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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
EASTER IN CALIFORNIA.

One is tempted to believe that a special
sun is sent to rise in California on Easter
morning, were it not that the same sun
appears on Christmas day and the Jewish
New Year, and is known to be a sun for
all that makes for goodness and comfort
and prosperity. Undoubtedly the same
sun shines for all the world, but not with
the genial melIowness that it sheds in the
making of such comfortable aids and such
gorgeous fruits and flowers as serve to
proclaim its glories in California. There
is no penitential season for this persistent
guardian of our happiness. Its whole
course is round of Fat Tuesdays, with no
days of penitence. And it fabricates be-
coming Easter bonnet for all OF its chill
dren every day in the year.
To the earnest multitudes for whom
Lord is risen this day, Easter Sunday
comes with a special and noble grace. The
commemoration of SO touching and fruit
full an event in the history of the world is
made with a serious spirit of gladness
which typifies an emersion from suffering
to ease, and from sorrow TO that chastened
happiness out of which individual content
and community sympathy are born. The
beauty of it all is the universal value OF
the ideas which the day represents. This,
although the proportion of the people for
whom it has most direct interest is not
comprehensive, may be taken to explain
the respect which it commands far beyond
the limits of its immediate pressure. 1t
is almost as regnant as Christmas. The
principles for which it stands will operate
for the good of the race so long as error
prevails, human reliance upon unseen
and all-controiling forces is acknowledged
and the need of humility and companion
ship are manifest.
The fitness of the day to the natural con-
ditions aiding it's effectiveness is con-
spicuous quality of its advent in California.
Though it is proper that our worldly ener-
gies should have been kept in partial
slumber for the more serious contem pla-
ton of possibilities lying beyond this life,
it is equally proper that, having laid aside
the penitential spirit, we should face with
reiuvenated vigor the earthly problems
that await our solving and that bear so
close a relation to any conception of
eternal happiness. No good thing can be
adequately enjoyed unless it has been
earned. No ship may be expected to come
in that has not been sent out. Sitting in
patient idleness at our doors is the great
problem of discharging the trust which
we accepted when we made our homes in
California. We and we only know what
high and lasting benefits may accrue to
the race from our earnest and intelligent
discharge of this obligation, and the
knowledge that we alone are aware of our
responsibility to ourselves and mankind
should not cause us to avoid a duty for
the performance of which no outside pres
sure is brought to bear. Here we must
establish the American center of intelli-
gence and here plant the storehouse of our
Nations integrity and wealth.
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PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Since ex-senator Butler has retired from
Congress he has built up the most lucrative
law practice in South Carolina.
Guys Hospital in London Is in financial
straits. The Prince of Wales has undertaken
TO raise by subscription the Sc, 2,5O0. 900 it
needs.
Sir Edwin Arnold boasts that he has written
more than 5000 editorial leaders averaging
over a column in length In the course of his
work for the London Telegraph.
The late Congressman William b. Grain of
Texas was one of the best classical scholars
ever sent to Congress. 1t is said that he knew
the "Iliad" and the great Greek tragedies al.
most by heart
George Eliot's only memorial at Nuneaton,
her native, is steam fre-engine named after
her. Her admirers, who do not like the aaso-
citation with q fre-extinguisher, wish to sub
stitute a free public library in her name.
Watson of Hartford, who did business in that
place about one hundred ana twenty years
ago, was the first woman editor in this coun-
try. The lady was the owner, editor and pub
Usher OF the Courant.
Nubar Pasha has been informed that the
Queen has created him knight Grand Com
mander Of the order of the Star of India to
mark the value which she attaches to his SER
vices in Egypt and his share in maintaining
cordial relations between the British and tn e
Egyptian Governments.
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A DISCARDED CURIO.

On the corner of Gold and Montgomery
streets there is an enormous piece OF petrifed
wood lying close to the curbstone. At one
time it was considered great curiosity, but
now the owners are unable to give iI away.
1t is about twenty-five years since the petri-
faction arrived in San Francisco. 1t was sent
as a present to the Pioneers by Sam Brannan.
who obtained it from the calcedony forest near
Calistoga. 1t was with great difficulty that it
was brought to this City, as it had to be hauled
for many miles over a country where there
were roads. The work of getting it from
the forest was no small job, as men and tools
When the curio reached San Francisco it was
put on public exhibition and nearly every body
in town went to take q look at 1t. The officers
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of the valley remote from Stockton was Sc
cured by hauling produce in wagons over
terrible roads. Even that expensive and
laborious course has been pursued with
profit for many years. The Valley road
will abolish that grievous practice neces-
sary to profitable farming in the valley.
The road has been completed to the
Tuolumne River, contracts for finished
construction have been let to Merced, and
the grading contract for a distance of
twenty-five miles beyond has been signed.
All legal difficulties concerning rights Of
way through incorpor ated cities and towns
having been settled by the Supreme Court
in favor of the new road, it is now only
matter of rapid construction and the secur-
ing of necessary material. The few con-
demnation suits for right of way over pri-
vate properly will not operate as him
drance. Visalia is happy over the an
nouncement that the first of the lines to be
constructed between Fresno and Bakers
field will pass through that city.
Had this great enterprise been launched
on any Fictitious principle, it would not
have been so eagerly welcomed as deliv-
erance from the burdens which have pre-
vented the proper development of the mag
nificent empire which it traverses. Not
only is it the work of strong capitalists
OF enterprise, energy and independence,
but it is peculiarly fortunate in two other
particulars. One is that the road traverses
a region sufficiently developed to give it
an immediate traffic, which, under ordi-
nary competition, would insure profitable
return at the start, and the other is the
fact that it is eagerly Welcomed as 9 de-
liverance from ruinous monopoly, and
hence will receive far more than the ordi-
nary share OF traffic. The financial fore
sight which led to this undertaking was
an uncommon manifestation of business
acumen on the part of Californians. and
everybody will rejoice in the prosperity
that must attend their enterprise.
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OF the Pioneers had place built for it in the
old hall where everybody was at liberty to see
1t, and it remained there until the time of the
moving to the new quarters, about eight years
ago. By this time the piece of petrified wood
was no longer curio, as travel to the forest
had been made easy and hundreds of speci-
mems of the same kind were in the City. At
any rate the Pioneers did not think that it was
worth moving and left it behind them. The
new occupants of the building did not want it
in the way, and SO had it carried out to the
sidewalk, where 1t has remained ever since
The abandoned curio has exactly the appear
pounds. It is of the calcedony forma ton. 1t
forms a block about three feet long and two
feet wide at one end, tapering almost to point
at the other. One end, where it was broken
from the large piece in the forest, has the ap-
pearance of stone but the other portions re-
tain the most minute details of the original
material. each bit of fiber and every knot hole
showing perfectly.
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by taking one strip for the center front: this
IS Joined to the ribbon collar and the ribbon
belt, which are both finished with enormous
four inches longer than the shoulder seam, are
sewed to the collar at the shoulder; the other
ends are laid in points, which extend over the
sleeves. This trimming of ribbon NAV be
made very elaborate by sewing bright spansles
On ali the edges. Or mark ends, with a SPOOL
Tor q guide, down the center, and outline these
with spangles or beads
Another mode of trimming is to have reyers
ana sailor collar made removable. black
sahn or crepon waist may be made very useful
In TINS way: Have collar and revers of a fancy
SIX IN bright colors, with an edging ali
around of black chiffon
The ribbon trimming may be OF geranfum
satin ribbon with bright blue or green
spangles.
A fichu may be of the black crepon edged
bright china silk with rufties of mousseline de
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FOSTERING THE SUBURBS.

The people of Belvedere have given the
railroad to understand that any curtail-
men. of the present service will be met by
an independent line of ferry steamers be-
tween that place and San Francisco and a
connecting electric road to San Rafael.
An interesting feature of the matter is
that those who have submitted this ulti-
matum have abundant capital to make
their threat good, and doubtless would
find the investment profitable. Unfor-
tunately this is rarely the case. As rule
city and country improvements made on
the basis of what is assumed to be per-
manently established service are COM
pletely at the mercy of transportation
companies, and must suffer whatever losses
may result from a change IN the service
or its total abolition. In the good time
coming it may be deemed proper to require
that transportation companies should
share the risk with those whose invest
ments have been determined by an exist
ing transportation service. 1t is hardly
right that the matter should be entirely
one-sided.
The whole region contiguous to San
Francisco has claims as strong as they are
has never opposed the use of this region
by the residents of the City for transient
or permanent out-of-town homes. From
Menlo Park, on the south, all the way
round the eastern shore of the bay to San
Rafael on the north, thousands of the
wealthiest residents of San Francisco have
established country homes or temporary
resting places, and these suburban resorts
constitute one of the most valuable attrac-
tons OF the City.
San Rafael, Sausalito and Belvedere on
the north, Berkeley, Oakland, Fruitvale
and Alameda on the east, and the beauti-
full settlements lying between Belmont
and Palo Alto on the south attest the
elegant taste and true appreciation of
California's rarest charms on the part of
San Francisco residents. By fortunate
circumstance all these places except those
reason of the fact that the Southern Pa
cihc Company has an interest in main
tanning the service. class of people
similar to those served by it live in the
northern settlements, and they are show
ing their grit and independence by an
nouncing that the conditions upon which
they based their investments shall be
maintained. 1t is encouraging to observe
this spirit in Californians
Belvedere is unique as we'll as beautiful.
The island is bathed in sunshine when
San Francisco is wrapped in fog, and yet
it enjoys every one of the comfortable and
inspiritinG features of the coast climate
A few miles back in the mountains nestles
San Rafael with totally different set of
climatic conditions. These are Identical
with those of San Jose. where coast and
interior influences are blended in perfect
proportions As a result Belvedere and
San Rafael have large numbers of wealthy
residents whose financial interests are
centered in San Francisco, and they will
be doing the City valuable service in see-
ing that adequate transportation facilities
are maintained.
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LOvIN' YOU.

Think Il was this time last year,
Under skies o. blue,
When whispered, Sally, dear;
"I'm a-lovin' your
Think the violets vas out
Some red roses, too;
One thing. though. IS beyond all doubt,
was lovin' you!
Sorter think you pinned q rose,
Twfnklin' with The dew,
On my heart. an'-goodness known
WAS lovin' youi
Birds was sIngin' to the skies,
Rivers ripplin', too;
An you read it in my eyes
was lovIn' you'll
All the worl' looked bright an sweet
Nothin' else to do
But TO dream there at you feet,
Jest a-loyin' you!
Think 1t was this time last year,
Under skies o. blue,
When you answered, Sally, dear:
'I'm a-loyin' your
FRANK L. STANTON
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The scheme of the French syndicate of
Egyptian bondholders to bring an action
against the Debt Commission to pre-
vent the expenditure of Egyptian money
for the expedition up the Nile is good
enough to deserve pushing along. Com
plicating international diplomacy by a law
suit and heading off a war by injunction is
exactly the novelty that this end of the
century would enjoy most.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. N. Y, April Al. Nathan is in
town on buying trip. Grand Union, Miss B.
L. Bates; Imperial, J. and Miss Malowansky:
Brunswick, B. Hoeffecker; Netherlands, w. P.
Shaw; Westminster, c. 7. Gray. Bernard
Paulson and Max Keppel arrived in on the
Spree from Bremen.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

STATE FLowERs-W. K, Oakland, Cal. The
following are State flowers, as adopted by the
vote OF the school children, in the respective
states named: Alabama, golden rod; Colo
rado columbine; Delaware, peach blossom /.
Idaho, syrlnga; Iowa, rose; Maine. nine cone
ana tassel; Minnesota, moccasin flower. Mon.
W, tana, oltler root; Nebraska, golden rod; New
iorK, rose; North Dakota, wild rose. OkIs
homa Territory, mistletoe; Oregon eoldnn
rod; Utah, sego lilly; Vermont, red clover.
SCORING IN CAsINo-R. A. j., Redwood CIV
ana d. A. b., Saratoga, Cal. In the pame ~
CASINO there are eleven points which a pIavar
must make before he can win. If PLAYERS ayrae
IL can De made twenty-one or fhjrtvano .
point game. In counting in casino where ~ =
prayers are about tie and each makes enornb
10 go out the points made are counted as fssi
m lows' TaIos. spades, little casino, big casino
aces Tne first ace to go out is the ono ~ . |,
goes with cards-that is the Ace tha, Ae et mat
sponds with the suit of which there is W.. e
cards. ' 40 Nosl In
Eou1NocrTAL e. w, Meridian sr....
county, Cal. Professor r. II. Scott of rass
watched closely for equinoctiaI storms s
curing period OF fourteen years discor ra-aa saa
tnat out OF forty-fve storms during .ba ,..u
oI Marcn not one occurred on The oIa, IN IN
MA, maIcn, %nlch is the date of the sprinc s,,; 9l
nun, ta,n ano out OF eighteen in the month Of Ser
.emoel onIy one occurred on the 03d ot nep
montn, the date of the autumneI y, that
IN ihat would seem TO establish the quinoA.
equinoctial storms ~ regard to
ihE ECoNFEDERACY-H. NJ. c.. Redd,,n r.,
e1Ao enquirer, City. Great Britain bv ,,ro,a
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VI DO not like the expression "a quiet we'd
ding, Mr. Scripps," said the editor to his new
reporter. You know that in society there are
no noisy weddings"
But this was quieter wedding than
usual" replied the reporter.
sin what way?"
"The parties were deaf-mutes, and they were
married by the use Of the sign language. ~
Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Out of 3sl beef cattle shipped from Aus
tralia to England by the Augers only 80
reached that country alive and it is be-
lieyed the result has killed the trade even
more effectually than the trip killed the
cattle
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Some of the noise of the coming month
will be politics, but good deal Of it will
be picnics.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Belvedere anj San Rafael are on the
warpath, but are headed in the right d.
rection. Closer communication with San
Francisco will improve them in every way.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Cheer up, cherries are ripe-a carload
has already gone East to cheer them up
over there.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

1t looks more and more as if part OF
our political campaign this year viii have
TO be fought for free Cuba.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Europe occasionally buries the hatchet,
but she never washes off the war paint.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

There is but one woman question this
morning: "Is my bonnet on straight?"
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Now that Redwood has big new clock
on the tower of her High School building
she can count on having a high time
always in sight.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

We may as we'll admit that no spring
ever saw more sweet things in millinery
than this one.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Woman exults in her millinery and
adorns her church with q radiant lowell
ness of style, put as for man, he isn't in it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Between the Senate and the Chamber of
Deputies in France there is gap big
enough to dump dozen Cabinets in with
out filling il up.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Ten chances TO one the Easter parade in
the stormy East will be ruffied by bliz-
zard or froze out with q cold snap.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

"I HAVE found Hoods Pills uuoqualed
always keep them in the house and reoom mend
them to my friends" Mrs. Vernon Upton. 7sb
Pine ST., San Francisco, Cal.
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Take the Northern Pacific to all points East.
Lowest rates TO Minnesota and Dakota poInt.
Upholstered tourist-cars. Pullman palace aud dir
ing cars on all trains Two fast through trains
daily; time to Chicago shortened six hours For
tickets aud information call on T. K. state,.r sas
Market street, San Francisco
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Mr.. Depew predicts such a glowing
future for our wine industry there can
hardly fail TO be something of profit in
his talk
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

This is a good day to remember that
there is sometimes as much virtue in old
clothes as in new ones.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The Rev. DR.. Crane of Chicago is getting
fame on the strength of having adopted
IAN editorial style in. the pulpit. from
which it is reasonable 10 infer he cuts his
sermons short and prays in para graphs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

There is such a thing as striking too
hard and making the iron too hot.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Los Angeles has about arrived at the
conclusion that it would be better to have
two harbors in her hand than none in the
bush.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Eastern whitecaps are playing in bad
luck this year, for three times in as many
months in different parts Of the country
have their movements for reform been met
with bullets and badly crippled.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The Republican campaign in this City
Is now fairly under way and the emphasis
is on the fairly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Even those who live in debt in Califor-
MIA are in a better state than those who
live anywhere else.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

There must be something wrong some
where. for while this is decidedly bad
year for strikes we are getting more of
them than usual.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

AS Weyler claims to be well satisfe
with the progress OF the war in Cuba it is
evident he has not undertaken the job by
contract.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The best country to mediate with Spain
for the surrender of her American colo
MES would be England. She knows how
ii is herself.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

1t has been discovered that Dean Holes
book on his tour in America refers to our
first President as George Augustus Wash
ington and there seems to be no way to
make HIM take il back.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The cause of liberty may be truly said
10 be in the air of Cuba, for the climate is
death 10 the Spaniards.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The British invaded Matabeleland in the
expectation of finding gold, but as they
found none it seems they must be holding
on 10 It just for spite.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The new bonnet is necessary to illumi-
nate the church, but any old hat will do to
take Up the collection.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Consider the lilies, how they blow-they
don't need trumpets.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Taking money from the people Of Cali
fornia 10 contribute TO Tammany cam
paign fund is Huntington's latest way of
showing he has money enough to burn a
wet dog
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The New Hampshire squabble may now
be considered settled, and in the New
England band at the st. Louis convention
there will be none bat Reed instruments
playing in harmony.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Teacher-Tommy, what is meant by in utri.
tious food?''
Tommy-Something to eat that Amt got no
taste to it.-Indianapolis Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The office-hoders faction of the Demo-
cratic party demands gold, while the out
siders are willing to stand up for silver,
but all of them are out for the stuff in one
WY or another.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The carload of Solano cherries which has
already started East will be something
more than surprise party to the natives.
1t will astonish them and make them open
their mouths.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
A FANCY SILK WAIST.

The Marie Antoinette fichu is one of the ac-
cepted accessories in waist trimming. 1t is
especially liked for theater and evening waists
and for house dresses. perfectly plain dress
is made into quite an elaborate affair by the
addition of g soft, graceful fchu. And such,a
plain waist should be owned by every woman
who likes variety, and especially those whose
income does not allow of the many extra
waists which are such comfort. A simple
trimming of ribbon may be made adjustable
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SPECIAL Information daily to manufacturer,
business houses and public men by the Prasi
Clipping Bureau (Alleri's), $40 MONTGOMERY .
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HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

Mr.. Spatts-f there are microbes in kisses.
what disease do they produce?
Mr.. Kilduff - Palpitation of the heart
Truth.
Neither rhyme nor reason. Now. what
could that be, wonder?"
'Why, poetry. of course, you stupidp'-In.
dianapolis Journal.
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The beauty of the weather is making
everybody impatient for the festivals to
begin, and the one that opens first will
have big show of visitors from all the
country round.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

ALL persons afflicted with dyspepsia win hnd
immediate relief and snre cure bv ns,n. n
Siegert's Angostura Bitters
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. isaac Thonn.
sons Eye Water druggists sell 1t at IS cents
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Crusty-So you're going to be married. eh ?
What will you do when the wolf comes to your
door?
n. r. Getic-I'u let my wife feed him home.
made biscuits and then I'll sell his skin
Philadelphia Record.
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The churches will be full of loveliness
to-day.
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"a hE Es EEooNfEDkRAcY-H. NJ. c., Reddinr. Ca,
Anu lhqoifer' City Great Britain by proela.