The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-12

go fishing and hunting occasionally, and walk
from his house out to the carriage at the front
gate When went fishing with Berg the last
time he almost lost his life owing to the fright
full heat"
Chow SOP"
"We were up in Marin County camping out
and went for little brook trout sport one
afternoon. 1t got so warm that we could stand
it no longer and concluded to take swim.
We hung our clothes up on tree and made
for the brook. There was so much genuine
pleasure in the cool water that we stayed in
nearly an hour. When we got out the sun had
veereG around and was shining on our cloth
ing. Berg got his apparel and was just almost
half dressed when / called to him to bring me
his pistol which was hanging on limb. He
started for 1t and just as he was about to take
it down there was racket loud enough to
raise the dead and the cartridges in the belt
began to explode. Berg executed few aero
battle movements and was half-mile down the
canyon in about two minutes. The cartridges
continued to explode until they were all gone.
Forty-eight shots were fired in less than half
minute. counted them myself. Whewl 1t
wasn't such day as this, though. By Joye,
isn't it hotp'
"Say, AL, what made those cartridges go off ?"
inquired bystander.
"The heat Some OF them failed to explode,
but In such cases the slugs melted and ran out
of the copper shells. Berg barely escaped with
his life, and if he had had his hat on when the
shooting occurred it would have been shot full
of holes. Whew! Let's go and have long
lemonade"
'Whew-w-w," responded the listeners i'll
chorus. "We'll go you one ii we lose"
Sir Bruce Burnside, recently retired Chief
Justice at Cey Ion, India, is at the Occidental.
Sir Bruce is on his way home to England after
nineteen years sojourn in the Indian Empire.
He is one of the most extensively travelled
Englishmen who have paid San Francisco
visit for some time. On his return to England
he will devote himself to literature. His first
effort will be a book recording his travels and
impressions of men aud things; and 1T will be
pleasing to Californians to learn that, though
this knighted Englishman's first glimpse of
California was obtained from the decks of the
Mariposa few days ago, he is already i'm
pressed with the belief that California is the
greatest State and San Francisco one of the
finest cities in the United States.
"Why," said he, yesterday, "you have an in
comparable climate, unrivaled scenery, an
unsurpassed enterprise exhaustive and versa
tile resources and future that should make
you all glad of living at once"
Though this is Sir Bruces first visit to the
Golden West he has travelled extensively
through the Eastern, Middle and Southern
States, and is familiar with Americas indus
tries and conversant with the great political
questions of the day, as is evinced by the ref
erence he made to the struggles over the silver
problem IN this country and in India.
at is as great question with us as 1t is with
your Government, as you know" he said, sand
it is like a disease which cannot be doctored
successfully until the primal cause is discov-
cred. The depreciation in the rupees of our
country has been such that the officials of the
Government have suffered virtual reduction
in their salaries of almost half. That is to say,
If NAH is paid $4,000 year the depreciation
in the value of the rupees is such as to bring
it down to something like $500. In conse-
quenee the salaries have been increased by 20
per cent. The planters are the chief beneici
aries under this unfortunate condition of
things. They pay all their hirelings in rupees
and receive sovereigns for their exports to Eng
land. 1t is q great question for all countries,
| and the sooner the solution is reached the bet
ter it will be for home and international COM
merce."
Sir Bruce's health failed him several months
| ago, and he asked for long leave of absence;
but the Home Government showed its appreci-
alton of his long and faithful services by retir-
| ing him with five years credit in advance.
His son, civil engineer of Edinburgh, Scot
| land, is travelling with him for pleasure.
| "As the majority of the people of San Fran
| cisco appear to have come to the conclusion
| that improvement of our streetsi is necessity,
| l would like to offer to the Board of Super
visors," said W. J. Bryan yesterday, "the Mar
ketstreet Railway Company and the people
generally few pertinent suggestions.
| "Grant to the Market-street Railway Com
! pany the right to use electricity on Market
street, would say, on the following conditions:
| "First-Remoye the sidetracks now used by
horsecars, leaving but two tracks on the street,