The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 18, 1896, Page 15

[N A THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1896. Saved the Life of a Miner About the time that the scientific world has made up it8 mind that the cathode or Roentgen ray has reached the limit of its usefulness some new phase is sure io present itself and disclose new phenomena, so that it is impossible to even guess what will be the end of the applications of the mysterious green light. The latest piece of work thatis a departure from the ordinary is enough to show that a laboratory is not necessary to get the best results, and that it is possible to transport the costly apparatus into almost inaccessible places to make exam- inations of injured people, The work in question was done by | Ralph L. Van der Naillen of this City about ten days ago, at which time he took one of the largest outfits on the coast from Ban Francisco into the depths of the Go!den Gate mine, that is located about two miles from Sonora, Tuolumne County. 1 “I had never thought of doing such a piece of work,”’ said Mr. Van der Naillen, when telling of his trip. “I had used the X-ray apparatus in my own laboratory, and on one or twg occa sio1s transported it to some of the hallsin the City for exhi- bition purposes. Even that wasa difficult undertaking and | somewhat dangerous for the apparatus, so that when I was asked } to go to the Golden Gate mine by Mr. Fisher, one of'the owners, | I did not look upon it with any great favor. | “The only thing that made me go was the knowledze that the man I was asked to examine might dieif I did not. Mr. | Fisher explained to me on a Tuesday evening that Joseph Francis, the assistant superintendent in the mine, had been severely injured that morning by being caught in the hoisting machinery. It seems that Francis was at work near the big ding drum when in some unexplainable manner his jumper was caught under one of the ropes. He was lifted off his feet and twirled around several times, being bumped against the wall of the mine with each revolution. When at last the machinery was stopped he was dragged out insensible. Dr. Bromley found a couple of broken bones in the right arm and several bruises in other parts of the body. There was little difficulty in bringing Francis back to conscicusness, but he ap- peared so weak tne doctor feared that he must have suffered some internal injury. He justlay on the floor of the mine and Under those circumstances it was most imprudent to of moving him to the surface, and almost certain death to leave him in the depths of the mine. What was to be done? The doctor was at his wits’ end until the superintendent thought of obteining & cathode ray outfit and finding out just how much injury Francis had suffered. Mr. Fisher reached Ban F rancisco that evening, and the next morning we ;started for the mine. “We reached Milton without difficulty, and then began the = gasped. think ~ Weird Scene in the Shaft 400 Feet Deep, When the Injured Man Was Examined Internally Under the X Ray. It was necessa possible, and also n: cessary to be careful herd stage-ride to Sonora. the driver made good time ¢n the smooth places and went siow | order on the top of a couple of where it was Tough, o that we reached noon, and I found the apparatus in good s ““We were told that Francis wa's still al play. ry to drive as fast as with the outfit. But | the mine in the after- | g or. hape. ive, and that the doc- | tor was more disturbed than ever. thirty-six hours that he lay in the mine. moved, and yet he was sure to die by being moved if he were injured internally. “Getting the 850-pound apparatus down into the mine about 400 feet was r.o child’s Everything had to be handled carefully, so that there should be no failure now | that we had got so far. “Everything went off perfectly, however, and I soon had the apparatus in’ working The storage batteries had to stay on the Francis lay on the floor groaning, while the other men stood aronnd and as- sured him that he would soon be all right. *It was a dangerous thing to raise Francis to a sitting position so the examination , AN X RAY MIRACLE IN THE, HID f barrels. The injured man had suifered greatly during the He would surely die if he were not | / could be made. death. met with. DE 15 / = For sll the doctor knew the slightest movement might result in But there was no other way, as the size of the tube would not permit of the work being done as he lay on the floor. *‘Several men took hold of the injured man and gently seated him on a soap box, where he said he felt able to remain without support. He leaned back, so that he just touched the edge of the board on which the tube was placed, while a triend kneeled beside him, ready to give his support in case it was needed. We all felt encouraged when we reached this stage of the work. ““When the light was turned on I saw one of the strangest effects that I have yet The intense dampness of the air in the mine was acted on in some way by the waves of light so that the whole interior of the tunnel was filled with a soft, i DEPTHS OF EARTH Bt the Bottom of the Shaft greenish glow. There were no shadows anywhere, although we darkened the place as much as possible. The faces of the men took on the most frightened expressions and a few of the superstitious ones seemed ready to run away. Itwas the action on the retina, I suppose, but the rays from the lamp appeared to move from the center in all directions and gave everything a quivering effect. *‘Dr. Bromley had never looked through a fluorescent screen before and when I put it in the proper position and told him to proceed with his examination he gave one glance and then started as if he were struck. He came back in a moment, how- ever, and finished his examination, which showed that there was no internal injury and that it was safe to move Francis. “Here was another strange thing. Tue way that the bones of Francis showed through the screen down in the mine was plainer than I have ever seen before and I have used the same instrument hundreds of times. It was possible to detect the slightest indentations and the injured parts showed the small- est cracks in the ends of the bones. It was really the most suc- cessful examination that I have made. “While the examination was going on down in the mine 8 crowd of men stood around the opening at the top. As soon as they Leard that there was no danger of Francis dying of his injuries a cheer went up that did us all good to hear. He was moved to the top in a short time, and at once began to feel better. The doctor came to the conclusion that his depression was caused by cold. “QOf course the examination showed that there was really no need of the examination having been made at all. But nobody knew that until after it had been made. Krancis was a favorite with the men, and his employers thought the world of him, so that they were only too glad that the examination was made. “After the examination was made and Francis sleeping quietly in his bed the miners asked for an exhibition of the X rays, which I gave to them in one of the buildings. The strange thing about this was that many of them got the idea that the rays could detect anything, and asked me to go to some of their claims and examine the hanging walls so as to ascertain whether or not there was any gold on the inside of the rocks. They were almost offended when I told them it could not be done. But they were greatly pleased at what they bad seen, and I was delighted at the result of the irip. I think it 1s safe to say that it was the first time that an X- ray outfit was ever taken down into a mine.” The demand for X-ray outfits is on the increase. Mr. Van der Naillen is engaged in the manufacture of them, and has recently started a plant in this City for their manufacture. He finds it hard work to fill his orders. The apparatus is mostly for physicians, who by its use are enabled to be sure of what they are doing. the State, and the manufacture of them in this City marks the beginning of a new industry. The outfits are to be sent all over SOME OF THE HUMAN ODDITIES TO BE FOUND ON THE KEARNY STREET CRAWL" He Tries To Se”_Bylldogs Wears a Bicycle Gap and Liooks Very Tough People call him the “Bulldog Man" and that is as near as anybody can get to his real name. He says that his name is no- body’s business but his own and if they ‘k" itis they bave got to 0 somewhere else. But dogs he 18 more likely to tell all he knows, particularly if he thinks he can manage to seil one of the vi- cious creatures he car- ries under his arm. However, his chances of selling them are very slim, for he has devoted his time to that for nearly two years and he still owns the ugly brutes. In appearance the bulldog man is much like the type of the class known as “tough.” He wears a threadbare suit, of the regulation style, tight fitting and with spring-bottom pants. His cap is of the kind worn by bicyelists. ‘When the bulldog man first appeared on the “Crawl” he said that he had just arrived from Cincinnati. He had with him two bulldog puppies that he was anxious to sell. They were *‘cute” little fellows with pink noses and attracted con- siderable attention whenever they made bold enough to peep out of the pockets in which he carried thew. But he wanted $25 apiece for them and as a consequence | be kept them. He came down in his prices after walk- ing up and down the streets a couple of weeks, but his puppies wera constantly growing and he could not have obtained 25 cents apiece for them had he desired. But he persevered and is still persevering in spite of the fact that the puppies have grown into large-sized dogs and are about as mean and vicious creatures as can be found in the State. You can bave them both for 75 cents if you want them. want to find out what | when it comes | to talking about bull- | He Gures He—H_as On thefibs’cor\e A Golony Scheme Stands on a Gorner JThose Who dJoin It and Lures Sick People. | Dr. Frank is, perhaps, the only “curb- | stone” physician in the State, He has his one might victim. working is daring and ingenious. He stands frequently on Pine or Sacramento street, just away from Kearny, so that he can see who passes before tackling him. When he sees a young man idly walking along he calls him up and says he wants to give him a litule ad- vice, “Do you know that vou are a sufferer from hypochondria 2’ he will say to the young man. The young man is most frequently staggersd by the word, but it occasionally happens that he teils the doctor that he will be suffering with something worse than that if he keeps up his crooked work. In case the doctor makes an impression on the young man he begins to recite symptoms until tne young man thinks he is ready to die. ‘“Have headache in the morning—don't feel like work—all broke up,”” and many others of the same kind. ““Thought so. Well, I know what is the matter with you. Isaw it as you passed and would lhke to give you a little advice: | Goand have it attended to. Of course, 1 can do it for you, but I am not practicing now and can’t take any pay forit. I have some medicine right in my satchel that will fix you up in a short time. Yes, cer- tainly I can give you a little of this tonie.” Then follows a scene of the finest kind of scheming until the young man puts up any sum from 10 cents to §1 in return for the advice. Dr. Frank generally gives medicine, so that is all there is to the transaction. But whether it ever does any good or not 18 another question. Ho claims to have a certificate. office wherever he can get a patient or, | ““Crawl.” say, | and gauge the person | Never Need to Work Ralston Hart, as he signs his name, is the champion faker of the Kearny-street He does nothing but fake, and His mode of | he seems to make a good living out of it. Furthermore, he has made a living out of it for many long months and during the hardest kind of times. But he believes that the crop of suck- ers never fails. Ralston hasa colony scheme that he . de- clares is going to revo- lutionize the world and help the working- man. He carries a large book around with him to put down the names of his sub- scribers that he gets at night. He says that he works at his trade in the daytime, and always wears bis overalls at night, just to show that he is a workingman. The scheme that Ralston hopes to put into working order is a complicated one. But he explains it very nicely, and if a man will oniy listen long enough the whole affair will be made quite clear to him. The way that Ralston does is to stand on the corner and air his views until he gets a crowd around him. He is sure to catch one or more who desire greater in- formation on such an important subject as the possibility of living without work. He takes them to one side, induces them to join and puts their names down, telling them that they will have to pay nothing until the colony isfully established, but they must state the number of shares they wonld like. That sounds good, and the man generally states. Ralston closes bis book as if the deal were over, but inci- dentally remarks that all who pay 25 cents, or 10 cents, as the case may be, at the time of handing in their names will be entitied toa big rebate when the time comes for settling up. Sometimes he gets 1t, and then be goes and eats. She Sells Her Own Portraits Says Shmas Once a Famous Prima Donna Poor old Marie Ivery. Everybody who | knows her pities her, in spite of the fact | that she is something of .a nuisance. She has a mania for trying to sell her own photograph. She thinks that every- body wants it, and does not hesitate to approach people,with the feeling that they are crazy to possess the picture. Marie only appears on the “Crawl” dur- ing the afternoon, when the crowd is at its height. She pre- sents & most gro- tesque appearance, clad in an old rose 8ilk gown that might hsye been fashiona- ble a couple of decades ago. But she is proud of the dress, and thinks it the finest in the City. She says the silk was woven for her especially at some of the famous looms in Europe. Whetber Marie is telling the truth about herself or not is of course something it might be hard to prove, but according to her own story she was once a singer of some reputation in Europe, although she magnifies it to that of the most famous siuger in the world. She has not lost her voice, she says, but is only out of an en- gagement because her prices are too high for the managers to pay in these days of cheap amusement. It is about two years since Marie first appeared on the ‘‘Crawl,” and since that time she has come out with astonishing frequency. In fine weather not a day passes without her trying to sell her pic- ture. She says the people are all her friends and ought to be glad of the chance to get such a beautiful picture of her at such a low price. The pictures she carries are old and faded and must have been taken yearsago. The strange thing is that she occasionally sells these pictares, but always has a sup- ply of the faded kind. He_ge—gs He—bi_L—(es He Deals Cardboard Boxes To Hit the Darky In Dark Secrets Makes a Living Selling Them Again Herman Fink is an industrious max, and has been on the Kearny-street *‘Crawl’”’ for several years, engaged in & most nn- usual business. But he makes a living out of it, and that is all he asks. In a way Herman is a beggar, for he goes from one store to an- other asking for the old pasteboard boxes that are usually thrown away. Some places are only too glad to give them to him, while others are likely to tell him to get out of the place, and if he don’t go, to help him with & kick. Asa result Herman has a number of places that he goes to regularly. He is a very mild-mannered man and seemsto be deserving of help. If told that there is nothing for him he says, “Thank vou, just the same; good morning.” It might be mentioned that Herman goes his rounds only in the morning, as he has another part of it todo in the afternoon. The way that Herman puts a pile of boxes in shape to carry is almost marvel- ous. He will tackle a pile almost as big as a streetcar, and after a few minutes’ work go away with all of them under his arm. Of course he does it by putting them inside of one another, but he has a remarkably quick eye to tell what sizes will fit and those that will not. Herman is not ashamed to say tnat he sells the boxes that he collects this way. He first takes them to his home, where he examines them and patches them up. For this work he keeps paper and paste, and says he is able todo z}:s work very quickly. % He has a regular route of customers in the cheap quarters of town among the little notion-stores where boxes are occa- sionally needed, but where profits are not large enough to warrant buying them. He will sell two dozen boxes for about 5 cents, so his own profits are not large. by WHAT ELECTION CARDS ARE PRINTED FOR, AND THE USES TO WHICH MOST OF His Graving for the Kearny-Street Shows All day long is Julius Langz’s time on the Kearny-street “Crawl,” and it is safe to say that he has a better time than any other man in all the Gotden Staté. Ob, how much he does enjoy himself. But Julius is built to enjoy himself. He has all the qualifica- tions -a good appe- tite, & good physique and a good disposi- tion. He weighs about 250 pounds and he carries this heavy load about from early morn un- til late at night. Julius first appears upon the scene be- fore most of the storesare open, hunt- ing for his breakfast. He gets that on the “Crawl,” and has a large number of places to choose from, after which he be- gins his day’s sport. This consists of “taking in’’all of the cheap side shows that line the street from Bush to Washington. It makes no differ- ence whether he has seen them before or not—he must see them again. So in he goes, and if there is any sort of a game of chance going on he is sure to try it. The shooting galleries are his favorite places, nlthough he never wins anvihing. The game that he enjoyed the most, however, was that of “‘throwing eggs at the coon.” He spent many dollars there, and almost exhansted the supply of decayed hen fruit on racre than one occasion; but it1s not recorded that he ever succeeded in hitting the head of the dodging African. Julius has almost livea on Kearny street for over a year, and has done more to support the fakers there than any man in town. He passss from one place to an- other, and when he has gone the rounds he begins all over again. He says that America furnishes more good amusement than any other country in the world, and that San Krancisco is at the head of the list. His Oriental Scheme for Raising the Wind *Acol Pasha” is the only Turk who makes a habit of promenading the Kearny- street *‘crawl” Like a number of the other odd wrecks of humanity who daily drift along that thor- oughfare he is *“‘out for the stuff” and he has his own way of getting it. It is most likely that he does get it or he would not have hung on to the *‘work’* over & space of two years. As might be sx- pected from a man of Aool’s type he has adopted the same kind of a scheme as he might be drawn into himself were he not engaged in doing the drawing. There is nothing that will ap- peal to an Oriental like the knowledge that he has become possessed of some- body else’s secret and can when the time comes strike that person to earth. He can be seen two or three evenings out of each week pasiing along Kearny street carrying a satchel with the words “State papers” painted on the side. Nat- urally, with his foraign make-up, he at- tracts attention and 1s not slow in en- ticing his questioner to a quiet place where the police are not likely to disturb them. It is then that Aool tells his victim that he has some of the greatest secrets of the Turkish empire in the satchel; that he isa representative of the Sultan but lost his money so that he has not even enough to pay for a bed. He may open thesatchel and show papers covered with biz seals and mysterious characters so that the victim is impressed enough to let the schemer have a little casn on the promise that it will be given back the next night. But the lender must not breathea word about the transaction. ‘When the next night comes Aool is not to be seen and if he should ever happen to meet the man again he suddenly for- gets all he knows of English. THEM ARE PUT 'SAY MisTE GIve me A CARD