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The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
The Earth,s Motion.

That the earth's motion has an ap- preciable effect upon artillery fire, de- fecting the projectile from straight course, may be news to many, and as such would probably seem a novel no- tion. It has, and the exact nature and extent of the effect is an important point of study with artillery experts An English army expert told of the re- suits of many interesting experiments along this line in a paper read before the Royal Artillery institution the other day. Firing from north to south there is a divergence of projectiles to the left due to the earth's rotation, and firing due north the divergence is to the right. The extent of the pull" varies at different points on the earth's surface, and with projectiles fired at different speeds and elevations. In England defection of five inches is found to occur with the projectile of a twelve-pounder in a four thousand yard range.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
YARNS OF FISH AND FOWL.
Some Wonderful Things Which Have Hap
 pened in the World of Sport.

pened in the World of Sport.
 An enthusiastic sportsman in Port Kenyon, Humboldt county, Cal, knows plenty of queer things. 'I have" he says, "a true fish story for which I can vouch. A gentleman living not mile from this town cast seven successive lines with three flies on his leader and securely landed out of Eel river seven teen trout weighing over one pound each. Three different casts yielded three fish each, and two different casts two fish each" The writer says this is not fish story" and then goes on to relate some more wonderful things. My son." he says, ''l1illed a whole snipe on the wing with his rubber slung at a single shot" Inferentially the young man frequently kills part of a snipe. On this particular occasion it appears that he killed a whole snipe This interesting writer says further and with becoming modesty: T had what l think a most extraordinary thing happen to me. I was riding on horseback from Eureka, when I saw a single duck flying toward me. The duck made a swOop down to a slough, running along the roadside, and settled on the water. Being very active man, and having a way of alighting from my horse at a leap, I jumped down and pretended to throw at the duck. He dived and, the water being clear, kept sight of AIr. Duck, and by throwing rocks and sticks kept him
 
 drowned that was able to pick him up and carry him home to Bear river alive" The writer concludes by tell ing of man who killed forty ducks at one discharge of his gun, and of party of six hunters who killed over one thousand wild fowl in one day.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
MEN AND THEIR MONEY.
Xo1 Can Judge Character by the Way
 Cash Is Carried.

Cash Is Carried.
 If you want to know something about mans character, watch how he handles his money. The generous, careless man carries his money loose in his pocket-copper silver and gold all mixed up together-and when he is going to pay for anything he takes out a handful and picks out the amount he requires, says the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch. He seems to have no fear of robbery, for he is of trustful disposi- tion, and, being perfectly honest him self, thinks most others must be like him.
 Of course, he is often cheated and imposed upon, yet he never entirely loses his faith in his fellow crea lures. A fine nature is his-in fact, too fine to cope with the many greedy, grasping mortals that flood the world. The man who, if he has to pay a few pence, won't even take the trouble of count ing out the amount of coppers, but throws down a piece of silver to be changed-and by the by he rarely counts his change-is a type of "a fool and his money are soon parted" Per haps a love of display, almost insepar- able from such a character, has some thing to do with this.
 careful man always carries purse and keeps the gold. silver and copper in different compartments. A man like this never wastes his money. He values it as it ought to be valued, and, though not niggardly, is determined to have his moneys worth. He quite be- lieves that ''any fool can make money, but it takes a wise man to keep it" and he is right.
 The mean man never lets you see what money he has. When he is go- ing to pay for anything he turns his back to you, clutches his money tight, and, so to say, draws it out of his hand, placing the coins down one by one, for he is 10th to part with them, even for necessities. Such a man is not far re- moved from miser, who rarely car ries money about his person at all, un- less it be sewn up in his clothes.
 Remember, the man who jingles his money in ninety-nine cases out of hundred hasn't got much. A bunch of keys and a few coppers make good deal of noise
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
HE GOT BOTH OF THEM.
An Express Company's Detective Who Laid
 Out Two Stage Robbers.

An Express Company s DetectIVe VI no Laad
 Out Two Stage Robbers.
 "One day in October, 1877, was staging it in northern California; said Thomas NJ. Spencer to a St. Louis Globe-Democrat man. ''There were six of US in the coach. We were talk ing about stage robbers. Suddenly there was a halt and one of the party said: Speak of the devil and he will appear Well, we all got up and stood in a line and gave up our purses and watches. The driver had thrown off the mail bag and the Wells-Fargo safe. There were two robbers, neither of them masked. They were not polite like the knights of the road of TO- nance, but swOre continuously. The job was done in about five minutes, and the robbers told the driver to go ahead. We did so for a half mile or so, when one of the passengers, silent man whom I had taken for a commercial man, said to the driver: Co slowly and wait for me at the ford He tken pro duced 9 Winchester from the bottom of the coach and started back over the road alone. Who is hep we asked the driver. 'Wels-Fargo man, 1 guess; never saw him before, but I guess he knows his business. If he comes back, he will have got them; if he don't, they'll have got him
 ''Twenty minutes later we heard some rapid firing. We stopped at the ford. Nearly an hour passed, and then the man who had gone back appeared on the trail. He walked slowly, as if in pain, and bloody handkerchief was tied about his head. Drive ba41 and get the box he said to the driver. Did you get emp asked the driver. Both of 'em,' he replied. We drove back. In the middle of the road where we had been held up both men lay dead. The Wells-Fargo detective, cal culating that they would stop to rifle the mail bag and the strong box, di- vide the plunder and then separate, had quietly walked back. One of them he dropped with his Winchester before he was suspected; the other got in one shot before he fell, and that had struck the brave man glancing blow on the head. Our property was all re- stored to us. We helped bury the dead robbers by the roadside. The brave of fcer refused to accept the purse we hastily raised for him.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
ATTRACTION OF THE ABYSS.
Why People Long to :ow Themselves from High Places.

Why People Long to ,Ow Themselves
 from High Places.
 ChevreuIs well-known experiments with the exploratory pendulum and the divining rod show that if we repre- sent to ourselves motion in any di- rection the hand will unconsciously realize it and communicate it to the pendulum, says writer in the Popular Science Monthly. The tipping table realizes a movement we are an- ticipating, through the intervention of a real movement of the hands, of which we are not conscious. Mind reading, by those who divine by taking your hand where you have hidden any thing, is a reading of imperceptible motions by which your thought is translated without your being con- scious of them. In cases of fascination and vertigo, which are more visible among children than among adults, a movement is begun the suspension of which is prevent ed by paralysis of the will. and it carries us to suffering and death. When child was navigating plank on tIlC I1NCI WlO nOuU d lIOuS IlO OIlbG l might fall. All at once the idea came like diverging force, projecting itself across the rectilinear thought which had alone previously directed my ac- tion. It was as if an invisible arm seized me and drew me down. I cried out and continued staggering over the whirling waters till help came to me. The mere thought of vertigo provoked it. The board lying on the ground sug- gests no thought of a fall when you walk over 1t; but when it is over a precipice and the eye takes the meas ure of the distance to the bottom, the representation of falling motion be- comes intense, and the impulse to fall correspondingly so. Even if you are safe, there may still be what is called the attraction of the abyss. The vision of the gulf as fixed idea, having pro- duced an inhibition" on all your ideas or forces, nothing is left but the figure of the great hole, with the intoXica- tion of the rapid movement that be- gins in your brain and tends to turn the scales of the mental balance. Temptation, which is continual in children because everything is new to them, is nothing else than the force of an idea and the motive impulse that accompanies it.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
STILL LOOKING FOR A COOK.
The Terrible Mistake of Newspaper Man
 in aD Intelligence Office.

The Terrible Mistake or a Newspaper Man
 in aD Intelligence Office.
 ''Our cook left us few days ago. said depressed-looking newspaper man the other day to writer for the New York Times. ''She said she couldn't live in house the head of which lived so irregularly and kept such terribly bad hours, even if his wife was i'll. And there has been noth- ing but trouble for me since. had to get my own breakfast this morning. That was bad enough. But this after noon, as a direct result of the cooks unhappy departure, was placed in a most embarrassing position" and recollection caused the newspaper man to look very mOurnful indeed. 'I started for an intelligence office with the firm intention of getting a cook or leaving for tropical country where one can live on raw fruit. Several alleged cooks passed in review before me, but none of them suited me. While l was questioning one a good-loolzing, mOdestly-dressed woman entered the place. Something about her appear ance struck me favorably. I said to myself: There's the cook want and l started for her. recall now that the manager raade an attempt to attract my attention, evidently realizing my intention. But took no notice of her. My state of mind was such, owing to the departure of our cook, that it never occurred to me that anyone else should want to procure servants. I touched the new arrival on the arm and said: You're the very woman I want for cook. What are your terms?'
 Lord! She turned slowly around, pnt up q pair of those long-handled glasses-I forget what you call 'em- and calmly looked me over. T want tall footnar, she said. You are tall. What are your terms?'
 We arc still without a cook"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
SERENITY OF JAPANESE WOMEN.
They Are Not Fretted to Death by the
 Petty Cares That Vex Americans.

Petty Cares That Vex Americans. ''The secret, perhaps" says a traveller, ''of the sweet expression and habitual serenity of the Japanese women can be found in their freedom from sTaall worries. The fashion of dress never varying saves the wear of the mind on that subject. And the baroness of the houses and simplicity of diet make housekeeping a mere bagatelle.
 "Everything is exquisitely clean and easily kept so. There is no paint, no drapery, no crowd of little ornaments, no coming into the houses with foot gear worn in the dusty streets. And there is the peaceful feeliI z of living in rooms that can be turned into bal comics and verandas at a moments notice, of having walls that slide away as freely as do the scenes Cn the stage and let in all out of doors, or change the suites of rooms to the shape and size that the whim of the day or the hour requires"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
Customs as to Dining.

The Spaniard, however courteous he may be, never invites a guest to din- ner; in Italy, too, the privacy of the family is seldom invaded at the dinner hour; the Frenchman is delighted to entertain, but prefers to do it at his club, while the Englishman is never so genial as when seated at his own table with company surrounding him.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29
THE MURPHY WILL CASE,
Argument of the Case Still in the
Oakland Court.

Oakland Court.
In the Murphy contest case before Judge
Henshaw in the Superior Court of Ala
media Mr. Martin took up the thread Of
argument yesterday morning where George
Metcaif had dro Ped it the evening before
when hs was carried from the room in a
fainting spell.
The subject itself was dry and uninter-
esting, being only musty law citations,
but Mr.. Martin put life into it in his inim-
liable way and held the crowd. Neither
Of the young ladies was present yesterday,
except Miss Helen. who came in
at the afternoon session with Vic
tor Il. Metealf and fitted out
few m nutes after. She was dressed be-
cOmingly. somewhat summary, and for the
few moments she occupied her old place at
central object of attention, except for one
short moment, and that was when Mr..
Wheeler made reference to Victor Met
calf's connection with the case. Young
brother Dan has not put in an appearance
during the argument thus far.
When Mr.. Martin concluded Mr.. Wheeler
rose to reply and close the case. MIR.
Wheeler is a pleasing speaker, forceful,
without being loud, and in moduated
voice puts his points IN plain, straight
way.
He covered the case thoroughly, stating
that in the case of Mrs. Murphy those
closest to her declared that she did not
know she had made a will, and that she
went to the grave believing that she had
not made will.
Mr.. Wheeler had not concluded at the
time the court adjourned, and he will re-
sumo his argument this morning.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29
BOXES OF OPIUM.
Three Thousand Dollars
Worth Seized.
The Struggled Drug Found in the
Rear of a Water Front
Saloon.

A seizure of opium valued at over $1,000
was made yesterday at the new Oceanic
saloon on the water front by the customs
officers. Information had been received
that lot Of opium was coming here over
land. and watch was kept for it. 1t was
reported that it was to be taken to the
Oceanic saloon or one near by. Inspectors
Holmes and McGinnis had the task of
keeping an eye on these places
Some boxes which were taken into the
Oceanic yesterday afternoon aroused sus-
piciou. When a search was made they
were found in a pile of other boxes in which
supplies for the saloon were kept They
were opened and in each Of the three 12O
half-pound tins Of opium were discovered.
The proprietor of the saloon said the
boxes were left at his place by man
whom he did not know. He did not want
them taken away, as:he thought the man
would call for them.
"What can tell him when he comes an
asks for his property" inquired the saloon
man. persuasively.
Tell him to call at the Custom-hous Sc
and he can get his valuable boxes there"
replied the inspector.
The tins were packed with daily papers
OF Santa IruZ Of an old date. 1t is likely
that the drug was landed at Santa
Cruz and put in the boxes there. 1t has
long been suspected that one method of the
smugxlers is to put the opium ashore down
the coast and then bring it to this city
overland. The three boxes were seem
ingly not shipped by rail as freight, as they
bore no ma K of any sort. They were
new boxes. like those for crackers.
Opium is worth SIS a pound here, in
Guiding the duty OF $l2. The customs Off
GERS have made three seizures this week,
the value of the drug found being over
S5OOO
Collector Wise does not doubt that there
is an industrious and cunning gang of
opium Smugglers in this city, and he pro-
poses TO do all in his power to break it
up. He would like to have the moiety
system restored so that the customs Off
GERS who make a seizure can get part Of
the value of the opium when sold. The
law which allowed this reward for detec-
tiOn and seizure was repealed few years
ago. The Collector believes that snug
Cling would be more difficult il the plan of
giving diligeni officers a share of the
money which the contraband article brings
were in force.
It was said that arrests will be made
to-day n connection with the seizure of
YESTERDAY.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29

will all be removed. This course will
practically abats the nuisance. That ppr-
ton Of the Mission is NOT very thicklv pop
uiated, and consequently the complaints
again st this particular YARD were not very
numerous. However. we took prompt ac-
ton when the first notice WAS served. and
the owners at once concluded that it was
to their interest TO remove from the neigh
borhood. We will compel this man SalO-
mon to reach the same conclusion
us there any special law against the
maintenance OF stockyards in the city?"
was asked Dr. KseDey.
mo, not aside from the ordinance which
says that no person shall maintain more
than two cows within certain limits. Resi-
dents at the Mission have been long
enough annoyed by infractious of this
law, and we propose TO arrest and fine
every person who continues such a course
after warning has been. served. There
are no exceptions inside the limits, and
any person having grievance in this
respect should at once notify the Health
Office"
The hearing of the third charge against
l. l.. Solomon will be set this morning in
Judge Lows department of the Police
Cont.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29
WITH WILD BALLS
Sacramento Is Still on the
Down Grade.
RUDE LEVY AND THE MULE.
Dammanu Pitched the Game for Sac.
ramento and Always Shot
Wide of the Mark.

Not to be outdone by those old war
horses, Harper and Lookanaugh. Moore's
young pitcher Dammann gave away the
game of ball at Piedmont yesterday to
Uncle Henry.
Up to the seventh inning the runs made
by San Francisco could hardly be laid at
the door OF this young man. but 1t was
Sacramentos game then. In the last of the
seventh. however. Dammann allowed the
first two men up to 10 to first on balls. and
then commenced bombardment that
netted San Francisco five runs and Won
them the game.
EDright opened it with q single aud
Balsz closed it with home run.
In retiring the side In that inning Man
nassau made as fine a long running catch
as was ever made. From deep center he
sprinted and caught the ball just back Of
" here the shortstOp usually operates.
And there were TWO men on bases at the
time.
Dammann has some wonderful curves.
At times McDonald's eye was deceived in
ball. His fielding was poor, aud as to his
batting. he struck out three times.
McGreevey pitched Tor Uncle his usual
game. BalsZ Was in left field and sur
prised the larse audiences by catching some
hard flies. He played an errorless game,
as in tact did all Ut Henry's men except
Mcguire.
Reuben Levy did not play. Last Mon
day Reuben hied himself away to the
woodlands wild, he having hired a cute
little pale-blue jackass upon which to HE.
Just what happened 10 Reuben is not
known, but it Is rumored that the pale
blue jackass attempted to switch fly off
Its flank with It's feather-duster tail and
that the effort dislodged Reuben from lis
perch upon its ridgepUie ana precipltated
him into cluinp of poison oak bushes.
Anyway his lace does not fiji him now and
he cannot play ball until the swelling is
reduced The score:
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29
A REAL NUISANCE.
Salomon's Stockyard at
the Mission.
IT'S INDEFINABLE STENCHES.
The Owner Arrested Three Times for
Violating Provision of the
Board of Health.

The Board OF Health is determined to
check the nuisance in the Western Mis-
sion known as SalOmon's stockyard. The
proprietor has been arrested three times
on the charge OF menacing the health Of
the neighb0rhood. but still tie foul-smell-
ing place spreads its noxious odors bout,
and offends the nostrils of residents. The
stockyard in question is situated on Mis-
sion street, and runs back along Fair
avenue to California avenue. 1t has a
frontage of about 200 feet on Mission
street, and presents an un5roken line on
Fair avenue.
The large space is divided into corrals.
and partially occupied by rickety sheds,
while forlorn cows and distressed looking
horses wander about the little spaces.
Goats scramble over the fences and join in
the general search for something to eat.
There are great piles of manure in the
Enclosures, and the contracted stalls are
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29
DANIEL ARATA.
The rIan Lynched Was
Born Here.
He Became a SaloOn.Keeper When
His BrOther-in-LaW Became
Policeman.

Daniel Arata. the man who was lynched
in Denver for committing a brutal murder
in his saloon on account of nickel. was
born in San Francisco about thirty years
ago, and he and his family were known to
many Italians here.
The editor of the italian paper, La Voce
del Popolo, said yesterday that when
Arata's father died in this city some years
ago Mrs. Arata was suspected by acquaint-
ances of having poisoned him. No accu-
satloD, however, was made against her to
the police.
The mother was disliked here and in
Denver by the Italians, as she persisted in
begging, although possessed of enough
means Tor comfort.
The young man who was lynched did
not drink to excess until a little over a
year ago, when he became proprietor of
the saloon where the murder occurred.
1t was owned by Nardeni, WHO married
one of Arata's two sisters, and when he
was nut on the Denver police force he
turned it over to Arata.
When Arata drank TO excess he was a
fiend. Once he beat his mother, and but
for the Interference of his brother-in-law
would have killed her. His mother had
him arrested. After he was liberated he
wept at the disgrace of being in Jail with
rascals. When sober he was peaceful and
good hearted.
The nickname of the family was BAN
diera," meaning flag Cola Arata, a rela-
tive, is said 10 be residing in this city and
is welI-,o-do. The parents of Arata came
from Genoa, Italy.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29
Two Large Organizations.

The Abrams on Heunisch Company has
incorporated for the purpose Of engaging
in the business of dealing in botters',
brewers. liquor and wine dealers supplies.
Directors-A. Heunisch, E. Abramson,
William Elliot Smith, c. d. Armstrong,
+. E. Bacon, C. N. Spiers. j. D. Frey.
The capital stock is placed at $3.50, 200.
of which $4,000 has been actually
subscribed.
Articles of Incorporation have been filed
on behalf of the California and Nevada
Land Improvement Company, which
springs into existence with capital OF
S1,OO0,Oo0. of which $4,000 has been
actu lily subscribed. Directors-WilIis G.
Witter. N. NJ. Estee. William Hamilton,
A. c. Hamilton, Fl. M. Gornam. Prom
inent on The list OF subscribers is the name
OF Senator John 2. Jones, who takes 1000
shares,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-29
CAUGHT A STAR.
Washington Has a Pitcher Who
Throws Great Curves.

LOUISVILLE. July 2S.-McGiIl was hi
hard by the home team. Score: Chicagos
8, L0uisvilles II.
BROOKLYN, July 2S.-Brooklyn won the
game by good batting. Score: Brooklyns
g. Philadelphia 2.
WASHINGTON. July 2S.-The feature of
the game was the pitching of St0ckdale of
Washington. Score: WashinRtons 8. New
Yorks 1.
CINCINNATI, July 2S.-The visitors won
the game by gnod batting. Score: Cincin-
natis 2, Pittsburgs Z.
BosToN. July %. = Tho champions
cinched their hold on tho lead by winning
two games to-day. Fist game: Bostons
l6. Baltimores 8. Second game: Bost0ns
6, Baltimores
ST. LOUIS. July 2S.-The game was a
pitchers battle. Score: st. Louis 4,
Clevelands 5.