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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
SAVED FROM THE WRECK.
A Fortune Made From Burned and
SuHkgl Ships.
The Work Is One Always of Difficulty end
Often of Danger-An Object Lesson on
the New Seawall.
written for THE M.onNrNe CALL.

On section of the new seawail. just to
the west of Lombard-street wharf. the cas-
ual observer can hardly fail to notice an
area of about quarter of an acre pictur-
esouely hesped over with old junk. There
are big anchors and ships galleys, cabins,
boilers ard engines much the worse for
wear, piles of scrap iron, masts and spars,
in short, all that has contributed in days
gone by to make up the tout ensemble of
many goodiy ship.
This spot is Whitelaw's wrecking-yard
1t is the privilege of a few to make fortunes
out of the msfortunes of the many, and in
the commercial world. especially of stocks
ana shares, the fortunes are not always hon
orally acquired. But in the case now under
consideration Mr.. Whitelaw has made the
best of bad job; in other words. be has
accumulated competence honorably and
squarely by removing those obstacles to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
VICT0RIA'S CROWN.
1t Contains 5000 Precious Stones ard L
Valued at 81, 500, 900.
d. Tn-u.


The crown Of the Queen of Great Britain
and Ireland. made in 1888. has been esti-
mated to be of the valve of 81, 500, 600. 1t
weights nearly two pounds and comprises
more than 5000 precious stones. of which
five-six tbs are diamonds. The lower part OF
the band is row OF 129 pearls, the upper
part OF ll2.
Between them, in front, is a large sap
phire. Behind is smaller sapphire. with
six others and eight emeralds Between
the two great sapphres are ornaments con-
tanning $50 diamonds. Above the band are
eight sapphires surmounted by eight dia-
monds, and eight festoons containing 100
diamands. In the front of the crown is the
rnby given by the Black Prince of Pedro,
King of CASTLE. This is set in Maltese
cross, and forming the cross are IS large
diamonds.
Three other crosses containing $50 dia-
monds, are around the upper part of the
crown. Between the four crosses are four
ornaments with four rubieS in the center,
and containing respectively 81. Sc, 50 and 81
diamonds. From the Maltese crosses rise
four arches, composed of oak leaves and
acOrns. the leaves containing TBS diamonds.
The 80 acorns are each Of single pearl,
and are set in cups made of 81 diamonds.
Above the arches stands the mound, con-
tanning 54S diamonds, and above the mound
is the cross, containing q very large sap
phire, four very large and 10S small dia-
mOntlS
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above, the wondrous carvings OF the enan,
eel and the chantry faces. the high altar and
the fiImy Gothic reredos, to that marvellous
east window, greatest in Britain, behinu-
you have here Toasted upon rs percy
Christian temple as the inspired Dullat1s
have ever wrought.
And for these reasons: MasSlyeneSs ana
spaciOusness have been brought INTO loving
proportion. Perspective and embellishments
are here poem In harmony. Loftiness has
been, in the delicate groining. fretwork and
tracery of the roof, so LUMINOSITY en-
wreathed, that all the upward aspect to the
beholder is one OF instant and lasting exul-
tation. Never elsewhere have / seen such
perfect blending of miracles Of human
handwork with the magic Of distance and
the enehantment of light
To simply the art-loyer there Is profound
pleasure to be derived from a visit 10
Gloucester Cathedral. The student of
ecciesiastie art will discover ample examples
from the time of the old Angio-Saxon
builders down past the early Norman work
ers along the development in the first and
middle pointed, perpendicular and the mod
ern Gothic. Whoever loves to dwell upon
ecclesiastic history will ind world Oh ma.
terial in tradition and fact from the time OF
Lucins, in the second century, to that OF
Victoria In this. The antiquarian can come
upon no richer field. And he who delves
in civil history will find much to feast upon
here wlrere parliaments have assembled,
kings nave beeD efoWDeu anu inoHaiOhs Aio
entombed.
More unique, splendid and interesting
than those Of any other British cathedral
are the cloisters. North and south they
are 144 feet in length, 147 feet long in the
east and west alleys, II feet wide and Is
feet in height; with the famous chapter
house reached from the east walk. The
fan-yaulting OF their roof is the earliest
specimen in England, and the most magnif-
cent extant Here in open, arched and en-
battled Tecesses, overlooking the sunny
closter-garth, the old monks studied and
wrote. one will linger long and lovingly in
these. And, could [ have my wish. with
The ehapter-house for dormitory. in these
noble cloisters l would idle and dream, and
in restfnlness and peace work out some
grand design. EDGAR L. WATERMAN
Gloucester, England, April 8. 1892.
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A bum Of excited voices now drowned
the speakers words. When 1t ceased he
had gone.
judging from The conversation which fol-
lowed, 1t seemed probable that the parsOn,
d lie should attempt 10 carry out his inten-
uon, would encounter lively opposition /;
tie camp not being an assembly Of saints,
not even latter-day ones.
But something occurred that night which
entirely altered the situation.
a sharp word spoken BY Togue's son to a
rough Yankee led 10 a rapid nnmuzzling Of
bulldogs, with the result that the bar
keepers son, who was a general fayorite,
was shot through the shoulder
Camp opinion ran high against the per-
petrator. who was even threatened with
lynching.
When the tumult was at its highest the
parSon came back, and quickly made him.
self master of the condition of affairs.
Hold, unhaliowed men," he exclaimed.
in those low, earnest tones of his, would
YOU aud sin to sinP Let this man 20, and
your forgiveness snail be bis greatest pun
ishmeut."
'.gStand aside, mister; this amt no time
for pfeaehing-we air on business here"
II will not. Who am0Pg You has right
TO take away life which he cannot resiore?'
A voice ia the rear Of the crowd rej0ined
81 guess, stranger. we heV. And We air
going, too.
a rough-lookjng man, who was to all ap-
pearance leader in this roughly eonst-
tated court Of justice, now interposed. He
said:
you mean well. stranger, no doubt; but
Won air out of place here Take my advice
and make yourself scarce, for you can't do
good and you NAV do harm. Jake here has
got to die; we says it. 'Iisn't the first time
he has been too handy with bis Shooting
iron, but It's got to be The last. En-, boysp"
"But 1 tell you. men, yon viii commit
murder"
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navigation which are necessarily produced
by the burning or sinking of ship.
Like all great enterprises this one began
in very small way Mr.. Whitelaw came
to California in 1863 having served hard
apprenticeship on the deep sea, and bring
ing with him the native Caledonian's char
acteristics of patience, pluck and thrift.
Not all the 81 wrecked vessels on which
Captain Whitelaw las operated have con-
tributed to the pile Of junk now lying on
the seaWall at section 3. Where it has been
possible to raise a vessel, refit her aud re-
store her to her owners In a condition of
usefulness. this has been done. This was
the case, for instance, with the steamer
Costa Rica OF the Pacific Mail Company.
which was wrecked near Point Di9blo, Just
inside Point Bonita. also with the ship Con-
stitution of the same company, which came
into this port on fire and was scuttled and
sunk in Mission Bay to put the fire out, also
with the steamer NewberD, which was sunk
off the North ways. near the P0trerO, also
with the steamer Umatilla, wrecked in
Esquimat harbor, also with the British
ship Clan Mackenzie, wrecked near Coffin
Rock. In the Columbia River, and which
was raised in II days.
Among the ships recently wrecked and
totally lost On which Captain Whiteaw
worked with profit to himself and benefit
to the community were the ship Elizabeth,
lost off Duxbury Reef in the storm of Janu-
airy, 1891, and the ship Palestine. which
foundered off Point L0bos a few months
later in the same year. he Is now at " ork
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
BIaine.s Political Foresight.
New York World.

In the famous Douglas Lincoln campaign
which was fought in Illinois in 1858 Mr..
Blaine, being then engaged in newspaper
work, reported the speeches and the incl
dents of the canvass for a Philadelphia
newspaper. In his last letter before the
election he wrote, "The State will 20 for
Douglas. He VIII be elected Senator, but
Lincoln viii be the next President" The
prediction was ridiculed, but lis outcnme
proved Mr.. Blaine's sagaeity as a prophet.
Two years later be was present in Peoria
when the committee Informed Mr.. Lincoln
of his nomination. and was gratified to hear
the future War President say, as ne took
out printed slip containing The prophecy,
Young man, you see that have kept your
prediction !"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
nnn,t Go 40 Anstra1ia.

Consul General Wallace writes from
Melbourne to warn Americans against i'm
migrating to that country. He says the
cities aud the country districts are emerging
from the frenzy of land boom, and that all
trades are stagnant. The unemployed are
clamorous for work, and an advertisement
for help is answered by 100 applicants for
every position. Macy energetic Americans
have sought employment without success,
and the charity of the few Americans living
there has alone prevented absolute suffering
for lack OF food.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
Changing the Color Of Birds

The distinguished naturalist, DIR. Sauer-
mann. has published in the Gazette de
tons touching the artificial eoloratEon If
birds. The TACT Is recognized, says he. that
canary birds fed on cayenne pepper insensi-
blv change color and pass frem yellow TO
red. Cayenne pepper. in addition To a
tinctoriai substance. contains an irritating
principle AID an oily matter. When these
two latter principles are extracted through
maceration ia alcohol the pepper loses lis
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
OHIO'S EAYoRITE SONS.
Design for a Monument to Be Exhibited
at the Worlds Fair.

at the Worlds Fair.
At the banquet of the Ohio Historical
Society year ago. says the Cleveland cor
respondent of the Chicago Herald, General
Brinkerhoff made an address in which he
recalled the old truth that the glory of a
nation is not so much in eigness OF riches
as in the character of the men and women
it produces, and that. judged by this stand
ard, Ohio was absolutely peerless among
the States OF the Union. he suggested
that Ohio should be represented at the
Worlds Fair by a group Of statuary, in
marble or bronze, as a noble matron sur
rounded by such children as Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Chase, Stanton and Garfield,
ana that engraved upon the pedestal in bold
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15

coloring property upon the plumage Of the
birds, but if olive oil be added tn the prod
net of maceration the coioring action re-
appears. 1t is inferred from this that the
oily part Of the pepper is the necessary
vehicle of the color. Experiments made
upen wholly white hens have giyen,an iden-
teal result. These hens possess the prop
erty of foreshadowing change in the tenn
perature by a very marked change of tint.
The yelk of their eggs is of very bright
red. The same experiment has been tried
with the root OF the alkanet (Anchusa tinct-
oria) with the result of q production of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15

on Tie steamer San Pedro. wrecked in the
harbor Of Victoria, b. c., last November.
In this business of recovering the wreck
age of burned and sunken ships there are
employed two schoOners, the Samson and
the Catalina, and the steamer Whitelaw.
The first thing done. after the position OF
the wreck is aSceTtaiued and the case placed
in Captain Whitelaw's hands, is to send
down divers to discover if the vessel can be
saved and repaired. Ii not it becomes
matter Of bargain with the owners. and
price is agreed on for everything. Nhitelaw
taking all the risks. 1t Is not al
ways sure thing. In the case of the
Palestine, for example, which lay Ia
the exact track OF navigation between the
bar and the heads, the operation had to be
conducted with all possible speed and in
manner to leave little hope of recovering any
of the cargo. The strnng currents, the heaps
OF sand raised By the dynamite charges,
and the virtual impossibilitv of the divers
keeping their feet. made the task an ex-
tremely arduous one and the profits were
propOrtionately small To those whose
taste runs in the direction of lotteries and
chances the work of wTeekng a ship would
appeal strongly as splendid possibility of
profit or loss. and it speaks we'll for the
judgment OF the man who In a long course
of such operations has a satisfactory balance
on the credit side Of the ledger.
The difficulty of lifting heavy weights In
a seaway or on an iron bOund coast can be
better imagined than described. The Sam
son is an obieci-lesson in the triumph of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ViOlet-colored clothing is used at funerals
in Turkey.
1t cost over 500 recently in legal fees in
South Carolina TO settle claim OF So.
In making gold threads for embroidery. it
has been found that six ounces OF gold can
be drawn into 200 miles OF wire.
A young man, hypnotized at an enter
taiument at Paris, remained senseiess for
two days aud was with difficulty bruueht
back 90 consciousness
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
Appropriately Named.

A Bath truckman. who owns two horses,
has named one MeGinty and The other An
ME Rooney, both being chestnuts.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
THE GRAND CATHEDRAL.

1t seems to me that whether you eontem-
plate this Gloucester cathedral fTem with
cut until your minds reeeptiYities of form
and proportion have brought its fine outlines
and majestic central tower into the most
fitting shape you can conceive stone to be
set in sacred structure; or have stood at the
side of and just beneath its west window,
within the nave. and followed its splendid
lines of depth aud height up and oD--past
choir-screen and choir, the delicate flying
buttre5ses across the great nsept-opening
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15

We pay the printer to give
you good advice about health
and to lead you to careful
living.
Our reason is that SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil is
so often a part of careful
living.
If you would go to your
doctor whenever you need
his advice, we might save our
money. He knows what you
need.
Let US send you a book on
CAREFUL LIVING; free.
Scorr & BOWIE. Chemists, 15a South 5th Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion OF cod-liver
oii-all druggists everywhere do. 81.
na1 TbsrTrkwv I'm
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
OROPOLVO, 1OO96.

Volume 9Th American Trotting Register.
Sire Zilcaadi Golddust 400, (4-year-old
record 2:37 Ia; 5-year-od public trial, 2;25'
sire of Whirlwind, 2:24 Estelle, 2:2G Fan.
ny (P) 2:25 IA Tennessee (p) 2:30; Lucy,
2:40; Sherman, trial, 2:3sJ; Corrinne, Swear.
old trial, 2:3S; Cleveland, 3-year-old trial,
ASH Hendricks, 3-year-od trial, 2:4I, and
sire Of Cigarette, dam of Rosaine Wilkes,
record 2:l44.
Dam Florence, dam OF Estele, 5-year-old
record, 2:2G Corrinne, 3-year-old trial, 2.3s
KOTO will stand for the season of 1892
at Frederick, Nd the first part Of each week
and the balance of each week at the Hermit
age Stock Farm, Garrett Park, Montgomery
county, Md. The season to commence on
February 9Th and close on June 9th, at which
time the horse will go into active training to
further reduce his record.
Service fee, $40, payable AT the time of ser
vice in cash or negotiable notes. Mares not
proving in toal may be returned next season
free of charge.
uROPOLNO will stand for the season of
1892 NJ the Hermitage Stock Farm. The sea
son to commence February 18th, and TO close
on June 10Th, at which time the horse will 90
into active training 10 prepare for The Fan
racing season.
Service fee, S25, payable al the time Of SER
vice in cash or negotiable notes. Mares not
proving in ioal may he returned next season
free of charge.
For extended pedigrees apply to.
WIN. J. THOMSON,
Garrett Park, Montgomery county, Md.
feb 70 sep 27-y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
James b. Adams, Katherine r. Ad.
ans, his wife. and Lee M. Lipscomb,
Agent, Defendant.
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery county
sitting as Court Of Equity.

,, ,,,,,,,u
'hE Obj ECI OF this SUIT IS TO procure
u Decree Tor Inc sale oil certain property
IN Montgomery county, IN tins State, which
was conveyed oy george d: warren and 9TH
ers, Executors o. Edward Thorhton Tayloe,
To James Barry ADAMS, ana apply the pro-
eeeus 10 the sei'lemeni OF tue partnership ou-
siness between the said James b. Adams and
Mouhqoy d hanson
The bill states that a partnership existed
between the SAID james 3. Adams and Mount
Joy Is. Hanson; that the said Mountjoy B..
Hanson has departed ms HE, leaving last
wii' and testament oy winch The complain
ant, Albert u. Bibb, was appointed Executor,
That he qaalihed ms Executor, and that he has
been unable TO get settlement OF the part
nershlps atia'rs which existed between the
SAID MounIoy Is. Hanson and the said James
Is. Adams
Inc oiii calls upon the said james Il. Adj
ams 10 give null and detailed statement of
al tue partnership business as 1t existed be-
tween the parlies, TO snow TO whom the part
nership was indebted, and to disclose and
discover any ana all property belonging TO
the partnership.
The Dill further charges that the tract of
land called Middlebrook, conveyed to James
Barry Adams by GeorgeB. Warren and 9th
ers, Executors OF the last will and testament
OF Edward Thornton Tayloe, Tor one hun
dred and hity-lwo and one quarter acres is in
TACT partnership property and should be so
treated TO secure the liabilities of the part
nership and to secure your orator as Execu-
tor, as aforesaid
The oill tur!her charges that the said James
barry Adams is non resident OF the State of
Maryland, tina, he has removed to Seattle, in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
THE Ma TIONAL CONVERSATIONAL
CLEVELAND NOMINA TED.

CLh FhLAND NOMIHAIED.
The National Democratic Convention as.
sembled in the wigwam built for it at Chi
cago on Tuesday last. William G. Owens,
OF Kentucky, was made temporary chair
man without a contest, and made ringing
speech on taking the chair. The rules Of
the last National Democratic Convention
were adopted, and the committees were an
nounced. A resolution Of sympathy with
MIR. Blaine in the death of his son was
adopted. The convention adjourned until
IL o'clock, Wednesday.
At the Wednesday session of the conven.
ton Hon. VIM l.. Wilson, of West Virginia,
was installed as permanent chairman and
made ringing speech on the issues Of the
day. A strong platform was adopted and
the names Of Cleveland, Hill and Boes were
placed in nomination as candidates for the
Presidency.
One the first ballot Grover Cleveland of
New York, received GIG votes, more than
the necessary two thirds of the convention,
aud was declared the nominee for President
OF the United States.
Up to the hour of going to press no nom
ination for Vice President had been made
by the convention.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
ANNUAL EXAMINATION.

INHE Annual Examination Of applicants
4 for teachers certificates of the secon d
grade will be held at the Public School House,
in Rockville, on Tuesday, June 2sth for
first grade, on Tuesday, 28th, and Wednes
day, 10Th, ard for colored applicants on
Thursday, Both, commencing at 9:l5 A. NJ,
and closing al 4;30 p. NJ, each day.
Applicants for scholarships in State Nor
NAL School and st. Mary's Female Seminary
will present themselves on Tuesday, June
2Sth, at same time aud place.
BY order Of the Board, no other examna-
ton of applicants for teachers certificates
will be held this year.
JOHN J. HIGGINS,
june l7-2t Examiner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
NOTICE Or COPAR7IERSHIP.

HAVING formed partnership for the
i prosecution of the RETAIL DRUG
BUSINESS in Rockville we solicit the pat
ronage of the public, hoping by strict atien.
ton to business and by serving our custom
ers with only the best goods TO merit large
share of the trade.
We are very truly yours,
THOMAS 4 CAMPBELL,
Successors 10 Bruce Thomas, NJ. D.
June LOFT
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
O r D { r NISI.
Charles Veirs and others vs.. Julian W Whit
ing and Rebecca T. Veirs, Trustee.
No. 1913. In the Circuit Court for Montgom-
cry county, MS n Court Of Equity.

nRDERED this 9TH day of june A. D.,
" 1892, by the subscriber, Clerk of tie
Circuit Court for Montgomery county, that
the sale made and reported by Charles Veirs,
Trustee, TO John II. Nichols be finally rat.
fed and confirmed, unless cause to the con.
trary thereof be shown on or before the sec
ond day Of July next: Provided a copy of
this order be published in some newspaper
printed aud published in Moatg omery coun-
Y, Maryland, once Il week in each Of three
successive weeks before the said second day Of
July next.
The report states the amount of sale to he
x100.
JAMES ANDERSON, Crk
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
True copy-Test:
june lO-td JAMES ANDERSON, CPk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
KIOTO, 3OOS.
Race Record, 2:25.

maze heCOTui E.E0.
SIRE MARMION GOLDDUST, 1874, (sire
of kioto, 2:25; Nelly S 235A,) by Gold.
dust. Jr,, (4-year old record, 2:36, and fall
brother to Rolla Golddust, record 2:25;) dam
Dark by Edwin Forrest 40, (sire of Billy
lloskins, 2;2Gi Champagne, 2:3O, and the
dams Of So SO, am; Mambrino Dudley,
2l9 81; London, 2:2O3, and eight Others in
2:30.) Granddaughter of Edwin Forrest
have produced Nancy Hanks, 200; Lock
heart, 2:l4 Sd Charleston, 2:45 and many
other speedy performers
DAM MISCHIEF, 2:37; trial 2:24, by Vol
unteer, %, record to wagon 2;37 sire of St.
Julien, 2:ll la Gloster 2;l7; Alley, 2I9;
Driver, 2.l94; Bodine, 2:l9 Ia ST. Patrick
(pl 2;l94, aud twenty -live. others in 2 30, and
sire of the dams of lIomeslake, 2:lAl
Brilliant, 2:l74 Ripple, 2:l71 Amelia G
2:29 IA, and twenty-six others in $50
After sixty days handling Kioto was start
ed in the 2:27 class at Pimlco, Md Septem
Der 8th. 1891 tie defeated strong field of
eleven horses, one of his heats being trotted
in 2:25 Sd, though the track was fetlock deem
in mud
At Belmont Park, Philadelphia, October
22d, 1891, he met faster horses and was again
victorious, lowering his record to 2:25. Five
heats were trotled in this race aud Kioio
trotted the last half mile in two of the heats
in :OS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1892-06-24
RECEIPTS

Respectfully submitted,
W. t. MANNAKEE Treas.
A dividend Of per cent. was declared and
ordered TO be paid after July LIST.
We have examined the accounts of the
Treasurer of the Washington, Coles lille and
Ashton Turnpike Company, and find the
above correct.
WIN. NJ. CANDY,
june 24-lt =. l.. BRUNETT
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