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The morning call., 1892-09-18

perof brownstone. On the Marcy-avenue
front, between The two towers, is what the
architects call a pavilion, set with quad
ruple mulliOned windows on the second and
third floors and wide elliptical bay-win-
dow on the first floor, all included under a
broad stone-trlmmed arch that extends up
to the attic. The gable front over this arch
is fitted in with terra Gotta and tile work.
AT the Tght-hand corner of the front is
lofty eampanile eighteen feet and six inches
square aad rising 152 feet in the air, which
will contain the main entrance to the build
ing, carried through wide stone archway.
There are two large windows Immediately
over the arch, and aDovs them the tower
rises for seven stories and is covered with
pyramidal roof. The round tower On the
Putnam-avenue side is 104 feet high.
There are three entrances, the main one
In Marcy avenue and one each In Putnam
avenue and Madison street. There are
twenty elassrOoms and an auditorium that
will seat 1000 boys. large library and prin-
cipaPs and teachers room. lecture-rooms,
laboratory, studio and toilet-rooms.
The morning call., 1892-09-18
PERSONAL NOTES.

Thomas Washington. Z. s. N. is at the
Occidental.
a. Calderon of Mountain View is at the
Palace to-day.
Bishop Wingfeld of Benicia is staying at
the Occidental.
Rev. L. D. Mansfield Of San Jose is stay
ing at the Occidental
j. Walker, Humboldt lumber-deaer,
is registered at the Grand.
7. H. Henry of the United States steamer
San Francisco is at the Grand.
". o. Randolph, fruit-grower of Sacra-
mento, is registered at the Grand.
c. F. Qualtrough of the United States
steamer Charleston is at the Palace.
l. g. Wiekersham. the Petaluma real
estate man. is registered at the Grand.
The eminent Dr.. Won Ryckeryorsel of
Rotterdam is registered at the Palace.
B. NJ. Green, druggist of 0roville, is in
the city for few days. He is staying at
the Grand.
The morning call., 1892-09-18

fully comply with the regulations bearing
upon the accumulation OF refuse about their
properties.
Each day as their produce is assorted and
the decayed matter removed tits thrown
into waste barrels and boxes and placed at
the curbing before the doors for removal.
These barrels are often carefully covered
and the lids of the boxes nailed down.
But what can bar out the street gamin?
The police, too, have been vigilant and
have made strenuous efforts TO keep the
streets clean and free from refuse
Posters are nailed about cautioDing against
tile throwing OF any waste material what
ever in the cutters or streets.
Printed notices containing the regulations
OF the Board Of Supervisors on this point
have been fully circulated among the mer-
chants.
And yet the streets before these fruit
stands are always in condition of more or
less filth.
1t does not take a detective to find the
cause of the trouble.
You may lay it up against the boys.
That fruit. which is half rotten ami comes
out of the refuse barrel, is mere bagatelle
to them.
They tear off the covers Of tile boxes and
barrels and banquet on the find.
They may look interesting in painting
By MurtllO, but they are certainly tough
enough set in actual life.
AT the corner of Davis and Oregon
streets, yesterday, CALL reporter watched
half-dozen of them fessting on a water
melon they had fished out of a barrel.
The melon was yellow with rottenness.
They had shut out smaller member of
the clan. who consoled himself with a
tomato he picked out of the gutter.
when the melon was eaten they threw
| the rinds into The street
In this manner the boys are preparing
themselves for anything In the line of
| cholera that comes their way.
The people suffer with them from filthy
streets. and will share the danger of the
| scourge they are inviting.
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A CRY FROM THE poTRERo.
DR.. Hamilton Thinks the Board of Health
Ought to Do Something There.

DR.. Hamilton Thinks the Il nard of Health
Ought to Do Something There,
Regarding the sanitary condition Of the
Potrero James T. Hamilton writes the FOL
lowing to THE CALL:
In their great zeal and activity in irving
TO cleanse Chinatown and other places In
San Francisco, the Board of Health seems
to have lost signt Of or overlooked the worst
places for pestlence breeding. perfect hot
bed, OF diseases in their worst form. We
refer to the Mission flats and Channel,
Creek. where all the sewage and vile
smelling and disease-infected refuse of the
whole city is allowed to accumulate
IF any doubt the truth Of this s,.,a-
ment let them take the ear from near the
Southern Pacific depot and ride over hv
this place when the tide is our. and tbey
will be converted Immediately To the fact
tnat we are perfectly just in our com plaint
Thine and time again it has been r Known
fact that on several occasions men who are
employed at the Union Iron Works and the
Pacific Rolling-mills have been obliged Tn
return home because the vile and Sitting
0dors from these flats cause them To become
Too III to attend TO their daily avocations.
we do not suppose for one moment that
many tons Of chloride of lime wouId abate
THIS horrible nuisance, but cannot the citv
authorities do something in the matterp
IL tney are going to make this matter of
cleansing the disease-in fected parts Of the
city thorough in every respect why n OF COM
mence al once IN the worse parts and thus
prevent great danger, or at least obyiate a
great danger, before il Is too late ov
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ANGLING C0MPANIONS.
Hints to Those Who DO Not Like to Go
Fishing Alone.
American Angler.


Fishing Alone.
American Angler.
The personal qualities of an angling CON-
panion will make or mar the pleasures of
an outing. A selfish man is to be summed
BY selfshness is meant that quality some
times seen in a fisher which leads to the
APPROPRIATION Of the best fishing swims; a
seat always in the sternsheets; the Sleep
ing-spOt freest from roots on the tent floor
the choice bits from the pan: Sinking of
chores; always wanting to 90 east when
the majority want to go west; keeping the
guides at bis heels and very generally de-
moraliZing the encourage of an outing. Such
a man goes into the woods but once with
the same companions Avoid him. In the
DEVELOPMENT OF his nature sensitiveness
and pride hold no place, and q man without
these will lie. Hence, you cannot depend
upon his angling talk, fascinating as it may
be or instructive as it may seem. We have
10 faith in the technical skill of any man
who does not love angling for the pleasure
and exaltation of mind impaired by the
natural surroundings of the pastime. Such
q man described above cannot enjoy stream
and wood life. and be selfish under the same
sky that covers the dancing br0oklet and
his own wTeiched personality.
Anglers when In camp are drawn into
Intimate companionship. sleep side by side,
the same blankets cover them, are depen-
dent upon each other for the daily comforts
and amenities OF life, must sit all day face
to face in boat and talk Tor talk not at alp
one with the other, hence they can fully
realize how doleful and disappointing THEN
outing would be under the phases Of mans
nature as described above, when trans
ferred from city walls to streams or woods.
How comforting is the fact to them that in
nine men out of ten their nature changes at
the first Whit of the forest breeze or the
n n h,r aNr f~1s
or heard, on the approach to the camping
ground
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HER MAIDEN SPEECH.
A Girl of the kroo Tribe Tells in En-
lish About Her People.
Albany Morning EXPRESS

lish About Her People.
Albany Morning Express.
Immediately following the meeting for
praise and testimony, which was held re-
Gently in the nsselaer-street Mission, the
Rev. John Do0dy, who led the meeting. in
troduced Miss Glanto Bwa, a native Afri-
can. who had been converted by a mission
airy when quite young and educated, and
who has finally come this country TO study
medicine. ''She will speak to you briefly"
be said, 'and as this is the first time that
she has ever spoken in public, she has, in
order to relieve herself from embarrass-
ment. written out some notes which she
will read to you"
Miss Bwa Is very dark and has all the
characteristic features of her race in a
marked degree. She spoke in a sort of
monotone, In fairly good English. aud her
dialect did not IN any way resemble the
negro dialect with which most Americans
are familiar. Her remarks were somew hat
ss follow:
Il am almost stranger In your country,
so you Will please to excuse me, as | never
spoke in public before. Once | was a
heathen girl away back in a far country,
but thank Jesus for sending missionary
to me to teach me about Him. and / can
now read the Bible and praise God in
English / am a member of a tribe in
Africa the members OF which are known as
Kroos.
The Kroo people care little for education.
They believe that the soul of a man after
death goes into the body of little child or
perhaps into the body of some be asst or reptile.
and Tor this reason they do not think it is
worth while TO spend much time on educa-
ton. The kro0s believe that monkeys are
people who will not work. The principal
food OF the Kroos is rice and cassava, which
Is something like a sweet potato. Some OF
the tribes eat monkeys, cats. dogs and rats
and some OF the tribes in the interior prefer
human flesh to anything else. Before the
missionaries came they wore only little
strip of cloth, and in many places that is all
they wear now. The girls, until IL wears
old. do not wear any clothes but string OF
beads.
"Miss Sharpless, our missionary, would
not allow us TO come to her school unless
we were clothed, and made us each gar
ment to wear. At first our people did not
like this. and my grandmother tore off the
first apron that ever had because she said
that 1t would prevent me from getting a
husband ii dressed differently from other
people. But now they have learned to like
to wear clothes and many of them do so.
The favorite dress among the women is q
mans white shirt.
I'm my country, when mother dies, her
daughter stands over the body and tells over
all the things she has done during her life
time. When man dies his wife sits beside
the body for three days and mourns for
him, and Is not allowed to eat anything or
to move hand or foot in all that time. Boys
get wives very young, and pay for them In
installments, but do not get the wives until
all the installments are paid. Then his
father takes the young wife home, and she
Is taught by his mother to work does as she
does"
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ply 10 DR.. Keeney, Medical Health Officer,
~ 70 rlla N fun o. % tinl tho IL.

ply 10 DR.. Keeney, Medical Health Officer,
yesterday as to fumigatiDg the mails:
beg TO acknowledge the receipt of your COM
munlcstion on the 16th inst. calling my attention
TO Ibe necessity OF thoroughly fumigating all
malls before distribution, and advising that
every precautiOn be taken 10 do this work thor
oughy.
In reply beg 10 state that The matter is one
which has already received my attention, and
that am already in communication with the
department as TO the best means Of putting It
In the meantime have this day put myself In
communication with Hon. I. g. Phelps, custo.
dian of this building, with view to securing
certain needed facilities for the proper pc. FORM
ance OF this work. These he promises to furnish
me without delay, and l shall at once proceed to
fumigate all trans Pacific mails and that which
comes direct from European ports.
To fungate all the mails at present would be
a practical impossibty with the facilities al my
command. bur sharp lookout viii be Kept for
those districts supposed 10 be infected.
In the meantime / hope 10 receive such In
structions from the department as will enable me
TO meet every requirement OF your honorable
board. You may rest assured OF my ca nest
operation In any measure you may recommend
which may tend 10 protect the public from any
possible invasion Of the plague.
Deputy Postmaster Richardson stated to
a reporter of THE CALL that everything
would be done by the department TO co-ope-
rate with the health officials.
In reply to question as TO whether they
had commenced the fumigation of letters
Mr.. Richardson SAID: I'VE VIII be ready to
begin probably on Monday.
"We are getting two wooden boxes, each
ten feet square. made. Shelves of network
will be put in them. and on these the letters
will be spread out
"The disinfectants will be spread on the
floor so that the letters in the boxes will
get the full benefit, and in that way be
thoroughly fumigated."
"Will you puucture holes in the letters ?"
mot unless we are Instructed to do SO by
the department at Washington. We have
wired for instructions and will be guided by
them.
THAT is a European idea and is certainly
more effective than the American, which is
simply to fumigate the letters without pune
turing them.
"Wben the mails from European ports
reach New York the bags are not opened,
but are sent on to their different destina-
tions after general fumigation. OF course.
the letters for New York City would be
fumigated again before being distributed.
just as we propose doing here
ITO fumigate all mails would paralyZe
business. People would have TO wait for
their letters till the fumigatng process was
gone through. which might mean vexatious
delay.
1--WE believe it is only necessary to fumi-
gate those from infected European ports
and the trans Pacific ports. But If the de-
partment at Washington says that all mails
must be fumgated, then, of course. it will
be done"
The morning call., 1892-09-18
Will PROBABLY ACCEPT.
The Board Of Health and
/" The Calls Offer.
REGARDED WITH FAVOR.
Urgent Need for an Additional Physician to
Assist n Enforcing Proper Sanitary Pre-
cautions Against the Plague.
REGARDED WITH FAVOR

It Is now more than probable that The
CALLS offer to furnish an additional ply
sician to the Board of Health Of this city
free of cost will be accepted.
A member OF the board said to CALL
reporter yesterday that several OF his con-
freres on the board were favorable TO the
proposition and would accept the offer with
thanks.
"You see there has been feeling that we
ought not to go outside for medical assist
ance, but the exgiencies of the occasion are
now so pressing that such considerations
must be laid aside" he said
'Ihe Health Board asked the Supervisors
for a corps OF twelve physicians.
"This was modest request under the
circumstances.
"With cholera already In New York City.
and San Francisco needing the great sani-
The morning call., 1892-09-18
SUBJECTS FOR THE CHOLERA.
Imprudent Street Boys Who Eat Dis
carded Fruit.

Imprudent Street Boys Who Eat Dis
carded Fruit.
Sansome, Washington and Davis streets
are breeding spots for cholera.
They are plagued with Que OF the most
virulent Of all agencies that operate TO in
crease the danger from the dread disease
and accelerate its devastation If once it
should come among us.
They are the kindergartens Of the plague.
Not that these streets are especially i'll
cared for. but because they are lined with
fruitstands and commission houses and the
street gamins VINO hang about them.
The boys eat with about as much abandon
as they dress.
1t is astonishing and disgusting to see
them at ii.
They are utterly careless Of the results TO
themselves.
The merchants and fruit-dealers on these
streets can hardly be held to account for
such state of things.
Their stores are kept clean. and they care
The morning call., 1892-09-18
The Kaiser. Great wealth.

London society.
William Ii is at this moment the richest
sovereign of Europe. As Emperor of Ger
many he does not receive a thaler toward
his expenses. The Reichstag, however,
votes him every year sum of 1900. 900
marks under the heading, Funds placed at
the disposition of the Emperor for distribI-
tion." OF this amount. and according to
minute calculations which have been sub
mitted to the Reichstag 2.467, 900 marks are
given to invalds who did not receive state
pensions after the great war of 1870 As
King of Prussia he has had until recently
12,219,296 marks year, derived from two
sources, viz, 7,710. 296 marks, revenue from
crown loans and forests. and 100000 marks
The morning call., 1892-09-18
A SPLENDID STRUCTURE.
The Recently Completed Public scho

The Recently Completed Public School,
Building in Brooklyn.
Five new public school-buildings will be
opened In Brooklyn to-day. Three of them
are for primary and grammar classes, and
OF the other two. one said to be the fieest
structure of its kind in the country, is to be
devoted to the Boys High School. The
other is an extension to the Girls High
School.
The new Boys High School building at
Marcy avenue and Madison street has just
been finished at q cost of nearly quarter of
a million dollars Its dimensions are 13S
feet in Marcy avenue and 152 feet in Madi-
son street. There are three floors with
basement and attic. The style is Roman
esque. The most striking feature of the
magnificent facade on Marcy avenue are
the two towers which rise at each end of it.
The structure Is of pressed brick and
terra Gotta. with foundation OF Lake Su-
The morning call., 1892-09-18
A CHoLERA-BREEDING SPOT.
Cesspool and Barnysrd In the Heart
of the City.

Cesspool and Barnysrd In the Heart
of the City.
II the health officers will call at the CD n
lot, corner of Taylor and Greenwich streets,
they will find something to their interest.
Nothing, perhaps. that would please
them, and yet much that would astonish
them and demand their immediate atten-
ton.
1t is doubtful il they could make many
more profitable trips about the city.
They would find there finely situated
corner lot with 80 feet of frontag on either
street. which is on the market at SS0OO 1t
ought to be something better than an ordi-
nary barnyard-and yet that is exactly what
it is. There is no doubt it would deeply in
terest them.
1t is remarkable spot. 1t serves the
triple use OF barnyard, cesspool and gar
bage. pile. There can be found the accumu-
lated tin cans and jars of hundred house.
holds for months back. Old boots and
shoes that were worn when San Francisco
was much younger than it is to-day. Pieces
OF rope and undertaking. CastOff cloth
ing. aud old books and newspapers. Crock
cry ware, stoves and lamp-chimDeys. About
everything, In fact, you could think Of
This is but one department of the lot.
On the other side reeks the cesspool.
There is to be seen all that is known to
IL.
steamng in the sun.
The far corner, however. Is the pride OF
the estate. 1t rises in magnificent propor-
tions to fully five feet above the level OF the
lot. In symmetry OF outline and richness
OF content it is second only to the Indian
mound at Alameda.
1t is overlad to a considerable depth with
deposit Of ashes aud litter. A thick
growth of rank vegetation fringes the sides
and lends to the whole yard an atmosphere
OF reyerent age A pretty effect can be
secured by driving one OF the cows up on
1t and making her lie down. There are
always number Of scrub breed in the yard
ostensiby for this purpose.
This lot is the only garbage pile that the
neighbors for blocks around are using.
While The CALL reporter was wondering
al IL yesterday woman came out from
house near by and added her quota of apple
and potato parings to the heap.
she hummed an air from III Trovatore"
as she dumped them over the fence and
went on back 10 her work.
1t may appear ridiculous, but the more
Immediate neighb0rs are much put out
about this lot. and VOW ii is an outrage to
common decency. You can scarcely blame
them There are times when the sun gets
In its work aud the stencil from the cess
pool smells to heaven.
1t is then that halo Of flies hangs merrily
ABOVE 1t, and brings out an effect that beg
gars description.
Some work has lately been done In the
way of removing the garbage, but even
now the officers would find visit to the
SPOT to be both interesting and instructive.
FUMIGATING THE MAILS.
The Work to Commence Probably on
Monday
Postmaster Backus sent the following re-
The morning call., 1892-09-18
The Snake In Motion.

Art has been as inaccurate in its representa-
tlon OF the snake in motion as of the horse.
The snake does not literally .go upon its
belly," Scripture to the contrary notwith-
standing. but upon its side, ana his motion
results from the use of tho inierc0stal
muscles in such way as to contract the ribs
on one side at time. BY this process and
In this position the snake can run very
rapidly. but only for short time. He is
quite unable to glide upon perfectly smooth
surface, nor is he able. as most people sup
pose. to propel his whole body forward and
In air when striking.
The morning call., 1892-09-18
CARPENTER LIBERATED.
The Accused Journalist Preparing to
Worry His Enemies.

The Accused Journalist Preparing to
Worry His Enemies.
Reporter Carpenter, who is wanted in Ore
gon for the crime of enticing a man to leave
the State against his viii, was liberated
last night on a writ of habeas corpus. Issued
by Judge Sanderson, and made returnable
before Judge HebbaTd tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Carpenter gave bonds for his appear
anee in the sum Of $1,000. He emphatically
declares that his arrest is the result of
plot cOneOcted by his political enemies in
Oregon, for whom he. as editor OF the
Columbian, made life burden grievous to
be borne.
Mr.. Carpenter was represented by At
torney Carroll Cock, who viii not suffer his
client to be taken from the State until he has
had an opportunity TO examine the papers in
the case.
In the meantime. the friends OF the ac-
cused journalist will try TO induce the Gov
ernor TO withdraw the warrant for his ex-
tradition, now in the hands of Chief
Crowley. II this is done, Sheriff Sehmid of
KlatSop County Will have had MS trouble
for his Mains
The morning call., 1892-09-18
Consul MCKINLEY PAralvzed,

Yesterday morning David A. Mckinley
Consul-General for the Hawaiian Islands
for the past eight years. was stricken with
paralysis in bis Office at 20S Sansome street.
He was attended by Dr.. W. f. McAlIister,
who found Mr.. Mckinley suffering from
paralysis of the left side, and unable to
speak. The patient was removed to the
Palace, where during the afternoon he re-
covered the power of speech. Mr.. Mckinley.
who is G3 years Of age, brother of Con-
gresham Mckinley OF Ohio, had not been
in good health for some time, and his wife
stated yesterday that she was afraid that
he might be stricken with paralysis of the
The morning call., 1892-09-18
A surnIiced Choir.

ST Matthew's School, San Mateo, of
which the Rev DR.. Brewer is rector and
principal, is TO have surpliced choir for
Its daily and Sunday services. The choir
ls formed from the students of the school.
Professor William II. Holt has been ap-
pointed ch0irmaster, the reputation that he
made IN New York as organist and choir
master of st. Andrews Church fully war
ranting DR.. Brewers selection of in Instructor.
Professor Holt is also musical director of
ST. Msrgaret's School in the same town.
The morning call., 1892-09-18
CONTINUOUS PASSENGER ELEvAroR.

only 100 feet pei minute, there Is no diff
Guilty experienced in stepping upon the ele-
vator. As the passengers can stand 1S
inches apart on the platform and are car
ried up as fast as they can step on at the
bottom, the maximum capacity of SINGLE
file elevator. is approximately 1000 passen-
elevator, provided. of course, with moving
hand rail on each side, is twice as great. It
is not expected that the continuous elevator
can or will compete with the ordinary
vertical type in locations where the lift is
considerable, or where the traffic Is so great
that the expense of elevator-bovs is not a
serious consideration, but for short dis
tances it is claimed that it Will save time
to each passenger and also carry more pas
sengers. because ii is continuous In Its
action.
The morning call., 1892-09-18

line and the North Beach and Mission Rail-
way Company. Michael Skelly was seen at
his residence by CALL reporter last night
and stated that such a consolidation is
highly probable. He said it would Involve
no question OF the franchise and that there
would likely be few changes in the roads or
their officers. The directors are all for con-
solidation and it only remains now for the
stock kbolders to settle the matter