IN THEIR HOMES.

Pinching Poverty Amongthe Unemployed.

SOME SIGHTS WITNESSED.

Hunger of the Wives and theLittle Ones.

WEEDING OUT THE FRAUDS.

Investigations by the Citizens' Com-mittee and the Result of the

House Visits.

"Is it John Relllev you want, sir? helives here, but he's cut looking for work."It was a tall, poorly clad woman, hag-

gard and old before her time, who madethis ann une'ement, accompanied by aglance vl suspicion toward RegistrarDaniels aud a Call reporter yesterday-

afternoon od the upper floor of a miser-able slianty in a court (If Brannan street.The Registrar held in his hand a mightylistof the names of the unemployed andtheir addresses, and the reporter was ac-companying him upon one of his house tohouse visitations, when by t tie citizfiis'commit-ee are enabed to sift the chafffrom the wheat, or, in other words, to dis-cern between the deserving men and thefrauds.

He won't be in till dark, maybe," con-<:nued tbe woman, with a look of anxiousinquiry, as though she thought the Regis-trar were the Sheriff come ailast to attachher handful of miserable furniture forrent.

"Oh, he won't," responded Mr. Daniels,rt-flecttvelv, for it is an axiom with himnever to state his business until be hasseen a little of tbe people to be Investi-gated.

"Perhaps you would let us come in andlet us tuik to you for h few moments," headded, insinuatingly.

Wiluout a word the woman led the wayinto a small kitchen containing a stove\u25a0with no lire in it, a riu?h deal table andtwo wooden chair?, upon one of which agaunt cat was seated. In one corner stooda wash üb, aud in another was the familyIsrdt-r, wnicb somewhat resembled MotherHubbard's f-mious cupboard, for it was!are of everything but a few potatoes andhalf a loaf of bread.

Wondering a little at the questions, forit was evident that thpy had not applied'

r charity, Mrs. Reilley told how her hus-band had been sick in November and hadnot been able to get work siuce. "Ihave:got a little washing to do at odd times,"she said, "but we have four children— yes,they are down playing in the yard—andit's i! easy to keep peonle In bread,

\u25a0ss pay any rent. You'll excuseme, sir, but Ithought when 1saw yuu—

"But the story was so identically the one

v John Keilley himself, when he hadapplied for work, that Registrar Danielsasked Immediately for a pen and ink tofillnut a slip. By way of reply Mrs. Dan-iels glauced at the cupboard and thengoing to the door called "Johnnie!" in attiin, shrill voice. A ragged little urchinof about 8 years of ag»\ whose cheeks weremore hollow and paler than they ounhtto hive been, respouded to this cali.

"Have y..it lost tbe ink 1 gave 5 rentslor last week?" asked his mother severely.

"No, uia'.tm; it's in that cupboard," ra-plied the child, making a futile effort toclamber up by the shelves, as there wereno chairs available; "it's wiili my school-oook."

And then the ink was produced and tbeplip filled out and handed to .Mrs. Rellley,with ihe explanation tnat ber husbandi?nuld get a work ticket next Wednesdayby presenting it. Any one who has givena thousand dollars to tbe relief fund wouldhave been repaitl by tbe sight of tliat hag-gard woman's joy aua gratitude. "ThuLord be praised nat he's got workat last,"she sail, clutching the bit of paper asthough ithail been a banknote, and as tbevisitors turned to go, she added:

"1'a long lifeI'm after wishing you forbringing my man what he was trampingthe streets for."

The next house visited was a more pre-tentious building

—not, in fact, the sort of

abode in wbicn oue would expect to find amember of the army of the unemployed. Aneatiy dressed woman came to the doorand admitted that J.imes Renton livedtbere— "in the rear," ebb added

—and then

stared at her visitors as th ugh she wouldvery much like to know their business.

The woman responded readily enoughto ILp t1,-stions until asked if the mail'swife could be seen, then a sudden thought<-e-[ne<j to strike her, and she askedabruptly: "Is it work at the parlr youwere thinking of giving him? Well, I'lltell you right here that there are othersthat deserve Itbetter than he does. He isnot c married man, and others deservetbe work mure than he does."

A little more investigation proved thewoman's statement to be true, and thename of James Renton was stricken fromthe rolls, Register Daniels observing, ashe drew the pencil through the name:"That man told tbe most touchinglypathetic story. lam learning that tbe lessa man says about bis poverty the more realIlianeed is as a rule."

Trie next case was that of a Germanwith a wife and seven children. Tbechanty where they lived was in me of thepoorest parts of a little street south ofMarket. A little girl about 7 year-> oldresponded to tbe knock, and led the wayinto what was evidently tbe living-room.Itwould be difficult to Imagine anythingpoorer and more bare, though the apart-ment and its occupants were scrupulouslyneat.

A girl about 11 years of age was sittingon a broken chair near the window nurs-ing a tiny baby, while another babe layasleep in a <lry-good9 box at her f»et. Adelicate, sickly woman, evidently thechildren's mother, was busy wringing someclothes our of the washiul). and a littleBid about 10 years of age was putting thefinishing toucnes to supper.

fcucb a supper it was, a meal that in aland of plenty It seemed a crimeto see tbe mother of those fragiletwins

—a month and a half old

—sit down

to after a hard day's work at the washtub.There was a large teapot full of weak teaand a loaf of bread, that was all,not evena drop of milk or a tea-puonful of sugar.

The woman, who seemed to be of thebetter class, evidently disliked to make anexhibition of her poverty; She said herhusband was trying to get work, they hailnever burn so pool before, and she hopedwhen they once got a start would not beattain. As she whs speaking the husband,who had been out all day looking for workand tound none, < ame in locking tnexpres-Bib y jaded and discouraged. He recog-nised the Registrar and a flush of hopec-ame. into bis eyes as he explained to hiswife who itwas.

Mr. Daniels had seen enough to be con-vinced oi the worthiness of that case. Hehad one work-ticket, good for Monday,and he gave it to the man with very lewwords. It was taken with even fewerwords, but the tears in the eyes of thefather, aye., genuine tears, the sob in themother s v..ice as she tried to eav somethanks, and the joy iv the pinched facesof the children, as they realized thaifather had got work," were Mil moreeloquent than any profuse expressions oigratitude would have been.Ifany one doubt3the genuineness thegrim reality of the suffering endured by

the families of the men who are willingtostand in line all ni^nt on the chance ofgetting a work-ticket, let that d übier goout investigating lor the spat'H of one aft-ernoon. Tfii-re are seventy cases to-be in-quired into between now and next Wednes-day, so that the work of investigationwillHave to be pushed very energetically.

The case* cited are takeu at randomfrutn among a number that tbe reporter

came across when accompanying RegistrarDaniels. A few proved to be frauds, somemen had given false addresses, otherswere not what they pretended to be; butover 90 per cent proved to be of genuinedistress— men who bad struggled to findwork and bad failed and, whose familieswere living on miserably short commonsor else actually wanting bread, althoughoften too sensitive to ask itof charity.

Henceforth the citizens' committee willmeet on Wednesdays and£aturd»ys. Slintwill be given to those men who apply be-tween 9 aud 12 a. m. at the registrar'soffice, room 19, Merchants' Exchange.These slips will be honored in order ofdate, after the cases havo been Investi-gated. Two hundred and fifty work-tickets will be given out on each distribu-tion day— that is if the funds keep up.There is an urgent need of more contribu-tions if the undertaking is to continueuntil the spring brings work, however.

The following cash subscriptions werereceived yesterday by Treasurer DanielMeyer:

Cash, 81; Thomas Butler, $20; cash, 13;Mrs. James Puelau (additional). f100: Mis. A.i* Laukershmi ot Los Armeies (additional)$100; Matieru & Moore, flO; an Easternfrieud, 6; Cential H. E. Cburch (additional),$6; Bay City Lodeo No. 71. 1. O. O. F.. $20;Kteigei &Keir. $25; £. T.G. (additional) $1;John 1. Grant, $20; employes of Deeie Im-provement Company, 825 50; Joseph Bianden-s.ein (addmoual) $50; employes ol Dodge,Sweeney & Co., $-48 05; employes of A.richil-llue & Co., $49 25; a.. 25 cents; employesof Root & Saudersou. $10; Catholic Ladies'Aid Society No. 20, $5; Holy Cross Church(additional), l-ailier Metiuity,$5 50.

A PRINCE'S FETE.

A Reception Tendered toPoniatowski.

Many Society People Meet Him atthe Home of Chevalier

de Kontski.

One of the roost brilliant receptions ofthis season was thatlte; dered Inhonor ofPrince A. Poniat.wski by Mmr. andCh'-valier de Kmitski at their re*ldenre,1527 Geary street, from 3 until 6 o'clockyesterday afternoon.

Invitations nad been issued among SanFrancisco society to be present ou thisauspicious occasion to greet the Princenn<i welcome him to the shores of thePacific. The response was general,mid a 1* the hours of the day wore on thethrone »o increased that the spaciousapartments were filled to their utmostcapacity with a representation of thef itv's elite.

The interior of the mansion was mostelaborately decorated in honor of the oc-casion, the principal feature being anumber of choice pot plants and palms,which were placed about promi«cuouslywith much taste. Vases of delicate cutflowers ornamented the various bric-a-bracxtands and tables, while every availablespace or receptacle was graced with somecharming object of beauty, which madethe handsomely furnished parlor* a com-plote bower of beauty.

Shortly before 4 o'clock the prince madehis appearance and was introduced to'hose present by Chevalier de Kontskf,after which tbe honored guest mi> gledamong his newly-made acquaintance* andassisted in ranking the afternoon a mustpleasant one, to say the least.

A bunntaous repast was served at tbeclose of the day. which was partaken ofby all with a derided relish.

Chevalier de Kontski discoursed a num.ber of selections upon tne piann durine thecourse of the reception inbis usual charm-ingstyle, and upon one occasion he sangan original barcarolle which whs receivedwith much favor for its tuneful, llveiymelody and artistic execution. A numberof others assisted in entertaining tbeguests in various ways, among them beingMrs. Frances Edper'on in a poetical ren-dition of "AStory of the Rose."

An" nz tbose present were the follow*iog: Dr. W. Pawlirki, Captain Bielawski.Coi3uel and Mrs. Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Hol-laday, Mrs. Hearst, Mr«. E. Martin, Mrs.P. Donahue, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tevis,Colonel L. P. Hammond, Mr- ami Mrs.Jewett. Mr. and Mrs. Paven, Mr. andMrs. M. H. de Young, Mrs. W. Pawllcki.br. and Mrs. Gushing, Dr. and Mr*.J. F.Sullivan. Mr.and Mrs. Frank Sullivan, theRussian Consul-General, Mrs. John Corn-ing, BirHenri Hayroan «nd many others.

Mine, de K>>ntski was assisted in receiv-ing tbe distinguished guests by Mrs. H.Jewett and Mrs. W. Pawlickl.

The Devil Pish.The exhibit at the aquarium at the Mid-

winter Fair is one of the most interestingon the grounds. The devil fish that wascaught at Monterey last (Sunday is; amongthe curiosities*

ASSESSOR'S EXTRA CLERKS.Work on the Rolls to Be Soon

Inaugurated.The lifeof Assessor John D Siebe is at

present a burden to him. Ha will beginthe work of making the new assessmentrolls on March 5 ana willrequire ICO extraclerks in order to do the work. Thesalary of these extra clerks is $100 amontb. For the 100 places at bis disposalthere are 700 applicants, and each one ofthese brings nil the influences at his com-mand to secure favorable consideration ofhis application. The result is that theAssessor is having the lift* pestered out ofhim and wishes he never had*a place atbis disposal.

The number of applicants this year iilarger for the reason tint time1 have beenhard and many men are oui of employ-ment.

The Board of Supervisors appropriatedS4'i.oOO for extra clerks In tbe Assessor'soffice in last July. Of this sum $27,800remains, but this is hardly sufficient to paythe expenses for wra clerk-. The appro-priation is SIO.OOO less tht*year than lastand the Assessor states that it willrequireai>out this much more b>f re newili beable to turn over the personal propertyrolls on June 2 and tbe real estate rolls onJuly 1 next, when the Board of Super-visors willsit us equalizers.

AllAbout Five Dollars.Carroll Cook has succeeded in his fight

against the firm of Garber. Boalt &Bishopin tbe case of John Kroger, on habeas cor-pus. Kroger was fined $5 by Police JudgeCharles A. Low for. fraudulently makinguse of the bottles and labels ot the Cali-fornia Bottling Com iany in the exercise ofbis business as a bottler at 131S Scottstreet. A search warrant was granted,with the result that; Kroger was detectedpod fined.

On ;technicalities Carroll Cook, ok thecat* to the Supreme Court on a writ ofhabeas corpus, and the writ came up forargument- yesterday afternoon at a specialsession of the court.. .The result was thatthe Supreme Court •granted ;the writ;andordered Kroger to be discharged. •»

Faie visitors' favorite drink, Peruvian Hit-ters. Exhibit in Horticultural Bulldog. •

BRODERICK'S PROPOSAL.He Asks for Special Counsel to De-

fend His Office.The Finance Committee of the Board of

Supervisors were addressed yesterdaymorning by Auditor Bmderick, who askedFor -pecial counsel to defend bis office inthe mandamus suit brought aeainst mm asAuditor for not auditing certain judgmentdemands against the city. As the Finance

Committee had instructed the City andCounty Attorney to confess judzment totbe suits involved it took the matter underadvisement as to tbe course to be pursued.

Police Surgeon Somers appeared beforethe committee in regard to providing quar-ters for the care of insare patients. Hesaid the great want was a ward for femalepatients, where they could be confinedwhen violent.

On motion of Supervisor Penman it wasagreed to order certain repairs to be madeId the City Receiving Hospital for the careof insane patients, the bill*to be paid outof the urgent necessity fund.

In regard to the subject of the 4000 feetof fire nose which recently arrived, butwhen the Fire Commute* did not see itsway to pay for owing to lack of funds, thecommittee agreed to allow the Chief of theFire Department about 4000 feet, as hestated that this was an absolute necessity.The contractor refused to allow the ciiy tohave the goods unless lie was paid forthem, and said be would keep the rest ofthe hose until after the next tax levy,when itcould be paid for out of a new ap-propriation. The bill for all the hose is$14,750.

The committee was to bore investigatedthe subject of bitumen, but owing to thefailure of Superintendent of Streets Ack-eraon to have his report ready on the char-acter of bitumen In different quarries thematter was postponed.

LITTLE SOLDIERS.

Parade and Drill of theBoys' Brigade.

FIVE HUNDRED TURN OUT.

A Stirring Scene on Van NessAvenue Yesterday.

CLOSE OF THE STATE COUNCIL.

Officers Elected— Addresses by Rev.Drs. Pullan and Dille—To-Day's

Programme.

One of the most stirrine sights thathave been witnessed in San Francisco inmany a day was that afforded by theparade and review of the Boys' Brigade ofthis city and Oakland, which took placeon Tan Nets avenue yesterday afternoon.

Ovtr 500 sturdy, bright-eyed boys inneat uniforms of blue and armed andequipped with musket and hayonet,in relied and countermarched, broke into"files of fours." re-formed into "companyfront" and went through all the maneu-vers prescribed by the latest tactics withthe precision of veterans, and then after areview, headed by their own brigade band,with flags flyingand swords and bayonets

flashing in the sunshine, the little army oflittle people marched away to Simpson

j Memorial Cburcb amid the plaudits ol1

!hundreds of rititens who for more tn.<n an jhour had been interested spectator* ofibeir evolutions. And all along the lineof march t eople came ont of the st resand bouses end cheered the youthfulsoldiers as they marched along in perfecttime, stretching their little legs to theirutmost in trying to reach the fulllengtb

'

<>f stride which the tactics call for.The parade and review were In honor

of the Sta c council of the hoys' Brigade,which has been in session here for several. days, toe boys feeling that they wanted toprove to the men of business who havebeen devoting their time and energies totbeir seryice that neither bad been wasted.and tbat they were more than w rthy ofall that can b« done for them. Ifthosewho watched the drill were not convincedibat tbe thought which combined bible-teacbing with tbe attractiveness of mili-tary training, tosay nothing of tbe physi-cal benefits that accrue to the young sol-dier by tbe drill and discipline, was ahappy one. they surely failed to appreci-ate Ui« straight shou'ders. uplifted beads,

!perfect order and implicitobedience of the| boys, bntb on the street and in tbe church,! and they failed, as well, to note the at-

tention given to the bible lessons and theaddress or to bear the grand volume of

Isong that rolled up from tbe boys' throatsuntil the rafteis fairlyshook.

The Boys' Brigade is a success, andshould receive tbe hearty support of everyparent who believes In training a child in

Ithe way it should go.Tbe morning session of the c uncil at the

:Howatd-^trett Methodist Cburch wasopened with prayer by Edward E>rr andImmediately afterward the i.nnoUl.edbusiness of tbe various sessions was takenup. Tbe constitution was completed and

iadopted. Aresolution was paused thank-;ing the press of San Francis o "and e«- ;peclally The Moknixg Call" for no-tices given the work and then after a fewminor matters had beeu discussed an ad-journment was taken.It was feared owing to the fact tnat

iFriday was Cnildren's day at tbe Mid-Iwinter Fair tbe noys would be too tired totnrn out and drill, especially as the day

Iwas a beautiful one and the bright sun-»hiue very tempting to the lads that nanbeen locked up in a schoolroom all tbeweek, bat the fears proved groundless.

Not only were all the thirty-two com-panies of the brigade in this city retireRented, bnt Oakland sent over the brigadeband, the Seventh Battalion and SecondCompany. The parade was under thecommand of Lieu tenant-Co lonel Frank

IHanley, Captain O. C. Baldwin, acting asadjutant, while Captain M. S. Woodhams!acted iis reviewing officer, assisted by all

! the staff officers and members of tbe coun-cil. A special detail of police cleared VanNess avenue from Hayes to Oak »lree ,iand with far less delay than usually at-

tends parades by older soldiers, the boysI were formed and tbe reviewing com-

menced. The entire brigade counter-marched and they were marched outGrove street to Buchanan, thence to thechurch.

The large auditorium of the SimpsonMemorial Church was crowded, and theaudience of older people was w re thanrepaid for their visit by the exercisesot the afternoon. After the band badplayed "Hurrah for the Red, White andBlue" the services were opened withprayer, and then R«v. F. B. Pullan, pastorof the Third Congregational Church olthis city, was introduced.

From the Interest Rot. Mr. Pullan hastaken In the movement and from beiug"one of the b"y»"ho has come to be knownas "The Boys' Preacher." H..w close hestands to the boys was evinced by thebursts of KDplause wbicri constantly greet-ed trie stories he told or the points that hemade. H* took as bis text the command,"Load, ready, aim, fire," and then com-pared the boy to a bud. The stock wasbin body, the barrel bin mind and the lockand trigger bis soul, lie begged the boysto care for their b dies, uot as Corbettand Jackson do, because then they couldnot care for either mind or siul, but tocare lor them by avoiding tobacco, liquorand excesses aud indulgences which ruinand wreck a boy. He begged them toload their minds with nil thai was aoodand pure in knowledge; to watch howtheir thoughts and imaginings strayed andto strive to make the load In the barrelone that would oe effective. Then if theeoul were kept pure aud white, the mmdloaded, the body stanch and strong and thesoul clean when the command came the\u25a0soul would direct the aim of the boy andthe load would be fired so as to be effectiveanil the world would be better for It.

ihe address was couched in languagethat the boys understood, and enlivenedand emphasized by object lessons and *n-ecdoten thai kept the attention of the littlekoldiers to the end, when Rev. Air. Pullan»«' cheered tn the echo.

The permanent officers of the StateCouncil elected yesterday willhe installedat 3o clock this afternoon at the Howard-•treei Methodist Church, where a grandmats-meeiioK will be held, at which ad-

dresses willDe delivered by Rev. J. Q. A.Henry, H. J. MCoy, secretary of the Y.M.C.A., and Rev. F. V Fisher of L«s An-geles. The officers elected are as follows:

Maurice S. Wondhamsof San Francisco,president; CO. Burton of San Francisco,vice-president ; Dr. W. H. Brodbeck ofLos Angele*. vice-president ;William M.de Wo f of Oakland, vice-president; J.Ilarry Russell oi Sau Francisco, secretary;O. C. Baldwin of San Francisco, treasurer;

executive committee— H. L. Batchelder ofS«n Fruncisco. H. Morton of San Jose, W.R. Hughes of Fresno, Key. J. F. Burnhamof Vmllpjo,Thomas W. Jeffreys of Oak-land, Rev. F. V. Fisher ol Los Angeles.

At the evening session of the brigadeyesterday the time was pleasantly spent

in listening to an address by Rev. K.R.Dille D.D., pastor of the Central Metho-dist Church of this city. The audieucewas not large, but was composed of peopleof all denominations who are interested iothe Boys' Brigade movement. The sui>-ject of the address was "The Boys' Brigadeand Denominations," and consequentlywas of interest to the parents of boys whodiffer as to creed but agree as to whatshould be done for their children.

The speaker said he believed in both theBoys' Brigade and denominations. Histext was "Prevention is better than cure."Nearly all of our work for humanity is

done after the harm is done. Instead ofbeing proud of cur rescue h-mes weshould be ashamed ofthem. The Woman'sTemperance fjniou, the Young Meu'aChristian Association and similar organiz-ations are merely ambulance corps lor thesaloons. The Boys' Brigade proposes togo back and do away witn the necessity ofambulance corps.

"Youcan't save the nation by saving

the young men, because when the boy be-comes am m bis Habits are fixed. Theboy *wno goes to the park on (Sunday orspends the day in that abomination

—he

Sunday-open Midwinter Fair—and smokescigarette!", doesn't need saving when ayoung man. but wheu he is a boy.

"The police arrested 600 boys during ».hepast year and Secretary Holbrook picked

dp 1300 wicked and abandoned childrenduring the name time."

The speaker went <n to give the statis-tics of the variom reform-schools and thensaid that they merely showed what ne-dthere was lor a boys' movement.

"The Salvation Army is doing a greatwork. Itused 'o be said that the M-tti \u25a0!-lsts pulled men out of the gutter, theBaptists washed theru and tlie Episco-pal an* Marchc Itt «»m ;but it isn't so to-day. The Salvation Army is working inthe sediment and it is now the duty of thechurches to keep the sediment fromsettling. Itcaonot be denied that themajority of boy crimin»ls were once Sun-day-school boys, but the churches havefHiled to li Id them. Wh.it is :o be done?On the part of the Sta'e no boy shouldever be herded with criminals; no b>.yshould be driven in an open pollM patrol-wagnu through the streets: there shouldbee inpuliory education. But what doe*the slate do? It licenses saloons, winksat lewd shows and gambling ceils andfurnishes tha boy with a policeman tobeat him and curse him for some boynLrrank.

"What does the church da? There isnndevice <qn*l to the boys' Brigade. Itcomes from Scotland, where itis an axiomthat you can do anything with a Scotch-man ifyou catch him young." Dr. Dillethen recounted the history of the brigademovement, its objects nnd aims, lie de-fended the drill and the uniform of thebrigade saying it was a mighty power tohold *nd moid the bey »nd bring him toChrist. To the objection that there shouldnot be gun* and flags and marching inchurch the speaker said it depended onthe kind of a church it was. Ifit is achurch where people assemble to weargood clutiies and patronize God. by wor-shiping him the Boja' Brigade bad noplace In it, but ifit Is a church that lovesthe boys and wants them to be godly menthen the drums and. flags and boys areright in place.

"As to denominations in the work forboys the mists of prejudice are rollingaway and God's people are finding eachother regardless of the cloaks they wear,and while they believe in their own de-nominations they can clasp hands andwork together in a common cause, wherehouls of uoys are to be saved. The Buys'Brigade, while interdenominational is nutundenomi ational."

The speaker closed withan earnest pleain favor of sustaining the brigade andbuilding itup, saying itwas the grandestmovement foi boys in existence, and ifproperly supported would do a great workfor God and the b'<vs.

There willbe a Union Company piayer-meeting at 9 o'clock this morning, and thenthe meetings as above announced willclosethis session of the Sate Council.

DRILL OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE ON VAN NESS AVENUE.

PALMER IS DEAD.

He Was Called"

King ofthe Gypsies."

PNEUMONIA TOOK HIM OFF.

Tribesmen Demolish the OldMan's Home.

STRANGE GYPSY SUPERSTITIONS.

Nothing Allowed to Remain ThatWould Recall the Memory off

the Departed Chief.

A spiral column of smoke rose from theashes of what had been a man's home outat Foint Lobos road and Sixth nvenue yes-terday morning. There was no fire alarm.Itwas merely that the occupant* of a num-ber of gypsy tents had watched the "camp"of one of their number follow its owner'sspirit into space.

The "Kingof the Gypsies" was dead andhis huge body had been borne to theMorgue. His wife and his children, pven tothe third generation, and a number of step-sons aid siepdaugh ters and sons and daugb-ters-in-law.following ih" traditions of theirtribe, hail Resembled to witness the complete

demolition of all things that might, ifleftbehind, recall to their minds the sorrow ofto-day, So they applied the torch to thedilapidated old tent in which the "kins"had lain, and watched the flames creepover the canvas and crackle among ibebrush about its b:i-p.

There were sora c articles in the old campthat would not burn. These were thecooking utensils, the washbowl, and knifeand fork and other things made of metal,and these, together with other personal ef-fects of the old king, left in other adjacenttents were gathered together by his tribes-men and tribeswomen and taken to ajii"tiedistance, where a lusty young gyn.*y bat-tered and backed them to pieces with adull ax.

"Itis a no'ion among the gypsies," hesaid, as he methodically pursued his work,"that w'umi anybody belonging to themdies everything he leaves behind must bedestroyed. That is because they don't liketo see the things about after the man isgone."

"But those things are serviceable.Couldn't thoy be given to some poor per-son or disposed of in some other way?"was asked.

"Nop-,"said the young man, as he drovethe ecur<> of the ax into a shining brass te ••pot. "That would not do. You wouldn'tlike to i aye other people usins! things 'hathad been v-e 1. by anybody who belongedto you. would you? Well, that is the w«ythe gyiisies feel about it, and that is thereason we «re netting rid of everythingthat belonged to old man Palmer."

And so there U nothing left of HenryPalmer, the "King of ne Gvp*ies," excephis b dy, which, stripped of clothing, lie-under a sheet on a slab at the Morgue.Even that will disappear t* -day. when anundertaker will convey it to Oakland andbury it inIt lot in Mountain View Ceme-tery, where he has already buried manyof the members of the Palm r triOe. Itis ihesame undertaker wo was always calledby this strange tribe of n.luxdi, and ttis a part of their code of superstitionsthat tins should be so, as long as the tribeand their funereal agent shall last.

The lot inMountain View is owned bythem, and here and there itIs dotted bythe graves of men and women and chil-dren who have lived and died out-of.dnors. It covers tne remains of the"Queen of the Gypsies," Palmer's firstwife, who was shot by n< me renegadegypsy beyond the Mississippi River eightyears ago. Her remain" were brought allthe way out to California to l>e laid in th •

Palmer lot by the side of her children,and in the presence of her people.

Henry Palmer was a rich man then—

rich even beyond what would be consid-ered weahh in a gypsy. He owned nohouses, for real estate was tuo stationary

for the roving spirit of the man. Itis everso with gypsies. They hoard their moneyand put it in banks that Is, those who areprovident enough to have any.In the old days Henry. Palmer was one

of these. His check was. good Inmanybanks, nnd he was reported to be worthmi.re thai $100,000. But his wealth wasnot ostentatiously displayed. Itmade himno less agyp»y than he was when ha wasushered into .the world In a gypsy tentsomewhere in England. . .Like his ances-tors, the famous Palmer tribe of England,he always lived in the open air, traveledabout .with wagons and horses insummer,and wintered in a camp in the outskirts ofsome large town or city. His clothes werecomfortable, but not showy, id his pros-perous days and it was only his ability todraw check-) that would be honored thatgave the world to know that be hadamassed money. ,

Palmer's fortune had been mad" at buy-Ins, selling arid trading horses. Year* agohe supplied most of the horses u«ed by thestreet railroads of the city. He traveledabout the State, making here and there agood bargain and always returning withalargo band of horses, which he sold to therailroad companies at good profits. Hewas a keen judge of a horse and a go diand at drivinga bargain. Hi»gains werelarge and were augmented by the earn-ings, if such they may be called, of hiswife, who in common with the other fe-males of the tribe drove a thrifty businessat telling fortunes. Out at the camp agypsy will tell an enquirer that th« "ladygypsies" all tell fortunes, and he will addwith some show of nride that the leastthey willcharge for the service Is a dollar.The • rice is from a dollar up, "accordingto what they tell-you." All the "ladies"of the Palmer tribe are gifted with thefurrune-telling knack.

But horses were the real making ofHenry Palmer, and; they were also thecause of bis financial undoing. His "hcrsesense did not extend to the "bookies"out at the racetrack, but his acquisitivedisposition \u25a0 led him to them. Ho-was aconstant" bettor, and the books* were toohard for him. His money dwindled inproportion to his indulgence in the passionto risk something to gain more, and at lashe had nothing left of his formerly ampleforiune.

The old tent and \u25a0 the pots and kettlesthat were destroyed at the gypsy borneyesterday are believed ito be all that heleft behind, save a large batch of children,some grown and married and others al-most babies. In the tent of Mrs. Lovelhis step-daughter, several of these littletot* ware at play yesterday with a

-half

dnzen of the od man's tirandctiildrfn.One little girl with big black eves h;ui

been crying, an<l Mrs. Lovel said that shehad bn«u grieving because of the goodking's d^ath. But her tears had dried,and she took as much interest in the playas the others.

Henry p lmer was an immense man.lie weighed at the time of his death 247pounds, and his burly form whs familiarin almost any part of the city. Itis ratherstrange that he should have passed a wayowinc to pneumonia, after having beenexposed to the capricious t ranks of theweather for so many years. The physiquewhich had defied wind and rain for oveihalf a century at last succumbed to CO Id.The old man was sick for a couple ofdays. He got up yesterday mornincr,moved around the camp a little and thenlay dowu and died. Tjr

Henry Palmer. King of the Gypsies.

ON THE COMSTOCK.Weekly Bulletins of Work Done in

the Mines.Virginia City, Feb. 24

—Appended

will be found the official letters of superin-tendeuts of operations on thf- Comstock:

Con. Cal. &Ya.—1650 level—From thedrift run n<>nh fro.ii the foot of the up-raise on the sill floor of this level at apoint 178 feet in from its mouth a north-east drift has been advanced 38 fee: inpor-phyry carrying fine lines oi quarz. Th-crosscut running east from (he dxift runnorth from east crosscut 1 from the northdrift from Che winz- (Sown 52 feet) hasbeen extended 17 f«et; total length 4s feet;face ii> a porpnyry and quartz format oncarrying a low assay value. In workingupward near the m.<u;h of the east cross-cut we have extracted 19 carloads of ore,about 19 tons, assay i.g £30 25 i>._r ton.Have continued pro«p»Tting work in thevicinity of the winze 20 f^et down. Theupraise commenced at the end of theenuthwest drilt, the Rul»> drift, from the1000 station of the Con. Va. shuft has beencanied up 44 feet and connected with theBest & Belcher drift. From the south-west drift at a pointMS feet south from theshaft station an cast crosscut has beenadvanced 8 feet in quartz nd porphyryformat on carrying a low assay value.

Uxiox Mink—i<oo level—The UnionCun. ami Sierra Nevada joint ea*t crosscuttear th* north nne of the Union minestarted from joint north drift which wasrun from the joint west drift at a point1520 feet west of shaft has been extendedtiming th« week 23 feet, total length 90feet; face in he*vyclay.

Mexican—l4G3 level—The- crosscut run-ning west from the driftrun south fromtbe od of the upraise which was carriedup 45 feet ab' ye tbe sili fluor ot this levelat a point 40 feet wesi from the mainuorih drift and 100 feet north from tbesouth line of the mine nas been extend ilduring the W6ek 2t> feet, total length 256feet; face in porphyry carrying clay seu-arations.

Orniß— l46B lerei—The drift runningnorth from the crosscut running westfrom the main north drift on the sill floorof this lerel at a point124 feet south fromwinze station has been extended 16 fewt,total* lengtn 158 feet faoe; in porphyry!clay and quar z of low assay value. Anadvance of 72 feet has been made duringthe week in reopening and repairing thecentral tunnel, making the total length ofthe drift reopened fmui its mouth 686 feet.Have continued (jointly with the Mexicancimipauy) the work ol making repairs tothe main shaft.

Best & Belcher— 000 level—The eastcrosscut which is being run on the northboundary has been extended 15 feet, pass-ing through iornhyry and «e«uiß of clay;total length 158 feet. 1000 level— Thenortheast drift from our main north drift102 feet from onr north boundary has beencleaved and repaired 50 feet, total length350 feet

Gould &Curry—2oo level—West crois-ciu 5 started in northwest drift 432 feetfrom '.he main west drift i>a* beeu ex-tended 19 fner, total length 907 leet; fucein hard porphyry.

Savage— On the 1050 level the south-east drifistarted in the east drift120 feetfrm the shaft nation' is in 106 test, pass-ing through some ores giving lair assay-.This drift has been connected with thenorth chute running from the 950 to tne

1100 levels. This connection affords coo 1ventilation Bud facilities for working thisWe!. In the southeast drift at a .point

170 feet from the shaft station we havestarted an east crosscut. On the 1100 levelibe west crosscut from the north driftstarted at a point 132 feet from the station,was. advanced 22 feet, total length 163feet. Th« lace is In low quartz and por-phyry. From the twelfth floor of thislevel we have started n south prospectingdrift and advanced the same 20 feet; fac«is quartz giving fair assays. The eastprospecting drift from the fifteenth floorhaa advanced to total length of 51 feet.The face continue* iv favorable-lookingvein material. The south prospectingdrift from the eighteenth floor is advanced18 leet. The face is in quanz giving fair vassays.

Hale & Norcross— 1300 level—We con-tinue storing nut ore from the winze belowthis level, and extracted 'luring the weekfour cars of ore assaying $29 75 per ton percar s-ainple, and twenty-six tons <>l ore,average assay per car sample $19 48 per ton.

C hollar—

The raise for ventilationfrom the 100 level to the surface is up 28feet. Extracted and sent to the mill thepast week 65 tons and 1200 pounds ofor«from ttiH 100 level. Milled during tbeweek 76 tons; on hand at the null ion tons

1800 iounds. Average of battery asiays$20 30. average in car samples assays$20 67.

Andes— 42o level—West crosscut 3 ex-tended 15 feet, total length 3B feet; forma-tion porphyry and seams of quartz.

Alta—Since last report we have ad-vanced the upraise 16 feet, total height 73toet. Face in quartz and porphyry carry-ing low assays. We have extracted abouteight tons of ore from the south stope, theaverage value of which according to carsamples is $42 per ton.

KNEW HER WEAKNESS.How the Wags Fooled a Lady With

a Penchant for Bargains.St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A woman who lives out on Lludell boulevardand has a penchant for shopping that makeher remarked of her neighbors came downtownInan Olive-street car Tuesday morning. Twogentlemen who knew her sat Inthe same car.w lieu they got dowu to Fourteenth street thecar stopped.

"What's that crowd?" asked one of the gen-tlemen of the other, as he noticed the long lltidof Patu seal-purchasers.

"That," replied the other gentleman, wink-ing In the direction or the Liudell boulevardshopper, "Isa crowd attracted by a markdowusale being conducted by an Eastern manufac-turing concern on the border land of bank-rupicy. They're selling 8-cent huudkei chiefsfor7 cents."

The car had started, hut the West End ladyMaidenly reached for the electric button whichsignal* the conductor on -.street cars andhurried out. Sue was making for itie exposi-tion steps when a policeman told her to get laline.

This was 8 o'clock. At 12 the line had ad-vanced about li.-iIf a block and the lady was notyet out of range of Mr. Galennle's office en-trance. But she hadn't complained. Twelveo'clock wan her lunch time, too. Alongabout 1o'clock a lady next to her said that waitinggotto be terribly monotonous.

"Oh. Idon't mind waiting." the Llndeilboulevard lady replied. "ButI'm afraid those7-cent handkerchiefs will be- allgrabbed up be-fore we get to the counter."

When the Liudell boulevard lady was told inas gentle a way a*possible that adeception badbeen practiced upon her she was so angry thatshe went downtown and bought a whole box of£5-cent handkerchiefs without ever inquiringthe price or looking at her change.

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Tidal Waves.-Tbe report that the Normannla was struct; bya "tidal wave," which swept her decks, revivestrie question whether tbrrr be sued a tblngasatidal wave. Ionce asked the captain ofan At-lantic liner. "Oil,yes," he answered, "we > eepa tidal wave for the pa*!>enger* and ithe news-rai cis. Ifyou want to know what It really is Iwill tell you. It Is when a powerful ship 13driven through a head sea at such a speed (hatbefoie she can clear herself of one bigwave sheIs into a "-econd. The second and first togetherare 100 rouen for the ship and -he carries awaya deckhouse or bridge or a boat or two. .\u25a0 Thatis a "tidal wave.'"—Correspondence of the NewYork Tribune.

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— '••A fisherman ot far Eastern Maine who

was greatly troubled by catfish left aclam-baited trawl one night and found itfullof cats next morning, all hooked fast.

THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1894. 7

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