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The morning call., 1890-12-29
BESSEMER STEEL.
An Invention of Priceless Value
:. to the Modern World.

Ex-Mayor Hewitt surprised good MANY
people by saying at the dinner given to the
iron and steel men that in his opinion the
invention Of Bessemer steel was, as regards
its effect on the welfare and progress of
mankind, only second to the invention of
printing The grounds for his statement
will be recognized, however, when we call
to mind the tremendous reduction in the
price OF steel during the last thirty years,
and the consequent myriad of new applica-
tions of that metal. By the so-called Besse-
mer process and other allied devices, the
production of useful kinds of So
called steels from impure ores, which pre-
yiouSly could only be employed for in
ferior cast and wroughtiron products,
has been made possible. The inventions
Lave been eagerly turned to account by all
civilized nations. The result has been. an
enormous Increase in the production of iron
and steel from natural sources, not only in
the older iron-producing countries, but also
In: many countries and districts where for
merry the amount OF iron produced was
merely nominal or absolutely nil. Tho
day, indeed, seems not far distant when
metal produced by pudding in the old
fashioned way will be thing of the past.
and be wholly superseded by ingot metal
east by the Bessemer process, because the
latter is superior not only in cheapness, but
in physical qualities. For example while
puddled BARREN can bear a tensile strain
OF about twtnty-on tons to the square inch,
hammered bar-iron that of nearly twenty
nine tons, BeSsemer iron can resist a tensile
strain of thirty-three tons tn the square inch,
Bessen er SOFT steels that of thirty-three to
thlEty-tYe tons and BeSsemer hammered
steel that OF almost forty-Seyen tons.
Ex- Mayor Hewitt. however, like nearly
every one else who discusses the wonderful
revolution OF the iron and steel trade in our
generation, gives too much credit to BESSIE
mer. The essential feature of the Bessemer
process proper, patented in 1855, was the
conversion of cast iron into wrong hit iron by
forcing air through the molten mass so as to
burn out the carbon. Notwithstanding sue
ceSsve improvements patented by the in
yentor during the next eighteen months, the
working value Of the new method was found
to be but small. 1t was not until the end of
1856 that the process was rendered controll-
able and practical by Mushet, who patented
the Improvement still in use of decarboniz-
ing the iron by completely blowing 1t, ana
then adding melted spiegeleisen, or ferro-
manganese, in known quantity, so MS to car
DeHlze tie mass 10 any required extent. and
at the same time by introducing manganese
into the: cUmposition. to diminish the injuri-
Gus effects OF sulphur, phosphorus, etc., on
lis physical qualities Poor Mushet had to
allow his patent right to lapse through his
Inability to pay the requisite fees in the
third year, and. consequently, his name las
been iSrgotten by eX-Mayor Hewitt and the
world In general though to the industry
Transforming value of the so-called Besse-
mer process Mushet contributed at least as
much as its reputed alithor.--N. Y. Ledger.
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owes no one cent Her farm and buildings
are in better Shape than those of her more
fortunate neighbOrs.
There are hundreds Of bright women and
girls who have taken up claims In the west
ern part of the State and lived on them I'M
til they got a deed for the land. There are
hundreds of women in the State who man.
age. to keep men depending on them from
going hungry; there are hundreds OF " omen
who can do any thing man can do, has
ever done, or ever tried to d. and there are
hundreds of women in Kansas who want
equal rights with men,. The signs are that
what they ask win be conceded them.. They
have taken charge of the public schools,
and no State In the Union has better. They
are members of school boards, county and
city, superintendent and teachers. They
lead in the educational and prohibition
movements.
They are making no noisy or threatening
clamor for equal rights. They are simply
showing by what they do that they are the
equal. of man.. and that the ballot in their
hands would not only be safe, but wisely
used for the development OF State that is
coming to the front with greater strides
than any other in the UIion.--Chicago Iri-
buDe.
The morning call., 1890-12-29
THE USE OF TOBACCO.
"A Lecturer Says Even Christian Won


"A Lecturer Says Even Christian Women
Smoke Cigarettes.
At the Union-square Baptist Church last
night Mrs. ". III. Bullock, lecturer of the
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, delivered an interesting address, in
which she advanced many reasons why the
use of narcotics, and particularly tobacco,
should be restricted.
Abiding to the Indian statues used as
tobacco signs, she said: ''These statues
seem TO say: You drove US from our homes
and we are powerless to redress our wrongs,
but we leave you this weed, which will con-
tinae destruction and death when the arrow
and tomahawk are forgotten"
Mrs. Bullock said the use of narcotics lies
. at the root of tie drinking evil. Tobacco,
alcohol. opium and its derivations have a
baneiul effect upon the brain, heart and
stomach. They excite, depress aud de-
range the functions of the body, weaken
and depresS the moral sensibilties.- The
sin aificts the third and fourth generation
and. In no more striking instance is the
sin OF the father visited on his children.
The lady also paid her respects to cigarettes,
saying that they are four poisOns ahead in
the race for death. Twenty-three States
have prohibited the sale of tobacco to per-
sons under the age of 16. The habit of
cigarette smoking, Mrs. Bullock declared, is
spreading to an alarming extent, and many
ladies who belong to Christian churches
have acquired the habit. In the United
States 500, 100000 are spent yearly for TO
bacco, and with this vast sum all the snffsr-
ing poor in the union could be clothed. fed
and sheltered
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TYPOS. IN COUNCIL.

Various Questions of Importance Dis
posed OF.
There was an unusually large attendance
yesterday at the monthly meeting of TypO-'
graphical Union, No. 21,whiclr was presided
over by President Jenner. President Val
entine of the Iron-mol 1ers' Union took ad-
vantage of that to lay before the printers
some of the inside history of the strike
against the feuudrymen, who, he. assured
his hearers, were now in their last ditch.
His union, he said, was deeply grateful. to
the printers for their generous aid, through
the continuance of which they hoped sooT
. to win the day.
The Secretary's and Treasurer's reports
showed that S4S9 % had been collected dur
| ing the month for dues and initiation fees
and SSH 30 for assessments, OF the latter
amount, $50 60 was given the striking core
makers, 1924 40 to the iron-moiders and
Si06 80 to the striking printers in Los
Angeles.
A heated discussion followed on the report
of the Executive Committee that the Journal
of Commerce was not paying the SCALE and
stronge desire was evinced by the more
radical members TO call the union men out
unless fun prices were paid. On the show
ing that difference OF opinion existed over
the classification of the work, the Whole
matter was eventually referred back to the
Executive Committee with directions to re-
port what in their judgment should be
classed as time work and what as depart
ment work. -.
The Committee on Bylaws and Constitu-
ton reported progress, and were given an
additional month in which to complete their
labors. 1t was ordered that the new regu-
lations should be printed as rapidly as pos
sible and distributed among the members,
so that they could be informed of the changes
before being ca lied upon to vote on them.
The committee Of investigation into the
conduct of Messrs. Bushnell and Thurman
presented an able report in which both men
were unanimously acquitted of the charges
alleged against them. 1t was proved 10 the
entire satisfaction of the committee that in
the business of shirt manufacturers the firm
did not Interfere with the affairs Of the
Shirt-makers' Union and also that the only
time when they employed Chinese labor was
in the laundrying of new work, which they
could not prevail uron white laundries to
accept The investigation was a very
searching one anu fully exenerated the two
gentlemen frem all blame. The report was
unanimously adopted.
After the transaction of someroutipe bust
ness and the admission of sixteen new mem
OeTS the meeting adjourned,
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PASSING AND ABIDING.
DIR. Easton Talks of the Vanity of Earthly
Pleasures.

DIR. Easton Talks of the Vanity of Earthly
Pleasures.
At the Calvary Presbyterian Church last
evening DR.. Easton delivered discourse on
Passing and Abiding" He drew picture
of two men, one deyotee of tie feeting
pleasures of life and the other seeking the
glories of the mansion not made with hands.
He deity sketched the lives OF his imaginary
examples and proved to the satisfaction of
his hearers the fallacy of the proverb that
happiness is the highest aim and object OF
life.
Continuing, he said: "Cities, kingdoms,
empires aud nations are passing. away.
This is the destiny of all-the law of just
and Supreme Being, written in colors of liv-
ing light upon the walls of the great uni
verse. Life divides itself into three spheres
action. thought and enjoyment. Napoleon
moved the world, but his works have per-
shed. Men of thought have ever striveh to
immortalze their names by leaving upon
the literature of the countries the product
of their minds. And those who have bowed
themselves in homage at the glittering
shrine of pleasure they, too, are dust and
forgotten.
1.-THE highest object of life is to be good.
The nOblest aspiration of mankind is to live
in the fear of God, and in striving to im-
prove morally. The reward is sure; there
is comfort unspeakable in earning it. and,
more glorious than all, it abideLh forever"
The morning call., 1890-12-29
Illusions of Great Mon.

: Goethe states that he one day saw the
exact counterpart Of himself coming toward
him..
: Pope saw an arm apparently come
through the wall, and made inquiries after
its owner,
Byron often received visits from a spec
ter, but he knew it to be a creation of the
Imagination.
DIR. johnson heard his mother call his
name in clear voice, though she was at the
time In another city.
Baron Emmanuel Swedenborg believed
that he had the privilege Of interviewing
persons in the spirit world.
Loyola, lying wounded during the seige OF
Pampeluna, saw the Virgin, who encour-
aged him to prosecute his mission.
Descartes was followed by an invisible
person, whose voice he heard urging him to
continue his researches after truth
Sir.Joshua Reynolds. leaving his house.
thought the lamps were trees, and the men
and women bushes agitated by the breeze. .
and de ProfuEdis." fondly believed that
the .soundsh hes emitted we're of the nature
and had the full effect Of a trumpet.
oliver. Cromwell, lying sleepless on his
couch. saw the curtains open and q. gigantic
woman appear. who told him he would be-
come the greatest man In England.
Ben. Jonson spent the watches of the
night an interested spectator of crowd of
Tartars, Turks and Roman Catholics Win
rose up and fought round his armchair till
sunrise.
Bdsiok. the physiologist saw figures and
faces, and there was one human face con-
stantly before hin for twenty-four hours.
the features and headgear as distinct as
those OF a living person.
Benvt nuto Ceilin, imprisoned at Rome.
resolved to free himself by self-destruction,
but was deferred by the apparition of a
young woman of wondrous beauty, whose
reproaehes turned him from his purpose.
Napoleon once called attention TO bright
star he believed he saw shining in his room
and said:- ut has never deserted me. / see
1T on every great occurrence urging me on
ward; it is an unfailing omen Of success"
Nlcolai was alarmed by the appearance of
a dead body, which vanished and came
again ut intervals. This was followed by
human faces, which came into the room.
and. after gazing upon him for a while. de.
parted. Nicolai knew they were but the ef-
fects Of indigestion.-St. Louis Globe-D Demo-
crat.
The morning call., 1890-12-29
WOULD STAY HIS WIFE.
Jacob Holly Prevented From Committin
a Terrible Crime.

Jacob Holly Prevented From Committing
Terrible Crime.
Help! Help! He'll murder me-" were
the words that reached Officer James Nor
toms ear about 10 o'clock yesterday morning
as he was proceeding down Twentieth street
near York.
He followed the sound and soon arrived
at the corner of the two streets mentioned,
where an exciting scene was being enacted
by drunken man trying to knock down a
woman with an AK. He interfered Just in
time to preyenta crime
The man is Jacob Holly, n well-respected
man in that neighborhood, and the woman is
his wife. She stated to Officer Norton that.
her husband had been dissipatiDg for several
weeks. and had threatened her life on sew
eral occasions. Sometimes he would terrify
her b0arders by breaking windows and
doors. He has twice been sent to the Home
for the Inebriate, but Mrs. Holly, who
wanted to put him into plare of safety
until he sobered up, could not afford to send
him there again, and on the advice of the
arrestiDg officer Holly was charged with as
sault with deadly weapon.
The morning call., 1890-12-29
DRIFTED OUT TO SEA-.
Unpleasant Experience of Excursioni
on Yacht

Unpleasant Experience of Excursicnists
Yacht.
BY invitation of the owner a number of
people boarded the new schooner yacht Ra-
mona yesterday for pleasure crusie around
the bay. The weather was everything that
could be desired when the start was made,
being clear and crisp. with good breeze
from the northeast. The yacht cruised
around the bay until 2 o'clock in the after
noon. when she started back for her anchor
age. AS she was crossing the channel the
wind suddenly fell calm.
The tide was running strong ebb at the
time and the Ramona commenced to drift
slowly but surely out to sea. All salts were
set but there was not a breath of wind and
those on board could do nothing but watch
herdrift. When the yacht got below the
fort She drlfted in rather too close proximity
to Mile Rock and those OH board put out a
boat and towed her further ont in the
stream. This vancouver was watched with
Interest by large gathering of peopls at the
Cilh House and Point Lobrs.
When darkness fell the Ramona could be
discerned bobbing serenely up and down
just inside the nine-fathom buoy. 1t was
thought that she would get back with the
incoming tide, which turned flood about s
o'clock, but up to late hour last evening
she mad not been reported,
The morning call., 1890-12-29
NO APPOINTMENTS YET.
Iieutenant-GOverror Reddick Here
Meet The Senator's.

lieutenant Governor Reddick Here tn
Meet the Senators.
Lieutenant-Goyerner-e John B. Red
dick arrived in the city yesterday and regis
tered at the Grand. Mr.. Reddick stated last
night that no committee appointments had
been made yet for the coming meeting of the
Legislature at Sacramento next week. His
visit to the city is for the purpose OF meet
. Ing the newly elected Senators who are ex-
pected here daily, and to confer with them
as to their preferences concerning the vari-
GUS appointments on committees.
Mr.. Reddick also states that the rumors
that Governor-elect Markham was seriously
i'll at Pasadena we're Undoubtedly greatly
exaggerated, as his latest advices were to the
effect that the Governors indisposition was
very slight and hardly worth mentioning.
The morning call., 1890-12-29
X. II. b. Rife Club Shoot.
The K. r. B. Rifle Club held shoot YES
terday at the Shell Mound butts and made
the folln inc
the folio wing scor
Driven From Home,

Joseph Albrecht, aged 16, was arrested
yesterday afternoon by Officer George Lake
on Market street and charged with vagrancy.
de said he. is son Of Mitchell Albrecht, a
car-drlyer. residing on Waverly avenue,
near Heilman street, at University, Los
Angeles County. He claims that his father
drove him from home because he was old
enough to take care OF himself.
The morning call., 1890-12-29
Old Friends, Receptjon.

At a meeting of the Executive Com mittee
of the Society of Old Friends held in La
fayette Hall, Bush street. last evening,
Charles Ii. Cough. President; John Ii. Gil
more, Secretary: Il. Sawyer, John Niessen,
Phil Hartman, M. G. Sears, Hon. John
Staude and several others were present
The reception to President Harrison wa
the main object of the meeting. The fol-
lowing was appointed as an additional Com
mittee on Reception; Judge j. c. Penne,
Judge r. II. Taylor. Judge E. w. Taylor,
Judge j. NJ. Trout, Colonel John Orr, +. j.
Cunningham, A. w. Dedmau and j. f. Cum
ningham of Santa Cruz County
The morning call., 1890-12-29

A novel method OF illumination NAV now
be seen in working order In Sprinp field.
Mass. according to the Republican. The
basis is oil, but this Is fed to the lamps
through an air-tight pipe from a central
tank, the principle being that of the siphon.
aud the effect an even flow that keeps The
level always the same and inslires bright
and steady light
The morning call., 1890-12-29

Decided Oddities in furs are the beaver
"cravats" which some of the fashionable
girls are wearing. They are made OF the
actual pelts, with two or three tails added
and the head left ON one Of the pelts. This
head fastens In front, and while it is not
particularly ornamental it indicates that the
beaver Is the genuine article and expensive.
Alleged beaver cravatS can be had for few
dollars while the genuine article cost $50 or
more.
The morning call., 1890-12-29

during the past three days, and catechised
the children in a fatherly way at the close
of his discourse on all that he had told them.
After the benediction the pupils Of the
left the church singing one Of their simple
hymnsSas thew went
The morning call., 1890-12-29

AN CGLY cough. even when 1t appears deep
seated, can be alIeviated, II not Immediately re-
moved, by DR.. u. Jayne's Expectorant, a popu-
lar and loDg-established remedy for bronchial
ana asthmatic affections, and for fifty years an
approved helper for all lung complain Is.
The morning call., 1890-12-29
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
SILK HANDKERcHIEFS.


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The morning call., 1890-12-29
How She Minded the child.

HOW she Minded the Child.
Now. you know that l hired you ex-
pressly to take care Of that child" said a
tront-street lady 10 her nurse-girl, "and |
should like to know why you don't mind
her."
"Well, / declare" answered the girl: .if
that don't beat all. As if / didn't mind
her, Why. she never issued an order that
didn't obey. Only yesterday she ordered
me TO walk up to the equity house and
back and did it, and left her playing for
Jour hours on the railroad track.-Bingham-
ton Leader.
IF your blood is impure regulate your liver with
Simmons Liver Regulator
The morning call., 1890-12-29
BEST TRUSSES q SN0UIDER RRAcEs

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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-18

WASHINGToN, December. 7.-Unclc
Jake Deshart, now 10S years DID, a
wcll~known veteran Democrat, was ta-
ken TO Evansville lew days ago to the
Catholic Institution of the Little Sisters,
OF the Poor, but not being accorded his
usual freedom he escaped from the in
stitution and walked back home, sixty
five mics. He is hale ana hearty, and
occasionally takes a glass of whiskcy.
He was born in Virginia in 1882, and in
his young days was member OF several
exploring expeditions to the Northwest
Territory. now comprising the States in
the upper Mississippi Valley, and his
name is found recorded in several his
torical works. lie remembers distinctly
when George Washington was inaugur-
atcd President the second term, and tells
graphically Of the scenes when George
Washington died. lie still works some
and walks two miles daily to and from
his labor. lie bids fair to live many
yearS vet
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-18
A Remarkable Case

LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. G.-This
morning few minutes boGore noon.
while sitting in her room talking, Mrs.
J. Harry Brent Of Paris, Ky, felt the
muscles Of her right leg suddenly con-
tract with such force as to break the
limb Just below the hip joint. The chill
drcn were badly frightened by ihe noise
the bone made IN breaking, and ran for a
doctor, who quickly arrived. Before he
could do anything for the suffering wo.
man, however. the muscles Of her left
leg contracted severely. and in a few
minutes it had broken exactly like the
other.
Her sullcrincs arc intense. and II is
feared that she will die. Mrs. Brent Is
about 10 years old, and has been in cX-
cellrnt health until within the past few
days, when she has complained Of a
Slight stiffness in her joints like rhcuma-
tism. She is the wife OF judge Brent.
who was a prominent candidate last sum-
mcr for Judge Of the Superior Court OF
this district. She belongs to a wealthy
and aristocratic family. and is one Of
Kcntucky's most popular society ladies'.
Leading physicians here say this is
one OF the most remarkable cases on
record; that while limbs have been
broken before by muscular rheumatism,
there has never been case recorded in
which person comparatively we'll, as
was Mrs. Brent, was a victim OF this
misfortune.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-18
Charleston Dudes In Trouble,

CHARLESTON, s. G.. Dec. 3d.
,ihcrc' $ row In police circles caused
by an incident behind the scenes at the
opera last night. 1t seems that two OF
The Jc1ncsS Dorc Of the city, the upper
crust OF the upper swclldom, managed
To get behind the scenes while the
chorus girls were on. The stage capcn-
ter, VIM. Ncstcr, ordered them out and
upon there refusing to 90 knocked one
Of them down when the other came to the
rescue and fight cnsucd. The police
came up and although Ncster explained
that he was obcying orders in ejccting
the men from the house. they arrested
HIM and allowed the golden youths to 90
Tree. When the case came for hear
inS today the chief Of police requested
that Ncstcr be discharged, which was
done. The policemen who made the ar
rest will be hauled over the Goals, and
1t Is not improbable that the golden
youths will be hauled up before mag
istratc, until which time their names
Will be suppressed.
1t Is said that the same two golden
youths were fired out ola hotel recently
while the Spider and the Fly were play
Ing here.