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The oasis., 1894-10-11
EvoIutIon of speea on the ocean.

the further development of the Att
 lantic "greyhound,n foreshadows the
 various directions in which the ocean
 racer will be modified with a view of
 attaining greater speed and efficiency.
 The hull will probably receive the
 first attention; aluminium or one of it's
 alloys is likely to ultimately supersede
 iron and steel, both in plates and
 shape, as it has barely one-third the
 density of steel, but possesses equally
 high tensile and ductile qualities.
 There are also great possibilities for
 nickel-steel in this connection. The
 model of the ship may be expected to
 be fined down and shaved away so
 as to resemble in it's lines a modern
 yacht rather than a metamOrphosed
 elnalbOat, and the forefOot will prob
 abls be further cut away so as to
 insure greater ease and rapidity in
 turning and relief from the severe
 strains to which the ruddcr and steer
 ing gear are now subjected. IIarb0r
 channels will have to be deepened,
 and then, with increased hull depth.
 the probable practical length of the ocean steamer of the future will be 800 to 800 feet and the beam will
 follow in proportion, having due
 regard for the requirements of speed and sea qualities. The intensely severe internal stress arising from the
 vibration of the machinery must be ueutral.zed in some way, and some ef-
 fective compensation for this trouble will in all likelihood be applied spec iiically and locally to each engine on the broad principle of the resultant of divergent force. This is even now being successfully accomplished in some of the torpedo-boats in England, and there should be no great difficulty in carrying it out on the larger scale of ocean practice. The question of stiffening the interior of ships hulls will naturally receive more attention as they increase in size and their machinery in power. MT. Cause pre- diets that the future transatlantic liner will, for business and competi- tive reasons, probably lie q shorter time at the dock and spend more days at sea, and carrying only such classes of freight as can be loaded and dis with great dispatch. The tendency in regard to masts and rig ging is toward the carrying of but two light and graceful steel-pole masts, made hollow for ventilation, one being placed forward and one aft, and intended merely for steadying the ship in heavy sea. These masts can be fitted with small heavy 'tops" as stations for lookout search-lights and electric signals. But the pre-emi- nent question will be speed. More screws will be introduced, and cores more engines behind them The steamship of the future will be 1tted, not with three. but with eight )r ten bronze propellers, each mak- ng from 1000 to l,50O revolutions | minute, driven by high-speed electric motors running in oil The uel will be crude oil, and the skin will be made mirror-likc so as to educe the friction of the hull in the water to a minimum Another im- | ,ortant change will be the extension f automic action as applied to all the ' operations that go to make up the U of the modern steam hip. Human agency will be super eded by a train of mechanism and d improved methods will be devised for U T Al.
The oasis., 1894-10-11

The War Department has a practi- cal scheme in view for the contempla- ted revision of the new infantry drill regulations. The plan is to have the work of revision carried out at the h. tantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth. It iS said that board mainly composed of officers belonging to the Twentieth Infantry, will be ap- pointed to carry on the work in con- 1ection with the full regiment sta oioned at Fort Leayenworth WitE the troops at hand to carry on expert mental work 1t will be possible to per feet the book in such way as to leave little room for further criticism. The subject is now under advisement by the commanding general of the army, and 1t is expected that the board will be appointed within a very short time.
The oasis., 1894-10-11

English sovereigns were first minted in l4s9. They were called by various nlck-names.
The oasis., 1894-10-11

Monthly Pains cured by Dr. Miles Pain Pills.
The morning call., 1894-06-13
HOLDING BACK.

Our Democratic contemporary has ar
rived at the conclusion that the remone-
tizatIon of silver must wait for the "conver
sion of the somewhat sluggish British
mind" This sluggish British mind an
pears. in the estimation Of our copte,u-
Dorary, the anchor to which the commercial
world is tied. Since Germany and one or
two other European countries do not see
their way clear to action without Great
Britain. the rest of the world must wait.
This may be said 10 be Wall-street wis.,
dom. Most OF the financial writers agree
that, while bimetallism In the abstract
may be good thing. II weuld be foolish
10 take any steps in that direction until
Europe Invites us to. The conversion of
ex-Speaker Reed TO the necessity of BIZ
metallism, even without European aid,
has been attended with solemn assurances
by Democratic organs that there can be
no legislation to restore silver until the
interests of creditor nations deme no such
restoration. These creditor nations will
be convinced that their interests demand
the restoration of silver when they find
that they are losing trade of greater value
than the profit they make by the apprecia-
ton of money. Now, If the United States
should form silver unieD. to include as
many silver-using countries as might de-
sire to join it, the time when the loss OF
trade to European nations would more
than offset their gains through the appre-
citation of money might be materially
fastened
The morning call., 1894-06-13
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

There are eight women colonies in the Ger
man army. They draw their swords but sell
dom, IL is true, but they make up for this by
drawing their salaries with unfailing regu-
larlty. They are the Empress of Germany,
the Dowager Empress. the Princess Frederick
Charles OF Prussia the Queen Regent Sophia,
Queen WllhemlDa of the Netherlands, the
Duchess OF Connaught. the Duchess of Edln-
burgh and Queen Victoria of England.
Berry Barber, an OLD negro of Tallahassee,
claims 10 possess prophetic fnger-nails. One
week before any event OF great importance the
nails on his left hand turn green. This, he
says. took place before all the big disasters
that have occurred 10 the country during the
last twenty years.
PaderewsSPs headquarters are in Paris,
where he has lifted up a pretty little bachelor
apartment He goes TO the gay metropolis for
repose and does his best 10 hide the fact OF his
Te-entry from the horde OF lady admirers and
troublesome amateurs who bore him.
James McClain owns a farm near Maysfeld
KY, which he has bought and paid for OUT OF
money made by trampng over different States
digging ginseng to sell. He laughs at the story
OF hard times. ana asserts that ginseng-dlgging
is as profitable as ever.
Mrs. Joseph Mcdonald. who was said by
Matthew Arnolu 10 De the most beautiful
woman In America, has been living in retire
ment since the contest Of the will Of her nus
band, the late United States Senator from In
diana
Lady Randolph Churchill Is no longer the
beauty she was. Her illness has not been over
come without impairing her once lovely COM
plexion, and woman past 80 without n COM
plexIon has met her Sedan.
Joseph A. Galloway was admitted 10 the bar
in Green County, Mo-, recently. lie Is the only
colored man entitled TO practice law in that
county.
Mrs. Frances Crosby, authoress or "Safe In
the Arms OF Jesus" is 81 years OF age. and has
been blind since she was six weeks old.
Some one has discovered that the Queen OF
Spain never uses blotting paper, but dries her
letters by waving them In the air.
The morning call., 1894-06-13
OHIO AND CALIFORNIA.

The United states is third 10 rank as
producer u rag WOOL Australia leads
with JD,fo,flO pounds, the Argentine
Republic follows with 400,000,OOO pounds
and the United States comes next in order
with 369, 10000 pounds. TIE two former
countries consume little wool, but the
United States consumes nearly all of its
product aud imports about one-half as
much more. The bill before the Senate
protects all raw material but lumber and
wool. When the wool schedule comes up
Tor consideration the question may be
asked why wool should be exposed to free
competition, while iron ore and coal are
protected. Senator Brice represents a
State In which exist 4.500.0O sheep, just
about one-tenth of all the sheep in the
United States. Senator Brice is supposed
10 have some influence in the Senate. lie
appears here and there prominently in the
adjustment of the sugar schedule, al
though his State does not grow much
sugar IL would seem. therefore, that Mr..
Brice should exercise some of his influence
in the Senate in behalf of a great interest
of his own State. Ii was certainly kind
In him TO help the Louisiana Senators out.
but after having done so much for another
State he can hardly do less for his own
State. Senator Sherman has declared the
free wool feature of the pending tariff bill
the ILLUMINATING atroelty of the Bour
bon-Cleyeland abomination." But Sher-
mans vote against the bill is counted as
The morning call., 1894-06-13
THE MOTIVE OF THE SUIT.

Concerning the motive which impelled
Acknowledgement Olney to file a claim
against the Stanford estate the Chronicles
correspondent says:
Persons who have followed Olney's filing of
the claim against the Stanford estate are ask
ing good many questions about one phase OF
the affair. This is, tbat neither Olney nor any
member OF the administration would have
brought forward the Governments claim in
this manner If persons who have no visible
interest 10 its settlement had not exerted them
selves with great vigor 10 have Olney urged In
that direction and 10 get the President TO DO
.. The uSelng. As II was, the claim was filed with
only one day left in which TO do il. What is
exciting curiosity is that this influence should
have been brought TO bear on the admInlstra-
ton from quarter where the Central Pacific
Railroad concerns no one, so far as is known.
With this In mind, the fact that ex city the
same steps 10 produce the present results were
taken IN Washington six years ago by persons
who sought to be bought of in their attacks on
Stanford becomes OF peculiar interest In the
defunct Sunday Gazette, paper run by Col
onel Tom Florence, appeared long article OF
very much The same tenor as that which was
recently printed in ST. Louis, and which was
brought specially 10 the notice of Cleveland
and his Cabinet.
The Chronicle goes on TO state that the
article in the Sunday Gazette was followed
by efforts to induce Attorney General
Garland to proceed against Stanford TO
recover the debt due the Government. As
Garland did notrespond, Stanford was ap-
preached with the information that $4,000
would settle the affair. The intimstion is
pretty broad that the present movement
against the Stanford estate is a form of
blackmall. On this point there are a num-
Der Of gentlemen at Washington working
TO secure the foreclosure of the mortgage
on the Central Pacific who are not sun
posed to be capable of taking part in such
q scheme.
1t is Impossible to conceive of a move
ment 10 compel a rich corporation 10 10
anything 1t does not want TO do that NAV
not be sscribed TO an unworthy motive.
1t may be charged that political influence
was refused. that social recognition was
denied. that money demands were not
honored, or that in some other way tina
corporation attacked had refused to pur.
chase silence.
There was time in this city when
biaekmail schemes paid well. Monuments
attesti2g TO the fact of such success
are standing at the present time. Blu, a
turn In the tide came and now every move
ment to expose official corruption ia
1eered down with the intmallon that II is
biaekmail. We do not think, no wever
that the people will be deeply impressed
py intimatIons coming from sources named
above.
The morning call., 1894-06-13
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Q. M. Bruce, Territorial Secretary of A rizoua
is al the Dec lde utal. He has been In Washing
ton for some we eks past and consequently is
not familiar WI tn the movements of the scien-
tifc party sent out from Harvard University to
that Territory inside Of The fact that they chose
Flagstaff as the site for the observatory Mr.
Bruce says that Phoenix, where he makes bis
official headqu arters and which is located in
the center of the Salt River Valley, is In an
exceedingly prosperous condition. "The
valley mention ed" said he, sis filing up With
desirable class OF settlers from the East and
owing to the influx of capital which these
people ought with them that particular sec
ton OF the country is probably the only one in
the United States that has been free from the
evil effects of the bu sness depression noticeable
everywhere else. A great many cattle have
been shipped from outbern California into the
Salt River Valley for pasturage, aud il is fast
becoming one Of The greatest feeding points on
the Pacific Coast. During the winter Just past
there were from 5000 TO 10000 head being
fattened' for market. Commercial travel
ers say that Phoenix is the livr Hest town west
OF the Mississippi River A good many capital
lists from Denver nave Invested there. and they
hold that precisely the same conditions exist
there TO make large town that were instru.
mental in making Denver.
j. A. Moss, an old-time trapper and hunter In
the Northwest, was at the Russ yesterday.
Several years ago be- made trip from the head
waters OF the Yellowstone River down 10 New
Orleans. His BIO was one OF his own construc-
ton and was simply a large-siZed, canvas-cov-
cred one. so that he could obtain shelter from
the elements In bad weather and to provide him
a sleepiDg-place. The trip occupied many
months, as Mr.. Moss stopped frequently along
the route when he reached the large centers Of
The morning call., 1894-06-13
ABOUT COMMISSIONS.

The Bon. T. w. II. Shanahan of Shasta
County declines TO be a candidate for the
Assembly this year. Being thus in the
way out of politics he places Oh record in
the columns OF the Shasta Democrat some
of the conclusions his four years service in
the Assembly has enabled him to arrive
at The several State boards. bureaus,
commissions, ETC., he declares to be mere
branches which cost the State hundreds of
thousands of dollars without any compen-
sating benefit whatever. In this respect
Mr.. Shanahan agrees with the venerable
judge Currey, both holding that such of
the commissions as might be useful have
missed their opportunities. The Railroad
Commission might have been worth mil
lions to the Stats, but it has served simply
to give legal sanction to schedules of rates
furnished by the railroad companies. Com-
missions as a rule are high-priced luxury.
They exist for show purposes. Duties are
The morning call., 1894-06-13
PROPOSALS
For Regarding. etc., Sixth street, between
Howard and Folsom streets also the cross
ing of Sixth and Folsom streets.

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD n p
" supervisors of the City and County Of Sar
Francisco, June IL, 1894 "a Gan
In accordance with resolution No In Aso
Cfhird SerIes( OF the Board of Supervfsors
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received In ona1'
session OF the Board on MONDAY ALTERING f1N
j une IL, 1894, from to $3.50 O'CLOCK in accora'
ance with the specifications prepared bv ri S1
perintendent OF streets, on file ia this once
For regarding and repaving Sixth street ha
tween Howard and Folsom streets and resetttno
the granite curbs thereon; also for regarding and
repavtng the crossing OF Sixth and Folsom Streets
aHd resetting the curbs thereon: also for raistng
the cesspools and cuverts thereon to the line and
grade
The work must be done to the satisfaction of
the Superintendent OF Streets. Highways and
Squares, and must BIO completed within fortv
days from the signing of the contract
oTICE-BfddeTS VIII estimate and state price
for which the entire work above described VIA %
performed. in conformity with Section No. 39l5
OF the Political Code.
The party to whom the contract is awarded win
be required prior to at the time of the exeeu-
ton of the contract pay the cost of Using
this notice in three daily newspapers.
In order to preserve uniformity and to facisatate
the award the board has resolved to receive no
bids unless m ade upon blank forms pre- pared by
the committee and certified check for the sum Of
$500 deposited by the bidder with and made nav
able to the clerk of the board, conditioned II the
proposal is accepted and the contract awarded
and if the bidder shall fail neglect 10 execute
written agreement and give the bond rec Hired
within six days after the award Is made then and
In that case the said sum shall be paid in the otv
and county treasury by said clerk as liQuiaaoed
damages for such failure and neglect.
BLANKS furnished by the CLERK.
The board reserves the right to reject all bids ~
the public good so require.
je12 St JNO. A. RUSSELL. Clerk
The morning call., 1894-06-13
WHAT SENATOR cAFFERY SAID.

Senator Gallery has thought that little
explanation of the causes which led to his
interview with President Havemeyer of
the sugar trust might be interesting to the
sugar investigating committee. The Lou
isianA Senator'S explanation is very simple
He and ex-senator White were having
little discussion concerning the compare
tive merits of the specific and ad valorem
rates Of duty on sugar. There was con-
siderable difference on this point. and this
difference led artless Senator Brice to re-
mark casually that there was a gentleman
in the city who knew more about sugar
rates than any other man In the United
States. Eager in the pursuit of knowl-
edge, Senator Gallery requested that the
sugar-ra:e expert be sent for. There is no
doubt but that Mr.. Havemeyer gave the
Louisiana Senator useful information. He
showed that ad vslorem duties were pre-
ferable Oh raw sugar, but that specific
duties should be laid on the refined article.
The Louisiana Senator, who was evidently
not an expert on sugar rates. did not per-
haps perceive that in imposing an ad
valorem rate on raw sugar they were CIV
ing the sugar-refners the benefit of nearly
the same rate on the refined article. 1t
appears therefore that sugar-rate experts
are like sharp knives-someth hing to be
handled with care. 1t is not on record
that President Havemeyer charged the
Louis lana Senator anything for the lnfoT-
nation Impair ted
The morning call., 1894-06-13

certain In the negative. anyhow. Brice.
however, is booked on the other side.
WIN he vote to strike down the leading
agricultural industry in his State without
an effort to save itP Senator Brice OF
Ohio ana Senator White of California can
force the Senate to deal with wool as it
has dealt with other raw material the
House bill placed on the free list. VIII
these two Senators allow great interest
in their respective States to be destroyed?
Both of these Democratic Senators repre-
sent Republican States which have, since
the election of these Senators. shown un-
mistakable evidence of repentance for
mOmentary delusion Of mind. May we
not hope that Brice and White will give
some heed to the interests of their con-
stItuents?
The morning call., 1894-06-13
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

II was most friendly act on the part OF the
Korean Government 10 notify the administra-
ton in regard 10 the threatened danger 10
Americans in that country, and the prompt
ordering Of the Baltimore 10 Chemalpo by the
Navy Department is to be commended.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Prendergast, the SLAYER of Carter Harrison,
gets new lease of life. the Insanity proceed
ings being postponed until September. No
wonder people cry Lynch himi" when a muir
derer is caught red-handed.-Pniladelphl In.
quirer.
ExJustice Newton OF Gravesend tells his
friends that he is having a good time in the
Jug" which is his term for The penltentiary.
The ex-Justice Is, we assume, a leader among
the jugwumps.-New York Mail and Express.
France is little wanting In yirile material
when it makes pessimistic and naturalIstic
romaneer Ike Paul Bourget successor OF Taine
In the Err Dch academy. Bourgeois immortality
will be OF short duration-Chicago Herald.
Hon. Mr.. Goodnight, a member OF Congress
from Kentucky, serving his second term, says:
II Will decline reelection" He evidently
wishes the opportunity TO select his company
in the future.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The next time the president OF trust who
wishes to lobby high taxes on the American
people gets letter OF credit from Cabinet
officer he will know better than to present 1t to
an honest SenatUr.-New York World.
When an American newspaper tells Its read.
ers to say "waistcoat," not ''vest," and "trous-
ers," not pants" it is time for US all to turn
up our brooches and start for London.-SG.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Ii Is said that ST. Louisan has been arrested
for tapping three tills at Corryville. 1t Is well
known. however, that Chicago crooks when
caught often give St Louis address.-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
In the New York as well as the Washington
investigation II is being shown that, while one
man may call witness TO the stand. 100 men
cannot make him testify.-New YORK Recorder.
The New YORK Society for the Education and
Reform OF Husbands has got great field in
which TO work. The husbands ought 10 organ
lie and recipf ocaie.-Roston Herald.
Cholera on the Baltic and on the Mediterra-
mean makes IL d0ubly vital that The barriers
against infection should be kept up vigiianily
on our Notwithstanding Dispatch.
III Rev. DIR. Caves purpose In delivering that
hre-eaiing Grafton Al Richmond was TO get him
The morning call., 1894-06-13

self advertised. he has certainly made sue
cess of it; but the advertising is OF the Kind
that suggests TO him the propriety OF going into
bis name and pulling it In after him.-St Louis
GlObe-Democrat
ENow Washington newspaper men are not
only expected to tell what they know but what
the Senators know, which latter is not asking
for much.-Pittsburg Press.
The jersey marriage license law will put an
end TO one branch of interstate commerce in
which there has been too much free trade
Philadelphia Record.
Hawaii can now paddle its own canoe. SO
far as this country is concerned, both the con-
tending interests are in the same boat.-Phlla-
delphia Times.
Robert Louis Steyenson's literary experience
as novelist makes him first-class newspaper
Observation-Disclosures Globe.
bad law fairly enforced is much less dan
gerous than good law that Is deliberately dis
egarded.-Galveston News.
The morning call., 1894-06-13
HE Is A DEMOCRAT.

People who pick up strong mum Der of
Henry Watterson's Courier Journal are
apt. in these days. to become confused In
their political recollections. For many
years the Wstterson paper has been re-
garded as one OF the leading lights Of
Democracy. 1t is true that Mr.. Watterson
once gave Mr.. Samuel J. Tilden some ad-
vice which Mr.. Tilden declined to accept,
but Mr.. Watterson did not falter in bis
allegiance to the Democratic party on that
account But at present we do not find q
Republican paper in the whole country
unless the New York Sun may be classed
as kepublican-which pours such hot shot
into the Democratic Senate as the Louis
Vile Cour5eT-Journdt does. And yet Mr.
Watterson pauses occasionally long enough
to assert that he is Democrat
The morning call., 1894-06-13
SEEKING INFORMATION.
Government Employees Must Criti-
ciZe Their SuDeriorS,

Government Employees Must Criti-
ciZe Their Superiors.
Two special agents OF the treasury.
Marcus Hanlon and George ". CIetes,
have come TO this city to examine the en-
ployes of the Government and learn how
they have been discharging their duties.
Subordinates have been ordered by the
two agents to criticize the service of their
departments and suggest improvements.
and superiors have been instructed to pass
Judgment on the ability and fidelity of
their assistants
This system has been in vogue in the
East, and its introduction here has been
met with profound disgust on the part of
the af1lrted ones, who do not relish the
task OF cilticiZing the men to whom they
are Indebted for their positions.
Hanlon and Cretes distinguished them
selves while in Boston by discovering the
fraudulent withdrawal from the Govern
ment warehouse of goods on which $40, 600
duties were owed. They are expected TO
secure information while here about the
fraudulent landing of Chinese and opium.