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The morning call., 1892-06-26

place. making 1t descend and carry with it
the free arms of the levers &C, thereby
opening the tTapdoOrs and locking them by
automatic catches TO the frames of the seat
As shown in the illustration, the traps
open inwardly. There is, therefore, no
danger Of their getting out of order and
dropping. In other words, the bottom Of a
coach so arranged cannot drop out.
Should the mechanical portions need re-
pairing, which, considering their extreme
simplicity, is a contingency that need
scarcely be taken into consideration, there
is ready access to them by removing either
the portion K of the car floor between the
traps or the boards G at the bottom Of
the car.
To prevent a possible binding Of the
tTapdoors they are beveled on three edges,
as are also the edges of the floor surround
ing the traps.
Rods (dd) let into the grooves or the upper
sides OF the trapdoors may be used as sup
ports for the passengers making their es-
cape.
The inventor says the continuance can be
attached 10 old or new cars, to all passenger
and sleeping cars and TO mail and express
coaches as well. The cost of applying the
device to cars in course OF construction is
said to be nothing, plus the expected roy
atty, while the cost TO cars already built
will be merely nominal, plus also, OF course
the royalty.
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Min Closa fnr Three DE-.

Upon the suggestion OF the Board OF
Trade the following-named merchants have
agreed to close their places Of business from
Friday, July l, to Tuesday, July 8, in order
that all may properly celebrate the Fourth
Til Imam & Bendel, Siegfred g. Braudensteln,
". Cluf & Co, WellmaD, Peek & Co., Anglo
American CrOekerY ana Glassware Company,
Spreckels & Bros. Co, Calm, Nickelsbug s. CO..
Co, Dodge, Sweeney Co., Albert Mueller
& Co, J. A. Foger & Co., Oppenheimer
& Bro, Western Sugar Refining Company,
A. Schilllng as Co., Mau, Sadler 81 Co.,
GeiZ Bros. & Co.. Frank Bros. Snerrv & Co.,
Wimerdng & Co., The Wertheimer Company,
Tubs COidsge Company, Roth, Blum q Co.,
Ddner e. Co.. BOihn Manufacturing Company.
& Libbey. COghill & KOhn, CObentZ, Pike
g. Co., ROWalsky & Co., j. de la Montanya,
LleYe. FTicke d Co., Whittier, Fuller g. Co.,
Pacific Saw ai6nufac urlng Company, Pacific
Roll Paper Company, Kraker Israel, Brown &
MeIZneT, HlnZ & Lundt, Yates 6 Co, n w.
Co.. +. q. Conklin Co., lie
Count Bros. Unlled worklngmen Boot and
Shoe Company, Goodyear Rubber Company,
STANCE & Jaencke, Graf Brcs. & Co., W. Cohen
& Co., WOodin & Little, BaIueh, Newman &
Co., Cert, SchlOss & Co., PayOt, Upham & CO.,
A. Siebeliehs Sons, j. Baumgariner & Co,
Standard OIL Company. S. n. Wood & Co.. Kill
TOnner, We'll & Co., II. s. Croker & Co., Miles,
Levy g. Bros. California WoOlen-m mills, Armes
& Dalam, NJ. MOfgenthau, Buckingham Hecht,
Lewis Meyerstein & Co., 5. j. FTiedlander & Co.,
Puiscb, Faskel G. Co., 9. H. Meyer & Bros
MERGED Wooen- mills, Lyons, Lippie Co.,
Haas Bros.
Others have promised to sign The agreement
IN
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AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
The Effect of a Messenger Cap on
Two York Clubmeu.


The Effect of a Messenger Boys Cap on
Two York Clubmen.
New York Recorder.
They trotted out of the Fifth-aven Ho-
tel-two cIubmen, as anybody might see at
glance. Under the glare of the electric
lights on the opposite corner they stopped
for moment, aud one Of them said: ''Pll
tell you frankly, old man, il Ia known that
you had been at White Plains 1 wouldn't
have cracked that bottle. It's very easy to
make light of these things, but"
Nonsense, my boy" said the other. "a
pint of fizz won't hurt me. It's the appetite
that makes a drunkard, and l haven't any
appetite now. This gold cure is great
thing. was pretty bad at one time-used
to see things that weren't visible to Other
people, such as serpents of various hues and
animals that have no real place in zoology.
can tell you visions that would make your
hair curl"
And he proceeded to do it, waxing In en-
thusiasm as he advanced with his subject.
He talked steadily for 10 NJ inutes, and then
suddenly stopped in the midst Of descrip-
tion of a three-headed lizard with nine tails.
"Do-do-" he stammered. "DO you see
anything peculiar there" and he pointed to
the sidewalk about 20 feet away along
Twenty-third street
TITS only messenger-boy's cap" said
the other.
"Do you know" whispered the Kelley
graduate. hoarsely, 81 saw that cap lift Itself
a foot from the sidewalk and Pete JackSon's
head appeared under it. jim, l ought not
TO have drunk that wine.
"NOnsensep" said jim. you're joking"
Joking? My young friend, when you
get as old as l am you will know that the
ID. It's are no joke, No, sir. l saw him. l
had about a cold thousand on the late
Paddy Slavin and since Monday the subject
of Philippians has been heavy on my mind.
l saw black cap under that cap. ThereI
There II is again j.
The younger man looked and so did a
Recorder reporter who was standing near.
For solemn fact that boys cap was stand
ing six inches above the pavement aud
under it was something black which van
ished suddenly, as the cap fell. The boy
then picked it up. There was nothing in it
and nothing unusual under it. The elder
clubman hailed a cab.
"Good-by," said he, grasping the others
hand. I'm going back to White Plains"
The younger man passed his hand over
his forehead. Then he made bee line for
the Hoffman art gallery. Evidently he was
of that school which holds that like cures
like"
The reporter investigated He found an
iron plate with glass lights set Into the side
walk One Of the lights was broken and at
intervals the heated air from below rushed
up. The messenger boy had discovered in
this the possibility of a toy The air cur
rent was just strong enough to lift the cap
and so direct as TO support 1t and not blow
1t aside. The caps black shadow cast down
by the intense light directly overhead was
dense enough to look like a solid black
mass. 1t did not resemble Peter Jackson,
but il suggested linn strongly enough to
drive one man to White Plains and another
to drink
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A LEGEND In MARBLE.
Statue of an Indian Girl Who Died FOL
Love of n Soldier.

statue OF an Indian Girl Who Died Tor
Love of Soldier.
a Chamberlain S. ID. special to the Min
neaopolis Journal says: Sculptor Riordan
of DeadwOod has completed the Sioux In.
dian maiden statue upon which he has been
working for some time. The statue Will be
part of the woman's exhibit Of this State at
the Worlds Fair. Mr. Riordan took for his
subject Sioux maiden named Minnehaha,
In connection with whose life and death
there is romantic legend.
Minnehaha was the daughter OF Sitting
Bear and her birthplace is credited to the
Black Hills but the family moved to re-
servatiOn In the eastern part of the Terri
tory this occurred in about 1870 near an
stati0ned.F Miunehaha fell desperately in
love with Lieutenant Dupont, tall, noble
stately looking fellow, and was unhappy,
when out of his sight. Dupont was married
and did not reciprocate the love, aud en-
deavored to induce her to go away, but she
would not. She could not comprehend the
matrimonial laws of the palefaces She re-
quested to be made his servant, that she
could always be near him to wait upon him
and to shield him from the treachery OF the
Indians.
Dupont could not bear to see her SORROW
ful face, and thought if he was out of the
way she would soon forget him and would
dispel her mad passion, so he applied to be
moved to Fort Laramie, Wyo, and the re-
quest was granted. He then quietly moved
to his new station. He had been there over
a year, and had entirely forgotten Mime
haha, when one night he was called to his
office to see a visitor Upon entering he
saw a female standing beside the fireplace,
her head bowed. and upon her face was an
EXPRESSION of great sorrow He stared in
wonder at her for a moment when Mime
haha Gor it was she) said:
ION, Dan, don't you remember me any
more? l walked all the way from Dakota to
die in your presence. oh, Dan, don't drive
me away, I've only got a few days more to
live. My heart broke when you left me.
Circumstances mlelled me to live with
my people, but we had nothing in common;
their way was not mine, and now that l am
dying | want to be buried among the pale.
faces, and l will die happy 10 think that
you will sometimes come to my grave and
pity pOOr Minnehaha."
Eleven days later the soldier tenderly laid
poor broken. hearted Minnehaha under the
sod on a hillside near the fort, and pine
tree was planted at the head of the grave.
The tree still marks her resting place. The
above legend is frequently told around the
camp fires of the Sioux.
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No Cause for Alarm.

An old lady. probably from Jersey, got
into one OF Colonel Shepard's stages yester-
day afternoon at Twenty-second street. She
waited patiently for some one to come for
her fare and the driver kept on ringing his
bell. Presently he yelled down that size
must put the fare in the box
Thinking, doubtless, that the box was q
slot device, she deposited So bill,
and waited for her change. No change
coming, she got little nervous. She kept
her gaze fixed on the bill behind the glass,
and finally tried to press each of the pro-
tuberances Of the box, as she remembered
to have heard that all one has 10 do Is to
press the button. Suddenly the 81 bill dis
appeared. Then she was in truth excited.
"Oh, what shall | doW she cried aloud.
I've put So in that place and l haven't got
any changeW
choleric old gentleman In the opposite
corner treasured her.
Don't be alarmed, madame" he said.
when we get to the stables the company'll
give you the team that's pulling us in ex-
change
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The LYING HABIT.
One of the Reasons on which Nebraska
Man Got Divorce.

Man Got n DIVORCE
In the Circuit Court at Beatrice, Nebr.,
few days ago William Truesdale was
granted an absolute divorce from his wife
Amelia The petition reciting the charges
on which divorce was sued for is the most
curious one ever filed in court 1t recites
the fact that the wife is an incorrigible gos-
sip, whose tale-telling propenslties and
penchant for gossiping render life with her
unbearable.
Truesdale AYERS that in the three years he
has lived with his wife she has told 10000
lies. "She cannot tell the TRUTH" he de-
cIares in his petition, land while it is in the
nature of a disease, | believe it incurable
Hence | ask relief in a divorce
Among the many interesting stories with
which his wife amused herself by telling
him he filed these: She told him that his
mother had just been found dead in bed,
murdered by unknown persons; that their
nearest neghbor and his best friend had
attempted TO assault her; that she had re-
ceived letter from lawyer in her old
home telling her she had inherited for
tune and to send bin $50 at once-she spent
the money for a new dress; that their little
son had fallen In the we'll and broken his
leg-he was asleep in the cribs that the
minister had eloped with a servant-girl,
leaving his wife and Ave children destitute
which story when repeated by him was the
means of costing him 500 and a deal of
trouble to keep from being convicted of
criminal libel.
These are but few Of the charges
brought by the husband, the substantiaton
of which proved his wife one of the most
accomplished liars living and not whit
scrupulOuS.
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HE UNKNOWN DROWNED.
Bather Rodgers Left No Clew TO Hi
Kinsmen on This Planet.

Bather Rodgers Left No Clew TO His
Kinsmen on This Planet.
Outside of his quondam friend Brooks,
and the hotel-keeper Kroger, nobody has
turned up who knew the man who passed
by the name Of a. ?. Rodgers and who was
drowned while bathing at Ocean Beach on
Friday morning. Even these people are
unable to give any clews by means of which
the relatives or ether friends Of the deceased
EneliShman could be found. Captain Kro-
ger and bis wife refer all inquireTs to
Brooks, and Brooks declares that Rodgers
left not so much ds a scrap of paper to indi-
cate that he had cores pondenee with any
human being on earth. He did not. so Brooks
says, even have so much as a yaliSe OF grip
sack 10 his name. AL the clothes be had were
those he removed to attire himself In his
bathng-Suit. The stories about Rodgers
having been at any time connected with the
IiyOll or any other thealer as an actor,
singer or super have proved 10 be without
any foundation. Nobody answering 10 his
description Is reported missing by tneatTi al
folks. Even the super known as Pain-in-
the Belly was found yesterday absorbed in
a quiet game Of poker IN a beeT-cellaT and
entirely unconscious Of the fact that any
body supposed for a moment he was ever
born to be drowned. The probabilities are
that nothing further will be known of the
antecedents of Rodgers until his friends or
relatives have read the story OF his fatal
swim and begin TO make inquiries in regard
to his hauntS IN this city.
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NATURAL GAS.
Brief History of the Rise and Fall of
This Fucl at the East.

Brief History of the Rise and Fall of
This Fuel at the East.
The history Of the rise of natural gas for
manufacturing purposes In Pittsburg is an
interesting one. says the Chronicle Tele-
graph of that city. 1t was about the
middle Of May, 1884. when it displaced
coal in the first ironmill in this
city. The first OF that month it was used
for the first time in an extensive indu stria
works. in the 0'Hara glasshouse at Thir-
tieth street and the Allegheny Valley Rail-
road. About the 10Th of the month it took
the place of 6000 bushels OF coal in the Car
negie mill at Twenty-ninth street. Not
until early in November was it introduced
in the mill OF this firm al Thirty-third street.
where it took the place Of 7000 bushels OF
coal daily.
While the use Of natural gas was very sat-
isfactOry the slOwuesS attending its intro
ducti0n was remarkable. 1t was about the
middle Of the summer of 1885 before ii WAS
used in half of the iron and steel works in
the PittsbuTg district, and it was fully three
years before it took the place Of coal In all
Of them.
There was considerable trouble in secur-
ing manufacturers TO make the change
The low rates offered to the firms was not so
much of an object as the room saved by alb
There was no trouble in reeonstructing
the furnaces from coal to the use of natural
gas, yet this retarded its early use some
what.
Among the frat along the Monongahela
River to adopt 1t was Jones IL LaushIins, in
the winter Of 1884, in the American iron
works. To guard themselves against posi-
BILE trouble they only remOdeled a portion Of
their works. About six months after 1t was
used with satisfaction in these works it was
used in all the mills along this river and the
Ohio, excepting in those of the Oliver Iron
Company.
Beginning with 1889 the gradual abandon
ment Of natural gas in the local mills was
inaugurated, until now the only ironmills
where natural gas is still being used in pud-
ding furnaces are those Of A. NJ. Byers &
Co., lug & Co.. Brown & Co. and the Car
negie mill at Thirty-thlrd street. These
four mills have 162 furnaces Of this kind.
besides the heating furnaces and the tube
works of the firm first named. There are
few mills in which gas is still used in the
heating furnaces but altogether it has
already given away to fully 200 coo bushels
of coal daily.
The idea that the supply of natural gas
would never be exhausted was only enter
tanned for about year, from 1887 to 1885,
After that there were many evidences that
the supply would not hold out. During this
year there were some firms who became inl-
bued with an idea that all they had to do
was TO dig well anywhere and they could
soon get enough gas to supply them. There
were very few accidents in any of the mills
caused by gas
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PERSONAL NOTES.

Colonel D. NJ. Burns is back from Lake
Tahoe.
Il. Rehse Of Hanover is at the California
Hotel.
F. Il: Woodward. an Arizona capitalist. is
at the Lick.
F. w. Street a Sonora attorney, arrived
In tie city yesterday.
A. Z. Pryor and wife have returned from
a trip to Yosemite Valley.
w. A. Caswell. proprietor of the Capital
House. Sacramento, is at the Baldwin.
c. F. Hughes and S. S. Robinson of the
United States cruiser Boston are registered
at the Baldwin.
John J. NeWbegin has resigned the Office
Of director Of the Home knowledge and
Supply Association.
Theodore Wilson, U. S. n, and wife re-
turned from Washington yesterday and are
at the Palace Hotel.
r. j. r. Alden, the Vallejo capitalist, who
bas been very i'll for some time, has been
pronounced out Of danger by his physicians.
Rev. John Joseph Nouri, Chaldean Patri-
sTchal ArchdeacOn of Babylon and Jerusa-
lem, Pontiical Delegate General of Malabar
snd ex-Grand Secretary Of the Archdiocese
Of Persia and India, arrived by the steamer
China on Thursday morning.
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Death of Julierte Brvaot.

Yesterday morning the mortal remains Of
Jullette Bryant were laid Mt rest In Odd
Fellows Cemetery. To the general public
this announcement is as mysterious as what
appeared on the coffin plate. which bore the
simple name "Juliette." But a great many
will recognize who the deceased was when
it is stated that she was known as mime.
Clarke" She lived in this city for over %
years and was a large and flesly woman,
weighing nearly 800 pounds. She came to
this city from Baltimore, where her parents
were well-to-dO people. She was woman
who acquired great deal of money, and it
is estimated that the estate she leaves is
worth quarter of a million of dollars. She
had reputation of being a very generous
and eharitably disposed woman. who never
tired Of rendering assistance TO many who
Wara in aciunl want
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TO Save HUMAN LIVES.
Automatic Escapes From Wreck.
ed Passenger Coaches.
A Device Which Its Inventor Believes Will
Be the Means Of Preventing Many
Fatal Accidents.

A San Franciscan, William Skyrme, is
the inventor and patentee Of an ingenious
device which he fOndly hopes will be the
means of saving many human lives and
bringing much treasure to the Golfers of the
company that WI handle it.
The device is an automatic trap.door in
the bottom of passenger cars, whereby pas
sengers may easily make their exit from the
car in case Of accident.
Railroad accidents are sometimes inevita-
bic, reasons Mr.. Skyrme; at all events they
do happen. Passenger-cars will sometimes
plunge. tip over, turn around, and in other
ways discard the ordinary laws Of gravity
and good behavior.
In these derailments and acknowledgements
and one thing or other, says the inventor of
The morning call., 1892-06-26

The Times reproduces its cut from
an aquarelle by Professor A. A. Par
has charge OF the erection of this beautiful
"memento mort" At the particular re-
quest of the reignng Emperor the style of
architecture has been chosen in which the
Russian rulers of the seventeenth century
were won't to build the prayer
houses of their capitals, especially those
of Moscow. The memory Of Alexander
will thus be honored in both the old and the
new capital of his vast empire. The Alex
sEder monument. near the Kremln in Mos
COW. is rapidly nearing Its completion. and
this church is being built on the soil that
was washed with imperial blood.
The morning call., 1892-06-26

name which signifies ague weed, notwith-
standing the fact that it is true tree and
often grows to be 20 feet high. The pc
culiarity of this shrub is its trembling, a
characteristic which gives it its name Of
vibrating colocasa 10 distinguish it, from
other species of colocasia, which do not
tremble. When in a closed room where the
air is perfectly still the vibrations fire.
Quently run up to 100 per minute. The
trembling is not in the leaves alone, but
occasionally extends to some Of the largest
The morning call., 1892-06-26
MIGRATE COSGROVE
Steals From a Charitable Old Lady who
Fed Him.

Steals From Charitable Old Lady Who
Fed Him.
Joseph Cosgrove is a prize-wlnner as an
migrate Yesterday he met on Fourth
street Mrs. Catherine Stapleton. charit-
able old lady who has seen more than 70
years of life, and told her a pitful tale of his
iamished condition. The old lady took COM
passion on him and showed him the way to
her house, at Is Louisa street.
There she prepared him a bOuntful re-
past, and also gave him 80 cents. After
giving COsgrOve the money Mrs. StapletOn
went out TO fTuistOre TO make pur-
chase, leaving Cosgrove to enjoy his meal.
When she returned she found that he had
discovered where her money was hid by
watching her 60 to a bureau for the 90 cents
she gave him. and had taken 81 80 and de-
parted. She Immediately notified the police,
and COsgroYe was arrested last night for
Detty iarPeDV
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climate. The rivers which the fish habit
are liable to periodical dToughts. When such
drought is imminent the fish retireS to
deep water and excavates pit, in which it
lies, covering itself over with thick layer
of mud 1t can suffer with impunity the
complete drying up of the river. But the
most interesting fact about the creature is
that during the time of its voluntary impris-
aperture left in the cocoon, by means Of
lungs, like land animal. When the rains
dissolve the mud and liberate the fish it
breathes by means of gtlls just like any
The morning call., 1892-06-26
The Late W. Il. Holloway.

It has been decided that the remains of
tkeIlate William E. Holloway. whose death
following an accident was announced in
yesterdays issue Of TIE CALL, shall be in
TERED In the city of Baltimore, Nd, of
which he was a native. Tomorrow fore
noon at 10:40 o'clock services over the body
will be held In ST. RaphaePs church, San
Rafael.
At & meeting Of the Produce Exchange
yesterday President Stone announced the
death OF w. f. Holloway to the members.
and appointed w. +. Babcock, r. B. Forman
and w. g. Chapman a committee to draft
resolutions Of respect to the memory Of the
Aaaaaead
The morning call., 1892-06-26

Tie directors of the Tuolumne Reunion
Association met last evening at 10l6 Mar
ket street and elected the following officers:
President, William Mailman; vice-pres-
ident, Ed Lunstedt; treasurer. J. B.
Bacon; secretary, Charles H. Arnold; OIL
Teetors-John A. Sampson. j. B. Bacon, f.
E. Haskell, Ed LuDdstedt. Charles Fl. Ar
mold, c. B. Rutherford, E. G. Jones. A.
Sharp. William Mailman. w. g. Dlnsmore,
Gideon THOMPSON
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MODERN WHIPPING-POST.
Criminals Punished in the Olden Style
at Wilmington, Del.

at W IImlngIOn, DbIs
The agitation which was begun some
time ago in this city, says Wilmington
Del) special to the New York Press, for
the adjustment of the pillory and whip
ping post may be said to have died a natural
death. The general sentiment here is that
these methods of punishment are the most
effective that can be devised for offenses
which grow out of righteousness rather than
criminal instincts.
The whpping-post, surmounted by the
pillory, stands in the iailyard, and is an OBJ
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FOR SICK YALE STUDENTS.
A Fine Hospital to Be Built on the Col
lege Grounds.

n
lege Grounds.
Another new feature Is to be added to
Yale University. says the New York Press.
1t is the "Yale House." or home for stu
dents who may be taken sick in college. 1t
will be completed October /. and will be
located on Prospect street. one of the pref
test and most desirable sites in the beauti-
full City of Fins. This novel idea origin
ated, 1t is said, with Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt. whose SOB. William H., recently
came to his home from Yale to die. He had
contracted typhoid fever while in New
Haven, and, it is said, was not at first cared
for as carefully in that city as the serious
ness Of his ailment warranted.
Mrs. Vanderbilt and a number of other
very prominent ladies Of this city have
given about $40, 600 for the fashionable hos
pital.
According TO reports sick students have a
pretty hard time Of it getting well in their