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The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
UONGESTBD CAPITAL.

The fact that there is no scarcity OF cap
ital in this country has been strikingly
illustrated by the recent refunding OF the
bonded debts OF some of the great railway
lines of the East. The new bonds bear
but 81 per cent interest and the ones they
replaced called for Z. in single one of
these deals it is said the sum refunded
was $4,000, 0O0 and was the biggest
transaction of the kind ever accomplished
in the United States.
The syndicates that undertook the ex-
tensive deal were we'll posted as to the
amount of idle capital pressing upon the
market. They calculated that the exist
ence of unemployed money would force
the holders of the old bonds TO accept the
new ones with only half the interest they
had been getting. II any were stubborn
it was easy to call in the outside capital
eagerly waiting for chance to make 81
per cent.
The proof furnished by this big hnan-
cial transaction that abundant idle capital
has been lying in the vaults Of the money
centers during ali the long stagnation of
business and consequent distress will be
suggestive to Congress when it und ertakes
so much money should be begging for en-
ployment at a very low interest in tae
financial centers, while the outlying
towns and provinces were forced to indus
trial inactivity because they could rot get
the use of funds for twice or threefold the
81 per cent, is an evil not perhaps beyond
the reach OF remedy by improved bank
ing methods.
OF course the big blocks of capital
placed az one deal, the long time of the
loan, and the certainty of the investment
being safe, will always give large financial
operators an advantage over small, scat
tered ones There is no good reason, how
ever, why the difference should be SO dis
proportionate. 1t is this ability of cor
porations to secure capital at low rates
which enables them to crush out indi-
vidual enterprises. When the Nation
provides proper banking law which will
enable the small trader and manufacturer
to get money in true proportion to the
safety of the transaction then the reign of
the overgrown trusts will cease to be so
autOcra,ic.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
PROBLEM OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

The immense disasters from the Mis-
slssippi foods have set the country to re-
newed thinking whether there is not some
practical solution of the problem. and in
many quarters there is advocated the
policy of turning the management of the
mighty stream entirely over to Federal
control. An imperative need exists that
some solution be reached, and it is be-
lieved that no power less than that of the
Nation can furnish it.
The greatness of the damage is a matter
OF Importance to the whole country. The
losses are variously estimated, some cal
culations placing the aggregate as high as
$125. .000000 The area actually submerged
Is as lar:e as the State OF South Carolina,
and the mum Der of acres injured is nearly
equal to the extent of Indiana.
About $50, 600, 600 worth OF cotton could
be grown on this land in an average year
besides other crops, and to all this has
to be added the loss and damage of roads,
bridges, buildings, ETC., and the expense
of relieving the destitute. To the extra.
ordinary losses Of the big food-years must
be joined the lesser damage that takes
place more or less every year, and which
in an aggregate of ten years would foot
up a sum that would 60 long way to-
ward restraining the destructive over
flows
1t is true the Mississippi is force so
mighty as to almost make men despair OF
ever being able to control It, but it is also
true that money in sums OF hundreds of
millions is mighty force. 1t will not do
to supinely say al the threshold of the
twentieth century that science cannot
reach out her arm in mastery OF this evil.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

For hundred millions the Russians ex.
pect to cut canal across continent and
! join the Baltic and the Black seas. In the
valley of the Euphrates the ancient civiii-
cations successfully studied out problems
as vast to them as that of the Mississippi to
us, and executed great engineering feats
which changed the forces OF destruction
into powers Of production.
In the vexed question OF whether the
Nation or the individual States concerned
should undertake the work OF managing
the river it is contended that Federal con-
troll would be contrary to principles OF
our Government, and appropriations to
build and maintain the works would
be unconstitutional. Some think the e1-
pense should be borne by those most I'M
mediately concerned. In the early his
tory of our Government the same OBJ
lections were opposed to appropriations
Tor river and harbor improvements, but
they have been completely overborne by
advancing thought In favor OF Federal
control, it can be said that only by this
means can vast and comprehensive plan
be successfully carried out, and that the
regulation of a system so immense and
affecting so many different States as the
Father OF Waters and its great tributaries
is as naturally in the province of Federal
management as is interstate commerce
and the carrying OF the mails.
>Ifi can be shown that broad policy
of protection to the fertile valley OF the
Mississippi would not red ound in profit
to the whole Nation, then surely some ar
angement could be made for raising the
FUNDS from those most benefited, and still
let the undertaking be National enter
prise, so as to be carried on with an ef-
fectiveness beyond the reach OF States
acting separately.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
PERSON al.

P.w. Murphy of San Luis obispo is visiting
the City.
p Holland, business man OF Fresno, 10
III the City.
y A. warren, grain and fruit dealer of
Chico, is in town.
Y Nahashina a tea merchant OF Japan, Is
at he Cosmopolitan.
r. F. Bisel and wife OF Bozeman, Mont, are
at tn Cosmopolitan
Robert Davidson of Glasgow, Scotland, ar
rived here yesterday.
W. L. Barber Of Redwood Is on visit here,
and is at the Occidental.
Dr. w. S. Taylor is up from Livermore, and
is staying at the Palace.
E. S. Ward, commercial traveller OF San
Jose is at the Cosmopolitan.
General j. H. Shine of Sonora, Tuolumne
County, is at the Cosmopolitan.
A. F. Schsfer, mining man OF Randsb burg.
is among the arrivals at the Lick.
Frank j. Brandon OF San Jose, e1-secretary
of the State Senate, is in the City.
C. c. Mathews, mining man and ranch
owner of Tehachapi, is in the City
Oswald Becker, who is interested IN orange
growing at Palermo, at the Lick.
E. J. Emmons of Bakersfield arrived here
Yesterday. and VIII remain several days.
j. A. Owens, mining and business man OF
Daggett, is among those registered at the
Russ.
Dr. w. A. Weldon and Thomas n. Fawcett OF
San Pedro came up yesterday, and are at the
Grand.
E. E. Skinner, owner of a drugstore at Eu-
reka, arrived here yesterday. He is at the
Grand.
s. G. Little, the rich banker and landowner
OF Dixon, arrived here yesterday. He is at
the Russ.
Dr. F. F. Tipbetts of Sacramento, member of
the State Board of Dental Examiners, arrived
yesterday to remain a few days.
]. ]. seavey, secretary OF the Marine Engi-
neers' Association. yesterday teok charge of
the engine-room of the Governor Irwin, the
State tugboat.
A. NJ. Chambry, who some years ago came
from France and invested in mining property
at Grass Valley which he has since been work
ing, is at the Grand.
number OF wealthy SO ciety people of Louis
vile, KY, arrived here yesterday, and are at
the Palace. They are Miss Ramsey, Miss
Payne, Miss Florence Payne, Charlotte New
man and Charles A. Newman.
Charles C. Derby, manager Of the large
quicksilver mines at New Alamaden, arrived
here yesterday, and is at the Occidental. He
is accompanied by E. w. Carson, Miss NJ. G.
Carson and Miss Hattie Carson.
Joseph D. Russell, years ago engaged in
ranching in CoIusa County, and now CONNER
cial agent of the Queensland Government, is
in the City. He is trying to organize colonies
for Queensland, and is going to visit the Sou tn
ern and South wastern States.
Richard s. Miner, ex-District Attorney of
Mono and Inyo coun ties, who was the Demo
cratic nominee during the last campaign for
Superior Judge, came down from the noun
tains yesterday. He is here on legal business :.
Mr.. Miner is mining to some extent, as well as
practicing law. He says there is a renewal OF
interest and confidence in the mines about
Bodie,
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
DRUNK FOR TWENTY YEARS.

A correspondent writes; "I was drunk on
and of for over twenty years-drunk when I
had money, sober when / had none. Many
dear friends lost. and mum bers gave me good
advice to no purpose; but. ihaEk God. an angel
hand came at last in the form of my poor wife,
who administered your marvellous remedy,
tAnti-Jsg.' 10 me without my knowledge or
consent / am now saved and completely
transformed from worthless fellow to q sober
and respected citizen."
If "Anti-Jag" cannot be had at your drug
gist, IL will be mailed in plain wrapper with
full direcuons how to give secretly, on receipt
90 Broadway, New York. or they will gladly
mail full particulars free.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y, May S.-The Kaiser Will
helm II brought back from Europe James v.
Coleman and valet The Havel brought back
from Bremen Miss Katharine Bohen. At the St.
Cloud, E. E. Fisher; Amsterdam, Mrs Everett;
ST. Nicholas, E. J. Hanks; Metropolitan. W. Nc
Glare and wife; Hoffman, L. f. Geissler, w. NJ
Rothsehild; Imperial, J. H. Hunt; Neither
LAND, W. N. Rowen, J. B. Reinstein.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

A recent visitor to the tea plantation of
DR.. Shepherd of South Carolina reports
that about 300 acres are employed in the
cultivation of the plant, and that by i'm
proved processes of curing the product is
much superior to the Chinese article. Ac-
cording to the doctor the only thing which
prevents the profitable growing of the
plant in the Southern States is the lack OF
protection against the cheap labor OF
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
TIE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL
ThE SUMMER MONTHS.

Are you going 10 the country on vacation I,
Ec it is no trouble for us TO forward THE CALL TO
your address Do not let it miss you for you viii
miss it. Orders given 10 the carrier or left at
Business Office viii receive prompt attention.
NO EXTRA CHARGE.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
With YOUR COFFEE
How far is il to Paradise?
In faith l cannot say;
Last eve / saw lad and lass
Stroll slowly out that way.

How far is it TO Paradise?
In faith cannot say;
Last eve saw lad and lass
Stroll slowly out that way
How far is 1t to Paradise?
No chart the goal reveals;
1t lies not far, for folks I know
Have gone there on their wheels
Chicago Record.
We find in the course of day that we have
had all the outdoor exercise we need in
lodging people who ride wheels.-Atchison
Daily Globe.
one OF the witnesses for the defense in q
recent lawsuit created smile when asked to
testify to the veracity and standing of a
neighbor. He was asked if he would believe
the man under oath.
"Well," was the ingenious reply, .I would
believe him if knew what he was saying was
trpe."-Dublin Word
Amanda (alighting from her wheel at the
roadside, where Mortimer awaits her)-Haye
Kept you waiting long, dear?
Nortimer-Long? Many cycles have passed
since the hour appointed for our meeting
Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
The Swiftest Train in the West
81 Days to Chicago or st. Louis
a. DAYS to New York.

The Santa Fe Limited has dining-car, buffet
smoking-car and Pullman palace drawing room
steeping-cars. Leaving San Francisco at 8 p. N.
Mondays and Thursd ays. connection is made at
Bsrstow with this handsome train. Through cara
to Chicago both Pull man palace drawing-room
and modern upholstered tourist sleepers, run
daily. Tickets also sold via Portland. Ogden Los
Angeles, Deming FL Paso to all points in the
United States, Canada Mexico Europe. See
time table IN advertising column. San Francisco
ticket Office 644 Market street, Chronicle build
ing. Telephone Main 1881. Oakland Ills
Broadway,
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Kaiser William is reported to have
stated that Bismarck wished him to be
always fighting and he turned the Chan
cellor down for the sake of peace. 1t is
now Bismarck's time to talk little.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Praying for rain may not be wholly
effective, bat it IS better than swearing at
the drought.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Witness-Your honor, can't read or write.
Judge-As the witness can't sign his name
the clerk will fill out a blank setting forth
that the undersigned processes to be unable to
sign his name, to read or write. and declares
himself utterly illiterate.-Journal Amusant
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

II we can secure the cooperation OF
Russia in protecting the seals of Bering
Sea Salisbury viii take second thought
and take it promptly.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

The Nashville airship few far enough
and fast enough, at any rate, to head off
many joke.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

We regret that through mistake caused by
extreme pressure, the dog whose portrait we
published in our last issue under the title of
Mrs. Nugent's Dachshund Widgeon was not
her dog. but another one.-Lady's Pictorial
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

The reason the Greeks failed to make
the trip was that they could not hold
on TO the passes. They should have
sent some of their legislators along with
their armies.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
GROVE L. JOHNSON

las REMOVED HIS LAW OFFICES FROM
Ii Sacramento 10 San francisco and formed .
partnership with Walter H. Linforth and George
T. Whitaker, with offices at $40 Pine sc.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

The day of leisure affords another op-
portunity for visiting Balboa avenue and
deciding what you can do 10 help it along.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

California would willingly trade half a
dozen flying machine experiments just
now for one good rain producing appara-
tus
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

1t is reported that the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington is being impor-
tuned from all parts of the country for
sugar-beet seed, and the Secretary can
hardly keep up with the demand. While
the cultivation OF sugar beets in this
country has been hitherto mainly con-
fined to California, Nebraska and Kansas,
the farmers of thirty States and Territories
will experiment with it during the coming
season. The new industry, in fact, shows
signs OF becoming a fad, or boom, and,
like all such things, is likely to be over
done in localities where there are not
good markets for the beets assured.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

The Philadelphia Enquirer asserts that
in "a neighboring n State" a clergyman, in
stead of addressing his congregation. one
Sunday started a phonograph, which
played violin solo, read psalm. prayed
an eloquent prayer, led the singing of the
hymn, and, after the sermon had been
preached, pronounced the benediction.
This seems to be case of making church
service mechanical beyond the regulation
limit, but perhaps we shall have to come
TO it everywhere.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

The Princess of Wales has written let
ter to the Lord Mayor of london request
ing that arrangements be made so that
the very poor people of the slums OF the
city shall have substantial dinner on the
day of the grand parade at the Queen S
jubilee. The suggestion is a kind one.
and shows that the Princess understands
that loyalty is not half so enthusiastic on
an empty stomach as after good square
meal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

ALL who use Ayers Hair vigor pronounce il
the best Undressing in the market Certainly
no other is in such constant demand.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

IF afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thor,p-
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell it at IS cents
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
Mark Hopkins Institute Of Art.

The spring exhibition is now open daily
from A. NJ. to 5 P. NJ and grand concert every
Thursday evening. Open Sundays.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

SPECIAL information daily TO manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Press
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Public confidence in the Park Commits
zion was not shaken by the charges made
against it by IRRESPONSIBLE parties, but all
the same it is gratifying to have the Grand
Jury report after full investigation that
1.-The Com mmissiouers have been and are
carrying out their duties and the trust
reposed in them in the best possible man.
ner, and deserve the Aeartiest commenda-
ton of their fellow-citizsns."
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

The movement for the organization of a
geological society has been well started.
and as it is headed toward the eventual
establishment of geological garden pub
lie interest in it is naturally great The
leaders of the enterprise are men who
generally succeed in what they under
take. and we have reason, the efore. for
the hopes that are in US of success in this
instance.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
Ell. BLACK, painter. 12o Eddy street

TouRIsTs-Caiiiorniae elace fruit, SOC lb, In ell
egaut fire-eiched bxs. Just what you want for
Eastern friends. Townsend S, Palace Hotel Bid G
The Carina of Russia is OF practical turn OF
mind, and uses the typewriter with facility.
The frame of her machine is inlaid with
mother-of-pearl, and the bars are OF gold.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Railroad Tickets to the East via Rio
Grande Western and Denver and
Rio Grande Railways,
At lowest possible rates, with through PuIIma,
buffet and tourist sleeping car service every day
Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permittinz z
stop-over Salt Lake City all classes OF tickets
Detailed information and tickets furnished At -
Montgomery street, or 314 California street.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

One of the notable features of the Mis-
sissippi food this year is the length OF
time it has continued. The water has
been up to the danger point for fully a
month. 1t is believed this is caused by
the leyee system, and accordingly it is
used as one more argument by those who
object to that mode of dealing with the
problem and wish to try some other.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Perhaps if we had arranged for a large
number of carnivals, festivals and other
open-air entertainments on grand scale
throughout the State we would have had
more spring rain and better crop pros
pects.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

1t is not surprising to learn that COM
paratively newcomer into the arena of
politics like Mark Hanna should have
been sickened in the first round. He
should have gone through a course of
training before he got into the ring
against the Office holders.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Before the war in the Levant fades into
the past and ceases to be interesting some
correspondent should hunt up that Bull
garian ultimatum which was raging
around Constantinople some time ago,
and see what became OF it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-Postage Free:

BUSINESS OFFICE:
91O Market Street,
S., francisco, California.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

Any satisfaction which may be felt in
this country with Bayard's farewell speech
in London will be due solely to the fact
that it was a farewell. His ministry in
England has not been blessing, but all
the same it brightens as it takes its fight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09

To the Spanish Government the war in
Cuba is rapidly becoming money ques-
tion of prime importance, and Weyler
may be called upon some fine day to
show what he can do in the way OF pacify-
ing the creditors of his country.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09
EDITORIAL ROOMS:
6lS Clay Street.
OAKLAND OFFICE:
eos Broad way.

EASTERN OFFICE:
Rooms 81 and 3d. "a Park Row, New York Clty'
DAVID NJ FOLTZ, Eastern Manager
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09


guished Parisian novelists, rlaywrights
and journalists. If the French have one
fault it is that they are wanting In hospi-
tality IN the American sense of the word.
They do not throw open their house
to the stranger or admit him to the
intimacy of their family circle, even when
warmly commended by mutual friends.
The consequence is taat therea French
society-and by that / mean not only the
great world, but also the bourgeolsie-re-
mains terra incognita to the Amer
ican, whose only knowledge thereof
is derived from Parisian novels, plays
and newspapers. Now knavery is
always more interesting than honesty,
while virtue and morality present less at
traction to literary palates accustomed to
highly seasoned dishes than vice. As
books are written to catch the taste of the
reading public and plays are produced to
win the applause and the good will of the
theater-goers it naturally follows that the
theme of both one and the other is in
variably intrigue and immorality; and to
such an extent is this the case that the
foreigner ends by believing that French
life must necessarily be as it is portrayed
on the stage and in novels. that is to say
corrupt and rotten to the very core. This
impression is still further strengthened
by perusal of the Parisian newspapers.
During the reign of King Louis Philippe
and subsequently throughout the eighteen
years of Napoleonic sway the press was
kept under very strict control. and the ut
most reserve was displayed in touching
upon any scandals OF society, the EN-
peror in particular holding that the pub
lication of unsavory news concerning the
great world was calculated to impair the
moral tone of the masses by showing
them that those whom they had
been taught to look upon as their
betters, and as pattern OF good behavior,
were unworthy of their consideration and re-
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TT0N: ANY FAULT FOUND WILL BE
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HANDSOME BRICK HOUSE; SITUATE,
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LENT; $40.
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RELIEF SOCIETY
Employment Register.

once al East Ninth st. Telephone 1873.
We HAVE the following list for whom we
= desire places:
COOK-Pastry cook; married man desires a
position.
DRESSMAKER, having a sick husband to
support will make dresses cheap.
ERRAND BOY-Aged fifteen, being the eldest
est Of three children and his mother a
widow wants work.
FIREMAN and stationary engineer, with a
family depending upon him, is very anxious
for work.
GROCER-Willing to take any kind Of suit
able work; understands the grocery bust
ness thoroughly.
LABORERS-Sev with large families de-
pending upon them; will work satisfae-
tOrily.
SEWING WOMAN-Plaln sewing wanted by
a widow with large family.
TINNER-A young man, aged nineteen. the
only support of a family Of seven, wants
work badly.
wASHERWOMEN. ETC.-Can be had at this
office short notice.
A MIDDLE-AGED SINGLE MAN wishes a
place to care for horses and work about the
house: will work for board.
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FOR RENT BY A. MOTHERHOOD,

Room 214, Phoenix Building, Sew
enth and Cedar.
Modern house. $50 Iglehart
Modern house, SIT Fuller
Modern house. 397 Maria av.
Cottage, % Hoffman av.
Cottage, 169 Goodrich av.
Small house, PIG University av.