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Evening journal., 1894-06-14

st. Johns Lodge. A. f. A NJ had a
big reunion and banquet last evening In
the Masonic Temple and entertained
guests from Wilmington. Philadelphia
and New York. The handsome lodge
room, headquarters OF free masonry in
New Castle, never looked more inviting
and Ga the spacious armor hall, Com
mitteemen Louis Vallette and w. A.
Matthias had provided two long banquet
tables These had been beautifully
decorated by Caterer samuel Lilly and
an able corpse OF assistants who served
the menu After the lodge exercises.
the guests aud their entertainers,
numbering fifty men, sat around the
tables aud discussed the following
menu.
Olives. Almonds.
Dressed Ham, Cold Tongue,
spanish Pickles, Chow Chow,
Pound Cake, Marble Cake,
Fancy Cakes, Bananas,
Shnrplees Strawberries.
Cream, Ices, Lemonade.
Coffee, Cigars.
Evening journal., 1894-06-14
Big vessel From Wilmington Ashore.

dig NtA4tA FROM wilmington AnunfHf
This morning the river tugs Church.
man, New Castle and Batiler put out
into the river, just below town. where a
big vessel was blown ashore during the
terrific storm Of early yesterday morn
ing.
The British steamship Elbruz, from
Marcus Hook for Noi denham, with ZOO 600
gallons OF crude petroleum. and 500 O0O
gallons OF refined petroleum. in bulk,
went aground, on Goose Island bar. near
Fort Delaware. Assistance was sent her,
but 80 a late hour last night she Ie.
manned fast. IL Is believed that she will
Goat 10 day The Elbruz Is a tank craft,
built by Sir William Armstrong. 40 New
Castle-on Tyne, in 1883. for London
owners Lighters were a. work last
evening taking the coal out Of her bunkeIa
without removing any Of her heavy cargo.
Evening journal., 1894-06-14

Last night heparade committee Of the
Columbia Athleic Club met in the di
rector's room At the clubhouse aud agreed
upon the uniforms 10 be worn IN to-
morrow nights parade These were
ordered this morning OF H. H. George s
Co.. the Wilmington haberdashers. The
following appointments were made.
Marshal p G Madden
Acknowledged v. Foster, Thomas
~ Doris
Street and Route Committee-Fred w.
Hoffman. Charles Counties
The lbasebail club will appear in it's
own uniform Marshall Madden Issued
his frst order last eveaing IL was TO
the effect that ninety-four members of
the Columbia A. @. would be- expected to
report GO the clubhouse at 9 o'clock
sharp tomorrow evening % the quarter
master who viii have charge Of the dis
tribution OF uniforms
Decorators and Decorations Spilled.
Evening journal., 1894-06-14
Clayton H0NSG,
FIFTH And MARKET SITS.

The Clayton House is now well.
appointed hosiery where families
can find all the conveniences of a
first class hotel without sacrificing
the comforts of home. The dining
room is tastefully furnished and first
class service is assured. A Cafe is
attached where light lunches can be
had at any time.
Evening journal., 1894-06-14
LIGHT
UNDERWEAR
FOR
MEN

Jean and Nainsook Drawers at
20, so and rs cents; all sizes.
Our Furnishing Department is
handling more customers all the
time and with the great ad-
vantage we have in buying for
cash and in quantities we are
always on the lookout for any
thing that Will give you under
prices, but always careful that
the qualities will be satisfactory
in wear. A Big Lot of Negligee
Shirts, two separate collars and
attached cuffs at Is cents which
you won't match for less than
$1.00, and which we cannot
again.
Evening journal., 1894-06-14

Good assortment
OF styles and
qualities with
big values; all
sizes and new
colorings, from
20 cents to
Sl.25 a garment.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
THE coRsIcAN VENDETTA.
1t Was the Cause of Seven Thousand
Murders in Thirty Years.

In the course of an article on this subject Il
Is related that the avengers of blood were not
content with the pursuit and death of the
murderer or the robber; his whole family be-
came their lawful prey, and in return every
member OF that family sought to aYenge
themselves on their pursuers. Children be-
fore they were born were doomed 10 the same
unreenting life of savage hate and bloOdshed;
and boys of tender years were brought by their
mothers that bore Them before the bloody
CORPSE of their father and made to swear with
baby lips undying vengeance ana muTderous
retributiOn, so soon as their hands should be
strong enough to grasp a gun and their skill
sufficient to point it home TO the heart OF the
foe.
Thus the hand Of every man was against his
neighbor's, and this no. for serious causes only.
Soon The vendetta between different families
began 10 rise from the most trivial causes. A
man spoke slightingly OF another mans friend
or relative, or, maybe, his dog; dispute &C.
Cured as TO a date, a measurement the Opln-
ions OF third. A hot WORD was spoken. Out
came he ready dagger, or the overloaded gun
or pistol; human heart ceased beating, and a
murderer lied 10 the maquis, or the mountain
sloe. or the caverns Ia the lonely rocks. and be-
came thenceforth pariah, issuing only TO COM
nit fresh murders. supported secretly by his re.
latiOns. tu never more known TO the world at
large, until at length a retributive bullet laid
MIN low, or his hiding place was betrayed and
he mserably slain by the military police Of his
country.
To such an extent had this hideous system
grown that between the years 1910 and $500,
when the vendetta was at its height, some 1000
murders were committed, all ON It's account.
Even yet IL Is not unknown. though the vigOr-
Gus measures OF the French GOyernment-mak-
ing 1t penal 10 carry weapons except under GER
tain c0ndltlonS-did much TO suppress tile
crime. This law Is now rescinded. with the
suit that the number OF murders is again on the
increase. The women aud children were IN
variabIy spared 10 vendetta. though this COM
piment was not always TeciprOcated. since
women sometimes took an active part In a ven
delta, and were, of course. the provoking cause
OF many masculine quarreL-People OF the
World
The morning call., 1894-12-29
PHOTOGRAPHIC METEoRs,
The New Fad in the Observatory
Work of Yale COLLEGE.

Partly as result OF the accidental photo
graphing OF large meteor nearly two wears
ago by Mr.. l. wis of the Yale Observatory The
money was raised last SUNNI for securing a
battery" OF four cameras, so as to cover a
larger held OF the heavens and, IL possible. OBJ
tam more comprehensive and valuable results.
These cameras were worked for four hours
during the annual meleoric shower of last An
gust but, as Is stated, merely by bad luck only
TWO meteors were obtained, as compared with
-FOUR obtained In hree hours by a single camera
curing previous meieoric shower The hat
iery VIII next be TUNED on the heavens during
me showers coming about the middle and near
I'M end OF next MONTH
small as the number Is OF meteors TINS far
Photographed, the results are considered to he
vi considerable value. inasmuch as one of the
Ineleors photographed at the Yale Obser yatory
WAS also obtained by Mr.. Lewis at Ansopia.
S Tnin Zen miles away. by single camera.
dnis, Professor Newton states is the first
recorded case of Photographic double obserya.
L.on Oh meteor and from 10 nearly lis exact
Instance can be computed. Each photograph
SHOWS lwo bursts OF light in the meeor's path
II is curl0us fact that an instructor in
astronomy at Yale some forty years ago pre-
ulcled ms new method OF taking meteofs py a
camera battery should photography ever reach
t tne proper stage OF development.-New Haven
lCohn.l special TO ST. Louis Republic.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
THE PYTHON.
Apparently There Is No Reason Why
1t Should Ever Die.


There is some doubt whether the fixed limit
of growth In very large serpents is known or
can be determined. The larger reptiles have
no certain yearly growth corresponding more
or less closely in different individuals of the
same species The allgators az the Zoo are an
instance in point. They seem able TO cease
growing. or To grow extremely fast, or to re.
main without growing. but never TO die.
A python has less chances Of accident than
any creature or similar bulk 1t has no limbs
TO break. It's skin Is smooth scales never
abraded or liable 10 disease. Its powers OF
digestion are prodigIous. and yet il can go
without food uninjured. No one knows how
old python lives 70 be, but there seems no
reason why, except from the common law OF
nature, IL should die at all.
Every one agrees that 1t lives 10 a great age.
No one knows to what age. But as il has the
power to continue growth far beyond the age
al which the largest mammals cease to grow
just as IL has the power 10 cease growth and
then tecommence after years OF arrested vital.
lty, there seems no reason 10 suppose that IL
could not reach size and length as much in
excess OF thatof other carniVorous creatures as
It's length OF life exceeds theirs.
"A python, years old. when brought to the
Zoo, measured IL feet. In the next Ten wears
II grew TO II feel III length, or an average of
foot each year. There was decrease OF nearly
tWo-thirds In Longitudinal growth in each Of
the tWo years after the fourth. but the increase
IN bulk probably accounted for the differ.
ence. The warm waters of the enormous
Amazon, teemlug with fish and animal
life might well nurture anacondas of such
gigantic size as to justify the univer-
sal belief OF all The dwellers ON It's waters that
there Is an enormous serpent which they call
the mai d'agoa, the mother or spirit of the
river, Which appears in dtfferen parts of its
course. aud grows to a size far greater even
than that attributed 10 the anacondas whose
reported dimensions are recorded by European
tIaVelers SO iittle ilaoie 10 exaggeratlon as the
Naturalist of the Amazons." = London
Spectator.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more. with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive; efectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and ST bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed. you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
TuThSa s,22tfTC
The morning call., 1894-12-29
KISSING.
Some Information Furnished by
Medical Journal.

kissing may be conveniently divided into TWO
classes. those which belong TO and are lnll-
maely associated with the warmer passions OIL
the heart and those which are purely eonVen-
tiOnal. In view Of The exaeting demands Oh
modern sanitary principles, in neither case -
the habit desirable or even permissible Never
theless IL Is only waste OF labor Tor meuieal
mentors TO protest against the haOll' 50 i"I a'
the first "order" of kisses is cOnceTneu' MI
cr0beS, however pabOgenic, VIII DO iEu LII Gu
under these circumstances ana such WIN W
the case until time is no more. d ,,aria,,,
with respect. however, 10 ne seto"UF or tbs
of kisses, the matter is ain rent. 10 tne
most part the habit is pracilesd upou ,'
both girls and boys. Among lneiIl' D., 10 ~
kissing to a large extent pIeNa,a.ssii ,ubO .o
facility with which diphtheria, mrasies, WnOGP
ing-cough and scarlet fever are uduShIltteu III
early If renders The habit one "nlch Goi Lau
sense will show 10 be open 10 y az oUJecIlons.
However essential cOnyentuIai t hio5ea IHeS 10
regarded as a means of demOust dtihS Irienu-
shin and noIlteness Parents should neVerthe.
less we think consider III lnIs matter tDo
welfare OF their children nrSL our condemna-
tiOn OF kisses may, Ior pnahI NJ, Oo
restricted to the ODJec lOnaDle Out common
nractfce of EtssIng on the mouth. Among the
rrown.Hn nenpIe il is unbecoming TO say the
ieas' while toward and between children the
practice ~ open 10 the gIdsest suspicion.
ChiidTen can be trained with The greatest
ease m offer lie cheek or forehead for the prot
fered cares and 10 eude the attempt 10 con-
iaminate tle lips. The incubation period OF all
the diseases mentioned may or may not be IN
fectiye in the ordinary acctpfation Of the tern
IInon this matter our knowIedg so far IS by no
means certain, while on the other had recent
Investigations would seem TO indicate that the
Infection of Zymotic disease In patients Is OF very
mucb longer duration than used formerly 10 Dc
supposed, enduring, indeed, long after conVal-
escence has been est abiished.-MedieaI freSS
and Circular.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT
At Which Athletic and Musical
Champions VIII Appear.


The following is the programme OF the grand
entertainment, which will be given on New
| Years day by Charles II. Cassasa's exposition
| band, assisted by well-kn0wn local athletes.
| for the benefit of Mission Parlor: Grand over
| ture. Jubilee" c. Won Weber; finale, Amer
| ica," with variations; "Echoes from the Mid
! way" (DOnigan); Turks on Parade. Creole Wing
| Danee. Mamie Teaching the COlOred Four
Hundred the Hula Hula; finale, Muscle
Dance; duo for cornet and trombone
! (Campanal MeSSrS. Bates and Tobin.
Athletic programme by Olympic Club men,
bers: George S. McCOmb. master of cere-
monies; boxing rounds Frank Smith. cham
pion bantam. weight OF the Pacific Coast. vs..
Charles Cathcart, champion featherweight OF
the Olympia Club; steve Vlcni, cnamnion
lightweight OF the Olympia Club. VS.. Gate
Cradle; wrestling, best two falls GU of tbr e;
A. fettee, heavy. weight champion of the Olym-
pic Club aud Harry Graham, middle eight
| champion of the Pacific Coast. Fred PARSER
and Fred Wheaton; club swinging by Profess
sor Paul Bernhard, assistant athletic leader OF
the olympic Club, and ID; McGill;
germs f sOo SS Miss pes k SUSe
Swimming programme. with high diving aud
trapeZe work by Olympic and Pacific Club
members; 10o.yard race by five members of
the olympic Club and tiv members of the p
cinc swimming Club-Enlries: o. CT
Carter. II. JoIitfe. g. kengO AL Dodge and
D. Monlhan; 7. s. C.--H'. Green, c, King M.
R0senbsum. j. Vollmer and M Ottenhemer;
candl' race, open 10 all: Entries-G. Habe-
nicht, A. 2. Hampton. A. Pape. F. Phillips. C.
d d., JORDAN, "A: Staut; o. Go*gro1e j.: +. Jack.
Olympic Club members-A. finchng. F.
Wheaton, A. Stiuf, A. Pape, A. Taylor, +.
Carter, j. 2. jackson, Pete Cradle, Ii. Clark
special 100-yaId race for valuable trophy
between Dana Thompson, champion OF the Pa
clhc Coast, aud Daniel Green. eX-champion of
the Pacific Coast; high diving from 76-fOot
platform by Professor Ed Mowfy of the P. S.
c., Professor Ii. l.. Clark Of The Olympic Club.
Charles King, M. Green and little AID Kahn,
The faI boy (whO Will clown the acD; trapeZe
diving by members OF both clubs, introducing
The famous act of Dana ThompsOn-a somer-
saClt and half from the flying trapeZe;
grand descriptive battle scene, Clusters last
rally; Sioux Indian war dance; night before
the battle; buge calls i'll Clusters camp before
The line OF march; Clusters cavalry on march
TO Sioux camp, with the sound of horses hoofs
in the distance; approach of CusIer's cavalry,
with baud playing "Red, White and Blue" and
Indians responding win their customary war
music; battle Of Little Big Horn, In which
Custer lost his life; Indians rejoicing over
their victory with scalp dance; sounding of
the last call.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
LOSE OF THE TOURNAMENT.
interesting Ceremony at the
Occidental Court.
EMBLEMs OF VICTORY AWARDED
DonnelIy, Purcell and Collins, the
Three Amateur Champions of the
Coast, Made Happy.

The final scene of the recent handbaI
tournament at the Occidental court was
enacted last night. when the gold medals
were presented o the three champions al
a special meeting Of the Occidental Ball
and Racquet Club.
Besides members of the club number
of admirers of the game were present TO
witness the interesting ceremony.
President L. L. Bonnet was in the chair
and did tbs hOnOrs in admirable style.
After few pertinent remarks on hand
ball he said: Il have a pleasant duty to
perform In presenting TO the three gentle
men who have demonstrated their superb
orty in the artistic and scientific game of
The morning call., 1894-12-29
ALAMEDA.

The City Trustees meeting was a drawing
card last evening. and large audience tilied
the lobby In expectation Of sensational pro-
ceedngs IN connection with the squabbe over
The plans for the West End scho3lhouse. con.
corning which the School Directors were
charged with having been Influenced unduy in
their choice of Mr.. ArmiIage's plan.
Before taking up the matter of disrupted es-
prlJ de corps. as 1t were. between The two
boards. the City TT usIees, after little discus
sion. formally adopted the plan of w. ii. Ar
nntage as recommended by the Board OF Eau
cation, subject to the opinion OF a quantity ex-
pert that the building can be erected for
$40, 900.
The Board OF Education was present to refute
charges of undue influence.
Trustee Stephenson explained his reasons for
cbai ging that the School Directors had been
Influenced. He said man, whom he refused
| TO name, had been told by School Director lis.
dale 10 use bis Influence with the City Trustees
In vor OF Arm itage's plan; that they already
had three Trustees IN favor oil II. DIR. Tisdale
! demanded to know the name of the man. but
Stephenson would not divu!ge 1t without his
permission. School Directors Brown and It's
dale denied emphaticaily that undue influence
was used. Architect Dodge said the Board of
Trustees had gone back CD their own PROPOSE.
ton to favor an Alameda architect. he thought
the decision should have been left to competing
architects Trustee Stephenson" said he,
has tried to do justice % me, aud has aroused
The enmy of the Board of Education In doing
So" BY questioning Director Tisdale he
showed lnat the director ulu not KNOW Wnlcn
way the Two staiiways ran. "Tnis shows" said
the architect. that you are not competent 10
pass on plan"
The bo4rd finally passed a resolution exoner-
ating the Board OF Education from any miseon-
duct In connection with the architects plans.
Football Tomorrow.
team from Light Battery A, N. g. c., OF
San francisco. will play game of football to-
morrow with pick eleven from Alameda, at
The west End grounds. The game is TO com.
nence al noon.
Broke His arm.
Ed TObin broke his arm by fall ON Christ
The morning call., 1894-12-29
NEW BLUE BOOK.
Several New Features in the Latest
Society Record.

The 1S94.95 edition of what is known az
"our Society Blue Book" has been issued. The
publishers claim that 1t comprises several new
features.
formation under the heads OF "Ciies." "CIubs
and Societies." Personnel of The Press" 10.
tells" Educational Institutions" "BiograpDI.
cal Sketches" Artistic Homes" Banking,
Professional Men," private Memoranda. .
"Theater Diagrams" classified Business
Houses" shopping Guide and Commercial
Register"
The typographical appearance of the volume
is excellent and the matter presented will
doubtless be appreciated by the special classes
for which IL is intended.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
EuIaiias Want Water.

James Bradley and other members of the
Eulalia Club entered suit yesterday in the JUS
tees Court against Daniel Donovan for dam
ages Tor having turned off the water from their
clubrooms, the lower floor of 757 Braunan
stieei. The plaintiffs declare they have regu-
iarly paid the rent OF Sl3 per month, and a part
OF the consideration being that they were 10 be
supplied with water, which the defendant
turned off. They seek damages In S299
The morning call., 1894-12-29

mas day. near The shoulder. He paid no aiten-
iion 10 il until yesterday, when he went 10 Dr.
Zeyn and had the fracture set.
Notes.
The Sunday-school of the Presbyterian
church had their Christmas festival Ill the
church last evening.
large eulvert is being put In at the Inter-
section of Stanton street and Railroad avenue.
Another will be put in at Nastck court TO
carry off the surplus rain water.
The morning call., 1894-12-29

case now passes out OF the courts altogether.
The newly completed board of trustees have
the management of the Cogswell trust entirely
In their hands, and il is said that the school
will be reopened in very short while.
The morning call., 1894-12-29

ONE good thing about DR.. Prices Bak-
ing Powder is that contents of the cans
are always full weight. 1t stands the test
Of the scales as well as every other.
The morning call., 1894-12-29

A cat with three eyes is owned by the
jenkins family of Leesville, Ohio: Two
OF the eyes are in the usual places. but the
third is behind the left ear. The animal
is an excellent mouser and can watch be-
fore ana behind.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
The Cogsweli School.

Judge Hunt has entered the final decree in
the suits brought against DR.. II. d. Cogswell
respecting his Polytechncal School, and the
The morning call., 1894-12-29

THE scepter of supremacy - swaye
easily by Dr. Prices Baking Powder.
The morning call., 1894-12-29
GREAT SACRIFICE SALE
-s=@-OF
HOLIDAY GOODS
In connection PRODIGOUS SACRIFICE at which we
OUT ALL HOLIDAY GOODS we to-day offer
following EXTRA SPECIAL BARGAINS IN CLOAKS.
LADIES' JACKETS.


chevtot
backs Fine Cheeks COse-ftng Jackets with ulpaid
worth so,
binding wfted
JACKETS mixed brown Melton
Jackets Of Melton
of with
a
LADIES' PLUSH AND CLOTH CAPES.
of black
So 80 will be offered at So EACH
$3.50.
'FRONT.'
$1,000
collar
CHlLDREN'S JACKETS.
will and So
LADIES' FUR CAPES.
Seal the
TIA CANNOT
The morning call., 1894-12-29
A Valuable Horse Burned.
May Mt secure Letters.
funaral IF William Chris, tnol> -,

The funeral of William Christ took place
yesterday from the undertaking parlors OF
Henry Ewers. and already his earthly affairs
are well on the way 10 the Probate Court where
the petition of Public Administrator StanIy for
letters of administration Will be heard on Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock by Judge Prick On
the same day, TWO hours later, the Public Ad.
ministrator goes out OF Office.
When the matter is called up there may be
Arizona republican., 1894-10-11
TEA-HOUSES IN CHINA.
They Take the Place of the C1ub-Room
 of the West.

They Take the Place of the Club-Room
 of the West.
 The restaurant or tea-house ln China takes the place of the western club room, write Messrs. Allen and Sacht- leben in the September Century, de- scribing their bicycle tour in Asia. All the current news and gossip is here circulated and discussed over their eat ing and gambling. One of their games of chance, which we have frequently noticed, seems to consist Tn throwing their fingers at one another, and shout ing at the top of their voices. It is really a matching of numbers, for which the Chinamen make signs on their fingers, up to the numeral ten.
 The Chinese of all nations seem to live in order to eat, and from this race of epicures has developed nation of excellent cooks. Our fare in China, outside the Gobi district, was far bet ter than in Turkey or Persia, and, for this reason, we are better able to en- dure the increased hardships. A plate of sliced meat stewed with vegetables, and served with a piquant sauce, sliced radishes and onions with vinegar, two loaves of Chinese mo-mo, or steamed bread, and a pot of tea, would usually costs us about three anda quarter cents apiece. Everything in China is sliced so that it can be eaten with the chop sticks. These we at length learned to manipulate with sufficient dexterity to pick up dove's egg-the highest at tainment in the chop-stick art The Chinese have rather sour than a sweet tooth. Sugar is rarely used ir anything, and never in tea. The steeped tea-fowers, which the. higher classes use, are really more tasty with out it. -, P - :.