The San Francisco call., 1897-02-01

ton to bun&oing a prize-ight, anything
goes with faker who is hard up for coin.
a newspaper which resorts to Lii Yung
Yuening for fakes and to highb nder tao
tics for money suits China better than
California. . -.
. A New Y York chemist asserts the beer in
that city contains glycerine, resin. aloes,
glucose and tannin, but with US il is
mostly froth. :...
The plague in India is conferring some
thing OF benefit on Europe by soaring
the people into cleaning their cities more
carefully than usual. =.
Boston has been compelled to abandon
the idea of becoming great by annexing
her suburbs, and is now trying to coax
them into what she calls federation:
Just as soon as the crusade against the
theater hatis won, there Wilt be a move
ment to exclude the big sleeve from the
streetcar so that man can have chance
for seat.
In forty-two years Senator Sherman
has been ont OF office only twenty-four
hours, and even in his old age he has been
still spry enough 10 get the first slice of
the Cabinet pudding.
We are taking no part in the Cuban
war, but nevertheless we are losing money
by 1t. As a matter OF fact, it would be
economy on our part to get into the fight
at once and force it to finish.
There is a company in London which
lnsures bank account against failure
OF the bank, and by and by we shall have
a company to insure against losses at
poker and to guaran tee tips on the races.
As most or the Southern celebrations of
Lees birthday were conducted with ban
quets and balls, it is evident the period of
war mourning and battle oratory IS over.
Everything goes now for peace and a
frolic.
The next. chrome gwen away by the
Examiner to attract advertisements should
be collection of portraits of Hearst.
Lawrence, Bierce ond others OF the tribe.
That would be pretty good yard OF
puppies itself.
AAAS PNOpAC VI II4uId are
acquiring a conventional. civilization is
made evident from the fact that recent
convention of natives at. Calcutta was
attended by over 1000 delegates from all
parts OF the country, and seems to have
been big thing in every respect.
Connecticut manufacturer announces
that he has sent to Canton the cloth for
the SIit Mo ip1o
tion day, ana now they are Worrying
themselves back East to find out whether
he made the announcement from pa
1riotic pride or for advertising purposes.
According TO, the Savannah NeaUs the
antitrust law recently enacted by the
Georgia Legislature Will not do a penny,s
worth of hurt to any trust, but menaces
many OF the merchants of the State; and
thus does reform in the hands of the
unwise partake OF the nature of the roor-
back.
The success of the newly elected Sena.
tor Mason from Illinois is, said by his
friends TO have been due solely to his per-
sIstent determination. When he first an
nounced himself candidate for the SEN
ate years ago he was laughed at He
stuck to 1t, however, and now the laugh
is on the other fellow.
New York proposes to give her Mayor
authority to arbitrarily revoke the license
and close any place of amusement where
the performers do not act according to
his idea of what is proper and edifying,
ana now Boston trembles in fear of losing
her reputation of being the only place in
the Union where the morals are as high
as the art.
The Washington correspondent of the
Galveston Ne,vs expresses some indignation
because at the recent hearings of the Ways
and Means Committee, "even the Demo-
cratic party of Texas put up soft yawn
for protection" but 1t is not clear whether
he was indignant that Texas should ask
for protection or at the soft yawn with
which IL was done.
The proposition before the Nebraska Leg
lsIature to impose poll tax On all who are