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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Sir. W. Herschel discovered the polar
ice caps of Mars.
A Brooklyn IN. " inventor proposes
to tap the earth's interior for heat and
thus save fuel.
An English syndicate has paid S40O,-
600 for chororinal mining property In
the South Dakota hills.
A valuable bed of terra Gotta clay has
been discovered on the farm of J. Chatt'
way. just outside of Petoskey, Mich.
Surface indications point to q great
oil basin in the Flathead country in
Washington, and an attempt will be
made to prove its existence in paying
quantities.
A new arc lamp has been invented,
which, it is said, casts no shadow, the
carbons being made in the form OF two
curves, the point of contact being at
the bottom.
Electricity has been employed by an
English concern in the propulsion OF
canoes. The trial run showed that the
experimental vessel had a speed of six
miles an hour.
A fish breeder at Oldeuburg, Germany,
has sued the Government for 3,OOO,O ,O0J
marks damages for fish destroyed by i'm
perfect drainage, allowing sewage to run
into his breeding ponds.
Asiatic cholera, so called from the
fact that it is disease endemic in parts
of Asia, ie a malignant disease OF the
blood, caused by tho presence in the in
testipes of bacilli in countless myriads.
The North German Gazette states that
It has been determined to recognize the
centigrade thermometer as the official
instrument in place of the Reaulnur
thermometer, which is still in use here
and there.
Several astronomers, accompanied by
NJ. Bischofsheim, left Nice, France, re-
Gently for Mount Mounier to prospect
the heights of all elevation OF more than
5000 feet, where be intends to erect an
observatory next spring.
A BODY of salt water has been struck
near Foster Station, twenty.six miles
from San Diego, Cal. The water is re-
ported 10 hold gold in solution. From
two gallons of the water over two
pounds of pure salt was obtained.
DR.. Patschef, OF Moscow, Russia, has
been experimenting upon a cancer cure,
based IL pom course of sulphurous baths,
and is convinced that he has hit Upon a
remedy. He is to communicate with
the French Academy of Medicine about
it.
The problem Of long distance trans
mission of electricity will probably be
solved, according to on experts opinion,
by the use of high tension alternating
currents generated at low voltage, then
transformed into high voltage and sent
over the line, and finally rctransformed
to q low tension for use with motors.
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Still further east are the Ober hafen
AID other harbors for river craft and
finally on the other side of the Elbe, on
the small Grassbrook are large Holz
bafen, or wood harbors, for the storage
of timber. Between the Brookthor hafen
and the Ober hafen, to the south, is the
large Venlo station of the Paris line.
Near it are extensive warehouse and
custom house premises. A little above
the station is the handsome iron railway
bridge whose design looks so strange to
American eyes.
The Steinwarder and Kleine Gras-
brook are little islands opposite the
Neider. .hafen. They are occupied by
extensive wharves, the building
yards and the dry.docks of the Ham.
burg-American Company. They COM
mand fine view of the Hamburg quays,
which are said to be the equal OF any in
the world, which is saying much, for it
was popularity believed that no quays
could ever hope to equal those OF Liver
pool.
AS it is this harbor which has made
Hamburg great, it is good thing to
know something about it from the first.
And it was along this part of the city
that the cholera was first discovered and
there it is now raging with such fury.
The water is deep in the Elbe aud it is
30 large that the ocean steamers can
come up into the city. All the vessels
do come up except tie big twin-screw
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Years war didn't affect 1t particularly.
It was so strongly fortified that it wasn't
considered wise to trouble it. These
Notifications are now converted into
promenades. Thea the Council and the
citizens began to have trouble with each
other and Hamburg became stagnans.
1t was not until the end of that last GEN.
tury that she began to make any
progress again It was then that direct
communication, with America was
established, and to this day that is the
main-spring of her commercial impor-
tance.
In 1910 Hamburg was annexed to the
French Empire. She rebelled in 1sls-
and then it was that Marshall Davoust!
wrecked vengeance upon those to whom
the sarcophagus Is erected in the ceme-
terry. After the peace of Vienna Ham
burg got along comfortably until 1s42,
when the city was almost destroyed by!
fire. II recovered from that and grew
apace. But its real "boom," as they
say in this country, began with the for
nation of the empire in 1870. Since
that time the bulk of the foreign COM
merce of Germany has passed through
Hamburg. Its population has increased
almost with the rapidity of the cities Of
the West, and its increase in wealth has
been even greater. In 1886 its popula-I
ton was about three hundred thousand!
According to the German census last
year, Hamburg had a population Of
$40. 1000. This does not include q num-
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Science and MiIlionairas.

At the top of the list is Alexander
Graham Bell, whose profits on the tele-
phone are represented by eight figures.
Next comes Edison with seven figure
fortune. Brush, of electric light fame,
Ellhu Thomson and Edward Weston are
more than millionaires. Frank J. Sprague
was Junior officer in the United States
Navy. He is now living in the mansion
which was built for the Grants. His
company sold out to the Edison COM
pauy for ST., 500, 600, and half of it went
to the inventor. Boston Globe.
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and handsome private dwellings. These
quays are called the Alte, the Neue
Jungsernsteig and the Alsterdamm. The
fourth side, towards the Aussen-Alster,
is laid out in promenades connected by
the Lombardsbruche. The wafer is
covered with launches and rowboats on
summer evenings, and the swans have
an uncomfortable time amid the pleasure
seekers.
The banks are the fsvorite promenade
of the city. Adjoining the Alte jung
fersteig on the southeast are the Alster
Arcades, where are found the fashion,
able shops. The ramparts near Lom-
barsbruche overlook the Binnen. Alster,
which is three or four times as large as
the other basin. The banks are studded
with villas.
The houses of the rich people are
modern and attractive. The houses of
the poor have the appearance of great
age and look riclety. The poorer quar-
! ters suggest great difficulty in maintaining
good sanitary conditions.
Every person in America who has ever
had anything to do with the royal Ben
gal tiger or the fierce Nupidian lion
knows that Hamburg is the worlds great
animal market. Every wild animal or
bird or beast or reptile that is placed
Upon exhibition is bought through the
dealers of Hamburg. It naturally fol-
lows that the zoolog1c0l gardens OF Ham.
burg are the finest to be found anywhere.
They are over in the northwestern part
of the city.
There is sarcophagus in one of the
cemeteries commemorating the death OF
113s citizens of Hamburg who, having
been banished by Marshal Davoust, to-
gether with many thousands of their fel-
ow-citizens, during the winter OF 1873
IA, fell victims to grief, starvation and
disease.
The streets of Hamburg are we'll
paved, and it strikes the visitor from
New York as being q particularly c!eanly
CITY. In fact, the streets seem most
delightful contrast to Broadway. There
is never any dust in the city. This IS
accounted for by the fact that it rains in
Hamburg nearly all the time. The OF,
fetal records show that rain falls 55o
days in the year. Sometimes it sprinkles
for only few minutes and then 1t pours
for days and days. During the first
week in August Inst four days passed
without any rain falling, and it almost
created a panic. No one could remem-
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CHAPTER XIII.
S1:AT Z L 1IN <Al41s
At TIE OpERA-THE FATAL KISS.

AT THE oPERA-THE FATAL KISS.
On reaching the counting-room at the
publishing house, Eugene found himself
in no mood to work.
His mind was eternally dwelling upon
Cora Elliston.
Who is this woman and what does she
want of me? Is it love or vengeance
which inspires her with this nendish
coquetry?" -,
These were the questions he asked
himself.
But whatever it was, Eugene was not
such q novice as rot to perceive clearly
the yawning abyss under the broken ice.
He resolved sincerely TO reclose 1t
aoain between them forever.
Tie best way to succeed in this, avow-
edlv, was to cease all intercourse with
| Clara.
But how could such conduct be explaine d
! to his uncle without gwuking his sus-
picion and lower ng his wife IN his es-
| TEEN?
So this was impossible.
He armed himself with all his courage,
/ and resigned himself 10 endure with reso-
lutte soul all the trials which the love.
real or pretended. of the siren reserved
| for him.
Some little time before this lis name
had been proposed in q body of a certain
| powerful secret organization which had
| for one Of its prominent objects the
maintenance among its members OF all
tie fixed points of Eonor in their strict
| est form.
indeed, the members bound themselves
! to observe, in their reciprocal relation,
tho rules of the purest honor. These
| rules were specified u Their code.
This night lie was summoned 20 appear
| for initiation.
He presented himself, was received ir
due form, and was aStonished to find in
the head of the order no less person
than his own uncle.
Now" he thought, with sigh of re.
lief, Il am safe. We are members of the
same order. He is my superior. Hence.
forth his honor is sacred to me-"
The next night he went to tho opera
1t was an impassioned play, and the
house was crowded Cora Elliston oc.
cupied her own bcx
After the first act Eugene attempted to
60 to her, but meeting several acquaint
arces in the passage, was prevented from
doing so.
While he WAS talking with these, War.
| Icu Lc-duu SuhlIcl phsSeO
them, and the thought that they nigh,
be going to Cora irritated him.
At las;, after the fourth act, he went to
visit her in her box, where he found hel
alone, his uncle having gone out FOR a few
moments.
He was astonished at entering to fpi
the traces of tears on her cheeks. lei
eyes were even moist.
She seemed displeased at being sur
psised in the very act of sentimertality.
Music always makes me nervous. she
said.
Indeed" said Eugene. "Yon who al
ways reproach NE with hiding my merits,
why do yon hide yours? If you are still
capable of weeping, so much the better
| No. | claim 10 merit for that Oh, my
God! If you only knew! 1t is quite the
contrary"
What mystery you are"
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Hamburg great. Next to London and
Liverpool it is the greatest commercial
place of Europe, and with New York
it is one of the four great seaports OF the
world. Its imports amount to more than
a billion dollars annually. Nine thous-
and vessels visit it every year. From II
are sent thousands upon thousands OF
emlgrants to America.
Hamburg lies on the Lower Elbe. It
is seventy miles from the North Sea and
III miles from Berlin, on the Upper
Elbe. At Hamburg the Elbe is broad
and deep. The harbor is magnificent.
There can be found more vessels than
are seen in New York Harbor.
The harbor, until death placed its hand
upon the people, presents always a busy
and picturesque scene. The quays
extend along the right bank OF the
Noroer Elbe from Altoona to the Blllwar- :
der-Neuendeich, distance of more than
three miles, and &C commodste upward OF
four hundred sea-going vessels and az
many barges and river craft. The west
end of the quay, opposite st. Paul: is
chiefly occupied by the English colllers
and the steamers of the Hamburg
American Company. Adjacent is the
Neider-hafen, intended principally to'
the reception of sailing vessels during
the season of floating ice, and connected
with the Elbe with several outlets which
are called Cats. Further east are the
sandthor-hafen, HOO yards long. and
1OOto 14o yards wide, with the sandthor
quay and the Kaiser quay, and the
Grasbrook hafen with the Dahann quay
and the Hubener quay, both suited for
vessels of heavy tonnage. The latter
are used principally for the Atlantic
liners.
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Cucumber Grown in o Bottle.

A full.grown Gu.
cumber in a small
necked bottle is a
curiosity easily OBJ
tanned; you simply
select a healthy
looking small Gu
cumber, place it in
the bottle which is
laid by the side of
the growing vine,
and when grown so
as to nearly fill the
bottle cut the stem.
Fill the bottle with
alcohol, firmly cork
and seal, and you
have something to
show to your friends
for many years, as
seen in the illustra-
ton. Two red pep
Jers NAV also be
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fully grown in bottle. In this case
you have to tie the bottle to a stake
driven close to the pepper plant, plac-
Ing bit OF cloth over the mouth of the
bottle to keep out as much rain as pos
sible. It is best to remove nearly all the
remaining peppers and cucumbers from
the plant, that we'll developed speci-
men may grow in the bottle.-American
Arriculturist.
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Passing under the outer curtain, she
turned toward him with wild light burn
ing in her eyes. Then, before she was
lost in the crowd, she whispered, in
low. thrilling voice:
HThere is the crime?'
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30 OLD a man as Bismarck should
be less ambitious, and so young a
man as ths Empssos sh0uld be less
abrupt ~" -
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STRlCK N HAMBURG.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHOL.
ERA-INFECTED PORT.
One of the Four Great Seaports in
the World - Fine Quays and
irregular Streets - The
City's Attractions.
HE citi es of

u dNlC ouo 0Ao"SAP
are the gateways OF
Europe which open
outward for the thou.
sands of emigrants to
come to America. It Is
the purpose of this ar
ticle, says the New
York World, to give
some idea of Hamburg.
Commerce has made
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-23
JOHN 'NULTY.
He Feels Bad to Think That His Mother
VIII suffer.

He Feels Bad to Think That His Mother
VIII suffer.
AS the hands OF the big clock In the
County jail speed rapidly over the dial
Murderer John McNulty grows rapidly
thinner and paler. Saturday and Sunday
nights he slept little and lightly. At dawn
yesterday be went into restless sleep. At
intervals he moaned loudly aud moved his
arms. Even in sleep he appeared to be
haunted by his approaching doom.
At 10 o'clock two Sisters of Mercy visited
the Jail, and he was aroused from his slum-
bers TO receive them.
what will you have for breakfast,
Maek?" asked the kind-hearted deputy on
the death watch.
"Oh. anything; it matters noi." said the
condemned man weariiy. as he arose and
prepared 10 receive the sisters.
tempting breakfast was soon served,
but McNulty had lost his ap elite. he nib
bled at a piece of bread, but swallowed
nothing.
Daring the afternoon he spent most OF
the time in his religious devotons Were
IL not for his aged mother back in Canada
ne would be much more reconciled to his
fate. When the news reached him that
Judge Murphy had refused to sign a certif-
cate Of probable cause for an appeal to the
highest tribunal In the land, McNulty trem-
bled and compressed his lips. There was a
tremble on his lips when he spoke to a
CALL reporter.
1T will be a terrible blow 10 my poor old
mother" said he. IF she could be kept In
Ignorance OF what is 20 happen / would not
mind 1t so much. Poor old mother; she is
the one who will suffer-" and the man in
the shadow of the gallOws brushed a tear
from his eye as he turned and knelt before
the image of the Savior.
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REVISING THE ROLLS.
A Lively Time in the Forty-first Asser
hlv nfsfricf lr,h

A Lively Time in the Forty first Assem-
bly, District Club.
The executive committee of the Demo-
cratic Club of the Forty first Assembly
District met at Pix.ey Hall last night The
committee consists of: c. II. Herman
tchairman). c. II. Hayden, j. ]. Terry. P.
j. Smith and +. Drinkhous Seventy-two
persons whose names had been signed TO
the roll had been cited to appear before the
committee to show cause why their names
should not be st ricken therefrom. Early in
the evening large CT ovid assem- bled in the
ball. Tie committee met in small ROOM
and one person was admitted at a time
and put through severe course of EXAM
iDation in regard to his qualifications
as a Democrat and voter. Early in the
proceedings friction arose between the
chairman and Mr.. Drinkhouse on the one
hand and Messrs. Ferry and Hayden on the
other The chairman had one index expur-
gatorius and Mr.. Ferry another. They diff
fered in many of the names of voters who
had been marked for expulsion for various
reasons; such as non-residence, alienage.
not being of age, and for being Republicans
or members of the Fire Department. Messrs.
Herman and Drinkhouse seemed inclined to
put up the bars and drop as many from
the rolls as possible, regardless of the
evidence tending TO show that the
names were those of legitimate voters.
These members OF the committee evidently
represented the reform Democracy. Messrs.
Terry and Hayden voted invariably to re-
store the names and were evidently repre-
sentatives OF the old regular Democracy.
As for MIR. Smith, he made desperate efforts
TO straddle the fence, but when pressed to
put himself on record generally voted with
the ref0rmers. He thereby incurred the
resentment OF both Terry and Hayden, the
latter once calling him eur. The commit
tee proceeded in a very dlatory manner and
IL was nearly midnight before they had
completed the examination OF 20 of the
crowd cited to appear before them. OF
these Is were restored 20 the list AS most
of the voters had gone home wearied with
waiting fer their turn. the majority OF the
committee struck every name from the list
where no person answered when called.
There were several very lively spats both
between citizens and the committee and be-
tween Terry and Herman. In one case a
Mr.. j. &. Owens, man who had
resided in the district about IL years and
who was about So years of age. had been
cited TO appear on the ground that he was
under age. Mr.. Owens shook his fist under
the chairman's nose and charged him with be-
ing Republican who had bOlted his party a
nomination as City Attorney. He asked
him whether he was the right kind of man
to pass on the qualifications of Democratic
voters. The crowd outside were so bolster
Gus aud diS0Tderiy that police officer had
to be sent for TO keep them In order during
the inquisitorial proceedings. In all about
SO names were stricken from the rolls.
Those who were expunged have the right to
appeal from the decision of the district ex-
ecutive committee to the Democratic county
executive committee.
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NO THOROUGHFARE.
Can the State Prison Directors Close a !
lie Hiehwayf

Can the State Prison Directors Close a Pub
lie Highways
SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 22.-The case of the
people against the county of Marin was be-
gun in the Superior Court of Marin County
to-day. The question involved is as to the
right Of the State Prison directors to close
up the public highway leading through the
prison grounds. The road has been in use
and travelled on by the general public for
more than 80 years. and Warden Hale, un-
der the instructions of the State Board of
Prison Directors, erected gate on the point
where the county road branches into the
prison grounds about the 1st of May last
The road overseer, under the advice of the
District Attorney. tore the gate down.
The prison authorities erected new gate
and then upon the application of the A tor
ney-General an Injunction was issued re-
strainiDg the roadmasler from again remov-
ing the gate. BY all appearances the case
Will last several DAYS.
The Attorney General appears on behalf
OF the people, and District Attorney Coch-
rane. and ID. wilkins for The county of
Marin.
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CARELESS DRIVING.
Lad Run Over and Injured by a
Drunken Driver.

Lad Run Over and Injured by a
Drunken Driver.
Little Phillip Coryn. the seven-year-old
son of Frank COryn, was run over and SER
iously injured by delivery wagon belong
ing to the Chicago Cider Company, at Sew
enth and Folsom streets. last evening.
The lad was playing in the street in front
Of his home, at ZIG Folsom street with
some companions. when wagon driven by
+. Van Tassel came rapidly along. the horse
knocking the little fellow down and the
front wheel passing over his body. The nc.
cident was entirely due TO the gross negli-
gence of the driver. who was so drunk that
he could scarcely retain his seat Oh the
wagon.
The injured boy was removed to his home
near by and medical aid summoned when
IL was found that his left arm had been
fractured and that he had sustained a num-
Der OF scalp wounds and Commissions about
the head
Van Tassel. the drunken driver. was
locked up at the Southern station on a
charge of battery, but was subsequently re-
leased on 500 cash bail deposited for his
appearauce,
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AGAINST THE BOSSES.
Enthusiastic Meeting or the ThIr,y-sIxth
District Club.

Enthusiastic Meeting or the Thirty Sixth
District Club.
An enthusiastic meeting of Republicans
opposed TO the bosses was held last night, at
Eureka Valley Hall, on Castro street, under
the auspices of the Thiriy-sixth (anti-
Kelly-Crimmins) Assembly District Club.
number OF addresses were made on
questions of the day. Prominent among
the speakers was Z. Alexandra Bergerot,
whose stirring remarks were received with
frequent bursts OF applause. After giving
a long enumeration OF the specific acts of
corruption which had come to his knowl-
edge in his professional capacity as lawyer
and a daily visitor to the City Hall, he said
it was the height Of cynicism to deny the
existence of the wrongs which are being
committed daily. The splitting up OF the
political parties into factions proves that
something Is radically amss with the body
polite. The moment for applying a radical
remedy has come; federation has ceased to
be a virtue; a crisis is at hand and 1t calls
for q solution. The remedy lies In throw
ing down bosssm and insisting that
municipal affairs be conducted on business
principles. The taxpayers must insist on
putting clean men into Office, and having
succeeded in getting such men nominated
they must not fall to support them by their
votes at the polls.
Other speeches on local and national Is
sues were delivered by Senator Kane Il.
b. O'Bren, Mr.. Duncan, A. Z. V an Dnzer
aud some speciaities given by Robert
Mitchell.
The club then adopted series of strong
ant-boss resolutions, after which the meet
ing adjourned.