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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
THE CHAMPIONS.
Mike Donovan Discusses the Best
Men in the Ring.
Fitzsimmons Likely to Hold for Long Tint
With Sullivan Out, Who's the Coming Fan,
Corbett Jackson or slavinl
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

have been asked to discuss certain ques-
tons relating to pugiliSm and especially to
the men now az the head of their several
classes in that department OF athletics. In
sports, as in most other matters, people are
not satisfied with knowing what has already
happened; they want to know what is going
to happen. That is why some of the ques-
lions laid before me deal with the future.
In answering, have no gift of prophesy to
help me, but only long experience
Is there middle-weight who can wrest
the honorS from FitZsmmons? That is the
first OF the questions which have been put
to me. L must answer that | GO not know
any such man. We have some clever mid.
dle-weights, but FitZsimmons is at least as
clever as the best of them, and he has tre-
mendous natural advantages. There are a
number OF fairly good heavy-weights who
are not good enough for him. Above the
waist tltZsimmons is heavyweight. His
body looks solid and strong. The slender
waist is not necessarily sign of weakness.
1t is by no means so in his case. His short
ribs stand out well and he has good muscu-
lar development in the lower part of his
back. His big chest and powerful, flexible
shoulders give him the proper backing for
hard blow. Where he saves weight is in
the legs; and the value of big leg has been
greatly oyerestimated. Men who are very
heavy below the waist are almost always
slow. A slender leg. made of bone and
muscle, with good strong cords and joints,
is the best or a boxer. Those who thought
that they saw FitZsimmons' weakness there
have discovered their mistake He can get
along very well on the legs which nature
gave him.
After the fight at New Orleans there is
var 10
any OF our midde-weightS against FitzSm-
mons. If he takes good care of himself he
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ought to be able to hold the championship
Tor ten or UOZen years. / have heard it
said that lie would be likely to increase in
weight SO much as to take him out OF the
class, but do not think that that will hap
pen. he does not look like man who
would gain much weight He has that sort
of nervous TEMPERAMENT which Keeps man
down. In my opinion he will stay in his
present class as long as he remains in the
ring, and he is likely to resign the honors
before they are taken from him.
lie was too big man for Dempsey The
Brooklyn boy had not only height and reach
against him, but lie had weight. 1t is true
that when they entered the ring there was
only difference of about three pounds but
FltZsimmons was 150-pound man at $50,
and Dempsey was 142-pOund man at 147
Jack was no stronger for the extra five
pounds, while every ounce on the Australian
counted.
Going outside of this country there does
not appear to be any middle-weight in Aus
tralIa likely to improve enough in the next
lew years TO make a winning fight against
the champion. Pritchard, the English cham
pion Of that class, is a good man from all
accounts, but do not think that he is built
to stand against FltZsimmOns He hasn't
the height or the reach. No; the middle
weight hon0rs, TO the best of my view, will
remain where they are for some years to
Come
Who is the coming heavy weight? There's
an interesting question. AT present we
have no champion Sullivan has retired
from the ring. A champion must be always
ready to defend his belt. He must come
into the ring within six months after re-
ceiving challenge properly given and sup
ported If he does not do so the challenger
becomes champion By default. l do not
think that anybody is in the position to
claim the honor from Sullivan at present
Joe McAuiffee challenged him to a glove
contest and Sullivan ignored the Offer, but
that, in my opinion, did not give McAulife
any grounds for claim to champion ship
honors.
JAG kson challenged Sullivan just after the
Mississippi affair, but the conditions of the
case were such as to prevent the champion
ship from going by default. John l..
couldn't accept If he had, he would have
found himself in no end Of trouble down
there in Mississippi. It was unreasonable
to expect him to agree to a fight under the
circumstances.
Neither Can Slavin claim on account of
his challenge. to be champion of this coun-
try. In reality, as l have said, the first
honor is in dispute. sui ivan is the retired
champion. IL cannot bel said that the
honors have been taken from him; nor can
he be properly called the active defender of
the belt. This, of course, does not involve
any criticism of his present ability as a
fighter.
But the coming fight between Corbett and
Jackson will be for the championship Of
this country.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
A GAELIC PARTY.
Pleasant Scotch-Ir1sh Entertainment a;
Odd Fellows Hail.

Bleas SAINT Scotch-lr1sh entertainment at
Odd Fellows Hail.
The Sc0tch-Irish Society OF California
gave one of its popular entertainments on
Friday night last in Prospect Hall, Odd
Fellows Building. The hall was COM
pletely filed with members and their
friends and it was highly enjoyable affair.
The society is fast increasing in membership
and is already. talking OF building hall Of
its own.
The programme was an impromptu one,
and on that account wa5 all the more credit
able both to those who participated and the
society which can command voluntary
talent of such excellence Rev. A. j. Kerr
opened the proceedings with short address.
This was followed with song by Miss Nc
Closkey; an address by DIR. f. w. ID Evelyn /;
song by Charles Parrish; recitation by Miss
j. Harper; piano duet by Mrs. D'Eyelyn
and Miss Lizzie Hogan; orchestral selection
by the string band Of the Thaia Club.
which was particularly enjoyed; recitation
by Miss Kitty Gadsby violin solo by Master
Cosbie; recitation by w. H. Campbell
After the programme the hall was cleared
and the remainder of the evening was de-
voted to dancing.
dent, Alexander Montgomery; First Vice
President, Professor John Gamble; Second
Nice-Pfesment, Andrew Crawford; Third
Vice-President, James Moore; Treasurer,
5. a. Marshall Secretary, K. }. Alexander /;
Marshal, W. I. w. Cleland; Board of Di-
rectors-Thomas Whyte, James jackson,
w. j. Armstrong, F. II. Mcconnell, j. G..
William Mckee, DIR. David Madill, W. j.
Gray, James Mccullough. John Elliott !;
Board of Flnance-R. j. Creighton Jacob
Robinson, c. Leetch.
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himself from his coil he darted again and
again at bis antagonists, but each time they
eiuded him.
Swiftly the two closed around the RATHER
as 1t lay in coil; so fast, indeed, that John,
who was standing abaut a couple of rods
away, said that he could only see a streak
of black with the rattler's red eyes in the
center. All at once one of the others sprang
for the RATHER, evaded his deadly strike
and wrapped his folds swiftly around his
body, stretching it out full. The other one
came to his rescue and, in less time than it
takes TO tell, the two snakes were firmly
bound around the RATHER and had him
stretched out at full length on the ground.
Their powerful folds frightened on the rat
tiers form and his open mouth and strong
bat Intellectual struggles showed that he
was being strangled to death.
The folds frightened each moment, and in
very short time not culver could be seen
in the rattler'S form. The two snakes re-
tanned their positions for several minutes
after the RATHER had ceased TO move, and
then slowly released themselves, stopping
every now and then as if suspicious that the
RATHER was shamming.
alongside OF the RATHER for several utes.
and then, as if fully SATISFIED that their foe
was dead, both turned off into the forest,
doubtless feeling well satisfied with their
work. John says he was we'll content to
let them go in peace. as they had doubtless
saved his life. He examined the RATHER
alter they had gone, and found that it was
compressed and stretched out like piece Of
rubber He was big one and measured
over seven feet carrying ten rattleS and
Dutt0n.-Atanta Constitution.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
THEOSOPHY.
L. p. MeCarty Speaks of This Science at
Red Mems Hall.

L. p McCarty Speaks of This Science at
Red Mems Hall.
The fourth of a series of lectures on The
osophy," given weekly under the auspices Of
the San Francisco Theosophical Society
was delivered last evening at Red Mems
Hall, 800 Post street. by L. Z. McCarty,
who perhaps attempted to prove that the
osophy and ancient free masonry are iden-
teal.
If he made any efforts to show that the
two are identical propositions, his argu-
nIents 10 this end were so heavily coated
with mythology as to be beyond the conf
prehenslon OF the ordinary. mind. The
discourse was highly instructive ana enter
tanning nevertheless, but should have been
entitled " GlimpseS of the Ancient World.
Alter brief definition of theosophy, IN
which the speaker concluded that it was the
natural religion of the human race, aud
had existed since the creation of the planet
AIRY system, ancient free masonry was taken
up and considered at length, the import
ant epochs IN the history of the mystic order
being carefully reviewed from the time OF
the discovery OF q key to the Egyptian
nlerogyphicS on the Rosetta stone, by
Caampollon, to the present time. including
a Drlef reference TO the secret Institution OF
Isis, which is supposed TO be the real origin
Of Masonic mysteries.
a short description was also given of the
lnitlat1ry ceremonies practlced by this or
der 1000 years B. c. Ancient symbolism
was treated IN happy manner, the lecturer
relating the origin of the custom of wearing
rings. Six thousand years before the ear
nest fhar0ah of Egypt, when the snake
W0rshlpeTs dehed the serpent, the dy OF
tins reptile was made into ring by pattlpg
his tail In his mouth. The circle thus made
Was declared TO be the emblem of eternity,
thuS symboliZiDg the hope of an endless lie.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS,
THE LATEST DISCOVERY.
What the Greatest of All Modern scipn-
lists Has to Say Upon the lost I'm
portant of All Subjects

what the Greatest of III Modern Scion
lists Has to Say Upon the Most I'm
portant of All Subjects.
PROFESSOR Koch, the great German physician. who
discovered the microbes which cause cholera
claims to have discovered way of curtng consunn
ton by vaccination. As more than haIf or ali tha
deaths which occur every year are caused Inv con-
sumption, If Dr. Kochs claim is true n 10 tho ra.t
est discovery of the nineteenth century But thara
seems to be some doubt as to whether II can hs
made practicable in all cases. while in every case II
is certain to be very expensive cure and one that
can only be INDUCED in by the very wealthiest
In the course OF his remarks upon The subject
however, Professor Koch makes a most wonderful
statement, which is as follows: "Alcohol is a food
In consumption" He does not say that it Is tenn
pofary ana but an absolute JoOd sustaining the life,
ouiiuiiia up The strength and restoring health.
ihis Is most important statement, and proves be-
yohd question the great value of alcohol in the
treatment OF disease 1t should be remembered
however, that alcohol is never taken In its natural
FORM and that whiskey is the finest manner in
whlch alcohol Is ever combined Even then ii must
De pure beyond question, 1t Injuries instead OF
aids. 1t is the possession of this quality OF purtv
and Its medicinal power which has made DuFvis
Pure Malt Whisky so immeaSurabiy superior To
any other known whiSkey in the world 1t has
saved the lives OF many men and women who were
on the down ward road to consumption. and 1t will
check the first stages OF consumption or prevent
pneumonia in every case Great care should be ex-
ercised to secure only the genuine, and dea Ter,
however INSCRIPTIONS should be allowed TO substl-
tute Inferior and perhaps injurious whiskey.
fa6 Mo IT
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
PERSONAL NOTES,

3. f. Fowler OF MERGED is at the Lick.
T. d. Sheehan of Chico is stopping at the
Lick.
Judge T. L. Carothers of Ukiah is at the
Grand.
A. j. Dobbins of Vacavlle is in town and
at the Lick.
C. NJ. Hammond and wife of Upper Lake
ate at the Palace.
H. Prinz, the Monterey lumberman. is
registered at the Baldwin.
George A. Blanchard of Sacramento is at
the Baldwin with his wife.
ID. p. burst of Santa Rosa was among the
arrivals at the Lick last night.
II. S. Masterson, San Luis Obispo hotel
keeper, is a guest of the Grand.
}. a. Cooper, an attorney of Mendocino
County, is stopping at the Grand.
George &. Garrett of Red Bluff, accom-
panied by his wife, is at the Palace.
ii. NJ. Hanm0re of Santa Cruz is in the
city. he is quartered at the Palace.
Captain r. w. Tyler, u. S. A. and father
OF the Late Mrs. Dietz, who was shot by her
husband at AlcatraZ, is at the Occidental.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
ALAMEDA.
A Father Who Does Not Believe in Mar
rage by Contract.

A Father Who Does Not Believe in Mar
riage by Contract.
For nearly year past Albert Toy and
Miss Annie Mohns, daughter of Henry
Mohns, well-known resident of Alameda
and a member Of the firm Of Muecke & Co.,
importers and commission merchants, San
Francisco, have been frequently seen in
each others company. and it was the OBJ
Servation of more than one that they were
the victims of Cupid. But Mr. Mohns did
not look with favor upon the young man,
who is painter, and would not give his
consent to their marriage. His efforts to
keep his daughter apart from her lover were
unavailing, and it is said the two agreed
that If they could not get married before the
altar by minister, and in the presence Of
relatives and friends. they would take ad-
vantage OF the law Of the State aud get mar
rled by contract. This they did last au-
tumn, but the fact vas kept secret until
Christmas. wnen the young couple Thought
that he girls father would be in a happy
mood during the holiday season, and would
welcome young Toy under his roof
as son in law. But Mr. Mohns
was as determined as ever against
the marriage and became so enraged when
his consent to the union was again asked
that he forbid his daughter going out with
10y, and in order that she might better
obey his injunction has kept her at home.
and would allow her to 90 out only on GER
tain essionS Toy could no longer endure
her absence and several days ago COM
menced to spread reports of how the girl
was treated ana the father interference in
their marriage. at is because | am not
Dutch that he wont let me marry her." he
told his friends. Yesterday morning Mr..
MOhns and the young man met in a Park
street cigar-store. Good morning." was
the salutatiOn uttered in a bland way, with
which the young man greeted his father-n-
law by-c0ntract. Mr.. MolnS did not return
the salutation, but instead raised his arm
and gave Toy a singing blow in the face.
Toy raised his cane TO strike back, but on
second thought changed his mind, and pro-
ceeded rs fast as lie could 70 a Justice of
the Peace before whom lie swore to a COM
plant charging Mr.. Mohus with battery.
a course of lectures will be delivered by
mem bers of the Unitarian Society at POST Gen.
trail avenue on alternate Monday afternoons
the next two months. The first will be on
Florence" by Rev. G. w. Wendte, Febru-
AIRY 10Th.
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A Dnnrernns practic.


Some OF the men who are in charge oil
dummies on the lines of cable-cars In this
city labor under the impression that they
are ths bosses of the road and can do
pretty m UGH as they please. and that per-
sons who become passengers ON the cars
have no rights which they are bound to re-
spect. An instance illustrative of this oc-
CURED yesterday afternoon on Train 10 OF
The Poweltstreet line. A gentleman, ae-
companled by two ladies' and n young boy.
stopped the train at Post street. While in
the act OF getting on the dummy, and before
the ladies' could turn TO seat themselves, the
grlpman put on his grip and started the
Train, throwing the ladies violently to the
seat. The gentleman and the boy had to
jump In order to get on the dummy. When
the grlpnian was asked in a pretty sharp
tone II he could not give passengers an OPP
portunity to get on the car he asked in a
most surly manner, whats the matter
with youy' The practice of starting cars
before passengers are seated is dangerous
one, and is one which Directors OF cable-car
companies should not tolerate.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
Stole the wolnan,s Money

Richard Cox, negro, was arrested By
officer Anthony yesterday on charge Of
grand larceny. He is accused of having
stolen some money and jewelry from col.
ored woman with whom he had been living
and who calls herself Mary Cox.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
Dos'r ALLOW YOURSELF to trif,e wi,

DON'T ALLOW YOURSELF to trfe with Cold
and so encourage the development OF some latent
Pulmonary or bronchial disease Which often
ends fatally. You had better cure your Cough or
Cold by promptly resortiDg TO DR. D.Jaync's Ex-
pect0fanr, an Old-fiDe remedy for ali Coughs,
Lung AID Throat Affections
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09

Five hundred applications have been made
TO the Department of the Interior at Toronto
for the privilege of boring for oil in the
kootenay country.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
Deserters Returned.

Two French doctors, acting on the fact
that the goat is not subject to consumption,
recently injected the blood of one of those
animals into the veins of two consumptive
patients, it is said, with the Unsatisfactory
results.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09

LOOK out for the great sale of Clarendon
Heights lots. February 25, 1891.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09

For distressing oppression and fullness in tn;
Stomach take Smmons Liver RegulaInr.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09
AUCTION SALES.

The State of Texas has S772, $50 in the treas
ury after paying every claim.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-09

j. +. Halloran sold out his interest in the
Historian last July after nine years service.
He could not keep out of harness, however.
and last Sunday tho paper announced that
he would resume his old position.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04
Physicians Have Found Out

That contamination and foreign element the blood
veopcd by INDIGESTION, is the OF rheumatism. This
muscles and lcamcnts the joints causing constant and
shifting pain, and aggregatng calcaieous chally
deposit which produces stiffness aud distortion OF the
joints fact which experience has demonstrated IN re-
gard Stomach Bttcr. stronger evidence
support than this namely, hat this medicine comprc.
hensiye checks the form dAbe and disease
is IL less positively established that It Is preferable
the osons often used
tans only saluary ingredients IL Il also remedy
or maaria fevers. constipation. dyspepsia kidney
bladder ailments debility and other di=orders See that
you get the genuite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04

Sufficient nourishmcnt, and was passed away iron

Sufficient nourfshmcnt and was passed away from
home
MANHOOD.
Did yon prepare yourself for your profession In the
city or in the country
Arsver-In the city.
How many hours did you work each day!
Answer Different number at different times.
Do you ascribc 10 any habit particular influence
upon your health
Answer-Temperance in all habits Of life: exercise
in the open air whatever the state Of the weather. no
day passed entirely within doors.
How long did you slecpl
Answcr-Bctwecn eight and nine hours.
What changes did You mako after reaching an ad-
vanced age in your habits of life
Answer-Nonc.
hftieth. sXteth. SEVENTEEN and eghtieth year!
Answer-lt depended upon the demands OF the times,
and, therefore, often very many.
What has been your recreation?
Answer-llorseback riding, until | reached the age
Of eighy-slx years.
How many hours do you now spend In the open air
Answer-When on my estate in summer. half Of the
day.
How many hours do you now sleep
Answer-St eight hours.
What pccularitcs have you as TO nOurshment ETC.
tracts.
To what circumstances conditions do you ascribe,
in the main. your hearty old age
Answcr-To the grace Of God and temperate habits
of life. COUNT Won MOLTKE. Field Marshal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04
NOTIFIES BANNER OF LIFE.
Ills OWN STORY OF YOUTH, MANHOOD AND
AGE

Vienna December y
practical attempt to solve the question, how 10
prow old has been made recently by the
ichcr-Volksbildungs-V ercin, which is COM
noscd of some Of the most brilliant men and hest
thinkers in Austria, ami has its headquarters in
this city For the cditcation of ito members and
the benefit of the public at large, the society sent
a number of circulars to men Of distinction who
have attained an advanced age. containing a series
of oucstinns in reference 10 their habits of life
and the influences 10 which they attribute their
health and vigor. 1t will cause, probably, little
surprise 10 learn that Of the first replies which
reached the clubhouse was that of Count Won
Noltkc The circular, with his interesting
answers 10 the interrogat )irs, reads as follows:
YOUTH
Oueston-At what age did you begin to attend
school and how many hours day did you study?
Answcr-In sos when eight years old. Four hours
day until 1910; after that year. ten hours daily.
Was your health, a. a child, good poor
nsWer-Falr.
Did YOU pass your youth In the city or In the
country
Answcr-In tho country until ten years old.
How many hours did you spend. a rule In the
open arr
Answcr-Only a few hours. and no certain number
Did you play athletic games and devote time 10
gymnaStic exercises
Answcr-Not as II rule.
How many hours did you slcepi
Answcr-Teu hours.
What general remarks do you 10 mako In re-
garG 10 your youth
Answer-It UNPLEASANT and unhappy. without