The morning call., 1894-09-16

sey g. Co.. in London. the day before, was fol =
lowed by widespread financial ruin. In the
United States Black Friday occurred on the
24th of September, 1869. Jay Gould and
james Fisk Jr. ATTEMPTED to create cor
ner iE lie gold market by buying all
the gold in the banks of New YORK
City. amounting 10 S15,000.0 900. For several
days the value of gold rose steadily and the
spectators aimed TO carry t from IA to 200.
On Friday. dat given. The whole city was in
ferment, the banks we're rapidly selling, gold
was at 1929 and still rising. Men became IN
sane and the widest excitement ragged, for it
seemed probable that the business houses must
close from ignorance of the price TO be charged
for their goods. In the midst Of the panic IL
Uni Ed States Treasury had thrown S4,000,000
In gold on the market. Gold fell at once, the
excitement ceased ana Gould and Fisk retired
winners by S11 100000.
RoUP-A Reader. Cotati, SonOma County,
Cal. "Distemper. which seems 10 be an accli-
mated disease. WILL II neglected. often result in
Toup," says writer on diseases Of poultry.
at is easily detected by pulled face. deep
scarlet in color, and in two or three days dis
charges from the nOslrils appear. In this dis.
ease The membranes OF the ear passages, tear
tube and throat are inflamed, and when so
much so as 10 close the tear-tube, the dis
charges become acrid. and roup IS the result
To prevent this II becomes necessary 10 pre-
vent the mucous discharge. Kerosene IS a
HANDY and sure cure. Hold the fowl
so HAT it cannot swallow and I'LL
the throat with oil. holding long enough
10 have the oil thoroughly saturate the throat,
then allow the same 10 run out by the mouth
linen wash out The noSirlls and inject few
drops OF oil into the nasal passages The effect
IS magical and if applied during the first TWO
GAYS OF the dlstemper one application Will prove
sufficient. So safe and sure is this remedy that
l have not used any other during the past two
years"
Another writer says that the disease Is an
tf.a
II the proper thing is to Kill II. and by SO doing
save the rest.
PERCEvAL-Folsom, City. The Right Hon.
Spencer Perceva who was English Prime
Minister from 1909 to 1912, was assassinated
he 11th of May of the last.named year 10 The
lobby OF the House of Commons by an English
merchant named John Bellingham. The as
sasstn had at one time been engaged in Arch
angel, where lie had some difficulty about busi-
ness transactions with The Russian Govern
ment oncias. or al least he claimed that he
had. He sought to obtain redress through the
Russian ambassador at London, and then
through the British Ministry, but nothing being
done IN the matter he made up his mind 10 Kill
The ambassador, but no good opportunity
presenting itself. he detel mined TO Kill
the first member of the Ministry who should
pass him. He took up position in the lobby
OF the House Of Commons, ana as Perceyal ap-
preached he drew pistol. fired and shot him
through the heart. He was arrested, and
that IL was not the ambassador that he had
killed. He was subs QuenIly tried for murder
and, despite the strong effort made 10 prove
him insane, he was found guilty and was
hanged.
SWEAT sHoPs-S. g.. MERGED Cal. The
term sweat-SbOp is applied TO places where in
dlviduals are worked under what is known as
the sweating system which is working for
starvation wages or carrying work on the
underpaying system. A prominent writer
says; The sweating system In its narrower
sense is understood as meaning the employ
ment OF labor by sub contracio rs. who being
without capital or. commercial st nding. can
practice lmpOsitOnS on their employees win
immunity. In 4 larger sens il is taken 10 com.
prehend all the methods by which in house.
labor, piece la Dor and other forms of employ
ment not projected by the regulations OF trades
unions or legislative acts. the hours OF work
are heightened. the rate OF production stimu-
lated and wages cut down TO a minimum"
The term, which also includes the fact that
wOrkmen. women and children are forced TO
work In crowded, ill-ventllaled shops originated
in England.
ELECTRIC LIGHT-M. E. S, City. Appara-
tus for the purpose Of using electricity for
Illuminating purposes was constructed by Sir
Humphrey Davy early as 1902. Suisse
queDtly Improvements were made. and in 1854
an electric clock with four dials. in front of the
telegraph office, I'm the Strand, London, was
Illuminated by means Of an electric light In
1881 Faraday discovered indicted currents 10
render practicable the application OF electricity
10 the production of artificial light. It was NOT,
however. until 1853 that the magnetic. lectric
machine was actually applied TO the purpose;
and 10 1857 the first great practical test took
place when Faraday had the satisfaction of
seeing his conception carried into effect. This
trial resulted in the electric light being intro
duced into the South Foreland Lighthouse on
the Sth OF December, 1853, and later the light
was adopted at Dungeness.
SPOKEN LANGUAGEs-S.. City. Muholland
in his wOIk on statistics gives the latest esti-
mates on the subject of SPOKEN languages as