The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1897, Page 13

R —— — = R —— A - and personal, and carry on the business THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1897. 138 WAITIN FOR THE COVERNORS ACTON Alameda County Interested in Having a District Fair. Director Kent Is Confident That the Bill Just Passed Will B: Signed. | Livermore .Is Very Anxious for af Chance to Ex.ib:t Products of Her Va leyv. | | OARLAND OrFICE SAN FrANCISCO CALL,) Broaaway, March 18, W. M. Kent, who was one of the direc- { tors of the old district fair board, is very | ¢ husiastic over the proposition of having s fair in Oakiand tbis summer. Now that the bill appropriating $10,000 | to adistrict fair in Alameda County has | dsuzhier, M { Mrs. ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS. until such a time as he may be enabled to sell to good advantage. Then the proceeds dre to o to the widow, who is made sole heir. The valuation is placed at $100,000; $30,000 15 in notes, $48,000 in stock of fious corporations and the remainder in Alameda County r CAUSED BY A CANDLE, 0’ Brien ow Escape From Death, and Daughter’s Story of the Affair. OAKLAND, Car, March 18—The storics of the circumsiances connected with the burning of Joha O'Brien early this week are very confliciing. He is still alive, although in a very critical condi- tion. He is a cook, and has been em- ployed in Petaiuma until recently. On rday he came to Oakland to visit his Carrie Ingram, 313 Elev- John entn street. Shortly after retiring, at an early hour Monday morning, screams from his room brought Mrs. Inzram and her daughter to his assistance. He was found on the floor wrapped in flames. These were extin- guished and a physician cailed, who cared for the sofferer. A siory gained circula- tion that O'Brien had been robbed, ofl thrown over him and set fire to while he was asleep. Robbery was given as the e o think that ny such accusations should be made breaks my beart,” sobbed Ingram. ot a bit of ofl was on the bed except what tie doctor used in dressing the wounds. Father had un- H. H. PITCHER of the Livermore League of Progress. passed both houses, there is a feeling of | confidence that the bill will receive the | signiture of the Governor. The appropria tion was vetoed by Governor Budd two | ago, becanse he stated that the | sauction of the State was simply being used’ for the purpose of supporting a | couple of weeks of indifferent racing. This cbjection no longer holds good, for | T. H. Williams Jr. has already promised | to attend to the racing and to hang up| the usual gocd purses at Emeryville, so that firsi-class sport will be assured. This | will enable the directors fo devote the | whole of the appropriation to the exhibi- | tion features of the fair. i eferring to the fair to-dey Mr. Kent said: “There is every reason why the | Govefnor should sien the bill, for it couples with the distr ct fair the appropri- tion for thc State exhibit. The $10.000 thus available must last for two years, | $3060 1o be used each time. In the past| but $3500 was allowed, which was never | enough. ““We have not had a fair since three years | from last Augast. Then 1t was held in an Francisco. Now the Ingleside track is the only place avaiiable, so it is certain to_be located in Oakland. W. V. Witcher, president of the Mer- chants’ Exchange, and J. P. Taylor, presi- dent of the Board of Trade, both assure hearty support from their respective or- ganizations. Up in Livermore H. H. Pitcher, presi dent of the League of Progress, is already | canvassing support for a good representa- | tion from that neiehborhood. “This part of the county is very anxious for a chance to show w can produce,” | said Mr. Pitcher to-day. “A district fa! 1n Oakland is just what is needed to s people up. Tiiereis altoretbertoo little in | common between the different cities and towns in this county, and_we want some- thing on which we can all unite. A big fair would draw s large crowd from San Francisco and adjoining counties and wili circulate a great deal of money. We sin- | cerely hope that Governor Budd will see | his way clear to sign the bill” | SUIOIDE IN A SALOON. A Discharged Horseman Shoots Himself | on Lower Broadway. | OAKLAND, CaL, March 18.—Sam Car- | ter, 2 man emploved at the racetrack, shot | himself in 8 Lower Broadway saloon.this | fternoon and died a few minutes Jater in his brother’s arms. Cartér bad been drinking heavily of late and this aiternoon be went to Schmidt & Fieverling’s taloon, where his brother Walter is a bartender. He took several drinks and then retired | to a rear apartment. A minute later a shot was beard and Carter was found on the floor_with a bullet wound over the Leart. His brother picked him up, but he | soon expired. Carter was married but his wife & divorce some vears 2zo. She isn ing with her child in this city. Carter has been employed at the race- track and is & competent horseman, at one time being a jockey. Recently he was disctfarged and he took to drinking. He hes been despondent lately, though he never ninted at suicide. ¢ Before leaving the party at the bar he was as jovial 88 any. ° Mrs. Price Arrested Agnin. OAKLAND, CaL, March 18.—Word has resched bere that Mrs. Gertrude Price, who recently attracled attention nesr Haywards when it was thought she was going to commit suicide, has been arrested in Los Angeles and taken before Judge Van Dyke on a charge of insanity. She was walking on the railroad when arresied and claimed to be.on ber way to New | Orieans. She was released after exami- nation as being rational. g School Principals to Meet. OAKLAND, CAL., March 18.—Superin- tendent McClymonds nas issued a call for all principals to meet Tuesday aiternoon next for instruction in the use of Fenni- more’s Test Chart, for the testing of chil- dren’s eyes. Filed for Probate. OAKLAND CaL, March 18.—Henry A. Palmer of Lo« Angeles to-day filed 1or robate in the Superior Court the will of Bis fate brother, C. T. H. Paimer of Berke- ley. The brother is appointed executor and is to take all of the effects, both real dressed and when ready for bed he put the light on_the floor to look for some money that had slipped out of his pocket. The candle caught his shirt, ana his side and arm were badly burned. He would un- doubtedly have been burned to a crisp had we not reached him. “Nota word of truthis in the robbery story. Father has very little, but is a great hand to brag about his mines. I never knew him to bave one.” he burns are severe and may yet result in bisdeath. MAY HAVE TWO JUDGES. Indications That the Police Court May Be a Bone of Conten- tion. OAKLAND, Car., March 18,—It is as- serted by those who profess to know that Judge Fred V. Wood surrendered the Police Court bench yesterday in order to put Justice Allen 1n the position of a con- | testant instead of Wood. This is to be ac- complished by the sppointment of Wood to the position by Mayor-elect Thomas when he assumes office next montu. He will then demand tue position, and if it be not surrendered he will proceed to hold court, and Allen will be com pelled to fight to have the powers recognize him. The courts have held that there can be two Poiice Judges, as there are in Los An- geles, and it may resuli in two being in power in this city. Both Justices are paid the same—$2000—but the Police Judge has the greater prestize with a clerk and stenographer to appoint. Hence the rivairy. Warren Still Absent. OAKLAND, Car., March 18.—Deputy Sheriff 8am Heller failed to find Chris Warren at bis bome, near Berryman sta- tion, yesterday when he went afier him with a writ of habeas corpus to secure the baby. This morning the case was post- poued and a new writ issued. This was iven to Depuniy Sheriff Al White, who sserts that he will camip on the formers’ trail tiil be finds him. Sanitary District Trustees, OAKLAND, Car., March 18.—The elec- tion of three members of ‘he sanitary board of Fruitvale District No. 1 resulted in a total vote o 132. C. D. Rennett 115, A. Schroyer 110, W. G. Trornally 119, Robert Turnbuli 1, J. H. Blake 1, King L Tie hold-over members are J. H. W, Riley and A. C. Fay. were elected. Booth-Tucker in Oakland. OAKLAND, CaL., March 18. -Comman- der Booth-Tucker, who was here last Juiy, will conduct three meetinzs on Sundav. ‘T'ive Brst, at 11 A, M., will e 1n the head- quariers at People's Theater building, the 3 P. . services will be in the First Congre- gtional Church, while the evening ser- vices will be beld in the First Presbyterian Church at 7:30 o' ciock. Allen on the Beunch. OAKLAND, Car., March 18.—Justice J. J: Allen assumed the judicial robes in the Police Court this morning and fined the first man that appeared before him $6 jor drunkenn . Solomon Baumgarien, convicted yesterdav by a jury of beating his wife, was fined $100 or fiity days. He made a plea for leniency, but the Judge was firm. . The first three Bitten by a Spitx.. OAKLAND, Car, March 18.—Eddie Gil- lespie, aged 12, was bitten by a Spitz dog to-day. The animal's teeth tore the iad’s band, making it necessary to sew it. The dog was not angry but simply snapped. The wound was atiended 10 at the hospi- tal, and it 18 not thought that it will prove dangerous, Eddie is the scn of a mill engineer. Indicted by the Grand Jury. OAKLAND, CAL., March 18.—The Grand Jury has found a true bl against 8. R. Dickey, charged with sweating gold coins, As the evidence is very conclusive it may be that he will plead guilty, with the hope of getting a light sentence. The authori. ties have been Jooking for him for seven years. They Favor Miller. OAKLAND, CAL., March 18. —=The Good Roads Association eXecutive committee held a largely attended meeting last night and recommended tothe favorable con- sideration of the Board of Publio Works the name of M. K. Miller for Superintend- ent of Streets. TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Jayative BromoQuinine Tablets, Alldrug- gists refund the mosaey i 1t 1ails To cure, 29¢ | imperiled his po-ition in OB, KNOX MAY BE PRESIDENT The New Board of Educa- tion Will Organize in a Few Days. Superintendent McClymonds Says the £ch-ol Directors Have an Important D ity. If Professcr Burril's Stat:ments Be Tru2 th: New Board Should A just Matters OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,) 908 Broudway, March 18, § | One week from next Monday the Board | | of Education will meet and organize. It is very probable that Dr. Myra Knox will | be chosen for president, and should she | decline it is not possible to tell who may be elected. The most important business to come before the new board isthe election of a | Superintendent of Schoois, who, under the law, holds office for four years. At various times during tne last eight years in which Superintendent McClymonds | has been in office there has been more or less talk of other candidates, but they have never survived the first meeting of successive new boards. At this time there is some opposition shown by Professor Burnll of the high school, who recently published a long letter making serious charges against the system pursued in the grammar schools, which he attributed directly to the unfit- | ness of the Sctool Superintendent. As Professor Burrill has been at the head | of a department in the High School for ten years, his pointed statements created quite a sensation. Superintendent Mc- Clymonds bas hitherto been silent, but to- | day he made the following statement: This letter of Professor Burrill's is not a maiter that I feel I can d.scuss with propristy. | It 100 nearly concerns me personally. I have rests with the Board of Education. Iu the v board the majority heve already seen vioe as school directors, and should know st how the schoo s are being conducted. 1f are not satisted, it is their duty to make { changes. Professor Burriil will not draw me intp an open controversy, for 1 believe that | this question is simply one for the School | Bosrd, and nobody else. Ireslize that the subject is one of greatim- portance. Proiessor Burrill is a candidate to | succeed me. He is also in n_mea ure under | me as a teacher in the High Schco. This | places me in n ver: embarrassing ition, 1 | have no doubt he is sincere and meaus what he says, butl shall not ask him for an explan- i Professor others. Prominent among the others present were: Professor Moeses, Professor William Carey Jones, Professor G. H. Howison, Professor Mellin W. Haskell, Proiessor E. W. Hilgard, Dr. Ritter, Lawson, Professor M. E. Jaffa, Protessor Irving Stringham, G. W. Richards, P. R. Boone, Professor E. J. Wickson, Professor Rising, Professor S. B. Christy, Professor Walter Magee, Pro- sessor Cory, Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf and Colonel George C. Edwards. The Great Debate. BERKELEY, CaL.. March 18 —Thedate for the iutercolieyiate debating contest bas not yet been deiinitely decided upon, because of the desire of Stanford tochan e it from April 17, which was originaily agreed upon, until scme time later. It seems probable that it will be held a week later. It has been customary hitnerto to hold the debate on the evening following the annual intercollegiate fieldday, but for some apparently unknown reason the Palo Alto boys wish the . contest to be neld a week later. The three men, Overstreer, Weil and Cohn, who were seected at last night's finals, will' spend alarge portion of their time from now until the creat annual event on the rostrum in whetting their wits, cultivating their presence of mind and’ otherwie preparinz to keep the honors of debate with Berkeley for another year. Burned by Turpentine BERKELEY, CAn. March 18. Corrigan, a punter of South Berke severely burned this afternoon while mix- ing a pot of paint. He was in the act of combrning turpentine and wax when, an explosion of the ingredients took place, throwing the turpentire over iis whole body. It took fire and before it couid be extinguished Corrigan was quite seriously burned about the hands and face. Populist Mass-Meeting. BERKELEY, CAL., March 18 —The Peo- nle’s party will hald 8 mass-meeting next Saturday evening at Sisterna Hall, when ma will_be discussed. Several prominent speakers have deen engaged for the occa- sion. —————— LIQUOR MEN DESPONDENT. The Anti-Saloon League Claims a Ma- Jority of Yrecincts. ALAMEDA, CAL, March 18 —From present appearances the liquor dealers will not take so active a part in the com- ing campaign as was at first believed would be the case. Whether this is be- cause they have canvassed the question and think that the no-license movement will win or for other reasonsis not known. At any rate they show considerable apathy, and the Anti-Saloon League ‘is correspondingly elated. They believe 1hat in the majority of precinc's they will win the dey, and that in but one or_ two, if 50 many, will the people givea majority in favor of the ssloon. A Strange Order. ALAMEDA, Can, March 18. —Green Majors of this place is the sttorney in a Justice Court case involving the trifling amount of §10. The case came up1n Jus- tice Clift’s court in Oakland, and for good and sufficient reasons an application for a chance of venue was made. Tne law says plainly tha: under such ecircumstances the change shall be maie “'to the nearest court,”” neverthelrss the Justice ordered the case sent to L.vermore for trial, the Succeed Himself. ation. Everything that is done in this connec- tion must come from the board. I see it hint- ed that on account of this opposition he has the High Sciool. That isnot true. He has & right to aspire to be Superintendent of Schools, and for all I know he may be my successor. Ihave not solicited the support of a single member of the new board, and although I know that one or two favor me I cannot say with Certainty that Ishall be my own Successor. This matter, however, will no doubt be judiciously attend- ed to by the new board. BANQUET TO WRIGHT, Prominent Citizens of Berkeley Gather Around the Festal Beard in Honor of the Assembiyman, BERKELEY, CaL., March 18.—A com- plimentary banquet was tendered to As- semblyman Howard E. Wright this even- ing at Shattuck Hall by the Goed Govern- ment Giub of Berkeley in recognition of his services to the university as one of the promoters of the 1-cent tax Lill. Covers were spread for eighty porsons, among whom were a large number of the univer- sity faculty. Specches were elivered by Dr. Thomas Addison, president of the club; by Pres dent Martin Kellogg, Dr. Joseph Le Conte, J. L. Bcotchler and court there being the remotest one in the county. His objection to sending the case to an Alameda Justice was that Mr. Majors lived 1n this city, and he also ob- jected to sending it to East Oakland be- ause one of the other attorneys lived there. Now the attorneys are asking whatis the use of having any law on the subject anyhow, Une Candidate Missing. ALAMEDA, CAr., March 18.—All the candivates for vity offices have filed their peitions with the City Cerk with asingle exception, that of R.'B. Tappan for City Attorney. There are several days ye! in which this important preliminarv_can be carried out. The last petition filed was that of General R. H. Magill, who pro- poses to run independently for Library Trus:ee. e S'ot Twice In the Foot. OAKLAND, CaLn, March 18.—Fred Moore was treated at the Receiving Hos- pital to-day for a shot in the heel. Moore was dressing to attend a wedding r«cep- tion and was putting his gun in a bureau- drawer when it caught against something and exploded, shooting him in the heel. The wound is not serious, About a year ago Moore was similarly injured. s pertaining to the coming election | JAY EATON HAS ARRIVED The Champion Indoor Bi- cycle Rider Is Here. He Will Ride at the Ccming Bicycle Race Meet at the Pavilion. Everything in Realiness for the Op ning of the Bg Track Tournam:at. One of America’s greatest bicycle riders is now in this City. He arrived yester- day afternoon, direct from Chicazo. He |is Jay Eaton, a champion among cham- pions, especially at indoor riding, and the great three weeks' indoor tournament which is to open to-morrow night at the Mechanics' Pavilion was the medium that induced him to come to this City. Eaton bas not a peer among indoor riders, He commenced his bicycle racing career two years ago, but his most won- derful work was done during 1896, mostly indoors. During last year he won fifty-one firsts, twelve seconds and twelve thirds. This is a wonderful record, but the amount of his winnings for last year is still more to be wondered at. He won exactly $5280, or as much as Eddie Bald { won, and three times as much as any other indoor rider carried off. THE CALL's cycling editor talked with him: for some time last night and found him a very pleasaut couversationalist. He is 27 years of age and has been besides a crack bicycle racer, one of the best sprinters in the country. He is an excep- tion to the general rule, which is that footracers seldom become good bicycle- riders. Wnoen in condition he weixhs about 155 pounds, and in his street clothes does not look the athlete which be appears in his racing suit. He is an ex- ceptionally well-built young fellow and the development of his thigh muscles is truly wonder.ul. He will ride during the entire indoor meet and wiil be a great attraction. He and Becker are old-time rivals, and they will come together on the first night of the tournament in the five-mile invitation race for professionals. The race will be a | hot one, and as Becker is riding like a reak a wonderful race can be looked for. The following is a list of the handicaps and heats for the first night’s racing, with the exception of the five-mile club cup race, which has not been arranged yet: One mile, amateur handicap, first he: R. dott, scratch; Morris M. Cook, 25 yard: H. White, 50 yurds: F. A. Arno.d, 75 yaras. S-cond Leni—Tony Delmas, seratch, Wa.ter Leiteh, 25 vards; W. §. Bucon, 55 yards; V. Veriinuc, 80 yards. Third heai—J. E. Wing. scratch; T. A. Grif- fiths, 20 yards; R. H. Hammond, 55 yards; W. B, P.umb, 90 yard: Fourth heat—E. son, 85 yards, Fifih "he Squires, 25 yards R. Kenna, scratch; H. W. : E. A. Bozio, 50 yaras; H. Sternverg, 85 ya-ds. Sixth heat—Fritz Lacy, scratch; Jacob Hirsch, 30 yards; T. Alborelle, 50 yards; E. M. Cushman, 80 yards. Seventh heat—G. W, Tantau, 15 yards; E. E. Lenguetin, 40 yards;" A, P. Deacon, 55 yards; A. Theiscn, 100 yards. Eighth heat—C. D. Gooch, 40 yards; Milton M. Couk, 75 yards; R. A. Coulter, 100 yards; L. Schmitt, 130 yards. Ninth host—C. J. Birdsall, 40 yards; George ay, 55 yards; D. E. Francis, 75 yurds; B. L.ord, 65 yards. e-mile invitation, first heat—Jay Eaton, W. E. Becker, C. 8, Wells, W. A. Terrlll; second hent—Walter Foster, F.'A. Macfarland, O. L. Stevens and George Bover. One-mile scraich, prof ssional, first heat— Jay Eaton, Oriando Stevens, Clarence Davis, Max Morfis; second heat—Fred Loughead, Bob Terrill, Frank Bryne and tiardy Downin third heat—Fioyd Macfariand, Harry Terrill, George Bovee and Howard Freeman; fourth heat—Alan Jones, C. 5. Welis, W. E. Becker and Dan Whitman, Arrangements have been made whereby pools gill be <old on the races. This has never been done in this City before, and now is a good time to try the experiment. If this can be done so that there will be no trickery, 1t wiil doubtless add increased interest to the sport; but of course every possible cauiion must be taken to prevent the throwing of races and other things likely to bring the sport into disrepute. WO00D ENGEAVING. Effect of the Rivalry of New Photo- graphic Processes. The new methods of producing illustra- tions by various photographic *“processes” are excellent in many respects, and are yreferable perhaps to all the oid methods when cheapness rather than quality is in- sisted upon. Very fine effectsare secured, in fact, by “process work.” To the great majority of people the pictures 1 the better class of magazines are periectly satisfactory, being vastly superior to the cheap wood cuts which they displace. But *'as a fine art’”’ wood engraving, ac- cording to Mr. W. B. Gardner—as quoted by the Popular Science Monthly—still holds the field and has an assured future. Iuis, he bolds, “far and away” superior to any process “in its marvelous versatility of technique, which enables the engraver to translate nat only thé value, but the very individual touch of each artist’ from whose picture he may be engraving. “'All processes dependent upon photog- rapay are bound to go wrong in the ren- dering of ‘values,’ since photography has not yet been brought to such a state of perfection as to master the difficulties of exact color translation. In fact, pho- tography is utterly inadequate to the most simple wash drawings in black and white,” \g’ood engraving in a mechanical way has had its day, but as a reprodace tive fine art it is held to be unapproach- able. “It has not been touched,” says HARRY OVERSTREET. A. L WEIL. C. C. COEN. - THE THREE DEBATING CHAMPIONS OF BERKELEY COLLEGE.. Mr. Gardner, with enthusiasm, ‘“‘and never will be touched by any process yet invented.” The shortcomings of the photograph are conceded and the “process engraving’’ must necessarily share its defects. There is much difference, of course, between a good photograph and a bad one—aimost as much as between a good wood cut and abud one. Butof the best photographic portrait one o ten hears the remark made: “A fine picture, but not a bit like him!” A dozen different photographs of the same person may present half a dozen different faces, each very unlike the o:her. Where colors are to be reproduced the results are still more false, owing to the fact that the several colors act upon the sensitive film with widely different degrees of intensity. Moreover, the per- spective sometimes goes wrong, with the re- sult that neither in values nor lines is the photograph to be trusted. An artist's hand may correct some of its deficiencies, but to the educated eye many still remain. “Nothing,” says Mr. Gardner, “does or ever can compare with the work done through the sensitive medium of the eye and hand of man. In iact, I consider wood en- graving far better than any or all the re- productive arts, as it stands quite alone in its wonderful adaptability, for any variety of texture one likes can be produced on the boxwood biock. This cannot be said for either etching, mezzo-tint, steel or copper, great as the masters bave been who have worked upon one or the other of these materials.” Each of these mate- rials has its merits, but wood is best. “The crowning advantage,” says the writer, ‘43 that the engraver is enabled to work in both black and white line. Notu- is out of the range of imitation.” The skiliful artist can render differences in texture. Flesh, silk, satin, woo1, sieel, glass, marble, ' furs, atmospheric’ effects and joliage of ail kinds—all these the wood engraver can fai hfully represent. What is of like imporiance, he can render the difference between oil and water colors. New and cheap processes have not, therefore, displuced the artistic en- graver, thougli it may have taken work from the less skillful. This is what might have been expected iu view of the failure of photography to oust the better class of portrait painters. No mechanical process can equal the working of the human hand guided by genius. Till the camera can feel and think, as well as see, it must remain inferior to man in the production of first-class works of art.—Baltimore Sun. — FOUND BY OAR PORTERS. Atticles Left in Sleepers by Absent- Minded Pussengers. Some curious things are picked up by sleeping-car porters, and a goodly propor- tion of them are turnea over to persons in authority, to be restored to their own- ers if called for. The “found” bureau of the Wagner Palace Car Company in this city often affordsan interesting study. An innumerable variety of ticketed articles there displayed bears ocuiar testimony to the freaks of absent-mindedness. There are pathetic as wall asamusing sugees- tions in these lost articles, for some of them are obviously mementos of teneer associations. A baby's tiny worsted shoe, for instance, found in a sleeping berth where no baby had been, tells its own touching liitle story. Each article as soon as it is banded to the custodian of the “found” bureau is made 1nto a neat parcel and marked with the day and hour of finding, name of the sleeping-car, number of the irain and the name of the finder. Most of thbese mis- laid personal effects are found under the seats or in tue lavatories of the cars, Fully two-thirds of the women's belon ings which are p.cked up by sleeping-car porters are toilet articles or jewelry left in the lavatories. It was only a few days ago thata Wag- ner porter found two valuable finger-rings in a washbowl. They had been sucked into the escape pipe together and fortu- nately became wedged ihere 80 that they were not carried away by the outflowing water. Tue owner of the rings said when they were restored to her that she was “sure that she hud put them in her satchel,” and seemed quite indignans at the temerity of the porter in in-isting that ke nad found them in & washbowl. Umorelias, canes and shawl-straps con- stilute a majority of the “finds” in s eep- ing-cars. They are ssldom reclaimed, aithough Kept by the company’s custo- dian for a vear. Some of the oddities in the Wagner bureau’s collection may be enumerated as {ollow: One white satin siipper, a woman’s bead and lace bounet, chafing dish, pair o: trousers, two hair switches, one set of faise teeth, silver can- dlestick and wax candle, one fine linen nightrove, package of perfumed letters tied with’ pink ribbons, an ear-trumpet, one cratch, and three or four caged birds. Once in a great wh le a pocket-book con- taining money is turned in at the *“found” burean. Such “finds” are quickly called for. The loss of money is usually discov- ered beiore the loser leaves the car, conse- quentiy, if it has been mislaid on that particular car, it is searched for then and there. Passengers usually feel for their money the first thing after awaking in the morning, and, finding that ail right, apparently do not tax their minds with anvthing else. Occasionally, however, men who carry their money loosely in their pockets [ose it by pulling it out with a pairof gloves, a handgerchief or a note- book. Not long ago the conductor of a sleeping-car which bad just been emptied of its passengers in the Grand Central sta- tion found $40) in bills Jying on the plat- form just outside the door. He took it to the office of the general superintendent, and it was called for within an hour.—N. Y. Times. ————— TOLD OF A BLIND STUDENT. Attainments Tha: Seem Hardly Possible to One Without Sight. The .career of James P. Hamilton, a blind student at the University of Michi- gan, is in many respects a remarkable one, At an early age, through an acci- dent, the sight of both ot his eyes was de- stroyed, and since then he has fought a successful battle in 1ife against great odds. He is the son of the Rev. James Hamillon of Grand Rapids, Mich. He was born at Biz Rapids, in the same S.ate, October 19, 1872 When 3 years old he fell and struck the points of a pair of shears into one eye, and from sympatbetic affection and poor treatment he lost the sight of both eyes. When he was about 10 years old he entered the Michigsn School for the Blind ac Lansing, and re- mained there until he was graduated in the literary course. He also learned the trades of broom-making and piano-taning. He then made a trip 10 Europe, paying his own way by monecy earned at piano- tuning. While in Europe he studied both French and German, and now he is able to speak these larguages fluently. He aveled over the most interesting por- tions of the Old World, and he says the trip was very beneficial in many ways. On his reiurn from his trip abroad he entered Albion Culleze, and from there he entered the university at Ann Arbor, where he expects to take the classical course. In the summer of 1895 he was married, and he and his wife spent the year in lnl‘y and Greece in stud‘y. In Greece especially he was an object of great interest. . In that country the blind do nothing but beg, and nothing more is ex- vcted of them, and Mr. Hamilton with is attainments was much admired He and his wife were invited todine with numerous members of the nobility, and were sent for by the Queen. Mr. Hamil- ton is not only an expert piano-tuner, but 18 a musician of merit and has testimon- ials from the leading conservatories of America and the Old World. Every lec- ture that he attends he takes notes of the subject and his mind is 30 trained that ne can remember an ordinary lecture of an bour’slen:th so as to reproduce it from 11s notes upon returning home. He writes with the Braille system. With this he writes about twenty words a min- ute, while on the typewriter for ordinary correspondence He writes from seventy to eighty words a minut He is also an athlete and holas Auction Sales CHAS. LEVY & C0., AUCTIONERRS, bulesrooms—1135 Marke: Streat. THIS DAY, FRIDAY. WARCH 19, At 10 0'clogK A. M., AL Nalesroom, 1135 MARKET ST, bet. 7th and Sth, == o ST AN ELEGAN vF FURNITURE, Upright Flano; Carpets; Stoves and Ranges: Bar and Back Ba iquors and Glassware. & CO.. Auctionsers. 1837 first-prize medals for catch-as-catch-can wrestling. He has never been beaten in fact at wrestling, uniees he went out of his class. He won the State champion- ship when the intercollegiate meet was held at Ypsilanti.—Cnicago Inter Ocean. ——————— POETIOAL COMPETITIONS. How the Chinese Pass the Time at® Social Party. Teheng-Ki-Tong says in his book, “The Chinamen at Home”: ‘*Instead of shoot ing or playing lawn tennis or croquet, our literary folk as soon as a certain number of them have a little time to spare, meet together in turn at each other’s houses and give themselves up to poetical tour- naments.” This is done in all parts of China, but especially in the province of Fukien. As soon as the players are ready a vase is pessed round, and out of it each draws a siip of paper, on which is written a word denoting what part he isto take. He may be examiner, copving clerk or com- vetitor. When this formality is over one of 1he examiners takes up & book and opens it atrandom. . Another examiner calls a number, say nine. The first examiner reads the ninth lLine of the page at which he has opened, and from this line a phrase or word is chosen as the subject of composition. Then a second vase is p'aced upon the | table, to which a bsllis attached. A thread hangs from the bell, and &z the end of the thread is nung a lighted stick of incense. In about half an hour the stick burns out, the thread igriies and as itsnaps a weight drops, which at the same instaut rings the beil and closes the lid of the vase. The time is up, and no more verses can be put into the urn. Now the clerks pour the manuscripts out of the urn, copy them all out on ths same sheet of paper, to secure anonymity, and to submit them to the examiners. Toe ¢ niners compare them, decide upon the best and second best, and one of the examiners mounts a kind of desk and reads or intones the best one. Each candidate may write or drop into the urn as many poems as he pleases before the bell rings, but has to pay a smail tes for each entry, the money being spent for puper, ink and prizes. A second trial follows immediately, and the two winners of the first trial are made examiners in he second one. This may go on for an entire atternoon, and in the evening a din- ner brings the fete to an end. ——————————— DYSPEPSIA PROOT. The Eskimos Defy All Laws of Hygiene : and Still They Thrive. Much is said about Ameri an dyspepsia, but there is one native race of America that is ceriainly not greatly troubled by the modern curse, say- Popular Science News. Tue sturdy little Eskimos defy all the laws of hygiene and thrive. The Es- kimo, like the ordinary dweller in America, eats until he is satisfied, but there is this difference, that he never is satisfied while a shred of the feast remains unconsumed. His capacity 1s limited by the supply, and by that only. He cannot mage any mistake about the manner of couking his food, for as a ruie he does 1ot cook it, nor so far as the blub- ber or fat of the Arctic animal :s concerned about his metiod of eaung it, for he simply does not eat it: he cuis it into long strips an inch wide and am inch thick, and then lowera the strips down his umluu as one migkt lower arope intoa well. And after all that he does not suffer from indigestion. He can make a 2zood meal off the flesh and skin of the walrus, provision so hard and gritty that i cut- ting np the animal the knife must be con- tinally sharpened. The teeth of a little Eskimo child will meet in a bit of walrus skin as the teeth of American child would meet in the flesh of an apple, and then when the hide of the walrus is from hall to one and a balf inches in thickness and bears consid- erable resemblance to the skin of an ele- puant. Tne Eskimo child wili bite it and uigest 1t, too, and never know what dys- pepsis meant. poaBEEFEIsEa What Lightning Can Do. Lightning has been known to photo- graph objects on the human skin—a pbenomenon known as the ‘lightning print.” Among recorded cases is that of a sailor, who, while mending his shirt at the foot of the mast, was struck by light- ning and killed. When the dead body was undressed the image of & horseshoe was plainly visible upon the back, the exact representation of a horseshoe naited to the ship’s mast. Another sailor, siruck in the same way, had tbhe name of his ship marked distinctly on his bréast. Cows, crosses, trees, birds and other ob- jecis are said by a writer inan English magazine to have been photographed in the same manner. A remarkable siory is told about six sheep killed by lightning near Bath. When the skins of the sheep were taken off “'a fac-simile of a portion of the surrounding scenery was visible on the inner suriace of each skin.”” The only photograph of a lightning print which has been published repre- sents the arm of a boy who was struck by lightning in Berwickshire on Juune 9, 1833. The tree he was leaning sgainst was struck and the poy thrown across the road. When picked up the “impression of the yew-iree branches was found plainly marked on his skin.” ¢ The effect of Lightning on wearing’ap- parel is very curious and is accounted for by the supposition that the current trave els alony the damp surface of the skin, driving the moisture inio vapor, which on account of its expansion, tlows th clothes to tatters. Iwo workmen were eating dinner under a tree, when a came, severely burning one and stunning the other. When the siunned man came to he felt no pain, but disc »vered that his irousers were burnine; that his kpife had been knocked out of his hand and that:he steel buckles had been torn from his shoes. * He put the fire out and managed to crawl to the road for stance. Professor Tyndall had a story of alady who, shutting a window during a storm, had the gold bracelet on her arm destroyed by a flash of lightning, which left her quite unhurt but with a blue mark around her wrist. The biue mark was oxide of gold— all that was left of her brackiet. ————— As much of £400,000 is annually spent in England -on the rurchase of human bair. _As much as £150 has been given for & good crop of white hair, this color being ‘the most aifficult to procure. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Disenses, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mindaud Skkin Diseases. 'he doctorcureswhen othersfall. Try him. Charges low. Curenguaraniced. 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