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The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
THE RISE IN WHEAT.

| The rise il the price of wheat is un-
| doubtedly the most important event that
has happened in the new year. LII VIII
affect society so widely that hardly any in
| dustry will fail to feel its influence. The
| effect, moreover, will be wholly beneficial.
| Our commercial and industrial activities
are so closely associated with one another
and all are so largely dependent upon the
conditions of agricultural! industries that
the prosperity now seemingly assured to
the farmers will be felt as stimulus in
all departments of work and trade, lead
ing to an upward movement in the prices
of products of all kinds.
1t is significant that nearly all the busi-
ness men who were interviewed by The
CALL on the subject yesterday spoke more
of the effect of the rise upon the fina ncial
situation than upon any other point. 1t
is believed that it will at once make the
money market easier and start into brisker
circulation that golden current which is
the life blood of the social organism of
every civilized people. If this should
prove to be the case there will at once re-
suit between wheat and gold an action and
reaction mutually beneficial. If the rise
in wheat prices gives confidence to bankers
and makes loans easier that will in turn
add to the industry and consuming power
OF the country and tend to a further ad-
vance in wheat, SO that the outlook prom
ises even better prices than now prevail.
While every portion of the United States
will be more or less benefited by the i'm
proved outlook the prospects for Cali
fornia are exceptionally good. Our wheat
is worth in the worlds market 10 cents
section of the Union. Moreover in our
climate it is not yet too late for farmers to
plant wheat for the crop of the coming
season, and the recent rains have put the
soil in most excellent condition for that
purpose. This last a dvantage is one of
great value, and if promptly made use of
may enable many farmer to have much
larger harvest and more abundant profit
than he would otherwise have.
1t is in the highest degree gratifying at
this iuncture to know that the San Joa-
quin Railroad is well under way and will
be ready for business over a considerable
territory by the time the wheat crop is
ready for the market. Without the COM
petition afforded by that road the grain
growers of the valley would gain little
from the rise in prices. The monopoly
would absorb it all if the new road were
not there to afford relief. Fortunately it
is there, and the farmers of the San Joa-
quin can count on the getting for them
selves the profit which is Justly theirs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

+. Il. Erickson, one of the heaviest railroad
contractors in the country, is at the Grand.
Mr. Erickson and his associates have been en-
gaged on the line of the Pacific Coast Railway
IN San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.
just now the gentleman is taking vacation,
as the Southern Pacific Company has stopped
building for time
Mr.. Erickson was, with his father before
MIN, Tor twelve years at work on the Canadian
Pacific. They built $50 miles of that road.
Ihey also built the Duluth and Iron Range
ana the retaining wall OF Superior street in
Duluth.
The Canadian Pacific work took twelve years
and the latter two and halfyears Five years
were also devoted to the building of the Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha road.
Besides all this, they did pretty much all the
work on the st. Paul and Duluth
Mr.. Erickson's extensive outfit is now lying
idle in Shannon Canyon, Santa Barbara. With
the outfit are 2S5 horses and an enormous
amount of apparatus, consisting of wagons,
plows, scrapers, rock drills and the scores of
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
BRING THEM UNDER CONTROL.

The people of the town of San Leandro,
in Alameda County, through their public
officers, have been com PEELED to resort to
violence in the protection of what they
deem to be their rights against the aggres-
sions OF the electric railway which runs
between Oakland and Haywards. The
town authorities take the ground that GER
tain privileges, granted years ago to the
railway company, have lapsed by reason
of failure on the part of the company to
avail itself of them at the proper time.
Hence when the company sought forcibly
to assert its privileges the authorities re-
sisted, the townspeople lent hand and
a small riot ensued. The company, once
a favorite with the people, has incurred
their bitter animosity by pursuing what
they think is a selfish and high-handed
policy.
1t is not within the province of THE
CALL to deal with the legal phase of this
case, but the privilege remains of saying
that, had the company acted differently,
it would have kept the good will of the
people, would have enjoyed a larger bust
ness and would have made its road more
valuable property than it is. If it had
been actuated by wisdom and regard for
public rights it would have gone openly
before the authorities, announced It's in
tention of making the contemplated i'm
provement, and, in case of a question of
legal right, would have proceeded decor
ously In one or more of the numerous
proper ways open to it. 1t seems to have
preferred the methods of the Southern
Pacific Company and its offspring, the
Market-street Railway Company, and, as a
result, it has incurred the popular hatred
in which these companies are held.
An end must come to all such aggres-
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
ROBERT BURNS.

Away with your Boccaccios your Drydens and
your Poes,
Your Marlowes and your Tennysons-away with
all of those;
They ornament prosperity, but when the current
turns,
We'd swap the aggregation for an hour of Bobby
Burns.
Your scribbllng aristocracy let serve the bookish
clan,
The fellows who can follow out an epicurian
plan;
welove him best who sang the worth Of poverty's
concerns
The peer of natures poets and her princes, Bo bby
Burns.
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PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT.

Neal Dow is now 81 years old and in vigorous
health.
Mrs Emma Walker Herr of Lexington. Ky.,
has been elected enrolling clerk of the Ken
lucky State Senate.
1t is said in Paris that Emile Zola really
stands good chance of being elected to the
Academy to fill the vacancy left by the late NJ.
Dumas.
Barney Barnato, the millionaire, who has
written play in collaboration with Haddon
Cham beEssis the father of three children.
parts his hair in the middle, is clean shayen,
except for small mustache, and wears pince
neZ.
Miss Mary C. Philbrook, New Jerseys first
woman lawyer, is exercising a distracting in
fuence upon the bench and bar of the State.
She is tall, graceful and good-looking, and
young advocates particularly lose their heads
when opposed to her.
NJ. Andree of Stockholm, who will attempt to
reach the north pole by balloon, is having his
balloon made in Paris. 1t is to be finished on
May IL, when it will be transported to Goth
enburg and then to small island in the Spitz-
bergen group, whence the expedition will
start.
DR.. Jameson the South African adventurer,
10 We'll AHoWH III Mouthid. I-e naue delene
his headquarters during several visits to the
Northwest between 1875 and 1856, and at diff
ferent times he spent several weeks hunting
and fishing on Mussel Shells Greek and in the
Judith Basin.
The English 'Peter Parley," the pseudonym
TO conceal the identity of William Tegg died
recently in his eightieth year. He was the son
OF Thomas Tegg, book-auctioneer and publisher
in London, and succeeded to his fathers busi-
ness in 1S45. Under the pseudonym of peter
Parley'' he wrote a large number of books for
the young, Of which he was also the publisher.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

OF Valenciennes lace of the Italian mesh, set
on the edges Narrow edges of embroidery set
on fiat recommend themselves on the score OF
easy laundering.
Aprons of pretty light colors are possibility,
for the colored nainsooks wash admirably. 1t
may be had in many colors-pink, couleur de
rose, blue and pale green.
bingham in checks and stripes makes very
seryiceable aprons and need not of necessity
be IN colors which do not please childs eye.
Stripes OF pink and white on blue and white
wash quite. as well as the dull grays and
browns pretty contrast is obtained by
using plain color for the revers. Or make
the apron OF plain pink, with sleeves and re-
vers OF striped pink and white.
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BY Time, Not by Conquest.

santa Cruz Sentinel.
Sir Charles Dixie said in Paris the other day
that soon or late all of North and South
America is destined to become a part of the
United States, Canada included, and that this
will be i'll obedience to natural relations The
United States is not anxious to hurry the pro-
cess. Americans have an aversion for acquir-
ing more territory by covert means. This
feeling belongs to the National character, and
shows that the Americans English blood has
been considerably modified.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
Statue of Burns to Be Unveiled at Boston.

Boston a statue designed by young sculptor,
Robert McNair Cairns, will be unveiled in
Music Hall. The Scotchmen resident in Chi
cago will make the anniversary this year a
conspicuous fete and inaugurate a movement
to raise funds for a monument to be erected to
the memory OF the bard
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
CALIFoRNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 23.-Among recent
arrivals are: E. II. Forest, Grand; w. E. Marr,
Gilsey; P. Hunt, Netherlands; S. f. Wormser,
Windsor; Mrs. A Flint, st. Cloud
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

'I'm going to be married." said Miss Trotter
to Miss Kittish.
"Youl You going to be married. 1 thought
you were an inveterate man-hater who
wouldn't marry the best man in the world"
eyes; but that was before one of the horrtd
men had proposed to me.''-Life.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
A CHILD'S PRETTY APRON.

Here is an apron which combines pictur-
esqueness with utility. 1t is developed charm
ingly in any of the dainty white stuffs, such as
nainsook, dtmity, lawn and cambric An in
expensive decoration consists of very narrow
Valenciennes insertion let in at the top of the
hem on sleeves and revers. Another trimming
which is dainty and not costly is narrow friu
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

lRwIN's NOMINATION T., Alameda, Cal.
William Irwin was nominated for the Office of
Governor Of California June 20, 1875, his op-
ponents In the convention being Thomas Find
ley, ames A. johnson, c. T. Ry1and and Philip
A. Roach. He was elected September 1, of the
same year, and the following shows the vote
cast ior each gubernatorial candidate Irwin,
6l,oO9 Phelps, 1882; Birdsall, %, 1872, and
LoVett, 356.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

FITZs1MMoNs AND HALL-A. K, City. TIL,
fight between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Hal
occurred at the Crescent City Athletic Club
March 8, 1898. Fitzsimmons won with a righ
half-arm upper-cut in four rounds.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
To REDUCE your weight, use vrettos' Belt

Sir Samuel Lewis, K. C. NJ. G., the coal-black
negro who was knighted on New Years day,
is 50 years old. He was educated at Wesley Col
lege, Sheffield, and University College, London,
was admitted to the bar of the Middle Temple
in 1871, and became Chief Justice of Sierra
Leone in 1882 Last year he was chosen as the
first Mayor of the city of Freetown.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

CRAWFORD, THE scoUT-T., Alameda, Cal
Captain Jack Crawford, the poet-scout, was in
this City about two months ago and lectured
before the Toung Men Christian Association.
He went to Los Angeles
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

NoN-CoMMssIoNED OFFICERs-P. T. C.. CITY
Non-commissioned officers are all below tn,
rank OF second lieutenant, appointed by regi
mental commanders, and include sergeant
major, quartermaster and cOmmissary serSeant
sergeant, corporal and drum-major.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

The Countess Fedora Gleichen, one of Queen
Victoria's mothers German descendants, who
dabbles with sculpture, has been commissioned
by her Majesty to make the bust of the late F.
Clark, John Browns nephew and successor as
Highland attendant.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

STATE TExTBooKs-A. R., Alameda, Cal, The
law of this State declares that the State Board
OF Education shall employ well-qualified per-
State, namely, readers, sreller, arithmetic,
grammar, history of the United States and
geography: The reports of the investigation re-
Gently made by the Governor were correct
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY-A. c., Napa, Cal. Ten
days before the Governor acts upon an appli-
cation for pardon, when the application is
made to him, written notice of the intention
to apply for pardon, signed by the person ap-
plying, must be served on the District Attorney
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

JACK PoTs-F. A. c., City. This correspond
ent asks: A. B, C, and D are playing jack pots
After passing it up to aces and better A opens
and the others "stay." After the draw A passes
and the others do likewise. Does the pot re-
vert to jack pots or is there a show-dow the
best hand winning, which, in this case hap
pened to be with two aces? Ans.-There
must be showdown, and as two aces were
high A wins.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
"B1rs. winslow's Soothing Syrup"

mrs. hns1oW's soothing Syrup"
Has been used over fifty years by millions OF moth
for their children while Teething with perfect
1t soothes the child softens the gums al
lays Pain, cures Wind Collie, regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoeas whether
arising from teething other causes. For sale by
Druggists in every part Of the world. Be sure ami
ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrun 26o
bottle
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

CoRoNADo-Atmosphere is perfectly dry, soft
and mild, and is entirely free from the nists COM
mon further north. Round-trp tickets by steam
ship, including fifteen days board at the Hotel del
Coronado $50; longer stay 81 so per day. Apply
New Montgomery ST.. San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

taunted England for her uneasy position
seems pleasant surprise to Salisbury and has
smoothed him down to just about the arbitra-
ton level. Humanity still lives
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
A STATUE OF BURNS.

Tomorrow will be the one hundred and
thirty-seventh anniversary of the birth of
Robert Burns. The event will be observed by
the sons of Scotland all over the world. In
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Watts-There won't be any European war
Those rulers are all related to one another.
Potts-That's the very reason 1 think there
will be war.-Indianapolis Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

He = I'm afraid the coming woman will
swear.
she-Oh, no; she intends to run things SO
well there won't be anything to swear at
Chicago Record.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

HUSBANDS Calcined Magnesfa. Four first
premium medals awarded. More agreeable to
the taste and smaller dose than other mag
nesia. For sale only in bottles with registered
trademark label.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

ONE week-Gen. eyeglasses, 15c, 40c. S11z 4th,
nr. barber; Sundays,738 Mkt (Kast shoe store).a
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
Signs of the Times
Selma Irrlgator.

selma Irflgator.
The British empire seems to have outstripped
its centripetal force and its fragments may be
flying through space before the dawn of the
ntieth century.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

CountShuvaloff, Governor-General OF Poland.
has been instructed by the Czar to prepare a
memorandum on the subject of the reforms
which he proposes TO introduce into Poland
The Car is said to be sincerely anxious to
orlng abouta better state of affairs in Poland
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

In point of length, breadth and thick-
ness, every Senatorial debate is equal to an
elaborate campaign of education.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Bankers will say that the lesson is: "Grangers,
stick to your grange; but the real lesson is
"Don't mix generous confidence with banking
methods, for they are incompatible"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

WHAT Hoods sarsaparilla has done for others it
can and will do for you. fair trial of Hoods Sar
saparilla will convince you of the entire truth Of
the above statement. Take only Hoods.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Nobody would object if some one in
authority should give Vining transfer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

People who undertake to fill the bill as
reformers shouldn't fill their bills With
unconstitutional provisions.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Mrs. Gossipy-I think young Mr.. Chatter is
a delightful conversati onist.
Mr.. Gossipy-Well, yes; he succeeds pretty
well for a man who never had anything to say.
New York Truth.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

When the prosperity OF the farmer begins
to rise, it lifts everything.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
Patriotic but Marpaniu

Patriotic but Magnanimous.
Pasadena News,
The fact that the United States has not taken
advantage of European complications and
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers,
Clipping Bureau (AlIen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
CURRENT HUMoR.

He-My love will have no ending, dear.
She-Now, 1 say, Ralph, amt you going tc
marry me, after all?-Boston Beacon.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

We started the San Joaquin Railroad in
the nick of time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Now is the time to sing 1--WE will all be
happy in this wheat by and BY"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Since Kruger asserts that his American
prisoners must stand trial, Mr.. Olney must
see to 1t that the trial is fair one.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

BURNED DURING RIoTs-T., Alameda, Cal.
During riot in which anti-Cathollcs were
prominent the Ursuline Convent in Charles
town. Mass was attacked and set on fire on the
II tn OF August, 1884, on the 9th of May, 1914,
there was a riot in Philadelphia during which
the female seminary attached 10 the Cathonc
church of st. Michael was attacked by mob
that was not friendly to the church Inc semi
nary as well as the church was destroyed by
fire
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Huntington will soon have to take his
hands off the State, for he will need both
OF them al Washington
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Cumso-There are said to be forty-seven so
ciety editors in New York.
Cawker-That is all right. New York So
ciety needs editing.-Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Golden days in the grain fields as well as
in the mines will make California feel like
herself again.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

0lney should ask Kruger the simple
question: "If Jameson is released why is
Hammond held ?"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

There is many a key to the present gov
ernmental situation. but none of them car
open the deadlock.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

LANDS IN MExIco-F. L., City. There are M
homestead or pre-emption laws in Mexico ss
there are in the United States. The public
lands OF the country are not surveyed. per
son desiring TO take up land there must first
make selection and then communicate with
In Inc Munster OF tomento, at the City OF Mexico
5000 acres. - ~
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

In these days all wheat is spring wheat
and right on the Jump.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Nothing goes against the grain in Calfor.
MIA this year.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Salisbury is still unwilling to arbitrate
but he is willing TO grant a few conces
slons.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

The Senate does not advertise to leg1s
late while you wait, but you rust wait al
the same.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

The wheat-growing districts can afford
to get into line with the procession OF
festival counties.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

If Tom Reed has anything of an itching
palm at all it must itch sometimes to get
hold of the gayel OF the President OF the
Senate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

The new Election Board is ousted, bu;
there are plenty of means left for straight
politics to bring about municipal reform.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

1t is going to be Republican year all
the way through.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

California can defeat the funding bills i
she can prevent the railroad from con
fusing the contest by mixing other issue:
with IT,
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Olney made mistake in asking British
aid in getting relief for Hammond and his
friends in the Transvaal. He should have
addressed himself to Kruger exclusively
and been vigorous about it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Sherman says the silver Senators know
their bill cannot pass, and Teller retorts
that Sherman knows the bond bill cannot
pass, anu there you have it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Nat Goodwin has sued the New York Tribune
for $4,000 damages, because it charged him
with winning $2500 at faro. This ought to
teach the reporters to get things right. Nat
lost, of course.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
And Vice Versa.
Not Lost.


The man who booms the town is the man
who advertises.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

STATE BOARD OF Trade. T. E., City. The
officers of the State Board of Trade are: N. P.
Chapman, president; j. S. Emery, first vice
president; L. C. McAfee, second vice president;
]. A. Filcher, secretary and general manager;
n NJ Larue treasurer; n. P Chapman, w. H.
Mills. B. NJ Lelong, S. J. Stabler, ]. S. Emery,
L. c. McAfee, j. A. Morrisseey j. T; Irish and
c. NJ. Wooster, directors: me once OF lhe
hoard is in the Croker building.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Despite the Sultan's announcement that
he would not allow it Miss Barton has
sailed for Armenia, and the Sultan won't
stop her
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

1t is evident that since the retirement oi
Campos more vigorous hand has taken
hold of the telegraph Office at Havana, fol
the Spaniards are now reporting three vic
tories day instead of one.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24
Those Republican Millers.

Narysville Appeal.
The millers of this country are losing
SIG, 100000 year on account of the smashing
of the reciprocity policy by Democratic Con-
gress. 1t is easy TO understand, therefore why
they are mostly Republicans.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

From the present outlook there will be
no legislation of Importance this winter,
and the elections next fall will be practi-
cally referendum on a grand scale.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

We were nation OF fools to elect CIeve-
land, but Providence has taken care
of US and we will be able to pay those
bonds yet.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

1t is reported that the merchants and
manufacturers of Council Bluffs have re-
solved that the United States should
recognize Cuba, but it is not stated
whether they were acting in council or
only on the bluff.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Science continues to furnish the world
with many Improvements in the way of
light, heat and motion, but what is wanted
Is an umbrella that will cover the town.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

The refusal of the Transvaal authorities
to admit the American prisoners to bail
has an ugly look, and Uncle Sam ought to
put old man Kruger out of countenance
on the proposition.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Every grain field in the State is on rising
ground now.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Wheat rises in price, and the competing
road will give the farmers of California the
means of keeping the monopoly from
grabbing all the profits
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

Sherman may have been right in calling
the silver question "an old, worn ISSUE -
but it is great deal better than Cleve-
lands new issue
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

The Kaiser's letter to Kruger seems to
have been directed mainly at the mem,
bers of the ReichStag who oppose an in
crease IN the army
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VIEWS OF WESTERN EDITORS
Generosity, but Not Business.

stockton Mail
The Changers Bank experiment was very
costly to the contiding farmers who made it..