The morning call., 1894-05-30

AFTERNOON puDilCdtIOuS III the COuu-
try. 1t was the old Cincinnati Times, OF which
Mr.. Starbuck's father was the proprietor The
old gentleman "set up the first perfecting
press ever In practical newspaper use IN the
country. He was of an experimental turn OF
mind and gave encouragement to any PROPOSE
lion which promised any improvements In the
methods OF getting out newspaper Mr. STAR
buck relates an instance Of this persist
ency of the old gentleman, in which
he became imbued with the idea that
paper could be made from ordinary grass, and
he fitted up room and sustained experiments
in this direction for over a year. In those days
Henry Watterson, The noted editor OF the
COurier-JOurnal of Louisville, KY, was con-
nected with The Times. Mr.. Starbuck recalls
the first appearance Of the gentleman named In
the office. He had made his way through both
the rebel and Union lines, and was about as
uncOulh in bis personal appearance as man
could possibly be. Almost every afternoon In
those days IL was a custom Of Watterson's,
after the paper had gone 10 press, TO take lot
of the boys over 10 a little saloon In the
neighbOrhoOd and entertain them by the hour
with his skill as a piano performer Griswold,
the Fat Contributor" was also connected
with the Times at that period, and was an
erratic "space man" In speaking Of the per-
tecting press, mentioned before. Mr.. Starbucl
said 1t was the custom 10 take the stereotype
plates of the first page from the press for the
last edition, saw out enough space to admit the
type which IL was desired 10 insert and clock"
the latter in the plate, no stereotype being made
for that edition. FoldIng-machines were not
then Invented, and the press simply counted
out the papers in lots of 100, and when that
number was printed the mechanical device
showed them to one side TO be folded by hand.
There is at present staying at the Palace
Hotel wealthy citizen Of Chicago who might
be said 10 be his own stepSon, and he is a man
who is, in some respects, possessed Of re-
markable history In his younger days he was
Jour" shoemaker. working in a country
town in Ohio He became acquainted with the
widow Of a man who had invented sewing
machine and married her, He removed 10
Cleveland, a company was formed to manufac-
ture The patent, and he was soon on the high
way to fortune. About this time an important
change occurred in his family relations.
His wife had a daughter by her first
husband, a remarkably beautiful young
woman, and to The surprise of the So
cial circles in which they were members.
one day notice appeared in the papers TO the
effect that the manufacturer had procured a
divorce from his wife. AS there was appa-
Tently no surface indication Of trouble De
tween the couple, the pubic simply looked
upon the matter as another case of an AMIGA
| bic adjustment of marital differences aud
! thought no more about it, The real surprise
came. however, some time after. when the
manufacturer married his stepdaughter But
little difference appeared in the social relations
of this queer household, as the first wife was
! frequent and apparr ntly welcome visitor. The
manufactu rer is a many times millionaire now,
and has an apparently very inter esting family.
Every afternoon on weekdays there as
sembles at 4 bookstore on California street, be-
l. nor 1arl-a of
/ There are usually half dozen or more in the
/ gathering. ana they are all bibOphiles who
meet informally between and O'Clock 10 dis
| Cuss old books and rare and curious puDlica-
tiOns, determine the authorship of quotations Of
| uncertain origin and IN fact TO lake up for
discussion any subject pertaining 10 books
! which may suggest itself. Among the mem
! bers of this curious assembage are: A. =.
| Hotang, W. A. Burnes, Captain Lees, Julius
! McCeny. r. a. Thompson, editor of the San a
! Rosa Democrat; Ii. II. Moore, Ed McGrath,
| L. /. G.. Steele and number Of others. AL a
recent meeting two words OF not less than three
| syllables each were called for which spelled the
same backward and forward. "Yreka Bakery"
was given as an example.
Congressman Caminett is In the city on a fly
! ing trip from Washington. Illness in his fam
| iv he mentions as the occasion for his hurried
| visit. Mr.. Camnetti says he thinks the tariff
/ bill will become law before the close of July.
/ He also expects that his bill creating a new
judicial district, the court to be located in Sac
i ramentO, will pass during the present session.
| The Congressman declines TO say whether he
will BE- a candidate for reelection, and inti-
mates that his present trip has no relation TO
! his political fences. He means 10 return 10
! Washington in a few days.
Professor II. w. Wilder, Chief of the Depart
ment Of Chemistry at Washington. is ia this city
! and is stopping at 1514 Sacramento street.
| Professor Wilder has just come from Southern
| California, where be spent some time arranging
! for the establishment of beetsugar station In
| san Bernardino County.
| DR.. w. II. Bell Of Logansport, Ind, is the
| first of the expected delegates TO the annual
meeting OF the American Medical Association
| TO meet in the city. He is at the Palace.
Lieutenant II. SELLER OF the French navy
arrived from Paris yesterday and is at the
Palace. He is on his way to Tahiti on official
| business