The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1903, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1903. ] More Hints on Boxing. BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE. | [Athletic Expert New York Bvening World, suthor of “‘Muscle Building.” etc.) Last week we took up the varlous| straight leads and counters for the face. To-day we will practice body blows nnd? their guards | If, during your first few lessons, you find that the exercise stiffens or pains your mus an you awake in the morning sore and aching in every joint, do mot be alarmed e condition is not alarming. It simply indicates that a Jot of sinews which you have peglected and | allowed to grow flabby are offering a lazy | protest against being forced to work. The very best remedy for such pains is | to continue the exercise. In a very few days the aching joints and muscles will accustom themselves to the work and will thrive mightily thereon. Incidentally, you will ind yourself in better heaith and in | possession of better spirits and more vig- orous energy than you ever before knew. + Left Counter for Solar Plexus. * A rubdown with alcohol or witch hazei just after boxing. or a hot bath, will greatly lessen the chances of stiffness. But remember, in bathing, never remain in the tub longer than two minutes at the very most. One minute js better. If you take a plunge bath and a sponge bath every day (and no one with any preten- sions to cleanliness or athletic prowess should take fewer), you will find that one minute of vigorous washing in the tub will keep you quite clean enough. “Soak. ing” or lying for any length of time in a bath (particularly in a warm bath) is orie of the most enervating habits that can be formed. Not only does it weaken you, but it leaves you perflously prone to catch cold. And colds are among the athlete’s worst foes. I Do not imagine that I digress when I give advice of this sort. All that I advise is of the utmost importance to a boxer. Mere knowledge of handling the gloves, without accompanying knowledge as to the care of the outer and inner man, will profit you little. The condition of the #kin and of the stomach, heart, lungs, etc., have decided more fights and boxing matches than has all the mere science ever invented. Now for our lesson: Stand on guard. Remember, no matter how far advanced you may consider yourself, you cannot af- ford to grow negligent as to your position on guard. Avoid a elovenly, sprawling guard. The exverts who decreed that boxers should stand erect, right hand guarding the wind, left guarding the | heart, feet about eighteen inches apart, and weight resting om the ball of the foot, did not do so merely for their own amusement or for any arbitrary reason. Every detall has a reason for being, as when you are a little farther advanced you will understand. In the meantime, take my word for it. On guard, then in first position. Let us £0 over the maneuvers you have already studied before taking up the new ones. At the beginning of each lesson remember 1o go over all the blows, guards, etc., you have learned before starting in on some- thing new. Left lead for the face—parry—right lead for the face—parry—left cross counter for 'sl: face—right cross counter for the face. 5 > N¥ That brings us to the body blows. First, we will take the left counter for the wind, a terrifically effective blow in & fight and cne needing more skill than eppears at first glance. Let your sparring partner lead for your face with his left. As he leads move the head to the right (as in the left cross- counter for the face) just far enough to avoid his blow, and at the same time lead with your left for his wind, or “solar | ous question with miners | interfor of plexus,” or “the mark,” as it is variously called. As you do so, bend the left knee and throw the welght and foree of your body into the blow. The left knee is bent. in delivering this counter, In order to bring the center of force lower down than accomplished with the legs in a rigid posi- tion, as when leading for the face. Do mot bend the right knee. When this blow in lessons, or when - boxing match, it well to the right arm in such a way as to able to guard the face should your op- take advantage of the forward in- §Rgseseysis [Author of ““The Ice Aze in North America, “Man and the Glaclal Period,” ete.) It ie perfectly proper to speak of the *erust” of the earth. The existence of wvolcanoes and the fact that the ——— 4 hot enough to melt all known mineral substances. In boring for gas or oil or water and in descending along the line of mineral veins or to reach deep seated coal deposits it is found that the temperature ircreases about one degree for every fifty or seventy-five feet, so that it is a seri- how far they can follow a vein into the earth before reaching a point where the heat will be so great that it would be impossible for workmen to endure it. Taking the average increase of heat to be one degree in fifty feet, we should reach a point where water would boil at a distance of about 8000 feet, or a little over a mile and a half. It, therefore, would be a feasible plan to bore a hole to that depth, and by letting cold water into it by one pipe bring it up hot in arother, thus making use of the heat of the interior of the earth to warm our houses. Very likely before the coal and oil are exhausted this may be the source through which to dispel in our homes the rigors of winter, even in arctic climates. At the same rate of increase we should | have to descend over thirty or forty miles to find a degree of heat which would melt any known substance and produce a mol- ten interior. The only escape from the conclusion that the earth consists of this thin erust of consolidated material arises from the fact that the melting point of metals rises under pressure. For exam- ple, iron when subjected to very great pressure will remain solid long after reaching the temperature at which it or- dinarily melts, so it is supposed that the pressure toward the center of the earth is so great that no amount of heat, or, at any rate, the intense heat of the inte- rior of the earth, can make it assume the liquid form. This also agrees with the calculations of physicists, who affirm that the earth behaves like a solld, and therefore can not have a liquid interfor, as was formerly supposed. % But the many other positive indications of the existence of molten matter in the the earti have lead to a conclusion which satisfies all parties, namely, that after descending forty or :Ifll,\' miles from the surface the heat is 80 great and the pressure so limited that all substances are meited, so that there is a segment, probably many hundreds | of miles in thickness, consisting of molten matter, while the interior remains both intensely hot and at the same time solid. One of the most striking positive indi- cations that there is such a molten mass at no great distance below the surface of the earth is to be found in the vol- canoes of the world, which are best ex- plained as vent holes through which this molten matter escapes to the surface In | response to the varying degrees of pres- | €ure from the crust of the earth over different areas. When, for example, through long continued deposition of earthy material about the mouths of the great rivers, one portion of the earth's crust becomes overloaded, so that it | presses with undue weight over a lim- ited area, it would squeeze a portion of | the molten material to the surface, just as if you press with your thumb upon the rind of an orange in one place it will crack the rind in another place and force the juice out through it. The slow con- traction of the diameter of the earth also, through its loss of heat by radiation, may result in the wrinkling up of the crust in such a manner that the molten matter will be forced out along the lines of great- est weakness, Jorullo, in Mexico, is one of the most remarkable instances of intermittent vol- canic action. Up to 1759 the site where the volcanic cone now stands was occu- pied by a fertile plain, surrounded by hills composed of very ancient volcanic rocks. In that year, amid earthquake shocks, a chasm opened in the plain, from which flames issued, and ashes and lava were ejected in sufficient quantities to form in @ short time a mountain 1600 feet high. Since then there have been no eruptions, and the lower flanks of the mountain are now covered with trees and the sur- rounding country is cultivated as for- merly. One of the largest volcanoes, and one which hae been most carefully studied, is Kilauea, on the island of Hawaii, the crater of which is 13,675 feet above the sea. The crater is nearly three miles in diameter and Is filled with boiling lava, which varies greatly in beight at different | times, When visited by Professor Dana in 1889 it lacked only 400 feet of being full, so as to run over from the top. In 1840 the lava had subsided so that it was 1000 feet Dbelow the rim. No recent eruptions have projected the lava over the rim, but at various times since the discovery of the island great streams of lava have burst out from the side of the mountain, 2000 feet or more below the summit, Filipino Indolence. “Give the native Filipino some bamboo, and a bolo (which takes the place of saw, ax and knife) and his requirements are practically filled, for with these he can almost entirely build his _house,” says the cuirent number of the Southern Workmen. “The bamboo gives him his timbers for the frame; he splits it for the floor and walls, and then finishes his house with nipa-palm roof. The bamboo also furnishes his bed, if he has one, and his chairs, tables and such other furni- ture as he may need. It even supplies many of his dishes and kitchen utensils, es well as his hat, and also provides him with food, for bamboo sprouts make a very palatable dish. Fruit in sufficient quantities to satisfy his needs grows readily without cultivation. Rice and fish constitute the rest of his diet. The for- mer must be cultivated with care if the best results are to be obtained, but it is neecless to cay that as a rule the best re- sults are not obtained. Thus it can easily be seen that the average native's simple wants are readily supplied by Mother Na- ture and that the necessity for a strenu- ous life does not exist.” | Publication Office... What Shall We Eat? A writer in the October 31 issue of Har- per's Weekly makes a plea for the scien- tific regulation of food. It is a striking fact, he points out, that sclence, which has weighed the moon and measured the orbits of the planets and split the atom into electrons, has not yet been able con- vincingly to tell man what is and what is nct his proper food. And yet it is evi- dent to every intelligent observer that a very large proportion of men and women are poisoni.g themselves évery day, ruin- ing their bodies and their minds, shorten- ing their lives, and bringing upon them- selves pain and misery t eating and drinking substances and quantities that are not fitted for human assimila- tion. “Reformers are at work every- where, but the reformer who could, with authority, show humanity what it should eat and drink would surely do more good than a whole army of wiseacres at the effects of the evil. What the worlg needs is an authoritative science of food.” Brevity. The St. James Gazette prints the names of the members of the new Servian Cabi- net as follows: ¥ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL !OHND.SMCKB,S,W.... « « « « . .Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager Third and Market Streets, 8. F. NOVEMBER 10, 1903 OAKLAND’S BONDS. TUESDAY AKLAND is at the advent of great things. The re- O cent duplication of her ferry facilities does not mean that the new line will get only what the old loses, but that increase of population and patronage will soon tax the carrying capacity of both. The physical charms of that side of the bay, its superior clemency of climate, the majesty of its scenery and the improved satisfaction of life | in the midst of it all, emboss it with every desirable char- acteristic of a place for homes. San Francisco is interested in its progress, for it is part of our tributary territory, and every new home made there contributes to our welfare and progress as the business center of the Pacific Coast. * Under the circumstances Oakland finds herself stand- | ing at the open door of a great future, and needful of many things. These necessities have always been upon her, and i while the lack of them has been a just cause of complaint, in some respects she is fortunate that the responsibility of meeting and supplying them has been projected into a pe- riod that enables her to profit by the experience of others. In a recent interview her City Auditor said: “I am in favor of obtaining every improvement as fast as it can be ac- quired, provided that there is always sufficient revenue to buy the water plant.” There is the crux of the whole matter. The acquisition of a public water system stands in the way of something else that is desirable and necessary to the growth of the city. When the people understand that this obstruction is un- necessary they will fecl that a burden is lifted and a bar to ad- vancement is removed. The process is not only simple, it is good business, and removes from the future of the city a cloud that always hangs over public ownership, when it involves the public revenues and becomes a part of the merely, and properly, political functions of the municipal government. A water plant, administered as a municipal monopoly, should bear its own cost, have charged to it the cost of its acquisition and the expense of its administration. Does any one doubt that a public water plant in Oakland can carry itseli? If so, he doubts the propriety of acquiring such a plant at all. By the simple expedient of making the plant carry its own bonds the city revenues are left free for the other and necessary public purposes which the City Auditor has in mind. Oakland is at the moment fortunate above many cities in having a peculiarly strong and clean ~ity government. It was secured by all political parties standing together, for- getful of merely partisan differences in the greater interest of the whole people. That government will build to itself a lasting monument, not only in the esteem of the people who elected it and whom it serves, but in the gratitude of all American municipalities, if it take the initiative in planting municipal ownership of public utilities upon proper business principles. Admitting that such ownership mixed with the political part of government has been productive of some benefits, it is nowhere nor by any one denied that such bene- fits would have been much greater had each plant stood upon its own resonrces, independent of the public revenues and not among the burdens of the taxpayers. Where mu- nicipal ownership has failed, its failure is traceable to mak- ing it a burden on the general fund to be carried by the taxpayers. Where its administration has been scandalous the scandals are traceable to the same cause. Oakland is happy in having the experience of others as her guide. Her need of public improvement becomes greatar with every exploit of private enterprise. Her new ferries, the new trans-mountain railroad that already has terminal facilities upon her harbor, every nail driven in a new build- ing, and every brush of paint spread on its walls, adds to this need. She wants parks, not plazas; the best paving for her streets; the best sewers for her drainage, and public buildings that more nobly house her administration. To get these and get them now, while her government is in good hands, and before she suffers such a political reaction as has overtaken New York, will tax her present credit to the limit, and as much of these improvements, such as sew- ers and streets, must be paid for by abutting or immediately benefited property, why should she unnecessarily increase the burden and injure the popularity of an improvement policy by adding to it the cost of a water plant which should pay its own way? If she refuse to do this, and availing herself of the ad- monitory experience of others by making such a plant stand alone, and possibly by making it add to instead of sub- tracting from the general fund, Glasgow will pass out of public notice as an exponent of municipal ownership and Oakland will take her place as an example of such owner- ship that conforms to right principles and vindicates the san- ity of dividing business from politics. San Francisco needs such an example badly enough to wait for it. The moment such a policy is decided upon by Oakland all eyes and all hopes turn toward her. In a high sense the fame that she will secure by being boldly mindful of her own interests will be the greatest advertisement that any American city has enjoyed. We promoted, with great satisfaction, the success of her present government, and we have- faith that it will not be content to follow the mistaken path of other cities, but will cut out for itself a right and original career. . In defending British industries and trade conditions Lord Goschen recently ventured the shrewd opinion, in opposi- tion to the assaults of Chamberlain upon the British system, that foreign communities are fleeced by trusts. There can be no question that this is another covert attack upon American institutions. Lord Goschen forgets that some na- tions, like some families, condone and conceal thievery when committed in the family or national circle. The cultivation of impostors is an American industry. FIR L A Our Canadian friends were guilty the other day of hissing the American national anthem at a theatrical performance in Vancouver. This seems to be singularly in bad taste. We are willing to admit that the anthem, musically consid- ered, is no great shucks after all, but why it should be hissed just to insult us we cannot understand. We might retaliate and send the Canadians a bunch of photographs of Lord Alverstone. \ - ettt William Jennings Bryan, having by court decree lost the $50,000 so thoughtfully bequeathed to him by Bennett, takes consolation to himself in the enigmatical assertion that while he did not get the money he won all the moral vic- tories in the case. This throws a distinct light upon Mr. Bryan's calm reception of two crushing defeats for the Presi. dency. He is constituted to take satisfaction out of any- thing. —— % Several of the Oriental hotheads who enjoy the Pprecarious favor of the Dowager Empress of China and give her dis- tinguished evil counsel believe that Russia has progressed far mughinuumpaicnofinmltubde;lenenw from China. Whoever persuaded the Chinese that they could fight had as much consideration for the fitness of things as thcfeflwvhanvethcmm.bng{m‘ PANAMA IN CONGRESS. HILE the majority in Congress will stand by the Wadministration in the recognition of the new state of Panama, and will insist upon the canal policy moving onward without a hitch, the attitude of the Demo- cratic minority is not without interest. Mr. William Ran- dolph Hearst has already declared in his newspapers that the administration must be scandalized because of its ac- tion. He wants a resolution of inquiry, an investigation, and declares that “‘guilt must be fixed” upon the President and the State Department. The country is interested in knowing whether the Democracy will follow this pro- gramme. There are indications that, in a modified form, it will be favored by Senator Morgan, chairman of the canal com- mittee. The Republican majority in the Senate, in recogni- tion of his sustained interest in an isthmian canal, and of his long service in that behalf, made him chairman of that lead- ing committee, although a member of the minority. Be- sides Morgan the members of the committee are Senators Hawley of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Hanna of Ohio, Mitchell of Oregon, Millard of Nebraska, Kittredge of South Dakota and Foster of Louisiana—an exceptionally strong committee. Senator Morgan's views becomes important, not only on account of his chairmanship of the committee, but by reason of his knowledge of canal matters. He is reported as say- ing: “Recognition of the so-called republic of Panama does not create a government for the purpose of doing business. The reception of a representative of that government does not make a government. While the recognition of de facto governments rests with the President, when it comes to a matter of doing business the Senate becomes part of the recognizing power. It will inquire about the manner of the establishment of this so-called government.” The threat in that is hardly covert. It is quite open and frank. Of course the Senate will, and should, inquire. But when that inquiry is made Senator Morgan will be con- fronted with some past history of his own making. The republic of Hawaii was born of revolution, in which a war- ship of the United States took the principal part, without which the revolution could have been suppressed by a dozen policemen. Its scene was not the whole of the islands, nor even the whole island of Oahu. It was the most local revolution that ever happened, for it was limited to the city of Honolulu. Molokai, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai and the smaller islands of Lanai, Kehoolawe and Niihau, knew nothing of it and took no part in it. Yet Senator Morgan supported immediate recognition or the new republic, which had to be wetnursed by American bluejackets and suckled by Gatlings landed by an American man-of-war! He wanted to immediately proceed to do busi- ness with it, far more important as an international matter than any business we will do with Panama, for he thought it so qualified to do business as to immediately offer itself to the United States. Panama will not do that. He was sent as a Commissioner of our Government to do business with Hawaii, and it will be remembered that he told the natives to be reconciled, because they would be accorded the same rights as the negroes in this country. This promise has been made good very recently by ordering Prince Jonah, Hawaii’s member of Congress, and his wife out of a box in a Columbus theater on the ground that they are “niggers.” 1f Hawaii, revolutionized by our direct act, became imme- diately qualified to do such serious business as annexation was, surely Panama is hard baked enough to make a canal treaty. If Senator Morgan find anything rawer about “the manner of the establishment of this so-called government” of Panama than existed in the case of Hawaii, the country will listen to his discovery with interest. THE CALIFORNIA CITRUS BELT. HE Redlands Citograph of November 4, noting a T shipment of navel oranges from San Dimas, Los An- geles County, on October 23, says: “The first shipment from Northern California was made just nine days previous, North California oranges are all shipped early in the season in order to avoid possibility of damage by the January frosts.” This is an error. There is no record of an orange tree in the Northern California citrus belt being damaged by frost, and for the sufficient reason that the orange grows in North- ern California in a region that stretches from Porterville to Oroville, nearly 300 miles, in a thermal belt, where killing frost is not known. Nor is the orange in Northern Califor- nia confined exclusively to that thermal belt in the foothills. In Sutter County the orange ripens in the fall and remains on the tree until May, for the fruit gains in quality by leaving it unharvested, so it is picked as needed for use. The reason why the Northern California orange goes into market early is because it ripens three months or more in advance of the Southern California fruit. For some phy- sical reason this is true of the stone fruits, which ripen in the northern part of the State long in advance of the south. The first ripe oranges in the State this year were sent into market from Placer County, and Porterville soon followed, and Oroville will soon be harvesting and shipping. The crop is marketed carly because it ripens early, and not to escape frost, for the fruit could be safely left on the tree until spring. Californians who rejoice in the matchless capacity of their State do not gird at Northern California for having early, nor at Southern California for having late, oranges, The great and important fact, of value to the whole State, is that we have the longest citrus season of any part of the world. Our orange harvest is practically continuous from October to April, and the marketing season is much extended by using cold, dry storage. The only reason why Northern California ships a less num- ber of carloads than Southern California is that this part of the State began planting orchards later. No attention was paid to citrus fruits as a commercial proposition in Northern California until the citrus exhibit in Sacramento, about twelve years ago. Yet the orange tree at Bidwell's Bar had been bearing heavy annual crops for twenty-five years, and trees in full bearing were established on the lawns and parks of Sacramento, Marysville, Oroville, Colusa and Chico. That exhibit was the cause of Northern California embarking in orange planting as a commercial proposition, and that proved the earliness of the fruit in the north and gave to the State an orange harvest season about seven months long. So our Citrographic friend, instead of dreaming cold and frosty dreams about the northern citrus belt, should be proud of his whole State, and rather dream of the time ‘when the combined Northern and Southern California citrus belts will make a yellow equator around the globe and cbntrol the orange market of the world, putting Sicily, Spain, Brazil and Mexico out of the business. e —— Sam Parks, twice convicted of extortion, says reproach- fully and threateningly that he is out of the labor movement forever. He probably did not consider it significant to add that the only way to get him out of the movement he shamed and disgraced was to get him into jail. This happy conclu- sion having been effected it is to be hoped that his period of usefulness in Sing Sing will be long. B A B A Typical Arizona Life. “Never had but one streak of luck in my life,” sald White Horse Baker as he tore up a ticket at Sausalito the other day. “That was in_Solomonville, Ariz. You know that's a Mormon settlement. Well, I wandered in there with a lone half dollar in my pocket and found a faro bank run by the Mormon church. I put my half on the ace at the beginning of the deal and before the end I had limit bets scattered all over the layout. In two hours I had the bank roll and all the church funds. Then I broke the Mormon National Bank and had all the coin the Mormon inhabitants had in their houses. The bishops sold off the community wheat and drove the cattle in off the ranges to get money to keep the faro game going. flguring that the percentage would get me some time, but I couldn’t lose a bet. “Finally as the last bundle of coin was coming my way under a small limit the bishops held a consuitation and decided I was accursed and must dle. ‘However,’ said the Presiding Bishop, ‘it is against the law to slay except we have a sign from the Lord. Therefore take that bar- rel and fill it full of yellow corn and in it put one grain of red. If he draws the red grain he shall go free’ Then they led me up to the barrel and told me to draw. I ran my fist down Into about the center of the barrel, groped around for a minute, closed on a grain of corn and drew it out. So help me, it was red. They. wanted me to join the church, but I refused, so they let me go. That's the last time I was really lucky. But two years before that in Laredo—" No- body waited to hear the. Texas story. Cat With Tender Feelings. Tombstone 1I, the Press Club’s big black cat, can do everything but talk, and de- spite his lack of speech he generally suc- ceeds in making known his wants. The Knockers’ Club (an adjunct composed of non-voting, but hypercritical, associate members) swears he knows more than some of the active members. Tombstone II came to the Press Club with a reputation as a hunter. Before he had been there a week he had killed or frightened away every rat of a large col- ony that had made its appearance a short time previously in the Eliis-street quar- ters. Every time he killed a rat the big black fellow would carry it from room to room, depositing it at the feet of each member present and strutting up and down with pompous pride. Several days ago a puny little mouse was caught on one of the lower floors and it was decided to take it up to the Press Club and turn it over to the tender mercies of Tombstone IIL. When the mouse was released the black cat struck it a couple of sharp blows with his paw. Either it was too frightened to run, or too young to realize its danger, and it made no attempt to get away. Apparent. 1y the helplessness of the little rodent ap- pealed to Tombstone II. He turned it over and over and examined it critically, walked away a few feet, returned and then sat down to debate the problem. Finally the big feline picked up the mouge carefully by the back of the neck and ‘carried it to the door. There he put it down long enough to let out a “‘meow,” which was a demand that the door be opened. Then he again picked it up, passed out through the door and de- scended the stairway a short distance. Depositing the mouse unharmed on one of the steps, he strode back into the club with solemn dignity. Yet it is sald that the feline tribe is never moved by the promptings of a kind- ly instinet. Instructed His Homor. “It was a case where the decision de- pended upon the definition of a word,” said the old attorney reminiscently. “The lawyers had been at it for several days in one of the old district courts in a near by county. They had run the gamut of the books and the last day of argument had arrived. Both sides submitted their cases and Judge Blank announced that he would render his decision during the afternoon session. As I said the case rested upon the definition of a word and the decision went against old Zach Mont- gomery, the leading attorney for the de- fense. “‘Your Honor,” said Montgomery after the Judge had ruled, ‘will you kindly take a short recess before this judgment is en- tered? “ “Why, if you desire,’ replied the Judge, somewhat surprised, but ordering the re- cess. “Soon afterward Montgomery reap- peared in court and Judge Blank returned to his place. “‘Your Honor,” Montgomery addressed the court, at the same time slowly open- ing a huge dictionary he had laid on the table in front of him, ‘your Honor, I de- sire to read you a brief word or two from this book. I do not expect to change your Honor’s mind, but I simply desire to show your Honor what a blanked old fool Noah Webster was.’ Hands. Tiny- hands, baby hands, Kissed and cradled, kissed agatn; Pretty, dimpled, baby hande. Brown hands, such busy hands, Full of mischief all the while— Full of mischiet—free from gulle, Happy boy with roguish hands. White hands, a maiden’s hands, Clasp the fingers masculine— Clasp, and cling, and intertwine, O snowy hands and brown hands! Strong hands, willing hands, Eager now o carve a name On_the granite walls of fame— O how changed the baby hands! Tired hands and trembling hands, Hands that weary of the Hande that wait the close of day, Feeble, calloused, wrinkled hands, hands, ah! hands et o & Whistles Distract Them. It is stated that Salem, Mass., e Rt oy (AR & il davars e s AR nolbe o n::m tles on the railroad and from f; | * . tarily discontinue a practice that is mak ing ome of the most important places on its line residentially undesirable. As to factory whistles, there is no excuse for using them. It is simply the persistence of an old habit that in more primit times may have had its justification. B in these days of cheap watches and alarm clocks every employe has the means « knowing when working hours begin. It is remarkable that Salem, of all places, should choose to endure Inflic tions contrary to all the traditions of one of the oldest and most cultivated commu- nitles in the United States. Salem has long been considered one of the pleasant est places of residence in New England Many persons have been drawn to live there by its beautiful location, its pleas- ant streets, its fine old houses, its historic traditions, its sclentific and literary insti- tutions, and the charming Social con: tions that these things imply. Blue Thursday. ‘““However smart a man may be, how- ever deep of brain, there is yet a trace of superstition in his makeup,” said a thoughtful man, “and often it exists and controls him in various ways without his knowing anything about it. If you shouid tell him that he was superstitious he would resent it, and In no uncertain way But all men are superstitious in some way just the same. “There are little things about which men are a bit cranky, and these develop into well-rounded superstitions. There is Opie Read, who has a queer little notion that if he gets up Thursday morning without money in his pocket it is bad luck, and be believes it so firmly that he will not venture out of the house and will not turn his hand to a plece of work if it happens to him. He is generally very careful to see that he has something left over Wednesday night—a nest egg, -as the saying goes—for Thursday morning. But he sometimes forgets, and suddenly dis- covers that he is dead broke. That set- tles it. Not a step will he take from the house that morning. Now, how is that for superstition? You call him supersti- tious—well, you had better do it at long range. I know another man in Chicago who has a queer little notion that it is bad luck to forget anything when you are leaving home in the morning. One morn- ing we walked to the car together. He suddenly turned to me with the state- ment, TIl not go to the city to-day.’ ‘When I asked him why. he said he had forgotten something. ‘It's bad luck,” he sald, and he was unceremoniously making tracks for the house when he said it. I suppose we all have these little notions and bellefs, but we are not consclous of them and so we are apt to believe, just honestly, too, that we are not the least bit superstitious. But we are, just the same."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. An Apt Illustration. ‘The Boston Globe gives a striking illus- tration of the actlon of sun spots on the terrific heat of the sun. It says: “Now if we drop a cup of water on a redhot stove we know the commotion pro- duced. What shall we say when we think of dropping a volume of water sev- eral times bigger than the earth upon a molten surface 366,000 miles in diameter? ‘This would probably create something the effect of a sun spot, which, owing to the sun's vast distance from us, only creates a little fleck on its surface. Yet one of these spots is known to be 60,000 miles wide. Across it shoot vast tongues of fire and flame, and in these surging cav- erns of molten matter ail our conceptions of heat seem insignificant. Yet if this is only a mere spot in the sun, what must the whole volume be? The mind is lost in trying to conceive it Answers to Queries. COLORADO—Subscriber, Angels Camp, Cal. Colorado as a Territory was organ- ized March 2, 1561 CALIFORNIA THEATER—Subscriber, City. The old California Theater was opened Jume 1S, 1363: the mew ome May 13, 1889, RICE AND WHEAT-W. E. C., Vallejo, Cal. The nutritive proportion of rice and wheat is, on the basis of one pound: Rice, 1.6; wheat, 25. JIM THE PENMAN-H. G. P, Crock- ett, Cal. “Jim the Penman” was written by Sir Charles Young. It was first pro- duced at the Haymarket Theater, London, March 25, 1886. HARDWARE STORE — J. R., Angels Camp, Cal. This department will send you the names of several long established dealers in hardware in San Francisco if you will send a seif-addressed and stamped envelope, as this department does not advertise any business firm. CONFEDERATE STATES—C. M., City. are the States that formed FREEZE OUT-W. J. McC., City. the game of freeze out a player cannot In claim stakes if he has a foul hand. Such a hand is one consisting of more or less five cards or any hand In the case stated it is evi- the player had a foul hand and forfeited his right to the pet.