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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-15

INTEREST IN Partnerships - Okum.
City. Unless there was an express stipula-
ton that interest should be paid in add ton
to partnership profits, the man who fur
nishes capital in partnership where the
other man furnishes work is not entitled to
interest OF his money before'tbe profits are
divided. II A furnishes $1,000 worth of
money and Is $1,000 worth of brains in a CO.
partnership, 3 is as much entitled to inter-
est on his $1,000 as A. AS matter of fact
the profits of the partnership constitute the
interest.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
rhe rumrs of the ErratInn.

A representative piece of mechanism occurs frequently on tho sculptures of early Egypt It has the appearance of and is generally believed to be that of d portable pump. The hydraulic scrow is also attributed to this people, but their main reliance seems always 10 have been the Shadoof, seen everywhere along the banks of the Nile, an invention so sim pie and so well adapted to their needs that it remains today substantially the same as it has through all the centuries since history began.
 The same may be said regarding the chain pump in China, an invention the origin of which antedates the Christian era. This simple machine, which seems never to have been improved upon, is in such common use that every agricultural laborer is in possession of one. Where irrigation is conducted on larger scale the chain pump is made proportionately larger and moved by very simple tread wheel, and still larger ones are operated by yoking buffalo or other animal to a suitable driving machine.
 The application of steam to raising water is of uncertain origin. Long be- fore the Christian era certain applica- tions of fire to vessels containing water, by which effects were produced calcu- lated to astouish ignorant worshipers, were practiced by the priests of Egypt, Greece and Rome, but their knowledge seems never to have been turned into any channel of secular usefulness. -En- gineering Magazine
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
An Awful Feasibility.

IL is a great deal moro sensible 10 travel comfortably than to throw away money for nothing. l would prefer to have a cabin to myself, even if I had to travel on a second class ship. 1 do net see why I should have a stranger in my room. It is dreadful lottery, and he is apt to have very unclean habits. Inn agine this in close, stuffy atmosphere, filled already with the odors of tho ship and the stench of the machinery. You cannot ask a man for guarantee of his position. He Is apt tobelong to the mid- dle class, and think how perfectly horri- ble it would be to inhabit a room with Q being who has very uncertain notions about the complete change of linen every day and whose rule of cleanliness has been q tub once a week, on Saturday night
 And then, even if cleanly, he might not wear the right kind of underclothes, and he might persist in sleeping in night robes instead of pajamas, and he might do a hundred other dreadful things. Think of watching such Q creature dress it would be an awful fascination with me-and find that he changed his collar and his cuffs and not his shiSt, which, still glazed and shiny from the manipu- lations of Chinaman, would have it's dirt spotted bosom concealed by made up scarf with-it is too horrible to think of!-Cor. Vogue
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
Rlnh snn rrom nlnnlo rrees.

The more uneven, rocky and ledgy the land and the drier the soil, except where cold springs abound, the better are the products of the maple, Trees standing in or near cold springs will discharge the most and tho sweetest sap amacquaint- cd with one tree standing by a spring. seven quarts of whose sap will make q pound of nice white sugar. The rich ness of this sap will be realized when 1t is remembered that it takes l6 quarts of average sap to make pound The black maple is the richest for sup of any vari. ety. Our poorest sugar orchards give us about two pounds of sugar to the tree, while our best ones yield five and six pounds tree. Ihave heard of q few extra orchards yielding ', and 10 pounds to the tree, and one eXtraordi- nary one that has yielded lG pounds to a tree. The quantity of sugar that can be made from single trees in one season of six weeks at most will depend on many circumstances.
 The more spouts put into tree tho more sap is obtained and the moro sugar is made. From the tree already referred to as standing near cold spring there were made 8O4 pounds in one season with two spouts, which emptied into the same tub. They were set in holes bored F inches ieep with three-eighths bit, Another tree have known of yielded 30 pounds, and third 2S. Still another tree was tapped with 10 spouts, and 90 pounds of sugar were made. but it killed the tree. Timothy Wheeler in Garden and Forest.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
Money In Wall street.

New Workers are noted for being scramblers after money. But they arc just as remarkable for the risks they take with it when they got it. A man wens through Wall street to the ferry one day last week with $3O0,OOO in the pocket of his overcoat. He had an um- btella in one hand and cigar between the fingers of the other. IL would not have required an expert pickpocket to relieve him of his wealth. Yesterday 8 lad was sent to a banking house to deposit a certified check for @G5, 900. He went along swinging it in his hand. In front of the bank he stopped and tried to balance the check on the end of his nose, No one would have believed that what he had was anything but a worthless scrap of paper.-New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
onocr Tastes In EntInr.

In a popular restaurant the other day at lunch 1 took up what l supposed was a saltbox to sprinkle my roast beef and was startled by tho sudden exclamation of the waiter, That's sRgaT." This led to Q conversation in which the waiter said that in an establishment where ho had been employed an old gentleman came in regularly at least three times a week and ordered a sirloin steak well broiled, upon which he always poured a liberal portion of New Orleans lnolasses. Another waiter said that on one occa- sion young man had ordered powdered sugar and two dozen oysters and that he had literally sprinkled the sugar on the oysters before he ate them A com panion accompanied him and watched the performance, and the waiter said he believed it was the result of . bet. l myself recall lad who attended board ing school with me. and who invariably put powdered sugar on his soft boiled eggs.--New York Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
Nehnohndner,nr,. nnor.len

In the Egyptian and Assyrian gallery of the British museum and in close con- tinguity to the Hittite monuments and the bronze gates of Shalmanezar may be seen an object of more than ordinary in- terest--a very common looking bronze doorstep from the great temple of E-Lag- gil at Borsippa, suburb of Babylon This doorstep, ordinary as it appears. is of great historical value, as 1t not only has the name of King Nebuchadnezzar inscribed upon 1t, but also mentions his restoration to health and power. 1t is no doubt native offering and ar ob- iect of great antiquity. Philadelphia Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
We Owe tho Iint tn Asia.

We owe the hat to Asia, for it was in that country that the art of felting wool was first known. and from tine most re- mote periods the art was carried on by the orientals. In India, China, Burmah and Siam hats are made of straw, of rat tan, of bamboo, of pith, of the leaf of the Tailport palm and of large variety of grasses, The Japanese made their hats of paper. The modern hat can be traced back to the petasurs worn by the ancient Romans when on q journey, and hats with brims were also used by tho earlier Greeks.
 It was not until after the Roman con quest that the use of hats began in Eng land. A matte of biever," about the middle of the twelfth century, was worn by one of the nobles of the land. Frais. sort describes hats and plumes which were worn at Edwards court in l340, when the Garter order was instituted. The merchant in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" had lon his head a Flaunderish beaver hat" and from that period on- ward there is frequent mention Of felt hates. " Washington Star.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
A DREAM.

tdreamt that over tho winter wotll Tho winter winds were sighing, And into the orioles empty nests The flakes Of sn5w were flying. The vnes along the garden wall
 With crystal fec were gleamlnR Aud In the garden dull and hilre Tho suminei flowers were dreaming The snow lay deep over withered grass, The skies were cold and gray, And slowly the drcary night cittd6 on To end the weuty dhy, woke. High up in the orchard boughs A hundred birds were singing, And in the bireh trees pleasant shade Tho orioles nests were swinging, Along the river, tall and green,
 saw the rashes growing, And daisy petals white as snow
 Among the grasses showing. The howcrs held the sunshine bright. Tho breezes were at play, And swiftly the dreamy night came oD To end the happy day.
 Angelina W. Wray in Earper's Bazaar.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
rhe Legendnry Adnn. and hre.

To the Scriptural account of the crea- tion and fall of Adam and Eve the Jewish writers of ti.e Talmud have added many curious particulars. According to these mythnoagers, Adam, when first tcreated was "giant of giants" as far as stature goes, his head reaching into the heavens and his countcnance outshining the sun in all it's splendor. In one place they tell us that "the very angels stood in awe of the man which God had created, and all creatures hastened to worship him." Then the Lord, in order to give the angels some idea of hispower, caused a deep sleep to come over Adam, and while ho was in 3 comatose condition re- moved portion of every limb and bonel The first man thus lost a part of his CO., lossal stature, yet he remained perfect and complete. Next, the first ''help- meet" for the lord of creation was ere ated in the person of Lilith, who forsook Adam to become the mistress of the air and the mother of demons.
 After the departure of Lilith, Eve was created and married to Adam in the presence of Jehovah and the angels, the sun, moon and stars dancing together to the angelic music rendered Then the supreme happiness of the human pair excited the envy of even the angels, and the seraph Sammael tempted them and finally succeeded in bringing about their fall from innocence. Adam lived as Q penitent on the very ground now occu- pied by the temple at Mecca, and Eve in n cave on the side of Mount Ararat, where, after q lapse of 200 years, she was rejoined to Adam St. Louis Re ,,t,,.,,a
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
strnnaed In Artl..le sarroupalng.

It is really amusing and sometimes pitiful to see how men suffer from the artistic mania of their wives. know of case where a husband was not al. lowed to touch any of tho furniture in the drawing room for fear he would dis turb the offect of color and outline. He wisely stipulated, however, that he should have his own chair in the room, which he was to be at liberty to do with as he liked.
 Being aman of infinite jest he nanag- ed to evolve the most delightful and comic situations when visitors were pres ent, explaining that it was his want of artistic feeling which made it necessary for him to carry his chair about with him. He asked that when his friends contemplated their surroundings from an artistic point of view they should kindly consider him and his chair out of the picture. Needless to say it was not very long before all restrictions were withdrawn and he was allowed to work what havoc he pleased in the drawing room as we'll as everywhere else in the house. Boston Globe.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
An umbrela 0 aood Tor . shoner.

A man was once advised to take shower baths for the general improve ment of his health. A friend explained to him how to fit up one by the use of n cistern and colander, and he accordingly set to work and had the thing arranged. Subsequently he was met by the friend who had given him the advice and was asked how he enjoyed the bath.
 "My dear fellow" said he, 'it was capital. liked 1t really well, and what do you think; Ikept myself dry too
 Whatever do you meanT exclaimed his friend, in natural surprise. How ever could you manage to take the show CT and yet remain quite dryY
 "Why, you can't think for moment fshould boso stupid as to have q shower bath without an umbrellay7 was the in uocent reply.-London Tit-Rits.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
THREE ON A BENCH.
1he Boy Had h Feturc. the Crook Past,
 the Warrant Had Notbing

The Boy Had h Future. the Crook Past,
 the vagrant Had Nothing. It was 8 o'clock in the morning. The electric lights were still blazing in the silence of Madison square. A number of shabby figures slumbered or moved about on the seats beneath the trees of the park. On a bench beside the little fountain sat group that arrested my attention, Three figures were reclining here with their heads and shoulders al most touching one another. One was but little more than a boy. A bundle done up in calico handkerchief was in his hand. His sunburned face and his sturdy shoulders gave evidence that he was from the country probably farm hand who had trudged in to try his luck in the city. His boots were covered with red clay. He was leaning against thin figure clad in somewhat shabby gar ments.
 This man possessed dark and sinister countenance. He was restless, and his hands, which were thin and white, twitched neryously in his sleep. His lips moved spasmodieally His was an evil conscience. There was plainly a shady side to his past life. Here were deceit and honesty side by side. Next to the dark man slumbered very old and decrepit one. He was clad in linen duster A battered gray hat sat on his head, and his toes were peeping out from the tips of his worn shoes. The face of this old fellow was scanned with deep and careworn wrin- kles. His hair and beard were snowy white. He was possessed of a palsy that made him tremble constantly as he lay dozing. It was youth, manhood and old age-typical of life,
 These three reclined here in a stolen sleep. A park policeman calne gliding along from the distance through the tWi- light of the trees. He crept along like a gray ghost on the lookout for those weary souls who were transgressing the law by surreptitious slumbcr. His eye lighted with satisfaction as he behela the three figures on the bench. You see that seedy fellow in the middle@ he whispered. That's Tony McElroy, who cracked three safes over in Jersey City last summer. Ispotted hin at once by his mug. He just come out of the pen last Tuesday"
 The officer seized the crook by the col, lar and shook him til his teeth rattled. The noise awakened the boy, whograsped the situation at once. Seizing his bun de be skurried like rabbit across the grass toward Twenty-third street. Once feeling himself safe he stretched his limbs and began to whistle cheerfnlly. The crook arose and stood in sullen silence a few moments until the police man pushed hinon He thrust bis hands into his pockets, bumped up his shoul- ders and shambled up the avenue, The oll vagrant totteTed to his feet. He was ds.zed, and it took him quite awhile to collect his senses. He shufled across the square with bowed head He scanned the buildings and the streets about him with hopeless, helpless glance that was pathetic to sec. Then he, too, vanished in the gray of breaking dawn.
 The boy had life of hope before him, the crook had past behind him, but the old yagrant had neither past nor future. New York Recorder.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
Saturday. October 2s. 1893.
nelpIng tho oorernment.

Now that the civil war is long way In the past 1t Is safe to relate certain cases of the cutting of red tape which at the time were winked at and kept as quiet as possible. Military routine often left men without what civilians would regard as the oommonest necessities of life, and to endure these depriyations when they were unnecessary was hard anywhere, and especially at Washing ton, where supplies were abundant enough
 One day in the summer of 1861 Q Maine regiment was encamped in Washington. fhe rations were poor, and two soldiers, lrivates, resolved to see if they could hot get something better.
 They went, in their uniforms of course, directly to the White House, and enter Ing by side door managed to oyade the guardians of the executive mansion. In one of the passages they met very tall man. They had no doubt 1t was Presi- dent Lincoln. They bowed to him, and he bowed to themi but they said noth- ing. Their business was not with him. but with his cook.
 They went on and found their way to the broad kitchen. The cook was there at work
 Look herer the Maine men said to him, we've sworn to support this ere government, and fer two weeks we've ben a-doin 1t on nothin but salt junk. Now, if you'd spare us little of this ere stuff, we think it would put this war along amazin'E"
 They selected what they thought would Ego round" among their particu- lar friends at the camp and carried it off, no ono saying them nay.--Youth's Companion.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
nla oln plno.

"Isn't that rich color" said q well known lawyer the othor day as he held up brier wood pipe of an almost ebon hue. Then he stroked 1t fondly with his hand and finally took to rubbing it with his coat sleeve, Ut has taken me over a yeat to color that pipe and l don't think you could buy 1t now at any price, l used to smoke cigars-I donow to some eNtent-but prefer a pipe when read, ing or working over my papers. You see a cigar is always dropping ashes and mussiug things up, Then the smoke gets in your eyes when leaning over But a pipe oh. there is nothing liko it for real solid comfort My wife says this T ! fellow is getting dreadfully strong 1at shc hasn't the heart to ask me to dis car,l it for a now one. See the way that rich chocolate tint merges in the blacl<--- that velvoty looking black--aud then the gloss that seems to have grown up from beneath the surface.
 Strange how man shobld become attached to such thing But, on the other hand, think of the nights this old pipe has stood by me when l worried my brain over legal tangles; when grew cross and irritable, how its sweet perfume has quieted and soothed me. Friends might forsake me and fat fees vanish into thin air, but my old pipe was ever at hand with it's comfort, What 8 sense of calm contentment settles over me when the work of the day is done and l sit down in the library at home, with my wife and little ones about and this old fellow filled to the brim and go- ing! Why, man, the cares and worries of the day slip of and away with the curling smoke. Just look at that ex- Quisite colorr'--Brooklyn Eagle.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
\ t.egeha Aboai I.aeemsl.lns.

Lacemaking is by no means So old an industry as most persons suppose There is no proof that it existed previously to the fifteenth century, and the oldest known painting in which il appears is a portrait of lady in tho academy at Venice, painted by Caspaccio, who died about 1J23. Tie legend concerning the origin of the art is as follows; 4 young fisherman of the Adriatic was betrothed to q young and beautiful girl of one of the isles of the lagoon. Industrious as she was beautiful, the girl made new net for her lover, who took t with him on board his boat. The first time he east it into tho sea he dragged therefrom an exquisite petrified wrack grass which he hastened to present to his fancee. But war breaking out the fisherman was pressed into the service of the Venetian navy. The poor girl wept at the depar- ture of her lover and contemplated his last gift to her, But while absorbed in following the intricate tracery of the wrach grass she began 10 twist aud plait the threads weighted with small beads which hung around her net. Little by little she wrought an imitation of the qualification, and thus was created the lobbin lace.-Washington Star.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
Narrow. but usefnl.

The good lady was going around among lot of poor people distributing sll manner of old clothes which were gratefully received, when she met a newspaper man looking for clew to a killing case.
 Charity coyeretha q multitude of sins, 7 he said sarcastically.
 "Well, that isn't what I'm looking for, she responded.
 "Noe and he looked surprised.
 "No,n she said, "my mission is little narrower than that, We cut it down to charity covefeth a multitude of skins. " Detroit Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
No Law Against Removing n Dead Body :,

Where in the world, asked the law yer who volunteered information with out retaining fee, "did people-espe- cially people in the country get the idea that one cannot touch or remove a body until the coroner has arriyeds That is almost a general belief in the country
 and there never was moro ridiculous and absurd piece of nonsense than this
 have seen body lie in every ybody's way because the people thereabout thought that it was unlawful to touch it. This foolish tradition amounts almost to a superstition, and you may be sure no coroner takes the trouhleto enlighten stupid ignorance upon the subject. The coroner is only too willing to aggrandize his influence and power, and therefore rather encourages than discouraQes this silly superstition. New York Tribune.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
nendlng tl.e Knee to Foreigners.

A clever New York woman of assured social position frankly admitted 10 q mortified Frenchnan of rank that noth- ing of lower grade than the imperial or republican head of great nation, in his representative capacity, could win from her bend of tho knee. The priucolcts, male and female, were but everyday folk in her eyes, quite without social divinity and to them she re- fused to make obeisance. The lady's distinction is self respecting and truly American, and as rule of conduct it is commended as an antidote for the in- discriminate courtesy craze. Vogue,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
In Mr.. nis,nnrcl,,. nnnse.

The Princess Bismarck conducts her House on the most delightful free and easy plan Breakfast is served at all hours in the morning, each member of the family and each guest appearing only when ready. Dinner is supposed to be served at 3:30 o'clock, but it is gen. orally 1 o'clock before the party is gath. cred around the board. Then they have coffee, and about o'clock a proiniscu- ous supper is served. - Philadelphia Press,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
Popular National soncs.

We have number of songs that seem to lay about equal claims to distinction as national songs. "Star Spangled Ban- ner," America" and Columbia" are three of the first class. Then comes "Yankee Doodle.n which is unquestien- ably {. . song and tune representative of New England, while Dixie" has just as firm u hold upon the hearts of the south erners Chicago News-Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
Why win They Do It2

A Massachusetts minister patheticany said to a newspaper man the other day, Why don't some of you reporters get up an article on Why women stand at the door Especially the screen door in fly time) for the last words after they have taken five minutes Co half an hour indoors to say goodbyT" The poor man has suffered, as his wife admitted at the time, and spends half his leisure in sum- mer fighting Gies
Arizona silver belt., 1893-10-28
A II-l- singniar -llll Accidont.

A cyclist was riding on an old fash toned, ordinary machine, the wooden handles of which were missing, leaving the iron spikes exposed. He dismounted, but in starting the machine he missed the pedal, and the bicycle falling he fell on top of it, and one of the handle spikes entering his left breast and pene- trating right through to the heart, came out at his back just under the shoulder blade. He died soon after being taken to the hospital. Whole Family.