The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1901, Page 6

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Central— "Muldoon’s Plenic.™ “The Gay Mr. Lightfoot.” —*A Royal Rogue.” Peum—Vaudevitle Grand Opera-house—"Diplomacy." California—"“Rip Van Winkle.’ Tivoli— ittle Red Riding Hood.” Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and cvening Fischer's—Vandeville, Certral Park—Vasco Ball Game. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. IRRIGATION LAWS, NE of the most serious problems the Ameri- O ; people will have to solve in undertaking to provide irrigation for the arid and semi- zrid lands will be that of devising proper irrigation laws and putting them into effect without doing in- jury to existing rights or involving thousands of set- tlers in vexatious and costly law suits. That fact is cmphasized in the report of the Secretary of Agricul- ture, and it will have to be carefully considered in devising any comprehensive and scientific scheme off irrigation either by Congress or by State Legisla- tures. The confusion of ow irrigation laws is due to the fact that the Westerr States and Territories have been settied by people from the East, who brought with them the ideas which have prevailed among xons from time immemorial concerning riparian rights. The old customs and laws were ex- cellently adapted to conditions which prevail in Great Britain and in the Eastern and Southern States, where there is an abundance of streams and nearly always ample rainfall at all seasons of the year. They are utterly unfitted, however, for arid countries and their application here and in the West generally has been hurtful Anglo-§ Defective as the irrigation laws are in many ways, and injurious as they are in almost every way, large vested interests have been acquired under them and they cannot be lightly set aside. In his report the Secretary of Agricultuie says: “It must be borne in mind that we are not at the beginning of irrigation Over $200,000,000 of private capital has already been invested in the construction of irri- gation works. The rights to stfeams aiready acquired represent many additional millions. The methods and customs by which these properties are operated and righis to streams cstablished are the results of an evolution local in character; hence they differ widely in different States. An illustration of the sit- uation which prevails is furnished by the South Platte River and its tributaries in Colorado. There are over a fhousand separate and distinct rights to the waters of this Some of these rights serve to irrigate * * *= Such a division It has required for the people of the section to o Y development. am over a hundred farms is a complex and difficult problem. nearly a half cent solve it and devise a working - system. It is a question whether any appropriation which Congress might make for the construction of addi- tional works in this district would not inflict more | injury than benefit if such construction carried with it any disturbance or interference with the existing system,” Furthermore, the Secretary says:, “Ii the States are to control the water supplies there should be satisfac- tory assurance that whatever is made available by public funds should benefit the actual users of water and not errich the holders of speculative rights. In some States there is such assurance. Those States are entitled to national aid, because it is known from present conditions that such aid would be clearly beneficial. But there are other arid States wherc the doctrine of riparian rights jeopardizes the success of every irrigation work now built as well as any works the Government might build. * * * Whatever aid Congress extends should be conditioned on the enactment of proper irrigation codes by the States and be made to promote the greater efficiency and success of such laws rather than interfere with their operation.” o As these views of the Secretary of Agriculture are founded upon reason and justice it is probable they will prevail whenever any attempt is made at provid- ing national aid to State irrigation. Consequently it behooves the people of the different States to begin thinking how they can best devise an irrigation code which will stand the test which the Secretary recom- mends. — Eastern reports promise us that this is to be a rec- ord year for tourist travel to California, and it may also prove to be a record year for settlers. We like to have ] come, but we like them be when they invest and stay with fs. MARCONI'S TRIUM-EH. Y working in secret, swiftly and scientifically, B Signor Marconi has succeeded in surprising ‘ the world with a wireless telegraph signal across the ocean from England to Newfoundland at a time when the world was expecting nothing more than an attempt to communicate from land with a ship more than 100 miles at sea. The feat has been in the fallest sense a startling one and finishes up the first year of the new century with one of the greatest marvels ever achieved by science and invention. The transmission of the signals which in the tele- graphic alphabet correspond to the letter S are suffi- cient to assure the transmission of messages in the near future. The apparatus with which Marconi made his experimen: was in one respect defective. He had on the Newfoundland coast no tower high enough to enable him to intercept the subtle vibra- tions sent forth from the English station. The use of a balloon was not feasible owing to the severity of the winter winds on that stormy coast. He was, therefore, compelled to make use of a kite, which proved sufficient indeed for the success of the ex- periment, but would be utterly inadequate for the practical working of the system as a regular medium for the transmission of news. In speaking of the experiments to a correspondent of The Call, Marconi said: “It must be remembered my kite was flying about in all directions. The sig- ral was received only when the kire was at a great height. My opinion is that a station here similar to that at The Lizard, on the Cornwall coast, with spe- cial machinery and a mast 200 feet high, will be quite sufficient to make powerful communication across the Atlantic. I do not expect to obtain further great results from the Kkite tests and must wait until a mast is erected.” { The construction of the required station on this side of the ocean will not require much time, nor will it be difficult for the inventor to obtain the money needed for the plant. His system of telegraphy is no longer an experiment. Capitalists recognize it as good business and are willing to back him for a far larger sum than the proposed plant will cost. We are, therefore, within measurable distance of a time when we may expect wireless telegraphy across the ocean to be an established system for the transmis- sion of messages. How far the new telegraphy will affect the old cable companies it is impossible to say) but it seems certain they will have a keen competition to meet even if they do not have to succumb alto- gether. Incidentally among his other triumphs, Marconi may count the victory his latest achievement has ob-+ tained for him over the yellow journal that a few years ago derided him and mocked at his works. It will i be remembered that when The Call accomplished the feat of transmitting by wireless telegraphy the news of the arrival off the Golden Gate of the transport bringing home the California Volunteers; the Exam- imgr scoffed at the feat and tried hard to induce the public to look upon it as a fake. Later on when, in connection with the New York Herald, The Call ob- tained by wireless telegraphy reports of the interna- tional yacht race off New York harbor, the Exam- iner returned to its attacks. Not content with assail- ing The Call, it sneered at the inventor, styled him “Macaroni,” and in other ways sneered and jeered at him. All is changed now. The Examiner gives its front page and biggest type to the achievements of the marvelous inventor. It has ceased to call him “Macaroni.” Perhaps in the end it may even try to claim for itseli the credit of introducing wireless telegraphy on this coast and making use of it in trans- mitting news. Chicago complains of a lack of young women for s'er\‘ice in the dry goods stores and Boston complains of a shortage of marriageable young women among the first families; so it would seem matrimony has had a hoom in the Fast. e e THE PEACE OF THE WORLD. HEN upon Christmas day the civilized na- tions sing the anthem of “‘Peace on Earth,” ~ u they will have to gather enthusiasm for the singing from faith alone. There is no peace in South Africa, China, the Philippines or South America, and even among the nations which are at peace with one another there is no confidence except that which re- poses in armies and navies. Moreover, the outlook is anything but promising for the continuance of such peace as cxists. Politically, the world is in a condi- tion of unstable equilibrium and there is no telling ‘wheu something may set it moving in the direction {of war. In South America there is a condition that enaces all kinds of conflicts. It is not merely that Vene- zueL’: and Colombia are at dagger points, and that Argentina and Chile are ready to fight, but the Vene- zuelan situation threatens to involve Germany and the United States in a controversy that will be any- thing but good natured. Moreover, Germany is not content to enforce her claims upon Venezuela before undertaking new military and naval enterprises, and is reported to be interfering with Japan in Korea, while | Japan and Great Britain are said to be busily at work | in China trying to prevent Russia from getting con- {trol of Manchuria. The result is, we are sending warships to watch Germany, Germany is moving a { force to watch Japan, and Great Britain is watching Russia. Of all these controversies that between the Ger- mans and the Venezuelans is the most interesting to us. That Germany’s claims are valid seems to be conceded, but President Castro has announced that he does not consider his Government bound to rem- edy wrongs done by former Governments. Germany threatens to seize a Venezuelan port and collect cus- | toms enough to satisfy the claims and the cost of col- |lection. Castro says if that course be followed he will proclaim free trade and no goods will pass through the custom-houses the Germans may have seized. He adds that by way of a compromise he will give the Germans a right to colonize a large tract of Ven- czuelan territory, and thus we become interested. The right to colonize may mean little, or it may mean a yirtual transfer of sovereignty over the colonized dis- trict to Germany. Such a transfer would conflict with the prevailing idea qf the Monr’c doctrine, and we uld have to interfere, to the "extent at least: of warning Germany that the acceptance of the sover-, eignty would be regarded as “an act unfriendly to the United States.” : The first Christmas of the new century therefore finds the civilized world well armed and suspi ious. The subjects of quarrel between the great nations are too petty and small to justify war, but it is well known that little things may grow into big things if care be not exercised to keep them small. Marquis Ito’s visit to Germany is said to have been for the purpose of assuring the Kaiser that Japan's recenf acquirement of territorial rights in Korea “has no ulterior object.” The Kaiser has assured our Goy- !ernment that the dispatch of (}grman war, vessels to Venezuelan waters has no ulterior object. The, Czar has doubtless informed the British that his movement in Manchuria has no clterior object. In fact, the na- tions seem to be living just now without ulterior ob- of world politics is for diplomatists to decide. If they fail to agree about it we may have to leave the issue to war. 3 The treasurer of a woman’s association in New Jersey has skipped off with the funds, and while there is a good deal of talk about the missing lady and much mourning over her absence, no one is asking: “Who is the man?” It seems there are' some rules that don’t work both ways. ANTI-ANARCHIST LEGISLATION. HAT some effort would be made at this Con- T gress to procure the enactment of Feederal laws against anarchists has been a foregone conclusion ever since the assassination of the Presi- dent. Burning with a righteous wrath against the of the wreteh actually guilty of the crime, but also of those who incited it. There was, moreover, a demand gether, and the demand was made emphatically enough to impress itself upon the minds of statesmen. Consequently it is 'but natural that as soon as Con- gress got ready for business there should be present- ed a large number of bills dealing with the issue. Up to date it is said there have been submitted more than a dozen anti-anarchist bills. Of the whole lot, however, it is doubtful if a single one would win the approval of the American people, now that they have become calm. The problem is, in fact, much more difficult than it appeared at first thought. It is not casy to define anarchy. It is not easy to determine just where public criticism of officials ceases to be { legitimate politics and becomes anarchistical. Fur- thermore, when a definition of anarchy has been found that will stand the test of the courts there re- mains the difficulty of providing an adequate penalty. Senator Hoar has suggested the adoption of an in- ternational agreement setting apart some island in the ocean as a place of imprisonment for anarchists, and to which all such enemies of law and government should be deported. The suggestion when first made received considerable approval. It seemed something like poetic justice that men who are opposed to gov- ernment should be given an island of their own where they be forced to live with one another. There are, however, difficulties in the way. Should the agree- ment be made the United States would have to assist in holding in such imprisonment persons sent to the island from countries where a fair trial is not always guaranteed to an accused. We might have to set United States soldiers to act as jailers for Russia, and that would not suit the American people for any great length of time. Considerations of a similar nature affect every one of the more extreme propositions submitted in the way of anti-aflarchist legislation. Something will be done to exclude them from the country, but the ques- tion of punishment for the commission of crime will doubtless be left as it is now, to the States. The na- tiopal Government could not have dealt with Czol- gosz with any more firmness,\dignity and dispatch than did the courts of New York. then, that in the main our laws are good enough, and anything like radical legislation for the suppression will not be undertaken. — The productiveness of the country has now so far outstripped the capacity of the railways for handling it that serious trouble is expected in some quarters. Thus a recent report says a salt company in Virginia has been unable to get cars to supply its customers, ment of the roads the compaay is thinking of appeal- ing to the Interstate Commerce Commission to see if it have not the power to compel the roads to haul the freight. —r——c e THE WHITE HOUSE PROSLEM. ITH the White: House as a combined Presidential residence, executive office and V'V assembly. hall for state ceremonies there has long been dissatisfaction. With the accession® of cach new President there have come new complaints of inadequate facilitics for the three purposes the mansion is required to fill. It is large enough for a residence, or for an executive office, or for a state assembly hall, but it is not large enough for all three. There is need of more room, and the need is urgent. his family and his executive staff would doubtless have been provided long ago had there ever been an agreement as to the best means of providing it. When'the Clevelands were at the White House it was given out that Mrs. Cleveland favored the construc- tion of a residence for the President in another part as an office building for the executive department of the Government and for state balls and dinners. At that time there were elaborate plans made for the proposed residence, and some of them were gen- erally approved. They came to nothing, however, for when the Harrisons entered the White House a different view was taken of the problem. The Presi- dent found an office for himself in the State Depart- ment building and thus relieved the White House to some extent. The McKinleys had an altogether dif- ferent idea from their immediate predecessors. Their plan was to build additions to the present man- sion and thus keep the residence and executive office under one roof. Designs for that purpose were pre- pared and submitted to Congress. Now comes Presi- dent Roosevelt with a third plan. ‘He recommends the retention of the White House as the residence of tht President and the erection of a new building containing the executive offices and a series of salons and apartments fitted for state ceremonies, receptions and banquets. A bill to that effect has been intro- duced into Congress. Since Raosevelt has nearly a whole four years’ term that something shou!d be ‘done tao provide more room for the President, it is probable we shall have the Roosevelt plan carried out. It will preserve to the country unchanged the historic White House of which the people have grown to be so fond. - That in itself will be a popular thing. There is a certain sentiment clustered round the old building that would be hurt were the structure changed by huge addi- tions or were it conyerted to merely office uses, Con- sequently we may safely expect a general approval of the bill to erect a new executive office. That struc- ture can be designed for the special purposes for which it is intended, and in that way the President be provided with the means of welcoming Embassa- dors or holding levees on a scale worthy of his high office ang the greatness of the republic. that anarchists be excluded from this country alto-: It would seem, | The increased room required Aor the President, | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. TUFSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1991, ject. Whether this is a good and healthful condition | cruel and wanton slayer of McKinley, the voice of the | people fiercely demanded not only the punishment of anarchy or the punishment of anarchist assassins ! and as no relief can be obtained from the manage- of the city, Jeaving the present mansion to be used ' before him, and since Congress is now well satisfied | =y | at the Grand. | at present staying at the Occidental, ac- ! Shoreham—Edward J. Livernash and L. '8, W. Wuerney of San Franclsco. | and J. S. Hanna of San Francisco. < X THE PLACE WHERE FLAG MONUMENT RECENTLY UNVEILED AT COOCH BRIDGE, DELAWARE, TO MARK THE STARS AND STRIPES MADE THEIR FIRST APREARANCE ON A BATTLEFIELD, THE OCCASION BE- MONUMENT MARKS SPOT WHERE OLD { GLORY FIRST WAVED IN BATTLE ING AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE PATRIOTS AND THE BRITISH TROOPS. \ at Cooch Bridge, near Wilmington, spot where Old Glory made its first T PERSONAL MENTION. Joseph 8. Tobin and wife returned from Honolulu yesterday. H. L. Shannon, o mineowner of Redding, is a zuest at the Lick. Frank H. Buck, a fruit-grower of Vaca- ville, is a guest at the Palace. John N. Vance, a hotel man of Fureka, is spending a few days at the Lick. Senator T. H. Selvage of Bureka spending a few days at the Grand. E. Corrigan, the well known turfman, arrived in the city vesterday. He Is at the Palace. . Alden Anderson, an extensive fruit- grower of Suisun, is among the arrivals is A. Ivan Treadwell and wife returned yesterday from a tour around the world. They are staying at the California. J. Cralg, proprietor of Highland Springs, is in the city on a short business trip and has made the Grand his headquarters. H. W. Richardson, the crack shot of Australia, arrived here yesterday on the Sonoma and is staying at the California. Lieutenant Kee, United States Naval Attache at Toklo, is here on a short vaca- tion. He is registered at the Occldental. Neil E. Bailey, city ticket agent of the Union Pacific Railway, resigns shortly to accept a responsible position with a mer- cantile house. W. S. Wing, auditor of the Colorado Midland Railway, Is at the California. His headquarters is in Denver and he is making a short trip here as a witness in a case eoncerning the infringement on a patent air brake. R. L. Dannenbaugh, who has served as Judge of the Superior Court of Java for many years, and Colonel H. F. C. von Bylevett, in charge of the colonial army of+Java, are here on their way' back to Helland to retire with pensions. They are companied by their wiv Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—F. H. Ames and F. J. Koster, at the Manhattan; A. G. D. Kerrell, at the Victoria; M. H. Starr, at the Grand; G. Alexander, at the Park Avenue; A. B. Bowers and R. E. Revalt, at the Imperial; E. A. Dillon, at the Murray Hill; B. B. Hewlett, at the New Amsterdam; M. Kolm and T. B. Smalley, at the Herald Square; H. F. Unham, at the Grand Union; W. 8. Wallace, at the Navarre. From Oakland—C. Crowell and J. C. Ewing, at the Imperial. From Los Angeles—Mrs. W. Dunn, at the Park Avenue. sl Californians in Washingten. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The following Californians arrived here to-day: At the At the Arlington—Charles 8. Glvens, E. J. Desue, Mr. and Mrs. Heigbee, Pauline Heigbee, George H. Heigbee Jr. and Charles W. Taylor of San Francisco. At the Ralelgh —E. Burke of Los Angeles, Mrs. B. Meyer TFor the Writing PDask. Leather-bound Silver-moynted Blotters, Desk Sets, Inkstands, Lap Tablets, Diar- fes, Calendars, Papeteries, Gold-mounted Penholders and Pencils make Inexpensive, beautiful and useful Christmas presents. Greatest variety and best values at San- born, Vail & Co.'s, 741 Market street. * I'& Co's. L MBTeL 4t Un'que Mznu for Carnsgi:. Andrew Carnegie is to visit Hoboken scon, and will eat what will appear to be railroad spikes and T-rails and will drink something suggestive of molten iron. Mr. Carnegie gave $65,000 to Stevens In- stitute to build the new laboratory of the ergineering department, and his return from Burope will be celebrated by a ban- quet after the dedication of the new build- ing. President Morron will have a unique meru served. 0lds in the shape of rail- road spikés are now being made for the bread, while the icecream will be in the shape of T-rails. Fried oysters will be served on a miniature locomotive, and when the blast furnace fs tapped 'there will issue from it punch instead of molten iton. These are only a few of the queer HE flag monument here pictured was recently unveiled battlefield. The occasion was an engagement betwéen the colonial troops and the British under Lord Howe a cen- tury and a quarter ago, and the stars and stripes, it is sald, were here borne before th? patriots for the first time. The o e e o ] Del., to mark the appearance on the scription: 3, 1901." ANSWERS TO QUERIES. TRADE DOLLAR—A. J. S., East Oak- lanw, Cal. Trade dollars of 1875 do not command a premium from dealers. FREE ASSAYING—J. R, City. There is no place in San Francisco ‘“‘where as- saying is done free of charge.” FOUNTAIN PENS—Reader, City. If you wish to know who handles certain kinds of fountain pens inquire of deaiers in such. STATE REGENT — Information, San Diego, Cal. Mrs. J. F. Swift, 824 Velencia street, San Francisco, is the State regent for California of the Daughters of the American Revolution. TATTOO MARKS—R. W., Watsonville, Cal. The Chemical News is authority for the statement that tattoo marks can be made to disappear by being first well rubbed with a salve of pure acetic acid and lard, then with a solution of potash and finally with hydroehloric acid. PUBLIC LANDS—Settler, S8an Jacinto, Cal. Any person desiring Information about public land should always give the section, township and range for which in- formation is asked, together with the numbers of land, and such information will always be furnished free of charge by the local land officers. . SENATORS—B. F., Santa Clara, Cal. For literature or the guestion of the elec- tion of United States Senators by the di- rect vote of the people consult Poole’s In- dex of Current Literature and the Cumu- lative Index to Current and Periodical Literature. These will direct you to arti- cles that have been published on the sub- Ject. e CIVIL SERVICE—A. A_R., City. The question “When will the 8vil service ex- amination take place in this city?” is too indefinite to admit of an answer, as it is impossible to determine what examina- tion you refer to—the United States or the local civil service. The inquiry should also state the character of examination the writer wishes to know about. RUNS IN CRIBBAGE—Subscriber, City. If in a game of two-handed cribbage the cards are played in the following order— 1,2 3,5, 4, 7, 6, 2—there is a run of 7 down to the last deuce, then a run of 6 from the last déuce to the first one. In that game the cards do net have to be played in se- quenee in order to count runs, but may be counted backward or forward, so long as they will make a sequence. CUTTING TIMBER-J. A., Plymouth, Cal. The fact that a man settled under the homestead laws upon a plece of land, cut timber, then moved away, making his home elsewhere, but at different times came back to the land he first occupied to haul the timber he had cut to market does not give him any right to hold the lard, if he has absented himself for more than six months from the same. NATURAL AND FORCED DRAUGHT —Inquirer, O'Neal, Cal. The following ta® ble shows the difference between natural and forced draught on a steamer, being the actual test for six hours under nat- ural draught and sixteen hours with forced draught: Without Forced Draught. Duration of trial ..... 6 hours Average Pressures— Engine room steam. First receiver Second receiver . Vacuum ... Revolutions per minute Mean P1 i 145.4 1. B L P . M. P. reduced to L. P. Av. Indicated Horsepower— Main engines Auxiliaries Total ... Alr pressure in Inches of water.. Coal Burned— Totai on trial Per hour . Per I H. ¥ Per sq. ft. arate 22 Heating surface per I. H, P. I. H. P, per sq. ft. of grate area Grate surface in use. Class of coal .. Draught of Vi Forward Aft . 1'% # things that will ‘be seen at the hanquet-| ifean 12 ft. 6 In. ing board on the occasion, Displacement m),‘ltsbxt:'nl:' . . With Mi ans M_odel Lodging. F The model lodging-house which wag | Puration ot tria 16 hours. i A T o MAEE e e S B pes proved a great success. It is patronized, First recelver u‘! not by manual laborers, but by clerks and ‘srecg:";lmrccclver s 5.15 shop ' gssistants. Rooms rent for 1% & LT A8 cents @ week. Bvery lodger must be In | "N Prom e Ssiinen » Lis room before midnight and be out again| . B . “ before 9 o'clock in the morning. Batn- 5.3 reoms. ;iu apen ?-y q;d ni;ht‘. a full bath | s ;g.s ccsting four cents and a shower bath two | Av. Indicated Harsens i certs. Lodgers may buy faod outside ana| Main engines . o 8 COPRE cook it ;hemxe‘:vzs in the hotel kitchens | Auxiliaries e or they may buy thelr supplies at I e - 143 Lowest posaitloprias frbm Tba hases sto'v‘;f Afr gresause In faches of wate gt oums, Lodgers are also furplshed with | Total on irial cilities for dnr& their own "washing.| Per hour . .40 he building is five stories In helght, with | Per I H. B. ber hour o8 a roof garden on the top. The bullding | Equivalent tn Cardiff coai . v cor tains 530 rooms, all of the same dimen: | _Per =a. ft. grate surface ser 31 sions, five feet ten inches by seven feet | Heating surface per I H . b six inches. I H. P. per sq. ft. of grate a L —_——— Grate surface in use.. u "”"‘: Ocples of the great Christmas edi- | &% °f 0l ... B lin tion can be-obtained from all agents, | _Draught of Vessel— et Levadsalers, o and at the| i o s siness Office of ean 3 T i ! ik s paper. Disgiacerient ot ¥ B Ll —— e e i monument is of rough Brandywine granite, with a smooth slab on one side bear'ng the design of our first flag, having thirteen stripes and thirteen stars. Beneath this is * “The Stars and Stripes Were First Unfurled in Bat- tle at Cooch Bridge, September 3, 1777. Erected by the Patri- otic Societies and Citizens of the e following in- State of Delaware, September A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Millie,” said her elderly uncle, “has that co-operative cooking company you joined a few months ago declared '""r dividends yet?” “Oh, yes,* replied the young woman, who was managing her own finances. “T got a circular from the secretary the oth- er day telling me that the company was in splendid condition ard had called an assessment of 10 per cent. That's the same thing, isn't it?”"—Chicago Tribune. sald the ‘my most come to me in my “Do you know, Miss Prisbi large headed young author, brilliant thoughts sleep?” “It's a great pity that you are troubled with insomnia,” added the pert young lady.—Detroit Free Press. “You put us on short allowance of po- tatoes,” complained Mrs. Billus, “T sup- pose, so you can fill that good-for-nothing horse of your with high-priced oats.” Meanwhile the horse, In the solitude of the barn, was saying bitterly to himself: “I am kept on half rations of oats, I suppose, in order that the people in the house can have their fill of potatoes!™ As for Mr. Billus, he groaned and sald nothing.—Chicago Tribune. s “What we want is a new political party,” said the man with gold spec- tacles. “Can’t you find your principles prop- erly represented in the old ones?” “‘Oh, yes. But, you see, I'm a musieian. The more political parties the more pro- cessions, and the more processions the more business for the “and.”—Washing- ton 8tar. “I believe you were in the thick of the Spanish-American fight?" “Well,” answered the Spanish officer, “I don’'t know that I can say I was in the thick of it. ‘I was in the worst of the battle of Santiago. But my natlonality /prevented my getting into the subsequent struggle in the United States Navy De- partment.”—Washington Star. “Hold on, there!” called Charon to the new arrival at the ferry over the Styx. “You wait until the next trip and I'll take you over alene.” “Why this distinction”’ inquired one of the spirit passengers. “Oh, he’s one of those fools that rock the boat, and I didn’t want to spoil the trip for the rest of you.”—Baltimore American. ““You are certainly elected!” his friends cried. “Yes,” sald the successful and he gritted his teeth hard. “What's the matter?”’ they demanded in surprise. “Do you not feel sure of yo vietory “Yes; but I am also sure that a band will come to serenade me.’—Philadelphia Press. candidate, ————— Artificial Red Oranges. German chemists, with their profound love for investigation, have been probing the blood orange with remarkable results. 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