The San Francisco call., 1896-08-24
Woes of the Restaurant Man
Who Cooked Meals for
the Whalers.
TRAINING A DOG BY STEAM.
Alviso Sunday Excursionists Visit the
CITY Without Paying Railroad
Fares.

A cool, cloudy day on the bay is not a
favorable time for water excursions and
picnics, consequently the outing affairs
were sparsely attended yesterday. There
were none OF the usual Sunday crowds
around the ferry-gates and along the
Yharves.
The little steamer Alviso was an excep-
ton to the frost that fell on the bay excur-
sions yesterday. She came up from the
town whose name she bears loaded down
with visitors to San Francisco. They
landed at Washing wharf early
in the forenoon and were enabled to visit
the park, Cliff House and other points of
interest around the City and board the
boat for their return in the afternoon.
A band of music entertained the com.
pany, ana all enjoyed the trip under the
protection and care of Captain Rideout,
That is new and pleasant way for coun-
try people to visit the metropolis without
paving railroad fares.
E. Strathopulos and John Catechi, pro-
prietors of the Union restauran. at 325
East street. spent Sunday commenting on
the unfavorable aspect of the whaling in
dustry. He has been supplying meals TO
the boats crews that have been parading
around the streets for the last two weeks
showing the public how the leyiathan of
the deep is caught.
There is $5S due him and he is wonder
ing from what place the payment will
come. Landlord Strathopulos, who is a
native OF the land of Plato, states in his
classical Grecian way that somebody will
suffer if those fifty-eight pieces of silver
find not his pocket. A police sergeant
who always has advice for a friend in
need has counseied the restaurant man TO
attach the whale after it is harpooned.
Chief Officer Wilson of the steamer
Portland, which got in from the north
Saturday night, has dog which deserts
the ship every chance he gets.
The animal has been tied up, locked up,
but heretofore he has succeeded in some
manner in leaving the ship at every port.
The dog is valuable deerhound and when
it turns up missing Officer Wilson drops
everything to go ashore and find his
hound. He has at last found way to
keep that canine on board ship. The ami
NAL is mortally afraid OF the steam
whistle, and so with several fathoms of
small rope his master ties him to the terri
bic screeching thing. When he begins to
pull on the line the loud, sputtering
sound almost frightens him to death.
That settles the dog, who has learned
that when he crouches down under the
there is no steam on to terroriZe him he
does not dare to pull on his line, and the
new system OF training dogs by steam is a
success.
The body of Charles McCalIum, first of
fieer OF the steamer Gypsy, who fell over
board from the gangplank of that vessel
at Broadway wharf on the night OF August
IL, was recovered from the bay yesterday.
The steamer Queen, Captain Carroll,
left Rr0ad rvau wharf NJ 10 oIninot- Wit h
about 800 excursionists on board and
steered for the open sea on a whaling
cruise. 1t had been announced that a
mum Der of whales had been seen in the
vicinity of Pigeon Point and 1t was TO cap
ture some of these that crews of whalers
were sent down on the Queen. There
were two crews on board armed with
bomb lances, harpoons and all the appli-
ances that the modern whale-catchers use
and they also had two whaleboats OF the
most approved pattern.
The steamer had reasonably clear
weather and smooth sea, and steamed
to a point from which the excursionists
had good view of the steamer Colon bia
as she is on the rocks. Then she started
for the fishing ground, ten miles to the
north. The crews that were TO man the
Whaleboats were on the lookout, and to
hear them talk the excursionists became
impressed with the idea that there would
be whale for every eXcursionist.
Suddenly the man on the lookout yelled
at the top of his voice, "There sne blows
and instantly all was commotion. Every
thing was made ready to lower the boats,
but before this was done the steamer ap-
preached within few hundred yards of a
school of dozen or more whales lazlly
basking in the sunshine that forced its
way between the clouds. When all was
ready the boats were lowered with the
valiant crews and the guns and the wind
lasses and harpoons ard axes all ready for
the war of determination on the floating
masses of blubber.
The boats started, one shot ahead OF the
others, and the boatsteerer went forward,
stood in the bow, ready with his gun
to fire when the boat reached a distance
that would give him certainty of aim. Be-
hind him stood one of the men with har-
poon poised. The boat advanced, rubbed
up against one, and the man with the gun
stood; SO did the man with the harpoon.
The excursionists all anxiously awaited
the report that would announce that a
fatal charge had been fired into the levia-
than of the deep, but, like the letter that
was looked for, it came not.
Then the excursionists wondered If they
had paid their money to see whale hunt
or tableau, and concluded it was a
tablean only. The whale evidently be-
came disgusted, for after scraping off few
barnacles by rubbing against the boat he
wlnked his other eye at the crew,
took a header and Wen. down to the bot
tom of the sea.
The crews of the other boats did no bet
ter, and at 6 O'Clock the crews were called
back and taken on board.
The men explained that, as there was
no wind they could not sail ahead of the
whales, and not being able to face them
were unable to act.
At 10 o'clock the Queen returned with
300 dissatisfied and disgusted excursion
lists.
LOANS on diamonds Interest low. At Uncle
Harris. Is Grant avenue.