The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1903, Page 6

THFY SA FRANCIS 0 CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1903. Cle MOND : (‘iall; ..JANUARY 2 \Y , 1903 JCHN D. PRECKELS, Proprietor. nications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager TELEPHONE, ¢ for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You W ™ the Department You Wish. BLICATION OFFI( DITORIAL ROOM ~Market and Third, S, ¥, 17 to 221 Stevenmson St. v “arrvicrs, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 6 Cents. Terms by Mail, including Postage: £ Eunday), one year 5800 . 8 months . 3.00 montbs. . 1.50 ‘ [ NDAY o 3 1.30 CAli. One Year.. 1.0 All Postmasters are nuthorized to receive subseriptions. €ample copies will be forwarded when requested. Mail terticular to neure & pr eubseribers in ordering change of address should be NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order CAKLAND OFFICE. . +..1118 Broadway KHOGNESS, . Marcentts Building, Chieago. phone “'Central 2613.") NEW YORK REPRI PHEN B, SMITH.... €. 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The feeling is vhole, however, as money con- is highly prosperous and ) expect the good times to continue d be a good opportunity to start e great banks, which are driv- t, refuse to let it get too y suppress any attempt to The repressive operation is hiefly in calling in a lot of loans ) market. The syndi- rs withdraw into their shells, the money works around easier again over. epressive measures are needed by gen- s running smoothly along in its All sections of the ing in good reports. The bank off again to an aggregate of $2,- of 7.6 _per cent over last year, Louis and Baltimore The largest gain was »er cent, and the other coast try set he money ve course. ser ppe s except al excellent showing, the gain at Los 5.1 per cent, at Pgn and 48.9 per cent + Seattle 26,9 per cent.” Very few Eastern cities T , hence it is natural to infer atively better on this coast on in spring trade is reported s severely taxing the transportation ds, which are still hampered It seems impossible to get ble expa nces are reported of business usly checked over large areas by this vexatious e cars demanded it go at that, They place large orders 1e different works, which say that ith similar orders running far into d that newcomers must take their places nd wait. Shortage of fuel is also hamper- sections and many pigiron fur- added to the idle list in consequence. a rule are firm. Provisions continue al accumulation of stock, to be ex- abnormal scarcity of the past year cy of the market is downward, and corn is sharp everywhere istrict in the Northwest is be- atly reduced stocks. In fact, dy commenced to ship wheat England and France are again American markets for wheat, and the conti- b ng their bids. Dry goods, and boots and shoes are ail reported active, spell of mild weather throughout the coun- t deranging the plans of dealers. Iron, re are reported active and the lumber s in good shape. The cotton and wool tex- raw wool is ruling strong all over rm produce as a rule is active and ned up at all markets, while prices continue e normal. The past several years have been very pros farmer, and the merchant and ed his prosperity, a happy 1 that does not often occur. Such is the condition of the American trade to-day. aid t is humdrum at the moment. We on the crest of the wave of pros- ng ahead of us to cause any appre- The de d i the gre: 1g to talk of gre a3 capolis has vers are rai though kept © above 1l perous for ceptions given to Chamber- frica t slayed. along ish colors, the stars and stripes in honoy berl appears the old fellows .\'Im)\. The Germ. gunboat Panthier was forced the other to seek shelter and steam away under the fire of g of a coyote when he sent her into ect compliance with their request. | 30 Tribune Bullding | The railroads no longer pretend to fur-| They supply what they | qflo American technical schools and the general equip- g OIL FLASH TESTS. Y the efforts now being made to raise the flash test of petroleaum products used as fuel to 150 degrees Fahrenheit the people of California B are conironted with a denger that the entire oil fuel market may be placed under the domination of a monopoly. Should these efforts succeed the oil in- dustry the State would be seriously injured and | all manufacturing enterprises hampered. The issue | therefore should receive careful consideration from | all who are interested in the pubiic welfare. Attention has been already directed to the recom- mendation of a majority of the Fire Committee of the Board of Supervisors recommending the adoplion‘l of the flash test of 140 degrees in this city. It is now to be noted that a similar and coincident attack | has been made in the Legislature. Senator Ralston, | by request, has introduced a bill providing that no kerosene or coal oil shall be manufactured, offered or | exposed for sale which will not stand a fire test of 1120 degrees and that all oil used as fuel for making | Il be crude petroleum having a flash test of | not less than 150 degrees. The latter provision is to | {apply only to cities and not to boilers used at the | ; wells for operating nor to railway locomotives. Each of the two measures is bad, and while the! | submission of the one to the Board of Supervisors and the introduction of the other in the Legislature, | | almost simultancously, may be only a coincidence, it | has every appearance of a concerted effort to serve the | interest of a giant monopoly. A considerable part of the petroleum products ofw‘ | California is composed of what are known as medium | | grade oils, which are not of the highest grade for | refining, but which form admirable fuels and are | thoroughly safe. These oils come within the scope | of the proposed ordinance and legislation and under | the flash test’ of 150 degrees would be barred from | | the fuel market. { | The Ralston bill would permit such fuel to be used only at the wells or by locomotives, and therefore the | producers would cither have to sell it to the refiners | at any price the refiner chose to give or else to the | railways at such price as the railways would give. | It is easy to see that when compelled to deal with | either a refining corporation or a railway corpora- { tion the producer would stand but a small chance of getting a fair price for his product. Nor is the | producer the only one who would suffer, for having | obtained control of the oil fuel supply by the ex- clusion of competitors the refining company could ! cinch the consumer with one hand while holding the | producer by the throat with the other. There is not the slightest excuse to be given for this | combined attack upon the oil industry of the State. | Professor Rising of the State University, having been | called to give testimony as an expert on the subject, stated that 110 degrees is a safe limit. He | pointed out that proper ventilation must be provided | through the oil tanks and spaces where oil is stored, no matter what flash point is established, but that when such ventilation is provided there is no occasion for demanding a higher flash point than is now re- quired. : Ample evidence is found in the experience with the use of oil fuel in this city to confirm the state- ments of the expert. This evidence shows that oil of a lower flash point than 150 degrees has been used here for upward of fifteen years without accidents arising therefrom except in the case of the Progreso, | and in that case the evidence given during the offi | cial examination is convincing that the disaster was | due to causes other than the low flash point of the oil. Tt was brought out in the testimony that many precautions which should have been taken were neg- lected, that adequate ventilation was not provided and that work demanding the presence of hand forges was in progress in the immediate vicinity of the tank | containing the oil. In addition to the objections which run. equally against both the measures under consideration there lare some that apply especially to the proposed ordinance. In that measure the flash test and the penalties for violation are limited to oil used for fuel, no provision being made with respect to oil stored even in unlimited quantities so long as it is | not used for fuel purposes. It would forbid the use | of gasoline torches, such as are used by painters and | by plumbers, and in fact, if literally construed, no kerosene oil having a lower flash test than that stated could be used for fuel, nor could gas be used as | fuel for stoves or grates, for the gas of this city s undoubtedly “a product of petroleum” and is very | far below the zero degree Fahrenheit. Both the ordinfnce and the Ralston bill are ill considered from beginning to end. The only interest | | that would derive any benefit from either of them, or ! from both combined, is the Standard Oil Company. The establishment of the proposed test would add i nothing to the safety of the community, while it would cripple a great industry, injure small companies | who are now competing with the Standard Company, | | %of a German university has declared that in many important respects the American university is su- perior to those of his own country. The declaration comes from Professor-Wetz of Freiburg. He 1s reported to have said that in point of libraries and laboratories and in the number and range of pro{eslgrships the larger universities of this country afford opportunities for original investiga- tion far exceeding any that c:m.be found in Ger- n; Among other things he is quoted as saying: "\i’c have libraries, cven numerous and good, bu there is not a single cne where it can with certainty be reckoned that adequate material exists for the sub- ject in hand. The larger, German universities, like Berlin, Munich and Goettingen, have often attempted to get means for supplying the missing books, but] in vain.” It will be seen then that we are attaining recogni- tion as the land foremost for education of all kinds, whether in practical or liberal arts. We are to be something more than the granary and the workshop of the world. We are to be the educational center as well, and with that will come all other excellences. Germany appears to be stubbornly determined not | to place us in that charmed circle known as the most favored nation. And the gentleman with the mailed fist knows well enough by this time that if he fools around cur back yard he is more than likely to get | hurt, . DIVORCE PROBLEMS. SENSATION of uneasiness and a dread fear A of gréater uneasiness to come has been caused ® throughout the East by the decision of the Supr eme Court of the United States concerning the vdidilfif divorces obtained in one State by citizens of another on grounds that would not be recognized as valid'in the State of their domicile. Such divorces the court declares to be null and void, and as there are a good many Eastern people who have been en- joying freede obtained in that way the confusion is great. The case on which the court acted arose in Massa® chusetts. The record shows that Charles H. Andrews of that State went to Dakota and, after residing there for six months and obtaining a legal domicile, pro- cured a divorce from his wife Kate. Later on he married again, his first wife making no objection. Then the father of Mr.jAndrews died, bequeathing certain property to “the wife of my son Charles H. Andrews.” Both women laid claim to it and a suit for possession began. The Supreme Court has held that the first wife is entitled to the property. In giving the decision of the court, Justice White said there is no power Congress could exercise to | regulate or prohibit divorces, and it must follow that unless the several States were permitted to control divorce among their own citizens the subject would be entirely~uncontrolled, in which case the absolute destruction of society must be the result. As Mr. Andrews had been a citizen of Massachusetts, the courts of that State had jurisdiction, and not the courts of another State. It was evident that Andrews’ six months’ residence in South Dakota had been taken up for the sole purpose of securing a divorce. That temporary change of residence did not constitute a domicile nor a change of citizenship. . For this reason he held that the South Dakota court was without jurisdiction in the divorce proceedings and its decree wholly void. Nor did it matter if there had been a compromise with the first Mrs, Andrews, and if she had been induced to consent to the divorce for a money consideration, as had been alleged. The fact was that the case was one forthe Massachusetts courts and not for the South Dakota courts, and they could not be deprived of their power by this means. decision is based is a far reaching one and affects a tice of going to Dakota or elsewhere to obtain a di- vorce has been a common one. Property titles are thus confused in a good many cases and, what is more, some very prominent men and women are liable to indictment for bigamy. It will be seen then that the Supreme Court has sadly shocked society in the midst man and woman a season of harassing doubts and wretched perplexities. San Francisco should be admonished by is precep- | tors that the path of wisdom is not lighted at night | check the movement toward manufacturing enter- | prises and greatly retard the progress of the State. We | | have long felt the need of cheap fuel and for lack of | it our prosperity and wealth are far less than they would have been by this time could we have developed manufacturing along with rural industries. We have {now found an abundant supply of the best fuel in the world and it would be an act of supreme folly if the Supervisors or the by adverse legislation of the advantages conferred by nature. Those who are sneering at the Duke of Manchester for purchasing a string of imitation pearls with which ' | to decorate his wife forget one important fact which may be cited in mitigation of his action, Knowing himself better probably than others do the Duke | felt that it would be highly incongruous to have any- thing genuine in his neighborhood., Comparisons are | odious, 0 | to be studied at their best. There was also a belief ! that Germany was the land where the earnest student ——— TWO FOREIGN TRIBUTES. NCE upon a time the American people looked upon Great Britain as the land where the should go to learn of pure science and of philosophy. | We sent a large number of young men to study in | | British workshops and a much larger number to study | in German universities. We have profited by the i lessons and now we have surpassed our teachers, Sir William Preece, president of the British Insti- tute of Civil Engineers, recently paid a high tribute nent here jor all kinds of practical education. He compliment to a pretty woman maintained that no country in the world equals us in | | the number or the excellence of such institutions and | that Britain cannot compare with us in respect to that kind of education. While there is nothing in the statement of the Perhiaps the man who named the British anthority te surprise us, for we have long been there will be in the South aware of the excellence of our.institutes of tech- | nology it will surorise many to learn that a professor Legislature deprive us | arts and the sciences of manufacturing were | by a red glare. If the young man is not color blind he should be given ocular instruction as to the char- acter of the danger signal in a big city. APPEALS FOR LAW. Y the Governors of several of the Southern B States earnest appeals have been made to the Legislature to provide effective Jaws for the punishment of persons engaged in lynching. It does not appear, however, that any further laws are needed on the subject, for the statutes are good enough as they are. The prevalence of lynching is due wholly ‘ to the submission of the people to such violenge and vict. selves, for, according to reports, their appeals run as largely toword the formation of a better tone of pub- lic sentiment in favor of law as toward the enactment | of new laws. The Governor of Alabama is reported as saying in his message that if the Sheriffs of the various counties be sustained by resolute public opinion they caer be He urges that a band of law abiding men be formed in_each county to assist in putting a stop to violence whenever it is attempted. The Governor of North Carolina takes a similar view of the situation and in his message has pointed out that the remedy lies in the hands of the bett element of the people. He is quoted as saying that tion of the conduct of the leaders of society. So long as those men sanction lynch law the vicious will be ever ready to resort to it whenever their passions are aroused, or as the Governor says: “When it is once admitted that lynching is justifiable in any case it is an easy step for an excited mass to justify it in other cases.” Statements of that kind have of course no power to put an end to lynching. Their value lies in the evi- dence they afford of the development of an anti- Iynching sentiment among the better class of South- ern people. We may be sure the Governors do not stand alone in the position they have taken on this subject. They could not have been elected to their offices if they were not fairly representative of the prevailing sentiment among their constituencies. | Consequently we may expect that soomer or later a public sentiment strong enough and resolute enough to check the barbarity |and eventually suppress it altogether =~ It will be seen that the principle upon which the! considerable number of men and women, for the prac- | of its New Year rejoicings and given many a gay | The Siamese youth who strayed from the scholarly ! solitudes of Berkeley and went astray in the wilds of | to the seeming impossibility of getting juries to con- | The fact is recognized by the Governors them- | relied upon, to protect all prisoners in their hands. | the vicious know the law only through their observa- | 'PROGRESS IN BUILDING |SOME ANSWERS OF AMERICAN WARSHIPS| 1T HERE is a poor outlook for mer- I cantfle work In the principal sea- board ship yards, and the builders ! who two years ago were opposed lto a naval increase may be ex- | bected to clamor for liberal appropria- / | { t | tions for more armored ships and other ©f 1LT00 feet at widths varying naval vessels to be built by contract. The progress made during 1%2 on contracts signed between October, 1898, and April, | 1901, is shown in appended table indicat- ing the percentage toward completion ot the several ships named on January 1, 12, and January 1, 1903;: ings and other improvements. But there is a reasonable doubt about the correct- ness of Mr. Endicott’s assertion, which is at variance with his official report on the same subject four years ago. The wate: frant at Mare Island was dredged under contract of September, 1897, for a length from 250 to 400 feet to a depth of 28 feet at mean low water at a cost of Sll- 000. The coptract was at the rate of 123 cents per cubic yard. Nothing has since been done in the way of dredging the area gone over In 1897-98, but subse- quent contracts to deepen the channel and approaches to the yard have been let at SHIPYARD, X | [ 1 Class. {Name of Ship.| 1902 | 1903. | To Complete, | Newport News......... Battleship. | s .54 | s lAug 30, 1001 | Newport News « Battleship. | Virginia 0 | 14 [Feb 15, 1904, Newport News. Maryland .00 6 | 41 |Jan. 24 1904 N_'-Wnorl News, West Virginia. . 6 42 |Jan, 24 1904 Newport News. ... Charleston 0 | 23 [Mar. 30, 1904 Unfon Iron We Ohio .... 43 | €8 |June 5, 1901. | California & ’ 18 |Jan. 10, 1904 | South Dakota..| © 18 |Jan. 10) 1004 | *u orks o | 5 (Apen 17 1ves *Union Iron Works 20 61 |June 14 1602 Fore River. 5 | 2 |Feb, 15, 1904, Fore River. 5 | 23 [Feb. 15 1904 Fore River. 62 78 |June 14, 1902, Hath Iron 8 | 19 |Feb 18 1904 Bath Iron Wogks. % 92 | 99 |Mar. 19, 1901 *Bath Iron Works. Cleveland . 72 o1 |June 14 1962 Moran B | Nebraska 0 | 13 [Mar. 7, 1904 “Lewis Nixon .\ Florids . by 968 |Mar. 11 1901 Lewis Nixon | Chattancoga 6 | o8 iJune 14 1002 2 .8t Louis . 2 | 13 [Mar, 11, 1904 p | Denver .. o8 86 |June 14, 1902, . | Galveston . 49 66 June 14, 1902 | Colorado 15 | 44 lJan. 10 19¢4. Pennsylva; 13 | 40 [Jan. 10, 1904, It will be noted that some of the ships { Will be nearly three years overdue on contract time, and that not a single ves- sel of the twenty-four enumerated is likely to be completed at the time con- tracted for. The probable loss of the tug Leydon | last Tuesday removes from the navy list the fifth of nine tugs built during the | Civil War. There are still forty tugs in | the navy ranging from 100 to $4 tons displacement, the majority of which serve |no other purpose than that of market | boats. Up to the outbreak with the war Wwith Spain there was not a single power- iul tug in the navy, the largest being | the Fortune, Leydon and Nina, of 350 | tons displacement and 340 horsepower. | Since then such tugs as the Iroquois, | Piscataqua and Potomae have been ac- quired by purchase. The largest of these | exceed the dimensiens of the navy-built beats but slightly, but they are fitted with engines developing from 1000 to 2000 horsepower. Only four boats of the Leys |4en type are still in existence, the For- |tune and Nina, which have been fitted | With new engines of 340 and 358 horse- power, the Standish serving at the Naval Academy, and upon which $118,00 has been expended in repairs/ and renewal of en- gines since 1892. The last of the lot is the rondescript Pinta, loaned to the naval militia_at San Diego, credited with a speed of 8% knots, a feat utterly impos- sible for this antiquated craft to attain unless in tow by the tug Active of only | 296 tons but having 1000 horsepower. ‘The cruiser Albany, purchased from Elswick in 1868 for $1,207,643, has returned from a three years' cruise to be over- hauled and repaired at an estimated cost of $50,000. The complaints against this | ship ard the New Orleans have been quite frequent and chiefly directed against their | machinery, vet the repair record compares favorably with those of the Newark, Bal- | timore, Philadelphia and San Francisco during the first three years' commission. The repairs to the Albany and New Or- {leans foot up to $24,600 and $27,800, respec- illvely; those of the Newark and Balti- { more were $28,00 and $73,000, and of the | Peiladelphia and San Francisco $67,400 | and $32,300. The best record of any ship 'in the navy is that of the Olympia, on which was expended for repairs only akout $18,000 during her first three years in_commission. Civil Engineer and Rear Admiral M. T. | Endicott, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, has made the assertion that “it will annually cost $150,000 to keep the channels in front of Mare Island clear of mud.” This statement, if based on facts, | would naturally result in abandoning Mare Island as a navy yard at once, and to cancel all contracts for drydock, build- | a0 A CHANCE TO SMILE. Exercise is hard work that you do not | i | | have to do.—Boston Transcript. The line of descent: The follies of youth are the grand- parents of the follies of age. Plan of distribution: Most people get what they deserve and the remainder what they do not. But they seldom exchange: The poor envy the rich their possessions and the rich envy the poor their good | digestion. “Jones says he does not owe a dollar in the world.” 'm; shrewd tradespeople Jones deals —Baltimore News. Conservation of Energy.—What was your idea in having Bertha learn type- writing?"” “Well, she was always drumming with her fingers, and 1 thought she might as | well do it to some purpose.”’—Chicago Tri- bune. An Extremist—“Is Mr. Fusse much afraid of microbes “Well, I should say; he washes the an- tiseptic gauze gloves he wears in an anti- septic fluid before he even handles the sterilized glass that contains the boiled and flitered mineral water he intends to drink!"—Baltimore Herald. “It is an outrage,” exclaimed Colonel Stiilwell of Kentucky. “It is an inex- cusable outrage!” ““I'c what have you reference?’ This treatment of the Filipinos; this effcrt to compel them to partake of water in excessive quantities.” — Washington Star. | “Poets are extrem®ly impracticable peo- ple,” said the pessimist. ‘What makes you think so?"* ‘Here is one who advises the reader to ‘be a hero in the strife.’” He evidently has not observed what happens to heroes when tiey pass the climax of popularity and the reaction sets in."—Exchange. | i “Now,” said the Sunday school teacher, 13.39 cents and 19.74 cents per cuble yard, irsuring a depth of thirty feet at mean low water. The only ebstacle which is said to trouble commanders of naval ves- sels is a new bank off Pinole Point, at which there Is only twenty-one feet at low water. The cost of removing this impediment to navigation of naval and mercartile vessels would not exceed $150,- 00 and would not again be incurred for a number of years. .As to the annual ccst of keeping the Mare Island water front clear of mud, an outlay of $40,000 for a dredger and\accessorles and $10,000 or less annually expended in labor and fuel would cover the entire expense, which is quite a reduction in Mr. Endicott's ex- travagant sum of $150,000 yearly outlay. e e The largest battleship In the German » named Braunschweig (Brunswick), ‘was launched at Kiel, December 20, from the Germania. The vessel is of 13,200 tons displacement, an increase of 140 tons aver the Wittelsback class, and is fitted with triple screws calculated to give a speed of eighteen knots. The water-line belt is of Krupp steel, 8% inches, tapering to four inches at ends, and the citadel ar- mor in two ranges is 6 inches and 5% inches thick. The armament consists of four 1lInch, fourteen 6.6-inch guns and six torpedo tubes, two of which latter are under water. The bollers are of the German admiralty mixture, six cylindrical and eight water-tube Schulz boflers. The normal coal supply is 70 tons and the capacity 1600 tons in addition to 200 tons liquid fuel. Four ships of this type are under consttuction. . * The dockyards and private yards in England did not make a good showing during 1802 in the tonnage of vessels launched for the navy. The number was only fifteen of 92,054 tons against thirty- two of 208,000 in 1%1. During the thirteen years between 18% and 1902 the dockyards bullt ninety-four vessels of 632,930 tons and private yards turned out 221 vessels of 654,470 tons. The difference between the relative tonnage is slight, but the average size of the ships built, namely, €130 tons—for dockyards and 2960 tons for contract-built vessels, proves that the dockyards are utilized for the mest im- pertant work. The new rates of pay for engineer and marine officers in the British navy goes into effect on April 1, and the engineers on the active list will also assume their new titles on the same date. The increase In pay to engineers amounts to neariy $150,000. Lord Brassey and Lord Beres- ferd have expressed themselves in thor- cugh accord with the scheme of naval tralning, an opinion shared in by all the progressive officers of the service. s Y first year of the war and mint juleps and you will come straight to where I live.” —Washingtem~Post. “General Miles,” sald the reporter, “I should like to ask you a question.” “I have no objection If it ig one that T can properly answer,” guardedly replied the general. “l want to ask if you, as the most iI- lustrious son of Mars, take any stock in Professor Hough's theory as to that plan- et being—"" At this point the distinguished military chieftain, in his most dignified manner, bowed the impudent young man out.— Chicago Tribune, The curbstone orator was churning him- self into a high state of perspiration and wrath over the suffering caused by the coal strike. “Did you ever have to buy any hard c‘(:lfl‘f" asked a man on the outskirts of t Nor sir,” sald that orator, “but T—* “Do you ever have to buy coal of any kind?"” *‘No, sir, but—" “Then you'd better turn over your job of kicking to somebody who does,” said the other, passing on.—Chicago Tribune. ‘“Yes, I'm keeping my hired man busy all the time.” “What does he do?" “He sits on the front steps and watches the dead leaves fall. As soon a8 he gets a handful he rushes around and tosses it in the hard coal bin. We must have scmething to burn.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Biddy,” Pat began timidly, “did yeer iver think av marryin'?" “Sure, now, th’ subject has niver inter- ed me thoughts,”” demurely replied Biddy. “It's sorry Oi am,” sald Pat, turning away. “Wan minute, Pat!" called Biddy soft- ly. “Ye've set me a-thinkin'.”—Harper's Bazar. . “You know how Harry Queer is always thinking up new styles of entertain- ment?” “Yes.” “Well, his latest seems destined to be very popular this winter. It is called the pregressive furnace party,and is to be played by the swel| set members who are rich enough to own hard coal.”—Cleva- in her most winning tones, “which little ' boy can tell me about the still small voice that is within us?” “Please'm,” said the freckled boy at the nd of the seat, “my uncle has one.” “He has?” ! “Yes'm. He's a ventriloquist.”—Philadel- phia Times. - ' A Respect for Figures—"“What do you | consider the most important branch of | education?” I “Arithmetic,” answered Mr. Cumrox; “give a boy plenty of arithmetic. What blights the careefs of so many young men is the fallure to realize that you can't subtract a $5000 expense account from a §1000 income.”—Washington Star. | e 1 “I wish you 'would come up to take din- { ner with me,” said Senator Tillman to a friend iny the Capitol recently, | “Certainly,” was the reply. “What {s your address? “Eighteen sixty-one Mintwood place,” said the Senator. “That’s pretty hard to remember,” said Tillman’s friend; “I'l write it down.” “Oh, no,” remarked Tillman. ‘“‘Remem- ber the year the war began. That will fix the number of the house. Then remember mint juleps and you can't forget the lmet. Now don’t forget. Think of the land Plain Dealer. O QUERIES BY CALL READERS SUTRO TUNNEL—Reader, City. The Sutro tunnel was commenced in 1869 and | was completed July 8, 1878. | AT HOME CARDS—R. A. B, City. In sending out firet at home cards the send« should send to a married couple one ad- | dressed to Mr. and Mrs. ; if there | arc other members of the family a sena- | rate card should be sent to each wnose presence at the at home is desired. y. If you made wine in coal oll cans and buckets and finished | the process after fermentation in an old | discarded galvanized cylinder, no wonder { your wine is unfit to drink. Wine should | not be made in anything but casks, and | these in a perfectly clean condition. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — A | Reader, City. If you have some curios | you desire to offer to the Smithsonian In- | stitution address a communication to the | Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. There is no occasion in such a case for | addressing the letter to any particular in- | dividual. EDISON JUNIOR—F. G. B., Stockton. i | and W. 8., Sacramento, Cal. The address |et Willlam Edison Jr. is 4 Stone | street, New York City. To ome of the ccrrespondents this department will say that If a letter was sent to him at that | address and no reply recetved it is pos- | sible that the letter miscarried. LARGEST HOTEL—F. 8., City. Those | most interested In such matters say that | the Hotel Ponce de Leon, in Florida, is | the largest hotel in the world. It has be- | tween 1200 and 1300 rooms. 'The second | 1argest is the Waldorf-Astoria, in New | York, with 1200 rooms, and then fhe Pal- | ace in this city, the third largest, with 1040 rooms. INSURANCE—A Constant Reader, Gil- roy, Cal. This department does not ad- vertise any kind jof private business and for that reason does not answer your Guestion as to whether any company in this city insures any particular kind of risks. Correspondents desiring informa- tion of that character should always send with the letter of inquiry a self-addressed and stamped envelope. COPYRIGHT—Inquirer, CMty. No one is entitled to copyright after an article has | been published. Newspapers that publish | articles with the word copyri them, even though such articles events that occurred the day before, have a right to do so. A proof of the article is deposited in the mall before the article is printed addressed to the Librarian of Con- gress at Washington: then, after the printing of the paper two copies thereof are maliled to the Librarfan. A person desiring to copyright an article on which such is granted should address a commu- nication to the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C., for a blank form of application, which will be forwarded free of cost. Such blank gives all information as to the mode of procedure. DIAMOND TEST—W. H., Oakland, Cal. It you have “what is said to be a genu- ine diamond, but it does not look like a diamcnd,” put it into a leaden or plati- nvm cup with some powdered fluorspar and a little ofl of vitriol. Warm the ves- sel over some lighted charcoal In a fire- place or wherever there Is a strong drzught to carry away the noxlous va- pors that will be coplously evolved. When these vapors have ceased rising let the whole cool and then stir the mixture with a glass rod to fish out the dlamond. If you find it intact it is a genuine stone, but if it is not genuine it will be corrod- ed by the hydrofluoric acid that has been generated taround it. A small “paste dia- mond” would disappear altogether under the treatment. This is a test according to Massimo Levi, an Italian chemist. FOREIGN SERVICE—Subscriber, Ala- meda, Cal. The officers of the foreign service of the United States are divided into two branches, diplumatic and con- sular. The former, cailed in general dip- lomatic agents, includes envoys extraor- dinary, ministers plenipotentiary, minis— ters resident and secretaries of legation. These embassadors have the right to ne- gotiate treaties and generally to repre- sent the government in the state to which they are sent. They are sent only to great nations. Ministers resident are accredited to less important nations, but their powers are about the same as those of ministers plenipotentiary. Consular cfficers include consuls general, consuls and commercial agents. Their chief du- tles and powers are connected with com- mercial interests, to protect ships, sea- men and other Americans, to send home destitute seamen and to give certificates for various purposes. They are sent to the prineipal ports or markets of a coun- e el . Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend’s.* ———— Look out for 81 Fourth (front of barber, 8grocery), best eyeglasses, specs, 20c to #e.® ——— . Townsend’'s California glace fruit and . 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