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The morning call., 1892-09-04
IN THE ORCHESTRA.

II you should 20 TO the play some night
You'll see in the orchestra, on the right
A little man;
And II be doesn't astouish you
With the musical antics he goes through
Why, nobody can
First he plays the I-dOn't-know-what, whose tones
Sound lust as II you were hitting bones;
Then, with jump,
He iangles the chord OF the tumtY-tum,
Aud he's sure TO be back whea the big bass drum
Requires thump.
Next the what-yoa- may callit must be whacked;
Ana then from the thingummy he'll extract
A Tiny sound:
While the jiggermaree he viii wake to life
Till 10 sets you all on edge ike knife
When It's being ground.
And there arethose round brass things. you know,
What's the name they gave EN- g-eT-er they 80
Ching chingi Ching ching.
Whenever there comes a great big crash
lie uses his feet, aud makes 'em clash
Like everything.
There's a little bald man on the other side
Who stands up and looks rather dignined;
But don't watch him:
His fddle's the biggest OF all, IT'S true,
But the only thing be can make It do
Is 10 go 'zim Elm" st NICHOLAS.
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was a man Of marked ability, and in many
WAYS the son has inherited the traits OF the
elder Alexander. The fatherswas g man
who believed 10 the value OF education, and
- the young man was given every advantage
in that respect He was sent TO the very
best schools, not only in this country, but
in Europe, and improved his exceptional
advantages with wide travel and extensive
reading. Thus equipped and with mind
If more than ordinary power, It Is no won
der that lie sDrang at once into prominence
and climbed steadily up the ladder.
OF his mother il is known that she was q
member Of one Of the best families OF New
England, and traced her ancestry back to
those who fought for the freedom Of the
country against Great Britain.
Having completed his course at college
young Alexander entered into business at
the age Of y Ia this city with his father
under the firm name Of o. Alexander &
Son. which is still Ia existence.
His first political prefeTment occurred On
his election to the Legislature in 1857 from
the Fifiy-sixth Assembly District. from
which he was reelected in 1889. he fatherea
the University tax bill, which took the
University out Of politics and gave II per-
manent income.
In February, 1889, he was appointed by
Governor Waterman HarbOr Commits
siOneF. He has been instrumental in the
vast amount of work done on the water
front, especially at the foot OF Market stree
preparatory to the erection Of the new rail
road depot, which has been so long de.
manded and looked for. Some months ago
Nj. Alexander offered resolution, which
passed the Board Of Harb0r Commissioners.
making eight hours a days work for al
employees, and thus displaying another In
tcrest in the welfare Of the iabOring man.
In 1890 Ee was married to a daughter Of
John Carroll Of Sacramento and the union
q ttETf
children have been born TO the fortunate
couple and the home life of the family is al
that could be desired or expected.
: In the fight which he has at present IN
dertaken Mr.. Alexander has adopted only
the best methods and will win On that line
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KEYS will achieve distinction in the politi-
cal field. To his mental endowmen,s. which
have been carefully trained by high educa-
tional advanta ges. he mites discrim-
mating judgment and an ability to logically
and cogently present them in forensic de-
bate.
Personally, Mr.. Keys Is of commanding
appearance and physically towers far above
less fortunate mortals. He is extremely
affable and genial and on this account has
a larger number of warm friends than any
young man in the city. He is an infiuen-
tial and active member of other fraterDities
and is potent In all their councils. He is
also member of the Olympic Club and has
done much in placing that Institution on
the high plane upon which it now stands in
public estimation. With public and pri-
vate reputation pure and unspotted, Mr.
Keys starts on his public career under most
fortuitOus circumstances, and all his friends
are predicting a distinguished future for
him.
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lawyer and advocate. He is eloquent in all
his public addresses, but besides their charm
of delivery there is the thought expressed
which indiCat ties the possession Of high
mental attributes. Politically Mr.. Bert has
deserved well OF the party To which by his
early affiliations and convictions lie has
attached himself. He was elected on the
Republican ticket 10 the Assembly for the
Forty-ffth District, and returned from the
capital with his reputation for elOQuence
and ability greatly enhanced. He IS now
president OF the San Francisco Republican
League. and is Influential IN the councils OF
the best elements Of the party. He is also
past president OF Mission Parl0r. \. ).
G. W, and is devoted to the interests Of that
organization. 1t is almost superilu0us 10
de; cant upon Mr.. Berts social prominence.
Bright, witty and genial, lie is surpassed in
popularity by none of his associates.
Mr.. Bert is associated in business with
Hon. j. y. h Wilson. and the firm of
Wilson q Bert has but few peers in their
profession in popular estimation. A splendid
future is predicted for the subject of this
sketch.
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1864. lie is product Of California educa-
tlOnal institutions, having passed his earlier
years In the public schools Of this city and
graduate of the high school, from which
transition to the University OF California
was a natural conclusion. After an espe-
cally distinguished university career he
graduated in 1885, being a member of the
noted class of that year. From the univer-
sty to the Hastings College of Law was the
next step, and AT this institution his career
presented the same remarkable series OF
successes; having been chosen unanimously
as the orator for charter day. After his
graduation from the college OF law Mr..
Barnett completed his preparatory studies
for the bar in the Office OF Judge Terry. 1t
Is not surprising that such assiduity as
the subject of this sketch manifested in his
preliminary studies for the profession. ac-
companied as it was by brilliant natural
abilities, should have been attended with
the remarkable success which he has at
tanned since being admitted. He has leaped
into large and lucrative practice. both
criminal aud civil. and has acquired q repu-
tatiOn as a eaTetaking and conscientious
lawyer that will assuredly bring him TO the
front rank. As an orator he is winning
polished and convincing, and has already
distinguished himself in public life as
member of the last Assembly, from which
he returned with an enlarged and unfair
nished reputation. lie is past chancellor Of
the knights Of Pythias, past chief ranger
Of Court Magnolia of the Ancient Order of
F0resters OF America, and is an influential
member of Mission PariOr, n. ). q. w.
Personally. so accomplished and genial
gentleman as Mr. Barnett Is sure 10 have
hosts OF friends, who regard with pride his
present distinction and predict most glow
ing future Tor the young attorney.
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lifting I'M
Its own weight. seized with its jaws and
supported without any outside assistance
The ring was then weighed. and
by this means 1t was concuslvely
proved that the ant had lifted l649 times
its own weight. So tenacious is its hold
that II the weight we're increased to beyond
It's strength it would allow its head 10 be
pulled off sooner than relnquish Its grip.
10 get notion of the domestic side OF
the ants life one should see q queen and
her attendants. The latter, knowing full
well that the continuance OF their little col
ony depends upon their queen, vie with one
another in their attention to her comfort,
assisting her In her toilet, feeding her and
even carrying her; but their most precious
charges of all is the care OF her eggs in their
various stages up to maturity. AS fast as
they are produced they are carefully con-
veyed TO place of safety and kept at the
right temperature by the unerring instinct
OF the workers
To witness their solicitude raise an alarm
by tapping the side OF the box. In a mo-
ment all is life and hustle. Each worker
makes for the nearest cocoon, picks il up
with its strong jaws and scuttles off to q
place of safety, returning again and again
for another precious load, till all are out of
danger. The workers appear to know by
intuition when the perfect insect is ready
TO escape from Its cocoon, and are at hand
TO render assistance by cutting through the
SILK covering at the end where they know
the head should be. After the outer COW
ering Is removed the new arrival still re-.
CURES assistance to free itself from sec
ond covering. after which its wings are
smoothed out by its nurses, who keep a
watchful eye on ii for several days before
Its mai departure from the nest.
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daily and is very Influential. He has con-
Quoted a number OF important eases sue
cessfully that have required legal talent Of
most profound order TO conclude.
At the bar his arguments are sound and
convincing. and are always listened TO with
great attention. Aside from business. Mr.
, Mayo is genial and popular aud numbers
his devoted friends by legion. Studious.
perseyeTing and positive, a most brilliant
future is confidently predicted for the sub
ject Of this sketch. Mr.. Mayo is descended
from a distinguished ancestry. On his
fathers side he boasts Of no less ancestor
than Charlemagne, and from his mother de-
sends the blood of eminent Americans dis
tinguished in this country's history in
theology, photography and politics
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JOHN #. HANLON.
Young Attorney Who Has Leaped Into
Prominence.

Young Attorney Who Has Lesped Into
Prominence.
John +. Hanlon is a native OF this city,
where he has been raised and educated.
Born in 1864, after preliminary education
in the public schools. he graduated from St
Ignatius College. Thoroughly prepared, be
expected to have entered the University of
California. but changed his plans and COM
menced the study of his profession. To the
study of the law he brought those qualities
OF persistent and painstakIng endeavor
which has marked his career since his ad-
mission in 1888. For ayoung advocate Mr.
Hanlon has had charge of many important
cases, notably the Allendorff case, which is
one of the "causes celebres" Of the Oakland
bar. In that case Mr.. Hanlon was counsel
for the administrator OF the Allendorff es-
tate. and to his fine management was due
the success which attended a favorable deci-
sion. This case was one of the most in
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c. o. ALEXANDER
The Young Mems Candidate for the
National Congress.

The Young Mems Candidate for the
National Congress.
In the politics of California there is no
better known young man to-day than c. o.
Alexander, the Republican candidate Tor
Congress in the Fourth District.
Young as lie is, he has been for several
years prominently identified with public
life, and has served with distinction not
only in the Legislature, but as HarbOr Com
missioner, a position to which be was named
by Governor Waterman. In all that he has
done he.has proven himself an honest and
efficient servant, and his name has always
stood for absolute fearless0ess and integrity
when the interests Of the people were al
stake.
He was born in Wisconsin in IS6i-or
only thirty years agO-and came to this
State with his parents in 1870 His father
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1t Is a primitive continuance, and has been
secured for exhibition by Chief Smith
through the State Historical Society Of
Wisconsin.
This old anchor was taken from the bot
tom Of Green Bay, Wisconsin, four years
ago. It Is a curious eontrivance and was
not uncommon on trading vessels on the
upper Great Lakes in 1892. The anchor is
about five feet across from tip to tip OF the
tlukes and about four feet high. 1t ia re-
garded as picturesque relic of early Dsvi-
CATION. Three of the legs are a part Of the
stump which forms the head. The fourth
leg in front is. movable and is secured by an
iron bar shown in the picture. This was
moved outward In order TO fill the basket
with stones and then pushed back into
place and nailed in again.
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EUGENE r. BERT.
A Popular Native SON With Mos
Promising Future.

Popular Native Son With n Most
Promising Future.
The widely extended reputation, both as
a lawyer and as political magnate, which
Eugene T. Bert enjoys is the result of n
possession of mental qualities which natur-
ally makes him leader. An enthusiasm
for his profession, in which he is bound to
excel, assures him distinguished career at
the bar. and to this quality is added the ad-
vantage of a finished education which
equips him for the contention. both profess
sional and social, which an aggressive dis
position Is certain TO meet. MIR. Bert's
studiOuS efforts have been supplemented by
practical knowledge of the requirements Of
legal practice. and thus he has been SIN
gularly well fitted for q successful and
prominent position in legal circles, and
after years Of patient application lie stands
forth as one whose brilliant and enviable
future is certainly assured. To but few in-
diyiduals Is so engaging destiny youch-
safed.
Mr. Bert has been favored by the gods.
To the natural advantages of personal at
fractions lie has gained high position as a
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> HENRY u. MAYO.
a Man of Wide Experience and a Brilliant

a Man of Wide Experience and a Brilliant
Lawyer.
In the arduouS profession of law the
qualities that lead to success are seldom
united in one individual. An exception
must be made. however, in the person Of
Henry 3. Mayo, so well known as a brilliant
young lawyer. who is the envied possessor
of the qualities of determination and men,
tai ability that surely promise a most
brilliant and successful career in the pro-
fessioD to which he deyutes the rest Of his
life. Mr.. Mayo has had a wide and varied
practical experience In life, and has thereby
acquired that solid knowledge OF affairs
which has materially aided him in the at
tainment of the success which he now en-
joys. His clientage is large, increasing
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CHARLES L DINGLEY JR.

A Successful Merchant who Knows How
to Advertise.
Charles L. Dngley Jr., the head OF the
noted shipping and lumber firm of C. L..
Dingley & Co., was born in this city in
1865 His father was the founder of the
business and built up and managed its for
tunes for many years preceding his death.
which occurred about three years ago. He
left an unsullied name and large compe-
tence to his children, and died universally
respected and deeply mourned. BY direct
inheritance the subject of this sketch came
into those solid business qualities which
rendered his father so prominent In the
mercantile world. Receiving all of the adj
vantages of education which the public
schools could afford and deriving from
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years. The scientists a. the Delaware Agri-
cultural Station have been studying the sub.
ject for several years past with no very
satisfactory results, and have even permit
ted an odd wandering peach-doctor to ex-
pertinent with a cure of his own devising.
Within fifteen years come millions Of peach
trees have been uprooted In Northern Della
ware, and the battling disease has steadily
travelled southwark with the movement OF
the ''peach belt" as the strip OF peach
growing territory between Delaware and
Chesapeake BAYS Is called.
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ton with solid backing from that influ-
entail quarter. In that portion of the city
in which lie resides he will have the united
Endorsement of the Democracy. The office
Of Sheriff is one of the most important
under the city government, requiring not
only honesty and intelligence but executive
capacity of the highest order. All these
qualifications are possessed by Mr.. Tomalty."
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tap. We may easily get little gas into the
ball In this way. Now let us hold the
mouth OF the ball tight, and, not forgetting
10 turn off the gas at the bracket, We will
quickly fasteu the ball TO the stem OF a
clay pipe by few turns of twue or thin
wire, putting the bowl end Of the pipe
under water at the time TO obyiate the eS-
cape Of gas.
Now, with very little skill, If we have
some soapsuds ready, we may blow bubbles
with gas from the airball, and these bubbles
will be found not to sink to the ground
most soap bubbles DO. but to rise until they
burst on the ceiling.
They may be very prettily burned u
touched with lighted taper. and II We so
eontrive that they are blown (as the first
one will be By reason of the air in the stem
and bowl OF the pipe) half with air and 1rIs1lf
with gas, they will. instead of burning when
lighted. go eff with a slight explosion like a
gas stove being lit, and for the same reason.
namely, that when mixed with air gas burns
so quickly as to cause an explosion.
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HENRY BOHEMIAN,
A Successful Representative of the Bust
ness Element.

Successful Representative Of the Bust
Element.
Ever since Henry Borneman came to this
city he has been noted as a successful bust
ness man and gifted with foresight and
enterprise that has produced a present
competence and assured future wealth. Mr..
Borneman is prominently referred to as
candidate on the Democratic ticket for
Supervisor from the Tenth Ward, and the
prospects are flattering that he will be
triumph antly nominated for that RESPONSE
bic position at the coming municipal con-
vention. The success man makes In his
PERSONAL affairs is generally regarded as
good indication of his fitness for public
office, and judged from this standpoint Mr..
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The Democratic Nominee From the
Thirty Ninth Assembly District.
These are days eff transition in political
and business life, and it is a remarkable
feature OF the times that the younger gen.
Grafton is so rapidly displacing those who
for years have regarded themselves as alb
solute necessities in political and business
enterprises. The young men are coming to
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In Paris an interesting series of expert
ments Is being carried on by NM. Calletet
and Colardean, in which they are seeking TO
verify the law of falling bodies, and at the
same time those of the resistance ofthe air
to the passage of bodies. In order to carry.
out their work the investigators have in-
stalled their laboratory on the secoudll nd
ing OF the Eiffel Tower. which gives them a
free fall of 40 meters. or about 3T0 feet.
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The German method OF electrolytc bleach
Ing, lately introduced. differs from all others.
being passed between rolls serving as anode
and cathode respectively, the eIectrolyt 10
being used for the purpose of saturating the
fabric itself According to this arrange
ment, several pairs of rollers may be used,
the anode and cathode being alternately the
upper, so that both sides of the stuff are
subjected to the action of the products OF
eiectr0lysis.
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drowning p ay m a { e.
Now Julia Dignam has
made for herself n last
ing name in Dublin as a
"commendable humani-
TARTAN" Born eighteen
years ago of humble
though respectable par
eniage she had but few
educational or social adj
vantages, and the deed
of heroism for which
she has just been pre-
scented with the silver
medal Of the Grand Pri-
Tory of the order OF the
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New York Sur

LII Connecticut peach-growers have really
discovered cure for the ''yelows" they
can get n good price for the secret In Della
ware. 1t is pretty well demonstrated that
unless the progress of the disease be
checked the growing OF peaches on the Del
aware peninsula must cease within few
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how the curious mob in
terfered with her first at
tempt at examination
how successfully She
stood the test when il
was finally given, and
how she Is the FIRST
woman to be so dintin-
guisbed by the faculty Of
the Paris Law School.
Little, however, has been
written about Mile.
Chauvin's personal char
acteristics, and not one
person in a million knows
how she looks. Family
tfao ora ctrang In MIL
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Chauvn. Nine. Chauvin was a woman
of much intellectual ability, who, while aid
ing and abeting her daughter In all ner
schemes. prevented her from assuming that
masculine style which is in such direct con-
tradiction with French habits and customs.
Mile. Chauvin is wOmanly woman with a
masculine grasp Of intellect Her modest
demeanor so pleased tine judges before whom
she appeared for examination that they fell
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GAS BUBBLES.
They viii Rise when Blown and VIII
Burn Beautifully.

Sc Louis Republic.
Take child's airball (Which is q small
bag Of fine India rubber tisSue). and by
carefully cutting the string at the mouth
you may collapse il without breaking the
tissue. says the New YORK Journal IL
will probably not bs easy in an ordinary
house to blow the ball out tight with coal or
Illuminating gas. as balloons, but We may
use it to hold little gas for another pur-
pose.
Press the airball fat, and, having screwed
the burner off gasjet, place the mouth OF
the airball over the pipe, and turn on the
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connected with other and kindred societies.
Among the German element Mr.. Borpeman
is extremely popular and if nominated is
sure to draw votes largely from outside the
party lines. Mr.. Borneman Is only at the
outset of an assuredly successful career.
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the apparent ease WITH
which they carry loads
many times their own
weight and size.
An interesting ex-
peTimenthas been made
in the London Horti-
cultural Exhibition 10
test the lifting capacity
of the ant by means of
the apparatus shown in
our sketch. An aver
age specimen of an ant
was carefully weighed.
and the amount regis
tered ut one-sixteenth
of q grain. Ii was then
held between the finger
and thumb by the body
and the cord suspend
ing the ring brought
into contact with Ii,
which il imnlediatalv
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into the error of treat
ing her with q parti-
atty with which she
would gladly have dis
pensed, for she would
have preferred having
her arguments ques-
toned, that she might
have had the honor of
supporting her doc
trines with that ready
wit and clearness of
judgment which can
only be obtained by the
thorough mastery of q
subject. This would