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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-09
CITY REAL ESTATE.

$4,000 G6dsn Gate ss GRaN6a G
mediarely adjoining the Mercantile Library build
ing; size OF lot 25xl2O TO Kim ave. present i'm
provements elegant residence) rents fur 500;
with additional inexpensive building on rear street
alone is well worth $500 per front foot; g SEQ
can remain at per cent; no reasonable offer VIII
be refused as we have POSITIVE Instructions 20 sell
the property. Further particulars or JOOST. MER-
TENS d Co, 1926 Montgomery st. my6
G110n ELEGANT s-RooM 2-sToRY HOUSE,
II HUI. bath. stone walks fine mantel and gas
fixtures; planKed basement; very easy terms: best
part Castro St. near 22d: owner on premises ms II
I GLIDING LOTS; ELEGANT BUILDING
- lots; Western Addition; no reasonable offer re-
fused. Address owner box 50. Call Braneh. Sc
EoR sALE-HoUsE 8 ROOMS; LOT Sl:9x6O;
4 o. Clay ST.. bet Powell and Mason Apply c.
STELLING, 18th aud Church SITS. myS7
C1U.OUU. 1O-room houses. S25 Fifth. % tt
NEW HOUSE ROOMS. LOT 50xlO0, FOR
~ sale. WI. WALL EN-, Ocean View. myS 7+
C.Io MONTHLY PAYS FOR HOME IN SAU-
u III sslito. Z ID. SPARROW. 62S Market. ms m
o7S00 FULL 50-vARA: NV. COR. WEIR
ID GOOU. ster and Francisco sts.; lot graded and
fenced ST. Get imprOVem Is complete: in The neigh
borhood OF extensive Improvements oqIhe water
front: examine this property. as it is aHered st
sacrifice for q few days only. For particulars see
owner. J. MCKENNA, BY Montgomery St N.Y.
oR1-E LEVEL LOT 22x76. NEAR RAILROAD.
n y. in Berkeley: $40 cash. So monthly.
S625-i.ut 42xlOO; severed ana macadamized.
S4U0-Lot 4Oxl2O; sidewaiked: $40 monthly.
S7OO-LGt 4Oxl9O: macadamlzed; Sl5 monthly.
SlOO-Lot 25 X160; high aud dry; SO monthly
SIToO-BUsineSS corner, S5NlOJ lnacadamlzed
Get maps: 1000 lots; offer only what own.
CHAS A BAILEY owner. 20 Montgomery. tt
no You WANT PROPERTY. CITY OR COUN
~ trv in tie pretriest valley OF the Statss Apply
io Kspa Land Co, Napa Cal, Tor list OF proper
ties seq u
C.r0O A SACRIFICE; LOT on 9Th AVE.
u tUU. near olympic Club grounds; must be
sold. owner l7Ol LeayeuwOTth ST. my7
HOUSE t8 ROOMS AND BATD AND LOT.
4 ROndeu Mace of Sixteenth Va
lencia my0 7*
TOR SALES NEW HOUSES; 2lST Mr.. CAS-
tro; oak doors, saloon parlors; frescoed; all
modern Improvements: owner on premises mi y
GdO00 LARGE, 8 AND ROOMS, 2-SrORY
SO1OUO. houses on Castro ST., near Goth; with
all modern conyenienees; very easy terms; also
broom cottages adjoining. by +. NELSON. 1870
25th ST apl IF
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LODGING-HOUsEs FOR SALE.

CALHOUN AND FIXTURES FOR SALE on FOL-
- som ST.. near Third, account OF death OF pro
prietor rent $50: must be disposed Of at once. APP
rIE "a Clay 5 mES II
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SOUND OF A SUNBEAM.
Curious Experiments That Have Lately
Been Brought to Light.

Curious Experiments That Have Lately
Been Brought to Light.
Pearson's Weekly.I
One of the most wonderful discoveries in
science that has been made within the last
year or two is the fact that beam Of light
produces sound. A beam Of sunlight is
thrown through lens on glass vessel that
contains lampblack, colored silk or worsted,
or other substances. A disc having slits or
openings cut in it Is made to revolve swiftly
in this beam of light so as to cut it up, thus
making alternate flashes of light and
shadow.
On putting the ear to the glass vessel
strange sounds are heard 50 long as the
flashing beam is falling on the vessel. Re-
Gently a more wonderful discovery has been
made, A beam of sunlight is caused to pass
through prism, so as to produce what is
called the solar spectrum or rainbow. The
disc is turned, and the colored light of the
rainbow is made to break through it.
Now place the ear to the vessel contain
ing the silk, wood or other material. As
the colored lights OF the spectrum tall upon
it, sounds will be given by different parts OF
the spectrum, and there will be silence in
other parts.
For instance, If the vessel containes red
worsted, and the green light flashes upon
it, loud sounds will be given. Only feeble
sounds will be heard If the red and blue
parts of the rainbow fall upon the vessel,
and other colors make no sound at all
Green silk gives sound best in a red light.
Every kink of material gives more or less
sound in different colors, and utters NO
sound in others.
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possible, and he objects, as . rule, to having
them published He enjoys his work as he
composes, but great part of the wear and
tear comes in the revision and correction.
He revises his writings again and again, and
he never correcta his own manuscript, but
he must have . new copy made for him on
clean paper He is not "a very legible
writer, as you see from his note books, and
he writes on all sorts of paper. He picks
up anything that comes to hand when .
thought strikes him and writes it down
upon it A large part of the
two novels Anna Karenina,' and
War and Peace were written on
the backs of envelopes, half sheets OF note
paper torn from short letters, and some OF
his best thoughts have been penned on the
backs of old pieces OF paper upon which the
children have been drawing pictures and
have thrown away. For this reason 1t is
hard to preserve his manuscripts, and such
as we have are stored away in the museum
in Moscow. After my husband has written
his manuscript it is copied for him. For
years copied again and again everything
he wrote and now my daughters do 1t for
him. can't tell you how many times
copied parts of the novel War and Peace
for revision and re-revision, but l know
1 copied the completed story seven times
before it was brought into the state In
which it went to the printer"
t'Does he ever speak of the 'kreutser
Sonata and is he, as has been reported
writing a sequel to it?"
Tired of the kreutzer Sonata.
sNo," replied Count 1olstoi's wife, che
has no intention of writing anything more
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of his thousand idiosyncracies; how he be-
lieves every man should work enough with
his hands every day to supply his neces-
sites; how he makes his own boots, and
how he would, if his wife would let him,
make his own clothes! You have read how
he lives op the simplest of vegetable food;
how he wears the garb of a peasant, and
gives without stint to all who ask almsl
You have heard how he objects to man
using force against man under any con-
ditions, and how he could not conscien-
tiously resist if himself or his family were
assaulted, He pays no attention to his
estates, and the management of them and
the education and training Of his children
are entirely left to his wife. She has hum
dreds OF peasants on the estate to look after,
and with her family of nine children she
has, 1 Judge, all she can do to make both
ends meet. That she does make them meet
is only due to remarkable executive ability
and not to the literary work OF the Count
asked the Countess to tell me if it was
really so that Tolstoi would accept nothing
for his works. She replied that it was true,
and that be had accepted nothing from his
publishers for years. He does not think
an auth Or has any right to accept money for
the products of his BRAIN" said she, "and
the only money we have had for long time
from his writings came from a comedy en-
titled The Fruits of Civilization which
had quite run in the thesters of Russia
last season. He had relinquished his royal
ties to this to the Government, and these
amounted during that time to 5000 rubles,
or about $4,000.
The Proceeds for Famine Sufferers.
"During the present famine it seemed to
me to be a shame that our peasants should
be starving and that this money which we
could use SO we'll should be kept by the Gov
ernment So 1 wrote to the Government
officers in charge of it asking them to let
me have it for the famine. They replied
that could have it if would promise that
every bit of it should be used for the famine,
and thus got it.
"Has Count Tolstoi ever gotten any money
from his American sales?" asked. "Hun-
dreds of thousands of his books have been
sold there"
"Yes," replied the Countess, "there was
once sent to us from America a check for
$4oo, and this is the only money we have
ever received for any of the Counts books
sold outside of Russia I did not think it
best to send back the S4o0 and gave it to
the poor among nv peasants. I do not
agree with my husband about the receipts
from his books, and if he thought differently
concerning them we would have enough
money and to spare If We received sin
gle kopeck (about one-half a cent? from
each copy of his books that have been sold
we would be very rich. As it is, we are
poor. Not poor, OF course, like our peas
ants, but poor for our condition in lite.
NV sons have to work on their estates, and
in Moscow we are not rich enough to keep
Q carriage. We could do much good with
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along those lines He said to me, speaking
of the 'Kreutzer Sonata not long ago:
Please don't mention that disgusting story
again: am sick of hearing about it.
don't think he will write another novel
He is devoting himself to philosophical
ESSAYS upon his peculiar ideas of what
society and life should be, and he regards
fiction as nonsense and folly. He is now
working on large treatise against war and
in favor of nationalizing society and Gov
eminent. He is totally different man
now."
"Then there are two Tolstois?" said L
"Two?" replied the Countess. "There
are not only two; there are hundred. The
Count changes every day, and you can
never tell what he will be next He is
earnest and honest in his beliefs, and he is
almost forced to do what he thinks to be
right
"Oflate years, however, he has been more
tolerant. He thinks we are wrong, but he
permits us to lead our life, and he leads his,
conforming as much as he can to ours.
There are many things l would change if l
could, but 1 must do what is best for him
and for us. !"
These words were not uttered in a COM
planning tone, but merely as a matter Of
fact about a condition that must be made
the best of.
Pecuiiarites of the Count
As the Countess said then, thought that
there we're few American wives who were
truer and kinder to their husbands and
their families than she was, and this tact
became the more apparent as she went on to
describe some curious features of the
Counts present life. Everyone has heard
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Controlled the Compass.

The master OF steel steamer has had
probably unparalleled experience while IN
A storm in latitude 2s.12 north, Longitude
70. so east. The steamer had two masts, the
lower masts being OF iron and the top masts
of wood. The steel wire rigging (serVed
oyer) was carried to within about three iees
of the trucks and there was no specfal
ghtnins conductor fitted. \ very viva
fash of lightning splintered the foretopmass
near the spite and scattered sparks and nrs
over the ship. The shock also affected the
com passes; that on the upper bridge was
de efiected from N. Y W. to N. IS W.,
and so remained for short time.
The wheelhouse compass, which had
previously shown W. n. w., now
showed Z. S. E., and the compass on the
poop also exhibited considerable varia.
tfon When another compass card was tried
In the wheelhouse it was found that tne
shock had so changed the magnetism OF tho
ship that the card was reversed The
pass was increased 90 w. to 1872 w. steered,
on the course IN. TO wy In few hours
the ship was swung completely around. and
q change in the errors OF the compass pc
came manifest. The deviation on the nortn
was altered from 60 W. to 27o W.. ana the
wheelhouse had re2ained some OF its orlg1nai
power as the north point again appro1t-
mated toward the north. Since the occurr,
ence the compasses have never rega1neu
their original errors, and the magnets nave
had TO be removed, and in some cases re-
versed. TO reduce the errors and make .
fairly accurate reckoning possible.
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A clever piece Of detective work, which
must appeal with sad and crushing sugges-
riyeuess to the crook fraternity, has BEEN
done in Toledo. A barber for some time
missed cigars from the case In his shop. As
nrst only q few cigars were takens JuE fprasss
emily the thieves became .bOlaer~and took
whole boxes. A watch was sset and esec-
tivas were employed, but all in vain. As
last the barber struck on tile idea Of having
an automatic detector fixed in the shops
and he called in an electrician A camera
was arranged SO as to cover the cigar case,
and fashlight apparatus and the camera
were connected by wires with the sid
inc door of the cigar case, so that when
the door was opened the wires Woulo
be brought together. The circuit thus
formed would produce u haSh ana So
cure instantaneously a picture OF the
thieves For II days the cigars were unmo-
Tested, but on the morning OF the unlucky
thirteenth the thieves were prom pted TO try
their hand again. The Plate was taken
from the camera and developed, ana on IL
was seen a UNIQUE and interesting picture,
containing the likenesses OF Two JuVenlies
who were in the act OF stealing the cigars.
Every detail in the shop was distinctiy seen;
the clock showing the time at wnicn tne
Youngsters little operations were 1nteriereo
with and the mixture of cunning and eau
ton on the face of the boy who was evf
IDENTITY taking the active part IN securing
the booty was intensely amUsing- The ooys
were at once reco2 niZed, were arrested. trleo
and sent to reformatory, and tne JuuSe
commended from the bench the ingenuity
OF the means of detection employed. Thls
ia tho second "detector' picture thae mas
been made in Toledo. About year ngo
negro WAS photographed in the same way
while trying to rob an office.
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will, a personal and genuine recognition Of
the truth made without compulsion. The
work of. the church, of the Bible, OF the
creed is not to compel faith but to inspire
1t, not to put stop to thinking. but to
make Is think. Faith is recognition. 1t
must be free or it is not faith. The believer
recognizes the truth of God, as the musician
recognizes the beauty of music He must
not have compulsion put upon him. He
must recognize it for himself
Thus Christ chose to teach us, not any
longer with the voice of external authority,
living in our sight and speaking in our
hearing, but rather with the voice which we
hear in the heart, not compelling but in
spring faith.
He ascended into heaven for our advan-
tage. He made himself absent in the body
that be might be present everywhere in the
heart He went away out Of our sight that
he might set us free from all compulsion OF
infallibility and be the better recognized by
faith. 1t was expedient for Us that he
should 60 away. GEORGE HODGES.
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A RATHER CURIOUS RAILWAY.
1t Is Not Absolutely Long, but Runs In
Many Funny Zig-Zags.

Many Funny Zig-Zags.
Pearson's Weekly.1
There are few more interesting engineer
ing achievements than the little narrow
gauge railroad running to Caracas, the cap
ital of Venezuela, from its sea port, La
Guayra. The distance between the two
cities, as the crow fies-supposing for the
moment that he could fly through mount
ains-is only six miles; but the railway
connecting them is % miles in length, and
constantly twists and turns on itself.
The road runs in zig-zag fashion up the
mountain to an altitude of about 5000 feet
above its starting point and then descends
some ], 500 feet in the same manner into the
Valley OF Caracaa
Twenty-Five thousand rails were used in
laying the track, and of these over $4,000
are bent 1t is jestingly said that the en-
gineer almost died ofa broken heart because
he could invent no excuse for bending the
remaining four thousand. He did his best,
however, aud no one who has to ride over
the line, and finds himself shaken At every
one OF the three hundred aud forty-six sharp
twists which the track makes, will find 1t In
his heart to condemn the poor man tor not
making perfect job. :,
Two passenger trains pass over the road
daily, leaving La Guyra at half-past eight
in the morning aud at half-past three in
the afternoon, making the journey in two
hours and halt This is speed, exclusive
OF stops OF not quite ten miles IN hour.
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the money among our poor if we had it, but
the Count thinks it is not right. He would
not feel happy if We took it, and ANYTHING
is better than discomfort and trouble In
ones family"
The Czsr's Opinion of Tolstoi
"How does the Emperor regard Count
Tolstoi?" asked.
"He considers him honest and earnest in
his beliefs and in his life. He does not look
upon him as a revolutionist, and he has told
the Government officials that the Count IL
an honest man and they must not disturb
him. Many of the officials do not like my
husband, and they think he is entirely too
liberal in his actions and in his books"
They were selling at the rate of from
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e together, had visited the peasants in
homes, had eaten supper around the
table, and now in answer to nv ques-
the Countess was giving me bits of
and fact about her husbands intel
lal life.
To stoi Doesn't Talk of His Books.
he Count himself - said she, ''does not
to talk about his novels or his writings,
I beg you if you should write to him not
an,ion that YOU have been reading his
5. He is always enthusiastic while at
K. but when the work is finished he is
listed with it, and does not want it to
the publishers. He does not like to
about himself, and if any one persists
liking his writings the subject of the
-rsation he will often excuse himself
leave the room.
1t before write further let me give
a few words about the Countess. She
my mind quite as interesting charac-
as IoIstoi himself, and did she keep q
1 imagine it would rank in its inter-
ne stories with that of Jane Welsh, the
Of that other philosophic genius,
mas Carlyle. She has for 30 years been
better halt of Tolstci's great soul, and
S today the balance wheel which, as
as possible, holds him IN check and
en- keeps him and tine family from the
ercv OF the peasants. A good wife and
vin- mo.her, she it was that prevented
s-os selling ali ne had aad giving his
.arty TO the poor, and she it is who
y manages the estates, attends to the
ca.icn OF the children, takes care of all
details OF her husbands affairs and his
be-, and at the same time cheerfully and
)mplainingly softeus the hard road
en- he would lag out for himself and his
ilv..
" rote With His Wife as the Model.
he Countess impresses you at first meet
rs a woman of remarkable strength of
acter She is tall, we'll formed and fine
sing, and though she has a son 90 years
her cheeks are still rosy, and the gray
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hardly begun to show itself in her
Turiant dark hair. Her eyes are dark,
aght and full of intelligence, and her face
full Of kind feeling. She is a clever con-
-sationalist, and she speaks English
sntlv with a slight Russian accent. She
a womanlv woman in every sense of the
rd. and the ideals of womanhood as en-
died in Tolstoi's best characters are taken
m her. Tolstoi's love for her and her
re for him during theiY 30 wears OF mar
4 lire have never been questioned, and
s studies of women have been made like
gben's paintings, with his wife TOR his
1deL
During. our conversation / asked the
,Yutess where Tolstoi got the character
Dns Karenina, and the Countess sister,
.untess Kousminski, replied that it was
-gely taken from the Countess. Madame
,iytoi then said: Eyes and no. That is
re i'm rart, and again it is not true at all.
am everywhere and nowhere in my hus-
ud's novels.
Does the Count write rapidly?" asked.
81 do not think he can be said to produce
nv rapidlv,'' was the reply. HE is very
reFul as to the character of his writings,
be believes the world would be much
ter of if many of the writers of the
ent day would burn their works In
2lUscripL
Tn, Count is . Great Eeviser.
He holds on to his own works as long as
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4, 0O0, 900 to 5000, 900 year, and their sale
was rapidly gaining up to short time ago,
when, as Countess Tolstoi tells me, the
Government stopped their circulation. She
does not think the Government is anxious
to educate the peasants, and she says that
the peasants school which had been estab-
lished on the estate and which was taught
hv her daughter had been closed by the
Ter Of the police.
mo, think not" was the reply. "They
take advantage of his good nature, and
can do nothing with them. They choose
the best places for the grazing OF their own
stock. They do as little as they please and
take what they please from us. I may OBJ
ject, but they say, oh. the Count will not
tate is very hard to manage. 1t has been
decided over to our youngest son "a boy
about ~, as is the custom as to the family
estate or homestead in Russia, and I am his
guardian. The Count Tolstoi was the
Youngest son of his father, and in this way
the estate came to him.
The Wife Chose the Wiser Course.
Chatting in this way We walked over the
village, then visited the gardens where the
, Countess raises all sorts Of fruits and vege-
tables for her family, and after walking
through q magnificent forest along paths
shaded by tall birch trees whose beauty re-
minded me of the famous cryptomeria trees
which line the road to the shines at Nikko,
Japan, we found our way back to the house.
The Tolstoi estate contains about 2, 500
acres of arabic land and Forest and Its woods
are Wild, romantic and beautiful. It was
given to Tolstoi's grandfather by Catherine
| II. as a reward for his military services
and though not . large estate for Russia it
! is very 6ne pi see of property. As it is to-
day Tolstoi resides upon it rather Is the
guest of his family than as Its owner. He
would sell 1t to-day if his wife would con-
sent and give the proceeds to the poor, and
as the wise wife and good mother that she
is refuses to do this he has washed his hands,
as it we're, of all responsibility concerning
it. and its care devolves entirely upon her.
His action in wishing to give mp his prop
erty was undoubtedly due to . sense Of
duty. Herr in insisting upon keeping him,
her family and herself from dirt, poverty
and starvation was also from the action At
the same sense, and as we drove In rude
droschky through the moonlit forest to the
taain last night could not but think that
of the two she has chosen the nobler and
the better part Her lite a it il can hardly
be one of rest and roses, and her sacrifices,
cheerfully made, though they do not in
clude the wearing of sackcloth and ashes,
are to nv mind greater than his Tolstoi 10
giving up much for his own ideaa His
wife Is giving up all for him.
FRANK 6. CARPENrER
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He Kills Sparrows.

The English sparrow is not liked In
Kalamazoo, and the decided feeling against
him is indicated by the fact that the people
would rather by cents see dead sparrow
than live one. The lineman who looks
after the lights of the city is now availins
himsuIf diligently of the benefits OF this
boun ty and he has so supplemented his ordi-
nary pay by the destruction OF English
men" that ne Is inclined TO believe the very
best sparrow trap in existence is an arc
lamp. The birds make their nests in the
lamps and after the eggs are laid the line
man keeps a close watch on 1t. just oefore
the Young birds are fully tiedyed he pinohes
their heads and realizes on them One day
last week he brought in 4l, and last year MS
side liue" brought him SO.