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The morning call., 1894-01-21

The largest stamp order ever placed by
the Postoffice Department was transmitted
to the contractor by the department De-
cember % last. 1t called for 251, 768, 100
Columbian stamps. valued at S517O.922
When the dola values of the Colum bian
stamps were first issued many of the daily
papers joined with those devoted to the in-
terests Of philately In denouncing them as
having been issued more for sale to col
Iectors than for actual pos tai service. An
idea of how necessary these high values
really are can be gained from the fact tn at
on single package 245 of the SIS denomi-
nation were used. and that it is nothing
unusual for packages destined for Europe
to be franked with twenty-five to fifty of
these stamps.
The estimated value of the private COL
lections owned by mem beIs of the Lon don
Philatelic Society is G225.0 or 10 our
money not far short of S1.125,0O0.
When Postmaster-General w anamaker
proposed to issue the Columbian stamps
he estimated that 81, 800, 900 worth of them
would go into collectors albums and deal
ers' stocks. According to Postmaster
General BisselPs report the profit from
this source will not exceed 500, 900.
The Commissioner from Liberia TO the
Worlds Fair. instead of being supplied by
his Government with money was given a
large quantity of unused stamps of his
country to dispose of in the United States,
with the proceeds of which he paid his ex-
penses.
In New Zealand nowadays an econom-
ical Government let's out the backs Of
stamps for advertising purposes.
Among the successful devices adopted by
the Philatelic Society OF San Francisco to
make its weekly meetings interesting is
the rafting of rare stamps. From one to
dozen stamps are thus disposed OF at
| each meeting. the fortunate winner secur-
ing stanp valued at from IS to So for 25
cents. the price of single chance. Any
member is allowed to rattle stamps, the
| only limit on the number offered being the
The morning call., 1894-01-21

discovered plan of making any ship
practically unsuitable He will not dis
close the particulars yet. buttthe invention
consists oil some chemical substance he has
discovered with which he proposes to coat
the inside of a number of canvas bags
which are to be placed all round the in
side OF the ship in different places. He
asserts that ms the bags become saturated
the chemicals inside will generate gas
enough to initiate the bags and thus pre-
vent the vessel sinking.
But with all our modern science and
mechanical knowledge wreck-raising can
only be carried on in comparatively shall
low water. Diving operations can, of
course, be carried on at a much greater
depth. and the visionary prospect of re-
covering the treasures of the Deep has
always been very fascinating and conse-
quently the accounts of the exploits
of divers have generally been very
much exaggerated. But from times i'm
memorial companies have been formed
and considerable m oney had been expended
in seeking for sunken treasure. and not
always without success. The Pacific Mail
steamer Japan, which took fire at sea and
afterward sank IN 40 to $50 feet of water
off Breaker Point on the China coast, car
ried down with her large amount of
treasure and specie. which was afterward
recovered by saving company formed
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VOLUME LXXV-NO. 90.

was afterward converted into a sailing
vessel, and finally broken up 10 1890.
Another instance is that of the Austral,
an Orient line steamer Of 5524 tons capa-
city. In 1882 she was then one of the four
largest steamers in the world. She cap
sized and sank at Port Jackson while coal
ing for her second homeward voyage.
This fine vessel lay in some ten fathoms of
water at the bottom of Sydney Harbor
until 'magician," sent out by Jne Liver
pool Salvage Association. raised her by
simply building up her sides, or in other
words, erecting a wall Of plank bulwarks.
well STAYED and strengthened, right round
the steamer from the deck to just above
waters edge. This made a cotferdam or
sort of dock of the whole vessel. which,
when pumped out by powerful steam
pumps, slowly rose to the surface COM
paratiyely uniEjured. The lifting Of the
Anchor line steamer Utopia, which COL
lided with British man-of-war and sank
in Gibraltar harb0r with 574 people on
| board, was accomplished in similar way,
but in this case the vessel lay at great
angle, there being forty feet OF water over
her bow, while her stern was only covered
TO the depth of three feet. Mr.. Armit
erected wall or combing of six-lnch oak
planks 800 feet long and extending the
full breadth of the vessel. The structure
was then made water-tght and emptied by
powerful centrifugal pumps.
When vessel is badly stranded. or, like
the City of New York, strikes on Jagged
rocks and the bottom is damaged, pom
toons, or "camels." as they are technically
termed, are placed on each side and the
ship is slung between them with strong
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most especially Indian, Of the coast This
he considered making up for lost time, or
rather, lost pictures. The result of his
busy days in Sonoma and Mendocino may
be seen in his new studio, where pictures
fusion.
MIR. Raschen is at present working on a
large canvas. bringing into existence a
very pleasing subject in which ne ex-
presses faithfully the peace OF a home
where it is regarded as a duty to water
flowers. This picture will need but little
more attention from the artist. Already
it is picture, although wanting TO be
brought out and In places modified A
quaint German interior. with walls SOFT
ened in color by time, and queer, old
fashioned window are depicted on the
canvas. Through the glass panes a glimpse
of green trees and grass, red tiled roofs
and gray walls is afforded. Two vases of
flowers are on the window-sll, and a
daughter of the home is shown in the act
of watering them. The artist calls this
picture "a Home Duty" very happily il
appears, for his effort has certain qualities
of a sympathetic nature, and he has caught
the true feeling of simple home life
His woman's face is that of maiden
at once sympathetic and innocent. but onlv
profile Is shown in the bright light. And
then her duty-putting fresh water on
bunch of cut flowers. There is simplicity
domesticity are all expressed. Besides.
one may admire the technique and fidelity
of treatment. The flowers anu vases are
excellent bits in their way and give color
| to the painting.
II don't wish to hurry up this picture
| for the Midwinter Fair" said the artist.
Il will take some time to finish it properly
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steel wire hawsers or heavy chain ca bles
The pontoons are then filed and sunk to
the level of the water, the sings then
frightened to an equal strain and the pom
tOons are pumped out, the result being that
the vessel is bound to rise as the water in
the pontOons decreases. In many cases
where there is high rise aud fall of the
tide 1t is not even necessary to sink the
DontooDs. Another method that might
have been successfully used for floating
the City of New York is that of placing
canvas bags inside the vessel and under
the beams. These bags are then inflated
with air after the manner of filling b J.
looms, with the result that the pressure of
air dlsplaces an equal cubic quantity of
water until the vessel acquires sufficient
buoyanPy to float; in fact II is merely fill
ing the vessel with cylinders of air. These
bags are constructed of canvas and india
rubber. like the material of a fire hose.
They can be made any shape or size, and
have often been successfully used. The
great ORA " back is they are very expensive
and when not in use are apt to get cracked,
stuck together or injured in such a way
that they cannot stand the pressure Of air
necessary TO displace the water, which was
the case when they were tried to lift the
British ironclad Sultan of 10000 tons dis
placement that was recently raised in
Maltese waters.
A big rise and fall Of tide is the greatest
help that any salvors can have. Vessels
have been lifted up by filing the hold
with empty water casks and securing
them down TO the beams, and when bam-
boo is plentiful IL is very common prac-
tlce 20 fill The hold of native craft with big
'she" barr boo at low water and haul the
vessel up on the beach to repair damages
when the tide rises.
A German scientist now claims to have
The morning call., 1894-01-21

thick meat sandwich. | mention this to
show he is philosopher. and it NAV &C
count Tor his phllOsOphic face. He loo ked
at the sandwich, ate the meat, licked off
the butter and threw the bread away.
Bread could be had at any time. The only
way l could tempt him To sit for me
was by offering him some whisky. After
the sandwich Solomon thought I should
have whisky in my studio, and he went in
search Of bottle. He got one and drank
the contents in hurry, but it was a pint
oil ehellac, which turned him against my
whisky. Solomon is real bohemian
lives anyhow aud is very happy. In study
Ing Digger indians l have been impressed
with the strong Asiatic cast in their
faces. They seem to be mixture of Chi
nese and South Sea Islanders. People say
the Indian is brown or red or yellow. He
Is neither one nor the other. He is
copper-copper colored."
This head is a broad and vigorous bit of
painting with life and character in it. AS
an example of Indian color it will be
found Interesting at exhibitions. Other
Indian subjects in Mr.. Rascbnn's studio
Indian Camp" Interior of an Indian
Summer-house.' AN Indian Camp by
Fireligbt." and various studies of Digger
Indian life. The brusbh0use interior
shows considerable conscientious work
1t is broadly treated, as all the artists
pictures are. though 70 detail is neglected.
The variety of subjects gives scope for a
display of versatile powers which are not
lacking here. Bright sunlight is seen
through the open doorway, giving a re-
freshing contrast to the cool and pleasant
shadows within, where a characteristic
group squats in different pastures on the
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IN HIS STUDIO.
Henry Raschen Back
Again and Working.
INDIAN PICTURES ABROAD.
What the Californian Artist Has Been
Doing Since He Left San
Francisco.

Henry RascheD. the artist, once bohe-
milan among bohemians in San Francisco,
is back again and in harness. He will be
remembered by art lovers and artists
themselves as tireless student with
burning ambitions. and as a painter who
even in his earlier work did several credit
able things. Along with these recollec-
tons must come many good memory of
the bohemian painter whose care was for
his hOsen profession only. He worked as
a miser would. That was from love of
art He was another man outside the
study. That was the bohemian.
Three or four years ago Mr.. Raschen
left San Francisco and his cid friends. He
went to Europe and studied industriously
in seclusion, devoting himself unselfshly
to art. On his return voyage he unfOrtun-
ately lost most of his studies and finished
pictures in the wreck of the German
steamer Spree.
But the Evangelist Moody and General
Howard were aboard" explained tie
artist, and they did the praying for us.
So we had no fears. only lost my pic
lures"
Mr.. Raschen opened studio a few
weeks ago on Montgomery street. where he
The morning call., 1894-01-21

and | will be satisfied to place it in the
spring exhibition of the Art Association"
This picture will undoubtedly command
attention.
1.-The studies have here don't impress
person." he continued. "and yet they are
like to study. Here is a study In brilliant
green foliage. | made an arbOr of grape
vines in Son0ma County and trailed the
vines over the lattice work, and all for a
study of the effect green and ground
would have on a white dress. ColOrS, you
know, are dependent upon one another
when close together. In this case I've
made close study, and-look at it for
yourself"
EVERYTHING in the painting has a hue of
the outdoor air mixed up with it. A lady
In white Sateen dress and wearing white
gloves is seated in the foreground on a
plain yellow office-chair. The effect is
striking In so far as 1t reveals how very
much colors are related to one another.
The yellow chair Is greenlsh because 1t re-
fleets the color from its varnish. the girls
brown hair is strangely mixed with green,
and her white dress and gloves are like
wise toned with the same pale hue. The
sun cleaning through the Young grape
vines in springtime, for this Is spring pic
ture, makes the leaves so intensely bril-
liant that they cannot be painted without
great difficulty. In contrast there IS
wal III Hul TtlltCllOU from the gEGUnQ
upon one part OF the wOman'S dress. This
is Instructive, and still nothing is lost in
harmony of tones.
In his Indian pictures Mr.. Raschen has
done some clever work along new lines,
which have a good deal of individuality.
PrOba bly, his best portrait OF Indians is a
profile of an old Indian chief at Fort
Ross. Indeed. it is a favorte with the
artist.
He is such an old philosopher" he
remarked, speaking of Solomon, the chief
"Y on will see be has really strong and
thoughtful countenance. He sat for a
week At 81 day, and every day he cut d
notch around a stick. For a halliday
the notch was cut halfway around. Old
Solomon is a character in his way That
fellow can tell you more about the Rus
SLAMS at Fort Ross than histories can.
Histories are incorrect On this matter, &C
c0rding TO Solomon, who was alive when
the Russians came. Once / gave Solomon
The morning call., 1894-01-21
THE END.

The end draws near. BY fates unseen directed
Our paths diverging tend
To lives monotonOus the unexpected
Comes a friend.
While for moment joyous smiles OF meeting
The gathering shades dISpel
ave Vale ~ Lo, the ancient greeting; Sfa ssSs
Hail and FAREWELL
A moment more. And sadness follows after
In bursts OF keen regret,
That put to silence all the happy laughter
Wherewith we met.
The past is dead the present swiftly fading,
And in the future dwell
Hopes faint and few, our longing glance evading
Hail and farewell!
The time has come. Mid alien scenes ana faces
our iessening lives must lie,
And pass henceforth through solitary places
Beneath stormy sky.
Clasp hands, Old friendi Against our best en-
deavor
The tides of memory swell
Part we as those who part indeed forever.
Hail and FAREWELL All the Year Round.
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ent from the stage Indian in war paint
and feathers. Poor Lo has not been de-
picted at home. See the mother kissing
her child or the older sister fondling a
baby. The Indians love one another and
have many good qualities for which credit
is no OF given them. Pictures expressive of
this life have not been truthfuly painted
heretofore. OF course, In the West people
care little about Indian pictures anyway,
but in Europe l sold them at prices five
times as great as what l could get here in
San Francisco. They are really pic
turesque subjects. When l was in Berlin
Buffalo Bill had his Wild West Show
there. His Indians were objects of much
curiosity. and when l showed my sketches
from California to an art-dealer he bought
The morning call., 1894-01-21
WANTED A CHEAP ROOM.
But He Had Happened to Drift Into
the Wrong Place to Get Ii.

New ork Advertiser.
The fact that there are a few hotels in
the Bowery with the same names as those of
firstclass Broadway houses is OCCASION
ally the cause of ridiculous mistakes. Less
than a week ago a couBtrymau, bearing
the unmistakable mark of bayseed, walked
into the Office of the Imperial Hotel, He
refused the offer of one of the BELT boys to
carry his carpet-bag. and with the air of a
man wishing to impress the lonngers with
his knowledge Of New York and all its
vagaries made a bee line for MIR. Robert
Dunlop, the good-lookiDg and courteous
clerk.
81 want a room for the night" he said.
Certainly. sir" answered Mr.. Dunlop,
suavely. Here. Front, take the gentle
mans bag and show him up to 2l2." Then
turning to the man he added: Il suppose
you want room for about S3?'
Three nuthin's," responded the coun
trymsn promptly.
Mr.. Dunlop hesltated. and gave his new
guest scrutiDizng glance. Could it be
possible, be thought, that after all his
years OF experience in that most trying
position of hotel clerk, he bad made mis-
take and judged wrongly? Was it pos
sible that this man, bearing upon the cut
of his whiskers and the pattern OF his car
pet-bag the stamp of hayseed, was.
after all. an eccentric man of wealth !?
Fastening 10 rectfy what he decided
must have been stupid error on his part,
he said:
I'VE have bedrooms with bath attached
from s. up"
Gee whilikenv gasped the country
maR- 81 didn't want to stay a month. /
want one of them 15-cent rooms you ad-
vertlse in the papers,"
''Fifteen-cent rooms!" CALCULATED Mr.
Dunlop. whose turn it was to gasp. What
do you meanp''
Amt this the Imperiala" demanded
the man.
at is" answered the clerk.
And don't you advertise rooms for Is
cents night?" persisted the man, pulling
an old newspaper out of bis pocket and
pointing to an advertisement.
Not on your life! responded the clerk,
with hearty laugh. THAT Imperial hap
pens to be on the Bowery."
cenrs?"
Not this evening"" answered the clerk,
as the disgusted countryman, grasping his
carpet-bag in one hand, his cotton UNI
0relia In the other. stamped firmly through
the marble corridor and was lost in the
crowd on Broadway.
workers in fax are usually short lived.
The morning call., 1894-01-21
IN THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM.

" Give me thy Dreams she said: and
With empty hands and very poor.
Watched my fair fowery vision die
Upon the temples marble floor.
" Give JOY" she CRIED. let joy go.
saw with cold unclouded eyes
The crimson of the sunset glow
Across the disenchanted skies.
Give me thy youth" she cried gave;
And sudden-cl GUIDED. died the sun,
And on the gree mound of grave
Fell the slow raindrops. one by one.
Give love" she cried; gave that. too
- Give beauty" Beauty sighed and fed.
For what on earth should beauty do
When love. who was her life, was dead?
She took the balm OF innocent tears
To hiss upon her altar-coal;
She took the hopes of all my ears,
And at the last she took my soul.
With heart made empty of delight,
Aud hands that held no more fair things,
questioned her, "What shall reQuite
The SAVIOR OF my offerings?"
The gods" she SAID "with generous hand
Give guerdon for thy gifts OF cost;
Wisdom is thine to understand
The worth OF all that thou hast lost"
L. NEsBIT
The morning call., 1894-01-21
A REMARKABLE PROPHECY.
Lady Burton, While Miss Arundel,
Had Her Life ForetoId by Gypsy.

Had Her Life ForetoId by Gypsy.
A correspondent of the Newcastle
Chronicle contributes the followingsto that
paper: When quite young girl Miss
Arundel, the future wife of Sir Richard
Burton, whose life she has just published.
had her destiny foretold by Gypsy woman
of the name of Hagar Burton. who wrote
the following in Romany:
You will cross the sea and be in the ssme
town with your destiny and know il not.
Every obstacle will rise up against YOU.
and such a com binatiOn of circumstances
that it will require all your courage and
energy and intelligence to meet them,
Your life will be like one always swimming
against big waves but God will always bs
with yau;so you will always win. You
will Tx your eye on your polar star and you
will go for that without looking either
right or left. You will bear the name of
our tribe and be right proud of it. You
will be as we are. but far greater than we.
Your life is all wandering, change and ad-
venture. One life in two bodies, in life or
In death ;ineyer long apart. Show this Co
the man YOU take for hnsband.-Hagar
Burton. This prophecy was fulfilled to the
letter In most remarkable manner.
The morning call., 1894-01-21

After his return he went to live on his
fathers ranch near CaZadero, and was in
duced to take hand in its management.
Putting group of farm laborers into
position for studies and sketches,
however. is bad farming. The ar
tist confined his efforts in conse-
quence to painting picturesque spots,
canyons, mountain roads, dark places in
the SOnoma forests, country folk. and
The morning call., 1894-01-21

floor. For variety there Is a fire and faint
blue SIN oke, two salmon fresh from the
water with a silvery-white gloss upon
their scales, bunch of furs. fantastic
dresses of the inmates, and two or three
dogs prOwling around.
IF this goes to an art exhibition in New
York." said MIR. Rascben, sit will give
Eastern people a new idea of Indian life
at home. They will see something differ.
The morning call., 1894-01-21

In the four years ending 1891 there were
15.947 murders in the United States. But
1850 OF the murderers were ever called to
account for their crimes, and of these 410
were hanged ana $40 lynched.
The morning call., 1894-01-21

Workers in fax are usually short lived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-23

sometimes accepted There is A preiudce-and per-
haps a just one-aganst this class Of persons but
the courts have unifor MY held that, II Otherwise
competent. they must be- accepted. ana the Dlstfct
Attorney would b. subject 10 criticism and MS 90;
ieCti1ns would be Ov"rrI,cd did n reject tnIs knh
II bah II is not shown that any losses nave &C.
CURED by reason OF is acceptance.
he Is elected by the people. He may be removed
by the Governor. but only after receiving copy OF
the charges against him ana having an opportunity
to be- heard in his defence. Constitution. Artcie n
Section H. by charges herr are not meant vague
allegations Of conclusions OF law. but statements OF
facts which the accused official may traverse by
pleading ana disprovc 10y evidence With these pro-
visions The dictates OF natural justice ana the spirit
Of institutions are In accord They were un-
ierstood by the comp,inants VINO tofnulated 1Pevl,
ncaupns and attached them 70 their charscsi These
chergc and h1Vr me ee Src sed "
That thu business OF tho criminal courts in the
three paris Of the General = ssions can HSp1se o
IN. .tine h. now practically undispuied W ma =
In the past ne great recent decrease in the number
~ indictments. together Win AL the iac. IN me
General Sessions sitting authorized by law. TO
Keep ~ ~,h n" work In no sense j. this ne fault
confederation OF the competency. the industry or
tho integrity Of hs, assistants has been mad Ihey
courts they could have done more. Tor 1t - *,
rcy io19d by me ,nS ma sne AZ his
disposal sufficient for the proper dispatch OF me
\ relief which the Exc .utlve has power to bestow
s 10 Increase the judicial force available for hold
particularly that the evidence brought out upon the
inluir, proves The necessity OF more Oyers AMI
rcrminers and in accordance with that finding
.haU Immediately cali an extraordinary term of that
court.
In times % public excitement when Indignation
ha- been Justly aroused by the rev"a tprs of N"
prostitution 81 public ono" corrupt uses IL Is easy
- confouni IN" Innocent win me su!!tN. ~ Sugh
times the scales ~ Justice should be held STEADILY
hy those 20 whose care they have been committed
Use popular clamor viii b. substituted Tor evidence
and prejudice ana passion usurp judicial functions.
The good citizen IL properly sensitive as 10 the
honor OF al concerned ia IN" administration ~
Justice ! am convinced that the authors OF these
charges made them In good faith. but the evidence
given on what appears been fIll fair and I'M
partial hearing discoscs no caire which would JUS
nv tho removal ~ the Dstrc,-Attorney. The
charges are therefore. dismissed
ROSWEL T. FLOWER.