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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
HELP THE BOYS.

Give the boys assistance. 1t does not cost
much, yet it makes them happy and very often
helps to carry comfort to a desolate home You
meet them every day with their little box of
soap, q bundle of matches or some newly in
vented toy. They are not seeking charity, Blu t
are giving more than value for value received
Particularly now, that school is closed for g
time, you meet them. They are receiving a
schooling in business which in later life they
can refer to with pride. Every one of them,
and there are many, is put to the test of stabil-
ity. Do not make their burdens any more Sc
we're than you can help. They will have enough
trouble when they grow older, SO give them a
chance to advance with something more than a
bitter recollection of early life.
California has produced some excellent men.
More are to come and some OF them are now
growing up in San Francisco. The boy who
can take a gruff ''no' with smile and APP
proach his next customer with a cheerful
countenance has learned to take humanity as
he finds it, and not to be discouraged over re-
buke. Yet 'shope deferred. maketh the heart
SICK" and many boy who goes from week
to week with saddened heart though smiling
face will 60 down under the burden in the end
and enter manhood's stage with contempt for
life. Help the boy and you will assist man
kind,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

nie?" ventured to inquire the gentleman who
sat next to him.
81 should call him an orator." responded Won
Gerichten he ran his hand through his lux
uriant and flowing locks, "but that is neither
here nor there; what we want is TO get rirfA.
down to the possibilities of the future OF thik
coast tell you it is bound to come and any
man who is at all familiar with the signs of the
times knows it. Here we are in the midst of a
rich, remarkably healthy country and new
railroad, backed by the best men in San Fran
cisco, is on the eve of building Now mind 1
do not say that the future of the arts and sci
ences centers on the arrival of one or two or
three new lines of railroad but do mean to
say that country worth building railroads in,
and country that has made other railroads
rich, is pretty good country to stay in and a"
"Black coffe-e-e-e?" inquired the waiter.
eyes, and some cognae. Wherever the rail-
roads go you will -
"Here is one match for re cognae."
eyes; thank you. You will always find -n
Evening papersl All about the lottery"
bawled a newsboy at his elbow.
"Here you are, boy" said the artist, passing
the youngster a quarter; "now run over there
to Henry Heyman and ask him if he won the
capital prize But, gentlemen, as was about
to state, wherever you find railroads you"
pardon, monsieur. One lump, two lump
sugaire?'
zone Well, it is always the case with any
section OF the country, that wherever the rail.
road goes the -
Here, Connie, take this match and light your
cigarette. Excuse my interruption"
Certainly. 1 want to say, though, that
whenever railroads get to competing the
country is looking up, and am glad there is
the competition in San Francisco. Art and
poetry viii have better times hereafter"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
THE CITY PARKS.

There is no reason why the public squares of
San Francisco should not have a reputation as
worldwide for natural beauty as California has
for sunshine and flowers The mild climate
affords every essential to the healthy develop
ment of trees and shrubs from the semi-tropical
varieties to every species of ornamental plants
OF temperate and northern regions. The re-
markable success attending arboriculture in
Golden Gate Park proves that exotics under
judicious processes of tempering can be made
to thrive in the open air on the peninsula, and
that hardy shrubs luxuriate once they are
planted in the soil. Indeed in private gardens
throughout the city similar results are attained
without special skill or knowledge in caring
for plants.
But the evidence is lacking in the city parks.
Instead of luxuriance of palms. magnolias,
laurels, oleanders and ornamental Towering
shrubs, all of which would thrive with little
care, there is nothing better than stiff array
OF htdeous things, neither trees nor shrubs,
hacked out of semblance to their natural forms
and ugly in the extreme Intervening in the
thickest populated districts these bits of nature
are consequently an eyesore rather than a
refreshful vision. Their denuded and stunted
aspect, with every tree cut down to a certain
standard, every stray branch and lower
boughs chopped off and the smaller
shrubs pruned into the most grotesque shapes,
SiNOo sti Ia ZIG Clly u very pun d
false impression of San Francisco's climate
and public taste. Appearances alone would
indicate that trees cannot attain a healthy
growth and shrubs are all stunted here.
That this should be true is pity. The fault
lies largely in a pernicious system of placing
men untitled for their duties as gardeners in the
parks under control of the Street Department.
Although generally wanting in taste or knowl-
edge of gardening, they undertake to improve
otY1ro 6{nr to hnir ha ct1If &c
anything but pleasing to the eye or eleyating
to the taste of the community.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
BEFORE GRANT WON H1s STARS

Quite a bit of controversy seems to nave
sprung up over an interview concerning Gen
eral Grant before he won his stars, recently
published in the CALL 1t has been asserted
that was not the man who introduced MT
Grant to Governor Yates of Illinois.
This reminds me that after Grant had IN re-
atty "won his stars and become major
general, it was by no means an uncommon
thing for one old-timer in the Illinois capital
to say to another over the friendly today
"Oh, yes; / remember very well Grants hrst
coming to Springfield. Why, introduced him
to Dick Yates" And the amusing TACT was
well known that at least dozen OF those Time
worn veterans claimed the honor OF bringing
about that first memorable meeting.
The truth of the matter OF which abundant
proofs are at hand, is fully and clearly set forth
in my "Recollections of Grant" But any one
in doubt can become treasured by consulting
pages 646-7 of the 'History of Illinois," by
John Moses, formerly private secretary to Gov
ernoI Yates.
1t is quite true, indeed, as stated in the CALL
article, that Mr.. Washburne did write letter
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
ART OPPORTUNITIES.

However noble have been the efforts of
painters to put upon canvas the strange
and inspiring wonders that SO distinctly
set California apart from the rest of the
world. there appears good reason to believe
that they have not vet grasped some of the
more alluring opportunities that exist. Bier
stadt, Moran, Hill, Keith, Latimer and hosts
of others have pictured the grandeur of the
Yosemite, the depth, mystery and silence
of the redwood forests and hundreds of
those bewitching hooks where sunshine
and shade play hide-and-seell on quiet
roads and peaceful streams. But the gem
crosby of natures invitation does not end
with these.
The amateur photographer has shown a
harder and more aspiring spirit No hard
ship or danger has proved sufficient to
check his zeal, and there is not a strange
thing in the State that he has not found.
True, the photographers mission is
different from the painters, and his
processes are quicker and simpler.
The elaborate training required to
produce a painter is not essential
to his success. But for all that, the
amateur photographer has the true artistic
conception and skill to put it in force
He knows picture when he sees it and
will spare no pains to secure it. More than
that, he hunts indefatigably for pictures
that have not yet been found and in this
regard sets an example of originality and
enterprise that should be a sermon to
every painter in the State. He will not
thrash over old straw if he can find new fol
his fail.
nha ,nh To-,
the heart of Death Valley and has traced
the mysterious Sargosa River from the
point where it bursts full-grown from the
ground to its weird and misera-
bic disappearance in the vast salt
marsh of the desert, covered with
its fantastic hummocks and pillars
of salt; and he has despaired because the
limitations of his art made it impossible
for him to reproduce the wonderful light
that can be found nowhere else in the
world. He has longed for the skill of a
painter that he might be able to preserve
and take away for the wonder of others even
the faintest hint of this unearthly blaze
of light that the sun sends pouring over the
desolate, wind-swept wastes. He will set
up his tripod before the lonely grave of a
prospector who has died of hardships on
the desert, and beside the rude mound OF
loose stones he will ponder the affection
and grief of the friend who, thus left alone
in the wilderness, stayed to give decent
burial to the dead.
The higher Sierras, where the splen doris
of the Kings and Kern River canyons lie
remote from the gaze of the world, have
seen the advent of the photographer, who
takes pictures because he loves them, but
the painter is stranger there. The camera
has made us familiar with the desolation
of Mono Lake, but the painter has rarely
or never sought it out.
And so it goes. Not only wonders but
an infinite variety of them have yet to re-
celve that recognition of their value for
artistic purposes that painters alone are
competent fully to extend.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
PERSONAL.

Dr. R. E. Hartley of Lakeport is at the Grand
Ex-Sheriff E. W. Kay of Visalia is at the
Grand.
C. E. Brown of San Jose is guest at the
Baldwin.
D. S. Rosenbaum, Stockton merchant, is at
the Palace.
HI Withers, a Philadelphia capitalist, is at
the Palace.
Frank H. Could the Stockton attorney, is at
the California.
Henry Levy, merchant of Halfmoon Bay. is
a guest of the Lick.
James A. Louttit of Stockton, an ex-Congress.
man, is at the Lick.
Captain p A. Barnet of Aberdeen, Scotland
is at the Occidental.
Charles II. Lux, well-known citizen of San
Jose, is at the Grand.
John Mackay, manager of Haggin's ranck at
Sacramento, is in town.
Norman Rideout, a banker of Marysville ia
a guest at the California.
E. P. Rithet, a well-known citizen of San Pa.
fael, is guest at the Palace.
7. D. Fraser, a well-known citizen of Stoctton
registered at the Occidental yesterday.
Ralph Granger, a banker of national rennta.
ton, is among the recent arrivals at the Grand
benjamin f. Stevens, president of the New
England Life Insurance Company of BOSTON Il
In the city. On the 9th of next month he will
have served his company forty-eight consecu.
tive years.
Thomas Devlin, q wealthy malleable iron man.
uiacturer OF Philadelphia, is visiting in this
city and making short tours of the State. In
company with Auditor Broderick, who is 8
1rleno OF many years standing, he recently
made an inspection of the plant at the Union
Iron Works and gave superintendent Patrick
NOBLE some valuable hints regarding the work
ing of iron.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

A mans best thoughts are often no more
than the emanations of his wife's cooking.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Treat life as fine art and you can make
it equal to all that fancy painted it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Putting all your eggs into one basket is
not so bad as using all your baskets for
one egg.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

1t is TO be hoped the Memorial Museum
won't perpetuate too many memories.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Are we to understand that John l..
Sullivan knows now that he has had
enough?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
See the Memorial Museum.

Charity can cover almost anything ex.
cept cobblestone pavement.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

THE fortunes of dyspepsia and sick headache, and
the sufferings Of scrofula the agonzing itch and
pain of salt rheum, the dsagreeable symptoms of
catarrh, are removed by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Make the best of your leisure as well as
of your work if you wish to enjoy the full
ness of life
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

USE DR.. Siegert's Angostura Bitters to stimulate
the appetite and keep the digestive organs in
order.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The cheapest recreations are nearly al
ways the best. Good things are too plenti-
full to cost much.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The progress OF the valley road compels
even the head of the Southern Pacific to
incline to the belief in the future advance
ment of California
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The business community that depends
upon the silurian promise of better day
coming leans upon the broken clutches of
false pretense.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The need for comprehensive pure-food
law throughout the Union finds another
illustration in the report that nearly 300
cheese factories in Wisconsin are reported
to be making filled cheese"-that is,
cheese from milk which has had all the
butter fat extracted from it and cottonseed
oil substituted in its place.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

IF afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell it at 20 cents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

There is one thing about Jake Schafer
Although he has met his Napoleon he ad-
mits no Waterloo.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

superintendent McLaren has said what
he will do for Golden Gate Park if he
be allowed money enough. Let him be
allowed money enough.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
OUR EXCHANGES.

Quoting from the CALL the paragraph,
"When you help your neighbours business
you put him in position to help yours, )"
the Telegraph says every one in Grass Val
ley should clip this out and place it in
their hat, study and profit by it. The adj
vice is good. When a man has that senti-
ment in his hat, he can talk through it
with profit both to himself and to those
who heed him
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The stage-driver who permits himself to
be held up by highwayman armed with a
sausage is not sure but that the weapon is
likely to bark
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

He is a wise man who delights in his
work as if it were play and he not less so
who puts as much zest into his play as if it
were work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

oUeeler-Inere goes man that has left q
great many behind him in the race of life.
Meeter-So; who is he?
Streeter-He's streetear conductor.-Cin.
clnnati Inquirer.
Wooi-What are you going to bring in as
defense to Miss Sears breach of promise smith
Van Pelt-They viii have hard time to con.
vince the jury that was sane when proposed,
Town Topics.
Manager-why don't you get off something
that will make the people laugh?
Artist-Impossible. The people in this audi
ence here would have to have house fall on
them to see anything.
Manager-And we amt got house.-Detroit
Free Press.
Morton-Is Miss Casey in?
Butler--No, sir. She has gone out walking
with young man.
Morton-A1 right. Just tell her that came
around with four-in-hand to take her for a
drive.-Truth.
Johnny smart-Its sure thing that the ia.
Their OF our new Sunday-school teacher is a
butcher
Andy Quick-what makes YOU think so?
Johnny Smart-She didn't do thing but talk
about the fatted cali and leading lambs to the
slaughter.
'I intend to be one of the most successful
1900 VA
full Roscius, proudly.
GLOW do you mean to do it?" INQUIRED his
skeptieal friend.
Pm going abroad" said Roscius, with reso-
luton, "stay there number OF years and
come back as foreign actor" Chicago Record.
E. H. BLACK, painter, LA Eddy street.
RENTS collected. Ashton, All Montgomery$
CALIFORNIA Glace fruits, soc lb. Townsend's.-
BACON Printing Company sos Clay street.
THE new Easter Cards, Booklets and Easter
Novelties have arrived. Sanborn Vail & Co. .
~-1S
CuR-IT-UP; heals wounds, burns and sores az
II by magic; one application cures poison oak;
1t relieves pain and abates Inflammation.
Pasteur Water-FiIters
Should be in every household They will keep
the disease germs out OF water Rented or sold.
G. Brown & Son, S25 Market street.
Some of the Boston beauties who are
fond of athletic exercises array them
selves just after breakfast in half gymna-
SUM costume and run footraces.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

While conceding to the CALL, as it says,
''the highest and most patriotic motives in
its opposition to the income tax" the Will
lows Journal says: I'VE cannot see any
better reason for opposing the income tax
than any other tax. 1t is attacked as I'M
constitutional on the ground of being class
legislation. If it be so, then every particle
of protective tariff taxation is class legis-
lation; and SO in the sugar bounty and
every special grant, franchise and sub
sidy." Surprising we admit, for the sake
of shortening the argument, that "protec-
ton" is class legislation, cannot the Jour
nal see that it fosters enterprise instead OF
taxing its income? There is a great deal OF
difference between building up industry
and tearing it down.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

EThe incoming OF the valley road will
probably have an important effect on real
estate values south of Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Under the new law compelling the filing
for record of all marriage contracts, mar
rage in California cannot be considered a
failure
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

CuR-IT-UP; heals wounds, burns and sores az
ii by magic; one application cures poison oak;
II relieves pain and abates Inflammation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

1t is the opinion of the Riverside Press
that the wholesale abuse of city and county
officials is one of the evils of California
most detrimental to public interests 1t
cites the recent article in Harper'S Weekly
on San Francisco as an evidence of the
effect produced abroad by local mud
singers; quotes an instance of broker
who was unable to negotiate loan on
Riverside real estate because certain cam
paign statements had exaggerated the rate
OF taxation and denied the efficiency of
the county government, and closes by de-
nouncing the folly of those who SANDER for
temporary advantage the community in
which they live, since this cannot be done
without permanent injury to all private as
well as to public interests. This truth
should be taken to heart by every editor
and by every citizen whose voice has in
fiuence among men. No man can de-
nounce his city without suffering the evil
effects of his own denunciation. 1t is time
to put an end to the ceaseless attacks upon
every man in power. If we are to have
prosperity we must give our community
good name and not bad one.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The distinction between fool and
silurian disappears the moment the silu
rian begins to talk.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

According to the Seattle Trade Register,
Austin Claiborne of that city, representing
the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, says
the supremacy of the New Bedford whaling
fleet is a thing of the past, and San Fran
cisco now has firm grip on that trade, the
company he represents capturing 301 of
the 352 whales caught last season. The
manufacture of whalebone was begun in
San Francisco last December and the COM
pany promises to rapidly rebuild the in
dustry which used to be controlled by
Eastern factories. This is one OF the items
that goes to show how San Francisco is
reaching out to achieve her rightful share
of the profits of the ocean. After the
whalebone industry must come the seal
industry, and the furs now sent to London
should be worked up in this city for the
markets of the world.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

If all the festivals and excursions now
talked of in the State are carried out the
season will be as noted for the revival OF
pleasure as for that of business.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The fitting end of every silurian is to
rattle his bones over the stones; when dead
he's pauper whom nobody knows
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

AS it is reported one scene in play nov
running in Paris represents Herod anc
John the Baptist in Greco-Roman wrest
ling match it appears the irreverent wits O
France are so eager to make a profit 0
their iests they are willing to make a ies
of the prophets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

The local police have nut to crack in
Commissioner Gunst's insistence that they
wear their clubs outside their coats.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

THE new Easter Cards, Booklets and Easter
Novelties have arrived. Sanborn, Vail & Co. .
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Whatever we may fear of the possibility
of fraud IN public improvements it must
not be forgotten there is always more cor
ruption in stagnation than in progress.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Some of the Boston beauties who are
fond of athletic exercises array them
selves just after breakfast in half gymna-
SUM costume and run footraces.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

Every attraction added to Golden Gate
Park is an addition to the wealth and pop
ulation of the city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

1t is point well made by the appeal
that Marysville should stand in with CO.
iusa in its efforts to secure a sugar beet
refinery because such an establishment
would benefit Marysville in more ways
than one. tits always better for California
towns and cities to stand in with one an
other, and it is pleasing to note that this
truth is now becoming the controlling fac
tor of public sentiment. Rivalry is giving
way to cooperation and sectional prejudice
to true sense of State pride. San Fran
cisco stands in with Los Angeles for the
floral festival; Santa Clara and San Joaquin
valleys work together for the competing
road, and Marysville will help Colusa to es-
tablish the sugar refinery. There is pros
perity in that system. The appeal is right
in saying it will benefit in more ways than
one. 1t will benefit more things than one.
1t will be an all-round benefit in every way
and to everything.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

A golden key is often used to unlock
secrets, but that prepared for the Me.
mortal Museum is none such, for Director
General de Young made it stipulation
that the doors should never be locked.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

E. H. BLACK, painter, ia Eddy street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

How many San Franciscans have seer
all the attractions of San Francisco or ever
know what they are?