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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15
IRRIGATION CONGRESS-.
Es- Governor Sheldon to argue on Behalf
of american Farmers.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept 14.-Ex-
Governor Sheldon leaves to-night for Albu-
querque to take part in the Irrigation Con-
gress. Ex-Governor Sheldon will debate
for the United States the question of the
use of the waters of the Rio G1ande River
for irrigation in Colorado and New
Mexico, and Senior Ybaroba will contend
that this use of the water in three States
deprives Northern Mexico farmers of suffi-
cient water to raise their crops. Ex-Gov-
ernor Sheldon, having been Governor of
New Mexico, is well fitted to represent
the United States on this question.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15
Attempted suictde at seattle.

SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. H.-"Here goes
nothing" exclaimed G. w. Campbell this
afternoon, as he stood in North Seattle
saloon and endeavored TO blow out his
brains. A ball from Smith & Wesson
passed through the crown of the man s hat.
Campbell made the attempt to end his
life upon being accused by an officer of
passing spurious checks. The would-be
suicide was placed under arrest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15
Become Public Lands.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 4.-Act-
ing Secretary Reynolds of the Interior De-
partment has directed that such lands on
the headlands near the mouth of the
Umpqua River, Or, as are not reserved
for lighthouse purposes be restored to the
operation of the public land laws.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15

here was greatly disappointed that the
fruit did not fetch fancy prices. A rival
experiment has been made in the ship
ment of fruit here by Porter Bros. of New
York to Garcia. Jacobs & Co., fifty boxes
of whose pears were rotten when they
arrived.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15
Sc ott1e,s SHOOTING Afrav.

SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 14.-Attending
physicians say that Miss Daisy Wilson,
who was shot three times by Frank john
son, rejected suitor, will recover. The
true name of her assailant is William Bar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15
EARTHoUAKE IN NEW zEALAN1
Great Destruction Caused by the Shock of
o. TenbLOr.

UTeUL D6STTNCtIUW CUUSeU Uy tIte OWUCh u
o. TembIOr.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Sept. 14.-The
steamship Miowera from Sydney arrived
to-day. 1t brings news of severe earth
quake in New Zealand.
At Taupo nearly every chimney was
overthrown. Houses swayed violently,
hurting crockery from the shelves and
shifting heavy articles of furniture. The
inhabitants were greatly alarmed and
camped out all night.I The road from
Taupo to Kaunu has been completely
blocked by landslides.
1t was the most severe shock since the
Tarawera eruption nine years ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15

From now until November we will give
with each purchase of $3.50 or over metal
souvenir. To that boy under 16 years who
brings US the largest number of these SOU
venirs within that time we will present
bank account of 500, deposited with the
Hibernia Bank. For the second largest
number bank book for SIS, and for the
third largest, one for $50.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15

rett. 1t transpires that he is not only an
ex-convict, but also deserter from the
army.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
A Window Desk.

One of the most conventional and al
together satisfactory contrivances quite
in the power Of a young woman to
manipulate is a window desk. Take a
board about fifteen inches wide and saw
il the length of the window sill, so that
it can hang down against the under wall
when desirable. Take a narrow strip Of
wood under the board near the front
edge. Resting on the floor and wedged
under this cleat there IS a prop OF
planed wood, slender and neat looking.
You can put a beading around with
small braids and stain 1t all cherry or
some other color The sill holds pens,
pencils and inkstands, and a large blot
ter laid on the board is a most desirable
writing pad. This idea comes from an
art student in Paris, who dotes on her
window desk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
HOW HE CANE TO WRITE BEN HUR."
The Story as Told by General Lew Wal
lace.

When | began upon my subject it
seemed dry 10 me. | searched for some
way to make it bright to give it a color
of pastime. and yet to keep it interest
inc. NJ manuscript had ended with
the birth Of Christ, and determined to
20 on to the end. but obstacles seemed
to hem me in on every side. 1t has
been said that one should never start
without being able to see the end from
the beginning. but in this instance the
intermediate state doomed up before me
Ike a giant of despair. | had my be-
ginning. Could anything be more re-
markable or beautiful than the birth Of
Christ? No book ever had been pub
lished with a theme fuller of romance
and poetry. | saw my conclusion. 4
climax which, IN its tragic intensity,
could not be surpassed.
What could be more stUpendOus than
the crucitix? But what was | to do
with the eighteen or twenty years which
! had elapsed from the time when the
child was taken to the Passover and
| when he had become 4 man, with II
mission? ! at length decided to use
that interval to show the condition Of
the country at that time, and Of the
need fOr the Christ man. There was
no lack of interesting features; life was
! full and joyous, but with the exception
/ u few pearls by the wayside there
was no suggestion of religion.
was fully aware that to make my
work acceptable it must be painted in
actual c0lors. The Greeks, Romans
! and Egyptians must be real characters.
and the only way to accomplish this
was 10 make constant reference. l
| thoroughly examined books, catalogues
and maps and when l began writing l
! had a chart before ne which showed tae
| sacred places and the country which |
| was to describe. Travellers told me of
! animals and gave me local coloring, and
! constant reference saved me from mis-
takes. My greatest obstacles seemed
! insurmOuntable. A Christian world
would not tolerate n novel with Christ
as It's hero. Yet | realized the neces-
/ sity of writing of him. of keeping him
! constantly as the leading figure, yet
/ with no sermOnizing. 1t is a noted fact
that few books which have been written
| by preachers have met with success. =
Gen. Wallace ia Tome ami Co1u!ly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
IS 1T A TRYSTING PLACE?
SPOT on Elk River That May BE Rob-
bers' Rendezvous

SPOT on Elk River That May BE Rob-
bers' Rendezvous.
The neighborhood between Elk City
and Oak Valley is never without its
sensation. An Oak Valley correspon-
dent Of the Howard Courant, after men
tioning the haunted house and the sup
posed treasure hole which was dug on
". I. divers place four months ago,
an account of which was published in
the Enterprise, speaks as follows Of an
other sensation: Across the river to
the southwest peculiar marks were
made in the timber. A small mound
was visible, which led the owner and
the boys to believe that they might
find wealth. and they commenced dig
ging; they dug a place about two feet
deep and came TO a bed Of charcoal
which looked as If some one had had
a fire; then they dug further and came
to human skeleton. This filled them
with horror and they filled the hole up
again. To the northwest of that and
On the north side Of Elk river On the
II. B. Marshall place, another hole
was d2g on Sunday night, Feb
rU7 - y. about mile and a half west
Of 2s1e the first hole was dug. The
hoe vas dUG near a small walnut tree
Wl.ioh was slightly marked and II (the
hcfs) was to feet wide five and one
haif feet deeD and five and one-haf
feet long At depth Of about four
feet they dug directly under the walnut
tree and took out some kind of a yes
sci WhaEa the vessel was taken out
there was q different kind of SOIL
which showed that a hole had been
made aud filed in with top soil. Trees
Were plainly marked 10 the northeast,
nortHH est, southwest and southeast,
and line trees were slightly marked,
the lines crossing like the letter X at
the wSinut tree. The marks seemed to
be renewed every year for the past
three or four years. They were re-
newed about three weeks ago, sup
posed to hPve been done by the des-
perado JaG|r II, who slept all night on
the adjoining farm south, and who was
arrested at elk City February II. The
timber IS being cleared up and no doubt
they We're afraid of losing the identity
Of the spot. Mr.. Price, who lives about
zoe yards west, had his two dogs pois-
oned short time before the digging
was cora, and it IS supposed they were
AFRAID the dogs would raise the alarm
ana they would be discovered. Five
strangers have been seen heavily armed
and riding good horses. Two of them
passed ti'TC -Eh the timber and talked
with the men who were grubbing. The
question is, have the bands and train
robbers of ti'e Indian territory rem
devious In his vicinity, and do the
banks Of Elk river conceal their booty?
Some say aye"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
HYDRAULIC FORGING.
Fully Developed in Germany and Utilized
by England.


Announcement is made that the
Brener-SChumacher process Of hydrau-
lie forging, so fully developed in Ger
many. has been introduced in England
BY a. Leeds concern. who have made a
press that eXerts a pressure of 700 tons,
and can make long and slow strokes
or short and quick ones. as desired; a
large steam cylinder is used instead Of
q pumping engine, the piston of which
Is prolonged and acts as a ram for ex-
ertlnS hydraulic pressure on the forging
tools through the medium of a second
hydraulic cylinder. Briefly, there are
two steam cylinders placed over the
press to lift the forging crosshead, by
which the upper forging tool is carried
ana, when il is desired to work in the
ordinary way with heavy pressure the
admission and exhaust of steam in
these lifting cylinders is controlled by
the same lever which regulates the ad-
mission and the eXhausting of the
steam in the large driving cylinder; but
for quick working, direct and uninter-
rupted communication Is tablished by
means of a separate cock between these
lifting cylinders and the boiler. In this
way there is then always the full boiler
pressure beneath the cylinder, tend
ing TO keep the crosshead and upper
tool at the top OF the stroke, but the
main steam cylinder, which puts on
the forging pressure-through the hy-
draulic mechanism-is of so much
greater area than the combined area
of the two small cylinders that the
cTosshcad is pressed down with con-
siderable force, although. of course,
with less force than If the two lifting
cylinders were exhausting in the usual
WAY.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
FRANCIS WILSON'S STORY.
The One Hs Told Before the Curtain TO
Chicago Audience.

In the face of the strongest Opp0si-
ton imaginable Francis Wilson and his
company OF merry comic opera come
dians began Sn engagement at the Chi
CagO Ope'a house recently. He made
two speeches, after the first and after
the final acts, IN each Of which he eX-
pressed lis gratitude for the flattering
reception. At first. he said he regarded
it as a dangerous thing for an actor 10
make speeches-Qaughte ad-
yised his auditors TO wait and see If the
opera, tie C.-mpany and he deserved
the compliment. That they thought it
was deserved was evident from the loud
demands for another try" after the
performance had ended. Then Mr.. Viii
son told a funny story about darkey
who drove a travelling man from a
/ country railway station TO the hotel in
the town. The two got to talking.
What is your name2 asked the
traveller.
"Gawge Wash'ton, sah.'
HIN! 1t seems to me I've heard that
name before"
Deed, man, I specs 80 has. Why
abs bin a drtvin' in dis yere town foh
I de las twenty years"
\ Mr.. Wilson compared himself with
! "Gawge Wash'n'ton." He had been
/ coming here for many seasons and 1t
: was reasonable to expect a modicum 0!
( recognition, but he did not, considering
the fact that the choicest Of musical
treats was TO have been enjoyed else
where, look for so superb a reception
L should be ungrateful if l did not eX'
press my warmest thanks he Conclud-
/ ed, and 1 do most sincerely thank
YOU"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
BRET HARTE'S DAUGHTER
She Is One of the Most Promising Young
Lady artists Of New York.

Lady artists Of New York.
y rising Frtist in this city is Miss
Jessamy ha~te, the eldest daughter Of
Bret Harte, says a New York paper. She
is p years Of age, and very pretty. Her
mother vas a Miss Griswold Of Califor-
MA, cleEcr and gifted girl, with great
linguistic aud musical accomplishments
Bret Harte's two eldest children, both
OF them basrS were born in san Fran
cisco. The : trt23 then moved to New
York and II wsa there Jessomy and her
sister Ethel were born. The family at
present is living in Plainfield, n. J..
where for number of years the mar
ried sister OF Bret Harte has had d
lovely old-fashiOned residence Miss
Harte, when a very little girl, used to
draw funny images and pictures Of
queer children on the margin Of the
leaves Of all her books. She was a
dreamer. She would sit for hours per-
fectiy quiet when { little child, absorbed
in thoughts all her own. or q sudden
she would ask for q pencil and paper
The Thoughts would then appear
thereon, in the shape OF roses, tessa-
mine ana English violets, or else pic
lures Of pretty children, always made
| with wings
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
Wonderful Babylon.

Ancient Babylon may perhaps be
called the most wonderful city of the
world. No less remarkable were the
hanging gardens referred to in the Old
Testament and described by some of
the early profane writers. The city It
self was fifty miles in circumference, its
walls being $50 feet high and 81 feet
thick. The city was built in the center
OF vast plain. The wife of the king
came from a mountainous region, and
did not like its barrenness. Hence the
famous hanging gardens. They were
suspended over 400 feet in the air and
planted with trees, fruits and flowers.
No less than 10000 slaves were en-
pIoyed in their construction. All this TO
please his wife
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
NEW WOMAN FOR SURE.
Insulting Chappie She Struck Thought
She Was Very New Indeed.

She Was Very New Indeed.
Pedestrians who happened to be in
the neighborhood Of Hotel Stanton the
other evening at about theater time
were treated to an interesting sight. A
well-dressed man about SO years old
with a pOutonnieTe and walkingstick-
veritaale chappy-stood near the en-
trance, idly putting a cigarette. Two
well-dTessed women approached. The
cigarette was cast aside, a cravat was
Strengthened, gloves were smoothed out,
a hat was properly adjusted, and chap
py started after the two ladies. In a
moment he was at their side with his
silk hat in his hand and with a low
bow, evidently trying to induce the Ia
dies TO accept his escort. Not a word
could be heard, but suddenly a dainty
hand and arm shot out at the silk hat,
and away II flew toward the middle Of
Broad street. Upon that the ladies hur-
Tiedly proceeded and chappy recovered
his demolished hat amid the jeers of
those who witnessed the occurrence.
The man did not evidently relish this
display of the new woman spirit, and
hastily walked away in the opposite di-
rection.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
RELIEF "A SIX HOURS.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
ases relieved in six hours by the New
GIeat South American Kidney Cure.
This new remedy is a great surprise on
relieving pam in the bladder, kidneys,
back and every part OF the urinary pas
penti,n Of water and pain in passing II
almost Immediately. fyou want quick
relief and cure this is your only remedy
Sold by F. c. Buerststte, Druggist, Mani
towOc, Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
THE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS
LIFE.

Mr.. c. Caillouette, Druggist, Beay
ersville, Ill, says: To Dr. King New
Discovery / owe my life. Was takel
with La Grippe and tried all the ply
sic ans for miles about, but to no avai
and was given up and told could not
live. Having DR.. Kings New Discoy
cry in my store | sent for bottle anC
began its use and from its first DOSE
began TO get better and after using
three bottles was up and about again
1t is worth its weight in gold. We
won't keep store or house without it.
Get a free trial bottle at Henry Hin
rich's Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
DRAWING WIRE.
An Interesting Process in Mechanical
art Described.

Art Describcd.
On, of TIC. NOS. interesting nechani-
cal 1.roraseS. IS now practiced is that
ras,rtSz n for tha srav,ng OF wira.
IT, - i re>,at,ea hv the wire drawer
in tha form ~ . coil the rod being of
1,a,,,i,,er eec.:-7 ana the coil Of a weight
dano-,gj,,e, ,,f,or tha nurpose for which
= - inte,lr9 one end Of the rod is
,o,,,,.5 ana somewhat reduced by ma
rSi,,s,,[. aud the coil receives a Saith in
,,tl5 ..:,7 =, ,,a,7,o,-a all oxidation. then
- 49,, =, H., ,,-ota,, ~ give draw
e-.- - e,,r1,. S,;a5 in q s11it-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
CHICKENS ON WEATHER.
Their Actions Show When a Windstorm
Is Coming Up.

a griz2ied and gray Montgomery
county farmer formed one of a group
Of men who were disgusting weather
signs in the Terminal market yester-
day. Il always know when there is to
be a windstor-n." he said, "by watching
the turkeys and chickens go to roOst
each night. In calm weather the fowls
always roost IN their poles with their
heads aiteTT,":.0g each W ay-that is,
one faces east. the next west, and so
on. But when there is going to be a
high wind. they always roost with their
heads toward the direction from which
it is coming. There are reasons for these
different ways of roosung I take it.
When there is no wind TO guard against
they can see other danger rections; but
when wind is to arise they face 1t be-
cause they can hold their positions bet
ter. But the part I can't understand" ,"
he concluded, rs how the critters know
that the wind is going to rise when we
mortals lack all intimation of it,
Philadelphia Paper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
The Dead Sea Drytnp Tn.

The Dead sea of today Is little body
OF sluggish, dark, greasy, water, gath
cred at the bottom of the deepest de-
preston Of the earths surface-a hollow
1900 feet below the level of the Mediter-
ranean.A recent scientific expedition has
proven, however, that at one time its
surface was on level with that Of the
Mediterranean, and its area more than
twenty times what it is at present In
what the biologists call the glacial pc
riod" the Jordap was an arm Of the
Dea Sea and was more than / LOCO feet
In depth
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
SOUTHWARK IfO!

FARMERS wLo are seeking to better
Themselves should 90 South! The Queep
and Crescent Route offers a million acres
of farms at $500 and $500 an acre, (op
easy terms3 and monthly half-rate ex-
cursious to go and see for yourself. No
blzzarde. No cold waves. Fine schools
and churches. Hospitable people. Send
for books ard lnfol nation to w A Beck
Ter, Non. Pass'r. Agent Ill Adams St
Chicago or to w. c. Rinearson, CT. P. A
Cincinnati. Q.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
j @ \ Il CELEBRATION AT
MILWAUKEE.

On account of the CT. A. r. Anniyer
sary at Milv vaukee, the Mort Western
Line will sell excursion tickets at re
duced rates on June 8 and 9, z, I fer
return passage until Juue u, 1895 in
elusive. For tickets and fuii inform a
ton appl. t. aIen,s Chicago y North
Western Railway.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
TREATlNO IRON.
An Improved Method in the Process OF
Casting the Metal.


An improved method Of treating iron
in the process of casting by NJ. Won
Riet, as described in La Revue Indus
trielle, consists primarily in giving the
impurities time TO separate from the
melted iron before It runs into the
mould, the plan being to set on top of
the flask a sort Of little bath tub. lined
with some refractory substance, and
presenting three cylindrical hollows of
different sizes, communicating with
each other by tangential channels.
Now, the iron is poured from the ladle
into the larger hollow, where it whirls
around for a time and then escapes
into the second basin, where it revolves
| in the opposite direction; from this ii
reaches the third compartment which
has hole in the bottom, and. as this
/ hole is set over the pouring hole in
the flask the iron then runs out into
the mould. When the metal is poured
into the large end of the tub il is seen
to whirl around until the surface Is
covered with the larger particles of i'm
purity, which collect near the middle,
the centrifugal force developed by the
whirling serving TO separate the purer
and more liquid iron from the light and
sponsy scOr' 2, very much as cream is
separated f.om milk by a centrifugal
churn. By the tangential channel the
purer iron passes into the second divis-
ion, where the same process is re-
peated, the scoriae, which are now in
fine particles collecting in the middle,
while the LIQUID metal keeps to the out
side; third canal, also tangental, leads
this twice purified iron to the third
compartment, from which it runs into
the mould. On cooling, the first diVis-
Ion Of the bath tub is found to contain
the large luiH?s Of cinder, while the
second con-: aTtment has a spongy
mass Of inrurity, in the shape of an
inverted cone, the base of which Oc-
cupies the who15 area of the cOmpart-
ment, the L re metal having escaped
around the sides below. Castings made
from iron thus purified are said to be
extremely sound and solid
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23
A Benefa ctor.

Il owe more comfort" said Mr.. John
son, ito my shoemaker than do to any
other man"
why, how is that" said Mr.. Bull
ings. when you are always complain
ing about tight shoes?"
well, every evening when l take off
my shoes and put on my slippers, the
comfort I feel is simply intenser'-
Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-05-23

English SPAWN Liniment removes
ali Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps
and BlenisIes from horses. Blood
Suhy,ns. CUrhs. Splints, Sweeney
Ring one, Sites, Sprans, al Swol
len Threats, Coughs, etc, Save $50
by the use Of one bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever
known. Sold 10y I. G. Buerstatte.
Druggist, ManitowOc. Wis.