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NEIL LINDSAY
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and Birdsall of the Police Department,
and hundreds of other prominent citizens.
The weather was most suspicious and,
owing to the able management of the
games committee, the various events On
the long programme were kept going with
out hitch, and were concluded within q
reasonable time.
1t is safe to say that this twenty-ninth
annual gathering of the society will be re-
membered as one of the most successful
and enjoyable in the history of the society.
Chief Mcneil and his able ieutenants, ex-
Chiefs Mcleod, Macdonald and Chisholm,
have every reason to feel proud and graft
fed at the result.
The games were started sharp at a. NJ.
and the last event was finished about 6
P. NJ. The running races, jumping, throw
ing the hammer and similar athletic events
were keenly contested and aroused the
greatest excitement among the spectators.
Although no records were broken, some of
the competitors made remarkably good
showing.
The dancing in highland costume, es-
pecially of the girls and boys, was, as usual,
great attraction. One little tot, Lorena
Mcintyre, danced the sword dance so
well and so untiringly, that when she
stepped off the platform she was greeted
with loud applause.
The great event of the day was the tug
"al ehc AloG pIlLc DclLS d SudTe VI Iut
San Francisco and San Joaquin Railroad
stock. Only two teams entered, the Ameri-
can team and the CALIFORNIAN team The
former was composed of Peter Buckley
lcaptainl, M. Sullivan, Fred Schade, George
Brickwedel, John d. Barry, f. Schroeder,
John jackson ana Thomas Nolan (an-
CHOIR. The Caledonians were: T. Car
roll, James McLennan, d. r. Campbell.
ID. Atkinson, ]. Mcdonald, L. Chisholm,
K. Campbell and A. Mckay (anchor)
Each team had about an equal number
OF supporters: 1t was the best of three
tugs. The Americans in the first tug had
the advantage in the lay of the ground and
also In having the sun at their backs, and
they also appeared to have the advantage
in weight. When the pistol was fred each
team pulled their best, neither trying to
save their wind. The mark kept moving
backward and forward amid the greatest
excitement, till finally the Americans.
slowly but surely, drew it toward them till
the limit was reached and they were the
winners. The time was ~ minutes.
No time was lost in starting the second
tug, the positions of the teams being re-
versed. The Caledonians at the start
pulled to win, and in 80 seconds they had
succeeded, amid scene of the widest ex-
element.
The captains tossed for position for the
final tug and the Americans won the
choice. Buckley selected the end he had
at the first tug and gloom fell upon the
friends of the Caledonians. 1t was not
without cause, as the Americans won in As
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seconds. thus gaining two out OF the three
tugs. They were warmly congratulated by
their friends.
The club pipers, Neil Lindsay, Ed Ross.
Donald Weir, Adam Ross and Miss Elaine
Tailor, played the grand old soul-stirring
lowers of Alister McAlister, who is remem-
bered in song as follows:
o Alister McAlister,
Your chanter sets us a. astir,
Then tae yer bags and blaw WI birr.
Wen dance the Hielan fling, o.
There was dancing in the two pavilions,
and they were so crowded with couples
that it was almost impossible to move
around The music was supplied by
Gregg's band. Dancing was kept up with
out a break from IL A. NJ. to P. M. The
floor managers were J. A. Mcdonald and
W. W. McKiunon.
Chief Angus Mcleod and George W.
Elder were particularly attentive to the
guests of the society, who were literally
supplied with refreshments through their
unremitting attention and thoughtfulness.
The games committee, to whom the great
success of the gathering was due, was COM
posed of D. R. Mcneil, A. Lauriston,
George Davidson, ]. III. Duncan, William
Mitchell, D. A. Macdonald, w. c. Burnett,
John McLaren, John Reid, John Donald
son, Angus Mcleod, G. Chisholm, Daniel
McT nee, w Hlldu II. Eaton, Jonn w. OaH-
eron, P. Mcintyre.
The judges of the game were: Daniel A.
Mcdonald, William Henderson, George
w. Elder. James T. Mcdonald, James A.
Mckay, Jerome Mccormick, Al McKin-
non, Andrew Wilkie Jr., James Aitken,
William D. McKinnon, John D. Melon
aid, Walter Reed, John +. Mcdonald,
Robert w. J. Tailor, John A. Mcleod,
George Mcdonald, D. G. G. Mckay, David
Finnie, S. D. Campbell, Neil Mclean, w.
w. McKinnon.
Following is the list of the different
events and the results:
Heavy quoits, open to all comers-First prize
So, second prize 81, third prize So. Alex
Sharp, Robert Jardine, Thomas Nealon.
Race for members sons, under II years
First prize So, second prize So, third prize ST.
Robert Duncan, Robert Ross.
Handicap race for members sons, u to is
years--First prize $4, second prize So, third
prize So. W. Davidson, A. Ross.
Vaulting with pole, for members sons, under
1S years-First prize $5, second prize So, third
prize So. w. Davidson, Adam Ross
Throwing heavy hammer, for members and
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THE BUILDERS EXCHANGE.
16 POST STREET..
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, May 80, 1895


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My DEAR SIR want to thank and the association for
set unmtakable
of the good and faithful o the peope.
taking the
thousands families call halt
Take
furnish all the
for the Ferry depot building pounda
California
family
What Justice there bidding the
The labor that building
expended the taking out of the
a
Friend Shoridge
stood by industry,
G. E. MOORE
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First prize $5, second prize So. third prize So
I. Carroll, J. sexsmith, j. Murphy.
Hitch and kick, entrance fee SO cents-First
sexsmith, W. Cur ley, T. Carroll.
Tossing the caber, entrance fee so cents
First prize SO, SECOND prize S., third prize So.
D. r. Campbell, t. Carroll D. Reid.
Putting heavy stone, entrance fee so cents
First prize 81, second prize $5, third prize So.
D. R. Campbell, T. Carroll, A. Coutts.
First prize 81, second prize $5 third prize 49,
D. r. Campbell, T. Carroll, A. Coutts.
Throwing heavy hammer, entrance fee SO
prize So. D. R. Campbell, T. Carroll, A. Coutts.
Inrowing light hammer, entrance, Zee 90
cents So prize SECOND prize So third
Amateur race (under the same conditions as
No. 22)-First prize Jacoby gold medal, second
prize gold and silver a medal; five times around,
Siebe medal (for members onlyl five times
around the track, to be won twice in success
egold medal, presented by John D. siebe,
and S., second prize SIS, third prize SD. P. Nc
Intire, W. Gillis, R. Taller.
Tug-of-war eight men on a side) between the
Caledonian Club team and other teams, turf
pull, no artificial means, spikes or nails-First
prize share of San Francisco and San Joaquin
Valley Railroad stock, second prize $25.
American team, Caledonian team.
Bagpipe playing (1narch, "Strathspey Reel''),
each class Of music to be played through twice
only-First prize $40, second prize So. third
Wen.
Sword dance dads and lassies in costumel-
First prize 81, second prize So, third prize So /;
prize to each remaining competitor. May Nc
Mcdonald, Conaine Tailor, Jennie Mcintyre.
Highland fling dads and lassies in costume,
IL years and over)-First prize 81, second prize
So, third prize So. May Mcdonald, Conaine
Tailor. Lerena Mcintyre.
Highland fling children IL years and IN
der). Prize to each. Eighteen children.
Race for members of CALIFORNIAN Club of San
Francisco five times around track)-First
prize Wall championship medal, value $500,
and 81; to be won three times in succession by
the same competitor This is the second ele-
CANT medal presented by General ]. G. Wall)
second prize 81, third prize So. ]. Sexsmith,
D. R. Campbell, W. ellis.
yaulting with pole entrance fee so cents)-
First prize So second prize 81, third prize So
| J. Sexsmith, w. Morgan, G. Carl.
Long race for men 90 times around the
track entrance fee so cents-First prize $40,
second prize ST, third prize So. Robert Muir
ray, T. Wilson, Ray Locke
| Reel o. Tulloch dads and 1assies in Highland
costume)-Prize to each. Children.
Sword dance (men in costume)-First prize
So, second price 81, third prize 81. Ed Ross,
R. Innis, ]. c. Fraser.
Reel O. Tolloch (men in costumel-First prize
So, second prize 81, third prize 81. Ed Ross,
b. Mel Mckenzie, J. C. Fraser.
Highland fling tmen in costume)-F1rst prize
So, second prize 81, third prize So. Ed Ross,
b. Mel Mckenzie, r. Innis.
Sack race, entrance fee 80 cents-First prize
SIS, second prize So, third prize So. w. Clark,
G. BuShby w. GllllS
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of sister societies, whose record is not owe,
sseventy-seyen feet-First prize $5, second prize
$3, third prize So. James Sexsmith, A. Nor
rlson, J. A. Cameron.
Throwing light hammer, for members and oil
sister societies, whose record is not over ninety
feet-First prize So, second prize So, third prize
dale.
Putting heavy stone, for members and OF
sister societies, whose record is not over %
feet-First prize So, second prize 49, third
prize. 81. ]. A. Cameron, II. Mcdonald, G.
M. Tivendale.
Putting light stone, for members and of sis.
ter societies whose record is not over SO feet
First prize $5. second prize So, third prize So
J. A. Cameron, A. Morrison, J. sexsmith.
Open to all comers-Best dressed men lin
Highland costume)-First prize So, second
prize S3, third prize So. Ed Ross, J. Fraser.
D. Reid.
Best dressed boys lin full Highland costume)
First prize 81, second prize So, third prize So.
Alex McCaw, Walter Gould, Dan Smith.
Best dressed men lin full Highland costume)
First prize So, second prize So, third prize $4
J. S. Macintosh, D. Mel. Mckenzie, Donald
Weir.
Grand Highland reel (men in Highland cos.
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and the Speedwell went for the buoy with
all sails set and in the best position of the
race. The new boat now had everything
her own way, but she missed the buoy and
had to come about. Here was the Har-
poon's chance, and if she had not been
dragging her staysail she might have come
up and rounded the buoy and steered her
self right in for first place, but she allowed
the Speedwell to come about again and
round the buoy and steer for home.
As soon as the Speedwell came around
the shoal buoy she set her spinnaker and
spread the sail without mishap and went
for home with everything drawing. She
simply walked across the starting line.
The Truant, which started late enough
to dlsqualify her for the race, deserves con-
siderable credit for the way in which she
was handled. The Freda, had she stayed in
the race, would have beaten her on time
allowance, but the poor Freda had Jonah
Parker on board and it was impossible for
her to run race. Had the Truant and the
Freda started together on time, the Freda
would never have been heard from, for
Pew sailed the Truant excellently.
Taken all in all the regatta was one of
the most successful ever sailed on the bay.
While there might have been an absence
of fancy sailing there was the cleverest ex-
hlbltlon of good sailor work which has
ever been witnessed on the bay. The
course was one which called for good sea-
manship, demanding skillful windward
work.
The result of the race was as follows: .s-
First class, the Speedwell won.
Second class, the Truant
Third class, the Cupid.
Fourth class, the Witch.
AS far as could be learned there was not
a single protest against the decision of the
judges, who were as follows: On the 81
and 30 foot classes, judge, w. A. Stringer;
timers, W. A. Barlage, II. L. Jones. On
the 20 and 25 foot class, G. w. Platt Judge,
W. T. Stone timer.
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THE REGATTA POSTPONED,
A Windy Sky and Sloppy Bay Spoil
the Rowing Matches at Ell
Campo.

The grand rowing regatta which was to
come off yesterday at Ell Campo, under the
auspices of the South End Rowing Club,
has been postponed, and the races will take
place at Long Bridge next Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock.
The strong wind and sloppy bay yes
terday knocked all the chances of making
aquatic records out of the boats, and dis
cussions arose higher than the gale and
sea between the crews. The South Enders
were willing to risk a wetting and prove
themselves rough-water boatmen, but the
Dolphins insisted that the regatta should
be postponed. There was much disap-
pointment and not little loud grumbling
at the unsatisfactory condition of wind
and water.
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IT WAS HOWARD'S RACE,
The Speedy Craft SpeedWell
Wins the Corinthian
Regatta.
RUNNING BEFORE THE WIND
New Yachts Showed the OId-Timers
Great Pace-The Truant's
Splendid Time.

The annual regatta of the Corinthian
Yacht Club was held yesterday. Much in
terest was attached to the race for the two
reasons that it was sailed over the channel
course between Angel Island, the Presidio
and Taylor-street wharf, and that num-
Der of new yachts which had not been
tried before were. entered to show what they
could do.
The interest of the race was centered in
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NOTHING spurious is found in the Almighty
Dollar Cigar.
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PICN1cs AND EXCURSIONS.
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The population of Amsterdam, excluding
the suburbs, is 437,9O0, including $4,000
Roman Catholics, 10000 Germans and $500
Portuguese Jews. Itcontains $4,000 houses,
and almost all of them are built upon piles
fourteen to twenty feet long.
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Popular Prices-S2, ST. so, 81, SOC.
Seats on sale at box-ofice of California Theater.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-15

dissipate its strength in contests with
them. 1t has no doubt strong neigh
Dor on the north, but friendly one,
linked by many ties of interests as well
as kindred, and not likely ever to be-
come threatening. 1t had on the south
neighbors who might have been dan
gerous, but fortune favored it by MAX
ing one of them hopelessly weak, and
obliging the other, strong as she was,
to quit possession at "A critical moment.
Thus it is left to itself as no great state
has ever yet been in the world; thus its
citizens enjoy an opportunity, never
before granted to a nation, of making
their country what they will to have 1t.
These are unequaled advantages.
They contain the elements of immense
material prosperity. They disclose an
unrivaled field for the development of
an industrial civilization. Neverthe-
unpredictable is the action of what we
call moral causes-that is to say, of
emotional and intellectual influences
as contrasted with those rooted in
physical and economic facts-will not
venture to base upon the most careful
survey of the physical conditions of
America and holder prophecy than this
that not only will the state be pow
erful and the wealth of its citizens
prodigious, but that the nation will
probably remain one in its govern
ment, and still more probably in
speech, In character and in IDEAS
Bryce's Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-15
ONE COUPON AND 10 CENTS.

1t was the cultivation of these pleas
ant little individuals which, more than
a score of years ago, put no less than
forty per cent. per annum upon invest
ments into the pockets of the cultiva-
tors. Such prosperity was too good to
last.
The insect was not introduced into
Teneriffe until 1928, and for time it
could not be encouraged to propagate
successfully. A priest had the honor
of being the discoverer of the right
method of nature, and to him it is due
that from 1916 to 1866 an annual crop
of from two to six million pounds of
cochineal was produced.
A cochineal plantation has singu-
lar aspect. The larv@, being very deli
cate and rather thicls-witted, have to
be tied upon the cactus plant, which is
to be their nursery and their nourish-
ment at the same time. Thus one sees
hundreds of the shoots of the prickly
pear-the cactus in question-all band
aged with white linen, as if they had
the toothache.
In this way the insects are kept warm
and dry during the winter, and induced
to adhere to the plant itself. When
they are full grown they are ruthless.
ly swept from their pricky quarters
shaken or baked to death and dried in
the sun. The shriveled corpses are
then packed in bags and sold as ripe
merchandise at about twenty-five dol
lars hundred weight. Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-15
AMERICAS ADVANTAGES.
A Well Known Author Says They Are Tn
equaled.

A Well Known Author Says They Are Un.
equaled.
Nature has furnished the United
States with resources for production
that is, with potential wealth, ampler
and more varied than can be found in
any other country-an immense area
of fertile soil, sunshine and moisture
fit for all the growths of the temperate
and even few of the torrid zone,
store of minerals so large as to seem
inexhaustible.
She has given it climate in which
the foremost races of mankind can
thrive and tsave in few districts) la
Dor an air in most regions not only
salubrious but more stimulating than
that of their ancient European seats.
She has made communication easy
by huge natural water courses, and by
the general openness and smoothness
of SO much of the continent as lies east
of the Rocky mountains
In laying out vast central and al
most unbroken plain, she has destined
the largest and richest region of the
country to be the home of one nation,
and one only. That the lands which
lie east of this region, between the Al
leghanies and the Atlantic, and those
which lie west of it, between the Rocky
mountains and the Pacific, are also &C.
cupied by that nation is due to the fact
that before the colonization of the cen
trail region had gone far means of COM
munication were invented which made
the Alleghanies cease to be a barrier,
and that before the Pacific coast had
been thickly settled the rest of the
country was already so great in popu-
lation, wealth and power that its at
traction was as irresistible as the moon
finds the attraction of the earth to be.
Severing its home by wide ocean
from the old world of Europe on the
east, and a still wider one from the
half old, half new world of Asia and
Australasia on the west, she has made
the nation sovereign of its own for
tunes. 1t need fear no attacks nor
even any pressure from the military
and naval powers of the eastern hemis-
phere, and 1t has little temptation to
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-15
HOUSEHOLD BREvlTIES.

Diced Turnips. Pare, slice, cut in
dice on inch square. boil in as little
sailed water as possible, and add one
tablespoon of sugar to quart of
turnip. When boiled dry, add few
spoonfuls of sweet cream and beaten
egg Orange Judd Farmer.
"A home massage is suggested that
is managed by beating the body with
strong elastic blows from head TO foot
with rubber ball of medium hard
ness that is attached to piece OF rope
of sufficient length to allow the ball to
rebound.
-Caraway Cookies. One cubful of
butter, two cupfuls of sugar, one-half
cupful of milk, one egg, one teaspoon
full of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cara
way seeds. Cream the butter and SUI
gar, add the milk, the beaten egg, the
soda thoroughly dissolved in water)
and the seeds, then stir in -four enough
to roll out Good Housekeeping.
Sauce Holandaise. Cream four Ia
blespoonful of butter; add the yolks of
two eggs. one at time, beat until well
mixed; then add the juice OF one-half
of lemon, one-half of teaspoonful
of salt and one-fourth teaspoonful of
white pepper; mix we'll. When ready
to serve put over hot water, stirring
all the time, and cook until it thickens.
Serve at once. Ohio Farmer
. Pancakes. Take half pint of
milk and mix with it as much flour as
will be required to make thin batter.
Then add two well. beaten eggs and
beat for five minutes; stand the batter
aside for an hour before using. Melt
piece of butter the size of cob nut
In frying-pan, and as soon as 1t is
melted pour In spoonful of batter. As
soon as it is set turn and fry on the
other side, then roll and place on hot
dish until the other pancakes are fn-
lshed. Leeds Mercury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-15

eyes when talking more than
sisters across the channel do, who
have a reputed repose of face.
s'This same trouble ! should also
claim for our women. They are viva.
cious in speech, and, therefore, more
energetic in the use of their features.
Watch an Englishwoman and Amer
lean woman talking The former will
fix her eyes placidly upon the others
face and talk in even monotones. The
latter will raise her eyebrows dozen
or so times, draw them closely togeth-
err, drop her lids or flare them wide
open. And it does not hold that she is
an especially nervous woman. 1t IS
simply second nature to those of her
nationality.
ssThese reasons, I should think" he
concluded, would more likely prove
the occasion of the difference"
American women realize that they
are injuring the fineness of their vision,
but are doubtful as to the cause. 1T Is
a rare thing to see woman on the
crowded thoroughfares who possesses
i UuaJ dltTdCblNC PluCiuiVJ "oOeS r
per part of the face which is so insep'
arabic from ones idea of the We're de
We're cast.
Regarding the remedies, the first to
adopt is the cultivation OF repose IN
talking. No other art is so successful
a foe to wrinkles in any portion OF the
face The next step is to wear plain
wells. and when reading or writing
hurriedly never consider it too trouble
to lift the black film away from the
ewes. Then avoid sudden transitions
from one degree of light to another
This carefulness with continual mas
sage delivered by two fingers on the
lids and brows will abolish or prevent
wrinkles, and give an expression that
would be as reposeful as the much
abused gaze of Jersey cow.-Detroi'
Eraa DracC
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-15
PREMATURE WRINKLES.


DIV They Are Created and How to Prevent
Them.
american skins wrinkle early in life,
nd show an early tendency to shrink
nto innumerable fine lines and fur
pws In view of this predisposition,
8omen are vigorously discussing the
Ruse and trying to discover some sensi-
le healthful preventive.
Wrinkles around the eyes are finer
Ehd usually less conspicuous than those
found the mouth. And they are re-
nltant from widely differing condi-
ions Melancholy, trouble, an un-
gracious disposition and the fret and
year of busy or contentious life, tend
II crease the flexible checks, but have
CAUGHT to do with the eyes. 1t is on
PMS discovery that lines are laid for
she present discussion.
American women, SO goes the argu-
penn take too little care of their OPP
pcs They rush from extreme of light
ha darkness so many times a day that
II strain would inevitably cause the
Fyes to shrink, sure chance for
Ffinkles They wear hats that rarely
nade and they read by the last culver
daylight. But the two items dwelt
n with most significance are the wear
~ OF crossbarred and dotted wells,
ho the unfortunate dwelling in dark
apartments common to city folk,
mere the eyes are strained in pursuit
r ordinary work.
None of these conditions are suf-
Rclently vital to produce serious trouble
YIN the optical nerves, yet strong
hough to aggravate the skin into in.
Vulnerable wrinkles around the corners
4 the eyelids or pillow burrows between
<he eyebrows.
what do you think of all these rea
pms? | inquired of well known
Toung oculist.
II the English women have smoother
iAih about the eyes," he answered, :"
lould attribute it more to climati,
asons They do not contend will
70 lncessant glare of binding sun
gnt. The French have more facia
nes than Americans, for their skin /
Aiole' Again, they screw up thei