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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-23
SELF-IMPROYEMENT.
Local Opportunities for Making
Up Lost Time.
The Work That Is Being Done by Deserving
Students in Night Schools and Glasses.
self-Making.

The good old adage that it is never too
late to learn has not been forgotten by
many hundreds of>men and women in San
Francisco, while thousands of young people
are festiiying by their attendance at night
schools that they feel conscious of many de-
hclencieS which the schoOl-teacher failed to
reach In the days of their boyhood and girl
hood.
Ii the recent outspoken report of the
Grand Jury Committee on Dives and Social
Evils taught one less more forcibly than
another it was certainly that ignorance and
idleneSs are the parents of such social
curses. The young men and women who
spend their evenings at the classes formed
for the purpose of self-improvement are as
untroubled by the existence of dens of vice
as the average Indian about the orbits of
the satellites OF Mars. And tour Of in
spection of these night schools and classes
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that the Seamen's Bethel, st Second and
Mission streets, did not meet their growing
needs.
The site selected for the new church is on
the south side Of California street, near
Broderick. The building will be 6S feet by
1GS, standing on lot 81 feet by ITO, and the
estimated cost is 1900. The two-st story
frontage and portion of the tower will be
rock-faced stone, with dressed stone trim
mings. The super5tructure will be of wood
The entire foundation will be of brick.
Arrangements have been made for di-
Tectly connecting the Sunday-schuol annex
with the auditorium on the second floor, so
as to double the seating capacity in case OF
necessity. The total seating capacity is es-
timated at $50.
The plans also contemplate two parlors.
two "ssem5ly-r0omS. a dining-hall and
kitchen. to be used In connection with
chu oh socials. and pastors study with
library and all modern conVRniences
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PRIVATE MATCHES,

In addition to the club shoot several pri-
yate matches took place, in Which some fine
shooting was done. h r. Brown and T. c..
Muller were busy the greatest portion OF the
day IN shooting matches against different
opponents. AS general thing Brown and
Muller were successful, and kept well on
top.
F. Attinger and R. Finking shot team
match against Otto Burmeister and A.
Gehret In this match Attinger and Fink
ing proved to be the better marksmen and
ca -ried of the prize.
In return match that was arranged i'm
media ely after Finking and Gehret were
defeate nv Burmeister and Attinger.
GEESE, TURKEYS AND PIGS.
In addition to the club pool and private
contest L. Schuman, the manager of Schuet-
zen Park, gave prize shoot for live geese tur-
keys, pigs and chickens. This contest offered
the greatest inducement for the fun-loying
members OF the club. In order TO obtain
one of the prizes it was necessary to make
70, "A, 9 or l ring on the 25-Tng target.
As each competitor was successful in
his 81 OF his good effort was cheered by his
cOnraL es, and he was given an envelope
that con aimed his prize. Upon opening it
is found what he had won. Those who
wanted to WIN turkey generally got off
with Il fat hen while those who tried their
best TO be the posSessor of nice large
goose drew live pig for their prize. How
ever. everybody appeared to be perfectly
plehSeu Will lneif Winnings. L lie man VINO
carried home the chicken felt as proud as
the marksman with the pig n the bag.
COMING HOME.
After the shooting was all over, and the
marksmen were vending their way home
ward the scene on the boat that carried
them tn them to the city was an amusing
one. Some rifiemen had live pigs for tro-
phies, others had chickens, some had geese
and others had turkeys The cackle of
Jdcoby'S chicken mingled with the squeals
of Ehrenpforts pig. and the gobble of Fink
ing's turkey was accompanied by the noisy
hiss Of Attinger's goose. The marksmen
owned the boat and were given full liberty
to chase the unlucky captives in their pos
session when they broke loose from their
bonds and obtained temporary Telief.s S0
RANDOM SHOTS.
The Turner's Shooting Section will give
a dance and general good time to their many
friends at their hall at 423 Turk street on
Thanksgiving eve
Company e Of the Third Regiment will
give benefit at the Aleazar on Tuesday
evening. The proceeds will be to buy med
ais for the marksmen OF that company.
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HIS EXPERIENCE MAY CURE HIM.
Colorado Somnambulist Leaps From a
II ain Running at FuIl Speed.

Colorado Somnambulist Leaps From a
Tiain Running at Full Speed.
JamesS. Clague, stock-raiser of Greeley,
Colo, walked into the police station at Bur
lington recently. hatless. coatless, and in q
generally dilapidated state. He told re-
markable story about having started from
home to visit friends near Galva, Ill.
He said he took a sleeper and went
to bed, which is the last thing he remenl-
bered till he suddenly awoke by VIC lent
fall and fonnd himself lying in the ditch
walked to Burlington, the lights of which
he could see, and went straight to the ro-
lice station: An investigation nj the matter
by The police and railway officers estab-
lshed the truth OF the mans story. for the
conductor of the sleeping-car in which the
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COMING HOME.
AT SHE'LL MOUND.
This Years Picnic Season Closes With q
High JinlSs.

This Years Picnic Season Closes With
High Jinks.
The picnic season at Shell Mound Park
closed Yesterday with a variety entertain
ment. There was prize shooting and bowl
ing, dancing and raffling, spiritualistic
seance and Il tug-of-war. The attendance
was large and the Second Artillery Band
furnished good music.
In the turkey shoot thirty-five birds were
won on The twenty-five ring target, the
circles /, Q. "a and 25 drawing prizes.
AT the rife range the National Guard of
California was represented by lone Cor
poral-Townseud of Compay B. First Regi-
ment. For three solid hours lie blazed away
at black bulPs-eye and in the last twenty
shots scored as follows:
4 4 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
5 4 4 s 4 4 4....,........43
The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein held
a bulps-eye contest which resulted as fol-
lows:
C. Nobman 294. l.. Ritzau 994, F. Atzroth
GIG, q. A. Shultz 624, d. Salhed 1888, AE.
Scheurer S37, ii. Roster 1924, q. Bahrs 1866,
Il. HilZ 1897. l. Bendel 1867,
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CUTS WITHOUT MAKING SAWDUST.
Wonderful Machine That May Revolu-
tionize the SaM-NIiIl Husiness


tionize the Saw-MiIl business.
A machine which is expected to revolu-
tionize the saw-mill business was exhibited
at Green Point, l.. L.. recently. The in
ventor has been at work for five years per-
feeling the machine. Ii cuts lumber with
any waste and there is no sawdust what
ever. In cutting lumber with a saw there
is great loss which goes into sawdust.
The new invention Is designed to cut
thin boards and planks and will cut in diff
ferent thieknesses. varying from one
thirty-second of an inch to an inch.
No saw is used, the wood being
cut with knife placed on q slide, with an
other slide above it, and getting its weight
from very heavy crosshead connected
with rod. Just in front Of the knife is a
narrow roller, which touches the log before
the knife reaches 1t and steadies It. The
knife gets its horizontal motion from this
connecting rod. and 1t slides back and forth
easily. The difficulty was to get vertical
or draw motion, in order not to injure the
dber Of the wood. 1t is provided for in this
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Two of these classes are in mechanical
drawing, two in free-hand and perspective
and one in architectural drawing. There
are at present 25S students.
The Young Mems Christian Association, in
addition to its numerous social advantages,
offers to members opportunities for free in
struction in Spanish, stenography, elocu-
ton, English literature, German and book
keeping. There is also popular course of
lectures and a medical course on health sub
jects. The Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION has similar classes at work or in
process OF formation.
The regular night schools of tho city were
attended last year by nearly 1000 students.
The studies are reading, arithmetic, writing
and composition, bookkeeping, industrial
drawing. mathematics, etc. The evening
schools are held in the Lincoln Grammar
South Cosmopolitan Primary, Washington
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will make it evident that not only are the
young people VINO attend them agreeably
and fully occupying their minds, but that
they are paving the way to success In life.
1t is well understood by those who watch
the modern battle OF life that the recruits
are drawn into service all too young. Very
few boys and girls have in any sense COM
pleted their education when they leave
school at the age Of Is or IA years-some in
deed much younger. In the history Of the
majority of self-made men nothing is clearer
than that their education went ON volhn-
Iarily from the day they lief: school to earn
their own bread. The poorer the parents
the earlier such life struggle begins, but no
boy or girl in San Francisco need complain
of lack of opportunities, especially at this
season of the year.
The Mechanics Institute. for example, is
now running five classes, free to members
or members OF the families of members.
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RIFLE PRACTICE.
Turkey-ShOoting the Principal
Inducement.
Marksmen at Shell Mound, schuetzen Park
and Harbor View-Amusing Scenes OF
the Homeward Journey.

The annual Thanksgiving shoot of the
California Schuetzen Club was held yester-
day at the shooting park near San Rafael.
AS is usual with this club. nearly all the
members turned out to carry home trophy
in the shape of a fine fat turkey, to grace
the table Thanksgiving day.
The enthusiasm which prevailed among
the members appeared to ba contagious, as
the spectators were not bit backward in
applauding the good shots made by the
contestants.
During the morning the fog which pre-
vailed over the bay appeared to have de-
pressing influence on the members, and
they did not approach the butts with their
wonted enthusiasm. After dinner was par
taken OF the members woke up to their
work and went at the targets with great
spirit.
SPECIAL TURKEYS.
While the members of the club were at
dinner PHI Jacoby announced that he
would give two fine turkeys-one TO the
member of the cadet class, and one to the
member of the club, who would make the
first 25-ring in the afternoon.
AS consequence of this announcement
every target in the spacious shooting stand
was Immediately occupied by long line of
marksmen. AS each one approached the
butts he did all in his power to place his
shot within the much-coyeted 25-ring. But
this is a hard thing TO do, as the ring is just
the size of dollar and the distance is 200
yards.
After a few rounds had been fred great
cheer went I'D and the cause was that /.
Wertheimer, one of the good shots among
the cadets, had placed his shot in the center
of the target and won the first turkey. The
shooting still went on, as the older members
were DESTROYS of scoring like good shot,
and in few moments a cheer signaled the
success of Andy Johnson, an old favorite
among the members, and he received his
turkey and many congratulations at the
same time.
THE TURKEY WINNERS.
The successful competitors at Schuetzen
Park yesterday in their endeavor to win
turkeys for their Thanksgiving dinner are
as follows:
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AT HARBOR VIEW.

The Redmen Have a Medal Shoot at the
Old Range.
The Redmen ShuetZen Section held medal
shoot at Harbor View yesterday, with the
following result:
George Steckelbere 80, William Kreutzkaimm
81, Z. 0idag SO. j. Oldag SO, MIR. VIII SO, Fl.
Rulifs "a, T. Bloedan 80, T.. Meyer 20, II. Gold
smith 26, Shualle Is, w. Mating 16.
The first-class medal was won by George
Steckelberg, with IS points. second-class by
E. Blocdan with 80 and third-class by WILL
lam KreutZkaimm with ST.
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whose art education was begun in Copen-
hagen, and who has studied In many Of the
art centers of Europe. Among the numer-
GUS works attesting his talent and industry
are marble Ajax in the Copenhagen Mu-
scum, fine bnst of Henry George, dal-
lion portraits of American authors. Il colos-
sal statue of Henry Montgomery of
Memphis. portrait bust of Young E. ALI
son. statue of Judge Reid OF Louisville,
and memorial of the heroes of the A!amo,
at Austin, Tex.-Chicago Tribune
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man had taken passage reported him mis-
sing. 1t is Mr.. Clague's opinion that, being
asomnambulist. ne juml ed out Of the window
in his sleep while the train was running at
full speed. The man is now at st. Francis
Hospital, quite sick from his rough expert
ence.-BurlingtOn special to Chicago Inter
(lnaan
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stantial and eommodius edifice than the
frame building now doing duty on Fillmore
street.
The plans have been prepared under the
supervision of Father Flood, who has al
ready gathered i'll a full third of the sum re-
ouired for the work. The new church.
which is estimated to cost with parsonage
and school, about s60,0C0. will be located on
the southeast corner of Fillmore and Fell
| streets. The church fronts on Fillmore,
while the parsonage and schools will have
| a 250-foot frontage on Fell. The church
! Will be of stone, and will be 65 feet wide,
13T :6 feet deep. with a sanctuary 30 feet
deep and 50 feet wide. The campanile will
be l25 feet high aud 81 feet square. The
seating capacity will be 1900.
The church will be approached by granite
steps the full width of the front, and the
prevailing idea of the structure win be
Romanesque. The roof Will be of slate, and
the big rose window is to be Is feet in diam
eter. Owing to the elevation on which the
church will stand the cross at the top will
be one Of the loftieSt points in San Fran
cisco.
The New Methodist Church.
The congregation now worshipng at the
Methodist church on Bush street. between
Scott and DeSisadero, has decided that they
want something larger and better. even as
thirty years ago their predecessors decided
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N. j. SIMMONS, AUCTI0NEER.

WILL SELL THIS DAY,
Monday. ..............Sovember rs. 1891,
At II O'Clock a. NJ, at
1867 MARKET ST., BET. SIXTH AND SEVENTH.
ALL OF THE.
ELEGANT PARLOR, BED AND DINING
ROOM FURNITURE;
Rosewood Pianos: Nantel Mirrors; Fine odd Parlor
Upholstery: Engravings; Body Brussels Carpets;
Rugs. etc. the former contents OF four elegantly
furnished residences, comprising. in part; Grand
Rosewood Pianos; Elegant ParlQr sets, in rich GOV
ers; Mantel Mirrors: odd pie6es OF Fine ParIor
Upholstery; Fine Pictures: Draperes; Eastern
Walnut and OAK bedroom Sets: Fine MrrOr-lsoat
Folding Beds: Wardrobes; Spring and Hair Mat
treSSes; Fine Blankets, Pillows and other BeddinC
Bookcases; SIdehoards and Extension Tables; Body
Brussels and Administer Carpets: Rugs etc.
nO22 2t NJ. J. SIMMONS, AuctiOneer.
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Facts for the people.-Salvation OIL kills all pam
aud costs but Is cents bottle
uyou want to rest well at night case your cough
by using DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
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STATUE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

1t VIII Surmourt the Main Entrance to
the Electricity Building.
Preparations are now practically complete
for casting the colossal statue Of Franklin,
81 feet in height, which is TO surmount the
main entrance to the Electricity Building
The sculptor, Carl Roll Smith, is a Dane.
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Typhoid fever is again raging in Chicago.
The number of sufferers is excessive, and
physicians attribute the unusual virulence
and extent OF the scourge to the foul condi-
tion of the drinking water.
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VERY ELEGANT FURNITURE OF RESIDENCE

-. .COMPRIstNG.
1 Magnificent Grand Upright Conrad Piano of
splendid tone and finish, in use less than five
months. cost $500; Elegant Parlor Set latest
style, upholstered in SILK Plush and Satin Tap.
estry: Elegant Mautei Draperies to match: l
Magnificent e Old Gilt Frame Mantel Mirror; EIe-
CANT Bisque and TerraCOtta Ornaments; Nalul bic
Oil Paintings. richly framed: Extra Moquet and
Body Brussels Carpets; Fine Rugs; Elegant
EaStlake Walnut Chamber Suits: Best Spriuy
and Hair Mattresses; Fine Pillows: Bedding;
Elegant Bed Lounges; l Fine Hall Hat-stanI;
! Elegant Walnut Sideboard: Fine Dining
Chairs; Palace Pedestal Extension Table:
Glassware; Fine SiIver-piated Ware: l Decor.
ated Dinner Set Superior Winthrop Range;
New Agate Ware, etc.
The above furniture has been but little used and
Is very desirable Any person looking for n first
clasS piano aud handsome carpets will md tbeIn
this sale. Terms cash.
no22 ct GEO F. LAMSON Auctione.-
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M. j. SIMMONS, AUCTI0NEE2,

WILL SELL TOMORROW.
Tuesday November "a. 1891,
At II O'Clock a. ". at the residence,
636 Haight Street, Near Steiner,
On Account of Departure,
All of the Nearly New Parior, Bedroom
and iDiuing-room Furniture; dIndsome
Etchings and kngravings; French Mantei
Clock and ornane Is; Rich Odd rarior
gpho stery; Lace Curtains and Draperies;
Onyx and other Fancy Tables; Ladies
Cabinet Writing-desk; Upright Mirror
front Folding-bed; usseIs Carpets:
Rugs, etc.
....coMPRIsINe IN PART.
Hand-carved Walnut Frame Parlor Set In SiIs
Cut Plush: Handsome Parlor Sofa: Divans ami
Chairs in Rich Assorted Covers: Eastern OAK Ned
room Sets with French-piate trror Drrssers Clip
per Spring and White Hair Mattresses; Down
Feather Pillows: Blankets and Other Needing:
Walnut Wardrobe; Elegant Oak Sldeboard with
Pedestal Extension Table and Chairs TO match;
Nearly New Water-back Range with Extra Fixt ures:
Croekery and Glassware and Other Household
Goods.
: no22 ct MI. SIMMONS. Auctioneer,
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Won RHEIMS lecture. "Giobe. trottiug," to-.
night.
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Grammar, Haight Primary and Potrero
Primary. There is also a well-attended
night school on Golden Gate avenue.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-23
SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT.

Two Stranded Women. with Babies and
Birds, Cared for by the Police.
Last night at 10:30 wagon No. was
called to box u, to take charge of
Martha Williams aud her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Nichols Williams, two women
who arrived on the c. & w. NJ. from
LilIey Junction, Mich. They had no
place to stay last night, so the wagon
took them to police headquarters, where
they were recorded as boarders. The
husband of the young women, Nicholas
Williams, worked in the lumber woods
in northern Michigan last winter. and a
few weeks ago came to this city TO secure
employment. Last week he wrote to
his wife aud told her to come here, as
he had found work, but neglected to
state where. lie was to have met them
at the depot, but failed To do as he
agreed. The women are in very destl-
tute circumstances. The young woman
has two young children with her.
Their outfit consisted Of baby carriage
and three bird cages with five birds in
them. Mrs. Williams says she has two
trunks at the depot, but she has lost
her checks, so she can not secure them.
The officers will endeayor 10 find the
woman's husband today.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-23
NEW LAWS or KANSAS.
Some OF the More Important Enactmepts
that Went Into Eject Thsrsday.

Some OF the More Important Enactmepts
that Went Into Eject Thursday.
TorEKA, Kan. May 22.-By the pub
licatlon OF the statute books today
number Of new laws take effect. The
more important acts which take effect
are the alien land law, which, under
certain conditions, prohibits the owner
ship of lands IN Kansas by foreigners,
and provides for their forfeiture 10 the
State. The legislative apportonment
bill, the eight hour law. which consti-
tutes eight hours as n days work for
all laborers. wofkingmen, mechanics
and other persons employed by the
state of Kansas or by any county, city,
township, or municipality, og by the
contractors or Others dong work for
the State or those named; an act gov
erning and regulating primary elections
throughout the State. The irrigation
law, providing and regulating the dlsls-
ion appropriation, storage and distfibu-
ton OF waters for industrial purposes in
that portion of the state lying west of
the nlnety-ninth meridian. ara act MAX
ing the first Monday of each year Labor
Day. and declaring the same bollons
an act TO enable counties, municipal
corporations, the board of education Of
any caty and school dlstrich 10 refund
their indebtedness.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-23
WILLIAM NEGLECTED. HIS WIFE.
And by specious Promises Made Her
Life Miserable.

Rebecca Armstrong, of tins city, has
filed an application for divorce from
William o. Armstrong, upon the
grounds of cruelty and disertion. They
were married al Syracuse, n. Y, July
4, 1872. Two children were the result.
of the unhappy union, one of whom,
AlIce, aged is years, is now living.
They removed TO this city. In 1856
Billybccame tired of hls marital relations
and under pretense of failing health
and desire TO remove TO the Southern
states, sold his home and household
furniture. He sent his wife and
daug hter 10 New York to stay a short
time with her parents, telling her that
he would soon meet her there, when
preparations would be made for NOV
ing South. She anxiously waited for
sixteen long months for Billy TO keep
his word, but finally learned he was
in Canada. Sne sought him and tried
10 get him TO settle down IN home
but he then went to the Upper PENN
sula, TO which place the wife followed
him. lie left for Chicago with the ex-
press intention of getting home and
that he would send money for his wife
To join him. The money never came
and she returned TO this city where she
now lives.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-23
HEIRS TO $1,000, 900.
Descendants OF Burkhard Moser Claim
the Tamaqua (Pa.D Town site.


PorrsvILLE. Pa, May 22.-The de-
scendants OF Burkhard Mosher are
heirs TO s. 900, 900. In 1879 Moser left
Northampton county and settled at
Tamaqua, which was then little more
tban woods. After living there eigh-
teen years ne discovered coal. which
he mined and sold for 10 cents a bushel
for a number of years. William W.
Miller, OF Lyons. Kan. has succeeded
after many years IA obtaining proof
which ~ill entltle the heirs To their in-
hefited fortune. The county records
show that 5000 acres Of land IN Tama.
qua and its vicinity belong 70 the estate
0f Mosef, u having been recorded ia
1900. The land has been divided into
several tracts. a part OF Il having been
secured by wafTantee titles and the re-
maluder through purchase from lndi-
sldgals. Ga those tracts are located the
ealIIeres operated by tie Locust
Mountain Coal Company add the town
Of Tsmsqns. Lots were s0ld 90 the oo-
capsnfs bY thls company, when . said
~ nave offered Mf Miller 81 ,ooo,Oo0 ~
part payment, and at snleabis adjust
nlent will probably be sisde.