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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24

Next viii be shown the period of the Con-
quest. Here will be exhibited the civilization
Of the Aztecs ~ they were before the Spaniards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24

When the u. and 3. had been assinnilated and
fresh cigars lighted Smith beamed complacently
upon me.
~ m sorry for You, my boy" he exclaimed,
"a grabbed old hunk of q bachelor! You won't
know what the joys of living mean until you
marry. There is only one paradise and that is
home"
"You seem to initiate the peri BY keeping out
of it." l retorted sharply.
Its only the better to appreciate my fe-
licity"
How about Jael and Cleopatra and Mary
Queen of Scots?'
argue that one is two and cite the Siamese twins
in confirmation"
"But think for q moment how you have been
railing Subtlety, duplcity, obduracy-"
I'VE all say great deal that we do not mean.
If we didn't, there wouldn't be such thing as
conversation"
"But Jezebel--"
"Simply conversation"
"But woman's no, with its tremendous po-
tentialities?'
ga woman's MOP IT'S charming beacon
which leads one from arrogant hope into unex-
pected bliss; tbs balm that stings, yet beauti-
fies. Really it grieves me to feel that you are
SO Indifferent toward the better sex. Woman is
Gods second and greater gift to man. The first
was light, but she is far more transcendant.
Adams rib was thy nativityr'
You are becoming poetica1."
"PoeticaH Like Pope lisp in numbers, for
the numbers come. And that reminds me OF
my courtship, for it was through verse that ]
won my bonny bride. Come, will tell YOU OF
it, ii you like. 1t illustrates Just what I have
been saying about o woman's no. It revives
the delicious delirium Of hope and doubt and
transport within my heart even to think Of 1t.
Perhaps it may soften that ossified organ that
wonlan's wooing."
"PerhapS it NAV"
The morning call., 1891-10-23

This is the experience of but one of many.
There are a great many others who have been
cured at the Cosmopolitan DiSpensary Among
HERMAN F. ROSE 1893 Folsom st.. cured OF
severe case OF skin disease.
ORYILLE WELLING, S66 Castro st, Oakland,
cured of nervous troubles and general debility.
JAMES II. LAWRENCE, 139 Seventh ST., cured
of nervous indigestion and general debility.
The COSMOPOIITAN DISPERSAL is an insti-
tuition founded with full staff OF EXPERIENCED
and eminent SPECIALISTS for the cure OF ali dis
eases and defOrmities Like the great hospitals OF
Berlin and London it maintains its own private
labora; ory and furnishes therefrom PURE med
icnes and drugs to It's patients. There is no
charge for consultation and advice, and only low
cost for treatment Out-of-tOwn patients treated
with unfailing By means of correspondence.
symptom blanks furnished free upon application.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
FRIDAY. OCTOBER

was fired with charge OF thirty-slx pounds
of brown powder and cast-lron shot
weighing $50 pounds.
A great burst of flame and smoke shot
fifty feet or more from the muZzle, ana out
of this cloud little black object was seen
soaring up at an angle Of sixty degrees
The shot rose moro than mile and then
was lost to sight, owing to its proximity 70
the sun. 1t finally curved downward ana
struck in the woods two miles below.
The mortar was then lowered level and
reloaded with the same charge Of brown
powder and 630-pound steel shot 1t was
pointed at a 4a-inch steel plate and hred:
The plate, though inclined at an angle OF
thirty degrees from the vertical was pierced
and broken up. Portions OF the shot could
be seen ploughing their way in the sandy
woods for 500 yards beyond. The target
was supposed to represent the protective
deck of q war-ship and the angle and the
velocity at which the prOjectile struck it
were the same that they would have been
at a range of two miles with an elevation OF
sixty degrees. The plate was SO wrecked
that little of it was left.
Two of the heavy oak struts which sup
ported it were split nearly their whole
length and great chunks OF the metal were
scattered many yards in the rear. lhe Shot
was broken into great many pieces, only
one OF which was found.
1t was easy TO understand that these rear
fully destructive guns come high. costing
something like S25O,OOO apiece. The en-
placement is composed OF concrete, mlXed
with large powders. and even with
progress of 100 cubic yards of concrete day
it will require long time to bring the work
to the state OF completion, within and with
out. indicated in the accompanying sketches.
Sixteen of these mortars, themselves almost
entirely screened from injury or obserVa-
ton, would make a hostile ships surround
ings as uncomfortable as a prairie-chicken
covered by a shotgun.
1t will be apparent from the sketch OF the
Interior of one OF these mortar batteries that
the guns will be fired, as it were, out OF
great well, as the earth walls of the fort rise
twenty-five feet above the level on which
The morning call., 1891-10-23
Frierfor Of Morkar Ea,ieru.

amount Of the fall as anything else. To
get the full effect the mortar n.gst be fired
at a certain elevation, which can be easily
determined by figures. At four or five
miles the conditions of aim and impact are
the most favorable. But you were speak
ing of the supposed difficulty of dropping
shells on the deck of a ship, say four miles
away. With one mortar that might be so,
but when the mortars are arranged in bat
teres it is different. Now look here"
And the artllerist hastily traced rect
angle on a sheet of paper and placed four
small squares in each corner to represent
batteries of four mortnrs each, sixteen in all.
Then few inches away he placed cross to
represent ship.
Nov, said he, chow large would you con-
slider the danger space to be around that
ship? By the term danger space l mean
the area in which shell from the four NOR
tar batteries might drop on her deck"
AT venture, the reporter drew small
circle, three quarters Of an inch i'll diameter,
around the cross representing the ship.
The officer smiled and drew rectangle
about double the size of the original rect
angle around the vessel.
I'm any part of that area" he said, "a
shell might drop on that vessels deck. if
she were in motion, or if a fleet were there
one of the vessels would surely be struck
within that area. Bear in mind that the
new mortars are very different things from
The morning call., 1891-10-23
ANTICHINEsE VIEWS.
District Judge W. W. Morrow Favors
Total Exclusion.

District Judge W. W. Morrow Favors
Total Exclusion.
Judge w. W. Morrow. who very recently
took the oath of office that put him on the
bench of the United States District Court,
and who, consequently, is the object Of con-
siderable speculation as to his possible
views on many subjects pertinent to the
welfare OF the Government and people, has
enuncated his opinion on one subject III
manner that the people, as well as the Gov
ernment, will appreciate. He has expressed
himself decidedly in favor OF the total eX-
clusion OF Chinese.
II was in a conversation with Collector
Phelps that Judge Morrow expressed his
views, and the Collector feels, consequently,
greatly relieved TO find another of the judi
ciary ON his side Collector Phelps is de-
srous that the Supreme Court shall again
hold to its former decision. as read by JUS
tice Field "lf they do concur" he says,
the immigration Of the Chinese is prac-
tically stopped"
The Chinese Government will now give
q certificate to a merchant, and they are
good only in the hands Of merchants.
LaborPrs cannot use them. Consul Bee
has informed Collector Phelps that the
Chinese Government does not want to rec
ognize Section Of the act of March, 1890.
When asked whether the certificates en-
anating from China are authorized Govern
ment instruments, the Chinese Government
declares that they are not from the central
Government, but that the Consuls have
power and authority to issue them. These
certificates are not recognized here.
In the meantime, on account of the COM
plexity and contradiction of the many
orders sent out by the Treasury Depart
ment, all Chinese are being released on
bonds furnished by merchants and indorsed
by the ul-General. An order that they
should be so released was received yesterday
by Collector Phelps.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
THE TUG-OF-WAR.
Lively Betting Among the Teams
Has Begun.

Considerable interest is being manifested
by all classes of people in the great inter-
national iug-Of-war between the teams
which will appear in the Pavilion tomorrow
evening.
There can be no gainsaying the fact that
this international athletic meeting between
teams representing tie great countries of
the wcrd will excite more interest among
the lovers of athletic sport in this city than
anything in the way OF athletics that has
ever been inaugur ated on this Coast.
The most remarkable feature connected
with this tournament is the confidence dis
played by each team in its success.
Betting among the representatives of each
team has been very spirited lthin the past
few days, and several hundreds Of dollars
have already changed hands.
The betting, however, is principally con-
fined to the result of the contests between
the teams that will meet tomorrow evea-
ing. On the final result the Scotchmen are
selling favoriteS, with the Germans second
choice.
The NOrwegians are backing themselves
against the Scotch The Danes and Swedes
are excited and are betting even money.
The Englishmen can get all the bets they
desire from the hackers of the American
team, which, although being the lghtest
body of men that will be represented on the
floor, are, with the exception of the Scottish
team, tho best-drilled men in tug-of-war
pulling that will contest for the valuable
prizes at stake.
The Canadians and Germans are SEEM
lngly afraid to bet much money against each
other. although rumor says that there are
number of wealthy Canadian sportsmen who
will be prepared 10 back their countrymen
strongly this evening.
Considering that the Italians have had
more practice than the Irish team,
1t is somewhat singular that the betting IA
vors the latter. AS the time draws near
when Greek will join Greek the excitement
In the result of the contests becomes all tho
greater. A good idea can be gained on the
opening night Of the team which will be the
most likely to capture the big prize.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
STREET WORK,
Basalt Paving Is Being Badly
Done All Over the City.

Chief of Police Crowley recommended to
the Street Committee OF the Board of Su-
pervisors yesterday that at least six iron
rings be attached to the curb in each block
where traffic is heavy so that drivers can
hitch their teams. The matter was referred
to the Superintendent of Streets, who will
be instructed to enforce an ordinance of the
board, which provides that the owner or
lessee Of a building must erect hitcning
post in front Of his property when ordered
to do so by the Superintendent Of Streets.
Mayor Sanderson has been investigating
the paving of Pacific avenue. between Polk
and Van Ness, now being done by II. G.
Partridge and he reported 10 the committee
that it is not being done according 10 speci-
ficatiOus. Unless the defect is remedied he
gave notice that lie would oppose the ac
ceptance of the street.
The committee was not surprised at the
information, as it had already discovered
the bad work, and declared it would stand
by the Mayor. Buriing took advantage of
the occasion to say that the paving with
basalt blocks all over the city is being
wretc tchedly done, and he thought the pro-
posed law requiring a concrete base should
have been passed. Nh Blrling added that
he has had all the accepted cement used by
the city tested by an expert, and he had
found thus far that tbree-quarters of it does
not come up to the required standard.
II. Z. Sperrv, Thomas Trebell and others,
OF the Pneumatic Supply Company, asked
for franchise TO lay down conduits for the
transmission of pneumatic power. 1t was
taken under advisemsnt.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
.~N-S
Interior Of Mortar Batteru.

the Swamp Angel that was experimental
with in the siege Of Charleston. The
Swamp Angel burst at the thirteenth dis
charge, though only fired at an elevation of
45o. The new mortars can be fired at an
elevation OF 600 or even 75o without any
danger of bursting. Here Is a model Of the
new pneumatic mortar carriage, which will
give you good idea of the sort of thing
that is going to be put up on part of the
City Cemetery site"
The artillerist handed memorandum
showing the details of the mounting. From
these it appeared that an air-pump to be
worked by hand is attached TO the carriage
for the purpose of supplying initial air
pressure, also for making good any leakage.
For loading purposes the gun is depressed
to the proper position (as shown by the
crane aud dotted lines in the sketch), and
when that operation is performed it is ele
waited to the original firing position. The
carriage is entirely open at the breech of
the gun. nothing interposing to inconyeni-
ence the loading or the opening and closing
Of the breech plug
The effect of the discharge Of such NOR
tar in recent trial at Sandy Hook was
next described. 1t was during trial before
Secretary Proctor. with the special object
of showing what may be done with such
guns to protect seaports at present as en-
tirely defenseless as San Francisco itself.
The mortar, which was Of II inches caliber,
The morning call., 1891-10-23

: =
ing at 633 Jessie street,
found that lie had not, bat
he remedied the defect in
time. lie writes:
"This is to certify that I
have been ailing for some
time with rheumatism and
incipient consumption. 1
visited several physicians,
who gave me but tempo
rary relief, and one said l
was incurable. In April /
went TO the Cosmopolitan
Dispensary and took treat
ment, and can now assert
that l AN completely aud
permanently cured.
(Signed)
II - - nsar D-rr-T A-nTr, ~
The morning call., 1891-10-23
TIE PNEUMATIC MORTAR CARRIAGE

how long the modern rified gun has become.
This is all well enough for accuracy in di-
rect fire, but for certain purposes short
gun that can be fred at a high elevation is
much more destructive. To Illustrate what
l mean will say that if Alexandria had
been furnished with such mortar batteries
as will guard the harbor of San Francisco
in the near future, the bombardment by the
British feet in 1882 would never have been
attempted"
"Why SOP"
Because not one of the seven ironclads
would have escaped. They were big, strong
vessels, with Pinch guns aud heavy
armur but the weakest part of an ironclad
is her deck, and that is Just where the
mortar gets in its work. Very few IRON
clads have more than four inches of iron
deck, and one of the projectiles from a
modern mortar would penetrate this like
pasteboard"
But what about accuracy of fire? Is 1t
possible to drop prOJectlle on the deck uf
a ship three or four miles away?"
Not only POSSIBLE but easy. Practically
a modern mortar Is not effective at a shorter
range than two miles. 1t becomes very
deadly at five or six"
How is thatY
Because the trajectory or path Of the
prOjectlle is curve of a certain character
Now the impact or striking force OF a NOR
tar prUjectile is as much question OF the
The morning call., 1891-10-23
WASHINGTON'S CRIMES.
The Hard-Headcd Negro Committed
MnnY BurclarIes.

The Hard-Headod Negro Committed
Many BurGlaries.
Three additional charges of burglary have
been recorded against William Washington,
the negro who was shot and wounded in
the head while breaking into Shepler's
jewelry store on Wednesday morning. De-
tectives Harper and Bee investigated his
record yesterday and recovered consider
able property that he had stolen during his
nocturnal perRmbulations.
On September Goth the thck-skulled
negro broke into the residence of l.. j.
Mitchell at 500 Pine street and stole two
ladies' cloaks valued at $50. He entered
the home of II. l.. Morrison, at 1905 Wash
ington street, on October ID and carried off
some silyerware, part of which was found
where he sold II.
On October 10th he sneaked into the house
of w. B. Easton, at 1888 Pine street, and
took an overcoat. The officers also recov-
cred lady's huntng-cased gold watch for
which an owner is wanted, Washington re-
fusing to tell where he procured the time
The morning call., 1891-10-23
MORTAR BATTERIES.
Some Mistaken Ideas Corrected
by an Artillerist.
Destructive Effects Of the New Batteries-san
Francisco's Defenses Will Make
the Harbor Safe.

There Is great deal of loose talk about
"mortars," said an army officer to a CALL
reporter during an interview yesterday.
Take for instance the popular idea OF
what the new defenses near the City Gene
terry site are to be. If you ask twenty
people. even of fair intelligence, they will
tell you that a mortar is sort of thick
saucepan (withOut handle) set on trun-
Mons, just about high enough for school
boy to sit on, and with muzzle big enough
for him to put his head in.
They will tell yOu, too, that when NOR
tar is fired the projectile goes high in the
air and drops down somewhere. only doing
harm if it strikes anything and with the
chances of hitting an object aimed at about
a thousand against one"
The reporter made note of it," as Cap
tain Cottle would say, and subsequently
asked twenty citizens taken at random.
They gave answers which clearly substan-
tiated the officers statement
Now let me tell you what the new NOR
tars will be like. What we now call a NOR
tar is sometimes known as a howitzer; a
short cannon, in fact You have noticed
The morning call., 1891-10-23
Olive ohnet,s Advice.

1t is a safe Tule-thst which counsels
young girl TO tell her mother everything and
a married woman TO tell her nothing and
there is justice in it to all concerned. Pa
rents who have reared their children to ma
turity and done what they could afford to do
in the way af their education and care, have
performed all that can be reasonably re-
qured The responsibility is heavy enough
under all circumstances They have pre-
arod their children to fight life's battles.
and il is cOwardly and unjust for the young
and strong to ease their burden of care by
placing it upon the hearts of their parents.
A woman vino marrles is supposed to leave
father and mother and cleave to her hus-
band through good and i'll, in heart and
mind, and a man is supposed, when he
chooses a wife, TO choose at the same time to
have no other so intimate friend and coun-
selor, and if he is disappointed manlinpss
and honor claim that lie should face his dis
appointment with courage and In silence
Olive 0hnet in the Chicago Graphic.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
WHERE WOMEN VOTE.
Places in the World Where They Can by
Right Cast a Ballot

Places in the World Where They Can by
Right Cast a Ballot.
From a pamphlet prepared by Hamilton
Wilcox of New York. and lately published
under the title of Freedoms Conquests,' it
appears that at the present time there are
over one hundred regions in the world
where women enjoy tie right Of suffrage.
Probably very few people suppose there is
spot in Africa where women have even
limited suffrage, but under the Government
OF the Cape of GooG Hope, which rules sew
eral hundred thousand square miles OF terri
tory, women have municipal suffrage. In
New Zealand women have municipal and
school suffrage, and the Legislature has re-
solved that they shall vote for members Of
Parliament. Women also vote in Victoria,
New South Wales, Queensland, South Aus
traiia and West Australia. In Pitcairn
Island South Pacific, women have voted
about a hundred years. They have full
suffrage there. (But tue island does not
The morning call., 1891-10-23
Annther Victory.

One by one the barriers that have stood
in the way of women IN their efforts to have
equal rights before the law and the world,
are being broken down, and the justice of
their claims are being admitted, even by
those VINO in the past were the most earnest
advocates Of the theory that a woman's
place is the home, and that it is not her
province to mix in matters of church or
State. One Of the latest concessions to
woman is by the Methodist Conference of
Indiana, which, at its recent meeting at
South Bend decided that women should be
eligible as delegates to the next General
Conference to be held at Terre Haute 1t
was also announced that it mad been de-
termined to furnish a room in the Depauw
University for women, and that it would
be named for the first woman delegate, Miss
SOhl Of Hammond, Ind.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
SInw TnIepranhinp.

W. F. Stump has filed in the Superior
Court complaint against the Postal Tele-
graph Company. In which he AYERS that on
the 10th of October the company received
and was paid for transmitting a telegraphic
money transfer message from Los Angeles
TO bis address in this city. He did not re-
ceive the message until the 14th and on ac-
count Of the company's failure to deliver
the message on the day IL was sent Stump
claims that he has been damaged to the ex-
tent Of $1,000 and has sued the company to
recover the amount and $50 penalty.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
Coming In Fast.

There was tremendous rush at the
Street Superntendents office yesterday.
The property-owners affected by the open
ing OF streets through the Laguna Survey
were crowding in to pay their assessments.
Four hundred and twenty-five payments
were made, aggregating S17,500, and the
clerks had all they could possibly do to
accommodate the applicants. 1t is expected
the rush will be much greater to-day. The
committee appointed at the property owners
mass-meeting, held in Tilton's Hall on
Friday night, has reported that there is
nothing now to do but walk up and pay.
The protests have come too late; they
should have been two or three months
narlinr
The morning call., 1891-10-23
Questions Asked.

Editor W'oman's Column. Morning Call !:
! recently read a very interesting article in
''The Woman's Column" which has sug-
gested the following questions: Women
being human beings, have they any rights in
lawP Are not women forced to pay taxes?
Are they not the educators? Such being
the case, so far as paying their share to-
ward supporting the Government and rear
ing aud educating those who Compose that
Government, why s it that they are denied
the rights that they are asking for, and
in a political sense, of the Chinese and
others now barred by law from Dartici-
pating in the affairs Of State. city and town?
simply ask these questions in the hope
that some one will give plausible answer,
and explain, if it can be explained, why
women should not stand on the same pOliti-
cal plane as do the men. H.H
Santa Rosa OcfObeT 1891
The morning call., 1891-10-23

THE PACIFIC TRANS > Err COMPANY
VIII call for and check baggage from hotels and
residences Inquire OF ticket agents for time cards
aud other Information.
The morning call., 1891-10-23
RecoYered aud Disappeared.

For about the seventeenth time the case
of F. A. Crisell, charged with assault to
murder for stabbng c. A. Littlefeld. came
up in Department OF the Police Court yes
terday. Littlefeld has entirely recovered
from the effects OF his injuries, and now the
officers cannot find him. 1t is supposed
that he has returned to his home in the
East. A continuance of the case was
granted until next Wednesday, and if Lit
tlefield is not found by that time it will be
Ion