Probe the scandals.

Local officials must act.

What is the Grand Jury doing?

Public investigation is demanded.

Home rule demands vigilance on thepart of home-rulers.

The trials of l.ilim>kalani willbe as noth-ing to the trial of Mrs. Dominis.

Under American law wherever there is acrime there is a way to punish it.

With all our getting we must get thenext National Republican Convention.

Grover has the satisfaction of knowingthat no one calls him a bo-s, any more.

Currency bills go, bu^the ills remain;the bee is driven off, but the sting is left.

Hopkins Ilull is a noble mansion, but itm ems to be a poor place for showing pic-tures.

Let us get the scandal racket out of theway and start in on municipal improve-ments.

The ofllcial who undertakes to go tosleep in his office In these days willhave anightmare.

If the Grand Jury does not make asounding report very soon it willbe a clear

IBsxling*.

With the coming of spring Congress andthe Bnow will vanish from the countrywithall their slush.

If tln-r<- is no corruption in the city ourofficials Bbould at Least expose the slandersof those who say there is.

Itmay take the force of popular will toset the machinery of our local law intooperation, b\it itcan doit.

The demand for an investigation into thealleged abuses in this city points to thecity officials for an answer.

The officialwho does not reply, to publiccharges against him cannot be said toanswer the popular demand.

The best signs of legislative retrench-ment would be the footprints of uselessattaches pointing toward home.

The next Republican National Conven-tion will come to San Francisco, and itwon't come to a corrupt city either.

If the reformers willgive as evidence ofb single instance of official corruption inthis city we willguarantee its exposure.

Judged by any standard of reasonablemen, Dick McDonald is either crazy or hasbeen a long time hypnotized by a villain.

Congress has done enough in the way ofsawing (iff.currency reform and shouldnow get to work digging on the Nicaraguacanal.

The City of Mexico proposes to hold aninternatWial exposition and Californiamust prepare to attend it with all her in-dustries.

Couldn't this thing be compromised byhaving a legislative committee to investi-gate nuisances, clean the streets and purifythe sewers ?

Men who aspire to the fame of a Park-hurst should follow the methods of Park-hur.-t, and discover crime before theydenounce it.

San Francisco is indebted to Edward F.Bearles for another addition to her arttreasures and another example to her localMillionaires.

Itmatters not what route may be decidedon for the competing road, every countythat builds a branch line willhave all thebenefits of competition.

Bakerslield with her creamery, andFresno with her competing railroad, feelin such now states of development thatboth are half persuaded to set up as capitalcities.

The seawall should be extended south-ward for business uses at once, and theextension northward for ornamental pur-poses can be attended to when times arebetter.

The ruth of legislation at Sacramentowill not lead the public to overlook thefact that there are a groat many clerks andsecretaries there who are not doing anyrushing except on payday.

Ther* have been man}'national conven-tions of various orders and associationsheld in San Francisco, and the delegateshave always regarded the transcontinentaljourney as one of the advantages of havingthe meeting here.

The racket over the alleged corruption ofthe city hasn't raised too much dust forthe intelligent observer to see there are agood many capitalists who are dodgingtheir civic duty and the subscription listto the competing road.

When we have once made a definite bidfor the next national convention of theBepnbKcan party we will not have to doall the work of urging itsadoption. Thereare many newspapers and many influentialmci. in the East that willhelp us and helpus well.

Itis satisfactory to note there has been aliberal support given to the Pure Foodexhibit, for an exposition of that kind is ofthe greatest importance to the people andought to do much not only to advance ourfood industries but to add to health andthe enjoyment of life.

Every Californian will appreciate thecompliment paid us by General ClarksonIdsaying: "Ibelieve itwould be good forthe Republican party to recognize the farRepublican West and hold its next conven-tion among a people so broad and Nationalin spirit, and all such splendid ana de-voted Americans,"

Attention, Grand Jurymen !Investigateevery department of the city government;probe into every alleged evil; bring outall the evidence; convict every criminal;drive every rogue out of office; do every-thing necessary to clean the city, clear the"atmosphere, put an end to scandals andleave us free to talk business, act businessand go on with municipal improvements»nd competing railroads.

START THE INVESTIGATION.The officials of the city owe it to them-

selves and to the people to take some ac-tion in the direction of investigating thecorruption alleged to exist hero. This isparticularly true of the Mayor, the Sheriff,the District Attorney, the Chief of Policeand the members of the Grand Jury. Itisan old saying that the law is condemnedwlien the wicked are acquitted, and if itbetrue that crime and fraud go unpunishedin this city, then are the officers whom wehave elected toarrest, prosecute and pun-ish criminals condemned in the mind ofevery good citizen.Itdoes not matter whether all the allega-

tions of fraud are true or not. A wide-spread public opinion which makes itselfmanifest with all the force of a moral con-viction, cannot be ignored by a public offi-cial or carelessly put aside with indiffer-ence. The moral convictions ofthe massesof intelligent men have all the force offacts and. they must be dealt with on thatbasis. Ifthere is no corruption in the city,the officials must make that truth knownand draw the irritation from the publicmind. Ifcorruption exists and there is nolaw to punish it, let that be known so thatthe remedy can be provided.

There is no use. mincing words on thesubject. The people believe that there issomething wrong and they demandofficial action. They will not be turnedaway by any contemptuous asking, ''Whatare you going to do about it?" They pro-pose to do something about it,and theypropose to do itsoon. What is more theypropose that the city officials shall dosomething about it. The taxpayers wishto know what these officers are drawingsalaries for, and why they do not performthe work they are paid to perform.

We call the attention, therefore, of theMayor, the Sheriff, the District Attorney,the Chief of Police and the Grand Jury tothe fact that every day they remain silentand inactive they fall further in publicesteem. They must act. The District At-torney and the Grand Jury should sum-mon before them the men who are makingthese charges of corruption and get theirevidence.. They must start the investiga-tion. There has been too much delay al-ready. Let us have all the affairs of thecity inquired into, all the scandals probed,all the evidence of wrong made public, andall the criminals arrested, convicted andpunished, so that the people can be freedfrom all fear of corruption and wrong, andgo forward confidently with private busi-ness, public enterprises and municipalimprovements.

ENCOUKAGING WORDS.We publish this morning additional evi-

dences of the favor with which the pro-posal to hold the next Republican NationalConvention in this city has been every-where received. Those' coming from theEast are especially gratifying, as they as-sure us the support of strong champions,wnere such champions are most needed,

and no Californian can read them withoutfeeling encouraged to enter upon the con-test for the convention with the ardor ofmen who are sanguine of success.

The tenor of opinion among the mem-bers of the National Committee is well ex-pressed by Senator Hansbrough, whosays: "Icongratulate you upon the en-terprising spirit displayed in the endeavorto secure the next Republican NationalConvention for San Francisco. .The con-vention could not be held in a more de-lightful place." The Hon. J. C. Burrows,Senator-elect from Michigan, Hays: "TheRepublicans of California are deserving ofanything they may desire, even the Na-tional Republican Convention for 1896, andthe hospitality of Californians wouldmake the delegates forget the incon-veniences of time and distance."

These telegrams, taken in connectionwith that of General Clarkson, publishedyesterday, show the quality and the natureof the support we may expect from influ-ential men in the East. They are sufficientto arouse our energies to immediate action.No time should be lost. Let us have thecommittee appointed at once to organizethe work and begin the campaign of edu-cation.

FIGHTING AN INFAMY.The more familiar the people become

with the intent, the scope and the pro-cesses of the income tax, the warmergrows their indignation against it. Theintent of the law is to make distinctions ofclasses among the people with respect totaxation. The scope includes not only therich but the poorest widow and orphanwhose fragments of a fortune may be in-vested ina stock company or corporationearning $4000 a year, and its processes areinquisitorial to an extent that destroys allprivacy of business, and makes the affairsof every well-to-do man subject to the pry-ing and spying of Government officials.

The law is of doubtful eonsdtutionality.Itis certainly un-American. Itis not a titlaw for a just Government nor a free peo-pie. Itis odious to every instinct of Ameri-can manhood. Its very inception was apolitical monstrosity inasmuch as itwasthe outcome of a bargain between free-trade Democrats and socialistic Populists.Stalwart Democrats like Senator Hillde-nounced it. Intelligent Populists are op-posed to it. The universal voice of thepeople condemns it, save where a fewcranks, indespair ofdefending it,are heardto apologize for itas a necessary measureto rai& a revenue during the temporarydeDression and hard times.

We willnot content ourselves with de-nouncing such a measure as this. Wepropose to fight it. The proprietor of TheCall willnot make a statement of his in-come nor will he pay any sum of theiniquitous tax whit may be asbessed bythe Internal Revenue officers until he hasbeen compelled to do so by the decision ofthe highest tribunal in the land. Only theSupreme Court of the United States canforce us to submit to this infamy, and noteven that court can compel us to accept itas a just law worthy of a place on anAmerican statute-book.

Constitutional or unconstitutional, thelaw is an offense to liberty and justice andmust be repealed. The Congress that en-acted it has already been repudiated by thepeople. Hardly a man who voted for itwas re-elected when his constituents had achance to pass judgment on him by theirballots. In the light of that indignantprotest of the American people and en-couraged by it, we shall refuse obedienceto the officers appointed to enforce theinfamy. We have already engaged ourlawyers and willfight the inquisition to theend in the courts as well as through a freepress before the greater tribunal of thepeople.

THE ADMINISTRATION'S DEFEAT.Thursday's vote on the President 's gold-

bond proposition was non-partisan :themajority which voted no was composedalmost inequal proportions of Democratsand Republicans. Members felt indignantat the secret bargain lately concluded be-tween the Treasury Department and theLondon bankers, and stillmore indignantat the slap in the face administered to thefriends of silver by the unnecessary inser-tion of the word

;'gold" in the descriptionof the new 3 per cents. No serious

fault can be found with the defeated reso-lution; it is right and proper that theGovernment should retain. the privilege ofreducing the interest on the new bonds, ifthe original holders raise no objection;but tiie whole proceedings of the TreasuryDepartment have exhibited so contemptu-ous a disregard for the opinions of Congressthat the latter felt naturally indignant andrebuked the administration accordingly.

Sorae men are so constituted that theycannot see a stone wall without wanting torun their heads against it. Such a man isGrover Cleveland. There was no call forthe insertion of the word "gold" in theresolutions. United States bonds have al-ways been paid in gold, and always willbe, unless, what is quite possible, silverfhould come to be the more valuablemetal, relatively, when the treasury mightpay insilver. Nothing could possibly begained by describing the new threes asgold bonds. But the use of the word wasone to irritate that large body Of West-ern and Southern members who are infavor of the free coinage of silver, or of itscoinage at the arbitrary ratio of lfi to 1,and, therefore, Mr. Cleveland insisted onits being employed.

Again, the private bargain concluded byMr. Carlisle with the London banking-houses of Rothschild and J. S. Morgan &Co. was probably as good a bargain as theGovernment could have made. But anyone who is familiar with the temper of theAmerican people could have told Mr.Cleve-land that such a bargain was certain to bringdown upon him American indignation.The relations between American bank-ing-houses and English banking-housesare so close that itis hard to say what pro-portion of their capital and means isAmerican and what part is English, but todeal directly withEnglishmen when Ameri-cans stood ready to supply the Govern-ment with all the money it needed wasputting a slight on our home institutionswhich was certain to be resented.

Mr. Cleveland saw his wall and ran hishead against it. Itis to be hoped that thecountry willnot suffer from the results ofthe collision.

THE RAILROAD.The San Joaquin Railroad enterprise

proceeds ina deliberate business-like way.The articles ofincorporation are before thepublic, for approval or criticism, and willbe voted on at a meeting of the subscriberson Wednesday jiextat 2p. m. at the roomsof the Chamber of Commerce.

The directors are men whom everySan Franciscan knows

—men not only of

substance, but of character, and with areputation for succeeding in what theyundertake. There is not one of them whorequires to be introduced to the public.

When they embark tlicir means in an en-terprise, itmay be taken for granted thatitis feasible,, and that the whole undertak-ing from its first inception to its finalcom-pletion has been thought out, and all pos-sible hitches and obstacles foreseen andconsidered. Claus Spreckels, John D.Sprerkels, J. B. Stetson, W. F. Whittier,Antoine Borel, A.. H.Payson, Charles Hol-brook, Louis Gerstle, Alvinza Hayward,Isaac Upham and Thomas Magee are notthe kind of people who go into an opera-tion without counting the cost and reckon-ing how it can be carried out to fruition.They are not given to chasing rainbows orbuilding railroads on paper.

As to the line of the proposed railroadthe articles of incorporation are intention-ally vague. Nor has anything been deter-mined as to the route beyond the fact thatthe new line is to follow the San JoaquinValley and probably a branch line throughthe Santa Clara Valley. A section whichis Traversed by a well-built and well-man-aged railroad generally becomes prosper-ous, and a locality which a new railroadpasses by is apt to be neglected and mayvegetate for a long term of years.

Therefore The Call says to those citiesand towns and districts which may ormaynot find themselves on the line of the newrailroad, Now is the time to make it anobject for the new company to take you in.Inertia at this crisis may prefigure stag-nation hereafter. When the great railroadsystem of the grain States in the UpperMississippi Valley was projected countiesand municipalities, corporations and in-dividuals gave all the money they hadand bonded themselves for more to securethe passage of a road through their neigh-borhood, and though many of the railroadshave failed the consequence is that Illi-nois, lowa, Wisconsin and Michigan arenow among the richest portions of thecountry. Dlnot neglect the example.

PUT THE BILL THROUGH.The British Commons 'have asked their

Government what itis going to do aboutthe passage of the Morgan Nicaragua canalbill through Congress. The ParliamentarySecretary for the Foreign Office answeredthat the Government would take whateversteps seemed advisable to secure interna-tional control of the canal, but saw no rea-son why the United States should notmaintain Its treaty engagements.

Some opponents or weak-kneed friendsof the Morgan bill may seize upon thisoccurrence to urge the danger of interna-tional complications against its passage bythe Houise.

There is no excuse for any such course.By the terms of the Morgan bill the Gov-ernment simply becomes a controllingstockholder in the canal in exchange forits guarantee of bonds. That willenableitto direct the business policy of the canalwithout assuming any governmental func-tions inCentral America. No violation oftrftty engagements is involved. Itwa toavoid that very point thai >ome suchmeasnre as the Morgan billvu to be pre-ferred to absolute Government construc-tion id ownership of the canal. TheBritish Government cannot consistentlyobject to such a control by our Govern-ment inview of its own similar relations,by purchase, to the Suez canal. In time ofpeac** the canal willbe open to the com-merce of allnations on equal terms. Incase of wnr its temporary control, underany circumstances, woul1fall to the near-est and ?•; longest hand. The quickest andu.ost effective way to disarm British oppo-sition to any bill involving Governmentcontrol of the canal is to put it throughboth houses of Congress, by a majoritywhich will assure Great Britain and therest of the world that we mean business.

OOMPLAINTS OP THE AETISTS.The predictions which were made when

the Hopkins home on California,, street wasdedicated to the uses of art are being veri-fied. Artists are dissatisfied and are indis-posed to contribute to the spring exhibi-tion. Their reason is the one which wasurged against the ace .tance of the build-ing by the Art Association: the housewas not erected for art purposes and isunsuited to house an exhibition of paint-ings.

The main hall, which is the only roomlarge enough to contain a collection ofpaintings, gets its light from a floweredglass coiling situated in a well, with theroof rising steep and high around it. Ex-cept at high noon this roof casts a shadowover the hall and throw? itinto obscurity.The least projection of the frames throwsanother shadow over the pictures, so that

they are seen inlight and shade. Itis evi-dent that this is not fair to the artists.Their work camiot be seen to advantage.As Mr.Kunatlr says: "You caimot judgea picture if one half of it is dark and theother half bright. Mrs. Chittenden, theflower artist, holds the bad light of thebuilding responsible for the failure of art-ists to sell pictures at the two last exhibi-tions, and though thiymisfortune is prpb-ably mainly due to the hard times, itmaybe insome degree the result of disappoint-ment at our exhibition, which did not sat-isfy visitors."Itis now proposed to construct a new art

gallery, for purposes of exhibitions, by ex-tending the conservatory on the west "sideof the house and roofing the whole withglass. Such a room could contain thewhole annual output of the studios, andeach picture could be hung in a lightwhich wouldenable itto be seen to advan-tage. The improvement wouldcost $10,000,or something like that sum, which somemillionaire willprobably be led by love ofart and civic patriotism to contribute.

There are many good pictures in SanFrancisco, as the loan exhibitions demon-strate, and there is growing up a tine tasteinart. Still, our rich men, when theywant to set up a gallery of pictures, go toNew York or Paris to choose them, andthe native artists suffer accordingly.Wealthy San Franciscans owe it to theircity to patronize home workers. Iftheydo not, young men and women whopossess genius and who might some dayreflect glory upon the city willbetakethemselves to other callings for the sakeof bread. It wa« well to buy foreign mas-terpieces for the art education they sup-

•plied; but all the foreign schools are nowadequately represented in this city, andthe time has come when every one whocan afford it should distribute among hisfellow-citizens at least a portion of themoney he sets aside for art purchases.

Pennsylvania proposes to publish anillustrated book on the birds and animalsof the State and proposes to furnish a copyfor every school and public library in thecommonwealth. Such a book will ofcourse be useful in many ways and wemay look for other States to follow, theexample.

When Dr. Haweis said of San Francisco,"Ihave been astonished at the recklessspeech, frequently libelous, which is prac-ticed and tolerated at your public assem-blies," he did not give us a completeknockout blow, but he certainly landed ahard one on the jaw.

What is the use of American law and afree press if the people of any communityhave to appeal to outsiders to exposewrongs and redress abuses?

AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

John H. Norris, a gentleman who wag apioneer inKansas and took part in the bloodystruggles there which were the outgrowth ofthe slavery question, was at the Occidental yes-terday. Ina desultory manner Mr. .Norris ranover many Incidents of early-day life in Kan-sas last night, referring to the people, manneroi living,habits, etc., in an interesting way."There is one characteristic of pioneer lifewhich the western and central portions of theState still retain," said he, "and that is thesod house. They are the warmest dwellingsInwinter and the coldest in summer, which thefarmer can construct with his own hands, andare made from slabs of sod cut, just as theywould be for transplanting grass. They ar^laidin courses like buildingstone and pressedclosely together and the roof ismade of timbersand frequently thatched. The sod house con-tains usually but one room, but -some have twoand even three rooms. They will .last aboutfiveyears on an average, but soon crumble topieces when once they begin to fall. The dug-out is entirely different from the sod house andconsists of an excavation, the walls of sod ris-ing about eight feet above the surface of theprairie and supporting the roof. Many farmershave the latter as a place of safety duringsevere storms, etc."

"San Francisco willbe visited inthe course ofsome weeks by thu largest sailing vessel in theworld," said L.B.Baughman, a Baltimore im-porter, at the Palace- yesterday. "Just before Ileft home the vessel Irefer to arrived atBaltimore. She is the Persian Monarch, andshe will load 5000 tons of coal for this city.The Persian Monarch has recently been con-verted into a full-rigged, four-masted sailingship and she will spread 10.000 square yardsot canvas on her voyage of 15,000 miles. Hermastsare justone foot short of the heightof thecolumn of the Washington monument, andfrom the keel to the topmost pointof the mastsmeasures 159 feet. The lower masts and yardsare ofsteel, the masts being thirty-two inchesthick at the deck. The ship willcarry thirtysails, requiring enough canvas to make aiiawning a mile square. To load the vessel withher cargo of coal will require the contents ofover 250 coal-hoppers, each carrying twentytons. The Persian Monarch's gross tonnage is3923, and there are but four sailing vessels inexistence that approach her inthis respect."

"The curious features of your Chinatownmerit celebration in verse," said C. K. llawes,an Eastern visitor,at the Palace yesterday. "Idon't believe your own people reallyappreciatewhat singular sights are to be seen in theChinese district. Iwas amused while wander-ing through that region last evening by ob-serving a calendar of the Chinese year printedin gorgeoug red characters and hanging uponthe wall of a teastore. In a parallel columnwas a calendar of the American year printed ingreen letters, also Chinese. The translationof American chronology into Chinese is saidto linva been the work of one of your Ameri-canized Celestials. He had also caught theadvertising idea, and worked itout ina char-acteristic way. Abattle scene was also repre-sented on the card, in which the fort of Wei-hai-wei loomed up in glowing splendor, whilenear the water line, apparently trained on themoon, was a park of artillery."

PERSONAL.Dr.J. P. Heintz of Monterey is at the Occi-

dental.Dr. J. H. Glass ot Sacramento is registered at

the Grand.Judge J. H.Logan ofSanta Cruz is staying at

the Grand.J. P. Abbott, an attorney of Antioch, is reg-

istered at the Lick.The Rev. Cliarleg Edward Locke of PortlandOr., is at the Occidental.Charles Sawyer and wife of Honolulu aio

guests at the Palace.Dr.H.W. G. KacDaniel of Santa Clara is a

guest at the Ca!,i.>inia.

Ben F. Maddox, an attorney of Visalia, isamong the guests &t the Grand.

H.W. Patton, a newspaper man of I.os An-geles, is registered at the Grand.

C. J. Smith, amining man and merchant ofGuaymas. Mexico,is a guest at the Palace.

Benjamin P. Barker, a wine man of Liver-more, was a guest at the Occidental last night.

B. H. Babcock. general freight agent of theKio (irando Western, Salt Lake, is at thePalace.

<icor«ft V. Simpson, a lumber merchant ofStockton, was an arrival at the Occidental yes-tirfliiy.

C. W. ]'i<-ldlngof London, who recently pur-«h*Mithe Iron Mountain mine, is registeredat tlii' I'ilUci'.

H.J. Small, superintendent of constructionof motor power on the Southern Pacific, of Sac-reir'-.'ito, i.itt llifGrand.

Mr. aii'l Mrx. li<>uls Welll of London, Eng-ihii'l,in1...-1 OB the Mariposa from Australiaand arc ItOppigg with Mr. and Mrs. MoritzMeyer.

Senators Burke, Malhews, Sewell aud Shippee,a committee appointed to investigate the Ukiahasylum, are ut the California. They will gonorth to-day.

. Itis said the Governor looks under his bedevery night to see if there is a pic-counterhunter there.—Tulare Register.

THE GENESIS OF A NEW PLAY.

BY WILLIAM GRifEB HARRISON.

Itmay seem rather an odd thing,bnt it's afact, that an argument Igot into last April,at the Bohemian Club, was the cause of mywriting••Ruiinymede."'

AVarde and Ihad been talking one eveningabout Shakespeare, and somehow we haddrifted oft' into a discussion about his knowl-edge of woodcraft, wild animals and wildflowets. We agreed on most subjects, butsomehow wecould not quitehit itoff about thewoodcraft. Suddenly AYarde exclaimed:

"HowIshould like a play with all the sceneslaid inthe woods. Harrison, write me one infour acts, representing the four seasons, andgo away to a forest to compose it. Go soon,too."1 took the matter as a joke, and called out:

"Waiter, bringme four drinks and four cigars,and bring them in a hurry."

We had our drinks and smoked our cigars. Idid not think anything more about the playtillhalf an hour later. Warde began again:"Ilike that idea of the four seasons, Harri-

son, but it's not to be exactly apastoral play.What 1want you to write is something sylvan—

Impregnated with the forest."He spoke so seriously that Ibegan to think

he meant it."Isthis an order, AVarde?"Iasked."Yes,itis,"he answered. "Tellme when you

can get into the woods to write, forIwant toproduce that play the next time Icome to SanFrancisco."

That was in the latter part of April. On the28th of June Iwent down to stay at CharleyJosselyn's home at Woodside, near RedwoodCity. ThereIfound my forest and initIwrote"Runnymedc." \u25a0

Josselyn posed as Friar Tuck and his littlegirl Marjory gave me the idea of MarjoryJosselyn, which is to be played by Mifs FannieBowman. Later on Solly Walter, the artistBohemian, joined me, and Igrouped all thescenes just as they willbe played.

Mr.Josselyn's family kindlymade the groupsand Solly Walter sketched them from life. Itwas surprisingly easy to write in the depths ofthat forest. Indeed, the play was in Warde'shands by the. 28th of August— just two monthsafter Ihad begun to write it.

WILLIAM GREKR HARBISON.

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Governor McKinle3" will speak on the subjectof the "Republican Party" at the MichiganClub banquet, Detroit, February 22. GovernorHastings of Pennsylvania, lion. Henry ClayEvans of Tennessee, Hon. H. D. Estabrook,Hon. C. H. Aldrich, President Harrison'ssolicitor-general, find Hon. W. O. Bradley, whoreceived the Michigan vote for the Vice-Presidency at the convention of 1888, are otherspeakers.

Some one who is very near to Bismarck writesthat the Prince "has his old, venerable, awe-inspiring appearance. His eye is just as fieryand spirited and he has the same interest inthe events of the world. But otherwise he islikeRubens, from whom the palette was sud-denly snatched, and who had to look on while,year after year, his pictures were smeared overby dilettanti and ruined."

AlthoughHenrik Ibsen is the greatest figureinNorwegian literature he has really no Nor-wegian blood in his veins, his ancestors, re-mote and near, having been Scotch, Danishand (iermnn. Poverty, neglect and adversecriticism, the usual attendants of poets, fol-lowed his early career and intensified hisnaturally pessimistic disposition.

Chauncey Depew is not much concerned overtne threat of the Methodist ministers to lookaskance at him. The row is all over the ha'.f-rate pass order issued by the New York Cen-tral, shutting oft' the clergy. Mr. Depew hascollected Scriptural authority for refusal togivepasses, and is payingthe ministers intheirown coin.

James Battle of Detroit, in point of servicethe oldest tirechief in the United States, hasbeen retired on half pay. Mr.Battle has beenchief of Detroit's Fire Department for thirty-four years.

SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.Dusty Rhodes— Didn'tIwarn you last fallm

to get naturalized?Fitz William

—Well, what's the harm?

Dusty Rhodes— Harm? Why, ijnder the newlaw you're eligible for a job cleaning thestreets!— Puck.

Little Gregory—Papa, wtkj do you say thatthe pen is more powerful than the sword?

Pupa—Because you cannot sign checks witha sword— Kevue Anecdotique.

Mr. lialdy Am Ito apply this hair restorerevery day?

Barber— For li.'aven's sake, no. Do you wanttolook like the wild man from Borneo insideof a week?— Texas Siftings.

"Mamma,"' said Willie, "do you pay Jennie$15 a momh for looking after me?"

"No, $16," said mamma. "She is a goodnurse and deserves it."

"Well, Isay, ma, I'lllook after myself for$10. You'll save .$0 by it."—Harper's YoungPeople.

Fatty Woggs— lt's a terrible thing to be so fat.Thinii. Coggs— Elucidate.Fatty Woggs— Well, you see, I'm so big that

J have to get off a streetcar backward and theconductor ouon jerks me aboard and carriesme two or three blocks past my street, thinkingIam just trying to get on.— Philadelphia In-quirer.

Wife (at midnightto her returning husband)—How can a perfectly sober man get drunk likethat?— Fliegcnde Blaetter.

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Bya unanimous vote the Senate JudiciaryCommittee has decided that the suffrage can-not be given to the women of California by asimple act of the Legislature; a constitutionalamendment is required. Let the Senate andAssembly submit that amendment and quitwrangling and joking over "the woman ques-tion." There can be no objection to permittingthe voters to say whether they want thewomen to vote, and in the face of the ailbutcertainty that no statute could alone conferthe suffrage, the time spent indebating such ameasure bis been a clear waste.— Oakland En-quirer.

The law of California provides that cities canarrange with the counties for the collection oftaxes. This is a wise provision, and wouldsave the public much annoyancu, as well asmoney, if it were enforced and they had taxesto pay in but one place each year.— KedlandsFacts.

Noone who has ever had occasion to borrowmoney on mortgage necurity can underesti-mate the importance of the action of the Legis-

lature in repealing the mortgage tax law,

vibiota has been so long a hindrance to the in-

troduction of foreign capital to this State.

While shortsighted persons may argue that the

tax falls upon the capitalists, experienceteaches that Oxia is not so, but that allowance,

and on a liberal scale, is always made by themfor the taxes levied or to be levied upon tiiemortßage at the time of making the loan.—

San .Diego Union.Ifwe should have a good year and good

prices and a few railroads, what, in the nameof the prophets, would there be left to kickabout when croakers gathered together?—Tulare Register.

A floating population is elways a bad one.The very foundation of a government is in itshoines.— C'olusa Snn.

The United States produces the gold andEngland does the rest.— Sau Jose Mercury.

APTEE THE HAEES.Dogs That Will Bo Slipped at Golden

tiate Coursing-Park.

There was a large gathering of the leash-men last evening at Pythian Hall to wit-ness the draw fgr Sunday's meeting atKerrigan's park. The entry is large, noless than forty-eight dogs being listed.The draw is as follows: S.T.Desmond'sWoodford vs. J. H. Perigo's Longfellow,P. Tiernan's Glenade vs. Victor W. Guerr'sRobert J, W. Daw's Belmont vs. J. Mc-Oormack's Sir John, D. Tweedie'sSalvator vs. J. Murphy's Ridlight, P.Carnv's Spokane vs. J. Dean's Expense,T. O'Brien's Lamplighter vs. Reiliy<fc Brady's Harkawav, D. O'Brien'sBride of Park vs. P. Curtis' Ruby,W. Perry's Coomassie vs. T. Brennan'aWhite Rustic, Gorman & Geary's King-ston vs. James Graves' Nelly Conody, T.Brennan's Red Prince vs. D. Leonard'sWillo' the Wisp, J. O'Shea's Fearless vs.A. Merrill's Jennie G, R. Prinze's PeterJackson vs. P. Ryan's Blue Jack, Gor-man &Geary's Electric vs. J. J. Lasky'sAmbition, James Shannons Sandow vs.W. D. Murphy's Stamboul, J. Meßride'sQueen of the Valley vs. P. Curtis' PeasantBoy, Reiliy A: Brady's Rambler vs. P.Ryan's Magpie, I*\ 0. Randolph'sYreka vs. R. Pringle's George Dixon,George Forkinson'f Marvelous vs. F. C.Randolph's Mappie L, T. J. Cronin's BestTrump vs. Reilly & Brady's Wee Nell,H.M. V. Spring's Master Billvs. J. J. Ed-monJs' Valley Queen, J. Meßride's Tem-pest vs. J. H. Perigo's Wee Lassie, J.Tracy's Sweede vs. J. McCormack's LittleRose, J. Strain's LillianRussell vs. J. J.Edmonds' Vida Shaw, W. D. Murphy'sStamboul Queen vs. EdCanavan's Twilight.

John Grace willjudge the meeting andJames Wren has been selected to do theslipping. The prizes are $60, $40, $20, andthe fourth, fifth and sixth dogs willeachwin for their owners $15.

THE HOLES PROVE NOTHINGAt Least, So Says a Vallejo Contractor

of Those Concrete Pounda-tions.

Concrete Is Generally Spoiled in theMixing

—That of the

Ferry.

A. Le Jeune, architect and contractor atVallejo, joins in the shuttlecock criticismof the ferry depot foundations which hasbeen going on between engineers, archi-tects and contractors for some time past.Ina communication to The Call he says:Inregard to the controversy now goingon in

your valued dally about the solidity of thepiers for the new depot Inyour city Inoticethat the Governor has appointed another ex-pert inspector, who will set to work and drillsix-inch boles instead of smaller ones. Itseems to me that it makes little differencewhether the drilled holes are sixinches or sixfeet in regard to the intended test— that is,hasthe concrete been well made? The intention,asIunderstand it,is to put the drilled-out dustto a chemical analysis.Iclaim that the "most perfect analysis inthis

case can prove nothing us to the solidityof thefoundation and piers. Allthe analyzer can dois to tell us, more or less exactly, how muchcarbonate of lime, silica, oxide of iron,alumina, etc., there is contained inthe samplesubmitted to him, but in what condition thoseingredients were when put in the piers he isignorant of. The cemeu'. mayhave been of goodquality when manufactured, but may havebeen

••damp set

"when used, too much

water may have been used or the whole mayhave been improperly mixed: The best cementmay be "killed" (and it generally is) in themixing. Further, the cement and the mixingmay have been perfect and not kept sufficientlymoist when "set."

Chemical analysis could not at its pest proveany of those vital points, and consequentlycannot, in my opinion, in any way settle thequestion whether or not the cement is as hardas itshould be, considering the time it hasbeen inthe piers.Iwill go a little further inthe subject and

approach a few points which, in my mind, aremost important. Supposing that -the piles havebeen driven as well as the circumstances per-mitted and the cement has been properlymixed and is or willbe hard as desirea, thequestion remains: Will it support the heavysuperstructure of brick and stone? Are thosematerials best adapted for a building on pilesthat are confessed by the expert Inspectors tobe suspended in the mud?

Inmy opinion the prime object in designingthe plans for the buildingshould have been tohave as littleweighton the piers as is consis-tent with the skin friction of the piles. Wouldnot an iron structure have been the propermaterial to use under the circumstances?

Now, suppose that the piles have been welldriven and the cement has been properlymixed, and is or will be as hard as desirea, thequestion remains: Willit support the heavyMiiirrstructure?

Is it safe to put that class of a building onpiles that are confessed by the expert inspect-ors to be "suspended in the mud"?

Inmy opinion the prime object of the Com-mi^ioners in selecting a plan should havebern safety through lightness of structure, andit seems to me that it would be better for thefuiun- .stability of the same if the whole massoi concrete was withMcGinty, "at the bottomof the sea."

A COMPREHENSIVE COMPANYTo Do AllBusiness From Buying I,and

to Insuring: Skip*.

The Clarksburg Improvement Companyhas riled articles of incorporation. Itspur-poses are "toprosecute claims and vacateand cancel illegal patents, to insure titles,to reclaim and encourage the reclamationof sand dunes, to plant and encourage theplanting of trees for shade and ornament,to acquire water jrights and to establishfresh and salt water baths, to insure theshipwrecked and to buy and sell land."

The directors are Alfred Clarke, DonaldBruce, Joseph McDonald, Charles Millsand Timothy Hurley. The capital stock ii$120,000. all subscribed.

Appointed Examiner.'Collector Wise has appointed Louis J. Phelps

examiner of dry goods in the Appraisers' store,vice M.W. Stackpool, deceased. Mr.Phelps is26 years of acre. He was one of the three high-est on the list of those who took the specialcivil service examination for this position inDecember. The salary is $2000 per annum. ••—*—

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•.Ice locomotives are used on some of the

great frozen rivers of Russia. The frontpart rests on a sled and the 'driving wheelsare studded with spikes.

Scrofula taint lurks In the blood of many. Itappears in running sores, bunches and cancerousgrowths. Scrofula can be cured bypurifying theblood withHood's Sarsapr.rilla.

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THE SCHOOL BOABD EEOOUNT,

No Further Developments of ImportanceAppear.

The recount for places on the SchoolBoard dragged lazily through fire pre-cincts, the remaining four precincts of the.Twenty-eighth District and the First Pre-cinct of the Thirty-iirst. Matthew Sulli-van, who represents Carew and Barrett,opposed the proposition to *ki{>any of thedistrict, but Judge Troutt decided toallowit. He said, however, that he would allowno skipping of precincts in any of the dis-tricts, and intimated that ifupon furtherconsideration he decided it was not goodpolicy to skip even districts, he wouldorder the recount to take up the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth, which were skippedyesterday.

The figures, as was the case at the closeof court Thursday evening, were changedbut little,and the developments in eachwere few and uninteresting. On one ballotthe name of "Dog-faced Kelly"appearedas a candidate for the unexpired term ofSupervisor, and upon another Dan Burnsand Sam Rainey were proposed for theunexpired terms of the School Directors.

The net figures for yesterday's count areas follows: Ames gamed 2, B'arrett lost 5,Carew lost 10, Hawley no net gain or loss,Henderson gained 7, Maxwell lost 3, Mc-Elrny lost 1, Murdock gained 4, Scottgained 12, Symmes gained 13.

TO PRESERVE THE FOREST.Surveyor-General Green Would Have

the Three Southern Re-serves Eesurveyed.

His Plan to Have Monument* of IronMade Here Hag Been Approved

at \\ ;i-liington.Surveyor-General W. S. Green is calling

for bids for the resurvey of the threeSouthern California forest reserves

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miles to establish the lines of the. TSan Ber-nardino forest reservo, 154 miles for theSan Gabriel, and forty miles for the Tra-buco Canyon reserve, according to execu-tive proclamation.

-There is to be a little innovation this

time in the form of iron monuments in-stead of the customary wooden stake sogiven to being eaten up the goats, carriedaway by hunters and miners, floods andfires. It is an effort to establish perma-

nent and stable monuments and reducethe confusion and expense incident totheir loss, chief of which is the necessity offrequent resurveys, to a minimum.

"There lias been a great deal of fuss inCongress lately about these reserves," said.Viss Pratt, one of Mr. Green's chieflieutenants, yesterday. "These reserves inthe south harbor about all of the timberthere is in that part of the State. TheGovernment is very careful of it. Itisurged that the attempt to open the re-serves to prospectors is only a subterfugeto open the way for further concessions totimber men. Be that as itmay, a resurveyhas been OFdered, and in that connectionMr. Green has written the departmentat Washington suggesting that the monu-ments to be placed be made of iron. Thedepartment has looked with favor uponthe suggestion and they will be made.

"The monuments will be made of castiron, four feet in height, widened at thebase. They willbe made hollow and filled

with Portland cement,so that though theiron may rust away,the stone will remain.The iron monumentwill weigh 74 poundsand the cement 30, or104 inall. Each mon-ument will have itsmarking cast in theiron, designating itsplace, as shown in thediagram, the moldbeing changed foreachpost. They willstandthree feet out of theground. Their costwillnot be above $3 60at the most, and they

willbe made here. The monuments willbe placed at every change of course, or atevery three miles when the course liesstraight forabove that distance.

"This is an innovation," remarked Mr.Green, "

and will possibly be adoptedfor the corners of townshipsin the generalsurvey of the State, as their utility willbeso great and their cost so little."

'ut is these three southern reserves thatare to be surveyed jnst now," said MissPratt, "butit is likely that the Sierra re-serve will need it very soon. In that33,000,000 acres in the heart of the State iscompassed the great body of our best tim-ber. But itis admitted that the boundarieswere carelessly drawn. For instance, theline runs within eight miles of Bakersfiekl,while everybody knows there is no timberwithin eight miles of Bakersheld. Thereis an agitation to have the boundariesdrawn in

—an agitation by the timber men—while the forest men

—you distinguish

the difference?—

are opposing it."

Outline of an ironmonument.

6 THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1895.

CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE,Editor and Proprietor.

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BATURPAT? FKBRUARY 16, 1895

REAL ESTATEFOR SALE BY

Tlios. Maps &Sons,Real Estate Agents

AndPublishers"

Real Estate Circular."REMOVED TO

4 Montgomery Street,UNION TRUST BUILDING, COB. MARKET.

SMALL INVESTMENTS.Howard St., near Ninth: 25x85; 2-story build-Ing,5 rooms and bath in upper flat and store busi-ness below; $6500.Bargain; Fourth st.; $6500; 25x80; 2-story

building,store below.Warehouse 50-vara; 412:6 feet from ships and

water front: Lombard st., near sansome- levellot and grade; 137:6x137:6; $12,500; has rearfront also.

Towu3end st., N. side, near Third and the rail-road depot; 77:4x275; only$19,350.

Bteuart St., bet. Market, and Mission; 357/ x137:6; $21,000. \u25a0

Fine corner on VanNess aye., 37x100, and gooddwelling,$25,000; cheap; near McAllister.FINE RESIDENCES AND RESIDENCE!

LOTS.Broadway residence, north side; magnificent

view: large lot:on the best. portion of the street:$22,500.Broadway, north side, bet. I.aguna and Buch-anan; 40x137:6; flno view: $12,500.Pacific aye., north side, near Octnvia; 40x137:6:$12,000; good view of bay.Very cheap; elegant residence and northwestcorner; Eddy and Gough; 137:6x120 to rearstreet; faces Jefferson square ;very tine residence.

Infirst-class order; $45,000." *

Pacific aye., near Scott St.: 68:9x127:8: $10 000.MOUSES AND LOTS AILPRICES.Bush, near Mason, M. side: 3-story and basement*modern house; rents $75: $10,000. . 'Stevenson St.; 78 feet from sixth; 24x75 and 2-story frame building: rents $35; $5000.$5000— Fulton st., X. side, bet.GOUj:b. and Octa-via; 4 blocks W.of new City Hall; 27:6x137:6and 2-story dwelling;street in good order.$6000; nearly now flats. 5 and Brooms and batheach ;rents $45; Folsom St., bet. 20th and "Ist$7600: Oak st., X. side. bet. Webster and Fill-more; 25xl<J7:b and comfortable 2-story house 7rooms, bath hiul modern conveniences; attic andcellar; cable-curs puss.Howard st

—Cottage unit lot 30x122:6; bet. 22dand J3dsts.; one of the best residence portions of

the street; eublo-civrs paas ;$5500 -LOTS FROM »700 UPWARD.

onlvV'COr McAllister and Lyon; 68:3x100; $6000

$450tr "V'' near Octavi"' 54:6x127:8; only

ih.?;?I\:QV2Uer ?' «J& Bl<lMewfeet fromMarket;lots 25x137:6; only$3500 each.. 15 lot.25x105, near 23d; lotreadyfor building; cable-cars pass.

Polk and Filbert, SK.corner: 25x100; $3250-Polk st. now being cut through; cable line willthen be extended.

Cheap corner; 37:6x100: $2400; KW. cor. Sac-ramento and Maple; cable line passes.

Ileduced to $2000; lots 25x127:8; Jackson st \u25a0

magnificent view; bet. .Locust and Spruce- streetwork done: any sire front. '..?700—California st., X. tide, bet. 12th and 18thayes.; cars pass; 25x100.