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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30
Captain of the Haryara T.n,,

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, May 2s.-J. L.
Bremer, '96, has been chosen captain of
the Harvard track athletic team for next
year. Bremen holds the worlds record in
low hurdles, and has been a member of the
Mott Haven team for three years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30
WITH Il FLYING START.
Dtrnberger Goes Mile In One Foytv.
FXye Fiat.

F1Ce Fiat.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May ON. F.
Dirnberger Jr., the star of the Syracuse
team, to-day rode one mile, flying start, in
AS fat, breaking the worlds record of
1:47 80. He was paced the full distance
by the Syracuse quad manned bv the
greatest quad team in the world, Pat
oConnor on the first seat, William I'll.
Ierrlil on the second, Jack Coburn on the
third and Billy Hamilton on the rear.
This is the first time a mile record has
been attempted so early in the season and
stamps the rider and the performance as
being truly remarkable. Dirnberger will
go for other short-distance records in a
few days, weather permitting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30
SAN JOSHS RACE MEETING.
Large List of Entries la the Comm
BicucIe EreutS.

Largo list OF E5,tries IA the Coming
Bicycle Epefts.
SAN JOSE, CAL, May 29.-The race
meeting of the San Jose Road Club next
Saturday bids fair to be successful. There
are fifty-hve entries, among them many
prominent riders.
Twenty-four riders are entered in the
novice race, SO in the two-mile class A
event, II in the mile scratch, class A, and
10 in the class B two-mile handicap.
Castleman, Burke and Foster have entered
for the class B event. A. NJ. Boyden and
Grifiths of Oakland are to go against the
coast tandem record.
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summer and owing to the fact that he
made no effort to save himself and made
no cutlery, coupled with the investigation
OF his books, which was about to be set on
loot, many persons thought he committed
suicide. He carried over $4,000 life in
surance, which has been collected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30
Corneu Oarsme,, Denart.

NEW YORK, MY, May 2s.-The Cor
nell University boat crew which will COM
pete in the Henley regatta in July sailed
for England to-day on board the American
line steamer Paris,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30

was rearrested on complaint of Colonel
Edward Stone. uncle of Nellie Stone,
charged with attempted abduction. The
hearing OF this case will commence to
morrow =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30
Death of q Cardinal.

ROME, ITALY, May 29.-Cardinal Loui.
Buffo-Scilla is dead. He was born at Pa
lermo on April 9, 1910, and was created
Cardinal on December IA, 1891. He was
Archbishop of Chieta.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30
o., a. Gold Basjs.

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, May ga
law has been passed permitting CONNER
cial transactions in Russia to be conducted
on gold basis.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30

A late curiosity cleaner claims that
there are 500 open caverns in Edmondson
County, Kentucky.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30

Most of the black pearls in existence
come from the dark-lipped oyster of Lower
California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-30
The No,y YorI. at Southarnpton.

The Neso York at Southampton.
SOUTHAMPTON, ENG, May 29.--The
United States cruiser New York, which
sailed from New York May 1s, has arrived
horo
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
Chinese Guilds,

The bankers OF China, according to
Frank q. Carpenter, have a guild,
and 1t depends very much upon them
whether tho government Is supplied
with money for the war. There are
nearly 1000 banks in the two cities
OF Shanghai and Tion Tsin, and their
members oil work together. They
have their connections with other
banks Of the empire. and they fix the
rates Of interest and regulate ex.
change. The tea merchants have o
guild, and there nre silk guilds and
oil sorts OF manufacturers' unions.
These guilds have magnificent
halls In tho great cities, and tho Han.
kow tea men may have a club house
In Shanghai and Canton, and some OF
tho finest buildings In China to-day
are those possessed by the trades
unions. l have visited many OF
these buildings through the courtesy
OF Chinese friends. You find them
full Of well dressed Cinnamon, who
are chatting together, drinking tea
or playing cards. They are, In fact.
much like the big club houses Of
America In their social aspects, and
many Of them have beautiful gardens
connected with them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
The Plttsbupe voloo.

Residents In Washington are quick
to note the ldiosyncrasies In local &C.
cent rs developed In the changing
communities OF the West and South.
They have discovered what Is known
rs the Pittsburg voice. 1t IL .
little sliding up tilt ut tho end Of
each sentence. From tho lips Of an
Allegheny bello 1t makes u CHEEKY
and piquant feature Of tho capital
receptions, but gives u half pathetic
turn to the utterances OF her mamma,
and 1t Ia rumored that 1t sometimes
adds o Querulous note to the harmo.
MES OF the household.
Fanciful social philosophers have
tried to solve the Pittsburg up shoot.
They say 1t Is tho result OF travelling
by car up The sudden inclines OF the
steep hills which surround, with
their suburbs, the junction OF the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
They say that it is simply gasp for
breath translated out OF the murky
atmosphere OF the smoky city. There
are even those who say that the
Pittsburg voice Is only an indication
Of the chronic apprehension Of the
trolley which residents labor under.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
America Q hundrs Years Ago.

Every gentleman wore queue and
powdered his hair.
Imprisonment for debt was com.
mon practice.
There was not public library In
the United States.
Almost all the furniture was i'm.
ported from England.
An old copper mine In Connecti.
cut was used rs prison.
There was only one hat factory,
and that made cooked hats.
A day laborer considered himself
well paid with two shillings a day.
Crockery plates were objected to
because they dulled the knives.
A man who jeered mt the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
Virginia contained q fifth OF the
whole population Of the country.
A gentleman bowling to lady al.
ways scrapcd his foot on the ground.
Two stage coaches bore oil the
travel between New York and Bos-
ton.
The whipping post and pillory
were still standing In Boston and
New York.
Beef, pork, salt fish, potatoes and
hominy were the staple diet oil the
year around.
Buttons were scarce and expensive,
and the trousers were fastened with
pegs or laces.
There were no manufactures in
this country, and every housewife
raised her own fax and made her own
linen.
The church collection was taken in
bag ut the end OF q pole, with o bell
attached to rouse sleepy contribu-
tors.
Leather brooches, n chez ked shirt.
red flannel jacket and a cooked
hat formed the dress OF an artisan.
When u man had enough tea he
placed his spoon across his cup to In.
dictate that he wanted no more.
A new arrival In n Jail was set upon
by his fellow prisoners and robbed
Of everything that he had.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
stopping u Stampede.

Tho man was roughly clad. and had
the appearance of miner; but ON max
Ing his acquaintance l was surprised
to learn that he was an electrician. 1t
seems that he made specially OF in
stalling battery and induction coil out.
fits for charging wire fences with cleo
tricity. Down In Texas there are thou
sands of miles of barbed wire fences
on the ranches, which serve the pur.
pose Of keeping the cattle in bounds
quite successfully except where there
Is a stampede. Then they so through
the fences like a landslide. This cleo
trlcian found, so he said. that fence
charged with electricity would stop
even the stampede. lie told me ne had
fixed over five hundred miles Of fence,
but that the interrupter he used wore
out too fast, and he was going East to
see II he couldn't get better apparatus
for charging fences.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
MARY A. LlvERMORE.
A DISTINGUISHED WOMAN or
THE PRESENT CENTURY.

She Did Valiant Service During che
Civil War and Became . Patriotic
Platform Orator, Retiring From
Active Life 20 Pursue Literary
Duties.
No woman was ever more appro.
priately claimed by every portion of
her own extended land than Mrs
Mary A. Livermore. No woman was
ever more widely known personally
She has lived In the North, the South.
the East and the West. She has lcct.
ured in nearly every State in the
Union, and even Europe has its
claims upon her, for she has lecturcd
In England and Scotland, and on the
continent, through interpreters.
Mrs. Livermore Is a link between
two generations. She knew and
thought with the great thinkers OF q
generation ago. Garrison and Wen.
dell Phillips were her compatriots.
She not only lived with Emerson,
Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell, Haw.
thorne and their contemporaries,
but, with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
has lived to see the last leaf fiut.
ter from the bough where It chung,
for DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes was
the last man Of group of brilliant
literary lights Of which Boston may
well be proud.
A mere slip Of girl, she left her
fathers home to 60 into what seemed
the for South, in response to u call
from q family school in Southern
Virginia.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09
sive changes in every sphere rsis.

sive changes in every sphere rsla.
tive to women, who has seen the
development of philanthropies, the
establishment of colleges. the revo-
lutionized attitude of the press and
the legislation for women where a
half n century ago there was practi.
cally none. All this she has wit.
messed, In all these things she has
participated; yet, never failing to
mingle with the young people sur.
rounding her, she has failed to grow
old.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-09

THE invention most needed now is
some cheap and practical process Of
sterllizing drinking water without
rendering it less palatable. The
growth OF population is steadily to-
ward the cities, and in the cities
good health depends more on good
water than on any other one thing.
Indeed, it is believed by some that II
the germs Of disease can BIO kept out
OF food and water there will be little
or no danger Of the spread Of the
germ diseases. 1t is thought that
pure water would reduce the death
rate of any large city from 10 to rs
per cent. ut least.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-16
Tea and Coffee CnIlnre in Hnmaii.

1T is not generally known that the
cultivation of tea and coffee in Hawaii
is rapidly becoming a matter of i'm
portance 60 our American markets.
Fine qualities of ten and coffee are
being grown successfully, and it may
be expected in the near future that
these islands Will become an impor-
tant source OF supply. Both tea AMI
coffee grow luxurilntly and both, it is
noteworthy, are being prepared almost
entirely by machinery, instead OF by
hand. This it is thought will com
pensate for the low wages paid TO tho
pickers and other tea workers in
China and enable Hawaii to rival tho
Chinese market prices. The tea, for
example, is picked by machine, which
gathers only the young and tender
leaves and never makes the mistake OF
picking the tough leaves, however
thick they may be. Next the leaves
are withered, rolled and then packed
without being touched by any hand.
In preparing the coffee berry for
market there are nlso n number of i'm
genious and efficient machines which
do the work much more cheaply anil
in u more uniform manner than il
could be done by hand. The disk
pulper and the Gordon pulper arc
principally used. Several Of the Ha-
waiian coffee planters have erected ex.
tensive drying houses, and a large
crop this year may be readily pre-
pared for market The coffee plant
grows luxuriantly on the island i'm
almost every soil Wild coffee has
even been planted among the high
lands aud in the forests, i'm some cases
Mt an elevation of over 2JOD feet, AMI
gives an abundant crop. It is re-
ported that this year q number OF
people ore applying for lam with the
intention of raising ten and coffee, and
several large plantations aro being
equipped. Scientific American.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-16
Oneer Adrnnlnr,s ofnLn1

Robert Ammen, nineteen years old,
had n queer experience in the Arctic
seas last season, and he has asked the
Superior Court to compel Captain f..
w. Newth to pay him 5000 in conse-
quenc. Young Ammen has brought
the suit through his mother, Mrs.
Belle Ammcn, who acts as his guar
dian.
According to the complaint Ammcn
shipped as n green hand on the whal-
ing vessel Jeanette i'm March, 1898.
Captain Newth made him cabin boy,
and they sailed away to the Siberian
Seas. Two months later, off East
Cape, Siberia, the captain took on
board an Indian squaw, who was am
bilious to be passenger and sail the
Northern seas. As she was down on
the books as Il frst-class cabin pas.
senger, Ammon had TO carry duff and
canned salmon daily TO her hei1quart-
ers. His feelings were greatly shocked
at the way she flung the food about
and acted generally.
To add to his distress Captain
Newth marooned him aud dying
sailor named Joe White on one OF tho
Herschell Islands. White was sick
and of no account on board an active
whaler, so he was set ON shore with
young Ammen TO nurse him. Ammsu
claims that they we're left with Insult
iicient supplies and no medicine.
White soon died Ammeu dug u
grave for him in the frozen ground,
and then sat down to wait till the
whnler hove in sight TO pick him mp.
I'm the course of time ne got away, but
it wns o. narrow escape.
Mrs. Ammon believes that her son
was badly treated, and she asks dam.
ages accordingly San Francisco Elk.
aminer.
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watAhes, which means from midnight
until 3 a. m, and from that hour un-
III either or s o'clock. They have
under them about forty bell boys and
messengers and half n dozen por-
tiers or trunk carriers, who in turn are
under the control of head porter.
This last individual is quite big fell
low about a large hotel. He grows to
know all the important personages
who frequent the place. He hob-nobs
with politicians and expects bow of
recognition from the President of the
United States if he has ever met the
latter before.
Then there are the carriage callers,
tho door po.ters, and even the cab and
hackmen all under the control OF those
behind the desk. At the Waldorf the
bell boys are merely messengers.
kilograms. message letters, callers
cards, etc, are sent to each room by
n perfect pneumatic tube system,
which 1t takes about a dozen men to
operate, including the engineer of tho
air-compressor in the endorsement,
and the hall man on each floor. whose
duty Is to see that each thing of the
kind gets to its proper destination. -
New York News
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-16
4 LILLE Old PhlIosopher.

Robert Louis Stevenson used TO tell
this story OF his early days He was
entering in au absent minded way the
famous second baud book shop Of
James ShIlie, when he ran into 70
tuning old gentleman who was lcav-
ing the establishment The latter
CIRCULATED i'm an angry tone, "Mau,
can Won not look whore YOU are
goin ti' Stevenson apolozizeJ for
his .wkwardnoss, and was then con
fronted by Mr.. Stllie, who was also
excited. The BOOKSELLER exclaimed ::
"Tho cratur has been trying 90 make
out That an old book / sold him is
81 urious He may be able 60 write.
but hl knows nothing about black
letter books. He's the most disagree.
able customer that ever entered my
shopl ''Who is hep" asked Steven.
son. cob, that's the great AK.
Thdios CARLYLE. kalyw
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Whore Mnl,es AIlnnnn

The wolf question has again become
90 serious 10 stockmcn having herds
I'm the northwestern portion OF South
Dakota that all sorts Of measures nr5
being discussed for their cxtermina-
ton. The Hamilton boys, who havo
lnrge herds Of cattle i'm the Cavc Hill
region, have tried poisoning, but with
little success. They now propose to
resort TO dogs, aud the experiment
will be watched with interest by other
stockmen having herdsi that section.
Last fall the GIamiltous took four
groybounds ont 10 their ranch and
have also sent to West Virginia for
four trail hounds, which are expected
to arrive shortly. These are cross
between the blood and fox hounds.
aud mako excellent trailors Upon
their arrival desperate attempt will
be made TO extermiuqte the wolves.
New York Advertiser.
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ooh, that's about o sizo too small
for you, said q salesman I'm biz
clothing establishment near Herald
square, rs he critically surveyed a coat
into which me bal assisted q patron.
eyes, it is bit TOO small, assente
the other taking of tho garment.
"5ut, tell INC just how much is q
size"
''ln coat, w answered tho salesman,
''a size is one inch
"Is that SOL" exclaimed the Gus
toner. lie had been living for nearly
thiriy-two years, was fairly intelligent.
but never knew that fact.
And thero are thousands just like
him, who also do not know, FOX inst
nnce, that q size in underwear is two
iuchesi iu sock, an inch in collar,
hulf an inch i'm hoes, one-sixth of an
inch ~ trousers, one inch iu qloge
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-16
A japanese Trick.

The cute Japanese played n pretty
trick TO find ont the condition of the
Chinese fleet that was so knocked
around 10y the Japs 40 the naval bat.
tie of the Yalu River. The Chinese
fleet was anchored nt Wei Hal. Wei.
The japanese Worship Yoshino-Kahn
rcpainted aud then hoistcd the Chi
nese colors and started for Wei-Hui-
Wei, pursued by n Japanese man-5f-
war. The pursuing vessel fired sew
eral shells at the disguised steamer
and tho people in Hai-Wei, de-
ceived by the strategy, signaled tho
flying steamer TO enter the port She
availei herself OF the invitation long
enough to ascertain that the Chen
Yuen, Fiug-Yuen, Tsing-Yuea, Chi
Yuen, Kwaug- Ping, Chen Tuug, Chen
PA, Chen-Nan aud Chen-Pop were
lying at anchor within and then She
fed. The ruse was disco yered as she
was leaving the harbor and several
shots We're sent after her, but not ono
struck her So, Louis 49, syings =
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-04-16
Coal Burned on a Biz Atlantic Liner.

Not little guesswork has been gone
through by many as to tue probable
quantities OF coal which are daily
shovelcd into the furnace-mouths Of
such big Atlantic liners as the stenm-
ers Paris, New York, Camvaniu, and
Lucania. Ten years ago 100 tons "A
day was considered n most prodlgious
consumption, little likely TO he ex-
ceeded In the to come, and wondering
comment there wus in plenty that so
vast quantity should find n legiti-
mate outlet. Since then, however,
the public mind has been educated up
to higher figures, and statements of
200 and even 800 tons day have
ceased to attract more than passing
notice. Three hundred and fifty tons,
in fact, are said to be burned on the
Paris and the New York in every
twonty-four hour, but OF the Lucania
and Campauin no particulars have ever
been given, SO that an approximation
based on what Is known of the power
equipment OF these ships is all that
can be offered. Twenty-eight thou.
sand horsepower has been assumed to
be the amount that each of these YES
sells requires to propel them at the
great speeds which they maintain
Added to this power Of the main
engines must be the aFpreciable figure
represented by the host of auxiliary
engines and pumps which are neces-
sary adjuncts, and which, with the
steam heating systems, and hot water
apparatus, help to swell the steam
consumption to such degree that n
total allowance of, say, sixteen pounds
of steam per hour for each of the
%, horse power may be taken rs
quite within the mark. Allowing
then, to boiler performance, of eight
pounds OF steam per pound of coal,
which cannot be far wrong, we have
n coal consumption of two pounds per
hour for each horsepower, or 5000
pounds, equivalent to 6O) tons per
day. This is pretty plain figuring,
though of course, partly speculative,
and while the outcome may seem ex-
nggeratedly high, it, no doubt. quite
truthfully represents the facts IN tho
case. -Cnssier's MngaZine.
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A Bows Jump for Lie.

~ AAO A@hoA " bEsN va Nl6 NOuStlH
tuition, by S. G.. w. Benjamin, pub
lished in st. Nicholas, occurs this true
story:
AS 1 walked the deck, wrapped to
the eyes IN warm overcoat and pro-
tected by huge sou'wester, 1 thought
OF the thrilling incident which oc-
Cured on the Constitution when she
was lying at anchor, on previous oc-
casion, OFF n milder coast than the
bleak shores of New England. 1t was
In Port Mahon, then one of the Med
lterranean stations OF our cruisers.
Commodore Hull was In command He
had with him his son, bright, active
lad of ten or twelve.
One morning when the Commodore
was on shore, the boy began TO play
with the pet monkey of the crew. The
monkey suddenly snatched of his cap,
and started up the rigging with it.
The boy pursued, and after a lively
chase succeeded in recovering the cap,
which he hung triumphantly on the
topgallant yard-arm, and then sat on
the yard to rest himself. He then
took 1t into his head to "shin" up to
the maintruck. This is IL small
wooden disk which caps the top of
mast; it has sheave-holes through
which run the halyards that hoist the
colors TO the masthead The truck of
the Constitution was perhaps scant
foot in diameter. Having reached the
truck, the foolhardy lad proceeded to
climb on TO il and actually stand upon
the truck, perched in the air 1S) feet
above the water. In European men
of-war the stays reach up TO the truck,
and sailors who have tried this peril
GUS feat have been able to get down
by means OF the stays. But the stays
of the Constitution did not reach
within five or six feet of the truck,
and there was no possible way for tho
lad to climb down. His death APP
pcared inevitable The whole crew
stood aghast with horror, every in
slant expecting to see the boy lose his
balance and fall, when lac must be
crushed upon the deck.
In the meantime some one on shore
had carried to Commodore Hull news
of his sons perilous position. The
man who had quailed not when the
balls of the enemy's batteries sung
about his ears, trembled now. He
sprang into his boat, and ordered the
crew to pull off to the frigate rs if for
their lives. On reaching the ship, ho
ordered musket to be brought to
him. Having cooked it, the Commo.
dore aimed the gun at his son, and
fiercely shouted Jump, or I'll shoot
you!"
The lad hesitated n moment; then,
perhaps for the first time fully realiz-
ing his awful peril, he gathered him
self together and sprang out to clear
the side of the ship. With the rush of
hawk diving on its prey, the boy
plunged into the sea, fortunately feet
foremost. As he rose to the surface,
dozen sailors plunged in to bring
him on board.
After ascertaining that his son hal
received no serious injury, the Com.
modore took him in to the cabin,
where, it it is said, after certain pa
ternal admonitions, the lad received
some timely and wholesome correc-
ton.