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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

stander there could help remarking his
youthful, healthy look and active, vigor-
Gus movement, and contrasting his APP
pearance with his condition of two months
ago.
Say, Colonel, how well you lookl"
"4 es, am well; better than have been
for years.
"What have you been doing2"
"Oh, not much; No-to-bac cured me of
the tobacco habit, after using it 43 wears.
and braced me mentally and physically
IN tact, made me new man in more ways
than one. | had no appetite; couldn't
sleep; now l sleep like baby and eat
three times day with relish, for the
first time in years. My heart action is
regular and no longer bar to increased
life insurance. You know throttle-puIling
requires pretty steady nerve, and my
nerves are y. h. now. One box and q
quarter OF No-TO-Bac cured me completely
in ten days, after using tobacco forty years.
No-To-Bac is sold by all druggists. I see
the No-To-Bac stander on nearly every
druggists counter, and made by the Ster-
ling Remedy Co. of New York and Chr
cage. You ought to get one of their little
books called Don't Tobacco Spit and
Smoke Your Life Away and post your
self. They send them free to any one that
writes. 1t cost me 81 to get cured, and I
spent three or four dollars week for to-
bacco. II l had failed to get cured would
have gotten my money back, as the
| makers guarantee three boxes to cure any
| case. have recommended the use of No
To- Bac to many of the boys on the line.
| and every one of them who got the genuine
article, SO far as l know, has been cured
! Look out don't let some of the limitations
| be palmed off on you for No-To-Bac.'
| The cab bell rang, the engineer climbed
up quickly on the footboard, stuck his
head out OF the cab window, pulled the
throttle half an inch and the big train
| rolled away.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
Aluminium Collins.

Collins are now made of aluminium.
Like the modern square burial casket, the
aluminium coffin is made of uniform
width, with square ends and vertical sides
and ends. 1t is finished with heavy
moloing around the bottom and at the
upper edge, and with pilssters at the cor
ners. anc has a rounded nodded top. 1t
IS provided with extension bar handles.
The aluminium casket is not covered, but
finished with the metal FURNISHED. 1t is
lined in the usual manner. The weight of
a s1x-foot aluminium coffin is 100 pounds.
A six-foot oak casket weighs about 100
pounds, and cloth casket of the same
size with a metal lining about IT'S pounds.
Other metallic caskets weigh from $50 to
500 pounds. The cost of aluminium collins
is from $3.50 to $1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
turns about the rink Miss Davidson did 8
few fancy moves and then dismounted.
GROWTH OF BRITISH POLICY.
The Modern Carthage Was Founded by
William III.

The Modern Carthage Was Founded by
William III.
The unparalleled settlement accom-
plished or at least organized by William
III, which dealt so successfully with ques-
tons SO fundamental, which at the same
time settled the succession OF the crown,
waged war victoriously against France and
Spain and established the state OF Great
Britain by the union of England and
Scotland, had created, as we have seen, a
commonwealth predominantly CONNER
cial.
The British policy which, in spite of
some Hanoverian excursions, had ceased
to be dynastic, and had established itself
upon the national interests, recognized
/ those interests in trade. The eighteenth
century was to show that in the notion of
trade was involved the empire of the seas
and vast colonial dominion. But this
was not, as yet, distinctly comprehended.
During the early part of the eighteenth
century, that is in the reign OF Anne, it
| was only visible that the Britannia state
showed military and diplomatic skill
which was wholly new, and interfered in
Continental affairs with more decision
than bad been its wont under either the
Tudors or the Stuarts.
When the period of war was over the
house of Brunswick speedily succeeded to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
Decorating a Room .

To make a room appear higher the plane
surface of the ceiling should be decreased
by the holdings of the cornice, by panels,
or. in the absence of these, by bands OF
color performing the same Office. A verti-
cal system of lines should be adopted in
mural decoration, and the mantel should
be lower.
To make room appear lower exactly
the opposite treatment should be adopted !;
that is, to increase the plane ceiling, adopt
q horizontal system of mural decoration,
with d dado and high mantel
To make room appear wider is accom-
plished, to certain extent, by making 1t
annear lower; but where this is undesir-
able, or where it IS insufficient, the effect
can be reached by adopting a mural dec
grafton on a graduated scale of form, de-
creasing upward, SO that two or mere pat
terms at the top like those at the foot are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
NUMBER OF WORDS IN USE.

Those in General Use Are Few, but Some
Men Command Many Thousands.
1t is generally recognized that the num-
Der of words which we commonly use in
our daily lives is comparatively small, per-
haps not more than 1000 or 5000 words,
but instances OF individuals who are ac-
quainted with and can use larger vocabu-
laries are not unusual. Some stenographers
have declared that they have memoriZed
and have instant use of as many as 5000 or
5000 word signs, while others in special
work or research have acquired larger vo-
cabularies.
DR.. Eugene Murray-Aaron, in his enter
tanning Butterfly Hunters" has brought
together an interesting collection OF facts
in this regard. The volume is not one
that takes particular note OF language,
but is one OF adventure in the Antilles.
The doctor, who has charge OF a party OF
boy naturalists, gives to them much infor-
nation on very wide range OF topics, in
formation which will, much of 1t, be new
to the old as well as young.
ut has been estimated, says the doc
tor, in instructing the boys, ''that Victor
Hugo rememb ered and used accurately
over 5000 words in his ordinary work as a
writer; Culver, the French naturalist, and
Louis Agassiz, the Swiss zoologist, could
promptly give the names, according to
careful estimates, of over 5000 animals, in
addition to the ordinary words they knew
perfectly. 1t has been said of DR.. Asa
Gray, the great botanist of Harvard that
he knew quite 5000 plants by name and at
sight.
But by far the most remarkably trained
memory with which | have had acouaint-
ance was that of DR.. Joseph Leidy, for
many years, and until his death, president
OF the Academy of Natural Sciences OF
Philadelphia. DIR. Leidy was not only a
foremost geologist and mammalogist
having hundreds upon hundreds of the
terms OF these sciences upon his tongue s
birds, reptiles, fishes, insects and lesser
things, and remarkably ready in remem-
bering where their different species be-
longed in the great order of nature.
Besides this he was an authority on
microscopic life, especially minute para
sites, was fair botanist one of the lead
ing physicians and anatomists of his time
and perfect encyclopedia of geography
and exploration. Add to this a good
memory for names and faces, and a IA
miliarity with several foreign languages
and you get some idea Of this mans DOW.
ers IN that respect After long con-
versatIon with him one dav on this sub.
iect, estimated that his memory enabled
him to use 25,0 600 words at will.'
DIR. Murray-Aaron gives the details al
this estimate, which allows for English
geological and general science, 1000 words
each; three foreign languages and geo
graphical, 1000 EACH and technical and
medical, 5000 each. This estimate Ices not
seem to be an extravagant one.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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a Car in Denver Especially for the Use of
Horses,


Here is a street-car for the accommoda-
ton horses which is the very latest thing
in the West. Such car is now in opera
ton IN Denver, and it is pronounced a
great success by all able TO give an opinion
on the subject. The horses themselves
are dumb, but if their judgment could be
had it would no doubt be favorable.
The riding car for the horses consists Of
platform mounted on small wheels, pro-
tected at the sides by sufficiently high
railing, while the front and rear are pro-
vided with gates. These permit the horses
to get on and off the car without backing.
When the regular passenger car has been
drawn to the top OF the long ascent, the
horse car Is hooked to the forward end, the
horses are driven aboard, and by few def
turns of the brake the descent is made
safely.
At first the horses showed some hesita-
| ton about embarking on what appeared
! to be a perilous adventure. But they soon
| became accustomed to it, and are said to
even enjoy the experience, expressing their
| pleasure by broad smiles and prolonged
whinnies.
| There is no reason why this plan should
not be adopted with profit elsewhere.
There are many car lines which run for
almost their entire length on more or less
| steep lncllneS. Inc additional force re-
! quired to be exerted in drawing a car up
hill is turned into propelling force when
| the car begins the descent. This force
might well be employed in giving the
| horses a ride, and thus saving wear and
| tear on their feet.
1t might be supposed that the addi-
tional pull impaired to this human pas
senger-c car, when on the down grade, might
cause the brake to slip, but this is not the
case. 1t is only necessary to make the
brake little more powerful than that ON
the ordinary streetcar.
/ Having arrived at the foot OF the incline,
the gate Of the horse passenger-car is I'M
fastened and the animals once more take
| their places in the traces, drawing both
| cars behind them up the hill. The entire
| load is not much heavier than single car
on level street, as the car in which the
horses ride is very light.
| Story of Bell.
The old bell of st. Johns Episcopal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
ORIGINALITY ON THE BENCH.
How a Nebraska Judge Dispenses
Justice.

How Nebraska Judge Dispenses
Justice.
No more unique figure is to be found in
the American judiciary than Judge Gaslln
of Nebraska. and many are the stories told
OF this interesting personality. When first
elected to the office he was long on sense
OF justice and a determination to bring
about a more orderly condition of affairs
in his district, but somewhat short on his
knowledge OF law. The latter he remedied
in later years by persistent study, but the
former characteristic he still retains.
His methods of administering Justice
were decidedly peculiar and original, but
seldom led him amiss. Criminals brought
before him were tried and bundled off to
the penitentiary with such CELEBRITY and
given such severe sentences that ne made
short work of the lawless element.
Succeeding these came the shark who
sought to rob the honest settler by the
forms of law, and the Judge soon became
recognized by this class as no less an
enemy than he had proved himself to be
to the criminal element. Concerning his
methods OF dealing with them the follow
ing story is told:
A 4per-cent-a-m month money-lender had,
through the instrumentality of a small
loan, secured about everything a home
steader possessed except his farm, but
with all the payments the loan refused to
grow less. Finally action was brought In
court to enforce payment of the alleged
balance by means of a judgment against
the mans farm. A jury had been secured
which understood its business, and in
spite of the instructions of Judge Gaslin,
which favored the defendant, brought in
verdict for the plaintiff.
| The Judge looked surprised, but was
equal to the emergency.
''Mr. Clerk, he said, that verdict is set
aside. 1t takes thirteen men to steal
mans farm in this court"
| On another occasion man who had
| drifted over into Nebraska from Colorado,
who was not familiar with the manner of
administering justice on the Nebraska side
of the border, appropriated horse which
| he found hitched to a post in front of
| country store. The horse happened to be
| the property of Judge Gaslin.
| The thief was captured and later bound
| over to await trial in the District Court
| A few days after Judge Gaslin met fellow
Judge from another district and requested
| him as favor to come into his district on
day specified and sentence horsethief,
| as Gasin said he felt little delicacy in
sentencing man for stealing his own
horse.
The fellow jurist assented and incident
ally inquired when the offender was con-
| victed.
"Oh, he isn't convicted yet" replied
| Gaslin, "but I'll tend to that part of il, ="
| and he did.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
A Toy Railroad,

There Is in China one of the smallest
railroads in the world. The gauge is less
than two feet, the cylinders are 5x10
inches, the drivers "a inches in diameter
and the water-tank holds 90 gallons.
If this was the standardized engine in
this country hardware stores would keep
them, same as thev do sausage-cutters.
Railroad managers would order them by
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
QUAINT NEW ENGLAND TOWN.
Where the Individualism of Early Days
Is Experienced.


The very name Salem" is an index OF
its character, as well in sound as in signifi-
cation. How differently does its measured
cadence strike the ear, with how much
more of dignity, comfort, tranquility than
that of its brisk neigh Dor, Lynn, whose
sharp monosyllable causes one an inadver-
tent shock as the brakeman announces
these two contrasted sister cities to the
traveller upon the Eastern Railroad. The
story is told of Phillips Brooks with more
authenticity than belongs to most OF the
stories attached to him) that coming into
Salem from Boston one evening he re-
marked to friend: what do you sup
pose 1 saw coming up your quiet street p
little dog going over to Lynn to bark"
The adjective which is oftenest used of
Salem is conservative. 1t is well ap-
piled. Her very appearance is expressive,
not of decay, but of conservatism. Her
old buildings and dwellings are not left
to disuse and ruin. Far from it. They
are tenanted with as much complacency
and pride (and at as high rentals) as if
there were no finer upon the continent
and, indeed, there are not, if you accept
the criterion Of those who say that the
best house is one that has been the longest
lived in.
In truth, many of the old houses are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
THE OLDEST JEwELRY.
Specimens Made Before the Days of
Abraham.

1t is to J. de Morgan, the antiquarian
explorer and historian of the Caucasus,
and now director of the important excava-
tions at Dashour. near Memphis, in
Egypt, that we owe the discovery of what
must at present be accounted the Oldest
specimens of the jewelers. art known to
exist. Until his first find of last year the
most ancient pieces of jewelry known were
those discovered by NJ. Marietta, that had
once belonged to Queen Aahotep, mother
of the King Amosis of the eighteenth dy-
nasty, who lived about 100 B. C.
Mr.. de Morgan has brought to light,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

fitted over the skate, and it is claimed that
the machine will carry rider over the
ground, or rather snow or ice, at greater
speed than the regulation wheel.
Miss Davidson, who is young and en-
thusiastic, mounted the ice wheel at rink
last evening with but little difficulty, and,
after a few "woobles,'' started off around
the rink gracefully. The half dozen spec
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
Trains behaved bv the wind

Trainmen say it is not the sshead-onr
winds that delay the cars, as the engine
presents a small portion OF itself to it. and,
breaking through, the train can be easily
pulled along after it. But when the wind
strikes the train at an angle of 45 deg. the
trouble begins. The wind uses the whole
side surface as leverage and gives the
engineer lots of trouble. The cars sway
over to one side and are dragged along
with difficulty. The engineers estimate
that in going 100 miles an extra ton of coal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
Victor and vanquished.

| L..
Through the crowded streets returning at the end
fastened one whom all sauted as he sped along
his way;
In his eye lean of triumph, in his heart a Joy
sincere,
And the voice of shouting thousands still resound-
Passed he meath stately archway toward the
goal of his desire
al have won!" he cried, exultant; az have saved a
Crushed the rival that i dreaded, set my foot upon
his neck!
Now las the way is open now at last men call
1 am leader OF the leaders, 1 am master in the
State!"
Languidly she turned to listen, and decorous was
her pretense,
And her cold patrician features mirrored forth in
Men are always scheming. striving for some petty
Then, little yawn suppressing "what is all of
this to me?"
Through the shadows of the evening, as they
quenched the sunset glow.
Came the other, faring homeward, with detected
step and SLOW
wistfu, peering through the darkness till he saw,
) Oft before,
Where woman stood impatient at the threshold
81 have lost he faltered family. "AI is over"
with a groan;
Then he paused and gazed expectant at the face
beside his own.
Two soft eyes were turned upon him with
wOman's tenderness,
Two white flung about him with pas
sionate CareSs,
And a voice OF thrilling music to his mutely ut
tered plea
Said iii only you are with me what is all the rest
10 me?"
All night long the peoples leader sat in silence
and alone
Dull OF eye, with brain unthinking, for his heart
turned TO stone;
While the hours passed all unheeded till the hush
OF night had eased
And the hageard light returning hecked the melan-
choly east.
But the other the defeated, laughed q laugh Of
meTrment,
And he thrust his cares behind him with an Infinite
content:
Rocking not of place and power and the smiles of
those above,
For his darkness illumined by the radiance OF
love.
Each had grasped the gift of fortune, each had
counted up the cost,
And the vanqushed was the victor, and the winner
he that lost.
HENRY THURsToN PECK in the Bookman.
NEW SYSTEM OF COUNTING.
Numerals Represented by Series of
Motions With the Arms.
10 he -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
An Ice BICYCLE.

a bicycle has been invented for travel
ing on ice or snow, says New York paper.
The long runner or skate, which replaces
the front wheel of the bicycle, in itself is
made for ice alone, but when the machine
is used on snow-clad roads metal shoe is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

shortening, and consequently to an extent
OF heightening and widening a room.
Lines running in the length increase this
dimension and to an extent reduce the
height and width. a polished floor in
creases the apparent height of an apart
ment by rejecting all vertical lines and
prolonging them.-English Mechanic.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

is used in a strong wind at an angle, and
even then it is impossible to keep on
schedule time. The wind most disastrous
to travel on the Consolidated road is that
from the northeast. 1t strikes the trains
cornerwise and makes the engines struggle
and strain to counteract its force. This is
felt especially in crossing the Connecticut
River, where the wind has full sweep,
and all the New York trains are few
minutes late when the southeasters are In
force.-Springfield Republican.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

Dispatch. AS far back as 1884 two French
army officers showed what could be done
in this respect, steering a big balloon
around freely and making five and half
miles in twenty-three minutes. Such bal
looms as this could be admirably operated
and could drop explosives or suffocating
chemicals at viii upon any ship. Recent
trials in Austria have shown that 1t swell
nigh if not altogether impossible TO train
guns up into the air and hit balloon,
even if 1t be stationary" Balloons
steered around by electric motor can go
out boldly to sea and as freely regain the
shore. Half dozen OF them would be
worth untold millions. but the very finest
could be had for 100000 apiece, fully
equipped.
Trolley forts are feature worthy of con-
sideration to coast defense. 1t is not new
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
NEW TO-DAY.
A TOBACCO HEART.
Thousands of Americans Can't Get
Life Insurance Because Tobacco
Has Destroyed the Heart Action
and Wrecked the Nervous Sys-
tenn.
Engineer Bates Discovers aNever-Failing and
Easy Remedy.

Delanson, N. Y, Jan. 1s.-Engineer
0. H. Bates stepped off Engine No 275 to-
day, with long oiler in one hand and
bunch of waste in the other. Not a by
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
AN ENGINE ON THE TOY RAILROAD.

the gross, and locomotive engineers would
be thicker than flies in a dog -kennel.-
Locomotive Engineer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

2 AVIGABLE balloons operated by
electrical motors are a success
and in the time OF emergency
would become vastly more so,
-- - 49, :. +lo D;+fe1,,r,
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NEW SYSTEM OF COUNTING.

Numerals Represented by a Series of
Motions With the Arms.
Here is something new in the way of
deaf-and-dumb mode of represent figures
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
Story of a Bell.

The old bell of St. Johns Episcopa
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Each had grasped the gift OF fortune, each had
counted up the cost,
And the VanQuished was the victor and the winner
he that lost.
HENRY THURsroN PECK in the Bookman.
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GET a FREE RIDE.

proIonglng them.-Engllsh Mechanic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-08
HOT Words IN COURT.
WITNESS IRRITATED ASSISTANT DIS
TRICT-ATTORNEY MILES.

THE LATTER WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE HAD
NOT GONE TO THE DIsTRIcT-ATToRNEY WITH
INFORMATION IN THE GESsLER CASE
The session Of the trial of DR.. Carl Gessler on
charge Of mansa lighter in the first degree for hav-
ing performed operation on Mrs. Alice NJ Shike,
at No. 80 DE Kalb-ave.. yesterday was principally
interesting for the frequent tits between Assistant
Disrict-Attorney Miles. who appears for the prose-
cution and Stephen G. Baldwin. who Is counsel for
the doctor DR.. Gessler is jointly indicted with
Edwina Buttz a midwife, but he demanded
separate trial, and yesterday Mrs. Buttz turned
States evidence and testified for the prosecution
Or. Gesser, who lives at No. % Kossuth Place, has
many friends in the medical profession. and
large number of them were In the courtroom ready
to testify in his behalf. 1t developed that the
defendant has written a number OF scientific works
and that he Is well and favoraby known in his
profession.
Mrs Buttz testified that the operation was per-
formed on February by DR.. Gessler. He visited
the woman half dozen times aferward. on