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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
A Mexican euiiHsht.

"At a given signal, amidst an up.
roar OF applause. In rushed o huge
black bull, decked with the ribbons
OF his ganaderio. breathing a def
ance and hate that seemed to have
been born OF tho moment. but that
filed his entire huge franc. The
tableau became D vivante then. For
moment the great beast wavcred,
then charged obliquely ut the red
mantle Of On especially decorative
chulo, and. like u fash. wheeled and
made for mounted man. In an In.
slant there was a confused mass OF
man, horse and bull writhing upon
the ground.
From tho red nantes OF the chulos
and the charge Of II second picador
the mighty monarch OF the ring
turned In q truly regal way, and from
disemboweling tho horse he chased u
chulo SO hard us tn compel him to
vault clear from the ring and Civ.
tauros a moments peace. In a sec.
ond more tho mantle Of a picador
caught his imperial eye, and again
horse and rider bit the dust. A too
reckless chulo here met his fate, for,
Haunting his rig before the culver.
ing beast, he slipped, fell, and before
his companions could divert the av.
alanche Of flesh he was crushed like
a strawberry upon the sand. and the
bull was away again to meet his own
doom. With the sinuous grace OF a
panther, Pacheco, the expada, Ind
sprung toward him, grasped his tail
and given 1t twist OF such exquisite
torture that the bull, with lowered
front, made for him, only to receive
the sword which the great espada
had, until then, concealed In o mu.
leta OF blue silk. Straight In the
quivering flesh above the spine II
sunk until the spring OF life wal
touched, and without a sound the
splendid animal fell dead"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
A Remarkable Social Function.

A somewhat remarkable social
function took place few nights ago
at Washington, IL being the celebru-
ton Of the silver wedding Of Uncle
Jerry" the colored messenger, who
has been ut the Executive mansion
for years. Every one from the time
OF President Grant who has had any.
thing to do with the White House
knows Uncle jerry" and he Is in.
deed one Of the characters OF Wash.
ington. Administrations have come
and gone, but Uncle Jerry has re.
NAMED q faithful attendant on the
President. He is one of the most
astute diplomats imaginable, and
could easily give points to the State
Department officials. 1t Is on nc.
count OF this very qualification that
he has been able to retain his place.
Very few persons could boast OF 30
distinguished list OF invited que SITS
as the happy couple. Representa-.
tives Of families who have occupied
the White House in years gone by
sent presents and kind greetings, and
distinguished persons connected will,
this and other administrations sent
their congratulations Us we'll as
presents.
Beside the President and Mrs.
Cleveland, Mrs. U. ). Grant, Mrs.
Sartoris, Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson,
Mrs. Stanley Brown. who was Mollie
Garfield, were among those who did
not forget Uncle Jerry, and there
were members OF the Hayes and
Lincoln family, although out OF
town, who remembered the occasion.
Altogether Uncle Jerry and his wife
were kept as busy rs they could be
until late hour ans wering con.
CALCULATIONS and the good wishes OF
their distinguished friends.
Among those present were Post.
master General and Mrs. Bissell, Sec.
rotary and Mrs. Lamont and Private
Secretary aud Mrs. Thurber. Uncle
Jerry and his wife received o largo
number OF presents, nearly every EN-.
ploye OF the White House sending
some little silver token.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
It's Al Fudge 1t vassar.

1t Is said the Vassar girls at college
have "fudges" nearly every night.
Judges are Vassar chocolates, and
they are simply the most delicious
edibles ever manufactured by O set
OF sweetheart loving girls. Their
origin Is wrapped In mystery. Their
receipt Is handed down from year to
year by old students to new, and
they belong peculiarly to Vassar.
To make them take two cups Of
sugar, one cup of milk, q piece OF
butter one-half the size OF I'm egg,
and q teaspoonful OF vanilla extract.
The mixture Is cooked until it begins
to get grimy. Then it Is taken from
the fire, stirred briskly and turned
into buttered tins. Before it hard
ems it is cut into squares. You may
eat the fudge either cold or hot; it Is
good either way. 1t never tastes SO
delicious, however, as when made ut
college over a spluttering gas lamp,
In the seclusion OF your own apart.
ments. The various difficulties that
this method entail but makes the
fudge taste sweeter.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Large Beck.

In ono OF the recent numbers OF
Harper's Young People short sketch
appeared describing the smallest
book probably in existence.
As an Offset to this 1t will doubtless
interest the reader to know Of o
certain famous copy OF the Koran. or
bible OF tho Moslcms. This book 9
enormous size has given 1t a great
reputation. It's something like five
feet long by three feet wide.
The letters or characters average
three inches In height, and tho book
itself IL about foot In thickness. II
10 jealously guar led, and although o
religious book still It would DO rather
amusing to watch tho efforts OF Q
couple OF full grown men opening It.
for all the world like one would open
the flap doors OF q cellar. the binding
being, literally. in boards. The labor
OF preparing such work covered
o period OF six years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
TEE CHICAGO EAGLE
THE BACHELOR.
Treatment We Once Rsoelvsd a enc
Lave AAnds.

When proposal was made not 90
long ago to tax the bachelors Of
France, rs they we're taxed in the
days OF the First Republic the fact
was recalled that republics gener.
ally have been hard upon the cell.
bates. The wise Plato condemned
the single men to n fine, and in
Sparta they were driven at stated
times to the Temple OF Hercules by
the women. who there drilled and
castigated them in true military
style.
The ancient Romans, too, were So.
we're with their bachelors, who were
made to pay heavy fines; and, worse
than that, for after the siege OF Veil
Camillrs is recorded to have com.
PEELED them to marry the widows Of
the soldiers who had fallen in the
war.
Again. In the time OF Augustus,
the married men. oil other things
being equal, were preferred to the
single men for the public Offices.
Then the Roman who had three
children was exempted from personal
taxes, and the bachelors not only had
to pay them. but were prevented
from inhcriting the property Of any
one not n Roman citizen.
Coming to mere recent times, we
have several Instances Of o like kind
recorded for US by recent writer on
the subject. In the French settle.
ment OF Canada. for example. the
single men, that they might be
forced to marry, were subjected to
heavy taxation and to restrictions on
their trade and movements generally.
Those who married were dealt with,
on the other hand. In q generous
spirit. Not only were they provided
with good wife and q comfortable
home, but they were rewarded accord.
ing to the number Of their offspring.
The father OF ten children. for in
stance. was pensioned for life at the
rate OF 300 livres a year. II he had
twelve children he had 100 livres q
year more, and the amount ran up to
1900 livres q year when fifteen chill.
dren blessed the union.
About the close OF the seven tee NTH
century the local authorities In East.
ham. In Massachusetts,, voted that
every unmarried man In the township
should kill six Dlackbirds or three
cows yearly rs long rs he remained
single. producing the scalps In proof;
and rs n penalty for not obeying the
order he was forbidden to marry
until he had made up all arrears.
The requirements here were almost
nominal; but 1t was somewhat differ.
ent In Maryland. where hs,f a century
later tho colonial Assembly imposed
a tax OF five shillings yearly upon oil
bachelors over thirty-as we'll % up.
on widowers without chiklren-who
were possessed with 5000.
At homo we were not quite 80 &c.
we're when William III. chose to
single out the bachelors for special
enactments. In those days q com.
moner who remained single NJ
twenty-five had to pay q shilling fine
yearly. and the amount was increased
with rank or title. A duke was sup.
posed to be u special offender In not
taking a wife, and had to pay for his
within to the extent OF twelve pounds
ten shillings per anuum. It was
thus evident that the fact was recog.
nized that.the prosperity Of a country
depends upon Its married citizens. =
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
agree that the planked sbod heat.

agree that the planked shad beats
them all. A celebrated cook who
has made q study of planked shad
describes the cooking. as follows.
Take plank OF hickory COAX will
do II the other can't be had) three
inches thick. eighteen inches wide
and two feet long. Then get q fresh
caught shad, scale It. split down the
back. clean, wash and wipe dry. Sift
it carefully with salt and pepper.
Lay your plank before an open fire
until 1t Is very hot. Then spread
your shad upon 1t and nail 1t, skin
side down. to the wood with about
eight large tacks Place before the
fire and turn till we'll done. Cover
all over with butter, and serve
smoking hot on the plank"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
A Devoted Cow.

A Mr.. Wood, who lives near Hood'i
Mill, owns very peculiar milch COW
She Is Just an ordinary black COW,
but Is so much attached to Mr..
Woods children that she does not
like to be separated from them. II
the children are at home the COW
will stay in a pasture with fence
three feet high; but II the children
are taken away she will throw down
even very high fences In order to fol-
low them. At different times whom
the COW would be In the pasture Mr.
Wood has slipped the children away
from home, but when she came ur
and missed them she would get oul
and track them as dog would dc
until she found them.-Savannah
ga. News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
The Virtue In Oyster Shells.

Ground oyster shells were pre-.
scribed by empires in the olden time
for goitrous, ricketty and scrofulous
children. In communication to
the Academy OF Medicine in Paris
Drs. Muntz and Chatin say they were
right. Oyster shells We're long ago
known to contain lime, nitrogen,
iron and sulphur. Beside these
constituents they hold manganese,
magnesia, fiuor bromure. phosphoric
acid and iodlne--all excellent for
feeble children. The bromure taken
from the oyster shell Is a strong an
tiseptlc. Teeth, they say, would DO
much improved were pulverized oys.
ter shells given in food to growing
children and to nurses.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Defining Hardwood.

According to a recent legal de.
cision reported in the Timberman,
hard wood Is ANY tree that has a
leaf as distinguished from needle. "
A man contracted to deliver to q
railroad hard wood cordwood, and he
delivered poplar in part fulfillment
OF the contract. The railroad re-
jected this as not hard wood, and
sued, but the contractor won the
case on the decision OF the court as
reported above. Women will now
have o distinct and lawful standard
to gauge their hard wood furniture
descriptions.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11
Enormous Houses In New 6uinsa.

The enormous size and massive
structure OF native houses Is among
the recent surprising discoveries OF
explorers among the villages-inhab-
tied by numerous war!lke tribes
scattered along the streams OF New
Guinea. Houses 800 TO 400 feet long
and 100 feet high, among the largest
in the world, are reported to be not
uncommon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11

houses, where they are put In salt In
barrels or small tubs. Many OF them
are sold in this way, while others are
put up for smoking purposes. OF late
years many families put up ther own
fish for winter use.
The question Is frequently asked,
"What becomes OF the shad in the
winter"
1t is certain that they leave the
fresh water and make their way south
in the salt water for the winter
season, returning again in the spring
OF the year to the waters OF their
birth to spawn. 1t Is singular, but
the fish invariably make their way to
the beginning OF tldewater. During
the winter months many are caught
by the deep salt water METERS.
1t is related that shad has become
so highly priced as food fish only
within the last half century. In
colonial history when shad are men,
toned the writer's seldom have q
favorable word to say about them,
and generally refer to them with con-
tempt. The northern rivers in that
period were filled with them, and
while the Indians speared them and
used them for food. the white settlers
did not do so to any considerable ex-
tent. Even in those days the fish
were smoked by the Indians and put
away for winter use.
The shad Is not found In all parts
Of the United States. so that in some
sections it 10 considered more OF q
delicscy than in others. There are
many ways to cook the fish after
they are caught, but most spicurss
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-11

In contradistinction to the bon.
nets, which are small, the round
hats are larger than ever and most
picturesque.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
BERKELEY.

About fifty of the representative men
of Berkeley assembled at the Holmes Free
Library building on Thursday evening for
the purpose of forming an organization for
the suppression of the saloon.
w. Fl. McDougall presided over the
meeting and after transacting some pre-
liminary business he said:
an many ways the cause of temperance
seems to have lost ground. There is only
one-sixth of the area of the country now
covered by prohibition where there was
one-third forty years ago, and much more
liquor is consumed than then; but to
counterbalance these points are very many
most encouraging and hopeful signs, the
greatest being an increased sentiment
against the saloon."
Mr.. McDougall was followed by Rev. DR..
Ketchum and DR.. Bentley, who referred to
the relative positions of that part of the
town affected by the mle-limit law. Re
marks were also made by Mrs. Mary Smith,
Mrs. Marquand, Mrs. Bergen, Messrs. o. G..
May, Fl. Fl. Dobbins, III. e. Monser and c.
B. Taylor.
At the close of the addresses measures
were taken to effect permanent organiza-
ton under the name of 1.-THE Berkele V
Council for the Suppression of the Saloon.n
A nominating com mite consisting of H .
A. Ketchum, Rev. o. G. May, Judge Ber-
gen, J. A. Foster and Charles Dunning was
appointed, who shall report at the meeting
set for next Thursday.
stricker-Foster Wedding.
The marriage of George Stricker and
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
Miss Jennie Foster took place at the home
of the brides parents last Thursday

Miss Jennie Foster took place at the home
of the brides parents last Thursday
evening.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
E. B. Payne, after which the guests re-
paired to the dining-room. where a we'd
ding supper was served. Only the relatives
and immediate friends of the couple were
present at the ceremony. They will spend
their honeymoon in Monterey and return
to Berkeley within week, where they will
make their permanent home.
The Altruria Association.
The Altruria Association will hold a
meeting at Woodmen's Hall this evening
and discuss the functions of the Altruria
Cooperative Union. which has been doing
well in Oakland in the matter of bringing
together the laboring classes for mutual
helpfulness and support
A number of speakers from abroad are
expected to address the audience.
Presbyterian Social.
A social conducted entirely by the
male members of the Presby terian congre-
CATION was held last evening at the resi-
dence of DR.. George Whitworth. The
novelty of the affair attracted large
number of guests, chiefly of the gentler
sex.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
POVERTY'S WAVE.
1t Has Reached the Receiving Hospital,
and the Effects May Be
Disastrous,

The wave of poverty which has swept
over the affairs of the City government
owing to the upheaval of bankruptcy in
the various funds of the municipal treas
ury has at last Tapped over the threshold
of the City Receiving Hospital and startled
the surgeons. In fact, unless some kind
of relief comes within the next few days,
the doors of the institution may lust as
well be closed.
The stock of drugs in the place is run
ming rather low, but that fact does not
cause Police Surgeon Somers such alarm
as the fact that the supply of bandages is
we'll nigh exhausted.
when / found this out" said DR..
Somers last night, 81 got requisition for
new lot, and sent it down to the whole
sale firm from whom we have always pur-
chased them to be filled. The answer
came back that the requisition would not
be filled, as under the existing monetary
condition of City affairs there was no
prospect of payment. Now, see the con-
dition we are in. There is probably a suf-
ficient supply of bandages on hand to last
till Monday, but what then?
"It is not the small quantity of drugs
which bothers us" continued DR.. Somers,
'sbut the prospect of a complete lack of
bandages. In nearly all the cases which
are treated in the hospital bandages are
what we require Contusions, sprains, in
fact all sorts of injuries require bandages,
and if we have not got them what are we
going to do with the cases which are
brought to us? don't see any prospect of
getting anything when our acquisitions are
refused, and that is why unless we get
some relief in our trouble think the doors
just might as well be closed"
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
CUT FROM EAR TO EAR.
Frank Robinson's Second Attempt ts
End His Life With Razor.

Frank Robinson slashed his throat from
ear to ear early Friday morning, cut
another big cash in the left side of his
throat, severed his windpipe and gullet,
cut his arm nearly off, remained uncon-
scious and uncared-for nearly six hours,
and is alive to-day. What is more, DR..
Johnson, the Oakland city physician, ex-
poets him to recover.
few weeks ago he took morphine in
sufficient quantity to kill any ordinary
human being, but he slept it off.
He is foreman of the car-cleaning depart
ment of the Southern Pacific at the West
Oakland yards, and his wife has left him.
He lives at 76S Pine street, West Oakland.
When his wife left him she took one girl
with her, leaving babe and little girl
for him to look after.
He stayed out late Thursday night, not
returning until after o'clock in the morn
ing. Then he locked himself in his room
and began his work of self-butchery. It
was o'clock in the morning when he
awoke in the wrong world. He was faint
and weak and his clothes were stiff and
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

tary of the California State Veterinary
Medical Association, charged with libel by
Thomas Carpenter of Oakland, was COM
menced in the Oakland Police Court yes
terday. The complaining witness was the
only witness for the prosecution. At
torney Z. u. Dodge, who represents DIR.
Archibald. offered as evidence petition
signed by Carpenter, and circulated in the
Legislature of 1891. Carpenter denied that
the signature was his. The case is still on.
The Murphy Estate.
Victor H. Metcalf. administrator of the
estate of Anna L. Murphy, deceased, filed
his cost bill in the Superior Court yester-
day. The contest which he defended cost
$4,000 for attorneys fees for the admin
istrator, 5000 for the proponents at
torneys' fees and $500 for j. G. Martins
fee for representing the minor children of
Eugene Murphy. There are other ex-
penses included in the cost bill repre-
senting $11, 800 for attorneys fees for all
services rendered the three daughters.
VIII Raise Funds.
Since he decided on resigning the pas
torate of the First Congregational Church
to accept the presidency of the Pacific
Theological Seminary, Rev. ]. K. Mclean
has evolved magnificent project for the
advancement of that institution. He pro-
poses to raise $500, 900 to erect cluster OF
handsome buildings Tor the use OF the
seminary and purchase a $50, 900 library.
The plan by which the funds are to be
raised has not been made public, but will
be given out by the pastor before long.
Oakland Shipping News.
The collier Two Brothers left the Oak
land city wharf yesterday. She will take
ballast at San Francisco and then return
to New Westminster, B. c., for another
cargo for James p. Taylor.
The steamer Crescent City left the city
wharf for Crescent City for load of red
wood.
The schooner Etna went to Union City
for cargo of salt.
Wants His Clients Bail Money.
Attorney Thomas Bradley appeared be-
fore the Finance Committee of the Oakland
City Council last night to urge the pay
ment of $3.50 due clients of his in Chinese
lottery cases as bail money, which, since
the departure of ex-Police Court Clerk
Walter Lambert to Honolulu, has been
unobtainable. Bradley's idea is that his
clients should be paid the money, and that
the city should look to Lam bert's bonds
men for reimbursement.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
NOTICE or AsSlGNEE'S SALE.

SAN Francisco May Is, 1895. =.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant TO an order
OF the Superior Court OF the City and County of San
Francisco, the undersigned, as assignee in insol-
vency OF Patrick O'Neil an insolveht debtor will,
On TUESDAY. the 21st day of May 1885, st IL
o'clock A. M, at Matn-street wharf, sell public
auction the following personal property: One (I)
barge or mud-sccw known as Barge No. q" with
the donkey engine thereon situated.
HENRY LEVI, Assignee.
: FRANK w. BUTTERFIELD Auctioneer.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
CUNARD LINE.

New York to Liverpool, via Queenstown,
from Pier 40, North River.
FAST EXPRESS MAIL SERVICE
Etruria. May %. P NJ Etruria, June 22, M
Campania June ], II A NJ CamDania, Jne 20, 10 A M
Umbra. June 8, PM Umbria. Jrlv e, 8 pm
Lucania, June Is, 10 NJ Lucania, July 1913 80 A NJ
EXTRA SAILING.
Aurania ..........- -. Thursday. July A. Noon
Cabin passage $50 and upward; second cabin
$35. $40, $45, according to steamer and accommo-
dations
Steerage tickets to and from all parts Of Europe
at very low rates. For freight and passage apply
at companys office, 4 Bowling Green, New York.
VERNON II. BROWN g. CO., General Agents..
Good accommodation can always be secured on
application to WILLIAMS DIMOND & CO.,
Agents. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
eating the repeal of the statute. The fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously

eating the repeal of the statute. The fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, We the colored citizens of Oak
land, CAL, believe that the "Black law" in the
statutes OF California is unjust and discrimin-
atlng and tends to degrade us as free and loyal
citizens, and that, furthermore, it deprives us
OF the privilege of redress when the sanctity OF
our homes is invaded; therefore, be it
Resotusd, That the colored citizens of Oakland
cordially lndorse the lecture of Rev. o. Sum-
mers, and will sign petition asking that the
laws in relation to the intermarriage of colored
be repealed.
At the Macdonough.
Next Wednesday evening 'La Juive,''
Ludovic Halevy's immortal opera, will be
given at the Macdonough Theater in Oak
land, for the benefit of the Oakland Free
Cllnic-a charity both deserving and i'm
portant. The cast is in the hands of the
best amateur talent of San Francisco and
Oakland and the production promises to be
a social and artistic event. Miss Evelyn
Winant Dickey, the well-known and ao-
complished soprano of this city, will assume
the title role, Rachel, and DR.. Hodghead the
part of her lover Leopold. The entire
production will be under the personal
supervision of Professor Louis Eisenbach,
veteran grand opera director, who-will
also sing one OF the leading characters.
Frank Cruz Pleads Guilty.
Frank Cruz, the Alameda young man
handy with his pen in the way of imitat-
ing other peoples signatures, and alto
pleaded guilty in the Oakland Police
Court yesterday to the charge of larceny,
preferred by T. o. Starratt, from whose
cyclery on Twelfth street young Cruz stole
bicycle. Chief Schaffer forbore to press
the forgery charge against him, though the
evidence, in the shape of a check, is in the
Chiefs possession.
DIR. Archibald's Trial for Libel.
| The trial of DIR. R. A. Archibald, secre-