The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1901, Page 6

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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON..................Herald Squpre T TIVE: “hune Building NEW YORK REPRES STEPHEN B. SMITH. .. NEW YORK Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. 0. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. ‘WS ETANDS: A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St.. N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—i27 Montgomery, corner of Clay. open until 8:30 o'clock. 300 Haves, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister. open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:30 o'ciock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 109 Valencia, open until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open untl 9 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. 200 Fillmore, cpen until 8. a. m. “Men ana Women.* Tivoli—*"Barber of Sevilje.” California—*Barbara Frietchle.” Orpheum-—Vaudeville. Columbia—*"Lady Huntworth’s Exper! Iver-Mounted Harness." Grand Opera-house—*Brother Offices Olympia, corner Mason and Eddy streets—Specialties. Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evening Fisch sition, Sacramento—September 2 to 4. 10 SUBSCRIBERS LEAVIKG TOWN FOR THE SUMKER. Cnl! subseribers contemplating a change of residesce during the summer months can have their puper forwarded by mail to their new addresses by motifying The Call Busines: This puper will also be on sale at all summer resorts and is represcnted by a local afemt im 1l towss on the coast. BURIALS AT THE PRESIDIO. AN FRANCISCO has a good deal of interest S in the National Cemetery at the Presidio. The ground set apart for the burial of the dead at the reservation is rapidly filling up. The site con- tains fifteen and a half acres, and 3250 former sol- diers are lying there in their last sleep. It is esti- mated that within two years there will be room for no more, and the army authorities are already con- sidering where they shall look for additional bury- ing ground It is evident that the republic needs on this coast 2 large and spacious national cemetery wherein to lay the bodies of her soldiers who die in her service. That cemetery, however, should not be within the limits of San Francisco nor of any other city. The civilized world has now advanced so far in science as to perceive that serious evils result from the burial of the dead near the homes of the living. We have found it necessary to take steps to prevent further burials in the local cemeteries that are under control of the city authorities, and every argument that was valid.in support of that action is equally valid against the establishment of a large national cemetery at the Presidio. The issue is one that should be at once called to the attention of the avthorities at Washington. Two years is not a long time, and Governments move slowly. 1f when the present cemetery ground at the Presidio is filled there be not another cemetery pro- vided there is danger that an easy way out of the situation may be found by adding a few acres more to the site now occupied. Against that danger we must guard. The military authorities, as we have said, are al- ready on the lookout for a new site. It is gratifying that it is so, and it is to be hoped they will not con- tent themselves with a temporary expedient. The Pacific is to be the scene of great military as well as commercial activity in the future, and in the course of years the number of soldiers who are to be buried here will be very large. Therefore the new national cemetery should be planned on a spacious scale, worthy of the nation and of its army. The Presidio, however, is not the place for it. That is for the liv- ing, not for the dead \ A New England man fasted thirty days'to get rid of indigestion, and then as soon as he resumed eating found the thing had stayed with him right along just waiting for a chance to -how itself. It might now be worth his while to tfy what would be the effect of over-eating for thirty days. The recent session of Parliament is pronounced by British critics to have been the dullest in the history of more than a hundred years; it not only transacted very little business, but it had no lively debates and only one or two minor ructions with the Irish mem- bers. Therg has been discovered in Jersey City a man who has been advertising to furnish doctors with the degree of M. D. for $10, with the further inducement that to those who apply early there will be given a degree of LL. D. gratis. It is reported that the trial spins of Shamrock 11 off New York have been satisfactory, while those of the Constitution have been unsatisfactory, so it looks as if Sir Thomas might manage to lift the cup and give us a surprise party. It is now announced that if France have war with Turkey the Russians will take a hand in it, and it may be added there are others. FFICE. . .Market and Third, S. F. ..217 to 221 Stevemson St. omoce. | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST,K 24, 1901. GOBBLING TIMBER. HE Record-Union says that one man filed scrip T on 2000 acres of fine timber at the Sacramento Land Office last week, and remarks that this is a commentary on our land laws, which permit one man able to buy scrip to file on unlimited acreage of timber while a man who is without money to secure scrip is limited to a quarter section and submits to a soul-searching investigation as to his intention to live on the land. This is a great inequality and a greater error, in- asmuch as it is a capital error to permit any timber filing at all. The Federal Government should withdraw all forest land still on the public domain from entry and private ownership. Enough has passed now by patent to materially deplete the timbered area of the country, and not ancther acre should pass out of Government control until the law regulates its use so as to preserve it as forest land and forfeit the patent for violation of the regulations. Henceforth every man who buys timber land should be subject to official and expert oversight in harvesting the mer- chantable timber. He should be compelled to leave standing all trees below a certain diameter, and to clear the limbs and refuse of his cutting so as to safeguard against fire. We make this suggestion for the eye of the Secre- tary of the Interior in the hope that existing law will permit the withdrawal of all forest land from entry at once, or that in default of such authority it will be conferred upon him by Congress at the com- ing session. Any one who has passed part of this {summer in the mountains of California will appre- ciate -the dire and distressing need of doing some- thing, and all that State and nation can do, to pre- | serve, protect and care for the timber that we have leit. The fires have been awfully destructive. They have swept public and private lands indiscriminately. | They have started in lumbered sections, on railroad right of way, from the recklessness of tramps and i campers, and the sheer deviltry of forest incendiaries. In some sections they have, by destruction of build- ings, admonished residents and settlers of their in- terest in preventing forest arson, and everywhere they have pitifully stricken and wantonly wasted the State’s most precious endowment. It will be seen { that when forest land passes into private ownership | under such regulations as we have suggested, with lfor(eit“rn of title as to the penalty of their non- | observance, every forest owner under such condi- | tions becomes a forest warden, for his own interest | guarding growing timber from harm. | The law could easily provide trained foresters to | supervise such lands, just as the laws of Maryland and Virginia provide experts to compel the owners | or lessees of oyster beds to respect the necessities iof reproduction in the use of their property. | This is a pressing matter. It is easily seen that if scrippers have their way in a brief time there will be | no forest to reserve, for all will have passed into pri- | vate ownership with no restraint upon its final ex- | tinction. { Our members of Congress would be rendering | their State good service if they would communicate | at once with the Interior Department upon this sub- | ject, urgently requesting withdrawal of all timber land from entry by scrip or otherwise. One of the effects of wireless telegraphy has been to give Nantucket a place in the news of the day | that is hardly less important than that of a strategic | point in a campaign. The world is beginning to |learn that Nantucket is on the map and has an up- to-date news service. CANADA AND HER TRAD Y the first official bulletin of the Canadian B census, it appears the total population of the Dominion is 3,338,883, an increase of 505.644 over the census of 1391. The population of the prov- inces is as follows: British Columbia, 190,000; Mani- toba, 246,464; New Brunswick, 331,003; Nova Scotia, 450,116; Ontario, 2,i67,979; Prince Edward Island, 103,258; Quebec, 1,620,974; Territories, 145,000; un- organized Territories, 75,000. The census does not show that drift of population toward large cities which is so marked a characteristic of the development of the United States and of the principal countries of Europe. In Canada the largest city is Montreal, with a population of 266,826, Toronto has 207,971. No other city in the Dominion has a population reaching 100,000, and only three— Quebec, Ottawa and Hamilton—have populations ex- ceeding 50,000. The increase of population has not been so .large as sanguine Canadians expected, and their attention is once more directed to the emigra- tion of young Canadians to the United States. 1t is clear that by her connection with Great Britain instead of with the United States, Canada is handi- capped in many ways. While every section of this country is progressing by leaps and bounds, the older provinces of the Dcminion lag behind and make comparatively little growth. The only cheering re- sult they have obtained from the census is a demon- stration of the growth of the Western provinces, where a considerable number of American farmers and cattlemen have settled. From that fact they are drawing the conclusion that the tide of migration be- tween Canada and the United States is on the turn, and that hereafter more Americans will migrate to the Dominion than Canadians to this country. One of the more hopeful of the Canadian states- men, the Hon. John Charlton, member of Parliament and of the Anglo-American Joint High Commission, has recently declared a conviction that the disparity now existing between the two countries will rapidly diminish in the future. He says: “In the Canadian Northwest is situated the greatest undeveloped wheat region of the world, where at least 250,000,000 acres are adapted to the growth of that cereal and where only 2,000;000 acres are now under cultivation. Al- ready the tide of immigration has begun to flow into this region from the United States, and the move- ment must rapidly gain momentum, for Canada alone possesses great stretches of virgin soil inviting. the occupation of the pioneer settler.” . Despite the emphatic manner in which he asserts the coming growth of Canada and the advantages in the way of virgin soil which the Dominion offers to settlers, the Canadian statesman does not fail to see the disadvantage which confronts the Canadian in the way of a lack of markets when compared with the magnificent home market possessed by the farmer in the United States. His plea therefore is for reci- procity. Of the alternative proposition—annexa- tion—he says: “To the American mind the question of annexation, when considering Canadian matters, is generally in view, and the advantages to be derived from commercial and political union seem to him to be so obvious that surprise is felt that the Canadian does not see the matter in the same light. The Amer- ican realizes the advantages that have been derived from unrestricted free trade between all the States of the American Union since the constitution was framed. He thinks, and reasonably so, that the ex- tension of the same system to Canada would result in material advantages equally great. gThe Canadian, however, has no object lesson to lead him to the same conclusion. With him it is an abstract ques- tion.” Having thus relegated annexation to the domain of abstract questions, Mr. Charlton renews the well worn arguments of Canadian statesmen designed to convince us that it would be profitable to us to open our markets to Canadians on the principle of reci- procity. It happens, however, that Canada with her population of less than 6,000,000, has no market that offers anything like a fair exchange to the immense market that would epen to her were our protective tariff set aside in her favor. 1f Mr. Charlton is right that the future is to show a lessened disparity be- tween the two countries, the time may come when reciprocity could be arranged on fair terms, but at present Canada has nothing to offer us that would be a reasonable inducement to us to accept what she is pleased to call “reciprocity.” — It is said the undertakers and livery men of Chicago have combined and so raised the cost of funerals that any Chicago man who is not a pork-packer will have to leave town to die. ———— Fperpkxed by the stagnation of the population. While British, Germans and Italians are multi- A FOOLISH IMPERIALISM. | plying around them, the French make hardly any in- crease at all in numbers. Some of their authorities take such gloomy views of the situation as to con- clude that the race has no future, that it is dying out and that the soil of France will pass into the hands of a more fruitful people. Even while confronting such a probability as that, however, the modern spirit of colonization and imperial aggrandizement has so affected the French leaders that it is now se- riously proposed to' encourage the emigration of the people and thus further diminish the population at home. One of the lands in which the French have ex- pended a good deal of their efforts at imperialism is Madagascar. OR years past the leaders of France have been Thus far, however, they have accom- | plished little beyond the military conquest of the !conntry. There has been no French migration to the {island, and, indeed, the people seem to care very little about profiting by the acquisition their Gov- ernment has attained for them at such an expense of blood and treasure. In order to make some profit out of the venture it is now proposed that French soldiers after serving in the island shall be induced | to remain and take up lands, thus becoming perma- nent settlers, and as a means of furthering the scheme French women are to be encouraged to emigrate to become the wives of the settlers. It is reported that the plan was originally recom- mended by General Gallieni, who is in command at Madagascar. Soldiers are sent to the island for a three years’ service, but all who will consent to take lands and cultivate them are to be exempt from ser- vice in the ranks after two years. The soldier has the right of selecting for his farm any vacant land he chooses, and the Government feeds and clothes him for a year just as if he were still serving with the colors. The inducements have been sufficient, it is said, to bring about a considerable settlement, and it is believed that many more would accept if only wives could be furnished as well as farms. It is for that reason the scheme for promoting an emigration of women is under consideration. It is difficult to discover a single good reason | for this imperial activity on the part of the French. lTheir country, so far from being over populated, is actually falling behind the rest of Western Europe in ’that respect. They have no surplus of workers clam- oring for land and the right to labor. They have no money to spare, for they are deeply in debt and the burden of taxation is onerous upon every class in the community. They have entered upon colonization in Madagascar as in Cochin China, seemingly for no other reason than that of a desire to emulate the British. In the pursuit of that foolish policy they have unjustly waged war upon the natives of Mada- gascar and China, have forced thousands of strong young men who are needed at home to follow the consent to settle in those remote lands and are now trying to induce French women to follow the men. surdity imperialism could be carried, even were a government in the hands of madmen. The professors of the University of Chicago assert they did not say the foolish things attributed to them, but the Chicago papers reassert they did, and there seems no way to arbitrate the thing. ———— THE VIRGINIA PLAN. &’ vention engaged in framing a new fundamental law for the State. The present constitution was the product of reconstruction times following the Civil War, though it was the work of the Vir- ginia people, aided by such immigrants as Gilbert C. Walker, who became Governor of the State. Doubt- less if fails to be a perfect instrument and is /sus- ceptible of improvement, and doubtless it will not be as much improved upon as it might or ought to be. One proposition made by the convention will at- tract general attention. It is to declare the instru- ment it frames to be the constitution of Virginia without submitting it to a vote of the people. We are not aware that this has ever been done before in any American State. The direct interest of the people in their fundamental law has been universally recognized, and no State constitution has been put in force without the expressed will of the people who were to live under it. The direct power of the people over their funda- mental law has been affirmed in notable instances. In apology for this proposed Virginia plan it is noted that the present constitution does not provide that a new instrument to supplant it shall be submitted to the people. It is doubtful, however, if such omis- sion can deprive the people of a primitive right. The old constitution of New York declared its own perpetuity. But the people, disregarding the attempt of one generation of citizens to limit the rights of another, called a convention and made a new con- stitution. This affirmation of the indestructibility of a primitive right necessary to civil liberty has been regarded as a precedent. \ It is passing strange that the Democratic party of Virginia, which last year indorsed a platform which declared for the initiative and referendum, and the reference of all statutes to direct vote of the people, should now propose to deny to the people the high- est form of the referendum by forbidding their action upon a constitution which is the source and founda- tion of all statute law. : IRGINIA has on hand a constitutional con- flag in those far-off adventures, have bribed them to | It would ke difficult to conceive to what greater ab- | IN THE INTEREST OF SCIENCE ‘BOSTON PHYSICIAN FASTS A MONTH 4 i + DRIMMANVE L PFEIFFE R E PFEIFFER | 3 S "’,,';‘.3:25,‘;:,‘ AFTER THIRTY-OAY: - o FICTURES SHOWING IOW DR. IMMANUEL PFEIFFER LOOKED BEFORE AND AFTER HIS FAST OF A MONTH, WHICH LEFT HIM TWENTY-SIX POUNDS LIGHTER AND GAVE HIM AT ITS CONCLUSION A MOST REMARKABLE APPETITE. R. D @ i~k H porter who went about quiet it seemed best to quit. pistols at thirty paces to prove it. In the belief that the best practical is one-third greater than three-fourths.” about. third larger than three-fourths: 4-4ths minus 3-4ths equals 1-dth. 3-4ths divided by i-4th equals 3. 1-4th is therefore 1-3d of 3-iths. Proof: a mistake. him, reporter. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. NOT CATALOGUED-F. F. M,, City. A | dime of 1851 is not catalogued as a pre- | mium coin. MAYOR SANDERSON—H. H., Calis- toga, Cal. George R. Sanderson ,was Mcyor of San Francisco in 1891 and 1892. MILES—E. J..C., City. The geographical | or nautical mile is 6080.27 feet and the statute mile in the United States and Great Britain i« 5280 feet. MARRIAGE BUREAU—Y." M., City. This department is not aware that there are any marriage bureaus in San Franecfs- co, and if there were it could not adver- tise them. TECHNICAL SCHOOLS—A. J. R, Pa- ! cific Grove., Cal. The names of manual | training and technical schools in San Francisco were published in this depart- ment August 1, 1901 BURRO—C. M. G., Davenport, Wash. Burro is the Spanish name for donkey. There is no particular history of the don- key except that from the earliest days it has been known as an inferior little horse. FRUIT TREES—M. N., Hopland, Cal. It is said that an application of whale oil to young fruit trees will prevent rabbits from gnawing the bark. Seed stores have a number of preparations to protect the bark of trees from rabbit bites. LUXEMBERG—H. T., Cleone, Cal. Luxemburg is not under the control of Emperor Wilhelm or the German Govern- ment. It is a grand duchy of Europe that is governed under a special constitution by the King of the Netherlands. SMUT IN WHEAT—M. N., Hopland, Cal. Smut in wheat is a fungus that may be destroyed by the use of bluestone. For information as to its application address a communication' to the State Board of Horticulture, Sacramento, Cal. NATIVE SONS—N. 8. G. W, City. As this department has not an index of articles that have appeared in the paper named in letter of inquiry, suggest, that you communicate with that paper in relation to the article in question. BUFFALO TO ALBANY-J. H, City. For information in relation to the date of the first passenger car over the New York Central between Buffalo and Albany ad- dress a letter of Inquiry to the informa- tion department of the railroad named. CIVIL SERVICE-M. E. A. W., City. By “civil service examination” is meant an examination into the qualifications of applicants for positions in the civil ser- vice of the government, the successful ap- plicants being appointed for life or good behavior. PASSENGER TRAINS—J. H., City. The first passenger train in Europe was that run between Darlington and Stockton. England, in 1825. The first passenger tfain in the United States was that run between Charleston and Hamburg, 8. C., in the lat- ter part of 1830. GROUND SQUIRRELS—M. N., Hop- land, Cal. There are a number of “meth- ods” to be had from dealers in horticul- tural goods that are said to be sure exterminators of squirrels, but the most effective is a shotgun in the hands of a man who knows how to use it. TAPE WORM—A. 8. C. §,, Santa Cruz, Cal. The following is what is called the pumpkin seed preparation for the expul- sion of tape worm. “Take two ounces of pumpkin seeds, peel and pound to a paste IMMANUEL PFEIFFER of Boston, who several days ago finished a thirty days’ fast, during which he ate nothing and drank only water, declares he did not have the least unpleasant feeling during the month he went without food, and that he slept every night. undertook the fast in the interest of sclence and made notes of his condition from day to day. He lost twenty-six pounds. For his first meal Dr. Pfeiffer had two plates of soup, con- HERE IS THE VERY OW much greater than three-fourths is four-fourths? This is not a joke; it is a very serions problem. Indeed, it is so very serfous that a duel is to be fought at Saranac Lake to settle the question. New York asking per- sons to solve the example started so many prospective fist fights that in the interests of public peace and “Oh, that's easy,” some men said. But it is not easy. An army officer decided that four-fourths was one-fourth greater than three-fourths, and now he will have to fight with found in business life, a reporter went to the head center, the Clearing-house, to put a stcp to the argument. An official answered at once, “Why, of course four-fourths He adds columns of six figures as readily as he adds col- umns of one figure, and ne ought to know what he is This is the way he proves that four-fourth: 4-iths is 1-3d greater than 3-iths Q. E. D. 3-4ths plus (1-3d of 3-4ths) equals 4-4ths. That ought to make it perfectly plain to everybody that four-fourths is one-third greater than three-fourths. But if the books of the Clearing-house should by any pos- sible chance get tangled up because of some error in arithme- tic perhaps another expert accountant might be sent over to show the employes of the Clearing-house where they had made Desiring to get the latter’s figures O. K.'d by the expert, the reporter went to the office of the latter and asked How much greater is four-fourths than three-fourths?” “Why, one-fourth greater, of course,” with a look at the cream. He two sandwiches, LATEST PRO “You don’t need A re- flerce disputes and fourths.” sisting of boiled barley, squash and potatoes, six poached eggs, six slices of whole wheat bread, three baked potatoes, two ears of corn and a pint of raspberries with a pint of After eating all this he did not feel as if he had had more than a glass of water, and when a friend brought in three doughnuts, two pears, two peaches and three plums he disposed of the additional food without ex- periencing any sensation of having eaten much. B i o e e e e ] BLEM IN ARITHMETIC THAT IS JUST NOW AGITATING THE WHOLE COUNTRY “How do you prove it?” he was asked. to prove it,”" said the expert accountant. “If you have three quarters and I give you one quarter, then you have four quarters, or a dollar. That proves that four-fourths is one-fourth greater than three- Any one can see that. The second figures were submitted to the first expert, who sald he could see readily enough how the other’s mistake had been made. A banker proved that four-fourths was one-fourth greater than three-fourths by simple subtraction, thus: 4-4ths minus 3-iths equals 1-th. mathematiclans are Proof: 3-4ths plus 1-4th equals 4-4ths. Nobody can question the accuracy of the above figures. However, here is a computation by a professor of mathemat- ics that proves just as conclusively that four-fourths is one- . third greater than three-fourths: 3a plus a equals Iking s one- 4a. a divided by 3a equals 1-3d. The following argument is that of a newspaper writer: To find how much greater fourths, it is necessary to return to first principles. four-fourths is than three- If you want to know how much greater 2 is than 1, you divide thus: 2 divided by 1 equals 2. 1 into 2 equals 2. three-fourths. 3-4ths into 4-4ths PERSONAL MENTION. C. D. Barnett of Santa Rosa is at the Lick. A. H. Halbird of Los Angeles is at the | Palace. F. Payne, U. 8. N, is a guest at. the Occidental. P. McRae, a well-known contractor of Hanford, is at the Lick. B. U. Steinman is down from Sacra- mento and is at the Palace. Otto G. Never, a popular hotel man of | Paso Robles, is at the Palace. E. H. Cox, the Madera banker and capi- talist, is a guest at the Palace. A. Chilberg, a wealthy merchant of Se- attle, is registered at the Grand. M. Ruffe and M. Nabeth, young Italian gentlemen traveling for pleasure, are at the Palace. J. N. Dolph, a wealthy husiness man of Portland, Or., is among the late arrivals at the Grand. Professor R. E. Allardyce and H. C. Nash, lbrarian of Stanford University, are registered at the California. Dr. Robert Fischer, an eminent Ger- man physician, is at the Palace, where he registered yesterday from Vienna. J. E. Stubbs, a well-known educator of Nevada and brother of J. C. Stubbs, traf- fic manager of the Harriman system, is at the Occidental, accompanied by his wife. Mrs. Mary Fischer of San Diego. who has been visiting her son, Charles F. Fischer, in Oakland, will leave for her home next Sunday. Mrs. Fischer is one of the pioneers of California and is quite active in promoting charitable work in San Diego. —_— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—ihe following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—G. Holden and F. J. Holden, at the Everett; K. Hooper, at the Navarre; A. J. Scherzer, at the Hoffman; D. K. Night, at the Marlborough; Mrs. Burr, at the Imperial; J. Delavalle, at the Cadil- g A. Hitchcock, at the Cosmopoli- E. Thurston, at the Astor. L e e e e Y Y with one ounce of sugar; then add by degrees eight fluid ounces of water. The whole to be taken in two or three draughts, at short intervals, fasting.” ROACHES—A. O. 8., Vallejo, Cal. It is said that borax is one of the best roach exterminators. There is something pecu- liar either in the smell or touch of borax which is certain death to them. They will flee in terror from it and never appear again where it has been placed. It also has the great advantage of being perfect- ly harmless to human beings, hence there is no danger from poisoning. The borax should be pulverized and sprinkled a‘out | the infested places. Paris green will ex- terminate cockroaches, but it should be used with great caution, as it is very pois- onous. HANDICAPPING—J. L., City. Dealers in sporting publications have for sale books that it is said give methods of han- dicapping horse races so as to enable one to “hold up percentage of wins day after day.” This department does not know anything of the value of such methods, but it does know that any number of men have grown gray in the endeavor to devise what you seek, “the most practical meth- od of handicapping horse races; I e., the method which comes nearest to holding up its percent of wins day after day—a simple, quick method,” and they lnv:ynot yet succeeded. This means that 2 is twice greater than 1. Any sane man will admit that. It follows that it is necessary to use the same process to determine how much greater is four-fourths than In short, divide thus; equals 11-3. Represent the process in decimals, thus: .75 into 1.00 equals 1.33 1-3. According to this last s third greater than three-fo Since none can see the flaws problem, it seems as if the matter must be submitted United States Supreme Court, o T new constitution-making power @ it R ® stem. four-fourths is one and one- Tihs. in his own solution of the with instructions to apply the to arithmetic. el A CHANCE TO SMILE. It is the Kansas idea that Missourt is taking great chances in praying for rain. From the Kansas standpoint Missourt should never do anything that would at- tract the Lord's attention.—Kansas City Journal. “I understand that young man who calls on you,” said old Mr. Straitlae, “wants to become an actor.” 3 “Yes,” replied his fair daughter, “he does think of appearing before the foot- lights."” “Humph! The next time he calls you'd better warn him to think of disappearing before the foot lights.”—Catholic Stan- dard and Times. Mrs. A.—You are looking so well! Mrs. Z.—Yes; and I attribute my good health to the raw food dlet. Mrs. A.—And do you realiy eat food? N Mrs. Z.—No, but my husband does, and I don’t have to swelter over hot fires cooking for him.—Philadelphia Record. “Now, let me see! We've got the parlor furniture, the bedroom suites and the kitchen outfit. Is there anything else?” said the prospective bride. “Why, you have no library,” said the girl's mother. “‘Oh, never mind that now, mamma! T'll | write to Mr. Carnegie after we're married about that.”—Yonkers Statesman. “Now, ma, you know I'm anxious to make an impression on those New York people. Bring me the coal ofl can. I want fto perfume my clothes.” * “With coal oil! Mercy, child, what do you mean?’ “Why, I want "em to think we ewn an autemobile.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer, Avnt Emma—Well, Mary, T haven’t seen you for a long time. I hear that you have a little sister at your house. I suppose she cries- sometimes. f Little Mary—Cries? Well, I should sav | she does! Why, I never saw any one that |appeared to look on the dark side of things as she does!—Puck. Jack—Well, then, since you have broken | off the engagement, suppose you give me back the ring. Julia—Eh—you see, Jack. er—Mr. De | Trow—T've become very much attached tc this ring; it just suits me. So when Tom | Getthere proposed last night I told him | I aidn’t want a new ring. but that he could see you and pay you what this cost you.—Philadelphia Press, “You don’t seem very fast.” “But the men all seem very willing te teach you.” “Exactly; that's why I don’t learn."— Brooklyn Life. ——————— Choice candies, Townsend's, Palace Hotel* —_—— to learn swimming Cal. glace fruit 50c per 1b at Townsend's. —_—— Selling out. Best eyeglasses, spees, 10 te 40c. S14th st., front of barber and grocery.- Special information supplied dally te business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 &ont- gomery street. 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