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T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1896. 29 A sd \ ! NOVE EIE ENCE, L LFRED AND J. W. CARLSON of Rilgard, Or., are the invent- ors of a new propeller some- what similar to the one lately patented by a man named Gra- ham in New York. The similarity, how- ! may be opened and the room flushed with | fresh air without any special risk, provided the current does not strike them too di- rectly. The danger from want of prover ventilation is decidedly greater. Deep in- halations of air at the open window, taken | gently through the nose, impart an en- ever, is only in the shape of the screw. | livening and toric infiuence to the whole In the Graham boat the screw itself is| Mervous system, which can soon be demon- really a revolving hull, and in the Orego- nian invention the screw is made to work under a cigar-shaped hull that is capable of cdrrying freight and passengers. The Carlson brothers’ vessel seems to be built on scientific principles. They have | strated by personal experiment. | New ¥Form of Bicycle. | James Flamant of this City is the in- | ventor and patentee of a novel form of bicycle. The principal point of the inven- | tion is in the frame, and it is intended to New Screw Propeller, Invented by Al [From a drawing mads for * fred and J. W. Carlson, of Hiigard, Or. The Call” by Henry Hansen.) made use of the principle of the convey- ors that are used 1n flour mills all over the world. In the case of flour mills the re-| volving screw and tube being stationary, it follows that the wheat is conveyed through the tube. In the Carlson broth- ers’ invention they have simply reversed things. The water is statidnary and it fol ows as a matter of course, that the tube and screw must travel through it, provided sufficient motive power is ap- | plied in the proper place. make such parts of it as bear the load the | strongest, and at the same time not use any metal where it is not needed. | It will be seen in the accompanying cut that the upper bar is entirely done away with by joining the upper ends of the ‘\fmm and rear wheel-posts at a common «reph of the vessel, with which he was | familiar, no measurements being taken. ow, hele is the Paris,” said the doc- tor, *‘and I'm going over soon to collect the debt. Iknew it could be done, and it will give me pleasure to twist Cousin Bull's tail. I've been a whole year on the job.” The model is an excellent burnished iece of workmanship. Execept the figure- ead on the prow and the emerald and | ruby jewels used for the steamer’s lights, every detail from hull to rigging is made by band. There are 3000 pieces in all, so riveted with bolts that the entire mechan- ism can be taken apart. The hull is of burnished copper, in many pieces; but brazed into perfect curves. The cordage of copper wire falls to the ship’s sides from silver masts. The captain stands on a bridge of brass, of which the deck and nearly all its furnishings are composed. All the minuti@ of a complicated ocean liner, machinery, of course, excepted, are | carried out with elaborate detail. The pilot ladder is gold and the passenger lad- der astern is aluminum. Her silken flags { are set for entering an English port, a | dainty Unfon Juck at the peak. | Genesis of the Steam-Carriage. “The genesis of the steam-carriage is fa- miliar,” says B. F. Spalding in Cassier's Magazine. “It may be said that we owe | its first materialization to Cugnot, who was born in France in 1729, and died in 1804. When he was 40 years old he constructed a steam-carriage, using steam at high pressure, which carried persons at the rate | of two or three miles an hour, in an exhi- bition which he madeof it before Marshal Saxe; but the boiler was so limited in ca- pacity that after every twelve or flifteen minutes he was obliged "to stop to recruit its exbausted energies. Improving upon this he built another, but unfortunately while whirling throngh the streets at the reckless speed of three miles an hour it upset, and being looked upon with disfa- vor by the populace it was condemned, not from any inherent defect, but through | prejudice. Fortunately it was preserved, | as it deserved to be, and may now be seen center and connecting them with a heavy ! at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers at | A study of the accompanying drawing | shows that the invention consists of a | cylindrical tube on the inside of which a | screw propeller is made to revolve. The | tube is of course open at both ends. | Between the cylinderand the keel proper | is & large air space. The ballast is placed | at the bottom of the keel and thel machinery to drive the propeller is placed in the space between the cylinder and the outside sides of the keel, the latter being slightly tapered et both ends. The propel- ling screw is of uniform size from one end to the other, and onily makes one and a half spiral coils around its axis, which will increase the speed. Another fact not to be overlooked is that it does away with all suction from behind, which always reduces the speed of any propeller. "Also the screw being inclosed in the cylinder always works on in solid water and it will make the vessel move quietly and steadily. Almost any speed should be obtained without large expense. Should the vessel strike a sandbar it will be plainly seen that the propeller would not come in contact with it. Incandescent Gasoline Lamp. Siegfried Marcus of Vienna, Austria, is the inventor of a lamp 1intended to burn some of the hydro-carbons such as benzine or gasoline. The method of making these fluids illuminating is the same as 1s used in the well-known Wellsbach burner, viz.: a mantle of a thin wire of iridium_ so ylaced that it becomes heated to incandes- cence by the flame of the burning gas. In the Jamp invented by Mr. Marcus this result is obtained by a burner that consists of three tubes. The outer one Incandescent Hydrocarbon Lamp. forms a support for the lamp-chimney and the inner is a mixer for the gas. The upper end of this is perforated, The gas from the lamp rises through two tubes on both sides of the burner and passesintoa | vaporizing chamber very much on the rinciple of the ordinary rasoline stove. ere it is heated by the heat generated by the lamp and ascends through the perfora- tions in the tube, where it is lighted and becomes a flame that heats the wire man- tle to 8 white heat that gives off a bril- liant light, Taking the Air Without Going Out. Elderly people and others who may be temporarily house-bound and prevented trom enjoving a regular daily stroll out- doors, says the Health Marazine, can de- vise 8 fair substitute as follows: Bundle up as if for the usual constitutional, select a large sunny room, nrelerabl?' at the top of the house, open wide the windows, shut off the heat and move around briskiy, go- ing to the window and inhaling the fresh air deeply through the nostrils. We have often called attention to the fact that house air, with its many impurities, over- heated condition and general lifelessness, is one of the principal predisposing canses to colds and catarrhal aftections. Where a patient or invalid js confined to bed, if the shoulders are kept well covered and the head lightly protected, the windows 1 NEW STYLE OF BICYCLE, rod. The positions of the handle-bars and seat are certainly novel, and sure to save considerable weight. By reason of the rider’s weight coming on one center it is claimea that vibration is almost entirely done away with. X-Ray Pictures Without a Photographic Plate. Righi describes in L’Electricien, says the Electrical Review, London, an appa- ratus by which he obtains the Roentgen pictures without the use of the photo- employed by Lichtenberg and Kundt. Under the Crockes tube is fixed a sheet of black cardboard, backed by a sheet of alu- minum, which is connected to earth. Below this is fixed a sheet of ebonite, backed with tinfoil, which Jatter is connect- ed through an air-condenser to the cathode of the tube. The anode of the tube is also put toearth. 1f a hand is now laid on the cardboard, and subjected for a sufficient time to the action of the tube, it will be found that an electrical victure of the band a la Roentegen has been imprinted on the sheet of ebonite. This can be made visible by the well-known mixtare of sul- phur and red lead, or by another mixture of tale and dioxid and mniznesium. which gives the effect more closely resembiing a photograph. v in these electrocraphs just the same as in the Roentgen photographs. Model of an Atlantic Liner. Dr. Frank Brandow of Pittsfield, Mass., was in New York the other day with a beautiful shining toy which he proundly exhibited to friends, says the Herald. doctor is well known in the Berkshire Hill region as the possessor of a complete laboratory and & most ingenious skill in mechanics, which he follows as a pastime during his leisure hours. “One year ago,” said he, “when I made a visit to England, I met J. C. Swazey, superintendent of Works at London, where he showed me The Paris in Metal. | their large collection of wooden models for all sorts of marine craft. Wien we reached the Atlantic liners I remarked how much bandsomer the models would be in metal. “‘Yes,” said Mr. Swazey, ‘but it can’t be done, You couldn’t get the proper curves on the keel. If you tried to makeitin pieces and then weld them in piace you would have notLing but a botchwork re- sult. " It can’t be done.’’ Then followed a controversy on what could and could not be done with metals between the American amateur and the British expert. It ended in a wager of $1000 between them, Dr. Brandow under- taking to construct an ali-metal perfect modofol the Paris, with parts brazed to- gether, nothing being cast, and to accom- plish this feat by simply 1oflomu‘l photo- graphic plate, by a method similar to that | The bones, etc., are shown | The | the British Model | [ Paris—an evidehcs of many things which | cannot be gainsaid.” Basket-Carrier for Bicycles. An attachment for any ordinary bicycle so that it can very easily carry a heavy load of parcels has been invented by Lem- | uel 8. Manning of Oakland. The contriv- | ance really converts the machine into a ] | | off and replaced in a few moments. ‘Ther'e really is not much to the inven- | tion. The principal portion is an ordinary | | | | | | | | Basket Carrier for Bicycles. | bieycle wheel that is secured toa U-shaped | frame. To the upper corners of this arms | are secured that can be made fast to the | bicycle frame by turning a few screws, In is intended to hang the b: sket or package. An Ice Bicycle. Augustus J. Brace and Edwin Brown of New York have come to the relief of bicyclists of that section of the world by inventing & machine that can be used in the winter. The invention is really an attachment for an ordinary bicycle so that it will run over the ‘surface of a frozen lake. Tothe front fork of the machine there is fastened a steel shoe that takes the place of the wheel that nhas to be removea. This is bent in the form of a gracefui curve and is very springy. The bneu- matic tire of the rear wheel is removed put on. On either side of the rear wheel there is a runner, the front end of which is secured to the frame and the rear por- tion to the rear axle. The rider keeps his balance by the movement of the handle- bars the sameas if riding over an ordinary road in the summer. The New English Dictionary. The completion of the new English dic- tionary on the elaborate scale hitherto followed is by no means a certainty, says the London Chronicle. For several years the work has been carried on at hich pres- sure, especially in the department under Dr. Murray's personal control; yet, despite this fact, the end of D has not been reached, and though E has been completed by Heury Bradley, F is not yet finished. i That is to say, since 1884 only four letters of the alphabet and portions of two others have been settled with. At this rate of progress it is hard to see how we can ex- pect the last number of the dictionary under a quarter of a century hence. Meanwhile, the great expense to the Oxford University Press continues, and it is quite within the bounds of possibility that a llbfl!lg: may take place. Much as this would regretted, it is doubttul whether such a course would-not be prefer- able to the continuance of the work on | | | | | | | | | and in its stead a steel band with calks is | | cured when shut by means of short lever | the square space between the four bars it | C8Iches which are called “clips.” In the basty and incomplete lines. That some scheme of curtailment has been mooted is evident from the recent action of the Clarendon Press delegates who have offered a few = sugeestions to the workers. Their recommendations point to the need of more concise treat- ment in all the departments; as, for in- stance, the elimination of much of the etymological matter usually inserted, in some cases as much as one-half the guan- ity being regarded as unnecessary. The definitions, too, they would have in much less profusion; and when we notice the immense amount of subdivision in the treatment of the commoner words of the language (the word #nd alone has thirteen main and seven subordinate senses) there does appear a possibility of pulling in. The greatest parc of the space in the dic- tionary .is taken up by the quotations these the delegates would lessen consider- ably, suggesting that the word modern should be used in place of many c:tations of later date; recent illegitimate exten- sions of meaning they would omit alto- gether. 2 A few other suggestions for special kinds of words have also been made, and it re- mains to be seen whether the editors will be able to fall in therewith, That this will be found extremely difficult will be felt by any, one who has had experience of dic- tionary-making or any other form of com- pilation in which close attention to detail 1s necessary. In the case of the new Eng- lish dictionary the difficulty s height- ened almost to impossibility, by very rea- son of the fifteen years' work already per- formed in one method. An Adjustable Keel. Leonard O. Smith of Pbiladelphia, Pa., is the inventor of a kesl for sailing vessels that can be adjusted to the tack on which the craft is sailing. This is accomplished by the use of a plate hinged to the-hull at a point below the center of gravity. To use this plate the navigator has only to move a lever that passes through the hull Yacht With Movable Keel. of the vessel and into the cockpit. This lever is arranged to act on the keel and move the lower edge of it to the right or left, so that it can be made to work on the water at such an angle as will offer the greatest resistance. If the windis blow- ing hard on the starboard quarter the bot- tom edge of the keel can be moved to port as far as is necessary to prevent the vessel from “heeling over” and making leeway. How Fly-Wheels Break. The causes of fly-wheel accidents were explained by Professor C. H. Benjamin of the Case School of Apptied Science, Cleve- land, 1n a recent lecture in that city. We quote a few paragraphs from an abstract in the Scientific Machinist (March 15). Says the Professor: Fly-wkeel accidents may be attributed to several causes, viz.: (1) poor castings or internal strains, (2) faulty construction and design, (3) sudden shocas or stops, (4) miscellaneous external causes such as the breaking of belts or shaft, (5) excessive speed. l(’)udon and off suddenly will eventually break any ordinary fly-wheal. It used. to be a rule that the speed of a rim of a Hy-wheel should not exceed 3000 feet per minute, but this had gradually increased until double that speed was common. There | are thousands of belts running that fast and many faster. Excessive speed, how- ever, is the cause of the majority of acci- dents. The tendency of fly-wheel arms to break at the hub has been known only about three years. The centrifugal tension on the rim of a fly-wheel is equal on every | square inch. There is-some expansion in the metal of the rims and arms, but it fol- lows that the parts most firmly bound to the hub will spring or bend outward under this strain the least. Midway between the arms the rim will bend outward the great- est, and if one will make a wheel with a rubber rim this will be very plainly no- ticéd under high speed. For this reason joinis should be placed at the spokes. It s take to place them between the astiron is a treacherous material to use in flywheels. The use of wood in flywheel construction is a recent tendency in the East. While wood is, in certain ways, stronger than castiron (i. e., in proportion | to its weight) a wooden wheel 1s probably no better than an iron wheel, for the rea- son that the glued jcints are liable to give way. Their strength can only be a mat- ter of conjecture. If one is to be killed by a wrecked flywheel it makes little differ- ence whether wood or iron is the insiru- ment. The Emperor as an Inventor. The latest capacity in which the Ger- tricycle for the time being. 1t can be taken | man Emperor has chosen to reveal him- self is that of an inventor of a new system | of fastenings for water-tight doors in men- of-war, says the New York Times. He turned up in the harbor of Syracuse the other day,in the Holenzollern, and the officers of the, British ‘cruiser Astrea, which happened to be lying there, were not a little astonished soon afterward to see him approaching their vessel in a steam launch, attired in the panoply of a British aamiral. He inspected the Astrea minutely and then carried off the captain to the Hohenzollern. After entertaining him royally, he took him down into the engine-room and there pointed out a water-tight door in one of the bulkheads, | which, he said, he had invented himself and expected to see imitated generally. The door was of the kind known techni- cally as a “clipped door’’—that is, it is se- E:glish service as many as a dozen of these clips are often used to secure one door. The improvement claimed by the Em- peror is that instead of having fo work the clips singly, thus involving several opera- tions, he can, by an arrangement of levers, work them all simultaneously in one operation only. Provided the mechanism is not too compuicated and likely to get out of order the invention seems to be one of considerable practical value, the mani- fest objection being that if the lever hap- pened to be out of order at a critical mo- ment all the clips and the door would be useless. An Electrical Aerial Torpedo. An instrument of warfare, termed an “‘aerial torpedo,” has been designed to be lused in the siege of cities or to scatter large bodies of troops while at rest, The torpedo consists of a small-sized gas-filled balloon cavable of sustaining for any lenzth of time from thirty to forty pounds at an elevation of from 500 to 1000 feet above the earth. Inside of the lower or small end of the batloon is placed a metal cylinder which contains an electrical de- vice, the purpose of which is to ignite the as in the balloon at any stated period. nder the balloon is suspended a car or basket containing high explosives similar to dynamite, which will explode with ter- rific’ force when striking a hard substance like the earth or walled embankments, To use the aerial torpedo effectively, which requires only a corporal’s guard, all that is necessary 1s 1o approach as near as pos- sible the locality where the torpedo is de- sired to take effect and to ascertain the di- rection of the lower aircurrentana the ve- locity of the same per hour. The le:gth of time it would take for the sir current to carry the torpedo over the objective point can thus be ascerteined and the electric time-exploding apparatus set to the proper hour or minute. As soon as the time K:l expired an electric spark ignites the gas in the balloon, causing it to explode and the torpedo will drop to the earth. Thne ex- plosive striking the earth will cause seri- ous damage in The strain of throwing a heavy | can be used by day or night by a féw‘men of ordinary intelligence and no defense can be made against it.—Electrical World. Electric Light a Sanitary Factor. The subject of electric lighting of hos- pitals is receiving considerable attention abroad. The superior healthiness, cleanli- ness ana convenience of the electric light, as compared to other formsof lighting, together with the fact that it does not cost more than an equal illumination by gas, render it an ideal illuminant for hos- pitals. A hospital requires a light that can be localized by means of more or less portable lamps, and with this in the elec- tric light we have combined safety and freedom from vitiation of the atmosphere. One disad vantage was, until recently, that it was impossible to vary the intensity of the light of an incandescent lamp, but this has been overcome by several devices now on the market, so that one is enabled to obtain any desired degree of illumination from a mere glow to the full light of the lamp by simply turning a key. In this connection some interesting statistics are reported by a large firm at Norwich, Eng- land, which tiree years ago adopted elec- tric lighting in 1ts factories. In connec- tion with the firm there is a benefit fund, and during the last few years preceding the adoption of electricity benefits were received by employes on account of sickness amounting to 11 per cent of the people employed, but since the introduction of the electric light the number receiving lt;eenaflts were only 4 per cent of this num- T, Diphtheria Anti-Toxines. Dr. Cartwright Wood gave recently, be- fore the Royal Society, some interesting particulars ou his method for rapidly pro- ducing diphtheria anti-toxines, by which he claims that an animal can be rendered immune toward large quantities of diph- theria poison, and also that such animals can be made to produce powerful diph- theria anti-toxines. The distinctive fea- ture of the method consists in the use of the products produced by the growth of the diphtheria bacillus in albuminous fluids made by the addition of serum to ordinary peptone broth. The fluid is al- lowed to grow for three or four weeks at a temperature of 37 degrees C., and alter filtration heated for an hour at 65 degrees The experiments have been carried out on horses and the immunity produced: is most striking. It is claimed for this method that powerful diphtheria anti- toxines can be easily produced in a shorter space of time than has hitherto been pos- sible, .and that as a consequence the amount of serum necessary to be injected is greatly reduced. Its greater strength will permit of the patient receiving at the beginning of treatment a sufficient quan- tity of the serum at one injection, by which experience has shown that curative action is exerted in the most marked manner.—London Chronicle. Varlous Note: A striking illustration of the influence of fatigue upon the nervous system is afforded by an experiment conducted by an Italian physician some months ago. Twenty-four bicycle riders who had ridden thirty-two miles in two hours and a guar- ter were examined with reference to their hearing, and it was in nearly every in- stance found to be defective. After two hours’rest the hearing had become normal in most of them. It is not essential that fruits should be flayored to our taste in order to induce birds or animals to swallow them. The | macaranga capsules, covered with a viscid | gum- most unpleasant to the mouth, the | hot capsicums, the drupes of the palm Kentia Macarthurl, the berries of tne wild grapes, which have a most irritating effect on the mouth, and the poisonous fruits of | sapium are highly popular with birds. The best preservative for milk is said by a German journal quoted in the National Druggist to_be borax and boracic acid in the proportion of one part of the first to two parts of the latter. The Druggist goes on to say: ‘“‘The writer hereof can attest to the virtues and harmlessness of boracic acid in this direction, baving used it through one entire summer—some four or five months—in the South. One heaping teaspoonful was used for every gallon of milk, and with this amount the milk was kept frequently for seventy-two hours un- altered. It gives no taste as far as can be discovered (by an ordinary palate, at any rate), to the milk, and the entire party of seven men who used it daily never enjoyed | better health than they did on that expe- | dition, running the county lines in Arkan- sas swamps."”’ A new manufactured product entitled “pantasote’” has been awarded a medal and award of mierit by the Frunkiin Institute, Philadelpbia, in view oi the report of the committee on science and arts, which describes “‘pantasote’ asa *‘highly merito- riobs substitute for leather for a number of uses for which leather is aiapted."” *‘This report.”’ says Industries and Tron, “is the result of two years’ investigations into t e best substituies for leather.” The method | of manuiacturing the new product is stated to be the coating of tough paper and leather fabrics of various kinds with a { gummy composition which becomes in- corporated with the substance of the fabric, this gum bei:g colored before it is used. The pantasote fabrics are stated to be superior to leather in the possession of several aesirable qualities, such as plia- bility under extremes of temperature, im- perviousness to water and cleansing qualiti % According to recent experiments de- scribed in lie Medical Re-ord each pint of air breathed in by an adult contains about 15,000 microbes. In some plac:s the num- ber is as high as 1,000,000, but the average city number is about as stated. This microbe-laden air is taken into the air- passages, and when it is thrown out it is uite sterile. The air has furtier been ound to be sterile in the naso-pharyngeal cavity. The inference is that the nose is a most powerful microbe-destroyer, and this fact shows also how important it is to draw the air through the nasal passages. A syndicate has lately acquired an es- tate near the great waterfall known as Sarpsfos, between Christiana and Gote- borg, with the object of utilizing 'he water- power for the generation of electricity, and intend to establish aluminum works. The Sarpsfos is one of the finest falls in Nor- way, being seventy-four feet bigh and 116 feet wide. The water-power is already be- ing largely used by, numerous sawmills, cefiulose factories, etc., while the railway already crosses the falls. A DOG'S VANITY, QUEER FREAK OF A SKYE TERRIER IN SAN JOSE. Nellie is the name of one of the pret- Nellie in Her Favorite Pose. (From a photograph. } tiest Skye terrier dogs in California and sbhe knows it. She aid not come by this knowledge of her own sccord, but by being admired by thousands of people. As Nellie’s home is not far from the Ho- at locality. The torvedo | tel Vendome. in San Jose, she is around | that caravansary a large part of her time ana attracts a great deal of attention from the guests. Kodaks are plentiful about the hotel and nearly everybody who owns one wants a picture of Neilie. ~ As a result the little dog has become so used to having her picture taken that she wants it done all the time, Tne little boy who owns Nellie is proud of her achievements and says that she learned to sit up by herself.” When her picture was taken for the first time she did not seem to like it and would not stay still for a moment. But in a_ short timeshe grew so that she rather enjoyed it, and as to give her something nice to eat there was a double inducement. At present Nellie don’t want anythin better than to have her picture taken. If she sees anybody walking along the streets with a camera she wil! run in front of them and stand on her hind feet, making every effort to look her prettiest. 1f her request is complied with she has several ‘‘poses’’ that she will gladly take in suc- cession for the purpose of having them “‘snapped.” She knows when the exposure has been made, and always jumps around as soon as she hears the shutter click. 1f the person happens to be a stranger and she fails to make herself understood she shows evident signs of disappointment. Nellie is only a little over 3 years old, but her beautiful silky coat has been photographed hundreds of times. Most of the people who have “taken’” her have been tourists, and the chances are that her picture can be found in nearly every large city in the Union. A UNICORN RABBIT. STRANGE ONE-EARED QUADRUPED the people for whom she posed were suresh their hair so that it sticksup as straight as a beanfole. While the rabbit captured at Tocaloma has only one ear it really seems to have two orifices. The openings are on the sides of the ear and not far from the usual places. From the upper portions of them the skin of the ear grows toward the cen- ter of the head where it joins the one from CAUGHT NEAR TOCALOMA. Miss Bertrand, daughter of the hotel. keeper at Tocaloma, captured a most un- usual quadruped a few daysago. Itisa specimen of the ordinary cotton-tailed rabbit, but differs from the rest of his tribe by not having his just share of ears. In fact he has only one, and that is *‘right in the middle of his forehead.” Possibly this rabbit realized that he was different from his fellows, for he was first seen only a few hundred yards from the hotel. When he was chased, instead of getting away as fast as possible, he ran into a clump of shrubbery and staid there until he was picked up. And the strangest thing is that he never seemed frightened at any time, but allowed himself to be handled just as if he was used to it all his life. The body of Miss Bertrand’s rabbit is exactly like alhgther rabbits, and so isthe shape of his head. His fur is the same color and there appears to be no difference in size from others of his spectes. But to look at him is startling. Ard all on ac- count of that strange, uncanny ear. It sticks up in the wildest manner and wakes the little animal look about twice his real size. It also gives him the ferocious ap- pearance that ?ndians have when they put a feather on their head and twist it into A Rabbit With Only One Ear Caught Near Tocaloma. the other side, and the two become one piece of flesh. The upper portion of the ear is not unusual, except for the fact that the inside is turned toward the back instead of toward the sides. The single ear is nearly twice the size of one in nor- mal condition. Notwithstanding his peculiarity, the one-eared rabbit is as happy as can_be. He hopos around his pen in the liveliest manner, and when he is picked up shows signs of being pleased at the attention. ——— An Old Scalping EKnife. An Indian scalping knife was found in a tree in Clearfield County, Pa., a few days ago. The blade was embedded twenty feet. from the ground, and as the iree counted 175 rings from the voint of the knife to its hilt, it would indi- cate that the blade had been in the same position for almost two centuries. The stamp on the side of the knife consists of the representation of a crown and a bottle, and it was no doubt imported from Eng- land in the early day sof the colonists and was probably traded to the Indians.— Hardware. What it The teeth—from decay. saves: The gums—from softeni NEW TO-DAY. The breath—from impurity. ng. The pocket—money. ozodonr TeeTH Y BREATH, sample of liquld Sozodont by mall, provided you mention this publication and send three sents for ‘p\vos:}pe. "Adcress the Proprietors of Sozodoit, HALL & RUCKEL, Wholesale Drugeisrs: New York City. RAILROAD TRAVEL. SAVFRANCISCO & NORTH PA- CIFIC RAILWAY (0. Tiburon Ferry—Foot of Market Ste San Francisco to San Rafael. WEEK DAYS—7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a.».: 12:35, 8:30, 810, 6:30 F.ac 'Mhursdays_—Extra ip at .. Saturdays—Extra at 1:5 and 11:50 ». M. i o SUNDAYS—7:30, 9:30, 11:00 A.2e; 1:80, 8:30, 00, 6:20 P. 3. San Rafael to San Francisco. DAYS—6:15, 7:50, 9:10, 11:10 A. ae.; OF. . Saturdays—Exira trips Ly 16 53 159, 11:10 AL = a.; 1:40, 3:40, Betw n Franciscond Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Lesve | Arrive San Francisco. (- Inefect | gap Francisco. prnfil. o WEER Davs. 1 Destination. Ax| Pe P Santa ulton, Windsor, | Healdsburg, servilie, verdale. | Fieta, | Hopland & Ukiah. | 0 A 0 x| 6:15 Pa 8:30 Py |9:30 5:10 Px|5:00 10:10 ax 7:30 x| 6:15 Px 30 AM |7:30 ax|Guerneville. | 7:: 2 | 6:15 P Sonoma |10:40 ax| 8:40 A and 6:05 Px| 6:15 Bx | Glen Ellen. | 3 1. [10:40 Ax|10:10 ax Sebastopol. | 13362 211010 A a for Mark West Skages Springs: at Pleta for Highland Bay and Lakepor:; at E at_Santa R Springs; evserville for Cloverdale for the Geysers; at Springs, Kelseyville, Soda. Hopland for ia RAILROAD TRAVEL. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) ve nud are due to arrive at Triins lea 4 SAN FRANCISCO. LEAVE _ — Frow MAY 3, 18%. — AnnIve #6:004 Niles, San Jose and Way Stations..., 8:404 7:00A Atlantio Express, Ufign and Kast., 8:45p 73004 Benicia, Vacavil mscy, Sacra- mento, and Redding via Davis. 6:45p S o B w15, and = 152 8:304 Niles, San Jose, Stockton, Ione Sacramento, Marysville, Red Bluff and Sun excepted Oroville. 4:15p *8:004 Poters aud Milkon...... *Ti15e 004 ngeles Express, Freeno, and Los Angel 4459 9:004 Martinez and Stockton. 10134 €J04tuuzennnsansn 6:159 00 Niles, San Joso and Livermore. 8:454 Sacramento River Steamers. *9:00p P Port Costa and Way Stations. 17:45p Martinez, San Liamon, Vallejo, s, Calistoza, El Verano and Hauta Rosa, 9:154 Kuights Lan Marysville, nights Landing, Marysvi Oroville and Sacramento ......... 191434 4:30r Niles, San Jose, Livermore and Stoekton ..... 4:80p Mezced, Berenda, ay1 Yosernite) and Fresno . 5:00¢ Now Oricans Lixp ficld, Santa Barbara, Los Angele: Demis Cl Paso, New Orleans and Tost 2 10:154 5:00% Hanta for N 10:154 5:002 Vallejo 11:454 6:00¢ Burope; , O 9:454 6:00p Tlaywards, Niles aud San Jose. . 7:454 17:000 Vallejo 17:45p ress, Sacramento, Marys- ville, Redding, Portland, Puget Sound and Bast .. 10:454 SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gauge). $7:454 Santa_Cruz Excursion, Eanta Cruz and Principal Way Stations ...... $8:05p 8:054 Newark, Centervillo,San Jose, Felton, Boulder Creek,Santa Cruzand Way Stations. = .. Sier *2:15r Newark, Almade: ton, T ta Cruz and’ Principal Way ions. *11:204 A:13p Newark, Sau Joso and Tos Galos.... 9:50a COAST DIVISION (Third & Townsend Sts.) keport and Bart'ett Springs: at Ukiah for Vici H. C. WHITING, Gen. Manager. Atlantic AND #0:40A San Jose and Way Stations (New Lakes, Laurel D per Laie, Pomo, Potter Aiaden: Wednasiays oy *1:45p Valley. John Day s, Bucknell's, Sanhed- | $7:30a Excursion for San J ¢in Heights, Gray aliey, Booneville, Green- Santa Cruz, Pacific Grove, and wood, Orr's Hot Mendocino City, Fort Principal Way Stations.. .. 18:33p Bragg, Westport, iliets, Cahto, Covelo, | 8:153A Sau Jose, Tres Pinos, Santa Criz, Laytonvitle, Harris, Scotia and Eureka. Paciile Grove, Paso Robles, San Saturday to Monday roun--trip tickets at reduced Yuis Obispo, Guadalupe and Pri; | ratcs. cipal Way Stations ... 7:05e On Sundays round-trip tickets to all points be- | 9:474 Palo Altoand Way Station t1:452 yond San Rafael at half rates. 101404 San Joso and Way Stations. 5:00p Ticket Offices, 650 Maj 11:45A Palo Alto and Way Stations. 3:30p *2:300 n Jose, Gilroy, Tres Pinos, Santa Cruz, Salinas, Monterey and Pacific irove *3:307 San Jose +4:30r Han Jose aad Way Stations. 5:30p San Jose and Way Stations o Jose and Way Stations. 3p Sen Josoand Way Stations. SAN LEANURO AND HAYWARDN LUCAL. Pacific RAILROAD ‘Trains leave from and arrive &t Market-Street Ferry. | SANTA FE EXPRES> To Chicago via A. &- Pc"g‘:?;m‘- Leaves every day at 5 P. M Pallms Palace Sl and Touris: Sleepers o 20 | via Kansas City without change. ARBex cars foe Denver and St. Louis. CHICAGO LIMITED, From Los Angeles to‘(":hgfi:go. n Daily, wit] ng- e peagement. Conneoting srains | leave San Francisco at 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. daily. The best railway from California to the East New rails, new ties; no dust: interesting sceneryy and good meals in Harvey’s dining-room or dining> cars. ket Office—644 Market Street, e e entanlAl Bl NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD (Via Sausalito Ferry). ¥From San Francisco, . omm 0 Ing March 29, 18968, WEEKDAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael — 7:00, +8: *9:15 1U:15, '11:45, A. M.: <1145, 8:.0, 4:15, 5:15, *:00, 85 P. M. # Extra trips for San Rafael on Mondays, Wednes ‘aays and Saturdays at 11:30 &. ar. SUNDAYS. For MII Valley and Sau _Rafael—*8:00, *9: $10:00,11:30A. 2. %12 750, 315, 4100, g;sghs‘:tz.a 80 p. 3. Extratrip t0 Sausalltoss Trains marked * run to San Quentin. *$13:30 P. M. does not run to Miil Valley. 2 1:45 p. u. weekdays—Cazadero and way stations. 8:00 A. M. Snnd:;’l—cmdom l:ld Way staiions. 9300 4. %, Sundays—Poin: Reyes ana way staciong 176:004 10.004 | Melrose, Seminary Park, “é;‘fi; Fitchburd, San Leandro 8 gm: - 3:308 iy —— 7:00p 5:90% | & Runs through to Niles. 11:15p ) ¢ From Kiles. L t12:008 CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAK PRANGISCO—Foot of Market Street (Slip 8)— *7:15 9:00 I1L00AM. 1100 *3:00 $3:00 400 1500 *6:00PM. Prom OAELAND—Foot of Brosdway.— 00 8:00 $2:00 *3:00 $4:00 10:008.M. $12: *1:00 '5:00:.:. N A for Momning. P for Afternoon. * Sundays excepted. +Saturdays only. 1 Sundays only. H Mondav Ty S~+urday nizhts only. | | TIPO TAT JR Chiness Tea and Tlerd ! Sanitorium, loé 727 Washingion St an Francisco, 0::;“ thepiaza, A Office Hours: 9 to 12, 1tod and 5 to 7. Sun- | 98y, 9 A, M. to 12 M. LiPo Tal Jr., son of the famous Li P> Tai, has taken his father’s business, and is, after eleven years' study ia China, fully prepared to locate and treat all diseases.

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