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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Answers to Queries

HORSEPOWER Subscriber. Birds Landing
Cal. How is power rated: What is nominal
and indicate horsepower? What is the power Of
the horse?
Horsepower is a unit or standard by
which the capabilities of steam engines
and other prime movers are measured
Such power is based on the assumption
that horses in general perform GER
tain constant amount of work in a
specified time. The fundamental unit
of work is the foot pound; but in meas
uring the work of a horse by this unit
the estimates of the most celebrated
engineers differ widely from each
other. Boulton and Watt. basing their
calculation on the work of London dray
horses working. eight hours day,
estimated it at 33 900 foot pounds per
minute other estimates range from
16,440 to $4,000 foot pounds, but as it
matters little which figures are used.
providing the same always are, the
estimate of Watt is still used Foot
pound is the unit by which the work
done by force is estimated. Thus
| (taking one pound and one foot as the
units of weight and distance). If one
| pound be raised through one foot the
work done is equal to one foot pound
If 10 pounds be raised nine feet the
work done is 80 foot pounds In calcu-
lating the power of steam engine the
sSheIdi rune Is " multiply together the
pressure in pounds on a square inch
of the piston, the area of the piston in
inches, the length of the stroke in feet
and the number of strokes per minute.
the result divided by $4,000 will give
the horsepower, but a tenth must be
deducted an allowance for friction.
Nominal horsepower is used to express
Ecertain proportions of cylinder: indf-
Gated horsepower Is from three to five
times the nominal horsepower.
INeoMAR n. G.. City. Who wrote the play
'tIngomar. the Barbarian
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

M unch-Beilinghause in 1S43 from the
German Der Sohn der Wildniss- by
FRIEDRICH Hahn. 1t was adapted for
1851
t,o ooa n NJ. city Who Is the au-
That popular saying, like Virtue
brings its own reward and Age be-
Tore beauty" can not be traced to its
origin. In 1866 an effort was made in
the old and the new world to trace the
saving to It's origin without success,
but one individual came into the print
In England with the assertion that he
mad discovered the phrase In ballad.
Jolly Robin Roughhead," published in
Murtagh's Collection, 1854. This went
uncontradicted until a bookworm dis
covered that Jolly Robin Roughhead''
was not written until 1867. when 1t APP
peared in an American newspaper, and
that there never was such a collection
as Murtagh's." It is probably tran
sition from the old time expression
that cardinal virtue or shining excel
lence is virtue.
WINTERS--S Subscriber City. In what year
una man named Winters steal large sum of
money or bullion from the Selby smelling works
and what became of him?
The crime was committed in 1901
August Fl of that year Winters. who
had been apprehended, was sent to the
penitentiary for Is years. On Novem-
Der 4 last he was released on parole.
THE BENNINGT0N--S City. What was the
date OF the explosion board the United States
fornia
July 81, 1905.
TO H0N0LULU-What is the sailing distance
from San Francisco to Honolulu. H. II
According to the sailing track chart
it's 2.100 miles
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
TAMMANY ToUGH COMPARED

To the Editor of The Call--Sir: I
read with good deal of pleasure your
admirable editorial in Wednesdays
issue on the onslaught of the Tam
many tough ON President Roosevelt
The emission of sewage by this man
recalls to mind the remarks OF Mr..
Blaine in the house of representatives
So years ago, comparing Roscoe Conk-
ling to Henry Winter Davis, part OF
which applies with greater force to the
garba gre master of Long island of to-
day than to the eloquent Conkling of
long ago:
Hercuies. mud to marble, dunghill to
diamond. a singed coat to Bengal
tiger. a whining puppy to a roaring
lion' j. j. j.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
TO SAVE THE OLD CONSTITUTION

Success seems certain to crown the
efforts to have the Constitution trans
ferred from her present precarious To-
cation at Charlestown navy yard to
the Charles river basin, now that the
Boston chamber of commerce is under
stood to be favorably inclined in the
matter. and the attitude at Washing
ton is likewise believed to be entirely
favorable. Indeed. such a transfer
would remove burden from the shout
ders of the uneasy navy department,
which has become extremely nervous
about making recommendations, on its
own initiative. in the CONSTITUTIONS
affairs. The matter of moving the
frigate from the navy yard to the
Charles river basin is not dif1icult It
And no better place than the new
basin could be offered. The frigate's
present location in Charlestown Is in
convenient, from the point Of view of
sight seers. Few Bostonians, even, have
ever seen the Constitution. Few could
find it, without specific directions. The
Charles river basin is an ideal location,
and would be permanent.-Boston Adj
vertiser
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
General Reminded of
Libby Prison Friend

Liooy Prison Fren0 from ~ In
locked Libby
His old United hospital at the
Preside Murphy special of the
United States o agriculture a Berlin.
Murphy
Il midnight the night when and
recollection
10
Bull Rum 2 1901 aide de
D. Libby Colonel
Colonel u both Of Kentucky myself made Intellectual attempt
did but three frward recaptured and
must before that Murphy
telling only
with the My old
United States agricultural department Germany
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Senator Begins Study
of Hebrew Language

of Hebrew Language hh+ - acor;-sd during his early life
He recently engaged tutor
him in making astonishing
of gold has carried MN Tar
himself He hired tutor to
and the ode OF Horace are
he had bowling acquaintance
and French as Hunty
Emperor of foreigner the Parsns
who's accent 5
great banquet IN Salt
Lake City The spanged banner His performance was declared
the quality OF his
engineer this city said that it
tenor declared it
basso profundo
reply
call But think it is just an Ordi-
nary
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Clergyman and Bride
Inmates of Pesfhouse

m
r, mates peshouse before honeymoon
ae' " eSoA'e had waned hardly anticipated by Miss
great shock her friends
OF the Episcopal church Stockton,
The
the apartment house Stockn
Rensons ve be imagined likewise
cegyman bride Rev. Mr. Renon
nature OF his sickness he insisted peshouse
enson INSISTED also upon accompanying him there although
acquired comfortable and modern Rnns are
being supplied with situation Da;nf
and the CLERGYMAN issad to be convaIescing rapidly
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Ferry Clocks Hands
Affected by Zephyrs

Ferry Clocks Hands MUCH MISSING OF Dodls anu nuh ConsteF
for time among
1"eeieu ~ @ePnvIS
clock which seemed
hour for the Key Route thinking
before the departure of
investigated the the clocks
being
the the building
tube leading the along
matcaly desired
the blows
the different faces of the clock but
railroad would be well eadly
watches which carried where the wind
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Revival to Be Held
by Mission Indians


twenty-five years great
by all mission Indians The
under control the
S O
One of the interested the Indians
of wilb
a remain
for severa hours at
people knowledge
similar
Mexico spectacular perhaps greatest
religious meeting the world
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

Tells of Studious Habits Acquired by Senator W. A. Safk
of Montana While Teaching School in Pennsylvania ana
His Present Struggle With Tutors and Dead Languages
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Switching Rate
TO Be Exacted
Everywhere

-Angeies' Is mus quoted IN the Express OF that CITY
Three million dollars
the collect all
o the industry where conditions
is evident that the railroads convince the
that charges for switching they
viii not neglect the opportunity them everywhere In
TACT they could maintain them anywhere unless the
measure dealt railroad point the The
injustice OF the discrimination against San Francisco
Angeles disputed fair to presuns
that the rates imposed these cities the
opening wedge for similar be cxacted from
o trade
II the Los Angeles and San Francisco applied
other points calculated that the charge would
S0O0OO but while charge may be allowed by
commission not at all likely that the excessive imposed
here and Los Angeles will be permitted In fact
10 that the excessive charges imposed here
high part OF the policy experiment designed how
much the commission would stand In this
and Los Angeles are fighting the battle of the whole country
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

The inquiry IS based on the discrimination
against these two cities, but if the justice OF
the charges IS established there is no doubt
that they will be applied to every terminal
point in the country. F. P. Gregson, traffic
MANAGER of the Associated Iobbers of Los
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

ME inquiry concerning switching conducted by
sioner Lane far reaching Importance confined
the shipping OF Francisco Los Angeles
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
To Regulate
| Timber
Cutting

ownership creating desert that will and
dougts known to every man and woman
who has taken railroad journey California is
neither reason nor excuse Tor this reckless cutting which destroys the
the forest at least part All that could be regu
lated by competent forester and done honestly would
manifest service o the commonwealth.
Without desiring mpugn Mr. Lul honesty that
drnsted because the scandals grown up about his
management OF the Sempervrens park big Government
regulation better than the it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

familiar and the ostensible intention of the
measure is admirable There are two obiec-
tons. One is doubt of the constitutionality
OF the bill and the other is Lull If these could
be removed the measure ought to pass.
The reckless cutting of timber in private
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

ME well considered body of legislation formulated by com
ntee of the Commonwealth club of this city
OF aymen Three justices of supreme cour
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

T seems that Senator w A. Clark OF
Montana has not relinquished the stud'ous
habits he acquired during his early life.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

two trial Judges and ten lawyers of high
standing in their profession, with the assist
ance Of some enlightened laymen, co-operated
in the work. The purpose is to make justice
in criminal cases speedy and certain
BEGINNING is made with LEGISLATION to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23
Law 10
f. Reform
the Courts

make impossible the grand jury The
this practice has public scandal Probably
there law enough the books stop process
has assumed the legal Importance OF precedent specific pro-
bion appears required general line is bill
the vicious sopcaon of law relative dsquaihca
lion OF because they happen have read
the trial insisted on bv the
in this regard have reduced trial jury California
absurdy They should be wiped by defining sane
basis OF qualification.
Another abuse attacked by the club time in pre-
pairing for appeals The bill of EXCEPTIONS which sometimes takes
to settle abolished altogether and its place is taken
transcript of testimony be filed within thirty taking the
appeal The automatic and pecuds any wrangng
@ what shall be included.
FINALLY the club make
appeal that judgments should be for
affecting substantial merits To be that already
but II does appear have much influence with the higher courts
When solemn judgment OF trial rAing
point OF special pleading might difficult law
that would induce better appellate bench
Confronted by this grave put our trust in the
persuasive ingenuity Of the Commonwealth club despair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

General D. S Gordon United States army,
received letter recently from man he had
not seen nor heard from for ~ years. In
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

INeoMAR-M. C.. City. Who wrote the play
Ingomar. the Barbarian"
This five act play was written by
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

Q TATE FORESTER LULI proposes to enact counsel Z
perfection governing the and restraining the
wooded private ownership. The argument quit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

TO H0NoLULU--what is the sailing distance
from San Francisco to Honolulu. H. IL
According to the sailing track chart
it's 2.100 miles
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-23

Within the next two weeks there will be hel
at the San Luis Rey mission a revival b
Indians from all parts of the state. Thi
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23

Increase of Suicide Afncng Children a
PitifuI Phase of Cur Mod
ern Society.

Scientific men are puzzled to &C.
count for the increase of suicide
among children" said Dr. G. A. Aus
tell of Boston. "a generation ago the
taking of their own lives by minors
was almost an unheard-of occurrence.
Now it is becoming alarmingly fire.
quent not only in this country, but
in Europe. In most cases the phe-
nomenon can be set down to the arti-
fetal life people lead and to the COM
pick conditions of modern existence.
Very often parents are too ambitious
for their children, and by constant
appeals to them so work on the ner-
vous temperaments of their offspring
as to bring on a arrangement OF the
mental faculties. One of the most
noted specialists of France, DR.. Be-
rlllon, who has made a study of the
matter, asserts that children who
have a suicidal tendency are for the
most part wanting in the sense of
smell. He makes recommendation
that all who suffer from this defect
should be taken tc an expert for ex
animation as it might tend to forestall
some future tragedy"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23

5000 gallons minute it will flow, fill
ing 400 miles of lateral canals that
gridiron 200, 900 acres of brown, lifeless
desert, unhabitable, bald as the palm
of your hand, cracked open in seams
and assures with the bombardment of
ages of suns.
AS the flood gushes forth, dynamite
mines will crash salute amid dust and
rocks and pebbles, clouds of yellow
fumes waiting lazily toward azure
skies. Then the news that the first of
our gigantic irrigation systems which
has been ten years in building, has
been put into operation will be tele-
graphed throughout the land. A
desert, where no creature could have
lived, will have been reclaimed. Five
thousand forty-acre farms, the home
sites of $4,000 men, women and child
rem will have been thrown open. Crops,
herds, villages and towns with refine
ries, hay presses, and other factories
will spring up amid that fertile soil
from the beginning of all time the
range of the viper through the wizard
touch of the engineer, turned into a
garden spot, sourse of inestimable
wealth to the nation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23
LIFE-SAVING DOGS IN WEST.
ST. Demands of Alpine Stock Which
Have Made Records in the
Rocky Mountains.

Few people are aware of the fact
that there are a number of st. Ber-
nard dogs of Alpine stock in the
Rocky mountains which have enviable
records as life-savers. Prof. e. c. Lin
demann writes most entertainingly
about one of these dogs, in the SUI
burban Life. He says: >"Leo's affec-
ton for children seemed to be pas
sion. At one time he broke down a
fence when he heard the cries of
small boy who was receiving castiga-
ton at the hands of his mother, and
put stop to the proceedings. He had
been very attentive to this little boy
when he was i'll with typhoid fever
and lived in a tent in our garden on
the recommendation of his physician.
Leo never forgave the mother for her
chastisement of the boy, and as con
sequence of his obvious dislike, the
parents finally moved out of the
house. 1t was Leo's daily habit to
conduct a number of children to the
school house in the mountains, and
go after them, without being COM
manded to do so, when it was time
for the session to close"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23
GOOD VALUE IN OLD PAPERS.
They Can Be PuIpee and Worked Up
Into Excellent Coverings fer
Floors.

Old, torn and dirty papers are usu-
ally regarded as articles without
value. but market is easily found
even for what are apparently the most
hopeless cases. At a cost of about
$3.50 ton they can be pulped, and
worked up into floor coverings, which
with thickness of about one-third of
an inch have the durability and elas-
tic tread of linoleum. When we con-
slider that the old papers cost say
$1.6S per ton the profits to be drawn
from this manufacture when it is in
right hands can be imagined. A new
flooring of this kind must however, be
oiled, after having been laid down,
with petroleum or any cheap vege-
table OIL This will prevent it from
going moldy, and will also enable 1t
to be waxed or vanished, whereby it
will become as durable and as bril-
liant as the best inlaid wooden floors.
Great interest has arisen in Germany
with regard to this new industry, and
experiments are in progress to test
the effects of adding other bodies,
such as pitch and mineral pigments to
the paper pulp so as to manufacture
floor coverings of different colors and
qualities.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23
woRkMEN ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Accident Insurance for Working
men, is the title of new bulletin by
Reuben McKitrick of the political sci
ence department of the University of
Wisconsin, just published in the com
parative legislation series of the Legis-
lative Reference Department of the
Wisconsin Library Commission. In it
the author has collected and arranged
in convenient form the state laws reg
ulating accident insurance for work.
ingmen, in its various forms, with in
formation regarding material for a
comparative study of the subject.
The lack of legal protection of work
men, except in cases of negligence on
the part of employers, has prompted
many men to take out personal acct
dent policies. A second form of insur-
ance, known as employers Liability"
insures employers against the contin-
gency of being drawn upon for pay
ments under the common law which
holds all employers liable for injuries
due to their own negligence. Some
employers prefer to insure all their
employees in body rather than to
insure themselves against liability, and
procure one policy to cover all the
men. Frequently they share the cost
of the payments with the men by de-
auctions from the pay roll. This has
given rise, the bulletin points out, to a
third form, the ''Workingmen's Collect
i've Insurance.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23
Care of Food In Summer.

In some states the law requires
dealers in foods eaten without peeling
or cooking to keep them under glass
covers. The same care should be ia
ken to keep the covers on the sugar
bowls and over the jelly glasses and
all kinds of home prepared food. Chill
dren and even adults are prone to for
get and leave the covers off, especial
ly in the country. Each dish should
have a fitted cover and whenever this
becomes broken or defective as dust
and insect excluder it should be dis
carded. When cooling any dessert or
other dish which is to be eaten cold, a
clean meal sieve turned over it and a
couple of thicknesses of cheesecloth
put over that makes a very service
able dust and insect protector
Housekeeper.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23
LITERATURE IN FORGE ROOM.
Commissioner of Education Finds a
Blacksmith Who Read Virgil in
Odd Moments.

An interesting sidelight on the kind
of men who attend the classes of the
city evening technical schools was Civ
en- by commissioner of the New
York board of education, in a recent
address to young men.
Il visited the forge room," said he,
where class of rs young black,
rious models of iron bars and iron
blades. 1t was an inspiring scene. No
man, however indolent or Indifferent
to the worlds work, could have looked
on without having his ambitions re-
vived. The glowing metal yielded to
The hammer blows of these youthful
artisans, because interest in their
york and desire to become prOduc-
rs directed their bare and brawny
rms. | walked about unnoticed.
they felt no interest in commission
ers Of education. At one of the anvils
| noticed particularly fine, well-built
young fellow He was wholly absorbed
in his work, so when | picked up the
book he had partly hidden under his
cap on his tool bench it did not at
tract his attention. What book do you
thin it was? Oh, no, not a treatise
on tool work in iron, that would have
been fine. 1t was something even fin
er than that. The book was copy
of Virgils Denial" and the margin
notes on it's pages showed that he was
as ambitious to acquire a taste for
good literature as for the possession
of technical skill"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23
iron Used in Earliest Times.

How long has the human race had
iron? 1t is impossible to be precise
In the matter. All that we know is
that iron has been known to men for
a very long time. In the time of
the Assyrians it was extensively used,
iron saws, knives and other tools hav-
ing been found by Layard at Nineveh.
Homer refers to the forging of iron,
while the hardening and tempering
of steel appear to have been opera
tons in common use among the early
Greeks. The employment of a kind
of bellows for the forging of tools,
presumably of iron, figures in Egyp-
tan sculpture of 1900 B. G. Cast iron
appears to have been discovered about
$50 b. G. Through the agency of
the Romans the manufacture of iron
was introduced all over the then
known world and into those regions
where it had not been previously
known.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-23
In Case of Fire.

When the clothing takes fire pres
ence of mind will often prevent very
serious mishaps. Much the worst
thing person can do is to run shrek
ing for help, and this is exactly what
every child does. 1t would be wise
precaution for mothers to give little
talk to their youngsters before the
great day on first aids and impress
upon them the Importance of keeping
their mouths shut if the clothes should
become ignited, for the greatest dan
ger comes from inhaling the flames.
They should be told to lie down and
roll about them whatever heavy wool
en- object happens to be in reach. Even
a wooden coat is better than nothing
When covering a person whose clothes
are aflame, be sure to begin at the
head to guard against the flames reach
ing the mouth.