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The morning call., 1893-02-01
THE TOURIST WHEELMEN.
Sachtleben and Allen Safely Cross the
naca-t

Colorado Desert.
YUMA, Ariz.. Jan. 3l.--W. L. Sachtle ben
and Thomas G. Allen Jr., the 'round-the-
world wheelmen, left Yuma this morning
for New York via New Orleans, having
safely crossed the Colorado Desert at the
average rate of ffty-six miles per day.
Both were in excellent health and spirits.
They spent a night the Salton sea.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
THROWN ON THE ROCKS.

Narrow Escape of the Steamer Caspar
at NOyO.
Fort BRAGG, Jan. 31.-Tbe steamer Cas-
par went ashore In Noyo harDor at o'clock
this evening. The vessel. with full load
of ties. had cast off her lines. when she was
thrown by the heavy sea upon the rocky
shore. The deckload of ties was thrown
over board. and the vessel pulled into deep
water. She will tow TO San Francisco.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
Her Injuries Fatal.

PORTLAND, Jan. 3l.-Mary G. Avery.
who fell down the elevator shaft OF the
Marquam building yesterday afternoon. a
distance of 20 feet, died this morni ng from
injuries received
The morning call., 1893-02-01
BASED ON sPEcUI

BASED ON SPECULATIoN.-A warrant was
issued yesterday morning for tile arrest OF Mar
gaTet Cole upon charge OF embeZZlemn The
complainant is Mrs. Anna Foster Of COS Pine
sire [. The charge grew out OF a stock trans
Hcli0D.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
TRACES OF STRYCHNINE.
Analysis of the Stomach of a Los
Angeles Woman.

Los ANGELES. Jan. 31.-Sheriff Cline and
Detective Lawson broke into the back door
of Henry Bently's house to-day Bently
jumped out of window and after search
was found ensconced in the st. Elmo Hotel.
Bently is charged by the heirs of Mrs.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
MUST STAY IN BED.
Cor neIius Herr Is Far too III to Go TO
France

LONDON, Jan. 1.-Dr. Brunton. the emf
nent specialist. and two Bournemouth
physicians. signed bulletin that Cornelius
Herr was suffering from diabetes and en-.
largement of The spleen and must remain
in bed for some time.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
Races on the Oakland Track.

The races GU the Oakland track, which
were to have been run yesterday. were
postponed until Saturday ON account Of the
condition Of the track.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
Its Fortieth Anniversary

Next Monday evening, February 6, the
iortleth anniversary of the San Francisco
Young Mems Christian Association will he
The morning call., 1893-02-01
W;fe-Murderer H,nrea

CAMDEN. Ark. Jan. 3l.-Luke Tatum. n
negro wife-murderer, was hanged here this
morning.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
THE MISSING HEARD FROM.
The Disappearance of a Los Angelau
Accounted For.

Los ANGELES. Jan. 31-J. A. Paaster.
who was thought to have been murdered.
has turned up in San Francisco. Plaster
disappeared about year ago. A barber
named Fred Goetter. who lived next door,
was under suspicion of having done away
with the old man as he had charge of his
property. One night the police dug up
Goetter's property in search OF the body of
Plaster, which was thought to have been
buried there. Plaster went to the north
for medical treatment and thence TO Aus
tralia, keeping his whereabouts secret.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY

TN SAN MATEO COUNTY; NON-SECTARIAN;
laid out on the lawn plan: perpetual care: beau
tifu, permanent aHd easy OF access; see 1t before
buying burial place elsewhere.
City Office. 325 Montgomery Street.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
DRY GOODS.

H#4 1;;<:;;s;<<5,; 0sz
-S9-FOR-@<
BARGAINS
These days" That's what she said
on enterlng-went out smiling. She'd
found 'em, paid for 'em. Goods fol-
lowed her home on next delivery.
That's the history of many another
who enters our store bent on the
same errand. We're always glad to
meet her kind, glad to see 'em come.
They always go away pleased, como
back again too-the best part of it.
Once our customer, always So
There's our secret. This week
general reductions. Among 'em
these:
sc a Pair.
AUT0CRAT CLASPS.
Gray and white, were good value at &c,
we have too many. sale price &c a pair.
Ioc Each.
FEATHER FANS.
Plain white; sold quantities at 25c;
these little soiled, hence the price.
CSC Yard.
ALL-WOOL FLANNEL.
Fancy plaids and stripes. value 4Oc q
yard.
Csc a Yard.
TURKEY-RED DAMASK.
60 inches wide. oil colors. heavy quality,
superior finish, reduced from 40c yard.
6oc Yard.
72-INCH TABLE FELT.
Popular color8, good grade. worth 81
yard.
soc Yard.
ALL WOOL SUlTINGS,
Beautiful PIads. width so inches.
value 81
75c Each.
LADIES' SPUN-SILK VESTS,
J.. n. n. s.. popular cJlors, a hummer.
worth ST.
81 % per Garment.
MEMS CAMEL S-HAIR SHIRTS.
All wool. every thread. ribbed tails,
drawers to match, value 81.
Everything Guaranteed as Represented
or Money Refunded.
The morning call., 1893-02-01
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCk.

Arrived.
TUESDAY. January 81.
Stmr Empire. Jesssn. days from Nsnaimo;
800 tons coal to r D Chandler.
The morning call., 1893-02-01

II DR.. Sehenek's treatment and cure OF C0nsump-
tiou were something new and untried, people might
doubt but what has proved itself through q record
as cid as our Grandfathers. cans Just what il Is
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28

Talk about Professional jealousy"
SaId IA young woman " no can dane 3
mIntet like her grcat-grandmothe-.
''Nhy, II makes me feel OLD when
think fit
LES than a week ago ] appcarcd
al a benefit matinee performance,
for which | had rchcarSed two whole
weeks The only chance ! got To get
IN front wa~ in the mlnuet. which
wa TO hc such "A feature that an
encore was expected. A few DAYS
before the performance we were
taught the encore The who
was to take the leading female pa't
happcncd to come in.
"'What'S this: What's this snc
Yelled.
The encore for the minuet dan.
els. answered She dancing teacher.
Encore for thc minuct:' she re.
peated. The minuct gets no cncur"
here. and ! want that understood. ].
these fools in the orchestra chairs
encore that dance ] want all O! vuu
dancers togo down in your dressing
rooln,. If there's any encoies here
your good old Aunt Mary'-tappiny
herself on the chcst-w vii take them
all-sce:'
1--WE saw. and said nothing
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28

ways than n I am in much better
health, and | find thar my ideas have
brOadenci cut and become more set
tied on a number Of subjects, tut -
pccialiy in connection with cvcr,-
thing that concern. my art. IN
America and in England / saw some
excellent actors. but il seemed t. me
that the average o. talcnt-whcther
in the matter e. authors or artists
was less worthy than il France. tn-
fortunately, however. our superiority
III TINS respect is somewhat le>scned
hy d marked regard for Tradition
whether right or wrong and "A great
disregard Tor proper stage settings.
ln'England and America thcimise en-
scene is Il thousand times better un
derstood and appreciated than il i,
at Paris. Mind vOu. ] am not rc.
ferring to expensive or complicated
stape settings, tut To the great care
that is bestowed on the thousand ana
II little details that give a sem.
blance o. lie and an illusi"n OF re-.
atty. 81 that what takes place on The
stage becomes almost exactly similar
u what i seen in real life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28
Improving the Eyes.

1t is satisfactory to be told by Mr..
Ellis that blindness in England is
''sloWly decreasing" though Great
Britain still stands in this respect
behind two other European countries.
and three more come before Ireland.
yShort-sightedness. however, appears
to be increasing everywhere, Ger
many having 4 signal and sinister
pre- emincncc in this respect.
a French doctor has noted the re-
markahle fact that wild beasts
caught quite young or born in cap
tlvlty become short-sighted, the con-
cluslon being that the eye adapts it..
self to its habitual sphere Of vision,
n unless educated" to use Mr..
Ellis term, to see objects at a dis
lance, loses the capacity of so doing.
Even in after life the eye may be. to
ome extent, so educated. though
probably onlv when the myopia is
not considerable.
1t is thus within the experience OF
the present writer that his sight
greatly improved in days gone by,
when he became a volunteer, by prac-
tice at the butts, ST. that while he
could not see the target TO shoot at
without spectacleS at the three-hun.
dred-yard range. after a twelvemontn
or so he only needed to put on spec
tacles at 400 yards. But beyond that
range ne was never able to dispense
with them.
Country excursions are, therefore.
extremely valuable as means of
strengthening the sight of town-bred
children; and the conductors of such
excursions should take pains to d.
rect the eyes OF the children to dis
tant ohjects-to the furthest hill.
church tower. or other landmark.
noting, II possible. any incapacity to
discern the selected object, and then
selecting some nearer one for the
weaker-sighted The Spectator.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28

mere are more Young women en-
~IcaVorlng to 20 upon the stage az
the present time tian ever neforc.
Out Of every hundred who aspire 10
do dramatic work, it is safe TO say
not live succeed III securing positions,
ana possibly AT the end of the first
season only Il Of these determines
10 remain upon the stage. The roa-
son ~ this * that the stage is over
crowded. aud aspirants for histrionic
hOnor> and the large salaries that 90
with them. receive no encourage
nent. Three-fourths OF those who
try to secure positions get tired Of
running from one Office to another
and give W the fight in disgust A
portion Of the other fourth aspire
III the beginning 20 play leading
parts, and finally are content TO
carry banners in a spectacle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28
The Surrey Lavender Field.

The process Of distillati0n is a very
interesting and primitive affair. The
lavender is deftly cut by men with
small saw-likc scvthes. then made up
into sheaves, and finally rolled into
mats" into which they are secured
by skewers These mats or sacks of
lavender are then brought along To
the dlstillery, which consists Of a
lower floor, i n which are the receiving
cans for the oil and the furnaces for
heating the stills above, and an upper
floor, which is a raised platform of
wood with a matched roof supported
by beams, in which are the stills and
watts
The big iron coppers or stills are
nlied with the pretty, delicate-look-
ing bloom by men naked to their
waists, who pre- IS it down and STAMP
upon 1t till the still is tightly packed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28

Men may be good soldiers without
being scholars, and it is also true
that men may re amusing when they
are weighed down with the lgrayest
responsibilities.
ON the evening before q solar ecIinsc
not long ago the Colonel of a regiment
OF German Infantry sent for all Ms
sergeantS, and said to them:
There will be an eclipse of tho
sun tomorrow The regiment will
meet on the pd%iade-ground in TN.
dress. will come and explain the
eclipse before tie drill. II the day
IS cloudy, the men will meet in the
as usual"
The S%e:geants thereupon crew IN
Ihe lollowlng order of the day:
"Io-morrow morning, by or or NJ
the Colonel, there will be an eclip a
or the sun. The regiment will as.
senbie on the paradc.ground. wbe a
the Colonel will superinten, the
eclipse in person 1.-THE day il cloudv
Inc eclipse will take place ia the
No N has az good q time at a mir.
mic as he pretendA
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28
Medieval Mathematicinns.

Iartaglia discovered the solution
or cubic C iuatiOns. Cardan employed
toward him all the persuasions in his
power I" OBTAIN a communication to
himself Of the famous disco very. II
swear to you on the holy Gospels, - he
promised, 'that if you teach me your
discoveries will never publish them.
and will, besides, record them for
myself in cipher. so that no one shall
be ale to understand them after nv
DEATH
Tartaglia, trusting in Cardan's
good faith, communicated to him his
rules, summarized in twenty-seven
mnemotechnlc verses, in three
str0phcs Of nine verses each. Cardan.
assisted by his pupil Fcrrari, sue
ceede iii extending the rules. solved
equations OF the fourth degree, and
published the whole in The AIRS Mag
ma Tartaglia, irritated at the
aigetraist astrOlOger's violation Of
his word. fell into a violent rage. He
sent to his enemy, according to the
fashion Of the time, several chal-
lenges, and in one Of them went SO
far as TO threaten Cardan and his
pupil that he would wash their heads
together and at the same time. "a
thing which no barber in italy could
do"
Cardan finally agreed to attend a
d'sputation, which was to be held in
q church H. Milan on the 10th of
August, lj4S. He did not appear,
but sent his pupil Ferrari. Ferrari
bore his part in the contest al G. {.
and the ana would have resulted in
favor OF Tartiglia if tho hostile atti-
tude OF Cardan's friends had not
caused him to leave Milan by a by
road. -The Popular Science Monthly.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28

Its putty ~e-cOnOmlcai, bows lie.
gan Uncle Darius to the group on the
wharf, dangling their lines in the lazv
tide, Ito get your laugh all in fu>t
when you play a JOKE, because some
times you don't git time afterward.
You're putty ginerally too busy count
ing up what it's cost We This was
an unusual amount OF moralizing fox
ncle Darius, and the boys let the
lines go Undated to listen. Il re.
member once, when | was a boy. o.
gittin' enough jokin' in one mess ful
ali summer" continued the old man.
II was ringlcader putty much q!
the time around our corner, me an
Bic HayfOrd. When | didn't happen
to think Of any mischief, Bile could
always prompt me.
One night We thought we'd play
a joke on Jabez, the old shoemaker.
lie was a skeery kind of a NAH
kinder slick-lookin' an oily in bis
manner. He was noted fur some
things more'n he was fur honesty. !
guess
his shop was in a lonesome Kind
OF a spot. an we planned u rig up !.
dummy an skecr i'm. We made il
out o things we found in the fish
house-stulied an old oi!skin sui.
with nets. an hung on some decoy
ducNs Tor feet. When it was done,
1t was a awful solemn looking tnin..
1--WE waited till Jabcz went to sup
per, an then we crep' IL through the
cellar an hung it on il lean: an Tn =
we Iald down in the gras, u see the
huen cry he'd make, an watch the
fun.
Well, there want acne to sleak
on. lie Shet the door m locked il,
an we meached home. W. didn't
darst to go an git the things for sry-
raj days, an when we d!G he loohcd
terrible innocent, an say, ne:
"'Wel!, blieve l did l.ev some
nets an things hangin' Ip here, az
as they want nc Use 20 me | sold
en-
We'll, Bile an the boys they
helped me, an we mcnagcd to pick
enough berries that summer to pay
Tor n nets an suit. Int I've al.lcr>
lelt glad we he'd sech a good time
ia'ighln' when we was ,tuttin them
nets IN, because when w was pickiL
the berries we didn't seem 10 keer ~
laugh"
"Did he ever pay back the money!
asked one boy.
mo, sonny, he didn't 1t WASH:
IKE Jabez to do that. But he ii
zap our Shoes fur moth n that W.
ter"
1HEiE is SO much Of the martyr IL
woman that she doesn't mind Il lite
:; buse for the comfort size gets il. tJ-.
Ing her best friend alout il.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28

name, and has replaced the cd mans
legitimate initials. In an uptown re-
sort where the subject of the cheap
actor WAS under discussion. one actor
had this Ia say:
Talk about getting caned arts
tIcaliy and in cold blood. had an
experience nee Twenty years ago
| was PLAYING with Couldock in "A
road company. We played IA roper
tory, ana ! Was playing juvenile
parts. ! had quite al estimation o.
myself in those days. In fact |
used t" he in such 4 hurry 10 spout
my lines that on several occasions |
brohe IN on COuidock's scenes and
spoiled more than one OF them. | saw
the Old man throw me IA daggcr'S
glance now and then, bur ] didn't
give the matter a second thought
~"finally n morning he asked me
10 60 for a stroll with him. He was
remarkably a1ablc, so / went.
" y Dung man. said he, I've been
thinking a lot about You lately. How
much mo c> do you draw:
"'Tcn dollar, "a W Elk. sir
Ten dollars. Dear, dear. that's
not much, Can YOU save money out
of that
We'll, not much, sir. You see
nave a widowed mother and "A sister
10 support.
"''llow ABOUT So IA week: Think
you could save money out OF Sl5:'
"Oh. dear. yes" | exclaimed,
frightening VI all Of "A sudden
You're dead certain you could
save money"
"'leS. sir: | am.
"'Ncry well; after this Won draw
SD from the box office every week
'On, thank you, sir | broke Gu
impetuous'y. i knew you would
appreciate my ar, : oncr or late
"'llold on now, | amt finished
yet, interrupted Couldock. You 90
save money out OF that and soon as
you've got enough laid up, 90 buy an
AK ana KNOCK your - few brains
nm
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28
NEWSPAPER
Some Stnpendoa-iy Lu,arrOu. Statements
Gain Popular Credrnce.

Gain Popular Credpnce.
An item is going the rounds OF the
nres,to the effect that at the Paris TX.
position or ,9"O. amsaa the objects 0,
curiosity will be a telescope which
Will apparently triDg tn moon to
within a varu Of the earth. In other
words. We will be able TO observe the
moon about "a We do the world
around us.
ON which the. National Druggist
v'ry aptly comments thus:
To anyone acqua nted with the
rudinIcntS o. optics this is so absurd
mat n would scarcely merit contra
dlction: but, unfortunately, the great
bu'k o, newspaper readers know
nothing OF Optic-. and care less: and,
also unfortunately, the human being
l, prom" To accept rs true anything
tnat smackS OF the marvcluus--thc
more marvellous, the rradier men are
to believe.
The laws reg ulating the amp!ilca.
ton OF an image in "A compound in.
strument like the telescope are liked.
and enable US to calculate with great
eXactness the focal length OF an eye.
piece, and OF the object glass, whose
effects shall give n de-
sired ampliication. Not to 20 into
the scientific discussion of these
principles, we will state, As a fixed
rnle, the application depends upon
the focal length of the eye-piece and
that OF the object glass-the shorter
the former the shorter the latter
and hence, OF the length OF the tube
necessary to attain any given am
plitication. The formula for ascer.
tanning the magnitying power OF IA
telescope, roughly stated, is Fe. where
r Is the focal length OF the object
glass, and c that OF the eye-piece.. Z.
Let us admit for arguments sake.
that at The end Of the century engi.
ncoring skill and manufacturing
facilities Will have reached a point
at which the constr uction OF "a tube
or body for the telescope, OF any de
sired length and diameter-say 500
miles long-will be a mere bagatelle.
Let us also suppose that by that time
opticians will he able to construct
object glasses OF any desired diane
ter. ana cyc.pieces OF any desired
shortness Of focus. Let us take l-25
inch a. the fOca! length of the eve.
piece linany times shorter than at
present possible. which will give an
amplltication (roughlV Of 300 times
the image made by object glass. The
moon is approximately 23s. 800 miles
away from US, or APO, 900. 600
yards. To bling her TO the apparent
distance OF one yard, with an eye
piece OF - inch focal distance.
would therefore require a tube length
of about +2o. 600 yards or say 500
miles The object glass would nave
TO be uoughIy speaking) about
twenty-siX miles in diameter. We
think that the reader will agree with
us that this is beyond even the DOS.
sibilities Of fin de steele engineering
and optical skill.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28
Too Cautious.

\ striking instance Of IN effort at
Se!f-protectiOn which was carried to
al egOtI>tical, selfish extreme. and
which brought about its own Sc
we're punishment, is related bt the
author OF a narrative Of curious incl
dents OF the French Revolution. The
father OF Gueau de ReverscauX had
been a distinguished lawyer. and
through his influence he held impor-
tant Offices under the Government
When the Revolution b gan he CAV
up his Office at La Rochelle, and re-
tired to Chartres.
From the time that the Revolution
began Gueau dc lieverseauk devoted
his attention exclusively to preserving
his W safety. lie wrote no letters.
he would receive no letters: he saw
no visitors, and paid no visits: he
spoke Il no person, and allowed no
one to come near him. 1t woIld
have been impossible to be more pru-
dent than he was.
However. he wanted some sheds
built on his farm near Charities, and
Nentured to consult carpenter. The
carpenter told him that he could not
undertake the work Immediately, as
Hucau de ReverseauX wished, because
most OF his wOrkmen were drafted to
JOIN the army at once.
Guean de~,lteverseauX replied, The
workmen need not 20; they can send
substitutes"
This remark was heard by the
workmcn, but only the first phrase
made any impression on them. They
reported everywhere that Monsieur
Gueau de Ieverscaux, who must
lie good authority. had sac that they
need not 90 The news went to
headquarters that Gueau de Revcr-
seauX declared that the drafted work
men need not obey the government.
This was considered to be conspiracy,
and he was condemned to death. He
was at once taken to the Conciergeric
prison; and he paid tor his selfish
folly with his life.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28

IN q recent interview Patti en-
planned how She happened to buy her
castle and also how she managed to
preserve her voice so long.
Il had" she said. gone down
there on a visit To Baron swansea
he had not received his title then
n was charmed with the place
II was admirable for the voice, the
ar IS so pure and dry. II | have the
slightest hOarScness the air there
will cure me like to sing in Italy.
but would not like to live there: it is
too warm. Ny experience there is
not sufficient for me to say whether
or not the Italian air l. better for the
v0 &c than The air Of Wales / only
know and care that the air nj Craig
y-NUs l. excellent for my voice.
Zine has dealt very generously
with nv voice. OF curse il j. nor
for me To Ia X about il. Ionly know
that | have taken the greatest posi-.
bic care 81 1t. am very Particular
about the temperature. which j,
never allowed 10 register over 81 in
my roon. Only two Gas ,et> are al
lowed in the evenings. In the morn
Incs the window. Of NY private
sha,Gber are thrown open and the
fresh air allowed 10 come in freely.
The windows OF my tting-room are
kept shut and the communicating
door left open for purposes of yentila-
ton. In the evening. Of course. the
windows are shut again. Then /
never attempt u use my voice beyond
what | believe is best for it. People
come to hear me and say: oh. she
sang SO and So. and criticisc me adj.
versely, whereas the fact i that |
have not been trying to do what I
felt was beyond me at the moment
/ do not practice owe much. Run.
ming the scale twenty minutes a day
is suffic ent for me"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1893-12-28
Water is then added, the head OF the

Water is then added. the head OF the
still is firmly fixed on by means nf :
crane. and the whole made air tigh.
(to prevent the escape OF any steam
by LAYERS OF whitening. The mel
then lighl the fires below, and the
vapor. passing through Il pipe tech
nlcally known as the 'wOrm,' is
caught in "A huge vat nearly full OF
cold water, where it gets condensed
and flows into a receiving can below
as OH and water. The essential oil
is thaS retained. whilst the water.
which is useless, trickleS away. In
the distillation Of peppermint the
water is collected. -Daily Chr)nic.c,