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The morning call., 1892-12-27

Danish fishermen are the most daring
fellows in the world when il comes to
Drawing cold and ice and snow in an open
boat.
The las. seen Of them was at 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. when they were spied
by the keeper of the old north side crib
about three miles to the east of him and
scudding before southwest breeze. 1t is
possible that they may have reached Racine.
but as nothing has been heard Of them the
general opinion Is that IL they are still above
water the life must be frozen out of them at
all events, for il is inconceivable that NOR
tai man could withs tand the terrible cold of
last night in an open boat miles off shore.
And, for that matter, 1t was nearly as cold
Saturday night as last night And the mer-
curry is on the down grade.
There ale not so many people on the
downtown streets these days. and the fact
that yesterday was Sunday and to-day
Christmas does not entirely account for the
deserted thorouRhfares.
It's the terrific cold that is keeping folks
indoors. Only the bad boys who want to
throw snowballs or ride their sleds, or the
skaters. or those whose duty makes it in
cumbenton them to 60 out have stuck their
red noses out Of doors since Christmas eve.
Anu cNcly uouy WuO uueb W OUT, IUcluu-
Ing even the skater and the frisky small
boy, is bundled up In furs and muff1ers and
one thing or s2other till only the eyes and
the tip Of veryfed nose are visible.
Ard everybody is inquiring of everybody
else, "How low is your thermometer?'
There's been big increase In the sale of
thermometers here within the past few
days. This lie always the case whenever 1t
Is extremely warm or extremely cold in this
city.
People seem to get certain satisfaction
from watching the antics Of the mercury as
1t goes way down or way up. The few peo-
pie on East Madison street to-day crowded
around the big thermometer outside tho
Inter Ocean Office or the one under the
Tribune building.
But they don't stand staring very long,
only for moment or two, and while they
DO stare they dance up and down and swing
their hands around as though going through
some queer kind of calisthenics.
And every body Is on the dead run. Even
the messenger boys run, and this fact argues
wonders for the eloquence OF the cold.
1T hasn't been so cold since the winter
OF -" says every old-timer.
The river is frozen solid, but the les Is so
full OF the thick slime and filth that Il
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about to sweep the snow off as 1t fell, so
there are many places where it is utterly
impossible TO skate.
However. large party of West Side boys
and girls skated over to Black Jacks bum
boat this afternoon. They had a great
time OF ii there. and the latest report is that
they mean 10 put up there for the night.
Black Jacks stimulants are said TO be in
vincible.
Lincoln Park affords the ideal skating
ground. On the beautiful winding. turning
and twisting lake and brooklet here the ice
is as though polished for dancing
Never In winter time has there been
larger crowd In Lincoln Park than was
there to-day and is there this evening.
There Is 10 be big bonfire on the island
from o'clock until 10, ana the trees in the
vicinity OF the lake, the bridges and pro-
lecting shore lines are to be alive with jap
anese lanterns.
Everybody who has pair of skates and a
pair OF agile feet to put them on has gone
TO Lincoln Park-that is everybody who
has not gone skating else here.
There have been some sleighing parties
along the north shore and lots OF people are
waiting and praying for a big snowfall,
that shall make good solid roac clear to
Fort Sheridan.
And 1t looks as X they were to have their
wish, too, for the weather bureau predicts
heavy weather. OF course. that means
more snow, for there are no present indica-
tlODs OF fall in the temperature. Eight
degrees below zero is cold weather even for
Chicago, and il has brought with il deal
Of suffering among the DOOR and unem-
ployed.
There have been several cases OF men
freezing to death within the past few days,
though in most instances the exposure to
the extreme cold has been the result of their
own folly or carelessness.
Severe snowstorms in the Northwest are
reported and several snowbound trains are
more than day overdue.
Traffic on the lake is suspended A small
boats crew Of venturesome Danish fisher
men. WHO started out Saturday afternoon,
have not been heard from since and it is
feared they have frozen to death. These
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: and. floudy:as were the skies and unebtru-
:. siye as was all the beauty. hundreds of peo-
j. pie sped their carriages ever the perfect
roadwaysr or stroled the sheltered paths
" and found enough to delight them.
81: Il lie lIgtlt breeze that ettrled the breakers
=on the parks western edge rustled the
jumpers out on the saBdhills and swung the
! long, gracefully dtooping branches of the
acacia. Farther inland was a little damp.
sbutt was not harsh and would not have
Z driven a man back tNo blocks for his light
oyeTcoat.~
" Butwhat was beautiful and inviting under
those gray skics?.
s There was a fresh. beautiful green every
where, rloting in all the t!nts and shades
:: the: color was capable Of. A mantle of it
: was flung in. soft folds about Stanford
< Heights a little to the south, and it was
!: checked and embroidered with the darker
! green Of the frs cedars and expresses that
studded the rolling Sides The mantle ex-
tended like. a hugo rug down the easier
slopes TO the side Of the park.
<: From one.of the little hilltops In the park
the great stretch of green was a delightful
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which have been marked "for rent" for
months past are now being occupied and
there are already inquiries for those on the
streets contiguous 10 the direct line Of the
read.
If any one wants 10 test the owl-car Ques-
tlon practically let him take the trouble to
stroll along Market street from Kearny to
Powell after the last car on the cable roads
has ceased running. During the present
festive season the opportunity is an unusu-
ally good one.
There will be found. first of all. the weary
tollers whose work does not cease till
long after midnight and who know the fes
tive season chiefly by the calendar and by
hearing the people talk about il. Some of
these people live away out in the Mission.
Ihe Valencia-street cars, il they were run
ming, would take them within block or so
OF their own door. But the last blue light
Of these cars has long ago faded in the dim
distance. and there is nothing for 1t but
patience and shanks' mare. Many of these
nlght-toiers may be seen ont at the corner
OIL Powell ana Market streets watching the
fortunate dwelleTs along the line of the
Metropolitan electric road drop their nick
els into the conductors hands and being
whlrled away TO the very doors of their
homes.
1t is written of old that 1t Is hard thing
to look into happiness through another
mans eyes.
Then there are the young people who
uaNc UeeD attending dance party or social
and who have tarried till the band has
played Home, Sweet Home" The young
man IS pretty tired with Waiting aud the
young lady has almost worn her thin shoes
through TO the floor. 1t is not, as rule a
Trying ordeal Tor two psls nS, young, roman
tic and of opposite sex, to walk home on a
pleasant, moonlight night but suppose the
rainy season Is in full swing and the rain is
falling In torrents. and the hour is l 80 A. NJ
In the language of Bill Tweed what are
you going TO do about it ?"
Wlth these young people so circumstanced
and living away from tie line of the Metro
politan electric road, two or three miles out,
there is but one remedy, a hack.
1t Is tender-hearted hackman indeed
that will let the young man off with less
than two or three dollars for the trip at such
an hour and on such night.
The young men who can pay So for a
hack after footing the bill for an evenings
recreation In town with their best girl, or
iuture spouse, are not as numerous as black
berries III September. aud il they begin
their courtship with q lavish outlay il is
odds but what they decide that marriage is
failure before they put their necks in the
moose.
sensible girl does not want a young man
to mortgage his salary to take her home two
or three times a week when an owl car will
do the business for 8 cents apiece
TheLe is no theoriziDg. no romance about
this state of things. If there be any doubt
ing Thomases let them just stroll along
Market street and out into the Western
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Addition in the wee sma' hours. They can
see the hacks plying their trade and they
can see the young people who cannot afford
hacks Drawing the rainstorm and the foot
pads on the long home stretch.
Assistant Superintendent Brooks of the
Metropolitan line said to CALL reporte
yesterday:
IF the patronage OF the owl cars is kent
up at the present rate we shall want no
further inducements TO keep them up. OF
course i is the holiday season, but even al
lowing for thar. the owl cars running eyerv
SIX minutes are well filed"
CALL reporter took a spin over the
road yesterday just TO test facilities and
take look at the "Iay of the land"
Leaving Market street at Powell the car
runs briskiy out TO Hyde, to O'Farrell. to
Scott, and along Scott to Fell. thence to
Baker, to Stanyan on Page, where the trip
ends at the entrance of Golden Gate Park.
Beyond Lyon street the line is, so to
speak, out In the country. Just as fast as
the sands are graded the lots are improved
and the houses rented.
These houses are of all sorts and sizes.
Once the car is past Van Ness avenue thev
begin TO assume O modern aspect, They
are new houses In fact. Quite a number
are conveniently built in flats, and the ,e
flats OF i've rooms are far cheaper and more
comfortable than houses of larger size on
North Beach or South Park. There are
cottages small enough to accommodate a
family Of two. or three. and big palatiaI
mansions in the Eastlake or other popular
styles which would be cheap at $50 month.
Along the entire road from Powell and Mar
ket there is choice enough for the most ex
acting, and, except on the terminal portion
beyond Baker street, ten or fifteen minutes
will put the tenant down at his own door.
The run Is so smooth and so swift that
the ride is real treat, and the only COM
plant that young couple is likely to make
Is that it Is TOO brief.
I've have been asked about Communication
tickets already" said Assistant Superinten-
dent Brooks. "but the system has been tried
all over the city time and time again, and 1t
mas always proved unsatisfactory. There is
nothing like the fve-cent fare-no fears and
no favors."
The most striking example of the popu-
larity OF the new owl cars is the inquiry for
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A HOLIDAY PEEP INTO TWO GREAT GARDENS.
Park San Francisco Park Chicago

affords no good skating, except in places
beyond the stockyards.
THE CALL correspondent made tour OF
the city yesterday and found every pond
and mudhole in the suburban districts filled
with skaters.
The hardware men say that they have
sold more skates this winter than any other
year for some considerable time.
There was some rain before the present
cold snap set in and the consequence is that
the streets, besides being about half covered
with snow, are coated with about quarter
inch of ice.
This makes it exceedingly difficult for
one to keep on his feet, and, as a result, the
County Hospital Is crowded with cases of
badly sprained ankles, broken legs and
similar fractures caused by falling on the
slippery paveer, It's. -Strs
There is 8 strict ordinance requiring
every householder to sprilkle ashes or saw
dust In front Of their deors. but it is not
very strictly enforced.
And ever IL it. were obeyed to the letter
there are yet enough places in every square,
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where there Is vacant house, for instance,
where no one is responsible for the cnndi-
iion OF the sidewalk, and the ice remains
Intact
But il cold, the air is pure and braclng out
Of doors these days, and If Chicagoans went
out moro in cold weather 1t would be better
for them-provided, always. that they kept
on the hop, skip and jump as long as they
were ont.
There have been fewer deaths here this
winter than few years ago, when il was
mild and even warm during the holidays.
Nothing was ever truer than that a green
Christmas in Chicago means fat grave
yard.
Warm wea. her here In the winter-time is
unhealthy anu usually brings with it an epi-
demic of some sort or the other.
At the fair grounds all inside work will
so on as usual tomorrow. but a great deal
OF the outside work will be postponed until
the mercury comes up a couple dozen de-
grees or so.
1t is too cold to work out OF doors, unless
the thing to be done is some hard manual
toll, where the motions OF the body are so
great as TO keep the blood in circulation and
the members from freezing.
Several brakemen on the Chicago and
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WANTS GOOD ROADS.
A. A. Pope, the Highway Agitator,
Visits the City.

A. A. Pope, the Highway Agitator,
Visits the City.
Albert A. Pope, the now widely.known
agitator for improved modern roads
throughout the United States, 10 registered
at the Palace Hotel with his wife aud family
from Boston.
Mr.. Pope has gone to considerable per-
sonal expense in publishing pamphlets.
communicating with officials, presidents Of
cole ges and others. as well as in travelling
over the States, inspecting the state Of
country roads In pursuit of his laudable en-
terprise.
The time has now come when the public
are alive to the importance OF improving
the wagon roads Of this country" saws Mr..
Pope.
"The people possess the desire. but they
have not the knowledge to economically &C.
complish the great work Of constructing
and main tanning good roads. Nor can II be
wondered at when IL Is remembered that
there are 90 few properly trained highway
engineers. Professor Shaler says, 'preb-
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ably the number of such engineers does not
exceed fifty in the United States"
To obtain such grade Of engineers Mr..
Pope IS ssitating for road enginesflng pro-
fessorships, and classes in sbe colleges and
educational institutions Of the country.
and has already started successful move-
ment in that direction, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology leading the van,
with Harvard good second.
That the agitation will soon bear substan-
tial fruit is evident by the number of re-
plies TO bis circulars. In which leading rep
resentatives of education in this country
cordially recognize the necessity for gen.
eral action In the matter, together with
their promises to push forward ideas into
practice.
"One OF the Foundation stones upon
which rests the grand fabric of civilization
everywhere is good means of communica-
ton. or in other words. good highways.
Upon college presidents and professors
rests the solemn responsibility of doing all
that they can to promote this branch of
learning" concludes Mr.. Pope. who is very
much IN earnest, as he well may be, upon
the subiect
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But the green of the lawns and of the
wealth of bright foliage and the reddish
brown OF the walks and drives were not the
only colors that Golden Gate Park could
contrast with the white of Eastern SHOWS
and the dark hues of naked Eastern woods.
Flowers? Plenty of them. of course.
There are fewer of them than at any other
time of year, and compared with the mil
lions of them that San Franciseans are used
to seeing blaze in q prodigal way nine
months in year the showing is not large,
but still they greet the eye at every turn,
and when the sun lights them up these
winter" days they fash the same story of o
summerland.
Near the Bakersfield entrance are great
masses of hydrangeas-big pinkIs
punches of blooms that suggest the snow
ball. Down the shaded lane along Stanyan
street are still bushels of fuchsias OF every
hue pendant from vines ten 10 twenty feet
long.
An acre of reses is near by with blossoms
on every little bush. About the little lake
near Hsight street, where the white and
black swans serenely preen themselves, and
on down toward the main drive are blazing
geraniums, long stretches OF petunias and
the pendnlous. cardinai-red blossoms OF the
gay ssruD OF Mexico, mixed up Win many
other blooming plants.
In the region between the bridge near the
Haight-street entrance and the children's
playground and the music-sraDd flowers are
still in great variety. The speedwell is
there, the Mediterranean heath masses its
delicate purple along the walks and the
scarlet Chinese bell-fower procIaims its
presence beside the bright yellow of the
furze. There are thousands of white and
yellow marguerites, crysanthemums are still
budding and blooming. though looking a
little late. and here and there among the
trees slender acacias are loaded with little
yellow catkins. VioIets nestle by the
ground and g score of other flowers assert
here and there their right TO bloom in late
December.
So il is about the conservatory. where
pinks are quite plentiful too; that flaming
red amid the dragon palms, cacti and
century plants of the Arizona garden where
stairs ascend a picturesque slope. belongs
to the gorgeous spikes OF the tritonia that
has come from the Cape of Good Hope.
And everywhere about the park is seen the
Towering shrub laurestina, with Its pinksh
white punches of tiny blossoms.
Those who sped behind fast nags out to
the beach found gray clouds over q gray
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deal OF good sleighing in town.
The Hyde Park and the North Side cable
cars have been crowded all day with young
folks and skate bags. or course. most Of
the skaters have gone to Lincoln Park, on
the North Side, and Mr.. Yerkes' cable has
groaned and toiled accordingly.
The lakes al South Park and Jackson
Park are not in as good condition for skat-
ing as those on the North Side. for the
reason that the preparations for the Worlds
Fair have made it necessary to employ these
bodies of water for various purposes.
The lagoon inside the fair grounds is
frozen as smooth as glass. but visitors are
not allowed there yet. so there is no skating
there.
But there's plenty of good Ice without It.
The basin or harbor of the lake. which com.
prises an immense body of water reaching
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IrOm Nnat IS known as
the lake front on the
south side to the Gov
eminent pier, about q
mile and a half out, is
frozen over solidly.
In places this great
sheet OF ice affords good
skating, but it has its
defects. One Of them
is that the water re-
fused to lie still and
calm when the freezing
process began, and hence
there are many rifles
and wayelets in the sur
face of the ice. And
than there WAC pohodv
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MARRIED.

RASMUS MUSSEN-JOHNSON-Inr this CITY, by the Rev
o. Groensoerg, Alexander Rasmussen and AIber.
tina D. johnson.
MAYHEW-WOO WOODHEAD-In this city, December
81. 1892. by the Rev. NJ. J. Ferguson. Charles H.
Mayhem and Julia ii. woodhead. both OF San
Francisco.
RISTENSES-C0oNS-In this city. December
"a, 1892, by the Rev DIR, Mackenzie, Edward w
Christensen OF Alameda and Florence Coons of
San Francisco
ROwELL-SAGAR-Iu this city December 23
1892. by the Rev. John Douty, Joseph w. Rowell
and Lillian K. Sagar.
OGBU BURN-McCRACKEN EN-ln this CITY, December
10. 1892. by the Rev. DIR. K. r. Ollie. Henry w.
oghurn aud Kate McCTaeken, both of San Fran
cisco.
DUMBILL-MoRLEy-In this city. December "a.
1892. by the Rev. DR.. Ollie. Joseph Dumbill and
Winnie g. Morley both OF San Francisco.
ANSEN tho city, December
25. 1892. by the Rev. DR.. Diiie Peter Ausenh er
ami Mary Elizabeth Ruhe, both OF San Francisco
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.thEough the park to-day because Of the
.weathes? Would she have shiyered and
::sai ii. .Roe-ooh, how cold It isH'?.
## s Wei, ,1it was. a little chilly. 1t was only
IS d degrees ahoye zero, and once, about s
o;clockln the morning, the mercury regis
tered sc 6#degrees.
\. No. any Eastern visitor would have been
charmed. by q visit to the park tp-day. a
visit woUld have pleased a native Cali
:: sfoTn1an who. had not seen 1t for a month,
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ONE ROOKERY LESS.
Destroying Flames in a Kearny- Street
Shanty

oudutys
The old one-and- "a b alf-story building on
Kearny street. near Clay, occupied by the
Buffalo Clothing Company, was gutted by
tire at o'clock last night The flames
broke out on the Clay-street side. fifteen
minutes after the proprietor, Albert SAM
uels. and his assistants had closed the store
and gone TO dinner. Between fire and
water The large stock Of goods in the store
was destroyed or rendered worthless and
the old structure was badly damaged.
The building, which is numbered GIG and
63S kearnY street, must be torn down, as
the flames rendered it unfit for oecul ation
This will cause the owners little grief, as
they had decided TO tear down the old
rookery early in January and erect four
story brick building on its site.
Samuels says the goods in the store we're
worth $4,000 and were insured for $500,
but Captain White of the Fire Patrol esti-
mates the damage at $1,000. Samuels mad
made preparations to remove to Montgomery
street early next year.
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by the wintry Atlantic
or the e.fros st-locked lakes
was striking enough.
Golden Gate Park.
even when. the storm
signals are flying. is a
charming object lesson
on ,.'The Relation Of
Latitude. TO the. Sensi-
'.bil1ty of the Toes" as
well as. on Natures
Painting of All Out
DOORS.
Would any lady of
/: Murray Hill. just ar
: rived from the big East
:ern metropolis. have
sh0rtenpdi her drive
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BIRTHS -MARRIAGES-DEATHS.

BORN.
LESS-In this city. December 26. 1892 to the wife
of Issdore Less. son.
MoYsE-In Chino. December 20, 1892, TO the
wife of Maurice Moyse, a son.
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HIcAGo, Dee. 26.-Eighi
degrees below zero and
snow on the ground.
That Is Chicago Christ
mas. 1t is clear and
cold and crisp. Ear
muff1ers are fashionable
and frost-bitten noses
all the rage. The snow
is so powdery and dry
and has been blown
about in drifts so much
tkot st,ava Ia m nf a prax
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One half Of the French Foreign Legion
are aliens, and nearly all are social outlaws.
The morning call., 1892-12-27
LATEST sH PPINa INTELLIGENCE.

Movements of Vessels.
Ship F. s. Ciampi, California st. to stream.
ship Earl of Dalhouse. Long Bridge TO Rolling
mill.
ship w. F. Babcock, Mission ST. TO Mail DOCK.
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a: day when they are throwing their win
: d0ws open downtown and sitting before
them to. look out upon the holiday streets,
ought surely to. be warm enough for any
body. You did not need an overcoat. nor
even "a silk niuffier 10 Golden Gate Park
To-day. and gloves were a nuisance.
s: 5. i es,:: It was warm-65 deg. above zero for
s atIme--eyen if Sol was little chary OF
Z showing his face. and everybody knew that
behind the gray clouds were the soft Italian
skies that .bended with a subdued radiance
! over The scene from sunrise TO sunset few
:dictions here before Father Time deposes
this: aged year:
as: The: park was to-day with little or
none Of ofitsscharacteristic sunshine its con.
=trsst With famous beauty spots of the cities
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The Christmas spectacle at the Tvoli. "a
Trip to the Moon," now running 10 tull
benches for week, also felt the effect of
what may be called the two supreme DAYS Of
the present season. Greater smoo,hness
marks the different phases OF this spectacu-
lar opera, owing 10 some improving changes
that have been made and the closer famil-
iarty Of the different people In the cast
with their respective parts.