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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
CALIFORNIA; NEW GOLD BEDS.

Times innumerable has it been said
that of the mineral riches OF California
only the outcroppings have been taken; |;
that greater fortunes will yet be made in
her gold mines than were dreamed of in
"the DAYS of '49. D."
For week. the all-absorbing topic on the
streets, and in tho hotels and at the fam
lily Bile, has been the gold placers OF the
Klondike. Men of all conditions have
gone thither in the mad race after for
tune, taking the uncertain chances OF
winter existence in the Arctic region and
risking their lives in a journey over
wild country full of pe.ils. The many
will come back with less than they went
away with. Some may die of cold or
fam inc.
While all this is going on, here under
the glorious skies of California, in the
finest climate under the sun, where the
fruit, of the earth are abundant and all is
safety and comfort-here the prospectors
are discovering new placer mines as rich
as the famous mines of Tuolumne, as rich
as the diggings on Klondike Creek.
From Trinity County comes tale,
borne out by the evidence of bagsful Of
shining yellow nuggets, of strikes OF such
great value and importance as to convince
q cool headed person that far better
chances of opening bonanZas are enjoyed
in this State to-day than in e Northwest
Territory.
We have been nIarveling at accounts OF
men working all winter and summer and
bringing from Dawson as a result OF all
that toll from $4,000 to SlC0, 600. A few
days ago miners took $40, 900 out of Nor
rison Gulch, in Trinity County, and on
Monday two prospectors discovered a
mine on Coffee Creek from which they
gets already and have in sight at least
100000. Many of the chunks OF gold
found there are worth over $1,000.
From other counties besides Trinity
comes news of glittering gold finds. In
Ell Dorado County an eleven hundred dol
lar nugget was part of an outcropping of
one claim. In Lake County some deer
hunters, traversing an unfrequented re-
gion, discovered and staked out mine of
gold. The biggest kind OF yields are re-
ported from the vicinity of Sonora and
Jackson, while Randsburg is making a
splendid showing. In Northern, Central
and Southern California the story is the
same. We have Klondikes at our very
door and no life risks TO get to them. The
land of gold is here. The gold of Califor-
MIA is better than the gold of the Yukon;
there is more of 1t and it Is infinitely
more easy to get.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

cherlshing a desire to conquer Hindoostan
What nonsensel What absurdityI England,
However refuses our offers OF friendship.
Eyerywhere we find her in the front ranks OF
our enemies She will compel US at last
take sides against her. And for all that she
oncht TO understand that her danger does not
come from our side. Some day she will Bit
terly regret the Franco Russian alliance, but
tnen it will be too ate. :"
Sneskinp of the Eastern question this diplo-
m at made the following bod statement:
Turkey will yield every point beyond
doubt Thessaly will be completely evacu-
ated The rectiication OF the iron tier Will not
give Turkey more than single yerst. No
town in Thessaly will be given over TO the
Sultan. As to the internal reforms rest as
sured that we shall insist tnal they must De
complete and final.
The correspondent expressed some DOUBT in
regard 10 the docile resignation OF Inc Porte,
and asked for some further explanations
I'VE are not now as we were al the lmmedl-
ate close of the Crimean war;" said the Rus
sian statesman. To-day we are strong, and
the Russian Government can speak luxe
master. Moreover we are In fuil accord with
the ideas OF Austria. The resistance OF turkey
would bring bout military intervention In
which we would play the first part. turkey
does not want to com nit suicide. She knows
that her life and death are n our hands.
"But," said the correspondent, turkey Will
not last forever, and time must come when
the Ottoman empire, poorly sustained Dy Eu-
rope, will crumble to dust under its own
weight"
agreed" said the statesman, ''but when
that day comes we will be in position TO
defy all our enemies united. We will take
Constantinople and GalliDolis, and we Will
fight TO the last soldier and to the last rGo:e @
TO keep them. The question will be: Con-
stantinople for the Sultan or Tor the Gar
That will be the dilemma. 1t Will be Tor Eu-
rope to make the choice"
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
SUGGESTING A REMEDY.

The movement against the slave trade
of Chinatown grows daily in strength and
public interest. The days of this accursed
traffic in human beings are evidently
numbered. Thousands are affixing their
signatures to the petition on the subject
to b. presented to President Mckinley,
and before another year glides by we may
expect an emancipation Of the bond slaves
of the Oriental quarter.
A suggestion made by Secretary of State
L. II. Brown with reference to the efforts
to suppress the crying evil in question is
both timely and important. He heartily
commends the work of THE CALL in the
premises. Mr.. Brown believes that a
remedy would be forthcoming through a
petition to Congress asking that all dis
reputab bic Chinese women found in CALI
fornia be oeported to China, I'll Q cost Of
deportation, which would be about S75, 900,
10 be borne by the Federal Government
The only other way to stop the traffic in
women is, in Mr.. Browns opinion, for the
local authorities 10 close up the Chinese
dens of immortality by stringent legisla-
ton.
If, in response to the petition now be-
ing circulated, a Congressional commit
tee shall visit this City for the purpose of
investigating this Chinese slavery ques-
tion, the suggestion above made will
doubtless receive due consideration. Per-
haps a mode of treatment for the slave
owners, who use branding-iron and lash
and knife to bring their human chattels
into subjection, might be also suggested.
II will he cf banpfit tn this Cltv and Stata
TO have the true condition OF affairs in
Chinatown officially reported to Congress,
as it may result not only in a remedy be-
ing applied by the Federal authorities
in regard to enforced slavery under the
stars and stripes, but also in an amend
ment to the Chinese exclusion act which
shall leave no loophole through which
Celestials can crawl into a free country,
already suffering from the presence of
their kind
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
A CHICAGO PROJECT.

That it is both feasible to connect Chi
cago and the great lakes with the ocean by
an immense deep-water canal and proba-
BILE that it will be done seems now as
sured. Congress has appropriated $3.50, 900
for the survey of route by expert en-
gineers, and President Mckinley is said
TO have decided on the commissioners he
was authorized by the act to select for the
investigation of the best route. 1t is cal
culated that the cost will be $3.50, 900, 600.
The result will be to make the West
largely independent of Eastern ports.
The canal, according 10 one PROPOSE
ton, is to be International and, Canada
has approved this first move toward
the realization of the immense project.
1t may be that the waterway will be
via the st. Lawrence to the ocean, and
that the only part of the works wholly
on American possessions will be on the
circuit around Niagara Falls. Another
route proposed is through the Mohawk
Valley aud via the Hudson River. An
other. said to be favored by the State OF
New York, is from the lakes 10 the St.
Lawrence River and thence by Lake
Champiain to the Hudson.
In a former preliminary survey for
great waterway connecting the North
west with the ocean, made by Major T.
w. Symons OF the United States Corps
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
THE KLONDiKE'S SEAMY SIDE.

Go to Alaska. young man. Even if you fnd
no gold you may find out what the Bering Sea
dispute is about and thus become immortal
Chicago News.
fields who did not make strike were pub,
lished the newspapers would resemble a city
directory Chicago Journal.
Those who have friends going to Klondike
may be Interested In knowing that there is ice
long time.-Kansas City Journal.
There being only forty.two graves at Forty.
mile it Is not unreasonable 10 suppose that
the other 1858 decedents were not accorded
the honor of Christian burial.-Detroit Jour
nal
Before sending any troops to Alaska the
United States should reflect that it is no coun-
try for fuli-dress balls and that it will require
constant effort to keep the post canteen
thawed out.-Detroit Free Press.
Humane people can get ready for IAN An.
dree relief expedition" and for half dozen
ships "to relieve the starving and freezing
miners in Alaska" along ABOUT Christmas
There need be no hurry about it tnow-Chicaqo
Inter Ocean.
An American on the Klondike writes home /.
There Is no language strong enough TO de-
scribe the ferceness of the mos ouiloex Thav
would soon kill a person if gloves and yeiIin o
were not constantly worn" Alaskans viii
feel better when they hear that the New Jer-
sey mosquitoes this year are Just as danger
ous.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
But as the summer brings warmth and dav-
light TO Alaska 1t also brings mosq quitoes. And
such mosquitoesl Creatures that buzz and bite
in such way as to make the dreaded Jersey
variety seem by comparison like The silvery
angelic, sweetly humming fancies of a peace,
Iul dream. The travellers who return from the
YUKON region tell stories of how brave and
strong men, courageous enough to undertake
the perlls journey to that country Involves
actnaily break down and sob in utter despera.
ton ana despair under the torments of these
terrible pests.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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| WAS DREA MING OF MAN,

/ was dreaming of man and his mission;
His emergence from shad w, his ton;
OF his love and the meaning behind it
The diviney directed renewing
OF the diggers and reapers Of EARTH
I observed him. through childhood and youth,
Taking tote of his splendid unfolding
In the period OF woofDg and mating.
Through the years of his prime and decadence
He and were as intimate brothers.
Standing holding his hand on his deathbed,
Whom his lips that speechless moved
dumb
And his eyes sought the eyes OF his idols
With me- sage of agonized yearning,
Back of tears that would come was the question
But prayed to the God Of my boyhood-
The appToachable, lovable Father
For the peace OF the soul of the dying.
In the charcel paus d. looking long
On The clay SO composed and fairseeming;
And studied the words of.the preacher
Lest the key be unconsciously spoken.
1t Is true Of the word that Is spoken
That IL carries to each who may heari it
A suggestion unknown to the speaker.
But the preacher, despite of his wrestling
In the closet with powers supernal,
hi ade IL p. ain through his eloquent phrases
Ii g was walking blind-eyed in the darkness.
was close to the grave when the sexton,
Unobserving the sobs of the children
Or the heart broken cry of the mother
With his spade threw the dirt ON the coffin.
Long unused in the evening at home
On the spirit hat was and that vanished.
FRANK PUTNAM IN Chicago Times Herald
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
PERSONAL.


Dr. C. T. Dickinson OF Fresno is at the Grand.
]. D. Weems OF New Mexico arrived here yes
terday.
the Grand.
rado, is in the City.
Z. E. Ellenwood, a we'll to.do resident OF
Arizona is at the Palace.
Miss Plankington of the family OF the late
proprietor of the Plankington Hotel, Milwau-
kee, is at the Palace.
J. F. Linthicum of Red Bluff, accom- panied
oy Mrs. Linthicum and Miss Florence Linthi-
cum, arrived here yesterday.
County Recorder R. W. Stiiler of Trinity. a
banker in Weaverville. IS one of the arrivals
here. He is at the Golden West.
Judge E. A. Belcher of the Superior Court
has returned from his vacation and will call
his law and motion calendar tomorrow.
Hilmar stephany of Berlin, who occupied IN
executive position at the Midwinter Fair. ar
rived here last night. He is at the Palace.
Ex-Queen Lilliuokalani, who has been in
Boston and Washington for about year past,
is expected to arrive here in about a week.
She Will spend some time in this City and San
Rafael.
Mrs. s. H. ssnborn and Miss L. K. Sanborn
of GaIesburg. ILL.,, mother and sister of w. d.
Sanborn, general passenger agent OF the Bur-
lington, are visiting him at his home, 14o6
Buchanan street.
The Rev. J. B. Roberts had Kim Yum Chung,
Kim Shang M and Kin Yum Ju, three
Koreans, who arrived here day or two ago.
out over the City yesterday, trying to find
some one who could interpret for him and tell
him who the Koreans were. All he knew was
that they had letter to him and were going
to school in Washington, d. C. They speak
no English At present they are staying at
the Occidental.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

OF Engineers, he reported the bsst route
to be by way of Niagara. Lake Ontario,
the Oswego River. Oneida Lake and the
Mohawk River. He estimated the cost
would be 5000, 100000, but decided that
the same purpose could be attained by an
enlargement of the Erie canal so as to
carry ocean tonnage, and that it would
cost only one-four,h as much as the new
canal.
1t is stated that the greater part of
American tonnage is already 6oated on
the great lakes. The value of the freight
passing into and out of Lake Superior in
one year is close to two hundred mill
lions. So it will be seen that the vast
cost OF the canal would be small in pro-
portion TO the ned of it. With such
canal Chicago would have the advan-
tages OF an ocean port added to her al
ready wonderful commercial site, and
the increase of her business would prob
ably soon make her the greatest COM
mercial city of America.
Canals are a prominent feature of mod
ern advancement. The digging OF the
Suez canal was like changing the
map of the physical globe in an
important feature. This will soon be
equaled by one connecting the Pacific
with the Atlantic. The Russians are
planning the connection of the Black
Sea with the Baltic at q cost OF $780,
Oo0, 900. 1t is proposed to connect Pitts
burg with Lake Erie. and now it is seri-
ously purposed to link Chicago with the
Atlantic by waterway for vessels of the
largest tonnage.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

Augusta Cottlow, who appeared here as q
child pianist about four years ago, now seems
to be acknowledged in Europe as the most re-
markable pianoforte player that the United
States has yet produced. Although not yet
out OF her studies she has managed to amaze
and delight many of the leading musicians Of
Europe by her superb playing, and the En-
peror of Germany, before whom she gave q
performance sby imperial request" is her
warm admirer. For the last two years she has
been studying with Herr Tappert and Pro-
fessor Busoni. The latter, when asked by Miss
Cottlow for the amount of his charges, re-
piled: "Gussie, there can be no talk OF busi-
ness between artists. You are an artist Your
music delights me. If l can be OF any help to
you in your career l shall do all in my power
Tor you. You may take my aid as courtesy
from an older artist to a younger one" Miss
Cottlow began her musical studies at years
OF age. At she made her debut in public
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

time in the history of the work complete
stage success was made of the bridge formed
by rainbow, across which the gods enter
Walhalla- More Americans than members OF
any other nationality were present at the fes-
tiyal.
Meyerbeer is coming into fashion again in
Paris. The other day at the Grand Opera
performance of the "Huguenots'' brought in
%, 600 francs, which was considered phenom-
email for the dead season, when no artists of
any remarkable popularity were singing
Tenors capable of supporting the Meyerbeer
strain on the lungs are scarce, and the opera
management is looking out eagerly for good
Raouls and Vasco da Gamas.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has undertaken to set to
music the 'Recessional," by Rudyard Kipling,
published In the London Times the other day.
The fine lines OF these verses have music OF
their own. "Lol All our pomp of yesterday is
one with Nineveh and Tyre" and "All valiant
dust that builds on DUST" for instance.
The Meyerbeer scholarship, open to young
German composers who have not passed their
twenty-eigh tn year, has been given to Bernard
Koehler, pupil of the Cologne Conservatory.
The prize consists of 5000 marks.
The Austrian composer, Antonio Smareglia,
has just completed new opera entitled "Fa-
lena" which is soon to be given in Vienna.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
RUS olA AND ENGLAND.

The Paris soleil prints an interview be-
tween its St. Petersburg correspondent and
prominent Russian statesman which NAV he
interesting just now. Among other things
the Cars man said:
I'VE are not the enemies of England. We
willingly recognize the great role that she
plays In the world. We sincerely wish her
success IN her projects of Anglo-Saxon and
colonial ieder But we are suspected OF
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
MEN AND WOMEN.

Horace L. Chapman, the Democratic nom
inee for Governor of Ohio, studied law when
he was young man, but he has been so busy
making money ever since that he has never
practiced.
Booker T. Washington, the most eminent
man OF the colored race, has had much truu-
BILE in gaining the confidencs and good Will OF
his own people, but it slowly rising in favor
among them, as they see what great good he
Is doing.
Advanced domestic servants who read Car
lyle, Ruskin, Darwin, Huxley ana Herbert
Spencer have been discovered by the Daily
Telegraph in London. 1t has also found a
cook who took prize at the Polytechnic, and
a housemaid who passed university ex-
tension geometry examination.
Cases against George Washington appear
here and there in the civil docket recently un-
earthed in the courthouse at Greensburg, Pa.
No less than three claims were entered against
him during the year 1887 TO compel him to
pay taxes. The humorous clerk, commenting
on these actions, remarked: George Wash
ington Esq appeareth not 10 like taxes"
The new Duchess of Marlborough has a
great fondness tor pets. AT Blenheim she has
set up menagerie, containing two ostriches,
several eagles and vultures and an ibis. But
the strangest OF the young brides pets is a
garter-snake, which she purchased on the
banks of the Nile while on her honeymoon. II
is so tame that whec she approaches ii crawls
toward her,
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
THE FLATTERY OF IMITATION
Kansas City star.

Kansas City star.
Ifiti is true that imitation is the sincerest
aattery the people of this country have a
right to be proud. The British Admiralty the
other day asked and obtained from Parlia-
ment a supplementary naval grant for the
practically be DUPLICATES of the United States
srmored cruisers New York and Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn, which participated In the
Queens jubilee, made such an impression on
British seameu that they at once urged the
building OF ships on her model and, though
one critic declared she is full of Yankee
lodges" the sequel shows that they are the
sort of lodges that promise good results.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

Are you going 10 the country on a vacation II
TO Il is no trouble for us 10 forward THE CALL to
your address. DO not let it miss you for you Will
miss It. Orders given TO 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., 1897-08-12

description, From the Wood to the Presidency
Of u S. AZ Lincoln, young man in agricul-
tural costume, Is seaied in an attitude of con-
temptation, his book resting on his leg and
his ak against his knee. The head is finely
m odeled and the hands are carefully and
beautifully executed. The whole suggestion
OF the figure is one of power and excellent re-
straint. the body seated in a loose attitude of
rest. and the expression of the face is quite
beau tiful
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

Richard Sparks of Boston has "four-clasp"
medal for service in the Crimean war. This
not only certifes that he landed with the
first expedition in 1854, and that he fought
at Alma, Baiaklava and Inkerman. but that
ne is one OF the few survivors OF the winter of
1S54-55.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
WHO'S GOT THE POET?
Boston Herald,

The New York World and the New York
Journal continue to publish Joaquin Miller's
special exclusive Klo1dike correspondence
simultaneously, and newspaperdom Is puzzled
to know which of those rival sheets has really
got the Poet OF the Sierras. There's some funny
business somewhere. as each newspaper swears
that Joaquin is its own particular emissary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

KNEIPP's TREATMENT-P. c., Oakland, Cal.
This department has not the space to devote
to giving ''the tull course of treatment of the
Father Kneipp treatment" His book may be
had in the popular and the large edition, the
former at a cost of rs cents and the la tier at q
cost OF 81 80, both exclusive OF postage.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
cALIFoRNIANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 11-At the St.
Cloud, w. II. Peale: Grand Union, F. J. Kelly
Gilsey F. E. Mazf, Miss E. D. Mason Colonade,
d. X Greenbaum; Califo MIA W Westmin inster. n.
NJ. Moran. d. Livingston and L. Michasls are
here buying
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

reeds. holding out her arms laden with
flowers. The design for Bizet's monument has
not yet been made public.
The following is the programme which will
be performed tomorrow evening at the Asso-
citation Auditorium by Carlyle fetersilea, the
Boston musician, COMPOSER, teacher and
author: Grand Sonata 0p. 100 (Beethoven);
(a) hunting song, without words (b) prelude
and fugue, Op. 80. (c) spinning song, without
words (Mendelssohn); (a) etude, op' 20, NO. l.
(b) grand polonaise. Op. 50, (e) Nocturne. No. 5,
(oD ballade, Op. AZ Chopin; (d) Schuberrs
"Erl King" tbl etude, "Forest Murmurs,' (c)
.'Faust Waltz QIstz).
The tenor, Van Dyck, has been the chief
favorite among the singers at the Bayreuth
Festival this year. In the "Rheingold," con-
Quoted by Hans Richter, he made veritable
triumph. The machinists achieved wonders
of stagecraft in this opera, and for the first
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

1t is announced that Mrs. Ormison Chant
has smoked cigarette. She did SO when de-
tanned within the Turkish lines, to see il IT
would allay the pangs of hunger; and though
she says that she is now better bile to under
stand the charms of tobacco, she still disap-
proves of its use by women.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

As if the opening of Dyea as a SUBJ
port of entry were not enough for the
Canadians, Secretary Gage has opened
Skagaway also. The Secretary is of course
generous man, but he seems to be too
kind to the foreigner to be the right kind
for Americans.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

REcEPTIoNS-A Friend OF The CALL, City.
The matter of the decoration of the picture of
ones self with flowers and ribbons, either at
home or church reception, is a matter of
taste. II there are other pictures in the place
and all are not decorated, only one being en-
bell1shed with ornamentations such as named
1t would look like unpardonable vanity on
the part OF the individual so decorating his or
her own picture. AS rule pictures should
not be adorned except in the case OIL some
prominent Individual when an event takes
place In honor OF such. as for instance ceIe.
bration OF the anniversary of the birth of
some one connected with the home or with
the church in which the event is given.
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NEW STATUE OF LINCOLN.

This statue, the work of Signor C. Caccia,
was lately exhibited in the Royal Academy,
Loudon. The Sketch is pleased 10 say of the
figure: 1t is full of alertness and vitality, rep
resenting Abraham Lincoln under the general
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
Get Your Tickets to the KIondvk.

The Northern Pacific Steamship Company has
put the magnificens steamer City Of Seattle into
service tetwe n Tacoma, Seattle, Juneau and
Dyea. Steamer leaves Tacoma and Seattle Au-
gust 10 and 26. For tickets and information call
at the Northern Pacific Railway Office, 36s Mar.
ket stree, s. F. I. X. Stateler, General Agent
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12

CUsToM.HoUsE-W. L., City. For information
about appoin tments in the Custom-house ap-
ply to the secretary of the Civil Service Di-
vision in that department. He will give the
date OF the next examination.