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The morning call., 1893-02-24

links BAD BREAK.
He Tried Hard to Win but He Was
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Otto link was the chef at the Concordia
Club and the reason that he no longer oc-
cupies that position is because he had q
falling out with A. IL. Lau, the steward,
and in an attempt to have that individual
discharged was himself discharged.
link had made up his mind that the stew
ard. who was obnoxious to him, should 60.
To bring this about he drew up a petition
directed to the board of directors in which
was set forth that Lau should be discharged
and that If the request was not complied
with all the servants would strike. This
was presented to all the employees for their
signature. Some. including the Chinese,
refused to sign. but it is said were persuaded
to do so when link presented revolver
and made use of language that could not be
misunderstood.
The petition was presented TO the board
and after it had been read the directors con-
cluded to tell link and all who signed the
document that their services were no longer
required and to inform them that as Lau
was satisfactory to members of the club he
would be retained.
This was carried into effect, except as to
the Chinese. who were allowed to remain
as 1t appeared that they had signed noiens
volens.
The steward is now working with another
crew In the kitchen and the diniDg-room.
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see it for the first time and, knowing not its
cause, are shocked at the hardships, not to
say sufferiDgs, il imposes.
/ know that these sufferings and hard
ships are entirely voluntary and self-m-
posed.
The first night imposed them upon my
self, and stood shiverng IN the shade and
sharp wind till my teeth chartered.
Once inside the dining-room did as the
others did-souGht out the first plate of
mush and bowl of tea that lacked pauper
in front of it,
l had walked two miles over the hills
from the terminus of the Haight-street cars,
and by all ordinary methods of deduction,
ought to have been as hungry a. wolf-or
as pauper, W hlch is much more pregnant
metaphor.
But the somber surroundings, the multi
tude of aged faces, bent, crippled and dis
torted figures, were things that had to get
used to before | could eat bread without
butter with hearty relish.
Though my hunger was gone, | made q
pretense of eating. staring all the while at
the strange, strange scene about me.
Every face was old and weatherbeaten
and me-stained. was in world of old
old men.
Inotced that some of the men washed
their hands at the hydrant by the round
house before going in the line. but only q
few of them.
Aud no man took his hat off at the table.
They eat without napkins. their coatsleeyes
or bandkerchlefs answering that purpose.
The long narrow tables were covered with
q white and blue marbleiZed oilcloth. On
this were the rations before each man. A
large soup plate filled with rice and milk,
pint bowl filled with tea. and one-seventh
of loaf Of good white bread before every
pauper.
These were the supper ratons for the
first night l passed at the Almsh0use. The
monotony was varied the next night by the
substitution of cornmeal for the rice, the
third night by cracked wheat, and the last
night OF my stay oatmeal mush was the
mainstay of the meal.
ate little of the rice and milk. Both
were good and seemingly pure and sweet.
You would eat the same thing In the res
taurant or at your own home. amid differ
ent surroundings. with a good relish.
The bread was as white and as good to
the taste as any had ever eaten before.
1t went awkward without butter, but ate
half OF the seventh.
The tea. Well, / am not going to brag
about that, and one OF the oldest Inmates
told me that Mr.. Weaver himself had often
said 1t was not good tea, but it was con tract
tea. bought by the Supervisors as per SAM
pie furnished for 10 cents pound.
You can't get good tea for that price.
The inmates of the Almshouse do not get
good tea. That is conceded on all hands.
and the inmates themselves are OF back
ward about mentioning the fact whenever
they get chance.
found the tea palatable, however, and
already sweetened to about the proper de-
gree. according to my individual judgment
| In the matter.
| heard complaints that the tea served
that night was too sweet. and other COM
| plants that IL was lot sweet enough.
The average physician will tell you that
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Their Fifth Anniversary.

The Mission-street branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association celebrated its
fifth anniversary last night by literary and
musical entertainment. The coy hall and
rooms leading into it were well filled long
before the exercises commenced. An ad-
dress by Rev. DIR. Hayes c. French con-
vinced those present eff the good work per-
formed by the Mission-street branch OF the
association during the past year. The en-
tertainers did justice to the programme,
and they were repeatedly encored, so that it
was rather late when the audience took its
leave.
eter's Polka" on the cornet; "The Bend of
the River" was sung by 3. +. Franklin |;
Miss Gladys NJ Code sang "a Persian Love
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A Time-Worn Thief.

Proprietors of boarding-hOuses on the
water front have been trying for several
weeks to catch thief who has been plying
his trade in the rooms of their dodgers. The
thief stole everything of value in sight. A
sharp lookout has been kept for him and he
was caught last night by Officer James Nc
Gath just as he was leaving the Finland
House with n bundle of clothes which he
had stolen. The officer called upon him to
stop. but the THETA man named Williams,
Is years old-took to his heels. He was
finally overtaken. A lot of pawn-tickets
were found in his possession.
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" i =
MARRIEn

BRAUN-VETTER - In this city, February 20,
1898. by the Rev. DR.. Ollie, John J. Braun and
Regina Vetter, both OF San Francisco.
HENKEL-HILL-In this city, February %. 1893.
by the Rev. Dr.. DilIe Henry Henkel OF San Fran
cisco and Mamie Hill OF Oakland.
KNODERER-DEWE Y-In this city, February %.
1893, by the Rev.W. G. Pond, Ernest +. KnodereT
and Ida VI. Dewey. both OF San Francisco.
STEWART-W ILLIS-fn this city, February %.
1893, BY the Rev }. w. Henry, Lewis III. Stewart
and Efhle NJ. Wills, both OF Healdsburg
JACOBS-BARNUM-ln this city February %.
1893. by the Rev. DR. Stebblns. Albert Jacobs OF
San Francisco and Ada Il. Barnum OF Alameda.
HANBLOOM-WAKE - In this city, Feb
ruaFy IA, 1898. by the Rev. n F. Raviin. Robert
HanDioom and Ella Wakefield.
KAFKA-JOHNSON-In San Rafael. August !,
1889 simon KafEa aad Ida Johnson
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES-DEATHS

birth marriage and death notices sent by mail
Will not be inserted. They must be handed In at
either OF the publication Offices and be Endorsed
with the name and residence of persons authorized
TO have the same published
BORN.
SHAYER-February % 1893 TO the wife OF Will
liam II Slayer, daughter.
BENDER-February ~. 1893. to the wife OF N. W.
Bender
wELLER-February 10, 1893. to the wife OF Her.
bert Bird Weller son.
SICHEL-In this city. February %, 1898. TO the
wife OF Abe Sichel son.
WIN TERN Cloyerdale. February Il. 1898. to the
wife of John ID. Winter son.
EEUMAN - In Sacramento, February 20, 1893
to the wife OF William +. Neuman Of San Fran
cisco. son.
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"Re's an Orangeman. That's where the
shoe pinehes. He's all right, but the other
Irishmen don't like him."
but he struck this man Luce, didn't
he ?" asked.
swell. hope he did. Luce came at him
with a Ratchet. | was here at the time.
Did you see Luce? Why. that man is so
quar- elsome that he couldn't live here, so
they let him build hut upon the hill there
over on Sutro's place. He was always
fighting when he was here. He can't live
with decent men.
"Yes; he came at Tillson with Ratchet
because TilsOn told him to keep the COW off
the flower garden he had planted"
"Who had the garden?'
"Why, Tillson. He had little patch OF
vIolets on the hill back OF the New House,
and Luce's cow used TO trample on it
That's how the fight started. and that's
over a year ago. Why didn't Luce make a
kick at the right time That's what say"
w. Fl. Tilson, about whom this investl-
CATION has been held, is the chief nurse of
what is called the New House. 1t sits on
the next hill above and 10 the north of the
main building.
From what the inmates of the New House
told me he must be strict disciplinaran,
but the more intelligent ones spoke well of
him, and one man told me that the old fell
low who died up there and had $500 ia his
pocket was all alone in the room with Till
son when he drew his last breath.
''Tilson might have kept that money" he
said, ''for no one else but him knew about
1t. He found it on him and took it right
over to Mr.. Weaver"
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on association work in colleges. This was
followed by "The Grand Old Ocean," vocal
solo, by Charles w. Seely, and address on
"Our Own Work." by DR.. Hayes C. French,
and vocal solo By Miss z Noble
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III

When / came back from the New House
the gong had struck for supper, and the first
mess had been served. Some of tile old
men were walking about the yard. eating
bread.
Join in line. young fellow, or you'll get
left," said kindly faced old man.
followed his advice and presently found
myself in a long, narrow room. not too light,
but clean and well ventilated.
Perhaps the room was fifty feet long-I
did not measure it, 1t was wide enough to
give space for three long tables, with benches
on each side of them and a reasonable pas
sage-way between them.
While the line is forming outside the first
mess is being laid on the table. There is a
superstition among the inmates that the
fellow who gets inside the dining-room first
has the best choice of places and hence the
best viands.
By personal experience l learned this to
be pure fallacy. The loaves are cut into
seven slices by an equal measure ment. The
other edibes are portioned out as exactly
as may be, and the result Is that when the
mess table is spread any two dishes are as
much alike in quantity and quality as twin
monkeys.
that the much-talked.of line in front Of the
dining room is piece of foolish obstnacy
on the part of the men who form it that
cannot be dispensed with by the governing
powers of the Institution unless actual force
s employed.
These old men have lost their faith in
human nature. What they have seen of the
world and its workings has impressed them
with the fact that first come best served is
the rule of civilization.
They are unable now to understand that
they are in a community where every man
is served alike and no man goes without
They might just as we'll sit still on their
benches in the sun. or on the porch, or In
the reading-rOom when it is raining, or in
the sleeping rooms before breakfast, as to
form in atlong line aud stand there SILVER
highways in the shade, In the chill morn
ing air before daylight. and often in the rain.
This Is no conclusion OF my own. saw
and heard il. A score of the older and more
sensible inmates-that is, those older In
the service-tOld me the line business was
foolish and showed me why 1t was.
They pointed out to me thas certain
number OF rations were served or plates
laid at every meal. Only about seventy or
eighty of the men could be accomm odated
in the dining-rOom at one time. Those vino
eat with the second and third messes gain
nothing by standing in line.
Aud the men themselves do not complain
of the line, though they suffer much incon-
venience from IL.
The complaint comes from strangers who
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The one thing that surprised me most at
first was the promptitude with which every
man answered the 8 o'clock gong.
To casual observer it seems very hard
to call these men out of their warm beds at
that unearthly hour and fully an hour be-
fore daylight.
But the men themselves do not mind 1t.
They are early risers. Many of them were
up and out half an hour before the rising
gong sounded.
With only an occasional exception the
inha bitants of the Almshouse have always
been early rsers, and ii would now be un-
natural for them to remain in bed longer.
Moreover, their early rising does OF rob
them of needed sleep. Some Of them 60 to
bed as early as 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
or Immediately after supper; many at 5
o'clock. and many more at 6 o'clock; all of
them by o'clock.
After breakfast / joined the procession
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thatmy entrance into pauperdOm did not

that my entrance into pauperdom did not
create more of q Juror than it did.
Afterward l learned that everything goes
at the poorhouse. Nobody wonders at
anything. a more apathetic community
could not be found short OF the sphlnxes Of
the great desert.
Everything is taken as matter of course.
Nothing ever does happen there. but If it
should it would attract less attention from
the inmates than the ringing of the dinner
bell.
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''Oyer the Hills TO the POorhOuse" has
broader, deeper significance to me now than
it ever had before.
have been there.
Not as a visitor. but as pauper-a pau
per among paupers.
It seemed to me like four months, but
reckoned by the calendar it could not have
been more than four days.
Monday at noon Mayor Ebert affixed his
signature to a little blank form which,
coupled with a suitable shabbiHess. was
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Serious charges have been made against
the management of the City knd County
AImshouss.
One Of the head nurses has been charged
with extreme cruelty TO the fnm ates, and
this charge is TO Gu minats in an official
investigation.
The superintendent has been charged
with carelessness and accused of main
tanning rules and systems that were cruel
and inhuman.
Other charges Of more general charac-
ter have been made recently against the
authorities at this Institution.
The source of most of these charges has
not been of the best and most reliable,
and they have all been vigorously snIed.
With a view ofascertsining as nearly as
possible, from authoritative and unpreju-
diced sources, the truth or faIslty of these
accusations or deniaIs, representative
Monday in the guise Of pauper, duly
accredited from the Mayor, and remain ed
there In the capacity OF an inmate until
late yesterday afternoon.
The Call man ate and slept In the instI-
tuition as an inmate, talked with a great
many of the men there, and heard both
sides of the charges N ade, far CO uId
be learned by actual contact with the
acensers and with those of the INN ates
who uphold the present administration.
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The Official Inquiry.

Last night was the time appointed by the
Board of Health to investigate charges of
misconduct preferred against some of the
Almshouse officials, but as Mayor Ebert
was not present, and as it was essential to
have him there. the investigation was post
pOned indefinitely.
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these old and WORKOUT men sleep sounder
and better for the weak tea they drink be-
fore retiring.
But it doesn't please them, and they be-
leve some one Is robbing them at that
point.
At last l could eat no more, so l rose
slowly and went out
AS l rose a ch-bewhiskered old man,
who had been eying my tea and rice from
the opposite side of the table, made a grab
for the more than half-flled dishes left.
He used both arms and gathered in the
leavings with sudden, jerky movement. 1t
was the quickest movement saw while l
remained in the institution.
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Loss OF Power in either sex, Impotsncy, Leuoor-
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Guarantees issued only by CLARK a WEIHE
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16
Law Did Not Recognize Ga'lantry.

with down, down and a down derry
down"-the old refrain recurs when we read of
the gallant action of Mr.. Wiiams-Foote, per-
formed at Derrydown, Cornwall, and of the
fitting reward which he has since received, SAYS
the London Globe in recent issue. Certain
ladies were bathing at Derrydown and. like
Diana and her nymphs when similarly engaged,
were annoyed by some two-legged creature
calling itself man.
Unable to take vengeance such as the goddess
took they were yet without redress. for Mr..
Williams-Foote, who seems to be a good man
with his hands. came up and gave the fellow a
sound thrashing. The local ben b, however,
instead of expressing thankfulness that chiv-
airy is not yet dead in these days of decadence.
decided that the law had been insulted and
fined the insulter-of the law. not of the ladies
the substantial sum of Gl0.
Happily the matter was not left there. The
ladies of the neighborhood dubbed together
and presented their protector with the still
more substantial sum of f24 and gold scarf
pin set with diamonds in the shape OF horse
whip.
Foote'S disposition felt diffdence in accept
ing the guerdon, though so justly earned. Yet
it is quite possible to imagine that the reward
Of merit might have taken far more incon-
venient form. Surprising that each of these
fair bathers had taken it into her head that she
could only reward Mr.. Foote with her hand-it
was leap year, remember-and had made him an
offer accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16
a Strike in China.

From the Engineering Magazine.
There is an impression in America that strikes
are unknown in China. My experience is quite
the mariners compass, gunpowder and strikes,
but the only one of the three which they have
developed fully is the art of striking. When
ever they want anything they ask for it by an
nouncing a strike. did not appreciate at first
the importance of their feast day land when the
first one came round they not only struck. but
200 OF them came up and mobbed my house.
No violence was attempted. but the Interchange
of views like the chattering of TO- 600
monkeys. Yielded. The miners would strike
il they did not like their shift bose strike il
they had a bad dinner in the company kitchen
strike for any reason
Once when mine. mill and furnace we're in
full blast the miners all struck for some insig-
nificsnt cause. Tired of expostulation sent
for the head men and told them gravely that I
had no objection to the strike il the men wiz he
it, but the mill and furnace could not stop
They had to go right on and il was very costly
TO keep them at work without ore. said that
i did not think /. was right to make the COM
pany pay the loss and that l should fine the
workmen three days paw for every tay they
were of duty. There was a great hubbub The
miners came to know il what the head man told
them was true. They went to work the next
day and striking free in thar mine ever
after. but each man paid for his own fun In
the end, however, they devised a more poten.
mode Of warfare. They went into the mine with
delightful regularity. They put in their time.
but did not put out their ore, and our product
fell on IS per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16
The French Arithmetical Bow.

From the London Daily News
A French youth named Jacques Inandi has
been rivaling the famous George Bi ider by his
astounding feats OF mental arithmetic II the &C.
counts of his performances in Paris are to be
trusted he is capable Of multiplying twelve
figures by twelve figures almost instan taneously,
and doing other surprising things of the same
kind. The other day Inandi told his audience
that if any one of them would mention his
birthday he would instantly be informed on
what day of the week he was born.
a skeptical gentleman present said: 81 will
bet you 1907. you will not tell me on what day
of the week l was born" at the same time
giving the date. Done" said Inandi; ..you
were born Tuesday" "No." said the
gentleman, Il was born on a Wednesday. "
1hereupon there was dispute and in order to
settle 1t the chairman telephoned to an old
established Paris paper asking them to look up
their file of the date In question. They did so,
and the answer was received that Inandi was
right.
As. however. his challenger refused to paw
the 1O0f as promised, Inandi brought an
action in the courts to recover the sum. The
defense was that the bet was in the nature of a
gambling transaction and therefore Illegal: but
this was Withdrawn and the money was paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16
A CaucasiOn Of Our Own Sort.
From the London Daily News.

From the London Daily News.
Another brigand incident. narrated by a
Tifiis contemporary. goes to show the desper-
ate character OF the members composing the
numerous bands of highway robbers and MUIR
derers who have latterly given SO evil repu-
tation to many districts of the Caucasus. A few
days ago the police commissary Hassan Bek
Mamedoff was dispatched to the village of
kasach to effect the arrest of a well-known
bandit named Hamid Islander Ogly, whose
brother was recently captured.
Arrived at kasach the commissary demanded
the surrender OF Ogly from the village elder
The latter straightforward the robber, who was
fully armed. On the commissary's demand
that he should lay down his arms the bandit
quickly raised his rifle and shot the officer dead
The village elder and three police orderlies
threw themselves upon the murderer, but the
latter. singing his rifle on his back. used his
kinjai-a long double-edged dagger-with such
dexterity and force that three OF his assailants
were quickly stretched hors de comoat and
very seriously wounded. The bandit then
reached his horse, which was already saddled,
and fed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16

Bishop Potter Of the Episcopal diocese Of
New York preached at st. Johns Church yes
terday morning and ordained a young colored
man to the ministry. He preached in the
evening at Epiphany. Bishop Talbot Of Wyom-
ing and Idaho delivered sermon at Ascension
last evening and in the afternoon Bishop Walker
OF North Dakota from the same pulpit gave an
account of his work. The latter described the
car which he uses on his preaching tours. II
is sixty feet in length. will accommodate seventy
five people and is fitted up inside like a church.
BY this means he is enabled to travel from
place to place, and thus reach thousands OF
people who had no access to churches or re-
ligious instruction. Bishop Walker said that
while passing through Minneapolis his car was
inspected by several Baptists. who subsequently,
had one built. and at present The Baptists had
two of these cars in the northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-16

The plant of the American Milling and Min
ing Company, Port Jefferson. NY. was harmed
last night. The total loss to buildings and ma
chinery is $4,000.
David r. Martin died at his home, In Engle-
wood, NJ, Saturday. He was eighty-ons
years old.
Dr. John B. Rice, ex-ConRressman. died nj
Fremont, Ohio. Saturday, after a long illness.
with Brights disease, terminating in pneu-
monia.
Z. c. Preston, brakeman, and II. J. Beauday,
baggageman, OF the South Shore and Atlantic
railroad, persisted in the burning OF the Hotel
st. Louis, Duluth. w. 7. Reese, . New York
salesman, and Elizabeth Lawson, . scrub woman,
are mlssing.
An order has been promulgated by the officials
Of the santa Fe that all Of the employees must
resign or withdraw from the Order Of Brother
hood Of 6tationmen- They withdrew from the
order.
The Philadelphia post Office Is embarrassed
By CIV increase Of mail matter without SUI
hcisnt ka