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WITH THE CHILDREN
OF THE POOR.
Amusement and Instruction
Provided for Them at
the Home of the
Good Samaritan.
BY ERNEST C. STOCK
Did you ever note how the children of
the poor ol the City enjoy themselves?
Possibly you have seen them in crowds
an the narrow streets of the Southside,
using the thoroughfares for want of a
better playground, but have you ever seen
them enjoy themselves in the Home of
the Good Samaritan, on Second street near
Folsoin?
This is a sort of a clubhouse tor the
youngsters of the district, for those whose
environments do not give them the oppor
tunity to go to more stylish places to while
away a part of the afternoon or evening.
True, the place is not to be compared with
the Union-Pacific, the Bohemian or the
Concordia, nor even with the Press Club
apartments in point of elegance of sur
roundings, but in the main the principle
under which it is operated is the same. It
is a place for recreation and for instruc
tion that comes from reading books and
periodicals that are not to be iound in the
;las>srooms of the schools. The young
risitors are furnished with interesting
literature suited to their ages ; they are
provided with juvenile games— donations
from the children of the rich who have
tired of them; they have a gymnasium,
once a week a concert is got up for their
benefit; then they are treated to lectures,
and those who want moral instruction re
ceive it in the chapel.
While this home, by reason of its con
struction, is not ezactly adapted to the
purpose for which it was established, it
answers a good purpose; that is, it keeps a
great many boys off the streets at night,
and is a place in which they can enjoy
themselves.
The little ones who accept what is offered
them at this home are a mixed lot, and by
their deportment one can determine the
character of training they receive in their
own homes.
"Yes, sir," said Rudolph Stali, the super
intendent of the home, a few evenings
since, "we have all kinds here; some of
the boys are good and remarkably well
behaved, but there are some who are wild,
and it — »"
Before he could finish what he wanted
to say there came from one of the rooms
adjoining the one in which he was a howl
of pain and the sounds of a scuffle. A
moment thereafter there came rushing up
a little tot with hair innocent of a comb
ine, vestleps, and wearing a single sus
pender to prevent his little knickerbockers
from falling below his hips, who, in a
piping voice, called out, "Dey's a-fightin',
dey is, Mr. Stali,"
"Who is it?" asked the superintendent.
. "Tehama-street Bill an' Chimmie Fadden
No. 2," answered the owner of the piping
yoice.
"Bring them here," was the order of the
superintendent, "and I'll see what it's all
about."
Some of the larger boys who were within
hearing scampered away and soon returned
with tie juvenile culpritß in charge, fol
lowed by all the youngsters in the place,
each wearing on nis face an anxious 100k —
anxiety growing out of a curiosity to learn
the doom of the offenders.
"Been fighting?" asked the superinten
dent, addressing both at the same time.
Tehama-street Bill is a dark-skinned boy
of 9, with hair out with a pair of clippers,
which saves the trouble of a daily combing
and prevents the other fellow from getting
a hair grip in a fight. He has a tmllet
-Bhaped head that any prize-fighter would
be proud to own; he was wearing a, coat
that would lit a boy twice his age, and a
pair of pantaloons, the bottom rolled up to
make them short enough to fit his legs.
Chimmie Fadden No. 2 is a light-haired
specimen of the human family, about the
same age as his opponent. He wore a
jacket of faded gray that had airholes at
the elbows, fringe at the end of the sleeves
and was fastened with a solitary brass but
ton midway between where the top and
the bottom button ought to be.
As the superintendent spoke to them
each looked up and displayed a face
marked with, color produced "by an accu
mulation of dust in streaks and patches.
"He beirun it," said Bill, as he drew hi»
right sleeve across his forehead and spread
the real estate he carried there.
"Not if my dad's boy knows it," said
Chimraie No. 2 as soon as Bill ceased
speaking.
"Youse de one as chucked me in de back
of de neck, an' I don't 'How any chump
like you to chuck me, I'm givin' you a
pointer. He can't tell de trute, if you hear
my dad's boy a-tellin 1 you."
"You're anoder," retorted Bill, and the
pair glared at each other as if rallying for
another go.
"That'll do," said the superintendent,
"and as you two can't behave I'll punish
you. You can't go into the gymnasium
for a week, and I mean it."
"That don't sour no milk," saucily said
Chimmie No. 2. "I kin have all the gimmy
I wants on de street."
"What's that you say?" asked the super
intendent.
"You can't stop me Bhinnin' de lamp
post, and you can't Btop me standin' on
me head, if I wants to. Shut me out der
ftimmy? Come off; dat kind o' guff don't
kill flies."
In the meantime Bill stood in a corner
scowling at Chimmie, and wiping his nose
with his eleeves, firßt with the right then
*ith the left.
For a minute the superintendent seemed
•t a loss to know what to do with the two
offenders against the rules and peace of the {
home. Suddenly a happy thought struck |
him and he exclaimed, "Here, I knew how |
I'll punish you. You two boys;' go and
wash your faces, and mind that you lite
plenty of soap and water."
The look on the faces of the two possible
State Senators showed that this was a pun
ishment that they had not expected, for
neither moved, and it was not until one of
the larger boys, by order of the superin
tendent, took Bill "by the arm and led him
toward a basin in one corner of the room
that the youngster realized that the order
was to be carried into effect, and then he
let out a defiant yell and with all his
might resisted being taken to the place of
punishment.
Chimmie No. 2 almost pulled himself
out of his jacket to escape the gr. ac =p of the
superintendent, who was leading aim to a
basin in another corner of the room. In
the struggle the hand that held the jacket
came in contact with Chimmie's head. In
a surly tone that youngster exclaimed,
"Say, wats de matter wid you, cul? What
you hurtin' my daa's boy for? Don't you
know I'se got a sore head?"
He was led to the basin, but wash his
face he would not, bo the superintendent
did it for him. It was no easy task on
account of the violent squirming and kick
ing of the unwilling victim. A vigorous
rubbing with a towel removed some of the
dirt that had not been reached by soap
and water.
"Mr. Stali," cried out one of the boys
who had been watching the proceedings !
YOUNGSTERS ENJOYING AN EVENING IN THS GYM.
[Sketelud by a v Call " artist.]
and evidently glad that he was not being
punished, "see, his head's all bleeding."
"How did you get that?" asked the
superintendent, examining a slight scalp
wound on the side of the boy's head, from
which blood was trickling arid discoloring
the blonde hair that would have been
pretty and glossy if it had been combed.
"Dats for my dad's boy to know, and
for you to find out," was the impertinent
reply.
One of the boys volunteered the state
ment that he must have got the wound
when Bill phoved him against the corner
of a table.
The injured head was dressed, order was
restored and the two delinquents were
sent to their respective homes, each in
charge of a big boy to prevent them from
renewing the quarrel.
"YVehave little scenes like that once in
a while," said the superintendent, "but
not often. As a rule the threat to deprive
them of the privilege of the gymnasium is
enough to bring them to their senses, but
these two youngsters are just a trifle
tough."
In the gymnasium, in the basement, in
which are Indian clubs, dumbbells, a
leather punching-bag and bars, a number
of boys were amusing themselves.
As the superintendent looked at them
through an cpen window a little eight
year-oid, hatless and jacketless, with his
shirt sleeves rolled up, showing his thin
little arms, turned around. There were
beads of perspiration on his forehead and
his face was all aglow with excitement.
"Look here, Mr. Stali ; see how I can punch
her now," and with that he struck a Jim
Corbett attitude, let go his right and hit
the bag on the bottom with so much force
that it flew toward the ceiling.
He turned again, no doubt expecting
praise for his achievement, but he looked
a little disappointed when the superinten
dent said, "That is pretty good, but you
must not hit the bag on the bottom, you
must hit on the side and center and hit it
again when it comes back to you."
The little one looked at the floor, then
at the swinging bag, then turning to the
superintendent he said: "I will, Mr. Stali,
when I grow up, but I ain't big enough
now to reach any higher."
•'Very often we have sixty or seventy
boys in the gymnasium," said the super
intendent, "and they seem to enjoy it very
much. They also take great interest in the
books and papers, and get a great deal of
amusement out of the games that are pro
vided for them. In the evening not only
boya here, but a number of men come to
read, and in the afternoon many of the
girls in tlie district visit the home and
listen to instructions in cooking, house
keeping and sewing. On the days when
services are held in the chapel it is always
crowded."
SCIENCE
AND INDUSTRY
the Encouragement of National Industry
has published a list of prizes and prize
subjects for the year 1896 that may be
profitably studied by American inventors.
The grand prize of 12,000 francs, or, say,
$2400, will be given this year to the antbor
of the discovery most useful to French in
dustry. The list for 1896 is very compre
hensive, and covers almost every branch
of industry. There are section, each offer
ing a large number of prizes in electrical
and mechanical arts, chemical arts, eco
nomic arts and agriculture. In the me
chanical arts section there are prizes for
the best motor fed with some commercial
oil; for an engine of from 26 to 100 horse
power, using as a maximum when work
ing 7>i kilogrammes of steam per hour and
per maicatea horsepower; to the manu
facturer who first produces, mechanically,
linen threads of which at least 100,000
meters go to one kilogramme, or, in the case
of hemp, 16,000 meters per kilogramme ; for
a method of reducing leakage in marine
boilers ; for the best memoir on the cost
price of the mqtice power of steam ; for a
small motor suitable for a home workshop
and which will work by the use of some
simple power available in the house or by
energy transmitted from a central station ;
for improvements in the processes of rot
ting linen and hemp in industrial use. In
the chemical art section the prizes cover
the utilization of waste products, a work or
memoir of use to chemical or metallurgi
cal industry, an experimental study of the
physical and mechanical properties of one
or more metals or alloys in current use,
improvement in the production of sul
phuric anhydride, of chlorine and of cast
steel and iron; also the discovery of a new
alloy useful to the arts, of combustion in
furnaces used for the production of gas, an
investigation of the expansion, elasticity
and tenacity of ceramic clays and cover
ings, the substitution of sulphuric
acid in dyeing and especially in silk
dyeing, by another compound which will
give to the fibers the desired stiffness with
out exercising any destructive action and
processes capable of yielding, by certain
chemical changes, useful organic products,
such as quinine, cane sugar, etc. In the
section of economic arts prizes will be
given for the invention of a highly efficient
petroleum for lighting ; for the discovery
of methods to diminish the number of
chimney fires and their resultant damage ;
and for an incandescent electric light of
one-tenth candle-power when a current of
0.05 ampere is passing through it at a po
tential of 100 volts. In the agricultural
section some of the subjects inviting com
petition are: The best varieties of baney for
brewing, the re-establishment of vineyards
on chalk soils, a new forage plant, study
on the culture of wine, and a work on the
influence of various processes of vinifica
tion on the quality of wine.
Evapobated Apples in Geemany. — An at
tempt has been recently made to injure
the sal c of American dried apples In th c
German market by the propagation of the
statement that the fruit was impregnated
with oxides of ziuc, and therefore danger
ous to health. Through the offices of the
American Consul at Dußseldorf, Prussia,
an official analysis of American fruits and
the jam from them has been undertaken.
The city chemist certifies, as the result of
the examination, that the quantity of zinc,
salt contained in a very large portion of
apple jam made from the dried apples in
question would convey into the human
system about one-fifth part of the quan
tity of zinc which may be given to infants
without causing nausea. From one-half
of one gram to one and a half grams of
acetate of zinc, which resembles the malic
acid salt of zinc more closely than
any other zinc salt, are needed
for an emetic for small children;
with adults four times that amount
will hardly cause any unpleasant feeling.
The chemist concludes hiß report by say
ing, "I therefore hold that American
evaporated apples are not unwholesome,
nor is any danger incurred by usinr
them." In order to arrest the backward
movement of this promising trade and to
expand the export of dried fruit it is
recommended that the American ex
porters sell a product absolutely free from
zinc or any other adulterant, insisting on
the fact conspicuously on their labels. To
avoid the tainting of appl<>B with zinc
while in the drying-pans" enameled pans
or screens should be used. The usa of
chlorides or sulphates of zinc in ever so
small a quantity as a bleach or preserva
tive, and this is the probable cause of the
trouble, should be discontinued, as it
would seriously harm the trade.
An Apfabatcs to Prevent the Sinkiwq
of Boats.— ln view of the fact that terrible
catastrophes at sea have lately been of
such frequent occurrence, additional in
terest attaches to a new invention of an
arrangement of floating tubes so con
structed as to prevent boats from sinking.
Tn« tubes ar« run alone each Bide of a
boat, and they will not only keep it afloat,
even when capsized, but will support all
itg occupants, if need be, who can readily
lay hold of them. When the boat is cap
sized the tubes come to the level of the
water, although it is claimed that tJae
mere adjustment of tubes makes capsizing
almost an impossibility. The contrivance
can be attached to lifeboats, skiffs, gon
dolas, canoes, etc., without the least inter
fering with their locomotion.
A Meitace to thi Book Trade. — A move
ment has been begun in England which
may possibly have a very widespread ana
important influence. A philanthropist,
for the better inculcating of public taste,
is bringing out editions of English poets at
the low cost of 2 cents per volume. The
first issue was Macaulay's "Lays," the sec
ond "Marmion," the third "Childe Har
old." The fourth is to be "Selected Poemi
from Lowell," and Longfellow will soon
follow. This revives the question debated
long ago whether it would not be cheaper
for a public library to give away books
than to incur the expense of a staff of peo
ple, so as to keep account of the volumes
going out or coming in. Statistics on this
subject, based on the one hand on the aver
age current expenses of existing libraries,
and on the other hano on the production
of the cheap editions mentioned, would be
of great interest. It is quite within the
probabilities that the cheaper class of vol
umes will be given away and that a small
clerical force will be retained to care for
large and valuable books.
An OrEjriKo foe
Amebican Inventors.
The French Society for
Bicycles as Kevenije-Pboducebs.— An
ingenious idea has been hit upon by the
president of a Canadian railway for cre
ating travel on the company's cars. Along
the railroad running some distance out of
the city the company has allowed bicyclists
to construct a cinder path for their own
convenience, as well as Riving the company
better ballasting on the road. The only
revenue the company expects to derive
from the paths is the fares of the wives
and families of the riders who take the
cars to watch the wheelmen practice. As
the riders of the wheel in Toronto number
about 10,090 the enterprise of the railroad
compaay is likely to be well rewarded.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1895.
Prolojue.
[There stands on the sandy beach some quar
ter of a mile east of Harbor View, this County,
a hut •which is now used by a Danish crab
fisher as a Btoreroom for nis nets and boat
tackle. It is well above the tide, but in heavy
weather the spray reaches it, and at unusually
high water the wash is only a few feet from the
threshold. There is a curious history con
nected with, that hovel and the man who
nailed the first boards together to shelter him
self and his companion from the ocean fog.]
ON THE OCEAN.
On the deck of an ocean steamer bound
to New York there eat one day in June,
1871, a pretty woman, unmistakably Eng
lish, looking meditatively over the tum
bling water. The novel she had been
reading lay upon the deck, her attitude
was one of weariness and ennui, and her
beautiful face wore an expression of dis
content and impatience.
Suddenly she arose from the big loung
ing chair, twirled it aside, and drew her
shawl over her shapely shoulders.
"I will make one more appeal to him,"
she said, as she walked rapidly toward the
companionway.
''Mrs. Garvel, let me assist you." The
speaker was a decidedly handsome man,
of medium height, with long blonde mus
tache, and spoke with a pronounced Eng
lish accent.
The lady's face at once lost its expression
of discontent and irritation and she smiled
pleasantly. on the gentleman, who bowed
and offered his arm.
"Thanks, Mr. Perceval," she said
graciously. "Pray, have you seen my hus
band?"
His face wore a sad and sympathetic
look as he replied :
"I have, Mrs. Garvel; he is with some
men in the smoking-room."
"And is he — indulging?"
"I regret he is. I endeavored to get him
away, but they are selling pools on the
ship's run, and he is excited." The lady
sighed heavily. "Please take me for a
promenade on the deck," she said. "I
want to ask you a few questions."
The eager flash in the man's eyes indi
cated how gladly he complied with her
request.
"You know our history," she began, as
they paced to and fro. "lou were my hus
band's friend at Oxford. You know how
brilliant he was, and how many honors
he took. Then he was ordained and mar
ried me. Not for a month afterward did I
dream that the poor fellow was so subju
gated by the drinking vice. He grew
worse and worse. All my efforts to wean
him from this fatal habit failed. At last
we got this mission to Victoria, where his
friends and mine hope a change may take
place. Now tell me, Mr. Percival, do you
think there is any hope for us?"
"I do, I certainly do, Alice — Mrs. Garyel.
Jim, though weak, has some determina
tion in him yet. Then, you know I shall
be near him, and I'll watch over you both.
I'll absolutely persecute him until ho re
forms."
"Yes, yes, I forgot you'll be near us,"
said the lady softly, and then meditatively,
as if alone: "That will be good. Yes, it
•will be good."
""What are you two gabbing about?"
cried a stoutly built and decidedly fine
looking young man, in clerical garb, who
came from the direction of the smoking
room. "What are you telling my wife,
Tom? Nothing about our college scrapes,
1 hope. I know you, slyboots. Alice,
don't believe a tingle word he says," and
he placed his hand affectionately about
the lady's waist, who seemed to Bhrink
slightly from him.
"Yee, Jim, we were talking about you
and the future," replied his wife.
"Ah," said the Rev. James Garvel, "I
see Alice was doing the story-telling.
Never ruind, my dear, all will be well m
Victoria. We will forget the past, turn
over a new leaf and convert the savages.
And now to talk about something more
pleasant," and then he rattled along and
certainly showed that the brandies and
sodas he had taken in the smoking-room
had not affected his wit nor volubility. His
wife felt the influence of his genial
pleasantry, and seemed to forget Percival
as she listened to her husband's bril
liant sallies, his descriptions of
some of the characters on board, the doc
tor's eccentricities, and those kindred
topics which make conversation on an
ocean steamer. James Garvel was a man
of rare attainments. Perhaps it was a
mistake sending him into the church, but
then there was a living in the family and
he was the second son. His in
dulgence could hardly be called dissipa
tion. It was rather the recklessness that
arose from high spirits and a constant
craving for excitement. He was generous
to a fault, and believed in every one and
everything. He had grown tired of Eng
land and regarded his banishment
to the colony of Victoria as a r«
lief from the humdrum parish du
ties of his native place. He was
devoted to his wife and she to him at
times, but there were periods when she
positively loathed his presence, and these,
when his evil hour was on him and he had
drunk deeply. She was of a highly sensi
tive nature and the social stains that were
the inevitable accompaniment of his un
fortunate weakness were torture to her.
But she had hopes that new associations
and a new career would change for the
better the entire current of their lives.
AT THE GOVERNOR'S BALL.
A swell ball at the Government House in
Victoria wakes up the entire colony. For
weeks before the event the orders for new
dresses and finery of all descriptions have
been sent to San Franciico. Sir James
Douglas, who in '72 presided over th«
affairs of the colony, was a bluff, hearty
Scotchman, who, after long and arduous
service as a trader in tha Hudson Bay
Company, believed in a right jolly time.
The life of the Garvels in Victoria had
not been a very happy one. For the first
few months the conduct of the young
clergyman had been unexceptional. A re
union of some Oxford men at a dinner
party one night had upset all the unfortu
nate parson's resolutions, and he was
taken home in a carriage in an advanced
condition of intoxication.
The young wife wa« half frantic at the
gossip which ensued in the small commu
nity, and for a week or so positively re
fused to hold any communication with her
bibulous spouse. Then, woman like, she
forgave him, and things went along about
the same as before. Fercival, who was a
barrister, had secured a good practice in
Victoria, and continued the intimate
friend of the Garvel family. So frequent,
indeed, were his visits, that Mrs. Garvel
began to share and suffer from the gossip
that was so freely bestowed upon her
husband.
"I say," cried a young midshipman from
an English ship lying at Esquimalt, "is
not th« parson's wife an awfully pretty
woman ?' r J
There was no denying the fact. Alice
Garvel wa3 a beautiful woman, a perfect
type of the stately, graceful English girl,
and the pensiveness which brooding over
her domestic troubles had given rise to
made her regular features still more in
teresting.
"Ah, here comes the favored swain,"
said the other naval officer, as Percivai
bowing before the belle of the ball, claimed
her hand for the next dance. Thus it was
evident that the gossip of Victoria had got
as far as the naval station.
Mr. Garvel was enjoying himself in a dif
ferent sort of way. He was downstairs
with the gentlemen, and his flushed face
and eager and excited manner indicated
that he had been paying devoted attention
to the shrine of Bacchus. He was sur
THE ROMANCE OF A HOVEL
A Ruin on the Beach Connected With a Story of
Folly and Passion.
BY DAN O'CONNELL.
rounded by the wildest young men of the
Victoria Club, who delighted in that
pastime they called "drawing the parson
out," and hearing him talk boastfully of
the days when he pulled the stroke-oars in
the Oxford crew.
While he was thus reaching that stage of
exhiliration downstairs which is known
as "gloriously full," his wife and Mr. Per
cival were strolling through the grounds
of the Government residence and enjoying
the beautiful autumn night. There was a
cloud on the brow of the fair English
woman, and she clenched her hands with
an Bngry gesture as she said:
"Tom, I am getting fearfully tired of this
sort of thing. Did you Lear what those
men were saying in the hall as we passed
through?"
"I did," rejoined Percival, in a sympa
thetic tone; "but what is the use of wor
rying? That is an old story now."
""kes," said the woman bitterly, "I know
it is ; but lam getting tired of it. lam
not going to endure it much longer, Tom
Percival, I can assure you."
"I don't 6ee what you are going to do
about it," said Percival, coldly. "You
know how hard I've endeavored to effect a
change, and what the results of my labor
have been."
"I know, I know," she said, fervently,
clappine the hand he extended to her, "but
lam getting desperate. Is there no way
out of this ; no escape from the continual
shame and worry of this life?"
"You might leave him and return to
your father's house," suggested Percival.
"That I will never do," said Mrs. Garvel
firmly; "the gossip of the English village
would be worse than that I endure here."
"Then there is another way if you will
but consent to it," and the arm of the
tempter 6tole around the waist of the wife
of his friend.
"Alice, you know that I love you de
votedly and would do anything for your
happiness. You know — "
"Mrs. Gavel! Mrs. Gavel!"
The voice was that of the Governor's
secretary, who was approaching them
rapidly.
"Pray excuse me, madam," he con
tinued aB he perceived them, "but I think
you had better come with me and see your
husband. He is in the ballroom and he is
not in a way — well, a very presentable con
dition and he will not withdraw until he
sees you. I have endeavored to get him
away quietly, but he is quite obstinate and
protests that he will remain until you
come for him."
"Thank you, Mr. Sevmore," said the
lady quietly. "I will follow you directly."
"Percival," she whispered, as the secre
tary bowed and passed on, "I — , I forgive
you. Can you call on me to-morrow aiior
noon and we will talk over what is best
to be done."
Percival pressed her hand to his lips,
drew it through his arm and conducted her
to the ballroom. There in the center of
an amused group her wretched husband
was laughing and gesticulating, and al
though very much intoxicated, talking so
brilliantly that he was positively inter
esting.
"Hello, Tom! Hello, Alice!" he cried.
"Where have you been, hey? What do
you iellows think of this beautiful mate of
mine who will leave her lawful spouse to
go maundering around the grounds with
my old college chum? See how she
blushes. Never mind, Alice, lam not a
bit jealous," and with a shriek of drunken
mirth he staggered toward them.
Concealing the horrible mortification she
felt, Mrs. Garvel spoke soothingly to him,
and induced him to accompany her to th<*
carriage. As Percival helped him in first.
and then assisted her, he whispered in her
ear.
"To-morrow afternoon."
"To-morrow afternoon," she repeated
softly. And then she slammed the car
riage door.
ON THE BEACH.
A year had passed since the ball at the
Government house. The elopement of
Tom Percival and Alice Garvel had been
the sensation for a month in Victoria.
For three days after Percival had clo&d
that carriage door upon his friend and his
friend's wife, Alice Garvel and he were on
the steamer bound for San Francisco. Those
who predicted that this would be the end
of Jim Garvel and that he would drink
himself to death were mistaken. From the
morning that he woke up to find he had
no longer a wife a complete change took
place in him. He ceased to frequent the
club and lived utterly, and to the astonish
ment of all, soberly "alone. He paid strict
attention to the duties of his parish and
made no inquiries after the guilty pair.
Every attempt at condolence or the re
newal of friendship he politely and firmly
repulsed. His leisure hours were passed
in taking long and solitary walks or
contributing essays to tne American
and English magazines. His rare lit
erary talent won for him speedy
recognition, and the people in the col
ony grew proud of their literary parson.
What might be supposed the precipitation
into utter ruin and recklessness proved his
salvation. Under assumed names Perci
val and his paramour took lodgings in
San Francisco. And then occurred one of
those incomprehensible transpositions
which mark an epoch in the life of almost
every man. Tom Percival, who during
his college career and afterward had been
regarded the most abstemious and careful
of men, rapidly and without any apparent
reason feli into that vice which had lost
his former friend his wife. He had
found no difficulty in obtaining em
ployment in a lawyer's office a
few days after his arrival. But he had not
been there a week before he returned to
his lodgings in as deplorable a condition
as Alice had ever seen her husband. She
was terrified to such a degree that she be
came ill from nervous prostration, but
fteling, perhaps, that this was one of the
mysterious punishments which follow
guilt, she uttered not a word of reproach
to Percival. He, himself, seemed dull and
unconscious of doing any wrong.
He was kind to her in a cer
tain sort of way, but seemed
averse to being alone with her as well as
to any reference to their past. The re
fined and polished Oxonian became the as
sociate of vulgar and dissipated men. He
brought them home to dinner, and their
language and deportment shocked his
companion. Sometimes he would not be
seen for days, and, sending her a few dol
lars, would excuse himself on the plea of
having to go to some country town to at
tend to the legal business of the firm
Those excuses she knew to be false, but ac
cepted the wretched conditions in which
they lived as a punishment for her sin.
At last the time came when his employ
ers informed. Percival that unless there
was an absolute and complete change in
his habits they could no longer engage
him in their office. This warning had no
efrect, and he came home one night with a
few dimes in his -pocket and the news that
he had been discharged, and did not know
where to look for new employment. Their
landlady told them that unless they paid
some of the rent they owed she would be
compelled to order them out. The climax
of their fortunes was reached at last.
A woman, pale and emaciated, bent
shivering over a miserable fire that but
half-filled a rickety stove in the hovel on
the beach. The only appearance of food
disclosed in the squalid interior was a
moldy piece of bread and a bottle on the
floor near the crouching woman. It was
a tempestuous night, and the moaning
of the fog whistles added to the dreariness
of the scene. The woman was evidently
expecting some one, for from time to time
she went to the door shading with her
hand a candle as if to give the locality of
the hut. Once or twice she called out:
"Tom, is that you? Are you coming,
Tom?"
On her return she examined the bottle,
and with a sigh put it to her Upa. She
tasted the bread, but set it aside with a
gesture of disgust, and again returned to
the bottle.
Once more she peered along the dark
sands, and perceived the gleam of a lan
tern in the distance.
"Tom, and with a lantern," she muttered,
"Why, he must be sober and in luck. A
good ithing, too, for there is not another
drink left in the bottle."
Nearer the light came and the woman
bustled about and put the few remaining
chips upon the fire.
"Come in, Tom. What arc you knock
ing for?" she said querulously in response
to a tap at the door. Then she turned,
uttered a scream, and putting her hands
before her eyes, cowered upon the floor.
Husband and wife had met at last, for
this waif in the novel was Alice Garvel I
and the visitor the man she had deserted '
in Victoria eighteen months before.
He raised her tenderly from the ground
and looked pityingly at her.
"We have all been punished," he said
gently, as she sat sobbing before him, "and
you, poor woman, most of all." '
And then she became conscious that
there were other men in the hovel, and
that they bore the swollen and wave-lashed
body of Tom Percival, drowned almost at
the threshold of the cabin.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The State Organization Dis
cussed Some Practical
Points.
Colonel Hersey on Commission-
Houses— A. W. Porter on "Out
look for Dried Fruit."
"There is no reason why fruit might not
have been found in good condition at the
exhumation of the rains of Pompeii if the
fruit had been properly cured before the
destruction of that city."
Colonel Philo Hersey of San Jose made
this statement in the course of an address
on : 'The Proper Grading and Packing of
Fruit for Market,' delivered before the
monthly meeting of the State Horticul
tural Society, held in the Horticultural
Commission rooms Friday afternoon. The
colonel gave emphatic expression to his
opinion that the liability of retention and
rejection of goods would be set aside if
fruit were honestly graded and buyers
knew what to expect of "fancy," "choice"
or "standard" fruit. Referring to the com
mission-houses he said tnat if proper grad
ing be established those houses must see
that the cost of selling is reduced or the
producers would be compelled to dispense
with their services.
F. Ai. Bighter of Campbell gave Borne
suggestions on "Handling Dried Fruit
Products," and thought there should be a
better understanding between buyer and
seller. "The grader," said he, "is no re
specter of persons. It is said to be con
scienceless, but it does conscientious work,
and its service should be enlisted." He
thought there need be no expense to East
ern buyers of sending an inspector of fruit
West to examine the goods if grading were
understood and adhered to in all cases. An
accurate description should suffice for the
sale of fruit as it does for sugar.
A paper on the "Outlook for Dried Fruit
in 1895," prepared by A. W. Porter, was
read by Professor E. J. Wickson. In Mr.
Potter's view the interests of the State re
quire that fair prices rule from year to
year rather than that figures be named at
the beginning of the season that will pre
vent the consumption of the goods. Not
withstanding Fourth of July talk about
patriotism he has found that the consumer
will buy French prunes if cheaper than the
California product.
"The lesson wafc learned last year," he
said, "that the time to market fruit is
when trade wants to buy, not when it has
been supplied elsewhere. There will be
no competition with the East on the peach
crop, thotigh the yield is large in that
section, for the fruit is consumed when
fresh or canned. With due diligence, and
a union of producer and seller, recognizing
that their interests are identical, the grower
should receive fair remuneration for his
labor this year."
The society will meet with the Sonoma
County Horticultural Society at Santa
Rosa, on the last Friday of July, when the
NEW TO-DAY.'
C AN^OIJwiRIT tfPOET RY
On Cycling*? ~~
The Celery, Beef and Iron Co.
has recently received a number .^£^23^.
of letters from cyclists all over j^fj"^_^^^
the Coast who have been using E^Om *a\
DR. HENLEY'S Celery, Beef BrJ^***WW
and Iron, asking whether it was Wf&*K, &^. »
wise to take it after a spin, and W*^P I
to these queries the invariable \ ft? I
reply has been, "Yes! Excel- . M^ \*bL I .
lent!" and to others who have ~!L/yi^^^ (
inquired as to its value in cases I^B®^^^ i>^^fe^V \
of chill, its marked benefits when 1 "
mixed with a little sugar and a . T?K\iJSw
wineglassful of hot water have I / y|
been duly explained. . And as a '•{[/wT "*^^
matter of fact cyclists would do • | •*
well to take a flask of it with
them and use it whenever neces- , "a lady cyclist."
sary. - ■'„" '- ' : , •
.As the Celery, Beef and Iron Co. finds that it has so many
friends among the cyclists, it has been determined to offer a
handsome prize to the lady who can write the best short poem on
"Cycling." The only conditions imposed are that all competitors
shall be ladies who ride bicycles or tricycles, and that in the poem
(which should not exceed twenty lines) one of the following words
must be used, viz.: HENLEY, CELERY, BEEF or IRON. It
makes no difference in what connection the word is used — in-
stance, the great Henley regatta on the Thames may be utilized.
The answers will be submitted to a most competent judge whose
opinion will be asked on the poetry alone.' The value of the
poems as advertising matter will not be considered, as that is.not
what is desired. WE WANT A GOOD SHORT POEM ON CY-
CLING—THAT IS ALL. ■
■; Every cyclist should know that as well as being the very best
cure for dyspepsia, impure blood, lack of vital force, nervous de-
bility, etc., DR. HENLEY'S Celery, Beef and Iron is of excep.
tional value either immediately after a ride, or as a "refresher"
during a spin. .
. Competitors should address their replies before July 11th to
"CYCLING," } ' . '.[. ■
CELERY, BEEF AND IRON CO.,
4th and Townsend Sts., San Francisco.
the PRIZE. :' - • -:.;; .;•; , v j. -■ -
- A splendid silk waistband or COUPON
belt of any chosen color or col- . V/i^l«
ors, trimmed in solid silver with v
silver buckle : artistically en- <* me - . . . •
graved
; "Won by ........ in an Addre55. ......,,.,,,,,, „,.
open competition among tHe la-
dies of the Pacific Coast for the Time of
best short poem on Mailing Poem . U
CYCLING; ■ ' 1_ _■"* ............
"Length of Profitable Life of Fruit Trees"
will be discussed by Professor Wickson
and Messrs. Rowlev and Adams.
The sentiment of the society seemed to
be that country points are better places|for
meetings than the City.
SEVEN PINES CIRCLE
First Outing of the Ladies of the
Grand Army of the
Republic.
The ninth anniversary of Seven Pines
Circle No. 3, Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic, was celebrated by an outing
in Shell Mound Park yesterday. The
Presidio band was in attendance and the
hours were pleasantly passed with music,
dancing and games. Twenty - five gate
prizes were distributed at the gate and an
equal number were awarded to the most
skillful in the various games. The early
trains carried the greatest crowds across
the bay, but the merrymakers continued
to arrive until late in the afternoon.
In tne morning dancing was indulged in
by most of the younjx people, and shortly
alter old Sol reached the zenith the lunch
baskets were spread under the tre»;s and
the most interesting feature of th<; day
was celebrated.
There were prizes for all sorts of exer
cises given out in the afternoon. The gifts
began with the presentation of an ex
quisite basket of 'flowers to Mrs. J. A.
Noble, the energetic president of the circle,
the donors being the members of Logan
Circle of Oakland. Miss Lily Butner was
awarded a dress pattern for her waltzing,
and the little daughter of Mrs. J. Murray
Bailey captured the beauty prize for two
year-old babies.
The officers of the circle are: President,
Mrs. J. H. Noble: senior vice-president,
Mrs. Sawyer; junior vice-president, Miss
Lily Butner; chaplain, Mrs. Finch; treas
urer, Mrs. Scholter; secretary. Miss Pink
son; conductress, Miss Nettie Black.
Miss Black developed surprising qualities
as a sprinter, winning two running race*.
This was the first outing the circle has
ever had and the officers were quite jubi
lant over its success both socially and
iinancially.
JOSEPH LEONE DEAD.
The Flutist of the Leone Brother*'
Quartet Who Flayed on the
Piedmont.
The passengers on the Piedmont, run
ning between Oakland and San Francisco,
have been entertained by the music of the
Leone Brothers' quartet for nearly six
years. It was noticed a few months ago
that the quartet had become a trio. The
flutist had disappeared, aud the passen
gers concluded that the family was divided
against itself, and the flute-player had
taken the wrong side. The truth \vaa that
the poor fellow was dying. He had played
the last air and made the last collection.
Joseph Leone died yesterday morning
after six months' illness resulting from a
tumor of the neck. He was 31 years old,
and left a widow ana two children. The
funeral will take place from his home, 518
Green street, at 2 p. m. Tuesday under the
auspices of the union of the Ancient Order
of Druids, of which he was a member.
The remains will be interred in the Italian
Cemetery.
EXTENDING THE Y. M. I.
A Supreme National Council of the In-
stitute to Be Organized.
The grand secretary of the Young Men's
Institute has just announced that the
Grand Council of the order will meet in
Vallejo on September 9, when delegates
will be present from eighty-nine subordi
nate councils in the Pacific jurisdiction.
The leading questions which the Council
will determine will be the organization of
a Supr*me National Council having juris
diction above all State councils. The in
stitute has recently made great progress In
the East, especially in Pennsylvania and
New York — and the formation of a Na
tional council is considered imperatively
necessary.
In this connection it is interesting to»
Btate that the order, which has now spro^.d
into nearly every State in the Union, was
originally organized in this City about a
dozen years ago.
CowperTwas devotedly attached to hia
mother and often mentions or alludes to
her in his writings. One of his most charm
ing poems was written in her honor.