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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
Professor Alvin g. Clark the Great Maker Telescope Lenses Now
Here, Who Has Been Looking at the Canals of Mars.
lSkehhed by a artal
terday, ACCOMPANIED by his daughter, and

terday, ACCOMPANIED by his daughter, and
is at the Palace.
Professor Clark has made all the lenses
for the great telescopes of the world. He
made the large glass for the Lick tele,
scope, which is SO inches in diam
eter lin the clear; the Percival Lowell
glass, Flagstaff, "a inches; the 30-inch
glass for the Pulkoya Observatory, In
Russia, and the great Yerkes lens for the
Chicago University, at Lake Geneva.
His house was founded nearly sixty
years ago, largely incidentally and acct
dentally. The house was then as now
Alvin Clark & Sons, and Professor Clark.
the father of the present Professor Alvin
G. Clark, began making the lenses in a
small way.
With these glasses he began to discover
what he believed to be new stars, incIud-
ing many double stars. He could not
find out definitely about all of them, for
the professor at Harvard to whom he ap-
piled did not like TO admit the discoveries.
Mr.. Clark then applied to the Rev. w. r.
Dawes of England, the greatest authority
on fixed stars then known. Mr.. Dawes at
once informed him that he had made
many new discoveries.
He, therefore, paid his attention to
larger telescopes, and the house through
all the years has continued to make bigger
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lenses and more improved telescopes, till
it has reached its present great fame.
Professor Clark was for seven weeks at
the Percival Lowell Observatory, near Flag
staff, and afterward put in two or three
weeks about Los Angeles. He will return
TO Flagstaff soon.
Professor Lowell has made a great
many discoveries down there" said Mr..
Clark, land while | was there put in con-
siderable time for awhile in searching for
stars. L think 1 discovered several double
stars that were new to science. l have no
doubt about it.
Besides this l examined Mare through
the telescope a good deal and distinctly
saw the canals discovered by Schiapparelli.
They were very plain. The idea is that
these canals were made TO conduct the
melting SHOWS from the polar regions for
purposes of irrigation. Professor Lowell
is firm believer that by human intell:-
gence these canals were constructed and
of course believing this, he believes firmly
that there are men in Mars.
MARS, you know, is one of the nearest
OF all the planets to the earth. / think it
not improbable that we shall yet make tel
escapes that will see more clearly into
Mars and enable US 20 discover the strange
builders of the canals. These canals are
adiudged to be at least fifteen miles wide.
They would have TO be, under the circnm-
stances, to enable Us 10 see them. But
what we really see is the fringe of trees
(wooded growth) along their sides.
professor Lowell has written a book
about these canals and their builders as
he understands them, and is now writing
another one. In order to get good idea
of his views one should read his book. I
am going down to Flagstaff again and L am
going to study Mars more carefully. Mr..
Lowell is full of the subject. He thinks
there are both men and canals there.
His observatory is shortly to be re-
moved to the City OF Mexico, where he can
get clearer air. I think he will begin
moving it inside of six weeks. As for N.Y.
self l think probably the best place for an
observatory in the whole country is on
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
Facts Which Show How Agricuturists Fail When
Manufacturers Are Hort by
Bad Laws.

ucts will be determined by the supply
from all these sources, competing with our
own surplus, and is beyond our power to
control. But the home market is ours by
right. We can control that. We car, by
fostering manufacturing industries at
home, increase the home demand for
agricultural products and by maintaining
the protective system can save the farmer
from ruinous competition at home with
the cheap-labor products of other coun-
tries"
The farmers of the entire Union, and
particularly those of California, now know
TO their sorrow the truth of Senator
Dolph's portrayal They understand that
the destruction OF great factories, the
desolatiOn of thousands OF Eastern homes,
has forced the country to underconsump D.
ton of agricultural products, which is one
OF the chief reasons Tor dull times in Cali
fornia and all over the Union.
The way that protection helps farm
laborers and the country in general, rails
ing also the wages of mechanics, was re-
Gently shown in a concise manner by the
American Protective Tariff League. They
showed conclusively that in 1860, the lasl
year OF revenue tariff, there were l, 311,.
246 persons employed in manufacturing
mechanical ana mining occupations, &C
cording to the census, for the tables
headed manufactures" then included me.
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struck the keynote when he said that we
need open mills rather than open minis !;
for no man can get money unless he earns
it, and no man can earn it unless he has
an opportunity to work, and the idle people
of this country will never get work unless
American industries are protected by a
high tariff.
II consider that Mr.. Bryan owes his
nomination to Southern Democrats, and
he doubtless, if elected, would be under
their influence and their control If the
Democratic platform were enacted into
law we would simply go one step further
toward free trade, and free trade is some
thing that every American should vote
against. l decided over four months ago
10 support the Republican ticket on ac-
count of it's high protective ideas, and long
before ever knew that Mckinley would
be nominated. Now that Mckinley is
nominated l feel it is the duty of every
American citizen to support the Republi-
can party"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

The subject of this sketch, DR.. Cook, is
physician of no ordinary attainments. He
is true specialist, one who reflects honor
and dignity upon the profession to which
his life is devoted. His long and brilliant
record in behalf of suffering humanity en-
titles him to take rank among the leading
medical lights of the world. He is to
America what Sir Ashley Cooper was to
England, Ricord to France, Koch to Ger
many or Roentgen to Austria.
The deep knowledge and expert skill of
DR.. Cook is universally recognized, and is
now being fully appreciated by the sick
people of San francisco and throughout
the Western United States.
Among the vast multitude who have re-
Gently sought and secured relief from this
noted healer are many who had for years
struggled in vain against the ravages of
disease; many upon whom other doctors
had repeatedly experimental and repeat
eddy failed; many who had given up all
hope of ever again being blessed with
sound health, but who after receiving a
few weeks of careful attention from Dr.
Cook feel that they have been completely
rejuyeuated and given a new lease of life.
A glance at DR.. Cooks voluminous file
of testimonials shows that people afflicted
with all sorts of special diseases have been
cured by him. Some were suffering from
ailments of the eye, ear, nose, throat or
brain; some from diseases of the heart
lungs, liver, stomach, kidneys, bladder or
urinary organs; some from drains, irrita-
tions, structure, syphilis, blood impurities,
varicocele or hydroceIe; some from piles,
fistula, rupture or chronic catarrh; some
from the most aggravated forms of female
complaint.
In the cure of all these diseases DR..
Cooks record is unexcelled, but his private
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shown with great clearness by Senator
Dolph, who said:
THE market in European countries for
our breadstuffs at best is limited one. 1t
Is only to supply the fuctuating deticien-
cies in their production to meet their de-
mands for consump tion. Many European
countries are making systematic efforts to
increase their production by more
thorough cultivation. New regions, where
labor is abundant and cheap, are being ex-
plored and brought under cultivation and
made accessible by new transportation
lines. The British Government is aiding
in the construction of railroads in India
TO open up a market for the products
of the rich soil of that province raised by
cheap labor, and in other ways is en-
couraging increased production. Russia,
by better methods and better transporta-
ton facilities, is largely increasing her
production OF wheat. The Argentine Re-
public, with the advantage of cheap labor,
and with a soil and climate adapted to
wheat growing, is being settled and placed
under cultivation, and is producing an an
uually increasing surplus of agricultural
products to compete with ours. Africa is
being explored and opened to civilization,
and her virgin soil may yet be taxed to
supply the wants Of European and Asiatic
countries.
THE foreign price of agricultural prod
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

chanics, miners and quarrymen. In 1880
the tables of manufactures, mining and
ouarrying account for 1892, 793 workers.
The number YVES about four persons for
every 100 of the population in 1850, and
about six persons for every 100 OF the
population in 1880. In addition to the
gain resulting from increase in population
there was gain of 80 per cent in these in
dustries, due to the National policy.
'The first effect is that for every 100
farm workers there we're about 26 persons
ENGAGED in manufacturing and min ing in
1860, but in 1880 about 40 persons for every
100 farmers Thus was created a double
home demand for food, as respects per-
sons employed in these industries. and far
more than double demand for materials
of farm production. In this way wages of
farm labor were raised N spite of an
enormous immigration.
THE workers in new manufacturing
/ establishments need houses, furniture and
! all the products of mechanical works. For
every mechanic in 1860 there were about
two persons engaged in manufacturing
and mining; IN 1880 for every mechanic
there were at least three such person sde-
handing mis- services. But that is not all (;
a vast number of the mechanics them
! selves found employment in the new
manufacturing works, so that the in
creased demand for other mechanical
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formula for the secret ailments OF men is
the GROWING glory of his professional ca
reer. 1t is a treatment known to no other
physician in America. 1t is distinctly of
his own origin or discovery, and is the re-
suit of lifetime of hard work and per-
, sistent study, diligent research and scien-
tific inves legations in this and foreign
lands. 1t is purely vegetable in its compo-
sition and perfectly harmless in its effect.
1t does not stimulate temporarily, but re-
stores permanently. During the past
twelve months it has been tested on more
than five thousand young, middle-aged
and old men, who, as the result of errors
or excuses, were tortured by the woes of
sexual debility, deformity or decay, and
its success has been but little less than
miraculous. 1t never falls even in the
worst OF cases, to bring back manly power
and to remove every trace or symptom OF
weakness.
Although DIR. Cook is an exceedingly
busy man, he has no substitute to repre-
sent him in a professional capacity. Every
person who applies to his Office for treat
ment consults DR.. Cook himself, and no
one else. He goes thoroughly into each
individual case and carefully follows it
. through every stage unGAl Iue pdtlenG Is
completely cured. This is one among the
many reasons why DR.. Cook always OBJ
tains such happy results.
If you are ailing you should consult DR..
Cook before you are beyond medical aid,
Write him if you cannot call at his Office,
as his system of home treatment by mail
is perfect. His hours are from to u A. NJ.
and to and to P. NJ, except Sundays,
when they are from 10 to u A NJ. only.
HIS office is permanently situated in the
heart of San Francisco, at s65 Market
street. opposite the Baldwin Hotel.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
FREE TRADE RUINS CALIFORNIA FARMERS.

1t is well-known fact that the effect of
thu free trade policy of the Democrats as
expressed in the Wilson bill has had
disastrous effect in California. A calm
stuay Of the results by Californjans as
Salliornians, irrespective OF their party
beliefs, eonvinces the multitude of labor
ers IN workshop and field that the one poI-
-cy that insures prosperity to California
is the American system of thorouph nro.
lection.
All through the San Joaquin Valley and
IN the rich regions of the Sacramento the
farmers and horticulturists know that
there has been a marked depreciation of
farm values and the values of farm nro-
ducts under the reign of Cleveland. the
reign that Bryan and Wilson's other ora
toricai companions heralded as the coun-
try's salvation.
The man out of Job and the man who
cannot sell his products know full we'll
that free trade in a few important items
has ruined their business, and they know.
too, that there would be universal bank
fuptcy if the policy of the tree-trade
Democracy were applied to ANYTHING like
Ill OF the great staples of the country.
1t is evident to any one who talks with
the farmers of the State and ninoIes
freely with the great industrial classes
that free-traders are now very scarce !.
that men who were once saneuine thai
CIevelandism would benefit the country
are now confident that ruin has followed
two years Of free trade. They know fnll
well that capital has become alarmed and
labor discouraged under a brief reign of
tree trade, and are beginning to see the
wisdom of the Republican policy which
advocates stern adherence to American
principles. -0'''
The way that cheap products work ruin
when brought from afar was recently
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
HORACE GASQUET'S coin.
His Heirs After $4,000 He Gave
to the Children of Joseph
Kahn.
Romantic Story of the Fortune That
Rewarded the Kindnesses of a
Friend

Horace Gasquet, a storekeeper of Del
Norte County, who recently died at St.
Mary's Hospital in this City. lett large
estate, over a portion of which there will
probably be great deal of litigation.
Gasquet accumulated fortune during
the last twenty-five years as a dealer in
general m erchandise at Happy Camp and
Central City, and during that time was a
patron of the firm of Porter, Slessinger
81 Co. of this City. Believing in their hon
esty, he was in the habit of depositing
with them large sums of money, prefer
ring that they should handle it rather
than deposit the money in bank.
In January last Gasquet fell IL and was
brought to San Francisco for treatment.
At that time he had on deposit with
Porter, Slessinger & Co. $25, 200. Cas-
quet subsequently died and when the ex-
ecutors of mis- will sought to obtain the
money they found it had been drawn by
Joseph Kahn, a member of the firm, to
whose care the coin had been intrusted.
The Probate Court of Del Norte County
issued citation commanding Mr.. Kahn
to explain the matter and the explanation
was made yesterday before Judge Coffey.
1t seems that Kahn was the favored
member of his banking firm in Gasquet's
eyes and that when the storekeeper made
his annual visits to San Francisco he was
In the habit of dining at Kahn's residence
and accompanying his host to the theaters
and other places of amusement. At the
Kahn domicile the countryman became
acquainted with Percy D. Kahn, the 49,
year-old son of the shoe merchant, and
with Fannie, his 12-year-old daughter.
On the stand yesterday Mr.. Kahn pro-
duced a letter dated January II, 1896,
written Immediately after Gasquet arrived
at st. Mary's Hospital, asking him to call
and see him, as he was very sick. Kahn
testified that he did so and that he made
his old friend as comfortable as possible
and procured several physicians for him.
Gasquet the next day, so Mr. Kahn testl-
he'd, said he was not satisfied with his
will, made some time previously, and that
he wanted 10 leave something TO Kahn's
children. OF whom he was very fond. The
result OF the conversation was that on
January IA Gasquet signed a check on
Porter, Slessinger & Co., drawn in favor
of Joseph Kahn. for $50, 200 the total sum
he had on deposit. This check Kahn sub.
sequently cashed.
The Del Norte County heirs assert that
the money does not rightfully belong to
Kahn or his children and are making
strenuous efforts to recover it. The hear.
ing of the matter will be continued on
Thursday next.
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works fell to smaller part of the whole
number. Thus the demand for mechanical
labor not in m manufactures and mining was
more than double, and the wages OF
mechanics were thus advanced.
Finally, the development of maDufac-
lures and of mining employed 1, OOO
persons who were not so EN- ployed in 1860,
and who, but for that development, mus
have sought work in mechanical trades or
in farming. Had half of them gone into
farming, increasing by more than tent h
the number of farm workers, must not
that nave depressed the wages OF farm
labor? Had the other half gone into me-
chanical trades, increasing by so per cent
the number OF mechanics, must not the
depression in wages of such labor have
been severe?
THUS it is that the increased demand
and increased wages for labor in one ce-
partment have affected with incalculable
blessing la Dor in every other department
of industry. And so a free-trade policy,
by closing thousands OF factories, mills
and mines which protection has opened,
and turning out of employment workers
numbering million or more, compelling
them to seek work in farming or in me-
chanical trades, must cause a frightfu1 de-
preston in the wages of all labor"
1t is such facts as the foregoing that
have led many thoughtful Democrats to
abandon Clevelandism and EN- brace the
sound doctrines OF protection, the history
OF which shows that progress is its I'M
erring companion, 1t is this quiet reac-
ton of thought in the minds of the masses
that promises to make William Mckinley
the next President of the United States.
When the people fully understand the
extent TO which the great agricultural
classes are dependent upon the general
prosperity of other classes, and that
artisans and the general population can
not prosper nnder free trade, the advo-
Gates of that doctrine in America will be
as rare as the friends of any other ancient,
exploded cause.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
Ii WILL NOT COME.
The Chinese viceroy Will Return to
His Homo by Way of
Canada.

Lii Hung Chang, the Chinese Viceroy,
has decided definitely that he will not
visit this coast in response to Mayor Su-
tro's invitation.
The following telegram received at the
Chamber Of Commerce yesterday is self
explanatory:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 4, 1896.
Mayor Adoiph Sutro and Messrs. Hugh Craig
and A. A. Watkins, San Francisco: The Chinese
EN- bassador presents his com pliments. and re-
grets his inability to accept the very hospitable
invitation OF the City OF San Francisco, Cham
Der of Commerce and Board of Trade, as he is
returning home via Canada.
LO FANG sub,
E. B. DREW,
Secretaries of Embassy,
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Mount Wilson, Los Angeles County. 1
was there few years ago and with four
inch telescope was enabled in the clear at
mosphere to see things l would not have
dreamed possible. There is no better
place to my mind in the world to make
discoveries.
professor See, who is at the Flagstaff
Observatory, has found many new double
stars. l think he is 1ast becoming one of
the greatest of astronomers. l look for
great developments in the power OF tele-
scopes and in their discoveries during the
next few wears"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
The Great Telescope-Maker On
the Wonders of the Nearby
Planet.
WHAT HE SAW AT FLAGSTAFF.
The Canals Made TO Bring the Melted
SHOWS From the Polar Regions
for Irrigation.

Professor Alvin G. Clark, the famous
maker OF telescope lenses, whose home is
at Cambridgeport, Mass, arrived here yes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
a TheosophlcaI lecture.

DR.. w. W. CANDLE will lecture before the
Theosophical Society this evening at 8 O'Clock
in Golden Gate Hall, go Suffer street sub.
ject, "The Other Side of Death"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

DO not fail to read Thomas slater's advertise
ment on page 80 for men.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06

Professor Edward Howard Griggs Will de-
liver two lectures under the auspices of the
Unity Club of the Second Unitarian Church,
Twentieth and Capp streets, on the evenings of
September 8 and %. The subject of the first
lecture is "a Walk in Florence" and of the
second "SelfCulture in the Vocatio The
price of tickets is % cents, which can be had
OF members or at the door.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-06
DURRANTs APPEAL.
He Will Be Allowed to Remain in the
County Jail Until the Supreme
Court Takes Action.
Chief Justice OF tn e suprems N cont.

This little document means much to the
young man adjudged guilty of "the
crime of the century" 1t means that
pending his appeal he will not go to San
Quentin, and furthermore, acts as bar to
all furta er proceedings in the lower court
In connection with the case until the APP
peal shall have been decided. 1t is con-
sidered probable that the appeal will be
heard by the Supreme Court at its ses-
sion in Los Angeles next month.
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Park Music To-Day.

The following programme for the open air
concert in Golden Gate Park has been ar.
ranged:
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OUR new presses, insuring good and cheap
printing, are here. sanborn, Vail e. Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-27
A BAD CASE.
A Maynard Boy Who Can Lie
as Well as Steal.
Colby University Furnishes the Rents
Hill Ball Tossers, 9 to 4.
Body Of the Late Charles Wagg. Drowned at
Brunswick. Recovered.

Portland. April pa week ago
Wednesday. bright appearing boy
came to the Maine General Hospital
saving he had sprained arm. He was
IA wears old and soon became Il favor
lite with the doctors and inmates. who
were making efforts to procure a home
for him.. Yesterday he stole $40 from
Joseph c. Wyman of Bath. a patient
at the hospital. Today. he was ar
rested on Il smoking car at the Union
station. He has given various names
but the last one, which is thought to be
right is Harry Huntoon of Franklin
Falls, n. II. He appears by his story
to be a confirmed theft lie has been in
Lowell.
He wears n uniform suit of green vel
vet trimmed with gold braid and says
he was an usher at the Grand Opera
house at Boston, and stole a suit when
he left. He has lately been in Lowell
and says he has been in the Bijou the
atre there, though this is thought to be
false. He says he stole money from a
baker at Franklin Falls named Hector
Moran, and for that theft served three
years in a New Hampshire reform
school. He is evidently liar as well
as a thief and the police do not know
how much of his story to believe.