The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1897, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1897. 11 E - SUPERVISORS WHD. | MADE PLEDEES John Mitchell the Oaly New Member Who Is Free. Purity of Election Law Is Said to Have Been Vio- lated. | | | | A Sensa'ion in Local FPo'itics That | ¢ Will Have fo Be Probed by the Grand Jury. | | xersco CALL,) v, Jan. 3. § ade a state- only new member of ce to-morrow who AND OFFICE SAN Fra ervisor Mi it that he e board that tu t has not forfeit judgment ma; kes 2 his right to act as his | te when sitting as ai month under the auspices of the Unitarian hurch. Mrs. Charles Wendte will have harge of the Schiller and Goethe booth. Mrs. Wendte will be Dorothea, Mrs. Hall Queen May and Dr. Myra Knox Elizabeth. Mrs. John Yule wili have charge of the Dickens section and other characters have not been assigned as vet. e CARE FOR THE MEN. Well Appointed Waiting- Room for Employes of the Alameda Electric Line. ALAMEDA, CaL, Jan. 3.—The waiting- room recently buiit in the power-house of the EI Streetcar Company for the employes has been painted inside and out, i hts, tables and an electric er placed within and every con- fence possible is at the disposal of the men. A checker-board has been donated and many hours of tedious waiting has been turned into hours of pleasure ana profit. Good reading matter is needed and the men who make rapid transit pos- sible will be well cared for. zines, books, etc,, fora library are ft with conductors and motormen ay by passengers on the cars. Military Boys’ Doings. ALAMEDA, Ca Jan. 3.—The first | monthly target practice of Company G was slimly attended to-day. The men were not compell d to shoot, which ac- counts for the small attendance. On Thursday evening the first monthly busi- ness meeting of the year will be held, at which time it is expected the larger por- tion of the late members, who are now out of the service, will be re-elected to membership. One of the first events of the new year "\\\\ SUPERVISOR MITCHELL, the Only New Member of the Board Who Refused to Relinquish His Right of Judgment in the Matter of Assessments. member of the County Board of Equaliza- | tion. Whatever may be done by the Board of Equalization for the nex: two years will | ave to be agreeable to the corpora- | tions whose propesty affected or it will | :ave fo 2o to the cou In fact, accord- | ing to Mr. Mitchell's statement, the new | pervisors have already decided that | they will ¥ As r Daiton’s ac- | tions, whatever they may be. | essor Dalton has certainly carried s anti-railroad and anti-corporation | that he formulated prior to his on two years ago, but his promise to | 1ce taxes of smaller property-holders twenty-five per cent has not been carried | out, and if not performed during the | coming two years will materially affect | the campaign of '98. In view of this, Mr. | interested parties to tie up the incoming | ervisors n Dalton’s interest. | “Iam the only unpledged member of the poard,” said Mr. Mitchell this morn- | ing. “A ‘friend of Assessor Dalton at- | tempted to compel me t gna ige to | support the Dalton assessments, regard- | less of what they were, in order to get the | before the courts. I do not be-‘ ts have any business with | nts, The Board of Super- visors, sitling as a_board of equalization, | i 1 will be fair. I'll not abuse | Southerr Pac fic because it is not pop- . nor will I aliow them any special ileges, did not sign the pled s friend went to Frank Leach an even to my friend T. M. Rovinson, and tried to gain me, but tuey found the job | would not work. Tuis ardent friena’ of | Dalion's is 2 member of the committee of | twenty-one who will appoint the dele- zates to the next Republican municipal | convention. If Idon’t kuow the value of | jana in Alamedd County as well asany | Superior Judge or ordinary jury Iam | badly mistaken. 7The peopie had confi- | ence enough 1 my business ability to | me, and I propose to use the same | gment 1n the board that I have in my | own business, 1 think Mr. Dalton has made a good ‘ ottictal, but 1 do not feel like subordinat- ing my judgment and the confidence of the people to any one.” “This statement of Mr. Mitchell,” said ‘ county official to-day, *‘is one that de- ds invesiigation. If it can be sub- ated it is certainly a violation of the 5pirit of the purity of elections law, ana should be investigated by the Grand Jury. tempt to tie up men who are en- such responsibilities as Su- | pervisors in the interests of individuals or | of corporationsis a very serious affair. It 100ks as though the railroad people had a band in it.” ze and then Dal- Carnival o OAKLAND, Cav, Jan. 3.—The Carnival Authors will be held the last of this of itchell says an attempt was made by | ] in the company will be a march, in heavy preparation of their meals en route. Captain S:mpson believes in military drill not only in the armory but on the field. He hopes to have the crack company of the State -by the time the encampment rolls around. Anpual Rolleall ALAMEDA, CaL., Jan. 3.—The annual rollcall of the Park-street M. E. Church will be held in the church parlors Wednes- day evening. During the week serv ces will be held every night. This morning Presiding Elder John Kirby preached and t e pastor, th Rev. F. D. Bovard, occu- pied tbe pulpit to-night. The latter’s theme was the “‘Song of Salvation.” Installation Services. ALAME CAL., Jan, 3.—The Rev. M, Brandes, was !o-day installed pastor of the. Evangelical Lutheran Cburch on Haight avenue. The services took place at 3 o'clock and was largely attended. The Rev. H. Gelucke of San Francisco deliv- ered the charge in German, while the Rev. John E. Bushwell of Oakland addressed the congregation. Special music was rendered by the choir. —o TOLD OF HER WORK. Brigadier Emma Bown on Life Among the Wretched. OAKLAND, CAL., Jan. 3.—Brigadier Emma Bown, who is at the head of the | rescue work of the Salvation Army in this country, addressed a large audience this afternoon 8t the First Presbyterian | Chureh. ‘*Like flowers stained with mud” was the simile she used when speaking of those among waom she has labored and by whom she has been beloved for twelve years. 5 A large anaience, larger in fact than the _ball conld accommodate, was gathered to hear the little brigadier's talk. In plain, earnest language she told the same old story of waywerdness, wickedness and ultimate disgrace, with the necessity thereby occasioned of accepting the help- ing hand of her many lieutenanis. “Do not think that all of those who come to us for help are naturally bad. Many of them appear in my sight like flowers stained with mud. They are chil- dren who in many cases have been the victims of other people’s sins rather than of their o Young girls often of good families confide to us tales that society would doubt, but to all our doors are open as well as our hearts. I doubt not that even 1n this city, where I see so many | church spires, there is ample neea for such work as ours.” Cuba is divided into six provinces and crntains twenty-two_cities and towns and 204 villages, The capital is Havana, which has a population of 250,000. The electoral qualification required is property to the annual value of about $250. BERKELEY’'S TRACK TRAINER. BERKELEY, CaL., Jan. 3.—Al Lean, one of the best known athletic trainers on the coast, Who was formerly with t: be Acme Club of Oakland, but who is now employed as trainer for the Reliance Club, has been secured by Captain Everett J. Brown to coach the University of California track athletic team in preparation for the spring intercoliegiate meet and the coast championship. He will commence work with the Berkeley men on March 1. Lean is the first professional traine; r who has ever been secured to coach the U. C. track athletes, and much interest centers 1n the result of his work with them. The wonderful score whicl h the Stanford sprinters and weight men ran Up against the Berkeley team in the last intercollegiate meet has caused the latter to become apprehensive lest the Paio Alto athletes should wrest from them the track and field championship. Palo Alto team in 1895 as against 67 by t. From a score oi 45 by the he Berkeley team in the same contest the former brought up their record to 56 points in 1896, thus tying the U. C. team. football game, which proved so disastr: The boast made by some of the Stanford men since the intercollegiate ous to the U. C. eleven, that Berkeley will never win another contest of any sort from them, has been rankling in the breasts of the blue and gold adherents, and there seems to be danger of something more than mere friendly rivairy when the two universities meet again. During the spring term four important contests will take place—the debate for the Carnot medal, the annual intercollegiate debate, the track championship games and tbe series of touch a very tender point in the hear speak of the Thanksgiving game, and the spark of jealousy into a flame of ha In view of the defeat administered b; bascball contests. The Stanford men ts of the Berkeley students when they but little seems nacessary to kindle tred and scorn v Stanford and the yaunts which bave emanated from them the coming contests are looked forward to with extraor. dinary interest, THE MAYOR May MEKE NO' CHANGE He Laughs at the Teapot Tempest Over Police Judge. Major Whitney’s Superstition and Business Interests Are Allied. | Judge Prick R:tires From the Bench After M king an Honorable R:cord. OAKLAND OFFICE 8AN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Jan. 3. The time is past when Mayor Davie, ac- cording to precedent, should have an- nounced his choice in the matter of Police Judge. He has made no change and there does not appear to be any desire on his part to do so. A great deal has been said and published about Mayor Davie's inten- tions in regard to theappointee to succeed Judge Wood, but it appesrs that the Mayor bimself, who 18 naturally the per- son who should know most about it, has been entirely silent and bas derived con- siderable amusement from the numerous plans gratuitously formulated for him by others. When spoken to on the subject recently Mayor Davie said he was entirely dis- gusted with the amount of trouble tbat seme people seem to be taking in a mat- ter which did not concern them. Although the patronage of the office is small, it is not so small but that there are scores of people who would like to have it. A great deal has also been said about the politicsl traage by which Cari Wood went into the District Attorney’s office and Tom Craw- ford was appointed Police Court Clerk. Carl Wood leaves his office to-morrow and nothing has been said about a suc- cessor to Police Judge' Wood and Clerk Crawford, but there is more than an infer- ence that they will succeed themselyes. The whole affair has been one of Oakland’s characteristic political teapot tem pests. Major Whitney firmly believes that Judge Greene, who will succeed himself on the Superior Bench to-morrow, owes his last two elections to the influence of | one of the major's horseshoes. Yet, al- though the ex-court commissioner has studied the doctrine of Daibhuisu in Japan, he declares he is not superstitious. His veracity must be judged by his own story. “Those two horseshoes, with nails stick- ing up out of them,” sald the major, “have played an important part in Ala- | meda County politics for six years. | About hali a dozen years ago. 1 was wanting the worst way the office of | court commissioner, My success de- | pended on the election of Judze Greene and Fred Henshaw, On the day of the | { marching order, to the country, and the | election, as I was coming down to my office, I saw two iarge horseshoes on Broadway ; they had evidently just fallen from some horses feet, because all the nails were sticking up. “Tnat particular morning I read'a story of a man who attributed his life’s fortune to the influence of horseshoes, and as soon as 1 saw those two big shoes in the middle of the road I said to myself, ‘Now, Fred, there’s your Juck. One of those shoes1s Greene aund the other Henshaw.’ I picked up the shoes, carried them down to my | office, laid them down carefully with the | points up, and sure enough Greene and | Henshaw were elected and I was appointed Court Commissioner. A year or so later the janitor in dusting my room bad turned the horseshoes with their nails down. At thattime I was conducting a suit for heavy damages and I could not quite understand why things were not coming my way. I thought of my horse- shoes, rushed to my office and sure enough they were upside down. Iimmediately reversed them, rushed back to conrt and the next day the jury brought in a verdict for $14,000. “Last November I did not care to be Court Commissioner, but for personal rea- sons I wished to see Judge Greene and ar=> Sam Hall elected, both bein, licans. Their fight did not fook as strong as I wanted to see it. 1ltried to find the cause for it and sure enough my mind re- verted 10 those horseshoes. I rushed into my office and_ discovered that the janitor had again, with 'remarkable perseverance, turned the points down. I atonce turned them over and started for home. Every- body I met had the same grieting, that everythine was going Greene and Hall's way, and their ultimate election did not surprise me.” 1 And the major says he is not super- stitious. Judge Frick, the youngest wearer of the ermine in the State, will vacate the Su- perior bench to-morrow, in favor of Judge Hall. Mr. Frick has left behind him, es- pecially when his years are considered, one of the cleanest records that is to be :’onnd in the Listory of Alameda County’s ar. good Repub- Daring his career several cases in which well known politicians were concerned have come under bis judielal cognizance, and he bas handled them ail in such a manner as to leave not the slightest taint of partiality, Judge Frick retires with good grace. He did not run for office and fail to receive the supportof his party. Hedid what several other politicians in this county might imitate with credit to themselves: he made a political promise a few months azo and he kept it. When he entered into the fight for the nomination of Congressman against Mr. Hilborn he said that if he were not suc- cessful he would not attempt’ to retain himself in office by attempting to succeed himself as Superior Judge. Out of 14,000 Republican votes cast at that primar Mr. Hilborn’s majority was less th: xoo({ showing that the younger candidate has a strong political support in this county. He took bis defeat gracefully and in such a mahnper as to add to his many friendships, and although he bas an- nounced hisintention for the present of devoting himself to the practice of law it will not be long before he is again neard from in the political field. For the past few weeks little has been heard about the scheme taken in hand by the Board of Trade to acquire for the city of Oakland some public parks worthy of the name. The board has in its posses- sion information relating to many of the most desirable localities available for such a purpose, and will soon be in a position to place, before the City Council for the pur- pose of ultimale submission to the people a report which will embody many practi- cal ideas. It will also contain the sug- gestions of a system by which such varks can be acquired. There is no doubt that the slowness which marks the development of certain outlying districts 1s due in a large measure to the failure of the municipaiity to provide healthful at- tractions that would draw around them new community Only in two directions, northward and westward, can this be done. Much hus been said about the improvement and set- tlement of the property along the foothills north of this city, and_also of the devel- opm-nt of the Moraga Valley and the ter- ritory on eitherside of the little Calirornia and Nevada Railroad. Now tiatthe own- ers are making efforts to open up this territory is the proper time for the people t0 acl\éiru a pubiic demesne of which they will be as proud in future years as Sah Francisco 1s of its Golden Gate Park. Stuart W. Boorn. THE JOHNSON CASE. Sharpe and Howard in Jail, Awalting the Girl’s Deaih. OAKLAND, CAL.,Jan. 3.—Some strange developments were brought to light to- day in the case of Anna L. Johnson, At the City Prison her sister, Hulda, Dr. Sharpe and John Howard await in ceils her death, which is expected hourly. 1t is now known that Howard 1s the husband of Hulda Johnson, thongh the affair has been kept a profound secret and probably would not be known even now but tor the course events have taken. It is generally believed that John How- ard is nou the guilty party, but that he is keeping quiet on the promise tha: nothing shall be leit undone to save him. It was stated to-day that the cause of Anna’s trouble was her betrayal by a married man who is providing the necessary funds to protect the other party and, incidental- ly, himself. It is not probable, however, that the trial of the parties now under arrest can be conducted without the real tacts coming to light, This is not'the first case of its kind with which the name of Dr. Sharpe has been mentioned. There are many other incidents connected with the unhappy affair which are in the pos- session of the detectives. ROBBED THE ALTAR. Father Serda’s Church Broken Into Saturday Night. OAKLAND, Cav., Jan. 3.—Father Ser- da’s ciurch at Temescal was broken into last night. The burglars entered the church by s window in the rear and opened the tabernacle with a skeleton key. They took therefrom the commu- nion plate, consisting of a chalice and pat- tens and also a little safe in which was a small sum of money. After leaving the church the thieves took the little safe, rolled up in a mat, to Forty-sixth and Lusk streets and there blew it open. They left the safe on the corner and made off with the contents. The church was recently presented with a valuable gold communion service, but Father Serda took the vrecaution to have it kept in the clergy house. It was evi- dently this service that the robbers were alter. Abont six years ago the church was entered and robbed in much the same manner as to-aay. A Librarlan in Trouble. OAKLAND, CAr, Jan. 3.—The police were called in early this morning to sup- press a row in the Wilson House. The trouble originated with Henry Peterson and his wife, and Officer Carson reported to Capt: Wilson that liquor was the cause of the trouble. Peterson is the libra- rian of the Free Library. ———— A Nicotine Story. In abook of travels written by a Mr. Barrow we find this interesting bit of in- formation: A Hottentot was seen to ap- ply the shortend of his wooden tobacco pipe to the mouth of snake when the rep- tile was darting out its tongue. Death was instantaneons, the effect almost like an electric shock; with a convalsive mo- tien that lasted only for & moment the snake half untwisted itself and then be- came still. And upon examination the muscles were found to beso contracted that the snake felt as hard asif it had been dried in the sun.—Harper's Round Table, 7 ", v, A VARSITY TEAM 10 BE SENT EAST Funds to Be Raised by the Pacific Amateur | Asscciation, The Winning University to Get Proceeds of a Great Meet in April Multromah, Olympic, Reliance, Stock- ton and Other Athletes Also to Compete. Track and field athletics are to be boomed this spring, and the winning uni- versity team is to be sent East, partly at the expense of the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Union. A great coast championship field day, to be held in this City some time in April, will be the means of arousing unusual in- terest in true amateur outdoor sports and at the same time of raising funds for the Eastern tour. The Multnomah Athletic Club of Port- land, which is practically an ageregation of all the best talent of the Northwest As- sociation, will be invited to participate in the contests. The northern men never bave competed down here, but their perform- ances are well enough known to entitle them to particular consideration by the pest local cracks.® 1t is not likely that they will neglect the opportunity to demonstrate their ability. Berkeley, Stanford, Olympic, Reliance, the Stockton Athletic C.ub, the Academic League and other organizations that have sprinters, runners,. jumpers; weight- throwers and vaulters, will be encouraged to enter their best men and as many of them as possible, for points will count for first, second and third places in every contest. The idea of this field day with 1ts ulti- mate purpose is the conception of several members of the board of managers of the Pacific Association and W. F. Humphrey, president of the association. They wish to give greater encouragement to amateur games and at the same time arouse the interest that shall result in the develop- ment of youne California athletes to their best possibilities. ] They believe that the material is here and has only to be found out and devel- oped for this State toassume and maintain a high and recognized rank for her fine young athletes, a rank that shall be es- tablished not here alone oy records which the doubting East has long persisted in uestioning, but by performances in the ast in cOmpetition with the erack athletes of big Western colleges and ama- teur clubs. One of the new features of the coming field day will be the introduction of discus- throwing as a regular event now recog- America since the revival at Athens last year of the old Olympic games. The Jatest reports of the Amateur Ath- letic Union describe accurately the weight, size and composition of the discus, so that ing to train privately for the event may have a discus made. It is likely, how- ever, that sporting-goods stores will sup- ply the demand, as the dinner-plate like metal disk 13 being made in the East pur- posely for the new event. For the last few years California weigkt- throwers have practically outclassed the great majority of the weight-throwers in the Eastern colleges. - 1t is believed that when discus-throw- ing shall have been practiced by .the young athletes of this coast the records in this particular event of the athletes of ancient Greece will not appear beyond the abilities of the youth of Oalifornia. Princeton University, with an athleti team inferior to that of several other an: versities of America, competed in the in- ternational games at Athens last year and not only took first rank among the teams entered, but in many cases the American boys beat the best Grecian athletes in events that were strictly Grtian. Definite preparations for the athletic season will be determined upon by the board of managers of the Pacific Associa- tion at its meeting next Friday evening, A particular feature of the plan is to en. NIKOLAOS THEODORIANITIS. BERKELEY, CaL, Jan. drous exploits as a sprinter were told 3.—Theodorianitis, the aged Greex whose won- in a recent issue of TuHE CaLy, is & budding cundidate for honors before the footlignts. He is soon t» go on the stage in the role of a ballet dancer and high kicker. His varied experiences as a long-distance walker, his success as a pacer against time, and his desire to win further fame for himself before he “shuffles off this mortal coil,”” as he says in his own tongue, have convinced him that the stage is bis forte. He de- clares that he can dance for an hour and a haif without an intermission. well-known merchant in Berkeley has A interested himself in Theodorianitis and will defray the expense of giving him a thorough coursedn all the latest dances in which men ordinarily engage. ‘Theodorianitis, who is now nearly 77 years of age, frequently takes re- markably long walks, and declares he can outdo William Greer Harrison in a sprint to Ban Jose. One day last week for Sacramento on foot, expecting to reach there by the next morning. preparation for the jaunt he left all his micht be held up on the way. the old man started out from Vallejo In his spare coin behind him, fearing that he Never having been to the capital, he knew nothing of the arm of the bay which must be crossed at Port Costa, nor of the fare charged on the ferry. When he reached the pier he was confronted by the ticket agent, who demanded his fare. dorianitis was determined to go aboard. loss to know why he was prevented from going on his way. Finally was at A lively scene followeda. Theo- Not beipg able to speak English, he be came toa knowledge of the facts, and at once started back for Vallejo. A rainstorm arose and drenched the old man from head to foot, but he trudged on and finally reached his starting point, mud-begrimed, cold and shivering, nized in amateur track and field sports in | clubs of the union and individuals wish- | 1 | Tuction Qales MILLINERY, “NOVELTIES,” MILLINERY. THIS DAY. MONDAY, ‘The 4th day of January, 1897, at 2 P. M., At 1057 Marke: Street, Opposite Jones, “We will sell the magnificent stock of gools re- | moved from the Surorise Mlliinery Stnre, consi ing of most Klegantiy 1 rimmed Hats in (he latest fashions. Jets, Feathiers, Flow-rs, Velvets and Or- nanients of all kinds. This is undoubtediy a mag- nificoat st0ck and all of the latest styles. INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY. AUCTION SALE! 54 First Street, TO-DAY, JANUARY 4, 10 A. 8L, HOTEL 40 ROOMS. Dining-Room and Range. Also at commence- ment of sale, Unciaimed Baggage—20 1 runks and 40 zutcheis. Dealers, take notice. L. H. BURD, Auctioneer. list the newspapers, and particularly all those of this City, in the enterprise to the end that the public may better understand the ability of the athletes of California, and take a deeper interest in seeing the State hold its own against the combined | East. The field day will be held either at Cen- tral Park or at the Presidio athletic grounds, probably one week preceding the annual intercollegiate games. The Stanford manager, like the Berkeley man- ager, is heartily in accord with the prooo- sition of the field day, for both universi- ties wish to send a team East, and neither has more than about half the $3000 thought to be necessary for the expenses of the tour. Stanford’s manager, the well - known mile runner, Dave Brown, while himself debarred from further competition against Berkeley because of the four-year inter- collegiate agreement, seems confident that his team, with iis long list of iresh- men athletes added to the material among the old men, will have a walkover in a contest for the honor of representing Cahifornia in the East.” But there are others at Berkeley who are saying noth- ing but are sawing wood: HCW HE RAISED THE $150 Bishop Newman Dces a Good Stroke for the Epworth Church. The Eloquent Divine Preaches on His Wanderings Around the Holy City of Jerusalem. Bishop Newman conducted services yes- terday morningat the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Twenty-sixth and Church streets. At the close of his address, which was “Memories of Jerusalem,” the Bishop got down to what he designated the real busi ness of the occesion, and informed the congregation that the Epworth church was starting in the new year withan in- debtedness of $150. It was only a small sum -and many reputable commercial firms were less clear than that, but a church should lead in business as well as in righteousness, and tha debt bhad to be paid. They would sing “Dismiss us with thy blessing’’ when the coliections reached tbe necessary high-water mark. On the first round of the collectors over $100 was donated, though the congrega- tion was not large. A second trial gath- ered in $7 50, and the Bishop sent the gleaners forth again, with the injunction that it would be deplorable if any money escaped them, and, also, that any person should leave the church withoutan oppor- tunity to give. “We'll sing the doxology when that $150 is raised,” said the Bishop. “Give the people time to think; it takes more time to ll‘link about giving than about receiv- ing.”” These humorous exhortations had the desired effect, and the members of the church responded till the debt was cleared away. Bishop Newman’s_account of his wan- derings around the Holy City were most interesting, and he brought vividly home to his audience the scenes pertaining to the li e of Jesus. “I was in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, and went out of the city by way of Btephen’s Gate treading in the footsteps of the Savior. We crossed the brook Kedron by a stone bridge that-was there 1800 years ago and will remain forever doubntless, We passed over the brow of the Mount of Olives and made our way down in to lowly Bethany. The Arabs call it ‘Lazarie.” Christ never slept in Jerusaiem, but re- paired to Bethany to find rest with his three friends, Lazarus and the sisters. When we returned we fancied we could hear the ‘hosannahs’ of the people as the Bon of Man passed into the City of David. ““The last place I visited during my stay in Palestine was the Garden of Gethi- semane. I was reluctant to intrude upon the place where the Savior suffered that night of anguish. We rapped at the small iron gate that gives admittance| into the garden, which was opened by a Franciscan monk, one of the custodians of the place. He left us to our medita- tions, and there under thoss historical alms we threw ourselves down, Mrs, ewman and I, on our faces and prayed for the church of him who prayed for his people there 8o long ago. “Even in her ruins Lives Jerusalem, not as she was when in the highway of nations, but in the sacred associations that are hers forever. The stranger's mind while there is constantly reverting 10 the past. The city has passed through twenty-seven siegés and its walls have been rebuilt eleven times. Down under the pavements of the present sireets are the old buried cities of Jerusalem, and the archeologist diggidg below the city of to-day finds tho-e of the yesterdays.” GAMBLING IN EUROPE. Baccarat at the Clubs and Petits Che- vaux in Public. In Europe, except at Monte Carlo, tab'e gambling, such as roulette and rouge et noir, has long ago disappeared. Of course, baccarat, which'is to the European gambler what draw poker is to the Ameri- can, is played in the clubs and other se- cluded places, often for very high stakes. But the laws are everywhere rigid against public gambling, and so the Casino people have 10 resort to other agencies for amus- ing the stranger and lightening his purse, Petits chevaux consists of a mechanical racecourse arranged to run by electricity. Nine horses are placed. Nine folded numbers are put in an oyal cushion passed around at the end of a long bandle among the players. Each player takes one of these folded numbers corresponding to one of the tin horses, which are Iikewise numbered from one to nine. The price varies from 1 to 2 francs, All the tickets disposed of, a spring is toucied and off go the horses, dashing round and round the | for |isted in America, BASCH AUCTION CONPAYY Inc, 319-321 SUTTER STREE { Bet. Grant Ave. lll\: on St. Tele. Grand Auction Sale—Proliminary Yo I WILL S L TO-MORRO Janaary 5, 1897. at 10:30 o'clock A. & . by order of Mrs. Strauss, prior to fer departure for Hono ulu, All the Elegant and Most Costly Fur- oishings removed to our salesrooms for ce of xale a7 D Intendink purchasers these goods Monday. January 4, 18 the nours of 8.3 and 6 P M Aso 1 Brunswick Balke rtony-iniaid Bil fard Table,with iegant ivors-tiped cues and balls comple.e: cos: Also1 Estey Organ and 1 Upright Piado. ticu ars in Tuesday’s paper. 5. BASCH, Auctioneer. SPECIAL SALE. $L50. See par- WEDNESDAY, Janvary 6 at 11 o’ 3 GRAND ARCADE HOME MARKET. 3 street. San Francisco. of 16 head A horses used in mik wagons; 2 A No. 1 sece hand S-can milk wagons 3 A . 1 milk wagons, new, vrdered and never used; § sets single and doudle harness; 6 open and top buggles: milk cans, coolers, etc. Sale positive. Noreserve. No limit, J. W. CRANE, Recelver. SULLIVAN & DOYLE, Lives 0ck Auc 1onee: > track at breakneck speed, but separating as they go. When the momentum is ex- hausted one horse is found to be in t.e lead. He who holds the number corre- sponding to this horse gets the pool, less two portions held back for the bank. To vary this scheme of open and flagrant robbery, boats are sometimes substituted horses, and a yacht race takes the place of a horse race. Thus a man is given the option of losing his money on water equally with thac of losing it on land. Such a game could never have ex- It is too simply, ob- viously and absurdly against the player. But at last the fat-witted European, along with the gullible stranger, has got ontoit, as the saying is, and les petits chevaux and autourdu lac no longer suf- fice to lure the unwary. But evenin Eu- rope there is a certain progress. So the Casino people have added to their oid racecourse ‘'layout’’ an appendage or an- nex which locks very much like gambling. ‘This is on either side of the machine or table, on which in bright gold fizures ap- pear the numerals to correspond with the horses. You bet on one of these num- bers, There are vine of them. If you win you get 5 to 1. If you bet on three in a bunch you geu even money. In order to show, however, that this is not gambling, there is a limi'—from 1 to 5 francs, according to the wealth and size of the casino or kursaal. Iam told that at the more ambitious of these and late at night, when the hetero- geneous crowd has gone, there is a good deal of very steep rolling. But as I never | sit up late at night Ican give no direct testimony on this point. It will be seen at once that the sole merit of this method of pretending not to gamble lies in the bold, t{anspnrent Tob- bery which it embodies, It 1s worse than amock auction or a ciourch raffle. 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