The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 27, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 18Y6. A QUARTER OF Quite a Number, but They Have Been Sold by a Well-Known Merchant Who Believes in Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. KEARNY STREET HASITS SAY. It Is as Enthusiastic as Market Street and Without a Dissent- ing Voice. Tt would be unfair to suppose that there | are not some people to he found in San Francisco who do not heartily indorse on their own experience the great home rem- edy, Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla, forin- dubitably there are many people who have not used it, and possibly a few of those who have not would be in better health to-day if they had. At least that is begin- ning to dawn upon my mind. The way in which the prominent business men in this City leave their own interests in order to say nice things about Joy’s Vegetable Sar- saparilla is astonishing. To the inter- viewer it seems almost unprecedented. What is usually weary work has in this instance proved interesting and encourag- | ing. Ask any merchant as to whether he | has ever heard of Joy's Vegetable Sarsa- | parilla and _the chances are about ten to | one that Le will say “Yes.” ‘If he has | heard of it the chances are more than one | hundred toone that he will indorse it— | that he will say that it is good. He will | say, “It dces what it was intended to| do,” and further that he knows whereof | he speaks, either from experience or from ; some one whose word he is unable to | doubt. | It seemed to be the fairest way,asIhad | decided thatI had got a clear expression of the Market-street oyinion, to go on to | another good business street in search of in- | formation about Joy’s Vegetahle Sarsaparil- | la. It wasthisway: It appeared to be possi- | ble that one tection of the busiest partof | town might feel kindly disposed toward the | remedy, while another part, equally im- | portant from a cemmercial standpoint, | might not, and so far as commercial inter- ests are concerned, possibly Kearny and Market streets may be allowed to divide | them, and so with my instructions plainly | in front of my nose to get an unbiased | opinion as to the meritsof Joy’s Vegetable | Ssrsaparilla, I determined yesterday to | talk to a few Kearny-street merchants, and | I chose the t ks which were most fre- quented. Itisfar better to get the opin- | jon of a man who iswell known and whose | word may be depended on than it is to| hunt up some individual who has never been heard of before, and who probably | will never bé heard of again, so 1 went no farther porth in 1ay investigations than Bush street. Every man I met indorsed the remedy, including a man who had | =old a quarter of a million hats since he | has been in business, and a querulous ! shoe merchant who declined to give his] name for publication. Here's what they | have said: ABE HARSHALL VOICES THE POPULAR OPINION. | There is a sign, and a brass one at that, | inscribed Abe Harshall, outside the store | 12 Kearny s It indicates the pame of one of the most popular Native Sons isin business in the City. Mr. Har- as his window very plainly indi- cates, is a tailor, a_‘‘custom” and not a | ready-made one. He has in_ stock cer- tainly one of the finest selections of im- ported goods that one could find mn the | -, and while it would scarcely seem | wise to ask a man who has made his repu- | tation largely on the fact that he carries imported cloths as to whether he would speak favorably of what is strictly 2 home product, I thought it best to interview | him, keeping ever in mind the desire to | produce an impartial statement as_to the | general opinion as to the merits of Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Mr. Harshall met me courteously, and said in reply to my que “[ certainly approve the use o sarsaparilla in spring time, and, I think is a good thing to keep in the house the whole year round. So faras the best is concerned, I have no hesitation whatever, in indorsing Joy’s. We have tried it, and we know that the Californian remedy is | certainly best of all. Sarsaparilla, of | course, of any kiud, is good, but the ques- | tion has always appeared to me in this | way. Do we know what we are getting when we buy what is called sarsaparilla from a drugstore? I am convinced from what my friends tell me and what I knew myself that Joy’s is. purely a vegetable sarsaparilla, and if this is true it is cer- tamnly the only safe one to take. I know a score of people who take it regularly, and more than one of them swear by it.”’ Now, all this was said in the clear, keen, straightforward way in_which Mr. Har- shall says everythingz. Heis very popular. Since he has occupied his store, No. 12 Kearny street, he has made more friends than possibly any man in his business has made in the same length of time. He says | he is a “popular price” tailor. Certainly be is a good all-round fellow, and person- | ally popular in_every sense of the word. His patrons include some of the best people in the city, although his prices are mod- erate, ana whenever he makes a customer he invariably holds that customer’s trade end his friendship, too. A QUARTER OF A MILLION HATS. I skipped a block, or nearly a block, and dropped into_Mr. Colman’s large hat | emporium at No. 130 Kearny street. Mr. Colman is a man 8o well known to every newspaper man in town that, even if T | were not in search of information, Tthink I | should bave gone in to shake him by the hand. He wore the usual smile that be- tokens nothing wrong with the liver, or conscience either, and when questioned as to the business he was doing, he said he wn; glad to be able to report increasing | trade. “Youdoa prett_\' good business always, Mr. Colman?” Iasked. | (Here, in parenthesis, it may be stated that ‘Mr. Colman is the San Francisco | agent for Dunlop’s hats). “Well, yes; I have no reason to com- plain. I have been in the hat business for the past seven years.” "Suring that time how many hats have you sold, Mr. Colman ?"’ Well, I suppose nearly a quarter of a | million,” he replied after some consider- ation. Z «and what is your opinion of Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla, may I ask?” ¢] have not taken the remedy myself,” was the reply, *‘but I suppose { can tell you how highly some friends of mine in- dorse it.” A “Well, what have you heard about it?” «] have heard repeatedly from friends of mine, in whose integrity I put the utmost confidence, that it is an -excellent blood purifier and general tonic. They say, too, that it always does good. They | teil me that it relieves dyspepsia, and from what they say you may quote me as in- dorsing Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla in the most emphatic way.” 3 9 Mr. Coiman has been in San Francisco for the last forty-one years, and during that time be has built up, purely by his own effort and a conscientious spirit of rectitude, a trade which increases steadily and recularly. There is no better place in the City to buy & hat than at 130 Kearny street. MR. CUMMINGS TAKES IT To THE STORE. The rain was coming down and I was geiting wet on the east side of Kearny street, so 1 made a diagonal cut across to the west side, and the first shelter that it| P MILLION HATS seemed inviling was the jewelry-store which has been so many years conducted under the name of Cummings’ Sons. W. Cummings, who is now the sole proprietor, although the old firm name is still retained, met ‘me and in_reply to afew queries stated that he had been here for twenty-one vears, nearly all of which time he hasspent in his present line of business. Probably Mr. Cummings has devoted him- self as faithfully and as conscientiously to business as any man could do, and the result has been” the confidence of the ublic. *Do you knaw anything of Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla?” "I asked him rather abruptly. BES “Well, do I” said Mr. Cummings in reply, “‘just pardon me a moment.” He walked back to his office and produced a two-thirds used bottle of Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparili: “That is what'I know about it,”” he said. “I think so much of itasa rémedy that I am never without it. We use it in the family at home, and we use it regularly and continually, and I always have it with me in the store.” “You may think it curious,” he con- tinued, “but that is one of the things that 1 put in the safe at night.” “For what do you use it, Mr. mings?”’ A “I have worked so hard,” he. replied, “that I often feel run down—tired out. I feel that my system needs invigorating, and I have yet to see the time when Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla did not bring me relief; and let me add,’”’ he went on, “that my wife is as enthusiasticas 1 am about its merits, and we think so highly of it, in- deed we feel that itis such a good bloed purifier and system-builder, that we give it to one of our children who isa trifle Cum- rather more than you could expect of 1 queried. *Well, it has done so much for usall that I even hope thatit may help deaf- ness, but at any rate I am sure that as a tonic and blood purifier it cannot be ex- celled.” 3 This is the opinion of a man who ha: been a business leader, a man of commer- cial importance and a man whose integ- Tity no one will doubt, and the high praise for the great home remedy was absolutely voluntary. It was indeed startling to a degree. 'Mr. Cummings has sold within the last two_years prooably about $20,000 of silver and plated ware alone, and with him business appears to be on the.in- crease, a fact which may encourage some of the people who are inclined to be a little bit blueat this moment. He has got push and energy, and has got talent and -tact, and he has the somewhat rare character- istic of being able to tell his customers the truth about everything which he tries to sell. This sort of policy wins in the end. MR, M. E. FRANK, THE GREAT FURNISHING GOODS MAN. By the time I bad finished my interest- ing chat with Mr. Cummings Jupiter Pluvius bhad seen fit to discontinte work (possibly for the lunch hour), and so I recrossed the street in order to see Mr. M. E. Frank of 238 Kearny street, one of the most genial men and one of the mast | sensible talkers that does business on the big cross-town thoroughfare. Mr. Frank is invariably “head over heels’ in busi- ness. He is bright, brisk and full of life as well as of business, and while I inter- viewed him he continued all the time to be doing something. As 8 gentleman’s furnishing goods man his standing in the City is unique. He has been over twenty years in the neighborhood in which his Store now is, and during that time, for the number of square feet that his various places of business have occupied, it is probable that he has had more money pass through his hands than any one. “Do you ever use a sarsaparilla?” I asked him. | “Yes, I do, and I have some which I take regularly.” “Did you ever take Joy’s?"” am taking it now,” he replied. “Why do you take it?”’ “Because I think it is a good spring medicine; because 1 invariably feel bene- fited from its use, and because it is a home remedy. It is)made here in Califor- nia, and as long as 1 find any Californian product to be good, I believe in helping the ‘chap around the corner.’ I am in favor all the time and every time of trying t0 keep our money at home. I make my living from Californians, and I am 'quite ready to do whatever I can to help all Californians, Of course, as far as this particular remedy is concerned, it has ex- ceptional merit, and that may have in- duced me to use it, but Iam delighted to know that so good a remedy as it is, is nrely a home product. My heart and soul is in California, my heart and soul is in her productions; my heart and soul is in the interests of her people, and no one can ever say that they can find me lackin inany way in supporting kome industry. And in conclusion, Mr. Frank said, ‘‘Yes, you can quote me as saying Joy’s Vege- table Sarsaparilla is without doubt a most valuable remedy, and I know it, because I bave proved it.”” For over twenty years the man who chooses to look for bargains in hosiery, neckwear and shirts has been accus- tomed before buying to see what M. E. Frank had got. Mr. Frank is progressive and aggressive to a degree. If theré 1s a late style he has it. If there is a new pattern Frank’s is the place to look for it, and possibly the reason he is enabled to sell things at such extremely low rates as he does is that he started business with an idea to accept a minimum of profit, seeing that evidently he would be enabled by this commendable business principle to make a big “‘turn over.” Personally Mr. Frank is a most amiable man, and his seven or eight emploves have been selected with a good deal of care. Mr. Frank knows that it'is pleasant to be treated as a gentleman, and he insists that every customer who comés to him shall be treated in a similar way, MR. F. SCHOETTLER TALKS. Down came the rain agaia, so I bad to seek shelter once more on the west_side of the thoroughfare. I walked straight into the store of Mr. F. Schoettler, 329 Kearny street, and found that genial gentleman cutting a piece of imported goods. Mr. Schoettler 1s one of the naturalized cit- zens of whom California is proud. One of those people who has brought capital to the State, who employs lavor and pays it well, and who endeavors to adopt a busi- ness policy of *‘not hoggingitall.” His business in twelve years has grown con- siderably, and now it represents probably one of the nicest and best medium-class trades in the City. Asked as to whether he had ever used Joy’s Vegetable Sarsapa- rilla, or whether he had ever bheard of it, Mr. Schoettler replied: ‘“Yes, I have heard of it very considerably. I have heard it indorsed highly.” “In what way?”’ ‘“Asa blood purifier and as a tonic. Sarsaparilla is recognized everywhere as being an_excellent remedy for purifyin the blood, but when I say sarsaparilla, do not intend to be understood as meaning any combination of mineral drugs. What I mean is the vegetable sarsaparilla.” “You know that Joy’s Vegetable Sarsa- parilla is purely a vegetable compound of Californian soil, do you not?” I asked. *Of my own knowledge, I cannot -sa; that I do,” said Mr. Schoettler, “but have heard it stated time and time again.” “May I quote you as indorsing Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla?”’ I asked. “Certainly, not only on ite own account as a remedial agent (ana I have heard that it is good for dyspepsia and liver troubles, as well asbeing a.good stomach regulator), but I believe in supporting home ,produc- tions. This is hardly necessary though in the case of Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla, for I think it has proved its superiority beyond a doubt.”” This was the end of the first day’s inter- views on Kearny street. It did seem as though one might have gone in every store that there was and loung indorsements. I tried to see Julius Raphael, the great clothier, but he was out. Had he been ac- cessible 1 should have quoted his opinion as faithfully as I have endeavored to cite thei of other people. I was unfortunate enough to miss Frank Maskey, that great, whole-souled cmgf man, and I could not find Raphael Weill of the White House, but it does seem to me that I got a fair ex- pression of the Kearny-street mflchlnts'1 opinions as to the merits of Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. It was one clean, straight, unvarying indorsement. Condensed into a sentence it might be allowed to run this way—Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla is a rand tonic, is an excellent blood purifier; t helps tne kidneys and liver and the sys- tem generally. ‘WiLLiaM CHENHALLS. “THE UNION FOREVER. The Mayor Engages the First Regiment Band to Play at the Sutro Baths. His Honor the Mayor and the Musi- cians’ Mutual Protective Tnion have, so to speak, exchanged the Kiss of peace. As already noted in THE CALL the Mayor has expressed his sympathy with the objects of the union and stated that his engage- ment of non-union musicians to play at the Sutro baths was an inadvertence on his part. > At a special meeting of the executive committee of the union yesterday Secretary Samuel Davis read a communication from the Mayor to the effect that the First Regi- ment Band, consisting of union musicians, under the leadership of George Bennett, had been enguged and would play at the | baths for the future. Inview of this action on Mr. Satro’s part the union will stand up for his Honor from now henceforth, or as Mr. Davis expressed it yesterday: ‘“The Mayor isa brick and has made us all his firm friends.” —————— It Was the Dog. In a well-known street in London a beggar was often seen plodding about with a small dog. The dog was held by a piece of chain, and had round his neck a placard, with “Pity the blind” in large red letters. Mr. T——, passing one day, dropped a sixpence into the man’s out- stretched hand. ‘‘Halloa!” he cried, as be was turning away, ‘‘was that a half- sovereign I gave yon?"” “No, 'sir—no,”” answered the beggar; “only sixpence.” “80,” said Mr. T—, blind, then, after all?” “Bless you, sir, no!” he replied. *“You see, the placard refers to the dog. He's blind—not me!”—Tit:Bits. “you are not BELLAINGER WON EASILY, Bevérwyck Handicap Steeple- chase a Gift for the Jumper. FIRST CHOICES FARED WELL. Zamar II Scores Again—Major Cook Beat Babe Murphy a Block—La Mascota in Front. Racegoers. who ventured -out in the squally weather yesterday did not_ see much of a contest for the Beverwyck stake, decided over the full steeplechase course, about two and a quarter miles. . The guar- anteed value to the winning jumper was the tidy sum of $1500, and six accepted the handicapper’s allotments. Bellringer looked nicely placed with but 153 pounds to shoulder and he was rightfully made a prime favorite, the general price in the ring being 8 to 5, although nearing post time a shade better was obtainable. J O C lodked well treated with 134 pounds up, but -he has been performing with poor success of late and was practically friend- less, going back in the betting from 1 to 12. Nestorand Arundel looked to have an out- side chance, but My Luck, delegated to carry 150 pounds, was held in altogether too high esteem by the handicapper, and although commanding considerable back- ing, cut no hgure in the running. The favorite alternated with The Lark in tak- ing the jumps in the lead, until the tenth hurdle was reached, when Spence gave Bellringer his head and he spreadeagled his field, passing the stand fully fifteen Jengths in front of Arundel, tighting for his head. The Lark, who tired badly the last quarter of a mile, finished in third place. With about twelve vcunds more “THE CALL” RACING CHART. Forty-thlrfl day of the California Jockey Ci ub's Winter Mesting, 189596 By Dis- trict Track, Thursday, March 26, 1896, Weather fine. Track heavy. Q()9, FIRST RACE—Five turlongs; inside course; selling; three-year-olds and upward; purse $300. Index. | Horse, age, weight. [st.| 1% | & | 3% | st | Fin Jockeys. | gpeteing, 891 |Huntsman, 5 1| 14 85 32 889 | Fond Hope. 9 24) 30 30 {Artemus, 4 5 3n 3 3 | Landlord, 5. 3 4h (3 8 |Imp. Alien, 3 13 53 3 5 3 7 61 20 30 8 T 5 75 |11 84 20 15 3| 12 93 5 35 15| 10 103 100 400 33| "3 13 200 500 | Addie Chipman, 8.181| 4 131 50 15 Addeladi, 3.......116] 8 13 50 100 Starting.gate used. Won easily. Winner, P. Herzog's b. g, by Prince of Norfolk-Haidee. Time, Q] (), SECOND RACE—Four furlongs; two-year-olds; penalties; allowaaces; purse $400. Index.| Horseand weight. |8t 34 | 3 | % | sw | Fn Jockeys, | Betting, THIRD RACE—Two and a quarter miles; handicap; steeplechase; the Beverwyck stakes; . value $1850. Index.| Horse,age,wetght. |8t |ath Jp.| étn. | 8tn. {iotn. | 12th. | Fin | Jockess. |etting, 906 | Beliringer, =, 4| 1h |23 | 25 | 11| 110 | 120(Spence...[75 96 892 |Arundel. & 3 52 415 41 23 210 24 ennessy. |5 9 86 |The Lark.5. 1| 26 | 147 | 135 | 23| 34 | 32 |Alimarc.|4 g 792 |Mestor, 6.. gl a1 | 3% | an' | ¢ | 436 | a1 freerslbas 92 865 | My Luck, a. 2| 6 .| 62 | 54 | 41| 8 53 [owens I8 135 892 |70C,4. 5| 315 | 6 6 51/ 6 6" |swin 15 Good start. Won easily. Winner, F. M. Taylor's b. g., by Troubadour-Boscobelle. Time, 5:22. 919, FOURTE BACE—Five and o half furlongs; selling; three-yearolds aud up; conditions; - purse $300. Index. | Horse,age, welght. lsn. 3% | str. | Fin Jockeys. 0‘;’“‘“;:1 757 |La Mascota, 8.... 93| & 31 | 22 | 11 |E. Jones.. 7-10 7-10 907 |Banjo, 5.... 205 3 45 | 45 | 22 |H Martin. |10 30 8§75 |Crawtord, 6......,108| 1 12 [ 18 | 31 [Chevalier. 4 4 631 |Tennessee Maid, 96| 2 22 | 81 | 415 [C. Slaugnter..| § 12 881 _ 99l 4 52 | 62 | 55 |Piggot 1 H 1105| 6 63 | 58 | 61 |[Snider 10 100 7 7 7 7" |Rowan 12 100 Starting-gate used. Won easily. Winner, J. G. Follansbee’s b. £, by Imp. San Simeon-Moga F. Time, 1:11%5. 13, FIFTH RACE—Ouemile: selling; three-yearaids and upward; purse 8400. Todex.| Horse,age.welght. |st.| 14 | 3 | % | sn | ;n | Jockers | Betting, 79 | Major Cook,4.... 96| 1 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 110 | 14 |T.Sioan. (900) | Babe Murphy, 4.. 87| 4 | 4 g4 | 235 | 235 | 2 (885) | Walter 3, 3....... 98| 3 | 34" | 235 | 3 3 320 (254) (Goodwin'IL, 41 94| 2 | 21 | 4 i + b o Sernsgate used. Won easily. Winner, LIVIngs(on stable’s b. g, by Bulwark-siser (o Violet. e, 1:45. 914, SXTH RACE—SIx furlongs; selling: three-yearolds and upward; penalies; purse $400. Index. l Eorse, age, welght. | St.| 14 15 3% | str. | Fin *Jockeys. O:"““{.- 7878 Ljoe Terry; 8...... 95| 8 23 |23 | 26 | 111 [ (143)|Nelson, 109 11 |13 | 1n | 210 3 807’ | Morven, 06 44 | 31 | 33 | 82 H 891 |Catch " o8| 2 8n | 45 | 45 | 48 i 882 |Comrade, 6. oa| 4 51 | 510 | 520 | 550 50 #01 {Gold Bug, u...120| 5 [ 8 [] 6 50 Starting-gate used. Won easlly. Winner, Burns & Waterhouse's ch. t., by Flambeau-imp. Tear- arop. Time, 1:17%. . “THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day's Entries at Bay District Track. i In races where the horses have no record at the distance to be run the records at the next nearest ¢istance are given. . Abbreviations—F., fast; Fa., fair; H., heavy; m., mile; 1., furlong; % about. FIRST RACE—Six farlongs; selling. Best Index. Name. Dist. Owner. Pedigree. 882 (Joe Hill, 51 7. Hill. Kingston-Lady Golden 902 |Jim Corbett.. 61 W. H. Bowen. | Wildidle-Rachel 885 |Gov. Budd 51 Woodlawn stabie. .. | Fresno-Rosa G 895 |San Marcus. 5t 4. F. Grag. Carlo-Mistake 808 |Brametta..o...| 87 34 “|D & Honig. ... [BrambleRetta ‘Tennessee Mal ope Glen stic farm Imp.San Simeon-Tenn: 901 |Road Runner... im Antrim stable Jo¢ Daniels-Miss Hooker |Charles A. 1 P. Archibald, Jonn A-Early Rose 901 |Mb Aj 6 1 W. B. Doad Imp. Brutus-Young, Jule 5% Peregrine-Lady Foster Coloma-Laura D Sensation-Tavona ; four-ye ear olds and upward. Lbs| Tk, Owner. Pedigree. e St 108/ H..|G. L. Bell Joe Hooker-Addie O 98/F .. | Pueblo stab! Wildidie- Wiy S ot 98/F .. J. Brenock Sampson-Unknown A R phens! mp. Silk Gown-Ordn: 100/¥ .0, Appleby.. Pecl-Faustinb ‘i 94,F.|A. b. Martin, Sobrante-Ruth ngs; selling: two-year-olds; non-winners. Owner. Pedigree. L5 W Burns & B. Schrel bes 6562 |Lena.... F. Farrar... FOURTH RACE—Five and a half furlongs; 10 ]bs. below the-scale. Hest Index. Name. Lbs|Record| Dist. Owner. Pedigree. | SRS T 3 - 861 |Perh: .| 94/1:0714| 515 ¢ .|Alms Dale stable ..|Kosciusks O R tntion. 2138 1:0794| 514 ¢ ¥ |Galiforaia stable,.. | Regenaomey. ¥ ey (8453| Liventine 113/1:18%5| 6 J.G. Brown & Co..{ Leonatus-Falaise 899) | Mognet 108/1:0745| 535 ¢ [118|¥a.{D. A. Honig........ Imp. St. Blaise-Magnet FIFTH RACE—Seyen furlongs; selling: inside course. i £io Best Index. Lbs Pedigree. Prince Norfolk-Avondale 90 (®u5) 1p. Wagner-Fleta 901 Tmp. Sir Modred-Visalis Sobrante-Ruth Tmp. Brutus-Leda Tyrant-Mazette Hldalgo-Graciosa g-lllmm‘vflethlrflne vator-Widow Clicqy Loftin-Emma n e on the back cf the winner there might have been a semblance of a contest. - The showers of rain had made the track heavy, but there was very little mud fly- ing. - The favorites met with much better success than on the preceding day, four of the six sent into the starter’s hands reach- initbe tape first. five-furlong scramble, run over the in- side course with the weights raised twenty- | eight pounds above the scale, was the first event decided and resulted in a very eas] win for the 7 to 5 favorite, Huntsman, wit! W. Clancy up, who led from start to finish. Fond Hope, a 40 to 1 outsider, finished in the place. The good youngster, Zamar II, appeared for the first time in the colors of the St. Louis turfman, Dan Honig, and celebrated the occasion by capturing the four-furlong dash cleverly” by a length, with the top- heavy 7 to 10 choice, Adam Andrew, at his heels. The winner opened in the betting at6to 5 and was ailowed torecede until2 to 1 was offered against him, finally closing at 9 to 5. “Jack’ Follansbee’s fast filly, La Mas- cota, looked the best of the eight that started in the fourth race,a cheap five and a half furlongs, selling affair, and was heavily played at4 to5. She was cut off at_the far turn, but got through next the rail, swinging into tgs stretch and passing Crawford, won ‘at the wire by a length. Banjo came strong ai the end, taking the place from Crawford. There were but four starters in the mile selling race, and the wise division “killed” it. Opening at 9 to 10, Babe Murphy was played down to 7 to 10. At the last mo- ment the educated money went in on Major Cook, and from twos his odds speed- ily tumbled down to3 to 2. Little Hewitt, astride the first ckoice, lost several lengths making the first turn, and the Major, opening up a big gap of daylight, won pulling up. : The Jast event was a six-furlong sprint, ending in an easy win for the 3 to 2 choice, Joe Terry, who outfooted ‘Nelson through the stretch. The latter was backed down from 12to 3 to 1, and looked a winner up to the last furlong. IT IS A PRIVATE. AFFAI. The Mexican International Ex- position to Be Held Next Year. Former Vice-President of the Mid- winter Fair Is. the Poo-Bah of the Enterprise. Charles Asher of the Washoe Club and one of the managers of the Baldwin Ho- tel has returned from a trip to Mexico where he went on business on the 12th ef this month, At the close of the Midwinter Fair in this City, when Viscount Rene de Cornelly first broached the proposition of an exhi- bition to be held in Mexico, Charles Asher was his warmest supporter. He agreed to put up funds and did, which enabled the then impecunious Viscount to go to Mex- ico and enlist the good will of President Diaz in the matter of strangers coming into his domain to hold an international exposition. This Cornelly did in a meas- ure, President Diaz agreeing to not inter- fere in the matter. However, the Presi- dent has not as yet given the private en- terprise the official stamp of the Mexican Government. Still, the promoters of the affair expect that as soon as things are in such condition as to satisfy Diaz that the exposition will be a suceess he will author- ize an appropriation toward it and invite all foreign governments to attend. One of Cornelly’s first moves was to or- ganize the Mexican National Exposition Land Compary. This institution pur- chased 600 acres of land belonging to Senor Marlo for about $250,000. This they bonded for $750,000 through the New York Trust Company, and immediately they began the work of preparing the land for the site of the exposition. The executive corps of the exposition was then given out to the public as fol- lows: Director-General, Ignacio Bejarano; Juan R. dos Pessos, representative of the Mexican National Exposition anda Land Company; German Bulle, general mana- ger for the United States, and Viscount Rene de Cornelly, director of concessions and the foreign department. Affairs having prozressed thus far Charles Asher decided it was about time he take a little trip to see his old friend the Viscount and make the latter keep the promise he made over a year.and a half ago, that if he were successful in bringing about a Mexican exposition he would give Asher the sole and exclusive gambling privileges in consideration of the funds already advanced. The Viscount redeemed his pledge, and Mr. Asher has the concession now snugly tucked in in hisinside pocket. His vic- tory, however, was not exactly a walk- over, as others, namely, a Mexican who is in the gambling business himself and who pays the Government $20,000 per month for the exclusive right to conduct gam- bling in Mexico, was after the ptum. This man, it is claimed, clears $1,000,000 each year in the five ‘casinos’ he runs. He was favored by the Mexican contingent of the executive committee, who kept put- ting Asher off day after day, promising him an answer ‘‘manana.” It was at this juncture that, Viscount Cornelly stepped into the breach and won the concession -for his friend. He ex- plained that the slight given Asher would probably be resented, and the exposition would suffer. But, the concession being granted to an American would encourage the peovle of the United States to exhibit at and visit the exposition. The Mexican gambler gracefully withdrew, Now, it is confidently expected by Asher that he and his associates—Mike Katzen- stein and Joe Uliman, the New York bookmaker—will divide up a cold million dollars profit at the close of the Mexican exposition. +‘Aside from the privilege of running the Casino, which will be a magnificent Monte Carlo,”” Mr. Asher said, *‘I have also se- cured concessions to run & seenic railway, shooting the chutes and I will also form part of the ‘Mazzaroth Company.” This is something entirely new.” It is an Egyptian illusion, the building being a | representation of the pyramids of Egypt, and, on the inside, an operating electrical display of the planets, moon and solar system. & “It is expected by the promoters of the exposition that it will be a great success. On the 14th of April Viscount Rene de Cornelly will leave for Europe to get more concessionaires. The exposition’ will not open until November. 1897, but, next month, after an expenditure of $100,000 for beautifying the grounds, the Mexicans will baptize them with a great floral fete.”” ———————— Perfunies for Horses. There are. some perfumes that are very grateful to horses, however little credit a horse may commonly receive for possess- ing delicacy of scent. - Horse-trainers are aware of the fact, and make use of their knowledge in training stubborn animals. Many trainers have favorite perfumes, the composition of which they keep a secret, and it is the possession of this means of appealing to the horse’s esthetic sense that enables so many of them to complish such wonde; results.—Pitts- burg Dispatch. . COLLECTOR WISE UPHELD Judge Morrow Decides That Zante Currants Are Dutiable. IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIA. The Producer in This State Protected and a Large Saving Is the Result. Judge Morrow yesterday rendered a decision in the Zante -currant cases, holding - that currants coming from other places than the island of Zante were Zante currants in the meaning of the tariff law, and therefore subject to duties. The Aporaisers at New York had decided that these currants were not dutiable. This decision was reversed by Judge Morrow. It means a great saving to the California producer. up. of the Board of United States General Ap- praisers'at New York in the matter of the classification of 500 barrels of currants at San Francisco, which were invoice? as “Plum Pudding Label J Currants.” The rants and .assessed a duty of 14 cents & pound thereon. The importers filed a protest with the Board of General Aprraisers, claiming that the currants were not Zante currants, but currants grown in the province of Greece, and therefore free of duty as dried fruit not otherwise provided for in the Wilson bill. The Appraisers upheld the protest and thereupon Collector Wise referred the question to the United States court for tinal. adjudication. Judge Morrow re- viewed the testimony at great length and held that the term “Zante currant” used in paragraph 217 of the Wilson act was employed in a commercial sense, as under- stood in this country, and applies to all currants of that name or kind wherever Collector Wise first brought the matter | He applied for a writ of review of the | questions of law involved in the decision | Collector classified them as Zante cur- | Erodnoed in foreign countries, and that it as no reference, technically, to currants coming alone from the island of Zante. No restrictions or exceptions as to places are either expressly or impliedly made The court says: - The mere fact that the currants comprising the importation in this case bear the name Zante, an island in the archipelago, is of itself devoid of particular significance as indicatin that Congress meant to tax currants whicl come only from the island of Zante. Asa mate ter of fact, the evidence tended to show that much larger quantities of Zante currants, so called, are grown and .exported from the rovinces of Greece than irom the island of ante, and that those grown on the mainland are still known commercially in this country as Zante currants, In other words, Zante cur- rants is the generic commereial term for this species of grape when dried into raisins, It would be unreasonable to suppose that Cons gress, in Imporlug duties on Zante currants in the general Janguage employed, intended not to tax those which come {nmuch larger quanti- ties from other localities. Such an interpreta- tion would result in _an untair and unwar- ranted discrimination between foreign places ¢! produce, which, in the absence of clear and nambiguous words to the contrary, should pot be imputed to Congress MARGUERITE'S MS. Discovery of Unknown Writings of the Renaissance Queen. Queen Marguerite of Navarre, the sister of Francis I and grandmother of Henry IV of France, has been accorded a promi- nent place in French literature, for her collection of novels, tae “Heptameron.’ Besides this, the religious book, “Le { Mirorr du Chretien’’ (The Mirror of a Christian) bhas been known to be | her work. Quite recently Professor Abel Lefranc, the secretary of the Col- lege de France, made the important dis- cover{ that a manuscript in the N tional Library, bearing the number 24,218, contains heretofore unknown works of Marguerite of Navarre. 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