The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895. M, W, FOX SAYS THE WORST IS YET COMING Carson’s Mint Scandal Stirs the Mining Man Up a Bit. TALKS OF PAST CHARGES | of plunde Why Attorney Baggett Has Gone to the Eastern States. WILL RETURN WITE EVIDENCE. Fox Says the Unclaimed $350,000 Has Been Traced to the Anglo- California Bank. In the line of further matter apropos of the Carson Mint scandal M. W. Fox, the gentleman who has made such a persistent and successful fight for the stockholders i my just du | The worst 1s not yet known, but some | ever, that things are conducted in a very peculiar way. and when the facts become known it will be found that James Heney, who was recently sentenced in Carson to eight years in the penitentiary for the 000 worth of bullion from the an amateur in the business g, and that there are others who would make better jailbirds than he. I have not been spending five years of my time and thousands of doilars without getting somawhere nearthe solution of the question. I was robbed like others of s from the Comstock mines e I was astockholder, and so far I have e pleasure of proving that the gang was without- conscience or feeling for the thousands of people who have made it possibie for them to become millionaires. | sensations will soon be developed that will | have no parallel in the history of mining steals thronghout the United States. The old saying that a man with more thana miilion must have stolen some of it will besubstantially supported before we get through with the bullion thieves.” AN OLD SWINDLE. Ladies Paying Freight on Straw and Cobblestones, The police are looking for a sharper who has swindled a number of ladies out of sums varying from 50 cents to $1 50 by an old trick. Mrs. Cummings, 160 Golden Gate avenue, was one of his victims. He called at her house Tuesday night with a small case FOX, WHO PROMISES MORE ¢ LION a W. [Drawn from a photograph.) | SATIONS REGARDING NE RING. ADA’S BUL- of the Hale & Norcross mine, said yester- lay to a representative of Carn: I see by the papers this morning that the United States mint at Carson is again connected with operations that suggest certain attempts made by me in 1890 to have that institution investigated for cause which 1 set forth in a letter to Sec- | retary Windom of the ted States Treasury." hat were your charges?” hey were simple enough to be under- stood. and I did not beat about the bush to get at the point of my statement: said in substance that the Mint at Carson | was being used by the mill gang of the | C n River and the bullion ring of ll)e; mstock for the purpose of coining stolen | bullion, and was being conducted a| private institution for the men who were | | | robbing the stockholders of the mines. ‘““The evidence taken in both the Su- perior Court and the Supreme Court bears out the statement that the mine-owners and officers of the mines were looting the stockholders, and the verdict in my favor | ntial evidence that my charges “What was the result that letter to the Secret ury?” “At first it was not recogrized as of | much importance, but I sent demanded an invest i Mr. Windom saw s in earnest, as 1 also threatened to carry the matter to | the Department of Justice if an investiga- | tion was not heid at once. The 1t was that he sent out a representative of the Government to make a rigid examination, | and who do you suppose he selected? 1 “Who?"' “A relative of Senator John P. Jones, | one of the men I charged with belonging | to the bullion ring. A man by the nameof | Gorham, a brother of George C. Gorham, | Secretary of the Senate. Mr. Gorham ! came to me and said: ‘Mr. Fox, are you | aware that the charges you made to the Secretary of the Treasury are of the most | serious characte I miormed him that | us of the fact of their | 1at shall I do in the mat- | ter?, said he. I asked him if he had not | been instructed Mr. Windom what to do and further informed him that I had | Nno suggestions to offer in the matter other | than those contained in my letter to the ! Secretary of the Treasu: I erated | the statement that my ¢! ave | and serious, but I refused to alter them. He then vroceeded to make his report, which was a wh vash; but before his | statement reached the Secret: of the Preasury the Mining Stock Association | red another document that | ed Washington a few da vs_in_ad- | ce of Mr. Gorham's report. Ve fore- B 1at_point, and the evi-| dence secured by us is at the present time 1 in the possessiofi of the Government. i “There are some very us things to | open vet in cf ection with the Carson Mint, and you need not ve surprised tosee | somebody Violently shocked in a very short time. The papers so far have not | contained half the material that will eventaally come to the surface. My attor- | ney, W. T. Baggett, and myseli have found | out what became of that $330,000 whick | was said to belong to no one in particular ! and which we claimea was stolen from the stockholders. The Hale & Noreross peo- ple said it was unciaimed, and that they did not know what had become of it. ‘Would you itke to know where that bullion | is?” Iris in the Anglo-California Bank to | tiie credit of the Builion Exchange Bank ! of Carson City. Evan Williams, superin- | tendent of Nevada mill, is president of | the Bullion Exchange Bank and is the | entleman who, according to testimony | given in court ng the | vuliion, to the Carson Mint at midnight, | and who was and is the trusted employe of the bullion ring. Mr. Ba, s zone | Ilast to secure some very sensational ma- | terial that will give the looters a terrible | nightmare when it is brought forth in the | shape of sworn testimony. i “1 have stated over through the medium of aifidavits that the | Carson Mint was used time and time again by the ring to coin its steals. 1am not surprised at the discovery of $80,000 in silver in the Nevada State Treasury, but that amount is buta mere drop in the bucket. It bearsout my statement, how- | COURSING AND BOKING. | from the trapper, in which the writer ad- | and a grand meeting will be held at Long i | tests quite frequently in the future because and handed her a note signed * i Stanton, Globe Deliv Company, ¢ Howard street,” which “expressed regret that the case had not been delivered sooner. On the box was marked, *C. 0. D. cents.” Thinking it a from some friend, Mrs. ngs gave the man the 75 cents and he disappeared. Its contents were straw and cobblestones. | The same trick was played successful. during last year's holiday present Newark Park Will Be Opened Sunday by the Interstate Club. Boxers Who Will Appear at the Olympic Next Month—Tennis Tournament. Tim Cronin, manager of the Newark Coursing Park, has received a splendid lot of bares from Merced. Accompanying | the consignment of game was a letter vised Cronin to feed the runners on Egyp- tian oats. Cronin read the lettér over a dozen times and then ran his fingers through his flaxen locks in the hope of finding an inspiration. James Wren, the famous slipper, happened along just in time to relieve Cronin of a heavy load of deep thought. “What's the matter with you, Tim? Are you thinking about your Christmas turkey ?”” asked Wren. *“Why, no, man. Don’t you know that turkey alw: gives me the heartburn. No, Jim; what is puzzling me now is this new kiund of oats the trapper told me to feed the hares on. T'll have to send to Ezypt for it, I'm afraid, bit it must be great stuff anyhow.” : Wren read the letter and when he got as far as the Egyptian oats he smiled bland- ly at Cronin who was waiting for infor- mation. v, you can buy all of that kind of stuff you want in this City,” said Wren. “Don’t you see this is only a fancy name forthe common every-day stuff they make oatmeal out of in the old country; and be- wween you and me I think that any hares fed on this stuff should be able to run away from the best pair of dogs that ever went into slips.” Cronin agreed with Mr. Wren and yes- terday he shipped several sacks of the Irish-Egyptian oats to Newark where the first meeting of the season under the ans- pices of the Interstate Coursing Club will be held Sunday. Martin Murphy, a boxer anda trainer of athletes who is well known to the sporting fraternity of this City, is located in Los Angeles and is doing considerable in the interest of sportn that city. He has organized a coursing club among the sportsmen who have a fancy for coursing, Beach Sunday, January 5. Two very hand- some cups ave offered as prizes. One of the cups is beautifully engraved with oliveand laurel leaves of silver springing from the stem and rising up around the bowl. This trophy, emblematic of the championship of Scuthern California, is prized very ighiy by the sportsmen of the club. s a sport which will become popuiar with the sportsmen of Los Anzeles and vicinity. A fifteen-round glove contest between Fred Bogan and Jack Frazier will be de- cided at the Los Angeles Athletic Club this evening. Those pugilists fouzht a draw match some time ago, and the sport- ing fraternity of Los Angeles is in hopes of seeing a great mill on this occasion. Bo- gan is a favorite in the betting. T.ie Olympic Club will give boxing con- highiy the members show a creater desire for wit- nessing the manly “art than for any other branch of ndoor sport. Thursday evening, January 9, two good bouts wiil be witnessed. Smith and Sullivan and Ray und Bates are training for the contests, which should prove very interest- ing because the men are so evenly raatched in science and weight. In February there will also be an evening of fisticuffs be- tween some of the champion boxers of the Olympic, Reliance and San Francisco Ath- letic clubs. z The thirty-sixth anniversary of the club will be celebrated with a grand vaudeville and athletic entertainment Monday even- ing, January 20. E. N. Short, the ener- getic leader of-the Olympic. has the matter in hand, and it can be safely said that un- der his charge the affair will prove to be a success. 3 The very best talent the club isin pos- session of will appear on thic occasion, and he instrumental music will be worth going miles to hear, not to mention the many otherattraction: The much-talked-of; tennis tournament will be heldl at the Olympic outdoor grounds on Sunday, the 29th inst., and the players who intend to take part in the con- tests are reminded that the entries will close on the evening previous to the tour- nament. SKIPPED WITH THE PO, Ayers Company, the Fungus Com- mission Men, Leave Patrons in the Lurch. The Crowd of Disappointed Plungers Retrieve Themselves With Carpet and Furniture. Consternation and dismay, oaths and pandemonium, were rife Tuesday after- noon about 5 o’clock up in the dark and dirty rooms in the building at the corner of Ellis and Market streets where the fungus pool-sellers, Ayers brothers, for- merly passed out the green checks. The rooms were packed with bettors im- patieat for their winnings on the race in which Montana led. Their expectations were shattered, the returns came not, neither did the Ayers brothers, who had left the room shortly before the race. Odds at the track were 4 to5 on Montana, but Ayers Company raised it to 6 to 5, and it was not long before the snap was discov- ered. The rooms were full and something like $400 had passed into the cashier’s hand. It was a good bet and the patronizers of the pool were congratulating themselves, and visions began floating before their minds of Christmas plum puddings, with the contingent luxuries. A few moments before the race was called the genial managers behind the counter sauntered through the crowd and went downstairs. No particular notice was taken of this maneuver and the time went on. At last the news that Montana had won shot up the narrow stairway and through the crowded rooms. But Ayers Co, was represented only by its blackboards, its long green counter, its carpetsand its pat- rons. The true state of affairs dawned on the duped that were waiting. The first to recover his presence of mind a tall long mustached Kentuckian. “They have yelched the pool!” bawled he, and then he made a wild leap over the counter and piunged his hand into the ver of the desk Tenor twelve angry men followed suit, he confusion that followed a dozen were Iaid on the Kentuckian's W fold on!” he velled, “I don’t beiong 10 this concern. Keep your hands off from me. Iam only trying to geteven!” Fortunately he was believed, and the on conveyed in his exclamation acted on by everybody that could y hands on anything portable. In a few moments a deathly quietness reigned in what was left of the pool- rooms of the Ayers Company. Down the shadowy passing a_procession of determined-locking men and boys. At the head of thie procession, borne aloft by two stalwart plungers, moved the walnut desk of the fagitive commission- ers. The bearers were heard 1o murmur in dulcet tones, “Heaven helps those who help themselves!"” Close aiter the desk was carried the big roll of carpet thata few moments before had been held down by the anxious wait- ing ones. Then followed articles of every description, from an ink well to a box of crayons. The savage Kentuckian and Bates, the candy man, brought up in the rear. “I had $7 50 in the pool,” said he of the mustache, while he flaunted a book of blue checks triumphantly, “but I have cleaned out all the stationery; I thought it was a corking good bet, so 1 blew all my pile in and I got several of my friends to do the same thing, but,”’—added he with an air that hroded a Merry Christmas to Ayers & Company—“I am a Kentuckian. I was born in Kentucl I was raised there, and by the Llue grass and triple X of my State, if I ever lay hands on Ayers Company they will pay me what was coming to me or, well, I won’t doanytbing tothem, that’sall. I know where I can find them, too. Jusi watch the pavers soon.” Bates was enveloped in an immense rub- ber sheet, his portion of the booty. “I had two bits up,” grinned he, “and I'll cut dis thing into four bits and paint a sign on each piece to help me to sell de candy, see?”’ But the fugitive firm will never come back to gather the ecnoes of profanity that float in their former dingy and fraudulent resort. They have only aided in building up agreater distrust for individuals of their ilk and hastening the final destruction of the parvenu pool-sellers, E S A NEW ANIMAL Strange Eyeless Creature With a Horn Tail Found in Australia. Once in a little while we hear that some geologist has discovered, or concocted, a fossilized antediluvian beast not yet known on the books. Butthe discovery,of anything new in the animal and vegetable kingdoms of to-day is exceedingly rare. The greater must be the surprise of the scientific world at the find which Pro- fessor B. C. Sterling of Adelaide iately made in the central desert of the Austral- ian continent. The newly found animal 1s only a small mole, but, like its big neigh- bor, the kangaroo, it seems to be a rem- nant of a period beyond the ken of man. It resembles the kangaroo, for the female has a pouch in which to carry its young. Its general color is a pale gray, relieved on some parts by silvery and golden tints. The face of this stranger presents a queer sight, it being simply a horny plate crossed by a dividing line and having two nose holes where there isno nose. The mouth is undernecath this plate. Eves there are none, and minutely small, round holes are the only outward indications of the organ of hearing. The tail resembles a truncated cone, and is bald-headed, so to speak. As the mole has forty teeth, it is the more liable to toothache. Professor Sterling was aston- ished at the strength of the animal de- monstrated by the rapidity with which it uses its forefoot, incumbered with enor- mous, oddly shaped nails. With these feet and the horny snoot it digs with such ed into and through the loose sand of that region that, once lost to sight, it can- not be traced again. No tunnel marks the route of this under- ground traveler. With its hind feet it completely closes the passage behind it as fast as ic progresses. Like its brethren in Europe and America, it subsists chiefly on animal food, ants and the larve of in- sects.—New York World. ——————— Turkeys are 5 cents a pound in rural Kansas, g | lone factory. Tin cints. But tin cints. PAVEMENT - MERCHANTS, Boys Who Handle Trade During the Ever-Productive Holidays. VOICES IN EVERY MINOR KEY. Cheap Mechanical Toys That Seem to Overcome All the Laws of Gravity and Science. While the regular tradespeople are dis- posing of their wares tgrough their stoves a vociferous and relentless opposition con- ducts a flourishing business on the street pavements. None are so constant in their attention to the particular novelty they have for sale as the street gamin who puts up his insti- tution peside a lamppost or a telegraph pole, where, rain or shine, he hawks his toy to the passing throng. The embryo merchant congregates in Peter’s Episcopal Church, Filbertand Stockton streets, will be held Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock, when the young people will enjoy the pleasures of a Christmas tree. - CHEMIST LEDERLE'S FROGS. A Friendship That Sprang Up After Some Experiments With Poisons. Chemist Lederle of the Board of Health has some interesting pets in a glass jarin Chemist Martin’s rooms in the new Crim- inal Courts building in Center street. They are a trio of frogs which he procured for the purpose of trying the effect of certain poisons upon. Then he became so at- tached to them that he couldn’t think of killing them. The jar is about a foot in diameter ana nine inches deep. To prevent the frogs from jumping out Mr. Lederle keeps a sieve over the jar and a piece of paper in the sieye, on which is written in big letters, “Don’t raise this up.” In the bottom of the jar is about a!LLi_nch of water, and in | this stands a stone big enough for two of the frogs at a time to get upon it. “Now I will exhibit my pets,” said Mr. Lederle, raising the sieve carefully. One of the frogs showed atendency to jump. | “Hey. Billy,” said Mr. Lederle, ““be quiet | now! i‘ Carefully reaching down Mr. Lederle | | | began stroking Billy on the back. After a moment he placed his thumb on one side of the frog, just above the abdomen, and his forefinger opposite and began to tickle | the frog. | “Now croak, Billy?” said Mr. land presently Billy croaked. Lederle, Now, then, NEW MOUNTED POLICE, 'Eight Men on Horseback to Pa- | trol the Mission and Richmond. OFFICERS TO BE RETIRED. Lazy Ones Will Be Weeded Out and Veterans Will Go on the Pension List. The improvements in the Police Depart- | ment are being developed as rapidly as | possible, with the object of placing it, ac- | cording to Commissioner Gunst, second to none on this continent. The first step in this direction was the placing of Captains Douglass, Short and | Stone on the pension list in the month of July last and replacing them with | younger men in the persons of Cap- | tains Wittman, Spillane and Robinson. i At the same time Sergeant Cohen and Po- THE MECHANICAL TOY DEPARTMENT ON MARKET STREE [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] T STARTLES THE PASSER-BY greatest numbers between Geary and Eliis | once more,” and Biily emitted a good clear | licemen Asher, Gallagher and Harrold streets, along Market, and the buyers of Christmas presents are compelled to recog- nize him to quiet the minor twang to his full-grown voice. He will screech and bawl in your ear and lay hands upon you | in an appeaiing and sincere way to call | your attention to the fact that Le is pres- ent and ready to do business with all comers, from the tiniest tot to the bluster- ing grandparent who is out foraging for his daughter’s babies. The gamin tradesman is a terror. His voice is heyond suppression. His customers are legion. One goes to bed at night after a weary chase for toys and nursery features only to | be troubled by the harassing echo of the gamin’s howling voice, beseeching nickels and dimes for the goods he sells. The jargon to the passer-by sounds like the tongues of Babel witn a cable-car ac- companiment and a staccato of coupes on cobblestones. ‘‘Git ver merchanical t John wid de kid in de baby yer arc fer de cents, a bit.——Her-e-e-e-e-e you are gents and kids watch de tumblin’ clown on de shoestring slidin’ along at de rate of twen- ty-tree reverlutions a minit.——Orstrich, orstrich, lady? Only 15 cents fer de whole cheese including de walkin’ orstrich and the red wagon with deEeoples in it.——Squak- ers, squakers, squakers; nickel each; won’t hurtyou nohow to buy one fer de children. Squakers, squakers.—I lika sella da tissa papa panzy, da chrisantha, da sweeta da | rose. Ah only costa da dime. Sweeta ——Phwat’s ailin’ av ye? Your Tourk- ish insins. The koind to bourn in your bourdwow and every wan smells like A:n de perpetual motion rooster wid tree fed- ders wobblin’ in de evenin’ breeze. Watch ’im. Childrens cry forit and old maids laf. A nickel. Ony a nickel.—A Jack in de box an’ a solid stem-windin’ doll what says fadder and mudder by de simple pressin’ of de back of de kid’s” head. T twenty-five cents per each. matter wid youse people #nyhow? Is yer dongh give out?” ‘Thus the merry game goes on and the population finds itself confronted with a perpetual cry for trade. From noon up to midnight during the holidays these little hucksters bellow at your elbow and never take no for an answer. Any attempt to turn them aside and pass along is unsuccessful, for you only open the way to a different variety of kid, frequently more ambiticus than his neigh- bor. A nod of approval. a glance of ac- quiescence and you are done for. There 13 no escape, and those who have tried it say that the plan of disgorging a dime or nickel will be found the most successful way of staking the boys off. No baggage-buster or grip-yanker in a hotel ever showed the tenacity they possess. These youngsiers are learning the value of persistency in trade, and when they grow up into millionaires it will be said of some of them that they sold toys on the street corners when they were in their childhood. They jostle each other and | contend for advantageous localitics just as thou%]h they controlled the business of the earth. Every one of them is supplied with a pocketful of change, which they make with surprising accuracy. If yon makea 10-cent purchase they hand out eighteen nickels in one grab, and continue to yell out their little spiel with unbroken pre- cision. The most ‘worthless toy in their hands can easily be disposed of at a_good profit, and although their earnings frequently go into the “‘crap” channel, so well known to street urchins, it, nevertheless, gets into circulation, and few of them are troubled with bank accounts. When Christmas- tide has gone by they resume their rela- tions with newspapers, and, altogether, manage to keep in the commercial swim. Many of them grow up with a fair | knowledge of the world, ang not a few bpe- | come successful citizens, with a record of | labor and rustling to point to with the! weil-known and well-worn finger of pride. R iioriud iy Children’s Carols. 8| 1_iumpm’ frog—a dime, 10 | —t—t—t— | What's de | | croak “Now I will let you see them feed,”” con- tinued Mr. Lederle. “I have a place here efit.” He opened a drawer in a desk and a lot of croton bugs began running about and some dropped out upon the floor. Mr. Lederle caught a few specimens on the | floor and dropped them into the jar with the frogs. Such a skurry as there was and | a flashing out of long tongues! The bugs were all gone in a second or two. More were put in and were gobbled up. Finally some were put in which did not move as they lay on the water. “The frogs won’t touch them if they are dead,” said Mr. Lederle, and he poked the | bugs with his pencil. No sooner did he put the pencil down than the bugs began snapping at it, and gven at his fingers. | Bugs | through the show. “I'll have to put some more candy in that drawer,” said he, *for the bugs have | already eaten up most of the papers that were there.”” In another jar containing water and | moss Mr. Lederle has some pollywogs { growing. They have just reached the | stage when their hind legs are appearing | beside their tails and they are about to | turn from water-breathers to air-breathers. | Soon their legs will grow large and their | tails be absorbed and they will become full- | fledged frogs. They have not been taught | to do any tricks. GOATS IN BAGGAGE CARS. Some Good Reasons Why They Do Not Commonly Travel That Way. Six years ago the bargage department of the Northern Pacific road issued an order that ne goats should be transported int baggage-cars. A pecular incident brought about the general order. A goat had been placed in a baggage-car that was bound for the Pacific Coast. During the trip the animal had eaten the leather | straps that held the brass checks to the trunks. When Portland was reached the checks wera all on the floor of the car, and there was no way of identifving the trunks. It took nrearly three months to straighten out the tangle and the general order was issued. The rule has never been disobeved until the last few weeks. C.E. Stone, city ticket agent of the Northern Pacitic ticket office in St. Paul, generally makes contracts with traveling shows that pass over the road. He had an Uncle Tom’s Cabin company recently, with bloodhounds and a donkey, that was booked in towns along the road. Among the properiies of the show wasa small wagon in which were seated two goats that were used to give a street pa- rade. Contrary to orders Agent Stone took tne gouts and had them put in a baggage-car with the bloodhounds and the donkey. In the same car were two bicycles belonging to a man and_his wife. During the night the goats dined on veritable wind-pudding, for they ate up the pneu- matic tires of the bicycles and chewed the cork handles of the bicycles for a dessert. The owners of the bicycles filed a claim with the company. The claim was re- ferred to the bagrage department. When it reached Agent Stone there was a copy of the prohibitory order attached to it, with instructions that the one who was responsible for the violation of the rules should pay the claim of $60. Agent Stone will ““dig up” a portion of his monthly stipend to settle with the cl Minneapolis Times. The Last Straw. Nodd—You say your baby doesn't walk yet? Mine does. Same age, too. Your baby cut his teeth yet? Todd—No. Nodd—Mine has, all of them. Your baby talk? Todd—Not yet. Can yours? Nodd—Great Scott, yes. Todd (desperately)—Does he shave him- The childrea’s Christmas carol service at St i self or go to a barber’s ?—New York Truth, where I breed bugs for their special ben- | ran short beffre Mr. Lederle got | were placed on the pension list, and it was | authoritatively given out by President | Tobin that the work of placing men | over 60 years of age who had served twenty | years in the department or over on the list would be carried on until none such were left on active duty. The names of those eligible for retire- ment were published recently in THE CALL, and it was then stated that at the next auarterly meeting of the Pension Com- missioners, on the first Monday in Janu- | ary, several of them would be retired. Since then there has been considerable speculation as to who among the num- ber would be chosen for retirement by the Commissioners. Among those eligible are | Property Clerk Cullen, Sergeants Lind- | heimer, Shields, Brown, Houghtaling ana Cornelius Mart:n and Detectives Bohen | and Bainbridge. There are also several | patrolmen. Itisimprobable that all wiil | be retired at the next meetingof the board, but that some of them will is looked upon as certain. There are others to whom the change | will come within a very short time. The police captains were instructed recently by the Commissioners to hand them a list of | men in their divisions who are practically | policemen in name only; in other words, members of the force who are too lazy or too indifferent to perform their duties satisfactorily. Two of these men have al- ready been weeded out, and it is_expected that after the holidays there will be sev- eral more. The almost wholesale changing of ser- geants from one division to another that took effect last Saturday is another evi- dence of the intention of the Commission- ersto improve the efliciency of the force. The reason of the change, although not igi\‘en for publicity, is we!l understood. | Sergeants, when they have been for any | length of time in a certain division, are supposed to get on too friendly terms with the men, with a consequent lack of disci- pline. An instance of thiskind came tothe | knowledge of the Commissioners recently and the sergeant was fined $25. The seventy-four new men and five new ferent divisions and are doing duty. A number of beats have consequently been J cartailed, so that the patrolmen will only | have half the distance to traverse that they had before. A new district west of Steiner | street, under the supervision of Captain { Wittman, has been established, and Ser- zeants Tobin and Christiansen were de- | tailed there. At present they and the | men are reporting on duty at the Central Police Station untila station can be se- | eured-in the district. There are now three mounted policemen in that district, Charles P. Schaefer, Will- iam H. Hanley and Robert de Guire. Schaefer and Hanley have been on mounted duty for some time, but De Guire was only detailed last week. Yes- terday Policemen Michael Shanahan and C. M. Shore reported to Captain Gillin for mounted duty in the outskirts of the Mis- sion district, and in a few days Policemen John P. Carson, Alfred C. Winzler ana John T. Edner will report to Captain Gil- Yin for similar daty. These mounted of- ficers will patrol the San Bruno road, the Ingleside district and other outlying 'dis- tricts, This completes the list of mounted pa- tmlme‘n,'mnkmg_eight altogether—tive in the Mission district and three in the Rich- mond district. —— A Polite Senator. One day, when Minister Ransom was in the Senate, as he was going down the Cap- itol steps he saw approachine a very dull long-winded man. Ransom was alarmed. He was in no mental or hysical shape to bear the brunt of a full-| edged bore just at that moment. As the dull one drew near, Ransom, in his desperation, greeted him with sour shortness and hurried by. The other had paused; but at this brief dismissal, as it were, turned away up the steps. 4 kansom was smitten of con- science at his own rudeness. It was for- eign to his polite and flowery instincts. e must do something to take the sore. ness out of the man. Ransom turned sergeants are distributed over the dif- | leasantly when some ten steps separated Fitn from the bore, and called out: “Good- by, Simpkins! I’ve been thinking a mighty heap about you lately, Simpkins!” At this Simopkins began to betray symptons of re- turning. *‘But don't come back, Simp- kins,” remonstrated Ransom wildly mo- tioning with both arms. ‘‘I've beeiT think- ing a mighty heap about you lately, Simp- kins; but don’t come back—don’t come back!” —————————— FAMOUS SCOTCH REGIMENTS. They Are Known at Home by a Long List of Nicknames. The brigade of Foot Guards of the Brit- ish army do not like to be called “The Chuckle Chucks,” but for stealing hens and ducks in Dublin the people of that fine city gave them that name. The hr‘st Royal Scots (Lothian Ragim_em) glory in the name of “Pontius Pilate’s Body Guards,” for they are the oldest regiment in the army. But I would not like to en_ter the sergeants’ mess of the Twengy-nr% Royal Scots Fusiliers and ask them if they were *“The Glencoe Butchers;” such, how- ever, is the nickname of this fine re ment, for their records show that they were in the vicinity of the Glen during that cruel and cowardly affair. ['h.«f Twenty-fifth King’s Own*‘Scots Borderers’ are known in the Highland regiments as “Cumberland’s Rayal Standbacks.” This was the regiment that the Clan Cameron gave such a cutting up at Culloden. Tnc;\; were then called “‘Semple’s Regiment, The Camerons slew of them. " That was terribly good work, sceing that they re- ceived the charge of the Camerons four deep, front rank kneeling. . 5 The Ninth Norfolk Regiment delights in being called “The Ninth Holy-boys.” They have carried that name since the days of Wellington. The way they came by it was because they sold their Bibles in Spain for wine. Istated in a formerletter of how the gal- lant “Forty-two’’ got the name of “The Bricks.” The Fiftieth Regiment is known ali over the army as “The Blind Ha!f Hun- dred.” They certainly deserve the namie, for they charged a stone wall, taking it for a column of the French. Since 1809 the famous Seventy-first Highland Light In- i fantry has been known as “‘The Glasgow Keelies,” and in Ireland its sister regi- ment, the Seventy-fourth Highland, is called “The Limerick Buatchers.” During the troubles of 1866-67 they were ordered to charge the mob which was pelting stones, | etc., into_their ranks. The order was quickiy obeyed, and many of the rioters received a touch of their onets; hence the nickname. The Twenty-eighth Gloncestershire Reg- | iment gets the name of “The Old Brags.” This is the regiment that wear their regi- mental number in front and in rear of their helmet. At Quatre Bras they were attacked in a field of corn by the Polish lancers. The rear rank turned about, so that they showed and fought with two [ fronts. In after years they used to brag { about this plucky affair and the honor they gained; so they are still “The Old Brags.” The gallant old Seventy-ninth Cameron | Highlanders are known' since 1871 as | “Queen Victoria’s Own, Own,” and the Ninety-first Argyles are sometimes called “Sandy Campbell's Bairns.”” Out of Scot- land they are calied *‘The Lord God of the Highlands Own Highlanders.” When { they wore the trews (Campbell tartan) | they were called “‘John Duke’s Hali-dressed | Highlanders.” The Nine! econd Gordon Highlanders are known in every mess of the army as “The Gay and the Gallant Gordons,” but as they were late for the Crimea, the other Highland regiments called them “‘The Johnny Come-lates.” Again, in 1874, they had so many Banffshire men in the regi- t that they were called *“The Buckie Highlande: The famous bin Red Line,” the Ninety-third Sutherland High- | landers, got the name of ““The Rories’ i | the Crimea. Every other ma | (Roderick) Fraser or Macieod. The Ninet | third still boasts of being th~ tallest regi- | ment in the Crimea. It is said that their i *Grepadier Company” measured 6 feet 2% inches at that time. Now that there are so many chaiiges taking place in'the army these sobriquets are dying out, just like the old numbe: | for all the numbers hLave been replaced | names. If we go as far north as Inve ness and ask any old person what regi- ment is the Second Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, “Duke of Albany’s Own” (Rosshire Bluffs), tew could tell you that they are the oid Seventy-eighth Higbland- ers. [ | ¥ el _ If motherswill remember that until the first teeth are cut there are no secretions in the mouth to act upon and begin the digestion of such starchy foods as bread foods and gruels, they would often save the stomachs of very young children a great deal of trouble. NEW TO-DAY. = KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. 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