The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1898, Page 22

[ [} THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1898. HE people living on the avenue n the vicinity don't like it. Hos- ‘pitals for human patients are not gnsidered to be desirable ad- junéts to- a nelghbor: and a hospital for dogs and cats is, In theest!- fatioti of ‘adjacent residents and prop- erty-owners even worse. Of the fourdog h ‘pll:l!,fl now supported by the tender- hearted ‘citizens of San Fra: SCO not ofe is situated where the neighbors think-that it ought to be, but the own- d, ers of. valuable exhibition and spor dogs uffering household pet: oniy tho glad to find them whe ) be located, and the gentlemen of the v institutions for or inj als of d have one and all a Jook of ct prosperity which it is goad to see. It happened to be my ill fortune the other ‘day to be one of the W the only 1 a-painful accide e which in former ys would have been a:policeman’s bul A handsome fox tertier, the property of Mr. Morgan- stern-of the ldwin, was unfortunate énotigh. to get under the wheels of a passing buggy, with the result that the wheels “passed on left the poor crenture : in the street with both: hi broken. The able in himself and is more val that he is a family Pét, there “put out c 1y hundled up and tak the: hearest hospital for tually at ar him, he SSary ex- himper, He and at ut even way to ielp him, ar ipletely. tempted to put and look the other w all ched the A BAD CASE OF HEADACHE performance quite with the air of a rather bored spectator. And then it was all over and he was borne back home—since dogs petted as he is suffer from “heimweh” to such an extent as to seriously affect their health—to be nursed back to strength and activity again. “Properly looked after,” said - the surgeon, “he will be as good as new in three wee and then, washing his hands of the matter literally as well as figuratively, he took me for a tour of inspection around his domain. It is surprising to the previously un- info d mind to find how many llis dog-flesh is heir to. Besldes distemper, worms, fits and mange, which we have come to consider regular dog diseases, they are afilicted with many of the physical troubles of human beings. Pneumonia, gastritis, enteritis, con- sumption, ague, la grippe, Bright's dis- ease, mumps, epilepsy, paralysis, acute mania, diphtheria, rheumatism and even elephantia are ajJl met with in the practice of og doctor, and as he must diagnose troubles entirely from visible manifestations, with no help whatever from the sufferer, it is neces- sary to exercise great care in every case that is put in his charge. When animals worth thousands of dollars are put into one's hands for treatment it doesn’t do to make even Bow Wows" ‘CURED OF AN AFFECTIONATE MOTHER AND HER SICK PUPPY. small mistakes, and therefore to main- cessful institution of this kind requires ability to manage dumb creatures un- hound, tain a position at the head of a suc- close and constant study, as well as the derstandingly and kindly. LAME, BUT STILL VIGOROUS. 1 rather dreaded going the rounds of the wards, for suffering of any Kind is not pleasing to behold, but there were no harrowing sights or sounds in store for me. There were sick dogs, of course, but they were all enduring their troubles stoically, lying on clean straw in airy board pens, the tops of which are covered with wire netting, sitting about in wide stalls in the sun- shine or taking constitutionals in the adjacent yard, and all who did not feel too ill to exert themselves greeted their medical attendant with friendly tail wags. There were three in the inspecting party, for “Nippy,” the head nurse of the establishment, left his bed in the office and accompanied us. This pro- ceeding had its drawbacks, for Nippy, who is half Japanese pug and half fox terrier, is 9 years old, and now that he is corpulent, weighing nearly three pounds, is extremely lazy. Yet, being mindful of his’duty he insisted upon being lifted up to personally inspect every patient, which delayed us some- what on our way. One handsome fellow sat disconso- lately looking down at a front leg weighted down with a plaster cast; an- other—a great mournful-eyed fox Howard Vernon's “Don’”—is just recovering from an infliction of beautiful droo;i);r_:lz ears, and wears a “canker cap” res: edly but not at all happily; fmdq 58;‘1_}_’ Brass,” the same gentleman'’s 1‘-y‘e‘the old pointer, who Is known as i+ mother of prize-winners,” has recently had a bad tumor removed and been enabled to again take her rightful place In the aristocratic circles of canine life. One dog, a victim of the fenderless car, has suffered the amputation of a hind leg and is trying bravely to ac- custom himself to the new order of things. Three other dogs, his com- panions in misfortune, are lrotslns about the city on three legs, having left the fourth one behind them in this same hospital. “Dogs do very well on three .l.e S said the doctor, philosophically af\eg they get used to the novelty of it, an there are many people who would take care of pets if all four of the poor little creatures’ legs were cut off, they get so attached to them. There is one former patient of mine down on Mis- sion street who has lost a leg. She only weighs as much as Nippy here by the way, and she catches rats quicker and better than any whole dog that I know.” A And then he showed me Winnie, & beautiful Irish setter, who is con- valescing from a severe attack of pneu- monia, and told me that this disease is a very common and fatal one among dogs. “Exposure to cold and damp brings it on,” he said, “and house and toy dogs are most subject to it, for they are washed frequently and enough care is not always exercised about drying them. Taken in time it is curable, but too often the first symptoms, going off their feed, shivering spells followed by fever and labored breathing, are over- looked or neglected. Winnie was fo tunate in being taken in hand early. And Winnie waved her tail in grateful acknowledgment of the fact. A big white bulldog of subdued as- pect lay on his bed trembling and start- ing nervously, without apparent cause. “He fell off a twenty-foot high roof the other day.” said the doctor, “and fit shook him up considerabl but he'll come around all right.”.,and though I do not admire bulldogs as a class [ found myself pitying the great sleek creature and hoping that the medical man’s words would prove true. In the maternity ward a black and white beauty, with wavy hair and the gentlest and most beseeching eyes that 1 ever saw, was cuddling five blind little puppies, the images of her beau- tiful self and their sire the well-known Llewellyn setter. Rubber. She allowed us to take one of her darlings from be- side her and admire it at close quarters, but was far from happy while we were doing so. And when the sprawling, snuffling baby was restored to her she forgot her manners and lay down be- tween -her offspring and her visitors. abscesses In hi finished com- | to smokestack, STEAMSHIP, plete, from keel in six weeks. Surely, that is crowding .- things a little. but the Alaska | has made such work nec-| That is the reason it is being | one. these days. | Never:in the history of sh!pbundlng: in' California has there been such ac- | tivity in the business. Every ship yard | abeut the bay is working overtime, and in -some .instances day and night, so| ‘i.great is tl. demand for vessels to send | to. thie Arctic. Of course there is a great | :’@enl ‘of repairing and overhauling be- frig’, dofie, but new vessels are being | completéd ev w d . Over at the | - @akland ship yard one day last week | ‘thiere. were five new ships on the ways at the same time. It is safe to say that _$his has neéver happened before in this part ‘of: thie: world. ‘At’ thé -big foundries where iron :sHips -afe built work is pushed as fast | as possibile, but iron -hips do not get | together. as rapidly as wooden ones, so that 1t is tedious work watching their growth: - Wooden vessels come into ex- tstance almost as if by magic and are uniched. It is to this class that eater number of Klondike vessels a few days ago, was not in existence at all on the first of last Feb- | In fact, her keel was not laid it 1s barely possible the plans for her ‘were not drawn. But things went alorig- smoqthly from the start. When “ghe.got into the water she didn't leak .. drop. nor vibrate with the motions of - ;thé engife. eforé this vessel had her trial trip she 'wis. booking passengers and load- fretght. Scores of men were at oG rk- on'her rushing things along. This sfeamer had her tri.l trip - Fhrg ‘14th inst, and two days later he:Eailéd: for the north loaded down ith.frejght and gold seekers. But she in-of-war that had been five course of construction, instead Aye.wee Old salts said she was ‘ag ‘goad:.-a vessel of her class as was éver “bullt, notwithstanding the short pent in putting her together. me of these Alaska vessels being is like watching the dgician. Mon- | The last the vessel i of the bay. Men clamber over her so thickly that they seem to get in one another's way. But each knows what he has to do, and does it so that within an hour after the END OF THE SECOND WEEK. The person who orders the vessel or what her name is to be is a matter of no importance to the shipbuilder. He simply gets word to build a vessel ac- cording to certain drawings and speci- fications and puts it down on his book as a certain number. If the vessel is ordered to be pushed through in a hurry he starts work immediately, and within a few hours men are build- 1 | ing the ways on whichthevessel is tobe nearly ready for sea as soon as they | constructed. Insideof twenty-fourhours ; the keel will be laid and the sternpost | ready to be placed in position. At this | time there is not much to be seen only | three lines of .timber lying on the ground. But this is the start, | A week latet this same spot will have a good part of a ship on it. Scores of | men will be at work and the sound of saw and hammer can be heard for a | mile. Nearly all the ribs of the vessel will be in position and she will be ready for the planking. A week later a goodly portion of this will be done. The entire lower -artion | will be covered and only the tips of the ribs will show over the side of the hull. At this time the machinery is being put in and more and more men are finding work on her every day. At the end of the third week the hull is practically finished and in another week the deck will be on and she will { be ready ‘for launching. Now men fairly swarm over her. At the end of the fifth week masts are in, rigging set and sails bent, and the greater portion of her painted. It only remains to put on the finishing touches in the cabins, see that the en- gines are all O. K. and have a trial trip. END OF THE THIRD WEEK. last job is done the new ship steams away for the Arctic, hardly six weeks after the day her keel was laid. CURIOUS KLONDIKERS BOOM FORTUNE-TELLING. ES, sir, I can tell you what luck Yyou will have by going to the Klondike, Copper River, Dutch Harbor or any other place after gold.” The speaker was a creole wom- an of that well-known type found in New Orleans, which rank high among the beauties of the South. Her olive complexion and sharply chiseled fea- tures spoke of her French origin, and her polite and graceful air was at once reassuring to her visitors, one of whom was a prospective Klondike adven- turer. They were invited into the neatly ar- ranged flat on Hayes street, where they discovered that they had to wait for “their turn among the inquisitive fortune hunters. These other fortune vork is usually done while at the wharf on this side selves. 'Fhere were four men and three women, all of whom were well dressed. Two of the women were quite pretty and one of them, a decided -blonde, soarkled with diamonds and a bejewel- ed chatelalne watch. She was talking to the other of her husband, who it was learned sailed on the steamer Aus- tralia recently for Alaska in guest of a fortune. The third lady looked like the tm;?‘l old maid. She sat urrieht and P! pany with curiosity mm‘l_ad' ‘with' a. Z \ END OF THE FIFTH WEEK—GETTING IN THE ENGINES. hunters were a great study in them-]dash of suspicion. After a wait of half an hour the re- porter and his companion were invited into the sanctum, where the future is supposed to be revealed. Mr. Heeney wanted the. very latest Klondike information. He had come all the way from New York and was en route for the north, where he felt assured that an untold number of yel- low nuggets were awaiting his com- ing in the neighborhood of Dawson eying the remainder of the com- | City. “Well, gentlemen, what can I do for —_— 5. you?” said the fortune-teller with an engaging smile. Mr. Heeney, who had mined in Cali- fornia in years gone by, produced a rich specimen of quartz which he had taken from the John Hite mine of Mariposa County fifteen years ago, and said: “I want to know if there is any stuff like this in the Klondike country, and what sort of a show I stand of get- ting any of it. But, I suppose,” he con- tinued, ‘What's the damages?” “My advertised rates are 50 cents for gentlemen and 25 cents for ladies, but for Klondike gentlemen—well, I leave that to themselves,” was the arch re- sponse. “That means $1, I suppose,” and Mr. Heeney tossed the coin upon the table. ‘The medium then drifted into a semi- trance, while she clutched the piece of gold quartz in her hand. She then drew a picture of awaiting wealth that com- | pletely dumfounded her listeners. She saw upon a sidehill at the foot “you want your pay flrsv.?7 BUILDING FREIGHTERS IN SIX WEEKS TO HANDLE THE ALASKAN GOLD RUSH of a tree and not a great way from water a large bowlder which was the beginning of a lode of miraculous rich- ness. Lower down and nearer the water was fine gold and nuggets by the bushel. “Will no one find it before I get there?” half gasped Mr. Heeney. No; it would stay there until Mr. Heeney picked it all up. Perhaps if he | néver came it might be found by another many years hence. He would have considerable trouble and some | annoyance on the way. He should go by the Chilcoot route, though he would have a close call for his life in shoot- | ing the White Horse Rapids, but after that everything would be plain sail’ng. Certainly this was enough for Mr. Heeney's dollar, and he started to get up with great fortune in the grasp of his mind. | . “That appears to be an unusual for- tune for the price, madam,” suggested the newspaper man. “Yes, it is rather fine,” she returned, “but I've told the fortune of ten men | already to-day, and it is now onmly 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and only one of them was a failure.” “All .of them struck it rich, eh?” | ‘“Yes, only some of them struck it richer than others, of course, in the | fortunes I told them.” “Then you have already made $10 and your working time is only half up for the day?” “‘Oh, more than that. You see, I've run the cards for six women already, | and sfour of them paid me 50 cemts | each. You see, when I give good re- sults they are quite liberal.” “Is this an ordinary day's run of business?” “Yes; it has been that way since the Alaskan fever started. I have aver- aged $20 a day for the past four | months. Before that I did not make over $3 a day. This excitement is a sort of Klondike right here for fortune tellers.” “Have any of your patrons struck the fortunes you predicted for them?” “Why, of course. There is Iky Hoitz, the letter-carrier; he made a hit. There is Walter Waller, the snake charmer and king of hobos, as he is called. I told him last year there was plenty of | money for him in the Klondike. He | spent his last nickel for an outfit, and now he has returned with $8000 in cash |and has a claim which he refused $10,- 1000 for. He is stopping with Henry | Drewes, the grocer. He will be going | back in a week or so. Pat Fahey of Angels Camp struck it rich and has | two claims on my advice. “I am acquainted with a very small | percentage of my patrons, you must | know. Therefore I cannot tell how | many I have benefited.” All of this served to strengthen Mr. Heeney's faith in the fortune teller, and | he thanked her profusely while being | shown to the door by the little girl of | the house._ = But he was not altogether satisfied, | 80 he called upon six other professional readers of the fuiure—four of whom fwere women and two men. At each place there was a visit from five to fif- teen minutes, showing that there was a regular Klondike rush in the fortune telling business . END OF THE SIXTH WEEK—TAKING-ON- FREIGHT. FOR ALASKA.