The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 22, 1895, Page 16

SEPTEMBER 22, 16 f THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, 1895. e s s S el o e e b e i s et SRR N D L e COMETS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES. By Rose O’Halloran, A comet arose whose head was bright | like the day, while from its luminous body | atail extended like the sting of a scorpion. This record, for which astronomy is - | debted to archmological researches among the ruins of Babylon, is ascribed to the vear 1140 B. C., and is the earliest reliable | account of the appearance of a comet. As| the begmnings of astronomical obseryation | are credited chiefly to the Babylonians it | is very probable that even at that esrly; date the aspects and motions of cometary ! visitors were carefully noted in the inter- ests of astrology. From among the records of several ancient and medieval nations, | but principally from those of China, ac- | the Most Astronomer in America. Noted Woman electrical agency in interplanetary spaces. The scientific mind xefrains from build- ing high on a foundation that shows any weakness, as in such a case there is an overshadowing senseof the possibility that the superstructure might collapse. But | provisionally entertained, the cometary | theories called forth by observation during | the last few years are highly creditable to the science of the century. | The theory of electrical repulsion which is received with general favor stands first, | and Bredichin’s explanation of the differ- | ence in the curvations of the tail is also | gaining ground, while Proiessor Schae- | berle’s mechanical theory of comets is | entitled to much attention. | It is a logical outcome of his ‘“Mechani- | cal Theory of the Solar Corona,” and, like counts of the appearances of comets have | that proffered explanation of an unsettled | sun; inches across from side to side in width will represent the relative form and dimensions of Newton’s comet. Oneend of this long el.h}ne is to be placed close to the "point represent! ng the sun, near the center of small circle, an the visibility of the comet lasts only while within a few inches on each side of its perihe- lion point. ¥ When curving round the sun it moves at the rate of 327 miles in one second, and when, with gradually slackening speed, it reaches the opposite end of its path, having traveled a nearly straight line for 4300 years, it moves at the slow pace of 16 feet im one second, & | speed that is easily surpassed by terrestrial. machinery. _ This ingenious comparison, | founded on Encke's estimates, conveys some idea of the paths of long-period comets in general when wandering for thousands of years through the sunless regions of space. About twenty-three comets are now known to be perlodic, and though mnot conspicuous | without telescopic aid their frequent returns have afforded astronomers excellent practice in cometary observation with recent instru- mental improvements. Moreover, the aspects of this smaller wanderer give & clew to com- etary natures as & whole. In general a gradual increase in size takes place as a comet great or small approaches the but Encke’s comet, which returns in about three years and four months, has been noticed to decrense at perihelion to one twenty-fiith its diameter when 130,000,000 miles distant. Some recent comets closely studied by Bar- COMET RORDAME, JULY 13, 1893. 10 h. 20 m. P. S. T, Photographed by W. J. Hussey at the Lick Observatory. 9 h. 10 m.— BROOEKS COMET. Enlarged from a photograph by Professor E. E. Barnard. been collected by a few scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and it is shown that from the above-mentioned date down to the Christian era seventy-nine of these celestial objects were noticed. During the following sixteen centuries about 476 were noticed and from the invention of the telescope in 1609 to the present time not far from 400 have been carefully observed. A large number of the latter would have passed unseen but for the a1d of magn ng power. It is thus shown that the total number seen is , and that their aspects and mo- tions have been under observation at in- tervals extending over 3000 vears. Still the comet remains a baffling subject even %o the skill and appliances of the end of the nineteenth century. Like a phantom it emerges from gloom, and vanishes again, leaving only a tangle of conjectures be- hind. It has been watched by millions of observers, for a large comet turns the tire human race into star-gazers. Latterly it has been scrutinized with telescopes of colossal size; it has been photographed and analyzed with the spectroscope, still who can answer the simple question so often asked, *“Whatisa comet?” Lock cloud of Solar Corona, £pril 16, 1893. light that is generated by collisionsamong | themselves, until on approaching the sun a more rapid motion causes the parsicles to collide more frequently, and to the in- creased incandescence is added the glow of reflected sunlight; when, on some occa- sions, the partly vaporous group of celes- tial stones becomes visibie to the naked eve. However, his interpretation of cer- tain spectral lines on the identity of which his ingenious theory depends to some ex tent is objected to by several high authori- ti In the same way since the Greek philoso- phers differed as to whether it was com- posed of sm: mospheric phenomenon, all statements as to its nature have been met with opposing views, and the strange apparition, so tran- sient, yet so real, still remains an unex- plained marvel. ] | ticles Hoinf, is the result of mathematical pon- ering of a high order, and is, moreover, “entirely independent of those forces, electricity and magnetism.” It maintains that the sun_ is ejecting matter of different degrees of density, with different degrees of velocity, and in case of great initial velocity to distances in- tinitely remote. When an advancing tailless comet, partly composed of a vaporousatmosphere, encounters one of those outgoing coronal streams, its luminous vapors are, to use an untechnical expression, brashed along in the same direction, while the glowing but ible stream, somewhat delayed by the is overtaken by successive portions of its own volume, and thus becoming visible through increased density, aids in forming the phantom-1 All peculiarities and variations are plaus- accounted for by the varying c { the outgoing streams, in ng the small tail seen in a f to develop toward the sun. This, Profess occult Schaeberle finds, has only occurred when a | comet is receding with great veloeity corgnal stream is then outstrip) | speed by the outgoing comet, and its e sation and visibility take place in a reversed | An out- ed i accompanying illustration shows th s photographed at Mina Bron, 893, by the author of this | of its details fully corr the impressions he had obtained on other occasions, and, as he explains, the se- verest test of any givel theory is its ability to account for the abnormal deviations from a cal form. The difference in cometary ap- pendages is a difference in the direction and velocity of the outgoing stream. Several tails show that several streams have been encoun- tered, and a sharp curve in the tail tells of & crossing of streams. Asin the outer spaees of the solar system these emanations of matter Iy sparser in substance and num- | comes and goes as o tailless, | A evidence,” he state: “that the sun is an electrified body. We have | d evidence that the sun is continually 1g enormous quantities of material par- of matter with very great velocity.” | As is weli known Lord Kelvin, one of the | greatest of living physicists, is opposed to the | theory thet thesun thrills the solar system with magnetic action from time to time, or has any connection with magnetic storms on the | carth, notwithstanding the striking coinci- dence of this period with that of the maximum sunspot period. It would be expected from this mechanicai | theory of the formation of comets’ tails that those” comets passing very close to the sun’s | surface would collide with streams jorming | a wide angle with each other, and thus de- | velop & width of tail mot usually seen; but several known to have passed | through the visible parts of the cor- | onal streams have not_ bad the bread- | shouldered aspect nor the fan-shaped tail that | woula be looked for. Indeed, the great comet | of 1843, noted for its close approach at peri- | | may 11 planets, or merely an at- | Nothing indicates the unsettled state of | & question so much as when opposing views are held by those best qualified to form opinions. The wondrous trail is the chief stumbling block, if such aterm is admissible in connection with the ethereal | extension that swept by Jupiter's satellites on one occasion as 1f it were an ‘“‘ai nothing.” Weak in substance, but strong in characteristics, the laws of the solar system yield to its sway, and like a banner of victory it floats in defiance to every sunward force. If it were established that physical laws beyond the earth and on the earth are unalterably alike, the theory of electrical repulsion would account for some of the cometary problems; but the learned minds that suggested this possible explanation are far from maintaining it as a possible fact, as there is yet no proof of helion, had according to all accounts an aspect conspicuously the reverse. Otherwise this ingenions theory that is founded on_observa- tion and mechanical laws seems to solve many | difficulties, and with advancing knowledg find further corroboration in the course of time, Cometit history, incomplete and unsatisiac- tory though it be, often furnishes informatio: | which proves thatmany of the peculiarities observed in modern timés have had their coun- | | terpart in the past. B that defied _even the obscuring appeared before the present century, €0 thst | | the splendor of recent comets, notably those of 1843, 1858 and 1882, was not an unwonted phenomenon. The case of a comet aividing into fragments dates as far back as 371 B. C., and many-tailed, crooked-tailed and rapidly chang- 1 comets are also on record. - English astronomer, Halley, who was concerned in ‘the publication of 5 Principia,” understood well the pos- sible effect of planetary influence on cometary orbits, though eviden of having such infiu- e disturb an orbit has only been gleaned in | modern times. When acometary path is found | to be identical with that of some comet or | comets previously observed, they are regarded as one body and recognized as periodic. | Were it not for past records Halley could | never have identified the comet of 1682 as the ame visitor that had illuminated the heavens on several previous occasions. As its period seemed to be about seventy-five and a half years, he predicted its return in 1758-59, and When he had passed away from earth this celestial wanderer placed the pinnacle on his { fame by returning in due time. Few havesuch & monument to revive, periodically, the mem- | ory of their renown. | [Being a new object to the present generation | { of astronomers, and having never been ob- served with the recent fllcififlfl for investiga tion, its next appearance in 1911 is already anticipated with interest. Havingreached the point of its orbit farthest from the sun in 1873, according to reliable calculations, it is by this time far advanced on its return tripand neerer to the sun and earth than the planet Neptune. The astronomer Hind traced its record back to11 B.C,, s0 that on twenty-five distinet oc- casions ii' has met the gaze of the woudering The great comet of 1680 appeared ata time when the motions and orbits of these bodies were attracting the attention of men of science, and it aroused the interest and investigations that lc'd to the discovery of the period of Halley’s comet. Unlike the latter, its long period of 8700 years debars it from identifica- tion in the past and perhaps also in the future. A writer in Popular Astronomy, 1894, conveys an excellent idea of the tcale of its elongated orbit compared with that of the earth, ich may be briefly presented as follows: Imagine & wire circle two inches in diameter to be the | earth’s path round the sun, then a fine wire one hundredth of an ineh in thickness form. ight is attributed to many that | nard, Hussey and other observers gave indica- tious that, in their case at least proximity to ¢ sun was not an immediate cause of in- creased size. Holmes’ comet that gleamed al- most to visibility in the winter of 1892 re- served its greatest expansion until receding from the sun, at about double the distance of the earth, when its apparent size increased five- fold. This enlargement seems to have taken place at the expense of its density, for it grew iar fainter than was warranted by the increas- ing distance. “Gale’s comet, which was visible as a hazy star of fifth magnitude and passed rapidly through Hvdra and the adjacent constellations in May, 1894, had also variations in size that scemed to be independent of elther distance from the earth or from the sun. The Rordame ecome?, which appeared in July, 1893, had & tail 12 degrees in length, which was visible as a hazy streak in the northwest- ern evening sky. The many changes that were detected In this appendage by means of photography give a forecast of what the mod- ern camera may accomplish when some great with a trailing luminoesity billions of es in length visits the solar system. Vhen far past perihelion the Rordame comet Halley’s Comet, 684. { From the Nuremberg Chronicle.] had a symmetrical teil divided centrally and two smaller extensions neer the head or coma. During the twen evening of July : e in its aspect. The central division had disap- peared, the streamy aspect was marred by scattered protuberances and an abrupt de- crease in luminosity almost amounting to a break crosswise was very noticeable at a dis- tance from the coma. On the night following, all this strange irregularity had passed off as a curling, overlapping volume of smoke is seen to pass and the previous straight streamy aspect was restored. A still more marked variation was detected in the tail of Brooks’ comet when photographed by Professor Barnard in October of the same vear. It was possessed of a straight tail and some small extensions branching from near the head. In two days this had given place to irregular masses of nebulosity, brighter in aspect, but strewn in awevering line from the head. The following day this distortion was even more noticeable and a nubulous frag- ment, seemingly detached from the end of the tail, was straying off in another direction. To | that skilled observer of cometary wanderings, Professor Barn the strange transformation conveyed an impression that some ethereal and invisible cosmical matter had collided with the comet and crushed its luminous streams into an unwonted tangle. It may fall to the lot of future astronomical Solar Corona, April 16, 1898. research to detect the existence of dark unseen bodies in the universe, vaguely suggested as a possibility by Lambert, and perhaps alluded to in the Bible as those stars “To whom is re- served the blackness of darkness for an_ won.” Few astronomical problems have called fortn more thought and study than the comet, and none have sounyieldingly evaded solution. The telescope, spectroscope and camera have brought more knowledge, but they have also brought more mystery, and it is surprising how near we still are to the standpoint_of en- Jightened speculation when the world was twenty-five centuries younger than it is now. ROSE O'HALLORAN. AN Errcrric Tricycre—Several unsuc- cessful attempts have been made to con- truct an electric bicycle, and now a Connec- ticut inventor has turned out an electric tricycle. No testsare reported, but it looks as if people could ride on it. The electric motor is carried in a box over the driver, to which it is connected by a sprocket chain. The storage battery is placed between the two rear wheels. . ———————— ing an ellipse 75 feet in length and only al 8ir Philip SBidney was a great dresser, DAISIES UPON HIS BIER, Pathetic Scenes at the Funeral of Composer Harrison Millard. HE HAS SUNG HIS LAST SONG. Early Autumn Days In New York That Tell of Changeful Days Soon to Follow. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 14.—Old- time phrases are becoming too impo- tent even for trial at rejuvenating. The expression of thought seems tame in the jumbled English we use these workadays. One sometimes longs for the poetic lan- guage of the Greeks and Egyptians, or the wild wind songs of the warlike Norsemen and Celts. Itis but vain, for, afterall, the music of the heart can only be expressed after eternities of striving. It would have moved hearts of steel to have been present this morning during the funeral rites of that sweet singer and composer, Harrison Millard. The Church of the Messiah (Uni- rarian), corner of Thirty-fourth street and tPak avenue, was the scene of the lasc sad tableau in the earthly existence of one of America’s most gifted song-writers. The morning was perfect, glorious. One of the cool, clear mornings New Yorkers are blessed with in the early autumn days. Unlike tne morning was the interior of the church, for stretched in front of the chan- cel was the somber draped casketof the dead. It was almost buried beneath his dearly loved white aaisies: The beautiful. beautiful daistes, The snowy, snowy daisies. 8 The blossoms were niot in tight bunches and wreaths, but strewn in loose abund- %he'laame size, even if it were of American uild. Ah, well! The English always were grasping—we know that. It is bred in the bone. It is to be hoped that Lord Dunraven will not try to con- vince the folks abroad that we are dread- fully impolite and uncivil—surely he will not be so rude. We will forgive him any- thing but that. ‘What a grand sweep yachtsmen would have for a race along the beautiful Cali- fornia coast. There are fifty places which are ideal and easy of access. Perhaps some day it can be arranged; if it is, suc- cess will surely follow. From present out- look the America’s cup will remain in this country unchallenged. The yacht clubs are combining to settie the jumbled affairs which the recent race has caused. It is hoped some amicable arrangement may be decided on. Justice will surely be done, for under the star-spangled banner nothing but peace and good-will can ever last. Trerra Forrz ToLAND. CREATED THREE OFFICES, New Appointments Decided On by the Board of Health. Stories Coming to Hand of the Way the Cholera Galned a Foot- ing at Honolulu. The Board of Health took the bit in its teeth yesterday and appointed a vaccinat- ing physician 1 spite of the opposition of the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors. 1t also ordered the Richmond school closed till the sewer is repaired, in the face of an urgent request from President Dodge of the Board of Education that the class- rooms should be thrown open as soon as the repairs were well under way. Inci- dental to the meeting Dr. Godfrey of the United States Marine Service gave some hints as to the way the cholera is handled in Honolulu, according to an agent just from the islands. The meeting opened with that much- ance, and sprinkled with delicate green ferns. There were other flowers \finced, near the bier, wreaths of laurel and bay, beantiful symbols of his life; but all the | while the daisies seemed to send echoes | through the heart of the song he gave to | the world years ago, and which has lived | ever since, and ever will, the song of | “‘Under the Daisies.” The church was | filled with loving friends and strangers as | well who had come to pay their last tribute. The choir sang a sweet solemn hymn | full of hope for the living; the sunlight | it tizonsh ke siainedl slaes windows, when soitly the organ began the prelude to “Underthe Daisies,” and a voice from | the choir sang the song. Before the last | verse was ended there wereonly smothered sobs accompanying the singer. It wa: somberly sad, but appropriate and soul. inspiring: For all that’s left of the bright, bright dream, With its thousand brilliant phases, 1s a handiul of dust 'neath & coffin hid, A coflin under the daisies. Harrison Millard’s songs are known all over the world. Who has not felt the tears stealing down the lashes at the sweet melody and tender words of ‘‘Douglas, Tender and True,” “When the Tide Comes In,” or the beautiful song “Waiting.” | Personally he was an_intelligent and re- fined gentleman; a quiet, though convine- | ing conversationalist, and a charming per- sonality which at once impressed one with the security of sincerity. old minister, Rev. Dr. Collyer, described him as “a soldier, composer, husband, father and a man. A man in every sense of that great word.’”” A soldier and a man. What more can be said? After the services the remains were taken to Boston, his old home and birthplace, where they were interred by the side of his wife, who died many years ago. lz’l’he song, *“Vive ’America,” was one of Harrison Millard’s greatest compositions. Abrabam Lincoln praised it for the nobie patriotism it inspired. The children in the public schools of New York sing it to- d ay. Deceased left three danghters to mourn him—one, a most gifted songstress, Marie Millard, who is prima donna of the Sphinx Opera Company, which has recently had a very successful run at the Casino. Harrison Millard’s songs will live. They may not be considered of the classic style, but they are full of sweet sympathy and reach the inner heart. Memories of him will now grow green in the hearts of thousands. Death is sometimes an awak- ener. * * * * » - Gloom cannot last always. not fall for long. Smiles will creep along the muscles of our faces, leaving hnp{\y little ridges ara wrinkles—so “‘what’s the odds as long as you're happy”! I called on the gifted Helena Modjeska the other the Hotel Imperial. New York a few days. Her account of her | tour abroad was interesting, The absurd | idea that she has been scheming for ‘‘ad- vertising space! is really unkind. She suffzred intense inconveniences personally | and lost a large sum of money by comin, in contact with Russian authorities an Russian spies. Her description of the | strict watch which was kept on all her ac- | | tions is reslly amusing and ridiculous. They were more than serious, and even | threatened her liberty. She was glad to | escape the tyranny of a Czar, and rejoices | in the fact of being back in America—the land of the brave and free. Modjeska is | looking younger than ever. Her figure is | eplendid and her manner is sweet and gra- cious. She declares that in the future home will be in_ California, and her en- | forced absence will be during her profes- 1 sional engagements elsewhere. | *Oh, give us our dear, sunny, generous, | | | lovable California, and we will always be happy and content,” Modjeska exclaimed, | | in that soft, pretty accent which still clings to her speech. The Count, her charming | husband, agreed most heartily with her. They- are one of the few married folk who | may really he envied. They are happy | and content. W T W W ke The weather is growing cooler and the days shorter. The torrid zone has ceased to send its blasting heat over the panting eastern country. The park walks are be- ginning to look untidy with falling leaves and broken twigs. The newsboys and street gamins are putting on sHoes and stockings, for the weather is at odds. A few hot days will drop in on us before October, but antumn is here, prepasing us for winter’s more heartless days. By the way, two little raggea bovs were cayorting about the fountain in Madison square the other morning, when one said (evidently continuing a previous conversation): *'Say, Billy, where did she live?” The other boy answered with a mild contempt, which evidenced a certain superiority : “hidn’t 1 tell you she didn’t live at all; she worked in a bakery?” % R e e e e e e There are a lot of mad people in New York and surrounding burgs. The fiasco which the yachts have made in racing has proven too much for a patient-suffering public, Certainly our American Defender won the first and second race, but the Eng- lish lion as usual was inspired to turn tail and run. There is nothing like a iion’s roar until one has heard the wild screech of a free sky-born eagle. Then the me- nagerie crouches and is dumb. Those who have wagered on the Defender are naturally “jubilant, but those who have sung the praises of a Valkyrie and all Eng- lish yachts are sore because they must pay their debts, and all on account of a capri- cious Lord, who has willed it so. He can- not scrape up enough courage to go ahead and race fairly, even though he iscon- vinced that he was beaten in the first two races. A great deal of type has been worn out and a great many barrels of ink have been washed away in the attempt to pre- dict ‘what would glnpen, but no one ever fancied that our English cousins would want to use the whole ocean 1n order to rove that a fing yach’ could sail faster be- ore the wind than another yacht of near * | members not to take any illegai action. That eloquent | Tears can- | afternoon, at her handsome apartments in | She had only been in | | contributed some information regarding wrangled-over proposition—the right of the board _to appoint a vaccinating physi- cian, a milk inspector and & inessen ger to the Quarantine Officer. Dennis Spencer, the attorney for the board, said tuat the board had "the right, and he read the sec- tions of the law pertinent to the case There was some talk of going to the Board of Supervisors again with another petition. But the last petition bearers re- turned with so little profit that the board aetermined to resolutely attack the mat- ter. Dr. Hart moved that the positions of vaccinating physician, milk inspector and messenger of the Quarantine Officer be created. Before voting Mayor Sutro cautioned the He admitted that the officers asked for vere needed, but he protested against ap- | pointing them till some method for doing so had been provided. Drs. Morse, Fitzgibbon, Williamson and Hart voted for the offices. Mayor Sutro voted no. Dr. Edward F. Parramore was elected to the office of viccinating physician. Dr, Parramore is an ex-resigent physician of the Almshouse. The other offices will be filled as soon as the merits of the candi- dates can be combed over. How the new officers will get their pay-has not yet been discovered. President Dodge of the Board of Educa- tion asked the Board of Health to exoner- ate his board from any willfui neglect in the management of the condemned Kich- mond School. He stated that it would take two months to properly repair.the sewers, and he requested permission to re- open the school as soon as the repairs were well started. He urged that the worst of the offensive matter could be cleaned u}) by Monday, so that the health of the children would not be endangered. Drs. Williamson and Hart objected to | the school being opened till the dangerous | condition of the place had been entirely | remedied. It was pointed out to Presi- | dent Dodge that if the school had burned down he would be able to find quarters for the 453 children easily enough. The doc- tors held that a more dangerous condition | of affairs now existed at the school. | The most that President Dodge could | get out of the board was a resolution ex- onerating the Board of Education from | any willful neglect in the matter. |~ The Richmond School, therefore, will be | kept closed till the proper sewer connec- tions are made. Two plans have been pro- | posed—one to raise the school to the street | grade; the other to raise the outhouses. In either event it will take over a mouth to complete the job. Meanwhile the Board of Education will | do its best to distribute the 453 pupils and nine teachers among the other schools. It will be a difficult matter to handle, as there are no big schools in the immediate neighborhood. The Board of Education is pushing the repair work. It has already petitioned the Board of Supervisors to construct the sewer on First avenue, so that the proper connections can be made with the Rich- mond School. On the invitation of the board Dr. God- frey of the United States Marine Service the invasion of cholera on the Hawaiian Islands. It was given him by an agent of the Island Government, who has just ar- rived here to study the methods of this country in handling the epidemic. *To begin with,” he said, “the steamer Belgic arrived at Honolulu on August 8. | The next day a passenger died and was buried one and a half feet deep on the loose sand of the beach. Another passen- ger died next day and was buried in the same way. The bodies were washed out. The place was on a crab fishing ground. A | crab woman who fished in the vicinit; caught the aisease in a few days and die(i{ Within a week there were ten deaths, and the disease was rnsid]y sfi)rending‘ ‘‘Passengers died on the steamer Belgic half way "from Hongkong to Honolulu. | They were put down as having died of | neumonia and heart trouble; but affi- davits are on file by passengers that they had strong symptoms of the scourge. One hundred and five of those steerage passen- gers came here on the Belgic. They have been distributed through-our coun- ties. Tfthose steerage passengers should | die of dysentery it would be difficult to get at the facts. It isa month and two days since the Belgic docked, and our hope lies in that fact.” “‘How long would it take for cholera to develop?” asked Mayor Sutro. ‘“‘Opinion is divided on. that point,” was the answer, ‘‘but it is generaily considered that the bacillus develops in five days.” Dr. Hart said that he believed that all China and Japan should be declared in- fected, but the other members thought such action too sweeping. Dr. Godfrey suggested that it would be a good idea to request the masters of all iron steamers from infected ports to sterilize their vessels with superheated steam. Quarantine Officer Chalmers will be asked to carry out the suggestion. ———————— AN Omjecr Lesson.—The German Em- peror has original ideas on many things. He thinks that those of his people who live far away from the coast are at a dis- advantage, inasmuch as whatever knowl- edge they may have of military progress, they cannot but have vague ideas on what is being done in modern naval war tactics, He has bhad an ingenious model con- structed, menuring 13 feet by 234 feet, the upper part of which represents the deck of the great man-of-war, Konig Wilhelm. Everything is complete—the rigging, a siren, a searchlight, a number of revolving guns, edch . capable of firing twenty-six shots in succession, flag-signal apparatus, life-boats, etc. All these are operated by electricity. When a button is pressed, the signal lanterns begin to blaze, rockets are sent up, the beam of the searchli-ht flashes around and the fiuna go off. Orders have been given for the construction of sixteen similar battleships, for the purpose of giv- ing the inland population some practical ideas of the doings of the navy. ONLY EIGHT DAYS REMA! 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Read carefully these symptoms and if you haye any of them Dr. Shores can cure you. If yvou live at u distance mark what fits your case and write to DR. BHORES for further information. “Is the breath foul?”’ “Is the voice husky ?” Do you pit up slime?” “Do you ache all over?” #Do vou blow out scabs?” “Do crusts form in the nose?” “Is the nose sore anc tender?'’ “Do you sneeze a great deal?" s this worse toward night?” the nose itch and burn?” “Is there pain in front of head?” “Ig there pain across the eyes?"” *“Is there pain in back of head?” *Is your sense of smell leaving?” “Do you hawk to clear the throat?"” *Is the throst dry in the morning?” *‘Are you losing your sense of taste?” “Do you sleep with the mouth open?” “‘Does your nose stop up toward night?” {‘Have you & cough?” ““Are you losing flesh ?” “Do you cough at night?” ‘“*Have you pain inside?"” “Do you take cold easily?” “*Is your appetite variable?” ‘Haye you stitches in side “Do you cough umilgou gag?’ “Are you low-spirited at times?” “Do you raise lro(b{ material? “Do you spit up yellow matter?” “Do you cough on going to bed?’ “Do you cough 1n the morning?” «Ts your cough chort and hacking?” “Dg you epit up little cheesey lumps?* “Have you a disgust for fatty food ?”” “Is there a tickling behind the palate?” “Have' ain behind breastbone?” “Do you feel you are growing weaker? “Ts there a burning pain in the throat?" “Do you cough worse night and morning ™ “Do Jou have to sit up at night to get breath?” “Do your hands and feet swell?” :‘Ix this more noticeable in ’l}l'e morning?”’ Is the urine dark and cloudy “‘Does a deposit form when left standing " «Js there a desire to get up at night?” “Do you see spots floating before the eyes?” ¢¢Are the eyes dull and staring?”’ “Is there a bad taste in the mouth? “Have you a pain on top of head?" «Is your hair getting gray?” “If 5o 18 it silvery white?’ *‘Is the skin dry and harsh?" “Is the hair dry and brittle?” “Is there nauses after eating?” “Hus the perspiration a bad odor?” ¢Js there puffiness under the eyes? ““Are tnere dark rings around the eyes?” “Is the skin pale and dry?” “‘Has the skin a waxy look?"” “Do yon see up?lensam things while asleep?” “Have you chilly feelings down the back?” “Do the iolnts vain and ache?” Do the legs feel too heavy?” ‘‘Are you irritable?’ “Are you nervous?” “Do you get dizzy ?"* «Have you no energy?”" Do you have cold feet “Do you feel miserable s your memory poor ?’ Do you gettired casily?s “Do you have hot flushes?” *Is your eyesight blurred?” ave you pain in the back P An’t you explain where?'* *Is your flesh soft and flabby?" “Are your spirits low at times s there a bloating after eating: ave you pain around the loins?” 0,01 have gurgling in bowels?” “Is there throbbing in the stomach?” “Do you have sense of heat in bowels?" “Do you suffer from pains in temple?” “Do you have palpitation of the heart?"” «Is there & _general feeling of lassitude?” Do these feelings affect your memory?” “Is there nausea?” “Are you costive?” “Is there a vomiting?” “Do you belch up gas?” “Are you light-headed?” “Is your tongue coated?” “Have you water brash?” “Do you hawk and n{»h’l" “Is there pain after eating?” “Are you nervous and weak?"” “Do you have sick headaches?” “Do you bloat up after eating?” «Is there disgust for breakfast?” “Have you distress after eating?” “Is your throat filled with slime?” “Do you at times have diarrhea?* “Is there rush ot blood to the head?” '{11: there gnawing sensation in the stom- ach?” ‘}I:D:‘P you feel as if you had lead {n stom- ach?’ “When you get up suddenl; aieohan i you ixat WD enly are you “When stomach i3 em; a it pty do you feel "Do&ou belch up material that burns your oati T “When stomach s full do you f pressed ?” Toatonl sop- No matter what complication of troubles you may have Dr. A. J. SHORES will cure you for §3 a month and furnish all medi- cines free. Don’t be fooled into paying big fees. Dr. Shores' treatment cures. $3 a month, A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT. From requests by many people in San Francisco DR. A.J. SHORES has added to his offices a SPECIAL DEPARTMENT For the cure of private diseases of both sexes. In this department Dr. Shores has surrounded himself with the latest scien- tific instruments for the cure of these dis- eases. Farther, to prove his honesty, sincerity and ability to cure these troubles, DR. A. J: SHORES is willing to wait for his fee until a cure is accomplished. What is more fair? Dr, Shores’ terms are within the reach of all, so no one need suffer on account of high fees. DR. A.J. SHORES €0, (INCORPORATED), EXPERT SPECIALISTS In the Cure of Catarrh and All Forms of Chronic Diseases. A J. SHORES, M.D., President and Medical Director. A.J. HOWE, M. D,, R.B.NEW, M.D. Parlors—Second floor, Nuclens briidinz, cor ;rmm and Markel strects, opposite Chronicle butld: ng. Office hours—9 t0 12 A. M., 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 v, Sundays, 10 10 12 4. 3. Take slevator, ©° 0% SPECIAL NOTICE.—Patients living out city. and who are unable 1o call a¢ fe <an re cisco office, will be given advice avd all particniarg Of polores' treatment free by mail by address: _Dr. A. J. Shores Company, Write at once, describing your case, . oICI3¢0- CALIFORNIA OFFICES: San_Francisco—N e Ml;kut l"eoeu' ucleus bullding, corner Thirq uj . w-"ge.lu—mdlck block, corner First and acramento—70614 K street, opposi| postoffice, San Diego—Morse- Whaley-Dalton bl‘:ck.