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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
MENDOCIN0 ENTERPRISE.

1t is not in the San Joaquin and in Santa
Clara valleys only that new railway pro-
jects are taking definite form and coming
before the people as business propositions.
Mendocino County in the north is showing
a zeal and energy in railway matters
hardly inferior if any to that of the GEN.
trail counties, and there is reason to believe
that her projects, as well as the others,
may reach speedy realization.
The Mendocino project is for a road
from Ukiah through what is called the
Low Gap to the head of the Upper Ma
varro. The Ukiah Republican Press says
the idea of the promoters of the enterprise
is to tap the immense redwood belt in that
section of the country, and thereby de-
velop a local industry which up to the
present time has lain dormant 1t is esti-
mated that the 100, 900 acres of timber land
which would be adjacent to the road will
yield 1900, 000, coo feet of the finest red
wood. Even as building material this
would be a valuable output, and if the bet
ter grades of the timber were worked up
into furniture in San Francisco it would
be one of the most profitable products of
the State.
According to the Mendocino Dispatch,
the indications of an immediate construc-
ton of the road are not only good but are
Frightening every day. 1t is said the pro-
motors of the enterprise, after long and
persistent efforts, are meeting with en-
couragement from those of whom moder-
ate inducements are asked, and there is a
good prospect for the successful undertak-
ing OF the work. The proposed road is not
a great one, as American railroads are
measured, but it will be an important link
in the chain of roads that will give San
Francisco competing line to the north,
and as such its construction will be watched
here with interest. Whatever benefits any
part of California will benefit San Fran
cisco, and our merchants and capitalists
can well afford to give some assistance to
the Mendocino enterprise.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
A TRAITOR STRIPPED.

Secretary Gresham is the apotheosis of
mugwumpery. The time was when he
stood for all the noble principles of which
the Republican party was the embodiment.
His history illustrates afresh the old but
ever-new fact that though a man may be
clean in his private relations, and may
always have been true to the ideals which
constitute the basis of his public life,
when ambition usurps the place OF patriot
ism the deathknell of honor is sounded.
An honest mugwump is conceivable.
We can easily imagine that any man of
lofty and independent character, be he Re-
publican or Democrat, may decide for him
self that his party has drifted from its
traditions and betrayed its principles. We
could have high admiration fer man
who, rational and intelligent, should have
the courage to come forth like a man and
give a reason for the faith that is in him.
We could even make generous allowance
for the loosening of traditions hold and
have pity for all the suffering and sacri-
fee which it means to man when he an
nounces that the things to which he has
chung for lifetime as sacred have been
degraded and dragged in the mud, and
that he must stand aside to maintain his
self-esteem. For it must be a terrible
thing to realize, and it must so burden a
good man with grief that he surely has
extraordinary strength and courage to pro-
claim the shame of the family of which he
is a member.
We might have imagined Mr. Gresham
TO be such man, and we might have felt
sympathy for his suffering and respect for
his courage. But we cannot forget his his
tory. 1t is impossible to cast out of the
account his pleading for the Presidential
nomination, while still he was good Re-
publican. 1t is too painfully remembered
that he went before the Republican
National Convention and was defeated for
the nomination by Harrison. There may be
inflicted upon any mans love of his fellow
men and upon any mans admiration of in
dependent manhood wound so sore that
it cannot be easily healed. 1t is too fresh
in the minds of all of US that Mr.. Gres-
hams change of heart toward the great
principles of his party began at once to
take root in the rank chagrin of that de-
feat.
Had he kept aloof from his party-had
he even denounced it-there might have
been some reason still to have kindly
feeling for him. But here were the three
steps by which he mounted to the glory in
which he now shines: First, he was de-
feated for the Presidential nomination;
second, he became not only radical mug
wump, but vociferous claquer of the
noble and mighty Cleveland; third, he
not only was offered, but had the immeas-
urable hardihood to accept high position
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
COME FORWARD, REFORMERS.

There is work on hand for the reformers.
Highton and Menzies and their associates;
the Civic Federation and all reform organi-
cations have chance now for action as
well as for talk. They have free field
before them, big game ahead and an ex-
pectant public waiting to see them begin.
In the revelations made by "4oung
Dutchy," in the effort of the Supervisors
ring to carry through the street-paving
job, in the tearing up of the streets by cor
porations in violation of law, in the fire.
quent use of revolvers and the threats of
hired DULLES to shoot down peaceable
workingmen at their work, there is scope
enough for the broadcast investigation and
work enough to rouse the energies of all
the reformers.
II is more than probable that the Grand
Jury will turn its attention to these sub
iects, and if it does the reform associations
should be prepared to give it cordial and
helpful support. The Grand Jury can do
much, but it cannot do everything. 1t can
do very little if the general mass of citizens
is apathetic. Some of the civic and reform
ing energy engendered by the mass-meet-
ings of last winter would be most valuable
now, and would probably result in action
instead of ending as it did then, in oratory.
No citizen can doubt that great evils are
now confronting us. The attempt to give
the exclusive right of furnishing asphalt
for street paving to a monopoly is too
patent fraud on the public for its nature
to be mistaken. The carrying of concealed
weapons and assaults with the intention to
lntimidate or murder have become too COM
mon an offense to be overlooked, and the
story of legislative corruption told by
Hanstead is sufficiently confirmed by cir
cumstances to make an investigation in
the highest degree desirable.
We look to the reformers, therefore, to
come forward promptly at this juncture.
The occasion furnishes them the oppor-
tunity to prove their usefulness, to the
community. Here is a chance for service
that viii give them prestige in the City
commensurate with their zeal. San Fran
cisco demands an honest government, and
her people look to the reform organiza-
tons as well as to the Grand Jury and in
dependent press to take part in the work of
Saorrino- II
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
.HARDSHIPS OF. PIONEERS,
A Unique. Lecture. Delivered
by Professor Elisha
Brooks.
1t Is Graphically illustrated by a
Series of Tableaux.
WANTS.

An enjoyable entertainment was pro-
vided for those who attended the lecture of
Professor Elisha Brooks, principal of the
Girls High School, in the parlors Of the
Plymouth Congregational Church last
evening. The lecture was for the benefit
of the church and was entitled ."With the
Emigrants on the Plains in the Early
Days"
1t was illustrated with tableaux. vivants
and related the exciting experiences and
the hardships suffered by the family of the
lecturer in making the overland trip to
California in 1852, when the speaker was
but II years of age.
The family consisted of the mother and
six children. Mr.. Brooks, the father. had
gone to California in 1850, and had sent
word to his family to join him. They
started from st. Joseph County, Michigan.
"We Joined a company that had been
organized to go to California and hired
teamster," said the speaker. cat Council
Bluffs all the rest of the party backed out
and our teamster deserted US, leaving
mother and the six children to get along
as best they could. She continued the
journey, nevertheless, the children driving
the team"
He then described the dangers they had
to encounter from Indians, cholera and
other pestilences, and the bardships and.
priyations they suffered, starvation nearly
overcoming them in the desert. Among
other things their stock was driven off by
Indians. They avoided rnoTestation by
travelling with strong companies through
the sections where the Indians. were
reported to be most dangerous. In several
cases they camped where immigrants had
been massaered only the day. before by the
redskins.
1t took them six months to make the
journey to BidwelPs Bar. The father had
received notice of their coming and met
them in the sink of the Humboldt Just as
their provisions gave OUT
The lecture was divided into three parts
and was preceded by and interspersed with
the tableaux and songs, the entire pro-
gramme being as follows: Tableau, "Hol
for California; tableau, "In Camp Two
Months Later; song by Mr.. Bremleni
first part of lecture; tableau,. Danger.
showing Indians skulking about the camp;
tableau, "Indian Massacre" song by Mr..
Bremlen; lecture continued; atableal,
Indian Scene; lecture concluded.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
FIREMEN's RELIEF FUND:
The Exempt Fire Company Takes Steps
to Benefit by It.

The Exempt Fire Company Takes Steps
to Benefit by It.
Assembly bill 391 was the theme of
discussion at the meeting of the Exempt
Fire Company recently held. This bill was
passed by the last Legislature and provides
that the legislative body of any city,
county or city and county may set aside
not more than SO 600 as relief fund for
exempt firemen, and that the head of the
executive department shall appoint board
OF trustees consisting of five veteran fire
men to attend to the disbursement of the
fund and determine who shall be. its. bene-
ficiaries. :.
A motion was carried that. George. T.
Bowman, president of the. Exempt Fire
Company, Godfrey Fisher and Charles NJ.
Plum act as an introducing committee to
present to Mayor Sutro the following
names as those of suitable men from which
to choose the five trustees: John Fay,
Joseph Figel, Washington Irving; James
O'DonneH, George G. Parkinson, Joseph s..
Marshall and r. d. Blauyelt. -. .
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK.

Ever since the panic of 1898 statistics
have been against us. Month after
month all comparative exhibits pointed
to the wrong side of the book. Our
exports and imports were less, the
bank clearings showed monotonous
decrease, Custom-house and internal reve-
nue. collections fell off with undertaking
regularity. In fact we lost all along the
line. But a change has taken place. A
counter current is setting in. Instead of
falling off the monthly statistics now show
a gain. For instance: The exports of
produce from this port in March amounted
to 81, S97. 100 against $2,415, 500 in March,
1894. For the first quarter OF 1895 they
were Sc, 53S, 700 against Sc, 423, 500 during the
first quarter of 1894.
Again, take the revenue collections in
this district. They were $129, s9l in March,
1895, against s121 200 in March, 1894. For
the first quarter of the year they were
$358,777 against 1927 800 for the same quar-
ter in 1894
Then there are the specie shipments
from San Francisco. They were only
81, 918, 600 in March, 1895, against s., GIG, $50
in March, 1894 For the first quarter of
the year they were S7,114.5O0, against
s11, $4,000 during the corresponding quar-
ter in 1894.
An increase in the local gold coin circu-
lation is not to be sneezed at, either. The
local Mint coined in March (gold) 81, $780,
600. There was 1891 800 exported and
$593, 800 paid in duties, which left
81, 024, 800 to be added to the local circula-
ton. The total gain in gold circulation
locally during the first quarter OF 1895 was
S953,OO0
To summarize the situation: During the
first quarter of 1895 we exported more
goods, collected more revenue, sent less
money out of the State and increased our
local circulation an even million of dol
lars. If this showing does not indicate at
least an approach of good times, what
does?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
FR0EBEL'S BIRTHDAY.
An Effort Being Made to Have 1t Re.
membered in Several Pulpits.

An Effort Being Made to Have 1t Re.
membered in Several Pulpits
An earnest effort is being made by the
Silver-street kindergarten Association to
have the birthday of Froebel celebrated in
some manner in this city. The great
apostle of the kindergarten system of edu-
cation, Friedrich Froebel, was born in the
parsonage of Oberweisbach in the Thur
ingian Forest, April 81, 1882 As the 21st
inst. will fall on Sunday this year it is the
purpose to interest number of pastors of
the city churches, and have pulpit refer
ences made to Froebel's life and work. So
far Rector William Hall Moreland of ST.
Luke's Episcopal Church on Van Ness
avenue and Clay street, and Rev. Charles
o. Brown, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional Church at Post and Mason streets.
have promised to devote portion of their
time on that day.
The various training schools of the
Golden Gate and other associations in this
city will have appropriate exercises, COM
memorative of Froebel, on the Friday pre-
ceding the 21st inst.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

porter in him. Last year, at the time OF the Dig
railroad strike, when about all the lines In the
West were tied up, he had an experience which
was about as disagreeable at the time as 1t is
now pleasant to relate. Mr.. Lannon owns
ranch up in Idaho, and at the time OF tne
trouble he happened to be up on his property
Business of a pressing nature demanded MS
presence in Salt Lake, but as no trains were
running it looked for q time as though 1t would
be impossible for him to get through But M.
Lannon argued that the track was clear, ana II
handcar could be procured he would under
take to get through. The railway officials gave
him permit to use one of the cars mentioned,
and securing the aid of four able-bodied men
he made the journey of $50 miles to Salt Lake
without accident.
The court in the Palace presented an ami
m ated appearance yesterday morning when
Talbot Clifton's coach and four bowled away
on its initial trip to Burlingame. There was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

"There is as good hearted man as ever
knew" said former youth from Nevada, as
H. NJ. Yerington, superintendent of the Vir-
ginia and Truckee Railroad, bought the CALL
of a newsboy and sat down in the cortel of the
Palace Hotel to read the current news.
ain what way?" asked reporter.
"In most every way l will tell you OF par
ticular instance. When was boy in Carson,
about fifteen years ago, was pretty well &C
quainted with his three sons, Ed, Hume and
Jim. We were all nearly of an age, or just
about that period of boys life when he
thinks the earth belongs to him, with the full
ness thereof. You know what l mean. Well,
Jim got it into his head one day that the proper
thing to do was to get up minstrel show, con-
tanning all the boys in the neighborhood, for
which it would be proper to charge dime adj
mission. Several hundred tickets were printed
and, as I remember, D. o. Mills, who hap
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

To induce the ladies of Zenanas to wear their
exquisite native costumes. Their request is
invariably, paint me fair" light complex
ion is a sign of many generations OF indoor Sc
clusion, and evidence, therefore, of high cast
nd nadicree.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

ndS Iuduc liin pnyslcdl WTtck.
Leopold Sacher Masoeh, the novelist, who
died the other day at Franktort-on-the-Main,
was born at Lemberg and studied at Prague
and Gratz. Among mis- works are 'The Ennis
sary,"" "a Testament and "The Prussians of
To-day"
The student Koyama, who shot Ii Hung
Chang, is not known personally to the Japan
csc in this city, but they say that the name is
quite common one in Japan, and that GER
tain branches of the family are prominent
there.-New York World.
A woman, Mrs. Henry d. Cram of Boston,
will furnish the Paris Exposition of 1900 with
seventy-fve derricks, to be used in the con-
struction of all the buildings that are TO be of
durable stone. Mrs. Cram will personally SUI
perintend the placing of these derricks.
The Rev. DR.. J. @. A. Henry, the new pastor
of the Lasalle-avenue Baptist Church, Chicago
is less than 40 years of age, and is said to be
direct descendant of Patrick Henry. During
the last five years he has been pastor of the
First Baptist Church of San Francisco, and at
tanned great prominence in an .'anti-dive"
movement in this city.
Miss Meredith, the English artist, who has
made such wonderful success in India as por-
traitpainter, finds she must use adroit fattery
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

HUSBANDS Calcined Magnesia. Four first
premium medals awarded. More agreeable to
the taste and smaller dose than other mag
nesia. For sale only in bottles with registered
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
Dr. Voorsanger,a Lectnre:

Divine service viii commence this evening
at the Temple Emanuel ct As. o'clock. Dr..
Voorsanger viii deliver a lecture on 'sThe
Evils of Great City and How TO Treat Them -
The public is cordially invited to attend.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The humming- bird, in projecting its
young, always flies at and pecks the eyes
of its adversary. Cows have been foun )
totally blind from the humming- bird :
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The paving ordinance as job is even
worse than the cobblestones.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
Where are-the reformers?

The octopus is hauling in its tentacles
and taking o-the mud.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

HOODS Sarsaparitla positively cures even when
all other medicines fail. 1t has record of sue
cesses unequaled by any other medicine. Be sure
20 get only Hoods. 1t makes pure blood.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
"Mrs. winsIow's soothing syrup,


Has been used over fifty years by millions Of moth
for their children while TIE thing with perfect
success. 1t soothes the child, softens the gums al
lays Pain, cures Wind Collie, regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrhceas, whether
arising from teething or other causes. For sale by
Druggists IN every part OF the world Be sure and
ask for MIS- Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c
bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

:: The rainbow was never more beautiful
than Santa. Barbara and Los Angeles will
be in. floral Yestments during the fiesta.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

"A good use:to which the cobblestones. on
the streets. could, be put would be to fillin
the water front with: them. =.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

:. The. first step toward political improve
lnent involves the paradox OF sitting down
on the rascals WHO bar the way:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The ring may be made of triple brass and
steel, but the people can break it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The lottery ticket is big enough to write
a sermon on that will draw.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The E1Gmiiiler lightly refers to the Super
.visor$' combine as the affiliated eight
but negIects to. say who did the filling.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Publication of the list of winning num-
bers in lotteryis an advertisement-of the
greatest swindle that thrfyes on .avarice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The Grand Jury has chance to make q
record on the track. OF the boodlers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

r.: Yisalia lost one great railroad through
lack of generosity, but there is no absence
of that quality in her efforts TO secure the
Valley road.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

:: AT first it was called Burlingame, then
Burlin gum, and noY:it is Bingum., =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

AS all progressive men are ashamed to
be regarded. as siIurians, they can avoid
the stigma By working for the good of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

It looks as if the. monopoly had begun a
deathbed repentance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

GENUINE specs, 15e., 8115 Fourth ST., mr.. bar
Der. Sundays, 736 Market (Kast's shoestore.) ,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The number of unvaccinated persons in
Dublin is said to be not less than 90 OO0.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Now is the time for the Grand Jury to
get high:power buzz-saw movement on it,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

Jess-The irst thing Mrs. Checker did was to
break her husband of all his bad habits.
Bess-What then?
Jessie became so insipid that she had to
sue for separation.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Prince Kung, China's Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, is an opium fiend whose indulgence
has made him physical wreck.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Seeing that posterity has never done any
thing for US, it is difficult TO see why it
should complain at anything we may do
for ourselves.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The Citizen-What ward do you live in?
Lodging-house jerry dunno; but I knows
what ward Ivotes in.-Chicago Record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Threatening to shoot workingmen on the
street one day and apologizing on the next
is a course Of action that looks decidedly
like squirming.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

''This century," said the cornfed philosopher,
''will be remembered chiefly as the era of the
bloomer and the boomer."-Indianapoli Jour-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
VERMONT maple sugar, 15c ID, Townsend,s.

BACON Printing Company, sos CLAY street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

This is a good time for Highton and
Menzies to: come forward and show their
ability to.investigate rauds-and purify the
City government
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

Mamma-pm afraid you have headache,
haven't you, Tommy?
Tommy-No, ma'am, not unless this is Thurs
day night instead of Friday.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05

The Development of market for Ameri-
can fruit'in Europe has been particularly
noticeable in. the apple trade, and since
last fall the New York fruit. men have
shipped i, AS, 592 barrels of apples to
Europe, as against 16s, 7O6 barrels in the
winter Of. 1884.