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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

steering committee of the Senate, after
many postponements, held meeting to-
day and decided to recommend to the Sen
ate that Senator Butler should be permit
ted to move at o'clock tomorrow, for the
consideration of the pooling bill, that this
bill should be continued as the unfinished
business until II o'clock Monday, and if it
should not be disposed of by that time it
should give place to other business. The
programme was Immediately construed
into decision to hold a Sunday session,
and this act was made the most of by those
Senators who oppose the bill.
The advocates of the bill did not admit
in so many words that their purpose in
Guided a Sunday session, but they con-
fessed that if they should succeed in get
ting the bill up they would use their
utmost endeavors to have it voted upon
before the expiration of the time set for its
consideration, and as this time would in
clude only about three hours of the Satur-
day session and one hour of the Monday
session, they would necessarily have very
limited time for the bill without either
night or Sunday session.
When Butler, who, as chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Committee has charge
of the bill, was asked what his purpose was
as to Sunday session, he said he did not
want to be quoted as saying anything that
could be construed into threat, and that
he would only say he would use his best
endeavors to get the bill before the Senate,
and that if he should succeed in that he
would continue his exertions in it's behalf
until vote could be reached. He felt con-
fident of the success of the bill in case a
vote could be reached and he believed a
clear majority would be shown on the vote
for consideration. While Butler would
name no figures, it is understood other
friends of the bill claim that final vote
would show two-thirds of the Senate in
favor of it. The opponents concede if a
vote should be reached it would pass, but
they are determined in the declaration that
it shall not reach the point when the test
of its strength shall be made. The tactics
which they will pursue were foreshadowed
in Pettigrew's brief speech in the Senate
just prior to adjournment tonight. The
feeling is such as to make it clear there
will be a very sharp clash when the effort
is made to take the bill up, and the indica-
tons are for period of most decided par
liamentary sparring against the measure,
which will probably be led by German on
the Democratic side and Chandler and Aid
rich among the Republicans.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
THAT BAD REPAIR YORK.
Information about 1t Not Received a
Wdshiagton.


THAT BAD REPAIR YORK.
Information About 1t Not Received at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-It is positively
denied at the Navy Department that any
report had been received from Admiral
Beardslee, commanding the Pacific station,
and now at Honolulu, condemning the
character of the work at the Mare Island
Navy-yard, or that Secretary Herbert has
ordered an investigation of affairs at the
nayy-yard. 1t is also said that, so far as
the department is informed, the work done
in that yard is fully up to the standard
elsewhere. Touching the report that the
Philadelphia's starboard engines broke
down on the trip to Honolulu, the Secre-
tary himself has stated that Admiral
Beardslee's report made no mention of
any such mishap, but attributed the delay
in the passage mainly to inferior COAL
As for the Boston, which is also cited as
an example of bad work, it is said the yes
sci has been lying at the Mare Island
navy-yard for months out of commission,
although ready for service and in good
order. She simply lacks men to make up
a crew.
The Bennington is being held at Aca-
pulco, according to Admiral Ramsay, chief
of the Navigation Bureau. not because she
is not in perfect order, but because this is a
convenient port at which vessel may be
ordered at short notice to proceed either to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
CUTTING DoWS OFFICES.
That of the Solicitor of Internal Revenue
First on the List.


FIRST on the List.
WASHINGTON, Feb 22.-The departmental
Joint commission, of which Dockery of
Missouri is the head, reported recon-
mendation to abolish the Office of Solicitor
of Internal Revenue in the Treasury
Department and to confer the duties of
that office on the Secretary of the Treasury.
The commission also submitted report
upon proposed reforms in the matter of
the examination bonds of United States
officials. The report will lie over until the
next Congress, when Dockery proposes to
make it the basis of bill effecting changes
in the present system of bonding Govern
ment officials. The commission also re-
ported recommendation made by the
expert examiners, which, however, is not
Endorsed by the commission, to abolish the
offices of receivers of land offices and SUBJ
stitute therefore special land inspectors.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
NOMINATIoNS CONFIRMED.
The Senate Approres the Promotion of
Judge Ross.

The Senqte Approres the Promotion of
Judge Ross.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Senate in ex-
ecutive session to-day confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: Gideon Bantz of New
Mexico to be Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the Territory of New
Mexico.
Erskine M. Ross of California to be
United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth
judicial district provided for by the act
approved February Is, 1895.
Richard T. O'Connor to be Marshal of
the United States for Minnesota.
Lieutenant Colonel F. c. cambridge,
Third Artillery, to be colonel.
Major Edward B. Williston, Third Artil-
lery, to be lieutenant-colonel.
Captain ]. E. Merrick, Third Artillery,
to be major.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
SECURED APPROPRIATIONS.
Successful Mission of VdlIejo Mem t,
WdShingtOu.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-George J. Camp
bell, president of the Vallejo Board of
Trade, and James Roney of that city, left
for home tonight, via New Orleans, much
pleased with the result of their efforts here.
With the assistance of Congressman Eng
fish they were instrumental in securing
appropriations for the Mare Island yard
aggregating nearly 100000.
The bill for new drydock was to-day re-
ported favorably by the Senate committee.
There is fair prospect that two of the new
tugboats will be constructed there. Work
WILL therefore, be lively at Mare Island for
at least two years.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

South or Central America or to cross the
Pacific. As for the Yorktown, which is
said to be suffering from leaky boilers,
it is said that this is probably true, but it is
not in any sense a reflection upon the char
acter of the Mare Island work that the
tubes should leak after the vessel crossed
the Pacific and had been in hard service on
foreign coasts.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
METAL FOR ToRPEDo-BoATs.
Lighter Substance Than Steel May Be
Employed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Black
burn from the Committee on Naval Affairs
to-day reported an amendment to the navy
appropriation bill authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Navy to use other metal than
steel or an alloy in the construction of the
proposed torpedo-boats. The amendment
is made at the suggestion of the Secretary,
who desires that the department may be
left free to avail itself of any improve
ments in naval construction as far as re-
lates to the material best adapted for use
in building torpedo-boats. He thinks an
alloy lighter than steel may be used.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

scattered or compelled to enter the service
of the monarchy.
Mello and Serzedello remained in the
Cabinet until their plans were matured for
revolt of the navy and then they retired,
each one publishing manifesto against
Floriano
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
To Prevent collisions at Sea.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22-The House Mer-
chant Marine Committee has favorably re-
ported the Senate bill to postpone from
March 1, 1895, to date to be fixed by
President Cleveland's proclamation, the
date for enforcing the revised international
regulations to prevent collisions at sea-.
This postponement is occasioned by the
recent withdrawal of Great Britain and
other nations of their assent to March 1.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
II, Faror of the Democrat.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The House Flee
ton Committee to-day, by vote of 10
A, decided the contest for the seat of the
Fourth District of Virginia in favor of
Epes, the Democrat, who holds the seat,
rejecting the claims of Goode, who ran on
a fusion ticket.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
Rhode Island Prohibitiontsts.

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Feb. 22.-The State
Prohibition convention to-day nominated
the following ticket: Governor, Smith
Quimby of Warren; Lieutenant-Governor,
William B. Franklin of Newport; Secre-
tary of State, George w. Porte of Alendale.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

WAsH1NGToN, Feb. 27.-The Congress of
the Daughters OF the American Revolution
at its session to-day elected vice presidents
general as follows: Mrs. John A. Thull of
Iowa; Mrs. Henry NJ. Shepard of Illinois.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

Most Determined Opposition to the Pool
ing Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Democratic
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05

hedges and thickets-in short, in any
convenient place where they are not
entirely exposed to the dOwnpour.
1t is the same with foN Is. They dis
like the rain. which soaks their feath-
ers. They seek sheltered places and
creep under wagons and squeeze in lie
hind boxes and boards. Chickens do
not mind wetting their feet, as they
will scratch the muddy ground. soon
after a shower, in search of worrls
and bugs.
Wild birds do their best to keep III
of the rain. They find shelter in many
ways. Some of them build a roof yer
their nest. in which they keep nor or
less dry. Others choose n house under
the caves. or under Il projecting cliff,
where they are safe from the discom-
forts that the rain brings. But most
of them are without any adequate
shelter that is the result of their Owl
forethought. They take refuge in any
place that they happen to find at hand.
If you watch them before the coming
of the storm. you will see them look
ing around for shelter. If the storm
comes suddenly, the small and help
less ones seem bewildered. flying from
tree to tree and from limb to limb.
quite unable TO make up their minds
to n temporary hiding place.-Our Ami
NAL Friends.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05
Cracking Nuts.

With the exception of peanuts and
soft shell almonds nuts should never
be cracked with the teeth. Nit crack
ers are cheap and teeth are dear or
ought to be to those who are sc fortu-
nate as to have teeth which are sound.
1t is a wise provision of nature which
civilization sometimes evadeS that we
have to crack and pick out the kernels
of nuts. One grows weary before
enough can be eaten to entail serious
damage. But in cities so great has
been the demand for labor saving de-
vices that there are those who make a
business of cracking nuts. They be-
come S % expert that they seldom break
a kernel even of the brittle and much
twisted hickory. AS those who have
cracked nuts must have discovered
there are right ways and wrong ways
of placing the nut to receive the crush
ing blow. If it is your duty to crack
nuts, and such work generally falls to
the lot of the small boy or girl, don't
be careless and put the nut in just as
it happens to fit. but place it so that
it will be most likely to <plit in half
with the grain of the shell. You may
not be able to get the kernel out whole
wen then, but you may be sure you
will not if you crush it against the
grain of the shell.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05
A Little Cowboy.

About fifty years ago a little boy
lived on the eastern side Of the Con-
nectieut river in Massachusetts, a
the New Hampshire line.
His father was one day stricken
down with apopleXy, and died sudden
ly. His poor widow had nine children
to clothe and feed. 1t was a sad home,
with no father to get bread for so
many hungry mouths. How was the
poor mother to keep her little flock to-
gether? She had a brave heart and
struggled on a. best she could.
The children We're brave, too. One
of them named Dwight, when but six
years old, went C On his W accord
and agreed with a Mr.. Alexander to
drive four of five cows to and from his
pasture on the mountain side, a dis
lance of more than half a mile, for a
cen a day; anu did it all the season,
except some rainy days, when his
brother George. who was some five
years older, and worked out for 12a
cents a day, drove them for him.
Dwight had no trouble about driving
the cows, though the farmers son,
who did the milking, used to shake
him up sometimes for routing him out
too early in the morning.
God took care of the mother and the
children; and the little cowboy who
was up and about his business in the
morning is known all over the world
as Dwight l.. Moody, whose home and
seminary are near the place where he
was born, and near where he. a bare
footed boy, drove the cow for a cent
a day so many years ago..
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05

Sometimes an engine which usually
runs we'll develops an obstinate pound
or thump, which persists in spite of
all the d~octoring that can be done to
the machine. In vain the engineer
will go from the wrist pin to the cross
head, and from eccentric to bearing.
Even the fly-wheel and the manner in
which it is keyed upon the shaft will
be investigated to see If the thump is
located therein. After all these things
have been tried in vain, just give the
engine a trife more compression and
note the result. Probably it will cure
or make 1t worse. In the latter case
change the valve again and give a
little less compression than there was
before. In nineteen cases out of twen-
ty the change in compression will do
the business. The philosophy of the
business is this: The compression Is
too little or to great to allow the ell
CINE to run smoothly over the centre;
and at that point the piston gives a
'yank,' which causes wrist pin and
connection and sometimes the main
bearing to vibrate to the extent of
the lost motion. forming the thump
or pound, which is so Objectionable
to the good engine runner.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05
A New Trolley Mail Car.


Many cities have already used the
electric car for carrying mail to the
post office, bit Boston is maxim Il nesv
departure in the shape of n mail car
designed for the receiving of mail
direct from the hands of the collectors.
The car will run on schedule time to
certain points along the line, and it
will thus be easy for the collectors to
meet it at these points and turn their
mail into it instead of into the several
sub-stations. The mail will be cali
celed II assorted on the car, and
left for immediate dispatch at the
central office or some railway station.
The a has straight sides, like a reg
ular railway post office. which gives
plenty of floor space and oom for
hanging pouches. 1t will have a full
complement of tables, cases and racks,
but its most important feature will he
a canceling machine. The current
which drives and lights the car will
feed the electric motor to run the can
ceiling machine, which will have a
capacity of 10000 cancellations per
hour. BY this plan it is expected that
letters will be delivered on al average
an hour sooner than if they were
taken to the substations and handled
in the old way.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05
To Amateur Musicians.

Girls who are fond of music are
often undecided about which instru-
men they should learn to play. 1t
seems so much more clever to be Bile
to play the violin than the piano that
1t is frequently chosen where h stu
dent would do much better with the
latter instrument. Unless you have
decided musical talent attempt moth
ing but the piano. 1t will take you
many years to become proficient on
that, but few men or women ever gain
equal skill with any instrument on
which, in addition to learning the
notes, they must learn how to make
them. Besides, although musicians
claim that the violin Is sweeter, the
piano and organ are the only instru-
ments which represent many in one,
and, therefore, give some idea of Or
chestral harmony. Moreover, q recent
critic declares that no woman car
hope to equal men in playing the vio-
lin; for she cannot hold the instru-
ment as well. He also points out that,
even when handled in the best man.
ner possible, a woman looks awkward
when playing.
AS to the harp, musicians say it is
the hardest instrument to learn and
the easiest to forget. 1t has also the
disadvantage of getting out of order
at most inconvenient tines. The writ
er has been at q concert where a per-
former, who has a fame extending
over the entire country, broke two
strings during one number of the pro-
gramme. The first entailed a wait Of
fifteen minutes, and no sooner had the
performance recommended than IN
other string snapped, and the harpist
was obliged to leave the platform.
For private life the harp can seldom
be enjoyed. except in ones own home,
for it is difficult to transport he instru-
ment from place to place. AS to the
guitar. mandolin and banjo, while
some may learn to play brilliantly.
these instruments are too often used
by those ignorant of all musical rules
end who play merely by ear. After
all, there is nothing like the piano.
and patient practice on this instru-
ment will secure for every one a de-
gree of proficiency that will certainly
give pleasure. But you must learn it,
not as an accomplishment, but with
as much earnestness as If it were
reading, writing or arithmetic. Thus
learned, you can eve forget 1t, and
when, in after years, you feel that
fingers are stiff, Il little exercise, such
as teachers give to those studying, will
Timber the stiff joints and the old skill
and the old pleasure will come back tC
you, and you will say it was vel
worth all the time and patience ex
pended.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05

On a farm in Vermont there are two,
horses and a herd of half a dozen
cows. The animals run together in
the pasture and are on the most friend
ly terms. One horse named Jack has
q special affection for Betsy, a brin-
died cow, and the two almost always
Craze together. Last spring Betsy a
a calf at her side, and Jack Sc med to
regard the youngSter as his OWE
special care. Hitherto Jack had been
a very demure and dignited horse. but
the sportive tendencies of the calf de
veloped a frisky mood on the part OF
the horse. Jack and the calf used to
romp and play together a good part of
the time. the former being very care
full not to injure his young companion.
Frequently Jack jumped over the back
Of the calf, and then allowed himself
to be chased by the little fellow, from
whom he fed as though for his safety.
One day when the herd was in a dis
tant part of the pasture Jack suddenly
appeared at the farm house neighing
loudly and telling as plainly as he
could that he wanted human assist
ance. He would gallop furiously a
short distance in the direction of the
pasture then wheel suddenly and gal
lop back to the house, throwing his
head high in the air and neighing with
all his might. The farmer called n
of his men and the twain started In the
direction indicated by the horse. When
Jack saw that his meaning was under
stood he capered around with delight,
rubbed his nose against his masters
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05
His Aggravating Nickname.

The disadvantage Of having a nick
name applied in early youth vas never
better illustrated than by the expert
ence of the boy who was known in the
White House six or seven years ago
as Baby Mckee" He is now a resi-
dent of New York city and is a stout
youngster of nearly twelve, with a
great fondness for base ball and other
athletic sports. His life would be as
pleasant as that of any other boy of
that, age were it not for the ~infantile
nickname which clings to him like an
incubus. On all occasions his play
mates use it, and even his elders some
times hail him with the hated appella-
ton.
But by far the most calling part of
the business is that the people all over
the country ignore the flight Of time
and keep sending him gifts only fitted
for the nursery. Dolls, rattles, rubber
rings and high chairs are among the
things that cause positive torture to
the grandson of the eX-president, and
it is limited that he handles them any
way but gently in his wrath. 1t is not
impossible that the name will cling to
him until manhood, and all because
newspaper writer's chose to saddle him
with a nickname.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-12-05

1t had rained five days in q steady
drizzle, and out on the terrace the spi-
ders had crept into tiny holes in the
ground, where they sullenly remained
all day long, not even venturing forth
in quest of a stray fly for a meal. At
dusk on the fifth day the rain ceased,
leaving the earth and atmosphere full
of moisture.
The wise little spiders came out then,
worked in the mystic silence Of the
night a wondrous spell, and 10, when
the morning sun began to dispel a
dense mist, there, in the grass, num-
berless white silken tents were spread.
They had been pitched, one above each
hole in the ground, and it pleased me
to fancy thai this was to protect the
occupants from the heavy dews of the
night, which now lay thickly upon the
webs, sparkling like cut gems in the
sunlight.
At first one received the impression
that some trespasser had scattered
sheets of white paper over the terrace,
but 1t took only a second glance to re-
veal the truth about the silken webs
and the sagacity Of the little creatures,
which had thus gone into camp during
the night.-Nanci Lewis Greene.