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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19

both by sail and paddle Only the more
notable cruises are even mentioned in print,
and one might naturally suppose that canoe
meets and racing were the chief end and
aim of all eanOeists.
The Oak land Canoe Club is making big
effort 10 bring canoeing 10 the front with
very fair success. The most commendable
part of canoeing Is that it affords the best
holiday recIeati0D for the many business or
professional men. The Eastern rivers and
lakes are dotted all through the summer
months with canoes, and along the shores
are almost countless camps giving ample
evidence OF the popularity of the sport
there. California may not be so we'll situ-
ated in the choice of routes for cruises or
the Dlentifulness Of nayiagable and acces SIS
ibie rivers and lakes. but sufficient are
within easy reach to give every opportu-
nifty tor the full enjoyment Of such an out
ing.
The matter of expense need not enter
very far into the proposition, as a service
able canoe with all the necessary camp
equipments can be purchased for some
where In the neighboThood Of $50. and
after the first cost the canoe does not draw
heavily on the purse.
Ladies' as well as gentlemen can enjoy a
cruise, and there are great many ladies in
America who are very efficient paddlers.
and the race schedule Of club meet is not
complete without one or two ladies' pad
ding races.
Canoeing was given It's FIRST Impulse IN
California by the formation OF the Oakland
Canoe CLUB in January, 1880. with w. w.
Blow as commodore and A. ID. Harrison
vice commodore. There were fourteen
charter members and feet OF ten boats
that could hardly be called canoes. AT
first majority OF the feet represented the
work OF amateur builders. but gradually
the old style Of boats and the old methods
of rigging were displaced by the very latest
examples and inventions in the canoe
BUILDERS art.
Canoeists are always in advance OF the
builders. and the latter have hard struggle
TO keep pace with the new Ideas.
Among the latest appliances which have
gained universal favor is the sliding deck
seat for sailing canoes. By means of it the
eanoeist is enabled TO sit far out to wind
ward beyond the gunwale Of the canoe. his
feet resting on the deck, and the weight so
placed of course adds materially TO The sail
carrying power Of the boat. The deckseat
is of no advantage sailing down the wind,
and therefore the canoe is limited in its sail
capaciiy to that which il will comfortably
hold up running free.
The construction and lines Of the racing
canoes OF today are very near perfection
for sailing purposes, but The sails are by no
means as near perfect. and this latter fact
is clearly illustrated by so many differe mt
styles of dress TO be seen on regatta days.
II is desirable TO get the sail spread as low
as possible and 10 make the mainsail and
jigGer nearly the same size but of moderate
proportions and constructed so they can be
easily reefed, lowered and hoisted while
sitting In the canoe off shore.
The first boats OF the Oakland Canoe
Club feet could not compare with the
canoes OF to-day In either speed or beauty.
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Arrived.

Arrived.
SATURDAY. February g.
Stmr silver Spring Higgins Al hours from Hue
meme; produce, to Eranger d Galiuger
Stmr Arcata, Lucas, 90 hours from Coos Bay pass
and mdse. 10 c & " Co.
schr Corinthan, Zaddart. S5 hours from Albion;
lumber. to Albion Lumber Co.
River: $50 IT lumber. to simpson Lumber Co.
schr Mary Gilbert. Dodge, days firm Fort Bragg;
100 M II lumber, to Fort Bragg Redgood Co.
Cleared.
SATURDAY, February 10.
stmr Corona Hail. San D ego. etc: 6oodali. Per
Ship John Potter. Meyer. Honolulu wslch &
Co.
bark Gen fairchild. Mosher. Nanaimo; John RO-
Sailed.
SATURDAY, February Is.
Stmr Greenwood. Carlson.
Stmr Point Arena. Johnson, Point Arena, etc.
Stmr SOyo. DrisEO
Stmr Crescent City. Allen. Crescent City.
Br bark Lodore, Lee, Queenstown.
schr Maria 4 Smith kosendail. Seattle.
Schr Alice Kimbai Aspiund, Albion.
Schr Novelty, Lewis. Puget Sound.
TeIegrat,hic.
POINT LoBos-February 1910 RI -weather,
clear; wind NV; velocity II miles
Domestic Ports.
EUREKA-Arriyed Feb 1s-stmr North Fork he
Feb II.
sailed Feb IsAstmrs Pomona and National City,
for san Francisco; sehrs Sparrow, Fortuna and
LilebOnne. for san Francisco.
Launched / eD lS-Stmr Excelsior.
GOES BAY-.Trtved Feb lE-Stmr Emily, hence
Feb Is: scbr Roy Somers. hence FEB IL.
PORT GAMBLE-ATr yeH FEB lS-Nor ship Bea-
cobsfeid from Port Townsend.
Sailed FEB ls-Sebr w Bsebe, for San Fran
cisrO.
PORT HADLoCK-saned Feb ls - Bktn Re-
triover for San Francisco.
ASTORIA-Saiied Feb 17-Schr John Miller,
for San Francisco 1S-Bkta Tam o. Shanter, for
San francisco; ser bark GermaDia. for X.
Arrived Eeb lS-Br ship city OF Florence, from
MO3tev dec.
SAN DiEoo-saIed Feb ls-Br stmr Bswnmore.
for Nauaimo
SAN pEDRo-ArrIved Feb 1s-schr Louise. firm
Umpqua.
TACOMA-saIed Feb ls-Bktn Chas Crocker.
Movements Of Trans Attain tic Steamers.
LONDON-Arrlyed Feb 1S-Stmr Maine. from
Phiade phis =
LINERPoOL-Arrived Feb 18-Stmrs Lancas-
trian and y oseman. from Antwerp.
NEW YORK-Arrtvrd Feb 1S-Stmr PelQenland,
from Antwerp: stmr Lain, from Bremen; stmr
Slavonia "a ON Hamburg.
Inportationx.
HUENEMF-PRr Silver SprIng-4080 SKIS barley,
SOL SKIS corn 742 SKIS beans. es eggs b6ls starch
pigs nudge. hf-bx butter. > cs eggs.
COOS BAY-Per Arcata-3 eggs, chests
press, 81 SKIS potatoes, - tons coal
Consignees.
Per Silver Spring-ErIangsr Gallpger: A Ger
berding: Field Il Stone: Thomas q Kahn.
Per Arcata-Weiis, Fargo = Co: Standard OIL Co..
whiteey Co; q & Co; w Butler.
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A Cats Bound Trip to India.
London correspondence YORKSHIRE Press.


A good cat story comes from Bombay. In
August Liverpool resident proceeding to
Bombay took out with him a cat, " hich he
intended to present to friend in India
Some days after the arrival of the steamer
in Bombay pussy was missed, and though
she was searched for hign and low, she was
nowhere TO be found. Her owner had quite
given her up for lost when he received in
telligeDce from England that the cat had
made her appearances at her old Liverpool
on the 25th OF October. as calm and COL
lected as though trip to India and back
was quite IN the ordinary course OF her life.
The facts are vouched for by Bombay
paper, and there is no reason TO doubt their
substantial accuracy; but 1t is not made
clear whether the cat was not slowed away
in the steamer in which she went out to
India, and carried back In the ordinary
course. Under any circumstances Ter ad-
ventures are, however. sufficiently remark
able to deserve recording,
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FIRE and they were compelled to retrace
their steps. without a guide and with a
struggling mob at their back, down the
Etairs and through the passages.
II ever q fire occurs in a Chinese theater
In San Francisco when there are white
visitors on the stage, the Fire DEPARTMENT
will be called upon TO account for lives lost
In the crush Of a wild panic, women
emOthered in the twO-foot wide railways,
and men and women manned for life In a
frantic struggle TO reach the street through
exits hardly 1t for cat TO use.
On Friday night there were by actual
count 10T white people on the stage OF the
JaCksOn-street Chinese Theater at one time,
70 say nothing OF some forty or more
Chinese actors, musicians, supernumer.
aries and spectators.
The auditorium in front Of the stage was
not only crowded. bnt jammed with Chi
nese who filed every aisle, and above the
audience-rOom were two balloon les, running
clear around the building, equally crowded
Every white person in the theaier had
made their way to the stage through tor
tu0us passage, which. il sent alone, one by
one, TO retrace their Steps, not one In hun
dred could find. They entered through a
broad doorway on Washington. or Fish
alley, as II 10 commonly called, aud after
buying their tickets took the following
course:
Turning to the right they passed through
a doorway, not three feet wide. and went
down a stairway which is without balus-
tiers, and is only two feet three inches WIDE
and with a turn at the bottom. They then
went through narrow passage, not two
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
WRESTLING IN OLD TIMES.
Popular in England at al Early Date,
but New in America.

Probably tie first authentic record of a
wrestling match is in A. ID. 1922. when chiv-
airy on the European continent was under
going a change for the better. During the
reign OF Henry III Of England a match took
place in St. Giles Field, London, between
citizens Of Westminster and theeity Of Lon
don proper. Wrestling was, however, popu-
lar as a psstimein Engla and at a much earlier
period, and from that country many of the
different styles originated. Every one
knows how much friendly rivalry exists be-
tween schOolbOys and how they will tug
and pull az a fellOw-schoar. after school
hours, in their attempts 10 gain the mastery.
These early lessons are not lost, as they
only serve 10 whet the appetite for the egiti-
mate style which they indulge 10 when they
reach the maturer age.
As a rec0gn iZed sport or pastime wrest-
ling Is of comparatively recent origin in
this country. 1t is, however now making
rapid strides forward. In England it is no
uncommon event for twelve or fifteen thou
sand people to witness a con test between
two prominent athletes, Cumberl and
Westmoreiand, catch-as-cateh-ean, and
Cornish and Dev0nshiTe being the most
prevalent styles in the tight little island.
he Ang o-SaXOn race stands pTe-emlnenty
above all others as the exponent Of wrest-
ling, and on more than one occasion the
advantages of the art over boxing in a
scrimmage have been demonstrated In no
other branch Of athletics does science act as
a foil to heavy opponents when opposed by
much lighter men 10 such degree as it does
when exercised by a thorough master of
the art OF wrestling in all its fine
and delicate points, hence wrestlin g
takes a prominent place in the ath-
letic exercises of The leading gymna-
Sums and clubs all over tie country, and
there are hundreds of wrestlers, both anna
tenr and professional, who are a credit 10
the profession. while the schOolboys who
initiate the professionals early show evil
dence Of skill. Perhaps the most exciting
slyis Of any is that practiced in japan, for
in that country. strange and outrageous
though it may seem, it has been the barbar-
Gus custom, after the contest. to put the
man who has been unfortunate enough TO
lose to cruel death Ia practice fast falling
into disuse). Butting an opponent through
the limits of the ring is considered mark
of superiority by the japanese.
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THE SHOW ENDED.
Last Night of the Fair in
the Pavilion.
The Exhibition Has Been a Great
Success AstisticaIIy, Financially
and Otherwise.

After thrty-fve days of unparalleled
success the Mechanics Fair closed its doors
last night for the season, and tomorrow an
army OF workmen will be busy tearing
down the beautiful orange castles and orna-
mental structures which have been the
cynosure of thousands of admiring eyes for
SIX weeks.
The fair has, as far as results are con-
cerned. been eminently salts factory TO both
the public and 10 the management.
The variety OF displays and the artistic
manner in which they were presen ted at
tracted large crowds daily and nightly, and
as a consequence the receipts have been
more than sufficient to cover all the ex-
penses, although the latter footed up at
least $4,000 more than at any previous
exhibit.
According TO the statement made Hast
night by President Stump. there will be a
profit balance when all the accounts are
settled.
II will not be very large amount, but In
view OF the fact that the outlay was so great
that the directors of the institute feared
that at the end of the exhibition q deficit
would be found il is highly gratifying TO
| them to find surplus, no matter how small,
| instead.
a great many oil the eXnlDltS VIII De
| boxed up and stored in the Pavilion until
the time for their shipment TO Chicag0's
| Worlds Fair arrives
The counties represented in the Northern
| Citrus Fair, which latter had so much 10 d o
| with making the whole exhibition the gre at
| success it turned out to be, will each have
| their principal exhibits packed aud sent to
Chicago later on.
The attendance at the closing night was
very great, and IL looked as if the public
| would not get weary of the attractions Of
| fered If the fair were continued indefin-
| itely.
| Superintendent Graves and OBrien and
| Secretary Culver and the directors of the
| Mechanics Institute wore all their best
| smiles and evidently were glad that their
| labors are at last ended.
They were kept busy shaking hands with
| people who congratulated them on the eff
Gent manner in which they conducted the
whole affair.
When the closing hour came the orchestra
played AUD Lang Syne," to which tune
the crowd filed out OF the building, The
lights were turned cut, and the twenty
seventh industrial exposition of the Me-
chanics' Institute was at an end.
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Reptiles Stand Cold Indefinitely.
Deutsche Reyu


The capacity of batrachians and allied
types 10 withs.a nd intense cold has re-
Gently been made the subject of invcstiga-
ton by knauth. who conducted his ex-
perlments with affirmative results. The
animals, however, showed no signs of lie
until few minutes after the frcst, which
extended to the vitals, had been thoroughly
thawed out, and they died almost imme.
diately after awakiDg. This confirms the
assertion made by many observers in
localities in which frogs are exceptionally
plentiful. that an immense destruction Of
frog life ensues whenever prematurely
warm weather in March thaws cut the ami
mails. only to subject them to another spell
OF sharp frost.
1t has long been known that frogs eggs
are protected from the cold by a Shiny en-
veIope. and Brstuschek. who has been
devoting his attention to this phenomena,
now tells as that this envelope permits the
entrance OF warm rays, but hinders the
radiation of warmth. These eggs are some
times found undgested in the excrement OF
birds, which have eaten female frogs in
autumn, and Bratuschek has recently found
them in the droppings OF buZZards.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
TAME SPIDERS.
A Lady Who Has Fifty in Her Bed
room and Never Molests Them.
Washington Star.


A Pennsylvania woman. Mrs. M. E. Rice,
keeps spiders as pets The other day she
sent to the Bureau of Entomology a cocoon
containing eggs, which was spun by hand
some arachnd with striped legs and red
dish b1dy. This creature, which Is OF a
species that makes funnel-shaped web,
she describes as being very tame.
For months" she said, 'it has lived over
my bed, allowing me to examine II. When
1t began 10 get uneasy placed 1t In box
VIII ere il spun beautiful covering for its
eggs am very partial to spiders and l
never destroy one nor its web unless l am
compelled to do so. In my own room let
them have full sway. There are probably
fifty spiders there now and they never mo-
lest me. find them all over the Dedclotbes
/ believe the stories of their poisonous bites
to be largely exaggerated. Where / live we
have many large black spiders. l found
one OF them eurled up under my baby's
neck one morning..
She does not mention how Mr.. Rice en-
joys this sort of thing.
A Frenchman, the Row. p. Camboue, has
recently been making some experiments
with the silk spun by spiders. His efforts
were specially directed 10 studying the work
OF certain large arachnid OF Madagascar
From one spider Of this species he obtained
10 twenty-seveD days more than 1890 yards
Of silk. The silk was of a golden yellow
color. However, it Is not likely that any
practicable plan will ever be discovered for
making commercial use of the silk OF
spiders, nasmuch as they cannot be pre-
vented from gobbng each other up when
number OF them are kept together.
More than one.thIrd Of Great Britain 10
owned by members of the house of Lords.
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W. G. Morrow. AT once
The cook and the captain bold
And the mate OF the saucy brig
And the bos'en light and the III idshipmite.
And the crew of the captains gig.
COmpanonship, however. IS not impossi-
bic, and very frequently long cruises are
taken by a couple of consenial spirits in
the same canoe, and it cannot he said that
canoe meets and regsttas are solitary.
Cub feeling has rapidly developed in the
East and In Oakland a small but enthusi-
astic club has furnished for several years
Through the efforts OF its members canoeing
is rapidly coming TO the front as sport in
California.
Canoeing first commanded public attention
as n manly sport by the published accounts
Of the Continental cruises OF MaeGregor.
Cruising from that time to the present has
continued 10 be the chief attraction and
mainstay of canoeing, and il is destined TO
remain so.
Few people have any idea Of the thou
sands of miles travelled every year by canoe
lists on rivers, lakes and along the coast,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
A Wonderful Shot,

During the recent severe weather In
Scotland very extraordinary shot was
made by Sir Charles Ross puntsman. A
large mum Der of birds were seen sitting on
the ice, and the Duntsman succeeded in get
ting within about sixty yards OF them.
Some of the birds rose as the gun was fired,
but the total number killed by the discharge
was 149. They included several species,
but the majority were ployer. The gun was
IL inches in bore. and the charge 4 ounces
of powder and IA ounces Of No. shot.
The shot was doubtless rendered much
more destructive than it would otherwise
have been owing TO the pellets skidding
along ON the fat surface OF the ice.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19

connected with the prominent charities Of
the capital city and was specially interested
in the success of the Chidren's Day Home.
She was the daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs. L. j.
Hanchett. sister Of Mrs. E.: B. Carroll of
Sacramento, and of Mrs. A. I'll. Rutherford
aud Louis K. Hanchett OF this city. She
leaves two chtldren-Ernest and Beatrice.
Mrs. Wright was handsome woman.
highly educated, and was quite traveller,
having made two successful tours OF
Europe. The lady was noted for her ex-
qulsite taste In dress.
Aside from her relatives. shs WIN be
missed by large circle of friends and ac-
quaintances. Her funeral will take place
from her late residences, 1894 HI street, Sac
ramentO this afternoon.
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Personal Freaks as to Coffins.


The late Earl of Essex was buried In a
coffin Of oak. designed twelve years ago by
the deceased nObIeman himself who was a
prominent member of the Funeral Reform
Association. 1t had what is called 'open
trellis work" around 1t, and was filed with
choice herbs and evergreeBs. There have
been many people OF recent years, some of
them prominent in other ways, who have
had their collins made to order long before
the approach Of death. Maybe the origiba-
tor OF the fashion was Lord Nelson, VINO
used to keep standing upright in the cabin
OF the Victory coffin that an admlrer had
presented to him one birthday anniversary,
aud in this coffin his lordship's remains
were at last put To rest,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
CHINE Sc THEATERS
Gross Violation of the Laws
Therein.
DANGER IN CASE OF PANIC.
The Police Department ard the Fire
Wardens Make an Investiga-
tion-Chinese Warned.
DANGER IN CASE OF PANIC.

The lives of scores of white people are
being nightly imperiled in the Chinatown
theaters of San Francisco with the full
knowledge OF the Fire Wardens and the
police, although the latter are not to blame.
since they exercise every power given them
under the law, but fail to have that co.
operation of some of the Fire Departments
officials. those whose duty it is to remedy
the evil, that Will enable them to protect
unsuspecIing visitors who enter the fire.
traps.
sit is Chinese New Years, and in conse-
quence Chinatown, San Franeisco's plague
spot. has put on holiday attire, and while
the filth and dirt which ordinarily renders
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-19
The TeIenI1onic Dilemma.
st Ioni. CLONE Democrat

o. 'souiA otOOe-DomDIiSt.
The increasing business over the tele-
phone line between London and Paris
has given rise 10 an interesting discussion.
The toll Is about 50 for three minutes use.
and consequently the relative rapidly OF
the two languages enters as an important
factor into the question now under consider
alton, whether it is more economical TO
carry on conversation over the line in Eng
iish OF in French. Al present tile Frenchmen
are said TO have the best of the controversy.
as their language is regarded as peculiarly
suited TO telephouie Transmission.
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ALWAYS Giving Satisfaction.

BRANDRETH's PILLS have always gwen salts
faction. III fifty years there has been no CONF
plant Of them. That Is about their life In the
Uniled States and millions OF persons have used
them. There Is no doubt that they have estab-
lished themselves by merit alone. They cure
rheumatism dyspepsia. piles, liver complaint.
biousness. aud any dis ase arising from an I'M
Jure stale OF The bluod. One or two at night on
an empty stomach Tor II week or Two Will keep
you iD good form aud tone up the sys EN-. They
are purely vegetable. absolutely harmless and
safe 10 take AZ any lime.
Sold In every drug or medicine store, either
main SUg.Ir-cOaI. q.
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A New Gaiactometer.
st. louis eIobe-Democrat.

Whether it is worth while to know ex-
actiy the degree to which ones milk seller
is watering his milk is an open question
which each must decide for himself For
those who do not consider that igporance is
always bliss simple way OF setting at rest
any doubts as to the purity Of the milk
mans stock in trade is provided in new
galactometer. The instruments ordinarily
used tor this purpose consist of glass tube
with graduated scale OF paper inside. and
their record is not, as rule. reliable. The
new instrument Is said to be much more
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Port Angeles Excursion.

The regular mail steamer Umatilla. leav-
ing San Francisco March 3. will call at Port
Angeles to land tbs excursion party now
ORGANIZING to visit that rising city.
Exeursionists can also visit Seattle, Ia
coma and Victoria. Numerous applications
have already been made TO the Carnall-
Hopkins Company, ga Market street, who
are conducting this pYt.nrsinu.
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MARRIED..

LYNCh-HYNES-In is city. February g. 1893,
by the Rev. Father MeCue. John A. Lynch and
Mary Hynes both OF San Francisco.
GRAHAM-McN ULTY-In this city, February IA.
1898 at ST. Francis Church. by the Rev Father
Corcoran. Thomas +. Graham OF st Paul, MIMI.
and Nellie L. McNulty OF San Francisco
FUREY-RuLL--In this city February IL. 1893.
at st. Patricks Church, q. NJ Furey OF Troy. N.Y.,
aud Lizzie NJ. Bull OF San Francisco.
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ance. In a measure the
remark is true, and the
very fact of solitude is
one OF the canoes chief
attractions. Many men
have a strong desire to
be alone with their own
thoughts amid pleasant
surroundings and face
to face with nature her.
self.
With the modern sail
ing canoe the skipper is
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accurate, and shows at glance whether the
milk Is pure or adulterated. The instru-
ment is a glass tube open at both ends.
along which little ball of blue glass acts
as an indicator. The density of this ball is
1923 and 1t is so adjusted that it can float
only on pure milk