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The morning call., 1893-01-09
An Awkward predicament.
Chicago Herald.


A well-known woman of Evanston had a
most unpleasant experience while euter-
tanning a fhw friends at dinner. While a
course was being served the hostess sud-
denly jumped up. exelaiming: 20! there's
a mouse in my pocket" The effect on the
guests, most of whom were ladies. can read
lily be imagined Fortunately for Mrs. 8.
this occurred during the reign of the sensi-
bic modiste who placed pockets in womee's
pockets where it was possible to find them,
so without losing much time Mrs. s. gath
cred the part of her dress surrounding the
pocket closely in her hand to prevent the
escape of thepnor little rodent. Then Mr.
B.. who was sitting next, said: Just hold
the pocket on this chair and We soon settle
Mr.. Mouse" Mrs. 5. obeyed, and Mr.. b.
picked up heavy paperweigtt and CON-
meneed pounding on the protuSerance sup
posed to be the mouse. "0hl it must be
dead by this time" cried Mrs. S., excitedly
'1'm sure heard the bones cruck." She
then proceeded to open the pocket with fear
and'tremhing, and all eyes were fastened
intently uDon it, expecting to see the
mangled remains of the mouse.
Imagine the surprise Of all and the morti-
featon OF Mrs. s. when there was disclosed
TO plain view a set, or rather the remains of
a set of false teeth
The morning call., 1893-01-09
OLDEST OF BRITISH PEERAGES
The Earldom of Mar, Which Goes
Back to the Year 1910.


Probably the death of the Duke OF MARI
borough is responsible for the continued
interest in the British peerage, which
prompts the question: "Who created the
first British peer, and when did he do it?"
The Oldest existing title in the British peer
age is Scottish, that Of the Earl OF Mar,
which again WAS not created, but grew. Ii
dates from 1910, thus beng nearly 900 years
old. Duncan ruled then, whom Macbeth
murdered. There are several kinds of
British peers, besides the various degrees Of
each kind. They rank as follows: Peers
Of England, created before 1907; peers OF
Scotland, created before 1907; peers Of
Great Britain, created between 1907 and
1860; peers Of Iceland, created before 1860;
peers Of the United Kingdom, created since
1900; peers of Ireland, crea ted since 1900.
and life peers.
The oldest existing English peerage is the
eard0m Of Arundel and Surrey, dating from
ll55, in the reign OF Henry II. and now held
by the Duke Of Norfolk. The oldest Scot
fish peerage is that of Mar. 1910; but there
is some doubt about this. and the Oldest
certain peerage is the earld0m of Suther-
land held by the Duke OF Sutherland. and
dating from 1928, when Alexander ii was
King. The Oldest peerage in Great Britain
is the earldom of Ferrers, dating from I'LL,
in the reign Of Queen Anne; this is held by
family to ay0unger branch Of which Wash
iugton belonged; and the name Washing
ton Is still familiar name TO it. The old
dest irish peerage, and the oldest peerage
which has not been merged into higher
title. is the harony of Kingsdale. dat
ing from 11S1, when Henry III was
lord of Ireland It is held now by the thirty
second lord he has the privilege OF wearing
his hat in tile presence Of the sovereign.
The oldest peerage of the United Kingdom
IS the barony Of Moore, created in 1901, and
the Oldest Of the modern Irish peerages is
the Earldom Of CaledoD, created the same
year. The very Oldest peerage. that of
Arundel, IL by tenure-that is, the original
holder was peer by virtue OF holding
Arundel Castle, and then came peerages by
writ; wealthy men were summoned to at
tend the king, and the custom grew OF sum
mOning always any man who had once been
summoned Then came peerages by
patent, those granted since about 1887. All
modern peerages are created by patents Of
nobility
The morning call., 1893-01-09
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Jerry Simpson thinks that the dignity OF
the Senate should be abolished.
The Russian Gar and the Siamese King
have one taste in cOmmon-each is bicycle
rider.
Olive Sehrener, the South African nov
elisi. is described as bright ana cheerful,
plump. pretty and about 30.
james McVeigh OF Waycross. Ca, Is 81
years old, has twenty-three children living
and has never been sick day in his life.
Mrs. Esther Morris, who has acted as
justice of the peace OF South Pass, Wyo., for
several years, sent her husband up for ten
days for contempt of court.
Az charity bazaar in Vienna an English
man offered 5000 for single kiss from the
Marchioness Pallaviceini. He got 1t and
planked down q tb0nsaRd-po Bank of
England note TO pay for il.
Miss Kate MaTsden, who Is much Inter
eSted in the establishment OF leper colonies
in Liberia. is coming to this country 10 lee
ture and raise funds to enable her TO carry
out her benevolent schemes.
Commodore Solomon d. Betton of New
Orleans, Virginian by birth. who is 81
years old. was a midshipman on the United
States war vessel Brandywne on the oeca-
sion of the reception given on board to the
Marquis de LAFAYETTE in the harbor of
HavTe, Oct. Der I, 1926
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Useful to MetaI-Workers.
New York Sun.

In metal-work a new French soap has
been introduced which is said 10 overcome
the objections pertaining to the ordinary
cleansing substances. 1t is prepared from
eocoaDut butter, % kilOs of the latter being
melted in an iron vessel, together with
little water, to this mixture being added,
with constant stirring, $50 grams OF chalk,
675 grams of alum. the same of cream of
tartar aud like quantity of white lead !;
this mixture is then poured into moulds, al
lowed to solidify. and the soap thus obtained
is made into paste with water, then rubbed
over the metal to be cleaned, and finally
removed by a dry cloth or by channels
leather. Attention may also be called to a
new cement for joining pieces of iron to-
getber. the constituents of the mixture bs-
ing equal parts OF sulphur and white lead
with about Gne-sixth pro portion of borax,
the three thoroughly incor porated together
so as TO form a perfectly homogeneous mass
When the composition is TO be applied il is
wetted with strong snlphuric acid and
thin layer OF it placed between the two
pieces OF iron to be connected, these being
at once pressed together. the cement, as is
stated, holding so firmly as to resist the
blows of q steel hammer and drying so com
pIeiely in few days as to leave no trace of
the cement. the work presenting the APP
peaTance OF welding.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
THE TEACHERS TASK.
One of the Most Wearing Occupations
for Women.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Close observation shows that teaching is
one of the most wearing occupations for
women. Even the hard working clerk, type
writer journalist or seamstTess. with longer
hours and more drudgelke employment,
keeps her health and strength better through
FIVE years of continuous service than does
the average schoolieacher. The girl who
begins with erect carriage and rosy cheeks
will be seen in the course Of a few years to
have lost both. Much Of this is attributed
to the nervous strain necessary for the reg
ular routine Of governing often an unruly
class and az the same time teaching the re-
quired studies. But, allowing that teaching
is hard work. without entering into the rea-
sons, certainly nothing should be neglected
which ADDS physical comfort TO these posi-
tions OF honor, filled many tlmessby earnest
women who strive by enthusiasm in their
work and by a noble example to make
teaching a profession.
1t would seem 10 be absurd TO declare It
is their right to occupy only rooms which
can be properly heated and ventilated, and
yet it is not too strong statement 10 say
that, to the Writer'S knowledge, one girl
last winter owed q severe attack Of pneu-
monia 10 the low temperature of her room,
while others suffered more or less from the
same cause. Because there are conditions
over which the teachers themselves have
little or no control, they should be all the
more carefully attended to by those who do.
There Is another consideration. however.
for which they thems elves are more RESPONSE
bic. and that is the midday luncheon, which
is very pit TO be basket affair, eaten as rap
idly as possible IN order to go OH with school
work, or as one teacher said, "She took a
bite while correcting papers which had 10
be ready for the afternoon session. The
full hours rest at noon should be enjoyed;
when possible q breath OK fresh air and a
few minutes walk will make the duties of
the afternoon easier. a great drawback In
Br 0oklyn to a warm luncheon is the lack of
suitable restaurants. Even In New York a
woman's lunehroonl in a comparatively new
Institution in the business world, but they
are appearing one after another. As rule
those freQueBtiug these places have their
accustomed seats and q pleasant hour is
spent eating and chatting with friends.
When IL is inconyen!ent to leave the build
ing some change should be made. IL only
from one room to another. and the fun
hours rest should be taken.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
NO FREE COINAGE.

THE CALLS Washington correspondent
says that the House Committee on banking
and Currency almost unanimously voted
down an amendment to bill under consid.
Grafton providing for free silver coinage.
This does not mean probably that there are
no free-coinage men on the committee, but
that the Democratic party does not propose
TO adopt that policy. The proposition TO
co the silver now in the treasury was not
voted upon. II is not easy to see what is to
be gained By coming this silver at the pres
ent time. 1t Is represented in our currency
by treasury notes, which are more likely 10
maintain their face value than silver GER
tifcates. TIE latter, as is well known.
call for certain number Of silver dollars,
aud are as good as gold as long rs silver
dollars are maintained at parity with gold.
But If silver dollars should from any cause
fall below their face value, silver certifi-
Gates would Of course 20 with them. But
treasury notes, being issued in payment OF
silver at its market value. would not be
afTected
The morning call., 1893-01-09
SHIPS OF WAR.
Naval Architecture of Olden Times
Being Reproduced To-day.


The Greek and Roman galleys, when CON-
pared with the ships Of the middle ages,
show not only greater stability but fitness
for many uses besides that of merely cut
ting the water. In one we find at the
waters edge a sheaf of twelve huge swords
or prongs for tearing an enemy at the water
line, while above are two iron spear-headed
rams to be run ont violently by concealed
crew, and shaped either 10 smash in bull
warks or to hook on TO or cut the eDemy's
rigging. From the platform above arehers
could discharge their arrows or repel board
ers. Other war galleys were provided with
catapulis, from which great masses OF stone
or marble shot were hurled upon the
enemy's ship or amid his rowers Some
of the larger ships carried great cranes,
which, being lewered TO an opposing ship
lifted with great graphing irons her bow
or stern high enough In air to render
her helpless for attack or defense. These
machines called ''c0rVi," were invented by
the famous engineer Archimedes, and were
used by him with terrible effect at the siege
of Syracuse, where the attacking galleys,
according TO Plutaroh, advancing too close
to the walls. were speared or grappled with
great iron pr0ngs, and after being lifted
from the water by the ends were swaysd TO
and fro, whirled in mldair and dashed to
fragments against the rocks. Though we
may doubt the saying that There is nothing
new under the sun" we certainly find naval
architecture repeating itself. for our modern
men-0f-war are abandoning the open fight
ing tops at their mastheads and using the
round basket-shaped fighting-towers which
appeared so often in old designs of Roman
ships, especially of the time of julius
Caesar. ia which we also discover PROV.
ram, or beak so closely resem bling those of
the Chicago, Atlanta and Maine that We
might accuse the later designers Of plagiar-
ism. One has bow the exact counterpart
of the British ironelsds Lord Warden and
Royal Oak. now in the royal navy.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
A MALICIOUS REPORT.


The Cramp firm Of shipbuilders have an
unquestioned right to gel all the Govern
ment contracts they can. But this right
does not include the right to msTepresent
the work Of a competing firm. If ii be true,
as reported. that the Cramp firm inspired
an article in the New York Herald repre-
senting the trial trip Of the Monterey as a
comparative failure, the firm has been guilty
Of a very mean thing There was 10 excuse
for such q report. If the vessel does not
meet al the requirements Of the contract
the official report will show the short
comings. The fact seems to be that the
success Of the Union Iron Works in getting
Government contracts and in building war
ships is resented in the East as an en-
croacbment on their preserves. They can
not understand how State that imports the
bulk of its manufactured goods should excel
in so high an order Of mechanical work as
building modern warshps. Since the Union
Works have as yet made no failure the wise
men Of the East thought it time to throw
out a doubt of success. which nothing but
the unquestionable superiority of the Mon.
teTey will remove.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
UNPR0FESSIONAL.

The Bar Association seems to have be-
come convinced that the appropriation of a
clients estate by member OF that associa-
ton is not unprofessionaL 1t is well that
this decision has at last been reached.
Clients will now look out for themselves.
They VIII not place their trust in fictions
which profess to assure them that their
property is in some way protected By tie
standard of legal ethics recognized by the
Bar Association. 1t is not certain that the
decision in the cases OF four practitioners
which has been foreshadowed will add to
The sum Of the Bar Associations annual
earnings. A certain proportion Of men will
prefer to relinquish claims upon dis uted
property rather than accept the certainty OF
losing it ultimately through the vexatious
process of lawsuit. They will prefer the
remnant which might be retained by COM
promise to the possibility of mourning a
debt in the effort 10 secure larger share.
The dead, however, are unprotected. since
minor heirs have not even the power to
keep out of court,
The morning call., 1893-01-09
OFFICE

Several gentlemen who have recently held
responsible positions in tie city government
have expressed the opinion that Office
holding is not profitable. Sheriff Laumeis-
ter goes out Of an office worth nOminally
$500 a year to return to private business
that used 10 be worth $500 a month. but
has gone to pieces during his term Of Office
holding. Mr.. LaumeistePs case is excep-
tionaI Most men who have $500 month
permit public Office to seek them. But if we
suppose a man has his living TO earn and has
DO very valuable business built up, Is it
worth while to seek public Office with the
average salary attached. The Office Mayor
Sauderson has just retired from SO willingly
has a salary attached Of $4,000 a year and DO
profitable patronage. The opportunities Of
the Office axe immense, but 3 man who
would make bad use Of these oppOTtuni-
ties stands little show OF an election. AIr.
SandeTson is doubtless right in the eoncu-
sion that he has never done so much work
foEsO little money as he has done for the
city in the last two years. There are two
principal drawbacks to public life. First
perhaps. are the demands made by ones
political friends a candidate is TO al ex-
tent behOlden to thousands of men for what
they call influence, and he cannot know
precisely the value of the service rendered.
Be viii probably meet a hundred men Dur
ing his term who are positive that they
procured him number Of votes equal TO
his majority. a 5000 salary can easily 60
to friends" of this description.
a second drain, which might perhaps
be made first, are the appeals for charitable
purposes. Sheriff LaumeisteT estimates his
expenditures for charitable purposes at
Ss000 year. These expenditures include
subscriptions to church fairs and kindred
entertainments. TO which most weIl-to-dO
men are liberal subscribers The picture
presented Of public life is not encouraging.
A young man who sees a chance to get 500
a month as a clerk in public office or S75
in private business in most cases commits
the mistake Of his life il he accepts the
former.
The morning call., 1893-01-09

which have been allowed 70 grow up. The
Attorney General finds that. leaving inter-
est. penalties and costs out of consideration.
the amount of delinquent taxes owing by
the railroad from 1885 to 1887 inclusive,
amounts to over 50. 000.o00 and that. in adj
dition, 81. 000,0 900 is delinquent for the years
preceding 1855. Certain officials are heavily
scored for laches in not insisting upon pay
ment. How such a menstrous state OF
things came about we'll deserves exposure.
Huntington can hand over gifts of 100000
for library purposes and $4,000 for park
purposes, but If he reslsts payment of taxes
his philanthropy is mixed. The people
should attend to their law-making powers
with vigilance, and should brand with in
delible infamy legislators and Judges who
c0nGive at the perpetra ion Of these wrongs.
How to correct the blunders that have been
made is serious problem.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
The Usage Indians.
New York sun.

Ho-ne-a-go, chief OF one of the bands of
Usage Indians. claimed to be the richest
tribe OF people in the world, visited Kansas
CITY last week. bought his first derby hat
aud had great time. There are now go
Osages, and they have 10 their credit in the
Government treasury about $40, COO 600, own
100000 acres of excellent land. and do not
owe cent. Their income per capita is S55
per quarter. The big chief was treated TO
dizzy rOund OF sightseeing. from the stock
yards TO comic opera and the fire depart
ment. and one of his most frequent express
siOns was, 'Injuns amt in itw 1t was
discovered that he had no idea what this
phrase meant, but had learned il from his
guide, who had made the remark pretty
frequently on the way 10 town TO describe
what the red man would see there.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
FOOLISH CHINESE.

The Chinese 70 the United States are
astute enough Go perceive that the q ssY
act can 0niy Do enforced 80 considerable
ex oense and incOufeuierce. Tie act e.
llgses A. DiGinese who - uut register -
arrest and imprisonment until snch tine =.
M cans Of tTansis out Of the cauDtfs may De
provided. n wnuia take st least oae INN
dred steamships to carry ;he Chinese rome.
at cost rot far from 100000 or course
it Is practically impossible 10 provide 80
large a feet Of vessels at once, and the Chi
ness are relying upon the inconvenieDee Of
helding "a large a number N prison for any
lcnsfh q tiise. The Chinese
The morning call., 1893-01-09

are foolish to rely either upon the cost or
inconvenien ee of executing a law. The
fact that the Chinese set themselves against
the enforcement of law will determine the
Governmen TO emf it at whatever ne
cessary expense. 1t is exceedingly proba-
bic that their present attitude is a kind Of
bluff. When arrests and deportations COM
mence in good earnest there will be a gen.
eral Increment toward the registry Office.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

sTocKv wills THFArER. Powell street near Mar
Iet-"The Magistrate"
TIvo1- OPERA House, Eddy street. OF Market.
CTeTa-"Fa Faust"
GEovF-STREET THEATER- Grove street above
IolA-"CIIderela. CT The Little Glass slipper
N1evAaT THEATER. corner Stockton and Geary
streets-Opsra and Variety Performance.
CALIFORNIA 1HEATER, Bush street, above Kearny.
The Ola Homestead"
HUsE-STREET THEATER. Bush street. between
hsaIHy and Montgomery SchIling's MinStreis-
FAIpwIN THFATEB Market street. near Powell.
.lhe Suortsman.n
The morning call., 1893-01-09
A Valuable Discovery.

A mans head in marble, which was lying
neglected IN the Clubhouse Of the residence
Of a MT. Webb, near Guilford, England, has
been recognized as Greek marble OF no
little value aud beauty IL had short curl
ing hair. eyes followed cut for metal or
eoloraa marble pspils. and. as too oilen hap
pens aeo Asse. aiE ~ 40 49,. .4s...
20 i1 ne hrltish Nsteuni. where IL j. re
g4Tdef ~ rriie a Ire seventh ceniufy be.
fore Christ anu a pieCe II archaic Greek
sssss..1re. ~ hsr - -. ss'ts. e-szezsin~
expTessicps = very singular cetaY IL saa
prrsaEss II three rows q tge!i rOsesfrs
sGaa-gg f.a2- ear 10 esf oyer fns fOrehegt
just below ~hsts the hair rises from tho
Uranium. These are perhaps meant to rep
resent small euris Of hair carefully trained
and fixed
The morning call., 1893-01-09
Work on a Pair of Shoes.


In a pair Of fine shoes there are two sewed
pieces, two inner soles. two sliffeniugs, two
pieces OF steel 10 give a spring to the instep
two bands twelve heel pieces, two sole
Innings, ten upper pieces, thirty taeks,
twelve nails In the heels and twenty buttons.
to say nothing of thread. both silk and fax;
bnt the wonder is found in the rapidly with
which these muItitudinous pieces are com
bined in a single completed work, for, as an
experiment, some of our shoe factories have
from the leather completed a pair OF shoes
in less than an hour and a half. and as test
single pair of mems shoes have been
finished In twenty minutes.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
CANARY CAPTURED by a Solder.

81. Louis Globe. Democrat
. The strength Of some Of the spiders which
build their webs in trees and other places in
and around Santa Ana, Cal, is astonishing.
One Of them had In captivity in tree In that
town not long ago wild canary. The ends
of the wings, tail and feet of the bird we're
bound together by some sticky substance, to
which were attached the threads of the
spider. which was slowly but surely draw
ing up the bird by an ingenious pulley ar
rangement. The bird swung head down.
ward and was so securely bound with little
threads that il could not struggle, and
would have been a prey 10 its great ugly
cantor bad not an onlooket rescued It.
The morning call., 1893-01-09

and the enormous size to which these stalks
grow renders their conversion into these
useful articles somewhat easy matter.
There is local song greatly admired by
tourists containing the words, Here we
grow the cabbage ten feet high" and in
credible as it may appear. they have even
reached height of sixteen feet These
cabbage walking sticks can be bought in
I
The morning call., 1893-01-09

COS MONTGOMERY street, near Clay, open until IL
O'Clock P. N. BRANCH OFFICES; no Market
street near Kearny, open until II o'clock midnight;
go HAYES street. open until 9 80 o'clock; 603
Isrku street open untii 80 o'clock; 25IS Gission
or-sat. open until O'Clock =. AZ; and ll6 Ninth
street., open until so p, II
The morning call., 1893-01-09
SUBSCRIPTION RATES ::

DAILY CALL Cnciudng sundays 50 per year oy
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calendar month throagh carriers. DAIiN CALI
I've copies, three months. se %. SUNDAY Call
tsixtter paees) 81 90 per year. postpaid suNDAi
CAILand WEEKLY CALL, s. 80 Per year. posi- paid
v EEKLY CALL Is pages, 81 per year. postpaid
TIE CsIL cannot return rejected Manuscripts
rtl will tie editor enter into cores o"aehce re-
IICCtlBE them.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
TIE CALL CALENDAR.
NOTICEI

Zng Of our patrons lglo fail to find THE
MORNING CALL for sale Jv train-bOys
tfuconfer a fdror by notifying this Office q
UJeet. naming the date and tram.
The morning call., 1893-01-09

Copper and brass can be melted in an
iron melting pot, because their fusing
point is below that of iron, but most metals
are melted in earthen pots-crucibes Is the
technical name. These are earthware
jars of various sizes and shapes, which
stand tremendous degrees of heat.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
THE DAILY MORNING CALL

FOX SAIL Al
NV York. .BRENTANO BROS z Union Square
clscseo News Stand Palmer House
~ tIrleats GAILoT a JOCBEBr,
49, 1l51b Commons
The morning call., 1893-01-09

ABSENT friends would enjoy California Glace
Fruits for New Years only SOC lb. In Japanese
baskets, express rates reduced. Order early
ToWnsendls 627 Market street. Palace HniaI
The morning call., 1893-01-09

J.F.CUTTER'sOLD BoURBoS.-Thisc celebrated
whisky is for sale by all first class druggists and
gToceTs. Iradenatk-star within a shield.
The morning call., 1893-01-09
THE MORNING CALL
prBLTCATfON OFFICE /.

Has q larger circulation than any other
nswspaper published in San Francisco.