The morning call., 1894-04-01

artist named Fortunate Arrista. There
may have been such person, but his
works ara not known. In 1867 an artist
nam-d Fortunate Arriola had studio III
the Mercantile building in this city. Some
of his works were exhibited In the art
gallery of the Mechanics Fair.
WHEELER 81. PECKHAM-F. l.. H.. City.
Wheeler II. Peckham was president Of the
New York Bar Association at the time he
was nominated by President Cleveland to
fiji a vacancy on the United States Su-
preme Bench. He was at the election last
January reelected to the office of presi-
dent for the third time in recognition of
his prominence in the movement which de-
feated Judge Maynard for the office OF
Judge of the New York Court Of Appeals.
Under the comm on-law practice" of the
association two terms has been the limit
of eligibility of any candidate for presi-
dent.
THE FASTEST BoAT-W. F.. City. So
far as the record goes, the English torpedo
boat Hornet, recently tested. is the fastest
She is a twin-screw boat. $50 feet long and
Is feet inches beam. Her proDellers are
three-baded, and her engines of the tri-
compound type, with 18-inrh stroke. The
stipulated speed of the Hornet was q
knots with q 35-tOn load on board,
and the test was to be a 3-hours' run in
The open sea. The report Of her trial
showed that she exceeded % knots an
hour.
A LINCOLN STAMP-A. S., San Jose.
According to the latest quotations q
United States stamp known as Lincoln,
black" is worth 60 cents if unused and 30
cents IL Cancelled. IL Is impossible to place
a value on stamps used from 1850 to 500
unless each is described as to its den0m-
mature, and its color. There are sew
of cars, and unless the one you have is
more infinitely described it Is impossible
to tell il it is worth anything.
SPRoCKET WHEEL-G. S., City. The
larger a sprocket wheel on bicycle the is
greater speed is obtained. The smaller
the more power is Obtained. The safety is
the fastest at this time. "The ordinary"
says q bicycle fiend, sis not in it now" If
spscks of rust appear on the nickel plating
of a bicvcle it is a sign that there Is some
defect in the plating which allows the rust
of the iron to come through, and the best
thing to do under the circumstances is to
have the part affected replated.
North STAR-Subscriber, City. What
is commonly called the North Star is Po-
laris or the "pole star" II is the bright
est star of the constellation Ursa MINI or or
Little Bear and is in the extremity of the
tail of the bear. 1t served in former times
and still serves among certain people as
guide. in navigation. The pole star is
little less than ~ deg from the north pole
of the celestial equator and has a small
but sensible motion round 1t. The pole
star is visible from all points.
RAILROADS IN UNITED STATEs-D. p,
Fresno, Cal. Poor's Manual of Railroads
gives the following figures on railroads in
the United States for 1898: Number of
miles of track III. 1904, side tracks and sid
ings 1888; total length Of tracks, exclu-
sive of elevated roads in the State of New
York, 221. sos miles. OF this 1S2, TO miles
are stee rails, and 38,917 miles are iron
rails. The total length of roads in opera
tlon at that time was 170,607 miles.
TERM or OFFICE. F. r.. City. The
terms of Office of the followiDg-named
United States officials will expire on the
dates given Sub-Treasurer Juno %.
1894; Registrar of the Land Office. june
26; Receiver of Public Moneys. July /,
and District Attorney, November 6.
CITY OF CHEsTER.-S. S., City. The
City of Chester was lost in collision with
the Oceanic in the harbor OF San Fran
cisco on the 22d Of August, 1888.
THE BAsEBALL-PLAYER- M. NJ,
City. The statue of the basebal-player In
Golden Gate Park cast from the model
by Douglass TiIden. deaf and dumb artist.