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The morning call., 1893-09-24
BERKELEY.

A coach decorated with blue and gold
bunting left the gymnasium yesterday
afternoon at ] 80 o'clock for the Piedmont
grounds, Oakland, where it dissmbarked
its load of the elevens of '97 and '95. The
freshmen eleven outplayed The junior
eleven all around. winning the game by
score OF 20 to 6. Next Saturday the final
class game will be played at the same
place between the two winning teams of
the class-game series, and the proceeds de-
voted to Stiles Hall and the surgical ward
fund of the Children's Hospital. By the
week following that game Heffelhnger will
arrive TO begin regular coaching. At pres
ent all positions on The Varsity eleven are
open to competition. The only two men
who have dead certainty of getting on
the team are Hunt, the great plunger of
the games of the last two years, and who
now does postgraduate work as fellow
in civil engineering. and Benson, last
years quarter back. and now captain Of
the eleven. Huntwell plays bali back and
Benson as quarter. EastoD, "a, stands a
good show for rud, and Taylor "a for full
back. Pierce, '95 may get center II he
will train more rigidly than he is inclinelto
RansOme OF the freshmen will undoHbt-
edly play on the line, or else as half. as he
is star player for freshman. POSSESS
ing both speed and strength and beiag a
good tackler, besides keeping a cool lead
in the excitement of the game.
Electric Light.
The San Francisco Electric Light Com
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OVER IN OAKLAND.
Effie Meredith Is Still
Missing.
WAS SHE IN SAN FRANCIScOa
A Widow Accused of Concealing a
WilI-The Council and the Water
Supply Problem.

Pretty Efie Meredith on Thursday after
noon last at 8 o'clock walked out of the
Briggs millinery establishment on Broad
way in Oakland. and has since been among
the missing.
A few days before her disappearance
she had received S15 from her father, who
lives at Stockton and who is engaged on
the river steamers. and she had 81 Of this
money in her pocket when she left the
store.
just before leaving boy had called and
handed her note. She read 1t and burst
into tears and Immediately applied to the
forewoman to be allowed to go home, as
she said her guardian. Mrs. Fowler. was
sick. Dressed just as she was, in her WORK
ing garments. she left the store and the
earth might have opened and swallowed
her up so far as her presence is known by
friends at this time.
Her guardian and aunt is Mrs. Fowler,
living at Berkeley, and she was distracted
at the mysterious disappearance of Eftie, a
pretty and vivacious young woman, but
who has never given her any trouble.
Shortly after Effie's disappearance her
aunt received letter from her dated at
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NIKOLA TESLA.
A Man Who Rivals Edison in the
Scope of His Discoveries.
Paper and Press

Perhaps the most daring of the experi-
menteTs of the last decade of the nine
teenth century is Nikola Tesla, who was
unknown 20 the scientific world i've or six
years ago, but who to-day is regarded as
second Edison. and who has achieved more
magnificent results than any half dozen of
his contemporaries combined.
To sum up his achievements in few
words is impossible. He has discovered
or rather demonstrated the posi- bility of
illumination without wires or globes in
almost exact imitation OF daylight. This
light lie can vary 10 order, and although he
has not been able to bring ii 10 what may
be termed commercial basis. he has ad-
yanced so far in the direction that compar-
atively little remains to be done before the
public can buy daylight by the room in
stead of BIZ the lamp or light. And this is
but one of his marvels.
He has produced a fame which does not
consume and which gives out no heat
whatever, and has thus laid the founda-
ton for uotOld developments in every
phase of electrical work. In the produc-
tiOn of ozone by electricity he has also
scored distinct triumph. He has shown
that nearly all sanitary problems can be
solved by the aid of electricity, and he has
also made immense strides in the direction
of solving the problem of parceling out
electrical force and enabling it to be ap-
piled TO manual labor in every possible d.
rection.
He was invited to visit London and ex-
plain his experiments on the very spot
made immortal by Faraday. He went,
and was received by the Royal Institution
with due honors. The moment his fingers
grasped bis long glass tubes they glowed
with a s0ftened splendor, and when he
waved them over his head they cleaned
with a radiance which was described as
weird, if not gh0stly. He manufactured
flames which appeared dangerous in the
extreme, and then placed them in wooden
box, which was absolutely unaffected by
them. He repeated these experiments,
with several more. while the guest of the
National Electric convention in ST. Louis.
at the end of February, and he also eX-
nlained the details some what more fully
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GIANTS OF OLD.
They r1ay Have Existed in South
America.


New York Tribune.
Phenomenally big men and women have
occasionally appeared in various parts of
the earth. and several nations possess ira
ditions of gigantic people having at one
time inhabited their lands. The American
continent seems to have been the place
where big men abounded, for here are
found many remains of human beings
much larger than any of its present inhaD-
itants. At Chancal. thirty miles north
of Lima, Peru. very large human skulls
were dug up only a few years ago by
DR.. LIE Plongeon. Others have been un-
earthed on the island of Puma, in the Gulf
of Gnayaquil. at the entrance of the Guava-
quill; River.
A Jesuit father AIMED Anilo Olivia wrote
an ancient history OF Peru. Olivia saws
that Puma, as well as the opposite coast,
was formerly peopled by giants who had
come from Central America. In the work
OF Zarate we read that they were as bad as
they were big. so that they became terror
10 all the other inhabitants. Those tall
fellows had their strongholds. particularly
az the Island of Puma and at Point Santa
Elena, Guayaquil. Some of their works
can yet be seen in those places In the
shape OF Immense stone and adobe walls.
and more especially in the great wells
which they dug 10 supply themselves with
water. In the north part OF Mexico few
years ago human remains were uDearthed
from well-nade stone tombs. The skele-
tons were nearly nine feet long. ln
Southern Mexico the Yucatan peninsula
seems to have been at one time favOrite
residence of race of people about nine
feet high.
While on a recent visit TO that country,
before we had been twelve hours on shore.
the inhabitants of ProgressO mentioned TO
us that giants had once lived there. Don
Fermn Domingo one of the first settlers
Ia that town, respected and trustworthy,
accompanied us TO an ancient cemetery,
whence he had procured stones TO fence in
his property and build his house. de
pointed out vestiges of a mound which on
its west side had had stone steps lead
ing 10 the summit. At the foot OF them,
on each side, were four sepulchers in a
line, partly underground. They consisted
of two hard limestone urns about three
feet square, placed mouth to mouth and
Joined with cement. The lower one had
hole in the bottom for the escaue of gases
generated by decomposition. Nothing. not
even dust, remained in them. which would
show that those stone collins were very
ancient.
To the student their discovery is deeply
interesting, for the reason that they were
exactly like some found at Mughier. in the
lower plains of Chaldea, the only difference
being that at Mughier the collins were
made of clay instead of stone. BY the
position of those at ProgresO we infer that
the bodies were inferred in a sQuatting
posture, which was customary in many
parts OF America. If they were placed
thus, ana yet needed a height of six feet.
they were certainly very big bodies. In
various parts of the same cemetery Don
FermiB and others dug up number of
terra Gotta jars containing skulls which the
OLD gentleman assured us were twice as
big as his own head.
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A LARGE CONCERN.
RaphaeI's Clothing=House
Incorporated.
Capital Stock 100000, Fully Paid
In = The Largest Clothing
House on the Coast.

Raphael's, the high-grade furnishing
goods house. locoted at to 10 Kearny
street, made an important change In the
old firm yesterday. by fling articles of in
corporation, with a fully paid up capital
stock OF 100000 with the Secretary of
State. The directorate of the old firm is
included in the big corporation, and several
new faces are added.
The officers elected at Yesterdays meet
ing are: j. w. Raphael. president; George
Raphael. vice-president; j. Raphael. mana
ger, and Mr.. Frank, formerly connected
with w. & /. Steinhart. secretary. The
board of directors is composed of: j. W.
Raphael. George |. Raphael, j. w. Roth
child, all Of San Francisco, and Oscar
Steiner and j. 5. Nathan of New York.
The new house now takes first place as
being the largest clothing corporation On
the coast With the increased capital
stock and Eastern representatives. their
intention is TO allow nothing 10 pass un-
noticed in the establishment of a first
class Quitting and furnishing house in
San Francisco. AS in the past, j. w.
Raphael will give his undivided atten ton
10 the details Of the business, which is a
voucher for the reliability of the corpora
tion. George Raphael. vice-pTesident, and
J.. Raphael, manager of the new corpora
tiol. both took an active part ia the old
firm, and with the new will leave no stone
uuturned to cater to the tastes and fancies
of the most fastidious. MIR. Frank, the
secretary of the new corporation, has been
for many years we'll and favorably known
in his connection with Messrs. Steinhart.
At the outset the prospects for the pros
perity of the new concern are exceedingly
bright, and with the customary apprecia-
tion OF San Francseo's public the new cor
poratiOn will be welcomed.
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Dany has signed the contract for lighting
Berkeley for the next five years. MaX
Gumble, II. S. CrOcker 81 Co. and j. J.
Seal are sureties to the amount of $1,000.
j. 6. Gardner, the electrician and manager,
who will superintend the equipment of the
plant. is man of long experience. having
had charge of the Vallejo Light Works for
some years. Besides the public lighting
a system of private lighting will be fur
nished by meters at cost Of about one
cent per lamp per hour.
Death OF Mrs. Bierce.
The funeral services of Mrs. Caroline
Bierce were held yesterday at the family
home on Francisco street, North Berkeley.
Mrs. Bierce's death followed upon an op-
Grafton performed by DR.. Won Holman of
San Francisco aud DR.. Eastman of Ber-
kelley. her system being too much weakened
to recover from the shock. The deceas ed
was a sister-in-law OF Ambrose Bierce.
Her husband is an employe in the San
Francisco Mint.
Hfgh-School Pin.
The social spirit is active in the ranks of
the Berkeley High-sehool students. Last
week they organized an ALUMNI associa-
tion, and now have committee at work
selecting High-sehOOl pin TO replace the
various class pins.
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ASSESS uENT NOTICES.

DoTosI MINING CoMPANY-LoCATIoN OF
Il principal place business, San Francisco.
California;: location of works, Virginia. Storey
County. Nevada
Notice Is hereby given that at meeting OF the
Board OF Directors held on the eleventh day OF
September 1893. an assessment (No So or TWEEN
ty FIVE cents per share was levied upon the capital
United states gold coin TO the secretary, at the
o1ce OF the COMPANY room 70, Nevada block.
No 500 Montgomery street, San francisco, Cali
forria. Any stock upon which this assessme mt
shall remain unpaid on the sixteenth Gay or oeto-
ber, 1893. will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction and unless payment is made
before Will bs sold on TUESDAY the seventh day
OF November $685. to pay the delinquent assess
ment. together with the costs OF advertising ana
expenses OF sale. BY order of the Board OF Di-
rectors. CHAS. e ELLIOT. Secretary
of1ce-Room 40, Nevada block, No. 3O9 Mont
gomery street. San Francisco. California. sel2 I'd
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ALAMEDA.

w. d. Parkhurst was arrested upon q
charge of grand larceny yesterday under a
very peculiar state of facts. He sold lot
while in Sanger, Fresno County, recently,
and for some reason was unable to de-
liver the deed. The deposit money was
not forthcoming and hence the arrest.
The constable came to Alameda Yesterday
and served the warrant on the defendant,
but he at once gave bail and was released.
Before the officer left Sanger on Friday
an uncle OF the defendant settled the
matter, but the constable served the war
rant and no doubt will collect his fees
from the county.
A Lumber Company's Liens.
The Puget Sound Lumber Company and
X. Engvick filed liens yesterday against
the premises of II. Leith, on Bohmer
street, In North Alameda. The claim of
the lumber company is S92 and the claim
of Engvick is for S55 for carpenter work.
Granite for n Tunnel.
Several carloads of granite from Rocklin
have arrived on the Southern Pacific Com
pany's road at the naTrow-gauge crossing,
at Pacific avenue. Ii will be sent to
Wrigh:s Station, on the narrow gauge, and
will be put in the big tunuel as an arch
way.
The Postoffice.
The newly appointed postmaster has
but one appointment to make, as all the
other attaches come under the civil-seryice
rule. Postmaster Sturtevant has declined
to stay IN the Office after the commits ssion of
the appOintee.
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FACTS ABOUT THE HEART.
Interesting Statistics Showing the
Vast Work 1t Has to Do.

Leisure Moments.
The human heart is a hollow muscle of a
conical form, placed between the two
lungs and inclosed in the pericardium or
heart sac. The ordinary size of the heart
in the adult is about inches In length. 80
inches in breadth at the broadest part and
21a inches in thickness. Its weight is from
lU to II ounces IN men and from s to II
ounces in women.
DR.. Benecke nf Marburg has made
known his observations on the growth of
the human heart. the fact appearing that
the Increase is the greatest and most rapid
during the first and second years of life,
its bulk at the end OF the second year being
exactly double what 1t originally was. Be-
tween the second and seventh years 1t is
again doubled in size. A slower rate of
growth then sets in and continues during
the period of maturity of other porti ms of
the body. After the fifteenth year up to
the fiftieth the annual growth of the heart
is about .06l of cubic inch, the Increase
ceasing about the fiftieth year.
The heart, although so small, is a won
derful piece of mechanism and of great
power. With each stroke or beat it pro-
iects pa ounces of blood into the conduits
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Such a Proposition.
New YORK sun.

a certain philanthro pic woman has pro-
posed the establishment Of marriage ser
vice. classes for coaching matrimonial as
pirants in their prospective duties and
obligations. One critic says that this
would wipe out the last clinging vesiige of
romance in marriage. Imagine Edwin"
says he, Whispering tenderly in the
moonlight to Angelina, DO l understand
that you have passed with honors in the
marriage service exam?' and Angelina re-
spending with modest pride, Yes, Edwin,
with distinction in modesty, pastry and
milk puddings,' and the delighted re-
joinder from Edwin. 'Modesty, pastry
and milk puddingsl Angelina. be mine!"
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CAPP STREET


NE. Corner 24th and Guerrero.
75xS7 :6 as whole IN lots, each 25XS1:o;
also, adjoining improved lot. 25xS7:6, with 8
room dwelling l042 oath ST.
24th-st Lots, Near Castro.
Two lots, each 25x1l4, :. line OF gath, between
Castro and Diamond; suitable for dwelling or
business.
Choice Mission Lot.
Unobstructed view: SW. corner Church and
23d; 65xl17 :6 to rear street
Guerrero and Army Sts Lots.
Three lots, L. line Guerrero, Army. 25xSO;
lot, n. line Army near Guerrero 26x10O-
COzy Modern Home.
25 :4x1O5; 81 Castro, 4. line. near 21st;
rooms and bath; all modern improvements.
ush-st. Mansion.
30x137 :6: 1107 Bush. between Leavenworth and
Hyde; Is rooms for years the residence of the
late Thomas Bell; now rented tor $1,000.
Marine View Residence Lot.
65xl37 IS; in / or 2 lots; line OF Greenwich,
between Hyde and Larkin; spenuld marine view.
Cheap North Beach Home.
N. line Chestnut. between Dupont and Stockton;
2Ox7O; 21O Chestnut; rooms and bath.
SELF 81 "a 26 % 20
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or channels of the body. throwing it for
distance of nine feet. This it does 60 or 20
times minute. The number of It's pulsa-
tioDs varies in the sexes and according to
posture. In the male it beats 81 times
minute when standing. II when sitting.
and &c when lying. In the female 1t is 81,
"a, so in the similar pos ltiOns respectively.
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DELINQUENT SALE NOTICES.

DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE -CHoLLAR
l. Mining Company. Location of principal place
OF business, San Francisco, Cal Location OF
works. Virginia, storey County. New.
NOTICE-There are delinquent upon the follow.
Ing described stock, on account OF assessment No.
35. levied the 31st day OF July. 1893. the sew
erai amounts set opposite the names OF the respec
tive share holders. as follows;
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NEW wEsTERN HoTEL.

Il EARNY YANDWASHINGTON STS.-RE-MoR
N eled and renovated. KING, WARD x co
European plan. Rooms DOC to 81 SO PEE day ~ 20
% per week. $S to $50 per month; fres baths; nor
room; elevator runs all night fel7 WeSaSu ly
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EDWARD S. SPEAR & CO.,
Furniture, Book and General Auctioneers
81 and 33 Sutter Street.
MAGNIFICENT FURNITURE AT AUCTION.
TUESDAY.
Tuesday. ptember 26, 1898,
At II a. NJ we will sell at the
FURNITURE wAREROoMS.

u 6SN u RE W ARE ROO M q.
915 MARKET ST.. NEAR FIFTH,
By order OF LOUIS KEsER Jr., on account OF re-
movaL
His Entire Elegant and Well selected Stock of
Eastern ParlOr, Bedroom, Library and
Dining room Furniture and Rich Up
holstery,
COMPRISING..
Elegant Oak, Ash and Cherry Bedroom Suits
Folding-beds, Sdeboards. Extension Tables,
Dining Chairs;
Fine Oak Chifoners, wardrobes. Elegant Book
cases. Ladies' Writing Desks, Fancy ParIor
Tables;
Rich Parlor Upholstery in all the latest styles.
Fancy Easy Chairs, Couches and Bed Lounges;
Brass Tables with ONYX tops, Music Racks Divans,
ONCE Furniture, Mantel Mirrors, Combination
Bookcases. Elegant Hallstands, Kitchen Fur
niture. etc.
NorE.-The above sale or Elegant Furniture is
all Of the very latest style and finish and worthy
the attention of buyers.
Rs- SALE PEREMPToRY. -Es
EDWARD S. SPEAR & CO., Auctioneers,
SEGA st 81 and 33 Sutter street.
The morning call., 1893-09-24

The average yield OF potatoes to the acre
in France is 102 bushels. in Germany l2l,
in Italy 164. in Holland III, in the United
States TO-
The morning call., 1893-09-24

And in accordance with law aud an order from
the Board of Directors, made on the 3Ist day of
July. 1S93 so many shares of each parcel OF such
stock as may bs necessary will be sold at public
auction at the ONCE OF the company. room 10 Ne
vada block, 500 Montgomery ST., San Francisco,
California. on TUESDAY, the Goth day of Septem-
ber 1893. at the hour OF O'Clock P NJ of said day
to pay said delinquent assessment thereon to-
gethcr with costs Of advertising and expenses of
sale CHAS. r ELLIOT, Secretary
onice-Room 79. Nevada Block. 3Os Montgom-
cry St, San Francisco. California. SET I'd
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The Mother-in-Law Again.

"The mother-in-lsw you may deride,
But mine is a saint he said.
IL beg your pardon" the wit replied:
81 did not know she was dead" Puck.
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The Pope's handwriting is clear, deli
cate and upright. and is more the CALI
grsphy of a poet than that of churchman.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICES.


NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS WICK
~ Consolidated Gold Mining Company. Locs-
tion OF principal place OF business san Fran
Mining District Nevada County. California.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF
the Board o. Directors. held on the 4th DAY OF
September 1898. an assessment (No % OF two
cents (2c) per share was levied upon the capital
stock OF the corporation, payable immediately IN
United States gold coin TO the secretary at the
office OF the company. room So. Nevada block, san
Francisco, Cal. or TO the treasurer. ii. r. LDNNs-
Berry. No. 81 Broadway New YORK CITY, state OF
New York. or before the twenty-ninth (29th)
day Of September, 1898. ANY stock upon which
this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 6tn
DAY OF october, 1893. will be delinquent and ad-
vertised for sale At public auction, aud unless pay
meut is made before will be sold on TUESDAY,
the Path day OF October 1898. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs OF ad-
vertising aud expenses OF sale. By order OF the
J. STADTFELD JR, Secretary
Ofhce-Room 56, Nevada block, san Francisco,
Cal. se5 I'd
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT = OvERMAN
~ silver Mining Company. Location OF prin-
eipal place OF business san francisco Cal; iOca-
tion Of works. Gold Hin, storey County. New.
Notice is hereby given, tnat at a meeting OF the
Board of Directors, held on the lst day or Sep
tember 1898, assessment, No. 6S, of cents
per share levied upon the capital stock Of the
corporation, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin, 10 the secretary. at the Olfce OF the
company, Ala California street, san Francisco,
Cal.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 5th day Of october, l5s3
viii be delinquent and advertised for sale at pub
lie auction; ana unless payment IS made before
will be sold on III UkSDAN, the 26th day OF Oc-
tober. 1893. to pay the delinquent assessment
together with the costs OF advertising and ex-
penses of sale. BY order OF the Board OF Direct
Ors. GEO. ID. EDWARDS. Secretary
Oice-4l4 California street, san Francisco.
Cal. ss3 I'd
A sSEssMENr NoTICE-UTAH CONSOLE
~ dated Mining Company Location OF prlnci-
pal place OF business. San Francisco Cal: ioca-
tion Of works, Virginia Mining District. Storey
County. New
Notice Is hereby given nat at meeting OF the
board OF directors held on the lst day OF Septem-
ber. 1893. an assessment IN I9) of i've cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock OF the
corporation payable Immediately in nited
States gold CO to the secretary at the ONCE Of
the company. room SO, Nevada block, 3O9 Mont |
gonery St San Francisco Cal
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re- |
main unpaid the 4tn day OF October, 1898. will
be delinquent and advertised sale public |
auction, and unless payment is made before Will !
be sold on W WEDNESDAY. the 25Ih day OF OctO- |
Der, 1898, to pay the delinquent assessment TO- |
gether with costs OF advertising and expenses Of
sale
BY order OF the board OF directors
A. W. HAVENS, Secretary |
Ofice-Room So Nevada block, SOC Montgom- |
cry St. San Francisco. Cal se2tc
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innocent merriment that they had no sort
of conception of the solemnity of the pro-
eeed ngs on hand