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The San Francisco call., 1896-12-06
The Swedish Giants.

Aug w. Johnson and Hjalmar Lundin, cham
pion heavy weight litters OF the world, held
an exhibition at Odd Fellows Hall, Saturday,
Novemb Der 20, before an audience of nearly
1000 persons. The programme consisted OF
heavyweight lifting, athletic exhibition and
musical exercises. These gentlemen are
claiming to be the strongest men in the world
and have challenged Sandow, jefferson. Sam
son and others, none having accepted their
challenge Last Saturday, at their exhibition,
Mr.. Johnson announced their usual challenge
for heavy weight lifting. The contest, which
is for $500 and the gate receipts, will take
place at Turn Verein Hall, Turk street, Satur-
day evening, December II, and will be quite
interesting. The Swedish giants will then
leave for Honolulu and the Orient.
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The following were seated at table:
Better Lighting Is at Hand.

The Merchants Association has received SO
much encouragement from the property
owners and tenants in its efforts for the better
lighting of the City that orders have already
been given for erecting arc lights OF 1000
candle-power along Kearny street, from Market
TO California, and on Post, Geary. Sutter and
Bush streets, between Grant avenue and
Kearny. 1t is expected that in the course of a
few days the lights will be in operation and
all these blocks highly Illuminated. The asso-
citation is also cooperating with the merchants
and property-owners on Fillmore and Third,
Fourth ana Sixth streets for electric lights
upon tn ese thoroughfares.
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Two Friendly Suits.

A week ago mention was made of suit
brought by Mrs. ydia Krull against several OF
her children for property in the Mission. Also
that the Krull family had been sued by A J..
wohlander and o. Groenberg for lot on
Howard street upon which o church, known
as Our Savior Scandinavian Evangelical Luth-
eran Church, is located The first action was
a friendly nit. simply to quiet the title to
Mrs. Kruil's property, to which the children
friendly suit brought for similar purpose.
The ate E. G. Krull was a trustee of the
church, which is not incorporated. and the
widow lays no claim to the lot. Both actions
have been decided to the satisfaction of all
parties
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Last NIGHTS Alarms.

An alarm was sounded from box 146 at
5: AS o'clock last evening for u blaze in the
rear of J. II. Boyson's drugstore, Twenty-frst
and Va encia streets. The fire, which was
caused by the careless handling of matches,
damaged the building to the extent OF $50.
The alarm from box 532 at 80 P. NJ. was for
a fire in a cooper-shop connected with the
South San Francisco Packing Company's build
ing, Sixth avenue and street. The damage
will amount to about 800.
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advocating the English plan of municipal
council. At the special request of Professor
Richard Freud, secretary of the Merchants
Association, will speak in defense of the
American plan of concentrating power in the
hands of the chief executive of municipal
government. The debate will begin at
o'clock, and those desirous of attending should
take the train leaving San Francisco at 1880
A
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-06

Cat q common radish in two, hollow the
interior slightly, then rub it gently upon
a dinner plate. In moment you can
lift up the radish by the tail and the plate
with it, for the plate will adhere as tightly
as if the two objects were pasted together.
This is known as the "Hercules radish'
Tick.
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Bob at the chutes.

To-day at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
and again at 9 o'clock in the evening
Filzsimmons will give exhibitions at the
Chutes His two sparring partners, Dan
Hickey and Jack Ste nzler, will spar with MIN,
ana the Knockout blow that finished Sharkey
will be Illustrated.
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strone MaYor or Bic council.

There will be q. chatter session held at the
Leland Stanford University next Tuesday
afternoon, the 9Th inst, for the purpose OF dis
eussing the problem OF municipal government
in general and of San Francisco in particular.
Dr.. stallard of Menlo Park will read a paper
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-06
Tearing Down p, sters.

The cases against Rev. Father Brennan, c.
H. Henderson School DIRECTORY and Thomas
F. Lowney (clerk), charged with violating the
health ordinance b. tearing down diphtneria
posters, were called in Judge Campbeiis court
Yesterday BY consent they were continued
for a-Week.
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Hn1lister Va. AIerts.

The Hollister team arrived yesterday and
went at once to Central Park to have some
practice on the grounds before going into the
game with the Alerts of Alamo da. Many Hol-
lister people will be present TO pull for" their
among the spectators of a great game that
promises to be full of excitement. Following
is the lineup:
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Festival Services.

This evening being the first Sunday in the
month, the usual monthly festival services
will be rendered at Grace Episcopal Church,
and Organist W. H. Holt has prepared a service
of more than usual attractiveness.
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ROASTED THE EXAMINER
Captain Ransome Complains Of
Unfair Treatment of But.
terworth.
Both Varsity Teams Dined by the
University Club Last Night-New
Baseball Trophy.

The Varsity football players of Stanford
and California were dined last night by
the University Club in the clubs building
on Sutter street.
The victors of the great Thanksgiving
game were indistinguishable from the
vanquished, as all in full evening dress
sat promiscuously about the banquet
board and forgot their rivalry and resent
ment and remembered only that they were
fellow university students among neutral
friends, whose own happy college days
were but memories of the past.
At the conclusion of an elaborate menu
of many courses speeches were made by
the two captains and by several of the
hosts.
Big Captain Fickert of the Stanford
team in the course of brief little speech
thanked the University Club for bringing
about such a pleasant union OF the two
universities.
Captain Ransome of California spoke
more at length. He took the opportunity
to make defense of Coach Butterworth
and remarked that he is all right. Then
he went vigorously into a roast of the Ex-
aminer for what he styled its unfair treat
ment of Butterworth after his departure
for the East.
He had, he asserted, gone to the Exam
iner in an attempt to have that paper do
the fair thing and square the derogatory
and unwarrantable i'm preston created in
the public mind by articles seriously re-
fecting upon the coach and his relations
with Ransome, but to no purpose. The
paper would have none of it. Going
further into the attitude OF the press,
Ransome declared that none of the pub
lished newspaper explanations for Cali
fornia's defeat had emanated from any
one of the players. They had no explana-
ton; they were fairly outplayed.
Professor Bacon of Berkeley made the
humorous speech of the evening.
Trustee Taylor of Stanford University
made some happy verbal hits himself in a
speech laudatory of football as a manly
game.
The following were seated at table:
From Stanford there were Captain Fiekert,
Cotton Fisher, Searight, Carle, Jack Rice, Ray
Smith, Football Manager Dave Brown, Pro-
lessor Campbell and Professor Allerdice.
From Berkeley-Captain Ransome, Hall,
Sherman, Kennedy, Carr, Simpson, Ludlow,
McNutt, Arkley, Jimmie Hopper, Instructor
and Assistant Coach Mott, Professor Bacon,
Professor Edwards, Professor Clapp and Pro-
fessor Haskell
The University Club has decide to Of
fer fine silver trophy cup to be competed
for by the Varsity baseball teams. Am
pie funds for the cup have already been
subscribed 1t will be competed for by
Stanford and California and will become
the property of whichever baseball team
shall win two of the three annual Varsity
games two years in succession.
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Dornate Was Arrested.

Joseph Dornate was arrested on Friday for
cruelty to horse by Officer McCurrie of the
Society for the Proven tion of Cruelty to Ami
mails. Dornate was beating his horse with the
butt end of whip because the animal would
not pull heavy load to his satisfaction.
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The Suit.
Golden Gate Lodge No 6 of the Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks. bv
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HEART, BRAIN AND NERVES
KIDNEYS, BLADDER AND u

Inflammation of the k
the kidneys, uraemia, grs
cystitis, CySterrhea. catarr
ture and all diseases of
with the utmost success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
EXTREMELY NERVOUS.
Bords Are So Highly Strung That
Fright Results in Paralysis.

Birds are extremely nervous in
their organization" suggested a we'll
known raiser and dealer in singing
birds, and those who enjoy their COM
pany should not allow themselves to
forget it. In nine cases out of every
ten when birds lose their song, it is
because they have been frightened.
They are so high strung in the matter
of nerves that a fright results in
paralysis, which in many cases results
permanently. | don't think there is
any cure for it, unless it is to endeavor
to assure the bird that it will have
better treatment thereafter. Persons
should never show a stuffed or dead
bird to a Gagged bird.
only recently one of my customers
had a favorite bird stuffed. 1t was one
of pair The stuffed bird was shown
to the bird and the result was that the
bird died in less than an hour. 1t sim
ply could not stand the fright. ! have
known a number of birds to have been
frightened out of their song by seeing
stuffed birds on the hats and bonnets
of ladies. Take a frightened bird in
your hand and you will see and feet
that the puIsations of it's heart are
very rapid and violent. Heart failure
kills many birds, though other causes
are blamed for their death. When
ladies put on their dress hats, especial
ly if they have stuffed birds ON them,
they should keep away from bird
cages. "-Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
GEORGE GOULD NOT A SWELL.

The Bath Independent is enjoying a
laugh at the expense of seaside land
lord, whose ana bition it is to entertain
none but guests from Swelldom. In
yachting party which visited his resort
not long ago was one young man who
about other people and who dressed for
comfort and did not put on a swallow
tail. So in kindly manner, as the
young man was entering the dining
room, the landlord accosted him and
told him that his regular boarders had
taken exception to his toilet and that
if he continued to be a guest of that
hotel he must, in such matters, be more
particular in the future. The young
man seemed surprised but remarked
that he would pay his bill and seek &C
commodations at another hotel which
was plenty good enough for
him and where they were not
so excruciatingly particular in
such matters. "By the way" said
he, 81 have not registered. I will do
SO and pay my bill" The landlord
presented the book and nearly tainted
when he saw the signature, George
Gould, N. Y. city," but it is said that
all the apologies he could stammer out
were unavailing to keep this biggest
catch of the season which he had so
blunderingly thrown away.-Lewiston
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
4 HOT WEATHER HERO.
Astonishing Midsummer Gallantry
That Must Have Won the Girl.

1 The shirt waist, the friZzes and es-
/ pecially the merry laugh, proclaimed
/ her the typical summer girl. Her
/ father was reading q newspaper on
! the country house where they We're
/ spending the summer. Hers was the
! sentimental enthusiasm of youth,
while he had the skeptical caution
which comes to a human being after
he has seen a few political campaigns
and attended a horse race.
Father" she said. Z have some
thing to confde to YOU
Times are pretty hard in our line
Of business just now" he said depre-
catingly.
This isn't about money. This is
something dearer to me than all the
gold in the world"
You don't say So"
Yes"
Are you engaged AGAIN."
THAT is just it. How could YOU
guess it,"
And do you think of getting mar
ried?"
Yes. This time it is very serious
Mr.. Simmins is going to ask you for
my hand
You don't mean that gaunt young
fellow who combs his hair so tight
over his head that he always looks as
if he had just been in swimming?"
Yes; it is he"
why, that fellow hasn't the spirit
of a mouse"
so I thought. But l did him an
injustice. He saved my life
II can't believe it. A runaway horse
couldn't go fast enough to catch up
with him if he saw one coming. and as
for highway robber-''
1T was worse than runaway horses
or robbers. l never saw anything so
sublime. | was in deadly peril, and he
totally disregarded his own safety that
l might escape"
What are you talking about?''
Mr.. Simmins' courage. l never
saw anything so noble as the way he
stood and shoOed off the COW that was
chasing me, while I climbed over the
Tense and escaped. Detroit Free
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
HE FOUND OUT.

A Northern man travelling through
Missouri on horseback arrived at the
bank of river. There was no way to
cross it except by swimming; so, dis
mounting, he tied his clothes to the
horse and drove him into the river,
swimming after him. Reaching the
other side, he dressed and continued
on his way. Before going twenty feet,
however, he came to the forks Of the
road, and looked around for a sign.
There was none; but just across the
river, near the spot he had entered to
swim across, he saw board nailed on
tree. There was nothing to do but
to get in and swim across again, and
read that sign. He swan across, and
after climbing up the bank, he read the
following notice: Five dollars fine for
crossing this bridge faster than
walk '-Argonaut,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
AN AUTUMN LEAF SOCIAL.
1t is Something Novel in the Line of
Entertainments.

The autumn leaf social is some
/ thing new. One recently given by a
club of young people for the purpose
of raising funds for a town library
proved a great success. Leaves were
cut from green cambria, to resemble
those Of different forest trees and gar
den plants. One was given by the
| doorkeeper to each lady on entering
the room, and its mate was put into a
large box. When the company arrived
the leaves in the box were shaken and
sold to the gentlement, who paid 25
cents, then drew leaf from the box
without being allowed to see it until
he had it in his possession That Ell
| titled him to supper for himself and
/ lady. He could know her by the leaf
which she wore pinned to her dress,
which must resemble exactly that pur-
chased by him, even to the color of
the thread used in veining. Much
amusement was found in the attempt
to match the leaves, and the stiffness
so notable at many sociables was en-
tirely overcome.
The table was decorated with leaves.
and at each plate was a leaf suit from
white paper, on which the one who sat
at that place must write a rhyme con-
tanning the name of the leaf, and sign
his name to it. All who failed to
write the rhyme were compelled to
pay a fine of 10 cents.
lady gathered up the leaves before
the guests left the table and read the
rhymes aloud, without mentioning the
names signed; then a vote was taken to
decide upon the two best rhymes, and
the authors of them each received a
beautiful house plant.
There was a table also. presided over
by two young ladies dressed in white.
with garlands of green leaves. On this
table there were exposed for sale pen
wipers, watchpockets and other arti-
cles which could be made in the form
of a leaf.
After the supper a blackboard was
fastened to the wall, and a lady and
gentleman both blindfolded, and two
pieces of chalk one white and one
colored, given to each. The duty was
to draw the outlines of leaf with the
white chalk, and vein it with the
colored chalk, then write Dneir names
and the name of the leaf below their
work. The veining often came far
from the leaf drawn and the names
were often written across the work, but
it was very amusing to the spectat-
OrS.
When the couple at the board had
finished another couple was blindfold-
ed and put to work. All the work
was left on the board, and when the
company tired of the pastime the
board looked more like a Chinese puz-
zle than anything else. An appropri-
ate prize was awarded for the best
drawing and BOBBY prize for the
most comical, and the small sum of
cents charged for the privilege of
for the prize land at the same
time amusing the company helped to
swell the library fund.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
A HUGE SEA TURTLE.
Weighs 1900 Pounds-Eats Mans
Rubber Boot and Leg of Trousers.

A sea turtle weighing 1900 pounds
was captured off Cape Cod by the crew
of the mackerel fishing schooner Min
nehaha,. of Swampscctt.
The vessel was returning from an
unsuccessful cruise along the Cape,
! and when in the vicinity of the place
where the sea serpent was reported to
have been sporting tive weeks ago the
lookout man shouted tkat he had espied
a whale to the leeward.
The crew were not prepared to cap
ture any deep sea monster, but they
concluded to watch the supposed whale.
When they had become convinced that
it was either sea serpent or a turtle,
they concluded that there was money
in his capture.
Lowering the seine boat four men
jumped in and rowed to where his
majesty of the southern deep had
bowed to Old Sol.
The monster, at the sight of the boat,
had dived, but soon he was seen to rise
some distance away, and the big purse
seine was made fast to an anchor and
! paid out until the big unknown had
! been encircled.
Then the net was drawn in and the
| schooner signaled to draw closer Eight
men aboard ship bent their backs to the
task of drawing in the seine which held
| the monster, and it was all they could
do to land him.
When the turtle was safe on deck
! George Horton, brother of Captain Hor-
ton Of the schooner, approached too
clsely in inspecting him.
+ The big fellow stretched out his five
| feet of neck and seIze1 Horton by the
left leg.
With clubs a half-dozen sailors went
to Horizons assistance, but the turtle
would not let go his grip despite a ter
rife beating.
When Horton pulled away he did so
at the sacrifice of one rubber boot and
half pair of trousers, which the turtle
| digested without difficulty.
| He measured eleven feet from head
to tail, nine feet from fipper to ripper,
and forty inches across the back, while
his head at times prctruded five feet.
He would below like a COW, and then,
by turn, growl like huge Siberian
! hound.
| When landed at the wharf at Boston
crowds soon gathered, for a report
gained circulation that the sea serpent
had been captured alive and kicking.
! -
been bidding for the turtle, but the
crew had at midnight refused their Of
} fer $1,000, holding out for $4,000,
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arms. As a people they are indescrib-
| ably dirty. At rare intervals, and by
| that | mean months and month apart,
| they take a bath. The time is deter
| mined more by circumstances than any
thing else. If by some good fortune
the sea brings an unusually large piece
Of wood, they drag it into cave and
then, stopping all the exits but hole
in the top, the men build fire and
then all of them stand around it until
they are in a perspiration. When
they can endure the uCGccustomed heat
no longer, the entrance of the cave is
opened and all rush out and roll in a
snow bank Such is the Eskimo bath.
They are d moral people in spite of
the fact that the men exchange wives.
That has been their time-honored GUS
tom and the transaction involves no
wrong-doing in their minds. They
have always had an indistinct idea of
the deity and a future existence. The
sun, they say, is the eye of God. Since
we began our work among them they
have come to believe, and in time all
Of them, we hope, will receive the ben
ef1ts that Christianity always brings
with it.
LAS you know the seasons are en-
tirely different there than several
thousand miles south. From about the
beginning of June 10 the end of August
they have day all the time-the sun
shines at midnight and through the
whole "a hours. That is the busy sea-
son of the Eskimo. Then he must lay
by food for the long winter months,
and he works industriously. If he is
successful his stock OF fish will last
him through the long winter; if he is
not, then he and his family will suffer
many hungry days in the months that
follow. After the one long
season Of light the darkness
falls and for nine monthse
a gloom is over the land. 1t is not in
tensely dark all the time during that
long season, and part of the time the
sun shines out little, but it is not the
kind of days by far that you have in
this latitude. 1t is then a gloomy
country, and the cold is something
frightful."
DO you expect to go back to the
north?" Rev. Father Muset was asked.
II cannot say" was the reply. 81
do not belong to myself go where |
am sent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
TOOTHACHE MIGHT INCREASE.
1t Dentists Are Allowed to Sell Whisky
on Sunday.

The dignity of the supreme court of
North Carolina may have suffered in it's
manner of rendering a recent decision,
but the departure from the stilted and
involved phrase0lOgy of the court re-
ports has a breezy novelty about it that
will win in welcome. That feature of
the decision is of mere interest than
its subject matter. 1t was in denial OF
the right Of a dentist to give prescrip-
ton for the sale of whisky on Sunday,
and reads in part as follows: eff den
lists came within the term physician,
as used i'll code, section iii, tooth
ache would become alaTmingly more
prevalent than 'snakebite' and that it
would, with usage, become more dan
gerous, is evident from the fact that
the very first dental surgeons pre-
scription for toothache, coming before
US, is for 'one pint of whisky The
size of the tooth is not given nor
whether ut was molar, icisor, eye
tooth, or wisdom-tooth, and yet there
are thlrty-two teeth III a full set, each
of which might acle on Sunday. The
duties Of dentist are limited to the
manual or mechanical, operations on
the teeth. Whenever the use of liquor
is necessary, it being a remedy to act
On the body, and only indirectly in
case for the teeth, within the purview
Of the statute, it must be prescribed by
a physician to authorize a sale on
Sunday. New York Evening Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29
WOULD DRIVE A BARGAIN.

YES" said the old man, addressing
his young visitor, Il am proud of my
girls, and would like to see them COM
fortably married, and as l have made a
little money, they will not go to their
husbands penniless. There's Mary
twenty-five years old, and a real good
girl I shall give her five thousand
dollars when she marries. Then comes
Bet, who won't see thirty-five again
and I shall give her ten thousand dol
lars; and the man who takes Eliza
who is forty, will have fifteen thousand
dollars with her" The young man
reflected a moment or so, and then in
quired: you haven't one about fifty
have you?"-Laporte Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29

Uncle Bob-Hallo, frankie! Why do
you call your dog Fan?
Frankie-Oh, COS she keeps her tail
going just like one.-IIarper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29

which they are confident they will get
from some New York museum man
ager.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29

He-I can assure you that I am
bachelor from choice.
She-So I suppose: but whose choice
-Pick-Me-Up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-29

Schoolboy-I always envied Caesar.
Teacher-Well he was a great gen.
email.
Schoolgirls and he didn't have
to study Latin-Someryill Journal.