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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20

armor for our ships, is now developing the
armor-piercing shell and encouraging pri-
vate enterprise in that direction. In this
field Lieutenant W. NJ. Wood, U. S. N.
thus describes new method of construct
ing wrought she'll prOiectiles by the aid Of
the electro welding pro esS.
The new she'll is formed of three parts.
which, after preparation are welded to-
gether to form the whole The head or
point and the base piece are forged in dies
to the proper shape and finished with the
fuse hole cut in the base piece. The GEN.
trail portion is formed of solid drawn steel
piping, cut and turned to exact size and
length. The three portions are thin welded
together by the electro welding process.
At each of the welding lines a burr
is left projecting both outward and inward.
The outside burr near the point Is either
ground off or turned to form collar Of the
neat diameter of the gun. Tie burr at the
rear end is ground of, and dove-tail groove
is cut for the sOft-metal rotating band, lesv-
ing the prOjectile ready for the hardening
process.
''This process reduces the cost of the
she'll to an extreme minimum in comparison
with that of the nodded steel armOr piercing
sheels. aud the process. having been sue
cessfuIy applied to the larger projectiles,
can be easily adapted to smaller shells and
cartridges. IN. Y. Herald.
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IN TUE GRAPE ARB0R.

An exquisite sense of serenity and seclusion
Is breathed at every turn, and the mind
grasps the full meaning Of the word rest"
No marvel that the Spanish people In Call
f0rnia embOdy so much of courtesy, affec-
Tomato caDdor and chldlike enjoyment Of
simple pleasures! They live close to the
heart Of things in nature, religion and social
habits. Notwithstanding years Of associa-
ton with Amercanos they have failed to
imbibe the faintest suggestion OF the latter's
shrewdness and tiIeess energy. Despite
their poorer estate the hospitality Of
Spanish or Mexican household is still pro-
verbal. Their generosity remains princely
in spirit, however limited their means have
become.
A few rods from the south veranda where
the Sonora Moreno is said to have watched
her finches and canarles the pointed roof of
the little white chapel is seen through grace
full festoons Of vines CAV with bud and bell.
Pictures of saints and martyrs adorn the
walls, and images of Christ and the Virgin
are placed upon the snowy altar CLOTH
Fresh flowers are in the vases standing be-
fore various relics sacred to the family.
While viewing the place with interest the
mind graphically recalls certain scenes in
Ramona" for its author has missed NO de-
tail of the little edfice.
To the right OF the chapel, in a rude frame
OF beams, is swung trio Of furnished bells,
which were brought from the Mission San
Fernando more than a century ago. These
are used to summon to prayers the family
and servants employed on the ranch. The
present mistress OF the Canuios, the Sonora
Del Vale, is also devOut church woman.
Nothing interfere5 with the daily service
read by her to the assembled household. She
it was who erected the white crosses on the
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while Oh a voyage to the Pacific Ocean, met
with an adventure which would have proved
of the mate. One fine day, off one of the
Pelew Islands, all the boats being after
whales, and but few men left aboard the
vessel, large band Of armed natives sud-
denly swarmed over the bulwarks. The
bowling savages in full command of the
ship. The mate, on coming alongside, took
in the situation at a glance, and quickly
ordered the men to open the arm-chests and
scatter on deck all the tacks they could find.
In a moment it fairly rained lacks upon the
naked savages. The deck was soon covered
with these little nails. They pierced the
feet of the islanders. WHO danced about
with pain, which increased with every step
they took, until, with yells OF rage and
agony, they tumbled headlong into the sea
and swan ashore.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-20
PROGRESS IN SCIENCE.
The Metric System - In Imitation Of Gold,
New Departure in Photography.

The Geographical Congress recently held
in Switzerland recommended the universal
adoption of the metric system and also the
Greenwich meridian for the reckoning OF
longitude and time. 1t is doubtful if this
will be done. however, by all nations. for,
although a standard in both cases would be
beneficial to the world at large, France
naturally desires Paris time, and England
would never surrender her prime meridian
and adopt a revolution in her system OF
measurements unless the new measure was
examined and based upon intrinsic merit.
A new scientific instrument has been
gotten up by Professor Bigelow, which is
called the urora-inclinometer. BY extern
sive researches he has found that the same
law which underlieS the working of cleo
tricity and magnetism is operating on the
sun, and that sunlight is magnetic field in
which the magnetiZed earth rotates as does
the armature OF dynamo. The Instru-
ment will be sent to Alaska, where it will
be used in the study of the aurora, as it is
there seen in the best conditions.
Imitation gold IS new compound which
was recently discovered and which puzzles
the best jewellers to detect. Its weight is
that of gold and the acid tests are the same,
except that the acid boils trihe when APP
pid to it, although when it is wiped off NO
spot is left. 1t is cheap and is easily
worked. Its chief factor is aluminium COM
posite, from to per cent
The new departure in photography, as re-
Gently applied to telescopes has extended
our information to a most wonderful de-
gree already, especially in the delneatlon of
the moons surface, and has opened wide
field for astronomers. Many points are
clearly shown ON the negative which can
not be seen with the human eye even when
using the powerful Lick telescope.
A deposit of what ls known as fossil
flour" has been recently discovered In Maine
which will resist the action of acids, alkalies
aud oils and is a remarkable non-conductor
of heat. 1t will be used in the manufacture
of rubber goods. 1t contains 95 per cent OF
pure silica. and when mined it comes out as
fine powder.
A careful examination of the aqueous
humur of the eyes of cattle will determine
whether they are suffering from tubercle
or not. The bacill will be found there In
all cases where the disease exists.
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ROD AND LINE.
Anglers Who Are Preparing for Trip to
Eel River.

Anglers Who Are Preparing for Trip to
Eel River.
1t will not be many weeks when the
"hand-line fishermen" will occupy every
available seat on the margins of the wharyes.
as run of grille has already come.
During the week some very nice fishes
were caught on the Oakland side of the bay.
A lad named Bowling caught two young
salmon on Thursday, off the Oakland long
bridge, and the largest of them scaled three
pounds.
Very poor angling has been enjoyed on
San Andreas Lake this month. The fish are
now feeding on crustaceans and the ma ny
fancy bats employed by anglers prove of
little use. There has not been good catch
since the 1st inst and it is doubtful whether
any good baskets will be secured prior To
the time of closing the lake, which will be
about the middle of October.
John Gallagher of Oakland and Joseph
Swaine of this city left for fishing excur-
sion to Eel River on Wednesday. On the
7th of October party Of anglers and sports
men will leave for the same famous fishing
and hunting grounds. 1t will be comp osed
of the fOllowing-named well-known Wal
tOnianS: Henry Peckham, famous as a
spinner of fish yarns; John Lemmar, in
ventOr OF the famous funnel bait; c. w.
Kyle. the poet of the glen; II. V. Myer, an
authority on fishes; II. Lewis and A. V.
Hall, men who never spin fish yarns; 81.
Smith and DR.. Won Hoffman, experienced in
fly casting; John Burgess and j. S. Bonn.
professional icZyolOgists; Louis Butler. Il.
Hewson and II. Skinner, who know all
about tile huSin eSS"
A Boston's sportsman's journal says: The
Daily on the st. Lawrence reports the cap
ture of a 65-pound sturgeon on a hand line
and states that tits The largest fish killed on
a line on the st. Lawrence River. The Daily
is mistaken. On June II. 1885, Herbert r.
Clark of jersey City killed a Smooth-back
sturgeon (nn an S-ouuce split bamboo fly
rod and single gut leader that measured &c
ncEes length, % inches girth, and weighed
rs pounds. This fish was hooked foul on a
No. . fly, by bass running under him. Mr..
Clarke followed the fish in his boat for over
mile and killed him after a struggle last
ing one hour and five minutes. The fight
and capture were witnessed by number OF
wellknown visitors at the bay.
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themselves thus odious to the inmates.
Those who are deserving invariably receive
gracious entertainment at the old casa, and
leave it with heartfelt appreciation OF the gem
erous courtesy extended them Not long since
family, consisting of an invalid husband,
his wife and three sons, ranging from to
10 years, stopped off at the Camulos. The
gentleman was taken alarmingly i'll and
soon after breathed his last. The grief
stricken widow survived her husband but a
few weeks, and shortly before her death
she sent for Senorta Belle and solemnly
gave into her keeping the three little sons.
These lads are now being carefully educated
at the Santa Clara College, and are extrava-
gaDty proud and fond of the pretty senior
ita, who is barely six years older than the
eldest of them.
1t is a common mistake to suppose either
of the Del Vale daughters TO be the original
of Pomona, and their mother the atrociOus
Sonora Moreno, whereas the truth is the
Del Vale ladies were away from home
when the gifted authoreSs visited CamulUS
to take notes for her novel. 1t is possible
| Mrs. jackson may have seen them else
| where, for the personal appearance OF the
| Sonora Del Vale strikingly comedies with
| the description given Of the foster-mother
| of Ramona. There Is evident the same
! dignified reserve OF speech, the stately car
rage of the figure, the modulated sweetness
| of voice and almost classic beauty Of feat
| ures ascrlbed to the Sonora Moreno.
! Californians, more especially the educated
| Spanish, have severely criticized Mrs. jack
| sons delineatiOn of the native Indian of this
coast To the average old resident of the
State who has come into more or less contact
with the Indian population, Alessandro an d
| Chief Pablo present such idealstic phases OF
| the native as to arouse only All amused in
| credulity There is, however. no actual
ground of complaint against this authors
truthfulness as a realistic writer Of fiction.
| search into the historical evidence shows
that many of the tribes in California,
more especially those brought over from
the coast islands, we're light in complex
ion, handsome in face aand figure, in
! telligent, kindly disposed and deeply
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THE PHYLLOXERA
In FRANCE.
There Will Not Be ANY Champagne
Wines This Year.
The Government Resisted in Its Efforts to
Get Rid of the Pest-The Remedy Is
Extermination-Amer Vines.
Special Paris Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL

PARIS, Sept. 1, 1S9l.-The Department Of
the Marine, in which are the great cham
payne vineyards, is devastated by phyllox-
era. The Government has taken energetic
measures for the suppression of this plague,
but as these measures mean destruction Of
the vines, there is revolution among the
peasants. At Vincelles, more than 200
peaSantS-men. women and children-are
encamped on the borders of the vineyards.
in order to prevent the plan of the Govern
ment from being carried into effect. The
Mayor Of the Commune. because Of his ell
enlargement to these peasants. has lost his
position, and 1t is TO be regretted that loss
OF office is his only punishment
Ii is said that some of the peasants, led
by the Mayor, set fire to the sheds in which
they supposed were the tools and SULPHUR
ated carbon for the destruction of the vines.
Fortunately, all the sulphurated carbon was
in another building, so that the Infatuated
peasants only succeeded in burning the i'm
plements of destruction. The first magis-
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W IlKygAss vs.
Portable Armored Carriage for Qutck-arfnO canno

lying down under cover, to pick off the
silence its fire. Artillery will not, there
fore, be as effective against infantry fight
ing in open order as it was in the past. The
great increase in the offensive power Of
small arms and the adoption OF open order
fighting make it advisable to protect ar
tillerymen as far as possible, or their guns
will soon be put out of action.
For this purpose Herr Grusen has built at
his works in Germany a portable armOred
carriage for rapid firing guns of small
caliber. 1t is simply hollow cylinder OF
sufficient size, within which the gun is
mounted on pedestal, the whole being sur
mounted by revolving dome, through
which the muzzle of the gun protrudes. This
cylinder, with its dome, is placed upon a
low twC-wheeled carriage, which can be
drawn by three or more horses.
The thickness of the steel forming the
cylinder and the dome may be great or
small, according to the service for which
the piece is designed. For light pieces 1t
may be just sufficient to protect the men
that is, half inch or an inch of steel. For
heavy artillery that may not move so rapidly.
the thickness may be increased to keep out
small shells.
A door at one point admits the gunners.
The cylinder is large enough for the gun
mount and two men. Projectiles may be
carried upon shelves around the inside of
the cylinder. Within this shield the two men
may be safe from fire and serve the piece
under storm of rifle bullets. 1t may even
be fired when the horses are hitched up on
the retreat. The cut shows such carriage
for three-pounder on the march. The ill.,
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Smooth Face and Long Hair the Latest

Smooth Face and Long Hair the Latest.
1t was the boss who was doing the shaw
ing. He, too, had just returned from Eu-
rope. 1t is getting to be a very common
thing to meet man who has just returned
from Europe.
The boss Of the barber shop is always
sociabe. He said: Il made it my bust
ness to visit all the places where / could
find out anything that would be of any use
to me in my business. l talked with good
many men in the old countries who are in
the t0nsOrial businessmen the same as
am, but In a way which enables them to
know more. The thing that struck me
most was the fact that more people ere be-
ing shaved now than ever. That is not be-
cause there are more people to shave, but
because it is becoming fashionable to shave
or be shaved. There was time when
every man and boy who could do so tried to
raise mustache. But now the rage is to
shave the entire face. With this rage also
comes another-that OF letting the hair grow
long. You doubtless recall the old style of
wearing the hair long In the South. Well,
the style is going to be general. 1t comes
from the fact that some of the scholars of
the Old World wear their hair long. If you
want to be in il, as tue boys say, you must
have a clean face and long hair.
Trihuna
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religious. Chief Pablo and his people
might easily have belonged 10 these island
tribes who were faithfully trained by tho
Franciscan fathers. Years of subsequent
association with the whites has had the
usual effect of deteriOrating the darker
race, and the few remaining Temecula ln-
dams are hardly more than objects Of pity
and disgust.
Spanish critics find yet another fault with
Ramona" They strongly deny the posi-
biity that the foster daughter of Spanish
sonora would fall in love with an Indian
sheep-shearer. Such dsgraceful impossi-
biity is, in their eyes, reflection upon
every Spanish household 10 the land.
1t Is true that one cannot call to mind a
single instance of a hgh-bred senOrta being
guilty of such a mesalliance, though the
rule does not hold good with the young dons
of California. There are several we'll knOwn
cases where sons of Spanish gentlemen have
wOoed and won to wife Indian maidens liv-
ing in adjacent rancherias. But 1t must be
remembered that Ramona had not drop of
Spanish blood in her veins. Having had an
Indian woman for her mother, what more
natural than that she should have chosen
an Indian for n lover? Mrs Jackson has
shrewdy bridged over the difficulty by pro-
viding proper parentage for her heroine.
She could hardly have erred on so impor-
used In the cons tructioi. of work that pur
posed great reform. She studied her ma
terial with the talnstaking of an artist about
to erect noble structure which would out
live his generation.
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FHE GENERAL
FIELD OF SPORT.
Second Interstate COurSing Meeting at
MERGED
Athletes In Training for the Next Field
oay-A Fishing Excursion to Eel River.
Rife and Shotgun.

The success Of amateur athletic sports on
this Coast is now assured. The public is
gradually becoming acquainted with out
door athle tics, and the future of the sport
depends entirely on the athletes and their
managers. a continuance of good perform
ances will bring public favor.
The second annual interstate coursng
meeting, which will be held at MERGED in a
few months, promises to be great event in
the coursing history Of this State. Twenty
of the most famous Eastern greyh Ounds will
be here this year to try conclusions with
local dogs.
Sportsmen who love TO hear the report of
the shotgun and the dull thud Of the speedy
quail as it strikes the earth pierced by sew
eral pellets are snxiously looking forward
to the 1st of October when they will be free
to hit and miss as the case may be.
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than Sir Bedivere, and weighs 247 pounds,
or twenty pounds heavier than Bediyere.
The State Sportsmen's Protective Asso-
citation will, in all probability, offer re-
ward on the opening of the game season for
the detection of any person found injuring
the property of any farmer while shooting
on his premises. This will be an excellent
move on the part of the association. Local
sDortsmen could not conceive better
scheme than to gain the friendship of the
ranchers on whose property game abounds
The farmers would only be too happy to
grant sportsmen permission to shoot on
their lands were they satisfied that their
property would not i'll any way be molested
or DESTROYED.
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COURsING.

Second Interstate Meeting on Merced's
Plains.
The Oakland Coursing Club will hold
meeting at Ocean View this afternoon. The
following is the result of the draw;
J. CampelPs Grover Cleveland vs.. j Rogers
B. Nolan's Matte VS.. P Mullins George Wash
ingtOn.
b. Lenard's Spot vs.. P. Pegman's Lady Wash
j. Campers The Girl I Left Behind Me VS.. ].
D. Do@ney's Mexico vs.. j. S. Cohen's Harka-
way.
j. Perkins Snow va. j. Dugan's Berkeley.
z. Mullins Jim Marshys. II. Lenard's Oakland
NJ. McInerney's Spring VS.. D. LenaTd's Berke.
ley Lass.
The coursing fraternity of MERGED is max
ing extensive preparations for the second
annual interstate coursing meeting, which
will, in all probability. be held on the sqme
grounds as were raced over last season.
Judging from the pIufeSSed dislike of
sportsmen of this city, who are opposed to
tiresome and mOnotonous ride of twenty
miles to and from the old cOursing grounds
it is fairly safe to say that the gathering at
the coming races will not be, by any means,
as large as that of last year.
The spOrsmen Of MERGED contend that
sufficient hareS cannot be found within easy
reach Of their city to guarantee a successful
meeting. Undoubtedly the Mercedites know
the best locality to select for large meet
ing, but they seem to forget that the lovers
OF the leash and their dogs are pretty we'll
fatigued when they arrive al MERGED after 4
long and tireSome ride, and that few fancy
the twenty miles drive on the following
morning.
Past experience has proven that a days
frst-class coursing can be had within five
or six miles of MERGED. Enough game can
be found to run off as many dogs as will be
necessary for one days sport, and if, on the
following day, it is thought advisable to try
the old grounds, the spectators would be
better able to stand the long ride after hay
ing had good rest AS previously stated
in THE CALL, there is very little pleasure
in witnessing races between hares and
hounds on the old grounds.
With few exceptions the dogs never ap-
proach within driving" dis tance of their
game until it is well out of sight OF the
spectators. The working of The dogs in the
dim distance can only lie surmiSed. To
sum the matter up in few words, the only
people who can see and enjoy the cream Of
the coursiDg on the wild and wooly plains
of MERGED, where former meetings have
been held, are the judges and owners of the
dogs, who follow ON horseback. 1t is not
right that because the MERGED courSing fra
grounds they should be chosen for the
big meeting. There is no gainsaying tue
fact that far better satisfaction would be
had if the races were held closer to the city.
The haTes few miles from town are strong
and Just speedy enough to give good brace
Of dogs all the running they Will need.
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Tie Turner's win shoot for medal!

The Turner's will shoot for medals at
Schuetzen Park to-day.
The California aud Grutli clubs will have
a bulls-eye contest to-day at Schuetzen
Park.
The cadets of the California Club will
compete for medals at Schuetzen Park to-
daY.
EThe Third Infantry Regiment will parade
for rife practice at Shell Mound to-day,
when the final shoot for the State decora-
tons will take place.
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Drove an Ox-ream in 175e.

According to the Denver (Colo.) News
there is in that city man nearly 100 years
old. Ills name is said to be Jonas Carpen-
ter, q native of Virginia. THE family
Bible gives the date OF his birth as 1852, but
at that time. he states, he was driving an
ox-team in General Braddock's army during
the Indian wars of that period. He has ali
old $40 Continental bill which lie received
during the war for services as tealnster,
and he has kept it ever since" lie is said
to be in first-rate health.