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The morning call., 1891-03-26
The Agonies of Lumbago.


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York, writes:
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CONFIRMATION SERvIcE.-Rght Rev. W. T.
Nichols will confer the holy rite OF conilrma-
lion this Holy Thursday evening at Grace
Church, corner OF California and Stockton
streets Services win commence al O'Clock.
DIR. STEELE's LECTURE.-The second of DIR.
C. Ii. Steele's series Of popular lectures In Cal
vary Church will take place tonight Subject
London, the Worlds Metropolis"
The morning call., 1891-03-26
ONE CHOICE RESIDENCE LOT.
VIM BUTTERFIELO, RUGTIONEER,

VUs.s's.
WILLIAM BU1TEl;FIELD & CO.,
Auctioneers,
rro2 26 IT 4l2 Pine ST. San Francisco
, 1891-04-26

riage license. On one of his visits John
casually remarked that if he had $500 he
could extend his business to great advan-
tage. George promptly gave him the cash,
and the next day he disappeared. Miss
Peare is twenty-five years of age and Tetz-
LOT is her senior by a decade. He is said to
AVE fed because a woman who claimed to
be his wife had tracked him from Chicago
and threatened to make trouble.
William II. Mackenzie. of New York
city, made furious love to Margaret Glib.
ney, and after they were engaged he be-
trayed and then abandoned her. She fol
lowed him up to secure means of supper
gave her $lOO in a lawyers Office and she
she began suit for breach of promise. Then
the receipt proved to be a document releas-
ing Mackenzie from all responsibility. The
girl denied her intention of putting her
name to any such sort OF a paper, and told
such a straightforward and pathetic story
that the jury promptly awarded her 81, 500
damages.
Another New York sensation has for its
central figure a wife who claims to have
been deserted. The other evening she met
her husband, DR.. Simon Block, walking
with Hanna Joseph, daughter Of "a rabbi,
and a fracas followed. Here is what Mrs.
Block has 10 say about the matter:
My husband married me in Russia three
years ago. My family paid his way to this
country and his living expenses while here in
order that he should study medicine. His let
tiers to me were of the most loving kind, Three
months ago l came her. to join him. called
at his office and he refused TO recognize me.
, 1891-04-26

eNAAaH IL a AHHHH
breach of promise cases and martial scan
dals. 1t was under singularly impressive
circumstances that Michael Herman plight
ed troth with Edena Gorges at san Fran
cisco less than two years ago.
The girls mother lay ill, and by her bed
side sat the lovers. az / could see you mar
ried | would die happy" sighed the inva-
lid. Then Michael put a betrothal ring on
Edena's finger and uttered vows Of uuend-
ing affection. Mrs. Gorges blessed him,
and. believing her daughters future safe,
passed peacefully away. Herman was one
of the palIbearers at her funeral. After
that he grew less ardent in his attentions,
postponed the date of the wedding aud
finally ceased to call altogether. Recently
he married a b%ewitching widow at San Ra-
fael, and now pretty Miss Gorges, all the
fire OF her Spanish blood aroused, has
hauled her recreant swain to court and
made him defendant in a breach Of prom
Use suit, claiming So, 900 damages.
But, viewed from any standpoint, Mr..
Hernan's conduct was far less base than
that Of John Tetzlof, who is also a citizen
Of San Francisco. At least he lived there
until recently. At present he is a fugitive
from justice and there Is a warrant out for
him. Miss George Peare charges him
with embezzlement and tells an extremely
touching tale OF woe, The girl, who has u
modest fortune, was successfully woOed by
Tetzlot She believed in his good faith, the
wedding day was set and all preparations
made. even to the procurement of u mar
, 1891-04-26

La Mage" has been received with great
favor by the Parisians, and NJ. Masseuet is
the lion of the French musical world. He
is a delightfully."- quaint characterize ideal
subject for the lionizers, because his per
sonality is as interesting as his work. On
the night of l. Mage's" first production
the enthusiasm of a brilliant audience
found vent in calls for the author. Cries
of "Massenetl Massenetl' were heard from
all parts of the great auditorium. But
they were not at first replied to. Finally,
when the clamor became so great that the
singers could not 20 on with their parts,
the announcement was made from the
stage, IN. Massenet is in Armentieres."
And so he was. While the wonderful
child of his brain-the grandest achieve
ment OF his life-was being for the first
time exhibited to the public in Paris, he
was sitting in the bare chamber of a coun-
try inn, two hundred miles away, listening
to the dripping of the rain, alone and silent.
NJ. Massenet is a man of indomitable
will as well as talent, despite the difidence
which this incident seems to Indicate. His
success has been snatched from the midst
of many close clustering difficulties, and is
therefore all the more worthy Of being re
corded. Thirty years ago, or thereabouts,
when a mere child, he began the struggle
by running away from his home in
Veauche, with the avowed intention of go
ing to Paris and entering the conservatory.
Parental opposition to his ambitious
scheme was strong. He was arrested and
taken home again.
Again and again he disappeared, only to
be caught and ignominiously returned to
his fathers house. But resistance only
made him more eager, and at last he
reached Paris. From the first he obtained
recognition. He proved himself a veri-
table prodigy, and by his early and con-
siderable successes soon banished parental
displeasure. He is a t~ireless worker. He
rises with the sun and labors ceaselessly
at his desk until noon. So complete is his
mastery of the art of composition that he
carries his musi in his head, never trying
it on the piano until he can do so with
"hnis" written on the final sheet. He is
apparently Indifferent to public opinion.
caring only for his work and his family.
, 1891-04-26
RIDERS OF The SILENT Sized.
What the whseImen of the World Ar,
Doing.

"uA the Hheelmen OF the WORM ArN
Doing.
In New York the only high class pneu-
matte wheel in active service is owned by
Mr.. Starr, of the Manhattan Athletic club.
Mr.. Starr finds himself rapidly becoming
famous, chiefly on his wheels account.
That ". C. Jones, the English bicyclist
who may visit US this summer, is a strong
rider, is shown by the fact tha he holds
the worlds record for a pneumatic mile
2;2o IS. Jones, 'the great and only" as
he Is called by his intimatss, is a member
of the Polytechnic Cycling club of Lon
don, and is very popular with the British
public who frequent the Paddington race
track.
w. S. Campbell and TONY" Stilger are
making things hum in New York on a
racing tandem. They may ride together
this season in public.
With an amphibious wheel it is possible
to bear, but when it comes to an aerial af-
fair like the one recently proposed, which
is to be steered by lateral motion, and to
rise or fall according to forward or back
ward position of the rider, then the point
of endurance has been stretched.
1t is rumored that Atwater, of Washing
ton, may nave a place on the racing board.
This appointment, it is said, cannot fail to
produce adverse comment, owing to At
waters connection with q certain mani
featuring interest.
After the ear has become accustomed to
the sounds cushion" and pneumatic"
let it not weary; there is another, the
suspension" tire. This tire will doubt
less be of great service to those men who
have suffered the racing boards displeas-
ure.
The first century run of the year goes to
d. H. Lewis, Of Buffalo. He made the dis
lance from Erie TO Buffalo, with strong
head wind and rutty roads, in 81 hours 90
minutes.
Disciples of the 'loafng" school forget,
perhaps, in their enthusiasm that in 1889
A Lehr, the German rider. defeated +. j..
Osmond, the champion of England, al
though the latter was mounted on a
sixty inch wheel, as againsta ifty-six inch
ridden by Lehr, simply because Osmond
adopted waiting tactics and waited till
Lehr Was out Of sight before making his
effort. To tell just when to sprint is a
hard thing for the "loafer' to do.
Riding in armories on board floors is the
height of folly. A race rarely occurs that
some one is not seriously injured. 1t is
time managers OF indoor sports desisted
from offering prizes for cycle contests.
P-HILo-cYCLR.
, 1891-04-26

The best sacrifice hitters are those who
can place the ball in right field or that dr
]reCtion, and for this reason Danny Richard
sou, Ewing, Ward aud Quinn are stars at
making sacrifices that count They sclrce-
ly ever fail. Danny Richardson is not the
greatest batter ia the business, but there
are few who are as scientific as he and none
who eNcels him. lie is always willing and
helps daily TO ruin his batting record. He
cares absolutely nothing about his record,
and there isn't a man playing ball who
feels worse over "A misplav Than he does.
This does not seem consistent, but it Is, for
from a long personal acquaintance with
him and two seasons on the Dad with the
giants feel justified in stating positively
that Dams grief over errors, frequently
shown in various ways on the field and
elsewhere, has NJ connection whatever
with his record. He is a hard loser, and
simply gets sore thinking that his mis-
play may lose the game, and when it does
he is not a pleasant companion for several
hours thereafter.
, 1891-04-26
BASEBALL NOTES.

The famous Nets" of New York, will
prove a valuable addition to the Connect
cut league. James Mutrie was one of the
organizers of this team.
One of the odd nicknames inflicted upon
we'll known players is that OF Carmen
cita. John Ewing, of the Giants" is its
possessor. He is long and thin, and only
resembles the famous Spanish dancer when
in the box. Then his wonderful gy~rations
in getting a twist on the sphere even dis
count the black eyed Castilian beauty's rem
dition of lei Bolero,"
James O'Rourke, the famous right fielder
of the New Yorks, has all of a woman's
delicacy about giving away his age. He is
one OF the oldest men in the business and
Is said to be about forty.
Buck" Ewing, who now gets the largest
salary OF any professional baseball player
in the world, drove a distillery truck at
Cincinnati before he won fame on the dia-
mond
President Soden, of the Boston league
club, offered Dan Brouthers 81 900 for the
season of 1891. Dan tore his hair with rage
at the insignificant offer. which he con
sidered an insult.
The battle for first homo in the Amateur
Athletic union will probably be between
the Detroits and New Jerseys, as it was last
season.
Joe Hornung has been released by New
York and will go to Buffalo. He will hold
down left field.
Arson will try DAILY behind the bat dur
ing the Chicago's preliminary tour through
the west.
0Te noticeable thing about both the Yale
and Princeton teams this season is that
the players are nearly all daring and quite
effective bag stealers.
Tie star battery of Yale this season will
be Bowers, pitcher. and Poole, catcher.
Their team work is said to he great, and
Bowers is said to play II right bower every
time he gets II twist on the sphere.
, 1891-04-26

Goaded to desperation by this nhumRn treat
ment, l and my friends have closely watched
him since, and for the past three weeks almost
every evening he has spent in the company OF
Hanna, the rabbits daughter. She would meet
him either on the street or at the store OF Mr..
Dillon. When the street fracas occurred my
husband was the escort. He ran when | at
tackled him, and not until las flight did Mr..
Dillon join the Joseph girls.
Some weeks ago the doctor was ordered
by a justice to pay a weekly sum for his
wife's support.
In Sandwich, Mass, the people are agi-
tated by a scandal that smirches the good
names of a young single woman and An.
elderly married man. A band Of white
Caps" organized, and the other night
hanged the objects OF suspicion III sfigy.
This is the second demonstration against
the couple. The first took form a. "A pelting
with small bags of fiour and overripe eggs.
And still, despite the misery caused by
faithless lovers and ickle husbands, Jove
Is said to Taught
, 1891-04-26

The Wabash Line is now running its
Canon Ball train from Kansas City to
Toledo, vestibuled, leaving Kansas City
at 600 p. m, making direct connections
with all trains from the West at hat
point.
Free reclining chair cars and Pullman
buffet sleeping cars from Kansas CITY 10
Toledo, at which point as well as at Fort
Wayne aud Defian,e direct connection is
made with all the limited trains for the
East, Southeast, and Northwestern points.
This is q star route. Ask for your
tickets via the Wabash line.
Q. NJ. Hampson, commercial agent
1927 Seventeenth street, Denver, Colo.
G. l.. Allen, travelling agent.
DENVER, March ls.
, 1891-04-26

He began wrestling in 1884, and has com.
peted in no less than eighteen tourna-
ments, Cornish style, open to all corners,
and ensily carried off first honors on each
occasion. He has also won thirteen
matches against the very best heavy
weight wrestlers of England and America.
He reached the summit of his ambition
n created a genuine surprise in sporting
circles when he lowered the colors OF Jack
Carkeek, in a match for the Cornish style
championship Mt Ishpeming, Mich, Aug.
3, 1899. He again proved his superiority
over Carkeek on Dec. IS. King has also
downed the English champion, Charley
Green. The Michigan gladiator states
that lie tauds ready TO wrestle any man
in the world at either the Cornish or
mixed 81 yies for not less than $500 Il side.
, 1891-04-26
ARE you GOING EAST,

Ii so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY2 Because in the frrt place it is
to many of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and. from
points in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to cap
the climax Of luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
O. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-04-26

fOur Of the most powerful men in America
in the individual tug-of-war contest. The
same day Gales team won the champion
ship by defeating the M|anhattans. Not
long ago they also worsted the Northwest
ern University team, champions Of the
west. Twice. however, Gales men have
been bested by the ex-champions Of the Va
una Boat club, of Brooklyn, with r
Baird as anchor.
OF the quality Of his work it is unneces-
sary to speak here. Its wonderful success
is the best commentary thereon.
, 1891-04-26

1t is very evident that a dentist would
have to use a stump machine or a blast Of
dynamite IL he wished to extract one of
Whitman's molars. But the story of his
prUryess is incomplete without a descrip-
ton Of another Of his feats. He will put a
strap between his teeth and allow four
men to pull on the strap in one direction
while four more seize him about the waist
and pull in another. They invariably get
tired before Whitman does. This wonder
full young man is champion of the world at
teeth lifting and holds The Police Gazette's
medal
, 1891-04-26
A TOWER or STRENGTH.


man, and His Work.
Arthur Gale, the famous tug-of-warsman
of the Acorn Athletic club, Of Brooklyn, is
a tower Of strength and has won numerous
victories in his long career. Since 1879 he
has been pulling at the rope in his favurite
athletic contest, and the terrific exercise
has made him one of the strongest anna
teurs in the United States. He IS Of Her
culean build, and has on numerous occa-
sions endured a strain Of $500 pounds for
three minutes.
Gales earlier victories are too numerous
to mention, but his greatest work has been
don in the last few years. In 1889 his
Acorn A. C. team won the lightweight
championship Of America. Twice the same
year Gales men defeated David Lords IA
nous quartet. In August, 1880, four Of
the best New York teams succumbed to
Gales giants. At the Washington cham
partnership Gale defeated the famous shot
putters, G. A. J. Queckberuer, George
Gray, F. l.. Lambrecht and J. =. Mitchell,
, 1891-04-26
a private house will find many board,

at a private house will find many board
ing places where good accommodations
are furnished, and at moderate prices.
The superior daily service now afforded
by the Burlington route to Hot Springs,
with through sleeping car accommoda-
tons from Omaha, Lincoln, Aurora and
Grand Island, makes the trip an easy and
enjoyable one; ard for the benefit of all
who desire to test the efficacy Of the
waters, round trip tickets at reduced rates,
good for ninety DAYS, are now on sale at
all offices OF the Burlington route.
For pamphlet, descriptive Of the
time, etc, apply to any agent of the com
pany, or TO j. FRANCIS,
Gen'l Pass'r & Ticket Agt., Omaha,
Neb.
, 1891-04-26

Jack King, the Young gladiator of Iron
Mountain, Mich. has a brilliant record as
a Cornish wrestler. King, who is in his
twenty-fourth year and weighs 1876 pounds
in condition, is a grand specimen Of ath-
letic manhood, and his wonderful strength
has been a very great factor in winning his
matches. The following measurements Of
the Michigan Hercules give a pretty fair
idea OF his physique: Chest, ~ inches; bi-
ceps, l6 inches; calf. IN inches; thigh. IS
inches. and neck l7H inches.
, 1891-04-26

5 hire, England.
She came to Amer
lea ten years ago
aud became a ste
o & Il p h e at
Rochester. Elsa
V o Blumel's
feats on the wheel
Il r o u $ e d Miss
Cakes ambition,
and, ~''metaphysi-
cally speaking
she traded her
typewriter for Il
bicycle in 1886. In
Tbra. MANTLE uba
, 1891-04-26

met and defeated Miss Won .-11ien at Au-
burn, N. Y. Not long thereafter she re-
peated the victory at Scranton, Pa. Miss
Cakes then raced against horses and began
long distance riding. In numerous forty
eight hour contests she has proved herself
a remarkably swift and hardy rider, and
has defeated the best female bicyclists in
the world,
, 1891-04-26

Here is a picture of John Whitman, or
Ajax" as he terms himself, the champion
teeth litter of the world. He is a man with
jaws Of iron, and his feats are marvellous.
For example, he thinks nothing OF lifting
$50 pounds with his teeth and swinging it
about with almost the ease that a cat dis
plays in shaking a mouse.
, 1891-04-26

new and expensive playhouses going up 10
the big cities. One Of tue latest additions
to the list is in Milwaukee. and Jacob Lift,
whose name has been well known in dra.
matte circles for years, is the promoter. It
is called the Biiou, and the accompanying
cut gives "A good idea OF its external appear
, 1891-04-26

Passengers destined to the prominent
cities east of the Mississippi river should
~patronize the Chicago. Union Pacific &
Northwestern line. Magnificent Pullman
and Wagner sleeping cars. elegant Pull
man and Northwestern dining cars. free
reclining chair cars, handsome day
coaches and comfortable Pullman c%olonist
sleepera.
, 1891-04-26

b B. David has Just received a large
Pertinent OF ornamental coach and white
mar varnish put up in quart. pint and
u pint CAM ready for use. Just the
ing for retouching old furniture,
, 1891-04-26
THE COMPOSER OF IA MAGE"
MassenSt, One of Frances Most FAmOu,
and Eccentric M~uEIeIAnS.

The name of NJ. Massenet is already fair
ly familiar to the American public IS the
composer of "Esclarmonde" Cths opera pro-
duced in Paris May 10, 1889. in which that
talented young American singer, Miss
Sybil Sanderson, achieved 50 great a sue
cessl so that considerable interest is felt on
this side Of the water in his new work,
Ia Mage" which is only a few weeks old
in Paris.
, 1891-04-26

Cheapest Ice in CHEYENNE.
The Cheyenne Ice company has an un-
In1lted supply of good clear ice, which it
l sell cheaper than it can possibly be
p1ght elsewhere. Leave orders at Riner
! Johnson's or telephone 64.
MURRAY & DYER.
, 1891-04-26

and Association in the present unpleasant
ness. Reilly played third base for the Co
lumbus club last year. and signed with
them for the present season. When the
new baseball war broke out he got a bet
ter offer from the Pittsburg League club.
and concluded to cast his fortunes with
the Smoky City boys. The courts will act
as umpire in the matter.
Reilly was born at Princeton, y. j..
t~wenty-fOur years ago. In 1887 he entered
the professional lists, and has since played
with the savannah club of the Southern
league, the Eau Claire club Of the North
western league, the st. Paul club of the
Western association and the Columbus
Il
, 1891-04-26

Miners, Mechanics, MachinIsts and
Railroad men will find Arnicated Eureka
Cream superior to salve to heal up sore
and cracked hands. 1t stood the test for
years. % cent bottles. druggists.
, 1891-04-26

Ed Knapp IS receiUing
fresh oysters and CLAIMS la
the sheH direct from " Gao
York every other day. at
his rest Nrant OH Sta
tenth street. supplying
families of a specially.
, 1891-04-26
EAGER WHEELMEN
What Will Be the Suspended
Cyclists Fate2
THEY ARE ALL RATHER ANXIOUS.

The Great Rivalry Between the Eastern
and Western Riders. and Its Alleged
Bearing Upon the Action of the Racing
Board of the l. A. w.
To reinstate or not to reinstatei That is
the question at present agitating bicyclists
in the east particularly and all over the
country generally. As a matter of fact,
however, the wheeling world has been in a
dutter since the racing board of the L. A
W. temporarily suspended seventeen of
Americas best amateur riders, in Noyem-
Der, 1890, upon the charge Of professional
ism. Their names are Willie Windle, A.
, 1891-04-26

One of the best female bicyclists in the
country is Miss Jessie Cakes, who was born
twenty-six years Z at Boston, Lincoln
, 1891-04-26

A baseball player who has attracted
much attention in the press of late is
Charles T. Reilly. He has proved one of
The BONES Of contention between the LEAGUE
, 1891-04-26
FAITHLESS MEN.
They Vowed to Be True For
ever and a Day.
THEN THEY BROKE THEIR oATHS.

As a Result There Is a GoodIy Crop OF
Scandals and Breach of Promise Suits
in ~sIEht-san Francisco and New York
Cases.
If, as the old Roman saying has 1t, love
laughs at loves p~erjuries, the great heather
deity must about this time he shaking
Olympus with his ]uproarious mirth, for
with the coming of spring there ave
bloomed and budded numerous sensational
, 1891-04-26

1t you want to please your housekeeper
Y Jack Frost flour
, 1891-04-26

the finest and most effectual lotion for
ehapDed hands. rough and sore SKIN, es-
leeially prepared for this climate and
@lleases every body. Try it. Twenty five
ent bottles. Druggists.
, 1891-04-26

Gods blessing TO mankind, say thous-
ands who have been cured by Oregon
Kidney Tea.
, 1891-04-26

nAshlhurON'
NiCGuLIe' c
". ClArA' C.
mart, c.
nllller' p
heele, p
bakeIey, p
Sar e, p
Mmc0uef1, H.
G Dun1p' -
, 1891-04-26

Wisdom's Robertine Is the only thing
now used by fashionable women to per-
petuate Il beautiful complexion.
, 1891-04-26

The Ice Trust hnockcd Out.
Ellis, Sloan & Shaver will rell ice for
one-half of former rates, and will meet
any cut in price.