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The morning call., 1893-06-27
A QUEER PIECE OF IRON.
A Drummer's Story of an Expert
ence in Colorado.


In the fall OF 1886 L was sent from an East
ern firm to Colorado TO superntend the cree
tiou Of a sawmlI to replace an old one which
was destroyed by fire. Everything went on
nicely and The mill was in running order IN
about two weeks, with the exception OF
countershaft TO run the planer and hatcher,
which was missing. To send TO the factory
would take not less than two weeks. and we
came TO the conclusion to cut piece off the
old line shaft aud turn 1t up ourselves. as We
had an old lathe standing next TO the boiler
aud engine.
The weather OF the last month was dry and
very warm. but at sunset that day heavy
snowstorm set in and the thermome er dropped
to zero. The next morning we sent our en-
gineer TO get one OF those old line shafts, but
found them covered with snow and ice. AT last
lie succeeded i'll getting hold of piece about
feet long. IL measured about inches in
diameter, somewhat thicker in the center and
tapered TO one end. W. needed only five feet
so we sent for sledge and chise 10 cut of The
right length. One stroke and on flew this thin
part.
told the men this kind OF iron would not 90
but the engineer said all iron would break Ike
TINS In Zel o weather; ii soon would be all right
II 1t came into the lathe next 10 the boiler
So told him 10 go on aud show what he chUd do
with II. He took the shaft over 10 the wise and
centered same, and from there TO the lathe, put
the steady rest in position and tried TO tuln 10
to the right size, but all In vain. as said above,
the lathe was located near The boiler, warm
place, the ice had melted during The time and
would not cut at all.
A this moment the proprietor of the place
stepped in, and. seeing MS man running he
lathe asked him what he was going TO do. l
am trying 10 Turn shaft for our planer." said
the man, but never saw Il piece Of iron like
this. FIJI st IL was as hard as glass, but as soon
as IL got warm ii turned soft. and ls getting
softer all the time" The proprietor took a step
forward just in time 10 zee the TWO ends drop
out the ceuiers, but held IN tn middle by the
steady rest, showing several different col0rs.
He urOpHletOr old and had for
many years lived ia Colorado, and one glance
convinced HIM that his engineer had taken a
frozen ratteSnake for piece of iron, cut of
tie tail ana put tile balance IN the lathe To
turn the same of for counter shaft. The
snake was not hanging on the rest longer than
minute when II commenced TO whlrl around
10 fire Itself.
All the men ran and The snake after them,
Until somebody ktll-d il with a club. We
looked for he tail, which was by this time also
thsWed. and found fil Ell rattles on lie same.
The engineer swOEe he never would look for
another piece OK iron on day Ike this iii
Colorado
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TO HIM THAT HATH.

The Boston Herald exults in the results
attending the recent actions of the Bank
OF England in advancing its rate OF dis
count When the Australian banks began
to clash the Bank of England raised its
rate of discount from 215 to per cent. In
about six weeks the rate was lowered to
the original figure. In the meantime, the
bank gained S23. 1905 in gold, of which
S21, 1886, 900 came from abroad The Her
aid thus comments on the facts pre-
sented:
AS The result of this enormous gain of
strength the English bank finds itself in pc.
sliOn, not only OF comparative but OF abso-
lutte ease. II has met and mastered the none
tary disturbance produced by the great col
lapse of credit in Australia, and II is now
anxious only In regard TO finding satisfac-
tory borrowers for the money that II has to
lend
The English banking methods are the
outgro with of the fact that pretty much all
the world has to pay interest on British
money. The position is an exceedingly
comfortable one and will continue to be
occupied without much regard for the
welfare Of the rest Of the world. a cred
itor who has good security for his loan
does not generally have much difficulty in
arranging terms upon which accommoda-
tons will be granted. The appreciation
in the value of money which has con-
tributed so much to the wealth of Eng
land will continue until the debtors back
is broken. Then it is probable that some
one will suffer besides the debtor. Legis-
lation TO cause an appreciation in the pur-
chasing power of money is form OF rob
berry which can no more escape punish
ment than any other form. The difference
is matter of time.
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CALIFORNIA AT THE FAIR.

The st. Louis Globe Democrat saws:
The movement from California 70 the Worlds
Fair is the greatest ever known in the history
OF Western raiIroading. In the month OF May
The Southern Pacific alone carried 1,5o3 pas.
sengers. The travel to the Centennial was
iritiing compared TO this, aud it Is very prob
able that not one-half that number of ST. Louis
ans have yet visited the Columbian Exposition.
For a ST. Louisan to go to the fair
would be something like San Franciscan
going to Monterey. 1t would be just
pleasant little trip after the weeks work
was over and would be attended with but
little expense. And yet st. Louis paper
admits that California is more literally
represented at the fair than Missouri
The fact marks the contrast in the habits
of the people of different States. There
are more CalifOrnians in proportion TO the
whole population who go where they take
a notion to go than residents of any other
State. 1t is not so much that we earn
more than people earn elsewhere, but tha at
the average Californian considers thing
within his means if he can get hold of
money enough to buy it. We are COM
planning now about hard times, and yet
are sending more people on a $3.50 trip
than other States are sending on $50 trip
The May exodus to Chicago will cost the
State not less than 60, 500, 600. There are
four other months which are likely to be
as well attended. In fact, the real move
ment will not set in until the hot weather
is over, when the farmers and orchardists
have sold their grain and fruit. a State
of 1900 600 population, which can spend
S120O0,0O0 in one year on one form of
pleasure cannot be very badly afflicted
with hard times.
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BOUNTY JUMPERS.
How Clever Frauds Worksthe Au-
thorities by Petty DeceitS.
st. Louis Globe.Democrt.

u.
BOUNTY grabbers are ever existent and ever
will be. l guess" began Grsmer Abbott who
is stopping at the Laclede for day or two.
People will be crooked and practice deception
in everything, so that nothing can be done now
without first laying plans TO guard AGAINST de-
eeption. Look at the bounties offered for the
heads of certain pests In different parts of the
world. In Russia ruble is paid by the Gov
eminent for the head OF every wolf Killed. In
India a certain sum Is paid for the bodies OF the
deadly cobras In Australia shilling is
given, in certain districts, for the heads
OF rabbits. In New York, Chicago and
other large cities OF the world a few pen
and so on the world over. In every one Of
these cases certain persons have been caught
delrauding The Government. Instead OF gong
out aud endeavoring 10 rid the country of the
pests, and so make a living, these brilliant
schemers have turned into raising the pests and
selling their heads, finding II more profitable 10
do sc.
.In my territory-Southeast ern Ohio-crows
became so numerous that they destroyed most
OF the grain. bounty OF 10 cents was offered
Tor their heads. and number of p ople started
into the crow-klllng business. One deceptive
genius down there saw quicker way 10 mai
money. ibis individual started an industrial
enterprise that threatened for n while to revo-
luti0nlZe The crow business and make him
wealthy. His plan was to secure an incubator
and raise crows by that system. Some one dis
covered the scheme and the bounty was ab0l-
iShed entirely"
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tiger drew b1ck in fright and stared at me. He
seemed 10 be sxuectiDg an attack and prepared
to spring. But stood motionless and appa-
renily careless.
"Then I iapped at The door. 1t was quickly
opeped and iumped out. Two weeks later 1
repea ed tie visit, and from that time daily. l
talked pleasantly 10 the tiger. and each tlme ne
became quieter. AT my tenth Vlslt ofuFfu
him TO lie down and he obeyed. As reward
for his obedience / gave him llttie pieces OF
meat This always had magical eHect. But
he soon expected meat at every Visit, ana Wbeh
II was not forthcoming became restless ano
little vicious. But l soon overcame TINS. IN
fact l treated him like a spoiled chic ana olo
amoS what pleased with him. UP 10 TINS
time the keeper had always stood back OIL the
cage ready at a moments notice to open the
door. l now ordered him to lock the door ana
ep around 10 the front. The tiger had
stretched himself full length and allowed me to
sit on his back.
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A COLLECTORS TREASURES.

The Splitter art collection in Paris. after
DAYS of auctioneer eloquence. putting i'll
the newspapers for months, and sedulous
and insidous effort to arouse interest in
the rich, has at length been dispersed and
the total proceeds amount to $1,S2l,5S6.
This is formidable sum to have been
sunk In bric-a-0rac of artistic work in
every conceivable shape, but after all the
laudation the collection has received as in
comparable and unique, its value as ascer-
tanned at auction is not bewilderlng. 1t is
not worth much more than the collection
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j. II. Boles, the designer OF the Paris
and New York. has hopes of seeing steam
ers 1000 feet long, 100 feet beam and 80
feet draught flying across the Atlantic at
thirty knots an hour-con sderably faster
than the average time made by the over
land trains. or generally on railroads ex-
cept In few instances. AS an engineer
ing feat such vessels are possible. The
ship-owner will gravely weigh the question
whether they will pay, what cargo would
be worth sending in sufficient quantity,
and what reliance could be placed on get
ting 1000 or 5000 passengers every voyage,
all OF them paying extra for their cabins.
The exodus from New York is considered
strong when it amounts to 5000 on a Satur-
days sailings. There may come time in
the next century when the interchang. of
mails VIII alone be sufficient to afford
cargo for huge vessel. At present the
utmost is few hundred tons. But assur-
eddy ship-builders will forge ahead of pres
ent limits considerably. A steamer one
fifth of mile long would give passenger
good constitutional walk before break
fast.
The reports of ice in the latitude of the
Falklands and directly in the track usually
taken by sailing vessels going eastward
round the Horn are rather disauieting to
owners and insurance men. Several Pa
c;fc Coast vessels have made very long
voyage of it if they are still heading for
port, but there is the risk that some of
them may have been caught as the Cos
ford nearly was by the huge bergs DRIFT
ing about in the South Atlantic. The
conditions which have carried these masses
of ice so far northward from the seas and
cliffs where they are formed are excep-
tional, and physical geograDher would
like nothing better than a voyage to ascer-
tain the reasons and the extent of the drift
As rule, however. the philosophical bias
of ship captain making for port with a
valuable cargo Is more accommodated by
leaving ice astern than seeing il ahead.
When the Nicaragua canal is made these
terrors of navigation will be left to the
physicists investigation altogether.
The dredger capable of raising 5000 tons
an hour, described a couple of months ago
in The CALL, has now got tn work on the
Mersey bar. at Liverpool. 1t pumps up
the SAND from the bottom in continuous
stream and delivers it to barges alongside
at a rate which allows no claim for de-
murrage. A dredger which does its work
thus magnifcently is worth all the money
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PALACE baths, 713 Filbert; warm sea water
Cures rheumatism, neuralgia, many ailments. =


OFFICERS ELECTED.-Leo Assembly No. 4,
Young Mems Catholic Union, has elected the
following officers for the ensuing term: Presi-
dent. j. j. McInerney; first vce-president b.
Murphy; second Weep resident, d. Breen; re-
cording secretary. j. j. Sheahan; financial Sec
rotary, d. f. Ahearn; treasurer ID. NJ. Heagerty;
marshal. j E. O'Connel; trustees-J. Hynes,
Il. English, 2. I. Haran, j. j. Heating, W.
Gieran, 2. Moll0y and j. Miller; medical
examiner, DR.. Thomas F. Brennan.
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pz-vISIToRs TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
fad THE CALL on sale at the newsstands in the fol-
lowing hotels: Palmer House, Auditorium Hotel,
Briggs House, Clifton House, Commercial House,
Gault House Grand Pacific Hotel. Sherman House,
leland House, Northern Hotel, Richelfeu Hotel,
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Eotel.
AT WASHINGTON. D. C.-The Willard, Airing
ton Ebbitt and Shoreham Hotels.
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PUnITCATION OFFICE:

BPS Montgomery street. near Clay, open until il
o clock p. NJ. BRANCH OFFICES: 40 Market
street near Kearny open until IL o'clock midnight
33s Hayes street open until $50 o'clock; Go3 Larkn
street, open until 30 clock SW. corner Sixteenth
and Mission streets, ouen until O'Clock; 95lS
Mission street open until O'clock and 116 Ninth
siraat. omen until 20 O'clock
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CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 5ocl b. Townsend's.

DRAYMEN AND TEAMsTERs.-The following
named have been chosen officers of the Dray-
men and Transfers Union: President D.
Fitzpatrick; Vice-rresident, /. j. DOughney:
treasurer, John 5. French; financial secretary
B. Nidcrost; ergeant-at-a arms, Joseph Vandor:
trustees for long Term, L. }. Welch, q. T.
Written.
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DAILY CALL dncluding sundays, Sc per year by
mail postpaid Is cents per week, or 65 cents per
calendar month, through carriers. DAILY CALL
i've copies three months. s6 %. SUNDAY CALL,
81 20 per year postpaid. SUNDAY CALL and
WEEKLY CALL, $50 per year, postpaid. WEEKLY
CALL, 81 per year, postpaid.
THE CALL cannot return rejected manuscripts
nor will the editor enter into correspondence re-
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TO THE WORLDS FAIR.
Via the Union Pacific -The Overland FLYER
Only 80 DAYS to Chicann

Only S12 Days to Chicago.
The Union Pacific is the only line running Pull
man double drawing room sleeping-cars and din
ing-cars, San Francisco to Chicago, without
change
Tourist excursion every Tuesday and Thursday
running through to Chicago without change in
charge of manager
Passengers allowed stop-over privileges at
Salt Lake City and at Denver
For full particulars apply to u. W. Hitchcock.
general agent, Montgomery street, San Francis
co; +. r. Ellsworth agent, 9lS Broadway, Oak
land; q. F. Herr, 229 South Spring street, Los
Angeles.
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According to the method which is now
adopted for reckoning leap years in Eng
land, December, January and February
will be the summer months about 72O,O
wears hence.
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AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.

FrRN1rURE.-By Chas. Levy Il Co., at 11S5
Market ST.. at 10 o'clock
FuRNIrURE.-By WIN. Butterheld at 33 Eddy
st. IL o'clock.
FuRN1rURE.-By Geo. F. Lamson, at 324 Colleen
Gate ave, at IL o clock.
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For "hot weather" medicine HOODS sarsa.
parilia is unequalled 1t neutraizes the depress-
ing effect OF the heat, by giving tone and stredeth
to the whole system and creating an appetite
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Reduced Rates to Chicago.

Commencing May Is, 1898, rates to Chicago
will be reduced via Northern Pacific Railroad.
For particulars address T. X. Stateer, 63S
Market street. General Agent Passenger De-
partment.
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II CaU subscribers wbo intend Tearing
the city lgU notify the business office OF
tier change Of address the paper lriU be
forwarded to them regularly.
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BE EASTERN OFFICE OF THE CALL.

so Potter building New York City, is provided with
f es of California papers. Visitors welcome. Ad-
yertising rates and sample copies furnished.
F. X MISCH Manager
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Phillips Rock Island Excursions

Leave san Francisco every Wednesday and Satur-
day via RIO GRANDE AND Rock ISLAND RVS.
Through tourist sleeping cars TO Chicago and Bos.
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur-
sons through to Boston For tickets sleeping-car
accommodations and further Information address
CLINTON JOKES, General Agent Rock Island Ry.,
SO Montgomery street. San Francisco
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To all those who are in state of weakness or
fatigue from any cause whatsoever, BEeEAuD's
WINE will give strength and vigor. To be had OF
the principal druggists
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NoTTGEI

Any Of orr patrons acho fail to find TIE
MORNING CALL for sale By trainboys
aciL confer faror By notifying this office
OF the fact, naming the date and train.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU,
san FRANCIsco, June 90, 1898.
Official Forecast for Twenty-four Hours
Ending Midnight Tuesday.
San Francisco and vicinity - Fair weather;
warmer; westerly winds.
P. T. JENKINS, Local Forecast ofciaI.
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ARITHMETIC OF CAMBODIANS.
They Add, Subtract, Multiply and
Divide by Queer Methods.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch

81 LOUIS 1OSL-DlSp
The arithmetic of the Cambodians a curious
people of Indo-China. differs vastly from that
OF other nations. In the first place. their sys-
TEN of enumeration is quiuiecimal by counting
up TO 3, as: Mouille pi, DeYe, boun, pram
q, 2, 8, 4, 81, then going on with pram-mouille
for and u. and so In adding the Cam
bodian does not write his numbers in COL
umns below each other. No matter how
many numbers he may have 10 add, he
places the first two numbers BE- side each other
as 247,372 53,732, with vertical line TO the
right. The addition Is made and The result set
down beside the vertical. Under this first total
he writes the next number and adds the two,
drawing another vertical line at the side with
the result as before stated until all the nPmbers
have been ADDED. While the process is a some
what lengthy one mistakes are discovered at a
quite complicated. Surprising that 657, 500 Is
10 be subtracted from 7S6.422. the operation
which the Camb0dianS pursue Is as follows:
657 1853 l2S, 553
7S6,422
First of all, it will be seen that the lesser
number is written above the greater one and
the operation is begun at tin lett. SIX from 10
(SayS the CambOdtaD, employing tile 10 as a
fictitious nnmber leaves 4, and by adding
Uhe first figure in thu greater number he has
IL, and 10 from l leaves l. the first figure in
| he rest. Then he goes ON TO say from 10
leaves 3, and Is 10; from Is leaves IL, thus
giving the first two figures of the rest. In this
complex way the remainder Is at last definitely
obtained in multiplying the multipler is
placed above The multlplicand, and each figure
IN the mulGDllcand Is multiplied by each figure
IN the multipller, thus producing an innumer-
able amount OF small selIes, which must then
be added In the same manner that has been
shown above. The method of division is lust
as complicated but enough has already been
said to show that The arithmetic of the Cambo-
dams is not particularly brilliant for its SIM
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proposed. The navy will be all the strong
er from having a supply of the right sort
of men in the engineers department.
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THE DAILY MORNING CALL
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

FUR SALE At
New York. .BRENTANo BROS. Union Square
Chicago r. SIZER, 1879 State street
New Orleans. .GAILOT & JOUBERT. 1151l Common
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LADIES take Angostura Bitters generally when
they feel low spirited. 1t brightens them up. DIR.
Siegert Sons sole manufacturers
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A Maine editor calamity says that a
New England girls freckles In June are
like little brown daisies in field of cream.
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The MORNING CALL
Has a larger Circulation than any
other newspaper published in San
Francisco.
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ExrRA Mince Pies. swAIN,s. ms sutton street.
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THE CALL CALENDAR.

JUNE. 1898.
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John Hall Watson Jr.. millionaire capital
ist of New York City. Is registered al the Cali
fornia Hotel. He is just completing tour Of
the world, arriving here on yesterdays steamer
from Yokohama.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-04
CHAMBER oF COMMERCE..

The monthly meeting Of the chamber Of
commerce wis held yesterday afternoon.
President Sil0man IN the chair An ex-
tensivc report Of the railroad commit
tee through Captain II. r. Paddock, its
chairman, was listened 90 with grcnt In.
terest. The coming Of The Rock Island
was discussed, and measures taken to
expedite the advent Of the rDnd. The
chamber recorded lis pleasure On having
the cotilcmcn of North Texas In the city
ON The l4th, ON the occasion of their nn-
nuu convention. and voted to DO all in
it, power tO make the visit Of the gem
tlemen OF the convention most agree
able one. The secretary made rcpOrt Of
the doiugs Of the late immigration con
ycuton, held &C Wichita Falls, aud
briefly outlined the purposes 90 be- ac-
complishcd hy the immigration ass0cia-
ton. The following was adopted THAT
this chamber fully recognizes the great
importance Of placing before the home
seekers in other stntes the exceptional
| advantages Possessed by the country
known as the Panhandle of Texas,
| for agricultural pursuits, It's fertility of
| soil. gnOd climate aud the presence of
railroads. making 10 extremely desirable;
and that the movement now inaugurnted
/ TO secure increased settlement receive
| the most hearty support Of this cham
] her'
The bylaws Of the chamber were
| amended TO provide for the election OF
/ additional honorary members and for
| lhe creation VI additional committees.
/ The chamber adjourned az q late hour,
and meeting of the board OF directors
| was ordered for today at y. M, for
the purpose of clecting four new mem
bers, and the forming OF an additional
committee.