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LOST THEIR GRIP.

Human Failures and TheirSurroundings.

LIFE AMONG THE PAUPERS.

More of What "The Call" Man Sawand Heard While an Inmate of

the Almshouse.

I.Ihad been an Inmate of the Aimshouso

two days before the opportunity came forme to visit Last Chance.

Inthe daily round of a pauper's life atthe poorho use there is a dreary monotony

that would madden an active man. yet

hundreds of able-bodied paupers perform

no work; nothing at all to break thatawful sameness and make the time pass lessdrearily.

Upon one pretext or another they escape

work. Heart disease is the favorite com-plaint. Rheumatism and lumbago areofteupleaded, and the man who has partly ornearly. lost the use of his riant arm is veryfrequent

.Nor is it for you or me to blame theseshirkers.- They are the men who have lost their grip

on the world and its every ambition. Thesenses of warmth and hunger are left them,

and often a terrible appetite for liquor, butbeyond these they have no feelings— unlessitis one of terror for Last Chance.

Often they fear this more than work, andWill even work to escape it.

So when the doctor has decided that Pau-per Jones' ailment is fictitious and that heIs capable of doing some light work, andl*auper Jones still persists that he is too

sick to work, then Last Chance Is threat-ened.

This usually acts as a strong stimulantand Pauper Jones goes to work.

That the remedy is not resorted to oftfnerby Superintendent Weaver bespeaks to mymind a compassion for the mental weak-nesses of these old men that Is born ol themilk of human kindness.

But w! y this terror for Last Chance?Iwas anxious to know, and as soon as

possible Imade the rounds of the establish-

ment. This wps Wednesday afternoon,right after the Board of Health had con-cluded its Investigations.

Last Chance sits to the extreme north ofthe main building and on a higher eminencethan any ol the other buildings..The freaks are kept in Last Chance.

That Is the cause of its terror to thepant Often Eight is made hideous tothe lucid inmates by the foolish noises andratings of the insane patients. And in thedaytime the place is visited by idle sight-seers who delight to see the harmless idiotsgo thrcush their stranue performances.

Here are the cancer patients in the laststages of disease, the morphine and dopefiends who are beyond hereof recovery,the cocaine drunkards and those sufferingfrom disorders that are fulsome andhni.eless.

Last Chance lias its hospital wards, andthe able-bodied freaks and idiots are giventfc<-privileges of tie house and grounds.. Zip is the main attraction of Last Chance.Be is the most famous personage at theAlmshouse, and the one who needs theleast pity.

He is always happy and miiine and con-tented. Itnay cause you pain to see him»ml witness his queer antics, but he has nouse for your sympathy. He is happier thanjrPti and can never know the sorrows thatyou have known. His dark moments are"few and far between. They only occurwhen some one plagues him too much orwhen he is hungry, and as soon as the causeIs gone Zip is happy again, 1saw him grindbis teeth and glare fiercely at a visitor, butwhen the visitor's back was turned he wat

• cheerful again.Longago the circus men had Zip. They

stuck feathers all over him and tried tomake him look more fantastic than naturemade him.

For more than twenty years be has beenhere. His head and face are more like thoseof the monkey than of any other animal.His legs are short and have no knee-jointsin them. Every cue who knows anything

• about the almshouse knows all about Zip.Gabriel, or the Holy Ghosr, is the next

most striking attraction at Last Chance.He is a tall eld man, who was once an

athlete. His back i« bent bow, and his left•side is paralyzed. His beard and hair are

\u25a0nkempt, and his costume hangs in ragsati'f tatters. His coat is always tightlybuttoned or piucea, and a Bible reposes be-neath it.

He sits on the bench all day long andthinks, or dreams, or whatever insane mendo when they are sileut. Ha never movesunless some one speak* to him.

Then be rears up and goes through hisperformance. He raises his right baud andtalk- incoherently about lieavan and theHoy Ghost and other similar things whichare usually left to the clergy to speak of.

Some people think he is very amusing.They never tireof listening to his harangue?,and invariably laugh and chuckle when poorold Gabriel briugs down his right hand witha powerful whack on the Bible beneath hiscoat

lie is really funny—

to those who can en-Joy that kind of fun. Ilearned to respectl&e old men who ate inmates of Last. Chance because they never laughed atGabriel and were careful not to disturb his. day-drenmiue.;•

The bun Worshiper, Pretty Wise and'Alfred the Flute are celebrities ol only

lesser note than Zip and Gabrlpl.Iliked the Sun Worshiper because he

went in to dinner without his hat. Henever wears a bat, and when not eating orsleeping is playing a doubtful tune on thohanronica and dancing in the sunlight.'Ifthere is no sun he wanders about the

bouse or yard blowing his harmonica, orsitson the benches and blows. The moment abeam from Old Sol lights up any part of thegrounds the Sun Worshiper seeks It atonce, and is soon tripping through themat -"S of a step that Is as doubtful as theaccompanying tune.

Alfred made the flute he plays on soconstantly in the courtyard of La«t Chance.His tuned are also rather dubious and itis. quite painful to see trie great mental ef-fort he wakes now and again to strike up anew air.

'. He struggles manfully though, and if heJives long enough there is some hope ol bismastering •'Auuie Kooney."

"Have you see my brother?" he asks ofevery stranger.. He put the question to me last Wednes-day. 1answered truthfully that Ihad nut,but when Icame that way again a few mo-ments later he made the same inquiry.

He is a simple, harmless old fellow and. like most of the insane patients, very happyand contented.

Pretty Wise is big and black and obtuse.He is Dot so old as many of the other LastChance tenants, and there is no gray in hisfierce black hair and whiskers. He is likethe Sphinx; and Use her is only thought tobe very wise because he has enough wisdomto keep his mouth shut. He sneezes all the.'tinn», and is happy and demented.

These are the Last Chance characters thatmay be described in public print. There»re many others, a hundred or more ofthem, but the nature of their maladies is

100 repulsive to print.They ate livingobject lessons of the hor-

rible evils that men may bring upon them-selves by the transgression of natural lawsand the unloosening of evilappetites.

Duplicates of them can be seen at the Re-ceiving Hospital and the I'esthouse. but no-where else. ,11.,

That they should be herded and housedwithmen whose only disabilities are the re-

sults of ill-fortune is a necessity that criesaloud for immediate reform. . \u25a0\u25a0.»._• nt

Why should a man s in the last stages ofconsumption-a man. perhaps, 'who has seen

far better days and surroundings— be made

to live with tLse horrible freaks and un-

Cl»ac unfortunates? invest^-Here is something that needs investiga-

lion and the Board of Health and the Su-pervisors could profitably spend much timeand some money in devising some mean* ofseparating these different classes of unfor-tunates.C Why should an intelligent and perhapsrefined cripple le housed with an odiouslunatic or a man suffering with a loathsomedisease?

Itis wrong.\u0084It is a greater wrong than any other

wrong that has ever existed at the Alms-house.

Itis possible for any man to become aninmate of Last Chance, no matter howwealthy now orhow refined his present sur-roundings. SPflfflfflwfwfiSA millionaire may lose his fortune in aday and the next day meet with some horri-ble accident that shall render his physicalshell worse than useless.

Such cases have happened and do stillhappen. There are men of culture and in-tellect in Last Chance to-day, and the char-acter of their surroundings is to them a per-petual torture and a livingbell.

Here is one case:Aman 70 years old. He holds his head

high above his shrunken frame and seemsto realize his great indignity. It is a well-shai>t'd head, and the face is shaved regu-larly and tie hair is well kept. It is akindly,intelligent face.

He was once the private secretary of theelder Vanderbilt and his brother is one ofthe Supreme Justices ofNew York. Twelveyears ago he was cashier inone of the best-known banks in this city.

He is a relative of the late nenry WardBeeehcr and a hopeless and irresponsibledipsomaniac.

Whisky has made sad Inroads upon hisbody and mind, vet he talked to mr veryintelligently, expressed the creatfst con-trition for his early errors that fixed theterrible craving upon him,and said he hadno cause to complain of either the food orthe treatment he received there.

But with tears in his eyes he told me he

prayed every day that death would come asa relief from his unsightly surroundings."Ihave no right to complain of it. for

many others bear the same burden uncom-plainingly; but if Icould only gatherstrength enough to get along without anurse 1could get down to the New House,where these imp* and demons would nothaunt me forever," he said.

"If yon have to stay here long do every-thing they ask you to do— work at anything,get along anyway; but don't let them sendyou up here."

A proper classification of the inmates ofthe ponrhouse would obviate much miseryand suffering, but with the present accom-modations this is impossible.

And the incurables are not fitsubjects foran Almshouse; or if they are they shouldbe hou«ed separate! v.

Most of all trie Almshouse needs a build-ing for incurables.

11.Tuesday ruornlne they killed a steer at

the Almshouse storkvard. at.d all that dayIheard ironical remarks of the "foine beefwe'll be gettin' now."Itried to find out whether any of the

meat from that animal went into the pau-per's dining-room, but failed.

At 11 o'clock the gong struck for dinner.The line hail been forming since 10 o'clock.By the way, waiting for the sound of themess gong is the chief occupation of mostof the inmates of the Almshouse.

None of them have watches and everyone of them la eterually :asking some onecUe what time it is.Isoon learned that the way to keep on

friendly terms with my fellow paupers wasto be always posted on the time.

"What time is it?""Half-past 9.""Is that all? An boar and a half yet to

dinner."Iparticipated in a conversation like that a

hnndied times ifonce whileIwas a pauper.We had boiled beef fordinner tbisdav,

half a \< und for each man, bat whether itcame from the steer killed that morning orwhether it was from pome antiquated cowno pauper that 1came in contact with wasable to tell.

The half pound Ihad was well roastedand entirely capable of mastication. Itwasnot porterhouse. Icould swear to that,but then they don't roast porterhouse andbroiled steak is not on the Aimshouse menu.

Two potatoes went withevery chunk ofmeat. Those issued to me were well cooked,and lam not so certain but wa t theytasted just as well to the other paupers forbeing laid on the bare table with their jack-ets on instead of being served ina separatedish.

Personally Icould not detect a differentflavor in them from this cause, and 1 hadbecome almost used to the things whicht ok away my appetite at the precedingsupper and br-nk:

The man next to me called for and re-ceived a second ration of potatoes, and thepauper who dined opposite eat what Ileftof my one-seventh of unbuttfreJ bread.

Mv second dinner at the Almsiiutue con--Bis;ed of roast niuuou chit-lly, and so far asIwas a jiidge it was wliolesiiine and pal it-able. And the plates el the srventv oreighty pa v er« wbo eat with me were cleanto the bones and potato parings when themeal was over.

There was a bowl of soup with each din-ner. It was good. Here Iam on morecertain ground, for Ilike soup. This wasgood and none was left in my dish.

Once a week corn beef is served for din-ner instead of fresh beef or mutton, andevery Friday codfish or some other bloodlessaquatic animal is the main staple of themidday meal.

Tuesday tobacco rations were served. Itwas not Turkish tobacco, but idoubt verymuch if these old men would be satisfiedwith so mild a poison.Itwas plug tobacco, black and hard, good

for chewing and smoking and of a size perpauper that ought to last a man mure thanthree days, and there are two rations aweek.

rltio=e who work are allowed more to-bacco if they want it—and most of themdo. The men who w<>rk are entitled tocoffee that is stronger than the Idlers get,anu there seemed to me to be justice inthis, for a nan's work argue* his strength,and a strong man needs a stronger driukthan a man who is chronically weak.

After dinner Iwent back to List Chanceto get a further v ew of the beautiful scen-ery from this point.

Six hundred feet below In a narrowcanyon lies Lake Bonds, almost at yourvery feet, when you stand on the brink olthe Last Chance hill.

Green bills tbat are almost t erpendicular,and thick forests of gum trees that crow atan alarmingly acute anjjle wall in thepeaceful waters of the laguna, and theSpring Valley pumping works are so hiddenby the foliage that they do not mar thebeauty of the landscape unless one peersiuU> the details.

Sutro's elysium rises from the foot ofthis canyon to almost th« brows of TwinPeaks. There are shady dells and silverybrooklets here, and the earth is coveredwitha velvety green that is very inviting.

Last Chance Is fortunate inUs magnifi-cent scenery and beautiful altitudes. As 1was passing out through the wicket-gateMrs. Weaver, the matron and superintend-ent a wife, came in. She spoke very kindlywhen 1raised my hr.t to her.

She asked me how Icame to be In theAlmshouse, and Iwas glad enough that shedid not press the point, for Iwas fearful ofcontradicting the extempore tale of woe Ibad already pourod into the superintend-ent's ears.Idid say that Ihad been sick and in hard

luck.Sne 6ald she hoped the pure air and bright

sun would do me good and asked mewhether Iwas comfortable.

"As comfortable as Icould expect insuch a place," Ianswered.

She HSKed me ifIcared to read, and whenIsaid "Ve>" she told me she would leavesome books for me in the office.

She said that a good many people wereunfortunate in this world and that Ioughtto keep up my courage and get well soon.'

She said some other things like this andsaid them all in a cheerful, kindly way thatwas more motherly than patroMzing.Ilearned afterward that the patients at

Last Chance nnd the New House look for-ward to her daily visits as to a ray of sun-slnne. She has a friendly hand and akindly word for all the sick men, and noman has a disease go unpleasant ai to keepher from coming to his bedside every dayand givinghim n word of cheer.

Th» patients themselves told me this, andher treatment of me inclined me to giveready credence to all such Btertet,

During my stay at the Almshouse Ineverheard an inmate speak of Mrs. Weaverother than in words of Mia greatest respect.ana many chance encomiums were show-ered upon her iv my hearing at the NewH'luse and Last Chance.

Thur^iay morning 1met Tillson, the headB«ne of the New House, who is accused ofcinettles.Ifound him in the chicken-house.

*1said.

"Good-niornitii?, sir," to him. and. ho re-;

turned the salutation In a cheery accent.He was gathering egg?. Inaked him ifI

could help him, and he said Icould not forhe was just through.

Later in the day Ilearned that thesechickens are the private property of Tin-son. He is allowed but two dozen eggs aweek for his department., H>s patients In-creased «o rapidly that he found he neededmore than this number of eggs, and no morewere to be had from the Altnshouse al-lowances.

So he bought dozen chickens with hisown money and fixed uu some coops forthem back of the stable. Now bli sickpatients have enough eggs to supply theirphysical needs Ifnot their appetites."

Asat Last Chance, patients ofall kinds arehoused together at the New Ilnuso indis-criminately. A proper classification Is im-possible, because there is no room.

Another crying need at the Almshouse Isfor more indoor accommodations.

Atpresent there is only a small reading-room in each of the three large buildingswhere inmates can congregate ou rainydays.

These reading-rooms will not accommo-date half of the inmates when crowded totheir utmost.

The ro*ult is that the old men havo tostay out if doors innil kinds of weather,for a strict rule of the Almshouso is that nolounging in the dormitories or in the sleep-ing wards is allowed.

This works a hardship in bad weather,but the rule is absolutely necessary if thebed: and sleeping apnrtmenU are to be keptclean and neat as they now are.

A general assembly hall Is needed, andthe Board of Health itself recognized thisduring their tour of inspection Thursdaymorning.

But where is the money to rome from?At present this is a problem that can

only be solved by the charity of Individsubscriber?, for there are no funds avail-able for this purpose.Ilearned from one of the more intelligent

of the inmates that Mr. and Mrs. Weaverare trying to raise the money by privatesubscription and that the Archbishop badpromised a good sum, the Episcopal Churchhad subscribed liberally and one or twoprivate persons had promised help.But the fund is far from Its needed pro-

port,

111.Four days Is not a long time. Even nt the

Almshouec, to a make-believe pauper, itpasses quicker at least than four weekswould.

Yet one sees much in four days If onekeeps his eyes open, and learns much ifhewills.

One thing that Ilearned was that bald-headed men are a rarity at the Almshouse.Why, Iknow not, but itIs a fact.

Are men with full crops of hair weakerthan bald-headed men?

Perhaps it is only a coincidence.Out of the 800 inmates of the Almshouse—

nndIam Dretty sure that Isaw nearly everyon* of them at one time or another duringmy gtay

—Ifound not a full score of lu'd-

headed men, and though 1 do not belong tothat tribe myself nor have any dopes ofever being cv" of them truth compels the-statement that the very lew ba d-headedn n at the Almshouse are invar. a'more intelligent ones, those who have seenfar better days and environments of cultureand refinement.

There is a pauper barber at the Alms-bouse. He lias been ere many years anddoes tonsorlal duty to most of the otherinmates.

He had never thought of itbefore, 6«Kwhen Ibroached the subject he rememberedat me that theie were not twenty bald-headed old men in the entir. 800.

ly, here is a chance for gome bald-head- d men t iii«ki>odious c tmparii

her \ery noticeable fact ib that cv.rypanper in the Almboose, who is pbyaieailyable to smoke, or chew tobacco, is uiuro oriess a slave of that soothing weed.

The m»>u who serve out the tobacco ra-U< us are the roacben for this statement,and my own observations so far as theycould £o on Eucn a subject in four days,corroborate it.Isaw no man— except the idiots and

freaks— able to be out of be >, who did noteither smoke or chew, and this fact alonefurnishes a very obvloua reason why theinmates should not be permitted to spendthe day in their sleeping rooms.

Another point that may be utilized bythe sanitary moralize™ is that very few ofthe paupers t;.ke to water kindly.It is a rule of the institution that every

inmate must bathe at least once a week',which is as often as the underclothing ischanced.

Unfortunately, bathing did not occurduring my stay, but I heard many queerstories of how the inmates contrive to hhirkthis disagreeable duty.

A favorite method is to procure a porousplanter from the doctor the day before bath-ing-day. Then, when the assistants '.comefor them to bathe, they plead the spoilingof \u25a0 plaster.

Sometimes HiIs ruse works and sometimesIt doesn't, but from what 1could hear, thedoctor is on to this little game and porousplasters are dealt out more sparingly nowthan heretofore.

There is one negro pauper and one Chinesepauper.

The negro is quite a young man, veryquiet and orderly, vpry weak and verymeek. He is not a kicker, nor even a dis-senter. He lakes things as they go, workswhen he can, and when he don't work hois not shamming.

Hone Don is the Chinaman's nanio. Hereads English quite well and talks pigeon*English as well as a Dugout-street store-keeper.

Lone *go he dispensed with the queue.Urn hair is full aud long. Otherwise he Uattired in the regulation costume— blueoveralls and gray coat

Every morning he reads the papers. Apeculiarity of his particular mental disorderla that he write* marginal comments toevery article he reads in the newspapersand then submits them to the doctor or thechief clerk for their perusal." .

These officials would probably read thecomments it they could, but they aro writ-ten in Chinese characters.

White shirts are under the ban at theAliiisiiouse, and it is just a* vveil, for theiiintate-. do nnt poetess. Mich luxuries. Ifyou see a man witha white shirt on at thepoorhniise you know he is a paid employeor visitor, for the inmates are not permittedto wear them. Im'v**rheard this rule com-plain.<lof a* a hardship.

Pauper Sullivan is au inmate of the NewHouse.

1bfflsme acquainted with him in a pecu-liar way. As Iwas strolling through thegrounds he accosted me:

"Do you smell anything?" he said."Tobacco smoke.""No; it's a poisonous gas. Don't you

swell something terrible?"1 began to tumble by this time, and, to

pacify him Isaid Ithought Idid smellsomething bad.

Ha Krew,interested at once and began totell tuß how a man named Green from Sac-ramento* came to. his bedside every nightanil inhaled a poisonous gas over him whichwas slowly killinghim.

And when he had told this story to the«nd he talked lucidly enough, in fact quitesensibly of other things.' ' 'Itis all a very wonderful thing, life at the

Almshouse.A trip to Africa would hardly seem so

strance, would not present a daily routineof life so markedly different from our ownbu«y, wurfeadav world.

TW sociologist will find an immense fieldfor study here, for here is the very altruisticc 'immunity tnat reformers nave tried andfailed to establish among sane and soundmen.

No one \*a prisoner here. Allmay comeand go as they please— or at !e:ist go as theyplease— in spile of a little legendary rule tothe contrary which is never enforced.

The gates are alwuys open. That yon areneedy is the open sesame. And tbougb vimwork not nor spin your wants are (applied.

And (in the whole it is nut an unsuccess-ful venture toward the altruistic coiumu-nitv.

There are grumblers, but they have thealternative of leaving, which they seldomaccept for very long at a time.":

Thursday afternoon Iembraced this op-portunity. *i walked out with never a letor hindrance and 1am gladIdid.It:was a most ;novel ''experience, but I

shall never crave another of the same kind.''*'\u25a0'' Luke Nobtii."

:Itiwill cost Sl'-'.OOOVto illuminate anddecorate the ballroom lor llio inaugurationceremonies. ..

Alfred, the Fluff, •*>'« Worshiper andTretty Wise.

lie Raised Bis KigJU Hand and TalkedIncoherently.Luke Xorth at the Almghoute*

PROFESSOR OREGOROWITSCH.The Russian Gives His Hypnotic

Exposition.Professor Gregorowitsch, the Russian

hypnotist, gave an exhibition of the occult«cienco before a rather slim audience inMetropolitan Hull last night.

The principal feat consisted in getting thesubject into a "cataleptic fit"and stretching

tiiui out between two chairs ivouch a posi-

tion as to make a sort of loungo of himself,on which three other geutlemen seatedthemselves.

Groans and exclamations of horror es-caped from the ladies in tho audience whilethis was being accomplished. Tba usualhypnotic phenomena such as imparted fear,linrnir and fascination were gone through

with to the nccoiiipauittmeut of slow musicon the iriano.

Between each several performance theprofessor took occasion to descant learnedlyupon the fast importance of hypnotism ingeneral and his own personal importance inparticular.

Everything went off smoothly, but ayoung medical student among the specta-tors Who had been culled upon to examine aan Jecl in the cataleptic state was heard toremark universally as he took his seat:"1hat fellow there isn't in any more of acataleptic tit than 1am."

it wa*a very gooJ exposition of hypnoticscience, however.

GOW AH LOW SHOT.A Petty Quarrel Leads to Bloodshed

in Chinatown.Stockton streot was the scene last night

of what may be another Chinese murder.(juw Ah fiow, a Chinese ahirtmaker who

lived and labored nt 1004 Stockton street,

had just left the building with a bundle ofshir!-1,which he was t.tking to a womanwho had been employed to make the but-tonholes In the garments, when lie was ac-coited by a fellow-countryman whose nnmehas not been ascertained. The man orderedOow to take trie shirts to another woman,

lie rtfased and the nanjdrew a revolver andtired two bullets nt him. One of the mis-siles struck the shirtmaker in the side,was tinned by a rib and passed out. Theother bullet flew wide of the living targetand the assassin lied. Four policemen whowere within two squares of the placo roabedto the spot, but could see neither the fugi-tive nor the wounded man. Chinese whowitnessed the shooting refused to throwany lightupon it. one saying that tho manwho fired the shot* had lied down .lacksonstreet, while Another declared that he hadgone toward Nob Hill.

<J iw was found in the cellar of the housein which he lived and was seat to the Ke-ceiving Hospital.

BACKING MR. GEARY.The Traffic Association and Chamber

of Commerce Appreciate Him.The president of the Tn;ftic Association

of Caliiornia yesterday tent the followingdispatch to Congressman Geary:

San Kkancisco, Frbruary 25. 1893.Hon. Thomas J. Geary, Alrmb«r of Congress,

House of llevrtsentatlvet, Washington, /\u25a0 C:We appreciate your efforts to disclose combina-tion between tianscontlnental

-railroads and

Pacinc Mail seeking to fe:ter our commerce, andask you not to cease your endeavors in tillsdirection. Bakky Baldwin.I'resiuciit ol the Traffic Association or Califor-

nia. 'agraa

The president of the Chamber of Com-merce also wired Mr. Geary to the follow-ing effect:

Hon. Thomas J. Geary, Mrmhrr of Congress,House of Hepresentattvcs, Washington, I). C:The Clumber of Cumin rce <•! Bait Franciscothanks you for your exposition of Pacific Maisubserviency to Hie irau-iconttneDlHl AMsocla-tlon. and ieque*ts your support of unr. strictedcommerce via Panama ana North AmericanCompany. >;. v. Pond,Piesideut Clumber of Commerce of ban *\an-

ci«co. ssasa

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.A! AMKl>\ IiiIWTY.

I.xRoy 11. and Miuu.e llrlegjof Oakland to An-nle Baruett (wire of David) of Oakland, lot on Nt;corner of Four * ntliand Filbert streets. E 100 byS V;ltil. licet 570. Oakland; 08.

Martha J. Warner of Sacramento to Cynthia A.Clark of Ventura, lot on X line of Ocean Viewavenue. 102.40 N from NW corner of Grand. N 150,E 195:5, •> and SW to a pointopposite point of.I>oKln!i!n<. iiimviredon a line running at rl^titant;leitiromiiM-i View avenue. W 136 to iimlunltiglots wto "5. '.'.3. 4and portion of lot l. block li,Broadway terrace. Oat Und 'J'owusblp: $10.

Thomas W. and Jane A. lladjer of Oakland towiillaiu 11. ah it Anita L.l>am of Oakland, lot on Wline of Klgluh avenue. 90 N of £<>' Ninth itrect,N .to i«y 70. lot 37, bloc* 11, Cilaton. L:tst Oak-land: $10.

l.oreuz') v.It,and Clara M.Sawyer to John E. 11.Srcltb ur .San Francisco, lot on \v corner of hus:'Ivii!Tv fifth street and Twenty-flrstavenue, Vt102:0 Dy hW 140. lots VI to27. block 81. NorthAddition to Hri'u.lyn.Fast Onkland: »10 -

Olivia A. Taylor (w.fe of,I.II.)to Sully McKeePierce (wife of O.) of AlamriU. lot7y, Dlock D.Oakland View Homestead Association, Oakland;•1600.

M.C. Hamlln of Berkeley to Sarah E. Bovil(wlfoof John X. ) of Berkelry. lot on B line of Centerstreet, l(t<27 V of Manrord place,. X 40 by 8187. >•». lot 7. block li,lsiafee Iract. quitclaim deed,Berkeley; Si.

James R. and Margaret A. I.lttioof Alameda toFirst Fresbyterlan Cuurrli of 'Berkeley, lot on Blearner of Fulton street anil l>ur:»Mt aveuuo, X 100by S 130,block 18,CollVgi Homahte:i<] Association,subject to a mortgage for §S!i6o, Berkeley ;-

93200.Maurice B.Streilujer (ksiuwn

-as M.It. Curtis) of

Berkeley t.i John D. Cray or fretno. lots 30 to 51.block 19: lots 3 to 6, S) to It;80 to 84. block \u25a0_'();lota 13. 14. 15.X4to28. bloc) .1: lots 159 to105.191' to 904, lOCk "21; lotslU3tJ 198, block US: lots188. 189. 190. bkek 24; lots 93 to 100 1»S to 122,block 29; lots Hit, «0«/,. >mi u> 94, Ila to 117. blockSO. rcsubdirisiou or l'er.ilta lark. qultctatm deed,Berkeley; ?5.

-Frank Courtis (by attorney) of District of Colum-

bia to Fraicls .1. Woodward of Oakland. 1- '-'Iacres, being lots 19 to32, MllibiuyTract. taut Oak-land: flu. :

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DO SOLDIERS FEAR

Is a Man Who Is Afraid aCoward ?

VIEWS OF BRAVE GENERALS.

The Daughter of Colonel Mosby Ob-tains the Views of Prominent

Confederate Officers.

\u25a0Written for Thk Mohninu Call.

*""The question whether a brave soldier

experiences the sensation of fear is one onWhich there is great diversity of opinion,"writes Miss V. Stuart Mosbv, the talenteddauchter of Colonel John S. Mosby, one ofthe most dashing of the Confederate cavalryleaders.

The problem involved in the statementjust quoted is one that, evidently, is of deepInterest toMiss Mosby. foe In a communi-cation to The Call she continues tho sub-ject as follows:Itwould certainly seem that there was

far greater merit in facing a dancer :from asense of duty, where one realized the peril,than In a stolidity of feeling incapable ofappreciating danger. Every one recalls thestory of the great French marshal who,when about to mount his horse before abattle, noticed his legs shaking with fear.Gazing scornfully upon them, he is said tohave remarked: "Ob, legs, if you knewwhere 1 was going to take you, you'd lieshaking worse than that," and then rodeforth to mingle in the charge. No one candoubt but that bis courage was of the high-est order.

Yet no authority can have more welchtthan the statements of warriors themselves,and here are the opinions of several whowere fighters on the Confederate side dur-

ing til- late war:General t.ai. Kaki.y—ln response to

the inquiry "Is fear in a soldier coward-ice?" 1 would any that while cowardice

is the. result of exces-- ItIs Not Cowardice• to Apprehend

Danger.

of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."That, ofcourse, is not cowardice.

Fear is a word that has a variety of defi-nitions, among them being "anxiety," soli-tude, reverential regard, respect, mingledwithawe. Viewing it in the sense of anapprehension of dHnger, Ido not know how1 can better express my opinion on the

bj than by referring to th« adjective"brave" in Worcester's dictionary, lv de-fining it he quotes from the Scotch poetessBaillle ns follows:

The bray* man Is not tio who fee!* no fear,I'.ut lie wboie notile foul no fear subdues.

From my own experience. and observa-tion ican <ay that the bravest soldier inaction is never wllhout fear or apprehen-sion of danger, but he encounters that dan-ger without shrinking.It follows, therefore, that fear is not

always cowardice in a soldier.

Gknfkai. Bradley T. Joavgoir,who fought under Stonewall Jackson,writes: The quest i "Ij fear in asoldier cowardice?"

.Fear succumhs to'Will-Power;

Cowardice is :

Uncontrollable. :

aiiHwers itself in thedefinition. Fear, as Iunderstand It.Is thephysical shrinKingfrom physical strug-gle with apprisingphysical force. Cow-ardice Is the re-fusiil of the physical

'

and intellectual nature of man to faceopiM'gliioK, either physical or intel-lectual. Fear is controllable by super. <>rwill,either of the man himself or of an-other, who, for a time, dominates and di-rects him. Cowardice is uncontrollable.Hotb cowardice and fear are physical aswllas moral conditions.-

Some men are unconscious of fear. Theyare actually unaware of what danger is,and in the real gaudiuru certamines joy ofbattle they actually delight in the fierceexcitement of the light. 1 really believethat M«jor Jim Breathed of the StuartDorse Artilleryand Miijor Harry Crinsonwould rather fizht than eat.* Stuart joyedbattle, so did Stonewall Jackson, and myanalysis of Lee was that when his blood wasup—and the smell of gunpowder alwaysfired him— he was as fierce as any far-offNorM ancestor.

'il. < >:1I£ii iknow nothing personally ofGrant 1 am of the opinion that the scent ofblood drove his pul.ae up. 1know Hancockblazed all over with enthusiasm at thesound of the guns and tho cheeis of acharging Hue.1 have no doubt that many men facing

death have felt their flesh shrink and theirnerves give wav and were sorely afraid.But pride of character, regard for the it-spect of those at home and the presenceand example of thousands around tin-incrushed out fear and made them as fierceand flelf-controlled as the bravest. Ido notrccollei t ever having 9een a coward— thatis, a man whose fear overcame his sense ofduty, personal pride and retard for reputa-tion.Ihave seen lines of battle afraid, seen

them waver in front of hostile batteries,seen them hesitate to meet the comingshuck; but Ihave seen those very lintsspring up at once animated by the brilliantexample of the personal dush of their com-manding officer, who. riding to th« front,would swing his 6abtr above his head andshout, "Follow me, ui.-n!" And the thou-sand men who a mo.r.ent before were afraidwere thrilled by tho electric shock of en-thusiasm and went forward witha rush thatwas irresistible.

The best veterans have been seized withpanic. When the nerves have been bracedforhours the constant tension exhausts theendurance of human nature and the mosttrivial Incident will throw thorn iff theirbalance, lose their seir-control and sendthem senseless Into a panic, like a herd ofbuffaloes. Napier records an incident ofthe Peninsular war: Sir John Mooro'sarmy— than whom more seasoned soldier*never born musket— was resting by theroadside and broke into utter confusionwhen a loose horse came galloping downthe ranks.

Fear is physical and intellectual dread.Cowardice is fear uncontrollable.

GSVEB&L . Fit/hi (,ir LSI, ex-Gover-nor of Virginia, who won his spurs underthe eyes of his uncle, General Robert F

jFear and CowardiceAmount to the

Same Thing." "

Prehensions ofdanger1ho meanine of both Is ;o be afraid and anabsence of courage is implied in each If asoldier is afraid to fight ho is d.fi lentIncourage. There me, however, two kinds ofC'.iiraue-tlieinoral and the physical— the oneobligatory in its nature, the oilier naturalIbareofttn witnessed a display of bothby officers and men when the skirmishlines of contending armies first opened abin battle. Some would he ne.rvniM, excitedand pallid; others stoical, tranquil nn'«l un-concerned. Hut after the skirmishers hadbeen replaced by lines of battle and therattle of muskets and roar of cannon haddrowned the first sputtering shots- whilethe comhatants were shouting and met)were falling, and the battle was an accom-plished fact, the delicious excitement whichGeneral Dick Taylor said Monewall Jnck--108 always enjoyed on such occasionswould possess equally the one or the otherand no difference would bo noticeable illtheir decda of daring.

GkneijalL. L. Lomax. who uses hispeu with the smne son it with which heswung his sword, writes: In rep ]y tothe question "Is fear

AMan Who Dreads !\u25a0 Contest Is Not j

Necessarily a

Coward. \u25a0

in a soldier coward- :ice?" 1 would say in •niy dpinion it is not. :The best soldier is •'»ne who knows and :fears the dancer and •inarchps boldly for- :ward to meet It. Iho- \u25a0

lieve the excitementvvesiw in many on the field wes a cloakfor r«iil cowardice, and, if not successful inthe nrst diish. they often Rave up. \u2666

A brave soldier Is cool and perseverincunder fire. \u25a0

Eveiy Intelligent and educated manfeais the content, but Is by no means iorthis reason, a coward.

(Jf.nkkal Marcus J. Wkight an ex-perienced snldier. equally known to friendand foe -You ask from me an an-

\u25a0 Fear Is an Emotion:

Often Experi-

| trued by Brave Men!

............................. or A two great wars.;once sain to me. "The man wnolsays he «oesinto battle without fear is either an Idiot, alunatic or a liar."TOnithe;eve iofJanieneaKcrben t,as far asmy observation and experience go* there Is'\u25a0

,alway* >perceptible /a ;fearful-looking « for-;ward to the conspqueuceß. It is said ofTatuerlane that ou the eve of a battle he.

• live fear, it does not'\u25a0 follow that feai is: always cow ardic«i.We\ are told in the Bible,:I'saliu 110. verse 10.: and in neveral other'

places, that "the f<*ar

. i^p—i would reuly: ftffirmatlvetf to the:question, "Is fear in n. soldier cowardice ?":Fear Is cowardice and:cowardice is fear—• both are physical ap-

swer to the question,"Is fear in a «o'diercowardice?" Mydivision commanderin the late Civil War,'letinral J5. F. Cheat-ham, who was a lihh)

was heard to exclaim, "I wish Iwnr« ashephftrd-boy I" I agree with GeneralChestbatH that no snne man ever engagedio a battle without a Scan of (ear. Buttills fear Is not the fear of a coward. Thebravo man is ho who goes Into (Kittle withafull knowledk'B of its perils, which h<* wishesto escape, but willinglyrisks his life far hiscause and country.ItIs told of Governor (now SBnator) '/.. 13.

VaiKe that being In a hotly contested en-gagement II) the late Civil War he saw ahorse between thn lines running forl:f<',when he exclaimed "00 it, Mollip WhiteTail;ifIwere not Governor of North Caro-linaIwould run to,» !"

The whoM sutij-'ct is concisely summar-ized by a famous leader of Confederate cav-alry, who declined to allow the 11-. > of hisname when he said: "F.'ar in a soldier, ivmy estimation, is not cowardice, unless it\u25a0takes him desert the post of duty. 1haveno iJe;i that the Confederate soldiers whoreclaimed the Crater at Petersburg did notfeel tiio emotion of fear when they wererushing over mi earthquake to restore abr<>kau line, but the courage that conqueredfear Is to me sublime."

V. Sti-ap.t Moshy.

HARD ON BONES.

Intercollegiate Football atCentral Park.

WRESTLING IN THE DUST.

One Player Retires With a FracturedHip and Others Leave to Have

Their Noses Patched.

Intercollegiate football on hard gronndhas a great element of danger attached toit, and although it may appear pretty to

the spectators itfrequently results in seriousdamage to the contestants.

Intercollegiate football, to say the least,is a rough game, and even when playedupon soft ground the contestants fre-quently retire with broken noses and limbs.

Yesterday there were two games playedat Central Park*

During the contest held In the afternoonB.liicketts, son of iGenefalliickeltß, sus-tained a fracture of the rignt hip which Itis thought will keep him under cover lormany days.

There were other players who had tovacate their positions on the field owing toinjuries, which, although not so serious asRicketts', may be the means of despoilingtheir features.

The college game is entirely different toGaelic or association football. In the lattergames the . contestants are seldom seen onall fours,- and there ils no such thing asscrimmaging and touchdowns with a dozenor more men on top of each other strug-gling for possession of the leather. IJuck-ing, which is undoubtedly the roughest part

of the intercollegiate game, would not betolerated for a moment incither the Gaelicor association games.; When the earth's surface is thoroughlysaturated and softened with heavy rainsintercollegiate football may be played with-out any serious injury resulting to the play-ers, but now, when the ground is as hard asflint, the game should be considered out ofseason."

In the forenoon of yesterday the OaklandHigh School team defeated the Cogswellteam by a score or 20 to 0. The game wasentirely a one-sided affair.

The teams lined up as follows:Cozs wells. Positions. High School!.

Stevenson Kulihack (termanl'diiiiau ...... Halfback i:»n.<(iin«

lia inin...... ..Halfback ShermanUobbs ...Center H. OliverEverett Right guard .lilakeSmith...." Lett guard .iieachWaiker.T~r7T.T~rr; Right tackle ........... J. OliverItlercoulf !\u25a0eft i»cki« JordanKliir ....Right cud...... ....Harris:W. 5mith.......... Leu end,.. Varttergail

The San Francisco and Oakland teams putin an appearance at 3 o'clock and wererepresented by the followingplayers:Sin Fr.iuclsccjS. Positions. Oakland*KicketU.. fullback. „...W. lianto'na0. \Ml'.

-0i...... Quarterback I"enso 3

J.-W.1c0x. ........ Kigtitslid ...Slyr.ctKrlii. Ki«tittackle \u0084. .KatesMai1er.:...... ....... R1gtit piard PrinirieOrortoD..-.v.tTr.rr:r.Center fieia....... If.Oliver jShaw .......Left guard ltansomo I

Uraham... :..:..Lott tackle.. Iraters !Morse .........Left end....... bbermanPorter ......Kight ha1f...... laylorWood Left half.. Keen

The came was not by any means scien-tific, although some of the players per-formed cl«ver tricks. The Onklands gotthe kick-on* nnd started with a flying wedge.Ransome got the leather and kicked it. In-stead of running when ho bad a. good op-portunity to cover several yard? of ground.Ricketts caught th« ball as itdescended onthe five-yard line and returned the kick.The San Frnnciscos now settled down tobucking, while their opponents resorted tokicking as their light rush line ciuld nothold their heavy opponents in position.

Tho San Francisco* were -rapidly gainingground on the Oaklands by a rushing sys-tem of playing," which the lightweights froai

over the bay seemed powerless to stop/.During the first half, which was shorter

than the usual time of play, neither sidegained a point, although th*» players fromthis side kept the ball most of the timewithin daugrrous proximity of the Oak-lands'goal. Ben«on played a very prettygame and Percy Morse and Lieutenant Wil-cox of the San Francisco team also distin- T

is: ed themselves.The second half was stubbornly con-

tested, and the rough scrimmages on thehard earth proved conclusively thut inter-collegiate football is by no means a chill'sgame. The half npeiifd wltli two newi>iayers on the O.ikland side, uamely, Kd-wards and Worse, both of the University ofCalifornia.Itwas not rnnnv minuted after the kick-

off when the San Franciscos scored a touch-down to their credit. The advantace waspained by bupkiuc the center. Porter,Klrketti and Dr. Wood rushed the ballright through the center, and their oppo-nents seemed powerless to slop the combi-nation charge. .

After a series :of heavy scrimmages andbutting on the last down lust before theleather was carried; over the line the ballwas parsed to Kickctts, who made a finerun and calned ten yards, when be washeavily tackled almost within reachingdistance of tho goal posts, Kickettsdropped the leather quickly. It was thentaken by Porter, who secured a touch-down. The fall accruing from the heavytackle laid Rieketts out prostrate id thefield, whence he was 1

,taken in a dis-abled condition to his home nt the Presidiowith the result »s previously stated.

Dr. Wilcox made a successful goal kick,thereby giving the San Franciscos sixpoints to their opponents' goose egg.

When: play was resumed Edwards tookthe lead around the left end for a gain oftwenty yards, but his team win forced to

give Itup on three downs. The leather re-mained on the fiftren-yard Hue for severalminute', and both teams struggled hard inthe endeivor to forge the ball ahead.Finally.Morse,' aided by Edyards and Ran-some, scored a fourth down. Ransomekicked for ngoal and missed. The scorenow stood G in favor of;th« San Francisco*and 4 for the. Oaklands. Time was calledscon after this, when, the players and thesmall gathering of spectators left the fieldin a cloud of dust raised by an unlooked-forbreeze. \u25a0 :'

FIELD SPORTS.

Football at Maight Street- Death of aNoted Coursing Man.

This afternoon the O'Jiriec and P.;rnell

football clubi will give the admirers ofGaelic football ;in o;portunity of seeing atthe llaight-street grounds home football asplayed oa the green sw; rd of Irelaud. Theteams willilne up as follows:

O'lSrloi.s. PoslUoM. rarnelßCourtney....... Coalkeeper ....KeileberC0ak 1ey............. \ Fullbacks /•••\u25a0"•••>• ShinkwmDrlaeoll ...... /••*UIIUac""U -..C. , ,llliri

:.1. Cronln. .'......S ( ..."...M.Condon;.1. lifnii'nnl,i.'.'ii't ..Halfbacks..-; ........M. FentonT. Ha1p10.....:.. ) (..... ....1\ MorganW. lleary .1 Rlchtwlnc ,f........ U.UrowiiH. Connolly.-.;;..-/' S

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wing. ...IVHurleyJ. 1ynch:........ 1 ,

ft._ I•••••••'• -Mshoney

1. <5rant..... .;.;.7 '_" WIDg"U. ..F. FlynnJ. Mea1y. ...;.:.;.] f LoafJ. Cr0n1n........ ( 1.... McKeonJ. A. Kee1e...... >.... Center.**...i ..l.ee 1

(i. i:.-.ncioir I I CahlllI).Mulcahy ...... 1 .1......'.......I ......'....... KaneD.'Cr0u1n........ ) f ..........KellotierT. Rjran ....... [ > |...... U.-onlnK.R.i imn )\u25a0.. Forwards... •{ ....Hurley. dipt.';». Harry....V... \u25a0.".( I...... ...HannlganJ.Ityan...\u25a0..-;.•• J ( ...;..... Sink winI*.Kearny........... Fu1l f0rward......... Slattery ;

Lovers of coursing throughout the coun-try will:regret to learn of tlie death ofJohnny

'Carroll, who has been for years;

nno of the leading lights on the coursing \:fields.'- v^pHJBBMMMBPVM

Mr. Carroll was a great admirer of thesport of the .leash,' and itwas through hisefforts the Occidental Coursing Club of this,city was organized.,

Ilia docs. especially -Monarch and- PaulJones, will he remembered as the winnersjof;several prizes .' at the meetings held mithe great plains of Merced when coursiugwas in its primeJ^apgßßSSSS

\u25a0\u25a0•'.-• Mr. Car roll died rather unexpectedly onWednesday, the <\u25a0 23d inst., and .was buried ]ou Friday from the Sacred Heart Church. "-\u25a0:

The Tehauntepec Railroad.Accordiiic to the latest advices from

Salina Cruz, the Pacific port of theTehaun-tepec Intercceanic Railroad, constructionwork is progressing with great vigor. AHenergies are being concentrutrd to have theread completed and in operation by July 1next, the dute of t!ie expiration of the con-tract. Tliis will bo sure'.y accomplishedunless early rains interrupt the work. Thebuilding ol tli« pier at Salina Cruz will,however, t^ke fully six months longer. Onflof the idle threats of the l'atiii

-MailCom-

pany is to abandon the Isthmus Ol I'ananiaand then secure ths control of tl.e Teliauu-tepec road.

For San Quentin.W. F. Cavanaufih, who committed f» burg-

lary in a butcher-shop on Union street lastDecember, was sentenced to ten years atSan Quentiu yesterday by Judge Dainger-liald.

John Duly, a burglar, and Hernard Cul-len, convicted of manslaughter, were eachsent to tho iim penitentiary for one year.

Charles Strachau svill servw four yars inprison for attempting to commit burglaryiv a store on Front strest lust December.

A Very Good Reason."Is there any reason for supposing that

ho commuted suicide?"- "Yns." ."What isIt?" "Anunpaid coal bill whs fouucf la hispocket."— Chicago luier Oceau.

NO CHOICE OF WEAPONS.

But the Other Man Concluded Thattie Had Business Elsewhere.

New York Herald.One of the men who figured conspicuously

In the pioneer days of Nebraska was Col-onel Peter A. Sarpy, a distinguished Indiantrader and member of the famous AmericanFur Company. An old settler telh the fol-lowing story about this eccentric pioneer:Colonel fcsarpy preferred the irerdom ofprairies to the society of cUilized life andspent a great deal of his time in visiting

Omaha wigwams nenr the oM trading po9ts.He was regarded by the Omahas as theirNekagahlie, or big chief. In fact he mar-ried «n Omaha woman, Nakcinn, to whosointercssions he was more than once in-debted f>r the preservation of vis lifewhenattacked by Indians.

One niitht a crowd of frontiersmen weregathered In the store of Colonel Sarpy anJthe conversation turned upon the treatmentof the Indians.

iSarpy portrayed in glowine colors thenoble traits of the red men and the injusticeheaped upou them by the white men.

A tall, gaunt-looking sppcirren over Inthe corner, who was busily engaged inwhittling,listened with considerable inter-est. He suddenly looked up aud interrup-ted tlie speaker.

"This yere talk about the Indian* as goodand brave and intelligent may suit you

-—-traders, who have be>'n swapping gewgawsfor their valuable buffalo robes and stealingtheir annuities, but Ihave lived amongthem too. 1want you to understand, andI'llbe hanged if they are not a lying, thiev-ing race of dogs, who don't know the differ-ence between right and wrong. The soonerthey are killed off the better itwillbe forthe country."

This was too much for Sarpy. He ad-vanced to the front of the speaker and in-terrupted him in an excited manner. "Doyou know who Iam, sh?" he asked withconsiderable emphasis. "Iam J'eter A.Sarpy, sir! If you want to fight,sir, Iam'your man, sir! Ican whip the devil, sir!Choose your weapons, sir!

-Bowie-knife,

shotgun or revolver, sir! I'mrjour man,

sir!''Here the speaker, by way of emphasis to

hN remark*, snapped his pistol at thelighted candle on the table about threepnsses away and all were left in total dark-ness. The strat.ger availed himself of theopportunity to make his exit by the sidedoor, bring unwilling to serve as a targetfor the unerring ruarksman who wouldprobably have extinguished hiai In a simi-lar manner.

INTERMITTENT DRINKING.

One of the Dangerous Forms of theLiquor Habit.J>atlon:U Hevlew.

There wouM be little u?e in my describ-ing whatIbelieve to be the cause and thecourse of intermittent illinking unless Isetforth nty experience as to the variousmethods in use to check or cure the disease.It may be asked, "Has not a man a willpower, nnd can rie not of fcis own volitionnbstain from what he knows to be simplyself-destruction?" My answer, unhappily,must be that a man who has once fairlyfallen into tho drink habit, whether con-stant or intermittent, has scarcely any willpower while the fit is on him, and, as Ihavesaid, each Hi leaves his will feebler and lessable t( withstand the temptation of a scda-liveof which he has proved the power andof which te is too prone to forget toedanger.

The intermittent drinker, as soon as hehiis nhsiainrd for a few weeks, forgets thedisastrous effects of his last drink. He be-lieves himself as temperate and disrree: aman as any of his friends who take* hispint bottle of claret at dinner and seldomtakes more. He does not are why he shouldnot d.-> likewi.-e. It is the haidest thing toconvince the intermittent drunkard, who isable to abstain for a period, that he cannever by any chance iieconte a moderatedrinker. Nevertheless, tho principlw of hisdrinking is distinct from that of a moderateman. If lie tries to return to his two orthree glasses of claret he is absolutely cer-tain to poion to his secret "nip" of brandyor of whisky, and his "nips" will increaseand ho will tind himself back again in theold road to ruin. The patient, if he reallywants to be cured, must clearly make up hismind that it mint be total abstinence orsell-u'estruction

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THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, ISfhi-STXTEEN PAGES.

PHILADELPHIA SHOE CQ\u25a0 Stamped on a Shos Means Standard of Merit,i,

YOU SEE THISThen stop for a moment and read whit we ar»offering. During the week we received a large con-signment or LADIES' FINE DONGOLA KIDOX-r'uKDS, With latent Leather Tips,and as Itis earlyIn the season we are anxious to dispose of tQeiaand willsell them che.iD. They retail rezularly at11 50, but to close them oat willsell them (or

-$100.

We have also received 500 pairs of EMBROTD.75n, tREI) TURKISH

*'£&. SMI'PERS (assort-/cr-^^ K?[3* ''

colors) direct(^ r^^frr«j -»

"m Constantino-I

~~ .* j'rtJ*Ss^/^ pie, and can there-V^ . [r?f***^r fore undersell our\u25a0"' • s*»s<£L^*«^'^ competitors, who

never offered tt:nn for less than $1 00. But toprove to the pnbiic that we lead la low prices wdwillsell th»m for 75c.

$ff Country orders solicited.

rniLADELPHIiIBOE COMPANY,10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

B. KATCniNSXI.t- felOFrSatf

DOCTOR SWEANY,Well known by his la ,- residence and successfulpractice on t!i> V.cific Coast, continues to treatwith wonderful success allspecial <ltseaits ot menand women. Perfect cares narutw I.

LOST WANHOOD, weakness or sexn»l or-gans, nervous debility. ni?ht emisstom. exhaustingdrains which impair both body and brain and abso-lutely unfit one -or »tudy, i>u«lne(s or m\rrltg»,treated with ncv r-I.nlingsuccess. Uet cured and.be a m.in.

PKIVATFnrlnsry and Sidney ailment*, femslocomplaints, blood and skin diseases, constitutionaland internal trouble*, rurtnre. plirs. 'v arlcocote andhydrocele quickly cured without pala or Ueteutloafrom business.

Wit TK at onco Ifllvln? away frora th*city.Thousand* cured at home. Inclose 10c Instampsfor|book on sexual secrets. Ofliee h-urs-St to 12a.m.; 'i to 5 aud 7 to 8 p. »*- Sundays 10 to 1,only. Address

F. 1.. SWRANY, M. I>.,737 Market St.. S*n FrancUco, Cal.

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IF.TOU HAVE DEFECTIVE VISION..IT WItVbe well toremember ta«t Imake a specialty of

examining and measuring all lraperf*ctio«s of th«•y« whers gIiMMare required, and trlndinjsuch Itnecessary.' Noother establishment can jtttri»»a aaluperior facilities as are found here, for tan laitrit*oncn'.s and methods used are my own discoveriesInventions ami are far in las l«ad of aiiy now la 1149.

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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.rpHKOCGH LINETO>K\V YORK,VIAPAN ASIA.1steamers willMil at noov on the sth. jCk^KIfHiami *Jsth of each month, calling at \u25a0gagfjjPvarious ports of Mexico and Central America

Through line sailings— March -6. MS. rollma; •March 15. S3. City of Sydney: March 25,' 83. AcarI>li I'D.

Note.— When the yailin* day fails ou SundJfsteamer willbo dispatched tha followingMonday.

WAVLINKTO MEXICAN AND CKNTrtALAMERICAN PORTS AND PANAMA.

Ettameri leave B.»n Francisco at noon!on the 3dIand 18th of each month,callln; at various Mexlcaaand Central American ports.

.Way Line Saillnjs—rWI *•\u25a0 Bias, March 3; S3.•Colon, March 13..T.\ii*A N \

" «> CHINAI.'VF.FOR YOKOHAMA AMI HONHK Sl},

Connecting at Yokohama withsteamers for >hanj-tial. and at Honek 011ftfor East Indies, .Straits, etc.

Peru. Saturday. March 4. at 3 p. M.-bS. City of Klo de Janeiro, 'ihur.iday, March 23,

BS. city or Peking, Thursday. April IXat 3 r.m.PS. Chttia, Tuestlay. -ApriiS.. at 3 p m.Kound-trlp tickets to Yokohama and return at r*

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branch Offlce—i!o". front street.ALEXANDER CKNTEK, General Agent.

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8-cplumh pages, and everynumber, inaddition to its literary and local articles, is an epi*tome of the events of the worldioi ;he week. $1 p-r year.

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The Lace House!D..SAMUEL.S,

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WHOLESALE AINU UKTAIL,

IVnVPI 'TIEC for the various departmentsivNv/ V K-*<L^1 lu4^ are being rapidly opened andIam prepared to show many SPRING STYLES notexhibited elsewhere on the Coast.

SILKS! SILKS! SILKS!CHANGEABLE CRYSTA LINES. Lntest Combination.

PLAIN CRYSTALINES. Newest Shades.FIGURED INDIAS, New Tints and D?sign3.

BKOCADEB, Novelty Patternl.SHOT SILKS. TAFFETA SILKS, SURAH SILKS,

THE VERY LATEST FROM HIE LOOMS.

DRESS GOODS! DRESS GOODS!THE VERY NEWEST IN THE MARKET,

Sold inSuit Patterns and by the Yard. Stylish. Rich and Reasonable.THE LATEST PARISIAN EMANATIONS.

PARASOLS! PARASOLS!Leading Styles. Colors and Trimming1 in CARRIAGE, DRESS, STREET AND

COACHING PARASOLS. The assortment is replete with the CHOICEST MANU-FACTURED.

SPECIAL PURCHASE!200 FUR CAPES gdS A SEAL* *"\u25a0*«\u25a0*\u25a0 A™ CE*™V Newest

ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRICES.

J9fS* Country orders promptly filled. Packages delivered fr;e to Oakland. Alamfila,Berkeley, Saug.tlit'j, San Itafuel, .MillValley, Haywards, San l.canilroancliaa Lorenzo!

the^aceThouse,ID. SAMUELS,

123 to 129 Post Street, San Francisco,

AMUSEMENTS.

BALDWirTHEATSR.—TO-NIGHT(SUNDAY) AT8

the wonderful•^©-LiILjIPUTIANS^^-

:Presenting Their Latent Novelty,

"THE DWARF'S WEDDINC!"Last Performance 1his (Sunday) Night.

Monday, Ftb. 37—The Distinguished Tragedians

FREDERICK WARDE and LOUIS JAMESInan Elaborate Production of Boker's

Komautlc Tragedy,: ;

"FRAXCKSCA DA; UIMINT."

AUCTION SALES.

S. BASCH, AUCTIONEER.Octbihk Salksa Specialty. Advances Mack.'

319 and 321 ."utter bt . above (rant Aye."bale days Monday and Thursday.

AUCTION SALE EXTRAORDINARY.'Of Fin* Household Furniture, Pianofortes, Lace i>~s,i Curtains, Imported Haft.Elegant Farlor.- Furniture, upholstered Insilk tap-

es trie*: Brocatel ana Kugs; 'Parlor Cabinets;.Gold litl'arlor. 1-urmture ;

-Occasional Chairs,'

etc.. MeVSBMHSBRHpBIKKBBBBSBBnBSSOILPAINTINGS BY NOTED ARTISTS.

Axminster, Moquetto and BodyiBrussels Carpets.TO-MORROW.

Monday ................. K«*l»ruary 37,' 1893,At 11a.m.. at the Spaclom .Salesrooms,

319 ami 321 Sutter street. Above Grant Avenue,The largest Stocw of FINE?FUItNITUKK.ever

offered at. public;auction without*limit.fThe"

rgtaloeuo contains besides t!.e above...;, t;AFI.NK!LUT;UKDININU-KOOM-.FUKNITDRE.;Chamber Sets and Hedd l of the finest quality ;

\u25a0\u25a0'- l!ric-a-l;r;ic; I;idif»' liresilug huh 'Work Cases,. Imported * from "<\u25a0 J'arls; \u25a0 Kugs; \> Carpets; -:Art:Pquares: c Piated--AYare;-.. Crockery and -Glass'

.'ware, etc.:Infact an endless variety of goodstoo numerous to mention, all or hi.limust be

•sold without rei«rv« or limit. • \u25a0

-\u25a0*•'<'* S. UASCH, Auctioneor.