The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1895, Page 17

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1895. 17 [LoGGING on the American RivER. EXCITING EXPERIENCES ON BIG BOOMS IN A SURGING STREAIL. For the past three years the South Fork of the American River, which takes its source a few miles this side of Lake Tahoe and meets the North Fork near the State | prison at Folsom, has had its turbulent waters vexed with logs and log drives. The American River, which is located almost in the center of Northern Califor- nia, % especially adapted to the purposes of log-driving, with the exception of a few vlaces where it is hemmed in on the sides l{v vrecipitous rocks and mountains, In these places it is difficult to navigate on account of the swift-running current, the numerous rocks, eddies and rapids. In Pino Grande, about nine miles from Placerville, may be heard the ring of the woodsman’s ax and the crash of the fall- ing pine. The trees are here stripped of their branches and bark and cut into lengths from eighteen to twenty feet long; they are puton flatcars and hauled about eight miles over a small narrow-gaugerail- road, which runs along the top of a mount- ain ridge. At the end of this ridge isthe largest chute in the world, it being 3000 feet long, with a fall of 1100 feet. The circular trough of the chute is | like a millrace. relish as a gonrmet shows when dispgsing of a hot bird and a cold bottle, The log: gers continually have their lives in danger, and they refer 1o their perilous experiences as in the ordinary course of things. “On one occasion,” said a jog-driver, “some logs were caught on alarge rock, forming a jam in the center of th The men were working with might and main to get it loose. Somehow or other she came toose before we expected. Now, when long jam sta to go, she goes like Jehu. Our batteau got loose and two of u were left on a log to shoot the rapids, about 150 yards down the river. We'd no sooner started on the rapids than we strucka rock. My partner stayed with the log, but I went head first into the rapids, with the rear logs of the jam following close on me. I came to the surface justin time to almost get my head crushed between two | six-foot logs.” Just then my pard came along and struck his pevy into the end of the log and I hung on to it till we got out of the rapids. It was only yesterday,"” the logger went on to say, ‘‘that we were going through one of those narrow canyons with which the river abounds, where the water runs Our_battean was pretty weil loaded, with eighteen men, 10pes, chains and boxes. When nearly over the rapids we got into an eddy, our bow struck part of the world, and the tales concerning hem ordinarily ccme from a distance. There are many strange ideas concern- g the Gila monster in Arizona. It isal- zed that he spits poison, that his breath is deadly, and that he exudes poison from kin. These ideas are absurd. There ttle doubt that the breath of the aver- more deadly than that a monster. | ter | ance. d { ened by him without reason. Specimens have been reccived from time ble reputation through his appear- _ | touime in the East by zoological experts, and they have developed a considerable va- | viety of opinion on the subject. Dr. Mitch- [ ell of Philadelphia declared some years ago that the monster was venomous, but Dr. Yarrow, an eminent scientist, formerly cu- rator of reptiles at the Smithsonian Insti- tution afterward positively declared that it w ot venomous. Dr. 3 tiles at the Smithsonian Imstitution, re- E eful examination of a i vn to science as Heloderma horridum: Thedoctor also con- ciuded that the heloderma was not ven- omous in the sense that the rattlesnake is. i He thought that its bite might be occasion- allv poisonous as that of a mouse or a rat, but even this is doubted. What everybody should be pleased to hear about the Gila mornster is thatitis very easily tamed. Dr. Stejneger averred that he had never met a more agreeable reptile in his life, and he has had a great | deal of experience. 1t should: certainly be a source of general satisfaction to know thata reptile which bas commonly been regarded as extremely wicked is in reality quite amiable. | l | Misunderstanding. rby is a cat. Capitol Hill.: Among his many friends d admirers Tommy Kirby numbers a formed by the arrangement of seven logs; j on a rock, the stern swung around and | large Newfoundland dog called Jack, who : Ax’ %Y;j = N ) == RIDING DANGEROUS BOOMS ON THE AMERICAN RIVER. [Sketched for the “Call" by Stecle.] a little one in the center, two iarger ones | over she went, pitchi. v the | one into the water. on each side. two larger logs In the trough made ¥ vlaced a third, which completes almost a perfect half-circle, 1a~ge enough to shoot Jogs of a6 feet | in diameter by 18 and 20 in length. There | were over 2,000,000 feet of board lumber | ed in the construction of the chute, and if all the logs were put end to end they would form a line eight miles long. The logs after being brought to the end of the narrow-gauge road are slid down the chute, and on account of its steep in- cline the logs fairly fly down the chute, alhost smoking and almost catching fire, and plunge into the deep water of the dam below, splashing the foam and water at times forty feet in the air. Opposite the great chute is what is called the Chute Camp. The sides of 'the moun- tains are here so steep that it was found necessary to build a turntable at the end of the hoist the lumbermen to the top of the mountains. A dam thirty feet high, buiit of logs, banrks the water up for nearly a gquarter of a mile, and the reservoir thus formed can easily hold about 4,000,000 feet of lumber. When everything is ready for a drive, the gates of the dam are opened, the logs dart out into the river, and start on a forty- mile journey from Placerville to Folsom, where they are canght in the boom. In this year's drive there were between tbree and a half and four million feet of lumber sent down the river at the rate of from one and a half to two and a half | mi day, with 7 i b | tlles 8 c8¥, wikh & saug, ot ity bragnvg senal. It was presented by Matthew Judge sunburned men driving. In moving camp all the goods and the cook are transported overland, excepting when it is found nec: 'y_to cross the river, then everything possible is taken into the boats, or what are called batteaux An extra trip is alw made with the bes oarsmen to convey the cook across the treacherous stream, as the loss of the cook would be regarded as a terrible disaster, and the man responsible for his drowning would be in danger of alynching. The horses are made to swim behind the batteaux, and the wagons, which are the most difficult to get across, are towed. A ‘‘dogline” is sent across with a towline attached, about thirty men begin pulling, and as soon as the towline is taut the wagon is cut lovse; away it goes in the stream, rolling over and over until the currentswingsitaround | to the other shore, where it takes all the strength of thirty men to pull it out. These loggers possess a amount of endurance and strength, as they are waist deep in the ice-cold water of the melting snows from 5 in the morning until G at night and seldom ever have a chill, nor do they, as a general thing, overindulge in the intoxicating bowl as one unac- quainted with their peculiarities might bu’F se. vagon road, and also 4 cable road to | wonderful | | | and the markings brown. The tail | P | Insects. The monster lives Jargely on birds’ eggs, | ese men are served four hot meals a | and is found from there to South America. day, which are devoured with as much | Few specimens have been found in this all the men but “You ought to have seen them fellows swimniing,’ he said, bursting into a roar of laughter- is the most comical sight [ ever h them swimming in all directions, yelling and tering as much as the water and their throats would permit. They all got out all right, but it Was a narrow escape.”’ They all langhed at what they considered the highest form of amusement and went in to their fourth meal of the day with happy hearts and good appetites. A GILA BIVER MONSTER The New Reptile in Possession of the Central Park Authorities. Discovered In Arizona and South America—Its Bite Is Not Venomous. sesses a Gila monster. The Gila monster is one of the most peculiar reptiles in the United States, says the New York corre- spondent of the 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch. This monster occupies a box with a glass front in Director Smith's room at the ar- of this city, Itis about fifieen incheslong— a very fair size. The body is broad and of a pleasing checkered design. The background is pink s long. It is the head, however, which is the mon- ster's most effective feature. It is thick and broad, and over the large round eyes are horny protuberances. | It moves about briskly on four little | legs, shooting out its forked tongue con- | tinually as a snake does. This habic is re- garded asa threat by the ignorant, but robably the monster is only fishing for which it takes from the nest. Hard-boiled eggs are given to it here. He eats them with mucn relish. Previous experience has shown that they are the best food for the monster in captivity. The opinion seems to prevail at the me- nagerie that the monster’s bite is deadly, but that is not supported by competent zoological authorities. An immense amount of fiction has been written con- cerning this reptile. It was first discov- ered in the Gila River Valley, in Arizona, ensemble ve: |lives at the same house with Tommy The two are often seen in each other’s company, and on hot afterncons take their siestas on the same back porch i the most amiable, friendly fashion. They have a mosi thorough understand- ing, and on meeting aftera brief separa- tion will express their mutnal satisfaction short cries and ejaculations in their own language, which they seem to understand perfectly. The other afternoon Newfoundland Jack lay wrapped in slumber in the vard. Tommy Kirby came out and, after looking up angd down the cause, concluded to g over and visit a friend named Billy, who was himself a cat of worth and belonged to Tommy Kirby's set. He was picking his ¢ across the street with that dignity and composure that some cats as when he encountered a strange dog. 3 dog was disposed to make it a case of assault and battery. Now, Tommy Kirby | is a cat of great valor, and the neighbor- hood has night_after night rung with his war whoops. Instead of flying from his assailant. he came to a full stop, made green his eyes, enlarged his tail until it looked as if it was meant to clear Jamp chimneys, and gave his back an arch of much hauteur. Then he spat with exceed- ing emphasis and as one who announced himself ready for the worst. When Tommy Kirby had thus fixed himself, | what they would in St. Louis call his tout y much daunted the strange | = | | | | I i 1 | The Central Park menagerie now pos-| | dog. Instead of rushing wildly in and rending | Tommy Kirby, as he had at first | posed, he gave way to clamorous bz ings. | This uproar aroused Newfoundland Jack, N | who came tearing to the scene. aving beheld his friend, Tommy Kir in this heroic guise, Newfoundland Jack | utterly failed to recognize him. Being a | dog of vizorous methods e unhesitatingly | assailed Tommy Kirby out of hand. Such | base behavior on the part of his friend and ally was t00 much for the com Tommy Kirby. He straightened the arch out of his spinal column, lowered his tail and fled with a screech of pained surprise. Then it was that Newfoundland Jack recognized him. He looked after Tommy Kirby, while grief and remorse shone in r | | hiseyes. He was full of apology to the | bri This lasted for a moment, and then i the meditations of Newfoundland Jack took a mnew turn. He abruptly fell upon the strange dog, whose Caitik tdproar had gotten him into this mess, and gave him such a trouncing as few dogs get, and which sent the strange dog howling from the scene at a faster pace even than that of Tommy Kirby he nex y New- foundland Jas nd Tommy Kirby were seen sedately walking the yard fozether; s0 they must have made mutual explana. tions.—Washington Evening Star. ———— The income of the East London Church Fund fo~ 1894 amounted to £18,797, an ex- cess of (400 over the income received in 1893, and the highest figure on record. qfl‘ & e Men and animals have been fright- ! teineger, the present curator of rep- | His habitat ison | bsure of | | §nmnwmmmnmrmnmrm | | H. M. BOSWORTH's POINTED MAHANANAY Some weeks ago the CALy, quoting from a letter of mine in the New York Musical Courier regarding a local effort by means of a popular subscription to tide Mr. Fritz Scheel and his foreign orchestral players over the vacuous summer season, pub- lished an article on *Stall-fed Musicians.” Our local artists ran their somewhat agi- tated cyes over the undue prominence given these newcomers, Returning, after an absence in the East of a month, I find the disturbance by no means allayed. Our own musical prophets are still mourning their increased lack of honor in their own count The announcement was made the other day by President Hallidie of the Mechan- ics’ Institute that Mr. Fritz Scheel had been engaged to furnish the music at the coming fair. He prefaced this news with the assertion that the public would be delighted to hear it. Assuming his expec- tations to be correct, what is the basis of this supposed gratification ? Itis only to be accounted for on the grounds of public stupidity, ignorance, in- gratitude, servile imitation, fickleness, fad- dism, selfishness and a generalindifference regarding our duty toward a number of musical fellow-citizens who have served us long and well in years past. I think it ill becomes Mr. Hallidie, at the head of an institution fundamentally de- voted to the development of local industry and art, to congratulate the community upon the supplanting of native artists by recently imported non-naturalized, non- taxpaying, non-English-speaking musi- cians. There is no justice or consistency in the ion. There is no wisdom in it cheel has been a signal failure in the case of the Park band. Witness the shower of protesting letters received by the (iummissionera since he assumed the batom there. Now, I have been thirty years listening 10 good and bad music, and I assume, without apologizing for being an Ameri- can, that my musical sensibilities are just as le, sensitive and correct in taste as those of any one else. the right to speak as authoritatively as any one else. One of the most absurd and offensive things about American taste in certain ci: clesis that it seems to presuppose any thing forcign to be thereby superior to the | home article. While this prejudice is so nearly universal, in nothing is it better il- lustrated than in_the matter of music. While Anglo-mania, Francé-mania and a | { i | ma anything else of European origin | is a national weakness, certain San Fran- i ciscans are always in search of new idols in { favor of whom to turn_their backs upon | the older ones. Even Ysave, had he, de- | ceived by the palaver of local adoration, | transferred his shrine to Qakland, would | have become an unknown god ere many | Moo and his worship would have sunk { into “innocuous desuetude.” 1 believe it better to encourage musical { development among our own citizens, | even slowly, than to snow our local talent | under with foreign importations. San Francisco is often accused of being a “jay”’ 0 phase of its jayness | portrayed by a certain clique is more con- | spicuous than its characteristic manife: | tion of undue enthusiasm over Mr. Fritz | Scheel and his orchestral invaders. One | might infer that we had never been favored. th any orchestral concerts hitherto. Even admitting that Scheel’s performances excelied previous concerts—and I am only willing to grant this with regard to a very | limited number of compositions—was there ino good in anything previously done? Shall we turn our backs upon all other | omdaators Sromd i venrtatle B u ook | Herold down to Hinrichs, Spadina, Ca- | sassa, Bauer, Brandt and others who have | the misfortune of local citizenship? of the most successful, instructive, well- attended and satisfactory symphony con- | certs ever attempted in this City, some of | his interpretations of the classics being far better than those of Mr. Scheel. He did this with no aid from imported talent, but 1 never heard of any ufiAmw to impede en his starvation by popular subscrip- ti He had been conductor at the Tivoli s0 long before these concerts were given as to lose the advantage of being a new- | comer, thereby failing to achieve that “jay”’ adoration with which faddists | worship at the Scheel shrine. | T am heartily willing to_accord to Mr. | Bcheel all thatis his due. I have enjoyed | his music and admired his conducting, but | I am not one of those who seem to think | him the only one fit to lead the Park band, the Institute band, the amateur orchestras, or to furnish symphony music—certainly not when to do'so involves the overthrow | and artistic_discomfiture of worthy pre- | decessors. whose past services are entitled to_grateful recognition. | “Until I am convinced that 99 out of 100 listeners could appreciate the superiority | of Scheel’s performances—say, for in- ®stance, at the Mechanics’ Fair—to those | of his predecessor, I shall not be “glad to hear” that he has supplanted Charles | Casassa, who for years has raised the | standard of music there to the high level | it has attained—even though Mr. Scheel does receive a higher salary. Comparative artistic excellence, which | at best is a matter of indefinite determina- | tion, and dc‘)endem upon the unreliable | verdict of dilettanteism and much imagin- ary nonsense of the la-de-da order, is not the only desideratum in a matter of this kind. | Iam sellishly American to the extent of preferring the encouragement of home in- | dustry in raiment, food, wines, cigars, and | even in music, when the home-made arti- | cle is good enough to furnish a fair degree | of enjoyment. If ‘previous performances of musical | masterpieces may have been a trifle lack- ing in perfection, one ought to be able to | supply by imagination any lapse, or should at least refrain from making in- vidious comparisons. Music is essentially a food for the im- agination. I seldom hear xm‘\; mausic that { I do not imagine a possibly different method of its interpretation. It might be : played faster, slower, louder or softer. | These things are largely matters of indi- vidual feeling. Shakespeare wrote one | play of “Hamlet,”” but has received many MUSICAL HOME TALENT VERSUS SCHEEL. “JAYNESS” oF SAN FRaNCISCO. UL AT IS I therefore claim | Adolph Bauer gave more than one series | AALAAA AL A 24 OPINIONS IN REGARD TO THE YTy different interpretations. The intelligeat auditor will make his own mental com- ments and supply that which he finds lacking, thereby "completing his ideal Why may he not pursue the same cou regarding music? An effort to do so will | certainly conduce to his musical educa- | tion. ‘A critical faculty exercised is more | improvinz to the mind than mere tacit | unthinking approval. Iam actuated by no personal hostility to Mr, Scheel. His interests and mine ara not antagonistic. I regard him asa very | superior musician. With a thorough ac- knowledgment of all his merits, I can sub- scribe to what I have here written with complete confidence in its justice and no fear that the scntiments expressed will | fail to meet the approval of others who are | thoughtful and just. H. M. BosworTit, 26 O’Farrell street, ty. THE OLD HALL DESEATED Police and Prisoners Were All Moved Away Yesterday Morning. Chief Crowley Feared Another Ac- cident and Ordered the Place Vacated. | | i | Theold City Prison is a thing of the | past. The last ‘‘drunk’ slept his last i sleep within its cells this morning, and | the last vagrant was only taken as far as | the sergeant’s office and was then hurried out to the new City Hall. Everybody was in a hurry to get away from the old death | trap, and Sergeants Esola and Conboy lost | no time in getting their belongings into | the new buildings on California street. The most interested spectator in and | around the old quarters was Sergeant Abe Hotaling. Outside of Chief Crowley, there | is probably no one on the police force who was so thoroughly familiar with the old hall and its surrounding as Abe, and it co: him many a pang to witness the dis- mantling of the old place in which so many hours of his life were spent. Early yesterday morning Sergeants Con- boy and Esofa got to work and everything | reserved to the police force in the bill of | sale was torn down. The patrol wagon was forced into the service, and desks, papers, extra uniforms and all the other paraphernalia of the office were trans- ported to the new station on California street. This doing away with the station at the | old hall is not permanent, and in the nea | future a new and substantial building will | | be erected on the present site for the use jof the police and the police courts. The temporary quarters on California street | | i | | | there and all prisoners are sent direct to | the new City Hall. The iron gratings in the old hall have all been removed and the i work of putting them in position in the | temporary quarters on California street | will be pushed. | The | The old hall is tottering to a fall. walls are bulging out on all sides, and un- | less some precautions are taken there may be another accident before the work of | demolition is completed. So Funds in Chancery. i The funds in court in 1894 amounted to the huge total of £64,075,187 4s 1d., but the | roportion of this sum in want of owners 1s not stated. It is interesting to note that | during the preceding year payments were | ! made to successful claimants and others | amounting to £16,324,152 3s. There is also a large sum in court under the heading “Foreign Curfencies,” made up of rupees, | crowns, dollars, florins, francs, guilders, | : lire and marks. Reference shouid also be | made to a long list of boxes and other mis- | | cellaneous effects remaining in the custody of the Bank of England, on behalf of thie | Supreme Court of Judicature. n official list of the titles of the chan- | cery causes undealt with for fifteen years | or upward is published triennially; but, as | the names of the testators or persons enti- | tled to the funds are in the majority of | | cases not stated. the information is of little | value to the general public. To give an | instance: In 1823 Nathaniel Briggs, one | of the next of kin to Thomas Storke, who | died in 1760, was advertised for by order of | the Court of Chancery. The fund was not claimed; and in the latest list of dormant funds we find the title of the chancery suit given thus: ‘‘Pomeroy vs. Brewer.” No mention is made that the next of kin of | Thomas Storke are wanted. An idea of the large number of similar cases may be gained from the fact that the list of unclaimed funds fills 187 pages. This list is only an index to the titles of accounts, and is not in any sense either a register of next of kin wanted or of lapsed legacies, intestate’s estates, unclaimed dividends, prize money, etc.—Chambers’ Journal. Sl b D EKnew the Sign Was True. An 0il City gentleman, who, like many others, is fond of fishing for trout, had nearly finished a long day’s tramp on a stream which was strewn with cut poles, bait boxes and other evidences of the na- tive anglers. He had noticed, but ignored, an occa- sional sign tacked to a_tree of “No fishing on this stream,” not allowing the weather- stained admonitions to interfore with what little enjoyment he was getting. The day | was nearly over, and he was nearing the | mouth of the stream, when he was hailed by aresident of a neighboring farmhouse. “Hello, cap’n!” Well?” e been fishin’ up there?” “Yes,"” “*Can ye read?” “Yess “Did ye see that si fishin’ up here?” “Yes, and it’s true, too.” Then the tired sportsman stepped on to inspect a likely hole, and it wasn’t until after he had put on a fresh bait that the light seemed to break upon the farmer’s agn tellin’ ye there’s no | covered’it to be a $10 bill. understanding. who grunted and faced about for home.—Oil City Blizzard. s Pty ki MARKED MONEY. Curious Maxnia for Writing Sententious Sentiments on Bank Notes. A mania for advertising and putting | strange communications on the back of the paper money of the Governmeni has broken ont. are used, as that gives the man with the mania an excuse for his work, for he| uses the slip with which the picces are put together for his purpose. On a bill that came into the hands of one man on Dedrborn street was a slip on which was printed *‘Shake the bottle.” When he turned it into the bank the receiving man, whose quick eye caught it, aske “Did you bring the bottle with you?” On a $5 bill handed over a bar on Monroe vas a slip on which was this: ‘“Pouch not, taste not, handle not.” A Dearborn street bank took in a $500 bill not long ago on the back of which was pasted a slip that had printed on it the ten commandments. A cashier in a mercantile house on Ran- | dolph sires et has a bill of $2 denomination on which s a slip, and on the slip is_writ- ten in a woman’s chirography an offer of | marriage. : The writer puts it thus: “I give up my last money on this. I sgnd it out into the world, hoping it may feturn to me with a good man who will love me and take care of me.” But no address ac- companied the offer. A bill isin a frame in_an express office. | There is a hole in_the bill, and a note ex- plains that the hole was made by a builet fired by a train-robber. The bill was in the side-pocket of the express messenger. A bill handed in at a cigar-store on Madison street had this on the back: “Don’t come back to me until you can | bring your silver brother with you.” A physician in the Venetian building has a private mark on a $5 bill which he sent afloat several years ago. It comes back to him about twice a year. A wholesale merchant over on Adams street was in China ahd Japan a few years ago. He gave a Japanese functiona 5 bill as a souvenir, plactr private mark. About three weeks ago it came into his possession again. fident that he is not mistaken in the and does not feel complimented ov idea that his Japanese acquaintance did not think enough of him to keep the bill. A business man of this ci He went from Chicago to 1z on the same a t3 Pittsburg on a sleeper. He paid the conductor for his | berth, giving him a marked $5 bill. He went from Pittsburg to Cleveland the sec- ond day, and on the third day he bought a slecping-car ticket for his return trip. The conductor handed him the same bill he had given to the other conductor. There is a bill.floating about the country somewhere on the back of which is a pre- seription written by a reputable phys several years ag Itisa “‘sure cure the grip, and was put there by out of the fancy that it mi body's life. Another one is in circulation, presuma- bly, on which is written: “If this should fall into the hands of Reuben Middleman he will please communicate his address to his brother James, general delive ton, Mass., on or before Janu 8 After that in England. He kr.ows where.” —Chicago Tribune. MATERIAL for the doctor t save some- FOR A NEST. e — | are not yet completed. There are no cells | A Bird Stole a Ten-Dollar Bill and Used | It as Lining. A $10 bill, which had mysteriously disap- peared, was recovered by Assistant Coin Teller Phil Turpin of the Sub-Treasury in & peculiar manner. He has a beautiful farm out on Cliff Creel, near the Little Miami River. TInthatsection birds fairly abound. Mr. Turpin was getting ready to attend a soiree at his next neighbor’s in Newtown, about two miles distant. The ather, it will be remembered. at that time was un- usually warm, and he left the windows of his room open. Mr. Turpin had taken his money, among which was a $10 bill, and 1it on & cent table, intending 1o put it in a pocket of his other trousers. Theroom isat the corner of he house and has windows on both sides. He stationed himself at one of the win- dows and commenced to shave. The birds were singing outside and fiying about the house and through the open windows, joy- ful, no doubt, at the advent of spring, while others were busy in trees building nests. It was luxury to shave amid such surroundings and when Mr. Turpin fi ished he looked sleeker than washing he prepared to don his Sunday- go-to-meeting clothes. After he arranged his necktie to give the best effect he went to the center-table and began picking up his money, but was not a little surprised to find a $10 bill missing. He thought that the wind might have blown it on the floor and he began looking there for it. After along time spent in vain he gave up the search there. He then went out into the yard and began hunting among the flowers and grass for it, thinking that {it might bave been blown through the open window, but he had soiree minus a $10 note. Day before yesterday the severe wind- storm blew a robin’s nest out of a tree near the front porch. Mr. Turpin picked the nest up, and_was about to cast it away when he noticed what seemed to be a piece of paper of peculiar color. He examined it, and found it to be currency of some de- nomination, but it was not until he had carefully torn the nest apart tbat he di It was appar. ently the one he had lost a couple of wee ago, a bird haying flown into the room and snatched up the money. The bill was in pretty bad condition, 2nd he redeemed it at the treasury yesterday.—Cincinnati En- quirer. to go to that e e To Examine the Larynx. A new method of examining the larynx or trachea, directly, without the interven- tion of a mirror or prism, has been devised by Dr. stein of Berlin. The patient is placed on his back, with his head hanging down, an esophagoscope is introduced be- hind the epiglottis and lighted by an elec- troscope. The larynx can then be seen by the naked eye. The tube rests on the front upper teeth and keeps the tongue out of the way altimore American. ———— Scott believed that ‘“Waverley’’ was his best novel, and the *‘Lady of the Lake” his best poem. 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