The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1896. 5 TWO MORE WORLD'S RECORDS Edwards Again Lowers the Mile Mark at the Tournament. | THE RECORD NOW 2:14.| [ —_— | Osen, the Professional, Rides an | Unpaced Quarter, Flying | Start, in :29 3-5. | ALL RACES HOTLY CONTESTED. Raynaud, Mott, Edwards and Tantau Won the Mile Events and Wells | the Ten-Mile. There was racing yesterday a and eveuning at the indoor track a very high-class order. 1y heats end semi-fina's were all rnoon a pre- tactics. They exchanged setting pace, bat- tled for faverite positions and generally ro(le out the race in good style. Charley Fong, who hails from Oakland, who has frequently competed in Chinese races at Oakland and San Jose, was the scratch man and rode up to his accustomed form. He passed all but one man, J. U. Sheuk of Oakland, who had 200 yards hendicap, and won in 5:31. Fong was 8 close second. The one-mile handicap, run in ten pre- liminary heats, two semi-finalsand a final, proved an interesting event, all the heats being well contested. T. Delmas, Garden City, F. R. Haley, Liberty, H. Sternberg, California, and F. M. Byrne, Imperial, rode in the first heat. Byrne, who was on the seratch mark, was over-handicapped and never got near the limit men. Del- mas won easily from 75 yards in 2:14 1-5. In the second heat were; F. L. Day and S. B. Vincent, Bay City; M. Hewitt, Gar- den City; Charies Goodwin, San Francisco Road Club,and P. M. Lefevre, Acme. This was a pretty heat, as the men were soon bunched ng furiously for home. Vincent made a good sprint on the last lapa me 1nslightly in the lead. Time, 3 vards handicap. City crack, had the t, with R. ity, N. Ackerman, San Road Club, and C. A. Parks, tameda, handicapped over him. Wells s men in three japs and finished alf mile in 1:07. It was easy for at the finish and he won in 2:23 3-5. A fast quartet came out for the next —Yeoman, Reliance, Menne, Bay and Metcalf and Ortion, Imperial. The four made a fine sprint for the tape on the last lap. Ortion rode wide on the last curve and his wheel struck the rail- bending the handle-bars, but never n scratching bim. Metcalf beat out Yeoman by a few inches. Time, 2:18, from 70 yards handicap. I tthe starters were Boy- nce, Hall and McKay, Bay City, , San ‘Francisco Road Club. A pretty finish resulted between Hall and Eighth heat—E. Languetin (65), Bsy City. Time, 2:16 45 Ninth' heat"E. Langer (100), Jmperial Time, 2:22 4 First semi-final-T. 8. Hall (70), Bay City. Time, 2:18 4.5 Second semi-final—P. R. Mott (45), Reliance. Time, 2 | Final—P. R. Mott (45), Reliance, first: second, T. Delmas, Garden City. Time, 2:24 3-5. The evening’s programme commenced with a one-mile post race. There were seven preliminary heats, three semi-finals and a final. In the final the men leading the end of every lap were credited with & certain number of points 2nd the winner S0 many, a prize being given for each win- ner at a post and the final. In the first heat Edwards, Olymplc; | Robinson, San Francisco Road Club, and i Ward, Y. M. C. A., started. Edwards won easily in 2:29 3-5. Yeoman, Reliance; Cushing, Garden | City, and Raynaud ana Hall, Bay City, started in the second heat. Yeoman won, though his lead over Ha!l was but a trifle. Time, 2:31 4-5. Leavitt, San Francisco Road Club; 1. A, riffiths, Bay City, and Alboreile, Im- I, started in the third. Griffiths won in 2 3-5. . H. W. Squires, Acme, won the next heat 4-5, against Smith, Garden City; Ackerman, San Francisco Road Club, and Lefevre, Acme. [t was a close race, how- ever, as Smith led almost to the tape. The starters in the fifth heat were: Menne and Languetin, Bay City; Agnew, Acme, and Thiel, San Francisco Road Club. Languetin “won in a walk,” the sporting element said, having a lead of ten yards or so at the finish. Time, 2:28 3-5. Vincent, Bay City; Goodwin, Road Club, and Barley, Imperial, rode the next heat. Vincent won in 2:32. In the seventh heat were Thowas, Cali- fornia; Day, Bay City, and Langer, Tmpe- rial. The latter made a runaway race of it, winning in 2:28 1-5. The mile scratch invitation gave prom- ise of being a fine race. It was run in seven heats, two semi-tinals and a final. The starters in the first heat were: Day, The Mechanics’ Pavilion Thronged With Spectators to Witness the Bicycle Tournament. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] with a terrible rush, and led them past the three-quarier mark and home winning by twentv vards. Vincent an Languetin were back of him in that order. ‘When the timers stopped their watches it was seen that another world’s record had been brought to the track, as Edwards had covered the mile in 2:14, lowering Yeoman’s time of Friday night a fifth of a second. The applause was deafening, and his club mates put him on their shoulders and carried bim in state around the hall. It was the most excnmE sace of the tour- nament and delighted the spectators. A one-mile Oriental bandicap was the next on the long programme, the riders entered being, according to the announcer, “four nighbinders.” It was a funny race and the result was in doubt up to the very finish. A Chinese costumed in pink crossed the line first, and a crowd of Olympics and Bay Citys immediately got togetber and gave tbhe Imperial C{ui‘s yell, much to the amusement of theaudi- ence. In the excitement the Chinese kept on riding for several laps more and had to be called off by the judges, Next came the final of the one-mile in- vitation, the starters being Lefevre, Acme; Delmas, Garden City; Metcalf, Imperial, and Tantau, Olympic, the latter being al- lowed in under a protest, he claiming to have been fouled by Deimas in the second semi-final. Half the audience favored this decision and the other half did not, s0 the cheers intermingled with the hisses about equally as Tantau came on the track. The riders made a good ride of ir, thg;ugh somewhat slow for the first half mile. They livened up towards the end, Tan- tau taking the lead, with the others close behind. He kept to the front the balance of the distance, winning in 2:30 3-5, with Delmas a close sccond. The victory was protested against by a part of the audi- ence, who hissed Tantau as he came off the track, but he had the majority of the crowd with him. Tantau is a square racer, and the opinion of most of the people was that his protest was well grounded. It was now 11:30, with the ten-mile race yet to be run, and still the audience stayed, as interested and enthusiastic as at the first. The race was announcec to be run by Edwards, the Olympic Club crack, and Wells, the champion of the Bay City Wheelmen. ‘I'be men started out well, covering the first mile in 2:34; second, 5:024-5; third, 7:32; fourth, 10; fifth, 2:34 2-5; sixth, 15:f seventh, 17:41 3-5; eizhth, 20:17; ninth, 22:58 4-5. Then there was a mile sprint for home, Edwards leading the first four lapsat a | pretty hot pace, but it was not warm| enough for Wells, who came up alongside and set a terrific clip for home. fi'hey came neck and neck down the stretch and finished, it seemed, abreast of each other, the crowd going wild with enthusiasm. The timers said the time ias 25:21, but the judges could not decide as quickly who wou the race. After considerable de- liberation they cave it to Wells, and the decision was loudly applauded. SUMMARY, EVENING. One-mile post race: . First heat—J. E. Edwards, Olympie. Time, 2:29 3-5. Second heat—William Yeoman, Reliance. d, the finals were fought out ry last, and there were none of tactics displayed by the ich have heretofore served to v a well-plenned race meeting. e afternoon the pavilion was com- v filled, and there were no vacant be seen anywhere. The attendance | largely composed of ladies and chil- en, and tuey seemed to enjoy the sport sely, particularly the Chinese race, h was absurdly comical. it took all the capacity of the build- to contain the immense throng which sed through the doors in the evening. he crowd commenced to pourin about ) o’clock, at which time every reserved seat had been sold. For half an hour the entrance was jammed, and when the races were called at 5 there was an audience | present which ed large financial re- turns to the managementand a great boom to the sport. ! The management of the tournament has d not to have any racing at the track | ernoon or evening. Some of the ibitors did not think it desirable to Sunday racing, and there w »n as to whether or not erican Wheelmen would sancti isno rule of the league, iting training or preliminary prac- g on Sunday, and the entrants for all the different events next week will be in constant practice at the track all the after- noon and evening. The full Presidio band will be in atténd- ance all the afternoon and a grand prome- | nade concert will be the order of the after- noon and evening. The exhibitors will make special efforts to make tbeir various booths particularly attractive, out doubt, there wiil be enough of ir and excitement to suit all the lovers of the sport. r.\'ot a single local club bas a run called for anv place out of town to-morrow. Trey will all go to the track in the after- noon and evening, as the interest in the | training of the men and the exhibits is so ali-absorbing to the average wheelman he has little use at present for anything elge. The *“Fowler Sextet,” for the past week | on exhibition at_the cycle show, will be ridden through Golden Gate Park, starting at Baker-§treet entrance at 2 o’clock prompt, thence on by main roadway to the Cliff House, returning via same route. A stop wall be made each way at the band | stand to allow the public to view this won- | derful ilt for six men. | The 1 be rfdden by Messrs. | R. P. Aylw o AL 4 Dodge, 0. O. Osen and C. C. Hop- bis run is made to convince the public that a bicycle for six is a practical ma- chine and to satisfy the thousands of b le riders whose curiosity has been | aroused. The races conteste were & one-mile novice, t Chinese and one-mile handicap. There | e a great many entrants for each race, 1d in the one-mile events ten prelimi- events each were necessary, two semi- and a final. 'his gave the specta- d in the afternoon tors all the racing they could possibly The first heat of the novice was won by | A. W. Kitchen of Oakland in 2: The | second heat was so slow that Referee | vish for. panio : Welch declared it no race and disqualified | the riders. M. M. Cook, Imperial, won the third heat in 5. A. A. Ortion, | ider, took the next heat | n 3 Still another Imperial E. Bozio, won the fifth heat. Time, | 1-5. The Acme man, Agnew, won the | sixth heat in 2:37 1-5. The seventh went 0 J. R. Kenna, Acme, in 2:252-5. B. J.| Raynaud, Bay City, won the eighth and last beat easily in 2:26 3-5. 3 As a pleasing divertisement a two-mile | Chinese handicap race was next started. | There were four starters, whose names | were unintelligible, and who were handi- | capped at various distances from the | scratch mark to 300 vards. It was a very | amusing race and withal quite interesting, es the riders fought the entire way with a spirit worthy of emulation by some of | “be amateurs who are given to loafing | wo-mile scratch, | o Boyden, the former winning in 2:24 3-5, with 70 yards handicap. T. A. Grifliths, Bay City, P. R. Mott, Reliance, J. H. Lynch, Lmperial, and J. ’Xl). Cardinell, California, rode in the sixth eat. the fifth lap, but Mott nipped the victory away from him at the tape, winning from 45 yards in 2:18 15, The seventh heat brought out Ed “hapman, Olympic, A. L. Holling, Bay A. Theison, California, and M. M. Cook, Imperial. Cook won about as he leased, with Chapman seconc the knowing ones thought it w other way. Time, 2:16 1-5; handicap 70 yards. In the eighth heat we Garden City; E. Languetin, Bay Cit E. Scott, Acme; oung, unattached. Languetin beat Smith a iew | 2:16 4-5, from 65 yards. W. W. Needham, Olympic, and E. Lan- ger, Imperial, contested the ninth and last | beat. They made a hot race of it, Langer o very small margio. Time, ap 100 yards. nal of the one-mile novice was then run. Those who had qualitied by winning in their prelimmary heats were: A. W. Kitchen, Oakland ; M. M. Cook and E. Bozio, Imperial; J. R. Kenna, Acme. The winnersof the semi-finals and fastest seconds were made eligible to com- pete in the final. Cook proved to be the best man, winning in 2:37 3-5. Kenna was second. In the second semi-final the riders were: 5 Raynaud, Bay City; A. H. Agnew, A. Ortion, Imperial. They Aciue; A. made a great race of it, but Raynaud | showed his rear wheel to the others in the last few yards, winning in 2:35 1-5. Ortion econd. ext came the first semi-final of the one- miie handicap, Vincent, Haii and Langue- | tin, Bay City, and Metcalf, Imperial, Aav- ing qualified for it in their heats. The Bay men made the race, Hall winning in 8 Vincent second. Mott, Reliance, Langer, Imperial, and Delmas, Garden City, rode in the second. Mott made a runaw y 20 yards in 2:17 1 mas second. The final one-mile novice had three starters, Cook and Ortion, Imperial, and Raynaud, Bay City. Everything went lovely until the last lap, when Raynaud made a jump and was yards ahead before the othe; zed what was up. He won easily in Cook second. Those who had qualified in the semi- for the final one-mile handicap were: Hall, Bay cCity, 70 yards; P. R. Mott, Reliance, 45, and Tony Delmas, den ty, 7. Wells qualiied in his heat, but did not start in the final, as he was saving his strengtn for the great con- tests of the ning’s racing. Mott caught from 45 yards. Del- up his handicap in two lengths ana then | he pacs s easier for him. He made the est ride at the finish, winning in 2:24 3-5, Delmus second, Hall third. ON SUMMARY. t b . Kiichen, Oakland. Time, Second heat—Riders disqualified for loafing. Third heat—M. M. Cook, Imperial. Time, Time, _heat — E. Bozio, Imperial. Time, 5. h_heat—A. H. Agnew, Acme. Time, 1-5. vo)nlu heat—J. R. Kenna, Acme. Time, .:v!;:ru heat—B. J. Raynaud, Bay City. Time, First somi-final—First; M. M. Cook, Imperial. Time, 2:37 Second, J. R. Kenna, ACmer cond semi-final—First, B. J. Reynaud, Bay ‘Time, 2:35 1-5. Second, A. A. Ortion, Raynaud, Bay City, first. M. M. Cook, Imperial, second.) One-mile handicap: Time, First heat—T. Delmas (75), Garden City, Time. 2:14 1-5 Second heat—S. B. Vincent (55), Bay City. | Time, 2 Third C. 8. Wells (scratch), Bay City. Time, 2:23 Fourth. heat—P. Metcalf - (70), Imperial. Time, 2:1! ; 3 1411;1 ‘heat—T. 8. Hall (70), Bay City. Time, 3. 3-5. Sixth heat—P. R. Mott (45), Reliance. Time, 2:18 1-5. Seventh heat—M. M. Cook (70), Imperial Time, 2:16 1-5. e It looked like Griffiths’ race after | inches in | ride of it, winning | | Bay City; Mott, Reliance, and Thiel, San Francisco Road Club. Mott proved him- self the better ma inning easily in 2:37. Smith, Garden City ; Languetin, Bay City | and Robinson, San Francisco Road Club, started in the next heat, and they finished in the order named, wheels’ lengths apart. Time, 2:38 3-5. In the third heat the starters were Tan- tau, Olympic; Menne, Day City, and Leavitt, San Fiancisco Road Club. Tan- 1an was true to Lis form and won easily in 2:22 3-5. The next three to come out were Delmas, Garden City; Boyd, California, and Bates, Reliance. It was a hot finish between | Delmas and Bates, and they finished in | that order in 2:37 2-5. Crafts, Acme; Hall, Bay City, and Wil- liamson, Santa Rosa, started in the fifth heat. Hall was easily the best man, and .wns without appreciabie effort. Time, | 29 1-5. In the sixth heat were Lefevre, Acme; Bariey, Imperial, and Pels, San Francisco Road Club. Lefevre took the heat by a | small margin, his time being 2:36 2-5. Boyden, Reliance, and Metcalf, Impe- rial, started in the seventh and last heat. They made a hot race of it together, and Metcalf carried off the honors. Time, 3 4-5. After a short intermission, giving the riders a chance to rest and get a breathing spell, the two semi-finals of the one mile | post race were run, those who had quali- | | fied in their leats being Edwards | (Olympic), Griffiths (Bay City) and Yeo- man_(Reliance). This trio comprises as speedy a set of riders as any contesting in the tournament, and every one knew it would be a hot race. They did not make a very hot pace until the last two laps, | when they shot around the curve three abreast with Yeoman on the inside and a bit in the lead. Edwards came like a shot on the last lap, however, and passed him, mid deaf- | eningapplause. The Olympic boy is very popular with the audiences and is cheered every time he appears on the track. He | is a clever, gritty rider and deserving of all the credit he receives. The heat was ridden in 2:30 1-5. In the second semi-final the starters were Squires, Acme; Languetin and Vin- cent, Bay City, and Langer, Imperial. The two Bay City boys made most of the ace and fought it out side by side, with | g?uires right alongside. Vincent got first | place in 2:26 4-5, Languetin second. Oscar Osen, the champion professional rider, then came out for an exhibition quarter-mile ride against time, fl . start, unpaced, to beat the world’s recon[I of 304-5 seconds. Osen made a great ride of it, covering the first eighth in econds, and, cheered on by the audience and the vells of his club mates in the Olympic | Cyclers, came tearing around the banks on the last lap and down the homestretch the watches were snapped on him at 20 3.5 sec- | onds, another world’s indoor record for the Pavilion track. | In the semi-finalsof the one-mile invita- tion those who had gualified in their heats | for the first were: P. R. Mott, Rehiance; { C. M. Smith, Garden City; Lefevre, Acme; ‘.‘Metulf, Imperial. Smith rode wide on the west bank of the sixth lap and fell, | but wasuninjureq, Metcalf beat the oth- | | ersout in s hot sprint in 2:25 1-5, Lefevre | second, Mott tiird. | Insecond were: Hall, Bay City; Delmas, Garden City, and Tantau, Olympic. The public were at a loss to pick the winner of | tuis heat, they were all so evenly matched. | They kept even up to the last lap, then | Tantau lost his Yednl and was out of it. Delmas beat Hall out not more than a | couple of inches in 2:34 2-5. At this juncture ‘Announcer Knapp stated that the gate ize offered by the | management each evening had been won that evening by Dr. Charles Parent, a prominent local physician. The starters in the final of the one-mile post race then came from their dressing- rooms and togk their places for what was one of the prettiest rides of the evening. | They were Edwards, Olympic: Vincent and Languetin, Bay City. The announcer ‘stmed that the leaders at each quarter- | mile would receive a special prize, besides | the usual first and second prizes at the finish. The pace cut out was lively from the start. Vincent led the first and sec- ond laps, and LaYguutin took the next two. After that it was all over, practi- | ! | first. Time, 2:30 1-5. Time, 2:31 4-5. Third heat—T. A, Griffiths, Bay City. Time, 2:34 3-5. Fourth heat—H. W. Squires, Acme. Time, 2:33 4-5. l;isfl(}l heat—E. Languetin, Bay City. Time, 28 3-5. xth heat—S. B. Vincent. Bay City. Time, renth heat—E. Langer, Imperial. Time, 8¢ 2:28 1.5. | rst_semi-final—J. E. Edwards, Olympic, | William Yeoman, Reli: ance, second. | Second semi-final—S. B. Vincent, Bay City, | first. Time, 2:26 4-5. E. Languetin, Bay City, | second. | Final—J. E. Edwards, Olympic, first. Time, | 2:14. 8. B. Vincent, Bay City, second. ne mile, scratch, invitation. First heat—P. R. Mott, Reliance. Time, 2:37. Second heat—C. M. Smith, Garden City. Time, 2:38 3-5. Third heat—George Tantau, Olympic. Time, 2:23 3-5. . Fourth heat—Tony Delmas, Garden City. Time, 2:37 2-3. ¥ifth heat—T. B Hall, Bay City. Time, :29 1-5. Sixth_heat—B. M. Lefevre, Acme. Time, 2:36 2-5. 25?::—15;1: heat—P. Metcalf, Imperial. Time, First semi-final—P.=Metcalt, Imperial. Time 2:25 1-5. P. M.Lefev Sccond semi-final—T. Delmas, Garden City. Time, 2:34 2-5. T. S. Hall, Bay City, second. . I;l(;:;}&nru—ooorn Tantau, Olympic. Time, Second—Tony Delmas, Garden City. Ten-mile club cup-race: Charles 8. Wells, Bay City Wheelmen, first. Time, 25:21. J. E. Edwards, Olympic Club Wheeimen, second. ACTIVITY IN OREGON. H. E. Ankeny Says the Mining, Fruit and Grain Outlook Was Never Better Than Now. H. E. Ankeny, manager and & large owner in the wideiy-known Sterling placer mine, eight miles west of Ashland and the same distance south of Jacksonville, in Oregon, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his family. The Sterling is conceded to be about the best placer property in Oregon. It is an old mine, having been worked for over eighteen years. The mine is being worked night and day. The water is obtained from Applegate Creek. Along this stream Mr. Ankeny and his parwner, Mr. Cook, own the ground for five miles. There is a force of twenty- two men at work. “This is probably the best-known mine in Oregon,” said Mr. Ankeny yesterday. “Itis paying a handsome profit.. There are a number of both quartz and placer mines in that vicinity that promise good profits. A good many men have during the last few months gone in and made lo- citionsand bought other mines out. They will all make some money. “Apout Ashland; too, work has been re- newed in the quartz mines. The old Ash- Jand mive, which is situated right in the town, has started up and I understand is doing well. Then below there is a con- glomerate formation,bearing gold, in which a crusher has lately been placed. Other quartz properties along Bear Oreek are also being worked. The mines all through that gart ot Southern Oregon look well. “The fruit and gpain around Ashiand, Medford, Jacksonville and other sections of the Rogue River Valley also promise big yields. Idonot know that I ever saw better indications. The recent snow we had there fell just at the right time. Al- together it looks as though there would be a good deal of prosperity in Southern Ore- gon this year.”’ Mr. Ankeny, after remaining here a short time, will visit Monterey and other places. He bas been an owner in the Ster- ling mine for five years. A MISSION FEUD. William McCarthy, a Ship-Calker, | his escape, but if be don’t ang NEEDS A WHOLE SHIP. An Old Shoemaker Who Lives Alone on a Hulk in China Basin. Years ago when the steamer Oriflamme was in service she was considered large enough to accommodate 200 or 300 men. Now, although she measares the same from stem to stern, there is only room on her for one man, at least that is what the man thinks. In herday the Oriflamme was agood ship, but for the last ten or fifteen years she has been but a dilapidated hulk, lying in the mud back of the Aretic Oil Company’s works. The man who needs | the whole of the vessel for his acccmmoda- a friend. He owhs a dog, but the creature 15 afraid of him and would most likely make its escape were it not tied. Mike is disliked by the neizhbors and some of them whisper that he has treasure concealed in the depth of the old vessel he guards so carefully. ON THE TWENTIETH FLOOR. Families Who Live at the Top of Sky- Scrapers. High life on lower Broadway differs somewhat from high life on Fifth avenue, of course. But both are picturesque. High life downtown is confined to the T00is of the sky-scrapers, and the colony is HULK OF THE OLD [Sketched by a “ SHIP ORIFLA MME. Call” artist.] tion isan old German, scarcely able to! speak English, who refuses to tell his | name, but_is referred to by the people in | the vicinity as ‘‘Mike,’”” incongruous | though the name be. | It is a little over a year since Mike took | possession of the hulk. He says tbat he | rented it from the owner and intends to have the full use of it. His first work was | to put up several notices, such as, “Keep | off,”” o admittance,” *‘Loafers not al- | lowed,” ete. In several places he painted | a rude representation of a skull and cross- bones as a deadly warning to all tres- | passers. After Mike had the notices fixed to suit | him he constructed a rude house on the stern of the hulk. Itis made of all sorts of odds and ends of lumber that he found in the vicinitv, and presents a most dilap- idated appearance. It is here that helives | alone and works at his trade of shoemaker. | Every few days he takes his finished work to town and brings back more to do. If nobody attempts to board Mike’s do- | main, he may not venture where he can be seen for days at a time; but should a stranger dare to set foot on the edge of the hutk he will be vreetzd with a howl of in- | dignation, mingled with all the well-known oaths of the Fatherland. If the trespasser | understands German he will quickly make | attempts to | explain in English, Mike will unceremo- | niously attack him with his shoemaker’s hammer that be always carries with him on such occasfons—that is, provided the ! man is not larzer than Mike, who weighs | 170 pounds. There is a man who has al- | ways fished from the old hulk and Mike | never says a word. The man isa well- builtdyonng giant and weighs over 200 unds. Why the old man should wish to make his home on the decaying hulk is a mys- tery. The vessel is so far gone that it is hardly worth breaking up for firewood. The timbers have rotted to such an extent that the first sou’easter is likely to break it to pieces and endanger the: occupant’s life. “Mike has been warned of this by the longshoremen, but it has had no effect, except to increase his vigilance at keeping | metrorolis, rent for a few dollars a month, | lows the style of the eighteen or twenty away h-aupuuru. OId Mike has never been known to have growing. These curious littie homes arg well worth inspzction. Scme of them are set exactly on a line with the pavements of Broadway, while others have been built | a few feet behind neat little front gardens, which bloom in season. Many of these quiet home nests rest on foundations some fifteen or twenty stories in heigkt, and are consequently free from damp cellars and similar complaints. These apartments, the highest in the which is very reasonable, considering the value of real estate on Broadway. They are inhabited by the janitors of the im- mense buildings which form the founda- tions of the modest cottages. Real estate on the lower end of Manhattan Island has grown so enormously in value that even the roofs of twenty-story buildines cannot be allowed to go to waste. The architect- ure in many of the small homesteads fol- story foundations on which they rest. In many cases the cottages have been con- structed at a cost of many thousands of dollars. Some of them are built entirely of stone or terra cotta, or other valuable materials, and are elaborately decorated. The most picturesque of them 11 is located in the tower of the Produce Exchange building. Viewed from the street this tower looks more like & dovecote than a human habitation. But it is two and a half stories high, and contains a dozen comfortable rooms, which shelter the jani- tor and his family, not counting the dog. A parapet keeps the household gods from dropping to death while viewing the pass- ing show on sea and shore far below. These_high homes have tbeir advan- thges. Few homes here can boast of so large a front ¥nrd as the one enjoyed by the tenants of the Produce Exchange roof top. Itisnearly a block in length and quite as bright in summer as any city or suburban yard can be, barring natural ef- fects. He has fresh air to breathe at all seasons, both of the land and the sea breeze sort. Housekeeping goes on up near the sky much the same as on the solid earth 200 feet below. The front yard is well supplied with clotheslines, on which the wash is regularly hung out to dry. | The roof is covered with sand, giving it a ground effect. There are no trees or grass growing there, to be sure, but in season there are several flower beds arranged in boxes, which add a pleasant touch of color to the whaoie. The dog kennel stands be- side the kitchen door, and the bow-wow roams at will, with no opportunity to ex- ercise his jawson tramps or burglars. The children who live in t%ese high altitudes have carried their bicycles, wheelbarrows and toys up with them, and have a ground all to themselves, which is not equaled by ary millionaire’s child’s playground in’ the “city. Just at present lhcy}\re running up their sleds to enjoy the sledding in their airy playground on lower Broadway. The interiors of thesa lofty habitation are cozy, as well as quiet and secure, providing the occupants do not dream of fire, cyclone or earthquake. The occupants of these high homes are as a rule not very neighborly, as calling after nightfall is a physical impossibility. After the express elevators stop visits necessarily cease. It would consume an hour’s time to reach a neighbor living within speaking distance, as stair-climbing is both hard and slow, especially in a one-floor town that is full of *lifts.” But the high-life population is increasing, and the outskirts of the settlement now extend as far north as Central Park, and will soon be hugging Harlem.—New York correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch. REAL ESTATE TRANSAOTIONS. John Gilmour to Sarah Gilmour, lot on N line of :]nge street, 83:6 E of Laguna, E27:6 by N 120; Clement L. C. Blethen to Robert R. Hind, lot on SE corner of Sacramento and Buchanan streets, £ 50:134 by 8 127:814; $10. George D. Gilmour to Sarah Gilmour, lot on N line of Page street, 82:6 I of Laguna, E 37:6 by ~ 120; also lov on SW line of Harriet street, 225 NW of Bryant, NW 26 by SW 75; gift, J. A.and Mathew M. Clover to L. B. Edwards, lot on 'W line of Lyon street, 50 5 of Hayes, S 28 by W 81:3: $10. C. D. and Libby A, Salfield to Emily S. Newell, loton N line of Walier street, 137:6 W of Shrader. W 55 by N 85: $10. : Pacific Improvement Company to John and Mary Sommers, lot on § corner Stevenson and Brady streets, SW 50:6 by 0. Josephine Goiden 10 F. J. Kie: of Dearborn place, 125:88 of Seve W 85; $10. 10. lot_on W line nth street, S 25, . Muilen and Thomas F.O'Day (execu- tors estate Thomas U'Uny; to T. B, O'Nelll, lot on W line of Bryant avenue, 208 N of Twenty-third street, N 52 by W 100; $8075. Luct B. Kapp to Louise Ellwin, lot on E line ot Castro street. 2616 N of Twenty-third street, N 50 by E 16b: 810, Jobn and Ada M. Hinkel to Patrick C. Jordan, loton ¥ ifne of Leavenwortn stree:. £8:315 Sjof Washington. § 22:014 by E 137:6; $10. Herman Hencke (executor) and Meta Clootz (executrix of estate of A.Glootz) to H. Fishbeck, lot on SW corper of Santa Clara and De Huro streets, W 200 by 8 183:5: $21,000. Carl A. P. Jurgens to Joseph Statt, loton E line of Twentieth avenue, 146 N of Cnlifornia street, N 26 by E 120; $10. Sallle ®. Clark fo Elizabeth F. Haskell, lot on W line of Second avenug, 325 N of Clement street N 25 by W 120; 810, Joseph Meyers to M. Maler, lot_on SW corner of 1ot 1444, gift map 3, N 30 by E 70; also lots 7, 22, block 65, tide lands, South San Francisco; $10. George B. M. and ‘Alice M. Gray to Charles N. ‘Wood, ot 18, gift map 4: 810. J. F. Turner to Moritz A. Rose, lots 22 and 23, block 37, lot 26, block 28, jot 11, bleck 10, lots 22 and 23, block 45, Sunnyside: §10. Lake View apd Sunnvside Improvement Com- pany to John Miller, lot 26, block 34, same; $10. Violetta C. Mudge to John T. Coe, lot on' W line of Ford street, 100 N of Shields, N 100 by W 100, City Land Association: 5. Henry Marshal to James S. Mackle, lot on SE corner of R street South and_ Eighth avenus Soutd, E 76 by § 100, 0’N. and H. 169; $10. James A. and Ida L. Clark to Donald McDonald and Harry Cohen, lot 13, block V, Park Lane Tract 2: $10. 0dd Fellows’ Cemetery Association to Mathilda 8. Engwer, lot 21, Plat 5, Omega Section; $315. ALAMEDA COUNTY. ‘W. B. Shant to Carl W. Elfving, receiver in ac- tion No. 48,44¥, Bophla Komke vs. Home Benelit Lite Association et alius, lot 2, block A, Fanny Davenport Tract, being a subdivision of lot 6, Yoakum Traet, Brooklyn Township: $10. Nicolo Ratti to Luigi and Giovanni Voljsoni, Glovanni B. and Pletro G. Ratti, undivided 4-5on N line of Pleasanton avenue, 400 of Morton, ‘W 400 by N 1060, containing 10 acres, and being lots E and H, Amended Map Oakland Land and Improvement Company’s subdivision of a portion of the Santa Rita rancho at Pleasauton, Murray ‘Township; $1250. Bailders’ Contraots. Peter A. Bmith with C. Krecher, carpenter work, etc., for s dbuble two-story brick building on W 1ine of Fourth street, 48 N of Bluxome; $2571. Same with J. 3. Hanavan, concrets work, etc, same; Robert Wannenmacher witl J. Bucker, earpem- ter work, etc., on SW corner of Baker and McAl- lister streets: $7872. Arrested for Stabbing C. Meagher, a Neighbor. William McCarthy, a ship-calker, liv- ing on York street near Army, was ar- rested yesterday morning and taken to the Seventeenth-street Police Station, where he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. - The complaining witness is C. Meagher, a neighbor. The families have been at war | for years, and arrests for threats to kill and’ disturbing the peace on both sides have peen frequent. On Friday might Meagher and his wife and McCarthy got mixed up in a fight and Meagher was cut on the chin, side of bis head and under the left eye. They are only flesh wounds. He notified the police yesterday morning that McCarthy bad stabbed him, and the complaint led to the latter's arrest. McCarthy was released on $1000 bonds. He denied having used the knife; but de- fended himse!f the best way he could. — e Kern County Indiotments Set Aside. BAKERSFIELD, CaL.,, March 7.—The indictment against Thomas Orr of Delano, returned some time ago by the present Grand Jury, was set aside this morning in the Superior Court on the ground of prejudice of grand jurymen. W. B. Tim- mons, a member of the Grand Jury, | cally. Edwards came up from behind testified to that effect. _ MR. GEORGE JORDAN. “New York for sights, Chicago for ‘nights’ and San Francisco for ease, comfort and a good shave.” Frisco's barbers bear knowing. Polite, cool, in- telligent, up-to-date and easy shaving. True, 1t is not only in the glide of the razor, the clip of the scissors and the part of the hair that San Francisco bar- bers excel—no, it is for those delicate finishing touches, here and there; it is 1he knowing how and when to use hot, cold, lukewarm cloths, where to part and how to part the hair, and, lastly, to leave the customer the free option of tipping or not at his owr sweet will. Yet, hold, let me pause to bring you into the presence of one of Frisco's gifted barbers. You see his porirait above; his nam : is George Jordan. He is well: known and it is well to know him, for he is the true type of a ‘“‘Sunset’”’ bar- ber. Yesterday I did chat with Mr. Jor- dan, and among other things he spoke of the great good the native remedy had done for him. Said he: *I praise Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla because it is well worthy of such praise, because it as- sisted my friends and helped my own health. I now feel in the prime vigor of good bodily health, and I believe Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla brought this | about. I was not suffering from a broken leg or any very serions trouble, but I was tired, easily exhausted, all run down and did not feel my true self. One bottle changed all this. I am now so much the better for that one bottle of Joz's Vegetable Sarsaparilla that I would not forego its taking for many dollars. There is good health locked up in Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla, and during these spring months every one should use the native sarsaparilla. No, I never had a pimple on my face, I never experienced the least bad effect. I took Joy’s Vege- table Sarsaparilla as I would take tes or coffee, with pleasure, with palatable gratification. It is the only sarsaparilla I have ever taken that is nice to the taste, and yet it is so efficacious.” I have endeavored togive the language of Mr. Jordan, so all may judge the true tone of this young gentleman. He is given to no exaggerations. He speaks with feeling, speaking from the heart. ‘Wherever I have been throughout the length and breadth of the coast all the good people are praising the native remedy, Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. I have endeavored to do away with all coloring, to give the facts, to speak sin- cerely, and I believe that Joy's Vege- table Sarsaparilla will be the gainer. Every day the remedy gets closer and cioser to the masses. Every day it be- comes harder and harder for druggists to substitute, This is as it should be. " HENRY TILLMAN,