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The morning call., 1891-10-12

attempt of c.; but as the Soldier truthfully
remarks, B is the senior company and
orders cannot deprive an organization Of
an established right" hocuS-pocus OF the
Adjutant-Generaps office notwithstanding;
Company ID OF the Naval Battalion mad
eighty-seven of its ninety-three members
present at drill the other evening. This IS
the old story of the new broom.
The first enlisted man in the Second Brl-
gGGo to ask for transfer to the Naval Bat
talion-COmpany Dis a private OF COM
pany G, First Infantry,
TAKE OFF THE FIGURE.
A recent order from general headquarters
approves the change decided Dy unanimous
vote of the name of "San Francisco Hus-
sars" 10 First Troop Cavalry" The new
name is n proper enough military deslgna-
ton. so far as it goes, and 1t was not 10 be
expected with the new blood in the troop
that the members would be governed by the
sentiment and memories which cluster
about the older name. But the change OF
name does not warrant Captain Blumenberg
in having the figure '1'' in tile corner of the
new saddle-clOth, which he sported at the
recent mounted drill. Companies, batteries
and troops are designated by letters, and
regiments and battalons by figures. The
First Troop belongs 10 nOreglment, butts I'M
attached, and that embroidered Il" should
come off the slddle-clOth.
The commissioned officers of the COM
panes of the Naval Battalion have been
commanded by special orders from General
Dickinson, approved by the Adjutaut Cen
eral, TO assemble on Friday evening at bri-
gade headquarters ior the election of Lieu
tenant Commander of the battalion. Major
Duboce will preside. Rumor has it that j.
ID. Spreckels may be a candidate.
The astounding discovery was made on
Friday evening that the Nationals bought a
lot about two months ago for $4,000 and
Inv lffra nd lafaaff tod IN ION
for an armory." Someone's been blabbing
again.
Thirteen cadets and eleven enlisted men
of the First Infantry have been discharged
twenty-five for removal" and two for eX-
piTation Of term. Six of the eleven are from
two from d on tWo-thirds vote.
An Association of Surgeons of the Ma
tional Guard of the United States" was
formed at Chicago, III. on the I7Lh ut.
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full Of blooming Gala lilies during the first
week in February. Talk about winter
lingering in the lap of sprng There is no
winter worth sreaking of in San Francisco,
and / expect TO he out in my garden in my
shirt sleeves on Christmas day, subject only
to the prOviso that | live till then.
Sometimes peOple from Northern Ore
gon and the East come to me and say:
'Oh, San Francisco is well enough, but how
awful it must be to have nothing to look
forward to in the way of spring tlowers|
| lived in the East once, and when my
flowers died away in October there was
nothing to be done but to wait till the
end of April or the beginning of May.
Now, here in San Francisco it is all
y ay, and if people understood how this
country has been blessed, they would be
prouder of it than they are"
The eloquent old-timer was asked il he
thought the San Francisco home gardens
were as attractive as those of Oakland,
Berkel ey, Alameda and the bay side towns.
u am not saying that" he replied. 81 For
one thing our people don't take the same
pride 10 their gardens that was done liz the
days of the silver era. The soil is fertile
the climate is mild to degree there is a
mist that waters the ground, as in the pri-
meval Canaan, in the scorching summer,
and beneticient rain iu the winter. The
ChamGiops palm and the Maguey will grow
just as well on Russian Hill as on the most
favored slopes Of the Western Addition, or
in Berkeley or Alameda for that matter,
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KELLY ON A TEAR.
He "Takes a Shot" at a Coupe river
and Buys the Wine.

He "Takes a Shot" at a Coupe river
and Buys the Wine.
A pistol-shor, ringing out sharp and dis
tlnct, disturbed the early morning slumbers
of residents near 312 Folsom street at 80
o'clock yesterday. The shot was followed
by the trampling of horses, the rattle of
carriage wheels and excited voices in loud
dispute.
Martin Kelly. the Republican politician,
was in trouble. He had engaged John Lar
kin. driver of the United Carriage Com
pany, to convey him to his home at 3l2 Fol-
som street from a Third street saloon. and
when the driver asked for his fare, 81,
Kelly began cursing and fred shot at Lar
kin, which frightened the team and nearly
resulted 10 a runaway.
Alter Larkn returned to his stand at the
Palace Hotel, Kelly rung up by telephone,
informing the carriage company that he had
taken shot at their driver, and warning
them that he was coming down to clean out
the whole office.
He came sOOI afterward, but was paeified
by the foreman of the company, and wound
up his spree by buying bottle Of wine.
Larkin says he will swear out a warrant
for Kelly's arrest TODAY.
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how the m ,dern system of life in San
Francisco has crushed the Vitality out OF
home ideals. "We live in vast caravan
sera," he said. mo one any longer takes
an interest in his house. his home and ms
garden; feeling so surely that lie is here TO-
day and gone tomorrow. He Is not willing
to SOW seed the fruit OF which he may never
bPhold. In the days OF the silver era, by
which mean the times from 1857 to 1867,
glorious decade, men built houses that are
even now commended for their beauty
You see such houses on the rise Of Clay
street Hill to-day abandoned to Mongoans,
but beautiful even in their decay. Go
mite further out and you VIII find many
modern, ornate mansions without merit,
either INTELLECTUALLY or esthetically, but
which have the excuse of being con-
venient to housewives and fashion,
ably located. For one thing
woman hates mounting stairs. For another
thing she hates living out OF the world OF
fashion. You will understand now why so
many of the pretteSt gardens of the city are
attached to questionable houses.
Mrs. Scramblebug rents for $40 month
the house which Mrs. Bumbiebug origin
ally rented for $50, simply because fashion
has gone some where else, and Mrs. Rumble
bug didn't want to mount flight OF stars.
There isn't house in any part of Mob Hill
or the Western Addition nne-half as conf
Portable as the old RincOn Hill and Russian
Hill mansions OF the silver era. There are
housesl on Rincon Hill rented at $40 or
$50 month infinitely finer, more tasteful
and more comfortable than the homes OF the
lower grades of the European nobility"
Quietly and Giscreetly the reporter
brought back the ancient resident to the
subject OF the gardens.
1.-THE reason San Francisco has so many
pretty gardens" said he, sis not hard to
explain. For one thing, aud the chief thing,
there is tile climate, an eternal spring.
True, there is an autumn fall of the leaf,
and an April resurrection OF plant life, but,
practically, there are few gardens in San
Francisco in which some bright beautiful
green thing does not defy the decay even of
December.
"Why, have seen a cactus in bloom at
the end of November, and my garden Is
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AN 1vxc1AD GATE ON R1Ncox NIL

this house might be offered to hundred'ap-
plicants one after the other and not one
would look at it, We live in utilitarian
age, in which taste and refinement 60 for
nothing"
us it the same on the other hills"
"Yes. Take Telegraph Hill for example.
There are houses on the eastern end Of
Chestnut street which in any other city but
San Francisco would be thought to be pict-
uresque and beautiful in the highest de-
gree. have In my mind Just such house,
bananas, cannas, tree-ferns, Norfolk Island
pines or arancarias, pampas grass and
drao9nias growing freely in the gardens.
amid the long grass that tells OF unrentable
property. If these same plants could be
Transported to Mob Hill and made 10 BIOS
som in night how great rejoicing would
there lie among the mlionareS."
The old gentleman rambled on and pro-
ceeded 10 show by hard, indisputable logic
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A CONVICT'S MUTILATION.
He Suffers the Willful Amputation {
His Arm.

He Suffers the wnlful Amputation OF
His Arm.
King Bird (coored), a convict sent from
Henry County about four years ago for de-
tanning woman against her will. and who
has two years yet to serve OH that sentence,
and also twenty-ope years adjudged against
him in the FRANKLIN Circuit Court for kill
ing Richard Hardin, colored convict from
Louisville. year ago. suffered willful am
putatiOn of his arm at the Peuitentary here
the other day. He failed and refused to
finish his tasks, and was consequently rep
rimanded by Warden Bolan, and told
that he would hereafter be required
to perform them under penalty Of pun
ishment He has been one of the worst
prisoners in the penitehtiary, and the War
den says that he observed from his sullen
reception OF the reprimand that he meant to
get even with the bosses in some manner or
other, and accordingly word was given to
the guards to watch him. Before, however,
1t was supposed he could plot any mischief
to others, as it was believed he intended to
do. he deliberately placed his arm between
The morning call., 1891-10-12

The final meeting of juveniles who are to
take part in the athletic games in the after
noon at the Pavilion for the week was held
yesterday in the large meetng-room at the
Directory, which was filled with young en-
tnusiasts.
The Chairman, Mr.. Bannerrnan. an
nounced having received a number Of val
liable prizes. and urged each parish TO bring
a large contingent forward. Mr.. Orr and
u. j. Costello each reported all arrange
ments complete and promised a Eost en-
joyable time. Professor Gallagher was APP
pointed referee, to be assisted by Masters
j. S. Zimmerman, j. Spottiswood, r. Sulli-
van, G. Sullivan. E. Este, l.. Farron and
ceiYed the day of each conn netltinn
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the elbow and hand under cuttingmachlne,
and let the deadly weapon fall upon it, sew
ering it as completely as If it had been done
by the surgeons knife. DIR. Tobin. the
prison physician, dressed the limb, and
Bird arose at once from his couch appear
ing as well as if nothing had happened. He
has not lost meal, and regards his despe-
rate deed as good joke on the lessees. who
will have to suffer the loss Of the best part
of his labors.-Frankfort (KY.) special to st.
Louis Cube Democrat.
The morning call., 1891-10-12

and the Western Addition is the thing.
" Ii fashion could make the desert bloom
like the rose San Francisco would be the
garden city of the world. As it is we are
pretty well off. Take ride on the Califor-
nia-street cars and you will see even in
midwinter cacti in bloom, bananas with
leaves four feet long and Pepper trees wav-
ing their airy leaves as freely as in Tahiti
or HonOlulup
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STOLE HIS AFFECTIONS.

Wife Sues Her Mother-in-Law for
Alternating Her Husband.
The trial for suit for $4,000 da images
brought by Mrs. Abbie V. Bennett against
her mother-in-law, Frances E. Bennett, for
alternating her husbands affections, has be-
gun in the Superior Court.
The elder Mrs. Bennett is rich and one Of
the best known women in Buffalo society.
Her diamonds are famous here. and when
she appears in society II is in blaze of gems.
Young Mrs. Bennett told her story on the
Witness stand. She met her husband through
q matrimonial advertisement, and had
known him but three weeks when she mar
ried him. AS soon as her husbands family
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learned OF his marriage his mother, witness
said, began to prosecute her. Finally her
husband was induced to desert her. She
had often gone TO the Bennett mansion and
begged to know where her husband was,
but got no satisfaction. Since she was de-
serted she has had to work hard to support
herself
In giving her testimony the witness wept
frequently. No one but the BENEFITS know
where the husband is, but it is said he will
be produced when the defense begins. When
the couple separated, November Z, 1880,
there were stormy scenes. So loud was the
quarrel that ueighbors entered the house to
protect the wife.-Buffalo Cor. Pittsburg
Press
The morning call., 1891-10-12
BITTEN BY A HORSE.
Unexplained Death of a Clothing Gle
fo Pc IpyaaYiOata,I

Une1pIalned DEATH OF IIothing CIerk
to Be Investigated.
Henry Everett clerk in Frank & Sons
clothing establishment, was found dead in
bed in his room at $40 Sacramento street
yesterday afternoon. For the last three
weeks he had been sick, owing to bite
which he received in the wrist from horse
owned by Laid, the gunsmitb.
1t is not known whether death resulted
from blood poisoning or not, and an autopsy
will be held to-day 10 determine its cause
The morning call., 1891-10-12
VIII Hunt No More.

Henry johnson, residing at 1125 Ellis
street, started out for the sand dunes ycster-
day with parlor rife in order to hunt for
gophers. While lodging around with his
weather eye opened for one of the animals
the trigger Of the rifle became caught, and
the cartridge exploded, the ball passing
through The fieshy part of Johnson's right
hand, inficting severe and painful wound.
Ire injury was dressed at the Receiving
Hospital. johnson stated that he would
hunt for no more gOphers this season.
The morning call., 1891-10-12
ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET co.

CLEANERS LEAVE ASPINwALL a.~
y fortnghtly for the West Indies and 1oEEEM
Southampton, calling route at Cher -
bourg, France. and Plymouth to land passengers
Through Eills Of Ladlng, in connection with ths
Pacific Mail 3 s. Co., issued for freight and
TO direct ports in England and Germany.
Through tickets from san Francisco 10 Plymouth
Cherbourg, Southampton. First class, $l95; third
Class, $9I So Eur further particulars apply to
Ie10u fARk0TT u CO., Agents. 306 California st,
The morning call., 1891-10-12
RAccAcE NOTICE

DY RETAINING YOUR BAGGAGE CHECKS
ID until you reach San Francisco and then leaving
the same at our Branch Once located In the wais
ing-rOo OF the Oakland Ferry Depot, foot OF Mar
ket street, you will only the annoyance OF
transfer agents. but Will also 15c on the do
livery OF each trunk. Our rates: One trunk. 35c;
three trunks, 81. Remember, all others charge 50c
per trunk. MORTON SPECIAL DELIVERY. IT
GearY street. se2f
The morning call., 1891-10-12

A heartless mother az Chicago adopted a
novel mode Of getting rid Of her infant by
placing it in bundle of clothes for the
laundry. The child has been cared for, but
the mother cannot be found.
The morning call., 1891-10-12

wheel. AS the center of the driving wheel
to its point of contact with the big wheel is
eighteen inches, and the distance from this
point Of contact to the earth only a little
over six inches, the rider would be about
the same distance above the ground as in a
regulation safety.
Two smaller wheels, eight inches in diam
eter, strike the inner circumference of the
big wheel, as shown in the cut, pressed by
one strong spring, which increases the fric-
ton, steadies the whole machine and holds
the things together. The steering apparatus
is not clearly shown in the cut, as the wires
run from bar just under the handle bar to
the rear wheel. These wires cross under
the saddle, so as TO be out of the way. The
action is thus the same as in working boat
Tudder. As the wires cross, the handle bar
must be turned to the side in which it is de-
sired to have the wheel go. The steering
wheel is three feet in diameter. The saddle
spring and other details are the same as used
in other machines.
The great speed can be easily figured. The
big wheel has twenty seven feet circum fer
ence and the driying-wheel nine feet, so
that by every turn of the three-foot wheel
the machine is propelled twenty-seven feet
BY applying the gear action as in common
safety the speed Is greatly multiplied and
the power increased a mile could be easily
made in two minutes on a good road, and
probably the speed of mile a minute at
tanned if persons wished to ride so fast.
LOOmis has designed the machine for gen.
eral utility purposes. He is confident that
it will prove big success.
The morning call., 1891-10-12

Becoming angered at her children, an
aged woman of Augusta, KY, suicide wi h
laudanum. She was very high temt t eI
and could not endure contradiction.
The morning call., 1891-10-12
ANCHOR LINE.

Steamers Leave New York Every Saturday,
For Glasgow via Londonderry.
Rates for Saloon Passage $50 AND UPWARD.
according to accommodation and location OF room
Second Cabin $50. Steerage SO.
Passengers booked at through rates to or from any
city in Great Britain or on the Continent.
Drafts on London Sold at Lowest Rates.
Book OF information, tours and sailing iIsss fur.
nished on application TO agents.
HENDERSON BROTHERS, Bowling Green N. Y.
or to GEORGE w. FLETCHER, SIS Market st: or
10 I. u. MCKAY. 81 Montgomery street: or TO
q. f. FUGAZI & CO., Montgomery. avenue; or
6EokG L Is SEAMAN, 1913 Broadway oakland
NlH 3m
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP c.
FOR PORTLAND g. ASTORIA, OREGON.

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY Essa
L Ocean Dlvison-and PACIFIC COAST &51sss2
STEA MSHIP COMPANY will dispatch from Spear
street Wharf, at 10 for the above ports one Of
their AL iron steamships. viz:
STATE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES %, Oc-
tober 10. 80 November 8, 10. 81. December 8, 81.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 20. October ?. H. rs,
November 7, 19, December l, Is, IS.
oREGoN-September ~. October s, 1s. 80, No
vember II, %, December 5, II, go.
Connecting via Portland with the Northern Pacific
Railroad, Oregon Short Line and other diyerglng
lines for all points in oregon Washington, British
Columbia, Alaska, Idaho. Montana, Dakota, Utah.
Wyoming. Yellowstone Park and ali points East and
South aud TO Europe
Fare to Portland-Cabin, SIC; steerage, IS; round
trip, cabin $50.
Ticket ofices-1 Montgomery st. and Palace Ho-
tel. New Montgomery st.
GOODALL, PERKINS Il CO., Supt Ocean Line.
ltf 10 Market St. San Francisco.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-09
EMANCIPATION FUNDS.

The money that was collected by
the paraders, April 16, for the
Home for Destitute Colored Girls
has not yet been turned over 10
Mrs. Waring the president. Mr..
Alex. Peterson said TO BEE rep
resentative a few days ago that
he had sent a communication to
the several churches to hold the
money for him as he was the treas
urer; that the money collected is
for the Home for Destitute Girls
and not to give it to any one else
who claims that they want the
money to defray the expenses ofthe
emancipation day parade. This
money was taken i'll for one pur-
pose aud it cannot be used for an
other.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-09
LIEUT.. COL. HENRY M. ROB.
ERT.
ENGINEER c. MMISSIONER OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Sunday Herald.

Perhaps no member of the Corps
of Engineers could have have been
selected whose practical experience
better fitted him for the duties of
the Office than Lieut.. Col. Robert,
Engineer Commissioners of the Dis
trict. Since his graduation from
West Point in 1857, his career has
been distinguished by arduOus and
responsible duty capably performed.
Col. Robert was born in Robert
vile, Beaufort District, South Car
Olina, in 1887. He entered West
Point in 1853 and was graduated
in 1857, ranking fourth in his class.
AS brevet second lieutenant he was
assigned to the Corps of Engineers
and detailed to duty at the MilitarO
Academy as assistant professor of
natural philosophy and astronomy.
In 1858 he joined Gen. Harvey IN
exploring Oregon and Washington
Territory, and during the dispute
with Great Britain in regard to the
boundary question was in charge
of the defenses of San Juan Island,
At the outbreak of the War of the
Rebellion he joined what became
afterwards the Army of the Poto-
mac and was in charge of the forfi-
cations about Washington. While
30 engaged his health broke down.
At the close of the war he was
again assigned to duty at West
Point, acting as treasurer of the
Academy and as instructor in the
department Of practical military
engineering.
Upon bis promotion to a maiOri-
ty Col. Robert went to the Pacific
Coast as chief engineer of the Mill
tary Division of the Pacific, serving
on the stats Gems. Halleck, George
Il. Thomas, and Scho6eld until
1871, when he assumed charge of
the Thirteenth Lighthouse Dis
trict, including the coast North of
The Washington bee., 1891-05-09

Ii is going the rounds that Bruce and
Lynch contrOl the adWinistr .tion in the
matter of Negro appointments and that
th'N alone are responsible for every Negro
so far appOinte,l.-Fr Frr, man.
Well suppose the, d.? They
have n,ver rppnsed any Negro.
They do all in their power to urge
the President and the several de-
partments to appoint colored men.
Some one must tie consulted as to
appointments, why not Bruce and
Lynch? Jeal, usy thou art q
sneak.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-09

California. the defenses of the
Columbia Rivers and the river and
harbOr improvements in Oregon
and Washington Territory. Since
that time he has been 10 charge of
lighthouses on Lake Michigan, of
river and harbor improvements on
Lake Michigan north of Milwaukee,
on Green Bay, and Lake Superior.
1n 1888 he was commissioned lieu
tenant colonel, and assumed charge
of the defenses on the northern
frontier and Of river and harbor
improvements at Buffalo and north
of Lake Ontario, the st. Lawrence,
and Lake Champlain. In 1885 he
was transferred to the district
including Philadelphia. In Febru-
airy, 1890, he was appointed Engi-
neer Commission of the District OF
Columbia.
The Washington bee., 1891-05-09
CHARMING. CLEVER GRE.
OLES. A SENSATION AT
KERNAN'S THEATRE

Sam. T. Jacks Creole Burlesque
Co., consisting of Creole bellies,
Egyptian beau les, dancers from
the West Indies aud eunuchs from
Stamboul, will be the attraction at
Kernan's theatre, next week, b.
ginning Monday night. This is
the finest company of Creoles ev-
er organized. Its Creole bellies
are the lovIeiest the tropics nave
ever produced, its Egyptian beau
ties the fairest OF the daughters of
The Nile, and it's dancers from the
West Indies the nimblest and
most skillful disciples of Terpsi-
chore. The company is, in fact,
the grandest, most colossal combi-
nation of the beauty of the two
hemispheres. Its like does not
exist. To Samuel L. Jack, whose
picture is published herewith, be-
longs the credit of this matchless
organization.