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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
Bill No. 3.OJ5.

In tho last legislative hour Of tho last
night OF the last session Of the existing Con-
grees, the House Committee on Naval Affairs
gave flight to the last Of the humbugs
Matched in its room by reporting bill No.
3,O55, "to promote knowledge of steam
engineering and iron shipbuiding among
the students Of scientific schools or colleges
IN the United states" This bill authorizes
tho President of the United States, on the
application OF any scientific school or col
lege, to detail not to exceed fifteen engineer
officers Of the United States navy, as pro-
fessors TO teach iron shlpbuiding and steam
engineering! II passed the House, but was
too late for the Senate.
This bill may not cost the Treasury
q dollar. But II it becomes law. it will
cost tho United States millions upon mill
ions OF dollars. No friend of the bill could
nsk more for il than that the fifteen naval
professors of steam engineering and iron
shlpbuiding which II will create, shall sue
cessfully communicate what they know Of
those sciences to the pupils of fifteen Amcri-
can colleges. And how much do they know
They know just enough to spoil ship every
tme they undertake to build one and to
make steam engines that invariably break
down In the use and never perform what Is
expected of them. Every steam vessel Of
war in the United States navy is q museum
OF the blunders, ignorance, and incapacty
OF these officer engineers Every Govern
ment steam engine is IA bottomlcss pit down
which disappears public money in "A steady
stream. Teachers Of iron shipbuilding I!
Admiral HOWELL has recently recommend
nd ha Ia, Of tho FRIGHT al rpllipu
OF many OF our cruisers, absolutely disabling
them In fresh wind as fighting ships that
every assistant naval constructor be COM
PEELED TO make a cruise on flagship,
so ms to get some idea how men-of-
war behave in n seaway. These construc-
tors are not sailors. What they know Of
ships they learned ashore. The Dictator is
their work. The Bureau Of Equipment is
afraid to put her armament on this enor-
nous MONITOR lest it shall sink her in her
dock. Think of tia man-of-war sunk by
the weight of her own guns! And think Of
these blundcrcrs poisoning education in
every scientific school in America with their
inept babble as professors OF iron shphuild-
ing There Is not an engineer in the United
States navy, graduated from the Annapolis
Academy, who Is II practical mechanic. These
officers scOrn the name OF mechanic. They
claim to be gentlemen They perform their
duties MS they think gentlemen should. If
they ever touch bar, wrench, hammer, or
valve, they do it with kid gloves. Not n
man OF them could got charge Of an en-
glno on any Cunard, White star, or Imam
line steamer
House bill 3,o5j was passed in ignorance Of
tho fact that If is imuOssiblo To bocOmo "A
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-SH! Your cor
respondent Ann c. from the city OF Brotherly Love.
u mistaken IN her statement respecting the behavior Of
those who visit the Thomas concerts in Gmores Oar.
den During my temporary stay In this city have been
aud still am frequent visitor To the place have yet
io see the first man with his feet cooked up on chair
or table, which hy the way Isl entirely Amer.
ch AN INDUCED in almost exclusively hy Americans,
mother have seen any npprccnhle amount Of beer
duhNlE 20 he concert garden proper, nor have seen
men smoking INTO ladies' faces thing that would
indicate that visitor is not lady or gentleman In her
err his department,
Ann q. ~ is nm afraid too good 10 live and there.
fore should go where there Is noither beer gullns
smoking nor cNpecoratng Al any rate her insult TO
grtal portion OF Americans commonly called Germans,
Is unwhrrnucd and shameful
JULY q, 1870 JouN l. Il
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rHE ELEylTED RATLwAY,s NOISE
Mr.. Edison PerfectinR an Invcntiou 60 Learn
whence IL I. and TO Remedy It.

Mr.. Edison, who has boon experimenting
for several days past with n view to the ameli-
Grafton Of tho noise on the Metropolitan Ele-
waited road. says that he has determined
accurately tho points at which tho prin-
cipal rovorbcrations occur. and that he
will be ready in short timo to sug-
gost feasible remedies. The rails OF
the road, being laid upon white pine sleepcrs,
hnve become looscncd through the incessnnt
hnnmerng NJ the trains. SO that in some plnces
man can put his hand between the iron and
the wood and the Earring OF these loQsened
rails. Mr.. Edison says. constitutes the origin ~
the noise, which Is then taken up and echoed
md rcCchoed by the lattice work OF tho Iron
trussca.
Mr.. Edison will make no more experiments
upon the rond until he has completed an instru-
nicnt upon which hi II now engaged, md which
he calls the phonnutograph. This instrument
resembles the monograph, but in II the
tin foil OF the monograph Is replaced by
carhonized paper. and the ngato point OF the
familiar machine by straw. by the use the
phonautOgraph tho inventor proposes to record
the points nj which the noise is the greatest. the
sensitive straw in Its vibrations leaving marks
upon the blackened paper. Mr.. Edison has
remarked n saRging OF the iron roadway with
the passage OF every train.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
The Fabulou. Yield or the Bonan.a..


Credible authority estimates the total yield OF
precious metals In Peru from l0ylto iSd ~ Si232 D
on OF which three mncs-thc Cerro de Pasco. lunl-
gayoc, aud Huantalnya-yoldcd In round figures 80
UONDn Nearly wuhtths oi this enormous sum WAS the
product Of the Ccrro de Pasco mine but the sJ4oOo
Oh welded by this historical mine WAS the aggregate tor
period ut I7J Between iAiA and iTsA the total
yield NJ Putnsi tltnDuOtUn The pres, Mt Weld 1T
the 100 mines IN the district Is less than S2j'n
On annually Compared with the product Of the bonan
these mines winch placed Spain IN the front RANK of
the nations Of the earth and through which only her
great military and naval achievements were possible
these tales ~ almost fabulous wealth pale into ng
nincancc. OF the S2T5.DOOpp which the Constuck loie
has Yielded since its discovery twenty years tl.
pDpD has been taken alone from the Consolidated Viz
ginia and California mines Nearly every dollar Vt this
vast amount has beet taken out since 1873.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
WHY THE INDIANS rom
Starved Into Desperation and Ho.tiiity--sue-
gestions from the Frontier.


Orooon No,,odo cd Idoh, 49, II, ,,..
Nios'"' No'"""' "n" iu""o "lc al JusU
now more or less agitatcd over the Indian war
A good many lives have nlrcndy been sacrificed
= -, -, -, 49,. -, -,
N"sl amour, oil property mas oeeh leopardlneu'
tho peace Of the frontier has been destroyed for
,bis voor md ,bo bonos Of bundrods Of moor
W ~ '"o "'P,9 W ,'o W ~
Iatnllcs-those most deserving oil sympatny
and protoctonhave been rudelv blasted. The
Indiana who bnvo crco,ad tbis s,,,c of affairs
Iii ~ III, ''''o o''.. y, 49,
nothing else to dowith an Indian when he takes
10 tho ,,or ,,o,h A, ,t .,,,o ,,,,, n l.. =. o.,,.t
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
John II. Fox Find, u Kepusl,ean Candidate

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sw. The de-
porahc state of the country aud the continual want of
ompoyment requires that statesman OF Gen. Butler
experience and dsntercseiness should take hold OF the
ship of state and steer her clear OF all difficulties Te
Meas appears TO be free from much that emhnrrasse
nom me old political nartcs, VIZ, his apparent dsap-
poNu of the Presidential steal while the Krnuhlcnus
created the MINISTER and Democrats m Cou-ross con.
NfmNu H. M" tcncrn seems tu have dcnuunu ed IL, and
done MI he could 10 have an honest Investigation.
Let Mr. Butler pursue the course nuhy hcvun and
can almost predict that the next President viii hail from
we "d nay STATE ana that his name viii be- H. butler
token o. my esteem tor the greatest living American
statesman hereby nominate Benz r. Butler O MAssa.
ehnsets LOT President IN lsoO JoHs lorK Fox
NEW YORK. July o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

James n. Wells 81 Country Road. has n pond
covering area of about five acres into which about
vc years ngohc pat ppdozcu ecls None having since
been caught. they have greatly multiplied Mr. Wells
leeds them two or three days Tue food gwen
the species OF crab known a. horse feet of which they
get WAGON load At meal when he makes n noise hy
beating the WAGON the cells from every drcc.
ton making the water black and boiling II he holds a
horse loot IN the water dozens Ut eeis will cling to IT,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

A rich old bachelor, Mr.. shay. lives on Aye
hundred In Lewis county. Ky He dresses like
the thrice nth century devote his whole
time and fortune 10 flowers AMI tropical fruits His farm
u surrounded by hgh fence without gates bars His
house Is covered with rare Wines he has g trees twenty
years old and flowers 10y the He never derives
cent from his outlay money and labor but delights In
multiplying curious tbs aud combining nature and
art IN wonderful forms" lie calls his large colony
bees his children nnd the birds that feed from his table
his little angels The birds follow hm through the walks
and take the berries from his hand
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
III. Founder of III. New or,,,.. p...


Yesterday the Bee was dressed in mourning
for Francois Dcaup IT, veteran uundcl who dicd at the
axe of ~ years born in San Domingo. he came To this
city at 10 Years of age and at began to learn the
printing business at which he continued tor the unprccc
dencd pcfiud O seventy years Hall century last
september he founded the ne III few wears It's
ship passed out his hands hut he remained upon II
proof The ply seal constitution that 0r many
years could endure the cNhausng night work Of this ot
cupation must have been remarkable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
Royal Marriage Celebrations.


PARIS. June 20.-There will be Ave silver we'd
diuqs and one golden wedding celebrated the
Europe In 1878 The golden marriage viii be That nj the
Duke MHKinian at BAVARIA AMI the Duchess lujnvca.
father and mother OF the Empress of Austria and oi the
Queen OF Naples The silver marriages those Of
the Duke Erucst OF Atenhcrg Laidgra,e Frederick nj
cssc King Albert O; SaNuny, King Leopold II the Duse
george OF NadCck In 1919 the golden marriage the
Emperor OF uernany Is 10 he celebrated silver
marriage OF Marshal he MacMahon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
Postmaster James. Accounts.


The second quarter Of this year Mt the New
YORK Post ONCE shows that the amount received from
all sources s,A'0 ia ~ Tho item Tor box rrns
being elIVlf, ana tor postage stamps, stamped cuNrl
opes ncMsnapet wralpers periodical stamps and postal
cards S62b1H11l The expenditures involved S2t2
n4d ~ among which appear the item of S6Oi76i con
uugeut outlaws
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
\ Great LandhoIdcr Selling Out.


J. Nom. SKATER one OF tho greatest land nh-
sorhcrs In California has signhcd his intention To dis
pose Of his immense tracts In Marion county IN small
uuns The benefits resulting from such course cannot
be oNcresumaicd land II other landow would follow
Skaters example the general welfare at California
would materially improve lie evidently reads the
skins OF the times Alright and thinks that u l. not
likely that constitution will he trained which viii I'm
pose the burden Ot taxation equally upon the rich land
In such event millions oi OF land At
present held IN large tracts would he forced into the
kct and cause srinkagc Mr. Shattr wants to get into
the market ahead " the other heavy landowners
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Mammoth gambling halls. ornate concert and
liquor saloons deliberately tted up bunko apartments
aud every known device for capturing the unwary were
established and opened with pOmp aud ceremony. For
short time they hoursled, then ate dance declined
One by one the doors were nnay closed, ompre con.
sporting fraternity could be given than that pre- nted y
the tact that dealers running tenent games and All
the nai"""a hit hnnsas 49, "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Tho White River Gold Mining Works. under
me direction ot j. snticrv, are Progressing steadily
WIN u force Of thrN ur forty men Tile investigations
oiar are satisfactory and works are m prusress sep
araung the sand ores and r,uoin- She sand to very
superior quality of iron as well ~ steel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08
A Woman In Command.


Tho Canadian steamer Hastings went out OF
Oswego AT 4 on Thursday with an excursion party
for Kingston, and was due return Mt T. NJ but did
not arrive till o'clock the morning having knocked
about all nght ON the lake. There me aboard
competent To navigate her. and She finally suhsnu
TALLY taken In charge by woman Martha Hart who
has sailed the lakes as cook for some years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Hon. J. McSHAFrER is having his land surveyed
preparatory to selling It in lots for farms. Tho
San Francisco cal thinks there ia but little
doubt that most Of tho large tracts OF land con-
trollcd by private individuals in California will
soon be brought into market"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

from Ms NfnrInldN BrontIN nINe
An Indiana preacher mndc use Of the EXPIRES.
son. The leone asc aggregate Of sin, last sunday and
has alre ady received call 10 Cong regaonaI church
In Boston. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

" Eightccn months Imprisonment Mt hard
labor in the State prison these wero the
words that rang in the ears Of BENJAMIN MOVES,
President Of the National Capital Life Insur-
anco Company and ointment citizen Of New
Haven. rs he stood M in tho Newark court
room on Saturday afternoon. his wife and
daughter by his side, and faced Judge DEPUE.
Before these words werc pronounced. his conn
~ had argued at length n motion for n now
trial. and. when that was denied. had made
earnest appeals TO the Court for mcrcy-SEcoG
RoDrsoN being especially fearful and pathetic.
But Judge DrrrE had duty to perform.
NoYra gets or with two months less than the
naSimun term because the Judge thought him
loss guilty toward the swindlcd policy holders
OF the New Jersey Mutual Company than their
own rascay officers. nearly all of whom have
given Justice the sr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

In his latest politico-thcological harnnguc
the Rev. DE GoLyrR GARFIELD cxpounds and
enforccs the doctrine that government, Is not a
human invention. True" he says. I'VE havo
tho right to determine the form; but after It Is
established it is divine. and the voice Of tho
magistrate is, for all lawful purposes. the voice
Of GoD." But suppose the magistrate Ia not.
properly speaking. a magistrate at all. but
merely fraudulent intruder whose sham title
rests upon forgery aud perjury, what is the
voice then2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Tho threat Of Prosecutor JENKINS, In the
HUNTER trial. that GRAHAM would certainly be
hanged cannot be kept from the knowledge OF
that witness. If, therefore. HUNTER should
succeed in Obtaining Il new trial, it might be
difficult to induce GRAHAM to 20 on the witness
stand again. knowing rs he would. that every
word uttered by him in regard to the murder
would be n nail in the gallows to be erected for
himself. Tho State ought to keep iuith. even
with hired assassin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

JOHN SHERMAN says That the POTTER IN
ves,igaton ia fnrcc. INDEX NoYEs calls it a
tragcal farce. HAYES tells n Wilkcsharrc re-
porter that 1t il Il farcc " much cry and little
wool" With equal impudcncc. JoHN SHlH.
MANS brother tho high-priccd General OF the
Army. describes an act Of Congress ms a picrc
Of idiocy. Thus tho prople are daily insultcd
in tho persons Of their constitutional repre-
sentativcs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

AKUBo, the murdered Premier of Japan,
died poor. his whole available funds amount
ing TO only $40. AKUBo WAS n very different
kind of man from john SHERMAN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

II IA not just to nscribc all crimes COM
mitted in tho rural districts. whose perpetrators
arc unknown. 10 tramps. Much Indignation
and uneasincss were aroused in Rhode Island
recently 10y tho published statement that two
tramps had been guilty Of daring burglary at
n mill village near Providence. and that another
tramp had Attempted TO murder II grocer when
the latter went TO his barn in tho morning for
his horse and wagon The criminals in both
cases were arrested. and turned out To be- resi-
dents Of the neighborhood. the burglary having
been perpctratcd for plumber and tho murder
attempted Tor revenge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

From California comes nows interesting
10 thousands. VAST tracts Of fertile land in that
State are held by capitalists who do not care to
cultivate ii themselves, and have been unwilling
to sell to those who would. This condition Of
affairs has caused much discomfort and bitter
ness and to remedy 1t was one of the avowed
objects OF the kEARNEY party. Although that
party has not carried tho State. its partial sue
cess appears to have prompted one great land
al nrnpriator tn nffar hia estate for ssla Tha
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Tho people of Milton on the Hudson
would not be Americans II they did not fcol
kcenly the rcproach brought upon their village
by tho outrageous assault Of last Thursday
night Their Indignation Is to their credit. II is
shared by oy.ry man and woman who read the
story Of the crime in Sundays SUN. No pains
should be- spared to track down tho cowardly
rufinns who committed It. Whom thcy are
caughi. thoy should he given the heaviest pen
atty which the laws Of the State permit. But
we hop" not to hear any more talk about lynch
law ono crimc. no matter how revolving Il
may be-. docs not Justify another: besides. there
is always the danger that the wrong man may
be lynchcd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Washington Territory is anxious to be-
como u State and n Constitution il being pre-
pared bya Convention now in session. ques-
tion of considerable interest on the Pacific coast
has been raised hy the ntrodu tion and adj
vocary Of Il clause limiting the amount OF land
which any ono person may hold. Tho Const-
tuition, whatever 1t may contain. IS not likely
soon to become operative. for tho Territory still
lacks the number Of inhabitants requisite for
representation by Congressman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Tho triumph Of the Columbia crow in Eng
land is applaudcd by tho whole country. No
moan feeling Of local or sectional jealousy is
mixed with the enthusiasm. This is proper.
The victorious crew represents New York and
New York is tho metropolis Of tho whole coun-
try-of ono section MS much as OF another.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

Central and South America arc now alllct-
oil with moro than their usual share Of political
troubles. Costa Rica is ruled by an ambitious
dictator. GuAEDIA and the other Central Ameri-
can republics nre in fever Of anxiety lest they
too be- brought under his heel. Ecuador has a
dictator in tho person Of NEINrEMILLA; the
United States Of Colombia are torn 10y disscn-
sions between the supporters and opponents Of
a state religion; Venezuela is on tho verge Of
another revolution; and three provinces OF the
Argentine Republic are in instruction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-08

There was blood in tho rumpus Of tho
Grecnbaok Committee on saturday night. 1t
WAS injudcous in the Hon. EUGENE BEEBE to
suggest the propriety of throwing such mus
cuar. lively, and impusive statesman us the
Hon. The ALLEN out Of the window; it WAS
clearly uuparliamentnry in the Inter to punch
the Hon. Mr.. BEEBE's nose; and the policemen
who were eye-wltnrsses OF this breach Of tho
peace might we'll Doe given an opportunity to eX-
plain their failure TO enforce the law.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-04
INVALUABLE.

Mersrs, wxrxs 3 rorrrr, Wholesale Druggists.
roston. Nassi Gesiicnssa.-t have for somo nioatAs
f5lt tt . duty that Owe TO suhsrinz humAaity 70
write you. stating the great benent thAtl hAys de
rived fr1m tho no OF ofsA>folb's RADICAL CNhf
rgs sCkrAnnu. formorsthan - years have keeg
ai.lcted with tAis very troublesome couiplGint;
have tried all tho renosiirs thai could rnd. put
without material er permanent benefit Last fAl
the disease had arIlvsd az that state thN must
tavN rcliCfor Glo. Tfecatire ememoranoussysteu
had bcc mo % infarll. and tho stomach 30 disot
deFed. that tt VS. n doubtful niuter whether I
could go % tho faciic coast. or did 70 whether
should live to come hackor not. lssv van adver.
tissnrnt oftals riq ai-inc and although heiHx very
incredulous aoolt-epecines or no.tInms OF any
lind yet IN sheer DESPERATION tried this and -
Al once bcaciiicl hvlt. Tho eha hanges Of climate,
q chronic disease of ihe liver. and my ase-oyerso %
may prevent my cailre restoration. but the benc-
ft leIlys rom ia daily use n TO tardhsqbie,
sid an hoping 20 hs somnlctely curud. sad II
Is: arrive at a y spectahis old age.
lths snirnt q my casa can be OF any ecrvfco
tothosi afnicted az have been. and cnAhle you D
trinE n RENE " into more gencral use. especially
ot tHe Pacinc coast tvhero u !. much ncelodl, my
Very truly yours. HENRY wELl9.
Ar=onA. y. Y. June.tS6 ofWeih. aEgoSCo.
raeh rarrsee ccrisiBs Dr. sanfOrdS Improved
fnh alag fgb, aul flll directions foe uss ia all
rlsas. l'Tlcs tllu Dor sale by all Wholesale and
lcf N Druggists and De aiers the nited
fta md CanaiasI EkEks a lOrrkRx General
lis and Wholesale DrGsgists. poston. Ma
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-04
DELINQUENT SALES.

the Board Of Directors. made on the ssth day
Of September. 1878. 90 many shares Of each
parcel OF such stock - may be necessary. VIII
be sold at public auction. at the ofiics Of the
Company. koom s.No. 2o3 Bush street. San
Fnncisco. California. On WEDNESDAY
the Esd day of Novenber. 1873. 81 the hour OF
qusnt assepsment thereon. together with costs
Of advertising aud eIpcnser Of the sale.
W. x DEAN, Secretary.
onhce-Hoom 8. No. 0J Bush street. san
Francisco. California. no3td
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-04
ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.
DRLCuER sILvEK MINI

ID - l. q III y - bLLvEB AAnIN0
ID COMPANY Y.--Location Of principal place
OF buslneas, San Francisco, California.
Location Of works. aoid Hiii. Storey county.
Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given, that at Q meeting oi
the Board OF Directors. held on the 6th day
Of Ociober. 1878. an assessment mo. ~ OF
Ore Dollar per share was levied upon
ths capital stock Of the corporation, payable
immedlstely. In United stAtes gold coin. 10
the Secretary, at the once Of the Company,
kooni "a Cosmopolitan Hotel Duilding. 30J bush
ntfeet, san Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the i2th day of November.
1878, will be delinquent. and Advertised for
sale o. public suction. and unlera payment 10
msds bsiorr, viii he sold On TUESDAY. the
"a day uf December. Isis. 10 pay the delin.
Qucnt assessment. together with costs OF advef-
tising and eipebrts of sale.
BY order oi the BOARD OF Directors.
JOHN CROCKETT. so~retary.
Ofhce-Iloom IL Cosmopolitan Hotel Building.
as Bush street. Ran Francisco. California.