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The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
PERNIOIOUS GAMBLING.

Although the law against pool-selling
was intended to prevent just such an insti-
tuition as that conducted by the Corbetts
in this City, out of thirteen prosecutions
which have been undertaken for its viola
ton only one has produced conviction.
For this reason the police decline further
to prosecute the offenders, their reason
being that the law Is inadequate and must
be amended before their interference can
be made effective. In order to meet this
difficulty it is proposed to submit new
ordinance to the Supervisors.
The dodge which has enabled the pool
sellers to carry on their shameful business
seems SO weak that the refusal of the courts
to convict appears extraordinary. This is
merely that the sellers are acting as agents
or messengers of the booksellers at the
racetrack, where selling is permitted.
Still as the police seem determined not to
keep up the fight in the presence of the
long record of dismissals which they have
encountered, new ordinance should be
framed without delay. Certainly the police,
in making the arrests, seemed to show a
disposition to suppress the evil, but if the
current belief that the cases were not prop
erly presented is sound, close search for
the responsibility of the failures might not
discover the ordinance to be SO imperfect
as is supposed. If any branch of the ma
chinery for the enforcement of ordinances
is deliberately standing in'' with the law
less elements of the City it ought not to be
difficult to discover the fact.
More than that, it should be understood
as early as possible that the time for the
fourishlng of rascality to the detriment of
the community is nearing an end, and
that THE CALL will never cease its efforts
to put San Francisco in a position to ad-
vance through a removal of the disgraceful
causes which hinder its progress. 1t is
useless for the City to invite persons OF
means, energy and responsibility to settle
here until we have shown ourselves worthy
of their society. The lottery evil is relax
ing its hold, the corrupt members of the
Board of Supervisors are being held up to
scorn as warning of the. fate that will
overtake other public officers with like
inclinations, and the spirit of pride and
self-respect is stirring the people. Although
of so recent birth it is a lusty youngster,
and its voice cannot be hushed. The fight
will not cease until all such demoralizing
agencies as that which the Corbetts repre-.
sent, and which belong to a crudity in
Western civilization that San Francisco
should be ashamed to nourish, have been
driven wholly out of the State.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
THE SUNDAY "CALL."

The excellent combination of features of
to-morrow's CALL will constitute an edi-
ton which will be found very attractive.
one by Joaquin Miller, entitled BENJAMIN
Franklin Thompsop's Pocket" 1t is a
strong story OF early mining days in Cali
fornia, Mr.. Thompson's pocket being of
the kind that may yield $40 or q million,
as luck may have it. The idea is treated
in Miller's ablest manner. A particularly
interesting article will be one by William
Greer Harrison on "The Drama-Past,
Present and Future" AS Mr.. Harrison has
himself become successful dramatist and
has made very exhaustive study of stage
history and art, his critics may find in his
article either justification OF his position
or ground for attack.
E. G. Stock will have another of his
delicious interviews with Colonel Strong"
on the condition of affairs i'll the early
days of San Francisco. ]. W. E. Town
send, in his account of ga ,Rattling Sea
Race" will tell chapter of history which
will have particular charm for those who
take an interest in the greatest civil war of
history. "The Crime in the Forest" is one
of Daniel O'Connells most artistic
sketches. Miss Rose O'Halloran, the ac-
complished California woman who has dis
tinguished herself as an astronomer, will
give a Flammarionesque study on the
"Marvels of Astronomy" Miss Miriam
Michaelson will contribute bright paper
on the theatrical week in the City, and
Miss Adeline Knapp will give a strong ac-
count of 1.-The Schism of Martha Cox"
The interests of the children will receive
careful attention at the hands Of Mary
Calkins Johnson, the fashions of the day
will be fully described by Marcella, and the
literary field will be thoroughly canvassed.
The regular news service and all the
usual departments of THE CALL will ap-
pear. together with particularly full line
of special dispatches from all parts of the
world.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

destiny OF the race. The subject is SO vast,
SO brilliant, SO formidable and overwhelm-
Ing, that we can but admire the courage
which tempts to its assailing with no more
specific preparation than flying trip
through the country.
NO reference whatever TO Mrs. Tupper Is
meant when it is declared that California
has suffered immeasurable damage at the
hands OF ltinerant newspaper and maya
zine writers, who have published 'im-
presslons" concerning the State, its people,
Its wonders and its industries. 1t is too
much to expect even of an exceptionally
bright writer that he can form anything
like an adequate conception of phenomena
ana conditions which are puZzling even
to the Oldest students. The worst of it all
is that these complacent visitors, who
rave generally with a string Of foolish
words) over the strange things which they
see without understanding, are deliciously
innocent OF an intention to misrepresent
and delightfully."- unconscious of the fact
that they are making themselves ridic-
ulous.
The only things ever written about Cali
fornla that were worth reading have been
from the hands of old and able students.
Professor Whitney, George Davidson, John
Muir, Professor Sill and few others have
written, up to this date, all that an intelli-
gent reader would care to see. And so
long as such men are still among us the
Eastern editor of wisdom will not send
itinerant writers to the State,
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

ize them into efficient working bodies. 1t
requires very high order OF courage and
patriotism on their part to see their efforts
counteracted by just such incompetency
and meanness as that which the wine-
makers circular exposes and still push
forward in the great work which they have
undertaken. Their reward will come in
time, but meanwhile their task is hard
and discouraging.
This kind of meanness which they are
attacking is silurianism in its most dan
gerous form. 1t is exactly the spirit which
leads citizens to close their eyes to
ruinous political corruption, to neglect
their streets and country highways,
and generally to prove inadequate
to the exercise of a citizens duties
and privileges. The only prosperity
which they enjoy is that which the supe-
rior enterprise of their neighbors brings
them, and the recalcitrant wine-makers are
not the only ones who, not satisfied with
the enjoyment of advantages which they
have never earned, seek in their greed to
undermine the forces which have brought
them success.
1t would be impossible to lay down any
rule for the elimination of the pernicious
influence which such men exercise. 1t is
ultimately a matter of education and ex-
ample, and this makes it all the more in
cumbent on the worthy men of the State
to persevere. The newspapers of the State
can greatly assist in the good work by a
persistent urging to higher course on the
part of the laggards.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
THE SOLID EIGHT

Those who doubt the horror in which the
press is held by evil-doers should observe the
fear and apprehension manifested by the
Supervisors of San Francisco since The CALL
attacked their course in refusing to entertain
bid fer a franchise and awarding it to the
Southern Pacific Company.-Berkeley Dispatch.
THE CALLS fight against the Solid Eight OF
the San Francisco Supervisors entities that
paper to the gratitude OF every right-thinking
person. The fact that a San Francisco news
paper has the courage to tackle these giant cor
ruptionists is indicative that the times are
mproving.-Alameda Telegram.
San Francisco used to have Solid Nine in
the Board of Supervisors, and the disgraceful
conduct of that shameless combination is still
fresh in the minds of the people. Now that
City seems to be cursed with Solid Eight
In the same body who are emulating the course
OF the unlamented Solid Nine. The wave OF
reform that was thought to have swept across
the country at the last election must have lost
It's force before it reached San Francisco.-Hay
wards Review.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

BEDBUGs-A. S., City. dozen different
methods are given as ga sure remedy against
bedbugs." The use of gasoline and of coal oil
is recommended. A mixture of mercurial
ointment, soft soap and turpentine; mixture
of white arsenic, lard, corrosive sublimate
and Venetian red; filling up the cracks with
hard soap; and placing the affected bedstead
in close room and burning in 1T sulphur nine
parts and saltpeter one part, and leaving in
the fumes for twenty-four hours. are among
the remedies given. Mark Twain says the best
remedy is to take the bedstead out in the back
yard and set fire to it,
WATER-N. p, Oakland, Cal. There is no
simple way to analyze water, but there is a
simple way to determine If the water contains
organic matter. A weak solution of potassium
is an excellent test of the presence of organic
matter. Place the water to be examined in q
glass and add few drops of sulphuric acid
and little permanganate; If organic matter is
present the violet permanganate is discolored.
CRIME-A. ]. p, City. The census of 1890
shows that the prisons of the United States con-
tanned S2,329 prisoners, 1924 males and
6405 females; 45,742 were native born ana
90, 153 were foreign born. The nationalities
are given as follows: Ireland 29.184, Ger
many 1887, England 1864, English Canadians
1896, Scotland 1888, Mexico 1909, France
1906. Other nationalities are under the 1000
mark.
QUESTION OF RENT-A. c., City. II you rented
house, agreeing to pay the rent monthly in
advance, the landlord can hold you to your
agreement; failing to carry it out he can give
you notice at any time that unless you pay, as
you promised to do, you will have to vacate.
KALAKAUA-E. H. g., City. David Kalakaua,
King of the Hawaiian Islands, died in this City
on the 10th of January, 1891.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

by any other Government. Yet this bullet,
which will soon be in use on all the vessels OF
the navy, has most wonderful penetrative
power, and an immense range when fired
from the Lee rifle, which has been adopted as
the official rifle of the navy, says the Sporting
Life.
There are many curious things about this
new cartridge which are unlike any other used
heretofore in military service The bullets,
which are smaller in circumference than a
lead pencil, are very long and somewhat blunt
at the point. When first examined they ap-
pear to be made of bronze, having q covering
of hard metal that looks not unlike copper.
The bullets are called "steel-jacketed," as they
are filed with lead, or, rather, consist of lead,
with jacket or covering of steel, thus making
them somewhat lighter than if they were
made up entirely of lead. The cartridges are
very long and bottle necked and are quite ex-
pensiye being filled with smokeless powder as
the explosive. One advantage of these car
tridges is the lightness, as both bullet and
powder weigh considerable less than the ones
formerly used, consequently q person can
carry much larger quantity without being
fatigued.
For several years past it has been the desire
among military officers all over the world to
adopt smaller bullet for rifles. A bullet of
50-caliber or half-inch in diameter was one
of the largest ever carried and the bore of the
military rife was anywhere from that size to
40. But about eight years ago the change
took place and the reduction of the size of bull
lets began. 1t was proven by experiments
that the size of the bullets had but little to do
with its range and penetration, as had been
generally supposed, and that very minute bull
lets, if properly shaped and coated with steel,
were even more deadly and could be fired to
greater distance than larger ones. It was
also shown that the object IN firing upon
field of battle was to disable as many of the
enemy as possible, as one wounded soldier,
according to this theory, removed three men
from the field, as 1t required two men to carry
him away. When men were killed outright
they would be left on the field and their COM
panions would continue firing at the enemy.
1t was thus shown that the small bullet at
great range does more harm than the large
one, although perhaps doing less actual dam
age to the individual.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
PERSONALS.

DR.. G. H. Jackson OF Woodland is at the
Grand.
Superior Judge A. p Catlin of Sacramento is
a guest at the Lick.
w. H. Perry, lumberman of Los Angeles, is
staying at the Lick.
Sheriff U. S. Gregory of Amador registered at
the Grand yesterday.
L. NJ. LaselI, merchant of Martinez, regis
tered at the Grand yesterday.
II. w. Laugenour of Woodland member of
the Assembly, is at the California.
Senator ]. H seawen of Ukiah came down
yesterday and put up at the California.
L. Van Dusen, a lumberman Of Ukiah, was
one of Yesterdays arrivals at the Grand.
RP. Heating, well-known Comstock min
ing superintendent, is guest at the Palace.
H. Fleishman, a coffee-planter of Quezalte-
mango, Guatemala, is guest at the Occidental.
James L. sperry, proprietor of the Calaveras
big trees, registered at the Occidental yester-
day.
Marion de Vrees, an attorney of Stockton,
came down yesterday and put up at the
Grand.
General J. P. Williamson, ex-Commissioner-
General OF tine Land Office, and Mrs. Williams
son have returned to the Palace.
Jose Contreras, wealthy coffee-planter of
San Salvador, came in yesterday on the San
Bias and registered at the Occidental.
Charles E. Bevoking, an Englishman inter-
ested in the nitrate trade in Peru, arrived here
on the San Bias yesterday and is staying at
the Occidental.
w. R. Kelly, formerly purser on the Pacific
MAIL now coffee e-planter in Salvador, arrived
here on the San Bias yesterday and put up at
the Occidental.
Joseph Holeston, son of wealthy planter at
Trinidad in the West Indies, was one of the
passengers by the San Bias. He has come up
on account of his health, and is staying al the
fol
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
WRITING ABOUT CALIFORNIA.

1t is announced that Edith Sessions Tup-
per, an accomplished writer, is in San
Francisco with the intention of writing a
series of articles on California for some
Eastern newspaper syndicate and probably
for some Eastern magazines. Her declar
alton is sufficiently modest not to be often
sive. "My work on this coast" she is re-
ported as saying, consists of series of
letters touching upon the magnificent
natural scenery which appears to surround
the Western States. / have just passed
through Yosemite Valley and the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado, and have also
visited the big trees of Mariposa. Your
coast is truly wonderful. Here in San
Francisco shall probably find something
of interest in Chinatown, the fisheries and
Sutro Heights. The Lick Observatory will
without doubt be of service after that"
She kindly adds that there are other things
to be considered, bnt mentions only some
Literary lights which California has
''turned out"
There are two things particularly that
dismay and appall an educated resident of
California. One is that peculiar percep-
ton of fitness and relations which induces
an Eastern publisher to send hither bright
contributors to write of things concerning
which there are few local writers possessed
of knowledge which might enable them
to discuss these matters with sufficient in
telligence, and the other is the hardihood
of Eastern writers to undertake the task
and run all the risks which it involves. 1t
is not meant to be said that Mrs. Tupper
will make herself appear SO ridiculous as
some of her Eastern predecessors, for some
writer's generally women) are endowed
with an instinct that restraints. 1t is to be
hoped, further, that in her announced
selection of subjects, which have become
bores to all readers, Mrs. Tupper was
speaking with tongue that was reader
than wise.
The coming writer who is to discuss the
wonders of California must bring to the
task deeper knowledge than the easy
scribblers of the past have proved able to
discover. For the surface marvels which
abound are merely external indications of
infinitely more wonderful things which lie
below, and which reach the core not only
of the most stupendous geological TRACE
dies which the mind can conceive, but
also of some of the strangest and most
fascinating problems that concern the
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
THE LOTTERY TICKET LAMENT.

SO de ar to my heart were the tickets cherished,
Those cheap lottery tickets loved so well;
When bought 1 did keep them so closely and
safely,
None could guess had them, and noneI would
tell.
I bought them with money worked hard and
grubbed for,
With dollars which came from the sweat Of my
brow:
I'D go without food without drink be o robber
To buy those dear tickets cannot get now.
The money I've won is much less than fortune
For I'm ragged and poor and not worth cent:
And yet can't tell where the cash has all gone to
I've borrowed for tickets and which friends have
lent.
Now places that sold them and people that bought
them
Have found to their cost that the money, when
spent
For cheap lottery tickets or policy tickets
Was captured by swindlers, to whom it all went.
never now crave those vile lottery tickets,
E'en policy tickets I've learned to abhor;
Since Fargo won't touch them and Sammy won't
mail them,
They're not so trustworthy or sanctioned by law
The Speculator in today's Wasp.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
FREE LAND OFFERED.
CITIZEN WHO MAKES PROPOSITION TO THE
SALVATION ARMY,

A CITIZEN WHO MAKES PROPOSITION TO THE
SALVATION ARMY.
To the Editor Of the Catt-SIR: see by an edi-
torial in your able, progressive and praise
worthy paper that the Salvation Army wants
land to cultivate. l will let them have 12O
acres right on the railroad for five years or
more for a rental of 5 cents per year. That
means no rent. The land is unimproved. It
is bottom land and perfectly level. 1t is partly
covered with oaks and brush-some spots are
clear. / will furnish wire and lumber to fence
as to pay for the use of the land. 1t is half a
mile from railroad station and 212 from San
Francisco. A. T.. Hatch's big orchard is two
miles off and an English company has an or
chard by the side of my land. II this suits
them, on the basis here mentioned they can
have it. f. P. A.,
OIL McAllister street. San Francisco.
[NoTE.-The gentleman asks that his name
be not disclos seds Interested persons may learn
of his identity by calling at the address given.
Ed CALI
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Two ladies met in the reception-room of the
Palace yesterday morning One was Edith
Sessions-Tupper, the other friend who was
anxious about some friends in New York, not
ably Gertrude Atherton, whom we all know
here in San Francisco.
eyes, l have seen Mrs. Atherton within the
last year." said Mrs Tupper, "and I can give
you most all the information you want"
The following conversation then ensued:
The Friend-How is Gertrude?
Mrs. Tupper-Very well, indeed. think she
is travelling now, though. Somewhere in Eu-
rope.
The Friend-Oh! Mrs. Tupper, tell me how
she receives
Mrs. Tupper-Very nicely. She generally ap-
pears in her reception-room dressed in nice
tea gown, usually turquoise silk, which taste
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
NEW RIFLE FOR THE NAVY.

The recent improvements and perfectons OF
the steel-jacketed cartridges are at present
attracting considerable attention. The newest
cartridge is but a 23-bore. being trifie larger
than the ordinary %. which is the smallest
bullet on the market, formerly being consld-
cred about the right size to use in destroying
cats or small dogs. This new cartridge, which
has been officially adopted by. the United
States navy, will fire smaller bullet than USED
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
IN LIGHTER VEIN.

"You're wicked, lazy trampi" shouted the
red-faced woman.
MADAM" rejoined the tourist calmly, at
decline to be drawn into any controversy. You
will take notice that l do not claim to be q
June bride."-Detroit Tribune
'Your fine is heavy said the prisoner to
the Recorder. "Can't you give me a little
timer"
Certainly. Thirty days?" - Atlanta Con-
stitution.
"Some folks maintain" remarked Bass be.
tween puffs, ''that in the next world we shall
follow the same occupation as in this
"And in this world,' said Mrs. B., "you are
smoking necessarily. y.'-Boston Transcript
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

this time, being eager to ascertain Wna' 'n1 a'1
Office was that nobody else wanted. ~ will
tell you,n said the aspirant; ttit's the superin
| tendency of the Pesthnuse All the other iei-
lows wanting places are afraid OF the choieIa
and smallpox. but / have had both ana neio
the office once before" General Warnelo
| signed his petition.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
PROMINENT PERsoNAGEs.

The grandfather of the Rothschilds scarcely
had penny in 1900.
Lord Salisbury's Cabinet now consists of nine
teen members, and 1t is the largest ever formed
in Great Britain.
Gabrielle d'Annuzio, the italian novelist, is
writing story whose heroine is said to be
Eleonora Duse.
Mother Mary Gonzaga, now in Philadelphia,
is the Oldest Sister of Charity in the United
States. She recently celebrated the sixty-ninth
anniversary Of her initiation.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

Chicago girls dance in boomers. and be-
fore long they will go to picnics in bathing
suits.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

The British Tories have won grea
victory, but they have no leader capable O
making use OF it.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

A thorough cleaning of the City Hall
would go far toward cleaning the whole
political situation.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

It would be advisable to attach the City
Hall dome angel SO securely that it cannot
yield to the temptation to fly away.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

Many Atlantic Coast cities wish the next
Republican National Convention, but the
Pacific Coast deserves it.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

There is hardly enough Liberalism left
in England for seed.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

The Horr and Harvey debate is likely tC
prove more exhausting than exhaustive.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

The coin-in-the-slot machine was known
in Egypt more than 1000 years ago. 1t was
used for dispensing holy water.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

Why can't Corbett and Fitzsimmons
reach a settlement, like Horr and Harvey,
and divide the profits amicabk?
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

AFTER long illness and for general debility
Hoods Sarsaparlla is unequaed for building up the
weakened system 1t does this by purisxing and
vitalizing the blood. Take only Hoods.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

1t is fact well known in his Village
that Governor Morton can pitch decent
curve at baseball and manage rather risky
horses, and Is a fine bowler. With gun
and rod he has always beensquite expert.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

If there were more counties as prompt
in trying and convicting stage-robbers as
Mendocino the industry would be quickly
abandoned.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

Now that Cleveland has a third daughter
Congress ought to provide an executive
Office outside the White House, so that
ofice-seekers won't disturb the babies.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

DIR. SIEeERT's Angostura Bitters, indorsed by
physicians and chemists for purity and whole
someness
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

In eliminating the term detective" and
abolishing the detective bureau the Police
Commissioners of New York show a proper
understanding of police duties.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

Why is it that whenever a man advo-
Gates the honest enforcement of law he is
always accused of being an enemy of the
Southern Paeifc2
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20

Illinois joins the Eastern storm process