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Trying to Get "A Fight.

New ORLEANS, Jan. Capt. Viii
liams left here last night for New York,
via Chicago, with instructions to offer q
purse of $l2, 600 for a glove contest TO q
finish between Corbett and Maher. Slavir
and Corbett, SlaVin and .Maher, oil
Choynski and either of the above named,
before the Oly mpic club in March.
, 1892-01-08

An important dam across the Andres
coggin river at Rumford Falls, Me-, has
just been completed. Its object is to
improve the water power at that point.
This dam is 40 feet long, fifty-six feet
wide at the bottom and about twenty
feet high.
, 1892-01-08

LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 7.-Cbarles H.
McCurrnn, reporter for the ninth Michi-
gan judicial district. broke the worlds rec
ord in typewririne here today, copying on
a Remington l22 words n minute.
, 1892-01-08

OF the 500, OOO, 600 persons who were
carried last year on steam vessels but
sixty-fve were killed. This shows that
this means of travel is the safest in the
world.
, 1892-01-08

A Kansas man has been compelled to
pay a fine of fifty dollars for kissing the
hand of q beautiful woman who objected
to the familiarity,
, 1892-01-08

Bobby-rm afraid, papa, that you will
have TO get me a new suit or a new pair
of skates.
Father-Why so, my son?
Bobby-Because the skates 1 nave now
are so old that I'll fall with them and
tear my clothes, and 1 won't if 1 have a
new pair.-New York Truth.
, 1892-01-08

DIRECTORS.
T.. B. Hicks, ]. K jeffrey. C. E. Abbott
w.. s. Weaver. C. W. Hicks.
The morning call., 1892-07-24
HOW TO MAKE A FORTUNE.
Joaquin Miller Gives Some Advice to
Y0nng Men.
He Says the Country Is the Place to Gain
Comfortable and Independent
Living.
Written for THE MORNING CALL

/ am changed, as the eagle dollar said
after it flew over the bar and came back
all broken up.
That is / am asked to cut this line of re-
minscent seribbling. and shall obey the
call with big. big C.
But inadvertently promised few Sun
days back to show some seedy and sleepy
gentlemen Of the city how much easier 1t is
TO make fortune now than in The late la
mented good old days" And bless us!
five of them have wakened up and demanded
in bitter tones and bad grammar to be told
how, under penalty of calling me a liar.
That is why am going to inflict this one
more personal ana reminiscent letter or
screed on my readers.
Well then. my wakng-sleeping friend,
the very first thing for you 10 do is 70 get
out of town. Get wide awake and then get
out. Now don't get in a panic, my mer-
chant of the six-by-nine cigar-stanG with a
post 10 lean against / am not going TO
depopulate the place. Besides that the
very. very few who will heed this advice OF
mine are not or those who suck the succu-
lent and nutritious cigarette.
\ es, get out Of town the very first thing.
The town don't want you, and you ought
not TO want the town. Let me tell you
once for all that this going 10 the city is a
low, cheap and vulgar fashion Of modern
date.
Shakespeare got out of London and back
to his little village as soon as he could.
Plutarch left the Imperial spieDdors of Rome
Just as soon as he had finished bis lectures
The morning call., 1892-07-24

Wife of one of East Oakland's most promi-
nent physicians, a gentleman who for years
has been on the Board of. Education, who
has been connected with various hospitals,
and whn is still the home physician for the
adult blind Institution. This gentleman's
wife is one of the most popular ana we'll
known ladies in town, neing exceedingly
bright and very beautiful. The most close
observer would never judge her 10 be the
mother Of her two fine looking sons, one of
whom is studying law and the other medi-
cine, as she has all the grace anu winning
way of girl still in her teens. Mrs. Fine
is lover of the fine arIs, is an ACCOMPLISHED
singer and one IF the leaders o renowned
hist club. The family reside in a hand
some new house on Sixth avenue and East
Eleventh street, where true hospitality is
dealt out unhesitatlugly. and where large
circle OF friends are ever made welcome.
The morning call., 1892-07-24

TO sustaining incompetent members of
the profession by means of an anti
Quated code of ethics. The doctors there
worked with the mechanieian Joseph
Letter, vho recently died. He was an op-
,ician and anatomist, and he made the
instruments while the doctors expert
mented. They tried TO illuminate the body
In two ways, one by direct introduction of
the light into the cavities and the other by
reflection. Experiments in both directions
were successful. and the makers In Vienna
began to send their lamrs all over the world.
They are called the Mignon glow lamp.
They are scarcely larger than pea, and the
carbon filnment is used.
The specialist in throat and nose affec-
tions and diseases OF the eve has several
kinds OF lamps to choose from, or better
still, he uses them all for different observa
tions. The three whose pictures are here
given are the ones most commonly used by
doctors in ordinary special practice.
The pictures give the layman a good
idea OF the instruments as they are
used, except the wire connecting
IL with the battery. The battery
is about the size of an unabridged
Webster's dictionary, and the doctor has il
on a chair by his side while he makes his
examination, 40 he can regulate the current
to nicety. Tne first lamp is very usefu |
one. The fiat part OF the instrument holds
down the tongue and keeps it out of the
way while the lamp Is in the mouth. The
bulb holding the light has reflector behind
il which throws the rays out into the
throat.
The light for the throat and the ear is a
plain bulb. with or without a reflector
The throat and nose lamp has two lights
which are Put into the throat behind the
nasal passages and illuminate both nostrils.
The morning call., 1892-07-24
CALLS PORTRAIT GALLERY.
Containing Pictures and Life Sketches Of
Some Oakland Ladies.
Mesdames Dr.. A. Fine, Gilbert L. Curtis, J. W.
Brougher. George B. Williams, Alice
Waltz Gray, Mrs. W. C. Little.

By reference to the faces in THE CALLS
Portrait Gallery this morning. it will be
seen at once that Oakland-especially East
Oakland-has as much to be proud of in the
way of handsome ladies as has San Fran
cisco herself, and, for that matter, any
city in the Union. The magnificent climate
of this part Of California is in a great
measure responsible for the rich. glowing
complexion. the brilliant eyes ami the viva
cious disposition. Ladies here lead more Of
an outdoor life than in other cities. where
the streets are crowded with the daily COM
merce. With wide stretch of open country
and fine roadways the pleasure OF driving
offers every inducement Thus it is thaC
ladies spend half Of the day in outdoor ex-
eTcise in dainty little Disadvantages or
picturesque dogearts. while the moonlight
evenings are looked forward to with a keen
relish by those who love equestrian eXer-
cise-and it is a well-known fact that the
ladies of Oakland are renowned for their
splendid and graceful horsemaus ship. Among
the ladies' portraits here presented is that OF
The morning call., 1892-07-24

Is another lady who rightly claims the
readers attention. being a charming addi-
tiOn TO Oakland's 400. This lady, although
a native OF the State, received thorough
education, extending over seven wears, in
an Eastern institute of learning. She mar
ried the successful granger, Mr.. Gilbert J..
Curtis. at one time one of the largest land
owners in Yolo County, but who is now ex-
tenslyely engaged in embarrassing in
Mexico, where he owns immense tracts of
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis have but re-
Gently returned from the City of Mexico,
where q couple of months was spent in
studying that part of the world. The
family entertain exten Slvely in a quiet way.
The lady's musieales are always feature
OF the winter season. She also gives
charming card parties and dinners, which
are always noticed in the society columns of
the local papers. One great attraction in
this home is the billiard parlor with its rich
table and its costly trappings. Mrs. Cur
It's. who IL exceedingly amable. possesses
much artistic ability, being especially prof.
cient in china painting. She is also a fin
ished musician aud good French scholar.
In appearance the lazy is a positive bru-
nette, with graceful, charming figure and
lovely bright eyes. She is the possessor
too, of most charitable disposition. Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis spend their summers at
Santa Cruz, to which place they expect to
go some time in the near future.
The morning call., 1892-07-24
UNDERGROUND WIRES.
TGlGDh0HG and Electric Light Systems
Described,
What Has Been Already Acccmplished-Dsn
gers of the Unsightly Overhead Wires
Misunderstanding Particulars.

1t was at the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia that the public saw the first
speaking-telephone and it at once jumped
into prominence. At the present day it is
hardly possible 10 compute the number of
instruments there are in daily use through
out the world. The telegraph. telephone
and the electric light are the three great in
ventions Of the age. butthe telephone stands
unique in that il is the most universally used
ef the three. Improvements have been made
from time to time on the telephone. and men
skilled in electrical science are constantly
experimenting TO make il as near perfection
as possible.
In recent years the adoption in various
cities Of the underground system is marked
improvement on the ugly cumbersome and
dangerous overhead system. The disfgure-
ment If the streets by the latter system is
a perpetual eyesore aud disgrace to mod
ern civilization. II is a standing menace to
firemen in the discharge Of their duties and
many lives have been lost and much valu-
able property destroyed through these wires
retarding and oftentimes almost completely
blocking their efforts. There is also con-
slant danger of 1re breaking out in stores
or dwellings through live wire from the
electrie-light wires coming in contact with
the telephone wires and vice versa. With
the underground system all these dangers
and difficulties are swept away and trans
formation scene Immediately takes place in
the appearance Of the streets. The under
ground system is, of course, much more
costly. but its adoption should bring some
compensation to the telephone companies in
the shape of largely increased suDscrip-
ton list.
San Francisco can boast of one OF the
most perfect underground systems in the
world. Work on the system was com
menced in 1890 and many miles of cables
are now laid.
Very few of the thousands of people who
pass along the sCreetS where the telephone
and electric light systems are being laid
have any idea of how they are operated
The morning call., 1892-07-24
Mia joint.

"a number of pipes punched together
forming a root between the manholes Is
called the conduit. Each pipe contains two
Chambers, and each chamber acc0mmodst
tuTee Of the largest-Sized cables. Each
sDsce occupied III a chamber by one OF these
cables is known as a duct
"T0 prevent the pipe from sinking, red
wood boards are first laid in the bottom of
the trench ard. after the pipe is laid aud a
cushion Of sand is placed on top, redwood
plsnks are used as a top covering, pro-
jsctng a few inches On each side beyond
The vertical line of the conduit. These top
boards are intended as protection against
picks used by workmea in eXcaYating the
streets.
"rhe manhole cover as designed spe-
cialy for this system 1t is self-draining. self
yentilatng. and although very heavy. the
two halves of the cover are lifted easily by
a small belt tool.
"To drain the manholes gallon jars
are used as sumps in the floor. most of them
being too deep TO drain into the sewer sys-
TEN Of the city.
The morning call., 1892-07-24
HOW MARKET STREET WILL Loo

although the manholes are used as far
as possible as distributing dep0ts, small late
rails being put in from the walls to the dis
tributing poles or cellars in buildings, in
some cases it is found more convenient to
put a handhele, which is about two feet
deep, on the root Of the conduit Itself, the
conduit being broken there 50 as to enter on
each side, aud a lateral pipe leading 10
point where the cable is desired, also start
ing from the bandhole.
An important part OF the conduit system
Is the tunnel leading from the shaft In the
telephone building to the street. Ihls tun-
mel is. as is also the shaft. entirely freproof
and distinct from the rest of the building.
No wood whatever is used in it except the
false flooring covering the cables, which is
brought along the bottom.
The cables used are OF two kinds-soid
core, which are made with the wires in-
suated with cotton and paraffine, and dry
core, in which the insulation s simply sew
eraI wraps of manila paper without any
Daraffine or resinous compound between.
The dry core cables are tbe latest invention
for telephone cable, ard have the advan-
tage of giving lower static capacity than
lie solid core. This static capacity Is
echnical term meaning a sort of retarda-
lon TO the consecutive electric vibrations,
The morning call., 1892-07-24

They stand for a few moments watching
the men at work in the trenches and pass
on, wondering what it Is all about anyway.
From some of the officers Of the telephone
aud electric Hight companies CALL re-
porter gathered much interesting infOrma-
tion upon the subject.
Z. NJ. Jackson Of sthe Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company, under whose per-
sonal supervision their underground system
has been and is being laid, said: Before
work was commenced on our underground
system / visited most Of the large cities in
the East where these systems are in use
and noticed what | considered defects in
the maBhoIes, cOnduits, etc, and steered
clear OF them. believe that we have as
perfect a system IN this city as is to be
found anywhere. It is called the drawing
In and drawing-out system.
Now the system here is really set Of
tubes laid and brought between the man
holes, the manholeS serving as dep0ts for
splicing together the lengths of the cable
when laid along a particular route and
also as convenient points for dividing up
the cables and distributing the smaller
cables
The morning call., 1892-07-24

Who is at present in Washington, is Sac
ramento girl. She was a Miss Upson and a
sister of Mrs. Lucy Arnold. Society peo.
pie will remember the many entertainments
that were given both in Sun Francisco and
Oakland last winter in honor of Mrs. Will
liams. Mrs. Charles Belden gave the most
noted affair, in the form of n high tea, that
her aunt, Mrs. Williams. might meet her
many friends Mr.. Williams has lately
gone abroad in the interest of n large syndi-
cate. He is now in London, where his wife
may possibly reside for time. As a girl,
the subject of this sketch was a decided
belle, possessing then as now many attrac-
tive qualities. She was rather quiet In man.
ners, with gentle dignity and large SYM
pathies as hostess. She Is very gracious and
possesses the magic power OF making
strangers at once feel at home with her. 1t
Is also a well-known fact that this lady is
never so happy as when extending enter
tainment to others. Her many friends here
are looking forward to her again coming
among them.
The morning call., 1892-07-24

thing going wrong in the system these
safety catches located in the junction boxes
wi Il fuse or melt aud thereby automatically
cut off the affected district and that affected
district only.
Another point In this system that in
sures 10 a customer steady light is the fact
that he is not depending entirely on n single
line, because each feeder furnishes It's pro
rata OF current to this web OF currents, aud
in the event OF a fuse blowing al given
point he receives his current round the
block. so to speak, in another path.
''Ghe methods Of laying those tubes are 10
all intents and purposes the same as with
gas or water mains. The length Of tube
is about 20 feet, consequently there is a
joint every 20 feet These joints can be
broken al any time and a I connection
made TO supply customer On the line OF
the tube very much in the manner that
water or gas connection is made. The con-
necti0ns are simply short lengths of tube
which tap the main line by means of a
thTee-wav box or T-bOX.
The morning call., 1892-07-24

the dynamos TO centers of distribution. and
the mains radiate from centers of distribu-
tiOn ard loop the ends of the feeders TO-
gether. All traps TO supply customers with
electric current are taken from the mains.
Electric tubes are accordingly divided into
feeders and mains. A main has three in
sulated copper conductors of equal size. A
feeder has two principal conductors and one
smaller conductor 10 serve as neutral wire.
a feeder also has three insulated cables OF
seven wires each. These small cables form
Independent circuits from the station TO
the point of distribution, and enable US to
read in the station the electrical pressure at
the outside end of the feeder Hence, these
lines are called pressure wires
"Mains are laid on every street In dis
tTict. and al each Intersection of the streets
is what we term a juncton-boX. Ia these
Junction boxes the mains are all connected
together through safety catches or fuses.
From the station We run feeders which
connect with the junctiOn-boxes In different
portions of the system.
The mains are the only ones we touch to
supply our customers. The feeders run
to the juuction-boxes and distribute all
through the system. In the event of any
The morning call., 1892-07-24
Curing Rattlesnake Bite.
ST. LOnis Republican.


An exhaustive article in q New York
paper descriptive of the habits and haunts
of the rattlesDake has raised anew the ques-
tion whether there exists any known and
reliable remedy for the cure of the bite of
those venomous reptiles. a reputable in
habitant of the rattiesnake haunted region
along the upper valley of the Delaware
River, Sullivan County, now states that
there is known antdote for the poison
Of rattlesnake's bite which has been
in use in his part of Sullivan County
for eighty or ninety years. He says it was
obtained by John Geer, the first permanent
settler of Long Eddy, from half-breed In
dian who occupied little hut on the Penn
sylvauia bank of the river almost hundred
years ago. The remedy was the frequent
application to the wounded part of the
bruised roots of the plant popularity known
as lions heart" which resembles the milk
weed, and the drink king freely OF a tea made
from the arrow-leaved violet, known in
botany as Y. Sagittata. The correspondent
who has communicated this remedy further
states that he has known personally of six
individuals bitten by rattlesnakes who have
been cured by it, and he has never known
failure TO cure when IL was administered. .
The morning call., 1892-07-24

tion? / did; and am taking it still, and
shall keep on taking IL; for it gives me the
strength OF a lion. / am now more than So
and yet L never walk the streets Of your
city without feeling that could thrash any
man there; and would rather like to do it.
NO, am not in the city often. Once a
month, and then on business only. My
mother has been in San Francisco twice in
five years, and that is more than she cared
for, although she looks down into the
streets daily from her seat ON the porch.
Yes, surely should have settled IN either
Shasta or Arizona, but mother had already
spent more than the forty years in the
wilderness. and had right TO at least be in
reach Oh the comforts of life at her age.
And so bought this heap Of stones on the
hillside, kept out of town and kept at work.
Ana such beastly, barren, stone-strewn
and alkali-eursed spot as it was could not
have been found elsewhere in this State.
Inc one and only possible hope of redemp-
ton about 1t was the abundance of water.
Every square foot had stone on it, and
every s'one had squirrel under it or on it,
and every squirrel h 4d about four holes, so
that The place was pretty well plowed up to
begin with Nota bunch of grass, only dust
and stone and stone and dn5t. and the squir-
rels with their persistent teeth.
but the streams formed in toTtuous lines
around the sleeps; the ground graded to
terraces. ana then tie water came ripping
down the dusty terrace and the rose slips
anu tne Willow slips and the poplar slips be-
gan 10 grow and blossom. and to-day this
land oi mine that lay dead aud empty as a
dead man mouse has terraces Of roses more
than mile and some 20,C00 trees and plants
and shrubs.
Worked myself; with my own hands?
Yes; a little; changed my clothes twice
each day AT least four days out of FIVE from
sheer perspIration fer the past six years,
and am at least 10 years younger than when
l began.
Results? Well, l think | would have
done better either in Shasta County or
Arizona. Larger field. you see: but | took
hold oil things as L found them, as 1 advise
you TO do. my dear boy. Only get out of
town, like true English gentleman, and
keep out OF town and keep at work. And
II you don't have fortune at the end of
five years you shall come to me and sit with
Lie under my vine and fg tree to the end.
JOAQUIN MILLER.
The morning call., 1892-07-24
Curious Decorations.
~. N. c.

Wayfarers who stop at country inn at
GetebelPs COrner. Kennebec County, Me-,
are surprised to find the Office decorated
with souvenirs OF the deep sea and curl
George Gibson, the landlord, was a whaler
and sailor, and he likes TO keep the
numerous mementos of his voyages where
he can see them every day. Suspended
from the ceiling are whales ribs six feet
long, AMI on the floor are two large sections
Of a whales backbone. Behind the stove is
the backbone of a big shark with the laws
attached and suspended from the ceiling in
one corner are thrasber's tail and the
blade of a swordfsh. Mr.. Gibson carries a
cane, turned perfectly round, from a whales
tooth.
The morning call., 1892-07-24

and only develops as a difficulty when con-
nections are made on very long cables.
"In the core of the cable the wires are
twisted in pairs and these are laid up in re-
yersed layers. all OF which tends to reduce
the induction between the wires The rore
as thus made up is inciosed in lead sheath.
which is carefully tested so as TO be i'm
pervous throughout its entire length to
moisture the slightest pinhole In the lead
covering Of one Of these 2bles being snffi-
cient ultimately TO ruin the whole cable, as
water would gradually soak in and destroy
the insulation.
''Cabes are ordered in lengths TO fit the
conduit between the manholes, and are then
spliced together regardless of the wires In
one cable CORES ponding to those in another
except as TO the pairs being together. When
a length of cable is thus spllced up 1t is
opened at each end and the wires In the
core are distributed to terminal boxes, each
The morning call., 1892-07-24

Whose husband is the agent for Mr.. Adolph
Sutro, is a well-known resident Of Oakland.
and pioneer lady of the State. She was
formerly Miss Sallie Watkins, who was in
great demand at all entertainments and in
church on account of her beautiful voice,
and % years ago when she married was
thought great beauty. She has large
family connections in the State, and is a
sister-in-law of Mrs. Pelham Anles. Mrs.
Little is the mother of two daughters, both
of whom have inherited her fine voice. The
eldest daughter, Mrs. Ketchum. now resides
in New York. and the youngest daughter,
who is yet single, is al present in Europe
with her grandmother for the cultivation of
her voice. The subject of this sketch en-
joys large circle of acqnaintances, but
en- tertains in very moderate way cenl-
pared to her style of days gone by. Her
kindness of heart and generous hand is ever
extended TO the lonely or those in trouble
who need her assistance.