The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1895, Page 10

THE MATTHEWS MYSTERY. Lawyers Now Say That Win- throp’s Trusteeship Was Irrevocable. CAPTAIN LEES' INFORMATION. A Letter Which May Throw Con- siderable Light on the Whole Question. There were no startling developments vesterday in the case of 0. W. Winthrop, arrested on suspicion of having caused the death of Mrs. Jennie Matthews. Captain Lees received by telegraph yes- terday from Supreme Recorder Linn of napolis all the written matter con- tained in the application of Mrs. Matthews for a relief fund certificate made on Sep- tember 11, 1894, The most important part is the direction of the disposal ot the money after her de- cease, which is as follows: 1 2pply for relief fund certificate; in amount $3000. 1 direct that in case of my decease 8ll benefits payable under any relief fund ficate issued to me shall be paid to O. | 31212 Sutter street (trustee) for | Mattie Matthews, 502 Broderick street, and re- lated to me as my child, subject to such future disposal of the benefit, as 1 may hereafter direct in compliance with the laws of the order. Marie Von Bulow, wife of Dr. Von Bu- ow, was the witness to the signature of Mrs. Matthews. The medical certificate of Dr. Von Bulow on the application is dated September 12, and below it is the following certificate, dated September 18 of Dr. L. R. Webster, the Supervisor Medical Exam- iner: The foregoing having been referred to me for decision I do hercby approve the same for $2000. Mrs. Matthews’ application for member- ship in the order is dated September and the committee, consisting of Mrs. J. Porter, Mrs. May Roeckner and Miss Annie Sanders. to whom it was referred, xegon d on it on Septem 14. | Speaking of the matter last night Cap- tain Lees said that it had been decided by reputa attorneys that the lrnsleesbip‘l of Winthrop for Mrs. Matthews’ daughter was irrevocabie now that the mother was dead and that the money would have bee paid over to Winthrop without the neces- sity of applying to the court for ship papers. When Winthrop was arrested and searched at the City Prison, a letter he had written to Supreme Recorder Linn was found in his pocket. It was addressed | and sealed. A few hours before his arrest he had re- | marked to a visitor as he showed him the addressed letter, ‘‘that contains what will | make everything clear.” Captain Lees is impressed with the idea | that the certificate of insurance, which ng him to send ; pers in connec- | atthews’ membership in | ng the certificate of in- cannot be found, is in that letter, so last | im permission to open it. sented he would, he said, have no objec- | certified copies of all the p Winthrop had a large number of visitors A FENDER FAILS TO FEND, | night he sent Detective Whittaker to the prizon. to ask Winthrop if he would give Winthrop declined to do so until he had an opportunity of consulting his attorney, Charles W. Kyle. Tf his attorney con- tion. A dispatch was sent yesterday to Su- preme Recorder Linn, as tion with Mrs. the order, incl surance. at the prison yesterday. Acting under the instructions of his attorneys. he still de- clines to say anything for publication. Supervisors Invited to a Test That at Least Amused Them. The Electric-Car Cut Up the Leath- ern Dummy in a Most Har- rowing Style. Superintendent Vining, on behalf of the Market-street Railway Company, sent the members of the Board of Supervisors a letter some days ago inviting them to be present at a test of a fender for their cars—the fender that is | supposed to be a protection to life, and which, as requircd by a recent resolution of the board, the company shall provide. A great number of desiens and sugges- tions for fenders have been submitted to the Mayor anc the company, but none of them seemed acceptable to ‘the latter, and the company, through its engineers no doubt, evolved one of its own. And it was the working of this that Mr. Vining invited the Mayor and Supervisors to witness. The test took place on Mission street, near Eleventh, many of the invited City officials being present. A leathern dummy filled with sawdust and fashioned in the shape of a man was laid upon the track, and the electric car, with its new fender nicely adjusted to its nose, charged down upon it. The officials and a great crowd of specta- tors who had gathered to witness the ex- periment Jooked smilingly on, fully exnectinE to see the fender care- fully pick up the leather man and carry him along with it, but when they saw that itdid not do so, but instead the man being pulled directly under the wheels there was an exclaimation of something like horror from the crowd. ‘Then the shock and sickening sensation changed to one of mirth, for in the wake of that car for the length of half the block there was the sawdust of a dummy man, the cut and burst and mutilated leather of whom was stretched across the track. They fixed him up as best they could,and ran down upon him again and again, but the thing weuld not work. The impres- sion left upon the witnesses was that the fender presented scarcely any alter- native to its victim between being cut into sausage meat, or being merely butted to death. But the simple unadorned car can do as much. WIDOWS BEWITCHED, An Operetta Performed at the Testi- monial Ballad Concert Tendered to Alfred Wilkie. 0dd Fellows’ Hall was fairly well filled for the testimonial ballad concert tendered to Alfred Wilkie Friday night, and the ben- eficiary, when he appeared, was greeted with warm applause. The entertainment opened with Spot- forth’s fine old glee, “Hail! 8miling Morn,” which was sung with great taste by the glee club, which also rendered ‘‘The Banks ©7 Allen Water.” Alfred Wilkie, by special request, sang the time-honored ditty, ‘‘The Death of Nelson,” in an artistic manner. It was ad- mirably suited to his sweet and well- trained voice. Miss Byler gave a remarkable specimen of vocal gymnastics in ‘‘Les Jolis Oislaux,” her voice being sweet and true even in the extremely high notes the song requires. Franz Hell, the fluegelhorn player, who called three times and gave an encore each time. The second part of the dpmgrnml’pe con- sisted of the operetta “Widows Bewitched,” in which Alfred Wilkie and Charles M. Elliot, disguised respectively as a professor and an Abbe, made love to two charming widows. 1In reality these gentlemen were | Supervisors Sharply Criticize supposed to be French courtiers, who had followed the two fashionable widows to their retirement in a country villa, and a number of amusing incidents rose out of this situation. Miss Florence Doyen and Miss Daisy May Cressy played the roles of the widows in a spirited manner, and all the singin, was dramatic. Great applause followe when Alfred Wilkie introduced the now famous ballad, “Ben Bolt.” The operetta was accompanied by an orchestra com- posed of members of the Philharmonic So- ciety, under the direction of Professor V. A. Hoffmeyer. THE FAIR OONTEST. It XYs Rumored That One of the Attorneys Has Gone East for a Settlement. Itis rumored that Reuben H. Lloyd of the legal firm of Lloyd & Wood has gone to New York to meet Mr.and Mrs. Her- man Oelrichs and obtain their consent, if possible, to a settlement of all the disputes over the Fair estate outside the courts. The attorneys in the suit deny all knowledge of the object of Mr. Llo_vd'sI trip East, and Mr. Wood, his partner, avers that he is merely away on a short recrea- tion tour. The case does not come up until the 3d of June, at which time Judge Slack will be called on to_determine whether Hermann Oelrichs or Judge Paterson represents the former’s son, who is one of the minor heirs. BELIEVES IN HYPNOTISM. Lee Fairchild Resembles Mary Ellen Lease in at Least One Respect. He WIIl Make His Power Felt When He Appears Before the Portia Club. Lee Fairchild, who will address the | Portia Club, of which Mrs. Clara S. Foltz | is dean, at the Metropolitan Temple Mon- day night, is a believer in hypnotism. In chatting with a friend yesterday evening in the Palace he touched upon the ques- tion. He holds that Mrs. Lease and him- self are the only speakers in America who recognize this power and exercise it over audiences. It has been the wonder of my friends,” said the orator, “how a man of my mag- nificent lack of noble presence, with a | voice fit only to call hogs with, could so immediately take hold of an audience. I attribute it to hypnotism. Most public speakers of an{ note possess this power to a greater or less degree, but they are largely unconscious of the fact. in so far as they are unconscious of the fact they fail to intentionally utilize it. Wit?) them it remains a matter of the feelings or emotions, while with Mrs. Lease and myself it has Lecome an intellectual consciousness and therefore a matter of will force. “When speaking in the Audltorium at Spokane a few years ago I took such complete control of a gentleman | present that I not only possessed him the but in will, he” was ready to give over to me all his posses- sions, After the meeting closed he came | up to me with his hand full of twenty-dol- | lar geld pieces, and wanted me to take them and use them as brushes with which to paint the town. Not being an artist I refused. I then thought the man foolish, and would not_go with him. Since then I have concluded that I was the foolish one. “At Sacramento, according to the | Record-Union, the audience was very much disappointed with my looks, which I could not Eelp, anda they were more dis- appointed with my voice, and thought me a Yankee trying to economize by talking | through my nose. ‘But in less than a | minute,’ men had thrown away their pencils and had joined the audience in laughter and applause.’ he explanation of the little power I have over an assembly is to be found in the exercise of the hypnotic influence. ‘‘Henry Clay possessed the power to a | marked degree. So much so that his pol- | itical enemies refused to meet him lest they might come under the strange spell with which the great statesman captivated friend or foe. “The Rev. Miss Anna Shaw is in posses- sion of this same power, but she does vio- lence to it by exercising it only when she is aroused. "Then its mighty and myste- rious flow is somewhat interrugted by the sudden rise of her own feelings.” DAILEY'S AT THE ALCAZAR. Favorite Plays to Be Prosented in this City Shortly. Managers Wallenrod and Rich of the Al- cazar Theater yestrrday closed a contract that will be of interest to theater-goers in this City. The contract was signed with Dailey’s Stock Company for a season of twelve weeks, —ccmmencing Monday. June 10. This organization is now in its fourth continuous year of performing west of the Missouri River, including two successful seasons at Hounolulu. A satis- factory season has just been closed at Los Angeles. Among the pieces to be staged at the Alcazar are: “A Night Off,” “By Order of the Czar,” “Humbug,” “The Still Alarm,” “The Stowaway,” “The Hen- rietta,” and others. —_———— Probably Not the Men. Hill Durkin and Daniel Lawler, who were held by Judge Low on Wednesday to answer before the Superior Court for robbing the Sut- ter-street branch of the American District Telegraph Company, may be set at liberty in a few days. The police have been investigating the mat- ter and Captain Lees said last night that he had good reason to believe that Durkin and Lawler had nothing to do with the robbery. On the contrary, he had every reason to believe that Jake Oppenheimer, the ex-messenger boy, who is under arrest in Oakland for the robbery at Garrett & Taggart's drug store there on the nightof May 11, and two of the other three also under arrest were the real culprits. He was notin & ‘;osmon to say definitely what would be done in regard to Durkin and Lawler, but the case against them would probe ably be withdra: e Mrs. Curry’s Case. Mre. Curry, the complaining witness against “Dr.” James McLean, now under arrest for felony-embezzlement, wishes it stated that she ‘has no interest] in the doctor's medical institute, but that he obtained §1000 from her, three years ago, upon the pretense thet he was to use it in organiz- ing & company for the manufacture and sale of a patent medicine of which he claimed to own the formula. She says that not only was no compan; formed,” but that McLean never owne formula for any medicine whatever. ———————— ‘Wanted to Die. A man about 27 years of age walked to the end ot the Powell-street wharf, at half-past 7 olelock lest evening, and jumped into the bay. His action was noticed by James Sinnott and the bookkeeper of the sloop Annie, and they PUt Off & boat and reseued him. The rescued man had a gold watch and a budge of the Independent Order of Red Men, e 0 give name or te vh; wanted to end his life. iy ever any id the report, ‘the newspaper | s More Smoke Than Fire. A small fire at L. Altschul & Co.’s whole- sale crockery and glassware store, 422 Sun- . should have I?ed next, having failed to T arrive, Mr. en recited the ‘‘Charge of the Light Brigade,” which elicited rounds of applause. uis Fininger then humorous interlude consisting of a French dialect song and other selections, al] of which were very amusing. He was re- some street ,occurred at 5:30 . m. day, thealarm being turned in from box ave a {31. It preved o be more smoke than |then came a distinctsniff at theedge of the acking | cart. The sniff was satisfactory, it seemed, e side- | for the two beasts now began pawing away flame and was traced to some straw down in the cellar under t] walk, yester- | the road and crawled under it. JALBIRDS LIVE HIGH, the Fare Provided for Prisoners. PRICES SAID TO BE HEAVY. More Coal Ordered Than Is Really Needed by the Police De-~ partment. At the last meeting of the Board of Supervisors, upon Mr. Dimond’s motion, the clerk was directed to readvertise for bids for supplies for the inmates of the jails, on the ground that the bid of the Pa- cific Marine Supply Company, 24 cents per capita, was too high, although it was the lowest. At the meeting of the Finance Com- mittee yesterday, Mr. Dimond chairm_an, Mr. Greenebaum, representing the Pacific Marine Supply Company, made a protest against this action. He said that the prices of goods to be supplied were away above the figures prevailing when the con- tract was taken at 17 cents, and that the men who filled that contract were wrecked in their business. At the contract figure last year of 19.75 cents the Pacific Marine Supply Company lost $7000. The firm had bid™ high, it is true, but the uncertainty with regard to money, the likelihood of having to wait until "October, warranted it. Besides, he said, the list of provisions was much longer thun it was some years ago. They had complied with all the conditions and the contract rightfully belouged to them. Mr, Taylor wanted to know how that was. He didn't believe in supplying plum- duff to the inmates of the jails. Furthermore, he took occasion to say that in times like these it would be well to see whether the supplies demanded inother and all the devartments were really needed. He had found that there was enough coal in the vaults for the Police Department to last them half a year, yeta whole vear’s supply had been called for. “If there is any culpability in that case,” said Clerk Russell, “it belongs to the Chief of Police or those immediately under | him. They first sent up word they would | only want three tons a month instead of five. Afterward they sent word they needed it all.” My Benjamin was inclined to favor the Marine Supply Company in its complaint, He sai\rne believed the state- ment that they had iost money on this | year’s contract and did not believe their | bid was too high. However, no action | E‘ns taken and the clerk will readvertise for ids. POLICE - INSPECTION. Four Hundred Men Will Turn Out on Van Ness Avenue on Monday. The heads of the Police Department were busily engaged yesterday making prepara- tions for the official inspection of the force ! to-morrow at noon on Van Ness avenue. The inspecting officers will be the three Police Commissioners and Chief Crowley. The Chief said yesterday that about 400 | men would turn out for the inspection. Every member of the department with the | exception of those who must be on duty at the different police stations, the City Prison and headquarters will be present. The patrolmen will wear_their helmets | for the first time at the inspection and | their coats buttoned up ins ead of. only two buttons at the top, as heretofore. Tne captains, sergeants, corporals and atrolmen detailed for duty as station- keepers, prison-keepers, bailiffs of courts or clerks at headquarters will wear the new sack coats and caps. The coats of the cap- tains are dmlble-greasled and the others ingle-breasted. 'I%xe uniform of the Chief is that of a brigadier-general of the army, having a el ity VentHiah o e e L B e inspection he will wear the sword which w: resented to him in 1852 by the late Clner Scannell of the Fire Department. This sword was worn by Chief Scannell through the Mexican war, when he was firgt lieutenant in the First Regiment of New York Volunteers. Chief Crowley wore it in 1854, when captain of the Pacific Guard. ————— To Be Repainted. A local sign painter had a crew of men building a high fence about Lotta’s fountain last night. They expected to complete the work by 6 o’clock this morning. The fence will be | covered with signs and remain eighteen days. Incidentally, the fountain will be repainted. ———————— Of for a Tramp. Companies C and G of the First Regiment, Natlonal Guard, mustering about 125 men, left last evening for a tramp to Walnut Creek. They looked well in their knock-about dress as | they marched from the armory to the boat. ——————— A Dramatic Recital. Miss Daisy Gilmore and Holbrook Blinn will give a dramatic recital at Beethoven Hall on Post street, near Powell, next Friday evening. They will be assisted by Frank Coffin, vocalist. - e—— Testimonial Benefit. Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Love will be tendered a testimounial benefit at California Hall, Bush street, on June 4. IMPRISONED BY WILDOATS. A Connecticut Fisherman’s Tale of What He Went Through Under a Cart. 1§0l1d Jedge Spence, a well-known negro fisherman of this place, kas had another experience with wildcats. He was return- ing from Milford, on the lower turnpike, that skirts the Housatonic River, shortly | after dark, dragging his familiar old two- wheeled wooden cart. The cart was empty, for the old man had just carried down to the village fish market a couple of bushels of soft clams, and having disposed of them, was on his way home. He was tired, and, although the cart was light, the roaa is up hill nearly all the way and his progress was slow, says the New York Sun. Just as he was passing through Widow Benham’s woods, which adjoin the Grin- nell piace on the north, he heard a low moaning upon the ridge to the right and back of iim. The Judge knew well enough what the sound was, for he had not forgot- ten an encounter of a fortnight ago with wildcats. He began to run at a sort of fast jog, still keeping hold of his cart pole. his speed would have been greater if he had left the vehicle behind, but he didn’t think of that. Before he had run a dozen steps he heard the mournful cry answered from the river bank on his left, not a hun- dred yards ahead of him. He stopped and listened and could. hear the calls come nearer, showing that the cats were closing on him. To add to his panic the old ex-slave dis- covered, on feeling in his blouse, that his graveyard rabbit’s left hind foot wasnot in itsaccustomed place. With no charm to help him, he began to plana way out of the scrape. First it occurred to him that he might swim across to Duck Island, near the Stratford shore, but as the water was so0 cold and the island a full mile away, he gave up that scheme. At the moment he abandoned it the brush crackled right be- hind him, and, turning, he sawa lithe, dark body emerging into the road. Quickly he overturned his deep-sided little cart in Soon he heard the low calls close by and at the dirt under each edge. The Jedge waited until he thought they had_scooped quite a little cavity and one intruding claw had torn his coat tail and then he man- aged to shift the cart along by easy jumps till he had traveled a yard or more. ~ After one or twoof these mining ventures the wildcats decided that the process was too slow. They then proceeded to jump on the wheels and tried to pry the whole thin; over. Fearing they would succeed, the ol man thrust one finger out through a knot- hole in the bottom of the cart, so that he might hold it down. With a yell one of his enemies struck the finger and ripped it open. Allhe could do after that was to press his knees and shoulders against the sides and ends of the cart and pray that his muscles would not give out. The cats next tried to force the cart out of the road down the river bank, and they nearly succeeded. Luckily they pushed it against a post, and there it stuck. A fury seemed to seize the pair at this_failure, for they both sprung on the offending cart and began to tear and splinter the boards. They had succeeded in loosening a board in one side when the sound of approaching wheels was heard. The Jedge set up loud calls for belp, and the wildcats crawled back into the brush. They leaped out again on_the new-comers, who turned out to_be Lem Smith and Lighthouse Charley Baldwin. Lem carries a good old-fashioned six- shooter, and he speedily let down one of tne pair and wounded its mate so that it fled. They righted the cart and found the Jedge nearly dead with cramps and fear, He had recovered from his fright this morning, however, and was hard at work repairing his faithful cart. That ancient vehicle was badly scratched and split, but the Jedge is replacing the broken boards, and says heis going to put a claw-proof coat of tin on the outside and iron handles on the inside, with a view to future sieges. He lays all his trouble to the mislaying of the rabbit’s hind foot. A SNAIL FARM. One to Be Established on a Large Scale in New Jersey. George Van Aden proposes to link his future life with the slimy, succulent and savory snail. His idea hasa commercial basis, and according to his calculations there’s millions—of snails—in it. Inci- dentally he hopes for a good many hun- dred dollars. Mr. Van Aden has a truck farm on the outskirts of Elizabeth, N. J. “Trucking is not what it used to be,” said he. “There’s too many in the busi- ness. The idea first came to me more than six months ago. I used to see these crates of snails sent to the Fulton Market from the French steamers week after week, and I noticed that there were never any left on the hands of the marketmen within twen- ty-four hours. So I set to work to find out all about the business. “I found they grew on the other side of the water, and that nobody had tried to raise them on this side. Then I managed to get hold of figures which showed me that over 114,000 pounds of the creatures vere brought to New York alone last year. This was saying nothing about those shipped to New Orleans. Then I struck a snag. I got to talking the matter over with a big hunting sharp who lives in Elzabeth. He told me that I could never keep enough through the winter for seed for the next season. So I went to the Bureau of Agriculture in Washington and zot a book on snails. It told how the ‘rench snail farmers protected their stock in snowtime. Well, to make a long story short, I started the farm the first week in July. A consignment of snails is now on its way to me ona French steamer from one of the places in France where the choice snails come from. They are send- ing me 2000 of No. 1 quality. Iunderstand that there are three distinct grades—the highest being known as the Escargots, and the others by some parley-yoo rames that I forget. ““With fair luck I reckon that by October I shall have increased my stock to 10,000. The snails breed and reach their full growth pretty nearly as quick as mos- uitos. I canget about $5 per 1080 for them in the rough and §7 when they have been picked over ready for the market. “Next spring I shalfsenle down to busi- ness regularly, and I believe that I can produce about 20,000 snails every month at a protit of about $3 per 1000."" Mr. Van Aden said that he had turned about an acre of his land into “small pas- ture.” He had fenced it in and covered the top of the fence with tar and broken glass to prevent the snails escaping, ana had placed rocks, piles oi moss nndg ter boxes about the inclosure, in accord- ance with the instructions given him.— New York Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. “LIB}}RT{" ON AMERICAN COIN. The Peculiar Kind of Eagle Required by the Authorities. The law demands that on one side of the dollar shall appear something emblematic of liberty, with the word *‘Liberty” and the date of coining. On the reverse must be the inscription, “United States of America, E Pluribus Unum,” and the value. The eagle stands for the coat-of- arms of the Union. Designs offered by artists show that they imagine thatany eagle will do for the purpose. Thisisa big mistake. The eagle required is the heraldic eagle, showing the bird as it is represented in the coat-of-arms of the United States. This peculiar kind of eagle isas much a part of our arms as the double- headed eagle is an essential part of the arms of Austria. Attempts to vary it on the coins have been notub?y unsuccessful. Eagles have been nailed upon the wall at the mint in Philadelphia to serve as modeis in various attitudes, but the designs thus produced have been mercilessly ridiculed. The lying eagle on the nickel cent was re- moved because people insisted that it was a buzzard. It is not Fossihle to have the same de- signs on all of the coins of a nation because there would be nothing to distinguish one denomination from another save the kind of metal and the size. Accordingly the minor pieces exhibit more or less varia- tion. For instance; on the dime, nickel and cent the coat-of-arms is omitted—that is to say the eagle is left off. On the cent the head of an Indian appears in place of Liberty. In England a crown or other simple devices are similarly utilized. The statutes of the United States formerly re- quired that the words “In God We Trust’ should appear on the coin_whenever prac- ticable. Although the Revised Statutes have abrogated this requirement the in- scription is still used in deference to public opinion. The question as to whether it should be retained or not came up during the Hayes administration and was thus decided.—Rene Bache in Washington Star. D —— ‘West Point Cadets. The approaching final examinations of cadets are of great interest to those en- listed men who have passed the prelimin- ary examinations for commissions, and Wwho know that there are fifty-twomembers of the graduating class at West Foint, while with the present outlook in the mat- ter of retirements, etc., between now and July 1 only 1 only thirty-five vacancies will exist. Three cadets Wi{l, however, be sent to the Engineer Corps. 1f fourteen mem- bers of the graduating class are left unpro- vided for, they will have to receive com- missions as additional second lieutenants, but the chances of any of the enlisted men securing commissions by the latter part of September are small. The number of en- listed men recommended by the board for final examinations was small, it being only twelve, but it is possible that some of those who pass the 1inal examination will secure snoulder-straps, as they can be a pointed to a commission any time within a year following the examination.—New York Tribune. — ‘Why He Married Her. ‘When Mr. George Nathamiel Curzon, M. P., arrived home at Kidliston, in England, his 500 tenants all turned out to greet him and his bride. Being calied upon to ad- dress them, Mr. Curzon, thanking them for their welcome, said: “‘The question has been asked why I went to America for a bride. The answer is before you.” Very neat, indeed.—Boston Herald, shei- | | & cup-defender, the hull NEW TO-DAY. KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TR OUBLES CURED NATURALLY A NEW CUP-DEFENDER. Model-Yacht Maker Cousins Goes Back to the Junk for the Future Racer. Engineer Cousins of the tug George C. Perkins is a skilliul model-maker, and many fine little yachts built by him have taken a leading part it miniature regaitas sailed in this port. He is now constructing a large model of of which is modern enough for the coming or new yachtsman, but the rig appears to go back in the far past. Below the deck this racer is a Vigilant and the rest of her is a junk. Naval | to devote two or three weeks trip the | streams of Washington and, especially, the Snoqualmie. The stream which I more particularly refer to is within a two hours’ ride of Seat- tle, by way of the Lake Shore and BEastern railway, to what is called “The Hop | Raneh.” | In the foreground the placid Snoqual- | mie rolls between its fir and alder | clad banks to where a mile below it hurls itself 284 feet into a pool worn by its count- | less years of battle with the rocks, where | the salmon and salmon trout mingle with the brook and mountain trout, and wonder | why their progress is barred to further | search of quiet pools and swift-running | riffles, which they seem to know abound ”\‘_ — c— LS - e — DESIGN FOR A CUP DEFENDER. Architect Cousing, dipping into the dead centuries, theoretically finds that the un- couth, batten sails of the Chinese naviga- tor will speed his boat over the waves. He insists that the Chinaman catches theidea as well as the wind when he puts slats horizontally on his canvas which holds the sail flat to the breeze, a thing devmyly to be wished, and the foremast stepped near amidships and raking for- ward does not put the boat down by the head, thusincreasing her ‘““‘going’’ qualities. Some time ago Engineer Cousins made a Burgess model for the Japanese Govern- ment. She was sloop-rigged, and after ex- perimenting with her the Japs fitted her with the regulation Chinese rig and the little craft broke all her former records. Cousins_then fitted out two of his own models of the same size and shape, one occidental and the other oriental, and the iittle Chinese outsailed her Caucasian sis- er. 2 It will be startling to_yacht enthusiasts to go back to “Far Cathay” for ideas. The beautiful shrimp junk may hereafter lead the Ramona, Lurli Chi around the harbor, 7 e and Chisps S S THE MOUNTAIN TROUT. A Cast for Whoppers on the Sno- qualmie. Noticing the many references in the CALL to trout streams in this, my native State, and being acquainted from boyhood with the best streamsin the State, 1 desire to give information to whoever may be look- ing for good—I say good, I might rather say the best—grounds in the world for a true sportsman’s ideal. For a paradise of brook and mountain trout cast I can safely recommend to those who can afforg | nearer the source of that mighty column of spray, rainbows, sunlightand water. And looking east from the Hop Ranch Hotel there looms up the scarred and mighty peak of Old Mount Si. Here is undoubtedly the Eden of the fly- caster without the many inconveniences which a smaller stream presents, such as overhanging boughs and numerous snags. ‘The morning train trom Seattle lan you at the Hop ranch at 11:55 A. 3., with time to inspect the falls enroute, then a lunch at the Ranch Hotel. Lunch over, | the newcomer has bolted to his room for rod, creel, etc., but is rudely awakened to the unfitness of things by the edict that no cast will be made this afternoon, for it would be beneath the dignity of a true nimrod to mingle with the rabble on the river bank, for it would be a shame to wet or disturb that book of flies nestling in the pocket until Sol rises in his grandeur o’er Mount 8i on the morrow. o Now to find “Indian George,” who is the gatrinrchof gkillful an@trusty canoemen. ou drop in at the company’s store. The storekeeper kindly gives directions as to George’s whereabouts, with the intimation that a drink from your flask will loosen his tongue if at all given to sulking, which he is apt to do to strangers, but most likely a casual remark that you know Joe and his brother (the writer), even if it is not strictly the truth, will secure you the entree to George’s cabin and ail he has got, for he will say: “You know Joe and his brudda, ugh? "Heap good fishaman. Heap savvy catchum tlout.” 2 A few words to George as to time of start, etc., and you return to the stable- man and interview him as to a team and ordinary wagon trucks,. for the most suc- cessful method of procedure is to place the canoe, which is of the shovei-nose type, on the trucks of a wagon, well fastened. Then a few words to the cook to have a 1 [ cup of coffeeand a goodly supply of eats ables for the baskets at 4 A. M. sharp, and everything is in readiness for to-morrow’s sport. Now to bed to dream of sport galore to- | morrow. The next scene is: | “Come, kid—breakiast ready! Half-past 3 and no time to lose.” This is the time | that the experienced one gets in his work. Breakfast over, pipes lit and all ready for the start. Got the bottle? All right. | Now let her go for a seven-mile ride astride of a round bottom cahoe with a sack to | overcome the chill of the damp wood. i Ah, here at last, Salal Prairie, or just be- | low the upper falls. Off with the canoe and good-by to the teamster, who makes his way leisurely homeward. “All right, George?” “All push!” and we’re off on a | fifteen-mile ride on the bosom of the Snoqualmie in a frail craft, guided by the unerring George, either with ‘*‘pole” in swift water or paddle in smooth. “First rise, Joe; by zum! did you see that, that and that? iy don’t he take hold?” “Ah, struck, kid; first one,” is heard from Joe’s end of the canoe, and he killfully lands a fifteen-inch beauty, and is back with an equally large one before the novice overcomes his awe. And so on { for miles down that beautiful stream to | the very foot of Mount Si, where in one Farticular pool we two landed eighty odd beauties, ranging from nine to twenty= three inches. In capturing this twenty- three-inch beauty the writer carried off the honors of the day. We had been whipping the pool for some time with varied success as to size, when on looking around I noticed that Joe's usually unperturbed countenance was wreathed in a_look of expectancy hitherto not seen. With great care and precision he_drew his six-ounce bamboo back, describing a circlet of light with about forty feet of oiled silk, and landed his cast just on the outer edge of the opposite side of the ripple. When (from Indian George), “Ugh! Ow! tch | Ketch 'um; he big pish—big pish.” But | Joe was doomed to disappointment, for the monster, as he looked to us then, leaped a good foot and a half, missing the | fly and landing on his side over the cast Ketch 'um, Joe, with a splash that sent the spray two or three feet in the air. Then there was casting and_whipping near that spot for the next fifteen minutes, and every fish that rose or was hooked gave each of us a shock in turn that might be compared to an electric battery, for every glint of their sides as they leaped for the tempting coachman or hackle made us think, “Now | tor the big boy.”. 3 | Finally I got tired of the irksome posie | tion standing and casting from that side, turned and cast to the opposite side of the riffle, landing the cast nicely, spread with | the “brown hackle” dancing over the minia- | ture waves, when splash, bang, and ‘“‘Joe! | Joe! Joe! I've got him!” ~Then com- | menced such a fight, tug, wind and zip of | reel that, once heard by the true lover of | the sport, is never forgotten. Having | terra firma under one’s feet is quite differ- | ent from a cedar dugout with three highly | animated beings in_it, each striving his | best to help land the coveted prize. | Twenty minutes’ hard work, the annihila- | tion of our lunch by being tramped on and | George’s copious draughts on the black | bottle while Joe and I_were engaged with | his highness the fish, finally landed him, | and he was voted the largest catch of the | season, and for a mountain trout the | largest I ever saw, tipping the scales at | four pounds two ounces. Joe moved that we take a drink, which was duly indulged |in, much to the satisfaction of Indian | George. 7 After devouring what was to be found of our iunch and filling our cob pipes, George | informed us, “‘Better go now; long way jhome; big water go through; pish going to Hop Lanch.” Bo we resumed our jour- ney, having to traverse some very swift and dangerous rapids, which, as compared with the traveler’s assertion in riding on fast trains, ‘‘that the mile-posts looked like gravestones”” wasn't in it. We ar- rived at the “‘Ranch” safe and sound at 1:25 ». m., having caught 382 beauties, Thus ended the most pleasant day of my varied experience in outing, with a quic! ride home to Seattle, arrivingat 6:05 p. M. E. J. HEACOCE.