings  with  an  impatient  frown.     "You  know  the  first  prin- 
ciple of  the  recipe  for  cooking  a  hare,  I  suppose?" 

"Stuff  with  chestnuts,"  answered  Fannie. 

"Garnish  with  wise  saws,"  added  Carrie. 

Hastings  bit  his  black  moustache  savagely  in  rebuffed  and  sulky 
silence  for  a  minute.  Then,  without  another  word,  he  went  over  and 
sat  down  beside  Lillie  Trowbridge.  He  felt  conscious  of  having  said 
a  rude  thing,  and  being  served  quite  right;  and  thought  retreat  the 
safest  plan. 

"I  should  like  to  make  a  bet  with  you  both,"  quietly  remarked 
Percy  Thompson,  as  soon  as  Hastings  was  out  of  ear-shot.  He  was 
a  stalwart,  fair,  and  ruddy  young  Englishman,  who  had  lately  come 
out  as  a  clerk  in  the  Royal  Queen's  Own  Insurance  Company  of 
London. 

"Yes?"  said  Carrie. 

"  What?"  inquired  Fannie. 

They  both  looked  surprised  as  they  spoke,  for  Thompson  had  the 
name  of  being  shy  and  unobtrusive  in  manners  and  speech, 
attributes  which  were  especially  remarkable  for  their  absence  in  the 
other  English  insurance  clerks  whom  they  knew. 

"I'll  bet  you,  Miss  Willis,"  continued  Thompson,  "that  before 
Christmas  Day  you  will  have  accepted  an  English  lord;  and  you, 
Miss  Wheeler,  I'll  bet  will  refuse  one.    Come,  will  you  take  me?" 

"  Don't  be  foolish,"  said  Carrie. 

"  You're  joking,"  said  Fannie. 

"  No,  I'm  not.  I'm  in  sober,  serious  earnest.  The  only  thing  I'm 
doubtful  about  is  the  stakes.    What  shall  they  be?    A  pair  of  gloves?" 

"  A  pair  of  gloves!"  exclaimed  Fannie,  disdainfully.  "  Make  it  a 
dozen,  if  you  like." 

'•  Very  well.  A  dozen,  then.  And  you,  Miss  Willis?  Will  gloves 
suit  vou?" 

"No,  indeed!  I  want  something  more  substantial  than  that. 
What  do  you  say  to  a  hundred  thousand  dollars?" 

Carrie's  father,  be  it  known,  was  a  quadruple  millionaire,  and  she 
herself  an  heiress  in  her  own  right  with  another  million  left  her  by 
her  Uncle  Ben,  who,  like  Bonynge  and  Keene,  unloaded  his  Con.- 
Virginia  and  California,  his  Yellow  Jacket  and  Lady  Bryan,  his 
Crown  Point  and  Belcher  in  '74  and  '75,  before  the  bottom  dropped 
out  of  the  market.    Carrie,  therefore,  thought  in  dollars  and  cents. 

On  the  other  hand,  Fannie's  father  was,  comparatively  speaking, 
a  poor  man ;  for  though  his  fees  were  among  the  largest  received  by 
the  leading  attorneys  of  the  city,  he  and  his  family  lived  and  dressed 
extravagantly  and  quite  up  to,  if  not  beyohd.his  annual  income  from 
his  law  practice.  Fannie,  therefore,  only  thought  of  marrying  a  rich 
husband. 

"  I  think  it  is  you  who  are  joking  this  time,  Miss  Willis,"  returned 
Thompson,  quite  aghast.  "That  would  be  twenty  thousand  pounds." 

"  Well,  what  of  it?" 

"  I  haven't  twenty  thousand  pence  in  the  world,  let  alone  pounds," 
he  replied  sadly. 

"  Wliy,  Carrie,  you  must  be  crazy,"  laughed  Fanny.  "You 
wouldn't  be  an  insurance  clerk  if  you  had  that,  would"  you,  Mr. 
Thompson?" 

"  Hardly,"  replied  Thompson,  with  a  pitying  smile  at  the  girl's 
taste,  which  emerged  into  one  of  satisfaction  as  he  thought  how  well 
it  helped  on  his  game. 

"  Perhaps  we'd  better  make  it  one  pair,  then,"  went  on  Fannie, 
her  thoughts  aroused  to  his  poverty.  "I  didn't  think  when  I  said  a 
dozen." 

"  I  fancy  I  shall  be  able  to  manage  the  dozen,"  said  Thompson, 
cheerfully,  "out  of  my  hundred  and  fifty  a  month.  You  take  me, 
then?" 

"  Yes,"  said  Fannie.    ''You'll  lose,  though." 

"  No,  I  shan't.    I'm  betting  on  a  certainty." 

"  Then  why  do  you  object  to  betting  a  hundred  thousand  dollars  ?" 
asked  Carrie,  quickly. 


"Because  it  wouldn't  be  honest  to  bet  what  you  can't  pay," 
answered  Thompson,  loftily. 

"Dear  me!  How  very  fine!  You  are  not  cut  out  for  the  insur- 
ance business,  I'm  afraid,"  laughed  Fannie.  "You've  mistaken  your 
vocation." 

"  Perhaps  I  have,"  returned  Tnompson  quickly.  "Time  will  tell. 
But  all  the  same,  don't  you  know,  I'd  rather  not  do  it.  Can't  you 
lower  your  terms,  Miss  Willis?"  he  added.  "Suppose  you  give  me 
odds?" 

"  What's  that?"  demanded  Carrie. 

"  You  can  bet  a  hundred  thousand  if  you  like,  but  let  my  bet  be 
twenty  dollars.    That  will  be  about  the  price  of  the  gloves." 

"What!  For  six-button  Jouvins?"  exclaimed  Fannie.  "They 
are  two-and-a-half  a  pair  at  the  White  House,  if  you  please." 

Thompson  smiled  again.  "Fancy  !  That  will  be  thirty  dollars  for 
the  dozen.  All  right.  We'll  make  it  thirty  dollars,  then,  Miss 
Willis.  A  hundred  thousand  dollars  to  thirty.  That's  tremendous 
odds,  I'm  afraid,"  he  added.    "It  doesn't  seem  quite  right." 

"  What,  more  scruples !  Nonsense !"  laughed  Carrie.  "But  I  don't 
quite  understand  yet  what  you  mean  by  odds.    Explain,  please." 

"  If  I  win,  you  pay  me  a  hundred  thousand  dollars.  If  you  win,  I 
pay  you  thirty." 

"  I  see  now,"  nodded  Carrie.    "All  right.    I'm  agreed." 

"  And  now,  the  sooner  you  trot  out  your  two  English  lords,  the 
better,"  said  Fannie.  "This  is  the  end  of  October.  You  have  hardly 
two  months." 

"  Plenty  of  time,"  smiled  Thompson.  "But  there  needn't  be  two 
lords.     One  will  be  quite  sufficient. " 

"  Then  the  same  one  is  to  ask  us  both?" 

"  That  remains  to  be  seen,"  answered  Thompson,  mysteriously. 

"Now,  I  must  go  and  look  after  my  guests, "said  Carrie,  as  a  waltz 
struck  up. 

"  Oh,  please  let  them  wait  till  this  is  over,"  said  Thompson.  "This 
is  mine." 

"  He  isn't  a  bad  sort  of  a  chap,"  Hastings  confided  to  Lillie  Trow- 
bridge, as  Thompson  and  Carrie  whirled  away  from  them  and  they 
got  ready  to  follow.  "But  I  can't  help  thinking  there's  something 
mysterious  about  him.  We  are  in  the  same  office,  you  know.  He 
seems  awfully  sweet  on  Miss  Carrie." 

"  And  she  on  him,"  said  Lillie  Trowbridge.  "But  I  don't  see  any- 
thing mysterious  in  that." 

"That's  not  what  I  mean,"  replied  Hastings.  And  then  they 
waltzed  off  after  Thompson  and  Carrie. 


"  Isn't  that  Percy  Thompson  over  there?"  asked  Lillie  Trowbridge 
of  Fred  Hastings  at  the  Wheeler's  Christmas  Eve  dance.  "I  thought 
he'd  gone  away." 

"  Yes,  it  is.  He  got  back  only  to-day  by  the  Southern  Pacific. 
He's  been  over  to  England  on  business  for  the  company,  so  he  says, 
but  I  happen  to  know  better  than  that." 

"  He's  been  gone  some  time,  hasn't  he?" 

"  Two  months— sixty  days,  as  we  put  it  in  business  parlance.  He 
got  a  cipher  cablegram  one  day  and  left  the  next — the  day  after  the 
Willis's  ball." 

"  Why,  yes.  Carrie  told  me  he  never  came  to  say  good-bye,  or 
even  told  her  he  was  going." 

"  That's  just  like  him.  He's  nothing  if  not  mysterious.  He  swore 
me  to  secrecy  not  to  tell  why  he  went  away." 

"  How  intensely  interesting!  Quite  like  a  novel.  Don't  you  think 
you  might  tell  me  ever  so  little  a  bit  of  your  secret?"  pleads  Lillie. 
"It's  cruel  to  excite  my  curiosity  like  that  and  refuse  to  gratify  it.'1 

"  I  can  tell  you  all  after  the  clock  strikes  twelve  to-night,"  answers 
Hastings.  "Those  are  the  terms.  You  haven't  long  to  wait.  It's 
nearly  eleven." 

In  the  meantime  Percy  Thompson  is  paying  his  respects  to  Fannie 
Wheeler.  "  It  was  real  mean  of  you  to  run  away  like  that  without 
telling  us  that  night  at  Carrie's,"  she  says  in  a  chiding  tone.  "But 
to  show  you  I  bore  no  resentment,  1  sent  you  an  invitation,  for  I 
heard  you  were  expected  back.    It  was  real  good  of  me,  wasn't  it?" 

"  It  was,  indeed.    Thanks  very  much.    I'm  very  sorry." 

"  I  thought,  perhaps,  you  were  running  away  from  those  beta.  I 
suppose  you  have  forgotten  all  about  them." 

"Indeed,  I  have  not." 

"  I  hope  you've  brought  the  gloves  with  you  from  Paris." 

"  I  didn't  go  near  Paris,"  says  Thompson.  "I  never  left  England." 

"  From  London,  then." 

"  I  haven't  brought  them  at  all.  Why  should  I?  I  mean  to  win 
those  bets  yet." 

"  Why,  there's  only  an  hour  left  for  your  English  lord  to  make  his 


Di    •  mber  29,  1894. 


SJLN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


appearance.  propOM  t<»  >  arrietnd  me.ind  b#  rejected  and  lOMptvd*'' 
*■  Put  it   the  other  way   and  you'll  be  nearer  the  mark.''  smile? 
Thompson. 

"  But  where  i»  bi 

"  Where.  indeed?"' 

•n'l  irritate  me.     There's  do  BQOfa  tbing  a?   an  English  lord  in 
B  in  Francisco,  and  hadn't  been  since  you  led." 

Thompson  give^  a  Imle  Mart  Mid  i<>lors. 

"  What  a  curious  remark  for  you  to  make.  Miss  Wheeler!"  he  says 
in  a  serions  voice.    •■  You  don't  know  how  odd  it  is,  I  assure  vou." 

"  I  don't  see  anything  odd  about  it,"  replies  Fannie,  Impatiently. 
"JVa  true.'* 

"  No  doubt  it  is,  a*  perhaps  you'll  know— some  day.  Sooner  than 
you  expect,  perhaps." 

Fannie  opens  her  Irish  eyes  wide  and  stares  at  him. 

**  I  don't  know  what  you  mean."  she  Mya. 

"  I  most  sincerely  hope  you  do  not." 

She  turns  away  with  a  swift  'You're  talking  nonsense." 

"Thanks  awfully.  But  look  here.  Do  you  really  want  to  win 
that  bet?" 

"  Of  course  I  do.    Why  shouldn't  I?" 

"Shall  I  tell  you  bow  you  can?"  and  Thompson  looks  searchingly 
at  her. 

"  But  I'm  going  to  win  it— in  an  hour's  time." 

"  1  mean,  win  it  at  once." 

'■  Yes." 

Thompson  looks  aroond,  and  then  says  in  a  low  voice,  "Will  you 
marry  me?  That  will  end  it.  Accept  me,  and  you  can't  accept  any 
one  else.  Say  yes.  and  I'll  send  yon  the  gloves  to-morrow.  I  really 
did  get  them  in  London,  thinking  I  might  lose." 

Fannie  has  drawn  herself  up  with  heightened  color  and  Hashing 
eyes. 

"  Really,  Mr.  Thompson,"  she  says,  haughtily.  "I  think  you  are 
carrying  the  joke  a  trifle  too  far.  No  one  but  an  Englishman  would 
be  guilty  of  such  behavior  to  a  lady." 

Thompson  colors  too,  and  biles  his  lip.  "  Thank  you,  Miss  Willis. 
I  am  sorry  you  are  offended.  I  am  quite  serious,  however.  You  re- 
fuse me,  then?" 

'■  Certainly  I  do.    It  is  positively  insulting." 

"Thanks,  awfully !  I  think  it  is  I  who  should  be  offended  now. 
But  I  am  not.  I  forgive  you.  You'll  be  sorry,  ^though;  mark  my 
words.    See  if  you  won't." 

"  Indeed,  I  shan't." 

"  Well,  don't  let's  quarrel  over  it.  I  humbly  apologize.  Will  that 
do?" 

"  Certainly,"  answers  Fannie  with  a  smile.  "And  please  excuse 
whatever  I  said.    I  might  have  known  you  were  only  in  fun." 

"  You  are  quite  wrong,  there,"  he  says,  and  looks  at  his  watch. 
"  I  must  go  and  speak  to  Miss  Willis." 

"  And  pay  her  that  thirty  dollars  ?  Six  and  a  quarter,  please,  and 
any  color  except  green,"  Fannie  calls  after  him  as  he  bows  and 
walks  away  to  where  Carrie  Willis  is  standing  where  her  partner  has 
left  her  after  the  waltz  that  is  just  ended. 

There  are  a  few  words  of  surprise  and  greeting,  and  of  explanation, 
and  then  Thompson,  giving  his  arm  to  Carrie,  leads  her  into  the  con- 
servatory. In  a  distant  corner,  removed  from  prying  eyes  and 
listening  ears,  under  the  friendly  shade  of  a  spreading  palm,  they 
seat  themselves  on  a  divan.  They  converse  awhile  in  commonplace 
fashion,  and  Carrie  hears  much  about  Thompson's  hurried  journey 
home  and  back  again. 

"I  wonder  you  cared  to  come  back,"  Carrie  says,  with  just  the 
shade  of  one  of  her  fatal  upward  glances,  "  Justin  time  to  lose  your 
bet  with  me,  too." 

"I  came  back  to  win  it,"  he  replies,  with  a  quick  glance  away 
from  the  buttons  of  his  glove. 

"  You  must  hurry  up  your  English  lord,  then,  if  you  mean  to  do 
that,"  laughs  Carrie,  as  she  consults  the  tiny  watch  in  one  of  her 
bracelets.    "There  are  only  twenty  minutes  left." 

Thompson  feels  his  heart  beat  fast,  as  she  tells  him  this— he  bears 
it,  indeed,  like  sledge  hammers  on  the  drums  of  his  ears,  and  fears 
that  she  may  also.  He  looks  away  from  bis  glove  buttons  to  see,  but 
she  is  only  looking  passively  at  the  tip  of  her  satin  slipper  which 
peeps  out  from  beneath  a  foam  of  lace. 

"  Would  you  care  to  know,  Miss  Willis,  what  really  brought  me 
back  to  California?"  he  asks  with  a  plunge  which  gives  his  voice  the 
tone  of  a  cold  water  sponge  down  the  spine. 

Carrie  has  heard  this  cadence  in  men's  voices  before,  and  she 
smiles  and  blushes  to  herself  at  the  promise  it  gives  of  the  future. 

"  To  win  that  bet?"  she  answers  with  a  little  shrug.  "  You've  just 
said  so." 

"  So  I  did.    But  that  wasn't  all  my  reason." 

"  You  had  to  come  back  to  the  office,  of  course." 

11  No,  I  hadn't.    I've  left  the  office  for  good  and  all." 
He  feels  his  voice  grow  stronger  as  he  says  this. 
"  Why,  Mr.  Thompson!    Not  really  and  truly?" 
"  Yes  really  and  truly.    I'll  tell  you  why  presently.    But  first  let 
me  tell  you  why  I  came  back."    Again  do  his  tones  grow  quavensh, 
but  he  dashes  on.    "Shall  1  tell  you?"  _ 

Carrie  looks  up,  and  the  upward  glance  is  now  given  its  full  power. 


'*  Tray  do." 

"  It— was— to— ask " 

Thompson  looks  down  at  her  wrist  and  aees  it  is  ten  minutes  to 
twelve. 

"  Well— to  ask— what?" 

■■  You— lo  mnrry  inc.    There!'* 

He  takes  a  long  breath  of  relief  but  dares  not  look  at  her.  He  feels 
as  if  he  would  like  to  disappear  like  the  harlequin  at  a  pantomime 
through  the  pane  of  glass  behind  them.     Carrie  does  not  speak. 

"  Yon  are  angry,"  he  says,  still  averting  his  eyes. 

"  No,  I  am  not.  Why  should  1  be!  I  consider  itthegreatest  com- 
pliment a  man  can  pay  a  woman  to  ask  her  to  be  bis  wife." 

Thompson  turns  to  her  with  a  heart  brimful  of  joy,  but  a  sudden 
doubt  checks  him.     The  bane  of  British  caution  steps  in. 

"  You  refuse  me,  then?" 

"  Stay  a  minute,"  she  smiles.  "Don't  you  see  that  you  will  lose 
your  bet  if  I  accept  you  ?    That  wouldn't  be  fair." 

"  But  1  wouldn't — that's  just  where  it  is — er — eh — what  am  1  say- 
ing'" he  stammers.  "1  mean  to  say — what  do  I  care  for  that  com- 
pared with— with  — " 

"  Getting  me?"  whispers  Carrie.  "Thirty  dollars  isn't  a  very  high 
price  to  have  put  on  one,  is  it?"  and  she  shrugs  her  soft  white 
shoulders  with  mock  deprecation. 

"  I  don't  mean  that  at  all.  I  don't  mean  what  I  shall  lose,  but 
what  I  sha'n't  win." 

11  Then  you  think  more  of  me  than  the  hundred  thousand  dollars?" 

"  Rather."  His  voice  gets  stronger  as  he  returns  to  his  most 
familiar  language,  and  his  thoughts  tell  him  that  he  shall  have  the 
money  as  well  with  her,  as  without— a  fact  which  Carrie  does  not 
seemtosee.  "Besides, "he  goes  on,  as  he  sees  the  minute  hand 
creeping  on,  "you  can  break  it  off  to-morrow  if  you  like."  She  does 
not  answer.  He  grows  desperate.  "Come,  do  say  yes!  I  want  you 
to  win  that  bet.  You  must  if  you  accept  me.  I  have  special  reasons 
which  I  will  explain  the  moment  you  say  yes.    Do  you  accept?" 

Carrie  raises  her  eyes,  looks  indignant,  and  frames  her  lips  into  a 
visible  l4No."  Then,  like  the  sudden  gleam  of  summer  sunshine 
from  under  the  fleeting  thundercloud,  comes  her  radiant  smile,  and 
the  pretty  mouth  coos  out  an  audible: 

"Yes." 

"  There  is  just  time  to  tell  you  before  the  clock  strikes,"  Thompson 
says  with  wonderful  firmness  of  utterance,  considering  the  vehemence 
of  his  grateful  and  just  concluded  acknowledgments  of  that  little 
three  lettered  word. 

***** 

"There  go  the  bells,  and  the  bombs,  and  the  fish  horns  I"  cries 
Lillie  Trowbridge,  as  the  din  rises  up  to  Nob  Hill  from  the  city  be- 
low, and  the  interchange  of  "Merry  Christmases"  resounds  on  all 
sides.  "Now,  Mr.  Hastings,  you  can  tell  me  about  Mr.  Percy 
Thompson."  Several  guests  have  stopped,  attracted  by  the  ardor  of 
Lillie's  tones,  and  Ihe  ring  of  listeners  increases  as  Hastings  goes  on. 

"  He's  not  Mr.  Percy  Thompson,  at  all,"  hebegins. 

"  Another  English  fraud  I"  exclaims  Lillie.    "I  always " 

"  Not  at  all.  His  name  is  not  Thompson,  but  Thelluson.  That's 
his  family  name,  at  least.  When  he  came  out  to  the  insurance  office 
he  took  the  name  of  Thompson,  because  he  belonged  to  a  family  who 
though  poor  were  too  high-born  and  proud  to  go  into  trade  in  their 
own  name.  The  cipher  cablegram  which  he  received  from  London 
the  day  after  the  Willis's  ball  was  from  the  family  lawyer,  and  in- 
formed him  that  a  kinsman  had  been  killed  by  a  tiger  while  out 
jungle  shooting  in  India,  and  that  he  therefore  succeeded  to  the  title 
of  Earl  of  Talbot." 

Amid  the  buzzes  of  surprise  which  fill  the  air  round  about  Fannie 
Wheeler  might  have  been  heard  murmuring  to  herself,  her  face 
puckered  with  a  chagrined  frown : 

"  What  a  fool  I  was." 

Her  disappointment  is,  however,  seasoned  with  some  grains  of  sat- 
isfaction when  she  hears  Hastings  further  say : 

"Unfortunately  it  is  what  is  called  in  England  an 'empty' title, 
which  means  that  there  is  not  much  money  or  landed  property  at- 
tached to  it.  However,  there  is  an  easy  remedy  for  that,  and  by 
Jove!"  he  adds,  "if  it  doesn't  look  as  though  Thompson  has  dis- 
covered it.    Here  he  comes." 

Thompson,  with  a  happy  smile  of  victory  in  his  eyes  and  on  his 
lips,  is  seen  approaching  with  Carrie  Willis  on  his  arm,  her  face 
beaming  with  the  pleasure  and  pride  of  satisfaction  and  success. 

"  Yes,  it  is  all  quite  true,"  he  answers  to  the  many  inquiries  which 
beset  him,  while  to  Fannie  he  manages  to  say  in  an  undertone  as  he 
and  Carrie  pass  on  to  supper : 

"Eights,  please;  and  any  color  but  sky  blue." 

The  Grand  Canon  Line  !— To  the  East  I 


Commencing  Nov.  4th  the  "Santa  Fe  Route"  Popular  Overland 
Excursions  to  Chicago  and  Eastern  Cities  will  leave  every  Wednesday. 
Manager  in  Charge.  Through  Palace  and  Upholstered  Tourist  Sleep- 
era  are  run  to  Chicago  every  day.  This  is  the  only  Line  by  which  the 
Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado  River  can  be  reached.  Send  for  illus- 
trated book  giving  full  particulars.  W.  A.  Bissell,  G.  P.  A.,  650 
Market  street,  Chronicle  Building,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1.894 


S£i/JS£fhfrrtD 


Sadie  Martinot. 


"  We     Obey     no     Wand     but      Pleasure's.  "  —  Tom  Moore. 

THAT  Sadie  Martinot  is  the  idol  of  alt  "the  men  about  town"  is 
not  to  be  wondered  at,  for  a  more  charming,  versatile  creature 
has  not  trod  the  boards  at  the   California  in   many  moons.     The 

Passport  is  a  light  comedy 
and  baa  made  a  tremen- 
dous hit  everywhere  it 
bat  been  produced.  Of 
course,  everything  cen- 
ters around  Miss  Marti- 
not. As  the  forgetful, 
youDg.  and  pretty  wid- 
ow, who  forgets  every- 
thing aDd  everybody  at 
the  most  inopportune 
moment,  thereby  causing 
!  no  end  of  trouble,  she  in- 
.  ft  M.  vests  the  play  with  more 
/■/  grace  and  interest  than 
it  really  deserves.  The 
role  is  said  to  be  one  of 
the  strongest,  most  dis- 
tinct, and  most  delight- 
ful feminine  parts  on  the 
stage.  Miss  Martinet's 
gowns  are  revelations  of 
the  modiste's  art.  They 
are  "creations,"  and  she 
wears  them  with  an  air 
all  her  own.  She  is  sup- 
ported by  Max  Figman, 
who  shines  in  his  comedy 
role.  These  two  are  the  central  figures,  and  the  others  merely 
revolve  around  them.  The  play  gives  a  hearty  laugh,  and  as  the 
scenes  progress  everybody  gets  into  more  and  more  difficulties, 
until  it  seems  as  though  the  tangle  would  never  be  unraveled. 
The  Passport  is  clean  and  wholesome,  and  while  the  audience  can 
readily  see  through  it,  still  there  is  much  to  admire — pretty, 
charming,  fascinating  Sadie  Martinot  most  of  all. 

Misa  Martinot  will  remain  at  the  California  daring  the  ensuing 
week. 

*  *  * 

After  The  Passport  the  stage  of  the  California  Theatre  will  be 
occupied  with  a  new  organization  invested  with  the  title  of 
"  Lottie  Collins'  Troubadours."  This  company  enjoys  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  only  one  of  its  class  in  the  country,  and  is 
a  novelty  from  the  fact  that  it  embraces  vaudeville  specialties  of 
a  high  order  of  merit,  and  a  farcial  operetta,  which  in  itself  is  a 
complete  entertainment.  The  operetta  is  entitled  The  Devilbird, 
and  to  Miss  Collins  is  entrusted  the  leading  role. 

*  *  * 

The  coming  of  the  Tavary  Grand  English  Opera  Company  to 
the  Baldwin  Theatre  next  Monday  week,  is  the  one  topic  of  dis- 
cussion in  the  local  music  world.  The  appearance  of  Madame 
Tavary  in  this  city  has  been  awaited  with  considerable  interest. 
She  is  surrounded  this  season  by  a  strong  grand  English  opera 
organization.  Madame  Tavary  has  been  the  recipient  of  nightly 
ovations  everywhere,  and  the  press  and  public  are  enthusiastic  in 
pronouncing  the  company  the  strongest  ever  heard  in  America. 
The  sale  of  seats  commences  to-morrow  morning.  The  repertory 
consists  of  operas  that  are  always  received  with  pleasure  in  this 
city.  The  company  is  composed  of  the  best  singers  obtainable. 
The  company  carries  its  own  orchestra  and  as  a  whole  is  com- 
posed of  over  one  hundred  people. 

*  »  * 

Aladdin,  Jr.,  has  been  doing  a  fine  business  all  the  week.  Mr. 
Henderson  has  given  San  Franciscans  a  treat'  which  will  always 
be  associated  with  bis  name  and  which  wilt  insure  a  generous 
attendance  whenever  be  comes  to  this  city  again. 

A  great  revival  of  The  Two  Orphans  is  soon  to  be  seen  at  the 
Baldwin. 

Lalla  Rookh,  the  long  looked  for  holiday  spectacle  at  the  Tivoli, 
is  one  of  the  greatest  productions  that  has  been  staged  at  that 
ever-popular  amusement  house.  The  stage  is  a  continuous  pano- 
rama of  beautiful  scenery,  gorgeous  costumes,  and  dazzling  lights, 
with  a  performance  that  for  a  minute  never  lags  for  the  lack  of  a 
catchy  sODg  or  a  clever  joke.  The  libretto  adheres  to  the  main 
plot  of  the  poem.  The  music  is  happily  chosen  throughout;  some 
of  the  best  things  were  composed  by  Mr.  Hirschback.  Ferris 
Hartman  has  the  bulk  of  the  comedy  work,  and  carries  the  jolly 
burden  in  his  usual  rollicking  manner.  He  has  a  number  of  new 
songs  that  seem  destined  to  be  the  chestnuts  of  the  future. 
Thomas  Leary  makes  a  regal  king  indeed  of  the  "  old  King  Cole  " 
sort,  and  sings  several  taking  songs.     Miss  Plalsted,  whose  birth- 


days we  have  forgotten  to  count,  has  a  good  place  on  the  pro- 
gramme and  dances  and  slngi  through  her  part  in  a  very  juvenile 
and  captivating  manner.  The  statuesque  Belle  Thorne  and  Alice 
Neilson  both  carry  their  roles  well.  Tne  choruses  are  all  jubilant 
in  brand  new  costumes  and  behave  admirably.  A  most  entrancing 
transformation,  "  The  Seasons,"  is  '•taged  in  a  manner  that  would 
do  credit  to  Mr.  Kiralfy.  Lalla  Rookh  is  up  for  a  long  and  popular 
run. 

ft  *  * 

Miss  Lucille  La  Verne,  late  leading  lady  ot  the  Grand  Opera 
House,  has  bought  Theodore  Kremer's  play  of  Church  and  Stage, 
and  will  present  it  in  New  York  next  season.  In  the  meantime 
she  will  produce  it  in  Los  Angeles  and  also  once  more  in  San 
Francisco.  The  play  has  been  carefully  revised,  all  broad  lines 
cat  out,  and  some  new  and  clever  work  introduced.  It  will  be 
interesting  to  those  who  witnessed  Miss  Jeffreys  Lewis's  Imper- 
sonation of  the  leading  role  of  Albana  to  see  Miss  La  Verne's  con- 
ception of  the  same  difficult  part.  It  is  said  that  this  bright 
young  actress,  who  has  already  done  excellent  work  here,  is 
most  enthusiastic  over  the  study  of  her  new  role. 

*  *  * 

The  Orpheum  has  been  doing  a  heavy  business  during  the 
week,  Lydia  Yea  ra  ana-Tit  us  more  than  redeeming  the  promises 
made  for  her.  Strone  as  she  is,  and  sufficient,  alone  as  an  attrac- 
tion, there  are  othe-  fine  stars,  all  of  whom  are  well  worth  seeing. 
The  bill  for  the  coming  week  contains  the  names  of  Lydia  Yea- 
mans-Titus, Fred  J.  Titos,  the  Rossleys,  Rimzt  and  Arno,  and 
Land  and  Sharp.  High-class  specialties  and  vaudeville  such  as 
the  Orpheum  presents  are  bound  always  to  draw  crowded  houses. 

•  •   m 

The  Bed  Men's  benefit  at  the  California  Theatre  takes  place  on 
January  2d,  3d,  and  4th,  with  Sadie  Martinot  in  The  Passport  — 
Nellie  McHenry  follows  Herrmann,  the  magician,  at  the  Califor- 
nia Theatre  with  a  new  play  and   large  comedy   company. It 

will  seem  like  old  times  to  witness  a  Hoyt  production  when  A  Tem- 
perance Town  comes  to  the  California  in  February A  New  York 

Mirror  correspondent,  in  Baltimore,  says  that  Lottie  Collins  and 
her  specialty  company  are  the  best  organization  of  the  kind  that 
has  ever  visited  the  city  and  that  her  receipts  were  the  largest 
ever  known  in  the  history  of  the  stage  of  the  Academy  of  Music, 
one  of  the  largest  theatres  in  the  wond.  — Hermann,  the  magi- 
cian, is  said  to  be  doing  the  largest  business  of  all  the  attractions 
on  the  road  this  season.      He  comes  to  California  in  January  and 

will  produce  all  of  his  new  and  remarkable  sensations. Jolly 

Nellie  McHenry  and  her  new  comedy  were  received  with  greater 
favor  than  ever  before  in  all  of  the  large  cities  throughout  the 
East.  She  will  make  a  tour  of  the  Coast  early  in  February. — 
"Fascinating  Fritz,"  or  rather  J.  K.  Eniniett,  is  delighting  large 
audiences  throughout  the  country  with  his  changing  melodies 
and  uproarious  comedy,  Fritz  in  a  Mad-house Conreid's  Ger- 
man Company,  who  are  booked  to  play  on  Sunday  nights  at  the 
Baldwin,  will  present  several  plays  entirely  new  to  the  public  of 
San  Francisco.^—  The  Girl  J  Left  Behind  Me  company  is  the  largest 
traveling  organization  of  its  kind  on  the  road  and  will  be  brought 
to  San  Francisco  in  its  entirety. 


MUSIC. 

Daring  the  holidays  there  is  but  little  to  chronicle-in  the  musical 
world.  Scbeel  and  his  orchestra  leave  early  in  January  for  a  con- 
cert tour  through  Southern  California.  His  return  and  resuma- 
tiou  of  the  symphony  and  popular  concerts  at  the  Auditorium 
depends  greatly  on  the  success  of  the  trip.  Despite  the  knowledge 
of  this  there  has  been  but  small  gatherings  at  the  nightly  con- 
certs. The  glitter  and  sparkle  of  the  Christmas  spectacle  with 
its  sinuous  ballet,  contagious  songs,  and  antediluvian  jokes  have 
lured  away  the  enthusiast,  who  a  month  ago  sat  enthralled  amidst 
the  intertwining  harmonies  of  a  symphony.  San  Francisco  can 
turn  out  in  goodly  numbers  and  pay  her  tribute  to  culture  and 
art— on  occasions;  but  when  this  highest  of  art*  getB  to  be  a  regu- 
lar thing  she  falters,  wanes,  and  becomes  an  ignominious  back- 
slider. 

The  fourteenth  symphony  concert  made  the  first  departure  from 
the  usual  programme  by  introducing  two  vocal  numbers  by  Miss 
Mabel  Love.  Miss  Love's  sweet  voice  has  never  been  beard  to 
better  advantage.  She  sang  Thome's  *«  Chanson  D'  Amour,"  and 
"  Devotion,"  by  Scbuman,  each  selection  receiving  a  hearty  en- 
core. The  piano  accompaniment  was  execrable  enough  to  have 
disconcerted  the  most  hardened  professional  singer,  and  Miss 
Love  deserves  praise  for  her  quiet,  Belf-p06sessed  presence  as  well 
as  for  her  enjoyable  singing.  Wednesday  night's  concert  drew 
an  audience  of  more  encouraging  dimensions.  Beethoven's  eighth 
immortal  symphony  was  splendidly  rendered.  Goldmark's  cap- 
tivating overture,  "In  the  Springtime"  and  the  L'Arlesienne 
suite,  by  Bizet,  were  both  happy  numbers.  Mis.  Sylvain  Salo- 
mon, the  vocolist,  sang  on  aria  from  Gounod's  Qaeen  of  Sheba, 
with  full  orchestral  accompaniment,  displaying  a  voice  of  good 
texture  and  power.  Her  encore  was  Bizet's  "  Absence." 
*  *  • 

The  musical  programme  at  the  First  Unitarian  Church  last 
Sunday  was  a  Christmas  service  of  exceptional  merit,  and  was 
arranged  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Stewart. 


1 1»4  . 


SAJJ  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


WHAT    WOMEN    WOULD    DO. 

KNOWING  whit  w»j  corning.  Mr.  Hurst  iDDOuncnl  BK»in  «n<i 
■  (•In  ibtt  the  ">ocl«ly  ladies''  of  San  Francisco  wonltl  lake 
•ole  charge  of  the  rhristmaa  Issue  of  Ihe  Einmincr:  be  was  loo 
shrewd  to  let  any  doubt  whatever  remain  In  the  public  mind  on 
tbai  score,  for  be  has  a  valuable  property.  The  "ladies'  "  edition 
was  a  calm,  business-like  proposition  on  bis  part  to  advertise  bis 
paper  by  "working  the  women."  and  be  was  not  willing  Ibat  Ihe 
tremendous  petticoat  boom  wbicb  bis  paper  would  receive  should 
be  Impaired  by  incurring  tbe  disgust  of  serious  and  intelligent 
persons.  He  warned  the  public  over  and  over  that  he  would 
wash  bis  h'nds  of  it.  It  does  not  worry  him  in  the  least  to  re- 
flect that  the  Chronicle,  as  sbrewd  as  he.  print-d  an  enormous 
extra  edition  on  that  day  in  anticipation  of  a  demand  from  Eram- 
i'.rr  readers  who  wanted  the  news,  and  that  ibe  Chronicle,  though 
only  an  ordinary,  every-day  edition,  sold  nearly  as  many  extra 
copies  as  the  ExamtMr.  Nor  does  bis  conscience  smite  him  for  so 
cruelly  exposing  the  order  of  taste  and  intelligence  affected  by  the 
society  ladies  of  8an  Francisco,  for  be  knows  that  they  love 
football  and  "pigeon  shoots."  and  that  he  runs  no  risk  of  their 
discovering  his  trickery.  He  knows  that  if  their  desire  to  be 
more  public  than  they  were  or  to  enjoy  a  new  sensation  was  par- 
amount to  their  philanthropic  sentiment  they  have  neither  the 
penetration  to  discover  it  nor  the  candor  to  confess  i',  and  that 
all  bonest  and  intelligent  criticism  of  their  generous  effort — in- 
cluding this will  only  offend  them  and  inure  to   his  benefit;  for 

he  is  wise  and  cool,  and  he  knows  women. 

The  town  is  agrin  over  it  from  end  to  end,  and  the  funniest 
possible  stories  about  the  girly-girlies  are  bandied  up  and  down 
by  nasty,  envious,  wicked  men.  It  is  not  alone  the  cheek  of  the 
dear  creatures  that  amuses,  but  as  well  their  delicious  insouciance, 
their  calm  and  disdainful  selection  of  partners  in  the  journalistic 
german,  and  their  sweetly  innocent  (though  haply  net  unlawful) 
exposure  of  their  minds  1  Why,  each  dainty  bundle  of  dimity 
and  lace  had  to  be  chaperoned  on  a  chase  for  an  item!  That  is 
the  way  women  work! 

"  Ting-a-ling !  "  went  tbe  telephone  bell ;  then  a  gruff  voice  say- 
ing: "  Bad  collision  on  Market  street;  people  mangled."  "Is 
that  so?  Poor  things  1"  murmured  the  managingess  editress. 
And  that  was  all. 

A  chaperoned  reporteress  was  informed  at  the  City  Prison  that 

a  wedding  had  just  occurred  in    the  prison,  and "Oh,   you 

don't  sayl  So  romantic!  How  was  the  bride  dressed?"  The 
officer  really  hadn't  thought  to  notice  even  that  ahe  was  dressed 
at  all;  but  'twas  like  this:  The  Judge  had  ordered  tbe  prisoner  to 

marry  the  girl,  because  he  had  sedu "Sir!  "  thundered  Miss 

Dimity  and  Lace,  "  we  don't  print  Buch  Btutf  aa  thatl  "  and  out 
she  stalked.  The  Dimitiea  and  Laces  had  no  UBe  for  police  news 
after  that  dreadful  experience.  Even  Mr.  Hearat  might  have 
been  murdered  without  their  knowing  it! 

But  ah!  a  deliciouB  divorce  auitl  "Of  course  we  can't  leave 
that  out!"  exclaimed  the  managingess  editress. 

Football,  of  courae,  had  a  boom.  "We  just  doteon  manly  men," 
they  gurgled  editorially,  and  Mr.  Eugene  Sandow  and  Mr.  Peter 
Jackaon  can  bear  teatimony  to  that. 

But  the  ladiea  did  a  good  thing— tbey  omitted  all  the  "massage" 
advertisements  from  the  paper  for  that  iaaae,  and  the  fact  that 
Mr.  Hearat  restored  them  the  next  day,  does  not  prevent  the 
"society  ladiea"  from  knowing  that  the  Examiner  understands 
the  art  of  securing  the  support  of  all  kinds  of  "  aociety  ladiea." 

A  DECISION  of  importance  to  trade-mark  holdera  baa  been 
made  by  the  United  8tates  Circuit  Court  for  the  Southern 
District  of  New  York.  The  manufacturers  of  "Cottolene,"  which 
has  ao  largely  aupplanted  lard  in  domestic  cookery,  had  Becured 
so  great  popularity  that  a  new  firm  pot  forth  an  article  some- 
what similar  in  the  process  of  manufacture  and  named  it  "Cotto- 
leo."  The  "Cottolene"  manufacturers  brought  a  Buit  for  an  in- 
j  motion  and  damages  for  infringement,  and  have  won  the  suit. 
The  court  decides  that  the  names  are  so  nearly  alike  as  to  de- 
ceive tbe  public,  and  that  the  "benefit  derived  from  snch  name" 
(Cottolene)  "can  only  be  obtained  by  faithful  service  in  furnish- 
ing articles  of  recognized  value." 

THE  PATRIARCHS'  BALL  OF  NEW  YORK. 

A  Brilliant  Assemblage  At  Delmonico's.— Some  ot  Tnose  Present. 

The  following  new  Patriarchs  were  present  as  hosts  for  the  first 

time:  Sir  Roderick  Cameron,  Anson  Phelps  Stokes,  and  John  Lyon 

Each  of  the  Patriarchs  had  his  own  table  for  his  guests,  and  the 
meal  went  forward  with  unusual  smoothness  and  dispatch. 

VINS  — Moet  &  Chandon  Imp.  Brut,  1889,  Special  Cuvee.  Moet  & 
Chandon  White  Seal,  1889,  Special  Cuvee. 

Mr.  Ward  McAllister  had  among  his  guests  at  his  table  Mrs.  Levi 
P.  Morton,  Mrs.  Paran  Stevens,  Mra.  F.  Grand  D'  Hauteville,  and 
Baron  Fava,  the  Italian  Minister.  ',.'„■,    ....^    ■«, 

Among  those  present  were  Mrs.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  August  Belmont,  Mrs.  John  Jacob  Astor,  William  Tiffany,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  George  J.  Gould,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman  Oelricha,  Miss  Vir- 
ginia Fair,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Clews,  Mrs.  J.  Hooker  Hamersley, 
and  many  others  of  the  "  150."— New  York  Herald,  December  11,  '94. 


All  lamps  smjll,  if  they  do 
not  smoke,  with  wrong  chim 
neys.  You  want  the  "  Index 
to  Chimneys." 

Write  Geo  A  Macbeth  Co, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Pearl  glass,  pearl  top,  tough 
srlass. 


BALDWIN  THEATRE. 

Al  Hayman  &  Co.  (Incorporated) Proprietors. 

Last  nights.    Last  maliu'  es.    Last  timeB  in  San  Francisco.    David  Hen- 
derson's American  Extravaganza  Company  in 

ALADDIN     JR. 
No  one  should  miss  it,  and  you  can  see  it  many  time*     Grand  holiday 
matinee  New  Year's  day.    Bring  the  children.    Last  performance  Sunday 
night,  DtCember  6th. 
Mondav,  January  7th— A  season  of  grand  opera. 

THE  MARIE  TAVAKY  GRANu  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANY. 

Last  week.  Every  own- 
ing, including  Sunday. 
2  matinees-Saturday  and 
New  Year's.  A  most  em- 
phatic hit. 

SAIIIIC  MAKTIVOT, 
America's  favorite  comed- 
ienne, supported  by  Max 
Pigma'i  and  a  company  of 
uuu  ual     excellence      in 


THE  I"  tfcSPOKT.     Beceivfd  with  shrieks  of  laughter  nightly. 
January  7th— LOl'TlE  COL  INS'  i'ROUBAUOURS 

TIVOLI  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Mas.  Ernestine  Keeling Proprietor  and  Manager 

To-night.    The  production  of  the  season.    The  great  holiday  spectacle, 

Lf\LLA     ROOKH. 
Book  by  John  P.  Wilson.    Music  by  Joseph  Hirschbaeh.    OfcarL.  Fest's 

wondrous  transformatin  ,  "Alcoves  of  the  Peri's  Garden."    Mirth,  music 

tpeca  ties.    Aw  ildofbeau  eou3  tei'njry. 
PopulabPeices  2b and  50c 

ORFHEUM. 

O'Farrell  St,,  between  Htocktou  and  Powell  Sts. 
San  Francisco's  Great  Music  Hall. 
Week  commencing  Monday,  Dec.  31st— A  New  Year's  bill  of  surpassing 
magnitude. 

rvi>i\     VEA1H\S  THIS, 
FKED  J.   TIM'*, 
Till:    HOSSI.EYS, 
RAM/A    A   AKNO. 
LtSW  A  SHAKPE 
And  a  picked  vaudeville  company. 

MATINEE  PRICES— Parquet,  any  part,  25c;  balcony,  any  part,  10c; 
children,  10c,  any  seat.  EVENING  PRICES—  Reservsd-  seats,  25c ;  balcony 
10c,;  opera  chairs  and  box  seats,  50c.    Saturday  and  Sunday  matinees. 

I  II  I  IAN  RFnnARh  The  Enelish  actress,  conch ee  ladies  and 
LILLIHIl  DLL/UHnL/,  gentlemen  for  the  dramatic  profession;  ap- 
pearances arranged.  SHAKESPEAREAN  ACADEMY,  1017  Ellla  St., 
Sen  Francisco,  Cal. 

WEAK  MEN  AND  WOMEN  ^eT^tfi^n 

gives  Health  and  Strength  to  the  Sexual  Organs.  Depot  at  823  Market 
Street,  San  Francisco. 

NEW   WHATCOM, 

WASHINGTON, 

Is  at  the  hcj  ad  of  Belling  ham  Bay,  on  Puget  Sound.  It  is  the 
Northwest  Citv  of  the  State  of  Washington;  population  about 
10,000.  It  is  ihe  third  city  in  size  and  wealth  in  Western  Wash- 
ingto  i.    All  its  industries  are  thriving. 

IT  HAS  ADVANTAGES  possessed  by  no  other  point  In  the 
State  uf  Washington;  the  country  is  rich  in  coal,  iron,  and  other 
minerals:  it  is  rich  >n  agricultural  and  timber  land;  thecityis 
lighted  by  elf ctricity;  it  has  two  electric  street  car  lines;  the 
water  supply  s  from  a  large  mountain  lake  316  feet  above  the 
ciry  front;  the  quautity  of  water  is  unlimited,  and  is  used  to 
drive  machiuer ,  for  manufa  turing  purposes.  For  domestic 
u>e  it  ih  unequal  d. 

NEW  WHATCOM  is  the  home  of  the  Bellingham  Bav  and 
Briti  h  Columbia  railroad,  and  of  the  Wellington  Bay  and  East- 
ern Railroad;  it  is  the  American  terminus  of  the  Canadian 
Pac  fie  Railway,  and  the  Pacific  Coast  terminus  of  the  Great 
Northern  Railroad;  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  is  making 
preparations  to  enter  tne  city;  its  harbor  is  one  of  the  best  in 
the  world;  the  steamships  of  the  Pacific  Coast  S.  8.  Company 
for  the  North  all  go  there;  steamers  arrive  at  and  depart  daily 
from.  New  Whatcom  for  all  ports  on  Puget  Sound. 

IT    IS    THE    COMING    GREAT    CITY. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29.  1394. 


DK.  HARKNE88,  who,  by  popular  report,  is  the  Academy  of 
Sciences,  had  an  adventure  on  the  Sausalito  boat  the  other 
day  of  a  painful  and  peculiar  character.  Mr.  Edward  Bosqui,  the 
printer  and  publisher,  himself  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Academy,  was  discnssiog  the  peculiarities  of  various  nationalities. 
Dr.  Harbness,  who  has  traveled  in  Europe  extensively  as  the 
tutor  of  a  rich  young  man,  expressed  in  voluble  language,  well 
seasoned  with  that  profanity  for  which  he  is  conspicuous,  his 
ideas  of  foreigners  in  general.  The  learned  man  could  see  no 
good  in  the  Irish;  and  while  he  held  forth  on  the  imperfections 
of  that  unhappy  race,  be  failed  to  observe  the  gathering  frown 
on  a  burly  gentleman  who  was  an  attentive  listener  to  the  con- 
versation. 

"I  cannot  agree  with  yoa,  doctor,"  said  Mr.  Bosqui,  "in  this 
eweeping  denunciation  of  the  Irish  race." 

■i  By G — ~ B 1"  spluttered  the  doctor,  "they 

are  the 1"     But  the  eminent  bull-dozer  did  not  have 

time  to  conclude.  The  burly  gentleman  rose  from  his  seat,  and, 
looking  Dr.  Harkness  Btraight  in  the  face,  said: 

"Ye  bloody  old  rat,  I  am  the  best  frind  James  Lick  ever  bad  in 
the  world,  and  if  he  were  alive  to-day  you'd  be  rowling  pills  in- 
stead of  prating  science." 

The  doctor  looked  for  one  moment  into  the  angry  eye  of  the 
irate  Hibernian,  and  then  fled  as  if  the  devil,  which  be  had  so 
frequently  invoked,  were  at  his  heels,  leaving  Mr.  Bosqui  aghast 
at  the  unexpected  flight  of  his  companion. 

#  *  * 

Maidens  and  matrons,  and  young  men,  see 

What  hangs  on  the  boughs  of  the  News  Letter's  tree! 

Come  up  and  gather  beneath  each  branch, 

And  our  gifts  will  go  from  a  toy  to  a  ranch. 

Here's  for  Jack  Parroit  a  close  cropped  cob, 

And  for  Harry  Simpkins,  most  beautiful  slob, 

A  seat  iu  the  saddle  to  hold  his  grip 

When  the  pony  flies  with  a  canter  and  skip. 

For  Talbot  Clifton,  whom  ills  betide, 

Whenever  that  long,  lank  man  doth  ride, 

A  bottle  of  arnica,  useful  for  bruise; 

This  British  horseman  will  not  refuse. 

For  Alec  Hamilton,  learntd  yet  mute, 

A  gun  which  a  tyro  can  surely  shoot; 

For  Jim,  his  cousin,  a  thinking  cap, 

To  wear  when  he  poses  for  martial  "  Nap;" 

To  Solly  Waller,  with  skinny  claw, 

A  little  book  on  "The  Art  To  Draw;" 

Quiet  and  close  as  the  forest  mink, 

He  aspires  to  the  Chair  of  Pen  and  Ink. 

To  Consul  Hall,  in  all  lingoes  pat, 

We  give  this  bottle  of  anti-fat; 

To  Alec  Badlam,  so  mild  and  meek, 

A  potion  to  build  up  his  fading  cheek; 

To  Dr.  Williams  a  healthy  sop 

To  keep  the  doctor  from  talking  shop; 

To  Stanton,  the  artist,  so  clever  yet  young, 

A  kinder  voice  and  a  milder  tongue; 

To  Charles  Josselyn,  so  ruddy  and  good, 

The  strength  to  abstain  from  fattening  food; 

To  all  good  people,  both  far  and  near, 

The  News  Letter  wishes  a  glad  New  Year. 

*  *  » 

Major  Hill,  of  the  British  army,  has  made  for  |himself  a  repu- 
tation as  the  concoctor  of  punch.  The  Major  was  an  intimate 
friend  of  Sir  Richard  Burton,  the  celebrated  traveler,  whose  visit 
to  this  coast  will  be  remembered  by  those  who  had  the  pleasure 
of  that  distinguish^ d  gentleman's  acquaintance.  Major  Hill, 
himself  a  comely  and  very  presentable  man,  invited  his  friends 
to  a  punch  bowl  at  the  Bohemian  Club  to  partake  of  a  draught  of 
his  own  concoction.  It  was  in  every  respect  a  magnificent  and 
triumphant  success.  Major  Hill  was  particularly  cautious  about 
giving  his  recipe  to  the  general  public,  but  the  triumph  of  the 
punch  bowl  was  so  great  and  the  Major  was  so  strongly  pressed 
that  he  Anally  did.  And  the  etory  of  this  marvelous  continua- 
tion of  good  things  which  bears  the  title  of  the  great  "Burton 
Punch"  is: 

"A  bottle  of  everything  good,  well  and  properly  mixed  over  the 
fire,  and  there's  not  a  headache  in  a  whole  quart  of  it." 

•  *  • 

The  old-timers  will  mourn  the  destruction  of  the  Cliff  House. 
It  was  the  central  point  for  moonlight  drives,  and  love,  and 
laughter,  and  all  the  joy  that  a  full  purse  and  an  after-dinner  jag 
could  contribute.  On  that  piano,  with  its  mother  of-pearl  keys, 
have  been  laid  the  fingers  of  the  loveliest  and  the  giddiest  of  San 
Francisco's  womankind.     Fanny  Vinton,  the  queen  of  her  class, 


ha?  played  on  that  piano  waltzes  to  which  Ralston,  Dave  Cotton, 
and  Tiburcio  Parrott  danced.  The  very  gems  of  the  half-world 
of  the  city  used  to  meet  there  on  balmy  summer  nights.  Wine 
flowed  like  water,  and  none  but  those  whose  brilliancy  of  wit 
redeemed  the  degradation  of  their  calling  were  admitted  to  that 
charmed  circle.  The  songs  that  were  sung,  the  tales  that  were 
told,  the  reckless  love,  and  laughter,  and  joy  would  of  themselves 
make  a  book  in  the  history  of  California.  In  those  golden  times 
no  one  questioned  the  charges,  for  money  was  free  as  water  and 
the  present  was  always  held  up  to  discount  the  future.  Then 
there  was  the  cottage  to  the  north  of  the  old  inn,  and,  O  Lord  I  if 
those  rafters  could  speak,  what  tales  they  might  relate)  How 
many  staid  and  respectable  citizens  who  now  walk  demurely 
with  their  wives  to  church,  would  be  brought  to  the  blush  if 
that  old  frame  bouse  could  tell  of  their  goines  on  I  Talk  about 
mysterious  disappearances!  why,  prominent  citizens  have  been 
swallowed  up  for  days  and  nights  in  that  antique  cottage  and 
have  come  forth  with  the  weary  and  dazed  air  of  penitence  of  a 
pilgrim  who  had  been  on  a  journey  to  Mecca.  Vale  et  valette! 
Venerated  and  venerable  inn  of  California's  past!  May  the  pres- 
ent generation  find  a  hostelry  which  shall  breed  as  brilliant  and 
as  agreeable  memories! 

*  *  # 

Captain  Foster,  the  old  host  of  the  Cliff  House,  was  a  great  epi- 
cure in  his  line.  The  Captain  was  also  a  great  charger.  There 
straggled  one  evening  into  the  Cliff  House  a  gentleman  who  bore 
the  name  of  a  very  prominent  millionaire.  He  ordered  a  modest 
luncheon,  and  when  the  bill  was  presented  seemed  rather  aston- 
ished at  its  magnitude. 

"  Captain,"  Baid  he,  "  isn't  this  pretty  steep  ?  " 

»  Well,"  said  Foster,  with  a  benignant  air,  "  1  shouldn't  think 
a  man  of  your  purse  would  mind  it  much.  You're  Mr.  James 
Phelan,  are  you  not  ?  " 

"  Yes,"  said  the  guest,  "but  I'm  not  the  Mr.  James  Phelan 
you're  thinking  of.  I'm  no  millionaire,  and  I  don't  want  to  be 
charged  millionaires'  prices." 

u  Why,  of  course  not,  of  course  not!  "  said  Captain  Foster  hur- 
riedly, "  there  is  some  mistake  here  which  we  will  have  at  once 
corrected." 

And  the  bill  came  in  in  an  amended  form  satisfactory  to  both 
host  and  guest. 

*  *  ■» 

Joseph  D.  Redding  has  just  returned  from  New  York,  and  has 
made  the  round  of  all  the  swell  restaurants  in  that  great  city.  A 
little  comparison  between  the  prices  of  the  ca(6s  of  that  town  and 
our  own  is  quite  interesting  from  Mr.  Redding's  memoranda. 

"I  dined,"  said  he,  "at  Delmonico's  with  a  friend  of  mine,  and 
we  went  in  for  a  modest  dinner,  and  now  I'll  tell  you  what  it  cost 
us.  We  had  a  bisque  of  lobster,  which  cost  ns  fifty  cents;  and 
then  we  had  table  relishes,  a  few  sticks  of  celery,  forty  cents; 
curtimoalls  of  chicken,  one  dollar.  Looking  over  the  fish  list,  I 
fancied  lobster  saule\  Newburg,  which  cost  me  one  dollar,  and 
yet  I  had  not  got  as  far  as  the  entrees.  Now,  I  am  fond  of  mush- 
rooms, so  I  called  for  some  fresh  ones  boiled  with  cream,  and 
tbat  cost  me  just  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents.  Seeing  that 
my  bill  was  growing  up,  I  thought  I'd  skip  the  roast  and  go  on 
to  the  game,  and  ordered  a  canvas-back  duck,  for  which  I  was 
taxed  exactly  four  dollars.  I  am  not  much  of  an  eater  myself," 
concluded  Mr.  Redding,  "and  I  cannot  submit  to  be  hung,  drawn, 
and  quartered  by  those  brigands  of  the  New  York  caf6s." 

#  *  * 

Mr.  John  Mason,  ex-Supervisor  and  atpresent  brewer  of  a  most 
excellent  whisky,  bad  a  singular  adventure  on  the  Tamalpais 
marshes  some  nights  ago.  Mr.  Mason  had  taken  some  ladies  on 
a  long  walk  to  San  Quentin,  and  on  the  return  trip  endeavored  to 
shorten  the  route  by  a  cross-cut  over  the  marshes.  The  result 
was  that  Mr.  Mason  and  his  party  were  lost  in  a  perfect  net- 
work of  sloughs,  and  John  Mason,  with  the  heroism  of  his  race, 
toiled  most  painfully  to  get  out  of  the  tangle.  The  most  striking 
point  of  the  story  is  that  when  the  muddy  crowd  finally  suc- 
ceeded in  gaining  the  railroad  track  a  little  below  Tamalpais 
Btation,  the  first  thing  tbat  met  their  eyes  was  a  flask  of  Mason's 
malt  whisky  lying  on  the  track.  And  the  ultimate  joke  was  the 
fact  tbat  the  old  man,  while  indulging  in  a  private  drink,  had 
forgotten  the  flask  there  and  had  mourned  its  absence  all  day. 

•  *  * 

From  India  comes  the  story  that  Donald  de  V.  Graham  has 
become  a  most  enthusiastic  student  of  Oriental  languages  and 
Oriental  music,  and  that  on  his  return  here  will  deliver  a  lecture 
on  the  strange  things  of  the  East.  Mr.  Graham,  it  is  further  re- 
ported, has  been  favorably  looked  upon  by  a  Begum,  the  widow 
of  a  very  wealthy  Rajah,  but  the  accomplished  Donald  has  been 
proof  against  the  fascinations  of  the  dusky  beauty.  Although 
she  has  manv  lacs  of  rupees,  Mr.  Graham  so  far  has  declined  to 
yield  his  bachelor  freedom  to  rule  over  a  province  and  enjoy  the 
luxury  of  unbounded  wealth. 


After  dinner  try  Adams'  Pepsin  Tutti-Frutti  Chewing  Gum.    You 
will  find  it  admirable. 

There  is  no  exquisite  Japanese  art  product  for  decorative  pur- 
poses that  is  not  kept  by  George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel. 


December  29,  1  -    i 


SAN  FBANGLBOO  NEWS  LETTER 


11 


GOTHAM    QOSSIP. 

THE  death  of  the  venerable  Eugene  Kelly  will  doubtless  cause 
widespread  glial  in  California,  where  be  was  well-known  and 
profoundly  respected.  Mr.  Kelly  hat  been  sinking  for  several 
days,  but  bis  wonderful  vitality  sustained  htm  lunger  than  could 
have  been  anticipated.  Evety  other  person  whom  one  meets  has 
something  to  tell  of  bis  charity,  generosity,  and  piety,  as  well  as 
of  bis  enthusiastic  love  for  his  country.  Few  such  fine  old  men 
as  Eugene  Kelly  are  left  amongst  us.  and  the  death  of  such  a  man 
is  a  distinct  loss  to  any  community. 

Mrs.  Hearst  ii  busy  dnring  her  stay  in  New  York  in  selecting 
books  for  the  libraries  which  she  is  establishing  in  South  Dakota 
as  a  memorial  of  the  late  Senator  Hearst.  She  proposes  opening 
reading  rooms  at  Lead  City.  A  library  containing  fifteen  thousand 
volumes  will  be  pat  temporarily  into  rented  rooms  at  Anaconda 
until  the  fine  library  building  now  in  course  of  construction  is 
completed.  Mrs.  Hearst  is  giving  her  personal  attention  to  the 
selection  of  books  and  to  all  details  connected  with  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  library. 

The  Christmas  bazar  was  opened  yesterday  in  the  pink  ball- 
room at  Sherry's.  Its  purpose  is  to  gain  funds  for  the  fitting  out 
ot  the  mission  rooms  attached  to  the  New  Bellevue  Hospital 
chapel.  A  charming  feature  of  the  bazar  is  the  arrangement  and 
decoration  of  the  tables — Austria.  Hungary,  Germany.  Italy, 
.France,  England,  America,  all  are  represented,  and  the  booths  are 
adorned  with  national  colors.  The  Austrian  booth,  which  is  the 
largest,  is  beautifully  decorated.  Hundreds  of  boxes  of  bonbons 
tied  with  the  Austrian  colors  are  on  sale.  Mrs.  Herman  Oeirichs 
and  Miss  Fair  are  among  the  ladieB  in  charge  of  this  booth.  The 
Russian  tea  table  is  presided  over  by  Madame  Olaroosky,  wife  of 
the  Russian  Consul-General.  She  has  just  laid  aside  her  court 
mourning  and  will  be  the  hostess  at  two  large  receptions  in  Janu- 
ary. 

Yesterday  afternoon  saw  an  interesting  marriage,  when  Miss 
Mary  Potter,  one  of  the  twin  daughters  of  the  Bishop  of  New 
York,  married  Mr.  W.  H.  Hyde,  the  successful  young  artist 
whose  work  in  Life  and  in  the  magazines  has  made  him  famous. 
Bishop  Potter,  assisted  by  his  brother  and  by  the  rector  of  Grace 
Church,  officiated.  As  the  bridal  party  passed  out  the  wedding 
march  from  Lohengrin  was  played  on  the  beautifully  melodious 
Grace  Church  chimes.  The  reception  was  held  at  Bishop  Potter's 
new  home,  on  Washington  Square  North.  This  square  is  certainly 
one  of  the  most  delightful  spots  in  New  York,  and  it  has  been  a 
regret  to  many  old  New  York  people  that  trade  has  encroached 
upon  this  aristocratic  quarter.  Bishop  Potter's  recent  purchase 
of  a  home  there  will  doubtless  do  much  to  aid  in  restoring  its  old- 
time  exclusiveness. 

I  dare  say  few  actors  are  remembered  more  warmly  and  cordially 
than  the  late  Charles  Bishop,  who  died  so  suddenly  a  few  years 
ago  during  a  performance  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  where  be  waB 
supporting  E.  H.  Sothern  in  Lord  Chumley,  His  widow  was  very 
ill  for  a  long  time  after  his  death,  but  an  soon  as  she  regained  her 
health  she  set  to  work  to  support  herself  by  delivering  mono- 
logues. She  will  read  a  paper  on  the  "Cultivation  of  Strength, 
Grace,  and  Beauty,"  at  the  Hotel  Brunswick  to  day,  followed  by 
a  monologue  in  costume  with  a  butterfly  fan  drill.  As  she  may 
travel  with  her  monologues,  I  think  it  not  out  of  place  to  recall 
her  to  your  memories,  for  San  Franciscans  are  loyal  to  old  friends 
and  no  doubt  will  gladly  encourage  t b is  brave  little  woman. 

In  theatrical  circles  much  amusement  has  been  awakened  over 
Miaa  Virginia  Harned's  Christmas  present  from  an  admirer  on 
board  the  Corwin,  who  has  sent  to  her  all  the  way  from  Sitka  a 
little  bear  cub  three  months  old.  He  is  a  beautiful  little  animal 
and  quite  an  aristocrat.  He  wears  a  fine  silver  collar  and  ank- 
lets, all  of  the  beaten  silver  work  which  the  Alaskan  Indians  ex- 
cel in.     He  is  a  lively  little  brute  and  up  to  all  sorts  of  tricks. 

The  New  York  is  among  the  cruisers  which  will  put  to  sea  early 
in  January.  Three  of  the  officers  who  sail  in  her  and  who  are 
popular  in  your  city  are  Lieutenants  Poundstone,  Parker,  and 
Nieblack. 

Caspar  Warrington  Wbitney,  an  old  St.  Matthews'  Hall,  San 
Mateo,  boy,  has  just  brought  out  a  book  which  bids  fair  to  be  one 
of  the  most  successful  publications  of  the  winter.  It  is  called  "  A 
Sporting  Pilgrimage,"  and  is  devoted  to  chapters  on  golf,  polo, 
football,  racing,  boating,  and  athletic  games  generally;  and  aa  the 
American  of  the  decadence  Is  nothing  if  not  an  out-of-door  man,  his 
book  is  opportune  as  well  as  valuable.  Passe  Partout. 

New  York,  December  20th,  1894. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1894. 


AN  ENGLISHMAN  CRITICISED. 


By  Abel  M.  Cte.  de  Bauviere. 

[In  the  Christmas  issue  of  the  News  Letter  appeared  a  contribu- 
tion entitled  "An  Englishman's  View  of  Us,"  in  which  Her  Majesty's 
subject  freely  criticised  Californians  generally  and  San  Franciscans 
particularly.  The  subjoined  criticism  of  that  estimate  of  us  is  made 
by  an  intelligent  Frenchman,  who  puts  the  whole  subject  in  quite  a 
different  light.— Editor  News  Letter.] 

"AN  Englishman's  view"  of  San  Francisco  and  Californians,  a 
l\  given  in  the  News  Letter,  is,  1  think,  very  typical  of  the  judg 
ment  without  appeal  passed  by  most  traveling  Englishmen  on  the 
countries  visited  by  them. 

The  truth  of  the  saying  that  "comparisons  are  odious"  does  not 
seem  to  be  admitted  by  this  infallible  and  critical  traveler;  no,  he 
simply  decrees  that  all  customs  and  traits  not  indigenous  to  his 
island  home  are  either  "galling"  or  "bad  form,"  and  this  sentence 
once  passed,  is  without  remission. 

This  staggering  assumption  of  national  superiority  not  only  leads 
him  to  describe  and  judge  things  foreign  as  only  comparable  in  their 
degree  of  inferiority,  in  his  opinion,  to  things  English,  but  this  con- 
viction of  British  precedence  and  superiority  is  so  strong  that  he  will 
even  frequently  present  abroad  his  typical  national  ideas  and  traits 
as  being  representative  of  the  rest  of  Europe,  assuming  thus  that  all 
Europe  is  subservient  to  his  country  and  must  even  necessarily  agree 
and  acquiesce  when  England  has  decreed. 

My  personal  observations  lead  me  to  think  that  although  Cali- 
fornians know  better  than  to  believe  him  in  this,  yet  they  are  rather 
prone  to  a  decided  tendency  to  put  all  foreigners  in  the  same  bag, 
and  to  take  the  opinion  of  one  as  a  sample  of  that  of  all.  It  is  this 
observation  which  induces  me  to  go  over  the  ground  covered  by  "An 
Englishman's  view"  and  endeavor  to  express  the  difference  of  appre- 
ciation of  the  same  things  seen  by  a  Frenchman  under  the  same  cir- 
cumstances. 

I  do  not  wish  by  any  means  to  convey  the  idea,  by  my  criticism, 
that  I  ignore  the  many  good,  deep,  and  undeniable  qualities  of  the 
Englishman,  but  I  simply  desire  to  show  the  distinctive  difference  of 
"views"  felt  and  expressed  by  the  average  Englishman  and  the  aver- 
age Frenchman,  passing  here  under  the  same  conditions.  Being  "a 
rolling  stone  amongst  many  nations,"  I  pride  myself  on  being  a 
thorough  cosmopolitan,  and  as  such  freer  from  prejudice  than  most 
who  cannot  realize  what  it  is  to  be  "a  citizen  of  the  world."  In  my 
opinion  one  of  the  great  differences  between  the  English  and  other 
races  lies  in  the  fact  that  the  former  has  very  limited  powers  of 
assimilation  and  cannot  so  readily  understand  and  conform  to  the 
new  ideas,  institutions,  and  customs  as  do  other  nations,  especially 
those  of  Latin  extraction.  In  a  word,  the  one  is  always  stiff  and  un- 
bending, whereas  the  others  are  supple  and  conforming.  Men  of  all 
racea  naturally  carry  with  them  the  particular  characteristics  of  their 
own  nation,  but  in  none  are  they  so  exclusive,  deep-rooted,  and  posi- 
tive as  in  the  Englishman.  Traversing  foreign  countries,  he  never 
thinks  of  simply  observing  and  remarking,  or  even  describing  im- 
partially newly  seen  things  as  simply  facts  interesting  to  note 
as  strange  or  foreign  to  him;  no,  he  must  necessarily  criticise 
and  decry  things  as  comparing  unfavorably  with  the  corres- 
ponding superior  institutions  or  ideas  of  his  own  "tight  little  isle," 
outside  of  which,  in  his  opinion,  there  is  no  salvation. 

The  Englishman  begins  by  comparing  other  countries  unfavorably 
to  his  own  because  he  does  not  find  there  awaiting  htm  a  slice  of  his 
own  country  in  which  he  can  live  his  accustomed  life,  with  the  exact 
comforts  and  surroundings  to  which  he  has  been  used.  He  is  a  man 
of  a  "cut  and  dried"  pattern,  from  which,  in  his  opinion  always,  it  is 
treason  to  swerve  in  the  slightest  degree.  .His  life  has  always  been 
cast  in  the  only  recognized  and  therefore  "proper"  mould  of  his  own 
country,  which  is  all  of  traditions,  and  where  his  ready-made  life  is 
regulated  to  the  accepted  "good  form"  standard,  to  which  are  sub- 
servient his  cares,  his  pleasures,  his  joys,  his  emotions,  and  his  all. 
The  great  aim  of  his  life  and  education  having  been  to  make  him 
conform  in  everything  to  this  national  adopted  standard  and  model 
■ — "of  what  is  the  right  thing,  and  what  is  good  form" — his  first  ob- 
servations abroad  are  invariably  concerning  the  visible,  superficial 
departures  from  his  wonted  habitual  surroundings,  and  his  discov- 
eries not  only  disturb  him  but  also  astonish  him,  because,  encased  all 
his  life  in  the  walls  of  prejudice  and  tradition,  he  has  never,  as  he 
admits,  "realized  the  true  condition  of  things  outside  of  his  own 
country ;"  he  is  really  very  ignorant  of  all  the  outside  world,  and  the 
peasant  schoolboy  of  the  remotest  French  village  could  give  him 
points  in  his  practical  knowledge  of  America  or  other  continents. 

Taking  in  order  the  different  points  expressed  in  the  "English- 
man's View  of  Us,"  the  first  thing  that  strikes  one  is  his  astonish- 
ment and  disappointment  at  not  finding  here  on  landing  the  realiza- 
tion of  the  stories  he  has  read,  "clothed  in  the  golden  raiments  of 
legend  and  romance,"  as  he  says,  and  his  bitterness  "at  the  flight  of 
his  poetical  imaginations." 

Come  hither,  all  to  the  glorious  shore; 

You'll  find  just  here  the  Paris  of  the  West, 
"Where  nature  revels  in  bountiful  store, 

And  men  have  gathered  all  their  treasures  best — 


is  all  very  well  in  poetry,  but  he  does  not  appear  to  have  made  allow- 
ances for  poetical  license  I 

And,  again,  he  expresses  his  astonishment  at  being  pursued  thus 
far  in  the  Golden  West  by  the  fever  and  excitement  of  American 
push  and  hurry  in  business  and  commerce.  Evidently  he  had  under- 
stood literally  that  this  was  "the  great  play-ground  of  the  West,'' 
and  he  had  expected  to  find  life  here  radically  different  from  that  of 
the  East  in  this  respect.  He  did  not  realize  that  this  great  republic, 
whose  each  State  is  so  many  times  larger  than  the  whole  of  his 
native  land,  is  pulsating  and  throbbing  through  its  entire  length  and 
breadth  with  the  same  feverish  heart-beats  of  its  now  irresistible 
hereditary  activity.  No!  he  did  not  even  stop  to  think  of  the  mar- 
velous achievements  and  developments  of  this  great  nation,  unpar- 
alleled in  the  history  of  the  World,  but  he  only  remarks  the  diversity 
in  men's  hats,  as  numerous  in  styles  as  there  are  ways  of  evading  the 
law,  and  he  sees  only  the  trivial  details  of  men's  dress  and  coats  on 
the  streets.  And  so  it  is  all  along.  "The  attendance  of  servants  is 
not  what  it  is  in  England.  Business  men  keep  their  hats  on  and  are 
sharp  and  to  the  point."  But,  man  1  think  a  little  of  the  different 
conditions  of  things !  Think  that  these  men  accomplish  in  a  life-time 
what  it  took  centuries  for  your  ancestors  to  do!  Think  that  here  a 
man  makes  himself,  he  is  not  made!  Think  that  here  all  men  carve 
out  their  destiny  from  the  virgin  block!  Here  a  man  is  a  man,  not 
a  drudge  born  and  bred.  These  men,  employees,  are  climbing  con- 
tinually the  ladder  of  life,  and  would  be  ashamed  to  fix  themselves* 
mollusk-like,  on  the  lowest  rungs.  It  is  these  very  men  who  in  a 
few  score  years  have  built  this  city  and  made  it  what  it  is.  Com- 
parisons being  your  hobby,  which,  then,  of  your  boasted  cities  of 
equal  population  can  compare  to  this  one  in  its  institutions  and  self- 
relying  resources? 

No,  it  is  not  these  wonderful  achievements  which  strike  our  travel- 
ing islander;  but  a  criticism,  which  would  never  come  to  any  other 
but  to  an  Englishman,  is  the  fruit  of  his  deep  observations:  "I  can- 
not get  here  English  rump  steak  or  English  roast  beef."  This  is  so 
preposterous  that  even  my  Gallic  tongue  is  paralyzed  I  I  confess  the 
subject  is  beyond  my  powers.  Think  of  it!  Only  one  club  in  the 
city  is  capable  of  producing  steak  and  roast  beef  to  his  lordship's  sat- 
isfaction !    Ye  gods !    And  yet  the  globe  still  revolves ! 

It  is  true  that,  on  the  other  hand,  he  graciously  admits  that  "the 
imported  wines  are  excellent,  but  among  the  Californian  wines  only 
two  or  three  brands  are  first-class."  Well,  really,  I  must  indulge  in 
a  little  vulgar  slang.  Perhaps  that  is  what  you  consider  the  opinion 
of  an  English  "connoisseur?"  Here  they  would  imagine  its  author 
came  from  Philadelphia  and  call  him  a  "sucker."  Did  you  think 
that  all  these  wines  of  which  you  approved,  because  you  thought 
they  were  those  you  drank  at  home— did  you  imagine  for  a  second 
they  had  all  crossed  the  border  of  California,  coming  from  "la  belle 
France?"  No  sir!  wines  here  are  equal  to  any  in  the  world,  and 
when  time  will  have  mellowed  them  they  will  rank  among  the  first. 
Having  exhausted  the  all-absorbing  and  vitally  important  subjects 
of  hats,  dress,  food,  and  drink,  you  now  deign  to  turn  your  attention 
to  the  inhabitants  of  the  country  where  you  are  a  guest.  Being  their 
guest  and  received  by  them  with  their  accustomed  hospitality,  en- 
tertained at  their  clubs,  at  their  homes,  at  luncheons,  teas,  dinners, 
and  parties,  you  are  markedly  more  reserved  in  your  criticisms,  and 
plainly  show  that  you  intend  "letting  them  down  easy."  You  re- 
mark that  they  do  not  converse  readily  and  that  you  have  few  sub- 
jects in  common  with  them.  In  fact,  you  imply  that  they  cannot 
rise  above  their  business  ideas  to  soar  with  you  in  the  superior 
realms  of  the  higher  intellectual  world.  Well,  my  dear  sir,  unless 
y"ou  are  a  decided  exception  to  the  generality  of  Englishmen,  I  am 
not  at  all  astonished  at  your  finding  yourself  somewhat  "out  of  it" 
on  first  meeting  the  men  here.  Did  you  take  special  pains  to  be 
cordial  or  expansive?  I  have  seen  very  few  of  your  countrymen  who 
were  so  at  first  meeting,  but  I  can  guarantee  that  the  greatest  mind 
in  the  world  can  find  ample  companionship  and  enjoy  intellectual 
conversation  of  the  highest  order  with  men  of  San  Francisco— if  he 
can  tell  an  intellectual  man  when  he  meets  one! 

But  now  we  come  to  friendly  ground— your  appreciation  of  Cali- 
fornia's women.  Here,  neighbor,  let  us  shake  hands  and  be  recon- 
ciled before  the  altar  of  the  beautiful  California  goddess  to  whom 
our  worship  is  due.  I  have  no  fault  to  find  with  your  description  of 
her,  and  I  may  even  acknowledge  that  for  a  cold,  matter-of-fact 
Englishman  your  opinion,  expressed  in  a  strain  of  glowing  admira- 
tion, has  raised  you  markedly  in  my  estimation.  Perhaps  you  did 
but  say  the  praise  which  I  should  have  liked  to  hear  you  loudly  sing, 
but  one  cannot  expect  an  English  nature  to  be  abnormally  enthused 
even  by  the  irresistible  fascination  of  San  Francisco's  peerless 
daughters.  Here,  then,  our  quarrel  ends,  if  quarrel  it  may  becalled. 
The  Englishman  and  the  Frenchman  evidently  see  things  from  dif- 
ferent points  of  view.     Which  is  right?— chi  lo  sa? 

You  pass  rapidly,  throwing  a  cursory  glance  telling  here  of  the  ad- 
vantages of  your  island  home,  and  back  there  describing  the  faults 
of  this  Western  land.  1,  although  a  "  superficial  Frenchman,"  see 
much  deep  good  unnoticed  by  you.  While  here  I  live  the  life  of  the 
people;  I  share  their  thoughts,  their  labor,  their  feelings  and  pleas- 
ures, and,  fully  agreeing  with  your  Irish  interlocutor  can  truly  say, 
"Yes,  this  is  a  great  country,  and  California  is  the  garden  of  it  all." 
If  times  are  changed  and  opportunities  are  not  now  what  they  were, 


DecemlnT  i.'.',  1894  . 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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still  bow  infinitely  superior  are  the  conditions  of  material  life  here  a* 
compared  with  those  of  Kastern  citif*!  Here  the  heart  and  mind 
grow  brighter  in  this  land  of  sunshine,  and  cares  and  troubles  seem 
lighter  under  the  clement  sky. 

Would  that  I  could  express  my   admiration  and  better  sing  the 
praise  of 

Tnr  City  py  the  Golden  Gate. 
March  ever  onward  to  the  Golden  Gate, 
O  thou  who  seekest  to  improve  thy  fate! 
Beyond  is  but  the  waste  of  Orient  sloth ; 
Right  here,  from  east  and  wpst,  the  best  of  both 
In  mind  and  matter  thou  shall  see  condensed, 
While  here,  with  hand  most  lavish,  are  dispensed 
The  luscious  fruits  of  teeming  Mother  Earth 
And  mining  treasures  of  endless  worth. 

No  snow  thou'lt  find  to  chill  our  beauteous  homes, 

Though  welcome  is  its  sheen  from  mountain  domes. 

No  sea  of  mud  will  close  around  thy  feet, 

Albeit  sand  in  plenty,  emblem  meet 

Of  that  unyielding  grip  and  dauntless  grit 

That  make  the  Californian  ever  "fit," 

Thine  eyes  shall  sicken  o'er  no  dreary  plain; 

Here  giant  hills  enring  the  Peaceful  Main. 

No  inland  lake  we've  cut  in  bay  lets  new; 
For  face  we  not  a  stretch  of  ocean  blue 
That's  matchless  in  this  northern  hemisphere, 
Beside  a  wide-armed  bay  that  knows  no  peer? 
Chicago's  desert  blossomed  as  the  rose; 
We've  but  to  trim  the  flower  as  it  grows. 
Their  City  White  was  all  a  work  of  art. 
In  this  one  nature  played  the  chiefest  part. 

They  gathered  objects  for  their  mammoth  Fair 
In  size  and  multitude  beyond  compare; 
Tis  worth,  and  taste,  and  choice  we  value  here, 
And  so  we've  chosen  what  we  hold  most  dear. 
They  laved  their  scorching  sun  in  winding  pool ; 
Nor  heat  nor  cold  we  dread ;  we're  ever  cool, 
So  cool  and  calm  that  many  a  world-wide  craze 
Has  failed  to  win  these  earnest  people's  praise. 


Miss  Jackson-You  doan  lub  a  skinny  ole  thing  laik  me. 
Mr.  Johnsing— Miss  Jackson,  I  believe  in  th'  ole  sayin'  that  the 
meat  am  sweetest  neah  th'  bone. 


A  bonanza  for  agents.  Something  new.  Burglar  alarm  door  bell. 
Secure  county  rights  in  California.  Send  stamp  for  circular.  T.  J. 
Stephens,  406  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco. 

Pottery  Panels  and  Placques  for  decoration,  in  artists'  materia 
department.    Sanborn,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 


Ayer' 

■WAS 

THE   ONLY 

Sarsaparilla 


ADMITTED   AT 

THE 


s  Fair. 

GET 

The  Best. 


BETHESDA. 

AMERICA'S  FAVORITE  WATER. 

"  I  don't  think  Bethesda  has  any  equal  as  a  pure,  agreeable,  and  whole- 
some table  water.— J".  B.  Foraker,  ex-Governor  of  Ohio. 

"I  think  the  Bethesda  as  good  a  mineral  water  as  I  have  ever  tasted." 
—T.  N.  Palmer,  President  world's  Columbian  Commission. 

L.  CAHEN  &  SON,  AGENTS. 

418  Sacramento  street,  8.  F. 

St.    lau/r^nee 

LIVERY  AND  SALES  STABLE. 
W.  E.  Bridge,  Proprietor. 
423    post  St., 

Bet.  Powell  and  Mason 
Telephone  1333.  San  Francisco. 

ERNST    H.    LUDWIG  &  CO., 
The  Model  American  Caterer. 

1206  SUTTER  ST.,  S.  F.  Telephone  2388. 


D 


R.  H.  G.  YOUNG,  DENTIST, 

1811  Polk  St.,  near  Jackson,  S.  F. 


[Telephone  2605 

Painless  extraction.    Teeth  without  plates  a  specialty. 

HOURS— 9  A.  M.  to  5  P.M.,  8  to  9  p.  m,     Sundays,  9  A.  M.  to  2  P.  M. 

HR.  ARTHUR  T.  REGENSBURGER, 

u  Dentist. 

11*  GEARY  STKEET.  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

SH.  regensburger,  attorney-at-law. 
■  Booms  1  and  2,  319  Pine  Street,  San  F rancisco,  Cal 


Perrier-Jouet  &  Oo. 


EPERNAY  CHAMPAGNE, 

For  sale  by  all  first-class  Wine  Merchants  and  Grocers. 

W.  B.  CHAPMAN,  Sole  Agent  for  Pacific  Coast, 

1X3    California  Street. 


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SAJS  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1894. 


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War  The  condition  of  affairs  in  the  Pacific  Insurance 
Still  Union  is  still  far  from  peaceful;  in  fact,  the  war 
Reigqs.  cloud  hangs  heavier  just  now  over  the  street  than  it 
did  a  week  ago.  Three  additional  companies  have 
just  signified  their  intention  of  secediDg  from  the  organ- 
ization, and  others  threaten  to  do  likewise.  The  three 
companies  referred  to  are  the  Firemen's  Fund,  Home  Mu- 
tual, and  Commercial  Union.  The  Home  Mutual  is  of  course 
merged  in  the  Firemen's  Fund,  which,  with  the  Commercial 
Union,  represents  extensive  insurance  interests  all  over  the  coast. 
The  trouble  is,  as  usual,  over  the  vexed  question  of  rebates, 
which,  like  many  other  important  issues  at  stake  in  the  business, 
seems  never-ending  in  its  tendency  to  create  ill-feeling  among  the 
members  of  the  Union.  The  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the 
association  have  been  amended  time  and  again  in  an  attempt  to 
settle  the  matter  beyond  peradventure  of  dispute,  but  so  far  all 
efforts  have  proved  powerless.  The  withdrawal  of  the  Pbcenix 
and  Home  Companies,  by  their  manager,  Mr.  Magill,  was  the 
first  break  in  the  ranks.  That  the  example  has  proved  conta- 
gious is  evident  from  the  latest  secession,  and  now  that  with- 
drawals have  commenced,  no  one  can  safely  predict  where  they 
will  end.  A  feeling  of  impending  disaster  is  abroad,  but  it  will 
be  hoped  that  something  will  be  done  to  restore  amicable  rela- 
tions among  the  fraternity.  If  the  pacific  intentions  of  the  ma- 
jority of  tbe  underwriters  are  not  carried  out  by  some  immediate 
action  of  the  directors,  the  days  of  the  organization  are  num- 
bered. The  result  of  the  dissolution  of  the  Union  would  be  a  very 
serious  affair  and  far-reaching  in  its  effects.  It  would  mean  ruin 
for  a  number  of  the  smaller  companies  eventually,  and  besides 
this  a  large  number  of  employees  would  be  thrown  out  of  work, 
to  join  the  large  armies  of  unemployed.  It  is  only  natural  to 
expect  that  the  honest  men  in  the  business  will  seek  protection 
from  tbe  inroads  of  those  who  are  dishonest.  They  would  soon, 
under  existing  conditions,  have  little  show  in  obtaining  business 
in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  Union  in  competition  with 
others  who  did  not  scruple  to  break  the  covenants  which  they 
have  made.  They  will  be  forced  to  cut  and  slash  prices  for  self- 
protection,  and  the  matter  will  be  "each  man  for  himself."  A 
few  well-posted  individuals  feign  to  believe  that  the  latest  move 
of  the  big  companies  is  merely  a  game  of  bluff  to  scare  the  smaller 
firms  into  better  behavior,  and  that  they  have  no  intention  of 
getting  out  of  the  Union  for  good  and  all.  A  term  of  thirty  days 
must  expire  before  action  can  be  taken  upon  such  resignations, 
and  a  great  many  changes  can  take  place  in  that  time.  It  will 
be  hoped  that  if  anything  does  transpire  within  the  month,  it 
will  be  for  the  better. 


Corqstock  This  holiday  week  on  Pine  street  has  been  attended 
tyinir\g        with  dull  trading  and    light   variations   in  prices. 

Shares,  The  market,  while  weak  to  some  extent,  has  not 
shown  any  great  depreciation,  owing  to  tbe  very 
light  offerings  of  stocks.  There  has  been  a  little  change  for  the 
better  during  the  past  day  or  so,  with  an  upward  movement  in 
prices  in  some  of  the  favorite  stocks.  The  condition  of  many  of 
the  mines  is  steadily  improving,  and  tbe  ore  development  at  one 
or  two  points  is  sufficient  to  warrant  the  prediction  that  prices 
will  be  higher  before  long.  It  only  requires  a  sharp  advance  in 
some  particular  stock  to  bring  money  into  tbe  market  and  start  a 
boom  in  the  shares  along  the  entire  line.  The  period  of  stagna- 
tion has  been  unusually  prolonged,  and  a  change  must  take  place 
sooner  or  later.  So  long  as  there  is  life  in  tbe  Comstock  there  is 
always  hope  for  an  important  development.  This  time  a  year 
ago  there  were  many  who  said  about  Con.  Virginia,  "There  is 
nothing  there;  the  mine  is  played  out."  That  they  were  wrong 
in  their  prediction  has  been  very  satisfactorily  demonstrated  by 
the  discovery  of  the  new  ore  body  which  has  once  more  put  the 
mine  on  a  dividend  paying  basis.  This  remarkable  property  has 
apparently  as  many  lives  as  a  cat,  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  the 
other  mines  along  the  lode.  Crown  Point  ran  along  for  years  as 
an  assessment  proposition,  until  lately  ore  was  struck  which  goes 
along  way  toward  reducing  expenses,  with  reserves  in  sight  good 
for  months  to  come.  This  ore  is  low  grade  to  some  extent,  but 
the  percentage  in  gold  is  very  high,  and  that  is  what  counts  at 
present,  with  silver  a  drug  in  the  market.  It  Is  just  possible  that 
this  time  next  year  a  very  different  order  of  affairs  may  prevail 
on  the  Comstock.  Gold  is  always  where  you  find  it  in  a  mine, 
and  so  long  as  work  is  kept  up  in  the  Comstock  properties  there  is 
no  telling  wben  or  where  a  bonanza  strike  may  be  made. 

WA.  NEVILLS,  the  owner  of  the  Rawhide  mine  which  the 
,  British  promotor  turned  his  nose  up  at  serenely  when  it 
waB  offered  in  London  a  short  time  ago,  was  able  to  present  his 
wife  with  the  Empress  Eugenie  diamonds  as  a  Christmas  gift. 


State      Toe  annuil  report  of  the  8tate   Mineralogist  has  been 
Mining     issued,  although   so   far    we   have   not  been  honored 
Bureau,     with  a  copy,  owing,  perhaps,  to  tbe  extreme  poverty 
of   tbe    Bureau,  which    may   not  have  enough  to  go 
around.     Through  the  courtesy  of  a   neighbor  we  note  that  the 
bullion  yield  of    the  Slate  amounts   in  all  to  some  $12,959,969  37, 
of   which    $12,422,811  60   was   gold,  the   balance  being  in  silver. 
With  other  substances  the  total  mineral  output   of  California  for 
the  year  is  estimated  at   nearly   $20,000  000.     This   is   a   little  in 
excess  of  the   average   annual   yield  for   some  years  past,  which 
can  be  attributed  to  an  increase  in  the  number  of   gold  mines  be- 
ing worked.     The   report  contains   the   usual   essays  on  certain 
operations  being  carried  by   private  capital  in  different  sections 
of  the  State,  but  the  press  matter  is  not  so  voluminous  as  in  prev- 
ious editions.     From  some  remarks  which  have  been  let  fall,  it  is 
not  quite  certain  that  the  new  Executive  will   look  with  particu- 
lar favor  on  the  large  annual  appropriation  set  aside  for  the  sup- 
port  of  the   Bureau.     It,    with    other   institutions   of   a   similar 
nature,  seem  to  be  viewed  by  Governor-elect  Budd  in  tbe  light  of 
a  white  elephant,  which    cost    more    than   they  are  worth.     The 
Mining  Bureau,  if  properly  managed,  should  prove  a  great  benefit 
to  the  State,  and    tbe    money  allotted  for  its  support,  if  econom- 
ically expended  and  solely  in  the  interests  of   the  State,  is  not  a 
dollar  too  much.     However,  the  exercise  of  some  supervision  by 
the  Governor  of  the  State  over  matters  of  this  sort   will  not  be 
generally  considered  injudicious,  even  if  it   is  rather  a  novel  de- 
parture from  the  ordinary  course  of  proceeding. 
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Englisf)         An   item  published   in  the   News   Letter  some 
Miniqg  weeks  ago  has  been  construed,  we  are   informed 

Iquestments,  abroad,  as  reflecting  on  the  value  of  the  Gover 
mine,  This  was  not  intended,  as  from  all  accounts 
this  property  is  rightly  managed  and  is  a  valuable  one  so  far  as 
we  can  learn.  The  reflection  was  cast  upon  the  manner  in  which 
it  is  customary  for  English  companies  to  manage  mines  which 
they  may  take  up  in  this  State.  If  the  Gover  falls  into  such  in- 
capable hands  as  have  many  other  properties  we  could  mention, 
its  fate  would  be  sealed  if  the  shaft  was  a  bonanza  for  a  thousand 
feet  deep.  There  is  no  mine  ever  yet  opened  that  would  stand  the 
mismanagement  of  the  incapable  men  who  every  now  and  then 
arrive  from  abroad  to  run  properties  into  the  earth  and  ruin  the 
people  who  pay  them  extravagant  salaries.  The  great  trouble 
with  these  important  experts  is  that  they  know  nothing  about 
the  first  principles  of  practical  mining,  and  they  are  too  egotistical 
to  be  taught  anything  by  men  in  subordinate  positions  in  the 
mine,  but  who  are  infinitely  their  superiors  in  every  way.  Time 
and  again  we  have  counseled  the  employment  of  ruining  men  be- 
longing to  this  State  for  the  practical  operation  of  mines  pur- 
chased here  for  foreign  account.  But  no!  English  capitalists  are 
ready  enough  to  send  over  here  for  men  to  manage  their  South 
African  and  Australian  interests,  while  perverse  enough  in  ship- 
ping out  a  lut  of  incompetent,  consequential  numbskulls  to  Cali- 
fornia when  they  see  fit  to  invest  in  our  mines.  This  is  where 
the  trouble  arises  every  time,  and.  until  the  practice  is  stopped, 
failure  can  be  confidently  predicted. 
$  $  $ 

Neuu      The  Wall  street  stock    market  during    the   past  week 
York      has  been  decidedly  dull,  having  a  holiday  appearance. 
Stocks*    Investors    are   doing    nothing    in    tbe   market.     The 
fact  that  gold  is   being   shipped  to   Europe   in   liberal 
quantities  does  not  at  this  time  encourage  monied  people  to  take 
on  new  risks.     While  tbe  Granger  roads  are  showing  improved 
earnings,  it  does  not  inspire  confidence  enough  in   them  to   make 
any    marked  improvement.     In    fact,    these    securities    show    a 
rather  weak  undertone.     Tbe  industrial   grays  have  done   com- 
paratively nothing  of  late.     If  investment  buyers  will  go  into  the 
market  after  the  first  of  the  year,  prices  may  improve,  but  there 
really  seems  very  little  at  present   to   advance    market  values  be- 
yond a  scalping  limit.  Financial  conditions  are  too  uncertain,  and 
speculators  are  displaying  more  than  ordinary  precaution. 
US 
Thefts      It  is  satisfactory   to   note   that   some   bullion  thieveB 
Frorr)        have   at  last    been   convicted   of    stealing    from    the 
l/jines,       Alaska  mine  of  Douglass  Island,  and  that  all  have  re- 
ceived heavy  sentences  of  imprisonment.     It  iB  almost 
impossible  to  secure  a  conviction  of  the  crime  in  this  State.    Dur- 
ing the  past  six   months   quite   a   number   of  arrests  have  been 
made  all  over  the  State,  and  even  in   cases  where   tbe  thief  was 
caught  with  all  the  evidences  of  his  guilt  upon  him,  an  opening 
has  been  made  for  him  to  lie  out  of  the  matter.   Some  of  the  most 
cold-blooded   robberies  reported  lately   have  been  committed  by 
employees  of  California  gold  mines. 
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MR.  GEORGE  MEL  has  been  appointed  general  agent  of  the 
Pacific  Coast  of  the  Broad  way  Fire  Insurance  Company  of 
New  York. The  statement  that  certain  changes  in  the  Insur- 
ance Company  of  North  America  were  about  to  take  place  are 
emphatically  denied  by  the  company. Mr.  A.  R.  Gurrey,  man- 
ager of  the  American  Fire  of  New  York,  and  Western  of  Toronto, 
has  been  visiting  his  Southern  California  representatives. 


p.   ■  mix  r     j".  1694, 


BAN   FRANCISCO   NKVVS   LETTER, 


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"Hear  the  Crier:-'     "  What  the  devil  artthouT' 
"One  that  will  dUt  the  devil,  sir.  with  you." 


THE  last  bid  for  the  Call  having  been  received  Thursday,  and 
having  proved  insufficient,  a  public  auction  has  been  or- 
dered for  January  4th.  It  19  rumored  (bat  the  Ihm  bid  was  $320,- 
000 — for  a  paper  tnai  -o  short  a  lime  ago  was  worth  a  good  million! 
It  is  largely  because  the  piper  ha*  been  mean  both  in  its  edito- 
rial and  its  business  management  that  its  value  has  so  greatly 
declined;  the  bard  times,  however  have  something  to  do  with  it. 
The  Call  has  never  bad  the  instincts  of  a  freebooter.  It  has  been 
merely  mean — immeasurably  mean.  If  honesty  is  a  conceivable 
companion  of  littleness,  the  Call  has  been  honest.  Probably  it  has 
been  too  cowardly  to  rob  and  t  jo  cautious  to  steal.  If  the  reports 
on  the  street  are  true,  the  Spreckelses  will  secure  the  property,  and 
then  Mr.  Hearst  and  Mr.  de  Young  will  have  to  work.  There  is 
room  in  San  Francisco  for  only  two  great  dailies.  The  Call  has  been 
driven  to  the  wall  because  it  wa-  too  mean  to  cope  with  its  broad- 
gauge  rivals.  If  the  Call  fall  into  the  hands  of  broad-gauge  men 
the  fight  will  have  to  be  made  anew,  and  the  two  that  survive  will 
be  those  published  by  the  coolest,  wisest,  most  broad-minded  and 
most  enterprising  men.  May  the  devil  take  the  hindmost! 
((\I7ELL,  I  suppose,"  said  the  peanut  butcher,  who  was  en- 
VV  Raged  at  the  time  in  spreading,  so  far  as  in  him  lay,  the 
soul-destroyiDg  vice  of  the  use  of  tobacco — "I  suppose  that  is  the 
only  way  in  the  world  this  country  will  ever  get  settled  up."  We 
were  crossing  the  Mojave  desert,  tbe  land  of  despair,  and  five 
Eastern  families  and  their  belongings  had  just  been  dumped  at  a 
wayside  station.  It  was  developed  that  something  of  the  same 
sort  has  been  happening  every  day  for  some  time  back  as  the  re- 
sult of  a  conspiracy  of  real  estate  sharks  in  Eastern  cities  all  the 
way  from  Fargo  in  the  north  to  Little  Rock  in  the  south,  taking 
in  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  and  the  other  big  towns.  Alluring  ad- 
vertisements, semi-tropical  in  tone,  were  spread  in  tbe  coluums 
of  the  press  of  those  cities,  with  tbe  result  that  every  day  brought 
a  human  harvest  for  the  desert,  tbe  only  crop  it  is  ever  likely  to 
raise  unless  tbe  fine  prophetic  philosophy  of  the  peanut  peddler 
should  come  true,  and  these  unhappy  pioneers  of  advancing  civi- 
lization, going  up  as  a  forlorn  hope  against  the  savage  wilder- 
ness, should  succeed  in  subdaiDg  the  bleak,  inhospitable  waste, 
albeit  they  leave  their  bones  by  the  wayside! 

THINGS  are  different  in  San  Francisco  from  what  they  are  in 
Japan.  The  intrepid  Japs  made  a  lively  assault  and  cap- 
tured Port  Arthur  in  less  than  forty-eight  hours,  and  did  their 
butcheriDg  in  a  quiet  way,  unmolested  by  the  Christian  senti- 
ment of  modern  days  or  the  lately  revised  lacticB  of  the  Society 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals.  Here  in  San  Francisco 
the  great  dailies  have  been  capturing  Port  Arthur  with  pen  and 
pencil  for  two  weeks,  and  the  battle  still  goes  on  with  the  dim 
rattle  of  subsiding  forces.  It  almost  led  to  a  sharp  conflict,  in 
which  sarcasm  was  attempted,  and  probably  would  have  pre- 
vailed had  the  battery  been  loaded.  The  illustrations  presented 
are  unique  in  design,  and  when  placed  side  by  side  present  a 
problem  for  the  student  in  geography.  There  is  a  question  as  to 
whether  they  were  sketched  from  Sausalito  or  Point  Reyes. 

MR.  LEEDS'S  San  Joaquin  Valley  railroad  (on  paper)  promises 
to  develop  into  a  genuine  boomerang.  If  he  do  not  speedily 
transfer  it  from  paper  to  the  solid  ground,  the  Fresno  people 
threaten  to  build  a  road  to  Los  Angeles  and  to  join  the  oraDge 
growers  in  an  attempt  to  divide  tbe  State.  As  such  action  would 
undoubtedly  result  in  the  loss  to  Mr.  Leeds  of  his  $10,000  salary, 
that  promoter  of  giant  enterprises  may  be  expected  to  issue  at 
once  one  of  his  characteristic  bulletins  in  tne  form  of  an  inter- 
view announcing  that  "several  large  subscriptions  are  almost 
secured,"  and  that  "the  outlook  is  much  brighter  than  it  has 
been  for  several  days  past." 

WITH  tbe  burning  of  tbe  old  Cliff  House  passes  a  curse  that 
has  clung  to  it.  Mr.  Tetlow,  who  ran  it  during  its  wickedest 
and  most  prosperous  era,  is  selling  lottery  tickets  in  San  Fran- 
cisco for  a  living,  Mr.  Foster  is  a  clerk  in  an  insurance  office,  and 
Mr.  Wilkins  has  been  all  but  ruined  by  the  fire.  It  was  the 
most  incongruous  thing  in  the  world ;  its  charms  and  its  debauch- 
eries were  separated  by  a  thin  partition.  Tbe  seals  have  deserted 
the  rocks  since  tbe  fire,  and  have  pre-empted  a  rock  further  out 
at  sea.  The  glory  and  the  nastiness  of  the  place  are  gone  forever, 
and  when  good  Mr.  Sutro  rebuilds  it  the  sin  will  be  gilded  by 
something  besides  the  setting  sun. 

PRESUMABLY  the  value  of  newspaper  illustration  is  estab- 
lished, but  if  people  must  have  it  the  thing  aoes  not  come 
very  high  if  you  know  how  to  do  it.  For  example,  juBt  turn 
back  to  that  picture  in  the  Call  last  Wednesday  morning,  where 
the  smoke  and  flames  of  the  Cliff  House  fire  are  introduced  to  the 
public  in  the  act  of  blowiDg  inshore  in  the  teeth  of  a  stiff  north- 
east breeze!  It  seems  that  time-honored  Boreas,  blustering 
rooster,  has  no  rights  that  the  imagination  of  a  newspaper  artist 
eight  miles  from  the  scene  is  bound  to  respect. 


Oil:  good  frt-nd  the  J'ost  tries  to  work  Mrs.  Madge  Kendal 
barm  by  publishing  these  remarks,  which  it  says  she  made: 
"I  do  not  want  to  have  anything  to  do  with  a  'press  man/  I 
make  it  a  point  never  to  meet  one  socially.  I  want  no  favors 
from  the  press;  to  an  actress  they  mean  the  sale  of  body  and 
Bonl."  We  do  not  know  just  what  she  meant  by  that  last  sen- 
tence, unless  it  be  something  unthinkable;  and  as  she  is  a  good- 
looking  woman,  she  may  know  more  than  we.  It  may  be  borne 
in  mind,  however,  that  her  charge  means  two  things — that 
••press  men"  are  unspeakably  low  and  that  all  actresses  who 
accept  their  "favors"  (whatever  that  may  be)  have  sold  them- 
selves body  and  soul.  Assuming  by  "favors"  that  she  meant  a 
kindly  notice  of  women's  ability,  her  remarks  connect  in  a  nasty 
way  all  newspaper  praise  of  women  with  indecent  conduct  on 
the  part  of  the  women  praised.  All  of  which  may  make  it  in- 
cumbent on  newspaper  men,  in  order  that  they  may  at  least 
appear  to  be  gentlemen,  to  damn  everything  good  that  women 
try  to  do.     Perhaps,  after  all,  she  is  right. 

TWO  Ban  Francisco  lawyers  have  been  recently  severely  dealt 
with,  one  by  the  Supreme  Court  and  the  other  by  the  Superior 
Court,  on  the  same  proposition — they  expressed  the  opinion  that 
Judges  before  whom  the  cases  were  to  be  tried  had  made  public 
utterances  which  proved  their  antagonistic  bias.  One  of  the 
funniest  things  in  all  the  world  is  the  extreme  sensitiveness  of 
some  Judges  and  the  ridiculous  ways  which  they  adopt  to  en- 
force a  respect  which  their  conduct  fails  to  win.  Dignity  and 
decorum  are  admirable,  but  a  clown  In  the  role  of  a  hangman  is 
an  excruciating  sight.  An  outward  show  of  respect  is  an  insult 
in  tbe  absence  of  an  internal  cherishing  of  admiration.  A  visitor 
from  Mars,  stepping  out  of  the  democratic  freedom  of  our  social 
and  commercial  life  into  tbe  hollow  pomposity  of  our  poor  little 
courts,  presided  over  by  the  poor  little  politicians  who  have  the 
push  and  the  pull  to  secure  the  ermine,  would  be  amazed  at  the 
silly  opera-bouffe  of  it  all — at  the  stuffed  dignity  of  the  bench  and 
the  insulting  obsequience  of  the  bar.  Character  and  ability  need 
none  of  these  shams. 

THE  Olympic  Club,  of  this  city,  by  becoming  a  member  of  the 
American  Amateur  Union,  placed  itself  under  tbe  rules  of 
that  extensive  organization,  and  those  rules  expressly  forbid  the 
kind  of  disgraceful  "boxing  matches"  which  tbe  Olympic  Club 
has  given  recently.  As  a  result  the  American  Amateur  Union 
has  decided  to  investigate  the  conduct  of  tbe  Olympic  Club,  and 
this  organization,  with  the  likelihood  of  expulsion  confronting 
it,  is  talking  defiantly  through  its  members.  The  ordinary 
restraints  which  control  tbe  conduct  of  gentlemen  in  athletic 
sport  are  those  which  the  Amateur  Union  imposes.  They  appear 
to  be  irksome  to  the  gentlemen  sportsmen  of  San  Francisco,  and 
it  is  no  wonder  that  they  long  for  a  freedom  which  the  Eastern 
components  of  the  Amateur  Union  would  scorn  to  exercise. 

HOW  ungenerous  is  the  Examiner!  It  is  now  unmercifully 
guying  the  very  ladies  who  wrote  its  Christmas  edition, 
merely  because,  under  the  pressure  of  their  protest,  Miss  Anna 
Boyd,  of  the  Aladdin,  Jr.,  Company,  had  to  quit  singing  her 
dainty  little  song,  "And  Her  Golden  Hair  was  Hanging  Down 
Her  Back."  And  the  Examiner  hints  that  because  this  song  was 
never  objected  to  in  New  York,  Boston,  and  Philadelphia,  Mr. 
James  J.  Corbett  was  not  far  wrong  when  he  called  San  Fran- 
cisco a  "jay  town."  We  all  know  that  this  is  the  town  in  which 
Kate  Castleton  became  famous  with  her  song,  "For  Goodness' 
bake  Don't  Say  I  Told  You,"  and  that  the  swellest  of  our  swells 
entertained  8ara  Bernhardt  (she  of  "accident"  fame),  and  was 
afterward  unmercifully  guyed  by  the  gentle  Sara  for  her  pains! 

THE  society  ladies  who  brought  out  the  Christmas  Examiner 
have  informed  an  anxious  world  that  the  correct  way  to  write 
Christmas  iB  <«  Xmas  " — at  least,  it  is  printed  that  way  in  their 
paper,  and  they  moat  have  intended  this  inference  to  be  drawn. 
It  is  really  much  easier  to  say  "X"  than  "Christ,"  and  al- 
though it  sounds  a  little  familiar  at  first  we  can  grow  used  to  it  in 
time. 

MR.  GLADSTONE  complains  that  clergymen  are  not  severe 
enough  on  their  congregations.  But  he  forgets  that  clergy- 
men are  paid  to  please  their  congregations,  not  to  offend  them, 
and  that  divinity,  like  the  law,  is  a  mere  profession,  in  which 
there  is  a  continual  scramble  for  the  wealthiest  clients  (congrega- 
tions) and  the  fattest  fees  (largest  salaries). 

UNDOUBTEDLY  Stanford  University  was  deeply  chagrined  to 
be  defeated  so  scandalously  by  the  Chicago  University  team 
in  the  Christmas  football  game.  We  can  imagine  the  spirit  of 
the  lamented  Leland  Stanford  questioning  now  tbe  wisdom  of  his 
earth-life  selection  of  David  Starr  Jordan  as  the  ideal  man  for  the 
making  of  scholars  and  gentlemen  out  of  boysl 

LEST  a  wrong  impression  get  abroad,  it  should  be  explained 
that  the  noodles  which  the  two  young  girls  were  peddling  aa 
a  blind  for  petty  thieving,  were  not  the  he  society  buds  of  after- 
noon "social  functions." 

THE  natural  inclination  to  feel  pathetic  over  Lucky  Baldwin's 
adoption  of  a  pretty  little  actress  halts  lamely  between  the 
fact  that  she  is  only  eleven  years  old  and  the  knowledge  that  she 
will  grow. 


16 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1894. 


ONE  of  the  members  of  the  recently  established  Riding  Club 
says  that  she  is  glad  that  at  last  there  is  something  pertaining 
to  fashionable  doings  which  Ed.  Greenway  does  not  "  boss."  It 
is  believed  by  many  of  the  girls  that  the  very  unprepossessing 
appearance  made  by  that  society  light  on  his  bicycle  has  deterred 
him  from  attempting  taking  fences  and  hurdles.  However,  as 
one  may  as  well  be  out  of  the  world  as  ont  of  the  fashion,  no 
doubt  be  will  be  in  good  form  for  the  paper  hunt,  which  is  a 
"function  "  expected  for  the  coming  springtime.  Perhaps  lie 
takes  his  tumbles  on  the  quiet  during  "after  hours." 

It  has  leaked  out  somehow  that  the  gifts  sent  the  club  bache- 
lors by  their  lady  friends  at  Christmas  were  of  a  varied,  and,  in 
some  cases,  most  amusing  style.  Claude  Terry  Hamilton  is  said 
to  have  been  the  recipient  of  adozenpin-cusbions,  another  dozen 
bureau  scarfs,  a  bale  of  suspenders,  and  slippers  ad  lib;  Walter 
Bean  received  neck  mufflers  of  finely  initialed  silk,  by  the  score; 
Addy  Mizner  had  a  whole  box  of  chewing  gum  and  a  bag  of 
marbles;  Dr.  Tevis  was  tne  happy  recipient  of  books  of  senti- 
mental poetry  and  republished  music;  Osgood  Hooker  got  a  toy 
balloon  from  some  malicious  fair  one,  wbo  labeled  it,  "to  match 
your  putfed-up  style;  "  while  Milty  Latham  got  a  collar  of  recent 
date  with  a  dot  over  the  C  ;  M.  McMurtry  is  said  to  have  received 
no  less  than  twelve  different  neckties,  and  Lieutenant  Wilcox  a 
box  of  handkerchiefs  and  a  case  of  crockery  for  domestic  use. 
Ren  Smedberg  was  sent  a  miniature  baiter  and  a  pair  of  gold- 
mounted  spurs — one  for  his  neck,  the  other  for  his  heels.  Lieu- 
tenant Summerall  was  made  happy  by  a  deluge  of  mirrors,  shav- 
ing glasses,  band  mirrors,  and  dressing  case  variety.  A  mysteri- 
ous package  was  delivered  at  the  club,  addressed  to  Jerome  Hart. 
Some  one  said  it  was  an  illuminated  copy  of  ibe  "  Lady's  Exami- 
ner." Allen  St.  John  Bowie  got  a  box  ticket  for  Aladdin;  Tom 
Van  Ness  a  book  on  etiquette  and  book  markers  by  the  dozen; 
Hugh  Tevis  had  a  "  cute  "  gift,  according  to  a  pretty  bud ,  it  being 
a  scarf  pin  of  a  baseball  and  bat,  and  a  whip  with  a  goad  at  the 
end  of  the  lash.  Southard  Hoffman  bad  a  box  of  taffy  and  horns 
of  plenty  innumerable. 

The  return  gifts  of  the  gentlemen  are  not  yet  ascertained,  as  it 
is  de  rigueur  for  men's  cadeaux  to  be  made  at  the  New  Year.  But 
there  is  a  well-defined  rumor  that  Ed.  Greenway  will  indulge 
his  lady  friends  with  editions  de  luxe  of  social  etiquette — some  of 
his  friends  getting  books  on  table  manners,  others  on  the  art  of 
dancing  the  cotillion,  while  others,  again,  will  be  on  good  breed- 
ing generally.  It  is  not  every  one  who  can  thus  administer  sage 
counsel  in  holiday  guise. 

A  startling  sensation  is  brewing  in  our  swagger  set,  and  as  the 
poet  puts  it,  "  Rumor  has  a  thousand  tongues  and  every  tongue 
a  tale."  One  says  jealousy,  another  divorce,  and  a  third  gives  the 
name  of  a  co-respondent  that  will  indeed  astonish  the  natives 
should  it  be  true. 

The  prettiest  bod  at  the  Hager  ball  was  Miss  Genevieve  Goad, 
who  was  surrounded  all  evening  by  a  flock  of  admiring  beaux. 
Her  eldest  sister  seems  to  be  decidedly  matronly  in  her  ways  this 
winter.  Some  of  her  friends  say  that  it  is  the  result  of  her  study 
of  Horace. 

*  *  * 

The  v>are)fi.&riess  of  newspaper  correspondents  in  reporting 
items  abroad  iu*y  be  judged  from  a  recent  instance,  when  a  writer 
to  an  Eastern  paper  sent  a  description* of  a  music  room  of  a  lady 
here,  saying  that  she  bad  shown  decided  originality  in  hanging 
the  walls  with  emblems  of  torture  of  all  binds  typical  of  her  bus- 
band's  trade,  and  then  winds  up  with :  »»  She  is  the  wife  of  a  den- 
tist." 

*  »  » 

How  complimented  our  club  men  must  have  felt  by  the  illus- 
trations of  their  <<  understandings"  in  the  charity  edition  of 
Christmas  day !  Evidently  the  impressions  made  upon  the  fair 
society  writers  was  not  of  the  style  they  fancied.  One  of  the 
staff  was  heard  to  remark  that  a  certain  beau's  attractions  lay  in 
his  heels,  and  to  judge  from  the  pictures  one  would  say  he  was 
not  alone  in  it. 

#  *  * 

It  has  been  rather  amuBing  to  hear  during  the  week  the  differ- 
ent comments  made  by  the  men  upon  the  articles  from  the  pens 
of  their  fair  friends.  One  kid  was  heard  to  eay:  "By  Jove,  the 
girls  are  so  accustomed  to  say  -don't'  to  a  fellow  that  they  have  act- 
ually had  to  go  and  stick  it  in  a  newspaper,  don't  yer  know  1" 

#  »  # 

The  feelings  of  the  society  fiddler  with  the  Hawaiian  title  can 
be  better  imagined  than  described. 

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meals.    Indigestion  fades  before  it. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


17 


WINTER    SONO. 


COME,  gentle  Grief,  through  all  the  woodland  glooms, 
And  watch  where  Love's  long  year  is  dying; 
Come  where  the  tawn  September's  withered  plumes 
Are  coldly  lying. 

Here  where  white  Winter  battled  with  the  Day, 

The  blood-red  sun  hues  all  the  snowland ; 
Empurpled  pines  are  giants  in  the  gray 
And  ghastly  lowland. 

Slow,  silently  as  slow,  the  staining  sun 

Pours  through  where  parted  leaves  are  gashes; 
And  faintly  now — and  fainter — and  now  done 
In  gasping  flashes. 

Here,  sweet-eyed  Grief,  from  all  the  forest  glooms; 

The  merging  night  stars  hint  of  morrow. 
Go  where  the  smiling  Maytime's  golden  blooms 

Are  Hope's  for  sorrow.         C.  Horatio  Jessen. 


OBITUARY. 


ABRAHAM  DUBOI8  STARR,  head  of  the  Starr  Milling  Com- 
pany, died  at  his  brother's  house,  Oakland,  last  Monday.  He 
was  born  at  Greenfield,  Ohio,  in  1830;  came  to  California  in  1849 
and  went  into  mining  on  tbe  Feather  River.  In  1856  he  married 
Miss  Mary  Seegarden,  of  Vallejo,  and  one  child,  Ada,  who  after- 
ward married  Judge  Bachgrevinck,  the  Danish  Minister  to  Egypt, 
was  born  to  them.  Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  engaged  in  the 
milling  business  at  Marysville,  and  gradually  built  up  the  great 
business  with  which  his  name  is  associated.  In  recent  years  tbe 
company  became  invoved  in  litigation.  The  great  affliction  of 
his  life,  however,  occurred  some  years  ago,  when  his  wife,  who 
was  returning  from  a  visit  to  her  daughter,  at  Alexandria,  fell 
over  a  balustrade  in  London  during  a  fainting  spell,  and  received 
such  cranial  Injuries  as  to  destroy  her  reason.  His  friends 
never  informed  him  of  how  bad  her  condition  was,  and  Kept  him 
from  visiting  her.  At  last,  as  she  had  begun  to  improve,  he  de- 
cided to  go,  but  it  was  then  discovered  that  he  was  physically 
nnable  to  make  the  trip  to  London.  When  this  realization  was 
forced  upon  him  he  went  to  pieces  and  died.  He  was  a  broad, 
generous,  patient,  kindly  man,  and  leaves  many  friends  to 
mourn  him. 

Last  Sunday  Levi  P.  Peck,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  highly 
esteemed  of  our  citizens,  died  at  his  home  in  Alameda,  and  on 
Wednesday  tbe  funeral  occurred  at  Golden  Gate  Hall,  this  city, 
under  the  auspices  of  King  8olomon's  Lodge,  No.  260,  F.  and  A. 
M.,  the  interment  being  at  the  Odd  Fellows'  Cemetery.  He  was 
a  native  of  Connecticut  and  Bixty-three  years  old.  Mr.  Peck  was 
one  of  tbe  fine  old  merchants  of  San  Francisco,  a  good  man  and 
a  gentleman,  and  his  memory  lives  in  the  hearts  of  many  who 
loved  him. 

The  death  was  announced  during  the  week  of  Roger  Hubert, 
the  little  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Hirsbfeld  of  this  city.  The 
News  Letter,  in  common  with  many  other  friends  of  the  family, 
extends  its  sincere  sympathy  to  the  bereaved  parents. 


COLONEL  Frank  McLaughlin  has   not  forgotten  the  News  Let- 
ter in  furnishing  substantial  evidence  of  the   excellent  qual- 
ity of  the  oranges  which  he  grows  at  Thermalito. 

The  most  artistic  and  beautiful  productions  of  Japanese  artisans 
comprise  the  stock  of  George  T.  Marsh,  under  the  Palace  Hotel. 


Tissue  Paper.   AH  colors  in  stock, 
born,  Vail  &  Co.,  741  Market  street. 


Stationery  Department.    San- 


H.  M.  NEWHALL  &  CO., 

SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANTS 
Fire   and  Marine  Insurance  Agents, 

S©8  and  311   Saiuome  si. San  Francisco,  Cal 

CORRESPONDENTS  : 

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81MP80N,  MACKIRDY  4  CO 29  8outh  Caatle  St.,  Liverpool 

FDERST  BROS  &  CO 2  and  4  Stone  St.,  New  York 


CH EWERS  of  Gum  should 
be  careful  to  use  none 
other  than  Adams  §  Sons 
Co.'s  Tutti  Frutti  Pepsin 
Chewing  Gum.  It  is 
fresher,  better  made,  of 
purer  materials,  more 
scientifically  compounded, 
and  is  a  more  thorough 
specific  against  indiges- 
tion than  any  Gum  made, 
the  greatest  care  being 
taken  to  obtain  pepsin  of 
the  purest  and  highest 
grade. 


ojjo  fiotyn/ws  i^, 


Established  1879. 


411  Bush  street.     Opposite 
the    New   California    Hotel. 
Best  Equipped 
OYSTER  and  OJKCJ?  p/^C0F{S. 

Large  dining-room  for  ladies.  Sole  depot  for  JOS.  SCHLITZ  MILWAU- 
KEE BEER.  Imported  European  Beer  from  Buergerlicbes  Braunaug, 
Pilsen,  Bohemia;  Actien  Beer  from  Rizzi  Culmbach,  Bavaria. 


18 


SAN  FKANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  lb94. 


il  IT  will  perbapa  be  interesting  (writes  a  London  correspond- 
1  ent)  to  bear  of  the  very  exquisite  dress  worn  by  the  "  Qaeen 
of  the  City  of  London,'  the  new  Lady  Mayoress,  on  the  occasion  of 
her  accession  to  the  municipal  chair.  Lady  Renals,  who  is  a  tall, 
handsome,  rather  fair  woman,  was  most  exquisitely  gowned  in  the 
richest  satin  of  an  exquisite  tint  like  a  mauve  orchid.  The  bodice 
was  almost  entirely  veiled  in  cream  net  embroidered  with  pearls  and 
ivory-like  sequins  strung  on  tiny  gold  beads.  The  satin  was  arranged 
like  a  full  pointed  waistcoat  in  front,  confined  at  the  decolletage  be- 
neath a  band  of  tender  pale  green  velvet,  that  was  continued  around 
the  bust  and  over  the  shoulders;  there  it  terminated  in  full  upstand- 
ing bows  of  the  apple  green  velvet,  held  by  gold  clasps.  The  sleeves 
were  most  original,  being  made  like  huge  butterfly's  wings,  the 
divisions  in  the  middle  showing  the  arm  with  very  pretty  effect. 
They  were  made  of  satin  veiled  by  the  embroidered  net,  and  lined 
with  green  velvet.  The  skirt  was  very  full  and  plain  at  the  hem,  the 
only  trimming  consisting  in  five  graduated  Vandykes  of  the  pearl  and 
sequined  net  hanging  from  the  waist,  each  point  being  finished  by  a 
heavy  pearl  tassel.  With  this  was  worn  an  immense  court  train  of 
softest  gray  satin,  brocaded  with  a  design  of  mauve  orchids  and  pale 
apple  green  leaves.  It  was  lined  throughout  with  apple  green  poult 
de  soie." 

Seal  Eton  jackets,  some  with  huge  brocade  sleeves  and  others  with 
sleeves  of  seal,  are  in  vogue.  They  are  certainly  very  smart  garments, 
especially  when  they  are  set  off  by  high  standing  collars  and  soft  large 
restoration  boas  of  white  satin  lace  or  tulle,  and  the  long  jackets  worn 
two  years  ago  may  be  easily  cut  over  into  these  smart  little  coats. 
One  in  mourning  wore  a  stylish  little  Eton  jacket  of  the  beautiful 
moire  Persian  lamb,  and  it  was  handsome  enough  to  attract  atten- 
tion anywhere.  It  was  double-breasted  and  cut  into  a  little  point  at 
the  back  and  front,  and  had  exceedingly  large  sleeves  set  in  with  box 
pleats,  and  extending  far  over  the  bands  in  spreading  points.  The 
collar  was  very  high  and  the  front  was  set  off  by  a  restoration  bow 
of  black  embroidered  tulle,  in  which  was  nestled  a  huge  bunch  of 
Russian  violets.  The  woman  who  wore  this  fetching  jacket  wore  an 
equally  fetching  gown  of  heavy  black  wool  crepe  trimmed  with  bands 
of  moire  lamb  set  off  by  rows  of  dull  black  braiding.  A  close  toque 
was  of  black  felt  bound  with  abroad  band  of  moire  lamb  and  trimmed 
with  black  lace  rosettes  and  a  cockade  of  the  lamb. 

A  delightful  gown  was  worn  recently  at  a  smart  "  at  home."  The 
dress  and  its  wearer  had  the  very  atmosphere  of  a  Parisian  modisle 
clinging  about  them,  from  the  crown  of  the  dainty  hat  to  the  tips  of 
the  shining  shoes.  The  costume  consisted  of  a  skirt  of  satin-faced 
black  cloth  narrowly  strapped  and  stitched  up  the  seams,  and  worn 
with  an  exquisite  blouse  of  Parma  mauve  miroir  velvet  made  very 
plainly  and  drawn  across  the  bust  in  original  fashion  from  right  to 
left,  where  it  closed  beneath  a  smartly  crumpled  bow  of  old  lace. 
With  this  was  worn  a  sable  throatlet  and  a  black  satin  waistband 
passed  through  an  artistic  paste  buckle.  The  black  felt  hat  was 
trimmed  on  the  front  with  a  broad  bow  of  black  velvet,  two  ends  of 
the  material  wired  and  outstretching  on  either  side.  At  the  back  and 
supporting  the  brim  was  a  small  bank  of  mauve,  yellow,  and  claret 
asters.  When  this  charmingly  chic  vision  arose  to  depart  it  was 
noticed  that  she  threw  round  her  shoulders  a  short  full  cape  of  black 
cloth,  lined  with  mauve  velvet  and  edged  with  sable. 

A  new  wrap  was  of  lusterless  black  bengaline,  with  the  watered  sur- 
face, without  losing  the  soft  surface  of  the  fabric.  It  hung  straight 
from  the  throat  to  hem  in  box  plaits,  and  was  lined  with  dull  black 
silk,  and  had  a  narrow  edge  of  soft,  dead  black  fur.  The  sleeves  were 
entirely  of  fur,  and  the  throat  was  finished  by  a  folded  stock  and 
jabot  of  crepe.  The  turban  had  a  narrow  rolled  brim,  with  a  crepe 
rosette  and  a  skeleton  aigrette  on  each  side. 


JH.  ROSEWALD,  the  eminent  musician  of  this  city,  has  pub- 
.  lished  a  pleasing  little  boob  entitled  The  Musician's  Leisure 
Hour.  It  is  very  light  reading,  consisting  largely  of  anecdotes  of 
famous  musicians,  the  origin  of  popular  songs,  and  many  other 
light  features,  making  a  volume  that  will  entertain  all  classes  of 
readers.  It  is  a  compilation,  Mr.  Rosewald  evidently  having  a 
genius  for  scrap-book  making. 


SHEHADI  A.  8HEHAD1,  a  talented  young  Syrian,  on  Satur- 
day evening,  the  15th  inst.,  delivered  the  first  of  a  series  of 
three  lectures  at  the  Mercantile  Library,  his  subject  being  "Egypt 
and  the  Egyptians,  Ancient  and  Modern."  The  second  lecture  will 
be  this  evening,  on  "Syria;  Its  People  and  Government,"  and  the 
third  will  be  Saturday  evening,  January  12th,  "Mohammed  and 
Al  Islam."     The  price  of  admission  is  twenty-five  cents. 


Mrs.  E.  N.  Taylor,  of  413  River  street,  Manistee,  Mich.,  testified 
to  her  belief  in  Steedman's  Soothing  Powders  by  writing  all  the  way 
to  England  for  a  packet. 


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Your  latest  work  is  again 
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Why  I  I  also  am  one  of 
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Of  course,  so  is  nearly 
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BAN  PRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


19 


HE — Wbil!   You  can't  go  to  tbr  opera  wuu   lue  to-nlgbl?    Yo 
promised  lo.     Bill —  I  know,  but  II   is    in  pnt.<ible.     "  Ha!      I 
see  it  all.    You  love  another."    "Oh,  no— DO  Indeed."    "Then  yon 
have  determined  to  trample  on  ynur  own  bean  aud   marry   >..m.- 
man  (or  his  money.    Aha'  7ouaorlnkl   Youexrect  liiui  uiuaII  «lii 

evening!     Perfidious "     ■'  riea.e.  pleaac  dun'i.     It   i*  nut  m». 

"  Then  why  won't  you  po?  "    "  1 — I  can't  get  my  new  coal   -\ei 

the  sleeves  of  my  new  dress."  —  Hew  Tork  HivJUj/ 

"He  will  come."  They  stood  beside  her  and  communicated  their 
fear  that  she  would  never  see  him  again.  "He  will  cmne."  she 
answered,  with  a  sweet,  confident  smile.  "  I  know  he  will  come, 
after  what  we  said  at  parting."  When  she  explained  to  them  in  de- 
tail that  her  words  to  him  had  been.  '•  It  is  all  over  between  us;  I  do 
not  wish  to  see  your  face  again,"  and  his  rejoinder,  '■  Farewell,  for- 
ever." tbey  at  once  perceived  that  she  was  right.  — Delroii  Tribune. 

A'Ient—  Can  I  supply  you  with  a  piano,  organ,  harmonium,  or  a 
musical  instrument  of*  any  kind?  Crust?  Old  Shn&tkb — No,  sir ;  1 
hear  plenty  of  that  noise  from  nest  door.  Miss  Flighty  has  bought 
a  new  orga'n.  Agent—  Ah,  indeed.  Do  you  know  how  many  slops 
it  has  got?  Cr.rsiv  OldSpikster— Yes,  four.  Breakfast,  dinner,  tea, 
and  supper.  — Answers. 

A  story  is  told  of  a  number  of  boys  who  were  playing  on  Saturday 
in  front  of  an  Episcopal  Church.  The  rector  suddenly  came  out  of 
his  parsonage,  and  told  the  boys  to  be  quiet  in  front  of  the  Lord's 
house.  "  That  is  all  right,  mister,"  said  the  boys.  "  The  Lord  is  not 
here  to-day.    He  is  down  the  street  at  the  Jewish  synagogue." 

— Jewish  Messenger. 

Tramp— "So'm.  I  am  not  a  wood-sawyer,  mum.  I  draw.  Gimme 
a  square  meal  and  I'll  show  you.  Housekeeper — Well,  it's  worth  it 
to  see  a  man  like  vou  do  anything  at  all.  Tramp  (after  the  meal)— 
Thankee,  mum.  Now  I'll  go  and  lie  down  in  the  sun.  "But  you 
promised  to  draw."    "  Y'es'm.    I  draw  Hies."    — New  York  Weekly. 

"  Why,  Jimmie,  my  darling  boy,  you've  got  the  medal  for  good 
behavior  this  week !  "  said  the  fond  mother,  noting  the  little  silver 
medal  on  her  sou's  vest.  "  Yessutn,"  said  Jimmie.  "  Tommy  Rob- 
erts won  it,  but  I  told  him  I'd  knock  the  head  off  him  if  he  didn't 
give  it  to  me."  — Harper's  Bazar. 

Blanche— Mildred,  I'm  going  to  write  a  Shakespeare  article.  I've 
discovered  why  Ophelia  committed  suicide.  Mildreii—  You  dear, 
clever  thing!  Do  tell  me  why  it  was.  Blanche— Well,  she  had  seen 
Hamlet  walk,  and  she  knew  she  had  better  die  than  try  to  keep  step 
with  him.  —Puck. 

Friesd — You  have  moved  vour  office  from  the  tenth  story  to  the 
first,  1  see.  Divorce  Lawyer— Had  to.  Lost  too  many  customers. 
"  Women  often  object  to  elevators?  "  "  It  wasn't  that,  but  the  jour- 
ney upward  took  too  long.  Itgave  them  time  to  change  their  minds." 

—New  York  Weekly. 

Peeacher  (sadlv)— Young  man,  if  1  had  smoked  cigars  when  I  was 
your  age  I  never  would  have  been  a  minister  of  the  gospel.  The 
Yodkg  Man  (between  puffs,  sympathetically)— Too  bad,  mister. 
Think  you're  too  old  to  reform?  —Puck. 

Johnnie  Fewscads— Has  anybody  been  here  since  1  left  ?  Valet— 
Mr.  Mackintosh  called  shortly  after  you  left,  sir.  Johnnie  Few- 
scads— Mackintosh  1  To  save  my  life  I  can't  remember  owing  money 
to  anybody  by  that  name.  —Texas  Slftings. 

FibstCitizeh  (a  few  years  hence)— How  is  it  that  Stumper  slides 
along  so  easily  ?  Second  Citizen— He  belongs  to  one  party,  his  wife 
to  the  other,  and  both  run  for  office  at  every  eleclion.  One  or  the 
other  is  sure  to  win.  —New  York  Weekly. 

"  The  dear  bov,  how  he  does  love  me!"  she  sighed  as  she  replaced 
the  sheet  within*the  envelope.  Going  softly  to  her  pearl-inlaid  escri- 
toire, she  took  the  pen  and  thoughtfully  wrote  on  the  letter,  "Ex- 
hibit A."  —New  York   World. 

Schoolmate— Why  do  you  never  touch  your  piano?  Miss  Thdmpee 
—We're  buying  it  on  installments.  "  What  difference  does  that 
make?  "    "  I'm  afraid  if  paw  should  hear  me  play  he'd  stop  paying. 

— Good  News. 


PACIFIC    TOWBI    COIVEFja.ISrTr 

9    LICK    PLACE, 
Furnishes  Clean  Towels  at  the  following  low  rates: 

Clean  Hand  Towels  each  week,  51.00  per  month ;   12  Clean  Hand  Towels 
each  week  $1  50  per  month;  4  Clean  Roller  Towels  each  week.  $1.00 
f,  month  ifirilean  BoUer  Towels  »»nh  week.  »1  9f  per  itiontK 


X  JSTSTTB.  -A-  -E~T  CE  . 


THE 


PALATINE 


INSURANCE     COMPANY    (Limited) 

OF  MANCHESTER,  ENGLAND. 

CHA8  A  LATON,  Manager.  *39  California  Street,  8.  F. 

FIRE  INSURANCE.  FIRE  RE-INSURANCE. 


Oldest  Stock  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  the  U.  S. 

INSURANCE   COMPANY  OF   NORTH   AMERICA, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA,    FA. 

CAPITAL  FULLY   PAID $3,000,000.00 

Office  Pacific  Department:    412  California  St., S.  F. 

JAMES   D.  BAILEY,  General  Agent. 


IIiTSTJI6A.3SrCB. 

flKK.  MA  KINK  AND  INLAND  INSURANCE. 

FIREMAN'S    FUND 

Insurance  COMPANY, 
OF  SAN   FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 

CAPITAL.   $1,000,000    |  ASSETS,   $3,000,000, 
TRANSATLANTIC    FIRE    INSURANCE   COMPANY, 

OF  HAMBURG.  GERMANY. 

V.  Cams  I>rl01el(l,  Munager  for  the  Pacific  Coast  Brancn. 

220  >an~oiiie  St.,  is.  F. 

Capital  ...      ..      $1,500,000.00 

Invested  in  U.  S 654,433.81 

GEO.   MARCUS   &   CO., 

Agents  City  Department, 
333  California  St.,  S.F.,CaI. 

NEVADA   WAREHOUSE   AND   DOCK   COMPANY. 

WAREHOUSES  AND  DOCKS PORT  COSTA.  California 

Storage  capacity,  100,000  Tons.     Regular   Warehouse  for  San 
Francisco  Produce  Exchange  Call  Board. 

These  Warehouses  are  the  largest  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  and  are  furnished 
with  the  latest  improvements  for  the  rapid  handling  and  storing  of  Grain. 
A  mill  attached,  supplied  with  the  best  and  newest  machinery  for  cleaning 
foul  and  smutty  Wheat. 

Money  advanced  at  lowest  rates  of  interest  on  grain  stored  in  Warehouses, 
Insurance  effected  at  lowest  rates  in  First-ClasB  Companies,  or  Grain  sold, 
if  desired,  at  current  rates. 
Office  of  the  Company,  202  Sansome  St.,  over  the  Anglo-Calllomia  Bank. 

BRITISH  AND  F0REI6N  MARINE  INS.  CO.  Ld.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

CAPITAL *6,700,0t0 

AGENTS: 

BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 

No.  316  California  Street,  San  Franelieo . 

THE  NEW  EN6LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO., 

OF  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS.  Assets    S19.7Z4.B38.45. 

President.  BENJAMIN  F.  STEVENS.  I  Vlce-Pres.,   ALFRED  D.  F08TEB 
HENRY   K    FIELD,  General  Agent, 
Mills  Buildinq  Montoemerr  Street.  San  Francisco. 

AACHEN  AND  MUNICH  FIRE  IN.UPANCE  COMPANY, 

OF  AIX  LA  CHAPELLE,   GERMANY. 
Established  1825. 
Capital,  £2,250,000-  Total   Assets.  $6,854,663  OB 
United  States  Department:    204  SANSOME  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
VOSS,  CONRAP  A  CO.,  General  Managers. 

THE  SWISS  MARINE  INSURANCE  COMPANIES 

COMBINED 

BALOISE  HELVETIA  SWITZERLAND 

OF  BASLH.  OF  ST.  GALL.  OF  ZURICH. 

COMBINED  CAPITAL 4,000,000  DOLLARS. 

These  three  Companies  are  liable  jointly  and  severally  for  all  Losses  that 
may  he  sustained. 

HARRY  W.  SYZ,  General  Agent, 

410  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

LONDON  ASSURANCE  CORPORATION  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  by  Royal  Charter,  1720.  | 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  LONDON. 

[Established  1836.] 
Office — Northwest  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Street. 

GEO.  F.  GRANT,  manager 

QUEEN  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  AMERICA, 

NEW    YORK. 

CapitalPaidUp ?    500,000 

Assets  8,181,758 

Surplus  to  Policy  Holders 1,525,157 

ROBERT    DICKSON,  Manager, 

401  Montgomery  street* 
BOYD  &  DICKSON,  S.  F.  Agents, 
SOI  Montgomery  Street 

PHOENIX  ASSURANCE  GO.  OF  LONDON, 

ESTABLISHED  1782. 
PROVIDENCE- WASHINGTON     INSURANCE    COMPANY, 

(Incorporated  A.  D.,1799.) 

BUTLER  &  HALDAN,  Gen'l  Agents, 

413  California  Street,  San  Francisco 


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SAK  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1894 


GOLF    AND    POLO. 


TUB  Burlingame  Club  is  entitled  to  all  the  credit  tbat  belongs 
to  the  introduction  of  golf  and  polo  to  this  coast.  Golf  is  not 
the  game  the  uninitiated  believe  it  to  be,  a  pastime  for  old  men 
who  dislike  violent  exercise.  On  the  contrary,  it  requires  a  vast 
amount  of  prompt  and  careful  judgment  and  the  constant  exer- 
cise of  legs,  arms,  and  brains,  for  the  game  is  one  of  perpetual 
changes.  Golf,  which  is  of  Scottish  origin,  can  boast  of  great 
antiquity.  As  far  back  as  1457  it  was  tbe  most  formidable  rival 
tbat  archery  had  in  the  estimation  of  the  Scottish  people.  Now, 
archery,  being  a  war-like  exercise,  conld  not  afford  to  suffer  at 
the  hands  of  golf.  So  King  and  Parliament  issued  decrees  against 
the  game,  to  which  tbe  people  gave  no  heed,  and  so  it  remains 
to-day  the  national  sport  of  Scotland. 

Golf  is  played  upon  open  downs,  and  the  ground  laid  out  for 
its  practice  are  called  a  links.  The  most  desirable  golf  links  are 
like  the  Burlingame  course,  near  the  sea,  or  rather  tbe  character 
of  the  ground  partakes  of  that  undulating  nature  which  one  finds 
on  the  coast.  Those  petty  bills,  sand  pits,  long  grass,  and  ditches 
are  called  hazards,  which  are  the  almost  indispensable  boundaries 
of  a  golf  links.  The  course  should  not  be  more  than  five  miles  iD 
extent  and  not  less  than  three,  and  by  this  is  meant  the  walk 
from  tbe  beginning  to  tbe  finish;  and  furthermore,  it  should  be 
circular,  or  at  least  oval,  so  as  to  avoid  collision  between  out- 
going and  incoming  players. 

The  starting  point  is  called  the  "teeting  ground,"  and  is  gen- 
erally designated  by  two  marked  lines  at  right  angles  to  each 
other.  The  Tee  is  the  elevation  on  which  the  ball  is  placed  for 
the  first  stroke  at  each  hole,  or  from  the  starting  point.  At  the 
starting  points,  varying  from  one  hundred  to  two  hundred  feet 
apart,  are  placed  round  holes  lined  with  iron,  about  four  inches 
in  diameter,  eighteen  holes  constituting  the  ordinary  run.  Should, 
however,  the  coarse  be  limited,  nine  holes  are  sufficient,  and  two 
rounds  complete  the  game.  The  boles  are  placed  in  tbe  center  of 
a  level  piece  of  greensward  about  twenty  yards  equare,  which  is 
called  the  Putting  Green.  A  flag  or  iron  spike,  placed  in  the 
center  of  a  hole  to  indicate  its  location,  is  taken  out  when  ap- 
proaching the  green,  and  is  replaced  after  scoring. 

Although  the  rules  for  the  playing  of  golf  are  forty  in  number, 
there  is  nothing  intricate  about  tbe  game.  Let  us  take  two  of 
tbe  crack  players  of  the  Burlingame  Club,  Mr.  John  Parrott  and 
Mr.  Douglas  Dick;  we  will  say  tbat  they  start  from  the  Teeing 
Ground,  and  that  each  drives  his  ball  towards  the  first  hole.  Tbe 
object  is  to  get  tbe  ball  into  the  hole  in  tbe  fewest  number  of 
strokes.  The  man  who  does  this  gets  tbat  hole  placed  to  bis 
credit,  or  if  both  have  taken  an  equal  number,  the  bole  is  declared 
halved,  and  no  advantage  is  gained  by  either.  From  the  second 
hole  they  proceed  to  the  third,  and  so  the  game  is  continued  till 
the  ronnd  is  completed,  when  the  party  who  has  made  the  most 
holes  is  pronounced  the  victor. 

Golf  is  essentially  a  gentleman's  game.  Every  man  keeps  bis 
own  count,  and  when  he  arrives  at  the  end  of  tbe  course  tells  how 
many  strokes  it  cost  him  to  make  each  hole.  The  ball  used  is  of 
guttapercha,  and  about  the  size  of  a  hen's  egg. 

The  outfit  of  a  golf  player  who  goes  in  for  the  game  for  all  it  is 
worth  is  expensive.  He  will  have  a  set  of  wood  and  iron  clubs, 
a  dozen  in  number,  which  bear  such  names  as  Driver,  Bulger, 
Butter,  Niblick,  Cleeb,  Lofter,  Mashy,  etc.,  for  it  must  be  under- 
stood that  the  hand  cannot  be  used  in  moving  the  ball.  Both 
wood  and  iron  clubs  have  handles  or  shafts  usually  made  of 
hickory,  which  is  deemed  the  best  wood  for  tbat  puipose.  The 
head  of  the  wood  club  is  made  of  beech,  apple,  or  horn  beam. 
The  iron  club  differs  from  the  wood  only  in  the  head,  which,  as 
its  name  indicates,  is  made  entirely  of  iron.  This  variety  of 
clubs  used  in  the  game  of  golf  is  likely  to  confuse  the  novice,  but 
it  is  by  no  means  necessary  to  provide  all  that  those  indicated.  In 
fact,  three  clubs  only  are  essential  to  tbe  beginner — two  wood 
clubs,  the  Driver  and  the  Puter,  and  one  iron  club  for  heavy  work 
on  Bandy  or  rough  soil. 

Simple  as  the  game  may  appear,  the  royal  and  ancient  golf 
club  of  St.  Andrews  has  forty  rules  to  regulate  this  pastime  and 
fourteen  additional  rules  for  medal  play.  Each  player  is  accom- 
panied by  a  boy  who  carries  his  clubs  and  a  big  pouch,  and  who 
is  called  a  caddie,'and  the  glossary  of  technical  terms  employed 
in  the  game  requires  a  special  study.  It  takes  a  firm  hold  upon 
those  who  once  yield  to  its  fascination.  There  is  no  call  in  golf- 
ing, as  in  some  other  outdoor  sports,  for  any  sudden  or  violent 
exercise,  to  be  followed  by  chilling  inactivity,  and  it  thus  is 
adapted  to  periods  of  life  so,  as  an  enthusiast  says,  writing  of  tbe 
game:  »  The  child  cannot  beein  too  early,  and  the  old  men, 
physically  unable  to  play  a  strong  game,  may  enjoy  themselves 
fully  as  much  as  the  younger  athletes." 

The  polo  players  of  the  Burlingame  Club  have  discovered  tbat 
the  cross  between  tbe  mustang  and  the  pony  makes  possible  tbe 
best  polo  animal  in  the  world.  The  rules  of  polo  are  short  and 
simple.  The  game,  as  in  most  games  wbere  stick  and  ball  are  in 
employ,  consists  in  driving  the  ball  between  goals,  tbe  sides  mak- 
ing most  goals  winning  the  game.  To  be  an  expert  polo  player 
requires,  first,  a  good  mount  and  quickness  and  activity  in  driv- 
ing the  ball  straight  or  capturing  it  from   an  opponent.     It  is  re- 


markable to  notice  how  quickly  the  intelligent  ponies  learn  their 
duties  in  the  game.  They  will  answer  to  the  pressure  of  the 
knee,  tbe  call,  to  turn  to  one  side  or  the  other,  and  will  almost 
actually  seek  out  the  ball  themselves.  There  is  no  better  school 
in  which  to  learn  good  horsemanship  than  tbe  game  of  polo,  but 
it  is  a  pastime  almost  exclusively  for  those  who  have  plenty  of 
money  and  plenty  of  leisure. 


The  nervous  irritability  produced  by  the  exactions  of  business  re- 
quires attention.  Nothing  will  allay  that  trouble  so  easily  as  a 
drink  of  Argonaut  whisky,  which  would  make  a  man  forget  all  the 
troubles  of  his  existence.  It  is  a  wonderful  stimulant,  and  by  long 
odds  the  best  whisky  in  the  market  to-day.  All  admirers  of  good 
liquor  dnnk  Argonaut  whisky  in  preference  to  any  other.  E.  Mar- 
tin &  Co.,  agents,  408  Front  street. 

Catering  at  house  parties  is  an  art.  The  most  artistic  catering  is 
done  by  the  Original  Swain's  Bakery,  at  213  Sutter  street.  Roman 
punch,  bon-bons,  ices,  cakes  and  salads  are  served  with  neatness  and 
dispatch.  The  service  used  for  tables  is  perfect.  Swain's  is  the  only 
place  in  the  city  where  breakfast,  luncheon  and  dinner  is  served  in  a 
home-like,  dainty  manner. 

CALIFORNIA   SAFE   DEPOSIT   AND   TRUST   CO. 

Pald-np  Capital,  *1,000,000. 

Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Streets,  San  Francisco. 

J.  D,  FRY,  President HENRY  WILLIAMS,  Vice-President 

J.  Dalzell  Brown,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

This  company  is  authorized  by  law  to  act  as  Executor,  Administrator, 
Assignee,  Receiver  or  Trustee .  It  is  a  legal  depositary  for  Court  and  Trust 
FundB.  Will  take  entire  charge  of  Real  and  Personal  Estates,  collecting 
the  income  and  profits,  and  attending  to  all  such  details  as  an  individual 
in  like  capacity  could  do. 

Acts  as  Registrar  and  Transfer  Agent  of  all  Stocks  and  Bonds. 

Receives  deposits  subject  to  check  and  allows  interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent  per  annum  on  daily  balances.  Issues  certificates  of  deposits 
bearine  fixed  rar.es  of  interest. 

Receives  deposits  in  its  savings  department  from  $1  upwardB,  and  allows 
the  usual  rate--  of  interest  thereon. 

RENTS  SAFES  inside  its  burglar-proof  vaults  at  prices  from  $5  per 
annum  upwards,  according  to  size.    Valuables  of  all  kinds  may  be  stored 

WILLS  DRAWN  AND  TAKEN  CARE  OF  WITHOUT  CHARGE. 

SAN  FRAKGISCO  SAVIN6S  UNION. 

Corner  California  and   Webb  Streets. 

DEPOSITS,  lune  30,  1894  $24,061,791  27 

GUARANTEE  CAPITAL  and   Surplus 1,627,052  43 

DIRECTORS  —  Albert  Miller,  President;  E.  B.  Pond,  Vice-President; 
Thomas  Magee,  G.  W.  Beaver,  Charles  Pace,  Daniel  E.  Martin,  W.  C.  B. 
De  Fremery,  George  C.  Boardman,  J.  G.  Eastland;  Lovell  White,  Cashier. 

Receives  Deposits,  and  Loans  only  on  real  estate  security.  Country  re- 
mittances may  be  sent  by  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  check  of  reliable 
parties,  payable  in  San  Francisco,  but  the  responsibility  of  thiB  8avingB 
Bank  commences  only  with  the  actual  receipt  of  tbe  money-  The  signa- 
ture of  the  depositor  should  accompany  the  first  deposit.  No  charge  is 
made  for  pass  book  or  entrance  fee.  Office  hours — 9  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.  Satur 
day  eveni  ugs,  6 :30  to  8. 

LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  DANK,  Limited- 

Authorized  Capital        $3,500,000  |  Capital  Paid  Up ...  $2,450,000 

Reserve     ...  $500,000. 

San  Francisco  Offlce-^24  California  St.  London  Office— 73  Lombard  St.,  E.C . 
Portland  Branch — Chamber  of  Commerce  Building. 
Tacoma  Branch— 116b  Pacific  Ave. 
Manager,   ARTHUR  SCRIVENER.  Assistant  Manager,  WILLIAM  STEEL. 
Cashier,  GUSTAV  FKIEDER1CH. 
LONDON  BANKERS— Bank  of  England  and  London  Joint  Stock  Bank. 
NEW  YORK— u  exel,  Morcan  &  Co     BOSTON— Third  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General  Banking  and  Ex- 
change Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said  cities  and 
all  parts  of  the  world. 

LONDON,  PARIS  AND  AMERICAN  DANK,  Limited. 

N.  W.  Corner  SANSOME  and  SUTTER. 

Subscribed  Capital       $2  500,000  |  Paid  Up  Capital.. $2,000,000 

Reserve  Fund,  $800,0**0. 

Head  Office      . 58  Old  Broad  Street,  London. 

AGENTS— New  York— Agency  of  the  London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 
Limited,  No.  10  Wall  street,  N.  Y.  Paris— Messrs.  Lazard  Freres  &  Cie, 
17  Boulevard  Poissoniere.  Draw  direct  onthe  principal  cities  of  the  world. 
Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits  issue. 

THE  SATHER  BANKING  COMPANY. 

CAPITAL $1,260,000 

Successor  to  Sathek  &  Co.,  Established  1351,  San  Francisco. 

JAMES  K.  WILSON ..President 

C.  F.  A.  TALBOT,  Vice-President.  L.  I.  COWGILL,  Cashier 

Directors:  E.  A.  Bruguiere,  F.  W  Sumner,  Albert  Miller,  Wm.  P.  John- 
son, C.  F.  A.  Talbot,  C.  S.  Benedict,  James  K.  Wilson. 

Agents:  New  York—  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  Boston— Downer  &  Co. 
Philadelphia— Drexel  &  Co  Chicago — Atlas  National  Bank.  St.  Louis— 
The  Mechanics' Bank.  Kansas  City— First  National  Bank.  London— Brown 
Shipley  A  Co.    PariB— Drexel,  Harjes  &  Co. 

HUMBOLDT  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  18  G.-ary  Street,  S.  F. 

Incorporated  November  24. 1869. 

ADOLPH  C.  WEBEK President  |  EBNST  BRAND Secretary 


Di-ccmloT  20,  1894. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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TRs  TfcSEjjfe 


BALLADE    OF    THE    NEW    WOMAN.-.<n*w  Lang. 


0' 


the  Dew  woman  now  to  alng. 

You  bid  me.  Prince,  whose  jangled  lyre, 
Wnose  wrinkled  muse,  of  weary  wing, 

Has  lost  her  early  might  and  tire, 
More  readily  your  fond  desire 

Would  I  concede,  and  chant  for  you 
If  the  fair  being  you  admire, 

If  the  New  Woman  were  but  New ! 
She  is,  alas!  no  novel  thing. 

For  history  herself  might  tire. 
Might  faint  and  fall  in  following 

Where  the  Old  Woman  did  aspire! 
What  stellar  space,  what  mortal  mire, 

Has  not  the  fair  sex  ventured  through? 
Indeed  we  men  folk  might  admire. 

If  the  New  Woman  were  but  New! 

She  vexes  now  with  questioning, 

Must  taste,  experience,  inquire, 
For  curiosity's  the  spring 

That  sends  her  soaring  high  and  higher, 
That  bade  her  with  the  snake  conspire, 

And  to  the  snake  alone  be  true, 
Who  brought  on  us  that  heavenly  ire. 

If  the  New  Woman  were  but  New! 


Prince,  old  as  Adam  is,  our  sire 

As  old  as  Eve,  whom  Adam  knew ; 

We  might  not  labor  and  perspire, 

If  the  New  Woman  were  but  New. 


BROADWAY,    NEW     YORK,    SIX    P.    M.—  Larry  Chittenden. 

Alone  in  the  crowded  thoroughfare 

In  the  whirlpool  of  Broadway, 
1  wander  on  in  the  evening  air 
And  watch  the  storied  faces  there 

At  the  close  of  the  busy  day. 

On,  on  they  rush  with  joy  and  woe. 

Each  hurrying  past  his  neighbor; 
The  rich,  the  poor,  the  high  and  low, 
Like  a  restless  tide  they  ebb  and  flow 

From  the  rugged  shores  of  labor. 

There  are  faces  there  in  that  motley  crowd 

Which  show  misfortune's  fingers; 
There  are  some  with  features  cold  and  proud, 
And  some  with  shame  and  sorrow  bowed, 

And  some  where  pleasure  lingers. 
On,  on  they  sweep  with  rush  and  roar, 

A  breathing  stream  of  motion; 
With  wrecks  and  driftwood  on  its  shore, 
A  river  flowing  evermore 

Toward  the  dim  oblivious  ocean. 

And  yet  that  tide  of  hope  and  fear. 

That  torrent  of  endeavor, 
Shall  ebb  and  flow,  year  after  year, 
For  though  life's  bubbles  disappear, 

Its  tide  swells  on  forever. 


IF.— James  Jeffrey  Roche. 


O,  if  the  world  were  mine,  love, 

I'd  give  the  world  for  thee ! 
Alas,  there  is  no  sign,  love, 

Of  that  contingency. 
Were  1  a  king— which  isn't 

To  be  considered  now — 
A  diadem  had  glistened 

Upon  thy  lovely  brow, 
Had  fame  with  laurels  crowned  me— 

She  hasn't  up  to  date — 
Nor  time  nor  change  had  found  me 

To  love  and  thee  ingrate. 
If  death  threw  down  his  gage,  love, 

Though  life  is  dear  to  me, 
I'd  die,  e'en  of  old  age,  love, 

To  win  a  smile  from  thee. 
But,  being  poor,  we  part,  dear, 

And  love,  sweet  love,  must  die — 
Thou  wilt  not  break  my  heart,  dear, 

No  more,  I  think,  shall  I. 


s-A-isrics. 


BANK  OF  BRITISH  COLUMBIA. 


Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter,  186*2. 

CAPITAL  Paid   Up  13.000,000 

RESERVE  FUND  AND  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS ...        . 1.410,000 

Smit liens!  corner  Bush  and  Sausonie  streets. 
in  \i>    oi  i  i<  i  AO  Lombard  Street,  London 

Branchrh— Victoria,  Vancouver,  New  Westminster,  Kaniloops,  Nanalmo, 
and  Nelson:  British  Columbia;  Portland,  Oregon;  Seattle  and  Tacoma, 
Wa.shln.Rton. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Baukiug  Business,  Accounts  opened  sub- 
jeol  i"  check,  aud  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  ad- 
vances made  on  good  collateral  security.  Draws  direct  at  current  rates 
upon  its  Head  Otlice  and  Branches,  aud  upon  its  Agents,  as  follows: 

Nkw  York— Merchants- Bauk  of  Cauada;  Chicago— First  National  Bank; 
Liverpool— North  and  South  Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Com- 
pany; Ireland— Bauk  of  Ireland;  Mexico— London  Bank  of  Mexico; 
South  America— London  Bauk  of  Mexico  aud  South  America;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bauk  of  India,  Australia  and  China;  Australia  and 
New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia  and  Commercial  Banking  Company 
of  Sydney  Ld. ;  Demerara  and  Trinidad  (West  Indies)— Colonial  Bank. 

BANK  OF  CALIFORNIA.  San  Francisco. 

CAPITAL  $3,000,000  00 

SURPLUS  and  Undivided  Profits  (October  1,  1894)  3,168,129  70 

WILLIAM  ALVORD,  President.  THOMAS  BROWN,  Cashier. 

Charles  R   Bisno  .Vice-President  Allen  M.  i'lay.  Secretary 

S.  Prentiss  Smith,  Ass't  Cashier,  I.  F.  Moulton,  2d  Ass't  Cashier. 

CORRESPONDENTS : 

New  York— Messrs  Laidlaw  &  Co;  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A. 
Boston— Tremont  National  Bank;  London— Messrs.  N.  M.  Rothschild  & 
Sons;  Paris— Messrs.  De  Rothschild  Freres;  Virginia  City  (Nev)— Agency 
of  The  Bank  of  Califoruia;  Chicago— Union  National  Bank,  and  Illinois 
Trust  and  savings  Bank;  Australia  and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  New 
Zealand;  China,  Japan  and  India- Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia 
and  China  St.  Louis— Boatmen's  Bank. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Draws  Direct  on  New  York,  Boston,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Salt  Lake, 
Denver,  Kansas  City,  New  Orleans,  Portland,  Or.,  Los  Angeles,  and  on 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-Main,  Copenhagen, 
Stockholm,  Christiania,  Melbourne,  Syndey,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shang- 
hai, Yokohama,  Genoa,  and  all  cities  in  Italy. 

MUTUAL  SAVINGS  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

33  Post  Street,  below  Kearny Mechanics'  Institute  Building 

GUARANTEED  CAPITAL,  $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS. 

JAMES  G.  FAIR        President 

JAMES  D.  PHELAN,  S    G    MURPHY Vice-Presidents 

Directors— James  G  Fair,  L  P.  Drexler,  John  A.  Hooper,  C.  G.  Hooker, 
James  D.  Phelan,  James  Moffltt,  S  G.  Murphy,  Frank  J.  Sullivan,  and 
Robert  McElroy. 

Interest  paid  on  Term,  and  Ordinary  Deposits.  Loans  on  Approved  se- 
curities. GEO.  A.  STORY,  Cashier. 

Deposits  may  be  sent  by  postal  order,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  Exchange 
on  City  Banks.     When  opening  accounts  send  signature. 

THE  GERMAN  SAVINGS  AND  LOAN  SOCIETY. 

No.  526  CALIFORNIA  ST.,  S.  F. 
Guaranteed  Capital  and  Reserve  Fund $1 ,6 1 0,000  OO 

DPpONltN  January  2,  1894 39,439,317  09 

OFFICERS— President,  Edward  Kruse;  Vice-President,  B  A.  Becker; 
Second  Vice-President,  George  H.  Eggers;  Cashier,  A.  H.  R.  Schmidt;  As- 
sistant Cashier,  Wm.  Herrmann;  Secretary,  George  Tourney;  Assistant 
Secretary,  A.  H.  Muller. 

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22 


SAN  FRAMCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1894 


WHIST    MANNERISMS. 

THE  methods  and  mannerisms  observa- 
ble among  whist  players  are  exceed- 
ingly various,  and  some  of  tbem  are  ex- 
tremely amusing.  Peculiarities  are  by  no 
means  confined  to  weak  players,  but  are 
nearly  as  prevalent  among  those  of  the 
first  rank.  No  one  who  has  taken  part  in 
the  i-everal  tournaments  played  at  the 
Office  Men's  Club  can  have  failed  to  have 
noticed  scores  of  individual  eccentricities. 
The  nervous  players  form  quite  a  couMder- 
able  class.  Buch  men  wear  their  nerves 
not  only  outside  of  their  skins,  but  also 
outside  of  their  clothes.  A  whisper  in  a 
far  corner  of  the  room,  the  shufti  ng  of  a 
single  pair  of  feet,  or  any  oiher  noise  that 
would  pass  unnoticed  by  a  person  of  aver- 
age physical  constitution,  sets  a  man  of 
this  class  fairly  wild.  He  squirms  in  his 
chair,  plays  badly  and  final  y  tries  to  se- 
cure silence  by  tbuodenng  raps  on  the 
table,  making  ten  times  the  disturbance 
that  the  original  offender  did. 

Next  in  prominence  is  the  player  who 
cannot  help  abusing  his  partner.  Of  this 
genius  tbere  are  several  sptcies.  Proba- 
bly the  most  common  Is  the  denunciatory. 
He  informs  his  partner  in  strong  lan- 
guage that  his  play  can  only  be  explained 
on  ine  ground  that  he  is  trembling  on  the 
verge  of  an  idiot  asylum,  or  gives  him  to 
understand  tbat  he  is  a  whist  ignoramus. 
The  mildly  sarcastic  is  another  type,  the 
man  who  in  a  gentle  voice  asks  for  an  ex- 
planation of  the  exact  mental  process  that 
led  his  partner  to  believe  that  some  pecu- 
liarly diabolical  blunder  could  be  of  ad- 
vantage to  tbeir  score,  or  who  quietly  re- 
marks that  only  two  tricks  were  lost  on  a 
hand,  when  it  would  have  been  possible 
for  his  partner,  by  the  exercise  of  a  little 
ingenuiiy,  to  throw  away  four.  Then 
there  is  the  man  who  uses  the  bludgeoD, 
informing  his  partner  tbat  it  is  not  neces- 
sary for  him  to  use  a  shovel  to  throw 
tricks  out  of  the  window,  and  remarking 
in  a  loud  tone  that  it  is  hard  for  a  man  to 
win  when  he  has  three  opponents. 

There  are  a  number  of  ways  in  which 
such  criticism  is  met.  Some  maintain,  in 
spite  of  absolute  proof  to  the  contrary, 
tbat  their  play  was  correct.  The  more 
common  method  is  for  the  malefactor  to 
grow  nervous,  turn  red  and  play  ten  times 
worse  than  before.  A  not  unusual  method 
is  to  claim  that  a  wrong  card  was  drawn 
by  accident,  or  that  the  player  made  a 
mistake  as  to  who  had  led.  The  fact  that 
no  one  ever  believes  such  statements 
seems  to  have  no  effect  on  the  men  who 
make  tbem. 

There  are  two  particularly  exasperating 
kinds  of  players,  those  who  are  too  rapid 
and  those  who  are  too  slow.  Give  one  of 
the  first  class  a  good  hand,  and  when  he 
leads  a  winning  card  he  seems  unable  to 
wait  until  the  rest  have  played,  but  holds 
his  next  card  in  bis  band  separated  from 
the  re  :  ainder.  'ibis  practice  gives  rise  to 
any  number  of  improper  intimations.  The 
slow  player  is  almost  as  exasperating. 
With  only  a  single  card  of  a  suit  in  his 
hand  he  will  reflect  for  half  a  minute  be- 
fore putting  it  on  the  ace  led.  Then  there 
is  the  man  who  keeps  his  eyes  glued  to 
his  band,  as  if  in  fear  that  it  would  escape 
him,  and  sees  scarcely  anything  that  is 
played  by  his  partner  or  his  opponents. 
This  fault  is  a  very  common  one.  Then 
there  is  the  man  who  puts  every  winning 
card  with  a  bang  on  tbe  table.  He  is 
usually  of  bucolic  antecedents.  It  is 
nearly  always  the  case  that  the  man  who 
hesitates  is  lost.  When  a  player  is  seen 
gazing  upward  toward  the  chandelier,  as 
if  to  extract  inspiration  from  tbat  article 
of  furniture,  his  partner  shudders  for  he 
knows  that  he  is  nearly  certain  to  commit 
some  outrageous  abomination.  Tbe  man 
who  plays  a  good   game  when  with  medi- 


ocre pa-tners,  but  goes  to  pieces  when 
with  experts,  simply  because  he  thinks 
tbat  he  must  do  something  extraordinary 
and  consequently  never  plays  a  natural 
card,  is  peculiarly  trying.  If  players  would 
follow  two  cardinal  ru'ep,  to  keep  their 
eyes  on  tbe  board  and  never  to  become 
"rattled,"  the  game  of  whi.'t  would  be 
greatly  imprnved  -St.  Louis  Qlobe-Demi  cat 


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You  can  sit  within  the  pew ; 
If  yon  cannot  do  the  teaching, 

There's  no  need  uf  feeling  blue; 
If  you  cannot  rise,  prodigious, 

What's  tbe  use  of  feeling  flat? 
There's  a  chance  to  be  religious  — 
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BAN   FRANCISCO  M-ws  LETTER 


23 


THE    MYTH    AND    CHILDHOOD 


By  Dt  Vn 

WITH  the  pi^HiR  of  ThriMraM  came  tbe  inevitable  discus- 
sion orer  tbe  Sftnta  Clans  question.  For  a  number  of  years 
there  hare  been  tho?e  who  doubted  the  expediency  of  telling  children 
a  tale  that  would  have  to  be  untold  when  tbe  child  onlgrew  the 
credulity  of  its  infancy.  One  recent  holiday  season  the  cleipynien  of 
New  York  were  interviewed  on  the  subject,  and  while  many  of  them 
were  opposed  to  the  Santa  Clans  myth,  others  held  that  it  should 
continue  to  be  taught  to  children,  as  the  symbol  of  deeper  truths. 
Of  course  the  question,  being  one  of  ethic?,  remained,  and  still  re- 
mains, debatable  ground.  There  are  those  people  so  deficient  in  dis- 
ciplinary force,  in  moral  power,  that  they  are  glad  to  invoke  the  idea 
of  ."ant a  Claus  as  a  dispenser  of  rewards  and  punishments,  as  an  aid 
to  securing  obedience  and  good  behavior  from  those  in  their  charge. 
To  me  this  has  always  seemed  very  much  the  same  thing  that  we 
reprobate  in  ignorant  nurse  girls,  the  frightening  of  tiny  children 
with  threats  of  "bad  man,'*  and  the  "bug-a-boo,"  an  earlier  version 
of  "The  goblins  will  get  you  if  you  don't  watch  out."  The  only  dif- 
ference is  that  one  holds  out  the  prospect  of  the  reward,  the  other 
tbe  dread  of  catastrophic  misfortune. 

During  the  past  year,  without  waiting  for  Christmas  to  start  the 
Santa  Claus  discussion,  educators  have  been  considering  the  myth  as 
a  factor  in  the  mental  and  spiritual  development  of  tbe  child. 
Colonel  Parker,  whose  "Talks  on  Pedagogics"  is  the  recognized 
work  on  the  study  of  the  doctrine  of  concentration,  and  the  best 
methods  of  arousing  and  sustaining  educative  thought,  is  an  open, 
avowed,  and  enthusiastic  advocate  of  the  use  of  the  myth  in  child- 
hood. His  arguments  may  briefly  be  thus  set  forth  :  The  child  lives 
over  again  the  childhood  of  the  race  in  the  myth;  it  spontaneously 
seeks  the  invisible,  loves  rhythm,  flights  of  fancy,  and  delights  in 
fairy  tales— the  mythical  treasures  of  the  ages,  flying  high  above  the 
limits  that  bound  the  domain  of  stern  reality.  Without  being  able  to 
escape  from  the  world  of  reality,  and  excluded  from  all  entrance  to 
the  invisible  world  which  it  peoples  with  the  creations  of  its  own 
fancy,  the  child  would  lead  the  life  of  a  brute,  since  faith  is  an  invis- 
ible world  is  all  that  distinguishes  the  human  animal  from  the  brutes 
that  perish.  A  child  deprived  of  the  myth  is  robbed  of  that  beauty 
which  is  the  essence  of  truth ;  and  is  restricted  to  the  baldest  materi- 
alism. Who  cannot  recall  the  aggressiveness  of  some  bald  iconoclast 
in  childhood's  early  years,  who  stood  forth  and  declared  "Pooh, 
there's  no  such  thing  as  Santa  Claus;  it's  just  your  father  and 
mother!"  The  evidences  are  indisputable  that  the  myth  is  common 
to  alt  tribes  and  nations  on  the  face  of  the  earth,  proving  their  com- 
mon parentage  by  their  wonderful  similarity,  and  showing  the  up- 
ward tendency  of  the  human  spirit;  being,  as  it  is,  the  foundation  of 
faith  in  tbe  future  life,  the  foundation  of  all  spiritual  growth.  Just 
as  Christ  spake  in  parables  to  reach  the  intelligence  of  those  who 
would  not  have  been  able  to  receive  the  simple  statement  of  a  spirit- 
ual truth,  so  does  the  myth  speak  to  the  soul  of  man. 

The  myth  is  the  beginning  of  history,  of  science,  of  religion,  an  im- 
perfect and  partial  apprehension  of  the  truth,  and  will  clear  away 
under  the  steady  light  of  tbe  ever-moving  mind.  Crush  a  child's  in- 
born love  of  myth,  and  there  has  been  destroyed  his  ideality,  his 
spiritual  growth  has  been  thwarted,  and  rank  materialism  has  re- 
ceived a  recruit.  No  child  should  be  kept  from  fairy  life  and  fairy 
land. 

In  brief  such  are  the  arguments  brought  forth  by  those  who  seek 
to  rescue  the  race  from  lapsing  into  such  materialism,  such  realism 
as  has  found  expression  in  the  works  of  the  end-of-this-century 
writers.  On  the  other  hand,  the  arguments  against  the  myth  as 
daily  food  for  children  are  well  taken. 

Why  teach  a  child  that  which  either  he  must  unlearn,  or  remain 
irrational,  visionary,  and  impracticable?  Instead  of  impossible  fairy 
tales,  which  the  child  must  repudiate  as  soon  as  he  can  think  for 
himself,  repudiate  with  indignation  that  he  was  ever  told  or  believed 
such  stuff,  why  not  stimulate  his  imagination  with  such  stories  as 
'■The  Babes  in  the  Wood,"  "The  Little  Princes  in  the  Tower,"  or  the 
thousand  and  one  true  tales  that  incite  the  imagination,  feed  the 
fancy,  and  store  the  mind?  *(  Mother  Goose,"  "  .iEsop's  Fables,"  the 
"Arabian  Nights"  are  an  inexhaustible  store  of  delight  to  children 
who  do  not  believe  in  what  they  read,  just  as  fanciful  tales  please 
maturer  minds  who  do  not  believe  them. 

"No,  of  course  it  never  happened,  but  supposing,"  or  "Let  us  make 
believe,"  is  sufficient  preface  for  any  tale  of  wild  improbability,  and 
the  child's  imagination,  instead  of  being  dwarfed  and  stunted,  ex- 
pands still  more  under  the  thought  of  what  might  happen  if  all  these 
things  were  really  true. 

But  the  child  that  is  allowed  to  believe  in  all  the  wonders  of  fairy 
land,  of  the  unreal  world,  is  generally  timorous,  afraid  of  the  dark, 
and  in  shuddering,  shrieking  terror  of  ghosts,  hobgoblins  and  the 
shades  of  night.  Grown  people  have  confessed  that  though  they 
knew  better,  they  never  could  free  themselves  from  the  influence  of 
some  of  their  childish  terrors.  To  counter-balance  Santa  Claus,  is  the 
bad  man;  the  fairies,  the  devils,  and  malicious  imps. 

To  sum  it  all  up,  perhaps  it  would  be  better  to  say  it  depends  upon 
the  myth,  and  upon  the  child.    Natures  differ. 

To  *'  keep  the  heart  young,"  renew  and  enrich  the  blood  with  Ayer's 
Sarsaparilla. 


"Take   a   hole    and  put   some 

dough  around  it,  then  fry  in  lard. '  * 
This  simple  recipe  has  brought 
thousands  to  grief,  just  because 
of  the  frying  in  lard,  which  as 
we  all  know  hinders  digestion. 
In  all  recipes  where  you  have 
used  lard,  try 


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AFFAIRS 


RBCBNT  newa  from  Germany  Id  regard  10  me  political  aspect 
of  tffsirs  in  thai  country  indicates  clrarly  enough  that  th. 
HoheDlobe  administration  is  not  inert  ug  with  any  very  mar-Hl 
success,  but  at  the  same  lioifl  it  would  be  erroneous  to  assume 
that  the  'iovernuient  \s  in  ancb  a  position  of  peril  as  tne  byater- 
Ical  cablegrams  of  the  press  correspondents  nouhl.un  their  face. 
lead  one  to  believe.  Tnese  curious  productions  of  journalistic 
letters  must  always  he  read  cautions  y  if  the  reader  desires  to 
avoid  being  led  into  a  misconception  of  the  situation.  In  fact, 
they  resemble  the  inscriptions  on  the  ancient  Egyptian  otieli^k1-, 
in  that  they  need  scienutic  interpietation.  The  truth  in  regard 
to  the  political  situation  in  Germany  seems  to  be  that  the 
Emperor  would  have  done  much  better  if  he  bad  retained  Von 
Gapiivl  in  office  and  followed  his  more  moderate  policy.  At  the 
same  time  the  antagonism  which  Hohenlohe's  policy  is  meeting 
with  in  the  Reichstag  is  in  no  wise  greater  than  that  which  Bis- 
marck's programme  frequently  met  with  from  the  same  source. 
it  may  cause  the  modification  or  even  the  abandonment  of  some 
legislative  measures  which  tbe  Government  conceives  to  be  wise 
and  necessary ;  it  may  also  cause  the  Emperor's  advisors  to  niaku 
compromises  and  alliances  with  legislative  factions  tbat  they 
would  otherwise  have  ignored.  But  all  these  things  have  been 
done  before  in  GerroaDy  and  are  natural  incidents  to  aoy  admin- 
istration of  the  public  affairs  in  which  representative  instituiions 
in  ever  so  primitive  a  form  constitute  a  part.  They  do  not  im- 
ply any  organic  weakness  in  the  Government  itself. 

So  far  as  the  dark  insinuations,  which  have  bt-en  made  in  re- 
gard to  the  disloyalty  of  Bavaria  toward  the  Empire,  are  con- 
cerned, it  may  be  said  that  they  are  without  apparent  founda- 
tion. In  tbe  religious  politics  of  the  Empire — and  religion  enters 
more  or  less  into  all  European  politics — it  may  be  said  that  there 
are  four  factions;  they  are  the  liberal  and  tolerant  faction,  the 
Catholic  factioo,  the  Proiestant  faction,  and  the  anti-Hebrew  fac- 
tion. Except  on  one  or  two  special  occasions  tbe  latter  faction 
has  cot  but  a  small  and  ephemeral  figure  in  political  contro- 
versies. The  Protestant  faction  is  bitterly  opposed  to  everything 
which  recognizes  the  Catholic  hierarchy  or  churcu  as  a  public  in- 
stitution, and  in  general  has  been  supported  by  tbe  moderate  fac- 
tion. On  the  other  hand,  the  Catholic  faction,  which  is  known 
in  the  nomenclature  of  German  politics  as  the  Centralist  party, 
and  comes  chiefly  from  Bavaria  and  South  Germany,  makes  all 
other  questions  and  issues  subservient  to  the  recognition  of  Cath- 
olicism as  a  public  institution  and  to  the  promotion  of  the  inter- 
ests of  the  hierarchy  and  church.  This  faction  has  been  for  years 
•he  under  dog.  The  federated  Empire,  as  a  whole,  ia  Protestant 
in  its  sympathies,  and  some  of  Bismarck's  earlier  acts  as  Chan- 
cellor were  especially  anti-Catholic.  Of  coarse  this  has  bred  more 
or  less  resentment  in  South  Germany,  but  that  resentment  has 
never  taken  the  form  of  disloyalty,  and  probably  never  will.  The 
Bavarians  are  doubtless  Germans  first  and  Catholics  afterwards. 
It  is  natural  that  within  the  national  councils  they  should  seek  to 
advance  what  they  conceive  to  be  the  legitimate  interests  of  their 
religion,  but  it  is  nnlikely  that  in  doing  this  they  would  even  con- 
template the  destruction  of  the  national  unification  that  was 
built  up  with  such  difficulty. 

As  tbe  time  for  peace  negotiations  between  China  and  Japan 
seem  to  be  at  hand,  the  temper  and  lone  in  which  tbe  Japanese 
will  approach  that  work  becomes  a.  matter  of  interest.  This  may 
be  gathered  from  the  utterances  of  leading  men,  like  Count 
Okuma,  who  recently  said; 

"  Though  there  are  heroic  men  who  advocate  to-day  the  seizure  of 
all  China,  if  the  war  is  concluded  now,  it  will  stop  with  China's  pay- 
ment of  400  000.000  yen  as  indemnity  and  cession  of  the  territory 
occupied  by  our  armies.  *  *  *  Unless  the  Chinese  sue  for  peace  and 
obey  our  orders,  armistice  should  not  be  granted.  If  thev  beg  lor 
armistice,  it  should  not  be  granted  unless  they  make  over  Peking  or 
make  other  undertakings  equal  to  Japan's  dictation  of  terms  at 
Peking.  In  case  of  indemnity,  if  they  cannot  pay  it  immediately,  a 
portion  must  be  paid  down  and  the  remainder  taken  in  annual  in- 
stallments, with  appropriate  interest.  We  should  hold  absolute 
power  over  them,  and  if  they  once  disobey  us,  we  could  seize  their 
throat  and  make  them  unable  to  oppose  us  a  second  time." 

Those  sentiments  are  re-echoed  throughout  the  public  press  of 
the  country  and  seem  to  be  entirely  in  tuucb  with  the  opinions  of 
those  more  promioeut  Japanese  who  participate  ia  the  direction 
of  the  public  affairs. 

It  is  becoming  more  and  more  apparent  that  the  Braz.l.an  revo- 
lution, which  was  derided  in  this  country  as  the  mere  effort  of  a 
few  naval  officers,  backed  in  some  occnlt  way  by  "  the  effete 
monarchies  of  Europe,"  to  restore  the  old  monarchy,  was  a  genu- 
ine outbreak  of  dissatisfaction,  and  had  a  very  large  measure  of 
sympathy  among  the  people.  Indeed,  that  portion  of  it  which 
was  located  on  shore  has  defied  to  this  day  the  power  of  the  gov- 


ernment la  pul  ii  rti  n  n.  Thai  rlt»r*>  win  mlRffnvprnniADt  enough 
to  provoke  n  popular  ravotwiOD  is  fcVidtDCi  d  l>y  the  fact  that  the 
III  Brazilian  Congress,  though  it  was  elected  under  Plexoto's 
rq apices,  would  lake  proceedings  against  him  for  maladministra- 
tion of  the  presidency  if  it  were  no'  afraid  of  stirring  up  further 
commotion.  The  present  position  of  Brazil  is,  indeed,  an  un- 
happy  one.  The  people  of  part  of  her  territory  appear  to  be  in 
permanent  revolt,  her  ex-President  is  suspected  of  an  intention 
to  seize  the  government  and  proclaim  himself  dictator  on  the  first 
favoral  le  opportnni  y,  and  of  course  commerce  and  industry  are 
languishing.  If  tbe  people  do  not  look  back  regretfully  toward 
the  free,  peaceful,  ami  happy  days  of  old  Dom  Pedro  it  is  not  be- 
cause they  have  no  reason  to.  Tbetr  experience  with  Senator 
Morgan's  species  of  republican  institutions  of  government  has 
not  bepn  a  fortunate  or  pl«n<»Ant  one. 


Have  a  Shampoo? 

When  you  do,  have  it  with 
Pearline.  It's  delightful.  Not 
only  cleans  your  head,  but 
clears  your  brain.  It's  good  for 
your  hair  and  scalp,  too — in- 
vigorates them,  just  as  a  bath 
with  Pearline  invigorates 
your  body.  You're  missing 
>f  bathing,  if  you're  doing  it 
without  Pearline.  Moreover,  you're  not  getting 
quite  as  clean,  probably,  as  you  might  be.  This 
may  surprise  you — but  it's  so. 

Sf^nH      Peddlers  and  some  unscrupulous   grocers  will  tell  you 
dlUL      "  this  is  as  good  as"  or  "  the  same  as  Pearline."     IT'S 
if    "CJ^ti  ^»1        FALSE — Pearline  is  never  peddled,  and  if  your 
-OcLCKL    grocer  sends  vou  something  in  place  of  Pearline, 


half  the  luxu 


be  honest — send  it  back. 


45(t 


JAMES  PYLE,  New  York. 


Somewhere  to  Dine. 
T"  HERE'S  many  a  man— saint  or  sinner— 
1    Who  knows  not  the  right  place  to  go 
In  search  of  a  lunch  or  a  dinner. 

Not  too  dear,  hut  yet  Berved  comme  il  faut. 
Now  here's  the  address— read  and  mark  it— 

Where  the  choice  of  the  best  is  at  hand, 
Stalin  68  and  70,  California  Market— 
Moraghan's  Oyster  Stand. 

There's  no  need  to  look  far  for  the  reason 

Why  the  patronage   pays  in  the  pelf, 
For  they  serve  all  the  good  things  in  season, 

And  the  boss  runs   the  business  himself! 
And  the  delicate,  succulent  oyster 

Is  ever  in  greatest  demand 
In  that  pleasant,  convenient  cloister, 

Moraghan's  Oyster  stand. 

"  Californians  "  or  "  Easterns,"  they  all  are 

Put  up  in  the  daintiest  style, 
Afd  it's  very  well  spent  is  a  dollar 

In  sampling  these  bivalves  a  while; 
For  the  epicure  ne'er  fluds  an  oyster 

In  any  lay-out  in  the  land 
That  tempt*  him  to  revel  and  royster 

Like    M'Tftphan's   Ovcipr  "tnnd. 


DIVIDE*  D  NOTICE. 

San   Francisco  Savings  Union. 

For  the  half-year  ending  Dec.  31. 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
th.e  ra'e  of  four  and  eight  tentbs  (4  8-10)  per  cent  per  annum  on  termdepo*- 
its.  and  four  (<)  percent,  per aimumou ordinary  deposits,  lree  of  taxe»  pay- 
able nu  and  after  Wedu"  day.  Jan.  2.  1895.       LOVBLL  WHITE    Cashier 

Office— 532  California  sfryi    corner  Webb. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Savings    and    Loan    Society. 

For  the  half  year  ending  Dec.  31, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 

at  the  raie  of  four  and  eight  teuths  (.4  8-10)  per  cent  per  annum,  on  Term 

i^posits,  and   four  (4,    per  cent  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,   free  of 

taxes,  payable  on  aud  after  Wednesday,  January  2,  18B5. 

,m  ST      .  CYRUS  W.  OAKMANY,  Cashier, 

Office — 101  Mon+efnmery  street,  corner  Sutter. 

DlViDtND  NOTICE. 

The  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society. 

For  the  half  yeat  ending  Dec.  31, 1894,  a  dividend  has  been  declared  at 
the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum  on  term  deposits,  and  four  and  one- 
si  *th  (4  1-6)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  ordinary  deposits,  pavable  on  and 
after  Wednesday,  Januaiy  2, 1&95.  * 

Offlce-526  California  street. GEO.  TOUBNY,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND  NOTICE. 

Mutual  Savings  Bank  of  San  Francisco. 
For  the  half  year  ending  with  Dec.  31,  I8t4,  a  dividend  has  been  declared 
at  the  rate  of  four  and  eight-tenths  (4  8-10)  per  cent  per  annum  on  Term  De- 
its  aud  four  per   cent,  per  annum  on  ordinary  Deposits,  free  of  taxes 
payable  on  and  after  Wednesday,  January  2, 1895. 

Office— 33  Post  Street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  '  ,     as    er.  . 


26 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


December  29,  1894. 


BETWEEN  dances  and  dinners,  Christmas  tree  gatherings  and 
theatre  parties,  society  has  passed  a  very  merry  holiday  sea- 
son so  far,  with  every  prospect  of  its  continuance  for  some  time  to 
come.  Three  large  dances  on  three  successive  evenings  is  rather  an 
unusual  thing  in  our  swim,  and  the  holiday  season  of  '94  may  there- 
fore be  considered  a  notable  one  in  that  respect.  Opinion  seems  to 
be  somewhat  divided  as  to  whether  Mrs.  Hager's  ball  or  the  first 
cotillion  of  the  Friday  Night  Club  should  carry  off  the  palm,  for 
each  of  them  were  delightful  affairs,  and  Mrs.  Hager  might  easily 
rest  on  her  laurels  for  an  indefinite  length  of  time;  but  some  there 
are  who  think  it  would  be  impossible  for  anything  to  ever  surpass 
the  delights  of  the  debutante's  cotillion.  Armory  Hall,  where  the 
debut  ball  of  Miss  Alice  Hager  took  place,  was  beautifully  adorned 
and  never  appeared  in  a  more  attractive  guise ;  tropical  plants,  ferns, 
smilax,  flowers,  bamboos,  and  palms  were  used  in  profusion,  and  the 
result  was  charming.  Huber's  orchestra  furnished  the  music  and 
the  supper  was  superb,  for  Mrs.  Hager  never  does  anything  by 
halves.  The  guests  were  chiefly  young  people,  who  kept  the  dance 
merrily  going  until  a  very  late  hour,  and  the  ball  was  a  most  decided 
success  in  every  sense.    

On  Thursday  evening  the  Assembly  was  held  at  Golden  Gate  Hall, 
ani  on  Friday  night  the  cotillion,  which  is  considered  to  have  been 
the  prettiest  ever  danced  in  San  Francisco.  Certainly  the  gowns  of 
the  ladies  were  among  the  most  elegant  ever  worn  on  a  like  occasion, 
and  the  ladies  themselves  from  the  fair  young  bud  (who  was  supreme 
that  night)  to  the  matrons  young  and  old,  embraced  the  most  beauti- 
ful and  charming  of  our  swim.  The  decorations  were  elaborate  and 
most  effective;  the  Christmas  berry  was  largely  in  evidence,  and  with 
the  Japanese  lanterns  and  umbrellas,  evergreens,  flowers,  and  col- 
ored festoons  united  in  creating  a  most  pleasing  ensemble.  Mr. 
Greenway,  who  of  course  led  the  cotillion,  had  Miss  Genevieve  Goad 
as  his  partner,  and  there  were  only  fourfigures  danced,  but  all  were  so 
well  known  they  went  without  a  hitch.  They  were  the  "Serpentine," 
the  "Greek  Cross,"  the  "Lantern,"  and  the  "Four  Circles,"  the  last 
being  a  remarkably  pretty  one  as  the  dancers  circled  around  the 
Christmas  tree  in  the  center  of  the  hall.  The  supper  was  handsome 
and  served  at  midnight,  and  then  there  was  general  dancing  for  a 
couple  of  hours  or  more. 

Dancing  will  again  be  the  chief  feature  next  week— in  fact,  Terpsi- 
chore will  reign  supreme  for  some  time  to  come.  The  old  year  will 
be  danced  away  at  Lunt's  Hall  on  Monday  evening,  when  the  third 
meeting  of  the  Monday  Evening  Club  takes  place,  and  that  it  will  be 
a  merry  one  goes  without  saying.  The  New  Year  will  be  welcomed 
at  the  San  Francisco  Verein,  the  Concordia,  and  the  Deutscher 
Verein  Clubs,  where  dancing  will  be  in  order  until  far  into  the  morn- 
ing hours  after  the  old  year  has  taken  its  leave. 

First  among  the  New  Year  dances  will  be  the  one  at  Miss  West's 
school  on  Thursday  evening,  when  Mr.  Greenway  will  lead  the  cotil- 
lion to  be  then  given  by  the  "  Terpsichoreans,"  an  organization  which 
gave  their  first  delightful  dance  at  the  same  place  last  season.  On 
Friday  night  the  second  cotillion  of  the  Friday  Night  Club  will  take 
place  at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall.  The  following  Monday  night,  the  7th  of 
January,  has  been  selected  by  the  new  cotillion  club  for  their  first 
dance  in  the  Maple  Room  of  the  Palace  Hotel,  and  to  give  an  added 
interest  to  the  occasion  it  is  announced  that  charity  will  be  benefited 
thereby,  so  no  doubt  the  pleasure  the  guests  will  have  in  tripping  it 
merrily  to  the  strains  of  an  excellent  orchestra  will  thus  be  aug- 
mented. There  are  many  other  dances  that  the  near  future  holds. 
One  will  be  at  the  Presidio,  and  is  to  be  in  honor  of  the  new  com- 
mander, General  Forsythe,  so  that  all  the  pomp  and  circumstance 
of  full  military  costume  and  extra  military  decorations  will  be  in 
order  on  that  occasion.  The  Hobarts  are  to  give  a  ball  soon  after 
their  return  from  their  visit  south ;  the  Misses  Goad  are  also  on  the 
list  for  a  dance,  and  that  most  delightful  of  all  hostesses,  Mrs.  Hager, 
is  said  to  be  actually  contemplating  another  cotillion  as  a  supplement 
to  the  recent  delightful  ball  which  her  guests  have  not  yet  ceased  to 
rave  over  as  such. 

To  be  fashionable  in  these  days  one  must  be  English  in  all  things, 
so  far  as  lies  in  one's  power,  and  therefore,  following  the  London 
custom,  Saturday  night  has  come  to  be  a  favorite  one  for  theatre 
parties,  society  flocking  in  large  numbers  to  all  the  places  of  amuse- 
ment that  night,  However,  theatre  parties  are  not  confined  to  Sat- 
urday evening,  and  since  the  production  of  Aladdin  the  Baldwin  has 
had  the  lion's  share  of  them.  Among  the  most  prominent  of  recent 
givers  of  these  parties  have  been  Mrs.  Joe  Tobin,  Allen  Bowie,  Mrs- 
Louis  Auzerais,  Mrs.  Downey  Harvey,  Miss  Fanny  Crocker,  and 
Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe,  supper  parties  following  in  each  instance. 


Awarded  Highest  Honors  World's  Fair. 


Gigfttef 


The  only  Pure  Cream  of  tartar  Powder.— No  ammonia;  No  Alom 
Used  in  Millions  of  Homes — 40  years  the   Standard. 


It  would  be  an  interminable  task  to  speak  of  all  the  dinners  which 
were  given  last  Tuesday,  as  their  name  was  legion,  but  both  before 
and  since  that  day  many  a  hospitable  board  has  been  spread  for  the 
most  enjoyable  oE  all  entertainments.  The  list  of  recent  dinner 
givers  includes  Mrs.  W.  B.  Chapman,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Sherwood,  Major 
Kathbone,  Mrs.  Charles  Deitrick,  Mrs.  Gerstle,  Mrs.  Henry  Scott, 
Mrs.  Robert  Nuttall,  and  Miss  Houghton,  whose  dinner  was  in  honor 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Jarboe  and  their  bridal  party,  and  there  are 
several  dinners  to  be  given  on  Monday  evening  as  a  prelude  to  the 
dance  at  Lunt's  Hall.  Club  dinners  have  also  been  given  by  Harry 
Holbrooke  at  theUniversiy,  by  the  Messrs.  Diruondat  the  Bohemian, 
by  Mr.  Coleman  at  the  Pacific-Union,  and  by  Mr.  Robert  Holiz,  aho 
at  the  Bohemian,  where  Major  Bates  recently  bhone  as  a  host,  his 
supper  in  honor  of  Salvini  being  spoken  of  by  those  present  as  a  most 
delightful  affair.  General  Forsythe  has  also  been  the  recipient  of 
several  dinners,  Mrs.  McKinstry,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Miles,  and  General 
Graham  being  among  the  givers. 

A  very  elaborate  affair  was  the  Christmas  tree  at  the  Bella  Vista, 
and  a  most  beautiful  one  also;  the  same  may  be  said  of  the  tree  at 
Mrs.  Will  Tevis's.  and  other  pretty  gatherings,  chiefly  for  children, 
were  at  the  de  Vecchi's,  Frank  Sullivan's,  Louis  Sloss's,  and  others, 
some  of  them  being  sensibly  given  by  daylight  on  Christmas  day. 
Christmas  tree  gatherings  have  taken  place  all  through  this  week, 
and  have  been  for  children  of  a  larger  as  well  as  of  a  smaller  growth. 
Mrs.  Pixley  will  give  a  Christmas-tree  dance  to-night.  The  Chil- 
dren's Fair  at  Mrs.  Frank  Sullivan's  on  Thursday  was  one  of  the 
pleasant  events  of  this  week,  and  last  evening  a  large  reception  was 
given  at  the  Presidio  in  honor  of  Admiral  Beardslee  and  the  officers 
of  the  Philadelphia. 

Other  pleasant  gatherings  of  recent  date  were  the  teas  at  Mrs. 
Morgan's  and  Mrs.  J .  G.  Hooper's,  the  last  of  Mrs.  Joe  Tobin 's  wed- 
ding receptions :  the  teas  given  by  Mrs.  Tripler,  by  Miss  Cora  Smed- 
berg,  by  Miss  Fanny  Danforth,  Miss  Julia  Crocker,  and  Miss  Rebecca 
Jtnnings;  the  dance  at  Miss  Masten's,  the  luncheons  at  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Haas's,  and  at  the  University  Club,  at  which  Mrs.  Sherwood 
and  Mrs.  H.  M.  A.  Miller  respectively  presided;  Miss  Voorbies's  tea 
in  honor  of  Miss  Reed,  the  tea  given  by  Major  H.  G.  Mills  in  the 
Red  Room  of  the  Bohemian  Club,  and  the  card  party  at  Mr.  Win- 
field  Jones's,  a  form  of  entertainment  at  which  he  is  an  adept. 

Mrs.  and  Miss  Childs,  of  Los  Angeles,  have  been  among  recent, 
arrivals  in  town.  Misses  Bee  and  Ethel  Hooper  are  the  guests  of 
Mrs.  Lincoln,  on  Harrison  street.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  B.  Tubbs  are 
domiciled  on  the  corner  of  Sacramento  and  Buchanan  streets,  aud 
will  remain  in  the  city  for  several  weeks. 

Mrs.  J.  D.  Swift  has  sent  out  cards  for  receptions  on  Thursdays 
during  January. 


LOUIS  RDEDERER  CHAMPAGNE 


Some  of  the  fashionables  have  gone  down  to  the  Del  Monte  during 
the  week,  among  them  being  Mrs.  Simpkins  and  Miss  Alice,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Joe  Crockett,  who  will  remain  there  over  the  Hew  Year. 


Three  kinds,  all  of  equal  excellence : 

Carte  Blanche,  a  men  wine 
Grand  Vin  Sec,    *%wme. 

Brut,    An  Exceedingly  Dry  Wine. 

The  Highest  Grade  In  tile  World. 

__  'Used  by  all  the  Leading  Clubs,  Hotels,  and  Restaurants,  and  may 
be~had  of  all  First-Class  Grocers  and  Wine  Merchants. 

MAOONDRAY    BROS.  &  LOOKARD, 


124  Sansome  St. 


SOLE  AGENTS  PACIFIC  COAST. 


December  29.  1804. 


BAN    KKWi'lSCO    NEWS  LETTER. 


♦**n  hundred  and  ninety-five  will,  it  is  Mid,  w  many  wc<i- 
n  our  midst.    The  new  year  will  certainly  open  auspiciouely 
in  that  respect,  u  the  first  day  of  January  has  been  ohona  by  Miss 
nith  for  her  marriage   to  Dr.    Darin,  >>f   Bydney,  Australia, 
and  the  young  couple  will  almost  imnmliaiely  sail  for  the  Antipodes, 
will  l*e  their  future  home.    On  Wednesday  evening!  January 
Luke's  church  will  be  the  mene  "f  atiai  Con  Caduc's  nuptials 
villi  I>r.  *ie  Murville.  and    moo  after  will  be  the  wedding  of  Hiss 
in  and  Cutler  Paige.    Thursday  last  was  the  wedding  day  of 
race  Spencer  and  Dr.  J.  N.  Hall,  which  was  solemnized  at  noon 
in  Trinity  Church,  San  Jose.    To-day  the  marriage  of  Miss  Mamie 
Damming  and  Loui*  M.  Bchwan  takes  place  at   St.  Paul's  Church,  in 
manto,  at  which  Waiter  Pean  will   officiate  as  the  groom's  best 
man,  and  the  ushers  will  also  be  San  Francisco  men.  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Mr.  Chapin,  one   of  Sacramento's  beaux,  who  will  assist 
Messrs.  Boardman,  Hall,  and  Owen.    The  bride's  three  sisters  will 
attend  her  as  bridesmaids,    Quite  a  large  party  have  gone  up  to  the 
J  City  to  be  present  at  the  wedding. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  Hicks,  who  have  returned  to  Los  Angeles 
i  most  delightful  visit  to  Mrs.  Hager,  were  given  a  good-bye  by 
Mrs.  Downey  Harvey  in  the  shape  of  a  theatre  party  at  the  Bald- 
win, followed  by  supper.  The  W.  C.  Ralstons  are  enjoying  life  in 
Britain's  capital  city.  Miss  Betty  Ashe  is  visiting  Miss  Nellie 
Me  Powell  in  New  York  Citv. 


Among  recent  arrivals  in  town  from  the  East  are  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wakefield  Baker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pan  Murphy,  and  Mrs.  A.  J.  Pope. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Sprague  are  looked  for  next  week  upon  their 
return  from  their  honeymoon  trip  abroad.  Among  approaching 
losses  will  be  Miss  Laura  McKinstry,  who  expects  to  leave  for  a  visit 
to  the  other  side  of  the  continent  about  the  middle  of  January. 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  J.  G.  Chandler,  who  have  been  residents  at  the 
Richelieu  for  the  past  three  years,  leave  to-day  for  Los  Angeles, 
where  it  is  their  present  intention  to  live  permanently.  Our  musical 
circles  will  sustain  a  great  loss  next  week  in  the  departure  of  Mrs. 
Martin  Schultz  for  New  York,  where  in  future  she  will  live.  Mrs. 
Schultz  has  been  a  prominent  figure  in  church  and  concert  singing 
on  our  coast,  where  her  beautiful  voice  has  always  been  a  most  at- 
tractive feature,  and  it  will  be  long  before  we  have  so  delightful  and 
altogether  acceptable  a  vocalist  again.  Socially  Mrs.  Schultz  holds 
prominent  rank,  her  charming  personality  winning  hosts  of  friends, 
who,  while  regretting  her  departure,  wish  her  every  success  in  her 
new  home. 

The  Entre  Nous  Cotillion  Club  gave  its  third  assembly  and  german 
last  evening  at  the  Palace  Hotel.  The  affair  was  well  managed  and 
delightful  in  all  respects.  Sanford  G.  Lewald  was  the  leader,  and 
the  first  set  was  composed  as  follows:  Wallace  Alexander  and  Miss 
Eva  Worth,  Geo.  A.  Rigg  and  Miss  M.  M.  Stewart,  Walter  S.  Lyon 
and  Miss  Jessie  B.  Lyon,  Arthur  D.  Naylor  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Cud- 
worth,  Dr.  E.  R.  Bryant  and  Miss  Grace  Bertz,  Louis  W.  Lovey  and 
Miss  AitnSe  Woodworth,  Geo.  W.  Adams  and  Miss  Leah  S.Young, 
Dave  W.  Wise  and  Miss  Jessie  Taggart.  The  following  figures  were 
danced:  "Entre  Nous  Cotillion,"  "Parisian  Rounds,"  "Grand  Chain 
and  Circles"— all  new  and  pretty  figures.  The  next  german  of  the 
club  will  take  place  Friday  evening,  January  25th,  and  will  be  a 
fancy  dress  german. 

Dr.  Henry  R.  Brown,  ex-City  and  County  Physician  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, who  has  been  abroad  for  some  time,  is  now  located  at  the  Soho 
Hospital,  Soho  Square,  London,  where  he  will  remain  until  autumn 
of  1895,  when  he  will  return  to  San  Francisco  and  resume  his  prac- 
tice. 

A  very  enjoyable  Christmas  party  was  given  at  Harmony  Hall, 
Alameda,  Thursday  evening,  by  a  number  of  young  men  as  a  return 
of  tbe  graceful  entertainments  which  they  have  received  from  their 
girl  friends.  There  was  a  large  attendance  and  a  delightful  evening 
was  passed. 

The  following  interesting  card  has  been  received  from  Paris: 
"Monsieur  et  Madame  Theo  C.  Marceau  ont  Ie  plaiser  de  vous  taire 
part  de  la  naissance  deleur  tils  TheoC.  Marceau,  J uiior.  Gd.  Hotel 
Terminus,  Paris."  Attached  thereto  is  the  young  gentleman's  card 
announcing  his  arrival  November  15th. 


MB.  MIHRAN  has  just  returned  from  Constantinople,  his  old 
„  home,  which  he  visited  recently  for  the  purpose  of  bring- 
ing his  family  to  San  Francisco.  He  was  in  the  Turkish  Capital 
at  tbe  time  of  the  great  earthquakes  there,  which  frightened  bo 
many  of  the  inhabitants  into  leaving  the  city.  The  panic-stricken 
residents  sold  their  effects  for  a  song,  and  Mr,  Mihran,  who  is 
made  of  firmer  stuff,  embraced  the  opportunity  to  secure,  at  very 
low  prices,  a  great  assortment  of  Turkish  rags  of  all  kinds  and 
for  all  uses.  They  will  be  taken  out  of  the  Custom  House  Janu- 
ary 1st  and  placed  on  sale  at  tempting  prices. 


Mothers  be  sure  and  use 
children  while  teething. 


'Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup"  for  your 


Physicians  recommend  Ayer's  Pills  for  dyspepsia  and  liver  complaint, 
and  for  general  family  use.    See  Ayer's  Almanac. 


f\   l^oyal   Qft 


l/elours  du  fiord 


In  a  design  of  the  most  exquisite  con- 
ception. These  CAPES  are  suited  to 
old  and  young.  They  are  rich  and 
beautiful,  yet  the  price  is  not  exorbi- 
tant. They  are  trimmed  in  the  best 
qualities  of  FOX.  MARTIN,  and 
OSTRICH  FEATHERS. 


When  other  fads  have  ceased 
to  flourish,  they  will  still  be 
fin  de  siecle  by  reason  of  their 
superior  texture.  If  you  have 
a  mother,  a  sweetheart,  wife, 
or  sister,  make  her  heart  glad 
with  this  superb  Xmas  gift. 
You  can't  make  a  mistake. 
It  is  bound  to  please  her. 


pra  tipper 
9  r;o. 

105  l^earijy  St. 


Grandest  Collection  of 

ORIENTAL   RUGS, 


belonging  to  Shahs  and  Sultans,  will  be 
out  of  the  San  Francisco  Customs 
House  on  the  First  day  of  January,  and 
will  be  on  exhibition  at  the 


TURKISH 

324  Sutter  St. 


RUG  CO. 

There  are  thousands  of  small  prayer 
rugs  at  very  reasonable  prices,  as  well 
as  large  carpets  with  handsome  designs 
and  colorings.  Bagdad  Portieres,  Cur- 
tains, Draperies,    Embroideries,  etc. 


28 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


December  29,  1894  . 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    COMPANY. 

PACIFIC  SYSTEM. 

Trains  Leave  and  are  Due  to  Arrive  at 

SAN  FRANCISCO: 

Leave  I         From  Dec.  20,  1894.         I  Abbive 

7  ;00  a  Atlantic  Express,  Ogden  and  East    6 :45  a 
7:00  a  Benicia,  Vacaville,  ftumsey,  Sac- 
ramento, and  Redding,  via  Davis    7:15  p 
7:80  a  Martinez,    Napa,     Calistoga    and 

*Santa  Rosa 6:15  p 

8:30  a  Niles,  San  Jose,  Stockton,  lone, 
Sacramento,  MaryBVille,  Red  Bluff 

and*Oroville 4:15p 

♦8,30  a   PeterB  and  Milton    ..  *7:15p 

59:00a  "  Sunset  Limited,"    Vestibuled 

Train  through  to  New  Orleans.    .    11:45  p 
9:00  a  New  Orleans  Express,  *Raymond, 
Santa  Barbara,  Los  Angeles,  Dom- 
ing, El  Paso,  New   Orleans  and 

East 5:45  P 

9 :00  a  Martinez  and  Stockton  ....   . ..    ,.    10:45  a 

1:00  p  Niles,  San  Jobo  and  Livermore  . .     *£:45  a 
.     ..  Niles,  San  Jose  and  Livermore. ..  111:45*. 

*l:00  p  Sacramento  River  steamers.     *9:OU  p 

fl:30p.  Martinez  and  Way  Stations     ..  +7:45  p. 
4:00  p  Martinez,    San    Ramon,    Valiejo, 
Napa,  Calistoga,  El  Verano,  and 

SantaRosa 9:16a. 

4:00  p.  Benicia,  Vacaville,  Woodland, 
Knight'B    Landing,     Murysville, 

Oroville   and  Sacramento 10:45a 

4:30  P.     Niles,    San  Jose,    Livermore, 

and  Stockton       7:15  r 

5:00p.  Los  Angeles  Express,  Fresno, 
Bakersfield,  Santa    Barbara  and 

Lob  Angeles 10  :45  a. 

6:00f.  Santa  Fe  Route,  Atlantic  Express, 

forMojave  and  East 10:45  A. 

6 :00  p  European  Mail,  Ogden  and  East . .  9  :45a 
6:00p.  Hay  wards,  Niles  and  San  Jose.-     7:45a. 

I7:0Op. Valiejo +7:45p. 

7:00  p.  Oregon  Exnress,  Sacramento, 
Marysville,    Redding,    Portland, 

Puget  Sound  and  East 10:4^  a 

Santa  Cruz  Division  (Narrow  Gauge). 

•»:16a.  Newark.  Oentervilie,  dan  Jooe, 
Felton,    Boulder      Creek,    Santa 

Cruz  and  way  stations    5  5)  p. 

•fl:16  P  Newark,  Centervllle,  San  Jose,  New 
Almaden,  Felton,  Boulder  Creek. 
Santa   Cruz,  and    principal    way 

stations *11:20a 

!:15p.  Newark,  SauJose,  Los  Gatos..  j:50a. 

fll:45P.  Hunters'  train  for  Newark,  Al- 
viso,  San  Jose,  Los  Gatos,  and 

way  Btatious . ..   18:05  p 

Coast  Division  (  Third  and  Town send  Streets). 
6:45  a.  San  Jose,  New  Almaden  and  Way 

Stations 1:45  p. 

4:16  a.  San  Jose,  TresPinos,  Santa  Crus, 
Pacific  Grove,  Paso  Robles,  San 
San  Luis  Obispo  and  principal 

Way  Stations 7  05  p. 

10:40  a.  San  Jose,  and  Way  Stations...  5:06  p. 

11:45  a.   Palo  Alto  and   Way  Stations..  3:30  p. 
"2:20p.  San   Jose,     Gilroy,     Tres   Pinos, 
Santa    Cruz,   Salinas,   Monterey, 

PaciflcGrove *10:40a. 

*S:80  p.  San  Jose  and  Principal  Way  Sta- 
tions     9:47  a. 

•4:25p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations *8:06a. 

5-.10p.  San  JoBe  and  Way  StatlonB *8:48a, 

6:80p.  Palo  Alto  and  Way  Stations 6:36a. 

H1:46p.   Palo  Alto  and  principal  Way 

Stations +7:38  P. 

CREEK  ROUTE  FERRY. 

From  SMI  FRlflCISCO— Foot  of  Market  St.  (Slip  8)— 
*7  00  8  00  9  00  *10  00  and  11  00  A.  M„  *12  30 
11  00  *2  00  3  00  *4  00  5  00  and  *6  00  p.  M. 
Prom  OAKLAND— Foot  of  Broadway. 

*6  00    *7  00    8  00  *9  00  10  00  and  11  00  a.  M. 
112  00  *12  30    2  00  *3  00    4  00  and  *5  flO  p.  M. 

A.  for  Morning.  p.  for  Afternoon. 

•Sundays  excepted.  -{-Saturdays  only. 

{Thursdays  only. tSundaysonly. 

The    PACIFIC    TRANSFER  COMPANY 

will  call  for  and  check  baggage  from  hotels  and 
residences.  Enquire  of  Ticket  Agents  for  Time 
Cards  and  other  information 

OCEANIC    STEAMSHIP  COMPANY, 

\  fl.  bv  n  Coolgardiegold  fields, 

*^^===4=r<  A»  (Fremautle)  Australia; 

<y^^  jta^Vii*     *220   flrst   class-    *110 

c^/y        JS&-,         \*."      steerage    Lowest  rates 

S //         "p^^fto      \*to  t0  CaPet0WD->  s-  Africa 

1  O.   8.  S.  Company's 

steamers  sail: 

For      HONOLULU 

APIA,    AUCKLAND 

and   SYDNEY,  S.  8. 

■  JLli—    ij    **&/*.      "  ARAWA."  Jau  10,  '95 

-I^BS^^V      For      H  0  N  O  L  D  L  D  . 

V^p^^^i^O-  S.  S.    -AUSTRALIA," 

5£VE^  V  Jaa- 19-  1895' 

Cook  parties  to  Honolulu,  Jan.  19,  Feb.  16,  Apr. 
4;  reduced  excursion  rates. 
For  passage  apply  to  138  Montgomery  Street. 
For  Freight  apply  to  327  Market  Street. 
J.  D.  SPRECKELb  &  BROS.  CO.,   General    Agls 


HUSBAND — My  dear,  I  want  to  ask  you 
OBe  favor  before  you  go  off  on  that 
loDg  visit. 

Wife — A  thousand,  my  love.  What  is  it? 

»  Don't  try  to  put  the  house  in  order  be- 
fore you  leave." 

"  It  isn't  hard  work." 

•<  Perhaps  not;  but  think  of  the  expense 
of  telegraphing  to  you  every  time  I  want 
to  nod  anything."       — New  York  Weekly. 

THERE  was  a  young  woman  of  Guinea 
Who  played,  for  she  was  no  nuinea, 
A  game  she  called  golf, 
But  sbe  was  clear  olf , 
For  the  pastime  was  nothing  but  shuinea. 
— Puck. 


ALL  things  may  come  to  him  who  waits^ 
But  they  will  come  much  quicker 
To  him  who  wears  long   hair  and  states 
That  he's  a  football  kicker. 

ANKS — My   baby  is  only  nine  months 
old  and  can  talk. 
Panks — It  must  be  a  girl. 

— Detroit  Free  Press. 


H 


How  wisdom  scoots  our  vulgar  unbelief 
more  than  onr  vulgarest  incredulity. 

— Browning. 

Vice  repeated  is  like  the  wandering 
wind ;  blows  dust  in  others'  eyes  to  spread 
itself.  — Shakespeare. 

You  need  not  tell  all  the  truth  unless  to 
those  who  have  the  right  to  know  it  all. 
But  let  all  you  tell  be  truth.   — H.  Mann. 

The  fate  of  war  is  to  be  exalted  in  the 
morning,  and  low  enough  at  night.  There 
is  but  one  step  from  triumph  to  ruin. 

— Napoleon. 

Vicissitude  of  fortune  which  spares 
neither  man  nor  the  proudest  of  his  works, 
but  buries  pmp;res  and  cities  in  a  common 
grave.  — Gibbon. 

If  any  one  says  be  has  seen  a  just  man 
in  want  of  bread,  I  answer  that  it  was  in 
.-.ume  place  where  tbere  was  no  other  just 
man.  — St.  Clement. 

Every  man  has  just  as  much  vanity  as 
he  wants  understanding.— Pope. 

The  most  delightful  pleasures  cloy  with- 
out variety. — Publius  Syrus. 

Hardness  ever  of  hardness  is  the 
mother. — Shakespeare. 

The  happiness  of  the  wicked  passes 
away  like  a  torrent. —  Racine. 

Ill  strives  one'd  will  against  a  will  more 
wise. — Dante 

Bad  laws  are  the  worst  sort  of  tyranny. 
— Burke. 


AGENTS  $75  ^mt 

nsitu;  or  eelllng  PRACTICAL 
PLATING  DYNAMO.Themmi- 
eru  muibQd,  usud  in  all  factorius 
io  plate  ii'ii-  goods.  Plates  gold, 
Hilvt-r,  nickel,  eic  .  on  watcbes, 
jewelry,  luck-wary,  bicycles  and 
all  metal  goods;  Cue  oiutUs  for 
agents ;  different  sizes;  always 
ready;  no  baiter?;  ne  toy;  no 
experience;  no  limit  to  plating 
necd'd;   a  great  monev  maker. 

W.  P.  HARRISON  &  CO.,  Clerk  No.15,  Columbus.  Ohio. 

PACIFIC  COAST  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Dispatch  steamers  from  San  Francisco  for. 
portB  in  Alaska,  9  a.  m.,  Nov.  6,  21.    Dec.  6,  21, 

For  B.  C.  and  Puget  Sound  ports,  Dec  11, 
1R,  21,  26,  SI,  and  every  5th  day  thereafter. 

for  Eureka,  Areata,  and  Field's  Landing  ( Hum- 
boldt Bay,  Steamer  "  Willamette  Valley,"  Wed- 
nesdays, y  a.  m. 

For  Newport,  Los  Angeles  and  all  way  ports, 
every  fourth  and  fifth  day,  alternately  at  8  a.  m. 

For  San  Diego,  stopping  only  at  Port  Harford, 
flauta  Barbara,  Port  Lou  Angeles,  Redondo,  (Los 
AngeleB),  and  Newport,  every  fourth  and  fifth 
day,  alternately  at  U  A.  M. 

For  Ensenada,  Magdalena  Bay,  San  Jose  del 
Cabo,  Mazatlau,  La  Paz  and  Guaymas  (Mexico), 
steamer  St.  Paul,  10  a.  m.,  26th  of  each  month. 

ticket  Office— Palace  Hotel,  No.  4  New 
Montgomery  street. 

GOOPALL,  PERKTN8  &.  CO.,  Geu'lAgents, 
No.  Ill  Markfl  <itr(*a>    Han  TPranclsCO. 


SAM  FRANCISCO  AND  NORTH  PACIFIC 
RAILWAY  CO. 

TIBURON  FERRY— Foot  of  Market  Street. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  SAN  RAFAEL. 
WEEK    DAYS— 7:40,  9:20,  11:00  A.  h.;  1235,3-30, 

5:10,   6:30   p.  m.    Thursdays— Extra  trip   at 

11 :30  p.  m  .   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1 :50  aud 

11 :30  p.  m. 
SDNDAYS-8:00,  9:30,11:00  a.m.;  1:30,  3:30,500 

6:20  p.  m. 

SAN  RAFAEL  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
WEEK  DAYS-6:25,  7:55,  9:30,  11:10  A.  M.;  12:45, 
.  8:40,  5:10  p.m.   Saturdays— Extra  trips  at  1:55 
aud  6:30  p.  m. 
SCNDAYS— 8:10,  9:40,11:10  a.  M.;l:40,  3:40.5-00. 
6:25  P.  M. 
Betweeu  Sau  Francisco  and  Schuetzen  Park, 
same  schedule  as  above. 

Leave  8.  F.     I    In  Effect    ;  Abeive  in  8.  F. 

— |Ap'l  15, 1894.1 

Week 


|Ap'l  10,1894. 

^^S^da^i^^-lsund^  Week 


7:40  A.M. 
3:30p.M. 
5:10  p.w. 


8:00  a.  M.I  Novato, 
9:30  a.  m  Petaluma, 
5:00p.m. I  Santa  Rosa 


10:40 a. M  8:60a.  m 
6:05p.m  10:80am 
7:S0p.mI  6:15p.m 


DETECTIVE  B 


i  aots.5  private  D«'i< 
nifccs^arv.  S^tidfo 
ireau,  Indianapolis 


7:40a.m. 

Fulton 

Windsor, 

Healdsburg, 

Geyserville, 

Cloverdftle 

.  8:00a.m. 
3  'W.  m  | 

7:30p.m. 

fi-i.5»'«i 

7:40  a.m. 

8:00  a.  m. 

Pieta,  Hop- 
land,  Ukiah. 

7:30  p.  m 

6:15p.m. 

7:40a.m. 
3:30  p.  M 

8:00a.  m. 

Guerneville 

7:30p.m. 

10:30am 
6:15  PH 

7:40a.m. 
■5:10  P.M. 

8:00a.m. 
5:00p.m. 

Sonoma 
Glen  Ellen. 

10:40a.m.  |8:60am. 
6:05p.m  |6:15pm. 

7:40A.M 
3:30  p.h 

8:00a.m. j  Sebastopol.  110:40a. m|10:30a.m 
5:00p.m.|                        |  6  05p.m|  6:15p.m 

Stages  connect  at  Geyeervllle  for  Skaggs 
Springs. 

Stages  connect  at  Pieta  for  Highland  Springs 
Kelseyville,  Soda  Bay,  Lafceport  and  Bartlett 
Springe. 

Stages  connect  at  Ukiah  for  Vichy  Springs, 
Blue  Lakes,  Upper  Lake,  Lakeport,  Booneville' 
Greenwood,  Orr's  Hot  Springs,  Mendocino  City 
Fort  Bragg,  Usal,  Westport,  Cahto,  Willitts, 
Capella,  Pomo,  Potter  Valley,  John  Day's,  Live- 
ly's,  Gravelly  Valley,  Harris,  Blockshurg,  Bridge- 
ville,  Hydesville  and  Eureka. 

Saturday-to-Monday  Round  Trip  Tickets  at  re- 
duced rates. 

Ou  Sundays,  Round  Trip  Tickets  to  all  points 
beyond  San  Rafael  at  half  rates. 

TICKET  OFFICE—  Corner  New  Montgomery 
and  Market  streets,  under  Palace  Hotel. 


H.  C.  WHITING, 
Gen.  Manager. 


R.  X.  RYAN. 
Gen.  Passenger  Agent 


OCCIDENTAL   AND  ORIENTAL  SS.  CO. 

FOR  JAPAN   AND  CHINA. 

Note  change  in  hour  oj  sailing. 

Steamers  leave  wharf  at  FIRST  and   BRAN 

NAN  STREETS,  at  3:   00  p.  m.  for  YOKOHAMA 

and     HONGKONG,    connecting   at    Yokohama 

with  SteamerBfor  SHANGHAI: 

Gaelic Monday,  December  24, 1894 

Belgic Thursday,  Jan.  24,  1895 

Oceanic  (via  Honolulu). Tuesday,  Feb.  12,1895 

ROUND  TRIP  TICKETS  AT  REDUCED  RATE8 

For  freight  and  passage  apply  at  Company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street,  corner  First. 

D.  D.  STUBBS,  Secretary. 

PACIFIC  MAIL  STEAMSHIP  CO. 

Theough  Line  to  New  Yobk,  via  Panama. 

Calling  at  various  ports  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America. 
8AILTNG3— At  NOON. 
From  company's  wharf,  First  and   Braunaa  Sts. 
S.S.  "Sau  Jose."  December  2S,  1894. 
S.  S.  "City  of  Sydaey,"  Monday,  Dec.  31,  1893. 
3.8.   "Acapulco,"  January  8,  loy5. 
8.  S.  "Colima,"  Jauuaiy  IS,  1895. 
8.  S.  "Sau  Bias,"  January  2S,  1895. 
JAPAN    AND    CHINA    LINE    FOR  YOKOHAMA 
AND  HONGKONG, 

Connecting  at  Yokohama  with  steamers  for 

Shanghai,  and  at  Hongkong  for 

India,  etc. : 

SAILINGS  AT  3  P.  M. 

S.    8.   "City  of   Peking,"  Thursday,  January 

3, 1895,  at  3  p.  m 

S.S.  "China,"  via  Honolulu,  Jan.   15,  1896,  at 
3  p.  M, 
3.  8.  "Peru,"  February  2, 1895,  at  3  p.  m. 
8.  8.  "City  of  Rio  de  Janeiro,"  Feb.  21,  1895, 
at  S  p.  m. 
Round  Trip  Tickets  at  reduced  rates. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  company's 
office,  No.  425  Market  street. 

ALEXANDER  CENTER, 
General  Agent