The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 14, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1895. SARAH D, HAMLIN FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR, Women Say She Would Make a Star Member of the Board. ABLE AND INTELLIGENT. She Would Not Harass Teachers Holding Places in the De- partment. OFFERS EXAMPLE. OAKLAND Good of the Schools Promoted by a Woman on the Board of Edu. cation. “Sarah D. Hamlin would make an ex- nt School Director,” said Edna Snell Poulson yesterday. tion and the last time zhest vote ever cast for a woman in San ncisco. She received more votes than ¥ other woman on the ticket. I believe cel “She ran twice for the | received the | She | | the school board went down into the base- ment of primary schools, and in old- fashioned = housekeeping style turned things over and looked bencath the sur- face. The janitors were angry and threat- ened to resign if they were made to obey women. “I do not think,” said Miss, Hamlin, “‘that a broad-minded, intellectual woman of experience would go around retaling gossip about the teact Of course the! are little-minded spiteful women, just a there are narrow-minded, weak and gos- siping men, but this type should not be called to serve on the Board of Edueation. I am sure that the schools of N Fra cisco would be benetited by the advice and counsel which women on the board would be able to g In other cities women per- form this service, and it has been found re- | liable. Iam in favor of the board el a woman to fill the present vacar Miss Mary Lake, whose work cause of education is widely rec was clearly of the opinion that s should be appotnted to fill the the Board of Education. She saic There | is no reason why a woman of good moral character should fear a woman more than she fears a mar Miss Lake of the opinion that men in dealing with women were more compas- sionate than women. A man goes to a schoolroom and sees a young lady with forty or fifty pupils under her care and s to himself, “her life is not as an ea one.” Laterin the day he sees her driv- ing out in_the park, and saysto himself, “I am glad the little girl is getting some respite from her hard work in the school- room. “Now, as a matter of fact,” said Miss Lake, “woman has entered the struggle of life to win success. She must be judged ecting in the MRS. MYRA ENOX, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OAKLAND, is a woman of fine intellect, broad in her judgment and sympathies and capable of rendering the greatest service to the schools. {rs. Kincaid,” continued Mrs. Poul- son, ‘‘is another capable woman of won- derful intellectual strength and wide ex- perience. “By all means a woman should be se- lected to fill the vacancy in the Board of Education. There should be three or four women on the boara. “‘Reference was made in the press the other day about women getting into the dirty pool of politics by service on the school board. Ii the Board of Education has fallen into the pool of politics the schools are there, and women should be appointed to bring the department out of the pool. “Yes, I think of another woman who would make a good School Director; Dr. Emma Sutro Merritt is a woman ot fine intellect. She is worthy ana capable. Many other women could be mentioned, but I doubt if Miss Hamlin’s superior could be named.” The question was asked, “Would the women now employed as teachers in the department have any cause to fear injus- tice from one of their own sex on the board?” Mrs. Poulson replied: “There should be no apprehension of that kind. In deal- ing with others women have as high a sense of justice as men. They see things, however, that escape the observation of | men. No good woman will fear for her position by reason of one of her own sex | serving on the board. Chicago and Lon- don, where women assist in the manage- ment of the schoolteachers, do not com- plain of injustice.” | Mrs. Pray, .vice-grmcipal of the Van | Ness Seminary, said : Miss Hamlin would make a splendid | School Director. She has an intellect | equal to that of any man on the board. Yes, a woman should be appointed to fill | the vacancy in the board. When she vis- ited the schools she would see things be- neath the surface. She would know if tue veutilation was bad and if the sanitary condition of the schoolhouse | was what it should not be. No, I do not think that the women now employed as | teachers need have any reason to feel inse- cure in their positions should women be appointed to serve on theboard. Women know more of children than men do and would be more careful than men of the welfare of the little pupils. They would see at a glance m: things which men | would not observe. { Mrs. Gamble, the former principal of Van Ness Seminary, has traveled exten- | sively abroad and throughout the United | States. She is an observing educator and expresses the opinion that the appoint- | ment of a woman to serve on the Board of | Education would prove beneficial to the | schools. “A woman looking around a school- | room,"” Temarked Mrs. Gamble, ‘‘always | sees more than a man notes. I do not | know about the intellectual capacity of | the men comprising the Board of Educa- tion of San Francisco, but I know that in some other towns of the State the greatest | ignoramuses frequently get on the school board. Politicsought not to cut any figure in the management of the school. It is absurd to fancy that women will not render justice to women. In the manage- ment of schools and school children is | just where the work of a woman is most beneficial. No capable woman of good moral character need have any fear of in- justice from woman. It is possible that | some teachers in the department may fear justice rather than injustice.” 3 “1 ran for School Director twice,” said Sarah D. Hamlin, “and the second time I received nearly 20,000 votes. 1 wason six | tickets. The teachers worked against the | women on the._ ticket, butI do not blame | them for that, because one of our orators in his misguided eloquence made a sweep- ing assertion reflecting on the character of the teachers. They resented the imputa- ton. Women stand near children and un- derstand many things in the government, control and_welfare of children that men overlook., In New York the women on j » | as other workers. After all, the work in | the schoolroom from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. is not so hard. I have taught in the department and know. Moreover, the vacation is ample, and teaching is not so great a hard- ship as it may seem. In one sense a woman on the Board of Education might be more exacting than the man., She would say now this teacher has accepted the responsibility of teaching our children and her deportment must conform to her duties. Her conduct is constantly before the children, and however much she may incline to the gayeties of life or feel like in- duleing in_harmless flirtations she must bear in mind that her example speaks to her pupils. In that sense a woman might exact a line of conduct which a man might regard as unnecessa “Yes, Miss Hamlin is a capable woman and would make a good School Director.” — - AN OAKLAND EXAMPLE. Dr. Myra Knox’s Success as School Director. OARLAND OFFIcE SAN Fraxcrsco CALL,) 908 Broadway, Nov. 13. | The women of Oakland are congratu- lating themselves that they are a step in advance of their San Francisco sisters. While the larger city is viewing with | some uncertainty the propriety of allowing | a woman to occupy a seat in the school | board, Oakland has already given the ex- periment a fair trial and has pronounced it a success. Last April Dr. Myra Knox was elected to a seat in the Oakland school board by a handsome majority. Since that time the | lady director has shown that she is quite as capable of filling her position as any of her male confreres. Dr. Knox is not a new woman; she is a sensible one and her manner in office has been such that she has won the respect of all who have watched her official career. On several occasions School Director Knox has had umsle opportunity to use Lerexecutive and administrative ability, as she has often been voted to the president’s chair in the absence of the president. At such times the discussions and routine business were as ably transacted as ever. Now the school board would not appear complete without the presence of the female director. For the first few meet- ings after her election it seemed a little crude to hear the rolicall and the only lady respond ‘‘aye” or ‘no’” to the vote as the name “Knox" was called, but the lady’s voice is now so familiar and seems so thoroughly a part of the board that it has long ceased toattract special attention. Superintendent McClymonds did hesitate for a little while and made it evident that he would like to prefix something to the lady’s name, but Dr. Knox made it so plain that she was simply a regular School Director and expected no special privileges on account of sex that she soon caused the | Superintendent to feel quite at home. Occasionally, agents and others have ad- dressed the board on various subjects and have invariably commenced by saying, “Gentlemen,” till they were reminded that the board was mixed. Then the cor- rection wounld remind the lobby that Oak- land was ahead of San Francisco. “Itis a pity there are not more ladies on the school board,” said Mayor Davie to- day. “I am sure they could not discount the past maladministrations, It would certainly be better to have the board even- ly divided. Dr. Knox has made an ad- mirable School Director and is the equal in ability of any one on the board. San Francisco must be more behind the times than I thought. I read in to-day’s CALL that School Director Clinton of San Fran- cisco says that the time has not yet come for women to fill those offices. "1 differ with him. Idonotthink the time ever will come when a woman will make a good Superintendent of Streets or Chief of Po- lice, but she is certainly in her element as a School Director. ‘*1 have a very high opinion of Oakland's lady School Director. 1 nave not attended the meetings of the Board of Education, but I of course keep a wateh over its pro- ceedings and Dr. Knox fills the place with | The Cutter Hartley's Commander | | azgregate the amounts borrowed reached as much aptitude as though she had been a School Director all her life. Nearly all our schoolteachers are women and there is certainly no logic in saying that women are not of value in the board when we en- trust the education them. It would be well for the San Francisco Directors who doubt the capability of women to come to a few meetings of the Oakland Board of Education when Dr. Knox presides. I think it would open their eyes.” ROBBED HER EMPLOYER. of our children to Mary Hill, a Servant-Girl, Charged With Pilfering in Ex-Supervisor Burns’' House. Mary Hill, a servant in the house of ex- Supervisor Burns, 1506 Washington str was arrested by Detectives Egan and vey yesterday afternoon and booked at the City Prison on the charge of grand lar- ceny. On Saturday evening a tin box contain- ing $280 in gold, three large diamonds and | xteen small digmonds was emptied of its contents. ' Mr. Burns reported the theit to | police headquarters and Detectives Egan and Silvey were detailed on the case. After an investigation they came to the conclusion that the thief -was well ac- quainted with the interior of the house and their suspicions feil on Mary Hill. They quietly made inquiries about her, but found that she had always borne a ¢ood character. They were, however, convinced that she was the thief, and yes- terday afternoon they made a search of herroom. They found $220 sewed up in a pincushion and the three large diamonds were fonnd sewed up in the dress she was wearing. The girl then broke down and | confessed. She told where the sixteen small diamonds could be found, but would not say what she had done with | the §65. HLONG THE WATER FRONT, and Dr. Chalmers Are at Outs. L. G. Stevenson, Son of the Vice- President, as a Special Corre- spondent. The Oriental and Occidental Company’s | steamer Coptic arrived from the Orient last Tuesday night and anchored between Lime Point and Alcatraz. The revenue cutter Hartley waited for Dr. Chalmers, the quarantine officer, from 8 to 9:30 . . When Deputy Surveyor Ruddell went | down to Meiggs wharf he at once ordered | the cutter away and proceeded himself to see that everything was expedited. On arriving at the Coptic matters were found all right, and from there the Hartley went to the bark Snow & Burgess, which had just got in from Sydney. ter that vessel was sealed up the cut- ter returned to Meiggs wharf and there found Dr. Chalmers awaiting transporta- tion. He failed to get it. Lieutenant Rogers was courteous, but firm. “I waited over an hour for you,” he said, “and when Deputy Surveyor Ruddell told me to leave the dock I did so. This is a revenue cutter and not a quarantine boat. The revenue officers are now aboard | the Coptic, and my duty ends there. 1f| you want to board the Coptic take your own boat.” A better-natured or more thoroughly | conscientious man than Lieutenant Rogers | could hardly be found among his col- leagues. He dearly loves his profession, but is a little touchy on anything that en- croaches upon his prerogatives. Never- theless he is a seaman, every inch, and there is not a man_in the navy who can ‘“give him points” on the manning and equipment of a revenue cutter. The quarantine officials, he considers, have no call upon a revenue cutter, and he has no scruples about saying so. ~As a matter of | courtesy, however, Lieutenant Rogers is ! only too willing to accommodate Dr. | Chalmers when it does not interfere with the regular work of the cutter. In this in- stance Lieutenant Rogers is certainly in the right. One of A. C. Frees’' barges came near | being a total loss at Beale-street wharf yes- | terday. She was overloaded and a slight | swell gave her a The water poured in | and a quantity of the cargo had to be jet- | tisoned. One of the Spreckels tugs came | along and pumped the barge out. In a few minutes all aanger was over. | The steamer Herald was very late in getting away for Vallejo last night. She | had to take over a ‘thousand cases of | salmon from the steamer Umatilla and | that caused the delay. The merchandise | was for one of the British ships now load- ing at Port Costa. here was a free fight on the water front | Tuesday night and in consequence | Albert Simon has been arrested on | a charge of assault to murder. Simon | and a man_named Andrew Maigela were | drinking in a Sacramento-sireet saloon. Words led to blows, and then Simon drew a knife and cut Maigela on the left | arm, slashed his left car, cut his head and | left eleven cuts in clothing. None of | the wounds were serious. Maigela was a | sailor on the schooner Crescent City. | Simon is a well-known character along the | water fropt. | The steamer Peru of the Pacific Mail Company’s line sailed for the Orient yes- terda; Among the passengers was Lewis G. Stevenson, son of the Vice-President of the United States. He is en route to Japan, China, India, Afghanistan, Egypt and Europe. 'During his flying trip he will write letters describing his impressions for a syndicate. There were nine other pas- | sengers in the cabin and 370 Chinese in the steerage. The dismantled British bark Sharp- shooter is discharging at Harrison-street wharf. Her cargo of nitrate is wanted at the powder works and in consequence she | is discharging off shore into lighters. As soon as the stuff is discharged the bark will go into the drydock for repairs. BY A BOGUS AUCTION. How Two Plaintiffs Allege They Were | Defrauded of Some Valuable Jewelry. J. L. Solomon and Aaolph Mendelsohn have brought suit against William B. Bradbury for the recovery of diamonds | and valuable jewelry which they at vari- ous imes pledged with defendant as se- curity for various sums of money. In the | a figure of $22,100, and as security jewelry and gems enough to stock a hig store were pledged, if the complaint can be believed. All this money was to draw interest at the rate of 2 per cent a month, Continuing on its tale of woe, the com- vlaint states how the defendant, in viol tion of his obligation to plaintiffs, organ- ized a fake auction, sold ul'; the jewelry to himself and his hirelings, applied” the small proceeds to the debt of $22,000 and informed the plaintiffs that they still owed $9800, at 2 per cent a month. They | now sue foran acconnting in order to se- cure what remains. R Police Commissioners. Four patrolmen appeared before the Police Commissioners last night to answer to charges preferred ageinst them. H. P. McPherson was dismissed from the force for being absent from his beat and in a restaurant while on duty and for abusing Sergeant Price, who made the charge against him. Oriando B. Merrick was fined $10 for loitering on his beat. Lewis B. Withers was dismissed from the force for gen- eral inefliciency and neglect of duty. Thomas Conway was fined $25 for sitting on a box while on duty, and was admonished not to ap- pear again on a similar charge or he would be dismissed irom the force. | right at &l times when approaching and pass- THEY MUST CARRY LAMPS, The Wheelmen's Ordinance as Drafted Has That Pro- vision, NOT A WELCOME MEASURE. Bicycle Riders in General Claim This Is a Great Hardship on Them. The ordinance regulating the use of bicycles in this City, which was prepared | by a committee of five prominent wheel- men, when it comes before the Board of Supervisors will have several material _chnnges in it, which have been made since it left the hands of the committee. A meeting was held at the Olympic Club on the night of October 21, at the cull_ of the president of the COalifornia As- sociated Cycling Clubs, and all the promi- nent clubs of the City and unattached wheelmen were represented. City At- tornev Creswell presided and George P. “_'el,more acted as secretary. A general discussion was held as to the require- ments of the proposed ordinance, and a spb—cnmmittee, consisting of Frank H. Kerrigan, L. R. Ellert, Charles A. Adams, Henry F. Wynne and Supervisor Hirsch, together with Mr. Creswell and Mr. Wet- more, met at Mr, Ellert’s office on October 30 and drafted an ordinance in keeping with the expressions of the meeting held at the Olympic Club, which was pub- lished in Tie CaLy on the following day. This proposed ordinance. thoroughly suited the wheelmen of the City, and in justice to them be it said that it was drafted by them with the view and in the hove that it would.suit the public and the law-makers as well. But since it was printed it has been found necessary to make several material changes, so tiat the original framers of it will hardly recognize their handiwork. Chief of Police Crowley did not think the restrictions on the bicycle riders were sufficient and on November 7 indited the following letter to the Board of Super- visors: Gentlemen: Bhe San Francisco CALL of Octo- ber 31 publishes the draft of an ordinance to regulate and govern the use of bicycles on the public streets. This proposed ordinance permits the riding | of bicyeles and vehicles of that character over street-crossings within certain 1imits at a speed of seven miles per hour. 1 respectfully submit that the rate of speed over crossings should not exceed four miles per hour, the rate atwhich other vehicles are allowed fo travel over crossings. The proposed ordinance makes it optional with the rider to carry at nighta lighted lamp, ora bell or warning whistle which must be sounded while passing over a street-crossing. I respectfully submit that the carrying on a bicycle of a lighted lamp after dark and the sounding of a bell or whistle while approach- | ing and passing over sireet-crossings should be made obligatory, and the bell and whistle | to be sounded during the day when approach- | ing; or passing overa crossing. Very respect- | fully. P. CrowLEY, Chief of Police. These suggestions have been embodied | in the drait of ordinance as changed, save | that the rate of speed over crossings has been fixed at six miles an hour, it bemg} generally admitted that it would be most | difficult for a bicyclist to ride at the rate of | four miles and maintain his balance. The ordinance, in fact, has been thor- oughly overhauled and amended, and now reads as follows: | Order No. —. Providing regulations to be | observed in the use of bicycles, bicycle tandems | and vehicles and machines of a sumilar char- acter. The people of the City and County of San | Francisco do ordain as follows: RATE OF SPEED—WHISTLES TO BE BLOWX. Section 1. No person shall immoderately, carelessly or negligently ride or drive a bicy- cle, bicycle tandem or other vehicle or machine of a similar character upon or along any pub- lic street or highway; or at a rate of speed faster thau six (6) miles per hour over or upon | any street-crossing or intersection; nor at any time without having & warning whistie, which | must be blown while approaching and passing over a street-crossing or intersection, or when | approaching pedestrians who may be on or passing over the roadway of any street. TROHIBITING SCORCHING OR COASTING. Sec. 2. No person shali ride or drive a bicy cle, y tandem or other vehicle or m; chine of a similar character upon or along any public strect or highway unless the feet of the | person so riding or driving shall be kepton the pedals of the machine at ail times while the machine is in motion, the practice of scorching or coasting being hereby inhibited. USE OF LAMPS. Sec. 3. No I erson shall ride or drive a bicycle, | bicyele tandem, or other vehicle or machine | of & similar character on any strect between one-half hour after sunser and one hour before sunrise withouthaving attached thereto ! and in iront thereof a lighted lamp in good order and condition. RIDING PROHIBITED ON SIDEWALK . No person shall ride or drive a bicycle, tandem or other vehicle or machine of a similar character upon or along the sidewalk of any public street or highway within the City and County. PROHIBITING THE CARRIAGE OF CHILDRE: Sec. 5. No person riding or driving a bicycle, bicycle tandem or other vehicle or machine ot asimilar character shall carry on the same upon or along the streets, highways or public grounds of this City and County any child under the age of ten (10) yeers. RIDERS SHALL KEEP TO THE RIGHT. Sec. 6. Any person using and propelling a | bicycle, or bicycle tandem or any similar ma- chine shall keep to the right of the center of the roadway of the street and shall keep to the ing vehicles. CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENFORCE. Sec. 7. The Chief of Police is hereby charged with the duty and required to enforce the pro- visions of this order. PENALTY. Sec. 8, Any person violating the provisions of this order shall be guilty of & misdemeanor | and be punished by & finé not exceeding five hundred ($500) dollars or imprisonment in the County Jail of this City and County not exceeding six (6) months, oF by both such fine and imprisonment. The majority of riders will object to the ordinance requiring them to carry a lamp at night-time. All sorts of arguments are raised against it and it has few friends among the active cyclists. Lampsare con- tinually blowing out, the wick is jarred down into the oil or other illuminant, the smell of o1l 1s sickening, the oil spills over the wheel, the light on the front of the wheel is blinding—these are but a few of 1ts drawbacks. Lamps were thoroughly. tried in the East and are baiug discarded, the Massachusetts Legislature having gone so far as to forbid wheelmen carrying them, on the basis that while a lamp in- sured a rider’s safety from being run into | by others, i} made him very dangerous and i amenace to the public’s safety, because the glare in front blinded the rider. Again, a man will ride more recklessly with a lamp than without one, feeling more se- cure from being run into and taking chances &s to others’ safety. It -has been estimated that there are from fifteen to twenty thousand wheel- men in this City. On an extremely pleasant Sunday about two months ago over 7000 entered the park by actual count. The number who went into the country was not estimated, but must have been enormous as country riding is more attractive to the average wheelman in good weather than a spin in the park. These riders will not take kindly to the new ordinance, From the expressions heard at the meeting at the Olympic Club only one delegate was in favor of alamp or lantern, and a bell or whistle was offered as a substitute. That meeting was & most representative one, riders attached and unattached, dealers, Associated Clubs’ and League officials being present and, Wwith one exception, the thirty-five dele- zates present protested against the use of a lantern veing compulsory. It was sug- | to D street and out that thoroughfare to: | of the cars no section relates to the nu i shame and a hollow mockery to have a herewith published will go before the Supervisors and be -passed unless the wheelmen take some immediate action. Judge Frank A. Kerrigan, president of the Bay City Wheelmen and chief consul eleet of the League of American Wheel- men said to Tuk CaLy representative that he felt the wheelmen would feel it a great burden to be obliged to carry lamps or | lanterns at night-time. He had so ex- *pressed himself at the committee meeting and had hoped the hardship would not be | 1mposed upon the riders. “Here is an instance in point,” he said. “A lamp is such a bulky, unwieldy and unsatisfactory thing attached to a wheel noone will carry it if they can help it. Now, supposing fshould start off on a trip seme morning and not return to the City until after nightfall. Upon arriying at the ferry or city Jimits, being unprovided with alamp, I must walk my wheel home. I am a careful, cautious rider and could just as well ride it home without endangering the safety of anybody. Coming from the ferry Market street is so well lighted at night a lantern is not required. In the outlying districts pedestrians are so in- frequent there is no danger attached there., Itell you it's a hardship on us that the | wheelmen will jeel keenly 1f this ordi- {nance is passed and enforced. Why dis- | criminate against wheelmen? If we must carry Janterns why should not other ve- hicles, buggies, wagons, etc., be required todoso? But that's no argument. We simply know they .are an unnecessary nuisance and don’t want to be bothered with them.” This expresses the feelings of many other prominent men in wheeling circles | whom I'np CALL representative visited. | With one accord they objected to the use | of lamps and were very regretful that the ordinance was to be presented for passage with that provision. hICHMOND'S MIRAGE CAR It Appears at Noon Every Sun- day and After One Run Fades Away. The Winds Brush Sand Over the Rails | in an Endeavor to Bury Things so Useless. Bush street bhas long enjoyed the dis- tinction of having a solitary streetcar | making its diurnal orbit around some un- known center. Once a day the residents along that thoroughfare have seen the | lonely wanderer moving slowly past to be swallowed up in some carhouse at the farther end of its- track. Next day itap- pears with the sun and as regularly goes to its rest in peace away in the west with that luminary. 'HE WOULD BE A SAILOR, Robert Hampton Ran Away From | Home for a Life on the Deep. | | | NEW ZEALAND CLAIMS HIM. | The Lad Shipped on an American Whaler and Learned Navi- 3 | ‘Thfs extrg~ t] gation. | ordinary Re- conifl%e's‘sm' Jjuvenator is Falling Sen. | the most sations, N | - oustwitching Robert Hampton ran away from home. | el o Sroml b He is only 15 years old, and like ninety- SR nine out of a hundred boys in the United | States he had an overweening desire to | see the world. While a whaler was at | anchor in the Bay of Islands, New Zea- | land, the lad came to the conclusion that acruise to the Arctic was just what he dorsed by the leadingscien- tific men of Europe and America. Hudyan is urely vege- fubioy "€ ons, wanted. Accordingly, he left his home | ,',’,’;;g‘[&;';"sg' anddercioped Testares and with what money he had purchased a ticket on one of the coasting steame On his arrival at the Bay of Islands the | L captain of the whaler was struck by the afelligent look 1n the boy's face and at| MANHOOD once engaged him as cabin-boy. From R, that time until the 10th inst. the lad has 4 been a faitnful attendant, and the master and officers were sorry to lose him. | e The young man’s pame is Robert Ham-| QCkly Over2000 private endorsements; | ilton and his Y_urcnts are well-to-do set- | gage It is & symptom of seminal weakness tlers near WellingtongNew Zealand. He | gnd barrenness. It can be stopped in 20 days of the dis- charge in 20 days. Cures 08T weal organs, Pains-in the { wearied of the routine of farm life and by the use of Hudyan. made his escape. From Wellington be | “Lcarn the grand truth’of health, make your- went to Auckland, and -thence to the Bay | ceif o man sagain by using the Californian of Islands. There he met Captain Earle of | remedy. You can only get it from the Hudson be whaling bark Charles W. Morgan, and | yogical Institute. Write for free clzculars. :}g,‘fl"“ at once engaged him as cabin- | gonq for testimonials and circulars free.’ Young Hamilton soon learned what it was to be a cabin-boy on board a whaler. He had to answer all calls and do every- thing that a capricious officer might order him to do. His good nature and desire to do his best never deserted him, however, | and finally the skipper took an interest in the lad. “He questioned him on various topics and found that his education had not been neglected. Problems in_ arith- | metic were given him and he sotved them without difficulty. In explanation the | boy said he had been well drilled in Auck- | land, but instead of going into business, as his parents desired, had run away to sea | discontented. in order to see the world. | thet you reall Captain Earle became interested in | do not have. £ young Hamilton and taught him all he | and this you shouid take at once. You can get knew about navigation. Night after night | it from us. Write for book on liver troubles, the skioper and the cabin-boy would pore | *All About the Liver,” sent free. TAINTED BLOOD—Impure blood, due to serious private disorders, carries myriads of sore-producing.germs. Then come sore throat, pimples, copper-colored spots, ulcers fn mouth, old <ores and falling hair. You cansave a trip to Hot Springs by writing for “‘Blood Book” to the old physicians of the Hudson Medical 1n- stitute, Stockton, Market and Ellis streets. LIVER—When your liver is dffected you may feel blue, melancholy, irritable and éasily You will notice many symptoms have and meny that you really You need a good liver regulator, But Seventh-avenue, out in the Rich- | mond district, has a car that makes a | revolution once every seven day. All | week long the rails accumulate rust and | sea winds waft sand over the roadbed, and | on the seventh day the car plows its way | over the circuit, uncovering the rails and | reminding the people along the line that | the ola Jackson and Powell Streets Ferries and Cliff House Railway Company is hold- | ing its franchise down. ‘ Promptly at noon 'the engineer attaches | his steam dummy to the coach and ap- pearing from somewhere moves up Sev- enth avenue to California street. There it | stands till the Cliff train passes. As no | transfers are ever given or received by its | conductor, as no passengers ever ride in the car unless a stranger gets caught while | laboring under the idea that the outfit | goes somewhere, there is no known reason | why it awaits the other train. Possibly | the engineer, fireman and ticket-puncher | takes that opportunity to meet their co- | workers. Then the dummy hauls its ca away and they both roll down the avenue ward the beach to disappear among the | sandhills like a fleeting mirage. This is the manner in _which the street railway is operated for the convenience o Seventh avenue. There is the single Sun- | day car, and “what are you going to do about it?” : The franchise was granted in 1887 for a twenty-five vear run, and while the plans and specifications are voluminous regard- ing the official grade, recadbed and fittings | | ber of trips which shall be made over the ; way. Meanwhile the great streetcar cor- | oration which absorbed the original olders of the franchise occupies the public | thoroughfare with its double tracks dur- | ing the week and in addition one car for a few minutes Sundays. It is with no little feeling the property- owners in that locality look upon these ar- rangements that are only in the interest of the railway company. Seventh avenue, tney contend, is the natural place for the propdsed boulevard. It extends from o | of the principal entrances of Golden Gate | Park north to the entrance of the Presidio | Reservation. Being free from car fran- | chises, except on the six blocks south from California, which the single Sunday car is holding down so tenaciously, it could be paved and made the connecting driveway between park and Presidio. +1f therailway company cannot afford to put a service on those idle rails,” said At- torney Hubbs, who resides at the corner of Clement street and Eighth avenue, “there is no earthly reason why they should be there. Parallel lines are being built on all sides of Seventh avenue, and if it does not now pay for the company to run cars on that street and fulfill its obli- gations to the pubhe, what hope is there that it ever will pay? Anyhow, it is a solitary car puffing along every Sunday noon, brushing the sand which the winds all the week have been blowing over the track. However, it seems to be the way | 1 which the streetcar people operate their | lines in some portionsof the City—at least, where they are not interfered with.” CONGREGATIONALISTS. Annual Election of Officers for the First Church—No Opposition to Morse. The annual meeting of the First Congre- gational Church was held last evening. The lecture-room of the Thurch held the largest gathering of members that has at. tended an annual meeting in several years, and the business of electing officers and committees was harmoniously transacted. This latter fact was a pleasant surprise to many, as it had been rumored that the re. election of J. H. Morse as deacon would meet with strong opposition. It has been varlously stated that Mr, Morse was what has been termed a “Rey, Brown man,” and that the opposition ! to him would come from the *‘anti-Brown’’ faction. 1If there was such a faction in the church it was not in evidence last evening, for Deacon Morse was unanimously elected both to the offic2 of deacon and that of superintendent of the Sunday-school. The election of all the officers was attended with none oi the friction that had been predicted. The officers elected were: Deacons—A. J. Dewirg, in place of Ira P. Rankin, deceased; J. H. Morse, re-elected: clerk, W. Christensen; treasurer, J. J. Vascon. cellos; superintendent of Mission Sunday- school, J. H. Skillicorn. The committees elected were: Stanaing committee—George Westgate in Il?céfl . Straus, F. A. Frank, J. F. Merritt, . J. Gunu. Music committee—M. J. Dutton, Charles Hol-, brook, George Boardman. Y L S At Captain H. G. Morse to Talk. There is to be an evening with Captain H. G, Morse at Golden Gate Hall, 625 Sutter street, gested that the one exception must be in- ‘teruted in the manufacture of bicycle lamps. It seems probable that the ordinance as on Friday eveuning, November 22. Captain Morse was commander of the steamship Ala- meda for almost & lifetime, and retired only recently. He is to tell of his’ most interesting experiences with noted people. ‘ | whaler left New Zealand until she reached | | ter of the whaling bark. over problems in navigation, and toward HHSUN MEflchL IHSTITUTE, the end the cabin-boy surpassed the skip- | Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts. Captain Earle willingly admits the iency of his cabin-boy and pupil, and | 1s willing to wager that he will years hence be one of the most successful skip- | pers that ever commanded a ship, | Young Hamilton left to-day on the!| ;le:\lmox" Mariposa for his home in Ne ;i“‘_‘L{; Zeuland. As the cruise of the Morgan was a financial success he has a few hundred | heve your kidueys put in good order sead for dollars in his pocket, snd will be able to | our Kidney Regulator, or better, learn some- await another chance for a start i _life, | thing about your kidneys and how tomake the The young lad was constantly around the | test. The book, “A Knowledge of Kidneys, Oceanic Steamship Company’s wharf, and | sent free. to him, no doubt, it seemed as though the Mariposa would never sail: o aep e siaier Norean sives o' [y lsom Medical Institute that young Hamilton had navigated the : Stockton, Market and Ellis 8ts., bark all the way. From the day the| SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. FURNITURE! CARPETS! AND ALL KINDS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS! AT PRICES T0 SUIT THE TINES. FOR EXAMPLE: HARDWO0)D BEDROOM SETS. . . .$20.00 s are now sought for by men, so many men live rapla se up their kidneys. If you wish to this port Captain Earle had been engaged | in teaching his cabin-boy. It wasnota | question of reading, writing and arith- | metic, but everything else that tended to | make a man perfect in navigation. As an experiment he was installed as navigating officer, and very rarely was it that his ob- | servations differed from those of the mas- A few aays ago young Hamilton was brought before John D. Spreckels and Captain Howard of the Oceanic Steamship Company. Captain Howard was lenient with the lad at first, but when it was sug- gested that the questions were too simple | he Fut a problem to the runaway that wou d puzzle ninelfentou]: ?{r every twenty Elogab iy skippers in port. It took Hamilton some | time to work it out, but after going over PARLOR S_ETS' Upholstered - » '325'00 the figures Captain Howard said the propo- | S0FA BED3 from. . .. $1.00 sition had been worked out correctly in | RAHGES (I‘Om $w 00 every deta 4-ROOM OUTFIT from........$85.00 o damilton is smail and looks more like a y just out of short clothes than a lad It Pags You to Give Us a Call Before Purchasing Elsewhere, whn has made a twelve months’ whaling CASH OR INSTALLMENTS. KRAGEN FURNITURE (0. “I just wanted toseea whale caught, 1043 MARKET STREET, don’t you know,” said he yesterday. “There was not much fun in it after all, Between Sixth and Seventh. 85 OPEN EVENING and there was a deuced lot of work. didn’t mind the work, but then 1 got none of the fun. Now I'm homesick and the | boys can guy me as much as they like, but I want to get back to New Zealand. The | Mariposa sails to-day and we will be only | three weeks making the run, but don’t you know that three weeks seem longer | [ | than three months? | ‘Oicourse I'm going to be a sailor. Butl | want to go through the regular course and come out as a full-fledged master. It will 1 be all a matter of form, however, as I don't | think there isan instructor on earth who | znn teach me halfas much as Captain Earle as.” TO THE SICK RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER THE S ONLY the Mic THAT e Blood without m. its wonderful cures. BY REHOVING THE CAUNE— IT DESTROYS ALL HUMAN DISEASES. Price, 3 per Gallon Jar. 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