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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-06
HE WILL VETO IT.

The people of San Francisco will read
with more than ordinary satisfaction this
morning the announcement of Mayor
Sutro's decision to veto the bituminous
rock ordinance.
This measure, whose nature is well
understood by the people, is one of the
most Ubiquitous ever devised in the City.
1t would have given to single combine
ton the privilege of furnishing all the
asphalt needed for street paving and to
the Southern Pacific Company the ex-
elusive profit of hauling it. This, indeed,
would have been rich plum for the ring
if it could have been carried through.
Fortunately the Mayor has shown him
self in this instance to be true defender
of the interests of the City. His veto will
battle the ring, and by defeating this job
will have tendency to prevent attempts
at others. There can be no doubt the
veto will prove sufficient to balk the
scheme, for it would require vote of nine
Supervisors to pass the ordinance over the
veto, and only eight can be found who will
vote for it. The other four are honest. in
corruptible men, who can be counted on to
sustain the Mayor and protect the interests
of the City.
The decision of the Mayor is one of espe-
cial qualification for the CALL, for it is in
accordance with the line of policy we have
advocated all along. An earnest cham
pion OF public Improvements, the CALL has
recognized that the success of job of this
kind would cause many progressive men
to hesitate in going forward with the
work of municipal development, and
the CALL has been jealous therefore in
endeavoring to defeat it. The Mayors
decision comes like the blow of stalwart
champion for good government, striking
down the wrong. A great victory has been
won for the people, and the veto will be
greeted with universal approval
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-06
THE CAYUsE AT POLO.

containing suggestion that might be put to
profit by the polo-players OF Burlingame.]
Those riders down at "Blingum" are afeared their
And they zzie in their stroke and in their reach
And their game Of polo is as tame as whist or
When compared to one saw down on the beach.
You remember, Baron Truffies, with his tinse lace
was sport of very eminent degree,
And he came to the conclusion the cayuse was a
In competing with horse of pedigree.
So challenge then he launched against the hackers
Of the broncho;
Captain Casey swore to play him, and to wager he
Out and out before the polo game was done.
And they got their teams together-there was favor
in the weather,
When the bronchos met the steeds with barbered
tails;
And the speed of them cayuses would make poems
But to tell the rest my heart it nearly fails.
The bronchos in the racing weren't great on lengthy
But they stopped and few around the other way,
Oh, like magic they few back, sir, on the rolling
spheroid's track, sir,
While the blooded nags were seldom in the play
Well, the horse Of Captain Casey had developed
Made his rider vince anear the winning line;
When the Baron got excited and he madly swung
And1poor Casey got PUNK upon his spine.
III.
The bloods" were never in it for the fraction OF
minute,
For the bronchos played around them and about,
And they had the game in tow, sr-truth, I'm tell
ing you, by Joe, sir
And the natives raised thunder of shout.
But old Truffies couldn't bear it, to glory and
When his royal stable showed up far behind,
And while racing hard and vainly after Casey, he
insanely
Made the lunge that clapped on Casey's eyes
blind.
The mob was all a-cheering the victory was near
And as Casey drove the ball along the track
One more touch TO goal would send it, and he raised
his stick TO end it.
When-poor Casey's spinal column got the whack.
him. I'll be bound sir,
The conceit to take from Captain Tobin's team;
And he'd make the coming Britons think their
mounts lot of kittens,
And their "blooded" fad would vanish like q
dream.
Yes, the general population Of this corner Of the
nation
They would whoop Ter up in style for the cayuse--
And the wry little climber, worshiped by the grand
"old-timer,"
Would redeem itself in spite of times abuse
Would reveal itself as certain the dawn would
raise the curtain
On the day it meets the racer, groomed so fine
Would redeem itself full splendid, il the game
should not be ended
Like when Casey got the whack upon his spine.
CHARLES d. SOUTH.
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that the Calls opposition to this shame
full evil is one of the very reasons why
every good man and woman in the COM
munity supports it with subscriptions.
If there are any readers of the CALL who
imagine that it will publish anything of a
degrading, disgusting or otherwise in
furious nature they will be disappointed,
for this paper is not published in the in
terest of anything that is low and cor
rupting. If there are any of our readers
who, in spite of our pleadings and warn
ings, still insist on buying lottery tickets,
they can easily secure the lists of winning
numbers from the agents who sell the
tickets, and at the same time can be taking
a clean, high-class paper, which gives all
the legitimate news without regard to the
cost, and which is deyoting all of its ener-
gies not only to the protection of the COM
munity against wrongs, but also to the
promotion of those material enterprises
which develop the resources of the State
and contribute to the happiness, security
and prosperity of her people.
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ble my lad. Next time you must count the
horns and divide by two.-Neueste Mach
richten.
sI ought to have known better than to come
here" said the departing drummer TO the
landlord. at was told beforehand that IL was
a one-horse town."
aWell, there's no use of kicking now" was
the placid response.
mo. I Just wanted to stop long enough to
express my sympathy for the horse" -Wash-
ington Star.
"Have you been able to catch the Speakers
ever" asked the first lady legislator.
s.Have I?p rejoined the second legislator.
"Well, rather. wore my nayy-blue bengaline
with the heliotrope sleeves, and the Speaker
couldn't keep his eyes off me-"
Upon the call of the house they separated
Detroit Tribune.
Mother-The very hairs of our heads are num-
bered.
Smart kid quilting one out OF his head
What number is this?
Mother (snatching part of q handful out of
his head)-The one you gave me was number
one. You can go out in the woodshed and
count these others.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
'Louise is married and seems perfectly
happy"
"Why shouldn't shebe? Her husbands BUSH
ness is such that he can't take but one meal q
day at home. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Shell wish to purchase new hat-one in the
very latest style.
He-Ah, yes. viii madame kindly take
seat and wait for a moment? The styles are
just changing.-Flegende Batter.
The man who is "prominently mentioned.
for an Office may have to make way for him
who is suggested. "-Hanford Journal
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THE HEAVENS IN APRIL.

The revolution of the earth around the sun
brings to our view in the course OF year all
portions of the heavens north of south declina-
ton 521s degrees at seasonable hours of the
evening Those who live farther north see less,
those farther south see more, in proportion to
their ATTITUDES.
Strewn over this large section of the celestial
sphere are fourteen fixed stars sutticlently
bright to be classed as of the first magnitude;
forty-eight of second magnitude, and hundreds
and even thousands of lesser magn1tudes,
emitting telescope stars, which are numbered
by millions.
The evenings of spring present to the star
gazer the most brilliant array OF stellar lights
that can be seen at any one time. By reason
of some yet unknown law of distribution, the
larger orbs show tendency to be gregarious,
and within an area of 90 degrees in diameter
seven stars of first magnitude and an equal
number of second magnitude blend their radi-
ance at present in the western heavens. But,
as is known, the fixed stars are not the only
stellar lights to be seen in the armament.
Five of the major planets are visible to the
naked eye and may be seen in their allotted
zone, which extends on:each side of the ecliptic,
and like that invisible but mathematical line
encircles the celestial sphere. Unlike the fixed
stars, whiclAor ages keep their positions with
regard to each other almost unchanged, the
planets roam singly, and in their destined Pc
Rod of months or years pass round the
heavens For this reason they are often seen
at wide distances apart on the planet highway,
the zodiac. 1t happens, however, at present
that no less than four planets ere visible in the
evening sky, while three out of these add their
CLEANS to the star-strewn area IN the west.
For this reason it is being constantly asked
these weeks, (Which is JUPITER" "Where is
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PERSONAL.

C. NJ. Crawford of Lake County was at the
Russ yesterday.
E. F. Parker of stockton is registered at the
Russ.
B. E. Mott of Cloverdale is at the Occidental
L. r. Brant of Angel Island is guest at the
Occidental.
Major J. R. Houghton, a large landowner of
Chico, is at the Lick
II. NJ. shreve, merchant of Tulare, is guest
at the Lick.
Silas earle, contractor of Sacramento, was
at the Lick last night.
E. F. Bernhard, a merchant of Fresno, is at
the Lick.
n. B. Smith, merchant of Ukiah, is guest
at the Grand.
Andrew Brown, merchant of Kernville,
registered at the Grand yesterday.
Aaron Smith, railroad man of Los Angeles,
was at the Grand last night.
Hon. Carl Lindsey, District Attorney of
Santa Cruz, was an arrival at the Grand yester-
day.
J. Ross Traynor, fruit-buyer of Marysville,
is at the Grand.
William Palmtag, prominent resident OF
HOLSTER, is at the California.
j. Allen Parsons of Belyedere is guest at the
California.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. F. Lewis of Los Angeles are al
the Palace.
Lieutenant and Mrs. E. B. Cassatt, o. S. A..
are registered at the Palace.
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Aldebaran?'' etc., even those who are some
what familiar with the consultations being
confused by the sprinkling OF planetary gems
in the starry outlines.
The accompanying diagrams and few ex-
plantations will enable the casual star-gazer to
distinguish between the permanent lights and
the transient planetary visitors.
The planet Venus few degrees north OF the
west point and the nearest OF the brilliant orbs
to the horizon, is easily recognized by its sill
very CLEAN and apparent superiority in size
and radiance.
1t now sets past o'clock in the evening, but
as it is approaching the earth it viii be seen
nearer to the zenith each evening at any given
hour, setting later and later until July IL,
when it will commence to recede toward the
horizon and to set earlier, until it sets with the
sun on the 10th of next September. But it will
continue 10 increase in brightness until August
13, when its diameter will be more than forty
seconds of an arc, being then (telescopically)
in the crescent phase.
Very nearly as Respondent is the giant
planet Jupiter, whose CLEANS come to us from
the enormous distance of 4S3 000, 900 miles.
1t is numbered in the first diagram, and can
be easily identified among the surrounding
stars in the constellation Gemini.
Castor and Pollux, the large orbs on the east
side, must be looked for nearer to the zenith
than Jupiter. The planet is on the ecliptic,
the horizontal curving line in the diagram,
and also near the summer solstice, which is
represented by the intersection OF the vertical
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"What's your opinion of the coming woman?"
Hell can't tell; but 1 suppose she will keep
us waiting just like the others.-Chieago Inter
Ocean.
s'What's this parrot saying?" asked the Wis
itor in the birdstore. ait doesn't sound like
Polly wants cracker"
mo, it's Polly wants a beam Pm educating
the bird for Boston ady."-Washington Star.
A gentleman walking along Lexington ave.
nue. one day encountered two boys who looked
so much alike that he stopped them and asked,
stAre you little boys twins?'
They looked up at him for a moment as
though they did not exactly understand, then
one said meekly, mo, sir; we are Methodists."
-Harper's Weekly.
"a wire-grass Georgia Judge has Just decided
a big dog case"
'How did it turn out?"
''You see, man went to Texas and left his
dog with a neighbor, and when he came back
he wanted the dog"
"Well?D
1.-THE Judge decided that the man who had
the dog didn't have title, and that fellow
who would leave a good dog oughtn't to own
one"
'ewhat did the Judge do about it?"
"Kept the dog himself"-Atlanta Journal.
Master-Be quick, my boy, and reckon up
how many head of cattle there are in that herd
Pupil--Seventy-six.
Master-How did you make it out?
Pupil counted their feet and divided by
four.
Master-You gave yourself unnecessary trou-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-06
BUSINESS PLEDGES.

The plan of the CALL to get the business
men of the State to place themselves on
record regarding the traffic they propose to
offer the new railroad, has been widely APP
proved and strongly Endorsed by men
whose approval and Endorsement is as good
as so much gold. We have published daily
for some time past words of commenda-
ton that have come to us from prominent
men, and this morning we publish long
list of the names of those who have signed
the pledge. The list deserves careful
reading. 1t shows how many men have
to be counted on the side of the people
against monopoly, and thus affords the en-
enlargement OF example to others.
1t must not be supposed, however, that
the list published comprises all who have
signed the pledge. a large number of
business men and firms have signed it,
who have good reasons for desiring that
their action be kept secret. The Southern
Pacific is known to be as jealous as it is
greedy and as vindictive as it is jealous.
Until the competing road is in operation,
the managers of the monopoly have it in
their power to almost ruin any merchant
against whom their spite may be directed.
They can do this by simple discrimina-
ton against him in freight rates and ship
ping facilities; and the managers of the
monopoly, millionaires though they be,
are not above resorting to mean tactics of
that kind in their efforts to crush out the
independence of individuals. We clearly
understand therefore the need of keeping
secret the signatures of some of our lead
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confidence. The public may be assured,
however, that these merchants are in
hearty sympathy with the new road, and
their business is just as sure to go to it as
that of any of those whose pledges are
made publicly and whose names are pub
lished.
The very fact that so many business men
are compelled to give support to the new
road in secrecy, is one of the strongest argu-
ments in favor of its construction. 1t re-
veals something of the extent to which the
monopoly has carried its domination and its
wrongdoing. When single corporation has
grown so powerful that it can not only defy
competition, but can ruin any business man
who attempts to encourage it, the time has
come to bring about a new order of things.
1t is not to be wondered at that trade Ian
guished and industry was blighted under
such conditions. What capitalist would
start new enterprise when the Southern
Pacific Company stood ready and greedy
to rob him of his profits by charging
for transportation all the traffic would
bear?
Fortunately these evil conditions will
soon be things of the past. The competing
road is.practically in process of construc-
ton and ere long it will be open for bust
ness. Every man who helps it forward
helps to emancipate the industries of the
State from the blight of the monopoly. No
business man should shirk his duty in this
respect Sign the pledge
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line. The moons of Jupiter to be seen require
magnifying power, the fifth moon, discovered
by DR.. Barnard of the Lick Observatory, re-
quiring lens at least fifteen inches in diane
ter.
Jupiter is moving slowly eastward along its
wide orbit, which it takes nearly twelve years
to traverse. Ruddy-tinted Mars, marked in
the diagram, is also moving eastward at a
more rapid pace, and on April %, having
emerged from its present peculiar position be-
tween the hornslof Taurus, will become for q
few days the fellow-traveler of the giant
planet; and then, speeding past it a little to
the north, will complete its smaller orbit in
less than two years.
Aldebaran, the large star in the Hyades, will
be seen nearer to the western horizon as shown
in the diagram Toward the end of the month
the wandering crescent moon temporarily OBJ
scures the brightness of the glittering groups.
The constellation of Orion, with its starry
belt and host of bright stars, is known to ALL
Farther to the southwest is Sirius the whitest
and brightest of fixed stars, while to the north
west is Capella, the type of solar stars. Pro-
cyon shines brightly few degrees south OF
Castor and Pollux. The second diagram rep
resents the constellation OF Leo in the eastern
heavens not far from the meridian. Toward
the northeast is Arcturus, toward the south
east Spica, and nearer to the horizon the planet
Saturn. the fourteenth stellar light of the first
order now visible in the evening sky.
ROSE O'HALLoRAN.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-06
PROGRESSIVE SAUSALITO.

Among the lesser towns of the State
where the spirit of reviving enterprise and
progress is making itself manifest in prac-
teal ways, is Sausalito. The recent de-
cision of the Supreme Court confirming
the incorporation of the city, has Infused
the people with desire to advance its de-
velopment as rapidly as is commensurate
with prudence and business sense, and ac-
cordingly the prospects of progress in
Sausalito just now are not inferior to
those of any city of equal size in the State.
Among the projected improvements of
the place are the construction of good
roads along the water front and on the
hill. At a recent meeting of the citizens
to consider these things, there was dis
closed most commendable degree of pub
lie spirit among all who were present.
The Sausalito Neios quotes one of the
speakers, Major Miller, as expressing the
general sentiment in saying that the Half
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-06
THE LOTTERY LISTS.

The proprietor of the CALL is informed
by his subscriptionagents that few per-
sons have quit taking the paper because it
does not publish the lists of winning num-
bers in lottery drawings. We would much
rather not have any OF our readers state
this as reason for not taking the paper,
for we should prefer to believe that all of
them agree with US in regarding lotteries
as an evil to every individual who has deal
ings with them and to every community
which tolerates their operations. We
should prefer to think of every member of
this community that he has so high a re-
gard for himself and for the moral and
financial welfare of the City and State as
to be proud of the existence here of great
newspaper which has the courage and the
sense of duty to denounce the swindling
and corruption which lotteries represent
We should be proud to be able to Announce
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most popular members of the faculty. Among
his best-known works are: "Philosophic Con-
sequences of the Theory of Evolution, "Hume's
Ethics and ssMoral Philosophy" The profess
sor's widow is one of the leaders of the woman s
rights movement in Germany.
In> can Artists "reminiscences" Rudolph
lehman writes: 'T only met Thackeray once,
in this historical old Roman tavern, the
Osteria del Falcon, which boasts of having
had Michael Angelo among its customers
When mutual friend introduced me to the
great novelist great in more than one sense.
for he measured 6 feet inches), said had
learned to read English from his Vanity
Fair And that is where learned to write it,
he replied"
In the world OF letters there is curiosity
about the first incumbent of the chair of Eng
lish literature which Yale has just been given
$4,000 to establish. 1t is to be called the
Emily Sanford professorship, in tribute to the
wife of its donor The Hartford Post, con-
Quoted by John A. Porter, an active Yale
alumnus, dominates to this chair, lucrative
one by the way for college professorshlp,
Richard Burton of Trinity.
Bartram Hiles, the armless artist OF Bristol
whose pictures, sketches and designs nave
won for him several prizes, is only % years
his teeth and paints with much dexterity, he
was not born armless. His arms were ampu-
tated above the elbow in consequence OF tram
car accident when he was 8 years old.
Mr.. Balfour, leader of the English Conserva-
tives, is a brilliant taiker in private life His
conversation bristles with anecdotes and anus
ing stories, which are told with an air OF
drollery and genuine humor.
Francis A. Crandall, managing editor of the
Buffalo Evening Times, has been appointed
superintendent of Public Documents at Wash
ington. The position is a new one, and carries
salary of $4,000 year.
Cannon, the English jockey, has boat
house on the Thames, and, when not in train
ing, keeps himself well by rowing, swimming
and hunting. He has an income that might
satisfy Duke.
Frederick Holbrook, one of the few living
war Governors of New England, celebrated his
eighty-second birthday recently at his home
in Brattleboro, Vt.
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million Club of San Francisco, and similar
organizations in other cities of California,
are signs of enterprise which, taken In
connection with the new railroad, mark
the beginning of new era for the State,
and that Sausalito must advance with her
sister cities and profit by the new order OF
things. If this spirit of generous rivalry
in the race of progress animates the lead
ing men of Sausalito, the outlook for her
future is certainly bright. No suburban
town in any part of the world has more
natural beauty and attractiveness than our
neighbor across the bay, and in the COM
ing decade there is no reason to doubt that
the energy of her people will be rewarded
by prosperity in every direction.
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As result of the two billiards that
swept over Florida during the past winter,
it is said many of the hardest orange
trees over large areas of the State have
been found to be not only blighted, but
killed outright by long and reiterated
freezing, and many of the most plucky
and enterprising growers are talking OF
giving up the cultivation of oranges, In
part at least, and devoting increased atten-
ton to the raising of early fruits and veg
etables in competition with Bermuda.
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In urging the people of that city to make
an earnest effort to obtain the next Repub-
lican National Convention the New Orleans
States says: sit is estimated that the con-
vention will bring fully $4,000 visitors to
this city, and from business point OF
view it will be a bonanza to local trades
men, as the crowds will remain here from
seven to ten days" There may be some
thing of exaggeration in that estimate, but
it is good pointer for San Francisco mer-
chants to consider
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Few deaths in recent years have caused
deeper regret among the professional and edu-
cational circles of Berlin than that of Professor
George Won Gizycki of the university. He was
a victim of the infuenza. Since 1883 he had
been professor of ethics, and Was one Of the