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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15

pudiated and laughed into silence; now
ne has come back to stay and has honor
even in his own country.
The completeness OF our telegraph sys-
tenn, extending over so great a reach of the
earth's surface, has enabled students of
meteorology 10 make such comprehensive
observations of the air as to find the uni
form laws which control its movements.
Although the United States was not the
first country to establish weather service
system, our scientists have taken the lead
in investigating the nature of storms and
making it clear that weather predictions
could be made so certain as to be of i'm
mense practical value.
In recent address delivered in WASH
ington, Professor w. L. Moore, chief of the
Weather Bureau, tells some things about
the weather and the ways OF the air not
generally understood by the public. In
fact. his information is in direct contra
diction to what we used TO be taught on
the subject. The old idea OF great currents
OF air dowing like rivers, or ocean streams,
and bringing GOODNESS or colo from their
far passage over ice and snow, he says, is
incorrect.
High and low pressure areas drift
across the country from the west eastward
at the rate of about 600 miles daily. The
high pressures draw down by the
peculiar vertical action of their centers
the cold air from great attitudes, and this
current from far above us spreads out in
all directions from the center. The pro-
lessor says that, though the air extends
for fifty miles up, half its mass lies below
the three-mile level. The air above six
miles flows continuously eastward with
out being interrupted by our most severe
storms. A storm that reaches half way
across the continent horizontally is only
four or five miles high.
Cyclones and tornadoes are often con-
fused in general conception and popular
speech, but Professor Moore gives their
definitions and the distinctions between
them. 1.-THE whole disk of whirling air,
four or five miles thick and 1900 miles in
diameter, is called cyclone. The tornado
is revolving mass of air of only 500 to
1000 yards in diameter, and is simply an
incident of the cyclone. The cyclone may
cause moderate or high winds through
vast extent of territory, while the tornado
with rotary motion almost immeas-
urable always leaves a trail of death and
destruction"
Another way in which the professors
learning contradicts widely diffused no.
ton is in the denial that the cutting away
or planting of trees, the stretching of
electric wires across the country, the lay
ing of great bands of steel rails, has any
effect upon climate. He says we might as
well try to dam the Mississippi with a
pebble as TO expect to change, by the
feeble efforts of man, the vast forces
which control our storms and climate.
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Iterward the towel was discovered smulder-

ing.
A portable incandescent lamp was allowed
to remain lighted lying on mattress. Inc
heat from the lamp ignited the cloth ana e4,
celsior of the mattress ana the hre spieau
through basement and store.
An electric pressing iron was a;loWeo 70
stand wi III the current turn ed on. The heated
iron after a time set fire to the table and the
flames communicated TO the surrounding COM
bustible material.
wagon loaded with gasoline eolllded win
all electrician The wagon was demolisneu
and the oil flooded the street. Ihe acclGent
attrac ted the attention of motorman OF an
other car, who ran his car up 10 tne scene;
Seeing the oil running under his car ne turned
on the current to get away. A spark iroth tie
wheel Immediately ignited the gasoline tunes
and instantly the street was aolaze. four
people were injured, one seriously, ana one
horse was burned TO death.
Fire occurred in basement owing 10 drip
ping water falling on an electrical meas uring
instrument thereby short-circuitlng 1t. NO
damage was done beyond the loss OF the IN
strument.
Sparks from arc lamps in an apartment
store ignited cloaks on table underneath.
An elevator motor was burned out, haVlng
been left running when the employees ielt the
store, the motor brushes being baoly ADJUSTED.
A carpenter dropped nut on the coils OF
rheostat. short-circuiting them with an iron
frame resting against q gaspipe. An arc was
formed between the frame and the pipe, the
latter was melted and the escaping gas lg-
nited. tutsmall loss.
Rats gnawed the insulation from a wire
which lay gaspipe. an arc was es stablshed
between the wire and the gaspipe, settlng nre
TO the gas.
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PERSONAL.

P. B. Turnbull of Scotland isin town.
w. F. Wright OF San Jose is in the City.
NJ. J. Canning of Portland Is in the City.
Henry Wagner of Reading, Pa, is in town.
&. B. Holmes, q grocer of Napa, is at the
Grand.
Howard W. Davis of Auburn is on visit to
the city.
Martin Winch, capitalist of Portland,
reached here yesterday.
]. R. Gilbert of Coulterville arrived here
yesterday for brief stay.
James F. Meagher and Mrs. Meagher OF
Chicago have arrived here.
w. D. Smith, secretary of the Alaska Packing
Company, is at the Palace.
L. r. Vance, business man of Vallejo, was
among yesterdays arrivals
]. W. Hartzell, prominent mining man
of Jackson, is on visit here.
Richard c. Lake of Chicago is a recent ar.
rival here. He is at the Palace.
P. R. Schmidt, owner of a large vineyard and
winery at Calistoga, is in the City.
F. de la Borderig of France is in the City. He
is interested in California gold mines.
T. c. Miller, merchant of Los Angeles. is in
town and located at the Cosmopolitan.
w. NJ. Smith, business man of Blaine,
WASH, is among the arrivals at the Occiden-
tai.
F. McMahan of oakdale, stanislaus County,
accompanied by his family, is at the Cosmo-
politan.
James Monteith, long connected with the
Intermountain of Butte, Mont, is at the
Cosmopolitan.
H Seegrout large landowner of Stock ton,
is in the City for q few days and staying at the
Cosmopolitan.
John S. Mcmillan, who is interested in lum-
beriDg and general merchandising at Ho-
quiam, Wash, is in town.
Messrs Price & Sullivan, business men of
Quartz Mountain, Tuolumue County, are
stopping at the Cosmopolitan.
l. L. Braden, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s agent at
Portland, Or, is on a flying visit to the City
and staying at the Cosmopolitan.
James Wilson of Victoria, B. c., guest at
the Cosmopolitan, leaves for home tomorrow
with some fine bIooded stock purchased in the
State.
prominent mining men, consisting OF Ernest
Tee and Henry Smith of Arizona and Percival
B. Waugh of London.
Nat Goodwin, the comedian, and Maxine
Elliott of his company. about whom there has
been much gossip lately, are expected to ar
rive here from Australia on the steamer Ala
media in two or three days.
DR.. F. H. Payne of Berkeley, who was so
seriously injured, is slowly improving. Drs.
]. R. Laine, McNutt, Winslow Anderson,
Southard, Potter, Rowell, Taylor and East
man held a consultation and find the doctor
improving.
Aureliano L. Torres of Hua Guamichil Ria
Taqui, State of Sonora, Mexico, is at the Bald
win. Mr. Torres is a son of General Torres.
commanding the military division of Sonora,
and n uanheyy of G0varnor Torres of the State
of Sonora, formerly Governor of Lower Cali
fornia. He has been visiting Fresno, Sacra-
mento and other places. At Fresn no he visited
many of the leading wineries and vineyards,
being shown about by A. B. Butler, the widely
known raisin-grower.
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SURE AIM With BIG GUNS.

EXTRAORDINARY INSTRUMENT INVENTED BY A
FRENCH ARTILLERY OFFICER
An extraordinary instrument, called the
phonotelemeter watch, has just been invented
by Captain Thouvenin OF the French artillery.
This watch. says the Herald, measures dis
tance by the velocity of sound, and though 1t
was primarily conceived with the idea of Sc
curing accuracy of aim IN pointing big guns,
1t will be invaluable to staff officers for the
purpose of measuring distances on maps, very
useful to topography, and may render great
service to mere tourists, as will be seen from
the following details.
1t is not easy to judge of distance on land.
At sea only the very experienced mariner can
estimate with anything approaching accuracy,
If it be in any way considerable, the distance
separating his own yes sci from passing ship
or from given point of land, and the chances
are that even he nine times out of ten will be
wrong in his cal cuIations.
BY Captain Thouvenin's invention, however,
this element of unce rtainty will be done away
with in the future, both on land and sea,
whether by night or day, and the artillery
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
THE CUBAN QUES TION.

The near approach of the accession to
Office of the new administration in this
country gives renewed interest to the
Cuban question. The people have almost
ceased to expect any action concerning
this issue from Mr.. Cleveland, but as a
more vieorous government will follow the
Inauguration of President Mckinley there
is reason to expect something will then be
done to put an end to the long protracted
war in the island.
The situation at present is well nigh I'M
bearable. The people of this country
thoroughly sympathize with the Cubans
in their desire for independence, This
feeling is fed from double source. In the
first place our people are naturally in
clined to side with those who are strug-
Cling for independence. A brave war for
liberty appeals strongly to the instincts of
the American heart, and the Cubans have
certainly fought this war with bravery
ana endurance which command. the ad.
miration of all.
The second cause for American svm.
pa,hy with Cuba IS not less potent than
the first. The island of Cuba is a part of
the American hemisphere. 1t ought TO
Spanish Government were conducted in
that island only as matter of form, as is
the British Government in Canada, there
would be little objection to it on the part
of our people. Spain, however, governs
Cuba not through the Cubans themselves,
but from her own far-off capital. AT best
her administration of the affairs of the
island is the complete domination of q
part of the American hemisphere by a
European government. At the present
time, moreover, the domination amounts
to an absolute military despotism, and is
accompanied by degree of cruelty
against which the manhood and humanity
of the civilized world revolts.
An interference in the island by the
United States Govern ment would hardly
result in war. Our military strength so
far outstrips that OF Spain as to render
any resistance on her part useless. Even
in naval strength we are too far her supe-
rior for her to engage in a contest W ith us.
A table recently published of the COM
parative naval strength of the great ma
tions of the earth credits the United States
with the power equal to ten, while that OF
Spain is only about four. We would OF
course increase our naval strength with
rapidity, while Spain could not increase
hers at all.
Under these circumstances the country
will await with some eagerness to see
whether Mr.. Cleveland suggests any move
in regard TO Cuba in his coming message.
Not much is expected of him, but the
force of the Venezuelan message shows
that his Secretary of State, Mr.. Olney. is
capable of vigorous action on occasions
Ii Cleveland does nothing there will be all
the more eagerness for the accession of
President Mckinley.
The Cuban war has been protracted too
long, and it is time the American Govern
ment should interfere far enough at least
TO put an end to hostilities and compel a
settlement OF the long controversy by
peaceful means.
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PAULSELL's BIG BOND.
Judge Bolchcr Fixes the Bail at th
Large Sum of $50. 900.

Judge Bolchcr Fixes the Bail at the
Large Sum of $6O 900.
Judge Belcher has ordered that w. E.
Paulsell be admitted to bail in the sum of
$4,000. The court added rider to the
effect that the bond should not be passed
on by any other Judge.
Paulsell was convicted of robbing faro
game of about $4,000 and was sentenced TO
ten years in the State Prison.
a new trial was granted by the Supreme
Court on the ground that Judge Belcher
had erred in regard to the admission and
exclusion of certain testimony, but the
point on which special stress was laid by
Paulsells attorney was that Judge Befcher
had departed from the usual form in de-
fining reasonable doubt His Honor
added to the regulation definition few
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THEY DESIRED PEACE
Accordingly the State Association Tro-
ply Was Sent to Los Angeles by the
Olympic Gun Club.

pny was sent TO Los Angeles by the
Olympic Gun Club.
The board OF directors of the> Olympic
Gun Club met Friday night at their rooms
on Van Ness avenue and elected the fol-
lowing committees for the ensuing year:
Finance and auditing-H. n. White fchair.
man), A. A. Borlini, F. w. Eaton.
House committee-LeonardD D. Owens (chair-
mani, A. H. Whitney, S. G. Scoverl.
Membership committee-E L. Bosuui fchair.
man), +. +. Webster, A. II. Whitney
Social and entertainment committee-F w
Eaton tehairman), S. 6. Scoverl. A. A. Borlini.
Trap-shootlng eommlttee-M. E Allen fch air
MANI, Leonard D. Owens, F. R. Webster.
1t was decided to hold house warminp
at the clubs new quarters about the
1st OF December. Sportsmen in general
will be invited.
At the last meeting OF the board nj
directors 1t was concluded that the cham
pionship trophy won at the San lose
tournament be relinquished to the Los
Angeles City Gun Club, thew bayino
entered protest. This trophy, it was re,
ported last night, had been forwarded to
Los Angeles with the expectation that the
next tournament will see it adorning the
clubs quarters. 1t was thought best to
take this course in order to avoid bad
feeling.
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A NEW CHARTER.

The ascertainment of the fact that it
would be impossible to provide for, pre-
pare, vote upon and submit a new
charter to the next Legislature for
its approval will probably allay a
somewhat too feverish anxiety on the
part Of some over the holding of another
charter election in the immediate future.
In fact, apart from the legal obstacles in
the way, il would be somewhat unwise on
the part of those who believe that San
Francisco should have a new organic law
to resubmit the issue SO soon after its de-
feat.
There is a wiser course to pursue and
one for which there is ample time prior to
the Legislative session of two years hence
That course is the careful preparation by
a board OF freeholders, the eminence of
whose members shall place it above re-
proach, of charter which shall omit not
only the Objectionable features which
caused the defeat of its immediate prede-
cessor. but also those objections which
have dele ated the several former charters
for the past sixteen years.
1t cannot be doubted that there is WELL
de fined conviction in TIE minds of many
of the most honest and intelligent people
OF San Francisco that a new charter is a
grave and pressing necessity to this City.
The cum bersome ard involved condition
of its present organic law has largely pro-
duced this conviction. II cannot be ques-
toned that city can be more easily and
economically governed under law which
is compact, clear and com plete in single
document than under one as much scat
tered and as little systemized as is our
present organic law. A difference to this
sentiment will certainly lead to the adop-
ton of new charter for San Francisco at
no distant day, and it is more than proba-
Bile that if the next proposed charter
is carefully prepared with an especial
view to the avoidance of objections which
adopted by our people. Its preparation,
however. should not be entrusted to mere
theorists or idealists upon the subject of
city government. Neither should the
work of its formation be hastily entered
upon or prosecuted while fever of par
tisan politics is abroad in the land. In
short, the work of charter-making should
not be undertaken with any view OF partv
advantage nor with the idea OF either
keeping in or turning out of Office any
particular man or set of men. 1t would
furthermore be wiser to wait unit. the
Legislature has adjourned before actually
entering upon the work, in order that its
provisions may in nowise conflict with
prospective laws.
These considerations in favor of wise
delay OF the actual task of framing new
charter in nowise initiate against the
advisability of present and continued dis
cussion as to what it should contain. The
suggested meetings for the purpose of
charter discussion should be encouraged.
and when such meetings are held they
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
CURIOUS ELECTRICAL FIRES.

Several fires of very queer origin are de-
tailed below from the quarterly report of the
Electrical Bureau OF the National Board of
Fire Underwriters. all attributed to electricity:
plush curtain in theater, on being
hoisted. came in contact with thirty-two
candle-power fncandescent lamp. The COM
mon size Is sixteen candle-power. The heat
from the lamp ignited the curtain, but the fire
was discovered, with no loss except the cur
tain.
stage hand was ordered to turn out an in
candescent lamp, and, not knowing how to do
1t, instead of turning the switc he wrapped a
damp towel around the lamp. Some time
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should be largely attended by those of our
citizens to whom we are accustomed and
entitled to look for wise and practical sug-
gestions along the line of good govern
ment. From such preliminary considera-
ton of the subject double benefit is
bound to come, in that those who shall
finally be selected to prepare the charter
will be fully advised as to what it should
contain in order to be assured of adoption;
while those who are to pass upon it will
be educated in advance concerning the
merits of the measure. for the adoption OF
which they will be expected to vote.
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NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY.
W. J. B. to VIM. McK.-Just tell 'em that you
samed me.-Springtield Journal.

W. j. B. to VIM. McK.-Just tell 'em that you
samed me-Springfeld Journal.
'Tis better never to have bet at all than to
have bet ano lost You bet. Detroit Journal.
"Baggagemen are getting so that they
handle trunks very care fully"
ssYes; they say they have found more fun
banging bicycles around."-Chicago Record.
Mrs. Dusenberry-It's dreadful.to be disap-
pointed in lover"
Mr.. Dusenberry-There is something great
deal worse than that
"What, for instance?"
'To be disappointed in marriage."-Texas
Sitter.
''The new boarder," said the landlady, "is as
bald as an egg"
Just about the age of one, isn't he?" asked
Aspury Peppers; which was really unkind of
MIN, as the lady made practice OF getting the
freshest the storehouse had.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Daniel Campbell and his wife, of Walton
County, Fla, are said to be respectively III
and 112 years old.
The granddaughter of the late Baron Hirsch
is heir to 800, 900, which yields about
$4,000 day of income.
Sir Hope Grant tells of statue of Queen
Victory which made in India, and has
large rings in each nostril.
Many musicians in Europe will observe the
third anniversary OF the death OF the Russian
composer. Peter Ilitsh Tschaikowsky.
NJ. Brunetiere, editor of the Revue des Deux
Mondes, is 10 lecture in America in French
next December on French poetry in the nine
teenth century.
Jules Verne is threatened with libel suit
by a French gentleman who thinks he recog-
nizes his own portrait in one of Vernes schem-
ing. villainous characters.
The new Sultan OF Zanzibar is a reformer.
He has ordered that women convicted of crime
shall be kept in prison, and not as heretofore
forced to work unclaimed gangs on the streets
OF his capital
lineal descendant of the Sheikh- ul-Juhl,
or Old Man of the Mountain, the chief OF the
famous sect of the Assassins, is now q WELL to-
do resident of Bombay. The sect numbers
many thousand members in Central Asia.
The Sultan of Turkey not only has rigid
censorship of the press, but he has ordered that
no newspapers be published until the after
noon, so that the censors will not have to fore
go their morning nap in order to supervise
them.
The famous brigand, Tiburzi, Of Italy, who
was recently killed by the police, had been
brigand for forty years. For long time he
was the real ruler of a large district. He inn
posed taxes upon the population, and in re-
turn guaranteed public order.
lot OF people in whose veins is more OF less
OF old Thomas Dudleys blood gathered at the
Quincy House in Boston last week and ate
dinner and read papers In honor of that colo
nial worthy. There was lot of talk about
Puritan virtues, but curiously hearty applause
was awarded to one of the essayists who was
bold enough to quote Hawthorne's phrase:
"God be praised for such ancestors, and God
be thanked that every century removes us fur
ther from them"
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
TIE WAYS OF THE AIR.

The science of meteorology yields prece-
dence only to that of electricity In the
progress made in the last quarter of Gen.
tury. 1t has rapidly become very useful
science in making weather-forecasting a
practical success. and is therefore of vast
utility to commerce and general indus
tries. The weather prophet had his day
in more credulous age: he was later re-
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words of his own. in which he said that
Jurors are allowed ITO exercise common
sense" in arriving at their decision as to
the guilt or innocence OF the prisoner.
10 this phrase the Supreme Court en-
tered objection, holding that it was not
necessary and saying that the appellate
departure from the form that has been
accepted SO long by the courts of the
country.
1t Is expected that Pausell will offer his
Donos Tomorrow or next day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
LADY'S COSTUME

Skirts and waists of different fabrics but of
one color are extremely stylish. The one
shown above was of dark blue, the skirt being
of lady's cloth, the waist corded of silk of the
same color, trimmed with jet laid over white
satin. The collar and belt were of black satin.
dress of wool in q mixture of several col
ors, in which tiny dashes OF cherry appeared
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
Through sleeping Cars to cb,c..,

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. santa P,
route, will continue to run oaIly through from
Oakland TO Chicago Pullman palace drawing room.
also upholstered tourist sleeping-cars leaving
every afternoon. Lowest through rates 10 all
points III the United States, Canada, Mexico Dc
Europe. Excursions through Boston leavs
every week. San Francisco ticket office. 644 Mag
ket street. Chronicle building. 1elephone ms4nt
1881: Oakland. Ills Broadway.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15
Phillips, Rock Island Excursion.

Leave San Francisco every Wednesday. via RI1
Grande and Rock Island Railways. Through
tourist sleepngcars 10 Chicago and Boston. Man
ager and porters accompany these excursions -
Boston Tor tickets, sleeping-car accommodations
and further Information address Clinton Jonas.
General Agent Rock Island Railway. ~ MoAs,
gomery street. San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15

Every one is looking upward and feeling
more sure of the future now, and the wage
earners OF Cleveland ought to be given the
largest possible share in the general business
mprovement.-Clevelan Leader.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15

"Bobbie, should think you were too old to
allow your mother 10 put you to bed at night"
"Poohl That's nothing. Father is good
deal older than l and she puts him to bed
every morning. York Herald.
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The times are exceedingly promising for a
good, long, healthy squirt of business activity.
1t will be unwise. however, to undertake to
anticipate the future by crowding the actual
Observation-Disclosures Post.
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THE GOOD TIMES COMING.

The best thing to do now for all people is to
go to work-"to play ball. as the boys say
and stop playing politics.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-15

Senator Quay predicts 1--WE shall have a
new tariff within eight months after Nc
Kinley's Inauguration" and the prediction
will be received as glad tidings.
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There is just one fine art in the country
that never fails to pay, and that is The art
of advertising.