The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-11

adopted by the saloons, was made
pet by the reporters, and under the
name of "Bummer,' achieved a place
in the history of the Bay City.
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Talk about economy in living" said
Ned Knight, why I can give
Thoreau points. I lived and lived
we'll in San Francisco for three
! months at a cost of ten dol
lars. 1 was appointed, by the court,
keeper of a furnished house, that was
, In chancery. I slept there, and gave
the keepers fees to an old colored
woman in exchange for a cup of coffee
every morning, and laundry service.
The noon lunches at the saloons gave
me my breakfasts. / dined and wined
and obtained my cigars at 'Whipple's,
or 'Chapman's' or 'Briggs's'. l read
| the newspapers at the Alta office, there
| were no tram cars, and my sole ex-
pense was for boot backing, which, at
| ten cents a shine, consumed my ten
dollars capital in about three months"
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"Chapman's" was to the Californian
of those days, what Almack's was to
! the London swell of the eighteenth
century The terrapin and turkey and
! wines served at his semiweekly ban
quets attracted the judges, and journal
| lists, and lawyers, and leading business
| men of the city, many of whom nad
permanent invitations to attend. NO
guest was expected to play at the faro
| table in the adjoining apartment, I'M
| less he desired to do so, and Billy
often privately discouraged from gamb-
| ling those whom he knew could not az
ford to lose.
| Farmer Joe Hooker. down from his
| ranch in Sonoma county, was seated
at Chapman's table late one night,
smoking his after dinner cigar. what
is the matter, Captain?" said Billy.
You seem out of Sorts 81 was
wishing" replied Hooker, that 1 was
| in the East I received a West Point
| education. / am a trained soldier; L
J could be of service to my country IN
this struggle, and here I am tied down
| to a ranch life in California, While the
great contest is going on, merely be-
cause 1 lack the money to clear on
some little debts, and pay my fare and
| expenses to Washington" How much
| would it take to straighten you out,
| Captain?" said Billy. Hooker thought
a moment and replied, "Seven hundred
| dollars would do it, Chapman arose,
| went to the safe, pulled out two rolls
| of twenties and returned Here is
/ thousand, Captain, take it and go. l
wish I could go with you, but l am not
| quite willing to go as private, ana
they would not give an officers com
mission to faro dealer. No, L don
want any thanks, it's mighty little for
me to do for the country. Now go
home and go to sleep and tomorrow
! get ready. The steamer will sail the
| day after. I will be down to the
wharf to see you off-and Captain,
| YOU need not buy any liquor or cigars,
| you will find few necessaries OF that
| sort in your stateroom.'
| Hooker went east. He gained fame,
! and came out of the war with the
double star of a Major General on his
| shoulders, and Billy a few months af-
| forwards, was murdered by drunken
1 horse Jockey, whose dishonest prac-
/ tices on the turf he had denounced.
! Chapmans funeral was attended by
/ hundreds of the leading men of San
| Francisco He was a professional
| gambler, but he was, nevertheless, a
1 manly. generous, great-hearted man.
| Hooker and he are both in the other
| country and who shall say what is
their status there?
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| Sam Brannan, pioneer, capitalist and
ex-Mormon leader, was one of the best
known characters in early Frisco" A
| vendor of candies walked up and down
| Montgomery street bawling, Here's
your fine fresh candies. Everybody
| buys them, Sam Brannan buys
| them" Sam heard the cry, and
emerging from his office stopped the
| candy man in the middle of the side
walk. and said, What do you mean,
| sir, by crying in this way that I buy
your candies?" "All right, Mr.. Bran
| man," replied the hawker, II will not
make the same assertion again" The
Modified Brannan expressed his salts
| faction and returned to his office. A
| few minutes later the voice of the can
| dy man came in at the open window.
| Here's your fine fresh candies. Ev-
erybody buys them except Sam Bran
nan, Sam Brannan don't buy them"
| Judge Delos Lake was the wit of the
| San Francisco bar. In beginning an
| argument in the Supreme Court on an
appeal from a judgment rendered by a
District Judge, whose decisions had
| been almost universally reversed, he
| said: This is an appeal from judg-
ment of the Nineteenth District Court
| but there are other points in the case"
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Judge Lake ran for Assemblyman at
special election, to fill a vacancy, and
| to the establishment of everybody, was
defeated by an opponent who had been
only a few months in San Francisco.
IT account for it in this way" said the
Judge, those who knew my opponent
and did not know me voted for me.
| Those who knew me and did not know
my opponent voted for him. Those
who knew US both kept away from the
polls. My opponent had been here
only a few months and had been here
for years-as a result I was defeated"
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