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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
A TROLLEY SPRINKLER.

othe,-Boston to ngland-Colonel Pierce
smilingly assured me that all we required
was great number of steam fans similar
TO those used in blast-furnaces The air
was driven by them with force practically
without limit, the speed attainable being
1900 kilometsrs--almost that of a cannon
ball Taking into account the difference
in time, ths traveller from Liverpool would
reach Boston earlier than be started. The
speed could be checked en- route by turn
ing a handle and letting in the opposing
current of air from the parallel tube
wherein train speeds in the opposite
direction.
The colonel pulled sharply bright brass
knob projecting from the side of one of the
tubes; panel slid smoothly in its grooves,
and in the opening left by its removal |
perceived row of seats, on each Of which
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Mrs. A. NJ. RUDOLPH, 1471 FIFTH ST.. OAKLAND.
My trouble commenced some twelve years
ago 1t began with catarrh, the result OF neg
in my nostrils. Ny nostrils gradually stopped
up, and for years could not breathe through
them, compelling me to keep my mouth open
all the time. l lost my appetizer could not
sleep; ran down in flesh and strength, and was
thoroughly miserable. l went to many doc
of their bnrbarons methods of removing the
tumors had read so much of the Copeland
Medical Institute, and one day read of a case
placed my case in their icare. They removed
the tumors painlessly and without loss of
blood; the relief at once was worth a hundred
times what it cost. / can now breathe through
my nostrils freely and feel better in every way.
want every one to know the great good Drs.
Copeland, Neal and VIM have done for me,
and am only too glad to add my testimony in
their favor.
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A NEW STYLE OF CRAFT.
sidewheel Pleasure Yacht Propelled by
Gasoline.

Sidewheel Pleasure Yacht Propelled by
Gasoline.
A small pleasure craft, constructed on a
new system of propulsion, and intended
for navigation IN unusually shallow wa
tiers, has just been built for Dr. J. Cutler
OF Boston by the Daimler Motor Company,
says the New York Herald. She is a fiat
bottomed boat with wooden hull, built
with keel so that she may be the more
easily steered. Her length is 80 feet, beam
s feet, and draught Is inches. Sh- is a
side-wheeler, the wheels being made OF
wrought iron and her paddles of wood.
Placed in the center of the boat is a
motor, operated by gasoline. which is OF
seven horse power, weighs $40 pounds, and
is capable of making $40 revolutions per
minute, producing a speed of between
nine and ten miles per hour.
This little boat is named the Priscilla.
and is intended to be used by DR.. Cutler in
the vicinity of Key West, Fla, where he
frequently passes the winter months An
awning can be erected in the forward part
of the craft while there is a cabin aft,
where passengers can find refuge in wet or
stormy weather.
The Priscilla was shipped to Key West
on SATURDAY. by steamer
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Sound of the Voice

An inquiry was recently made in London
as to the greatest distance at which a mans
voice could be heard, leaving of course
the telephone out of consideration. The
reply was most interesting, and was as
follows: Eighteen miles is the longest
distance on record at wnich mans voice
has been heard. This occurred in the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado, where one
man shouting the name Bob" at one end.
his voice was plainly heard at the other
end, which is eighteen miles away. Lieu
tenant Foster, on Parrys third Arctic
expedition, found that he could converse
With man across the harbor of Port
Bowen, distance OF 6696 feet, or about
one and quarter miles; and Sir John
Franklin said that he conversed with ease
at distance of more than a mile. DR..
Young records that at Gibraltar the human
voice has been heard at distance of ten
miles. TO this we may add that the ceie-
brated preacher, Rowland Hill, relates
that once, while walking along a country
road, he saw gravel bank cave IN upon
some workmen. He shouted for help. and
was heard a full mile. This, being across
an ordinary English country region, is
perhaps as extraordinary as any of those
mentioned.
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at your service. Where are you? In
America, at Boston-in station"
ga station?"
''4es, the starting point of the Boston
to Liverpool Pneumatic Tubes Company -
And, with an explanatory gesture, the
colonel pointed out to me two long iron
cylinders, about a meter and q half in
diameter, lying upon the ground a few
PAGES off.
looked at these two cylinders ending
on the right in a mass OF masonry, and
closed on the left with heavy metallic
caps, from which cluster of tubes were
carried I'D to the roof; and suddenly [
comprehended the purpose of all this.
Had l not short time before read in en-
American newspaper an article describing
TINS extraordinary project Tor linking
Europe with the New World by means of
two gigantic submarine tubes? An inven-
tor had claimed to have accomplished the
task, and that inventor, Colonel Pierce. I
had before me.
In thought ] realized the newspaper
article
complaisanly the journalist entered
into the details of the enterprise. He
stated that more than 5000 miles OF iron
tubes, weighing over 1900, 900 tons, were
required, with the mum Der OF ships neces-
sary for the transport OF this material
200 ships Of 1000 tons, each making thirty
three voyages. He desert ned this Armada
OF science bearing the steel to two special
vessels. on board of which the ends Of the
tubes were Joined to each other and in
cased IN triple netting of iron, the whole
covered with a resinous preparatio to pre-
serve 1t from the action of the sea water.
Coming at once to the question of work
ing, he >tlIled the tubes-transformed into
sort of pea-shooter of interminable
length-with a series of carriages, to be
carried with their travellers by powerful
currents of air, in the same way that dis
patches are conveyed preumatically round
Paris.
parallel with the railways closed the
article, and the author enumerated with
enthusiasm the advantages of the new and
audactous system. According to him,
there would be, in passing through these
tubes, suppression of all nervous trepida-
ton, thanks to the interior surface being
OF finely polished steel; equality of temp
erature secured by means OF currents of
air, by which the heat could be modihed
according to the seasons incredibly low
fares, owing to cheapness of construction
and working exp-nses-waving aside all
questions OF gravitation and wear and tear.
As TO the possibility of obtaining cur
rent OF air from one end of the tube to the
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QUEEN BEss AND HER SAILORS
She Had a Woman's Love for the Ad-
venturer.

she HAD "A w oman's Love for the 4 d.
venturer.
Queen Elizabeth personally liked her
sailors and their way OF life; she had all a
Woman's love of the adventurer. They
brought her money, fnery and flattery,
and she dearly loved all three. But they
suited not only her taste, but her policy.
There was mutual understanding be-
tween them. If, for reasons OF state. it
was necessary to disown their privateer-
ing feats, even when they were triumph
antly successful, they must reckon
on her hard words and black looks.
II 1t was safe to acknowledge them.
they were rewarded with open srjles
and favors. Thoroughly characteristic
Tor example, was her treatment
OF Francis Drake when the ever-glorious
Pelican came home, leaving a wake behind
her which went right round the world.
He had laughed at Spanish protests, plum
dered Spanish treasure, towns and ships.
with the ight-hearted audacity OF the
gentleman bandit, and anc ored at Ply
mouth with an Ell Dorado in his hold and
the shouts of admiring England in his
ears.
Mendoza, the Spanish ambassador. furi-
ously demanded that the dragon should
be forced to disgorge his plumber. But il
suited the Queen to teach the Spaniard q
lesson-that if his master encouraged Irish
rebels she would encourage English priva
teers. Drake was the lion of her court
she ostentatiously walked about with him
IN the public gardens the Pelican was the
scene Of a royal banquet a2d Gloriana
maae rough Francis one of her knights
GOOd Words
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Byron and tho Critics.

Byron is probably the only instance in
literary history of critio-made poet. His
Hours of Idleness' was strictly what it
claimed to be, the production of youth
who had nothing special to do and turned
his attention to poetry as a-means of pass
ing the time. Had the critics suffered it
to pass unnoticed, it is quite probabls that
the poet would never have been heard of
again in the world OF letters. But the edi-
tor OF the Edinburgh Review could not
miss an opportunity of roasting" some
body, and so attacked the modest little
volume with all the virulence OF which he
was able. The criticism, most of which
was very unjust, made Byron very angry,
and he turned on the critic with 'sEnglish
Bards and Scotch Reviewers and showed
in this powerful satire degree OF manly
force and vigor of which no one supposed
him capable. 1t was his only uttsrancc of
any consequence against the critics.
When it was followed by the opening
cantos of "Childe Harold the criticisms
were renewed, but the chorus OF praise was
so loud that the dissonant notes were lost.
Boston Herald
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two persons might sit comfortably side by

two persons might sit comfortably side by
side.
''The carriager' exclaimed the colonel.
"Come in and try the things"
BY the light of an electric lamp in the
roof l carefully examined the carriage |
had entered.
Nothing could be more simple. A long
cylinder, comfortably upholstered, along
which some fifty armchairs, in pairs. were
ranged in twenty-five parallel ranks. At
either end n valve regulated the atmos-
pleric pressure, that at the further end
allowing breathable air to enter the car
riage; that in front allowing for the dis
charge of any excess beyond normal
pressure.
After spending a few moments on this
examination became impatient.
"Well," 1 said, "are we not going to
start?"
Going to start2" cried the colonel. I'VE
have started ~
Started-like that - without the least
jerk, was it possible? | listened atten-
lively, trying TO detect a sound OF some
kind that might have guided me-
If we had really started-if the colonel
had not deceived me in talking of a speed
of eighteen hundred kilometers an hour
we must already be far from any land.
under the sea; above our heads the huge,
fOam-crested waves; even at that moment.
perhars-taking it for a monstrous sea
serpent of an unknown kird-whales were
battering with their powerful tails our
long iron prison!
Plunged in boundless astonishment, I'M
able to believe in the reality of all that had
happened to me, [ sat silently, allowing
the time to pass.
At the end OF about an hour sense of
freshness upon my forehead suddenly
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
LINCOLN AS A PILOT.
He Steered a Steamboat Before He
Gained the Ship of State.

Gained the Ship of State.
At the moment (when Lincoln an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
Legislature in 1882 the whole population
OF Sangamon was in state of wild expec-
tation. Some six weeks before Lincoln's
circular appeared q citizen OF Springfield
had advertised that as soon as the ice went
of the river he would bring up a steamer
the Talisman, from Cincinnati and prove
me Sangamon navieable. The announce
nent had aroused the entire country,
speeches were made and subscriptions
taken. The merchants announced goods
direct per steamship Talisman the coun-
try over, ana every village, from Boards
town 10 Springfield, was laid off in town
lots.
The Talisman actually came up the
river. Scores OF men went TO Beardstown
10 meet her, among them Lincoln, OF
course, and to him was given the honor OF
pUOtlng-an honor which made him re-
membered by many man who saw him
that Gay for the first time. The trip was
made with all the wild demonstrations
which always attended the first steamboat.
On either bank a long procession of men
and boys on loot or horse accom- panied the
boat. Cannons and volleys of musketry
were fired as settlements were passed. At
every stop speeches were made, congratu-
latlons offered, toasts drunk, flowers pre-
sented. 1t was one long hurrah from
Beardstown 10 Springfield, and foremost
in the jUbllation was Lincoln, the pilot
The Tallsman went as near Springfield as
the river did and there tied up for a week.
When she went back Lincoln again had a
conspicuous position as pilot. The no.
toriety this gave him was quite valuable
politically, probably, as was the $40 he re-
celved for his service financially.-Ida NJ.
Tarbell in McClure's Magazine.
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est shown to visiting strangers was this
team of horses.
There was an alarm of fire on June 6,
1898, and in jffy Joe and Dan were clat-
tering over the streets in front of hose
company No. q They dashed down
Eleventh street and colided at dead run
with a cable train at Main street. They
struck a gripcar and their momentum
forced them into the car, breaking the
side supports into splinters. The horses
were extricated from the car and returned
to the station. Three DAYS later it was
discovered that in the collision splinter
had penetrated Joes right hind hoof.
Lockjaw resulted and he had TO be shot.
fund was taken up for the purpose OF
mounting his hide
And now Joe is at fire headquarters
again. AS natural as life, he stands IN an
upper hallway, wearing the same harness
he wore when. with Dan, the worlds
record was made in London. Joe was
mounted by Professor E. b. Eames, the tax
idermist, OF Lawrence, Kas He was
brought to the city as a Christmas sur
prise to the iremen. All forenoon and
afternoon people called at the department
/ eadquarters to see Joe. Many placed
flowers on him and stroked his sleek hide.
At first sight it is difficult TO realize that
Joe is not the noble horse of old, waiting
for the frebell tap TO dart beneath the
swinging harness.-Chicago Record.
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The SUMS Heat.

There is no known metal, and perhaps
no substance whatever, which demands so
high temperature to fuse it as does the
element carbon. 4 filament of carbon,
and a filament of carbon alone, will re-
main INFUSED and unbroken when heated
by the electric current to the. oazzl1ng
brilliance necessary for effective illumina-
ton. This is the reason why this particu-
lar element is SO indispensable for our in
candescent electric lamps. Modern re-
search has now taught us that, just as the
electrician has to employ carton as the
immediate agent in producing the brig at-
est OF artificial lights down here, so the
sun in heaven uses precisely the same ele-
ment as the Immediate agent in the pro-
duction of its transcendent light and heat
Owing to the extraordinary fervor which
prevails in the interior parts of the sun,
all substances there present, no matter
how difficult we may find their fusion,
would have to submit to be melted, nay,
even to be driven off into vapor. II sub
mitted to the, heat of this appalling solar
furnace, an iron poker, for instance, would
vanish into invisible vapor.-McClure' s
Magazine.
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aroused me from the torpor into which 1
had sunk by degrees.
raised my hand to my brow; it was
moist.
Moist! Why was that? Had the tube
burst under pressure of the waters-a
pressure that could not but be formidable,
since 1t Increases at the rate of ian atmos-
phere' every ten meters of depth? Had
the ocean broken in upon us?
Fear seized me. Terrified, I tried to call
out-and-and | found myself in my gar
den, generously sprinkled by a driving
ram, the big drops Of which had awakened
me-. l had simply fallen asleep while
reading the article devoted by an Ameri-
can journalist to the fantastic projects of
Colonel Pierce, who also, Tmuch fear, has
only dreamed.
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EXPRESS OF THE FUTURE.
How 1t viii Seem to Travel Through n
Pneumatic Tube.

How 1t Will Seem to Travel Through n
Pneumatic Tube.
Take care" cried my conductor,
there's stepn'
Safely descending the step thus indi-
Gated to me l entered a vast room, illumi-
mated by binding electric reAectors, the
sound of our feet alone breaking the soil
tude and silence of the place.
Where was 2? What had 1 come there
to do? Who was my mysterious guide ?
Questions unanswered. a long walk in
the night, iron doors opened and reclosed
with cang, stairs descending, it seemed
to me, deep into the earth-that is all 1
could remember. l had, however, no time
for thinking.
In this way Jules Verne opens charac-
teristic sketch in the Strand Magazine for
January.
"No doubt you are asking yourself who
I amp" said my guide: Colonel Pierce,
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wide, without any change in the struc lure
of the machine
what a Piece of Work Ia Man,

In this scene occurs passage which
seems to me the keynote of Hamlet's
character. 1t is phrase in which the
whole tragedy of his life is bounded as in
a nutshell. Hamlet exclaims There is
nothing either good or bad, but thinking
makes it So" In these words we find the
clew to the failure OF many potentially
great man. The man who most succeeds
IN lie is he who only sees one side. The
man whose mental horizon is wide, who i.
capable OF seeing the good and evil on both
sides, who wanders from the high road of
liked purpose into the bylanes of philo.
sophical contemplation, will not reach his
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STORY OF A TIRE-HoRsE.

Kansas City's Dead Veteran of the De-
partment Is Mounted.
Not great many years ago a team of
milk-white horses drew packing-house
wagon through the streets of Kansas CITY.
They were the pride OF the driver, a
brawny Irishman, who had Kentuck-
ian's regard for the horse, and they at
tracted the admiration OF all who saw
them. Fire Chief Hale was attracted to
the horses, and purchased them in 1887
for $500. The horses were installed at fire
headquarters and named Joe and Dan for
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goal so soon as he who only looks straight
ahead and follows the nose of his purpose
unthinkingly. A demonstration OF this is
contained in the written play of "Ham let, :"
which the brief three hours traffic of the
stage prevents being shown in action. I
refer to the character of Fortinbras He
sees ON " one side of things, AMI knows
precisely what he wants. And what is the
result? Well, the result is that when
Hamlet is dead, this essentially practical
unlmaglnative young man comes in and,
IN the language of our modern slang,
takes the cake. "-Beerbohm Tree in The
Fortnightlv Review
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Despair's fits, the waltzing paroxysms OF
these mice often seize them while they
are running, and if they attempt to escape
from imprisonment, they do not go far
before thep are arrested by the irresistible
desire to whirI. The tendency is heredi-
itary, and exhibits itself as soon as the
young mice begin to run about.-Y Youths
Cnmnaninn
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A CARD TO PHYSICIANS.

\ Drs. Copeland, Neal and VIM desire to ex-
press their sincere thanks to the many family
habit of turning over to their care such of
their patients as may be suffering from mala-
dies of chronic character. Deeply sensible of
their system, they take this means to convey
to them, in return, their assurance of undated
and untiring effort on behalf of every suffering
tofore.
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Mice That Waltz.

In Japan there is a breed OF mice, white
speckled with black about the head, neck
and tail, which have a strange habit of
whirling, or as it is called, ''waltzing,'' for
hours at a time with only brief stoppages.
The desire to waltz seiZcs the mice at the
most unexpected moments, especially at
night, for they generally sleep during the
day. Frequently they whirl in couples,
but so rapidly that they appear like spin
ming rings OF white and black. Like Giant
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sprinkIed by a Trolley.

A trolley street sprinkler with many
excellent features has been patented by a
Philadelphia man. 1t Is a combined track
and street sprinkler. It's operation is
wholly under the control OF the operator
1t will sprinkle single or double track
desired, or it will sprinkle a street 100 feet
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DR.. CUTTERS GASOLINE YACHT PRISCILLA.

in the park carefully preserved and sur
rounded by railing) when the news was
brought her that she had succeeded to the
throne; her pedigree from Adam, long
roll OF parchment richly Illuminated; her
jewel cases, inaid with mother-of- pearl !;
her cradle, as an infant, made of oak and
carved and other relics.-Spare Moments
Longfellow's Sister.
A sister of the poet Longfellow, Mrs.
Pierce, is still living, although at an
advanced age, in Portland, Me- Mrs
Pierce's was unique experience in Sun
day-school teaching. She took class of
tiny girls on the occasion of their first p
pearance at church. They never left her
class through the years which elapsed, but
grew up under her influence until one by
one they Quilted the school to be married.
The friendship existing between these
girls and their teacher was phenomenallv
strong, as was that of the members for
each other. Now, as gray haired grand
mothers, on returning to Portland for Wis
its, each one pays her court to Mrs. Pierce,
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ner, only, however to be at once captured
and ANONYMOUSLY evicted. His hop, hop,
hop on deck was curious to watch, but the
sound of it overhead at night was ridicu-
lousy irritating, and no one mourned very
much when he took his voluntary depar-
ture-Chambers' Journal
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a Red Gross Knight.

The crimson glow Of sunlight falls
Along the monumental walls
Where still in faded pomp are read
The name and virtues of the dead.
Yet from yon effigy of knight
The craven name has vanished quite;
No word remains; but stories tell
That he who sleeps fought true and wellt
In kindness swift, in vengeance slow
A constant friend. courteous foe;
Who partly fought for love of fight,
But chiefly for the love of right.
To Holy Land he rode away:
Seek thou holy land to-day.
With sword and battle AK he strove;
Seek thou the armOry Of love.
He won on earth poor renown;
Win thou earth Loves fadeless crown.
The Gentlemen's Magazine.
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THE FREE TEST

The free trial test of treatment offered by
Drs. Copeland, Neal and VIM is offered to
every one on their first Uisit. Then if the treat
ment is not Satisfactory it can be abandoned.
We do not offer ''free treatment of a "month''
at the end of six or seven months experiments
ton, but a. once, on the first visit
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head SO that it will turn the ears forward,
and then the forefnger and thumb of each
hand allowed to slide along the string, as
shown in our illustration, it will cause a
noise very similar 10 thunder to be heard
by those who are undergoing the expert
Record.
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and they still keep up their mutual affec-
ton and intimate acquaintance. The bond
of having belonged to Mrs. Pierce class"
is like that OF close society.-Boston
Post