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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
PERSONAL.

J.G. Pacey, a lawyer of Seattle, is stopping
a. the Lick.
George Lingo, q stockman OF Birds Landing
is a guest at the Grand.
f. E. Sheppard of Toronto registered at the
Palace Hotel yesterday.
6. B. Patrick, a merchant of visalIa, is q
guest at the Lick House.
E. W. Churchill, a banker of Napa, is stop
ping at the California Hotel.
NJ. Guerin and Charles Du(resne, OF Paris,
registered at the Palace yesterday.
Arthur Winslow, mining man of Kansas
City. registered at the Palace yesterday.
Judge Solon HolI of Sacramento arrived in
the City yesterday. He is stopping at the
Grand Hotel
Frank Miller, hotel-keeper Of Riverside, ar
rived in town yesterday and regis tered I the
Occidental Hotel.
Judge Carroll Cook has adjourned his court
until August 2. He Will spend his vacation
in the mountains.
George II. Stewart a prominent business
man OF Los Angeles, arrived in the City yes
terday and is registered al the Grand.
DR.. Diresbach Smith, a physician at the Napa
Asylum for the Insane, arrived in town yes
terday and registered at the California Hotel.
Colonel R. L. Peeler, assistant adjutant-gen-
eral of this State. is in the c City, guest the
California Hotel. He expects 10 attend the
summer encampments OF the National Guard
and join in the cruise OF the Camsnche.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
GET READY FOR THE FLOOD.

Little more than 4 week will elapse be-
fore the immense army of Christian En-
deavorers will be marching in upon US
from north, east and south. As the day
approaches for the great international
convention the assurances grow with ref
erence TO the magnitude OF the affair
Thousands OF Eastern people will take ad-
vantage of the exceedingly low rates Of
travel to spend a few weeks vacat on
amid the pleasures OF California climate
and scenery. Hence San Francisco may
prepare for a deluge OF visitors, and a
most desirable class OF visitors at that.
We should receive them and we will re-
ceive them in true California style. The
Endeavor fund of $25 900 should be COM
pleted without delay. The matter of ap-
propriate decorations throughout the bust
ness portion OF the City should receive
esrly attention, to the end that our myriad
guests may find delight in the gala ap-
pearance Of our streets and buildings.
There will be no lack of National colors,
as the flags and bunting contracted for
by the Fourth of July committee will re-
main in place unnl the close OF the con-
vention. But the Endeavor colors should
shine out everywhere as we'll, particul arly
in the downtown district. The windows
of the big stores might be made resplend-
ent with designs framed in imitation of
the mbiems of the organization, and we
should all aim 10 make Endeavor week a
veritable week o: jubilee.
The City and the whole State viii be
abundantly rewarded for their efforts 10
welcome the strangers with a display of
enthusiasm that Will make them feel ner-
fectly at home. California hospitality is
like a household word abroad, and we
want the Christian Endeavorers from
other States and other nations to be so
happily entertained that when they re-
turn home they will declare to their friends
and neighbors that all the good things
which may justly be said about California
and its people have never half been told.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
CHARITY REFORM IN LONDON.

AA effort is being made in England TO
substitute almsgiving pure and simple for
church fairs and charity bazaars. The
begging is intended to be done by people
who were formerly leaders in the widely
popular work of obtaining money for
public charities through the means of
fairs and festivals.
The so-called reform was recently inau-
gurated in London, where the Society of
Church Beggars has been organized under
the patronage of Lady Gwendolen Cecil.
It's mem bers are chiefly women OF social
prominence who have been hitherto in
terested in charity bazaars, but who have
now renounced such works and agreed to
devote their time and strength to writing
letters and otherwise directly soliciting 2
aid for the same causes for which their
former endeavors were made, and from
the same people who in former times
showed themselves to be generously dis
posed.
The new society, of course, is an expert
ment, but it is not without some COM
mendable principles, and one of these is
that those who subscribe TO its funds
''w:ll have the satisfaction of knowing
that every penny given will go TO the o. b.
jects in question" Direct almsgiving, it
is argued, will prom ote pure benevolence,
for the person who contributes money
will have the assurance that the whole
amount Of his donation will 60 10 the
cause he desires to aid.
There is none of the expensive machin-
cry of collection necessary to an enter
| tainment conducted on a big scale; and
all the money that formerly went for ex-
penses, the ladies declare, will be so much
clear gain for the charity funds.
Then, again, these London ladies do lot
| appreciate the idea of people being urged
| to buy articles they do not want-even for
the sake OF good cause; and they disap-
| prove strongly of the idea OF charging ex-
tortionate prices Tor articles at the bazaars,
But, perhaps another motive of their or
position TO church iairs is that they do
not partake sufficiently of the nature of
select social functions.
Direct almsgiving is praiseworthy, and
/ is pleasurably free expression of genu-
Inc charity as we'll but when it comes to
swelling up charity fund to a respectable
size, the old church iair system will doubt
less be found more effective in the end.
| thousands of dollars are realized annually
In every big city in this latter wrv at
would never be directly contrib ed as
aims Letter-writipg will not res, ne
multitudes. The church fair and the
charity bazaar may not be perfect In every
respect; but then they are only the affairs
of mortals. and no mortal is perfect, how
ever yell intentioned be may be. The old
system may possibly be much improved.
but 1t would hardly be amiss to say that
aims beggars' societies will never substi-
tute church fairs or charity entertain
ments in London or anywhere else.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
CALIFORNIA SUMNER SEASON,

No other part of the globe enjoys a sea-
son so glorious as the California summer,
and in ORDER that every Californian may
the better appreciate the gifts that Provi-
dence has bestowed upon this land by the
sunset shore he should annually devote a
week or more to an experience with those
bounties wholly removed from the cark-
ing cares of everyday life. The CITY resi-
dent should go into the scenic mountains
or down by the grand sea, and the noun
taineers and the people who live beside
the ocean should try the change afforded
by the varied delights # the big City.
1t should be akin to religious duty for
every one of us to obtain a week or more
recreation and restful pleasure every sum-
mer. The merchant should HE away on
4 vacation, and when he returns 10 his
desk feeling like new mortal he should
allow his clerks one after another to spend
a week or so at the resort of his choice.
and California has a hundred of the most
excellent resorts to choose from.
The railroad rates, on the whole. were
never lower than they are at present and
the next thirty days VIII be a most fayor-'
able time, so fas as expense of travel is
concerned, Tor seeing the wonders of the
Golden State. Just now everything is
fresh and beautiful and the prize fruits in
the orchards up and down the country are
r'pe enough for visitors to sample. Let
nobody with whom it is possibility land
1t were heavenly blessing if it were pos
sible to alp neglect to take weeks
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THE DEBs COMMONWEALTH.

To the Editor of the San Fl dRcisco Cdli-SIR :
Allow me to say few words in regard to your
editorial comment on "The Debs Common
wealth" in yesterdays edition. The burden
OF your argument seems TO be that co-opera-
tive colonization is not possible and the proof
therefore you find in Topolobampo. Topolo-
bampo Is a lamentso,e failure, you say. Is this
true? There are over 80 people there to-day
not one OF whom is willing to return perma-
nent!y to the United States and our so much
boasted civilization. But suppose it TO be
failure, does it necessarily follow that tine
Debs scheme viii be a failure, too? Is it not
a fact that thousands Of people have studied
and experimental on the problem OF aerial
naviIation and have failed? But who will
therefore say that aerial navigation is impos-
sibIe? II fTopOlobampo is a failure aud its les
son is lost on E. V Debs, as you contend, is 1t
not possible that The ltS5on of the Ruskin
colony in Tennessee is not lost on him? Or
will you say that That is failure also?
By the way, why Is 1t that he press in gen.
eral, and especially those papers which con-
tlnually defend the greatest OF all failures
tins cuttnroat civilization OF to-day-always
hold up TO view every failure of any effort for
the betterment OF mankind and lis conditions
but never with one syllable refer to any sue
cessful attempt in that line? 1 have in ny
possession excerpts taken from hundreds Of
different papers, all giorying over the So
called failure of Topoiobampo, but l never
yet came across paper, outside OF reform
papers, which made any aIlusion or mention
OF such remar kaoIe successes of cooperative
enterprises ike Ruskin Colony, Godin's Insti-
tuition IN France (lkaria), which existed for
almost nifty years and only lately dissolved
voluntarily, and recalls the sweetest OF meme
rles In the breasts OF some of our own Citizens
not 10 speik of such communistic Concerns
like the Quakers, the Shakers, the Econo-
mists, ETC., some OF which have been in exist
ence for nearly 100 years.
In the hope that you NAV live up to vour
promise aud profession, THE CALL spea gs for
all, remain, yours for fair play,
r-, OTTO SIM.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
MILLIONAIREs A-WHEEL,
New Y ork sun.

New Oork sun
Many prominent Wall street men have re-
Gently taken to the bicycle. Here are a few of
them:
President II. o. Havemeyer and Treasurer
John E. Searles of the American Sugar Rein
ing Company.
President John D. Rockefeller and William
Rockefeller o: the Standard Oil Company.
President J. Edward Simmons of the Fourth
National Bank, who is also president of the
Clearing house Association.
President james Stillman of the National
City Bank.
President 4. B. Hepburn of the Third Ma
tlonal Bank, now in nquida tion, VINO mas be-
come vice-presiden' of the National City Bank
President John L Water bury of the Man
haitian Trust Company.
President F. B. Schenck of the Mercantile
National Bank.
President A S. Frisseu of the Fifth-avenue
Bank.
Mr.. Havemeyer is very proficient, and has
ridden from his summer home in Stamford to
this city, distance 81 about thirty-fve miles
accompanied by his wife, who has also mas
tered the bicycle.
Mr.. Searles' business duties prevent MIN
from doing much wheeling. The erks OF the
sugar refining company hope some day, how
ever, to be gladdened by the sight of tandem
propelled by the president and treasurer ar
rlving a the company's Offices in lower Wall
street,
So far as known none of the welLknown
men named In the list has as yet appeared in
bicycle rig in the business district John ID.
rockefeller when his iamily is in town, is
frequently seen riding with hls daughters in
West Fitty-iourth street where his home is
President simmons said yes teTday that he had
acquired the habitlaSt year. President Water
bury, who is a large man. is having fine new
wheel built and warranted.
Up TO the coming OF warm weather, when
mem bers began 10 leave for the country, the
bowling alley OF the Metropolitan Club on
Fifth avenue, popularity known as the mil
lionaires' club, was filled with bicycles daily.
One day not long ago 1876 wbe eels were counted
there. Two men are employed by the club TO
look after them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
NAMING THE BABY.
Albany Law Journal.


The question as to whether the naming of
the baby belongs as a matter OF right to the
baby's father or 10 the bs Dys mother is raised
in queer lawsuit originating in Eastkill, in
the heart of the CRtskill Mountains The
plaintiff is Ole Halverson, a Swede who eulti-
Yates small farm on the mountain side. He
has sued for damages Rev. j. G. Remerton, a
German Lutheran minister of the same place
and the pleadings set forth the following state
of facts: Mr.. and Mrs. HaIverson have a son
of tender years. The former desired that the
boy should be called Oscar after the present
monarch of Mr.. Halverson's father and. Mrs.
Halverson dislikes the name OF Oscar, and was
determined that the baby should not be bur
dened herewith.
MIR. and Mrs. Halversou took the be BY to the
clergyman 10 be christened. Mr. Halverson
requested the minister to name the child
Oscar, but Mrs. Halyerson had already talked
the reverend gentleman over. aud to Mr.. Hal
verson's surprise ana indignation the boy was
christened not Oscar, but something else
whereby Mr.. Halverson suffered serious dis
appOin tmenT, loss of authority in his house
hold laceration of feelings, etc, for which he
prsys damages. The clergymAn's defeuse is
that he christened the child in accordan nee
with the wishes of Its mother, whose rights in
the premises he considered paramount The
case brings up a novel question in iurispru-
dence, the decision OF which will be regarded
with interest in thousands of ia miles through h.
out the land.
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IS AN EARL'S HEIRESs.

While the Hon. Mary Harriet Geraldine
Drummond of Brooklyn is looking for q posi-
tion, her great-grandfaIher, George Drum
mond, Earl OF Perth and Melfort and Duke o.
Melfort in France, is said 10 be looking for ner,
says the Herald. She is ready to be found by
the Earl's attorneys, and expects eventually
10 come into posse OF his great estate.
May, as she calls herself, is Is years old, and
worked until last week as a waitress IN an ice
cream parlor at the corner of Eighth avenue
ana Fifteen street, Brooklyn. She is striv-
ing TO make her own living, and told me yes
terday that she would not cease looking for
another situation because OF the news that her
gTe1i-grRndIather had begun q search for her.
She said she was the only direct descendant OF
the Scottish Earl, whose income amounts TO
$3.50, 900 year.
George Drummond is the sixth Earl of Perth
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

and the fourteenth Duke of Melfort. He was
born in London May 1907. His Lordship in
lS4l esta ablished before the Conseil d'Etat of
France and the Tribunal de Ia Seine his de-
scent from the earls and dukes Of Perth and
Melfort and his right of succession 10 he
French honOrs of Duke de Melfort and Perth.
The EarldOm of Perth was revived in 1858 by
the special command and recO nmendation of
Queen Victoria through al act OF Parliament
unanimously passed by both houses.
George Henry Charles Francis Malcolm. Wis
count Forth, the only son of the Earl of Perth.
died eight years later leaving one son. George
Essex Montiiex, Lord Drummond. 1t he
who married his grandmotheTs maid came
10 this country, and preferred menial employ
ment and poor surroundings 10 deserting his
wife for the old EsrPs favor. Lord Drummoud
died in this city in 1887 leaving one child.
This was the daughter VINO is iooEing for po-
sition by which sne can support herself
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Macaulay's memory was so retentiye that
after reading book once, he could give oil
the salient points of il, and recite many long
passages OF it verbatim.
John Redmond, the Paruellite leader, ac-
compAnied by Louis stuyvesant Chanler, as
star orator, is stumping Ireland in the cause
OF the Redmond League.
The Duke OF Marlborough has gained new
political laurel and has won additional fame
before The public by speaking from the same
platform ss Lord Salisbury
Ex-Secretary of the Interior Hokc Smith
family was saved from the fire which recently
destroyed their home by the persistent noise
OF their dog waking them up.
President Faure is said to be the greatest
dandy in France. He Is anxious to institute a
special Presidential costume, but his col
leagues do not look upon the scheme with
favor.
1t is said that Queen Victoria would, were it
possible, promulgate decree against second
marriages. 1t is believed that the Princess
Beatrice has promised her mother never to
marry.
Mrs. Booker T. Washington, the wife of the
negro educator, not only teaches in The insti'
tuie al Tuskegee, but helps many of the poorer
class to put into daily practice the principles
taught there.
Mrs. Clara Fisher Meeder, the once famous
actress, now SO years old. has published her
memoirs. She went on the stage when six
years old and followed the profession continu-
ously for seyenty-two years
Bishop Talbot OF Rochester, Eng, startled
the borough of Southwark by walking through
its streets early one weekday morning in full
vestments, with inter and cope. He had to
open church and he preferred TO walk to it
from the house where he had dressed rather
than take a cab.
Great satisfaction is expressed in Great
Bri tain at the announcem ent that the Queen
had commanded William Quiller Orchardson,
who was elected Royal Academican nearly
twenty years ago, to paint jubilee picture of
herself, the Prince of Wales, the Duke OF York
and little Prince Edward.
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A METAMORPHOSIS.

oh. he preached it from the housetopS, and he
whispered IL by cath:
BE wrote whole miles of stun against the awful
OF wea tn.
He shouted for the poor man. and he called the
rich man down:
He roasted ever King and Queen who dared to
n crown.
He hollered for rebellion and he said he d head
band
To extermina:e the milliOnaires, to sweep them
IRON the land
He yelled against monopoIies, took shots at every
trus
And he swore he'd be an anarchist, TO grind them
IN the dust.
He siormei. he fumed and ranted, TIL he made
the r.ch mau vince;
But uncle left him money and he hasn't
shouted since.
New Orleans Times Democrat
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JAPANESE REPORTERS.
New York Post.

The japanese reporter makes about as much
money the Japanese policeman-that IS $o
a month. In Toxic some of them make more,
and in the smaller towns they make as little
as 50 month, but So is a fair average. They
are not sent out on regular assignments, as a
rule, but are gwen rowing commission. The
editor tells them to get news and they never
return empty-handed. A good news-gatherer
is rare among them, but the "faker'' is plenti-
ful enough and really clever.
interviewing hardly Can be said to be popu-
lar. The people do not understand it and do
NOT like it. Japan is esoteric and doesn't tell
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN.
Neu Nnr, praa.

President Lincoln appointed Rev. DR.. Oliver
OF Harpers Ferry 10 some position which took
him to Washington and into pretty intimate
relation with Mr.. Lincoln.
recall one anecdOte which have not seen
in print. Or. o. was in q room with Mr.. Lin
coin and several others. At the tine thew
were hunting for Jeff Davis Some one said :
'Mr. Lincoln, suppose they we're to find DAVIS
and IN order to capture him II was necessary
TO shoot him, would vou want them TO do SOP
Mr.. Lincoln SAID: when was boy a man
recurring upon temperance stayed at our
house over night. 1t was a cold, stormy night
aud the man was quite chilled when he
reached home after The meeting. He said if
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
CALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, n. Y, June 26-At the St
Cloud-Mrs. Charles Lskeman, /. V. Weisskopf,
Mrs. S. II. Whitney; Marlborough-L A
Myers; Snyoy-D. Lewenberger; Holland
Miss T. Morgan; Astor-Captain J. Wallace,
Miss G. L. Wallace; GilsCy-W Armstrong;
Murray Hill-Mrs. L. L. Bufardson Hoff-
mRn-P. Garnett; Grand Union-B. F, True:
Mauhattan-E. W. Howard. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph sladky of Mountain View, Cal, ar
rived on the Lain from Bremen.
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WITH YOUR ~OFFEE

Bacon-Have you seen sprocket lateIy?"
Egberi-No.
Hes sight. Face cut, arm u a sling and
walks lame"
How did he doit, on his bicyele?"
'No, If he could have staid on the bicvcIa
he'd have been all right"-Yonkers States.
man.
Its hard problem" remarked the man
who can't be kept from getting interested in
small matters
whats hard prOblem?"
"Ihis question OF refinement. I'd like to see
somepody who Is able 10 sit down and figure
ou' no" nuen russ man OF wealth can make
in his efforts TO be exclusive bafora ba ho-
comes ostentstious. s."-Washineto ton Sta-
brother said the minister, gently. "vou
shouid read your Bible more assiduouslv.
brother Burroughs-your nextdoor neighbor,
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A new orchard pest called the "pistol-
case bearer" is said to have destroyed 5000
trees in Pennsylvania and has now made
its appearance i'll New York. Professor
Slingerland of Cornell is reported to have
declared it to be the most destructive lease
bearer" ever known. As it has been found
as far west as Nebraska our orchardists
had better begin 10 look out for it.
1t is one of the things which no one
wishes to find, but cannot afford to over
Iook.
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S25 Rate to Chicago via the Great
Santa Fe Route

The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers
will be open the public well. An opp5r.u-
nifty TO visit the East never before enjoyed by Cal
fornians. Pullman Palace Drawing-room sleep
ing-cars OF the latest pattern odern upholstered
tourist sleeping-cars run daily through from JaS-
land pier 10 Chicago. Ste timetable in advertis-
ing column. San Francesca ticket office ga MarSet
street, Chronicle hui ding. telephone Main 53I
Oakland, lbs Broadway
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$50 so to St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Chicago.

Tickets will be on sac July l 2 to the 17th. GOOD
final limit, August is; stopover allowed It's
splendid opportunity 10 taSe trip TO Chicago and
stop on at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send
cents in stamps for illustrated book, 'Wonder-
land" to T. K. Stateler, general agent Northern
Pacific Railway 6Ss Market street, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

The Partisan police, in rescuing young
girl from a stroliing iuggler who was i'll
treating her. have uncovered a story as
good as anything in a dime novel The
girl is the dau Inter of a noble family in
Belgium. During the absence of the
father the mother put the child out to
nurse without disclosing her rank. The
mother died suddenly and as the nurse
did not know where to take the chi she
sold it 20 beggar, who in turn sold it to
the juggler. The girl is said to be very
pretty, SO the romance is complete in
every respect.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Are you going 10 the country on a vacation II
20 il is DO trouble for MS TO forward THE CALL 10
your address. Do not let it miss you for you will
miss 1t. Orders given 10 the carrier or left at
business Office will receive prompt attention.
no EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cents per month
for summer months.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

81 believe hat English valet of Chollie's
has got the slightest sense Of humor."
"Ot course he hasn't That is how he holds
his job" indianapolis Journal
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

When Kentucky elected to the Senate
man who never tasted whisky in his life
1t was foreseen that phenomenal year
was 1T hand in the State, and sure enough
series of earthquakes have come along
and given the whole commonwealth a
shaking up.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

healthiul diversion this summer. The
beneficial effects of it will last till June
time comes again with its next open in
vitation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

they could give him hot lemonade n e
thought it would prevent his taxing eoio /;
Some one suggested that some spirits auueu
would be beneficial. WELL, ne saiu; you
might put in some unbsknown to me y"
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what it knows if it can help itself. Still, there
are interviews in Japanese papers. Politicians
have themselves Interviewed occasionally. and
distinguished "globe-trotterS" usually su ubmit.