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The morning call., 1891-11-22

wlle stretched out upon the floor and took
her hand. The pulse yet beat-she was
| alive. Then the executioaer gave her his
| care-reanimated her.
| You will put on a ball-dress, with all
| your diamonds ordered he. and accom-
| pany me to the ball of the legation of
France, to which we are invited!
Never-I could not do itP
GU will dress yourself and we will CO.
| took, for my duel with NJ. de Blazewitz,
| the pretext of gaming quarrel. but you are
| compromised. You must be seen this even
Ing ON my arm in society. Otherwise it will
be believed that l fought on your account
and shall be dishonored. Dress yourself.
l wish it,
The unhappy woman was forced to
OBEY. How could she resist the man she
mad so cruelty outraged? She made her tot
iet-What agony land her husband dragged
completely broken down, she sank rather
imam seated herself in the entrance salon,
where the usher. every minute, was calling
out the names OF the arrivals.
THE GROWING STROKE.
This doctor, in full dress. superb with
fauteuil.
Suddenly, after having cast a glance
into the antechamber, he bent down to
Macha's ear as if to whisper bit Of pleas
anry.
as So grief has not killed you, wretch?'
Not yet unfortunately murmured the
tortured woman.
So Well, look there added he. pointing
to the door, and die Of joyl'
AT that moment the usher announced
In sonGrOus voice:
Captain Baron de Blazewitzv
Inc handsome officer entered with a
smile upon his lips and at once, as ne al
ways did, glanced around in search Of his
friend.
He scarcely recO gniZed her.
Macha had started nm from har
straight, as if moved by a spring, livid be-
meath her adornments, frightfu to see! She
cast wild look at him, put her hand to her
throat, and fell back heavily on the floor,
dead-dead, indeed, this time!
There was terrible scene The doctor
cast himself upon the body of his wife, ut
terlng cries, and the despair of NJ de Blaze
WITT would have caused a scandal, if friend
had not dragged him away.
"All the guests fled the lackeys ate the
supper, and the Embassadress was greatly
chagrned, for she had caused to be made
expressly for the cotllOn some grotesque
masks from which she had expected a ire
mendous effect"
Maurice ceased; there was a moment of
silence.
They had almost shivered, and Pereira
himself refrained from launching his custo-
mary sarcasm. But the mistress of the
mouse appeared, raising the tapestry pOr-
tere OF the smOking-roOm.
well, messieurs, have you finished your
cigars? The ladies are waiting for you"
As they passed into the salon Pereira
took Maurice's arm
" And the doctor. what became of him?"
AS have told you, he almost boosted,
on day of imprudence, of his crime, hich
certainly could not be legally pun ished.
But it grew difficult for him to rem ain in
Vienna. To-day he is in Varsoyia, where
lie continues to repeat to the patients of his
speciality: No emotions above all things,
no emotions! But what do you think of
my subject for play?"
Impossible, my dear fellow; all the
feuilletonistes would say that it was imi-
tated from the Julie of Octave Feuillet."
FRANCOIS CoPPEE.
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other topics. / shall advise him about his
necessary expenses. | shall show him that
taxing cards to low pair when everybody
else Is raising before the draw will never re-
SUIT 10 Keeping young mans bills down to
basis of economy.
HOW easily | could see il all in advance.
Ior VINO Is ignorant now of the proti;gacy
ana an the low ambition Of the college student?
wen, lets look at the reality,
On thanksgiving day went out to call
On Harry. L arrived little after o'clock,
Just as the nights were beginning to gimmer
IIoll the windows that look down on the
quadrangle. There was no noise of unholy
IeVeily as L assembled the stairs, but had
seen light in Harry's room and knew that
ne must De there. l knocked softly at the
aoof' because didn't wish to interrupt him
III tne midst of an exciting jack pot. Stakes
mus NUS DC getting pretty high. 1 thought.
s mnen tie boys are too nervous to talk. l
Gnuckleu again at the picture of poor, de-
iuded Deacon Abbott, and his boy, who was
100 Diisy with his lessons to come home for
Thanksgiving.
men fancied that l heard an answer to
my knock, and pushed the door open. No,
1 was mistaken. Harry had not heard me
even when L entered. He was sitting at his
desk IN the Light of Students lamp. 1t
s SUI upon his powerful shoulders and his
namus9me lace, which bore no mark of
ssL,91sgles and victories upon the football
nelu' except, indeed. the bronze hue on the
cheeAs. Inc desk was Uttered with books
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OF an instructive and ponderous appearance.
Their store of learning, grieve to confess,
is now, and probably ever will be, unknown
10 myself. They had been recently in use,
Dut were laid aside now. for Harry was
reading letter. The envelope lay on the
desk so near me that / could not help recog-
nlzing the writing of the address. 1t was
his mothers. He finished thu reading while
watched MN, and, at the close, pressed the
paper to his lips. Then he saw me and
sprang to his feet
" Upon my word, Pm glad to see you," he
exclaimed; 'Pve been so lonesome to-day I"
And this a college boy? No card, no
Harry" said l. turning away to conceal
my emotion, and give him reasonable op-
portunty.. will you please kick me? Just
fancy you're trying for goal from way out
IN the middle of the field. want it to be hard
enough to make me remember for ever that
the fellow who knows ii all, the expert on
depravlty. the man who always sees through
the mask of human decency. is the only real
candidate for the eternal BOBBY prize.
HOWARD FIELDING.
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A COLLEGE
THANKSGIVING.
Ills Studies Kept a Poor Boy From
Home and Turkey.
Howard Fielding Learns More in Five Min
utes Than Some Men Learn in Four Years
What He Thought He Knew.

Hiram w. Abbott. an old friend OF my
family, has son at Harvard. The elder
Abbott, as my father has told me, was never
much of sport in his day. He was no good
at all with the gloves; couldn't run hun
dred yards inside of 10 seconds. even with a
policeman behind him, and was too near
sighted for baseball, too clumsy for foot
ball and too lazy for a University crew. SO
1t was not worth while for him to go to col
lege at ALL even in those days when col
lege course hadn't the same number of laps
to the mile as IL has now. But he realizes
the disadvantages OF a deficient education
and has sent his boy where he may receive
proper training in the inter- collegiate
championship fields of learning.
About this time last year it came to the
knowledge of the elder Abbott that l was
to spend Thanksgiving in Boston, and upon
this information he wrote TO me, asking IL
could find time to visit Harry at Cambridge.
1T Will be a lonesome Than ksgiving for
my boy" said he. I'VE urged him to come
home, but he replied that his studies would
detaln him. We shall miss him and it will
be comfort for us to know that on are to
call and cheer him up"
He went on to say what a good home
boy" Harry was. and how painful it would
be for him to be grinding away at his books
instead of consuming turkey and mince pie
with his beloved parents. l read this evil
dence of a paternal sOftening of the brain
aloud, it was so good. Then l winked at
the wall of my room in Boston hotel. and
it seemed that could hear the very furni-
ture smoker. How is it possible, NUT
tered, for any man who reads the news
papers to be deceived about the life that
cnlege boys lead? Cheer Harry up?"
Well didn't think he would need it, The
result of the Harvard ale football game a
few days before would be enough to do that.
played like steam snOw-plOw. He had
won, and lie had escaped with his life; and
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well-known books of reference as Spaud-
ing's League Rules for 1884," Schencks
Draw Poker" Jimsons Guide to Mixed
Drinks" and bound volume Of reports on
from late valet of his Royal Highness.
After the game is over, il Harry is able to
sit in his chair by holding on to the arms
we shall have talk on his progress in his
studies; he will explain to me the new
marking system at Harvard, which groups
the fellows into classes A, b and without
giving their standing in percentages, as was
the old style He will show me what there
is in name under the new regime. Under
this classification they are arranged alpha
betically and young man called Abbott
cannot very well help being at the head.
He will show me- by what simple process
of transp0r:On he has convinced his father
that to BIO at the head Of class G Is the high
est honorable distinction.
Then shall ask him if he has spent the
day in proper spirit OF Thanksgiving and
he will reply that he has been filled to the
muzzle with that spirit since o'clock in the
evening, when the news came in that
Slugsby of Yale had had seven ribs frac-
tured by the Princeton "left end" because
Slugsby was the man who put his Harry's)
nose In sling at Springfield.
Afterward | shall give him some good ad-
Vice. l shall tell him what he ought to do
In order to prepare for the serious duties of
lie. Harry Is going to be a lawyer. / can
Imagine our conversation running something
like this:
Harry, my boy, you've deceived your
father systematically"
perhaps have"
you've worked him for all the mon ey
there was in him."
Every nickel"
Now that you're In it you'll have to keep
end
"Alas, too true"
Then what more can say except that the
boy has been getting the best training In the
world for lawyer?
So our conversation will naturally drift to
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what more could he need to make the ap-
preaching holiday an occasion of prayerful
thanksgiving? The few fractures and dis
locations which he had probably sustained
would hardly stand in the way of his re-
joicing.
Evidently the old man Abbott did not
keep himself posted about college affairs
AS for me, | had read the papers, and |
knew what to expect in Cambridge. Very
likely shouldn't find Harry. Unless he
happened 10 be broke" or totally crippled
lie wonld probably be in Brooklyn watching
his late adversaries from Yale wipe up the
frozen surface OF the earth with thu frag-
ments OF eleven young men from Princeton
If by any chance he should be in his room
could picture my visit as well before as
afteTwaId.
l shall climb three flights of stairs in
Ibayer Hall, thought |, and even before
get TO the top shall be made aware that
harry Is getting along very well without the
family turkey. The observance of the good
old holiday will be well under way. | shall
hear the hymn OF thanksgiving which goes
up from the man with three of a kind,
mingled with recognition of the wisdom
OF providence from the man who did not
raise on two pairs.
| shall open the door, and there will be
Harry. the pride and Joy OF my fathers old
est friend. He will be sitting at the end of
the table with stack of checks in front of
him. and bdtt G of beer OIL each side. He
VIII nave one eye done up IN handage, and
Will be wearing only an ear and half His
face Will have the general appearance of q
crazy quilt His nose will be sewed to the
remainder of his cnuntenance with dozen
or SO stitches, necessitated by his fruitless
endeayor to carry the ball over the line with
Yale man weighing 2O9 pounds sitting on
the back of his neck. One foot will be
pr0pped up in chair, and it will have sew
eral towels anOinted with various healing
substances wrapped around it. He will not
be regretting that his place at the old family
dining table Is vacant because he will realize
that his personal appearance would cast
gloom over any gathering of those who love
him. Even the loss of the good old Thanks
giving turkey will not 2rievs him because.
having left most of his teeth on the battle
plain of Springfield he will take his susten-
ance through a quill.
shall walk in just as Harry is showing
down ACE high in called hand This is
not thing to be thankful for | shall beg
them to 60 on, and they will do it with alac-
rlty. Then l shall examine Harry's little
library of useful textbooks to while away
my time and enable me to make thorough
and satisfying report to his father | shall
find instructive works by Richard h. Fox.
Billy Edwards and other eminent author
tiles on the philosophy Of the upper-cut
and the cross-counter. There will be such
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IT RAINED BLOOD.
John Packers Experience With Steam
Hammer.

NS-'@ "a per iHhte WIN u steam
Hammer.
The sprinkling Of their faces and arms
with bloody rain of warm blood and splin-
tered bone. and the shrek of strong man
in agony, were the startling causes that i'm
PEELED the workmen In machine shop at
Sedamsville to drop their tools recently and
stand aghast for the moment
Looking toward the direction from which
the cry came. they saw ellow-workman,
black with the SCOT of furnace fire. reel
toward them and fall to the floor, clutchlng
at the bloody stump Of his lacerated arm.
which had been crushed in a most horrible
way.
The machine shop is attached to tha build
ing department OF the company that is erect
ing the new inclined railway on the river
bank at Sedamsville, aud the victim of the
accident is john Feckler, hammersmith
He has charge Of one of immense
steam trlp-hammers that are used for
the purpose of forging the largest
iron beams and bolts. Last evening.
while 1t heavy block of iron was being
forged, the die at the under side of the ma
chine became loose, temporarily disabling
the machine. Raising the heavy trip-ham-
mer, Fackler went to work to repair the
damage. In doing so he was compelled to
place one Of his hands on the bed-plate ON
which the hammer strikes. While thus en-
gagged he must have touched the trip, or
else the machinery became loose. Horrible
to relate. the gigantic block of iron, i'm
PEELED by the full strength of the engine,
came down with lightning force upon the
unprotected hand. In a second 1t was re-
duced to a semi-liquid mass and thrown in
every direction by the powerful impact of
the blow. All vestige of shape was lost,
and the bone of the wrist was as clearly
severed as though surgeon had done the
work.
The blood and splinteIed bone, as stated,
was sprinkled over the persons of the work
men standing near the machine. His two
helpers, seeing his awful situation, released
the hammer and allowed the unfortunate
man to withdraw the arm, which was held
0uirer
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AQUATICS.
Prospects of Race Between Hanlan and
Peterson.

Prospects of Race Between HanIan and
Peterson.
The agents of the Adams estate have
given the members of the Oakland Canoe
and the Columbia Rowing clubs notice
that they must vacate very shortly their
quarters in Oakland at the foot of Alice
street. Commodore Blow states that the
Canoe Club will move Its boat house to the
Sessions basin. Mr.. Sessions has given the
club permission to occupy his premises. The
Columbia boys have not as yet made any
arrangements about moving. A meeting
will be held this week to discuss the sub
ject.
The prospects of a match race between
Hanlan and Peterson look favorably good
now. Peterson has confidence in his ability
TO hold his own with the ex-champion, and
his hacker is seriously contemplating match
ing the local man against the Canadian in
Vader Hanlan will go into immediate
training for his race with Mclean, which,
by the way, will be somewhat of a novel
affair TO witness. as the agreement states
that one OF the races must be contested in
canoes.
The Volunteer will have a new rival next
season in the Gardner 90-footer. Lawley
of Boston has received the lines Of the new
boat, but he is unwilling to show them ex-
cept by permission of Mr.. Gardner. This
shows that the detailed dimensions are not
point of view this is fair. However, a Bos-
ton reporter, when in New York recently,
had long talk with Mr.. Gardner about the
new boat. and learned that in her lateral
plane, or underwater profile, she will show
shape not unlike the Glorlana. She will
draw not far from 10 feet, and is just under
% feet extreme beam. She will have long
uverhangs. and, like the GloNana, will NOT
have what might be allied graceful-look-
ing bow. The Sea Fox is to have a new
SUIT Of sails, ard. with tine Mayf1ower and
the Merlin in. good races may be looked for
in the 90-foot class. Tne Barbara will be
improved by next season and should show
up much better. II certain negotiations
that are now pending result in a purchase
the BeatriX will not be seen in the races
next season. Canadian parties are talking
of buying her. and II sold she will race on
the lakes. The Owenee is now owned by
one who Will not race her, aud she may
change hands to some Toronto man before
spring.
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are bent over into little loops. as
nowadays, to tie the lines by. Most Surpris-
ing of all such relics found, perhaps. are
strips of FURNISHED copper, shaped
like fishes, which were used by fishermen of
the bronze age as artificial bait to attract
the prey with its metallic sheen. Until the
age of bronze arrived shell of various sorts
furnished material for large percentage Of
the hooks made and hardwood sharpened
was much employed. Thorns were also
made to serve like purpose, and until
quite recently the Mohaves OF Arizona have
similarly used cactus spines bent into proper
shape and tempered by the application of
alternate heat and moisture until strong.
The early lake jewellers in this country
wrapped their hooks with charms manu-
featured from various animal substances.
the bats being put on outside. They i'm
agined that the fish were attracted by these
fetiches. The only gold fish-hooks ever
found were of the virgin metal and were
taken from grave in New Granada.
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AT THE BSTTs.
Medal Contest and Shooting for Turkeys
at the Ranges.

Medal Contest and Shooting for Turkeys
at the Ranges.
Captain Siebe of Shell Mound will have a
turkey shoot at that range to-day.
Company f of the First Infantry will
shoot for medals to-day at Shell Mound.
The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein will
hold a bulps-eye shoot at Shell Mound tG-
day.
Company A of the Fifth Infantry will
hold its medal shoot at Shell Mound to-day
The members OF the California SchueiZen
Club will assemble at their range today at
Schuetzen Park and have a shoot for Thanks
giving turkeys
On Wednesday, at the California Schuet-
zen Club Park, the members of the club re-
siding in San Rafael aud San Quentin met
and organized the San Rafael Division of
the California Sehuetzen Club. The follow
ing officers were elected: Richard Kinsella,
President; William Hahn, Vice President;
Gus kohlhof, Secretary; F. Goerl, Treas
urer, and Fritz Schumanu, Shooting-master
There were twenty-five members present
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GUN AND DOG.
Trespassers Who Annoy Farmers-Death
OF q Eamnu Setter

Trespassers Who Annoy Farmers-Death
OF a Famous Setter.
George Lacombe of $50 Market street has
received from a relative in Paris new and
improved rifle which, it is said, surpasses
anything of its kind in this country. Mr..
Lacomte feels much pride in showing the
new implement Of destruction to friends.
Harry Goulcher has pronounced it perfect
marvel.
Sportsmen have been complaining recently
Of the loss of dogs stolen by people who
make dog-stealing a business. Now that
dogs are personal property, it is to be hoped
that any man caught in this act will receive
the iull benefit Of tie law, which is toler-
ably severe. A Kansas journal says that the
texas Court of Appeals has brought that
State Into line among those which recog-
nlze that dog is property for the larceny
OF which thief may he punished Before
long TINS Will be recognized everywhere,
even IN Maine, whose courts IL may be re-
called, have classed The dog as fel@ natGra
The next question for the courts to take up
will be the unjust laws aud outrageous
practices by which unlicensed dogs are
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KISM EFT,

In the darkness they are weaving
Night and day;
Those grim sisters that are biding
Silent aye
In the gloom and silence guiding
Life Away.
Within the loom the web doth grow
What matters 1t If fast slow?
one hour the finished work will show,
And we SHAH see
The end the gods alone now know.
Revealed shall be
The plot and plan OF all the years.
The grief, the doubts, the bitter tears,
The woe and pain
That hour shall explain,
Ana to our feeble sight make clear
What now seems strange.
Why ye1 our spirits, then,
With idle fears, cen when
We hold assurity
That naught will ever be
AS we do hope or dread?
Let us grow wise instead.
o troubled heart take thou good cheerl
Time bIingeth change
Unto the weary shall come rest
And peace unto the heavy laden;
The soul Shall find its promised Aidenn
After the long and toilsome quest.
Though the goal he hard 10 discern,
Though the gods our purpose thwart,
II fate be kind or stern
What matters 1t all, . heart?
oye yelled ones that are weaving
Night and day;
We grim sisters, sullen biding,
Silent aye;
In the dark and silence guiding
Life Away.
Let grow the web within the loom;
With CLINT OF Light and shade of gloom
Shape ye the pattern, q weayers OF dooml
Come good or H.
IL short or long the strands they Irvine,
II marred or lair the quaint design.
Heart, do thou still
Look brayely forth throughout 1t all
And stanchly bear whate'er befalll
Thou canst not war 'gainst fate,
But let 1t pass,
Or soon or late
Shall shatter the glass
In the hand OF Time
And the thread shall break
When the hour Will chime.
Then shalt thou awake
From thy haunted sleep,
From the fevered dream.
Asunder shall the web be torn,
No longer shared will 1t thee keep.
And 10! all things shall altered seem
In that strange change from night to morn.
The mask must falii Thou wilt behold
Her thou hadst sought both far and wide;
There Truth shall stand close at thy side
And all the secrets will be told;
All that is hidden will be shown
The sphinx shall make the answers known.
The goal may be hard to discern,
The gods our purpose may thwart,
And fate may be kind or stern,
1t shall not matter. q hearth
IL thou be but stanch and truc,
IL thou be but brave and bold,
Thou shalt gain in the end thy due
That fate dare not withhold
Weave then, the woof in silence biding
The tangled threads forever guiding
We shall not fright us or dismay.
Ye. too, the higher powers obey,
And II time flies or slowly plods
Tears or lauahter, Joy or SORROW,
We live to-day and leave the morrow
With you ana with the gods.
San Ffaaeisco. Nou, 1891. SELMA SCHMIDT.
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COUR SING.
A Meeting of the Occidental Club at


Meeting of the Occidental Club at
Newark.
On Tuesday evening the Occidental
Coursing Club will hold a drawing" of
the dogs that will contest fer the valuable
prizes and stake at Newark Park on Thurs
day. A committee which recently visited
the park reported 10 the Secretary few
days ago that the ground is in excel
lent condition after the late rain and
that the hares, some of which were given a
trial run, are as good as can be found in any
part of the State. If the day should be
pleasant large aSsemblage of the lovers OF
the sport Will witness the meeting, which
now gives every promise of being a most ell.
joyable affair. 1t is probable that James
Wren will be elected to slip the dogs, and
there is no doubt but that John Grace will
give entire satisfaction if lie will judge the
races.
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a very spirited game of lawn tennis will
be played on the Alameda Tennis Grounds,
on Thursday, and the friends of the con-
testants expect TO see a large gathering of
ladies and gentlemen present.
The North Berkeley Tennis Club met at
the residence OF NJ. j. Hanscome, on Mon
day evening, with b. Henderson presiding.
The following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, A. r. Moves; Vice President, Mrs !.
Treasurer. j. L. Kelsey; &. NJ of r.. r.
Hoag; Committee on Entertainment. Misses
Moves and Hanscome and Walter Hoagg.
After the election the club adjourned for a
social time, aud all enjoyed themselves un-
til late hour