The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 27, 1903, Page 6

— EX " INSTRUCTIVE ARTICLES ERESTING SUBJECTS | BY CELEBRITIES - - (Author of “The Ice Pe the stv of not heir opera a | tude of and each one as the drops of W numerable and imagination. The amount of gr feet in diameter pon the re at s of all mc f all gorges proc yrado, which for of equal s ap a in magnitude: Both forks of the American ¥ t gorges h d slate from 2,000 to 3,000 feet in depth. The any Merced River, where it flows through the Yosemite Valley is bor- cular granite cliffs frc Kings Rive dered wi Grand « ¢ k of » many ch: of which t eness of ¢ r than tha xtravagan and low ow) it would produce towered i foot in 200 We can easily rive fc rs ion with, the ve been in operation co: The Falls Water’s Amazing Erosive Power Cuts Precipitous y Grani | By George Frederick Wright, A. M.,LL. D._ | i breeds contempt. | work so silently and so constantly that we are in great accomplishes work, yet, as a “continual dropping”’ will wear a stone, and tal work accomplizhed surpasses the highest flights of the flows down to lower levels in upon the summit ) deep; depth. is from 3,000 t0 7,000 feet in depth, which the river vons produced by the steady action of 1 those produced by a sudden convulsion. > process seems very simple, and the ef- cal time is lon; a gorge 1,000 feet deep in ewiston up to ut 300 feet deep; vet this is all the work Every Parent Should Permit His Sons | Channels in te Through Ages of Time ge in North America.” ‘“Man and the Glaclal i, “‘Asiatic Russia,’” etc.) | nature elsewhere, familiarity The most effective natural forces as being properly impressed by the magni- tions. A drop of water is a small thing, but the tiniest amount of ter which fall upon the earth are in- me down in constant succession, the to- | water which falls from the clouds and river beds and torrential atly in different parts of the world, :d by special conditions. In a moup- v all the rainfall finds its way into in torrents after every shower'or e effect of these torrents is pro- | > rapidly rolied down the steeper slopés nd deep gorges are rapidly worn in the ons of bowlders spread out upon the in streams. i ed by river erosion is that of the | 00 miles flows in a channel of its own while tributaries from either side en- On the Pacific slope there are many ym 3000 to 5,000 feet in height; while the such gorges as produced by *‘convul- asms in the earth’s surface which have valley of the Jordan is a conspicuous If a river saws down »ot in a thousand years (which is almost 1,000, years; vears it would produce a nyon 5,000 imagine the rate to be many times r gorges which we have mentioned that nt and of very recent date. the present cataract, is since the drainage of the great lakes urveys have shown that the falls are feet a year; thus showing that, If the antly, this cataract cannot be over hony at Minneapolis have worn back, similar length and dimensions and at ntioned show by thelr vast extent rges iliustrate by their diminutive ex- »us events in geologic history. B. Bowles.) ! | to Study the Manly and Healthful Art of § Boxing While They Are Yet Undeveloped By Albert Pavson Terhune. Muscle Bu more than It is a ne not 1 his own acquaintance. he is ignorant of his own | own powers or limitations, | temperament. For | these It | speed and | the It Evening id ¥ ’ accom- The { an Author is B".\\.\": boy hme who not yet m other words has his nd even of his owr all things. endurance teaches n to th teaches cou it te But if you are | s of learning to box I| ou n- e instructions I shafl | promise you | er boxer and that | yourself in far | They wi earnest you will be a cl will, me fin ver. ter n both phy and men- | ) 1 have any questions to | sk 1 shall be pleased to receive them anG will answer promptly by mail. I shall be very glad indeed to © ny doubtful points or give additional advice to all pu- pils who will take the trouble to send me such queries. 1 | be most inter- | ested in hearing of any improvement. Before I begin on our first lesson I have & word or two to speak to the parents of my puplls I can almost hear ggore than one gentle mother protest: “] can’t bear to have my boy learn to fight. It’s so vulgar and brutalizing.” My dear madam, 1 am not teaching your boy to fight, but to box. There is as much erence between scientific spar- ring and rough-and-tumble fighting as there is between the music of a plano and | the music of back-fence cats. Moreover, I have no intention of allowing your boy | to become, brutalized through these les- sons of mine. He will learn control of { body and temper, w ™ to take defeat | and victory alike philosophically and will learn to avoid rather than seek quarrels. | Is there anything vulgar or brutalizing | about that? Or 1 can hear some father scoff at the idea and complain that if the boy learns how to use his hands he'll be in a fight every at scl with an attendant il f as a cli- | max to the ¢ As 1 have said, the lad r replacing torn clothes, EY who t unders®ands boxing has ususlly enoug confidence and self- co! 1 to keep him out of unnecessary rows, and the boy who is known to pos- sess. such science is seldom forced into a fight, Or some man whose memory dates back to the middle of the last century | will recall with disgust the “boxing matches™ of that wherein men play- “ully bit off each s ears, Broke bones nd in other ways demonstrated their e to membership in the brute creation. | t boxing in those times was brutal no | e can deny. That it is brutal to-day is | ialse. Even prize fighting (a far ery, by | the way, from friendly boxing) is finitely less brutal ‘under modern rules | than is an ordinary football game. Thyee men are killed or permanently injured on the football gridiron where one receives | 1 like fate in the prize ring. Let your beys take my lessons. You owe ft to them to allow them to develop | thelr bodies to the highest degree. In| no other wi can this be done as readily and as surely. And now let me go back to my boy pu- plls. No boy who is not a bully will seek a fight. But no boy who is not a coward will slink gway from a fight when he cannot ly avoid the conflict. President Roosevelt, who fought his way to the top of life's ladder, has crys- tailized this idea in a speech he made s=ome time ago before a mother’s conven- tion, He said: » “If any of you mothers have a boy who will not fight on good provocation, that boy is not worth his salt. He is a cow- ard. Train your boy to use his fighting instincts on the side of righteousness. But punish anything like cruelty. Punish bim when he abuses his strength.” That is better advice on the subject of | 20 throu, box | 5 s | rience has borne out. Juln Trish e Sty Suons, wes SRHDEt saved by electing another Examiner Mayor. | four. | hour | without |Don’t Know the Breed. | self-defense than L could have written In | pages. . e ». And now let us stop lecturing and get down to work. In the first place, you | annot be a good boxer unless you also gh a few other simple exercises, sbserve a few heaith rules and map out | your o a regular routine. § In the first place, you must leave to- | bacco alone.. Second, you must drink no | alcoholic liquors. This is not mere advice, | It is a hard-and-fast rule. If you break | it you can never hope to be an athlete. | Tobacco will ruin your wind and shake | | i | { pur nerves. Liquor has no equal as a wrecker of constitutions. This isn't mor- | alizing, but a fact that universal expe- Eat heartily of plain, wholesome fare. | of sweets. Sleep at least nine hours (ten hours would be better) out of the twenty- Go to bed by 9 p. m. if possible. See that your bedroom is well ventilated. T no violent exercise for half an fter eating. Avoid anything that can weaken or injure you. So much for health rules. (But bear them in mind, for | each is important.) v Now for exercises: When you get up in the morning, go through the following simple calisthenics: Lie flat on your 'k, rise slowly until almost at a sitting posture, then let yourself sink slowly back to the ground again. repeating this maneuver ten times. Then, standing up- | right, rise on the toes twenty times. | Next, bend forward as far as possible (keeping the heels together all the time) »sing your balance. Do this ten times. Then lean backward as far as pos- sible the same number of times, and then for each side ten times. You may, if you wish, also go through a five-minute maneuvering with very light dumb-bells or Indian clubs. All this | time take long slow breaths with the | mouth closed. Then, at the conclusior of | these exercises, take a cool (not ice cold) | bath, remaining in the water only two | minutes at the longest and ‘“rubbing | down” with a rough towel. Dress quickly | to avoid taking cold. Go ‘through same | calisthenics just before going to bed at night. Later I will give you fuller direc- tions for exercise, diet, etc., but the fore- going will do for the present, as I sup- pose you are anxious to get the gloves on. . Find some other boy of 2bout your own age and size and make him vour “spar- ring partner.” In this way you will both learn more quickly. Box together, giving and taking friendly criticism whenever a false move i made, and studying to im- prove yourselves and each other. For outfit (if you do not carg to buy a gymnasium suit) wear an undérshirt, an old pair of trousers and o pair of rubber or eunvas soled shoes. You can buy a good set of boxing gloves (eight-ounce gloves are best) for anywhere from $§1 50 to $3, and as your partner shares the ex- pense this is a remarkably cheap price for the fun and instruction you will get from them, Having secured your outfit, you wiil be ready for the first lesson, which will ap- pear in next Friday's issue. (Copyright, 1903, by Joseph B. Bowles.) “I have stopped talking to you fellows about the plans of this~departmenz,” bluntly declared Secretary Shaw to a newspaper frienfl the other day. “I know, of course, that I can trust you, but I have learn€d that it is better not to talk to any. body when I am maturing an important movement. Now, take this last refunding operation of the treasury, involving $20,- 000.000. Why, man, I said nothing to any- body about that, and still news of it leaked out before I was ready for it.” “How did it get out?” asked the news- p"l?:r re:: gray eyes of tne Sacretary e the Treasury twinkled. He screwed 1‘:; his face untli it looked like a funny masik. “That’s what I'd like to know,” he sald. “Do you know,” he went on to say, “since I come to think it over I do annbor Lo whom i nsited the. mqstetoria ' om?” insisted o 5 T ““To lent, sir—to the it.”"—Omaha Bee. 5 : THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 190s. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOEN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor . . . . . . . . . Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager Publication Office.... “iiveessesse +e....Third and Market Streets, S. F. w.....OCTOBER 27, 1903 AFTER SEVEN YEARS. AN FR NCISC‘O has been in anti-Republican hands S for sevgn years. Every candidate for Mayor elected in that time has been supported by the Examiney. That paper has not always supported the Mayor after his election, for sometimes the Mayor has refused to give it what it wanted, and then it has snapped gd snarled at his heels. But for that period the Examiner has in one way or another supported every Mayor that has been elected, and to get for him votes has emitted a string of promises as long as a comet’s tail and as easily seen through. That paper is again in the same business at the old stand. Not content with making promises it has descended to a vile personal attack on Mr, Crocker. We use the word “descended” for convenience merely. It is not descriptive of the Examiner. That paper does not have to descend to do foul things. It merely has to stay where it is. On Satur- day it professed the greatest anxiety for the closing of pool- rooms, of side doors to saloons, of back rooms in drink4 ing places, and declared that this will not be done if Mr. Crocker is elected Mayor, but that he will continue to make of San Francisco “a city of saloons and gambling joints and brothels.” In the first place, it is in order to ask why any work in the moral administration of the city is left undone aiter we have been seven years under Mayors of the Examiner’'s choosing? The Examiner says ‘“‘the struggle is still on.” Why should it be? Why have morals made no headway in the last seven years, with Examiner Mayors in office, and the whole city administration in their hands? Instead of libeling a decent citizen the Examiner should be giving an account ofl the stewardship of its Mayors and explaining why a single back room and side entrance i$ leit as a lure to the innocent and unwgry. The Examiner’s man, Schmitz, has been Mayor for two years. Nothing has surpassed the cordiality of his relations with Hearst and the Examiner. He even went into the campaign for Hearst in New York\when he was the candi- date of the stews and slums for Con&ss, the favorite of the bawds and cullies. Now Hearst says that Schmitz has left the town wide open and that Crocker will leave it so, while Lane will close it, airtight. All that is one side of Mr. William Randolph Hearst's attack on Mr. Henry J. Crocker. But there is another ¢ide to it thatmay be treated with less patience. Mr. Hearst closes his personal attack on Mr. Crocker with this paragraph: “Now which do the voters want? The choice is with them. Mr. Crocker has made his promise to the tender- loin. Mr. Lane has made his pledges to the home. What do the moral teachers of the city think of the situation? How will they advise their followers to vote? The Exam- iner does not believe San Francisco is ready to surrender self to the gamblers and brothel mongers, We do not want a widg-open town. If you are for decency and moral- ity, for right living and home protection, Lane’s the man.” Men whose children bear their names and are not reared | by the actors’ or other charity fund need no moral guardian- ship by Mr. Hearst. Mr. Crocker is a decent and upright citizen, whose domestic, virtues stand out in sharp contrast with the practices of Mr. Hearst. Their paths lie apart, as have their practices. Mr. Crocker’s leads to his home, his accuser’s to the nasty trail of a moral leper. The people of San Francisco know the effects of evil example, and they have not forgotten that ail good fathers and mothers breathed freer when the worst moral pustule we ever had burst in New York. They do not look to that source for moral guidance. They have tried Examiner Mayors for seven years, only to have that paper warn them as an expert that the city is morally fiithy and can only be They want no more of that kind, and will resent this virulent and libelous attack on Mr. Crocker by making his majority the largest | that has been cast in a city election. An Oakland woman is suing a railroad company for $5500 | damages for the loss sustained by her in the amputation of | one of her little toes. 1f this be considered a fair valuation for that much of one of the gentler sex, Oakland 1adies, taken as wholes, come high. It would require the resources of nothing less than a corporation to pay for one. W a Postal Progress League, enthusiastically indorsed by many of the leading merchants and publishers, a notable step has been taken toward attaining the desired parcels service.. A campaign will be vigorously prosecuted Loth in Congressional halls and out in the interest of the establishment of a domestic parcels post department of the United States Postoffice similar to those now in operation in over thirty countries of the universal postal unien. Opposed to the movement will be the united strength of the express companies, who see in the proposed addition to the work of the postal service a measure prejudicial to their interests. Judging by the success of the parcels post system abroad, the United States Government, with its lack of a parcels post, is distinctly behind the times. In 1880 Germany estab- lished a domestic system and then called a congress of repre- sentatives of the leading powers to form an international parcels post union. The union was formed, and from time to time new members have been admitted until at present there are thirty-five nations in the league. Within its own boun- daries Germany fixed a charge of 6 cents for any parcel under twelve pounds for transportation of not more than forty-six miles; for 12 cents a like weight can be delivered to the farthest limits of Austria. ~ Switzerland went still fur- ther, carrying eleven pounds to any place in the republic for 8 cents and providing an indemnity of not over $3 for delays in delivery, So long as the United States Government contents itself with parcel post treaties with Germany, a few English de- pendencies and republics in Latin America, to the exclu- sion of the system from its own territories, just so long does it remain a laggard in postoffice efficiency. By combination among themselves the private express companies who now handle parcels are enabled to emand all the traffic will bear without let or hindrance. The efficigncy of their service de- pends entirely upon their respectve managements. . In sparsely settled communities their service has little or no re- liability. ¢ The Government alone can insure a safe and fair parcel delivery. It is for Congress to decide upon the last step which will place the United States Postoffice upon a par with those of the powers of Europe. S —————— The football season is in full blast. | From hundreds of college fields come the cries of victor and _vanquished and the giants of the gridiron are the heroes of the day. In.a galaxy so brilliant it is difficult, if not invidious, to choose the most distinguished; but, everything considered, Annapo- lis seems easily to have the best of it. In a recent game one of the players was crushed and mangled and died on the field with his he about him, ) { A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE. ITH the recent organization in New York City of A SHADE OF EMPIRE. RINCE VICTOR NAPOLEON, pretender to the P throne of France, has sent out from his so-called court at Brussels a plaintive plea to be allowed to shift from his shoulders the claim to sovereignty which is his and to return to the land of his birth, there to die as a gitizen of the republic. He declares that, though he may be the head of the Bonaparte family, he has no rights to dispose of, for it is only through the will of ail France that he could ever mount the throne; he is only the natural candidate for an Emperor. Now that the misfortune of birth has condemned him to eternal exile, which can only be commuted by the grace of the French Government, the homesick Prince would feign put away forevér the dim shadow, of the first Napoléeon's ermine if that would propitiate the p‘wcrs of France. Just one hundred years ago Napoleon Bonaparte was First Consul of France. Arcola and Rivoli had been fought. The St. Bernard Pass had been crossed. Mantua Marengo. Already the terrible hand of the little corporal had begun to mold the map of Europe. England across the channel was frantically building her wooden walls to keep the Corsican from leaping the ditch. Master of the finest army in the world, complete despot of a country in- toxicated with the delirium of military success, and, like Alexander, believing himself to be a god, Napoleon was already reaching for the purple of supreme empire, pitiable spectacle of a shadow man seeking to renounce a shadow throne. Mewed up in Brussels with a handful of faithful followers, having scarcely enough cash to keep the kettle on the fire, hungering for a sight of the Paris from which he is interdicted, the last Napoleon becomes the humble suppliant. Prince Victor never saw a battlefield; he knows not the least rudiments of government; he is a stran- ger to the French people. He knows grand-opera, how- ever, and can be at ease in a literary salon. They say he can ride with grace. But tne weary years of waiting and of | hoping against hope, hoping for one of France’s sudden po- litical changes of heart which might carry him to the throne, have at last broken this unfortunate wisp of a pretender and he has now given up the fight. - It is not at all probable that Victor's piteous request will be granted by the Deputies. From the time when Louis Napoleon resigned his position on the London police force and went over to the coast of France, there to let fly a moulting eagle and draw his grandfather’s sword, French long has the Third Republic now stood on its feet that what was accepted as a compromise in the dark days of the Com- mune has grown to be a reasonably stable Government. The unfortunate Victor would probably cause less commotion on the Parisian boulevards than an American millionaire seeing ! the town. e sar— R The seifishness of some women is past understanding. A recalcitrant witness in Los Angeles, one of the weaker sex, had to be carried to jail the other day on a stretcher and announced that she would rot in jail before she wouid ap- pear in court. She had absolutely na thought of the incon- venience to the other prisoners if she carried out her threat. W GORMAN, HIS ISSUE. HILE Mr. Randolph Hearst is making a tour of the South and giving his own opinion of his own merits in his own newspapers Mr. Arthur Pue Democratic issue for next year upon which he will ask for the Presidential nomination. It. must be confessed that Mr. Hearst's campaign sembles that of John Alexander Dowie. re- He may be called his preposterous personality forward and languishes in his own arms, intoxicated with his own charms and absorbed in petting himself. But Mr. Gorman is not that kind of a politician, for he is not compelled to buy newspapers that he may see his name in print. He knows a lot about poli- tics, and one thing, well learned in his interesting career, is the value of prejudices as an influence upon the American voter. P S-nator Bob Toombs said to a young friend who was ambitious to enter politics, “Remember, Jimmy, that in getting votes one prejudice is worth a thousand reasons.” Mr. Gorman needs no instruction on that point, and, after looking at all the shelf-worn goods in the Democratic store of issues, concludes that there is another campaign in the “color line.” He will take high ground for a white man’s government, and appeal not only to the South but to the Northern States where there are negro voters. He thinks that the campaign should be a personal one, aimed at Presi- dent Roosevelt. If the Democratic party have friends, they should pray for its delivery from Mr. Gorman. The issue he proposes is not one of reason and principle, but of prejudice and ex- pediency. It of necessity brings Senator Tillman forward as the chosen party leader, for he has made the issue in ad- vance of Mr. Gorman. He has declared that if necessary évery negro in the South must be shot, “just to teach them their place.” What steps will Mr. Gorman advise? The negro is now efficiently disfranchised in the South, and the Supreme Court has held that the question is political and not judicial. That being true, there seems to be no way in which the disfranchising clauses in the constitutions of the Southern States can be reached by any external author- ity. So what does Mr, Gorman propose, except a campaign of abuse and prejudice against a defenseless race that is already deprived of political power? Does he want to follow disiranchisement with massacre? Or does he want to deport the race and get rid of it finally and forever? He may rest assured that the country will not listen to a campaign of personal abuse and misrepre- sentation of the President, nor will it be diverted from the great problems of government by Tillmanesque tirades against “niggers.” 1f the Democracy have a policy in re- gard to the negro question, let it be stated, that it may be judged on its merits, as a policy, to be passed on by the people. If Mr. Gorman can phrase such a policy to go into the platform let him do so. The country is in no temper to indorse the Tillman issue, nor to back a party that appeals to prejudice and the spirit of lawlessness and disorder. If nothing better than murder can be offered as a solu tion of the race question, and murder is what an appeal to prejudice will mean, Mr. Gorman would better strike work on his new issue and quit his job right where it is. o ———— | The Cabinets of Italy and of Norwa§ have resigned and have given up the problem of government to these that may find it easier of solution than they did. The patchwork makeshift of Balfour evidently impressed them deeply with the opinion that to compromise in an assertion of authority is to lose the very thing sought to be preserved. had fallen and the puissance of Austria brought to dust at! Now with a century gone the world is tréated to the 5 republicans have been distrustful of things Napoleon It would seem, however, that they need have no fear. The | Bonapartist factian is about dead through senile decay. So Gorman is working like a blacksmith to hammer out a! the Dowie of American politics, since he continually puts | —— — TALK acknowledgment. It happened, or didn't happen, according Miller or one of the other nineteen pilots tells the yarn, on board the saucy cruiser Pathfinder, on his cruises. Captain Miller ptides himgelf a his business and on his methodical habits. sleep at sea, in order that there may that he can shift from pajamas to pea undue waste of time. from his bunk. solousness. Miller was left alone. “Help! I'm paralyzed. He was pale and serfous. pantalos His corncob pipe lay lifeless at cheeks. ~ “Boys, I'm done for. from the waist up. It's paralysis.” i ‘What Mlllel? imagined than described. Miller still denies that it happened. , “Sure’’ o Too Many Kisses Spoil the Curves of Grecian Mouth T WOULD seem to the average news- 1 paper reader that about every act which could possibly be construed as crueity had been made a factor in local divorge suits, but one of the city’s leads ng attorneys claims to have come upon a wholly unique case. The lady was one of the prettiest and best | butantes of San Francisco a few sea- sons ago. “She walked into my office one day,” says the attorney, “and startled ! me with the announcement that she wanted a divorce from her husbsnd. who incidentally is a great friend of mine. “She asserted demurely that he was cruel to her in that he kissed her too much. I was dumfounded, but grasping !at the chance that the tingle of the orbicularis oris in her case might be so | acute as to cause annoyance, 1 asked if | the caress was painful. She smiled a sweet ‘no.’ T then inquired if he falled to chew cardamon sced. She beamed negatively again. 1 had to pass. s “She finally averred that Her spouse’s | asgravaced osculatory habits were having the ; effect of destroying the Greclan curves of her lips. I informed her, in | retusirig to take the case, that no sober- | minded Judge would condemn her hus- band for doing what was trresistible. And I'll guarantee that she only wanted to have the matter come up in court so that she could show those same rosebud lips to the public through the news- papers.” A Reporter’s Late Detail Proves Itself a Dead One —_— | ’ HAT the daily newspaper man en- I joys experiences that are novel . is | borne out by some of the stories | tola in the local room between assign- ments. At 2 o’clock one morning, when the fog was so thick that you could not | see the name of the streets printed on | the lamp-posts, a_telegram was received | from an interior town that a prominent | official had been killed while hunting. The news had to be broken to the family and the man doing late watch was told {to jump into a carriage and get some “dope” on the deceased. | \He grabbed the first four-wheeler in sight and did not notice that the driver had been imbibing. He gave him the ad- dress and settled back to get a few winks of sldep, but was awakened by the car- riage coming to a standstill. He got out and as he glanced around he was sur- | prised to see headstones and monuments | on every side. He looked up and found | “cabby’’ fast asleep. In an instant he ap- | preciated the sftuation. The driver had | fallen asleep on the box and the horses, believing they were foing to a funeral, had/ leisurely trotted to the burying- ground. It’s Morgan’s. I came to a stream with a turgid tide Full twenty miles long and half a mile wide. The water was flowing at Lou Dillon rate— The volume increased with its gathering gait. 1 asked whence it came, as it fumed o'er the rocks. a man said: “It's squeezed out of ship- building stocks— It's Morgan's.” And 1 flew up to heaven; St. Peter looked glum As though he was Waiting for some one to come, Extremely unweicome. He held in his hand A notice to keep off the bright golden strand. 1 thought 'twas for me, and I squeezed out a_tear, But Peter sald kindly: “Tain't yours, never earr, It's Morgan's."" 1 went 10 the only place left; I saw Some fellows with ccal grime on brow, cheek and Jaw; They stoked at an oven of wonderful size— The light om its menth reached: hait way to s, I sald: ‘“Whose is this that is heated so hot 2" And Saten said, laughing: “‘Well, just Ilike as not 1t's Morgan's.” h Baitimore American. —_———— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—The following Californians have arrived: From San Francisco—Mrs. W. Andrews, at the Nor- mandie; Mrs. P. J. Anne, at the Grand Union; J. Baker Jr.,, at the Herald Square; H. R. Berrord and wife, at the Albert; Mrs. C. B. Dean, at the Norman- die; H. L. Doleman, at the Continental; S. W. Elerman, at the Hotel Savoy; J. B. Fox and wife, at the Herald Square: J. C. Gibbons, at the Hotel Imperial; J. Herr- mann, at the St. Denis; V. G. Hush, Mur- ray Hill; F. H. Kelley, Conunom*l; 8. A Keystone, Miss J. G. Keystone,' at the Bartholdl; A. Lachman, at the Hotel Im- perial; D. L. Randolph, at the Manhat- tan; J. T. Randolph, at the Netherland; J. 3 How Captain Jimmy Miller, Bar Pilot, Was Suddenly Stricken by Paralysis— A Truthful Yarn PTAIN JIMMY MILLER, bar pilot, denles it. The other pilots, however, take their shipmate's de- nial sadly and, with right hands raised, aver that only Miller's modesty stands in the way of a frank | the order of his acting should ecircumstances require his presence on deck, the pilot so disposes of his wardrobe To. save the time necessary to pull on boots or shoes Miller has provided himself with a pair af wooden sabots which on retiring he places in a particu-foe lar spot at a certain angle so arranged that his feet fall into place as he clambers Can’t lift a foot. known de- | THE TOWN O ; to whether which Miller makes strict attention to ‘When he goes to be no standing on Jjacket without any The night of the occurrence or non-occurrence, according as before mentioned, to who tells the yarn, Miller had been speaking of the perfection to which he had brought his plan for making the quick change. less restrainedly, and was fairly beaming with self approval when he rolled in be- tween the blankets and lost himself in dreamiand. “‘Come on deck quickly, we are in trouble,” rasped in through Miller's dreams. A strong hand shook him until the shaker was assured of He praised himself gently, then the shakee's con- f A few minutes later those on deck heard & hoarse, fear-stricken cry gurgle from the depths of the cabin and float out into the night. For God's sake, help! help!™ All hands hastened below. Miller was standing by his bunk clutching a pair of Cold perspiration rolled down his rugged his feet. Can’t move an inch. Am all right “Lift your fgot out of that wooden shoe, Jimmy,"” volunteered a grinning pilot sald when he found that his wooden shoes had been secured to the deck by thfee inch screw nails is better described than repeated and better The other nineteen raise nineteen weather-beaten hands and in chorus say, L Answers of Oracle to the Questions From the Curious CTORS' CHURCH ALLIANCE-—A. O. A, City. The secretary of the fl:\cmrs' Church Alllance of the United States is at 375 East One Hun- dred and Seventy-sixth street, New York City. Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., | LL. D., is the president. The purpose of the alliance Is to establish closer rela- tions between church and theater and | ministering to members of the dramatie | protession. JAMAMBUXES—Subscriber, City. Ja- mambuxes is a name given to ecertain | fanatics in Japan who roam about and | pretend to hold converse with old Nick. They scourge themselves severely and sometimes refrain from sleeping for sev- |eral days in order to win the odor of anctity. They are employed by the peo- | ple to discover articles that have been lost or stolen. VOLCANIC ASHES—Subseriber, Volcanic ashes are much of the same composition as pumic stone, or nearly the same as the primary rock formation of the earth—principally silica and feld- spar, with a smail admixture of metallic oxides. * City I DRESS SUITS—Reader, City. There is | no certainty when the swallow tail coat of the present dress sult “came in,” but it appears in its present form on fashion plates published in Paris, France, several f"es;" before the French Revolution of MARRIAGE NOTICE-Z. Y. C., City. There is no law in California that re- quires that a marriage shall be published in a newspaper. Kl ‘NAVAL ORDNANCE—A. O. 8, City, Naval ordnance carries five miles and over, but the outside limit of efficiency is four miles. CONTRACT MARRIAGE—A \Reader City. Contract marriages are fo longer recognized in the State of California. | HORSE CARS—A. D. E., City. The old horse cars on the Mission street line were first operated July 3, 1369, Music on Tap. Classical music, at one cent an hour, | will be on tap at Music Hall next week, beginning at 8 o’clock Tuesday night. It will roll forth In great waves, like steam rom a laundry, and ambulances will be on hand to cart away those that it over- | comes: Camillo Baucia, an Italtan. will produce it. The producing will be per- formed upon an inoffensive grand piano which will be Insured before the fest be. gins. Camillo is the champion Grasco- Roman and catch-as-catch-can long-dis. tance plano player of the civilized world, His hands are like hams. His fingers are like belaying pins. At Music Hail he will play for fifty hours, and, setting aside an occasional glass of mixed ale, he will take no nourishment from start to finish.—Baltimore Herald. Not Always Such. A new patrolman of the Fourteenth district furnished excitement galore a few nights ago among his brother officers in the sleeping quarters at the station house. During the stillness of the night all hands were awakened by his pounding his foot violently upon the footboard of the bed. ‘When Policeman Cory gave the sleeping man a shake M{eunded the louder, and then eried out In voice rich with brogue: “Will ye get off the track®or must I leave me car to put ye off?” Theft the new officer awoke and explained that he had been a motorman for a number &, years and was simply having a dream of his trolleying days, when drivers who re- tused to leave the track were the source of frequent trouble.—Philadelphia Record. —_—————— Rough on the Ladies. Maybe if women were not so busy with their mouths in another way they would really learn to smoke. ‘When a woman says a man treats her beutally she means she can’t make him give in in an argument even by crying. ‘When a woman brags about a thought- ful child she has she means he forgot to pull its taihout of the cat that morning. The man who got up the theory that you can save money by belng married must have been the same idiot who start- ed the flying machine tdea. Nothing makes a man feel so queer when the minister calls as to hear his wife tell him all the signs their father has noticed in the children of a very re- ligious spirit.—New York Press, —— Selling out till 30th; best eyeglasses, specs, 20c to 50c. Look out for 81 4th, front of barber. * —_————