The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1895, Page 25

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1895. 25 NOVELTIES IN THE REALMS OF SCIENCE, IN LITERATURE _AND' IN ART B R Henry Irving. Sir Henry Irving’s histrionical career and its suceess, such as it is, are due to an old manager, whose kindly ways and gen- erosity of disposition are dear to old play- zoers, and to actors of nearly forty years ago. John Henry Chute, sole lessee and manager of Her Majesty’s Theater, King street, Bristol, England, first started Irv- ing, a penniless barn-stormer, who had hard work to find food for a wife and acon- stantl increasing family, at his little brick in. Tankard's Close. It was at te's theater that Irving first met the Terry girls, who played soubrette parts, and at that time captivated not only the ‘‘chappies,” but the gouty-footed but rich Bristol merchants. Kate Terry fascinated George F. Prideaux, a Queen’s Counsel and Recorder of Bristol, was married to him and forsook the stage. Eilen, though not as attractive personally as her other two sis- ters (one of them died prior to Kate's mar- riage to Prideaux), was much their supe- ior intellectually, and to her is due, with Chute, Irving’s fame. Ellen’s beauty is of that rare kind appreciated by scholarship, for, though almost entirely self-educated, in conversation, should some happy turn of speech be spontaneously mtech. or an apposite quotation be made, her iace, plain as was that of Marian Evans, is in- stantly lit up by that wondrous beauty which intellect alone commands. 2 It was at this famous old theater that Charles Macklin, author of “Love a la ode” and “The Man of the World” cre- ated the characters of Sir Archy McSar- casm and Sir Pertinax McSycopbant. He 1 at this house a few weeks prior to his farewell of the stage at the age years. en Terr; cper- rmance of Viola in zht” ed in her first London appearance. ivery actor of note from 2 to the pres. nt time bas trod its historic stage under ute's management—John Kemble, Sa- b Siddons, Edmund Kean, Charles Kean, ready, Madge Robertson (Mrs. Mme. Vestris and Helen v Martin) being among the number. tul Perdita (Mary Robinson) charmed the old city and won the Jove of the then Prince of Wales, who soon tired of her and left her to die in mi. and destitution. The old place still stands, but Chute has now a handsome Theater Royal in Park Row in the fashionable quarter. Acetylene, the New Illuminant. This recent triumph ¢f modern chemis- try is pxciting much attention in the East. ExhT n plants have been established ington, where the German em- bassy is lighted with ic, in New Y Philadelphia, Hartfort and other ci 5 and wherever it has been upon exhibition large crowds of people have been to see it, and all have expressed themselves as highly pleased with the light. There 1s no question about its brilliancy and diftusive power; in fact, acetylene has always been recognized by scientific men as among the most brilliant of illuminants, but it was supposed that it could not be produced at & price which would make it a2 merchant- able commodi By the recent discover- jes of Professor Wilson it is believed that this object has been attained. As has been stated in the newspapers, ihe materials frora which this gas are made are lime ‘and coke ground together and smeltea in an electric furnace, forming : mineral called crystalline calzium By simply adding water to the carbide a large body of acetylene gas is produced. A great many noted men have been to Spray, N. C., where the carbide is now being made, and made the carbide for themselves. They have then taken specimens of the mineral, with which they have made the gas and tested its various properties, such as the amount 10 be obtained irom a given quantity of the mineral, its poisorous qualities, its t-giving qualities, etc.; in fact, sub- jected it ta all the tests to which gases are usually submitted. The results are said to have been practically uniform and satis- factory. One great advantage W its compressibility; which acetylene that is to has 18 say, a large amount of the gas can be stored in a small tank in liquid form, and thus easily transported from place to place, and delivered from house to house with- out the expense of street mains, gasometers and the usual expensive plant necessary in the case of illuminating gas. Itis esti- mated that about three-fourths of the cost of an ordinary gas plant is under the ground in the shape of mains, and the Jezkage of gas from mains may be any- where from 8 to 20 per cent per annum of the amount of gas manufactured. This, of course, 1s_a total Joss. By delivering it in tanks leakage is entirely done away with. Experiments show that while the gas is, like any gas, when mixed with air, explosive, there is no danger whatever of explosion from the tank. Chemists who have made tests state tbat ordinary illu- minating gas is fifty times more poisonous when inhaled than acetylene. One foot of acetylene will, it isestimated, do the work of certainly twenty-five to thirty feet of ordinary gas, but the people who are plac- ing acetylene upon the market in order to be conservative say that it will do the work of ten feet of ordinary gas. It has also nearly the same spectrum as the sun; tiiat is, its rays contain the same colors, and goods or any other colored objeets can be-shown by 1t in the evening prac- tically as well as by daylight. An Elephant Fight at Sea. New York Times. William Newman, known as “Elephant Bill,” arrived yesterday on the Hamburg- American liner, Persia, with seven of the smallest elephants known to be in cap- tivity. They will be sent to Barnum & Bailey’s winter quarters to-morryow:‘ «] went to London last May, Newman said, “with’ the two big elephants Juno Mod nd left them with Kiralfy, for iy “ouoc'Aflller 1 saw that they were weil his show. l:chn\'ed. 1 started out to get mful{ elephants, and I got them—beauties, every one. “] have seven that I picked up in Ham- burg. ‘They are worth $25,000. They are from 134 to 12 yearsold and from 3} to .’;J}{ feet high. The darling of the lot s Bal Ruth. She is the youngest and the small- est, and is as gentle and playful “e; kitten. The only others that are nam are Pilot and Albert, the two males of the herd. They are bouncing young fellows, weigh about 3500 potnds each and have no affection for each other. “We had them allin a great box stail between dég:kv, each chained. by the foot to the fioor. Everything went péaceably and ouietly with them until the 21st, when all ) too, before Chute's days, the beauti- | ientific | at once we heard most vicious trumpetings inthe stall, and then I knew that some- thing had given way. - I called my helper and some of the saii- | ors, opened the stall door and found my seven pets in an uproar, and Pilot and Albert pummeling each other in the most aporoved jungle style. They were both lcose, and were slashing at each other with their trunks and battering away with their beads. Before we -could separate them they had banged their heads together two or three times, ana made a noise that could be heard all over the ship. 0 “We had to take pitchforks and iron rods to separate them, and, even though they were small, it was noeasy matter. When we | would think we had them in control, they would break away again and crash their heads together in a way that would make the stall tremble and start all the others trumpeting again. tim it before we got them chained. Their fight and anger made them somewhat dyspeptic, 1 think; for a time they did not care to eat, but simply snapped their little eyes at each other as much as to say, wait till next time.’”’ The Bowery Angel. Detrolt Free Press. I was looking into the window of a Bowery confectionery-store when along came a ragged and barefooted girl of about 10 and halted beside me. Presently I said to her: “Did you ever have a whole pound of candy at once in your life?” “Naw!” she replied as she cocked up her chin and looked at me in an impudent way. “Perhaps I might buy you a pound.” “Oh!oh! Say, cully, wat ye drivin’ at this time?” Vothing in particular. All little girls like candy, ana I thought I'd buy you some.” “Qh! ye did!” she sneered, “I'm one of the little girls, am I? Got any objeck in givin’ me that sort of taffy, old man?” «Aren’t you feet cola?’ 1 asked, after looking her over and noting that she was a tough one. “You kin feel of that one znd see!” she | d as he planted her right foot against tch-pocket with the greatest ease. Want 'em retort y W “Anything cold about that! both together next time?” _ “You are a pretty high kicker for a Jittle one. ou betcher life Tam. So you'd like to sweeten me up with candy, eh? Jest thought you'd lighted down on some in- nercent little angel, didn’t you? Don’t try any of yer soft soap on me, Cholly dear!”’ “But Thaven’t been,” I protested. “Even if you wanted candy I wouldn’t buy it for you.’* *“Oh! Ye wouldn’t! Well, I shan’tax D'ye know what ye put me in mind What is it?” n ash-barrel en crutches—ha ha! ha!” You are a verv impudent child.” ¢Ch ! Child! A werry imperdent child, am 1!” she repeated, “Look here, cully—make no miftake on me for a nur- sin’babe! If you kin git anythin’ tuffern me > here' I'd like to seeit, and I'm £TO0) day. D’yeseeme?” *Yes, I see you ““And you'd better remember how Tlook. | fur if y should try to play masheron me oller fur me felleran’ you'd think ’d run up agin a razor. See!” do.” - “TLen mind yer eye an’ take that And she kicked the hat off my head and walked away singing: “The Bowery—the Bowery— He won't come here any more!” " The Dream-Ship. When all the world is fast asleep, Along the midnight ski AS though it were a wandering cloud— The ghostly Dream-Ship flies. An angel stands at the Dream-Ship's helm, An angel stands at thie prow. And an angel stands at the Dream-Ship’s side With rue wreath on her brow. The other angels, silver crowned, Pilot and helmsman are, But the angel with the wreath of rue Tosseth the dreams afar. The dreams they fall on rich and poor, They fall on young and old: And some are dreams of poverty And some are dreams of gold. And some are dreams that thrill with joy, And some that melt to tears; Some are dreams of the dawn of 1ove, And some of the 0ld, dead years. On rich and poor alike they fall, Alike on young and old, Bringing {0 slumbering earth thelr joys And so:rrow nifold. The friendless youth in them shall do The deeds of mighty men, And drooping age shall feel the grace Of buoyant youth again. The pauper be a king In that revenge of recompense The Dream-Ship dreams (o bring. S0 ever downward float the dreams “That are for all and me, And there is never mortal man Can solve that mystery. But ever onward in its course Along the haunted skies— As though it were a clond astray— The ghostly Dream-Ship fifes. Two angels with their silver crowns Pilot and helmsman are, And an angel with a wreath of rue Tosseth the dreams afar. kUGENE FIELD, A New Form of Propeller. Literary Digest. A newly invented propeller for steam- ships, working on a novel principle—that de- of direct backward thrust—is th scribed in Der Stein der Weisen (Vienna, October 15), from which we also take an illustration of its arrangement: “A nov- elty in the construction of propellers has been invented by a Spanish captain, Lo- renzo Julia y Puig of Barcelona, in which the propeiler takes the form of a hollow cylinder, as isshown in the accompanying cut, The cylinder works in a sheath through openings in the stern, having the same diameters as the propeller. Oppo- site each sheath of the propellers is a steam cylinder whose piston is connected with the propelier, and by the movement imparted to it by the steam pushes and pulls the propeller directly to and fro. In the cut the machinery is exposed to view by the removal of part of the vessel's sheathing. The construction of Puig's propeller is such that all violent vibration is avoided and an easy motion 1s attained by reducing the friction of altmoving parts to a minimum.” Saved by a Pillow. Scribner’s. An English officer recently was shoot- ing in Somaliland. One night, when he was in bed inside his tent, a lion sprang over the rough thorn fence which it is usual to throw up around one’s encamp- ment at night. Instead of picking up one of the men or animals that must have been lying about asleep inside the feuce, be We bad a hard time of | ‘You just | | would have none but the sportsman him- | seli, made a dash into his tent and seized him, fortunately only by the hand. Then, by some wonderful piece of luck, as the | lion changed his grip for the shoulder he y grabbed the pillow instead, and so van- | 1shed with his prize. The pillow was i found next morning several hundred yards | distant in the jungie, and outside were also | the spoor of a lioness, who had evidently been awaiting the return of her lord with 1 something eatable. SELF-SEALING OIL CAN. Novel Arrangement Which Prevents Spilling. Philadelohia Record. A very unique oil can is shown in the cuts below, whicia has been recently placed on the market for sale, and will probably | be seen soon in all hardware stores. A | view of the can is shown in the first cut, A | | i | | | | | | | | | The Self-Sealing Can. | | while its construction is explained in the | second. There is a vent tube, one end of which is secured to the outside of the spout and the other enters the can. The ends of the spout and the vent tube are adapted to engage the stopper, this con- sting of a piece of spring metal, secured | at one end to the wooden frame surround- ing the can. Theunderside of the stopper | is provided with a soft packing and the | extreme end of the stopper is formed with a catch which is arranged to pass over | and under the lip of the spout, to hold the can stationary. A metallic rod_passes through sthe can just above and in front | of the center. The sides of the can | are soldered to the rod, while the ends of the rod enter the sides of the frame, thus pivoting the can. In drawing oil from the can the catch of the stopper is disengaged from the lip of the spout, and the can is tilted forward, as indicatea by the dotted lines. When sufficient oil is drawn the can, it is explained, will automatically as- sume the position indicated by the heavy lines. This is accomplished by the eccen- tric pivoting of t' e can in the frame. An Ever-Faithfnl Friend. Gentleman's Magazine. “Hev a dog, Miss?’ says Bob Jakin, wisely. *They're better friends nor any Christian. Lors! it isa fine thing to have adumb brute_fond on you; it'll stick to you and make no jaw.” George Eliot, wise as she was, never wrote anything wiser, and her wisdom is still in fashion, even in these fin de siecle days. What does Jerome say? and the chronicler of Montmorency may be supposed to know of what he is talking: **They are much superior to human beings as companions. | They do not quarrel or argue with you. | They never talk about themseives, listen to you while you talk about your- |self and keep up an appearance | of being interested in the conversa- tion. They never make stupid remarks, They never observe to Miss Brown across a dinner stood she was very sweet on Mr. Jones (who has just married Miss Robinson). her husband, and fancy that you are the father-in-law. And they never ask a young author with fourteen tragedies, sixteen comedies, seven farces and a couple of burlesques in his desk, why he | doesn’t write a play. They never say un- kind things. They never tell us of our | fanits, ‘merely for our own good.” TLey do not, at inconvenient moments, mildly remind us of our past follies and mistakes. “They do not say: ‘Oh, yes, a lot of use you are, if you are ever really wanted’— sarcastic like. They never inform us, like our inamoratas sometimes do, that we are not nearly so nice as we used to be, We are always the same to them. He is very prudent, a dog_is. He never makes if his business to inquire whether you are in the right or in the wrong, never bothers as to whether you are going up ordown upon life’s ladder, never asks whether you are | rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him, and come Iuck or misfortune, good repute or bad, honor or shame, he is going to stick to you, to comfort you, gnard you, give his lifé for you, if need be—-foolish, brainless, soulless dog!” Unending. There is an end to kisses and to sighs: ‘There is an end to laughter and to tears, | Au end to faii things that delight our eyes, An end to pleasant sounds that charm Our ears, An end to enmity’s fonl libeling, And to the gracious praise of tender friend; There is an end to all but one sweet thing— To love there is no end. That warrior carved an empire with his sword; The empire now is but like him—a name; That statesman spoke, and by a burning word Kindled a nation’s heart (nto a flams Now nasught is left but ashes, and we bring Our homage :0 naw men: to them we bend. There is un end to all but one sweet thing— o love there is no end. All beauty fades awav, or else, alas! Men's eyes grow dim), and they no beauty see; The glorious shows of nature puss and pass; Quickiy they come, as quickly do they fles, And he who hears the voice of welcoming Hears next the slow, sad farewell of his friend. There is an end to all but one 8weet thing— To love there is no end. —From All the Year Round. A Dog Stops a Divorce Sult, Inter Ocean, A touching incident occurred recently in the Berlin divorce court. Both parties ap- peared early the day the trial was to come off, with their lawyers. Shearrived dressed in mourning, tried to appear indifferent, but tears trickling down once in a while, which she quickly wiped off with a lace handerchief, nroved. that the defendant on the other side of the room was not quite forgotten. He spoke with his law- yer, who had taken all the steps he con- sidered possible to bring about theirrecon- ciliation. Now and then he threw im- ploring glances upon the little woman, which she did not seem to notice at all. With him was a little Skye terrier, * Petit,” who once was the declared favorite of his wife, but now did not receive any encouragement but | ble that they always under- | They never mistake your wife’s cousin for | from his former gracious mistress. Sadly the small dog looked from oneto theother, | ana evidently could not understand why | these two people were soestranged. By accident the lady dropped her handker- chief. Quick as lightning the little Skye terrier jumped at it, picked it up and brought it to his mistress, rising upou his hind%egs, which trick he had been taught by her, and glanced up with a truly pitiful 100k to his mistress. Sobbing loualy, she raised up the dog and kissed him, and as hier husband, making good use of the op- ortunity, went up toward her, she met im hali way, and, throwing her arms around his neck, sobbed loudly on his breast and promised him forgiveness. The divorce, of course, was out of the question, d he, she and both lawyers adjourned to and a near restaurant to celebrate the reunion brought about by the little Skye terrier. A Faithful Herder. Christian Work. i A dog in New Mexico, returning one evening with his sheep to the fold, discov- ered that his master was still in his shanty and kept very quiet. The next evening it was the same. But after penning up the sheep the dog smelled about the door, scratched, barked and even howled, as he was gettine very hungry. But his master did not move. The dog, true to hisap- pointed duty, went out with the sheep on the third day, but that night when he drove the flock into their pen the last one to attempt to get in became the victim of the dog’s appetite. This method of pro- vidirg for his own wants became a part of the faithful dog’s daily duty. Every even- ing the last sheep to try to enter the fold was seized by him and served for supper and breakfast and dinner the following day. The ranch to which the dog belonged was in a solitary part of the territory and out of the track of travel or visitation. From two years from the time of the master’s death, as ascertained by data left by the latter, the faithful dog tended the flocks committed to his charge and had fresh mutton for his supper every night. The flock was notdecimated by this steady drain upon its resources. On the con- trary, it increased in numbers, and when, | at the end of two years from the time of the death of the proprietor, the ranch was | visited and the remains of the cewner were found the dog was still at his post of duty, jealously guarding his flock and driving them to the best pastures every day and to the fold at night, before which he'slept to keep the wild sheep-eaters of the plains at a civil distance. Mind Your Eye. Public Opinion. A Canadian professor of opthalmology | says: 1. Don’t read in railway trains or in vehicles in motion. 2. Don’t read lying down or in a constrained position. 3. Don’t read by firelighi, moonhght or twi- light. 4. Don’t read by a flickering gas- light or candle-light. & Don’t read books printed on thin paper. 6. Don’tread books which have no space between the lines. 7. Don’t read for more than fifty minuates without stopping, whether the eyes are tired or not. & Don't Loid the reading close to the eyes. 9. Don't stuay at night, hut in the morning, when you are fresh. 10. Don’t select your own glasses at the outset, It would almost seem as though some of these rules were too obvious to require mention, but practical experience shows that myopes abuse their eyes justin the ways stated. Reading by firelight or by moonlight are favorite sins. Reading lying down tends to increase the strain on the accommodation, and reading while traveling tires the ciliary muscle, because of the too frequent adjustment of focus. | In short, anything which tends to increase | the quantity of blood in the organ favors the increase of the defect, leading in ex- treme cases to detachment of the retina | and blindness. - Love vs. Ducatse. The violins were laughing all the while— My german favor was a white Pierrot; And, with the most intoxicating smile, She gave me Columbine—his girl, you know. We danced a grave, a stately measore through, She wooed my heart by every subtle wile; And with her eves she vowed she loved me, t0o! The violins were 1aughing all the while. 1 said, ““Were you a picture on a tile 1’ worship ¥ou from morning until night " The violins were laughing all the while— “Were I a picture, sir,” she said, “'you might!" And yet we sat alone npon a stair— Oh, smallest, whitcst_hands, ko warm in mine! Though both Knew that we ouzhtn't to be there— | Not1, Perriot, nor she, my Columbine. For when her mother’s carriage blocked the way Tt was not 1 who led her down the aisl It was the man who martied ber to-da; | And the violins were laughing all the while! MIGNON VILLARS in Truth, Woman When She Was New. ‘Woman’s head—profile. Training Children. Dr. Nathan Oppenheim, in Babyhood. Our usual method of rebuking and of punishing a child for falsehood is really as illogical as reproof for inability to draw, to play a musical instrument, to learn handwriting at a glance. A child should be blamed for lying only after tried and proved ability to recognize, discriminate and tell the truth. In addition, cnlv after it has been definitely decided that his phy- sical and mental conditions are normal; after we feel sure that his environment has been so normal, sweet and clear that every predisposing cause from this side has ‘been removed; after we have elim- inated all facts which could possibly act in the way of making subjective impres- sions, of whatever intensity, which might lead the child to a misapprehension and misstatemert of facts. Hypnotism. Medical Record. The Journal of the American Medical Association has an editorial, the general h trend of which is to show that hypnotism has had its day, and is practically being laid upon the shelf—or, at least, its use confined to irregulars outside of the recog- nized school of medicine. This is a rather curious statement to make, at least, if one measures the interest of a medical topic by the number of articles written about it. There are few subjects upon which Ger- man physicians are writing more mono- graphs at present, or in which they seem jo take a more active interest. The sensa- tional side of hypnotism is certainly dying out, but a certain practical side, which is represented by the word “suegestion,” has undoubted]y come to stay and to be used in therapeutics. Reposeful Girls. Harper's Round Table. If there isanything girls should cultivate it is repose. Simply do not allow your feet to swing and your brows to pucker, but compel face and feet to mind your will, and will to be calm and tranquil on the outside if not beneath the surface. A result of this will be that the looking quiet, and moving gently, and holding yourself in control, will bring about a restful condi- tion of mind. You will feel better and be less nervous if you put down the expression of nervousness. Indigestion is at the bottom of half of our maladies. School-girls should eat plenty of good food at the right times, and should avoid too many sweets. Many a headache and fit of the glues can be traced Enck to a pound of candy, delicious candy, ut too much for the stomach to manage. Bonbons and caramels and all such tempt- ing confections should be eaten after a meal as dessert, not munched all day between-times. Harnessing Niagara. Sclentific Machinlst. It is surprising how many people have firmly fixed in their minds the notion that the Niagara cataract hasbeen “*harnessed’’ and made to do duty liee the little water- fall from the mill-race. Standing at a point which commands a good view of Horseshoe Falls, a squad of visitors were recently gazing at ihe great white sheet through the cloud of mist, among them a representative of this publication. After scrutinizing the falls thoroughly, both with naked eve and field-glass, one of the, group—an Illinois lawyer, prominent in the district ne resides in—said, with a puz- zled look on his face: ‘“‘Where are the wheels? I don’tseeany.” “‘Of course you can’t see them,” said a Massachusetts merchant,with a thorougkLly sophisticated air; ‘‘the tunnel is built in the rock behind the cataract and the wheels project into the falling stream some, well, perhaps from two to ten feet, but not clear through, #0 that the—what are they called ? —flukes or floats are not visible.” “And does the water go right on down the river into Lake Ontario ?’" asked one of the ladies of the party. “Certainly,” exclaimed the encyclopedic tradesman. “Oh!” exclaimed the lady in surprise, “T thought it was all used up to make electricity.” Measuring the Wind’s Velocity. The principte of the Holian harp has been put to scientific use. At a recent meeting of the National Academy of Science, reported in Science, November 15, Professor Carl Barus read a paper discuss- ing the sounds made by the wind whistling across a slender obstacle, like a wire. “He showed that the velocity of the wind could ve computed from the pitch of the note ob- served in case of a given diameter of wire and for a given temperature of the air. By aid of a special microphonic attachment such sound could be conveyed to any dis- tance and isolated from the attendant noises at the place of exposure. So rep- resented, the wind was given in every de- tail of its gusty and variable character, and the term micro-anemometry seemed to be applicable to observations of this nature. Finally, the direction of the gust could be inferred from the sounds obtained r;%m three wires at right angles to each other.” A New Ambulance. A German surgeon, Dr. Hoenig, has de- signed an apparatus, which he calls a cyclo-ambulance, says the British Medical Journal. It consists of a car covered in with canvas, which contains a folding litter and rests on four side wheels and a fifth wheel in front pedaled by a cyclist. A seat and pedal are also provided at the back for another cyelist. The top part of the car can be lifted off, a patient can then be placed on the litter and the top replaced on the axles. The patient can be watched by the eyclist at the back through a glazed window; but the patient is also provided with the means of attracting the attention of the cyciist by using the rubber ball of a cycle horn. An aperture in the side of the car affords access to the patient when he is in need of help. The ambulance is re- ported to be in experimental use in Berlin, and is easily sfeered and manipulated. Jerusalem To-Day. Cy Warman in M cClure's Magazine for December- I made no notes of Jerusalem, for I did not and do not intend to write of it. It was well done long ago by a man equally innocent and more abroad, and has not changed much since. The Turks are still on guard at the cradle and the grave of Christ, to try to keep the devout Chris- tians from spattering up the walls with each other’s bloocd. The lamps have been carefully and nearly equally divided be- tween the Greeks, Catholics and Armeni- ans, as well as the space around and the time for worship. What strikes the traveler most forcibly on seeing Jerusalem for the first time is the littleness of everything. The Mount of Olives is a little mound; Mount Moriah is a secarcely perceptible rise of ground; Mount Zion 1s a gentle hui; the valley of Jehoshaphat is a deep ugly gulch, with scarcely enough water in it to wet a post- age stamp, and the Tyropoeon Valley is an alley. The Horseless Age. Regarding the much prophesied “pass- ing of the horse,” the Railway Age, Chi- cago, November 22, speaks as. follows: “‘The Horseless Age’ is the decidedly premature title of a new monthly periodi- cal. The recent ‘moto cycle’ fiasco at Chi- cago, where, instead of a hundred cr so seli-propelled vehicles of various sorts that were to compete madly over a hundred- mile course, only a single one, a clumsy carriage, built in"France, managed to lum- ber around to the goal, showed tlie horse is very far from being superseded for pur- poses both of pleasure and work.” Dainty Handkerchiefs. An exceedingly dainty Christmas gift consists of six handkerchiefs made of the sheerest, silkiest linen lawn. One of the handkerchiefs should be very pale blue, one of very pale pink, one of lavender an the others pure white, A The handkerchiefs should be hemstitched by hand and in one corner of each the ini- tials in fac-simile of the person for whom hey are intended should be embroidered. The white handkerchief may be edged with a narrow frill of valenciennes lace, but the colored onesshould have no adorn- ment but the hemstitching and the ini- tials. A Long-Distance Lad$ Cyelist. ‘London Chronicle. Of the many English and French lady cyclists taking part in the competition at ‘Westminster Aquarium last week Miss Harwood proved successful, the distance placed to her credit being 871 miles and 352 yards. The full riding time was a Jittle over 22 hours. Pleasantly Surprised. 1 caught her in the hall. And twenty times I kissed her, And then contritely smd: “1 thought you were my sister " But what a sell, by Jove! T felt 80 like a clam ! The girl I kissed laughed gayly: “You silly boy, I am!” |WAS A LIVING PICTURE Why Mrs. Knarston Is Said to Be Unfit to Care for Her Children. BUT SHE DIDN'T WEAR TIGHTS. She Appeared in a Flowing Robe of White Which Was Proper in Every Respect. The matter of guardianship of the two children of John H. Knarston, who was killed by an Oakland train a short time ago, was before Judge Coffey yesterdsy afternoon. The applicants are Viola F. Knarston, mother of the children, and the Druids lodge to which Knarston belonged. Knarston’s sister, from Victoria, B. C., also lays claim to the children, but she is not a resident of the State and, therefore, her claims are not considered. Mrs. Knarston was divorced from her husband in 1891. Since then the two chil- dren, George and Belle, had been in the custody of the father, but she had been allowed to see them at intervals. The divorce was granted to the husband on the ground of her desertion, but Mrs. Knars- ton says he bad taken possession of the children and would not permit her to see them at all if she did not allow him to se- cure the divorce. The objectors to the appointment of Mrs. Knarston submitted much evidence to show that she was not a fit person to care for the children. Mrs. Knarston herself was placed on the stand. She was asked some questions of her theatrical experi- ence, and she told how she had given riding exhibitions at the Pavilion.and at the Circus Royal. In the aquatic portion of the performances at this latter placeshe had also taken part. On one occasion she appeared as Elaine and again she was a portion of the ‘‘living fountain.” Opposing counsel was very anxious to know just what the witness wore upon these occasions, and the reply was she wore a long white robe. He asked if she had not worn tights, but she denied having done so, except under her white robe. She had never appeared in tights, she said. She was also questioned as to her where- abouts since the divorce and of her asso- ciates. She admitted having gone riding now ana then at the Presidio, but she denied having any knowledge of a news- paper story which connected her rather unpleasantly with a man arrested for embezzlement. Mrs. Mary Martin, a former friend of the family, took the stand to_tell how Mrs. Knarson used to drink. Mrs. Mar- tin said Mrs. Knarston remarked one time that she hated her children, esvecially the boy, because he looked like his father and had a similar disposition. She had said, too, that she drank in order to make her husband angry. Mrs. Martin also told how Mrs. Knarston used to neglect her children and would leave them uncared for while she enjoyed herself at dances and picnics, The boy was also put on the stand, but his testimony was not of much value either way. e and his sister were sent into the Judge’'s chambers to be questioned by him later when out of the reach of the attorneys. The case was not concluded. SNOBBISHNESS IN DOGS. A Chicago Fancier Differs With Profes- sor Huxley on That Subject. A dog fancier once took exception to Professor Huxley’s assertion that ‘“one of the most curious peculiarities of the dog mind was its inherent snobbishness, shown by the regard paid to external respecta- bility. The dog who barks furiously at a beggar will let a well-dressed man pass him without opposition.”” He said that, in fact, only dogs of well-dressed persons act so. Dogs accustomed to men in rags bark, not at beggars, but at persons clothed in sleek broadcloth. The affection of the yellow dog for the negro still remains un- explained.—Chicago Chronicle. —————————— A Seasonable Discovery. A bed of petrified oysters has been found on the top of Big Mountain, just back of Forkston, Wyoming County, writes a Wilkesbarre correspondent of the Phila- delphia Ledger. A short time since A. Judson Stark and William N. Rey- nolds Jr. of Lafayette Colleze, amateur geologists of Tunkhannock, spent a day on the mountain and brought back a fine collection of the petrified bivalves. Some of the specimens are of mammoth size, one in Mr. Reynold’s FO!- session measuring twenty-two inches long by nine inches wide and weighing forty pounds. The specimens range in all sizes, from this down to the ordinary edible oysters of the present time. Some of the specimens show the eye of the oyster perfectly and in all of them the meat is easily removed from the shell. The bed seems to be confined to a small mound, resting on a broad plateau, at the extreme top of the mountain, near the Sul- livan County line. Called Down. “Put that fellow in one of the basement rooms.” remarked Satan, carelessly. “YFellow! Basement!” sputtered the new arrival. “I would have you know, sir, that I was a prominent citizen in my late home, sir.” Satan smiled. Le said, here.” “That may have been,” ‘‘but you won'’t cut any ice down Cincinnati Enquirer. NEW TO-DAY. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY ‘We have been compelled to change ourlocationto 111 Montgomery street, and com mencing at 11 A, M. daily we will resume our AUCTION 0f WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY and SILVERWARE, Commenced in our old storeon Sutter street. 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The germ theory of disease has had to fight its way against obstinacy and prejudice. It is really singular how slow the medical profession was to adopt the microbe theory. Among the more ignorant prac- uitioners, physicians who are giving pills and nostrums the same as their fathers did, the microbe theory is still unbelieved. Among liberally educated and liberal-minded doctors there 15 not one who does not know that every disease is caused by a species of microbes, which vary with the character of the disease. The man most responsible for this knowledge is Mr. William Radam, who by his experiments and by his dis- coveries with the microscope has actually proved that there is a separate and distinct microbe for every disease. Mr. Radam’s researches and dis- coveries culminated in the preparation of his now famous ‘. obe Killer.” Speaking of this won- derful remedy, Mr. Radam say * ‘Radam’s Mi- crobe Killer' is not a medicine any more than seit- zer water is a medicine. 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