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OUT tF HE FkYING-PAN.
Wing Chin Makes lmself Liable &,


Wing Chin Makes Blmself Liable for
Preparing Opium.
Last Saturday Collector of the Port Phelps
received word that a trunk containing opium
had been expressed ia Wing Chin of Sl1h
Dupont street by Wells. Fargo & Co. and a
sharp lookout was kept until it arrived on
MONDAY. II was thru taken 10 Chin's place,
and the dues were paid iDstanter by the willy,
but uHsuSpecting Chnaman.
He was Immediately placed under arrest
and the trunk when searched revealed $40
five-tael boxes OF prepared opium. Since
then, in order to evade the loss If the opium
by forfeiture or make himself liable to ini-
priSoDment and q tine. Chin has sworn that
the opium was made in America by his
assistants
This may and may not be true, but while
it relieves Chin from any responsibility to
the Custom-bouse authorities he has made
himself doubly liable to the Internal Rive
nue. Off ers, who intend to prosecute bin for
its manufacture under the law of The 1t of
October, 1890. which makes it felony for
any one not a citizen of the United States
TO manufacture opium. This will impose ON
the Chinaman a heavier fine and longer I'M
prisOnnent in Case OF conviction than would
the charge OF smuggling.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
A HUKSkTHlEF'S FATE.
He Cursed the World, but He Loved Hi

He Cursed the World, but He Loved His
Mother.
Three or four of US soldiers on duty at
Forth Leavenworth in 1867 went out on the
hills one day for ramble, when man
came from the direction of Topeka on horse
back. We saw him long enough before he
got to us, and we saw that he was closely
pursued by half a dozen mounted men. We
knew that meant business, and we formed
across the highway and halted the fugitive.
His horse no sooner came to stop than it
dropped dead with exhaustion. The rider.
too, was about PLAYED out and he made no
resistance as we collared him. As the pur-
suers came up and dismounted, their leader,
who seemed to be familiar with the pro-
gramme TO be followed. briskly observed:
Now, boys, get "a rope over the limb Of
that tree AID run him up!'
The fugitive had nothing to say, and in
about two minutes he had a moose around
his neck and was whiting to be pulled up.
Four men tailed on the other end, and the
leader approached the prisoner and said:
It's usual to give man a few minutes in
which to say his prayers
ITS a sure thing. / suppose"
Dead sure. You've stolen your last
horse"
'Got to 60 this time, eh?"
Bet your last dollar!"
Say, boys" said the man, as he looked
UIOuEu nun, Will Il EOcu-Uy u edTku III
eve, "come a bit closer am pretty well
bio wn, and you've drawn the moose little
too tight for comfort. l can't do no pray
ing-it's too late for that. I've got Il poor
old mother over in St Joe. II isn't her fault
that I've gone wrong. I've got hundred
dollars here of straight MONEY, and l want
you to promise NE that some of you will
send it to her. Her name is Mrs. John
Weber. Write her a letter and say that 1
died of fever, OF some such thing, and that
L was too sick to write. Win you proIuiSep"
AYE! we wilI!' answered every man.
"Cuss you and Kansas and all the rest of
tie world, but | can't go back ON my poor
old mother! Make it easy, boys. Make it
accident or sickness, but don't tell her just
how it was. She's old and gray and feeble,
ana it would break her heart. You've prom
ised me, and if you go back on your w"rd
FL haunt you to your graves! Now curse
you all--defy you-and YOU can pull away
as fast as you - pIeasep'
They pulled, and he hanged clear of the
ground until dead. Then they lowered tile
body, secured the money, and as they rode
away the leader looked from us to the buzz
yards sailing overhead and said:
Leave it alone. boys-they'n take CAFE
of tn. Y. Sun.
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CHARLES HANsON'S SUIT.

He Wishes TO hecovsr Judgment for
Over Million.
The trial of the action brought by Charles
Hanson to recover judgment for S1,210,000
against Henry b. Slaven was commenced
before 1udge CARRIER and a jury yesterday.
The complaint alleges that Hanson sub
scribed fer 20O0 shares Of the capital stock
of The American Contracting and Dredging
Company, on condition that defendant and
N. A. Slavin would purchase said shares at
$50 each, but would return them 10 him on
demand for the same price; that the plain
tilf has offered the defendant 100000 for the
shares, but that his offer has been persist
entity refused; that defendant has already
received S3t5 share In dividends TN said
shares. which are now worth $500 each; and
that plaintiff has been damaged to the amount
sued for. The answer denies every alega-
ton IN The complaint, and sets forth that the
American Contracting ana Dredging Com
pany and the estate of the late NJ. A Slayin
are necessary defendants TO complete de-
termination of the question involved.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
MAkKHAM's MOVEMENTS.

The Governor-EIect Receiving His Many
Friends.
Governor-elsct Markham spent the day
yesterday in his rooms at the Baldwin Ho-
tel in receiving his friends, who called in
large numbers.
Hundreds have called" he said. "and not
one has asked me for a position. l do not
think. however. that shall be compelled to
advertise for applicants for tine various
places. The boys will probably not be
backward in letting me- know their desires
when the time comes. remember that be-
fore the election objection was made to me
on the ground that had not been long
enough from the East to know the wants Of
the State. / told them they need have no
uueasiness, for was quite sure that before
l was six months in Office l would know the
wants of every Republican at least"
Colonel Markham will remain, perhaps,
another day in the city before going to Sac
rap
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WILL SUPPORT MARKHAM.
Governor Waterman Takes Sudds
M Raa

Governor Waterm Takes Sudden
Change OF Base.
Governor Waterman has experienced a
change of heart, and now announces it as
his intention to extend every courtesy to the
newly elected Governor.
In conversation with a prominent Repub-
lican yesterday, he said: Now that the
election is over and Colonel Markham has
been chosen by the people. propose to do
all | can 10 make his advent into the Office
pie asant, and as a Republican l shall give
his administration my unqualified support.
l not only regard it as my duty now, but
aside from that we want to carry the State
two years hence, and in order to do that we
should all stand firmly together"
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Uaed In tho Minaa.

Robert Morris, arrested early this week
for carrying burglars tools, dynamite, etc.,
was examined yesterday before Judge Rix.
He swore he had been a miner in Montana
and used the tools for drilling. The candles
found in his outfit he explained were for use
in his shanty. He had decided to get en-
ploymen: on ranch and occasionally blast
hill in search of ores. The Court did not
believe the man was burglar. and took the
case under adYisament
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THE CALLS CALENDAR.
NOTICE.!

Any of our patrons who fail to find
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: train-bovs will confer favor by mott
flying this Office Of the fact, naming the
date and train.
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WEATHER Pied cTroNs.
SIGNAL SERVICE, .. 5. AEMY,)
Division OF THE PACIFIC,
60 Er..rtscC NOV % 1895 p NJ

SIGNAL SERVICE, q. s. ARMY,l
DIVISION THE PACIFIC,
SAN FRAScIsco. Nov. 20. 1896 p Nj
Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours.
The barometer has risen in Washington, RECON
and Nevada II has fallen in California and Arizona
being most decided IN the latter Territory 1t is
highest in Eastern Washington and Northern Ne
-vada and lowest In Southern California. The tenn
erature has generally fallen in all districts except
d slight rise in Arizona The weather has been fair
IN al districts.
Forecast Till 8 p. VI. Friday.
For Northern California-Fair weather; variable
winds; nearly stationary temperature.
For Southern California-Fs,r weather; north to
west winds; nearly stationary Temperature.
For Oregon and Washington Fair weather; vari-
able Winds, generally north 10 west neSry STATEN
AIRY temperature, except cooler at Eaker City and
Walla Walla. JOHN 2. FINLEY,
Lieutenant Signal Corps lin charge).
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Throwa From His Wagon.

William P. OBrien, Mission plumber
and member of the Democratic County
Committee. was thrown from his wagon ON
the corner of Twenty-second and Mission
streets, last Tuesday evening. On being
picked up il was found bis left shoulder was
dislocated. wrist broken and his body
bruised. A fractions horse was the cause
IF ha firm hla
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The Six Chinese Companies have taken
charge of the deserted store of Tong Yoong
d Co., 1856 Sacramento street, and will effect
some settlem ent in the case Of the defaulting
proprietors who escaped On the last steamer
to China with $4,000. In spite of this, how
ever, shooting is expected in the Chinese
quarter, AS the cheated Chinese have grown
desperate. and remain passive now only in
the hopes of being satisfied in the course of
dav or two
The morning call., 1890-11-21

E95 Montgomery street, near Clay, open until IL
f,ciock. p NJ BRANCH OFFICES: 40 Market
near Kearny open until Il O'Clock midnight;
$50 Hayes street, open until $50 O'Clock; 6o3
Iarin street open until $50 o'clock 25lS Mission
street open until O'Clock p NJ and ZIG Ninth
street omen until 80 p. NJ
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For tho Public Good.

William Mccarthy, alias Lee. who is said
by the detectives to be confirmed thief
and burglar, was charged yesterday Mt the
City Prison with yagrancy, net having a
stronger case against him. They hope TO
send him from the streets for time at least.
He has served several terms in the House of
Correction
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DAILY CALL dncludIng Sundaysl, S6 per year by
mall postpaid. IS cents per week, or 65 cents per
calendar month through carriers. DAILY CALL,
five COPIES three months, Sc %. SUNDAY CALL
Twelve pages}. 81 SO per year, postpaid. SUNDAY
CALL and WEEKLY CALL. 81 so per year, post
paid WEEKLY CALL eight pages), 81 % per year,
postpaid Cubs of ten (sent to one address,. $40.
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DISMISSAL BY STIPULATIoN-A stipulation
agreeing to dismiss all proceedings Instituted by
Mary e. Ryer In the divorce suit against DR..
ashiDgt0n Ryer has been filed IN Judge Wal
lace's department Of the Superior Court.
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Ano,her Cook Lecture.

Joseph Cook, the evangelist. is to deliver
his famous lecture on " The Religious Signs
of the Times" at the First Baptist Church
IN Eddy street this evening. The lecture is
to be free.
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Pastor for q Year.

Rev. w. ID. Williams. DID,, was called to
be acting pastor for one year of the Plvm-
0nth Congregational Church at a meeting
Wednesday evening.
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HOLIDAY PRESENTS IN THE MAILs.-Tbe
clerks at the Postofice report that the perennial
influx of holiday presents has commenced.
Most OF these are for long distances and are
TeQisterp0.
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For c,rrv;nr , s,in,-sho,.

Frank Smith, notorious rounder on the
Barbary Coast. was sentenced yesterday by
Police Judge Lawler to 300 days imprison
ment in the County Jail for carrying
slinR-shot. Smith was recently arrested BY
officer Cummings
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J.F.CUTTER'sO OLD BouRBoN.-This celebrated
whisky Is for sale BY all first class druggists and
gf0cers. Trade mark-star within shield .
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4 he Prettiest H.t-Store

On the Coast Is M. Meussd0rfYers 113 Mont
gomery street, opposite the Occidental Hotel.
which Is acknowledged by all persons Of taste.
His assortment Is the most select and the styles
the latest.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
Diphiheria Cases,

Seven new cases Of dipltheria were re-
ported to the Health Office yesterday. Two
deaths. were also reported, resulting from
that disease.
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CATARRH causes discharge from the nose, bad
breath, pain between the eyes, coughing, choking,
ringing noises in the Hoods Sarsaparilla by
purifying the blood cures catarrh.
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FOR PERMISSION TO SELL.-The Twenty
ninth-street Methodist Episcopal Church has
peiilioned the Superior Court for permission to
Sanchez streets for $1,000.
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TuBHITURE.-By Geo. f. Lamson. at $50 Geary
ST., at I clock.
FuRY1ruRE.-By CressweIl. at 81 Ninth St. at
The morning call., 1890-11-21

FOR COUGHS, ASTHMA, AND THROAT DrsoRpERs
use " R'oucn's Bronchial 7roches" 25 cts box.
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EXTRA mincs pies. SWANS. 2ls suffer stree.
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"Mrs. Winslow,s soothing syrup"

MrSs W IHSIOW' 5 oOOtHIHR syrup
Has been used over fifty years by millions Of moth
for their children while teething with perfect
1t soothes the child softens the gums, all
lays PAIN wind colic regulates the bowels and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea whether arising
gists In every part of the world. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five
cents bottle.
Fresno and MERGED County Lands to Re mt
and For Sale.
$4,000 acres Of wheat and sugar-beet land in the
above counties to rent for a term OF years. Also
100 900 acres of fine raisin, fruit alfalfa and sugar
beet land. with water for irrigation, for sale in
tracts of from 20 to large suitable for
colony purposes. For particulars apply to E. b.
Perrin, 400 Kearny street. San Francisco.
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pURIIC ,TI0N o FICE,

THE MORNING CALL
Has larger circulation than any other
Desysp Der publishes in San Francisco.
The morning call., 1890-11-21

Fon Disordered Liver try BnrcnAu's Pills.
The morning call., 1890-11-21

ArMonE's mincemeat in pals 600 at Leben.
baum Bros. :
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CREAM mixed candies. zoe ID. Towusena,.. /.

visi, Battle Of Gettysburg. Marke, and Tenth.
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SHOWCASES at Miller & Co.'s, Ala Market 81.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
IDENTIFIED.
Wherein a Naughty Bank Cashier Gets
His Contemporaries.

Wherein Naughty Bank Cashier Gets
His Contemporaries.
you'll, have to be identified before can
cash this check for you, madam" said the
pompous cashier Of Il down town bank to
a tall, leathery hook nosed woman in Il
green and red and blue dress and before
the-war bonnet, who presented herself at
his window one afternoon when the rush
of business was greatest.
"I-dentifed5 What's that?" asked the
woman.
"Why, that you'll have to bring some
one here who knows you to be the person
named on this check"
"Well, I--I-why-I-no, it cayn't bel
Yes, it is, too. Amt you Henry Smith,"
"That is my name, madam" he replied
coldly.
"G knowed it, and you don't reckomem,
Der me, Hen2 Look at me agin. Pm
changed some an so air you, but | jist
knowed I'd seen you afore the minnit |
clapt eyes on ye. You've got that same old
cast in your left eye and nose still crooks a
little to the left and you're Smith I'LL over
And you don't know me? Don't reck-
omember Salindy Spratt that you useter
coax to become Salindy Smith. Hee, hee,
heel Member me now, don't We, Hen?
Member how ye useter haul me to school
on your sled an kiss me in the lane an call
me your little true love when we wuz boy
an gal togcthcr2 Member how you cut
up cause give we the mitten an took up
with Ii Link, whose wife now be? Land
Hen, | could stand all day talkin' over
them old times back on the farm, but |
reckon you're busy now. You kin identify
me now. can't Won. IIpuph
"Hen" did so, but in mood that almost
produced apopleXy, and those who wit
messed the reunion Of these long separated
friends wondered that liens" glance of
Identification did not strike Salindy Spratt
Link dead.-Drake's Magazine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
The Editor Held His Own.

In the foyer of the Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane, London, the other evening
August NJ. Moore, editor of dramatic
paper called The Hawk, had about as
lively Il time as ever fell to the lot of a
newspaper publisher in mining camp
First he was assailed by James Whistler,
the eccentric artist, who welded club
with some vigor till Moore knocked him
down and the manager of the theatre
elected him. While the editor was re-
pairing damages a second man struck
him from behind. The new assailant
was also worsted. He proved to be an
actor named William Horace Lingard
After winning his second victory Mr..
Moore was permitted to enjoy the per-
Torrance in peace, no other aggrieved
person taking up the task of trying to
lick the editor"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
The Place to Hang 1t.

Lawyer X is regarded by his acquaint-
anccs as the pennant bore. He lives at a
small family hotel and exercises his func-
tions as IA bore chiefly at the dinner table,
and talks mostly of himself. One evening
when the dining room was full he said in a
voice loud enough to be heard by every one
in the room:
Gentlemen, Pm thinking Of hanging a
bell on myself so that the people may know
when am present"
Good idea" said quiet sufferer at the
next table.
"Do you think so?" said the lawyer, rails,
ing his voice. But the trouble is want
to hang it where it will ring all the time "
'NO trouble at all; hang it to your jaw. "
Chicago Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
pissed the sixtieth anniversary of his

pissed the sixtieth anniversary of his
ordination.
A hero not Of religion, but of politics
and war, is Horace F. Patterson, ven
cradle resident of Providence, r. |.
Sixty years ago he won fame as leader
of the Democracy of Little Rhody,"
and the issue on which he triumphed
was the demand that taxes should be
levied to support the public schools.
With that as the leading plank in the
platform Mr. Patterson's party carried
every borough in the state. The old
gentleman 'came out strong" long after
ward in an entirely different role. Dur
ing the civil war he found himself one
day in small fort at Nicholasville, KY,
with only a handful of men, while
good sized Confederate force was camped
not far away. From morning until night
Patterson, at the head of his small band,
marched round and round the hill, Gre
ating the impression that big army &C.
cupied the earthworks. He saved his
command and gained great credit for his
strategy. Now at the age of SO he fights
his battles DER again, and particularly
enjoys retelling the narrative of his ex-
ploits in $780, when he put through the
school tax measure and established the
educational system of his state on an en-
lightened basis.
A giant of the law who recently passed
away was Judge Amasa j. Parker, of
Albany, n. Y. He was born in 1907,
and when he died, like others men
toned in this article, had just completed
an active career of sixty years. He was
a prominent figure in politics, but his
reputation rests chiefly ON his triumphs
at the bar Matthew Hale declares he
was the most completely equipped law
yer he ever met, and at the same time
model of courtesy in forensic debate.
Says Bishop Doane: HE was young in
his old days because of the freshness of
good sympathies and kindly interests in
life. And he was what we call old
fashioned always since | knew him in
his courteousness and dignity of speech
and bearing" He stayed in harness to
the last, and those who knew him assert
that she never lost friend or made an
enemy"
These are but few of the many ex-
amples that might be cited of men whose
active business or professional lives span
the period of sixty years. It seems as if
longevity is the lot not of the idlers but
of the workers, and that healthy activity
of brain and body brings reward in
length of days. 1t is Longfellow who
sings:
Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles
Wrote his grand Edipus, and Simondes
Bore off the prize Of verse from his compeers
When each had numbered more than four scorr
years;
And Theophrastus at four score and ten
Had but begun his Characters of Men.
Chaucer at Woodstock with the nightingaes
At sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales;
Goethe at Weimar toiling to the last,
Completed Faust when eighty years were past.
Age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dre-s.
FRED g. DAYTON.
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to be that men should retain at an ad-
vanced age the attributes that are
usually supposed to adorn the prime
of life, and wane with the increase of
years.
1t seems to be the case, however, that
the three score and ten" limit of Holy
Writ no longer marks the boundary of
activity in these later days. knowledge
of sanitary laws and their scientific ap-
plication may have something to do
with this condition of affairs, or the
theory may be ad yanced that existence
has heightened with the decrease of
dueling and national combats. Peace,
it is said, has its victories as well as war,
and perhaps length of lays is one of the
triumphs Of tranquility. In any event
the established fact is this: No state of
the Union is without one or more CEN
tenarians, and nearly every commoA-
wealth can boast scores of people who
have lived through eight decades, and
still continue with zeal and capability
the avCcations Of q younger manhood.
Among these hale and stirring octo
genarians may be mentioned Rev. Will
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
A Warrior in Retirement.

At the age of SO Maj. Gen. Alfred H.
Terry is living in retirement at New Ha-
ven, Conn. His health is by no means
good, years of active campaigning hav-
ing broken down II constitution original
ly strong. He went into the armya vol
unteer, and at the close of the civil war
held commission as brigadier general
in the regular service. His friends say
that Crook failed to cooperate with
him in the wars against the Sioux be-
cause he was not West Pointer, but
the assertion is not fully substantiated.
Gen. Terry is a bachelor and his house.
hold is presided over by sister. Con
necticut people feel proud of the old
warrior, and some of the more enthllsi-
astic of his neighbors desire to see him
occupy seat in the United States
senate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
JUDGE AMASA j. PARKER.

tector as well against the wiles of land
sharks. Robert j. Walker was born in
Ireland eighty-two years ago, and while
quite Il young man took orders as an
Episcopal minister. He came to America
soon atterwald, and save for brief
residence i'll the west, lived out his al
lotted time at New York. busily engaged
in carrying cat plans for the present
and future welfare of the hard working
and much abused sailor man. Like Ell
der Slocwn he believed that he would
not die ill 100 years of age, but the
summons ANS not long 'ifter he had
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
The AuthOr's Revenge.

Author-At last am avenged. The
Hightone Magazine has bought one of my
articles, and they have paid for it,
Wife mystilied)-They have accepted
and paid for a number of your manu-
scripts, but none of them has appeared
yet.
Author (triumphantly)-The last one
was written with ink that will fade out in
ten yeNrs-New York Weekly.