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S 2 g THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1895. 5 POLO PLAYED IN WATER, An Exciting Match Among Crackerjacks of Two Cities. CHICAGO MEN ARE DEFEATED. it Is a Most Excliting Scrimmage, However, From Start to Finish. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 11.—The much-talked-of water polo match between cks of the New York Athletic e Chicago Athletic A iation an to-night in the tank of the rk Athletic house before a large At 8:20 o'clock Dr. Davi and at the word ‘‘ready as follows: Position. .Center.. New York o .'S. Donnelley.. Purr. alkeeper. .. E xactly at 8:30 o’clock Dr. Davis to the ball into the middle of the tank Thorne made a grab for it. Percy Dickey was there before him and passed it back to Douglass, who made a clean s Hunt and Patrick and manag: goal in thirty seconds. On the second toss of son caught it first, but Bi showed his superior t the ball on the g At the third rushed, with Dic inside of two mir goal to their cr Duri minute. he N Yorks v stiil to the fore, and es they placed another attempt s round Patrick was Smith took his place. sing from the two er Douglass succeeded another goal. Time, 8 minutes. e Dickeys and Murray. Kintner got it, t it a moment later to Thompson. “Sport” Donnelly grabbed it. e spurted excellently, and grabbing 1 pushed his way through his op- onents and scored a goal for Chicago in . 1 sec. he remainder of the med by sharp wo ght minutes was on both sides, 4, Chicagos 1. ON TEX TRACKS. Surprises the Order of the Day at Nash- vitle and Memphis. April 11.—Track two second er won. George Miller .5 longs, econd, Leonell thirc Epona won, Maid of second, Luti Lewis third. Time, er won, Tancred 3 won, Cur- me, 1:30. Tom Elmore i. Time, ajat pril 11.—The sensa- omery Park was th odds of 100 one second tured the six t. Attendance 5000. ate won, Gray d. Time, un wor Time, 1 ap, one and a sixteenth miles, Prince Carl second, Well Time, 1:50%4. Four furlongs, Tenny 1t second, Sir Play One mile, imp. Percy won, Glad second ®hird. Time, 1:443;. 1Is Billet second, Long Ago third. Time, LAVIGNE WL FAIRLY, But His Fight With Marshall Is Declared a Draw. CHICAGO, Iin., April 11.—The eight- round contest between Lavigne of Baginaw, Mich., and Jerry Marshall of Aus ,which came off before the Tri- Jlub to-night, was declared a draw, the conditions provided that if both r feet at the close of the as to be a draw. Lavigne did all the leading and fighting from first to last. Mar: was very clever in getting away and did not receive wuch punish- ment. Lavigne weighed 134 and Marshall 124. Referee Siler said he considered Lavigne had fairly won. After the fight Lavigne was arrested on an old capias, issued after the defeat of Ed Meyer near Streator, Ill, two years ago. He later released on bail. He claims to have at the time of his first arrest paid a fine of $2 NEW YORK JOCKEY CLUB. A New Rule Relating to Licenses for Jockeys and Apprentices. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 11.—The jockey club had a general meeting to- night. All the amendments were adopted exactly as heretofore proposed, with the exception of the resolution authorizing the secretary to accept all registrations refused under the rules made within sixty days from April 11. Rule 119, on dead heats, and rule 143, on the- effect of an objection, if valid, were ded, and a new rule, No. 149, was adopted, permitting an apprentice license to be granted to boys never having ridden in a race, on the application of the trainer, ng ridden ten races to take out a icense. SAN JOSE ROAD CLUB. Directors Meet and Elect Officers for the Ensuing Year. SAN JOSE ., April 11.—The direc- tors of the ¢ Road Club met yester- day afternoon and elected the following officers: President, J. T. Bailey; vice- president, C. Tischer; secretary, R. D. McFarland; treasurer, C. J. Belloli; ser- geant, Al Louis; captain, C. C. Peppin; first lieutenant, Gus Navlet; second lieu- tenant, M. O'Brien. - It was decided to send a committee to San Francisco to make arrangements to secure the Central Park track for a race meet in June. as fuen wereont eighth round it w MAHER PUTS UP A FORFEIT. Articles for a Twenty-Five Round Fight With O’Donnell. CINCINNATI, Omro, April 11.—Peter M.ahrr to-night signed articles for a fight with § ve O'Donuell, to take place under the auspices of the Atlantic Athletic Club at Coney Island on Thursday, May 30. The conditions are Marquis of Queensberry rales, five-ounce gloves, limited to twenty- five rounds, the contestants to receive 50 r one having an advantage after the | iropped. Total score: New Yorks { furlongs, selling, Booze won, Bur-| per cent of gross receipts. The fight to be at catchweights. Maher has already put up his forfeit. The club has posted a guarantee of $500 to pull off the fight. The articles were forwarded to-night to New York for O’Donnell's signature. Shooting the Bluerocks. LONDON, Ox~r., April 11.—In the Lon- don Gun Club tournament the first event of the day was one shoot-off in squads of six at bluerocks for five prizes of $10 each. Andrews of Sardinia, N. Y., scored 16, tak- ing first money. : The second event, for a similar purse in five equal prizes at twenty bluerocks, Ed Graham of Sault Ste. Marie and Strong of St. Thomas first money with 19,and Wolfe of Detroit and Shine of St. Thomas second with 17. First money in the third event, shooting at eighteen bluerocks from three unknown traps for a purse of $100, was divided between Andrews and Shine, each 17. ) Pugilist Green Disappears. LOS ANGELES, April 11.—George F. Green, otherwise known as “Young Cor- who succeeded in getting a local eporter to put up $30 deposit to or Billy Gallagher in a fifteen- -fight, has mysteriously disap-q d the much talked-of fight is off. sistantsthat York. One Fight Declared Off. NEW YORK, N.Y., April 11.—A private cablegram received here to-day announces that the fight between Frank Craigx and Ted Pritchard, which was to take place in | London Saturday night, has been declared off. Pritchard was taken with a severe | | chill Tuesc and is now confined to his | bed with an attack of pneumonia. he intended going to N Jokmson Accepts the Challeuge. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 11. —T. W. Eck, the representative of J. S. Johnson, | the champion wheelman, says he will | to-morrow sign articles for the Johnson- | Sanger race, and announces that Johnson | has decided to accept the challenge of F. J. | Titus for race of twenty or twenty-five | miles, or for one hour. | Athletic Park at Fresno. | FRESNO, CaL., April 11.—Arrangements | are nearly completed for the laying out of a large athletic park here to cover four {acres. A handsome grand stand will be erected, and a cinder path, bicycle track and training grounds will be laid out. LITTLE MOLLIE MERIMON | Kentucky’s Girl Evangelist, Who Has Converted Her Thousands. She Is the Daughter of a Circuit| Rider and Is Known Far and Near. The great revival tha [ Kentu evan has swept Eastern | has among its most successful s a pale, but very bright, girl. | | She lling the very largest church here, | and the story of her life is far from the | ordinary. | Her name is Mollie Merimon, a daughter | of D. H. Merimon, a circuit rider in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. | When 3 years old an attack of scarlet fever left her apparently dead. She was 1 for the grave, and the coffin had :d, when the frantic mother re- ed to be quieted until she saw her baby he coffin was opened, the phy cian, who w unusual in s present, noticed something | appearance of the supposed | s taken out and found to be | alive never afterward was the girl ad m violent pain. rof xisted in its most repulsive form for years. When she was 16 scarlet | fever again ked her, and she once more pparently died, and would have been uried, but that the mother would not y mit it. After six days she was resu tated, and her health for two years was the best she ever knew. At the age of 18 she was thrown from a carriage, sustaining a sprained ankle. Thi threw her into excruciating convulsion he sometimes had as many as 150 in a | single day. No doctor would attempt to | set the foot, and for two years she used crutches. While in this condition she was taken ill with congestion of the lungs, and from May to August was unconscious. She has | no remembrance of what occurred during those months. The first day that she was able to walk she fell, and, curious fact, threw the sprained ankle back into piace. SHe felt that she must preach the gospel, though she refused to be anything but a glain member of the church. Since last September 1000 persons have been con- verted through her efforts. She is known | in the mountain counties as “The Little Messenger.” Her height is just 4 feet 10 inches and she w 2 pounds. She holds as many | | as four services a day, traveling sixty miles on horseback, and talking again at night. e Italian Legal Functionaries. In Italy any unfortunate who owes 10 per cent finds his little debt run up by Sheriffs’ officers, tribunal expensesand ail | the manifold charges of notaries, attorneys and advocates to 200 per cent before he has time to breathe or realize his situation, and the forced sales are so conducted that the property sold produces nothing for any | one except the State and the auctioneers. The State takes its percentage first, before even the creditors, and thus is caused the avidity by which all State officials and myrmidoms drag to ruin, by intrigue and | extortion, a large majority of the Ttalian | tax-paying public. Note the salaries paid to the officials of the tribunals in Italy and judge if such officials are not invited and | foreed to ruin the mass of the people. Where a County Court Judge in England has £1000 or £2000 a year, he receives here the equivalent of £40, or perhaps £30, per annum. All the lesser functionaries are paid in proportion. The Guidice Concilia- | tore, who answers to the Juge de la Paix in France, and to the police magistrate in England, is paid sometimes at the rate of £20 per annum, sometimes not at all; the pockets of the appellants at his court must maintain him. It can readily be understood that all these hungry func- tionaries ol the law, big and little, live on the public perforce, and that almost any iniquity or injustice may be obtained un- der their rule if money be largely enough and secretly enough’ expended. ‘‘Your splendor is my dishonor,” said Bacon to his magnificent liveried servingman, who rose to meet him when he entered court to stand upon his trial. The Italian functionaries may say to the Ttalian Themis: ‘‘Thai we have coats to our backs and rings on our fingers is your dishonor, for you do not pay us enough to enable us to get either honestly.” Not- withstanding this miserable pay which they receive, Imlgospends on the administration of law 133,000,000 francs—i. e., 7,000,000 francs more than France (in comparison to the population), and 12,000,000 francs more than E}:\glund. The public who contribute all these millions get little or nothing for their mone; uida, in the Fortnightly Review. In 1433 the Thames and all other rivers of England and Scotland froze over. The Seine, Rhine and Danube were clésed to navieation early in December. The Dar- danelles and Hellespont froze, as did many bays and inlets of the Mediterranean. Ice formed in Algiers and the Strait of Gib- raltar was almost impassable from drift ice. | | ite St. Jacob, whe led all the way HE MIGHT WIN A DERBY, With Weight Up Flashlight Took the Tidal Stakes Galloping. FLIRTILLA RAN CREDITABLY. Howard and the Experiment Geld- Ing Both Won Races at Long Odds. There was a large attendance at the track yesterday, attracted no doubt by the announcement that the two crack three- year-olds Rey Alfonso and Flashlight would try conclusions in the Tidal stakes, one mile and a quarter, worth about $1280 to the winner. They were doomed to dis- appointment, however, for the son of Prince of Norfolk was not a starter, having lately been blistered for a slight lameness, and Flashlight had for his only competitor Flirtilla, a daughter of the dead Peel. It was to all appearances such a cinch for the son of Surinam that the post betting was 1 to 7 Flashlight, 5 to 1 Flirtilla. Shoulder- ing his 122 pounds the grand-looking colt went out in front, stepping the mile in 1:44, the mile and a quarter in 2:10, and g on completed the mile and a half He slowed up perceptibly the ter when he found that his run- ning mate had quit him, as he isa colt it is said that likes company. Flirtilla ran an excellent race, finishing about three parts of a length behind the winner, although it was on sufferance, for Carr was sitting | upon Flashlight's neck most of the jour- 0 e winner, Flashlight, a very racy- looking individual, is well engaged in the Eastern stakes and thrown in the Ullman handicap with a feather on his back is more than apt to prove the jolly joker. Indeed =o well has he shown in trials that not a few have pls asmall wager on him to win one of the Chicago Derbies. On the whole it was a day of racing for long shots to ‘‘enthuse’” over, as the favorites had more than a rough time of it, St. Jacob in the hurdlerace and Flashlight in the stako race being the only onesto meet with success. With but 85 pounds up Myron was sent to the post a 7to 5 chanee to pull off the first race of the day over five and a half furlongs, but either the distance or the price was tdo short for him, for he failed to get a nomber. Sea Spray with 414 fo 1 against him won In a drive from May Day, a 4 to 1 chance, chiefly through Griffin’s superior riding. Lodi finished third, Nick Hall considered the second race such a gift for his speedy filly, Sweet Alice, that he held her out in his book and backed her all over the ring, sending her to the post 6 to 5, after having opened 9 to 5. Seraphin and Conde were the ones played to down her, the first-named going to the post second choice at 214 to 1. tall plunger, Ed Purser, backed Howard, getting as good as 30 to 1 against his money. After getting away none too well Hin- ichs went out in front the nrst furlong with the favorite, leading inte the stretch simply swinging. He suddenly fell back, and Howard, who s running second, came on and won easily by three lengths. Huntsman, a 12-to-1 shot, was second, two lengths in front of Seraphin. Sweet Alice pulled up bleeding, which accounted for her sudden stoppage. Bookmaker George Rose landed second race with his horse Mulberry, the o- | ing to the post 11 to 5, Willie Flynn hav- ing his customary ill fortune on the 9to5 favorite Hy Dy. Brodhead with 6 tol against him, made the running to the stretch, where Sloane took the lead with | Mulberry, but had to do some very vigor- ous riding to beat Marigtta out a short half length ridden by *Kid” Shepard. Faro backed down from 20 to 1 to iens took third money. There were but five starters in the mile and a_quarter hurdle race, which was taken in a gallop by the evenmoney favor- the son of Imp, St. Blaise, at last having found a game that is to his liking. Through good Tiding, Mike Casey finished on Esperance, beating the second choice Mero a length for place. Frank Van Ness cut a good thing loose in the last race. It was a short six-furlong run, light welter-weights, and with but 89 pounds up the Ledette filly’s chances Jooked so pmmisinf.v that she was made a 6 to 5 favorite. Bob Isom rode one of his poor races on the favorite, and leading into the streich by three lengths the Experi- ment gelding, with 25 to 1 against him, won by three lengths. The favorite was second about the same distance in front of the second choice, Primanda, ridden by Carr. I was told that Mr. Van Ness did not think any too highly of the gelding's chance to win, placing most of his money on him for the place. MULHOLLAND. SUMMARY. 84N FRANCISCO, April 11,1895. ""34 FIRST RAC Five and a half furlongs; [ Y L. selling; three yoarolds aud upward: purss $300. Ind. Horse. welght, jockev. St. 14 Str. Fin. 1 14 215 s 4 414511 22 5 61 614 3n i , 103 (Walker)........8 52 41 51 563) Annie Moore, 95 (A. fsom)...3 31 3r 62 6 Myron, 108 (E. Jones). 2 2n BA 7T Good start. Won driving. Time, 1:0814. Win- by imp. Mariner-Maranett. sa Spray 9 to 2, May Day 4 to 1, Lodi 20 t0 1, Annfe Mooré 12 to 1, Grotto 5 to 1, Myron 7to05, Vulcan 40 to 1. ND RACE—Five and a half for- oicllins: threeyearolds and up- QF SEC 8D iy ward; purse 1nd. Horse, weizhs, jocke: St. 15 Str. 709 Howard, 100 (Coady 3A 11 719 Huntsman, 97 (Chev: 5 61 41 703)Seraphin, 92 (R. isom). 2n 81 701 Conde, 106 (Grifi 686 Terra Nova, 719 Sweet Alice, 10 Advance, 83 (L. Jones).. n 3 McAuliffe).7 7 7 (Hinrichs)..6 1 2h S4 Bh6n Won easily. Time, 1:08. Win- rant-Mayette, Beting: Howard 25 to 1, Huntsman 10to 1, Seraphin b (0 2, Terra Nova 40 to 1, Conde 3 to 1, Advance 10 (0 1, Sweet Alice 610 5. 703 Good start. ner, ch. g., by e THIRD RACE—Oune mile; selling; parse 736. Fa00: Ind. Horse. weight, Jockey. St. 14 Str. Fin. 718 Mulberry, 105 (Sloan). 4 40 on 114 725 Marietta, 81 (Shepard) 2n 31 2ig 664 Faro 103 (L. 71 ah 8f 782 Brodhead, 98 (Hinrichs) 11 1% 4n (584) Don 4n 55" b5 718 H Dy, 98'( 514 62 65 728 Littlo Bob, 83 (K. Jones 3 706 Modesto, 98 (Piggott) Good sia Won drivin, mp. Deceiver-Je Muiberry 11 to 5, A 1010 1, Don Ciesar 10 to 1, Brodheap 6 to 1, ity 9105, Little Bob 40 to 1, Modesto 100 to 1. i FOURTH RACE—One and a qugrtes: T3, Tiiea: thressearoits, fois o 1800, Piocs stakes, Tnd. Horse, welght. jockey. T18)Flestlight, 123 (F. Carr) 713 Flirtilla, 117 (Griftin). . 2 Good start. Won easily. Time, 2:10. Winner, b. c.. by Norinam-Laura Winston. Betting: Flashlight 1107, Flirtilla 6 to 1. 738, EIFTH RACE—One and a quarter miles; « five hurdles: purse $300. Ind. Horse, welaht, jockey. St. 1? Str. Fin. 702 8t. Jacod, 185 (Hennéssy)....1 1, 15 16 St. 1, Str. Fin. 115 13 1a 200 714 Esperance, 138, (M, Casey) 85 20 21 714 Meyo, 141 (Spence)... 3 2h 310 315 702 Steadtast, 140 (Epperson 44 il 702 Wicklow, 135 (Gilligan)..... Refused tojump Good start. Won galloping. Time, 2:18. Win- ner. cb. g, by St. Blaise-Wood Violet, 4 tiing: St. Jacob evens, nce 5 to 1, Mero 810 B, Steadfast 15 to 1, chkm‘flo to 1. 9() SIXTH RACE—About six turlongs; sell- 739 ing; light welter-welghts; p u;;). Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. 'St. 35 Str. Fin. 699 Experiment geld.,111(Sioan)3 12 724 Ledette filly, 89 (R. Tsom)...4 5¢ 723 Primanda, 122 (¥, Carr). 2 689 Chiquito, 114 (Taylor). 720 Mabel T, 113 (Cota). 113 : 109 31 D'ttt Around the Ring. Tod Sloane is in good form of late. His ride on Mulberry was a good piece of The | {1 | served as his carfare. jockeyship. He also landed the Experi- ment gelding in front. Bookmaker Rose took considerable meney out of the ring by Mulberry’s win. Abe Levy thought Flirtilla had a chance to beat Flashlight, and placed a few hundreds on her. By Holly played Mero to win the hurdle race. Al Stanford received his share of the run-up money due him from the steeple- chase Tuesday. Secretary Milroy handed him a check for the $450 yesterday. Ed Purser won $5000 over the victory of Howard in the second race, but lost $1000 of it back to the bookies in the next race by playing Brodhead. Thomas H. Williams Jr., CaptainJ. W. Lees and John Farley left last evening for Los Angeles to attend the La Fiesta cele- bration. Starter H. D. Brown also left by the same train for the southern raee-meet, where he does the starting. : Atter booking had begun on the opening race yesterday it was discovered that Nor- mandie and Myron were entered in the same interest. This being contrary to selling race rules all bets were declared off, and later Normandie was scratched. Young Piggott rode a good race on May Day, but was a little outclassed by Grifti when he came to u drive. y Following are to-day’s entries: First race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile, sell- ing, non-winne rvoso 96, Wallace 100, Mamie Seett 92, Cadean 86, J O C 106, Seam- stress 109, Swiftsure 111, Bluebell 106. Second race, half mile, selling, two-year-olds —Dongarra 100, Gypsette colt 100, Rose 88, Mademoiselle filly 94. Joan 100, Tennessee Maid 109, 1dalia colt 88. Third race, three-quarters of a mile, handi- cap—DBeilicoss 112, Quirt 105, Charles A 10: Playful 162, Fanny Louise 98, Grand Lady 9 Find Out 87. Fourth race, one mile, selling—Mary § 93, Jack Richelien 110, Eckert 85, Roma 95, Ingo- mar 103, Charmer 93, rifth race, about three-quarters of a mile, ing—Aodesto 10 rmandie 100, Nephew, , Tobéy 91, Annie Moote 99, Seraphin 89, Lodi 101. Sixth race, about three-quarters of a mile, selling—Don Fulano 109, Sir Richard 100, Arc- tic 100, Miss Ruth 93, Mollie R 81, Boreas 95, Clacqaer 100, Polaski 100, Chartreuse 92. TURNERS GETTING READY, Preparations for the Big Bien- nial Turnfest of the Coast. It Will Be Held In Los Angeles In June and WIII Last Five Days. Local turners are now putting all their spare time in practicing at the Germania Gardens for the coming big Pacific Kreis- turnfest, which is to be held in Los Angeles by the four Pacific eircles next June. The holding of the Kreisturnfest is a biennial affair, although it is fomr years since the last one was held in this State, the one which should have been held two years ago having been postponed. There was a great gathering of turners at Los Angeles eleven years ago, but that was before the subdivision of the bund system of the netional organization. The North American Bund is divided into circles, of which the Pacific Circle is the sixth. The Pacific Circle 1s diyided into four districts, as follows: Pacific, North Pacific, Southern California and Mon- tana. They comprise individual societies or sections, as follows Pacific — The San Francisco. Vorwarts, Eintracht | and Mission sectio in _this city <land, Sacramento, Stockton, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Napa and St. Helena. North Pacific—One each in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane. Southern California—One each in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino and Anaheim. Montana—One in Helena. Eve four years the North American Bund, or Union, holdsa tournament. An international tournament was held in Milwaukee in June two years ago. The coming Kreisturnfest is to continuve five days, and will be held at_Agricultural Park or Sycamore Grove. While in Los Angeles the local society, the Turn Verein Germania, will do the handsome thing and see that true hospitality shall sustain the reputation of the Anegelenos. The head- quarters in town will be a neat stone build- ing on Spring street, between Second and Third streets—a hall which the Los Anseles turners put_up at an outlay of $100,000. The Turn Verein Germania is a popular institution, and is a gallant one, too, for it opens its doors to ladies desiring to enjoy the advantages of its gymnasium. Instructor Jahn finds the ladies apt scholars in athletics. The committee of the Pacific district which has the arangements in hand, will come together soon and settle ths matter of transportation. It consists of: Louis Markus of the San_ Francisco Turn Verein, Phil Schweier of the Vorwarts, R. F. C. Stahl of the Eintract, D. Brune of the Mission, Theodore Gler of Oakland, Albert Currlin of Sacramento, Jacob Simon of Stockton, Robert Effey of Santa Cruz, L. Weber of San Jose and F. Wilhelm of Napa. If favorable passenger rates can be se- cured they Kope to have nearly 2000 turners, including those who will not be active participants, gather at the fest to leave as a lasting impression of their visit the familiar motto: “Frish, Frei Tren,” Fresh, Free, Strong and True. The five days of the fest will run from the 15th to the 20th. Bxcursions of visitors are ex- pected from St. Louis and Cnicago. Instructor Robert Barth has about forty active turnersin the San Francisco Turn Verein who will canete for the customary diplomas. Ten of them were in the prize class of sixteen, which carried off honors at the international fiesta in Milwankee. The usual exercises are jumping, vaulting, throwing the shot and general gymnastics. Members of all other athletic_societies are allowed to enter into competition, and for successful contestants not members of the turn verein medals are provided. The Schuetzen Verein is to be invited to a trial of rifle markmanship, and among other features of the festival an effort wiil be made to_have & big bicycle meet. There will be class and society contests, aswellas individual competition in the sports. ROBBED BY BOY FOOTPADS. John O'Day Jr. Is Held Up in the West- ern Addition. John O’Day Jr. was held up by two foot- vads Wednesday night at the corner of Devisadero and Grove streets. The young man, who made quite a record as page in the Assembly of which his father was a member, made no resistance when he was ordered to hold up his hands. When he was told to give upihis money, he unhesitatingly turned over all tne coin in his pockets—a nickel which was to have Two bundles which the lad was carrying were unmolested. Young Master O’Day is 12 years of age. He says the footpads were boys about 16 years of age. In discussm% the matter of the spoils, one of the robbers s}’\oke of “settling the business in camp.” This would indicate that the youngsters are a part of an organized band of boys desirous of emulating the deeds of dime novel heroes. and one each in R S Defining a Rixnix. A Rixnix is a being hard to classify, it is neither fish, fowl, nor good red herring. The term is used to_describe a person who assumes the combined powers and privil- eges of the governing body of a community as the embodiment of the public will, but who is devoid of all reaponslbxht_y for hig actions or advice.—Syracuse Courier. Guatemala, or Quahtemali, means a “de- cayed log of wood.” It is said that a wooden &ame was honored by the abo- rigines as their principal deity. —————— The Atmosphere of Love Is a pure, sweet breath. This deslderatum is one of the results of using SOZODONT, which not only invigorates and preserves the teeth but renders the mouth &8 fragrant as & rose. | wate: | a favorite bird that he had taken over in | RACIKG CARRIER PIGEONS, “Mercury” Won on Tuesday From Oroville to Berkeley. A YOUNG BIRD’S FAST TIME. How These Swift Messengers Have Been Used in Modern Warfare. “T am the favorite and expected to come | in first. Should I fail so to do it will be | because some accident befell me. All the | boys are ‘stuck’ on me, but the girls love | 7i.’ Iwasouton a ‘tear’ with the boys | last night and did not take it ‘straight’ | either. Telegraph my arrival, hours and | minutes.” This was the message borne by the hom- | ing pigeon Mercury, winner of the race be- | tween Oroville and Berkeley, which took | place last Tuesday. Mercury is owned by | A. Carlisle, a bird-fancier, who is trying to | make pigeon-racing a popular sport. Mr. Carlisle is owner of the Blue and Gold Loits at Berkeley, where he has devoted considerable time and attention to the breeding of pigeons. His birds are from the stock of Theodore P. Green of Newark, N.J., who has one of the largest lofts in the United States, and who has expended a fortune in following his favorite fad. Carlisle has been flying birds for vears, and posse: a fund of information on the subject that shows a deal of close study and extensive observation. A few days since he addressed a letter to F. W. Meyer, business manager of the Oroville Mercury, who, by the way, is something of a fancier himself, asking that gentleman to receive some of his birds by express and send them home over the air line. The propo- HOMING PIGEON MERCURY OWNED BY A. U. of Oakland; his brother, the secretafi' of the Oakland Federated Trades, and M. McGlynn, secretary of the Federated Trades. I had been prominently identified with the bill introduced in the last Legis- lature to form free labor bureaus all over the State. Idrafted the bill in the first place, and spent some time in Sacramento in its interest. I suppose it was that which first suggested my name for the place. ‘“What the office has been, course, I do mnot know, but if there has been any shortcomings I will do what I ean to remedy them. I intend to devote my en- tire time to the position, and will use every effort to hel}lv along the cause of labor in this State. I have no definite plansjas yet, but one of the first things I will take up will be the securing to a.l working women comfortable seats at their work benehes. I intend also to carry out for San Fran- cisco, as far as possible, the idea which would have been authorized by the Legis- lature had the free labor bureau bill passed. 1 will kesp a register where all those out of work may put their names, and ail those who are seeking help can come and secure it by that means. What money is ex- pended by me or by my deputies will be strictly accounted for, and the office will be run at all times in the interests of the laboring men.” The new commissioner has taker con- siderable interest in the labor movement, and brings to his office a good knowledge of its needs and details. He says he has studied the work of labor commissions in the United States and elsewhere, and has become familiar with the general work- ings ‘of the office. It has been urged against him that he was entirely without knowledge of the labor question, and had CARLISLE WINNER OF THE OROVILLE RACE. sition was accepted and on Monday three pigeons were sent to Oroville. They were | Eur on short diet, as usual before a race, ept in a dark room and allowed plenty of At 5 minutes of 11 on Tuesday they were liberated from the Mercury office in the presence of four or five hundred spec- tators, and striking the line immediately, set ont for home. Mr. Carlisle was at once advised by tele- graph that the birds had started. He re- ceived the message in his office at 417 Montgomery streat and at once dispatched the morning to his home in Berkeley w: the telegram and a note to his wife, asking her to look out for the arrival of the birds between 1:30 and 2 o’clock. At seven minutes after 2 ‘‘Mercury” struck the loft at Berkeley. A few minutes later “71” arrived, but the third bird has not been heard from. The distance covered was 123 miles, which would make the time an average of 3814 miles an hour. This is considered good work for a young bird, whose experience on the wing has been confined to races between Berkeley, Mar; ville, Oroville and Sacramento. Mr. - isle is very proud of *Mercury” and thinks that the bird will develop great racing qualities. Pigeon-racing bids fair to become a pop- ular sport. Societies for the promotion of this pastime are springing into existence’ all over the country and fanciers are num- bered by the thousand. The best record extant of the usefulness of these swift-winged messengers is that | made during the siege of Paris at the close of the Franco-Prussian War. While the German armies were encamped about the French capital and all communication with the outside world was cut off, no less than 1.150,000 messages were borne into the city from different parts of France by homing gigeons‘ The messages carried were re- uced to mieroscopic dimensions by being photographed on collodion, and were pro- jected by aid of an electric magic lantern in magnificent form ugon a large screen. After this manner one bird was capable of bearing no less than 40,000 messages. France now expends annually upon its | igeon lofts the sum of §20,000. After the | Franco-Prussian war other nations were | uick to establish carrier pigeon service. | ?,'])On this service Russia now spends an- | nually $10,000, Germany $2000 and Austria | $7000. 1taly maintains a Yi;eon service for | the detection of smugglers by sending | messages from Government vessels to the | mainland with information as to the | actions and whereabouts of contraband workers. The maximum distance for a young bird is 200 miles; for a well-developed homer | 500 miles. { Extraordinary performances, as from Montgomery, Ala., to Fall River, Mass., a distance of 1040 miles, while not unusual | in the countries of Europe, are rare in the | United States. | FITZGERALD ~ SURPRISED. The New Labor Commissioner Speaks of His Appoint- ment. h | He Thinks the Criticisms Passed Upon Him Are Very Unjust. The new Labor Commissioner, E. L, Fitzgerald, is much surprised at the severe criticisms which have been passed by the labor leaders upon his appointment to office. He thinks it somewhat unjust too, | that they should start in to find fault be- fore he has bad a chance to show whether or not he will fill the pesition satisfactorily. Mr. Fitzgerald is a real estate man. He lives in Berkeley, but is as well known on this side of the bay as in Alameda County. “This opposition is a surprise to me,” he said, “for I had no idea there was any objection on the partof the labor men to my taking the office. Idid not need itin ! the first place, and when I was asked if I would take the place I said that if, by my indorsments and recommendations, the Governor thought I could creditably fill the position, I would take it. He evidently thought I coflld, for he appointed me. I never knew there was rivalry among the candidates for the place, in fact I knew of but three—Senator Goucher, a man named Ward, a member of the Typographical Union of San Francisco, and myself. “I was indorsed by Martin Joyce, presi- dent of the organization of the unem- loyed; Guy Lathrop, secretary of the rotherhood of Carpenters and president of the Labor Bureau of Oakland; Eugene Huff, President M. A. Roberts of the | statistical ! resentex no sympathy or affiliation with the unions; for that reason, principally, the labor men are not satisfled with the appointment. That he was named in payment of a polit- ical debt Mr. Fitzaerald denies, for he says Governor Budd owed nothing to him or his friends. COMMISSIONER WALTS TALES. He Tells Why the Labor Bureau Has Been a Failure, “Is the Bureau of Labor Statisties in your opinion accomplishing the ends for | which it was organized 2" This question was asked of Labor Com- missioner George V elicited the following repl “This is a hard question and one which I do not care to answer.” Then Mr. Walts went on to answer the question in his own way. “The Labor Bureau,” began the Com- missioner, “might be made a most useful department to manufacturers and working men alike. That it has been a failure in the past is entirely due to the fact that there exists in California a lamentable dearth of interest in matters with which the bureau has to deal. Labor unions seem to have an idea that this bureau was instituted for their especial benefit. The law is very explicit on the duties of the Commissioner. Tt says that it shall be his duty to cellect, assort, systematize and pre- sent in biennial reports to the Legislature statistical details relating to all depart- ments of labor in the State. . “The idea, as clearly set forth, was to get information relative” to the condition of different industries. It has been impossi- ble to attain_this object. Why? Simply because, as I have stated, there is no in- terest taken in the matter among the veople. They will mot answer questions. A Commissioner attempting to get up ables and thus doing his whole duty as defined by law is met with rebuffs at every turn and often with open insult. “‘Statistical information requires a vast amount of inquiry. Go to a man in Cali- fornia, and especially in San Francisco, and ask him about his business. He will tell you in nine cases out of ten that his business is none of yours. They seem to regard all inquiry as impertinence, even though made under cover of law. The working man is the same. I found this out when I tried to make up a table of wages in the various industries. On all sides one was met with the answer, ‘None of your business what we are earning.’ ““It is utterly impossible at the present time to get correct information Eearing upon the condition of industries in this State for the reasons stated above. ‘‘The last Legislature left the bureau in a bad state. No approvriation was made and yet the flropositiou to abolish it was crushed. REither one thing or the other should have been done.” TEE PET SQUIRREL. He Has a Stirring FExperience in an Indiana Colony. In the gray squirrel colony near South Bend, Ind., there exists 2 good illustration of the ‘“‘survival of the fittest” doctrine. The squirrels are fed by the neighbors, and this makes their life a happy one at this season of the year. Twenty generations of squirrels have been raised in the colony, and the continued domesticity has de- prived them of many of their wild traits. Recently a lady in South Bend thought Zip, her pet s%nirrel, was becoming too much worried by close captivity and de- cided to take him to the colony. When first released he made strenuous efforts to climb a tree. His claws had been so much dulled and his legs so weakened by cap- tivity that he could only ascend four or five feet, and then would iall to the ground. The first day of his coming was an espe- cially eventful one, for night fgll withouat Zip having a nest to go to. Mrs. Conklin was particularly disturbed over what might happen if he was not housed. She even tried to inveigle him back into his cage, in order to start him out earlier in the morning, but, hard as his experience ‘was, Z\s had had a taste of the forest, and all her enticements. e éven bit the hand that offered to catch him, and he growled and chattered in a way that would scare strangers. Finally he wasled by a little trickery into the parlor of a cottage and there I\enned up until he grew weary enough to sleep, and, making a warm nest of a young lady’s winter jacket, he got through thé night in a manner that was comfortable enough. The next day he showed an indisposition to resume his woodland researches, and he remained in his nest, greeting every one who came near him with a display of bad temper. He stayed in his nest ail that day and night, and tho next day and night, and then, be- . Walts yesterday and | ing fully refreshed, started out to try again the experiment of a woodland life. At first he showed not the slightest con- cern at the presence of cats and dogs, and it was necessary to protect him against these animals. Several severe experiences with them, however, taught him better, and he now runs away from them as weli asdhis companjons.—Chicago Times-Her- ald. — BIRD COLONIES. Great Cliffs Within the Arctic Circle ‘Where Millions Nest. Within the arctic circle are the great bird colonies. The largest and most re- markable is that of Svaerholt Klubben, Every inch of this wonderful cliff, which rises about 1000 feet from the water’s edge, and is of considerably greater breadth, may be said to be used by the birds. The dis- charge of a small cannon in the immediate neighborhood will darken the air with mil- lions of birds, but even then a fieldglass will reveal the innumerable ledges white with other undisturbed millions. These consist almost entirely of the small gull (Rissa tridactyla), and " they are a source of considerable income to the owner of the colony, who lives at the little fishing sta- tion close by. About the middle of May every year, by means of a long laader placed against the foot of the cliff, he proceeds to collect the eggs. Of these there are at most three to each nest, and the number taken averages from 5000 to 10,000 annually, or the produce of, say 3000 pairs of birds. Ropes are not used for this purpose at Svaerholt, as they are in the Faroe Isles, so that the highest of the above figures represent only a very small percentage of the yearly production of the colony, as far the greater portion ot the cliff face, where the nests are packed as closely as they can be, remains abso- utely untouched. The food of theselmultitudes of birds dur- ing the summer months consists for the most part of fish spawn (more particularly that of the codfish, which is abundant in these northern waters) and of the small crustacea, which are driven to and fro by the currents along the coast in immense masses. To the latter belong the tiny or- ganisms Calanus Finmarchicus and Eu- phausia inermis, the favorite food respect- tively of the whales, Balaenoptera borealis and B. Sidbaldii, when these giants ap- vroach the mouths of the great fiords in July and August. In winter the famous cliff is comvpletely deserted. By the end of August the young gulls are able to take care of themselves and all take their de- parture to return no more until the follow- ing year in the month of March.—Fort- nightly Review. e e No Risks on a Parrot, A woman who was carrying a parrot in a cage stopped a Baker-street car at Twelfth street the other afternoon, and as she got aboard she seated herself close to a man at the front end of the car. No sooner had the horses started up again than the man made haste to get a seai on the other side of the car. “Polly won’t bite you!” snapped the woman as she looked across at him. “No; mebbe she won’t,” replied the man, “but 'm not going to take any risks on a'parrot. One called me a liar a few days ago overin Windsor, and I've just got over the worst pair of black eyes you ever saw poulticed with beefsteak.”—De- troit Free Pres: . 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