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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-21

1OOs THIRD RACE-Five and half fur
lOUO .Uongs; selling; light welterweights;
purse $780, Time, 10SS4.
Ind. Horse weight. Jockey. st. "a Str. Fin.
1888 Heartsease, 81 (E Jones)....4 IA II Pms
IOeS Mt Air 122 (Cairns).... ....3 Oh 80
1894 Perhaps, 81 a. Davis)"....:.2 II 3ks
Good start. Won driving. Winner, Oh. g., by
Apache Emma Longheld.
betting: Crawford 8, Heartsease to 4, Mt. Air
z, Perhaps IL.
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Colonel Zeke Abrahams thought very we'll of
his filly, City Girl, and advised his friends to
take chance. The filly's previous race was a
poor one, and that of yesterday was but q
slight improvement. She did not look we'll
issuing from the paddock, and her race plainly
showed she was "off." Some weeks ago Zeke
had quite promising string of horses, but
misfortune seems to be lowering over them Of
late
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-21

From a telegram received by Thomas II
Williams Jr. yesterday Counselor Bill Breen,
one of the Santa Anita stable trainers. must
again be in hot water. The New York Jockey
Club wired asking for full particulars of the
trouble that led the California Jockey Club to
warn the counselor" off its course nearly
year ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-21

A resident on Bank street, in this city,
says the Grass Valley Tidings, finds that
his house is being made hive of industry.
swarm of bees alighted on his woodpile,
and since then the industrious insects have
begun storing up honey in the walls of his
cabin between the weather boarding and
the ceiling. They enter by a cavity be-
meath the base board, and come and go just
as they would were it veritable beehive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13
THE ELEMENT OF LUCK.
Instances Where 1t Has Proved q
Factor in Human Affairs.
Phiiadeinhia Times

Instances Where 1t Hus Proved q
Factor in Human Affairs.
From the Philadelphia Times.
There is scarce an intelligent human be-
ing who does not recognize the element
called luck" in shaping our destinies.
There is a family in Philadelphia that
has been rich since 1880, and the third
generation is now basking in Injuries won
for them by ''fluke" as pronounced as
winning in the lottery. There was a firm
here of three partners, doing large west
ern business; two of them were excellent
business men, the other a mere dead weight
and his partners resolved to get rid of him.
So they dissolved the firm and taking the
cash and bills receivable made him take his
share in 100 acres of land in the northern
part of the town site of Cincinnati. He
kicked but was bullied into compliance. So
they made a new partnership, went on get
ting richer and richer, while the other part
ner was making poor living trucking on
his city land. Then times changed. Lots
in Cincinnati began to sell; the rich part
ners failed and died poor, while their VIC
tim grew into a millionaire. No fore
thought or sagacity could have under the
circumstances brought about such a result.
Mathematician have for a century striven
to make law governing chances but such
illustrations as the following beat them:
The writer was once present at the fol-
lowing trial A gentleman picked up a
Louisiana lottery list containing the win
ming numbers, some 5000 out Of 100000
He invited two others to put up $40 each,
write number and if it came ON the list it
would take the $50. One man wrote these
three successive combinations, 227, 1851 and
1918 Each of these groups was found
on the list, so he won 800. He put it all
into 81 tickets and drew all blanks. Ger
tainly no human prescience nor sagacity
could order these things or change them.
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represented the third enoch of American
Designing" but her influence has not been
confined to the United States alone. The
chief features of the Gloriana are repre-
scented in every successful English yacht Of
today, while in the United States the phe-
nomenal performances Of the Vigilant and
other Herreshoff yachts are too fresh In
the public mind to be detailed here.
Our present champion. the Defender, is
still, in a measure. untried; but her per-
formances on her trial trip" while In an
unfinished condition, prove that she is tx
ceptionally fast, and abundantly able to
carry her tremendous sail-spread. The De-
fender Is about four feet longer on the
water-line than the Vigilant, and carries
some 100 square feet of sail more than the
latter. The Vigilant's keel was straight on
the bottom, and she had a center-board:
the Defender has curved keel, with no
center-board. 1t is, of course expected that
when the Defender Is entirely completed
and tuned up she will be much faster
than she is now; and already she has badly
beaten the Colonia, which in 1898 proved
nearly as fast as the Vigilant.
On the other hand, Valkyrie, III, which Is
about to start on her voyage across the
Atlantic, is considered to be by all odds the
best yacht ever launched in English wat
ers. She has defeated the Britannia and
the Ailsa, and is Of practically the same
type the Defender. In fact, Mr.. Watson
has closely copied the principles exemplified
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hair pin should be thrust through the tip
and the tongue pulled out by that the
slight wound made being of no conse-
quence In comparison with free entrance
of air to the lungs. The legs may be rub
bed, toward the trunk always, to assist the
return circulation. If the patient coughs
or makes any sign of life there may be
stop in the artificial respiration long
enough to see If he will breathe himself
holding everything in readiness. however,
to start again IL necessary. If the breath
ing improve time may be taken to tear
away the wet clothes and cover the pa
tient with something dry, not moving him,
however, until the breathing is fairly
strong.
OF course a physician has been sent for
ard If there is no sign of life the respfra-
ton should be kept up until the physician
comes and assumes charge of the case or
until at least three-Quarters of en- hour
have passed and no sign of life shown.
To sum up tho treatment:
First. Clear the throat of water.
Second. Artificial respiration steadily and
persistenly kept up and never mere than
twenty times a minute. Keep the body
steady by holding the feet.
Third. Draw out the tongue.
Fourth. Rubbing with the hands to i'm
prove the circulation.
If these directions are carried out in a
cool, intelligent manner, everything will
have been done in the power of ordinary
helpers and there need be no regrets over
what might have been done if we had
known" The most important of although.
is the respiration, and on this must be
pinred most of our faith.
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face down on it. with the pad under tie pit
of the stomach and pressing firmly and
sharply on the back over it several times.
Another way is to lay the patient On his
belly, stand astride him facing the head.
slip your hands under him, just below the
breast bone. clasp them together, lift him
up until head and feet hang down, and give
one or two sharp jerks. Next lay the pa
tient on his back, with the head dowa the
slope Of the beach, and commence artificial
respira ton; this is the most important part
OF the treatment first, last and all the time.
ana should be resorted TO Immediately after
the procedure described without delay in
body.
There are several methods but that
known as "Sylvester's" is most satisfac-
tory and efficient; its object, of course is
to empty and fill the lungs with air, and
II properly DONE 1t is sometimes difficult
TO tell II the patient be breathing of his
own Will or if IT'D the result of the outside
aid. The operation is performed as fol-
lows: kneel at the patients head, grasp
each arm at the bend of the elbow and
draw the hands steadily outward ard up-
ward until they almost meet above the pa
TENTS head (see fig. ID; this is the iIspira-
ton or the taking of air into the lungs:
pause a moment and then bring the arms
down to the side and press the elbows
hard against the ribs to force out again the
air taken In by the first motion (see fig p.
The principal fault in artificial rcspira-
ron is the rapidity with which it is per-
FORMED, the excitement of those perform
ing 1t and their anxiety to do all that they
can, running the respiratory movements
up to forty or fifty per minute The nor
NAL Inspirations vary from sixteen to
twenty per minute, and under no considera-
ton should artificial respiration be more
rapid than this; steady, regular motion
sixteen times in minute will do all that
can be done, and more rapid rate is prac-
tcally useless. The movements may be
performed by two people instead of one,
each one taking an arm and working in
unison. If a small light hoy is the no
tient some one SHOULD grasp the feet and
mold them steadily SO that the body is not
moved by the arm motions and>their effect
lost.
The tongue should be drawn well forward
out of the mouth, as It binders the en-
trance of air to the lungs IL it drop back
toward the throat: the Jaws If clenched
should be forced open and the tongue
seized by handkerchief between The
thumb and fingers; if it cannot be held IN
this way piece of wire, a safety pin, or
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AT NIAGARA FALLS.
A New Story of the Over-GOusing and
Pursc-Depleting Hackman.
ill., Duff Exrr

A New Story of the Over-GOuGfnE and
Pursc-Depletins Hackman.
From the Buffalo Express.
Here is a somewhat new story of the
Niagara Falls hackman:
Two tourists, a lady and a gentleman,
stopped off at the falls between trains. A
hackman engaged them for a brief tour of
sights eeing. The time actually consumed
was fifty-five minutes. The hackman said
he must have $40. The gentleman remarked
that it was an outrage. The driver ex-
planned that he had been of great assist
ance in pointing out the places Of interest
and stood firm. The gentleman prepared
to Fay under protest.
Unfortunately for himself, he handed the
man $50 bill.
DO you pay for the lady also?' asked
the hackman, promptly.
DO I pay for the lady also?" repeated
his fare, in establishment. "Of course do.
What do you mean?"
''Then there will be no change" replied
the hackman. MY charge of SO is for
one person.. $40 for two persons. The
amount you have handed me Is exactly cor
Iect. Thank you, sir"
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a yacht, which, in addition to the center
board, had a moderate-sized keel, to the
bottom of which was attached twenty
seven tons of lead while the rig was prac-
tically that of the cutter. This yacht was
the Puritan, and she justified the hopes of
those who brought about her construction
by defeating not only the Priscilla, rival
for the title of cup defender, but, later. the
Genesta as well. The Priscilla was close
copy of the Mischief, which had defeated
the Canadian Atalanta, and, although by
no means failure, she was no match for
the Puritan.
The Puritan was such a marked success
that our yacht designers at once turned
their attention to her type; and some of
built on the principles she embodied. Of
these the Mayflower, Sachem, Sea Fox and
Volunteer are perhaps the best known.
The Gloriana, representing the third
epoch of American yachting, was the i'm
mediate forerunner of the fin-keel type
and was very similar to it. She differed
radically from all previously built yachts
Iii several respects In the first place, the
keel (she had centerboard) was cut
away very much both al bow and stern;
the bow, besides being very long, and over
hanging the water considerably, was ex-
ceedingly round and full, almost to blunt
ness. instead of sharp and hollow, as in the
America and all boats since her time; and
the ballast consisted solely in a large
quantity of lead attached to the bottom of
the deep keel The effect of this construc-
ton was. in measure, to make the yacht
ride over instead of through the water
while the keel, with its weight of lead at
tached, acted as a powerful lever to keep
the boat upright, thus enabling it to carry
much larger sail spread than If the bal
last had been tucked away inside.
The hn-keei type, as 1t was called, is a
development of the Glorfana and her sue
cessor, the Wasp. Its popularity is that
instead of the keel being a part of the
boat, 1t Is an Independent plate of metal,
very thin, and nearly square in shape-in
fact, very similar to centerboard, except
that 1t cannot be raised. This plate is
bolted to the bottom of the hull, and all
the lead ballast Is attached to its lower
edge. The fin-keel has done very well in
the smaller classes, but so far has not been
SO successful when enlarged, as instanced
by the failure of the Pilgrim. one of the
four cup defenders of 1893, of which the
Vigilant was the successful one.
1t has been suggested that the Gloriana
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BATHING ACCIDENTS
The Sylvester Method of Treating Persons
Rescued From the Water
What to Do While Waiting for q
Doctor and How to Do It-Im.
portant Directions.
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star
The fact that there have already bAen
two deaths by drowning at the bathing
beach, and the possibility of further acci-
dents wherever boys go in swimming, sug-
gest the propriety of some directions on that
Cid but not generally understood subject,
the proper treatment of a person taken out
OF the water In an insensible condition.
valuable time is often lost by delay, and
much enegy wasted on improperly carried
out treatment.
AS soon as the body is taken out of the
water efforts at resuscitation should be
commenced; no time should be lost by re-
moving the body from the scene of the nc
cident or by taking off wet clothes, as but
few minutes may be of vital importance
In starting the suspended respiration. In
speaking of the treatment let it be SUD-
posed that boy has been brought ashore
une onscious and without respiration
The first thing to do is to try to clear the
threat and trachea Tor windpipe) of water;
TINS may be done in one of two ways; first,
by rolling a coat, blanket or anything Of
that sort into wad, placing the patient
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ure from existing traditons-our designers
have invented one new feature after
another, until we have, in the Vigilant, our
last cup defender. yacht combining In a
most eminent degree speed. weatherly quail
tiles, comfort and seaworthiness.
/. The America was built in 1851 by Mr..
George Steers, and was In many respects
most remarkable vessel. Her model was
so excellent that In 1876, twenty-five years
after she was built, she was nearly as fast
as the Madeleine, the fastest boat In the
New York Yacht Club. The history of the
Americas career In English waters is SO
well known that 1t is not necessary to de-
tail 1t here. She crossed the Atlantic In
the summer of 1s51-something which had
never been done by a pleasure vessel be-
fore-and won the cup which made her
famous.
One of the earliest boats built In this
country with the sole object Of attaining
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wedding Presents Were Useful.

From the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
At wedding in little New England
town the other day the village DOCTOR
who is the village joker, contributed to the
hiiarfty of the occasion in his wedding
present. 1t was a bottle containing i,ooo
two-grain quinine tablets, with the aoVice
to the bride to take two when tempted 10
scoid her husband, the desire being, II was
asserted, sure sign of malaria unfor-
tunate,y. no prophylactic for the distemper,
should it attack the husband, was proViled
list of presents as published in the village
paper further included: "One breakfast
caster, five pairs of linen towels si'<ty-two
wards bleached cotton cloth, painted fire
screen in three sections, set of silver but
tens for shfrtwafst and sleeves, two en-
broidered table covers, table mats, pin
cushions, stocking bag, dust shovel, gem
tins and various other Articles"
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The Defender Under Sail.
by Mr.. Herreshoff's yacht Gloriana.

by Mr.. Herreshoff's yacht Gloriana.
Taking all the circumstances into consid-
Grafton. the next race for the cup will I'M
doubtedly be the most interesting and con-
elusive one that has ever taken place, as
both of the yachts are of the very highest
class and the work of the most able de-
signers of the two countries.
In conclusion, it is interesting to note
that the Americas cup, the emblem of
the yachting supremacy of the world, has
been held in this country uninterruptediy
for forty-four years; that out of nineteen
races for it, the American champion has
only once been defeated; and that so mark
ed has been the improvement made in
this country that the most eminent design
err in England has been compelled to imi-
tate the work Of an American In the hope
of winning back the cup, which the Amer
lea triumphantly bore across the ocean
in 1851,
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this country since about 1878, but they
were for the most part regarded as
"cranks,' and treated as such. But prac-
teal demonstration of the theories con-
tended for was given in the decided sue
cess of the Bedouin and the Oriva, both
close copies of the English model, and
when Sir Richard Sutton, in 1854, an
nounced his intention of competing for the
cup with the Genesta, cutter of known
ability, our more progressive yachtsmen
began to wonder if it would not be wise to
investigate some of the claims of the
"cranks," inasmuch as the pure center
board yacht, or Swimming dish" had
reached a stage where little or no improve
ment was being made. Following out this
idea, the late Edward Burgess designed
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A Shorthand Joke.
From Tid-Bits,

Lawley expert shorthand reporter)-I
say, James. the boy from the newspaper
Office has called for the report of that lee
ture. Is 1t finished?"
James Ia novice)-"Ali but a short SEN
tence IN the middle of it, and can't for
the life of me make out from my notes
what it isl
Lawley-"oh, just put in great applause
and let 1t 60"
James acts on the suggestion, and the
lecture is sent for publication with the doc
tored part reading: Friends, 1 will detain
you but few moments longer. Great APP
plause.)"
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America.
the highest possible speed was the Maria,
large sloop built in 1914, and a mere rae
ing machine. Utterly unfit for rough water
or violent winds, her speed under the condi-
tons for which she was designed was
something marvellous, and is said to have
been, on one occasion, as high as seventeen
knots an hour-not bad record for mod
ern steam yacht. On the other hand, the
Maria was SO entirely unsuited for other
than fair weather that she was once badly
beaten in race over a choppy sea by the
Coquette, which, though of a better sea-
going model than her antagonist, was but
little more than half as long.
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Young WOman's Hair Turned White.
From the Portland Transcript.
A Portland young lady received, a few
days ago. letter from friend who ap-
pealed for aid in finding something to re-
store the blackness of her hair. The friend
had suffered almost unendurably from neu-
ralgia in the head and had tried many
Wanted remedies. Finally she was advised
to have her hair shaved or cut extremely
close and adopted this desperate measure
The result Of the experiment has been that
In its renewed growth the hair is appear
ing perfectly white, though It had been
previously very dark, and the wearer is
terribly chagrined at the unexpected
change. The effect upon the neuralgia was
favorable
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From the Boston Courier.

from the BOSTON COurler
Vacations come; she leaves behind
Responsibility and care,
And TO the mountain hastes to find
RePose and Notwithstanding air.
With sturdy steps she climbs the peaks
To view the scenes that round her lie,
Health's roses glowing in her cheeks,
And pleasure sparkling in her eye.
The cataract's thunder In the glen
She hears; and, listening TO the noise,
She fancies she's at home again
In school, among the little boys.
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and outside lead ballast, as well as the
cutter rig.
The cutter was the representative Eng
for it's length, and defending for its sta
bility upon a large quantity of lead boIted
to the keel. 1t was riggsN very much like
our sloop. saye<that the nails were much
sloop, which<were high and lofty.
Fire merits of this type had been vigor-
ously advocated by a few yachtsmen in
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pho and Magic earned new laurels for
themselves.
There havs been three distinct epochs in
American yacht designing, represented by
the America Ito which reference has al
ready been made). the Puritan and the
Gloriana.
The Puritan was built In 1885, and was
the first of the famous Burgess school
of designing. Her distinguishing features
were the combination of centerboard, keel
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No Opinion Formed.

From the Burlington Qowa) Journal.
Twynn-"You were a week in Chicago,
you say?"
Triplett-"Yes."
What did you think Of the table man.
rers there"
Il saw none."
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She Was Lucky.
From Life.

|
"He is eternally comparing me to his first
wife, to my disadvantage"
you don't know how well Off you are
Wait till you are married to a man who
compares you not only to his first, but to
his second and third"
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Too Inquisitive.
From Tid-Bits.

From T1dBitS.
Young Rural dn local hotel, showing Off
before his girD-"Waiter, bring us a bottle
Of champagne
Waiter-"Yes, sir; dry?"
Young rural Qotly)-"Its none of your
business whether we are dry or not. Just
you bring it."
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The Distinctive American Ideas De-
Veloped in Yacht Building.
TEE THREE EPOCHO In DESIGNIN G
English Builders Have Been Com
PEELED to Initiate Our Boats.
T II E MOD RN 30 AT


been a very popular
recreation In E n g.
land and the United
States T OF m a n y
years. While at first
A m e r lean builders
followed the lead of
the mother country,
they soon began to
develop Ideas distinc-
lively their own. Be
ginning with t h e
America, In 1S51-the
Gal
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In the year 1864 the Sappho, keel
schooner of unusually fine model, was
launched. The Saprho was at first almost
a failure. owing to her being too narrow
to carry the sail she required to make her
a fast vessel. Beirg widened, however
she Immediately developed unusual speed,
and as thus improved she assisted in sue
Livonia in 1871, besides winning many vic
tories both in this country and abroad.
After the Lfvonia's defeat the interest
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He Was Forgiven.

From Life.
She-"Have you ever loved anotherr
He-'fYes, Of course. Did you think I'd
practice on nice girl like your
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taken in yachting became very consider
able. Many new boats were built and old
ones improved. Among those which be-
came especially prominent at about that
time are the Oracle, Vixen, Fanny, Shadow,
Mischief. Intrepid, Dauntless, Mohawk, Wis
Ion and Dreadnought while the Vesta, Sap
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The Average Small Boy and His
Tendency Toward the Water.
SOMETIMES he FoRGEYs TIE Law
What an Expert Has to Say About
the Art Of Swimming.
NEED OF CoNFIDEN CE

HERE IS JOY IN
the heart of the
small boy these days.
1t is the height of
the swimming sea-
son, and every day
the river in the
viz 1 nifty f t b e
W ha r v e 8 and the
bathing beach Is fair
ly alive with the
boys. OF course, the
bathing beach, with
its many advantages,