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OPERITIS.
Cause. Symptoms, aad Effects or This Now
Physical Complaint.


Operitis Is not a new disease. although II never
succeeded In getting Itself named until the other
evening. IL was christened then by one OF Its
victims. operitis 10 the name for that awful
tired feeling which has laid hold OF some people
now that Mr.. Maurice Grau and his singers have
gone to Chicago 1t Is tho thing that ails the
confirmed opera-goers; those who sit In the seats
OF the subscribers and rarely miss perform
ance. These people began to feel the ravages OF
IN. di..... la, v..k h,, ,b.v n,rrLiIv ,ra,,.a
80 go 800. wv t"u' p'u.~"' u'"skeu
themselves TO the Metropolitan for the final
performances. It was really sad TO see some Of
,h. -r.... ~, h,trt.d ,,ronnh H., h, -,
'no "i0eA' '"". o.'"Aeu 'uio'k" 'ioousno' eyes
at tho stage and at one another.
II takes n strong man 10 90 through n three
,,o,,h., ....nn ,,i,ho,, ,.,,,r,, go, a., ...,.i
o""' 'e"', "''"'u' t"''"'f p'e' W opert's
At the close. The women seem to stand 1t better
probably because they have moro chanc. 10 re-
cup.rate in ,h. DAYTIME Th.v Ioor som.wh,,
.uo'"'e "a 'no u"'te' i"e' 'ooA theMha.
tagged, 1t Is true, but they are more emotional
and the excitement OF the farewell p-rform-
-. h,o,s 49,, -, 60, - ~, N
t"'o' ou''s '"'i' ny k'ou ueaI. Dut al Oh
them. men and women. show the effects Of their
devotion to the operate gods and goddesse,
W., 10, a.. ,I,I... ,.a,,h h.r., 49,,
"ne" you SEQ Hs'fess youth. haegA'u ana
worn. dragging his feet up the four flights to
the balcony You NAV nut him down Mt once ns
. v,o,I,, ., o,.,,,I. W., 90, 1870.
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ALMOST A 7ERRxPIN CORNER.
The Demand for tho Iaauguratioa BaIl
Supper Caused IL.

from the BdNimOrs American
The coming inaugural ball at Washington on
March hiss had most beneficial effect on tho
market for terrapin of every variety. and this
market, which started OF In December Ohe be-
ginning OF the season. In most discourAging
way, is now practically cornered, with hardly
any stock In sight and prices very Arm and
about 20 per cent higher than during the month
OF January. These conditions are all said to DO
duo to the efforts OF Mr.. Carl u. Essner who
has con racted for the feast al the ball. and At
present the greatest supply OF these toothsome
tortoise Is in the hands OF Philadelphia and
Washington buyers, who have been acting as
agents for the caterer.
Knowing that II he started out Alono to pur-
chase terrapin In the numbers needed for the
purpose. the market would Immediately stifYen,
MIR. Essner secured the assistance Of brokers in
Philadelphia and Washington. and also the as-
slstance of friendly caterers In Baltimore.
These purchased in small quantities. and by
this bit OF diplomacy the holders OF tho stock
did not realize what WAS going OIL until . large
anSnt,ty n"d 6rsn con S%n'rssisd for a; D. ses,
the frst calls for terrapin for the ball began
about two moAths ago. some OF the Baltimore
dozen about three times week. This sort OF
buying continued regularly until about two
weeks ago, when the iirui received All order for
three hundred dozen 10 be- shipped TO Ph iladsi.
phia. Those ranged In price from $50 20 500
per dozen. II IL estimated by man IN a post.
lion to know that fully hvo hundred dozen OF
trrraplnS have been nnught IN by the caterer
ana his agents, aud the average prices OF these
ranged from SlS To $50.
While Mr.. Essner was diving into the market
IL wna rnmored that syndicate had been
formed tn buy In all the terraptn In this vicinity
and make their own prices when the demand
developed. In view OF this rumor n number Of
New York, Philadelphia aud Washington
broNsrS aud dealers bought IN stock IN specula-
tiun. and together with what has been actually
taken for consumption nj the inaugural DRl
fully so dUzeus NJ tcrrHpins have been taken
from the Baltimore market since the middle Of
December. which has given tho market more
life and strength than has ever before been
known. Taxi lug the lowest prices Tor fair stock
n n guide. the aggregate value ~ the terrnpin
snippcd from acre Tor use NJ the ball will range
between $4,000 aud $4,000.
IL very evident. however, that those who
went Into the speculative end OF the deal will
not win. Preparations are being made to serve
abont 10000 persons. In eaoli portion OF ter.
rapin served Ut hanqnets about half pint Of
meat 10 used, and close calcuIRtors familiar
with the business OF catering cay that II will
require only about 200 gallons Of meat, and this
quantity, valued at SEQ a gallon. will make the
tsrrApin end Of tho banquet alone cost SlA, 600.
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Not 80 slow There Er,h.r.

Down In Ohio the other day, not very far from
Cleveland took u carryall or 'bus at a cOu 'itry
station 10 ride inland lew miles. The driver
who carried tho nail for Uncle sam. was dis
posed to lie quite communicative,
You don't live round here, s'pose 2" he re-
marked. interrOgatiy ely,
mo not now" | replied. I'm from Chit
caco."
Pretty biR place. eint tn" he continued.
"Ses, ia u large city," said.
- s'pose there's something gOin' on there
most OF the time, amt there2" he asked.
nodded atirmatively.
well, we Amt 40 darned slow down here"
he added. Had q dance In the Hlnckley Ridge
school house last night, and thersn hs turkey
rattle Tuesday.
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4 SMOK PROBLEM.
MANY Schemes That Failed Before the
Hi-h Chimney Wa. Painted.

At the cemen works on the west shore Of
Hampstead harbor there Is smokestack l2a
feet high and three feet in diameter which has
long needed painting, AMI ~ the snow and Ice
hSd given leisure 10 many OF the men recently,
the manager thought the time had come to
dispose OF tho Job Two OF tho foremcn, tho
shovel engineer and young carpenter, set
their wits to WORK to contr.ve II way OF getting
rope up through the pipes interior and down
ON the outside so that an apparatus could DO
rugged 10 hoist the painter.
one OF the Italians suggested letting pigeon
loose to ty up inside OF the stack, but this
solved only half the problem. Another work.
man suggested small balloon. The arst one
10 formula . what seemed II feasible plan was
the head foreman, who farcned ten feet OF
small brass chain TO n rocket. and to that q
cord, and then sent them sKylarking through
the pipe. As spectacle Il was line. but tho
heat from the powder burned OF the chain.
nud the string was let- at its starting point.
.hcn the ynunger foreman tried. lie ina made
II kite having two strings, one NJ which went
through pulley attached near the kite, which
had II small! iron weight fast, ned 10 It's upper
end. tho intention bang 10 ny the kite until
Il vas directly over the rrnokestack, aid then
lower the weight down into the interior.
lhe kite worked beautifully uutl II was time
FOR II 90 Jt useful when II turned -oIIersault.
tagging Itself IL tbs pulley tackle. and the
whole tninE came 20 g.i"f, Ten the carpen-
ter began u talk. lie. 100 remembered boy
sA pnstlmos, aud nc..cvrd they could Ge turned
70 ace luut. HIS idea was TO ascend the 20 BILE
tower. ninctv feet distant aad 1870 feet high.
end trop, TITS position throw into the smoke
stack We ght lied u strng, The wind
was blowing gale, but this did not discourage
the mon, aHd lao, Nith tie Two toromen, ascend
ed IA" tnHcr For performance nunlher threS
To throw u two-pound-weight fastened TO .
EtTiug WAS 10 EASY matter, nud II WAS exceed
ing. diiprU!t To- keen "A tOOthull on the tower.
htlcT three III II, however, tho weis ht fell as
pan"ed. save that the Suing broke. Later the
carpenter tired again, casting the weight four
uu"s nrforc II catered the stack.
Nhcn me rIgginI to hoist the pninter was In
Or Ter t.rrr Vas call for volunteers. but only
our man responded. lie WAS the shovel engi-
Herr, v III snyder, from Chicago. He has had
M eAprr!our, IN work in hiGh places, for when
sycr 'ne steel 81 bic, 40 feet above the ground.
needs turrinE snyder gets paint pot, swings
himself uS,rlGe tho framework OF the traveller
and naints the cable as the traveller goes pack
and forth on It's regular business.
several OF the men employed at the cement
works seem IL be born acrohats, and they work
far u in the air easily as on the ground. so
that when repairs are needed on the towers or
cables and coal, leyei-hsad ID men must DO had
the.o has never been any necessity 70 ~ Oaar
side OF the regular force. -
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oped in the sea by the winds would sufice for
all human needs. Mr.. Fletcher has succeeded
In making an experimental machine which
promises to be OF real utility for many purposes,
The machine Is simply pump arranged In an
ingenious manner so that the waves shall work
II up and down, aud the force OF the stream OF
water thus propelled may be used either d.
rectly for operating engines or be carried to
srvors and Used from these for producing M
ergy. Mr.. Fletcher's machine consists. first. Of n
strong metal rod the lower end OF which Ia
hold stationary at liked distance from the
bottom OF the sea by means OF chains and
anchors. Near the upper end, and built so
that IL can Glide on tho rod, Ia hig
Attached to tho lower side OF this float. ans on
either side OF the central rod are the barrels of
two long pumps whose piston rods arc IN ade fast
TO u cross. pieces on the central rod below. II is
evident that II the central rod IL held firmly, tho
rise and fall OF tho floating cylinder Mt tho
top will work che pumps, The difficulty to
be overcome lies in the fact that tho central
the float. To overcome this tendency Mr.,
Fletcher has carried the lower end Of the central
rod down into the sea below the zone OF wave
srtion, and ther" fastened great fiat disk to the
rod. This disk offers so much resistance to
movement that II holds the central rnd prnc-
ticaliy still while the float rises and falls AMI
does tho pumping A small machine which
diameter and u stroke to the pumps OF four
feet; and this. when IN full action, developed
81 horse power.
A plant 10 now being built which Ia intended
Ia develOp 800 horse power whom it IN fully
operated by the waves.
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CRYING BdBIES.
II Nothing h Wrong with Them, Let Them
Keep On Crying.

Keep On Crying.
THAT babies ought to CRY occasionally In n
fact well known to doctors. but ono which seems
to be very much against the creed Of mothers
and nurses" says Florence Hull Winterburn In
Womdns Home Companion. THE model babies
who never cry are unnatural specimens.
crying is tho only exercise u young baby
gets; II expands the lungs. causes better cir
Culaton OF tho blood, and helps on muscular
growth, or course, fretting when there Ia dis
comfort 10 to be promptly attended 10, and
screaming, which might cause rupture, must not
DO allowed; but u really healthy little cry, when
nothing particular Is She matter save that baby
needs that mode OF expression for his pent-up
feelings, this is not a thing To mako every body
run and try 10 divert tho little ONES attention or
to stop linn, ar get ont Of the way Rs II there
were fire. or n runaway locomotive coming.
The noise In not pleasant, but II We were
once assured That II was n harmless pastime for
baby most Of us could reconcile ourselves to II
once In while. Not al night, IL there is one
lesson more important than another II is that
dark mesa and stiffness 20 together,
But although the idea may he novel one.
there 10 something To he said In favor OF little
babies being allowed asmall crying ,spell-that
UPON the grounds Of health"
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THE UTILIzLTION OF WAVE POWER.

A Maehise Built by . British Engineer 90
Get Work Ont OF the Sea.
B. Morley Fletcher. an associate member of
the British Institute OF Civil Engineers. has
been eng aged for some time In carrying on eI-
poriments In England looking to the utilization
Of tho force developed by tho rise and fall OF
the waves Of rho sea- Many attempts have
been made to use this enormous power for me-
chanical purposes. and IL has been estimated
that very small fraction Of tho energy devel-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14

Court is reversed and the cause remanded,
with leave to the plaintiff to amend it's
complaint. The opinion is unanimous.
In the case OF the City OF Oakland VS..
the Oakland Waterfront Company an ap-
peal from an order of the Superior Court
of Alameda denying motion of defend
ant for change OF venue, the order ap-
peaied from is affirmed.
In the case of the Oakland Waterfront
COMPANY VS.. J. ?. Cameron, the Supreme
Court in bank, rendered the following
decIslon:
This action involves the title to portion of
the lands included in the grant by the Legis-
isture 10 the former town of Oakland of what
is commonly known as the Oakland water
front, title 10 which has been he d. in an opin-
ion his day lied to be in plaintiff The plaintiff
in this case in the court below relied upon
precisely the same title which was involved
in that case, and which is here held valid
out lis evidence ss 10 such title was excluded
by the court below and nonsuit granted
npon the theory that said grant was void
Under the principles announced in City OF
Oakland VS.. Oakland Waterfront Company
this ruling was erroneous, and upon the au-
thority of that case the Judgment must be re-
versed and the cause remanded for new trial
1t is so ordered.
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approaching completion and the Western Pa
clfic Railroad Company which owned the fran
chise from Sacramento to San Jose, was project
ing branch line to point on the bay at
company TO make its terminus al Oakland Car
pentier offered them portion of the water
front claimed by him.
They, however. had no confidence in the va
lidity OF his claim and refused to consider his
proposition unless the necessary steps should
be taken to clear up his title. The whole mat
ter was then submitted 10 the city authorities
and their attorney, with the result that
com promise was agreed upon, and suDse-
quently carried out. The substance OF this
agreement was that the city should procure
from the Legislature the necessary authority
TO make the compromise; That small portion
OF the water front should go to the city and
the rest be divided between the Oakland
Waterfront Company-a corporation OF whlch
Carpentie was the PRINCIPAL stockholder-
and the railroad company. The principal con-
sheraton TO the city, and its principal share
in the compromise, the establishment of
the railroad terminus at the city front and the
expenditure of $4,000 in the erection of
depots and other terminal works.
The details of the compromise as au-
thorlZed by the Legisia ure are given in
extenso, and then the court turns COM
plete somersault and lands itself aud the
Oakland Waterfront Company safely on
its feet by a few concluding paragraphs,
as follows:
L dul utterly uuhDI6 10 see any reason lOl
denying the efficiency OF this compromise.
By the very terms OF the act the Council,
with the concurrence of the Mayor, was
authorized to compromise, settle and adjust
any and all controversies in which the said
city was interested. This is very different
from the paraphrase sits controversies" which
counsel for respondent use in their argument.
There is some plausibility in the contention
that uthority merely TO compromise ''its con-
troversies' would not enable the city to alien
ate property held SUBJ Jet to a public trust, but
authority to compromise, settle and adjust
any controversy in which 1t was interested,
conferred by the same power that granted the
trust, is certainly com prebensive enough TO
sustain transfer OF the property subject to
the trust,
Nor is there anything in the suggestion that
there was no existing controversy with Car
pentier 10 be compromised. If ever there was
a fragrant and notorious controversy over any,
thing there certainly was such controversy
between Carpenter and the city oil Oakland
over this water front, and it was none the less
a controversy because on the 21st OF March.
1868, there was no action or legal proceeding
pending in court. AS TO the alleged
unT essonableness of the comprom Use 1t can
only be said to have been unreasonable III the
sens e that the city gave up too much and kept
too lite. But what the city should exact or
concede, in making the compromise, was
matter confded to the discretion OF the Mayor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14
FOOD COFFEE.
NEWS PAPER MAKERS
Have Troubles Like the Rest of Us

Have Troubles Like the Rest Of Us.
1t is matter of note that great num-
bers of newspaper editors and attaches
are troubled more or less with a sort of
nervous dyspepsia, which will not yield
TO med cines. They almost invariably get
better bv abandoning coffee and tobacco,
showing that nature will revive if The OPP
presslve poisons are removed. Habit,
however, IS a powerful lever to keep a
man in rut. The fraternity have come
to know Postum Cereal Food Coffee and
are able to revel at will in their coffee
three times day. not only withou: harm.
but the result oil the practice brings hash
and strength in remarkable degree, for
the reason that Postum is m ale up OF the
rarts of he cereals containing the alou-
men, gluten and hosphate-, which ma
ture uses to build up the gray matter IN
the nerve centers.
at makes red blood Is great tra1e-
mark ana 1t means something to the
BRAIN workers who supply the reading
wor.d with their daily supply OF news.
There is but one original Postum Cereal
Coffee, with hundreds of weak limitations
offered as Just as good"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14
he question of the ownership OF the water

the question OF the ownership OF the water
front.
1t is impossible to tell from the imperfect
account that has reached me just what the
decision of the Supreme Court carries with it,
But it seems that the city gains access to tide
water. right that the railroad company has
always denied US, while the State, that is the
people, will gain very large portion OF the
pu bile domain that the railroad company has
always claimed. While the decision does not
give US all we hoped to gain, 1t yet may be
con sdered victory for the people.
Ex-Mayor Davis, attorney for the city:
The striking cardinal proposition shaping
the whole decision is this: that the grant by
the State to the town and the attempted but
void grant by the town 10 Carpenter Is held
10 have gone no further waterward either in
the estuary or the lake than the line OF
ordinary daily low tide, although the act of
the Legislature making the grant to the town
and the ordinance deed 10 Carpenter all read
TO Ssh ip channel"
The experts and the snip men testify that
Ship Channel was three fathomS at low tide.
The court now holds that the words "ship
channel mean the ordinary low-tide line,
and that nothing waterward OF that, in either
the estuary or bay, was granted to the town
by the State This holding las two sweeping
effects. First-It reduces the area of the con-
troversy from twelve and u half miles to Ship
Channel, according 10 the idea of he engin-
GERS, etc., to a few narrow patches, a few feet
wide, on the north ern side of the estuary and
along strip opposite Fallon street and TO
comparatively a few hundred acres off w est
Oakland.
Secondly-It eliminates the controversv
relative to the law OF navigable waters and
the inalienabiity OF them, and reduces the
decision 10 ruling upon what are commonly
called tide lands only; that is, the beach
proper, covered and uncovered daily by the
flow and ebb of the tide.
There has never been any question as a mat
ter of law that this ribbon the beach proper,
could be given into private ownership, pro-
vlded only that streets, channe or otner suit
able accesses to the navigable waters outside
were secured to the pu Bile 1t will be observe
that the Interpretation of the words "ship
channel thus places the case and the decision
upon the quito narrow basis OF the law as to
tide lands proper
The greatest effect of this holding is that
upon the water front company, for while the
court holds that the compromise of 1878 was
conclusive as TO this strip, the mud flats only,
it holds that beyond them waterward, the
water front has not and never had any title
This leaves everything in the Estuary to the
south and in the bay to the west of the line OF
ordinary low tide uugranted and still held By
the Sta of California in her sovereignty, as
in he first instance.
The result OF this is that the State can, in be-
half of the public, proceed from the line of or.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14
FOR ST. DOMINIC'S.
Generous Contributions by Parishione
Toward the Purchasing of Hand
some New Organ.

A very enthusiastic meeting of gentle
men parishioners of St. D )minic's Church
was held at st. Dominlcs Hall, on Pine
and Steiner streets, Monday evening.
J. B. Mcintyre called the meeting TO
order and stated that Rev. Plus Murphy,
o. P, provincial of the Dominican order
OF the Pacific Coast and rector of ST.
DomInic's Church of San Francisco, was
entreated to issue a circular to some Of
the active me m bers OF the church for the
purpo>e of devising ways and means
toward procuring an organ suitable to the
church and congregation, and further
stated that the first order of business
would be the election OF a chairman.
J. B. Mcintyre placed in nomination
Tor the office of chairman Thomas O'Brien,
ex-Tax Collector of San Francisco, who
was unanimously elected.
Rev. P.us Murphy, o. P, and Rev. J. S.
Jones, o. P, Tectoc and ass slant rector
respectively, were called uIon for re-
marks, and their remarks were som ewhat
similar to those OF the chairman, though
Rev. J. S. Jones stated from his expert
ence in New York and the business CEN
ters of the Eastern States that an organ
could be purchased for about $4,000 or
So 900.
The organization was named THE ST.
Dominic's Church Fund Society,"" with
Kelly secretary and Rev. PIus Murphy
60. P.) treasurer. The following amounts
were subscribed:
Joseph Lonergan $3.50, Richard O'Conuor
500, Joseph Kirk and wife 5000, Thomas J.
Welch 500, Captain James Latin 800, Pat
rick Frazier 500, J. B. Mcintyre 500, Con
Maher 500, Daniel Sheerin 800, T. NJ.
OBden $50, Maurice Rigging $50, John Muir
ray $50, James Mclean $50. James McKenna
$50, Ed Kenny $50, Chester Keogh $40 II.
McGlnnis $40. p. J. McKeon $50, William Nc
Kay $40 A. MeKenna $40, homas Crawford
S25, J. J. Donavan S25, Peter DAILY
$50, NJ F. Walsh $40, P. McGushin
$40 Ed Murphy $50, b. GALLAGHER $25.
ID. Callaghan $40, z. w. LanEon $50, F. Hart
$40, P Dorm $40. Thomas Moore $40. j.
Murphy so, c. Mclean $40. J. P. PeSoli $40.
James McManus $40, P. J. O'BrieE $40, VIII
liam R. O'Neill $40, James COnuiffe $50, James
Sheerin $25, F. J. Miller 500, Thomas O'Brien
S25 George NJ. Kelly $50, g. Kerekes $40,
John Greedy $40, J. sheenan 50, NJ. Gavin So,
James Buckley So. Lee kuhlman s., G. ;.
O.eson $25, P. McErlane S.
The meeting adjourned till next Mon
daV evening.
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| washed down the gulches which emptv
into Paper mill Creek.
In writing to THE CALL Judge Reimer
says: II am an old resident and contend
that California is still the Golden State.
That gold should be found anywhere in
this state is nothing TO be surprised at.
Let t.. ose who are inclined to speculation
acquire their first experience in prospect
ing the mountains of the Bolinas coast
range. The chances are that they will
find gold in paying quantities. If they do
not they will have spent a few days in
spired by the grandeur of nature, invig-
Grated in body and mind, all at the ex-
pense OF few dollars"
THE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS.
Physicians recommend the Crystal warm sea
water tub and swimming baths, n orth Beach,
Every year London consumes so, 900 tons
of oysters.