A HALF PER DAY.

How to Make a CheapTrip to the Yosemite.

JACKASSES AND PLAIN FOOD.

Many Advantages Over Tourists.You Can Go Anywhere and Are

Always at Home.

The great register in the Guardian'soflice in the Yosemlte Valley is noted fortwo rather dissimilar characteristics— badpoetry and a preponderating proportion ofnames of Eastern and European people.It is not because of the average Cali-

fornian's alleged indifference to naturalscenery that comparatively few Calif or-niims visit the Yosemite Valley. Thefact is that it Is an expensive trip, asusually tak**n. This objection does notapply in the case of Eastern and Europeanvisitors, fertile reason tbal whe.; touristsonce get to California it makes veiy littledifference to them, financially speaking,whether they stop at the Palace, DelMonte, Coronado. Lake Tahoe or theYosemiie. Besides, they take in theYosemite as a matter of course withoutregard to the expense.

To the average native the route to thevalley is the route advertised in the rail-road gazettes and newspapers for the ben-efit of tourists or such residents as are sofortunately situated as to be indifferent tothe ma ter of expense.

It does not occur to the native that thereis any other way to gel t ere. Not that heis afraid of camping. On the contrary hetakes an outing nearly every summer andlikes it, but somehow he never associatesthe Yosemite Valley with ihe idea ofcamping.

During the past few years, however,people have waked up. The ranchers oithe foothills and the farmers of the adja-cent plains began resolutely to brave pub-lic opinion and the ogle of the Englishtourist by driving into the vail in themetamorphosed hay wagons of the earlyBummer harvest.

Fresno and Tulare on the south and SanJoaquin and Sacramento counties on thenorth took the cue, ami year after year theline of camp wagons extending along thethree roads to the great gorge grew longerand longer.

Last year during the months of June andJuly there were about twice as manycampers as tourists, or people stopping atthe two hotels. The outlook for the pies-ent season is that the proportion will beeven greater.

The fact of the matter is that, free roador no free road, toe people of this Staleare going to see the Yosemite Valley be-cause it is here and belongs to them, andthey feel tbat thtir education is not quitecomplete until they do see it. And if theycannot afford to pay fancy price- -o hotel-keepers they willbring their own food andsleep in the open air and cook. Wasbburnand Barnard may have the ho.els andstages, but they purpose to have the val-ley.

Any one who lias made evenly a mod-erately successful camping trip to theYosemite Valley would never dream ofrevisiting ihe valley in any other way.Indeed, the advantages of this mode iiitravel are so numerous that the stylishtourist may be said to be handicapped ifno; actually prevented from enj .ying thefull benefits to be derived from the trip.

A too elaborately or expensively outfittedparly, however, is likely to fail. Las: Juneabout twenty-five San Franciscans, withmore money than brains, bought and hirt-nseveral large and expensive turnouts,carted along cots and all sort- of u>niture,provided themselves with all manner ofcostly table luxuries, and took alongChinese cooks, drivers, hostlers, waitersand other handymen galore. They startedout for a month's trip, and managed tostand their misery just two weeks. Theirglorious camping trip cost them exactlySIBO apiece.

The farmers make the trip practicallyfor nothing. They have tlieir own teamsand brine fond enough to last them duringthe entire trip of from two weeks to twomonths. This is easy enough. They taketwo wagons, one containing the humanfreight, the other boxes of provisions andvery often hay and grain enough to lastquite a time. A few dollars id toll, withperhaps S3 or SIO more for extra animalfeed, represents the entire cost of the trinover and above their regular living ex-penses at home.

For the male sex the tramping methodis coming into great popularity.

Many San Franciscans have made thetrip on foot at a cost of not more than Sla day while traveling. But in the valleytheir condition is precisely the same astheir less muscular friends who have takentue railroad and stage, for unless they arefortunate enough to fall in with someacquaintances among the campers they areobliged logo to the hotel

—sufficient morti-

fication, indeed, to a self-respectingtramper.

But for men, and for that matter women,too, if they ad the hardihood to under-take it,there is a better and cheaper waystill.

Pack your grub and a change of under-clothing on a donkey and start off. Thai'sall there is to it.Ithas been tried by the university boys

and hers and it works every time, itsadvantages are not immediately obvious,but their demonstration is not difficult.

Any number of young men and evengirls can visit the Yosemite at a maximumaverage of fiftycents a day (counting everypossible expei and enjoy advantagessuch as no mare tourist who pays $250 forhis two months' trip could hope to have.Ithas several times been done and thosewho have made the tripnow marvel at thestupidity of people who •'blow themselves"on a Yoseioite trip made in the usual way.

The "jackass method"— the word jack-as-> does not by any means refer to the peo-ple who employ it—is, of course, especiallyadvantageous to city people. Countrypeople who have their own teams canmake the Clip on much less than fiftycents.

In the first place you must start outfrom San Francisco on a miserable, foggymorning, which is always a favorableaugury for the success oi your trip.

Goto Stockton by boat, take the trainto Milton or Oakdale, and if you can't buyor rent a j ckass in the vicinity of the lit-tle towns go on to Angels or ChineaeCamp and you certainly can.Ii you want to go by the southern

route take the train from the city to Ray-mond. In Fresno County. Strike iffin anydirection and itet your jack. Crookes, dis-tant nineteen miles from Raymond, raisesnumbers of these frisky but useful littleanimals.If your party is a numerous one you will,

of course, send a man in advance to pro-cure the littlejacks. They sell for from£7 to £20. You can always sell them forhalf price anyhow or rent (hem there foras much or less than that. Almost anyjack willpack, and they take naturally tothe mountain roads and trails.

Before you start from home go to any ofthe large harness establishments and buypack-saddles for your jacks. They custabout 75 cents each.

Buy or make two oblong canvas bags,two leet long and a foot or eighteen inchesdeep, and lasten leather loops at eachupper end, which loop over the crosstreesof the pack saddle. Buy two cinch strapsand a hair cinch for about $2. Get a 5sad-dler to rig you up a forestrap aod breech-ing to hold the saddle inplace ;whilegoingup or down hill. Buy thirty feet of rope,from which cut a lew feet for a lead rope,,the remainder willserve to properly securethe pack while traveling, and to stake outyour Jack at nigh:.

Your.donkey outfit is now. complete.*You need 'uo br die or headstall for theaverage jack, for ihey are exceedinglytractable, aod when they do take it iniotheir stubborn littleheads that they do not

desire tocross a ditchor jump a log, nobridle willKelt. you. Moral suasion ad-ministered with v stout stick from the rearis generally necessary.'i'lake a pair "lshoes which you havealready worn and which you know arecomfortable, and drive at least seventv-nve hob-nails into the soles. Overalls anddark Shirt, a canvas hat, plenty of socksand a change of underclothes completesyour clothing outfit. You don't even needa coat. Sew two comforters into a bag,covered witn light canvas for cleanlinessand prevent tearing. Borrow an extrajackkoile from your generous littlebrotherWillie, and get a compass and a tight

itch-box.Get a long-handled frying-pan, a small

pot witha cover, a coffee-pot and a Dutchoven, which costs about a dollar. A smallhatchet is useful, but rarely necessary inth* Sierras.

Now for the most important part of yourkitchen outfit.

Go to a blacksmith and have him makeyou twnfie:rous outof tire steel. Theyshould be about two feet long, the legsabout nine inches, bent at right angles andsharpened. The two irons are driven intothe ground to the .-nine depth and aboutfour inches apart. Upon the horizontalbars the cooking utensils are plac-d.

Pack your donkey gear and on. fit in ai»ox or trunk, and it willgenerally passtun-tor .is baggage.

Tne outfit described suffices for two per-sons. If you do not expect to take anylengthy trips from the V Semite into thehigher mountains you willbe safe in goinga' the rate of one jack to five persons, theonly detriment being that you must oftenbuy provi-ions, as you cannot take somuch into the valley with you, and musttherefore sooner become dependent uphe stores in the valley then if there were

fewer persons to eacn jackass. We willsuppose a party of six provided with twoaverage-weight jackasses.

Arrived at your destination, which iseither Chinese Camp, Angels or Raymond,your advance man is awaiting you withtwo pretty tie animals with ropy tails,big heads, long ears, and the cutestexpression of countenance you ever saw.Ifyou are at Raymond it is very early

In the morning, ndyou had better get a25-cent breakfast at one ol the hotels.

After draining your coffee-cup andpicked us- the last crumb of toast, youcrosswhat Is called the mam street, enter thegeneral merchandise store of the town,haul out your list and hand it to the pro-prietor, who is sme to he in his shirt-sleeves and engaged in chewing tobacco.

Take the advice of those who have beenthe c and purchase the following provis-ions in quantities diminishing in the fol-lowing order: Flour, potatoes, rolled oats,germea, rice, beans, sugar, macaroni,bacon, self-raising buckwheat, codfish,herrings, smoked beef, cheese, cannedcornb-ef, tomatoes, coffee, tea, etc., jam,biking powder, salt, vinegar, etc., aud vas-eline.

Your two littlejacks are dividing theirtime between mutual friendly kicks andthe mastication of bits of wo id and news-papers which are strewn upon the ground.

They are so small thai you find no diffi-culty inmaking them stand round and re-ceive the saddles. You may either blanketthem with the stuffed pads sold with thesaddles, or—and if you are wise, you willfollowthis suggestion —

you may put a sin-gle piece of blanket on the jack's back,anil then throw on v ur sewed com foitei**.,suitably folded. Cinch rather tight, fillyour bags with the provisions and smallutensils.

Make a loop at the end of your longrope, pass it around the animal in thecenter of the puck, _,•• that iilies upou thecinch under the animal, then pass the ropethrough the loop, tighten, throw the ropearound one bag, tighten, throw it over tin-other bag, so that the rope forms a doublecross on the top of the saddle; then secureand with ihe few feet of rope remainingtie on tip- fryingpan nnd two pots.

Do not feel ashamed of the visible conk-ing utensils. The laugh will not be uponyou when at the end of your trip, but uponthe other fellow who spends a year's sav-ings in a stage and hotel trip.

Howl, yelland screech a parting to thetown

—the morning will be so lovely and

your spirits so gay give the leading jacka tap upon tbe flank and off your proces-sion stnrts.

That's all there is to it. Youunpackand repack mechanically, for i! soon be-comes quite easy, and instead nf loadingaid unloading, a wagon you load and un-load your jacks. 'ibe packers and thecooks may alternate ifyou desire, or bet-ter still, the one who soonest becomes ex-pert at packing should continue to pack.

The jacks keep fat on grass. On occa-sion they willlive on twigs and earth, butthey are content with grass.

Stake them out in the little meadows bya stream and they need no more attentionuntilmorning. "\u25a0*•*'-

You are independent of roads, as youwould not be if you traveled in a wagon.

Yu can take side ex. editions into the in-teresting regions, going by trail or throughthe pathless forest. Always liave.vour.foodand clothing and shelter with you. Infact you get quite independent of roadsand houses.

Get you* last supply of provisions atWawoua, on the southern route, and atBig Oak Flat or Groveland on ihe northern.

Bread-making in your Dutch oven willbe the greatest ot your trials. You willsoon learn to turn out an excellent article,ifyou have patience and common-sense.

When you reach the valley, which isonly a three days' walk from either Ray-mond or Chinese Camp, saunter to theupper end of the valley until you find someshady placo near the river, and in thevicinity of one of the numerous meadows,and take possession of ihe spot as if youowned it; for. as a matter of fact you do,for the time being. No one has the ri-uiitto molest you. The United States gave itto California for the benefit of her people,of which your party constitutes a verypromising six.

Call at the store near the house for mailor express packages, and do not feel em-barrassed at your appearauce, for you willhave lots of company.

The carpel may foilow your hobnailedshoe as you liftit from the floor, but youhave an inalienable right to visit UncleSa-n's postoflice, and if Mr. Cook pots itat the other end of a carpeted room itisn't your fault. SSBpH

Whenever the wagon-campers and hotelfolks go to the top if the Yosemite Fall, orEagle Peak, or Cloud's Ret, Or GlacierPoint, they have to come buck again thesame afternoon. Youdo not. You go upwith the jacks-— they are your inseparablecompanions now—and when you havereached these points you -can stay allnight, two hi_'iiis—a week ifyou like.

Or you can entirely circumnavigate theentire valley

—a fivedays' trip—or you can

go into the little Yosemlte and stay therea week.

You are living in "no pent-up Utica."Mouut Lyell is only two days off, and thedelightful Tuolumne mead wa but one.You can camp on Cloud's Rest instead ofhurrying breathlessly back to the hotel erenight overtakes you, as the tourists areobliged to do.

They look at you curiously, but* whenyou deign to tell them what you see at ddo and what it costs you they almost falldown and worship you.

Of course, the weather is lovely at allseasons and at all altitudes. Yon may staytwo we.ks or lour months. Each extraday costs you about 25 cents or less.

Now, let us see. The est of each jack,whether yon rent him or buy outright andafterward sell, is about £5, and your pack-ing outfit, which costs about £3. you CIIeasily sell in the mountains for £2. Yourcamping utensils cost you nothing, for youare sure to have tnem." The fire-irons co 'about 50 cents. Total. $10.

The provisions suggested above, onactual trial, amounted to £1 25 per week,or 18 cents per day for each person. -

The average fare toe liter Chinese Campor Angela (Stockton boat) or -Raymond isabout £*7 60 for the round trip.

On the basis of a four weeks' outing, andit willhardly be less than thai, the totalcost to each party of four willbe:F00d.:................. .....w...."r. ...:..520 00lionkey aud oiHlit \u0084,,.. 6 00Iare......;.; '.'...'.'.'.'.'. so 00

T0ta1;.... ...".........,.......*.f56 00Eacb.....; ..sil Oil

Per (lay, each , \u25a0:.-•\u25a0 50

There-are -ever: men Jiving in one town-ship in the State of North *Carolina whohave passed the nue of 108 years.

THE OLYMPIC CLUB

Romans Who Sadly MissTheir Whiskers.

THEY NEED LONG VACATIONS

What Leader Kolb Intends Introduc-ing—Aquatic Sports as the

Next Great Feature.

The gladiators who took part in thegreat Circus Maximus festival are nowgrowing as rapidly as possible what BenBog calls "summer fallow mustaches."

The honorable secretary of the club,William J. Kennedy, has exhausted hisimagination iv figuring out some kind oftouic that will produce a good crop ofwhiskers.

He has given up allhope of growing amustache, although the cracker Jack ton-sortal artist of tbe club has impressed himwith the belief that, by the regular appli-cations of Olympic salve which has beenprepared specially for, the smooth-facedRomans, in a few weeks he willbe in aposition to say to inquisitive members thathe did not take part in the battle scenesnor was he carried off the field disabledand dying.

With few exceptions the Romans, whohad their well-trained and thoroughlybroken mustaches removed by the quicktouch of the barber's steel, are now regret-ting the loss of a hair crop which, it issaid, in some instances cannot be restored.

The geneial belief among people who arenot in any wise connected with the club isthat every member whose upper lip is not

\u25a0 domed with a mustache was representedat the great least which is now creatingso much discussion in Olympic circles.

To avoid notoriety and bandinage laigenumbers of the members who stilt haveclean

-shaven faces have applied to

the directors for leave of absence. Asthere has been no great demand made tothe manufacturers of tents for summer-house-, itis presumed that the smootb-f<ced Olympians will"take in" the seasideresorts until such time as they can returnand, by pointing to their lips, say to tlieiraccusers, "Me a Roman! Never!''--'

The next athletic feature of importancein the Olympic Club will occur when thesalt water willarrive from the ocean.

Leader Kolb has been remaining upnights recently planning « scheme whichbe thinks, from a natatorial point of view,willastonish the world.

Kolbis a great dreamer, and by dreamshe has frequently bitupon great ideas."Iam not prepared to say what this

great natatorial feature will comprise,"said the powerful athlete, "but you cansafely rely upon one thing, and that is itwill be the greatest sporting event theclub has ever had.

-"I will need, to make it a perma-

nent success, our very best swim-mers and divers, among whom arethe following ex-crts: 11. B. Cook,S. Menzies. If. B. Russ, L. P. Ward,G. Wellington. H. B. Graham. W. liah--

lv, G. S. Miel'liug, P. B. Bernhard. J. S.Otto. H. B. McGill,B. Bocner, V. E. Beck,K. Belau. F. Belcher, J. ion, W. C.brown. A. Buislay, T. Burns, S. Casadv,

'

F. Chapins, J. A.Code. C. Coy. 11. 11.Creighton, H. Camming, C. Dal', D. C.Davis, A. Decourtieux, 11. Detihard, K.W. Donnelly. K.B. Do..lan, G. W. Ebner,J. Elliott, E. Eugelberg, L. B. ThomasA. C. Forsyth, J. McElmy, K. Mc-Arthur, Dr. Garwood, J. 11. Gilhooly,Dr. Gallway, A. .1. Lyons. J. Sliephnrd,Tom Penned. P. Goodloe, F. llabermcht,J. Hammersmith, Dr. Stanton and severalothers whom Ihave my mind's eye upon.

"Oicourse., there are some of the mem-bers mentioned who are not as expert indiving as Jack McGlynn and Bob Wieland,but, nevertheless, they will play an im-portant part in the mermaid scenes."Iwill have Wellington act the part of

fairy tempter. Bernhard is a good manfor peacemaker; as he can handle clubs ingood fashion he villi keep the fairies. inplace. As Belcher, is a very polisheddiverIwillout him on the plate list.

"l; .011 willmute a great hit in deep-water pedestrianism. He is a regularduck of a fellow.

\u25a0'For mermaid charmers Iwill selectCasndy, McArthur and Charles Coy.

'As commander of the kickersIwillap-point F. A. Chapins. For deep-waterswimming there are few equals of Chapinsin the club.

'"Davis willbe a great success in the por-poise act. Thomas willcaptain the sailingfleet. 110 is a genuine old salt.

"John SlcEiroy will captain the PaulBoyton water-walkers. Jack Shepherdis to be one ot the experts Ihave selected,who willsurprise the spectators by makinga double somersault from off the toothpickspringboard.

"PhiloJacoby will nave charge of thepedestrians, whose feet must not be lessin length than twelve inches.

'"There are several other natators amongthe members 1 have salectad who willbeheard trom later on. When 1 have thescheme thoroughly mapped out you willsay that it is he greatest feature of aquaticsport that has ever been thought of. Iwillnot require any of the iarticipants toshave either mustache or whiskers, neitherwillIpromise the water nymphs a royalfeast after the entertainment is over."

A PRACTICE GAME.Bachelors Are Beaten by Benedicts

at Cricket in Alameda.Two picked elevens, chosen from the

Alameda and Pacific clubs, played a prac-tice game of cricket on the Alamedagrounds yesterday afternoon.

The game was a contest between thebenedicts and bachelors, and the marriedmen had it all their own way, defeatingtheir single brothers by a score of 147to 57.

Hood, who made such a good battingrecord ivlast Sunday's game, knocked outthe greatest number of runs again yester-day, 46, and Slomau, the ex-footballplayer,followed with a score of 33 runs 'to hiscredit.

The score is as follows:MARRIED MEN.

Pedley c. Byrne b.Benuett „ 19Mr A ill*'}li.Bennett ....'.".' .6BOOS »*. Hanson, b. Hell ..... '

4«jClark c. Wood b. Bennett '..'.".'. .....'.'. ashun a run out ;., ..."!!!."!" 3*5Albert;*nut out ; .....'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.." omil not out ."..'.".".'.'."J oBarry not 0ut....... '.'."l!!.'.'.'"° 0Byrnenot 0ut.... '.'.'.'.', 0Hod 1not out.., .'.!!!.'.'.',"" 0Shepherd not out *.""* ()Extras --. '."!.""!" 15

Total 147UNMARRIED MEN.

Adam ti. Hood *\u25a0>\u0084Weise b. Pedley.. ....'.".".""."""lfiByrne c.McAuiey o.Hood ....".'".". oHanson b. llood '..'...'.....'.

""o

Mark not0ut.... '.'.'."

»-illicitb. Peiiicy , "'.!!."!!."" «

Leiitayes not out '.'-*.'.'.'.".! '"""".„ward not out ....... .'..'.'.' ...'...'.' 0Buuglinot out .i.'.'.i! '.'.'.'.""'" oHatton not 0ut............ •\u25a0••••\u25a0\u25a0•

Fell not out ....."!'."

\u25a0"*

0Extras ...'"!!!!.'!!".!!!!!!"" 9

Total .57Two games willbe played to-day— one atAlameda between the San Franciscos andAlamedas, and the other between the

California and Pacific clubs at Klink-uerville.

A NEW PHOTO ATTITUDE.Taber's Art Gallery Now Located on

Pest Street, Near Kearny.The opening of Taber's new photo-

graphic studio, at 121 Post street, yester-day drew out an admiring -throng ofvisitors.

Lovers of high class photography whohave had occasion to visit the late quar-ters of late have realized that|the liistitu-

ton bad outgrown the' place where ithasso long been located, and this new moveis favorably commented upon by them.

Mrs. Taber was assisted in receiving bya dozen young ladies and the honors of theoccasion did not suffer at their hands.

1Reception, dressing and operating roomsare furnished in palatial style and inhonor of the occasion were profusely dec-orated with flowers and tropical plants.The operating-room is large and comfort-able. A group of 100 persons can be ac-commodated if occasion demands. Manychoice specimens 'of Taber's famousphotos xdorn the walls, and all told theeties's could findlittle to suggest as to im-provements.

The prominent position Mr. Taber'sgalleries .occupy *in art circles of theWest is due to the merit of his workandlong years of patient, uphill toil. This isdistinctly a San Francisco institution andsuccess promises to be continuous.

In the future, as in the past, the workwillbe first-class, and if a chance of im-provement appears it wili be seized.Taber's will always lead*

REAL ESTATE MARKET.

Transactions in City Land Duringthe Past Week.

About a month ago Yon Ilhein &Co.sold at public auction the northwestcorner of Hyde and Sutter streets tor$39,000. The sale at that time was con-ditional, tlie owner being out of the State.Since the return of the owner negotiationshave been continued and a basis of agree-ment has now been reached and the salemade definite. Dr. J. Roseustem is thebuyer.

Yon lihein&Co. are now offering at pri-vate sale that very desirable piece of down-town property belonging to the YoungMen's Christian Association. It is so cen-trally located that a considerable appre-ciation in value seems certain. The front-age on Sinter street Is 54:6 feet, with adepth of 120 feet to the alley. _ •

Inan early June auclion the CaliforniaSavings Bank will have offered for salesome desirable property on Mariposa, Bry-ant aud Fiorida streets, on which thereare nine or ten two-story residences. Thetei in- are easy, being one-fifth Cash, andthe balance o . installments, withinteresta' C per rent. A horse-car now pa-ses onBryant street, and electric cars are in earlyanticipation. Besides, it is on v twoblocksdistant from two other car lines.

P. D. Marsh of Burnliam & MarshCompany reports the realty market as be-ing very quiet for the past week with verylittleor no prospect for a change in thenext few weeks, ltis curious to note thatnotwithstanding the fact that our city-banks were never in belter condition, therecent bad failures of the Australianbanks aud a few in .he United States havestarted many people looking for realtyinvestments.

The Burnham-Marsh Company has soldthe In' 30x120 on Pine street, 170 feet eastof Franklin, for J. 11. Toothaker for(9500; a house of eight rooms and bathand lot 50x108 on Lafayette street, Ala-meda, for 86600, and forty-four acres ofimproved land, about four miles on' of SanJose, to Colonel J. 11. Ad.er for 524.000.

S"l (Jet/. & Brother of 18 Post streetmil**the following sales this week: Lot23x120 0n the east line of Twelfth avenue,175 leet south of Point Lobos avenue, for$900; lot 25x120 on the east line of Ninthavenue. 250 feet south of J street, for£1000: I* i">Oxl2oonll east line of Twelfthaye ue, 273 feet north of J street, for62000; lot 25x120 0n the east line of Ninth» Venue, 275 feet south of II street, for11500; lot 50x100 i*. block 41, ExcelsiorHomestead, ur £500.

Attention Is specially invited to theauction sale of re >l estate in Berkeley onSaturday, May 27, the lots having beenplaced on the market for the owners byMr. J. B. Whitcomb. The property isconsidered desirable and following in thewake of the recent succe-sful sales ofBerkeley realty, It is probable that theoffering willmeet with ready buyers.

Laymauce &Co, are making extraordi-nary preparations for their auction sale ofthe lots remaining unsold in the WarmTract, on the Oakland, San .Leandro andIIywards electric road, 10 take place onSaturday, May 27. A free excursion willbe run, lenviig Eighth and Washingtonstreets, Oakland, at 11 A. si. the day ofsale. kSkBPQSKMBH

Jacob Heyman reports sales as follows:Lot on south line of Q street, 67:6 feetwest of Thirty-seventh avenue, west '*£}x100: 8200; outside land block* 1003. Loton south line of Q street, 82:0 west ofThirty-seventh avenue, west 25x100; 8260;outside 1 nd block li63. Lot on north lineof Elzabeth street, 250 feet west of Dong-lass, west 25x114; Slouo. Two lots in theAlvinTract, Oakland; 8400. Two lots inColumbia Heights; 1600. Two lots In theExcelsior Homestead, lib*'*k39; 8500. Twolots on the corner of McLellau ana Blairstreets; $760.

FOUL PLAY FEARED.Body of a San Franciscan Found in

British Columbia.R. T. Ward of this cily bus received

tidings concerning two San Franciscans,who were lost in British Columbia lastfall.

The men were named Adam Harvey andR. Clark, and they were working last yearin a mine located 100 miles north of Clinton,B. C. They took a notion to return to SanFiancisco and started by an old trail to thesatileuient sixty miles distant en route forhome.

Nothing has been heard of them sinceSeptember last. Finally, at the request ofR. T. Ward of this city, who owns themine, a search party was sent out fromClinton.

Yesterday Mr. Ward received a tele-gram from F. Sones, Government agent atClinton, to tho effect that the body ofAdam Harvey hart been found on the 10thinst. on Horse Fly trail. Nothing hasbeen heard of Clark.

The two men had ten days' provisionswith' them when they started 'on theirJourney. Allkinds of rumors ate rif.'asto their fate; and Itis feared that Harveymet his death through foul means.'

COLUMBUS.

Grand Descriptive Fantasie in GoldenGate Park.

During the concert by the military bandinGolden Gate Park this afternoon therewillbe rendered a grand descriptive fan-tasie entitled "Columbus." It is the lastbut one number on the programme. Theselections are as follows;Overture. "Die Irrrahrt urn's Chick" Fuppein) "Segovia iii'," Cause . -pagnole I.acnni je(fc) "AhAllah," danse >ecre Jules BldenSelection, "The Pirates ol Penzance" Sulilv.n"Parting Song"... ......... Boilings

(Solo lor born, performed by Mr.i.slot.)."Rh psoitis .ion -•-' 1 c No. t1".",............ ....I.lsztOverture, "iii.i-i" Weber"Pallet de Coppella" Leo Deli esGrand selection. "Aula" ...... Verdi"Columbus." grand desrlptive -lautasie......

.'. • HermanDescription— Opening Fantare an-• nouncuig the Majesties of Spain, "Torci-iigtit nance," "Tbe Sorrows of Depart-

ure," "Fealty to the Flag." "Ship's He 1,""The Anchor Weighed," "On the VastWaters." "Merriment -of the . Sailors,Chorus and Dance." "Great Storm Scent-.""The Storm Gradually Abates." "Prayer."\u25a0\u25a0Quietness." "Dullness,". *"M«lnu,jb*B y-""Mutinyof the Crew." "The Voice ot Co-lumbus Quells the Disturbance." -'Land,ho!" -".Birds Greet the Ship,** "Salute o:, Guns," "Aborigines Heard In the Dis-

tance," "Ha IColombia.""LeFarladet March," first time.... Sellenlck

A Nice Legal Point.George Upson, wbo was arrested some

days ago by;Detective'Handley, chargedwith issuing counterfeit lottery tickets,was brought *

before ;Judge Joachiihseiiyesterday. It was prac'icallv concededthat (he tickets found in the defendant'spossession were ;bogus, but * his attorneyargued that being bogus \u25a0 they could not bedesignated lottery, tickets.

-The Judge

found the defendant guilty of kee, ing alottery place .and :deferred ; sentence till

•Wednesday next.

The South, which has only 28 percentof the country's population, and whicheast only SO per cent of the popular votefor Cleveland,' hah thus far secured seven-teen Embassadors, Ministers and Consulsto fourteen given to the .North.

CAESAR'S DOMAINS.

Sold to Defray Expensesof the Court.

AND M. PIERRE IS HOPEFUL.

A Patrician Lady Speaks on Behalfof the Schroeders, So— Audi

Alteram Partem.

The coffers of Caesar Schroeder were re-plenished yesterday by a sale of part ofthe imperial dominions near tlie moderntown of Redwood City. M. Pierre, whosurd sought payment for a bauqnet toihe Roman Emperor's court and the noblesenators, declared that the same royaltreasury was depleted even when wine at$5 a bdtle was ordered.

"Caesar in chee-ecloth might imagine

himself Ciesar indeed," exclaimed theFranco-Roman, "aud make met ry withhiscourt; but his treasury was depleted andpart of his lands for sale. Tlien 1 en-deavored to secure myself."

Pierre's fears were aroused when a lady

of the court, while dining in his maison,was overheard to remark that JackSchroeder intended taking a trip withMrs. Schroeder to Europe, and selling por-

tion of the ranch in San Mateo County be-fore leaving.

"Itstarted all the trouble," said she yes-terday with a suggestion of regret in hervoice. "My dear friends did not for oncethink of leaving the bill unpaid. Oh, my,no; though it was so foolish of me to bringall this trouble and talk upon them. Iheard Mrs. Schroeder's side of the ory,and it's lime now that it should be known.People said that she expected to get thebanquet at $2 a plate including wipe. Theidea! Wny Mrs. Schroeder is an extrava-gant entertainer, and knows as much asan*, body the cost of wine.

'"Ofcourse, when two are tog* ther a large

bottle costs £5, but for a banquet pattythe pr.ee should only be £3 50 at most.Just think it. Forty-five bottles forthirty-eight persons, and half of the party la-dies.

'

1remember only eight bottles at ourend and nine at the otter end. And itwas ridiculous lo even say such a thing

—that cue young lady had to be carried out.That made us indignant. Indeed Itdid.She was only overcome by the tobaccosmoke and had to go into the hall to tanherself.

"You know it takes a long time for gen-tlemen t*.make speeches after dinner, andthai accounts for Hie late hour we with-drew. Our carriages were ordered for 3o'clock, but we did not get away until 5 lvthe morning it takes so long for gentle-men to make speeches.

"This is all a misunderstanding be-tween Mrs. Schroeder and Mr. Pierreabout the price of wine, though it wouldaw paid her better in the end if she had

not disputed the bill."But the coffers of Caesar Schroeder are

now replenished to the extern of 817,900.Even if toe fairest, of his urban domain

has passed away in villa sites, in thelanguage of the plebeian vendor this cle-gaul property is but a short live minutes'walk from the Redwood City, depot, iselegantly located and is truly the villaresidence locution of tills district, enjoyingall the advantages of the Menlo Park cli-mate. '1he reputation: of this district ex-tends not only throughout California butis renowned throughout the United Statesand Europe, many of the elegant estatesof this town rivaling the handsomestestates In the old and important districtsin Great Britain and on the Continent.

This was Ciesar's, but it went lor courtexpenses. ....*. .....

'ihe remaining portion of the propertywas to be attached yesterday and releasedon bonds to Pierre lor the quel billof£375. Up to a late hour last night therewas no news from the scene of action, ex-cept that the legal authorities were com-pelled to remain over night at Redwood.They were »{ Caspar's palace.. ;—-.-.:

"Can't *• ome home, hie, evening," cameover the telephone. "Verb sari."

ADVICE FROM AN AUTHOR.He Tells Unpracticed Aspirants How

to Construct a Story.New Yurie sua.

Walter Besani's advice to the many can-didates for fame and fortune by way offiction who wrote him is to read and studysome good story well told. The best wayto study the story is to have it told to youbefoiehand, ami the Illustration liegives isa true story concerning an antiquary and aShakespeare student. In the year 1795 thetown was astonished by tho production itthe shop of the antiquary of various docu-ments and papers written by Shakespearehimself.

There were receipts, aconfession of faith,an improved edition ol "King Lear," andfinally a complete new play in manuscript.Everybody went mad about these thbgs:half the world refused to believe them,the other half declared ihat they must begenuine. Finally the play was producedby Sheridan at Drury Lane, and waspromptly hissed off the stage. Then thedealer's sou confessed that he was theforger of all these documents. The fatherdied soon alter, partly of chagrin at iheruin of his supposed treasures. Aroundthis outline Mr. Besant advises his am-bitious friends to write a story, with theold dealer and his son for the two princi-pal characters. "You must show the en-thusiasm of the old man for everythingthat concerns Skakespeare.

"Inorder to do Ibis you must take him toStratford; you must surround him withother characters, real or imaginary. Youmay introduce him to any antiquary or lit-erary character of the day. Since the playwas pr ductd at Drury Lane you may takeus behind the scenes and introduce us toactors and actresses. You must acquirethe manners and customs and dress andlanguage of the time. The constructionof your story is the first thing. Draw aportrait of every character; make out asfor play a scenario showing even* Inci-dent; remember not to introduce a singleincident or word of a dialogue that drawshe reader's attention -.side for a moment.

The 'grip' of your story is ilie first thingto be studied. There is plenty of grip Inthis ifyou know how to tackle it. Isup-pose what follows willbe thought too harda condition. Itis—actually to wriiethatstory. For lengtb Iadvise you to beshorter than a practiced hand vould allow.Make it a story of about twenty chapters,averaging irom three to four thousandwords each, hut don't try to write up to»ny limitor length. 1have always thoughtthat the longest-* of Dickens' shorterstories— about • twelve chapters of thatlength— is the best lhat could be chosen.

'* * "When you have actually written yourStory, and not till then, you may readJames Pavn's 'Talk of the Town' and seehow that story ought to be told. And ifyou willtake all this trouble you will findihat you bave learned more than ifyou hadgone to work with a headlong pen andwritten half a dozen wishy-washy attemptsin the same time." .Eoreign Mistakes About Americans.

|SjSpr Philadelphia Telegraph.Itis always to a certain degree amusing

to note the ignorance prevalent in Euro-pean countries concerning matters andthings in the United States. My Frenchalmanac, for instance, sets forth, as itsprominent me dent for the llth of April,that that was the date of the outbreak ofthe war beween "the Slate of North Amer-ica and the States of South America." Butstillmore astonishing is the advertisement*of a lifeof Admiral Farrngut by Sampson,Low,Marston &Co..the .London publishers,the work vbeing declared to be "a Ling-rapliy, based on family p.pers, of thegr-;*.t

'Confederate' admiral," said . advertise-ment pearing 'in- the Atheneum. thatmost serious and ;:presumably accurate ofEnglish literary publications. Probablythe publishers thought that the book would

prove more popular with English readersif its hero was set down as a Southerner.After that one cannot be much amazed atthe statement in the Figaro apropos of themarri.ige of Miss * McCieilan. that herfather, General George B. McCieilan, hadbeen at one time "commander-in-chief ofthe Confederate forces during the Ameri-can CivilWar." ,

ON THE COMSTOCK.

Weekly Bulletins of Work Done inthe Mines.

Virginia City, May 20.— Appended willbe found the official letters of superintend-

ents of operations in the Comstock mines:Cox. Cal. and Va.—lsoo level—During

the early part of tlie week we continued toextract ore and old tilings from the ten lito the seventeenth floors. Above the sev-enteenth floor we connected with tlie oldworkings from the 1400 level, which weworked some years ami, consequently wehave no ore to extract upward from ouropenI Thirty-six miners working onore extraction of this level have been laidoff, and all ore extraction has been stopped,for the reason that the ore-producing

ims have become exhausted. Pros-pecting work will be continued onthis level wllh a small force of men. Asouth drifthas been scried at a favorable-looking point 75 feet above the sill floor ofthis level. Tiie drift starts in quartz for-mation of low assay value, and will beadvanced in unexplored ground. 1650level Have continued making necessaryrepairs to the drifts on the sill floor of thislevel and to extract some ore in workingwest from the old stopes on the third flooroperating through the upas-. No. 6, car-ried un from the main northwest drift,a!so from the old slopes working northfromthe crosscut run west fr>im the north-west drift. A south drillstarted at theend of the crosscut run east froma point COfeet up in the upraise which was star'i-dfrom the drift run west fr-tn the northworkings 27 feet above 1 he sill finer of thislevel ha- been advanced 32 feet, totallength 200 feet, in porphyiy and somequartz. Have continued to extract someore of fair quality in working on the northand smith sides of the drift run east (at apoint 20 feet down) from the winze winchwns sunk from the crosscut run west fromthe main northwest drift. Shipments ofore to the Morgan mill have been stopped,as the present output of the mine does notexceed 25 tons per day. This limitedamount of ore comes from the 1650 levelopenings, Have extracted during theweek from all pans cf t:ie mine 397 carsof ore. about 390 tons. Shipped to Morganmill 5591230-2000 tons of ore. Averagea«say value per railroad car sainp.esSli; 01. The assay value per battery sam-ple of all the ore worked at t' at mill dur-ing the week (055 tons) was $22 11 per ion.Bullion shipped to Carson mint; assayvalue $12,341 19.

Ophik—1500 level—

The west crosscutstarted from the bottom of fhe winzesunk 52 feet below the -ill floor of thislevel his been advanced 31 feet, totallength 98 feet, in a porphyry, clay andquartz formation of low assay value.Have continued the work of making thenecessary repairs in the shaft, being jointwork with the Mexican Company,

Mexican—On the 1565 level westcrosscut 2 from the north drift from theeast crosscut -from ilie* bottom of thewinze sunk from the 1465 level down tothis level near the south boundary hasbeen extended 19 feel, total length 238fee;, continuing in porphyry formationcarrying clay separations. [lave con-tinued the work of making the necessaryrepairs in the shaft, being joint work withthe O liir Company.

Siekka NEVADA—

The intermediatetunnel on Cedar Hill bus 0 cii advancedduring the week 10 feet, making the totallength 307 feet; the face is In li rd por-p yry and low grade ore. The jo nt SieiraNevada and Union west drill900 evei pisbeen advanced 19 feet, making the totalilist'nee west of the joint shaft 3192 feetthe face is in porphyry and soft streaks ofclay.

Andes— On 420 level have suspendedwait in west crosscut from north driftfrom east crosscut 1 north. We

'have

cleaned out and retunbered 40 feet of eastcrosscut 3 from main north diiff.

-Goui.D&l u&KY—2oo level— cross-

cuts started in northwest drift 432 feelfrom main west drifthas-been advanced9 feet through hard porphyiy, total length480 feet. Sutro tunnel level—During thepast week the men have been repairing thenorm joint driftand easing timbers. ://.- :

Uest & BELCHER— 2OO level—Duringthe past week west cni.sM-iit 2 started innorthwest drift 230 feet from our southline has been extended 20 feet, passingthrough quartz of no value, total length100 feet. 900 level—West crosscut 1startediv southwest drift 112 eet from 'vestcross-cut 3 has been extended 14 feet, tola!length 70 feet; face in soft porphyry andclay. Sutro tunnel level

—On this level the

meu have been repairing the driftandeasing the timbers.

Hale & NOBCKOSS—

1800 level—

Ad-vanced the upraise in west crosscut on oursouth boundary twelve feer, total heightthirty-six feet. The top of upraise con-tinues in quartz, yielding lowassays. Main

--lietimbering above the 1300 ievelami continue making the necessary repairsin main incline.

Ciioi.i.AK—Are repairing and retimbor-ing north drill i?."0 level. The east cross-cut near the south line 930 level is out 222feet ; face is in porphyry.

Potosi— The nort drift from east cross-cut 890 level is out 76 feet; lace is inpor-phyry and seams of quartz. The south raiseSo feet south ol Potosi winze 930 level is up86 feet; formation iiithe top is porphyryand streaks of quartz. The north d~iiltfrom east crosscut 930 level is out 78 feet;face is in five feet of fair grade ore, Thenorth raise 1000 level, is up 90 feet on theslope; the top is in fair grade ore. Southraise 1000 level 20 feet smith. f t"P of raisefrom the 1100 level Is up 30 feet; top shows8 feet of fair grade ore. Have started acrosscut west on the 1000 level, 120 feetsouth of top of raise from the 1100 level;face is in soft porphyry. Exrat-led andsent to the mill the past week, 487 tonsand 750 pounds of ore from tin* 550, 93 I,lOdO and 1150 levels. Milled (luring theweek, -173 tons. On hand at mill,100 tonsand 1000 pounds. Average battery assay,£24 90. Average car sample assays.$26:72. Shipped to the. United Statesmint at Carson, 422 pounds crude bullion.

The Bullion, Alpha and Exchequer arerepairing the pump shaft at the Wardshaft.

MOTHER GOOSE.The Dear Old. Woman Who Told

Nursery Stories to Children.New York Sun.

Allthe little maids and men who havefollowed the fortunes of little.Miss Muffeand Dickie Dilver, who have knownMother Hubbard and laughed at HumptyDunii'tv's misfortunes, may like to hearthat the Mother Goose rhymes were reallymade for Utile children by a dear oid ladywhose name was Goose, who lived with afamily named Fleet that kept a littleshopin Pudding lam", Boston. Could a moreappropriate plnce of residence forMother Goose be found that Pudding lane,unless, erchanre, there bo such a locality asPie alloy? Ami Uii- dear old lady used tosit ou the sidewalk outside the window andmake. up dounerfls for the little Fleetvichins. She had a sweet note in her softold voice and a way of crooning theserhymes and tunes that attracted all thechildren in the lane and brought muchcustom to the shop indirectly, So theshopkeeper, at the request of his patrons,printed the rhymes and gave them away,and in this waj, the old lady becameknown as Mother Goose, and her quaintdoggerel became the dearest , treasure ofnursery lore. The old lady whose verse-one would rather have written than allthe classes, because they have been' Sffigreatly beloved by littlechildren, is buriedin the Granary Cemetery, not far from thegrave of Paul Revere. The stone at thehead of the crave' has crumbled, bin wild.violets and ferns mark her resting-place.

Died on the Installment Plan."Viiidon't offer any; inducements to aii

editor in this town?":"Wei don't? Jerusalem! *Wliv,-we'veburied six of .'em, an' lettlieir widderi nayfor their funerals in installments!"—Atlanta Constitution.

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