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PERSONAL.

DR.. C. II. Castle of Merced is on visit here.
J. C. Bull Jr. of Eureka arrived here yester-
day.
IN. Speegle of the Eureka Standard Is in
the City.
Judge s. NJ. Buck of Humboldt County is at
the Lick.
Senator Bart Burke of Santa Cruz is at the
California.
Arthur P. Herbert of Colima, Mexico, Is at
the Palace.
DR.. Thomas Flint and Mrs. Flint of San Juan
are at the Grand.
Foster s. Dennis. the general merchant, OF
Kingman, Ariz., is at the Lick.
G. P. Castle. Mrs. Castle and Miss Margaret
Castle OF Honolulu are at the Occidental.
DR.. R. Cameron, the extensive fruit grower
and packer of Hanford, arrived here yesterday.
FE. Dalzell, prominent resident OF Santa
Barbara, is guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
B. G. Pratt, travelling salesman of Orange
City. Fla, is guest at, the Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
G. H. Hahn, a prominent business man of
Sacramento, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel with
his wife.
]. L. ellis, the prominent railroad man OF
Sacramento, is here on business trip, and is
at the Grand.
T. ]. Donehue, an attorney of willows and
proprietor of the Willows Journal, is at the
Cosmopolitan Hotel
7. Cloke, one of the pioneer residents OF
Grass Valley, who is interested in mining
there, is at the Russ.
]. M. Fulton of Reno, the general agent OF
the Reno and Amadee Railroad, is among the
recent arrivals in town.
MoCora of VirUiuie Citv one Of
the early residents and owner of iron works
there, is at the Occidental.
J. J. Nunan, the editor and large owner in
the Stockton Mail, was in the City yesterday,
and called at the Democratic State Central
headquarters.
Charles F. HilImau, wealthy resident OF
Santiago, Chile, and the Misses Caroline ii. de
Hillman, Blanca Hillman and Edouard Hill
man, are at the Palace.
2. S. Eldridge the United States Bank Com
missioner, returned here yesterday from Ta-
coma and other places In Washington, where
he went on official business.
w. F. Prisk, editor and proprietor of the
Grass Valley Daily Union, one of the most
f1ourishing mining papers in the interior, has
been visiting here for the last day or two.
S. Iwanga, president of the Great Nippon
Yusen Steamship Company, who has estab-
lished monthly steamer between japan and
Seattle to connect with the Great Northern
Railroad, arrived here from San Diego yester-
day. He will sail on the Coptic tomorrow.
Mr.. Iwanga says it is now little less than a GER
tainty that his company will establish q
steamer line to San Diego in connection with
the Atchison road San Francisco, he says,
offered him no inducements, and he says the
Southern Pacific does not want another line to
come here.
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FREE TRADE AND RUIN.

It is shown in the local columns of to-
days CALL that England and the Cont
nent are prosperous by reason of the
many goods they manufacture for export
to America; that they are running their
factories day and night now for fear Nc
Kinley will be elected, when they know
their career is ended.
Mr.. r. Techau, well-known San Fran
cisco business man, confirms the views
expressed in the foregoing, while study
of statistical reports proves that labor
prospsred under the Mckinley bill even
as it is waning now.
The most comprehensive study OF the
question confirms the idea that protection
and prosperity are as much synonyms as
are free trade and ruin.
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nian knows that protection is absolutely
essential to the upbuilding OF the state. ;,
The duty OF Republicans in town ana
neighborhood to perfect organizatlons Is
apparent and wherever there IS iaiiu.e 70
organize it may be said the hands OF the
Democracy are strengthened. It is abso-
lutely necessary that the Republican
party should carry California, but u Wni
not carry it if Republicans do not take
enough interest in their party TO orgah'ze
for battle.
1t matters not if there are not more tnan
a adozen Republicans in community, let
them organize. A dozen well-organlzed
and enthusiastic workers are worth TWO
dozen indifferents. And especially should
first voters get in line. Aside from the
influence they would exert II organized IN
clubs they will be needed to lead in little
while and the experience they will get in
local organizations is what will tit them
for larger fields of party activity.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Hugh Mcdonnell, who has made some large
mining sales of California proper ties during
the last year, has returned here after several
weeks in the East. Since arriving he has vis-
tied Tuolumne County, and also the Copper
City mines, owned by him and James Salee, at
Copper City. Shasta County.
These properties are gold and copper, with
little silver. At present Mr.. Mcdonnell says
he is working but twelve men and is doing de-
yelopment work solely. The property is
TWENTY-FIVE miles northeast of Redding.
"Originally Copper City was an important
placer mining district" said Mr.. Mcdonnell,
''and in the early days from $3, ,000,00O to
$4, ,OOO, 900 in gold was taken out. Then the
camp sort of lapsed. In 1872 the ledge was
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SIT UP STRAIGHT. :"

" o youth, who bending forward, rides apacs
With melancholy stamped upon your face,
Pursuing pleasure with renzied eye,
Yet Knocked by her however last you fly.
Are you aware how horrible you look?
No guy invented for a picture-book
Was ever more painful sight than thou,
Lord of the bent back and the anxious brow.
" oh, sit up straight and try to wear smiieI
Be less intent to pile up mite on mile.
Enjoy the prospect as you glide along.
The trees, the sunshine and the robins song.
10 us Tho view you scorching day by day,
Bent On your bar in such an awkward way,
You are the homeliest thing on earth, my lad
Oh, sit up straight, and make the Landscape
glad"
ROBERT GRANT In Harper's Weekly
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TWO PLATFORMS.

. The Republican platform says: 1--WE
are unalterably opposed to every measure
calculated to debase our currency or i'm
pair the credit of our country
The Democratic platform declares for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of Is to l without waiting for the
aid or consent of any other nation.
The meaning of the Democratic plat
form is that the mints of the United States
shall be thrown open to the free coinage of
the silver product of all the world, and
that the Government of the United States
will undertake to keep and maintain so
cents worth of anybody's silver alta pur-
chasing and debt-paying capacity OF 100
cents, in opposition to the demands of
commerce and the wish of other nations.
The meaning of the Republican plat
form is that this Governments should avoid
everything that is calculated to debase our
money at home or abroad, and that OPEN
ing our mints to the free coinage OF the
silver bullion, the silver spoons, the silver
dishes, the silver plate and the silver in
other shapes of the entire world to be
ccined, into American dollars would de-
base the American dollar.
The Democratic platform means that
our gold. our commerce, our agriculture.
our industries and the well-being of the
people shall be made to submit to none
tary system that Horace Boies says is at
best an experiment.
The Republican platform means that
there shall be the largest possible use of
silver dollars; that they shall be the
equivalent of gold dollars the world over,
and that this Government will not permit
discrimination against any form of the
Nations money.
The Democratic platform means that the
country shall be put upon a silver money
basis, thus requiring two standards OF
value-one for National and one for inter-
national business operations-and that
gold shall be entirely eliminated from the
channels of American commerce.
The Republican platform means that
the enormous volume of trade our
people have with the people of other
countries shall meet in conference
with the commerce OF other nations
and come to mutual agreement
as 20 how best mints of the several nations
may be opened to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver to the end that commerce
may have larger volume of redemption
money to meet the demands OF its con-
slant growth-redemption money COM
posed of dollars which shall stand the
one the equal of the other in all the uses
that dollars are put TO.
The Democratic platform means that
commerce at home nor abroad nor the best
good of our home or international busi-
ness interests shall be consulted, but that
the people of Europe, Asia, Africa and
South America shall conform without
question to our monetary system-a sys-
tenn that is condemned by our own busi-
ness men-or cease commercial intercourse
with US.
The people should analyze these two
party platforms and see for themselves
how the Democratic platform proposes to
obstruct the highways OF trade and traffic,
and how the Republican platform pro-
vides for the widening and the deepening
of all the channels of commerce with gold
and silver.
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WOMEN vO IERs OF NEW ZEALAND
Auckland Times.

The women voters of New Zealand have been
holding convention in the Provincial Coun-
Gil Chamber at Christchurch. They expressed
by resolution the desire to abolish capital pun
ishment, to nationalize the land and create a
system Of old-age pensions and to make judi
cial sentences reformatory as well IS punitive.
For their own sex the members OF the council
claim the privilege of sitting on juries and
the right of election to the legislature. On
the subject of divorce, they insist that the
grounds for dissolution of marriage should be
the same for both sexes. A resolution was
also passed declaring that ain all cases where
woman elects to superintend her household
and TO pc tne motner OF cnl!oren tnere snall
husbands earnings or income for her separate
use, ayable If she SO desires into her separate
account.u
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NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY.

Said little Fannie Chafae; "Mamma, this is
the place where some little girls were walking
and one of them fell down and hurt herself,
and they all laughed except me-"
"And why didn't you laugh. Fannief"
because was the little girl that fell down
and hurt herself."-Texas Sitter.
Tommy lat the hotel)-Why, mamma, see
what those people are going to have for din
ner. It's spring bonnet.
Mother-No, it isn't, my son. THAT'S an Eng
lish pheasant.-Harper's Bazaar.
"Have you watered the cattle YETI" asked
the farmer of his son.
"Not q head of 'em. I heard yon say at the
grange last night that any of those fellers
caught watering stock ought to be sent to the
penitentiary. I'm takin' no ehances."-De-
troit Free Press.
"Descartes," said the girl graduate, reading
from pink essay book with blue bows at the
corners, swas great, Bacon greater, while
Hege-"
She paused that the crescendo OF her rhetoric
might be the more marked.
O. literally ripped the cover of the ball."-
Detroit Tribune.
Aunt Mary-But tell me, how did you happen
to marry him?
Bertha-why. you see, everything was ready.
He had asked me TO have him, and had con-
sented; he had procured the license and en-
gagged the clergyman, and had sent out cards
and ordered the cake; so, you see, we thought
that we might as we'll go through with it.
There. amt, that is the reason as near as can
remember it.-Boston Transcript.
'And are you sure" she asked in fearful
anxiety, "that you will always worship me as
you do now--that your affection for me will
never grow cold2"
Darling" said he, forgetting himself, "I am
sure. I'll buy an overcoat lined with seal fur
as soon as 1 get hold of your bankbook.."-
Cleveland Leader.
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cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 24-Mr. and Mrs.
w. L. Loaiza, Miss Lola, A. C. and w. ]. Loaiza
arrived from Bremen on the North German
liner Spree.
At the Westminster, J. @. Campbell; Everett,
Q. L. Casewell; Metropolitan, r. E. Gustbich;
Imperial, A. G. Hows.
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teresting to note Mr.. Blacks confession that
not few of his readers have demonstrated
Win MIN upon the tsad endings" which he
mas given to several of his novels. Even the
late PRESIDENT Garfield, it seems, was not supe-
rlor TO the amiable weakness. One summer,
nearing from Mr.. Carnegie that he was going
70 Scotiand and would call upon William
BlacE, the President asked him to take mes
sage 70 the novelist. Garfield reproached him
for the conclusion of Macleod of Dare,n
row in the world ?'s
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THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

The annual consumption of sugar in the
United States is now, in round mum bers,
2, 100000 tons, which is about, sixty-fve
pounds per capita. OF the total consump-
tion We produce little over $50, 600 tons,
leaving nearly 100000 to be imported.
We pay annually over SOS, 600, 600 for for
eign sugar and $40, ,000, 900 for domestic.
From authentic sources we gather the
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has taken to it again, but his fear is that soon
his hands Will lose their skill and his work
will show the marks of imperfection. 1t is his
one sorrow. AT night he goes to his early rest,
and when he has gone, Herkomer, the talented
son, goes into the studio, takes up the fathers
feeble attempts and makes the work as beauti-
full as art can make it. When the old man
comes down in the morning he takes the work
and looks at it, and rubs his hands and says:
"Hai can do as we'll as ever did,
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Cheap kxcursion to St. Paul.

The shasta route and the Northern Pacific Rail-
road has been selected the official route TO ~
tend the National Encampment OF the @. A. r. ~
st. Paul, to be held there September to S. Tbs
excursion will leave San Francisco and Sacra-
mento August % at p NJ. Rates $67 30 for tbs
round trip. The above rate is open to all who wish
to make the trip East Send your name and AL
dress TO T. X. Stateler, general agent 6SS Market
treet san Francisco for sleeping-car reserVASlonA
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Tardy NATURALIZATION Suspicious. 10

An Englishman in San Francisco, who de-
clared his intention of becoming citizen of
the United States th1rty-six years ago, carried
out that intention during the present registra-
non period. There is always Suspicion a :
tached to these tardy naturalizations that
should be explained to relievethe citizen. The
quality OF citizenship so long delayed must
be very much diluted. Since he had lived
should have remained q half alien the re-
mainder of his life.
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pretty with the yoke and star collar. 1t the
otner collar is preferred, square pieces of the
material may be used with dainty effect.
:. dress OF bluet crepon. with collar of ecru
linen, is exquisite and extremely stylish.
by edgfng the pointed collar with wide Valen-
ciennes lace. Or make the collar of white
linen or lawn and edge it with narrow Valen-
clennes e,.a lace OF the yellow tint, guimpe OF
the same white goods, tucked and trimmed
with the same lace, is the latest fad, and would
pc dainty with q best dress OF silk, which
should also have white collar
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GARFIELD'S LITERARY LIKES.
London Young MANS Journal.

william Black. the novelist, knew John
Bright very well, and at the Reform Club
played many a game of billiards with the
statesman. Their love for salmon-fshing was
another bond of friendship between them.
"During his last Illness" Mr. Black says, "Mr
Bright would often take q rod and preIend to
throw line in the effort to realize the pleas
ure of his fayorite sport" BY the way, it is in
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-25

When pure silver sells for 1929 per ounce,
then parity has been reached and silver is
worth loO cents. From 1884 to 1878 the silver
dollar.
IHE CoMsTocK LoDE-O s., City. The follow
ing shows the output from the Comstock lode
from 1859, the year of its discovery, to 1891
inclusive:
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While we are sure of carrying California
for the great principles of protection,
reciprocity and international bimetallism,
we must not be so sanguine as to neglect
organization nor so Indifferent as to per-
init the development of factional spirit
in the party ranks. We must organize; I;
we must harmonize; We must work to-
gether for victory.
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LITTLE GIRLS DRESS.

This char ming little gown is made with q
round yoke, as shown In the little design on
the fight-hand side, from which the skirt por-
ton hangs in graceful folds. Or the dress may
be sewn to band at the top, over which the
collar is sewed, making pretty evening dress /;
or day dress to be worn with guimpes. II is
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Free silver Won't Cure 1t.
Fresno Republic.

Merced man committed suicide because he
could find no work to do. At the same time
there are thousands and thousands OF acres in
that county that need cultivating, and they
are held as bare as God made them, by few
men. If anybody supposes that free silver is .
to the pleasing theory, but as we'll might
leech be applied as a remedy for typhoid fever.
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DURRANT's CAsE-C. W. s., City. Theodore
Durrant was sentenced to be hanged on the 21st
of last February, but he took an appeal to the
Supreme Court, and his case is still pending
there. There is no telling when his case viii
be reached in the appellate court.
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THE CIRCUS SEASON.
Gait Gazette.

The circus is announced to shortly resume
its annual devastation of the monetary re-
sources of Sacramento. There promises 70 pe
quite number of circuses in this county ne-
tween now and next November, anu so1u sga
clowns of themselves.
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A miniature of the young Duchess OF Mari
borough has recently been painted by Miss
Kussner. The Duke has ordered two copies OF
the portrait, the total cost being some 33o0
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BROKEN NEcK-A. and B., Vallejo, Cal. The
records fail to show that any person with a
broken neck ever recovered. There have been
some cases where under tree tment, the patient
has been carried along for a time. but there is
no case of recovery.
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It is said that Hill has invited Bryan to
dinner, but it will be remembered Hill in
vited Jones to dinner. Dinners are cheap.
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Getting together means harmony first,
organization second and victory in the
end.
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struck, but there was a lot of base ore uncov-
cred, the better not having been reached, and
it was slow again for awhile.
.Now that part of California is looking well,
and we believe that we will develop great
camp there The development made through
out the district indicates this in the stronges
way.
.It is an attractive region in which to mine.
like it very well and my partner and myself
will do all we can to make great mining
country OF it."
Mr.. Mcdonnell left last night for few
weeks stay at Ogden. Utah. He has recently
spent a good deal of time in Boston. he had
extensive experience in mining in Montana,
Colorado and Utah prior TO becoming inter-
ested in this State.
owen G. Kreiger, with Sells Bros. & Adam
Forepaugh's Circus, while at Portland, Or, on
the 20th inst, in speaking OF the political out
look this fall, said: "Since the nomination of
Mr.. Bryan we have showed to nineteen large
cities in eleven States, and the tremendous
applause at the mention of the name OF Will
liam Mckinley in the ring indicates that the
people are decidedly in favor OF sound do
mestic currency and home prosperity"
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De reacQeQ IN the dppelldIe court.
THE CLOCK TURNED BAcK-H. S. w, Ray
mond, Cal. The clock in the House of Repre-
sentatives and In the Senate Ut Washington
has been, on occasions, turned back for the
purpose of gaining time at the approaching
close of a session in order to dispose of impor-
tant business; but this department has not
been able to discover when that was done for
the first time.
In AFR1cA-E. A., City. The Statesman's
Year Book for 1896 gives the following as the
area of French colonies in Africa: Algeria,
194, ,474 square miles; Senegal and Riviere du
and Guinea Coast 1856, 900; Congo region,
25S $40; Reunion, 1000; Mayotte, 143; Nossi
Be, lib; Ste. Marie, 64; Obock, 46,320; NADIA
gascar, 22S, 500. Total of possessions and
protectorates OF France in Africa, 1, los, ,234.
OLD Folks AT HoME-J. L. T., Lindsay, CAL
The following words are from the bestknown
song of the world, ''The Old Folks at Home: (:
All up and down de whole creation,
still longing for lie old plantation
And for de old folks at home.
Four hundred thousand copies of this song
were sold and E. p Christy, of minstrel fame,
paid g400 for the privilege of having his name
printed upon a single edition as its author and
composer. The true author and composer was
stephen Collins Foster. who was born in Pitts
burg Pa, July 4, 1926, and died in New York
ghany Cemetery, near Piitsburg. For this
song he received $4,000. He was also the
author of .Old Dog Tray" "Nelly Was
Lady" and "Come Where Ny Love Lies Dream
ing"
THE NAvy-YARD-W. s., City-The law in re-
gard to the employment of men within GER
tain time before an election at the navy-yards
is as follows:
No increase Of the force at any navy-yard shall
be made at any time within sixty days before an
States or members or Congress, except when the
Secretary of the Navy shall certify that the needs
of the public service make such increase neces-
sary at that time which certificate shall be imme-
diatey published.
That is the law that was passed in 1874. Up
TO this time no certificate of necessity of in.
crease has been received at Mare Island
discharged before election, say fifty laborers
and fifty painters, the con tractor would he all
lowed to put on 100 men OF some other trade.
MIND READINe-G. w. B., Sacramento. Cal.
In the latter part of 1882 the Psychical Re.
search Society, in England. under the presi.
dency of Professor 81. Sidgwick of Cambrfdee
appointed six committees to examine 1l the
nature and extent of any influence which m
be exerted by one mind upon another Other.
wise than through the recognized seneorv
channels; (2) hypnotism and mesmerSs sersOny d
t3) obscure relations between living Organism
and electric and magnetic forces; (4) haunted
houses and ghosts; l5) spiritualisnn f6l for ~
collection OF existing evidence in connectIon
with these subjects and especially in cornec.
ton with apparitions at the moment of death
or otnerwlse: The society published reportS
which are to be found i'll the works issued nv
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The country is still waiting to hear what
Mr.. Bryan or his party promises the work
ingman.
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HERKOMER'S FiLIAL PIFPY.
London Home Messenger.

Here is an interesting story of Professor Her
komer. The artist has an old father who lives
with him in his splendid home at Bushep. In
his early life he used to model in clay. He
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Democrats and Populists may pull to-
gether, but they cannot organize together.
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Mining counties, farming counties, wool
counties and fruit counties are all inter-
ested in protection,' and all should have
strong Republican clubs to work for Nc
Kinley and prosperity.
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California will march in the Republican
column in November provided the Repub-
licans of the State will furnish it true
harmony to march to.
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The magnificent organization of the Re-
publican party in the great States of the
East should rouse the emulation of Cali
fornia Republicans and inspire them with
a determination to equal it.
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Grand Army Of the Republic.

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Santa Fe
route will make for the encsmpment at ST. Paul
q oneway rate for the round trip. Tickets on sale
August 25 and 20. Ticket Office. 64& Market
street, Chronicle building. Telephone Main 1881.
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No Republican dislikes MIR. Bryan; no
one has said a word against him. So far
as we are concerned he may go through
the campaign on fowery beds of ease, and
console himself after it is over by frolic-
ing among the chrysant themums.
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The Republican who kicks against the
party now will be kicking himself before
long.