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The herald., 1896-08-27
Shakespeare Relics.

Shakespeare relics are of course, very
numerous, but, as we have already indi-
Gated, relics were not collected in his time,
SO that a great deal Of suspicion necessarily
attaches to those which we are called upon
to venerate Crofton Croker possessed the
betrothal ring of the great dramatist-the
"gimmal ring," which had been placed by
the bard's own hand upon the finger of his
betrothcd 1t is described in Fairholt's
:" The Home of Shakespeare, and also by
Croker himself in u letter to Mrs Balman-
no, and preserved in that lady "Pen and
Pencil, New York, 1858, where it is il
Illustrated. At the sale Of Croker's lares
and penates, in December 1854, the ring
became the property of the late Mr.. Halli-
we'll l-Phillipps, who already possessed a
rival ring, Of which a representation is
given in his Life of Shakespeare.
Thomas Hill, the original of paul
Pry," possessed Garrick S cup formed from
the mulberry tree planted by Shakespeare
in his garden at New Place, Stratford- on
Avon. This realized at Hills death 40
guineas Another Shakespearean cup was
purchased in May, 1895, for 121 guineas
by Mr.. j. johnson and was by him sold
81 years after for 3S1a guineas. Joseph
Lilly, the bookseller, possessed another
Shakespeare's jug and cane wero sold at
Christie's in June, 1898, and realized los
guineas. These relics were bequeathed by
Shakespeare to his sister Joan, who mar
ried Mr.. Hart, who settled at Tewkes-
bury, and they remained in possession of
his descendants till the commencement of
the present century, when they passed into
other ds.-Templc Bar.
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won today by opportune hitting. Attend
ance 2135. Score:
washington 3, hits s, errors l.
Pittsbups 4, hits 10, errors g.
Batteres-German and Farrell; Hastings
and Sugden.
NEW YORK Aug. .26.-The NETWORKS had
an easy victory over the st. Louis Browns
today.
st. Louis 4, hits r. errors g.
New York II. hits IA, errors g.
Batteries-Donahue and Mcfarland;
Clark and Zerfoss.
BOSTON. Aug .26.-Boston outbatted Chi
cago today but their fielding was so bad
that the visitors won easily. Attendance
2000 Score:
Boston 7, hits II, errors 10.
Chicago II. hits o. errors 3.
Batteries-Sulivan and Berge; Friend
and Anson.
BROOKLYN, Aug. 26.-Brooklyn won
two games from Louisville today. Attend
ance $500. Score:
First game-Louisville 2, hits 3. errors @
Brooklyn ., hits II. errors 2.
Batteries-Hill and Miller; Harper and
Burrell
Second game-Louisville 2, hits g. errors g.
Brooklyn 10. hits 49, errors 2.
Batteries-Herman aifl Dexter; Daub
and Burrell.
The herald., 1896-08-27
Linguistic Atrocities.

The foreigner is SO apt to necessarily
and mercilessly criticiso America and
Americans that littlo heed is now usually
given to his opinions. However, not all
that he says is bora Of insularity or preju-
dice, and we might with profit lend an at
tentive ear to some of his carpings. For
example, after having struggled with the
intricacies and absurdities of the English
grammar and mastered tho singulars and
plurals of q few verbs, the foreigner, in
the hope Of improving his English, listens
attentively to the conversation of the aver
age American, to find even in polite cir
cles that presumably educated people are
prone to say ''he don't, 3" the man who
don't, ""I ses," and other like verbal in
elegancies. When he asks for some cx-
PLANTATION Of an American who is not
guilty Of such linguistic atrocities, pray
what can the American say for his coun-
tryman? In some households where chill
dren are carefully trained they are never
permitted to contract do not and does not
into don't and doesn't, and if this rule OBJ
tained in all homes and schools the aver
age American would get along more har
moniously with his verbs, for, although
he may now say che DON'T" it is incon-
Oolvopio unesU ue WOulu say ne 10 nOp.
If, also, school children in the lower
walks of life were forbidden to include
"ses" in their vocabulary they would be
compelled to rearrange reports of dialogues
between themselves and others so as to
wholly eliminate that now much over
worked phrase "ses !. ;" If the foregoing
appears to be an exaggerated view Of
American verbal shortcomings, few days
of observation will convince any skeptic
that grammatical violation is one of the
most common forms Of inelegance among
uA-Vogue. -.
The herald., 1896-08-27
GYPSIES IN NEW YORK.
How IN Angry Passenger Was BlufYed by
Cable Conductor.


"Have you seen the gypsies in Broad
wayf"
"Gypsies9 Nonsense! Where could they
camp out?''
"In the cable SLOT -
What are you giving me?"
"The same bluff that tackled"
A couple of down town men who are In
the friendly relations that permit one to
talk unreservedly to another in public had
boarded an up bound cable car at the hall,
and the tackler of the bluff introduced the
subject while holding to a strap. Every
body within ten feet Of him could hear
him when he continued:
~ happened to be at the corner of Pearl
and Whitehall streets day or two ago,
waiting for cable car bound up town, and
as was in a bit of hurry motoned to
the gripman of the first car that came
along to slow down. To be sure Of getting
aboard 1 stepped close to the car and
about q foot north of the crossing, because,
you know, some of these fellows run past
the corner. The gripman didn't slow down
bit, but 1 had the impulse to jump
aboard, and I grabbed the side rail and
swung myself on to the STEP ought not
to have done that, because wrenched my
right shoulder that way once and didn't
get rid of the pain for nearly year. When
l thought of that, was hopping mad,
and 1 went for that conductor right away
OF course it wasn't the conductors fault
but one feels somehow that the conductor
Is tho boss Of the car and can haul the
gripman over the Goals. When took the
number of the car and threatened to re-
port the gripman, the conductor said:
He couldn't stop there
Why nots' said L Il was on the right
side of the street
&C Il know that, said he do you know
what gypsy is?'
''Of course l know what gypsy Is, but
1t struck me that he meant something in
connection with the car or the cable so I
answered, No
Well, a gypsy is place where the
gripman changes cables, he explained,
and he has orders not to stop there.
"What could 1 say? 1 realized that the
man couldn't slow down while changing
cables and / cooled down. The next time
was in that neighborhood took pains to
notice where tho cars change cables after
rounding the curve from State street to
Whitehall street, and 1 saw that it was
block away from where 1 stood. Then it
struck me that the conductor had worked
a bluff
According to that the other man re-
marked, "there's gypsy at almost every
corner. New York Times.
The herald., 1896-08-27
CANADA WINS
The Yankee Skipper Ought to Have Worn
Spectacies


TOLEDO, o., Aug. 26.-The Canadian
yacht defeated the challenger Vencedor
today and won the international race. The
defender won by twenty-six seconds time
allowance after as pretty contest as was
ever sailed on Lake Erie. 1t was a hard
race for the Yankee yacht to lose, for she
had the race we'll won, but lost in a most un-
fortunate way. The course was five miles
straight away to leeward and return and
repeat. On the second turn Captain Bar
Der could not distinguish the stake boat
There were three boats in the line flying the
American flag and there was nothing to
indicate which of these boats was the real
boat. The Vencedor was headed properly
for the right boat, but as she neared it
her captain seemed perplexed and unde-
cided what to do. Finally he pulled away
for the furthermost one and rounded them
all. His error cost him the race, for he
lost fully two minutes hunting for the
right boat. Had he turned the boat prop
erly Vencedor would have won the race
by about one and half minutes instead of
losing it by little less than half a minute.
Vencedor outsailed her rival on each of the
four legs and when it was all over everyone
agreed that Vencedor had done the best
work and only lost because of the unfor-
tunate circumstances of going around the
wrong stake boat.
The herald., 1896-08-27
WONG FAMILY HAPPY
New Joss House Open.d on Los Angeles
STREET

~ NSW Sooo iiouoC bpcUsu OH Los AnReIe1
STREET
The Wong family of celestials in this city
are happy because they have new house of
worship. The temple is called the Shuey
Yit Gong. 1t is situated at No 423 North
Los Angeles street, over a Chinese store.
and is the joss house of the Kwong Ha
Tong, the society of the Wongs.
The new joss, imported direct from China,
was installed last night, and the event was
celeDrateu with great eclat. The ceremon-
les began at midnight and lasted till G
o'clock this morning. Chinese of high and
low degree were there and seemed to have
a most enjoyable time. They are justly
proud of their new temple, which is most
gorgeously furnished. Nearly every piece
OF furniture ,drapery and paraphernalia
is new and was imported from China at
great cost to take the place of the sacred
nxtngS that We're lost several months ago
when the old joss house of the Kwong Ha
Tong was burned out.
There is no finer display of oriental splen-
dor to be found in the city than in the new
joss house on Los Angeles street 1t is too
gorgeous for description and must be seen
to be appreciated. The festivities attend
ing the opening of the Shuey Yit Gong will
last several days.
The herald., 1896-08-27
RESULTS AT WOODLAND
-OODI "A ND AuC oH -Pacinr 90, cll

Time. 2:16ls. 2:15la, ELISA 2:1S1a, 2:15, 2:2O%.
Running five furlongs-Gladsola won,
Reddington second, Seven Up third; time,
1.Olb
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ON THE WHEEL
Relay Racers Making Good TIme-A New
Worlds Record

keIdy RACERS making OOOu Iime-A new
Worlds Record
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 26.-The Exam
iner-Journal relay racers are making rapid
progress across the continent. At S:43 to-
night the packet was carried into White
Plains, Nevada. UP to that time the riders
had gone 351 miles in one day, eight hours
and forty-three minutes. 1t is expected
that Lovelocks, Me-, will be reached by
midnight.
A NEW RECORD
WICHITA, Kans., Aug. 26.-John Law
son OF Chicago, broke the state bicycle
record here today for the half mile flying
start, making the distance in 1854. The
Tribune triplets, who paced hims broke the
worlds triplet record. In the half mile
handicap, amateur, John j. Purcell, Man
haitian, won, w. s. Sager, Denver second,
Frank Eberhardt, Salina, Kans., third
time, 1071a.
One mile, 2:15 class, professional-G. A.
Maxwell, Winfield won. John Lawson Chi
cago, second. e. E. Mocket. Lincoln, Neb..
third; time 2:21N.
One mile open, professionally. J. Banks.
Denver, won c. l.. Hinstroet, Denver sec
ond, f. H. Mccall. Omaha, third; time.
2:18.
The herald., 1896-08-27
Program of the California Win
ter Race Meet
BIG PURSES ARE HUNG UP
To Bring the Best Horses In the
Country
Tho Canada Wins the international Yacht
Race by Fiuke Made by the
Yankee Skipper

Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Aung. 26.--Over $50. 900
in stakes alone will be offered by the Cali
fornia Jockey club at the coming winter
meeting which will begin October 10 next
AT the present time twenty-eight stakes
amounting to over $47, 900 are now made
public. The club will open.six more two
year-old stakes later and the money offered
will make the total for stakes over $50,0G0
The Burns handicap still remains the
richest stake of the season. 1t is for $1O,-
900, all ages, one and quarter miles. The
Thornton stake is the same as last year,
$4,000 for four-mile race. The first sixteen
stakes are so arranged for two-year-olds,
three-year- and all aged horses that
the best horses in America will be brought
to this coast.
Ten stakes have been offered for beaten
horses or those who could not run much
up to January /. 1897, on account of sick
ness or other causes. This will give poor
man u chance and even those who do not
own high class horses will be able to rake
in good stake. The entrance to all these
stake events is free. 1t is ecpected that
this will be the means of bringing to the
coast 200 or more horses that would ordi-
narily not have come.
The entries to all stakes must be made
by November |, except the inaugural stake,
which is a novelty and will be run on the
opening day of the California Jockey club
on the new Oakland track on October 10.
Entries for this event close October |. 1t
is an all-aged stake of $1,000.
RESULTS AT WOODLAND
At,cr
The herald., 1896-08-27
ON THE DIAMOND
Games Played Yesterday by the Different
League Clubs

League Clubs
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26.-Taylor was
a puzzle for Cleveland today. The Phillies
batted both Wilson and McAllister at will.
Attendance 200. Score:
Philadelphia TO- hits IA, errors o.
Cleveland /, hits 6, errors 4.
Batteries-Taylor and Boyle; Wilson, Nc
Allister and Sumner.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 26-The champions
knocked j. Foreman out of the box in the
second inning. His brother who succeeded
him. Jared but little better. Attendance
l46O.
Baltimore IA. hits 16. errors 8.
Cincinnati 8. hits 12. errors S.
notwithstanding and Clark; J. Fore
IN, F. Foreman and Peitz.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.-Ths Pirates
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A Politician Fined

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-Wiliam
Costley, one of the leaders of the Socialist
Labor party. who was arrested on a charge
of disturbing the peace while addressing
a street meeting near Odd Fellows hall.
was today fined s. by Police Judge Conlan
The other speakers who were arrested will
demand jury trial.
The herald., 1896-08-27
Bedweii In JaiIAgain

j. F. Bedwell is in Jail again. He fin
ished O $50 days sentence in the city bas-
tile about a month ago for passing forged
checks, and has been caught at his old
tricks. This time he is charged with hav-
ing passed forged checks for small amounts
on various persons. He was arrested yes
terday morning by Detectives Hawley and
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-26
PERSONAL.

DR.. Taylor and family of Napa are at the
Grand.
Ephralm Sells of Columbus, Ohio, is at the
Baldwin.
A. Putnam, business man of Eureka, is at
the Lick.
John STEINER, a mining man OF Mexico, is at
the Russ.
Fred J. Titus of Los Angeles arrived here
yesterday.
R. A. Owens, the fruit-packer of San Jose. is
at the Grand.
T. ]. Donohue, owner of the Willows Jour-
nal, is in town.
Mrs. Lydia Yeamans-Titus, the actress, is at
the Occidental.
George C. Barton, business man of Paso
Robles, is in town.
J. E. King, farmer of Hollister, is guest at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
S. S. Hollenbeck, merchant of Fresno, Is at
the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Professor Earl Barnes of the Stanford Uni
versity is on a visit here.
Henry Passavant of Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany, Is at the Palace.
I. Wolf OF q. Wolf & Bro has returned from
two weeks visit at Santa Cruz.
Sheriff T. M. Brown of Humboldt County is
one OF the late arrivals at the Russ.
Ex-Superior Judge E. V. Spencer OF Susan
vile, Lassen County, is at the Russ.
f. w. Busey, connected with Forepaugh-Sells
circus, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
E. Carl Bank, superintendent of the State
Reform School at lone, is in the City.
W. G. Green, q business man of Portland,
Or, is guest at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
r. E. May and Miss May, prominent resi-
dents OF Sonora, are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel
E. ]. Thompson, business man of Corvallis,
Or. is at the Russ, accompanied by his wife
and daughters.
w. II. White, the cattle king of Mendocino,
was among yesterdays arrivals in the City. He
is at the Baldwin.
J. B. Peaks of Stockton, who for SO many
years WAS engaged in the hotel business at
Santa Cruz, is in town.
w. w. Gillett, leading orange-grower of
Palermo. Butte County, is at the Occidental.
He was formerly engaged in orange-growing at
Lake ST. Weir, Florida.
F. d. Frazer, who is operating large placer
mines on the Klamath River, fifteen miles be-
low Happy Camp, is on q visit here. He
speaks confidently of the mineral resources of
that part OF the country and predicts greatly
increased product of gold.
Captain r. w. Fuller of Brunswick, Me-, who
brought the ship Santa Clara around the
Horn to this City and turned her over to
George 81. Hume is at the Russ. The captain
greatly resembles the distinguished Senator
David B. Hill of New York, and the singular
esemblance has often been pointed out and
commented upon. Captain Fuller will leave
overland for home in day or two.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-26
A s1LvER-m1NER's VIEWS.

QUESTIONS ADDRESSED TO THOSE WHO ARE OP-
POSED TO THE FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
Editor Call: In your issue of the 18th inst
are some pertinent conundrums" asked by 8.
N. Wyckoff under the title of "Silver Market"
Bryanites, etc.; and as it seems to be
t'fashienable'' to ask questions, allow me, as
a crazy miner of thirty-fye years. experience,
to ask Mr. Wyckoff or some of his kind of fpeople:
Why is it that the Mexican dollar, which
contains more pure silver than the American
dollar and which can be bought for SO cents is
not bought up by the goldbug who has plenty
OF money to spare, have it made into bullion
and sold for 67 cents? There is surely g.
little money in it. Why is it that crazy
silver-miner who has delved in the 'earth and
toiled for years." and who, you say, wants
to ROD the people to bring to the surface
an honest silver dollar - why is 1T that
when he gets ii there the honest goldbug
condescends to give him, perhaps, 81 cents
for it, but still insists on him taking 1t back as
good as gold dollar? Who is 1t that tells us
silver money is not honest money! Who was
1t and what was it that destroyed the value OF
silver money in the United States, and why
was it done? Shutting down the mines and
smelters and throwing thousands OF honest
toilers who were earning So so q day on the
mercy of the goldbug, who says ''Stay there"
Yes, Mr.. Wyekoff, we can ask x a good many an
demonetization OF silver has paralyzed the IN
dustries of the country, and II you don't
believe ii come and take q look and see for your
self; the mills and smelters lying idle, rot
ting, which are not worth dollar and on which
taxes must be paid. It's not Mr.. Bryan nor the
abuse of him nor the prate about 10 to that
is going to do us any good.
We have neither silver enough nor gold
enough for the peoples good, but I know you
will not agree with me; but perhaps It's better
should make a dollar, and issue more bonds
for Englands gold. Don't you think it's
good idea? OF course you do. Respectfully,
JAMES w, HAAS
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-26
secession would be fatal to the stability OF
the federation of States.

secession would be fatal to the stability of
the federation of States.
The methods of Mr.. Bryan to inaugu-
rate business and political revolution
differ widely from those employed by the
South, but his ultimate purpose does not
differ so much from what the Confederate
leaders had in mind, and Mr.. Bryan talks
very much as they did. When the Con-
federate armies marched Northward it
was to s1nvade the enemy's country"
When Mr.. Bryan started Eastward the
other day he said he was going to 'fnvade
the enemy's country" The chieftains OF
the Confederacy proclaimed it to be their
purpose to establish republic indepen-
dent of the United States. Mr.. Bryan, by
his platform, proclaims the sectional doc
trine of .interior States" supremacy. JEFF
ferson Davis and Ills lieutenants declared
that the North was hostile to the South.
Bryan and his lieutenants declare that
the East is hostile to the West. Davis
said the North oppressed the South, and
Bryan says the East is depressing the
West. Davis called upon the South to
defend itself against the North, and Bryan
calls upon the West to defend itself
against the East. Has the mantle of JEFF
ferson Davis fallen upon the shoulders OF
William Jennings Bryan? Anyway,
Bryan talks in 1896 very much as Davis
talked in 1861.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-26
SAID TO BE HUMOROUS.

The inquisitive passenger had hinted around
until his patience had worn out, so he asked
the dignifed passenger: "What is your busi-
ness?"
The digniied one answered him: "I'm q
lung specialist"
The inquisitive man stayed still for while,
then he broke out again:
'Say, I just happened to think" he said.
Ibid you mean you are a doctor or prize
hghterT'-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Little Johnny-Mamma, isn't Carrie mean
not to give me q second piece of pie when l
ask for it?
Mamma-No, Johnny; I told your sister Car
RE that she must not do it. Haven't I told
you time and again that it is not pretty to ask
for second piece?
Little Johnny-Well, I know one thing.
Tother evening. when that Mr.. Commerton
was here, heard him ask Carrie for just one
more kiss, and she gave it to him, too, for I
heard it. So there, now.-Boston Transcript.
At the poctor's-"The fright that you had
troubled the action of the heart, which in
turn impeded the circulation of the blood |;
hence your sickness"
"What will be the result?"
twenty francs please."-Paris Figaro.
al should like to see nice fat goose" said q
customer, entering the poultry-shop.
f'Yes sir" answered the boy, "father'u be
down directly. y.'-Youth's Companion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-26
REEDS WORDS OF WISDOM.

There was grand rally of Republicans
at Old Orchard, Me-, yesterday and Con-
gresham Reed was the principal speaker.
Mr.. Reed is as great as he is conserva-
tive statesman. He is logical reasoner
and political economist who reasons
from cause to effect above party lines,
hence what Mr.. Reed says is always worth
rem EN- bering and safe to act upon.
In his speech yesterday he said panlcs
come upon the business world because
people go into rash speculation and over
reach themselves. But the storm does not
come until the people begin to lose conf
dence in the ability of one another to
meet their liabilities, then comes disaster
upon disaster and community after COM
munity goes down in bankruptcy. Mr.
Reed is not SO sure that the panic OF 1898
would not have come anyway, no matter
what party the administration represented.
The people had been sowing the wind for a
good while and they had to reap the
whirlwind.
But when trouble came the business in
terests of the country found the Govern
ment in the hands of an administration
that was wholly incompetent to direct the
power and influence of the Nation in the
direction of the channels of business to
strengthen the weak places. Had strong
and capable man been directing the pub
lies affairs a way to relieve the intense
pressure would have been found, and
what proved to be one of the most disas-
trous business panics in recent years
would have spent its force before very
GREAT damapa had been done.
Mr.. Reed does not lay all the blame for
the cause of the hard times of 1893, which
still linge in the highways of commerce
and industries, upon the Democratic
party, but he does blame it for failing to
grasp the situation and avert the
worst of the troubles. But it is the his
tory of the Democratic party to be un-
equal to great emergencies, chiefly because
its economic policy and theories of govern
ment are uniformly at variance with good
business sense and the experience of trade
and commerce. and for this reason even
the ablest and wisest of Democrats should
not be trusted with the management of
the affairs OF the Nation, and If the ablest
statesmen of that party are unequal to
such a task how utterly incompetent and
unsafe the Bryans of the party must be-.