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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
THE COMING GRAND JURY.

The list of names drawn for service on
the Grand Jury gives promise OF body
from which the people may expect the
vigorous performance of important duties.
1t is to be hoped that out of the list thus
drawn the number required to constitute
the jury will be formed. All OF them
have the confidence of their fellow citizens,
and not few of them possess it to a
marked degree. A prompt acceptance of
the duty allotted to them would add to the
public favor with which they are regarded,
and, while the task before them would
undoubtedly be difficult and tedious, they
would never have any occasion to regret
the faithful performance of it.
The popular enthusiasm for reform
which was so evident last winter has now
changed to a resolute determination to at
tain it. The determination is, of course,
not so widespread as the enthusiasm was,
nor is it so exuberantly manifest, but 1t
is stronger and in the end will prove more
effective for the best work. Those who
share in the resolution know the value to
the City of having an exceptionally able,
faithful and courageous Grand Jury at this
time. They know, moreover, the moral
effect that could be produced on the COM
munity by the fact that such men as those
drawn on the list are sufficiently Infused
with the new spirit of civic patriotism to
accept the work as an opportunity to rem
der eminent service to the people, and so
far from seeking excuses to evade it would
enter upon it willingly and even ardently
as the champions of the cause OF reform
and the welfare of the CITY.
The late Grand Jury did much good
work and rendered services which the
people viii long remember with honor. 1t
left, however, much to be done that.will
not be done unless the coming Grand Jury
shall be equally faithful. If composed Of
men Of the right stamp Grand Jury may
be made valuable adjunct to our system
of administering public affairs. In the
hands of weak men, or unfaithful men, it
is worse than useless. This fact should be
deeply impressed upon the mind of every
upright citizen who is called upon to
serve in such body. He should Iemem-
Der if he gets himself excused some worth
less man may be drawn in his place and
the right will suffer and wrong be done by
reason of it. We call upon the men who
have been drawn in this instance to stand
up TO the work. Let them set an example
of civic patriotism. They have great op-
portunity before tn EN- and all good citi-
zens hope to see them make the most of it.
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a BRILLIANT SPECTACLE.

c. F. McGlashan's description of the
wonderful frost palace which the people of
Truckee are constructing presents pic
ture offering peculiar destinations to Cali
fornians resident along the coast. The
palace is in the form Of an ellipse, with a
major axis of $50 feet and a minor of $50
feet. 1t is singular that during all the
wears which have witnessed the construc-
ton of ice palaces in Canada the ingenious
and greatly improved plan devised by
the people OF Truckee has never been
thought of.
The Canadian plan is to rear structure
composed OF blocks of ice. As ice is COM
pressed by weight, the ice palace con-
structed on this plan cannot be tall. The
Truckee plan is to rear light but strong
framework of wood, stretch an open wire
network over the intervals and spray the
whole with water. This freezes as it
touches the structure, and repeated appli-
cations are made to secure the desired
thickness of wall. 1t is evident that the
structure cannot fiatten by its own weight,
that the walls need not be very thick and
that the building can be run TO a consid-
cradle height. In fact, the Truckee palace
is to attain an extreme height of 250 feet.
As accessories to the main carnival CEN
tering in the great frost palace there will
be the longest ice toboggan slide ever
constructed. The road from Truckee to
Bonner Lake will be converted into great
highway for sleighs and will be extended
completely around the lake. The surface
of the lake itself will be a great skating
ground.
Taken in all its features, this will be the
most spectacular carnival ever held in
California. 1t will afford the most ex-
hilarating sports, entirely novel to dwell
ers of the coast region, and above all
that will be the great benefit to health
which the change of climate and the
unique pleasures will afford. The fash
ionable folk of San Francisco will doubt
less seize the opportunity to organize a
number of excursion parties to visit the
scene.
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PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT

The Emperor OF Austria is a sportsman OF The
| most energetic type, and thinks nothing OF
| starting upon an expedition in quest OF game
| shortly after midnight, blazing away in the
! mountain woods ali day and reaching the CAPT.
| tai again within twenty -four hours.
Prince Albert of Prussia, the second cousin
| OF the German Emperor, has been made chief
| of the regiment of Dragons bearing his name.
The Prince is, with one or two exceptions, the
! tallest man in the German army, being 3 feet
| inches in height and finely proportioned.
He is undoubtedly the handsomest member OF
| the Hohenzollern family.
It has been noted that the death of Allen g.
| Thurman leaves William G. English as the
| only man alive, with the exception OF Cleve-
| land and Stevenson, who has been candidate
| for either President or Vice-President on the
| Democratic ticket The only living Republic
| can candidates for President or Vice-President
| are Benjamin Harrison, Whitelaw Reid and
| Levi p. Morton.
J Nine. Albani is a great favorite with Queen
Victoria. Among her many presents she has
| received an autograph copy of the Queens
| "Highland Journals" portrait OF her Majesty
| and superb model in gold of the personif1ed
! figure of "Victory," designed by the Countess
| Gleichen, and bearing scroll wherein the
word "Victoria" is inscribed in precious stones.
A deed of trust for 5000 on all the household
| goods of Alexander A. Arthur has been filed in
| Tennessee in favor of local bank. Arthur is
| the Englishman who spent vast sums of money
| in establishing the Scottish lumber-mills at
! Knoxville and founding the town of Middles-
| borough, KY. He was also instrumental in get
ting the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and
Louisville Railroad built. A half-dozen years
ago he was considered Croesus in Knoxville;
| to-day ne is said to be penuiless.
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the shoulder seams. Two tails hung from the
belt on both sides of the front gore covering
the seams in the skirt
dark blue rough cloth skirt had the entire
waist made of bright plaid velveteen. A bright
apple-green ribbon, matching one of the colors
in the plaid, was gathered into the top of the
collar, forming an outstanding ruffle. dull
red smooth cloth had the body of the waist OF
Persian velveteen in light colors. Buttons OF
the cloth trimmed this exquisite gown. A
ribbon to match the cloth was gathered into
the collar, as described in the last gown.
A mixture, in which rather light blue was
predominant, had collar, belt and sleeve bands
OF blue velvet, which was formed also into six
points, well sIiffened with canvas, ard so sci
around the top of the collar that they stood out
straight from it.
palmer dress, suitable for school wear, was
of fancy mixed cloth, of light brown tone
with belt, sleeve bands and collar of cadet-blue
cloth.
Another mixed cloth with red threads run.
ming through an ecru tone had red cloth trim.
mings. dark blue serge had bodice oil
bright plaid velveteen. These velveteens are
one OF the seasons novelties, are not expensive
and wear quite WELL
plain brown cheviot dress was relieved by
crushed belt and collar of green founced
ribbon.
The waist has tight lining over which the
goods is pleated in front and gathered in
the back. The skirt has gored front. The
sleeves are the new, very full bishop shape.
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A SUFFICIENT WARNING.

THE Calls account Thursday morning
of the levanting of a downtown poolroom
firm with all the money that had been
staked by gullible citizens on race at In
gleside will not be pleasant reading for the
fanny which the Solid Eight are fostering
will be clearly understood when the details
Of the affair are considered.
The "a cetrack odds on Montana, one of
the horses in race, were to 5. The pool
room under discussion raised the odds to 6
to 5, and this served as a bait to numerous
persons. The place was soon crowded as
the news reached the street ana several
hundred dollar. were placed on the race.
Before the race came off the managers fed
with all the cash. Montana happened to
win, so that if the managers had paid the
bets they would have lost heavily. Un-
willing to take any chances they slipped
away with the coin. When tie race had
been run and the managers failed to appear
the outraged crowd looted the establish
ment OF its furniture.
This incident is just what might have
been expected. The managers were Offer
ing odds that were ruinous and that would
never have been offered by responsible
bookmaker at the track. These latter are
in a large measure vouched for by the
managers of the racetrack, who could not
afford to extend bookmaking privileges TO
irresponsible persons. For that matter
persons of that kind have no desire to
place themselves under the restrictions
which are imposed at the racetrack. They
are safer il the pursuit of rascally course
downtown, where they can enjoy the pro-
lection of the Solid Eight.
In revenge for the popular and Grand
Jury crusade against the downtown
poolrooms the Solid Eight have deter
mined to suppress betting at the race
tracks along with the downtown establish
ments. They argue that in that matter
they will have the moral support of a
large numbe of citizens who do not know
the difference, who believe that betting
under any circumstances is wrong, and
cannot understand the value to the horse
breeding industry which bookmaking at
the racetracks guarantees. We have been
gwen in the latest downtown episode a
striking illustration of the difference be-
tween the two kinds of betting.
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MAY PROVOKE A SMILE.

The song that Adam sang in the Garden of
Eden was ''There's Only One Girl in the World
for Me."-Life.
Miss Nurvs-I am so afraid, doctor, that
something will happen and that 1 may be
buried alive.
DR.. Pylls = Nonsense! You need not fear
anything like that. You take the medicine 1
gave you and you need no longer be afraid OF
being buried alive. That is something that
never happens to my patients. = Harper's
Bazaar.
Teacher-How would you describe Henry
VIII of England?
STUDENT would describe him as profess
sional widower-London Tit-Bits.
allow do you know he married for money?n
stIvc seen her."-sketch.
ain case of war with England, colonel. will
you enlist?'
mo- replied the colonel, sadly. 81 fear my
dnv is over; only yesterday 1 fred at man
and missed him, and at ten PAGES tool'-At-
lanta Constitution.
Lawyer-You say the prisoner stole your
watch. What distinguishing feature was there
about the watch?
Witness-It had my sweetheart's picture
in it.
Lawyer-Ah! see. A woman in the case
Scottish American.
Willie-Pa, what is the meaning of the ex-
preston touch and go"?
Papa-lts very simple, my son. 1t means
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

BUDDING-G. c., Contra Costa Springs, Contra
Costa County, Cal. In this State the process of
budding is performed during the growing
periods of the various kinds OF trees. The
peach, cherry, almond, apricot, plum, etc,
are budded as soon as the cions, or buds, have
developed or matured in spring or midsum-
mer, and if budded early they can be started
the same season, but if budded late they have
to be left dormant through the winter. The
apple, pear, ounce, etc, are budded in the
summer, and AS they do not grow as rapidly as
the peach, almond, etc. they are left to lie
dormant till the following spring. when they
are started. The orange, lime, citron, etc, are
budded all through the summer from early
spring The buds at that time take more
readily, and the growth is undIsturbed through
the growing period of the tree. The fig, wal
nut, chestnut, etc., are budded during the
summer, and the buds are left to lie dormant,
to be started in the spring. The olive and
other evergreen trees of this kind are budded
from the time the sap begins to rise in the
spring until late in the fall. II budded late
they must remain dormant till the following
spring, when they are started.
AN ENLISTED MAN-Soldier, City. The high
est enlisted rank in the army OF the United
States is that of sergeant-major, who is the
chief non-commissioned officer of q regiment
or battalion. A special provision is made,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
PERSONAL.

" s. McClatchy of the Sacramento Bee is
here.
R. B. Gafford, an attorney OF Trubody is in
town.
A. s. Orr, wealthy farmer of La Porte, is in
town.
w. 6. Martin, merchant of Portland, is in
town.
DR.. F. D. Tyrrell OF Sacramento is at the Cali
fornia.
John McMullen of Fresno is among recent
arrivals
Ex-Mayor B. Q. steinman of Sacramento is at
the Palace.
F.W. Young, a business man of Santa Cruz,
is at the Russ.
A. A. Yerex, a wholesale grocer of Portland,
]. C. Campbell, mining man of Marysville
is st the Grand.
T. N. Carr, the newly appointed postmaster
of Nevada City, is at the Lick.
J. Sivestern, wholesale butcher OF Port
land, arrived here yesterday.
r. C. Bayard, business man of Winters, is
in the City, accompanied by his wife
Alexander Edward Simpson, mining man
of Loomis, Placer County is in the City.
Robert Abercrombie of Greenfield, Mass is
at the Occidental, accompanied by his family.
DR.. 2. McGill of Healdsburg and DR.. Thomas
Flint of San Juan were among yesterdays ar
rivals.
Charles E. swezey, leading merchant of
Marysville, is at the Lick, accompanied by his
family.
The Rev. W. E. Edmonson, chaplain aboard
the warship Philadelphia, is at the Occi-
dental.
~ r;xy
granary proprietor of San Luis Obispo, is at
the Russ.
Ex-Governor L. A. Sheldon of New Mexico
arrived here yesterday from Pasadena. He is
at the Grand.
NJ. F. Campbell, who is interested in mining
in siskiyou County, arrived here last night
and is at the Grand.
H. NJ. La Rue, the State Railway Commits
sioner arrived from Sacramento last night.
He is at the Occidental.
J. o. Hawthorn of Portland, one of the ex.
tensive Gamers of salmon on the Columbia
River is at the California.
Ex-Congressman James A. Louttit of Stock.
ton is at the Lick. He denies in emphatic
terms that the railroad he is building was
ever offered for sale, though he says several
bids have at different times been made for it.
Thomas Barry, wealthy cattle and sheep
grower of Montana, who has been many years
in the business there, and has acquired large
herds, is at the Russ. Mr. Barry has recently
purchased the McComb ranch near Napa, and
will now settle in California and make this his
home He will, however, retain his interests
in Montana.
C. L. Dixon of san Luis Obispo, chief dis
patcher for the Pacific Coast Railroad and
agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company
was married last night at the Russ House to
Miss Carrie Robbins of Denver. The young
lady, who has been his sweetheart for two
years, came on to meet him. Mr.. Dixon has
only been living in California four months
The Rev. DR.. Hemphill performed the cere-
mony.
J. A. Mellon, the pioneer steamboat man Of
the Colorado River, is up from his home at
Yuma on a business trip. The captain is the
owner of the Mojave, ella and other steamers
which ply far up the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado, and, when the river is high, even
UP into and beyond the Black Canyon into the
State of Nevads. Captain Mellon put the first
steamer on the Colorado river. He is great
story-teller, and can tell tales of Indians and
snakes to raise the hair.
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extreme speed, and refers to the pro1esslonal
borrowers, who make touch ana go SO 1ast
YOU seldom see them agaln.-Phlladeiphla
Record.
"Did Won marry your ideal?" asked new ac-
quaintance of bright matron.
"Mercv. no, I married my husband."-De-
troit Free Press.
AS "friend"-'twa thus she forged the letter
For heart that never more was free,
She locked it-Love was her abettor-
And gayly threw away the key
But ha! ahal often twit her
Contrivancing my heart to twine,
That pranky Cupid, with litter.
Had fettered hers along with mine.
Century.
"He didn't have the sand to propose, did he,
Bessie?"
Eyes, but she rejected him. She said that
while he had the sand to propose he dldnt
have the rocks to marry."-Harpers Magazine
The vocalizer.-Tyro-Well, now that you
have heard my voice, what do you think OF ltY
Teacher-Wait, my dear sir. till have heard
you bound over to keep the peace, and shall
be pleased to tell you.-Detroit Free Press.
Manager-I think we had better discharge
the conductor OF car 135.
Observation-Disclosures is the matter with
him?
Manager-There hasn't been a passenger
complain of him in six weeks. don't think
he's collecting all the fares.-New York World.
at may be-" says Gus de Smith, "that
man and his wife are one; but notice than
when pay the weekly board bill the landlord
does not think so."-Texas Strings
Mrs Eta Morse Hudders says it is difficult
to get woman to hold broom properly. 1t
is also becoming more and more difficult to
get woman to hold broom at all.-New York
Pros
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4 MYSTERY STORY.

Enter T. Bracket Heed into the presence OF Nc
kinney, Harrison, Morton, Allison ct al, with g
heaVy shadow on his brow and newspaper in his
hand.
Reed-Here, you fellows, who in thunder wrote
this poem?
Al-Whch poem?
Reed-rhisone in this newspaper.
Mekinley-I didn't. L can't write anything but
Morton-And don't write anything much.
Allison-Gracious me. can't read poetry, much
less write.
Harrison-I used to write a Presidential message
once in awhile, but there was never any poetry
in it.
Reed lin tone Of dark suspicion)-wel, some
body wrote 1t, Poetry doesn't write itself.
All-Read it! Read IL!
Reed clearing his throat)-That's what I pro
pose doing. GReads.]
Serene fold my arms and walt,
Nor care for wind or tide or sea;
rave no more 'gainst time nor fate,
For 10! mine own shall come TO me.
stay my haste, make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
stand amid tn eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face.
Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The place ! seek is seeking me;
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter if I stand alone?
know my purpose and my scope;
My heart shall reap where it has sown,
And garner up its fruit or hope.
The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder height;
SO flows the right with equal law,
Unto the soul OF pure delight.
The floweret noddiDg in the wind
Is ready plighted 10 the bee:
And maiden, why that look unkind?
For 10! thy lover seeketh thee.
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal waves unto the sea:
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Gan keep my own away from
"Now, what have you got to say?"
All Gin thunder tones)-You wrote it, that's what
CURTAIN
New York Sun.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Ex-Judge F. T. Baldwin of Stockton, who has
been suffering at the Palace for some days
with what appeared at first TO be a paralytic OF
apopleptic stroke, was good deal improved
yesterday.
WAS given out also that there was no doubt
now that he would recover. He had been i'm
proving for couple of days, growing stronger
all the time, and DR.. Whitney, who was attend
ing him, felt convinced that he would recover.
The ex-Superior Judge and Code Commits
sioner, though hard worker for good deal
OF his life, has very strong constitution.
Moreover, he is only about SO years OF age, SO
that 1t is not so surprising If he will be able to
pull through. Mrs. Baldwin is in constant at
tendance on the Judge.
There are many inquiries also as to his con-
dltlon. The Judge, though close reader ali
his life, has, nevertheless, been outdoors q
good deal. He has given considerable atten-
ton to mining, and it is believed this outdoor
existence has helped him greatly in the recent
trying days since he fell on Market street
Henry w. Preston, the Treasurer of the town
OF Victor, In Cripple Greek, who was inter
viewed in THE CALL day or two ago in regard
to the boom there, has had little peace since
then.
An army of people had descended upon him
at the Grand, where he stops. Mr.. Preston
held several audiences with his callers yester-
day, each audience being made up OF from six
to dozen persons or more, including women
and people of all degrees.
After several seances OF this kind, during
which he talked himself hoarse, he finally gave
it up, pulled in his latchstring and ''sported
his oak"
"Tell them Pm not in,' he said to the clerk.
81 have had siege of it for one day, and will
have to give it up. Tomorrow, when 1 get a
rest, FL see about it, but no more now
Mr.. Preston had intended leaving for Palo
Alto tonight, with his daughter, who is stu
dent there. but was not able TO finish his bust
ness in time.
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stitute them an exceedingly dangerous
element of the community and mark
them for special rigor in the enforcement
of the laws.
Unlawful practices, by whomsoever con-
Quoted, should be suppressed, and Chinese
are deserving of no more consideration
in the enforcement of the laws than white
persons. We are aware of the great diff
Guilty which the police encounter in dis
covering and Furnishing these evils among
this peculiar race, whose instinct is
secrecy and concealment; but that only in
creases the obligation to exercise unsIeep--
ing vigilance and impose the heaviest PEN
alties for attractions OF the law.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

To the Editor of the San Francisco Call
SIR: Your Christmas issue of THE CALL is the
greatest paper ever issued on the Pacific
Coast. Cordially yours, J. C. HoAG.
San Francisco December 25, 1895.
To the Editor Of the San Fl oncisco Call
SIR: After a careful perusal OF your Christmas
number of THE CALL I consider it the best
paper ever published upon the resources of
California. The writer's of the articles are of
the best known and most capable upon the
several topics treated | feel it my duty,
cess, which affords me great pleasure. Very
respectfully, W. 6. HAwLEY,
Ex-President Board of Trade.
San Jose, December 25, 1895.
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lace, is seven years old and little over fifteen
hands high. He is docile as q lamb and his
absence OF nervousness shows that his training
has not injured him. The horse has many
tricks, among which is the selecting of any
letter OF the ALPHABET upon It's being called for.
he can tell the time in hours and minutes
from watch face and scrapes his hoof on the
stage the number he wishes to denote
he does multiplication and addition prob
lens and can play "God Save the Queen" on
the organ, using his left forefoot. With q
piece OF chalk in mis- mouth he will write his
name; Dressed in nurses rig Alpha will
Wheel about a small horse in carriage.
The tricks are all the more remarkable in