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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03

F you want a recipe for how to sue
 ceed as an inventor 1 can give 1t II to you in a very few words, and it
 will do for any other business in
 which you might wish to engage.
 First, find out if there is real need
 for the thing which you wan to 1n- vent. Then start in thinking about It.. Get up at o'clock the first morning and work until o'clock the next morn ing. Keep on doing this until some thing in your line develops itself. IT it don't do so pretty soon, you had pet ter shorten your sleeping hours ana work little harder while you are awake. If you follow that rule, you can succeed as an inventor, or as any thing else, for that matter. It was the following of just such rule that led to the invention of the electric light, the photograph and the kinetoscope.
 I believe that any person, even of the most limited capacity, could become an inventor by sheer hard work. You can do almost anything if you keep at it long enough. Of course. the man with a natural aptitude would get there first, but the other plodder would eventually gain illo POiAS'
 stant breeding on the one thing IS sure to develop new ideas concerning 1t, and these, in their turn, suggest others, and soon the completed idea stands out before you. Above all things man must not give up, once he has out lined his plan of action. ball roll ing down hill is sure to reach the bot tom ultimately, no matter how many obstacles stand in the way. It is this principle which finally levels noun tains. So, once fairly on your way, don't stop because of some seemingly imDassa ble obstacle in front of you. What you want may be just beyond your nose, though you do not see It.
 once had that fact forcibly pre- sented to me. I was workingNo Non an ln- vention and finally reached point when I could go no further. The thing lacked something, but, try as l might
 I could not tell what it was. Finally got angry at 1t and threw the whole business out of the window. After ward I thought how foolish the action was and I went out and gathered uI the wreck. In putting it together again I saw just what was needed Repair ing the broken portions suggested it.
 and it was so simple that 1 wondered I had not seen it before. Now that lit tie addition to the apparatus could have been ascertained by a little
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CHASING SLANERS
 ON TIE HIGH SEAS
Sharp Tricks fife Span,sh DeaL CTS Played by Using fife Stars and Stripes 10 Conceal 7her NefarYous 7rade.

thirty vessels of various classes, en- gagged in putting it down.
 My vessel was the Antelope. three- gun steam brig. She was able to make good time, even under canvas alone. and when aided by her paddle wheels could catch any sailing craft af1oat in those days.
 My three years on this vessel were days of excitement and peril AS we'll as the perils of fighting we had to face the terrible levers that constantly ragged along the swampy shores of the Eight of Benin. Our lives were a con- stant turmoil and the roaring of can non and whizzing of bullets were com- monplace sounds to us. Dead and wounded men were almost constantly around us. Several men were killed on the decks of our vessel, but hun dreds of the horrid slavers were stretched out on the decks of their own. How the demons did fight as long as they thought they had the ad- vantage And how quickly they stop- ped and commenced butchering the
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music, she is sure to have raised a laugh more than once before the class is finished. But 1t is not to be supposed because MarcheSi possesses fund or good spirits that her life has been an easy or altogether happy one. Of nine children, she has only one living. Blanche, who is at present in London, adding to the reputation she has al- ready made in Paris. Madame Blanche Marchesi does not possess large voice, but it has been so beautifully trained, her production Is so perfect and her diction and style so pure, that she has established herself among the foremost artists of the day. Gounod said to Mar chesi, after hearing her daughter sing, Madame, that Is your chef-d oeuvre
 Madame Blanche Marchesi has been married twice, first to an Austrian nobleman, from whom she was di- vorced, and the second time to Baron Cacamisi, an Italian.
 Among the famous singers who are pupils of Madame Marchesi may be mentioned Grauss, Gerster, Melba and Calve. The best-known Americans who have studied with her are Flames, Nevada and Mrs. Vanderveer Green, while San Francisco has been repre- scented by Sibyl Sanders6n. Frances Saville. who claims that city as her birthplace, and Mrs. Gertrude Child, Thomas Esther Palliser and Ada Cross ley, two of the best known English concert singers, complete the list.
 It Is to be regretted that the arrange ments Marchesi was making last fall for lecture tour in America were not completed. She would have addressed her audiences in English. as she adds to her other talents that of being a linguist. She speaks eight languages, three of which she teaches her pupils fn cfnO-Er0noh cf <o1f The majority of Marchesi's pupils are American and as few of them speak French with any degree of fluency 1t is not an uncommon thing to hear Mar chesi speaking four languages at diff ferent times in an afternoon. G. B.
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a unique character, inasmuch as he was born on the battlefield of Waterloo. He was the descendant of family or sol diers, and his father who was with the Ninety-seventh Cameron Highlanders, was killed In the memorable engage ment at Hougemont. The soldiers wife had followed her husband out. and thus it happened amid the din and roar of battle. Although born under such circumstances, he did not develop into a soldier, but, becoming a railway guard, frequently had the honor of acting in that capacity to the Queens train.
 nection with the American civil War. After one of the battles a baby clothed in fine apparel was found among the dead and wounded. and as no one came forward to claim 1t, the opinion was formed that it's parents had perished in the strife Of course, it was impossible to say whether it belonged to the Northern or Southern side, but ulti- mately Southern soldier and his wife took the child and cared for her as if she had been their own. She grew into a handsome and cultured young lady, and in course of time married Thomas D. Watson, farmer and lawyer. This gentleman was the Populist nominee for the American Presidency some time ago.
 Another incident of a baby on the battlefield Is also furnished by America. It was at the time of the Revolution, during the invasion Of Charleston, when the country north of Coopers River was ravaged by Colonel Tarleton and the British. Some of the men reached the plantation of MT. Robert Globes at night, and after kill ing the cattl and shooting down the negroes proceeded to shell the house. MT. Globes was unfortunately a help less cripple but his eldest daughter, a girl of 13, with the help of the servants, carried him and younger si to a place of safety.
 After doing this, she discovered that the baby. boy years of age, had been left behind By this time, how ever, the house was in flames, shells were falling thick around = and the field was full of soldiers. Still she de- termined to save the baby and ran toward the house, but was caught by a soldier "Where are you going?' he demand d, and when she replied, For our baby" the soldiers stopped firing.
 When she entered the house its de- struction was so far completed that the walls began to crumble and the flames shot up through the roof. It is said that when she reappeared moment later with white bundle in her arms, the soldiers cheered her loudly as she ran to the spot where her father had been placed. The heroic girl was badly burned, but she recovered; while the baby whose life she had thus saved afterward became the gallant Lieu tenant Colonel Penwick.
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He found that she was on a trading voyage, with twenty-one as villainous- looking a lot of dirty, unwashed, cut throat SpaniardS as you ever wanted to see.
 After a long barley our captain con- cluded that the treaty between the United States and Great Britain should for once be violated, and he resolved to break open the vessels matches. This was done, and there, packed away on a slave deck, were 120 men and women, all huddling together from sheer fear, having been previously intimidated to silence by threats of being thrown overheard.
 Immediately she was discovered to be a slave vessel, as if by magic old glory disappeared from the rigging, and no papers were to be found on board, as they had been burnt and the name, with a Spanish crew, six American passengers on board and bound nowhere.
 "The American who but ten minutes before was captain quietly informed our officers that they had yet a hun dred more slaves on shore, which they were waiting to go for as soon as the coast was clear of memo -of-war. This capture proved a valuable prize to us, as she had on board about 5000 doub- looms to purchase cargoes for the two other vessels. She was sent to Sierra Leone with a prize crew, and the Amer jeans were cared for on board and sent home, while the Spaniards we invaria- bly, dumped on the nearest beach, af- ter taking everything of value from them.
 During the next six months we took four other prizes along this part of the coast. all under similar conditions, and about forty or fifty others were cap- tured by other cruisers. That will give you some idea of the magnitude of the trade carried on by these Spaniards.
 Sometimes naval commander more careful and timid and somewhat afraid of troublo would not force open these vessels matches, and, protected by the American flag, the vessels would sail away with their cargoes of human beings, invariably to be landed at Ha- vana.
 Our next cruise was off and about the Congo River, where a larger class of vessel was required to carry off the
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lively that in regard to this country the Castilian has on numerous occa- -sions violated all laws of honor. This seems a hard statement to make, but can prove 1t, although to do so it will be necessary to go back about forty years.
 T refer to the days when the slave traffic was at it's height. It was then that Spain permitted slavers and pi- rates to outfit in her ports and fly the American flag in order to protect them selves from English warships that were sailing the seas on the lookout for the horrid traffickers in human flesh.
 This was a simple process, accord Ing to the Spanish way of reasoning, where no thought of the violation Of treaties was allowed to cut any hg- ure The prospective slayer purchased his vessel in the United States. She was usually a schooner of fine lines and large sail area built more like yacht than any craft afioat at that time.
 After acquiring possession of his purchase the owner took her to Ha- vana, still retaining the American pa pers and flag under which she was sold to him. Here a Spanish crew was shipped and the vessel outfitted as a slayer This was done with the full knowledge of the Spanish maritime and customs officials. In fact, these gen. tlemen. aided in the nefarious work in spite of all the English and Amer1- can officials could do to prevent it.
 Tt was then the custom of these ves- sels to proceed to Africa. where a cargo of slaves was obtained, and then, flying the stars and stripes, attempt to get back to Cuba. The Spanish Govern ment never made a single attempt to stop this traffic, although having full knowledge of it, but on the other hand accepted moneys from the owners or the vessels.
 Tt was while aiding in the putting down of slavery that I came to my knowledge of Spanish villainy and .treachery. and even after all these years no words can do it justice.
 It was about 1856. l was just Is years old at the time when I began a three years cruise along the west coast Of Africa as a midshipman in the British : navy. The slave trade was at its height and England had 8 squadron of about
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but the breeze was light and with our engines we soon Overhauled her. Her captain saw that the game was up and surrendered.
 "We took Nthe entire crew and dumped them on the nearest land and sent the schooner in charge of prize crew to where the slaves could be re- turned to their homes
 Our next antagonist was a terror. We sighted her at about noon and a few moments afterWard saw the stars and stripes flung to the breeze. But our captain was not fooled. He determined to see what was on board the vessel, and gave the sign for her to 'heave to.
 No attention was paid to it, how ever Then the race began. A fine breeze was blowing, and the schooner almost got away from us. She fairly flew over the water with all her can vas set. Then we sent shot after her, and then another and another.
 These torres holes in the canvas and slackened her speed, so that we began to gain on her.
 Seeing that escape was hopeless the slaver's crew be to throw their cargo overheard. Manacled men and women were dragged from the vessels hold and tossed into the ocean, sinking from sight almost instantly.
 Then we began a musket fire and picked off some of the leaders. They made an effort to return 1t, but their aim was defective, and none of our crew was hurt.
 When we did get alongside the ves- sel we were confronted by as hard a looking crowd of men as I have ever seen. Cutthroat was stamped on every one of their Spanish faces. When we attempted to step on board the fight began, and I tell you it was a lot one. Bullets flew over all sides, and the slavers attempted to board us All of them were blinded with liquor and fought like demons.
 We rapidly thinned out their re lks, though, and soon her decks were GOV cred with dead men and running with blood.
 We soon overpowered the slavers, and then they ran for cover and screamed for mercy. This crew was treated as the others were and we were ready for the next We got this In about three days.
 This time a beautiful schooner was flying the American flag. and when hailed answered that she was the Jupiter of New Orleans, and beyond that they gave us no satisfactio. 4. Ou1 captain, however, sent an officer tc board her and look over her papers
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cans, yet little Is known of her
 personality and method. By some she Is described as a tyrant and the terror of her pupils, while others make the sweeping assertion that for any voice except soprano leggiero her method Is failure.
 Any of Marchesi's pupils can tell of the patience she has with beginners and her sympathy with nervousness, while the best of her celebrated graduates will show there Is no voice she cannot train.
 Marchesi was born in Frankfort, Ger many, about seventy-four years ago. After studying with Garcia she had a successful career as singer in all the capitals of Europe. She married an Italian nobleman, the Marquis de Cas- trone de la Rajata, who was himself a singer of no small merit. his stage name being Salvatore Marchesi. His wife and daughter have both taken this name for professional use.
 Marchesi's reputation as a teacher was established ill Vienna, where she was for many years director of the vocal department at the Conservatoire. She has resided in Paris so long as to have become almost entirely French. Her beautifully appointed house in the Rue Jouffroy is a rendezvous for the celebrated musical people of all na- tions. The music room has been es- pecially arranged for he voice. It Is paneled in wood, has parquet floor and there are no draperies to interfere with the sound. Nothing is wanting in this room to complete the musical edu- cation of the upils. Mime Marches's musical library is probably one of the largest and m, valuable private col
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OLD GLORY OVER
 The BLUE AND THE GRAY

E PERSONAL friend told me the "A following incident as a part of A the experience of search party 1 \ over ground which had been
 fought over three times during three of the six days in the Wilderness.
 For three days we were fighting all the time," he said, "now up and now down, till toward the third evening a lot of us were detailed to go over mis- erable excuse for a farm where the
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03

When Columbus discovered South Amer lea, near the mouth of the Orinoco, the Spaniards found an Indian village built over the water on piles. As it reminded them of Venice. they called 1t Venezuela, or Little Venice"
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03

~ PAIN has always been an enemy
 of America!"
 During the unpleasantness of J the past five weeks the forego-
 ing statement has been made by
 large numbers of our Congress- men. Many of our people, however, have been under the impression that the utterance was largely "jingo talk"
 "But no truer statement was ever made" said Captain Jackson of this city a few days ago, when a group of we'll known men were discussing the situa- tion T have talked to number of men of American birth who have suf- fered at Spain's hands, and while I fully believe every word they said, cannot, of course, swear to their state ments. But that is not necessary, for l have seen Spain's underhanded blows at the United States and know posi-
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LEHRNING MUSIC
 UNDER MME. ANARCHIST

LTHOUGH the name of Matilda
 Marchesi, the first vocal teacher of the day, Is familiar to Ameri-
 cans, yet little Is known of her ..annifu and rnofhnd Ru
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-23
GRAINS, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, June 22.--Flour inactive and
barely steady; Minnesota patent, $4,000
500. Rye dun. Corn meal steady; yellow
Western, 79c Rye quiet; No. 2, 45lei6c.
Barley quiet; feeding, 351Ac Barley malt
duh.
Wheat, spot firm; No. red, SIC; options
were weak all day except for occasional
brief rallies on covering. Motives for bear
activity were formed in disappointing Liv-
erpool cables improved home crop news
and rumored French failure; December
closed 21sc net lower and other months Ia
11sc off; No. 2 red July, closed 79c; Sep
TENDER closed 724c; December closed 72l4c
Corn, spot, steady; No. 2, 37%c; options
opened weak, being Influenced by decline
in wheat and brighter crop
prospects, rallied a little on
covering, but closed unsettled at
Nc net decline; July closed 361Ac; Septem-
Der closed 3715c; December, closed 38Hc.
Oats, spot, dull; No. 2, 29$4c; options feat
ureless and easy at unchanged prices; July
closed 29c. Beef easy. Cut meats steady.
Lard firm; Western steamed, 6.00c; July,
602c nominal; refined quiet. Pork dull.
Butter steady; Western creamery, 131aD
lie; do factory 110122tc; Elgins tic; imita-
14c. Cheese steady; large white, 7c Pota-
toes quiet; new, $2O0Q230. Cotton seed oil
nominal. Petroleum dull. Rice steady.
Cabbage quiet; Southern, 90cd&1.25. Coffee,
options opened steady at 5QI10 points ad-
vance, cables being better from Europe
and Brazil; ruled moderately active on COW
ering, but speculation continues inactive
and spot demand disappointing; closed
quiet, unchanged to 3 points higher; sales
$500 bags, including July, soc; Septem-
Der, 57Oc; spot Rio dun and featureess;
No. Z, invoice, 6Ac; No. z, jobbing, SIC;
mild, neglected; Cordoya, 8u151sc. Sugar,
raw, quiet, but generally steady; fair re-
filming, 35sc; centrifugal, 9S-test, 4Ac; ic-
fined steady, but inactive.
Chicago, June 22.-The improvement In
the weather and denials from France OF
damage by rust turned wheat downward
to-day. July left off A01zc lower and Sep
TENDER lost 19sallAc Corn Shd oats are
nc down. Pork declined sc and lard and
ribs PFC each.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-23

free OF sand. burrs and black wool. 17c;
blacks, 15c; bury, SQl0c. Wax, 25c. Tai
low. &c. Deer skins l5c.
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; Sig
nal. 45G5Oc; West Virginia black, 9G12c:
lard. 5Sc: neatsfoot. 60Q75c; machinery. Is
@25c; iinseed, raw, 47c; boiled, soc; kero-
sine prime white, Sc; water white sc; fire.
proof, 10c; deodorized stove gasoline. bar
rels. SIC.
Gun Powder-Per key. $500; half keg.
81 25; quarter key, $1.25, Champion ducking.
quarter keg, $2.25; Austin. Dupont and
Hazard, smol1eless, half kegs, $ll.25; quar-
ter kegs. $5.75; 1-pound canisters, $1.OO; less
25 per cent
shot-Drop. sl.25; B.. B. and large, $3.50;
chilled. $3.50.
Iron-Market very steady; Swede, a.
415c; refined, $1.55 base.
Nails-Cut, $3.50 base; wire. $1.90 base.
Advanced national list of extras, adopted
Dec. l. 1896.
Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia lime In fair demand
and selling at Zoe per barrel bulk and car
load lot special; calcined plaster $3.50 per
Darrell hair, 4dl5c; Rosedale cement, $110@
100; carload lots, special; Portland ce-
ment, retail, 1920; carload lots, 500.
LUMBER. o. b. Prices-Mnimum yard
sizes, $l1.O0; car siils. S1150; difficult Sizes
$12. 50ID140O; ship stock, $l650G1S.O0; sawn
crossties, S9.50Q10.00; hewn crosstes, 3Sc
per tie. Market quiet and steady.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-23
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market nominal: rates quoted
are per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale, $1,25:
New York, per bale, $1.00; Philadelphia,
per bale, $1.OO; Baltimore, per bale, $1.00.
Via New York-Liverpool S5c; Manches-
ter, 45c; Havre, SIC; Antwerp, 57c Ham,
burg, SIC; Reval, Csc; St. Petersburg, CSC:
Gutenberg. 6Sc; Venice, 7Sc; Trieste. 73c;
Lisbon, 66c; Oporto, 66c.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are firm. For
eign business is duh. The rates
from this and nearby Georgia ports are
quoted at $4.50@5.50 for a range--including
Baltimore and Portland. Me Railroad
ties, base A feet: to Baltimore, 131kc; 10
Philadelphia, 141ac to New York, 16l4c.
Timber rates, 5OcQ$1.0O higher than lum-
Der rates.
By Steam-Lumber-To Baltimore, $500;
Boston, 500; New York. S.75.
Naval Stores-The marker is steady
Medium-sized vessels, Cork for
orders, IS Cd for barrels of 80 pounds, and
SC primage, spirits, rs Sd; larger As Cd
Steam, 12c per 100 pounds on rosin; S1.00 on
spirits to Boston and 10c on rosin, and
SOC on spirits to New York.