The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1903, Page 29

BULLET IN BOY’S BRAIN SEEMS T0 SHARPEN MENTAL FACULTIES Charles Mains Carries Leaden Pellet in Head Through Playmate’s Carelessness and Says He Is Smarter Than Before He Was Shot e )Y WHO CARRIES A RDING TO HIS A SI 3 ROM OWN PPOSEDLY BULLET IN HIS BRAIN, TESTIMONY, SUFFERS NO AL WOUND. BUT 1LL —To live with b the Gray- e or make It ROCK ISLAND WITHDRAWS FROM THE MILEAGE BUREAU Pay Rebates on the Transporta- Books Used on Its tion rs over mileage, rawal 1 Mileage »ptem- other the the rebates on ks used its own s asked for an to determine bates it is enti- withdrew its mem- Passenger Asso- amount from GRAPE-NUTS. CURIOSITY The Motive That Leads to Knowledge. K led ty onee a cat, little pro- exan tells the it his curiosity it food “One sckage with a curious name, ' ‘Grape- BN The name fascinated me and my curiosity. 1 didn’t like to my ignorance by asking, so ght a package and took it home, where 1 vead all about it. When wife tried it we thought it delightful mmenced using it morning and < with cream this 1 had suffered from lack imilation of food and my stomach | , weak that what I ate for break- seemed to lie there a long time be- digested. I was usually in nd had mo appetite for dinner. s changed since my diet has Grape-Nuts. I have in strength, heaith and soundly at night and get the morning. Wife says new man and she herself tly benefited by the food. vreakfast of Grape-Nuts I nything in the middle of the . but I always keep a little handy and if I have any exhauvstion I just take 2 few of it. It gives me immediate does not destroy my appetite, E seems to sharpen it. It s me that we never seem to tire Grape-Nuts, although we have now been using it for several years.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Send for particulars by mail of exten- #ion of time on the $7500 cooks’ contest tor 75 money prizes. on sleep f the nse mouthf B of which is almost | expenses of | was out shooting on April any with his friend had one parior rifle d for the lack of birds else to do Master Green at his friend’s head and squarely in s lying on a cot at 1 Receiving Hospital. . Stratton and his brother phy- could do nothing for the boy and that he could live only a few the bullet had penetrated the But Charley did not die the next nor the next, and kept right on liv- that the doctors changed and said he had a chanc minds end the streets, and last term he w to school and to the head of > bullet, which is of 22 m it is likely to is until its owner is overtaken f a month the boy was play- nt it atural death. | NEW PEERAGE A TRIBUTE iced a vellow | { { fleld, c PAID TO PUBLIC PRESS Daily Telegraph Meets With Popular Approval. LONDON, July 11.—Of all the birthday honors announced recently, the peerage bestowed on Sir ward Levy Lawson = doubtedly the most popular. It is a n of the influence of journalism pu fe and a personal tribute to = proprietor of a paper, the Daily Tele- which has always been in close with the great middle class of the recognitic in vard Levy Lawson is the owner of a splendid country seat at Beacons- lled Hall Barn, where he has fre quentl ned royalty. Among the many treasures which Hall Barn contains is the famous dagger which Burke flung on the floor of the House of Commons to testify his abhorrence of the principles of the French Revolution. It is a mere toy affair, made of wood, which was sent from France to Birmingham as a pat- tern. Harry Lawson, eldest son of the new takes a very active part in the edi- ip of the Daily Telegraph, and his Mrs. Harry Lawson, is one of the most popular women in London soclety. —_———— Are Marks of Degeneracy. BERLIN, July 11.—A medical writer in the Frankfurter Zeitung gives some cu- rious particulars about white ich cross finger nails. ] ance in the were formed. during serious illness. normally constituted persons who -he lines w organism at the have these lines on their finger nails is from 10 | to 11 per cent, while 46 per cent of crimi- nals have them, 47 per cent of the demi- monde, ver cent of idiots and # per of lunatict Sufferers from melan- show a large percentage, but the 5—is among re perfodically dangerous lunatics. The writer comes to the conclusion that these lines denote some degeneracy of the upper nervous system; that they are not purely physical, but are connected with physical, moral and intellectual change. ————— uliar Cause of Death. DENYV July 11.—Miss Marie Mur- phy of Pontiac, Ill, whose clothing be- came ignited on the street in this city vesterday and who was terribly burned, died from her injuries this morning. Opin- ions differ as to whether the fire was caused by stepping on a match or from a nail in the heel of her shoe producing a spark by striking the stone sidewalk. Her father, John S. Murphy, a banker of Pontiac, arrived from Glenwood Springs to-day. —_————— Reduced Round-Trip Rates Via Santa Je. Commencing July 12 and for five days thereafter the Santa Fe will sell round- trip tickets to the principal Eastern cities at very low rates. These tickets will be to return within ninety days and allow stopovers anywhere. Parties de- siring to take advantage of the reduced rates should make sleeping car reserva- tions at once. Information regarding tickets, through car accommodations, checking baggage, etc., at 641 Market st. * cent ead, and fn’a lit- | These are signs | They often form | The proportion of | those | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1903, JOE ROSENBERG'S. in the United States. to Joe Rosenberg’s for values. Embrolderies. 500 yards, wide, rices; full nches cambric. Now, We Want fo Crowd Our and Tuesday. in_blind, work patterns; all P 5 T $1 instead of $1.75. ttonhole edge.. Real SCARFS, 18 inches wide and 54 inches long, extra‘heavy Butcher Linen cea- ter, edged with Battenberg Lace, inches wide, in scroll and sign, now Laces below thelr real worth. or INSERTION colors, in floral and scroll effects, inches wide, now Point de Paris Lace. inches wide, in coral Full 2% ing kind, now .. It pays to buy in July. carefully _and wh We're Read yow'll see overstocked in tucking and we must reduce prices to reduce stock. Made on_good heavy lawn, fuli 18 inches wide, with neat minute tucks. Price . -.35e Hosiery Opportunities. CHILD'S HOSE cotton, fast black, Swi heavy Ladies’ Hose. For those who have sore ol feet; made of soft finished ton, fast black, velvet finish, We can honestl, ay best } W’ Ladies’ Hose. fade of gauze lisle, Couble heel toes, soft velvet, ast black, value for as overstocked in these, h on. Economy key-note in _handke: LADIE neat narrow hemstit: Economy price...... HANDKERCHIEFS, ambric, ch S, m: hemstitched, full siz TRUTHFUL TALK. ‘Why we are never undersold: We buy with a syndicate of two large Eastern firms—one of Chicago and one of New York. Either one of them uses more goods than any five stores in Frisco. Buying in this way with them enables us to sell good goods as low in price, if not lower, than any store This is one of the many reasons why the money-saving woman should look Siightly sofled at reduced buttonhole edge, made on good, heavy per yard 2c Store Monday Therefore we offer some extraordinary drives In embroidery remnants from % from % to 8 inches point and open- , O¢ and 15¢ HANDMADE BATTENBERG 3 thread de- NEW POINT DE PARIS GALOONS S, in white and Ara'unu; 10¢ yard and scroll designs, pearl edge, good wash- Se yard made of Sea Island weight, ribbed, double heel, toe and knces, your opportunity to buy these 12¢ 5 that this is the an buy for.... and full of this some for you and 1. de JOE ROSENBERG’S. Read! Money-Saving Women, NOSE VEILS OR REMNANTS of the good_selling kinds, made on chiffon, fuxedo, spider-web: also complexion veils, 27 and 86 inches long. 30c, 40c and 50c quality now .. Oc ind 15¢ The new Drape Veil. Parls gives us the latest wrinkle. But here is something made expressly for the American girl but at a much lower price. Is chlefly used for millinery pprposes. Made of extra fine chiffon, 54 inches long; wide, dull finished border. The dependa- ble store with the dependable low prices e —..bD0e In Luck Again And you'll be when you see them. An- other lot of those towels that we sold out in less than 24 hours last week. This time we have twice as many. A good, heavy Russian towel, 2 inches wide and 40 inches long. Come and be judge, and we know you will buy them by the dozen when you see them at this price ¢ Where there’s Smoke there must be Fire. ‘We have the reputation for having the best assort- ment of ribbons and low- est prices. Come and be the judge, and you will find that we are never under- sola. No. 9, ALL-SILK TAF- FETA RIBBON, alpaca finish, satin diamond effect, corded edge; in pink. blue, ¢cream, white, black. The small store with the small- est price B¢ yard Width . 80, ALL-SILK TAFFETA RIBBON, 4 inches wide, high luster; soft kind for bows or neck wear; in blue, pink, lavender, also black and white. Now' -12%e yard ALL-SILK STA SASH ne Savoy know the reputation of In red, cream, white and -20e¢ yard Half-Price. Ladies’ Summer Dress . It would be a good idea for you to look among the Ladies’ Suits, the prices of which have been chopped in half. Made of white and colored lawns, dimities, pique, S and embroidery and Span drawn work trimmings. better or finer suits made. We can warrant the fit. If we have your gize you can save— $2.00 on a K4.73 suit. 2.50 on a $5.50 suit. $3.50 on an &8 suit. $5.00 on a $12 suit. They fit where others bind, A better golf vest is hard to find. Made of steam shrunk varn, jersey knit, arms and e braid bound, double breasted gilt buttons; in SATIN RIBBON, width 5 inches. TAF You ribbon. black ... dy for use. Economy price.. : Bt Ak | HANDKERCHIEFS, made okt Hated cffocts | M of “soft bleached, pure Belfast linen, e thta slesibEed narrow hemstitched hem, two rows of SOk . gl drawn work, direct from the nunnery come and buy { [l or eise we could mot 4 them from. us at. this | M as this .. : e peice -.. 98¢ Good Mornin n exceptiona inal WAIST, white with 4 1 here's ng for you SHIRT imported 1t trimmed of Queen Bess sertion, in the new g effect; also medal- lions to match; double box pleats with two d Joe Rosenberg's The hirth place of Cut Prices and here's one of our proofs. red pe , trimmed with a double ruffle from front over shoulder and back; also embroidery and braid trimmed, tight fit- rows of rl buttons, new umk e, with three rows ting lining, deep flounce, | of lace inse back finished with embroidery trimmed; lib \ lace, tucks and beading; detachable col- erally made in lar. tucked and trimmed and ~ width. This s We have had many good offerings be- son's newest colorings fore, but nothing to equal this $2.50 t the poorest and low- SHIRT WAIST, which we will sell Mon- in price, but the best that you will day and Tuesday for ever see for.... $1.25 JOE ROSENBERG’S. Summer Batiste Corset. Comfort and style Youll find in these, And the prices we ask Will put you at your ease. Made of flowered batiste, rust-proof steels, hand-gored, lace trimmed, straight front steels, blas cut, double side steels, delta dip hip, medium busted. If your size is 23, 24, 2% or 2 here’s your opportu- nity to buy a corset worth four times as much.. 25¢ For the Warm Summer Months. Here's a corset made expressly for you, which will improve the form with- out tight lacing. Style 135, made of ex- tra heavy summer netting, dip hip, me- dium or low busted, rust-proof side and front steels, curved cut, hand gored, tape inside to prevent stretching. You could not wish for a better corset than this 50¢ Many of Our New Patrons Tell Us”mt Our Corsets Are Equal, if Not Su- perior, to Any Made-to-Order Ones. Here's one within every- body's reach—Made of English sateen, dip hip, long over abdomen, double rust-proof side steels, curve cut, hand gored, lace and ribbon trimmed, gar- ters attached. Corset and supporters now.....$1.50 _That is the name of the corset, and it's a true name. It has received the highest awards wherever it has been exhibited. Made of imported embroid- ered batiste, princess hip, curve cut and hand gored, double side steels, straight front steels, extra wide lace trimmed, with double’ row of beading, silk ribbon bow in front, garter attachments; in white, pink and blue; there is not a prettier or richer looking made-to-order corset made than these are. Special sale for Monday and Tuesday. 3.50 o of GENUINE ROYAL ER, for NEMO SELF-REDUCING nd VAN ORDEN LA r VID. GREQUE CORS P ERHAPS our best service to the people is in keeping shoddy out of our store. Saving a few pennies is often the worst extravagance in the end. o Fit-Well . Is the name of the most perfect fitting Dbelt made: made of imported patent leather, well sewed curve shape so as to fit snugly to the waist, adjustable clasps. This is the only Store where you can get a belt like this for.....25¢ Why not be one of the first To wear one of these RED PATENT LEATHER BELTS? Latest Parisian craze. Large harness buckle clasp, stee finish. More than you would exp St 177 S 25¢ White Belts white kid skin, kid covered which will not our summer dress for only o Ve © Ask to see the sample line of Silk Beits Which are now selling at one-half to one-quarter below original price....23¢ O'Farrell-Street Entrance. W buc rust. A hable, le, celluloid eyelets fin! h to MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED. JOE ROSENBERG 816 MARKET STREET. ’ LESS THAN COST JOE ROSENBERG'S. JOE ROSENBERG'S. v also tucked and hemstitched. 897 rate a few of the many: LADIES' DRAWERS, made of soft bleached muslin, finished with umbrella flounce, trimmed with deep hem and cluster of tucks; sample price. 15¢ LADIES'’ DRAWERS, made of New York mill muslin, finished with deep hem and trimmed with insertion of Clu- ny lace, yoke band; sample price...25e LADIES' DRAWERS, made of Lons- dale cambric, finished with an umbrella flounce, trimmed with Torchon lace and insertion; sample price.. -35¢ LADIES’ DRAWERS, made of New York mill muslin, trimmed with a five- inch wide embroidery flounce. :.;Il«;w price....23¢, 27e Se, 45¢. 59¢ Many other drawers, rangin, S s CHEMISES. m 45¢,53¢. 50¢, 65¢, T5¢. 85¢. poghaT LADIES' GOWNS, made of New Yok Regular 5 mill muslin, V-shaped yoke, trimmed Regular ine neatly with two rows of embroidery in- Others. e i e i T sertion and cluster of tucks; neck and LADIES' SKIRTS. sleeves to match; sample price..... 35¢ Regular Se quality, now. a LADIES’ CAMBRIC GOWNS, V- shaped yoke, trimmed with four rows of Torchon lace inserting and flve clus- ters of tucks; sleeve and collar trimmed with lace; sample price. 59%e¢ LADIES' GOWNS, made of Lonsdale cambric, trimmed with five rows of em- broidery inserting with ten hemstitched tucks; neck, front and sleeves finished with a hemstitched ruffle; regular $1 00 gown; sample price .60e¢ LADIES’ GOWNS, made of soft fin- ished muslin; V-shaped yoke, trimmed with five rows of Valencienne insertion; neck, front and sleeves trimmed with Valenciennes lace; regular $1.25 quality; sample price Se Many other gowns, ranging from.... b 90c. 95¢, $1.15. $1.50. $1.7 One of our Hobbies Is to keep the latest Ladies’ Neckwear at our well known low prices. LADIES' TAB AND OVERCOLLAR, made of all Silk Satin Taf- feta, embroldered in clover and cherry patterns. Joe Rosen- berg’s price .25¢ LADIES’ CROAT OR COLLAR AND TIE COMBINED, at prices which woll please you, made of imported Madras, striped, dotted: also white. Nothing more stylish for the up-to-date sum- mer dress than these.... 19¢ In times of peace prepare for war. Why not buy onme of thess CRO- CHETED SHAWLS for these cool sum- mer nights? Made of steam shrunk zephyr, new fancy shell pattern, deep border, 46 Inches square. More than even exchange for your money at..HSe O'Farrell-Street Entrance. Midget Is the name of the new ladies’ string tie, made of peau de sofe silk, Barre- thea silk, 36 inches long, in plain, striped and dot- in gray, car- » black, etc. sleeves, ankle length. Re- This same quality has duced to. B - never been offered at 80 MOTHERS, here's some- Jow a price in Frisco.. 25¢ If There's Any Time of the Year When You Can Stretch Your Dollars Out It's Now and on Money Savers. LADIES' COMBINATION POCKET- BOOK AND PURSE, made of soft Le- vant and seal kid; in black, brown and tan: patent steel frame. Regular 50c and T5c quality on special sale for..25¢ The Price-Cutter 11 O'FARRELL STREET. | Ladres Mostin Uhdermes, Lovers of real good Muslin Underwear, here’s your opporunity. Factory samples of the Star Manufacturing Company. No better fitting or finer material than these made Muslin, trimmed with Torchon, Valenciennes and Cluny Laces, SAMPLES---No two alike---Gowns, Corset Covers, Drawers, Chemise, Chemise and Skirt combined, efc. We enume- New York mill high or low neck sample price ... Lonsdale cambric, neck, trimmed with fine Torchon lace; regular 20¢c quality; now. stitched ruffle. special quality at the same Regular %c quality, now. $1.35 and § LADIES' CHEMISE AND 8 COMBINED. e Regular Te quality, Regular $1.00 quality, now Regular $1.25 quality, now and 81.75. silk, high neck and long sleeves, Swiss ribbed, white. deep French band SUITS, sleeves, SUITS, high neck and long thing for the little ones—JER- SEY KNITTED DRAWERS, umbrella shape, knee length, lace trimmed, easily washed, A ainsook, Cambric and LADIES' CORSET COVERS, made of muslin, tight Atting, regular price, 1lc; LADIES' CORSET COVERS, mada of tight fitting, high - 12e LADIES' CORSET COVERS, made of Jones cloth; tight fitting round neck, neck and armholes trimmed with hem- Regular 2e; Te OTHERS HIGHER and LOWER n roportionate low price, Regular T5c quality, now. Many others $1,¢ .15, $1. 1850_)0. $1.15. $1.25 And others $1.15, $1.45. $1.65 IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, be the early bird so as not to be disappoint- ed, as there is only one of a kind. We annot promise to fill il orders on these. e ma Ladies’ Knitted Underwear. Here’s Where We Shine. Full Value for Your Money or Your Money Back. LADIES' VEST, made of velvet finished thread, lace and braid trimmed; in pink and blue. Now. 9¢ LADIES' VEST, made of sh thread, Swiss and Richelieu ribbed, deep lace yoke back and front, low neck, no sleeves. Now... LADIES' VEST, made of German lisle, high neck and lorg sleeves, summer weight, Richelieu ribbed; in white only <o 2BE VEST, made of pure vega “LAD“IES' medium weight; in Now. eaise R Bt 1.00 LADIES’ KNITTED UNDERWEAR, for tourists or country wear—Made of velvet finished Sea Island cotton; pants lace trimmed, umbrella shape, pink and ON no lace 27e NATION LADIES" COMBINATT! low neck and length, knee trimmed. Now. LADIES COMBINM no ironing or starching needed. Price 25 - 20e Good Ribb Cheap if you double the: e prices. SCOTCH PLAID RIB- BONS are in great de- mand. There is nothing more stylish for hair, hat or dress trimming than these. Made of all silk affeta, washable, high er, corded; in light dark combinations. Width No. 7 now Se yd Width No. 9 now. Width No. 40 now ‘Width No. 8 now ECYPT'S WORK IV ENGINEERING ‘Surpa.ssing Skill of the | Designers in Days ! of Ptolemy. i ) | When the “laudator temporis acti” | wants to silence the engineer he says: “After all, Egypt can show the biggest | engineering works in the world, and they | are all four thousand years old. When | you can surpass them, you will have | something to boast of.”” It is undoubtedly | true that Egypt contains the largest structures in the world, and probably will for all time. It is not likely that ‘we shall | again see a bullding with 7,000,000 tons of stone in it, as has the pyramid of Gizeh, and it will be long before we have an irri- | gation reservoir of greater capacity than Lake Moeris, which, accepting the figures of Major Brown, R. E., held 11,800,000,000 cubic meters (tons) of water between high and low water marks. What the Laby- rinth was like we do not reaily know, but | Herodotus classed it as a greater wonder than the pyramids, although lesser than ke Moeris. Further, there is a tradition that in the | aim past the Nile flowed at the foot of the Libyan Hills, and that it was diverted from that course to its present bed, and, if the account be true, the work was of enormous magnitude, The engineers of the past directed the forces of nature on a large scale, but to compare their work with ours to their advantage -shéws a complete ignorance of the science of en- gineering. The matter in which they excelled was the transportation and _manipulation of heavy weights, a feat thak appeals strong- ly to the lay imagination. Among the chief examples of such work are the col- umns of the temple of Karnak. To cut a block of stone in a distant quarry, to work it to a cylinder twelve feet in dlam- eter float it down the Nile, land it and place it on the top of a column of similar stones, making a total height of sixty feet, was no small enterprise. A still more difficult undertaking was the great obelisk now standing beside the Church of St. John Lateran, in Rome, with a height of 108 feet and a weight of 450 tons. But the crowning example of Bgyptian engineering was the colossal statue of Rameses II at Thebes. Before it was broken it was a single block of red granite sixty feet in height, and it has been computed to weigh 887 tons. These | ter. { and Mr. Hitchecock HEN AND OWNER ARE INSEPARABLE One 16 and Other 86 Years Old. Close Companions for Eight Years. Marcus *T. Hitchcock of Springfield, Mass., who has just celebrated his eighty- sixth birthday, has for his special pet a hen 16 years old. The hen is constantly with Mr. Hitch- cock and shows a great fondness for him. She will follow him about, come instantly when he calls, and coddle herself content- edly down by his side. She will fly to his shoulder and eats from his hand. When she has a family of chickens she is very proud to display them to her mas- She has just become the mother of seven chicks, which she fusses and fumes over as much as a young mother with her first brood. The bird i a Leghorn and the only sur- vivor of a flock of five purchased man: years ago for Mr. Hitchcock's son. As Mr. Hitchcock fed the hens this bird began to become attached to him, and for the past eight years the two have become insep- arable. She is pure white and keeps her- self in a shimmering, spick and span con- dition most of the time. The affection between the gray-haired old man and the white hen is picturesque, stoutly affirms t he'd rather have his hen than the dog or cat that ever;lived. ol e L Large Order. Heald's Business College has purchased sixty more Remington Typewriters, in- cluding all of the latest Remington at- tachments, such as card cylinders, pol chrome ribbons, dry goods billing and in- surance specials, etc. The Remington Typewriter people at 228 Bush street are to be congratulated, as this is the largest order for writing ma- chines ever placed on the Pacific Coast. —— e Australia and New Zealand have ninety and one-half million sheep, which is just one and a half times as many as the whole of the United States possesses. L e e R B Y ) were notable examples of engineering work, and a modern engineer might be proud of executing them. But it must be remembered that they were done very leisurely, and that labor was abundant. ‘With the ®imple appliances that we may assume the Egyptians possessed, such as wedges, levers, ropes and pulleys, great welghts may be handled if we suppose that time was no object. The city of Thebes was in course of building two thousand years, and in such a place it ‘would excite little comment if a year was spent in putting an obelisk into position. If a weight can be moved at all, no mat- ter how little, it can be transported any distance, provided the same conditions persist for the whole route.—London En- gineering s REAL HEIGHT OF THE ALPS Remarkable Concord- ance of Four Sets of Observations. In the port of Geneva, a little southeast of the Jardin Anglais, are two erratic blocks firmly bedded in the bottom of the lake and projecting a little above the water. They are known asthe Pierres de Niton, and it is said that in Roman times sacrifices were offered up to Nep- tune upon them. For many years the basal point from which all heights in Switzerland have been determined has been a bronze bolt which General Dufour aflixed to ome of these rocks in 1820. Colonel Siegfried fig- ured out in 1879 that the actual height of this point above mean sea level was 376.86 meters. He reached this result by subtracting from 1609.57 meters, the height of Chas- geral above the sea, as determined by Gchmann, 1232.71 meters, which was the difference between the height of Chas- seral and the bolt at Niton. The figures for the elevation above the sea of all the mountains in the country were based upon this determination of the height of the stones of Nitron above the sea. More exact means of determining ele- vations above sea level have been ‘de- veloped. The first great lines of level- ing were carried out by Bourdaloue in France in 1857-64, when his levelings ag- gregated a length of over 6200 miles. The art of making extremely accurate levelings has improved as observers have gained experience and their instruments have been perfected so that for the exact determination of elevations above sea level, lines of leveling are now regarded as more satisfactory than the best sur- veying instruments in the hands of the most skilled engineers. Four countries, France, Italy, Austria and Germany, have each run lines of leveling across their domain from the sea to the frontier of Switzerland. The re- sults obtained have now been discussed in an exhaustive monograph by J. Hil- fiker. In this discussion he conclusively deduces the following figures for the height of the stone of Niton above mean sea level: According to the French leveling, the height of Niton above the sea at Mar- seilles is 873.63 meters; according to the Ttalian leveling, its height above the waters surrounding Italy is 373.76 meters; the Austrian levelings give a height of 373.72 meters above the sea at Trieste. The German levelings show a netgnt of 873.43 meters above the sea at Swine- munde. : The average of these four determina- tion gives the height of the bolt affixed to the stone at Niton as 373.58 meters above the mean height of the waters washing the coast of Europe, with a pos- sible error of .07 of a meter. The height of all the mountains of Switzerland, according to the figures now printed, must thus be reduced by 3.3 meters in order to make the figures con- form with the present determination of sea level. Dr. E. Hammer, the well- known geographer of Stuttgart, who has carefully examined the work of Mr. Hil- fiker, is of the opinion that for geograph- ical purposes this is the nearest approxi- mation that need ever be made.—Balti- more American. —_———— The Professor’s Experiment. “Whenever you come across any dis- eased pork,” sald the professor who was looking for trichina to experiment on in his laboratory, ‘“please send it down to me.” The butcher promised to do so. Not having received any by the end of the week, the professor called again to re- mind the butcher of his promise. “Why, 1 did send some,” sald the butcher, “That is strange! When did you send it “Day before yesterday.” 'Where did you send it?" “Down to yeur house, of course.”—New York Press. About “Tennessee’s Pardner.” J. A. Chaffee. famous as the original of Bret Harte’s pathetic story, “Tennessee’s Pardner,” has been placed in a sanator= ium at Oakland, Cal. Chaffee has lved since 1849 in a small Tuolumne County mining camp with his partner, Chamber- lain. In the early days he saved Cham. berlain from the Vigilance Committee by a plea to Judge Lynch when the Vigi- antes had a rope around the victim's throat. It was the only case on record in the county where the Vigilantes gave way in such a case. Chamberlain was accused of stealing the miners’' gold, but Chaffee cleared him, as every one believed Chaffee. The two men then settled dowsd to live where they have remained ever since, washing enough placer gold to maintain them. Both are over $0.—Ine dianapolis News. —_———— A New Mosquito Bane. The virtues of the species of basil (ocys mum viride), now known as the mosquite plant, are attracting attention in Eng- land. An army officer has recently given a growing plant to the botanical gardens at Kew. He obtained it in Nigeria, wherg he says it is known to drive mosquitoes from its neighborhood, and the nativey use an infusion of its leaves as a curq for. malarfal fevers. Its virtues are known in India also, as a border of it way planted around the Victoria Garden, Iy Bombay, because the workmen were pese tered by mosquitoes and suffered from malaria. As soon as the hedge was coms pleted the mosquitoes left, and there way no more malaria among the workmen.~ Indianapolis News. ' The Secret manage his cases, and a days; ure in 10 days. Prostatic ds of refund money. Congnltation and mafl. 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Strict- Piles and Fistula in 20 days, Seminal and Bladder Poison in 90 m-. indorsed people in all walks of life know from I fur- st, 8. F.. Top Floor. $ daily; Sunday, 9 to 12.