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The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
THE WEASEL A CLEVER D0DGER.
One That Was Quicker Than the Shot
of a Sportsman's Trusty Gun.

Coming to our camp in the cool October
evening after throwing our lines for bass at
sunset in Little Bear pond" said the
Gotham sportsman to the New York Sun
man, "we found that visitor. had been
there during our absence. We had taken
up our quarters in a deserted shingle
camp, a low log structure with splint
roof. A 'deacon's seat stood before the
open fireplace of stone and behind, laid
thatchwise on the ground, were the pine
boughs upon which we were to sleep. We
had left our dunnage there earlier in the
day and had hung up upon peg in the
wall two partridges that we had shot.
"After we had lighted up the place with
a glowing fire we saw that the partridges
were gone from the wooden peg on which
they had hung and were nowhere to be
seen. A long search about the camp re.
vealed them at last on the opposite side,
crowded half Under the bottom log Of the
wall, as if an attempt had been made to
get them out of the camp that way.
'sWe hung them up again upon the peg,
running about them trying to get them
down again. He appeared to be regardless
of our presence. He would run out to the
end of the peg and work away awhile to
try to push the string that held them over
the end, and then would dart to the ground
below and sit upright looking at them. AT
last [ picked my gun up, loaded with
heavy charges of bird shot.
''It's no use trying to Ihit him." said
Farris, my companion, an old woodsman.
"He'll dodge the fash of your gun. The
most you can do is to scare him away"
''As the weasel sat upright and motion
less on one of the bottom logs of the camp
took careful sight and fired with my
right barrel at him. The smoke cleared
away but no weasel was to be seen, al
though the place where he had sat was
peppered with fine holes where the shot
had struck within space as large as the
palm of my hand. If the weasel had beer
hit he would have been found and he ha6
evidently lodged at the fash of the ex
plosion or perhaps the fall of the hammer
But the shot had the effect of frightening
him away, for we had no more visits from
him during our STAY"
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
A HORsELEss EPOCH.
Electricity Will Soon Drive the Useful
Animal OFF the Street.


Animal OFF the Street.
"The question, When will the horse
cease to be necessity for traffic and pleas
ure in American p is perhaps nearer solu-
ton than the public imagines," SAYS
Henry w. Fischer in Munseys Magazine.
''The Paris-Bordeaux race of automobile
carriages, to be run in June or the begin
ming of July, promises to foreshadow the
approach of the horseless period The
forthcoming Paris Bordeaux races-'the
competition of carriages without horses
are to demonstrate whether the end of the
century will fulfill the promise of the be-
ginning: whether the long-delayed, oft
attempted invention has been completed
by the creation and adoption of type of
automobile carriage that is at once free
from danger and the management OF
which calls but for the exercise of ordinary
skill. The Paris Petit Journal, as it did
last year, will manage the affair; the race
is to be international in the broadest sense
and unrestricted as to the employment of
motive power"
DR.. Chauncey M. Depew, who was asked
whether he thought the horse was doomed,
said: II imagine that one fine morning we
shall wake up with apparatus ready to take
US to our offices by an automobile carriage,
or perchance through the air. But in spite
of my full belief in the electric carriage of
the future, doubt whether the services of
the horse will ever be entirely dispensed
with. [ cannot conceive our active Amer
leans adapting themselves. to the pursuit
of pleasure in carriages moved by cleo
tricity or by any other kind of motor but
the horse. What has made the bicycle so
universally popular but the one fact that
1T permits of action on the part of the
rider, that it affords excitement? For sim
liar reasons the carriage horse wiE always
have friends and admirers; his style, ac-
tion and movement cannot be duplicated
or initiated. As to the ordinary, everyday
horse, he is certainly doomed. The extent
to which electricity has discredited and re-
placed him is exemplitied by the lact that
it no longer pays to breed horses that COM
mand but moderate price,
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
Lost in the Shuttle,

At midnight the other night patrolman
on Calhoun street saw an old colored man
searching his dooryard with candle in his
hand, and had the curiosity to stop and in
quire what he had lost.
''Lost quarter round yere sumwhar,
sah," was the reply.
'sLose it during the day?"
''No, sah-'bout half an hour ago.
s'Hole in your pocket, eh?'
'sNot 'zactly, sah-not 'zactly. When
cum home de ole woman was waitin' fur
me right out yere, an when she had dun
frew wipin' up de airth wild my body dat
be in de ne neI ya;d or out in the road o fay bnt
lie boun' to look for it. No. sab, dar
wasn't no hole in my pocket-not as 7
knows of. Dat quarter was Jess somehow
lost in the shuttle, to say nothin Of how
got frowed kown an walked on till I
couldn't holler. Detroit Free Press.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
THEOSOPHY Is A HUMBUG.
Or. Eliot Cones, the Scientist, Gives th G
Result of His Investigation.

Or. Eliot Cones, the Scientist, Gives th g
Result of His Investigation.
DR.. Eliot Cones, the distinguished scien-
tist who was for several years member of
the American Theosophical Society and at
one time its president, in an interview on
the Besant-Judge controversy denounced
the Theosophical Society as vile, wicked
humbug, says the Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin. "There is nothing but fraud
on the one hand and folly on the other
in the Theosophical Society,"" he said at
Washington recently, "and there is not
even preIense OF anything else among
those who conduct the affair. All these So
called Mahatma letters are fakes, pure and
simple, and the propulsion of the astral
body is a gigantic joke"
Regarding his investigations of theoso-
ply he said:
81 was merely investigating for myself
as scientist, as any scientist is bound to
do in matter of vital interest, both in its
psychological and its ethical aspects. 1t is
not particularly to my credit, as 1 have
stated more than once, that l found the
Theosophical Society cesspool of filth and
fraud, owned and operated by few knaves
at the expense of not many dupes. Aver
age intelligence would discover that with
out difficulty. Nine. Blavatsky was won
derful woman, world wise and world worn
vastly shrewd and abominably wicked. She
started this theosophical idea in the spirit
of joke, and, finding it easy to delude the
credulous, continued it as business.
81 have in my possession her original
letters containing her instructions to her
confederates and servants as to the man
ner in which her disciples were to be
called shrine. This shrine was a cup
board having a false back, which opened
into her dressing-room. The faithful
would place their petitions to the Mahat-
ma Koot Homi in this closet. Blavatsky
would get them and write answers in blue
and red pencil and put them back. Then
the petitioners would get them and be over
whelmed with spiritual fervor. She had
rag baby which would be stuck on pole
and raised to the window of Shrine and
when the believers would see this at the
aperture they would cry out, MY, there's
Mahatma' ~
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
BERKELEY.

Intense excitement prevailed in Berke-
ley yesterday afternoon upon receipt Of
the news that the University of California
crack athletic team had made tie with
the University of Pennsylvania men.
Though but few students are left in
Berkely on account of the summer vaca-
ton, what they lacked in numbers they
made up in enthusiasm, and for an hour a
continuous round of college yells went
forth.
No one in the university had any idea
that the boys would make such remark
able showing against what they conside-
cred their most formidable enemies on the
entire trip.
Captain Koch, before he left, expressed
little hopes of even gaining recognition in
a contest with the o. P. boys and said he
hoped the q. G. boys would be able to pre-
vent complete walkover
The Berkeley people regard the work
gone yesterday as a practical victory for
california, since two points out of the
seven gained by Pennsylvania went to her
by default.
Colonel Edwards, who did SO much
toward raising the $1,000 loan from the
students, feels especially gratifed over the
success OF the team and hopes that the
financial results of the trip will be in pro-
POI IioH w the credit which the bows have
already brought upon themselves and the
university.
Two Offices in One.
Much comment has been occasioned in
the political circles of Berkeley, recently.
over the matter of combining the duties
now performed by the Town Engineer and
the Superintendent of Streets into one
Office, that of engineer.
The duties of the two offices are closely
allied. 1t has been finally decided, how
ever. that, according to the new charter,
which goes into effect On next Wednesday.
the two offices are separate and distinct
and shall be held by two different parties.
Special Service.
A special praise service will be held this
evening at the First Presbyterian Church.
under the direction of the Kings Daugh.
ters of that church. Addresses will be de-
hvered by Mrs. J. G. Smith of Trinity
Presbyterian Church, San Francisco; Mrs.
Clark, the State secretary, and Mrs. de
Fremery of Oakland.
Professor Whiting Goes East.
Professor Harold Whiting, who held an
associate professorship in the physics de-
partment of the University of California
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
/" DIXIE" THE sPOILS OF WAR.
Lincoln Said the Song Became the
Property of the North.

Lincoln Said the Song Became the
Property of the North.
In writing of the receipt of news of
Lees surrender, Noah Brooks says in the
Century:
AS the afternoon wore on an impromptu
procession came from the navy-yard, drag
ging six boat howitzers, which were fred
through the streets as they rolled on. This
crowd, re-enforced by the hurrahing
legions along the route, speedily swelled
to enormous proportions and filled the
whole area in front of the White House,
where guns were fired and bands played
while the multitude waited for a speech.
The young hope of the house of Lincoln
"Tad"-made his appearance at the we'll
always spoke, and was received with great
shouts of applause, whereupon he waved a
captured rebel flag, to the uproarious de-
light of the sovereign people below.
When Lincoln came to the window
shortly after, the scene before him was one
of the widest confusion. 1t seemed i'm
possible for men adequately TO express
their feelings. They fairly yelled with de-
light, threw up their hats again and again,
or threw up one another's hats and
screamed like mad. From the windows of
the White House the surface of that crowd
looked ike an aglIdteQ sea or natS, faces
and arms. Quiet being restored, the Presi-
dent congratulated the people on the occa-
sion which called out such unrestrained
enthusiasm, and said that as arrangements
were being made for more formal cele-
bration he would defer his remarks until
that occasion, "for," said he, II shall have
nothing to say then if it is all dribbled out
of me now"
He said that as the good old tune of
"Dixie" had been captured on April he
had submitted the question of its owner
decided that the tune was now our lawful
property, and he asked that the band
should play it, which was done with will,
Yankee Doodle" following. Then the
President proposed three cheers for Gen.
eral Grant and the officers and men under
him, then three cheers for the navy, all of
which were given heartily, the President
leading off, waving his hand, and the
laughing, Joyous crowd dispersed.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
ASSAULTED HIS coUNrKYmAN.
j.. G. Victorine Beats A. G. Azerads
= With Shovel.


" Constable c. f. Weldon of Brooklyn
Township has warrant telling the story
of an assault which nearly caused the
death Of A. c. Azerado, who is employed
at dairy on the Redwood road.
j. C. Victorine, countryman of Aver
ado, was also employed at the ranch, and
the two men grew to dislike each other to
such an extent that quarrels were fre-
quAnt Victorine finally began abusing
his feIlow-laborer. and on the latter inform
ing their employer the belligerent fellow
was discharged.
When Victorine learned the cause of his
dismissal he decided on revenge and one
day, while Azerado was milking, he
sneaked behind him with broken shovel
and beat him into insensibility.
By the time the injured man was suffi-
ciently recovered to tell who his assailant
was, Victorine had decamped and gone to
Humboldt County. When he was finally
located AZerado swore out warrant for
his arrest on a charge of assault to murder.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
A Robin Caught in Chancery.

Do birds remem Der injuries? One severe
winter the deep snow had been thrown off
the steps of the window and formed heap
in which there were many cavities. 1t was
my custom to feed the birds every day
after meals with whatever scraps / could
apple, etc. One day it occurred to me to
place the food in the cavities OF the snow,
Just to see how the birds would act.
Among those which came daily to be fed
was robin redbreast one of the most self
confident and quarrelsome of the English
warblers. He had taken upon himself to
be the boss of the place, and drove every
bird away from the tit-bits;: In one of the
cavities l had placed a fine piece of fat,
and the robin poked his head in; then
went right in to enjoy the delicacy.
In the twinkling of an eye two little
bluetits-small, pugnacious birds-were at
the entrance pegglng at him behind.
Finding that he could not back out, the
robin turned round to face the foe, but
they kept up such a perfect fusillade of
pecks that he gave in and drew back as
away he came out looking crestfallen, and
whenever his enemies appeared on the
steps kept his distance. The bully had
mastered lesson for once.
Now, simple as such an incident is it is
Indicative of what we cannot we'll help
calling reasoning power" The bluetit is
much smaller bird than the redbreast,
has less powerful beak and is not much
accustomed to be on the ground, for his
habit is to hunt for insects among buds.
He would have no chance in the open, but
he recognizes at once 1.-The hoie' the red
breast had put himself in, and in conjunc-
tion with an ally he takes advantage of it.
To go no higher in the intellectual world,
no schoolboy could have acted more craft
ily.-Philadelphia Press.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
AN ELKS' BENEFIT.
A Society Circus to Be Held on Satu1
day, June s.

: A Society Circus to Be Held on Satur-
day, June s.
A society circus for the benefit of Oak
. land Lodge No. III, of the Order of Elks,
will be held on Saturday, June s. The
plan is to hold the entertainment in a
large tent in some location near the central
portion of the citv.
= "A number of people prominent in social
circles have volunteered their services, and
star amateur acrobatic performers from the
:: Acmeand Reliance clubs have agreed to
take part.
;. The committee OF arrangements consists
= of H. n. Sloper, c. II. Hawbaker, a. It.
McDonough, +. 2. McFreely and T. +.
Scanlon.
: The proceeds will be devoted to the
building of the magnificent monument
which the Elks have projected for their lot
= In Mountain View Cemetery.
A. =: AGuardian for Mrs. Potter.
a Mrs. Agnes J. Potter's spiritual eccen-
:trieities have developed to such an extent
: that an amended complaint has been filed
In the Probate Court asking that letters of
:: guardianship be issued to L. E. Kelly. a
: friend OF the family. Mrs. Potter is the
wife of an East Oakland capitalist, and has
figured once before in the public prints as
. THE lady who went off on shopping tour
and purchased 1900 cups and seventeen
:: shawls.
:. In the new petition it is alleged that
Mrs. Potter is in feeble physical and
:. mental condition, which renders her in
competent to transact any business or to
. properly care for and manage her estate.
:. The petition further sets forth that Mrs.
:: Potter has life interest in house and lot
valued at $4,000 and personal property
worth $1,000; that she is now in the care
: and custody of her husband, s. L. Potter.
- The Potters live in q handsome house
:: purchased from Judge +. w. Henshaw on
:: Fourth avenue, and are quite wealthy.
Mrs. Potter is deyout spiritualist, and
; has, of late, placed great faith in several
mediums who appear to have great deal
> of influence over her.
= Her latest eccentricity is to establish
.saaftarium, and for this purpose she dis
posed of some personal effects and leased
the. Walkerley- Burbank mansion, which is
near her residence, where she proposed to
establish mediumistic friend as healer-in.
; chief.
An Attorney Arrested.
!: William Brassey, San Francisco at
y torney, was arrested by Officer Hynes last
under false pretenses. Mrs. +. E. Shirley.
proprietress of the Brunswick House at
953 Washington street. is the complaining
witness. and placed the charge against
Brassey because of a worthless check
which the attorney palmed off on her. He
lived at the Brunswick and was in arrears
for five weeks rent, amounting to S2s.
q. When settlement was demanded of him
after putting Mrs. Shirley off for some
time he finally gave her check on San
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
Net gain for twenty years. !.

James Mccormack: I'VE shall contest
the matter in the courts. A meeting will
be called for Monday evening to formulate
a plan of action. The Improvements
this condition. The language of the lease
does not matter. The advertisement is
binding. I will fight the proposition as
long as l live before giving up my improve
ments to the City"
II. M. Block: 81 am greatly surprised at
Mr.. Creswell's communication to the
Board of Education. OF course it means a
fight. / have not made per cent on my
investment, and now to be asked to give
up my improvements is little too much. !"
R. f. Osborn: "The Board of Education
will have big fight on its hands if it acts
upon the advice of the City and County
Attorney, which it undoubtedly will. 1t
was a poor investment for all of us. OF
course the matter will be settled in the
Supreme Court"
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
AND THE CAT GAME BACK.
Declined to Be Sold to Gain Pocket
Money for Two Lads.

Declined to Be Sold to Gain Pocket
Money for Two Lads.
"When was a small boy" said New
Yorker the other day, "my younger
brother and I heard that the medical col
lege superintendent bought dogs, rabbits
and pigeons for dissection. We had fine
old tortoise-shell cat and made up our
minds to bag him and get some pocket
money. think that cat knew we were up
to some mischief for he scooted into the
cellar almost the moment we went to look
after him. We got the clothespin-bag,
dumped the pins out in the yard and
sneaked into the cellar after our game.
Thomas had taken refuge under the front
of the ouse in part of the cellar not fin
lsned off at that time. We could only tell
he was there by the fact that his eyes
cleaned like fireballs. crawled into the
place and drove him out. My brother
bagged him promptly. We pinned the
openings firmly and twisted enough of the
corners to make handles. We each took
How that old cat did claw!
"Finally we reached the college and went
up to the second floor to the superinten-
dents office with palpitating hearts. 1t is
doubtful If the cat was more frightened
than we were at the time. Once in the
room with the superintendent we dropped
the bag and told him it contained cat we
wanted to sell. All right, boys said he,
If the cat is any good I'll give you 8 quar-
ter for him.. We removed the pin from
the bag and the cat crawled out, frothing
at the mouth, and ran under stove in the
middle of the room. Then discovered
window open in the other side and had just
called the mans attention to it when that
cat jumped TO the sill and disappeared. 1
ran to the window and saw him making
tracks across the yard. l watched him
ter with him. The man tried to console
us by showing US what he called his college
menagerie. Just one week later that cat
came back to the house, fully two miles
from the college, to which we had carried
him blindfolded. New York Recorder.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19

for a number of years and who resigned
recently, left with his family for the East
on Friday evening. He has gone TO his
old home in Massachusetts, where he will
devote his entire time to the writing of
works on physics.
Woman's Relief Corps.
The Woman's Relief Corps gave what
was called pink-domino party at Unity
Hall Friday night The walls of the build
ing were decorated with flowers, vines and
number of large American flags.
The ladies wore pink dominoes, while
the gentlemen appeared in evening dress.
The executive board and their assistants,
who had the arrangements for the evening
J: 7. Morrison, Mrs. Hutton, Mrs. Amy
Hamlin, Mrs Henry Allen, Mrs. Stewart,
Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Mary Martin and Mrs.
Wilder.
Narrow Escape.
Late Friday night butcher named
Shaw was driving down Shattuck avenue
at rapid rate when his vehicle struck the
carriage In which Mrs. Fred Marquard
and Miss Shaw were driving. The car
rlage was overturned, throwing the ladies
violently on the ground, but they escaped
with few scratches.
Examinations Ended.
The entrance examinations which have
been going on in Berkeley for the past
three days were completed yesterday. One
hundred and seventy-five students took the
examinations at Berkeley, only about one
eighth of whom were girls.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19

1856 25per month. ... e 1875
$306 25 per month. 1s,375
Total amount of investment . 79.46O
Rent received from 1858 Market street, first
five years at sls4 per month. ....... n,04O
ond five years at $2S4 per per month. .s... 14,040
third Eve years at 1884 per month. 17,04O
fourth Eve years @ at sss9 per month - 49,. 2o,o4o
first Ave years at $50 PEI month .... $500 5000
second five years M at SIS per month ..... 4,5oo
Rent received from S631a Market street,
third five years at 500 per month. 5000
fourth Ave years at $3.50 per month... 5000
Total amount received d.................$ 1884, $50
SUMMARY.
Amount received. 1850
Amount expended d.......................... 79,460
Net gain for twenty wears 5000
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19

Nine. Mdrchdnd: have seen your Antoinette
Preparations and have tested them and found them
to be excellent for the purpose for which they are
used. C. Z. JONES, Chemist.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19

This is to certify that know Professor WenzeII
and know him to be correct in every detail.
w. n. LOGAN, Pho, MD.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
Shoes
:?
Choose
!!


The ordinary way-buying
at retail stores at retail
prices or the special way
(open only to residents Of
city and suburbs )-going
DIRECT to the factory and
saving the Retail Profit.
Open till 8 p. n. Saturday Nights till 10.
ROSENTHAL, FEDER & CO.,
5S1-5S3 Market St.,
NEAR SECOND.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
Any one in San
Francisco using this
Restorer for Gray
Hair or Dandruif will
receive their money
>in full if they are
not Satisfied with
results.

This Is to certify that am well acquainted with
W. Il. Wenzell, and that consider him one of the
ablest chemists in San Francisco and gentleman
of the strictest integrity.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19

indorse DR.. Clinton's opinion OF Professor Wer
zell. WILLIAM SEARBY, Chemist.