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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

persons WELD vast influence. Being
teachers they are also students, and will
be eager to learn and afterward to talk
about the wonders of California. Their
influence is all the more valuable from the
fact that their pupils are glad to learn and
to prohtby their knowledge. These pupils
are largely the millions who are being in
structed in the colleges and universities OF
the world.
The "Endeavorers' themselves must
make close study of California in order
to be consistent. IL is part of their self
assumed duty to learn and teach every
thing that may benefit the race. If they
should las they certai inly would) find in
California superior natural conditions for
the development of all that is highest and
best In human nature, they will preach and
teach California throughout Christendom.
They will tell the world of the wonderful
spot where gold awaits the digging and
the rarest fruits the planting, and where
physlcai Vlgor, unhampered by adverse
natural conditions expands with mental
growth and spiritual elevation. Their in
fuence would bring to California popu-
latlon OF sturdy, earnest, upright, God
fearing, educated and industrious people
eager to assist US in solving the great prob
lens which await us and out of which
priceless blessings to humanity will flow.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

One OF the strange and entirely unique Char
acters of one of the old and now rapidly ad-
vancing gold camps is w. P. Gather, known
by the sohriquet of Tennessee" Indeed, by
this lest name and not by the other is he
known throughout the various mining towns
ofTuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa and other
counties.
Tennessee" lives at Angels and it is said that
there is no man, woman or child in trouble
that Tennessee" does not at once set out
to render aid to in some way. He has
raised many subscription in a modest
way for the SICK and he has devoted great
deal of time personally to those who are ailing.
Every woman in the camp is his friend and
he is usually found choring around, trying to
do something to make somebody happy. 1t
would appear that Dickens story of the
"Cherryble Brothers and their charities was
finding living illustration in Angels, only
that Tennessee is no capitalist, as they were,
and simply does what he can, as the widow did
on an occasion long ago.
Not long since Tennessee" raised fund for a
needy woman who came by the stage to
Angels to find her husband. The husband
was not there. She was entirely out of money,
and so Tennessee, the refuge of all Angels in
hours of momentary sorrow, set about to see
what could be done for her. OF course her
wants were provided for.
James F. Wardner, the former owner OF the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines, who has been
in every leading camp from the Black Hills to
the coast, to Africa and elsewhere, is in the
City from Angels. He says Tennessee Is the
most remarkable product he has ever seen In
the various mining camps. t,..g
81 have been in all of them and have seen all
kinds OF odd men," he said, "but Tennessee is
the most singular OF them all. He came from
Tennessee-Memphis, l believe, and that's
why they call him Tennessee. He is about DO
years old and has lived upin the hills good
many years. He knows all the camps, trails
and claims, and the quickest way to get there.
Because OF his knowl edge of the country he
is often employed to carry kilograms and do
all kinds of errands, and he does everything
with promptness that has won the conf
dence of every one. He has also acted as
guide great deal, and has piloted many
people to the Calaveras Big Trees. OF course
he gets little something for all this, but he
gives all his money away in aid OF unfor-
tunates as soon as he gets it. o..
"But he is no loafer. He does something for
all he gets. But it doesn't take much TO
keep him.
He is the oldest study ever saw They
call him everything from a blank fool to
the greatest humanitarian It's just as you
take him. Just now he is taking care OF
lamb-feeding it by nursing bottle.
"But must tell you joke on Tennessee To
begin with, he has glass eye. Well, the other
day he was watering horse at the watering
trough, when his eye dropped out and fell into
the water. Somebody had put big catfish in
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PERSONAL.

DR.. o. H. Bolson of Stockton arrived here
yesterday.
Henry Whitcomb, a lumberman of Monterey,
is in town.
Zella A. Dixon of the University of Chicago
is at the Occidental.
J. H. Dugain, the Merced cattle-buyer, is
guest at the Cosmopolitan.
o. w. Wrigglsworth, owner of gold mine at
Amador City, is at the Russ.
S. w. Dickinson and r. H. Wallis, we'll
known Merced business men, are at the Cos
mopolitan.
+. Keil and F. A. Wurzbach, representing one
OF the largest hardware manufactures in New
York City, are at the Grand.
+. B. Weatherbee, owner of the large fruit
cannery at Sebastopol, and interested in many
other industries there, is in the City.
A. C. Hillman, manager of the famous
Briggs ranch, near Davisville, on which an
enormous amount of grain and fruit is annu-
ally produced, is among the arrivals at the
Lick.
w. e. Peacock, the wealthy merchant of
Honolulu, accompanied by his family and half
dozen friends, returned from England, France
and Germany yesterday after several months
| absence. They are at the Occidental
Mrs. Mabel Jenness venter of Kansas City,
now here, who talks about artistic dress and
| the vulgarisms we see in society, is sister of
Mabel Jenness- Miller, who made money here
six or seven years ago by dscoursing on SIM
liar topics. Mrs. Venter is accompanied by
| her handsome little son, youth with thick,
golden hair.
Manuel Casin, the bold mariner and navi-
gator VINO a few months ago departed on the
Barclay Golden with the terrible Antonio
Ezeta on conquest of Salvador, has
returned here in contrite spirit. His
good sword Teposes in its sheath, while
the, rust gathers : upon it,. Manuel is
| understood to be out a large number of good
simoleons which fell into the hands directly
and indirectly of Ezeta. Yet as they did not
get Salvador and did not dare venture near
there, Senor Casin has no way Of playing even,
He aspired to be Vice President. He has re-
turned with deep disgust on him and dark
browd taste in his mouth.
Clarence E. Edwords, MANAGING editor OF the
Kansas City Journal, owned by Congressman
Van Horne, is in the City, accompanied by his
wife. Mr.. Edwords has worked very hard dur
ing the recent municipal campaign, and has
won signal victory in the election of Mayor
Jones and other Republicans. His work was
so much appreciated by leading Republicans
that they did what politicians rarely do,
and that was to acknowledge by
written testimonial their gratitude
for his services. Because of the
hard work which he did in the campaign he is
taking the present trip, and may extend his
visit to Japan. He has never been in Cali
fornia before. He says Kansas City is growing
steadily, and in large sense is q world
beater. 1t has over 1S5 miles of street rail-
ways the largest OF any city in the country.
The editor is physician by education, as he
was by practice for several years. He is
graduate OF Heidelberg.
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noble results by the exercise of infinite
patience and calm devotion to science
for its own sake, give the American
student hint and at once his Imagination
is inflated and his daring challenged. In
spectacular scientific achievements, par
ticularly those involving mechanics,
Americans lead the world, but most OF the
groundwork of discoveries and inventions
for the alleviation of suffering is laid in
the patient laboratories of the Old World.
Professor Roentgen says he has already
thought of the possibility discovered by
Professors Pratt and Wightman, but with
characteristic European slowness he has
not yet N ade himself ready to begin the
investigation. The idea staggers the i'm
agInation. Whether the marvellous ray IS
germicide by dynamic or by chemical ac-
ton no one has ventured to say, if indeed
| clear distinction could be drawn between
the two operations in this case. Either
view suggests bewildering posi- bilities.
The microscope may assist in solving the
problem, but the vista thus opened lies so
near the ultimate reach of that wonderful
instrument as to bring discovery within
the haze of guessing. Comparing the
marvellous advance that has been made
since the ray was discovered with the
length of time it was known to exist, and
laying these treasures of achievement and
time alongside those furnished by the
wonderful advances in the manipulation
of the electric current, we may we'll stand
with bated breath before the possibilities
which the future holds.
With all this tremendous expenditure
OF energy for the healing OF disease, is
there commensurate movement for its
prevention? In externais we have bril-
liant inventions enough. We are begin
ming to comprehend the value of drainage
and disinfection, but is there anything
like corresponding endeavor to master
the science of intelligent individual living ?
Until the scientific and reformatory forces
separately at work join forces for the COM
| mon good, and the world comes to prefer
substantial and e-reaching to spectacu-
lar and restricted results we shall not see
the dawn of intelligent progress.
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INEXHAUsTIBLE TREASURES.

1t is wonderful to read in the annual
report of the Superintendent of the San
Francisco Mint that out of the fifty-seven
counties in the State thirty-three are regu-
lar producers of gold. The amounts ran
| last year from $144 for Orange County to
81, ,7S9, S15 for Nevada County. Eight pro.
duced over half a million dollars each
and five over million each. The total
was s15,334, ,317, besides $599, ,789 in silver.
The gold area occupies the major part of
the State, sweeping in broad semieircle
| from the northern coast eastward, thence
down the Sierra Nevada and ending in a
broad base near the southern end of the
State.
This is a stretch of country 700 miles
long and of width varying from a few
| miles to more than hundred. 1t covers
all of the State except the great interior
valleys and the coast mountains south of
Eel River. In the gold territory there
exists, besides the precious metals, mex
haustible stores of timber, bewildering
list of valuable minerals that have hardly
yet been touched, and millions of acres of
as good farming land as can be found in
the world. To mention the deposits of
gold is but to begin the list of the treas
ures with which these magical mountains
are filled.
Even gold is found in every conceivable
formation suited to its presence, and hence
the methods of mining and extracting ap-
pear in amazing variety. Extending all
down the Pacific Coast, from the inacces-
sible regions of Alaska far toward the
southern extremity of South America,
there is vast tortuous wrinkle on the face
of the earth, in the upheaval OF which the
great layers of rock confning the internal
vapors of the shrinking world were broken.
Through these assures the mighty forces
beneath expended their energies, in some
places producing stupendous volcanoes,
in others slowly depositing precious min.
erals elected in a yaporous state. Glaciers
likely brought down much of our placer
gold from the far north; ancient rivers,
later broken and lifted skyward by the
great upheaval, certainly did. In addi-
ton to these enormous deposits imported
from distance and left on the soil OF Cal
ifornia, nature has maintained a local
workshop of incredible size for the manu-
facture of the precious minerals on our
own soil. The geological history of gold
in California is splendid story.
And yet gold is only one of the items of
natural wealth possessed by the State. In
most Of the counties which produce it are
orchards yielding fruits and wines OF the
rarest and most valuable kinds, and min
eral waters of a variety and curative eff
cheney greater than any part OF Europe
can boast. Over all these treasure stores,
only in the incipiency of their discovery,
let alone their development, are conditions
of climate which make existence among
them pleasant, wholesome and inspiring
San Francisco, the metropolis and center
of all these sources OF wealth, and sitting
| with an open gate for the traffic of the
Orient, is awaiting greatness SURPRISING
| Imagination
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AN ALLURING HOPE.

Professor Roentgen is said to be hopeful
that the mysterious X.ray may be found
to be an efficacious germicide. He does
not doubt the assertion of Professors Pratt
and Wightman, ,theindefatigable American
Investigators. that the ray is fatal to the
bacillus of diphtheria, and he is disap-
pointed that the germ of cholera does not
yield to its killing effect. He promises to
pursue these lines OF investigation, having
provided himself with an excellent equip
ment for the work.
The celerity with which the fertile and
eager American mind turned its attention
to this possible power of the ray is one of
the most interesting phases of the subject.
While the scientists of Europe achieve
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A CONVENIENT FORM.

The CALL desires to draw particular at
tentlon not only to the increased size OF
to-day's issue but also to its convenient
form. 1t will be observed that the thirty
two. pages appear in only two parts, in
stead Of four OF more, as is customary with
other papers. This prevents scattering
and loss. 1t may have been noticed that
for nearly year the weekday editions of
The CALL, consisting of sixteen pages,
have appeared in one part. This has been
great convenience to readers of the paper
and is explained by the fact that The CALL
has the latest ana most improved presses.
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UNPLEDGED DELEGATES.
Oakland Tribune.


California is about to have an opportunity to
secure the greatest amount of influence for the
National Republican Convention soon to be
held in st. Louis. In order to secure the great
est amount of influence the delegates should
go TO that convention unpledged for or against
any man. 1t is probable that majority of the
Republicans of the State are In favor OF the
nomination of Mckinley. But they should go
to the convention free to vote for him or for
any other candidate who at that time may
seem most available.
With this freedom the votes OF the California
delegation may turn the scale in favor OF some
successful candidate. California will be want
ing many things of the next administration.
1t is assumed that it will be Republican. The
delegates will in all probability attend Presi-
dent-making convention. Their influence will
be recognized in much greater degree If there
is freedom to take advantage of the largest op-
portunities. 1t would be an unfortu-
nate circumstance If the delegation were tied
up by pledges to support some one man be-
cause such pledges necessarily antagonize all
other candidates. Fortunately, every name
that has been prominently brought forward in
connection with nomination is that of a
good man. California would be well served by
either of such men as Mckinley, Reed, Alli-
son, Morton or Harrison. There may be even
q greater number of names before the conven-
tions 1t certainly would not be fortunate
circumstance, it, by reason of pledges, the dele
cation from this State were compelled, through
thick ana thin, to stand by an unsuccessful
candidate.
1t is safe to promise that good men will be
selected as delegates, who, having personal
preferences, would be ready to sink these for q
common good. California has been left out in
the cold on many occasions because her in
fiuence has not been sufficiently felt in Ma
tfonal councils. Here is golden opportunity.
An unpledged delegation can make its in
fiuence felt in this President-making conven-
tion beyond all that could be exerted by a
delegation tied up by pledges.
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there, and that fish didn't do thing but grab
that eye and swallow it. 1t was the funniest
thing, and Tennessee was so nonplussed at
the fish getting his eye he didn't know what
TO do OF course that fish was slain and the
eye recovered.
ti"One striking thing about Tennessee Is his
gentieness. He treats all women with the
greatest Kindness, as, in fact, he does all peo-
pie, especially those who are sick or with out
means. He doesn't save % cents month
gives everything away. But Tennessee is no
tramp, either He is always neat in his appear
ance Strange man, TENNESSEE I never saw
the like OF him"
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IMPORTANT CHANGE OF TIME-The 18th inst.
the Northern Pacific Railroad inaugurated double
daily passenger service between Portland and st.
Paul. making II saving of ten hours between Port
land and Chicago. These are the fastest and finest
equipped trains that ever were run out of the Pa
cific Northwest. The superior accommodations In
our passenger equipment recommend our line 10
all. Ours is the only line that runs diningcars ont
of Portland. It. K. STATELER, general AGENT
638 Market street. San Francisco
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LADY'S SHIRT WAIST WITH SAILOR
COLLAR.

Though shown here as yachting waist, for
which the model is also appropriate. the pat
tern includes a standing collar with Piccadilly
points, intended for making regular shirt
waists with starched cuffs and collar.
A suit of duck or Galatea cloth made like the
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SHOULD BE FREE.
Redding Free Press.

btuUInB free FTeSS.
In the matter of sending delegates to the
National Republican Convention to st. Louis
men of good sound sense and Judgment and OF
undoubted loyalty to sound Republican doc
trines should be left untrammeled, without
being pledged to any certain candidate or
course of procedure, otherwise the California
delegation will cut but small figure in the
proceedings of the convention. Circumstances
are bound to arise in which delegates handi-
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

Among our advertisements this morning
you can find exactly what you have been
looking for.
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dearer and of better parts" The Syndicate
Letter underbid all rivals, and obtained many
contracts to fill space at very low rates OF COM
pensation. When the Exacting Press in the
Eastern village heard what financial success
| the Syndicate Letter had met with it remarked,
with a plying look, "It is too bad that the
Press in those distant places should be act1-
ated by no higher motive than that of filing
space at the smallest cost. I care not for
| the acquaintance OF the Syndicate Letter,
and when the people of those distant places
| learn to value good home productions in liter
ature more than the mediocre article with the
| stamp of importation upon it, then will the
| Syndicate Letter retire to its native shade"
| Should the Mayor appeal to the City Hall
angel to advise him as to a wise course to pur-
| sue in the Wilmerding Scholastic matter the
| City Hall angel-conveying delicate hint by
| protfering the book of learning with one hand.
while with the other she lifts high the torch OF
! knowledge-would make appropriate answer
by saying nothing.
| San Francisco Justice of the Peace is re-
| ported to have >"held court and rendered his
decision in German" Rather odd, ito be sure.
There are some rare instances, however, where
English-speaking Judges, unfamiliar with the
| classics. have rendered decisions that were
tmetaphoricslly) Greek.
Inc sunday parDer-shop law is no more. Inc
razor-wielder may now pass the morning of the
Sabbath in meditating on the necessity of
faith to be saved" while for the afternoon he
can lawfully switch to the consideration of
"face TO be shaved"
In q world Of teeming beauties,
Scenic heights, ernbowered wales,
Where Zephyrus dweleth needless
or the roar OF distant gales:
Where the year is always summer
And the roses bloom for aye
And December's feast of flowers
Vies with floral fetes of May:
Where unnumbered babbling streamletS
Tell their stories to the breeze;
When at times the feathered songsters
| Hush their chorus throug h the trees;
Here. where nature Is Edenc,
Where enchantment holds each views
Bards should safe with inspiration
Fen as flowers drink the dew;
Here, by beauty thus environed,
Should the muse take readest wing9
(Whats the matterP Not poet!
No-I don't profess to singh
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Little Mrs. Justwed--And, do you know, my
husband never even thinks of so much as 60
ing for scuttle of coal without first kissing
me.
Old Mrs. Hornbeak-In about two years, my
dear, you may consider yourself lucky If he
gets the coal.--Puek
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1t is about time for those who prophesied
an early summer to 60 and join those who
prophesied a dry winter.
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old-timers in literary walks hereabout will
recollect the genial Colonel Will Visscher, al
though many year has fitted by since the
coloneps ever-present smile and joy-empur-
pied nose were in evidence in this met ropolis
While in the Northwest, half dozen years
ago, guest of the colonel, it was my pleasure
to attend q banquet at which Visscher was
the lion of the evening. The bohemian vet
eran, veteran bohemian, was in those days
conducting tri-weekly newspaper in q boom
town, and living, temporarily, in bachelor
style in an apartment adjoining his editorial
room. An hour or so after retiring visscher
suddenly sprang out of bed, felt his way to the
editorial desk, turned on the electricity, drew
up chair, grasped q pen and began wedding
thought to paper. An idea for a poem had
struck him and he made haste to indite num-
ber of verses.
..Egadl" he exclaimed, as he dropped the
pen and settled back in his chair; "Egad, if
only had all the champagne wanted 1 could
write poetry as brilliant as ever you read, sab, 4,
and any quantity of it. Champagne makes
me scintillate, sah-scintillate."
He recited the verses written q moment be-
fore. They were certainly good. "That cham
pagne dinner did the work, sah," explained
the colonel.
In yisscher's presence, the day following, I
told the story of the champagne poem.
.'Fact," he admitted, positive fact.''
"Colonel," put in an old friend who had been
listening, sif new gem of thought had been
discovered in your mind by every bottle of
champagne you have ever consumed, and if
you had put every one of those gems into
verse, you would long ago have written all
around Shakespeare, Milton and Byron
A Syndicate Letter, whose birthplace was an
Eastern village, attained q rather iourishing
condition. It had known suffering. Early in
its career it had shivered from the effects of
cold receptions accorded by an Exacting Home
Press. 1t was gifted, however, with the virtue
of perseverance, and it said, ~ may yet dis
cover some distant places where 1 shall not
shrink before the Critical Frown, and where 1
may find preferment, by reason of the cheap
ness of my services, over Literature that is
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The Rooster Lost His Voice.

Those Cleveland roosters that were carriad
around in the hats of workingmen three wears
ago have entirely disappeared. 1t would re-.
quire man with great deal of nerve 10 ap-
pear on the stree IS now with one of them The
Wilson bill has killed the Democratic rooster
market
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In their present mood if the Democrat
should succeed in finding Moses the
would throw brick at him.
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CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, April 1S.-At the West
minister, G. Bowman; Plaza, P. Barth, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Stern, Miss r. NJ. Stern; Imperial, ]. j.
Gottlob; Savoy, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Sachs, Miss
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capped with ironclad instructions will be pow
erless to WELD any appreciable influence. Our
delegates should be left free to exercise their
judgment as occasion requires.
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If San Francisco cannot get up fes
tival of her own she can at least join il
the dances and help to pay the piper.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

Amid the distractions of local polite
we must not forget the funding bill-tha
iniquity isn't dead yet.
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For Protection.
Dixon Tribune.

Better defenses and more ships appear to be
the demand of the American people. These
will probably be provided by Congress, whose
members seem to so much appreciate the Ma
tiOn'S necessities