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The morning call., 1892-08-28

engineers. after which the work is to follow
the plans OF any ordinary large building
The main floor Of the building is 10 be sup
ported ON seventy-three peculiarly con-
structed piers, fOrty-fve Of which will be in
terror piers and twenty-eight ON line with
the exterior walls.
The exterior piers, which are nowup. con-
Slst OF steel columns fixed and resting upon
grillage of iron L bars held together with
strong lateral bolts and resting on stone
walls and beds of concrete. The interior
piers are large cylinders of wrought iron or
steel, and are sunk into the earth and filed
the flTst half with sand and the top with
concrete. On the caps of these columns
rests griilage Of iron bars. Setting on this
gTlilage are massive iron bases weighing one
and half tons each. Above these is to be
the great englne-rOom floor on which the
massive machinery will stand. The ar
Tangement of the columns and cylinders de-
scrlbed leaves the foundation OF tile build
ing proper and Tie foundations for the great
engines and machinery entirely indepen-
dent, SO they can throb aud vibrate without
disturbing the tenants OF the building one
particle.
In order to save space for the gigantic
driving wheels the cellar of the huge build
ing here represented has been eXcayaied to
the depth of ~ feet. The drying-wheels
are to be 81 feet ia diameter, and will weigh
100 tons each. The other machinery Will
also be very heavy, and a rough estimate
places the weight OF all the machinery at
over 1000 tons. There will be four engines.
but 1t Is designed 10 operate only two at the
same time.
The use OF cogs. CT gear-wheels, TO
transmit the power from the engine TO the
eable-drlvers will be abandoned here and
cotton-rope drives Will be used instead
Each driving wheel viii have 81 grooves cut
into us surface, and into these grooves will
run 81 lengths of pinch cotton rope. Nine
foot wheels will be attached to the engines
while the wheels running on the same shaft
with the cable-drum will be 81 feet in
diameter Major G.. w. MeNulty, the en-
glneer, claims great advantage of cotton
rope drives over gearing, aud says it will
not only help TO DO away with vibration but
Will also ba safer because if one tooth
broke IN geaT-wheel the whole machinery
would have 70 stop, whereas balf the cotton
drlve-ropes might break and still the other
half would run the machinery.
The building which will hide the mighty
engines and machines spoken of will resem-
bic IN It's arrangements other business
structures. Its street level will consist of
stores. while offices will occupy the stories
above. None of the machinery below will
be visible. and shoppers in the stores, un-
less conscious of what the structure hides.
viii come and go in total ignorance of the
giants OF steam that are throbbing and
pulSating beneath their feet.
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the frog made one lee and was out of
reach OF fair shot, after deyouriDg quite
a number of chickens.
The La Fayette Messenger reports that ".
NJ. Burrows, Mr.. Manly and his son Will
liam were out in the bottoms n few days
later and discovered something living near
the river bank, which they thought to be
large bransack filled with something
thought il had probably foated from the
mill above, and on going up for inspection
found 1t TO be one of those frogs. They,
seeing the danger they were in. imme-
diately made an attempt TO get away. Mr..
Manley being an old man. sdirected his
course to an old empty cotton-house which
was near for refuge. Just as he was en-
tering the house the frog seized his coattail.
leaving him almost bfeathess and nothing
but the shoulders and sleeves of his coat.
A few minutes later Monroe came near the
house where Mr.. Manley bad taken refuge,
and, seeing the frog tussling with the frag-
ments of the coat, said to himself, Has the
frog torn Mr.. Manley TO pieces, and now is
it in its mad career tearing to pieces his
clothes?'e The next thought that entered
his mind was where was Will-had he been
murdered by the mad monster?
Mr.. Manley has been suffering from the
shock ever since.
While some of the reports about these
monsters frogs may be exaggerated, there is
no doubt that they are dangerous. Their
enormous growth is n mystery
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dozen times For the last six blocks they
have gone flippity-fop and ! can't stand it
any longer"
The young man dropped on one knee
with the ease acquired by long practice. He
smiled. Then he said he would tell her the
only infallible way Of tying shoestrings so
that they would stay tied.
She watched him carefully and left the
store with a serapbic expression and the
light. spring sep of perfect confidence. This
Is what he told her.
Every one mas some rule of insuring a
shoestring-kDet. but most Of these little
schemes are delusions. The impish little
laces work themselves loose with an ease
which suggests the agency Of supernatural
fingers
There are. however, few ways OF mani
pnlating the strings which can be pretty
surely relied on, and they are worth finding
out.
One Of the simplest is to tie an ordinary
uouoie-DoW knot, pulling the loops out
quite long and then to retie these loops.
IL stays I'D, but makes a thick knot.
Another simple and popular method is to
pass sIfihg around loop l twice instead Of
once before drawing 1t through the openinp.
really lnialllbie way is 10 tie an ordin-
=. aIy 10 uoie- pow Knot. Then before pulling
10 down tight turn loop No. back and pass
II through the opening once more. Pull the
loops out tight and you will have a knot
which viii stay by you through the yicissi-
tudes Of any ordinary day.
Stlll another knot for which untyng IL not
undyiDg constancy is claimed is as follows !:
Make the first loop as usual. then pass
string No. over loop No. and instead of
making the second loop right away nut
string No. clean through the opening under
loop No. i, bring around again and make the
second loop as usual
This may sound blind. but by taking the
strings and following the directions point by
point they can be easily understood, and
woman will be able to take her mind off the
subject OF her shoestrings and give il to the
great problem OF the times.
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imminent danger-for one OF the sharks was
already smelling at the brave young officers
cap. which had fallen of and was drifting
slowly away. This acs Of devotion was
brought to the notice Of the authorities by
the commander of the Investigator, the
lameuted Captain Hoskyn. and was by them
reported 10 the Royal Humane Society and
AIr. HuddestOn, in May last year, received
the silver medal of the society, pro Give
seTvato. The act has now been singled out
from the several hundred acts of bravery
recognized By the society for the highest
honor that the society can confer. ana Mr..
Huddlestuu is now decorated with the Stan
hope gold medal. the first 10 be won by an
officer OF the Indian Marine.
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THE LAMP OF DREAMS.

The twilight deepsHs the shadows creep,
The moonlight QgiyerS IN silver teams.
And 81 eut we step Ia The boat OF sleep
And Grltt To tGe shadowy laGd or dreams.
Oh. mystic land. where the dead return.
And warm lips cling In the de2thess kiss;
And the years are not. and the weary learn
That anguish dies Ia the arms OF bliss.
Afsr. IN that holy. un known land
Ambition gathers the flowers OF fame,
And fortune reaches her golden wand.
And pure and white Is the soul Of shame.
The shaekles fan from the prisoner there
The peasant Sis on the throne a king:
The biiud eyes Opsu 70 al that'S fair,
And deaf ears near and the dumb lips sing.
Dreams who can tell what messengers stray
Around US ali in the hush OF nigh.
When the form les stiH AS the SOnlleSs clay
And we follow ourselves through love and light?
And who shall say but the land Of dreams
Is the land Of tue living. after an,
And daily lie. with It's sears aad seams.
Is only a dream when the shadows fiil
MARTHA BONNER
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that children should continually have their
halrbreadth escapes and come within an
lneh OF losing their lives. But it is equally
law of nature that they should escape.
And whenever the critical moment arrives
IN her own life or in the life of another. il
Is important for woman to remem Der
that the very worst thing that she can do
that moment is to lose her head To do
that means to be helpless instead of helpful
to be drag instead of an assistant In an
emergency one should rather seem heartiess
than inefficient. There are always 10 people
ready to cry or faint or shed tears over the
sufferer where there is one who stands
coolly by and sees the way 20 help him.
Affection and sympathy are often best
proved by ignoring them, particularly when
the moment arrives that calls for action not
tears,
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A GREAT CABLB-HOUSE.
1t Will Be Nine Stories Above the
Street.
a Splendid Building Now Being Constructed
for the Use cf the Bell Tele-
Ihone Company.
New York World.


The huge building which the Broadway
and Seventh-avenue Railroad now have
under construction at the corner of Broad
way and Houston street, and which is to be
used as power station for the cable-rail-
road through Broadway, will be in the way
OF architectural beauty one OF the finest
structures in this city. Besides this it will
be unique from the fact that 1t will contain
the largest engine-room in America, which
VIII be entirely beneath the level IF the
street and so constructed as to do away
entirely with all vibration caused by the
rotation OF the machinery. AS the nine
stories above the sidewalk are TO be used
ior business purposes, the overcoming Of
the vibration is great essential
Iooyereome this engineers were employed
VINO MAKE specially of millwOrk, and who
work in harmony with McKim- Mead S-
Wbite, the architects. The building up to
the street level Is being constructed by these
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Congressman Magner won fame and honor and
occupies high place both in the profession
uf the law and in the confidence of the CON-
munity. He received his early education
in the public schools Of Brooklyn and grad
uated from Public School j.. He graduated
from the Columbia Law School in 1882, and
in 1888 began the practice of his profession.
During the years from 1879 to 1SS3he taught
school.
Mr.. Magner's political experience dates
back 10 years ago, when the effects of the
jefferson Hall movement made themselves
apparent IN re-eurOllment of local Demo-
Gratis. Up TO that time The primaries were
at the mercy OF body OF men who held the
reins without reference to the real voting
strength that they could muster. His iden-
tifcatiOD with that movement brought him
into contact with John j. Clancy. who
Illuminated the political horizon of the
Eastern district with a brlflancy all his
own.
tive, could not serve long under Mr..
Clancy's leadership. He soon began to
make himself felt in the political and indus
trial life OF the Fourteenth Ward, where the
statesmen are OF what might be described
as the rough -and-ready type 1t is easy TO
understand how lie became prominent out
OF proportion to his years. In course Of
time he went to Albany as a member of the
Assembly.
Soon after Mr.. Magner finished his term
in the Assembly the Democratic leaders
decided that Representative Archie Bliss
was running close To the margin Of defeat
in a Democratic district. He had twice
narrowly escaped defeat at the polls. One
day Mr. Magner Was asked If in his judg-
ment the district could be carried at the
coming election by the Democrats, and ne
answered emphateally in the affirmative.
Then he was asked by Boss McLaughlin's
leaders if he thought that be could carry ii,
and his answer came emphatic and affirma-
tive. The nomination was given him and
young Magner started hustliug campaign.
He worked an average of q hours out OF p,
and canvassed every factory, house and
place where a vote could be got in the dis
trict. He won the battle and had tie honor
Of travelling to Washington as the youngest
member Of the House, representing n
wealthy community. he was placed on the
judIciaIY committee by Speaker Reed.
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enabled it to win in spite Of the low
wheels. We will probably have in the
near future sulky with wheels of the
usual size, with the pneumatic tires and bail
bearings, and then we will see some record
making and record-breaking. and perhaps
that long-looked-for two-minute horse may
tr0t into view. III he does not trOr In he
may still be pushed in, If the idea now
being nursed by one Californian ever gets
In working order. This genius halls from
Santa Rosa, and according to the Repub-
lican OF that city is planning a sulky that
Will not only run itself but push the horse
bit as well. 1t is to be built on the plan
OF watch, with big coll springs for driv-
ing the wheels. When wound up, the sulky
Will run mile and half at rate ealcu-
lated to aid materially In turning the slow
est scrub into world -beater. When we
get this eontrivance working just right it
will only be necessary 20 put the horse in a
perambulator and start the wheels going
the stem-winder will do the rest.
Miss RUSSELL.
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FEMALE H0D-CARRIERS.
How Women Are Forced to Earn a II,
ing In the Old World.

ROW " omen Arc Forced to Earn n LIv-
ing In the Ola World.
Correspondence New York World
One OF the most picturesque of the eight
gates of Nuremberg is the Ladies' Gate. 1t
was designed by Albert Durer in 1866 Kings
and emperors. queens, princesses. peasants
and strangers from every land of civiliza-
tion have passed through it in the tide of
time. travel and traffic. For years the old
tower and the adjoining walls have been
erumbling away and tumbling huge stones
into the grassy moat below. Early in the
spring an appropriation WAS made by the
city. and the work OF restoring the old
tower and the medieval arches began at
once. Assisting the staff OF masous and
mechanics are two female hod-carriers, and
it is not an exaggera,lon to say that they
are harder worked than any day -laborer on
the force. They arrive at the tower at 6
O'Clock In th5 morning and at once begin
their labors. The tin in which the mortar
Is carried is perhaps IS inches In diameter
at Its greatest width and five feet deep By
means of a leather strap ii is adjusted to
the shoulders. Each weman takes the
shovel in her own hands, fills her can, slips
her arms through the strap, shoulders the
load, plods up TO the scaffOld where the
maSons are at work and unlOadS her burden
without assistance OF any kind.
No more consideration is shown her than
If she were mule. She is spared the lash,
but the load could not be heavier 1t is lust
as much as boue and muscle could bear;
flesh she has none. 1t all seems such a cruel
waste of good material-her complexion
tanned and tough as white leather, her
figure robbed Of every line Of grace and
beauty. her poor willing hands rough
grained, gross and callous as a plowman's
aud her body bent like the pictured slaves
in the galley. She wears hempen sack
tied about her waist to protect the shapsless
cotton dress and a melancholy cotton ker-
chief tied over her head to shield it from
the broiling sun; a pair of worthless boots
cover her heavy feet and the luxury Of
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PRBCOCIOUS BABIES.
Equine Infants Whose Powers Seem
Truly Phenomenal.
The Mare Of the Old Woman" and Hei
Great Performance in the Desert - Miss
Russell Considers the New sulky.
Written for THE MORNING CALL.

A little item is going the rounds of the
press concerning the remarkable perform
ance Of a colt nine.days old, who recently fol-
lowed his dam distance of 50 miles in two
days, covering % miles the second day To
cap this. Turf, Field and Farm cites the
case of the colt Norland by All So. who
was exactly four days old when he followed
his dam 20 miles and played about her in
the yard after the journey. This perform
anee a California horseman awards the
palm. but the achievement is very nearly
equaled by that of a CaliforBia-bred lilly,
who, some years ago, when but six days old.
was led from lryington, Alameda County,
to Oakland, a distance of 2S miles, arriving
at the journeys end "Hyely as a cricket"
and apparently none the worse for her long
trip.
These performances on the part OF equine
babies sound truly phenomenal, and, in
fact. with the exception Of the young chick,
/ know Of no creature that man has domes-
ticated that is as quickly independent as
the new born foaL l have seen them toddle
cut OF the reach OF an approaching stranger
when not an hour old. The young calf goes
wobbling about on uncertain legs for week
or more, young pups. kittens, pigs. have
longer or shorter period of almost perfect
helpiesness. but the young colt, scarcely
day old, Will frequently strike out for him.
SELF with ygor as disconcertng as it is
surprising | once owned q pet mare who.
with her colt, not yet IS hours old, got out
OF the lot where she was kept and started
on an independent tour. / drove out after
her expecting TO have no difficulty in bring
ing her back. as the colt would be unable
10 travel. When / came near them, how
ever, the mare started TO trot. and finally
10 galOp, while, 10 my amaZement,
the foal struck 'sidewheel" gait, and, as
the mother galloped he paced at her side
without break for a good eighth OF a mile
| gave up The chase, knowing the mare
would come home, and my wrath at her
escapade was completely forgotten in de-
light al the youngsters performance.
The Arabs have some great legends re-
gardng the feats of foals in The desert
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A BRAVE OFFICER.
he Is Presented with n Gold Medal for
Act OF Heroism.

He Is Presented With Gold Medal for
an Act OF Heroism.
The London Globe.
Lieutenant w. B. Huddleston, Royal In
dian Marine. has just been presented by
Captain Hext, C. I. E.. Bombay in the
presence of all the marine officers in port,
with the Stanhope medal for the most mer-
itorious act in saving life in the previous
The circums tances under which this act
took place were as follows: In December,
1890, the marine survey steamer Investi-
igator was engaged in trawllng in 1900 faith
oms in the Bay of Bengal. The officers and
most of the ships company happened at
the time TO be at breakfast and Mr.. Huddle-
ston and the gunner of the ship, Mr.. Peter
son, along with a few lascars of the
watch, were looking after the trawl. AS
the ship drified with the trawl down three
large sharks appeared swimming round the
ship on the lookout for anything that might
be thrown overheard. In these circum-
stances il is the custom met exclusively,
perhaps, for the benefit of the naturaliSIs
Department. 10 put out the shark line. and
accordingly the gunner bated the shark
hook and shot it overheard II was almost
Immediately gOrged. and one OF the sharks
was hooked fast Ii Is no easy matter TO
haul on board struggling shark weighing
several hundTedwelghts, and so the gunner,
IN accordance with tradition, brought for
ndAu toducu iilo ~ Suopt lilt uuuduhec-
able beast withal. But in the excitement
of the moment and in his anxiety TO get as
close possible, the eager marksman fell
overheard. By virtue of that curious para
dOX so commonly illustrated by sailors and
fishermen, the man could not swim; but
what was worst was that there were the
other sharks close by, attracted by the
splashing of their captured mate.
without waiting TO pull off his coat or kick
of his shoes, Mr.. HuddlestOn at once
jumped overheard TO the rescue, and il was
not until he had got hold Of the gunner and
had seen him safely hauled on board that be
began to think OF himself escaping from
The morning call., 1892-08-28
MONSTER FROGS.
One Of Them Attacks "A Man. Who. Ia
capes without His Clothes.

CHe OF AHeih Attacks n MAN, Who Is
capes without His Clothes
Lafayette (Ga) Corr. Atlanta Constitution.
People living on 1.-The line of the Chicka-
mauga River are somewhat excited over a
number Of strange and enormous frogs that
infest the neishb0rhood. These frogs-for
they greatly resemble fr0gs-were brought
to this country from the Mississippi swamp
in A. ID. 1886 and put in the Chickamauga
River near this place. They are said to pe
ofenor,nous size when grown. These being
very small when brought are lust now be-
ginning 10 show what they can do.
They are doing some mischief now.
One sas been catching chickens and is
thought to have been driven to the mount
aims fer refuge during the high waters; and
While on his way back TO the river. being
very hungry, he caught chicken TO appease
his hunger until itreached the river, where
IT eould get fish. as they live principally
upon fish. When driven away by high tide
and starved for few days they will attack
q person.
They ere said to be good food for man.
but have never been tried yet, as they are
very hard to capture The one that passed
through would have. been captured. but the
nan had to 60 TO the house for his gun and
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TROUBLESOME sHoESTRINGS.

They VIII Stay Tied II You Follow
These Directions.
New York World
A young woman entered q Broadway
shoestore the other day. There was a look
Of grim determination about her mouth. AS
one Of the clerks approached with a cour-
te0usly eXpectant air she planted her
foot in front Of her with little defiant
stamp.
It was a small foot 1t was well shod.
But II was not trim. Ityawned dismally al
the laces. which trailed apologetfcally along
the floor.
1T won't stay tIed" :" exclaimed the young
woman, in n voice smothered with indig-
nation. 81 have tied the laces half a
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no value whatever to 1t. Mr.. Curtis is
endeay0ring to have the Ellsworth
portrait adopted as the authentic like
ness Of Columbus. and as it was largely
through his work and influence that Direc-
tor Leach used il for the present design,
there seems TO be a favorable prospect of
lis being given this distinguished and i'm
portant recognition. Should it ultimately
be adopted as the design for The souvenir
coin it would give the portrait precedence
which would make 1t famous and enhance
its value ID aD enormous degree.
Director-General Davis will examine the
design, and after careful consideration and
counsel decide whether to accept Ii. Mean
while Treasurer Seeberger is daily receiv-
ing orders for the coins, which indicate
that they. will be in large demand. He re-
ceived about 80 orders for lots of various
sizes Yesterday.
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Value OF a Cool Head.

There Is nothing that conduces to sue.
cessful meeting of emergencies better than
good head. with a feeling of perfect con-
fidence that every thing is going to come out
all right. Whether things are coming out
all right" or not, at least the feeling of
quiet self-control makes one better able to
work toward the good result. To mother
this self possession Is invaluable. In a
large family small events calculated to up
set the domestic machinery are constantly
occurring. 1t seems to be law of nature
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stockings neither burdens nor bothers her
Apparently she is impervious 10 the weather
Her face is inscTutable, bnt she has that
appealing. pathetic look In her eyes that one
often sees among the brute creation. At s
o'clock the men rest
The women do. too, after they have
brought the tankards Of beer and cut the
bread for the second breakfast At noon
these beasts Of burden lay down their NOR
tar-cans, unite their aprons and 90 home to
prepare tho dinner for their husbands The
meal over the cottage is made tidy and at ,
O'Clock they are back at the building, where
they remain until o'clock, tuiling along the
plank walk and straining under the load
that seems so cruelty heavy for a woman
living In this generation TO be allowed to
bear.
After the days work she has her house
hold duties TO perform. her earnings
amount to cents an hour IL there is a
daughter at home TO provide for the creature
comforts OF the family the mother works 10
hours day. If not the law restricts her
employment to six hours. But in either in
stance she is in harness between 8 A. NJ
and p. NJ. and her wages are paid not into
her own but her husbands hands. This s.
week, with his S4. enables the family 10
live.