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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-17
PHILIP G. HUBERT.
The Home Life of One OF New York
Rest MusIcaI Critics

The Home Life of One OF New York's
Best Musical Critics.
The success in New York Of 1.-The WITCH"
in which Marie Hubert Frohman takes the
leading role, will be considerable personal
triumph to Philip G. Hubert, her brother, to
whom is ascribed principal share in the
production of the play.
Hubert is one Of the most interesting men
in New York. He is musical critic OF keen
judgment, and finds that be must turn up In
New York every winter to attend the opera,
much as seals come up out of the water to
breathe. But for more than half of the wear
he lives fifty miles out of town, in little viii
lage on the south shore of Long Island, where
he woOS independence, raises cabbages
and goes fishing. To write half the day and
work out of doors the other half seems to
him the ideal way of spending the open
weather. His house is as original as him.
SELF Ono big room, 35x30 feet, is about
all there is of it downstairs In that room,
which serves for all purposes except a
Kitchen, are piano, books, music, pictures
and great fireplace six feet wide, to feed
whose ravenOuS nav he goes out in his boat
at frequent intervals. accompanied by his
entire family, to gather drift-wood and pine
knots.
Mr. Hubert thinks this kindoflfe is better
for him and his children than living in the
city, and most sensible people entirely
agree with him. But too few of us have the
courage to try such experiments.
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WONDERS OF THE MICROSCOPE.
No Glass Is Powerful Enough 10 Show The
FINEST Forms Of Life,

Let me tell you of some of the wonderful
things l have seen. Once put little hay
in tumber, covered it with water, and set
the glass in warm place for day or two.
Then, with medicine drOpper, put drop
Of the water on glass slip, covered it with
a very thin glass wafer the size of cent,
placed it under my microscope, adjusted the
focus, and what a sight met my eyes.
Dozens and dozens of what looked like ami
mated drops Of Jelly were darling here and
there, writes a contributor to the current
number of St. Nicholas, humping against
one another, or lodging one another like
sch0Ol-b0yS at races.
Perhaps among the crowd OF smaller ones
would dash much bigger fellow. /
fancied it might be a big brother, older
than the others by some hours, and SO enti-
tied to the Difference he seemed to exact
Then, in another part Of the drop of water
the little ones formed almost a circle, and
presently in the center of this came big
fellow-he must have been 1-100 of an inch
long-who began revolving slo Wy. "P. L.
Barnum," l thought to myself That is
exactly The way have seen him address an
audience surrounding circus ring"
But | can never know what he told the
small ones, for not even the little ghost of
an inaudible squeak" reached my ears. Be-
sides these little creatures | could see what
looked like dark specks darting above. De-
LcIuiutu ~ uuu Oub MHdL lu6oo H6It, uSeu
a stronger magnifyiDg-glass, and looking
through it the Specks proved to be other lit
tie swimmers such as l had just been exam
lining, and the latter, Of course, seemed
larger But now there were still other
specks darling about, so a still stronger
glass was used, with the same result.
Magnify as might, could not reach
point where there were not some moving
atoms needing further magnifylng. have
since learned that no glass has ever been
made powerful enough to reveal the tiniest
of these ''infusOTia," as they are called.
Here is curious bit of something closely
studded with tiny anchors. As anchors
are mainly used in water, of what value
can these min iature ones be? We are look
ing at II bit of the skin Of the sea cucumber
(Synapta girardi). In shape this animal is
more like WORM than like anything else,
and it moves from place to place by means
of suckers.
When it wishes to remain quiet the an
chOrs, which have been closed over perfor-
ated, chalky plates, are extended outward
from the body and fasten the little creature
securely to the sand or mud.
The Sea-cucumbers found on our coasts
are small, seldom over four inches in
length, though larger kinds abound in the
Bay of Funday and upon the mud-hats of
Florida. The Chinese call larger species
in peculiar way is considered a great deli
cacy.
When l look at this slide wonder if man
first got his idea of an anchor from this little
creature. Yet anchors were in use long be-
fore microscopes, aud the little anchors are
much too small to be seen by the unaided
pVr--Ex
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Three ninners ami a Contrnct.

Every one knows that the road to mans
heart is through his stomach, but even q
wife who wants a new spring bonnet does
not use the knowledge to SO good advantage
as the shrewd and willy salesman.
A short time ago there came tn New York
man who had the giving out of an order
for 500, 900 worth of material in his hands
something or other about railroad conStruc-
ton, believe. The competition for the Or
der was something tremendous among the
different firms furnishing such material.
The salesman of one of the firms invited the
man with the mission TO dinner, and in
struetad the chef to serve absolutely the
best dinner ne could, without regard to price.
A few days later he repeated the invitation.
and within week and half third dinner
was eaten, and the two men might have
been taken for friends of lifetime when
they got to the cigars. An hour afterward
the contract was signed.
AS the salesman's commission on the or
der amounted to good many thousands of
dollars, he could afford to pay for the din
QerS.
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bracing, and at the lower end Ofthe chain is a
strong dOuble catch hook a diver is sent
down with each ponto0n as it is lowered to
the position needed, and by descending the
ladder be is able TO fix this catch hook upon
the hawSer block or stanchion Gu the deck
of the suuken vessel.
When a vessel is resting on the bottom it
ALWAYS has a list to one side. The Ian
adopted by the managers Of this new sys-
ten is to lower tNo pOnto0Ds, one at the
bow and the other at the stern of the vessel,
on the side to which she is listed, and then
pump ont enough water, supplying the
space with air. TO right the vessel.
Then the other pontoons are lowered and
placed in position, two at the bow, two at
the stern, and two, four or more amdshipS,
as may be needed. Then the pumping ap-
paratus is set to work on the wrecking tug,
and it Is claimed that the water in the pom
toOns can be forced out through the outlet
az the bottom at the rate of forty barrels
minute, and that in eight minutes the
sphere will be filled with air and lie floating
on the surface of the water
The wrecked vessel is not raised above
the water, but is brought near the surface.
Ia this manner the vessel is towed to the
nearest port and placed in dry dock
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Little Frances is 3 years old.
She is the proud pOssessor of fat rubber
doll, which goes by the name Of Edna.
Frances ana Edna are inseparable COM
panions.
One day Frances mamma discovered the
newly polished window-pane covered with
finger-marks. and she spoke to the child in
this wi5e
Frances, mamma didn't see who made
all those finger-markS on mammals nice
clean window-pane, because her back was
turned; but the dear Lord up in the sky
saw who did it, anu the angels wrote it
down In big book. Now tell me, Frances,
do you know who marked up mammals
Window"
"Yes'm," replied Baby Frances, locking
mamma straight In the eye.
Now, y0u must tell me right. YOU know.
because the angels are listening"
"Yes'm."
Frances, who marked up mammals win
dow like that?"
Edna" replied the tot, promptly. point-
ing to her rubber doll "-Pittsburg Chronicle.
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Not Alwars unInckv

The old superstition that the number
thirteen is unlueky is supposed to have its
origin as far back as the Last Supper, when
hanged himself. There are, however, in
stances where thirteen has been lucky
number, as in a bakers dozen, where one
loaf is added to the dozen for luck. There
is also an account of British soldier in the
reign of William and Mary who was court
martialed for having fallen asleep at mid
night, when on sentry guard upon the ter
race at Windsor He most solemnlv de-
clared that he was innocent of the offense.
and to prove it swore that he heard the
clock OF Westminster strike thirteen when
it should have struck twelve. The Court
refused to believe that he could hear the
CLOCK at that great distance, and sentenced
MN to death, but whom number of people
came forward and made affidavit that the
clock actually did strike thirteen on that
same night he was pardoned, Elk.
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Jesse seIigmau,s Wish

Jesse Seigman, the banker, is a man of
very quiet and transformations tastes. and as
sensible as he is wealthy. 1 saw him once
at Hebrew ball gazing with amused inter-
est at couple of dancers on the floor. They
were radiant in raiment more costly than
the purple and fine linen wherewith Solomon
was arrayed and on the neck of the woman
and in the shirt frOnt of the man cleaned
dismands which must if genuine, have cost
big sum.
Mr.. Seligman could hardly have been the
only observer Of the pair, but as they left
heard him say 10 companion. with a
twinkle in his eye that belicd his solemn
tone: Il wish ! could sttQgd to buy such
diamonds as those
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eral firemen will be required and they will
be provided for on platform at lower
level on the rear of the engine.
If the same number of piston strokes can
be obtained by thirty-fOOt driver wheels per
minute as attained by an engine with six
foot wheels, the increase IL velocity will be
as ninety feet are to eighteen feet. In other
words, the train will travel exactly five times
as fastl If the best speed of the present
passenger locomotive be sixty miles per
hour, it may be hoped that the engine of
the future will attain 800 miles per hourl
Strange as it now sounds, it will then be
possible to run out to Chicago after break
fast. take luncheon there with friend and
return TO sleep in New York Chicago ought
to be about f0ur-hOur run. The track will
be kept absolutely clear, and there will not
be any stops except TO change engines at
halfway point.
OF course, such road can only be made
to pay between great cities like New York
and Philadelphia, Chicago or Boston. In
another generation there will be ten cities
in this country with a million people each.
The saving of time will stimulate travelling,
and every train will be filed. The engines
will burn a tremendous lot OF coal, but the
cost of driving the train will be about the
same as at present, because the time con-
sumed will be a mere fraction of what is
now requisite. Nobody will travel long
distances by the old lines. There will not
be any competition offered by the existing
systems of transportation. AS Austin Cor
bin recently said: "If could buy steam
ships that would make the trip to Europe
inside of four davs, they'd be cheap at So
100000 apiece. I'd order them tomorrow.
| could literally charge what l pleased for
passage and run full all the time. People
will pay to travel fast" So it will be on
land.
This brings us to a consideration of the
cars. They will be eighteen feet wide and
probably 100 feet long. The most scientific
artificial ventilating and heating apparatus
will be adapted 20 the case. Or course, no
windows can be left open on train going
$50 miles an hour. They will have to be
closed with the heaviest -glass-double
windows, in fact. The structure of the cars
will be much the same as those of to-day.
They viii be built wholly of iron and steel.
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Difficulties of Dentistry.

"What is the most difficult dental work P''
repeated dentist yesterday. Bridge work,
OF course. Here is sample" and he handed
man about town who is rather noted for his
good teeth. There were but three roots of
teeth in the mouth. Two were on the left
side and one on the right side of the mouth.
10 these roots he had attached gold and built
up twelve teeth that are as firm in the mouth
and as convenient as the original teeth. 1t
was done by soldering gold TO the gold at
tached 10 the three roots and running 1t
round to the front of the mouth. Then on
the front side Of this gold the porcelain
teeth are so we'll attached that not a particle
OF the gold shows, and the teeth look per-
fectly natural. Indeed, they are in the
mouth as firm as natural teeth, and to all
Constitution.
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MAY.
Nay. 1901.

Come where the pure heart Of nature Il singing
Praises TO God.
Come where the oOd land gIades peans are ringing
Where on the sod
What the sweet flowers whispering together
Low oh. so low;
Only the sunbeams and dew-eoyered heather
Ever may know.
Come where the lily. its blue heart unfolding.
Scents all the air.
Where the bright buttercup, sunlight beholdtpg.
Catches Its glare
May, crowned with beauty trips light over tie
meadow,
Valley and hill,
Scattering her emblems In sun and In shadow
Laugh, happy riil;
ReYel, o May, in your innocent pleasures
Carol We bird;
Echo, my heart, and "rejoice in great meaSure"s
Love hath ayerred
That while her life lasts he'll shower his kisses
Warm on her lips
Eager and ardent, those sOul-thrilIing bliGses,
Now, while he sips
Rapturous nectar from violet glanees,
Till warm blush
Glowing in roses her beauty enhances.
Come see the flush
Love gave her beautiful face in his aFdor;
Bid cares adeu
Come. see the fair whom Loves heart dott
harbOr,
And worship her. too.
San Francisco, May. 1891 S.EA
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the crowd inside the saloon was approached
by the colored individual. who passed
around his hat Many nickels and dimes
were dropped in the battered tile, and the
contributors. who liked the music, asked
the solicitor to continue playing. which,
with profound bow, he agreed to do. No
sooner had the negro stepped into the street
again than a humble Italian entered and
went from man to man with a mute appeal
for money. He was told that another had
collected for the entertainment, and one
obliging contributor stepped to the side
walk and pointed out the mulattO W no had
passed the hat. With wild wh0op the
Italian started after the colored fellow, who
flew up Filbert street with the speed of
quarter horse and was soon out of sight
Philadelphia Record
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The First Horse-Car,

1t was in 1881 that devised the first street.
Car, or omnibus, As it was then called. This
ear was composed of an extension to coach
wise. On the outside of the vehicle was
printed Omnibus" in large letters. Peo-
pie would stand and look at this word and
wonder what it meant. "Who Is Mr.. Omni-
busP" many of them would inquire. | had
a shop of my own at this time, and there
built the first horse-car. 1t was run for the
first time in 1882, from Prince street in the
Bowery to Fourteenth street This car had
three compartments of ten seats each. en-
trance being had from the sides. On the
top there were also three rows of seats.
facing back and front. seating thirty per
sons.-John Stephenson in Ladies' Home
,Journal
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The Toad in JeweIrv,

And now the toad is to be exalted to
heaven in point of privilege. The hideous,
loathsome creature has become fashion
able caprice in jewelry, and everywhere one
sees brooches Of reddish-tinged gold in
this ugly shape, and in its head sparkles
the traditional jewel, which is often a most
precious stone. Emeralds, diamonds, ru-
bies, sapphires, are all selected for this
ards. snakes, toads dsport upon nv lady's
breast or creep in the silken mesheS of
her hair. What is this strange fasci-
nation which seems to Turk for fair
woman in the kingdom of reptiles |?
Is 1t the lingering inheritance of Mother
EyeP Serpent bOnnets are worn by the
ultra fashionables. | look for the woman
who will yet appear in public with live
serpent cOiled about her throat or wearing
an eel for bracelet. It's bound to come
Chicago Herald
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was her purpose to first give them to a pop
uar magazine, and then to be issued In book
form. She now declares that she will not
allow line of what she has written to be
put into type. She says that she will COM
plete her work as record to be kept by
her children, and mass of material which
would in any event have been withheld had
to the written chapters, and the whole mat
ter will be turned over to one of the sons
for safe keeping. All of General Grants
lOve-letters and the most valuable COM
ments on the war are embodied in the man
uscript Mrs. Grant will impose no reStric-
of the material after her death, but while
she lives it is settled that the public will not
have her "Reminiscences. Boston Jour
nal
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A yOungster in whose doings Wall street
takes a keen interest is Eddie Gould, as he
is usually called. He is heavy-faced,
black bearded, sullen-looking man, who is
distinctly less in his millionaire father S
good graces than the eldest son George, and
no wonder, since Eddie has more than once
been seen openly selling securities the old
man was trying to bull. This incident nigh.
have suggested the stock-brcking scenes in
4" The Henrietta" but probably did not.
Wal!-street life ages a man very rapidly.
Eddie Gould looks now like midde~ased
man, but 1t is only five years since / saw
him, mere STRIPPING then, taking part in q
canoe-race on the Hudson and laughing as
gleefully as any one when he got tipped
into the chilly water in paddling- race.
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The servant man of one of my friends
took kitten to a pond with the Intention
OF drowning 1t. His masters dog was with
him, and when the kitten was thrown into
the water the dog sprang in and brought
1t safely to land. a second time the man
threw il in, and again the dog rescued it +;
and when for the third time the man tried
to drown it the dOg, as resOlute to save the
little helpless life as the man was to de-
stroy it, SWAN with it to the other side Of
the pond running all the way home with it
and safely depoSiting it before the kitchen
hre; and ever after they were inseparable,
sharing even the same bed.-London Spec
fator
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A Belated Wedding Your.

know young man who, upon his mar
riage little over a year ago, took no we'd
dog tour because he was afraid of making
a guy and sight to behold on the cars and
in the hotels after the sweet and artless
manner Of the newly welded. He has Just
taken his wedding tour this spring, ana
he carried a fine baby with him 30 which
perforce most attention must be directed, no
one Is in danger Of suspecting that it is
really his wedding tour.
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WHEN 1T RAINS.

on, my heart is sad and dreaFy
When it rains;
And my life seems empty, weary
With its pains
Like mountain towering DER me,
Ali my troubles rise before me,
Life holds naught that can allure nae.
When it rains.
Why does memory ever taunt me
When it rains
Aud its phantom losses haunt me,
Not its gaiuS?
And the future dim defining
Show no cloud with silver lining,
Seems to mock my hearts repininRs
When it rains ?
Every drop that soft is falling
On the roof,
Is a hasty word recalling,
With reprOof
While the wild tempeStuous splash
Tell OF deeds unworthy. rash.
Weaving all with wOeful clash
Into wool.
oh. my heart Is sad and weary
When 1t rams;
But the sun through clouds so dreaEy
Shines again.
And my life once more can borrow
Sunshine from the bright tomorrow,
And wonder at my sorrow
When 1t rains
Tau 1891 MI
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ANACREONTIC.
Ito DELPHINE.

TO DEBPHINE.
FIJI the golden goblet up,
Let its ruby nectar shine;
And around the Drumming cup
Bay and myrtle intertWine.
Mantling DER the poets brow,
Let the circling roses wreathe,
And the haTps sereuely now
All their sweetest rapture breathe.
Boulder swell the lofty mslsureI
Fill the empty bowl again;
stirring all the soul to pleasure,
Soothing all the bosom's pain.
Thus with harp and wine beguiIing
Every winged hour along;
Sorrow brighJens into smiling,
Smiling gladdens into songl
Here's to her, the lovely maiden
Maiden of the poets soul;
Drain 70 her the ruby-Isden,
Myrtle-mantled flowing how'll
Dash it down while 1t Is glowing
On the banqust's oaken board;
JOY and peace alike bestowing-
What on earth can more affordf
Where the wine-cup oveTfiows
With the nectar BacchuS gave,
Her angelic image glows,
Mirrored in the ruby wavel
Here's health, my laughing girl,
Smiling deeply there at me;
Maiden OF the raven curl.
Here's a health to love and theAJ
", 1891. c. HoRATIo JKsl
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DREAMING AND WAKING.

Oft I dream of loving,
But the dream is vain.
Dreaming love is pleasure,
Waking bringeth pain.
Low, soft strains of music
Fall. In dreams. to earth
From the starry heavens
Their bright place OF BIRTH
But with earth's harsh elamorH
They d1scOrdant mingle,
Making all the heartstrings
With their roughness tinglet
Dreaming calmeth sorrow,
Bids sad thoughts depart,
Shows the false ana IaithleSs
As loving heart.
Waking's icy finger
Points out cruel Truth
Waking showeth falsehood.
Naked, bare, uncouth;
Dreaming love flows smoothly
Like placid stream,
Tween the banks empowered
With the flowers OF Dream
Biue-eyed, sweet forget-notss
ON life's brink they grow,
Born OF angels tear drops
For sad hearts below.
Waking shoWeth only
NettleS on LIES road.
We are beaten onw-rd
BY cold Duty's goad.
Lives twain am living;
One. all pure and brighti
One, despair and heartachas
Deep. dark, rayless night
Dreaming l am happy,
In a careless world,
Waking, into darkness
l at once ain hurled.
Dream love never changeth,
Dream hearts grow EOt cold
Death has there no power,
Sin can gain no hold.
There-ohi God in heaven,
Is there greater balm ?
There, there is forgetting.
Rest and peace and calm
Lazy dreams of meadows,
Spicy winds that blow
From the golden, waving
Fields of grain below.
Heavy perfumes coming
From the od'rous mint,
Checkered shadows falling
Where the Sunbcams glints
Gentle signs from treetOps
Where'the breezes call,
Where the swaying branches
Softly rise and fall.
Where the streamIet babbles
DER its pebDly bed,
Flecked with pearly bubbles
AS 1t laughing fed.
Only in my dreaming
Can grief forget,
Yet l know that life holds
NObler than regret.
Still l dream of loving,
Knowing dreaming vain,
Dreaming love is pleasure
Waking only pain.
Of. POLLY STocKW1
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A Darky,s shrewd Trick,

A dOuble-actng bunko game was played
by a willy looking colored man at Broad and
FlIbert streets last night. Two Italians
half.dozen or moro popular airs in front Of
ono Of the saloons opposite the station.
After two OF lhEss tunes had been played
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NJ g.
Nay, 1891.
THE GATE OF GOLD.

There Is wondrous gate OF gold
The holy gate OF heaven;
Its hidden wealth is all untOldt
For power such glory 70 behold
May not to US be given.
Death oft unlocks this gate so bright
Which God gave TO his keeping.
And up the avenue OF light
A loved one passes from our sight.
While we stand vaIuiy weeping.
oh, strange and mystic golden gate.
Unseen by eye OF mOrtall
When LIES day groweth long and late,
May we with hopeful gaze await
The opening OF thy portal
Afdy. 1891. LILLIAN PLUNRRrA