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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

see what splendid exercise it is. Every
and developed evenly. udon't see man
IN our profession with a calf measuring sew
enteen inches and an arm about ten. or the
other way about Size any of us up as we
make ready for the run down the board TO
do leap ana then tell me if you ever saw
prettier shaped men?
Yes. | know 1 am not as pretty as used
to be, but that's because I've laid off SO long
and have been enjoying the few dollars put
by when ! was in it, But l wouldn't take
$4,000 for the foundation it laid in me for
good constitution and consequent sound
health.
whats the use spending ayouug fortune
on gymnasium and apparatus when man
can carry the whole business with him. All
that is needed is a bit of smooth turf or ten
yards of boiler felt. AS for the danger of the
thing, why would sooner do double SOM
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
The Universal r.,p.u..a

The advocates of Volapuk, the proposed
universal language, are pushing their Vi VS.
energetically, and propose 10 open schools
for the teaching of the new tongue all oy r
the land, and ultimately throughout the
world. 1t seems to me that they would work
to more practical ends if they would press
Tor the study of English pure and unde-
filed, rather than 10 advocate thu learning
of their new invention. English IS rapidly
asserting itself all over the globe, ana if it
makes as much progress in the next half
century as it has in the half century now
closing 1t will be the universal language OF
commerce at any rate, If not of diplomacy.
In all the ports of Asia a merchant must
understand English If he would be sue
cessful, and this without regard to his ma
tionality or the flag of the country IN which
he is. Take Bangkok, the capital of Siam,
for example. The ruler Is born Asiatic,
the religion of the country is Buddhism,
and the manners of the people are decidedly
un-English. The merchants of foreign
origin are German, English. Russian and
Dutch, with one or two other nationalties.
but the commercial language is English, and
all transactions are made in that tongue.
So it is elsewhere-in Japan, China, Java
and the Malay Archipelago. OF course, we
expect English to be the language of British
Iudia,. where the cross of st. George is DOM
inant, but in countries where the Z IgIish
are not specially loved by the natives, or
anybody else, their language has forced
itself, and il is there to stay. In time it VIII
probably supplant French as the language
of diplomacy, and that time may be nearer
than many people Imagine.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

The Turn.

the balls of your feet, then give sharp
spring upward, at the same time lifting with
the arms and shoulders. Practice this lift
a few times until you get the idea. You
will find 1t will add foot to the height of
your jump. Now you are ready to turn
over. The next time you jump up throw
your hands high over your head and give
your head quick jerk backward at the
same time. If the instant you feel your feet
leave the ground you draw them up under
you you will find that they will swing around
so as 10 meet your hands If you want to
reach for them. just catch hold of your
knees and give little pull and you are over.
That's the back The forward is on
the same principle, only the head and arms
are thrown forward after the lifs.' The
only hard part OF it is TO make neat landing,
and not after accomplishing the somersaut,
strike on your feet and, pitching forward,
TALL all over yourself A little practice will
enable you TO know just when TO land, and
then you can begin to put some style into
your work. You are now in a fair way to
become gymnast. All the rest is easy
when once you get command of yourself and
don't get ratified by having your feet higher
than your head occasionally.
IF you want 10 make up nice little act
| get couple OF your club mates, rig your
'luDges and work up brother act You
can get all the points you want by watching
clio ely any of the good ones we have per-
forming here every few weeks. Then just
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

Hard to learn? Why, bless you, no.
20 An the talk about having to be double
jointed and without a backbone is bosh of
the worst kind. A man certainly wants the
stiffest kind of a back and a good strong
pair of legs or he will never be a tumbler or
leaper
Mind you, don't allude to this contor
ION business; that's different. When say
the stlfIest kind of back l don't mean one
that can't be bent to a reasonable extent,
but one set up with good strong muscles
muscles which. when called upon for little
extra effort, will respond with some vim.
We have often heard that it requires con-
slant practice for years. dating almost from
the cladle-to become a finished acrobat,
Why. l never did a flip in my life until l
was Is years old, and if there was anybody
in the ring who could throw higher s0meT-
sault or get over more elephants than |
could when l was 20, l never ran across
him.
''How did I learn it all? Easy enough.
All you need is a set of luuges' and a mat
treS5.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
Game for the wits.

Forming anagrams has long been favor
tie amusement and much ingenuity has been
shown in transforming word by changing
its letters into another defining it or related
10 1t in some way. Some Of the anagrams
made in this way are as follows:
Telegraph-SGeat help.
RefUrnatlOnS-tO sin far more.
The following was made by Dean Swift ::
Observation-Disclosures sat on a tin n tub,
The English game of anagrams is played
with printed letters of the alphabet like
those used in playing lagomachy. Each
player forms a word and then, mixing the
letters composing it, gives it to his right
hand neighoor, who is required to arrange
the letters again in their proper order. In
France this game is called le jeu de mots
(the game of words, and is played with bits
OF weed or bone resembling dominoes hav-
ing capital letter on one end and small
one on the other.
The alphabet game is kind of anagrams,
where. instead of the actual letters OF the
word TO be guessed, the guesser is given an
arrangement of dots, single ones represent
Ing consonants and double ones yowels.
Thus the word Philadelphia" would be
denoted in this way:
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
TALKS FOR BOYS.
By Colonel Thomas ". Knox.

A recent paragraph in a newspaper says
that an order has been received by an
American firm for large supply of the best
style of locks, to go to Egypt. That the
Egyptians are recognizing the advantages of
American locks over their own is sign of
progress. The lock in common use at Cairo
and other Egyptian cities is ponderous
affair, made of wood, and with a key Of the
same material. The key is a heavy stick
from 10 to 16 inches long, and at one end
are inserted several pegs of different lengths,
all the way from one-eighth Of an inch to
two inches in height. These pegs operate
against the wards of the lock, and thus move
the bolt. The lock is clumsy continuance,
which an expert burglar could open in a
minute or less, and lie needs nothing more
delicate for the operation than car-hOok or
section of telegraph wire. For bunch of a
dozen or more keys no pocket Is sufficiently
capacIouS, and 1t IS Il common slght In CAIRO
TO see a merchant or head clerk on his way
along the streets with a bunch of keys
Slung over his Shoulder or carried by boy.
The American lock, with its great strength,
its dehance of the ordinary thief to open 1t,
and yet having a key no larger THAN the
blade of penknife, must be great aston
iShment to the Slow-gOing jewellers IN sight
of the great Pyr mids. And it is this dimin-
utive key that, no d0ubt, causes them 10 be
skeptical as to the value of the lock, and re-
quire ocular proof OF its powers before in
YeStng in il.
The Chinese have for some time been ae-
quaiDted with American and English locks,
and appreciate their value, but their ad-
herence 10 old customs makes them reluctant
! to adopt the foreign construction in prefer
enee to the native one. Then, too, they have
! far better locks than those of the Egyptians.
| The Chinese lock is nearly always OF metal,
| and it is a work of considerable ingenuity,
| though it would not last long in the hands of
thief who understood his business prop
erly. The keys are of metal, generally
iron or brass, and though clumsy in con-
structiOn. they are vastly more portable
than the wooden keys that one sees at Cairo.
Even with the key in hand it is sometimes
not at all easy to open a Chinese lock.
have some of these locks, which l keep for
the amusement of visitors, and they are
very serviceable when waste places arise in
the conversational field. One lock has no
key whatever, but it has a key-hole; thus it
resembles a carefully executed counterfeit
bill-it is SO well calculated to deceive"
The observer who would open it may try key
after key, but all in vain. When he finally
discovers that the key is useless, and then
makes careful inspection of the lock. he
generally learns in from five to fifteen min
utes how the bolt can be drawn. With all
their ingenuity the Chinese have never
made lock that could stand any kind If
competition with the modern productions of
American and English Iueksmiths.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
Tom Jones, Rabbit Ranch.

Tom Jones, a worthy colored man. living
near the Northwestern depot in Athens. has
domestieated large colony Of. the old field
gray rabbits, Tom has about twenty-five
breeders. and says that rabbits are raised as
easily as chickens. They run at large in the
naru ana become as tame as house cats.
They increase very fast and sell readily AT
10 cents each for pets or cooking purposes
There are always orders ahead for them.
They grow very fast, aud from one pair he
can raise more rabbits in year than the
best hen will raise chickens.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
GERMAN GENDARMES.

A Terror to Natives and Severe to In
offensive Strangers.
The German gendarmes make travelling
rather troublesome process. The whole
country seems under police surveillance. 1t
literally bristles with spiked helmets There
are policemen everywhere. You come upon
them at every turn. armed as If for war,
with rifle ON their shoulders and bullet
in the barrel-fierce Of aspect, and ready to
bully you as only German gendarmes can
bully. And they watch you with argus
eyes. "To have bundle of notes about
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

ersault over the entire live stock of a show
than do that pole-vaulting act you see at
every athletic meeting. Ii the pole breaks,
as it often does, what is to prevent It's stick
ing through your ribs, Ell?
Ii the rising generation of amateur ath-
letes would take up with tumbling and stop
running their hearts out trying to beat some
record, you will find more perfectly devel-
oped men and fewer eonsumptive crfpples at
the eud Of ten years. IN. Y. Sun.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
1deas OF Enrllsh eentlemen.

Japanese students are sufficiently nnmer-
Gus at Cambridge to have formed club.
It's purpose, as set forth in the preamble, is
as follows: ''To study the training and
character of the English gentleman, in other
words, to inquire what are the qualities of
the English gentleman. and how and whera
the high character of the English gentleman
is produced, and, having ascertained this, to
inquire into the best means OF cultivating
among ourselves the like qualities" There
are gentlemen and gentlemen in England.
as in other countries, and 1t is to be hoped
that the EXAMPLES studied by the Japanese
will no; be OF the Objectionable sort. am
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
Imitation Mesmaris.,

An amateur "mesmerist" may make n
good deal of sport for the company by pre-
tending that he actually has the power to
mesmerize. lie must first catch sub
ject' who is unacquainted with the trick to
be played. This victim is told to sit oppo-
site the operator, who calls for two soup
plates filed with water. By previous ar
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
Curious Action of Smoke.

A second experiment is to cut in the top
of light, shallow pasteboard box two holes,
each about an inch in diameter, and place
over each an argand lamp chimney. In one
hole stand a candle cut to such length that
it will project about half an inch above the
box. Light the candle and then hold burn
ing touch paper" over the other lamp
chimney. The smoke, instead of rising, will
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

In one American city at least the Partisan
funeral fashion obtains. In New Orleans,
when funeral procession passes, persons
in the streets remove their hats. In New
Orleans also the deaths of prominent per-
sons are announced by small, black bordered
posters attached to the street lamps or teie-
graph poles. The house fronts also are
often hung in black and silver, as Is the
fashion in France.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
Card and Coin Game.

A fourth is the coin and card trick. Bal
ance card on the tip of your forefinger and
on top of it place a nickel Hit the edge of
the card sharp horizontal blow with some
object like pencil or snap it with your fin
ger, If you can do it directly forward with
out tending to drive the card up or down,
and the card will fly away, leaving the coin
balanced on your finger.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

The celebration of the second century of
the American patent system will be held in
Washington in April and circulars are now
out calling upon inventors and manufacture
ers TO cooperate in the anniversary and to
take steps toward the formation of a ma
tional association of inventors.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
The Lin.

maybe you don't know what 'lunges' are
Simplest arrangement you ever saw. just a
broad leather belt, with ring at each side,
from which two light manila cords run up
through a couple of pulley blocks screwed
into the ceiling. The ends of the cords are
held by somebody who knows what he is
about, and that's all. With this rigging you
can learn all there is to know about tum-
bling, from a plain handspring to the three
high someIsault down TO the bottom mans
shoulders, and not risk your neck nearly as
much rs you do going down a toboggan
slide. Give Inc man who is ordinarily ac-
tive, who has a little pluck and persever-
ance aud / will teach him to jump up and
turn over before he il two days older.
~ GU see, man is heavier from his waist
down than he is up above. When ne gets
into the lunges.' no matter how awkward
his attempt is, he is bound TO flop around
right side up, providing the man who holds
the ropes don't ease up on them too much.
Why, it's as simple and safe as eating your
dinner
The ability to throw a somersault for
ward or backward, IS the foundation on
which all tumbling acts are built, and this is
how to do it: Stand Squarely on your feet
Don't keep them too close together, and be
sure you have good balance. Then rock
forward little until your weight rests on
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
The Dwarf.

Two ocys may create pile of fun for the
company by making up as a dwarf Let
one OIL them stand behind table and place
ms hands on 1t. while the other stands be-
hlhu tne hrst and passes his arms around
hiIn' as shown in figure 1. The head and
Dody Oh the second boy and the legs of the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01
The Rising Generation Of Athletes
Should Do More Tunbilg,
HARD 7OLEARN? WHY, BLESS YOU, NO.
4 Good Stout Back and a Strong Pair Of Legs
Are All That Is Necessary to Become an
Expert TlmbIGT Or LeaDeT-A Rigging
That Materially Helps One to Learn All
That There Is to Know About Tumblilg.

HAT man or boy ever
]. J. !. ! !" !: {: !
/ lSTgl aAH ~ Ii went TO q circus or a va
fSFSA kAE ES riety show, where a
eSsa5E iVsSkk troupe Of acrobats were
.SsssLkVSEfS on the bills, without hav-
Ss9ltWSLSk ing vague sort of han
ASIaiSSNESS) II kering to be able to
-kszzzzzE 7zzzzszzSskA throw a pretty somer-
sault or series Of neat 'fips?' If his
blood ever does flow through his veins at
times faster than others, it is when he sees
a neat brother act wound up with the roll
over accompanied by the familiar Hi va!
Hi yal of the performers and the band play
ing as if crazy"
These remarks were delivered by short.
stout little man, as he t at table in the
bar of one of the Quieter of the uptown
hotels. Not ten years ago his name ap-
peared on three-sheet posters in letters a
foot high.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

A French pair of Siamese twins, both
girls, have been born at Cannes, and their
mother Is trying 10 sing. "How happy
could be with either were t'other dear
charmer away"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-01

The guesser is allowed to ask: "Is it a
city p . Is it person." or any similar
question that can be answered by yes or no.
The number Of these questions may be linn
tied by agreement. In Germany this game
is called Das Buchstaberspiel (the letter
canal.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-23
MEDICAL MATTERS.

THE London Hospital says fully $780,
600 deaths occur in Great Britain every
year that could be prevented by proper
sanitary regulations.
INVENTION, a London scientific jour
nal, says that it has been discovered that
the l1ola nut has the power to restore
to normal condition the worst sufferer
from INVESTIGATION or monomania.
GUM chewers' cramp is a new addition
to the types of disease produced by the
frequent use of a single group of mus
cles 1t is a muscular incoordination
similar to writer's, telegraphers', milk
maids and cigarmakers' cramp. -
Western Medical Reporter.
FLIES have long been accused-not
without reason-of spreading disease;
but it is asserted now from Havana that
mosquitoes have a use, for if they in
oculate anyone after biting yellow
fever patient, the disease which follows
is so mild that fatal results are rare
English Mechanic.
AN English dentist who tried hyp-
notisn in his profession was very sue
cessful. He extracted a tooth for
lady when she was in hypnotized con-
dition, and when she was awakened
she said she had not felt the removal of
the tooth, and she has not experienced
any discomfort since.
A FRENCH physician has discovered
that the cause OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
is to be found in a specific micro-or-
ganism. He has cultivated the microbe,
and after injecting it into rabbits, has
the Inflammation of the living
membrane of the heart which is char
OF infammatory rheumatism.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-23
ART GLEANlNes.

In the society of the Red Cross a spo-
cial archaeological department is form
ing, the mission of which will be to
prevent the vandalistic destruction of
old monuments and works of art in
time OF war.
In Altorf, Switzerland, the Tell
monument committee is making every
effort to press forward its work. -Four
prizes of 1925, S975, $3.50 and 500 have
been offered for the four best plans for
the monument.
THE historical gray coat of Napoleon
l., which was stolen from a museum,
was found recently by the police in the
Quarter du Temple in Paris. An old
clothes dealer had given the thief sew
enty cents for it.
AN italian nobleman, the Count de
Lorgues, is owner of an ancient wood
engraving of Christopher Columbus,
which is believed to be true likeness.
1t will probably have a place in the
coming American exposition.
NIB. WALFoRD, the English antiquary,
has started subscription to pay for re-
cutting the inscription on the tomb of
George Chapman, who translated
Homer and who is buried in the old
church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Lon
don.
DURING the recent demolition of the
old wall of Temesvar, a great stone
goblet was found underground. On it
was the inscription: Stefan Losonczy,
155-." 1t is supposed to be the goblet
given to Stefan Losonczy by the women
of Temesvar for his bravery in defend
ing the town against the Turks.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-23
REAL JOKES.

PARENTAL PRIDE.-''This book I can
confidently recommend for your sons
reading" .'Oh, if my son wants to read
book, he can write it himself!'-Flie-
gende Blatter.
SIP have you know I was well
brought upl'' exclaimed the small man
to the large disputant. THAT may be, y
replied the latter, but you were not
brought up far
''NURsIS amt what it used to be, y
said Mrs. Camp. ''They fix up all their
medicines SO nice nowadays that there
amt no fun in making people take it at
all. indianapolis Journal.
''SAY, have you ever had your store
broken into?'' ssNo. You see, every
thing is so very cheap here that if a
thief wants anything he simply comes
in and pays for it. Fliegende Batter.
In Florida, First Guest-"Why DO you
speak of that gentleman as his high
ness?" Second Guest-''He is the pro-
prietor of this hotel. When you come
to pay your bill you'll understand it
more fully"
''WHAT makes you color your lemon
ade redo" asked the curious old gentle
man of the circus merchant. "Great
Scott was the indignant response;
you don't expect us to take money for
clear water, do you?" = Washington
Post
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FAMOUS AUTHORS.

Mrs. ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
WARD is engaged on biography of her
father, the late Prof. Austin Phelps.
VIoToR HUGO had room made entire
ly of glass, the walls and ceilings trans
parent, at the top of his house, where
he wrote his poetry.
GOETHE presented about thirty vol
umes of his works to Harvard college,
and they are in the library with the
authors autograph in each volume.
B. L. FARJEoN, the novelist, is an ex-
pert stenographer. He carries a note
book with him at all times and when an
idea strikes him he jots it down for
future use.
GOODWIN SMITH says that Macauley,
whom he frequently met at Oxford,
didn't look at all like man of genius
except for his eye, and he used to think
'sa cobbler's apron would have become
him very WE'LL
BROWNING, it is said, during the last
years of his life, made as much as ten
thousand dollars a year out of his
poems. Mr.. Swinburne has for
many years past made an aver
age income of five thousand dollars
per annum out of his poems, whilst
Lord Tennyson, it is said, has for at
least twenty years past been drawing
an income of more than thirty thousand
dollars year from his muse.