The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1896. LOST ON ELIDA ISLAND REEFS The Schooner Sailor Boy Dashed Ashore by a Gale. Its Crew of Two Men Escape to Starve on a Barren Shore. Human Habitations Reached When Hunger Has Almost Done Its Work. SAN DIEGO, Can, Deec. 25.—Captain Charles Peterson and William Limdley, better known as “Crawfish Bill,”” were shipwrecked at Elida Island, 350 miles south of this port, on November 23, and after undergoing awful privations and dangers have returned to this port. They were brought up from San Quintin by the steamer Carlos Pacheco, which arrived this morning. The men were guano-gathering in the little schooner Sailor Boy at Elida when they were struck by the gale and wrecked. Everything about the schooner was in ship-shape before the gale sprang up,’and both men were below eating a late supper. Suddenly, as if a giant bad taken hold of the vessel, the Sailor Boy careened on its side and began to pitch and roll. The two men rushed upon deck, but could do noth- ing to hold the vessel, which was already @ragging its anchor in the direction of the rocks of Elida. Huge waves had begun to come in while the men were at supper, and thongh unnoticed at the time, were now seen to be portentous of trouble. Above the roar of the gale, which made a loud noise in the rigging, Skipper Peter- soa called Lindley aft and directed him to launch the small boat, which was done with difficuity. It was heid fast by a painter, and was hardly clear of the schooner when the Sailor Boy struck the rocks with such torce that hoth men were thrown off their feet. They endeavored 10 get overboard into the small boat, but the violent jumping and thumping of the schooner prevented them frem getting into the smaller craft without a drench- ing. Skipper Peterson could hear the timbers creak and break under the terri- ble pounding, and finally the vessel filled and settled down among the pointed rocks. The wind and waves continued their work of destruction until the schooner was in pieces. The men had in the meantime cut loose the small boat and with great danger to themselves gained a foothold beyond the reach of the breakers, which rushed with fury over the rocks and into the little coves of the island. They had been un- able to saveany provisions or fresh water, their clothes were soaking wet and the small boat was badly wrenched. Notwithstanding their condition, Peter- son and Lindley launched their skiff as soon as the gale abated and undertook the yerilous trip scross the narrow channel separating Elida Island from the main- land. They were fortunate in getting through the surfand across. There, after another battle with the breakers, they landed. After hauling their boat up out of reach of the sea they walked inland several miles to the Higgins ranch at Rosarita, There they were supplied with a smail quantity of provisions, which they ate with avidity, as they had been with- out food for two days, and the next morn- ing the mariners set out on foot for Rosario, a distance of 200 miles north, with no ranches or habitations interven- ing. Skipper Peterson and his companion be- lieved that the worst of their experience bhad been passed through, butthey soon changed their minds. Unused to tramp- ing over a rough country, and with scant knowledge of the places where water could be obtained, they soon wore them- selves out and suffered terribly. The rocks cut their shoes to pieces ana the thick brush they passed through made rags of their clothes. Occasionally to quench their thirst as well as to gain a respite from the pangs of hunger the men plucked and ate tunas, the fruit of the cactus, and their moutbs were made sore by the tiny prickers cov- ering the fruit. Both men were fast los- ing strength and were almost hopeless, but they encouraged one another almost constantly ana kept on. A chart that Peterson carried in his pocket was probably the only thing that saved them from becoming lost. By its aid they were enabled to follow the trails up hill and down and across the canyons. A sweep of the sea was frequently in view, but no schooner or other ve.sel app-ared sufficiently near to be hailea. The bard- ships of the days and the cold nights made them miserable, and hunger and thirst haunted them relentlessiy. Finally the two men reached Rosario, thirty-five miles south of 8an Quintin, and there obtained food and ample accommo- dations. A day or two later they were taken to San Quintin in time to catch the steamer Pacheco lor San Diego. Just a year ago Skipper Peterson, then a sailor on the Pacheco, attempted with three other eailors to effect a landing through the heavy surf at San Antonio Landing, and was the only one of the four who escaped with his life. CHRISTMAS AT SAN JOSE. Poor of the City Partake of o Fine Binner Supplied by the American Volunteers. SAN JOSE, CaL., Dec. 25.—Christmas was generally observed in this city and throughout the county to-day. From the happy smile and contented look of the people on the streets and the amount of boliday business done by the merchants, one would judge that this was a merrier Christmas than for several years past. At & number of the churches special services with fine masical programmes were ren- dered. The poor of the city were looked after and given a fine Christmas dinner by the American Volunteers in a storeroom on North First street. There was an abund- ance of turkey and accom panying dainties, and about 700 enjoyed the feast. At St. Patrick’s Church exceptionally fine Christmas services were help , Cimo- rosa’s mass being rendered by the choir, with Mrs. Hillman-Smith, soprano, as- sisted by Messrs. d’Ablaing, W.\ E. Hig- gins and R. Hunkins. Mrs. Smith san, *“Noel.” Rev. Dionysius Lane prelcho§ the morning sermon. At tiell o'clock mass the choir, somposed of Miss Voltz, soprano; Miss Birchler, contralto; Mr. Rainey, temor; Mr. Lenzen, basso, ren- l dered Rossini’s mass under the direction of Miss Lena Sullivan, organist. They were assisted by Mr. Miltner, violinisi, and Mr. Rodemann, flutist, of San Fri cisco, and R. Hunkins, Voltz sang “Noel,” and at the conclus of the mass *Adeste Fideles” with chorus and_orchestral accompaniment. Follow- ing high mags benediction was given. ‘'O Salutaris’ (Verdi), soprano solo, was sung with flute obligato by Mr. Rodemann. “Tantum Ergo’’ (Wiegand), by choir and “Laudate Domino” at the finale. Rev.J. Riordan, 8. J., preached the sermon. At St. Joseph's Catholic Church a fine musicai programme was rendered at the 11 o’clock mass. There was holy communion seryice at Trinity Episcopzl Church at 8 and 10:30 o’clock this morning. Special music was rendered by a choir of twenty boys and men. The introit anthem, “Bebold, I Bring You Good Tidines,” was sung by the choir, and the offertory solo, a Christmas song, by Master Phil Bailey. Special services were rendered at Grace Lutheran Church. Rev. Victor Tessler preached the sermon and the music was under the direction of Robert Calvert. Mrs. W. M. Putnam sang a solo and the chants and services were of 2 devotional character. In the evening a cantata was rendered under the management of Pro- feszor and Mrs. E. A. 8mith, with a male quartet and orchesiral accompaniment. The First Christian, South Methodist and First Methodist churches had Christ- mas trees and Sunday-school entertain- ments this evening. e — TRAGEDY AT STOGCKTON. William Winter, an Alameda Steamboat Engineer, Cuts His Throat and Will Die. STOCKTON, Cavn., Dec. 25.—William Winter, a steamboat engineer who lives at 2315 San Jose avenue, in Alameda, at- tempted to kill himself in the Del Monte lodging house in this city by cutting his throat, to-night. He succeeded in making an ugly gash, severing the windpipe, and there is little hope of his recovery. Winter came to Stockton eight days ago and started on a a debauch. He had con- siderable money when he arrived, but it was gradually taken from him. and only a few daysago he had to part with his watch. Since then he has been confined to his room. To-night the barkeeper of the Del Monte saloon heard heavy breathing in Winter's room and found the door was locked on the inside. He summoned as- sistance and forced the door. By that time Winter was nearly dead from losa of blood and the police patrol was sum- mooed. Officer Walker found that Winter had cut his throat from ear to_ ear with his pocket knife, severing the windpipe. Had not the barkeeper forced his way into the room Winter woald have bled to death. He was taken to the Receiving Hospita and the gash in his throat was closed. In his pockets were found a number of letters that show that Winter was engaged as a steamboat engineer on the Gulf of Mexico, he having several high testimonials from former employers. AT FIOLATED ALASKA'S LAW, First Conviction fob Nelling Whisky in the Territory. PORT TOWNSEND, Waisx., Dec. 25.— For the first time in the history of Alaska has a conviction bheen rendered against a saloon-keeper for selling whisky. Max Endleman, formerly deputy United States Marshal, was in- dicted, together with a score of others. The trial jury disagreed and was roundly scored by Judge Delaney. He immediately called another panel and assisted in the introduction of testimony and the ex- amination of witnestes and then de- livered a charge which admitted of but one verdict, that of guilty, which was re- turned. A fine of $50 was imposed. The court added that future convictions would be punished by the maximum penalty of law. He warned subordinate court officials that he would hold them to a strict accounting for the rigid enforce- ment of the laws and particularly the enforcement of the statute regarding sale of intoxicants in Alaska. R, Stoskton Thief Captured. STOCKTON, CaL., Dec, 25 — George Towle was arrested here this morning on a charge of grand larceny by Uonstable Carroll and Officer Walter Walker, after being hunted three months by officers. A young Stocktonian placed a valaable gun in a second-hand store to be soid. Towle walked into the store and stole the gun. The owner brought suit sgainst the sec- ond-hand man 10 recover its value. The latter claimed the gun was stolen. Of- ficers found the gun, which bad been soid by Towle to a doctor at Farmington. They discovered the firearm, but the most diligens efforts |failed to lecate Towle until to-day. He was on the way to San Francisco when captured. He isnow in jail here. SUICIDE AT LOS AMNGELES, Penniless and out of Work, a Kansas Man Ends His Life. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Dec. 25—D. C. Barriclow, & telegraph operator from Cof- feyville, Kansas, took morphine to-night and will die. The cause for the deed was probably despondency due to lack of funds and employment. Barriclow bad been in the city but a short time. He borrowed 25 cents from operator Hadley of the Western Union, an old acquaini- ance from Kansas City, with which to buy the poison. After taking the deadly draught be sent his friend a note inform- ing him of his intention, but by the time aid reached him he was dying. s s Ay DEATH OF MRS, ROBLES, She. Was Born in danta Cruz County Eighty-One ¥ears Ago. SAN JOSE, CAL., Dec. 25.—Mrs. Marie A. Robles, one of the earliest residents of this county, died at her home near Moun- tain View Wednesday night after a long illness. Bhe was born in Santa Cruz ‘County, and was 81 years of age. She had never been outside thie State, and her memory was repleie with reminiscences of early-day lile in California. The de- ceased was the widow of the late 8. Robles and the mother of twenty-nine children. Her funeral will take place from St. Clare’s Church at Santa Clara to-morrow morning. —_—— ’ Everett the County Seat. SEATTLE, Wasm., Dec. 25.—The State Supreme Court has rendered a decision 1n the famous Everett-Snohcmish county- seat fight, holding 1in effeet that in the election two years ago to decide which city would be the county seat of Snohomish County Evereit won, 200 votes having been fraudently cast and counied by Snohomish City. \ Unexpected Answers. A certain teacher in a class in a mission Sunday-school bas a difficult task 1mpart- ing seraps of religious instruction to her young charges, and often amusing an- swers are unconsciouly returned to ques- tions which she asks. On one occasion she asked her pupils, “What do the nigh priests do?” and she received the repiy. “They burned insects before the ptopln." But one of the funniest experiences, which well shows the queer ideas which the children receive in their lessons, was given when, after a discussion. of shipwreck which followed a lesson three or four | weeks previously on the well-known story of Jonah and the whale, she happened to u:k‘ "gngposlshn big storm arose at sea and it looked as though you were goingto be drowned, what would you dor“n"l'would throw a man overboard for the whaie to swallow,” was the reply.—London Figaro. 'BRONCHITIS unchecked, almosc invariably ter- minates in Consumption: but Bronchitls 18 curn bie with Dr. D. Jayne's Expe: torant, Forthe Liver, use Jayne's Painless Sanattve Pills SEEKS A FATHER; FIRDS HIS BONES Disappearance of an Oregon Miner Explained After Many Years. His Daughter Learns That He Was Murdered and Cast Into a Well. Procf of His Death Removes Obstaclss Eetween the Woman and an Inheritance. PORTLAND, Ow., Dec. 25.—Miss Mary Ellen Thaxter of Sedalia, Mo., is here en- deavoring to obtain confirmatory evidence of the death of her father, Everett Thax- ter—if he be indeed dead—to expedite the distribution of a hatf-million dollar estate in 8t. Louis, in'which she 1s interested to the extent of §250,000. Ten years ago Mr. Thaxter le{t his home, coming West, and the last few letters Miss Thaxter received from him were post- marked *“Oswego, Or.” That wasabout five or six years ago. Then correspondence between father and daughter ceased. About that time Thaxter was known to live in the neighborhood of Oswego, pros- pecting and otherwise laboring, having as achum one Frank Merrick. In the fall of 1892, Merrick circulated the story that his partner had gone back to his home in Missouri. This was credited up to three months ago, despite the fact that Thax- ter's few acquaintances never again heard of him. A year thereafter a well near Oswego was being drained and cleaned, when the workmen found a man’s skeleton at the bottom of it. This discovery not only was the sensation of the hour, but proved very mystifying, as no person ‘who sud- denly disappeared from that locality was then unaccounted for. The skeleton was interred in a pauper’s grave, and in a few aays the incident passed from the mind of man. Perhaps it never would have recurred but for an incident dating three months back. At that time a prominent citizen of Oswego, whose name was presumably given by the postmaster of the place, re- ceived a letter from Miss Thaxter, inquir- ing for the whereabouts of her father. In her letter she claimed to have not heard from him since the early fall of 1892, when he wrote of his purpose to return to his farm the next year, as he failed to meet with success here. This letter was placed in the hands of Detective Welsh, an erst while resident of Oswego. The officers at once came to the conclu- sion tbat the skeleton found iu the Os- wego well might have been that of Thax- ter, and that it was more than probablé that Merrick could shed some light on the subject. Merrick no longer lived in Oswego, and Detective Welsh met with innumerabie obstacles in trying to locate him. At last his diligent search was rewarded by in- formation that Merrick was working at the Cascades. Welsh was congratulating himself upon the successful issue of his labors, but on the day he was to Jeave for the Cascades the news reached Portland that Merrick was accidently killed by fall- ing down an incline, Miss Thaxter purposes returning home to-morrow, feeiing confident that Detec- tive Welsh’s statement is ample to con- firm the non-existence of her father, thus removing all obstacles in the way of her getting her snug fortune. WAS THERE TO GLOAT. An Overaight by the Gas Compauy That Gladdened His Heart. There was a look of joy about his face as he went into the gas office that made the man behind the counter glad in his soul. It was so different from the expressions which visitors ordinarily wore. He walked to one window and then toanother and stood around and smiled, relates the ‘Washington Star, “Can we do anything for you?” the clerk inquired. “Nope. Goright ahead with your bus- iness. Don’t mind me.” “If you came to get warm,” the clerk suggested, *'the heater is over on that side ot the room.” “I didn’t come to get warm. There’sa genial glow through me that makes exter- nal heat entirely unnecessary. I had a ‘ew spare minutes, aud I came here o gloat.” “QOver whom ?”’ was the surprised query. “Over the company.’’ "I:l must say I don’t quite uwnderstand o, “I suppose I'd bester explain it. It’s too good to keep. But I get so much en- joyment out of it that you’ll have to ex- cuse me if I tell it slow, so as to make it last longer. You people are very particu- lar about your meters,” “Of course. We bave to be.” “You've got it down so you can measure the extra pressure that occursall through the city if one of the workmen happens to cough in your gas factory.” “We haven’t got it quite 8o close as that. But we’ve done our best to protect our in- terests.”’ *‘Well, T had oceasion to have a sanitary plumber in my house yesterday. He's the man that made tue discovery. He in- formed me tbat there was a whole lot of lew-mfin in my house that you never dis- cove! You didn’t have any arrange- ments for measuring it in the meter, and it pot clear past you. I’'m not naturaily vindictive, but I couldn’t r+sist the temp- tation to come around and tell you about it and make you feel bud.” —————— STRANGELY WARNED. The Supernatural Visitor That Saved Her From the Sting of the Cobra. The following remarkabie occurrence, an absolute fact, is related by a lady visit. ing friends in Hartford as it was told her by ber cousin in Meerat, Northwestern India. It took place in the house of the sister of the narrator. Of its absolute accuracy there can be no question. The iwo sisters in India are connected with families of repute and with officers in the British army in India. We give the story as the lady here related it. She is a devout member of the Episcopal church, and is incapable of misrepresenting in the shightest particular. Her cousin, in whose house the occur- rence took place, was seated at a lighted table engdged in reading, when thinking it about time to retire, and happening to lift her eyes from her book, she was as- tonished to see seated in & chair before ber, and between herself and the door to the bathroom, a man, stranger to her, who calmliy regarded ber. It was too grest a surprise for her to spak and demand Wwho was thus intruding unbidden upon her privacy, and what was wanted. Bhe | he ha remained for a moment in silent as- tonishment. Then it gradually dawned upon her that the figure was probably not that of a erson of real flesh and blood, bui a visitor rom the unseen world of Jife. She re- membered Laving once, as a child, seen a similar figure, under circumstances which seemed to preciude the idea that 1L was any person still in the body, and in later years, in revolvineg those circumstances, she bad remembered how the apparition had after a little while faded away into invisibility. Cencluding that this new visitor also was not a person of flesh and olood, she sat silently gazing at the silent } while the intruder, whoever or er he was, sat also in silence stead- ily regarding her. Just how long this state of things lasted, the lady did not accu- rately know, but it was probably not very long when the mysterious stranger began to vanish into a thinner and thinner per- sonal presence, until in a moment or two vanished guite away. P It was the lady’s hour for her evening bath, but she thought she would first let out her two pet dogs from their confine- ment in another room. They came bark- ing furiously and running directly toward the bath room. There throuzh the open door, the iady was horrified to see on the floor a monstrous cobra—the snake whose bite is certain and speedy death. Spring- ing forward to save her dogs, sbe quickly shut the door, but pot so instantaneously 88 to prevent her sceing the reptile turn- ing and escaping down_ through a hole in the floor, where the drain pipes of bathtub and washbow! went, a hole which had been carelessly left larger than was neces- sary. 1f she had gone directly to the bath- room, as she would have done but for the intervention of her mysterious visitant, her life would undoubtedaly have been sacrificed in the act.—Hartford Times. CONCERNING GOOD INVEOTIVE. Pope’s Satire on Addison Offered as a Study in Polished Attack. And so 1t has always been with the higher specimens of nvective. Without a certain delicacy of modulation it misses half its effect. Let us.recall Pope’s in- vective; how deep it went, how carefully its lights and shades were studied, how fine were its graduations. No one who indulges the amiable wish to reach the heart with a poisoned arrow :houlfi neglect to study the great satire on Addi- son in the letter to Dr. Arbuthnot. How carefully Pope led up to it by painting first the unintentional error of a dull bard who did badly, in pure ignorance, what he desired to show that Addisondid with great subtlety in pure craft: And he who now to sense, now nonsense leaning Means not, but blunders round about & meaning, And he whose fustian’s so sublimely bad 1t I3 not postry, but prose ru': mags Ali these my modest satire bad iranslate ‘And owned that nine such poets made a Tate, How did they fume, and stamp, and roar and chafe, And swear 0ot Addison himself was sate This is his preparation tor the attack on Addison which he then delivers with the most exquisile grace, ~deiineatinz Addi- son’s accomplisbed literary skiil and moral cowardice, and contrasting both with the stupid fumbling of the man who “means not, but blunders round about a meaning." Peace to all such, but were there one whose fires True Genlus kindles and fair Fame inspires, Biest with each talent, and each art to pleasa, And born to write, converse and live with case; Should such a man 0o fond to rule alone Beax, like the Tork, no brother near the throne, View him with scorntul, yet with jeulous eyes And hate for arcs that cxused himself to Tise. Damn with faint pruise, sssent with civil leer, ‘And, without sneering. teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wouad, and yet afraid 1o sirike, Just hint a fau't, and hesitate d's ike: Alike reserved to blame or to commend A timorous foe and a suspicious friend, Dreading e'en ools, by flauterers besieged, And 50 ob.iging that he ne’er obligea; Like Cato give his little Senate laws And entive (o his own applause: While Wits and Tempiers every sentence taise And wonder with a foolish face of praise: ‘Who but must laugh if such a man tbere be? Who would not weep it At.icus were he? There you have the careful and dis- criminating eulogy which leads up to the attack, an attack which, as well as im- puting craft and cowardice to Adaison, draws a careless companson between him and the mere bungler from whom “‘not Addison himself was safe.’”” The latter meant not, but blundered “round about a meaning.” Addison meant, but fluttered round about his meaning, because he was too timid to say it out, and too jealous not to hint it. The ordinary idea of invective is a literary blow which a bludgeon or a shot with a blunderbuss that causes a great re- ort, and probably gives a deadly shock. 'or example, Macaulay’s attack on the age of Charies II was invective of this bludgeoning kind: “Then came those days never to be recalled withont a blush, the days ol servitude without loyalty and sensuality without love, of dwerfish talents and gigantic vices, of cold hearts and narrow minds, the golden-age of the coward, the bigot and the slave.”” That was bludgeoning invective with a vengeance, but mightit not have been surpassed in effect if Macaulay had given those days credit for their oynical wit, their degraded and degrading bumor, and approached his attack upon them from the side on which it would-at least have been possible to say something in their favor, and a great deal more against them? That age’s “‘talents,” at least, were by no means dwarfish, thongh its vices were gigantic. To our mind, the in- vective which is sgillfully mingled with an appreciation that makes the censure more effective is the more rememberable and the more wounding. Inyective does only balf its work when it merely stuns the adversary, instead of piercing and penetrating the joints of his armor.—Lon- don Spectator. — DRAWBA(QKS OF EDUCATION. College Training Is Too Apt to Deaden the Student’s Energy. A second drawback of a college educa- tion is one which the public often realizes, but seldom calls attention to, viz.: the training of the judgment of the student at the expense ot his energy. The extent of this drawback will seem fo some great and to others slight. It cannot be doubted that, if certain men had bad the ad- vantage of a training in weighing evi- dence and 1n seeing comprehensively— qualities which the college especially dis- ciplines—they would have been saved from mistakes many and momentous. The Patent Office would not need so large chambers for the stowage of useless inventions, ButI also find myself ask- ing: What would have been the effect of college training on some of the more en- ergetic men of our time, who have been the leaders in aggressive industrial move- ments or masters of large affairs? What would have been its effect on the older generations of that family which controls certain railroads running between New York and Chicago? Would the marvelous and mégniticent enterprises of Commo- dore Vanderbilt have been rendered less s0 by a_college education? Better judg- ment about many things he would have had; but would he not have had lessen- ergy? 3 Great as is the need of good judgment in the administration of irs in the home, the factory, the shop, tbe nesd of energy is greater.” Fewer men fail by reason oia lack of judgment—uumerous as t! ese men are—than from & lack of force. More men are found sitting at the base of the moun- tain of some great enterprise because they are too indolent to climb than are there turough inck of wisdom how to make the ascent. We Americans plume and pride ourselves upon being the most energetic of nations; yet ourenergy lags behind our judgment. ‘It is, thereiore, a serious mat- ter when the collere causes her students to run the risk of losing energy in order to ncrease the riches of judgment.—Charles F. Thwing, in the Forum. 5 —————— Application was made at the New York Postoffice the other day for mourning stamps, and the applicant expressed great disappointment when he was told that the Government did not keep any in stock. ——————— The Wends of Northeastern Germany were & branch of the Slavonians, who set- tied along the sea in the sixth century. BLACK N AL AT SAN DIEG0 Pursuer of Outlaw Evans Accused of Murder. The Charged With the Assassination of John Patterson at National City. Said to Have Been Seen in the Or- chard Where the Victim Was on Watch. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Dec. 25.—8am Black, the ex-detective, is behind the bars of the County Jail, charged with the murder of John Patterson, the watchman at the Na- tional City orchard, on the evening of De- cember 23. Patterson was guarding the orchard against orange thieves and was shot in the back. The thieves were driving a team owned by Sam Black. An hour later Black appeared at his home, which is five or six miles from the scene of the murder. He told nis wife he had been out hunting and that two men stole the rig from him and got away, in broad daylight. He hunted up an officer at once and spent the greater part of the night in a search for the alleged thieves. Black’s story placed the respongsibility for the murderupon the two mysterious men who stole his team and wagon. The officers, after a thorough investiga- tion, refused to believe Black’s story of the bold robbery, and are convinced that Black himself was implicated in the mur- der. -During the day a number of inter- esting developments have occurrea which throw still stronger suspicion upon Black. Black said he left town alone to go hunt- ng, but a number of witnesses are said to have been found who saw another man with him—a carpenter named John Mit ten. Mitten was looking for a gun to go with Black, and afterward was met be- tween here and National City in company with Black. Soon after 5 o’clock a man in Sweetwater Valley, not far from the scene of the murder, walked behind Black’s rig and talked with the two men. One, he said, strongly resembled Black, and the other was a man whose descrip-’ tion tallies with that of Mitten. The strongest evidence against Black, however, is said to have been gieaned from a young woman who works in a Chula Vista packing-house. She is said to have told the officers that she was near the Land and Town Company's orehard on the evening of the murder just before dark and saw Bam Black in the orchard. She knew the man, as he worked as a car- penter in Nationel City, and she positively identified him. Black is the man who was shot in the hip by outlaw Chris Evans while pursu- ing the bandit near Young’s cabin in the mountains back of Fresno. FOSS FOUND MNOI GUILTX. Jury Decides That He Shot to Protect His Mother. SAN DIEGO; CAL., Dec. 25 —After being out all yesterday afternoon and last night, the jury in the case of Albert J. Fos-, charged with the murder of Manuel Bell- ina, returned a verdict of not guilty tnis morning, and Foss walked out of court with his wife and three little children, The jury was very stubborn, and it was be- lieved that it would have to be discharged and a new trial ordered. Three men are said to have held out for the conviction of the defendant. Foss and his mother live on adjoining laces in San Luis Rey Valley. Bellina ived some distance away. On the night of September 19 Bellina called on Mrs. Foss and left at 10 o'clock. Young Foss had heard a noise among his cattle, and, taking his gun, bad walked around the %lnu and down past his mother's house. e saw a man walking in the shadow, and, being unaware that Bellina had called at the house, he called out twice. Bellina failed to answer, and Foss fired, Ekilling him instantly. Foss testified that he shot to kill, from the fact that two years before his aged mother had been attacked by an Indian, and the son did not propose to have the occurrence re- peated. 0DD BREAKS OF SPEECH. Some Mixed Metaphors and Weira Ar- rangements of Words. A Coroner’s jury in Maine reported that “Deceased came to his death by excessive drinking, producing apoplexy in the minds of the jury.” An old French lawyer, writing of an estate he had just bought, added, ‘‘There s a chayel upon it in which my wife anua I wish to be buried, if God spares our lives.” On a tombstone in Indiana is the follow- ing inscription: *“This monument was erected to the memory of Jobn Jinkins, accidentally shot as a mark of affection by his brother.” A Michigan editor received some verses not long ago with the following note of explanation: “These lines were written fitty years ago by one who has, for a long time, slept in his grave merely for pas- time.” A certain politician, lately condemning the Government for its policy concerning the income tax, is reported to have said: “They’ll keep cutting the wool off the sheep that lays the golden eggs untii they pump it dry.” An orator at one of the university unions bore off the palm when he declared that “the British lion, whether it is roam- ing the deserts of India or climbing the forests of Canada, will not draw in its horns nor retire into its shell.”” A reporter in describing the murder of aman named Jorkin, said: “The mur- derer was evidently in quest of money, but fuckily Mr. Jorkin had deposited all his funds in the bank the day before, so0 that he lost nothing hut his life.” A merchant who diea suddenly left in his bureau a letter to one of his correspon- dents which be had not sealed. His clerk, seeing it necessary to send the leiter, wrote at the bottom: “Bince writing the 'bfl\" 10 :rv; died.” aboma editor expresses his thanks for a basket of onngeap{: s “We have received a_basket of oranges from our friend Gus Bradley, for which he will please accept our complimen: which are nearly six inches in diameter.”’ The Morning Post in 1812 made the fol- lowing statement: “W congratulate our- selves most on having torn off Corbett's mask and revealed his cloven foot. It was high time that the hydra head of fac- tion should be soundiy wrapped over the knuckles.” An English lecturer on chemistry said: “‘One drop of this poison on the tongue of a cat is sufficient to kill the sirongest man,” and an Eoghish lieuten- some of ant said that the Royal Niger Company wished to kill him to prevent his going up the river until next year. A clergyman in an Eastern town warned his hearers Iately ‘“‘not to walk in aslip- pery path, lest they be sucked, maelstrom- iike, into its meshes.”” This metaphor suggests that of another ciergyman who prayed that the word might be as a nail driven in a sure place, sending its roots downward and its brancies upward. The present Duke of Leeds is reported to have accused the late Government of making a direct attack on the brewers by means of a side wind. 1t was during the late administration that_one of the Irish whips telegraphed to Dublin that ‘‘the silence of the Irish members would be heard in the House of Commons no longer.” : It was the celebrated Sergeant Arabin, who, at the Central Criminal Court, in- formed the prisoner before him that “if there was a clearer case of a man robbing his master that case was this case”’; and, after passing sentence, concluded: “I, therefore, give you the opportunity of re- deeming a character irretrievably lost.” At a recent temperance gathering an orator exclaimed ; *“The giorious workwill never be accomplished until the good ship Temperance shall sail from one end of the land to the other, and with a ecry of ‘Victory I’ at each step she takes, shall plant her banner in every city, town and village of the Unitea States.” Another speaker said that *All aiong the untrod- den paths of the future we can see the hidden footprints of an unseen hand. We pursue the shadow, the bubble b.llrst! nn’d Enves the ashes in our hands!’—Ram’s orn. e MILLIONAIRE COROUSE BABY. She’s Nine Years Old Now and Spends 87500 a Year. A report of George C. Austip as referee has been filed in the Surrogate’s Court’in which he finds that $7500 a year should be devoted to the education and maintenance of Dorothea Edgarita Crouse, 9 years _old, and that to her mother, Eula H. Potulicka or Kostertitz or -Crouse $32,450, which she has heretofore expended in behalf of her young daugnter should be repaid. The father of the child is understood to have been David Edgar Crouse of Syra- cuse, who died on November 21, 1892, leav- ing an estate estimated at $5,000,000. His relatives thought that he had died a bache- lor, and were surprised when Eula H. Potulicka appeared as his widow and with her the child, Dorothea, who she declared was his daughter. It wasshown that the child had been born near Hastings, Eng., September 26, 1887, and that Crouse and the mother had been abroad together for a long time. While actions were penaing to assert the claims of the alleged wife and child a compromise was reached by which cer- tain large sums were given to the dangh- ter and her mother. The mother assigned her claim to a lawyer. She says that $400,000 was paid on her claim in settle- ment and that she received $125,000. She iuvested $75,000 of this sum and is draw- ingthe income. The share of the daugh- ter in the compromise is said to bave been more than $1,000,000. The New York Se- curity and Trast Company was made general guardian of the girl, and as such it has already received of her share of the estate $770.052 72. There is accumulated income of $17,343 73, and it is expected that the income from tne $770,052 82 will be $23,333 for the coming year, aside from what further sums may be yeceived for the girl from the estate. The mother of the girl testified before thie referee thaton the death of Crouse she had a private estate of about $35,000 which she has expended for the maintenance and education of her daughter. She was able to prove the expenditure of $32,450, for which, the referee finds, she should be reimbursed. The mother has been living in boaraing-houses here and abroad with her daughter, slpendin part of the timeat the Swiss and Italian lakes. It was shown that the daughter can speak fluently English, French and Ger- man, and knows a little Italian. Shehas had lessons in music, drawing, dancing and gymnastics. She had horses and car- riages, two coachmen, a maid, a governess, a laundress and a cook. The mother said that to muintain and educate the girl ac- cording to her station in life would require an allowance from her income of from $8000 to $10,000 a year. The releree said that $7500 as an allow- ance to the mother for the support of the child is not excessive, in view of the in- come of the girl and the manner of life in which the motheris bringing her up.— New York Sun. NEW TO-DAY! e e THE YONNIE EXPEDITION, Led by Sir Francis de Winton, Eaccuntered Hardships, And Proved the Wonderful Sustain. ing Power of Vino-Kolafra. About eight years ago Sir Francis de Winton was sent out from England_ to Sierra Leone, Africa, tolead an expedition against the Yonnie tribe, whose depreda- tions had seriously injured trade on the west coast. In view of the interest now taken in the Sterculia nut, which grows in that region, it is worthy of note that in ring to set out for the interior Sir E‘;?;:‘cis, glogelber with the English officers under him, commanding the West India regiments, were careful to see that a sup- ply of this nut was placed among the stores—suflicient not only for the soldiers, but for the hundreds of carriers also. This is without doubt the severest and most laborious campaigning that men are oblized to engage in, as all supplies have to be “toted” on the heads of carriers through the broilin§ trovical sun. There are no roads, and itis often necessary to cut a passage through tangled thickets and to ford streams. There are no horses, camels or donkeys used at Sierra Leone; the black man is the only beast of burden. For strength and capacity of endurance on a march like this both .black people and white depend on the Sterculia nut, of which they partake as they feel the need ofit. In addition to its power to sustain the strength under these exhausting con- ditions this remarkable nut unquestion- aoly saves many white men from the dreaded and deadly African fever. Itis gnrticnlsrly when rations fall short that the Stereulia nut proves of ines~ timable value, acting as a substitute for food, quieting the uneasy stomach, abat- * ing hunger and thirst and enabling the men' to make progress under circum- stanees wherein they must otherwise have succumbed; and that, too, with so little fatigue that the result may well be con« sidered marvelous. Mr. Judson A. Lewis, late United States Consul at Sierra Leone, who farnishes the above information as of general interest, had many conversations with 8ir Francis, both before he departed on his expedition and after his victorious return, and gays that, in common with all who have ob- served or tested the nut in Africa, Sir Francis testifies to its amazing properties as a tonic-stimulant when no other could have been successfully employed. This product is now available in Amer- ica in the form of Vino-Kolafra from the laboratory of the Brunswick Pharmacal Company of 92 William street, New York. It represents all the properties of the nut and is commended by leading physicians, chemists, athletes, professional and busi- ness men. As a brain and heart and nerve stimulant it is preferabie to all others, both for efficiency and safety. It has no reaction or bad effect. Under its influ- ence—which is gentle and pervading—tha user can do more and better work, either physical or mental, without fatigue or ex- haustion. For weak persons or chronic invalids medical men prescribe Vino-Kolafra in- stead of the dangerous drugs formerly re- sorted to as tonics. It gives strength, de- creases pain and hastens convalescence. In all forms of muscular effort Vino- Kotafra produces the best result with the least conscious exertion. It steadies the beart and deepens the breathing. It af- fords a means of immediate escape from the liquor habit, as it satisfies the craving for alcohol. To the aged and feeble the African tonic is perfectly suited. It cheers, invigorates, and in many cases seems to restore much of the vitality of earlier years. OR. COOK GURES Nervousness, Night Emissions, Impotency, Lost Manhood, QGonorrhoea, Gleet, PAPER BOTTLES. They Are Said to Be Airtight, Water- tight and Better Than Glass Ones. The days of the glass bottle are num- bered. Itisannounced tbat in the near future bottles will e made of paper. A company has been formed to manuracture them. The advantages claimed for the paper bottles are many. A glass boitle is ex- tremely likely to break, and, in the case of old wine,“the breakage of & bottle in a vin causes serious loss. The paper bottle, it is claimed, cannot be broken, unless considerable force is used. Bottles have been made of toughened glass, and jars have been’ covered with wicker-work, but still the breakages occur. 1t is claimed that unbreakable paper bottles will stcp this, Paper bottles can be;manufactured for about half the cost of giass bottles, and can be made water-tight as well asair- tight. As brewers well know, it is no easy matter to make a glass bottle thatis airtight when beer is the liguor it con- tains. All kinds of experiments have been made to accomplish this result, but none have succeeded. With the paper bottles the matter will be comparativel easy, as the paper will give when the corl is driven into the neck of the bottle and will be sealed perfectly. : Glass bottles, too, will freeze, and their contents spoil. In the paper bottles the liguid can defy the efforts of the frost kink., This will mean a saving in more ways than one. There is no occasion for the laborious packing in straw that has to be done in the case of glass bottles. The paper bottles being practically unbreak- able thereis no need for straw as a safe- guard against rough treatment while in transit, and as the papier-macie will keep the contents warm there need be no pack- ing to keep the cold out. R ’fbo paper bottles are an American idea, but the trade in tbem will be carried toall parts of the world. No item of loss in ocean traffic has been greater than that caused by the breaking of bottles during the rolling of a ship in rough weather. On thisaccount the paper bottles will be welcomed in every quarter of the globe where liquor is shipped for export.—New York Journal. ————————— New York’s New Era. There has been an extraordinary im- provement in New Yorkin the last twenty years. The city has grown not merely in population, but in elements of strength and greatness that count for more than mere numbers. Architecturally there has been a change that amounts almost to a metamorphosis. The city is better politically, cleaner physically and moraily, and more healthy. It has developed won- derfully as a center of art and music. Its theaters bave multiplied rapidiy. It bas completed several important public works and has projected others. It has com- menced 8 new bridge across the Bast River and has planned a greater cne across the North River. Its colieges have grown into universities with new sites and new buildings. Thousands of acres for new parks have been bought. A botanical g-mu‘:’ onAn large 'scale is soon 0 be opened. nd to crown this reco municipal development the: ed ot on with Brooklyn and suburban tory, creating a city mext to London in size and wealth, with a new charter. now being drafted on scientific brincinlei and to be presented to the Legisiature for adoption on Febiuary L—New York Let- ter. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Stricture, Syphilis, Wy, Varicocele, & Hydrocele. DOCTOR COOK is also an expert on Female Complaiuts, Piles, Rupture, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Blood and Skin Diseases and all Functional Diseases of the Heart, Lungs, Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, Biadder and Urinary Organs. X-Ray Examinatioms scientifi- cally conducted, and Electricity given when beneficial results may be thereby obtained. Orfice hours: 9 to 12 A. a. and 2 to 5 and 7to8 p. M.; Sundays 10 to 12 A. . only. If you cannot call write. Mail treatment always satisfactory. Free Book on men's W diseases to ail describing their troubles. Address DOCTOR COOK 865 MarketSt. San Francisco, Ct 'BROUTS PERMANENT CURE of the most obstinate cases of Gonorrhices and' Gleet, guaranteed in from $ to 6 days; no other treatment reqnired, and without the hau- u), Pharmacien, Paris. At ui n “ore Tarcat, P Coj Hair-Falling? Writo . 807 Big & is s non remedy for Gonorch Gleet, B)lxnltnnh::'. et irritation or ulcera- contagion. tion of mucous mem- rieEvans Ciemioa Go, branes. Non-astringent. Tepper, o SCHUNN'S ELIXIR OF WILCOX COMPOUND . ANSY® P, Safe and sare relfef, others are imitations. Atall m‘x‘% te for Woman's FREE. WiLCox MEDE - CINE 0Oy Eightt Si., Philada., Pa