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The morning call., 1890-12-21
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Captain Andrew Haggard, brother of the
famous nouelist, is also a writer, and has
story in press. He is in the East Indian
service.
Thomas A. Edison and George Parsons
Lathrop are at work together on scientific
novel, in which electricity is to play an iai-
portant part.
Miss Laura Burns of Martinsviile, Ind.
has a head of natural hair seven feet in
length. Miss Burns herself is only five feet
three inches tall. :
Mrs. H. Mckay Twombley of New b-ork
is said to own the finest furs of any belle in
that city. She has one mantle of Russian
sable which cost $4,000.
Augustin DAILY will take his company to
London next summer for season of
twelve weeks. Hitherto the Daily organiza-
ton has played in London in midsummer
only.
The will of the late Clinton B. Fisk pro-
vides that his wife shall have the entire
estate, with the exception of So, 900, which
he leaves to the Fisk University, at Nash
vile, Tenn.
A reporter who has been at work trying
to ascertain just how many speeches the
eloquent Mr.. Chauncey Depew has delivered
this year. has thus far been able to countup
160. but he says the returns from the rural
districts are not yet all in.
The morning call., 1890-12-21
THE FIELD
OF SPORT.
A Way in Which Dempsey Can
Whip Fitzsimmons.
Hunters Trains That Are We'll Pa.ronixed.
Dangerous Football Shoot.
ing-coursing.

The arrival Of the colored champion pugi-
nst. feter jackson, will stir up matters
little IN the way of ring sports. The Cali
1ornia Club has established footing once
again after rest Of several months, and its
Directors are now in correspondence with
several pugilists' with a view of holding
monthly contests until such time as the law
VIII see ut to put another stop to fistic sport
Grilse fishing along the wharves and in
the sloughs still continues to be first class,
and the lovers of piscatorial sport are tax
ing good advantage of the present opportu-
nifty to catch nice baskets of young salmon.
Hunters and fishermen are in high glee
over the good prospects in store If the late
storm has not caused a stampede among the
feathered tribe the shooting at present
should be first class.
Those who delight in tie crack of the
rife seldom miss Sundays shoot at Shell
Mound OF HarbOr View. To-day some good
shooting is expected to be done at the vari-
GUS ranges.
All other sports are fairly quiet. owing to
the holidays.
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Tho Iron Ch,ncelTor.. Ring.

Little romance is associated with our idea
OF Bismarck, says an exchange, but when
the story of "NitschewO" is told, it is evil
dent he is not altogether devoid Of senti-
ment. He wears large iron ring with the
inscription of "Nitschewo," Russian word,
signifying DO matter" and much used by
the natives of that country.
The story of the ring, which everywhere
excited remark, was told by the Chancellor
himself. In 1862, when he was ambassador
at st. Petersburg, he received an invitation
to an imperial hunt; but, uuluckily, he
missed the rendezvous. A peasant under
took to drive him In his two-horse sleigh to
the spot in time, and Bismarck accepted
Being an enthusiastic huntsman, and afraid
OF losing the sport, he said:
You'll be sure to be in time?"
The answer OF the peasant was n curt
Nitschewo." The pace was not swift
enough for Bismarck; the peasant. there
fore, with another Nitschewo' dashed the
horses into such pace that the sleigh was
overturned and its occupants thrown ont,
Bismarck threatened punishment, but still
his answer was the laconic 'Nitschewo."
However they reached the hunt in time.
Bismarck did not forget to pick up a piece
of iron from the broken ghswhich he had
made into ring as memento of the occa-
sion. Bismarck is said to have added.
My good Germans have often reproached
me with being too indulgent to Russia. but
they should remember that while am the
only one in Germany who uses "Nitschewo"
on critical occasions, a hundred thousand in
Russia are saying it at the same moment"
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player, arrived in that city incognito, and
one OF the first places he visited was the
billiard parlor attached to Clancy & Burns
resort. Dempsey, was playing pool with
local sports. The latter is quite an expert
and Malone, who had been given the tip,
singled MIN out as a good piece of pie to
sample. After some talk on matters per-
tanning to pool, Malone offered to play the
local sport for $40 game. The match was
made and Consadine on two straight and
then dropped" to his opponent, whom he
had good reason to believe was a profess
slOnal. The game stopped instanter and
the party adjourned to the NonparePs
saloon, where Mald46 admitted that he was
invited to Seattle for the purpose of taking
COnsadine in.
The special from London which was re-
ceived last Friday stating that Ted Pritch-
ard-the pugilist who was reported as hav-
Ing sailed for America to fight Young
Mltchell-was matched against Jack Burke,
Is looked upon as being very unreliable by
the sports Of this city. Burke. although at
one time middle-weight. who could Just
lind himself within the limit when in con-
dltlon, has taken on weight very fast within
the past year and only few weeks ago he
announced that his weight was 200 pounds.
Pritchard is not a heavy middle-weight; in
TACT he belongs to the weller weight class,
ana as a matter of fact the announcement of
match between him and Burke is looked
upOp DIS DclUS extremely DOUBTFUL. BURKE
would need to take billet as assistant fire.
man on an Atlantic steamer for couple of
months to bring him to the weight required
to fight Pritehard.
A letter from New York states that Cal
Mccarthy and George Dixon, the champion
feather-weights, met with their hackers at
the New York World Office few days ago
and were matched to box twenty-five rounds
for purse of $1,000 offered by the Puritan
Athletic Club, the contest to take place On
the evening of February s. 1891, in the Club
house in Long Island City The conditions
state that the winner will receive $500 and
the loser $500. The men must weigh ir at
ia pounds, give or take one pound, six hours
before entering the ring.
Referring to Kessler, the pugilist who de-
1eated La Blanche in Butte City, Mont. a
friend of Kesser writes to an Eastern
paper: ANY one ough: to know that by
name he is German. He was born in Ber-
lin, Germany. He is a powerfully built man
aud weighs about 175 pounds. He is also a
skillful wrestler as well as a fighter. He
made the Jap-sQueal enough in a wrestling
match at Butte City, Mont, which ended in
draw. He has been in this city four
years. In Butte City he has won many bat
ties on short notice.
Rumor has it that Frank Glover and
Denny kelllher have been matched for a
fight next month before the Twin City
Athletic Club of Minneapolis.
John Ready may have an opportunity of
lighting Sidney Huntington at San Jose
next month.
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OLD-TlME LIGHTS.
Amadou, Mntchra Dipped in Sulphur and

Amadou, Mnichrs Dipped in Sulphur and
the Flint-StoDe.
1t was necessary in former times for a
light to be kept burning all night In one
room, for 10 strike light was a long and
laborious operation. There were little silver
boxes that contained amadou, the spongy
texture of a puf-ball. and some matches
dipped in sulphur, also flint One side OF
the box was armed with steel. In strik-
ing a light the holder put the amadou in po-
sition to receive the sparks from the steel as
he struck the flint, then, when the amadou
glOwed, he touched it with tine brlmstone
end of the match and ignited that-a matter
Of five or ten minutes. Why, burglar
could clear off with the plate before the
reused master of the house could strike a
light and kindle his candle TO look for him.
The Undertook employed commonly in
kitchens and cottages was different appli-
cation of the same principle. 1t consisted
of circular tin or iron box, with the socket
for candle, soldered on TO the top. This
box contained removable bottom. When
opened it displayed steel and lump of
flint. These were taken out and the remov-
able bottom lifted up, when below was dis
closed mass of black finder. The manu-.
facture If this finder was one of the accom-
pllshments of our forefathers. or rather
foremotherS. 1t was made Of linen rag
burnt in close vessel, charred to finder,
Without Delng SET on IRE, and the manu-
facture of finder had to take place weekly
and consumed considerable amount Of
linen.
In the morning early before dawn the
first sounds heard in a small house were the
click. click, click of the ktchenmaid strik-
ing flint and steel over the finder in the box
When ignted match was applied, the
candle lighted and at once the plate of tin
let down over the precious finder to extin-.
guiSh 1t. III any one possessing an old tin
der-box will try his hand at it he will find
how toilsome, unpleasant and lengthy the
process is.
Then came in the phosphorus-bo bottle, but
held its ground very short while because
Of the danger attending it, This consist ed,
of small bottle. like one Of smelling salts,
that contained phosphorus. A match was
thrust into it and twirled a out till it ignited
the match, but as simultaneously the phos-
phorus in the bottle sometimes caught fire
this invention was speedily discarded
Cornhill Magazine.
The morning call., 1890-12-21
GAME AND FISH.
Hunters Train Wanted to Sonoma.
NETTING Grilse.

Hunters Train Wanted to Sonoma.
Netting Grilse.
According to the preparations made in the
past few days by local spor!smen for
charge upon feathered game the lines of
railroad leaving this city to-day will be well
patrOnized by the fraternity of duck-hunt-
ers. Last evening the hunters train to AL
viso and way stations took at least $50 guns,
the majority of which left the train at "The
Bridges" the principal resort of hunters
south of this city. The early train this
morning to Sonema will be we'll patropzed
by those who have been for months antici-
pating' good duck-shoot. On account of
the many delays encountered ON this road
on Sunday mornings large number of
hunters have ceased to patronize this line,
and as result the hunters train run over
the South Pacific Coast on Saturday night is
doing good business The best shooting is
always, had at early morning, and as the
which leaves Tiburon on the arrival Of
the early boat from the city, does
not reach the shooting grounds on the
SonOma marshes until almost noon the
prospect of anything at all like fair days
shoot is mighty poor indeed. 1t is too bad
be obtained on this road. as the shooting,
generally speaking, Is better than can be
had on the other lines. Now that the birds
have arrived the sport will continue good
until April next.
The members of the Widgeon Social Gun
Club celebrated the opening of the duck
shooting season last Saturday, the 18th inst,
at their newly fitted up clubhouse, which is
situated at the drawbridges Nos. and on
the South Pacific Railroad, near Alviso.
The club has some 5000 acres OF unreclaimed
lands leased for shooting purposes, which
are watched over by three keepers. Among
Its members the most prominent are MeSSrS.
Geisler, Foot. Frank Vail, A. j. Smith, John
III. Boysen, Fred A. Osborn, Charles Dahl
and Captain Johnston. After enjoying
nights attack on the many good things
which make merry the inner man the sports
men made wild charge upon the ducks on
the following day and brought home large
bags.
When the United States Fish Commission
finished re- G taking the eggs Of land-ecked sal
were tagged with aluminium tags, fastened
to the back fin with silver wire. The tags
were numbered and the numbers registered,
with record of each fish-its weight, length
and sex. The tagging was done to demon
strate whether the land-locked salmen
spawn every year. or. like the sea salmon,
once in two years-something which is not
now known.
Two hunters who were enjoying good
sport last Sunday on the marsh southeast of
who pretended to be a keeper. The sports
men refused to be intimldated, and the
keeper, after being politely informed that
there was no law prohibiting the shooting Of
ducks on tide-water lands which are unin-
closed, withdrew from the scene, giving
thereby an opportunity to the hunters to Sc
cure fair bags
The following suggestion is given by an
old sportsman to young men who are learn
ing how TO shoot:
Carry your gun on your shoulder with the muz-
zle elevated and the hammers down, save when
The morning call., 1890-12-21
COURSINa.


More Escapes Are Required for Incl osed
COursng.
This is excellent weather for coursing.
The ground is soft and sprngy, and the
hares have proven that they can, under fair
conditions. give their pursuers all the exer-
else they need. The recent meeting at
Newark proved conclusively that the jacks
received from Upton arrived in good condi-
tlon. There is only one drawback to the
management of the grounds, ana that is the
limited number of escapes. Several times
the mares were fooled in the grand attempt
to escape from the dogs. and if better es-
capes were provided the running would be
improved, as the hares would undoubtedly
make great effort to reach the places
where safe retreat could be gained. Once
hare or rabbit is fooled in the attempt to
gain place of safety, its courage fails ni-
mediately and it falls sure prey to the
hounds.
There will be a two days meet at Ocean
View Oh December 21st and 2Sth. The
drawing for the latter will take place next
Wednesday evening.
The Occidental Coursing Club is in hopes
that the weather will remain fine until alter
its winters meeting.
The morning call., 1890-12-21
THE KING.
Dempsey Fitzsimmons Fight-Is Kessler
scotchmsn?

Dempsey-FftzsimmO Fight-Is kessler
scotchman?
The great battle, which will take place at
New Orleans NEXT month. between Jack
Dempsey ard Robert Fitzsimmons, is very
extensively commented upon in Eastern
sporting circles. Although a majority of
the New Orleans sport looks upon the
Australian as being man who is competent
to administer to the Nonpariel the first good
whipping he has ever received, the friends
of Dempsey will gather in strong force
around the gaming tables to wager on the
American. FitZSimmOns is man who
stands six feet and fights within the middle
weight limit A person would think that
pugilist of his height should be aspiring
for title among the heavy-weights. Although
the Australian has proven that he is
both clever and strong, it must be
remembered that he has not yet met q man
sufficiently qualified to discover the weak
points which man of his height and weight
must possess. Fitzsimmons, like Spider
Weir, is blessed with long arms. Both are
clever and can keep an opponent who is
not thoroughly we'll versed in ring tactics
out OF range, thereby escapiDg certain pun
might terminate battle very abruptly.
vi the many middle-weights of the pres
ent day there is none better qualified to dis
cover Fitzsimmons' weak points than Jack
dempsey. Those who saw Mccarthy and
Fitzsimmons fight at the California Club
could not fail to discern the long and sur
passingly narrow body which the latter
showed when he stood before his opponent.
During the contest Mccarthy landed stiff
highlander on Fits stomach, which
caused the receiver to double up and show
marked signs of pain. In the next round
Mccarthy happened to catch his opponent
in the same place with his head during a
rush and clinch, which was protested against
by the seconds of Fi,zsimmons. Sufficient TO
prove, however. that Fitsimmons is bit
weak In his cOmposili0n-that Is in the
region between his hips and chest-was the
careful manner in which he protected his
bread-basket after having received that
right-hand punch. Now the question re-
smains: Can Dempsey reach that delicate
department with force or not? If Jack can
get within Fitzsimmons' guard and keep up
tattoo on the latter's stomach and ribs he
will win, otherwise the battle will in. all
probability 60 to the Australian.
just before Jack Dempsey took his de-
parture from Seattle, Jim Malone, the pool
The morning call., 1890-12-21
old-Fasb;on,d H,rxas,inp.

Harvesting with the rude implements was
a scene. Imagine 800 or 400 wild Indians in
a grain field, armed some with sickles, some
with butcher-knives, sume With pieces of
hoop-iron roughly fashioned into shapes like
sickles, but many having only their hands
with which to gather by small handfuls the
dry and brittle grain; and as their hands
would soon become sore they resorted to dry
willow sticks, which were split to afford
sharper edge with which to sever the straw.
But the widest part was the thrashing. The
harvest of weeks. sometimes of a month,
was piled up in the straw in the torn of a
huge mound in the middle of a high, strong,
round corral; then 800 or 400 wild horses
were turned in to thrash 1t, the Indians
whoopiug TO make them run faster. Sud
denly they would dash in before the band
at full speed, when the melton became re-
versed. with the effect of blowing up the
trampled straw to the very bottom. In an
hour the grain would be thoroughly thrashed
and the dry straw broken almost into chaff.
In this manner / have seen 2000 bushels OF
wheat thrashed in single hour. Next
came the uinnowing, which would often
take another month. 1t could only be done
when the wind was blowing, by throwing
high into the air shovelfuls OF grain, straw
and chaff, the lighter materials being waited
TO one side, while the grain, comparatively
clean, would descend and form heap by
itself. In this manner all the grain In Cali
fGrnia was cleaned. At that time no such
thing as a fanning-mill had ever been
brought to this Coast
The morning call., 1890-12-21
A Phrsici.n of No scho oil.

l have said that there was no regular
physician in California. Later, in 1S43, in
company that came from Oregon, was one
Joe Meeks. noted character in the Rocky
Mountains. On the way down he said:
boys. when I get down to California
among the Greasers am going to palm my
self off as doctor" ; and from that time they
dubbed him DR.. Meeks. He could neither
read ncr write. AS soon as the Californians
heard of his arrival at Monterey they began
to come 10 him with their different ailments.
His first professional service was to boy
who had toe cut off. Meeks. happening to
be near, stuck the toe on, binding it in
pGultlce of mud, and it grew on again. The
new Governor, Michelt0rena, employed HIM
as surgeon. Meeks had way of look
ing aud acting very wise, and of being
reticent when people talked about things
which he did not understand. One day he
went into little shop kept by a man known
as DIR. Stokes, who had been kind of hes
pital steward on board ship, and who lad
brought ashore one of those little medicine
chests that were usually taken to sea. with
apothecary scales and pamphlet giving
short synopsis of diseases and table OF
weights and medicines, SO that almost any
body could administer relief to sick sailors.
Meeks went TO him and said: doctor, l
want you TO put me up some powders" So
Stokes went behind his table and got out
his scales and medicines, and asked. What
kind OF powders ?" Just common powders;
patient not very sick" IF ynu will tell me
what kind OF powders, DR.. Meeks-" ''Oh,
just common powders" That is all he would
say. DR.. Stokes told about town that Meeks
knew nothing about medicine, but people
thought that perhaps Meeks had given the
prescription in Lain and that DR.. Stokss
could not read it. But Meeks' reign was to
have an end. An American man-of-war
came into the harbor. Thomas o. Larkin
was then the United States Consul at Mon
terey, and the commander and all his Off
GERS went up to Larkin's store, among them
the surgeon, who was introduced to Dr.
Meeks. The conversation turning upon the
diseases incident to the country, Meeks be-
came reticent, eaylag merely that he WAS
going out of practice and intended to leave
the country because he could not get medi-
ctnes. The surgeon expressed much SYM
pathy and said, "Dr. Meeks, if you will
make me out list l will very cheerfully di-
vide with you such medicines as l can
spare" Meeks did not know the names Of
three kinds of medicine, and tried evasion,
but the surgeon colnered him and put the
question so direct that he had to answer.
He asked him what medicine he needed
most. Finally Meeks said he wanted some
''draps," and that was all that could be got
out OF him. When the story came out his
career as doctor was at an end, and he
soon after left the country,
The morning call., 1890-12-21

The Victoria Colonist says: A large num-
Der of men are focking into Port Angeles
to stake out squatters' claims on the reser-
walton. There are over 800 claims already
taken on the reserve, which comprises 5000
acres The squatters will have to take
chances on future legislation being favor
able to their claims.
The morning call., 1890-12-21
ACORNS.

Original contributions and solutions are re-
quested from all the readers. Contributions
must be wiltten III lex. Oh one side OF the paper,
aud separate from cUmmunIcat ions. The name
and address must accompany them as a guaran-
Tee OF good faith. Address Puzzle Editor DAILY
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np.rs,,au, the pjscoverer OF Gold.

James W. Marshall went across the plains
to Oregon in 1874, and thence came to Cali
fornia the next year. He was a wheelwright
by trade but, being very ingenious, he
could turnhis hand to almost anything. So
he acted as CARPENTER for Suffer, and did
many other things, among which l may
mention making wheels for spinning wool,
and looms, reeds ard shuttles for weaving
yarn into coarse blankets for the Indians,
who'dii the carding, spinning weaving and
all other labor. In 1916 Marshall went
through the war to Its close as private.
Bes DIES his ingenuity as mechanic, he had
most singular traits. Almost every one
pronounced him half crazy or hare Drained.
He was certainly eccentric. AID perhaps
somewhat Eighty. His insanity, however,
kind; he was neither vicious nor
quarrelsome. He had great, almost
overweening, confidence in his ability
TO do anything as a mechanic. /
wrote the contract between Suffer and him
to build the mill. Suffer was to furnish the
means, Marshall was to build and run the
mill and have share of the lumber for his
compensation. His idea was to haul the
lumber part way and raft it down the
American River to Sacramento. and thence,
his part of 1t, down the Sacramento River,
and through Suisun and San Pablo bays to
San Francisco for market. MarshalPs
mind, In some respects at least, must have
been unbalanced. 1t is hard to conceive
how any sane nan could have been so wide
of the mark, or how any one could have Sc
lected such site for a saw-mill under the
circumstances. Surely no other man than
Marshall ever entertained so wild scheme
as that of rafting sawed lumber down the
canyons of the American River, and no
other man than Suffer would have been so
cUnhdlng and credulOus as to patron!Ze him.