The San Francisco call., 1897-07-05

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for summer months
Celebrate the Fourth.
This is Liberty's day in Liberty's land.
1t is Americas answer to the British
jubilee.
Yesterday we rested and to-day we
whoop it up.
Christian or sinner, We are all one band
of loyal Americans.
San Francisco should be a convention
center every summer.
There may be some people out of town
Just now, but they are not missed.
"Onward, Christian Soldiers" and don't
forget to Rally Round the Flag"
Calamity -howiing jars like a discord,
but patriotic oratory fills the land with
harmony.
Great credit is due TO our merchants and
others for the excellence of their street
decorations.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific the
whole atmosphere is radiant with star
spangled banners.
Let US have no pessimism in the oratory
of the celebration. What's the matter
with America? She's all right!
II is still called the treasury reserve, but
nevertheless it is big enough money now
10 talk with confidence and challenge all
Corners.
Give voice to your patriotism and join
the cheering OF the crowds. Silence is
good at times, but don't be clam on H.
dependence day.
Crops are good. money is good the new
tariff will be good, opportunities for in
dustry are good, and what more do We
need for good times?
The Ohio Democrats neglected to name
a candidate for the Senate. Many wish
the place, but none is willing to buck
against Mr.. Hanna In an open field.
There are said to be 80. 600 vacant fats
and dwelling-houses in Chicago and it
looks as if the Two Million Club had bet
ter get to work and bring in sons people.
The recent derisive reference of David
Bennett Hill to what he called political
women without husbands" was risky.
David is political man without a wife,
and one of those women may catch him.
Americans returning from foreign tours
will hereafter have to pay duty on the
value of all clothing in excess of 500, and
now the way the chapp1es will underrate
their London garments will be aston
ishing.
New York, it seems, has decided after
all not TO accept the dancing Bacchante,
and there is now talk of sending the
statue to Chicago. Our turn will come
next and We might as well begin to pre-
pare for the shock.
1t is pity New Hampshire is not one
of the leading States of the Union. Her
revenues exceeded her expenditures
during the last fiscal year by about
s150000 and that would have been a
profitable leadership to follow.
There is said to be strong undercurrent
of sentiment against Bryan among the
silver men of the East, and it is predicted
that movement to deprive him of leader
ship W i'll be visible before long. His
prospect OF getting the Presidential nom
ination in 1900 is very far from being sure
thing.
San Francisco people can abuse one an
other rounjiy at times, but they never
get as much meanness in their meaning as
Boston folks do when they set in to de-
nounce neighbor. Here is the Boston
Herald for example, spreading report
that Senator Hoar has begun taking les
sons in Greek at Washington from a
Turkish tutor.
A st. Louis man proposes to com bine
the airship idea with the trolley system,
and claims to be able to construct a means
of transportation by which passengers
can be carried from ST. Louis to Chicago
in two hours and thirty minutes. We are
not fully posted on the details of the
scheme. but 1t seems open to the objec-.
ton that if the airship should slip the
trolley the passengers who started for
Chicago might find themselves landed in
Halifax.
The New York Times is authority for
this peculiar story. A new species of
plant lice made its appearance among the
gardens along the Hudson this spring and
destroyed most of the flowers. Spraying
with Paris green. hellebore and other
pojsons was tried in vain; nothing would
kill the lice or cheek their voracity. Sud-
denly when hope was lost and people had
given up their gardens in despair there
came strange. new bird, never seen be-
fore. which preyed upon the pests and ex-
terminated them The lice 1T seems have