The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 21, 1896, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1896. NEW YORK DRINKS CALIFORNIA WINES, Macdonough to Try Orestes at the Futurity Race in August. Reincarnation of a San Leandro Orchardist as a Gotham Song Writer. Property on the Bowery Depreciated Twenty-Five Per Cent by a Popular Ditty. NEW YORK, N.Y., June 16, 1896.—A the rate which California wines are becom- in New York it will not be e the Golden West supplies the e Fast with the bulk of the wine con- into the wine cellar of Charles recently and found the gentleman old-time Californian, who still ater part of the year. ore of a Californian than a New said he, “notwithstanding the at 1 have been located here for v vears; that is, I have alwa connection with this part of the d States. I s also the man who andled the first California wines that ere put ¢n the market in San Francisco 854 I was at that time at the head of business of Kohler Frohling. In I came to New York and opened a 1g in wholesale wines in Californi Take the et twenty years ago, for instance, and wliere I sold five es then I sell five car- loads to-day. Here in my cellars now I nt ve et of 80,000 gallons and during the over the as a table drink a ference for the conjec consumec comes from Cali- disputes that fact any admitted by the oppos rai show it. the den season. People all to wine ed p It s no > wine United S a Nobc reports 1 another great thing to be con- matter of California wine. oads it is b ng against 1 of the isthn Iam ntities of it to 1 possessions ng considerable Indies, the B ng the Spanish Main, in and around and the west coast South I have no dc that a very rable business 1s carried on in tha from the Cal houses also. ie very remarkable thing is how ea eceive connoisseurs with C. T bearing a French label. here a score of fashionable clubs in this eit; bt tion vh othing but Cs is con- sur Ordinarily it el worth but it is served out to the bottie bearing a foreign « them e the wine naked, that is to ,and a little gilded label does Mr. & t it will take considerable e to wipe out the | impression ng men who have mor that France no better wine than California, a great many cases it is inferior. * 7. 0'B. Macdonough is keeping it quiet - the mob is concerned, but he told a gentleman talking him at the Brookiyn handicap race week that he proposed to try his two- r-old Orestes, Ormon colt, for the ty in August. Great Trial rn says % = The ke comes off soon, and the promising imal is to be tried out to see if he can in wit tions and be retired nt. 2t being pushed. If condi- the animal seem to be right he from the track to await the At a race at Gravesend the got off a little slow, but aught his legs and the the game and came in flving, It ogether satisfactory to the owner, nd horsemen regard the youngster as a larly promising possession. .rhouse are still buying at sales, and have sent word St. Louis to New York for stable 1 at Gravesend. It looks as though gs will be too swiit at St. Louis when ntion meets for anything Mr. con own »pose it will be somewhat of a sur- to J. B. Haggin’s friends to learn t he is acting very much like a man who intended to get back into racing ag He was seen on the track the other da; time in two years, and John the veteran horseman, as well as nt, was all smiles to see tise millionaire getting possession of the fever again. It will be remembered by rnians that Mr. Haggin retired Sal- vator and Firenzi some time ago, and went to breeding on his Rancho del Paso, near 8 amento. He is guietly getting things ready, however, to wade out on the turf again and run for blood. He even had his colors up not long ago on one of his run- ners, and from a remark or two dropped on that occasion it is about certain that he will be well into the swim again before “long. Tod Sloan, whose diminutive anatomy niliar to every California racetrack s riding some winning mounts and likes to hobnob with the people from tue coast, * * w Alice Nielson, once of Tivoli fame, after having made a hit in Robin Hood, is now resting after her season at Long Branch. Miss Nielson was quite a surprise to the Eastern contingent. It was whispered, following bher engagement by McDonald San Francisco last winter, that “the Bostonians had picked up a reasonably clever girl out West.”” Those who did the whisperings are now talking in a much louder tone to the effect that “McDonald knew a good thing when he saw it.” She will return to San Francisco in a couple of weeks to breath, some pure air and get - ber Eastern trip. Itis well to add, er, that she has been re-engaged for the next season. Senator Stephen M. White passed through New York lasi week, stopping at the Waldorf for a few hours, en route to Joston, where he has relatives. Charles Trevathan, an ex-newspaper man of San Francisco, is gathering fame and fortune with his negro songs, two of which are being sung in. New York. His latest, ““Honey on Ma Lips,” will be sung at the Casino next week in “‘Gay New York.” in * % ox % Of course one can never tell what a man of ideas will do next. Last January Gil- bert Tompkins was living quietly on his ranch near San Leandro, playing granger and horse-raiser, jusi as though he was in earnest. Not very long ago he got it into his head that fresh fruit for breakfast was the only thing compatible with longevity. Acting on the thought, he put on a line of wagons between Oazkland and San Lean- dro that came in every morning during the season loaded down with apples, peaches, pears, grapes, nectarines, etc., which were disposed of to the Oaklanders on the ground that they had only left the trees a few hours before. It was all very nice for the retailers, but Mr. Tompkins lost money on his venture and called off the occupation. One setback for a man who thinks is really nothing, so he| got it into his head that the only way to tramn trotters was to teach them to swim. He thereupon built an | immense tank, sufficient in depth and | width to permit a norse to swim around and have a nice bath and a healthy exer- cise twice a day. It bad'the'effect of keep- ing the horse clean, but just about that| time a crash came in trotting stock and | the poor brutes had to give up the luxury of bathing. Shortly after that Mr. Tomp- | kins decided that his forte was sentimental | song-writing, and here he is to-day bring- | ing tears to the eyes of thousands and singing sentiment to the exclusion of all else. He has composed three songs al- ready, and is slowly coming to the frontin his last-chosen profession. He stili has | some ideas left, which he is ready to spring | at a moment’s notice. He deserves to | succeed. * x % Mr. Klan of the firm of Haas Brothers has returned from Europe and will take the overland flyer for San Francisco in a | few days. | Jacob Baruch of the grocery firm of | kept a | Haas, Bowen & Co., Los Angeles, is visit- | ing relatives here, but will return in a | short time. | Mrs. Charles B. Alexander (nee Crocker), [ n in Russia with the General McCook | | party, is expected back to New York the | latter part of June. She will join her | children in Tuxedo, New Jersey, imme- | diately on arriving. Mrs. Alexander writes a friend that Americans have been unusually well received by the Russians both in Moscow and in St. Petersburg. H. Nappenbach, a San Francisco news- paper artist of the Examiner staff, arrived in Gotham yesterday and went immedi- | ately to the Journal office to see his iriends before leaving for Munich, where he goes to study. Nappenbach wasattired regard- | lessly and swung his dude stick with the | proper twist. Before he had time io ex- | press his delight at seeing old fa | Manager George Palmer pounced on him | and he was put to work. He labored far {into the morning and threatened to take the first steamer going out of New York. Who remembers Ben Teal, at one time a reporter and all-round newspaper | | man on THE C He used to trot in | the same harnes: Barnes and | the two used to have a very decided love | | for the theaters. Teal has carried it with | him up to date’and is soon to become one | | of tne builders of entertainment instead of | a spectator. It appears that Benjamin has adapted a French comedy to Americun qualities, and that same is to be presented | very shortly at McVicker’s Theater in Chi- | | cago for a spell of weeks, after which it | | will come to New York and occupy the | | Fifth-avenue Theater. Critics promise | | that it is the comedy bit of tie season | | and great elevation is spoken of for the play and its sire. o Oh, the Bowery, the Bowery, They do things Aud they say such things, | On the Bow 1 DUl never go there any Who would believe that those words and | the rest of the song has had the most | sastrous effect on property valuesin that | section. It may seem a queer statement, but nevertheless real estate men regard it as the most destructive bit of refrain that has ever been turned out of New York. It has been sung all over the United States, and while the Bowery proper ‘is a wide, well-kept and busy commercial street, it is now pointed to with a sneer among | | business men, and the ominous dit is | sung in explanation. The fall in values is | between 20 and 25 per cent. S Those who possess a liking for dinnar fads will find it advantageous to note that champagne is no longer served from the toweled bottle fresh from the ice receiver, but is poured instead into enormous pitchers that hold from three to five bottles | each. Itis then served in tumblers, and looks very much as though one was drink- ing clear cider. It is wonderful how well drinkers get along under the new system. Just think what a chance for the San | Francisco clubman gifted with a colossal mouth. Rosert H. Davis. A-Tiny Mou;e , That Was Adopted by a Big White Rat. | | There are many well-authenticated | stories of the adoption of orphaned ani- mals by maternal animals of another breed, but it is probably unusual for a rat | | to adopt a mouse as its own. Harry G. Squires has a white rat which has adopted | a tiny gray mouse deliberately, and the | rat has taken it into its nest with two tiny | rats of its own. There the mismated play- | mates huddle close tegether, and the mother rat and the father rat, both of which are snowy white, as are their two offspring, look on indulgently at the little | gray interloper. Curious passers-by stop | and watch this odd sight. Mr. Squires, who lives in North Berke- ley, at the corner of Vine street and Shat- tuck avenue, took his pair of white rats | and put them in a glass case, from which | they could not escape. This he fitted up | with little ladders, with subterranean caves and passages, under a quantity of | loam, rocks and sawdust and with a sup- | ply of cotion and rags. Tnen he watched | the mother rat build her nest, which isas | soft and downy as the intertor of a bird’s | nest. There she took her little ones. A | few days ago Mr. Squires caught two very | voung mice. One was kilied and the other | was put in the case with the white rats. The mother rat looked at this stranger for a time with undisguised interest, and | seemed undecided what to do. Finally | she took it by the nape of its neck, just as | cats carry kittens, and put it in the nest, and there she suckles it with her own young impartiall Fiendish Torture. Maunde—The monster! No wonder she is suing for divorce! Evelyn—And that isn’t the worst of his horrible cruelty. She declares that he re- fused to allow her to wear his colored out- ing-shirts, and, in pure vindictiveness, locked them in a wardrobe with glass | doors! ——————— Wild horses haye increased to such an extent in Queensiand that the animals are being shot with a view to reduce the num- ber. - Do not fall to read Thomas Siater’s advertise- ment on page 32 for men. | 27 pieces 38-INCH SUPERIOR LUSTER | the most desirable sporting editor was the one NEW TO-DAY -DRY GOCDS. ANOTHER GREAT SACRIFICE OF VALUES! COLORED DRESS GOODS! At 25 Cents 119 pieces 36-INCH ALL-WOOL DRESS GOODS, in chevrons, bourettes, broche and figured effects, former price 30c, | reduced to 252 a yard. At 35 Cents. pieces 50-INCH ALL-WOOL PLAIN | AND MIXED LADIES’ CLOTH., for- mer price 50c, reduced to 35c a yard. At 50 Cents. pieces 54-INCH FINE ALL-WOOL FRENCH SURAH SERGE, newest colorings, former price §1, reduced to 50c a yard. At 50 Cents. 91 pieces 44-INCH ALL-WOOL CLAY | WORSTED NAVY STORM SERGE, | former price 75¢, reduced to 50c a yard. BLAGK DRESS GOODS! At 35 C ts. GLISH FIGURED ALPACA, for- mer price 60c, will be sold at35c a yard. At 50 Cents. es 50-INCH LL PURE NGLISH SERGE, former price 75¢c, will be sold at 50c a yard. At 50 Cents. 65 pieces FINE ALL-WOOL FRENCH AND ENGLISH NOVELTIES, former prices 75¢ and 85¢, will be closed out at 50c a yard. | J SILK DEPARTMENT! At 35 Cents a Yard. | 3000 yards FANCY TAFFETA SILK, {or- | WOOL | mer price 75¢, will be closed out at .lfic‘ a yard. { At 50 Cents a Yard. 2000 yards FANCY BENGALINE SILK, | in brow and heliotrope, former | price $1 50, will be clased out at 50c a yard. At 75 Cents a Yard. is FIGURED SATIN A SILK, former price § be closed out at 75¢ a yard. | i 1500 yard ¥ Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. We continue the most successful and, from a buyers’ standpoint, the| most marvelous Bargain Sale ever inaugurated, with STILL DEEPER AND | MORE SEARCHING CUTS IN PRICES throughout the remainder of our| I[ENORMOUS OVERSTOCK OF SPRING AND SUMMER DRY GOODS and CLOAKS, and in inviting every one to call early this week and participate in the WONDROUS MONEY-SAVING OPPORTUNITY afforded we pre- sent a variety of items to Merely Nominal Prices Prevailing! illustrate the NUSLIN UNDERWEAR'! At 25 Cents. 100 dozen LADIES’ MUSLIN CHEMISES, made of heavy muslin, yoke edged with lace, will be closed out at 2 each. At 50 Cents. 100 dozen LADIES' CHEMISES, made of heavy muslir, yoke of embroidery, will be closed out at 50c each. At 25 Cents. 50 dozen LADIES’ CORSET COVERS, perfect fit, V-shape, edged with em broidery, will be closed out at 25¢ each. At 25 Cents. 50 dozen LADIES’ DRAWERS, made of heavy muslin, yoke band. finished with tucks and embroidery, will be closed out at 25¢ each. At 50 Cents. 50 dozen LADIES’ GOWNS, yoke of fine tucks, lined back, good muslin, will be closed out at 50c each. LADIES' XID GLOVES! At 55 Cen 1500 pairs 8-BUTTON LENGTH MOUS- QUETAIRE UNDRESSED KID GLOVES, in tan shades, regular value $1, will be closed out at 55¢ a pair. At 65 Cents. 1200 pairs 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES, black embroide! back, in white, regular * value $1, will be offered at 65¢ a pair. At SO Cents. 1000 pairs 4-BUTTON ENGLISH WALK- ING GLOVES, embroidered back, in tan, brown, red and navy, also black, regular value $1 25, will be closed out at 80c a pair. MEN'S UNDERWEAR! At 25 Cents. dozen FANCY, SILK-FINISHED, [ NON-SHRINKING, TWO-THREAD, | BALBRIGGAN UNDERSHIRTS AND 125 DRAWERS, regular price $1 50 a suit, will be closed out at 25c each garment. At 50 Cents. | 75 dozen AUSTRALIAN LAMB'S WOOL | | | | | | UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWER! medium weight, regularly sold at $2 50 a suit, will be closed outat 50c each garment. OUTING SEIIRTS! t 50 Cents. S AND BOYS"CHEVIO ND TENNIS FLANNEL ISHIRTS, in light, medium and dark colors, regularl 1d at 75¢ each, will be closed out at 5 HOSTERT! HOSIRY! At 25 Cents a Pair. 115dozen CHILDREN'S BLACK FRENCH | LISLE - THREAD HOSE, double knees, heels and toes, sizes 3 1 regular price 40c and 50¢, reduc a pair. | At 25 Cents a dozen CHILDREN’S BLACK 2 double ‘knees, heels and toes, Herm dorf black, regular value 3 reduced to 25¢ a pair, all siz At 15 Cents a Pai 125 GYPTIAN | d heels gular price | 256, reduced to 15¢ & pair. i At 25 Cents a Pair. | 175dozen LADIES’ FINE MACO COTTON | HOSE, high, spli heels, double | soles and toes, plain and Richelien ribbed, in black and assorted tan | shades, rezular price $4 20 a dozen, re- duced to Zic a pair. Murphy Building, , Market and Jones Strests. Murphy Building, Warket and Jones Streets. | EMBROIDERIES! At 74 Cents a Yard. 486 pieces CAMBRIC EMBROIDE, regtxllar price 12}4c; reduced to 714 yard. At 10 Cents a Yard. | 409 pieces CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY; regular price 15c¢; reduced to 10c per | yard. | At 12 Cents a Yard. pieces CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY; regular price 20c; reduced to 12)4c per yard. | At 15 Cents a Yard. | | per 2 34 318 pieces CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY; | regalur price 25¢; reduced to 1c per yard. DRESDEN RIGBONS! At 20 Cents. i 3-INCH ALL-SILK DRESDEN RIB-! ‘ BONS, assorted colors, value 35¢, will be closed out at 20c a yard. At 25 Cents 3)4-1.\"0‘}{ ALL-SILK RESDEN RIB- | B( i igns, value 45¢, will be ciosed ont at 25¢ a yard. At 30 Cents. NCH DR handsome closed out at & 3. CARRIAGE PARASDLS! At $1.00. CARRIAGE PARASOLS, in gloria silk, lined, wili be closed out at $1 each. | perfect, soft good wool, 10: value for $4, on sale at. | VERY WHITE CLOAK DEPARTMENT! 'GI.EAI:Y;TII’I._ZJ (‘AI’_}< N 05 Itl:.(:(‘; neatly braided, worth $4 50, will be closec out at $1 75 each. At $5.00. | LADIES' JACKETS, made of fine cloaking, brown covert cloth, tan and gray mixed latest designs, worth 7 50 and $8, will be closed out at 5 each. At $5.00. consisting of double jackel skirt, in black and navy cheviot 0, reduced to ch. At $2.45. ND NAVY CHEVIO1 hed with bias vel. will be offered a! $4 50, worth $2 45 each. veteen, SPECIAL BLANKET SALE! We have still remsining about 750 pairs fine White Elankets, slightly im. bought from the mills at a nominal price, and offered on the same basis. This week we make still furthe: reductions; and, although unseagon- able, feel that the purchasing public will appreciate the values. , 10-4 S1Z otion, va GOOD WHITE BLANK slighily m , on sale BETTER GRADE WHIT B BLANKETS, best California wool, 11:4 size, value for $6 75, on sale at.... XTRA WEIGH] Fl WHILE' BLA E quality, on saie at. BLANK 12-4 SUPER WHI <TS, fine a beautiful arti-y $(,.,)0 50; on sale at....3 15 pair; on sule at 511-4 HEAVY GRAY BLANK-) value for $2 pair; on sale at.§ $1.25 {$2.00 "INE WOOL: value for, 10-4 GRAY BLANK #4 25 pair; on sale a e «Examiner’ and ¢“Chronicle'” for special sales of Linens and Wash- goods. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. WHEN JOURNALISH ANDPUGILISM WERE CLOSER _FRIENDS THAN NOV. “Do you think Corbett will knock out Sharkey in four rounds? There isn’t & newspaper man in this City who has not been asked that question so often that he is heartily sick of answering it. It is especially so with those writers 0 have from time to time been identified with the sporting columns of the daily papers, for they are the legitimate prey of the persistent Mr. Interrogation. As a matter of fact the newspaper writer knows just as little as anybody else in the premises. He can make a rough guess, and so can his questioner, one being about as correct as the other. In the earlier days of the old California | Athletic Club, when pugilism florished in this State almost 10 the exclusion of sll other sports, who had the best knowledge of fighters and fighting. It made little difference what he knew about any other branch in athletics, fishing, gunning, cycling, racing and boating, S0 long as he knew the differance between a cross-counter and a hall-Nelson, and knew just where a knockout blow had to be app'auded, he was all right. | v It was a select gathering of newspaper men who witnessed the four-round go between Dr. James Stanton and poor Billy Hart, who died | in New York a few months ago. The contest came about in a rather odd way. The newsgatherers and & few artists and their friends met every evening for dinmer at 7 | o'clock in Freiling’s French restaurant, then on Merchent street. The place has long since closed its doors. Dr. Stanton, who was then Coroner, Al Mur- phy, who is now secretary of the State Board of Pilot Commissioners and who had not yet earned fame as “Blinker” Murphy, and three or four others, including Will Hart, were dis- cussing both £ John L. Sullivan was at the zenith of his fame knocking out people in four-round bouts. How he did it was the particular point at issue. Stanton, who is quite an athlete, knew all about it, and Hart, who also laid claims to be- ing way up in matters pugilistic, soon found he had ideas contrary to those the doctor was ad- vaneing. The debate became spirited, although | friendly, and some one suggested that argu. | ment be dropped and that the two gentlemen proceed to illustrate their respective theories one on the other. | Hart was willing but Stanton demurred, | until goaded into it he declared he could put Will asleep in four rounds or less or forfeit $20 worth of ducks for the next night's repast. That settled it. Hart promptly accepted, and the meal was hurried through. The only drawback was the choice of a locality. It was finally decided that an adjournment would be taken to the top story of the Morgue building, in Dunbar alley. It was a dark night, nothing very much was doing in the charnel-nouse, and the empty room next to the autopsy chamber would be just the thing. Pufling for wind after a climb ot two flights of stairs, their stomachs well balanced with duck and other delicacies, the two exponents of pugilistic theories stripped to the waist, while a referee and timekeeper were being cnosen among the spectators. There were other preliminaries, and then the two friends went at it as if battling for theirlives. Hart, heavier than Stanton, but less science !, rushed matters, the doctor contenting himself to remain on the defensive during the first round. When time was called Hart was very much flushed and winded, while his opponent, who had not as vet delivered a single blow, smiled contentedly. “Time!” exclaimed the watch-holder, after the regulation minute’s rest. . Hart bounded out of his chair and rushed much as Sharkey didthe other night at Choyn- ski. The doctor stopped him half way with a straight left-hander, and Will, recovering after & moment of astonishment, rushed again. Stanton’s right shot outand brought up with | on Manager Seymour of the California Ciub on a sound of striking & drum on poor Hart's | well-filled paunch. It wasacruel blow after | dinner, and the canvasback as well as sundry | other dainties began stirring around asif to | move out of range. | from being as red asa lobster Hart's face | began to pale. It was evident that another | such & visitation would be disastrqus. | Stanton lost little time in taking advantage | of the situation and this time a left jabin the | shape of an upper cut at close quarters went | chasing after Hart's du | That ended the battle. Feeling ill, \\'m! | opened the door leading to the adjoining room, where he knew there was a sink. It was quite dark in there and he miscalculated positions or locations. Groping his way he suddenly came up against the dissecting table, where | hisoutstretched palms rested upon the body of a subject operated on a few hours previous, Stanton was declared a winner. *reon Hart was one of the best writers on pueilisti affairs in this State at that time, but hedid not know enough to fight on an empty stomach. still, his opinion was always sought as a fore- cast whenever a boxing contest was on the tapis. Two of Hart's best friends, Al Murphy and | Eugene Hahn, held contrary opinions as to Hart's merits as & fighter, Hahn holding tha Murphy, though & smaller man than Hart, could do him in four rounds. Murphy was moaest and said he did not believe he could. “Well, if you can’t whip Hart, I can,” stated | Hahn, who never has made much of hit as a ro- bust man. | I don’t believe it,” answered Murphy, “for I'm sure you couldn’t stop me.” In another few minutes the two principals | accompanied with big, good-natured Joe Ward, then city editor of the Examiner, dropped in | | | | | Grant avenue. Charley Mitchell, the cham- pion ot England, since knocked out in three rounds by Jim Corbett, was present and was Murphy’s ond, Seymour acting in a like capacity for Hahn. The battle was fierce while it lasted. The | contestants did more execution in two rounds than the ordinary pugilist would in ten, but not a single blow landed on a vital spot. Whether eleverness in getting away from pun- ishment was pre-eminent or that the fighters closed their eves and sawed the air will never be known. But they worked hard, and both were satisfied to call the affair a draw, while chewing crackead ice to keep down their rebel- lious stomachs. These two gentlemen also were highly con- sidered as authorities on pugilism. s Andy Lawrence once thought he could handle his fists in pretty good shape and while on police duty one night in the ola City Hall invited a brother reporter across the street to the upper floor of the Morgue. The gloves were there and they went atit. The pace was a bit hot and both men tired quickly. Law- rence had not landed a single blow, but was rather receiver general. Sorry, no doubt, that he had undertaken & bad job, any excuse would have been_acceptable to quit-the game. At this moment, two employes of the Morgue packed in a “receiver,” one of those big coffin- shaped boxes used to pack away the unknown dead, and stood it up against the wallin Lawrence’s corner. That was his excuse for quitting. “Well, boys,” he said, “this thing don’t look right, fighting here in the Morgue with coffins and the dead all around us. Let us be decent and stop. We can have it out at the club to- morrow."” Lawrence has never put on the mittens since that night, and he rather preiers talking poli- tics than fighting. | x> There were two other newspaper men who 1aid some claim to being connoisseurs in pugil- ism. E.Duprey, who has achieved some fame in New York as a playwright, end Fred Klein, brother of Klein, “the American.” Duprey was quite a lad, smooth-faced ana not over 19 years old. He had justlanded here from Honolulu and worked for the old Alta, In a discussion about fighters they came to blows, were separated, and at midnight with a dozen other newspaper men they made their way to the observatory on Telegraph Hill. In couples and in bunches of threes and fours they reached there by different routes, beliey- | meeting a week Mater at 5 o’clock in the morn- | ing in an old deserted theater in Oakland. ing that they would attract less attention in that way Policemsn Riley, however, who patrolled the hill that night, became suspicious that a prize- fight was to be had, and he gathered four other officers from adjoining precincts. At that time Tom Ceary and Costello the | “Buffalo” haa been booked for a prize-fight. | They were professional representatives of the middle class in pugilism, and they had made | several attempts to come together 1n this City and Alameda. Invariably the police had come | upon them and prevented the fight, but it was well known tnat eventually they would meet. Riley believed that they were the ones to fight that night on the hill, and while the bat- | tle was raging the officers jumped in and ar- rested fourteen newspsper men, including tl two principals. The latter greeted the police with undisguised pleasure, as both were pumped out and sick, but neither cared to give in to the other. | . Asto Cleary and Ccstello, they had their They, as well as the spectators, including some of the wealthiest and best citizens of the State, were arrested. The two principals were subs. quently sentenced to a year each in the peni- tentiary. S Couldn’t Escape It. Giblets—T nhear Growler threw up his old job because he got the rheumatism. Joblots—Yes. Afraid of getting a stiff joint. Giblets—Well, he got one, anyway. Joblots—One what? Giblets—Stiff joint. Joblots—How’s that? Giblets — He's superintendent of the Morgue. - | Youngsters of North Béach Have | and “getting even” on the City fathers. | LIGHT T0 PLAY MARBLES Some Fun These Dark Nights. They Climb Up Stre:t-Lamps and | Burn Gas Regardless of City Finances. The small boys of North Beach have | solved the problem of lighting the City | without getting mixed up in calculations or finances. In their own way it answers | therr purpose perfectly, and besides they | talk among themselves of “satisfaction’” | No doubt the embryo philosophers have | heard their fathers discussing the peculiar | 1 home earlier than usual and sandry other | annovances from the aarkness, all com- | bined, were more than they could bear. So in more than one part of the Beach the small boy has risen in his indignation and shed upon his district the light denied by municipal managers. An erroneous impression seems to ppe- vail in the public mind that since there is no money in the City treasury to pay for street lights there is no gasin the lamps. The North Beach youngsters made an in- vestigation with the result that the popu- lar iliusion was quickly dispelled. One of their number surriptitiously serambled up a lamp-post, while the little groups around urged bim on with whispered words of encouragement. Pres- ently the acrobat was astride the cross arm and he rested a moment. Then swish, went a match against his knee breeches. His hand went through the bottom of the lantern and quick as a flash the zas was blazing furiously. In the all- pervading blackness of the ni-ht that soli- tary flame stood out as a very beacon of fire that was seen and watched with curi- osity for many a block. Very soon it seemed as if the first gleam of light was a ignal, for the lamps began to blaze from manipulation of municipal coin that makes it possible for San Francisco to submit to | darkness of two weeks, with the tax rate | 2.25 per centum. | These little urchins, with a keen appre- | ciation for all that is passing around them, | The Dark Secret and the Cathode Ray of North Beach. have gathered on street corners and held long debates upon the situation. No lights for playing marbles, strict orders to be ai si Al to hill“and' other small boys were busy with matches at the expense of the gas company. “How’s that for a catode ray?’’ asked a gleeful youth as he pointed at the light above him. Great Hit! Last weck's drive sale was a great hit. But we're ready for another one. Lots of bargains left—we'll always meet an ap- reciative public half - way. ok at these: p._spring heel, Child’s Cloth-top, patenc and 9 10 1035 (n0 button, sizes 5 to Sor 81%). Tnis week ooly. 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