San Francisco Call, Volume 72, Number 27, 27 June 1892 — Page 8
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DO YOU LIKE FISH?
The Young Ones Are Being Slaughtered by tbe Thousand. CHINESE DEVASTATING THE BAY. Our Stock of Fish Being Exhausted to Supply China. The State Commission Is Powerless to Stop the Waste— A Fish Famine in the Bay Is Threatened.
Do you like fish? Of course you do. And you like California fish better than any other you ever tasted, no matter how wide your experience. And if you are a Caiifornian— by birth or adoption-you glory in the rare fruits of her waters even as in those of her fields and orchards. You point with pride to her salmon, her bass, and her cod and her flounders, even to her smelts and her shrimps, and to all the myriads of fish that attain superior size and quality in the waters of the Golden State.
And of all the fishing grounds of the State there is none that has been more profitable to the fisherman; none where the yield has been more prolific than that furnished by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco and its tidal tributaries. Now this condition of affairs stares you in the face: The fish supply of the bay is being rapidly exhausted by the lawful and unlawful depredations of the Chinese fishermen. Unless immediate steps are taken to prevent the continual wholesale slaughter of shrimps and young fish by the Mongolians, San Francisco bay will soon become as barren of edible finny inhabitants as are the waters that lave the coast of China. Years ago China's home fish supply became practically exhausted, and now the inhabitants of that benighted country are pursuing precisely the same methods in these waters that proved so disastrous to those of China. With this difference, however, that here they are semi-occasionally interfered with by the Fish Commissioners. But the latter claim that they are unable to cope with the yellow evil or effectually prevent the great slaughter, and the end promises to be in every way as disastrous to San Francisco as it was to Hong-Kong. The Call has made some interesting investigations into the conditions of fish and fishing in and about this harbor, and from every possible source of information the only logical deduction is that something must be done at once to prevent the Chinese from exterminating the fish supply of this bay. SHRIMPS FOR CHINA. A Million Pounds a Year Sent From San Francisco to Hong-Kong. For the payment of a paltry $400 a year the Chinese are permitted to ship out of this country over 1,000,000 pounds of shrimps and not less than half that amount of small dried fish every 12 months. These fish are taken from San Francisco Bay. The shrimps, aside from being a valuable article of food and profit to man, also form a very important part of the food of fishes, the supply of which is now very nearly exhausted in this bay. The small dried fish exported are the young flounders and soles and the young of various other valuable species which, if allowed to mature and spawn, would increase more rapidly than the mature fish could be caught by lawful means within the prescribed seasons.
At present there are about 150 Chinese shrimp fishermen, esch of which pays a license of $2.50 per year. Shrimp-fishing is free the year round and the Chinese nets are seldom, if ever, out of the water. But the shrimp they catch is the least of their sins. Enormous quantities of young fish are caught in the nets ostensibly set only for shrimps. From the Sacramento River to Redwood
Red Rock Fishing-Grounds.
Slough the Chinese fishermen have their camps. The largest of these is at San Pedro Point, where a dozen boats rendezvous and the most extensive drying ground on the coast is established. All along San Pedro Bay the coast is dotted with the black and dirty huts of the Mongolian shrimp-fishers. In all there are about 20 boats in this bay, each worked by from four to nine Chinese. The big nets are stationary and are kept in the water during the full running of a tide, that is six hours at a time. Unlike those in the southern part of the bay, the nets at San Pablo are fastened to stationary buoys. The catch from a single net is in itself enormous. They are huge, black, closely woven seines, about 30 feet in diameter at the mouth, and running to a very small point, in the shape of a long-necked bottle. Under ordinary circumstances, when they have not been visited recently by the fish inspectors, these huge nets are stretched clear across San Pablo Bay. Of course, to catch shrimps the nets must be sunken near the bottom. Here, too, are the young fish. The small flounder and sole and the miniature of every edible species inhabiting these waters are snared in these shrimp nets. There is no escape for them.
OFFICERS BOARDING ONE OF THE JUNKS.
Everything that swims with the tide at the required depth is snared in one or the other of these nets. When the tides are stationary then the nets are hauled in by windlass and their contents dumped in the bottom of the queer-looking Chinese junks. At San Pedro the licensed boats and their owners are as follows: Tong Wo and four men, Sen Lee and four men, Hop Lee and nine men, Tong Chung Lung and four men, Yee Wo and nine men, Sin Yo Lung and nine men, You Lee, Wing Lee, You Chong, San To Lee and Chong Sun with four men each, Quang Tsne and three men, Long Lee and two men and Sun Hop Wah and four
men. Red Rock has the next largest Chinese camp. Here the boats belonging to Lou Yuen, Yee Wah and Yee Sam have four men each, and those of On Wo and Sam Hop Wo three men each. At San Bruno the boats of Wo Hop, Yee Chong, Leong On, Ger Sang Lee and Piong Lee Kee have each four men. At Black Point there is but one licensed boat with eight men. It belongs to Quong Yuen Hi. There are 13 men in two boats at Hunters Point owned by Hung Hop and Quong Lee. Quong Hing Lee and four men work at Newark in one boat. At Redwood City there is but one boat, that of Quong Man Lee, and nine men. At San Mateo Quong Sou Lea's boat with four men operates. This year, according to the License Col-
lector's figures, there are three boats of five men each and one boat of three men less in operation in this bay than the previous year. This fact in itself speaks volumes. It shows that the depletion that has been going on for years practically unobstructed has been so deadly and thorough in its efforts that even the thrifty Chinese cannot make a living from the few remaining fish and shrimps. The fish devastation has been so complete that some of the Chinese have been compelled to quit their slaughter for sheer lack of fish. The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, which sailed from this port to China June 9, carried shrimps for Hong-Kong invoiced as follows: Pounds. Valued At Quong Cheong Co. sent 3,900 $300 Man Hing & Co. sent 2,000 200 Kwong Lee Chong & Co. sent 17,000 1,500 Ly Chin sent 400 60 Sang Sing sent 2,800 180 Suan Shing Lung & Co. sent 7,155 800 Kwong Mee Wo sent 10,600 1,590 Tusne Chong Wing Wokee sent.... 1,000 150 Totals 49,855 $4,780 In round numbers nearly 50,000 pounds of shrimps were sent from San Francisco harbor to China on the last steamer. Every steamer does not carry that amount of shrimps, though some carry more. On the 20 China steamers that sail from this port every year, it is safe to estimate that not less than 1,000,000 pounds of dried shrimps are exported by Mongolians. At the rate of $10 per 100 pounds, the average price paid for dried shrimps at wholesale in Hong-Kong, the total yearly drain in money value amounts to $10,000. And these figures are for shrimps alone. The quantity of small dried fish shipped annually to China is hard to get at, since the entire business is conducted with the utmost secrecy. The Rio de .Janeiro carried about one-half the amount of dried fish that she did of shrimps, and a similar ratio for all the steamers is a very low estimate. The commercial value of the dried fish is
THE CHINESE FISHING CAMP AT POINT SAN PEDRO.
about equal to if not a little greater than that of dried shrimps, though at present the Chinese merchants are very wary of quoting figures to white men.
VOYAGE OF THE HUSTLER.
Wary Mongolians Inspected by the
Deputy Commissioners.
The little naphtha launch Rustler carried Deputy Fish Commissioners Tunstead and Babcock and two Call representatives to the Chinese fishing camps of San Pablo Bay Thursday morning.
The start was made at daybreak, and before noon half a dozen Chinese junks had been overhauled and several camps visited.
Nothing of an illicit nature was discovered. It was much too early for that. Only a few days ago several arrests were made at San Pedro and Redwood slough, and the wary Mongolians have for the present almost entirely stopped operations, waiting till the San Pedro and Redwood cases shall have been decided.
Everywhere there was not lacking evidences that illicit fishing had been going on, but no young fish were found and only a few shrimps.
The fact that but few shrimps are now being taken by the Chinese, though to-day that succulent little morsel is a scarcity in the local market, indicates plainly that the profit of the fishing camps is found in the illegal catching of small fish. The big drying grounds on the hills of San Pedro are bare and the boiling, shelling and packing works at the various camps are silent and almost deserted.
There is no embargo on shrimp catching. They may be taken at all seasons, in any method possible and wherever found. Of course, this is all wrong, but it is true, yet there no shrimp in the market to-day and the camps are no longer little hives of industry. Their inhabitants are loafing about waiting till the word comes that they may operate in their own peculiar way with impunity. Oniy a few junks were found at work in San Pablo Bay. Tney were all boarded and their scant cargoes thoroughly inspected. Nothing Illegal was found. Only a few white bait — a small fish that is fully matured at an inch to an inch and a half in length — and now and then a small sole or flounder. But the latter were very scarce. Even the white bait was not plentiful and in all the holds examined a cleaner catch of shrimps couid not be found. One thing was noticeable. Fully onethird of ail the shrimp examined were with spawn.
There is no law against catching these and sending them over to China to feed the native highbinders, but undoubtedly there should be.
With a view to catching John Chinaman on the hip, were such a thing possible, the Hustler kept her nose behind Red Rock on the up trip. Thus she was hidden from the view of the Mongolians, who, when fishing illegally, have lookouts stationed on the hilltops to sound the alarm at the approach of any strange craft. The Rustler made good time Thursday
morning, and before 6 o'clock had rounded Red Rock and come in full view of the Chinese camps and junks in San Pablo Bay. Under full sail at a distance the fishing junks are quite picturesque-looking objects, with their sheets drooping almost to the water, and their fantastic rigging seemingly fashioned after no method at all. But seen nearer, while at anchor, they look even queerer yet, and with their strange and oddly dressed crew resemble nothing so much as the pictures of the bloody pirates painted in the old dime novels and serials. But they are harmless enough. When the Rustler signaled one of them she hove to at once, and conscious of her own present rectitude, waited patiently till the little launch was made fast beside her. No. 26 was the first junk boarded. The number Is given by the license commissioner and corresponds to the number on the little pink slip of paper that Yee Chong, the owner of this particular junk, fished from the bottom of an old oyster can for the edification of the invaders. "Mee allee light," he said, as he brought forth his llcen«e. But to test his truthfulness the cargo was examined. It was scant enough— only a few pounds of squirming shrimp in tbe hold of the boat.
Tbe percentage of small fish was not one in a hundred, but many of the shrimp were with spawn. Had they remained in the water a few hours longer this would have been deposited in the mud and myriads of
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young shrimp would have lived to make food for fish and man. There were five men on junk 26. They were silent, sullen fellows, not at all friendly disposed toward the invading party, but mute and motionless and attired as only one would imagine that a Chinese pirate could be dressed. One had a big piece of red flannel tied about his head, something after the fashion of a Turkish turban. Another wore an empty sack for a shirt and one had no shirt at all. No two were clothed alike, and grouped on the queer-looking deck of a very strange-looking craft the effect was very picturesque. The junks are unsullied by paint inside and out, though little daubs of putty have been plastered on over the nail-heads. The seams have been calked from the outside and the rudder is more primitve in design than that with which Columbus steered westward on the unknown Atlantic. When at anchor the rudder is hauled up out of the water and rests partly on the deck.
In the center of the junk is the apartment for receiving fish from the nets, and over it is a big windlass. Aft are the nets themselves. They occupy by far the greater portion of the cockpit. They are made of black cord that comes from China, and each net costs $20. Half a dozen nets are carried by a boat and a dry one is used every time. The junks are flat-bottomed, without lines or curves, and, when not picturesque by reason of their oddity, are hideous caricatures of modern vessels.
CHINESE FISHING CAMPS.
How Shrimps and Flah Are Prepared for
China.
Bleak, barren and desolate are the hills of San Pedro, which form the background for the fishing camps of San Pablo Bay. Here and there on the shrub-covered hills and rocks are great white patches that glisten in
the hot sun and reflect its rays like huge mirrors. These white spots ere the drying ground for shrimps and small fish. The latter are first boiled, then laid out in the hot sun to be baked hard and dry. Then the shrimps are shelled, and both the shells and the shrimp shipped off to Hong-Kong, the latter to feed hungry Mongolians and the former to make fertile the soil of China.
Clustered about each of the big white spots on the hillsides are a lot of dirty, unpainted, weather-beaten wooden huts. They are the homes of the Chinese fishermen. That is to say. the little yellow fishermen sleep and eat beneath the partial shelter they give. The word home in their connection is a misnomer. Perhaps you have been impressed with the peculiar odor that haunts the Chinese quarters and wondered at its origin. The same odor pervades the fishing camps on the hillsides. It is the odor of dried fish and it more than makes up in strength what it lacks in fragrance. The huts are as dirty as they well could be in that pure salt atmosphere, and their inhabitants huddle together as though the real estate they live on had a big front-foot valuation. Everything about the village is exceed-
Trough and Furnace ln Which Fish Are Boiled.
ingly primitive and cats and ducks are the only live companions of the Cninese. There Is a Chinese woman or two in each village and half a dozen little yellow babies. The woman is a slave and her earnings from consorting with the hired fishermen go to enrich the company that owns the camp. The shrimps and small fish are just boiled. The boiling tank is out in the open air, made of brick and lined with pieces of old boiler iron. Beneath the tank a hole is dug for the fire and an old piece of stovepipe shoved into the earth at the further end of the tank carries off the smoke and gives draught to the flames. When the shrimps have been dried a big wooden roller is pushed over them to loosen the shells. The operation is much like that of using a lawn mower. In the absence of the roller the Chinese tread the shells off with their bare feet.
Then the shrimps go to the grist mill, or a clumsy wooden contrivance that looks like one. You put in the shrimps, turn the crank and out comes the meat at one end and the husks at the other. The dried fish are ready for shipment as soon as they come from the drying ground. The shells, the shrimp and the fish are put up in big sacks weighing, when filled, about 200 pounds. When in full operation each camp will turn out fifty sacks a day or more. The camps are inaccessible except by small boats and at low tide many of them cannot be reached at all without wading through unknown depths of mud and slime
GROWLERS GALORE.
A Newspaper Alan Takes a I'.lg Contract
on Ills Hands. Boston Herald.
A Boston newspaper man opened a saloon recently and bis oflice mates went around in a body one evening last week to give him a send-off. They had a merry time, and nil went well till an old woman in a tattered shawl came in to get a "growler" filled. One of the party saw tier, jumped up, and, laying the necessary coin on the bar, said:
"Fill up the growler on me. This is our treat. It was done. The old lady was profuse in her thanks, and went out. She must have given the tip to the neighbors, for within half an hour tbe rag-tag and bobtail thereabouts were filing into the saloon laden with every sort of receptacle that would hold a quart of beer.
The first half-dozen excited no particular notice, but as the profession lengthened a look of blank inquiry spread over the group of scribes. A council of war was held, and, as a result, the "growlers" were filled all right, but on a co-operative plan. The original offender is quoted as saying, however, that be will fill no more "growlers" offhand.
Mother* of Grant Men.
rail Mall Gazette.
A great deal has been written about "The Mothers of Great Men." We imagine, however, that the folk of Leonberg, in Wurtemberg, have started a precedent by erecting memorials to a series of mothers of great men. This little township of about 2000 inhabitants was the birthplace of Paulus, the famous Rationalist theologican, of Shelling, the equally famous philosopher, and of Hochstetter, the naturalist. It was also the dwelling-place of the mother of the poet Schiller from 1796 to 1801, and of the mother of the astronomer Kepler two centuries earlier, though three villages in the neighborhood contend for the honor of having been KeDler's birthula<e. The town council of the "Town of Mothers," as it proudly calls itself, has affixed tablets to the walls of the old castle of Duke Ulrlch the Well-beloved, where tho Magna Charta of Wurtemborg liberties was signed by the Duke in honor of the mothers of the poet and the astronomer. We presume that the patriotic town councilors will not stop short at these two honorable women, but will extend similar tokens of respect to the other mothers of whom they are so justly proud.
Lighthouses are classified by orders depending on the height and diameter of the iightin". apparatus. There are four orders. The fiat three are used for sea or coast lights auu the fourth for harbor purposes.
ANTI-DIVE TALK.
Another Large Mass-Meeting at the Temple. Fathsr Montgomery Makes a Spirited Address— Attorney-General Hart acd Others Alto Epeak. Tbere was no fulling eff In the attendance at the anti-dive mass-meeting at Metropolitan Temple yesterday afternoon. The enthusiasm manifested by the large audience was Just as intense and hearty as that displayed at former meetings. Earnest speakers made able addresses regarding the great movement iv which the respectable element of tho city has interested itself. « In opening the meeting, Chairman A. C. Hirst expressed his pleasure at the evidence made aputtYeiit by the largi gathering, that interest in the anti-dive crusade was not dying out. After the singing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic by Miss Morrow of the Simpson Memorial Church, Michael Flood, chairman of tho executive committee of fifty, made his report about the work of the committee during tho past week and also spoke retard. the movement in general and the good which had been accomplished solar, lie also reported statements which he had heard about the organization to the effect that it had other objects in view besides the closing of the dives. The latter was the sole object of the league at present and the war would be kept tip until the dives were closed throughout the city. I nihil MONTGOMERY. Chairman Hirst then introduced Father Montgomery, who was greeted with hearty applause, 'lhe reverend father spoke long and earnestly and dwelt particularly upon the new license order now pending belore the Board of Supervisors. ' It was proposed that representatives of the league shall appear before the city fathers at their meeting to-night and urge upou them the necessity for their co-operation in the good work. He knew the opponents of the league would endeavor to raise false issues, and already they had spoken about enjoining the Supervisors from passing the law, but the speaker did not believe that the board could be enjoined legally. He then touched upon the temperance question, and maintained that there must be some connection between the dive-keepers and the liquor men, because when the former were touched the latter aroused themselves and took up the divekeepers' cause. Key. Johu Gray, the rector of the Church of the Advent, followed, and delivered a rigorous address In which he also referred to the necessity for immediate action on the part oi the Supervisors. Tne board sbould understand that they have to make a stand for man cod and the purity and honor of womankind, which are Involved In this Issue. Mil. 111- OFFER. Attorney-General W. 11. Hart also spoke, and promised his best efforts in the cause both as a man end a law officer. He did not think that any court would sustain an Injunction to restrain fie Supervisors from passing a law on behalf of right and morality, li the presentSupervlsors will not uphold the league, let the people elect Supervisors who will pledge themselves to carry out the work. Kegarding the qusstion of what shall be done about the women who are at present employed in the dives the speaker said that he was in favor of having houses founded whero women could learn trades and stay until they could gel honest employment, A.bo a home where beggars could get a bed and a meal. He was willing to contribute £1000 toward such a movemeat. y?' Hey. John Gray arose to say that lie would pledge SIOO. A resolution was adopted in which Chief Crowley was thanked for his work in closing the Cremome and other disreputable places, and in which the hopo was expressed that he would continue the good work. Marcus May, E. C. Girvin and Key. J. Q. A. lienry also spoke upon the same question. ??°y> Chairman Hirst suggested that a series of mass-meetings be held in various parts of the city, and the matter will be considered by the executive coma Tho next mass-meeting will be held a week from next.Sunday at the Temple.
THE CENTRAL TABERNACLE.
Rev. Mr. Smith Think* Cranks Shonld
Not lie Given Too Much rroinincuce.
At the Central Presbyterian Tabernacle Key. W. E. Smith in the evening took for his text the following sentence from the eighth verse of the the twentieth chapter of Judges: "And all the people. arose as one man." His theme was "The Sabbith afternoon mass-meeting in Metropolitan Hall for the suppression of the dives."
Mr. Smith gave the press the credit and honor of inaugurating the popular movement against the moral debauchery going on in this city. The Metropolitan Ball gatherings proved, he said, that the people are in touch with the great moral Issues of the day. It would be a great calamity if the presentation of startling facts ln regard to the dives failed to stir the city to Its depths, and it was to the credit of the city that these meetings could be kept up both in attendance and enthusiasm: also that in the hour of need the people are ready to forget their political shibboleths and ecclesiastical needs and unite in the best interests of the municipality in which they live. The present Board of SuperVisors may dodge the issue, but the issue will ultimate in the extinction of the dives. The hand of God was in the movement, and therefore it must be successful. The danger was in the tendency to branch out toward side issues. :A man who went out loaded for bear would be foolish to waste his ammunition upon chippies and Jack-rabbits on the road, for the bear could then attack him and ho would be defenseless So the meetings, if kept close to its one issue, would avoid uanger. The long-haired men and the shorthaired women should not be allowed to come too prominently to the front. They generally havo mora to say In such movements than the men who gave them birth. When these men get the upper hand wo may say good-bv to our reforms. It was, however, the duty of everyone to identify himself with the movement.
MINERAL SAMPLES.
Waits and Loai Comeqaeiit Upon Neglecting 111 cm. Engineering Magazine.
Miners often save especially handsome specimens of native gold ami silver, yet they do not seem to realize that nuggets, wire and crystallized examples have a very much better market among the museums and private collectors, ?i to' say nothing of the regular dealers, than they have at the furnace. What is saved is usually for the possessor's own gratification merely, or to make a handsome showing in a company's oflice, as happened the other day when a specimen of wire silver from the Mollie Gibson mine at Aspen, Colo., after being dressed down from 98 pounds, nnd still weighing 75 pounds 10 ounces, escaped detection. Yet the amount of valuable material, some of It almost iinrenlaceabie, that is constantly being pounded up in the mills or going into the furnaces and being destroyed— as specimens— ls something that would appall an ardent mineralogist, while on the purely utilitarian side the difference between the bullion value nnd the extrinsic valuation that is lost is often very considerable. - For example, good specimens of crystallized gold and silver often bring several times their weight value, either for enriching collections or to be made up into ornamental forms. In one case an enthusiastic collector gave |280 for a piece of quartz containing some cubical crystals of gold, which would not weigh one-half an ounce. The waste sometimes goes on on a larger scale than the mora loss of a few scattered pieces, In a single collection made from an Idaho mine some 520,000 worth of specimens were saved without much trouble. But besides the native metals and the ores a great many rare minerals, or specimens valued because of their crystallization or peculiar association, but having no value as ore perhaps, are met with in the course of mining— and are usually thrown over the waste dump. It is worth while to keep a watch for such material.
An Attack on th« Wrong: House.
The toughest trade made tills summer was entered into by a woman who owns real estate here, says the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Among her property are two houses exactly alike, one of them occupied by objectionable people whom she could not oust by auy legal methods. In an Inspired moment she hired some boys with baseball bats to call at this house and break out the glass and drive the tenants out, aware that they would for sufliclent reasons make no legal fight. The boys passed the word that some "alaahiu' good glass SmashIn' " could be had and that they were willing to do the job cheap. In the evening they made the raid, and, according to the ill luck that has pursued the landlady, they had thi mlsfortuuo to attack the wrong
house, tie twin to this, v oh was untenanted. Tnev broke out every souare of glass and motored the sash, while the ladies to whom the landlady cl ted sat on the doorsteps of their house next door and urged on the 'work of destruction. It was fun for them and the boys.
CHIEF ARTHUR'S THRIFT.
The Unique Kfi-orii of a Successful
l-.lx.r Lender.
In a handsome, brick mansion on Euclid avenue, says a Cleveland correspondent of the Chicago Herald, with a beautiful, spacious lawn before it, lives a mau who has long been recognized as one of the ablest and most powerful labor leaders in America. When Mr. Arthur was elected to his present position. In 1874, it was a promotion from the footboard. For years he had been a locomotive engineer, running on the New York Central and having his home in Utica. He came to Cleveland immediately upon his election with scaut savings indeed, and made a humble home on the west side. In a short time he moved to the east side, taking an unpretentious house on a modest street, nnd, with innate Scotch thrift, beginning to lay by more and more for a rainy day from his salary of $3000 a year. Ills skill in piloting the order through difficulties was masterly, and he won and held the confidence of the thousands of honest, capable men who came into the organization. At the end of each three-year period he was a candidate for re-election and rarely has there been a word of objection raised to him. Last month at Atlanta,
Chief Arthur.
Ga.. the twenty-eighth annual convention of the brotherhood again re-elected him for three years more and granted him a leave of absence for a good visit to Scotland, the land of his forefathers.
In the eighteen years the order has grown to a total of 80,000 members with 485 subdivisions, covering every railroad in the United States and Canada. 111-feeling has been rare, and Chief Arthur's principle of the arbitration of differences has not only been applied with success in the settlement of difficulties between the brotherhood and railway managers, but in a notable way within the rider itself.
In all this thrift Chief Peter If. Arthur has been a leading factor, and to it his clear judgment and moderate counsels have contributed much. Tlie same sagacity which lias been manifested In directing the affairs of the order has enabled him to accumulate a fortune. Sixteen years ago his total savings were little more than $0000. To-day good local judge* estimate his wealth at $300,000. About 12 years ago ho bought a small block of unimproved real estate on Willson avenue, one of the finest residence streets in the city, and made considerable
A Comfortable Home.
money by building and selling several houses. It was approximately at this time that his salary was Increased to $5000 a year. About five years ago Mr. Arthur concluded to dispose of his Willson-nveuuo property, and purchased an elegant home on Euclid; a few block* beyond Euclid station and about two mile** and a half from the business center of the civ. The picture shows the place to fair advantage, Its vaiue is about £25,000. His daughter and two sons have married well, the younger son being wedded to the daughter of a prominent lumber-dealer but a few months ago. He has set both boys up In business, and they move in the best society in the city. Without doubt he is the only labor leader In the world who has been able to accumulate a great fortune in less than twenty years without losing the confidence of his order and being forced to give up his position.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
There is a chicken living at Seymour. Ind., which is said to have four wings and four legs.
The great cathedral in the City of Mexico is the largest iv America and cost nearly $2,000,000.
A company ha been granted permission to experiment with electric omnibuses in London the coming summer.
If a well could be dug to the depth of *4*j miles the deusity of trie air nt the bottom would be as great as that of quicksilver.
A new religious sect has been established In Virginia by a negro named Nathaniel Brown which he calls the "No Meat Eaters."
A redbird died at the advanced age of 23 years in Zauesville, Ohio, the other day. It had become so feeble that it could not mount its perch in its cage, but it sang until a year ago.
A most singular method of street nomenclature is adopted in Canton, China. Thus there is a street called Unblemished Rectitude, a street of Benevolence and another of Love.
There aie two yew trees in the. Department of tiio Lore, in France, which are. supposed to be 1500 years old. They measure 30 and £G feet in cinmmierence respectively.
By the great earthquake of October 28 four large cotton spinning mills were disabled, and many of the old native industries were destroyed, some of which have not been resumed.
A Wisconsin congregation that determined to stop ritualistic practices in every form has elected as its rector an extremely low churchman who stands C feet 3% inches in his stockings.
A large white circle around the sun frightened the negroes at Jackson, Miss,, so badly last week that they rushed from their houses aud declared that the judgment day was coming.
Turkish women, all of whom wear earrings from their seven th year, derive the use of these jewels from Ilagar, who is held in veneration as the mother of Ishmael, the founder of their race.
In Chile, after making cider and wine from their apples, they extract from the refuse a white and finely flavored spirit, and by another process they procure a sweet treacle, or, as they term it, honey.
Northeast Missouri is the homo of the giant*. Ella Eying, the tallest girl in the United States, is from Clarke County, and .die Webb, who at the age of 10 measures 0 feet V/t Inches, Is from Scotland County.
Dickson County, Kans., has a County Superintendent of Schools who, when he visits schools, takes along a box of tools, saw, hammer, etc., and fixes all the broken seats, decayed doorsteps and dilapidated brooms ho comes ncross.
QUEER PERFORMANCES.
Is This (ha War thn Baking I'owder
Agents D-crlvo th* Public?
It has been presumed that theie was some trick lv the performance of the lady baling powder testers, by which something besides lhe actual quality of the relative baking powders was intended to be shown. A writer in the Chronicle shows the character of this trick, as • she discovered It, asfoilows: Mrs. Page writes that she was recently visltett by the lady agents of a powder which sho did not use, who attempted to show her by boiling and stewing it that there was something wrong about the hi and she docs use, the Royal. No amount of manipulation, however, succeeded In doing this. The ItoyßUfk't'itT through all tests triumphantly and without a Haw, and the tester acknowledge tiersell beaten. The tester then took ■ can of Itoyal from her pocket and from that produced almost anything she called for. She said that she had made this test before many housekeepers, and had by It Induced them to throw away the Itoyal. ".My opinion Is," writes Mrs. rage, "that this testing Is a fraud., It was evident to me Unit the sample of Royal she drew from her pocket had been doctored for the purpose of making these tests, and 1 cannot see how any sensible housewife could be so readily fooled. I believe also that where they can they slip some substance Into the tin lv which they boll the water and powder. When tbey are watched too closely and cannot do It, then they produce the small can expressly prepared for the purpose. 1 " iho women who are performing tho>e alleged tests, says the Chronicle, are, haps. innocent Of the ureal and in which they are participants, but no censure Is too severe for the employers Who thus us.- them to do Illicit work which they Bate not themselves'- perform, and which has c ought ihciu belore the court* elsewhere.
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Cold-Blooded Attempt to Murder Jacob Linklater. A Peddler's Peoultar Death on the Water Front — Everything Quiet at Fortin's Landing. The house where Jacob Linklater was shot Saturday night, as told in yesterday's Call, Is a dismal building In a lonely locality just off" Telegraph avenue, half way between East Berkeley and Dwight way. Young, the man who shot him, had ample opportunity to escape, and he made the most of it. He had not been captured up to last night. Linklater was resting easier yesterday, though his recovery is very doubtful. The shooting was premeditated. Young stealthily went to the window and fired through the glass at Linklater, who was rating his supper in the kitchen. The first ball entered the forehead, but glanced and lodged near the temple. A. second shot was fired, and this penetrated the face near the bridge of the nose, nnd plowed its way to near the base of the brain, where it still ls. The first ball was extracted by physicians yesterday. ? ?> Linklater rushed outside after the shots were fired and grappled with Young, but the latter ran. The wounded man wa9 found by neighbors who beard the shots, and was conveyed to tho home of Ed Sheridan, living near. Young, who was 70 years old, had been in the employ of Linklater for many years, working most of the time on his ranch near Md ileum. Lake County. A few days ago they had n dispute over some money matters, which culminated in the discharge of Young. Out of revenge, he went to Linklatei's place during the latter's absence, Saturday, and poisoned a dog. Linklater returned and found "ioung still about the pi -co. A bitter quarrel, ensued. " Ynune left and the attempted murder occurred a short time afterward. Linklater had been living alone in a building constructed for a stable, but which had been fixed up as a residence fur him while keeping "bachelor's hall," and which be bad handsomely. furnished. Hei- head salesman of the cloak department of the White House, San Pr and see, Where he has been for three years. He is a prominent tenor singer and a member of St. Andrew's Society of Clan Frazer No. 78, Order of Scottish Clans. A PEDDLER DROWNED. John Calon, a peddler, was found dead In the bay yesterday afternoon ween the Puget Sound lumber wharf and Taylor's wharf. At ii. *(tv be left the house of Mrs. Bodell. 613 Sixth streei. where he bad been boarding, to carry some bundles to a neighbor. He did not' perform his errand, and a few hoars later was found in an almost upright position, with his feet imbedded In the black mud and bis head just above the water. The peculiar position of - his body lead* to the belief that he had accidentally fallen from the wharf Into the shallow water and mud and was unable to extricate himself. ON THE WATER FRONT. Yesterday was a. very quiet Sunday on the Oakland water front, and in the forenoon Bob Craig went to church with his family. The water front guns will be fired, off for the first, time on the 4th of July to celebrate the day. HAYWARDS DEMOCRATS. The Haywards Democrats held a massmeeting at Oaks Hall Saturday evening to ratify the nomination of Cleveland and Stevenson. A procession marched through the streets with Daniel McCaw as grand marshal. Addresses were made by John Geary, president of the Haywards Democratic Club, William M Donald, E. J. Rodgers and Max Popper. Andrew B. Hammond, a Montana capitalist, has purchased a tract of 10 acres at Ciaremont from J. H.Watkinson for S'-'-Ono. lie will erect. a dwelling and make bis home there in the future. THEY WERE IN OAKLAND. It has been learned that John 1). Buggies and his brother Charles, who have been rented for. robbing the liedding stage, were In Oakland shortly before the robbery. They le.ft a valise at the Hotel Crellin and asked permission to go to a room to change their clothing. They were allowed the use of the billiard-room for this purpose, and they emerged in the rough garb of workmen. The valise is still at the hotel. THE MARTIN CASE. The Martin case will be resumed at 9 o'clock this morning, provided Juror Adams has sufficiently recovered to attend. The case will soon be finished. J. N. Knowles, as trustee, has conveyed to K. K. Vaidf-rcc ok 99 acres of land* in Indian Gulch for 527.250 and has mortgaged It back for (24,765. The suit of Louis Peres against Kite Dillon and Mary Ives Crocker, in which the plaintiff, seeks to' recover property to the value of $500,000, Is now; ou trial before Judge Greene. The Board of Supervisors, will hold a special meeting to-morrow to investigate charges cf malfeasance against Isaac Bottomly, poundmaster of District 7. Alameda. The City Trustees have set this evening at 8:30 o'clock as the time for considering the petition to close. the saloons on Saturday night until Monday morning. The session promises to be one of the most interesting and exciting ever held by the Trustees, and speeches pro nnd con the movement of the Committee of Ooe Hundred will be made. The petition to close the saloons is signed by about 2900 persons, including ladies and children, and a protest signed by over 700 voters will be presented this evening. M. G. Strong and N...Beinecker have returned from a camping trip to Lake Taboo. Joseph Lorker, an old resident of Alameda, has returned from a visit to his native place in Austria. The old sewer-pipe that Is being taken out of Park street shows great variations in Quality. Some of it is in a crumbling condition, while many other portions would endure many years. Rerkeley. Professor Hllgard and family hare left tor tbe East The funeral of the late Mrs. Brancroft took place Saturday from her late residence on Francisco street. Her husband is improving and hopes are entertained of bis recovery. f§@S .?' ? S. P. Waterman has gone to Stockton to attend the alumni reunion and banquet of the high school. Miss S. Morse of North Berkeley has gone to .Santa Cruz. Burglars attempted to break into the Parkhurst residence on Dana street the other night, but. were frightened away.
ltnlhi.r Paradoxical.
Dr. R. W. St. Clair of F- rt Wayne, Ind., teils how, a few years since, he was riding on an engine and caught a cinder in l;.-> eye that caused the 'most excruciating pain, lie iv 4 that he naturally began to rub the afflicted organ, when the engineer called out: "Let that eye alone and rub the other one." The doctor looked incredulously at his adviser, but the latter only continued: "I know you doctors think you know it all, but if you let that eye alone and rub the other one the cinder will* be' out in two minutes." The doctor says that ho began to rub the well eye vigorously, and soon fell the cinder move down to the inner corner. IK- was preparing to take it out by the nil of a small mirror, when the engineer again admonished him to "keep rubbing the well eye," which he did for a minute longer, and then found that the cinder had slipped down onto ' his cheek. Who can give a sensible explanation of this odd proceeding?
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Sunday, June 26. Scbr Reliance. Jansen. 17 hours from Rough and Road.-; 75 < or.ii wood, to R A Qlldrldge A Co.
BIRTHS— MARRIAGES— DEATHS, [Birth, marriage ana death notices sent by mall will not he Inserted. iho/ must be banded In at either or the publication offices and be Indorsed with the nemo nnd residence of persons authorized to Lave the same published.] BORN.. MrFVOT-In this city. June 23. 1392, to the wife of Ed McEvoy, a son. HAGAN-ln this city. June 22, 1892, to the wife of William Hagan. a daughter. KIRROY— iii this city, Juno 22, 1892, to the wife of Henry Kllroy. a daughter. URAY — In ibis city, June 24, 1892, tothowlfo of Ueorge I). Uray, ason. Moss- In thiscity, June 22, 1892, tothe wifeof Charles Moss, a son. ORST-In Portland, June 26, 1392, to the wifo of M. M. Ol.it. n son. MARRIED. McCABE-RILRY-ln this city, June 8. 1832. at Si. Jfttntccf Church, by the Rev. Fathsr Lynch, Francis J. McCabe and Mamie A. Riley, * CHESTER-DUNN-In this city. June 23. 1892. by the Key. John Gray. Walter J. Chester or Sau I Francisco and Kata Dunn of Windsor, England. CnESMOKE-STONE-Iu this city. June 21 ,1892. by the Rev. J. I). Hammond, Clarence W. Chesmore and Allen Stone of San Francisco. WALKER-SINTUN— In San Baffcet. Jun021. 189?, by the Rev. K. J, Lion, Henry D, Waiter and Lia* sic Z. blutou of san fiancisco.
MISCELLANEOUS. PURE HEALTHFUL REFRESHING AGREEABLE Apollinaris mM ~ "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS." 11 Its long - continued and world - use attests its merit." ". NEW YORK MEDICAL JOURNAL, ' February 3 th, iSga, i •-*
DIED. Alberte Edgar Lyons. Janata Bowman. Oeorgiana S. Loedv.ch. Carrie Bun-all. William 11. ormli.lt. James Baaaar, Kalph Moore. Anuie Coroett. John Martin, Walter Carey Matilda K." Mend. Carrie Ella Crockett. Dorothy Meoßan, Ulysses Conlon, rence Mullen, Mary -.ana ca.«s..i*. . i .iber Mockiar. reaaiaJ. cDoekery, James Vf. Norton. John Debenedcth. Adellna Nagle, James A. Doyibert. Julius O'Brien." Dennis _ Harrow. Ella A. Owen*. Eliza Ferns. Samuel A. Reynolds. Mary P. Fernbacb, Victor Ruiimook, Mrs. Andrew Pluera d. Ellen Selling. Jobn Bata. Arthur Steliing. Charles 11. Golnda, Alexandra SteDiiens. Bamuel Hamlin, At/red 11. Turner, William T. Hal c t*. Andrew' Utter. Emma V. Hollow v. W. E. .•■ Wegnor. Benedlcte C. Keating, Mary El'en Wain, Joseph . . *. ., \t eber, T liotn.s J. STELLINO— In this •If . June 25, 1 4 '2. Charles 11., beloved son of John and Eiisa Stelllng, a native of san Francisco, a.- I 1 year. '..■.* ... •_-.*-: ' sto" Friends ami acquaintances are resnectrully Invited to attend the Mineral THIS DAY (Monday), at 10 o'clock_A. >i.. from the residence of the parents. 8 '- Fourteenth sired:, corner Noe. Intermeut I. U. O. E. Cemeiery. , •* HOLLOWAY -Iv San Rafael. June 'Zl, 189-', WilHam E. Hidloway. i.c: ■* v • 1 husband or Alice O. Holloway and son of.'. Q. A. and Bnaannab Holicouj* of Baltimore, a n.Live of Baltimore, aged SO years. 5 months and 1 ' iy. [Kaltlmore and New York papers please copy.) £ «j"l*rieni.s are respectfully invited to attend th» services THIS DAY (Monday), at 10:41) o'clock a. ji.. at St. Raphael's Church. San Kafael. Interment at Baltimore. Kinase omit flowers. Take tbe 'J:'ZO o'cloc.< a. ii. boat, Tibnron rerry, returning at 11:30 o'clock a. it, Irom nan Kafael. ; :*.-. .,.--, 2 MULLEN— There wlll be an anniversary solemn requiem mass for the r.;;...?- of tba soul of the late Mary Jane Mullen, beloved wife of Patrick Mullen, mother of Mrs. James Leonard, Mrs. Mary Delaney and H I*. Mullen and sister of tne late Mrs. Ann McKay. THIS DAY (Monday, at 9 O'clock a. M., at St. Joseph's Church, Tenth and Howard streets, r rlends and acquaintances are respectfully Inrltea to attend. •* i,!../- ii this. city. Jan* 9 , IBM Arthur, beloved son of Bolomon and Dora >ie'z, taat ye of ban Bras Cisco, a/el 1 year, 7 months and lid days. . tEWPrianOa and iciatives are rcsnectfunv invited to attend the luneral THIS DAY (Monday), at 10:1(0 o'clock a. m.. from the residence of tba parents, 507 Devisadero (street. • CONLON— Ia this city. June ib, 1832, Terrence Conlon, a native County Louth, Ireland, aged 40 yenrs. »o"*l- rlends and acquaintances are resDectru'.ly Invited to attend the ruueral MS DAY (Monday), at 1:30 o'clock v. a , from the parlors of the United Undertakers, 27 and li Fifth street. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery. • OOLDEN OATS ALLIANCE No. '.'. H. P. A. OF Cai.— Members or the above-named society are hereby respect' ully requeued to attend the funeral o our deceased brother, T^rrenco Conlon, THIS DAY (.Monday) at I :3d o'clock p. m, from the United UndertaKers' parlors, -7 and ztt Firth street. K. J. BARRY, President. iIIcMAS C. I IN NEC. AX. Kec. Sec. 1 11 AMLiN — In this city/ June 24,1*9-', Alfred H., beloved youngest sorKof Henry 11. and Eliza Hamlin, a native of san rauci.se, aged li yo^rs aud 14 days. 8 j" Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY (MonPAY (.-U'lday), at - o'clock p. m.. from the parlors of H.il.ste.l & 1u.,!ml M sin stre«t.'- 1 FITZGERALD— la tbla city, June '21. 1892. Ellen i tzzerai I, anativeof Ireland, aged 47 years. [Brooklyn (N. V. ) papers •> e..s *. copy.j Fd"T rlends and acquaintances are resnectfully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY (Monday), nt 2 o'clock p. it., from tier late residence, 257 Stevenson street, between i bird and fourth; thence to St. Patrick's Church wnere a requiem . in.i-s will be celebrated for the reposo of her soul. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery. • O'KKIEN— In this city. June 2d, 1892. at Bt Mary's Hospital. Dennis O'lirlec, a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, aged .0 e.irs. ©♦"The funeral will take place TO-MORROW (Tuesday), from theciiapel or St. Mary's Hospital, where a solemn requiem m-tss will be oelebrated tor the repose of his soul, comment in,' at 9 o'cluck a. m. luterment Holy Cross Cemetery. ** MOCiiLAB— In this city, June 25. 1332. resale J.. beloved wife of William Mockiar, .ii I daughter of Mich .el Laydon, and sistar of -Mrs. T. ... cru'uin > . James, William Charles and Walter Lay den, a mtive of Providence, K. 1.. aged 32 ■ .-ars. 03*Frlends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited toattepd the luneral TOMORROW, , luesd^;. ... at 0 o'clock a. U., from ber late residence, Corner or Solano and lowa streets, i'-trero; thence to st. Teresa's Cbnrcb, where a requiem high mass wiil be celebrated .'or the reposo of her soul, conunenciuicr at 9:30 o'clock a. il Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. •" TJTTEK— In tbis city, June 25. 1891, Emma V., ' beloved wire at F. W. Utter, a net of brook- . lyi. N. X., aged 37 years. AB"l'rieuds are respectfully Invited to attend < the .i.cr. i ru-MOUBOW (In, via.), at 9:30 O'clock a. m , from her late residence, 309 T.cir- i teenth street. ** | KCDDOI X — An anniversary requiem mass for the '. rcpo-e'of the soul of tho late Mrs. Andrew Kuddock will be celebrated it St. Jamas Church, corner of Twenty-third and i.uererro streets. TO-MORROW (Tuesday), comraunciug at 9 ; o'clock a. M. 1 nends respectfully invited. • ' CASsIDY— The -month's mind requiem high miss lor the repose of the soul el ill-' late Father Cassdy will be celebrated In St. Breud Church TO-MORKOW (Tuesday), at 8 o'clock A. M. *** STEPHENS-In Oakland, Jnne 26. 1892. Samuel ' beloved son of i outs* and Richard Stephens, and -brother of James. William, Richard and Jennie Stephens, a native of Oakland, aged .4 years and 6 months. &3~Fricnds and acquaintances are respectfully invited io attend the funeral TO-MOKKu W (Tuesday), at 10 o'ciock a. M.. from the residence of the bereaved p.. rents, 937 Campbell street. Interment Mountain View Cemeiery. 1 DOYCHEUT— In thiscity. June iii, 1532, Julius i>'.>c liert, beloved husbnudof Lelna Doycb r*.. ami rather of Charles L and Ernestine Doychert. a native of Bieilau. Uermany, aged 50 years aud 4 days. Ai" Notice of funeral horoarter. *>*-.**■? DABKOW— In thiscity, June 26, 1892, Ells A.. only be.oved daughter of nenry Walker Harrow, a uatlve of Kansas, aged A J years, 1 month aud 26 .lays. PW .Notlco of funeral hereafter. . 1 NORTON— In Oakland June 26, 1N92. John Norton, brother- of M. F. itickard, a native of Ath. one, Ireland, aged 45 i ears. B#"Noticc of fuueral hereafter. . 1 NAGLE— In this city, June 26, 1332, James A. Nagl?, i native ol Boston, Mass.. aged :i'j.*.oare. KE I'iNii- In this city. June 35, 1892, at the rataof the parenU. 16 neratur street, between Severn, i r.nd Eighth, Harrison and Bryant, Mary Ellen, beloved daughter or Kobert and Julia KeatIng. i native of Sau FraucUco, aged 13 years, 1 month and 6 days. GUINDK— la this city. June —.at bis residence, Alexandre, beloved son of Rosalie and the late ttie .ne Unlade, a native of Sacramento, aged 39 years and 4 months. WE. .NIK- lattats city. June .'4. 1892, Benedlcte C. N\eguer. a native of Germany, aged 33 years, 4 mouths and 22 days. FERNKACH— In this city, June 24. 1892, Victor, beloved busband of Ella Fernuach. CROCKETT— In this city. June 23, 1892, Dorothy, youngest daughter ot Joseph B. and Caroline Crockett. J LYONS -In this city. June 24, 1892. Jennie, beloved daughter of James and Elizabeth l.y.nis. a native of .--. i.i Francisco, aged 1 year, 3 mouths aud .1 days **•'; DEUENEDETH— thiscity. June 24, 1392, Ad- . ellua Debeuedefb, aged 3 years. BUNNER— In thiscity. June 24, 1892, Ralph Bun- I ncr, aged 1 month au I 12 day & LOEDVICH-In tins city . June 22. 1833. Carrie l.oedv.c aged 37 years. 9 months and 7 days. HEAD-. ii tin* city, Juno 23, 1892, Carl Ella Mead, * aged 8 months. Mil lAN— In this city, June 24, 1892. Ulysses f Meehan, aged 3 iiioii.liS. , ALBERTS— this city. Juue 23, 1392. Edgar Alb. aged 5 mouths. WASH— in this Ity, .nine 22, 1892, Joseph Wash, a native of California, aged 28 years. SELLING— In thiscity, June 21, Us);, John Selling, a native of uermany. aged 60 years, 4 mouths and 16 days. OWENS— Ia this city. June 25, 1893, Eliza Owens, a native ot Maryland, aged 62 years. DOCKERY— in tnis city, June 25, 1892, James 1 Wlllred. Infant son or James P. a:id Nellie Dock- i erv, a native of Sau Francisco, aged 3 months aud i 20 days. I BOWMAN— In Oakland June 21. 1892. of perl- « toultls. Oeorgiana S., wife Heury owmau. a native of Montreal, Canada, aged 57 years, 9 ' months and 27 days. ' BURRALL-In Oakland. June 22, 1892, William \ 11.. beloved husband or S. A. Burrall. a native or j New lor», aged 07 years, 1 mouth and 18 <i or ' KEY NOLDS-ln Alameda. June 24, 1392. Mary < Frances, beloved wife of Ue-.rgo A. Reynolds Jr., j a native of San Irancisco. WEBEK-ln Stockton, June 25. 1892. Thomas J. Weber, youngest sou of the late Captain C. M. Weber (founder of Stockton) and Helen W eber (nee Murphy), aged Ati years. CAREY— In Martinez. Cal., June 24, 1892, Mrs. Mattl I a H. Carey, a resident of San Joso, aged 49 years. HOUSE— la San Anselmo. Jun» 23, 1892. Mrs. , Annie Moore, belovoi mother ot Mrs. M. w. Ka.n. a native or St. Johus, N. 8., aged 76 years, 7 months and 10 days. TURNER— in Hornltos. Mariposa County, June 22. ' William T. Turner, aged .3 yean, DALLETT-In Chico, June .'.'. 1892. Andrew Haliett. a native or Yarmouth Port, Mass. ' McCORMICK— In Marysville, June 81, 1892 , James Met orm, aged 70 years. I CITY AND COUNTY K..SPITAU i MARTIN— In the City and County Hospital, June 2 1. 18&2. Walter Martin. FERRIS— In th. City and County Hospital. June 24, 1892. Samuel A. Ferris. CITY AND COUNTY ALMSHOUSE. CORBETT— Is the City and County Almshouse. June 25. 1892, John Corbett, a native o; California, aged 22 can. " >,- y\yl H UNITED UNDERTAKERS' [ EMBALMING PARLORS. \ ! Ever) thing Requisite for First-cUss r'aaj.-.iU [ EMBALMING PARLORS. [ Eveijthii.i Beqoiaitetor Pirtfretaai r'aa-jrAii I | at Reasouable lutes. i \ Telephone 3167. 27 and 29 Fifth street, y TO THE UNFORTUNATE. /--'V Dn. GIBBON'S DISPKHSAKT. /— .» 023 Kearny street. Established tnlS34 tor JI(PIA tha treatment of private dUeases. Debility lfi_^A>J3 or diseases .rug on 'be I. .1/ 0 11 ml H*KJ$ScaR permanently cured. The doctor lina visited iSfSfifZfl the hospitals of Europe ami nbtained much . ■wWBBCcS vain sole Infnrmatiou, *« lo.li h« c*ui impart la thoae in n<-ed of his i-ervifes. The Do. tot cotes when others fail. 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Ma-Mel Depresnon, Soiteßtag of tlie feral causing Insanity, mis■rv, decay, .i iaih. PraoMtara Old Age, tiarrenm-ss. Loss or Power in either sex. ttnpolaaey. Leucor:liim ami all Female Weaaneaaaa, Involuntary Losses. Spermatorrhoea cmne. I by over-exertion of tbe brain, Self-abuse, over-lndtiiKeaea. a month's ireatnient, $1 : 0 for $5 by mall. We guarantee IS boxes ta cure. Each order for (5 boxes with $5 will send written guarantee to refund It not cure I. Guarantee* Issued only by CI.AKK A WhIUK. Druggtsts.Sole Ag't-'.l'ost.v.lone* sts, SanFranclsco. . - ■ ap.' i is cod gp Personal Properly Assassnißnt. '. ' OFFICE OF THE Cl.l'liK OP THS HOARD OF Supervisors of tbe City and County ot San Francis*". June 13. ;•*»■»'-■. Public notice is hereby given that in aceordaooa witn the pruviiioas of an act of the Legislature, entitle 1. -An a t in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes on personal property in the ntr ■nd county if San Kranclsco." approved Mai 18. 1874. the lioard of Supervisors of tali city an.i county met on the i:itu day of Jane, a. a 1811-*, and examined the Assessment Boole of Personal Property for the -.ear 189*1. th.it sad boanl will continue in session from tune to time until MONDAY, the '.'7th ila J .'June. a. .> , is;)-', at iz o'clock m on, to examine applicants for the correction ol errors In tbo said Assessment Book or Personal Property. SWORN APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW. THE Assessment Hook of Personal Property hw been and will be open to public Inspection from 9 o'clock a. ii. until 1 o'clock p. it. jeUtd JNO. A. RUSSELL. Clerk. PALACE HOTEL. 'PHI* PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENTIR3 1 block in the center of San Francisco- It Is tha model hotel of the world. Firo a.d earthquake proof. Has nlue elevators. i.very room '■* * a ,T**i light and airy. lUe ventilation is perfect A m.j ami 1 loset adjoin every room. Atl room* ara eaiy tit access from broad, light corridors, Ibe central court, Illuminated by eleotne light, Its immense flaw roof, broad balconies, carrlaje-way aaa tropical p'auts, are textures hitherto uucuown 1 to American hotels. entertained either tbe Auieri> can or European plan. The restaurant ; is the flnsst in the city, Secure rooms ln ..d. a.ice by U.atraphin«. \ THE P AtACtf HOWL littt Kan >».» ■»»■"«» *n^l. m Weekly Call, $1 Der Year,