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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-24

ne INSTRUMENT NEOceQ w 1HS
force of some subtle influence in
the air. Messages acre coming
through the air from the sea.
4 ne7g physical miracle 1Uas
happening under the Very eyes
Of those 7iho 7Uatched.
rs the tine approached for
the return of the troops The
Call determined TO send the
re7Us ahead of all other agen-
ctes into the city. There 1Uas
but one possible means to ac-
comPlish this feat and that 1vaS
1oireIess telegraPhy. Sir 1peeks
ago experiments 7oere made IN
telegraPlling from the dome Of
the Claus Sweckels building TO
Telegraph Hill, bit 1Uith indif-
ferent SUCCESS. Local disturb
anees freVerted accuracy and
then the effort 7uds made at the
ocean beach. For fve zueeks er-
pert electricians and telegraph
operators ldb0red ou the strange
problem and at last success 1udS
7u0u.
Messages 7geye sent and re-
ceiCed at stations on the beach
dnd then AT attempt 7pdS made
10 telegraph 0ver the agater, to
Seud 1pordS through the air to
a determined point. Recei0img
instruments 1Uere placed on the
yacht LmIme and the expert
ments began. They 7oere in the
highest degree successful. Mes
Sdges acre sent and recei0ed a
distance Of ten miles out at sea.
In order that there might be no
possibility Of failure more Sen-
SittUe Instruments acre secured
and the 1Udtch for the Sherman
began. Through the courtesy Of
Federal officials transmitting
apparatus 7Uds placed ont board
the LightskiP No. 7o, aphich
7UaS anchored nine miles outside
the Golden Gate. Charles VI.
Fisher 7UdS placed M charge
and Le7Ois McKisick and H. J.
W0lters, exPerttelegraPhersaHd
electricians, snPerfntended OPer-
atoms at the shore end Of the
strange line. The recei1rng in
StrHmentS 5Uere placed tit the
basement Of the Cliff House.
Day after day messages 7Uere
sent and recei0ed. The 7Vire-
less line 1Uas 7goyking perfectly.
1T noon yesterday there 5vas no
longer doubt of success. Dur
ing the afternoon a heavy haze
settled d07U1t oVer the ocean.
Gradually it gre7U deeper and
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-24
AS CHARLES C. cooNLEY SAW THE FUN IN PARKWAY JAPAN

art is home wit i from lie ~ same prt
n Of ~
charge guard p on OF tn wal tug guards
to d him If fdda da his purpose nj m~ in mdlz nj nan h ephuueur
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

method by which the vast destruction OF maps may
be averted.
The question s often asked. What Is the Of
old maps and. therefore. why should they be pre-
served?' The collector may well disdain 10 answer;
but the question Is asked too often 70 be passed
over lightly What bette way explain the
course Of civilization than by following the Indian
trails or stage routes or the traditions OF the past
by the weird pictures and the lost FL Dorados. The
historian locates lost cities and the routes Of
armies: the diplomat. forgotten boundary lines the
politician. the expansion of nations. Husius says
OF maps: They may without eyaegcration be called
the hight eye Of history"
HISTORICAL VALUE OF Old MAPS.
The desire for the new map has resulted in
wholesale destruction of The Old and the waste
basket is responsible for the loss Of valuable his
torical data The date rarely appears on the map.
and this little trick Of the makers has been
source OF endless doubt and trouble 10 the historian
and cartographer. especially In maps relating 20
country so little known n the early days as
America. The result of The worlds neglect in the
preservation OF maps can De illustrated By many
examples in which one copy only is supposed 10
exist
The Library Of Congress has the only known copy
OF Romans map Of Florida. l774 so that
photographers have doubted rs existence
The BlbothAque Nationae. Paris has the only
impression Of Faithornes engraving OF Richard
Newcourt's AN Exact Deineation Of the Cities Of
London and Westminster" 165s The great map Of
Herman entitled Virginia and Maryland" iG7l
also engraved by Fathorne. Is only 70 be found in
the British Museum. This map had an immense in
Auence on all maps published in separate form and
In aliases up 70 the one made by Fry and Jefferson
I'm l75l Speed copied the map Of Virginia published
IN his "A Prospect OF the Most Famous Part OF the
World" 1876 and. not mentioning Herman's name
much curiosity has been excited as 10 where Speed
got his information. The old mapmakers literally
q her a ma
., Virginia were destroyed from 1855 10 l75l. the
world would only lose in quantity. and not in
quality
White made the first map Of Virginia in BS:
this was used up 10 Smiths in los, then came
Herman's IN 1911. which seemed to be the only one
in Use I'D 10 Fry and Jefersons In i75L Probably
~ all the maps OF America were compared from
the discovery TO the middle OF the eighteenth CEN
tury only few would contain original information.
will not Ia this paper describe theoretical
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

reason also for cataloguing maps separately is
the much too frequent manner in which aliases
have been torn TO pieces, and the sheets sold
separately at a greater than the aliases from
moHntabie diHiculties to the the cataogaeT. -
Jeferyss great atlas entities ies Generad ,nsnd
about one hundred and nine separate maps by
various authors, such DAnville Delise, Jefrerys
De!sles Atlas Nepveau." Amsterdam, alb ia
is found copy of Popples great map OF America
originally made and published at London In i-2s iS
In Homann's Atlas Geographicus Major" llSs.
VOL sheet % Is found % b pB6BD 2. the
1884 These and many other cases too numerous
to cite show the necessity OF cataoguing, especial
observatior. may be applied to maps in books:
therefore all maps in geographical Journals and in
wealth OF .7formation would thereby be added TO a
collection The various aliases OF the Guiana and
tions OF tine above statement, for maps were re-
produced II hen which are found buried In Brit
In various Earers have compiled relating TO Vir-
glnia Gu!sna venezuela ana Alaska cartography
the above system OF cataloguing has been adopted
What Is much needed Is a price list catalogue OF
maps on On the prnGPe as the d hook price list;
map collection. this need can at present be sup
d piled 1 by cuttings rg from % 2d Past
In a large collection OF maps there large num-
medical relief weather and other subjects These
would place with other maps simply cataloguirg
them under subject and place and keeping such
Manuscript maps should be handled with the
or with pointed pencils or instruments OF any
kind Ink in all eases should be strictly pro-
hihited in proximity the map.
When cartograDhical information OF a bibiio-
graphical nature is found In books the fact should
be noted cards and filed away for future refer
ence.
I have now given system Of map classified.
ton. preservation and cataloRulng which I trust
will .he approval Of the collector That the
subject is a difficult one to treat IS universally
acknowledged. That some system should be adopt
ed In accordance with the Importance or the sub
ject and the increasing interest, goes without
saying. Should this article create al least a de-
sire 10 speed the work to its best advantage I
would feel that much had been ACCOMPLISHED.
i. LEE PHILLIPS.
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

sity OF making them accessible to the public. be-
comes the pioneer IN this work and by explaining
It's system creates perhaps an interest which may
be far reaching IN results
Many well known geographical writers have
pressed decided opinions upon the subject under
consideration. Kohl says: There is class Of
historical documents in which the tooth Of time
has been busy. more cruel and more de-
structive than old maps. We could point out
some maps engraved and printed only few hundred
years ago and then existing In hundreds thou
sands Of copies Of which now scarcely a copy Is
left" Another writer Of more recent date says:
The destruction Of maps is. perhaps, due chiefly
20 the fact thai. unlike books, their shape makes
them dif1cut TO store and keep accessible" This Is
well illustrated 10y Of the "don'ts" III a Booklet
issued some years ago for Librarians. which read,
Don't try to find a convenient way to keep maps
there isn't any,"
I could go on citing such pessimistic Views in
definitely but I seek not TO deter the ttmid col
lector. but Will rather endeavor TO point out a
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

Mary the first sisterhood organized under the
auspices OF the Episcopal Church in New York
rive Jealous women. trained In hospital work
were the nucleus OF the order which was duly
incorporated in 1865. to devote its energies to
education and the care Of the sick Under the
patronage OF the Bishop Of NewYork they
began tentative work at the House Of Mercy
an institution founded by private benevolence
1or the shelter and reformation Of girls taken
from the streets OF New York There they
passed their novitiate Assured OF their voca-
ton. they sought and obtained the Bishops au-
thoritatve recognition
The mother OF the order is Peekskiil,
on the Hudson. Branch houses have been opened
at Chicago in Wisconsin and In Tennessee.
In addition to ST. Gabriel's School. at Peeks-
kill, and St Mary's School, in East Forty sixth
St. the order maintains the House Of Mercy. and
allied institutions at Inwood on the Hudson. and
the Childrens Hospital with its branches, the
Noyes Memorial Home al Peeksknl for con-
valescents and St Marys Summer Hospital,
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

method OF map work. but will enter into a detailed
account Of the system pursued In the Library OF
Congress to manage It's great collection OF fifty
thousand sheet maps many hundred aliases and
those known as roller and pocket maps. That the
system has fulfilled the wishes OF the student In
giving him in the collection everything relating TO
his subject OF interest In the shortest possible time
has been proved by daily experience.
In the most remote cellars and dark corners OF
the building known the Capitol Of the United
States. where for years rats and insects had full
sway. with dampness and dust everywhere. were
deposited. rather thrown. the vast and i'm
portant collection OF maps which Is now safely
kept In the room allotted 20 II In the new
Library of Congress When this great mountain OF
maps. piled together regardless of classification.
shall have been arranged will be revealed
which will delight the hearts Of the future his
torians OF America. Maps which up to this time
were given UP as lost have come TO light as. for
example, many manuscript maps Of Montresor OF
the Royal British Engineers, relating 70 North
America and the Revolution most unique mill
tary manuscript map is tho one showing where the
British army corps stationed In North
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

West Rocks. Norwalk, Conn. TO which hospital
patients are sent in summer.
NURSES TRAINED BY THE SISTERS.
The superior of St. Mary's Hospital is Sister
Catharine, who has been actively identified with
the work almost from It's conception From
fifteen beds furnished by private charity. In
house in West FOrtieth-st, the institution has
grown 10 its present fine proportions in West
Thrty-fourth-st. A freproof wing added
in 1894, through the generosity of Miss Mary
Cooke who gave 100000 for that purpose,
and the hospital is now one Of the best equipped
hospitals for children in the country. The
Sister Superior is assisted by eight Sisters
and fifteen trained nurses. The latter are
trained in the institution by the Sisters.
who take for that purpose younger women
than would be admitted to regular training
school They generally remain at the hospital
two years and enter with the intention OF COM
pleting their studies at regular training school
for nurses.
When the hospital was founded Il was not
the intention Of the authorities 10 have a dis
pensary, but so great the demand for out
side treatment that they were forced to open
a room for that purpose in the basement, which
soon became inadequate TO accommodate the
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

are TO be seen. while in the latter are dolls and
picture books. for every effort is mede TO muse
ana entertain the children during convalescence.
entertainment is largely the work Of two guilds
'1 Saerys and St Christopher's made up OF
'0uhg women and children. who raise money 10
support many beds, and personally visit the in
'utuuon and spend much time in amusing the
eniidren. 81 Marys Guild has been established
''Hleen years and ST. ChristOpher's seven years
81 Mary's Hospital was founded In 1870 In
response TO the earnest request Of leading ply
fIciahs who felt the need OF hospital where
.ne children Of the poor would not be refused
because there were no free beds unoccupied
1Is hospital is IN charge Of the Sigters Of St.
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26
A DISPENSARY

the city in September better able 10 cope with
unsanitary conditions.
Nowhere is the efficacy Of the fresh air funds
more perceptible. perhaps, than at St Mary's
Free Hospital for Children. No. 405 20 All West
Thirty-fo -fourth-st. Equipped 10 accommodate
several hundred children there are at present
only eighty patients in the wards and few II
any serious cases. This is one Of the healthiest
seasons In the hospital records.
ST. Mary's admits and treats free OF cost, IRE
spective Of creed color social condition. chill
tren between the ages Of two and fourteen years
suffering from acute or durable chronic diseases
medical or surgical. Admission may be had by
applying 20 the physicians in charge or TO the
Sisters at the hospital Cases Of accident are
admitted without previous application. The
cleanliness and cheer OF the environment and
the tenderness with which the little sufferers
are cared for. appeal strongly 10 the poorest
and most Ill kept child. and soon reconcile
the patient 10 parting from his parents and
Welding 10 hospital discipline To many a poor
child the hospital is his first Acquaintance with
the gospel Of cleanliness sweetness and light.
So attached do many become to the institution
that they leave 1t with reluctance when health
has been restored.
Italian children from the East Side form no
small part Of those received in the hospital.
TTnahle 70 speak or understand English, for the
most mart and unaccustomed to the ways Of
American institutions, the parents are often
troublesome factors, and retard the GONZALES
cence OF the children through mistaken ideas OF
Kindness Parents or guardians are permitted
70 see a patient twice week. but are forbid
den 70 bring eatables OF any dnd. Every
desirable delicacy Is furnished by the institu-
ton. in accordance with the physicians instruc-
tons. Some parents cheerfully comply with the
regulations. and are content 10 come daily and
peep through the door Of a ward TO see that
their 3hild is happy, without disturbing 1t by
their presence. The italians. however. are prone
70 be importunate, and many the ruses TO
which they resort In order 10 smuggle in sweets.
One mother brought doll 20 her little sick girl.
and after her departure. the nurse found little
muslin bag filed with candy tied under the
dolls dress.
MUCH DONE TO AMUsE THE CHILDREN.
In the white sunny wards each child has lit
tie white iron bed. and in their little pink blue
or white flannel night dresses the children make
an interesting color note IN Natures serial
story. over each bed is a brass tablet with the
name Of the donor, for most Of the beds are en-
dowed in memory OF some one who has passed
away or as thank Offering for some signal
blessing received.
In the first. engines. hobby horses and puzzles
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

for complete subject catalogue. While the ex.
pert cetaloguer may make the original card, the
typewriter may copy II indefinitely under It's various
subjects. II is well to use good sized caro-, say
4 by inches. The subject should be written as
near the top OF the left hand corner as possipIe'
the date Of the making OF the map on the rEnt.
The title OF the map. such as survey, map. pan,
etc. is OF small consequence and therefore II is
best arrange the cards In subject cnronoos,,-
cal case-that IL. when a map Is wanted, nrst 'ovs
among your cards for the subject and tnen at me ne
top of your card for the date. The title snouid oe
very complete. and there should be as few cross
references possible ~, -.
regarded as the authors ard should be catalogued
under such accordingly: In cases when the author
is specified the publishers should have cross ref-
erences. also the engrayer.
In cataoeuing aliases II is best 10 go exten-
sively into detail. All general aliases should De
cataiogued under the subject-wOrld. Date ana
author cards II Is also well 10 have them sll
catalogued under the word Atlas" with date, so
that all aliases may be brought together IN the
catalogue by subject, date and author.
There are various reasons why maps IN atNetes
should be catalogued separately on their merit
The great two volume catalogue OF maps IN the
British Museum has maps described which, on
their faces, bear evidence Of having been corn
from their original places OF publication Douot,,
ful dates are given, which should not occur X
each map IN aliases had been separately cataiosueo.
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26
A VINE WITH A PEDIGREE.

Did you notice that wine the shelf there in
the gilt bottles?" the plump head waiter asked, IN
his solemn voice Of final authority.
We just looking at Il; what is it?"
II was a curious looking wine. The bottles were
gilded all over. except where the label was. and
there was a tassel OF red and yellow silk hanging
from the cork Of each The label said Grand
old sherry"
THAT wine" the plump head waiter went on,
was taken out Of the Spanish warship Cristobal
Colon after she sunk down there at Santiago.
You see the Spanish colors Il. It's very fne
wine"
we didn't hear Of any wine being taken of those
ships How did you get t?"
"Oh yes The wreckers got It out and 1t was
brought up here. and the United States Government
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

To the contrary, II is entirely dependent for It's
support and maintenance on the income from
l's endowment fund and the daily contribu-
uohs OF Its friends. 1t has no connection with
any parish or corporation. Naturally, its chief
support comes through its associate members
OF whom Mrs Richard Irwin is president. and
the majority Of whom are members OF the
Episcopal Church
rive thousand dollars endows bed and $500
supports bed for one year. Among the well
known New-Yorkers who have endowed beds
are Mr. and Mrs. William Astor John Jacob
Astor. Mrs. Morgan Dix Mrs J. w Minturn
mrs. Henry Mortimer Brooks. Mr.. George L.
RlVes, Mr.. and Mrs. John Harper Laura Astor
Ioeiano, Mrs Hicks Arnold. Mrs F. A. Moulton
White ~"
NdTn1 Three 4,t thousand dollars endows bed in the
N0yss oHy Home the summer hospital Among the
chief sources of revenue are the guilds, ST
Marys and ST Christophers.
THE MEDICAL STAFF.
The Sisters work without pay. as do the men,
oers or the medical staff which includes
such eminent physicians as Robert Watts
FRANCIS Delafeld, Thomas NJ. Markoe Charles
McBurney. Charles 5. Bull, NJ Allen Starr,
CHARLES T. Poor and George Montague Swift.
with various assistants The students of the
college Of Physicians and Surgeons now re-
ceive limited amount OF clinical instruction
at the hospital. and each one has the op-
portunity OF seeing a certain number Of patients
and operations. This is an important extension
OF the influence Of the benencent work Of St.
Mary's Hospital, since it supplies needed op-
portunites for observation to those who will
be called upon 10 care for sick children in
various parts OF the world.
Free chlldren's hospitals" said Sister Cath
arine. ARE less liable 10 be imposed upon than
similar institutions devoted 10 the care OF
adults. II is our experience that only the fear
or death Will part mother from her child. II
matters not how poor, ignorant or depraved she
may be, the mother Will cling to the child.
rather than give II up to strangers. unless she
Is convinced that II is the only hope OF re-
covery. Their reluctance be readily under
stood Once the child is admitted to the hos
pital, they have neither control access TO X,
save on the days appointed and then only in the
presence Of a nurse. on the whole, we find the
poor grateful for the services the hospital
renders them. At first. they often do not under
stand the discipline enforced. and chafe under
II, hut as the patient thrives they perceive the
wisdom and the necessity. and not slow to
show their appreciation"
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

moor who came from every side In 1894 Two
lots in Ninth-ave. adjoining the hospital were
purchased. and Miss Grace Wilkes, OF No. Ib
Washington square. erected In memory OF her
father Dr. George Wilkes. a dispensary building.
mortuarY chapel and autopsy room. over eighteen
thousand cases were treated at the Wilkes DIS
pensary last year IL is open In the morning
yor surgical and in the afternoon for general
cases charge Of 10 cents is made for
prescription or a dressing Where a patient is
Unable 10 pay this nominal sum charge Is
made The dispensary is now practically self
sustaining.
DEPENDENT UPON CONTRIBUTIONS
An erroneous impression prevails that 81.
Mary's Free Hospital for Children is well sup
plisd with funds and Ia wealthy Institution
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26

sold II at auction and we bought some OF II. It's
a very rare wine, You can see how II has been
under water look at that STAIN
He turned around OF the bottles so that
snutty streak showed on Il. All the other bottles
were perfectly clean.
,'2u, whv IA the label in English Grand old
sherry'?"
The plump head waiter has naturally slow way
y, sneakipg which not only gives his words more
weight hut gives him time to collect them Why.
Won know" ne said, that time me Boatu 0 AIera u
yrsn ~ RsrrelODa held that meeting and they were
irving 10 encourage the study or Enkllsh Lhey
,'sodee law that all the wine for the spanish GOV
nTnment and the warships and everything should o.
labelled I'm English Yes. And that vine ls oIy y
hottIe and men Will pass II right py ana 70
and nav 80 10 for champagne that hahn l any peui-
gree III all"
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26
HOW OLD ScHOHARIE Is REGARDED HERE

HOW OLD SCHOHARTE Is REGARDED HERE
Police Commissioner Henry r Abel born at
Esperance Schohare County Since he has been
n Police Commissioner story has been told which
illustrates the bond OF sympathy between the De-
mocracy OF old Schoharie County and the Democ-
racy OF the metropolis. farmer who came down
him visited Central Park one day and started
10 cross a forbidden place regardless OF the sign
Keep of the Grass" Ee had not gone far before
q policeman hailed him.
''Who are you?' asked the bluecoat
II am BIT Dorm. Justice OF the Peace in Scho-
harle County" he answered
"An right All right said the mnion Of the law
GO right ahead"
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26
PRESERVATION OF MAPS.
HOW THEY ARE CLASSIFIED, PRESERVED
AND CATALOGUED.
THE METHODS EMPLOYED IN THE LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS DESCRIBED BY p LEE
PHILLIPS. F. r. G. s., sUPERIN-
TENDENT.

No library should be without its aliases and
maps. few however, can boast OF a good collection
and that which they have is often carelessly
classified and catalogued that It becomes irri-
tation rather than an assistance 10 the student
Libraries exist everywhere In the United States
and wonderful knowledge OF library work Is dis
played. but cartography is yet in its infancy not
withstanding the interest excited by the many
recent questions relating TO boundaries in which
the study OF maps plays important part
The Library OF Congress. therefore. from fts
large collection Of aliases and maps and the
New-York tribune., 1899-11-26
CARED FOR BY SISTERS
IT MARY'S HOSPITAL. WHERE chill
nRENS BODILY ILLS ARE TREATED.

. WELL EQUIPPED INSTITUTION DEPEND
ENT UPON CoNTR1BUT1oNs-WARD
FOR SICK CHILDREN AND
A DIsPENsARY.
OF late years there has been an app'ee'aoie
decrease during the autumnal mon'"s III 'he
number Of patients who apply for admission to
The various chdren's hospitals OF the city This
aacrease is attributed largely 10 the growth of
,resn air funds. which make ii possible for
such large numbers Of poor children to escape
ton, the heat and disease tnseparable from life
r the congested city districts during the sum
poer months and enjoy the recuperating atmos-
nbere Of seashore or mountain. Refreshed and
.-o,etbened hv the outing they come back to