The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1900, Page 11

THE SUNDAY CALL, 11 O CanldeighJons or Feathers. w al T larg re fr with thetr tens are co- sity they magnates of the egun- the fiavy r £1i6 ‘cotiny 1 -outweigh th Sianaile Seh eirs g bee ght here during Oc- position in the so r one ofst} platform being weighed with r ee great guns. All tured for the gt hine. It s done its work each day A nderous way, wi > meed of oe X few naval officers an officer in the bureau of ked half /by r by tossed £ the big scales. He ng brass lever in the edge of the plat- the welght of the was just one pound ing to the reporter he said the # so sensitive that it will give weight of anything from a s 10.a pair of thirteen- ne, and do 1t accurately. The ca: or double f the old set, removed when aratus was ingtalled. A gun weighs -about fifty-five these monster instruments weighed on the -machine its capacity. The nearest approach to the navy yard . in’ this cify are the big sachines- . of -the rallroads. navy yard machine how com- pels them to take a back seat, they were nvied by the smaller scales as the of the capital. There is 2 machine ng with a capacity of 100 tons, one of similar capscity in the raflroad yards within the city and there is another sc' of scales of like. capacity at a local grain elevator.—Washington Post. blissfully waded home through the mud. brillfant event was the ball [ g 2 A A DINNER AT THE CAFE DE PARIS Gate Hotel. Being the first and the beginning of a serles, it was nat- though strictly Too many pecple for the size of the hall and the variety in dresa of both men and women made it highly en- tertaining to an onlooker. to carp what Mrs. So-and-so was going to wear. BEach woman wore what suited her No ane seemed whirling ma store turned t of the performance to have your picture tak thing happen without an ente , 80 they gave a High-clars vaudeville they offered, warranted to make you giad you eame; The Standard d to the doors a melodrama “Brother Against croine serenely AT FIRST tn which the IT GIVES ONE A START.” Betweon the acts came the s dedr little tot did a cakew A soubrette weighing 200 pounds sang “Just Tell. Them That You Saw Me,"” and the house nearly stam W {6 be under a he A start to see gonlus untfl Bunday lowed act, some r the good old re: night's performanee. The girl P The girl heart and re £s 3 i gard for the @ little shivers which tome up and down to give something in his hc ourselves educated ball was the result shake thieir heada at the t wasted money hour of meore or ed rubber boots and Two brides came to Nome and the huste Hng hot ed for another ball. It proprietor had ear 2 storr some one n a Bering storm and t means. Rut the musle good a ob: ements quarreted, as ccasions bottle pile in the back yard grew apace. It was a littie Malamut ¢ nearly upset the equilibrium c It took exception to a foulard yondering log cannot attend mixed is no end. others’ eyes is made the ex Paris has been party. At or dinner. The Caf se u color; Russiar torelgn mann on titles, ac litan tat i @ Jlang Peculiar io Jack Jar. HE “handy man" has a ready wit and a perfect genius for = slang terms. Here are a few ex- amples. When a pr a rebuff Jack excl on meets t he has r ed “a slap over the bows,” or N has been brought up with a rour 2 To be pulled idenly f ffense Is to be * up standing.” To be lanked” 18 to be charged on the y ter deck before one of the ship’s offl A .talkative man s described as one who {s always “chawing his own When a man opelessly drunk he is “back teeth awa nness is described as being “three sheets in the wind,” or “half sea 3 over.” A man of strange muanuers ls suspected of having a “kink™ ia his mind. Acute hunger is likened to one's “belly flap When Ja does not believe stup!d person is the “two en the bight of a ¢ For the nor cal reader it may be mentioned t “bight” of a rope tween the two e to be jeered a who is natty in a 8 A man who is pale must not feel hurt It he is told that “a face like a t one's backbo to personalities he tn half measur again cludes that part be- To be ‘““kegged” d a “swab.” Not to like t his Jib”* is anc To “toe’ the 1 keep straight rm of dtsapprova e pitch” is to When Jack wants a rest he says he will take spell,” ¥ be on or below. r a more than ordinary hearty meal Jack will “let out a reef” in his belt and exclaim that he is ‘“chock-a-block.” When the w: are called of a - wages be ning his ship, he is said to be “working off the dead horse” dur- ing his first month at sea. This perfod not uently ref mon presigon that the time seems inordinately long. In hoisting a boat to the davits the crew ‘““marry the falls,” viz, join both ropes together. To be 1 for a man to be dragged from one side of the ship to'the other beneath the ship's keel. This, like “walking the plank,” and thence over hat ob- tained at the beginning of the century. Keel-hauling has been aptly described as - a great hardship.” ip is homeward bound, and making a rapid passage, it s sald that have got -hold of the towrope, ling her: home hand over hand.” - To “keep the land aboard” is to sail within sight of {t. A request to “Lend us your pound” conveys, not a desire for a loan, but an appeal for ad- ditional assistance in man weight when hauling on es. To paint a thing par- tially is to give it “a lick and a promise.” In cleaning brass work on board ship two men usually work togetWer, and keep their rags and other material in one box. When they quarrel—as Jack ocea- slonally does—and a. separation ensues, they are sald to ‘“part brass rags,” for at such times each man takes and keeps his own articles for polishing.—Rondon Express, as “a eel-h is