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OANADA'S TAX ON MINERS.

The Canadian Governments decision to
levy a royalty on the gold gathered in the
klondvke mines and to be strict in the
collection OF customs duties on all outfits
carried by Americans across the lines
should be taken account of by those who
have planned to seek their fortune in the
gold fields OF British territory.
The cost of duties and royalties must be
duly counted on top of the heavy estimates
OF expense that have already been made.
AS the average duty on such supplies as
miners use is about 80 per cent, that item
alone will cut considerable figure with the
many who are undertaking the trip with
very moderate means. Duties, fees and
royalties taken together will be a serious
impedIment to the adventures who are
not provided with any margin of capital
beyond the cost OF transport and q
menger supply of provisions. Many will
be deferred from the trip by this action of
the Dominion Cabinet, and many others
will be caught short on the grounds.
Customs duties cannot be criticized by
Americans, for protection is the policy OF
our own Government; but the imposition
of so high royalty as 10 and 20 per cent is
very questionable policy. 1t is SEEM
ingly in accord with the growing theory
that the natural wealth of the world
should be largely retained for the
general benefit of the community. A
severe applica ton, however, OF this
idea OF the right of the public purse to the
wealth the earth yields Will, under present
social conditions. put such a damper on
eager enterprise as will seriously retard
the development OF new country. In
this way the action of the Canadian Cab
met is very short-sighted.
Any policy whose motive is mere ieal-
ousy OF American energy and push
will, in a measure, be like killing the
goose that lays the golden eggs. Moth
ing but the excitement of gold-hu
ing would cause a large rush of set
tiers into that cold and lonely land !;
but, oncs there, they may develop the
Northwest Territory in ways not to be
guessed at now, and so produce for Can
ada province Of permanent value. The
history of California should be remem-
bered as an object lesson by the Canadi-
ans. The rush for gold was but the be.
ginnings OF a great State. Let the
Dominion Government be hospitable to
the daring and industrious adventurers
who rush across the lines, and ultimately
it will pay better than a niggard policy.
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THE GEORGIA WATERMELON.
Washington Post.


"What makes the Georgia watermelon tne
best in the worldP' said representative oi
the Post to Senator Clay of Georgia yesterday:
81 don't know" he replied, ''unless II IS tnes'
we have the best soil in the world In whlcn
the watermelon can grow, the pest climate IN
which they can ripen, and the pest people III
the world to plant and cultivate them.
'No but seriously" said the POST man. rs
there any peculiarity in the melon or the
soil ?'
Not at ALL" replied Senator Clay. Asa
matter of fact the Georgia watermelon rs reaIIy
Alabama melon. Governor koIp, WHO nes
been so famous in politics, is really more Ia:
nous in our country because he deVelopeo tne
watermelon.
"The Kolb melon is the finest that grows, ana "a
its seed is very valuable. In Aiapaa, =!
reaches perfec ton and in Georgia IL is eq1 ny
fine. 1t is worth trip to Georgia, auueu rt rue
Senator, "to see watermelon cuttlne' :. iidG tnG
farmers and their families gather from miies
around, and thousands of melons-a I'm nhe
some times stretching for quarter OF d nj e.
are sacrificed upon the altar OF unique noIt,- ~
day. There are more melons cut ana eaten on
single day than you would see in Washlng;
ton in d month. Only we do not eat the Heio,i nI
down to the rind. We take out the JUICY, seeu-
less heart and then, in our extravaganza me
throw the rest away "
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IMPORTED CLOTHING.

1t is pleasing to note that under the
operation of the new tariff law the
passengers OF the White Star liner
Majestic have been compelled to con-
tribute over $1,000 to the public fund
more than they would have done under
the old law. This was the first steamer to
arrive since the new tariff became law
and the finery brought from Europe had
to pay liberal tribute. 1t is estimated
that such collections from tourists will in
some seasons bring into the treasury as
much rs $4,000 a week, and the chief
reason for congratulation about this addi-
ton to the revenue is that those who pay
it will be so abundantly able to do so, 1t
is clearly tax on luxuries.
Under the workings of the old law
wealthy citizens of this country who had
been pleasure travelling in Europe could
bring back duty free such a store of
clothing and jewels that no home mer-
chant could hope to trade with them at
all. The privilege of bringing in anything
that had once been worn was abused TO
such an extent that one passenger would
often bring through the Custom house as
personal baggage a most uncons scionable
huAibCI vi u COi bdlulDR ROOuS LQat
came in direct competition with the prod
ucts of home industry.
This, however, was probably only part
OF the evil carried on, for there can be little
doubt that under the excuse of personal
baggage great deal of smuggling was
very proflably and safely done by people
who were already so we'll off they should
have been beyond the temptaton to seek
such gains. There have been reports pub
lished of so many trunks brought in by
tourists that the business simply seemed
brazen. Touring thus could have been
pursued as regular and most remunera.
tive occupation.
This one item of corrected abuse will
either put large sum annually into the
treasury or, what is better, it will force
tourists to change their habits and buy
from their fellow countrymen what they
have been getting abroad. Those things
which they cannot buy at home are almosI
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sure to be luxuries, and the duty can be
easily paid by the rich pleasure kers
who indulge in tn EN-.
PERSONAL.

A. NJ Cole of Virginia, New, is in town.
DR.. Moher of Forest Hill is visitor to the
City.
DR.. A. C. Rogers of Los Angeles is on visit
here.
Francis Durin of Guatemala is at the Occi-
de nta
DR.. E. ]. Foster of Boston reached here yes
terday.
DR.. B. Walla Of Budapest, Hungary. is at the
Palace.
J. Curtiss Wasson OF Flagstaff, Ariz., is at
the Grand.
Ex-Justice Dante R. Prince of Fresno is at
the Grand.
George Lynch OF London is in the City On a
short visit.
William N. Russ, cattle-grower OF Eureka,
is In the City.
B. Mcdonnell, the mining man, of Sonora, is
at the Paiace
]. A. Mofit and wife of Merced are at the
Cosmopolitan.
w. H. Abercrombie business man OF Japan,
is at the Occidental
d. ]. La France of Hood River, Or, Is regis
tered at the Baldwin.
w. (. Brown. a merchant OF Honolulu, cam
on yesterdays steamer.
John H. Jancey, owner of a general store at
Newman, is at the Lick.
Allen H. Reynolds, leading banker of
Walla Walla, Is in town.
c. E. Hughes and wife of North Platte, Nebr.,
are at the Cosmopolitan.
Alexander Thompson of Coolgardie, West
Australia, is at the Russ.
FL. <. Adams, manager of the gas works at
Stockton, is at the Grand.
DR.. J. w. Hudson of Ukiah is here on short
stay. He came yesterday.
Sheriff S. d. Ballou of San Luis Obispo ar
rived in the City last night.
State Prison Commissioner R. T. Devlin is
among recent arrivals here.
Randolph Hartley, mining man of Denver,
Colo, arrived here yesterday.
John Diving and family of Sacramento are
stopping at the Cosmopolitan.
F. B. Chandler, the lumber-dealer, OF
Elmira, is here on business trip.
William A. Parish, the mining engineer and
expert OF Denver, is again IN the City.
J. d. Moore, we'll -to-do resident of Prescott,
Arlz, is among the arrivals at the Baldwin.
Acting Attorney-General E. Mills OF Homo
lulu is among the arrivals at the Occidental.
Charles E. Thomas of Washington, D. c.,
and j. A. Thomas of Montana got here yester-
day
John HALEY of Los Angeles. who is inter-
ested in mines in Southern California. is a re-
cent arrival.
Ex-Judge C. N. Strong of Los Angeles attor-
ney for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad, arrived here yesterday.
General Wade Hampton OF South Carolina,
United States Railway Commissioner, and his
daughter, were among the arrivals at the Oc-
cidental yesterday. The general has teen
fishing for salmon and yellowtails al Monte
rey. He is one OF the most famous fishermen
in the country. He fishes all over, and is al
most as famous in piscatorial art as as general
OF the Confederacy.
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MECHANICS oFTHE PRESIDENTS.
The illustrated American.

The American people have genius for nick
names. The sobriquets which they fasten to
men in the public eye are often remarkable
for the subtle shades OF dislike, admiration,
ridicule or affection which they express. The
British soldier is content to refer to the queen
as "The Wildly" The American people have
done better by their Presidents They have
been lavish from the first in the bestowal of
Presidential nicknames, many of which have
been both picturesque and imaginative. Some
one may claim that this tendency in regard TO
our rulers is the mere survival Of far trs-
dition. For did not the English peo.
PIE have habit long ago, of pin
ming such names to their kings as "The
Unready," "Curtmantle" "Longshanks' and
Occur de Lion"? There have been many
phrases applied, in one spirit or another, to
our first President. Among them are: 1.-THE
Father of His Country" "fhe Cincinnatus of
the West Flower Of the Forest ATLAS OF
America" "Americus Fabius" and "Stepiather
of His Country" To speak of "Old Hickory"
is as definite as TO say President Jackson who
was also known as "Big Knife, Her OF New
Orleans, "Gin'ral" and The Old Hero" Van
Buren, rejoiced in such names as whisky
Van" king Martin First" Follower in the
Footsteps" and "Tne Wizard of Kinderhook."
Lincoln was "Uncle Abe" "Massa Lnkum'
and "Father Abraham" Johnson, who
pitied against both houses, won the title 'Sir
Veto"
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STATE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS.

The progress OF the movement 10 pro-
cure for California the finest group of
university buildings in the Union is such
as to warrant the conclusion that the
highest architectural talent now existent
will mold its conceptions into form. The
magnitude OF the plan will be sure to ex-
cite the ambition OF the most capable
architects everywhere, and the stimulus
of both fame and fortune will doubtless
secure for us collection of beautiful edi-
fees surprising in completeness and
grandeur the home Of any university yet
built in America.
Competent experts are now preparing
the prospectus, and it will probably soon
be ready for omission to the regents.
Then will follow an invitation TO all the
world TO enter into competition for fur
nishing the plans, and for which liberal
prizes will be offered, not only for the gem
eral plan which is finally accepted, but also
for every one submitted which gives yalu-
able suggestions for details.
The liberality of Mrs. Phebe Hearst in
providing for the expense of tho plans
and offering a quarter OF million for the
erection of the first building made in
conformity TO them is most commend
able use OF the power that wealth wields,
Her appointment as a regent of the uni
versity has been fully merited by the in
terest she Las shown in its welfare as
well as by the donations she has bestowed
upon il. II is a deserved tribute TO the
work which women have done for educa-
tion in California and will be 80 recoe.
nized everywhere.
1t is gratifying that other people Of
wealth in the State are cordially aiding
the plan for the upbuilding of the uni
versity. Four millions, it is said, have
already been pledged by generous citizens,
and with future private gifts, added to
the annual appropriations f:om the State
treasury, the great plan, thus energeticaily
started, will gradually be executed.
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THE GLORIOUS REDWOOD.

The redwood, says John Muir in the August
Atlantic, is the glory OF the Coast Range. 1t
extends along the western slope in nearly
continuous belt ten miles wide from beyond
the Oregon boundary to the south of Santa
Cruz a distance of nearly 400 miles. and in
massive, sustained grandeur and closeness OF
growth surpasses all the other timber woods
of the world, Trees from ten to fifteen feet in
diameter and 800 feet high are not uncom-
mon and a few attain q height OF $50 feet or
oven 400 with diane ter at the Dase of fif-
then TO twenty feet or more. whiIe the ground
bene ath them is garden OF fresh, exuoerant
ferns, lilies gaultheria and rhododendron.
AS timber the redwood is too good to live.
The largest sawmills ever built are busy along
its seaward border, with all the modern i'm
movements" but so immense is the yield per
acre it will be long ere the supply Is ex-
hausted The big tree is also to some extent
being made into lumber. Though far less
abundant, n 1t is, fortunately, less accessible,
extending along the western flank OF the
Sierra III n partially interrupted belt about
$50 miles long, at height from 1000 to 5000
feet above the sea. The enormous logs, too
heavy to handle, are blasted into manageable
dimensions with gunpowder. large portion
OF the best timber is thus shattered and de-
stroyed, and with the huge knotty tops. Is
left in ruins for tremendous fires that kill
every tree within their range, great and small.
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WITH YOUR COFFEE.

"Did you say that this is to be wedding
PRESENT." asked the salesman. :
"No, didn't. And rdon't see that 1t makes
any difference to you."
''Not the slightest" was the reply. "T
merely thought you might like to have US
take off this price mark and paste on another.
with higher figure on it."-Washington Star
"Good day for the race" said Able.
''Wha racer" said Cain.
Human race" said Abel.
"Darned if L haven't bitten at that thing
again." said Cain, and then he used his club.
Truth.
Printers devil (from Bungtown Banner
o1ice)-Say, de editor wants yer T. pay up yer
next years subscripti on in Bromo Seltzer, an
let him have ii right away! -.
Druggist-Why, what's the trouble?
DeVil-Well, a feller paid three years back
| subscription in apple jack yesterday.-Puck.
"What large features she hasE'
"Yes;I don't believe it would be easy to
stare her out of countenanee. Detroit Even.
ing Journal
"May we have the pleasure of your COM
pany this evening, colonel?" she asked.
The colonel drew himself mp haUghtiIy and
replied with every evidence OF offended
dignity:
MADAM, command a regiment"-chicago
Post.
"Miss Highsee is q beautiful singer, isn't
she?'
Every. That was all that made her singing
| endura urable."-Washington Times.
Patient-Doctor, am very short OF breath,
Doetor-Oh, well, Wen soon stop thatg-
Record.
1t is singular fact that red Is made from
madder, and that bulls are made msdder by
red.-Harvard Lampoon.
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AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE.

There's a feeling half-Platonic born of longings
embrv rvonic
And with scintillating passion subtly starred;
It's kind Of stopping station 'twixt. esteem and
alteration,
And the name of it Is "brotherly regard"
It is absent with your sister, and (no matter how
you've kissed her)
With tn girl 10 whom you specially belong;
But whenever 1t is present, it's superiatfvely
peasant,
And 1t poss bly, is dsmi-semwrong.
Now In certain ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sup
per, SUI v dances
The cosmic forces gain an added power;
But she mocks our voice unsteady when you hint
that you are ready
To forget the bars OF friendship for an hour
She won't raise blush to please you. she will tor
ture you and tease you
Till you wish that you were any W here but there:
Then-U wonder past all guessing! you Will feel
her fingers pressing,
And the III crest maddening tickle OF her hair
soon DTS puzzling that you started so indlferently
hearted)
You grow insanely anxious and intense:
Your veins begin TO quver and you swear you
won't forgive her
If she calls you back again to common sense.
But at last the b ush comes trem bling, and she
stop, (or starts?) assembling
You have given up pretending long before
The little Cupid devils troop to mingle in your
revels,
And she says she'll never face you any more.
sydney Bulletin.
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A LINCOLN MASs-MEETING.

The decision of the public meetings
committee of the Lincoln Monument
League TO arrange for q mass-meet.
ing to promote the objects of the league
next month is an excellent one III every
respect. The proposed meeting will re-
vive public interest in the work OF the
league and will 60 far toward increasing
subscriptions to the fund necessary. to
raise in Golden Gate Park a monument
which will serve as a memorial of the
honor in which the present generation OF
the people of San Francisco hold the
memory of Abraham Lincoln.
The proposed meeting Will be the first
public demonstration held to promote the
movement. Up to this time the work has
been done quietly and without the aid of
public parade or eloquent oratory to
awaken the enthusiasm of the people. 1t
is gratifying to know that when the meet
ing is held the promoters will be able to
make good reports of work already accom-
plished. The support given to the move
ment has been most ENCOURAGING, and
there is every reason to believe that
within a time com paratively short the
monument will be erected.
THE CALL has given earnest support and
aid to this movement from the beginning.
1t has cordially co-operated with the
Grand Army of the Republic and other
organizations that have shown an interest
in the movement 10 carry it forward to
speedy success. This cooperation it will
continue to give until the work has been
omplished. 1t is right and fitting that
a noble and nota bic monument TO Lincoln
should grace our park and adorn the
metropolis m of the Pacific Coast. 1t would
be especially gratifying if We could make
the monument the stateliest of all the
memorials erected in honor of the mar
tyred President.
That the proposed meeting will be
successful is beyond question. The people
of San Francisco are among the most
patriotic OF the Republic, and have shown
themselves to be generous and liberal in
every movement that has patriotism as
It's animating principle. The time Tor
the meeting is as yet distant, but never
theless it would be we'll for the public to
bear it in mind, so that when it takes
place every patriotic citizen can aid in
making the demonstration truly repre-
sentative of the regard III which the mem
ory OF Lincoln is held in this City.
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SENATOR MORGAN'S CONSIST
ENCY

writer In the ulustI ated American says
that when President Hayes nominated Fred
Doug ass tor Marshal of the District of Column
bia, Senator Morgan of Alabama, not only
voted with the Republicans in favor OF con-
firmation. but made a striking speech, which
leaked out to the public in spite of the sup
posed secrecy OF an executive session. Alter
remarking that he as not troubled bout the
color OF the candidates skin, he said: 81 was
candidate on the Democratic electoral ticket
OF Alabama. | solicited the votes of black
men ana obtained them 10 the number of TO-
600, and now when the name of the most emf
nent representative man of this race is pre-
sented for the shrievalty of district tive
miles square, shat | go back to the colored
people OF Alabama, whose votes l solicited and
received, and tell them l refused to vote for
him Tor no reason except that he is a colored
manf No, sir; l cannot perform such an
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

IcEBERGs-J. F. NJ, City: The density of ice
and sea water are .92 and LOB respectively, so
that only 11.103 or nearly one-ninth OF the
iceberg is above water and visible. An ice
berg observed by Sir John Ross and Lieutenant
Perry was two and half miles long ana two
and fifth miles broad and 153 feet high. As.
suming the form to have been approximately
a cone erected upon an elliptic, the mass
above water would be roughly one hundred
and fifty million tons-giyIng total mass Of
nearly fifteen hundred million tons. The ice.
berg was by no means of extraordinary size.
In the southern seas great fleets of icebergs
have been observed as far north as the lati-
lowered to height of 700 or 500 feet 1t ia
impossible TO tell how long it would take for
one OF these floating masses to disappear. as
much would depend upon the temper AZURE.
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BRYAN'S TALK.

The suffering public will be de-
lighted TO learn that William J. Bryan S
friends are going 10 insist that he quit
talking and come down off the rostrum,
at least until there is new political cam
paign and something to justify his vocif-
GRAFTON. In the report that his friends
have decided to call him down there can
be no question of the correctness of the
use OF the word friends" His opponents
are quite willing he should continue to
talk him self 10 political death.
The keynote of all Bryan's talk is
calamity, and the absurdity of his per-
sisting in speech-making along that line
In the very presence of wave of pros
perity would strike any man but one like
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imself, who is so absorbed in o single
idea as to be fit only to ride his hobby to
death. When people are wishing to be
happy, and see sensible reasons for being
so. it is disagreeable 10 have somebody
with a toghorn voice going about the
country clamorously insisting that we, as
people, are miserable, and are in such a
political condition as to make prosperity
impossible.
This is no time to sicken and to swoon
with rebodings when the promise OF
good times is so bright that what we most
need is joyous energy to grasp opportuni-
ties. If the defeated candidates conven-
tion about free silver were true the evil
could not be remedied till the next cleo
tion, and he should cease his dishearten-
ing discourses till the proper time for the
discussion of the question.
The country has decided that the right
solution OF the silver question is by inter
national bimetallism, and Bryan's policy
is certainly dead for four years at least.
The orator of the Platte, who jumped so
suddenly into 70 me, has talked Till he has
lost that magnetism which used to en-
thrall his hearers. His Jokes have become
chestnuts. his arguments are thread bare
and have been too often confuted to be of
further interest.
If the leader of the free silver party ever
expects to make another creditable run
for the Presidency he must obey this
latest advice of his closest friends and
shut up, Otherwise his continuous talk
ing about dead issue to a wearied public
NAV result in an approximation 10 that
familiarity which breeds contempt.
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THE MAN WHO HADN'T TIME.

He never had time 10 play,
He never had time to rest,
But he worked away and thought OF q day
When what he had done would attest
The usefulness of his life
His worth a man among men;
Then he woulL quit the strife
He would rest on his iaurels then
AS bondmAn chained he saved,
Ever looking ahead:
AS miser he boarded and saved,
Grudgng his daily breadl
Beyond was a happy day -
Nearer and nearer 1t drew :.
When his work should be put away e.
And care should be banished, tool
At last, upon day,
When the sun was low In the west, .. o.. =
He put his work away e
And sat him down TO rest.
But wheie was the dreamed-of blissf
And why was 1t now denied?
Things seem ed to De going amiss-
so he brooded awhile and died.
cleveland Leader.
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