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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

who may send ewes there, simply paying
for the cost of the hay used, or senolng
hav with them. A numb ber OF large sheep-
owners in San LUIS Obispo, Monterey ana
TuIare have gladly availed themselves OF
these privileges, and one of these ranchers
lately sold seventeen heeces from his hail.
breed nerinos for 4 cents pound more
than the ordinary market price. HaiI-
breed bucks are being held at a very high
price. and indeed we know of few, or none,
for sale. All of the men who have TINS
stock are deeply interested, and Dei1eVe
there is a great future before the hall ana
quarter strains, both on the wool and the
mutton sides. A wether was slaughtereo
a few days ago at Paso Robles station, ana
photographs and statistics obtained to
publish in bulletin.
This animal was a cross between Per-
sian and three-quarter Southdown, ana
showed very hi quality OF mutton,
amply justifylng further attention to this
line OF work.
The agricultural department has been
told by many persons interested in sheep
breeding that the value of this stock 10 the
Monterey and San Luis Obispo districts
was undoubtedly much greater than "the
entire cost of several experimental sta
due to Minister Beale, Mr.. Bailey and to
the General Government, as well as to the
university; but the rapidity with which
results have been reached at the expert
ment stations, and the fact that only here
can breeders obtain free use of these valu-
able and beautiful animals to improve
their stock. justifes the higher praise 20
the agricultural department of our State
institution.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER.

We are indebted to our courteous con-
temporary the Wasp for a kindly and ap-
preciative criticism of the position which
THE CALL occupies among the newspapers
of the City. The sum and substance of its
| estimate is that The CALL is recognized as
the conservative. respectable family news
paper, ana merits the recognition.
The estimate thus given is of the more
value because it comes from an expert in
journalism, one who has had long expert
ence in the profession and has achieved in
it distinguished success. The public
will, we believe, agree with the statement
of the Wasp that THE CALL is the recog-
nized family newspaper of the City, and
in this agreement we find the assurance
that our efforts to maintain the high rec
ord of the paper have been successful.
In these days of sensational journalism,
when every form of fake seems permitted
by the public taste, it is no slight thing to
conduct a newspaper which is at once
clean, conservative, entertaining and sue
cessful. This is what THE CALL aims to
do. 1t carries into every home the news
of the day fully and accurately reported,
but it carries there nothing which is cor
rupting or degrading. 1t is free from lot
terry advertisements and every form of
degenerate journalism. 1t is for that rea-
son that it is welcome to the home, and
has won the proud position of being the
recognized family journal of San Fran
cisco.
The Wasp goes on to point out the value
of such a newspaper to legitimate busi-
ness. It says: "Shrewd business men
would rather have their advertisements in
the journal read by $4,000 families than in
one with circulation of 1O0, 600 among the
floating population" The rapid increase
of advertising in THE CALL proves that the
business portion of the community appre-
ciates this particular value of family
newspaper. It is the paper which is read
in the home whose advertising columns
are most carefully studied, and to the
comprehension of this fact by business
men is due much of the success THE CALL
has attained.
We are indebted to the Wasp for kindly
calling the attention of the public to these
facts. The Oldest cartoon paper in colors
in the United States and one of the best
edited of our weeklies is certainly compe.
tent to pass judgment upon it's contempo-
raries, and praise from such source never
fails to be appreciated, not only by its re.
| cipient, but by the public generally.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

the main and branch libraries, five in
mum Der, 2S, s05 volumes for home use and
fer library use 1908 volumes. The aver
age daily delivery at the main library was
LAS volumes. The aggregate of volumes
in all the Libraries is SO. 663. One hundred
and eighty-three volumes have been added
recently, and many of these are most
valuable for students. Thy embrace
philosophy and religion, sociology, science
and useful arts, fine arts, literature, travel
and description, biography and history.
There are also some wor2s of fiction and
books for the young.
The library bulletin for the current
month has an index of articles on Christ
mas plays and poems for Christmas and a
long list of references for the study of
United States history. This list has 11S
references and it will be continued next
month.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
TIME ENOUGH.

A citizen of Boston who has recentiy
visited New York, apparently for The first
time in some years. has written to the
Boston Herald that New York is no longer
the city of hurry and commotion that it
was in former years. The people have
become quieter in manners and less hasty
in action. He noted everywhere a great
difference between the conditions of to-
day and what existed in former years.
~ went" said he, "into restaurant al
the so-calIed busy hour. There were mer-
chants and brokers in plenty, but the
walters were not jogging them to make
way for Others and there was leisurely
eating. There was smoking at ease after
the well-cooked dishes had been con.
sumed. There was no excited converse
ton. In word, there was peace"
1t is scarcely necessary to say the Bos-
tonian approved the new condition of
affairs. A resident of the city of culture
could hardly do otherwise He must have
found New York in fact even pleasanter
Tor him at the time than his own Boston,
for not only was there an absence of hurry
and commotion, but there was also an ab-
sence of any dispulation over the "Danc-
ing Bacchante," and therefore, for the
time at least, New York is serener in her
business than is Boston in her culture.
1t has been said by wise man, 'sThe
older l grow the more convinced 1 am
that there is an abundance of time''
Almost any man of mature years who
gives himself leisure enough to consider
life and its business will agree with that
man. There is time enough to attend to
everything without fretting ourselves if
we will only take it wisely and use it we'll
1t is related OF the late Emory Storrs OF
Chicago that on returning from a trip to
Europe he said: "The first month was
in England belieyed that country was a
hundred years behind America, because
everything was done so slowly and there
were so few facilities for the rapid trans
action of business; but after that time 1
concluded that America was one hundred
years behind England, because we have
not yet learned how to do our work like
them without overtaxing our energies and
exhausting our vitality"
There is in this statement of Mr.. Storrs
lesson which the American people ought
to learn. The people of California in par
ticular would do well to profit by it. Ex-
cessive hurry is not q sign of the highest
civilization. 1t is not even an evidence of
the best performance of the greatest
amount of work. 1t is only proof that
the overhurried individual has not vet
learned that there is time enough for all
things.
In California the climate at all seasons 5
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VARIED AND PIOUANT.

Cnaracteristics of the Sixtb of tho
Dioomh eld-Zeisler Piano RecitaIs.
Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler's sixth
piano recital was given yesterday after
noon at the Metropolitan Temple The
entertainment was like preceding recitaIs
OF the series in the matter of entbpsiosro
and IN the rendering of a miscellaneous
programme. All of the work was clean
cut and muslelanly. dash of Men.
delssohn and another dash of Rub,ns,oi,,
gave piquancy to the whole. Then tbera
was also some Of the quaint music from
Gluck's "Orpheus" s"-nothing particularly
difficult to execute, but requiring a refined
and sensitive mind for its Interpretation,
The customary Beethoven senate was On.
10, No. 2. Take the Zeisler series ali
through, enough sonatas by Beethoven
have been interpreted to give very fair
knowledge TO a novice of the peculiarites
of the noble old tone master. Mendels-
sohn's familiar "Spinning Song" was per-
formed with dash and delicacy. and
brought out again, as an encore piece, the
ssTurkish March," which Mrs. Bloomfield
Zeisler performs particularly well, and of
which she is evidently very tond.
1t is announced that she will play at
the Baldwin next Sunday night, and two
concertos are set down for performance.
This ought to show the broader side OF her
culture The event will be generally
awaited with interest and with an equal
degree of curiosity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
A CONFIRMED PESsIMIST.

Henry Watterson has clearly become a
confirmed pessimist. The ardor with
which he worshiped the star-eyed god
dess of reform few years ago has given
way to gloomy despondency, and the
tenor o. all his written and spoken words
in these days is like that of q new Jere-
miah prophesying woe to the country.
The change in the man has been some
thing remarkable. 1t is not long ago that
he was one of the most cheerful OF our
optimists. 1t was a pleasure to read his
words even in his most excited moods. for
in the verve and vigor with which he de-
nounced his enemies there was always al,
element of sanguine hopefuiness in the
triumph of good. which delighted even
those who differed from him. To-day he
seems to be as sullen and as hopeless as
any Diogenes, and there is no longer any
comfort in him even for his friends.
In his latest declaration concerning the
political and social condition of the coun-
try, he expresses no hope for the welfare
of the people. The Republican policy of
protection, he declares, s'is at war with
the genius of American institutions. .
Populism he describes as "the gorgon of
agrarianism." Democracy he sees to be
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
PERSON AL
ToLa fc hayp

W. 81. Culmer of Salt Lake is here.
Iheodore Barker of Astoria is at the Lick.
A. ferguson OF Helena, Mont, is in town.
G. de Bougliss of Paris is again in the City.
DIR. W. N. Finney of Lincoln is at the Russ
DR.. c. E. Fisher of Chicago is at the Palace.
]. T. A. Bawlby OF Astoria is at the Occi-
dental
F. n. Coyne OF Angels Camp is registered at
the Palace.
Congressman c. A. Barham of Santa Rosa is
in the City.
Senator A. N. Andrews of Pomona is on q
visit to the City.
J. F. Anderson of San Jose was among yester-
days arrivals here.
]. W. Young of Salt Lake is among the ar
rivals at the Palace.
James A. Davidson of Alaska was among
Yesterdays arrivals.
H. P. Whlteman. a business man of Boston,
Mess, is at the Grand.
C. S. Churchill of Napa is in the City, accom-
panied by his family
F. o. Downing, q business man of Portland,
arrived mere yesterday.
Robert f. Harrison, long of the Morong o
mine, is at the Baldwin
W.F. Willis of Carson. and editor of the Car
son Tribune. is at the Russ.
Mrs. Edward Madden of SHUTDOWN Hall, Eng
land, arrived here yesterday.
L. E. Austin of Helena, Mont, an old miner,
is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
John McFadden, business man of Ssnts
Ana, is among the arrivals here.
J. R. Garrett, business man of MarysviIle
is at the Lick, accompanied by Mrs. Garrett
A. E. Miller of walia walla, Wash, is among
the latest arrivals at 10 fan Hota
Among the arrivals here is B. c. Kingsbury,
business and mining man of Spokane, Wash.
L. o. Eastman and L. ]. Eastman and wife,
wealthy people of lie Mars, Iowa, are at the
Grand.
F. K. Davidson, owner of a general store at
Tacoma, is here on business trip and is at
the Russ.
Ex-Speaker J. C. Lynch of the State LIE gisla-
ture has arrived here from his home in Cuca
mongo and is at the Baldwin.
George R. Stewart, wealthy grain and cat
tie raiser of Crows Landing, is at the Grand,
accompanied by Mrs. Stewart.
A. d. Remington, the Watertown On. " pa
per manufacturer, formerly proprietor of the
Evening Post, is at the Palace.
L. A. Murrell, vineyardist of Fresno, accom-
panied by his wife. is visiting the City and
registered at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
NJ. Fl. Mestetter and Knowles Ferguson, OF
Minneapolis, Mimi, are taking in the sights of
the City and stopping at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
P. S. Yorke and William HastiI, who have
been mining for gold in Alaska for year past,
were among the arrivals from the north yes
terday.
Superior Judge Bahrs, who has for some
time been confined to his home with pneumo-
MIA, Is so lar recovered that he hopes to resume
his place on the bench next Wednesday.
s. T. and S. ]. Barton, early pioneers of the
Sierra Valley, who are extensively engaged in
rauching and cattle-raising, are at the Russ
They are among the wealthiest men in that
part of the State.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
LAW AND HYPNOTISM.

recent case in Georgia affords 8 curl
Gus study in connection with the problems
OF hypnotism and moral responsibility. a
man named Osbourne was hypnotized on
the stage and made to believe that he was
dog. He barked and bit mans hat to
pieces A lawsuit resulted and the Georgia
justice decided that the guilt lay with the
bypnotizer and made him pay for the hat.
A few days later Osbourne committed a
murder. He acted as if insane and re-
peatedly declared that dog had his SOUL
He appeared to have the idea that he must
kill the dog to get back his soul, end then
all would be well again. Does the guilt of
that murder, like the tearing up of the
hat, also lie with the hypnotizer2 That
is the problem with which Georgia law
has now to grapple.
The courts OF the near fu ture will have
to adopt some definite policy in dealing
with pleas of insanity, kleptomania and
hypnotism as excuses for crime When
it becomes as common to claim impunity
by setting up the excuse of hypnotic sug-
gestion as it is now to plead insanity per-
haps juries will find their task such a
puzzling one that they might as well cast
lots for decision. If men could have
faith that in such method of reaching a
let, 1.-The lot is cast into the lap, but
the whole disposing thereof is of the
Lord" it would be vast relief.
AS the public becomes more and more
| familiar with kteptomania and hypnotism
as undoubted facts of life, then more and
more will real criminals seek to prove that
they are only victims of these strangely
| permitted evil influences. In many cases
the fraud will be too transparent to cheat
| Justice but there will also be many in
which there will seem so much danger of
the condemnation of the innocent that
the mind would hesitate to risk verdict
of guilty.
| Great as will be the difficulties of the
courts in declaring whether the caught
perpetrator of wrong is a criminal or
victim, they will be mere tri1es in COM
parison with the difficulties of the catch
Ing and conviction of the true wrongdoer
in real case of criminal suggestion being
obeyed by guiltless tool. When we learn
how plant the hypnotic subject is in the
hands OF his master, it is appalling to
think of the immense power to do evil
and escape punishment which this Skill
coupled with wicked heart, puts within
the reach of the hypnotist.
The claim is sometimes made that a
person OF good morals cannot, while un-
der the influence of hypnotism, be made
to do an immoral act. This is hard to be-
lieve when we know that sensible people
can be made to do the most ridiculous
things while hypnotized. The whole sub
iect is involved in intellectual darkness,
and we can only trust that fuller knowl-
edge of fhe problems involved will furnish
| the lighs by which to solve them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
THANKSGIVING WEEK.

| During this week the minds of the
| people of the United States will be mainly
directed to thoughts of Thanksgiving and
charity. These thoughts will be more
cheerful than were those of any similar
season for several years past. We have
gone through long period OF disaster and
have confronted grave National danger,
but now the skies are clear and prospects
are bright, and as consequence our feast
ing on Thursday will be accompanied with
genuine rejoicing and thankfulness
A thousand evidences bear witness to
the fact that the period of hard times is
over and new period of prosperity has
begun. 1t is, OF course, well understood
that we cannot return at one bound to the
full height of an abundant prosperity that
will assure work and wages for all and
carry comfort and gladness to every house
hold, but enough has already been accom-
plished in the way of feviving industry TO
give US reason for hoping that such pros
perity is not far distant.
Enough of the effect of the hard times
remains to make it incum bent upon us to
remember to provide this week for charity
as well as Thanksgiving. In a land so
abundantly blessed as ours every home
should have its share in the great Ma
tional feast. If all who are well to do con-
tribute but little none would have to
give much in order that the poor should
have plenty. a remem brance of this
should have place to-day IN the minds
OF all who are thinking of the pre- eparations
for the coming feast, and they should re-
solve to assist in the task of making 1t a
day of rejoicing in every household in
the State.
There are certainly brighter days and
better conditions III store for the people of
California. No State in all this much
favored Republic has fairer prospects than
ours and no people more certain assur-
ance that their fields will be blessed
with fruitfulness and the work OF their
hands rewarded with profit. Here then,
if anywhere, should tie day be celebrated
fervently and universally. 1t should be
with us day of complete rejoicing and
thankfulness, and rich and poor alike
should have share in both its solemn and
its festal observances.
On day set apart to commemorate the
welfare of our industries it would be ap-
propriate to spread the feast as far as pos.
slble from the products of our own soil.
In The rich variety of her produce Califor-
MIA furnishes us with everything of deli
cacy best fitted to suit each particular
taste and even the most dainty palates
could be satisfied at a banquet whose every
Wand was gathered from the hills or val
leys of this profuse land.
The prosperity that is promised US is
not to come as free gift. 1t is dependent
upon our energies and the right use of our
advantages. We must make our indus
tries known if we would derive the fullest
profit from them, and moreover we must
support them ourselves if we would have
others esteem them. Let US, therefore,
celebrate our Thanksgiving day as far as
possible by promoting those home indus
tries whose approaching prosperity is the
cause of our rejoicing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

hopelessly divided and demoraliZed. No
where can he find any party capable of
saving the country from the ruin which to
his mind seems imminent.
Mr.. Watterson says that If the manu-
facturers of the country could be induced
to discard protection, they would be able
to unite conservative men of all parties to
rescue the people from monarchism.
But he adds, with Mckinley in the
Presidency this seems impossible, and L
confess l dread to think OF the attempt to
which he is committed of bringing back
the Mckinley duties"
All this is like the sound of voice cry
ing in the wilderness denouncing woe
upon the people unless they repent, but
them to repentance. Watterson believes
the wealth of the East is to become as
dangerous to the country as was slavery
in the South, but sees no way by which to
lead the Eastern plutocrats to abandon
their pursuit of wealth any more than the
Southern shareholders could be induced
to abandon the attempt to maintain
slavery.
When asked to give some advice to the
Democratic party concerning what it
should do in the immediate future, Mr..
Watterson would only say: "What 1
would advise it to do and what it is likely
to do are different matters. Perhaps it
could not do anything better by way of a
starter than to appoint the next Sth of
January as day OF fasting and prayer"
This piece of advice is perhaps the most
sensible thing that Mr.. Watterson has
said for long time. 1t goes far to redeem
all the rest of his pessimism. We do not
share with him his doubts of the welfare
OF the country. We do agree with him.
however, that the Democratic party is
sadly in need of wholesome repentance,
and certainly nothing could more potently
conduce to that end than for the party, as
whole, to celebrate the great Democratic
anniversary next January not by exulting
in the former triumphs of Andrew jack
son, but by solemn fast of repentance and
regret that they have SO far fallen away
from the Democracy he represented.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

enables man to work with comfort both
indoors and out. This fact gives him even
more time for his labor than is enjoyed by
the people of the East or of Europe. II
ought therefore to conduce to the per-
formance of work without hurry and COM
motion. Unfortunately it seems to have
had the contrary effect.
Nowhere is work rushed with such in
tense eagerness as here. The pace amounts
TO serious evil and should be counter
acted as far as possible. Those men there
lore who can afford to set an example to
their neighbors In this respect should do
so. Let them go about their work without
delay but also without hurry. Let them
give to their fellow-citizens a practical
illustration of the truth. There is time
enoughn
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
NEVADA BANK TAXES,
Paid Under Protest, and Now Demand
Is Made for the Money

L aiU Chuer IrogostS anu NOW Demand
Is Made for the Money.
The Nevada Bank of San Francisco has
sued the City and County of San Fran
cisco to secure return of $2O 613 O6 taxes
on personal property paid under protest.
The total SO paid by the bank was $685.
40S 25, of which amount only $7709 10 is
admitted to be due. and a return of the
balance is demanded
As basis for its suit the Nevada Bank
alleges that although 1t was assessed on
5000. .616, the sum of 81 ,474, ,257 ought to
be deducted from the total, because the
81, ,474, 257 was actually on deposit with
different banking institutions outside of
the State of California, and was therefore
beyond the jurisdiction of the Assessor at
the time he made the levy.
Before the tax was paid the bank insti-
tuted suit to prevent the collection or
the assessment, in which proceeding they
faile d.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
BONANZA FOR
GROWERS
Great Things Promised
for Them in Cali
fornia.
Valuable Experiments Being
Conducted by the State
University.
Mutton Will Be Superior and Wool
Will Bring a Much Higher
Price.

BERKELEY. CAL, Nov. 21.-Experi-
ments in the breeding of new kind of
sheep at the University of California agri-
cultural experiment stations in Paso
hobles and Tulare are now being carried
on, which give great promise of COM
pletely revolutionizing the mutton and
wool industry on the Pacific Coast. 'This
new variety OF sheep is the result of the
cross-breeding of the Persian and merino.
Their wool and meat are above the quality
OF any yet produced in California saws
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
BAooN-MINETTI CONCERT.

An Interesting Musical Event at the
association Auditorium Next Saturday.
An excellent programme has been pre-
pared for the Bacon Minetti concert, which
takes place at the Association Auditorium
on the afternoon OF the 2Sth inst
These concerts have become quite an in
stitution among a large circle of San
Francisco music lovers, and the success
which they are meeting with is we'll de-
served.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 2I.-At the Ct
Cloud, C. d. Williams; Stuart F. P. Jacobs, B..
F. Meyer; Grand Union, H. C. Johnson; Metro
pole, G. w. Percy; Holland, J. w. Phillips, j.
Aseh. Messrs. F. f. Burns and Thomas
Graham left the St. Cloud to sail on the Laco-
mia for England. e. E. Mackey sailed on the
same ship.