The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1898 interesting numbers of the evening were se- following scores at 200 yards: Sergeant MEETING NOTICES. SITUAT ONS W..NTED—Continued. NOTES FOR THE NATIONALGUARD Some of the Appointments | on the Division Staff Are Not Popular. E | Candidates for Governor Will Be Questioned on Military Affairs. No Full-Dress Uniforms for the Jubilee Parade—A Model of the Marion. Much of the time of the National Guardsmen in this city was taken up | last week in making preparations for the grand jubilee day parade, consequently there was but little of general interest going on in guard circles. | Colonel H. B. Bush, whilom assistant adjutant-general on the division staff, has turned over the office to Colonel Thomas Cluff, his successor, and every day at! noon the new adjutant is to be found at headquarters in the Baldwin Hotel. Dur- | ing his absence the office is In charge of | Major Schmitt, a medical student at the University of California, who was pro- moted from a non-commissioned officer in the Lowell High School Cadets to that of aid on the division staff, with the title of major. While it is true that Major Schmitt is an active, bright, well- | educated young man, who, no doubt, is very ambitious, there are many of those who have business to transact at head- quarters who are of the opinion—and they have not been reserved in their expressions thereof — that positions of that character should be given to men who have had practical experience in the guard an » are soldiers—men who by hard work have acquired a knowledge that cannot be gained by theoretjcal instruction. ! As the time for the gubernatorial elec- | tion is approachi nd candidates for | the office of Governor, who ander- | in-chief of the National Guard, are loom- ing up, they will in the near future find | that there is a force guietly at work in the ranks of the guard. It is p ed | to test those who will be candidates for | the office of Governor on 1 1 Guard | matters, and one matter that they will be particularly questioned about will be their position in the matter of taking the office of adjutant general of the State out of politics.” The men say they are get- ting tired of having a new adjutant gen- eral once every four years, and that such en officer should be appointed during good | behavior and only retired for cause or for age. | There is_considerable complaint about the rule that prohibits State shoots on Sunday. The men who belong to the Na tional Guard are willing to face the gets, but as t i m 34 em- are ploved in business from which they can- not get away without a great deal of in- convenience during t veek, the result is that there is but a very small percent- age of the men who attempt to become marksmen. Previous the new order they could. on their day off, get to the targets without inconvenience and make records. The companies of the First Infantry will shoot between the following dates, January 22 and 29, not including Sunda; the 23d. As they have not vet secur their range near Inglestde they will have | 1o go across the bay. As yet the companies of the Fifth Reg- iment of Infantry have not received an instructions in regard to the January shoot. Lieutenant T. W. Sparrow of G, First | Infantry, Major J. H. Hendy, engineer of- ficer of the Second Brigade, and Captain W. D. Elliott of D, Fifth Infantry, have | passed the examin Board | Colonel Thoma: stant adju- tant general; Lieutena el J. A, Huber, commissary; Lieu -Colonel Barrere, Inspector of rifle p ; Lieu- tenant-Colonel He F. master; Lieutenant-Colonel C. T quartermaster, and Major J. G. Fitzger- | ald, chief aide, recent additions to the di- | visfon staff, passed the examining board on Friday last. | The entertainment proposed for the | benefit of the rifie range fund of the First | Regiment of Infantry will not be given | until after the close of Lent. The Board of Officers of the First Regi- | ment of Infantry has selected the several ‘ committees for the year and following are the chairmen thereof: Finance, Major Charles Boxton: mus Captain_A. J. Kelleher; library, Captain John A. Miller. | At the first business meeting of Com- | panies C and G, v, at the Ellis-street Armory, in th ce of a full attendance of both companics, the | following civil officers were elected for the current year: C. P. Lebreton, tr urer; J. S. Macabe, financial secre | G. T. Phelps, recording secretary | Gilvery, librarian: J. F. Morton, A. E. | Anderson and J. P. Heilbron, range com- | mittee; G. J. Petty, W. F.'and "C.W. | Swasey, armory committee; and S. H.| Palmer, C. Meyer and O. C. Baldwin, | auditing committee. Last Monday these | companies had the annual distribution of | medals and prizes for shooting. after which there was, as usual, a National's | good time. The medal ‘winners are: | Championship class, C. Meyer, Company C; tirst class, Serg J. Porey, Com- | nt “ond_class ) third McKnight, Company C. were distributed to the numbered about seven The election for a Charles A. Jenks A will probably be held t The idea that the Regiment In- | fantry should on jubi y parade ap- pear in full dress uniform has been abax doned, and the men ill appear tigue dress, and this came about b s some of the sections of the Second Bri gade have not full-dress uniforms. Twely companies could have made a very fine showing, but because two or three com- panies of the brigade did not have full- dress uniforms the citizens will be de- | prived of the opportunity of secing how the First looks in full dress. This Is an- other case of the tail wagging the dog, | V. 'F. Northrup, | Sergeant J. H. | The prizes that | best shots ve | aptain to succeed s commandér of Troop | is week. or of a minority ruling the majority. Nevertheless, the three majors of the First, or, rather, two snajors and one acting such, for Major Charles L. Tilden | has been on'the sick list and has not done | any active duty for many months, will this week inspect the full-dress uniforms | of the several companies. THE NAVAL : MILITIA. The work of removing all the movables from the Camanche to the Marion has been accomplished and there remains in the monitor but six tons of coal, which could not be placed in the bunkers of the Marion for want of room. It is prob- able that this will have to be sacked and | placed on the deck of the vessel. When | that shail have been done, the militia's | new vessel will be all ready to be taken | to this port. The day has not yet been fixed and it will be at the pleasure of Governor Budd, who desires that the ! event shall be a_grand one in the history | of the militia. She will be steamed dpwn rom_the island under the orders of Cap tain L. H, Turner. Bruno Neflson. one of three men de- tailed by the Navy Department for duty an the Camanche, but who will. with Ahree more, be assigned to the Marion, about two weeks ago reccived a block of pine and out of that he carved a fine model of the Marion and then rigged her! sut completely. So complete is the model | that on last Tuesday Lieutenant Gunn used it for the purpose of iliustrating a lecture on sailing, and by its use made slear many things that the officers of the militia will have to know when they go on board of the Marion. Companions of the Forest. The officers of Columbia Cirgle No. 150 of Sacramento were installed fast week by Mre. Annie Minaghan, D. D., assisted by Mrs. An- ne Elliott as herald. The new officers are: Kate Futterer, P. C.; Mary Plunkett, C. C.; Sophle Graff, S. C. C.; Lena Stegeman, T.; Emma Lane, F. S.; Lula Muller, R. §.; Eliza- beth Kahley, R. G.; Jenny Gleen, L. Mary Showler, L.'G.; Mary Husnes, O. G.; Mamie Duhain, organist. After the installation there ‘W » programme and addresses, and the most | ship lections on the mandolin and piano by Miss Josephine Lugg and J. Fry. Then followed & banquet. Last Tuesday, the officers of Pride of the | Installed by | Forest Circle of Oakland were Mrs. Corwin, D. D., assisted by F. Zimmer- | man. Mrs. Wetmore, the retiring chief com- panion, was presented a_fine jewel and then | there was a banquet. The same night the officers of Washington Circle were installed b Deputy Miss Louise Redlick, assisted by Mrs. F. N. Morrow. On Wednesday night the officers of Liberty Circle were installed by Deputy Mrs. Corwin, assisted by Mrs. L. Hardenbergh and the staff of Loyal Circle. The retiring chief, Mrs. Banz, was presented a basket of flowers, and the re- tiring past chief was presented a handsome badge. Next Tuésday the officers of the circle at San Rafael will be Installed by the supreme grand chief companion, assisted by the supreme grand secretary. The officers of Mazzini Circle were installed in public last Monday. The new officers are Mrs. R. Peters, P. C.; Virginia Cervelll, C, C. Annle Morelli, S. C. C.; Mrs. Knoff, T.; Mrs. Rose Peters, F. S. Mangin!, R. S.; Mrs. Santo, R. G.: Julla Alvares, L. G.; Mrs. Apelt, 1. G..'and Mrs. Sanchez, 0. G. After the cere- mony there was a programme in which the following named took part: Recitation, Dottie Paxter: musical selection recitation, Tryphina Pritchard; song. Rosa Mascherint, and vocal solo, Mrs. Lena Rolla. ,— QUIET SUNDAY AT THE PARK City’s Pleasure Ground Practically Deserted—Chiquita Still Draw- ing Crowds at the Chutes. Yesterday was the most quiet Sunday | at the park and Cliff House since the birth of the new year. The Park band did not render its regular programme. owing to the threatening weather, and the fog and mud made driving and cycling uncomfortable labor instead of pleasure. The beach and Clff House parently rested over all the land. Chiquita at the Chutes was still a drawing card, notwithstanding the raw- ness of the atmosphere. About 4000 peo- Barle and Thors: | | | re practically deserted and gloom ap- | SHOOTING FOR PRIZE MEDALS San Francisco Grutli and California Club Hold Contests. San Rafael Targets Occupied by Marksmen Through- out the Day. San Francisco Turper Schuetzen Compete for Medals Across the Bay. The members of the Schuetzen Club held the first bullseye shoot of the year yesterday at Schuet- zen Park, near San Rafael, and the en- thustasm which marked the occasion was more pronounced than has been.| exhibited for many months. The rifle range was crowded throughout the day, and at the California Club's tar- | gets the liveliest interest was shown. ple enjoyved the “little one’s” entertain- | ment and many more were turned away, | being unable to gain an entrance to the pavilion at either of the two perform- ances given THE FUTURE OF THE NEW NORTHWEST. It is a safe prediction that of what- ever prosperity is in store for the United States, a large relative share will fall to this New Northwest; for it is vet in its infancy of development. In 1890 the total acreage of Minnesota farms, improved and unimproved, was 18,603,654, leaving at least 20,000,000 acres fertile soil still unoccupied. The rms of the two Dakotas, including their unimproved acreage, embrace only 19,000,000 of the 90,000,000 acres in th States, most of which is arable. Not a tithe of the mineral wealth of the mountain States has been developed. Alaska; reached by numerous steam- lines from Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, with its boundless wealth of auriferous rivers and mountains, is an outpost of this Northwest belt. Large areas of fertile but arid land in Mon- tana, Washington and Northwestern Dakota, now useful only as pastures for cattle and sheep, may easily be converted into fruitful fields by a scien- tific system of irrigation, for which na- ture affords abundant facilities in the mountain streams and in the artesian basins which underlie the Dakota plains. The areas adapted to agricul- ture in other sections of the United States are so largely occupied that im- migration will be turned perforce to these broad expanses of fertile plain and valley in the New Northwest. And he would not be a too sanguine prophet who, taking into view all the progres- sive forces in operation in this field, | should estimate its probable popuia- | tion at 10,000,000 in 1910.—From “The New Northwest,” by J. A. Wheelock, in Harper's Magazine. Seamdsla THE BELT OF SPRING WHEAT. The spring wheat of the Northwest owes its superior nutritious qualities to a law which governs the whole proces- sion of commerctal flora, of which it is the leading representative—that the cultivated plants reach their highest perfection in food qualities near the northernmost limits of their growth—a | Club members, and | rest especially designed. law to which the bright summer sun, | the clear dry atmosphere, and the pure waters of this inland region lend ad- ditional force. The cattle which be- come skeletons on the plains of Texas | r | elected by the San Francisco are driven morth to grow fat on the grasses of the Montana and Dakota ranges, Resides the California Schuetzen Club’s bullseye shoot the following German organizations held their regu- lar monthly contests: San Francisco Grutli and San Francisco Turners, and the Verein Eintracht held a practice shoot, the scores of which were hardly up to the average. The light on the targets was not | such as to insure good scores, for the fog hung over the park during the af- ternoon, when the shooting was most spirited, and, added to this, it was cold and correspondingly damp. The air was still, and the smoke -from the rifles of the marksmen hung over the butts. Desplite the unfavorable con- ditions there was plenty of shooting. The newly elected officers of the Cali- fornia Schuetzen Club for the year 1898 are follows: President, Albert Ehrenpfort; vice-president, H. Rahwy- ler; treasurer, Otto Bremer; first sec- retary, Willlam Nolding; second secre- tary, Charles Sagehorn; first shooting master, C. Waller; second shooting master, T. J. Carroll; third shooting master, Robert Langer; finance com- mittee, William Ehrerpfort A. L. Ott, C. Eging; trustees, L. C. Babin, H. Gumbel and Dr. P. Muffe. The drum corps of the San Francisco Turner Schuetzen held their medal con- test on the target, and the two succe: ful riflemen and their scores were: B. Jonas 295 rings, first medal; and Wil- liam Straub 238 rings, second medal. C. Meyer, one of the oldest and best marksmen on the military targets and with the fine-trigger guns, and an old member of the Californ S-huetzen Ciub, was among the visitors at the park yesterday. He brought a gun made by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, modeled after plans and ideas of the California Schuetzen the firearm at- tracted considerable attention. Jacoby made a bullsey shot, and other marksmen were equally successful. The rifle has an exception- ally fine trigger and a stock of the finest quality, with a check and arm- A committee from the Merchants’, Grocers’ and Drummers’ Association visited the park, and wce < ntertained by Manager Fred Schuemann. Thelr quest was to secure a suitable place to | hold their annual picnic. The members of the San Francisco Grutll had their pictures taken as a | body. or the pastures of Minnesota, | twice as rich in albuminoids as even | those of Illinois. northern latitudes are juicier, the pota- toes more farinaceous, the melons more luscious. The strawberries, the toma- toes, the butter, the whole series of field, garden and dairy products, tell | the same story. This hard wheat belt, following the curves of mean summer temperature, extends far north of the international boundary, through Mani- toba and the Canadian versed by the Canadian Pacific and tapped by several American lines. Within the United States it embraces the broad prairies of Minnesota and the two Dakotas.—From “The New North- | west,” by J. A. Wheelock, in Harper's Magazine. — e A MIGHTY WORK. The fruits of these Northwest, tra- | 117 | “The great wall of China which,we | have heard of from infancy, and which we read of in our geographies, with ac- companying pictures purporting to represent its great proportions, never ceases to interest the people,” said Mr. Frank A. McClellan of Cheyenne, Wyo., last night at the Riggs. “It was a great piece of work on the part of the Mon- golians, and must be seen to be ap- preciated. With all that we have heard of the wall, it remained for an Ameri- can to measure the structure. This was recently done by a gentleman from the United States named Unthank, an en- gineer by profession. His measurement gives the height at eighteen feet. Every few hundred yards there {is a tower twenty-five feet high. For 1200 miles the waM goes over plains and moun- tains, every foot of the foundation be- ing of solid granite, and the rest of the :;;rutcture solid masonry.”—Washington ost. —————— EDWIN BOOTH AS A HUSBAND. At this perfod the second Mrs. Booth, always a nervous invalid, began to show signs of the mental lack of bal- ance which finally sapped her own life and almost broke his heart. During her frequent attacks at Sarato~-. and later, when the two families met in New York and in London, sometimes she was very trying, but I never knew him to show a sign or utter a word of impatience. He bore meekly with everything she said and did, made ex- cuses for her, concealed lLer irritability and her Irresponsibility as much as possible; he held her in his arms, as if she were a baby, for hours and nights together without a murmur, and he i showed a devotion that hardly can be equaled.—From “A Group of Players,” by Laurence Hutton, in Harper's Mag- | 2zine for January. e—— STOLE HIS FARE. An Irishman landed in Liverpool when the cholera was bad and went to an undertaker for a job. The man of the somber business said he could give him two days’ work, and the first job would be to screw a Jew down. Before the. operation began all the relatives walked round the coffin and dropped money in. ‘When Pat got back to the shop he asked his master what they dropped the money in for, and the master said it was to pay the dead man's fare ove_i"hthe Jord&n.P “Then,” sal at, “I hope h swim, for I stole his fare. oS ——————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. 25c. The genuinc has L. B. Q. on each tablet. | will serve during the year 1868: | secretary, | The following officers have been Grutli President, Al vice-president, P. J. Appen- zeller; secretary, E. Merkt; financial secretary, A. Hinterman; treasurer, J. Appenzeller; trustees—John Bachman and John Frei; first shooting master, John Frei; second shooting master, G. R. Hauser. The members of the San Francisco Turner Schuetzen held their first bullseye shoot for the year yesterday, and the following were the successful contestants, in the order of their standing: First prize—Captain Fred Attinger, 671 points. Second prize—Lieutenant F. Komer, 185 Club for the year 1898: Hauser; points. Third prize—A. Utschig, 1176 rings. Fourth, Otto Burmeister, 1227; fifth, Charles Sagehorn, 1370; sixth, H. Schroe- der, 1528; seventh, Chris Eging, 1548; elghth, L. Thierbach, 1616; ninth, Lieu- tenant Straub, 1716; tenth, Philo Jacoby eleventh, Charles Neilsen, 1946. At the annual election last Wednes- day the San Francisco Turners’ Schuet- zen elected the following officers, who Cap- tain, F. A. Attinger; first lieutenant, Fred Komer; second lieu*enant, Joseph Straub; color sergeant, Charles Komer; Lewis Brunne; treasurer, Adam Brehm; first shooting master, L. Thierbach; second shooting master, Joseph Gassner. The following scores were made by | the members of the California Schuet- zen Club in the first and inaugural bullseye shoot of the year: First, A. Bayen, 149; second, A. Gehret, third, John Utschig Jr., 346; Burmeister, 359; fifth, D. B. Fakto 257; sixth, Captain Fred Attinger, 3%; seventh, A.-Utschig, 448; eighth, C. Meyer, ninth, John Robinson, 636; tenth, Wiiliam Ehrenpfort, 651; 25 Waller, 741; twelfth, A. Rahwyler, 7 thirteenth, A. Breuss, 801; fourteenth, P. RBrunette, 916; fifteenth, F. E. Mason, 828; sixteenth, F. A. Kuhls, 986; seventeenth, | L. C. Babin, 1029; eighteenth, J. Fitz, 1050; | nineteenth, John Hartman, 1070; twenti: cth, G. B. Turner, 108%; twenty-first. Fred Schuemann, 1171; twenty-second, L.Simon, 1183; twenty-third, J. Wallmer, 1221; twen ty-fourth, A. Jungblut, 1257; twenty- fifth, C. Sagehorn, 1340. In the medal shoot of the San Fran- cisco Grutli Club the following were the winners in the various classes: Champlon class—A. Gehret, 403 rings. First class—Joseph Fetz Jr., 412 rings. Second class—Ed Kunz, 382 rings. Third class—Charles Ott, 325 rings. First best shot—Joseph Fetz, 21 Last best shot—J. Frei, 25. -~ OFF DAY FOR MARKSMEN. Ambitious Sharpshooters Shiv- ering at the Ranges of Shell Mound. Yesterday was an “off day” Shell Mound targets. It was such according to the regular schedule of the clubs using the ranges and by reason of the fact that the fore- boding weather kept some of the marks- men away and the cold bestowed upon the fingers of those who did essay an onslaught on the bullseyes a numbness which rendered a steady aim well nigh impossible. It was mostly a matter of practice and medal shooting by the military, and some of the companies which had tar- gets for the day did not appear to claim them. The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein held its monthly practice shoot, with a fair attendance, as did also the Knights of the Red Branch Rifles. Companies A and ¥, of the Fifth R ment, held a practice shoot at 200, and 500 vards. Their shooting rules have not yet been agreed upon, but they will soon commence the regular medal com- petition at the_ distances named. Company L, First Regiment, made the at the California | Philo | with 1t the first | fourth, | Grundman 44, Musician Gordon 36, Mu- siclan Sengstack 34, Private Lauber 35, T. Kruse Koerner 20" W, Kruse 19, Rogers 2§, H. J. Leffman’ 35, Voll 32, Ricketson 30. interesting additional’ feature was | settlement of a_controversy between Mu- | siclan Sengstack and Private D. N. Rog ers over the award of a last year's m al. The matter was settled by a *“shoot- | off” vesterday, resulting in a victory for Rogers by a score of 34 to 2. | ., Company F. First Regiment. piled up its score for the day as follows: Captain Miller 33, Lieutenant Nippert 38, Sergeant Iverson 30, Sergeant Cook 28, Sergeant Brown 41, Corporal Raine 35, Private Dever 29, Hopkins 36, Irving 3%, Newman | 37, Nathan 35, Shoup 38, Varney 27, O'Con- nor It is expected that the scene at the ranges next Sunday will be full of inter- est and animation. The Columbia Pistol d Rifle Club, the San Francisco Se zen Club, the Germania Schuetzen Club and the Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club it is certain that many will take part in the triais of skill and that the crack shots will all be on their mettle. ——e—————— PILING UP DEBT. The all-important question during the Relchstag session just begun is the re- organization of the German navy on a much enlarged basis. = The Emperor, whose hobby the navy is, as his grand- father's was the army, just now wishes to increase the size of the German fleet within the next seven years untll it is one-third that of the British or one- half that of the French. At present | the British navy has 62 battleships and 197 cruisers; that of France 36 battle- ships and $3 cruisers. Germany is to have 19 battleships and 63 cruisers. Nearly, if not quite, all that the Reich- majority of the delegates are not will- ing to grant is the “septennate”; that is, to vote with the Government on the whole financial plan on which this reor- | ganization rests. At this moment the German navy consists of but 12 battle- | ships and 33 cruisers (against the United States, 11 and 47, respectively, or Japan's 7 and 39), and that this is not enough is admitted pretty nearly all around, considering the transmarine colonfes and the aspirations of Ger- many and her vast export trade. But the Reichstag strongly dislikes tying its successor—for the quinquennial leg- islative period of this present Reichstag ends next spring, and a new ore is then to be elected for another five years— to a line of action over which this suc- cessor has no control. * That, in fact, is the main objection to the naval plan of the Government, and owing to it prob- ably the whole plan will fail, for the present at least. However, there is a strong probability that the first annual appropriation .called for under the bill will be voted, and that ought to satis- fy them for the nonce, leaving the rest to the next Reichstag. How enormously the debt has grown—and nearly every penny of it for the army and navy—may be seen from the following list. The debt was: empire’s | 7 .. 1878 79 | 1880 1881 . 1882 1853 1584 1885 1556 1857 . Marks At a glance it will be seen that with- in nine years, or since the accession of the present Emperor, the burden of debt has increased nearly 1,500,000,000 marks. If this present naval plan goes through, another 1.000,000,000 will be | 2dded to it. But then, to be a big | power costs money—Iots of It, as Italy | has found out to its sorrow. Noblesse oblige, and somebody must pay the piper if there's any dancing done.— Philadelphia Record. — e DEIFICATION OF THE KAISER. The Berlin newspapers are discussing the speeches at Kiel, and are asking for an interpretation of some of the re- markable expressions which those speeches contained. They are puzzled pecially by Prince Henry's remark about carrying ‘“‘the gospel of your Majesty’s hallowed person’ into China. | The Tageblatt acknowledges that the phrase is bevond its “humble powers of comprehension;” and another Berlin | Journal invite Cardinal Kopp and Archbishop Stahleski to ‘“‘solve the rid- dle of this new gospel.” There is no riddle about it. The Ger- man Emperor has been deified, that is all. His brother has offered publlc wor- ship to the hallowed person, and the hallowed person has accepted it with- out rebuke. The old Roman Emperors | were deified, and the modern Cesar is following their example. He goes fur- ther than his Roman prototypes, how- ever. They formed a gallery of gods, s0 to speak, a sort of syndicate of dei- fication, thus dividing the responsibil- ity of regulating the universe. William is the whol thing. The other Cesarian deieties have been dethroned, while the Kaiser reigns alone on the dizzy Olympian helght.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. —_————————— A MEDIAEVAL FEAST. The banquet which was held here at the marriage of Count Ulrich with the | Bavarian Princess Sabina has a lustre all its own. Seven thousand guests were present, and for their serving 800 of the handsomest people that could | be found in all the land were brought to the castle and costumed in red and yellow cloth, and in the fourteen colos- | sal kitchens were serving day and night nearly the same number of cooks. The | feast continued one week, and during | this time there were consumed 136 oxen, 1800 calves, 570 capons, 1200 chickens, 2759 fieldfares, 11 tons of salmon, 90 tons of herrings, 120 pounds of cloves, 40 | pounds of saffron, 200,000 eggs, 3000 sacks of flour and 1,760,000 gallons of wine. For eight days and nights a pub- lic wine fountain poured uninterrupt- edly through eight tubes red and white | wine for all that wished to drink.— | From Stuttgart, by Elise J. Allen, in Harper's Magazine. | ———e—— WHAT CAUSES STEAM? A newsboy at one of our railway stations was very much puzzled as to what made the steam issued from the railway engines. Secing a learned-looking old gentle- man pacing up and down the platform, he accosted him thus: “I say, mister, will you tell me what steam {s?" “Steam, my boy—steam, did you say? Oh—er, steam is steam, of course.” The lad felt as wise as ever after receiving this reply, and seeing a mate of his coming toward him, he addressed him with | “Why, of course I do, Jack. It's a bucket of water all of a sweat,” he replied, with a knowing air. ——————— HE WANTED TO KNOW. A North of Scotland clergyman al- ways impressed upon his parishioners never to call one another “liars,” but when any one told an untruth he said they ought to whistle. One Sunday he preached a sermon on the loaves and the fishes, and be- ing at a loss how to explain it said the loaves were not like those nowadays, they were as big as some of the hills of Scotland. He had just pronounced these words | when ‘he heard a loud whistle. “Wha's that ca's me a liar?" asked he. “It is I, Wullie Macdonald, the baker,” was the reply. “‘Well, Wullie, what objection have vye to what I said?” “Nane in the least, doctor, only I wanted to know what sort of ovens they had to bake them loaves in?” Spare Moments. 30, Porter 41, H. G. Leffman 33, uctzen Verein, the Red Men's Schuet- | will have their regular meetings, Hence | stag is willing to grant, but what the | “Bill, do_you know what steam is?" | THE REGULAR # ARMY NOTES Changes on Account of the | Recent Transfer of Bat- téries of the Third. | General Miles Wants Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers. to Be Emblematized. The transfer of the batterles of heavy POSt to another In this district, was ac- | complished last Wednesday and Thurs. | day without any marked incident and the change has not brought about any noitce- able effect, yet there are a number of the men who were loth to vacate the pleasant quarters at the Presidio to take up new ones on islands distant from the city. | It has been decided that the grand par- | ade of troops shall take place on the large | parade grounds on the afternoon of the | 28th inst. | Since last Monday a detachment of a non-commissioned officer and six men from each battery at Fort Mdson, Fort the artillerymen stationed at the Presidio, have been engaged on the Fort Polnt res- ervation in the work of mounting the heavy guns and mortar carriages. Of the latter there are to be eighteen. The work is to be completed before the end of June. All the men who are to take part in the military tournament to be given during jubilee week, have been busy practicing, | when not in the performance of military duties, and in this they have been en- couraged by the officers, who are anxious that the participants shall make a cred- itable showing at that time. | Commencing to-day, First Lieutenant | Bugene T. Wilson, Third Artillery, will report daily, Sundays excepted, to the commanding officer at the Presidio post carriages at that post. By therecent transfer of batteries of the Third Artillery Second Lieutenant Grad- ner went from the Presidio Island, where he relieved First Lieuten- { ant Menoher of the staff duties per- formed by him, and in_turn Lieutenant Menoher came to the Presidio and re- lieved First Lieutenant Randolph of his duties as ordnance officer of the Presidio, Fort Winfleld Scott and-Fort. Mason. By a recent order issued from the head- quarters of the army the regulation gov- erning loading by squa amended. Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Bates, of the pay department, who has heen retailed as military attache at the United States embassy at London, Eng., will not start for that station until after the first week | of March. Capain Alexander Rodgers, Fourth Cavalry, now at the Presidio, has been ordered to report as military at- tache at the American embassy at Paris about the first of April. General Miles will urge the Secretary of War to adopt an emblem, to be worn by every commiss . .ed and non-com- missioned officer in the army. His idea is to have the coat of arms of the United States placed on the collar or other con- venient portion of the officer’s uniform, and over the chevron of every non-com- missioned officer. The new style of shoes for enlisted | artillery of the Third Regiment from one | Baker and Angel Island, in addition to | in connection with the mounting of gun | to Angel | | has been | | men, recently tried at various posts, have | given so much satisfaction that the quartermaster-general of the army has issued orders for the purchase of 2 pairs. These will be secured and sea- d s0 as to be ready for issuance next ONE JOY IN AMATEUR POULTRY- | RAISING. The secretary and treasurer turned carpenter and spent enough in tools to | hire a small poultry house built. I do | not grudge it. I'feel that I owe much to those fowls. But for them I might never have known the keen pleasure that an artisan feels over a good job. It is more than satisfaction—any suc- cessful member of Congress can feel that. It is more than the joy of the artist in the first moments of creation, before the black fit comes. It is con- tent with an edge to it—and there is no black fit afterwards. There is, too, something very pleasant about all the processes of the carpenter's trade—the smell of the fresh crisp shavings, the lovely gloss that follows a sharp plane over a good bit of cypress or oak, even the ring of the hammer and the drone of the saw eating steadily through the wood. And pleasantest of all is the fitting the pieces, measured apart, together, and beholding each fall into its appointed place trig and square and snug. Ah, I were an ingrate did I not give a pensive gratitude to the chicken yard to which I owe my initiation into the first mysteries of an ancient and noble craft.—From The Blazing Hencoop, by Octave Thanet, in Harper’'s Magazine, —— e AFTER HIS DEPARTURE. Amy—Tom wants to marry me, Aris- | tophanes; do you think I would better take the chances? Boston Parrot—Candldly I do, inas- much as it is perflous to monkey with the chances, especially when one has reached the period of the last one.— | Harper's Bazar. | SAN | | FRANCISCO CALL. BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Franeisco Call. corner of Market and Third streets, open | until 12 o'clock every night in the year. BRANCH OFFICES—52 Montgomery street, | corner Clay; open until o'clock. | 239 Hayes street; open until 9:30 o'clock. { €21 McAllister street; open until 9:3) p. m. | 615 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. * S.W. corner Sixteenth and Mission streets: open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh street: open untll 9 o'clock. 2515 Mission street; open until 9 o'clock 1505 Polk street; open until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky open till § o'clock. SPECIAL NOTICES. WILLIAM J. ROHRER Is not authorized to collect or have any money on account of the Broadway Brewery. | MRS. JACOB ROHRER. lum of San Francisco herewith gives notice that the following orphan and half orphan girls and boys have been admitted at the in- | stitution on Halght st. from July 1, 1897, to Jan. 1, 1898: Rachel Crossley, 12 vears: Nev Crossley. 10 years; Eva Crossley, 2 Etta Lithgow, 13 Vears: Sophle Semler, 131 Jears: EmmaShoebridge, 11 years; Emeline Burket, 5 years; Hilda Burket, 2 years: Lou isa Potts, T years: Minnie Potts, 4 vears; Jes. sle Potts, '3 years; Delma Cottrell, S years; Lillle Borkman. 7 years: Annie Peterson. 13 ears; Mabel Peterson, 3 years: Frank Mc- ean, 2 vears; Edward Burket, 9 years: Fred- erick’ Berket,' § years: Carl F. Berg. 11 | vyears; David Cottrell, 10 years: George k- man, 'S years: Albert H. Smith, 4 vears. THEY are closing out remnants of curtains, | dress goods. shoes, corsets, hostery, under- | wear, “bedspreads,” towels. laces, trimming, veilings, etc.. very cheap at Pio- neer Dry Goods Store, 105 Fifth st. BAD tenants ejected for $4: collections mad: city or country. PACIFL | CO.. 415 Montgomery st.* roo tel. 5580. FOR sale—Double-end boat, 24x8:6; | VOGEL, ‘1108 MRS. DR. FISH, rm. 3, 116A Grant ave.: elec- trician: alconol. Turkish baths: unrivaled. INO. HULTHEN, electro-magnetic _massage | treatments: alcohol baths. §. Mason | THE Secretary of the Protestant Orphan Asy- | | 1 ll linings, | C COLLECTION | | MIDDLE- LDEN GATE COMMANDERY NO. G?s. K. T., Golden Gate buliding, 625 Sutter street. Stated assemly THIS EVENING, at 7:30 o'clock. The Order of the Red Cross will be ‘conferred. All fraters are courteously invited. NATHAN M. PEEL, Em. Com. WILLIAM T. FONDA, Recorder. ‘Royal Arch Masons, meets THIS ING. Business and M. M. “FRANCISCO Chapter No. 1, i H. G. PRINCE, Secretar: NG Solomon's Lodge 260, F. KN A M, Franklin Hall, 1839 P Mmore st, First Degree THIS (MON- DAY) EVENING at 7:30 o'clock. By of the Master. - HARRY BAEHR, Secretary. e 3 et | CCIDENTAL Lodge No. 2. F and A. OSE Wallad. mecting for THIS (MON- DAY) EVENING at 7:30 o'clock. First Degree. By order of the W. M. P. G. W. ROOT, Secretary. | 127, F. P HERMANN LODGE NO. — A. M, Called meeting THIS DAY ] (MONDAY), January 1 . at 7:30 } o'clock p. m. Degree By order of the W. M. L. SCHUMACH TR, Secretary. DUTCH Mining_and_Milling _Company—The annual meeting of the stockholders ;‘!“:Ili‘er Dutch Mining and Milling Company | Will be held at the’ office of the company, | which office is now temporarily situated at No. 319 California street, City and County of San Francisco, State of California, on MON- DAY, the 17th day of January, 1588, at the | hour ‘of two o'clock p.m.on sald day for the | purpose of electing a board of directors for | t other business as may be brought be- e e meeting. Transfer. books close Tues- | Quy, January 11th, 189, at 3 o'clock p. m. | | GEORGE W. GERHARD. Secretary. Dated San Francisco, January 6th, 1885 THE lar monthly meeting of the stock- hold:r‘:m:)f the National lce ¢ 'Vl’llpnl\)’3 will be held at the office of the company, ket street, San Francisco, Cal., on WED | DAY, the 24 day of February. 1888, at the | hour of 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of | electing a board of directors to serve for the ensuing year. and the transaction of such siness as may come before eet- | e DONAHUE, Secretary. ANNUAL meeting—The regular annual meet- | ing of stockholders of the Oceanic Steamship | Co. will be held at the office of the com- 327 Market st., San Francisco, Cal., on Friday. the 2ist day of January, 1588 at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing a board of directors to serve for the ensuing vear, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meet- ing. Transfer books will close on MONDAY, { January 10, at 3 o’clock p. m. E. H. SHELDON, Secretary. | T Py pany. THE annual meeting of the stockholders of the | Realty Syndicate will be held at the office | of the corporation, 14 Sansome st.. room 15 | San Francisco. at 3 o'clock on THURSDAY, January 1895, to elect directors to serve for the ensuing vear, and for the transaction of such other business as mav come before | the meeting. J. C. WINANS, Se: { ;\TO(IKHVOLI;ERS' MEETING. nnual meeting of the stockholders of the Unton Iron will be held at_the office TH of the com ; Market st., San Fran- ciseo, on TUESDAY, January 25, 189, at 11:30 | o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing a board of directors to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other | business as may come before the meeting. J. O'B. GUNN, Secretary. Office, 222 Market st., San Francisco, Cal. January 10. 1898, SITUATIONS WANTED—-FEMALE. A No. 1 American Protestant cook, best of | reference, desires a situation. J. F. | "ROSETT CO., 316 Sutter street capable German girl desires situation at housework or as nurse; $10 to $15; refer- ences. MISS CULLEN, 325 Sutter st. HLY competent Scotch waltress and 1a desires situation: good refer- | MISS CU 325 Sutter st. housegirl, 5 to $20. 21, THOROU! chamber, ces. best refer- 3 Sutter g00d MRS. NORTO; HES L : tél Green T Amerlcan woman, strong and | ing to do anything, e; would go In eady home, small fa: plain cooking, small wash; has references: first-class in | every kind of work; can take care of any reliable; right wages. | Third st | [ b NEAT, middle-aged woman, is a nice Ame ican cook and baker, would g£o as a sic nurse and sleep home; wages $12 to $15. Call 129 Third st. CHAMBERWORK and sewing or ch b a competent young woman; ul her work; city or country. Box 6 EXPERIENCED dressmaker, 1s first-cl ter and designer, wishes a few more ments; price moderate. Address box 61 'SCANDINAVIAN girl wishes situation to do | general housework in small family. Please . nr. Thirteenth. home; is steady Ladies please call an: 4's nurse | erstands | Call. erly woman to do house- | y the day or week laundress or cooking; h secleaning; good sleep hi 2 ome. 412 Jessie st. desires a place to do general housework. 513 McAllister street COMPET! Woman wants situation: general housework or do second work: is wiiling and oblizing. | WOMAN chamberwork and walting. | = el AT young sirl. good cook, best references, | | Please call at 461A Minna st AS companion and assist in household duties | by refined English woman; husband going to Alaska; salary noc so much object as com- | fortable home. A. L., box 567, Call office. BY an experienced teacher, position as visit- ing teacher from 9 until 2; English and music; best of references in both. Address Teacher, §21 Capp st. SCANDINAVIAN widow, speaks two small children, desires situation in small | family: nominal wages only if good home. Box 368, Call office. | woman wishes a situation to do | housework or RESPECTABLE lady with little girl wishes situation as housekeeper; city ar short dis- | tance in_country. Call before 12 o'clock. 17194 Eddy st. YOUNG lad industrious and economical, would Itke = situation as managing house- keeper; best of references. C., box 60, Call. REFINED lady with girl of 12, desires position | hing honest. MRS. D.. 1453 Mission-st. as_housekeeper, or will try any Address or call FIRST-CLASS family ton_in no_objection Call office. eamstress desires position Eood cutter and fitter; Address box wanted b take care of an references a competent woman to invalld; can furnish good Apply at 1215 Mission st. WANTED—Ry an American_woman, age 38, position as housekeeper. Address MRS. E. A. KNAP kland Postoffice. A y and daughter (17), to- | Rether, wish positions on runch Apply or | address %54 Third st. upstairs. | he ensuing vear, and also for the transaction | p | Monda: wants situation on YOUNG man (English) gentleman’s country place; care of horse, cow and garden and generaily useful; references. H. B., box 590, Call office. GARDENERYouns man, employed in pri- vate family, wishes to make change end of month 14, Call office. BAKER on cake and bread; country prefer- Ted. New Atlantic Hotel, 209 Montgomery ave. T want good commission for Australic smart hustler and well known there: manu- Box 606, Call office. YOUNG.man of ability wants employment for board and small salary; is a practical book- keeper; will_accept any employment; good references. Box 157, Berkeley YOUNG man, graduate of business college, de- sires situation in an office or store; unde stands ‘bookkeeping: fair penman: ITtalian. M. MAGGINI, Prescott Hous EXPERIENCED business man with horse and buggy wants position with wholesale house facturers answer quick. in "Alameda County; small salary and com- mission: best of references. S., box 9, Call Office, Oakland. MAN thoroughly experfenced in general mer- chandise, hotél and liquor business, ordi- nary bookkeeper, wants salaried position in Alaska. P. H. §., 435 Thirteenth st. YOUNG man with some command of stenog- raphy would like emplovment, not to con- flict “with evening school; salary nominal. Address R., 1123 Sutter st. YOUNG Frenchman wishes position on Fre : is expert compositor. Addres John st R maker with first-class references: also blacksmith capable of tempering all kinds of too wishes position in mines; any place. G NER; single; thoroughly competent in hes gardening and greenhouse work, refere would like ~position with private famil: Box , Call office. YOUNG married man of grod habits, refes ences, desires positign: goud around horses; not afrafd of work; in private family or any=- whers. Box 320, Call. 39 HAYES ST.—Branch office of The Call. i Subscriptions and ads taken. WINCHESTER House. 44 Third st., near Market: 200 rooms, 25c to $150 per night: 150 to 85 per week: convenlent and respect- able: free bus and baggage to and from ferry. — e ——— FEMALE HELP WANTED. e PROTESTANT girl for cooking and houseworl small An see part ETT ( LARGE number in city and vertise. oun CRO! numerous to a €O Sutter st. $15. M CULLEN, 82 chambermaid, §20. MISS Sutter st. with a child over 2 years o WAITRESS, $25. private family; 2 German nurses, §%5 and $20. MISS CULLEN, 3 Sutter st. CULLEN, 325 Sut- REFINED German girl, speaking French, as governess and seamstress, or French girl, $%. MISS CULLEN, 32 Sutter st. ‘GOOD plain_cook and general housework in small family; Protestant preferre see lady here Monday morning. MISS CULLEN, 3% Sutter st. WAITRI outh, $20; walitress, country ho- tel, north, $2250; waltress, Fresno, §20; 2 waitresses, same country hotel, §20; 4 res- taurant waitresses, city, §5; 2 chambermalds and wait, $15. C. R. HANSEN & CO., 108 Geary st. 10 YOU for light work, $10 a month C. R. HA nd board; call early EN & CO., 108 Geary. reduced fare; 32 . 108 Geary st and wait some, $20 and 5: waltress, $6 a week; d room: 8 waitresses, $15 s, same hotel, $40 and §18 and room. MARTIN room; & waitres: 7 waitresses, $20 & 49 Market st. GIRL, Mill V: see party here; girl, Filbert st., Broderick, $20; girl, Fulton, §2i Devisadero, Gough, $20:’ girl.’ Gough, $25: 3 $20; girl. Franklin, : = girls, girls,” 315, nice famili WOMAN ranch, country 749 Market st. with a child to go to see party here; cook, private family, $25: lady speaking North German as companion to lady, country; women and girls for housework, country. MURRAY & READY. leading emp. agts., 634-636 Clay st TED—French matd and seamstress, $2 ench girl, housework, $20; 3 German cook: $30, $25; French or German second, $ French nursery governess, care 1 child, mu have references; waitress and parlor maid, girls for housework and assist. LEON DRE, 308 Stockton street. COOK, $30: second girl, family, w ey housegirl, two in middle-aged woman, country, 320; young’ giri, $10_to. $12; nurse, $15. MRS. NORTON, '323 Sutter st. WAITRESS, private boarding-house, $2 chambermaid, $1S; 2 cooks, $30; nursegirls, $15 and $1S; § girls for housework. MRS, HIRD, 721 Ellis st COMPETENT nurse to tak of small references required. Call ., bet. 10 a. m. and 12 m., or GIRL wanted to do_cooking and assist in housework. Apply 2109 Jackson st., between § and 12 o'clock Monday morning. AGING he grown ch Market st. widower's n; references exchanged. to do general housework in_small ‘Am: family; wages After § o'clock, st 719 LADY stenographer for publishing house, §1 Gasiier grocery store. 1013 Washington, Ou and. DRE MAKER—Charge dressmaking depart- ment, department store; references. 313 Bush. COMPETENT waltress in_ private _boarding- house; no others apply. $83 Van Ness ave. t in housework in a Ger- uchanan st. YOUNG girl to assist in general houseworks small family. 1717 Buchanan st. MAN and w cash busine: as manager and cashier; light 1023 Market st. GIRL to assist in_housework: wages $10. 1108 Fulton street. TRAVELING saleslady, tailor-made garment $15 weekly 1023 Market st. TAILORESS on eoats. building. Room 303, Phelan ‘assist In_housework; small 1612 Washington st. NEAT young gir! family. GIRLS to trim uniforms and make ban 1023 b1 : Era ight housework; family of 2. ELDERLY American woman wants a situa- tlon: is a good plain cook: city ‘or country. Call or address 22!z Seventh st. YOUNG lady desires position as cashler or companton to elderly lady; references. Ad- | dress box 570, Call office. 3 HOUSEWORK of any kind by the day; first- class laundress; by day or month; references, 1007 Larkin st. GIRL wants a position for general housework. Call_or address 53’ Twenty-sixtn R YOUNG Spantsh lady would like a_situation to do second work. Inquire at 1038 Pacific. YOUNG lady wishes a position where she can _attend an evening school. Address 427 Grove. WANTED—House or chamber work in return for room rent. Address box 608, Call office. SWEDISH girl wishes position s or country. Address box 809, Call office: WANTED—Gentlemen's _ washi n % ing nicely done. 519 Edd)”!:’.“ kg g S as cook; city YOUNG woman wants full charge v or infant. Call at 2505 Sixteent. O Trald CHEAPEST and best In America—The W Call. Sent to any address in fhee ‘;.'gelll(el&' States or Canada one year, for §130, postage ———— WANTED—Apprentice on custom pants. 851 Folsom st YOUNG lady to address envelopes and do light office work. 213 Bush st. RSES call and regicter. San Francisco Nurses' Directory, %7 Bush st. FIRST-CLASS finisher on vests good wages Mission st. steady work; LOT of uncalled-for shoes from 2ic up to $1 2. 562 Misslon st., bet. First and Second. LADIES' shoes, soleing, 3¢, men's shoes, sole- ing, 50c.; all repairing done at half the usual price. 562 Mission st., bet. 1st and 2d. WANTED—2 girls, German or Swedish, for eneral housework and take care of chil- ren: references required.. Call 1320 Leaven- vorth st., near Washington WANTED- Lady stenographer who writes lain hand; wages $15 u month. Address B. 5. R., box 574, Call office. WANTED—A neat girl for general housework at San Mateo; wages $15. Apply at 309 Sacra- mento st. EXPERIENCED operators on shirts. THE BRENNER-ULMAN CO., 17-19 Battery st. DR. WISE. the ladies' spectalist, 1115 Market st.; monthly troubles, etc. One visit sufficient. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. CHINESE and Japanese: estab, 20 : help: tel. Main 1997. BRADLEY & CO.. 640, Clay ot MME. HANSEN, latest galvanic battery and cabinet baths. 116 Taylor st. ork day, hour tel. avis 605. JAPANESE emplovment office; or evening. 12% O'Farrell ROOMS whitened from $1 and papered $2 50 up. 239 Third st. CHINESE and Japanese Employment office; best heip. 41436 O Farrell, R, e MRS, STEWERT, genuine steam and cabinet baths. 120% Geary st.. room 11. CHINESE und Japanese Empioy “Best help. 3 Geary st. Tel. Grant s6e o> ROOM Renting Bureau, room 24, Flood build- r. Fourth HUNTER & CO.. Chiness snd Japanese office. 614% Caiitornia st.. sel. ‘M 2" CHEAPEST and n_America—The Weekly Call. Sent to any address in the United States or Canada one year for $1 50, postage DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND No. 51 (forty cents per share), of the Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Co., will be yable at the office of the company, 327 rket st. on and after THURSDAY, Jan- uary 20, 18%. Transfer books will close on I Friday, ‘m"i“il. 1898, at 3 WANTED—By a man. to work for family; can do all kinds of work; 2‘2’.2? cows, gardening: willing and obliging: city or country. 631 Sacra- O Sountry. Address J. M. J., 631 Sacra YOUNG Japanese boy wishes position as waiter or cook; Minna st., rear. BREAD or cake baker; hotel ta T clty or country. Addréss box o1, Call stfe: POSITION as bedmaker ted Tellable man. BRITT, 112 Tayior st oo » Dbest references. 53 THE McDowell Dressmaking and _ Millinery School is the best place to learn: Mechanles’ Falr diploma; patterns cut Zic up. 103 Post. LAWRENCE Dress-Cutting School, 1079 Mar- ket 8 perfect fit guaranteed without try- ing on: call and be convinced. §15 LARKIN—Branch office of the Call. Sub- scriptions and_want ads_take: et el R R MALE HELP WALTED. SRR AR R ST G WANTED—20 raitroad tiemakers; 8 to 10 cents: good timber; tools advanced: 'pay monthly and a long job. Apply to J. F. CRO CO., 628 Sacramento street. PEEE A WANTED—25 mechanics can obtain to Yukon for $100 cash, balance to be workod out, by applying to J. F. CRq¢ 628 Sacramento st. RERID & 00 WANTEDFirst-class _ biank x ruler, 8 to $3.50 per day. - Appre 40y 350 CROSETT & CO., 625 Sacramento street. WANTED—3 ship carpenters; $2 50 day: three boat builders, $2 50t u“;esd‘:s Apply to J. F. CROS Sac- ramento street. g ,& GO e