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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
BAYARD IMPREGNABLE.

The news comes all the way from Lon
don that as Minister Bayard cannot be
officially informed that the House of Rep
resentatives has censured him there is no
official reason for his resignation, and that,
following his own and President CIeve-
lands inclination, he proposes to hang on
till his successor is appointed by the next
President. This sounds incredible. His
present attitude is even more supercilious
than that which he assumed when he
made public speech in England denounc-
ing the American policy of protective
tariff.
Mr.. Cleveland's opportunity to convince
the world that he was a genuine American
came with the delivery of Mr. Bayard's s
speech. He should have recalled this
voluble gentleman at once. We may
leave aside the question of the right
or wrong of the. protective idea. II
was not the Republican party that Mr..
Bayard offended when he assailed its
doctrine of protection in furtherance Of the
Democratic idea of free trade. His offanse
was national in its effect. AS the personal
representative of the head OF an American
political party, and as the accredited rep
resentative of this Nation in Great Britain,
he denationaIized himself. and truckled to
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

memorial has been placed over the door of
Keats, the poet, lived and worked. 1t consists
of tablet bearing the inscription, "John
Keats, poet, lived in this house. B. 1895; d.
1921"
The German Empress is said to have worn
robe with a train six yards long on the occa-
sion of the Emperor's birthday. 1t was of the
finest Lyons silk, the material alone being
worth $500, while the embroidery in the
working occupied twelve persons for at least
two months.
The Reed campaign button, which has ap-
peared in Washington, has on it the picture of
a male cat standing on a wall bracket, beneath
which is q representation of marsh reed.
The picture is. of course, q rebus which is ex-
pected to suggest Thomas Bracket Reed to the
beholder.
w. M. Greene, the new general manager of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is native
of Athens, Ohio. On his graduation from
Wooster University he became clerk in rail-
road office. In 1887 he became assistant to
President ingalls, on the Big Four, and in 1889
was made general manager of that company
The attempt to raise fund for the erection
OF q statue of Darwin at Shrewsbury, England,
has SO far been failure. Up to the present
time only about 1880 has been subscribed, and
circular has just been issued pointing out
that the sum received is wholly inadequate for
carrying out the object in view in manner
worthy OF so eminent man.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
A SAN FRANCISCAN IN EGYPT.
Cairo sphinx.


Colonel George E. Raum of San Francisco,
who has twice previously visited Egypt, has
now on his third visit embarked on most
interesting work of excavation at the sphinx
and pyramids of Ghizeh, having first obtained
the permission of the Government. The colonel
commenced operations q few days ago and has
nearly 100 men and boys at work under his
skilled guidance, for he has had much expert
ence of mining and excavation both as
colonel OF engineers in the Confederate Army
and as q mine.owner in the gold diggings OF
Colorado. It may, therefore, be taken as
granted that the works In progress viii be full
filled with JUDGMENT and N accordance with
technical knowledge. Colonel Raum has
cleared away the sand from the base of the
sphinx to o considerable depth. He has also
cleared out the hole in the top of the head to
depth cf seven feet, the cross measurements of
the hole being about 31a feet long by 215 feet
broad. The hole passes through the cap of the
sphinx for about six feet, and the remaining
one foot is drilled through the solid rock out
OF which the rest of the head is cut. At the
back of the sphinx shaft has been found,
and the sand which filed it has been cleared
away to depth of twenty-five feet At the
bottom of the shaft two passages have been
found running in Q northwest and southwest
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
SURPRISING EVIDENCE.

The English House of Lords has heard
read for the second time the bill intro.
duced at the instance of Lord Salisbury
empowering judges to prohibit the publi-
cation of such evidence adduced in trials
as might tend to injure public morals. As
might have been expected, the measure is
attracting great deal of attention. The
dispatches venture no opinion as to
whether it will probably become law, bnt
the likelihood is that it will not. Already
there are laws both in England and the
United States permitting the parties to a
divorce suit to demand that the evidence
shall not be published, but the reason for
them is altogether different from that lying
behind the measure which Lord Salisbury
is urging.
Lord Glenesk, proprietor of the Morning
Post, properly asserts that some novels
contain many things that are far more
offensive and injurious than can be found
in the newspapers. When these books can
be bought without restriction for price
only slightly larger than that of news
paper the inconsistency of the proposed
gag law is evident. Lord Glenesk says
further, tn at the tendency of the press is
quite against the publication of unsavory
details. That Enthusiastically is true in
England. The departures from the rule
in this country have been made only by
those newspapers which prefer transient
business success to the exercise of an in
f1uence that can come only from an appre-
citation of moral responsibility. That which
tends to degrade cannot command the re-
spect of the controlling forces of civiliz-
alton.
At the same time, publicity within de-
corous bounds is the most efficient of all
agencies for the prevention of evil. That
is one of the important functions of a
newspaper. The highest morality, liberty
and enlightenment are found in those
countries where the freedom of the press
is the least restricted. Corruption, politi-
cal or otherwise, is most rampant where
its exposure is most rigidIy prohibited.
There is an undying quality in light and
truth that inevitably Furnishes the agencies
which oppress it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

the English sentiment, which favors the
policy of the American party to which he
belongs. His attitude proclaimed that he
was more of Democrat than an American,
and that he was IN England as the repre-
sentative OF the Democratic party and
President Cleveland, rather than of the
American people.
His superciliousness then and his lofty
bearing now. especially in view of the fact
that the President did not remove him for
his offense. can be taken only as Mr.. Cleve.
lands personal bearing. This may mean
less 10 the Democrats than to the country
at large. 1t is something new in American
politics for President to stock our foreign
ministries with political agents devoted TO
the advancement of the politics which he
advocates. The Importance of this case is
evident when we reflect that the English
policy of free trade and monometalIism
dominates the course of our present ad-
ministratiOn.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Colonel William Forsythe. the well-known
Fresno yineyardist. is in the City on business.
He had some very caustic remarks to make
yesterday in regard to the California system OF
marketing its fruit product. He has 160 acres
OF the best raisin vines in Fresno. "Clusters,"
he remarked, "and London layers are not sell
ing for any more in the sweatbox than loose
raisins. One and one-eighth cents is the high
est price offered per pound, but the average is
cent, which only pays for the picking and
does not begin to defray other expenses.
Dried peaches, worth 8 cents q pound, are
bringing 2 cents; prunes and other dried fruits
in like proportion"
With all this the Colonel thinks that Fresno
has the best of it as compared with other coun-
ties of the State, and bases his hopes for future
benefits on the completion of the Valley Road.
AT the present time, he says, our fruits are
marketed In the East on a sort of Sheriff S
sale proposition.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
PERSONAL.

Sam B. Axtell OF Lodi is here on business.
DR.. and Mrs. Stallard of Menlo Park are in
town.
c. Campbell Of Los Angeles is at the Cosmo-
politan.
VII. Wood of Santa Barbara is at the Cos
mopolitan.
John We'll, capitalist of Sacramento, is here
W. F. Purnell, q merchant Of Sacramento, is
the Occidental.
James Barlogi, stock-raiser of Nevada, is at
the Cosmopolitan.
F. NJ. Josselyn, a ship chandler of Boston,
Mass, Is at the Grand.
Clarence Vincent, Fresno merchant, is
visiting friends in this City.
Nate R. Salisbury of Porter Brothers re-
turned from Chicago yesterday.
II. Weilheimer, merchant at Mountain
View, is registered at the Grand.
T. B. Tansey, q Mexican mine-owner from AL
buouerque, is at the Cosmopolitan.
Charles M. Colgan, Secretary of the State
Board of Equalization, is at the Lick.
DR.. and Mrs. r. H. Kline of Philadelphia are
among yesterdays arrivals at the Grand.
Frank B.. Cornue and wife are down from
Santa Rosa and are staying at the California.
L. L. Lane of Yuma, Arizona, is at the Occi-
dental He is an owner and developer OF
mines.
William P. Kellogg, well-known attorney
of Washington, D. c., has apartments at the
Palace.
Joseph Collner of st. Petersburg, Pa, ar
rived at the Baldwin yesterday and registered
with his wife.
Clark H. Stone, the extensive lumber mer-
chant of Cincinnati, is at the Palace with his
wife and Mrs. E. II. Holcomb.
w. A. Scott, Miss Eloise Willard and Mrs.
Louise Eissing-Scott OF the "Sinbad" company,
have apartments at the Baldwin.
NJ. c. Helwig, travelling freight agent of the
Pennsylvania lines, arrived here yesterday
and registered at the California.
Ezro Kendall, Miss Kingsley and Miss Cleve-
land, actors in .'The Pair of Kids" took rooms
yesterday at the Baldwin and registered from
New York.
Island, and George w. Wheeler and wife OF
Pennington, Maine, arrived yesterday on a
tour through California.
A. D. Puffen, the soda fountain manufacturer
of Boston, Mass, is at the Grand with his wife
and invalid daughter. They are Oh a trip fol
pleasure and health, and are registered from
their home in Derry, n. H.
Judge R. J. Kelley of the Tenth Michigan
district and Donald McRea, a wealthy retired
lumber merchant, are making tour of thi:
State. They arrived yesterday at the Occi
dental, registering from Alpena, numbering
center of Michigan. On their way north Mr.
McRea will pay his first visit to the country
about Eel River and Eureka. where he has
owned for over fifteen years 1000 acres of large
redwood timber that he says is supposed to cut
400, 900, 900 feet of lumber
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
SOME DAY OR OTHER.

Time enough yet for the current to turn
"Hope while there's life," as philosophers say;
People now poor may have money TO tear,
Provided they don't quit the Job in despair.
Plod right ahead and you ii bring 'em your way
Some day or other.
Facts grow on bushes for some SO II seems,
Others obliged. If they want 'em. to climb
e Early and late-but what if you do?
No use TO worry and fret yourself blue.
Plod right along and you'll bring 'em to time
Some day or other.
Love-making's easy for some, it appears,
But what If 1t isn't for you +?
Going to sit back like bump on q board I?
No. you'll propose, and IL you should get fioored
Speak your piece over and she'll help you
through
Some day or other.
Knew a man once who for twenty straight years
Courted girl: but he hadn't the sand
To ask her marry till finally she
ps and she asks what his meaning might be,
Which shows that woman. by watching her
hand,
Can fetch the most bashful admirer to land
Some day or other
Nothing you want you can't get If you plod-
Money or learning or even the fair,
Tackle the task with grim death in your eye,
Buckle right to 1t and never say die;
Bound to win out il you really care
Some day or other.
FRANK PUTNAM in Chicago Times-H erad.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
A HOME CONTRACT.

That the rolling mills of San Francisco
have not yet supplied themselves with ia
cilities for turning out the very largest
pieces of work required in modern engi-
neering and architecture is explainable on
the sole ground that the local demand has
not justified the heavy outlay required for
that purpose. San Francisco is still
young City and has but just begun to fall
into the procession headed by the great
Eastern cities in the erection of splendid
structures of steel and masonry. As a
rule the builders of such houses here
within recent years, taking it for granted
that the local rolling mills could not turn
out the great girders and beams called for
by modern plans, have been content to
draw their supply from the East. The
idea of developing an architectural skill
by which the smaller products of the local
mills could be employed with perfect
safety and great industry thus developed
is of very recent birth.
The difficulty was encountered in the
plans of the nineteen-story building which
Claus Spreckeis is constructing at the
corner of Market and Third streets, and
which is to be the home of THE CALL.
This is to be steel frame 80 feet high,
resting on narrow base and inclosed with
marble and terra Gotta. In handling a
building of less height and with broader
foundation the structural exactions would
not have been so great. Mr.. Spreckels, de-
termined that the money for the steel
frame should remain in California, made
severe draft upon the skill of his archi-
tects when he asked them to design the
frame SO as to make it possible for our
rolling-mills to do the work. This task
was accomplished, the stability of the
structure is assured and one of our own
mills has secured the contract. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars will be thus kept
at home and be turned into the pockets of
our own people.
By such course as this, pursued by all
our builders, may we develop our home
facilities for meeting every need that can
be presented. We are able to compete
with the great shipyards of the Atlantic
and turn out both warships and merchant
vessels OF the highest class, simply because
the work has been offered and the facilities
for doing it have been procured. By en-
couraging these industries we make it
possible for them to compete with Eastern
manufacturers and builders; and where
necessary, as in the case of The CALLS
building, it is proper to make such cor
cessions in our plans as will enable local
manufacturers to establish themselves on
full competing basis with the East.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
HUMoR OF THE HOUR.

'The voters drew the line on our candidate,
did they?"
"Yes; they scratched him" = Detroit
Tribune
"Ahr' exclaimed the cannibal chief, SNACK
ing his lips; 'what kind Of minister was that
we had for dinner?"
.Your Excellency," replied his companion,
~ should say it was prime minister. "-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
''who is this Professor Roentgen, the dicov-
erer of x rays?"
Hes German scientist"
"Is he the same man who induced feeble
minded people to write Xmas for ChristmasT' T'-
Chicago Record.
Aunt Maria-Did he ever say anything which
would lead one to think that he wished to
make you his wife?
Phebe--Yes, indeed. Why, only to-day he
said nothing was so becoming to me as calico
Boston Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

the points, and the front is finished with
black chiffon, bunch of blue flowers set at
the throat and at the edges. A few green
leaves set among the hicks at the top, and a
green chiffon finish for the front makes q
charming finish.
The pattern OF the cape proper is in one
piece. standing and a turnover collar are
included in the pattern. The cape has six
points, two of which fall just back of the
sleeves, two over them and the remaining two
are in front.
Black lawn over silk, changea BILE green and
black. with black chiffon and violets, is q
beautiful combination.
Spangled net over pale old green satin, fin-
ished at the edges with spangles, is another
elegant combination of color and materials
Black velvet with white satin lining and
white chiffon is extremely lyStylish.
For evening white Dresden silk with pink
bouquets and green leaves is dainty with
tiny pink crush roses for a throat ruff, and one
row of the same set round the edges.
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faith seek to marry into Ine lanlliy anu oHer 10
| adopt the religion OF the famliy
KENTUCKY STREET TO CRY HAII-By the most
direct route the distance from Kentucky and
Illinois streets to- the CITY Han Is lew ieet
more than two miles.
HypNoTIsM-J W., Oakland, Cal. If there is
| ga physician that employs hypnotism in his
nradtice in San Francisco" Answers to Core
| spondents cannot advertise him.
Two CENT STAMPs-A. L. F., City, The first
two-cent stamps in the United States were is
| sued in 1863. They were printed in black and
! had on them the head OF Jackson.
Ferry TO cL1Fr-A. s., City. The most direct
! route from the ferry landing to the Cliff House
| is along Market street, Geary street and Point
! Lobos avenue The distance is little over
seven miles.
| BApGE-G I. s., City. You can have any
kind of society pin made in this City, and
many of them can be purchased ready made
| Any jeweler will make such pin or emblem as
| you describe.
| Two THEATERs-G. F. and c. c., Golden Gate,
! Cal. The seating capacity Of the Grand Opera
| house and the Orpheum has been given so
| often in this department that every reader
| ought to know the answer. The first named
| seats $500 and the last named 294o.
| RETURN OF MONEYS. j. San Diego, Cal. If
| the bill passed by the Senate to refund GER
| tain sum of money to settlers should become
| law it is probable that an appropriation would
| have to be made TO meet the demands that
| would be presented. The bill will designate
| how the money shall be paid
| A FRANCHISE Subscriber, Crockett, Cal
| Without knowing the exact terms of fran
chise granted to company to erect and main
tain a wharf it is impossible to answer the
question; "Have the owners of the franchise
the right to prevent water company from
laying pipes under said wharf for the purpose
of supplying shipping with water?"
GOLD OUTPUT-Subscriber, Fort Bragg, Men,
docino County, Cal. The following shows the
output of gold from El Dorado, Plumas, Sski-
YOU and Trinity counties for three years, 1892,
1898 and 1894: Ell Dorado, $198, ,321 "a, S294,-
61O %, 1867 ,063 81; Plumas, $443, ,294 90,
1852, ,486 O8, $499, 1853 S3; Siskiyou, $1,013,-
387 "a, $799, ,1OS OF. $760,781 80; Trinity,
81 ,446, I'll SO, 81, ,122, ,994 so, 81 ,o12, 800 S4
DuRRANT's FATE-E. z. c., City. AS the case
of Durrant is on appeal there is no time set for
the execution. Should the verdict of the lower
courts Jury be sustained he would have to be
sentenced anew. Should the Supreme Court
grant him new trial there is no telling what
q second Jury would do. Answers to Core
spondents does not know of any place in this
City where pictures of Blanche Lamont and Of
Minnie Williams are for sale.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
Cafe Zinkand Souvenir.

Charles A. Zinkand has in active preparation
an illustrated souvenir of the Cafe Zinkand
Large photo-engravings have been made,
work OF art it will be in all respects the finest
of its kind ever issued in California. John f.
Uhlhorn has charge of the compilation, and it
will be of much interest to the public. as the
visitors and patrons OF this model restaurant
can have the best cuisine and service, while
the charges are no higher than other public
resorts and restaurants.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

the chickens have gone to roost Maloney closes
the door and takes the ladder into his own
in the morning The old chicken houses are
used for laying, and whenever a hen wants to
sit he gives her place behind the kitchen
stove. This is satisfactory to all concerned,
and the flock is constantly increasing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

direction respectively. This was as far as the
works had been carried on the day we visited
them. and we look forward to some interesting
discoveries through the disinterested labors OF
Colonel Raum, who is bearing the whole OF
ba oxpenSas.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

The Southern Pacific managers will not
trust their records to the sea any more. 1t
is safer to burn them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Before England gets through with this
thing she may find that the Nile bears a
close resem blance to Salt River.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

As the time draws nearer to bounce
Cleveland the spirit of sweet content in
creases among the people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

We will stand better chance to get bet
ter coast defenses and better navy wher
we have better tariff to yield a better
revenue.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
No Charitable Institutions There.

HanfOru
Provisions are very scarce in the interior OF
Alaska and prices for necessaries rule very
high There are no charitable organizations
in that Territory, and the man who goes broke
there is liable to fare badly. Think twice or
three times before you leave land OF plenty
to take your chances in the gold fields OF
Alaska.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Many of our great men went through
hard times in their early days, but the ex-
perience of Matt Quay seems to have been
the hardest of all. He was once school
teacher in Texas
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Charging $15S6 for service which it
would be grossly exorbitant to charge
$500 for was certainly good illustration
of putting On all the traffic would bear.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Making home market for home goods
was strictly business last year, but this
year it is both business and politics.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

"I WAS afflicted with eczema on both my ankles
1 took Hoods Sarsapariila and used Hoods Olive
Ointment and it disappeared" Charles Behrens,
Sol Broadway, San Francisco, Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

FAITH-Interrogation, st. Helena, Cal. The
question asked Is one that cannot be answered
for the reason that Answers to Correspondents
cannot fathom the minds of people as to what
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Judge Grosscup of Illinois is quoted as
saying "expert testimony in Chicago is
largely OF the market" and as a result
there has grown up newspaper demand
that the kind on the market shall be kept
off the witness-stand.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

She-How old would you say was?
He-Um-well-I should say you were old
enough to know better than to think l would
answer a question like that.-London Fun.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Observation-Disclosures is perfectly dry, soft
and mild and is entirely free from the mists COM
mon further north. Ronnd-trip tickets, by steam
ship including fifteen days board at the Hote del
Coronado, $50; longer stay 81 so per day. Apply
New Montgomery ST., San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

By some strange oversight the Illinois
Democrats go right along neglecting to put
Mr. AltgeId to the front as favorlte son.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

The Democratic panic has passed away
but the Democratic tariff is still with US,
and as consequence Europe supplies us
with goods while our own mills are idle.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

The trouble with the Democratic tariff
is that it is has put deadly cinch on
American industry for the sake of giving
free trade.to European imports.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Up to date no Democrat has had a Presi
Dental boom that is worth half as much to
a politician as small clerkship in a rev
enue Office.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

If the worst comes to the worst at the
Chicago convention the Democrats car
make a ticket of Bayard and Morton and
run them for vindication.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

After much discussion and long delay
the postoffices of New Y ork and Brooklyn
are about to be connected by pneumatic
tubes and perhaps with as much discus
sion and after as long delay we might get
a similar Communication between San
Francisco and Oakland. ~
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23

Texas wool-growers who voted the DEM
ocratic ticket are now trying to reason out
the logic of excluding Chinese labor from
competing with American labor and at the
same time allowing Chinese wool to be i'm
ported free of duty to compete with Amer
ican wool