The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 22, 1895, Page 14

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1895. AN OAEKLAND TURNOUT, [From a photograph by Morris.] The Late Lamented Circus. n I was hurrying along toward the circus, a v ong time after the perf ance had begun, 1 happened to remember that my newspaper pass would take two peoyple in just as wellas one. It seemed a pity to waste an opportunity like that, so I gathered up the most for- Jorn-looking boy in sight and undertook to escort him in to see the show. The ticket-taker wasn't very busy just then, and for want of something better to do he frowned severely at my boy. “Whose boy is that he. *‘Thatis my boy,” said I, qu and, I hope, not untruth- fully. went on that dreadful man. id I, rather faintly and fearfully. The man realized at last that he didn’t care whose boy that anyway, that he was exposing himseif to public ridicule, | were already inside the tent—and | v, just to justify his conduct, he led after me, not very loud: ‘“Well, he doesn’t look the least little bit like you, | anyway.” A lady in tights stepped from the ground to her horse’s back and danced about there while the horse galloped gracefully round and round the little 2. “Why, mamma,”’ gasped a little fellow who was sitting cl heside me, *‘She’s— | she’s pot got on hardly any clothes becept she’s stoc! 81" Another little chap who had a seat which commanded a fine view of everything had | also about two and a_half cents’ worth of | peanuts, which had cost his devoted | mother a whote dime. They were detest- ably bad peanuts too, stale and musty. I | know all about it, because I bought some | just like them for my own (borrowed) boy, | and tasted them out of courtesy. But this little chap that I began to tell | you about might exactly as well have eaten those peanuts on the back steps of his own home. | He didn’t see one bit more of that circus than any of the lucky—I mean uniucky: children who couldn’t go to it at all. You see he was a very little fellow. And he evidently loved peanuts more than any- thing in all the world. The donkey and the clown sang duets together, and every- body but little Peanuts laughed because the donkey's voice was softer and sweeter than the clown’s. Eight horses dashed around a racetrack that was a great deal too small and every- body held his breath when they flew around the dangerously short turns and | came out abreast again. Everybody ex- | cept little Peanuts. He was so busy looking tor half a peanut meat that was lost in his lap that he just happened to miss that exciting race entirely. | That boy missed eyerything systemati- cally. He acted as if he came to the circus | for the express purpose of missing things and then being miserable about it. | He even missed the last of those | wretched peanuts. They fell down to the ground under the seats, and poor | little Peanuts just missed being big enough to go down after them. So he cried till he was tired out, and then he | put his head in his mother’s lap—and just | missed falling asleep there! | That boy was enough to set anybody moralizing, even right in the midst of the circus. What a lot of little people, and big ones, too, though you ¢hil. dren must go on pretending you don’t know anything about that—there are who spend all their lives attending to some- thing which isn’t very much matter any- | way and which gets away from them | after all. | For instance, men get interested in try- i ing to get money. They try so hard that they forget | to notice whether or not the skies| are blue and the fields green, forget to listen when the birds sing, do not even | bear when their own little children cry. And sometimes it happens that these people who have forgotten that life was | meant for anything more than money- | making grow old and die without having | made any money after alll Mr. Kipling seems to think that people of this sort | are ever so much more foolish than | monkeys, and in ‘‘Ballads and Barrack- | room Ballads” he prints this clever little oe.i'n, which he calls “The Legend of Vil This is the sorrowful story Told when the twilight fails And the monkeys walk together Holaing each other’s tails: “ Our fathers lived in the forest, Foolish people were they. They went down to the corn land To teach the farmers to play. * Our fathers frisked in the millet, Our fathers skipped in the wheat, Our fathers bung irom the branches, Our fathers danced in the street. “Then came the terrible farmers— Nothing of pluy they knew, Only—they caught our fathers Ald set them to lavor, too! * Set them to work In the corn land, With plows and sickles and flails, Put them in mud-walled prisons, And—cut off their beautifal tails! “ Now we can watch our fathers, Sullen and bowed avd old, . Stooping over the miller Sharing the silly mol * Driving a foolish furrow Mending » muddy voke, Sleeping in mud-walled prisons, Steeping their f00d in smoke. “ We may not speak to our fathers, For, if the farmers knew, They would come up to the forest And set uso labor, too!” This is the horrible story Told as the twilight fails, And the monkeys walk together Holding each other’s tails. Everybody who wants to go to the circus has to borrow a child of some sort to _excuse for being chere. d-looking woman had only been able to borrow a baby a few—a very few— weeks old. 5 The little thing la white robes, all be-laced and frilled. Its tiny hands, pink like the petals of a flower, and aimost as transparent, only curled up and straightened out again convulsively when the din of shouts and trumpets grew loudest. Do babies who are treated like that live? sometimes I wonder. And, if theydo, can they grow into just 2s good people as do_the wee folks who sleep the hours away in the quiet of vine- covered porches, their bammocks rocked by summer winds? It has been said that Spartan mothers were made to expose their new-born babes jor three days and nights upon the hill- sides without food or any care. If the child died it was well, bacause he could not have been strong enough for the Latile of life any way. If he lived he was & hero and deserved to rank with kings, But the air of Greece was soft and mild, and the quiet of deserted wastes was just what babies need. AS for food, people can very still in its oot | my little 1ady’s eyes would dance anda | 59{_3\‘ v without getting killed. | ter than that, we are told. survive a long time without that when they can breathe the pure air of heaven. One would think—isn’t it so ?—that pure air is cheap and Flent_\' enough for every- body to have all he needs. ~Yet most of the people who are sick in this our world | suffer because they take so much pains to shut the fresh air'out of doors and them- selves in the house. There is a difference between the way boys look at a circus and the way girls look at it. Every bey has a speculative iook in his eye,as if he were taking measurements and making estimates. You realize per- fectly when you look at him that he is caiculating which one of the tricks he can do himself, and which ones he is going to make his little brother do. You know just as well as you will after a while that *“there is going fo be a show in our basement,” and that your pet cat has got to learn to play she’s a tiger, and all your pins are going to be carried off for *‘tickets.”” Tne boys like the tricks they can imitate best. But a dainty little bit of a girl on a high up seat said she liked best the things that looked the most dangerous. ‘When the men and women on_horseback and in chariots dashed around those dread- ful curves and just missed having their necks brojen when the poles struck them streak of pink would go into her cheeks. “Oh, I just love narrow escapes!” she would say. I like to see them J',“S'- barely he little girls in Rome used to grow up into ladies who liked excitement even bet- They used to watch the narrow escapes till they were The Twins Miss Lucy Saved. tired of that, and then they used to turn down their pretty thumbs to indicate that the performers who had entertained them in the great circus must not be allowed to escape any more, but must die for the amusement of the public. Two little fellows took the liveliest pos- sible interest in the boxing contest between aman and a woman. They discussed the matter with each other, and they dropped crumbs of philosophy quite worthy of students of Olive Schreiner or Herbert Spencer. “Which one did you want to | win?” the smallest boy asked his com- panion. Oh, I wanted the man to win. I think the woman ought to understand that they’ve got to try a long time before they are strong enough to beat the men.” “Do you think that is a nice thing for a woman to do anyway 2"’ “Why, yes, certainly it is. It isabad thing when all the women think they’ve got to act like ladies, and get s0 weak they can hardly stand up. That’s whatit js!” Most_folks, and especially most of the young folks, seem to agree still that the clown is the best part of the circus. Yet the clown who trots about the sawdust nowadays is but a ghost—a really, truly ghost. Ask your grandpapas—if you are fortu- nate enough to have any naughty ones who used to go to circuses in the days when it was a very low-toned thing to do—ask them to tell you of the days when old Dan Rice created the clown industry, and kept his huge audiences roaring at the jokes that poured out of his mouth as spontaneously as the oil pours out of those wonderful new Los Angeles wells. Ask them to tell you about the days when Lowlow used to feel so happy think- ing about the $200 a night that he was get- ting for just simply making a fool of him- self—could anything be easier?—that you couldn’t help making merry with him if you tried. ‘When you have heard about those good old days you will understand that these quiet clowns you try to laugh at are but ghosts—sorry shadows of the King’s jes- ters. Those horses did race and dance su- perbly ! One couldn’t help wishing that nobody would even crack a_whip anywhere, when it was perfectly evident that those beauti- ful horses were guided by their own intel- ligence. They must even have been trained in those wonderful new fashioned ¢ horse schools ” rather than taught to dance on hot iron floors after the barbaric style of other years. Those horses were quite as responsive to apvlause from the audience as any of the other actors were, and they deserved it more. " Probably we have got to learn to eat horses, as they do in Paris and in London. Already the farmers will tell you that it doesn’t ‘“‘pay” to raise them. Electric cars, the bicycle, ana just now the electric carriages, have made man’s noblest friend almost superfluous. But isn’t eating him just the next thing to cannibalism? The horse is a clean feeder, and there can't be any otherobjec- tion to eating him than a feeling of friend- liness and relationship. Still, as that feel- ing has been no drawback to inflicting all the other kinds of cruelty upon the poor beast, there can’t be much reason why any one should draw the line at getting the horse out of the way finally by the simple process of eating him up. Has any one been able to solve the prob- lem of why those particular elephants had to have a chain fastened to each forefoot and outward to a stake? They are comfortable-looking, sleek little beasts, so to speak, and they had no ap- pearance of being ugly or rude. Yet they were chained so that they were unable to walk a single step. They kept waying their Eoor heads back and forth and_tossing their trunks up and down, getting as much exercise as they could. When a boy gave peanuts to one elephant the next one wonld open his mouth to beg for some, just for all the world likea little, hungry, yawping bird in a nest. But wouldn’t it take a giant nest to hold that sort of birds, though, and wouldn’t the trees the nests were built in have to be Sequoia gigantea at the very least? As I was going to say,’the chains on those elephants’ feet looked like an un- | necessary degree of cruelty, though not being a veteran elephant-trainer myself of course I could not Be absolutely sureabout a thing like that. ‘When the excitement began to subside and the people to go away I found time at last to take a good look at that boy of mine. He was a ragged boy, besides being one of the most soiled boys you ever saw in_your life. If he had washed his face this fall it must have been in one of the mud-puddles left by the early rains. His bair was that_gay color which puts carrots to shame, and makes everybody laugh ex- cept the people who are obliged to wear it. And his eyes! They were so badly and completely crossed that their owner must have been able to keep track of all the things that were done in both the rings of that circus without turning his head an inch the whole evening long. At last I understood that the ticket- taker was only trying to pay me a compli- ment, in his humble way, when_he called softly after me that my boy didn’t look very much like me. How Lucy Saved the Twins. There was nobody to talk to and nothing to do. & It was rainy and lonesome out of doors, stupid and forlorn in the house. Bored little Miss Lucy went down to the kitchen at last and tried to make company out of poor little Mrs. Jenkins, who was ironing away as if her life depended upon it. “Why don’t you stay up here and work for my mamma all the time instead of go- ing home to your little bit of a house when 1t’s raining 2"’ That was one of the hundred or two questions the little girl asked. Then Mrs. Jenkins told some of the rea- sons why she did not stay in the big, com- fortable house, and some why she couldn’t stay all the time in her own little home either. > % It seems there was a pair of little twin Jenkinses down there in the small house, and they couldn’t quite support them- selves yet, even though they were almost a year old. And Papa Jenkins had been sick for a very long time, One or two very wet tears trickled down Mrs. Jenkins’ nose when sbe thought about that dreadful sick time and how very pale poor Papa Jenkins had looked still when he went away to his work tnis morning. *Who stays with those babies when you are out working?” asked Lucy. “Nobody is with them to-day. This is the first day in all their lives that they have had to stay alone, and I'm a-fioin' home as soon as ever I can.” Mrs. Jenkins looked both worried and determined when she said that, and she waved her flatiron about quite as if she be- lieved herself able to conquer the world with it if she only tried hard enough. Little Miss Lucy went upstairs again, wondering if there were not worse troubles in the world than not having every single thing you wanted. She put on her mackintosh and her rub- bers quietly, and presently she peeped into the kitchen and called out pleasantly : “Mrs. Jenkins, I am just going to take a little run down to your house to see how those babies are getting along. They might want some milk or something, you know, and they might just happen to be lonesome.” Miss Lucy skipped along as gay as a bird: but just as she was going toopen the Jenkins door she hes T such dreadful screams from those babies that she fairly burst into the house. Those twins were sitting in the cradle where their mother had tied them, and the bedding around them was all on fire. Lucy didn’t wait to try to cut the poor little things loose. She didn’t stop to look for a pail of water either. She just gathered up the rugs and pieces of carpet that were lying on the floor and she smothered the flames with them. And, of course, everybody knows that the wisest and strongest man in the world couldn’t have done anything much better than that. Pretty soon, when the twins were out of that cradle all right Lucy rapped on the window for a_boy who was passing and sent for Mrs. Jenkins to come home. Then Lucy heard how the babies’ cradle had been leit in the corner of the room farthest from the fire. They must have rocked and rocked it in their playful fashion till it had traveled all the way across the room. And then a loose corner of the bedding must have switched into the open fire, and so the trouble began. ‘Wasn't that one way for a pair of babies to get themselves into a scrape? And wnsn’zi“uck¥ that Miss, Lucy happened toobey one of the impulses of her kind little heart? MamrY CALKINS JOHNSON. SWINDLERS' CLEVER WORK It Is Foiled by the Intended Victim Going Into Court. Five Men Charged With the Clever and Fraudulent Manipulation of a Note. How clever confidence operators take in even the sharpest of business men was demonstrated in the case of M. M. Regens- burger vs. E. F. May, L. M. Walker, E. D. Middlekauf, E. B, Stowe and L. E. Alling on trial before Judge Hebbard yesterday. On the 16th of January, 1892, Walker and Muddlekanf tendered plaintiff, a money-broker and commission merchant, a note for §250 in payment of a diamond rin. The note was made payable to Mid- dlekauf, kad been indorsed to Walker, and was signed “Ed F. May.” Regensburger agreed to accept the note providing that after iuvestigation he found the maker thereof to be financially responsible. ‘With this understanding the note was indorsed to the plaintiff. The latter. ac- cording to the complaint, found that May was without means and without business credit, and therefore refused to accept the note in payment for the pin, and returned the same to Middlekauf, who took it and left the plaintiff’s office. A few minutes later, it is alleged, Mid- dlekauf returned to plaintiff, who at the time was busily engaged and engrossed with other business affairs, and pretending to be in great haste called plaintiff’s atten- tion to the fact that by reason of said in- dorsement made to ‘plaintiff the apparent title to the note was in plaintiff, and asked plaintiff to indorse the same, so that the title would no longer appear to be in him, which plaintiff did. It is charged that this note was subse- guently delivered to L. E. Alling, a resi- ent of Stocktion, to make him appear the innocent holder of the same, and that he afterward tried tocollect the same through the Anglo-California Bank. The note went to protest and was then given to Stone for collection. Payment was refused by plain- tiff and snit was then threatened. Tt is further alleged that both Alling and Stone were conferates of Middlekauf and were attempting to assist Middlekauf in defraud- ing plaintiff. z An injunction was asked for about a year ago to prevent the note being further nefotialed, and was granted. It was aiso asked that plaintiff’s indorsement be can- celed and that he be granted $300 damages. It 1s the latter issue that is now being heard. The testimony taken yesterday showed that May, the ‘maker of the note, is im- pecunious, that Alling never had property to ex?ed $180, that he was in Stowe's employand that Stowe runs a colleciion agency at Stockton. Walker and’ Middle- kauf are the same men who attempted Jo swindle Hart Bros, the tailors, some time ago. The case will be continuea Monday. George W. Monteith, the attorney for plaintiff, designates the scheme as one of the most dangerous ever resorted to by confidence workers. MINING IN THIS STATE E. A. Stent Reviews Recent Developments in Tuol- umne County. MODERN METHODS DEMANDED. Many Mines In Californla Awalting Capital to Become Paying Properties. *The business of gold mining is in a more prosperous condition than it has been for many years,” observed E. A. Stent at the Cosmos Club a few evenings ago. Mr. Stent is a resident of Stent, Tuol- umne County, which is & thrifty mining town named for him on account of his instrumentality in the recent mining de- velopment made in that section of the mother lode. In reviewing the progress made in the mining industry Mr. Stent said: “At no time in recent years has there been so great a demand for gold proper- ties or so many of them paying.’ The principal mines of the State are now owned by vrivate corporations. Many small claims or prospects belong to indi- vidual miners, but capital is required to open and develop quartz or gravel mines and to conduct the business properly. E. A. Stent. (From a photograph by Taber.) “It has been found in gold mining in California that the ordinary mines require careful attention to detsils to be made to pay. Inthe early days of quartz mining in_this State great extravagances pre- vailed, as it was thought a gold mine would pay under almost any circum- stances. Experience, however, extending over a period of years disproved this theory. During the earlier period claims were taken up and opened which, under the prevailing circumstances of the time, could not be possibly made to pay. They were worked largely by men with scant knowledge of the business and extrava- {‘am ideas based on assays and specimens. No man may say how much was lost dur- ing those times by the men who invested their money, and these losses were laid to the gold mines rather than to the igno- rance of those working them. “The experience gained from these severe lessons eventually brought aboutan entire change in the ~system of gold mining. Hundreds of old mines are being reopened in these days and worked profit- ably, and the methods of mining and mill- ing are being daily cheapened. In ten years from now some hundreds of the present ‘‘prospects’”’ will be mines, aud at work. In twenty years from that time some hundreds more will be worth work- ing. As oceupations become crowded more people will go into mining. Cheapening of power by transmissioh of electricity from watercourses is becoming an im. portant factor. Cheaper labor and sup- plies will also be available. In every county of this State are hundreds of un- developed prospects, any one of which may be a rich mine. It takes money to open mines, and this bas always been lack- ing for mining investments in California. It is coming now from other States to help the California mines. While the gold pro- duction may not be doubled in fifteen years from this time, it is very likely to be when one considers the great number of undeveloped properties which will by that time doubtless be at work. o ‘‘Nowhere in the mining counties is the activity and prosperity more noticeable than in old Tuolumne. For the past three years my operations have been confined to this county. The first property I took hold of was the App Heslep mine, now owned by Messrs. Nevills, Ballard and Morton, " At the present time these gentle- men are engaged in putting a_forty-stamp mill upon the property, a hoisting plant, and enlarging the shaft to three compart- ments from the surface to the 800-foot level. “The Miller and Holmes mine, which I sold last November, is having three electric hoists put up over that number of shaits. It has turned out well and will be opera ted extensively. There are a number of other mines that are being largely developed and there are still many others awaiting capi- tal, notably the Moaney trio and the group on Whisky Hill. These mines, for the amount of development work that has been done, have produced bullion equal to any mines in the State. There are enor- mous bodies of ore now in sight, and it iz only a question of a short time when stamps will be pounding gold out of the quartz. The scene of my present opera- tions is the Golden Rule mine, which has a record of having produced in excess of $1,500,000 from workings the deepest of which are 270 feet. Iam now engaged in sinking a 500-foot shaft and propose to treble the former production from that level up, The chute on_this mine exceeds 1000 feet in length. We have cut a new vein 200 feet weat of the Golden Rule vein that is its equal in every respect. % *‘The appliances of milling and mining are more perfect and people have stopped experimenting, trusting rather to what experience has shown will do the work best. Improvement in milling machinery and systems have had a great deal to do with this, since now miners are able to mine and mill ore at a very much less cost than formerly and mines that would have Tun & company in debt fifteen years ago yield a good profit to their owners.” Contructor Rohling’s Failure. Henry Rohling, a contractor, has filed a peti. tion in insolvency, with liabilities of $13,- 217 29 and assets of $10,087 60. He has & claim of $7710 against the Ohabai Shalome and other accounts make nlg the assets. His Sflncipd creditors are the Humboldt Lumber BB s 10 onin s oA THE 00UPLING BROKE. Eight Cars Leave a Freight Train at Valencia Street and Dash Back to Sixteenth Street. A Bouthern Pacific freight train was ascending the steep grade near the Va- lencia-street depot abour 5:30 o’clock yesterday morning. The train was a long one and the engineer had to put on full steam. The strain proved two great for one of the couplings and it broke. Seven cars and the caboose immediately started down grade. The conductor and brakeémen in the caboose did not realize the situation till the cars had attained a terrific speed. They promptly put on the brakes and by that means succeeded in checking in a measure the speed. As the escaping cars neared the yard at the foot of Sixteenth street the switchman heard the noise and divined the cause. He ran to the switch and the cars dashed into a siding and were brought to a standstill without colliding with anything beyond the heav;H;iece of wood at the end of the siding. ere was, fortunately, no acci- dent to any of the employes or damage to. any of the cars. 'wo or three months ago several cars became detached near Ocean View and dashed into an engine at the Sixteenth- street yards. On that occasion two of the cars were smashed to pieces and the engine was badly damaged. 1If this sort of thing continues somebody will get killed, and then the company’s Ffiicinls will properly examine their coup- ings. THE STATE'S FALL SHOAT, Militiamen Win Marksman- ship Medals at the Butts Around the Bay. Lleutenant-Colonel Geary Secures One More Trophy for Pistol- Shooting. The second and last day of the regular fall target shooting of the National Guard brought out a large number of militiamen to the butts across the bay, though the fact that it was a weekday prevented the attendance of many of the finest marks- men. Throughout the hours of daylight and well along toward dusk the cracking of rifles and the pop of revoivers were heard and many good scores were made. At Shell Mound Park the Second Artil- lery was in possession of the 200-yard ranges all day, though a few members of the Naval Battalion scored at the longer range and the Second Brigade Signal Corps shot at the pistol targets. Among the riflemen Private Utschig of Battery E easily bore away the palm. His score, 48 out of a possible 50, was the best of the day. This isthe third consecutive vear that Utschig has won the gold medal, and his comrades are very proud of him. At the pistol range, Lientenant-Colonel Geary proved the best marksman of the day.” His score was 47 out of a possible 50 und wins for him tie State silver bar for 80 per cent in marksmanship. The colonel has a chain of ten of these silver bars, which'occupies a prominent place amony his trophies. ¥ In estimating the record of each member of the Guard for the year, the scores made at the semi-annual shoots are added and decorations are bestowed according to the total score. A score of 90 or better out of a possible 100 gives a gold bar and the rank of sharpshooter. A score of 80 gives a silver bar and the rank of marksman; while 75 and less than 80 bestows the rank of rifleman and 2 bronze bur. The best scores made at Shell Mound are appended : Second Artillery, field staff, non-commis- sioned staff and band, with pistol, at 50 yard: Colonel Macdonald ' 31, Lieutenant-Colonel Geary 47, Major Waters 44, Major Huber 42, Surgeon McCarthy 35, Lieutenant Kubls 46, Sergeant Woodall 43, Sergeant Schwartz 38, Captain Siebe (retired) 36, Sergeant Menke 34, Mausician Lennon 33. Battery C, Second Artillery (25 men with rifies at 200 yards)—Corporal Golly 41, Mc- Carthy 41, Payson 40, De Bernardi 40, Sergeant Corcoran 40, Sergeant Shehan 40, Sergeant _Huber 40, Otten 39, Saur 38, Captain Boxton 37, Lieutepant Tobin 36, rgeant Fell 36, Schwartz 36, Viebrock 66, Seyden 35, Wallert a4y Meyer 4, Corporal Ahlborn 30, Corpotal s 30. Batiery D, Second Artillery (twenty men with rifies 200 yards)—Gambetta 42, Lieuten- ant Clark 39, Holstein 38, Sergeant Sherwood 36, Cook 36, Schwartz 35, Sergeant Badr 84, Captain Jordan 30, Corporal Zobel 30. attery E,Second Artillery (forty men with ri- fles 200 yards)—Utschig 48, Amark 45, Brunotti 42, ‘Dities 42, Capiain Cunningham’ 41, Ross 41, Cooper 40, Farless 40, Marrow 40, Renbold 39 Lieutenant Finley 38, Lieutenant Seely 38, Hardy 38, Hanley 37, Helms 37. Corporal Skillman 36, Earl 35, Bauer 33, Parryman 33, Bush 31, Barnes 31, , Battery F, Second Artillery (20 men with rifles, 200 yards)—O'Connor 42. Sergeant Brown 41, Corporal N. Turton 41, Lieutenant I\lpBerclb, Corporal F. N. Turfon 38, Ryder 37, Captain Jenks 37, Corporal Irving 36, Ser- geant Codingtop 35, Lientenant Miller 38, Cor- poral Moore 29, Harkness 28, Battery G, Second Artillery (35 men with rifies, 200 yards)—Lieutenant Cranston 43, Fleming 38, Graves 38, Corporal Fordsham 38, Murpby 36, Reay 35, Bell 35, Corporal Farn: ham 83, Ayhens 32, Bachelder 82, Kelly 30, Mackenizie 2 e attery K, Second Artillery 20 men with rifies at yards)—Captain Browe 42, Downey 40, Corporal Maher 88, Corporal Olmstead 33, Corporal Noyes 35, Kelley 34, Spillman 33, Riordan 32, Bannister 31, Park 31, Sergeant Warner 30, Corporal Casey 28. First Division Naval Battalion (15 men with fifles 0t 200 yards)—Ensign Henry 31, Seaman Krider 29, Seaman Lund 29, Seaman Sewell 1271’11 ,%éeutemnz Douglass 24, Seaman Bol- e . Second Brigade Signal Corps (twenty men wit pistol, 50 vards)—Grinnell 44, Lieutenant Boardman '42, "Sergeant Perkins 39, Captain Hauks 38, Hobbs 34, Meussdorffer 34, Cheney 34, Musician Bond 29, Frinkler 27. THIRD INFANTRY SEHOOT. The Five Companies’ Finish Three Days at Harbor View. The Third Iniantry Regiment, Second Brigade, N. G. C., comprising Companies A, B,C, D, E, F, finished the three days’ State target practice witi rifles at Harbor View yesterday, under Licutenant Frank Ralph, rifle inspector. The attendance for the three days agaregated 232. The shooting yesterday by the Third Infantry showed a much improved rifle practice in the past year. There were twelve scores which equaled the highest made in the entire State last June, which was 44. Eight men made 45 and over. Two of them made 48, two made 47 and four made 46. These men who shot 45 and over are entitled to enter the championship at Sacramento in April next, where they will compete for two State championship medals. Following is the total score of each man who scored 30 and over: Colonel O'Connor 44. Company A—Captain John T. Conmoliy 39, Musician Frank 8. Wyatt 41, Sergeant Frank J. Leonard 89, Sergeant John J. Harrington 39, Corporal Maurice Josth 388, Lieutenant Geo F. Ballinger 35, Corporal John G. Courtney 33, Bergeant John F. Sullivan 32, Corporal Charles L. 0'Donnell 31, James Cook 35, . 8. Davison 34, J. J. Donahue 31, W. H, Dounelly 33, W. Harmon 40, M. Leahy 39, M. Lieb 30, F. Mur- ghv 31, 8. L. Pierce 38, W. A. Robling 35, W. 36, Btockwetz 81, L. R. Schmidt 37, J. P. Woods Commey B—Captain E. H. Kennedy 36, Sergeant E. F, Davis 40, Sergeant W. R. Kobin- son 46, Sergeant H. R. Brown 48, Corporal T.J. Carrol| 48, Corporal J. E. Broderick 41, Cor- ggnl A. E. Ehrenpfort 40. Musician C. P. Shea , Sergeant J. Kennedy 35, Mahoney 32, C. L. Atwater 40, Reel 46, J. A. Carrofll 45, F. L. Jackson 33, T. F. Kelley 45, ¥. C. Muller 47, J. & Oé(ifmnor 83, G. B. Richardson 40, M. Wal- n Company C—Captain R. A. Marshall 43, Lieutenant T.J. McCreagh 42, Lieutenant E. B. Sullivan 41, Sergeant C. G. White 35, Ser- geant H. W. Salter , Corporal C. W, Seagrave NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. ANOTHER GREAT OFFERING S el EXTRAGRDINARY BARGAINS That we are monopolizing the Fall Dry-goods trade of the city is not to be wondered at when our MAMMOTH AND UNEQUALED NEW STOCK is taken in connection with the fact that we are constantly offering VALUES THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY IRRESISTIBLE, as witness the following spe= cial lines placed on sale this week AT TRADE-COMPELLING PRICES. ‘BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT. At 5O Cents a Yard. 40 pieces 54-INCH ALL-WOOL DIAGONAL, regular value for $1, will be offered at yard. COLORED DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. 20c yard. LADIES’ 90c a pair. At 20 Cents a Yard. 60 pieces 34-INCH ALL-WOOL CASHMERE, regular value for 35c, will be offered at LADIES’ WHITE AND COLORED APRONS. A At 10O Cents Each. 100 dozen WHITE AND FANCY APRONS, will be placed on sale at 10c each. CORSET DEPARTMENT. At 55 Cents a Pair. 80 dozen LADIES’ BLACK CORSETS, regular price $1, svill be offered at 55¢ a pair, LADIES’ BLACK SILK WAISTS. At B2.50. 10 dozen LADIES’ W A1STS, regular price $3 50, will be offered at $2 50. KID GLOVES. At 85 Cents. 550 dozen LADIES’ BIARRITZ KID GLOVES (special purchase), in dark and me« dium colors, former price $1, will be closed at 65¢ a pair. At 9O Cents. 650 dozen LADIES’ 5 AND 7 HOOK KID GLOVES, improvea Foster hook purchase), in colored and black, former prices §1 25 and §1 50, will be close ‘Sspeciul out at NOTE.—Every pair guaranteed and if not satisfactory money refunded. & See Chronicle for Special Sale of Fine White Blankets. Warkel Streel, corner of Jongs, | SAN FPFRANCISCO w. 41, G. W. Swan 32, T. P. Leonard 36,J. Cook 30, C. Engby 82, R. Herring Jr. 34, F. A Gunn' 30, 1. F. Knick 40, C. E. L 7 G.W. E , D. A, Con- roy 40, J. M. Newbert 41. A 3 Company D—Captain EQ_Fitzoatrick 44, Licutenant Frank Ralph 42, Sergeant Thomas { geant William Commerford 33. Sergeant Soseph Cardiff 40, Corporal Lawrenee Conlon liam Seywell 32, Corporal Ed Wright 39, Musician_George Flemming 30, Musician T. Quinlan 31, Musician Wehser 43, Jol Canavan 36, Matt Daleney 42, Ed Doherty Charles Donlon 35, Abe Friedlander 40, Ed Garry 36, John Mullen 36, J. Burnell 30, J. A. Magée 40, Private John 'Brady 38, William Coffey 37, John Conlon 30. Company E—Sergeant Thomas Waters 39, Lieutenant T.J. Mellott 33, Michael Boden 35, Michael Casey 34, Albert Matheson 33, Eugene Rahill 81, John' J. Rogerson 32, Jeremiah Sheehy 42, P. J. Hogan fannix 34, H. MclInerney 4: Captain T. W. Warren 41, Lieu- Sergeant Roach 42, Sergeant N. Holtz 37, Corporal E. Cuilan 38, G. Lasswell 45, L. Dun- nigan 43, B. Eisener 38, F. Land 39, James Miller 35, M. Sullivan 38, F. Warren 43. GUN, ROD AND WHEEL Santa Clara County Will Be Stocked With Pheas- ants. Eastern Sportsmen Who Are on a Visit—Wheel and Horse Racing at San Jose. The sportsmen of Sacramento and San Jose are anticipating some very good sport when the open season for shooting game birds arrives. The following letters from THE CaLv’s correspondents at San Jose and Sacramento will greatly interest all admirers and patrons of outdoor pas- times: 5 Game Warden Mackenzie of Senta Clara County yesterdey received a consignment of fifty paits of Mongolian pheasants from Ore- gon. The pheasant is considered oue of the gamest birds, and it is thought that the county will be sufficiently stocked with them in three or four years to afford good hunting. It was through a fund subseribed by the followirg citizens that Game Warden Mackenzie was en- abled to secure the birds: P. J. Donahue, D. 3: Murghy, &. F. Lieb, J. W. Res, W. G. Lorigan, ‘Adolph Greeninger, H. M. N. Spring, Gus Lion, Bert Herrington, Henry Leiranc, E, W. Clayton, Louis Pfau, Emil Lemolle, J. A. Kidward and P. P. Austin, > The birds will be distributed as follows: R. R. Bulmore one trio, Captain James.Hany, New Almaden, one trio; at San Martin one trio; H. J. Cattermole, Wrights, one _trio; V. Poncelet, Liagas, one trio. The rest of the birds will be kept in quarters provided for them by the Gar- den City Gun Club at Mat Arnerich’s ranch, near Guadalupe. The old pirds will be penned up, but the young ones will be liberated as soon as they can take care of themselves. Any rson in the county will be furnished birds for hre«dln[s purposes. The San Jose colored cyclers are so pleased with the success of their meet Tuesday that ar- rangements have been made for another meet on Sunday, September 29. The club has & membership of about flnr. A great many col- ored crakerjacks from different parts of the State have signified their intention of riding on the 29th. The racetrack at Agricultural Park presents a busy scene. There are a large number of horses training there for the fair races, which begin Tuesday and continue until Saturday. Horses are arriving daily, and the extensive stall-room is well filled. A large force of men is at work on tae track and it is being put in the best possible condition. Thera are 135 en- tries for the races, including all the fast ones on the circuit, and it is thought that nearly every one will start. The opening race on Tuesday will be a 2:13 pace for a_puise of $500, with the jollowing entries: Winship & Keating’s br. s, Pathmont; James Mack's g. g Waldo J: C. H. Corey’s b. m. Laura M; D. W. Ward’s b. s. Prince Aimont. A hunting party, composed of Justice W. H. Dwyer, Homer Prindle, Captain Quivey and James Quivey, killed three fine bucks near the headwaters of the Uvas, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, last Monday. The Sacramento letter reads: A question that is provoking warm discussion among sportsmen and market-huntersin this vieinn{ whether the mere possession of & gun of illegal bore is a violation of the new game law, a ciause of which provides that no | Howard 41, Sergeant Herman Staib 34, Ser- | 31, Corporal Joseph Ralph 40, Corporal Wil- | West 35, Sergeant T. O'Brien 39, | | | | | larger gun than a ten-bore can be used in the sianghter of game. Many contend that if a scow-dweller has an eight-bore hanging up in his dwelling it i3 evidence that he intends to violate the law: on theother hand it is clsimed that it is no violation unless the owner of the gun be captured with 1t in his possession on marsh or stream. Opinions on_ this subject from sportsmen and scow-dwellers in _other portions of the State would be welcomed with great interest by the champions of either side of the discussion. The Sacramento Bluerock Club will send a delegation to the fall meet of the California In- animate-target Association to be held in San Francisco on October 6 and 7, and the members chosen to represent the local club will_have a practice shoot about thelst. Messrs, Kimball and Upson are making extensive preparations for the fall meet of the Sacramento Bluerock { Club to be held on October 13, at their grounds in this city. This event will be an open tournament at pool and prize shooting. The kindergartens of the Pelican Club, Messi cholaus, Upson, Yorke and Rustaller Jr., have issued a challenge to any four of the veterans of the club to skoot & match at twenty live birds on Thanksgiving day, the prize to be & French dinner for all the members of the association. W. Knauer, who has just returned from a camping trip in the vicinity of the Rubicon in the Sierras, reports the country full of hunters who are taking advantage of the open season for deer. Messrs. Graham, Barrett and Newbert left for the Rubicon yesterday, with a comYlelc outing outfit. Graham and Newbert will ride their wheels en route and use them in hunting and fishing trips. Messrs. Rustaller Jr. and E. J. Nicholaus have departed for the same locality and intend to stay out for at least two weeks. Mr. Fountain, a resident of Neweastle, was in Sacramento yesterday for the purpose of pro- curing a quantity or tackle, as he will head a party of Eastern sportsmen who have come to the coast to have a try at the fish of the Sierras. The party will whip the Truckee River in the vieinity of Boca to-morrow, and will spend some time in other localities. The magnificent game put up by the Hardy brothers in their tennis contest with Whitney and De Long at the Sacramento courts during the State Fair has given an added impetusto tennis in this city, and local cracks are vate ting“in all their spare time with the rackets. It is their intention io get up a‘tournament to be held some time next month, and great en- thusiasm is prevalent over the idea. The Capital City Wheelmen will make a run to Penryn next Sunday, & distance of thirty miles, and return. The boys are rapidly gei- ting their handsome clubrooms furnished. —————————— It Had a History. “It strikes me,” said the prospective tenant, “that your rate for this old rook- ery is too high.” “Not at all, sir—not at all! Seven secret murders were committed in_this house, five skeletons were found under the floor where you are standing, and that insignifi- cant looking closet yonder contained the bones of two beautiful insurance victims, The man, sir, who first occupied this house was no ordinary murderer, I assure you!” —Atlanta Constitution. — - ——— The Kanawha River, in West Virginia, was named after an Indian tribe. — e The United States uses annually 1,000,000 pounds of fur in making hats. 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