The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-23

| practical value of the ship. The Elbe went
| down because she was struck IN her WAL
4 point and although such thing Is not apt 10
| bappen to a ship once in thousand times, yet
| il NAV happen, and when 1t does IL Is fa1ai.
| Communication between the compartments IN
| . chin roust he had so that the bulkheads
| have to be pierced by doors, and the more COM
| nartments YOU have the more means OF COM
| munication between them you must nave.
| chin might be subdivided into 1nnumeraole
commandments, but besides the danger just
| mentioned there is an element OF lmpractic-
| ability from commercial point Oh view
| Steamships are built for people, and multi
| nlication of bulkheads diminishes the room for
coal. machinery, cargo and cabins A steam
| shin. therefore, with high degree OF SAFETY
attained in this way could be built, but the ex-
| nense of running her would be prohibit1yely
| expensive"
| "Did YOU ever hear the origin of the name
| sstogie' familiar to every smoker in the land?'
| asked j. w. Kirk, salesman of manufactured
| tobacco at the Palace yesterday. THAT familiar
! kind of cigar first came into use in Pennsylva-
| mia wears ago. at time when primitive trans
portation methods were in vogue, and the al
| most universal method was the long, roughly
built canyas-eovered wagons, somewhat SINH
lar to what in later years were known as prairie
schooners but which were then called Cones
| toga wagons after the territory in which they
originated Along the then famous national
nike which these wagons traversed was a Sec
| ton of country largely devoted to the culture
| of tobacco, and it was customary for the driv-
| ers and passengers to help themselves to few
| leaves of the weed from the nearby barns,
which they rolled in the simplest manner.
| These long, slender rolls were then called Con
estogas,' and from that the 'stogas,' and finally
| stogies' was but slight and natural change.
The term 'tobie' is an outgrowth of 'stogie,' and
/ To- fJ o+o Qroll "
eThe people I'D our way have got tired of the
| telephone monopoly and competitor is now
! in the field which promises us some relief."
| said A. w. Locke OF sacramento at the
Grand Hotel yesterday. Recently the
old company introduced new rate schedule
which had the effect of increasing the
| already burdensome rates, and as conse-
| quence q local company has been organized by
prominent citizens and an arrangement en-
| tered into with the California Telephone and
Construction Company which will give us a
| new system. 1t is proposed to charge So a
| month for long-distance telephones, So SO a
| month for ordinary telephones in stores, Of
| fees and business houses, and So so a month
| for telephones in residences where the ordinary
instrument is used Lines are to be built to
| Placerville, via Folsom, Single Springs and
Ell Dorado, and from the latter place to lone,
| via Plymouth, Suffer and Jackson. The new
| system will be an extensive one when it once
| gets thoroughly into operation"
almost anybody can hold the lines over his
| own blooded trotters these days." remarked l..
| A. Richards, a well-known stock-raiser of Gray
| son, last night with number of kindred
| spirits he talked horse at the Palace Hotel.
| al have been raising horses for sale for twenty
| years and never knew prices to run so low.
| The other day sold an Electioneer colt in
| Stockton for 500. His owner is training him
| for the track and he promises to win his cost
| in his first race. To-day sold four more colts
| of the same get to local horsemen at similarly
| low figures. Californian-bred horses are favor
| ably known all over the United States, but we
| breeders do not seem to be able to get for them
| the prices they should BRING
| Frank C. Ives, the billiard champion, who has
been guest at the Palace for some days, says
| that new substitute for ivory in the making
| of billiard balls has been discovered in COM
| position of steel and aluminium. 1t is claimed
that the new composition will be much
| cheaper than ivory and will be absolutely proof
against ''chipping." The with which
'draw' or English uld be impaired to the
new composition is not known, but the general
| belief is that the balls will respond much
| quicker than the ivory ones.