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10 THE FIELD OF SPORTS. Even Celling on McAnliffe Against Slav in. Inck-Shcoticg on tte Sonoma Marshes-Box- i irq and "Wrestling at the O.ympic Club. A Great Kifle Contest. 1 7IIE result of the battle between I (1 D I Jot- McAnliffe ami Frank P. l_y/ l V_>Slavin is anxiously awaited by v. J the friends of the former in J I this city. Although the coil ed JJ tost will take place many thou sands if miles from this city, yet the. inter eat in it anioDg the sporting fraternity is plainly manifest. Tl:e athletes are resting after havine en jiiycd aeo d Mini. net's sport. The Alpine Club boys distinguished themselves at Sac rauiento, and will give a road-race at San L^andto in a few days. The hunters are expecting to have a great season's sport at duck-shooting us the food upon which the bipeds thrive is very plenti ful this year. The various other branches of srort seem to be well patronized, although rowing and yachting exhibit signs of drifting back into their old places. ATHLETICS. Alpine Club's Rood I'.nrp— Tli« English ream. The amateur athletes of the Olympic Club and the Pacific Coast Athletic Association are now taking a much-needed rest after their appearance at Sacramento. Although some of the boys have been constantly ex ercising for months the regular attendance of athletes will be. present this forenoon at the Olympic grounds, and some sprint racing w ill be indulged in. It is the intention of about liftmen uiior present the Olympic and Alpine clubs to continue practice while the season remains favorable for outdoor exer cise. This is an excellent idea, as with a little practice twice or three times a week a slow runner will eventually become fast. It must be remembered that some of the fastest sprint runners nl America and England re mained at the 11-second notch for a year or more, when they gradually increased their stride and picked up in spend accordingly. one inch improvement in it runner's stride makes quite a little difference in sprint racing It is with practice that the joints of the nether limbs become lubricated and a sweeping stride will result by &}nstantap plicatiou to exercise. Most young runners break down hi attempting to do too much f.i.-t sprinting when exercising. Tue Alp in' athletes cut quite a promi nent figure, in the Sacramento State Fair (Mines last Wednesday, and won more prize?, in proportion," than any of tile com peting clubs. J. I). Garrison, in the44(i-yard race caught the admiration of ail. He ran a very pretty race from start to finish. Cooke was in fine trim and won the mile walk from Coffin hands down. Great tiling were expected of Bishop, the Alpine's new man, who is credited with d ■11:2 the 100 yards in a trifle over even time, but he lost the 0-yard race by being penalized 2 yards. AI King ran an excellent heat against Hen derson of tne Olympics, being beaten only by one foot Little Creagb, who walked (iff with a first prize, was quite a favorite with the ladies in the grand stand, and was toe recipient of more tliau one bouquet of Sac ramento roses. Fred Mulholland lost the 50-yard (scratch) race by his unsteady move ments on the mark, having been penalized 1 yard, and finishing 2 feet behind Hender son the winner. AI Kill;; and George Bishop were seen conversing with a couple of young ladies from Oregon in the grand stand. After the fair misses bad taken tbrir departure from the grounds Biihup and King expressed a gather nervous desire to attend the pavilion that evening. The boys surmised that something was wrong and were fully con vinced when thegoud-lonking and iady-kill . ing pair of athletes abruptly "shook" the rest of the fraternity and, attired in their Sunday-school garb, sauntered down toward tlie pavilion, where crowds were viewing the exhibit. The rest can be better imagined i an described. The Alpines will hold another of their I ad runs on Sunday next. The distance will.be three miles and handsome prizes will be civen to first, Second and third. The boys will be handicapped by Garrison, accord ing to their merit, Hud the start will he from Sail Leandro. Alter the rare the boys will luuch and spend the day at Barry Cassidy's farm, and a most enjoyable time is 1 re ilictid. The athletes who have ulreadv en ■ red are: A. Cooke, 11. Cassidv, 6. W. Bishop, Carl Wilhelm Meyer, J. 1). Garri son, Aifonzo Montague king, W. Vollmer, J. (.'reagh, J. Choynski, S. Choynsti, F. II Hand, H. I. Cob-inan. P. Gafney, W. Stein way, 11. Farrell, J. Cunningham, G. Ann buster and If. Armbuster. The New York Spirit of the Times says editorially: The Amateur Athletic Union will probably be reorganized ou October 1 lth. The forms ol con stitution proposed by A. G. Mills of the New York Athletic Club for the A. A. U. and Us asso ciated membeis have been sent this week to all clubs now members of the A. A. 1., and alter a mouth's studying of these forms the delegates of tue various ciubs should come to the auuual meeting at Washington, October 11th, fully pre pared to vote liueltitienlly. ihese forms bave also been published In Toe Spirit, and several editors have criticized some details which they think will not work well. But singularly enough no one of the critics has suggested auy substi tute for Hie clauses to which lie objects. What Mr. Mills wishes aud what the cause of amateur sport demands Is tnat those who find fault with any portlou of the proposed scheme should «ug gi-st something better, for criticism without such suggestion la vain- less. Our columns are ■en to any one who thinks he can iinpiove on any single feature of Mr. Mills' plan, and men amendments should be made and dis cussed now, in advance of ihe annual meeting. Where opportunities for argument will neces sarily lie limited. On August 27th at the old Trafford Grounds, Manchester, twelve-mile amateur match between W. H. Morton of the Sal ford Harriers and S. Thomas of the Rane lagn Harriers. The weather was threat ening, with a severe rain-storm during the final two miles; path a quarter of a mile in circuit, and somewhat loose and sticky; wind trilling. The times of the leader at the end of each mile were: Thomas, 1 mile, 4m. 565.; 2 mile*. 10. n. Ts. ; 3 miles, l."m. 18s.: 4 miles, 20m. 33 2-.'is. ; 5 miles, j.'jiii. -IDs.; 6 miles, 31m. 93. ; Morton, 7 miles. OCIII. 195. ; 8 miles, 41 in. 385. : Thomas, 9 miles, 47m. 9 1-os. ; 10 miles, 52m. 365.; 11 miles, 58m. 65. ; Morton, 12 miles, Hi. 3iu. 8 2-55. ; Thomas, 12 miles, lh. 3m. iii 4-ss. Morton's time for 12 miles lh. 3ui. 8 j-.'.-., now becomes the fastest amateur record, supplanting lh. 6m. 335. by (i. A. panning, London, January 1, 1881. Morton is 23 years old, 5 feet 4% inches hith and ■weighed 110 pounds. Thomas is 22 years old, 5 feet 7Vi inches high, and weighed 124 pounds. Professor Miehling, wrestling' instructor of the Olympic Club, has a number of very clever wrestlers in charge. Among the boys who will figure in the tournament are men tioned Dr. Gross, Wigmore, Brewer, .Schuester, Kelter, Schief, Tooiney, Liudou Baker, L!ulo, Harberley and Cole. The Acme Club of Oakland will have a benefit about the 15th of October at the O ik land Theater. The athletes of associated clubs have volunteered their services for the occasion. Willie Day of St. Louis, who lias achieved success on the running-path, will contest the five-mile race at the Washington cham pionship meeting. Day finds, says a St. Louis paper, that training on the track does not agree with him and most of his work irom now on will be across country, with an occasional spin upon the track at Berqen Point The lad is a strong advocate of ' cross-country running — thinks it gives him wind, strength and staying powers, and many others agree with him. At any rate, Day will face the starter on October Ist in the five-mile race and the man that beats him will know well he had a race, and Bill Curtis will be called upon to change all the records from three to live miles. ■■-....- .. -; Regarding the visit of the Salford Har riers to tins country the London Sunday Times prints a column on the Manhattan Athletics for what it terms a "hippodroming expedition with the .Salford Harriers." It Bays the achievement will benefit the athlet ics neither, of England nor America, and that while the individual members will have a high old time, the effect will be to lower, rather than raise, the standard of manly sports. THE KINO. The California Club Anxloiix for More Sport— Tlio Big Mill. '. Ths report that rritchard, the Englisn middle-weight pugilist, is on his way to New Y..rk must be erroneous. According to the English exchanges, I'ritchard is training for a light of twenty rounds with Billy Mc- Carthy at the Pelican Club. The purse U £200, and the contest will take place "next mouth. A letter from .McCarthy states that his eldest child is dangerously ill, anil that the thought of his recent mis fortunes have completely upset him. Hilly is certainly very unfortunate -in choosing opponent*, lie seems to have a predilection lor tackling the very hardest men iv tbe business and as a result bis de feats have outnumbered bis successes In this country he ran his nose against the fists of Jack : Dempsey and Bob Fitzlnimons, both champions of their class, and now lie las chasm a man to fight who is looked upon as being the champion middle of England. Billy should have taken a few lessons from Joe Bowers before he went East. Jack Slavin, brother ot Frank P. Slavln, has issued a challenge in an Australian sporting t aper to fight any man in the. col onies at 11 stone. Billy JlurpliJ- may feel as if lie could stand another punching by ac cepting the deli. Charley Gleason bad a comfortable posi tion as instinctor of the Astoria Athletic Club until recently, when he handed in his resignation and set sail for Portland. Charley is a very restless young man and sighs for a city where he can enjoy a good roustabout. An English exchange says that on Tues day afternoon, July 15th, Woolf Bendoff re turned to .Melbourne in the<>rotava. Touch ing his match with "Jamie" Cooper, lien doff said that the people in South Attica are good sports. Six iitindnd of them paid £3 each to. tee his match. In addition there was a tremendous lot of betting. At the lime he was in Johannesburg money was very plentiful. Mines were bring floated on til.) London market for £SO, OOO and £00,000. There is also much gambling, too. Fellows thought nothing if putting down £50 and £11 0 on a card. The longest battle that Joe MeAuliffe has ever had was with Mike Brennao, "the Port Costa giant." The contest took place in the old rooms of the California Club on Dm out street, and was won by Joe in forty-nine rounds. Billy Vice of the California Club was some weeks ago thinking very seriously of taking a trip to England to see McAuliffe .mil Slavin fight, lie wrote to the Pres ident of the Ormonde Club that he might be on the lookout for him. An answer was ituniedi itely forwarded to Billy, which read: "All who wish to see the tight must pay £20." This settled it. Billy did not go OTt-rthe pond, ye know. The sporting editor of a New York week ly journal, in his comments on thefialitsof the past, refers as follows to 1 lit* great battle between Uempsey and L,ii Blanche, which besmirched the spotless record of the famous Nonpareil: When George La Blanche., "Tile Marine,'! struck Jack Dempsey in the temple will) his elhow. at San 1-'i»iic!<co, knocking out the never before-conquered " Nonpareil," lie gave Hie blow thai eusi me champion middle-weight that confidence thai had carried him 10 victory through more Hutu liny hard-fought bill i l I»fuii'sey m-ver was a knocker-out. He relied wholly u;>ou science, and literally jabbed bin opponent with his left band until the Debt was won, Deinpsc v meantime escaping puuislimeiit blmsell. 1. 1 Ulauene's blow, perhaps, was a chance one, Uui it was as .ItVclive, and when Demusev tell upon his (ace ana kuocked Ills hum 1 out of shape, the wink was done. All professional prlze-flglitera admit that once a man 13 whipped he 19 never as good again, tot tile whipping costs him Ins confidence in ins own prowess 111 opens bis eyes to the (act in it he can be whipped. Kllraln is a shining example. IM!>- Meyers, the Streator cyclone, Is another. Ike Weir, the once invincible " spider," »■ ill an other. Dizcus ol instances could be quoted showing that once whipped a professional prize- Behter is virtually cut off from a successful ca reer, but the lVuipsoy caio is at present attract ing much attention In sporting circles, and lie will stand as an example ol the m.m one whipped who can never mane ai good a Unlit a- r «in or will disprove the oiu llieoiy so popular among sporting men. Now come- Dick I!oo!ie. well known in St. Louis, and offers, with no response, a purse of $sU(ju fin a "no" between JaCK Dempsey auU Bub I- it/siunnuns. who claims the middl -weight championship of Men Zealand. Pugilistic critics are unable to account for Derausey's appaieut un willingness 10 accept auy of the oilers which have been made him. The Olympic Club of New Orleans ottered him a purse of $3500 for a tiglit with KllZsiinruon», which be Ignored, or almost as much as Ignored, (or he did not accept It. Then came the oiler ol the Oimoude Club of a purse of S4OOO to fight Jack lluike. and Uemp sry's apparent disinclination to accept this In duced the Utter to become bold, and he there upon challenged the Nonpareil to tight him for the middle-Height championship of the world and $5000 a Mile. lJenip^ev's action in not lakius one or all of ibese offers Is unexplain able. save ib.il he has lost conlideacn 111 himself. A fen yeais ano lie would Have eagerly accepted them all. John Ij. Sullivan's careeras a prize-fighter is about at an end. The big fellow now tinds that hi* new Beld in the theatrical pro fession is a lucrative one and it is very doubt ful, indeed, il even a $50,000 purse, woudl tempi tiie champi n to ag.nn enter the prize ring. The following criticism of Hilly Muri-bv's tir-t appearance ai tho Gaiety Theater in Sydney ;itter his return to tne colonies with the feather-weielit championship belt, is taken from the Referee: Hilly Minrhy and Jim put on the mitten?, but their display did not 1 lease the audience, many of whom atied ti:eir wit at the champion's ex pense: but Hilly never was a pood showman; he Is a lighter all the way down, and it could scarcely be expected that he nould try to -i" his brother louehly. I bad a private picnic watching Gnflo's expressive countenance us Murphy was icifoin.ini:, and It was a real treat to see him cieep into a comer and slake bauds with himself while he whispered Into bis own ear that he'd win ihe world's championship dean sine. A!. or he bad eot through with tbat part of the play he in-pt back on uoioe towneie 1 was silting mill volunteered Hit* opinion Ih.li if he didn't win he'd make Billy "Moarphy" tigiit forty of the hardest rounds ue ever went through. Last olgbi tie champion and his brother ap peared at the Gaiety «gam to a well-filled bouse. An A istralian exchange gives fie strength o' the antipodean pneilists as i llows: slavin ami Jacfcaoo will tight any America:) or 1) itou alive, or any utbei nationality or color for that matter. Hob FitzslDjmons and Hick Dooley will meet any initlaie-welght thai tread the face of Ibe earth. Maber, Uawson or Mace will put i;p money to meet the Howe- of tne world In the ligbt-welKbt division, Amerieau HcAu :lle or EugllsbOrney nrefeueii. Murpby, Gniio. I'eakes or McKeuzie can be matched anlust any four leathei-vveights lii.it the sun ever ••hone down upon. Tho California Club Directors will push their case to as speedy tr;al as possible, so tiiat the question of the club's standing can be decided at an early date. President Fulda is very sanguine of the club's suc cess and the Directors to a man are ruiilident that a jury cannot be found that will decide against the club. If the club wins its ease. Mitchell aid l>a Blanche will be Immediately notified that their presence is requested at headquarters. The latter is in Oregon, but rigniues his intention by letter of retuinini! to this city, in case he tinds the road clear (if obstructions. Mitchell has received offers from a New Orleans club, and he has finally concluded to take a trip east and meet the next be.-.t man to Dempsey or Fitzsiminons, should the California Club's test case be pc rmauently knocked out. XII K KIFLE. Srhuelzen Club Annual Shoot — Fln«l Shoot of the FirM. By far the most important snooting event of the year will be held at Harbor View next Sunday and Monday. The California bchuetzen Club will bold its annual shoot ing festival on these days and marksmen from various rarts of tlie State have already siren notice of their intention to participate. The California Club numbers among its members nearly all the crack shots oi the State, and its yearly festivals are made a day of celebration among the marksmen. A strong contingent of riflemen will come from Sacramento, while Oakland, A lamed a, San Leandro, St. Helena and Santa Cruz will be re I' reseii tud by many well-known trigger pullers Puilo Jacoby Ins been President of the il'.ib since 1876, and promises that the com ing event will be far ahead of anything vet attempted by t eclab. it the prizes, which have already been contributed, are an in dication of the outcome, it will certainly be a success in every particular. The pru graiuuie offered is moreover a most liberal one, as all riflemen will readily acknowledge. On the fiistday uf the festival the shooting will be^in at 8 o'clock in the niornhu, and dose at 6 o'clock in tlie evening, with an In termission for lunch, All shooting will be off-hand. Any kind of a rifle, not over 43-i al her, ami any sight, with the exception of telescope, will be allowed. As to the poll ol triEger. the marksman can please himself. The point target will consist of a 12-inch black, divided into three points. All shuts in the thn-e-p int riiiis (3 mches) will be meas ured for lies' c nters. Forty prizes are offered for the best centers. The first prize will be S4O cash and the. last ten prizes will each be Si cash to the marks men who pierce neanst to the. center. Twenty-five cash prizes will also be given for the most points shot during the day. The first prize will be S-10 and the last SI, All marksmen making 60 and less than hio points will ieceive Sl'oO; lhO Ji.ints, «.",; 17") points, §7 511; 'J."O point-". SlO: 3X points, iiS. All contestants making :s.jO points will n ciMve, iv addition to the cash prizes, a medal sis nia-t^r sharpshooters. One feature of the club's annual festivals is the eagerness of the best marksmen to ob tain the title of Shooting King for the coming year. Many of the best riflemen of the State have already entered tlis list to compete for this coveted honor. Each marksman who competes for this title will be required to fire 2tX) shots, ami the one making the most points will receive a dia mond medal Bad be declared Shooting King. For the amusement of the shooters the club will also have targets representing the upper portion of a man. These arc divided into twenty perpendicular lines, counting from the in dd:e. The sum of $£iO will lie divided in prizes nt these targets and the first prize will b* 830 cash; Forty prizes will bo given. Honorary targe's, consist ing of the regulation twenty-iive-ring tar gets, Will also be provided, and jewelry, silverware and useful household articles will be distributed as prizes. The first prize will be of the value of $75, and about eighty prizes will be distributed. The second day's programme will consist of a couliuirHliou of shooting at the honor ary mill in at latgets and al-o a conic t tion among member* at a targrt provided fur their npeci.il use, where many valuable prizes will be given. A special feature of the second day's programme will be a target of luck. Tins is an innovation in the club's festivities. A liimdsonie prize will be given for a con test among the representatives of the press. Tills exciting match will be held on Monday, the second day of the tournament. < • The First Regiment, N. O. C, will held its THE MORNfNG CATJjf SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. final shoot for State decorations at Shell Mound Park to-day. The Turners' Shooting Section will hold a shoot for medals at Harbor View to-day also. The. monthly bull's-eye shoot of lh« Swiss Rifle Club will take place at Harbor View to-day. 2__ ■■.:••"■"' GUN AND GAME. ■ Hunters Waiting for Kaln — Points on Duck- Shooting, The appearance of the weather during the past week indicates the coming of the first of the wiuter rains. A good downfall would be welcomed by the lovers of duck and quail shooting. Although there have been several small flocks of ducks seen, this month hovering around the marsh lands of Sonoma, in th« vicinity of Burdeil's and McGili's, yet hunters report that the mos quitoes are so awfully pesky, they actually become a bore to hunters who unthinkingly visit the marshes without a head covering of network, which is the only safeguard against the musical snipes, who are billed to tantalize the human skin. • " V Several members of the Sportsmen's Pro tective Association have clubbed together and are now having constructed in the im mediate vicinity of the duck-shooting grounds temporary domiciles, which they will occupy during the hunting season. Large sections of the Sonoma marshes are leased by the clubs which havo heretofore controlled the shooting thereon, and notices have been posted in many places warning (iff trespassers. Last year considerable ill feeling existed between some, of the club men, who did not wish to be disturbed' by intruders, and some of the members of the Protective Association, who were threat ened with arre»t if they entered upon the leased lands for the purpose of bbooling game, W^ Excepting in one or two instance!", where non-members of gun clubs had been ordered off the preserves, the representatives of the Protective Association, many of whom have made these marshes their principal shooting grounds for years, did not disturb the peace or equanimity of the lessees by encroaching upon their territory. it is understood that during the coming season the clubmen and the representatives of the Protective Association will enjoy the pleasures to be had in duck-shooting in that spirit of harmony which should prevail among men who are classed as sportsmen, and as a genera! rule, hail-fellow-well-met. There is room for all true sportsmen to enjoy a few hours' recreation with dog and gun on the vast quagmires or unreclaimed lands in the adjoining counties without the experience of unpleasantries, which must necessarily destroy the pleasures ami antici pations of the sport-man whose solo aim in visiting his favorite haunts is to secure and return home with a fair bag, a first-class ap petite and pleasant memories of a day's "ducking" the marshes. Ed Convey of K^> Green street lost his red Irish setter last Sunday at Black Point. Convey is a member of the Sportsmen's Pro tective Association, and would be thankful for any information that would lead tv the animal's return. Abe Kleinman, a market-hunter, who has supplied the Chicago markets with game for many years, gives, in an Eastern exchange, a few practical hints on duck-shooting, which will interest the young idea who is learning how to grass quackers. The writer says: Theie are different ways of snooting duck", which depend on tv« lime of yen and me coun try where you aie Hunting them. 'Hie most' common ones, or tnoii> which are the most prac tical, might be by jumping the birds out of the ems* or other cover, either byhoatoi by wading; by tllaht-sliootliig on a pass ornyway; by calling or Imitating their natural note, and by di-coy shooting. A regular shooter may use any or all of these ways ou the same day. He will lave to adapt Himself to 1 tie slate of tilings as lie finds them. The way a man must hunt depends largely of course on the sort of ducks be Is hunting. No one would think of hunting teal the same way lie would bluebills, and the marsh or slouirn ducks usually need some different way of hunting fiom the ileepwaier ducks. livery man shoots ducks different from every body else, anil lie may eveu change lii» own notions sometimes. Foe Instance, 1 am rather Bellini: out of the notion of liking such heavy "iiiisi iis 1 used to shoot, and 1 now shoot a 12" t;iiu instead of a 10. For such reason Imm 11 piet.y haid to go to work telling anybody else how 10 shoot ducKS, although my way suits me well enough. >o\v, lam sometimes asked what I think is the most important thing In duck shoot ing. or what 19 most esseutlal 10 success. 1 believe that the first thing a ducK-shooter wants to leal If to keep still in the bund. A .nick Is very quick to see the least motion, although it will very often come close In to a shooter who Is sitting peilectly quiet. It Isn't the size or goodness of a hunter's blind that will get him close shots, but the way 1,6 silt in his blind. If be can't keep from bob bing up and down, or twisting around, lie needn't expect much shooting. Some hunters can't help iwlsting their necks aiound, and screwing their faces up to tee where the ducks have gone 10 when they draw past. Thai does not work well. If they would Keep thrlr heads down and stay perfectly mo uon ess until just the riebt instant, they would hud me ducks paid no attention 10 them, but would come right iv. 1 have many a tune shot In a perfectly o;eu boat, null no blind, lying fiat on Ihe hay In the bottom of the boat, add have kill plenty ot dues. Another thing l« about the kind of blind to use. I don't know much about the fancy blinds of an :i uncial sort, lint think each Of them might lie good under ceitaln Circumstances, that Is, It it happened to resemble the natural cover of the shooting ground. That Is the main thine, that the blind Mia 1 look just like the couuliy around it. So you don't want 100 high or too thick a blind. A low, thin blind, with a quiet shooter In it, Is bitter than a think one with a twister 111 it. The blind never ought to be heavy enough to attract attention, and it ought to be a part of the veiy spot where It is. For Instance, my brother Ucotge and I weie hoot in on one of iliose wet pastuies where theie wasn't much cover, and we cut some brush and stun and built a blind, out in the water. We couldn't get the ducks in close euoueh; 80 we lust lure down that blind and lay In the boat, just putting a little grass and mull over the nidi of the boat, ami then we eot good shooting. The blind builder should usually not go far from bis blind for his material. There is a great deal In the way the decoys are put out, and many a dues Is lost Horn the bag winch would have been saved II the decoys were a little dineient. You always have to consider Ihe way the ducks are Hying, or will be apt to fly. If' they are at a ceriam hour passing on the feed mostly from a cenatn direction, say from a large body of water to a smaller, so that the flight will be coming nearly all from that side, you should put your decoys out toward that side, and not straight out on a line with the front of your blind, because most ducks will pass In over a flock of decoys and make as if to allcbt beyond or back of them. This Is the case especially for bluebllls and most deep-water ducks, but not so much so for mal lards. A mallard will hover all around over a flock of decoys, mid nobody can tell where he is coins to light. Ho may light .100 yaids away from the decoys, others gel un and light light down among them. For mallards 1 usually put t:-#dei-oy- out straight in fiont of the blind. At a uiliereiit hour of the d iv or at a change In the wind, me ducks may be coming in the oppo site dliectiou, and then you will need to change yonr decoys over to that side. If the birds are coining about as much from one way as ih' other, or are working up and down, keep your decoys straight oui In front of you. The use of decoys, and the position of the blind in regard to the decoys, differ much, according to th.' wind. I never followed any particular order In putting out a flock of decoys, except that if you want to at tract the atleulioii of 'a distant flock ol dues, you naturally will want the long line of your 11 et to be crosswise to the line ot that direction ihe ducks are coming from. l-'or lust nice, if the ducks are coming from the east, you wain vein d'-coys kind of strung out north and south. This Is the case for 111091 ducks; but if you are shoot ing bluebills you want to be careful and not string out or scatter your decoys very much. You want to get a close shot Into every flock that draws in, and to do this wltn bluebllls you want to bunch your dt coys and keep then* pretty close together, for that is the way bluebills light and feed. A close fleet toward the side where the birds are coming from Is the thing for blue bills. Then they swing In and light, veiy often just back of tbe fleet, and therefore just ill front ot you. A little noise some times makes them hold their beads up, and then Is your chance for a water shot. The sol tapot a paddle on the side of a boat will sometimes make a flock of leal hold their heads up when you are sneaking up on them. About any sort of ducks will come to mallard decoys. A mixed Sock of mallards and bluebilU Is good. In putting out nuch a fleet some shooteis would put each sort of duck by Itself, ihe mallards on one side and the bluebills 011 ihe other. That is wrong. The best way Is 10 mix mem all up as you put th in out. Ducks are less suspicious of a mixed flock of birds and decoy much better 10 It. Band-Ball. This afternoon an interesting match wit] be played at the Howard-street Hall Court, between a Spaniard and one of the local players. The game promises to be quite in teresting. A New York paper says; The day that Champion Casey arrived from Ireland he was beaten by Phil Smith and Jim Donohue, and then, to add to the misery, liarney Me Quade and John Lambert beat Casey and John Dunne a couple of days after ward, but it was only alter a sharp struggle. These were the first defeats tlie champion sustained since be left for Ireland. :. ■ : - - Odor and Picture. You close your eyes; a wand'riuz Dreezs Comes from the distant allure, It lirnißi to view ,i ship— a face, A reef wli- re breakers roar. You close your eyes again. The wiudj From full ten leagues away A zuuliyr wart which brings to view A woodland scene of May. The odor sweet of BOZODONI Hi hits pearly teetli to mind— I'ii.k emus, and breath like lily-dew, Althougn your eyes are blind. Breezes in the Spice Islands Are not laden with more fragrance th an a In eat rendered pure and aromatic with SOZODONT. ; which restores whiteness to yellow teeth and soundness to defective ones. Neither man nor woman can hope to carry any point by the force of persuasion, wliii a mouthful of unclean, dis- colored teetb and an unpleasant breath. BOZO- KO.N'T remedies both those repulsive physical traits, ami is pre-eminently Ueallhful as well as effective. THE LITTLE CABIN-BOY. A FAIHY TALE FOIS CHILDREN. Once upon a time tliero was a poor beggar woman who had si child, a beautiful boy, named John. She went from house to house in the village, and, as she often found the peoy>le almost as poor as herself, she went to tho city and one day presenied herself at the Lord Mayor's house. The Lord Mayor was a good man, very rich and very gener ous. He had only one child, a daughter, whom he adored. Everything little Lucy asked was Immediately granted her. When she saw little John with his pale face she said that she would like him for a compan ion. The poor beggar woman readily con sented to be separated from her son. for she knew thai be would be well treated and taken care of. So John became, Lucy's companion. He played with her, went to school with her, and there was never the slightest quarrel between them. One day, as they both started off for school, the wife of the Lord Mayor watched them from a window. The recent rain bad Hooded the street, and John took Lucy gen tly in bis arms and carried her to the other side, and, as he put her down, he gave her a brotherly kiss uiion the cheek. At the sight of this, the proud lady ottered a cry of anger. A miserable beggar kiss the daughter nf one of the first laniilies in the city; bow horrible! In vain her husband tried to calm her. She vowed that the boy should be driven from the house. Weary of contention, the .Mayor ended by yielding and sent the child on a merchant vessel, where he was to serve as cabin-boy. ISut before ho went Lucy came to him aud, breaking a gold ring, 6iie * J&± - 5? •'Jlnrc Sb Ftar, Tliry Will Nut Scold You." gave him half and told him to keep it and bring it to Ui'r on Mis return. The other half she herself would keep. John departed. He sailed far, far away. One day tne captain and the men left the ship to Visit a city, near which they lay at anchor. Left aloiit) upon the vessel John beard a plaintive voice calling for help. II. < low eied i boat ami rowed toward an island whence the cries proceeded. Then; bo saw an old woman, who said to him: "At last! 1 have been here so long, wefp ing and begging for pity. You alone have listened to me, and, if you will take me across the water, lo my sister's house, on tiie hill which you see there you shall be well rewarded." "Come on!" replied John. The old woman not only wished to be taken to the bouse which she had first pointed out, but further on to another, and still further to a third. John feared that be should be absent from the ship too long, but she said to him: " Have no fear, they will not scold you. 1 have been on that island a hundred years waiting in vain for a charitable hand. You alone have aided me. You shall be well re warded by my sisters for your kind deed. Of the first you will asu for the old napkin which is in her wardrobe; of tho second, an old sword: of the third, an old Bingin e-book. Tlie napkin will give you food; the blade of the sword has a black side and a white side — th<» black side kills and the white- resus citates; the singing-book cures all diseases." The little -cabin-boy faithfully followed the old woman's instructions, nnd returned to the boat with his three fairy gifts. His comrades had not yet returned from the city. He spread the nankin nn a table and it covered itself with appetizing food. He touched a doc with the black side ot tho sword and it fell dead on the deck ; with the white side he immediately restored it to life. lie had au opportunity tn try the singing. book. The ship started again on Its voyage, and, + ?~ — ~ —^ y u» lI'AC Horrible. after ex: eripnein;: a terrific tempest. It ar rived at a city which neither tho captain nor the officers bad ever seen before. The vessel bad hnrdlv arrived in port when tlie kiiif; of tin' country came in great despair and begged the captain to call ud all his men. lli.s beloved daughter was very ill, and he asked if any among them would undcitake to cure her. No, there whs not one. "Is this all your crew?" asked the king of the captain. "Yes, with the exception of my little cabin boy." "Cull Mm." John came, and v soon as he learned what nn wanted, be replied modestly that he thought that lie could cure the princess. "Little fool!" cried the captain, angrily "Pay no heed to him, your Majesty, You see be is only a child, lie dues not know what he la saying." "Wisdom," leplied the king, "is some times found in infant minds. 1 have con fidence iv him ; permit me to take him with me." '■Oil! certainly. If your majesty desires." The kinsj took the cabin-boy to his palace. The little princess lay extended uimti a bed, silent and motionless, and so pale that one would have believed that she was already dead. John sans; a hymn from his old singing book. .N!ie. made a movement, lie sang a second one; she rose uj> in tho bed. He sang a third. She was cured. The king looked at him in amazement J/MkM\\ t_« -^H John Sang a Ilt/mn. and cried in a transport of joy: "Yon shall marry this (tear girl whom you have saved and you shull have half my king dom!" "I Will not refuse thp fortune you offer me," replied loyal John, "but 1 cannot usury tlm princess. I have a sweetheart in my own country." Suddenly war was declared. A formidable army was marching against the kingdom when John had effected his marvelous cure. lie advanced nEainpt the. enemy witli his invincible sword, and In a few moments sliiughteiod a great number. The others lied in terror. With the white side of hi* sword he resuscitated nil those he bad killed and they all asked t'> serve muter his orders. Fond was wanting for this new lenion, but John spread his napkin upon tiie grouul and it produced everything necessary. After passing some time with the King, to whom lift had rendered so many swrviees, John h»d an ardent desire 10 return to his own country, and he deoarted with four gnat ships, miipnifirenUy equipped, and when be re-enlered the port from which he bad nailed a poor boy, salvos of artillery mnde the enrtli tremble. The hurt! Mayor, learning of the arrival _ . . —^- — ~^~ —^_—~ ._^__ S^^jj^i ijn&f^^^fmT QPRTURS OP if IRGIMI I rltmboui VlKblmil.. armiiuoui ilaiwihih. A Powerful and the Only Known Solvent of Stone in the Bladder. Value of These Waters in Gout, Rheumatism, Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, Etc., Etc. Case of ME. E. L. ROYS, stated by DR. C. H. S. DAVIS of Jleriden, Conn, in the New England AN OUNCE OF CALCULI DISCHARGED. THIRTY-FIVE CALCULI IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. , Medical Monthly for July. 1890. Case of DR. B. .T. WEISTMXG of Middletown, Pa., as stated by himself. *.. ~~^ "Mr R L Roys of this city consulted me about two years ago for STONE in the BLADDER* "Experience in its use in STONE IN THE BLADDER, in my own person, enables me to attest the of the BUFFALO LITHIA WATER, as be was very much opposed to operative interference. After Jectrt ™« r^^^; l * At( f ULI (URIC ACID), some of which weighed as much as fonr grains, using the water for a short time, disintegration to a certain extent took place and large (jnantities affor(li i, inexpressible relief and leaving me in a condition of comparative ease and comfort, of STONE were passed. For several days in succession he passed as much as a TEASPOONFULof i. o] . one 00 ,. a 011 1 pasted THIRTY-FIVE CALCULI IN' 41! HOURS. The appearance of this 1 lie debris, and at intervals for a considerable period lie passed large quantities, and under the con- CALCULUS NUCLEI indicates unmistakably. I think, that they were all COMPONENT PARTICLES tinned use of the water there was a constant passage of CALCULI until he was entirely relieved OF ONE LARGE CALCULUS. DESTROYED BY THE ACTION OF THE \\ATEK BY MEANS OK of his troub c " SOLUTION AND DISINTEGRATION. At my advanced period of life 'I am seventy-seven years an I six months of ace) and in my feeble general health, a surgical operation was not to be thought of, '7'^fi: anil THE WATER SEEMS TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALL THAT SUCH AN OPERATION. IF SlT- *«*-» AtA f£\ ■ *&1 J&&9 O^Si. £jfi± It% CESSFUL, COULD HAVE DONE. Besides greatly increasing the quantity 'the urine, this Water R'^ ©C i^ K«T *££&) *rm TB^ lia* lifer *Cis 9 exerts a decided influence on its chemical constitution, rendering it rapidly neutral, previously V^L *Sif W <W* f^^Sfe r^ kr* Tf*^ acil , an(J afterwards ALKALINE; from being high- colored, it becomes pale, and havins deposited iMHp^ 'I^J" J|^^ A. a>^ copiously it becomes limpid and transparent." The photograph sent herewith is a correct representation and exact size of some of the IM-gest THE ABOVE PLATE IS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH, AND REPRESENTS THE EXACT ' SIZK AM) specimens of CALCULI discharged by Mr. Roys. A chemical and microscopical analysis showed that SHAPE OF SOME OF THE CALCULI PASSED B\ DR. \J EI>TUV. TIII-A « huh they are URIC ACID with a trace of the oialate of LIME. PRESERVED BY HIS SON, DR. J. "WEIR WEISTLING. In Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia^ Neuralgias, Nervous Exhaustion, Diseases of Women, Etc., Etc., These " ~" Waters May Be Regarded as Well Nigh Specific. THOMAS F. GOODE, Proprietor, buffalo Lithia Springs, Va. L GOLDBERG, BOWEN & CO., Agents, San Francisco. Water in cases of one dozon half-gallon bottles, $6.40, f. 0. b. here. Discount to Agents. Testimonials sent to any address. Bum ■ i ii i iVi nli«W> ■ I"" . . .:= '■'■■.. ■: - - - ■. . -.:- ■■■■■'' of so distinguished a person, hastened to pay his respects and humbly invited him to dinner. John accepted, and a few moments later ho entered the house from which he bad formerly been driven away. At the table lie sat between the Lord Mayor and Liny. Toward the end of the dinner he. placed in the young girl's glass the half of the ring she had given him when be departed. She trembled and grew very red. Without saying a word she went to her chamber and returned witb thn other half, wiiich she banded tn the handsome sailor. Her parents looked at her in astonishment Then John said to them: "1 am he whom £OU knew poor and friendless. 1 have b« come rich and powerful, and I ask you for the hand of this swn.-t girl whom I formerly accompanied tc school. She bus not for gotten me aud 1 have not forgotten her." His demand was received with Joy, and .John's mother, who had been wretched and unhappy for so long a lime, arrived to share the happiness of her son. The marriage was celebrated with great pomp and splen dor, and the two young people never ceased to love each other and were very happy. STOCKTON NOTES. Another Strike of Natural Gas. Improvements. Special Correspondence of Tim Sunday Call. Another strike of natural gas in the Haas well has excited the people on that subject. This time it is dry gas of a large volume sufficient to light two cities like Stockton. The old well is Hawing with an increasing supply and the owners are busy putting the gas into buildings and manufacturing estab lishments. A number of manufacturers are now running with natural gas as fuel and these gas engines are doing good work at a large decrease in coil bills. A building activity is observed on every hand. The foundation of the monster flour ing mill Of the Farmers' Union is being laid, and is of th« most substantial kind. This will be the largest mill, excepting one, on the Coast. It will be a complete roller mill, with every modern improvement in the way of machinery and appliances for maintaining the reputation of Stockton for line Hour. The old Stockton Theater, one of the his torical landmarks of the city, is being pulled down to make room for a modern three story stone and brick business house. This old theater in early days presented to the public such celebrities as Edwin Booth, Charlotte Cushman and Mathilda Heron, the. only Camille; and from an old play-bill I see that the talented Ed ward s ?otiiern played in Stockton in the company of Laura Keene, then a rising star, in the play of "1 be Serious Family." Later on the house was given over to the variety business, and sunk Into gradual decay until a fortunate fire took the burden from the hands of its owner. A large hall for societies is going up at a corner of Sutter and Market streets under the management of a stock company. This structure wili be an imposing one, an 1 will supply the numerous benevolent societies with a very desirable hall fur meeting pur- poses. ' Nothing has been evoked as yet from the purchase erf the ball block by the Southern Pacific Railroad for a station at Main and Sacramento streets. But th« people have promises of an early beginning, which is something to the speculative mind. Tim fence tins been removed from our County Court-house, which is a substantial, well-built structure. The grading is bring done to form a terrace. When the con template!} Improvements aro finished Stock ton need not feel ashamed of her court house. Our new evening paper, the Stockton Re publican, is forging ahead giitliering In sub scribers. From the support extended by our business men it will soon be a power in lie publican politics. The bonds voted at a late election for in ternal improvements »to sewers, streets, water, etc., are now being signed prelimi nary to olt'eriug them for sale. The new lire-engine ordered, to increase the Fire Department, is on its way from the East. Stockton's facilities for lighting lire when this is put in service will be among the best / . Contractors are Milting in the finishing touches on the outside (if the $100,000 new Methodist Church; it is a most beauti ful house of worship, and when the whole is finished no church outside of San Francisco C&n rival it in size, finish and rouiplete;iea9. Dr. Carroll is a hard worker and when en couraged by the trustees mid the women workers is sure of success, as this maud church will attest. Kawlins --Woman's. Kelief'* Corps', nave another of their exquisite liitl<> entertain ments on Friday evening in the shape of a "Bowling Alley." Tim iuod, :on payment of a dime, were privileged to blow a soap bubble over a bowling alley which, it reach ing a certain , point by a lady wafting a gentle breeze with a fan, entitled them to a prize. Lots of fun and n gathering of dimes for the ol'l soldiers' relief. . J. K. K. Stockton, SrpL. la, IS9O. ■ Suit Over Airicoiß. Isaac Miller has sued W. C. Price and Nathan Lowell to recovei posie-sim of 22 tons and 370 pounds of apricots contained in (Kill sacks, valued at 97000, alleging tint they unlawluily drt mi the fruit. In case the fruit cannot be returned, Miller demands 97000, with 81000 damage*, ... . r ~; A BIRD AQUARIUM. Ail Easy Way to Produce a Very Odd Illusion. The accompanying engravings represents bird aciuaiiiim, wiiich is of very simple con struction and well calculated to awaken curiosity. ,4/6 f Mf Figure I—Bird1 — Bird Aquarium, It consists of a glass globe, in the bottom of which there is an aperture wide enough to permit pf the introduction of a glass cylinder of iiui'e a large diameter and closed at the top. The lower part of this cylinder enters a caj;« which is concealed by the stand upon which the globe rests. The ex ternal portion of the cylinder is hidden by stones and shells. The cylinder at the point where it enters the globs is fixed to the latter with comeut. Ik Iskl^'ii W 1c n ■ i r^~ > "~ J "^' < ' r *^ ::: "''' : '" :^ Figure t— Section, If sufficient water is put into the globe to cover the cylinder entirely, and care is taken to airnngfl the afl'air tit the level of the eye, wo shall very easily obtain the illusion of a medium in which the birds and lishes are living together. The arrangeirent may be varied in many ways (the principle always remaining the same) and tho nn-st varied effects be ob tained.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. fncnrpnrp tlon of Snunallto. A meeting of the residents of Sausalito was held on Friday evening to discuss the propriety ol incorporating the town. All present were unanimously in favor of the project, and the necessary papers were at once made out nnd signed. As fifty signa tures are required to the document it was placed on board the steamer ISan Kafael yesterday morning where the necessary number of autographs was secured. COMMERCIAL RECORD. Sati-bhav Evening, Sept. 20. KtIUMAItV OF THIS MAUltfcT* Flour weak. Wheat weak and dull. Barley, outs and Corn ditto. lty© lower. Keedstulti unchanged. Hay steady. Colored Beans weak. : Hops <iulet and easy. Sweet Potatoes lower. ■ Oulons steady. Fair demand for lino Butter. Eggs very weak. I'oultry nominal. Good lianie In demand. Table Grapes very cheap. reaches and Pears weaker. Mexican Limes firmer. Green Corn and Tomatoes higher. ■ • ■• ■ % Kn-llsl» \Vheat Market. liiVKßrooi, Sept. 20. -The spot market Is »low at 7s tfd(&7s 1'!. Cargoes are easy at 37s 6*l for off coast, :i7s tJd for just shipped and 373 tid for nearly due, . - •■' . ■ . •">.<- ' FUTURES. The Produce Exchange cable r!tcs the following Liverpool quotatlous; September, 7a 3%d; October, 7s4<l: November, 7s 5(1: December. s^d; Jan uary, 7a s»id; February, 7s 5 1 -'I. SECURITIES. -' [i\ t London, Sept. 20.— Consols. '.'5Vj; United States Bonds— 4's, 1*26%: 4i,:; r s, 11)6%; Silver, .53Vid; Keutes, B4f 27 i..c. Z'.-r:,- New York Market*. New York, Sept. 20. —The stock market to-day was very quiet and heavy to weak- from toe opening to the closing with the result or leaving almost everything traded lv lower than last evening. Gov ernments steady. Petroleum, Pennsylvania Spot opened at HI and closed at So!i. October opened at hir.- a , and closed at Hl\'-,. -Ntw Yohk, Sept. 20.— United States Bonds: 4's, 12034! 4V*'». 104V4: .Northern Pacific. 31 •*; Cana dian Pacific, 80"/t: Central Pacific, 33; Atchlson, 42 ; Union Pacific, 697 8 ; Wells-Farfo, 140; Western Union, fc4"/iii silver. 11514: Sterling, *4 Sl'^lai «6. Nkw York, Sept. 20.— Wheat, cash, »1 023/ i; December, SI 01" : a. Flour— Quiet. Coffee— slß 10. Sugar— s 7-IS&6 1-lßc Hldes-15c. Copper— Lake. $16 75. 1 in— Spot. $24 50. Lead— Domestic, »5 07 Vi- Iron-*U. Petroleum— SO'i. Chicago Market*. CniCAao, Sept. 20.— Wheat, cash, 97% c. Corn— 4B' 4 •..'-"' Pork— 75. Lard-» 8 22y 2 . liibs-$5 40. —, M X> hlsky— sl 13. • ' ' "-. ' Finn Silvt-r. Quotable at $1 15», i@l ifli V ounce. Mexican Dollars* Quotable at '.-it ■■:>;■■. NVw York Kxchange* Ken York Exchange, 5c for sight drafts and 12Vic for telegraphic. "" Th© Clearing-House. Local bank clearings last week were $20,675,544, against $15,636,994 for tho same week la 1889. Shipping; Notes. Steamers to sail to-day are the Oregon for Port land, and the Pomona for San Diego. Tne Colum bia falls due from Portland, the Eureka from San Pedro, the Crescent City from Crescent City, the Corona from llumboldt Hay, the Coos Bay from Lit tle Klver, the Gipsy from the Batlnaa Kiver, the Newport from Eel Klver, uud tho Montscrratt from Nftn&lntOh To-morrow the Queen sails for Victoria and Facet Sound, the Coos lay for Little Kiver, and the Santa Maria for San Diego. The silir Queen. 261 tons, loads Flour ami Lum ber for Guayaquil. The ISr iron ship Comberraere, 1686 tons. is re chartered for Wheat to Unite 1 Kingdom, Havre or Antwerp. 42s 6d. The Province takes tor Sharpness, England, 62, --662 ctls Wheat, valued at $88,175. The Br iron ship Sutherlanilshlre, 1519 tons, was chartered prior to arrival for Wheat to United Kingdom. Havre or Antwerp, 36s 3d. *« ' : l'roduco Market. FLOUR— Weak. Some cutting is reported. Net cash prices are as follows: Family extras, $4 25:a> 4 60: Bakers' extras, $4 15&4 25; city superfine, $3@3 SO; interior brinds, $4@l 50 for extras, and $3,53 25 V blil for superfine. WHEAT— Weak and dull at the decline. So. 1, $1 32V<:@1 33%; No. 2. $1 30@l 31»,i : choice. $1 35; extra choice, for milling, $1 37>£@1 40; Sonora, $1 30@l BlVi {( L-ti. CALL SALES— IIORVINO. Buyer '90-900, $1 37 3 i : 100. $1 37";,: 900. »1 37%: 900, $1 371^. Buyer season— 2oo, *1 46; 1000. $1 45%: 1600, $145%; 400. $1 «6%. BAKLEY-Qulet and easy. No. 1 Feed. $1 321.3 ft ctl; lower grades, $1 27V<.@1 30; Chevalier, $1 50 for Standard and $1 ;»-ii 35 for lower grades; Brewing, $1 40@l 00 it ctl for fair to choice. CALL SALES— HORNING. Buyer '00—100, »1 37Vi; 500, $1 37. Buyer sea son-100. »1 43%. OAT.*— Nothing new. The market Is easy under liberal offerings. Ulack, $1 60@l 75 ?t ctl: No. 1 White, $1 55@1 57 ■/■>: No. 2, $1 50; Choice, $1 60; Gray, $150; Surprise, $1 6~-,;ial 70; Muling, $; iiji.^l 85 ctl. corn — Dull. Buyers hold off, hoping for a fur ther decline. White, *1 3(H<sl 32V4; Yellow, *1 27' 2 (Sj»l 30 for large and *1 3in<4l S2',.j for small round. XVK — Weak at $1 20i<$l 30 for common to choice. Sale of No. 1 at *1 30. is KAN— Quotable at lis@l!l|lton for the best and $17@17 60 * tou lor lower tirade* and outside brand& MIDDLINGS— QuotabIe at *26@26 50 9 ton for the best and $25 for other trades. HAY — Steady at previous prices. Wheat, $!"<■»! I for fair to good and *•"..".-* ;• ; lor choice: Oat, $9<g>l2; v, 11. 1 Oat, $10(0112: Barley, *a@ll: Alfalfa, *12(g)13: Clover, $8 60<s;ll %t ton. hTßAW— Quotable at 45@55c ft bale. MILLSTUFFS-Ground Barley, $2f $o©'ii> 50. The mills sell Oilcake Meal at $24 « ton net. the Job bers charge $27 * ton: Rye Hour. 3V4C > IB; Rye Meal, 3c; Graham Flour, :t'-.c: oatmeal, *1*1: oat Groats, 6c: Cracked Wheat, fee: Buckwheat Hour, sc; Pearl Barley. 4 VV9l»ic *». ,-_ _ „,„„„ SEEDS— Yellow Mustunl. $ag!.» 15 jt etn Brown Mustard. M SOJJ3 V <-il: Flax. *2 lo&'i 75: Canary, BVi@3><.i*%t Ibf Alfalfa. 8c * II; Kape, ay a c, ileuip, 4 "i?;;,^'pK^iNtS: •Sf6o*«i Green, $1 9S« 2, according to quality: Blaclicye, $2; Spin Peas, be W Ib • ^«"---stj««***n-«.t^.-^ >■.--.' - WHEAT-Quotabie at *1 76@2 ft ctl. COKNMEAL. ETC.— Meal. 4 @3»-ic is m: Feed Corn, *3»®*B 50: Cracked Corn, ?2S@-.'9 l» ton: Hominy, 4',ic %* ID. BEANS-Colored continue weak and dull. Whites are temporarily firm, there being none 01 any conse quence here. Kayo, $3 ':■>•■> . 75; Pea, $2 75®.i; Small White. $2 75@3: I'liiK. $2 25<a2 40- KeiU, .*■_• 50: l.lniiis, — ; butters, $2 15@2 M (* ctl for small and medium. POTATO BS—Swcots are off again and all other kinds are weak, sweets, l@Hic to In sacks and l'.iWl-fic In boxes; Garnet Chiles, 80@90c; Bur bank Seedllujs. 55c@$l 25; Early Rose. BO®s.)c: Peerless, BO@SSc ft ctl. ..•■■*. -..--.,- ONIONS— Quiet aud steady at $2@J 60 m ctl. UUTl'KK— Fair demand for tLe vest brands oulv Fancy, 35;*;)6c r* lb : good to choice, 25(d300 '«* tf. common to fair, 17Viiol22i>c; store Butter, 12>.(a> 15c: pickled roll, 2u^22^c: 'irsiu, : T.-_> Li'c ; East ern creamery. 23c for fancy. - CHEESE— Uood tocholce mildncw.B' fair 7S»Bc: fancy, 10 V 2 @llc p rt>; Young Americas, lu@ lie: cased, »4,c uddltlonal; Western, tKaUoc; East eru. 9®l2c a 16. .. ■ ■-■„■ ,-.. . • lOLLIB\-Was dull yesterday. Live Turkeys, 17@19cfor Gobblers and 15@17c for Hens; ueese, ¥ pur, $1 25(51 50; Ducks, $ 1 so<a>4 50 lor old and $5(55 &0 for young; Hens. $5@7; Koosters, young, *4 mi ■-■; 50; do, old. $5'0)7: Fryers, $4; Broilers, $3 ,'iOig. 1 for large aud $'.'(4,3 V dozen for small. GASIE— Venison was dull yesterday, but Quail aiM Ducks sold ftrstrate. Quail. »I@l 25 V doz; English Snipe. $3; Jack'Sntpe.sl: Mallards. $3 50<ai; Sprig, J-.-'uiJ 50: Teal, $2(a)2 50: Widgeon. $1 50; .Small Ducks, $1 2.V may Geese, $2 50: Venison, s@iii-; Doves, 40@50c i* dozen; Hare. $1 sU@l 75: Rab bits, $1 25(^)1 50 for Cottontails, and $1 for small. EGGS— Continue weak and dealers report difficulty in selling. Fancy Eastern. 27 Va<-' ¥ dozen; common to choice Eastern, 17Vifa)25c: California, !i7^%@ :'"-':' for store aud 3<l@3sc tor ranch. HONEY— Choice White Comb, table at giaiOc; do. In 1 It.- frames, ll@12c: ordinary comb, T^aJTVic; While extracted. si.a(9t>c: amber. 4V 2 @sc V It. BEESWAX— Uuotanle at 22V<2@25c t*. ID. FKESH FRUITS— TabIe Grapes were worse than ever yesterday. The peddlers brought for 12'^c lad the canners secured Muscats for l"w Stocks w;fo -* very large. Wine Grapes were du^lis mostj^Lt^r buyers were out of the market, u<B to a celebra tion. Peaches were weak and om\. Pears were also weak. Cape Cod Cranbemw."slU@lo 50 V bbl: Raspberries, # 1 ( »■ ■v 1 1 % chest: Quinces, 40@tS0c 9 box; Huckleberries, 7&Sc V IB: Grapes, 12i*.(a»2ou It* box for Sweetwater^ 12Vj@50c for Muscats, 12V @35c for Rose of Peru, 12>/^2sc for Black Mai volse, 25@75c t* box for Tokay, according to color, 75c for Cornicbou and 50c(a>$l for Isabellas; zm tandel Wine Grapes, $161^19 ft ton: other black Wine Grapes, $IS@l7: Cantaloupes, 25@50c V crate: Nutmeg Melons, 2()ia3oc; Watermelons, *lj» 8 100: Black Figs, 30@50c ¥ box tor double-layer boxes; White Fig's. 25'a,~iuc: Plums, 'i<gi:i' A c V l'>: Blackberries. $4(^5 1* chest; Peaches. 40c©»l «l box and 790 >t basket and :<v.»(*tc V 16 lv bulk: Apples. 4oc^sl * box for common to good and $l 25 for choice: Pears. sOc@sl V box: Bartlett Pears, Standards. 3V 2 (o;lc V Si; Strawberries, *s^ti ft chest*! or Sbarpless and $lik3Jl2 for Loneworths. CITRUS FBCIT. ETC.— are steadier, owll - .to the warmer weather. Malaga Lemons, $L^ 10 'ft box: Sicily Lemons, $9 -■'.». Riverside Lemons, $4 5006; Los Angeles Lemons, $.ig)<; Mexican Limes. $)>: Bananas, $I@2 50 V bunch; Pineapples. *3(Si5 V dozen. DKll-.D FRUITS— The quotations are for fruit In sacks unless otherwise specified. Evaporated Apples (boxes) are quotable at l'->i a^»l3o > It: sliced. B@9c * ID; quartered, 7V 2 (.i3c '? ID: Pitted Plums, li)a,lir: evaporated Peaches. IW^IT- ■..'•: bleached Apricots, Backs, l-4@l7Wc: boxes. 17 a. 18c %» It>: White Nectarines, 16@I»-c: Red Necta rines, 12y 2 @l4c; California Prunes, Italic; Grapes. 3',j®:1",5,c '«* ft: Pears, 11Vi@12^c for couiuiou and "l:l(^l5c for quartered unpeeled Bartletts. RAIsi.NS-Layers, fancy, $2 25: choice, *•-'<*-' 15: fair to good, $1 75@1 90 V box, with the usual ad vance for fractional boxes. N UTS— New crop softsuell Almonds. 13<$14c, new Walnuts 9@llc f< m. We quote old crop as follows: Chile Walnuts, 10c; Peanuts, »<£!> c; Hickory Nuts, B@8c: Pecans. io(g)llc: Filberts. lli<,@l2y,,c; Brazil Nuts, nominal at I'."!jil2i c ft ID. Cocoauuts, *s®» » 100. . VEGETABLES— Tomatoes and Corn were firmer yesterday. Marrowfat Squash, quotable at $15 1* ton; Egg Plant, 40®50c ft box: Green Okra, 5«@65c 'f box; Green Peppers, 26@40c V box for Chile and 40(350c 'ft box for Bell: Tomatoes. Mm boxes. 25040 Cll box for River and stKß<iscV^ . box for Bay; Green Corn, t!sc@sl 25 * saokau<Sw_ crate for commou to good and 2tKcJ-5c doz for / Alauieda: Summer Squash, '25@11)c >» box for liny; Lima Beans. 2'-«Mc ft uj: Cucumbers. -'■ hoc ~s* box for Bay; Pickles, 75c 9* box for small and lc V ir. for large: Cabbage. 75c V ctl: Feed Carrots. 60(u}b3c: Turnips. 75c: Beets, $1; Parsnips, $1 25 ft ctl: Garlic, 7raiue V IT. PROVISIONS— Eastern covered 111 mi Tail Bacon, 13@13VS>e 't> B>: California smoked Bacon, 9@loe for heavy and medium. and 13513'/2<: for light: l.< j @14c for extra light; Bacon Sides. 1 • (#9 : '*<' V m; Eastern Susar-cured Hams for city tra le. lii S 14V*c: California Hams. salt. 12'*.v12 : ■_• ■ ¥ "■; refrigerator-cured. l;i«iil;t'.jc: Lard, nereis. E»sl crn. ail Kinds. 9<a9 Vic; eases. HhjiHl' 3 c: Calif oruii tierces, 9 Vic: haif-bbls. flu,@ii.i, 4 c: tins. lt)r; palls, lu-ln, lui.jc: do, &-lt>. 10'« c: kegi, ■)< . ,: i- V Ib; Mess Beef. $7 60^8: extra mess do. J- 50* 9: family do. $11 51**12; clear Pork, *19 M<@-.'o: extra prime. $10 60017; extra clear, $20^20 SO: mess do, $18.0)18 60 > l-:>l: Pig Pork, «< ke,r, *.: i> 3 25: Pigs' Feet, $12012 50 > bbl; Smosed Baef. ll» 4 @l2c it Ib. HOlS—D ealers now ascribe the present decline to the inability of New York dealers to lake all the Hops offered them, owing to the recent tightness of money there. The general opinion, however. Is that the depression Is merely an Incident and therefore momentary. The English market Is very strong anil the needs of England are large. We quote tne [peal market at 3'-'Vi(3>3Sc %) lb, with a sale of Rood Me, • at :i3e. HIDKS AND PELTS-Heavy salted steers are quotable at H",sc ft IB: medium. 7' ¥ IB: l«nt, oVie i* «>: Cowhides. 5" 2 c; salted Kin. Bpi ! Mit^d Calf, sane: dry Hides, usual selection, H<a>ilr-. dry Kips, 10iS110V4c: dry Calf, lu»$10V»c: prune Goatskins. 40(a)50e each: medium do, 25(j)->SO : small skins, 10i«,2Mc; Deerskins, good auuiiuer, '.y'i 35c: medium, 25c: tnlo, 20c %t 16: Sheepskins, shearlings, lu^-'Ue; short wool. 30550 c: medium, 6B<o!itoe: long wool, 9Oc@sl 25 » lb. Culls of all kinds '■/. less. Butchertowu greeu skins sell N i tlvely higher. TALLOW— Fair to good rendered. 3Vi@3V4«: °- fined. . ■>.!.:> i ie: Grease. 2 *(063c ft ID. WOOL — Fall clips are quotable as follow*: Choice Northern. 14516 c; defective Northern, 1- ii 13c; Mountain free. ll(g)13V s c: San Joaa.uln .""I Southern defective. S<^loc. We quote spring clips : Eastern Oregon, 14(^1 i.jC: Valley Oregon. 2o.S22C: Nevada. 15«}17c; choice Northern, lS^ts'JUC: llu:n --boldt ana Mendoclno. 20@22c: San Joaiiuln and . Bouthern, seven mouths, 12<a)15c It ID. General Merchandise. § "~>^ HAGS-Calcutta. 6".!>®"c; Wool Bags, 36®3Sc: V Potnto inmnlt* nominal. - l " ',">', CORD AGC-ManlU Bop*, quotable at 16Vr,c:12 --thread 17c: 6 aud » thread. 17i;;C; Bale Hope, 14c- Hinder Twine, 15!-c; Grapevine Twine, 16'-e. In balls. ni'.aC In colls; Hop Twine. 18c: Lathyarn, 16c Quotations for the new process Manila are: Kope, !•':: 12-tliread, 0,,.c: 6 and 9 do. 10c; Duplex rope, isVfcei 12-threaif, lie: 6 and 9 do, IP ..■; Bale rope, l-'c; Lathyttrn, 12c: Hop Twine, 13c: Grapevine Twine, balls' or colls, 13' ac; Binder Twine, 12 i/ 4 c « It.. :'.' ■ SALMON— The market Is firmer, with an active demand. Columbia River Fish, $1 20@l 30: Alas kan Fish. 95c@$l for red and 75@S0c for otf grades. SUGAR— California Sugar Refinery quotes as follows, terms net cash: Cube. Crushed, Extra Pow dered and Fine Crushed, all o>-ic; Dry Granulated. t>V»c; Confectioners' A. 6%0; Extra C, sc; Goldoa C, 4%e ~& lt>: Bags, < a- more than bids. The American Renuery quotes, terms net cash: Extra fine Cube, Crushed, Fine Crushed and Pow dered, 6f1,-fC; Extra Fine PowuereO, B^hC; Dry liran mated, 6"» c: XX do. 63' 8 c: Confectioners' A. 6V40! * WhlteEitra C, o'.ic; Extra C &V'a<:s Gjktja C, iU* San Frauclsco Meat Market. Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers are as follows: BEEF— First quality, 6V4@80; second quality. 4-< (<4sc: third do.BVM4Mr & ' '~'^"- '■>'-■' VEAL- Large, 4ftstic: small Calves, 6^Sc. MUTTON— wethers. 7V'j®Bc: Ewes, 7V40. LAMB— Spring Lamb. 9M,@100 V 18. roKR-l.ivo Hogs. 4(<Si Vic rorlUUt graln-fal. and 3Vi<a3.-.t,c for heavy "packing: st.jolc 11 •:■ 3'/»(» 3>i,c ft ID; dressed do, 6VJI»7y I ,c ft in HECEITTS OF I'RODUt'E. Saturday, Sept. '20. Flonr.qrsks ..10,S08,Bran, sks 825 , > Wheat, ctls 16,551 Middlings, »*• '. 15">- Barley, ctls 3.096 Hay. tons 5«« Oats. ii36|Straw.Sons _ , A Rye.sks 7O3Hops,bls 132 Beaus.sks 4,1177 Mustard Seed, sks.. 8-9 Potatoes, sk« 8,764 Wool. bis 222 - I'm*., a • 381 Uiues, n0,., 117