The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 14, 1896, Page 28

28 : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1896; : THE BENEFITS OF ATHLETIC TRAINING. It Gives Strength, Appetite, Endurance and Sound Sleep. Everybody Can Take Long Walks in the Morning or Evening. A Young Athlete Whose Training Gave Him the Power to Save Many Lives From Train Wreck. The benefits to be derived from a thor- ough course of athietics are very apparent | to the one benefited, but it is sometimes | difficult to convince others of the fact. Some one remarks that he never takes any exercise to speak of, yet his appetite is always at high-water mark. Then he tells with enthusiasm how comfortably he sleeps. He is interrupted by one who as- | serts that his sleep is perfectly sound in spite of the fact that he has not taken out- | door exercise for years. Nothingdaunted, | our friend tells of his increased speed and | strength, at which a cynic present remarks | that he is strong without going to all that | trouble; and as for speed, why he has no need of such an accomplishment beyond catching a car. Moreover, he asks con- | temptuously: *“What good doesitdoyou? | Do you make any money out of it?” Such remarks do not tend to strengthen our friend’s ambition to development and success in physical exercise. Perhaps he even begins to doubt whether athletics pay. The real stumbling-block in his path, however, is that he cannot answer these slurs and slights. I propose to come to his rescne, and from the resources of many years’ experience and observa- tion assist him to either refute these argu- ments or to so strengthen his convictions that he may treat them with indifference. Suppose a person does eat and sleep well without great physical exercise; or suppose some are strong naturaily; we should be thankful that such is the case, for some people have not the time and others lack the opportunity for physical exercise. Suppose you do not make money by the sport; are you not an ama- teur? Can you not earn your living by your brains? Can you not afford to com- pete with gentlemen for the exercise and | excitement of honest competition? Then we have a loftier idea in view. | Take many of the great men of the world; Napoieon tramping across the burning | sands of Egypt and Palestine, chmbing the Alps or riding for weeks with scarcely any rest during his campaigns, burning his midnight candle over his maps while his soldiers sleep. Could anything but an iron constitution have endured such or- deals? Read the biography of Washing- ton and be assured that without his power- ful frame and vital energy our struggle | for independence might have failed. Lin- coln’s splendid health contributed to the buoyancy of spirits and calmness of judg- ment tnat were indispensable to success | during those trying days. Yet everybody knows that it was the splitting rails and | other laborious work that gave to that wonderful man the foundation and possi- bility of eminence in spite of the disad. | vantages under which he labored. Con- sider Gladstone, who has so many times risen to the highest place of political power in England. Itis well known that a day has seldom passed in the whole of | bis eventful career without his chopping | down a tree and taking a long walk. Thus | the *‘Grand Old Man” long ago established | himself in health and vigor, and Las cher- ished the same through life, building up- | on it the superstructure of his splendid genius. Our country needs strong, vigorous ma- | terial for its leaders. Let the elderly men, | who have borne the heat and burden of the day, sit in the halls of legislation and preside at the courts of justice; but stal- wart men are wanted to fight our battles, build our railroads and handle our ships. | The fact that Napoleon suffered aCheck in | one of his campaigns by reason of a severe cold only substantiates my assertions. We are all, even the healthiest, at the mercy of the “ills the flesh is heir to” ; but others know as well as myself that whole- some exercise, if it does not render a per- son proof against illness, at least modifies the force of the attack even as barricades, A better illustration does not occur to me than the fact that, though I have been in | business over seventeen yeers, 1 have l never lost even half a day through sick- ness. The majority of people labor under the delusion that in order to take exercise a person must have considerable leisure, some_ready cash and an experienced in- structor. A friend once told me that on con- sulting a physician in rezard to sleepless- ness and general ill-health, he was adyised to take more exercise—especially walking. “But what can I do? I have no time for exercise.” Iat once asked him what time he must be at the office. ‘““Nine o’clock.” “And what time do you leave?’ *Four o’clock,” was the response. “Now you mean to say that you cannot ‘walk between 7 and 9 and petween 4 and 6?” I demanded. He shrugged his shoal- ders and comprenhensively replied : wants to exercise so early or so late?”’ Of course, that man wounld rather be sick than be tired. He was glad of an excuse to be lazy. He might blame the doctor for his headacl.es, sleeplessness, biliousness and dyspepsia, but rebel at the order to walk two or three miles before breakfast and before going to bed. It requires a competent instructor. Let a man study himself and read up on the subject, and he will find for hsalth alone an instructor is not indispensable. We do not appreciate the necessity of perfect health until we discover our weak-. nesses, or until an‘opportunity for useful ness has escaped us to do some good. I once read an incident of a young man in England, who was a distance-runner, trav- eling on a railroad train. There was a col- lision and the train was wrecked. Our friend escaped without injury, but the .brakeman was not so fortunate. When they pulled him out of the wreck the faith- ful fellow had enough consciousness and, self-forgetfulness to murmur the name of the evening express. Somebody had suffi- cient knowledge of the fact to know that the signal station was but a couple of miles down the track, and that if the on- coming train was to be stopped it must be at that point. A few hurried words passed, and without delay our friend started down the track. Here was a race for life, and the young man felt the full importance of it. His { | | | students went out to see the storm and its ’ greater than his body—was such that he ‘THE QUEER FREAK “Who | fully measured his pace to last for those two miles or more. Turning the curve he saw far ahead the sparkle and gleam of the headlight slowly but steadily bearing down upon him. Not far ahead he saw another light—the signal station. It was a comparatively short distance away, but to a tired and anxious man it seemed ten miles instead of half or three-quarters of a mile. He did not lose his head in the cri: but, carefully judging his pace, rusbhed on, weary but determined. On came the iron horse through the darkness, like a huge reptile, but he rushed forward, and with his almost exhausted breath shouted to the signalman. Fortunately he was heard, and a window was thrown up. One word and a gesture from the shadowy figure leaning against a tree was enough, and in half the time it takes to tell the story the signalman had dropped the red light. A second more and the locomotive passed under it, but not before the eagle eye of the driver had caught the signal. The éngine was stopped, and the young fellow was found gasping and ex- hausted, but happy that he had saved the train from destruction. During my sojourn in Chicago recently I was told of an incident that bears directly on the subject and illustrates the effect of physical training. A passenger steamer was ashore in Lake Michigan a iittle north of Chicago, and a number of effect. They perceived that the occupants of the doomed ship were in imminent peril, and one of them, the best athlete in college, plunged in, swam to the wreck and returned with a passenger. This he did again, and two were saved. Not con- tent he plunged in again and again, each time rescuing an unfortunate from a watery grave. Now comes the incredible part of the story—but it was related in public by a person of the highest respect- ability—before he stopped the young man had saved the lives of seventeen per- sons. The saddest part has yet to be told. The awful strain upon the vitality and nerve force—for the young man's will was sank upon the beach an utter wreck phy- sically and mentally and exists to-day strong enough only to crawl atout like the merest infant and with memory suf- ficient only to remember the principal events of life, but particularly thatawful day of heroism, and to feebly ask his brother occasionally if he did his duty. Ignoring sneers of the selfish, who be- lieve in looking out for Number One first, last and all the time, consider what a glo- rious thing it is to rescue the helpless from peril by the strength of a well-trained body, even though in a herculean effort the human frame gives way after the work is done. Then there are other reasons for desiring tobe well trained. The athlete who en- joys his work can testify what satisfaction and pleasure are the fruits of severe but discreet exercise. When training is cast aside for a time the muscles become rest- less and clamor for work. Even those who have forsaken the excellent path by which they were traveling for a less noblelife of luxury and self-indulgence will admit that the latter course gives far less satisfaction and genuine pleasure, even though the former does not tickle the palate or minister to the cravings of a lower nature. The mental advantages are as weighty as the preceding. Business over, the exer- cise is taken, followed by the sponge bath, the rubdown, supper eaten with a keen relish, and sleep that is the nearest ap- proach to perfect rest' that I know of on this earth. Now what is to be expected when such a man goes down to business the next day? How could it be possible that such a crea- ture in such a state of existence would transact business in anything but a cheer- ful frame of mind, with a clear brain, steady hand, and, in short, a measure of health that is better feit than described, better practiced than taught—a life seldom if ever enjoyed by the slave of luxury. GEORGE D, Barrp. OF AN OLD DOG. She Insists Upon Walking on Her Front Feet. The Trick Came Upon Her Very Sudden and Without Any Pre. vious Training. Charley Hodges, 2 small -boy who lives near the corner of Bush and Powell streets, is the owner of an old Scotch terrier dog that has suddenly taken a strange freak. The dog’s name is Mary, and she is about 6 years of age. Until within the last few weeks Mary has been content to go around on all fours, in the same manner as ¢her an- cestors, and has always exhibited the dignity to be expected from the mother of forty puppies. She is a good-natured little animal, but nobody ever gave her credit for any great amount of dog sense. In fact she seemed more stupid than the rest of her tribe, and showed not the slightest inclination fo perform tricks. She has never been taught anything, but 1s now as well able to go around on her front feet as any dog in a circus. What caused Mary to take the strange freak is past understanding, but one morn- ing she started in to walk that way and has since refused to walk any other. Of course she doesn’t walk as much as she | used to, nor as gracefully, but she man- ages to get around. No matter what dis- tance she has to 2o she covers it on her front feet. She can walk all the way across the sidewalk without resting, but if she has to go farther she makes it in a succession of quick runs with intermis- sions of rest. When she is not walking she1s lying down and appears to be in a semi-conscious condition. If she is called suddenly she makes a jump onto her front feet and a sort of wild run until she reaches the person calling her. Mary affords a great deal cf amusement THE :BERNAL HEIGHTS PALLADIUM OF LIBERTY AND WARM BELT OF THE MISSI BERNAL HEIGHTS PALLADIUM 0F LIBERTY AND 1 ours, P N % behalf- Warm Belt of the S| 7 s i o e et g sk v o, e e . HORNBLOWER" CIROUATIOR. ATFIDANIT. = Srare oz GhLiroivma, Orre s o g an Frinncisco | 85 Tho undersigned, befi fisvdaly sworn, @eposes and sevs Lhat duriof the moutn of My, 1845, the circulation of the Bernal| Heights Paliadiom of Liberty aod Warm Belt of the Missioy Hornblower was ever below oo number published within the Himita of the moath of December, 1843, ana 18 constantly g the jncresser Wodo not Know tho exsct pumber of copies issued by our contemporaties, bat we: nereby allege and mako afidayit that we havo the lare- est circalatiod: MWhea our rivala giv el ruo tgares o shall g0 (bem 2000 better. Wo printthd most small ods sad get the highcst rates. Subscrited and aworn to thi 10t Apei, 1345, _ Bryawty Doir, Circulation Ageat, ete. Aworsvow. Agoveros Svexoaut, Notary Pabie. Z A ————————e———— Vol I_foutaBan Fraicisso, June 10,1649 3o, 1 Our motto—By the PEOPLE, of the PEO- PLE and for the PEOPLE. Nopoansacrits retarmed: SALUTATORY. e This paper his ome to filla long- felt want, * j3-will hejnow and for- ever the exppnent of the true in+ terests of th® peoplé, We point with pride to the fact that our paper 1s started just as the campaign is about ta gét warm and Temunera- tive, but we warn our loathed and loathing contemporaries thatWwe ate not a campaign sheef\ Far other- wise! On the contrary, we repeat that we are here to stay, and again we point with pride to the fact that we shall stand like the tribunec of old, like a Gibraltar against the hordes of rich and soulless corpora- tions and syndicates that are suck- irJ the heart's blood of the Repub- lic. We view with alarm the de- gerteracy of the majonty of the papers on our exchange list. But shall remain pure and uncon- taminated. FHere shall a fearless Press tne people’s rights maintain 4 - . Unswerved by a political pull and wnawed by gain.” But we tliink we hear some of our shagling contemporaries ask e U] what we are here for. guard answer for us. of the Mission Hornblower—SIR: ermit an old-timer—in fact | may say 4n argonaut, one who came here in the fall of 49 or the spring of '50, when the bay came up to Montgomery street and drinks were two bits apiece, with everything elsa in proportion—permit me, | 53y, t0 express my highest appre- ciation of yourself personally, Mr, Editor, and your noble paper, your progressive, enterprising, pure, high-toned, high-falutin’ journal, the Bernal Heights Palladium of Mission Hornblower. captious may object that the nai of your paper is too short, Pro Bono Publico intimated as much in one of his letters, but he was well answered by my friend and fellow pioneer, Colonel Nax_Yom? ica, who so beautifully expounded the truth when he ‘said: *‘Thi Benal Heights Palladium of Liberty and” Warq Belt of the Mission Hornblower is the epitome of/all that is desicable in modern joyrnal- ism. It represents the best charace teristicS of its envious contempos raries of San Francisco. It is an Examiner into the merits of all pub- lic affairs, it furnishes a true Chron- icle of, important facts and it never fails to Call for a square deal. Jt sends forth an honest Report of all affairs Mmunicipal, State and Na- tional, is always prepared to Post its readers in ‘regard to their best interests, and | feel confident that it will ever continue to Bulletin rogues and pretenders, keeping them in the pillory of public con- tempt until they hide their dimin- ished heads beneath the odium of né a universal condemnation.” Yours truly, Signed: VOx PopuLI Vox DEI “Thisis what anoid subscriber savs of Ul We could produce myriads more of lika import, some with adidavits ttached, but modesty. forbids that we should gratai- tously peak favors onrselves or l- 1t is only when e wall that wo permit pufls of low others to do so. forced to tell digreis. We started i aro bere, and Bow we arefere (0 It i3 because we believe wo y stay. needed 1o regenerate the affairs i the Eteventh Ward [mprosement Club, where 410 a0 cMlort nas been recently prom /g beat our respected [atber 1n-law out contract for painting the new flazgole thit reacs 1ts DaUEDLY cieat above the sior@iid. Let the peo- Ple whose lives and fartunes We|por This fournal takes withia ita sco Here is a|all the fntorests of the preseot aod of | that bs will soon be diggiog up $Wo sido- letter from Butchertown, near the Fotreto, that speaks volumes in our Paliadium of Liberty and Warm Belt, Liberty and Warm Belt of the|c Some of the tions amell to nigh besvoa. Snall we low this to pas anchslleoged? We fatare geoerations yet to be. * No pant.up Otica confizen our The whole of God's green ai ] rathir opwe ther Jimmy's lsy-oft wes saperinauced by his beiog mashed o one of our local schoolmartms, and we expect 10008 (0 Day tor 8 marriags license, if what we eaw on the (sdy’s porch last Saturdey night is any criterion (o fudge by. A siy < The Berast Heights Palladiam of Lib- | OF 18 that came Jamea @, ~ New Jer: 0 to f the Powers will only that clod may be dosted; sipated like s Press Clad pedro-player, but mors liks a St. Louis ¢yclone. The oppfessions of the dowc. trodden Armenlsns we intend Lo allaviate, our pall_ with Chris Buckley and the Czar of all tho Rus. ¢lss, who bad 3000 people for bis corona. othier day. thefoby boat- ing the Nevada record. Speaking of pulls 40d sbases briogs us agdin to & sabject feat 10 oar beart, aiready touched upoa 1o ticle, pamely, 1o W scission of the vots whereby ble father-in-law was gouged ntract to paiot the fagpole of the Eleveath Ward (moprovensent Club Telegraph News. ted Pressy. Aay 30.~Bob Davis bave just arrived, @ NEW YORK, and Fraok Nanki aod were met on the taripike ten miles oat of towa by representaives of the New York Press Clab and Are Insuitute, and asked 1o retora st once to tho Pacific Cosst. Mr. Davis received the delegation with Baogbty coldness, bat at leagth re- Taxed bis digaity enough 10 be and wittily replied that bo coul ¢ 83 be bind Do idea of tack. ng walk a3 that twico ia & VANA, Copa. April 15 (by the Aaco- ciated Press)—Coarley Michelyon, for- merly 8 bosemisa, of San Franciseo, bhas just broken into ‘Morro Castle, sud the Spanish suthorities are thr [ prosecute him for vurglary. He promises 10 leave Cuba for life if the7 will agree to withdraw the charge and wi charges from too rifles of the that is bovering over Europe aad a part of s dis- " | be thandere ¢ | Charles Duntam arrived on an excorsion tr2i0 (0-Gay. They report baviog eajoed By Telsgranh, | UNITED PRESS = ASSOCIATED PRESS. Acovrta, Fla., June 1. AcousTe, Meine, June Protessor Joseph Blantber end Coloneh troublo dodzing tho detectives. 5t vlans are not interfered with thev 10 eat their Fourth of July din Sutro's Batbs atthe Ciff Hoose, and cor- dially insite Chief Crowley and Captsig Lees 10 join them 1n & This shows bow the in two places ac the s A Sporty Club. “The Press Clubougbt to old sledge or seven-ap organ: Billy. Drevpolchier (o us last ¢ Iooked over an ofa list of mcmbershi “low e02" we asked, not exrecting & frivolous pun from the lips of th timate friendana associate of the saia _“Well, there's Gavin D. Hizb, Jo Charley Low and Jack Boduet.” “But where do you get. your garme?” ws inquired trivmpbantly, secking in vain to bezuile our astute fricad. “What's th £ with Ross Jackson " ; “ain't bo game?" and bo laughel loudiy at hic owa joke. ANSWERS O CORRESPONDENTS. Corresponaents of tho Bernal Heights Patladium of Liberty and Warm Belt of svion Horoblower ara required to #ign their Dames fo ail communications warding samo Not necessarily for pubi ize th and checks before office B0t cato to waste our tigie answéring such e bas csbled for Sam Shovwr on and conduct bis defease. PERSONAL. Mrs. Mebitatele Jones, widow of our whilom friend and pitcber, the faie Colonel Sydney Jones, laid an egg on cne day this week, tho which 7% inches in aircomference & [ waa a fine looking egg and had t%0 yelks. Call agsio, Mrs. J. Our agricultaralist fricad, Frank Lans came in from his Livermore sauch la: Thursday and left afsack of potatoe: our cellar to pay for's year's subscription. Sach scta as thesp warm the cockies of the Beart of ye scii maxo of liie mors then a mockery and s ejow. Frank shail Bave our support fop S¥erfl at the regular $ates of a dollar 8 line A" vernier bas painted anotber sand ; atg brokers are lagang , Lonthac) for grading wui 1000 be les. James G. Harrington of Ocean View,xbo s 0n6 of the most poiiahed and accomm dstiog of the electic railroad’s o tars. 5 loating abou th M iscian by 8 nursiog clubbouse. Such reprebensibie a3 ioe- WHAT PURPORTS TO BE A FAC.SIMILE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE COUNTRY EY-SA AT THE LATE PRESS CLUB JINKS, ' | Betitious pemsonages a3 Joha Doe, C. M Com, Richard Roe of C. A. Low. < ANXIOUS MOTHER (North Beach). ifbre is 00 truth 1o the report that toe 1% Emperor Nazton was once presideat. Athe S3a Francises Press Chib, althoogh Ewoot ts adorn the clubrooms. po ;ou-repmh hinkingof Billy Naugh n, sporting editor the Examiner. POLITICIAN (Warm Sorines, Alamed ounty). No,dear sirs you sre mistaken. ris Buckley is ot dead—he 1s only $lesping. That was bow bo lost the bibi In Los Angeles. Water-_FFuiiTNews.i | IMPORTANT IF TRUE. Thy timebalt on’ Telegraph Hill was gl‘::’flttncfly . 12 o'clock merig) The strag broba, JOURNAL READ BY WELLS DRURY A STUDY OF THE HOCKS Do you remember the description of Mare Swallow, the famous steed ridden by Hereward, the outlaw, whose bones lie somewhere in the bogsg beneath Deeping Fen to this day, because Hereward slew her, rather than that any man other than himself should bestride her. ~ S8he had long, drooping quarters and tucked-in flanks, a chuckle-head and low set tail. “All head and no tail” is how Martin Lightfoot described her. But the great mare had both speed and endurance. If her hind quarteis drooped, yet her chroni- cler tells us they were long and muscular, the thighs well Iet down into the hocks, and that these were large and strong, OF HORSES. [ call the hoof; that the pastern, or ankle- joint of the hind foot corresponds to the joint of the toe, and that the hock was once his heel, and rested upon the grouund. The necessity to travel at speed over long distances has produced this remarkable change in the conformation of the horse, and there are certain characteristics about | the hind legs that to-day stand for | strength, speed and endurance, and these should be familiar to every one who de- sires to become a good judge of a horse. In particular the hock should be well formed, for upon its conformation de- pends in a great measare its liability to certain ills that attack it, its ability to line should be clean, firm and well-de- fined. There should be no puffiness or swelling, for these indicate disease. The bones should be large and prominent, and the hock should not be too straight nor too much bent. In the first of these events there will be too much concussion, the animal will be a ‘‘hard-goer,” liable to bog-spavin and thorough-pin, and the bent hock is peculiarly liable to sprain and curb. Viewed from behind they should not incline too much inward or outward, as in either case they will be weak. The tibia, as said before, should run down into the hock. Thisis what is meant by the hocks being **well let down.”” It is usual SUNOL A4S A FIVE-YEAR-OLD, e \‘\“ M o FORMATION OF THE HOCK. coupled with a flat leg and large, well-set hoof. Herein lies part of the description of a good horse. While the fore legs bear the weight and sustain the burden of concus- sion in traveling, the hind legs are really the driving-wheels of the equine engine, and should be noted as carefully as the forward ones 1 “sizing up” the animal. To know what a good hind leg should be, we must first consider what it is. In time gone by I have in these columns traced the evolution of the horse from the small, five-toed creature who skipped over the plains in “the early eocene.”” It will not be necessary here to recapitulate his history, but it is well to remember that the animal is pow traveling on what v as once his middle toenail, which we now withstand concussion and give due lever- age to the musclesin traveling. There are no muscles below the hocks, only tendons, which act as levers, upon the foot and cannon-bone. To afford these strong and serviceable insertion, the hock should be large and well forned, and in order that the “driving-wheel”’ may work effectively the tibia or leg bome should run well down into the hock. The hock 1n reality consists of six bones, but until we bring the cathode ray into our examination of the animals it will only be necessary for the layman to be able to judge from external appearances whether or not a horse has ‘‘good hocks.” When viewed from the side the joiht should ap- pear wide both above and below. This lateral width indicates strength. The out- to the people who happen to see her. But she has queered herself with the rest of the tribe. All seem afraid of her, and even her own son gets out of her way when he sees her coming along in her wild grotesque fashion. —————— Jack Tars No Longer, I have been waiting for the Sun to find some new name for our man-of-war’s men. To my idea they are no ionger Jack Tars, There is no more tar tsed in the new navy as we used it in the old. There is no place to use it on. You can’t even get the smell of it when aboard one of the new ships. This note is noreflection on the new sailor; but I hope you will find a more appropri: ate name for our smart new-navy men.- brain kept time with his feet, and he care- C. B., in New York Sun. AND SOME OTHER PLATES SHOWING THE CORRECT AND INCORRECT CON- among' horsemen to claim that a plumb lice dropped from the point of the quarter should touch the hock when the animal is standing ‘true. In reality, however, the hock should be directly under the center of gravity, which would bring it a trifle forward of the point of the quarter. 1t is often a difficult matter, in the case of a lame horse, to decide whether the lanieness is forward or behind. Usually, lameness in a hind leg will, by an mexperienced observer, be referred to the opposite fore leg. 1f a horse is lame in the hock, and lameness, behind, is usually lo- cated here, the hip on the injured side will be a little higher than its fellow. If, however, the lameness is above the hock the lame hip will droop. If the lameness is greater on hard than on soft ground you may look for, and will usually find, spavin. Lameness in the hip is rare, and in a hind foot very rare indeed. Another point of interest is the slope of The Way That Mary Insists Upom Walking. the quarters and the way the gaskin, or lower thigh, comes down. It should be strong and long. Ina good horse, say fif- teen and three-quarter hands high, with a fair turn of speed, it should measure, from the stifle-joint to the point of the hock, twenty-eight inches. . One of the best examples of “speedy quarters” I ever saw was the famous Cali- fornia mare, Sunol, who at one time held the world’s trotting record. Sunol is no handsomer, it may be judged, than was the famous mare, Swallow. In fact, she seems to tally very closely with William of Malmesbury’s description of Here- ward’s mare, as a glance at her picture will show. She is a big mare, standing sixteen hands half an inch forward, and sixteen hands two and a half inches be- hind. This is a very unusual difference between the hips and withers measure- ments, and has doubtless much to do with the mare’s great speed. She is built like a greyhound, and so was Swallow, but the Californian mare has a small, blood-like head. A horse that stands much in stable will often be troubled with swelling of the hind legs, particularly in spring or fall, and this sometimes happens with animals just brought in from pasture. Such animals should be given regular work, not too heavy, with a judicious use of hand-rub- bing and bandages. The rubbing should extend along the lower thigh and at the back, never in front, along the cannon- bone. The reason for this is that there are no muscles covering this bone and rubbing along the anterior surface is likely to bruise the skin and integuments. ‘When a borse is not kept thoroughly clean a scurfy eruption is apt to appear on the skin in the bend of the hock, correspond- ing to a similar difficulty known as mal- lenders, which oceurs back of the knee. The parts should be bathed daily in tinc- ture of sulphur weakened with about six parts of water until the eruption disap- pears, and the sulphur may also be given in five or six drop doses night and morn- ing. Miss RUSSELL. THE VERY EARLIEST BOOK-PLATE KNOWN. Represents a Porcupine With a Flower in Its Mouth. Worth About Two Hundred Dollars and Is Owned by an English Collector. The collection of book-plates is one of the latter-day hobbies with our cousins across the Atlantic. Book-plates are com- paratively rare in this country, yet there are Americans who pride themselves on just sach a peculiar dignity. But the book-plate collector is seidom to be found in this busy land of ours. The stamp collector and the coin collector and the curio fiend, and collectors of goodness knows how many other different kinds and species of things, are as numerous, on the whole, as the names on the school censusg, but the book-plate collector is not much in evidence. We find the vast array of book-plate collectors where we find the strongest adherents of Cleveland’s free-trade policy—‘'across the water.”” Nevertheless, it is interesting to know how the fad flourishes, and it is rather a relief to discover something recent to talk about, even though the sentimental hobby has no bearing on the burning issues of the nineteenth century. Only a few weeke ago James Dorman, a London bookseller, paid £1150 for a notable book-plate collec- tion, which belonged to the estate of the late Rev. T. W. Carson of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Carson was widely known as a col- lector, and of the 30,000 or more plates which he had gathered together many are very rare and interesting. Mr. Dorman tenderly pointed out to an interviewer the merits of hslf a dozen specimens. No like collection to Mr. Carson’s was ever placed upon the market. “Mr. Carson was always willing to help and advise a younger collector,” said Mr. Dorman, “but he would never write a work on book-plates. Oddly enougk, it is just those peeple who could write with the fullest practical knowledge on the sub- ject who won’t do so. However, Lord de Tabley furnished an exception to the dic- tum, for his volume, written before he came into his title, is a standard one. “The collection which he left is very fine. It remains in the handsof the fam- ily. Sir A. W. Franks of the British Mu- seum is without doubt the first living col- lector in England. He has not merely a finer collection than anybody else, but he knows much more about book-plates than other people. “Ine man who stands first in England as an engraver of book-plates 13 Mr. Sher- born. His plates are most sought after, most valuable and, indeed, I doubt if there is anybody between him and Albert Durer. Lord Wolseley’s book-plate is by Mr. Sher- born, so is the Duke of Westminster’s, so are those of many well-known people. Probably one of his finest productions is the book-plate of the Burlington Fine Arts Club, A first question which a customer asked me the other day in reference to the Carson collection was, ‘How many Sher- vorns did it contain?’ Well, I wasglad to be able to say that it contained over 100 specimens. “You see, the name of Mr. Sherborn is a tribute to the workmanship of a plate, and that is one of the great points which a col- lector must always have in view. The very highest value, however, belongs to the earliest, and so the rarest, book-plates. You will readily understand why it should be so. Now, the most ancient book-plate known is the Igler one, which dates about the year 1450. It belonged to one Jean Knabensberg, called Igler, a German chap- lain, and represents a hedgehog holding a flower in its mouth. The inscription is in the words, ‘Hanns Igler des dich ein Igel Kuss.” The only two copies of this book- plate of which I have heard have passed through my own hands at prices between £30 and £40.” e g A STORY OF THE SHAH. He Was Ambitious to Shoot From Off a Lady’s Head. The London Daily News vouches for the truth of the following story of the late Shah: On his last visit Lord Salisbury gave a garden party in his hono: at Hat- field and for the Shah’s amusement in- vited an exhibition of shooting by the man who shot corks off a lady’s head. The Shah, seeing it was so easy, asked if he might try, and holding a repeating rifle in his hand swept the barrel round in the direction of Lord Salisbury and many of the guests, not a little to their consternation. The lady performer re- fused to allow herself to be shot at and the Shah then invitea his Prime Minister to take the lady’s place. But to this Lord Balisbury, in friendly fellow-feeling for his Persian_ confrere, decisively ob- )acte:i,’ and, in the end, the Shah was dis- Arm Corks A HIGH JINKS THAT WAS ON TOP, The San Francisco Press Club Covers Itself With Glory. Judge Hunt as Dean—General Barnes Talks About the Heavenly Orbs. Wells Drury Presents a Unigue Coun« try Journal—The Head of a Famous Warrior. The midsummer jinks given by the Press Club and sired by Judge Hunt has been the talk of the town for a week past. It was a remarkably interesting entertain- ment, and the proof of this was seen by the presence of almost every one in the throng till the jinks was over. It did not end till 2:30 o'clock, and then low jinks began. The last half of the first entertainment, as well as the low jinks, was fully equal to the first half of the programme, of which the daily papers have told. Seasoned clubmen, who for years have been attending the best entertainments of the leading clubs of New York and San Francisco, say the Press Club jinks was the equal of any, and superior to nearly all others. This statement is believed to be fully within bounds. No sire has previously surpassed Judge Hunt in his inimitable humor and superb tact in saying the right thing at the right time. He began with no speech, but at once started the entertainment by reading some dispatches from eminent statesmen, poets and others, extending congratulas tions to the club. Adter T. T. Williams’ humorous story of the brief fives of some city editors he had known, the editors being illustrated by Swinnerton, Mr. Crabbe whistled different operatic selections. Hugh Hume's paper, “Editors on the Warpath,” a criticism of the' judiciary, was read by Julius Kahn. Frank Coffin sang the ballad “Sally in Ou, Alley” and other songs, being enthusiastis cally applauded. Then Harry Melvin read one of the ex- cellent papers for which he is noted, end- ing with a poem which ‘“brought down the house.” The Loring and Press Club quar- tets gave some selections. These selec- tions followed an address by Superior Judge J. C. B. Hebbard on Kanakamuki, an ancient Hawaiian fighter. The speech closed with a beautiful poem, the skull of the ancient islander being exhibited ve- fore him as he spoke. With the skull was an inseription, reading: Kanakamuk Hawalian Warrior, Died in Battle in 1795. Presented to The Press Club of San Francisco June 6, 1896. The Hawaiian airs rendered by the quar« tet in connection with the presentation were received with enthusiastic applause. At exactly midnight, amidst darkness, for suddenly nearly all the lights went out, Leo Cooper, disguised to resemble Charles Dickens, read a selection from “Little Nell,” while a deep bell tolled, mak- ing the scene very impressive. Jean Mar- quardt gave a violin solo; Ferris Hart« man, disguised as Mayor Sutro, made a fiery speech on the octopus. He gained great applause, but not more than did Mr, Myrtle, in the guise of Judge Wallace, reading ‘‘a charge to the jury.”’ J.J. Raffael and Antone Schott were repeatedly recalled, as others had been, for inimitable selections, these being of course musical. Judge Hunt at intervalg read telegrams brought by uniformed messengers. They were from various men, living and dead, and each dispatch kept everybody in continued good humor. General W. H. L. Barnes, at the low jinks, made two eloquent speeches. Ha began by saying that he had discovered that night was really the best part of life, He did not wonder therefore that his friends about him refused to go home on such an occasion as this. He said men might think it strange, but only about two years ago had he begun to give the subject of astronomy any serious attention. He had since then taken it up, and he had been amazed at the extrae ordinary pleasure he had found in it, Then he spoke about the constellations that were marshaled in the blue vault, From this he alluded to the A. P. A. and the Y. M. 1. and spoke humorously of hig recent experiences at Sacramento as a correspondent, for he had been introduced as the youngest journalist in the audience, his experience having been confined to two days. Everybody wanted Barnes to talk on, but it was not till some time later that he was dragged forth again. ‘Wells Drury, who has had large experi« ence in all departments of newspaper work, read ‘‘A Country Paper.” It was an unusually interesting production. He illuminated his paper witn some pungent verbal expressions, by way of comment, thus flavoring the subject to the taste of those present. It was a feature of the unique jinks. Part of the paper is repro« duced at this time. In his opening remarks Mr. Drury said that it was pcpular with some to look upon the country papers as inferior in the quality that goes to make up true journal- 1sm. “With such a view I do not agree,” said Mr. Drury. ‘“My relationship with some of the interior papers served to ime press me most pleasantly and to teach me that only the vital news of the day or week may be expected from the rural press, e, NEW TO-DAY. cases than any living ing. him. 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