The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 12, 1902, Page 6

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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. &> PROTECTION AGAINST HAIL. HILE experiments in the way of rain pro- duction by means of explosives have been N ~ virtually abandoned in this country and the once widespread popular interest in the subject has died away, the farmers of Europe have continued their cannonading against hailstorms and are san- guine they have achieved profitable results. Men of science no longer mock at the experiments and have come to take a keen interest in them. The current number of Consular Reports contains an elaborate review by Consul Covert of Lyons of the evidence on the subject presented in the official report just published of the Internmational Congress held in that city to discuss the experiments and their results. It appears from this report that while men of science still hold a doubtful tone in dealing with the question the farmers are almost unanimously of the opinion that by the use of cannon they have again and again saved their orchards, vimeyards and fields from hailstorms. 7 The use of “grelifuge cannon,” as they are called, is increasing every year, and the Consul reports that in the Department of the Rhone, where his consulate is situated, there are now in use 834 cannon, covering 45,000 acres of vineyards. The reports from the communes employing the cannon are emphatic. One report says: “Observa- tions made on June 10 and 11 permit us to form a positive judgment of the efficacy of the firing. It is a fact certain that where the cannon have been used in time the most satisfactory results have been pro- duced.” A report from another district containing eighteen hail-firing societies says: “No hail fell in the whole length of the field protected by the Society of Villeiranche except an July 28 On that day a little hail fell on 2 spot that was not protected by cahnon.” A third commune reports: “We declare that during the last two years—that is to say, since our organization—no hail has fallen in this commune, while it has fallen in neighboring communes, but without great intensity.” Similar reports were received from various locali- ties in Italy, Spain and Austria; in fact, the latter country seems to have made more extensive experi- ments than France. The Austrian Government has assisted the farmers in testing the cannon, and in the wine and fruit district of Styria alone there are now in operation 550 firing stations. The firing field is directed by a colonel of the imperial army and is carried on in military style. Upon the evidence thus obtained-one authority is quoted as saying: “The wine-growers have van- quished the phylloxera, the mildew and the black rot, but the most redoudtzble enemy is the hail, which every year destroys from 83,000000 to 134,000,000 francs’ worth of property. To-day the cannon ap- pear to have combated the hail, to have arrested the thunder, the lightning and the wind, to have dispersed the clouds and to have made the sun shine serenely. No one can explain it scientifically, but the facts are indisputably proven. Let us continue to use these means until we have found something better, and not wait for a scientific explanation which will perhaps explain nothing. The scientists at the convention continue, how- ever, to assert that the experiments have not yet given a conclusive proof of the efficacy of cannon, and they succeeded in preventing the International Congress from giving an unqualified indorsement to the theory. As a result the Congress adopted a reso- lution declaring: “The Third International Con- gress for Protection Against Hail, after having heard the reports on the results of the firing of conical can- non and the shooting of rockets during the year 1901 in Austria-Hungary, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Russia, decide that the,protection against hail merits the attention and study of the learned and the con- fidence and hope of the agriculturist; that the or- ganization of cannon-firing clubs ought to be encour- aged when they propose to protect a continuous sur- face of considerable extent.” ¢ So stands the issue at present. European scien- tists are to grapple with the subject in earnest, and within a few years we shall doubtless know whether practical experience has not been able to give science znother valuable lesson on'the hidden forces of na- ture. ” . e —— g “There are now published in Germany 1420 news- papers, and of the total number 700 are published in Prussia, so the game of playing along the verge of “lese mejeste” without slopping over secems to be fascinating. AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT. | had finished their three months’ jaunt, On the other . ECRETARY WILSON'S report of the Depart- S ment of Agriculture has naturally attracted less attention than the reports of his colleagues of the Treasury and of the War Department. There are no political issues involved in the work of Sec- retary Wilson, while in the recommendations con- cerning the army and national finances there are many things to provoke partisan discussion. = Ab- sence of party issues, however, does not imply a less importance in the work itself, and there is such a good showing made of the achievements of the De- partment of Agriculture during the past year that | it should not be passed over without commendation. ‘While the farmers of the country have been busily working their fields, making the best use possible of their knowledge and their skill, the experts of the Agricultural Department have been as steadily work- ing to extend that knowledge and to find the right solution for many of the problems that perplex the farmer and frequently occasion him considerable Ioss. Among the chief issues of American farm life are those of combating various diseases that affect stock cr fruit, and of diversifying farm products so that each farm may be devoted to the product for which its soil and climate are best fitted and the danger of overdevotion to a single crop avoided. The Secretary reports a large measure of success att:ined during the year in each of those branches of experiment, and is able to show results which will more than re- pay the cost of maintaining the department. Concerning the study of diseases he :ays: “The practical utility of thorough scientific iivestigation of agricuitural problems is nowhere better demon- strated than in the dcpartment’s work in the broad field of physiology and pathology. Pear blight has been especially severe lately in Southern and Pacific Coast States. A large field demonstration made last year in Texas resulted in saving 4000 or 5000 bushels of fruit in the treated orchard. * * * One of the worst diseases the apple-grower has to contend with is bitter rot. Recent discoveries by the department will, the Secretary thinks, effect a thorough control of the disease, if they do not prevent it entirely. * * ¥ One of the most important services ren- dered by the plant-breeding experts is to secure dis- ease resistant, or immune, plants as the most practi- cal way to fight plant diseases. Striking success is reported in this line.” One of the most interesting experiments in the way of introducing new crops is that. made in the cultivation of tea. It is an experiment that has won- derful possibilities, for the American people are large tea consumers, A good many experiments have been made by private parties at different times, bvt.Dr. Shepard of South Carolina appears to have been the only man who has made the experiments on a large scale and persisted in them through a long series of yvears. At the present time the Department of Agriculturé is working with Dr. Shepard, and dur- ing the year. they have cultivated 100 acres .in tea gardens. Of the result the report says: “The yield of tea in these gardeps last year was about 4500 pounds, and this vear will be abggt 9000 pounds of marketable tea. During the year careful attention was given to reducing the cost of the production of tea, with very satisfactory results. A tea farm will be established in Texas if suitable land and co- operation can be secured.” The magnitude of our agricultural interests is enormous. In 1900 it employed a fixed capital of $20,000,000,000, or more than four times tkte amount invested in manufactures. Upward of 10,005,000 peo- ple were engaged in it. To instruct such : vast and so widely scattered a constituency is of course a dif- ficult task. The Secretary says that of the total num- ber of persons engaged in farming the num- ber reached by farmers’ institutes znd agri- cultural colleges is not over 7 per cent. It is there- fore evident that among the things now needed is some means of bringing the farmer into closer touch with the work of agricultural scientists, in order that he may learn what is being done to improyve his in- dustry and be induced to profit by it. B —— A recent decision of the Supreme Court is said to have virtually nullified the whole policy of the admin- istration in the way of reforming the classification of mails by declaring that the power of classification re- sides exclusively in Congress. That means, of course, a long delay in that particular reform, for Congress THE NEEDS OF ALASKA. cur credit, he said, that a Territory “which has been amended legislation upon almost every subject which does not act in a hurry where there are any big in- terests in favor of indefinite delay. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT in his message to Congress laid special emphasis upon the need ours for, thirty-five years should still have so poor a system of laws.” statutes can effect. The President in outlining the work required said that the Territory needs good land S E— I of “wise legislation for Alaska.” It is not to It appears that Alaska needs new legislation or laws and provisions for homestead and pre-emption, laws for the protection of forests and fisheries and game, and a representation in Congress. He also recommended the appointment of a Congressional committee to visit the Territory and imvestigate on the ground the requirements of the settlers. While that forms a fairly comprehensive pro- gramme it is not enough to satisfy Governor Brady, who in his recent report recommends an overhaul- ing of the public land laws, an appropriation to pro- vide for an Alaskan exhibit at the St. Louis Exposi- tion, amendments to the liquor license law, enactment of a donation claims law, to run for five years; a delegate to look after the interests of the district in Washington; a Commissioner of Fisheries, with ves- sel, helpers, etc.; a Commissioner of Mines similar to the Minister of Mines in British Columbia; a com- mission to examine the condition of the natives of Alaska, and to report to Congress with recommenda- tions; encouragement to those who are undertaking to furnish means of transportation; that Alaska shall be made a lighthouse district and furnished a tender to do the work. 3 The recommendations of the Governor are in no way excessive. In fact, it would be better to have Congress invite Governor Brady to visit Washing- ton and base legislation on his advice than it would be to send a committee of Congressmen up there next summer to make a tour of investigation. Brady has been in Alaska for years. He is an enthusiast on the subject of the possibilities of the Territory, it is true, and yet his enthusiasms have been nearer the truth than the skepticisms of those who have believed the country to be a frozen desert. A Congressional com- mittee would see but little of the country, Their trip would be but a junketing tour and they would know nothing of the real needs of the country after they hand, Brady can give Congress really useful informa- tion and should be invited to do it. There is no danger that Congress will do too much for Alaska. The United States has not made her treasury poor at any time by wasting money in ex- cessive appropriations for the Pacific Coast. Neither has any interest of the East ever been neglected be- cause of undue attention on the part of Congress to legislation for this side of the continent. Governor Brady’s ardor on behalf of Alaska does not therefore constitute a valid objection to taking him as an ex- pert witness on the needs of the Te{riwry. Alaska ! has large needs. It is a large Territory with large | possibilities, and legislation should be provided for it | by men with large minds. The bold and hardy nlen and women who are acting as pioneers of the great | wild land deserve to have every protection and en- couragement the law can give and just officials en- force. It is to be hoped that there will be found at Washington a sufficient number of champions for her cause to procure the desited legislation at this session, A story comes from New York to the effect that a brass band was employed to give a concert at the insane asylum at Poughkeepsie, and as a result of the music one of the inmates, supposed to be incurable, i was restored to his right mind; so it will be seen | that what threatens to drive one man to lunacy may be a cure for another, TRADE W.TH CHINA. ROM the Treasury Bureau of Statistics there F has just been issued a bulletin giving official statements from two sources concerning the trade of China. One of, these is a report of the foreign ccmmerce of China for the year 1901 by cus- toms districts, while the other consists of reports from the British commercial attache in China. Each of them shows an encouraging growth in our trade | with that country and affords reasonable ground for expecting that we will eventually furnish the bulk of Chinese importations. According to a summary of the bulletin given to the press the general report on the commerce of | China for the year 1901 shows that the imports from the United States have grown from 5,003,182 Haikwan taels in 1805 to 23,520,606; while those from Great Britain grew from 33,060,060 taels in 1805 to 41,223, 538 taels; those from Russia from 1,701,658 taels in 1805 to 3,015,736 tacls: and those from the continent of Europe, Russia excepted, from 7,552,009 taels in | 1805 to 17,046,453 taels, showing a much more rapid gain proportionately in imports from the United | States than from the United Kingdom or other coun- tries of Europe. The increase of our trade has been mainly in cotton goods and in flour, the increase in the latter being of special interest to California. Concerning the cot- ton goods trade the British commercial attache is quoted as saying that British “cotton .nanufacturers are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with the United States, particularly in the coarser grades of cottons.” The American manufacturer, he says, enjoys advantages in the way of geographical posi- tion, transport rates and improved machinery. In | gray goods the competition is especially strong, while in other lines American goods are at least holding their own. In cotton yarns the United States has, up to this time, made no effort to supply the demand, Great Britain, Japan and India being the chief com- petitors for that class of merchandise, nearly all of the cotton yarn cxported»from India being sent to { the markets of China. The value of cotton yarns im- | ported into China in 1901 .was 48,000,000 Haikwan | taels, or about $35,000,000. | While we and our rivals of Europe are justified by this report in looking for a large increase of trade in China, it is to be noted that the Chinese Collector \\ of Customs at Newchwang is by no means sanguine | that extensive importations of foreign manufactured ‘ goods are going to be permanent. In the course of ' his report he speaks of the native cloth industry and ! says; “Here lies the great competitor who has to be faced by the cotton manufacturers in America, | Great Britain and Japan. In the words of the Blackburn Commission, ‘there is one form of com- | petition which is very apt to be overlooked, or at ! least underrated, and which from the conditions un- der which it is carried on acts as a greater deterrent to the more general vse of Lancashire cloths than all outside competition put together. We refer to the universal production of native hand-made goods. The | ' sooner we drop the fond illusion that we, and other competing countries, clothe China's millions and i grasp the fact that as regards the trade in foreign piece goods every province in the country is an un- developed market, the more hope we shall have for the future of our trade in the Far East.'” How far Chinese industry can compete with that | of Europe and America in the production of cloths is ' thus a doubtful factor in the problem of her foreign trade. It would appear, however, that there is little | danger of any domestic competition in the produc- tion of wheat and flour. In such exports we may ex- pect our trade to increase steadily for years to come. New York has been astonished by the richness of the equipments of the .gambling house' recently broken into and raided by the police. It is said the | principal staircase is of Italian marble and must have cost at least $25,000, while one of the doors is of hardwood, beautifully carved, brought from a Cas- tilian palace of the sixteenth century and valued at | $20,000. Evidently it was a place where gambling was carried on as a high art. S Some time ago the Postmaster General made a ruling that the department could not give employ- ment to both a married woman and her husband, and now comes the report that the man and wife whose case gave rise to the ruling have settled the matter by getting a divorce. Probably the Postmaster Gen- eral is satisfied, but the country is not. The statement that the navy lacks officers more than men is almost equivalent to an implication that it is not strictly American, for as a rule every truly American organization has about as many officers as members, and according to general report the armies of our Civil War had more brigadier generals than _privates. In the recent municipal elections in Massachusetts the Republicans elected nine Mayors, the Indepen- dents three, the socialists one, and the Democrats none; so it looks as if Democracy in that State might as well wind vp its affairs and quit spending time and money on politics, —_—— A recent examination of school children in Chicago i brought to light the astonishing fact that upward of | 100,000 pupils of the schools could not tell the dif-, | ference between a. rose and a violet, and did not i know the names of dandelions and buttercups when they saw them, S i Park Commission i Island, in the Miao Tao group, fifty miles | morth Chefu, on the 29tk of Juge, 1900. | Cal. The contract speed for the torpedo- ' : boat Viper of the British navy was thir- ;In the United States—time 32 seconds, or i an hour. | i land, Cal. {857, and under the twelfth or last taken 11897, and Henry Willlam, born May 31, 1500, METSON EARNS - EXTENSION OF OFFICIAL LIFE — | H i i | | | i | ] WELL KNOWN ATTORNEY RE- | | APPOINTED ON THE YOSEM- | | ITE VALLEY COMMISSION. | -—b Reappointment of Yosemiteé Valley Commissioner Lo Is| Gratifying_ to His Friends% Spo‘cixl Dispatch to The Call. ACRAMENTO, Dec. 11.—The re-| apointment of W. H. Metson, the | well-known attorney of San Fran- | cisco, to the Yosemite Valley Com- | " mission has proved highly gratify- | ing to his many friends throughout the ' State. Probably no man is better known or respected in California than Metson ' and the extension of his official life by Governor Gage meets with the heartiest approval. Mectson, when a member of the of San Francisco, | shrowed himself possessed of great ex- | ecutive ability, and to his energy and fore- | sight many improvements were made | possible in the big pleasure ground of the metropolis. His services on the Yo- | semite Valley Commission have made ' him a valuable member and the news of his reappointment is gladly re- ceived by his assoclates on the board. Metson is an ardent lover of na-| ture and finds great enjoyment in the study of flowers and plants. He is a ! member of the law firm of Campbell, Metson & Campbel] of San Francisco and enjoys a large and lucrative practice. k] ® ANSWERS TO QUERIES. JOHN L. SULLIVAN—W. L. P., Oak- land, Cal. John L. Sullivan, the ex- champion, was born in Boston, Mass., | October 15, 1858. i THE CHICAGO FIRES-J., City. The! loss by the great fire In Chicago October 8, 1871, was $190,000,000. That by the fire | of July 14, 1874, was $4,000,000. 1 THE OREGON—J. J. H., City! The bat- tleship Oregon ran aground on Hookie THE VIPER—F. J. V. H., Watsonville, | ty-one knots. On various trials for shert periods she attained a speed of thirty-five knots. ONE MILE—A. F. City. The fastest' time made by a railroad for a mile was equal to 112% miies per hour. On a two- mile run the time was equal to 130 mfles | PROBLEMS—S., City. It is a rule of | this department not to solve problems, and for that reason it does not answer | the question in relation to cutting a' board =0 as to have the same amount of | square inches in each piece. | REPRESENTATIVES—A. G. G., Oak- The total number of Repre- entatives under the eleventh census was | census it is 386. The population accord- ing to the last taken census is 76,303,287, THE PRINCE'S CHILDREN — Gr:tlt,fi. City. The children of the Prince of Wales | are: Edward Albert, born June 23, 1894; Albert Frederick, born December 14, 1898; Victoria Alexandria, born April 5.' TEN LARGEST CITIES—A. G.G., Oak- land, Cal. The ten largest cities in the | United States according to population | are: New York, 3,437,202; Chicago, 1,698, 515; Philadelphia, 1,293,697; St. Louis, 286; Boston, 560,892; RBaltimore, Cleveland, 387,768; Buffalo, 362,357; Francisco, 342,782; Cincinnati, 325,902, ANCESTORS—C. H. 8., Crockett, Cal. There are persons engaged in tracing up the records of people in this country and | elsewhere, but as such are engaged in a private business this department cannot advertise them. Requests of this charac- ter should be accompanied by a stamped | and gelf-addressed envelope, CALIFORNIA CITIES—A. G. G., Oak-; land, Cal. The census report of 1900 gives the figures of population as follows for the ten cities named: 8an Francisco, 342,- T762; Los Angeles, 102470; Oakland, 66,960; Sacramento, 20,282; San Jose, 21,500; San Diego, 17,700; Stockton, 17,506; Alameda, 16,464; Berkeley, 13,214, and Fresno, 12,470, FIRE ALARM—A, F., City. If nvanli parties claimed a reward for the arrest and conviction of a party arrested for turning in a false alarm by means of one of the fire alarm boxes in $an Francisco the right to the reward would depend pon facts presented to the Board of Su- l!Wduom. the hody that offers the re- ‘ward. BARLEY—Subscriber, City. When the pellicle of the grains of barley is removed and the grains are rounded ' they are called pearl barley and are used as feod for invalids. The German barley, named in Germany “‘German rice,” is much _es- teemed in that country as food. Barley is mostly used in its preparation as malt for the manufacture of beer. Barley is also used in large quantities as food for horses. 2 | eminent, like 8ir Edwarg, should be for- | 1y all of which are of a theological nature. | that Dr. | FEDL oz £0 QM) NAigD Was given S .f coffee was hot you wouldn’t have time to ; been realized for a book at Sotheby's | folio of Shakespeare was bought for £330 !in the city on a visit and Is at the Palace. { famous Tonopah mines, is at the Grand. ! at Corning shortly. i ager, left for New York " |GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD * OF LETTERS —_— A literary controversy always attracts much. interest, and certainly that now being carried on hetween Sir Edward Clarke and Edmund Gosse in the columns of the Times is creating not only abun- dance of discussion but much amusement, too. ‘The disputants have now reached that stage when, as might be expected, they begin throwing things at each other. Gosse advances the most extraordinary claim, not oniy that a barrister, however bidden to criticise a literary man, but also that persons: of one profession should never criticise those of another profession | in a controversy that may be going on. There are few if any who agree with Sir Edward Clarke’s wholesale contempt of Tecent literature, but just as few who agree with Gosse’s contention that the man who is not a writer by profession has no right to express his views on the work of poets and novelists. 1 By the death of Dr. Parker the City ! Temple in London has lost a magnetic, active personality. His contributions to literatyre were, of course, mainly on the | lines made familiar to readers in the ser- mons of which he was first the preacher, and the Britiesh Museum Catalogue has #ixty-eight entries under his name, near- Ii may not, however, be generaily known Parker once wrote a novel, which appeared under the title of “Wil- mot’s Child,” to which tie nom de guerre of “Any Nyne” was attached. Fisher Unwin, who pubiished it, recalls the inci- dent, going back to the time when Dr. Parker was giving his Thursday lectures in the old Chapel in the Poultry, in the heart of the city. After one of these lec- tures Hamilton, a big wholesale boot-l seller, remarked that Dr. Parker remind- ed him in many ways or Edward Irving. Hamilton had been a member of Irving's congregation. When not long ago Unwin told Dr. Parker of the comparison he was much pleased. A pecullarly interesting autograph of | the late Queen Victoria will be repro- duced in the biography of Sidney Lee. It is her signature to the first draft of a let- ter which she wrote Disraeli in February, 1574, summoning him to form an adminis- | tration. By King Edward’'s permission | the book will inciude two photogravure portraits of the late Queen from originals at Windsor. . That successful novelist of the new school, or, rather, of the school founded by himself, which as yet has had few fol- | lowers, H. G. Wells, is a slow worker, For instance, I just learn that his novel, “Love and Mr. Lewisham,” was begun in 1898. Another story, begun in 1901, dealing with what he terms the most momentous ! discovery in the world, is not likely to appear in serial form till 1904. It seems that the Duke of Abruzazi's work upon his polar expedition will be read by many people of many different | nationalitics. In Italy fiye thousand cop- ies have been subscribed for before pub- | lication, | Translations will shertly appear | in Engll;h. French, German, Dutch, Pol- ish, Russian and even Japanese. The north pale_ like the novellsts, comes into | fashion and goes out agaim, At present | it is all the rage. The Duke of Abruszzi, it must be remembered, ‘penetrated far- ther north than Nansen did. The book, being translated into English by William Le Quex, will be published, with illustra- tions, by Messrs, Hutchinson, If the autumn publigation may be said to be now at an end there has been much selling of old hooks during the last week. Every day Messrs. Puttick & Simpsen's, Messrs. Sotheby’s and ether rooms have | been scenes of the disposal by auction of many rare volumes and old manuseripts, At the rooms of the first named auetion- cers a_remarkable price was pald for a copy of Charles Lamb’s “Klnig and Queen of Hearts,” bearing the date 1305, It was | published at one shilling and sixpence and ! was knocked down on Tuesday for £155 (8775). Then a set of the Sporting Maga- zine, belleved to be complete, date 1792- 1876, fetched £260 ($1300). At Sotheby’s the library of the late Henry W. Cholmley brought a total of £5271 (326,355) for 1063 lote. This is the fifth highest aggregate for any single library dispersed during the vear. As to rise in value, here are two in- stances. The ‘“Navolghinge Whesu Chris- ti” of Lubeck, dated 1489, valued at £44 ! (3220) in 1866, brought £102 ($510). J. Lat- terby’s commentary on Jeremiah, dated 1482, the last leaf of which is damaged, brought £270 (§1350), .against the small much finer specimen, known as the Bard- ner copy, in 1854. Almost without ques- tion the collection cost a fraction only of | what was paid for it the other day. Then, considering the circumstances and condi- tions, perhaps no better price has ever rooms than on Thursday, when the second ($1750), this notwithstanding that in the title page were two holes and two other pages in the middle of the work are miss- ing. The highest price ever paid was £60 ($3450), last March, for a complete copy. PERSONAL MENTION. Attorney W. W. Turney of Campbell is at the Grand. Judge Byron Waters of Los Angeles is at the Occldental. Charles S. Wheeler, his family and a malid are at the Palace. James F. Bedford, a merchant of An- derson, is at the Grand. Captain D. N. P, Soltan of the Russian army is at the California. W. L Dobbins, a well-known rancher of Vacaville, is at the Grand. W. 8, Haskins, a well-known mining man of Caliente, is at the Grand. H, Isaacs, traffic agent of the Southern Paclfic Company, is at the Grand. H. C. Radford has arrived from Daw- son, N. W. T, and is at the Russ. D. H. Stelnmitz, a well-known lumber~ man from Sonora, is at the Palace. M. P. Sayder, Mayor of Los Angelgs, is Thomas Colehan, the discoverer of the L. W. Smith, who is interested in fish- eries on the Japanese coast, is at the Russ. J. J. Hebbron, foreman of the Pacific Improvement Company's ranches, is at the Grand. . Frank W. Morse, third vice president of the Grand Trunk Raliroad system, is at the Palace. Harry J. Ward ard his bride have re- turned from their wedding trip and are at the Grand. They will visit their ranch J. C.‘ B):?nlghgll. .I Pprominent man o mon City, Idaho, is the Occidental. .."““ % Hermann Oelrichs has been confined to hig room for nearly a week with blood polsoning in the foot. He i§ better and will be out in a few* days. Selby Oppenheimer, the theatrical man- ‘Wadnesday, ac- h¥ his wife gnd Mrs. Edward hey will bé gone six weeks, — Californians in New York. companied Ackerman. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. New York: From San Framsirorians g e driano, at the Hoffman: B. §, Boas ang J. M. Marrase, at the Imperial; Mrs. K. Turney, at the Sturtevant; W, Downs, at the Grand Unjon: E. A. Selfridge and A . George, at the Avenue; N. P, Thomas, at the Everett; Dr. J. t Murray and Mrs. 8. F. Shields, at Hill; M, D. Garratt, at the g’:'lm: Q. Lines, at the Earl on; F. M. Moore and wife, at the_ ; L. Steele, at the Broadway Central. From Les An- geles—8, A. Belver, at the Manhattan. STUDENT BODY OF UNIVERSITY ~ELECTS EDITOR Pl — NEWLY ELECTED EDITOR IN CHIEF OF COLLEGE PUBLI- CATION AT STANFORD. L { Terry .E. ‘Stephenson, '03, Is Unanimously Chosen. to Conduct the College Paper TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dee. 11 ~Terry E. Stephenson, '03, the present managing editor of the Daily Palo Altg, the student daily, was to-day unanimously elected to the position of editor-in-chief for the coming semester. Stephenson has been on the Pale Alto staff sinece his sophomere year and has been very prominentdn cal- lege athletic and literary activities. He is an associate of the Sequoia, the college literary journal, and is a member of the English Club and of the Press Club. The editor-elect was vice president of the class of 193 during his junior year and varsity tennis manager last season. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Got the last of the boys off my hands now,” sald the old man. “You have?” “Yes, 1 eddicated John ter be a schelar, aw Dick to make a livin'!"—Atlanta Con- stitution. Hoax—What do you mean by giving me a cigar like this? What did you pay for it? Joax—Two for a quarter. Hoax—I'll bet you kept the twenty-cent one.—Phila- | delphia Record. Her System—He—Mrs. Wise seems to understand how to manage her husband pretty well. She—Yes. She lets him have her own way In everything.—Life. A Mystery Indeed—Stubb—There goes a man who is full of mystery. Penn—You don’t say! Stubb—Yes, he just ate a bowl of chop suey.—Chicago Dally News. ‘ “See here!'™ cried the dyspeptic patren, “this coffee’s cold.” *Sure,” replied the waiter. “Dis is a quick-lunch joint. If de drink it.”—Philadelphia Press. ‘“What are ynu;—larbnpeatl, slr?" de- manded her father. “Fine,” responded young Nurvy. “I expect to come into a fortune soon." “Whose? “Yours."—Philadelphia Record. Lady Di—But if you're sueh a martyr to gout, why don’t you try the new Hy- gela Powders that are so extensively ad- vertised? They did my husband a world of good. Decayed Millionaire—Ah! But I am their wretched proprietor!—Punch. ““This hash,” objected the hungry beard- er, "is pretty thin.” “Well,” explained the mistress of the boarding-house, ‘“you see, it is all the fault of the trust— “The rubber trust?’ asked the hungry boarder. For he had paid his bill and was a privileged person.—Baltimore American. “l guess that New York man who dropped dead while playing ping-pong was a good deal to blame himself.” “What makes you think so?" ‘“Why, as near as I can make out he was trylng to return a ball by a short- arm quick counter with the right forearm reversed for a backward backhanded stroke. Wouldn't that jar your arterfes!" ~Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Did that man to whom you were just talking say your affairs were misman- aged?’ asked Mr. Meekton's wife, se-’ verely. “Now, Henrletta, that was simply a little aside. It wasn't intended for your ears at all—" v ingist “Oh, well, if you insist; he didn't say my affairs were mismanaged. He said they were Mrs.-managed."—Tit-Bits. ‘That there may be such a thing as car- rying insurance too far is indicated by the case of Mr. Mulcahy and Mr. Mul- hooly. Though they were known to be great friends they were one day observed to pass each other in the street without a greeting. “Why, Mulcahy,” a friend asked, in as- tonishment, “have you and Mulhooly quarreled?” said Mr. Mulcahy, “That we have not with earnestness. ““There seemed to be a coolness between you when you passed just now.” “ t's the insurance of our friend- ship.” “I don’t understand.” “Whoy, thin, it's this way—Mulhooly and I are that devoted to wan another that we can’t bear the idea of a quarrel, an’ as we are both moighty quick-tem- pered we've resolved not to shoake to wan another at all, for fear we dissolve the friendship."—Tit-Bits. Prunes stuffed with apricots. 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