The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1896, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1896. RULERS OF FAIR TROPIC. ISLANDS, Arrival of Queen Emma, the Empress of the Bismarcks. I Peril Which Her Husband, Lieut. Kolbe, Endured From a Poisoned Spear. Queer Experiences Among the Dusky | Natives—Vast Cotton and Cocoa Nut Plantations. Queen Emma of the far Bismarck ; islands, German New Guinea, and her | Lusband, Lieutenant Peter Kolbe, for- merly of the German navy, arrived here | yesterday and are at the Palace. | They have been absent on a tour of Eu- | rope, and went from their island home | via the Suez canal, and returned by wsy | of New York and other parts of the East. While in the East Queen Emma visited | her sister, Mrs. F. G. Malcolm, at Chat- | ham, Mass., and was there accorded the freedom of the city. The notable lady is not a stranger to San Francisco, for she spent six years here while receiving her education. One of her | teachers was Mrs. Dr. L. C. Lane of Cooper | College. Queen Emma is a cousin of King | Mataafa of Samoa. Her iather was Jonas M. Coe, who was for many years in the early times United States Consul to Sa- | moa. He married into the royal famil his wife being a very handsome and u usually accomplished woman. Queen Emma has immense possessions in the Bismarck Islan Her fortune is estimated at many millions. Her home is | on the Pommeranian Island of the Bis- | marck group. Herisland possession there | so great that it takes four days of | steamer traveling to go round the island. i She owns many vessels, vast forests | | | | | is of cocoanut trees and extemsive planta- tions of cotton and coffee. Over 700 natives are constantly em- ployed by her. In 1890 no less than 57,000 pounds of cotton were produced and the crop has since then materially increased. There are 40,000 cocoanut trees of the age 0f 10 years and all producing handsomely. | ll-grown tree produces eighty nuts a ar, so it will be seen what an enormous harvest there is to look after. About 100 natives are employed on the vessels which the Queen owns. She has also in connection with her band, who is the manager of her vast ons, numerous stores. From these d all kinds of goods used by the skinned natives. en Emma is & rather tall lady, with a full intellectual face, and with the raven hair and dark eyes characteristic of the distant islands of the Pacific. She spent much time in shopping yesterday in com- | pany with her relatives, Mrs. Edward H. Coe and Miss Coe of 1909 Union street. Lieutenant Kolbe, her husband, who is pleasant gentleman, gives some in- | ing details in reference to life on the | arck Islands. ere are about 200,000 natives on these said he, *‘and the majority of 1 are cannibals. They break outin internecine war once in a while, and at such times they are very formidable. About three years ago there was a war which lasted six months. We had to kill off about 10 ver cent of those engaged in it before it conld be stopped. ““If thev get prejudiced against you they will make it hot. One of the chiefs at one period offered a reward of about $250 for my head. However, 1 have managed to stay alive, and I may add I am in nowise afraid of him. However, I was once struck by a poisoned spear, and had a chance for recovery that was by no means the best. Still I survived. The scar is here on my arm now. “The natives all smoke tobacco. Even the little children do this. The tobacco is not grown there, and nearly all that is used I import from the United States. The cotton grown there is of fine quality. I have been visiting some of the cotton districts of the South lately in order to get information of vaiue to be put in use on the Bismarck Islands. “The Bismarck Islands consist mainly | of the New Pommeranian, New Mecklen- | | 72 pi NEW TO-DAY. A WEEK OF EXTREME PRICE-CUTTIN COLORED DRESS G00DS! At 15 Cents. 57 pieces 39-INCH FIGURED ALPACA, mediam colorings, reduced from 50cto 15c a yard. At 25 Cents. 61 pieces 39-INCH ENGLISH MOHAIR SUITING, in greens, tans, blue, gray, garnet and slate, reduced from 60c to 25c a yard. At 35 Cents. 32 pi 40 d 45 INCH FINE ALL- pl\:'cgg)L r'afxi E I\a CH CASHMERE, checks, plaids and stripes, reduced rom $1 and $1 25 to 35¢ a yard. At 50 Cents. 41 pieces 52-INCH ALL-WOOL NOVELTY CHEVIOT SUITING, two-toned col- orings, reduced from 75¢ to 50c a yard. At 50 Cents. jeces 44-INCH ALL-WOOL ENGLISH NAVAL SERGE, 1n_surah and diag- onal effect, reduced from 75¢ to 50c a yard. LADIES KID GLOVES! At 40 Cents. 50 dozen 4-BUTTON WHITE KID GLOVES, black and self-embroidered backs, sizes 5, 5%, 6% and 7, regular value $1, will'be closed out at 40c a pair. At 50 Cents. | 300 dozen 5-BUTTON KID GLOVES, in biack. regular vaiue $1, will be closed outat 50ca pair. At 75 Cents. 400 cozen 4BUTTON KID GLOVES, in white and black, fancy colored em- broidered backs, regular vaiue $1 25, will be closed out at 75c a pair. At 75 Cents. 300 dozen 4-BUTTON ENGLISH WALK- ING KID GLOVES, embroidered backs, colors navy, red, brown, tan and mode, also black, regular value $1 25, will be closed out at 75¢ a pair. At 75 Cents. 200 dozen 5-HOOK KID GLOVES, black only, regular value $1 25, will be closed outat 75¢ a pair. SES! SIAS! At 50 Cents a Yard. 1500 yards FANCY FIGURED and PLAID ’.lyAFFETA SILK, marked down from 75¢ and $1 to 50c a yard. At 75 Cents a Yard. 750 yards BLACK BROCADED SATIN, large- designs, marked down from $1 to 75¢ & yard. 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FALL IMPORTATIONS ARE POURING IN, but still greater quantities are yet in transit, and their display will tax to the utmost the enormous capacity of our mammoth salesrooms, hence WE ARE SPAR~- ING NO EFFORTS TO IMMEDIATELY FORCE OUT EVERY DOLLAR’S WORTH OF SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS YET ON HAND. That our eiforts will prove successful can readily be predicted from last week’s immense crowds of buyers and the still greater crowds bound to be at= tracted by the STILL DEEPER CUTS IN PRICES QUOTED THIS WEEK, a few of which we submit to give an idea of the Thousands of Marvelous Bargains Offered ! RIBBONS | _ RIBBONS ! At 15 Cents. FANCY AND SHADED RIBBONS, 3 inches wide, all silk, value 35¢, will be closed out at 15¢ a yard. At 15 Cents. No. 7 EXTRA QUALITY DOUBLE FACED SATIN RIBBONS, in biack, value 25¢c, will be closed out at 15ca yard. At 10 Cents. CREAM SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON, 2} inches wide, value l5c, will be closed out at 10c a yard. NOTION DEPARTHENT! At 7)% Cents. 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COLORED CARRIAGE PARASOLS, value $1, will be closed out at 75c each. i i | { | LADEES SOITS! At $4.90. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED REEF- ER SUITS, in gray, tan and brown mottled effects, lined throughout; also Navy and Black Cheviot Suits, with skirts lined ; worth $10, will be closed out at $4 90 each. LADIES JACKETS! At $1.85. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACK- ETS, in a variety of shades and styles, very good materials, worth $6 and $750, will be closed out at §1 85 each. LADIES' CAPES! At $1.45. LADIES’ SINGLE RIPPLE CAPES, in dark and medium shades, braided and embroidered; also Double Capes, black and colored: both capes neal{’y braid- ed, k:vm'tb $5, will be closed out at §1 45 each. LADIES' DUGK SU11S! At 50 Cents. LADIES’ DUCK SUITS, in Blazer and Eton styles, in white and light shades, worth $2, will be closed out at 50c each. CRILDRENS WEAR! At 25 Cents. CHILDREN'S MULL CAPS, of fine tucking, finished with wide strings, will be closed out at 25¢ each. At $8.50. NFANTS' LONG COATS, made of fine white cashmere, voke handsomely trimmed with embroidery and ribbon, regular price $5, wiil be offered at $3 50 each. At $5.50. INFANTS’ LONG COATS, of India silk, handsomely trimmed with embroidery and ribbon, regular price $6 50, will be offered at $5 50 each. At $2.00. CHILDREN'’S PIQUE JACKETS, in pink and blue, sailor collar, finished with embroidery, will be offered at $2 each. At §4.50. CHILDREN'S FANCY PIQUE JACK- ETS, m fancy shades of pink, blueand white, deep sailor collar, finished with embroidery and insertion, will be of- fered at $4 50 each. Murphy Building, , Marke! and Jones Stregts. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregs Murphy Building, Market and Jones Streets. Murphy Building, . Warket and Jones Strests. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Siresfs. islands, but with them are the Fisher, Girard, Gardner and Dennis islands. The whole comprise about 47,000 square miles. “It is a very interesting country in which to live. The natives are mainly black, but they really represent many shades. The hair of some is straight, while that of others is curly.” Mr. and Mrs. Kolbe have with them as a servant 8 native woman of New Pom- merania. She is 20 years old, sable as night and has hair so thick and curly that the wonder of it is-that so much can be grown on a single head. She is the | daughter of one of the most famous island chieftains, who was killed a few years ago. She has been with Queen Emma nine years. Her face is tatiooed on each side, 80 that it bears the imprints of two figures resembling at a short distance two great stars. Queen Emma and her husband will re- main here about a week, sailing finally on the Monowai to Sydney and thence pro- ceeding to her tropical island realm. After the age of 30 the brain of a woman burg, New Hanover and New Louenburg decreases in weight. Queen Emma of the Bismarck Islands, German New Guines, Her Husband, Lieutenant Peter Kolbe, and Their Native Servant. [Sketched from life by a “Call” artist.] npgl | had not been sustained. | under the schedule of the old law, paid ATTACHMENTS ARE CHEAP New Fee Law Is in Operation and City Hall Fees Are Cut in Two. The Recent Decision Is No Reliable Pointer on the Four- Year Term Problem. The decision of the Supreme Court sus- taining the new fee bill has now put the new law in operation at the City Hall and reduced by about half the expense to which citizens are put in doing business with the City government. Some attorneys and others have found special interest in the fee-bill decision be- cause they have seen in it a foreshadow- ing of how the Supreme Court will decide the pending question of whether or not the present municipal officers will hold for four vears. Some eminent attorneys bave thought that the decision pointed to a decision holding that the section of the County Government act providing for four-year_ terms applies to San Francisco, but equally eminent authorities see no such indications and say that the two legal problems are entirelv distinct. Garret McEnerney, who is chief coun- sel in all of the three cases now pending and involving this point, is one of those taking this position. Those who are anxious to know whether or not municipal officers are to be elected this year will simply have to await the Supreme Court decisions, which may be handed down within a few days or not for several weeks. H The new fee bill cuts several thousand dollars off the income of the Sheriff, and retains in the City treasury a large | amount of accumulated fees, which would have been returned to tie Sheriff if the ication of the law to San Francisco “During my entire term,” said Sheriff ‘Whelan yesterday, “I have, by the advice of my attorneys, collected the fees pre- scribed by the old la, but have observed the method of collection prescribed in the new law by turning them into the City treasury. There is, therefore, not a dollar due the City from me. *The income of the Sheriff’s office is re- duced by from $300 to $350 a month, but during my term I have not rollected these fees as my predecessors did.” Under the old law the Sheriff’s office collected about §$20,000 a year in fees, while under the new law for the same service about $7500 would be collected. A man who yesterday under the new law paid $3 30 to the Sheriff’s office in fees in a replevin suit would have last week, 7. Similarly, an attachment on' real’ estate now costs $2 45 in the Sheriff’s office and about $125 in the Recorder’s office, instead of §5 and $2 50 respectively as such a process cost under the old system. ——————— A Ship Hauled Over Dry Land. According to the Chicago Chronicle, the old whaler Progress has at last been re- moved from her berth on the bottom of the south pond at Jackson Park. Friday afternoon the tugs Hausler and Elphicke towed her to South Chicago. There New- ton Brothers will refit the craft ana put ber in good shape again. Then she will be taken to New York to serve as a train- ing ship for merchant seamen. The en- trance to the south pond was so filled with drifting sand that the old bark had to be hauled over the tongue of land that di- vides the pond from the lake. She rested | Don’t know -n{ sex in whist. Don’t ride & hobby to death. Don’t hold your cards below the table. Don’t try o emulsify whist and bumble- plg?g’.‘ smoke a cigar during a match game. Don’t keep the command of your partner’s suit. Don’t ever compare scores during & match gll‘)%:‘t try to establish two suits in one deal. Don't forget the empty vessel makes the und. e aver play whist for mone: it is de- T g nor your head how the last deal worked. Dot think that bad play won't sometimes win tricks. 't try to ever undo a play at whist. Domt forger that silence s the golden attri- f whist. b\g;:’t ever let 8 penslty go by without exact- lnsg‘t‘." {ail to mentally name each card as it fi & Don't call for trumps on an adversary’s plain suit lead indicating great strength. Don’t forget that inattention is unpardon- able at & 'E?ll table. Don’t ever take advantage of your partner’s f etiquette. brfi;‘#t"wfica a card while the deal is going on't lubricate your thumb to deal or sort thsoc:,-‘d inesse on your partner's suit except ajor tenace. 'lls‘gnevl.l :v‘:r 2ue “private conventions” other thau speaking by the card. Don'’t forget the ace is always low in cutting "'1')3:":' ‘forget to count your cards before you begin 0 PIe%: the binsat a whist table with Iete%t jump at every fad the ““whist wind” MfJ:x!:’ %‘;:r' \;nul the preceding trick is d quitted. lull;:x.}"’t.t?y tqo lay your thirteen cards against the other thirty-nine. Don’t put the trump suitin one particular place in your hand. *"Don’t charge the loss of the game to your partner’s poor play. Don't ever play & ot Boq:l; o::l'l for trumps just because you know how and hold five. Don’t lose your temper at & whist table; with tricks. nlggn't forget your partner alweys does the very best he knows how. Don’t to take fourteen tricks in any one deal; you ‘will often fail. Don’t play s card st a whist table ana snap the corner. 5 > D°"’,‘"¥l" the “Devil’s tatoo” on a table while ting to play. “Don’t quit your eumsh until you are men taliy ‘card without a reason, even on her side on the bottom in shallow water. Rollers were put under herand a long hawser was passed over the land to the tugs stationed in the lake. The old ship was then hauled bodily across the land into the lake. ————— In a pack of cards there are 635,013,550, 600 different whist hands. ready for the next tricl noi-. tatk during the play of & de speak only by the card. Dou’t play merry»so-round whist any oftener than you are obliged to. Don’t hold post mortems except in the "moqu."; every whist club should have one. Don’tshow any impatience at your partner for playing slow. that the ace of trumps will ever take more than one trick. or adversaries Don’t P.J-TorRMEY. Don’t guess at & signal, 1t is better to be sure than sorry. Don’t forget to alway sort your cards, count them and alternate the suits. . Don’t ever deceive your partner, confidence if once lost is seldom if ever restored. Don't hesitate to false card in trumps on your adversaries’ lead of same. Don’t play with a person who atlempts to in- struct you during the play. Don’t put in your oar during & whist discus- sion unless you are invited. Don’t call for trumps on an adverse lead showing a very strong suit. Don’t ever say “that trick is mine,” or “is that your queen, partner?” Don’t forget you should gather the. cards when your partner wins the first trick. Don’t forget one great essential to good whist play, that you have a partner. Don’t pass a trick without you can win two to make up for it. Don’t ever attempt to draw inferences from any peculiarity of action of your partner. Don’t forget that little cards have. great value as well as aces and kings, Don’t try to make more out of a haul than there is in it. Don’t deal the cards without having them cut: doing so loses you the deal. Don’t lead from a singleton as original leader more than twice in a lifetime. Don’t overlook the fact that your first dis- card is as important as your original lead. Don’t play a card, if you are liabie to & pen- alty, until it is exacted. Don’t compel your partner to guess at what you hold; speak truthfully by the card. Don’t claim a_revoke during the play of a eal; wait until it is over. Don’t sit fidgety at u whist table; it annoys every one and spoils the game. Don’t sit in a rocking-chair at a whist table; it always delays the game. Don’t overlook any one’s play at a whist table without their ‘permission; then never ak. pgun’t besitate to open an ace-queen suit if it is the best you hold. Don’t iail to endow each card you piay with all the whist knowledge you possibly can. Don’t ever draw a card out of your hand until it is yourturn to play. Don’t forget that cards liable to be called must be left on the table—; ur. Don’t confound the original lead with any other; there is only one original lead each eal. Don’t fail to subscribe for Whist, the only ‘whist journal in the world—and read it. Don’t play your cards on the table with a “bang”; it 18 a breach of etiguette. Don’t try to tell all you'know every time you sit down at & whist table. Don’t give your adversaries any clew to your hand by the way you sort your cards. Don’t disturb or mix your cards if your ad- versaries claim a revoke; doing so estab- lishes it. i Don’t try to draw inspiration from the ceil- ing; take it from the cards as they fall. 't ever sit down at a whist table to at- tempt to pll{ until you know the leads. Don’t deceive your partner when it can in- jurs him; always tell him the truth by the card. 2 Don’t pay any attention to a fire alarm dur- ing the play of a deal; keep well insured. Don’t ever expect 10 be & whist player of the first rank if you piay fast. Don’t change your suit until it is estab- lished unless you have grave reasons for so oing. Dm‘l't attempt to giye whist lessons when you sit down to play; it is always & bore. Don’t forget that a };oor hand requires greater whist skill to play well than a good one. Don't fail to show number on your partner’s len‘u as quickly as possible in plain er trump soits. . Don't ever lead originally a single trum; just because you hold only one; itis very 1ay. pi‘){m't forget to take the trump card into {gn{ hand just before you play to the first ck. Don't fail to name the trump card mentally atevery deal. You cannotforget itjif you do. Don’t say to your partner at the end of a | deal, “Why didn’t you do so-and-so?” Don’t attempt to memorize the rules of play. Get the theory s0 you can make your own rules. | Don’t speak above a whisper at the conclu- sion of the play of a deal which others are playing. Don’t hesitate in playing at one time and play quick at another. Always play with the | same cool deliberation. Don’t think you can ever get a trick back that is once 10st, so don’t worry over it. Don’t fail to combine your thirteen cards with your partner's and play the twenty- six cards against your adversaries’ twenty-six, | Don’t give your partner a piece of your mind | if he don’t piay just as you expect him to, Don’t lose two tricks in trying to make one in catching an honor turned by an irregular opening lead. Don’t lose sight of the fact that you should make tricks in your partner’s hand as well as your own. Don’t forget we are all human and liable to err in whist as well as in other walks of life. Don’t straighten up in your chair and ask | what is the score when you have a good hand deait you. Don’t torget that a whist-player never grum- bles at his partrer; it is those who play at it that grumble. Don’t jump on your partner with both feet at the end of each deal; you generally make the mistakes, not he. Don’t take your eyes off the table during the p}ny of a deal except when it is your turn to P ay. D{m'tcuslom yourself in saying: “It mage no difference my playing so and so,” the reverse is generally nearer the mark. n’t exult over victory or be glum over de- feat; you will have to experience both as long as you play whist. 3 Don’t E‘ly the accordion act with your cards; spread them out o you can see every one and hold them still. Don’t count the cards on the table or the re- mainder of the pack in dealing, if so, you lose vour deal. Don’t discuss the play.of a deal, even in a “stage whisper” it any others are still playing in the room. Don’t blow up your partner at the end of every deal, it won't cover your own blunders; | we have tried it. Don’t think that the lead of a singleton is not good play. oftentimes—after the original lead has been made. Don’t imagine you can learn to play whist in one day, one week, one month, or one year; it takes several. Don’t discourage your partner if heis a be- inner; if he is willing to learn assist him. ‘e were all beginners once. Don’t look et the bottom or trump card be- fore the deal is compieted; if you do & new deal can be had. Don’t say eight spot or nine spot; you might as well say jack spot or queen spot. The cards are not spoited. Don’t blow up your partner when he makes amistake; he generally knows it and feels | worse over it than you do. Don’t touch or turn & cerd belonging to your adversary; if you are entitled tosee it ask to have it turoea. Don't &!:J a card If you think your partner has revoked. Sit like a sphinx until you feel sure his play was intended. Don’t ask your partner to draw his card; the laws don’t permit it. You must ask all the players to “place their cards.” Don’t look at your cards after the opening lead, except when it is your.turn to play. Keep your eyes on the table. Don't bring up a daughter in ignorance of the game of whist. If you do it makes her a “‘waliflower” in after life. Don’t cut unless you take off at least four cards and leave at least four. If you do you have to cut again. Don’t fail to tell your partner how many cards you hold in the suit he originally opens, whetber in trumps or plain suits. Don’t try to make all the tricks in your own hand. The science of whist play is to make them in your partner’s. Don’t play your cards on the edge of the table in duplicate. The law says play them toward the center of the table. Don’t imagine your ability as a whist-player is ever measured by the amount of steam you let off in scolding your partner. Don’t fail in duplicate whist to announce the number of tricks you take before you touch your cards after thé play of each deal. Don’t spread out your cards at the end of & dealand say: “Wasn't I justified in playing so and so from that hand?” Don’t lay down the two or three last cards in hand because you think you can win all the rest. Itoften Costs a trick. Don’t forget that a card led cut of turn must be taken back into the hand and is not a “card liable to be called.” Don't ask your partner if he hasacard of the suit led if he renounces, should he have ane. Asking the question establishes a revoke. Don’t ever play a card with & peculiar twist or snap, then I raight at your partner, as much as to say, “I am calling for trumps.” Don’t ever ask what was the trump card. Any one naming it after once taken up can have his highest or lowest trump called by either adversary. Don’t hesitate when you have only one card in your hand that you can play. The act ae- geivu noone and places the offender unaer a an. Don’t criticize any one’s play ata whist table without being asked to do so. Every one has a T}ghl to play his cards as best pleases him- self. Don’t place your trumps in any one position to the right or the left, but as they happen to come. It will not cost you much effort and save many a trick. Don’t lead out of turn; if you do a suit may be called from you or your partner the first time it is the turn of either of yoa to lead. Don’t look at the last trick, or in duplicate any card after the four have been quitted. The penalty for so doing is a suit can be called same as a lead out of turn. Don’t play a card out of turn; if you do your partner is liable to have his highest or lowest card in that suit called, and if out to trump or not to trump the trick. Don’t play a card out of your hand if you have a card liable to be called on the tabie until your adversaries say whether they wish to call it or not; if you do the card so played is liable to be called. Don’t be so foolish as to imagine you can ever become a whist-player without the knowl- edge of every conventional lead and proper follow, the conventional second and third hand play. This much is the first letter of the w‘hlgt alphabet, and can only be acquired by study. BARBERS' TIPS, No Apprehension Felt by Barbers That They May Be Abolished. The recent agitation on the subject of barbers’ ;tips has amused the barbers themselves, and nons of them fears that it will result in lessening his fees. ‘“1t’s a legitimate addition to our sal- ary,’ said a barber yesterday, “and until you can persuade the proprietors of the shops to increase our wages the man who wants to have good service must pay extra forit. Iamemployed in one of the best shops in this town and I have been here eight years. My wages are a very small part of my earnings. I could almost afford to work here for nothing and depena on the tips for my support. I have no doubt that the boss could get all the barbers he wanted for nothing in this shop, becauseit is rnight in the hotel district and we have regulars who tip liberally. Would Islight 8 man who dido’t tip me? Well, I should have toshave him, of course, but I don’t believe that if he came again he would come to my chair.”—New York Sun. ———. Tale of the Baby Hip; notamus. The steamer Calabar, fro.a West Africa, has broughbt into Liverpool a baby hippo- otamus. The animal is about'three or four feet high and four or five feet long, and is only tbree months old. It is so tame that with evident relish 1t permits strangers to rub its nose. The capture of the hippopotamus was broucht about in an ingenious manner. It seems that it was born in the upper reaches of the Gambia River, West Africa. It is cus- tomary for the male to eat the young, and 1o prevent this the mother usnally secretes her offspring. The present infant was laced by the mother in a hole dug on the nks of the river, being afterward cov- ered by weeds and grass. This operation was watched by the natives of the village aajacent, and when the mother went to the opposite side of the river to feed they pounced on and secured their youthful prize. This was done by covering the baby with a net and securing it with s. They brought their capture with all possible speed to the village and sold it to a trader, who was a passenger in the Calabar. The animal is in good condi- tion, though its hide bears traces o the ropes that bound it when first captured and when its coat was tender. Its quar- ters on the voyage were a large crate, and its chief food grass and vegetables.—Lone don Daily Telegraph. e e At an elevation of 15645 feet above the sea lovel on the Peruyvian Central Railroad it was discovered that 100 men were re- quired to do the same amount of work that fifty would do on a sea level. —————— Kalamazoo, Mich., is famous for celery. Thomas Elater’s advertisement on page 29. See