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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25
CoULDN'NT BEHAVE HIMSELF.
Pardoned Convict Soon Returns to
His Old Tricks.

TACOMA, Wash. Dec. "a. - Joseph P. Benz
ing on, VINO was arres ed on Saturday at Eu-
gene. Or, charged with forgery, is a Tacoma
boy. His parents reside near Puyallup. On
December 3, 1891, Beming on was sentenced
TO three years In The penlentiary for forgery
committed in Tacoma. On April of this year
he was pardoned by Governor McGraw for
good conduct.
While in the peuitentIary he was one of War
den CoblentZ' truStees, and IL was thought he
after his release h. prOfrSsed the deepest peni.
tence for his crime, and sOlemnly announced
that he Intended To be a better man.
In the summer OF 1891 he placed draft for
$4,000 drawn on Los Angeles house in tn q
First National Bank OF Puyalup for collection
lie succeeded IN getting the ban to let him
check OUT $500 on the draft, which SUISSE
quently proved 10 be forgery. Chief of Police
Smith, Ihen detective. Traced he crime TO
Bennington, bu his friends settled and he was
not prosecuted.
In the tall OF 1891 several forgeries were
reported TO the police. One of these checks
for S126, came into the Tacoma National Bank
from Gig Han Dor, the name of Attorney L. A.
Bronson being signed 10 IL. The money was 10
be remi TED by mail as in the Eugene case.
Detective Smith was given the case A decoy
letter was sent TO Gig Harbor and the nexLd v
Smith arrested Bennington, who confessed and
made statement endeavoring to implicate his
brother ln-law, now a merchant here. A long
trial resulted in Beming on'S conviction and
sentence and The acqulLtal Of the brother-in-
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JUNK OF THE THREE BOLD CHINESE.

out 20 sea to avoid the recent hurricane
that caused so much damage to ships.
How the craft got into port without being
reported by the Merchants Exchange is
peculiar, but inquiry of the employees of
that institution brought out the fact that
fishing-boats and junks often pass in and
out at the heads and are seldom registered.
Though originally a two-masted craft.
the hardy survivor of a boisteraus four
weeks of vOyaging reached San Francisco
by depending only on one not too lofty
spar and sipgle-rlbbed sail FIR mntive
power. Her canvas" was torn and dirty,
her halyards and stays loose and soggy.
After knocking about at the end Of the
new ferrysliDs, an object of much wnn-
derment to travellers by the local ferries
and a mark of ridicule for amazed boat
men, the junk was pulled out IF the way
of prospective collisions with passing
steamers and taken to the Mission fats,
where she now is. 1t was Ike looking for
q needle in haystack 10 find her, but
long search was finally rewarded yester-
day.
The three non-committal and exceed
ingly cadaverous-lOOkng heather who
constituted the queer boats crew are not
sufficiently well versed in Eng ish to give
a very technical account of their trip.
They all had been fully educated in the
use of that very convincing expression
Heap GUD6Tyt anu dlleI repeating IL
several times made it known that for the
last ten days of their trip they were re-
duced to a diet of few spoonfuls of rice
and an occasional smell at a gin bottle.
Like the heroes of the battle of the Yalu,
they are firm believers in the efficacy of
gin.
The boat left Monterey on November
and expected to make this city in a few
days is one story. Another is hat the
craft was out on a fishing excursion and
was blown off the coast by the gales. This
harbnr was reached after vain attempts to
get back to Monterey. Provisions were
low, as stated, and when the three sons of
Confucius hauled down their sail at the
city docks they were Ii tie short of starved.
The junk is an old boxlike affair with a
high bow and square stern. There is a
deckhouse and a small galley forward and
aft of the mainmast. Quarters below are
by no means palatial. There is a smell of
ancient fish and rancid oil about them. A
couple of hunks are arranged like shelves
across the after end of he ''ca bin."
The vessel does not appear to have suf-
fered so much from her battle with the
waves as one would sup. o-e, for a few
stitches in time in her tattered sails and a
few pieces of planking and a handful of
nails will place her in repair sufficiently to
make trip back home. provided the wind
does not threaten more big storms.
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SHE WON THE BET.
Camilla Wahlburg Made Her Horse
Jump the Dinipp-TabIe.

The latest sensation of the day in Paris is the
result of novel bet made between two leading
lights Of the fashionable jockey club In that
city. Ii came about IN this way: During a
dinner given in honor Of the winner of The
grand autumn races the guests began TO tell
stories of fine horsemanship. An elderly Off
Ger present said that he thought the young men
Of this generation did not ride so well as they
did in the good old days. This l. d TO an AMI
mated dispute, which ended by Max Lebaudy
Offering TO bet that he knew d lady rider who
could do anything with horse that any man
OF this or any generation had done.
The old officer accepted the bet, STIMULATING
that the lady should ride her horse into the
banquet hall and take flying leap over the
table without dis urbing o. touching the wine
bottles, flowers or anything else on the table,
Nobody dreamed that The bet would be ac-
cepted
1t was done. however. and next evening, when
the same party was gathered around the festive
board, the event took place The world-f famous
eQuestrienDe, Camilla Won WahlbuIg, mounted
on her faYOfite full-bOoded Arabian horse and
atired In the regular riding habit, suddenly ap-
peared in the door OF the dining-room. With
CHEEKY GOOD evening, gentlemen" she gave
the spur TO her animal, and, before the hOr-
oughly surprised and amazed diners had time
TO collect their thoughts, She had been carried
over the table In the most graceful and ap-
proved fashion by her spirited horse No even
the filed wine glasses were Jared and Max
won his bet and he crowd did homage to and
toasted the dashing Observation-Disclosures
Dhia Times.
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THE FOURTEENTH.
Brought In to Break the Spell of
Thirteen at Table.

"No," said the man who was waiting for his
turn 10 the barber-sbop, "Pm moi superstitious,
but have kind OF horror of the number thir-
teen, and l think good many other men
have the same kind OF sentiment about IL. L
had only one experience, but that was pecu-
liar one."
"Dld you sleep in No. ID in hotel?" asked
the man TO whom he was talking
"No. l went to Pontiac TO attend the funeral
OF friend and was invited with others who
were at the services to dine at the house of a
relative OF the deceased-his niece, IN fact
When W sat at the table our hostess. who was
assis ing In waiting upon us, remarked that
there were just thirteen at the table. She had
beautiful child. years of age aud to break
the spell she brought the little fellow and put
him 10 my arms. de was much ADMIRED aud
was passed from one TO another until his
mother was ready to sit down, when he was
taken away"
'Well. what happened9 Did some one die
before the year was out?"
"Inacs the strange part or IT, liz was not
one OF the thirteen guests who died. but The
little Guild who was brought in TO break the
SPELL"
lis voice tatered and he locked thoughtful
as h. took his seat in the tonsorlal chair
Philadelphia Press.
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MORTON AND THE CHANGERS.
Criticism of the Secretary's Ideas on
BiMetaIIiSm.

WASHINGTON, Dec. M.-Secretary Nor
toms at eution was to-day called to the
fact that he was being criticised and es-
pecially by some Of the Grange papers for
the statement contained in the par
agraph which appeared toward the close
OF his report, "When the standard coin of
the republic shall be made OF metal worth
as much after it is used as it purpOrts
to be worth in coin, and the mint value
and the bullion value OF all money is
nearly the same, will not the American
farmer and all other citizens become more
permanently prosperous?"
In reply the Secretary said that he
thought it no more an invaaion OF eco
nomc domain. no more a discussion of
finance than that made by Secretary Rusk
in his report or $780, wherein he declared !:
'The recent legislation looking to the
restoration of the bimetallic standard OF
our currency and the consequent enhance
ment OF the value of silver has unques-
fionably had much to with the recent ad-
vancement in he price of cereals" "This,"
said Secretary Morton. referred TO the
Sherman law which has recently vanished
from the statute-books without having ac-
compiished the vast rise in the price of
cereals which it was prOphesied would be
logical consequence of its enactment"
But the Secretary still held that the
farmers with their surplus products buy
money, and that it is as important for
them to demand the highest quality in the
money they buy as it is for the consumers
of farm products TO demand the highest
quality in them.
But" continued the Secretary. lad
hitting that the American farmer would
get twice as much in the silver as he would
for gold Gf we were on a silver basis). would
he not have 10 pay for everything which
he is compelled TO urchase twice as much
as he has to pay now? or is it understood
that free coinage will be like the pro-
tective tariff-so adjusted as to raise tie
price of all the farmer sells and lower the
price of all he has to buy? Can it be pos
sible that the farmer is guIlible enough TO
believe that nobodY's else's services or
products are to be doubled in value by free
coinage except his own?"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25

most attractive productions that thea.er has
given Ior It's holiday week. Inc iiDreito IS
enough TO carry The uOt OF the poem, and lb
does that very cleverly.
The music has been carefully selected all
through The range Of music from mozart TO the
ra,est Topical song, and Mr.: arschDacn mas
cellenily rendereo) for Mr.. Branson, IN the nrSt
act, and studied march IN he third act. Top
i l songs we've there in legion. MI. harLman
mas al least three new ones, M. Leary has
TWO, and both of these gentlemen are such
cieVer people that the encores prolonged the
play far beyond Its usual time.
Mr. hartman did most of the comedy work.
ana ala II excellently. He is so adaptable ana
SO original III conception that NJ can create
laugh every minute, and his makeups are
models OF originality. Mr.. Leary was King
mat set the audiences sides aching. MIR.
Rafael and Mir. BrapSon were the fire worship
efs, and were very effective, as usual.
Inc play was materially frightened by the
appearance 0I Miss Plaisted. She is such
hard king little woman, and is so clever
mat she has made herself one OF the prime
fayorites here. Her duo with MIR. Hartman
and her trio with him and Mr.. Leary were vo-
GENEROUSLY encored, particularly the living
pictures 10 The latter number. Belle Thorne
as yer. and lice Nielsen was pretty linda,
new lace was seen among The principals
MISS Belle Emmett -wbo as the ambassador
from CHshm re. acted very nicely and made an
extremely pretty appearance. Inc rest OF the
long cast was well placed and the performance
was well rendered. The chorus has rarely au-
peafed o such good advantage, as they were
admirably co>tumed aud had number of
striking tableaux. one of which 10 particular,
"Ihe Feast OF Lanterns" showed careful prep
arallon by Mr.. Nash. the stage manager.w whose
exertlons were seen throughout.
Inc best and the browning feature Of the
performance was superb transformation
scene of "The Seasons" which was a marvel
OF stage work, and is one of The Drettiest spec
tacles ever presented at this theater.
Lalla Ro0kh'' IL up for an indefinite run,
and should do n good business.
The Wigwam had good audience last night
and good bill. The new people are the
Sisters Alene, vocalists and gauze dancers;
Sparrow. the welknown Juggler, and the pop
ular singer. Miss Teddy MAYHEM. Added TO
these are the old favortes of last week and
clever burlesQue, cali Baba." with pretty
transformation, which was produced with good
effect. The whole Christmas week bill is very
attractive.
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GIN AGAIN TO THE RESCUE.
DOWN TO THE SEA IN JUNKs.

Three bold Chinese fishermen of Mon
terey have outdone the feats of that bold
navigator. Captain Andrews OF London,
by making the voyage from Monterey to
this city in battered junk.
The Celestial marine phenomena did
not win renown without much suffering
and exposure, however. for when they
tied their boat up to the piling north Of
The ferry-slips Saturday afternoon their
stores had run down to a handful of rice
and little brackish water.
For thirty days the three pigtailed sea-
men OF the south buffed the winter storms
off the coast. and were obliged to sail well
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
EPPS'S COCOA
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

"RY A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE
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digestion and nutrition. and by a careful appIlca-
ton OF the fine properties of wen-selected Cocoa
Mr.. Epps has provided for our breakfast supper
delicately favored beverage. which may save US
many heavy doctors bills. 1t is by the judicious
use of sucn articles of diet that 2 constitution
may be gradually built up until strong enough to
subtle maladies are floating around u.s. ready to
attack wherever there is weak point We may
escape many fatal shaft by keeping OURSELVES
well fortified with pure blood anG a properly
nourished frame."-CiVn Service GaZette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only in half-Douud tins, by grocers, labeled thuS
JAMES EPPS 81 CO., Ltd, homeopathic
Chemists, Lond on, Engl and.
III in FIN
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The Great Work Is Finished.

thousands of our readers are still calling
for the portfolios of Picturesque Cali
fornia" necessary to complete their sets.
We trust that no one who has taken few
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Joaquin Miller ana many others have sa Id
Is The finest publication devoted to Cali
fornia's magnificent scenery and great and
varied industries.
You. childDsn want it, and you want 1t.
and NJ California home should be without
II. Better go at once to THE CALL Branch
Office. 40 Market street, anc complete
your sets; osly 10 cents for each portfolio.
Take few parts each week until com pie to
II not convenient to secure all at once.
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case any member of the board shall dissent the
majority and minority shall each file a brief
statement In writing, setting forth the reasons
tor the concurrence and nOn-cOncurrence.
The COZ wing division aud the division OF
records and files are abolished. The work now
performed by the copying division is indef-
inltely suspended, and the force now employed
in the Two above-named divisions is trans
ferred TO The law and record division.
This order shall take effect on the 1st day OF
january, 1895.
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THE ZUYDER ZEE.
A Gigantic Work Undertaken by the
People of Holland.

People of Holland.
The people of Holland have undertaken a
gigantic work by means OF which they expect
to recover the larger part OF the territory now
covered by the Zuyder Zee the inland sea of
the country, and turn il again into fertile
farming region. 1t is now just five CENTURIES
since the inundation of that part of the Meth
erlands now covered by the Zuyder Zee was
COMPLETED, the encrOacbments of The sea
having been going on for 225 years
previous to which time the territory
was covered with forests. By the most
stupeDdOus eXertions about $50 square miles
of country has already been recovered by an
elaborate dixie system which has gradually re-
claimed sec ion after section that was lost, but
the new scheme tranScends the previous work
In extent and importance. The towns OF the
region which had become of considerable i'm
pOrtance as seapOrts through the bringing of
the waters of the ocean To their doors have lost
considerable OF that impOl tance through the
difficulties of navigation and the transfer of the
trade TO the North Holland canal and the Y
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LUNACY TRANSFERRED.
A Remarkable Experiment by a
Partisan Physician.

A series OF very wonderful experiments which
have just been concluded by DR.. Luys of P ris,
whose observations and discoveries in connrc-
ton with magnetism and electricity in relation
to hypnotism made profound impression upon
the scientific wOrd some time ago, has led TO a
remarkable result. The latest discovery esfab-
fishes the fact that cerebral activity can be
transferred 10 crown Of magnetic iron, 10
which the activity can be retained and suDse-
quently passed on to a second person. In
credible as this may seem, DR.. Luys has
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25
FIRE ON THE FRONT.
1t BiaZed in j. Destefano's Boat
Building Shop.

At 80 o'clock this morning fire broke out
in the bodybuilding shop of j. Destefano, cor
ner OF Green and Battery streets, aDd an
alarm was Immediately turned in from box 5.
The ready response of the Fire Department
prevented what might have been a serious
blaze. All the adjoining buildings are of
wood, old. rickety and infammable, and are
occupied entirely by Greeks and Italians.
The back part of the building was sloping-
shed affair and was GU led of its contents. The
loss Is stimated at about 5000.
The owner, who usually sleeps above his
shop, was absent when the Fl emen arrived and
could not be found. The cause of the fire Is
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25

The word car Is not derived from the
Caesars Of Rome. 1t signified king among
the ancienI Sew thians and was in use
among them long before Rome was known
90 these barbarians of the north. The
title czarowitz among the Tartars signifies
prince or son of the car
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Receiver Amounted.

PORTLAND. Dec. 24.-In the United States
District Court to-day o. F. Paxton was APP.
pointed receiver for the Portland Consolidated
Street Railway Company. The company oper-
ates over twenty miles OF street railway and its
property is valued at between one and a half
million and two million dollars
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Won't Demand a Recount.

SACRAMENTO. Dec. 23.-Railroad Commits
sioner Beckman denies the report published in
the Bulletin that he conteinplates demanding a
recount of the ballots cast at the late election.
He says he has not looked into the matter and
has no such purpose In view.
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OLD VIOLINS.
Two Valuable Finds in Ledbury,
FierefordShire. England.

Ledbury, Herefordshire, a charmingly old.
fashioned place close to the Malvern Hills in
the midst of beautiful scenery. was the other
day the scene of TWO very valuable finds by
Joseph Baker, resident OF that town. One is
very old English violin, labeled:
John Crouek at We 8
Lutes "A Drury Lane
neare Princes st.
London 1852
Nothing is known concerning this maker
and this may perhaps be the only suecimen in
existence. We have Inspected the instrument
at Messrs. Hills, who are in a position to guar
antee that II was made by the maker whose
label it bears. The find" is interesting, mas
much as old English violns of that period
(seventeenlbc nlury) are very rare. Perhaps
the frs maker Of viOlins IN England, OF whom
we have any record, was Jacob Ravman. whose
dare Is variously given as having been in 1850,
by others 164l and also by others 1850. How.
ever that may be the find" closely resem-
bies the style Of Rayman. The Oldest Strad
violin that has yet been seen dates from
1863, so that il Will readily be seen that the
Crouck Is very early ana rare specimen OF
that maker The condition is surprisingly
good, excepting the absence of the varnish !;
1t has its original head and neck, and of course
It's original label. The second find" was
Joanna Baptlsta Guadagnini, Turn, 1880
which was found 10 similar manner Ia an out
of-the-way village last summer, about forty
miles from Ledbury. 1t had been entirely
DISCARDED by its owner In an OIL house.
dust aud dirt, but in an amazingly sound
and original condition, retaining its
head and neck, and only having a few
cracks in the upper table. Il was LABELED
trus Guarnerius, Filus Joseph, etc. On
being taken to Messrs. Hill g. Son they declared
II, without The slightest hesitation 10 be gen.
uine Guadagnini of considerable value Our
correspondent has bern lov,r and collector of
viollns for about thirty years. and al hough he
has seen scores Instruments this is the first
Italian violin that has ever yet fallen TO his lot
Messrs. Hill. after hearing the history of this
violin, were amazed al the manner In which it
had been uneartied, declaring thai In the whole
course of their experience hey had never heard
OF a similar fnd.-London Violin Times.
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According to Gray, Michelet and DOLBY,
three eminent botanists, there is not
single known species of marine plant con-
tanning We cable poisnns
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THREE BOYS DROWNED.

STUDENTS OF College Break Through
the Ice.
ST. PAUL. Dec. 24.-Thls afternoon at
st. Paul Park three students at st. Paul
College broke through the ice in a bend of
the river where the water was very deep
and were drowned. The dead are: Mat
thew Uhle, aged 10; Frank LANCER, aged
10; Alphonse LANCER. aged %.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25

The poison OF malaria. which originates
in rapidly drying soil. is sometimes carried
By the wind over tops of mountains.
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Brigadier-General Swain Retired.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-An order has
been issued from the War Department re-.
firing Brigadier-General David G. Swain,
judge advocate-general, who has attained
the age of 60 years.
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Weak Men and Women

CHOULD USE AAIIANA BITTERS. THE
- great mexican Remedy; gives Health And
strength TO the Sexual organs. ja2 cod e
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25

From the rise of the curtain to its fall the
performance of "Lalia Rookh" at the TivOli
last night was a succ ssiOn OF gilt ering lights,
taken together, made one of the prettiest and