The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-22

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{ Whatever helps the State helps every
body in it.
Weather like this puts halo around
every life.
Things are Hale and hearty at San Quen-
tin just now.
The gas that Stockton is advertising her
self with is natural.
Staying qualities are good, provided you
don't stay on the fence.
! The Santa Rosa fiesta will be the next
living picture of California.
Gold can be found by digging around
any vine or fruit tree in California.
The thing that is now expected to throw
light on the coming man is acetylene.
The prevalence OF red noses hereabout is
not wholly chargeable to the sunshine.
No city that keeps itself weighted down
with cobbIestones can ever expect to be on
top.
The cap on the climax of the Los An
geles fiesta was a madcap, but it fitted
well.
Give home products trial this week
and see If they are not better than Eastern
goods.
We have got over the shock of the
Emmanuel Church tragedies, but the trial
is coming.
The successful competitors in the spring
exhibition OF pictures will be tempted to
paint the town next.
Everybody in Stockton has buckled on
sword and gone forth valiantly to fight for
independence and prosperity.
According to the present outlook we
shall have not only good year for fruit,
but a good year for prices also.
Once more we remind you that if you
care anything for California art, you must
patronize the spring exhibition.
There is no use in wearing a sour face
after learning that San Francisco is to have
her usual 125, 900 tons of sugar this year.
The organization of the Russian River
Valley Improvement Society is another
evidence of the spread of progressive ideas.
The only thing that gives Democracy
strength enough to kick is the suggestion
OF nominating Cleveland for a third term.
No intelligent man can give any serious
study to the possibilities of California
without becoming an enthusiast for prog
ress.
Venezuela proposes to erect monument
to the author of the Monroe doctrine, but
shows no signs of honoring Grover Cleve-
land.
There are still lots of people in San Fran
cisco who can't think of anything except
the time when the water came up to Mont
gomery street.
An Esteemed Contemporary met Demo-
publican Organ on the street yesterday,
and each suddenly saw something ex-
tremely interesting across the street.
The key that Stockton holds to the de-
velopment of the San Joaquin Valley is
somewhat rusty from disuse, but the lock
is discovered to be in perfect working
order.
To strangers who inquire why the top of
California street is called Mob Hill it might
be explained that it is because of the
numerous excrescences that make its sky
line so lumpy.
San Francisco can never expect to be a
great city until her merchants systemati-
cally and persistently urge upon their
customers the wisdom of buying home
made articles.
When we are informed that there has
been national gathering Of leather men"
at New York, we begin 10 realize how
thankful we are that no women are con-
structed that way.
1t is to be hoped the Portland syndicate
that has gone into the business of pack
ing horse meat will be content with the
foreign market and not try to introduce it
for home consumption.
According to a London medical journal,
the desire to rise early, except in those
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commonly sign, not of strength of char
acter and yigor of body, but of advancing
age.
1t must be consoling to the "solid eight
of the Board of Supervisors to learn that
the retail grocers Of the city fear that some
thing crooked would happen if the "solid
eight" were entrusted with the issuance of
bonds
The Valley road may have to zigzag
good deal to touch all the towns in the San
Joaquin Valley that are bidding for it, but
it is better to have even crooked fence
than lot of cows eating up the corn as
fast as it grows.
Guards on the electric-cars to push people
aside instead of letting the cars kill them
are well enough, but in the absence of
guards having eyes and even modest
supply of brains they will not completely
supply the need.
The Manufacturers and Producers
Association, in requesting that the Board