The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1896, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1896. 11 UFCILS WHO TALK T00 MUCH It Is Presumed That They Are Doing Their Whole Duty. HEARING MANY SECRETS Bad Policy to Do Aunything That Will Discourage | Capital. ANOTHER TRAGEDY EXPECTED. Electric Cars Totally Ignore the Ordi- nance Regulating Their Passing at Crossings. OAKLAKND Orrrce SAx FRANCISCO CALL.% 908 Broadway, June 28. “Alameda County is suffering from the talkativeness of some of its officials,’”” said a man of wealth and influence this week. Although rich men do not, as a rule, have much regard for county officials, there is much truth in the remark at this time. The particular offender during the fiscal | year has been Harry Dalton, the Assessor. | Every few days an interview with Mr, Dal- ton is printed, in which he gives| to the public some information which they have no business to expect. It is presumed that Mr. Dalion does his duty, as he is well paid for doing it; it is not supposed that he is doing more or less; therefore, it is bad etiquette to pro- claim and defend his position on points that nobody has raised. In his researches smong the merchants and bankers the Assessor learns much of the inner work- ings of the taxpayers’ affairs that should be regarded as confidential. The law makes liberal allowance for the advertising of all kinds of tax notices, and does not require the Assessor to give no- tice of his private intentions and views in regard to making assessments. Mr. Dal- ton has been quoted as saying that he is the foe to corvorations and that none of their personal property shall escape taxa- tion that is located in this county. The Assessor bas no business to be the foe of any tax-paying concern or individual, and as for the rest, he is paid to assess per- soral property and to assess 1t all, and to assess it honestly. Mr. Dalton bas been a good Assessor, but it is not good policy for any official to say anything which carries a different meaning from that which he intended to convey. Many men of capital in Oakland have received communications asking about the possibilites of investments and requesting some light on the methods of assessment. ‘When the title to the water front is clear it will present unparalleled facilities for the establishment of manufacturing plants. Oniy-by such adaitions can Oskland be- | come what its splendid harbor entitles it to be, and anything that operates to the alienation of capital is bad policy. If an election were at hand the voluminous ‘‘ex- planations’” of officials might be some- what justified, but they are all in office till 1898, and they are surely politicians erough to know that anything said or done at this time will cut no figure tw years hence. 2 The High libel case promises to furnish the opportunity for which many promi- | nent OQaklanders have been looking. For several months the men who play a con- spicuous part in the superficial life of the city have been anxious for a legitimate opportunity to make public much that is of interest to the masses. The chance has now ceme, and to-morrow’s trial will surely be a sensational one in many re- spects. Editor High has collided . with the most powerful interests in this city and he realizes it, but announces his in- tention to fight to a finish. He says when he heard that W. W. Foote was to prose- cute for Mr. Dingee he felt inclined to engage the services of Messrs. Corbett ana Sharkey, but compromised with himself on Attorney Beatty, ‘‘because he trained me for my first footrace, and I wish him to train me for my first libel case, as | ex- pect many more.” The list of witnesses includes some bank presidents and lead- ing politicians, and many hints were dropped to-uay of expected disclosures. It may be that thers will he some disap- pointment. Judge Wood is not partial to irrelevant testimony and much of the ex- pected sensation may be ruled out. Inany event the Police Court will be an interest. ing place to-morrow. A few months ago two beautiful Iittle girls were mangled by an electric-carin West Oakland. Their young lives might have been saved bad not two cars been passing at a street crossing. This matter was proved to the satisfaction of the City Council, and an ordinance was passed regulating the passing of cars at crossings. The new ordinance is totally ignored, and not a day passes that there is not a score of marrow escapes from exactly the same cause. On the many lines crossing Broad- way disobedience to the ordinance is par- ticularly noticeable. There will be another fearful tragedy before long, and when the streetcar companies are mulcted in heavy damages they may find it is cheaper not to pass each other within fifty feet of a crossing. Major Pico of Temescal is opposed to the veto powerof an executive officer. Twice has the Legislature passed his claim for supplying goods to soldiersin active service many years ago, and both times the Governor has vetoed the bill. He was on Broodway this afternoon with an armful of new evidence that he says will convince Governor Budd of the just- ness of his claim, He has found an affi- davit from Senator Fair, another from Newton Booth and others from the offi- cers of regiments he supplied, and these he will present to the Governor. He has also brought out a witness from England to help him make his fight again, and now be feels confident that the veto will not be applied. A very clear case is made out by the affidavits, and it certainly appears that the major is entitled to the few thousands he asks. Dauring the alcalde days the Picos made many munificent grants to the Etate, but the last of his race, now a broken-down pensioner, is having a hard time to collect a bill forty years old. Broke His Wrist, OAKLAND, Can, June 28 — Joseph in Haywards and on his return met with a severe accident. He was riding a wheel when the front wheel came off. The rider was thrown forward and broke his right wrist, sprained his left one and badly cut his face. He sustained asevere shock and will be ill for several weeks. —_———————— AN UNFAIR DECISION. Haywards Wins a Game That Is Awarded to San Leandro. HAY WARDS, CAL., June 28.—The base- ball match with the Southern Pacifics of San Leandre to-day resulted in a gene- ral row. The Azaleas went to San Leandro to play and the game was um- | pired by a man named Conner from San Francisco, connected with the Newspaper League, under whose auspices the game was playec. At the conclusion the game was won by Haywards by a score of 18 to 5. The umpire was then told thatsome of the Haywards team were over the age allowed by the rules and awarded the game to San Leandro on a score of 9 to 0. The Haywards team at once protested and the objectionable umpire wanted to fight. He was finally induced by the con- stable to leave the plaza. The Haywards team was composed of M. Rose, captain; Enos, pitcher; F. Zambreski, first base; A. La Cunha, second base; H. Young, third base; C. Rayer, shortstop; M. Riggs, left field ; J. Pann, right field; C. Gesham, center field. All the players declare that they are not over the stipu- lated age of 18 years. e e——————— Indignant Parents. OAKLAND, CAx., June 28.—Next Friday nignt the residents of Piedmont will hold an indignation meeting to protest against the action of the Trustees in removing Mrs. Nellie French from the principalship of the school. Mrs. French has been a teacher for eight years and supports her aged parents. No reason was given by the Trustees for her removal. e ———— Death of Mrs. Stevens. BERKELEY, Can, June 28.—Mrs. Ellen Stevens of Durant avenue died this morning at her home of chronic nephritis. She was a native of England and aged 65 years. The funeral will take place to- morrow afterncon at 2o'clock from the | family residence. ALAMEDR CLUB REGATTA |Good Day’s Aquatic Sport Is Enjoyed on the Estuary. Junior and Senior Outrigger Contests Watchel With Interest. Future Events. | ALAMEDA, Cavn, June 27.—The boat- | house and jetties of the Alameda Boating throughout the afternoon to witness the club’s regatta yesterday. This was the first time in years thatsuch | an important event has taken place on the estuary. The whole affair was a success, though a protest in the last race marred what otherwise would have been an ideal day for oarsmen. The day was fine and not too hot. At the latter part of the afternoon a stiff breeze blew up the reach and somewhat retarded the pullers, The course was laid out about due west from the boathouse for thre-quarters of a mile, returning to the boathouse, which served both as a starting-point and goal. The officers of the club, which numbers over fifty members, are: J. A. Sansom, president; C.J. Lancaster, vice-president; W. Hinchman, secretary; 8. W. Creigh, | treasurer; A. Schumacher, captain; L. A, | Mervey, lieutenant. For the regatta the | jndges were J. A. Sansom and A. Schu- macher; starter, 8. W. Creigh; referee, Al Rodgers; timekeepers, J. J. Conro and S. J. Pembroke. The first race was for junior outriggers, the prizes being a goldand a silver medal for the first and second men. Owing tothe number of entries and the want of skiffs, the race was run in heats, as follows: 3}‘|5r§t heat—W. Hinchman, 12:58; C. Ayers, | 'Becond heat—R. A. Mervy, 13:31; H. W. | Lubbock, 13:40. C.Webb, 12:50; W. G. Ham- Third heat- merton, 13:31 Fourth heat—E. L. Hancock, 13:00; J. W. Aunderson, 13:45. | Mervy and Hanson being ties, they rowed a short race to sée who_should be in the semi-final race, and Mervy won after an exciting pull. The result of the semi-final left Hancock and Webb to row | the final. | Before this was determined the senior | outrigger race was held for a silver cup, which has to be won three times before becoming the property of the winner. The orily competitors were Fred Ayers and Dr. Dennis. They rowed a slashing race, and Ayers only won by a nose, Avyers says he can beat the time—12:44— easily, and would have done so in this case had the muscles of his right forearm not been seized with cramps as he turned the stake. The final for the junior outrigger race | brought about a foul. The rowers were tired and the course was shortened neari; one-half. Hancock claimed that Wehfl took his water in rounding the turn. 1t was decided to row the race again a fortnight from to-day, and have a consola- tion race for a jewel presented by C.J. Pembroke for the six beaten juniors. In addition the rest of the events omitted ried out. This ciub will be represented at Stockton onJuly 4 by Hancock and Webb in the Emior outrigger class and Fred Ayers and J. J. Pembroke in the senior. The latter, who is the outrigger champion of the | coast, went out alone for an hour to lim- | ber himself up. He showed himself to be in good form, and his easy, graceful style was much admired. —_—————— To Bring Cohen Back. OAXLAND, CAr., June 28.—Meyer Co- hen will be brought back from Tacoma, | where he went to avoid arrest for forgery. | Chief Lloyd will leave to-morrow, as ex- | tradition "has been waived and Cohen is anxious to meet bis accusers, 2 THE TURKISH KAIK, It More Closely Resembles the Gondola Than Any Other Craft. Crawford, the author, to whose skillful pen Constantinople is indebted for one of the most charming volumes ever issued in its praise, has a word to say about the Turkish boatmen and their vehicle, the kaik. “Constantinople owes much,” writes he, “‘to the matchless beauty of the three waters which run together beneattr its walls, and much of their reputation again has become world-wide by the kaik. Itis disputed and disputable whether the Turks copied the Venetian gondola or whether the Venetians imitated the Turk- ish kaik, but the resemblance between them is so strong as to make it certain that they havea common origin. Take from the gondola the ‘feise’ or hood, and the remainder is practically the kaik, It is of all craft of its size the swiftest, the most easy to handle and the most com- fortable, and the Turks generally are ad- mitted to be the best oarsmen in Europe. Indeed, they have need to be, for both the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn are crowded with craft of every kind and made dangerous by the swiftest of currents, € W. B. #The distances, too, are very great and such as no ordinary oarsman would undeftake for pleasure or for the sake of exercise, It isno joke to pull fifteen or sixteen miles Hooson, & student of 8t. Mary’s College, went to San Leandro to-day from his home against a stream which in some places runs four or five knots anjhonr,” | Club were filled with interested spectators | from the programme to-day will be car- | MYSTERY OF AN OLO ARMY NURSE Dying at the Receiving Hospital Without a Friend. i | IS A SOLDIER’S WIDOW. She Was Seriously Injured While With the Army of the Tennessee. WEAK IN BODY AND MIND. Un'ess Relief Is Speedy, She Will Be Immured in the County Alms- house. OAELAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.}’ 908 Broadway, June 28, An old soldier's widow is at the Receiv- ing Hospital, and it is thought that her ment over the approaching annual elec- tion of the Society of California Pioneers. Itis claimed by the sons and grandsons of the Pioneers that the society under its ex- isting administration js full of “dry rot,” and unless some severe remedial measures be immediately applied is in imminent danger of becoming mummifiea and as lifeless as an Egyptian sphinx, The officers, it is said, are to all intents and purposes hereditary and the preva ing policy 18 decidedly too parsimonious. Even the hall, the juniors say, has a chilly air of sepulchral loneliness and the voice of the secretary sounds like that of a sex- ton speaking from a tomb. For this and similar reasons the malcontents declare that they will put an independent ticket in the field and if successful in electing it next month will wake up all of the old stafers from their Rip Van Winkel sleep and make tnem think that they are living over again *‘tL.e days of old and the days of gold.” The seniors, though, tell another story. They declare that the young Pioneers as a class_are not hostile to the existing conservative administration and that it is only the chronic soreheads who are rais- ing ail this ‘‘tempest in a teapot.” Fol- lowing is a list of the present officers of the society : President—H. N. Vice-Presidents—Niles Searls, San Fran- cisco; H. E. Highton, San Francisco; C. T. Ryland, Santa Clara; T.L. Barker, Oakland; W. H. Ellis, Sunol. Treasurer—John D. Tallant. Marshal—John F. Pinkham. Directors—Christian Reis, D. D. Harris, E, M. Root, Leon Sloss, H. B. Russ, Charles C. Moore, John H. Jewett, E. T. Kruse, C. J. King. Messrs, C. V. S Gibbs, K, . Cooper, W. J. Tilley, J. §. Wethered, Peer Tiffany, Edwin Bounell and Alpheus Bull Jr., composing the nominating committee, recently presented the following regular ticket, to bé voted for the 7tnof next month: Elliot M. Root, president; Niles Searls, J. Z. Davis, C. T. Ryland, T.'L. Barker, Howard Havens, vice-presidents; John D. Tallant, treasurer; John F. Pinkham, mar- shal; H, N. Tilden, J. H. Jewett, H. B. Russ, Wakefield Baker, C.J. King, C. M. Plum, A. R. Cotton, E. T. Kruse, Leon Sloss, directors. So well pleased was the committee with ilden. Mrs. Nellie Batler, an Old Army Nurse and a Pensioner, Who Is Near to Death at the Receiving Hospital. days are numbered. Enough is known of her history to prove that she is well con- | nected in the East, but her mental con- dition is so weak that she cannot supply the missing links. Neliie Butler is the name of the old lady, and she was found suffering at a Broadway hotel a few days ago. As she had no friends and no money she was sent to the Receiving Hospital, and she will probably soon be sent to the County Infirmary, where she will be lost to all acquaintances | unless her memory is strengthened. Enough has been learnea from her to | 'show that her husband was killed at Fort | Donelson, for which she now draws a pen- sion of $12 per month, After the death of her husband, Mrs. Butler attached herself to the army of the Tennessee as an army nurse, and in one of the worst engage- ments she was wounded in the leg. The wound is now bothering her considerably { and is of such a nature that it will never heal. | Her past is shrouded in mystery. It is considered strange thata woman with a record so clear as to entitle her to a pen- | sion, and with the hospital record which she claims, should be so friendless and un- | known to either Grand Army or Woman'’s | Retief Corps. Her residence previous to her coming here is unknown and her pur- pose is no better understood. Her cloth- ing is good, but lack of personai care is infully evident. The pension would be inadequate to support her, but she has always had means to pay her bilis. She ook none into her confidence. Mr. Linderman, landlord of the hotel from which she was taken, says that dur- ing the two weeks she stayed there she was not wholly rational. hen she first went to the hotel she was accompanied by two women claiming to be her friends, but neither of them has since eailed to inquire after her. Mrs. Flack of North Oakland has known the old nurse about a year, but has never been able to learn how it was that she was in California with no friends or relatives. Mrs. Butler is a very rleasant-looking old lady with white Lair and soft eyes. She talks in a rambling manner and makes many references to people, but no sense can be made out of her remarks. This afternoon she seemed brighter than usual and talked considerably of Bar Har- bor, but she could not answer any direct questions aboiit places or people. T'he poor old soul is suffering from cholera morbus and from her wounded limb, and the ef- fect of her ailments has been to weaken her mind. PIONEERS WAX WROTH, Their Reasons for Wanting to Put Up an Independent Ticket, Ex-President C. V. S. Gibbs Gives His Version of “Dry Rot” and “Pars'mony.” The men who courageously came to California in 1849 and the spring of '50 dared many dangers, endured many hard- ships and are undoubtedly entitled to the gratitude of posterity, It seemsasthough these hardy pioneers, those who still sur- its nominees that at the foot of the ticket it nrinted the following indorsement: Each and every man named thereon has given this society abundant evidence of his unswerving devotion to its best interests, and by retaining on the ticket a majority of last year's hoard of directors it assures to this so- ciety a continuance of the wise and judicious administration of its affairs. “QOur society,” said ex-President C. V. 8. Gibbs, “‘comprises a minority of sore- heads. Eome of them are juniors, but the mos¢ of them are seniors. The young men, as a rule, are too sensible to be found in such company. Every year these malcontents pur, or try to put, an independent ticket in the field, and every time it _is overwhelmingly defeated. The affairs of the so- ciety are in a prosperous condition, and there has not been any trouble recently. An nveraga of $1000 is ex- pended monthly for the benent of needy members, but the pioneers — the old- timers—are Eeculinr men and some of them think that the $200,000 we have now profitably and safely invested, should be called in_ and divided among them. That is the milk in the cocoanut. If we were to adopt such a suicidal volicy as this, of couise, we could not perpetuate our organi- zation and the young members would be left Yl,mnkrupt when they come into con- trol. OHE OF THE HIGH THAEE Joseph F. Smith, a President of the Mormon Church, on Utah. He Says the Abundance of Utah’s Iron Ore Exceeds That of Any Other Locality. At the Pythian Castle last evening Jo- seph F. Smith, one of the three presidents of the Mormon Church, and Abram H. Cannon, one of the Twelve Apostles, spoke eloguently on the tenets of their faith toa large audience. After the meeting Mr. Smith said to a reporiers “The Mormon church is constantly growing and gaining strength all over the worid. People now are beginning to learn the truth abont us; that is, that we are a quiet, God-fearing, industrious class of people that have no greater desire than to live justly and well. “[ would rather make no prophecy as to the uitimate power of cur churchin the future. We truly believe that our faith is the original faith that Christ taught when he was on earth. We take his teachings literally and permit no private interpreta- tion of his word. “Mr. Cannon and myself are visiting this coast to look after some mining inter- ests owned by us in Nevada. No, I never talk of politics. Iam a churchman, nota politician. All I can say of Utah isthat it is ali right. It possesses gold incalcula- ble and silver beyoand belief, Utah will some time far exceed Pennsylvania in its output of iron. There are mountains of iron there of the finest quality. Yes, in- deed, Utah will become a very rich State. She has all the resources necessary to such a condition. ““It is our custom when visiting a city to speak in the places of Mormon worship only when invited to do so by the local minister.” vive, ought to be enabled to pass their de- clining years in peace and comfort and be exempt from all future strife and worry. Unluckily such is not the case, and the hoary-headed argonauts of '49 seem to be getting their full share of worldly trouble. As was related in yesterday’s CaLL the ““Young Pioneers,” as they are pleased to style themselves, are stirring up excite- 5 The party leaves for Salt_Lake Uity to- ay. —————— The clock which was actually made by the royal bands of Lonis XVI came into the gosuuiou of a member of the Roths- child family a few years ago. Itis proba- bly the most valuable clock in existence, its present owner giving no less than £33,- 600 for the remarkable timepiece. PLOTTED AGAINST * BY HIS PEOPLE, Spirits Suggest That a Man May Be Taken From His Family. BROUGHT FROM TORONTO Informed That His Mother Was Dead and His Sister Dying. ALL AN UNNATURAL PLOT Now Contemplates Suo'ng His Rela- tives for Ruining His Com- mercial Standing. OAxLAND Orrice BAN FrANcisco Cu,g} 908 Broadway, June 27. Another romance has been attributed to the spirits that bring their messages from the unseen world at eventide and deliver them to the faithful in the vicinity of Castle Peterhoff at Fruitvale. Very unhappy is the sequel to a peculiar train of circumstances which have been the experiente of Edward Scarlett of Toronto, since he left his home last October. He came here in answer to an urgent letter irom his sister Kitty, telling bim that she was dying of consumption and that his mother was dead, and asking that he come to Oakland to settle up the estate left by their father. Bcearlett left his wife and family on his little ranch at Toronto, and came to Oak- land, only to find that hissister was in the best of health, and that his mother was living. His wife is now destitute in Toronto, his credit destroyed and every- body believes he has deserted his family, while he is still in this city trying to raise enough money to get home. “All this trouble has been caused by the spirits,” said Edward Scarlett this after- noon. “I have been the victim of one of the most unnatural and unkind plots that ever a sister and mother planned to ruin the happiness of a family. “About eight months ago I received a very pathetic letter from my sister asking me to come here at once. She said mother was dead and she was dyine, and that it would be necessary for me to come out here and settle up the estate. I knew that when my father died he left an estate valued at about $50,000, and as I was anxious to see my sister alive I came at once. Ihad noaddress but Oakland, and when I came here I had to engage a de- tective and find my sister. I found that she had married and was Mrs. Taylor, and that she had been married three years, but had said nothing of it. After a long search I found the family at Fruitvale, and to my great surpriss the first person I met at the house was my mother, whom I supposed was dead. I soon discovered that my sister wasin the best of healih and was married. “‘Subsequent investigation brought to light the facts of the whole plot. My mother and sister did not like my wife and had been told by spirits that it would be better if we were separated. Their ob- jection to my wife s that she is a Baptist. They also object to my being a Presby- terian, and ever since I have been here they have been trying to get me to believe in spiritualism. Different parties have come to me with messages from my father, but I have refused to believe them. “Ever since I learned of the way in which I have been tricked I have been trying to get back home. I have a beauti- ful little ranch, on which live my wife and two children. When 1 got my sister’s let- ter I mortgaged the place for a small sum and gave my wife all that I did not re- quire for the journey. Now the mort- gage is about due and my family is in danger of being put out after we have worked for twenty years to own the place. I have been trying to get back for several months, but my sister and mother have been continually making promises about ralsing a couple of thousand dollars so that I could go back and make everything square. “Now a new chapter has opened up. The advisers from the unseen world have said that it would be best for my sister and mother to raise what cash tbey un{nnd 20 to New Zealand. I am also told that if I o along I can do very well in that country. This last news has caused me to make up my mind. My mother and sister have either got to give me enough money immediately to get home or else I shall bring suit against them for damages. 1 do not think I could recover much, for all their money is loaned out on notes and Iam not altogether enamored of the se- curity. They tell me that the notes are good and that the loans were made on good advice. The advice, however, was not of this world, so I cannot investi- gate it. ~To-day I received a letter from my wife telling me how I am practically ruined through being called away. I must get back witain two weeksor my home is lost. I bave been married fift¢en years, and to attempt to estrange us at this time 1s dia- bolical. My little girl writes me that her mother cries all the time and is really be- ginning to think she is deserted. I must get home at once, but I cannot raise a dollar.” When Scarlett made a demand for money his mother decided to raffle a gold watch with which to raise the money, and is now offering a piece of property for $1500. A peculiar feature of the affair is that | &' Mrs. Taylor, the sister, admits that the whole business was a scheme to get her brother out here. “We do not approve of his wife,’’ she said, ‘‘and so I told him of mother's death and my illness to bring him out here. We do not like his wife's religion and she only married him because she thought he would get some money from his father's estate.” BROEE THE RECORD. An Enthusiast Smoked Fifty Oigars in Eleven Hours and Stili Lives.” There seems to be no limit nowadays to the craze of record making. A couple of years ago, for example, Herr Knop! smoked ten large cigars intwo hours at the smoking club at Vienna, thus estab- lishing a ‘‘short distance” record.in that line. G. A. Bee of Litchfield, Conn.,wears the laurel of smokers, for, asfar as known, his achievement is yet unsurpassed. He smoked fifty cigars in eleven hours on No- Auction Yales PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE. 319-321 Sutter St., Above Grant Ave. AT SALESROOM THIS DAY, une 22, 1896, ILL *ELL A y of Parlor, Bedroom, Dining- room, Library «nd Kitchen FURNITURE AND CARPETS. 5 S. BASCH, Auctioneer. ASSIGNEE SALE. Slaughtering prices balance of assignee’s sale Rockaways, Buggies, Carts, Harness, etc., mus: 0. Come and make an offer. 1128-1141 ission st. vember 26, 1893, and at last accounts had not given up the use of tobacco. In piano plllfingn ainst time John P. Theis’ record still stands. He played without intermission for twenty-seven hours ana nineteen sec- onds at Philadelphia, July 5, 1893. Mr. Theis might bave proved a worthy accom- panist for Professor Cartier, when he dis- tinguished himself by waltzing sixteen consecutive hours, from 9 A. M. till 1. M, at Tammany Hall in this city, eighteen years ago the 16th and 17th of last April. Julian Carpenter tried to surpass Profes- sor Cartier's feat two years later at Phila- delphia, but he gave out after thirteen consecutive hours of twirling. The two champion oyster-openers are W. Lowney and John Lahey. The former opened 100 oysters in three minutes and threesecondsat Philadelphia, March 28, 1894, while the latter opened 1000 oystersat New York, April 2, 1886. Picking geese, like opening oysters, may seer easy to those who have tried neither; but George B. Randalf’s record for undressing geese still represents the acme of dexterity. He picked 103, averaging 1114 pounds each, 1n five minutes less than ten hours. Shaving is another thing that necessitates the use of the utmost care, as well as skiil, to do quickly. Yet Teddy Wick’s record of thir- teen seconds is probably the best. It was made in 1893, He also shaved five men in one minute and fourteen seconds. Another barber, named Holliday, shaved ssventy men in thirty-six minutes, October 24, 1888.—New York Journal THE SOUTH-END ROWERS A Barge and Single Shell Will Go Up to the Stockton -Regatta. Why the Boys Do Not Care for the Cup Trophies——lfledalé More Tangible. On the Fourth of July a rowing regatta will take place at Stockten, and the boat clubs of that city which are managing the aquatic affair complain that the San Fran- cisco oarsmen are not enthusiastic over the coming boating contests. They say that Stockton has always sent clubs to the Bay City who assisted mate- riallv in making the regattas bere suc- cesses and now the San Francisco boys are aafflicted with the stay-at-home complaint. They particularly refer to the South End Club and their regatta a few weeks ago at El Campo, where two Stockton teams com- peted in the rowing contests. *I don’t think the Stockton people have any complaint regarding our club,” said Frank Dupleisse of the South Enders yes- terday. “We are going to send a bark crew and a single-sculler to their regatta, and that is the number they sent to our El Campo affair. We cannot send any more than the junior crew as Carison, our best man in the senior barge, 1s employed on a bay schooner and cannot practice with the rest of the crew. If our junior boys win at Stockton they will enter in a senior race, and that will be equivalent to two crews. I, of course, will pall in a single seull. “Another thing that is a little unsatis- factory with our boys isthe prizes to be given at the coming reratta, They are to be trophies instead of medals, Now, a trophy is generaily a cup which is pretty and an honor to the crew, but it is gener- ally put away in some fellow’s room and is "soon forgotton. But an individual medal an oarsman can keep in hisown possession, and it bhas more value as a memento of his race. “It takes time and hard work to get ready for a race, and while the glory of winning goes a great distance, a fellow wants something tangible to remind bim of the gallunt struggle after the glory has blown away. * ‘“‘However, we are not finding fault with the Stockton regatta committee, and will cheerfully try to make their affair a suc. cess in every way."” e COAKE MAKING Many Improvements Made in the Art in Later Years. It is interesting to trace back to the earliest records the history of cake and cake-making, The ancients made cake, but it was not the rich, highly seasoned and flavored confection which we indulge in nowadays. They had plain cakes, made with flour and water, some of them with- out a suspicion of sweet or flavor. Some of them were not unlike our plainest crackers, and were often eaten as we eat bread. Werldini-cnke was an institution among them as with us, but the cake was a plain one, and was broken above the head of the bride as she went into her new home. This was a speeial feature of Roman mar- riages 2000 vears ago. The breaking of the cake was part of a solemn ceremony, and was said to be very impressive. A similar custom prevails in some por- tions of Scotland, where a bannock is broken above the head of the voung wife as she for the first time enters her new home. All of the cakes of ancient bistory are plaip and simple. It 1s only as we come down to more modern times that we hear of spices and Iruits and all of the rich and luxurious ingredients in which pres- ent-day cakemakers delight. In Queen Elizabeth’s time spicecakes and buns were eaten at weddings. From these the fashion and fancy grew for all sorts of elaborate and delicionsly unwhole- some combinations, until there seems to be a perpetual strugzgle for something new and more unusual to stir into the cake of the period. Very many persons think cake is very unwholesome. Some sorts of cake may be, but why a simple cake with a little ood fruit in it should be specially in- iurious is a puzzling question. ~ Cake made with fresh, sweet butter and fresh eggs can scarcely be a tax on the digestive owers, and no other shortening save good gntwr should ever be put into cake, many housewives and high-reputationed cooks to the eontnr{‘ notwithstanding. It is a greasy, oily shortening thai makes cake dangerous, and when much of this fat is used the compound is wholly unfit for a delicate stomach. Light, thoroughly baked cake, made of good materiais, may be digested by all rsons in ordinary health, and even chil- ren of all ages may eat it with safety.— New York Ledger. The Four-Leaf Clover. The Irish maiden gathers the shamrock and puts it ‘in her shoes, firmly believing | that the first man of ber own condition in life that she meets, or one of his name,will be her future husband. The American girl finds a four-leaved clover, and laying it near her heart re- peats: ‘One leaf for fame and one for wealth, And one for a faithful lover, And one 1o give you glowing health, Are in the four-leat clover.—Exchange, GF0. B LAMSON, AUCTIONEER. Office—410 Kearny Street. MAGNIFICENT HALLETT, DAVIS 5 CO. UPRIGHT PIANO. Valuable Library and Elegant Farniture. THIS DAY ane 29, 1896, 5 premises, PINE SIREET, NEAR TAYLOR. I WILL SRLL One Magnificent Orchestral Grand Upright Hal- lett, Davis & Co. Piino, one of the ro.al instru- menis of this cejebrated make, cost the owner $700: Parlor Upholstery in crimson silk plush; bandsome Gilt-frame Mantel Mirror; Body Brus- sels and Wi'ton Carpets: Paiutings: 1 Magnificent Genuine San Domingo Chamber Suft, highly finished, cost $350; 1 fron Safe, 1 Mirror Top Folding Bed, large Chiffonfer, Choice Ma;tresses. Biankets and Beading, 1 Walnu Book Case; 100 volumes Valua o0ks, comprising many works by best author: board, ¥xtension-table, Din- ing Chairs: Chira, Crys! Glass, silver-Plaed and Roby Bohemian Ware: 1 rst-Class Im- proved Range, Aguieware, ete. ‘Terms Cash. G 0. F. LAMSON. Auctioneer. MR. LINCOLN A8 A POLITIOIAN. How He Secured the Adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment. Lincoln was a supreme politician, ana he was a politician who unaerstood poli- tics because he understood human nature. And finally the idea was conceived that the constitution of the Unitel States should be amended so that slavery should be prohibited in the constitution. That was a change In our polity. and it was also & most important military measure. It was intended not merely as a means of prohibiting slavery, but as a means of affecting the judgient and the feeling and the anticipations of those in rebellion. Well, when the question finally came around to be voted on in the House of Rerpresentatives it required three-quarters of the votes; and this vote, this final deci- sion, was canvassed earnestly, intensely, most anxiously fora long time beforehand. At last, late one afternoon, the Presiaent came into my office, a room in the third story of the War Department. He used to come there sometimes rather than send for me, because he was very fond of walking and liked to go about a good deal. He came in and shut the door. It was belieyed that the amendment to the constitation wou!d be equivalent to new armies in the field, equivalent to send- ing 100,000 men to fight, because this would be an intellectual army and an in- tellectual force that woula tend to paralyze the enemy and break the continuity of his idea. In order to amend the constitution it was necessary first to have the proposed amendment approved by two-thirds of the States, and when that question came to be considered the issue was seen to be so close that one State more was necessary. L'ben the State of Nevada was organized to answer that purpose and was admitted into the Union. I have heard people sometimes complain of Nevada as a super- fluous and petty State, not big enough to be a State; but when I hear thatcom- plaint I always think of Abraham Lin- coln’s saying, “It is easier to admit Ne- vada than to raise another million of sol- diers,” “Dana,” be said “I am very anxious about this vote. It has got to be taken next week. The time is yery short, It is going to be agreat deal closer than T wish 1t was.” ‘‘There are vlenty of Democrats who wish to vote for it,”” { replied, “and who will vote forit. There is Governor Eng- lish of Counnecticut. I think he is sure, isn’t he?"” ‘‘Oh, yes, he is sure, on the merits of the ."” said '1, “‘there’s Sunset Cox of How is he?” ‘‘He is sure and fearless. But there are some others that I am not sure about. There are three that you can deal with better than anybody else, perhaps, as you know them all. I wish you would send for them.” He told me who they were. It isn’t necessary to repeat the names here. One man was from New Jersey and two from New York. ““What will they be likely to want?" I asked. “Idon’t know,” said the President. “I don’t know. It makes no difference, though, that we carry this vote or be com- pelied to raise unother million, and I don’t know how many more men, and fight no one knows how long. "It is a ques- tion of three votes'or new armies,” “Well, sir,” said I, “‘what shall I say to these gentlemen?”’ “1 don’t know,” said he; ‘“but 1 say this to you, that whawever promise you make to those men I will perform it.”” ‘Well, now. this is a fact that I do not think is recorded in any history. Idon’t believe my iriend, Thomas C. Acton, who sits back there, ever heard of it before. I sent for the men, and saw them one by one. I found that they were afraid of their party. They said that some fellows in the party would be down on them. Two of them wanted internal revenue collectors apoointed. Said I, “You shall have it.” Another one wanted a very important ap- pointment about the Custom-house of New York. I knew the man well whom he wanted to have appointed. He was a Re- publican, though the Congressman was a Democrat, I bad served with him in the Republican party County Committee of New York. The office was worth perhaps $20,000 a year. When the Congressman stated the case I asked him, *“Do you want that?’ “Yes,"” said he. “Well,” I answered, “you shall have it.”” “I understand, of course,” said he, “‘that you are not saying this of your own au- thority 2 “Oh, no,” said I; “I am saying it on the authority of the Prefident.” ‘Well, he voted; the amendment was carried and slavery was abolished by con- stitutional prohibition in all parts of the United States. That was done and I felt that this little piece of side politics was one of the most judicious, humane and wise pieces of Kxecutive authority that I had ever assisted in or witnessed. [Ap- plause.] But this appointment in the New York Custom-house was to waii a few weeks until the terms of the actual incumbent bad run out. My friend, the Democratic Congressman, was quite willing. He said: “That’s all right; I'm in no hurry,” Well, before the time had expired, M¥. Lincoln was murdered, and Anarew Johnson be- came. President. I had gone away, and was in the West, when oneday Igota telegram from Roscoe Conklin Come to ‘Washington.”” So I went. He said: “I want you to go and see President Johnson and tell him that this is a sacred romise of Mr. Lincoln’s, and that it must e kept.” ‘Then I went to the White House and saw President Johnson, “This is Mr. Lincoln’s promise,” I urged. “He regarded it as saving the necessity of another call for troops and raising perhaps 1,000,000 men to continue ine war. I trust, Mr. President, tbat you will see your way clear to execute this promise.’ *“Well, Mr. Dana,” he replied, ““I don’t say that I won't, but I have observed in the course of my experience that such bargains tend to immorality.” [(Laugh- ter. The appointment was not made. Iam happy to say, however, that the gentle- man to whom the promise was given never found any fault either with Presi- dent Lirteoln or” with the Assistant Secre- tary, who had been the means of making the promise to him. '[Appluuu-]—l"rom a ‘“Lecture on Lincoln,” by Charles A. Dana. | Dr.Gibbon’s Dispensary, e s e, 'l.';l:eulfl,lmt.l(lnmmd. B Vs