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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Eskimo Baths

Boys who make fuss because their
parents oblige them to take frequent
baths should be glad they are not
Eskimo children, living on the shores
Of Norton Sound, says the Detroit
News-Tribune. In that cold region of
Alaska all the boys are obliged to take
4 sweat bath every week and this bath
is no joke. A fire of driftwood is built
in the center of the floor of the kashim
the One-rOOmed house where the men
and boys of a village pass most OF
their time-and when the smoke has
passed or and the wood is reduced to
red, glowing Goals, q cover is put over
the smoke hole in the roof, and the
place becomes intensely hot The boys
then must take of their clothes and
sit about the furnace-like apartment
until their skin becomes as red as the
shell of a boiled lobster and seems on
the point Of blistering.
Owing to the intense heat. the
bathers are obliged to wear respirators
to protect their lungs. These respira-
tors are pads of shavings bound to-
gether. concave on the inside and con-
vex on the outside, and large enough
TO cover the mouth, nose and part of
the cheeks Of the wearer. Across the
inside runs a little wooden bar which
is held in the teeth to keep the respir-
ator in place. The boys sit there un-
til they are dripping wet with perspir-
alton Then they rush outside into the
intense cold and roll in the snow.
Z. w Nelson, who spent between
four and five years in investigating for
the Government the Eskimo living
about Bering Strait, says: "On sew
eral occasions L saw them go from
the sweat bath to holes in the ice on
a neighboring stream, and, squatting
there. pour ice water over their backs
and shoulders with a wooden dipper,
apparently experiencing the greatest
pleasure from the operation"
Although the Eskimo boys seem to
Withstand such a bath as this all
right. and even to enjoy it, it would
in all probability kill any white boy
who tried it.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
WhalebOneWhale

Among the various kinds of whale
bone whales is the right whale, which
reaches a length Of sixty feet and yields
200 barrels Of oil and 1000 pounds of long.
valuable baleen; the humpback whale,
which is sometimes seventy-five feet
long, but has short bone and little oil;
the finback and sulphur bottom whales.
OF large size but comparatively little
value, and the bowhead. Greenland or
Polar whale. The last is at home
among the ice fields and is now the
most sought of all the whales on ao-
count Of the excellent quality and large
quantity of its baleen. The maximum
length is sixty-five feet, and its hulk is
immense; the huge head represents a
third CT the length, and the tail is six
teen 10 twenty feet across. The largest
bowheads produce several thousand
pounds Of bone. worth IS or Sc a pound.
and 5000 or more gallons Of oil, worth 10
cents a gallon.
In feeding the baleen whales drop the
lower jaw and swim forward rapidly,
and al l-iEds Of small floating animals
fish shrimp. winged mollusks-pass
into tbe yawning mouth. When the
lower jaw is closed the plates of baIeen
are forced upward and backward, the
water rushes through the sieve formed
by the hairs, the food is left behind and
is swallowed by the aid of the tongue.
Some Of the baleen whales are said
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Strange frances

Relatives and friends Of a worthy
c~togcnarian dwelling in an Auvergne
,ili2ge have en passing through a
variety Of emotions. and il is d ques-
tion whether The excitement is as yet
quite II an end. They have been alter
mating between the hope that his life
might be saved and Srief at his death
At the present moment he has Off
cialy- So TO speak shUfiicd off mis- NOR
tai coli. but il seems 10 be an open
question whether he may not come
around again The good man had al
ready on two memorable occasions
amazed his mourners by returning to
consciousness as his body was on the
point q being consigned 10 the tomb.
Z ne other evening he took another sol
enn farewell of those among his kith
and kin who were gathered around his
bcd. When he appeared 10 have drawn
his last breath preparations were made
for has burial The supposed corpse
was attired in his Sunday raiment, the
Eravedgger had been warned that his
services would be required and the bell
q the little church had already begun
10 toll when the ola gentleman sud
denly pulled himself together. and, sit
ting up. asked for a glass of cordial.
His son and daughter, who had just
arrived pOsthaste from Paris, in brand
new sable garments, and bringing with
them q colossal wreath were in the
room at the time. and as soon as their
father had refreshed himself he jested
with them about the innocent trick
which he had played them. chatting
away in high good humor. He inquired
with considerable display of interest
about the funeral preparations. and the
whole family went TO rest that night
much relieved in its feelings. During
the following day the octogenarian was
so lively that his children arranged 10
make their journey back 10 Paris on
the morrow In the evening, however,
after partaling Of some coffee, into
which. at his request, a wee drop of
brandy had been poured, the old man
fell backward insensible, and the vii
lage doctor, who had been summoned
IN hot haste. declared that there could
be no mistake about it this time. and
that he was really dead. AS, however,
nobody in the village feels by any
means convinced that this is the case,
the general opinion being that he has
simply fallen into another trance, no
preparations are being made for his
interment. nor viii they be commenced
unless unmistakable signs Of death are
noticed.-Parls Correspondent London
Telegraph.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
The Brain Riddle

Despite all the learned prolixity Of
cerebralists the mysterious something
which constitutes the difference be-
tween genius and insanity persistently
defies definition. Such knowledge as
we have Of it, if knowledge it can be
called, is purely speculative. We
know that two intellects with mech
anisms IS like in physical aspect as
two peas may produce results as un-
like as chaos to cosmos-the one a
generator of wild fuhlity; the other
militant force in forwarding civiliza-
ton. But why this three pounds of
gray convolutions is what it is, and
why that three pounds of apparently
similar convolutions is what it is, we
may make but the veriest guess. DR..
Edward Anthony Spitzka's report
upon his analysis of the brain Of
George Francis Train in no wise clears
up this perplexity. Indeed, so far as
the layman is concerned. it serves to
bring the puzzle into striking relief
The noted Specialist reached this con-
clusion: The brain shows superior
degree of complexity in its surface
morphology. No lesion of any kind
and no deformity. atrophy or anomaly
are discoverable.
Roughly speaking. this means that
Trains brain was extraordinarily we'll
developed and free from deficiencies.
To all outward appearance it should
have been the source of great ideas
and the master of their sane execu-
ton. Yet we know that, despite the
fact that he made his name known
the world around his was singularly
futile career. Though he repeatedly
gave evidence of having far more than
the average intellectual power-dis-
played talents which seemed at times
to justify his quaint conceit that he
felt like a cocoanut in bag of pea
nuts"-he always stopped short of
great achievement. Instead of being
a great man he was an object of great
ridicule.-Philadelp North Ameri-
can.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

motor omnibus was a very familiar
sight in London streets. In 1888 Han
cocks steam omnibus, the Era, was
painting its way many times day be-
tween Paddington and the Bank, do
ing its ten miles an hour and carrying
fourteen passengers at the modest fare
of sixpence each 1t is true that the
Era had an unamiabie trick of break
ing down just when it's passengers
were most in a hurry, and 1t usually
took half an hour or more to start it
again. But even our theusand-pound
motor cars Of to-day have their eccen-
tric moments.
The Era's twin sister, the Autopsy.
was a still more capricious vehicle.
She ran, when she could be induced to
run, between Pentonville and Finsbury
square and was an attractive looking
omnibus with an open front, which
three open air passengers shared with
the conductor But both Era and Au-
topsy suffered eclipse when Hancock
produced his Automaton. an omnibus
with certified speed of twenty miles
an hour over a measured mile on the
Bow road and capable of carrying
twenty-five passengers. The Auto
maton was a ''free-lance" and ran
wherever passengers proved most plen-
tiful-to Islington, Paddington, STRAIT
ford or the city. But the turnpike
acts sounded the death knell Of these
pioneer horseless omnibuses and In 1910
they vanished from the streets.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Oldest Cycler

Thomas w. Davis of Peoria probably
is the most remarkable bieyclist OF MS
age in the world. He is now in his nth
year. and has ridden 100000 miles. He
recently received from the Century
Club of America the first prize for the
1902 mileage record of America, Ieadins
all competitors by riding $3.50 miles last
year This fall he will bring his total
up to distance of four times around
the. earth. Mr. Davis has been an en-
thusiastic wheelman for forty years o,
more. and has ridden all kinds OF bi-
cycies. from the original affairs known
as the "ordinaries" to the moderA
..safeties." He is confident that his
record cannot be equaied
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Pocket Stocking

Buyers from New York state that
hose manufacturers are now making
pockets in women's stockings.
Now that hosemakers have taken
the initiative in this matter. it is
strange that they didn't think of the
stocking scheme for women cons ago.
for from time imClemorial, woman
poor creaturei-has been using her
stocking for a shopping bag.
The pocket hose bids fair to become
a popular fad.
1t is an interesting instinct that
makes woman carry things about in
her stocking. When and how did she
come by it? 1t seems reasonable to
suppose that since women's garments
are usually so destitute of -0ckets
necessity has driven her to use her
stocking for that purpose. Hence a
woman's hose has come to be a gem
orally accepted receptacle for every
thing, from pin money TO Il powder
rag.
While the pocket-stocKing is unde-
niably a good thing in theory. there
are, nevertheless, certain objections
which may justly be urged against it,
chief Of which is its inaccessibility un-
der certain circumstances For in
stance, if a woman should neglect, be-
fore leaving home, to put a nickel in
her glove for car fare. having placed
all her money in her stocking, she
would find herself in an embarrassing
position when the conductor took UP
his collection.
The principal objection to the pock-
et-stocking therefore is its unSetat-
ableness in a crowd.
Again, there are other women who
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Cda House

In Peoria there is a man named j.
w. Curtis, millwright and carpenter,
who has just completed house that he
has been engaged upon for the Last
seven years. Not stroke Of work has
been done b. others excepting in the
plastering ard plumbing. The house Is
a double frame, two stories in height.
upon IA solid brick foundation, which
stands fifteen feet in height. For thirty
years he lived in a little house upon
the same site. He conceived the noticn
seven years ago that he wanted a new
house. and. moving the old one to the
rear for temporary quarters commenced
work upon the new. The structure cost
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Two-Tailed Comet

The use of photography in the study
of comets is bringing to light many
anomalies IN their. structure that tax
the ingenuity of astronomers to ex-
plain. The latest occurred in the comet
that visited us last year = Borellfs -
whose tail, in July last, split in two for
no apparent reason. A section of it
broke from the head and Travelled away
from the rest at a relative speed of
twenty-nine miles a second. 1t is sug-
gested by Professor e. L. Barnard,
who writes of this phenomenon in
Popular Astronomy" that the ennis
sion of particles from the head to form
the tail may have suddenly altered
slightly in direction; or, possibly, a
wandering swarm of meteorites may
have collided with the tail.-Success.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Human Radiators

The discovery and study OF new
forms of radiation is the order of the
day. Some time ago it was found by
Messrs. Charpentier and BlOndlOt. two
French investigators. that rays appar-
emily unlike any others previously
known are given off by the human
body It has now been discovered thdJ
these are closely analogous to the form
of radiation found in the light OF the
WeIsbach mantle and in that from
some other sources. and they have been
named by BlOndlOt ''N-rays.' IN honor
of the University Of Nancy. kBoth forms
increase the luminosity of a huOres-
cent screen. and in the case of the
bOdy-rays this increase is proportional
to the degree Of contraction of the mus
Gle that gives off the rays.-Success.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

"HE mechanical ingenuity OF Reu-
ben Tellam, civil engineer in
the employ Of the Consolidated
a Gold Fields, limited, South At
rica, has succeeded in giving the wilds
of that region its first automobile.
The machine is a crude specimen Of
a motor car but answers the purpose
for V. N it was intended to carry Tel
lam over the rough territory in which
he is engaged at his profession. 1t is
b,ilt on the four wheels of a discarded
OK c~rt.
Tellam has named the result of his
baudiwork THE Zulu Motor Car" He
has appointed a Kaffir to be his chauf-
feur and the native has become quite
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Family Of Doctors

In LovingtOn, Moultrie County. DR..
icine and surgery for forty years. has
raised niEe sons to adopt the same pro-
fession. Four are now in college, but
five have practices Of their own. The
elder Donovan is a native OF Marshall
County, Kentucky, where he was born
in 1886. Eleven children were born to
him. nine boys and two girls. The
single daughter living has not ex-
pressed any desire to be a physician
like her nine brothers.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Wife as Baggage

To save railroad fare from Mentor,
Mimi, to Buford, n. D., a woman
was bundled into box, to be shipped
as baggage on the ticket purchased by
her husband, and had the train been
on time the scheme would undoubt-
edly have been successful.
AS it happened, there was a delay
of two hours because of the heavy
snow, during which time the box, with
its human freight, lay on the platform
in the bitter cold. The woman was
plucky, however, and stood the un-
comfortable position as long as pos
sible and until fear of freezing to
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

and so receipted for. She was literally
covered with tags, which were sewed to
her clothing She also carried on her
dress front many little buttons which
curious travellers had pinned there at
various points on her long journey. An
other remarkable thing about the jour-
ney of the little traveller is that among
all those whom she met en- route not
one was found who could speak her
tongue, yet she made the entire journey
without the slightest nnlshap or .un-
necessary delay. and was fourteen days
on the road.-The Express Gazette
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Blessing the Neva

There are no drawing rooms as in
London. Presentations at court are
made at the balls when the Car as he
first enters passes along the diplomatic
circle, talking for moment with each
chief of mission and greeting any guest
for whose introduction permission may
have been secured. This form of pre-
sentation has fine air of hospitality
and offers the opportunity of a brief
conversation. What impresses the OBJ
server is the finished courtesy and
grace, the thorough breeding. which
distinguish every social function. This
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Kaffirs ''Zulu Motor Car

proficient in handling the lever. Tel
lam is proud Of his work. as he per
formed it all himself. The power from
his motor car is developed from an
electric storage battery which is con-
cealed in the body Of the car
Tellam sent the picture OF his 'sup
to date automobile" as he calls it, to
Registrar Of Voters Thomas ]. Walsh
of this city as a Christmas and New
Years greeting. Tellam was formerly
a draughtsman in the employ OF the
Election Commission and as such he
made a typographical map OF this city.
considered one of the best ever made.
He was also a draughtsman for the
Union Iron Works, but left some time
ago to accept a lucrative position in the
African gold fields.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Trained Jail Bird

Charles Kelly and his feathered pet
are tenants of cell 5l7 of the COOK
County Jail. Illinois. The man and the
canary became companions in the peni-
tentiary at Jackson, Mich, where Kelly
was serving a sentence. For four years
the convict trained the bird in his cell
and now boasts it can do 12S stunts
and whistle Yankee Doodle" as side
accomplishment. The pair had an en-
gagenent on the vaudeville stage, but
Kelly got into trouble and landed in
Jail.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Girl Barber

In Wapella, IL. there is young
girl barber. She is but 12 years of
age, and her name is Burzie Lighthall.
Her father operates a barber shop in
the village and she is his only assist
ant The young lady is quite expert
and is proud of her accomplishment.
She is not kept from school. but goes
to the institution regularly. assisting
her father largely on Saturdays.
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death compelled her to scream. Her
cries were heard by the station agent,
Who- Immediately opened the box and
found the woman almost frozen with
the cold.
When the trick was exposed the bag
gage privilege oe the mans ticket be-
came, or course, valueleSs. and he was
tod that nc would have to purchase
transportation for his wife. What be-
came or the couple is not known, as
they lett the station as soon as the
woman was sufficiently thawed out to
travel. ard they failed to return in
time to catch the train.
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would construe this into a poib, IN
favor OF the pocket-stocking- T'ley
might find it more advantageous in
displaying a gayly patterned hose N
the excuse which a muddy stre'r .
crossing would give them.
1t might be well, however, not to +.
too hasty in conclusions. but rather y
reserve our Judgment until we find o~sl
how the stOcking-pocket works out in
practice.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Ancient Auto 8

Now that there appears to be an
early prospect of a service of motor
omnibuses for London, it is interesting
to note the curious fact that, with the
exception C u few months about four
years ago, no horseless omnibus has
been licensed in London for sixty five
years In the far-aWay thirties the
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Checking a Baby

The other day there arrived at Boise
Idaho, a little girl cnly 10 years of age
who had left her home in Germany and
crossed the ocean and over two-thirds
of this continent as an express pack
age! While she didn't ride in the bag
gage car, she was billed the same as
packages as "One girl. 10 years old. >
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20
Giant Brothers

1t is believed that Central Illinois
can produce more curious characters
and refer to more curious incidents
than any other locality of similar ex-
tent in the United States.
In Normal there resides a family Of
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

him $4,000 and is without incumbrance.
Mr.. Curtis is 65 years of age and has
always been scrupulously careful to
avoid debt. He is the son of a once
wealthy family who lost their fortune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

the mother was of average stature.
There are probably few families In the
United States who can show four sons
of such height.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

FHE Indians shown in the rare
photograph reproduced herewith
are the Arabs of the Great
a American Desert" They are a
family of the New Mexican Indians of
the poorest class. and the life they live
is as primitive, if not far more primi-
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tive, than that of their lowliest or
earliest ancestors, notwithstanding that
they wear clothes having some sem
blance to the apparel of present day
civilization. Their home cannot even be
dignified with the modest name of
hut" 1t is nothing more nor less than
a heaped-up pile of brush and scraps Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-03
,ss. ranges 7s ma 7e. one delegate.
tote ~ White school house. 3ss

lss. ranges r. ma, 7e. ons delegate,
vote at White school house. sss
me district commit tee Win pass ulp-
on the rights 81 those entitled 10 par-
'ticipate s. the preliminary organiza-
ton and win meet Tor that purpose 1t
Lincoln school house, al 3 o'clock 3.
M, October s, 1901. The credentials
% II delegates and III notices 81 con.
test must Be fled with the chairman
of thib COMMITTEES 8onl 81 before the sth
day 81 October. 1891. ut 3 o'clock sp.
IA, and notices of contsst must g ~
lcompanied By : written statement Of
the grounds for contest. lfs5
BY order of the republican district
committee of the First ommissioner's
district 81 Burleigh comfy. North Da-
kota. q
s. Dated 81 Bisma ,rck, n. 81. September
20, 1901. 8SSII
en-. 31.s..5 n. :. BoUcIIhR,
.sa Chairman.
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REPUBLICAN, DlsTRlcT 6 oNvEN-
ITO m. Uni

Il " IS
sA delegate convention, of the republi-
cans Of the assessor district within
the third COMMUNIST oner's district of
.Burleigh county. III hereby called tos|
meet at Ghylin school house on satur-
day, the 18th day 81 October 1901, u 81
o'clock p. "a, for the purpose of plac.
ing In nomination 4 republican candi-
date for the ONCE 81 assessor.
SCaucuses viii be held Ia the various
Sprecincts On Thursday. October &,
s1sO4 between the hours 81 s and s.
clock d. 10. The basis 81 represents.
'tfon Ia said district convention Is the
vote cast for members 81 congress IN
sBurleigh county at the general cleo.
ton In 1902. giving one delegate for
each Is republican votes Of major
fraction thereof cast at said election.
The various precincts shall be defined
and entitled to representation as
follows .9Sa 85:
Precinct No. eownship 143 and
14o. ranges 7s and 70, Grass Lake),
three delegates, vote at Grass Lake
school house
Precinct No. " Township 141, Ia,
143 and ! 44. ranges Is, rs and n, (ldc-Ss
Ml4unn's one delegate. vote at Nc.
Num- ranch. ID $:s5s
Precinct No. ownship l42, range
g, tGhylin) one delegate, vote at.
Ghylin school house, 5s5sss
Precinct Ne. wnshlp 141, range
q, two delegates. vote 1T school house.
PRECINCT No. Township III, range
e, CROMWELL one delegate vote st
school house.
The district committee viii pass MP
on the rights 81 those entitled 10 par
tisipate IN the preliminary organize
ton and Will meet for that purpose at
Ghylin school house al . o'clock 81
M, October 8, 1904. The credentials
OF all delegates and ali notices of con-:
test must be filed with the chairman
Of this committee Oh 81 before the sth5
day Ct october, 1904 It n, o'clock III
I'm, and notices OF contest must be ac-#
companied BY 81 written statement OF
the grounds Tor contest sss; .ss
By order Sof the republican district.
commit com tite ss Of the third commission
district of Burleigh county, North Da-1
kota IS
Dated ct 3! Painted Woods. N. b.. Sep
TENDER 20. 1904 81,
$,5 Oliver Peterson, q i5S
Chairman.