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The morning call., 1893-03-26
A FLAT EPISODE.
What Ted and DoIlie Found When
They Returned From the Park.
T. LOUIS POst-DlSpltch.
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The young couple had considered them
selves extremely fortunate In finding fiat
adjoining 1ed's sisters, convenient TO the
cars. and they had marveIed much at the
many unusual features which that style of
apartment afforded.
1t was certainly a new experience to find
steam heat range. stationary washtubs,
bathroom, china closets, a dumb waiter
from the cellar, janitoT's attendance, WE'LL
carpeted halls and many o ther couveniences
at less rent than they had been paying for
very Indifferent mmOdations.
"Be sure to keep all your doors and win
dows locked when you 60 out" his sister
had said to them, after reciting many in
stances OF theft from fats by storethieyes
who gained admittance from vacant rooms
adjoining by means of the airshaft or by the
hre-escapes or by pulling themselves up on
the dumb elevator
While they had not been accustomed 10
taxing such precautions they nevertheless
fastened everything securely one morning
and set off for u day in the park
They str0lled through the shady paths
with the baby In her carriage, ENJOYING tho
green grass, the trees and flowers When
they reached home after their six hours
outing they were pretty well fatigued. but
felt we'll repaid by all they bad seen and
enjoyed.
why, our door is openl" was Dollie's
excited exclamation on reaching the
head of the stairs. Sure enough It was:
there could be no doubt on that score
and they hurried forward, only TO have
their worst fears realized. Not a thing
was left in the pretty parIor they had fur
nished so tastefUlly-rugs, chairs, bric-a-
brac, even the pictures were gone from the
wall. They hastened into the other rooms.
their hearts sinking within them, but thew
were stripped also. Not Yestige OF their
household gods greeted their search. 1t was
a clean sweep. Dolly sank down completely
unnerved while Ted gasped 'WeI, the
Great Jeebersl This knocks me but hold
on; let's ask Sis If she heard any one here
while we were out" a long and loud knock
failed to raise any one. Evidently Sis WASN'T
at home, and the thieves had taken their
own time to loot the place.
go for an officer, Ted" was Dolle's
fearful entreaty at this point, and as there
was evidently nothing else to do, though is
was fOrlorn hope at best he started out,
while she sat down on the stairs.
BY this time Ted and the officer had ar
rived at the house, and No. 369 graSped his
club with determined air as If he expected
to find the robbers on the stairs. Up they
went the young man in the lead. He threw
open the door and there beheid DolHs
calmly seated in the big rocker with the
baby, while every article was in It's proper
place. That's all roight. young felly."
said No. 500, as a So bill changed hands;
you're not the first mon thot's got into the
wrong fat"
The morning call., 1893-03-26
front rank of illustrators of American mag

front rank of Illustrators Of American mag
aZines.
The Californian Magazine presents in the
April number no less than four important
papers on the subject of hawaii. One of
these COMPRISES some poSthumOus articles
by King Kalakaua which were secured by
the publishers with much difficulty.
HaNali-Nei is a compound word to which
we may as well grow accustomed, since it
seems tolerably certain that we shall soon
numb ber the Sandwich Islands among Uncle
Sans children. "Hawaii-Nei," ty Mary
Gray Umsted, in the New Peterson for
April, Will be found a charming account of
these favorites of nature, based on journal
months. The article is beautifully Illus
trated, and thoroughly deserves The atten-
tion 1t cannot fail to receive.
a new novel by that most brilliant of
French writer's. Paul Bourget. is announced
by the Waverly Company, New York, un-
der the title Of The Son" In depicting
the human feelings, Bourget is to-day ac-
knOwledged to be without peer
An American edition of DR.. AdOlph Har-
nack's Outlines of the History of Dogma"
will be issued in few days by the Funk &
Waenalls Company. This edition is trans
lated from the German by Edwin Knox
Mitchell, professor in Hartford Theological
Seminary. DR.. Harnack is well known as
the0logian and eXegete, and is professor of
church history in the University of Berlin
The leading feature OF the ApriI ST.
Nicholas, the Century Company's magazine
for boys and girls, is an article on New
4ork by the poet-critc Edmund Clarence
StedmRn, splendidly illustrated with views
OF the principal streets and buildings of the
great metropolis
The morning call., 1893-03-26
Valley of Roses.
Blsckwood's Magazine.


Bags full of roses, baskets heavy with
roses, carts laden with roses. Roses, roses.
a feast of roses, surfeit of roses-if that is
possible. The women stick roses in their
long long braided mar, the men in their belts.
The children pull them and play with them.
and leave them on the road to die.
There is rose-leaf jam to eat-yerv fresh
and sweet 1t is-and there is rose.leaf syrup
to drink. Every vase and vessel is fun of
roses. They drop on you from unexnecTed
places. Great punches Of bright pink heads
lying on the ground admonish you as you
walk. YOU can make bed of them If Won
will. Go &c :he granary-rosary suppose
IL should be ce!ed-and there you will find
as soft and sweet n couch as was ever laid in
the arabian Nights" for eastern princes
to sleep on.
This is how it came fbout that saw sueb
a-muitipliclty of roseo. We fulfilled a long
cherished schemr and went 20 Kezanlik. the
Valley of Rrres. III the Balkans. once the
famous rose garden Of Turkey
The morning call., 1893-03-26
A PET FOR A CENTURY.
A Louisiana Alligator Which Had Been
Known to One Family Since 1873.

New Orleans Tmes-Democrat.
In the bayou flowing through the large
sugar plantation OF Gabriel Montaigne,
lying seven or eight miles south of
Thibodeaux, La, there was recently
killed an alligator known to be some
thing over 120 years old. In 1918
Mr.. MOntaigne's fathers grandfather,
emigrating to this country from France,
purchased this tract of land from
its original Spanish owner. and in
an endeaYor to clear the bayou
of the ferocious and aggressive alligators
which filed 1t to the number Of thousands
succeeded In killing many of them, and
among them the mother Of several young
onss~lhree of which he killed also, but the
SedTCh got away leaving five or six inches
of his tail behind him. however. This one
was afterward seen from time to time and
always recognized by this missing portion OF
his anatomy. He grew to be something of
a pet with succeeding generations, who,
however. thought it safest to keep him
at distance despite his friendly advances,
but it has been n favorite task with the
younger MOntaignes Of the family to go out
after each meal with tidbltS for Old Shorty,
as he was called because of his deformity.
This age of 120 years is not unparalleled
with these animals, many being said to
attain the age of 200 though tits difficult OF
proving, except in such cases where the
creature is marked in some such Way as
Old Shorty was,
The morning call., 1893-03-26
But Yet a Woman.
Texas siftiags.


She was young. she WAS fair, but she
prlde1 herself on being a business woman,
Last night she had beau and went to tho
theater lie had his tickets and 1t was not
till after they were seated at the Union
square that an awful thought broke upon
him, and he said: "Upon my word, be-
lisve left my purse at home-changing NV
clothes, you know" and he began trying To
go through his pockets as we'll as he could
without gOuglng the ribs OF his nelghb0rs
too heavily.
"ob. never mind" said the lady sweetlv,
u guess have enough for our purposes"
well. if you have" replied her cOmpau-
ion hrutally, you are the only woman I
ever knew 10 have dollar by her"
You forget that am business woman!"
(1'his with much dignity.)
''Ah, here it is-my purse-sfter all; but
now let us see what you could have dane il
we had been reduced TO your funds" and
she drew forth from her plush bag a little
Russian leather gimcrack which she grave lv
and confidently opened, aud therein re-
vealed two copper pennies and 1-eea5
postage stamp.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
THE PRIZE ESSAYS
San Joseans Judged Now
for the City.
TWO GARDEN CITY WINNERS.
Unexpected Talent Is Being ELECTED
Among Young Students by
1.-The Calls" Contests.

The essay contest now proceeding under
the auspices of The CALL has already had
some good results.
1t was anticipated that the idea would be
helpful in eXtricating merit from medic
Gritty, but 1t was nOG expected that such
rich mine of unsupported youthful ability
would be developed.
The judges who have been putting in the
better part of the past week in reading and
Weighing the merits Of The CALL prize
essays from San Jose on the subject of
"The Discovery Of America by Columbus"
have finished their tasks.
When the essay project was exploited
San Jose vas placed first on the list of
towns IN which the series of contests were
to be held, and the students responded will
iugly TO the call for compositions on the
great subject chosen.
The San Jose contest closed on the 18th
inst, since which date eleven days have
elapsed.
But though San Jose has proffered so
many essays, the criticzing OF their merits
has not on that account been delayed longer
than the necessity for unanimity OF choice
required.
All tile essays have been segregated and
distinguished by number. They then passed
through the hands Of the competent critics
chosen by The CALL for that specific pur-
pose. Each critic rendered an opinion re-
garding each essay IN writing snd these
opinions were subsequently compared, and
in cases where they were conflicting were
submitted TO a referee previously agreed
upon by the critics.
The result of the essay competition in San
jose is now announced as follows:
B-st ess say. written by j. PoKTERFIELD
GOOD.
Miss Osgood is only IA yeais of age, but
her essay shows evidence of remarkable
maturity Of thought and fancy. One critic
found a slight objection in its didactic tone
but this was more than OYeTbalanced by
other eXcelencies.
J. Purterheld Yagle, who attends the San
Jose High School, is between II and IS.
Considering the limits OF space allowed
by the conditions of the contest his essay
deserves praise. In knowledge, treatment
snd general composition 1t leaves little to
be desired.
THE CALI, presents to-day the winning
essays IN full. The prizes will be for
warded iE due course TO the TWO bright
young students.
After San Jose comes San Francisco.
The san Francisco essay contest is now
open and manuscripts are being received
by the critics of The CALL.
Tie subject is, The Discovery of America
by Colum bus" " and the conditions OF the
contest are very simple.
Contestants must be students and not
over is years OF age.
The essays should not be longer than 1900
words nor shorter than 500
Mark your name and address plainly on
your composition and put Essay Contest
on the corner Of your envelope.
If You wish your essay returned inclose
stamps.
The San Francisco contest will only be
open until April l.
The prizes are: $50 for the best and $40
for the second best
The prize essays will be printed in The
CALL with tie names of their writers.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
MATE FITZGERALD.
A Canadian Merchant Believes the
Dead Man Is His Son.

Mayor EIlert received yesterday long
and beautifully WOrded letter from j. W.
Fitzgerald of Petersburg, Ontario. Canada,
in respect to Second Mate Fitzgerald of the
American bark Hesper.
1t Will be recalled that Mate Fitzgerald
was killed while the bark was on the high
seas by four men who were brought up
recently on the trOpic Bird from Tahiti to
be tried in the United States court Of this
city for murder.
Mayor Elerrs correspondent fears that
the murdered man may be his son, although
the dispatch which appeared in the Toronto
Globe and attracted his attention spoke of
the deceased as NJ. Fitzgerald, whereas the
son of the Mayors correspondent is named
William Henry.
What strengthens the elder Fitzgerald's
conviction is the fact that his son. who sailed
on the whaler Alert two years ago, has since
been sailing over the southern seas. He
was 81 years old, feet s inches high and a
man of excellent habits.
In the reports OF the tragedy which have
reoched here the name of the murdered man
has been given as Morris Fitzgerald and the
anxious father will likely see his son again
some day.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
AIamleda,s Wine Exhihi+

An elegant grilroom is being constructed
for the Alameda County wine exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. 1t will occupy space cover
ing 400 square feet aud consists OF four
artistically designed walls of turned oak
and walnut. The frame is to be about
twelve feet in height, the top Of which is
adorned with a scroll of flower pattern.
Thirty bottles and four dozen wine glasses.
turned OF oak, are to be placed at intersec-
tions along the wall.
The entire structure is unusually pretty
and promises to be leading feature in
AlameQa's exhibit
The morning call., 1893-03-26
DEVOURING AFFRONTS.
Barn. Stormers Don't Grieve at Being
Properly PeIted.
II a II 0NII IN z
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The most miserable of lives, probably, Is
that of the "barn-stormer," or comedian
who goes about with others in a company,
performing in small towns and villages.
Not infrequently these people encounter
audiences which express deserved contempt
for them in ways which are not kind.
81 suppose" said a friend of one of these
performers, at the close of ore of his ex-
peditiOns, that you get pretty much every
thing thrown at you?"
'Oh. yes; apples, principally, and now
and then tnrnips and frequently potatoes"
And occasionally cabbages, l sup
pose?"
Unfortunately, we were seldom hit by
a cabbage"
Unfortunately? What do you mean by
that?"
why. bless your soul, 1t was the best
luck we had when the people threw those
things at us. We had so little to eat that
we were. thoroughly glad TO swallow their
insults"
The morning call., 1893-03-26
REAL ESTATE NOTES.
Recent Sales Made by Various Local
Firms.

Charles II. Ford Of room 5, Crocker build
ing, reports the following sales made at his
Office during the week: Lot on Eighteenth
avenue. near Point Lobos. $500; lot on
Twenty-first avenue, near D street, $3.50
lot 75Xl00 on 3 street. near Seventeenth
avenue, $500; lot 25Y10O on Point Lobos
avenue, near Sixth. $500; lot 25xI20 on
Second avenue, near Point Lobos. $1,000 !;
lot 25X100 ON California street. near Nine
teenth avenue, 500; lot t25X120 on Twentieth
avenue, near California street, 500; lot
50Xl20 on Thirty-eighth avenue, near d
street, $3.50; lot 25X120 on Third avenue, near
California street, $1,000; southwest corner
Of T street and Forlieth avenue, 81 :6xlOO.
south side, S425; lot 25X12O on Seventeenth
avenue, near b street, $3.50. Mr.. Ford has
some very choice investments north and
south Of the park on very easy instalments.
improvements continue at Sunnyside and
several recent lot purchasers are waiting
for the weather to clear up that they may
build houses.
Sol. GetZ & Brother OF Is Post street made
the following sales this week: Lot % :6x10O
on southwest corner of H street and Eighth
avenue, for $4,000; lot 35x24O. on west line
of Twenti avenue, 60 feet north Of K
street, for $500; lot 30 -Gx100, on southwest
corner Of 7 street and Twenty-fourlh ave-
nue., for $500; lot 25x60, on south line of
Iehama street, 12j feet east of Sixth, with
improvements, for $1,000.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
A Good Riddance.

Mary Hennessy, who was arrested on
Thursday for using vulgar language to the
driver of the Almshouse wagon, was
sentenced to six months in the branch
County Jail on Friday. Yesterday when
she was being removed from the City Prison
to the van she caused a lively racket She
yelled for Judge Murphy, kicked and
scratched. ana it required the combined
strength Of four stalwart officers to force her
into the van. AS she is nearly blind she
carries cane, and she struck yicously at
the officers with it, and they were kept busy
lodging her blows. Mary is n regular
termagant, and has been a source of trouble
ana ANNOYANCE to the police and Almshouse
authorities for years.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
elad a Long Balloon Trim
London Public opinion.

M. Maurice Mallet describes what he
claims to be the longest balloon ascent on
record. His balloon, Les Ipyentions Non
yeles, started from the gas works Of Ia
Villette. Paris, on October %, and the vow
age terminated at Wahien. In Central Ger
many, at A. NJ. on the 25th, after a total
journey Of SO hours 10 minutes above
ground. The flight was interrupted sew
eral times by the snow which fell in fho
higher regions of the atmosphere. When
lower strata were reached the snow melted
and the balloon reganed its ascending
power During one of these descents if
was stopped and examined by a Prussian
gendarme; VINO had followed it at gallop
for some distance. The route passed over
part of Belgium, the Taunus and the Glen
wald, and the towns of Metz and Fra1kfort
were recOpn iZed in nassIng
The morning call., 1893-03-26
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY COLUMBUS.
MISS ALICE osGooD.


IN Inc immense population OF our world how
insignificant and powerless does one man appear
when arrayed against his fellowsl 1t would
seem impossible mat just one atom of human.
hy's great multitude should be able 10 success.
fully oppose the mass Of mankind. Yet when all
tho world denounced the grand project of Chris.
topher Columbus as a chimera, tile idle working
OF foolish brain, when even the priests con.
demned IL as iIegOus, lie upheld aud finally
demonstrated The fact so that woman believed
and placed confidence In him. There II was that
woman proved "the power behind he throne"
and was the promoter Of the worlds greatest
prO1eai. s0r It was Isabella, Queen OF Spain, who
exerted her powerful Influence in his favor.
The story Of The long struggle against the
many obstacles which were placed in the way OF
this y0yager is 100 well known to need Tepeti-
iion. Nothing rolls so glibly from The tongue OF
the average sch0olbOy as the tale OF the dis.
ooyeiy ard II has proved Tedeeming feature Of
the dry history which Is usually the STUDENTS
bugBear.
A. a Time wben Spain was suffering from war,
ana the Italians blocked The route OF tbe Spank h
meichrHs 10 India, Columbus conceived tie
idea thai The earth was a sphere. Hav ug no.
tieed curious, foreign plants and several bodies
OF d1sky en, which were washed on the shores
OF IIas AzaSe-. Ia yess9Rsd LAt lhlR K913 h2N
The morning call., 1893-03-26
How the Earth Looks to a Mooni.e.

''If you could stand on the moon >, so,-y
an astronomer. 'the earth would apnear IN
you to be sixty four times larger than ths
sun appears to the residents of this mum
dane sphere; this because the earth las
eight times the diameter of the moon, there
lore she must necessarily show the noon
ties sixty-four times as much snrfare NJ
the moon shows US. The sun, on The other
hand, would appear no larger to you from
your observation on tile moon than it does
from our globe. The earth's atmosphere
Delng blue, 1t has been decided thar the
earth must appear al n blue bali to all OUT
side onlookers. What a glorious sight it
must be to our lunarian neighhors TO ok
upon bright blue, swlft-revolving bail
sixty-1our times larger than the sun!'
The morning call., 1893-03-26
A Wheat Burr in His Ear,

X. Wyse applied for treatment at the Re-
ceiving Hospital yesterday complaining of
an excruciating pain in his ear. On ex-
animation twas found that some foreign body
had become firmly impacted in the internal
opening, and after some difficulty it was
extracted. The object proved to be a wheat
burr which had penetrated quite a consid-
eIaole distance into the flesh. Wyse had
oorne with the annoyance ever since last
August. when he believes the object lodged
IN MS ear while operating thrashng ma
The morning call., 1893-03-26
Life Hanging Literally on a Hair.

The importance Of examining closely the
halr found on weapons was shown in a case
in which hatcher, having clotted blood and
hair adherent to it, was produced ms evidence
against prisoner suspected Of murder in a
little country town. 1t wRs found under his
bed. This, with other circumstantial evil
dence, had turned public opinion strongly
against the prisoner; but when the hair Was
examined by microscopic who Glanced to
be in the courtroom it was found not to be
human, but that Of some animal This cir
cnmstance led to more complete sitting of
the evidence and the accused was aeonitfed
1t turned out that he had killed n dog with
he Ratchet and had careessly thrown the
weapon under the bed. So his life literally
hung on hair,
The morning call., 1893-03-26
After Many DAYS

About year ago a warrant was sworn
out for the arrest OF Richard McGrath at
the instance Of the Omnibus Cable Com
pany and placed in the hands of Detective
Eagan. McGrath succeeded in making his
escape, but was foclhardy enough to return
few days ago and was arrested on Friday
night. His crime was in getting about 5000
pounds of iron belonging to the company
and selling 1t to junk-dealer for $50. He
is said to be an ex-convict and we'll known
70
The morning call., 1893-03-26

by special train this morning, expressed
desire to see ''the hairy an" Two deck
hands obligingly lifted corner of the tar
pauliD. but as they did so the beast put
one Of his arms through the bars, and
clutching the cover with his immense hand
tugged at it in a manner that showed con-
clusively that he wanted to be either hid
from view or protected from the cold.
Finding that his tugeing did not avail he
applied force and pulled the cover with so
much strength that the two men had 10
Lot
The morning call., 1893-03-26
Licensed to Wed.

Marriage licenses were issued by the
County Clerk TO the following parties yes
terday:
Samuel Lewald and Rose Haas, 3l-23.
Abe Levy and Cassie MeGlnway, 21-1S.
Henry Schuldt and Miune Hens, 27-2S.
j. Paul Spencer aud CarTi. Gotwals 1921
Algot l. Akerheler and Carolina GugeI,
26-2I.
John +. Pumbe and Anna r. Norton, 1927.
William Jones and Harriet Brown, 1916.
Richard kircheT aud Mary j. Vandeyaart
44-5O >
Frederick j. Mitchell and Nellie Drinan,
24-2l
James r. Hickman and Marie Camp, 27-23
John g. Drummer and Dora Setchman. .33-25
Josiah HOskins ana Lucy L. Willard, 4l-.3I.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
Two Smart Women.
New Ynrk vvnor1r

NtW OTA WceAIy.
Mother (anxiously)-I am told that your
husband plays poker every night at the club
plays for money, too.
Married daughIer-That's all right. He
gives me all his winning
"What? Do you"
And he always plays with Mr.. Mex
door"
"Nhat difference can that makeP"
Mrs. Nexdoor makes her husband give
her his winnings, too, and then she gives
the money to me, and | hand her what nv
husband won from hers. and so we both
have about twice as much money as we
could get out OF them otherwise"
The morning call., 1893-03-26
ROYAL Monev in America.

Queen Victoria has been dabbling In
American real estate. 1t seams that the
purchase of valuable niece of property in
Nassau street, New York, made about a
year ago by foreign banking-house. as
an investment of Queen Victoria. The
Queen owns other real estate, and has pur-
chased considerable land in the West. Ger
many's royalty has large real-estate inter.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
Another Plot.

The Cara horrible thought str kes me!
The Lord High Executioner-What is
that, your Majesty?
The Czar-It that dentist was nihilist
ne ne may have filled my teeth with dynamite.
Then the first time l bite hard | shall
blow the top Of my head of.
The morning call., 1893-03-26
A Sensitive Beast

The ourang-outang bound for the Worlds
Fair was still on the deck Of the Gaelic at
late hour yesterday afternoon. To protect
the animal from the chill waterfront air q
tarpauln was thrown over his cage. A
number of visitors who were on the vessel
looking at the JaYanese, who are to leave