The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1904, Page 44

44 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,' SUNDAY DECEMBER 25, 1904 ACTT | Steamship City of| Peking Sails for Panama. PassengersWill Eat| Christmas Dinner | at Sea. Beets IS Storm SignalsWarn Mariners of Com- ing Gale. it J 9 sterday, and under the | oaching holiday busi- as not standing still, ong the line of strict City of Peking sailed and the idea of going | Christmas at home had a | on passengers and the hered on the wharf to -by. The promise of sea was not alluring to spect at all to those unseasoned to the un- | um of floating hotels. § un promised fair wes sth sea, but the we y of a southeaster nsideration than timistic forecast. to about a score of pas- Peking carried 3500 mnsi Point Arena, which | vessel in the harbor to to sea about 4 o'clock deck to | | pr | | st went evergreens from also decorated, sailed port after which she was Captain Jessen will be host at ner to be given to-morrow night | assengers who are able to pitch and toss of a stiff The City of Puebla clear- vill not sail until to- wester B z I'he Pacific Mall wharf was the only | e s . 3 o | potatoes, 4 cs mineral water, 37 tal . usy place along the water | [0 0y 10 i Rer 380 ca coal ofl, 172 front. Th an army of stevedores | pkgs paints and olle, 403 crates firebrick. 80%0 n < i | Tbe 11 colis rope, fi Alsh‘r‘.,‘ the loading of | ~ St o B golia, which leaves On |fasks quicksilver, 62 pkgs dry goods, 17 bils Orfent with 15,000 tons | 50 pes oars, 140 kege blasting powder, 144 pkgs ore ctly contraband, for |Tiroad cars, 6 pkgs sewing machines, 200 | Mcngolia will take alto- 18,000 tons of cargo. S Bar Is Breaking. ~elebrated the approach of vesterday by stirring itself | ury, which served notice | keep away. The steamer | from southern ports, was | cross the breazking waters, | the Golden Gate had to | detour and come in by | »rth channel. Weather | were set yesterday giv- | the approach of a . Overdue List, urance on the two n the overdue list remain | T Edith Mary, out s from Ascension for St. | d at 70 per cent, and | rate on the Brier | from London for | The NEWS OF THE OCEAN. which sailed on Fri- lulu, Pago Pago and | merchandise cargo, | buted as follows 565 ; Friend 1g were the lead- 1040 pigs tresh bis flour, Pkgs table | . 90,000 1bs dried fish, 500 1bs | bxs dried fruit, 9700 ceries and prov 5 100 bbis beer. 0 cs pkgs paste, 1711 ibs bread, | 19 s pkgs sy | 59 cs boots and shoes, 58 | cather, 40 coils rope, §s | ts and ofls pkgs car | shooks, | s iron, paper, 10 bbis flour. cs aseorted canned goods, b5 isions, 699 Ibe bread, pkgs fresh fruits pkgs millwork 21 bales bags, 5 wots snd shoes, 237 pkgs Ibs dried frut, ned fruit. 35 cs fresh fruits, 34 1240 bs_codfish, pkgs 33,750 1Ibs 'S canned % bble pickled salmon o 10,050 Ilbs dried fruit 7200 1bs ted canned goods, 22,485 ,885 feet door stock, 208 pkgs | 1000 bdis shingles’ 32,161 jbs | machinery, 142 ‘es agricui- | 2 Quicksliver, 32 £888 O . 20| . 28 s boots and shoes, 8 | bber goods, 21 pkgs typewriters and | ! 500 s canned salmon, cs dried fruit, 4 bales over. To il lsiands—350 o beer, 1 a oods. To Friendly Islands—50 cs canned slinon st el Exports by the Panama Steamer, r City of Peking sailed yesterday "us of Panama and way ports d merchandise cargo, valued at stributed as foliows: Wor Jialy, $0892: Germany, $4220: Among the principal shipments were the following: To Mexico—107 pkgs machinery, 25 cs glase, 240 gals wine. 4 cs mineral water, 40 crates potatoes. 804 ibs soda, 1 _cs powder. To Central America—5697 bbis flour. 2840 gals 86 cs wine, 139 gals 146 c= whisky, 51,840 lbs rice 14 of beer 90,500 ibs salt. 52 os canned salmon, 2450 Ibs spices, 26 grulis, 65 pkes groceries and ‘essorte canned tion=, 1867 Ibs Eom asis 3072 ctls corn, 3369 Ibs dried fruit, 48 crates ts shadow along the | | 274 pkgs iron roofing | kane. 232 cs 4| | Higgins. TY ALONG THE WHARVES SLOWS DOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS HEROISM FAILS T0 SAVE LIFE Four Members of Engine No. 12 Bravely Go to the B Rescue of an Aged Man [ i - | EFFORTS ALL IN VAIN Gustave Johnson Is Fatally Burned in Humble Abode on Spear Street Wharf ‘While hundreds of men and women were preparing to leave their places of business on the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company’s wharf at the foot of Spear street at 6 o'clock last evening Gustave Johnson, an old and almost helpless man, was slowly burn- | | ing almost to a crisp. The unfortunate | man was preparing to go to bed in his , humble room at the rear of his cigar | store on the wharf, when he overturned | & lamp. Irstantly Johnson was envel- | cped in a sheet of flame. His cries for ! aid were finally heard, an alarm of fire was sent in and four members of en- gine 12 hurried to his assistance. He , was brought outin a dying condition and taken to the - Harbor Hospital, ! where his death s hourly expected. | But for the beroic acts of the four firemen, Captain Sullivan and Hosemen George Wells, George Linnehan and | H. Carter, the poor old man would surely have been burned beyond recog- | nition. Fragments of Johnson's kerosene | lamp were found scattered about the | floor of his little room, which was | readily filled with the fumes of the | lamp. The old man made a feeble out- cry before he fell unconscious to the floor, and this undoubtedly saved him | from instant death. The firemen broke into the place and quickly extinguished the flames. John- son was discovered lying in a heap | near the bed. His clothes had already burned from his back and his flesh | was so badly roasted that It peeled from his body. Captain Sullivan trie | to lift the limp form of the man in his arms, but as soon as he touched the | body the flesh came off In chunks. | Hence it was necessary to wrap him in a blanket Thz physicians at the Harbor Hos- pital worked for an hour trying to re- vive Johnson, but finally gave the case 18 pkge pipe, § pkgs machinery, 105 bbis fireclay. To Panama—650 bbis flour, 2122 gals wine, 32 cy canned salmon, 25 cs canned fruit, 10 railroad ties, s table preparations. 25 cs whisky, 200 crates | onjons, 60 crates potatoes To Colombia—180 bbis flour, 2 crates pota- . 4 cs boots and sho=s. New York—79,147 gals wine, 100 flasks 5,563 1bs dry hides, 21158 Tbs wool, 100 bbls sperm oil. 3456 Ibs solder dross, €50,458 1bs plg lead 4385 1bs herbs, 1230 lbs besswax, 261 bales funk To Trinidad Island—150 cs canned salmonm. To Jamaica—93 cs canned saimon. To Ttaly—1 blueston: To Germany ibs dried prunes. Sonirae SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. To quicksilver. ARRIVED Saturday, a, Jamieson, December 24 35 hours from Stmr Northla San Pedro Stmr Alcatraz, Olsen, 17 hours from Green- wood Stmr Alcazar, Winkel, 42 hours from San | Pedro. Stmr Breakwater, Bay mr Arctic, 33 hours from Seaman, « 28 hours from Eureka Alberts, 8 hours from 8 days 8 days from 1son, z, G. Irwin, Hansen, from Garfield, orby CLEARED. Saturday, of Peking, Robinson, December 24 Ancon; P Stmr City. M S8 Co Stmr City of Puebla § Co. Jepeen, Victoria; P C PCESC PCS San Pedro: nson, Eureka; mr Bonita, Prebl Stmr Pomona, S Co. SAILED Saturday, December 24 Stmr City of Peking, Robinson, Ancon, ete. Stmr Argyll, Gilboy, Redondo. Stmr Pomona, Swanson, Eureka. Stmr Phoenix, Odland, ‘Eureka Stmr Point Arene, M Mendocino. SPOK —In lat 56 05 south, long 64 west, Br ringburn, from Hamburg, for Santa TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Dec. 24. 10 p. m.—Weather Oct ship Rosalla. cloudy; wind NW; velocity 24 miles per hour. | DOMESTIC PORTS. EVERETT—Salled Dec 24—Schr Polarls, for San Pedro. Arrived Dec 24—Bktn John C. Meyers, from San_Pedro, PORT GAMBLE—Arrived Dec 24—Schr Spo- hence Dec 11 POINT LOBOS—Passed Dec 24, 10:30 2 m-— Stmr_San Gabriel, from San Pedro, for Ump- ua River. REDONDO—Sailed Dec 24—Stmr James S. for Ean Francisco. TATOOSH—Pasred in Decs 24—Fr bark Colonel de Villebols Mareuil, from Antwerp, for Port Townsend: schr David Evans, hence Dec 11, for Evereif. Passed out—Schr James | Clty Para. .. H_ Bruce, from Tacoma, for Redondo. North Fork UMPQUA—Arrived Dec 23—Schr Sadle, | Queen. .. ... from San Pedro. - e 7l BELLINGHAM—Salled Dec 24—Stmr Rain- fer, for San Francisco. COOS BAY—Arrived Dec 24—Stmr Czarina, | hence Dec 21. Satied Dec 24—Stmr Arcata, for San Fran- isco. Arrived Dec 24—Tug_Columbla, ‘hence Dec 21; schr Advent, fram San Pedro. ASTORIA—Sailed Dec 24—Schr George W. Watson, for San Francisco Arrived Dec 24—Schr Luzon, hence Dec 14. Sailed Dec 24—Schrs Honolpu and Mindoro, for San Pedro; schr Annle Larsen, for San Francisco; bktn James Jobnson, for San Pe- dro; echr W. F. Jewett, for San Francisco. Arrived Dec 24—Schr Andy Maboney, from San Pedro SAN DIEGO—Satled Dec 24—Stmr Coquille River, for San’Francisco. PORT . BLAKELEY—Arrived Dea 24—Bktn Jobn Smith, hence Dec 16. Queen, SEATTLE—Arrived Dec 24—Stmr bence Dec 31 Safled Dec 24—Stmr Umatilla, for San Fran- PORT TOWNSEND—Sailed Dec 24—Bark James Nesmith, for Sydney. GRAYS HARBOR—Arrived Dec 24—Schr o nee, werp. York, frc York. MOVILLE- 1 adelphia, for ROTTEF 2 York, via Naples. GENOA—Arrived from Boston, Dec 24—Stmr Neapolitan Prince, from New Afrived Dec ork: GIBRALTAR ork. :—Sailed Dec for New York. SOUTHAMPTON DAM—Salled Dec 24—Stmr Staten— HONGKONG— Arrived Stmr Manchuri; Livernool, THE HARBOR TO BE DEC- | D EVERGREENS, SHE up as a hopeless one. A close exam-] DOC | | ination of the skull revealed a fracture ** | at the base. It is supposed that the | Southampton, via Plymouth; stmr Mepomi- | Unfortunate old man struck his henfl[ for London; stmr Kroonland, for Ant- against the edge of ‘the bedpost when | | he fell helpless to the floor. | PLYMOUTH—Arrived Dec 24—Stmr New | Johnson had for years presided over the humble 1fttle cigar stand where he | met his fatal injuries. He was a fa- | miliar figure on the Spear-street whart | and known by nearly all the seafaring | men on the water front. So far as is | known he had no family. —_————— ew York Arrived Dec 24—Stmr Italla, Dec 22—Stmr Romanic, via Ponts del Gada and Naples. 24—stmr Corin- | —Arrived _Dec st and Halitax, for, . Jobn, N. B., Salled Dec 23—Stmr Preto- | Game Birds Follow Storms. ST Tocanis, FromoNan | It is seldom that a hurricane apd | 3 ts traln a de- | “Safled Dec . 1Mo Brips | LLUDASTRLOTI BEMGR T om Genoa, luge of game birds, This singular spec- | tacle, however, was witnessed in the Tarbes district recently. The storm | broke over the district in-the evening, and when the gale was at its height, about 10 o’clock, large flocks of quail, which must have been migrating at an | invisible ‘ height, 'were beaten to the FrigeDee 24— | ground, the plain around being thickly strewn with their bodies. -In the 24—Stmr Ced-| grounds of the Hotel de Paris the birds | ey T | were picked up in dozens—London Naples and Palermo, 24—Stmr La Cham- | TON_Satled Dec 24—Stmr Phil- New York, via Cherbourg. k D—Salled Dec 24—Stmr Os- York. —Sailed Dec 21—Stmr Island, Yor A prior San —SailedDec J. Higglns. Czarina 8. Monica. | Point Aren Banta Ro: Coronado. G. Dollar Columbia Bonit; China. Jeante. Breakwater. | | | | \ Sterra. Movements of Steamers, ke L ot TO ARRIVE. | = FROM SEATTLE. i eamer. | _Steamer. From, | Due. Steamer. Destination. Sails. ez e Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 28 et B {Dec. Skagway & Way Ports. [Dec. 29 | Cyrha e Antaria..; . (D Skagway & Way Ports.|Dec. 31 | Tottenham ... | Oyster Harbor ... .. (Do 3 Seldovia: & ‘Way, Ports.Jan. 1 E”‘“‘ Elder ; el Skagway & Way Ports.|Jan. 3| orona @ 52 H F. Leggett... e = Sun, Moon and Tide. e, e |Dec. 25 | United ‘States Coast and Geodetic Survey— | ot | ec. 26 | Time and Height of High and Low Waters | DN | ama ec. 26 | at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco | Rel Norte..... | Creacent City Dec. 26 Bay. Published by officlal authority of the | e rk - | Orays. Hasbér .26 Superintendent. ! Eo’.'é’ny" .| Ban Diego & . 26| NOTE—Tho high and low waters occur at | o & - 26 | the city front (Mission-street wharf) about 25 | Cite 7 | G e . 28 | minutes later than at Fort Point; the height | et - L masmee - 20 of tide 18 the same at both pinces. | -| Seattle .. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 25. -| Grays Harbor . 26 | Grays Harbor Grays Harbor Knrhlhd & As Newport & Way Por(s, China & Japan. 3 Seattle the early morning tid, Dec. 26 -| Hamburg & Way PortsDec, 26 | Redondo {Dec. 26 | | .| Coos Bay .27 | M . - |San Pedro ' .27 | G B i Y;;:lllbc‘d‘: Bellingham . 271 8 = = . mboldt .... 13 Vi L | Mexican Ports . Dec: :zl; 2 H W L W | Honotulu . Dec. 27 |25 At R b R ey uget Sound Ports Dec. 27 | 26 i 7 gy Point Arena & Albion. Dec. 27 | 27 - Humboldt .. [Dec. 28 | 28 ; : |Purnnnd & Coos Bay.|Dec. 28 | 29 3 i | Seattle ..... {Dec. 28 | 30 Mendoeino & Pt. Arena.|Dec. 29 o | §an Dicgo & Way Pts.|Dec. 20 | NOTE—In the above exposition of the tid - 20 29 30 . 31 & Tacor Coos Bay .. New York via Coast Survey CI , except when a minus (—) Humboldt .. sign preced ight. and then the number | I 'uget Sound P given is subtracted from the depth given by Humbold - I the charts. The plane of reference is the mean Sydney & Way Ports, of the lower low waters. Seattle ... Sl s i T rays Harbor ! Portland & Astoria Time Ball, TO SAIL Branch Hydrographic Office, U. 8. N., Mer- B. Monica. . Ruth E. Godfrey, from Redondo. ISLAND PORTS. HONOLULU-—Arrived Dec 24—U 8 stmr Solace, hence 17, Fr war_stmr Protet, | Bitsubeth from Tahiti: stmr China, from Yokohama. MAHUKONA—Arrived Dec 19—8chr De- | pomo fender, bence Nov 26. State D(Cl.l FOREIGN PORTS. s ey TALTAL—Arrived Dec 21—Ger bark Paul | Coos Va; Isenberg, from Honolulu. | Bureks. VALPARAISO—Arrived Nov 21—Chil bark Royal Sovereign, from Port Blakeley. DUBLIN—In port Nov 1—Br ship Walden | Abbey, for Antwerp and San Francisco. NBWCASTLE, Aus.—Arrived Dec 23—Ship Tillle E. Starbuck. hence Nov 3. o B . Dec 21 .—Arrived Dec 24—Stmr Dec 24—Stmr La_Sa- simr Minnetonka, from Dec 24—Stmr Patricla, f - via. Dover and Boulogne,. | o Lo Dec 24—Stmr Umbris pool, via Queenstown; stmr ’ a, for st. i Paul,” for R — lc Pomona. . . G. Lindauer | Mariposa ' Umatilla Alameda. .. | San Jose. .. F. Kilburn. Rainier. Point Arena | Coranado. . . i Columbla. . Jeanie. G. Dollar. chants’ Exchange, San 'Francisco, Cal. Steamer. e December 24, 1004. Uls.| Pler. | he Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry - bullding was dropped exactly at naon to-day.—. S - i e. at Noon of the 120th meridlan, or at 8 s - A % pmiPler 20| 5. m. Greenwich time.” J. C.. BURNETT, Northland. [ Astoria & Portiand| 9 am/Pler 21 Lk“mw",u' 2 gl ecember 26. Centralia...| Los Angeles Ports.|10 am|pi, All . at moj . (hehalis... |Los Angeles Ports. 4 pm!Pler 3 ey s°R o:‘ xsf. fi;.nxe. Ports.| 4 pm/Pler 2 The transport Solace, from this port, el o L r:l"&‘“;';;L gun }'_":lr 11| bound for Guam and Cavite, arrived ity Puebla | Puget Sound Ports. |11 am|bler ‘9 | Yesterday at Honolulu. The China, TBO- .nnn s ell,:!'\;rb ;or’t's,... homeward bound from the Orient, also Breakwater.| Cdos Bay direct, . | Grays Harbor | another arrival there was the French Humboldt . et > crulser Protet from Tahiti. L iy Coh B Notice to Mariners. China & Japan. .| 1 pm|Pier 40 HUMBOLDT BAY--CALIFORNIA. storla & Portland|11 am|Pler 24 (List of Lights, Buoys and Daymarks, Pa- Cogullle River .. December 29. cific Coast, 1904, page 35.) Pt Arena & Albjon| ¢ e e B San Diceo & Way.| § amibley 13 | 1904 the six single-plie emidicd Grays Harbor...... 4 pm Pier 10 River Channel, Humboldt Bay, Cal., were per- manently di ed as ionger aids to navigation - e ¥ Mo 00 thouse Board. . P. DAY, Commander, U. S. N., Inspector Twelfth Lighthouse District. — & San Pedro Humboldt .. 2 Decem] . sulf New ank‘.:lm:x.. ey |y 1t your flat doesn’t suit you, Tahit! direct if you want a furnished house Portland & Way. Seattle & Blingh: Point Arena Grays Harbor a1 Beattle & n ea Tacoma. Seattle ...... | more effective means of keeping this £ of its experts. It is believed.that many ROW- OVER DOG CAUSES DEATH Peculiar Fatality Foliows Trouble Lodging - House Man Has With a Stranger FALL FRACTURES SKULL Jacob Scheupp Gives the Unknown a Shove That Throws Him to Sidewalk Jacob Scheupp, a lodging-house keeper at 207 Main street, is under ar- rest on a charge of having caused the death of an unknown man yesterday. In a quarrel over a spitz dog Scheupp claims that he gave the stranger a | shove, who then fell to the sidewalk, striking his head. The trouble oc- curred shortly after 5 o'clock last evening, and the unknown expired at | the Central Emergency Hospital four hours afterward. His skull was frac- tured. He never regained conscious- ness, and there was nothidg on his | person by which he could be identified According to the story told by Scheupp, the stranger attempted to steal the dog, and he was In the act of intercepting him when the man was thrown to the sidewalk. Scheupp says the man had been in the habit of sell- | ing vegetables at his lodglng~huuse,! but that he does not know his name. | During the morning hours Mrs. Scheupp gave the vegetable man one of a pair of spitz pups, And he left highly pleased, but soon after 5 o'clock in the evening he returned and asked for the other one. He said that a street car had killed the first pup and he was very insistent in his demand that he be- | come the possessor of the other ani- | mal. | Scheupp says that he refused the | man, and an argument followed. This | occurred in the office of the house, and | for a moment Scheupp’s attention was called to another matter. When he| turned to resume his conversation with | the vegetable man he found that the latter had disappeared and that me“ pup had gone with him. Scheupp hur- | ried to the sidewalk and caught up with the thief. The latter had the dog | concealed under his coat. The nrs'u-‘l ment commenced anew, and Scheupp claims he shoved the man to one side. | Then it was that he fell to the side- walk and fractured his skull. Scheupp says that the man was very much un- | der the influence of liquor at the time. | ——e—————— Parasites Shipped from France. The first shipment of parasites of the codlin moth has been received from George Compere, who is now traveling in Europe under instructions from the State Horticultural Commissioner in search of this parasite. The ehlpment‘ was small, but arrived in good ‘condi- | tion and is now in the hands of the deputy horticultural commissioner at San Francisco, where the new insects will be carefully looked after and bred, | with a view to distributing them | throughout the State during the com- ing season. Mr. Compere found these | insects in France and immediately | shipped them to California. The in-| sect is one of the ichneumon files, the whole group of which is beneficial and | lives by preying upon other Insects in their caterpillar or pupa form. When the female of this species locates a codlin moth larvae, she proceeds to lay | an egg in a non-vital portion of its| body, which, hatching out into a small grub, soon eats out the body of its| host, after which the parasite passes | through the pupa state and emerges as a full fledged fly, ready to attack| another codlin moth. Mr. Compere states that he has found several para- sites which work upon the codlin moth | in Europe and it is devoutly to be | hoped that among them he may suc- | ceed in discovering the true enemy of this pest and the one that keeps it be- | low the danger line in its native land. | Should this insect prove all that Mr. | Compere claims for it, it will still be some time before it is thoroughly es- tablished and before we can judge whether it will be as efficient in our| State as it seems to be in Europe. It i8 too often the case that we expect‘; results Instantly. This cannot be, as it takes a long time for the parasites to breed, even if they breed at the most rapid rate, and it will be two or three | years before we are able to judge as to the effectiveness of this new insect. However, the fact still remains that something keeps the codlin moth below the danger line in Europe and it is not by any means impossible that if Mr. Compere has not already discovered | the true parasite, he will before his! work is completed and we shall have a I | pest in check than we now possess.— Pacific Tree and Vine. —_———— Ferest Planting Encouraged. The bureau of forestry of the Agri- | cultural Department has made plans ' to give practical assistance to land ! owners in establishing commercial for-f est plantations, shelter belts and wind- | breaks, and in reclaiming shifting | #sands and other waste lands by forest | POunds copper sulphate (blue vitriol) planting. The purpose of the bureau | in its co-operation in forest planting, the plan of which has been in more | or less general use during the last sev- | eral years, is to establish in suitable | localities examples of forest plantations of the highest possible usefulness and value to the owners. After an application in forest plant- | ing has been made and accepted an | reached the island port yesterday and | A8ent of the burcau will examine the | Californian. land and If practicable prepare Im-! mediately a planting plan. If the! area is too extensive for this a thorough | and .exhaustive examination will be' made and a report submitted to the owner, who, if he desires, may have the forestry bureau prepare a scientific | and elaborate planting plan, which, with all essential measurements, maps and other data, is sent to him upon completion. The 'bureau does not in- tend to furnish seeds or trees for plant- ing, leaving this to the owner's own selection and exvenditure. It partici- ! pates in the expenses of planting only | to the extent of furnishing the services Amerfcan farmers and landowners will take advantage of the offer to secure the assistance of landscape and for- estry experts free of charge.—Rural Californian- ————— An indignation meeting always af- fords some people a lot of pleasure. | mystery, HALE'S. Hale’s Will Be Closed All Day To- Morrow (Monday) THE MODERN AIR BRAKE GIVES GOOD PROTECTION How They Are Constructed and How They Are Applied on | Trains. Every one has heard of the air brake, and references to it are sure to be made when the subject of protection against railroad accidents is under dis- cussion, but like many inventions in common use it is more or less of a for which an explanation is | | demanded from time to time. The modern air brake consists of twelve parts, among which are the air | pump, which compresses the air; a| main reservoir, in which the air is stored; the engineer’'s brake valve, reg- ulating the flow of aif: the train pipe, which connects the brake valve with the triple valves under each car; the | quick-action triple valve, controlling the flow of air to and from the auxili- | ary reservoir, which is supplied from the main reservoir, and the brake cy- linder piston rod, which is forced out- ward, thereby applying the brakes. The theory of the air brake is the equalization of pressures. When the | brakes are not in action the pressure on the train pipe is made such as to.| prevent an escape of air from the aux- iliary reservoir. When the engineer desires to make an application of| brakes he turns his brake valve so that there is a moderate reduction of | the pressure in the train pipe. This causes the greater pressure in the aukiliary reservoir to force air into the | brake cylinder, forcfng the piston out | and applying the brakes. When it is desired to release the brakes the engineer turns hig valve in the opposite direction, permitting the air to flow from the main reservolr, lo- cated on the engine, into the train pipe. ‘When the pressure, thus restored in the train pipe, is increased above the pressure in the auxiliary reservoir cer- tain valves are moved, communication is thereby restored between train pipe and auxillary reservoir, the piston is forced to its normal position, the air escapes from the brake cylinder and the auxiliary reservoir is recharged through the train pipe. ‘When the train breaks in two or a hosepipe connection is broken it has the effect of a sudden and material reduc- tion of the pressure in the train pipe, the same as though the engineer had made an emergency application. The sudden reduction of pressure also opens supplementary valves, which increase the pressure upon the brake cylinder about 20 per cent. The brake shoes are attached to rods, which are in turn at- tached to the piston in such a manner that whén the air from the auxiliary reservoir forces the latter out a pulling force is exerted upon the brakes.—Ex- change, New Remedy for Celery Blight. Celery blight, and there has been no little complaint In the past few years, can be controlled® by spraying with ammoniacal carbonate of copper. To make this dissolve three ounces copper carbonate in a pint of ammonia and add twenty-five gallons of water. To make copper carbonate, dissolve five in five gallons of water, also six pounds carbonate of soda in five gallons of water. Mix the two solutions slowly, stirring well. Let the mixture stand until next day to settle, after which pour off the liquid. Pour on ten gal- Ions of water, let stand until next day and repeat the operation, after which strain and dry the blue powder, which is the copper carbonate.—The Rural ———— Never Late in Forty-Two Years. Forty-two years of service without ever having been late to his work is the record of J. C, Lotz, the oldest employe of the Internal Revenue Department at ‘Washington. Although more than 80 years of age, Mr. Lotz is at his desk every morning promptly at 9 o'clock, and the years he has spent in the work make him one of the most valuable em- ployes in the bureau. He has been con- tinucusly in the accoumting depart- ment, and during the years he has served has seen more than $7,000,000,000 pass through the office. He has the ex- act figures, which he has kept for many years.—Exchange. ——————— “Are there any leftenants in the Russian Army?” asked the English- mam ““Well,” replied a Japanese sympa- thizer, “I guess are a mighty few left.”—Yonkers Statesman. i Weather Report. Meridian—Pacific Time.) SAN FRA Dec. 245 p. m. The following maximum and minimum tem- peratures are reported for the previous day - .48-30/ Pittsburg > = Boston Chicago .. Cineinnati . Honolulu . Jacksonville Philadeiphia ....40-44 SAN FRANCISCO following are the seasonal s compared with those of the same date 28/ New Orle )-34 New York t. Louis Washington 88-48 The date, last ason and rainfall In last twenty-four hours Last This Last Stations— 24 hours. Season. Season. Eureka 0.00 - Red F 0.27 Bacramento 0.14 0.24 Ircependence Trace 0.4 n Luis Obispo. 0.24 0.97 s Angeles o.02 1.88 Diego 0.01 1.76 THE COAST RECORD. PLELE .S B 2 |3%|F5 23| €2 | | 2 133/33) 2| 2 sTaTiONs, | 2 |32 35 33| 5% Ns. | S 18535/ 38| 2 % (2339 3% | 8 |2 |18 g |: 3 fss 13 13 13 : Baker 24 Snow Carson " Cloudy Fresno - Cloudy Flagstaf® . Cloudy Independence Cloudy | Les Angeles. Cloudy Mt. Tamalp: Cloudy North Head Cloudy Phoenix Cloudy Portland Cloudy 16 Red Biluff Pt.Cldy .25 Roseburg Cloudy .22 ¥ tello ..... Snow 22 Sacramento . Pt.OMy .14 It Lake. Snow 16 n Francisco. Cloudy .19 Obispo. .. Cloudy .24 Cloudy .01 Cloudy T Cloudy .0 Clowdy .0 - Snow 2 ‘Winnemucea . .2 Cloudy .01 Yuma ..30.02 Pt.Cldy .00 WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL ORECAST. The pressure Is rising rapldly on the coast ncrth of San Francisco. The storm is now over Nevada and Utah and will probably pass rapidly eastward. Rain has fallen throughout the entire State, with snow in the mountains. High winds are reported at Carson City. Winnemucca, Modena, Independence, Flagstaft and North Head Forecast made at San Franeisco for thirty heurs ending mildnight, December 2t California. north of Tehachapi—Cloudy and ubsettled weather Sunday, clearing in west portion, showers in foothilis and east portion; fresh southwest winda. California, south of Tehachapl—Cloudy and unsettled weather Sunday, possibly light show- ers: light southwest winds. Nevada—Snow flurries Sunday: cooler. San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Sundsy. breaking away during the day; fresh west wind Lo s Angeles and vieinity—Cloudy and un- settled weather Sunday, possibly showers; fresh southwest winds. Sacramento—Clearing Sunday; fresh south : Hght north winde; winds. Fresno—Clearing Sunday: cooler. A McADIE. District Forecaster. ———————— California as a Wine Producer. Californla and New York are the greatest grape growing States In the Union, and so far as quality is con- cerned it is said the Eastern produet is superior. Quantities of wine are an- nually produced in our State, and much of it is high grade, but in the trade, as a rule, the California product is re- garded as cheaper and legs meritorious —whether this be due to lack of cap- ital or to impatience to put the wine on the market before It is properly matured. Some idea of the relative quality of the output of the two States can be gained from the statistics as to quantity and value. New York pro- duces every year about half a million gallons of wine and California some two million gallons. And yet the value of the Eastern output is $3,000,000 while that of California, with a quantity four times as great, is only 3$5,000,000. Our wine growers should consider this fact and set about to improve their wine.— Rural Calife jan. —————————— New Things at Fairs. What on earth would our great- grandfathers have said if some one had told them the county fair would be the all-embracing “holy show” it is to-day? ‘When horse racing and high diving were accounted regulation features of these gatherings it was natural that the homely things which were the cor- nerstones of the exhibitions should be lost to sight. But if even twenty-five years ago some bold farmer had dared suggest that the day would come when automobiles, vehicles not dependent upon live stock for their means of loco- motion, would constitute the chief at- traction at the county's rallying place he-would have been declared a traitor to his calling. Still, that is just what has comg to pass in Connecticut, where an automobile parade has proved the piece de resistance at one of these fall fairs.—Boston Transcript. The fellow who drives a milk cart nay also be on the water wagon.