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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06
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PERSONALS.

DR.. A. G. Dearborn of Fresno is at the Bald
win.
F. V. Flint, fruitman of Sacramento, is at
the Grand.
D. s. Rosenbaum, merchant of Stockton, is
at the Palace.
C. r. Tilson, an attorney of Modesto, is stay
ing at the Lick.
Rev. D. H. Jones of Eureka arrived at the
Russ yesterday.
l. Goldsmith, merchant of HOLSTER. is a
guest at the Grand
NJ Goldsmith, a merchant Of Stockton, is
guest at the Grand.
L. T. Hatfield an attorney of Sacramento, is
stopping at the Lick.
S. S. Curtis has returned from q trip to the
South and is back at the Grand.
J. Grover, merchant of Colusa, was among
yesterdays arrivals ut the Grand.
State Controller E. P. Colgan came down from
Sacramento yesterday and is at the Lick.
L. D. Huntley, banker of Auburn, came to
town yesterday and registered at the Lick.
H. c. Stanton, the Sheriff of Glenn County,
came down from willows yesterday and is stop
ping at the Russ.
Senator Cullom of Illinois and his family
came in yesterday from the South and are stop
ping at the Palace.
c. NJ. Coglan, the secretary of the State Board
OF Equalization, came down from Sacramento
yesterday and registered at the Lick.
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is altogether my fault that look little like
him; neither am / to blame for being myself y
"ohl trust you will pardon me for inter.
rupting you, as you were about to tell us
what would make times better and when the
improvement would begin"
oIn 1896" replied the Senator, with twin
kle in his eye, "when we win elect Republi-
can President"
D. M. Pyle, Deputy Sheriff of Bakersfield,
Kern County, is in the City for few days.
He brought down Max Ebert, who was sen
fenced to three years in San Quentin for horse
stealing. After delivering his prisoner he
spent few hours in looking over the City in
stitutions In talking about Kern County
matters he said: business is picking up, and
our merchants and farmers are in hopeful
mood. They are all confident that the COM
peting road will be built and that things in the
valley will boom. The crops are good-much
better than last year-and in consequence
good times are expected. The Valley road will
be the making of Kern County, and the sooner
it is pushed through the better we Will be
pleased
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THE SANTA ROSA FETE.

In the multitude of flower festivals of
various degrees and merit which have
been engaging the attention of California
ever since Easter, it would seem there
might be some danger of surfeit of sweet
things and that even queens of beauty would
cease to have a charm. That there has
been no evidence of any WEAKNESS on the
part of the public with the prolonged repe-
tition of festivals, is one of the best proofs
Of the infinite variety possible IN such
fetes and the unceasing delight which hu-
manity finds at this season in the glory of
blooms and blossoms and the beauty offair
maidens moving among them.
While almost every city and town of any
note in the State will have something in
the way of flower show during the sea-
son, especial honor will be given to those
where the people have had the energy to
raise the fete to the dignity of an open air
FESTIVAL, broad enough to include the whole
town in its scope and brilliant enough to
increase the fame of the State and attract
visitors from every side. Among these
towns Santa Rosa will take rank. and
If half the expectations of her friends are
realized the grand fiesta which she holds
this week will give her repute abroad as
a festal city not unworthy to be associated
with Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
The arrangements for the festival include
all the features that custom has rendered
familiar in such celebrations. There are
to be flower show, brilliant tableau and
ceremony at the Atheneum, street parade
OF fiower-adorned carriages, open-air con-
certs, battle of flowers and a great floral
ball. Around these familiar observances,
however, there will be woven thou
sand new fancies of decoration, cere-
mony and merriment. There is no
section of California that does not
offer to its people some charm or ad-
vantage peculiar to itself, out of which
they can devise some novel attraction and
achieve some unrivaled result. Santa Rosa
has abundant charms and advantages of
this kind in her surrounding country to
draw upon, and, with the artistic skill of
her fair women to arrange them for dis
play, we may be sure her gala days will be
distinctly marked from those of other
cities, and have an individual grace and
glory that will remain in the memory of
those who see them as things of beauty and
joys forever
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PRAISES THE NEW "CALL''
Kind Words of Commenda-
ton From the California
Press.
An Up-to-Date Journal Which Has
the Courage to Rebuke
Fakes.
A HEALTHFUL INFLUENCE.
CORRESPONDENCE san Jose Mercury.


What a good, healthy, happy influence
the CALL has been exerting through this
week of accommodating horrors! We owe 1t
gratitude, for there are many of US who do
not like to sup on horrors nor break our
fast on blood-curdling paragraphs drawn
with more power than fidelity to facts. II
it must be that such epochs of crime must
come the public should not be educated to
appreciation of such state of affairs. l
doubt not the very recital of the CHASTITY de-
tails that have made the brave sick and the
hopeful despair will have the effect to in
crease the crop of criminals. The books
perused by the suspected student will now
be in demand and do their share in de-
stroying the moral fiber of other youths.
Other communities will reap the harvest
of seed sown in this way. How delightful
to turn from crime to the recital of the en-
joyments of men and women reveling in
flowers, breathing sweet odors, thrilling to
rich music. To read of the exuberance of
Joy as manifested in the gorgeous page
ants displayed in our sister cities, makes
US gay. Through sympathy we taste this
feast and forget awhile the dreadful evils
that skulk in the dark places everywhere.
Only in California is such display pos
sible in the tickle month of April. Only a
clean, progressive paper could set its face
so resolutely toward the good, thus help
ing us to purer life, to higher impulses.
l frankly acknowledge my debt and know
there are thousands ready to join hands
with me and shout, Long live the CALL. Z"
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THE "CALL" is FAIR.
Stockton Independent.

STOCKTON Independent
Any newspaper can be fair when it has
no interests to subserve or prejudices to
crafty by being unfair. To be lair under
disappointment that would make the aver
age publisher resentful argues greatness of
mind and heart as we'll as wisdom and JUS
tice. Everybody knows that the San Fran
cisco CALL was disappointed at Stockton
being chosen as the starting point of the
Valley railroad, but it did not allow its
disappointment to make it unfair. Before
the decision it had men in this city writ
ing up" the town and vicinity, and during
last week sent a lady, who had nearly a
whole page in Saturdays issue devoted to
this city its harbors, its business, its resi-
dences, its surroundings and its resources,
to which the lady did ample justice. In
yesterdays issue of that paper is an edi-
torial article reviewing the city's attrac-
lions in manly fashion, that shows the
CALL to be high above mere matters of
preference or prejudice. Stockton people
appreciate all the good things that have
been said about the city recently, and what
has been said by the CALL has been the
more keenly appreciated because of the
rivalry between the advocates of the Stock
ton and the Santa Clara routes.
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| the cyclone area rather than come West

the cyclone area rather than come West
and be safe.
Californians, while sympathizing with
the victims Of these calamities, have good
reason to remember with gratefulness the
gentle weather of their own mountain-pro-
tected land. No doubt the level surface of
the Mississippi Valley is Of great advantage
in many ways to the inhabitants. 1t is
easy to construct highways and railroads
in those States, easy. to pillow the soil and
harvest the crops, but for all these advan-
tages they have heavy penalty to pay IN
the unbroken sweep OF the mighty winds.
Even at the present time the cyclones
count their victims every year by the hun
dreds, and when the population grows
denser they will be counted by the thou
sand. The outlook is not pleasant, and
whosoever has friend in the big valley
had better invite him to come West.
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HANGING Baskets.

Hanging baskets are always desirable
for handsome summer window garden,
and it is of special Importance to have them
deep enough to hold plenty of soil, so that
the roots will not lay against the sides of
the porous pot and become scorched in the
hot suns (says an exchange). The sum-
mer blooming oxalis is always satisfactory
for this purpose, as the. rich mass Of
foliage will soon droop down and cover
the sides of the baskets, and the
graceful spikes and clusters of bloom will
continue to develop all summer long. The
various tradescantias, with their handsome
variations, should also find a place in
these hanging baskets. 1t is easily rooted
from slips, and a small plant purchased
now will produce many thrifty plants be-
fore warm weather, if the branches are
broken at all the joints and rooted in dishes
of sand; and when planted in the baskets
they will soon form long ropes of hand
some glossy foliage.
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A BAD OUTLOOK.

The people of the great level stretch of
the Mississippi Valley have had another
severe experience with the swift wind
storms that sweep over that vast expanse.
Closely following the cyclone that in iowa
on Friday, besides destroying vast amount
of property, killed fifteen persons and
badly injured three times that number,
came two other cyclones on Saturday, one
in Northern Texas and the other in Illi-
nois, that were hardly less disastrous.
AS there seems no possible way of guard
ing against the destructive violence of
cyclones, the outlook for the future in the
Mississippi Valley is appalling. The de-
struct;on of property and the list of fatal
tiles increase every year with the increase
of wealth and population. Now that the
western side of the great valley is but
sparsely settled, the windstorms can
traverse many miles without injuring
anybody, but If the region ever becomes as
thickly settled as Europe or even as the
Eastern States, the destruction every year
will be enormous, and there will be heavy
annual tax upon the charity of the people
of the rest of the country to provide relief
for the sufferers.
The cyclones come as regularly as the
seasons. No man knows what path any
of them viii take, but it is certain that
some wide region of valley is going to be
devastated by them every year. Every
settler in the valley lives in the belief that
his own home will be spared and finds
some comfort in the thought that in COM
parison with the immensely of the area
subject to the storms, the path of any
particular cyclone is narrow and short.
Nevertheless it would seem that pru-
dent man whose means did not permit him
to build a storm-proof house would seek
to make his home somewhere else. On
the Pacific Slope there are millions of un-
cultivated acres on which man could live
in tent without fear of having it blown
away, but such is the force Of habit among
men that even those who have suffered by
storms will rebuild their wooden houses in
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DESERVING OF CREDIT.
onlnornta Spirit Of The Times.

Mr.. C. NJ. Shortridge is deserving of IN
bounded credit for the able manner in
which he has made a thorough-going
newspaper out of the CALL. Whether we
agree with him or not on some of the top
les he presents for discussion does not en-
ter into the matter at all-and we do not
but, Notwithstanding this avowal, we do
not believe he will retire from control
that he has made essentially his own. The
CALL needed warm, enthusiastic, fearless
vitality to build it up and make it what
NJ tS pow and d was lust ths
man to do it. He made grand success of
the San Jose Mercury, which in every de-
tail gave him high reputation as capa-
bic and intelligent journalist, and be has
brought the same attributes to bear to the
fullest extent in his present position. The
CALL is a journal that may be taken into
the family circle with safety, and one in
which vast fund of information is i'm
parted on innumerable subjects. Its man.
ifest destiny is an established success.
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ers must be brought to an understanding of the

ers must be brought to an understanding OF the
Importance of reconciliation, and / think
everything points to the accomplishment OF
such result. There is no doubt, however,
about the future of silver. 1t will be remone-
tized. have no doubt about it,"
do you recall any period of your life when
the depression in business channels was so
great as it is now?"
mo; nor haveI ever read OF such hard times.
have passed through the most important
epoch of latter-day history and remember writ
ing rather lengthy and very burdensome
eulogy on Henry Clay at the time of his death.
remember quite well when Fillmore ran for
the Presidency as the choice of the Wing and
American parties. ! believe he carried Mary
land. Since those periods we have had ups and
downs, but none approaching the distress OF
the present 1t will"
''Wont you take a cigar, SenatorY" said the
friend, extracting one from the reeesses of q
copious inner pocket.
mo, thank you. I quit smoking five years
ago this summer in the middle OF Germany. /
have never been able to enjoy cigar since.
Before that took considerable pleasure out of
mild form of the vice."
"How's that2"
"Well, If you really want to know it was be-
cause the cigars sold there are probably the
worst in the world. tried every brand in the
Empire, but 1t was useless and had to give it
up altogether. In fact, the ordeal turned me
against cigars and 1 have never been able TO
smoke one with any relish since"
Senator. do you know that when you were
talking moment ago you reminded me very
much of Abe Lincoln?''
Indeed? That is what l hear often. My
enemies say that l try very hard to resemble
the dead President, but really do not think it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06

SUPPOSED TO, BE HUMOROUS.

Mrs. Van swelle-I didn't see you at the
opera last night.
Mrs. Muchcash-No, it was too badl I
couldn't go. Ny ieweler did not send me any
jewelry TO throw at the singers.-Chicago
Record.
'Why don't you work? Don't like It, I sup
pose"
"Like 1t? Why, boss, work with me is a
passion, vice. That is just the trouble. The
moment commence to do little 1 cannot
leave 1t alone, and it grows upon me like drink,
opium or lawn tennis. That is why have to
make an effort and leave it entirely alone
Life.
The Divs-The crowds calling you before the
curtain. Why don't you go on?
The Tenor Creeping through the curtain)-I
haven't got my padded suit on, and there are
three women in the audience with gold wreaths
and one man with jewel case.-Chicago Rec
ord,
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romance and therefore the best form OF
allegory. But Dr. Jordan has crushed
this noble model and thrown it's fragments
to the winds. His "Innumerable Com
pany" is a multiplication of Bunyan's
Christian. 1t perishes and is renewed
innumerable times, has no cohesion and
the vaguest purpose, and finally the reader
wearies OF it and leaves it to founder hope
lessly to its final composure in neighborly
love, in which condition it vanishes miser-
ably IN the azure mist beyond the river
without single effort at dramatic close.
DIR. Jordan need not have copyrighted the
pamDhlet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06
DESCRIBE THE STATE.
WTHo,cs Journal.

The newspapers of the city like those OF
the country are the molders of its destiny.
When exerted in the interest of the whole
people their influence for good is beyond
computation, but when confined to sordid
or selfish lines their power is only to
destroy.
The San Francisco CALL has announced
that it will publish descriptive articles of
all portions OF the State. This is some
thing new for San Francisco paper. We
hope to see the columns of the CALL
teeming with articles descriptive of every
portion of our great State and that it may
exert its influence to arouse San Fran
cisco from its forty years siesta. When
this is done the State will enjoy renewed
and unequalled prosperity and San Fran
cisco for the first time in her history will
merit the confidence and patronage of the
people.
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DOING GOOD WORK.
Heazdsburn Enterpr1se.

The Examiner and CALL seem to have
entered into friendly rivalry as to which
shall Guido the other in the cause OF
progress, without jealousy or excessive
ooasting. In this they have set an ex-
and imitation. 1t NAV be a mere coinci-
dence, but it is fact that the awakening
IN san Francisco began simultaneously
Win the change of ownership in the CALL.
IL looks as if the Examiner had waited for
running mate in the great race upon
winch they have entered. These two
papers are doing all they can to rouse the
t tba f energy of the people and rekindle
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06
APPRECIATE THE CHANGE
TraUer Aduocats.

Inc San Francisco CALL - the "new
oAtL.-l receiving more complimentary
notlces at present than any other journal
IN the State; The people know a good
thing when they see it, and when Charles
N. ohortrldge assumed control of the
and announced the policy under Which 4
would thereafter be conducted and then
suited the action to the word. the neonIe
appreciated the change, and gave II a
hearty welcome. If there were more in
the newspaper fraternity of California in.
spired with the noble impulses of the nro.
prietor of the CALL it would be Grand
thing for California,
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SHOULD INSPIRE ALL.
Eureka Times.

The confidence the CALL feels for the
future greatness of this county should in
spire all to stand In and show that enter
prising journal that its efforts In our behalf
are not misplaced. The advantage of hay-
ing such worthy champion will be real
lied when we show disposition to helm
ourselves, for until then others will moi
come to our rescue. We must show by our
work on the proposed Arcata extension
that we have the energy and progressiye-
ness to work in harmony and achieve re-
suits. Unity OF action, backed by deter
mination to help ourselves, viii greatly
aid future movements, where outside as
sistance is desired, by directing attention
to the fact that we are alive to the neces-
sity of developing our vast and varied re-
sources.
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REvoLUTIoNIzED JOURNALISM.
Carson City AppeaI.

CtIIsO7E Guy dpI5tut
The CALL has indeed revolutfonized daily
journalism in San Francisco. In nearly
every issue during the past week it has
found occasion to say good and kind
word for its contemporaries, something
heretofore so unusual among the great
dailies of that city that even the
Monarch" could hardly recover from its
surprise. The other day, in speaking of
it's contemporaries the CALL said: SIT is
the plan of the CALL to give all its con-
temporaries the praise ana credit which
justice and generosity are always willing
to accord to worthy deeds"
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THE LOTTERY CRUSADE.
Talare Reqister.

The Wells, Fargo & Co. Express will
carry no lottery tickets hereafter. which re-
fusal will give the lottery industry the
severest body blow it has vet received
Where lottery business was refused admis-
sion to the mails there was an immediate
resort TO express lines and the business was
not seriously interrupted, but when letters.
lists, tickets and advertising matter cannot
be distributed the trade will be crippled.
This is no injury to California. Thousands
Of dollars have been drained out of this
State yearly with practically no return.
Perhaps we can discover some other
method of wasting our money but nothing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06
A STAGE "REMINISCENCES.

The other evening when I was before the
footlights and the orchestra h ad struck up the
prelude to Loves Old, Sweet Song" l sud
denly realized that the words had gone COM
pietely out OF my memory. Each note brought
the fatal moment OF beginning nearer and
wrestled with my mind irving to force it to
give back the familiar words that had sung a
hundred times. With trembling anxiety 1
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06

aWhen her Majesty the Empress of Japan
drives no one is permitted TO look at her
from the windows, or chinks in the doors,
or any other part of the house, but must
sit down by the side of the street through
which she passes. Every man and woman
or child must doff hat or cap as she goes
by, with the exception of ladies in Euro
pean dress, who are permitted to remain
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06
SAN MATEO Is GRATEFUL.
Redwood oqty 7rmes-eazette.

Redwood Guy Times Gazette.
The people of San Mateo County are in.
debted to the CALL for the way that paper
has been writing up the county and for
the enthusiastic support it has given the
boulevard proposition. Editor Shortridge
is great admirer of the Santa Clara
Valley and has faith in its future as a
place for suburban homes. The CALL will
pay considerable attention to this section
Of the State in the future.
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ONE OF THE BEST.
Stockton Matt.

in the United States, and under the man.
agement of Charles M. Shortridge, the new
proprietor, it promises to become by far
the best paper west of the Rocky Noun
tains,
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"Mrs. wins1ow,s Soothing svrun,

MIS- WILSON'S Soothlng Syrup
Has been used over fifty years by millions of moth
for their children while Teething 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 other causes. For sale by
Druggists in every part OF the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a
bottle
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A LIBERAL POLICY.
Woodland Democrat.

The San Francisco CALL is to be com.
mended for the time and space it is devot-
popular by pursuing such liberal policy.
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AGAINST THE sILURIANs.
Voice OF Labor,

Place silurian up against a wall, sta
ton G. M. Shortridge twenty PAGES away,
give him plentiful supply of cobble-
'em again, Charley they have no friends.
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HOODS sarsaparila puriies the blood 1t gives
strength, appetite and refreshing Sleep 1t cures
every form Of disease which has its origin in the
blood. Take Hoods Sarsaparfla now
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06

The nursery tricycle. has appeared In
London. 1t contains two seats, one for
the mistress and one for the maid and her
charge, and has two pairs of pedals.
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This week Santa Rosa will illuminate
the State with a rosy glow and give the
light of welcome to everybody.