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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-24
OCEANIC STEAMSHIP coMPAn'
CUMPsGNIE GENERaLs

IRA a tt. NTIQU e
French Line to Havre.
COMPANY'S PIER (NEw), AZ NORTH Rsa
- River, foot of Morton st. Travellers by AszEEg
this line avoid both transit by English railway and
the discomfort of crossing the channel Ia small
boat.
Ia CHAMPAGNE Capt. Boyer
................. Saturday, Dec. lst I: 100 A. N.
LA BRETAGNE, Capt. Collier. ...................
................ Saturday, Dec. 18th, 200 p. NJ.
LA N0RMANDiE. De Kersabee.
.,......... Saturday. December 3Ist. / 100 p n.
ASr For further particulars apply TO
A. FORGET, AGENT,
No. Bowling Green. New York
+. FUGAZI q CO., Agents. 8 Montgomery ava.
San Francisco.
Branch ofice. 10 Montgomery street aust tt
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She Welded Her Uncle.

Viola j. Mehlwitz has filed an answer TO
the complaint of her husband, tony Mehl-
WITT, for divorce. He claimed that she
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-24
SAN FRANCISCO ANO N. p. RAIL WAY;

OMMENC CHG SUNDAY, NOV. 20, 1892.
~ and until further notice, boats and trains viii
leave from and arrive az the Francisco Passen.
ger Depot, Aarket-street wharf, as follows:
From San Francisco for Point Tiburou.
Befvedere and San Rafte ell.
WEEK DAYS. 40. 800, II 40 A. NJ: 5: 80 sos,
500 NJ SATURDAYS ONLY-An extra trip
at l $50
SUND AYS-S: 90 9:3O i 100 A ". 40 3.9a
500, 8 30 P. NJ
From san Rafael for San Francisco.
WEEK DAYS-6:25. :55. g 80 A. NJ: 1915, $40,
6:05 p M. SATURDAY. 0NLY-An extra trip
at $3.50
eUNDAYS-S:lO, GAO. Halo M: lao SAG
500 1928 P. n .
From Point Tiburon to San Francisco.
WEEK DAY so, $780, :55 A. NJ: l:1O :05.
e;3o P. N SATURDAYS ONLY-An extra
trip at sos p N
SUNDAYS 40, 1905, II: IS A. NJ; 2:o6. 4:os.
$780, sos p. NJ.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-24

Do not go travelling without q bottle OF Salvation
OIL. 1t cures q bruise at once 20 cents.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-24

DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. the ole reliable, will cure
every case OF cough or cold.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-24
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP co,
de14 ct cod

THROUGH LINE TO NEW YORK, VIA PANAMA.
Il Steamers Will sail at NOON the 5th. z2eE
18th aud 10Th OF each month, calling at fESc4
various ports OF Mexico and Central America.
Through line sailings Sunday, December %, SIS.
San Juan; January 5, IS. City OF New York; Janu-
airy ! o. SIS. San Bias
WAY LINE TO MEXICAN AND CENTRAL
AMERICAN PORTS AND PANAMA.
Steamers Ieaye San Francisco on the Sd and 18th
OF each month, calling various Mexican and Cen
trsl American ports
Way Line Saiiugs-SS. Colma, January 3; SIS.
Starbuek January Is.
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A DRUGGISTS TRIBUTE

Mr.. Lyman Crawford, Proprietor OF the
Popular Crawford Pharmacy" OF Spring
field, Massachusetts. writes;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

In the United States there are
about sixteen million cows-one for
every four persons.
-Housekeepers know "bOneless cod
fish," and now member of the United
States fish commission announces that
the homeless shad is in process of evo-
luton and well advanced toward COM
pletion. He does not lose his bones in
the same way as the cod, to-wit, after
death, but by careful breeding and cross
ing.
The largest pumping engine ever
made in this country has just been
placed at the Philadelphia waterworks.
1t weighs nine hundred and fifty thou
sand pounds, is Ghirty-fve feet high,
and occupies a floor space of thirty by
forty feet Twenty million gallons of
water are pumped every twenty-four
hours.
"A famous duchess in London recent
" went through the ordeal of having a
dress made on her own figure. She
stood for three hours while the dress
makers wrought fifty yards of rare old
lace that could not be cut into a gown
for soiree, at the close of which every
stitch had to be carefully cut and
picked out before the lady could dis
robe.
Philadelphia has six day nurseries
where working women with children
ranging from three months to eight
years of age can leave them from $50
in the morning until $50 at night
Three meals and ample amusements
are given, costing the mother six cents
day. These institutions are support
ed by voluntary contributions. Other
cities have them on much the same
plan.
The Washington state building at
the worlds fair will show to some ex-
tent the forest resources of the state.
The foundation alone will contain III
logs, some of them 1eo feet long and IS
inches in diameter at the small end
The superstructure of the building will
contain. besides heavy timber, fine fin
ished woods, showing the grain and
structure of the woods, and complete
exhibit of shipbuilding material
Taking the length of the permanent
ways on the surface of the globe at
nearly sixty thousand geographical
miles. with & daily average OF ten
trains, it Is estimated that the total loss
by wear and tear suffered each dav by
the metallic rails of the earth is about
six hundred tons The SIX hundred
tons are lost in the form OF fine pow
der, and are carried back 70 the earth
In the shape Of soluble iron salts
-Director-Ceneral Davis has ASKED
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follows that tho power needed to propel
ship varies as the cube of the speed.
For higher speeds it varies at hig her
power than the cube, which can only
be ascertained by experiments with
actual ships or with carefully-prepared
models It can also be shown that the
power required for propulsion varies
approximately as the cube root OF the
square of the displacement
These points must be carefully re-
membered in considering the pcssibili-
ties of still further increased speeds,
and they show the necessity for increas-
ing the size along with the speed. It
anything like the present speed had
been attempted with vessels of the size
which were common on the Atlantic
thirty or forty years ago, the Scottish
Review says, the size OF engines re-
quired, and the extra expenses involved,
would have reduced the earning power
of the ships very much, and possibly in
many cases made it disappear, but re-
Numbering the second of the above
mentioned points, namely, that the
power required varies as the cube root
of the displacement squared. 1t Is evil
dent that the proportion of power to
tonnage will decrease considerably as
the sizes of the ships increase, and con-
sequently that it will be more eco
nomical to propel a large ship at higher
speed than small one. The future
development of the steamship, how
ever, depends on conditions about
which it is impossible to say anything
very definite. The materials Of con-
struetion have been changed from
wood to iron, and from that again to
steel. We cannot foretell the possibil-
tiles of bronze, manganese, aluminium
and other metals
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this with regularity, no matter where
they may be. At two hours after noon
the universe at such seasons is as stiff
as at two hours after midnight. In
the case of most working people at
least and also in that of many others
position in sleep is of no sort Of conse-
ouence. 1t would be easy to raise in
China an army of one million-nay, of
ten million-tested by competitive ex-
animation as to their capacity to go to
sleep across three wheelbarrows with
head downward like spider,
their mouths wide open and fly inside.
The same freedom from tyranny of
nerves is exhibited in the Chinese en-
durance of physical pain. Those who
have any acquaintance with the oper-
atoms in hospitals in China know how
common or rather universal it is for
the patients to bear without finehing
degree of pain from which the
stoutest of us would shrink in terror.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
Christening a Town.
HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES.

Deep crimson roses and green bar
ley decorated the table at a recent very
elegant dinner The Chester carnatior
and orchid boutonniere has given way
to bunch of half dozen tiny rosebud:
with single wisp of green.
Jolly boys-One pint and half Of
rye meal, one-half teaspoonful of CHINA
mon, small pinch of salt, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; sift all together,
wei well with milk, roll out thin and
fry in boiling lard. Make the dough
pretty stiff so as not to soak the fat
Detroit Free Press.
Coffee Bread-0ne egg, one cupful
of sugar, one and one-half cupfuls OF
warm milk, four cupfuls of -four, one
half of a yeast cake. Mix, and set to
raise as for bread. In the morning. add
two-thirds of a cupful of butter, and
rise again in a pan, after sprinkilng
the top with cinnamon and sugar.
Bake like bread.-Good Housekeeping.
-Rhubard Cream Pie.-one pint
stewed rhubarb, four ounces sugar, one
pint cream, two ounces powdered crack
er, three eggs. Rub the stewed rhubarb
through sieve. beat the other ingredi-
ents well together, and just as the pie
Is ready for the oven stir in the rhu barb;
pour the whole into a plate lined with
pastry. Dover with strips and bake
Boston Budget
To make imitation wax candles,
purify melted tallow by throwing in
powdered quick-lime: then add two
parts wax to enc of tallow, and a most
beautiful article of candle, resem bling
wax will be the result Dip the wieks
in lime water and saltpeter on making,
using the proportion of two ounces of
saltpeter and half pound of lime 70
one gallon of water. This not only i'm
proves the light but prevents the tai
low from running, Free Press
Fruit Pies--Apples and PEACHES
must be peeled and sliced thin and
sngared: berries Of all kinds. first
busted with -four and then sGgared;
rhu barb and preserves drained of most
of the juice: and cranberries cooked
with sugar, strained and cooled into
jelly before they can De filed into the
pies The oven must be clear and
steady. but not hot enough TO bake the
crust before the fruit IS sufficiently
cooked Remove all pies from the pans
while not To the dishes upon which
they are TO be served -Harper's Bazar
-MerinPue Pudding -Four tables
poonfuls corn starch. four yol-1s q
eggs. four tablespoonfuIs powdered
white sugar. one quart milk and ex-
tract OF vanilla Let the milk come 20
boil. heat yeIIzs sell. stir snto the
yolAs the corn starch aud sugar. poar
this mixture into the boiling milk. stir
ring al the time Let q boil up three or
four times well; remove from IRE.
Take the whites 81 sgvo eggs beat 20
stiff froth. sprinkle with sugar. spread
smoothly or the starch put Ia the oTen
and bake a light brown To be eaten
cod with eresra--HoDe Magazine
-For iAs beneS, Of tao<s wis szs
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II the World Made OF Salt

Near the village Of Spenrenberr,
about twenty miles from Berlin, Ger
many. is situated the deepest salt mine
in the world At last accounts IL was
4,l94 feet deep, the first l,2O0 being six
teen feet in diameter II was begun in
the year 1859, government authorities
having charge of the work. the avowed
purpose of the work being 10 ascertain
the exact thickness OF the rock salt vein
known To exist beneath the gypsum
subsrata Astounding in that vicinity.
The salt rock was reached before the
shaft had passed the 500 level. but tho
size of the mammoth shaft WAS not
lessened until it had reached a depth
of nearly one-ffth of q mile, after which
the boring was continued with an anger
bit thirteen inches indiameeer. When
the boring was discontinued ct the
depth Of 4. 1e4 feet, 5000 feet of which
was pure rock salt the end of the
auger bi: was cutting away on the
saline deposit, which is still of unknown
thickness
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Mont Blanc Observatory.

A second attempt is to be made to
build an observatory at the top of Mont
Blanc. AS the worl1nen who tunneled
last year through the snow just below
the summit did not come upon rock, NJ.
Jansen has decided that the building
shall be erected upon the frozen snow.
A wooden cabin was put up as an ex-
pertinent at the end of last summer, and
in January and early in the spring it
was found that no movement had oc-
CURED. According to a Lucerne cor
respondent the observatory is to be a
wooden building eight meters long and
four meters wide, and consisting of two
floors, each with two rooms. The lower
floor. which is to be imbedded in the
snow, will be placed at the disposition
of climbers and guides, and the upper
floor reserved for the purpose of the OBJ
RRryatorv
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
Ml]Ii ll|.;ssgIlr
FROM A MOUNTAIN PEAK.

Neon and Sears as Seen Erom Fuji-San, the
Great Mountain of Japan.
The stars shone constantly clearer,
and toward midnight we had the IL
atruments al at work A few yards
from the long row of huts was a small
open space, where the telescope might
command clear horizon view in every
direction. A stiff wind blew out of the
west with the thermometer below the
freezing point. To the east were the
precipiteus slopes of the mountain-side,
and, opposite as, the overhanging crags
of the cavernous crater. The telescope
was mounted on large lava bewlder,
and much of the time had to be held in
position lest it should be upset by the
wind. Any one ia quest of comfort
would not elect to make astronomical
observations under conditions such as
these-and. on top of a mountain two
or three miles high besides. However,
the programme was executed in spite
of merely physical obstacles, and the
hours of dearest sky lasted until even
astronomers became weary. At stars
in every part of the sky, to the north,
south, east and west, and at all alti-
tuqes from the zenith to the horizon,
the telescope was pointed, and the con-
ditions of vision tested by the steadi-
ness Of the spectral disks Or images,
lust as in the case of the artificial star.
So fine were these images, SO nearly
OFFICIALLY perfect the air, that for mo-
ments together there was scarcely
trace Of atmosoherjc effects
These were general tests. If they
were satisfactory, of course the tele-
scope could not fail to do its best work
upon any special objects of whatever
sort. A few double stars, suited to the
capacity of the instrument, were tried,
and the advantages were at once strik-
ingly apparent Companion stars hard
to see, and doubles" hard to divide,
with the same glass at lower eleva-
tions, here were readily discerned.
Even in looking at so ordinary an OBJ
ject as the moon, the edge or limb of
which has been seen absolutely sharp
by few astronomers, the effect was in
descripabie. So sharply defined were
the details Of the lunar surface, that If
a suitable object-glass had been at
hand, 4cagnifying power of 2,ooG
diameters would at first have been
used. The structural irregularities of
the limb were SO marked, and in many
parts the moons edge was so excess
lively Jagged, as 20 lead one to wonder
that the usual type of lunar observa-
lions can be made as accurately as they
are. As dawn approached, Saturn had
risen to an available altitude, and the
ring system was seen to the best advan-
tage. While with the moon high up it
was Impossible to detect even the slight
est trace of boiling AT the limb, " as ths
astronomer sometimes says, Saturn was
less favorably situated, and slender
trace of undulation was now and then
evident. Still, had the glass been large
enough, a power of l,5oe might have
been used.-Prof. David p. Todd, in
Century.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
WILD CAMELS IN AMERICA.
A Herd Of More Than sixty Roaming the
Arizona Desert.

The camels that were brought to this
country before the war, to be used by
our army as draft animals in the de-
serts of the southwest, are still to be
seen-or rather their descendants
roaming the sands of Arizona, between
Yuma and Gutenberg ON the north and
south and Wickenburg and the Colorado
river on the east and west The herd
has increased to more than sixty, al
though many of the animals have been
taken away by circus men and others
have been killed by prospectors. AS
''ships of the desert" they were fail
ure, the pebbles and rocks of the foot
hills proving too hard on their feet,
which became so sore that they were
finally turned loose to shift for them
selves. In those days there were no
white men to speak of in the region of
the Arizona desert, and the wanderers
had nothing to fear from Indians, who
superstitiously gave them a wide berth.
Not SO the prospectors when they came.
Their high spirited little mustangs were
so often stampeded at the sight of the
long-necked and unwieldly beasts that
the riders found it convenient to take a
shot at them whenever opportunity of
fered- A prospector, writing of his first
experience with the expatriated camel,
says: 1--WE We're coming through vast
expanse of grease weed, almost as high
as my head, when suddenly the burro
stopped, raised his head, and gave a
snort that could have been heard half a
mile. 1 thought it must have been In
dams, and, throwing cartridge into
my Winchester, took cover IN the brush.
Peering over the top of the wheels l
soon saw the camels coming with their
peculiar, swinging trot, showing only
their heads and humps above the brush
That burro evinced more life than had
ever seen him show before, and do not
think any horse in the country could
have outrun him Ny pack broke in
the first one hundred yards, and meat,
beans, coffee and tools were scattered
for five miles. The canels went on their
way, and it was several years until
saw them agsin, when one Of them WIS
captured and brought into PhGni X,
where it finally died" He thinks the
government ought 10 take some steps
to protect the cauleIs against malicious
injury By trappers and prospeetors
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
WHAT DOCTORS SIGNS MEAN.
They Are Latin, Much Abbreviated, But
the Druggists Read Them.

They Are Latin, Much Abbreviated, But
the Druggists Read Them.
When a man goes to consult his doc
tor about his health he comes away
with small paper covered with some
apparently cabalistic signs. This he
delivers TO the druggist, VINO deciphers
the mysterious symbols without the
least difficulty.
Doctors generally employ Latin in an
abbreviated ferm-so shortened that the
initial letter only of word is used.
1t is relic of the past, when physicians
used to write in Latin not only pre-
scriptions but everything professional.
The first thing that strikes the eye on
q prescription is sign like big r with
a long tail This stands for the word
Recipe" and means, being addressed
to the dispenser, take thou" that is,
provide myself with the articles which
follow
When the drugs have been ordered
and the water sufficient to dissolve
generally a considerab bic quanti-
ty-there is seen a large NJ with a line
drawn through it This stands for
"Alisce ut fat mistura," or, in other
language, Mix these ingredients SO
that they may form a mixture"
Next the instructions as to how the
patient is to take the medicine are given
They may run thus: IS. C. m. H. h. 8"
This, being interpreted, signifies: Su-
mat, let him e, the patient-take,
cochlearia duo, two large tablespoon
f,,lc 4 J,
horis-together, every hours.
Some times may be seen "Ft. hist p. +.
n. s." FIT" means that hist" or
haustus, a draught may be formed. ''P.
r n" imply Pro re nata, as the occasion
may be born; in simpler words, when
required IS" is sumendus-i e., to
be taken.
A draught ordered to be taken at bed
time would be prescribed "h. s. s." The
first two letters mean bora somni, or al
the hour of sleep. The second $ is su-
mendus again.
Physicians use many idioms. For in
stance, lex lacte" means in milk SEX
aqua sumenda" to be taken in water.
''Tusse urgenten (ablative ahsolute),
when the cough is trou blescme Mis-
tura ad tussim" is a mixture for q
cough.
Some people think that this method
of prescribing is employed for the pur-
pose of keeping the patient in the dark
as to what is being done with him.
This may be one motive, and very
wise one, as many nervous people
would be alarmed if they were to find
out that they were taking stryohnine or
arSenic.-Rnsron Globe
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in Paris" His lectures have, however,
been principally biographical Those
by which he has become famous are en-
titled Thomas Carlyle, ""Aaron Burr, -
John Randolph, of Roanoke" and
Sargent Smith Prentiss-"
DR.. Milburn spends an hour in the
house almost every day in conversation
with the members. He generally de-
votes portion of the afternoon to call
ing, and it is safe to say that he makes
more calls than any other man in Wash
ington, for during each session he goes
to the house of every senator and rep
resentative, the justices of the supreme
court, the cabinet officers and all peo-
pie prominent in the gov rnment serv-
ice.
Rev. Milburn's ordination took place
at Springfield, H., in 1915. At the con-
ference at which he was ordained it was
decided to build female seminary, and
q large sum of money was necessary to
establish it. It was then customary for
the west to call upon the east for aid in
such enterprises. After selecting site
for the proposed seminary and making
out an estimate of the sum necessary to
put it in operation, the remaining act
needful was the selection OF some man
to act as an agent to lay before the east
the educational needs of the west, and
that was the appointment which DIR.
Milburn received for the ensuing year.
During this trip he addressed the house
of representatives, and it was on ac-
count of frank and fearless criticism
of the manners and social customs of
the lawmakers that he won their admi-
ration and was afterward made chap
lain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-07
AVERSE TO ANY CHANGE.
Chinese from Their Infancy Learn to Ig-
moro Amy Such Thing Monotony.

Chinese from Their Infancy Learn to Ig-
moro ANY Such Thing as Monotony.
1t seems to make no particular differ
ence to Chinese how long he remains
In one position. He will write all day
like an automaton. If he is a handi-
craftsman he will stand in one place
from dewy morn till dusky eve. work
ing away at his weaving. his gold beat
ing or whatever it may be, and do it
every day, without any variation in
the monotony and apparently no
special consciousness that there is any
monotony to be varied. In the same
way, says writer in the Melbourne
Leader, Chinese school children are
subjected to an amount of confinement,
unrelieved by any recesses or change of
work, which would soon drive western
pupils to the verge OF insanity. The
very infants in arms. instead OF squirm-
ing and wriggling as our children be-
gin to Go as soon as they are born, lie
as impaSsive as so many mud gods.
And at a more advanced age. when
western children would vie with the
monkey in its widest antics, Chinese
children viii often stand. sit or squat
in the same position for great length
OF time.
In the item Of sleep the Chinese
establishes the same differences be-
tween himself and the Occidental as IN
the directions already specified. Gen
orally speaking, he is able to sleep
anywhere. None of the trifing dis
turoances which drive US to despair
annoy him. With brick for pillow
he can lie down on his bed of stalks, of
mud bricks or rattan. and sleep the
sleep of the just. with no reference to
the rest of creation. He does not want
his room darkened nor does he require
others to be still. The infant CRYING
IN the night" may continue to cry for
all he cares, for it does not disturb
him.
IN some regions the entire popula-
ton seem 10 fall asleep. as by a COM
mon instinct like that of the hiber-
mating eearl-during the first two hours
OF summer afternoons, and they do