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The morning call., 1893-01-14
SHOCKED THE DUCHESS.
Chauncey Depew Lets His Imagination
Loose i'm Discussing Divorces.

Here is a story by which, according to ac-
counts, Mr. Depew shoe ked an English
duchess. She was one of those insular old
ladies who are very anxious to know if all
those dreadful things said about America
are really so. Mr.. Depew took her In to
dinner.
SIS it really true" she asked. ''that your
divorce laws are SO lax that American
courts sometimes grant divorces in half an
hour? have been told so by people who
have peen there"
Indeed, IL is not true. Such stories are
told not by your own countrymen who have
been in the United States, bat by Ameri-
cans who delight in shocking the English
people by outrageous stories about Amer-
cans. | know of only one State and one
town in my country where the divorce laws
ara so scandaf0usly lax as they describe.
That is in small town in Indiana. There
are two great American railways which
have very luxurious trains-fast trains.
which we call limited express. Cne of
these trains passes over the New York Gen.
trail Railway. of which have the honor to
be president, and the other goes over the
Pennsylvania. Ii is customary. believe,
one-half hour before the limited ex-
press On the Pennsylvania road reaches
that town for the conductor. or guard,
as he is called In Britain, to announce that
the train Will stop half an hour at the next
station for those desiring TO obtain divorces
add that the courthouse is at the right OF
the station aud directly across the street.
So many Americans, | regret TO say, avail
themselves Of the escape from matrimony
that the Pennsylvania limited express Is
never without passengers. Sometimes, IL
the divorce has been mutually agreed upon
by husband and wife, they travel together
in the greatest luxury and good will imagn-
able and where either party intends to
marry again, it Is, l believe not un-
common for the new bride-elect to
accompany as third party the two
persons about to obtain their divorces.
The courG is always in session when
the train arrives. so that the petitions
may be flied, cases argued and DEGREES en-
tered well within the limit of hall an hour.
which the railroad allows. A Clergyman
has his Office next door to the courthouse,
so persons may be united 10 others seeking
conjugal happiness Immediately after the
late marriage has been dissolved. So at the
end of half an hour the Chicago limited re-
sumes its flight west, and the couples who
came to be divorced have taken their part
ners and are already off on their second
honeymoon"
The Duchess threw up both hands in
horror and said:
"A civilization that permits such outrages
as that is simply dreadful"
The morning call., 1893-01-14
PRINCE GEORGE.
How He Exercised Good Influence Over
Constantly Offending Bluejacket.

The Young MAN.
When Prince George, Duke of York. had
the independent command Of the Thrush,
on the West Indian staten. it fell to his lot
to have to convey, as prisoner, young
bluejacket belonging to another ship, who
had been hitherto constant offender and
continually ON the blacklist The man
came on board the Thrush merely as a
prisoner for conveyance from one part OF
the station to another under sentence of
punishment. From his demeanor. however,
and by close observation OF him, Prince
George came to the conclusion that there
were many seeds of good in the man and
the making of better career. When the
term of punishment was fulfilled and the
time came for him to relOn his own ship
Prince George determined TO try and give
him the chance of new start in life. On
arriving In port aad after calling upon the
mans captain, who naturally was only too
glad to be rid OF him. he went TO the adj
miral and asked permission to transfer him
to the Thrush. The admiral. astonished at
the proposition, gave his consent.
Prince George went back TO his own ship.
had the man brought aft before him on the
quarterback and spoke TO him as probably
he had never been spoken TO before. He
told him that he was henceforth transferred
to the Thrush; that. as commanding officer,
heput him IN the first class for leave and
gave him clean sheet as regards his past
offenses. II DO not ask you TO make me any
promise ms to your future behavior. thrust
to your honor and good feeling alone. But
remember that, by the rules of the service,
ii you offend again in any way, or break
your leave. / have no option, but am bound
to put you straight back again to that class
from which l remove you. Your future Is
in your own hands. You have had no leave
of absence for II months. Go ashore now
with the other special leave men. Your
pay has been stopped and no money is due
you. Here is sovereign. Ia trust to You
not to miss pend it, You know as well as /
do what you may do and what you may not
do. God help you to do the right and keep
you from wrong"
The man was completely overcome. He.
of course. answered nothing, but saluted
aud was then marched forward again. His
officers confidence WAS not misplaced.
During the rest of the Thrush's commits
sion he was never once an offender, but
showed himself as active, willing and
smart hand as any in the ship, and after
working hours he was the life Of the fore
CASTLE In the ship in which be has subse-
qnently served he has maintained his good
conducs and has attained petty officers
rating.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
ALL IN THE SWIM.
Practicing for Olympic
tournaments.
COMING OF THE STRONG MEN.
A Few of the Athletes Who Will
Cut a Dash in the Big
Bathtub.

The athletic committee of the Olympic
Club announced few days ago that entries
for the wrestling tournament would be re-
ceived last evening.
Leader Kolb waited two hours for the
coming of the strong men, and as only
few 'squeezers" pat in an appearance the
receiving of entries was postponed until
Monday evening. when, If none of the
wresllers are present, a meeting of the
committee will be called TO consider the adj
visibility of declaring the tournament off.
The old system of watching and waiting
for athletes TO enter tournament has been
declared obsolete.
In future athletes must appear at head
quarters when an announcement is made
that the committee will be present to receive
entries. Those failing to comply with the
new rule will be considered out Of the race.
The proposed swimming tournament has
already created considerable interest among
elubmen, and il is thought that the entries
for the various natatorial events will be
numerous, as among the mem bers there are
several crack swimmers and divers.
Il think the race for the Cation badge
will be very exciting" said Eddie kolb last
night, as he rubbed q Turkish towel over his
massive shoulders. There are in my minds
eve. about dozen men who viii make a
great race for the prize"
"Who are they?"
Leighton, a beautiful swimmer. who can
shoot from end to end of the tank with the
grace and speed Of a sea serpent. Then
there is Jonah Parker. who can dive like a
wounded duck. Cyclone Lyons is another
graceful swimmer. George Eckhart is
famous as natator and would be a phe-
nomenal If he could only keep his mouth
over water"
Kolb paused awhile to think and giving
his snspenders double yank the thought of
a few more cutters fitted across his mind.
Yes. l must not forget Harry Cook and
AdipOSe Tissue Belcher Now these we'll
known athletes are teTrOrs in the water and
can perform really wonderful feats, Then
there is little johnny Hammersmiih, Fred
Larkin, Linguist Haberley, Bob Vail with
his twenty-five overall. shOrt-haired Bob
Macarthur, George Woolrieh aud Obese Den
hardt.
well, ! could enumerate several more
really wonderful water pushers if | only
had time 10 consider, but call again and l
will have list of our crack swimmers for
you
1t is said that Oscar Tole and Downey
Harvey will soon go into training for their
ten-mile swimming match. which will take
place IN the tank some evening in the near
future. The match is for blood, and will
be a strictly private affair.
The on -ers of the California Club met
with CLOSED doors" last evening. Director
Livingston, as well as other officers who had
been accused OF uRofhcerlke conduct, we're
eXOnerated.
The annual election Of the club will take
some time next month.
The dues for the Purtell and Barron fight
were fixed at 81.
IRE Allen and Wilkes fight was set for
March 10.
There being no evidence to prove that
Peppers had done wrong. he Will receive
the money that IS due him.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
Alameda.

The contest among the Democrats for the
appointment of postmaster seems to have
narrowed to Frederick K. Krauth Jr. and
Thomas c. Stoddard
Gustave Anderson, the San Francisco
stevedore arrested on a charge of ass auli
with deadly weapon, will have his exami-
nation before Justice Peckham next Tues
day,
The Alameda City Auxiliary of the Ala
media County Woman's Board Worlds Fair
Association gave musical and literary en-
tertainment in Park Opera-house on Thurs
day evening. The object was to acquaint
the people of Alameda with the aims OF the
auxiliary. Several members OF the State
and county boards were present, and de-
liyered short addresses.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
A CLEVER GIRL.
She Made a Good Impression, AL
though She Told Fib.

new OK lines.
The devious ways of young women are
once more illustrated in a little tale of a
recent happening. A young woman from
neighboring city came to spend fortnight
with a married friend of this town. The
hostess had planned a small theater party
of four for the night Of her guests arrival,
and, as tho train was little late, she hnr-
ried her eff to her own room at once to
'fuss up" while they visited.
Dicks brother takes you," began Dicks
wife. Hes awfuIly nice, and | do hope
you will like each other. I'll tell you
everything he likes and doesn't like. You're
Just his style in appearance-dark and
petite-and your voice will captvate him,
for he. adores music; but. Nell, seriously.
there Is one thing you mustn't do while
you're here, and that is, eat onions in any
FORM"
, At this Nell groaned and sank back with
an exclamation OF horror. 1--WE done that
very thing tonight" she cried, theatrical!y,
Il dined on the train, you know, and the
SOUP had onions in it: ate some potato
all. there was some delicious mixed pickles
as relish. which ate much of by picking
out the tender crisp little oni0nsT
Then both women locked very solemn.
'1t's dreadful, Nell" finally said Mrs.
Dick. "Arthur is perfect crank on the
abroad at all who will eat onions at the
risk OF making himself disagreeable to all
with whom he comes In contact. Oh, dear,
ought 10 have written your
But Miss Nell had risen to the emer-
genev.
Don't worry" she said, confidently;
81 see a way out. Let me have bit of pars-
ley 10 chew and I'll manage the rest"
A little later the four were seated In the
theater. Arthur and Nell on the best of
terms, and nobody but Dicks wife noticing
how constantly Nell kept ner handkerchief
over her mouth. Presently the young diplo-
mat leaned forward. asking her hostess il
she had vinaigrette with her. No. was
the reply. and then everybody asked if she
felt faint
"Im not H." said Nell, demurely, "but-
/ hate to SPEAK of it-somsbody near me has
been eating onions, and their flavor is
peculiarly disagreeable TO me-"
Arthur swallowed the bait way up to the
float.
LET me change places with you. Miss
B." he said, earnestly. II haven't no
tieei onions in my vicinity, and | shan't
mind 1t as you do, though l understand and
sympathiZe with your dislike. 1t is afro
cious that people have so little regard for
the actual rights of other people. There
should be an ordinance preventing onion
eaters from coming to public places"
Nell prettly deprecated, but finally re-
luctantly changed places. and, having thus
completely and literally thrown him off the
scent, continued to increase the favorable
impression she had evidently made.
ION, you clever girlw said Mrs. Dick,
when at the end of the evening she went In
to say goodnight. ''Arthur is completely
hoodwinked. He told Dick downstairs just
now that you were delightful, and he liked
you better than ever wheu he found you
were with him on the onion question" And
Nell smiled wickedly. but said her prayers
and slept the sleep Of the just without
tinge Of remOrse.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
Long-Distance Photography Assured.

1t is said that long-dstanee photography
Is rendered quite a success with the new
camera with telescopic objective of DIR.
Adolph Miethe. The object consists of
convex lens of considerable length of focus.
and a concave lens of short focus. These
are placed certain distance apart, depend
ing on the differences OF the two foci. BY
the laws of optics this arrangement pro-
jects an inverted image of an object at
long distance from the lenses. The size OF
the object is greater the nearer the lenses
are together, and the greater the distance
between the foc To obtain good images
the lenses are of special form aud achro-
matte. The whole camera looks very much
Tide Gaiilean telescope. By substituting
an ordinary opera glass for tina objective on
the camera, and drawing II out fairly good
picture will be obtained on the ground glass
of the camera. Excellent detail photo
graphs OF parts of the city Of Potsdam
have been taken by DR.. Miethe's apparatus
two miles away.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
HISTORY OF THE TILE.
The Ancient Forms Found on Old
Buildings i'm America To-Day.

81. Louis Post-DiSpascn.
The red brick tile which is found on the
roofs of many houses is the representative
of an epoch in the history of the civiliza-
ton of the world. To this day it is used in
Eastern Europe almost exclusively. but
where civilization has made rapid strides
tine ordinary tile has had many substitutes,
and the roofs of the houses of the largest
cities in the world are to-day covered in
various ways.
The tile is not Of uniform shape, how
ever, and in the course of time has under
gone frequent changes 1t was unknown to
the old 1rojans; at least Sehliemann in his
excavations at Ilios found no tiles The
oldest tiles Of the old Hellenic era were
made 1000 years before Christ, and samples
OF them were found under the temple of
Hero In Olympia. It was a wooden tile.
such as is found in Europe to-day on some
of the Oldest buildings. Wood tiles were
composed Of slightly curved or inverted
plates. fitted together in such way that
they exclude rain. This kind of tile has
been called the Normal by ethnograph-
lists. because. from all indications, it repre-
sents the oldest form of tile. It Is the
Invention OF the Chinese, and to this day is
used in COrea, China and Japan. Later
excavations almost demonstrate that it is
the oldest form of tile used in Western
Asia, from where it was brought to the
countries of the Mediterranean. In the
Japanese language this tile is called hon
garava" or the genuine tile"
In the course of time endeav0rs were
made to weld together the two parts of the
wood tile, and this was called the pan tile,
having the form of the Latin letter S in
verted lengthwise. The home of this form
of tile was in the Netherlands. and from
there it was introduced in Scandinavia and
England and Northwestern Europe to the
Pommeranian border.
Later on tiles were made on much simpler
form, resembling the wood shingle, so that
there are really three forms of tiles the last
being the fat tile with nose at one end. by
which il was hung TO the lashs of the roof
The American scientist, E. Morse, who
has given especial attention to the history
OF the tile, says that these. three forms are
found in North America on many roofs OF
old houses, denotiDg the nationality OF the
people who originally settled the territories
in question. In California, which was set
tied by the Spaniards, the Normal tiles
are found the same as on the Mediterranean
coast. On the Delaware River. Inhabited
10y the Dutch, The old pan tile is found on
the roofs of the oldest houses. and in Penn
sylvania. where German customs prevailed,
the oldest houses still extant are found 10
be covered with the third form, the fiat tile.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
The Negro /" Medicine Men,
New York Sun.


The southern negro still shows many
traces in character and disposition Of his
ancestors of the Dark Continent, parIicu-
larry in his strong faith in the medicine
men" of his own race, who practice more or
less OF voudooism. OF these quacks the
most dangerous are those who add some
thing of the white mans smartness to their
native cunning. One BIutls Cesar, ar
rested in New Iberia, La, some time ago
for practicing medicine without license,
became frightened aud offered, in return for
clemeucy. to show the authorities $50 many
medicine men the Jail wouldn't hold them"
The officers had forty Of these practitioners
crowded into the jail within three days.
These quacks reap great harvent from the
ignorant negroes, especially from laborers
who flock into Louisiana in the sugar-roll-
ing season. The laborers pay to the ''medi-
cine men" fee of few dollars in advance
to insure free treatment in case OF sickness
during the season and protection from all
manner OF supposed malign influences.
The morning call., 1893-01-14

tlon is known to be in existence. A copy
sold a few years ago In London for a sum
and map missing The Coverdale Bible is also
called the "Bug Bible" and .Ireacle Bible"
on account of TWO curious passages found
therein. The passage in jeremiah which
we now read as rs there no balm in
GLlead?" is made by Coverdale to read as
rs there no more treRcle at Gahabad 2"
The psalm which says Thou shalt not be
afraid of the terror by night" reads. Thou
shalt not nede to bee afrayed for any bugs
by night" The ninth psalm, In that por-
ton which should say Put them in fear, 0
Lord" Coverdale makes to say set
schoolmaster over them"
The morning call., 1893-01-14

Extraordinary progress is being made in
Italy in the line of the electrical transmits
sion of power. The great natural resources
of the country lend the selves to the spread
of the industry. Rome is being lighted by
electricity from the Tivoli Falls. while in
Milan alone there are eighteen installations
for the utilization of water power. The
Alamo waterfall is to be used for distribu-
tion, 30 horsepower being transmitted at
three miles. and 1870 horsepower at quar-
ter Of mile. At Pava, power is trans
mtted from Gravellone, 500 yards to the
extent OF 200 horsepower. In the province
of Navarro, a transmission plant of 1000
horsepower is now being constructed, the
current to be sent from Cassagno to Intra,
a distance Of six miles.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
What Is the Use of the Boiler?

The Maine steamboat engineer was po-
lite and attentive. 1t may be that he was
flatlsred by the fact that lady so impress
siye in her manner should have come to him
for information. At any rate he told her
all about II, just where the steam came into
the cylinder, where it escaped and how it
was thai the piston-rod attached to the
crank turned the wheels that propelled the
little vessel through the waves. She ap-
peared to be all wrapped up In the infor-
nation. and when he had finished she
turned beaming face upon him and said
NOW what is the object OF the boilerH
The morning call., 1893-01-14
A SoutIierner in New York.

New York Tribune.
A Southerner visiting the city was asked
by a resident:
What in all that you have seen has i'm
pressed you most?"
THE tired and worn-out appearance of
the people have met" was the astonishing
answer. They all seem to be on the run.
They seem to have hunted look. They go
about as IL they had but one day to live.
and are too tired to make 1t interesting" a
What impresses you most about our in
stitutions?"
Their immensely. When return home
things will look so small that | shall feel
like big man. The rivers will look like
creeks and the great oaks will seem as sap
lings. / thought Atlanta was tremendous
place ill | saw New York When | 90
back ] shall not be able to walk in the
streets, but shall stride over the tops of the
houses. Atlanta, after all, is only ham,
LOT
The morning call., 1893-01-14

a cushion of light pink uncut velvet bound
with a heeyy cord of pale green silk. The
sides of the box were then covered with
pink silk. The front of the box was re-
moved and shelf made to fit iu between
the two sides. A pale green silk curtain
hung before this shelf. dainty curtain
with a wild rose design over the faint green
background. When the curtain was pulled
aside row OF shoes could be seen. One
side Of the box was ornamented with the
legend, "Rest for the Weary" which in
scription the owner said applied strictly TO
the shoes. The shoe box was great con-
venience. making it an act of comfort to
button ones shoes wien using it as seat.
it was placed in the room of young
woman. where all the decorations were in
pink.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
A Horrid Man.
New YORK Times

Il
On a Sixth-avenue train the other evening
an old man sat literally packed among
women. As the train approached the
Twenty-taird street station he began TO but
ton up his coat preparatory to leaving the
car. He looked about grimly among the
clustered women till he caught sight OF an
elderly man standing with them. Reaching
out arms length with his cane among the
furbelows and feathers, he managed to
touch bis feliOwman on the elbow. The
other understood at once, and wedged bis
way back to the waiting seat. When he
was safely there the old man got up, and
glariDg defaptly at the bsffled fair ones,
picked his way automatically out of the
train,
The morning call., 1893-01-14
Skins Snakes.
Cincinnati world.

A prominent Germantown manufacturer
owns setter dog, called Brave. which has
a singular pencnant for hunting snakes.
After killing one he places one paw on the
reptiles head. and, selling the neck with
his teeth, be proceeds TO skin it after the
manner Of skinning an eel. These trophies
be proudly carries TO his master, who nails
them on the woOdshed. much to the salts
faction of Brave. During a months gum
ming trip in Perry County Braves collection
mum bered forty-one skins. FIVE Of which had
been strjpped from goOd-siZed rattlesnakes.
The morning call., 1893-01-14
Gypsies in Paris.

A somewhat rare and curious sight was
seen in Paris few days ago. About sixty
gypsy caravans were drawn up in line. and
with their occupants (about 500 in number)
publicly disinfscted. This measure was
taken in consequence of the discovery OF
five or six cases of cholera among the
gypsies. who had recently arrived from
found to be In most filthy condition.