The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1895. MAY SCHUETZEN FESTIVAL The San Francisco Verein to Hold Its Thirty-fifth Celebration. A CONTEST FOR CRACK SHOTS. Whoever Brings Down the Last Particle of the Eagle Will Re~ ceive the Crown. The San ‘Francisco Schuetzen Verein will begin its thirty-fifth annual May day festival this day week. It will last two daysand a very big attendance on each Henry Koster, Treasurer. occasion is expected. On the 19th inst. there will be bullseye and point shooting for prizes aggregating $1000, and on the 16 t. there will be the grand eagle , and the crowning of the schuetzen he verein committees having in charge the carrying out of the programmes are as follows Printing — C: er and He John Bolts, K. Wert- 2. Prien and E. Aigel- L. eters, H. Bendel, A. Hager- J. Thode, F Schus- , R, Finking, ter and J. Getken. an\»liug—\\'. Wreden, W. Platt and Max oite. Eagle-shooting—J. Getken and Raffle—H. M. Wreden, E. Ba Bolts, A. Huber, H. Prion, Aug Ad Grantz. The chairman of the celebration com- mittee is D. B. Faktor; the secretary, Kaufman Wertheimer; and the treasurer, H. Koster. On the first day the programme will be- gin with the firing for prizes. Each mem- ber is allowed six shots and the man who makes the most ters is declared the winner. There will be twenty prizes in this class. The scores made in this shoot will count in the one for points, which is to follow. The conditions and prizes will be the same in this class. Premiums will be paid also for the first and last best bulls- eye, both morning and evening, and 10 cents for each red flag, 724 cents for each blue flag and 5 cents for each white flag. The contest for schuetzen k will take place in the grand eagle shoot. The bird is firmly riveted toa steel plate and hoisted about sixty feet in the air. On- its -head is a erown,-in -its beak a ing, in one claw an apple and in the It has to be shot away F. Schuster, . Koster, 8. st Meyer and other a scepter. iecemeal, and the man who brings down the last section is declared the king. At-| tached to each portion of the royal bird is as follows: Crown first_prize, cond prize and then in the follow- e order come the scepter, ringin D. B, Faktor, Chairman. the beak, head, neck, right wing, left wing, right leg, left Jeg and tail. steel backing removed and it is then hoisted into position again. The shooting begins again ‘and is continued until the last particle of the eagle is brought to earth. ‘The lucky shooter who succeeds in this difficult feat is carried around the ground in triumph, being deposited in Schuetzen | Hall, where he is crowned king. This ceremony closes the festival. The shooting on each day will begin at 10:15 A. M. and will continue until 6 . »., with the exception of an_hour for dinner. The prizes are open to all comers and all | rifles not over 45 and not less than 32 cali- ber, and all sights, except telescope, are al- lowed. During each day there will be bowling for cash prizes, the first being $25 and the twentieth $1 50. There will also be dancing in the pavilion and a raffle for cash prizes will take place each day. All in all the days so dear to the heart of each member of a Schuetzen Verein promise to be ones of unalloyed enjoyment and sport. The members of the various committees are working hard and it will not be their fault if all the arrangements are not perfect. THE AL OF THE PPES, Annual Excursion, and Picnic of St. drew’s Society. Reunion An- Complete List of the Different Games and the Winners of the Prizes. Should auld aquaintance be forgot And never brought to min’; Should auld aquaintance be forgot, And days o’ lang syne. The annual excursion, family reunion and games of the St. Andrew’s Society at Bchuetzen Park yesterday was one of the most successful events in the history of the organization. The weather was pro- pitious and everything tended to make the outing most delightful. Crowds went by every boat, and during the afternoon it was estimated that nearly 2000 men, women and children were on the grounds, The annual outing of this old established society is essentially a family reunion. - Yesterday men were there with their fam- " ilies’ who have attended every picnic for the past thirty-two years.- Three of the ¥ The remains of | the bird are then taken from the pole, the | charter members were there yesterday, John Bain, an octogenarian, who had his children, grandchildren and’ great-grand- children with him; George Davidson, the first secretary of the society, and Robert Sutherland. "Among others present were -Colin M. Boyd, J. 8. Webster, John Reid, Christopher” Chishoim, John H. Harris, Richard Gratto, Andrew Wilkie and D. R. McNeill, chief of the Caledonian Society. Notwithstanding the unusual heat, dancing was kept up with vigor in the pavilion all day, and the last item on the programme, a highland schottische, was concluded only a few minutes before the last train left for the City. Gregg’'sorches- tra furnished the music in admirable style. The games were commenced shortly before 1 o’clock and were finished in ample time to allow the participants to join their friends; who were, as a rule, picnicking under the shade of the trees on the hill- sides. The most exciting event was the tug of war, between the single and married men, the latter winning. Just before leaving anenthusiastic mem- ber siruck up the familiar air of “Auid Lang Syne,” in which old and youn, joned, and as the strains of the grand o]fi tune so dear to the heart of a Scotchman floated over the hi all recognized in their hearts that it was a fitting termina- tion to the St. Andrew’s picnic. The success of the picnic was due to the foliowing committee: James McLea (chairman) Samuel Irving, John McLaren, James Scobie, J. M. Duncan, John Reid, W. C. Cook, James McNab, W. R. Eaton, A. C. Ballingall, Y.C. Lawson, treasurer, and Andrew M . secretary, who, along o) with the president, William Nicol, did all that was possible for the enjoyment of the cuests. Andrew Wilkie and Rev. Donald M. Ross also assisted very greatly toward the success of the affair. Neil Lindsay, the society’s piper, played “wi’ birr” for some time, but the heat proved too much for him. Policemen John MacLean and 8. Camp- bell were detailed for duty at the picnic, but their services were not brought into requisition. They are both members of the society. Following were the results of the differ- ent games and other events: Race for boys under 15 years, 100 yards, handicap of three yards for each year—First, Arthur Davidson; second, Vernon Campbell} third, E. Webster. Race for girls under 15 years, 100 yards, han- GAY TIMES ON THE BAY, Opening Day of the Paciilc Yacht Club at Sausa- lito. PICTURESQUE AND . PRETTY. Yachts Decked Out In Oriental Garb. In the Offing—Music and Danc~ ing Ashore. Yo ho, my lads! We're on theseat Our hawse-pipe plays a good-by glee; In Sausalito on our lee No more we'll drain the chowder pot, And Belvedere’s enchanted spot ‘We'll leave to them whose hearts are not On the sea— The roaring, soaring, mad seasicky sea. Yo ho, my lads! We're on the sea! We'll mast our flag of dungaree— We're out for warand glo-ri-ee; ‘We'll key our voices to the note Of breakers 'gainst the Isle de Goat, And chirp with lusty rusty throat To the sea— The howling, growling old salt-water sea. Yo ho, my lads! We're on the sea! We'll dare the savage stingaree; We'll make the fierce kioodle flee. Our wild and dreadful conrse we'll lay Along the shores of Mission Bay, A terror to the things that stay In the sea— The fretting, wetting, damp, ¢old, soggy sea. | The opening of the Pacific Yacht Club | was celebrated yesterday afternoon in regal | style. The cove in front of the club- | bouse was a beautiful sight. In the after- | noon the Annie, Commodore Caduc’s flag- | ship; the Lurline, ex-Commodore John D. | Spre~kels’ crack yacht; the Lily L, ing, Miss May ‘M. Wilde, Mr. Douglas Erskine, Paxton Wright and wife, Halleck Wright and wife, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hall, Bingham- ton, N. Y., Mrs. H. B. Sinclair, C. Ellsworth, Miss Goodall, T. P. Walkington and wife, Frank H. Tyler and wife, Mrs. R. W. O'Neill, H. D. Keil, Miss Nellie Boyd, David Newell and wife, Mr. and Mrs D. J. Leary, Mrs. William R. Youni, Hon. Paris Kilburn, E. C. Johnson, James M. Polk, Miss L. Sheri- dan, R. Koons, E. S. Emmons, P. B. Quinlan, Admiral E. H.'von Schmiat, J. G. Martin and wife, Samuel J. Ruddell and’ wife, W. S, Duval, wife and daughter, Miss Patterson, N. I. Mes- ser, Mrs. John D. Tallant, Miss Elsie Tallant, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Dorsey, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bole, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mattoon, E. A. James, H. R. Bostwick, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, J. A, Parsons, Miss Pauline Brooks, Miss Aunie’ Whitlock, Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Janes, Miss Belle Ruinart, Miss Lena Ruinart, ' Miss Bessie Ruinart, Mr. _George Brinkerhoff of Belvedere. Mr. Edgar J. Mayers, Commodore J. W. Pew, Lawrence Hawks, Oscar Ellinghouse, Walter Crowell, Major C. T. Stanley, T. J. Bass, Miss Edith Bass, Thomas Bass, Frank E. W . Cordes, Miss A. Cordes, Major D. E. Miles. It was a merry party that embarked on the Vigilant about 11:15 o’clock and the tug flew away from a forest of fire. The lights of the Annie, arranced in triangular shape, were dancing up and down on the bay; cannons - boomed forth from all the craft in the cove and from above on the cliffs sheets of lurid flame shot out and lichted up the country for miles around. The scene was by no means the least beautiful of the day, and the re- turn home was by no means the least en- joyable. ,3-E5 UNMORAL DREAMS. Thoughts That Fill the Mind When the Body Sleeps. I cannot understand why one should dream of being slighted or snubbed in so- ciety, but this is what I have done more than once, though never perhaps so sig- nally as in the instance I am about to give. I found myself in a large room, where people were sitting at lunch or sup- per, around small tables, as is the custom, Iam told, at partiesin the houses of our nobility and gentry. I was feeling very well; not too proud, I hope, but in har- mony with the time and piace. I was very well dressed for me, and as I stood talking to some ladies at one of the tables dicap of three yards for each year—First, O. SmrEwn; second, Mary Wilkie; third, Nettie Laws. Race for single ladies over 15 years, 100 yards, no handicap—First, Gertie Herring; sec- ond, Jennie Bickford; third, Mary Anderson. Rece for members’ Sons under 15 years, 150 vards, handicap of three yards for each year— First, Elder Webster; second, James Webster; third, Thomas Hunter. Race for members’ danghters under 15 years, 100 ysrds, handicap of three yards for each year—First, Mary Wilkie; second, Grace Web- Ster; third, Mabel Webster. Race for members’ sons over 15 years, 150 vards, no handicap—First, Donald McLaren; second, F. Wilkie; third; H. Webster. Ladies’ heel-and-toe waiking mateh, 200 yards—Mrs. Burns, first; Gertie Herring, sec- ond; Jennie Bickford, third. Light quoits—D. Fiunie, first; W. Mitchell, second; J. MeIntosh, third. The best bouquet of wild flowers made by ladies only, and picked on er about the grounds—Mrs. Finnle, first; Jennie Devidson, second; Miss Nicol, third; Mrs. Williams, fourth; Mrs. Laws, fifth; Miss A, Tarber, sixth; claimed, seventh; Mrs. Morse, eighth; Miss 11, ninth ; Miss Florence Bennett, tenth. ree-legged race, 150 yards—First, J. Mo- Donald and J.Gibney; second, C. McLagan and W. Symon; third, W. Sack race for men 150 yards, mo handicap—First, J. Gibney; second, Waiter Wallace; third, D. McLaren. Race for men and lads over 15 vears, 300 yards, no handicap—First, J. Gibney; second, KB Brandon; third, H. Webster. Members’ race, 150 yards, handicap of two vards for each year over 45 years—Firs,Thomas | Stevenson; second, Rev. D. C. Ross; third, W. | A; Clark. Tug-of-war between teams of married and single members of the society ; captajns, Arthur | Mclea (married), John H. Bole (fin (l?; one pull to be decisive, and no one allowed near ihe rope but the parties selected for the teams; prize, champion trophy, to be competed for an- | nually; one case of wine to be given o the inning team—Won by the married men. icycle race—Won by A. Bearwald. Highland fling, for 1ads and lassies—First, M. Bovd; second, . Fairgrieve; third, Jennie ars, Wilson. Gravbug, prizes for married ladies only— First, Mrs. Ingram; second, Mrs. J. 8. Thomp- | son: third, not claimed; fourth, Mrs. Whisker; | fifth, not claimed; sixth, Mrs, L. Burger; sev- !eu\h. Mrs, Thomas Reid; eighth, Mrs. T. H. | Avelin; ninth, not claimed; tenth, Mrs. A. D. | Dijaen: eleventh, not claimed; twelfth, Mrs, | W. Webster. Grabbag for members’ daughters — First, Jeannie Duncan; second, Mrs. James Blair; third, Miss L. Webster: fourth, Jessie McNabb; sixth, Mrs. Annie Eaton; Fairgrieve fifth, Mabel Gregg; seventh, Miss Lizsie The Gulf Stream. The warmth of the stream is accounted for by the fact that its waters are supplied from the tropics, the tide waves acting on the princii)le of an eddy, so it has counter currents also. The theory rests upon the assumption that the water is higher on the east than on the west side of the isthmus of Panama. The continent of America is the geat dam of the ocean that forms the gulf stream. Place the continent of Americaso 1i will lie east and west, there would be no guli stream. If there were no other land on the globe other than America there would be no ocean currents except those connected with America, but such is not the case. Africa has her nose in the way, Aus- tralia and New Zealand intervene, and Asia is there to stop tides and make ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean. So when we find large bodies of land directly in the path of the tides we find ocean currents also. All large oceans have their counter currents or eddies. The water that has been carried west by the tides has to return as currents to supply the de- ficiency, thus imparting the eddy motion. The tides and the winds, with the land and its formations, will produce every circumstance connected with the ocean currents. The peculiar formation of the land has deal to do about getting up the Guli am.—Scientific American. ELEGANTLY trimmed Hats for very little money this week. Seavey's, 1882 Market street. Donald Ross’ new schooner; the Aza- lene, Vice-Commodore Roberts’ boat; the Rover, Commodore Bruce's skop: the White Wings, . Captain James T. Coleman; the Truant, Commo- dore J. W. Pew’s flag ship; the Aggie, Queen and Sappho, were all riding “at anchor, dressed in bunting and colors from truck to deck. In frontof the San Fran- cisco Club the Chispa, Commodore Little’s flag ship, was dressed in her best, and the Pomona and Frolic were crowded with fags. The first crowd that went over to the opening left the city on the 1:45 boat, and as the gausal'xw steamed into the harbor, guns boomed forth their welcome from the clubhouse porch, from the flowered walks and from the yachts at their moorings. The Sausalito was in holiday attire with her flags and colors and she responded to the salute with continuous blasts from her siren. Below the winding balconies, the flash of oars gleamed through the hazy atmos- phere; rowBoats were lazily plying between the yachts and the shore, steam launches were darting down the bay between Sausa- lito and the clubhouse steps, and a more lazy, pretty or picturesque scene could not be painted by an artist. I{‘:vu not until night, though, that the full beauty of the secene burstin all the glory of a midsummer night's dream for the guests of the yacht club. Never in the history of the club was such a fine sight ashore and afloat in Sausalito. President John Landers looked after the wants of the guests at the clubhouse, and Commo- dore Caduc took care of the celebration in the offing. 2 It was too hot to land durine the after- noon and a greater portion of the evening, and excursions to the yachts were most popular. teward Ernest Doelter looked after the inner man and inner woman, and set up a most sumptuous repast. Everybody lin- gered over the steward’s table until the red fire began to glow and the Chinese and Japanese lanterns began to dance in the rigging of the craft. The Annie looked like a Japanese garden about deck and champagne was fizzing and dancing in the cabin. The Lurline looked like a veritable floamig palace inside and out and the Lily L whs a piciure bevond compare, From her deck were shooting .upwards skyrockets, red fire and balloons mingling_their lights with the Oriental illuminations in the rigging. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Landers, William Cun- ningham, Commodore Cadue, Vice- Commo- dore M. R. Roberts Jr., W. W. Gaskell, Mrs. 8. M. Morgan, J. A. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Jones, W. Ball, Mrs. F. B. Dallam, G. C. Bornemann, P. J. Martin and the Misses Martin, Miss Karl, Mrs. William Hawley, Harry beet, Miss Lyons. George W. Gray, Fre M. E. Williams, E. C. Lande, Miss De Sella, J. C. Pelton, Frank Williams, Mrs. Frank Wil- Tiams, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Koss, Miss Florence Lippett, Miss H. Fisk, Harvard Barbier, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 'Hochstadter, Colonel William C. Little, A. Svenson, George Wright, T. H. Barber, General J. H. Dic ingon and wife, H. Elliot, Miss C. Milton, Mr, and Mrs. W, R. Milton, Hon, W. D. English, ir. and Mrs. O'Brien, . D, Lindsley, Miss Haydon, Mrs. E. R. Andrews, Mrs. J. C. Pelton, Hugo Eleasser, mPiJ_er, i ln: Glad, Piver, ver, . . 3 F. B. Dallam, Mrs. Joseph E.Shain, Mrs. D. H. Bsibb, Mr. and Mrs, McMullen and Miss Mo Mullen, Miss Emily Tibbit, Miss Emily G. Edwards, Miss Kate Taylor, 8. G, Le: E. Elliot, A. C. Thornton, Louis Schwachaker, e Langton, J. L. Haucks, W. H. Crowell, Mr. and Mrs, M. L. Crawford, F, M. Crawford, Mrs. Oucshotser, John Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Mark- ley, Commodore €. C. Bruce, Dan O'Callaghan, Thomas 0'Callaghan, Clareuce Musto, Miss Musto, A. C. Forsythe, Mr. ahd Mrs. E. Head, Joseph F. Bonner,” Mr. Zand Mrs. A. C. Bonnell, Faieman, Miss Margaret: Breony Mt Eeioe rman, reen, IS8 Baker, Miss Edna Fisher, Miss' Nellio Thars. SCENE AT THE SAUSALITO CLUBHOUSE OF THE PACIFIC YACHT CLUB. [Sketched for the *“Call” yesterday by Cowulter.] I was saying some rather brilliant things, for me. Ilounged easily on one foot, as 1 have observed men of fashion do,and as I talked I flipped my gloves, which I held in one hand, across the other; I remember thinking that this wasa gecu]inrly distin- guished action. ' Upon the whole I com- ported myself like one in the habit of such affairs, and I turned to walk away to an- other table, very well satisfied with my- self and with the effect of my splendor upon the ladies. But I had only got a few paces off when I perceived (I could not see with my back turned) oneof the ladies lean forward, and heard her say to the rest in a tone of killing condescension and tronage, “‘I don’t see why that person 1sn’t as well as another.” I say that I do not like this sort of dreams, and never would have them if 1 could help. They make me ask myself if T'am real gfi“.d‘.“ snob when I am wak- ing, and this in itself is very unpleasant. If I am I carvnot help hoping that it will not be found out; and in my dreams I am always less sorry for the misdeeds I com- mit than for their possible discovery. I have done some very bad things in dreams which [ have no concern for whatever, ex- ceg’t_ap they seem to threaten me with publicity, or bring me within the penalty of the law; and I believe this is the atti- tude of most other criminals, remorse being a fiction of the poets, according to the students of the criminal class. It is not agreeable to bring this home to one’s self, but the fact is not without its signifi- cance in another direction. It implies that both in the case of the dream-criminal and the deed-criminal there is perhaps the same taint of insanity, only in the deed- criminal it is active and in the dream- criminal it is passive.—From ‘‘True, I Talk of Dreams,” by William Dean Howells, in Harper’s Magazine for May. ————— The Swiss of Asia, An opening into one of the few remain- ing lands of mystery has been made by the recent visit to the Afghan bounaary commission of two Kafirs from the country of the Sia-posh. This singular people, in- habiting the wild mountain tracts between Cashmere and Cabul, cannot be confi- dently traced to any exact origin. The name “Kafir,” given by their Moslem neighbors, only indicates they are not Mohammedans; their other generic ap- pellation, Sia-posh, has reference to their clothing. Their actual origin and race character remain unknown. Their total number is vaz\_xe?' estimated at 200,000, broken up into independent and often an- 1a oindistw tribes or clans, says the London orld. Fair and blue-eyed, using chairs, drink- ing wine, and saluting by shaking hands, they are fond of dancing and refresh them- selves with home-brewed wine. Here are some of the elements, surely, of European civilization in this forgotten corner of the East, and it is to be added that the Kafirs use a_language in which both roots and inflections have often reminded inquirers of Greek. On such grotnds a theory has been advanced that they may be descended from Macedonian stragglsrs eft. behind in the march of Alexander the Great from Babylon to the banks of the Sutlej. What is certain is that they have for ages de- fended the passes to their little Switzer- land with rude weapons, but, indomitable resolution. The country is about equal in size to the Giisons and the Valois to- ther, and is believed to contain a quan- ity of high and bold alpine scenery. SIS SR ik iy For the visit 6f the Emperor and Empress of Germany to the King and Queen of Italy at Venice next summer, a grand historical pageant will arranged representing the Dogaressa Morosini. The crowning of | part of %oge's_wih will be taken by the w5 i S S i ‘| always find three other pe FAVOR A SMALL STAKE A Very Warm Discussion at the San Francisco Whist Club Last Night. E. J. TORMEY SNOWED UNDER. His Resolution Defeated by a Vote of Eighty-Seven to Thirty- Seven. Gambling will be permitted in the San Francisco Whist Club. Such was the de- cision of a majority of the members last night. A special meeting of the members was called by President N. D. Rideout for last night to disouss the following resolution, introduced by E. J. Tormey: “That gambling, betting or playing cards for stakes or points for money or other representations of money in any and every form shall be absolutely prohibited in our clubrooms.” Mr. Tormey vigorously supported the resolution, and a hot discussion followed, the principal opponent of the resolution being George E. Bates. In the course of his argument Mr. Tormey read the follow- ing letters, which he had received on the subject: Letter from Eugene 8. Elliott, Milwau- kee, founder and for three years President of the American Whist League. I have your favor of the 6th. I sympathize with you under the conditions in which you are Ellced. But my experience suggests noth- ing better than a withdrawal on the part of such members of your club as are opposed 10 playing for stakes and the starting of & new organization wich will embrace in its constitu- tion & prohibition of all games for money or the epresentatives of money. t is singular to me that players cannot see that a contest for stakes detracts from the value of the game, though Iam_perfectly will- ing to admit that aftera person has becoine ac- custorhed to play for stakes he 100ks upon the ame as it is played in 1harPreu majority of eague clubs as dull and spiritless, but the fact remains the same that the gambling game does not not pay for a person desirous of perfecting himself In whist. Perhaps as good an example of this as has ever been given was the test made in Chicago some months ago, when a number of members of the Chicago Whist Club (notall of them their best players) meta picked gangof Chi- cago gamblers at duplicate whist and defeated them badly. Letter from Theo Schwarz, Chicago, president of the Chicago Whist Club and vice-president of the American Whist League: We have had & by-law in the Chicago Whist Club ever sinceé its organization prohibiting Elnying cards for money. A violation of this y-law led to the suspension of two members. As a general thing, however, I may say that those who play duplicate whist do not care to pl‘n lo‘r“money. There is enough interest without it. Letter from Mr. A. C. Freeman, San Francisco: I am thisday in receipt of your letter of the 2d of May, including & proposed amendment 1o the by-laws of the San Francisco Whist Club. Your failure to find my name on the list of members was due to the fact that 1 resigned my membership in the latter part of January last. I was not advantageously situated for playing on tournament nights and had found my chief delight in the club in the fact that when 1 first attended it it was possible on other nights and on Saturday afternoons to ns who were. willing to join in a game of whist for its own sake. As the time went on I found it more difficult to obtain partners in a game unless T was willing to play for money, until at length I visited the club on severa occasions and was entirely unable to partici- pate in a game, the persons to whom applica- tion was made always excusing themselyes on the grounds that they were waiting to get into the points or money game. I therefore resigned my membership upon the ground that the new condition of affairs effect excluded me from participation in the benefits of the club. I should, perhaps, though I have never taken any prominent part in the club, have pursued a somewhat similar course 10 that you have undertaken, but for the fact that my inquiries among the members of the club showed-that many of them had al- ready engaged in the practice of gambling until the milder form of amusement was no longer agreeable to them, and that the others were with few exceptions indifferent respecting the mat- | ter. I therefore concluded that there could | not be any place for me in the San Fran- cisco Whist Club. Should any club hereafter be formed in this Clt{‘ to which the rinciples expressed in the by-laws which you ave drafted are acceptable, I should be very glad to be 2 humble member of it. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 871038, ] In speaking of the matter last night, Mr. Tormey said: ‘‘The result of this action of the club will be the formation of a new whist club, where whist will not be played for money. “I have done my best o stop gambling in the club, but after to-night’s over- whelming vote against me 1 have no other r?c%u}-sa but to withdraw from the club.” HIS FIDDLE TALKED FOR HIM, An 0ld Negro’s Proof That He Had a Right to Carry the Instrument. Beveral nights ago, as Patrolman Charles Rommel was patrolling his beat he dis- covered an old darky walking down the street with a violin under his arm. When he had gotten even with him he stopped him and began questioning him, The policeman was not satisfied with the ne- gro’saccount of where he had gotten the instrument, and he placed him uuder ar- rest. The negro went on without a word, and at the station gave his name as James McOCloskey, says the Louisville Courier- Journal. The next day he was presented before Judge Smith. The policeman told the Judge how he had seen the negro on the street with the instrument, and he said he did not believe it belonged to him. It was a fine violin, he said, and a negro that had no more money than this negro seemed to have could not afford to buy such a fine instrument. The patrolman finally asked the Judge to give him two days to look for the owner of the violin, saying that he believed in that time he could be able to locate its owner. The time was granted him and the negro was held over. Yesterday he was again presented before the court. Those against him tried to make out a felony case, as they said that the violin was worth considerably over $20. The violin was worth $40, or Yerhaps $30. During the course of the trial the police- man_told the Judge that the negro had admitted to him that he could not play on the instrument, and that was one reason why he made the arrest, as he knew that a man would not pay a large sum for a thing he could not use. Up to this time the rrisoner had re- mained silent. He had sat with downcast eyesand did not seem to hear what was oing on. When he heard this he suddenly fooked up and said: “He's mistaken, yo' Honor. I didn't say that I couldn’t play on the violin.” i‘he Judge remained silent fora moment, and then asked that the instrument be handed to the negro. A licht came in the darky’s face_as he took the instrument “into his hands. He looked it over carefully and then fondled it under hisarm. He then took it from under his arm and began to tune it. He had scarcely struck the first note when the crowd in the court- room began to stir and move up closer to the prisoner’s dock. Ina few moments the instrument was tuned, and in the sweetest strains the “Arkansas Traveler’” echoed and re-echoed through the court- room. Thecrowd began to pat_their feet in time with the music, and the Judge had to order the negro to stop Yfil:ylng. ‘While the ner was playing hand trem- bled and his eyes shone with an unusual brightness. It was with reluctance that | six-foot one and he stopped playing, and the crowd looked disappointed. The negro sat still a moment, but he could stand it no longer. Again he placed the violin to his shoulder and began play- ing ‘“I’'se Gwine Back to Dixie.”” The crowd in the courtroom could contain themselves no longer, and it was with diffi- culty that order was restored. Again the nesro was- stopped from playing. The Judge lookad at the Prosecuting Attorney and then at the arresting officer. ‘Do you say that this man cannot play?” he said. The arguing of the case was finished and the negro was dismissed. OATCHING WHALES WITH NETS. The New Zealanders Said to Have Aban- doned the Harpoon.- In the good old days the inhabitants of New London, Gloucester, Salem, Nantucket and New Bedford relied almost entirely on their whaling fleet for a living. With the advent of petroleum, gas and electricity, and the substitution of steel for whalebone, the trade gradually fell off and all the whalers have turned their attention to oth- er lines of business. So to-day, beyond a few California steam-whalers and the occa- sional capture of astray whale off the coast of New England, Long Island on the South Atlantic States, the whaling industry is practically dead in the United States, says the New York Sun. In Whangamumu, New Zealand, things are different, and the trade is very much alive. There are natives, the Maoris, are not only doing a big business, but doing it in a way that would cause the old Nan- tucket shellbacks to open their eyes. Ac- cording to a correspondent they have prac- tically discarded the old-fashioned har- poon, lance and bomb, and are usingnets to capture the leviathan, very much the same as our fishermen catch shad and mackerel. The nets are made of two-inch Manila rope, and are so constructed that galvanized iron rings take the place of the knots in the ordinary net. The meshis a the ropes forming it are spliced into the rings. The nets are made of six sections, each ten fathoms square, with two ten-gallon barrels as floats to each section. When setting the net the sections are seized together with line just strong enough to bear the ordinary strain to which they are liable to be subjected, so that when a whale gets meshed he tears away the sec- tion in which he is fast. Itis while heis trying to get rid of the net that the whale- boats, which are always waiting, dart alongside and harpoon him. After the harpoon has been fixed a thrust or two is given with the deadly lance. Generally one thrust from an experienced hand is enough. The big fellow spouts blood, lashes the sea into foam and in about two minutes rolls over -and dies. If there are more whales about he is extricated from the net and towed out of the way,and then the net is reset. The nets are always put down atdaylight and taken up atnight. The idea of catching whales in nets oc- curred to some New Zealanders named Cook about two years ago. They had a station at Whangamumn, and used to chase the whales that passed up the coast in the ordinary manner. They were rarely successful, as' the whales were generally going at the rate of five knots, traveling from the seas south of New Zealand to the warm waters of the tropies for the purnose of breeding. They noticed that most of the whales passed between the mainland and a small rock about 100 yards from shore, and the idea of placing a net across that passage occurred to them. A mnet was accordingly made in one length, and was suspended from a wire cable stretched from rock to shore. The very first whale to come along simply made rope yarns of that net. In fact, the net seemed to inconvenience the whale so slightly that most men would _have given up the project as an impossibility. But the Cooks were not easily discouraged. They thought the matter over, and the result was the construction of a net in sec- tions and the successful capture of the whales. Last season, although the rough weather interfered with the nets, eleven whales of the humpback species were caught. They ranged from 40 to 60 feet in length. ———— The Kaiser a Plagiarist. Musical critics on this side of the chan- nel appear to be singularly lacking in pen- etration. Not one of them has been able to discern the true inwardnessof the Em- peror William’s *“Hymn to Egir.” There 1s certainly more in it than meets the eye on a first hearing. Like most great works, it _requires to be studied. The other day aleading French journal magnanimously presented its readers with a free cofly of the imperial composition. Here is whata musical subscriber has discovered in the hymn after most_diligently %racnicing and analyzing it: ““The piece,” he writes, “is made up of Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute, Wag- ner's ‘Lohengrin,’ and Schumann’s ‘Pays de Cocagne.” Moreover, it begins like the ‘Marseillaise’ and ends like the Russian anthem!” Now, is this merely the *long arm of coincidence,” or did the most mu- sical of monarchs really know what he was about ?—Westminster Gazette. ———— Gibbon’s mother was passionately fond of reading and encouraged her son to fol- low her example. CHUCKA LUCK A Peculiar West Indian Phrase. When a Man's “Chucka Luck” Runs Against Him He Is Sick. IT IS AN UNHAPPY MOMENT. A British Naval Officer Talks With Our Reporter. He Tells What He Thinks of One of Our Products. The sweet-scented air of the beautiful valleys and mountains of the island of Jamaica is oft freighted with peculiar phrase sounds of Africa. Your highly superstitious darky believes in omens, lucky charms, crow’s feet and devil's guile. Living in the land of poetic felicity he breathes the atmosphere of superstition. One of the peculiar phrases used is “chucka luck,” which is equivalent to being all run down— jaded—only he believes the man with the horns sent and fastened the “chucka luck” on him. Then he is unhappy. He will sit in the broiling sun and boil and boil and boil until his blackship is almost roasted asleep; when he awakes, mammy gives him a decoction of stewed herbs,and if he only knew it the herbs cured him of his out-of-sorts—his ‘‘chucka luck.” “That reminds me,” said the West Indian naval officer. *I have heard considerable about a California herb remedy, which is now on the market in Kingston, Jamaica. It is your own home remedy, Joy's Vegetable Sar- soparilla. 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