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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

Mercury. The latter rounds southwark, seems
| to be stationary on the 18th, and then begins
to go back westward, whence it came. The
orb outside the loop is Jupiter on the 21st, as
it is moving eastward.
AS Mercury is going back it passes Jupiter
again at this point, though they are farther
apart than at their previous conjunction. AS
these interesting motions require neither cir
eles nor telescopes to be observed, it is not sur
prising that the star-gaZers of antiquity were
quite familiar with them and invented strange
theories TO account for the apparent planetary
loops The famous epicicles of Hipparchus
and Ptolemy were the result.
Turning toward the eastern sky we find the
bright star Spica on the meridian after dusk,
and q little to the east is Saturn, both forming
the base of an acute triangle extending north
ward, at the vertex of which is the bright star
Arcturus. The branching outline OF the Scor-
pion rising in the southeast is not convenient
for observation until late hour.
In the evenings of June the ancient constel-
lation OF the Centaur can be seen at season.
able hour, as it is then on the meridian. In
latitudes as far south as California it is con-
spicuous group in the summer sky as it emerges
partly above the southern horizon.
Diagram represents the outline which is
starry record of one of the most grotesque
fancies of the sages of antiquity. Wild beings,
half man half horse, shaggy, fierce, swift
footed and universally abhorred, are repre-
sented by many Greek writer's as having in
habited the mountain caves in Thessaly during
the remotest ages. Few ignored the weird ira
dition, while some maintained It's probability,
but the wisest supposed them to be merely
mountain tribe skilled in the management of
horses which were used in the pursuit of wild
herds of cattle. In this case the historic group
is starry outline of the cowboy of antiquity.
Apart from its NEUROLOGICAL interest, it con-
tains much that invites the attention of the
astronomer; and its brightest star, few de-
grees below our horizon, is the nearest of all
the fixed stars whose distances have been
measured. ROSE O'HALLoRAN.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
THE HEAVENS IN JUNE.

AS California is not favored with the long
twilights of other chimes the star-gazer can
commence observations quite early even on
the nights of June. AT P. M. the bright stars
CLEAN forth in the dusk, and before an hour
has passed thousands of orbs are glimmering
down, thus leaving but a short interval be-
tween the glory of day and the beauty OF
night.
June is the month when the sun rises far in
the northeast, comes near the zenith at noon
nd sets in the North Pacific, and when day
light lasts for fourteen hours and haH-the
longest duration in these ATTITUDES.
The full moon of June also has its seasonal
characteristics. On the first of the month the
half phase will appear at its mean altitude In
the heavens; but the full moon Of June will
be farther south than any full moon during
the present year. Indeed, with the exception
of the full moons of last summer which had q
still lower altitude, it will be nearer to the
southern horizon than any full moon for many
years. The moons that hover picturesquely
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
A CITY FESTIVAL.

The finance committee of the Fourth of
July celebration committee having made
call on the people for funds which may
permit of a celebration of unusual magnif-
cence, it is eminently proper that a gen.
f.rous response be made, and that this &C.
casion be accepted as fitting one for the
display of that pride and patriotism which
have been recently awakened among US.
There will be time later to consider the
matter of having special festival season
in San Francisco and of fixing time for
holding it, for sooner or later this is mat
ter that must be attended to. Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara and Santa Rosa have fully
demonstrated the usefulness Of these festi-
walls, and have made them a prominent
annual institution. Undoubtedly Santa
Cruz will follow similar course. New
Orleans and Mobile have had their Mardi
Gras festivals for many years, and could
not be induced to abandon them; and
Memphis and st. Louis have had equal
success with their more recent ventures.
The winter carnival Of Montreal is the
great pleasure institution of Canada, and
the people would not abandon it for any
consideration.
The Midwinter Fair demonstrated the
delights and success that would attend
mi6winter carnival in San Francisco. That
would be an excellent time to attract the
residents of the frozen East, and it would
find most of the farmers of California free
to attend. On the other hand, the open
ing of the Mechanics Fair in the late
summer or early autumn offers an oppor-
tunity of another kind and not less advan-
tageous in different way. Again, some
date Immediately preceding Lent would
have still other things to recommend it.
Whatever season may be selected, there
will always be pleasant climate and a
particular reason for rejoicing and a festi-
val. Whether the great National holiday
be selected, on which occasion there must
be encountered competition with every
other patriotic community in the State, or
whether some time be chosen which shall
not come in conflict with any other i'm
portant local celebration or some occasion
which shall receive other than local cogni-
zance, is matter that will have to be de-
termined.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs. Ii Hung Chang has 1000 servants, 1000
coats, 1900 pairs of trouserettes and 500 fur
robes. Her feet are so small that she cannot
walk and she dresses her hair in fifty different
ways.
statue of Abraham Lincoln, by John Rogers.
which has been set up in the Manchester IN.
H. Public Library, represents the President as
studying war map. The statue is one-third
larger than life-size.
On May 4, the anniversary of the entrance of
Martin Luther into the Wartburg at Eisenach,
monument to the memory of the reformer
was unveiled in that city. 1t was the work OF
Doundorf of Stuttgart.
The Emir OF Bokhara, who has recently gone
to mineral water cure in the Caucasus for an
affection OF the feet, was obliged to obtain the
permission of the Gear of Russia before leaving
his own dominions.
The widow of ex-President U. 8. Grant has
taken rooms at Lelands Ocean House for the
season. Mrs. Grant has never visited Newport
but once, and that was when her husband was
President the first time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

It was in a geography lesson to standard I.
in an elementary school. After speaking about
boundaries of countries the teacher said:
'tNow suppose was in France pointing to
that country and I went into Germany, how
could tell when left France and entered
GermanyT
One youngster, aged seven, Immediately an.
swered: "You would hear the German bands,
please."-London Tid-Bits.
Doctor told you plainly that you should
rub the brandy that 1 ordered for you about
your stomach, and now you have drunk It,
Patient-Yes, but you see, doctor, I have
never in my life cared much for externals.-
Fliegende Batter.
"WeH," said the monkey to the organ
grinder as he sat On top of the organ. 'T'm SIM
ply carried away with the music.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

There is not place on earth, not even in
Switzerland, that can compare with the glo-
rious Yosemite Valley. No such inviting
place for the tourist exists. A direct, quick,
easy and pleasant communication between the
outside world and the Yosemite Valley, via
Stockton, is something grand to contemplate
1t means the bringing of most cultured, re-
into our very midst and all that follows from
such NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
The home paper tells what concerns the home
public. It tells of the things that make the
locality; of the prospects, plans OF develop
ments that mean money to the home readers
1t tells OF home progress, of people the reader
knows, and the news of every kind in which he
is directly concerned, so far as comes to the
EDITORS knowledge. 1t covers field which the
city paper cannot touch and would not pay
any attention to.-lnyo Register.
1t would be a master stroke OF business for
this Government to SO adjust its regulations
with regard to foreign immigration, that the
plan of colonization should bring to these
shores thousands of honest, capable people who
would benefit the land of their adoption and
rigidly exclude that element which is certain
to become public nuisance and burden as
soon as admitted.-San Diego Union.
The sentiment being worked up at San Fran
cisco to unite Californians in the support of
State industries will cause sadness in the hen
neries Of Kansas, the creameries of Nebraska,
the packing-houses of Chicago, the -four mills
of Minnesota, the manufactures of New Eng
land, and the jam centers of the Old World
San Diego Sun.
The most that the wisest and best Govern
ment can do is to give the human herd the
same opportunities for advancement; it cannot
make them equal in any other way, and most
Governments fail even in this particular
Humboldt Standard.
The wandering unemployed are having a
hard time of 1t on this coast at present They
have work thrust at them wherever they co.
Fresno Republican.
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degrees. This would be insufficient for the

degrees. This would be insufficient for the
boiling of potatoes, without which it is i'm
possible to imagine high civilization.
Science is ruthless iconoclast. As
tronomy is steadily narrowing down the
wonders of our little solar system and
stripping it of those mysteries and marvels
which ignorance manufactured out of hope
and fear. There is now no possible direc-
ton in which we may turn in search OF
beings similar to US unless it be toward
Venus, and there the greatest difficulties
are encountered.
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largest mass of copper ore known in the world.
If the present plans are carried out branch
railroad will be built from the Southern Pa
cific's line to the mountain mine and other
extensive operations will be inaugurated.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

There is general commendation of the nro.
ject Of the Bohemian Club OF Pittsburg to erect
memorial to Stephen G. Foster, who wrote
"oh, susannah," the "old Folks at Home"
and best OF all, "The Old Kentucky Home,
roster wrote altogether about 125 songs, all of
them meritorious
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

In every receipt calling for baking pow
der better results and more wholesome
food will be obtained by the use of Royal
than any other, because OF its greater
leayenlng strength and absolute purity.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

THE way to give strength to the veal, and tired
pody Is to purify the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla
the only true blood purifier, makes pure blood and
gives health. Try 1t now.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The money question will be interesting
to the American workingman only so long
as the protective system enables him to
earn money.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

USE DR.. siegert's Angostura Bitters, the world
renowned south American appetizer and invigora-
tor OF exquisite flavor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The dedication of a monument to tn,
Confederate dead at Chicago shows thai
the logic of war has given way to the senti
ment of peace.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

1t is niggard patriotism that acknowl.
edges the debt due to the veterans of the
Grand Army only when they are dead.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

By continually taking even short steps
in the right direction men make great
progress.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

1t is evident that the best way to secure
Democratic leadership in these days is to
go to Europe during the campaigns.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

San Jose did well in arranging to receive
Ysaye for an evening, but Oakland has
done the proper thing by inviting him to
ID axe his home here.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

Five years from now we may e1pec
some conclusion of the Durrant murde
cases.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

NO SAFER OR MORE EFFIcAcIous REMEDY car
oe had Tor Coughs, or any trouble Of the throat
than BroiVn's Bronchial Trochcs.p
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The worst suspense in which the law car
place a criminal is to hang him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

A cross temper fndsa pin stuck in every
chair on which it sits.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

1t would be singular if the exuberance
of vegetation in California did not indicate
a similar tendency in human development.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

1t was kind, courteous and considerate in
Mckinley to tell the New York people
that Grant needs no monument.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

A good deed is only half good if no wor-
thy motive prompts it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The problem of regarding the welfare o
the unemployed rests upon the conscienc,
of every citizen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

FINEST sauternes, haut-sauternes and dessert
wines. Mohns & Kaltenbach, 20 Market street,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The man who finds reason to blame
everybody has made the mistake of not
beginning with himself.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

Some people are SO careful that they
raise an umbrella even when shower Of
gold is threatened.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

LEDeERs, journals. cash, record and day books
in any binding desired. Price from 10 cents to
81 per 100 pages. Sanborn, Vail Co.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

There are few things in the world more
deplorable than ability which is crippled
by conceit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

Now comes the Santa Cruz carnival and
then the Fourth of July.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

AS home is where the heart is, the sweet
ness of the home is determined by the
cheer of the heart.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

1t is still matter of doubt whether tn,
Whitney boom is real freshet or only
leak from barrel.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

People with many angles in their charac
ters are always getting hurt by striking OBJ
stacles in the highway of life.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

An Ysaye conservatory is an enterprise
in which San Francisco can well afford to
help Oakland.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

No truth is all the truth if it is based
upon fad.
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Fireworks Given AWAY

With every boys suit purchased at the old
TX from June to July 4. Box contains
torty-three pieces. I. Y. Merle, cheapest bows
clothier on the Pacific Coast GIG to $40 Kearnv
street, corner of Commercial
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

To make sure of good reading for Sun.
day, order the Sunday CALL today.
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MANY causes induce gray hair, but PARKER's
hAiA 6ALsAM brings back the youthful color.
HrNpERcoRNs the best cure for corns, Is cts.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

Astronomers have an airy way of de-
claring that there is no atmosphere on
Mars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The gambler harnesses his hopes to the
wind.
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REGULATE your gas, stop breaking globes
citation, 316 Post street, established 1878.
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Chicago has got far enough along to
dedicate monument to the Confederate
dead IN her cemeteries, but New York has
not even completed the tomb of Grant.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The cyclist who falls from his wheel can.
not be convinced that he is well off.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The value of success should be measured
by its method.
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Did Whitney achieve this sudden great
ness or has it been thrust upon him?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

Every man who makes his money in the
home market should spend it there.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

Men who look for a Job that is as easy as
rolling off a log generally land in the mud.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The publication and wide circulation of
the speeches made at the Yuba City meet
ing of horticulturists would be a valua-
bic textbook on the fruit industry of Cali
fornia.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

NEW novelties in picture frames, very pretty
and moderate in price. Sanborn, Vail & Co.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

There is no such thing as negative good.
ness.
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Although the very name of an Auditor
indicates person who has ears, City
Auditor Broderick has been stricken with
deafness that dismays the clamorers fol
City coin.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

GRooERs' PICNIC, San Rafael, June 5.
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BACON Printing Company, sos Clay street. :.
PLAIN mixed candies, 1Oc lb. Townsend's.s
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So long as our orchardists employ Chi
nese in the harvest because they find them
more reliable than such white men as offer
their services for this work, and SO long IS
there are worthy men anxious to secure
employment, there is somewhere great
fault that it is the duty of men and
women having the good of the State at
heart to remedy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The revival of business in Woodland has
brought about the revival of the Daily Re-
porter under the management of Robert
Lee. The new editor has not stopped to
question whether the town is big enough
to support three papers, but has started in
with determination to whoop up its
growth and make it big enough.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

The ingenious rascal at the Reno train
accident who identified a killed tramp as
Hickey, whom the police have been hunt
ing for a crime that he committed, had
the misfortune to be suspected himself Of
being the needed Hickey, and has been
since identified as that parsonage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

1t is notable that reports from all parts
of the country show that Decoration day
was more generally observed than ever,
and that, as the ranks of the Grand ARMY
thin with the passing years, the popular
appreciation of the noble services of the
veterans increases and deepens throughout
the Republic.
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1t is easier to sneer than to cheer.

SATURDAY. ...................-JUNE l, lss;
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raising their hideous heads from reptile ridge,
eight or ten feet In length, stretching along on
q sun-baked shelf of the ledge, and made up of
intertwined bodies by the thousands.
Their rafting did not discomfort Tom in the
least. He walked boldly up to the ledge, and
from this uncanny mass picked up RATHER
about two feet long and put 1t in his can. Then
another and another until he had captured
five. The last one he took was about three feet
long, the others were small. When he had
finished he tied his sack over the can and
walked back to where we sat on our animals
Phelan was bent upon shooting into the tan
gled mass on the ledge, but Tom begged him
not to do it, and Hersey reiterated the protest
with so much earnestness that they carried
the day. Then we returned to the hotel under
the good-natured raiilery of Hersey, who was
put to bed rather early that same right by the
crowd to dream of snakes perchance. You can
call it understanding or what you wish,
only know that have not deviated in the
slightest degree from the facts. Tom is still
alive, by the way. and still catching snakes
Irwin C. Stump, manager of the Hearst
estate and ex-chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee, arrived Yesterday
from New York, where he now makes his head
quarters. His mission out here is to attend the
wedding of his daughter to A. G. Hunt next
Wednesday. Mr.. Stump is accompanied nv
his family and two daughters of Marcus Daily
the big miner, politician and race.horse owner
of Montana, and they are sill staying at the
Palace. Mr.. Stump has earned reputation as
an able financier and was asked yesterday
about the business outlook in the East
"Things are brighter" he said. Money is
getting easier and securities are appreeiating. ~
Speaking about the silver question he said:
"The sentiment in New YORK is growing in
favor of the free coinage of silver among the
masses of the people. believe that If a poll
were taken to-day in that city a majority
would be found in favor of it. But the bond
holders of Europe and the East will put M
money to try to influence public sentiment.
The feeling in the East is that the Memphis
gold convention was q failure. Cleveland and
Carlisle are alarmed and have been doing all
they could to try to stem the tide"
Gilbert Mem. Ross, who has been manager Of
the Union and Keystone Copper mines at Cop
peropolis. Calaveras County, for several years,
left to-day for Shasta County, where he will take
charge of the Mountain mine, formerly known
as the Iron Mountain mine. This is a silver.
gold and copper property owned by an English
syndicate, located fourteen miles from Red
ding. 1t employs quite a force of men. Owners
of the property who have examined 1t liken
II to the Rio Tipto lode in Spain, which IA the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
STATENEE
OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE
Commercial Union Insurance COMPANY

OF LONDON, ENGLAND ON THE 3lST DAY
" of December, A. D. 1894, and for the year end-
ing on that day. made to the Insurance Come
missioner OF the State of California pursuant to-
the provisions o? sections go and GIL of Polite
ical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the
commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amount OF capital stock, paid up in