The morning call., 1894-09-30

! Grand Opers-hOuse In Paris is 79xS1. The
Metropolitan OpeTa-hOuSe is a building 2OOx
26o. The stage is 101 feet long by 80 feet
deep and the height is $50 feet. Thus the
laTTeSt iheater IN the world may with truth be
said TO be located on The American Continent,
but II is idle to compare the building from an
architectural point of view with such theaters
as The Grand Opera house OF Paris or Covent
Garden IN London" Since the kfire the
opera-house in New York has been undergo
ing repairs. The Theater La Scala in Milan
has seating capacity of 5000. The Grand
Opera-hOuSe In Paris, which covers 2%4 acres
of ground, is admitted 10 be the finesI theater
IN the world. The auditorium has seats for
2156 persons.
OLYMPIAN GAMES-A. A., City. The Olym-
pic games. The most splendid national festival
Of The ancient Greeks, were celebrated every
fifth year In honor of Zeus, The father of the
gods, on the plains Of Olympia. Their origin
goes back into prehistoric ages. According to
the myth elaborated or preserved by the Elean
priests, they were Instituted by the Idean He
rakles in the time of kTOnos, father OF Zeus {;
according TO Others by the later HerakIes, son
son of Z-us and AIkmenc; while SIrabO, re-
iecting the older and more incredible legends,
attributes their origin 10 Herakled8 after their
conquest OF the PelopOnnesuS. But the first
glimpse of anything approaching historic facts,
IN connection with the games. is their So
called revival by IphitOs, King of Ellis,
with the assistance OF the Spartan
| lawgiver. Lycurgus, about b. G. SS4.
Us uIuH 10 OtucIsI dUOuJ D. ". 90, du
event commemOrated by an inscription on a
! disk kept in The HeI9um at Olympia, which
! Pausanus saw In the second century. The
regulation OF the games belonged o the Eieans,
| from whom were chosen the hellanodikai, or
/ Judges, whose number varied. At first there
were only two, but as The games became more
and more national, consequently more numer-
! Gus, they were gradually Increased TO ten,
/ sometimes even to twelve. They were in
strucJed IN their duties for ten months before
hand al Ellis, and held their office only one year.
The officers who executed their commands
! were called alytai and were under the presi-
dency OF an alytarch.
THE GoUGENHEMs %. T.. City. On the
Sth of November, 1858, joey Gougenhelm, an
actress, who came TO this city from Australia
on board The bark Glimpse, Dayton master,
with her sister, who was also an actress, filed a
libel against the bark TO recover damages for
alleged nOn-fulfillmeut OF passenger contract.
The principal allegation was that the master Of
the vessel refused to give The passengers sugar
10 use with lines. The case, which al the time
! attracted great deal OF attention, was tried
before the late Judge Ogden Hoffman, who, on
the 9th OF February, 1859. gave judgment
lbelant aud her sister were made the victims
OF many sharp paragraphs In the daily papers,
and one writer went so far as 10 compose a
song, the refrain OF which was:
Great was the wall of the Gougenheims,
For they had no sugar on their lines.
On one occasion when the sisters We're per
forming IN MaRulr6'S opera mouse one OF them
had, in her part. TO use the words. Let me see.
what Is 1t / want?' Instantly there came
from the gallery this answer: "Sugar on you
lines"
The MARE ISLAND DoCK-A. b. and s. g.,
Alameda, Cal. Following are the dimensions
OF the stone drydOck at the navy-yard, Mare
Island: Length OF dock over all on coping,
| 526 feet 9I2 inches; length OF dock over all,
! including apron, 529:S; length or dock on floor
/ without inveri, 41S length of inyerU on floor,
Al; total leugth of dock on floor 459; length of
/ apron, 7:3; width over all. 130; wi0th OF moor,
80; depth of water over lnvert at high
water, 27:6; depth OF water over invert at low
wafer, 21 IS; mean depth OF water over inveri,
24:6 depth OF floor dock below coping, Sc :6.
! This dock viii take in the Oregon, the measure
ment Of which Is: Length, 34S; beam, 90 :3,
and draught "a, or any other OF the vessels OF
! the United States navy, with possibly The ex-
ccpIiOn of the Iowa. which measures, length
$50, beam ~, and drdught "a. Ii Is sthoughi
that the dock would receive her ON dead load
! line.
WATER METERs.-J. NJ, City. Any water.
| consumer against whom a water bill is pre-
sve use OF water may within five days after
such bill is presented TO him, provided that be
| first pay The fixed rate charged in the bill, ex-
! elusive of charge made for alleged waste or ex-
cessiye use. make complaint TO the water In
spectOr ar his office In The new City Hall that
/ such charge Is incorrect, wheIeupon ihe ill.,
spector shall promp ly inspect the premises OF
the consumer SO complaining and cause test
10 be made of the water meter upon the prem
| lseS. The inspector Is empowered TO make
test then, ana subsequent tests IL he deems