The morning call., 1894-09-30

proper. After ne mas 1leu us certificate il tho
consumer is dissatisfied, or the company is dis
SaIlSted, then either may within five days after
The filing of he certificate appeal 10 the Water
and Water Supply Committee OF the Board of
Supervisors. There is no charge for making
The test.
THE PILOT SERVICE-E. M, Alameda, Cal
In order TO become pilot in this State the
party who desires 10 become such must be a
thorough seaman; must know from practical
knowledge the currents, the shoals. the lOca-
tlons of rocks, the dangerous points and places,
and, in fact, must be master of everything nan
tcal, from being able to throw lead to taking
command of vessel. There is no apprentice
ship in the pilot service other than that which
a man or boy goes through in becoming sailor
and master OF the ptTtlcular waters IN which he
desires 10 act as pilot. Pilots who 20 outside
; The heads remain Oui five days at time, unless
N the meantime their services are required.
unless an applicant Is thorough sailor MS ap-
pllcatlon for a position on plot-boat would
not receive much attention.
MAGUIRE AND GEORGIA.. r., CITY. Henry
George was a candidate for the office Of Mayor
of New York City in 1856. James &. Mcguire,
now Congressman, did not during that canvass
deliver speeches in favor of George in New
York City. In the following year George was
again candidate for another Office and at that
time Maguile delivered number of speeches
in New York City-at Madison square Gardens
and other places; also at 4 number of places in
the State. During these speeches he expressed
hlmself IN behalf OF the right OF every man 10
immlgrate 10 any country where he could better
his condition as a labOreT, and In favor CT a
laborer sending the products of his labor 10 any
country. free of taxation. where he could OBJ
tain the highest price for II.
IGNORANCE M E.. City. The quotation
"Where ignorance is bliss, etc." is TO be found
in stauza 10, "On Distant Prospect OF EtOn
College," by Thomas Gray:
To each is sufferings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to grosn,-
The tender for another IS pain,
Th' unfeeliUg for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly fles2
Thought would destroy their paradise
No more where ignorance Is bliss
IT is folly to be wise
! The same idea is expressed in Eeclesiastes,
| ills:
| THE SAMOAN DISASTERS. H., City, II
! was on the 10Th Of March, 1889, that hurri-
! cane swept over Apla, Samoa, ana disabled or
| destroyed nearly all the American and German
| warships in the harbor. The vessels were the
| German gunboat Eber, the German flagship
Adler. the American steamer NiDsic the Ger.
man corvette olga, the American steamer VAN
daia and the American vessel Trenton. Fif-
! teen merchant vessels that were In the harbOr
were either sunk or stranded. The Nipsic lost
seven men, the Vandalia five officers aud thirty
nine men ana the Trenton one man. The Eber
! lost five officers and siXty-siX men and the
Adler twenty The storm lasted two days.
| HUMMING WIRES-S. W., Oakland. Cal. II
you have private telegraph line and are an
noyed by the humming OF the wire when the
wind blows hard, il Is sign that the wire is too
tightly stretched. Let the wire sag little be-
tween insulators and that Will in a great meas
ure decrease the annoyance you complain Of
IL that does not wholly put stop to the hum
ming you can materially decrease the objec-
! tionable sound by winding a strong rubber
band such as can be purchased from any dealer
! in stationery, around the insulator and wire
nearest the point from which the hummlng
| emanates. So says an old ine-TepairvT.
| LONGEST VEssEL-J. OR. Menlo Park, Gal.
! The longest vessels afloat are the Campania and
| tue Lucania, sister ships. The measurement
| given by the London Engineer In 1898 when the
vessels, which are of the same length, were
/ about complete, was go feet overall. Lloyd'S
! Register gives the length as COL feet The
! length OF the steamer City of Paris is $50 feet
| France. She measures 361 feet. The longps
vessel in The American navy is the Iowa.
| length $50 feet.
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