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The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
VALENTINE IS
NOT GENEROUS
TO HIS RECTOR
Refuses to Give a
Railroad Pass.
SECRETS OF THE DEAL
DR.. LAW WAS GIVEN $463.6o TO
GO AWAY.
On His Part He Agrees to GO to Bos-
ton and to Send in His Resig
nation Before Oc-
tober.
DIR. LAW WAS GIVEN $463.6 TO
GO AWAY
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,


Rev. Marshall Law will not go to Boston
on pass franked with the magic sigma
ture u J. Valentine" After listening TO
burning words from his rectors pulpit FOR
five years after being lauded inordfnately
in the church magazine all TINS time.
after being honOred by the rector by being
appointed rector's vestryman and after
being permitted 10 preach two antl-eHpan-
sion sermons from the rector's pulpit,
Hon J. j. Valentine declines TO give the
departing divine pass, such as ne mas
done on former occasions when SAID al,
vine went on his ''much-needed vacation.
The secret of the solemn compact Whlch
had very commercial flavor and was
entered into between Bishop Nichols. the
special committee of the Church of the
Advent appointed to secu6e the rector
resignation and Rev Marshall Law has
just been divulged 1t cost the Church of
the Advent $i63 60 to get rid of its pastor.
This amount consists of his salary for
the months of August and September, the
usual aims to the rector for charitable
purposes and transportation for himself
and his family to Boston. And as yet DIR.
Laws resignation is not in existence, al
though there is a verbal promise that he
will not come back on the VeStry for more
At the little conference an agreement
was produced, of which there are three
copies in existence. One is kept by Bishop
Nichols. one by the committee and one by
DR.. Law. By it's terms the Vestry agrees
to pay the stated sum to the rector and
he agrees to go away TO Boston on an
ostensible vacation until September 80,
but before that date he undertakes to
send in his resignation. This contract is
not signed by anybody, but was formally
agreed upon in the presence of the Bishop,
so that no parties to it could back out.
All the money has been paid and the
church treasurer holds the rectors re-
ceipt
A letter highly eulogistic of Dr. Law
had been prepared to give him by the
vestry; but he will never receive it. Ow
ing to the opposition shown by the rector
toward the plans of the vestry it was
decided that the letter should not be used.
The rector is now at liberty to go to Bos-
ton with his son, and transportation will
also be furnished his wife and other child
as soon as he is ready for them to join
him.
Much surprise has been expressed that
j. j. Valentine should not have given the
rector a pass and saved him that much
coin. In past years the church circular
has frequently mentioned the fact that
Senior Warden J. J. Valentine made
transportation easy" and the rector S
friends assert that it would not have hurt
the wealthy president of Fargo to
have extended this little courtesy to the
rector, who has been so very loyal in his
admiration for the senior warden
The Church of the Advent is now look
ing for another rector, although should
one be found he cannot be installed until
the resignation of Rev. Marshall Law has
been received
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
ALAMEDA COUNTY
NEWS BREVITIES

OAKLAND, July S.-Judge Ogden has
discharged the trial jurors and on next
Monday a new panel will be drawn in
Judge Halls court.
Charles G.. Yale of this city has been
appointed superintendent of the mining
exhibit by the Paris Exposition Commits
sion, while L. A. Emlay has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the horticultu-
raj display
f. c. Fellows Lodge No. 145, Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, and Golden
State Lodge No. 115, Ladies Auxiliary,
will give a Joint social dance al Magnolia
Hall on Seventh street the latter part of
this month.
The Golden Gate Improvement Club has
recommended Johnson Young to Mayor
Snow for the appointment of guardian or
the patrol district.
w. F. Vogt. a San Francisco plumber
was arraigned in the Police Court to-day
for violating the plumbing ordinance. His
case was set for trial for July 10.
Harris Rossen, soldier was convicted
in the Police Court to-day on charge
of petit larceny in stealing a pair OF
shoes from William Saperstein. He had
subpenaed a shoe clerk from San Fran
cisco to prove he purchased the shoes, but
failed. He will be sentenced next Mon
day.
The Oakland Orphans" a well-known
male club of forty-eight voices. resumes
it's weekly rehearsals on Monday. The
second concert of the season will probably
be given the latter part of September.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
HIS BUSINESS.
Was to Sell Trick Fixtures to Saloon
Keepers.

II used to be in the queerest business
in the world" said Louis Augustine, a
salesman now travelling for a Chicago
notion house. Il was an agent for trick
fixtures for bars. About fifteen years
ago there was a craze for that kind of
thing, and saloons with innumerable
mechanical cOntriVanceS for practical
jokes Sprang up all over the country.
The house L worked for made a special
ty of eQuipping such establishments
throughout and had it reduced to
science. We pU+ in trick plants in
Chicago, San Francisco, Omaha, Den
yer. Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Louisville,
Washington, New York, Newark Buff
falo, Indianapolis, Detroit, Kansas City
and a score of other places. Some of
them were very elaborate, and it was
certainly ludicrOus to see a victim
make a circuit of the premises.
The innocent looking cigar lighter
would spout water instead of fire; the
call bell on the table gave one an cleo
trio shock; so did the arms of any easy
chair; an artificial snake popped out of
the telephone box when the receiver
was taken down; the viands on the
lunch counter W re all made of papier
mache, and the platform of a weigh
ing machine would buck like a kicking
horse. The worst sell of the lot, and
the feature that ultimately led to Gis-
carding such tricks, was the collapsible
stairway, which would suddenly fold up
under mans feet and treat him to an
unexpected tobOggan slide. 1t was
usually reserved as final torture, and
it was only matter of time when some
victim would land on the floor with a
broken limb least half dozen
cases I could cite resulted in heavy
damage suits. and in the very nature Of
things the popularity of the trick saloon
was necessarily short-lived. At the
outset such a place would be a great
success, for the simple reason that each
fellow who was sold Immediately
rushed for a fresh dupe to get even,
but after while the supply of raw ma
terial was bound to run short and the
jokes became stale and fiat. It was i'm
possible to keep them varied on ac-
count of the cost of the apparatus, and
the craze wore itself out in a few years.
At present only two houses of that kind
are in existence In the whole country"
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
BLONDINED DOG.
Matched His Owners Costume With
out Injuring the Canine.

During the occupation of Paris at
the close of the Franco-P -Prussian war"
said a veterinary surgeon "f this city,
"the Frenchmen used to catch the small
white pOodles belonging to German Of
ficers and dip their hinduuarters in
blue dye and their fOrequarters in red,
Transforming them into animated cop
les of the French flag, greatly to the
wrath and disgust of their owners. The
only other instance of dyed dog of
which 1 have any personal knowledge
came under my observation a few
weeks ago, when a lad brought me a
pet spaniel to treat for an liberated
paw The little fellow was a sort of
tawny yellow. quite different from any
spaniel 1 had ever seen, but when L
came to examine him closely 1 found
that he had been 'blondined evidently
by peroxide of hydrogen. His natural
color was steel gray, and the fur at the
roots showed it Enthusiastically. The lady
was an actress, who was passing
through here on her way to New York,
and when she called for her pet 1 Incl
dentally referred to the dyeing. She
laughed, and admitted at once that she
had colored the fur to match favorite
costume, adding that she had been as
sured by doctor that the process was
entirely harmless. AS far as I could
see, the dogs health was not affected.
He certainly looked very odd, and I
must admit rather pretty. When the
blondine begins to wear off, however,
he will be a holy terror. New Orleans
imes-Democrat.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
CURIOUS EXHIBIT
Of the Novel Appliances Used in Ger
many for Nursing the Sick.

The practical side of the German ma
tion is illustrated in the exhibition for
the nursing of the sick which has Just
been opened in Berlin. 1t is said to
be very complete, and TO contain many
interesting novelties in the way of new
medical appliances. 1t includes a num-
ber of model sickrooms fitted up and
arranged for different diseases-a sick
room in the tropics, a field hospital. a
department for invalid cookery, a de-
partment for medicines and nourishing
foods, department for gymnastic and
OrthOpoedic apparatus, a disinfeCting
chamber, complete Roentgen ray out
fit, etc. Among the more curious eX-
hibitS are some timed provisions left
from the Franco-Prussian war and still
perfectly fresh, a very ingenious mech
anism, the invention of a Roumanian
doctor, to produce deep and regular
respiration by mechanical pressure ap-
piled by pads placed around the body
and kept working by an electromotor.
and lastly, patent bed to hang up be-
tween trees, which it's inventor, a
Transylvanian, declares to be an in
fallible cure for insomnia and also for
throat diseases. 1t is superior to
hammock because it can also be used
as a boat in which case the water
proof cover is fastened over the lower
part of the frame, while other parts
of the frame are screwed together to
make a paddle. This inventor says that
he has travelled considerable distances
by river in one of these cOntriVanceS
New York Evening POSts
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
WOMAN'S HAT
Fooled a Judge, and He Ordered It
Removed. But Changed His Mind.

A young woman whose attire included a
crash hat perched jauntily upon her head
a white ministerial collar, a bow tie and
a jacket with wide lapes entered Judge
STEMS courtroom Monday afternoon and
occupied chair at a table within the bar
rail. Soon after the appearance of the
newcomer Judge Stein happened to glance
in her direction. The intervening table
prevented his Honor from getting a full
view of the young woman. He saw the
hat, coat, necktie and collar. however
Motioning to BaiIff Healy he said:
go over and tell that young man to re-
move his hat"
''Why. that is woman, your Honor"
protested the bailiff.
"a woman?" queried the court, straight
ening up and gazing doubtingly. well,
settling back in his chair and chuckling
to himself. Old court attaches say that
Judge Stein seldom smiles while on the
bench but this time he laughed softly to
himself for fifteen minutes.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
MILLER WAS
ONCE OPPOSED
BY THE MAYOR
II. N. Morse Enters
the Arena.
HAS 4 CAMPAIGN LETTER
MR.. SNOW ONCE SAID, "HE IS
TOO EXPENSIVE"
The Whole Trouble Caused by Some
Politicians 10 Whom Miller
Lends a Too Willing
Ear.
HAS 4 CAMPAIGN LETTER
MR.. SNOW ONCE SAID, "HE IS
TOO EXPENSIVE"
Oakland Office San Francisco Can,

Oakland Ofice san Francisco eau,
90S Broadway, July :.
a political sensation was sprung to-day
when Harry \. Morse, an eX-Sherin Of
Tespondeuce he had with Mayor Snow
prior to election. 1t explains the whole
situation at the City HaN.
About a month before the election Mr..
Morse wrote TO Mr Snow. then Auditor,
asking him that if N. *. Miller. Superin-
JeDdeNt of Streets. were defeated Tor city
Engineer. would he lSnoWl. as Mayor.
vote TO reinstate AIr. Miller in his present
position.
same sheet of paper and returned TO Mr.
Morse The complete reply was: No, he
Is too expensive. Would try 70 ind a bet
Ter man Z. W. :.
The Mayor does not show any desire to
discuss this matter further than TO say
that he had much correspondence with
0Ir. Morse. and. that the published letter
IS doubtless one of the many that passed
between them. Mr.. Snow, while not well
coming the publication at this time, says
that il il has been produced with the in
1cntion Of trying 10 induce him 10 depose
MI. Miller. it Will probably have the op-
The AIavor considers that the Miller in
Cidcut has received altogether too much
attention from people who affect to be his
friends. Glr. Snow is on record as saying
that be would probably take favorable
action on Nr Dow s resolution to re-eleCt
Mr. Miller when the question shall have
hecu discussed in committee Of the whole.
one of Mr.. Miilers very strongest pOlit-
lcal friends and supporters said this after
noon. Il have advised Miller many times
not to stir up this fuss. Miller is q splen-
did Street superintendent, but an absO-
lutte child at the game Of politics. The
Mayor in his reports has shown that Mr..
Miller has conducted mis- Office on a busi-
ueSSlike basis. and ii IS very impOlitiC to
try to Jam the Mayor into voting for Mr..
Miller after he has stated that Mr.. Miller
is in office and that there is no intention
Of removing him
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
POOLROOMS MAY
RUN UNCHECKED
Marin Supervisors Re-
fuse to Act.
M'ISAAC MAKES A VAIN PLEA
DISTRICT ATTORNEY is DENIED
SUPPORT.
Wants to Bring Civil Proceedings
Against the Gamblers, but the
Board V, i'll Not Author
ize the Move.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, July 8-For some
Marin County has seen fit to throw cold
water upon the proposition TO abolish
the poolrooms at Sausalito. In pur-
suance of his policy to abate what is
alleged to be a nuisance and a menace
TO public morals, District Attorney Nc
Isaac appeared before the board to-day
and asked that he be given its indi-
vidual support in taking further steps
to suppress the pOolroom evil. When
he had finished, the board members,
without giving the question any con-
sideration, voiced their belief that
"Sausalito is all right and should be
left to settle it's own destinies.
In asking for the sanction of the
board to take further action, McIsaac
drew attention to an act of the last
Legislature empowering the District
Attorneys of the various counties to
take such steps as they might deem
necessary to abate public nuisances.
He then presented the following reso-
luton and asked that it be adopted by
the board:
Whereas, A public nuisance exists in
the county of Marin in the form of pool
rooms in the town of Sausalito; be it
Resolved, That the District Attorney is
hereby ordered and directed to bring a
civil action in the name of the people Of
the State of California to abate such pub
lie nuisance.
In making his request McIsaac said
the poOlrooms as conducted at Sausa-
Ito were a disgrace to any county, and
should be suppressed. He said criminal
actions had failed, but that in his
opinion, civil suit would have the
desired result.
The apathy and Indifference manifest
ed by the board were so marked that
finally he took his documents and left
the room in disgust
Chairman Barr says Sausalito is
capable of looking after itself. He
doesn't know whether or not he would
favor any action by the board, even If
the people there petitiOned for ap
abolition of the evil. Supervisor Ring
ideas were characteristic. He said:
''Sausalito is all right. Let her do as
she pleases. 1t is nobody else's pie.
They have good people down there, and
l am not for interfering if know my
self, and l think 1 do"
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
CAN ANIMALS COUNT ?
Russian Experimentor Declares That
They Undoubtedly Can.

Most people have seen performing AMI
mails in circuses and music halls who are
apparently accomplished mathemauclans
Performances of this sort, however, are
of little scientific value owing to the large
element of trickery generally involved In
them. A secret sign from the impresario
TO the animal frequently proves the sole
explanation of it's apparent cleverness.
DR.. Timofieff is a Russian doctor, who
has made exhaustive experiments in ami
NAL intelligence Parrots, ne says can
these Investigations to other birds, dogs,
cats and horses. He concludes that crows
can count up to ten, dogs to twenty.four
cats only to six, but horses carry off the
palm as calculators.
In village of the Government of Po-
kow DR.. Timofieff studied horse belong
ing to a peasant, and found that the horse
always stopped at the end of It's twen-
tieth furrow. 1t did not stop when tired
but only after every twenty burrows.
1t was so exact about this that its mas
ter reCkoned the number of burrows that
he had made by. the number of times
that the horse halted The animal count
ed for the man. One day this physician
was going to Valdai, when a the twenty
second verst one Of the horses hitched to
the troika Ga three-horse carriage)
from his seat gave some provender to the
horse and drove on.
This horse had been trained by it's mas
ter when very young to get food at every
twenty-five veTSts. There can be no doubt
that the horse kept count by the posts
along the road. 1t had made a mistake
this time of three versts, but II was not
it's fault. Along the road there were three
other posts besides the telegraph posts
which looked very much like them. Hence
the error of three Versts.
This same horse was accus toned to get
its food in stable near which the town
clock rang at noon. Or. Timofleff him
self saw the horse pick up it's ears and
listen, but drop it's head dissatisfied
when less than twelve strokes sounded.
On the contrary, it manifested all kinds
of satisfaction when 1T heard the twelfth
stroke of the bell. neighing for its prov
ender-I,OndOn Mail
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
DISTINGUISHED Foreigner.

BERKELEY. July S.-Captain Bourne,
Regent of the University of New Zealand
a Auckland, was the guest of Professor
Senger of the University of California to-
day. He brought letters from the Gov
ernor of New Zealand stating that he was
the agent of the Government for inspect
ing university systems throughout the
world The Governor further states that
he anticipates more light from the Amer1-
can universities than from any others.
Captain Bourne was shown over the
grounds and buildings of the State in
stitution and made minute inquiries as to TO
management. expressing amazement at
the fact that the requirements, at Berke-
ley were higher than at Oxford, and was
particularly interested in the fact that
the four grades of education, primary
grammar high school and d uniYerslty 9te sa3
We're all under public control ana III con-
nection with each other.
From Berkeley Captain Bourne will pro
ceed to the great Eastern universities,
after which he will go to England ana the
continent
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
Humor Produced by Efforts of the
Intelligent Compositor.

The intelligent compositOr is something
of a humorist, and not always an uncon-
scious humorist either. Some of his great
est feats have occurred in Philadelphia
where the great editors write a very exc
crably bad manuscript. In one case a
correspondent. who was describing a tar
ring and feathering scene at which he
was present only in professional ca
paCity. was made to say getting the
feathers ready for us, instead of ready
for use" The same newspaper office had
printer who turned the expression from
alpha to omega into from apples to
oranges" and conveyed the impression
that somebody had set the Delaware river
on fire by calling ferry boats fiery hosts"
A cooking school called the New Cen
tury' was cruelty made TO appear as the
New Cemetery" and doubtless the same
pessimistic type changed the "Masque Of
Pandora" into the "Morgue Of Pandora"
diver who had found two old bells in
the Delaware went before the public as
driver who had found two old bills"
'1eaveneth the whole lump was pervert-
ed into the startling agricultural an
nouncement that the leaven had leavened
1.-The whole turnip."
British lion was shaking his name" was
edited the next morning with the an
nouncement, on his authority, that the
national animal in question was skating
in Maine" more natural error was
that which called "a member of the Leg
islature" a member of the liquor store"
One of the Philadelphia morning papers
which formerly gave close attention to
marine news, informed its readers on one
occasion that the bark Bessy Jane had ar
rived at Honolulu with an oil we'll on
board" Investigation proved that there
was nothing in the report except "all well
on board" An old-time inn named the
"Star and Garter Hotel" was once re-
chrstened by printer as the Shoe and
Garter Hotel" A foreign dispatch about
the war between Russia and Turkey con-
tafned an allusion to transports conveyed
by gunboats, which was turned into the
novel announcement that the transports
were conveyed by goats. "-Harper's
Round Table.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
U. c. DAY AT LOS ANGELES.
Berkeleyans Will Keep Open House
at the Teachers Convention.

BERKELEY, July S.-Wednesday, July
u, will be University of California day at
the National Educational Association
convention at Los Angeles. a large COM
mttee of Berkeley professors and alumA1
will go from here to take charge of the
celebration. H w. Melveney, '79. is chair
man. The university headquarters will be
al the Hotel Van Nuys, which will be
elaborately decorated with the blue and
gold. Luncheon will be served to all Uni
versity of California students and alumni
in the city and music will be furni shed
by a quartet from the University Giee
Club An exhibit of $50 large photographs
of the buildings and grounds by Lange Is
being prepared, and an effort will be made
to disseminate information regarding the
rnrniN-
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
Fender Cushions.

From England comes word of fender
cushions in lieu of -hearthrugs These
cushions are made quite two feet in width
and fit around the fender a the floor line
following the curve quite to the jambs of
the mantelpiece. The cushions are COW
cred with some dull-finished material like
velvet or corduroy whose color should be
of the natural shade of the ground of the
carpet. They are buttened at regular in
tervals with covered buttons, the edges
teur will find it difficult to make these
cushions. as expert cut and finish are
needed to prevent clumsy appearance
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
Alameda News Notee.

ALAMEDA. July S.-The members of
Joe Hooker Post, 6. A. r., are arranging
10 visit The Soldiers Home at YountVille
next Sunday.
A G. Bennett, senior vice commander
Of the California Division of the Sons of
Veterans, is endeavOring TO organize a
camp of the order in this city.
The funeral of the late George W. At
kins took place this. afternoon from the
residence Of George Meserole, 1904 Pacific
avenue. The services were conducted by
Rev ". r. Fulton.
Alamedas Board of Health has taken
steps 20 vigorously enforce the eXpectOra-
tion ordinance. Alameda was the first
city TO formulate a law of the kind, but
has never attempted to enforce it.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
Were Welded at Sacramento.

OAKLAND. July S.-Rev William
Kelly, pastor of the First Lutheran
Church of Sixteenth and Grove streets,
returned this evening with his bride. Last
Thursday the pastor and Miss Lille X.
Fets of New York were quietly married
at Sacramento, Rev. w. S. Hoskinson
officiating. Rev Mr.. Kelly came to this
city some months ago from Philadelphia
to accept the present pastorate and Miss
FeIts. to whom he had become engaged
before his departure for this coast, re-
cently came to Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
Double Proof.

do you believe in heredity, Mrs
Simpson,"
Indeed do. Every mean trait Bobby
has l can trace right back to his faith
err"
too?"
Yes. He traces Bobby's faults all
back to me.'-Ch,cago Record
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
Berkeley News Notes.

BERKELEY. July S.-A committee con-
sisting of Professors Wickson. Lough-
ridge, Davy, Biolctti. Colby, Shinn, Wood
worth and Fowler has been busily en-
gagged to-day in caring for some hundred
guests from the Agriculturist Experts
Convention at San Francisco. The dele
gates spent the afternoon in roaming
about the campus and inspecting the
equipment of the university.
The newly organized Republican Club
has secured quarters in the Lancaster
block. which will be fitted up and kept
omen during the coming Campaign.