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The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

the same classification as the United
States cruisers Columbia ana Sulheapo-
lis which were. however, OF '"o0 '"4 ei'l
tons respectively. on their trlal 4 me
Columbia made 22.I knots Win a. I'e'A
OF revolutions of 131.53. and the hliu 2'-
lis averaged 23.073 knots on l"-.il fs Us
tions. and their horsepower '.''
for the Columbia and 2O,s6- TOT 'ii'
apolis.
Two Russian ships. the armored ci-Is.r
CHRONOLOGY and the cOast-deleH9' ---P
General Admiral Apraxine' nave i"I -
mishaps. The GrOmOboy' whhe -"
way from st. Petersburg 20 Crohs'au ~
receive her armament. ran on q sandu'"N
an the Maratime canal. but was hodtet q
few days later by an unusual rise III pl5
Neva River The other ship. on her Hi't
voyage from CrOnstRdt TO Liban, r'n
ashore on the island OF GOthland during
a storm. The crew got safely ashore ana
relief has been sent 10 the stranded VcsSel
which was under the command OF Grana
Duke Alexander.
The Borodino. battleship. Is being built
at the New Admiralty Works. on the
Neva. She Is Of the Cesarcvich type. build
ing at Havre. France, but IS 200 tons
larger. The dimensions are: 59l feet
length. 76 feet beam and IS feet draught
10 3.6OO tons The water line belt is inches.
tapering to 4 inches at ends. and the up
per belt up TO the battery deck Is inches.
The engihes will be Of 5000 hOrscpowcr.
TO give a speed OF rs knots. Another SINH
lar vessel named Orel is also building at
Galley Island near St. Petersburg.
Neither OF these ships will be wood
sheathed and coppered-
The British torpedo-boat destroyer
Spiteful Is the fiftieth vessel Of that type
added TO the navy and the twelfth boat
built by Palmer at Jarrow-on-Tyne. The
contract requirements were quite exact
ing. but her trials have turned out salts
factory. one Of the conditions limited the
coal consumption 10 an average of 20
pounds per unit OF horsepower during n
three hours run at 30 knots, and at an
average speed Of o. knots the coal con-
sumption averaged as low as % pounds.
The three-hour speed trial gave 50oi
knots. and a twelve hours 13-knot trial
required only $50 horsepower and coal
consumption OF is pounds. giving tho
boat an endurance Of 1000 knots with her
coal supply Of so tons.
The Chicago Tribune. which IL usually
correct I'm It's statements. Is in error about
the French navy having adopted the
whaleback type as a form for its war
ships. ana gives the Dattleshlp Cdrnol az
an example The Carnot. and nearly all
other French naval vessels. resemble TO
some degree the American whaleback
steamer I'm that they have a great tumble
home"-to such an extent in some as 20
make the upper deck only about half tho
width OF the beam at the water line. The
Carnot was designed in 1891, and launched
in 1894 The first whalebacks were barEes.
built on the lakes In 1889. later developing
into the Wetmore type OF whalcback
steamers. and during the last four years
their popularity and usefulness appear TO
have subsided entirely.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
THE LAWTON HOME FUND.

ALIFORNIA should do her share and other
[ States should do theirs, so that the fund now
- being raised for the purpose OF paying the
mortgage upon the home of General Lawton's family
may be completed in time to make the gilt New
Years offering to the stricken family.
The contributions thus far made have been gener-
Gus and prompt. They have been received at Wash
ingon from all parts OF the country but mainly from
New York and taken with those received in this city
by General Shaiter they form a good start in the
work. 1t now remains to be seen whether the whole
fund can be made up before the close OF the week
In his brief circular letter calling attention to the
fund, General Shaiter presents the issue in these
simple words
The history OF General Lawton's splendid mill
tary career is too well known to require recountinp
here. His life has been one of devotion to the mill
tary service and he fell in battle while defending his
country's flag His widow and four children will he
left in straitened circumstances unless the mortgage
covering his orange grove at Redlands CAL be
liquidated. / am confident that the patriotic and
grateful people of the Pacific Coast will respond
generously to this most worthy object and thar
enough money will be raised not only to paw the
mortgage but to leave substantial margin in add
ton for the use OF the family
That is all that needs to be said upon the subiec.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
THE TEACHERS SALARIES.

OMMENTING upon the various plans which
| have been advanced for the purpose OF provid-
ing ways and means for the payment OF back
claims upon the Board OF Education, Auditor Wells
is reported to have said in reference suggestion
that they be paid out OF surplus in the school funds
"If there be surplus in the school funds at the
end OF the present fiscal year, and believe there will
be- the law says very clearly that must be carried
over into next year and cannot be applied to payment
OF old claims l would like to see my way clear to
passing these demands that were legtmatey con-
tracted last June but l have closed my account and
they have never been called to my attention
Passing then to a consideration OF the amount
ing to about $4,000 which is to be derived from the
inheritance tax the Stanford estate, the Auditor
expressed the opinion that this sum virtually and
legally belonged the city the day Stanford died
and therefore be lawfully used in paying claims
OF that subsequent years
He then went TO say:
Not taking into account what was termed by
Judge Seawell the illegal payment in June, 1897
of SII34I2 Is when there that amount OF short
age in the school funds, come down TO the
teachers warrants OF November and December, 1893
amounting to $o44o5 70 and $o6672 40 respectively
am OF the opinion that the inheritance tax moneys
must first be applied to paying these demands and
as more OF such moneys come in may discharge
al those obligations until arrive at the claims for
10000 in June 1900 Only then these latter claims
be paid, as the teachers demands OF necessity
take precedence"
1t is be hoped that view OF the will be taken
by the Finance Committee OF the Board OF Education
and be sustained by the courts should the question
ever come before them. The public would be glad to
all claims against the schools or any other de
partment OF city and county government paid in
full, but if there be not enough to pay all, the
teachers should have preference. The obligation OF
municipality to the teachers OF public schools
is one OF the most binding that community take
upon itself. These men and women give their daily
labor to the service OF the public and entitled to
their wages. 1t has been something OF disgrace to
San Francisco that its school teachers have not been
promptly paid and that disgrace should be wiped
away speedily possible
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
THE
CORRIDORS

Noise Engelmann, a traveller from Paris.
is at the Palace.
a. ID. King. a wealthy land owner OF
HanfOrd, is at the Grand.
Joseph Goldman, a prominent business
man Of Merced, is at the Grand.
Robert NJ. Fitzgerald. the prison d.
rector, is a guest at the Palace.
Mr.. and Mrs. James ID. Ryan OF MADEIRA
are registered at the Occidental
w. o. Jilson. wealthy mining man OF
Hornbrook. is a guest at the Grand.
W. II. Campbell. a mine owner OF Kes-
wick, is at the Occidental for a short stay.
Robert A. Graham has come up from
Los Angeles and is a guest at the Palace
DR.. II. n. Winston of Haywards is at
the Occidental. accompanied by his wife.
Edward and r. r. Fisher. leading busi-
ness men of Hanford, are staying at the
Lick.
Dr. and Mrs. B. Morton are among the
recent arrivals at the Palace from New
York.
]. ]. Kennedy has come down on a short
visit from Vallejo and is registered at the
Windsor.
F. NJ. Dunn. lucky mining man from
the Cape Nome district, is at the Lick,
accompanied by his wife.
+. f. Biggs. the wealthy banker and
capitalist. is at the Grand, where he ar
rived yesterday from his home in Blggs.
General and Mrs. Charles Eagan arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon and reg
istered at the Palace. They are here
merely on a visit of pleasure.
William Prescott Scott. son of Henry T.
Scott. arrived home last night from Yale
College TO spend the holidays with his
folks. He will return East in a few weeks
to resume his studies.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

1t should not be necessary to add any elaborate
hortations or arguments peadings to induce the
American people to contribute each in proportion to
his means to the fund. The gift, moreover, should
be made promptly spontaneous offering OF loyal
hearts to the family of hero who devoted all his
energies to his country and who at last has fallen in
her service. Let us have no long delay and vexa-
tiouS canvassing for money in an issue OF this kind
Let it come with the glow OF the Christmas and be
ready for New Years day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIEs.

The British torpedo-boat DESTROYER Cyn-
thia, built by Thorneycroft, has made n
three hours trial run at sea, averaging
30.3 knots.
corps of electrical torpedo mechanics
has been established in the French navy.
The duties for which these men are in
tended was hitherto performed by navy
lieutenants.
The Lindholm drydock, in the dockyard
at Stockholm. has been enlarged to 400
feet length. 60 feet breadth and 20 feet
draught, and Is now large enough to re-
ceive a 6OOO-ton vessel.
The fuel trials carried on for several
months by the British torpedo boat de-
stroyer Surly have terminated. Petroleum
oil was found unsuitable as substitute
for coal, owing 10 its heavy black smoke
but Of twenty kinds of brignettes. or com
pressed fuel. several were found to meet
the requirements.
A first-class gunboat named Zelee was
launched at Rochefort dockyard on Octo-
ber Is. The craft is 1S3 feet I'm length and
26 feet beam, and displaces 6i6 tons The
engines, driving a single propeller, are Of
800 horsepower. to give a speed OF 13
knots. The battery consists OF two r.
Founders, four S-pounders and four IA
Founders. and her complement is officers
and a crew OF 100
The French cruiser Guichen is reported
TO have made 2355 knots during a three
hours full power trial. The engines de-
veloped $500 horsepower. with 1856 revolu-
tions. The Guichen is s147 tons. and is of
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
Personally Conducted Excursiona

In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourist
sleeping cars via Santa Fe Route. Experienced
excursion conductors accompany these excur-
sions 10 look after the welfare Of passsnEers
To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday
Wednesday and Friday. To Boston. Montreal
and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louis
every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and
Friday. Ticket office 62s Market street
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
IDirnn Tribunal

Last Sundays edition OF The Call was
a splendid tribute 10 it's management. 10
was the Christmas edition. and pcrusaI
Of it's pages can suggest only a partial un-
derstanding OF the vast amount Of time
and money its preparation required. 10
was a specimen OF the artistic capabilities
Of The Calls office.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
IcMrs. winslow's Soothing syrup,,

Has been used for nifty years by millions os
mothers for their children while Teethlnz with
perfect success. II soothes the child. softens
the gums. allays pain. cures Wind Cole. regu-
lates the Bowels and f. the best remedy FOR
Diarrhoeas. whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by druggists In every
part OF the world. BE sure and ask for Mrs.
MinsloM's Soothing syrup. sc a hottIe
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
Marin County Tocslnl

The Christmas Call, which was issued
last Sunday. was a journalistic MASTER
piece. IL was replete with artistic lithO-
graphic and half-tOne illustrations and
matter descriptive OF California-histOr-
ical and otherwise. IL is just the thing 20
send TO your distant friends.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
CHRISTMAS CALL
WAS A BEAUTY

rPinole TImesl
The Christmas edition OF the San Fran
cisco Call is a thing OF beauty. This paper
has made wonderful progress In recent
years in the illustrative art. and Is push
ing rapidly 20 the head as one OF Amer
ica's greatest dailies. This edition should
find its way into every household.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Twenty-Five English railways paid N
wages 10 employees during the first haIf
OF 1899 G644 900 more than was paid In tho
same period Of ls9s-an increase OF 81
rent
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
The Fastest Train Across the contl-

The California Limited. Santa Fe Route.
Connecting train leaves 5 .. m. Monday
wednesday. Friday and Saturday. Finest
equipped train and best track % any lire 70 tbs
East. Ticket office. 62S Market "a.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

HOTEL DEL CoRoNADO-Taks advanta-,
of the round-trip tickets. Now only $50 By
steamship. including fifteen days board az no.
tel; longer stay. 50 90 per day. Apply at New
Montgomery street. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

No waiting at Townsend's: plenty OF
help. Thousands OF packages OF California
Glace Fruits and Candies packed all ready
TO hand out. 627 Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Special information supplied daily %
business houses and public men by tho
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). SO Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

The ways OF the Creator past finding out For
instance, Kid Mccoy, who is crackerjack prize
fighter, looks like a preacher. The Rev Robert
Axtel OF Royal Oak Mich. is parson who seems 10
delight in pugsm He is undoubtedly champion Of
the heaven-weight class.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

In almost every county in Kansas there
are fine farms owned and operated by
Kansas women without the aid OF men.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Townsend's famous broken and mixed
candies-2 lbs. 25c. s27 Palace Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

One OF the best features of this holiday season is
that the prospects of the future brighter even
than the prosperity of the past year, and We will be
able TO wish our friends happy New Year with as
much assurance as merry Christmas.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Professor C. {. Plehn Of the College Of Com
Berkeley, in article recently published in
the University OF California Chronicle pictures an
ideal time when gas companies under enlightened
management extend their business by reasonable
rates, pleasing the communities they serve and pur
suing a of wide-spreading prosperity. The
article should have been headed "San Francisco
A. d. 1900"
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

That old. familiar phrase united in marriage"
viii have TO take back scat for newer one. con
nected in marriage" At any rate a girl in Ken
tucky and soldier at Fort Wingate. n Mex. were
made one by telegraph only last Saturday
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

CrTheurl-N
CoUmbia-''The Christian"
California Cumberland e.
CafornaDo pachmaun. Tuesday afternoon. December
TiNoli-'LAttle Bo-Peei.'
Alhaubra'Back Patti Troubadours."
Grand Opera houses nbaG."
Alcazar-"Chlnmc Fadden."
Chutes. 100 Theater-NRudevile afternoon
evening
Olympia. Mason and Ellis streets-Speciates.
Central Park-SteeI iechasc and Coney Island.
Panorama Battle Of Manila Bay Market street near
Eighth.
Oakland Race Track-Races
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Small candy canes l5c doz. Townsend.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

II you have not yet made up your mind to vote for
park extension, this is good day to do so as any,
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Chicago society is "out OF sight" and recent re-
ports concerning its sporty ways incline to wish
that ii out OF hearing
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

There ought to be large increase in the tourist
travel to California this winter, and If the railroads
avcc gouging the public it probable the tourists
will come.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

WASHINGTON Cd. O. OFFICE. wellington Hote
J. n. ENGLISH Correspondent.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

The Bohemians in issuing the summons for their
Christmas links got out OF the difficulty of the cen
tury mark very clevery by announcing as hc last
Noel OF 1900 That is thing whether the
1000 begin end a century.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Victoria is reported to have requested that none OF
the little Princes among her grandchildren and great
grandchildren be presented with toy soldiers or
non this Christmas. The old lady has had enough OF
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

From the way the Dukes, Earls, Barons and
Baronets of England are volunteering to go to the
front to fight the Beers it is evident the dudes have
pluck If they do wear golf stockings and marry for
money.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

NEW YORK NEWS STANDsi
WaIdOrf-Arforta Hotel; 4. BrentnnO, 81 UniOT
Squares Murray Hiil Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

CHICAGO NEWS STANDS
sherman House, i. o. News Co.; Great Nortl
ern Hotels Fremont Houses Auditorium HoteL
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Among the congresses which have been arranged
for the Paris Exposition there should be one to deter
mine whether the big show commemorate the close
OF the nineteenth century or the beginning of the
twentieth.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVES,
PERRY LUhENs JR. 20 Tribune Build
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

Calaveras County needs a good roads
movement for its roads are generally very
bad. often requiring deep soundinpa
through either dust or mud to find bct-
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-25

The British torpedo-boat destroyer Gym
hia. built by Thorneycroft, has made a
hree hours trial run at sea, averaging
03 knots.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-20
Dickens at Home and Abroad.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, in the Atlantic.
l recall day on which we went, in COM
pany with Charles Dickens and his wife,
to visit the old prison of Bridewell says
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in the February
Atlantic. We found the treadmill in oper-
alton Every now and then man would
give out, and would be allowed to leave
the ungrat eful work The midday meal
bread and soup, was served to the prison.
ers while we were still in attendance. To
one or two, as a punishment for some mis-
demeanor, bread alone was given. Charles
Dickens looked on, and presently said to
DR.. Howe, My God. If a woman thinks
her son may come 20 this, I don't blame
her If she strangles him in infancy"
At Newgate prison we were shown the
letters of Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin
While we were on the premises, the van
arrived with fresh prisoners. and one Of
the officials appeared to jest with a young
woman who had just been brought In, and
who 1t seemed, was already well known
to the officers of justice. DR.. Howe did
not fail to notice this with disapproba.
ton.
AT one of the charity schools which we
visited Mr. Mann asked whether corporal
punishment was used. Commonly only
this" said the master, calling up a little
girl, and swapping a bit of rubber upon
her neck in a manner which caused her
to cry out. need no. say that the two
gentlemen were indignant at this unpro-
voked infection. At dinner at
Charles Dickens we met his intimate
friend John Forster, a lawyer of some
note later known as the author of n
biography of Dickens. When we arrived
Mr.. Forster was amusing himself with
small spaniel which had been sent to Mr..
Dickens by an admiring friend, who de-
sired that the dog might bear the name OF
Boz. Somewhat impatient of such trlb-
utes Mr.. Dickens had named Ii Snittel
Timbury. OF the dinner remember only
that 1t was of the BEST so far as con-
Germs food. and that later in the evening
we listened TO some comic songs.
Mr. Forster invited us to dine at mis-
chambers in the Inns Of Court. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Dickens were of the party, and also
the painter Maclise, whose work was then
highly spoken of. After dinner, while We
were taking coffee in the sitting-room.
had occasion to speak to my husband ana
addressed him as darling" Thereupon
Dickens slid down to the floor, and. living
on his back, held up one Of his small feot
quivering with pretended emotion.
Ibid she. call him darling?" he cried.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-20

as 1t comes along. If these waves are
very short, light is the result; II they are
a trifie longer they take the form OF
heat
II the light waves strike anything on the
way down, they are very apt to be made
LOT ger, or rather they are apt to be turned
INTO heat Now. the waves which form
feht are so short that they Will readily
PASS through glass. but the waves which
form heat are so long that they will not
pass through tr
from this, therefore, you viii see how a
not mouse remains hot. The energy from
the sun passes into the house through the
siSss roof in the form of light. Then
1t strikes the objects IN the house and Is
turned 10 heat
But this heat cannot pass out through
Ihe GLASS, The heat waves are too long.
80 'he light keeps coming in and the
neat Keeps accommodating, and soon the
o'-houses become very warm indeed, even
on the coolest days in winter.
OF course, our dwelling houses are heat
co by the sun in the same way. The
lsht comes in through the windows. but
the neat cannot pass out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-20
PREACHED TO THE PYTHlANS
Continued from Eighth Rage.

Brunswick in response 10 the invitation
% the companies Of the Uniform Rank in
Il az city. The matter was thoroughly
discussed, some of the Knights wanting 10
accept the invitation and others thinking
it not advisable in view of the fact that
they have another trip in no distant pros
pect. This will be TO Rome in May 10
attend the meeting of the grand lodge of
the order in Georgia. Other reasons were
mentioned to initiate against the accept
ance of the invitation, some of the mem
bers being unwell or having sickness in
their families and being thereby prevented
from attempting the trip. Railroad rates
were all right, the roads having consented
to low fare for the round trip. After
some time it was agreed that the COM
panies could not accept the invitations OF
their Brunswick brothers, and then the
meeting went into consideration of what
should be done here in the way of cele-
bration. Il was finally decided to have
collation. at the hall on Wednesday night
a dispensatiou viii also be asked for the
installation on that night of the company
officers of the Uniform Rank recently
elected. 1t is expected that che occasion
will prove gratifying i'm its results and
that the members will enjoy a royal time
a the collation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-20
LOCAL Personal.

Mr. W. A. Roberts. of Waycross is at
the Pulaski.
MIR. d. p. Myerson of Jacksonville is
stopping at the Screven House.
Mr.. James A. Davis of Kite was a guest
of the Screven House yesterday.
Col. and Mrs. ]. H. Estill returned from
the New Orleans Mardi Gras yesterday.
Mr.. w. II. Roberts of Augusta spent yes
terday in the ciIy, and was registered at
the Pulaski House.
Mr. j. K. Garrett, formerly Of this city,
but now of South Carolina, was guest
of the Pulaski House yesterday.
Mr.. Isaac Beckett, who was for twelve
years United States commissioner. until
the change was made In the present law,
has been re-appointed commissioner by
Judge Emory Speer. He desires the APP
pointment for business reasons.