The San Francisco call., 1897-11-28
WRECKAGE.
BY HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND.

Thanks to the interest taken by Mr.. de Young
in the Park Museum, the people of San Fran
cisco will now have an opportunity of gazing
upon lock OF hair clipped from the head of
the firstand only Napoleon. That this lock
OF hair is genuine and not made to order in
Brummagem wig factory. various testi-
monials and afidavits go to show, but it will
still be difficult 10 convince the skeptic that
the lock is not British goods or gathered from
the marble floor of Professor Slathers ton
sorial parlors on Mission street.
Judging by the number of the Emperor's
locks TO be seen in the leading muse ums of the
world, Napoleon's hair must have been of q
length exceeding that OF Absalom. France,
Germany and England are we'll supplied with
these curiosities, the Khedive and the Sultan
have lock apiece, and many bald French
man consoles himself for his own loss b.
carrying upon his person q portion of the
foliage of the little corporalgeneral
The afiidavits attesting the genuinene ess OF
this valuable addition TO the Park Museum
are in French, a language with which have
persistently refused to acquaint myself owing
to the fact that il is generally understood to
be an immoral tongue. l am therefore un-
abe to express an opinion on their merit and
can only advise visitors to accept them with
caution. For all know that lock of hair may
be the advance agent OF a new hair-restorer.
Speaking of the Park Museum reminds me
that the following gifts have been donated by
public-spirited citizens during the last few
days: tooth brush, said to have be.
longed to the late George Washing.
ton and donated by Mr.. Obadia Sprills:
a cracked mirror. found in an old
residence on Rincon Hill, donated by the
Hon. Sam Rainey; five 10-cent Japanese fans,
donated by Oki Poki, prominent japanese
employment agent of his city, and two imita-
tion Delft plates zone cracked) and loaned by
Herr Harrenheim Won Hudenkammer.
A poor Woman who was being conveyed to
the Receiving Hospital in the Patrol Wagon
was jolted so terribly that her Spirit felt ag-
grieved and forsook her.
The Coroner's Jury being composed for the
greater part OF Gentlemen whose effusions are
regularly refused by the Editor of a Coiored
Supplement, agreed that she died ''of natural
Causes"
Moral: The condition of our Streets fur
nishes rich eriaI for Mirth.
fit punishment for Captain jerks would
have been 10 confine him in horse stall Tor
ten days, with nothing to eat save kindling-
wood. We have not yet learned how to make
the punishment fit the crime, and the
sooner we do the sooner dumb animals will
be treated less cruelty than they are at
present.
SAN QUENTIN, Nov. 1S.-The Hon. Scraggin
Bludge arrived here three days ago. and aftor
inspecting the premises was escorted with fiji.
ting ceremony 10 cell 8, murderers' row. Mr.
Bludge thoughtfully terminated the troubles
of four people in Kern County a few years ago.
firing of travel he has come here and expects
to remain until the State can find suita BILE and
remunerative employment for him elsewhere.
Members of the press called on the distin-
guished visitor this afternoon and asked him
for his views on free silver and the higher edr-
cation Mr. Bludge replied that he was not II
liberty to speak the former subjaci, and
that as to the latter he had never been near
enough to death to have formed any opinion.
Since his arrival here MIR. Bulge has gained
three pounds of flesh. He is gentleman of
very distingue appearance.
Having watched the equisine and oxytuber-
line tests with much interest and O little
envy, take pleas ure in informing the medi-
Cal fraternity that have discovered a sure