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on E line of First avenue. l5O N of Summer street, N S7:6 by E 100. being portion of Locks ley Square, Oakland Annex $10.
 Richard S. Hummer to William McLane lots 4 and b. Hager tract. Oakland Township; SIG
 Rebecca Wurts to NJ l.. Wurts. lot on W line oI san faDi0 avenue, SUo S3 : of Grayson street, 4s:6 by w 40. being the F of lot f. cor rected map Snyder tract, Behkeley: also lot on NE line of Ninth street. 33:4 NV of Fourth avenue NV 33:4 by NE 100. block '. Clinton East Oakland; gift.
 Ellen Wilson to Ida A. Brown, lot IL con- Jaining acres. being subdivision of Jane Dutton 5s.6o acre tract on amended map of same tract, Brooklyn Township; gift
 Antone L. Furtado to Manuel de Levefra lot 42 of smiths subdivision of town of San Lean dro, Eden Township: s4o0.
 H w. Pruning to Mathida NJ. Munch lot on N line of Estabrook street 400 " of Clarke w 50 by N 150, lot S3. Hemme tract, Eden Township. same; $500.
 Same to Jurgen Hensen. lot on line of Estabrook street. 500 W of Clarke, W 50 by
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lot on line Of Shotwell street, ll2:6 of Twenty-third. 9 by F 97:6: gift
 Harriet Mayer to Sophie, Margaret H. John r. and William Mayer. undivided quarter of lot on p line of Howard street. 3sl:6 or Twenty-fifth. 2S:e by F lI5: gift
 John T. Coleman to David C. Coleman lot on F. line of Bryant avenue, 220 of Twenty fifth street. 9 by F. 100: sl0.
 Sarah Levin to Anglo-Californian Bank fIIm- ited). lot on line of Sutter street 57:s of Grant avenue. F %, N @, F. 20, N 60 w 3T.s s s0 Vi 2:s. $ 50: also interest In estate of Meyer Wolff: S.
 John Thomas M. Kelly to Isabella Kelly. lot on NE corner of Powell and Sacramento streets. 4s:6 by 5e 10 Miles: also lot on corner of Sacramento and Miles streets. F. 5s by N 4s:s; also lot on line Of De Haro street. 1884 of Nevada. 33:4 by F 100: gift
 Estate of Edouard A. Edward Auzerais tby J. F.. Auzerais, administrator to William Ede lot SW corner of Ellis and Powell streets. 4s by " 75; S152. coo
 San Francisco Land Company to Calvin N
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l5o being lot S5 Hemme tract, Eden Township: $500. -S--'p' John. H, Corr to Priscilla J. Dakes, lot on N line or Eighteenth street, 40 E of West 28 by 50. Oakland; S10.
 Charles A. and Alice c. Bailey to Amelia Clark lot on W line of Fifth street ie4 s of Addison $ 47 by W 125. being lot s, block iO7 tract B. Berkeley L. and T. Imp. Association. Berkeley; s5.
 A. and C. Leyton to NJ A. Nadine lot IT. block C, Moss tract Brooklyn Townships sI0
 E. r. Card and Nellie ArInes to Michael Egan. acres on line of Watkins street at sW corner s-acre tract of ". ". Warren. by deed of June T. lsl4. NE Il54 chains, NV 2.71 ginning. being portion of EstuGllo or San Leandro rancho Eden Township; also acres on E line ogf Watkins street at a point NV 2Sy chains from s corner of S-acre tract of w w Warren. by deed of June l. 1874 NV 2.07Is chains. SEE 1.e6 chains. SW 1054 chains to be- ginning. being portion ur Estudillo or San Leandro rancho, Eden Township; s1O
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Langton, lot on NE corner of California street and Seventh avenue. N 10S :3&, 32:6, s l04:11k. w BPS: sl0
 Moses J. and Julia Lyon to Rosa Lyon. lot on w line of Fifteenth avenue. 229:3 N of Clement street. loo, w l094. SW 26.O2 s Si.l9. 130: also lot N line of Clement street. 205 w of Fifteenth avenue N 2O4:3 w to point II degrees 45 minutes, 2i5:2 E 26:ii: also lot line of Roselyon street I20 w of Fifteenth avenue. Si1s, Sw to RoseIyon F to beginning; also lot F line of Sixteenth avenue. lS4:3 of Clement street N 2s:ll by F i50: also lot on N corner Of Clement street and w corner Of Fifteenth avenue N 2O4:3 W 205. 204:3. 50 N l04.3. l. 25 S 1e4 F, 13O. also lot 6. block 70. Excelsior Homestead Asso- citation. to secure note and first party reserves right to sell: s.
 Marie 4. Narjot CDray) to Joseph E. Bier and NJ NJ. Regensburger. lot on w line of. Fortieth avenue, 100 N of U street, x 125 by W 120; s10.
 Marie De Bernardo to Leon De Bernardi. lot 24. Spring Valley Homestead Association; seo0.
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DESERTED BY HIS WIFE.
C- NolberIo. Grocer. Vents the Police to Find His Better
 H1lf

c Kaberla. grocer at Bryan. snt Fifth streets. reported at the Sou.LAr., notice station yesterday morning that his wife had deserted him for another man and him ms 'o
 She has left me" said Kalberla. flor John Bulger. friend of ours. andsI am aIrald they have gone from the city and won see her again. If she would only return 10 me, he said with tears in his eyes T will forgive her as I love her
 Bulger lived at IT south par,, s,raa. and had known Mrs KaIberla previous to her marriage. H. was 9 welcome yisI+or to the house, but Kalberla never dreamed that he was altenating his wife's affec- tions- Captain Spillane promised to do al he could to get the erring wife to re- turn to her husband O
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Mary E. and Charles A. Hare to H. W. Hillebrand. lot on N corner of Eighth avenue and NJ street. NE 70 by NV 75. block 139, Central Park Homestead Association; s10.
 George K. and Lucie H. Frink to Steward Sunney. lot on N line of Felton lHenry) street, 50 " of University. W 30 by 100. block T, Railroad Avenue Extension Homestead; s10.
 Hlomedo County.
 T. W. Williams to Laura l.. Williams lot on E line of Louise street, 125 of Railroad avenue g by 125, block 496. Oakland; gift Emily NJ. Bartholomew to Mary E. Phil lips, lot on E corner of East Tenth street and Sixth avenue. SEE l2S NE lO SE 2I, NE 50. NV East Oakland; S10-
 Michael w. Maloney to P. H. Maloney lot on s line of Thirty-ninth street. POO W of Tele- graph avenue. " 50. l17:11, E 50:0l l1e sl to beginning. lot 6. block 2071. map of estate of John Eyoy. in plat 36. Oakland Annex: sI0
 James IT. Boyd, trustee estate of A. c. Stiles, to Harriet W. Blake, all interest in lot
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A FobbrI.MuelIer conoer.

The class of '9s Of the Sacred Heart Presentation Convent will give a concert unoer the management of Mime. J. Fabbri- Mueier m Native Sons Hall on the even ing of Friday next. The programn,e u,iIi include the Grand Jubilee March by Miss May Cavannagh; Ave Maria. with violin obligato. Mrs. Inez Sexton Hutton: Flow CT Song from Carmen" Sig F. Michel enai aria, Linda. Miss s. R. Cole: vio- lin solo Faust Fantasia" John Mar quardt; aria, Samson" Mrs L. Walsh: romanza, "Nonever." by request, Jacob C. Mueller. and the second act of sOliyette'' by the pupils of the convent.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-24

Chi!dren's Fast Black Ribbed Cot ton Hose several broken sizes grouped together for this sale-sizes 6 to o15-reduced from 200.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-24
Fancy Neckwear.

Some extra specials for this weeks s sale at the regular count CTS and in the rotunda.
 Ostrich Feather Boas and Collar cites, made from selected feathers rich, black and extra full and fluffy.
 ls-inch at $500 and s3.75.
 56-inch at sl2.0O, sl000 and S-5O.
 Long Empire Scarfs. made of wash net and Po.nt d'Esprit-Some with lac- ends-an exceptionally good value al the sale plils,,,,.,.'',,,,,, soc Each
 Long Empire Scarfs of India Silk with lace ends-cream oolor-2l&vardS long, r33z inches wide--.~ S1.oo Each .................. -..... Y -
 Liberty Silk Neck Ruches-in black with pleated silk ends, regular S2.oo value' will Oe'''''.''.~ SIPS Each -........'..'. .'.'-..'''.''....-'.'...'
The herald., 1898-01-18
STRANGE CASE
OF A NEW YORK
CHINAMAN.

M. d. O'Connell, Solicitor Of the
Treasury, was recently consulted by
the Department, in relation to the case
of Chinaman living in New York, and
most peculiarly situated. Indeed, the
case was different from any that had
ever come up for settlement.
The name of this Oriental was con-
cealed even from the officials at Wash
ington. His case was laid before the
Treasury Department by Seth B. Rob-
inson OF New York, who had interested
himself in the case. The Chinaman is,
and for many years has been. a mem-
Der of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church Sunday school. When he joined
the school he was a merchant, a menu
ber of the firm of Hong, Chung & Co.
In the fall of 1891 he went to China,
and he returned in December, 1894.
Meanwhile the firm of which he was a
member had got into difficulties; and
1t was finally sold out. In the spring of
1895 the member in question ceased to
be a merchant and became a laborer.
Following the tendency of his race in
America. he took to washing clothes.
During his absence in China the ex-
clusion laws of May 5, 1892. requiring
act of November 8, 1898, requiring regis
tration within six months, were en-
acted; and before his return the
time during which he could have OBJ
tanned a certificate, if he had applied
for one as a laborer, had expired. OF
course, he has no such certificate.
The herald., 1898-01-18
JACK TAR'S
REMARKABLE
MECHANICAL EAR.

The Navy Department has been led,
recently. to look with favor upon de-
vice for overcoming one Of the principal
perils OF the deep, and 1t Is probable
that our battle ships and cruisers will
be equipped Herewith in the near fu-
ture. 1t has received a trial on several
vessels of the navy, among them the
crack battle ship Indiana, and the re-
suits have been satisfactory.
The instrument in question Is called
Eophone. which is a corruption of
Echo-phone-a machine for hearing
echoes, or rather for determining the
direction of the sound. Steering by
echo is a method long in use. In the
fogs that descend upon the New Eng
land coast, 1t would hardly be possible
to find way in safety among the in
Vulnerable islands, fringed with dan
gerous lodges. except by needing the
warning given by the echo of the whis-
tie from the naked rocks, or the green
walls of spruce trees along the shores.
Echo. however, has from the earliest
times been famed as an elusive
nymph. She Is a great ventriloquist.
as poor Jack" has often learned to
his cost. Her voice may seem to come
from dozen different directions, or
she may lie about her lurking place
with the most definite malice.
1t was to reduce her doings to some
order that the EopLone was invented.
Its first use was in locating icebergs.
An iceberg gives back a strong echo,
but it is often bewildering in a fog. A
mariner knows that an iceberg is near,
The herald., 1898-01-18

invention differs from all other de-
vices which provide for the lowering
of boats by means of davits, in that
all operations are conducted from the
boat itself, while all prior apparatus
has been operated from the ship.
Thus all persons on the ship who
intend to become inmates of the boat
can get aboard before it is lowered
whereas with the present means, it is
necessary to have several men on ship
board to operate the davits. Such
persons are forced to jump into the
boat after it is lowered.
In the operation of the device both
davits move to the left to such a posi-
ton that the end of the life boat is
clear of the right hand davit as one
looks outward. The left davit stops
at this point, but the right continues
to move to a position so that the right
end of the life boat is passed outward
and beyond the right hand davit.
Now the left davit again moves, the
right davit continuing also to move,
and both davits reach a position so
that the life boat is swung between
the davits and outboard, the davts
being in this position at an acute angle
to the side of the vessel. The right
davit stops at this point and the left
continues to move to a position paral-
lei with the right and both davits move
in unison and come to a rest in the
outward position or at right angles to
the side of the vessel.
These movements of the davits re-
lieve the tackles of strain and carry
the boat outward clear of the davits,
preventing any jamming of the boat
against either davit. After reaching
this position, the person in the boat
who is lowering away continues to pull
the chain and the little craft sinks to
the water as rapidly or slowly as may
be desired.
At all times the invention renders
it possible for the boat to be lowered
on an absolutely even keel. In case of
rough water, the boat may be shot
down as rapidly as desirable, so as to
catch evenly upon the crest of the
waves.
Copyright, 1898. by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-18

shielded by the vane, and will get less
sound than the other.
From each receiver a tube extends to
an ear of the operator. He hears, at
first. a relatively weak sound with the
other. Then he turns the instrument
about until the sounds are equal, and
a compass reading gives him the bear
ing, which he transmits to the oficer
in charge of the wheel.
Not only can the echo from an Ice
berg be heard by the Eophone. but the
ripping of water against it. though
that would be quite inaudible by the
unaided air. The use of the instrument
in a channel marked by bell buoys, au-
tomato whistles. and other devices. is
obvious. Even more important Is the
prevention of collision. How hard 1t Is
to locate the feeble horn of the fish,
erman amid the fogs of the Grand
Banks no one can declare in language
that overstates the fact; and the poor
fisherman can do nothing to protect
himself. He Is lost in an instant II the
great ocean liner, in whose path he
must often lie for days, sweeps down
upon him.
The Revenue marine service under
the Treasury Department was quicker
than the navy to avail itself of the
Eophone. Nearly all the cutters carry
such instruments, and they have proven
to be Of the greatest service. so that
the determination of the Navy Depart
ment to use them on the enormously
war ships is q matter of i'm
portance to the nation.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-18
THEY FIND
QUEER FACTS
ABOUT MILK.

DIR. S. NJ. Babcock and Prof. w. l..
Russell, of the Agricultural Expert
ment station of the University of Wis
consin, are making an unusually inter-
esting series of experiments with milk
Their purpose is to discover whether
there are present in the milk of various
animals certain chemical ferments
which have the power of dlgesting the
casein which is the important SUBJ
stance in milk as food.
The possible value of these investi-
cations is easy to see. They may lead
to the most important conclusions re-
garding the feeding of children. For
instance, the two scientists mentioned
have practically demonstrated that
cows milk contains certain substances
hitherto unsupported, which make it's
digestion by the human stomach easier.
This leads at once to the question
whether the amount of these sub
stances varies at different times. AS
they are evidently a provision of nature
to assist the nutrition of the young, 1t
may be that they are more literally
supplied Immediately after the birth
of young. 1t may be that they are
present in larger quantities in the milk
of animals that have not been bred es-
pecially for milk production 1t may
be, also, that the processes now ex-
tensively used by the so-called steri-
lization of milk destroy those SUBJ
stances which nature has supplied for
the facilitation of digestion
1t has been supposed that certain
changes which take place in milk and
cheese are due to bacteria, but Profs.
Babcock and Russell have shown that
these changes are partly due, at least,
to the presence of hitherto unknown
chemical ferments.
1t was the phenomenon of the "ripen-
ing" of cheese which first turned the
attention of the experimenterv to this
The herald., 1898-01-18
Natures Lone Two.Headed Sparrow.

to be regarded as the legal prey of the
small boy. The lad noticed that on the
limb of a tree not far from the ground
was perched what at first he thought
was one bird and then concluded must
be two.
There were two distinctive heads. but
look as hard as he might. the boy could
only discover one body. Convinced that
he had found a curiosity, freak Of
nature, he determined to get the bird
In some fashion, and succeeded In
bringing 1T down with weu-aimed
shot from i1is air gun.
The queer bird was taken to Mr..
Oliver Davie, the we'll known natural
list. taxideImist and author. Mr.. Davie
has made very careful examination
of the bird, and this is what he says
concerning it:
Upon skinning and dissecting the
bird 1t was found that the right hand
head was connected with the left at
the base Of the skull and at this point
the wind-pipe also Joined. Both heads
held a pair of fully developed eyes,
each a tongue and one skull contained
as much brain matter as did the other
The left hand head was Joined to the
main cervical vertebrae belonging to
the body; the body of the bird being
considerably larger than that of the
ordinary English sparrow.
at is my belief that both brains
operated in unison, that is to say, they
they had no conflicting thoughts or
they may, be called one brain. It is
evident that the heads interfered with
one another considerably from the
fact that 1T was impossible to make
the feathers of the heads lie down per-
fectly smooth as in ordinary cases:
they were twisted and curled as shown
in the illustration. In the feathers Of
the left hand neck there was distinct
hollow where the right hand head
rested"
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-18
The KIondike Doctor and His Home.

which the new gold land promised, for
the sake of the ease and the leisure for
study that it's possession would give
him. His early career had been such
as is described by the over-worked
word "checkered." He had enlisted in
the navy as a boy. He had seen va
riety of business life. He had studied
law i'm the Louisville Law School, and,
later, medicine in the same city. finish
ing his work with a trip abroad that
included profitable study in the foreign
hospitals and schools.
AS has been said, he was getting
along well; but last summer the gold
fever-a disease that no doctor can
cure-entered his veins, and so he start
ed for the new Ell Dorado. His trip to
Seattle involved nothing unusual, but
there his adventures began. He was a
passenger on the ill-fated steamer
Eliza Anderson. That in itself was the
cause of enough excitement to satisfy
an ordinary man. 1t is probable that
the Anderson expedition breaks all
ocean records. Never was a vessel so
absurdly untitled for the voyage. Co
lumbus in his little high-heeled shoe of
a vessel had hundred chances in his
favor for every one that Bowers and
his mates had in the Anderson. She
was little old river steamer, and the
fact that she carried her crew and pas
sengers to Dutch Har'bor in the Aleu-
tian Island is a miracle of the sea- Her
voyage was nine days wonder, and
need not here be retold.
From Dutch Harbor DR.. Bowers and
his fellow passengers proceeded to st.
Michael's ON the Alaska coast in a lit
tie schooner, the Anderson being un-
able to go farther. There were so many
people on this vessel that they couldn't
all sit down at one time. They had to
take turns. When they were below
decks in a storm they could not close
the matches because that meant speedy
The herald., 1898-01-18

work. They have been advancing
steadily for the past year, and have
now established certain basic facts.
They are anxious to examine the
milk of great many different kinds of
animals. They have made their ex-
periments upon ewes, mares. and
other domestfcated animals milk, and
have even gone to the very topmost
flower on the tree OF life.
1t is regarded by them ais very i'm
portant to make the range of investi-
CATION as wide as possible, and for this
reason they are anxious to secure the
milk of various wild beasts. With this
end in view they have hoped to enlist
the co-opera tion OF the superlntendents
of geological gardens and menageries
throughout the country.
Prof. Russell said in reference to the
present brief notice of his and DR..
Babcocks work that fle hoped it would
attract the attention of persons hav-
ing wild beasts under their care, and
thus secure for the experimenters the
samples of milk which they desire.
1t is curious to reflect that the inves-
legations referred to may have some
bearing on the strange case of the
woman who lived after her stomach
had been removed-a case reported
from Europe and widely discussed in
the papers of this country recently.
She was undoubtedly fed with milk,
and if 1T contains its own digesting
fluids, the case would be in a measure
explained.
Copyright, 1898, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-18

Now he wants to go back to China
with the privilege of returning. AS a
laborer 1t appears that he cannot do
that, and he is no longer a merchant.
SO 1t looked as If his little visit home
was spoiled. But when the question be-
gan to be considered by his friends in
the Fifth Avenue Sunday school, an
alarming phase Of the situation was
discovered. Not only would he be pro-
hibfted from returning from China IL
he went there, but it seemed probable
that he could neither go nor stay; that
he had no legal status in this country
at all. He was a Chinese laborer with
out a certificate and the treaty with
his native country afforded him no pro-
lection.
When this percolated through the
Fifth Avenue Sunday school-where
the Oriental gentleman Is very popu-
lar-there was great sorrow. and the
case was Immediately laid before the
Treasury Department at Washington.
Solicitor O'Connell was asked to look
up the law, and he has just made his
report. 1t will carry some comfort to
the Fifth Avenue Sunday school If not
to the Chinaman himself. Mr.. O'Con-
nell finds that in similar cases the
courts have tempered law with a mer-
ciful Interpretation. The Chinaman
in question will probably not be dis
turbed in his residence here. 1t was an
inpossibility for him to get a certifi-
cate and therefore he will not be re-
quired to have one; but he can't go
back to China on visit If he goes,
he must stay. He is a laborer now,
&I.a,, ,,<r1. ~;e.k, L..
the law. The question is whether his
longing for sight of the Celestial en-
pire or his love for his teacher and as
sociates in the Fifth Avenue Sunday
school will carry the day. He must
choose between them.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-18

In twenty-one days DR.. Bowers was
able to really turn in'-which means
to lie down without his overcoat and
sea boots-just twice.
When the party reached st. Michael's s
IN September, they Immediately began
hurried preparation to get up the Yu-
l1on, for the river was rapidly closing.
They built some scows and were towed
over to the mouth of the great river,
where, amid the vast waste of it's delta,
the ice closed in around them and their
voyage was at an end
Nearly all of them wanted to go
home in any possible way. They were
hundreds of miles from Dawson, and
the way looked longer than ever. The
love of gold had died in most of them,
but not in DIR Bowers.
With others of the party, he made his
way fifty miles overland to st. Mich
aels; and there most of those who
could secured passage back to the
states. But not Bowers. He found his
little Klondike right there, and he pro-
ceeded to work it. Though he had lost
most of his outfit. he had stuck to his
medical supplies with death-like tenac-
!ty. His Exit" of medicines had been
carefully prepared, and it contained
remedies in the most condensed form.
He had, among other things, a great
quantity of quinine, and it was much in
demand.
So Dr. Bowers stuck up his shingle in
the frozen north, 1900 miles from the
Klondike, and behold. the gold of that
fabulous region flowed in upon him like
a river. He sold quinine pills at dol
lar a grain, whiskey by the teaspoonful,
and other drugs in proportion. In his
last letter to his brother, DR.. w. H.
Bowers of Hot Springs, he said that he
had made a part of the way to the
Klondike himself. and the Klondike had
come the rest of the distance to him.
Copyright 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate
The herald., 1898-01-18

but just where 1t lies is beyond his
power to guess. The Eophone. how
ever. makes no trouble Of 1t.
The principal elements OF this instru-
ment are two sound receivers or coll
lecting devices separated by a vertical
partition or vane. the whole revolving
on q vertical axis so that the receivers
can be directed to any point of the COM
pass. Now it is evident that IL the vane
points directly at the object which is
emitting a sound. an equal number Of
sound waves will enter each Of the re-
ceivers. but IL it is turned in any other
direction, one Of the receivers will be