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The morning call., 1894-02-25
BEHIND THE SCENES.
A Remarkable Representation of the
Female Form Divine.

There is a picture on exhibition at
ga Market street which is attracting
wide attention. 1t is by the fam
GUS Russian artist, Avon de Reifsky, and
is entitled "a Glimpse of the Harem."
This study from the nude represents a
beautiful female figure, life size, in reclin-
ing position. The girl appears in all the
disordered Oh arms of an awakening. and
is apparently experiencing the fresh de.
light of an acknowledged Snltana in the
unsurpassed reflection of her ripe lowell
ness.
Connoisseurs have nothing but praise for
the technique of the painting. and the
general public Endorses the artistic verdict
without a dissentient voice. Drawing and
co!oring are admirable. The flesh tints
appeal TO the eye especially. The figure
seems rather to lie in relief. and TO the
gaZer becomes instinct with warm, glowing
life Particularly true is this when the re-
alistic painting Of the sparkling eyes is
considered. The figure is that of the fe-
male form idealZed.
Every one is paying one or more visits to
enjoy "a Glimpse of the Harem." Those
who have enjoyed it recommend visit to
their friends. Society has Endorsed the
picture, and by request Monday afternoons
have been set aside for ladies day." and
no gentlemen will be admitted on that day
of the week between l and P. NJ
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that by sailors Of foreign ships. They
seldom have more goods than would re-
quire $50 duty, but they are persistent and
hard TO catch.
They will leave their ship soon aftsr
dark and pull straight for Oakland Greek,
expecting to make an easy landing. fhe
men in the launches catch sight of them
and keep at a proper distance until they
feel sure there Is something wrong. They
can easily tell by the mems movements
and the way they row close to the shore
and look about for landing place.
If the officer In charge of the launch
feels sure crooked work is intended he will
steam up rapidly and call to the men
ways do as soon as they recognize the rev.
eDue launch. but just before the latter
reaches them splash will be heard and
the officer will find nothing. AS they have
perfect right in the creek nothing can be
done to them, but 1t will always be noticed
at they turn around and pull back for
their ship, very likely eursing their luck
for having to throw the goods overheard.
but at the same time glad they escaped ar
rest.
Sometimes the smugglers are allowed to
land before they are 0verhauled, as this
makes the possibility of securing the
goods surer. but often they will make q
sudden turn into some dark nook, and be-
fore the launch can come up to them they
will be out of the boat and hurrying across
the marsh, carrying their goods with them
Then the work commences for the sail
| orS. Ii the tide Is In the race is short
| one, because the smuggleEs Will soon come
| TO deep pool they cannot cross. In this
| case they are captured. Should the tidl
be out there is often long chase through
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Ribbon for the Typewriter.
Detroit Free Press

When he went home tile other evening lie
laid his overcOat down IN the hall and there his
wife found II, and, availng herself OF her privi-
leges, she went through the pockets and came
out with small box. She gaZed at it minute
and went after him.
Here" she exclaimed, "what does this
mean?"
"My dear" he began.
"Den't my dear me-" she raved. "What
want to know Is what you are carrying this
box marked Ribbon for the typewriter for 2''
Hr began TO explain again.
Don't talk 10 me-" she screamed. ~ know
all You've got this gewgaw for that hussy Of
typewriter In your office, aud will no doubt
give IL TO her to wear at some of her society
affairs, and you'll probably be trying TO slip
out some evening TO see her there, but you
shaD't do IL. for I'll go down in the morning
and s-ttl Q her once for all, so I WILL" and she
began o sob.
He took 1t out of her hands aud opened 1t.
"Look at It, my DEAR" he said, with tender
smile.
She made wild grab for 1t, and, as the inky
string left It's imprint on her face and hands,
she collapsed aud fOrgaye him.
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brother, senior by year. with apparent
ease by three lengths. thus turning tue
tables on him for his defeat OF her ten
days ago, but ii is very mucn WITHIN the
range of probability that the Verdict
would have been reversed nao Royal
Flush not been badly interfered with early
In the race.
The steeplechase had an entry list OF SIX,
of whom Longwel was made fav0rlte al
tyos and we'll backed at that. The hurdle
racer Special, of whom great things were
rumored, was at half point longer Red
Cloud. owing TO bis uncertain temper ana
general unmanagea nature. went back
from twOs to SKIES, but Zamp0st was
backed considerably, starting at tves after
seeing eights. Wild Oats. though winner
the last time out, went gradually back
from tours to tens. AS usual Red Cloud
made running at strong pace and looked
all over a winner entering the fiat. but Ga
Undo, On Wild Oats, who had ridden a
waiting race with remarkably good judg-
ment, closed up before the last jump, and
getting the dry path 10 the center of the
track, won a splendid race. which resulted
iu most exciting drive between him, Zam-
post and Red Cloud by length from the
latter. who was Tapped by the Elkton rep
resentative.
The last race. scant six furloDgs, SELL
ing, was booked as moral for Joe Mur-
ply, who was very heavily backed at
even money and 4 to s. Condo was very
firm at threes all through. with Tigress
and Blizzard at sevens, both well sup
ported for place and show. LOnnie 3.
whom her owner so little fancied that he
expressed himself willing to make meal
off her if she won. was at Fights, but was
not without hackers. Tigress looked to
have the race well 10 hand all the way
down the stretch, but she tired somewh hat
at the end and Carr, who had persevered
on Lonnie with commendable vigor, was
able to get up just In time to win by a
head.
The chief topic of conversation among
breeders and horsemen generally IS the
great sale of Australian thorouehbreds
Imported by r. E. de B. Lopez, and in.
GLIDING ldalium, brother TO those grand
stations, Sir Modred and Cheviot. which
will take place at the Bay District track
tomorrow at 2 p NJ.
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FILTER BEDS.
Their Utility Has Been Demonstrated
by Practical Experience.

Eld(tlA6t AAPCthCh(Ss
Fire and Water
The utility of filter beds IN purifying water
has been demonstrated conclusively of late
crate The claims ought to have made a much
greater impression on the people than is yet
apparent. The work done at Hamburg, for
instance, unquestionably converted very
dangerous water into one with which little
fault can be found. The record OF cholera
cases for 1892 aud 1898 is sufficient evidence
on this point. without waiting for confirmation
from microscopic and chemical examination
OF the wafer. such examination, however,
proves that whereas the water beSOre hlteriEg
is largely impregnated with bacteria, the filtered
water Is almost free from them. Similar tests,
with like results, have been made at several
places In Europe and this country: one, for
instance, al Providence, r. l., and another at
Lawrence, Mass The experiment at PrOvi
dence has already been described IN these
columns. That at Lawrence has been 10 Oper-
alton since September 20, and the results up to
date are worth notice.
First, as to the prevention of typhoid fever.
The time is too short to give final results, but
II appears that, whereas for the past five years
the average number OF deaths In Lawrence
from this diseaSr has been five for October and
five tor November, there has been only one
such death In each OF these months this year.
| The special importance Of this lies In the fact
| that the water for the city is taken from the
| sewage, and has for years been held respon-
| sible for the most OF the typhoid fever
| In Lawrence. Turning to the physical proper
ties of the filtered water IL Is found that SO per
| cent or the bacteria In the river water dsap-
pear during the process of filtration. What is
| quite as important is that this same filtration
| removes so much OF the organic matter which
contributes TO The propagation of bacteria that
the few which pass through the litter find them
selves at great disadvantage in the struggle
4 for existence.
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mud puddles and reeds, while waterfowl
are scared I'D at every step. The SNUG
glers often make as good time as the sail
ors, In which case a shot from The latter
culprits to fly for their lives into the thick
mists of the marsh. They are seldom
pursued unless they are known to be men
who are wanted, because little ever comes
or prosecuting them and their sorest pun
lshment is the loss of their goods, wnicn
are OF course confiscated.
Another class of smuggler hard to catch
Is the private yachts. In fact they never
are caught unless some of the customs
officials have their suspicious aroused and
give warning to the Rush. There Is little
doubt but that an enormous amount OF
smuggling is done by these craft In spite
OF the great vigilance.
Not long ago customs official was
crossing the bay to Sausalito on the ferry
and happened to notice several packages
thrown overheard from an English ship.
A sloop yacht sailing near by put out
small boat and picked them up, arousing
the officers suspicious.
He saw the name of the yacht and knew
II belonged to Oakland. He also rightly
the contraband goods here, and as soon as
be could get to telephone gave warning,
which in due time reached the Rush.
The yacht reached the mouth OF Oakland
Greek early in the evening, but two rev.
enue launches were waiting there and she
attempted to put about. This was proof
that something was wrong and both
launches were soon alongside the yacht.
The owner, well-kDOwn business man,
was very angry at what he termed an
insult, but his vessel was taken in tow by
one of the launches, while the other fol-
lowed behind to make sure nothing was
thrown overheard.
Before the anchorage of the Rush was
reached the owner Of the yacht had made
uD his mind to put on a bold face and pay
the duty II he was permitted. He called
TO the Rush's officer of the deck as soon as
the procession came 10 an anchorage and
told him to come aboard and sppraise some
goods he wanted to bring in. He also very
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Only few boxes Of cigars were found,
which, III sold, would not pay Tor the coal
the launches had burned. The fishermen
begged for mercy and were allowed TO
proceed without the tobacco. Practically
nothing was accomplished by all this
work. but it will be long time before
those same fishermen attempt to get the
best OF Uncle Sam again.
Another trick of smugglers is to weight
their booty and let it drag behind the boat
a few feet under water. This is method
there Is nothing to guide the officials as to
It's whereabouts. Ii they have reason TO
think the goods are there they can gener-
ally ind them by poking an oar about
under the boat until it strikes the rope.
In such cases there is capture, contisea-
tion and prosecution. Under such cir
cumstances there Is no way out Of 1t and
the smugglers must be held to answer for
their crime.
In addition to the launches the Rush has
sailboat, built on fine lines and having
good sailing qualities. 1t is beautiful
craft that attracts the attention OF all
yacbtsmen whenever IL is seen on the bay
but there Is nothing about IL to indicate
the letter "R" that is painted on the
launches Is missing.
This boat is used only during the day.
| time 20 investigate some suspicious case.
| The ordinary appearance of the little YES
| sci causes no alarm among smugglers en-.
gagged In the work of putting goods aboard
some OF their small craft and clear case
is made out against them and plans formed
for their capture.
| or course the events just related do no
take place every day, and often whole
The morning call., 1894-02-25
THE CROWD AT THE STATION.
1t Consisted of Two Peasons, but One
Filled Many Responsible Parts.


zone cold. rainy day last winter" remarked
the commercial traveller TO Blade contributor,
as he wiped a string of PRESENTATION beads from
bis neck and face, II was left at small station
OH a western branch road TO wait for four hours
tor the train that was 10 take me somewhere.
There was nobody around and looked pretty
lonesome, so the guard came up and rendered
me his sympathy for TWO or three minutes De-
fore the train started on again.
"'Dull place, amt it?' he said, looking around
on the general dismalness.
"'Rathrr,' / responded. And worse when
man has TO walt IN 1t for four bOurs.'
"'Ob, well. you may have some company he
said -neOuragiDgly.
"'Who? and peered about me to see II any
body had risen from the earth.
WE'LL he said slowly, as II making cal
culaton, you'll find in the station the telegraph
operator, the booking clerk. the cloakroom
ditto, the signalman. the storekeeper. the acct
dent Insurance agent, the postmaster and one
or two other officials
THAT isn't so bad / replied, ana wished
him goodnight as lie jumped on the train.
Then / went into the dimly lighted station
and looked about for any, prospective CON-
panions. Nobody was visible except a sandy
haired, freckle-faced man at the telegraph in-
stIument.
Where are the othersq' inquired, much
surprised.
"'OIhers what?' he answered.
"'Wny the others the guard told me were
here? The clOaEroOm clerk, the booking clerk,
the signaman, the pos1man' the storekeeper'
"Tbe man at the instrument began to grin.
"'Whars the matter? asked.
ats that guardi' he said.
"'He's the only agreeable thing Eve seen
around here,' / protested in defense of my
friend. He said these men would be here until
the next train comes
land they WILL said the man.
"'Well, where are tbey?' I asked, with con-
siderable asprriy.
"The sandy haired man stood up and tapped
himself on the chest.
"'Thems me- he smiled; come in and sit
down with u.s.
'And did for four mortal hours"
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Criminal Offenders.

Mrs. Jane Shattuck. accompanied by
her daughter Truly" appeared before
Judge Belcher yesterday and pleaded not
gully to the murder ofsHarry Poole. Her
case was continued until Saturday next to
be set for trial.
Chris Sjurcen, tried for an assault with a
deadly weapon and convicted of simple
assault. was sentenced by Judge BelcheI
Yesterday tojtwo months jmpris0nmentsi in
the County Jail.
For the crime of forgery, Hiram James
was ordered 20 be con fined in the County
Jail for ten months. There are grave
doubts as to this prisoners sanity, and Ehe
has been under more or less surveillance
for the past three years.
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DIR. Browns Lectures.

At the First Congregational Church, this
evening. DIR. c. o. Brown, the pastor, will
begin new series of Sunday evening lee
lures on THE Bible and its Foes" These
series of Sunday evening lectures have
been a feature of DIR. Browns work from
the beginning. and have been attended by
large and appreciative audiences. The
til eme this evening will be "Che B BILE an
Everlasting Miracle" Some Of the other
themes will be: Science Before Scien-
fists" 1.-The Jews an Everlasting Miracle"
"Who Made the OLD Testament?" "Who
Made the New ?" "William E. Gladstone
vs. Tom Paine. or Friend or Foe"
The morning call., 1894-02-25

An interesting game Of association foot
ball was played in Oakland between the
apprentices from the San Francisco Sea-
mems Institute and the Oakland Young
Mems Christian Association on Washing
toms birthday.
There was an enthusiastic crowd of
spectators present The fair sex were out
in numbers in summer dresses, and the
Y. NJ. c. A. ofhcers, members and friends
lined the field all around.
The game resulted in a victory for the
means as one-sided as the score would
indicate. Indeed, good judges said that
had the sailor lads enjoyed more practice
aud played with better combination they
would probably have won. As it was.
they played o dashing. determined game
and pressed their opponents into their
own territory again and again, but some
how never could get into goal.
The Y. NJ. G. A. team on the contrary
was handled with fare skill. The men,
bers have practicsd a good deal and have
some "rattling" players; in fact, the
Oakland team has in its ranks several
crack players belonging to the Pacific
Wanderers and the Rangers.
Rev. DR.. Fell. the genial secretary and
organizer OF the Seamen's Institute.
though not particularly jubilant over the
result of the game, was well pleased with
the affair as a whole, and is ready to re-
ceive challenges from either Rugby or
association clubs in the vicinity.
The British ships Falls of Hallodale,
Lord Downshire. rumburton. Crocodile,
Crown of Denmark ana Pinmore were
teams were made up as follows:
md A QafIA
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Sailors.

Fell.
The champion wrestler of Detroit. Tom
McMahon, arrived yesterday and will
cover a deposit put up by Dan Mcleod
recently to wrestle any man in America
at 165 pounds. Mcmahon is an active
looking fellow, and, judging from the
reputation he carries for catch-as- catch
can wrestling. Mcleod will meet foeman
worthy of his locks. The match, If con.
summated, should prove TO be a good one,
as the men are the champions of the game
they participate in in this country.
The contests between the pugilists
Sweeny and Marshall, Peppers and
Hickey. will be held this afternoon in
Greenwood Glen Park. Sausalito. The
betting last evening on the frst-n AIMED
match was strongly in favor of Marshall,
who he sports think will have an easy
game. Australians who have seen Sweeny
fight are of very different opinion They
say that SweeDy is a very hard man to
whip and that Marshall will certainly
have his hands full IL he expects to sto o
his white opponent in eight rounds, which
is the limit placed on the match. There
has been small betting on the Peppers
Hickey bout, as report has been going
the rounds that Peppers will resort to his
old tricks and Ego out" in accordance
with an agreement that has been made
with certain sports VINO are looking for 9
little sure-thiDg money. The majority oil
peope who intend TO witness the mills
will leave this city for the battle-ground
on the 80 O'Clock boat
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DIR. ]. ]. Leek Arrested.

DR.. j. j. Leek was arrested yesterday
afternoon upon a warrant from Depart
ment IL of the Superior Court charging
him with criminal libel DR.. Leek was
subsequently released on $1,000 bono,
accepted by Presiding Judge Hebbard.
The prosecutor is DIR. Leek's brother, d..
George w. Leek. who has brought suits
against the accused to regain possession
Of the Leek Dental College.
The morning call., 1894-02-25

week will go by without thing happen
ing Frequently there will be only two or
lhree little jobs in a month, but there is no
telling when the work Will have to be done
nor how much of it.
In any event the officers and crew of the
Rush are ready for whatever comes and IL
necessary will make captures every night.
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This afternoon at o'clock the mass meeting
for young men only will be held at the Youn G
Mems Chris ian Association building 232
Suffer street. The address will be delivered
by Rev. Robert lidell of Washington. There
will be some excellent singing and the invita-.
ton Is general TO all young men.
The morning call., 1894-02-25

Every Flemish town has a square called
the "egg Market" whore on certain Gays
the country people resort nd offer their
produce to the in ha bitants.
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Pastinnes.

A game between Gaelic football-players
will be held this afternoon at the Haight-
street grounds. The teams are the Par
nells and the O'Briens, which will line up
I'm the following order.
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THE LACE HOUSE.
ID. 5AMUEL@-
1913 to i2o Post ST., San Francisco.
wHOIEsA1sE RETAIL.

The offering during present week the Latest
elites for Spring and Summer Season.
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FURNITURE!

SOLID Oak Bedroom Set q pieceS),l COX m
French BeveLPlate Mirror. 7 GDZO.UU
First-elass Upright Folding Bed,) no. 90
with Automatic Brake which : &IN I'M
prevents seif-cloSing. .,....
Solid OAK, Elaboratsly CarVedO 90
Parlor Set g pieces), uphoI- &In tli1
stored in fine Satin Tapestry
Solid Oak Heavy Dining Chair, Q1 Ok
Braced Arm 49,. .......... -. ID ~
Finest quality Of Seamless japan Ok
csc Mating, per yard. ......... 30
Also = complete line OF Household Goods OF
every description at proportionately low prices
Houses furnished complete all over the coast on
easy payments Country orders promptly attended
TO. GOODS packed and shipped free to Oakland,
Alameda and Berkeley Inspection cordially In
vired and credit extended TO ali at
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LADIES' AND MISSES READY MADE DRESSES.

shipments received and will be found handsome styles
stylish suits equal imported prices very
stock of Misses Dresses. all ages and styles
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AIT SECOND Handicap 1:471a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-01-18

Lionel Stagge, the bank exam-
liner and receiver of the Oregon
National bank, Of Portland, turns
out to be an ex-convict Of the Ore
gon penitentiary, aud the disclosure
has kicked up great sensation Ill
the metropolis. Stagge was cons
victed and sentenced to the penis
tertiary under the name Of A. l..
Waterhouse for one year for passing
fraudulent checks. He also had
another alias, that of Harry A.
Royce, and is certainly bad man
to have at the head of crippled
bank. Z
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-01-18
Number 46.

We don't know what this newly
discovered property will amount to,
but understand that it will amount
to about 5000, 900. If this last con-
tract is carried out Parker and Van
Wrinkle will receive the neat SUM
of s., 200 for their work, II the
above amount ofproperty is correct,
Add this to what the county has
alrea iy paid for assessing and 1t
makes the neat sum OF $4,000 tor
ISo3 assessment. 1t is an outrage
on the defenseless taxpayers.
Another thing; This VauWinkle
is the same Van Wrinkle who bid
on the trauscribing the records last
spring. His bid, it will be remem-
bered was s7S7. and being the
lowest was accepted, and as there
was no deposit to bind him he
utterly failed to sign his contract,
and by his failure the county was
compelled to give Virgil Waters
S., 4Ao for the same, thus entailius
a loss on the county of 1858 be-
cause he failed to make his bid good, E,
This is the man that now comes III
and makes blind bid with the
county. We suppose he wants to
make up for what he might have
lost, had he stood manfully tohis
bid, and we must say that nc slands
in fair way to do il,
If the county needs aud mus
! have aset ofpreseht ownerHship map
WHY did not the commissioners ad
:. vertise for bids and let the contrac
to the lowest responsible bidder, an'
have the, bidder.e execute q bond TO
the faithful permance oftheir work
The way it now is, these contract
are let to priVate parties at an exces
sive rate and the commissioners hav
not a. letter word or line on thei
] journal to protect themselves, nc
theleast shadow of bond to recove
from in case q failure is made in an,
part.
fSN 1t Is rotten, and the LRADRR pre-
poses to defend the taxpayer
against it, and all other schemes
raid the county treasury.
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