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The morning call., 1891-06-29
1T WAS NOT JOHN l..
Only a Diving Suit, bet 1t ObstructeC
the Sidewalk.

Only a DiTing-Suit, bet 1t DISTRACTED
the Sidewalk.
Come. hustle out, You Of1iee-duty men,"
shouted Captain Douglass as the police pa
troll wagon entered Dunbar alley, help
carry Out that fellow
Strange" muttered the commander Of
Company 3 of the San Francisco Police
Department, THAT man could get so beastly
intoxicated on a glorious day like this"
Two lean, laDky legs protruded from the
ambulance, and the feet were incased in
heavy TaW-hide shoes, each weighted with
leaden soeS not weighing less than twenty
hounds. What is il p" asked six stalwart
policemen as they ran toward the patrol
wagon to assist Officer Murray in unload
inE something that appeared to be an un-
usual and most strange burden.
is il fer The prison or MOrgue? ?" asked
Captain Douglass, as he beheld the outlines
Of something that appeared more like a
monster than man.
Neither" answered Murray, as he gently
lifted tie head Of a diving apparatus no less
than eight feet in height and cautioned his
fellow officers TO handle the thing" gently.
The monster thing" or man, as the 20
lice hastily STYLED it, was neither left at the
Mtrgue, Receiving Hospital or lodged in
the City Prison. II was stood uD IN Dunbar
alley and remained there not unlike scare
crow in a harvest field Tor several hours,
until an express wagon drove uD and con-
yeyed it away to the Grand Opera House.
where did you get that?' was asked of
Officer Murray by a dozen blue-coated guar
disns OF the peace, who had gazed with ad-
miTation upon the great rubbeT-cOated and
steel-helmeted figure.
Wei" resp nded Murray, that thing
was left by some theatrical company at the
corner of Post and kearny streets. At first
] thought it was John L. Sullivan on new
kind OF jag, but after / mad tried my
club on his head l concluded that 1t was
something harder than the cocOanut OF. the
Boston giant Then l remembered about
the Chiefs instructions in reference to side
walk distractions and had the thing carried
down here. What was it? Well, guess it
was a diving snit, or armOr or something of
that kind. Any how it was labeled From
the bottom Of the sea"
The morning call., 1891-06-29
LOST CHILDREN,

n Drunken Father Loses His Boy-A
Tow-Headed Lad Found.
Jacob HOLE is a grocer on the corner of
Twentieth and York streets, and his wife
is at San Rafael Yesterday he and his
fOur-year-Old boy went to San Rafael and
returned about $3.50 O'clock. lie was lntox-
lcated, considerably so. He put his boy on
an Omnibus car, and left him there while
he went away to see a friend. The car left
on schedule time. but Hole had not re-
turned. AT o'clock HOLE was taken home
dead drunk, and the whereabouts of the
boy was unknown. Friends of the family
set out to search for him, but up to late
hour last night nothing had been learned
that could lead to his discovery
A three-year-old tOw-headed boy was
found by Officer Gibson on UFarrell street
last night and taken t. the new City Hall.
The morning call., 1891-06-29
SUNDAY PASTIMES.
Another Victory for the CalifOr.
MIA Cricket Club.
The Paeifcs Badly WOrsted-A Splendid Catch
Pigeon Shooting at the Oakland Track.
After the Hares.

The weakness of the Pacific Climbs attack
was demonstrated anew by yesterdays
game. Their opponents. the California
Club, ran up 1876 for the loss Of only six
wickets and then declared their innings
closed. The first pair of batsmen-Webster
and Blagrave-made good start, Blagrave
playing dashipg innings composed mainly
of boundary hits, and Webster taking over
an hour to compile his Sc.
The turning point of the innings came
when Arson succeeded Shepherd at the
wickets. Great expectations had been
formed Of Mr. AnsOn's batting, and his
performance yesterday more than justified
them. From almost the start he played all
the bowling with ease, and showed strong
defense and great Furnishing power, hitting
well all around.
Robertson and Arson made prolonged
stand for the fifth wicket. and were only
parted by catch which would have sent
a gathering of the Haight-street bali crankS
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that is at first cross-bearng ceases as we go
on 10 perfection in him. 1t is this that makes
endeavor continuous, that reinygorateS Ell
fort, that lifts the soul as the tide the ship
above the shoals, and throws the light of
victory upon the face of the tOier up LIES
rugged way. Nothing but Christian faith
can impart true and certain knowledge Of
the supernatural, and put to flight the yul-
gar infdelity. the wel-trained skepticism
and the cold rationalism of our day. It's
this alone that can impart that irresistible
power that enabled Noah to condemn the
world, Abraham TO become the father OF
the faithful and Daniel to Tebuke the
worlds proudest monarch and eXtoTt from
him a confession of faith in his God. Yes,
the proper study Of mankind is man, but it
is the man Jesus of Nazareth Such faith as
we shall need for the Lille That is between
US and eternity cannot come from the study
of philoSophy-frnm nature; it is not taught
by her myriad tongues, nor by sages, but
by the Great Naza enc, and only by him."
The morning call., 1891-06-29
Charged With Forgery.

Last Friday John A. Kimball, an ex-
convict, who was sent to San Quentin in
1888 to serve FIVE years on a conviction for
forgery, induced J. O'Kerblad of Is Fifth
street to cash check for S68 on the Crocker-
W0Olworth Bank, purpOTting to be signed
by a. d. Wilder in favor of f. A. Kindall.
WildeT's signature was pronounced to have
been forged when the check was presen ted
for payment and yesterday Detectives Han
ley and Whitaker arrested Kimball on
Powell street and booked him at the Central
Station on charge of forgery.
The morning call., 1891-06-29
HOWARD-STREET NJ. E. CHURCH.
The Rev. DIR. j. o. Peck Delivers a Mis-
siOnary Discourse.

The Rev. DIR. j. o. Peck Delivers a Mis-
sionary Discourse.
AT the morning services yesterday the
Rev. DR.. j. o. Peck of New York, one of
the Missionary Secretaries OF the Meth
odiSt Episcopal Church, preached an elo-
quent and able missionary sermon in the
Howard-street NJ. L. Church His text
was: IF any man has not tie spirit of
Christ he is none of his" He presented
many inter eSting facts connected with the
recent triumphs Of Christianity in heather
empires.
At the close of the sermon the pastor, DIR.
Leech, asked the congregation to give a lib
eral missionary collection. Over $500 was
subscribed, in addition to funds already in
hand. DR.. Leech stated that he expected
to report to conference a missionary offer
ing of 5000, which would be an advance of
20 per cent over last years collection.
At night DR.. Leech preached to young
men on The Sunshine and Shade in a
Dung Mans Life"
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Has Lived a Century in one House,

Captain EnOs Frisbie was 101 years old
to-day and all the town turned out 10 grasp
the hand of the venerable man. A village
picnic and jubilee was held on the lawn in
front of his house, at which relatives fro m
far and near a~ere present. The Captain
has lived in his present dwelling an even
hundred years, the odd year being spent in
Pennsylvania. He has probably lived in
the same house longer than any other man
has dwelt under one roof. The homestead
was built over 200 years ago. To-day there
are four generations living in it.
Although blind, three years ago he husked
over 100 bushels of corn and his general
health is good. He has never drunk strong
liquor, used tobacco or patronized a barber.
he married his first wife in 1914 and by
her had four children, two of whom are still
living. His second wife he married in 1927.
She died in 1865, leaving no children. He
has seven grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren. One of his great-grandchil-
dren has three living reat-grandparents.-
Harwinton Comm special to \. !. World
The old shanty in Monroe County, Nc, in
which Mark Twain was born, is to Do eX-
hiblted at the Worlds Fair
The morning call., 1891-06-29
Funeral of Onicer CummInps

The funeral of the late Police Officer
William l.. Cummings took place Yesterday
afternoon from the late residence of the
deceased at 113O Filoert street. Services
were held at st. Bridget's Church, after
which the remains were inferred in Calvary
Cemetery. The funeral cortege was headed
by twelve officers under Sergeant Flanders.
Those who acted as pall-bearers were j. b.
Martin, Robert Harrison, III. Ehle, E. Hart
ley, John Rainsbury, NJ. j. Conboy, j.
Morgan and Thomas Douglass.
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wild. Johnston was fielding at the fence
on the one side when Robertson lifted ball
well in the air. Tire catch looked an i'm
possible one, but Johnston went for 1t, ran
at least twenty yards and then just reached
and held it with his right hand, while going
at top speed
Apart from Johnston's circus catch the
fielding on both sides was distinctly good
all through the game, and it may be said for
the Pacifics that they stood their long
leather-hunting under the blazing sun well
and never got slack.
Ii was o'clock when the Pacifcs went
70 the wickeis, and the side was out in less
than an hour and a half for IS. Nearly
every one scored more or less, no less than
i've securing double figures. The most sue
cessiu batsman was the captain, Adam,
with %, made confidently and without
chance. The game shows that the Pacifcs
are no match for either the California or the
Alameda CLUBS, but they should make a
good fight against the Burnabys and should
win against the Oaklands. The score is
amended:
The morning call., 1891-06-29

AS the return train bearing the excur-
sionists home from Glen Ellen reached the
New Scheutzen Park last evening, it was
tagged by ChiDaman who wished TO board
it. The conductor, who was on the front
platform of the first car, leaned out to dis
cover what the matter was, and in some
manner slipped and fell while the train had
still considerable Roadway. On shunting
Oack to the scene of the accident the man
was iscoveTed to be uncOn scious He was
lifted aboard and taken to TiburOn. His
scalp was badly lacerated and his clothing
tom. After reaching Tibufon he regained
consciousness and was taken III charge by
the railroad officials
The morning call., 1891-06-29
Death of "shorty. the Bum"

The body of a man was found in Channel
Creek by Martin Quigley, a boatman, and
turned over To the Coroner yesterday after
noon. The remains were those of middle
aged man who was known as Shorty, the
Bum" lie had been missing since last
Tuesday, and previous to that day had been
working at ODD jobs along the wharf
At the MOrgue II was found that the de-
ceased had both arms broken and a deep
wound Of the stomach 1t i supposed that
while floating in the channel he was caught
in the propeller OF some steamer and the
injuries inflicted.
Last night the body was identified as that
Of James Ryan, laborer, aged 80, a native
Of Ireland. who had been drinking heavily
Of late.
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and Johnny Muirhead were also out in sin
gle shells from the Ariels. while the anna
teur crew took a spin in the barge.
The South End Club bad three crews out
in the barge Garfield yesterday, and the
boys did some hard work in spite of tile
great heat.
The Tritons' barge Lady Washington was
ont with n crew yesterday afternoon with a
lady cOxswain and took an easy spin around
the bay.
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matched against each other. 1t resulted in
a victory for Darcy by the scores 10 to Is, IL
to Is and Is TO Is.
James Dillon and Edward Maloney, in
match against Al Pennoyer and Mike Man.
ming, won the first and second rubs on the
first and third games. SeOres-15 to IL, ID
TO 10 and 10 to II. second rubber-15 to IL,
Is to 10 and 10 to 6.
The morning call., 1891-06-29
TEermometer Temners.

Mrs. Bridget Flood and Mrs. Mary Cleary,
neighbors. living on Green street, near Du-
pOnt, allowed their tempers to rise as high
last night as the thermometer and engaged
in a go-as-yOu-p please fight, during which
Mrs. Flood broke Mrs. Cleary's right arm
by blow with a bottle. Mrs. Cleary
came TO the Receiving Hospital, where the
fracture WAS dressed.
The morning call., 1891-06-29
CALIFoRNIA CRICKET CLUE.
, - -
PACIFIC CRICKET CLUB.
WING SHOOTING.
The California Club Holds It's Monthly
Medal Contest.

The California Club Holds Its Monthly
Medal Contest.
The regular monthly medal shoot Of the
California Wing Shot Club was held yester-
day afternoon at the Oakland race-track.
The attendance was not large, though a
splendid lot of birds had been provided and
the day was perfect one for the sport
Fay did the best average shooting. though
the three medals were won by Robinson,
Smith and Sade. In this contest Robinson
and Smith both killed twelve straight birds,
and the third rZe was captured by Slade in
a shoot-off with Hass, each having killed
eleven birds in the regular match.
The full score in the medal shoot was as
The morning call., 1891-06-29
The Wreckod Ship.

Owing to the heavy grOund-swell White
laws wrecking vessels have not been able
to get to work on the Palestine. But at
the first favorable opportunity the wreckers
will be on the spot and commence work on
the sunken vessel.
The morning call., 1891-06-29
BOAT AND BARGE.

Peterson Preparing for His Coming Race.
Practice Work.
Henry Peterson is doing some hard work
in view of his coming race up north. lie
took a spin in his shell yesterday. Growney
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This was followed by six-bird pOol-shOOt,
81 80 entrance, in which the following
A second poOl-sho0t under like conditions
followed. with the following result:

Fay, Robinson, Schrnder ana Smith divided
the purse having killed six birds each, and
then arranged for freeze-o Out match. which
FAY, Smith, Haas and Robinson entered.
Fay and Robinson divided the stakes after
killing ten birds each and exhaust;ng the
supply. Smith missed his tenth aud Haas
dropped out on his second bird-a swift
drit
The morning call., 1891-06-29
Alameda.

The Alameda Olympic Club has post
poned its "gentlemen's night from next
Tuesday evening until July 18th. The rea-
son of the postponementis to allow the par
Elephants in the programme more time TO
train.
Three San Francisco boys, giving the
names of II. Wilson, T. Sullivan and f.
Martin, WEI arrested yesterday for steal
ing green apples in the orchard of j. c.
Linderinan on High street They are
charged with petty larceny.
The broad-gauge local trains now have
two conductors between Oakland and Mas
tick Station. Travel has increased to such
an extent that one conductor could not col
lect all the fares between these two points.
The baths at the West End did the best
business yesterday Of any Sunday this sea-
son.
Track-laying on Mr.. Meetz's horse-car
line on Park street will commence in about
three weeks, aud when it is finished several
OF the property-Owners, among whom are
John Nobmann, I. B. Hayden and NJ. De-
brit. will commence the agitation of paving
the street with bitnminous rock. IL this
fails an attempt will be made to improve the
street similar TO Santa Clara avenue. Park
street was macadamzed seventeen years
ago, and the surface is so badly worn that
il is the toughest street in Alameda.
The morning call., 1891-06-29
Got In Late.

The steamer Arago arrived late last night
from Goes Bay with passengers and coal
for the Oregon Coal and Navigation Com
pany.
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An Afghan Trick.
TCJvf.4ftu H.fcuT

When aaj. Lumsden was in Afghanistan, the
Sardar or Kandabar expressed desire one day
TO see the rifle practice Of the English. in the
course Of the shooting he saw some sFarrows'
heads shot oil, and while expressing great
a5tOnishment AT the feat, remarked that IL was
much more difficult 10 shoot ~ a hens cgg and
smash il than 10 knock OF any nBmbcr Of
sparrogs' heads. The Major aud his friends
laughed at this difference. but the SIrlar was
determined that his assertion should az once be
put 20 the test, aud acc0.iing- ordered one Of
his attendants to fetch an egS and suspend IL
against the opposite wall Of the coart. This
being DONE firing was commenced by the Eng
lishmen. aud, to their amazemsHt, after some
dozen shots, the egg was unframed. Tho
Sardar and his attendants maintained their
gravity and every moment volunteered some
excuse for the miss. rs each bullet failed to
smash the egg. Presently, by accident, ball
happened 10 sever the thread by which il was
suspended and down fell the egg upOn tbe
pavement below, bnt, to the establishment Of
Mai Lumsden and his friends, iii. rot smash.
The trick was now apparent, and they Joined
the Slrdar aud his friends in = hearty laugh ut
the deception. The heir apparent had pre-
pared the co. By having its contents blown ont
through n hole at the end. The empty she'll,
as light as n feather, VAS pushed aside by she
wind Of the bullet, aud could no. be struck.
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have mines In their bacl, yards, and all Of
them arc owned ly gold and silver miIiionaircs
Their wealth Is added no every day By the
hammer aua pick 81 the neon, aE1 these, their
slaves bring u tine treasures OF Aladdin when
ever they ruh tle amp Itc contrast at riches
and poverty Is nowhere So apparent as IN these
mining regions 90 NeE,c3 Ibl, is city Of
$4,000 people md O19ol these toll and slave
Ht pittHure d day nnder Doe ground Tor the
Others They pull and strain IN getting out
millions tOI their masters and 'rr content with
60cCuts a day f0r their families ln bare feet
OF in sandals made 1f rlw 7ule leather they
walk over the ground, which Is a'l SILVER be-
Meath aua with mos enough clothes 90 hide
fheir nakUdnpss they produce enough silver TO
carpet their houses WIKI mHtttn. made az silver
thread every year Their houses mean
their hCves-tho average Mes eau Aztec lives
iR q INIT which wound not do Tor an American
pg neu-src OF mGd. Ili- furniture consists
at one bed and Il stool nr bench, and Tee whole
family sleeps, olis and lives Ia one roo'u aud
tine children sleep poalHe floor. Such cook
iuE as There is is done 90 lutte pan of char
Coal in car.hcn pots aud the d. let oil 1Ic aam.y
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is c5rncal,cs md brown beans. TIE women
grind tile corn and cook the h.aus, and tire
whole family squat around on their Launches
and cat the rcpast out Of the pot, Or from little
eartten sauceta using their fingers Tor forks
ana KNIVES.
Tons % thousands 81 families in Mckee live
on less than al cents day and other thou
sands have nothing whatsoever bu. what their
m .t1Ts give them
Those miners good as any IN the world,
R6l au rs and even as high as two dollars
day. hut The hi-hcst paid arc skilled men,
and lIeif work Is hard Hn8 below rr0uHd.
Tie average 81 wages McAico over w.Il not
reach . cents per diem, and a large part 81
thn agricultural iab1reFs So, practically n0th-
ing more tHaB their food and clothing. They
a. into debt 70 their masters FOR the latter and
haKiC0 has Still 4 system of debt slavery OF
FnopHer which is gnIikC The Old -er system
Of ILL., Russians ! hear az men daily WHO own
frna 10000 70 1000 HH0 acres az land, and who
hold Ep0h THIS BE- permanent tenants from 81
o. Nl0 men. They advance those mon monrv
from time u time, ana then deduct sav So
cents WceE ifOm ,HriI wage. ~ pay 10 Al
the rud of each year q settlement Is made and
An A.lc.E -uin1 eases 1ut ol q hundred & new
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mine; aud a. my foot slipped on the shin Of a
female skeleton that had fallen down from the
mass | wondered how the 100000 feet about
me, which are now but bones, had trampcd
thcir way through life in the past, and the i'm
mcnsity Of the dead mass rose up before me.
] SAW hundreds Of mummics in these vaults
They seemed 10 stand along the sides al The
tunnel as guard over the severed members OF
their dead friends and their long black hair
their suukcn checks, and their hollow eyes
we've hoIEihle in the extreme. While looked
my dentist friend stood beside me. lie com.
meutcd on tho teeth Of the deceased. lie told
me he intended 10 buy a baby mummy which
by on a board before him nj its mother
mummy's feet and when left he was engaged
IN making The bargain.
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babies tied M In their rebosRs or shawls n
their breasts. and not an uncommon sight Is
six or eight donkcvs, each Of which h loaded
with two bales Of hay or great crates Of pot
terry. and their driver coming behind carrying
ON his hack load Of the same nature fully M
big as that carried by each Of his donkeys. Be
fore the day ~ the railroads large part of the
local freight WIS carried In this way By men
and lufros, aud to-day Pellcrs 20 All over tho
country pooling crUckcrv, fruits. aud carry
iHr burdens long distances through tho
country The rate for carrying a box from
ono portion Of q town 20 another is II cents
and ont In the conuiryyou can get amau that
Is IL yon are a Mexican 20 carry trunk all
day ior - cents. ! see three or four men car
ryinga piano on their heads frequently, and
lumber Is transported from one part Of tho city
60 another on the hacks OF men. Yesterday i
saw "a boy Of l6 carrying n beam six inches
square and Is feet long on his back, and
two men cutting cut boards with a cross
cut saw at Agu9s Calientes. All sorts Of