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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
DOMESTIC DlSCORD.
Married People Should Beware of the
First Quarrel.
Chicago Herald

Married People Should Beware of the
First Quarrel.
Chicago Herald
Watch beginnings. There is always
point where the entering wedge breaks III,
and after this the progress of dlsintegra-
ton is easy. 1t is the first quarrel WHICH
makes possible the next. and after one or
two fights and reconciliations those VINO
love each other, il may be dev0tedly. grow
accustomed TO strife and no longer feel
horror-stricken at the bare mention OF 1t.
The little rift Is not more than hand
breadth, but may widen and broaden untll
alienation and distress and the wreck Oh all
household happiness follow the first tiny
fracture of peace. In the union OF husband
and wife, which ia the most Intimate ana
confidential relationship on earth, tnere
must be something more than mere super
dcial admiration, the one Tor the otner.
These two have pledged 10 one another
one without equally affecting the other.
For veal or woe they have joined hands,
and to the whole outside world they present
a united front
And yet, il testimony could be taken, 1t
would be found that many married people
have not been perfectly happy during the
early years of wedl0ck There has been
friction. There has been disappointment.
The little rift has been suffered TO open Inc
way for arrangement. 1--WE decided, said
a man whose long life has been singularly
tranquil and satisfactory decided. my
wife and l. when we were married that We
would never let the sun so down on any
lack of peace between us. We would ask
one another'S pardon, il necessary, but we
would never quarrel. One or the other
should always give up a point on which
both could not agree. and whatever else
came to us we resolved to have no discord."
Beware of the little rift
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RUsTLING CORN.

When the long, bright day Is done.
And the last rays OF the sun
With q fading light the hilltops fair adorn,
1t 10 sweet to rest awhile
And moment to beguile
In listening to the rustling OF the CORN
oh, that music soft and low
When the summer breeZes blow, :,
Bringing back the happy scenes OF childhoouS
morn,
When through all the summer day
have whiled the hours away
Playing hide-and-seek amid the rustling corn.
Through the dim, uncertain light.
can see the phantom bright,
or loved ons who, in chlidhood's rosy morn,
From our home was called away,
And her shout aud laughter gay
Seems TO echo family through the rustling corn.
Like dream those pleasures few,
With the years returned anew;
Little ones within my cottage home were porn,
And once more hear the shout,
See the running In and out,
Happy children hiding in the rustling corn.
Many years have passed away,
And my hair is turning gray,
Gone are all the loved ones OF LIES rosy morn,
But feel their presence near,
Long forgotten voices hear.
While listen to the rustlng OF the corn.
HANNAH Is. STRoUr.
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POISON OF FEARFUL STRENGTH.
experiments Showing the Power of Virus
Elected by the DEADLY Cobra

experiments Showing the Power of Virus
Elected by the Deadly Cobra.
Ut. Arthur Stradling. writing to the Man.
chester Times OF a number of yjpers which
were presented to him, says: fVipers have
very large poison glands, and obtained the
venom by allowing them to bite on small
porcelain spoon made on purpose. covered
over with oiled silk, ike drum. The fanqs
SINKING through the silk into the hollow of
the spoon, would each discharge tiny dam
or gloDule OF virus, and this | would coIIeet
anu store IN me glass tubes or on dried
Dlotting paper. There are MANY other
methods of getting the poison but I think
TINS is the best. In India the natives pro-
cure cobra venom by inducing the enrared
reptiles to strike at shell, across which a
ZEAL is stretched. Each OF my snakes could
De depended upon to yield poison once a
u I'd; DuI IL was only trace at time-justa
Elstenlhg speck that you could hardly see.
Oicourse this was slow process, and one day
ihade calculation that If nv sixteen
vipers had kept in full health and vigor.
and had yielded daily all the wear round'
ana suDposing that it had been possible To
keep the fluid without letting it dry nm. II
would have taken more than Seven wears to
produce quart. This will give YOU some
idea OF the fearful strength of the stuff
Wnen you think how minute is the ouan-
tlty injected at each bite. The expert
ment which L was making just then con-
sisted chiefly of soaking scraps of meat. bits
o. hard-boied eggs and things OF that sort
IN the poison and analy Zing the changes
winch Resulted In them after given inter-
val. And from these and from similar
trials 1t was found that the fluid had the
power of dissolving the albumen of flesh
Nike the gastric juice has, so it is thought
that one great use (perhaps the greatest) of
the venom Is to aid in the digestion Of the
Serpant'S food, or cOurse IL might do that
and serve as ammunition to kill the Prey
as WallO
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Cocus is the hardest wood.
Switzerland Is building It's first sugar re-
finery.
Palestine is about one-quarter as large as
the State of New York.
An Indiana man claims to have an organ
which was made In zoos.
The best corks come from Algeria,
where there are 2.500,OO0 acres OF cork Tor
ests.
The smallest church In New York Is the
Peoples in Harlem, room over drug
store.
Abraham presented his sons wife with
pair of earrings. the first Of which there is
historic mention.
Oxygen means ''acid generator" but n.y.
irogen is really the essential factor, and
many acids contain no oxygen.
The marmot is a civil engineer: he
not only builds houses, but constructs aque-
duets and drains to keep them dry.
Single women live longer than single men,
while married women on an average live
two years longer than single ones.
Out of S23, 600, coo paid yearly for mechan-
les in the building trades of New York City
less than S6.0O0,000 goes to American-born
men.
The County Commissioners of Carbon
County, Pa, last week sold 10000 acres OF
uuredeemed mountain land. Some of it
was sold for less than 3 cents an acre.
1t requires about double the power to
propel o steamship twenty one miles an
hour as it does to move along the same YES
sci at the rate OF sixteen miles an hour.
There is a curious snake (hydraci yetD in
South Africa that lives wholly upon birds
eggs 1t has no teeth or signs of teeth in
the mouth, the whole dental array being
located in the stomach.
A unique method OF celebrating the
Columbus centenary in Spain is proposed
by the artists of Barcelona, who intend to
project colossal shadow OF the navigator
upon neighboring mountain peak.
The Egyptians had operas end enjoyed
them. The first use of the term opera in
musica," which subsequently gave place to
"opera," was in 1856 the first opera" per-
formed being the "Orpheus" OF Peri.
An obelisk of red granite. II feet In
height, with a pedestal Of black porphyry. is
shortly to be brought to Austria from
Alexandra, where it has been lying In the
garden OF the Austrian Consulate since 1847.
In some OF the ancient temples of Egypt,
known to be more than 1000 years old, the
stones were doweled together with hour
glass-shaped ties of the timarish or shit
tim wood. the dowel sinks being only about
one inch deep.
The Esquimaux are gamblers by nature,
but they never impoverish themselves by
their games. Cards they do not care for.
but domiEoes and even chess are played with
skill that at least equals the best Of the
white men who visit them.
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HOW TO FUMIGATE A ROOM.
Something Which Everybody Should Be
Able to Do.

Something Which Everybody Should BE
Able to Do.
The proper way to fumigate a room, saws
the Journal of Health, is to close the doors.
windows, fireplace, ETC.. paste strips of
paper all over the cracks. Fumigation by
burning sulphur is most easily accomplished.
Two pounds of sulphur should be allowed
for every room from ten 10 twelve feet
square.
1t is better to divide 1t up and put Ii in
several pans. rather than burn the entire
quantity of sulphur used in one pan. To
avoid the danger of fire. these pans should
be set on bricks, or in other and larger pans
hlled with water or with sand.
After pouring little alcohol on the sui
phur and properly placing the pans about
the room, the farthest from the door of exit
should be lighed first; the others in order
The operator will need to move quickly,
for no one can breathe sulphurous fumes
with safety.
After closing the door, the cracks around
1t should be pasted up, as was done within
the room.
Six hours, tleast, are generally necessary
to mIgate room properly; at the end of
that time it may be entered and the win
dOws opened, and they should be left open
as long as convenient even for o week, If
possible.
After fumigation a thorough process OF
cleansing should be instituted. At least
the walls and ceiling should be rubbed dry;
much the better way is to Whitewash and
paper.
The floor and the woodwork and the fur
niture should be scrubbed with solution
OF carb0lIc acid or some other disinfeetant.
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Not n Sinacure,
New York Commercial Advertiser.


The other day man with keen pair
of gray eyes and whiskers on his chin sat
in coupe talking earnestly with an old
gentleman on the seat beside him. The
coupe was In front of the national kspubli-
can headquarters, and one of tire occupants
was Chairman Thomas Carter. Seven men
were on the sidewalk intently watching the
vehicle. One of the men became impatient
and going TO the coupe put his hand in the
window and greeted the chairman. After
ten minutes tho chairman got out and be-
fore he could reach the steps seven men
had spoke to him and each one wanted q
private audience. TO each one he listened
a minute or so. and then went upstairs
followed by them all. In the waiting
room. next to his private room. some ten or
fifteen men were seated and they all got up
and shook hands with the ex-Land CON-
missioner of Montana. at the same time
asking for a private conference. And this
was early IN the morning. Who says
Chairman Carriers Office is sinecuref
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HOW TO KEEP A LOG.
Some Things of Interest for Ignorant
Landsmen.
Boston Budyet

Some Things of Interest for Ignorant
Landsmen.
Boston Budget
How many landsmen know how a log
book is written up? 1t seems just as COM
plcated as d0uble-entry bookkeeping when
one does not know. but after little careful
attention and study it's as easy to keep a
logbook as to eat hot gingerbread. There is
list of letters arranged. and they look like
so much Creek to the uneducated. The
letter b, for instance, stands for blue sky
whether there be clear or hay atmosphere,
C indicates cloudy or detached opening
clouds, denotes drilling rain, small t
fog, capital thick fog, gloomy, dark
weather, b hail, | lightning and m misty or
haZy so as to interfere with the view.
The letter represents overcast or when
the whole sky Is covered with one impene-
tTable cloud. Passing showers are noted by
the letter o, and indicates the weather to
be squal!y. Continuous rain is indicated by
an r, snow by an s, and thunder by {. An
ugly, threatening appearance IN the weather
calls for the letter U, and visibility of dis
tsnt objects, whether the sky be cloudy OF
not, is represented by the letter v. a small
is wet dew. A full point or dot under
any letter denotes an extraordinary degree.
AS an example of how the letters are used
take q pd t. This reads very hard squalls
and showers of driZZle, accompanied by
lightning with very heavy thunder. Nu-
merals denote the force of the wind. A
cipher indicates calm, l light air, 2 light
breeze, gentle breeze. 4 moderate breeze, 8
fresh breeze, strong breeze, small gale, 8
fresh gale. 9 strong gale. 10 whole gale, IL
abbrevlation is generally adhered TO ON all
merchant yesSplS
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
RUSSIAN GASTRONOMY.
Dishes and Drinks Of the Land
of the Gear.
HOW HOTELS ARE MANAGED.
Fishponds in Restaurants - Queer Soups
Served With Ice - Extravasant
Dinuers-Frozen Meats.
Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL

/ am stopping in the Slavianski Bazaar
here in Moscow. 1t is one Of the biggest
hotels In the world, and though this Is
land of famine l have never lived so well
as | have in Russia. The Russians eat as
much as any other people on the face OF the
globe Their meals are big ones. and they
are always nibbling between them. The
hotels of this city and st. Petersburg are
among the largest in the world. The Hotel
de Europe Of the latter city has many hun
dreds OF rooms. and you lose yourself again
and again in wandering through them. ms
hotel at Moscow must cover five acres, ana
you can feed 1000 people in its restaurant at
one time. The restaurants OF these Rus
sian hotels have separate cashiers from the
rooming parts Of the hotel, and you pay LOT
your meals when you get them. You can
get very fair dinner here for 70 cents, ana
l had for this amount to-day soup.
roast, some fish, some game and dessert.
This meal was served under great dome.
and my table was next to a marble fountain
in which fish were swimming. When L
ordered my fish stepped up to the fountain
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Pari.I,p window shades.

There is nothing among the little things
that impress one more in the fashionable
quarters of Paris than the gagged shades
that one sees at almost every window.
They are the daintiest, Frenehiest, most
decorative things imaginable, and so easy
to make, withal, that any one used to sew
ing can manufacture, with little effort, these
fetching slken things. One has only to run
OIL some stripes leDthwise of the silk or stuff
chosen for the shades, as far apart as one
wishes her gauges to be. fourteen inches
being an effective distance, and then run
tapes through them and draw up till the silk
falls In festoons. On the whole, shadow
lace Is the prettiest decoration for the bot
tom, but on the colored one pleated frills or
bright fringe are required. Cords and tas-
sells, too, are often added where the gauges
end. But however treated. whether elabo-
rately or simply, these shades are always
beautiful. They are rolled on a common
roller like any plain shade, and may be
drawn and raised at will.
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Wsighinr tho Earth.

Weighing the earth Is a problem which
has often interested and amused scieD fists.
aud various efforts have been made to de-
termine with some degree Of accuracy the
probable approximate weight of the globe
on which we live. In 1872 series OF curl
Maskelyne in Mount Schhallion. In Scot
land, by which he determined the singular
fact that the attraction exerted by the
mountain mass ON the plumb line caused it
to deyiate nearly six seconds from the per-
pendicular. Long and abstruse calculations
followed. on the details of which it is not
necessary to dwell, but the result was,
taking the diameter of the earth as 1912 Al
miles and the weight of cubic foot Of water
as 81 80 pounds, the weight of the earth was
calculated to be 5.S42 600, 900 coo, COO 600, 600
tons of 2240 pounds each.
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Work on a Great Building.
Chicago Herald.

The gigantic future home Of the Reich
stag is still but forest Of scaffold poles,
but some idea may be obtained of the ap-
pearance it is likely to present when it is
inaugurated two years hence. The main
entrances are four in number, one a. each
side. each approached by broad flights Of
steps and each differing from the other.
The actual chamber is under a cupola,
something like that of the Pantheon, sur
mounted by the imperial crown, which is in
the exact center of the whole mass OF build
ings. The lobby, which is to be adorned
with richly ornamented columns, stretches
right across the building from the Spree to
the ThierearteD, its length of about 100
meters being broken in the center by an
oetagonal hall. and on to it open most of the
offices. the private rooms of ministers, the
library and the dining-roOm. A similar
arrangement is TO be made on the floor
above and the floor below the level of the
entrances. At each corner of the building
is sort of open logga. richly ornamented.
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Oh asing a Fairy.
New York Times.

She was wee bit of a fodder not more
than 6 or z years old but her eyes sparked
like diamonds and her golden hair tumb!ed
down over her shoulders like a tangled mass
OF silken sheen. She was rOmping with q
dozen pretty and vivacious playmates up on
West Seventy-second street. Touching a
fne-looking youngster on the shoulder she
challenged him with. You can't catch me-"
Off they started. she twisting and lodging
with the dexterity OF q half back in foot
ball team, and he following her every move
ment In close pursuit. The excitement Of
the chase made bcr scream with laughter.
The little fugitive finally brought up against
q fence. breathless and painting, and her
pursuer, throwing his arms about her.
shouted, There, I've caught your
"Oh, yes" gasped the little fairy. "but it
was cause my laugh broke and couldn't
run anY mnrA.u
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most popular, perhaps, Is known as stchee.
which Is made OF cabbage and beef, and in
the midst Of each plate a big chunk of
beef floats. Sour cream is often added to
the soup. and you get gravy dish of cream
for kind OF sauce at the first OF every
dinner. The cold soups are much liked by
the Russians, and l ordered one to-day
without knowing what it was. 1t had
it piece OF ice as big as my fist and there
were pieces OF cucumber, herring and meat
floating around In 1t. / tasted it and 1t
made me think of boiled beer served with
ice, and the taste was enough. Some OF
the soups were very good and one order for
soup is always enough for two. The fish
that find here are excellent, and there is a
dish called sOlianka, made OF fish and cab
bage which is not at all bad. Another is
sucking pig, boiled and served cold,
and another favorlte disls roast NUT
ton stuffed with buckwheat. The Rus
SLAMS have excellent meats, aud you
will get as good beef and mutton here
as anywhere in the world. The butter IS
invariably good, and some OF that when L
have had is so sweet that can eat IL ike
cheese. IL is never sailed. and 1t IS served
in great loayes, the guest cutting OIL as
much as he wishes. j have drunk great
deal of the Russian wine, and find that
the wines of the Crimea and the Cau-
casus are very good. The champagne OF
the Don Is little sweeter than "Mumm's
Extra Dry" and some OF the wines OF the
Crimea taste like cider. do not like the
Russian beer known as kvas, but tea is good
everywhere, and the Russian takes glass
every hour or so and merchants do all their
business over tea. The peasants who bring
things here to Moscow to sell never make
bargain except at the traktlrs, ana you hhu
the samovar and the teaglass everywhere.
The better class Of Russians live very
extravagantly. They spare nothing on their
tables aud they are fond of giving big din
ners. 1t Is not uncommon Tor Whote
sheen TO be brought on the table at such
dinners, and imported wines dow like water.
They are very fond of flowers, and there
was a dinner given at 81. Petersburg not
long ago at which rare orchids adorned the
board and at which the flowers cost more
than $4,000 At some dinners given by
Young men the host expects to pay for all
the damage that may be caused by the
young fellows when they are drunk after
the feast, and there have been dinners here
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of, and the result was that used but very
little water. The Russians do no. fill
basin Of water and wash in it. They
catch the water as 1t falls from the spigot
and rub 1t over their faces; then get an
other squirt Of handful or so and use II In
the same way. and 60 on thus until they
have finished their toilet. A half. pint OF
washing.
TIE Russian dinner Is rather q curious
affair, and swell dinner lasts for hours:
The first thing you take Is an appetizer, ana
this consists of vodka, q Russian brandy,
together with such reishes rs caviare, raw
radishes, butter and cheese. This layout Is
on counter at one end OF a restaurant. and
you usually stand up to eat 1t before taking
your seat at the table for theregular dinner.
The first part of the dinner is soup. and
dish OF Russian soup is dinner itself. The
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
ONE USE FOR C0GNAC.
How a South American Improved III
Flavor of His Cigar.

Flavor of His Cigar.
New York Commercial Advertiser
What a cosmopolitan city Is New York |!
There are people from all over the globe in
this town, and the customs they bring here
look queer to our eyes.
In a well-known restaurant, where an
excellent table-d'hote dinner is served. sat
the other night dark man in evening
dress. BE evidently enjoyed his dinner,
and when the waiter was pouring out his
after dinner coffee he ordered a pony OF
cognae. He carefully poured out the cog
nae on a large plate and taking fat black
cigar from his pocket, rolled il carefully in
the cognac, until most OF 1t was absorbed
by the cigar.
After the cigar had partially dried he
lighted il, and blowing great clouds of the
smoke above his head. seemed thoroughly
to enjoy IL.
/ asked him the reason for giving the
cigar cognac bath and here is what he
said:
Down in the Argentine Republic, my
home. we always soak the cigar in some
liquor in order to enhance the flavor. Cognsc
especially Is very fine in tobacco, and in
this way you get the flavor without the intox-
icating effects. In smoking tobacco put q
little old rum in the box and see how much
hatter Won will like Ii, ~
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Unnatural Color in Flowers.

Florists have managed of late years to
produce curious and striking tints in uastur-
tums quite out of keeping with the brilliant
splendors that one usually expects from
those flowers. But the plants manifestly
suffer from the process that leads to this
unnatural chromatic color development, for
leaf, stem and blossom are all weak and
delicate in comparison with the usual robust
nasturtiums Of the brighter colors. The
blossoms especia lily are few in number and
small In size and the plant less easily en-
dures drought than its old-fashioned breth-
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Interesting Semitic Inscriptions.

At recent meeting Of the Academic des
Inscriptions M. j. Halevy read paper
Berlin Museum, which, in his opinion,
overthrow the commonly received views
about the Hitttes. The two inscriptions
were found at Zinjirli. in Northern Syria.
Though greatly worn and mutilated, M.
Halevy has been able to read them. They
closely resembling Hebrew, and but slight
ly Influenced by Arar aan. They were
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engraved by two kings of the country of
adii, both styled Pannamu, who lived in
former dedicates a statue to Hadad. tbe
supreme god of the Hittites; the latter was
restored TO his grandfather's throne, as a
vassal. by the Assyrian army under Tiglath-
pilessr Ill. According to NJ. Halevy these
inscriptions prove conclusively that the
Hittites were Semitic race. TIE HERO
glyphics found in many parts of Asia Minor
must therefore be of AnatoliaD, not of
Syrian origin, the few that have been dis
covered at Klamath and Aleppo being only