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The morning call., 1893-01-15

con it will be well to state that Lake Mer-
rift lies right in the heart of the city, and is
consequently very accessible. 1t is Dor
dered on the southwest corner by thickly
populated tract, but on the northern and
northwestern banks there are no houses to
speak of, and on the western side they are
Scattering" The south limit is Twelfth
street and its bridge.
The country around is undulating and
there are numerous groves of trees. so that
the possibility of a pleasant driveway,
which is the chief argument OF the pro-
bOuevardsts for continuing the work, is
acknowledged by al! to be a perfectly fair
one.
In the foregoing it is endeavored to give
the position of the favorer of the boulevard
as clearly as possible. Summarized, this is
he wants his driveway and in favor of his
want alleges:
d Its attractyeness 10 strangers and
vehicle-users.
(2) The necessity Of going on with the
work since so much has been done.
(3) The necessity Of complying with the
terms Of the deed to the city.
al The enhancement OF values to prop
eTty around the lake.
% The necessity of dredging the lake
from a sanitary point of view.
% The certainty of completing the work
for 500, goo, which is nearly $4,000 more
than the amount Of their private engineers
estimate.
On the other hand the aEti-boulevardsts
say:
u 1t is not necessary. but luxury for
the rich.
o. 1t is scheme urged by spectators
who have bought up adjacent lands.
81 II is not economically projected within
the sh0re-line, and the city, which has al
ready pledged itself for $500, 900 worth Of
school bonds. cannot undertake any uncer-
tain responsibility of debt.
a. The deed Of gift can be allowed to
lapse. as it Is &c the interest of adjacent
The morning call., 1893-01-15
Peal E state Notes

ID. Marsh OF Burnham & Marsh Company
reports the demand by realty investors to
be g0od-this demand probably being caused
by the long dizziness of the real estate mar
ket, and many Of these investors are taking
advantage OF every concession and are buy
ing at low figures. Many owners have
stopped the practice of placin their prop
erty with agents at eXarbitant figures, and a
few are making considerable concessions
ich should bring the result of more
active market during the present year.
bis firm has several important sales on
hand which will be closed during this
month.
Sol Getz & Bro. of IS Post street made the
following sales the past week Lot 70X120
on the east line of TN enty-eighth avenue,
125 North of b street. for Sl200; 50x120, on
the east line of Twelfth avenue, 200 south
Of | street, for $1,000: 25y100, on the north
line of j street, 81 g east Of Twelfth avenue.
for $1,000; 25X100, on the south line of X
street, 1876 east Of Twenty-third avenue,
for $3.50; 50xl00 on the s0utheastery line
OF Athens street, 100 from easterly corner
Of Persia avenue, for $500.
BY order OF the Superior Court G. II.
Um0sen ~ Co. will sell at the Real Estate
Exchange, 10 Post street, on Wednesday,
February l. the estate Of the late Charles
e. ). Macdonald. There are several splendid
pieces OF improved real estate to be offered
at auction including the northwest corner
OF Drumm and Commercial streets. 113 and
1l5 LeideSdorff street, and the northeast
corner OF Folsom and Beale streets. The
list also includes 225 acres OF tidelandS near
the town of San MateO
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the conditions that the city should, within
six months from January l. 1891, commence
the construction Of The boulevard and CON-
plete the boulevard within three years there
after, according to the map attached to tue
deed.
This map indicated line for the boule-
ward for the most part inside the lake shore
line
The city accepted the deed and It's eondi-
lions December 4. 1890.
Accordingly. on June 3, 1891. the city au-
thor zed the Board of Public Works to ex-
Tend S19, COO for the partial construction Of
the boulevard.
Then it was proposed to issue bonds for
$400, 600 70 pay for the boulevard, but the
proposition having been submitted to the
people last November they negatived it by
an OYeTwhe lming vote. Many of the voters
b lieved they were expressing an opinion
simply in favor OF or against the boulevard
scheme, for which 100000 was asked.
While many favored boulevard, they did
not approve of bonding the city for IT, and
moreover believed the sum asked was eX-
oFbitant. Others again thought the ap-
proved plan Of making it inside the lake
shore line, owing to the depth Of the mud,
would require not $500, coo, but S1,000000,
besides diminishing the lake area, and In
profit. Again, the voters for the PROPOSE
ton were sanguine of success within the
limits proposed. They pictured TO them
selves a splendid driveway as an attractio n
for Oakland, and they were impatient 10
see il completed.
But the people having voted against the
bond issuance, the pro- bOulevardists deter
miued to carry their point in other ways.
This was a surprise 70 some nj the voters
who believed they had condemned the
whole scheme, whereas they had In reality
only condemned certain method of carly
ing it cut.
special boulevard fund had been
created. tax levy of cents on the hun
bred dollars of assessed valuation had
raised for it so, 600, and the Boar6,of Bub-
lie Works had been authorized 10 expend
slOO, 600 TO complete section of the bOule-
ward.
Then came a deadlock.
The Board of Public Works protested it
could not do 100000 worth of work with
$4,000; the city engineer said iBasmuch as
several thousand feet of the bulkhead had
been constructed. and because of the shoal-
ing of the lake its usefulness as flushing
reservoir was daily becoming less and less,
The morning call., 1893-01-15
Electric Car Lighting.
St Louis Globe.pemocrat.


The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. the
Chesapeake and ONO, and the Big Four
systems have been experimenting for some
months with a system of electric car light
ing. which is giving considerable satisfac-
ton. The Chesapeake and Ohio system has
charging station at CovingtoD, KY, with
a capacity of sixty-four car batteries
in twenty-four hours The time re-
quired TO charge enough batteries
to run from Cincinnati to New York. Wash.
ington, Old Point Comfort, Richmond
and return IL about ten hours. The cars
are lighted with eight sixteenrcandle
power lamps Ia the body of the car
and vestibule lamp on each platfor m.
The cells of the battery are of hard rubber,
and each contains twenty-one lead plat es
6 by 81 inches in size. These plates arc
separated by porous substance which has
absorbed about 500 times its weight of
electrolyte. At the C0vington station much
care has been taken TO provide means for
rapidly handling the batteries, and two men
are all that are required to look after fifty
cars. William Garstang. superintendent of
motive-power of the road, states that the
nineteen cars under his care which are
provided with fhis system of lighting are so
successful in use that the train DYNAMO
system in use on the f. f. V. equipment
will be replaced by these batteries,
The morning call., 1893-01-15
ZULU MAGIC.
Bodies Raised in the Air by Some
Power Unknown to EuropeauS.

Professor Kellar in North American Review.
During the Zulu war l was in South
Africa, travelling north through Zululand
In Dunns reservations, 200 miles north
from Durham. in Natal. saw a witch doc
tor levtate the form of young Zulu by
waving tuft OF grass about his head, amid
surroundings calculated to impress them
selves deeply upon the most pTosaic mag
ination.
1t was evening, and the witch doctor,
who belonged to the class described more
than once by Rider Haggard with great
accuracy, was as revolving in appearance
as the high caste fakirs had been pleasing
| A number of fakirs had gathered around
our campfire and had given them some
Illustrations or my own skill. They seemed
puzzled, but were not specially curious,
One OF them stole away and after some
! minutes returned with their own conjurer,
the witch doctor in question.
After considerable solicitation from the
natives the Intrcacies Of which my knowl-
edgs Of the Zulu language did not enable me
quite to penetrate, the coDjurer, who at first
seemed reluctant to give his consent to an
exhibition of his powers before me, took
knob kerry or club and fastened it at the
end of thong OF rawhide about two feet
long. The young native, tall and athletic,
whose eyes appeared to be fixed on those of
the conjurer with an apprehenSlve steadfast-
hess, tuOk HIS OWN hIlOO kerry anu idSL60eQ
ii at the end OF similar thong of hide. The
two then stood about six feet apart, in the
full glare of the fire, and began, all the while
in silence, to whiri their knob keiryS about
their heads. l noticed that when the two
clubs seemed in their swift flight almost to
come in contact spark Of fame passed or
appeared to pass from one of them to the
other. The third time this happened there
was an explosion, the spark appeared to
burst the young mans knob kerry was shat
tered to pieces and he fell to the ground ap-
parently lfeless.
The witch doctor turned to the high grass
few feet behind us and gathered hand
full of stalks about three feet long. Standing
in the shadow and away from the fire, he
waved with swift notion exactly similar
to that Of the clubs a few minutes before,
the bunch Of grass around the head of the
young Zulu, who lay as dead in the freight.
in moment or two the grass seemed to
ignite in its flight. although the witch doctor
was not standing within twenty feet of the
fire, and burned slowly, cracking audibly.
Approaching more closely the form Of the
native in the trance the coniurer waved the
flaming grass gently over his figure, about
foot from the flesh. To my Intense amaze
ment the recumbeDt body slowly rose from
the ground and fioated upward in the air to
height of about three feet, remaining in
suspension and moving up and down, ac-
c0rding as the passes OF the burning grass
were slower or faster. AS the grass burned
out and dropped TO the ground the body re-
turned to its position on the ground. and
after few passes from the hands of the
witch doctor the young Zulu leaped to his
feet. apparently none the worse for his
wonderful experience.
The morning call., 1893-01-15
What to Do With Cutoff Fingers.


Among the country folk accidents TO the
hand are more frequent and more serious
than one would at first suppose. Somebody
about farm has lost few fingers cutting
feed" The time was when fingers once cut
off could not be replaced. Later on it was
proven that il the severed ends were re-
placed immediately after tho injury oc-
Cured they would grow fast" and the
usefulness of the hand be restored. From the
following it will be seen that it is we'll
worth trying TO save the fingers even after
hours have elapsed:
The Medical News of December 81, 1892,
reports the case of machinist, the extremi-
ties OF the middle and ring fingers of whose
left hand were cut off, the man applying for
treatment seven hours later, bringing with
him the amputated segments wrapped in
newspaper. The physician soaked the fin
gers in an antiseptic solution and placed the
cut extremties in plain warm water. The
parts were then carefully Appropriated,
sutured and surgicslly dressed and properly
supported. AT the end of week the patient
stated that sensation was present in the
fingers. After nearly three years he had
perfect mobility and sensibility with only
the slightest deformity.
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that for sanitary reasons, if for no other,
the lake bottom should be dredged, Darticu-
larry in front of the main lake sewer on the
west side.
The stonework now done, as shown in the
accompanying cut. runs along the southeast
corner. and the proposition was therefore
to dFedge on the opposite side. carry the
mud over the lake and dump it inside the
roekwOrk-between it and the shore, On
this mud boulevard, $50 feet wide. was TO
be built. An objection TO this was to the
effect that tire mud would be required on its
own side. and that 1t was not economical to
carry 1t to a section having plenty Of mud
of its own, which would eventually have to
be carried back 10 the western side.
But the sanitary aspect was put promi-
uently forward by the pro-bOu leVardists,
and the Board Of Public Works ad vertised
for proposals, one for the dredging of the
lake and the dumping of the dredgsd mat
ter behind the wall already con stTueted,
and the other for the furnishing Of rock to
be used in the construction of the stone
wall or bulkhead around the northeastern
The morning call., 1893-01-15
THE BALL AND BAT.
A Young Football-Player
Is Injured.
Financial Result of the Great Intercol-
Iegiate Game Between Stanford
and Berkeley.

The junior football team of the Olympic
Club met college club team of young men
called the Deltas yesterday forenoon at Gen.
trail Park and received great drubblng.
The game at the finish stood IL TO 0 in
favor OF the DeItas.
During the contest young man named
Moses Cert, who was playing in the Olympic
team as substitute for an absent member,
was carried off the field with fractured
leg and conveyed to his home, 1903 Sutter
street. The accident occurred during a
rough scrmmage.
The Olgmpics had no practice, and, as
result, they fell an easy game to their op-
ponents, who had been practcng college
football for some weeks past.
William Greer Harrison, president of the
Olympic Club, stated to a CALL representa-
tive yesterday that the officers OF the club
did not know anything about the game, and
furthermore that the club cannot be held
responsible In any way for accidents occur
ing on the football field 10 any of its men,
bers. young or Old.
1--WE have our hands full in attending to
the affairs of the indoor department" said
Mr.. Harrison, land members who play ball,
or any game for that matter, outside of the
building must look out for themselves.
you can say, while the subject pertains
70 football. that the Olympic Club and
Stanford College football teams have made
complete arrangements for match, which
will take place at the Haightstreet ball
grounds on February %. The game will be
played under college rules and not associa-
tion rules, as stated in some Of the papers.
"a good many men have the game which
will take place on the 2Sth inst. between
the University Veterans eleven and the
army team mixed up with the Stanford and
Olympic game OF next month. Both con-
tests Will be very spirited. and the many
people who win undoubtedly be present to
witness them can safely anticipate grand
treat in football"
The University of California football
team has peculiar grievance against Stan
ford. 1t appears that Coacher Camp came
from The East on special pass. while
McClGng. who coached the Berkeley boys,
exacted $500 for expenses. In connection
The morning call., 1893-01-15
Asbestos Mining.
New York Globe-Democrat,


The uses to which asbestos is applied are
so numerous that the mining OF the mineral
has become quite an extensive industry. In
the majority OF mines the stone is blasted
out, machine drills being used TO bore the
blast holes. The crude asbestos in the
most m odern plants is carried up an in
cined railway to a stone.crusher, where it
is broken with the adherng rock into pieces
not much over l " inches in size. From the
crushsr the ore drops on an inclined sieve,
which is shaken continually by suitable
machinery, the loose fiber and dust going
directly to the cleaning and grading ma
chimes, while the larger pieces are dropped
on a revolving table, where the worthless
rock is removed by hand. The larger
pieces are still further crushed and sorted.
the object being to procure clean fiber
free from dirt The chief difficulty in this
method of preparing the material lies in the
fact that il asbestos is crushed with con-
siderable amount of stone until the later
is reduced to powder. the long and most
valuable part Is partially destroyed, while.
If the stone is not entirely reduced before
grading it, large amount Of waste is the
result,
The morning call., 1893-01-15
How to Prevent Snoring.
Philadelphia Record.

II is pity we don't learn a few lessons
from the original Inhabitants of THE CONT
nent and profit by them. Who ever heard
All Indian snore? If Indians never snore,
why should the paleface? I'll tell you
why. Indians have from the beginning
lived and slept in the open air. Snoring
simply means sleeping with the mouth open,
a most unhealthy as well as hideous custem.
the proper sieve for air being the nose
For Indians to breathe through the mouth
would be to offer a receptacle for many an
unwelcome guest, as well as to warn the
enemy of their presence. To guard against
such evils Indians are taught TO keep their
months shut from earliest infancy. Many
time have watched Indian mothers close
their babies mouths after putting them to
sleep. Habit finally becomes second ma
ture; hence the Indian is the most silent
of animals
The morning call., 1893-01-15

property holders to give or sell cheaply
their land for the purpose at any time, to
enhance their property's value.
% This transfer of $4,000 from the gen.
eral fund will leave a deficit for other city
departments. and was not justified by any
necessity.
In gathering these results a large num-
Der OF interviews were obtained which
may vet be published as containing many
additional points of interest, particularly
emphasized by men most competent 10
speak on them.
Upon the WHOLE however. it would seem
that oakland is not averse to having a bou-
leVard around Lake Merritt.
But on the other hand, she is prudent and
objects to being rushed into doing this thing
at the wrong time and in the wrong way.
Her enthusiasts say. LET us get this thing
through now when there is a chance. Here
The morning call., 1893-01-15

is plan which calls for a certain sum Of
money; let us take that money where we
can get it and do something at once"
But the more rejecting citizens say /:
"Wait Let us be sure that this is a busi-
ness proposition. that we can spare the
money and that it won't be wasted. Wen
have cur boulevard. bat IL We rush il in
this way we will have to pay through the
nose for it A little time expended in judi
ciOus investigation and cOmp arlson of meth
ods motives and estimates now will be well
The morning call., 1893-01-15


arm of the axe. This quarter was chosen
because of the city engineers recommends
lion urged by the existing stone quarries at
an elevation above this section.
Bids were sent in at the end OF last year,
aud then the only question was how to
raise enough money. The dredging alone
would come 10 1900, and there was only
SO, eco in the boulevard fund.
On the third inst the City Council met
and at the motion of Councilman Wilkins
the sum of $4,000 was transferred from the
general fund to the park and boulevard
fund and the Auditor and Treasurer we're
authorized to make the transfer.
Since that day nothing has been done.
The Treasurer has refused to make the
transfer, and the eDntractors-E. Stone Tor
rnckwork and Captain Hackett for the
dredging-are chary of commencing work.
Such is the history Of the boulevard up to
date
Before considering arguments pro and
The morning call., 1893-01-15
The Partisan Theaters.

Some curious facts about the history Of
the Paris theaters during and Immediately
after the war OF 1901 will be brought out
for the first time IN history Of that period.
written by Albert Soubes. 1t is surprising
to learn, for instance, that during the first
siege OF Paris by the Germans both the
Ambgu and the BeaumaIchais gave per-
formances almost daily. which were GEN
orally profitable. While the Commune was
holding full sway and devastating the H.
fated city the Gymnase closed It's doors only
Oh Good Friday
The morning call., 1893-01-15
1t Kicked and Died.
Boots and shoes.

A prominent shoe leather firm in Boston
that was supposed to have been well heeled
was unable to toe the mark Saturday, and
and as it couldn't gaiter extension. it went
under. 1t didn't try 10 hide its liabilities
and was game to the last. The members
OF the firm had several strings to their bows
and kept peggiRg away, but creditors
seiced dissensipns, and to save their sotes
they couldn't withstand the gale. Then
insteps the assignee and aacl is over.
The morning call., 1893-01-15
Elephants Nav Soon Become Extinct

An English scientist calls attention TO the
enormous annual slaughter of elephants
and the possibility OF the extinction of the
animal. He says that 10000 elephants are
yearly killed In Africa for the sake of their
tusks. AS the animals do not multiply
rapidly, the elephant will soon follow the
buffalo, and cease to roam wild in its native
lands.
The morning call., 1893-01-15

Scales are now made that will weigh the
fame of a candle or the smallest strand Of
hair plucke0 from, the eyebrow.
The morning call., 1893-01-15

A single row of pearls as large as peas
were sold recently in Paris for $4,000.
The morning call., 1893-01-15

For each dollar in average of fifty
our Great Clearance Sale Of Coks this week. for the stock
yet be disposed compe supplement the reductions that have
thus far attracted such ongs buyers by prices that places
magnificent STYLISH, PERFECT GARMENTS
FOR LADIES' MISSES AND CHILD patrons
MERELY NOMINAL FIGURES.
The morning call., 1893-01-15

The spectroseope has demonstrated that
all the sc-called fixed stars are In motion
some in one direction. some in another.
The morning call., 1893-01-15
WHERE THE STONE WORK STOPS.

worth the penalty OF waiting and delay.
Here is big public. permanent improve
ment proposed for Oakland, and il any one
is to be benefited by it let it be every one In
Oakland and not minority"
The morning call., 1893-01-15

Don't fool with Indigestion. Take Beecham's Pill
The morning call., 1893-01-15
Sealette Jackets

At $500.
LADIES' SEALETTE REFER JACKETS aud jackets
brown satin, worth $10 Sl2 so aud S will be closed
AT 800
LADIES DOUBLE BREASTED REFER JACKETS O
satin fastened with silk cord ornaments. with fur
SIS and S27 90 will be closed out at SIS each.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-04
PERSONAL AND IMFERSONAL.

Christine Nilsson has just fulfilled
a VOW made when she was girl-poor
and unknown to fame. suffering from
an attack of croup-by giving 5000
towards the founding OF a hospital in
France for the treatment OF sufferers
from throat troubles.
-Olin l. Warner OF New York, has
been engaged bY the state board Of
worlds fair managers 10 make four
statues to occupy inches in front Of the
New York building. The statues are
to be Of Christopher Colamb bus, Henry
Hudson. George Clinton and Roswell
= Flower.
Mrs Randall. the widow Of the late
Samuel J. Randall, IS living quietly in
her coy home ~ the capital. aud en-
JOYS an income OF &. ESQ = year from the
fund OF s50. 600 raised for her BY her
friends Her unmarried daughter lives
with her ana her SOP, Samuel J. Ran
dali. Jr, : attending college al George
town. D. c
Judge u. I. Putnam's service on
the bench down in Maine Is making 2
skilled mechanic OF hin late ln lie In
order n be up" on his patent cases ne
makes a comprehensive study Of the IN
vcatl0n involved MOI lo1g ago he
even learned how 70 rnzSe : drecracIser
50 that the lawyers could Eot bother
him IA court
A pretty but extravaEaut Young
wife was recently presented Tgith meas
fss+Ta ,1..f.s--- 3..,.,4- R-- na~ "a %. ~ sr4t
and was .old 70 enter on oGe slas al