The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

1t is apparent the Sublime Porte has a
limit to his sublimity, even in his own
port.
There is no Cesarism in a third-term
movement that substitutes cuckoo for an
eagle.
Every community has its difficulties
Arizona has her Apaches and we have our
Solid Eight.
Study our advertisements to-day, and
you will know where to get Christmas bar
gains tomorrow.
During the coming week the Oakland
exposition of home industries will claim
attention and get it.
Money talks openly, but Doodle trans
acts business with wink, even when it
operates in the dark.
recognizing the National Guard seems
a good deal like reforming Democracy. 1t
demoraGzes at the first tlutter.
It is worth going the rounds to inspect |
the holiday novelties just to see the pretty |
women who are looking at them.
In the poultry show, in the holiday sea-
son and in European diplomacy there is |
nothing bigger just now than Turkey.
From the stormy time he is having on |
his hunting trip Cleveland seems to be a
Jonah for weather as we'll as for politics.
The Joy of the Christmas season comes |
from the fact that planning for the happi- |
ness OF others makes every body happy.
You can easily figure out to-day how to
make your Christmas gifts fit your pocket
book, but tomorrow it will be different.
The Grand Jury is trying TO make the
punishment of official corruption holiday
task, and the people should assist in the
work
People who believe it is always the un-
expected that happens are now telling
their friends they do not expect any Christ
mas gifts.
The appearance of bears on the Colorado
stock market is not surprising. Tender
foot spectators are very tempting meat
and winter is at hand.
IkThere is a growing belief that while the
top of the National Guard may be trihe
heavy in time of peace it would be light
enough in time of war.
The weather suits the shopping season,
as if it were made for it. and. what is more,
ii is homemade, for no foreign country
could produce anything like it.
In recent gale in Boston gust of wind
struck girl on bicycle and blew her
clear off the wheel, and yet some people
talk about wind in San Francisco.
We dId not think much at home of the
State exhibit we sent to the Atlanta ex-
position, but just the same it astonished
the East and captured the medals.
The beautiful novelty catches your eye
in the shop-windows, but when you go in
and try to get your hands on it it rises on
the wings of price and scars out of sight
AS rich gold discoveries are now reported
from Argentina there is Frightening pros
pect that silver may yet reach a parity
with the yellow metal despite the gold
bugs.
1t now seems certain the Republicans
viii reorganize the Senate, and before the
adjournment for Christmas both branches
of Congress will be in proper shape to do
business.
The cleaning of streets should include
the sweeping away of the fake poolrooms
where the youth of the City is corrupted
by gamblers and melted to reckIessness
and crime.
1t is said Cleveland went hunting to give
Carlisle time to fix up his figures, SO the
Secretary probably intends to treat the
statistics of the Treasury as kind of wax
work show.
1t is one of the perverse freaks of the
time that sends capital all over the world
hunting for mining booms instead of bring
ing it to California to strike pay rock in
legitimate business.
The japanese have now evacuated Port
Arthur and the Oriental situation seems
very much as it was before the war, with
Korea still lying as bone of contention to
start the dogs of war again.
AS Belmont says II do not see how it
will be possible to avoid much longer an
other Issue of bonds it is evident he is
one of the fellows who look to Cleveland
instead OF watching Congress.
1t is now proposed to establish across
the Santa Cruz Mountains a road with
grade easy enough for bicycles, and when
completed Santa Cruz will be one of our
wheeling suburbs with the bloomer right
in it with the bathing suit
There is very little rivalry among cities
TO obtain the Democratic National Conven-
tion, and it is hard to understand why un-
less it be on account of the prevailing
belief that the assembly will be more like
funeral gathering than lively party.