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The morning call., 1891-09-21
MANUFACTURING FISHES.

A Collection Wonderfully Life Like
Being Made for the Worlds Fair.
A very wonderful collection of animals
that live in the water is at present being
manuf ictured by the United States Fish
Commission for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago. Somewhat less than 800
specimens will illustrate the food and other
economic fishes and reptiles of this country,
each one representing a species. Two eX-
perts, said to be the most skillful men living
in this line of work, are engaged in turning
ont counterfeit representations of things
scaly and tinny in the utmost imaginable
variety. The extraordinary thing about
these products is that they not only look
but feel like the real creatures which they
initiate, the very substance being to the
touch so like flesh itself that it is difficult
for any one who handles the object and ex-
amineS them closely to realize that he is not
dealing with the animals themselves.
So amazingly well are they painted that
their hues are the very tints of nature. For
example, you can take frog in your hand.
pinch him and admire the beauty of his
cOlOriDg without being able TO distinguish
him from an actual batrachian just killed
The secret Of this art, which is quite new
one, lies mainly in the composition EN-
plOyed as q material. Its basis is glue. The
operator first takes the fish to be initiated
and makes a plaster mold from it in the
ordinary fashion.--N. Y. Sun,
The morning call., 1891-09-21
HOPKINS-SEARLES.
The Great viii Contest to COM
mence on Tuesday.
Belief That There Will Be No Compro-
mise Timothy Hopkins
Birthplace

1t has been reported that the question OF
Mrs. Hopk ins-Searles belief in the doctrine
of spirituaism will be mace factor in the
coming contest of the dead lady's WILL
General Hubbard, however, denies this and
says that no evidence, unless prepared and
paid for, can be introduced to prove such
lumbug, and he does not believe that Mr.
Hopkins attorneys would do such thing.
The contest will open at Salem, Mass, ON
Tuesday. IL is now reported that few
days after Mrs. Hopkins and Mr.. Searles
were married. she made over to her HUSBAND
one-hali of her personal property and an
equal amount Of her real estate. As the
bulk of her fortune was personal property.
the transfer was of Il nature to escape public
detection.
The house in Methuen was the personal
property OF Mr.. Searles. The real estate
values transferred to him included pieces
unknown to the public. The Mob Hill and
the Great harrington palaces stood i'll the
name of Mrs. Searles. The Fifth-avenue
house in New York was purchased by them
after their marriage. and Mr.. Searles was
possessed of as much legal right to it as his
wife. Mrs. SearleS, it is claimed, made her
gifts to her husband out of Difference to the
modified common law statutes regarding in
hertance which prevailed in Massachusetts,
which is to the effect that one-half of the
wife'S personal property, and the use of one
half Of her real estate, belonged to her has
band in any event upon her death. That
The morning call., 1891-09-21
High Time IT Was Demolished

The authorities of the Jacksonville, Mad
ison and indianapolis road have torn down
the old Stucker-rreek bridge. near Marsh
field. IL has probably the most gruesome
record of any bridge in the Union. For
merry, and until within a couple of years. it
was too low to permit of the passage of a
man standing on top of train, and this has
caused the death Of twenty-nine or thirty
railroad men, most of them youths, who, in
their time, had Just begun to run on the
road.
A ghost-story is also told in connection
with the bridge. Trainmen say that some
times, on very dark nights, just before a
storm, light. resembling that OF a flag
mans lantern, is seen on the track just be
yond or before the bridge, as if some one
were waiting to flag the train. IL runs
swiftly ahead OF the engine for short dis
lance and then suddenly disappears. Some
think that the upcanny light is that of q
ghostly brakeman who attempts to warn
the crews; others believe it is jack-o'-lan-
tern from the near swamp.-lndianapoli
Npwg
The morning call., 1891-09-21

Is there any mysterious reason now I'M
known to the learned doctors why people
with light hair should become seasick
quicker than those with dark? Yet Charles
Young, clerk of the steamer City of Chi
cago says this is so.
Il can tell EN-" Clerk Young said, "as
soon as they come on the boat whether they
are going to be seaSlcll or not. When see
a girl with light hair and light blue eyes,
who walks in with kind OF uncertain gait,
as if she did not know exactly where she
was stepping. l say TO myself, Young lady,
you'll be sick before we are an hour out.
But when the black-eyed woman comes,
who walks on board he boat just as if she
had business there, | know that an ordinary
sea will not affect her in the least.
Three-quarters of the people who be-
come seasiek on this steamer are decided
blondes You may laugh at this. but have
made quite a study of it, aud / will tell you
| am right. If we had long run suppose
it would fetch them all. Ny observation
has been confined, of course, to the sixty
mile run across to st. Joe, where the sea in
the summer time ought, according to my
opinion, to make nobody sick. But these
light-baired people wilt keel over and want
to die quicker than anybody. Why is to"
With this the philosophical clerk told the
cabinmaids TO prepare for seasick time. As
the City OF Chicago put her nose outside the
breakwater that morning IL was soon proved
that this precaution was not in yain.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The morning call., 1891-09-21

Logan Circle, No IL, will hold campfire
at Cavalry Hall, Oakland. and extends III
vitation to neighboring circles and comrades
to atte nd.
given by Gettysburg Circle. No. II, LADIES
of the G. A. r., at Ruby Hall, Red Men S
Building, next Saturday evening.
The Western Addition Literary and So
ciaI Club will hold their regular monthly en-
tertainment and dance next Wednesday
evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
Caste" strong comedy, will be pro-
duced at the Bijou Theater next Tuesday
evening for the benefit OF the British BeneV-
lent Society.
The Strangers, a new social club, will give
their initial party at Union-square Hall next
Saturday evening.
Society Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ariel Lathrop have returned
from the East and are now at Menlo Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles HolOrook and Miss
Mary Holbrook have gone down to the Ven
dome, San Jose, for season.
Bishop w. F. Mallalieu, with his brother
and son, has been the guest OF Rev. DR.,
Hirst at San Jose during the week. They
visited Lick Observatory on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. f. MoultOn have come to
San Francisco for a few weeks.
Miss Agnes Lyman returned yeSter day
after most enjoyable visit of three weeks
IA Eau OucN 90 VIZ 6uSo' "a A-SA S'SN~AS 1890
j. Nj. Levy.
Mrs. Dr. Maize of San Francisco is visit
ing Mrs. L. q. Phelps at San Carlos.
Admiral Benham will leave for the East
in Il few days to assume command of the
South Atlantic Station.
Miss Katherine p. Birdsall is the guest
of Mrs. James Wethered of Pacific avenue.
Mr. G. W. Wood ana Miss Nellie Wood
are visiting in Boston.
Mrs. 81. l.. Bareda and Miss Rosa Bareda
are at the Colonial for the winter.
Mr.. Louis LiSSer. the pianist. has re-
turned from Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Bennett have sailed
for Honolulu.
Senator and Mrs. w. NJ. Stewart returned
| to Carson, New, on Saturday from Salt
Lake City.
Colonel f. Herrera, Consul here for sew
! eral South American States, has returned
| from Etna Springs, where he had spent sew
eral weeks. The Consul enjoys the distnc-
ton of having published the first Spanish
newspaper in San Francisco, which was in
| 1886.
Mr.. Claus Spreckels is among the many
| Americans now in Paris en- route home. He
gave dinner party last Friday in honor o f
| Mr.. aud Mrs. ). NJ. Wilson OF san Fran
cisco. Other San Franciscans now soiOurn-
ing at the gay French capital are Mr.. and
Mrs. {. ZelSs- Dennis and Mr.. J. Friedman.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE.
The HusbaD d Found the Value OF Wi
Refore He Pa id for Her.

The HusbaD d Found the Value OF Wife
Before He Pa id for Her.
Fall River Clergyman tells an interest
ing story of a wedding fee. He was settled
in New York City, and one day had a
church wedding. After the ceremony the
groom handed him from his pocket-book a
wad which the pastor subsequently, found
to be wrappers of paper to the number of
about dozen, inside of which was a bright
cent lie did not know TO regard the token n,
whether as joke or in some other light.
Time passed, however, the minister won
dering what lad become of the pair, of
whom he only knew that they were intend
ing to live in New York.
One day, the first anniversary of the mar
riage, letter came from the man enclosing
a check for $50. which he wished the pastor
TO accept as his proper wedding fee. No
explanation was given Of the original COM
pensatlOn, and the Clergyman was left to
c0nsirue it as best he could. He was. how
ever, inclined TO believe, after the receipt
of the 500, that the man must have BEEN
poor at the time of the ceremony, and
(thOugh why one cent was chosen remains
a mystery folded the sun so effectually that
others seeing the paper might have no idea
Of what was in it, and particularly that the
bride might not knew the amount 1t is
evident that the man had prospered during
the year and that he considered he had got
his moneys worth.-Fall River News.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
A Gala Day for the old Folks.

The old settlers of Peoria, Tazewell and
Fulton counties met in Jefferson Park re-
Gently in annual session. Over 5000 people
were present and the programme was very
unique. Addresses were made by Captain
Retwiller, President of the Peoria County
Association, and others. Mr.. and Mrs.
Echman of Washington celebrated the day
by getting married. They are 80 and Y
years OF age respectively, and appeared real
gay.
In the afternoon there was an old-fash-
Toned dance, in which sprightly old boys
and girls of rs to % years were eligible. The
music was furnished by Ike Crandall, who
played the fiddle for dances here fifty years
ago. Among the old-timers was Josiah Full
ton, who came here ninety-two years ago.
and Uncle Mark iken, who has lived here
eighty-seven years. Uncle Mark was at
one time partner in New York in job
printing Office with Horace Greeley.-Peoria
Qll.) special to Chicago Inter Ocean.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
A FORMAL CALL.
This Is a True Story of How Little Bar
bara Changed Into Mrs. Martin.

ms Is True story OF How Little Bar
bara Changed Into Mrs. Martin.
A knock comes at my door as | sit alone
in my room, sewing, and before l can say
Come in" a little voice says warningly:
I'm not Barbara, mamma; I'm Mrs. Mar
tin.
Whereupon l say, "Oh, well, come in,
Mrs. Martin" And Mrs. Martini" as lit
tie Barbara often calls herself, enters.
She wears over her nightgown n white
blanket coat with blue stripes, and upon her
bare feet are blue worsted slippers.
She shakes hands with me very demureiy,
and, seating herself in her little chair at my
feel, remarks that lit is very rainy day"
l express my fear that she may be wet,
but she says No" with shake of her yell
low eurls-that she wore her weather
coat"
won't you move closer TO the fire. Mrs.
Martin, and get warm2" l ask Hospitality.
Yes" says Mrs. Martin, with sudden
return TO realism, but l don't see any FIRE
here"
Wen pretend my sewing table is the
fire, l suggest.
"Oh. yes; so we will" answers Mrs. Mar
tin. holding her feet very near the imagin-
AIRY blaze.
well, Mrs. Martin" I say Oriskly,
whats the news at YOUR houSe?"
The news is-is-Pve been reading q
book. The name is-'Cioris Chandler and it
tells about man VINO dances iig-a-mai tee
for roast beef"
This bold stroke Of fancy is too much for
even Mrs Martins stlted gravity and she
laughs merrly,
That must be very strange story, Mrs.
Martin. Have you read any others l ask
her.
Moo; you know have no time. l have
such hard work to do
I'm sorry for that, Mrs. Martin. How
does it happen?"
We'll, i hsveno cook; so l have to cook
and cook all day! My cook has gone
away
II hope she will come back soon, Mrs.
Martin" | say feeiinglY.
No, she VIII not come till Thanksgiving.
make bread, too-but not the way the cook
does'
"Oh, indeed, Mrs. Martin. and how do
you make your bread?'
Il put it in bowl and roll and roll it
around"
Yes, but what DO you put in ?"
Well. says Mrs. Martin. Il put some
some-wateT, ana not sugar; sugar is not
good for my children, she adds severely
''Dat | put in spinach"
This Is so unexpected that 1 cannot help
laughing; and this veXes Mrs. Martin, who
suddenly changes back to Barbara to re-
prove inc.
No, mamma, You must not laugh
Spinach makes good bread-yery good r
l hasten to make my peace; ION, excuse
IHe, Mrs. Martin; you see | never heard of
that way before. that's all" Then, chang
ing the subject How hard it rainsl
fear the roads are very bad for walking"
Yes, said Mrs. Martin; "but 1 will
send for my horse and carriage TO take me
home. / have three strong horses and they
can take me home as well as not"
Just then faint clatter OF china is heard
in the next room, the nursery tea is an
"a
tin" leaves without the formality of sayin g
good by 10 her nOstesS.-SI NlchnlaS.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
COUNTERFEIT BILLS.
Why Many Remain in Circulation for a
Long Time.

Why Many Remain in Circulation for a
Long Time.
Several persons have expressed great
surprise" said one of Uncle Sans secret
service men, that street-car conductors
make practice of passing all the counter
felt money they take in. There is nothing
very startling in that, and the street-car
conductor is not alone in such work. either.
He does no more than the average citizen
does who finds that he has been duped by
a shower of the queer. A bogus bill or a
spurious cCin does not retire from cir
culation just as soon as its worthless
ness is discovered by the holder. The
innocent party who has paid So for bit
Of worthless paper isn't content TO lose his
investment. He is not a cOunterfeiter, and
even if he were caught in an ATTEMPT TO
pass the bogus bill he could plead innocence
and escape the laws penalty without doubt,
because he himself was vlctiuiIZeu, You see,
and who can prove that he haa discovered
the fact before lie ATTEMPTED to get rid Of the
bill? Thus a good deal of counterfeit
money remains III circulation, and 1t seems
almost Impossible to suppress 1t. The COY
e-nmenrs efforts are directed toward the
punishment of the makers OF the spurious
stuff and the professional showers of 1t. 1t
is impossible to do more than that. Coun-
teTieitlng nowadays has reached point ap-
preaching perfection Very often bogus
bill remains in circulation n long time ana
performs all the functions Of money. Hall
OF the couuterfeitS that come into our hands
in any other way than by capture Of the
mint show actual service. 1t is pretty
difficult for an inexperienced man tn pick
out bad bill. The other day Captain POr-
ter Overhaule1 man in Southern Indiana
who had been displaying counterfeit. The
fellow claimed to be an expert and was
selling Counterfeit detector publication,
but the bill in his possession was a genuine
treasury note and not counterfeit at all.
The assistant cashier of one of the biggest
banking Institutions in Chicago accepted n
$40 bill the other day and after banking
hours was surprised to find the word 'coun-
terfeit stamped upon the back of the bill
in red ink, the letters being large enough to
be easily read across the room. Chicago
OF
The morning call., 1891-09-21
THIS TAKES THE CREAM.
A Sagacious Dog That Set Up in IL


sagaoious Dog That Set Up in the
Dairy Business.
Squire A. J. L. Means of the East End.
according TO the Pittsburg Press, enjoys the
distinction of having one of the finest dairy
dogs in the western part of the State. In
fact the dog is 50 attached to the cows that
before the squire arises in the morning ii
has the cows MIXED and the squire has
nothing to do but 80 to the store for cream for
his coffee. 1t took the squire some time to
discover just how the milking was done,
and he lost many nights sleep over it. II
was not until one morning about daylight
some noise in the yard awakened him.
Thinking some one was trying to enter
the house he quietly dressed and went out.
In going around the house his attention was
attracted by noise in the lower part OF the
lot. to which place he quickly went. He
found the cows and the dog there. The dog
was quietly making its morning meal out OF
warm milk. The squire was so taken back
by the discovery that it was some time be-
fore he could determine whether he was
dreaming or awake. He broke the news to
the family, and yesterday procured muzzIe
for his highly accomplished dog The animal
is rather subdued since he has had the adj
dlion TO his nose. The squire said he never
heard OF dog doing such thing before.
The morning call., 1891-09-21

stalks were found that were respectively
eleven feet two inches, eleven feet five
Inches and eleven feet nine inches. The
seeds which produced these monsters were
planted May 21st The third gentleman
displayed some wonderful morning glory
vines which had reached length of nearly
ninety feet He could not remember when
the seeds were planted, but it was thought
The vines must have grown at least foot
each day. These examples could hardly be
beaten in tropical country.-Utica OBJ
The morning call., 1891-09-21
Johnny Returns Thanks.

Johnny is exceedingly fond of sugar
COOKIES" but has been restrained from in
dulging his appetite to the full by his
mothers admonitioD, Sugar costs too
much, my son. to be always making cookies
for you" The other day. however, John
ny's father came home with big palful of
sugar and said: There, mother, the Nc
lar, so i guess Johnny can have all the
cookies he wants. That night, whe n
johnny came TO the usual ending of his
evening prayer he added, with unwonted
fervOr: "And please. Lord. bless that good,
kind Bill Mckinley for giving papa whole
pailful of sugar for a dollarr' N. Y.
Tribune.
The morning call., 1891-09-21

F. W. G. Moebus, Secretary of the Board
of Health, will leave with his family to-day
on an extended visit to New York.
The City Trustees will hold meeting
this evening, and will consider the orGi-
nanceS recognizing the Fire Department
and accepting improved streets.
The receipts from the fete last Friday and
Saturday VIII materia lily hasten tie erection
of the Unitarian Church. The membership
of this church has largely increased in Ala
media the past year.
The juvenile class of the Olympic Club
will give an exhibition in the gymnasium en-
Lincoln avenue on the 29th inst.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
Must support His E1-Mother-in-Law.

WHEN man marrles IN France ne becomes
legally responsible not alone for the support
of his wife. but for the support of her
parents should they become destitute. The
seems to be some defects in the provisions
of the latter. A few weeks ago young
husband who had been divorced some time
previously received demand from his ex-
m0ther-in-law for the usual installment Of
allmony which he had allowed. He natur-
ally demurred that as he was rid of his wife
the law would surely not continue to saddle
his mother-iu-law on him. But the Paris
court, where the mother-in-law carried the
case, told the young man that the law was
unmistakable. and he would have to con-
tinue TO support his ex-wife's m0ther.-Ex.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
The Largest Dog in Existence.

Butte, has arrived on the Normadie of the
White Star Line. Lord Butte is said TO be
the largest dog alive, and was purchased by
the Mention Kennels at Phenixyille, Pa.
several weeks ago, from Thomas Shillick of
Birmingham. England. The price paid was
$3.50. The dog measures Sc inches at the
shoulder and weighs PAT pounds. Lord
Butte is the son of two famous dogs, Cham
pion Save and Sabrina. Butte has taken
twenty-six first prizes and cups, and while
attached to life-saving station in England
wore a miniature barrel attached to his col
lar, in which he collected funds to maintain
a bed in a public hospital He was also ex-
hibited~ throughout England and collected
many thousands of dollars for charitable
purposes in the barrel.-N. Y. Press.
The morning call., 1891-09-21


An old Whitewater stood before the court
as a witness. The lawyer for the defend
ant tried to confuse him.
" You are Friedrich MullerT
Yes"
Are you the Friedrich Muller who was
sentenced under mitigating circumstances
for robbery"
"No. am not that Muller"
"Y GU are perhaps the Muller who was
sentenced to two years imprisonment for
theft?"
Ne, am not that Muller, either
" Were you ever in PRISON.
" Yes, twice"
How long the first timer?
" A whole afternoon"
" An afternoon? And the second time? ?
You must make truthful statements, for
you are.sworu. If you were in prison for so
short time, what did you do?"
" only whitewashed cell for lawyer
who had cheated his clients"
The lawyer did not ask any more ques-
lions on that hject-FrOm the German.
The morning call., 1891-09-21
DOES YOUR WATCH KEEP TIMEa
So Many Men Are Magnets That Time
pieces Are Eccentric.

So Many Men Are Magnets That TIme-
pieces Are Eccentric.
That the human frame is an excellent
magnet is well known by practical expert
ence to every matchmaker and mender, says
a jeweler. A man will carry watch for
years and be proud of its accuracy; then he
will fall sick, the watch will lie on the mantel
or ON the dresser, and will develop great in
accuracy and unreliability.
No explanation is Forthcoming, except the
one that the absence of magnetism upsets
the time announcer, and the best proof OF
this is that when the man gets around again
and carries his watch 1t soon gets all right
again.
No two men appear TO have the same mag
Detism In their frames, and it is seldom that
two individuals can use the same watch sat
isfactorily.-Si. Louis GlObe-Democrat.