The morning call., 1894-05-09

one OF the leaders In tile movement, Is an hoh-
moider, and had steady employment at lhe
Carnegie works in Homestead lie owned
home which lie sold IN order that he might put
all OF his possessions in the new movement
Statistics show that the wealthy class Is gfaou
ally appropr iatlng he lands OF the people, as
more than half OF those who owneo noines a
comparatively few years ago have peeh iurpeu
out OF them. AT TopolobampO every man win
have home. The labor OF The settlers WIN
build them. and there Will be no capltaiists
allowed TO take them"
IAN experiment with boys In prominent
SuDday-scbool in Philadelphia was lrled lew
weeks ago that was not altogether success,
SAID u r. Abbey OF that city yesterday. Inc
event was the occasion OF rehearsal LOT the
anniversary cell ebraIion and for this purpose
the scholars were In training. lew uays
previous he choirmaster evolved an original
idea which he communicated to the super,n'
tendent. The former has warm admiration
for Whlsfling, and he said that ne tnOught IL
would be good idea to have the Doys whistle
an accompaniment while he girls sang the
professional. He then drilled the boys In WINS
ting and they naturally took TO the ldea Win
great Zest. Everything went smoothiy oufipe
several rehearsals and it was determined 10
have semi-public test few Sundays ago lnls
proved u nfortunate for the success OF tne orr
ginal programme, as subsequent events proved.
Everything was in readiness after the regular
exercises and the boys knew just wheh tue
whsting was 10 come in. The hrst part OF ihe
professional was given without nav. wheh
suddenly there was break; the strains OF
Two Little Girls in Blue broke the solemnlty,
and this was even raised by the enlivening j a.
ra-ra boom de-ay,' quickly followed by the song
which tells the story OF Annie ROoneys love.
CONSERVATION followed, and while the girls
stopped singing the superintendent wildly
waved his hands, and after supreme eHort.
finally succeeded in stopping the Doys' warp
ling Some OF the members were HORNED, Dut
the majority. including the Superintendent, ex'
planned it away by acknowledging hat boys
will be boys and that 1t Is very dangerous
thing 10 allow them 10 whistle in church."
c. w. Owen. who Is connected with the traffic
department Of the Shore line railroad in New
Haven, Conn., Is in the city and tells siugu-
lar story OF an experience llneman recently
had on that road: 1.-TWO OF the main through
lines between New York and Boston were re-
Gently reported in trouble" said he, 'and the
liDeman was sent out to see where the diff
Guilty was. A popularity about the trouble
was that the wires positively refused 10 work
al a II IN the morning, but from about o'clock
in the forenoon until IL o'clock al night they
We're found TO be all right. The lineman sue
ceeded IN locating the approximate locally of
The trouble with little difficulty, and then slowly
walked along the rails carefully scanning
the row of telegraph poles and wires
10 vain search for the mschievous
ours. For two or three days he kept up
the hunt, and finally just as he was about 10
give up the search in despair he caught sight
OF large cobweb in the shadow OF big elm
tree, which was bound from one OF the center
vines TO the other. Its face was bespangled
with big drops OF dew; In fact the condition
was the same as if the two vines had been con-
Dected with sheet OF muslin saturated with
water. Nothing will cross and kip TWO elec-
tfically charged vines more etfectually than a
wet substance OF this kind connecting them.
When the sun dried the dew of the cobweb the
'cross' disappeared and did not come back
again until ranst0rm came or the next dew
fell"
Wilhelm Boeter, an ex-offcer of the Eleventh
Hussar Regiment in the Prussian army, is at
the Baldwin. Mr.. Boeter is believer in aud
a strict follower of an exclusive raw-fruit diet.
He is at present bound for the Hawaiian
Islands, where he contemplates founding a
colony, and in which country he believes can
be found fruits promising especially fine nu-
tritve qualities. He relates an instance IN
which the superior staying qualities of fruit
Isl over vegetarian was illustrated. 1t oc
CURED year or so age in race from Vienna
TO Berlin. requiring six and a half days, in
which the former won by day.
1t is currently reported that another change
will soon take place In the management OF the
Pleasantop Hotel. by which o. w. Brennan.
now of the Hotel Rafael, San Rafael, will as
sumo charge. The rumor further specifies that
Ed Cluff. recently chief clerk in the Del NOME
Will assume the position vacated by Mr.. Bren-
nan at the Hotel Rafael.