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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-13

The velvet Eton jacket is in great
demand for wear with checked shirts.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-13
TELL 1T OUT.

Don't sit down and wait for trade,
'Taint the way
Get a hustle make her show,
Push your buslness-make her so,
Don't sit down ind wait for trade.
'Talnt the way.
'Taint the way,
II you've got something to sell,
Tell II about,
let your neighbors see you're fly"
Get up bargains" don't say die,
II you've anything to sell,
Tell 1t out,
Tell II out,
Folks don't know you II you don't
Advertise,
Keep things movin' every day.
Talk about II; that's the way.
Folks won't know you II you don't
Advertise,
Advertise.
FIRE ALARM BOXES.
Box 5-Trulllnger's Mil.
Box 6-Astor and Seventh street.
Box Ninth and Duane.
Box S-Commercial and Fifteenth.
Box 9-Clatsop Mill.
Box l2-Car Stables.
Box 14-McGregor's Mil.
The velvet Eton jacket is in grea
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

which possibly accounts for the fact that
so many PHILOSOPHERS OF past ages have
been shepherds. The solitude of the hills
is conducive TO meditation, the changes of
the sky suggest the Infinite and the sounds
OF the night come to the lonely watcher
as voices of the silence. Many men who
are at present in the hills caring Tor fiocks
VOW that hey can hear the sound of voices
at night when they know there is nobody
within miles.
The California shepherd is an individual
almost entirely unknown TO the rest of
the world. Even the residents of the
State hardly know of his existence, while
the cowboy has a worldwide fame. The
reason for is is not hard TO find. 1t is
because the men are different in almost
every way, particularly in disposition. And
after ail The difference is to large extent
caused by The animals they care Tor.
The vilainous cowboy who would rather
tight than eat and thinks that the noblest
Things in the world are forms of dissipa-
ton can get 10 satisfaction for his nature
in caring for such gentle creatures as
sheep. He wants something that he can
swear at, ike vicious teer, that would
be only too glad to gore him to death if he
would let him. He wants to dash wildly
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20
\ CHILLY MORNING ON THE RANGE.
THOSE ENORMOUS COAL BILLS

Under the caption "Cruisers That Can
not Cruise" The CALL recently published
q Washington dispatch in which attention
was directed to the fact that the Bancroft
and Cincinnati did not have sufficient
coal capacity to take them across the
Atlantic.
AS regards the Bancroft, that vessel was
never intended for long-distance cruising.
Notwithstanding coal endurance OF 5462
miles at eight knots was claimed for her
by the designer. She was intended TOR a
practice vessel for naval cadets, and her
range of cruising is limited 70 the West
Indies and up and down the American
coast within easy reach OF a coai pile.
With the Cincinnati, and her sister ship,
Raleigh, the case is somewhat more disap-
pointing, for these TWO vessels of 1918 tons
were intended for cruising and chase,
when necessary, such vessels as they could
cope with.
The inability of our new navy vessels to
keep the sea for long periods without
exha listing their coal supply vas discov-
cred shortly after the first vessels were
commissioned, and has been known to
the Navy Department lor at least six
years. In the official descriptions of the
new ships which appeared between 1887
and 1891, the lar. e coal carrying capacity,
the small CONSUMPTION and the consequent
extended radius, were he special features
which distinguished our vessels as COM
pared with similar types of other coun-
tries. The Colun biq. Minneapolis and
New York were especially pointed out as
remarkable in the point of coal endur-
ance. but actual practice has shown these
claims to be little better than guess work.
Il should be said, however, in justice TO
the present chiefs OF the Bureau of Con-
struction and Repair aud OF Steam En-
gineering that neither of them made
the wild ella ms.
In the subjoined table list of some of
the new vessels is given showing the cal
culated coal bunker capacity in tons and
the actual capacity, as derived from
official reports.
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FISCAL YEAR.
Cost

In the British navy the expenditures for
coal used on ships during 1898 "a was
81. 247.2 30. but England had LAT cruising
vessels in com mission against the United
Sta 'es' So.
The United States is not alone in this
predicamenl of fapciea endurance of ua-
val vessels. Lord Brsssey in his Naval
Annual OF 1898 devotes considerable space
to the subject. Says he on mage 10:
"a point of very great importance is
that we should no longer be suffered by
the Admiralty to live in FOOLS parad Sc
as regards the coal endurance of our war
Ship, more especially our cruisers. The
semi-otticial figures given from year to
year in the Annual. because no Others are
available, are misleading in the extreme,
and it is difficult to believe that any naval
engineer had any hand in preparing
them
Tie fault is doubly serious or our navy
from the TACT that we have no coaling sta
tons to speak of outside OF the country.
J.. E.
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The California Sheepherder.

Anna wondered which head we came
under. During the meal five white rats
ran socially over the table. There is
nothing aPpttizing about white rats.
We reached Eina before noon and rested.
Etna is commonplace little town of 800
people, the center OF a farming district
and at the outlet of the mines.
On tue 9th We rose with determination
written on our brow. There were forty
nine mLes-trail miles-between Us and
our little cabin, yet we decided not I'd
sle"p until we were there We started
while the morning star was still shining
and galloped all the first twelve miles on
a level. Then came the mountains again
and up, up We toiied past Callahan the
beautiful, hamlet set upon a ell and
which cannot be hid up. and still up.
Trail-riding is easy if one has no nerves.
Drop your bride over the horn. sir
ste dy, don't side over the horses head
goins down hill or over his tail going M.
and don't get dizzy when you xatcn a
stone dislodeed by hi feet 20 bouncing
and touncin until 1t strikes the river and
sends up shimmering founiain-thar's
al. You will not find such rice monot-
onous. Now, far Town, you see some
speck moving about on the bank 4 the
riser. Chinese river-mining. Now Won
hear heavy. beating SOUND and a turn in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20
The Vision on the Unused Trail.

I'd rather 20 up two bills than down one.
1t is 80 jerky and ones neck feels dislo-
Gated and the horse slides about and
grunts so distressfuliy.
By 3 o'clock nv shoulders ached. my
knees felt stretched, and I knew we were
lost. Anna sked in sympathy if l ached
much, and I answered, with lame effort
to be funny, that Wells-Fargo couldn't
express nv suffering.
Anna lost her backbone and walled, l
lost my temper and snapped, "Oh, hush
up!"
looked all around. Joyful vision! A
CAM fire and mani Never since have
been so glad to see a man. Such com.
Portable man, too; he expressed no sur
prise, asked no questions. We were on
the road home, but hsd gone off on little
COW trail. At yonder lone pine we would
find The right one, and in an hour we
would be home. Should he walk ahead 10
guide us2 Never That would be isnominv
indeed.
But we soon confessed our inability to
find our way in the shadow, and l started
back for our Moses. Billy wouldn't 20
back. He was tired of all this philandering
G wing his head a toss he started off. ap-
pareutly over the edge of cliff, with such
an air that gave in. 1 shut my tiled eyes
and for an hour Billy plodded on When
looked again We were home. Fired by
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

Ii will observed that aux liary machin-
cry consumed 45 per cent in the Columbia
and So per cent in the San Francisco of
the total coal used. The excess of galley
coal in the latter ship was owing to the
fact OF her carrying an admiral, who also
has separate range. No doubt during
peace times some of these expensive
auxiliary luxuries could be CRAFTY re-
duced, for bill of SO, 800 for one year on
a ship carrying about 400 men does seem
a little steep, and 1920 for the galleys on
the San Francisco it'll $50 men and one
admiral comes rather high as compared
with hotel expenditures for like pur-
pose.
Five years ago auxiliaries did not con-
sumo over 10 per cent of the total, bu:
since then electric lighting has chiefly
helped to raise it to as per cent.
The coal bills of the navy show steady
yearly increase, and with additional ships
and unchecked extravaganza may soon
reach 81, O00. 600.
COAL BILLS OF UNITED STATES NAVY.
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over the range, on pony as vicious as the
steer, or himself for that matter, and ride
through small settlements like q demon.
The beasts in his care are not easily hurt
and he can abuse them as much as he
feels like, by lsssoing them, throwing
them down and branding them. There is
nothing gives cowboy as much pleasure
as branding a bull that has given him
considerable trouble. He likes TO see the
creature squirm 10 agony as be presses
the hot iron into its flesh. To kill one
that is dem oralizing to the herd is the
height of his delight.
In marked contrast to this individual is
the heepheIder-that is, the majority of
sheepherders. To be sure there are some
almost as bad as the cowboys, but they are
for the most part men who are employed
by ranchers for SO much month, and are
delegat to the work as they might be to
any other work on the ranch. But they
don't like it. The real sheepherder, and
he is largely in the majority, is the man
who follows it in preference to anything
else. a man who is attached to the work
would rather watch sheep on the hills
than be the president of a bank.
Another class of men who watch sheep
are those who do it Tor their health.
Dozens OF men claim to have been cured
o! consumption SIMPLY by putting in sew
eral months at watching sheep. The work
gives what is most required in The deadly
disease-plenty of fresh air, moderate ex-
ercise and employment that is not wear
ing on the brain, but is still enough TO
keep it occupied ana prevent nervous
ness. Of course if man has plenty Of
money he can ct these things without
herding sheep, but there are many men
who need them badly VITO have no money,
and all who have tasen advantage OF this
knowledge have surely been benefited. A
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com parison Of the \ W York and e
Brooklyn will show that the Navy Depart
ment has profteo by previous exaggerated
statements. I he New Ycrk and BROOKLYN
have displacement of S740 tons ana 10. O24
tons respectively with bnnkers filed. The
Secretary of The Navy, under date OF
December 10, 1892, claimed for the Brock
lyn: she can easily go from New York
10 San Francisco without recalling" The
present chief constructor, however, does
not take so sanguine view of the ships
cruising ability, ;or he CLAIMS an endur-
ance of only 6o33 miles, which. no doubt.
will come pretty close to the actual per
Torrance.
With the original coal supply con-
siderably reduced, and the consumption
exceeding in some instances the estimate
three times. the cruising capacity has thus
been greatly reduced. The excess OF con-
SUMPTION is. however, not due to faulty
engines and boiler designs, for our naval
machinery has proved itself phenomenaIjy
su, cessful in all particulars. The esti-
mate was made not BY practical encin.
eer, but by some one VITO knew moth ne of
that branch, and accepting the theory
of the evapora ting properties of pound
of coal as correct in practice made these
disappointing predictions of wonderful
en- urance. Then, again, American coal.
Oh en- average, is inferior 10 Engli> coal,
and as result greater quantities are re-
quired TO obtain results based on superior
fuel. Not all the coal used on the sbins
is expended on propulsion, and a large
percentage goes toward dlsIilline. galley.
heating, electric-liz hting, steam-Iaunches.
wInches and pumps. This percen age Is
increasing with the introduction of Iabo--
saving machinery on the new vessels. The
present chief OF the Bureau o Equipment
direc atteDt on to the fact that while
auxiliary machinery in 1s9 "a used % per
cent OF the total coal expended on the
ships the percentage dnrin 1894 s5 rose TO
466.
The itemized coal expenditures on two
weii-known vessels Will indicate 10 what
extent coal is used on vessels OF war:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

the trail shows q woodcutter beating
wedge into a log. The fresh-cut wood q
a delicious smell and the piles of IT seem
immense to one used to buying wood by
the sackful
When man and his labor il left beh md
there is nature and her work before you.
P rhaps you never noticed before that the
pines waves their reen plumes with only
stately majesty, while the cedars beckon
and duttC in coquetry; ami that the frs
show gray against the green as they sway.
You note how lightning can blast one side
of tree and leave the other side green !;
and where the forest fires have swept, how
the black Stun us stand like tom bstones in
forest graveyard. You catch new tone 5
In the wind music If the pines not all
mournful, but Of exultation and praise.
You hear IN the fiutter of poplar and cot
tonwood the common chat and gossip OF
the forest and catch the laughter in the
shn low rilI.
We overlook the pack train, thirty little
mules with the queer wooden saddles
piled high with bales of merchandise. The
bellmare walked ahead with the beliboy
on her back. the mules followed in single
file and the two patk ers brought mp the
rear, S outing now and then TO urge on
the plodding animals. One packer was q
Georgia negro of the most intense black.
The other wa a mountain Adonis, fair
and straight. The language he addressed
TO the mules was eloquently profane.
Skirting along the hill above them we OF
ahead and soon the trip, trip, was lost in
the rush of the creek,
! We rested long on the summit. In the
clear air OF hot day we could see so far
the eye felt strained. Ipointed out Shasta
and Muirs Peak in California and Mount
| Pitt and Pilot Rock in Oregon. Anna
/ could locate the nearest valleys by the
contour OF the mountains. The immensity
of the picture oppressed Us after awhile
and we were glad to look down the trail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20
A LONELY LIFE
Man, Nature, and Sheep
in the Wilderness

Possibly the Oldest occupation in which
man is engaged to-day is that of herding
sheep 1t is mentioned in the first books of
tie Bible. and referred 10 as an occupation
of the most wor hy KIM. The tidings of
peace on earth" was first given to the
shepherds who watched their focks al
night" and ONE of the most prominent
men of history have put in many years of
their lives caring for the gentle amin ais
that are so useful to mankind.
The methods of watching sheep have
changed very little since Biblical times,
and strange as it may seem many of the
men at present engaged in it show the
same dispositions men of several thou
sands of years ago are said to have had.
There is a fascination about watching
sheep which appeals to thinking mind,
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ness ceases The flock is likely to become
more scattered, as food is always getting
scarcer, and the herder is likely to find
himself a mile away from any living
being. In very dry seasons it often hap
pens that the flock will go almost up to
the snow line on the sides OF Mount Whit
ney, searching for bits of grass and noun.
tain plants among the barren rocks that
are burning under the sun that comes I'M
resisted through the rare atmosphere
and makes the world only a binding
glare. 1t Is this lonesomeness and desc.
lation that keep a certain class OF men out
of the business, but 1t is wonderfully rest
full to a tired brain and strengthening to
weakened body.
Toward the end of September it is almost
impossible for the flock to find food. and the
overseer cnmes along and saws that it il
time TO drive the sheep to be sheared. Pos
sibly by this time the herder has lost
track OF the days of the week and the
knowledge Of the month of the year is
entirely out of his mind OF course he
knows the summer is on the wSne, but
likely does not know whether it is Sep
TENDER or October. At any rate he is
most ls ] glad that a change has come
huO VII lASY drives the HOcR over the
bare hills to the shearing place IN the
valley. THIS i, slow work as the poor
crea ures are not very strong and water is
sure to be sea &c.
After turning his charges over to the
Indian shearers the herder can take a
rest for a while. Some of them 90 to
town and spend foohshly the money they
have earned, but the majority of them
have other uses for it.
An old Tuiare Comfy herder named
Leon" Clark mas worked at the business
quarter OF century and saved several
thousand dollars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

The following table, likewise derived
from official reports, shows the coal en-
durance-that is, the number of miles
which the vessels were intended to run
on the tuil-bunker cspacity-and what
their actual endurance is at the speeds
designated:
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the noble am bition to finish alone, we took
off the heavy saddles and opened the
stable door. Alas for the woman nature
that will face lion and run from a mouse
Neither OF US would walk pas the white
mules heels, and she was in the first stall.
We walked the superintendent, turned
the horses over to him. escaped as quickly
as possible from his sleepy sarcasms, and
sought the narrow beds OF our own ca bin.
OLIVE HEYDEN.
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Coal supply.
SRIPN
cAlcu ated. AcruAl.

Only one vessel. the Bancroft. carries
apparently more coal than designed. The
ympia Was enlightened 10 feet and yet
falls 2l2 tons short in her supply, while
the Csstine and sister ship, Machias, were
heightened II feet, which accounts for
their excess Of coal bunker capacity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-11
MONEY FOR SCHOOLS AND PAVING.
THE BOARD OF. ESTIMATE MAKES SEVERAL
IMPORTANT APPROPRIATIONS

The Board of Estimate yesterday appropriated the
following sums for schoolhouses. for repairs
to old ones and for sanitary changes in others For
site FOR a school al Rivington Eldrdge and For
syth SITS, s96,ooi42; for site in One hun
dred -and-forty -frst-st. and st. Anns-av.. $780,
2os: for a site in Fourth-st., between First
and Second aves.. s5s,sss eo: for an addi-
ton to the Rronxdae schoolhouse. s14.95o; for an
addition TO tho school at Seventieth-st. and First
ave. s34oo: for various sanitary arrangements in
all schools. 81. 0So 30.
The Department Of Public Works has allowed
S25,@W to pave Fith-ave. from Forty-thrd 10 Fifty
ninth-st with asphalt 1t Is General Collis's inten-
ton to pave the avenue from Eighth-st. TO Fifty
ninth-st. with asphalt. Il intend to make It the
best-paved thoroughfare in the city said the Gen.
eral. The work will be done block by block after
the sewers laid and the new water mains placed.
The plans for the temporary changes In the Tombs
prior to the erection of the new prison were re-
ferred back to Commissioner OF Correction Wright.
with orders to present the full detailed plans TO
the Board that the entire cost Of the work may be
first passed upon.
To the Park Board allowed 10000 for improve
ments In Central Park $4,000 for ST. MaryS Park
and $4,000 for Cedar Park.
To the Health Board was allowed 1856 "a for the
appointments are made necessary by the new law
directing supervision of the children who work IN
stores. The new law provides that no child under
sixteen shall be employed unless the Health Depart
ment certfes that he or she is physically abia 70
perform the duties required.
For clothing the insane patients now in the city
charge before turning them over to the care OF the
State, 7,056 was appropriated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-11
OPENING UP THE SLUMS.
OWNERS C~ CONDEMNED REAR TENEMENT
HOUSES EIGHT THE BOARD OF HEALTH
IN THE COURTS.


The fight between the Board of Health and the
owners Of rear tenement houses which have been or
dared vacated for sanitary begun in the
Supreme Court yesterday before Justice Lawrence
when the application OF the Board TO have COM
mssioners appointed TO assess the value OF GER
tain condemned properties came up for argument
The case OF the condemnation or properly De-
longing 10 a Mr. Ounce. at No. SO Baxter-st' was
first considered. Frederick II. Man, Cuheo ) coun-
sell made objections, both TO the petition ana 10
the constitutonality of the law under winch IL Is
sought TO condemn the premises. He said tnat the
petition stated no facts. but only conclusions ON
the consttutionality OF the law he submitted that
there was find-prc~sa-f Ito compensate owners
whose property might be taken. and that the Less-
lature had attempted to Judge the rules upon
which the amount OF compensation should be de-
termined whereas the Constitution requires under
all decisions. that the amount OF compensation
shall be Judged by Commissioners.
The OF Timothy Harrison. whose rear tene
ments No. 2i6 TO &4 Mott-st., have been vacated
by order OF the Board. was next taken up j. q:
Butler. Harrison's attorney. presented series OF
objections to the form Of the petition, and after
ward Henry A. Foster argued in opposition 10 1t on
constitutional grounds. The rules for the Commits
sioners he said were unconstitutional, as the mar
ket value Of property in conformation m De
awarded and the Comm ssioners be free to assess
value they not under this law.
Counsel for Harrison finally agreed with counsel
for the Board Of Health TO waive the preliminary
tit.on N which all the legal requirements should
be fulfilled thus leaving only the question OF the
constitutonality OF the law to be determined
Counsel for Cuneo. however, refused 10 waive any
and Justice Lawrence took the payers in that case
reserVing decision.