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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

of the many valuable articles in the vari-
Gus booths has encouraged many of the
patrons to repeat their visits. and it is
difficult to understand how the ladies in
charge of the fair can afford to give such
bargains. But bargains appear to be their
motto and the ladies say that as the artl-
cles cost them nothing and were donated
by the charitably inclined they can well
afford to part with them for even less than
one quarter of what they cost and thus it
isthat the bargain secret" is explained.
There are many who could not con-
veniently visit the fair last week, and who
sent word to the ladies that If they would
prolong the fair for another week
they would surely visit them, and to ac-
commodate these and1 many others who
have not as yet visited the fair. bat who
will undoubtedly do so, the ladies have
concluded to keep the fair open every
evening this week.
Besides the many fancy and beautiful
articles being sacrificed, there is an excel
lent lunch prepared daily for the accommo-
dation OF those who may wish to get some
dainty morsels with which to appease
their appetites. Lunch is served from IL
A. M to P. NJ. daily, and there is no charge
for admission during these hours.
There is also daily paper published by
the young men OF the parish, and to those
who may desire to advertise their business
an excellent opportunity is afforded. A
dollar or two spent in this manner will
pay thousand fold.
The fair was in full blast last evening,
and Judging from the crowds and the
general business-like appearance the ladies
must have done remarkably well. The
contrast IN the dress and costumes of the
many beautiful young ladies who last
night crowded the hall was as pretty a
sight as one should care to look upon.
The management appears to be excel
lent, and there seems to be no complaint
as to the manner in which patrons are re-
ceived and treated.
There is a literary and musical enter
talnment each evening, which adds much
to the popularity of the fair.
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acquisition of several stars from different
Eastern gridirons was partially offset by
fumbllng at critical moments. The show
ing made by the Stanford men was an
agreeable surprise; it was the best gen.
eral work that has ever been done by a
Palo Alto team at the opening of Its foot
ball season. The college men did not
tumble, and fun bling is one of the faults
OF all teams early in the season. They
broke through well on attempted kicks
and the punting of their fullback was we'll
executed, and every kick advanced the
ball over thirty yards clear gain, notwith.
standing the kicker stood cautiously from
ten to fifteen yards back OF the rushline.
Stickney, the Harvard tackle, Olympic
coach and halfback, had charge of the
ball great many times for his team, and
both in his ready punts at close quarters
and in his line bucking proved himself a
valuable man. Percy Morse, the other
Olympic half, known as a speedy end
runner, got round the end twice under
interference for fair gains. Long runs,
however, were not a part of the game
The gains by both sides were principally
through the line. There would be quick
dash for an opening and forward lunge
through the line. 1t was style of play,
except for the punting, not calculated to
fill the ordinary spectator with wild en-
thusiasm. The teams were perhaps too
nearly matched all round to permit those
long dashes that set the spectators pulse
tinging or make him miserable.
The Stanford players came on the field
first, and went through a little prelimi-
nary lining up and passing of the ball.
When, few minutes later, the Olympies
appeared, the Stanford team looked small
by comparison, though the lineup does
not show great difference in weight.
There were more spectators than at the
Reliance Berkeley game the Saturday be-
fore, and there was little more demon
stration from the grand stand, for the COL
lege contingent felt it had cause to veil
occasionally and to encourage individual
players.
The grand stand was fairly well filed
and with goodly number of the fair sex.
They were there bedecked mostly in the
red and white of the Olympics, though
the cardinal had numerous following.
Just how the ball traversed the field
and who advanced it when it was kicked
or carried is shown exactly in the accom-
panying chart, the first play beginning at
the top and at the middle of the diagram,
which represents the gridiron field as
viewed from the main grand stand at the
west side OF the grounds.
Only twice in the game did the ball pass
within the ten-yard line and then it was
sent there on kicks, one of which in the
first half went over the goal line and was
downed by Harrelson for a touchback,
after which the Olympics took it out to
the twenty-five yard line for free kick
The other time that it was close to goal on
kick Soper received it behind the goal
line and kicked it far out of dangerous
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stanford's Captains Opinion.

The Olympic ends saved the game for their
team. They did good work in helping to
pocket our tackles. The Olympic's tackles
proved the weakest spots in the line and
through them we made most of our gains.
The playing of Weldon and of Stickney for
Olympic was good, and Morse made some fair
runs
soder's punting was all right, but his catch
ing was not good. Fisher put up fine game
at half. He was strong in both offensive and
defensive play. Jack Rice's work was good.
Harrington did well, except when the end
pocketed him
On the whole the game was not SO lively and
snappy as IL might have been. The Stanford
line showed up pretty strong, but it did not
meet my expectations. Take it all in ALL
however, am not dissatisfied with the show
ing the boys made in their first regular game
this season. think that our team is playing
better bail than the team did last year at this
time, particularly when it is considered how
many OF them are new men. The early arrival
OF the coach has something TO do with it,
1 consider the Olympics stronger team
than the Reliance at the time we played Re-
lance two weeks ago, but Reliance may have
improved since then. CHARLES FICKERT,
Captain Stanford team.
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STOLE HER FURNITURE.

Mrs. Julia Hughes Gets Warrants for
the Arrest of Two Burglars.
Mrs. Julia Hughes of Ali Banks street
swore to complaint in Judge Lows court
yesterday charging James Lee, an ex-con-
vict, and Patrick Hughes with larceny.
She said that she had occasion to go to
the City Hall on business, and during her
absence two men drove to her house with
an express wagon, forced open the door
and removed nearly the whole OF her fur
niture, valued at $100.
The two men sold the furniture, and part
of it has been recovered. She got de-
scription OF them from the man who pur-
chased it, and she was satisfied from it
that they were Lee and Hughes.
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o'clock. A general mass-meeting will be
held in the association auditorium at
o'clock. Services at the churches again in
the evening at 7:30, and the farewell meet
at o'clock Sunday evening. The public
will be welcome to all of these services.
1t is expected the Moody Institute quar-
tet will assist in the afternoon service
Sunday.
The athletic games at the Presidio Ath-
letic Grounds are sure to be of special in
terest, as the athletes from various asso-
Citations vii, contest for the silver cup and
other State prizes. The banner was won
last year by the San Francisco team.
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Joseph Kelly Indorsed.

The second regular meeting of the Ambrose
Democratic Club was held Friday evening at
the headquarters, corner of Mission and
Twelfth streets The members were enter
tanned by speeches from Charles A. Reynolds; !;
Robert L. Mann, campaign committeeman;
George A. Gallagher, Peter W. MeGlade, Frank
E. Mahoney, and DR.. William H. Sieberst can
didate for School Director. The Golden Gate
Quartet rendered several selections, and Frank
paign pieces. The club unanimously and en-
Enthusiastically indorsed Joseph P. Kelly for
Congress and Frank E. Mahoney for the AS
sembly Third District.
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YOUNG MEMS CONVENTION

Sixteenth Ann ual Session of the Chris.
tian Association of California
From October Is to Is the sixteenth an
nual State Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association of California
will convene in this City at the associ-
atoms building. Mason and Ellis streets,
opening session to be held Thursday even
ing, October Is, with a welcome meeting
and collation. in the dining hall of the
building from to o'clock. From to 8
o'clock there will be "reminiscences of past
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Cars Collide.

At4:20 O'Clock yesterday afternoon car 469
Of the Powell-street line, going south, tried to
pass car 562 of the Ellis-street line, or the
Elllsstreet car tried to pass ahead of the
Powell-street car, and the result was col
lision, the electric car showing the cable car off
the track. Fortunately there were no passen-
gers on the dummy of the cable car at the
point of impact. The passengers on both cars,
however, were shaken up, but no one was
hurt.
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territory for Stanford. Both halves ended
with the ball in possession Of an Olympic
man about the middle of Olympic's terri
tory.
At the opening of the second half Stan
ford put in Rice in Cotton's place. at right
left half, and during the second half
Fisher retired from right half and was re-
placed by B. Thomas. Stanford played
practically her best team as did Olympics.
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fields. Many more groups of islands will
be visited this year, and in consequence it
will be late in Decembe and probably
January, 1897, before the Pitcairn again
reaches San Francisco"
At this point Miss Young's friends
claimed her attention and insisted upon
her going with them to Oakland. If her
health will permit the author of "The
Story of Pitcairn" will lecture here for the
benefit of the Seventh Day Adventists,
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SACRED HEART FAIR.
The Undertaking Will Be Continued for
Another Week.

The well-merited success which has
crowned the efforts of the ladies of the
Sacred Heart parish since the opening of
their church fair has encouraged them in
the good work they have undertaken.
Armory Hall, corner of Page and Cough
streets, is nightly crowded by thousands
who come for the purpose of patronizing
the fair and getting the best bargains they
can for their expenditures. The display
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
Fire in a shipping-House.

An alarm was sounded from box "a yester-
day at 7:30 p NJ. for a fire in the rear of
J. J. McKenna's shipping and commission es-
tablishment, 46 Steuart street. The cause OF
the blaze, which damaged the building and
stock to the extent OF $500, is Unknown.
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CHART OF THE GAME.

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line
is stanhrd in
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Olympic
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STANF ORD NOR
OLYMPIC SCORED.
Their First Football Match
a Very Close Con-
test.
College Team Shows Up Well
With Its New Men Against
Veterans.
OPINIONS OF BOTH CAPTAINS.
Fickert Satisfied, and Smith Says
stanford Has 1t on Berkeley"
at Present.

Neither side scored point. That is the
way the Stanford Olympic football game
resulted at Central Park yesterday after
noon.
The teams were about evenly matched.
What Olympic had gained in the recent
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Chinese Woman Rohhed.

Fong Chow, a Chinese woman living on
Washington street and Fish alley, was robbed
of a pair of gold bracelets, valued at $50, and
$3.50 In coin on Friday night Yesterday she
swore to a complaint in Judge Conlan's court
charging Wong All Chew and "John Doe" with
the robbery and warrants were issued for their
ar
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

Officials: Umpire-FranK Butterworth, Yale
'95 and Berkeley coach. Referee-N. W. SIM
mons, formerly of Columbia Athletic Club Wash
ington d. c. Lnesman-Charles b. Nott Brown
University '96, and assistant Berkeley coach
Halves-Twenty-five minutes.
Attendance-lnGn
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Olympic Captains Views.

am well satisfied with the Olympic team,
cut regret, of course, that we did not win the
game. We kept the ball in the Stanford ter
ritory good deal of the time, and if it had
not been fumbled by our men I think we
would have won. Those two or three fumbles
lost us the ball just when we needed it most.
That man Searight kept laying for stickney
all the time: he seemed to watch for him
alone. The result was, every time Stickney
would try to go round the end Searight would
be right there waiting for him. But Morse
made several good end runs
The Stanford men could not catch those
spfrals that Stiekney punted; it takes mighty
good man to hold them. think that we would
have done better if we had let Stickney do all
OF the kicking. l think, too, that we should
have tried running our line men more.
think that we can beat Reliance and
think that at the present time Stanford has it
on Berkeley and ought to buck right through
their line unless that team improves good
deal. P. SMITH, Captain Olympic Team.
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The players of the two teams as they
faced each other in the game is shown in
the following table. where the stripped
weight of each man is given to indicate
what he had to oppose in the weight of
his OpDOnant.
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Third street-Nolan,s Must Yacate.

The Nucleus building to be torn down
January 1. Big stock of shoes to be closed
out at great sacrifice.
The Van Buren press., 1896-07-04
Out in the Moonlight.

There was then at that time little
short-coupled, long-iegged horse on the
place which | called mine. Accordin to
the family understandin he was mine
10 feed and curry and ride and claim as
my own, but still he didn't come in for
70 exemptions under the general law
Rgin horse racin. | told Jerry that he
would have to ride the preachers horse
whilst | would back the little bay as
usual. Up to that time | never had
run up agin but one horse that could
pass by the little bay, and that was Il
roam mare which belonged to Hamp
Weaver, a younger brother to Ben Chris.
1t is about the same way, / reckon, with
most all country boys, but in them days
| would ruther take a lickin any time
than to ride a horse that couldn't lead
the pack. II is human nature with
eYerybody-but boys in particlar-to
try and keep ahead and work in the
lead. You can take notice of the same
thing in old men. They most in gener-
ally pull for the amen corner, or take
the first seat in the front row of the
dress circle.
So in pursuit of adjournment, me and
Terry reassembled ourselves together
down there in the horse lot at mid
night, and now presently we had took
the horses out and off down the old
stage road loolin for a level stretch 10
run the race. The moon hit was shinin
bright as day, and when we got out in
clear openin we dismounted ard got
down so l could take good look 1t
Timber Jim.
And as | am farmer from Farmers
Vile, and a natural-born southern gen
tleman, that horse was the most ugliest
and unpromisin plug had ever saw in
all of my born days. He was sway
backed, and beneh-legged, and box
ankled and yew-necked. and slab-sided
and ragged and raw-bony. Blamed if
l couldn't hang my hat on his hip bone
and count his ribs by the pale light of
the moon. He was sluggish and sleepy
and looked like he would break up and
fall TO pieces at every step he took.
Finally at last | come right out and
told Jerry if he wanted to run a race on
that old horse he could do it, but as to
me | wouldn't ride him in a race for love
nor money, cause / was plum satisfied
he would let loose and fall down and
break his neck or mine-and maybe
both. And Jerry he was ruther skittish
about it, but by this time Timber Jim
had his ears Topped and his head hung
Down like he was fxin off to sleep. and
Jerry lowed he'll be smeared if he want
goin to wake up the old crowbait if it
brung on funeral in the family-which
At that time likely young bucks such as
aim was worth a thousand dollars a
head.
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.ItmherIinn shows LID.

At that time I VAS nothin but year.
lin boy-the onlyest one in the family
and my mainest runnin mate was
a Niger voungster which belonged to
my father. The other boy was name
Jerry, and as we was one years chill
dren. both born on the full of the moon,
the general understandin was that he
would fall TO me when l got old enough
TO branch off and set up business on my
own hook.
Well. at any rates, me and Jerry was
about as clost and thick and familous
as two boys of different color could
git to be, and whether at work or at
play, or up to some deYiiment or other
we most in generally always went in
together. We first learnt how to run
horse-races on the sly as we driv the
COWS off to the paster in the mornin and
rounded them up IN the eyenin. But
iny good old father thought as much
of his horses as he did of his boys-if
not a whole lot more-and everwhen
lie caught us runnin the stock about
the next reglar order of business would
be a pressin engagement with leather
strop. So in them days, as time went
On, it come to pass that Inc and Jerry
use to slip the horses out in the dead
hours of night and go off to good,
level road and run races till we got
enough.
One pleasant summer day, late along
H. the shank of the evenin, a preacher
travellin through the settlement
stopped over and put up for the night
at our house. In the main time me and
Jerry we made it our personal and par
ticlar business to try every strange
horse that come along. We had to tend
to the stock and see to it that there
was plenty of corn in the troft and fod-
der in the rack, and so we reasoned to-
gether with ourselves that no strange
horse could get his board and lodgins
| in our lot free gratis for nethin. The
general fact that the horse in this case
belonged to a preacher didn't jar our
| hands n blame bit. lie had to show
down in regards to his wind and his
| speed if he had any in him. The preach
er which we had with us that night
called his horse Timber Jim, and as we
led him down to the lot me and Jerry
made it up between us that he would
have to unite them legs and unlimber
| himself generally somewheres before
| daylight the next mornin.
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peas and send some help to take IN H..
carpets and whitewash the palinos al.
the trees and the pig pen and eleaa ',s
things generally for some town L.,
folks were threatening to visit the1
He said he was about to Guido the Gu, ,,i'
but his wife reinforced them and -,
they didn't ask such faYors hut +,,' a'a
a year and were the best dauebtor. -
the world, and she thought he miola
spare a hand for day or two. and ra.'.
he writes to me for advice. Must he CIV
render and take a hand from the fols
or not. No, of course not. The war ~
do is to do all these little hopsaSo1s
Jobs yourself. You Gun take up ear.
pet and hang it on the paline and haa.
the dust out of it as well as anvbod,.
and whitewashing is nothing but goo1
fun. You can hang a window eurts;s
CT put in pane of glass or mend habs
carriage or repaint the mantle piees
Ny girls papered every room in our
house. Their mother trained us all %,
do these things. and it saves lot ~
money. My friend, that whitewasbinc
must be done if the world comes 10 az
end Let the cotton suffer for dsv
l expect you have too much planted
anyhow. Everybody around here has.
The good wife and daughters have Ia
stay in the house or about it nearly ali
their time, and 1t should be made a.
pleasant and inviting as possible. Your
in sympathetic bond.-Bill Arp, in 40
lnnta Constitution.
The Van Buren press., 1896-07-04

A coroner's jury in birmingham, Eng
land, after hearing expert testimony
in the case of Ellen Pickering, an
enamel worker 16 years old, who dieu
of lead poisoning, appended TO ther
verdict n rider asking for govern
ment inquiry with a view to the com
pulsory abolition of the use OF lead II
enamel works. During the inquest Vno
managing director of the works was
asked if he could make enamel without
using lead. 1--WE can do So was tho
reply, "but it is very costly, and unless
all manufacturers were compelled 'ooO
so we should have to close" The wage,
of this poor girl were $3.50 a week. anu anu
two years of this terrible occupa'iV"
sufficed to destroy her life.
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ayes said John. THAT'S all right.

"'Yes,' said John. That's all right.
but where's my bear2'
Jack said Uncle Jim, I think /
more than likely that finding the bunk
tt,uk up d ffi6 D n JfITT tTISti siiTtiiii
he didn't like any the rest O the quar-
tiers, and he went out ag'in in the way he
come. What's the use o. worryin' about
a bar that's so little it can crawl into an
fs-inch hole. anyhow? q
I'VE came back along the passage to
investigate the whole that showed day
light. We got TO the spot where we had
seen the hole. but the hole was gone.
There was no daylight shining through.
Thinking we had made mistake in %
eating it, we passed on. l was in the
rear several PAGES. For some reason l
turned and looked back. There was the
hole In the side of the tunnel ms plain
as could be. l was a little startled,
end turned toward my companions and
shouted:
Come back. The hole is here
"They came hurrying back. just be-
fore they reached me ! turned to look
at the hole. 1t was nowhere TO be seem
This was such spooky proceeding that
I was scared. When Uncle Jim AMI
John came up told them of the queer
temperance and sudden disappearance
of the hole.
"'Aha.' was all | heard Uncle Jim
say. Lut the next second the tunnel was
roaring with the report of his gun.
heard heavy fall. and one snarly sort
of a groan. / looked around. Daylight
was shining again through the hole in
the tunnel
Two of EN- to git out hull.' ex'
claimed Uncle jim; the old Teller
that died a-standin' and his unfortunate
wife that didn't know no better than TO
shet out daylight It's a kindness to
her, though. She won't never know she
was a wilder, now!'
.'The getting of the bears out hull'
necessitated more help, and we left
them to the custody of old Scarface and
erawled out of his depths into the world
again and went home Uncle Jim and
others returned with ropes and things
and got the bears cut at the hole in the
side of the tunnel. They were cinnamon
bears, and weighed a good 400 apiece.
Yet John wasn't pleased. He wanted
the little bear that had fooled him all
day and got away from him at last.
I'd rather got that bear than q
dozen big fellers like thcm!' he said.
WHAT said Uncle Jim. And one
of 'em died a-standin', and tried to kill
yuh after he was dead. I'm ashamed o.
5nh, jack IN. Y. Sun.