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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08
THE NAVAL SEARCR-LIGHT.
Lamp That Is Automatic in Every
Sense of the Word.

ocHsc VI the w ORD
The earliest type of projectors, and in
fact all up to within the last few years
were manipulated by hand, but rs it is now
considered fatal to expose men to the enc
my's FIRE for working by hand, the modern
ones are trained and elevated by electric
motors controlled from distance The
modern equipment OF naval projectors may
be described rs follows:
The very latest improvement in search
lights abroad is that which allows them to
be manipulated from distance on constant
potential circuits. Mt only is the lamp
automatic in every sense of the word, but
electric motors are attached for training
both horizontally and vertically. The
motors are placed in the pedestal and
multiple cable runs to the controlling
board, carrying the necessary switches for
operating the protector and its lamp
The movement of training horizontall Y
can be either continuous, as with a
divergent beam when expecting an attack
BY torpedo-boats, or by small angles at a
time when concentrated beam is required
for long range Under these conditions the
complete maneuvering of the protector, to-
gether with the starting and stopping of
the lamp, is regulated by the switches on
the controlling or switch board. The car
bOns are kept separated when the protector
is not In use, but as soon as the proper
switch is closed they are brought together
automatically, then the arc is struck and
the feeding of the carbons main tanned auto
matically with extreme nicely.
In this way one or more projectors are
electrically controlled, one man only being
required, who would be stationed in the
counng-tOwer or some other protected posi-
tion. BY the cnnnlng-tower is meant the
armored turret in which the commander of
the ship is stationed in action. Here he
controls the entire maueuverng power of
the vessel. Here, by the simple moveme t
of lever or switch. or the pressing
of a button, he controls the engines,
moves the helm, fires a broadside,
launches torpedo and works the search
lights; moreover. he can at any time COM
munlcate. either by speaking tube or tele-
phone, with all the important stations in
the ship. The fact that in working the pro-
jector il is no longer necessary to place men
in positions too much exposed to the
enemy's fire will no doubt render these
electrically controlled projectors extremely
valuable in future warfare
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quarrel between Fisk and Miss Mansfield.
Edward S. Stokes, Fisk's ex-partner and
companion. was too attentive to Josie, and
Fisk, who furnished the gorgeous apart
ments where the woman lived at his ex-
pense, became jealous.
He remOn strated, and was answered only
by threat that his letters to Miss Mansfield
would be published. He got out an injunc-
ton TO prevent this. The final scene was on
the staircase of the Grand Central Hotel, on
Broadway, when Fisk was shot by Stokes.
1t was Stokes passion for Josie that was be-
lieved to have inspired the act.
After his death the woman sued Colonel
Fisk's widow for 5000 600, which she claimed
the dead man owed her, but she did not win
her suit. She went to Boston. The popu-
lace hooted her as she passed through the
streets, and she finally found more congen-
ial abode in Paris. There she still lives in
a little house near the avenue Perriere.
Three years ago it was reported that she
was dead.
The announcement Of her marriage at St
Georges Church, London, sent q thrill
through those who remember her as she
was in her prime. 1t seemed, indeed, one
said. as hearing of one who had risen from
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08
THAT "IF."
What Would Have Happened Had Co
lumbus Turned Back.

What Would Have Happened Had CO.
1umbus Turned Back.
On the 18th of October, just 399 years ago,
a sailor on board the Nina, one If the ships
of Columbus. sighted the shore of San Sal
vador.
On the day before drifting wood had been
seen, which tided over the threatened
mutiny If the sailors until nightfall; and
In the evening another sailor caught sight
OF Pickering lightahea
Ii these little incidents had not inter-
vened to spare Columbus the modification
of being obliged to turn back, how great Y
different would have been the course CT
historyi
If Columbus had turned back who shall
say how far the hands oil the dial of civ
lllZation might have been set back?
Ii Columbus had carried back the an
nouncement of failure to the European SOW
ereigns What face would this continent have
been presenting to-dayp
III Columbus had moi got there on that trip
what would have become of Chicago?
The history of Western civilization, which
mas had SO mighty an influence upon the
human race, seems to have dated from a few
pushes and little stray bogwood, which
noated by the Santa Maria, another Of the
ships, just before darkness set in on October
nth, and secured the continuance of the
voyage westward for another day. That
day tmmortalizcd Columbus,
what momemtous epochs In human affairs
hinge upon little "if. Boston Globe.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08
MARRIED IN STYLE.
Two Little People who AIe Almost lldiS-
peISable.

II you get married in STYLE young ladies.
you win have little maid of honor, who
walks with stately steps down the aisle be-
fore you. A sweeter little maid could not
be found than the one seen the other day in
yellow gown of liberty silk, long in the
skirt and short in the waist, with huge
pulled sleeves, and with granny bonnet
and broad green sash of moss green.
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reifer IN The House Of PGrliament.J
an infinite fund of artistic incid ent,
and no wonder can be felt at the
fact that the artists have improved their
opportunities to the utmost. The infant
Queen, Der baby head covered by royal
bauble surrounded by the hypocritical
mercenary soldiers, the royal child on her
way to France, practically sold by her rela-
tives to purchase foreign alliance. the
youthful Queen, rejoicing In her first taste
Of power in the midst Of treacher-
count Of her foreign birth. the young
widow beset by enemies headed by the old,
crafty Catherine. the refugee from France, on
her way back to her native land, the sover-
eizn, a Queen only in name. rallied at and
even in her presence denounced by insolent
preachers, each and every scene is worthy of
the artists brush. And even then artistic
interest in her is only begun, for only then
does Mary become woman capable of acting
for herserf. She was but 1S wears OF age when
she returned to Scotland from France, and
she became from that time on an active
participant in the scenes which paint
ers find so attractive. One has represented
her listening in Indignation to the savage
oTatoTy Of John kuOX, another has chosen
her FIRST meeting with RiZZlO. She was de-
scending a staircase with several OF her at
PENDANTS when at the foot a corner was
turned, and a TALL handsome Italian was
seen lying asleep on a bench, his guitar by
his side Mary was an artist and the pict-
ure presented by the reclining form Of the
dark-featured Italian caught her eye, and,
womanlike, fascinated by his manly beauty,
she seems on the impulse OF the moment to
have given him her heart.
By another the sad story is continued in
the scene of the murder of Rizzio. Mary on
one side of the picture is held back, though
frantcally resisting. by the arms of
Darnley, while two or three rough
soldiers drag the unfortunate Itali an
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08
her FAME WAS WORLD WIDE.
The "J0Sis" Mansfield Of Twenty Years Ago
Recalled by H:r Marriage

People do not seem to tire of gossiping
about the recent marriage of "Josie" Mans
field, nor is this matter for wonder, as
twenty years OF so ago her name was ia
miliar one in this city, and, for that matter
throughout the continent.
Her fame, too, extended to foreign lands.
As she dashed, in the later sixties and early
seventies, through Central Park in splen-
did equlpage, provided by James Fisk, she
was the cynosure Of all eyes. Her rich cos
tunes were envled by women who love
dress. Her faultless taste was envied even
more Respondent in diamonds and finery,
the gift Of Ere's king, her fame was in
every mouth.
But this seeming blaze of glory was fugi-
tive and soon passed away. There was q
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS!

The loss of flesh is a trihe.
You think you need not
mind it.
But, if you go on losing
for some time or lose a good
deal in a short time, you are
running down. Is that a
trihe?
Get back to your healthy
weight and generally you get
back to health.
A book on CAREFUL L1v-
ING will tell you what it is to
get there, and when SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil is
useful. Free.
scoTr & BOVINE, Chemists, 1,a South 9Th Avenue
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of cod liver
sil-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
ocl ThSuTu&wy I'm -
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which cross on the in.tep and button over on
the side of the shoe midway between the
heel and toe
Most frail and fairylike are the shoes and
shippers OF lace, net OF passementerie of
white or silver, wrought in pattern spe-
cially designed, fitted to the shape of the
slipper.
Silver slippers are still accounted among
the things desirable, but the gold shoe and
slipper have had their glittering day and are
no more permitted by the canons OF good
taste in matters Of dress.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

the slope Of the ankle than is possible with
buttons as medium OF fastening. The
laced boot has a binding of the patent
leather ~, either side of the ,eyeets and
scross the top.
Only she with the aristocratc arched in
step and the foot poetical may attempt the
newest and most intoxicating of ali foot
eoverings-the old English shoe This shoe
10 fitted on to the foot apparently by some
strange magic that does away with all
!astenlngs.. for so cleverly is the mat
Ter OF fastening accomplished beneath
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

A decided curiosity in the shape of birds
nest was some time ago found in a tree on
the farm of Jacob Singer, in Conemaugh
Township, Pa. The nest Is constructed Of
hOrse-hair. bits OF string, dried grass and
other materials. 1t was attached to the
limb Of tree with three loops of small
cord. the ends of the cord being woven INTO
the fiber of the nest so deity and intricately
RS to suggest the plication Of human in.
telligence in the work.
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frou frou and pen-w wiper frill. Never were
boots so natty and jaunty, so carefully fitted
and scrupulous in the matter of buttons and
laces And why? Because, indeed. the
trailing breadths must be lifted at the street
crossings deity and swiftly and with a
fearlessness that only happy assurance OF
the correctness and charm Of any and all
inadvertant revelations can render possible
Therefore, the girl who is wise in her day
and generation saves up her allowance for
the petticoat and hose, studies the style and
contour OF her pretty foot, decides the color
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

and material most becoming, and buys the
gown TO contrast with the one and match
the other.
The girl with the slender. shapely foot
and ankle that she can clasp with her brace
let wears a boot OF patent leather, extremely
long and pointed at the toe, finished with a
perforated cap also very pointed and mar
row. The upper part of the shoe is then
made Of light cloth in some OF the shades of
tan, as light and as bright as is consistent
with the size of the pretty member it is to
adorD. The cloth may be of diagonal or of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

roll or band of fur similar to that with
which the gown is trimmed.
Seal or otter fur is said to be most becom-
Ing as shoe fur, owing to their softness
and richness; consequently there will
doubtless be many seal and otter-trimmed
gowns.
Another boot promising to be worn is
laced boot with patent leather toe and
brown cloth or suede top. There Is some
thing very satisfactory about the laced
boot to punctilious woman, because 1t can
be drawn in more closely and perfectly to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

smooth lady's cloth; even the rough but
elose-woven homespun is used for the boots
If such be the material of the gown. White
duck is used for the tops Of boots for gar
den fetes and other out-of-door festivals
were dressy toilets are worn. These white
tops may be closed with either black or
white buttons, according to the fancy.
Girls with feet of larger growth Will
choose dark tint for their fall gowns,
some of the rich deep greens, blues and
browns so prevalent, and each will take a
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

patent leather. dyed by somenew process to
the desired tint. The variety of cOlOring is
great. and is rendered more diverse still by
combnatio S Of two or even more colors in
the same shoe.
There are pink suede slippers with lavender
vaWps tied across with huge lavender bows,
and there are dainty, Frenchy, blue suede
slippers with pink toes and large iuttering
bows of pink pulled through rhinestone
buckles.
The gayest little slippers of all are of q
peculiar dark blue cloth, with just sugges-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

WilIiamsport Pa, has the largest suspen
der factory in the world. 1t is that of the
Wire Buckle SusDender Company, and was
organized on the LIST Of September, 1856,
manufacturing over 2O,OOO,OOO pairs of sus.
penders. The building of the company is
four stories high and 60 by 300 feet In dI.
mansions, and employs 400 men.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

tion of red here and there In their weave,
and those slippers have patent-leather tips
tied across with a scarlet bow.
High-heeled Louis XIV shoes of suede
have huge rosettes of lace or crepe lisse, and
are wrought on the toes in lacy open stitches.
Slippers of the same period have large bows
Of satin ribbon. rosettes Of lace or long
buckles of silver set with paste jewels.
Black kid slippers have deep pointed tips
of beaded embroidery, and have also straps
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

10 tho cloth-top patentleather affair with its
binding OF fur about the ankle.
The old English slipper is the win OF the
moment. 1t is quaint, low-cut affair,
very pointed at the toe. with a sharp
pointed tongue extending up on the instep,
and tiny buckle for its only ornament. 1t
comes In strong, clear shades of yellow,
blue and scarlet. as we'll as in tan and
brown pateDt-leather.
By recently expressed law OF the oracle.
the shoes, as every one knows, must match
evening and house dresses, and are made Of
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the furry border which extends around
the curving top and down either side
the shoe nearly to the sole that It is
impossible to discover any suggestion of
buttons or laces. The top of the shoe is
curved downward on either side toward
this Dand OF iur hich forms the peculiar dec
grafton. The shoe, is of the finest. softest
french KID, aud beautifully fitted over the
instep. Leather boots are made also with
the patent-leather yamps and with leather
vamps with perforated tips, but the boot
correct and unimpeachable for general wear
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Bit Of the gown to the shoemaker, Just as
she does to the milliner, to have the boots
and bonnet done simultaneously with the
gown. Or there may be chosen with equal
temerity. so far as fashion and good form
are concerned. boots of the same patent
leather, with diagonal or velvet top of
black. the main point to remember Is
that the hose must match the boot tops, the
gown must match the hose in every color
except black, and, prettiest conceit of all,
about the top Of the boot must be bound a
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08
jAUNHY BOOTS
CAREFULLY FITTED.
obey Ire Noticeable in the Matter Of
Buttons and LaCHS.
The Sweeping Street Gown Introduces Many
New Wrinkles in Fashionable Foot
wear for the Gentler Sex.

The sweeping street gown has introduced
rather parsdoxcal reform in the covering.
OF fair woman's foot and ankle. Never was
hose so fine and dainty in texture, so accur
ate and stable in arrangement, so exactly
matched in color to the tint of the gown be-
meath whose trailing lengths it was sup
posed to be hidden. says the New York Sun.
Never was the petticoat such an article de
luxe, SO softly siiken, SO elaborate IN lacy
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

An odd invention, manufactured at the
suggestion of New York lady, is an enam-
eled orange which opens and discloses O
watch in one half and purse In the other.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

fashion and her ball, where only habits de
couleur were admitted, will long be remem-
bered. BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.
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men to go wild, to lose their heads as well
as their hearts. Even her jailer, man of
humble station, was ready to risk his life
in an effort to aid her to escape.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08

The Escape from Loeb Leuen Castle From ods
reifet IN Me House Of ParliamentI
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The debts of ninety Texas cities and
towns amount to about SIC, 1000 900,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-08
COUNTESS AIMERY
ROCHEFOUCAULD.
A Brilliant Sketch Of One Of The Lead
GrS Of French Society.
Historical Sketch Of the Family-The Resi-
dence Of the Countess in Paris-Mag-
ntfcent Furnishings.


PARIS, Oct. 16, lS91.-Countess Aimery
de In Rochefoucauld is one of the most
beautiful women of this generation.
She resembles in great degree the
portraits of Marie Antoinette, and her
hair is the same color as that of the
martyred Queen. Imperial In appearance,
the Countess Aimery is affable in manner
and beloved by all who have the privilege
of being numbered among her acquaint-
anceS. In her very busy life the Countess
finds time to occupy herself with serious
works of charity. and she is President of
one of the most famous benevolent associ-
atoms in Paris, Amis de PEnfance. In
beauty, goodness and intelligence she is
worthy to represent family noted for these
qualities, for the Countess de La Roche
fOucauld descends from the Sires de Mailly.
par la grace de Dieu. from house whose
banner at the crusades shone among the
br ghtest. 1t was Mailly who married the
eldest son of Golzalve de Cordova, and the
family is allied with the Beauffremonts,
Criguys, Vintimilles, Craons and MOntmor-
enjoys. The family originated in Burgundy
with
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-03-10

4 MoNsTRoUs FREAK OF NATURE.-I saw, says
Rs rtholnug, the traveller, fret at Hsfnia and
afterwards at Basil, one Lazarus Colleredo Gen.
oese Of about % years Of age, who was the most
oddly mslformed creature 1 have ever had the
good fortune to meet. This Lazarus has little
brother growing at his bresst who was in that
posture born with him. His left foot alone hung
downward. He had two arms but only three fn-
gers upon each hand He could move his hands,
ears and lips and had little beating at the heart
This little creature is nourished by what the
greater eats and drinks; has distinct vital parts
sleeps sweats and moves. Both Of these strange
creatures received names at baptism, the larger
the namo Of Lazarus the smaller that of Baptists.
Baptista has his eyes shut the major part Of the
time his breath is worry faint, that holding
downy feather at his mouth it scarcely moves.
His mouth is usually open his head is larger
than that of the brother who ia doomed to carry
hir. Oh his bosom long both live BIS face is
in an upright posture. Both have boards that Of
the largo brother being we'll kept. Lazarus is q
man of full stature, courteous department. and
goes elegantly attired The brother that nature
has fastened to his breast is only twentyeight in
ches in length, the major portion of which is head.
Lazarus covers the body of the creature with his
cloak noz would you think thst monster was
wrapped in its fold unless you knew their awful
story. fear that Baptsta will die and also
cause his death makes Lazarus very solicitious
gssding his brothers. welfsre.-iS. Louis Republic
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