The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1896, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1896. WARRED WITH SAURIANS, Story of the Count d'Oriole’s Baftles on the Brah- mapootra. HE KILLED MANY OF THEM. The Count Is Deeply Interested in Science—Will Soon Re-Enter the Diplomatic Service. The Count d’Oriole of Germany, who has been on a tour of Portugal, Egypt, India and other countries for the past year, arrived here yesterday. The Count has been Charge d’Affaires at Luxembourg and Brussels for the last few years. He-is a good deal interested in science, and, needing a rest, he got a leave of absence from the German dipiomatic - service for a time and set out. He is about 35 yearsold and has bushy brown whiskers, dark eyes and hair, and COUNT D’ORIOLE. spects with the carpenters. Last evening the ehinglers decided not to pay any further atten- tion to the council, but to issue to all shingiers & working card of the Shinglers’ Union. These cards wflqbe distributed on Monday evening at 115 Turk street. ASSAILED BY BURGLARS. Seven Chinese Thieves Armed With Big —@ives Attempt Robbery. Seven Thinese burglars, armed with big knives, attempted a raid on Lee Doon’s merchandise store, 417 Commercial street, at 12:35 o’clock yesterday morning. A pistol report rang out clearly on the still night air and there was an immediate rush of men from all directions to the seat of trouble. On the sidewalk near the corner of Sansome and Clay streets was a China- man whining piteously and grasping his side, while he stammered that he was shot. Moving along in the shadow on the op- posite side of Clay street was another | Chinaman headed toward Chinatown. He did not halt when commanded, but was overtaken and pinioned before he haa reached Montgomery street. Both men were searched, but no weapon was found on either, nor were any signs of a wound evident about the first capture. Under his clothing was found a small canvas sack, such as is used for carrying coin, but he lied deliberately in regard to its possession. He said that several Chi- nese had shot at him on Commercial street, but that he was too scared to see arrays himself in a brown sunit and black soft hat. By this garb does he show his easy-going cosmopolitanism. With the Count is his friend Arno Hoff- mann of Neugersdorf, Germany. He will stay here for a day or two andthen go to | Montérey, after which he will visit the Yosemite., The Count during his trip abroad has not only been studying things in a scientific but he has also been in- dulging in'killing erocodiles. He says he is not going to do as many foreigners have done, namely, write a -book, but that he will leave that toothers. “But if you want to know about my ali- gator hunting,” said he, I will cheerfully tell you what I can about it. I hunted the animals on the Brahmapootra River while en route to Assam. “‘The alligators in this river are of enor- mous size.. They are as big as this room hereat the Palace, or 1n other words, as much as twenty feet long and even more. It is extraordinary the size they get to be. “Myself and party hunted them some distance up the river. There the monster saurians were 8o vplentiful that they swarmed upon the banks like cattle. The river is quite shallow there and they come up to sleep and sun themselves. They al- ways have their mouths open. “There is alarge traffic in the skins of the alligators in most parts of the world. Tkere are some in different parts of India, butthere areso many alligatorsin the Brah- | mapootra that they threaten to affect the market. I easily shot ali' I wanted. 1 found out that if I shot them on the bank I could almost always secure them, but if shot in the water they were almost cer- tain to escape. “Down near the mouth of the river are | -‘enormous numbers of man-eating alliga- tors. Their mouths are sharper than those of the up-river saurians and are set with frightfully sharp teeth.” SUING FOR A LEGACY, Cbleridge Russell Has a Peculiar Claim Against the Mac- : donough Estate. He Wantsan Inheritance That Should Have Stood for a Busi- ness Interest. A suit for a legacy which did not ma- terialize when the will was read was filed by Coleridge Russell Friday. Russell is suing John G. Agar, executor of the estate of Joseph Macdonough, for $12,000. Russell was for some years before his death in the employ of Macdonough and for a time practically conducted the coal business, in which Macdonough was so-entensively engaged. He says that un- der his management the business grew so rapidly as to bring his efforfs to the atten- tion of a rival firm., This rival firm offered him a fifth interest in its business asan inducement, and Russell says he decided o take ihe offer. ‘When Macdonough heard of the offer, the complaint says, he advised Russell not to acceptit. He told Russell to remain with him, and he would go the rival firm’s offer one bétter by leaving his cmploye a legacy which would fully recompense zim for any loss a refusal of the offer mizht entail. = Russell refused the offer and waited. : g .+ In June, 1895, Macdonough died. The ° will was read, but there was no legacy for Russell. He submitted a claim against the estate, in which he set forth all the facts, and the claim was rejected. Now he says the business he was offered an inter- est in is worth $60.000, and_he is suing the McDonough estate for the $12,000 which he says he hasdost. s Thé Shinglers” Union. ©On Thursjay might the Building Trades Council decided not to admit the Shinglers’ Union into the douncil, the principal reason ‘being-that their trade conflicts in many re- how many there were or where they went. The officers started on an investigating | tour in that direction, taking the prisoners | with them. Along near the buildings on the north side of Commercial street, just below Montzomery, were found a villainous- looking short sword about 16 inches long, made something like a cleaver, further on a scabbard made of two bits of laths bound with cloth, and a sheathed double-edged dagger about a foot long. All the proprietor of the store could tell, | as he nursed a bruised forehead and a lacerated chin, was that he had heard a noise at the door, and when he opened it | and demanded, “What you come for?"’ he had been severely attacked, throttled and | knocked backward down the basement stairs. He saw seven men, but had no chance to recognize any one. A later search resulted in the find of a large navy revolver, an English bulidog | and another knife near the crossing of Commercial and Sansome streets. The prisoners were taken to the Califor- nia-street police station. THE OLD STORY OF ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO’S OLDEST CHARACTERS. | A sketch was found among a lot of dis- carded drawings at the Art Institute a few days ago that is perhaps the only picture | that ever lived in San Francisco. The | sketch is unsigned, but everybody that | ever passed the corner of Kearny and Pine | streets before 1885 will recognize it as the old razor-grinder. This man was one of the features of that locality almost from the time the streets 01d Peabody, the Razor-Grinder. [From the original sketch. were laid out, although it was pever Ppos- sible to find out very much abou't him. He always made an effort to be comical and preferred cracking jokes to talking about himself, It is known that the old fellow’s name was Peabody and that he was an English- man who arrived in this section of the world on the tidal wave of 1849. What he did on hisarrival is not known. At any rate he had a good business head, for he rec:‘fnizefl the fact that 50 cents was a good deal to pay for a shave and thata great many men would shave themselves ‘11[ they could have their razors kept in or- ler. Every evening just after dark old Pea- in existence of one of the oddest characters | These are ‘‘once a vear” offerings. pay littie and save much. ANNIVERSARY S BIRTHDAY 00od Toothpicks, double TOOTH- | W, PICK-. {box.” Special price BIKTHD A 40 TORCHON Real Torchon Lace, ches wide. G = LAC For Pillowease Special pri Yard. BIRTHDAY SPECIAL. 1 ¥ GENTS" | Gents' Linen Collars in all the latest styles.| 10¢ COLLARS. |Warranted 4-ply and 2100 lingn. Regular $ for| — © kind. Spe e R 7 Each. SPECIALS. when economy gets in its fine work. You SEE SHOW WINDOW. SHEETS : ‘washed. if you wanted some now. BLEACHED PILLOWCASES, torn 45x 36 inches, deep hem. good guali Birthday special, each. BLEACHED PILLOWC a: Birthday special, each HEMSTITCHED PILLOWCASES, torn NEW TO-DAY. Special Sale of Sheets and Pillowcases. This is a_hint of how easily you may skip the worry of home sewing with= out having a money loss. Muslin of acs knowledged goodness, neatly made. Torn by hand and dry-ironed. Will never draw or wrinkle and will be | perfectly straight when We have every size you would make | 200 and fancy calicos. Watteau back, very full skirt, sizes 3: a decided bargain at S5c. Monday only. 14 By ES. torn 54x /s inches long, best quality muslin, SEE SHOW WINDOW. CLOAKS : AND LADIES' VELVET CAPES, collar trimmed with ribbon and points of jet, HALE BRO (INCORPORATED) 937-945 MARKET STREET. Wednesday, May 6, marks the fourth milestone in the business career of Frisco’s busy store. thank all our many friends for their favors, and begin our new year with an added knowledge of your liking and increased facilities and larger store room to insure your comfort and make trading easy. 9 We Noah Webster says | In his dictionary that | ** bargai S an | ® ‘agreement.” Good! | We want to make an | agreement with you. It's this: You give us a little money to-mor= row and we agree to give you a greater value for it. That's | business. Then, be sides, its Birthday nd your help is wanted to celebrate. | LADIES' WRAPPERS, in stripes pleat in to 44: On sale Birthday spectal, each 50° SEE SHOW WINDOW. NOTIONS WAISTS. | JET__AND YOKES, shimmering, sparkling “like & sunteam from the golden tvest,” the summer girl of '96 can find no colles from $10 to $3 50. down to.. BELT BUCKLES, Novelties in No- tions without bar- gains would be like afiash of lightning without the light. Always the first im- porters of *swelli= ties”” and always original 1 mark= ngs. As to_our Shirt Waists. Well, they were ail born in '96. Up-to-date for new women. AND COLORED SPANGLE ion 50 new as ours. 7 Spangled from ‘$9 60 sterling ‘silver, the SR ik B e A | smallkind for the new belts, 1'inch =0 BIRTHDAY SEECIAT. 45x39 inches, soft-finished muslin. 1/71C| fancy figured silk. 18 luches long: | wide. Ourprice A 95 " Toelh plain And AoCed. AT 6ol P | Birthday special, each. 173 elegant value at $10. Our Birthday Q.00 | ¥ LING. linchestwide. Value 25c. Specl price S offering for Monday only-.. &Y il N NECKWEAR OCCASION-=Our win- PIe BIRTHDAY SPECIAL, LRACHED HEMMED SHEETS, torn dow is full of the daintiest of Neck- re 14 to 18 inches. Valne from A 134 x2/4g yard 7, heavy thread, no 98c wear. Look at the display. 'Tis an = m ¥ damaged. To be closed out. dressing.” Birthday special, each.... 4 LADIE®' VELVET CAPES, silk raching | a;!“'_:‘ml’oln,u. Prices from $4 50 700 0 PECIAL —— around collar, yoKe trimmed with rib- 5 [ < SestRzzan “‘ | shapes. Perfectly up| BLEACHED HEMMED SHEETS, torn bon, lined throughout with fancy sik .50 | = WY A | color: y : 2iax2te yards long. See window. A5G elegant value, Our price.... $8— gt al ]’Ar:;“? s Vers special. Birthday special, eac new Lne at right prices. i "BIRTHDAY TAL | g . = 2Ts, o - O i iargest sheeimade. Birthday special, 4QC four ‘white' pearl buttons, %, fancy goors and designs, _Will cur any 40° each : B ned, pleated back, double- 5 = 7 3 R - R el L2 stitched all around, tan only, 23 inches $7.oo yard.. e 3 and embroldery VHITE CROCHE SPREADS, long, sizes 32 10 38. Our price........ — £ E A > GOWN {trimmed yok: ¥s rui 'he v size 72x81 inches. A dollar would be K 2 | BOYS' BLOUSE WAISTS, good heavy 75c kind. 8 a bargain price, but this is our birth- 75(: Pgat'x;l(:n ,‘“fl' xxllnr_e ruffled ed, 450 LD L. day, 50 Birthday special, each......... LADIES' BLACK CHEVIOT SUITS, a nt. Our price. B ool che e double-breasted loose front, skirt 5 E L % PEEA b umsonaly ' NSt pe: e S yards wide and lined with rustle per- 2 e DS vt Iaes e BIRTHDAY = W caline, sizes 34 0 40. Our price...... B o e te aal] = TAFFETA | The 75c kind. Biack Bi Taffeta. 21 ASH GOODS. L s Mwasdopnest.. BRO SILK i wide. All ne ls. Special this week... Yard. | 2 1 v T ranis S — 6 E £S" ETS, | BIRTHDAY SPECIAL, =~ 35¢ BATISTE BRODE (& Bew thing in o ,{’,‘)fie";;:: “E‘“flfi"“gngfl:fi | C -We eviot, 3 s wash ke a heavy dimity, o D i edy | 00ds. Very special this week. Yard. very dainty Our 1C sigeves, 8 pearl builons, sizes 33 to @ -00 | = Y S i 87 38, very styiian. "Our paice: o $10:2 | DRAPE BARON ANDJAVA ISE, BLACK BLAC] light sheer ground daiutily sorinkied LADIES' SEPARATE SKIRTS, black BOYS' “MOTHER'S FRIENTY RIBBO~. RIBBON. with Persian and Dresden effects. In figured Alpaca, 5 yards wide, lined | fine laundered, large sailor collas all the daintiest thing on our sheives. rC throughout and bound with velvet all .00 leated back and front, light and das C 3 > 5 Our price, per yard > ) around bottom. Our price....... ...... e percales. Our price.. o e e e e e e e e e e e e e e T T T VLR S SN Kearny streets with a sort of stand. In one corner of this he fastened a torch that flared wi'dly and gave a sickly light and | also produced plenty of smoke.” On top of his stand he had & figure of & jumping- jack dancing over a grindstone that he kept in motion by a treaale worked by his foot. He always brought a campstool with him and seating himself comwmenced to sing “Get your razors ground,” so ar- ranging the accents and inflections oi the words as to make them fit into the tune of all of the popular songs of the day. body’s makeup was a most peculiar and incongruous one. No atter what the weather, he was alw; ed as if ona trip to the North Pol He had the ap- pearance of an Esquimau with his head covered with a pointed fur cap and an overcoat heavy enough to withstand the lowest temperature on record. He was always ina good humor and never failed tomake a witty remark to anybody who stopped to look at bis outfit. Peabody never did any work on the streets. and sharpened | shop the mnext day. They were ready the next evening, and Peabody used 1o say they were “just as good for fighting as for shaving.” At first he did a good business, and, it is said, made plenty of | money, but as the prices for barbers’ | work were gradually reduced he made less | and less, and toward the last did very | poorly. Just what became of the old man is not known. The last time he was at his stand, about ten years ago, he was as happy as ever. Oné night he faiied to put in an appearance and has not been seen there since. NEW SOCIETY INAUGURATED. Sons and Daughters of the Society of 0ld ¥riends Banqueted. Accompanied by the merry ring of clink- ing wine-glasses, music and laughter, a new order, known as the Sous and Daugh- ters of the Society of Old Friends, was ush- ered into the fraternal world Friday even- ing in the banquet-room of the Commer- cial Hotel. The new order is an offspring of the Society of Old Friends, and true to its name none but the sons and daughters of the old society are members, Dr. F. F. Lord, who is president of the fraternity, is its originator, and although he has been working for its interests but a sbort time he has organized a society of which he feels justly proud. There are already 100 members, anda many others have signitied their intentions of joining. The inaugural banquet was indeea a success. The long hall, having seating capacity for 150 persons, was decorated with bunting and flowers. The foliowing gentlemen responded to toasts: Robert Ferral, A. Craig, Dr. F. F. Lord, Thomas Sawyer, M. C. Bridges, R. H. Tayior, Governor Jame= A. Johnson, Judge George H. Bahrs, harry Nieman, P. Harter, J. de Lascacas, John Deemar, Colonel James E. Slinkey, Charles E. Mitz- ler, Frank McManus, John Lemke, Dr. James McDonald and Arthur McGuarren. — e — Di. JACOB VOORSANGER will deliver & lecture for the benefit of the exempt firemen on Mon- day evening, May 4, at *the Metropolitan Tem- ple, the proceeds of which are to be applied solely toward keeping the last resting-place of the old firemen green and in order. Sub- ject: “Lifting the Veii Frem Forgotten Centu- Ties,” Doors open at7:30 o'clock. Lecture at 8. Tickets 50 cents. ST ———————— There were recently shipped from New Haven, Conn., fifteen typesetting ma- chines for the St. James énzeue of Lon- don, notwithstanding the fact that there are numerous typesetting manufactories in Great Britain. —————— The manufacture of silken gowns was brought to perfection in London in 1688 through the efforts of a colony of French Protestants who had fled from their native land to avoid persecution. - ‘Wild horses have increased to such an extent in Queensiand that the animals are being shot with a view to reduce the numbers. Buffaloes are also being slain body located on ‘the corner of Pine and | for the same reason. Pea- | e simply took ‘the razors from | RAZOR-GRINDER, | bis customers SHAKE TITLE AT STAKE. | | Peculiar Controversy Between | G. Leipnitz & Co. and a Rival Drugstere. | Each C aims the Right to the Use of | a Certain Appellation—An In- junction Asked For. Incidents of more than ordinary interest | have developed from the recent removal of the drug business of G. Leipnitz from 236 Sutter street to the corner of Sutter and Grant avenue. a few doors above. No soomer was the business opened in the new quarters than the oid stors blos somed out with every appearance and pe- culiarivy of the first establishment repro- | duced, and with the title of “The Old | | Snake Drugstore” emblazoned on its | windows. As a result the firm of G. Leipnitz & Co. began a suit in the Superior Court to en- join the newcomers from the use of the title mentioned or any similar one, it be- ing claimed that this name, by right of long usage, belonged to the plaintiffs. Friday affidavits were filed by Wil- liam Richter, one of the partuers in the drugstore at the old Leipnitz location, and Dr. F. F. Lord filed affidavits in the case, alleging that the place had never been officially known as “‘the Snake Drugstore,” and that the original proprietor, G. Leip- nitz, now deceased, has always objected to the appellation when applied to Lis place of business. This case comes up for hearing before Judge Sanderson, in Department 7, on “riday next, and promises to be produc- tive of some very interesting points and incidents, Adolph Boyken is the administrator of the Leipnitz esiate, and is also the sole proprietor of the business bearing the title of G. Leipnitz & Co. He was for nine years a partner of Leipnitz, and first entered his employ about twenty years ago. | | | ———— Norwegian Codfish Are Scarce Now. Lovers of codliver oil will be sorry to learn that we are within measurable dis- tance of a parttal if not complete failure of the supplies usually sent from Norwvay, which bas hitherto provided us with a goodly quality of the ‘useful and healing extract. Notalone do the codfish refuse to patronize the baits of the Norweg.an fishermen as of yore, but those that are caught are found to be degenerate cod, whose livers only yield ad inferior quality of oil which is neither delicate nor nour- ishing. That the Scandinavian supply is diminishing rapidly is made evident by the following dgures, which represent the yield for the last three years: In 1893 it amounted to 26,813 barrels, in the follow- ing year it dropped to 18,500, and [ast vear it declined to 12,680, with every prospect of smaller harvests in the future. This is much to be regretied, for the oil is an ameliorative agent of 'great efficacy, and the enhanced price which much inevitabl follow: this scarcity cannot fail to be source of inconvenience to many people. Substitutes in plenty will, of course, make their a‘{vpeamnce, but the genuine article from “Norroway ower the faem,”’ though not without its. drawbacks, possesses vir- tues which nothing made in Germln{i or elsewhere could ~ supply. — Pall all Gazette, ————————— Carries His Coffin With Him. _One of the most conspicuous articles car- ried by Li Hung Chang on his journey to St: Petersburg is the splendid casket in which he expects to be buried. Where- ever the great Chinaman goes he totes the casket along, and he 1s said to take more care of it than of any personal possession. 1n his hours of joy ‘it reminds him that even pieasure has an end; when he is gloomy or despondent be can fix | that the peacock fea | queue and otber things Celestial. his eyes upon _it and speedily be cheered up. We suppose, such in his affection for it, that were he to be- come hard pressed for a place to sleep he would stretci out in the casket and dream iers he lost during the recent war have been restored to him, and of rice, vellow jackets, the'sacred What a nice thing it must be, too, to contemplate just before breakfast in the morning! Li i‘lung is a statesman of ability and re- nown, but his amusements are a little too gruesome.—Philadelphia Inquirer. A NOVEL GARDEN. THE PracTicaL UsE To WHICH AN OLp SkiFF Has BEEN PurT. The people who live in the arks on the shores of the lagoon back of Tiburon are certainly ingenious. Their domiciles, of course, have no ba vards, and as they must have gardens of some sort they have to have them on their porches. Some enterprising housekeepers use boxes of different sizes that they nail to the sides of the house. These answer well enough for flowers, but are. generally too small for vegetables, and as a consequence the family has to paya big price for those articles of diet. One inventive lady over there, nowever, bas solved the problem with satisiaction to herself and produced a most picturesque effect at the same time. Her scheme was to make use of an old O1d Skiff Doing Duty as a Vegetable Garden. [From a sketch.] skiff that coutd hardly be used for any- thing else. It was leaky and rotten, and it would have been almost suicide to have ventured on the water in it. But after it was hauled to the porch on the south side of the ark, firmly blocked =o that it would not roll over and filled with earth, it made a capital vegetable garden. Inthe stern of the old craft she planted peasand in the bow lettuce. A bed of green onions and radishes was laid out amid- ships and all have done well. The more the contrivance .is examined the more adapted it seems for its ggrpose, and some new advantage can discovered each day. The holes that were in the bot- tom of the boat have proved to be._ just the things for air vents. By the top of the boat being raised three’ feet above the porch it makes the garden veri handy to attend to. There is no back-breaking stooping over to pull weeds. This feature 2lso makes it easy to see insect pests and end their careers'on the spot. In fact the garden is ar: ideal one. In general appearance the garden is of the quaintest description. It looks a little bit unnatural to be sure, but for all that it is highly picturesqne, and taken alto- gether it is as pleasing to look at as prac- tical. —————— Hydro-Electric Power. There are m. instances from which reliable data o(‘:ghul working can b:hwd. Genevs, with but an eighth of the popula- tion of London, has a system which gives ber hydraulic power and electric light at a small proportion of the price in London. It can be had for a third the Londun price at pointsclose to falls, and is far cheaper | than gas. But, alas! we have not the | Swiss mountains, with their many gorges, at ourdoors, and if we seek the distant | sources the problems "of transmission | come in. modern design and suitable for quite small falls may be constructed at £19 to £20 per horsepower: for large 1nstallatio the capital cost is but £10or so. The steam 2nzinu on a similar basis would cost £20to . At moderate efliciency the water- power will involve working expenditure of about £3 to £4 per horsepower per annum, the steam engine of £8,and the Dowson gas_engine of £6 10s., assuming the engine to be worked 3000 hoursin the year. In working an electric-light station the efficiency or the steam engine is low, for reasons whici need not be discussed here, so that it is apparent that, given a fall, tal outlay as for other motors, in some cases for much less, while the working cost is only one-half.—Good News. THE GREAT UNNAMED. They have no place in storied page, No rest in marble shrine; They are past and gone with a perished age— They died, ana “‘made no sign. But work that shall find its wages yet, And deeds that their God did not forget, Done for the love divine— These were the mourners, and these shall be The crowns of their immortality. Oh! seek them not where sieep the dead, Ye shall not find their trace: No graven stooe s at their he: No green grass hides their tace: But sad and unseen in their silent grave— 1t may be the sand or the deej-sea wave, Or & lonely desert place; For they ned 1o prayers. and no mourning bell— TThey were tombed 1n true hearts that knew them well. They healed sick hearts till theirs were broken, ARd dried sad eyes till theirs lost light; ‘We shall know at last by a certain token How they fougbt, and fell in the fight. . Salt tears of sorrow unbeheld, Passionate cries unchronicled, And silent strifes for the right— Angels shall count them, and earth shall sigh That she left her best children to battle ana die. SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, JUSTIOE HAWKINS' DOG. He Had a Fox Terrier to Which He ‘Was Greatly Attached. Not long ago Justice Hawkins had a fox terrier named Jock. Once at Warwick Jack and his master were caught ratting on the banks of the Avon. His Lordship, nowise disconcerted, tendered a sovereign to cover the trespass, which the farmer, affronted by such a cool fused with indignation. “it’s areasonable offer.” Then the farmer got so angry that Sir Henry announced himself. “And what is more, sir,”” said Arms and crack a bottle of champa; with that sovereign immedintely.”p ’f‘E: story goes that there was tfree ratting for Jack on that bit of lang aslongss he lived. ., There are other stories about Jack, and it is said that when sitting on the bench with his master he once ventured to ex- press his opinion on the matters before him in a singularly loud tone. The tale goes that Sir Henry, with the greatest promptitude, directed the ushers to *‘turn that dog out of the gallery.” The ushers, of course, did not find a dog in the gallery, and nobody ventured to look under the begch. 5§ 1 solemn occasions Jack was always attached to the Judge’s wrist by a long blue ribbon, and many a junior l‘;ns be- guiled the tedinm of a case by watching the ribbon gradually unroli as Jack par- sued his investigations, while Sir Henry every mnow and then “hauled in the slack.”—Pearson’s Weekly. ————— The biggest edible oysters in the world are found at Port Lincoln, in South Au- :ht::l:.ho’{hq mu:huu sometinaes mn;: across nd are sai to be of the finest fluv:r.mu As to capital cost, water-power plant of | and Dowson’s gas-engine system about | power can easily be got for the same capi- | proceeding, re- *“You had better take it,” said the Judge, | he, *‘you shall go with me to the Warwick | MAYOR SUTRO 1S SUED. Result of an Accident at tfie Baths Due to. a Misleading Sign. Frank Bowers Made a Dive and Found the Bottom Quicker Than He Expected. The first suit against the Sutro baths for injuries sustained by a bather was filed in the Justices’ Court Friday by At torney James P. Sweeny for Frank Bowers The complaint alleges that Bowers is an “‘experienced swimmer, diver and all- around squatic expert,” and that by the carelessness and negligence of Adoiph Sutro, the ownerof the baths, he was seri- ously injurea by coming into contact with the bottom of the swimming tank while engaged in natatorial pursuits. Bowers' story is that on April 3 last he went to the Sutro baths, and after paying for a suit went to the tank for a swim, Being an expert diver he mounted one of the platforms where a sign indicated the water was six feet deep, and he plunged off. He came into-violent contact with the bottom of the tank, and was so seri- ously bruised about ~his head and shoulders that ke was compelled to seek | the services of a physician. He states that immediately after leaving the water he measured the depth of the same at the point where he piunged off, and found that instead of six feet the .water was only four and a half feet deep, and that his injuries were due to the neg- ligence of the management in not having the proper depth stuted on the sign boards, He asks for $299 damages and costs of suit. —————— Date vinegar, which is now being put on the British market, is regarded as some- thing quite novel, and superior to malt vinegar. Itisnoteq that the Arabs and Asiatics have prepared vinegar from dates for ages past. e In 1872 the Japanese consumed four times as much of brown sugar as of white now they use far more of white than of brown sugar. Japan will not continue long dependent on other countries for her sup- ply of so necessary a staple. —————————— Chink Dollars was the name given by a prisonerin the Paducah (Ky.) Police Court a few days ago, and, so far as could by learned, it was the man’s actual and onle name. NEW TO-DA Tailor-made SUITS SPECIAL VALUES in Navy Blue and Black Jackets, Box Front, lined with Serge, at- No other house in 8. F. can give you such value, fit and style, as we are | S1%§9 offering at $12. 5 Tan Jackets ARMAND CAILLEAU 46-48 Geary Street, Corner Grant Avenue.