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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-17
SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

SUMMARY OF THE MARKET
Silver firmer.
Whea: advanced again.
Barley and Oats steady.
Corn more plentiful and lower.
Beans quiet.
Flour firm
Hay and Feedstuffs unchanged.
Potatoes weaker onions tlrmer.
Creamery Butter doing better.
Cheese advanced. Eggs very firm.
Plenty OF Eastern Poultry Offering.
Oranges lower.
Dried Fruit and Rasins unchanged.
Provisions as before.
Grapes weak and dull.
Hops firm.
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Time Rail.

The Time Ball.
BRANCH HYDRosRAPHIc OFFICE. o. 8. ".
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
SAN FRANCISCO. November 16 1898.
The time ball on Telegraph Hill was droppe
exactly noon today e., ~ noon OF the l2Uta
meridian. or exactly at P. NJ. Greenwich time.
w. = HUGHES,
Lieutenant U. s ". in charge.
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FINANCIAL.
WA. CARROLL, BROKER
CHICAGO MARKETS.. NEW YORK STACKS.

East Wire East. Unequa1ed Service.
STRICTLY COMMISSIONS
Private and Bank references Quoted on apncation
Ofiice, 81 Montgomery St. Safe be- osit Bid
lei. Main 1871. Private Parlor for Ladies 3
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POULTRY AND GAME.

@30c for puets', 321a@S5c for small 10 medium
ana o6S93ec for choice: cold-slorage. 2212Q2Ac:
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BUTTER. tHErsE AND EGGS.

BUTTER-Creamery descriptions are higher
and firm.
CREAMKRY-Fancy, 25@26c: seconds. 2s@24c
P h.
DAIRY-Fancv, 2l1x6221ac; good TO choice, 20
@2lc: lower grades. 1o(0iSc q ID.
PICKLED-l6MlSc n 10.
FIRKIN-l5M17c p 10
CREAMERY TUB-1S@l9 &c q b.
CHEESk-Tne market has again advanced.
Choice mild new firm at 10@lic q 10: com mon to
good old, 7@9c p fb: cream Cheddar, llMl2c:
Young America. 10@l2c . h; Western, IDOL &c;
Eastern. 124l3c q ID.
EGGS : The market continues to improve,
though slowly. Eastern quotable ut 2OG1221xc
p dozen for fair TO choice; 26@27c for fancy
and 171a@1S1.c for coId-storage; ranch Eggs, 25
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ferhaps one OF the very oldest monu-
ments is the tablet in Rerkshire chnrcb
In memory of a soldier who had his left
leg taken of "by the above ball." the
actual cannon-ball being inserted at the
top.
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NorE-In the above exposition of the tides tho
early morning tides given In the left hand
column. and the successive tides of the day in the
order OF occurrence As to time. The second time
column gives the second tide of the day, the third
time column the third tide, and the last or right
hand column gives the last tide of the day, exceps
when there but three tides. as sometimes
occurs. The heights given additions to the
soundings the United States Coast Survey
charts, except when a minus sign (-) precedes the
height, and then the number given is subtractve
from the depth given By Lhe charts.
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BOARD SALES.

Following were the safes In the San Francisco
Stock Bonrd yesterday:
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GOLD MINING EXCHANGE.
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.

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y Ry Cai Is
y Ky Cal 5s.
Oak Gas SIS. .
l.o "a Is os.
OA LlLHs "a.
The sun., 1896-10-18

the railway station; and he believed that many
OF the eoppers which the operator had discarded
the ash heap where they had been thrown. The
railroad agent was very glad to obliRc us with
the old ooppers aud generously gave US two CT
pounds OF blue vltriol was all we'd need to buy
to complete the batteries. Vitriol only cost q
few cents pound. and we got enough for half q
dollar to run the sixteen cells in hne shane.
I'VE had learned that the reason why only
one wire is needed on long telegraph lines Is
that the Garth may be used TO complete the
circuit. Connection with tie earth always has
TO be made In damp place. as moisture facili-
IL good conductor of It. This arrangement Is
called ground connection. II is common TO
e%r %IFo pace Of met metal ssyfS rom teet m
batteries. II one mas access TO an iron pump
that viii also answer tho purpose aplendidly,
that way. At my end of the line, however, no
pump was available so It was necessary To lay
be suitable found part OF steel rail about six
feet in length. The next thing was to bury II
IN damp snot. thought of my fathers cellar.
feet 70 reach thoroughly wet soil My parents
ridtculed the whole idea OF our line from the
first and knew they would oppose my disfgur.
ing the cellar floor to lay ground plate But
watched my chance and early one morning set
about nigcinG big hole for the rail. ia jTTs I's
of dirt two feet and half high surrounded It
when my lit game was discovered. MY Iather
horsewhip me for my act. But he didn't fill up
the hole. and the next day, in spite OF his anger
! was able to fll IL mp myself, with the steel rail-
buried at the bottom OF II. Then. after connect
Ing tho var'ons wires. all was ready Tor the test
The boys at the other end Of the line had Tor
some time been sitting motionlcss by their In
sirument waiting for the click that should rrore
the success OF all our anxiety and labor. They
were beginning to be gloomy and hal almost
abandoned hope when. suddenly. the little lever
ofthelr instrument began to move ana they heard
H-e,l-l-o THERE tapped ont slowly ana dis
t'nctly. Thuse two words indicated That our
line was grand success We continued the
wire to North Hampton soon afterwaru, ana
that line. which was twice as long as the other.
also worked Ike a charm. We all spent our
evenings at home that winter practising
telegrnphy The operator at the railway
station gave ns point. frnm time to ,ims. and.
in return. we often assisted him. By the follow
Ing spring all OF us could, as telegraphers say.
sling lightning ana read II well enough to
sub for some OF the operators on the railroad;
a"d this we frequently did. As for the wire. it
eeldom got out Of order. except when IL was
broken by the swayinV tree branches.
what became of the lads who built the line
They all turned mt to he first class operators,
and are. excluding the one that died, today
filing places Of trust and remuneration as
knights OF the key"
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A NOVEL CHURCH CANVASS
RELIGIoN, BITH7UBs. AND OTHER
MATTERS INQUIRED INTO.

Results or n SooioiorieaI Canvass OF the
Fifteenth Assembly District - Bathtubs
Bhown 20 He Scarce About Heirs
Kitehen-Purposes of the InvestigatIon.
The Fifteenth Assembly district OF this city
has been subjected to q " sociological canvass"
by the Federation OF Churches and Christian
Workers in New York city. Tho Federation Is
a non-sectarian body. Its object is to SYSTEM
Rtize the home missionary work OF the churches
in the city by a process of cooperation. Briefly,
this lie intended to be the process: When n GER
tain district OF this city has been marked out.
tho churches and charitable organizations
within its limits are invited to participate in n
conference looking to II division OF the evangeli-
cal and charitable work in the district. The
necessary preliminary step is n full census of
the district that shall include, besides the in
formation gathered bv the Government census
takers. q statement of the church Affiliations.
the mental and spiritual health, and the regular
incomes of the persons living in its limits.
The Federation has. as yet, no President. Tho
Vice-President lie the Rev. J. Winthrop lIege-
man. John 5. Bussing of "a Pine street is
Treasurer, and Arthur w. Tilbury Secretary.
The Rev. Walter Laidlaw, until lately the as
sistant pastor of the Collegiate Reformed
Church. Is the Executive Secretary. and has
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Determination OF the returns from sub
divisions OF the district clearly prove, said Mr..
from the people. tbs people are absent from the
church; and perhaps prove, moreover. that
are not necessarily connected. So far as church
membtrsh and attendance are concerned. tLe
problem west Of Eleventh avenue is to get the
church to the peop!e and east OF Nihth avenue
to get the people to the church. There will be
no difficulty IN getting the people west OF
Eleventh avenue to the church II II ue brought
near to them. for the table shows that the per-
public school west of Eleventh avenue is more
creditahle than In the case OF any other OF the
four tiers OF inter-aNenue blocks In the Assem-
The canvass Furnished material for a study OF
tho environment of the homes OF the people be-
Tore and after tho enactment OF the Raines law.
Over IN Brooklyn1 the other day the state Con-
Federation found that the law had reduced the
Der Of liquor stores by five. MIR. Laidlaw pub
ls9ed map showing the environment before
The Feierat, on discovered that the district
was badly OF for want OF baths. In the entire
lies For the 4s42 families west OF ninth avenue
there was one tub TO l7.u families. and for the
l.S2l families between Tenth and Eleventh
+to.3 families, or 2,305.6 persons
The rent statistics collected show that tho
and Ninth avenues en- is s5@0o se Year, between Ssen
Tenth and Eleventh avenues S29.3i. Where
the rent is highest the houses are most crowded.
There are l.332 rooms for 3l.445 peorle.
The canvass over the recommendations for
work are simple. They are that each church
shall charge itself with the oversight OF one or
more blocks. not evangel zinR. but keeping the
people in touch with the Federation as a whole,
and through it with the Individual churches OF
which 1t is com nposed. The Federation will as
sist the Charity Organization Society by It's in
innate knowledge OF the families in the dis
trict. IL Will fight for better tenements. public
baths parks. and play grounds. 1t will also
start saloon substitutes.
In the Fifteenth Assembly district q sub
A has already been organized out OF the expert.
ment OF the canvass. IL will have committees
on investigation, n,svangeliZation. Sunday schools
importance, thrift, sanitation, public schools
parks and baths. and Libraries. Every church
in the auxiliary will know that each step IL
takes Is definite and that II will mot be inter-
fered with by any other church. There will be
no duplication in the expenditure OF work or
money.
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was about 10 say that understand ordinary
conversation with some difficulty and so that
there might be no error insisted that they veil
on, 9ni their propostiops in loud tones, which they
,h a,a mil mms, you could hear them in the middle Of
Your Honor" cried the young attorney. "is
onr time TO be taken up listening TO hearssy
evldencey lIs does not know He was in
formed that such and such was SO and so.
What we must have is what he knows about
the trade and whether or not he"
am informed on real estate values. having
been real estate agent all my life" the old IN an
snid. and knew what the worth Of that least o
WAS 70 the holder or 1t, Knowing the facts
would fix his damages at Sis.32. / believe"
oblrctei to conclusion and as incompe-
tent; What any man believes In not necessarily
good proof. | don't want TO know wbat Won h.
lieye, bmt what you know We must insist on
your telling what yon know and not what Won
snrmise or what yon conjecture or what yon
thlnk or what you imagine. A court room ia NOT
q place for exploiting what "a man believes bnt
what he is sure Of. think the Court will sn D.
pnrt m e ~ saying mat we don't want TO know
looked confidently at the Justice. "'''
WAS going to say" said the witneSs "tba,
believe that Is all" '"s
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tized....; Church Members 81; Church Attend;
ans :. sunday school soholara...; Public School
Boholars...; Length Of Residence..''i water on
floor....
The canvassers were instructed to ascertain
rents from the janitor; to procure only the sur
cordlnE to mothers; TO enter the age OF each
child; to ascertain, for the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. tho number nf male boarders
between 10 and 30 years of aye; to specify tho
church attended by the family and the Sunday
school attended by the children; 10 enter
pArochial school attendants on the public school
line. and on the line. Water on the floor" TO
register every apartment possessinR pipes with
running water, n private bathtuo, and sanitary
convsniences. Visitors were also inst trncted TO
and to inquire wherever feasible in what way
the church could be more useful to the families
visited.
Ofthe 30, 900 people in the district 33.S9l were
actually Canvassed. As q large part OF the work
was done by volunteers, who had only time to
temporarily absent from their homes could not
be enumerated. Mr.. Iaidlaw estimated that
the whole city could bs accurately canvassed by
Federation workers for less than $1,000. The
hahitauts were Roman Catholics. 6.52 Episco-
palians, 6.3y Lutherans, 5.4T Preshyterians,
3.12 Methodists, 2.T5 Baptists, l.7D Hebrews,
AMI LII Reformed; the religion Of 1919 per
cent. was uuspeciiied and the rest were scat
tered among the evangelical societies. the Uni.
Friends OF l5,4l5 church attendants. 5,05l
were American, 5.l22 Irish, and 3.T60 Ger
mans. 1t was found that 44.3 per cent. of the
1l,3O7 Americans attend church, 80 per cent
Germans, and 30.l per cent; Of % Hebrews
Tho four members OF the only Belgia family
IN the diSir are all Churchgoers bringing the
Belgian percentage up to 10U.
The sun., 1896-10-18
ON The STAATSRURGH LINKS.
#. ID. Beach and GooId uoyt Among tho
Winning Golfers.

PouGHKEEPsIE, Oct. lO.A few days ago an
invitation tournament WAS played on tho
StaatsburGh links, preceded by dinner given by
Mrs. Ogden Mills TO about forty persons. The first
days play was for cup presented by Ogden
Mills and William ". Dinsmore This was a
thirty-six-hole match. The handicap medal
was won by Fred o. Beach. handicap q. score
100; Il. u. Huntington second. handicap 3.
score l0l. Tho women played for handsome
cup This was closely contested game, and
MAS very Interesting. The result was: Miss
Wrtmore, hrst: Mis- Edith Morton. second.
The second days play was for another cup,
presented by Aicssrs. Mills and pin,more. This
game was hogie handicap of 30, The best
score was made by Mr, Suckley. Tho
next play was for cup given by
GI:0I M: h. .d wdan6srnlt, This was Glso a han
lG0. 80, 80. The members of the Staatsb ,'gh
GOf Club Earo large house parties during'.ne
tournament Among the players we're winter
kutheriord Fred Beach. Victor Sorchow: ".
4. Nand-r6ilt, Reginald Rnnalds, Ogden Mills.
t., T.: Huntington, . Ford HYmtnS!on, Il f. H.
Newboid. Charles Bohlen. Henry Hoyt. Il. l..
Hnyt, Gordon Morris and u. lie Farge.
me Two nelds composing the course are very
attractive, their natural brRniy Of hill valley,
and water course having been largely increased
10y the care given the course by the golf keeper
and his three assistant. There are many
natural hazards, and in addition several Rrti-
nca ones have been made. Especial attention
has been paid 70 the putting greens, which are
frequenty sodded and smoothly rolled. Tho
burgh colony; which includes Ogden Mills. tho
Hon. Levi p. Morton. Mrs. /: VI. Hoyt. Mr..
w. b. Dinamore. Col. Archibald Rogers, w, X
Vanderbilt, and the Hon. Thomas NOWb0ld.
The sun., 1896-10-18

been the active agent of the society in its work
up to this time. Seth Low. William Z. Dodge.
and DIR. c. II. Parkhurst are honorary Vice
Presidents.
In discussing the reasons for selecting the
Fifteenth Assembly district to be the sub
ject OF experiment and means OF illustration,
Mr.. Ladlaw said In his report that It was not
the policy of tho Federation permanently to
parish the city by Assembly districts. Never
theless. nn Assembly district with population
OF 4o, 600 is a convenient unit for the Fedora
tion to cover. Tho boundaries OF the Fifteenth
Assembly district are tho Hudson River. West
Forty-sixth street. Tenth avenue, West Forty
third street Eighth avenue. West Fifty-third
street, Ninth avenue, West Fiftieth street.
Tenth avenue. West Forty.uinth street, and tho
Hudson River. The Tenement House Com
mittee maGo Fittieth street the centre OF popu-
lation for the city. anil. moreover, tho
district includes one Of the regions known
as HelEs Kitchen. There are several sec
tions named. y majority vote of
the bad communities from Twenty-sixth street
TO Seventy-second street gives the region at the
foot of West Forty-seventh street the strongest
claim to the title On tho other hand. the east
ern side OF the district. between avenues is in
hAbited by well-to-do, substantial families.
There is one salooL for every 400 people. and
one church organization for every 1897 people.
BY the police census the population was 30. $40.
1874 males and 20,205 females. The school
census shows that 5,395 children OF the district
arc in school; 5s4, although OF school age are at
work during school hours; there arc 4 truants,
and 3.747 are out Of school through lack of room
or the inability of their parent, to send them.
Tho death rate In the part west of Tenth ave-
nue. was in 1894 about 30.0l in each 1000; in
the part east Of Tenth avenue. where the dwell
ings are newer. 24.43
II was decided TO ask the churches 10 "COPPER"
ate In the canvass, and most OF them accepted
the invitation. The form utilized in the can
vass was the iollowinA
SOCIOLOGICAL CANVASS FIFTEENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT,
NEW YORK.
Street. No. -; Floor; Rent; Front .:
lcar ...; Rooms g.. Rear Tenement -.
Name OF Family; Nationality Number In
Family: hoys, Ages 81 Grl. Ages 90; Male
noAIhcrs rmInal" bmaruen ',i Wagr l.arners -
The sun., 1896-10-18
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S WIFE
THE WOMAN As SHE WAS, NOT AS
sHE WAS PICTURED.

Mary I.incoin's Portrait Drawn by Ono who
Knew Her IntImAteiy-Mrs. Shipmnn's
RecolIectIons - False Ideas Corrected,
lw.sh to say hero a few words Of Mrs. Lin
coin. who has been treated for the most part,
pu blicly and privately, as II TO defamo her were
somehow to glorify her husband; whereas the
contrary rather Ia the natural effect. for surely.
Ha man 10 known by the company no keeps,
IN uch more he ia known by the woman he weds.
The shafts that strike the wife pierce the hus-
band also, and their offspring besides, for not
only Is the mother the nearest and dearest of
earthly beings, but under the law of heredity,
her traits are presumptivoly those of the child.
Did the traducers OF Mrs. Lincoln forget that
they wero stabbinG the husband aud the son
when they struck the wife and the motherr
l have often been asked, by persons who
should have known better, II Mrs. Lincoln
were not q lRht-headed. coarse, halt-educated
woman. Nothing could be further from the
truth My opportunities for Judging entite me
TO speak OF her with some confidence. In her
younger days she was intimate with my mother,
while before, and especially during her hns-
bands Administration, my trusted guardian
and his lovely wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Speed. were
in constant intercourse with her; and In later
years, during the trying period Of her widow
hood, myself saw = great deal OF her at close
hand in q variety of circumstances. She was
vivacious and mercuria full of reparteo and
dash. but never unrenned, and though by ma
ture liGht-hearted, was not light headed, Her
conversation and her letters plainly betokened
the cultivated lady. She was perfectly frank
The sun., 1896-10-18
WHERE sHouAD TN, M4N ro1Eg
David Henderson Sleeps In Pamela. bus
Ems Ills Menls In MMtsrtnwn.

WATERrowN, y. ~, Oct. l7.--What consti-
tutes mans residencoT Does he legally live
in bed or at his table? This is what the
Chairman OF the Republican County Committee
o: Jefferson county is called upon to solve.
On tho boundary line which separates the
towns of WaIcrtown and PAMELA stands the
dwelling OF David Henderson, an aged carpen-
ter and stanch Republican, who is wonder
Ing where ho Is at. When Mr.. Henderson
arises in the morning he steps out OF Ms bed
room across the boundary line and breakfasts
IN Watertown; IN that town he eats his noon :
day meal, and there he has his supper and
smokes his evening pipe and reads Major Nc.
hinley's font porch speeches Then at an
early hour he retires into the town OF PAMELA.
where he wants IN register that lie may cust his
vote for Mckinley and sound money The
County Committee plainly sees tlat II cannot
permit Mr. Henderson TO register and vote in
both towns an 1t is trying 10 determine
whether his vote should be cast in the town in
which he sleeps or whether his resdenre
should be determined by the location ~ his
dinner table. II has not yet succeeded In de-
Gliding tho question.
The sun., 1896-10-18
THE CANARY MS xNspIR4r1oy.
When the Bird Died the Old Fiddle Max.
Stopped Turning Out VIoI,s

Stopped Turning Ont VIo.i,s.
All summer man made dddles in the baes
room OF house Just oi Fourth avenue, uri!
Twenty-fourth street. Another man who &c.
cup'ed back room in another house used -
watch the hddle maker from his window. \
bird cage hung in the fiddle makers ~ 4,
dow and a yellow canary hopped and ch!r,cl
and sang during the day as the old man polished
the wood work. When the fiddle was ready 'u.
the strinGs the old man tried them with thuu.J
and hnger. and then when they were properly
adjusted he would take a bow and draw II owes
the catgut until the sound satisfied his car.
Then he would play and bend his neck and a.
as II his soul was entranced. When he iini,Ao..
tho canary would nearly always dance o. 10
perch and sing until its notes filled tie ar..
nnck OF tho house, and the dwellers in the y.,. OIL
li% would put out their heads and Listen.
I, That was ,attstaciory to the fiddle mar .r.
lie would put tho Instrument into hos aa.
va WAS ready for the market, II the canary ..
not not sing, .,,n the od fiddle mHkcr would uu,.-
strings and try again and again 'uatI ..,.
eSS setsrS al ra s'nf sLo ola tine bird Fsf4ss @
Instrument aside and begin on ann,her -
dAy the old fiddle maker was not al his uu..
no brd cage Ts' to be nSs seer. rasa ana @' "
oy Th ena the situation remained the SANE,
me man at the window opposite, who ...H
watched the work all summer walked an.
TO NE 'T"n, na 1f the house in which The "li a
maker hau his room and asked for the d..
iord ana inquired of him what had brcp4Ir .r'
tEe 3id liddIe maker and his canary.
, lheyve gone" was tne reply "Tu..
the old man has gone. He came 10 wur,
nay ana found the canary dead. ana lie pIl
y Iitlle box; tied up his trans ana ray,
inc room. lie said he didnt thiuN nr 90.
ever make another fiddle. for the bird MAS o.
9hly crluc he had upon whom he cuu, .. .
ite said when II refused to sing AZ In, ...
that tho hddio was no good. | never n'y
name Tor the old man except JohHni4 " I.....r
tuht vas MS family name or Otherwi-r ...r
learned asked him once aud lie .n ,i .rr. .-
no niHerencc and aways made out 'at. .,... .
ior MS rent 10 JOhanis. Sometimes e..
me room on n cot, aud then he would ~ a .-y
ana stay some oIher place.
10 WAS not very communicative. i.f.
learnnd little OF his history hy drrrr.. fire.
was member OF an orchss ra in Nirane.
ms wiie was singer, lie showed ".-
picture once, in an old fashioned I..r-
She WAS young when the picture vH, %. ...
ana must have been n beautiful wonl.
Iseu 10 write her music aud always uuA.l
her Wheh she sang. ! never could H. trf. .,.
MN anything about her fate Wnrr.rr - r
a.N or Mhethcr she left him remainsn my.
70 me. put he told me one Gay Thai the ,a....
belonged to her, and that he brought II Il.
cnphtrS;t hat the canary was MS inspir..
AZ Ihink that IS what hs called IL aur va . 3
1ieu u seemed 10 bs all up Wltk the old uJr,
That 10 all know about It.h '-'