The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20

tempered, people prone to talk fast and with
rising infection. The result is deviation
from true expression, resulting in what we arr
pleased to call a dialect. In another State the
people may be cool, deliberate, indolent anG
happy, with slow speech and careful way o
expressing themselves, so much SO that thu
rapid conversation of his next State neighbo
would strike him as very peculiar in Its sound
and vice versa. have touch of the Kentucky
manner, but had not travelled great deal
would have more. The man from Kentuck,
is said to be tall, lanky individual, but of lat
years we are rather inclined to be fat an6
good natured. The North and the South art
becoming united, but not so strongly as the
South and the West We are all silver me1
there the same as you, and am delighted t.
say that while the great National changes are
going on we still retain our dialect"
BreVet Major w. b. Hooper, commander-elec
OF the Military Order Loyal Legion, Command
cry of California, returned from Los Angelo.
Saturday and was busy all day receiving the
congratulations of friends who rejoice in hi.
promotion. The ladies, in particular, were SC
delighted over the result of the contest thai
Major Hooper is impelled to believe that they
did ehective electioneering work in his cause
He is sure that their captivating smiles in
f1uenced votes in his favor. 81 regretted" said
Major Hooper, "the publicity given to the con
test In the newspapers, but one feature of II
was decidly pleasing-that which gave the
California volunteers credit for their bravery
and endurance in the Bear River battle II
has been the fault of many of our people to
speak lightly Of the frontier service rendered
by Californians during the war, and they have
spoken SO because they neglected to study the
record of California Volunteers. The accounts
taken from official sources and published in
the CALL removed false impression"
Chalmers Scott of San Diego, ex-candidate
for adjutantgeneral, does not propose to pass
his time in lamenting his Ill luck. He turns
his gaze to South Dakota, where he goes in a
few days to survey 100000 acres of land at
tached to the Rosebud agency. Some of this
land will be reserved for the original owners
the Sioux Indians, but many acres will be
thrown open to settlement. 1t is expected that
four years time will be taken to complete the
work, but Colonel Scott expects to retain his
residence in California and pass several weeks
at home each year. He met many friends at
the Occidental Hotel yesterday, who expressed
their regret that his military ambition was not
gratified, but wished him the happiest lot i'm
aginable in the enterprise which calls him to
the Northwest.
Commodore Henry NJ. Gillig of the Larch.
mond Yacht Club, New York, left San Fran
cisco last evening by rail and expects to go
through to the Atlantic without stopping over
en- route. On his tour around the world he
arrived in this City from Asia twelve days ago
and has since enjoyed to his utmost capacity
the hospitality of friends In Bohemia. He an
ticipates much pleasure in yachting this year.
Speaking of it yesterday he remarked:
81 shall go straight to New York without
stopping at Chicago or any other place. shall
60 aboard OF the Ramona at once without un-
packing my trunks ashore"