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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
OAKLAND'S WINTER FAIR.

Not long ago banquet made up OF Call
fornia products was given to chosen few
in this City for the purpose OF showing the
invited guests what excellent things to eat
and drink are produced in the State. Oak
land is now preparing to demonstrate to
us far more effective way of making an
exhibition for similar purpose. 1t is ar
ranging to hold a fair from the 10th to the
21st of December, at which nothing but the
products and manufactures of Alameda
County are to be displayed. To the sur
prise and qualification of the managers the
farmers and manufacturers of the county
have been so prompt and numerous in de-
handing space for their exhibits that the
original plans have been enlarged, an ad-
ditional structure will have to be added TO
the large building selected, and the affair
is going to be conducted on q splendid
scale.
Alameda, by reason of it's nearness to
San Francisco and its convenience of ac
cess from all the densely settled bay
region, has exceptional advantages for
making such fair successful, but that
should be no reason why every other
county in the State should not follow its
example. Nothing better could be devised
for intoxicating spirit of pride in home
products and for turning money spent for
Eastern articles into the pockets of our
own people. The district fairs were organ
lied partly for that purpose, but they have
proved to be little more than horseracing
exhibitions and are comparatively value
less as agencies for advancing local inter-
ests. County fairs devoted solely to the
exhibition of county manufactures and
farm products would accomplish more
good than dozen district fairs.
Oakland should, as no doubt it will,
make the most of its present opportunity
The affair should be advertised without
stint in San Francisco, where there are
always thousands of strangers from all
parts of the world and where is a great
resident population spending its money
for articles of Eastern production which
are neither better nor cheaper than those
produced at home. In Alameda County
farming is carried to the highest point of
scientific perfection at present practiced in
California, and hence farmers from all
parts of the State will have an opportunity
to learn what may be accomplished by a
pursuit of the finest methods.
valuable point gained by such exhibi-
tons is the emulation which they rouse
among farmers. However advanced may
be the industry of farming in California it
may be still deemed merely in Its infancy.
A comparison of methods is the best way
for leading to still higher efforts and still
better results.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
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= THE SUNDAY CALI

IHE SUNDAY CALI of tomorrow will
have many features of special interest and
attraction. Prominent among them will
be "At Our Gate a song of the ocean, by
Joaquin Miller. The poem is full of strong
meaning and will be pleasure to all who
delight in the expression of ideals OF
beauty in the forms of poetry.
John E. Richards begins series of
papers on "The Orators of California"
with an account OF the life and eIoquence
OF Colonel E. D. Baker, which will be ae-
companied by a hitherto unpublished por-
trait OF the orator from daguerrotype
taken when he was about 35 years of age.
Colonel Bakers life was a romance and his
eloquence was an instruction in patriot
ism, so that this carefully prepared study
OF his career and his work will be an in
structive lesson to all Californians as well
as matter of interest for leisure reading
William Greer Harrison contributes a
spicy article entitled "a Critic Criticized
Ambrose Bierce Dissected." 1t is worth
| reading.
w. C. Morrow contributes, under the
title of "a Veracious Account of the Man
with Flying Stomach" fantastic story
! involving curious problem OF human
| possibility. Florence Blanchard continues
her interesting papers detailing the ex-
periences of Californian Art Student in
Paris" Edward NJ. Greenway furnishes
an entertaining discussion of Society and
the Horse Show" review of what is
New i'll Gotham" is furnished by Leslie
| Whitacre and New York Stage Gossip
is narrated by A. Oakley Hall.
The regular departments of THE Sun
DAY CALL, including Random Notes, Book
Reviews Fashions, Children's Realm, The
Drama, ETC., are as usual well filled with
matters of current interest and general IN
| formation on the subjects pertaining to
them. THE CALL can be had usually
wherever newspapers are sold, but as there
is an extra demand for the Sunday paper,
the best way to make sure Of getting it is
to leave orders to-day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

1t IS interesting to note not only that the
people of the City never object to a gener-
Gus allowance in the tax levy for the i'm
provement OF Golden Gate Park. but that
the administration of the park affairs has
never been tainted with scandal. This is
more than can be said of any other branch
OF the City government. The honesty, in
telhgence and public spirit of the various
bce.~is which have had control of the park
are sufficient, without considering the
popular affection for this noble resort, to
account for the prevailing willingness to
furnish the Commissioners with money in
liberal amount.
The tax-levy decision by the Supreme
Court has placed the Park Com missioners
in command of an income of $4,000 q
month for improving the park. This is a
splendid sum and its judicious investment
will greatly add to the attractiveness OF
the park in a single year. The plans of
the Commissioners have been noted in the
news columns of THE CALL.
1t is timely to make suggestion. This
is based on an important work which
Leland Stanford began and nearly COM
pleted in his lifetime at his country resi-
dence, Palo Alto There he made sys-
tematic collection of all the fora OF Cali
fornia that would thrive in that locality.
giving particular attention to unique and
picturesque flowers, shrubs and trees.
Something like beginning of this has
been made at Golden Gate Park, but the
idea has never received the ample atten-
ton which Senator Stanford gave it.
West of Strawberry Hill there is n
stretch OF about mile and half, which
the Commissioners have planted mostly to
pines and expresses. We do not believe
that this practice represents the highest
wisdom which experience in California
arboriculture has developed. However
that may be, in this splendid stretch there
is ample room for the cultivation OF all
the unique indigenous plants which give
so distinctive character to the flora of the
State. 1t is wonderful how elastic and
adaptive these plants are. While the
sequoia gigantea-the big tree of Cali
fornia-has a native habitat not lower than
5000 feet above the level of the sea, we
have seen young specimen of it growing
at San Mateo with greater vigor and
rapidity than can be observed in the native
locality of the tree. There is hardly any
end to the picturesque effects which the
Park Commissioners might secure by pay
ing attention to the cultivation in the
park of hundreds of strange and beautiful
trees which abound in the State.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
TYPE SET BY HAND.

San Francisco Typograp hical Union has
made arrangements with Mr.. Shortridge to
dispense with the use of type-setting machines
on THE CALL for year and a half. This mems
employment for about 100 printers who would
be thrown out If the machines were introduced.
When the Examiner put in machines it stated
that it would not decrease the number of en-
ployes, but it did. Fully hundred printers
were thrown out. like number were dis
placed by the m achines on the Chronicle and
the effect was the same on all the evening
papers, and as result the newspaper printers
were all compelled to quit the business, leave
the town or crowd into THE CALL Office. Mr.
Shortridge's treatment of the prIntersis appre-
cated by organized labor generally, and it is
safe to predict that the few dollars extra it
costs to set the paper by hand will be more
than made good by the increased popularity of
the paper.-Oakand Mail.
The foregoing, taken from the Oakland Mail
presents some points OF interest to the general
public. as well as the persons engaged in type
setting by hand. We did not know that the
type-setting machines had obtained such q
footing in San Francisco nor that they already
have crowded so many persons out OF employ
ment. 1t certainly is commendable to the
management of TIE CALL to discard the ma
chimes for the time specified and to employ
large NUMBER of compositors again When
these persons are thrown out of employment
they seek other means OF earning wages by
which to exist, and naturally they prefer the
business they are familiar with. This, to
certain extent, accounts for the large number
of small journals and publications through
out the country. And these, to certain
extent, cause failure and loss of time
as well capital invested. The business is
divided up among greater number and the
prices are cut down so that plant that has
cost large sum OF money cannot earn a
reasonable compensation TO warrant continu-
ing. Of course this is not the case as rule,
but there are instances of the kind in several
places in this State.
The Democrat has paid its compositors
stated price per diem during its present man.
agement, and has not reduced the wages dur
ing more than five years past. When our
neighbor put type-se ting machine in the
office we believed itwould result in more harm
than benefit and we think time already has
demonstrated the fact A third journal is now
being published by compositors who were
thrown out of employment, the result being
detrimental to the interests of the two other
newspapers while the public do not receive
adequate benefit in return.-Marysyille Even
ing Democrat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
THE ATTITUDE OF DEBS.

That Eugene Debs will at once develop a
power which will bear upon the welfare of
the country there is no room at present TO
doubt. If he show lack of patience, wis
dom, humanity and patriotism he will
quickly disappear. His record thus far is
against him, so far as his acts are con-
cernej, though from his last utteranceS it
may be inferred that important changes
have come over him. The presumption,
from general knowledge of human ma
ture, is that his character has been already
disclosed by his acts, and that whatever
may be his present frame of mind his ma
ture remains unchanged.
The salient act by which we may read his
conception of duty and responsibility was
his violent opposition to the constituted
authority of the Nation and his leading of
his followers into that attitude. This man
ner of redreSsipg wrongs unquestionably
strikes at the security of the whole people,
including those whom Mr.. Debs would be-
friend. 1t discloses narrow conception
of labor leaders, duty and opportunity
and faulty appreciation of the stub
bornness with which the body of the peo-
pie are prepared to defend a govern
ment which they have created. BY his
acts Mr.. Debs seems TO have i'm
agined that the Government is supported
solely by grasping corporations and their
tools in Office. In that light he appears to
have overlooked the fact that to whatever
extent this may or may not be true Chat
not being the vital element Of the ques-
tion). the people at large believe that If
such an evil exists there is a better, more
intelligent and more permanent remedy
than violence and destruction. Unless
Mr.. Debs adopts that broad and patriotic
view of the situation he will soon become
either nonentity or menace.
But there is evidence that his confine-
ment III prison has given him an oppor-
tunity to learn. Ii the acts which sent
him to prison were made possible by ignor-
ance and not by an Unborn revolutionary
or anarchistic spirit, 1t is conceivable that
his studies in Jail have enlarged his view
He declares that he is going to give more
attention to poverty and crime and to the
education of the ignorant. That seems to
mean that he has grasped the whole spirit
of his opportunity and that he may be-
come great power in the solution of the
problems which confront the patriotic and
intelligent men of the country. He fur
Their announces that he will make lectur-
ing tour. Whether he will use this as a
means for private gain or for the educa-
ton of the ignorant and the uplifting OF
the lowly will determine all that need be
known as basis for estimating his char
acter and influence.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
A SALVATION LAss1E srATfoN.
San FRANcIscn. Now %

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.
To the Editor OF the San Francisco CaH-SIR:
In view OF the present terrible agitation in our
City would like to call the attention of Mrs.
French to an incident which occurred last
evening. Myself and friend were waiting on
the corner of Fifth and Market streets for one
of the teachers OF the evening-school. When
school was dismissed three little girls, none yet
~ years OF age, neatly clad, crossed the street
from school and stood waiting on the corner
They stood SO long talking to each other that
called the attention OF my friend and rema TX ed
"these children should be going home and not
standing on this terrible corner" Some lads OF
10 and more accosted them, and when the lads
had passed my friend went up to them and
said, Little girls are you waiting for any one?"
NO." they answered. r-"Well, why do you
stand here so long? you should be home by
now" The youngest looked up and began to
make some Independent reply. when my
friend said, 81 am one of the ladies now look
ing after little girls, you had bettet go imme-
diately home. and without moments hest
tation they quickly walked across Fifth street.
On this corner there surely should stand
salvation lassie' or some one or two ladies
interested in this work at 8 O'Clock of an
evening
1t is bad enough that such children must
work during the day; let them be protected at
night Yours truly, OBSERVER.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
TIME TO ACT.

AS the time approaches for Congress to as
semble. popular interest in the work likely
to come before it at this session increases.
Every section of the Union has some mat
ter of special concern to itself which it will
press upon the attention of the Senate
and the House, and for which it expects
every member OF its own delegation to
work steadfastly and zealously. California
certainly has such an interest. 1t greatly
concerns the welfare of the State to defeat
all propositions for refunding the debts of
the railroads, and the California delega-
ton is expected to be vigilant in accom-
plishing that result.
The members of the California delega-
ton, no doubt, have much to occupy them
at this time, and will have during the
early days of the session. They should
not allow their attention, however to be
distracted by any subject whatever from
the issue of the funding bill. They should
not wait for the bill to come before the
House or the Senate before they speak.
They should make known at once to all
the members of either House with whom
they come in contact that California is
opposed to any form of refunding PROPOSE
ton, and that they, as representatives OF
the State, will fight all propositions of the
kind and accept no compromise.
Every member of the California deiega-
ton was elected on a pledge to oppose the
funding of the railroad debt. Not one of
them could have been elected without
making that pledge. The people Will not
be satisfied if the pledge is kept in merely
perfunctory way. Our Senators and Rep
resentatives are expected, not only to vote
against funding, but to fight against it..
They are expected to insist that these
wealthy corporations shall be made to pay
their debts to the Government as poor
men would be made to pay them. 1t is in
order, therefore, for every member of Con-
gress from this State to begin the fight
against the railroad lobbyists as soon as
he arrives in Washington. The lobbyists
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
AROUND THE coRR1poRs.

Dr. c. W. Ably, formerly general manager OF
Lily Langtry's farms, had the misfortune re-
Gently to lnjure his leg while running for a
cable-car Since that time he has done moth
ing but get himself comfortably situated in an
easy-chair and-tell yarns
Yesterday he worked his way into the Oeci-
dental Hotel, and after greeting his friends
and telling them all over again how it was
that he got hurt sat down and looked very
much fatigued for few moments. Presently
he gave his attention to the gentleman next to
him and said:
"Whats the biggest rattlesnake you ever
saw"
"Oh, about eight feet long," answered the
gentleman in an offhand way.
''Tain't IN it with the one saw"
Chow long was the one you saw"
'Eleven feet nine inches"
"Where did You see it?"
claiborne County, Mississippi"
"Who had him?"
cone OF my dogs had him first. was driving
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

began mining frs: in the Clark district, in
Arizona. This was over score OF years ago.
Later he was a stockbroker on Pine street.
Then he went to Utah, where he discovered
the Jackass-Handley mine, in the Big Cotton
wood district. He also owned other mines
there.
Later he hunted diamonds in Colorado. On
the outbreak OF the excitement in the Black
Hills he went there. He mined for a time, and
then turned his attention to merchandising,
at one time having 500 oxen under contract to
haul goods. He owned a half interest in the
Golden Sunset mine at Harneys Peak, which
paid large dividends and was eventually Sold
lie reached the Ceur dAlenes in the spring
OF 1883, and his first venture was to contract
dog train OF twenty-nine dogs, operating that
means OF transportation over the trails, and
when the roads improved he operated forty
mule train and engaged in merchandising
In CGur d'Alene he became an owner In the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

famous Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines, widely
known everywhere, and of which General Nat
Harris of this City now has the general super
intendency. John Hays Hammond, it will be
remembered, preceded General Harris in the
position. D. o. Mills is largely interested in
these mines. Mr.. Wardner built great con-
centrator there. 1t was success, and demon
strated the great value of the low-grade min
eral there.
Mr.. Wardner has since owned innumerable
mines in Montana, Washington and British
Columbia. Some of these he sold, while others
are nearly idle because of lack of sufficient ia
cilities for transportation. Not a great while
ago he returned from trip to Africa, where
he examined into the gold mines there.
He intends remaining in the City for several
days. In his time he has made a number of
fortunes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

along one of those roads so common in Mlssls-
sippi and heard the hounds yelping like mad.
| came up as quickly as possible ana saw one
of my animals standing the back OF big
snake, whose head was hid in rabbit-hole by
the roads, de The snake wrggling out
backward, and as his head came into view
turned loose the entire contents OF derringer
revolver loaded with shot. He then started
toward little side road on the other side. l
loaded up and met him there. That time l
finished him and kept the dogs off until he
died. After that they jumped on his back and
ripped him up in several places. BY this time
it was growing dusk, and l got on my horse
and went to the next town, for which l was
bound. That was about the biggest rattle
snake ever saw" The doctor lifted his lame
leg up on an ad joining chair and leaned back
comfortably.
CHOW many rattles did he have, Doc?" VEN
tured friend. fe
"FoIty-tiye."
''What was his diameter.
mine and a half inches and that re-
minds me OF something that will surprise you
and at the same time give better understand
ing OF his enormous size. When l killed the
reptile left him lying across the road, and
that night some farmers were returning from
grange meeting in these old-fashioned
singles pring carriages OF course they had 10
pass over tHb feIHdlllS Oh the sudhe, hiu seven
out of the nine rigs broke their springs from
the JOLT
"Didn't it occur to any one to get out and re-
move the obstruction"
"No, sir. They were too much like the
snake-ratiled."
The exodus from the neighborhood of Mr..
Ably was immediate, and it will be some time
before he will gather an audience together fer
another such li-yarn.
James f. Wardner, the widely known West
ern miner, who has dipped into many enter
prises other than digging for gold and silver,
has among his purchases a gold property at
Kennedy, New, that has attracted attention
for some time. Mr.. Wardner, who is at the
Lick House. has lately been able TO add mate
rally to the output OF auriferous metal from
1T by determination process, which is being
being discussed by many mining men.
AT his rooms in the Lick Mr.. Wardner has an
array of bottles containing the tailings and
pulp in various degrees of treatment by the
process. He is confident he has fortune in
it. at is sure,' he said to Mining Engineer
Tibbets and others who surrounded him yes
terday al am convinced that in all the min
ing States of the West and in Mexico and
British Columbia enormous quantities OF gold
are being daily wasted which might just as
well be saved
Mr.. Wardner expects soon to begin chlor-
inizing the tailings of number of mines in
Calaveras, Tuolumne and other counties. He
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

EDWARD GILBERT-G. Fl. E., Socorro, Socorro
County, n. Mex. An old Californian who has
watched the growth of the City OF San Fran
CISCO says that there is no truth in the state
ment that appeared in al Eastern magazine
recently TO the effeetthat the remains of the
late Edward Gilbert, one of the editors of the
Alta-California who was killed in duel with
Denver on the Sd of August 1852, were not re-
moved from Yerba Buena Cemetery, and that
they now rest under the foundation of the City
Hall. When the foundation for the building
was prepared it was dug eight feet below the
surface, and in the preparation few I'M
marked and unidentified graves were uncov-
cred. In every instance the remains were re-
moved to another cemetery.
FOREIGN NAvIEs-J. A. H., Menlo Park, Cal.
The following table gives the strength OF the
navies OF the several countries named. 1t
shows the number of vessels of all descriptions,
the number of guns and the number of men on
the active list.
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will not wait Neither should the repre-
sentatives of the people wait. The contest
cannot be postponed, and now is the time
to make Eastern Congressman under
stand that California is unalterably
opposed to the whole funding proposition,
and relies upon Congress to do justice and
save her from a continuation of the mo-
nopoly which has long checked her growth
and fnterfered with the prosperity of her
DaODle
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23

SMoKELEss POWDER. A. H., Menlo Park,
CAL The first who claimed to have discovered
smokeless powder was f. Gaus, a German. He
produced an explosive material free from the
microscopic character so common To other
ammonium mixtures. There is no record OF
the use OF his discovery, but a few years later
another German named NJ. Heideman, Il
powder-maker, produced an ammonium nitrate
powder that emitted comparatively little
smoke.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
HOW a War with England Would End.

Portland UrtSOHIdII'
It is perfectly true, as General Miles ana
Admiral Walker say, that we are wholly unpre-
pared for war with any European power, put
it is no less true that no European power
wishes to go to war with us, least OF ali the
tremendous drubbing at the outset, end IL
would do US good. In the end we shoui9
possess the North American continent anu
not improbably the empire OF the seas