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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
POLAR ANIMAL LIFE.

Many Species of Birds Abound in the
Frigid Zone.
Lieutenant Beechy, who was on an
Arctic expedition in 1918, declared that
from morning till night the shores rever-
berated with the cries OF the little aux, a
diving bird, willocks, cormorants, gulls
and other aquatic birds, while groups of
walruses and seals bask in the sun.
On one occasion a line of little auks more
than three miles long was in fight and so
close together that fifty fell in one shot.
The column was estimated to contain
100000 birds, and flocks of these creatures
have been reported of such magnitude as
to resemble clouds and to appreciably
darken the air At Vogel Sang the party
met with reindeer and secured forty, some
OF the carcasses dressing 2S5 pounds.
At the time the animals were in pairs,
and when one was brought down the con-
duct OF the other was most pathetic, stand
ing by its fallen companion and bearing
three or four shots rather than desert its
mate. These creatures take rapidly to the
water and freely swim from island to
island, At this place were also found
elder ducks, and as it was their breeding
season, 1t was almost impossible to walk
without treading on their nests.
Like our wild geese, these ducks made
common cause to expel the intruder, and
did 1t with most determined resolution.
When band of marauding foxes or other
large animals. among which the Arctic
wolf is conspicuous, invades breeding
ground, these fowls hastily cover their eggs
with the down of the nest and glue it with
yellow fluid, so that the warmth of the
eggs is retained, the faint of the eggs so
covered being so offensive that the foxes
will not touch them.
A perfect shower of angry birds strikes
the enemy, but, Notwithstanding each of
the quadrupeds generally secures victim.
Bears were also numerous. The surface of
land and water was panorama OF burgo-
masters, malmouks. strontijaggers and
kitunakes, while the amphibia enIiyened
both water and land. But while this is an
illustration of life and animation at one
point only of the earth's area. no such
spectacle can be witnessed at the other
axial terminal. Here, all the life there ia
belongs to the water. Whales and seals
are abundant, and that curious aquatic
fowl known as the penguin is found on the
ice and rocks, but not sign of land crea
lures can be seen southwark of the Ant
arctic circle.
This fact is of easy exclamation A
glance at the map discloses that The sn,,,h "a
ern polar region is entirely isolated from,
the earth's land surface, not one of fha
continents being in neighborine communi1
cation. Only New Zealand, the southern
extremity of South America and Southern
Australia, extend with anv nearnass
toward the Antarctic ice cap. and moro
than 1000 miles of storm tossed waters still
lie beyond this ice barrier and Cape Horn
-Pittsburg Dispatch
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HIS FATHERS BUSINESS,
Boy Gave Various Accounts, but Direc
tory Man Called Him Politician.

Boy Gave Various Accounts, but Direc-
tory Man Called Him a Politician.
When the man who canvasses for names
for the city directory knocked at the doc,
on the top floor of Harlem tenement.
house it was opened by small boy
bright-eyed and ragged, with that expires.
sion OF premature agedness on his face
that makes the children of the criminal
classes look old enough to be their own
fathers.
In reply to questions the boy gave the
name OF his parents. Then came puz-
Zler.
What's yer peppers businessa" in
qulred the directory man.
'Business?"
Yes. What does he do for livingP"
The boy laughed.
"Oh, he said, the steals lead pipe off
roofs. and sometimes he breaks into houses.
Say, you amt policeman, are you? Well,
that's all right. Pepper amt got no
regular business. Sometimes he lies
along the water front and robs the
drunken sailors and sometimes he
sandbags people. To-day he's trying his
hand at picking pockets on the Bowery,
but L guess he'll get pinched, because be
generally does at that game. Don't put
MIN down as pickpocket, mister, for he's
regular greeny at that.
The directory man scrubbed something
In notebook and moved away. The boy
called after him curiously: "What did yer
put pepper down as mister2"
The directory man said nothing, but
heid up the book, in which was written
JONE JOHN, politician, 1924 av A.,
ana moved off to the next fiat.-New York
World.
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| fore? I cannot help thinking, however,
that the captain could have brought his
| ship up to the wind if he had put off his
storm-anchor over the bow. Of course, the
| cargo, however well loaded, is liable to
shift if the vessel is not got out of the
trough of the sea, and that should be the
first thought of the vessels master. Look
| at IL as we may, 1t was a terrible-an ap-
! palling-thing.
GAS to the deck-loading, shippers some
| times carry a top-heavy load on their
| decks, in order to facilitate unloading
| when they reach port. That is to say, hey
| seek to, economic on time. If that were
the case, it would have been easier for her
to heave over. Beyond certain angle
the wind would have gotten a big lev
erage."
| Harry Young of the firm of Allen and
Young was unable to give an opinion as to
| the loading of the ship.
eff she was overloaded" he said, at do
| not know how we can find it out. It is
evident that she became unmanageable
through some mysterious cause, and we
have got to be content with that. AS to
| the loading, do rot think Captain Taylor
was man to take any chances, and have
known many cases where the braces in the
hold have given way and allowed cargo
| to shift, though it was well loaded"
Captain Howard, at the Oceanic docks.
| was non-committal. He averred that it
was difficult to venture an opinion.
| Though severe storms are almost unknown
| at that point at this season of the year,
| there may have been a blow and the ship
| became uncomfortable.
| Messrs. Hermann and Mills, A. F. Spear
& Co., ]. E. Whitney and other stevedores,
who were requested for their views as to
| the probable and possible causes of the
disaster, were unwilling to express de-
! cided opinion at this time, giving as an ex-
| cuse that it would be unfair to criticize the
| loading or handling of the ship until
| something more definite is known.
| AS there has been much speculation and
| inquiry as to the nature and bulk of the
| cargo, the following copy of the manifest
| at the Merchants Exchange is printed in
full:
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medlately after their arrival in England,
Will proceed to Henley in order to finish
training. The coming regatta at Henley
promises to be the most exciting event for
years. Several of the English rowing
clubs have been greatly strengthened
IN view OF the visit of the Cornell crew.
In spite of the reassuring statements re-
Gently made on the subject there are indi-
cations of dissensions in the newly formed
American society. One set of members
who control the organization is charged by
the others with conducting the society for
personal advantage, and in trying to use
their positions in order to obtain admit
lance to certain London clubs.
The officers of these clubs claim to
have letters from the United States EN-
bassador, in which he refuses to be held
responsible for anything socially con-
nected with the American colony.
Joseph H. Manley of Augusta, Me-, left
London to-day for tour of Scotland and
Ireland.
He has been all over Europe, and has
been well received by the leading states
men OF all countries, owing to the letters
OF Introduction which he had from the
late Secretary of State, Walter Q. Gresham.
Mr.. Manley says events are occurring SO
rapidly that no one can tell who will be
the Presidential candidate of the Republi-
can party until after the next meeting of
Congress.
At the Pioneer Club, where the new
woman resorts, an international woman's
committee was formed for the purpose of
raising funds to conduct series of meet
lngs to agitate the release from prison of
Mrs. Maybrick, who is again i'll.
Mr.. Claus Spreckels and wife, with $50
trunks, arrived at prominent hotel here
yesterday and engaged gorgeous suite Of
rooms. Mr.. Spreckels had no sooner set
tied down in his apartments than he acct
dentally heard that their former occupant
had suffered from fever. Consequently he
and Mrs. Spreckels hastily left the hotel
with their baggage in the middle of the
night.
Francis Lynde Stetson, President Cleve-
lands law partner, is in this city in con-
nection with the bond contract. Mr.. Stet-
son will dine with ambassador Bayard to-
morrow
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Watt and the screw pron.,,s,

In the case of most of the greatest me-
chanical inventions-Watt's among the
number-it has not been the ideas or the
inventions by themselves that have brought
success, prosperity or even satisfaction to
their owners. These results have had to
be painfully and slowly evolved out of long
and costly practical demonstration and ex.
perience OF the alleged merits of the inven-
dured for more than twenty years after his
discovery of separate condensation in 1853
before he could see that his steam engine
would ever bring him anything but dis
appointment, loss and misery.
1t is highly characteristic, however, of
Watts fertile and original genius, and sig
nlflcant OF what he might have done to de-
veiop the marine engine at the commences
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TENNEssEE's HERB-DIGGERs.

a REGULAR People who Are Well Versed
In Practical Forest Lore.
hundreds of people are engaged in Ten
nessee IN digging roots and herbs and
gathering leaves, barks. nuts and berries
Ior the great pharmaceutical laboratories.
Iney are known as the "diggers'' of the
State. The people who began the business
were born in the backwoods. Farming af-
1ordeo them only scant living, fishing
ana hunting were for sport, and every time
tney operated still the revenue officers
sWooped down upon them with handouts
ana warrants. A succession of Jail SEN
fences convinced them that it was better
to buy whisky than to make it themselves.
When they quit moonshiniug they had to
discover some new way to make enough
money to keep things going in backwoods
style, which means store clothes, red top
pea boots, tobacco and plenty of whisky
tor the men, and snuff, calico and feathers
LOT the women. A druggist in trouble sup
piled the idea needed.
The old women of the digger districts
had always made decoctions, teas and Bit
tiers from roots, herbs, barks and leaves to
allay all sorts of ailments, but the idea of
selling the roots and banks had never pre-
scented itself. Long Tom Harper was
moonshlner in McNair County, and the
Federal Judge sent him to jail for six
months at Memphis once. Long Tom
served out his term, and that Jail sentence
changed many sinners into diggers.
Among other prisoners there was drug
glst who had been incarcerated for mis-
demeanor. The druggist asked Long Tom
about the herbs in his district, and Tom
told him all he knew. The druggist pro-
posed to go home with Long Tom and
gather roots and herbs for market.
Moonshining with Jail sentence added
was not pleasing to Tom, and he was easily
induced to go into the new venture, for the
prospect of hard work didn't seem immi-
nent. That was years ago. Long Tom
and the drug man dug roots and herbs,
stripped trees of their bark, and hauled
bundles of it to the railway stations to be
shipped away. Toms neighbors began
digging, too, and now they dig all the year
round in the best weather, for some things
can be gathered in winter, although the
greater part of their collections are made
in the spring and autumn. The men and
women engaged in the business know very
little about pharmacy or the way science
distills the secret juices of what they
gather, but the business pays them.-Cor.
New York SIM
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Didn't Initiate Faunt,erov.

II wish that some one," remarked a
young mother, would tell me wny q
child's mind is instinctively and infallfblv
attracted 10 the naughty rather than to the
nice. A year or SO ago l took Ethel and
Harold to see the play of Little Lord
Fauntleroy.' l rash1y fancied that the
example of the little hero's gentleness and
goodness would have fine effect on nv
own youngsters.
sThe day after the performance over.
heard Ethel and Harold saying, Bully fol-
you, and Cheese it, Gully with an alarm.
ing ease and frequency. Where did Won
ever hear such expressionsP / cried. only
to receive the answer: why, at Little
Lord Fauntleroy." Don't you remember.
mamma? Dick, the bootblack, talked Ike
that. 'n-Boston Herald. = :. -
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ment OF Its history, had he taken the mat
Ter up, that upon the two principal
occasions we know of when he applied his
MIND to the subject he made very pregnant
suggestions. Thus, when Watt sent draw
1ngs OF his engines to Soho in ITO for Mr..
bouiton to construct one for experiment,
ana had been told that it was intended to
MAKE an engine to draw canal-boats, Watt
wrote, Have you ever considered spiral
oar Tor that purpose, or are you for two
wheels?" and to make his meaning clear
ne sketched rough but graphic outline of
screw propeller. This is, perhaps, the
earnest suggestion of screw propeller,
except that it was proposed by Daniel
iR2ernoullll, the mathematician, in 1752.-
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CAUSED A DUEL,
1t Was Merely the Way He Helped His
Neigh Dor to Wine.

height Dor to Wine.
Austria's aristocracy and officialdom are
much startled by the announcement tina
Count Henry Coudenhove, now represent
ing Emperor Francis Joseph at the court
of the Mikado, has married Japanese LADY
of noble birth who, it is believed, was pre-.
viously converted to the Roman Catholic
faith.
This is the first time on record, says the
Chicago Record, that European Minis
ter Plenipotentiary has ventured to marry
an Asiatic, and the innovation is one
which does not commend itself either to
his Government or to his fellow-d iplomats.
1t will probably esult in the immediate
withdrawal of Cou Mt Coudenhove from his
present post, since the new Countess is
likely to be subjected to Sights by the
white races in the Orient, which might
lead TO serious complications in view OF
her rank.
The Coudenhoves are one of the most in
huential and ultra-C Catholic families of the
Austrian aristocracy, and the Count, who
is now Envoy at Toxic, is closely related
to the ex-Prime Minister, Count Taaffe.
Some years ago he achieved considerable
notoriety in consequence Of his having
killed brother officer, Count Rosenberg,
in duel.
The quarrel originated in dispute
caused by the manner in which Count Cou-
denhove had helped his adversary to wine
at a mess dinner, Instead of pouring the
bottle forward to the left he had lazily
bent it backward over his hand to the
right for the purpose of filling Count Ros-
enberg's glass.
Everywhere on the continent of Europe,
and especially among military men, this is
considered as gross an insult as that of
Tered by japanese samurai or nobleman
when, in showing his sword blade to an ac-
quaintance, he turns the sharp edge in
stead Of the back toward him.
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BicycIists work Hard.

A scientist has recently made some ex-
perlmentss which show the amount of force
developed by some of our bicycle cracks
during hard race. Some cyclists have
maintained for two minutes speed to
Of tne of
horsepower.
:, For SIX seconds they were able to exert
the astonishing force of N horsepower.
This is equivalent to raising weight of 1888
pounds one yard high in one second. This
Is conservative estimate.
Experiments are also being made to de.
termlne the force exerted by different
sports. These results will be of great use
for training and as hygienic data.
One OF the discoveries made during the
calculation of the force exerted by bicyclists
Is Is. that at high speeds the work of bicy-
c crsa. IN covering specified distance is as
distance.
:, AT a moderate speed runner undergoes
three times the labor of a bicyclist, but the
higher the speed the nearer are their e1er-
lions equalized.-Boston Globe.
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FEARED THE CAMERA.

Why the Old Mountaineer Didn't Wan
His Picture Taken.
An hour before noon I overlook youne
man with a camera who was making snap.
shots by the wayside. A few minutes later
we met mountaineer on a mule with q
sack of corn behind him, and after saluta-
tons had been exchanged the artist said
he would like to take his picture, says a
writer in the Detroit Pree Press.
"Is that thing fur takin' pictures?"
"Yes-takes regular photograph"
"Would it look like me?"
"Of course"
"And the mewl?"
eyes"
"Then I'll hev to disappint We. Thar
was Teller up yere with a squintin'
masheen like that and he met my brother
Bill. He sot Bill on a rock and squinted
at him and logged along. When he got
down to Knoxville he fixed the pictur' I'D
and was Showin't around when felIer saws
to him:
"'Whar' did We meet this we're critter? p
Cup above the Cumberland Gap
"'And mought his fust name be Bill?'
Z" I reckon
And his last name Scett?'
THE same
"That's about all they said. but in the
co'se of three days lot of revenue officers
came along and gobbled onto Bill, and he's
in the Albany Prison dom time yit They
dun reckoned he was in Texas till they
saw his pictur.'"
But as the revenue officers don't want
you that removes the objection" explained
the artist.
st pears to, but it don't do it." replied
the old man, as he looked up and down
the road. You take my pictur'. You go
down to Clinton. You show it around.
"'Durn my hide but that looks like ole
Jeb Scott up in the hillsp
Yes, it's the ole cuss hisself.'
T. Wizard We meet him?'
"' Over on the Clinch River
The dear ole critter! How pert he's
lookin' on that ole mewl of his! I'd gin a
dollar to shake hands with himp
WALL" continued the old man, Sin
about three days I'd be roostin' in Jail and
hev only myself to blame for it, while
them revenue fellers would be Jest tickled
to DEATH"
''But thought they didn't want you'll"
protested the artist,
''No, reckon they don't, but they would
as soon as they saw the pictur'. Some of
EN- would recognize the inherent ole crit
while the boys were totin' moonshine
still out of ravine and over the noun
talns, and as haint much Of a hand to
talk I'm afeared | couldn't explain how 1
happened to fall asleep and leave 'em
thar till they cut thar way out through
the roof. You can squint at the old meWl
and the bag of CON all day if it will obleege
We, but don't pull trigger till ole Jeb Scott
gifts down and hides behind logi"
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Drore off the French.

NEW YORK, N. Y, CAL, June IA
special from Rio Janeiro says: The Official
Gazette asserts that a fight took place be-
tween French marines and Brazilians on
May 10. Lieutenant Lumier ordered the
imprisonment of Gabriel.
The latter resisted and shot Lumier.
The French force burned the village of
Oabralo, but the Brazilians returned and
compelled the French to retire. The Bra
lillian Government declares that the
French had no right to invade neutral
territorv
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HAVE ALMOST LOST HOPE.
Am1tous Relatives AtOaat Nescs, bat Fla
10 Receive Good IidiHgs.

Anrious Relatives Aeoaat Ee,cs, but Fail
10 Receive Good Tadings.
The homes of those whose dear ones
were aboard the Inflated steamer were Wis
tied yesterday by many sympathizing
friends. None had further hope to offer.
No tidings had been received at the office
OF the steamship company of any more
RATS or boats being picked up and none
was anticipated, although all the anxious
walters were hoping against hope.
L. X. Brewer, whose wife and three lit
tie ones were among the passengers unac-
counted for, has gone to Walnut Creek.
HIS four boys are there and he wished 10
break to them as gently as possible the
news of the probable fate of their mother
and sisters
Mr.. Brewer was accompanied by his
friend, John M. Wright. Mr.. Wright ha.a
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The Big Petroleum Fire.

HAMBURG, GERMANY, June 1.-The
great petroleum fire which broke out at
Harburg, six miles from here, at the
works of the Bremen Trading Company,
destroying five tanks of oil and a great
deal of other property, has been mastered.
The damage is estimated at 1000,
marks.
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Rnr q. ooea, Frsiahts.

COLON, COLOMBIA, June 1.-The war in
freights between the Pacific Mail Company
and the Colombian line commenced to-
day. No more through bills of lading will
be granted the Alliance of the Colombian
line, which is now loading 10000 cases of
California fruit.
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days, and his sight is greatly interfered
with. No Ministers or other official visit
ors have been received in three days, and
there is apprehension among those fully
acquainted with the gravity of the Presi-
dents physical condition.
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TURKEY CANNOT DELAY.
Must Anstcer to the Poscers at Once O.,
the Armenian Question.

CoNsTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, June L.
The Turkish Government has asked per-
mission to delay making a reply to the
proposition of the powers looking to re-
forms in the administration of Armenia
until after the Bairim festival, which COM
mences on Monday. The representatives
of the powers have declined to grant the
request of the porte and insist upon having
an immediate answer.
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Annointed for S,cede,,.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, June Count
Ludwig Douglas, Governor Of Upsala, has
been appointed Foreign Minister for
Sweden in succession to Count Carl Lew
enhaupt, who has resigned. The latter
was appointed October II, 1889.
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President Lsaz III.

CITY OF MEXICO, MEXICO, June L.
President Diaz is confined to his bed with
very serious Inflammation of the eyes.
DR.. Lopez, director of the Medical College,
has made an exhaustive examination of
the case, and reports the condition of the
President as threatening serious conse-
quences.
He has been confined to his bed for four
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Killed bu on Explosion.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA. June six persons
were blown to atoms to-day by an explo-
sion, which occurred at Mayer & Roth's
gunpowder factory at Felixdorf.
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Fatal Fire u. a Colliery.

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, June IA fire
broke out to-day in the Fifeshire main
colIiery. Nine men were killed while try
ing to quench the flames.
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DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Ttco Hundred Houses at Port Said Are
Wiped Osit.
PORT SAID, EGYPT, June 1.-Two hun
dred houses were destroyed by fire in the
native quarter of this town. The COM
mander of the British gunboat Dryad
landed men and pumps to assist in
quenching the flames. Many natives were
hurt
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Earthquakes in Austria.

VIENNA, AUSTRIA, June 1.-Two sharp
earthquakes were felt at Labalch, the
capital of the Dutchy of Carniola, yester-
dav