The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1897, Page 5

—— e ——— SRR, ~ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1897. of the National Guard of e now turning their eyes ramento to see what the legis- do for them. There are many e standard of an efficient militia, but ther they will receive them is a matter t cannot be foretold. ant-General Barrett, in the bien . issued a few days since, a e statutory appropriations. 3 for new uniforms, $31,500 ercoats and $10,500 for blankets, a total of $82,000. These demands d on The men who will have to use and r these are pleased that the demand been made, but express the hope that next lot will be of \aterial that will be comfortable and ser- nd not merely for show or sum- tant-General asks for an appro- ient to permit of the holding s of instraction to be held in each ich the appropria- Then he wants e made. anche, the vessel used by the rve, and a like amount fora ergency fund to prevent n at the close of the term of two r $1500 for the pre- n of the recordsof the California and recommends that thbe vbuild armories in all places in a where there are more than two ant-General has been in cor- with Adjutant-Generals of and a result of this corre- be the formulation of & rted to Ci ess asxing for approg the Guard ble to be cailed upon at any moment rt the Union in case of war, \he case the general Govern- Id meke the proper provision ard. v is 2 revision of the 1ules and Our citizen soldiers are will- les so clear that they may be orm adoption of them. erning are so unsatisfactory that dividual who reads can place al- terpretation on them dasired. a few da if thing. The staff that was iun’s dress was the proper whose memory they had was not entitled to zulations, an abstract THE CALL last Fri ect of much talk nd the comments as those who promul- v wouid be. the new regula- inder the impres- 100 severe and thai to discourage men mstances would be- ss, marksmen, said th pec- become com- 1t in the use of the rifles. You cer- y cannot encourage them if you tell f they do not, atthe State shoot s score fifteen, will be 0 yards 0 that bars them from shoot- t the 500-yara range. When the rule that a man mu-t make 60 to . mitle m to a bar, if he only made 29 the first 31 the next time he got and that encouraged him to try better the next time, but unaer es if a man does not make the en there is no use for him to t I believe will prove very they re is a regulation for skirmish o provision is made for a at present,” continued the in- 1 know of no place where the es of San Francisco can indulge practiceexcept at San Bruno. The State has made no appropriation for such a contingency and does not provide for transportation. Now, the men do rot go on tuch practice for their own pleasure, bu for the benefit rather hard that upon for 80 cents e the service, and it 1§ ey should be called for fare out of their own pockets. It ms to me that the State should prov transportation on such occasions. There are others in the guard who are e opinion that the new rules w ; oppressive and Will not accompli tesired resnits. They hold that such d do in the regular will not work satisfactorily in’ the ional guard for the reacon that the en have not the same opportunities for rifle service have. or a time there, was quite an opposi in the several comvanies of the guard inst any proposition to bouse ail the com pani a change has come over tlie guardsmen, and now there 15 & movement in almost every company to agitate a movement for a general armory in which the troop, the signal corp and the infentry could have spacious and comfortable guarters. Year's eve the members of Companies C and G, First Infantry, heid their annual reunion at the Si. Germain, where they partook of a fine dinnes, bid the old year adieu and welcomed the new. ‘There were present a large membership and a few of the ex-members of the Na- tionals, Among these were Colonel JerR' Moore, Lieutenant MeMinn, - Major Til- . On New aniforms at $3 each, over- | t $9 each and blanketsat $350a | thet class of | $5000 | r coaling and cruising expenses | the | and | nform to the rules that 2re made | hem, but they would like to | Those | ce for want of | sles there appeared at a | or's staff, the division | general’s staff, each | each under the im- | m or dress worn | on inspector of | y, but | ractice that the men in the regular under one roof, but recently | | den, Captain Le Breton, Captain Wood- i ruff and Lieutenant Ruddock. Captain | Drumbell of Company € was master of | ceremonies and during the evening offered a number of toasts which were responded | toin a happy vein, and when the tin | borns were blowing and the bells ringing | in the glad new year, the soldier boys parted, filled with ¢ood resolutiors for the new yea- that had come. The members of Company F, Captain Miller, held open house in the armory on Ellis street on New Year's eve, and there | was & jolly lot of callers. Astime grew the reception” resolved itself into a high jinks | and smoker, #0id there was a merry time for all,under the sireship of Captain Miller. A good programme of music, song and elo- | cution was presented and the various num- | bers were warmly applauded. | During the second meeting this month of Companies C and G of the First Regi- { ment the bars won at the state shoot, and | the prizes that were won 2t other shoots, will be distributed to those eatitled to | them. | _Colonel MacDonald, commanding the rst Infantry, will leave shortly for the | East, to be absent for a few weeks, and | during his absence the command will de- | volve upon Lieutenant-Colonel Duboce. A FIERCE URSA MINOR. hey need in order to bring them | i ko iIt Gets Lcose and Terrorizes | the Trocadero Vegetable | ; Colony. Noted Bear Hunters With Assorted- S z2d Dcgs Beat the Jungles 1 m Vain. Last night the vegetable garden colony around Trocadero barricaded their doors and lay 1n their houses with bated breath. Nota turnip was turned-up out of the ground and not a cabbage-head stirred from its natal bed, and all because a fierce four-month-old bear—an Ursus furioso—was adrift on the hills. Even the policemen, who, of course, would not forsake their lamp-post where a few feet around, showed a tendency to take to the trees at the movement of every. shadow. It was a night of terror in large type. | “Last Saturday M. Schneider, a saloon- | keeper near the Ingleside racetrack, ac- companied by several iriends, went down to the Trocadero for a visit, and took his cub bear slong. The juvenile cinnamon is as jovial s a kitien, and he highly amused his companions with his antics till the beer which they gave him made bim dull. Tuen he was tied out in the backyard, evaporate. He evidently evaporated with it, for | when Ernest Dolter, proprietor of the Troc- adero,went out to attend to hisfour-footed | guest the chewed end of a rope was all that indicated a bear had ever been there. Then there was mounting in hothaste and a chase through the gum-groves was begun. All Saturday nicht they bunted bear without success. Yesterday morning the search was recommenced. ~All of the ex-gzrizzly trappers, Indian fighters and | ath-finders generally assembled at the Trocadero and gave personal histories of | vera of the wilds. They brought dogs of assorted sizes, from ‘the rat-terrier to the Great Dane, more or less loaded for beer. A policeman in citizen's dress—he left his official gear at howe, he said, fearing ! that the cub would shy into the woods at | the sight of his star—was bitten by a bull- the bear. General James and Colonel Chadbourne arrived, with the crowd and it looked as though the days of liberty of that ursus were mumbered. General James had a | combination dog—a sort of composite ca- nine—that boasted of an ancestry of bear- illers running back to Noab’s floating menagerie. . | While the hunters were modestly di- lating on the prowess of their respective | dogs the general’s descendant of the bear- | killers went out to snuff up a passing ac- | quaintance with Dolter’s pet coon, and | got his nose chewed off. The agonizing yelps of the dog brought out the whole company to his rescue, and when the coon was persuaded to retire to his corner the general's pet took a bee- { line for town, giving off a howl at every { jump. Colonel Chadbourne had a huge mastiff that was not a fighter, he said, but could track a gull through a fogbank, All that wasneeded was to show the sa :acious ani- mal something the bear had worn and that | dog woulid be off on the scent as unerring | as a bloodhound. | Tbe only thing they could find was the | hole the cub had worn through the rustic fence while wiggling tnrough to freedom, ! but that was enough and. the dog was | shown the place. He smeltof the locality and then slunk under the house and no persuasiva calling conld induce him to leave his retr-at. All day the hunters beat up the jungle, but no bear was found, and when their fla: were dry they returned to Dolter’s, satisfied that the bear had made his way I’mm and was well toward the Mexican ine. e | County Official Changes. OAKLAND, Car., Jan. 3.—There will be very few changes in the county offices | to-morrow. Sam P. Hall will 2ssume the ermine va- cated by Judge Frick and Judge Greene will succeed himself. J. W. Stetson wiil enter the District Attorney’s office asa deputy in place of Carl Greene and Pe- louze, Jonnson and Bailey, the retiring Supervisors, will be succeeded by Mitchell, Roeth and Wells, These will make some caanges in the patronage at their disposal, but it is not great. ———————— Big Strike of Ghio Coal Miners. MASSILON, Omio, Jan. 3.—The em- ployes of all the mines in this district, | about 2000, have struck on account of a re- ‘\ duction in the price of pick mining from | 61 cents to 51 cents per ton. —————— A Texas Congressman. | Hon. Miles Crowley, the picturesque | Texas Revresentative, 1s only 34 vears of age, and prinis in bis biography “that he was chiel engineer of the Galveston fire department for two terms. His popular- ity there is sald to have given him the political influence that sent him to the State Legislature, first as a Representative, | then twice as a Senator and afterward te | Congress. ln the next Congress R. B. | Hawley, a Republican, will represent that | Texas district, tke only Republican from that State. Crowley, by the way, is not a | native Texan. He hails from aristocratic Boston, and recently Colonel William Sterett and other people from the Lone Star State have been advertising this fact. | Washington Post. the electric flam- broke up the gloom for where the “steam’ he had quaffed could | r adventures among the fierce carni- | terrier which somehow 2ssociated him with | SHOOTING FOR MUSKET HONORS Great Preparations for the Coming Inter-Republic Match. National Guardsmen Nearly Reardy for N2xt Sunday’s Contest. The Columbia Pistol and Rifl3 Club’s Excelient List of Prizss for This Year. The military marksmen predominated at the Shell Mound rifle range yesterday. There was no regular company competi- tion on the tapis, but for all that the men thot hard and carefully for the honors that go with a place in the First Regi- ment team of 100 men who are to compete with the Hawaiian National Guard for a trophy. This match will take place next Sunday. The National Guard of California is to siioot at Shell Mound and the islanders at their range near Honolulu. Esch team will have a representative at the other’s range, and the official scores will be ex- cnanged by the next steamers. Every | marksman is to shoot ten shots on the 200-yard range, ofi-hand, with the regula- tion mnsket. The First Regiment team was selected several weeks ago and since then the majority have been practicing faithfully t0 keep up their average. This was what called so many across the bay yesterday. The light and the absence of wind were favorable for good shooting, but the cold air numbed the fingers so sadly that the marksmen were baaly handicapped and this may account for many of the poor scores that were made. Rifle Inspector L. Barrere had his hands full looking after the men to see that the | best did all'in their power to keep up the | average, as yesterday was the last day for | competition practice. To-day the selec- tion of the team will be made. At the firat selection the 115 highest were chosen, 100 for the team and fifteen for alternates. Aside from the practice yesterday’s com- etition was to select the reguiar team. Every company of the First Regiment is represented. "The scores made, ten shots, Blynt mili- tary target, were as follows: Compan A-—Serge;mt Leonard 40, J. Roger- idt 39. F'iz 41, Lieutenant A. F. Wear 36, V.'Demarias 33, W. H. King 36, A. E. Apthcrpe 87, °G. Sullivan 39, G. | Ungerman 43, G. He zman 33, E. C. Cordell 39, C. Perry 40, R, A Gibbs 36, P. Bannen 41, L. Zimmerman 39, W. Baumgnrtoer 41, Cor- | poral R. L. Townsend 37, H. French 43, Cor- porel G. Claussenius 45, W. J. Hayes 40, T. A. iammerson 34, Sergeant H. Tyler 43, E. P. Peppin 36, Proli Gehret 44, J. Fuz 42, J. Miller 35, Sergeant Clifford 37 C—A. H. Kennedy- 43, R. C. Dun- J. Musgrave 40, J.Gillis 35, C.F. Walthan 44, F, 9, G. T. Phelps 37,W. F. Unfred 39, Lieutenan ell 41,'J. Smithson 4 Company D (single) Company E—L Ralph 31, Captal Company F— 5., t ieutenant F. A. Nippert 39, E R H S S. Brown 42, geant 44, Sergeant Iverson 40, J. Fitzgerala 37. 1 Company G—Serzeant W. L. Fenn 44, P. Bohr . W.Thompson 39, SergeantT. J. Povey sergeant R.J. Dowdall 31, Capiain E. C. Sutliffe 41, Corporal C. P. Hirst 41, Sergeant A. E. Anderson 40, J. F. Norton 39, Corporal | Thompson 38, Sergennt W. B. Larkins 43, | D. A. Conroy 27, P. N. Diers 39. Keliv 43, J. Furman 43, Sergeant O'Brien 37, Sergeant Atwater 43, Capwain 'F. Warren 6, Corporal Broderick 37, G. W. chcll 36, Corporal A. E. Ebrenpfort 4. | * Company I—Sergeant H. Lementeyer 33, C. | Strippel -41, C. Otten 45, Sergeant M. J. | Sneehan 41, J. Kaliman 35, A. Blawat 42, Corporal W. Gol 40, Lieutenant W. Tobin 43, J. von Staden 36, Lieutenant Huber 42, Ringen 44, F. Koch 44. Companv K—Paul Brunotte 43, E. F. Brat- teron 40, E. D. F. de Bernardi 27, J. | A. Ross 41, Captain T. J. Cunningham 44, Lieutenant C. W. Seely 45, George 42, P. S Bauer 2. o V. Bariey Comnan J. Grundman 40, W. G. Leff- man 38, S - Gortzhain 34, Captain F. | J. Eggert 39. Company M—Corporal B. Farnham 40, C. A, Nelson 31, BSergeant Cofty 39, Corpol Maher 3 Staff lieutenants—L. Barrere 44, Lieutenant | E. Kenrlein 42. The regular monthly shoot of the Inde- pendent Rifles was ‘held on the same range for the regular medais. The scores, 10 snots on the Blunt military target, were as follows: G. W. Mitchell 38, W. Lindecker 25, H. genlichimann 29, . ‘Staude 31, C. Andrews 21, J. Steude Jr. 33, H. Hansen 14, C. Hilsz 32. The Deutscher Krieger Verein was the only fine rifle-shooting ciub on the ¢rounds. The class medals were won by the ifollowing sharpshooters and by the annexed scores of twenty shots made on the German 25-ring target: Champlon class-G. von der Mehden, 359 rings; firs ciass, Bingel 318; second class, A. | Mohr 298; third class, Landschur 210, 1 Best first shot, Charles Lindcmann, 22 rings. st 1ast shot, Kaiser 25. Most bullseyes, etzel. L THE COLUMBIA CLUB. Annual Electlon of Officers Held and a New Shooting Pro- gramme Arranged. The annual meeting and election of offi- cers of the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club were held on Saturday evening at the club’s headquarters, 46 O'Farrell street. The report of President Dr. L. 0. Rodgers showed that the orgamization is in a very prosperous condition. During the past year many new marksmen have been added to the membership-roll. Secretary F. O. Young's report showed that the club's finances have increased far past ex- pectations, being double that of last year. Dr. Rodgers was re-elected as the presi- dent and F. O. Young us secretary. M. J. White was elected as vice-president and Ed Hovey, who has been vice-president for tne past three years, was elected as- sistanisecretary. A. B. Dorrell was elected as the chief rangemaster, to supervise ail matters on the rifle and pistol runges, and the former assistant secretary, J. E. Gor- man, was selected as the assistant chief rangemaster. F. H. Bushnell presented a beautiful and valuable gold medal for the all- comers’ re-entry match. Gordon Blanding made a similar offer for the all-comers’ re-entry pistol match. W. Glinuemann presented the military musket medal. Captain L. Siebe of Shell Mound present- ed the ali-round medal for the best scores of the year on the rifle, musket and pistol. Howard Carr presented the all-comers’ revolver medal. F. O. Young presented the 10-shot rifle record medal. All of the donors are members of the club. The following programme of matches for the year was adopted : Class medals for members only, rifle 200 , 10 shots, champion, firstand second medals. ~ Pistol, 50 yards, champion, first and second class medals. 3 All comers, re-eniry matches, rifle 200 yards. Bushneil medal, three shot scores, best ten gcores. Club to add five cash prizes to be distributed in July. Glindemann military medal, ten shot scores, best ten scores to win. Club adds hree cash prizes to be distributed in July. Young ten-shot rifie record medal, best ingle score of the year. Siebe all-round - I medal for best scores on rifle, pistol and musket. Blanding pistol medal, three shot scores, best ten scores to wil Club adas five casb prizes to be distributed in July. Carr revolver medal, x shots, scores. Club to add three cash prizes, to be distributed in July. Ladies’ 22-caliber match, gold, silver and bronze medals for three best scores. Cash prizes for tiags (shots striking in the inch centers) will be given monthly on the Bnshnell, Glinde- mann, B'anding, Carr and Young medals. The club’s opening shoot for 1897 will be held on the Shell Mound range next Sun- day. In order to accommodate the in- creased number of marksmen it was de- cided to open two more targets on the pis- tol and rifle ranges. gt AT SCHUETZEN PARK. Several German Rifle Clubs Hold Thelr Initial Shoot This Year. There was a large attendance at Schuet- zen Park yesterday afternoon in honor of the opening shoots of the new year. Among the clubs most liberally repre- sented were the California Schuetzen Club, the Verein Eintracht and the San Francisco Grutli Verein. The first-named and the Eintracht Leld their initial monthly medal shoot for the new year and the Grutli signalized the occasion by both a bullseye competition and a medal shoot. The principal winners in the monthly medal shoot of the California Schuetzen Club were as follows: First champion class, first class—C. Thierbach, 421 rings; second ciass — D. W. McLaughiin, 415. Second champion class, first class — J. Utschig Jr., 411; second class—Robinson, 399, lgirsn class, first—Otto Bremer, 435; second—P. Brunotti, 413. COLLEGE THEORY 0R HARD REALITY Professor Ross of Stanford Tells the Socialists of Enjoyments. His Audience, However, Look More to the Cold, Practical Features of the Cise. One of the jargest halls in Pythian Castle, 909 Market street, was fitled to the doors lust evening, the occasion being a meeting of the American branch of the Socialist Labor party, at which Professor Edward W. Ross of Leland Stanford Uni- versity was the principal speaker. Wil- liam Costley presided, and Oliva Everett | and George Aspden gave recitations and readings. Professor Ross, who is the instructor in economics at the university, took for his subject, “Evolution of Enjoyment.”” He held up the idea that the people of to-day have the means of enjoying themselves more than the ancients, and that the present situation has, indeed, a _more cheerful outlook than in the past. The tall professor said that the present trend of pleasure is more esthetic and beautiful than in the past and is looking more to the spiritual than to the sensual. To illustrate his point bhe called attention to the bioody umusements of Rome and to the pleasures of the barbarous tribes whose greatest enjoyment is eating and drinking to excesy and ialing away their time. = The tendency of modern civilization, he continued, is to the better. Instead of brutal sports we have a greater appre- iation for music, literature, scenery, picture galleries. Gladiatorial battles have given way to football, lawn tennis and tug-of-war matches. People are more social and enjoy music recitals, lectures, | ete., while formerly their enjoyment was ifish, the greatest pleasure being possess- ion of wealth and a display of fine raiment and houses. Professor Ross contended that pleasure is b coming cheaper than formerly. Once it was rated as a great thing t¢ have and ride in 8 carriage. Now hundreds own buggies, and this shows that the caste lines are not so_severely drawn. The less wealthy can enjoy some of the pleasures of their wealthier brothers. In fact democ- racy permits a closer approach of the var‘ous classes to each other. The very demand for things outof the reach of the poorer classes brings to them cheaper articles of the desired kind, and the distribution is much larger and the means of enjoyment are thus in- creased. According to the custom at these meet- ings, those in the audience are permitted" to ask questions and make brief addresses on the subject under consideration. The questions asked and remarks made by a number of socialists showed a wide difference between the Stanford profess- or's theories and the work-a-day laborer’s exveriences. One of the latter began by asking how the thousands of over-worked laborers can enjoy the esthetic pleasures of music, picture galleries, carriages and literature spoken of by Professor Ross. When a man labors like & slave from eght to sixteen hours a day for just enough to keep boty and soul together he is well satisfied 10 sleep, in order to be prepared for the next day’s toll. “Out on the hills near here,’ he re- sumed, ‘“‘are hundredsof men in a grad- ing camp, working from sunrise to sunset. In their boarding-house the tin plates are nailed to the table, and the knives and forks are fastened with chains. The dish- washer washes the dishes by turning a stream from a hose on the table instead of applving hot water and soap. *‘How can men working under such cir- cumstances be exsemd Lo appreciate en- Joyment, evoluted or otherwise? Car- Tiages, books, literature, music or art gal- leries are closed to them. Moreover tie cheap editions mentioned are the result of cheap labor, the cheap garments are the product of the sweat-shops, and chieap car- riages represent urderpaid iabor.” Professor Ross suggested that if these wou'd keep out of saloons and bny fess beer their condition might not be so bad, to which another socialist answered that the more & man saved even en beer the more he would have to contribute to the capitalist, who is_ever ready, upon seeing evidencs of thrift upon the part of the laboring classes, to cut wages, Itis no wonder that the workingman seeks to stupety his brain with drink and to drown his cares and fears. Itistoalter this condition of affairs and so place the laboriag man socially and otherwise that he will have confidence in himself and in the future that socialism is striving. ————————— A Great Shot. The Duke of Ma'akhoff was at a battue at Btrathtieidsay and shot nothing, much to his disgust, and when the day was over it appeared that he would be extremely put out unless he was allowed or enabled to kill something. So, in spite of all the gamekeeper could think, feel or say, a pheasant was procured. tied by its leg to tle top of a post, and Malakhoff was put some thirty yards off with a double-bar- reled gun. It was supvosed that he would thereupon and thence take two shots at the bird. Not bit of it; he loaded botk barrels, walked close up to the pheas- ant, put the muzz.e close to him and dis- charged both barrels into him, with “He! coquin.” The next day the Duke of Wel- lington told the keeper that Malakhcff was a great man, who haa smoked to death 50 Arab men, women and children in a cave; to which the gamekeeper replied: “Like enough, your Grace; he’d be capa- ?h d?‘ anything.”’—Letters of Lord Black- ot JOSEPH MURPHY HAS LA GRIPPE The Irish Comedian Con- fined to Bed at the Occidental. All His Company Coughing and Sneezing—Result of a Northern Tour. The Star Hopes to By Able to Go On With the Performunca/To-Night. Disappointed Portland. Joseph Murphy, the Irish character actor, arrived with his company from the North yesterday morning and Mr. Mur- vhy himself went directly to bed at the Occidental and remains there. He is suf- fering from a severe attack of grip, con- tracted at Spokane, Wash., and it is very doubtful if he wil be able to go on the stage to-night. He is attended by Dr. Luke Robinson, who thinks' it possible tbat he may be in condition to meet his engagement at the Columbia, but is by no means certain about it. The company hsd to cut Portland out of their itinerary on account of the star’s illness when they reaclied that city. They were billed for two nights anda matinee there after their date at Tacoma, but, “‘although the manager kicked,” said Mr. Sheehan, a member of the company, “they had only to look at Joe, and they threw up their hands.” The whole company is coughing and wheezing as the result of their run through the Northwest, but Mr. Murphy has it bad, and for a little time was supposed to bein a rather entical condition. How- ever, that is passed, and 1t is deemed a matter of a few days only when he will be bimself again, “We came out over the Northern Pacific,” said Mr. Murphy last evening between wheezing and coughing. *‘All through Dakota and Montana the ther- mometer was away down, cold as blazes, but everybody feeling fine, we plaving the big houses. When we crossed the Rockies, however, and got down to Spokane, we found the neople suffering from a phe- nomenon in the maiter of weather—a dark, thick fog, through which you couldn’t see across the street. In the midst of it there was a sort of drizzling rain. It hung over the city all the white we were there and they said it had occurred nightly for a week previous to our arrival—a thing never seen there before. Well, I bezan coughing and grew worse right along uniil I had 1o give up at Portland. “Iregretted that exceedingly.” he con- tinued. "I had been anticipating with pleasure appearing 1n that city, for it was in Portiand that I made my first appear- ance as a star thirty-three years ago. I have never been there since. It is not bard to under-tand, therefore, what in- terest 1 felt in appearing there at this time. My,appearance there was in a play called ‘Born to Good Luck.’gnd I may say that from that time to date—this date excepted, verhaps—I have never had anything but good luck. In all these years of uninterrupted touring the coun- try 1 have never missed an engagement until that at Portland, the return to my starting point.” “Yes, sir,” remarked W. T. Sheehan, as his chier paused to cough a while, I have been with Joe for eleven years, and in that fime notwithstanding all the storms and | floods and accidents by water and rail that people constantly on the road must meet, we have never until now failed to keep our dates. It is rather remarkable, come to think of it.” “Yes, I am_ esentially a San Fran- ciscan,” said Muarphy in answer to the question. “I came here in 1852. No, I wasn’t on the’stage then; I was a mere roustabout. I went to the stage in variety and burnt cork business at Giibert’s Melo- deon and the Bella Union. I was with Burbank & Backus' Minstrelsat Maguire’s Opera-house, then on Washington street, near Montgomery. ~I May say that it was THe CArL that led me into Irish character lines. A bene- fit was given to old Billy Chapman at the New Idea, and in a play called ‘Irish As- surance and Yankee Modesty’ I took the Irish character and Caroline Chapman the opposite part. The next morning, entirely unsolicited and unexpected, Tne CaLL gave me a column, advising me to give over the burnt-cork business and go | in for Irish character parts. 1 took the advice to heart, bezan to lock about for a play and determined to trv my luck asa star in *Born to Good Lack.” My success was such that [ went right along from that time. *“The play in which I have succeeded best is ‘Kerry Gow.’ stantly for (wenty-three years. No other play has such a record. And the wonder of it is that it is as_popuiar to.day in all | the large cities as it ever was. We have just come from Chicago, where the orchestra had to be put under the stage. Packed to the doors nieht after night. It is 8o in all the large cities, from Boston to’ Cincinnati and Philadelphia and Pitts- burg to St. Paul. ‘Shaun Rhue’ is not so ol by but two years, and remains equally long-lived and popular.” ’ Mrs. Murphy did not take the northern route, but came here direct 8 month a o, and has been at the Occidental awaiting her husband’s arrival, and since then has been his zttentive nurse. A CURIOUS OASE. Forgery Committed for the Saks of Practicing Jokes. Lacsussade, the amiable septusgenarian in charge of the library of the Senate, ssys a Paris correspondent, whose alleged mar- riage was lately announced by a hoaxer, has a long list of grievances against the mysterious person who continues to trou- ble his tranquility. The tormentor, who can copy the siyle and the handwriting of M. Lacaussade, recently made the latter a candidate for academical honors. The librarian has, in fact, written a volume of verse, and has translated the works of the Italian poet and pessimist, Leopard: On another cccasion the hoaxer wiote to a Milan publisher, asking him to send to M. Lacaus-ade all the books in llnlian about Leopardi’s life and works. The volumes duly arrived at the Senate,. and were followed some days afterward by 1000 kilos of anthracite coal from the gas company, a grand piano from a boulevard music-shop, a dinper for several guests from a noted cool two dozen of type- writers for the Senate and heaps of miscel- laneous articles from business fi Th librarian had a good deal of trouble in per- saading the tradesmen who forwarded him the goods that he had never ordered them. The hoaxer also sent some verses in M. Lacaussade’s name to a leading re- view, in which they were inserted. The tormentor will now probably rema: quiet for a time, as strict investigations are being made for the purpose of dis- covering his personality. M. 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