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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
CAUSE OF HIGH WHEAT PRICES.
Dry Weather Shortens the Crop abroad and
Increases the Demand on the
United States.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 1S.-Tbe
Agricultural Department, from the Octo-
ber returns makes the following report:
Crop conditions-A feature of the pre- sent
outlook, encouraging to the produce, is
the prospective shortage of the European
crop.
In Germany, heavy producer of pota-
toes, not more than half crop is likely,
and with heavy shortages in other States
an increased demand for export trade will
probably arise. A general decline in con-
dition of sugar cane is shown. In Louis-
ana, the chief producing State, only about
half crop IS indicated. and less than
that in Texas and Arkansas, while the
condition in Georgia is far below the
normal.
Dry weather is cited as the cause of the
shortage. There is a decided falling off
in condition of rice from 1850 to 68.6.
The drought has been the principal cause
of low condition. OF the wheat market in
Great Britain the European agent of the
department writes:
Great Britain is the principal outlet of
the superhuous wheat of the world, and
her markets during the past month have
presented a study of peculiar interest ana
value. 1t was known at the opening of
the month that the Russian and Ameri-
can crops were short.
There was practically nothing available
from other exporting countries, except a
few cargoes of last seasons wheat from
Argentina, and stocks were lower both in
Great Britain and on the Continent. The
Russians declined to sell, except at en-
hanced prices, and their shipments fell
far behind the usual average for the time
of year. The only source of supply was
the United States, and it might naturally
have been expected we would reap the
benefit of the situation by obtaining en-
HANGED prices.
Our financial position,appears, however,
to have precluded our taking full advan-
tage of the situation, and our new wheat
came forward in great quantities. The
month ends with an improvement of to
z cents bushel, but it is the general
opinion of the members of the grain trade
in London and Liverpool that the advance
might have been doubled and brought
about earlier had the United States been
in a position to hold back wheat. 1t is
certain that the harvest of the current
year will see no surpluses. and it is rea-
sonable to suppose that. we shall see no
further reduction of wheat areas such as
have been observable in the records of the
last few years.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
the morning for Dayton, Ohio, where the
candidate is scheduled to speak tomorrow
r,ioht
soUND-MoSEY DEMOCRATS.
They ESpect to Secure n Large Vote for
PaLnaer and Buckner.

They Egpect to Secure Large Vote for
Palmer and Buckner.
CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 1S.-It was def
nitely decided to-day that Generals Palmer
and Buckner, who will arrive at noon to-
morrow from New Orleans, will visit
Omaha. In that city they will speak
under the auspices of the State mmittee
of Nebraska, and If the committee deems
it advisable the candidates will make a
flying trip to Lincoln. They will come
East through Iowa and may either return
to Chicago or proceed to st. Louis, where
the Stale committee is preparing to give
them big reception. The itinerary of the
Western iaunt will be completed to-mor-
row.
With only two weeks of active cam
paign left the officers of the National
Democratic Committee are more than ever
satisfied that Palmer and Buckner are GO
ing to receive their full share of votes in
IN every State where the gold Democrats
have organized. Advices from National
com mitteemen and from the chairman OF
the State committee received by Vice
Chairman Hopkins during the past iour
or i've days indicate that the sentiment OF
sound-money Democrats in favor of
Palmer and Buckner has been growing al
a phenomenal rate, and that thousands of
Democrats VINO had originally intended to
cast their votes for Mckinley are taking
refuge under the standard of the Indian
apolis convention. Vice-Chairman Hop
kins does not deem it advisable at this
time to give out any figures relative to
the probable vote for the ticket. because
he inclines to the belief that the present
estimates are too low. He believes that
during the two weeks intervening before
election day q radical change will take
place and that more than so per cent of
the sound-money Democrats of the Ma
ZION will vote for the candidates OF the
indianapolis convention.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
HTOLLI SAILS FOR NAPLES.
Numbers of Catholic churchmen Assemble
at New York to Bid the Distinguished
Preinte Farewell.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Oct. 18.-Cardinal
Satolli, until recently Papal Delegate to
this country, sailed yesterday morning for
Naples on the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, which left her
accom- panied by Father Bianco, his tenn
porary secretary. Father Gamboni of
Louisville, KY, was fellow-passenger.
When he reached the North German
Lloyd line pier he found awaiting him
Archbishops Corrigan, Martinelli and
ChappeIle, Mgr. Sbarretti, DIR. Rocker,
secretary to the Papal legation in Wash
ington, and Father Connolly. secretary to
Archbishop Corrigan. Tne party boarded
the vessel at once and went to the cap
tain's cabin, which was crowded until sail
Ing time with clefgymen and prominent
laymen who had come to bid farewell to
the distinguished prelate. Among those
who called were Archbishops Ireland and
Riordan, Bishops McGoldrick, Gabriels,
Farley, Mcdonnell and Mcnamara.
Brother Justin, president of the Man
haitian College. had chartered the excur-
sion steamer Valley Girl to accompany
the Kaiser Wilhelm down the bay. The
gers, the majority of whom were clergy
men.
When the whistle sounded the crowd
began to hasten from the steamship decks
and Archbishop Corrigan and Archbishop
ireland met face to face. They shook
hands cordially and chatted together for
few moments.
There was great cheering from the
steamboat when the big ocean liner pulled
into the stream and turned her nose to-
ward the bay. The excursion boat quickly
took her position on the port side. There
she remained the entire distance of her
trip. But few of the Kaiser Wilhelm's
passengers were on deck and there was no
sign of Cardinal Satolli. II seems that he
was unaware of the near presence of such
a number OF loyal admirers, and on bid
ding farewell to the crowd in the cap
tain's cabin supposed he had seen the
last of his American friends, for a time at
least.
The crowd on the Valley Girl cheered
man on the Wilhelm whom they supposed
to be the Cardinal, but it proved to
be Father Gamboni. He quickly real
ized the situation and started for the
cabin. Then the cheering began again
while the band played "Just Tell Them
That You Saw Me-" Pretty soon Father
Gam boni returned with the Cardinal and
Father Bianco. Then pandemonium
reigned.
Every one on the steamb boat yelled HIM
self hoarse, three cheers were called for
and given again and again. The band
changed its tune to "Auld Lang Syne."
The Cardinal appeared immensely pleased.
He leaned over the rail between the two
other clergymen and bowed and smiled
and waved his haf
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19

The newest things in framed pictures, water
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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
READISG 8EoRGANIzArIo

Plans Complete for Turning Deer Prop
erty to the Netc ComPGny.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Oct. 18.-Plans
for the reorganization of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company are now
about complete. and unless hindered by
some unforeseen obstacle the property will
be turned over by the receivers to the new
company on Decem ber 1, the beginning of
the new fiscal year.
Application will be made for new char
ter under the laws of the Commonwealth,
which will brin the company within the
provisions of the new constitution and
greatly curtail its powers. The most i'm
portant change, as result, will be the sew.
erance OF the coal and iron company from
the railroad company. AS far as known
there will be no change in the officers of
the two companies.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
AN ANNIVERsARY SERMON
Preached by Rev. III. b. Whfppse, Bisho,
of Minnesotn.

PITTSBURG, PA, Oct. 1S-The elev-
enth annual convention OF the Brother
hood of st. Andrew was brought to close
at Carnegie Music Hall tonight with a
farewell meeting. The anniversary ser.
mon was preached at Trinity Church this
morning by Rev. Henry Benjamin Whip.
pie, Bishop of Minnesota. This afternoon
mass-meeting was held at Carnegie Mu-
sic Hall, the subject discussed being $50
cial Righteousness-the Mission and
Power of the Church to Proclaim IT, A
large crowd, composed of many working
men and women, was in attendance. The
speakers were Dean Hodges of Cum ber-
land, ]. H. Canfieid of Ohio State Univer-
sity and Rev. G. H. Brent of Boston.
A number of delegates will remain in
the city day or two to visit the large in
dustrial establishments.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19

ceive the favorable consideration of Con-
gress there will be by June 80, 1898, the
following ompleted in the system of de-
tense: mplacements-Thi nine 12-
inch, eighty-hve 10-inch, eightv-seven
8-inch, 129 rapid fire and 2S4 12-inch NOR
tars.
Guns-One 16-inch, sixty Pinch, ninety.
flve 10-inch, seventy-tive S-inch Tor more
If the Bethlehem Company exceeds mini
mum delivery; 129 rapid-fire guns. with
mounts and ammunition and 290 12-inch
mortars.
Carr riiages-Forty-eigh 12-inch, ninety
four 1O-inch, forty-two S-inch and 290 u
inch mortars
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
SHIP wRECKE ED MARINERS ARRIvE
After Coles and Hurricanes They Aban-
don the Somthern C1osa.

uOH UE5 oOUtHeTW CTos6,
QUARANTINE. s. l., Oct. 1S-The
Clyde line steamer Delaware, which ar
rived this afternoon from Haytian ports,
brought Captain Watts and seven men, the
crew OF the Halifax schooner Southern
Cross, which was abandoned in sinking
condition on October 16 in latitude 80 Is,
longitude IS II. On September "a, off the
west end of Cuba, a violent northeast gale
was encountered by the Southern Cross,
which lasted five days, and the schooner
was driven 125 miles back into the Gulf of
Mexico. Fine weather until October 10
was followed by hurricane. which threw
the vessel on her beam ends. Some seams
started, and she began to leak. Several
days later tho Delaware hove IN sight, was
signaled and Captain Watts and his crew
were taken aboard.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
The Tenesueian Tano,e.

LONDON, Eng, Oct. 1S.-In its issue to-
morrow the Standard will urge the public
to pay no heed to the reports that the
Venezuelan High Commission will decide
against Great Britain In the boundary dis
pute. The paper adds that the Schom-
burgk line is still the irreoucible minimum
of the colony of British Guiana
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

New Zealand exported $4,44S,000
worth of gold last year. Three-1uar-
ers of it came from the west coast and
Otago.
St Edmunds college, Ware. the sue
cessor Of the English college at Doual.
and consequently the oldest seat of lib
eral education belonging to the English
Roman Catholics after the Reformation,
has just been affiliated to the university
of Cambridge.
Father Damien's elder brother,
Father Pamphile de Veuster, having
taken his place among the lepers of
Molokai Father Conzardy, who at first
to China in the hope of establishing a
leper settlement near Canton.
Steel wool has been introduced as
substitute for glass paper in Germany.
It is made of threads of shredded steel
with sharp cutting edges, works more
quickly and uniformly than sandpaper,
does not gum or clog, and being flexible,
can be used in smoothing elaborate cary
ings.
Essential oil of garlic has been used
to cure consumption by DR.. Sejournet of
Bevin. in the Ardennes. Mixed with
two hundred times its weight of steri-
lized olive oil it was injected under the
skin, producing a marked Improvement
in the sixteen patients on whom 1t was
tried.
Bicycling cabinet ministers may
have to be restrained. Mr.. Richie
president of the board Of trade. was late
" unable to attend an important debate
in the commons, concerning his depart
ment, because he was laid up from the
results of fall from his bicycle.
Mime. Bernhardt after playing d fort
nights engagement in London, will go
to Belle isle for six weeks of rest. Then,
after a round Of performances at wa
tering places, she will return to Paris for
the opening Of the season. She will
bring out Georges de Porto Riches lie
Passe, Bergerot's 'sPlus que Refine,
drama in verse, and perhaps a new
play Of Sardou's. She denies categori-
cally that she will appear in LA Sol-
ciere'' at the Porte Saint Martin thea
ter.
When the island volcano Krakatoa,
at the northwest end of Sumatra. blew
ND thirteen years ago, destroying over
1000 lives. every vestige of vegetable
life was destroyed An observer after
the eruption found that what was left
of the island was redhot. -Four years
later naturalist found that the ashes
had cooled enough to allow plants to
grow and that 246 different species of
plants had started up, the seeds for
many Of which must have been blown
across the surrounding water.
-Antistreptococcic serum has led to
the forced resignation of one of the lab
oratory directors of the Paris medical
faculty He had discovered a serum
that would cure erysipelas puerperal
fever, etc, which, however, is said not
to be so effective as the Mannorek Sc
rum, and made his discovery public. A
firm of druggists began to manufacture
the serum and employed the doctors
laboratory assistant to direct the pro-
cess; the doctor found this out, but did
not dismiss the assistant, and for the
breach Of professional etiquette has had
to resign his place.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
The Power of Machinery.

Speaking of prime movers before the
Association for the Advancement Of Sci
ence, at London, several years ago, Sir
Frederick Bramwell drew up an inter
esting picture Of the, puny thing that
muscular power, whether animal or hui
man, really was when compared with
the vast efforts exerted nowadays by
machinery. Contrasting a galley, for
example, vessel propelled by oars
with a modern Atlantic liner, and assum-
ing that prime movers were noneXlStent
and that this vessel was TO be propelled
after galley fashion, he proceeded thus:
Take the length of the vessel as 600 feet,
and assume that place could be found
fos as many as 400 oarsmen on each side,
each oar worked by three men, or 24OO
men, and allow that six men under these
conditions could develop work equal to
one horsepower. We should then have
400 horsepower Double the number of
men and we should have 800 horse-pow
er, with 1890 men at work, and at least
the same number in reserve If the jour
ney is to be carried on continuously
Contrast the puny result thus obtained
with 1880 horsepower given forth by
large prime mover of the present day,
such power requiring, on the above
mode of calculation, lit ,00O men at work
and lit 900 in reserve, and these to be
carried in a vessel less than 600 feet In
length. Even if it were possible to carry
this number of men in such, vessel,
by no conceivable means could their
power be utilized SO as to impart to it a
speed of twenty knots an hour.
This illustrates how a prime mover
may not only be a mere substitute for
muscular work, but may afford the
means of attaining an end that could
not by any possibility be attained by
muscular exertiOn, no matter what mon
ely was expended or what galley slave
suffering was inflicted. Take again the
case of a railway locomotive, in which
we have from 400 to 600 horsepower
developed in an implement which, even
including its tender, does not occupy an
area of more than fifty square yards
and that can draw us at sixty miles an
hour. Here again the prime mover sue
ceeds in doing that which no expenditure
Of money or of life could enable us to
obtain from muscular effort. Casters
Magazine for July.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
TRANSFORMING A FOREST.
Ingenious Method of Preserving Large
Trees on Boston Commons.

Ingenious Method of Preserving Large
Trees on Boston Commons.
The patriotism of Bostonians in regard
to the care of their historic Common is
well known to every visitor to that city.
Indeed, it is reported that the chief hor-
ticulturist who has charge of the Common
receives a salary second only to that of
the mayor. A worthy precedent may be
suggested by contrasting the popular
apathy to the recent wanton destruction
of historic trees in our own Germantown
with the following description Of the in
genious method contriVed and conscien-
tious care exercised for the preservation
Of certain trees on Boston common Ow-
ing to the filling up Of portions of the
Common 10 a higher level these trees
were in danger of being destroyed. Supt.
Dougue, however, successfully raised thir-
ty-one trees, varying in weight from
eight to forty-siX tons.
The method adopted was as follows:
First of all a trench was dug around
each tree at a distance of about five feet
from the base, and of varying Depth ac-
cording to the size of the tree, which
in some cases neceSsitated an excavation
of FIVE feet. In all cases, however, the
holes were deep enough not to disturb
the principal roots of the trees. When
this was done the earth remaining around
the roots was frozen into a solid mass by
means of refrigerating machinery, and
then the tree and earth were raised by
derricks in the manner usually employed
for raising buildings When raised suf-
ficiently high the hole beneath was filed
in with well-tamped earth. In this way
the larger and smaller roots were not
disturbed from their usual intimate con
tact with the earth, and consequently no
i'll effects could result.
The magnitude of the work is indicated
IL IL
in this manner had diameter of 2 feet
6 inches, with circumference of z feet
6 inches. It's height is so feet, with a
spread Of so feet. The weight of the
tree and earth raised was forty-six TONS
Certainly the preservation of this majes-
tic patriarch of the forest was well worth
the care and trouble expended Phila-
dnlnhia Record
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The name ''barleycorn," in long
measure arose from the use of this
grain as a measure of distance.
In four European towns Hebrews
are most numerous-viZ., Hamburg, / IN
80: Frankfort in II; Amsterdam. / in
II; Warsaw. 1 in s; In Jerusalem the
Hebrews are / in ? of the other inhabit-
ants.
1t is not known positively who COM
posed the music of the Hundredth
Psalm; but it has been generally at
tributed to Luther. Most certainly it
was neither Purcell nor Handel, for the
composition has been found in a French
psalter of the middle of the Sixteenth
century, some years after Luther's
death.
The only English kings who died I'M
and Edward VI. The only Queen who
died unmarried was Elizabeth. Of those.
sovereigns who were married, Richard l.,
Richard H., Richard Ill, Mary, Charles
H., William Ill, Anne, George ". and
William " died without leaving issue
surviving.
Library students in Paris wear
the National library, mot because there
is fear that they will bite the old vol
umes, but to prevent the inhalation of
the book microbes into their lungs" The
germ theory is responsible for many Gu
rious things, and this is one of them.
The distribution of Hebrews has
been estimated as one to every 1900 in
habitants throughout the world OF Euro
pean countries they are the least numer-
Gus in Belgium, the proportion being 1 in
5000: in Britain, in 1000; in Italy, in
700; in France, 1 in 500; in Prussia, 1
in 80; in Holland l in 80; in Turkey, /
in 53; in Austria, 1 in 80; in Africa, 1
in 10.
Beds are quite an innovation in Rus
sia, and many Well-to-do houses are still
unprovided with them. Peasants sleep
on the top of their ovens; middle-class
people and servants roll themselves up in
sheepskins and lie down near stoves;
soldiers rest upon wooden cots without
bedding; and it is only within the last
few years that students in schools have
been allowed beds.
Two months operation of the muz-
Zling order in the metropolis, which was
completed on Saturday, April 1S-the or
der having come into force on February
II last-resulted in the capture of 1880
dogs, which have found admission to the
dogs home at BatterSea. OF this num-
Der fve-sixths have been destroyed. In
round figures $50 have been sold, $50
claimed and $50 retained in the home.
The Amazon is in every respect but
length the greatest river in the world.
At many points in its lower course so
vast is its width that one shore is invisi
BILE from the other, the observer seeming
to look out into rolling sea of turbid
water. 1t has over 400 tributaries, great
and small, which rise in so many differ
ent climates, that when one set is at flood
height the others are at ebb, and vice
versa, so that the bulk of the great river
remains unchanged the whole year round.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
New Method Of Cutting stone.

Those who have INDUCED in deep-sea
fishing know how the fish cuts deeply
into the hardwood of the gunWale as it
is hauled in while taut. Even an iron pro-
lection, after a time, shows the wear of
the rope, which is comparatively soft.
This gives a clue to the invention of an
Albany quarryman for cutting stone. Ia
stead, however, of hemp, he proposes to
use wire rope, and with this he Will
carve the marble and stone right out OF
its native bed. The wire is wound III
strands. and has a very rough surface,
powerful machinery gives strong and
steady strain, and the stone, yielding to
the constant wear, parts, with smooth
edges. 1t would be easy enough to cut
blocks after they are removed from the
quarry, but where the cleverness of the
inventor comes in is devising mechanism
that can be applied to the stone while
in the quarry This is effected by sink
ing two parallel channels in the quarry
to q depth q little greater than that of
the lowest level of the stone to be cut.
The channels may be from 20 to 100 feet
apart At the bottom of each is made
a small hole to receive the foot ends of
the shafts of the machine. This is the
only preparation of the quarry that is
necessary. The ropes, which are coiled
on huge drums, are then passed around
the channels, and as the drums revolve
the cutting proceeds. Suitable brakes
are provided for the regulation of the
speed and pressure. The ordinary speed
Of the strand is 800 feet a minute, so that
mile length of it passes in six minutes.
While the strand is moving, crushed
stone or chilled shot and water can be
introduced to increase the attrition. Far
better, however. than either of these is
a composition obtained from the tailings
Of a magnetic iron separator, which
costs about one-tenth as much as the
chilled shot It does not leave the lines
caused by the shot, and it can be used
over and over again
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
For Rent, Not Sale.

The penny-in machine can be
found in the remotest portions of the
backwoods and sometimes it is about
the only thing to remind one of civiliza
ton that can be found there.
A weary hunting party stopped at a
small hotel off in the backwoods not long
ago. and wishing to remove the evidences
of their long tramp before supper, found
after washing that to secure a towel they
would be obliged to make use of slot
machine that stood next to the wash
basin. This sign read: ''To obtain a
clean towel put a penny in the slot and
pull the drawer slowly OUT One of the
party was somewhat of wag, and pro-
curing all the coppers he could gather he
proceeded to abstract the towels one at
time. He had reached the fifth towel
when the proprietor entered to wash his
hands. He gazed at the man with the
five towels in establishment. The wag
laughingly complimented the proprietor
upon his enterprise in selling new towels
for such a little money. It is needless
to say the proprietor later put up a sign
that read: For the use of a clean
towel put penny in the lot.''-Harpers
Round Table