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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

TT was in the afternoon of the 10th
 of October, 1897, that the little
 schooner Nellie G. Thurston, with | twelve hopeful gold so '1ers aboard,
 cast off from Erie Basin. Brooklyn, and began her long journey of 10000 miles to Alaska far away
 Her journeys end was Cooks Inlet and that was the distance she must travel to reach there Could she have mounted into the air and laid her course as the crow flies she might have alghted not very far from her destina- Ion after a flight of 5000 miles. But no such thing could be considered. The course must be laid exI-tly in an op posite direction and a track plowed through thousands of miles of salt water ere she could ever point her , ose in the direction of her destina- ton. Then she must baffle the howl ing gales of the Straits of Magellan: ride the mountain-like seas of the South Pacific; struggle across the great calms of the Pacific Ocean and run down all the degrees of latitude from 50 south to 50 north; or. as the sailor puts it. the roasting tens, the warm twen- ties, the pleasant thirties, the roaring fortjes, the bowling fifties and the rag ing sixties before her final haven is reached.
 But as she merrily plowed through the water. down through New York bay, seeming to gain spirit and hope as her sails caught the fresh, invigorating sea breeze, our little crowd caught the spirit of the moment and many were the songs sung and loud were the ex- presSionS of hope and satisfaction now that We were actually upon our way to the land of shining gold, after so much hustling and bustling in prepar- ation for our journey.
 Little did we think or dream of the dangers and hardships awaiting us No more did we realize the enormity of our undertaking than if our little craft had, indeed, just taken flight for sail through the air of 5000 miles, in stead of the long and tedious voyage around the great western continent.
 Now. that the greater part of our voyage is over and we are safely land ed here in San Francisco, we are all de- termined to stick it out until we have proved our undertaking to be either a failure or a success; but as we talk among ourselves of the dangers we have passed through and the suffering we have endured we all avoW that could we have known before starting what awaited us we would not have made the trip for more pure gold than any of us dare hope to find in Alaska, and I believe this to be the feeling of the great majority of those who have gone before us.
 But to go back to the beginning of our voyage. Owing to our hurry and anxiety to get away from New York our supplies and personal belongings had been piled in promiscuous heaps in the cabin and on the deck of our boat. and the first few days of our voyage were occupied in identifying and arranging our stuff and getting things in ship shape.
 The names of our party of twelve, including eleven men and one woman. are as follows: F. F. Bowling, w. E. Story. c. H. Cunning. A. G. Fields. J. B. Ely, J. B. Wadsworth, A. G. Miles
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into service. And then he quoted the official dispatch which Governor Vol colt sent to Washington recently an- nouncing that Massachusetts was wholly without ammunition, as some thing which the Sp11 ish Minister no doubt had found great pleasure in send ing to his Government. If the Massa- chusetts coast is first attacked by Spain 8 great many people probably will hold Governor Walcott's telegram responsi- ble for that misfortune.
 Dr. Eliot said that number of stu dents had enlisted, but he tho .ght they were unwise. In this judgment he does not agree with some other presidents of great universities; but he speaks with greater authority because liar yards enrolment is greater than that of any other educational institution in America.
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versation with the white settlers we abandoned the idea.
 Our aim was now to get through the straits and out into the Pacific Ocean The distance through from the Atlan- tic to the Pacific is 300 miles. and it proved to be the most difficult, as well as the most eventful, part of the whole voyage
 It must be understood that the tide sets strongly from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the straits. and that the wind prevails from the southwest eleven months in the year. It is not a mild, steady breeze by any means, but it ranges from gentle zephyr to a tornado and changes from one extreme to the other so quickly that navigation by sail is next to inn possible. From the day we entered the straits to the day we got out into the Pacific we had either a dead calm or a heavy gale. Never did we have a moderate breeze for more than three hours at any one time.
 We were just twenty-six days mak- ing through and not moment was lost when sailing was possible. There are anchorages marked by beacons at distances of about twenty-five miles apart, and it is considered good days work from one to the next.
 The straits are so narrow and wind- ing that sailing at night is impossible and time and again we failed, by only three or four miles. to reach our next anchorage after twelve hours tacking and had to put back again.
 While we were anchored at Punta Arenas. which is the only town on the straits, a very severe gale came up and with both of our anchors down we began to drift across the channel direct for the rocky shore on the op-
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ROf ESSOh Of1AhLES ELlOI
 MORTON lives in a fine old
 house, situated on an eminence
 not fifteen minutes walk from
 Harvard It is the house in
 which he was born. It stands in the midst of what are known as Norton's Woods, and a wide driveway leads to it from the travelled road. This driveway and all the grounds are Pro- lessor Norton's private property, but he leaves them open as a park for the benefit of the people of Cambridge.
 Shortly before I called on Professor Norton he had attracted some public attention by his lecture in the fine arts course at Harvard, in advising the stu dents not to enlist for the war with Spain. What followed he described to me briefly.
 Let me show you card l received today" he said, with a laugh; and he brought from his study a postal card which bore his name and address. On the reverse was written in the hand of not illiterate man:
 Professor Charles E. Norton is an un-American ass," with other senti- ments of like character, which were signed Massachusetts Soldier" This was the missionary product of the pub lication of a short paragraph summar- izing what Professor Norton had said to the students He read it two or three times with evident amusement.
 ''The occasion of my lecture to the students" said Professor Norton, was the reassembling after the holidays. Grave events had happened since I had spoken to them last War had been declared and I thought it neces- sary to speak to them on the subject of enlistment. I was moved to quote to them what Benjamin Franklin said that there never was a good war.
 T told them that in time of need every man should be ready to go to the defense of his country, but that this was not in any sense a national States to give as good an account of l...z.ass- Nss--r<afE.l :
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for the long voyage was completed, and We were left nothing to occupy our time and thoughts, We naturally began to review our undertaking and specu- late upon the future, and I believe we now did our first real sober thinking upon the subject We had instituted a very fair library by contributing each one his selection of books, and when time began to hang heavily upon us we fell to reading; but it was easy to be seen that thoughts other than the subject before our eyes were uppermost in our minds.
 As the weeks beg to run by and
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THE WAR AS VIEWED
 BY PRESIDENT ELIOT OF HARYARD.

Where is it." said President Eliot, that the people are crying for war? It isn't here. I cannot find where it is. Our soldiers are going in from a asm."
 I quoted what Nikola Tesla said to
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SAYS THIS WAR OPENS NEW ERA " OUR HISTORY made eoundPo t s @ Amer-
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ROFESSOR CHARLES ELIOT NORTON lives in a fine old house, situated on an eminence
 not fifteen minutes walk from Harvard. It is the house in
 Ill. l,o r-as horn It stands
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03


TO be lnaugurated the first tine, ne was
told that > plot to assassli'ate hlm mad
been discovered. You are sure to be
killed. exclaimed a friend.
Il don't thina SO. Those assasslns are
always bungiers, : be cooliy replied
A year or Two later an attempt to Kill
him was actually made. The police had
been warned that during the Independence
day ceremony the president would be sho5
but the details of the plot were not learned
President Iglesias was urged not to attend
the ceremony, but he replied:
"The day ! feel afraid ! shah resign
my Office.
He did attend the ceremonies, and on
the way back was fired at five times by a
man with a pistol.
death to Iglesiasi'' cried the assassin
Long live Costa Rical" shouted back
the president, who was unhurt.
Naturally the Costa Ricans are proud
of such a chief executive. They are also
grateful to him for the wise manner in
which his administrations have been con
Quoted, for many reforms have been in
stjtuted under his regime. One of his
acts was the abolition of the tobacco and
alcohol ~monopolies, which were hitherto
in the hands OF the government. These
industries are now fourishing under the
salutary laws of competition. The gold
standard has been established under a very
practical and scientific law based on sound
principles of political economy. A rail-
road from the capital to the Pacific coast
will soon be an accomplished fact, and the
bay Of Tivides will within a short period
be- converted into one of the best ports on
tEa pacsGc
A line Of railway is projected to run
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03


At a recent meeting of the Sanitary In
~stitute, at Birmingham, the President. DIR.
Alfred Hill. Illuminated against the use Of
food presentations. wen in the smallest
quantity. He is reported as having main
tanned that "all additions to food. the In
flnenee of which on health is doubtful.
ought to be prohibited. 1t seems to Us
that the proposition ought to be stated
the reverse way. e., no additions to food
should be prohibited unless they are made
Cor the purpose Of d~efrauding the buyer.
or unless II can be shown that. in the
quantity which a consumer might reason
ably take. they would be hurtful. We do
not at all see why d nilknaan should not
be permitted to preserve his stock by the
addition Of a small Quantity Of preserva-
tive. unless. BY SO doing, he III the risk
OF injhring the health of his customer.
Public ANALYSTS wisi find quite enough 70
DO ii following up the impudeuf frauds
perpetrated BY adulterat0rs without tf3u-
bling Themselves with offences which ara
purely technical. In doing 80 they bring
adulSsEatlen law into contempt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03
HE STOPS His HEART.
A minneapolis Man Who Dcaes All
Physiological Rules.

Frank G GardGll has liyed in Mime
apolis come tiinie-'. at not until about two
months ego did xs.o discover his ability TO
perform unusual things.
tt is q web known principle of physiol-
cgy that In tho light the pupils Of the eyes
contract ard in tEe dark they dilate. Gan
dsil can oppose nature BY Giiating his pu-
pills in tho light and by contracting them
in the dark or he can perform this pho
roaEenon with one eye and leave the other
in d natural state.
Another rastime Of this painless man Is
to put needles through any part of his
bodY e matters Motif it be an artery or
vein Tho hols caused Immediately closes
UP, and not Il drop Of blood issues. This
is ea.l.ed q state Of anssthesia by the med
iaal profession.
Another feature Of which this phenom
enal masi speaks proudly is his ability to
rss any part ct tSs body into the cataiep-
Tic state. Tor distance. he can c;.ese his
aen. to Eeeosne SO rigid that two men can
rot send it. During LIS state CT con- plete
oatalepsy he is in a -selniconscious condi
ton.
Gandall's FRANKS with.his heart arc sur
fgient to mako tho ordinary man shudder,
Willie sitting in a chair he can eauso his
heart 10 beat alternately slew and fast.
Then with Z rightly cffcrt no makes tee
vital organ stop fer On instant. This ean-
not be Verified by listening to the heart
beat, fer she gargiing sound caused
browns the peat. However, by feeling his
pulse tho phenomenon cGn be fully appre-
eiated
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03

carried before her. In Hungary the father
of the bride formally pulls off her shoe
and gives it to her husband as a renuncia-
ton of his authority over her, the same
idea doubtless originating the practice
now SO common of throwing an old shoe
after the bride as she leaves her fathers
house.
Among the Indians inhabiting the west
ern shore of Vancouver's island there is a
curious custom known as demanding the
bride. 1.-THE sutton Is escorted by d great
number of his friends. In some 80 or 10
canoes. Nobody speaks for about ten min
utes, for these children of nature are
very reserved indeed. At last the visitors
are requested to say where they come
from and what is their object in coming.
Thereupon some man gets up in his
and harangues the natives on the shore at
the very top of his voice, and a very loud
voice it is. His business is to laud the
would be husband in every possible way,
and this he does by giving his name, his
title and history, stating also the number
of his friends and connections, hoping
thereby to obtain a considerable reduction
in the purchase money. Then by way of
a first bid the canoe is padded to the
shore and a number of blankets thrown
out.
"This very small offer is received with
derision and roars of laughter from the
brides friends. They are not going to let
her go quite so cheap as that. He u
offer a great deal more. The answer given
is more or less equivalent to our slang ex-
preston, Get along with YOU Then
arises an orator from the shore. who
speaks up right gallantly for the bride,
praising her virtues and describing her in
tho most glowing terms, with many a
flowery epithet, until the original offer is
considerably increased. AL this oratory
and bartering occupy a good many hours,
until at last the bride is handed over, with
nothing on her but her u-ndergarment, so
greedy are her relatives. The first present
she herself receives is a blanket"
The Karens of Burma lave their mar
riages at funeral feasts. When a man OF
the village dies, the body is buried tempo
rarily until arrangements can be made for
a number of marriages; then the late la
mented is disinterred, laid out in state
and a general marriage feast held in his
honor, sometimes as many as 200 couples
being united at the funeral of a distin-
guished chief in a wholesale ceremony,
~paralleIed only by hat held in Paris in
1851, when 600 couples were united on
the same day, the girls all being lowered
by the municipality.
In China o~vertures to the marriage are
begun by the t|go between" or matchmak-
er, who presents to the members of the
brides family an account OF the BRIDE
COON and acopy of his Eight characters,
the symbols denoting his birth u the
supposed turning points in his life. II
the overtures be favorably received, there
is an exchange Of cards, the BRIDES eight
characters being sent to the bridegroom's
family, together with such personal details
as may be interesting or likely to promote
the match. The counting is all done by
proxy, and the bridegroom does not see
the bride until he has Withdrawn the veil
from her face astsr the ceremony.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03
COSTA RICA'S CHIEF.
PRESIDENT lGLEslAs, NOW VISITING
US, IS BRAVE AND WISE.

He Has DeGed Assassins.
Corrupt officials and Brought Ills
Country Up Into the Front Rank OF
Progressive Republics.
Senior Don Rafael Iglesias, president
of Costa Rica, who is now visiting tho
United States, is an enterprising, am
bilious young man, and he is serving bis
second term as the chief executive of the
most progressive of our sister republics.
When he first arrived, it wa given out
that he was here TO regain his health, but
it is now generally understood the Iglesias
health is ell right. Matters which direct
ly concern the future of Costa Rica will
probably occupy much of President Igie-
sias' attention while he is here.
While Costa RIGA is the most remote
from us of any of the Central American
republics its interests are connected with
those of our own government ii several
ways. For one thing there is tho san
Juan river, which forms part of its north
ern boundary and which is to be used
as o portion Of the route of the N-icaraguan
canal. Costa Rica is very much interest
ed in this ANA and is anxious to see it
completed. Lake Nicaragua forms an
other parto Costa Rica' northern bound
airy.
President Iglesias is a true statesman.
ilnbued with the modern spirit of the
most enlightened nations A few days
spent in observation at San jose, the cap
ital city of Costa RIGA, will suffice to con-
vince the traveller that he is in q truly free
country Costa RIGA is perhaps the only
country in Central or South America
which has not witnessed q revolution
within the last 80 years 1t is a progress
i've republic that is rapidly assimilasing
under a good government the laws. insti-
tutions, industries and even the manners
of the nations which ara in the vanguard
of civilization. The great strides OF Costa
Rica In that direction within the last four
years are in @ great Raeastee due to the
incessant efforts Of Dor Rafael lglesias
President Iglesias, who comes from an
ancient and distinguished family OF Costa
Rica, is a maj about SO years of age. His
face reveals acute intelligence, and his
conversation is that of a highly cultured
man. He is plain and unaffected in his
manner. His cordiality makes him very
popular among his people.
Notwithstanding his great affability.
President Iglesias naturally and with case
high position rhe president of Costa
RIGA is an elegant writer of his native
language. His private life is stainless and
honesty has always been the recognized
salient feature Of his public career.
A brave man as we'll as a wise one is
President Iglesias When he was about
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03
OF A SYSTEM.
THE MAN WHO RUNsA ALL NEW YoRKis
STREET RAILWAYS,

Every Dry He Rust See to IT That
100000 People Are Not Late For
How the Surface Roads
We're Confined.
People who have not visited NeW York
for several years will be surprised whom
next they go there at the great changes
which rave been made III the manner of
local transportation. New York is about
the only city of any size IN the United
States where horse car lines still exist.
Up to five years ago several of the more
important ines used horses altogether.
But horse cars are now growing scarce in
the metropolis. In the course Of a year or
SO New York will be strictly up to date in
this respect.
Within the last few years the IS or 20
surface lines in New York have been
merged into one great system n tho mo-
tive power has heen changed to cable and
underground electricity. Even now the
work is not fully complete and when it is
il will be FAR from satisfactory. But while
every New Yorker exercises his right to
ronndly abuse the great street car monop-
ely for the many Inconvenience which he
daily suffers few appreciate how great and
difficult IL the transportation problem
which the magnates OF the Metropolitan
Traction company are trying to solve.
Il is wonderful what d lot of travelling
New Workers do every day without going
away from home. From 10 to 30 miles q
day is tho distance covered by the average
New Yorker. The reason is that most of
them live at ono end Of the island and do
business at the ether end.
~ MI 1888 -tI J4~ TTux-, Na1rf- ar-fo1
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03
LIVING ON -WATERMELoNs.


TRANCE MaIndy of d Nebraskan Who
Was sunstruck.
Robcrt Frszier Of Nebraska can eat
notbinr INT watermeions. He says:
uNbiIe ont on nv fathers farm in the
eun,ner Of 1907 I was overcome with diz-
1i1pss fill IN ) faint to tho ground and
was unconscious for several hours. l was
conya,escept in a day or two and thought-
lessly vent ont in the heat again. The
ten,oarat,1re was. if / remember rightly,
ito DEGREES After a milo walk ] was
stricken doyn and lay ID the cornfield for
nearly two hours before being discovered.
ssFor d week / lowered between life and
death. Then I got better, but a relapse
set il. n / became totally helpless.
ssIn two months my right side was en-
tirely paralyzed, and it was believed I
would surely die. The paralysis extended
TO both feet. and / reckoned it was my
prayers and those OF my dear mother that
saved me from death. The doctors ordered
that / discontinue eating meat and yege-
tables. Gradually / became utterly with
out an appetite and would shun food for
days.
ssMy weightw was decreasing at an alarm
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03
Quick work ON a warship.

The bugle sounds. What a scene Of or
DERBY bustlo followsl The officers are
buckling on their swords, the seanen and
marines run to arm racks, fetch rifles and
cutlasses ard sling them behind the guns
in readiness for a possible hand to hand
combat. Every man has grit himself
with an ammunition pouch, and the guns
crews fall in by their own pieces. The
ports are opened, the guns arc swung
GUN and pointed over the sides The
hoists for shell communicating with the
magazines are opened, the torpedo tubes
are manned, and in four minutes from
the sound Of the bugle the ship is ready
to speak in tones Of thunder to an enemy.
have said that with a new crew every
thing was ready for action in about four
minutes, but in a well drilled ship the
broadside could be fired in less than two
minutes from the last note Of the bugle's
warning, and in time Of war everything
would be in such q state Of readiness "a
certain amount Of ammunition ready on
deck, etc. that the order to come into ac-
tion aud the firing Of the first shot would
be almost simultaneous Chambers Jour
nal.