The morning call., 1893-02-26
The Leper Problem in Ha=
Waiian Annexation.
WOMEN AS INVENTORS.
Origin of the Campaign Pole and
Campaign Rooster-Snowfalls in
San Francisco.

whom contends that no woman ever in
vented anything worthy of note2'
There is more in this controversy than
'appears, and even were it possible 10 fur
-nish such list as that requested (Which
would involve a search of the United States
Patent Office records for nearly century,,
no practical support would be furnished TO
the argument pro or con. A number of
letters have been. published Of late tending
to prove or disproye the literary merits of
women in general and California women in
particular. As 10 women as inventors,
careful search Of four years patent Office
records of the Patent Office shows the
names of about dozen women as assgnors
or assignees of patents, but this may prove
anything; that the women were the IN
ventOrs, but assigned the patent TO some
man To work il" financially; or that the
women furnished the financial aid aud The
Inventor assigned the patent to them.
Women have figured as dise0yerers from
the day when the first and the fairest OF the
sex found the tree of forbidden irult down
ta Caroline Lucretla HeFSebel, who dis
covered eleven comets and died a. the age
OF %, a member Of nalf dozen learned So
cieiles in Europe. But invention IS dit-
ferent thing. The rapid advancement OF
the equal rights principle, with co-educa-
ton ana an increasing desire for independ-
enee, may bring bout an age OF women as
Inventors. There are many women OF num-
bic means to-day who contend that the
"make-shifts" and 'cOntTiyarees" they are
forced to introduce into the household
world day after day, year after year, speak
highly OF their capacity for invention.
= LEPROsY IN HAWAH-Su6seribe City.
% The problem OF leprosy in the Hawaiian
Islands would probably be satisfactorily
solved within two or three decades under
tie administration of the United States.
Tie past Government of the islands has ex-
pended large sums in segregating the lepeTs.
but tie weak character of the Government
isself has made concealment OF cases SO
easy that the disease IS widespread all over
the Islands. % The social habits Of the
islanders are naturally contrlbutary 10 a
spread OF the evil, as Is also the wholesale
importation OF Oriental contract labor. The
probability is, however. that with The ab0n-
ton Of contract labor, the expulsion of the
MOngoli3n population and hOuse-to-heuse
inspection. leprOsy would be wiped out OF
the Hawaiian Islands within twenty years
IYphus fever, once a common sc0urge. IS
rare in civilized lands now. 90 The leper
colony at M0l0kai Island was founded by
r0val edict in 1866. II would hardly attract
office kers In the event Of annexation,
for all the officials on the Island. even the
teachers and ministers. are lepers. and the
case II ather Damien IS an object lesson.
THREE IN a BATcH-N. K. L.. City. ~
T. keep the skin from cbapping you must
conITiye a way to guard it from the alterna-
tons of heat and cold. When the mischief
IS done, a little glycerine is as seryiceabe
remedy as anything. 81 About the only
safe preparation to make the hair grow is
oil mo nd ~ Of
caRthardes applied 10 the scalp. The
tcautharides IS n powerful irrltant and affects
some constitutions very unpieasantly. A
dram Of the tineture to a siX-Ounce bottle
viii Do sufficient. Glycerlne Is the best
vehicle for the application. Any druggist
VIII make up the preparation for you. 81
The seven wonders Of the world are as fol-
5laws The Pyramids, the Colossus Of
Rhodes, Diana's Temple at EphesuS, the
1AaTos Of Alexandria. tie Hanging Gardens
ut Babylon, the statue OF the OlymplaB
love. and tie Mausoleum by ATtemisa at
.HaiicarnaSsuS.
DIAMONDS d. H, City. A genuine
diamond can be distinguished from an imita-
tian by such a number of tests that it is
impossible to imagine how any observant
person can be deceived. u By mere in
specton. A real diamond has a natural
1ie to it; that is to say. the luminous ap-
.pegrance seams TO proceed from the stone
Itself, no matter at what angle the light Is
p1aeed. In an imitation stone there is only
uue angle at which there is any glitter
or brliiancy at all; in all other posi-
I ons it looks CLASSY and dead. % The most
= effective imitation Of the diamond is what
i known as paste" stone. Il is merely
glass with an extra quantity of lead, but
this makes it soft, whereas the diamond Is
extremely hard 81 a diamond cannot be
cracked Crr bFaKpn nv ordinary nSp.
GEORGE SAND 4. D., East Oakland.
The works of Mme. Dudevani, otherwise
known as George Sand. are found in first
class libraries uBQuestonably. Whether
they are calculated to have bad moral
effect upon the young raises different
issue. As a writer George Sand ranks
among the greatest nOyelists that ever lived,
fer though her sentiments are generally dis
approved by those who are by no means
puritanical on general principles. the bril-
fancy of her Imagination. the charm 0f her
literary style and the wealth and vigor Of
her bought compel admiration. o. Mime.
DudeTant was an, advocate of extreme re-
publican and socialistic IDEAS and her
morals were far from irreproachable 81
1t is understood that her novel "COnsuelo"
was Brought into prominence III the divorce
case you refer 10.
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The following is the succession of ring
champions in this country: Tom Hyer,
1871 to 1850; Yankee Sullivan. 1880 TO 1853
John MoIrissey. 1853 to 1857; John c. Hee-
nan, 1857 10 1868: Joe Cobu-n, 1868 to 1864
Bill Davis and Jim Dunno alternately 1864
10 1866; Mike MeCeol. 1866 to 1863; Tom
Allen. 1869 TO 1876. with a short interval
when Jem Mace held the honor; Joe Goss,
1876 to 1880; Paddy RYAN. 1880 10 1882; John
L. sullivan. 1882 To 1892. with short Inter
val. during which he forfeited to Klrain
j. j, Corbett. from September, 1892, present
champion. ~ Yankee Sullivan was van
qHished by beth HyeT aud Morrissey. He
was fearfully punished In each contest
2: RAzzLE-DAzZLE-9 Z. c., City. In the
game of dice called razzle-dszzle the ques-
ton whether FIVE aces is superior to five
skies is simply matter of agreement be-
tween the parties. Sometimes il Is agreed
thateach ace shall count as a six: in other
words. that aces and skies are even. 1t is
.emDhatically new idea, and 81 course is
not according to boyle" % Coal oil and
kerosene are the same thing. GO George
. Washington was born on February II, old
. style; February %, new style. The latter
is Invariably used in the United States and
civilized Europe. The explanation of the
difference in date and the revision OF the
Gregorian Calendar was fully given in the
@ c. more than month ago.
EMBLEMs OF VIcToRY-Subscriber. Sac
ramento. II is said that the hickory pole
and broom were first used as emblems OF
victory by the Democratic party during the
administrations Of Jackson and Van Bureu.
Tie rooster was first used as an emblem OF
derision by the Wigs in the campaign OF
1910 when George Patison Of the Indian
apols Sentinel. a Democratic organ, en-
daavored to cheer the Responding postmas-
ter CT Greenfield by advising him 10 Grow,
Chapman. crowp -Four years later victory
returned TO the Democratic party and the
rooster came into universal use as tae DEM
ocratic emblem of victory.
MARRIAGE AND DIvoRcE-Subscribe
City. % III a woman obtains a divorce
from man both parties are free to marry
again. 81 The announcement of the d.
voTce id the newspapers Is not legal ne
cessity; the publication is mostly made by
4 fraf 4la u snaners Themselves froo, Tho nour,