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The morning call., 1892-11-18
SECTIONAL view OF INTERIOR wHrS ooMr1rrrD

toriGm VIII bs Of a very elaborate charac-
ter. The plans call for embellishments in
the use of flags. shields, bunting and cleo
trlcal Nominations that viii be in many re-
spPcts novel and in every sense picturesque.
The building itself is entirely OF brick. iron
and arcbed frepro0f material, aud all the
starways are constructed of iron and stone,
7 he floors are all sci on solid concrete.
In lie building are 100000 square feet of
flooring and nearly seven miles of one and
a half inch steam ripping. There are both
passenger and freight eleyators-one Of the
latter being the largest ever built, and cap
able of rapidly hosting loaded trucks.
horses and all to the roof. II the basement
are boilers of 80 horse power and engines
of $50 horse power. The electric plant is
capable of giving light equal to 5000 six
teen candle-po8er lamp capacity.
On every floor are laVatories and all con-
veniences necessary for such an enormous
gathering as will uss the building upon con-
yention occasions.
The structure represents an investment OF
81, 100000 hat there is such a huge build
ing in this city will prove a revelation TO
many. The cost of the improvements will
be in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The morning call., 1892-11-18
PEOPLE WHO LIVE LONG.
A Comparative Statement Made by an
Insurance Man.

Warrington Star.
nat occupation tends most to prolong
liie? was asked the chief mathematician
LOT one oil The great life insurance compa-
MES.
mat Is d fieult question" he replied.
can only answer it by referring to the
occupation OF persons whose lives are and
nave neen insured by US. Inasmuch as they
number several hundreds of thousands they
VIII AFFORD pretty good basis from which
10 draw conclusions on the subject. Accord
leg 70 this evidence 1t appears that CONNER
clal travellers and agents live longer than
men Ia any other kind of business, notwitn-
standing the hazards which attend trans
portatlon by rail and water. Next to them
come oentlsts. teachers and professors. in
Guiding teachers"
And who after them"
Next to them in longevity are hatters
clergymen and missionaries. The last may
occasionally furnish food for the larder of
un,ntored savages, but they are first rate
tlsk nevertheless. Next como bankers and
CAPITALISTS, who seem TO live just tribe
longer than butchers ana marketmep.
Lawyers and jewelers. follow, and they are
succeeded on the list by merchants,
pedulers, mllkmen and pawn brokers. Then
come gardeners, laborers, civil engineers
ana canYassers. Perhaps the treatment
Whlch canyassers are apt to receive in the
their lives"
Where do newspaper men come In ?''
oh, they don't live so long as any of the
people L have mentioned. Ever book
keepers and bank cashiers. as well az artists
ana architects. are ahead of them. They
come IN next with printers, physicians al d
gentlemen who are not engaged In any
active employment. Then follow the
apothecaries and photographers. and after
them IN order bakers, cIgarmakers and real
estate agents, army officers and soldiers.
llauor-dealers, marine and naval officer
Shortest lived OF all seem to be auctiOneers,
Goardlng-house keepers, BARRIERS and
drivers"
DO you take into consideration the cues
ton OF customers occupation iu granting
a pOllcy?'
Not unless it is more hazardous than
any oil those have mentioned, although il
we were IN doubt about accepting the man
as rlsk Tor other reasons such q point
m ght turn the scale
The morning call., 1892-11-18
WHERE WOMANE.RULES.
Among the Pueblo Indians She Is SUI
preme in the Household,

IS
preme in the Household.
Inc laws OF the Pueblo are simple but
admirable and are thoroughly enforced.
Crime IS practically unknown, and for occa-
sional minor iapses the offender is induced
to jail by handcuff more civilized than our
own. since 1t fits about the reck, and the cul-
prit can neither be tortured by il nor reach
nor pull back upon his captors. The gentle
ness OF officials aud laymen is always nota-
bic. a resISter Is never dubbed nor choked
INTO acquiescence, but is overpowered with
out scratch. Scribner's tells of drunken
yagaoond who once shot a woman In Isleta
and lied. posse with rifles pursued and
soon overlook him. He intrenehed him.
self and was ready TO shoot the first who
should come nearer. Instead of silencing
him with bullet as there was perfect ju,-
tee in doing. The Alguazil ordered him dis
lodged with stones. A def throw stunned
him and he was captured, with one unim-
portant bruise. This is a typical case. The
social cornerstone is not the family, but the
elan. husband and wife must belong to
different gentes, and the children follow her
clan. In other words. descent is from the
mother and not from the father
The Pueblo had invented woman rights
before any Caucasian acquired that social
insomnia and II remains one of his funda-
ments. lie has never used his wife as a
packbeast. He is not henpecked, but Just,
and even finds no shame in ''toting' the
baby upon his back all day when he
has no more essential duty. The spheres
OF the sexes are clearly defined, but
manfully. The woman is complete
owner of the house ana all Ii contains,
save his personal trickets, and she has
no other work to do than homework. at
which she is no sloven. Should her hus-
band ill-treat her she could permanently
eyict bin from home, and would be Upheld
ia so doing. The man tills the fields and
lie lint 70 tha
she has equal voice i'm their disposition
The livestock is of course his. but he will
seldom sell an animal without consulting
his wife. The family relations are very
hoautifuI
The morning call., 1892-11-18
DANIEL BOONE'S HOTTIE.
The Solid Old House Where the Pioneei
Spent His Last DAYS.
ST. Louis GIobe-Democrat.
ranro :

ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
10 the stranger passing through the val
ley OF the Femme Usage, in the eastern por-
tion OF Missouri. the greatest object of
interest is the house built years ago by
Daniel Boone.
Back from the winding valley road, at a
respectable distance. 1t stands, low-eaved.
dingy. masslvely built. SO near the big
biuf is 1t that, seen from the west, 1t seems
to be entirely within the embrace of the
cedar-erowned arms of the rock towering
above 1t. Almost century old. 1t is solid
looking. and as defiant OF the passing of
time as its granite background.
Here the last years of Daniel Boon e's
life were spent, and in the little upstairs
room facing the frame addition. which
phlegmatic utilltarians have built as a
lean 10" the spirit of the greatest pioneer
known in Western history winged lis way
to that world which even he might not ex-
plore in the flesh. With the growing rever-
ence for history treating Of America and
Americans. it Is passing strange that the
foremost pioneer in the development of the
West should oe so nearly forgotten. The
bones OF Boone now rest in Kentucky soil,
ia what he lovingly termed the "happy
hunting ground" But all ends there No
attempt has been made tn appropriately
mark the spot near Marthasvilie, in War
rem County, where Bnone's body was first
consigned to earth. The German tenant of
the house in which the pioneer died has no
knowledge of It's history. If it were not for
the old stone house in the valley Of the
Femme Usage. and the numerous interest
Ing bits of history in the country where he
died. mis- memory would be but misty blur
upon the minds OF the Oldest and as blank
to the yOun ger generation.
The house in which he died is an interest
ing structure. Ii was built early a century
ago. The walls are Of bright-blue limestone.
and in many years of storms have changed
but little. SonDer grayish tints running
through it here and there alone show the
ravages Of time. In many places the walls
are more than six feet thick, and safely in
side a wayfarer may defy the elements.
When this massive old structure was erected
it marked the extreme limit of western
The morning call., 1892-11-18
NOVEL BILLIARDS.
A Brand New Style of the
FOur-BaIl Game.
THE INVENTION OF AN EXPERT.
To Count 1t Is Necessary to Hit All the
Object Balls in Succession-Points
Hard to flake.

A group of billiard lovers gathered in
Maurice Days rooms one evening last
week, says the New York Sun, and watched
in utter establishment the queer maneuver-
ing of Professor Kaarlus and well-known
New York lawyer. who ranks as an amateur
billiardist Of the first class. They were
playing for friendly wager of bottle of
champagne. There were four balls on the
table and the men made carrom after car
rom. but TO the amazement OF the onlook-
ers they did not score these on the string.
There was a surprise at the very outset
when the lawyer said that he would wager
the professor bottle of wine that he would
make three points before the professor did.
They knocked the balls around for a quar-
ter Of an hour, and at length the onlookers
saw that only those shots were scored where
the cue ball carromed on all three of the
The morning call., 1892-11-18
ASIATIC ROGUES.
HindOoS Who Have rlace a Study of
SwindIing Schemes.

Yankee Blade
1t Is doubtful if any race of swindlers
can quite equal the Asiatic. The smile
which is ehiIdlike ond bland of the accom-
plished Chinese often masks pro-
fundity of cunning that the Cau-
casian cannot rival. Even the mild Hindoo
has faculty Tor fraud that is not
always suspected. In the baZaars of Cal
cutta and Bombay the vilest poison is sold
10 the English sailors as whisky or brand
in bottles branded with a reliable dealers
name. Jack pays the price of the genuine
article. but is supplied with a villainous
compound of native connection.
The dealer knows the value Of brands.
He lays In stock of genuine bottles. and
never disturbs labels or capsules. BY the
skillful application OF the blowpipe he drills
"A small hole In the bottom, draws off the
genuine liquid, replaces it with the poison
Gus stuff. closes up the hole so that no trace
remains, and palms of the bottle on nnsus-
peeting Jack as real "Msrtelf" or Zine old
Irish" The absireeted liquor, OF course,
always sells on its own merits elsewhere.
Another ingenious device of the mild Hin
doc Is TO drlll bole IN the thickness of a
rupee and then scrape out the silver from the
inside. leaving only sort Of she'll, without
damaging the impression of the rim. Lead
Is then poured gently 10, mixed with some
alloy, which gives the requisite ring, and
the hole Is carefully closed. Only keen
and experienced eye can detect the i'm
posture. The silver which is thus distracted
Will be worth shilling, and the manipula-
tor has still the rupee 10 spend.
But the operation may occupy him the
greater part OF week, during which time
he might have earned two rupees by honest
work. In fact IL may be said that if all the
ingenuity and talent which are applied TO
swIndles were directed to legitimate ends
the rewards would be both greater and
more continuous than IN the precarious and
hazardous harvest of fraud.
The morning call., 1892-11-18
The North Sea Baltic Canal.
Engineering.


During the approaching autumn and win
ter several large undertakings in con-
nectian with this canal will be COM
menced at the Kiel Firth. They will
comprise the building of two harbors,
an inner aud an outer. Three Kiel
contractors have taken oyer the matter for
1000, 600 m arks (e50.00O). The inner har-
Dor will be surrounded by q wall of granite
and concrete. 295 meters long. which has to
be completed on July 1. 1888 TIE outer
harbor has TO be ready by August /. 1885,
The pier will. in this instance, have n
length OF go meters, ana its height is to be
IL meters above ordinary water level. The
course of the old Elb canal will, to some ex-
tent. be used for the outer harbor. A long
pier for steamers is to proceed from tie outer
harbor. The earth from the excavations
will. to a considerable extent. be used for
the making Of hill. ON which will be built
a lighthouse, capable of showing at great
distance the entrance to the North Sea Bal
tic Canal
The morning call., 1892-11-18
THE NEW FORK INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.

by October 1. in time for the holding of the
meeting Of the Democratic clubs, but that
was found impossible, notwithstanding the
fact that as large force as could work con-
emily was employed night and day.
The great .assembly-hall is without posts
or pillars, and is IS feet wide and 200 feet
long. 1t will be on a level with the second
floor, and will embrace the remaining floors
above. In addition 10 those floors which
will be set apart for recsption-rooms, res
taura nts, etc, there will be ample space for
sleeping cots, if desired, on the six floors
which are upon the north and south OF the
assembly-halI. Each of these is fitted with
enormous interior windows extending TO
the floor level and looking out upon the
spacious auditorium.
The roof is carried upon iron girders,
which support the frame of glass and iron.
The light and ventilation are simply perfect.
There will be accomm odations upon the
stage for 500 invited guests. and provision
Immediately in front Of it for 500 news
paper men. Upon the main floor will be
10000 chairs. The decorations of the audi
The morning call., 1892-11-18
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object balls. The amateur beat the good
natured Professor by safety tactics, and
the professor laughed heartily.
What in the thunder are you fellows
trying to dOP" said one OF the Professors
friends. while the game was in progress.
Il never saw such crazy antics"
Crazy" retOrted the hercules of bill
lizards. Not bit OF it. This is The latest
thing in four-ball game, for those who have
a knowledge of the principle of billiards
1t puts lots of excitement and interest in
the game"
Then the Professor chalked his cue. and
executed half dozen pretty shots at the
new kind of game which exemplified six
different kinds of cue strokes. His shots
are herewith REPRODUCED from his own dia-
grams:
Diagram No. shows the effect of English
twist. The cue ball strikes the first object
ball. twists to the lower rail and side rail,
Journeys TO the top rail. and carroms neatly
on the two other object balls near the rail-
No. was follow shot, i'm which the cue
ball follows to the bottom rail after striking
the first object ball and gldes TO the right
The morning call., 1892-11-18
Mrs. Gladstone.
London Telegram


Sir Andrew Clark has often been heard
70 say that Mrs. Gladstone is quite as much
entitled 10 the name of the Grand Old
Woman as her evergreen husband is TO that
OIL the Grand Old Man. On January IL last
Mrs. Gladstone's eightieth birthday came
round, and she passed the morning in
writing letters to her friends in England,
task which she accomplished without
wearing glasses OF any kinds as bids to her
sight. In fact she has never yet known
what IL is to need spectscles, and yet her
eyes are as bright as those of q young
woman. Every morning passed by Mr. and
Mrs. Gladstone at Hawarden sees them both
at church. nearly tbree~quarlers of q mile
away from the castle.
Close to the church Is the corrugated iron
building in which Mr. Gladstone has already
deposited about 10000 volumes-the over
How OF his own private library at the castle
every volume of which he has placed
with his own hand on the shelves Of
The morning call., 1892-11-18

bees, or were saints and sinners alike
compelled TO wear their own unmistakable
livery, what changed world would
this of ours bel If men, like cana
ries or caterpillars. could but change their
complexion, by change of diet mode of life
or pursuit, then we might indeed imagine an
Alderman, after years OF calipash aud cali
pee, assumes the hue and shape OF turtle.
Scrooge. the miser, after life of careful
boarding, would turn rs yellow as his
guineas. Mr.. Carcass, the butcher, would
become as rubicund as the beef on his stall,
instead of appearing as trim, dapper, pale
face, in a frock coat, and Ferret, the poi
soner, as black as the black arts on which
he tbrives.
But outside the limits of a nightmare
dream o such world is possible. We have
TO be content with medley of far more
sober realities, where, though white
spiders" mostly come to grief, the confidence
trick still fiourishes, and linen are mostly
fools" at is an age" says a profound
thinker, 'Of weak convictions, paralyzed
intellects and growing laxity of opinion"
The morning call., 1892-11-18

OF men with dark, straight hair enter the
ministry; Ted-whiskered men are apt to be
given to sporting and horsefesh. while the
tall, vigorous blonde men. lineal descend
ants of the Vikings, still contribute large
contingent to our travellers and emigrants.
The plumage of canaries can be consider
ably altered toward red or orange by feed
Ing them ON stimulating diet of red pep
per. and though this may fail for human
kind In general, something might be done
toward increasing the pigment in the hair.
and give hope to many melancholy owner
Of gray locks.
Suppose for moment that protective
color, like that which obtains in the fields
woods aud hedgerows, ruled in the world of
men, what an amazing change would ensUe
In the outward appearance Of thingsl II a
rogue could but at will assume the perfect
guse OF an honest man and the gilded
wasps Of society appear as masons or honey
The morning call., 1892-11-18


years ago. She spent her childhood riding.
bog-trottiBg and botanizing in the beautiful
country around her fathers castle.
Natural history soon became her all
absorbing purpose, and when on her fathers
death she moved with her mother and sisters
to Black Rock. near Dublin, she spent
much OF her time searching the seashore for
rare specimens. Readers OF "Msjer Law
renee, FRS" will have noted her taste
for science, and before she was 90 she had
contributed several magazine articles on
botany 10 leading English periodicals..
Although by no means Nationalist Miss
Lawless cannot be called UDionist: the
bent of her MIND is strictly judicial and i'm
partial, and she Is more concerned with the
truth Of things than with the warfare of
parties. Still, she is devoted TO Ireland,
and is never so happy as when she is on
the green side Of St. Georges Channel. in
her beautiful home at Black Rock. No one
who saw her would take Miss Lawless for
either an Irish woman or an autboress.
Her soft even voice Is quite innocent of
brogue, and she never alludes TO her writings
unless directly challenged TO do so.
The morning call., 1892-11-18

side rail. carroming as before on the remain
ing balls. The third diagram illustrates the
beauty of the draw" carrom. The cue ball
is driven upon two Object balls lying near
the right rail. with draw English" 1t
shots backward TO the rail, darts to the
upper rail. thence to the left side rail, and
earroms on the last object ball. This is a
dashng shot which always astonishes the
onlooker and wins loud applause.
complicated kiss shot was next made,
bg which the cue ball. after striking the
first object bail, swept around the table.
taking three cushions, kissed the second OBJ
leet ball In the lower right-hand corner, and
then glded to the third object ball. The
kiss was effected by driving the first object
ball against tie second hard enough to
drive II into the corner in q two-cushion
flight 10 meet the cue ball. This is an ex-
ceedingly brilliant stroke.
The efficacy OF the bank stroke was
proven IN the fifth carrom. The cue ball
was banked against the first object ball,
which lay near the sderail, took three
The morning call., 1892-11-18
The Latest Dodge.
Chicago Tribune.

A man who had just flushed comfort
able meal at State-street restaurant last
evening suddenly rose from his chair
grabbed his hat and umbrella that stood
against the wall, and rushed out of tie
building.
''Stop himi' exclaimed the cashier THAT
fellow went awav without payingn
''Tll stop himp' said a observation-disclosures
Ing man who rose up hastily from able
near where the other had sat. HE took
my gold-handied umbrella I'll stop him
him and I'll bring him back in charge Of an
officerl The scoundrelr'
Without moments pause he dashed out
of the house In hot pursnltof the conscience
less william.
And the cashier, cold, hard, unsympa-
thetic kind of man has begun to suspect
that neither of them will ever come back.
The morning call., 1892-11-18
Coin Buried in a Glass lar.
Richmond Dispatch.

MIR. Charles Fleming Cross. while en-
gagged in blowing up lot of ground on the
place of Mr.. Joseph K. Cox, auditor of the
Richmond. Frederick burg and Potomac
Railroad. in Ashland. struck glass jar
which contained $685. 90 in gold and silver
Cox, who has since died. He tried to find
the treasure, but could never locate the spot
where he had buried it. Great, OF course. was
the surprise of Mr.. Cross, who Immediately
upon finding the jar went to the house and
told Mr.. Cox Of his fortunate strike. Mr..
The morning call., 1892-11-18

There is an intense struggle for bare exist
ence ever going on. but the flltest do not
always survive. There are many wise men !;
but OF many wise man will il never he said !:
7 his fellows wise enough TO play the fool,
ABd to do this well demands high wit
While the foolish one, in cap ana bells, apes
wisdom, and, save in his own country, is
now without honor.
The morning call., 1892-11-18
A Pertinent Question.

The announcement that the Cowley
Manor Estate, CheiteDham. Is still ia the
market reminds correspondent of quaint
story told in connection with Chosen, a
small village lying at the fringe of the rrop-
erty. 4 worthy locum tenens thought to
please the good people Of the village and
gave out as his text: And make all thy
Chosen people joyful" A, bOrny-handed
swain, however, who had wandered from q
distant parish, interpolated the ejaculation,
10 the no small CONSERVATION OF the said
iocum teDens and the amusement of the
Chosen people themselves: "And what
about we poor Huekleeut folk
The morning call., 1892-11-18
A Fortunate Discovery.


]. n. Locke of Wayne County was for
merly an active trader. In May, 1872, he
was in Chicago, and bought a lot for a small
sum. He put The deed in an envelope and
placed it in his pocket with other papers.
A few days afterward, while getting into
his buggy, he lost the envelope and all its
contents. He advertised for II, but really
cared only for The notes. thinking the lot OF
little value. John Riichey, victim Of
softening Of the brain. was wandering aim
The morning call., 1892-11-18

Iessly on the street the day Locke lost his
papers. He found them and laid them
away, and even after his death no notice
was taken OF the supposed worthless papers.
About ten days ago John Ritchey found
the package and gave 1t TO Mr.. Locke. aud
through his attorneys his claim has been
established. Had the deed remained con-
cealed few days longer the twenty years
would have expired and no claim would
have been allowable. 1t is lot in the
boulevard addition, and the parties occupy
IN aioir
The morning call., 1892-11-18

the new library, which be has given
to tine parish Of Uawardep. He
the weather whatit may. the Prime Minister
invariably walks TO church and back, taking
particular pleasure in this matutinal exer-
Csc when snow is falling heavily. Mrs.
Oiadssone goes thither and back in her little
pony carriage, which she drives herself.
III Is said that Mr.. Gladstone does not know
what lt IS to have a headache or to suffer
from cold feet.
The morning call., 1892-11-18

summer day he fshed. and after sunset
started for home with full basket. Feeling
somewhat fatigued, and passing a famll-
lar farmhouse, he stopped to ask for
food. 1t was near midnight and he
routed the family from bed. Tie mistress
brought him full bottle of whisky and a
half can Of milk. He poured half the
whisky into half the milk and drank it off
at draught. While his host was still star
ing in amazement he poured the remaining
milk and whisky together and finished the
mixture. he then proceeded homeward,
having performed a journey of over fifty
fyva pailaa