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The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

| To descend to the lower features of the
landscape-say from the top of Majuba
'kop we come down the grassy, rock
strewn "hoogte, or braeside, and find
ourselves in Laings Mex. Mex means
the rounded hollow of the dip between
any two peaks of a mountain chain. But
do not make the error of confounding the
mex with the pass" Laings Mex is a
pass, because the road goes over it, but
there are 'neks" which are not passes.
II, however, we were upon a mountain
which offered us no easy "hoogte'' to de-
scend by we should have to scramble
down some narrow and rugged "kloof. "
kloof is precisely what in America we
call canyon, and, as with the word can
Non so also the word kloof may with
equal propriety be applied to a deep, mar
row cut in plain or level. narrow pass.
ne appointments OF the great South
African OK wagon are sure to be referred
to. OF these the great freighters (the
feet long by seventeen between the wheels
and are drawn by fourteen sixteen or
eighteen bulloeks, "spanned' in pairs.
the acts of hitching up and loosing these
animals from the yoke. Each OK is har-
messed thus: After the span have been
''reined' and ranged along the "touw'
the end of yoke is laid upon the ami
mails neck, and as there are two stout
pieces of wood thrust through holes in
the end of the yoke these clip his neck in
a fork. They are the ''yokeskeys" A
short twisted coupler of rawhide (called
the 'shropO connects up the under ends
80 ~ ste Keys, anu then II Is clever
device. The "reims" with which the oven
have been caught are around their horns
and as each pair are "yoked" the opera,
tor seizes their two reims and ALLOWING q
play of about three feet to the right-hsn
OK lays up the slack criss-cross aroma
the horns of the, other; and there You
oss." These "reims" are inch-wide strins
of rawhide slightly softened by twistin5
and run from seven to ten feet in lenptb
They are very strong ILL
The "yokes' are fastened along a. caro-
fully laid-up cable of rawhide strands
which is called the ''treck-touw' beg
warrants the "ck' instead of the conI
ventional "k''-but sometimes a Eurn-
pean-made chain Is used instead of the
native touw. and then the Boer will sneaf5
of it as his treck ''keteng.'
Kruger is pronounced 'Kroor' mostly
In the Transvaal but "Kreer' generaIiyy
elsewhere in South Africa.
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THE AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE

NE OF the clearest statements yet made of the
J low estate to which the American merchant
marine has fallen is that embodied in a recent
communication to the Industrial Commission at
Washington by Frank L. Neall of Philadelphia 1t
furnishes convincing argument for the adoption of
legislation to remedy the evil by the simple fact Of
making known the full extent the evil has reached
Statistics quoted by Mr.. Neal show the value of
merchandise imported and exported by the United
States for the calendar year 1903 to aggregate
ST ,8oo,ooo,ooo The weight OF this merchandise sent
out of the country and brought n was over 900
tons The transportation across the seas Of this
contribution, vast in value and bulk to the com
merce OF the world is of the chefest prizes Of in
ternational maritime competition. To do this busi-
ness Mr.. Nea shows that out of a total shipping
tonnage suitable for transoceanc traffic aggregating
II 100000 tons the United Staes have beggary IFS
vessels, steam and sail, with carrying capacity of
2o6,I8 tons.
That contrast between the amount of our exports
and imports across the seas and the carrying ca
pacty of our merchant marine is sufficient to con-
vince any intelligent man OF the nadequacy of our
shipping. We are virtually subject to Europe in
matters of commerce. The war in the Transvaal,
which led the British to Withdraw large number OF
steamers from the merchant service has so increased
the cost OF transportation on grain and other freight
that we will lose considerable percentage of what
our profits would have been had we possessed mer-
chant vessels sufficient to make us independent
Our country fronts upon both the great oceans Of
the earth and has expanding commerce in each
direction. 1t is therefore folly for us to leave the
carrying trade of the to other nations The re-
ation which Our ocean tonnage bears to that of the
world at large is small as to be shameful very
different condition of affairs will prevail when once
there has been granted to our shipping industries
something of the protection which has been so advan
tageously bestowed upon our industries on land
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AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

DR.. s. S. Young, U. S. N, is guest at
the Palace.
Judge ]. F. Poston, an oil speculator of
Selma, is at the Lick.
Police Commissioner Richard J. Tobin
returned from New York yesterday morn
ing.
S. Tyack, wealthy mining man of Bo-
die. is registered for a short stay at the
Lick
H. H. Hunter, a wel-known mining
man of Redding, is registered at the
Grand.
L. L. Green, banker and capitalist of
Oroville, is among the recent arrivals at
the Grand
W. W. Turney, an attorney of Camp
bell. was among the arrivals of yesterday
at the Grand.
General Sanford, who is returning from
India to his home in England, is again
guest at the Occidental
S. C. Joerger, a traveller from Berlin,
who is sightseeing on the coast, has re-
turned to the Palace
Colonel Montgomery. prominent bus-
ness man and politician of New York, is
| a guest at the Occidental.
Charles H. Mcfarland, one Of the lead
ing business man of Los Angeles, is at
the Palace on a short trip to this city.
H Stahler, prominent merchant of
Honda, republic of Colombia, is a guest
at the Palace, where he arrived yesterday
| morning.
DIR. ]. H. Freeze, one of the leading
medical men of Michigan, is a guest at
the Palace. He is visiting the coast on
pleasure bent.
/ Commander Adams, who has been sta
toned on the Independence for some
time, has received orders to take COM
mand of the Solace and proceed to Ma
| Mia.
H. G. Murry. formerly superintendent
of the Lightning mine of Angels Camp.
will sail for Korea Wednesday next in the
| interest of a big Oriental mining corpora
! tion that is developing the mineral re-
| sources Of that far away country.
O. A. Chase Of the firm of Kohler &
Chase and his family have reached New
York on their return home from their
European trip. The family will be de-
J tanned in that city for some time, on ac-
| count of the sudden illness Of a son,
| George, who is down with typhoid fever.
Hon. w. E. Cochran of Washington, D.
/ c.. Chief Postoffice Inspector, and In
1 spector George NJ. Sutton of New York
are here on business connected with their
departments, which will probably keep
them in the city for several days. While
| here they will be the guests of Inspector
in Charge r. r. Munro and Postofice In
spector ]. w. Erwin.
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absolutely and unconditionay prohibited. Neither
will they consent to permit the lands of the valleys
and the rivers to be ruined by the debris washed
down from hydraulic mines 1t is quite possible to
construct impounding works which will protect the
lowlands and the rivers If such works have not been
provided in the past then better work must be done
in the future That is all there is to the problem.
In the meantime the Debris Commission should take
OF the criticism pronounced by the engineer of
the Anti-Debris Association and to it that such
improvements as are needed in the dams be made at
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28
Taken to OroviIle.

Mrs. S. NJ Houseworth of Chico, who
was arrested here on an Indictment by the
Grand Jury of Butte County charging her
with forgery in connection with the Fuller
will, was yesterday taken from the City
Prison by Sheriff Wilson of Butte Coun-
ty and they left by the afternoon train
for Oroville.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

From her utterances concerning Congressman
Roberts OF Utah it is plain that Miss Helen Gould
does approve of polygamy. The fact, also, that
she has particular love for matrimony appears to
be dawning on the many young men who have an
eye single to her large fortune
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28
Thomas Mallev,s Death

Drs. w. NJ. Forster and D. Maclean.
charged with manslaughter in causing
the death of Thomas Malley by an iniu-
dicious application of chloroform an
peared before Judge Treadwell yesterday.
As no complaint had been filed the case
was continued for a week
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cAL1FoRNIANs IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-F. H. Mason
of Pasadena is at the Arlington. G. A
Meyers and wife of San Francisco are at
the Metropolitan. H. A. Hemming of San
Francisco is at the Wellington.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Orpheum-''Va
Cafornia"A Breach O Promise"
Coumbia-"A White Flag"
Tivoli-'Ia Belle Helene
Alcazar-''The Three Musketeers.'
Grand Opera House-'"The Conspirators'
Chutes Zoo TheaterVaudevlle afternoon and
evening.
Olympia, Mason and Ellis streets-Specialtes.
Central Park-Steeplechase and performances.
Recreation Park-Basebar to-day.
Comedy Theater. Bush streetJedem Das Seine Sunday
hight
Golden Gate Hal-Recital Wednesday, November l.
Nakland Racetrack-Races to-day.
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BOUND TO BE APPRECIATED BY ALL
County Supen endan of Schools Chapman Gives His Opinion The
Calls Home Study Circle Now Running in the Paper
San Jose, Oct. e 1899.

Editor Of The Call, San Fran
cisco, Cal Dear Sir: Your prop
osi ion for giving to the readers
Of The Call such a splendid oppor-
tunity for home study meets my
hearty approval.
will be fully appre ated by all
who are interested in the cause
Of popular education.
Yours respe ectfu1ly,
dQ' @A11<'@1~~1"
County Super ntendent o
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

The twelve-year-old boy of Oakland who stands
facing fouryear sentence in of the State prisons
for an infamous offense presents a perplexing
problem to the authorities. He is too young to go
to prison and too old in things to be permitted
at large
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CALIFoRNIANS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Oct ZIP. w Ackler Of
San Francisco is at the Bartholdi; F. H
Freeman Of San Francisco is at the Meth
erland; B. Mayer, Mr.. and Mrs. Weis and
A Chappell of San Francisco are at the
Martin.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

Angostura Bitters is known as the great reg
ulator OF the digestive organs Get the genu-
Inc. Made by DR.. ]. G. B. Siegert & Sons.
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take depends upon the amount they re-

| COINS-A. A. p, Spreckels, Monterey
| County, Cal The market value of a quar-
! ter of a dollar of 1853 is from so to IS
cents; one of 1854 is the same price, and
a half-dollar of that year is from IS cents
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FRENCH GUNS-A. D. R. T. c., City.
The largest bore of guns owned by the
French Government is 1888.
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by tie
Press Clipping Bureau (AIlen's), 80 Mon
gomery street Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

Look out for 81 Fourth st. Mr.. Sc barber
or grocer. Best eyeglasses 10c and 40c.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

THE POPE-H. l., Yuma, Ariz. This
department has not been able to find any
record that the present Pope was ever d
member of the association asked about.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

Travellers, see Townsend's display. of
California glace fruits, SOC 10, in fire
etched boxes. 627 Market, Palace Hotel"
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPH, Liver
more Cal. Those who are interested in
the wireless telegraph apparatus do not
desire to give to the general public or in
dividuals the secrets of the apparatus
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TO 81 %; that is the price that dealers
charge for such, but dealers do not Offer
anV premium for these coins. A quarter
of dollar of 1853 without arrows or rays
commands a premium Of from 81 25 to
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

CALIFORNIA. A
HE CALL has received letter under date of October
from Paris France written by E. Bernard the architect
who awarded the first prize for the plans for the
University of California In this letter he writes: Permit
express my gratitude for your appreciation of plans
for the University Of California did my best and my JOY
complete in this that succeeded in giving satisfaction all
making arrangements visit your beautiful country,
and shall probably be there during the early part of De-
cember"
The portrait presented of Mons Bernard taken in
the early part OF last September and is the latest
that has been taken of the great architect.
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Cream mixed candies, 25c ID. Townsend's.. i.
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COOPER MEDICAL CoLLEGE-W.
r., City. The sick poor are treated
lege.
CENTS FOR SILVER-S., City. Stores
that use pennies will exchange silver for
SUCH The quantity that storekeepers will
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-28

HALF-TONE PICTURES Would-bt
Artist. Oakland, Cal. Half-tone picture
are not drawn, but are printed direct
from the photograph on metal. How they
are prepared is known to those who make
the pictures and they will not disclose the
process.
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A NEW WORD-E. D. B., Fish Rock,
Cal. New words are, as the expression
goes, coined whenever some one uses
an expression to convey a meaning, if
there does not happen to be word in
the language to express that meaning.
There is no rule for "coining' new words.
For instance, there was no word to eX-
press the ray discovered by Roentgen,
and it was decided to call it the x ray,
because at the time the nature thereof
was still probematical, and since then the
ray has been known as the x.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28
Feet Diagnosis.

London Globe: A doctor has an
nounced his belief that in diagnosing
patients case 1t is as essential to OBJ
serve his walk as to feel his pulse. 1t
appears that person in vigorous and
robust health walks with his toes
pointed to the front, and that as health
begins to go the toes turn gradually
out and perceptible bend appears in
the knees. 1t will certainly come as a
surprise to good many people, drill
instructors especially, to learn that
1t is correct, in the best sense OF that
loosely used word, to walk with the
toes pointed straight to the front.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28

him to be court-martialed and sus-
pended from his command for a year.
Soon after this. his caustic and unruly
tongue caused him to speak things to
Washington's dlscredit, for which he
was compelled to fight duel with Col.
Laurens. Lee was severely wounded
in this duel. but his vaunting spirit
was not subdued, and he soon after
wrote decidedly sassy" letter to con-
gress, for which he was promptly dis
missed from the service. He died in
Philadelphia in 1882, unloved and un-
mourned.
Gen. John Sullivan, who was next in
command to Lee, was the next occu-
pant of Hobgoblin Hall. Sullivan was
far from being a man of the Lee type,
and yet it is thought that he lacked
discretion in taking possession of Hob
goblin Hall. and had hardly gotten
comfortably settled in his desirably
pleasant surroundings before he, too
received communication from Wash
ington that caused him to suddenly
depart and leave the house untenanted
by anything but sad memories.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28
relephon,nr without Wires.

Since the possibility of telegraphing
without wires has been established, in
ventors have turned their attention 20
the application of the same principle
to the telephone. and already two
scientists of two nationalities have an
nounced to the world that they have
succeeded in perfecting instruments by
which telephoning without wires can
be successfully accomplished. One is
DR.. Peter Stems, the Russian scientist.
who is now in England; the other IS
Signor Maria d'Asar, an Italian, who,
according to the Rome correspondent,
OF the Morning Leader. is shortly 60
ing to England. as the British admiral
ty have expressed much interest in hisI
invention. The Italian minister OF
marine is said to greatly admire Signor
d'Asar's invention, and wishes to ex-
pertinent with the apparatus on a large
scale with view to adopting 1t in the
Italian navy. 1t is described as being,
In the opinion OF naval experts, des-
tined to prove OF the greatest service.
DR.. Stems, speaking with regard to his
particular invention. claims that by
the use of his apparatus people will be
able to speak from London to persons.
say, In Antwerp, or even in New York.
He proposes to shortly carry out some
demonstrations on the Thames which
shall prove the genuineness of his
claim.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28
No Success without Love of Work.

''To win success in any vocation, the
present day, requires hard, persistent,
conscientious work, the best equipment
that is possible, and the employment
of every resource that can be COM
manded," writes Barton Cheyney, in
valuable article on 1.-The Young Man
and the Professions" in the Septem-
ber Ladies' Home Journal. Even the
young mans manner, his personality,
is n factor that makes itself felt in
his work, while executive ability, and
good, hard common sense are elements
of genius that should never be lacking.
The young man should clearly under
stand in advance that If he does not
have the capacity or love for work
there is no profession in which he can
win success. But, having this, he will
find great opportunities to make
name for himself and earn larger Pc
cuniary rewards than men have ever
before been able to coin out of their
brains"
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28

with a crowned IN" was no mean
item in the cost of his wardrobe. A
note from his ckemisier of 1903 shows:
Two hundred and forty-eight yards of
demi-Holland linen, for six dozen
shirts, $1,O41.60; marking and laun-
dry, 1920; 120 cambric handkerchiefs,
with vignettes and crowned initials
printed in various colors, $28S; making
and laundry for same, SIS; forty
eight yards Of Indian muslin for six
dozen cravats, $432; seventy-two yards
of Courtray for six dozen linen towels,
making, marking and laundry, $780,;
twelve collars with black stripes.
$500; total, $2,0OS.20. Still more curl
GUS is the emperor's laundry bill for
the month of August. 1906. For forty
four shirts at 12 cents, thirty-one fan-
mel waistcoats at 20 cents, seventy.
seven handkerchiefs at cents. seven
Madras at 4 cents, seven dressing
gowns at 60 cents, forty-one pairs of
drawers at cents. forty-three cravats
at cents. 13S towels at 4 cents, he
paid a total of $2S. SO.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28

fault with beginners, Hugo Kaersch-
ner, musician of Washington, D. c..
has invented a support which, 1t Is
claimed. not only corrects this fault,
but offers a very grateful relief for the
student. His device, shown in the ac-
companying cut, has cuffs to be attach
ed to the wrists. with an adjustable
strap to pass over the shoulders and be
frightened until it lifts the wrists to the
proper height. While sustaining tha
arm and wrist in the correct position
for lingering the keys Of the piano. this
contrivance is yielding to sufficient
extent to permit the hand to conven-
iently reach all the octaves OF the key
board.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28
The Motor Scout

Atthe Automobile clubs recent show
at Richmond England, it consisted of q
quadricycle fitted with a ~ house
power petroleum motor. 1t is convert
ible, carrying either two persons or
one person, and a light Maxim gun.
The gun is mounted in front over the
leading wheels. and it is arranged SO
that 1t can be fired with the vehicle
going at full speed. Below there is a
tray sufficient to store 1000 rounds OF
ammunition. According to the Ne
chanical Engineer. it is plated with ar
NOR and has a ram both in front and
behind. The armament consists OF
two quick-firing Maxim guns carried
in two revolving turrets. The steering
is done by the aid of information OBJ
tanned by mirrors so that the crew
need not expose themselves. The car
is driven by a four-cylinder Daimler
motor developing sixteen horse power.
An electric searchlight is provided, the
dynamo being worked by the main IN
gine.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28
Chance for u New Hero,

1t Is my opinion that the bankrupt
courts would have less to record did
a man have the nerve-for it requires
nerve, and a good deal of /. sometimes
to let his wife know the exact state
of his business, says the Chicago
Times-Herald. More women than most
people have any idea of are as ignorant
as strangers concerning the financial
standing OF their husbands. Indeed, it
is probable that his business associ-
ates know to dollar almost the in
core OF man who keeps all knowl-
edge of hfs standing from the one who
should know 1t as well as he does
himself. To the right kind of n wom-
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28
Recent Inventions,

In a newly designed whip the loaded
handle Is replaced by a spiral strip OF
steel. covered by n flexible fabric. thus
providing sufficient weight to balance
the tip and making a flexible grip,
which will bend in the hand.
Bars OF pig Iron can be automatically
cast by new machine. which has .
series of molds arranged around the
circumference of n revolving wheel,
the trough which leads from the fur
mace ieposlting the proper quantity Of
molten metal in the mold as the wheel
pauses In Its revolution.
Ears of corn can be rapidly husked
by Kansas mans patent glove, the
palm being covered with a series OF in
terlaced rings OF wire, which form .
surface OF sufficient nexibility and
roughness to engage the husks and
strip them from the ear
Wet boots and shoes can be rapidly
dried by Pennsylvanian's patent de-
vice, which consists OF n circular base
Of tin. open Mt the bottom. and provid-
ed with a pair OF vertical tubes. endinS
In curved sprouts. the boots being
placed over the sprouts and the dsvins
set on tAe rtove.
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28

the former occupant, but he was of too
repulsive personality for ladies to
accept his invitations, and they de-
clined to be present at the dinners he
wanted to give at Hobgoblin Hall.
The house was a mile and half
from the center of Lees command, and
as 1t was Washington's theory that a
general should sleep with his troops,
one day Lee received a note from
Washington that caused Hobgoblin
Hall to again become deserted, and Lee
took possession of a house nearer his
command. His after career did not
lack excitement for novelty, since he
was taken prisoner at Basking Ridge,
N. j., and it is believed that while a
prisoner he made reasonable pro-
posals to the enemy He was released
by exchange of prisoners and his con-
duct of the battle of Monmouth caused
Gilpin observer., 1899-09-28
Medford's Hobgoblin Hall and Its
Unfortunate Tenants.

The old town of Medford is but six
miles from Boston, and in the town is
the old Royal House, better known as
Hobgoblin Hall, although there seems
to be no good and sufficient reason for
giving SO staid and dignified house
isuch an unpleasant and uncanny name.
1t is one of the very few remaining
sypes of the architecture Of one hun
dred and fifty years ago, and 1t seems
a pity that it should not be preserved
as an object of antiquity and historical
interest. In 1887 Isaac Royal came to
Massachusetts, from Antigua, bringing
his tropical habits with him and look
Ing for site whereon he might erect
sort of mansion house and set up an
establishment befitting a gentleman OF
wealth and the possessor of slaves.
His choice fell on Medford and here
he built the very large house now